The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-07-24
swers were made of the verses from the


swers were made of the verses from the
northern side.
1t gives the author Of "Stripgtown on
the Pike" geeat satisfaction to feel
that subj set that for a time SCENE
likely to prove a matter of endless con.
controversy, ard he hereby extends his
thanks to the press snd the many
friends who have contributed toward
the accomplishment of this object.
BIOGRAPHY OF MISS SINCLAIR.
Miss Carrie Bell Sinclair was born on
the 22d of Msy, 1889, at Milledgeville,
Ca, being the fifth Of nine daughters
of the Rev. e jsh Sinclair, a Metho.
dist preacher aud q man of consider
able note, from whom Miss Siaolair in
herited her talent as poet. He was
member of the Georgia conference
and delegate to tho general conferen Q
which met in Baltimore in 1910. HIS
mother was sister of Robert Fulton,
the famous inventor of the steamb boat.
Owing to failing health, Mr.. Sinolair
afterwsrd retired from professional
work and removed with his family to
Macon, Ga, where he founded tho
Macon Female college; then he went to
Savannah, and finally TO Georgetown,
s. c., where he di, d in 1847.
While residing in Augusta, Ga the
poetic talent Of Carrie Ball Sinclair be-
came manifest to the public at largo
Though the Georgia Gazstte, her FIRST
poem, "The Storm" being written
when she was but fifteen years old. Ia
1860 Miss Sinclair issued her first vol
ume of poems augusta. Ca, 1860,
which she dedicated to her f1isId and
adviser, the Hon. Alexander Ii. Steph-
ems. vice president of the Confederacy.
During the Civil War Miss Sinclair
wrote number of inspiring southern
poems comm smorative Of Incl snts Of
the war; many Of which were set to
music. They were SO enthusiastically
received that thoy soon won for their
author the name, Song bird of the
South"
Among these poems sre: The Sol
dier's Suit of Gray, Fling forth our
Southern Banner, The Homespun
Dress, All Qliet oo the Savannah to-
night, Georgia, my Georgia, etc.
Her intense interest in the affairs of
the war accounts for the fact that with
her own hand che made thirteen flags
Of silk, presenting them to different
Confederate regiments.
After the war Nj iss Sinclair continued
writing for Augusta papers and also be,
came regular contributor to the Bosto d
Pilot, aud other journals of the south
4 J.
nom de plume "Mollie Marygold ="
her earlier pseudonym was CLARA"
Later Miss Sinolsir removed to Phil.
sdelphia, but her second volume Of
poems, which she named Heart Whis-
pers" or E,hoes of Songs" 1879 was
never published, and unfortunately
may never be, for after her death tko
manuscriptWss-sscion.
The later life OF the talented author
seems to have been clouded by disap-
poiutment. She died in Philadeldhis
III 1888, writing postry to the last ''she
loved her pen, az her surviving sister,
Mrs. Mason writes, snd as her poems
attest.
THE HOMEsPUN DRESS
BY Carrie Bell Sinclair.
Written in Savannah, Georgia, iu mid
Summer, 1862.
Oh, yes, am aouthern girl,
And gloty in the name,
And boast it with far greater pride
Than glittering wealth or fame
envy not the northern girl
Her robes of beauty rare,
Though diamonds grace her snowy neck
And pearls be leck her hair
Chorus: Hurrahl Hurrah!
For the sunny south so dearl
Three cheers for the homespun
dress
Our southern ladies wear!
My homespun dress is plain, know,
My hats palmetto too;
But then it shows what sonthcrn girls
For southern rights will do.
We scorn TO wear bit of silk,
A bit of northern lace,
But make our homespun dresses up,
And wear them with such grace.
Chorus
Now northern goods are out of date;
o And since old Abe'a blockade,
We southern girls can be content
With goods that's southern made,
The southland is a glorious land,
And hers glorious cause;
Then here's three cheers for southern rights,
And for the southern boysl
Chorus
We send the bsavest of our land
To battle with The. foe,
And we would lend a helping hand
We love the south, you know,
We send our sweethearts to the war:
nIr1
cur sodier-love will not forget
The girl he left behind
Chorus.
A soldier is the lad for me-
brave heart / adore;
And when the sunny south is free,
And fighting is no more,
II choose me then lover brave
From out that gel ant band;
The soldier lad love the best
Shall have my heart and haud.
Chorus.
And now, young men, word to you:
If you would win the fair,
Go to the field where honor calls,
And win your lady there.
Remember that our b. ightest smiles
Are for the tru9 and brave,
And that our tears fall for the one
Who fills 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
with great anxiety. Reports of geo
eral bad condition of the growing corn
have therefore clused much alarm, and
IT Is gratifying 10 know that tho predic
tiOns Of damage TO the croD have boon