The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-24
swers we're made Of the verses from the
northern side.

northern side.
|. gives the author of 'StriugtoTn OF
the Pike" great satisfaction to fee
that subject that for time SCENE
likely to prove q matter Of endless con
test has at lsst been settled beyoIt
controversy, ard he hereby extends hi:
:hsnks to the press and the may
ir:euds VITO have contributed toEare
the accomplishment Of this object.
BIOGRAPHY OF MISS SINCLAIR
Miss Carrie Bell Sinclair was born OF
the 22d Of May, 1899, at Milledgeville
Ca, being the fifth OF nine daughters
# he Rev. E! jsh Sinclair, Metho'
dist preacher snd man Of consider
able note, from whom Miss siaclair IT,
herited her talent 90 pcet. He wa:
member Of the Gs,rsia conference
and delegate to the general conference
which met in Baltimore in l940. HIS
mother was sister Of Robert Fulton,
,hs famous inventor cf the steamoost.
Owing to failing health, Mr.. Sinclair
sfterRasd retir.d from professional
work sod removed With his family to
Moon, G., where he founded the
Macon Female college; then he, went to
Savannah, a0d ias'ly TO Georgetown,
s. G, where be dit in 1917.
While residing in Augusss, Ga, the
poetic talent Of Carrie Bill Sinclair BE-
came manifest to the public at large
though the Georgia Gszstte, her first
poem, Tho Storm" being written
when she was but ff,een years old. Il
1860 Miss Sinclair issued her 6rst vol
ume Of poems (Augusts. Ca, 1861,
which she de6icsted to her f,isld and
adviser, the Hon. Alexander Il. Sserh-
ems, vice president Of the Confederscy.
During the Civil War Miss Sinclair
wrote = number Of Inspiring southern
poems comm ~morstivs Of inc ants OF
the W.T.; nsay Of which were set to
music. They we're so enthusiastically
received that they soon Won for their
author the name, Song bird of the
Sou;h."
Among these poems are: The Sol
dier's Suit Of Cry, Fling forth our
Southern Banler, The Homespuo
Dress Al; Q lie. o. the Savannah TO-
night, Gso5g,a, ny Georgia, eto.
H4r IN ense interest n The affairs Of
the war sccounts for the fact that vita
her own 9snd the made thirteen fsgs
Of silk, presenting them 10 different
Confederate regiments.
After the var N IS Sinclair continued
writing for Augusta pap-rs aad also be-
came regular contributor to the Bosto
Pilot, acd ott er journals Of the south
and north, writing s,me.imss under the
nom de plume ''Mollie Mary GOLD, "
her earlier pseudoDym wss "Clsrs."
Later Mss Sinclair removed to Phil
adeIpkia, bat her secoLd volume Of
poems, which she named ''Hssrt WINS
pers" OF E,hoes Of Scngs' 1922 vas
never published, and unfortunately :
may never be, for after Ter death tie
msnusc cript vas stolen.
The later life Of the talented author
seems to hsve been clouded By disap-
poiutnent. She died in Philadeldhia
in 1888, writing poa,ry to the last; ''she
loved her pen" as her surviving sister,
Mrs. Mason writes, snd as her poems
attest.
THE HoMEsPUN DRESS
By Carrie Bell Sinclair.
Written in Savannah, Georgia, il mid,
Summer, 1852.
Oh, yes, am q aouthern girl,
and glory in the name,
And bo lst It with far greater pride
Than suttering wealth or fame.
I envy not the northern girl
Her robes of beauty rare,
Though diamonds grace her snowy neck
And pearls be:eck her hair.
Chorus: Rurrah! Hurrab!
For the sunny south so dearl
Three cheers for the homespuu
dress
Our southern ladies wear!
Ny homespun dress is plain, know,
My hats palmetto, toe;
buC Ine0 IL SHOWS NuAG SOOlUeTn KRIS
For southern rights will do.
We scorn 70 wear bit Of silk,
4 bit of northern lace,
But make our homespur dresses up,
AMI wear them with such grace.
Chorus
Now northern goods are out of date;
And since old Abes blockade,
We southern girls can be content
With goods that's southern made,
The southland is glorious land,
Aod hers glorious cause;
Then here's three cheers for southern rights,
And for the southern boys!
Chorus
We send the bcaTest of our land
To battle with :he foe,
And we would lend q helping hand
We love the south, you know,
We send our sweethearts to the var;
But, dear girls, never mind
Y ur soldier-love will not forget
The girl he left behind.
Chorus.
4 soldier is the led for me-
a brave heat adore;
And when the sunny south is free,
Ana fgh'i3g is no more,
Ill choose NE then lover brave
From out taat gal ant band;
The soldier lad ioTs the best
Shall have ny heart and hand.
Chorus.
Aud now, young men, word to you:
If you would win the fair,
Go to The ietd where honor calls,
And win your lady there.
Remember that our b ightest smiles
Are for the trus and brave,
And that our tears fall for the one
VINO flls soldier grave.
Chorus.
The Corn Crop.
Corn has become the greatest and
most valuable crop Of the United States,
and is therefore watched every year
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