Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-13
PLEA FROM BILL ARP
appeal That Georgia's History b
Saved from Oblivion.
Southern Philosopher Sounds an
AIarm-Cites the Work of Judge
Clark, Of North CarOlina, rs
PraisewOrthy Example.

readers, ana therefore WIlLe ULls one
to you to enlist your interest and
hearty cooperation in matter that
is very near my heart, and am sure
would be as near to yours if you
were 20 years older and had more
time.
have received five volumes of his
tory compiled and edited by Judge
Walter Clark, now the chief justice
of the state of North Carolina. This
is no ordinary work. 1t is on a
higher plane than any 1 have ever
seen and is to the land what "Serv.
ice AAoat" is on the sea. For sever
years { + unremitting toll Judge Clark
has worked on this labor of love
without pay or reward save that
which comes from the accomplish
ment Of sacred duty faithfully per-
formed OF course he has had capa-
BILE and willing cooperators who out
of the 254 sketches wrote 179 of
them. Judge Clark wrote all of the
others besides full half volume
(ffth) of graphic events and com.
ments that concern all the southern
states as much as North Carolina and
which includes the first published his
tory of the North Carolina navy
the Albermarle and Shenandoah and
Florida and some other smaller
cruisers and blockade runners. 1t is
worthy of mention just here that
Commander Waddell, of the Shenan.
doah, was the last man to keep the
confederate flag at the masthead, for
his vessel was in the mid-Pacific
ocean and he did not know of the
fall of the confederacy until the 10Th
of August, 1865, and had sea fight
with the enemy on June 4. The vol
umes are beautifully bound in gray
and gold. The paper an the printing
is of the best quality and their pages
embellished with over 900 portraits
and battle scenes. These portraits
are, of course, reproduction, eight
to page, of the old-time photo
graphs that the mothers of the dead
and living boys furnished to the en-
gravers. These engravings were re-
produced by that patriotic southern
er, Maj. Patton, president of the Uni
versity Publishing company, New
York, without cost, The volumes are
quite large, containing 500 pages
each.
What a guaranty of truth and cul-
ture when we see in this list of con-
tributors such eminent and patriotic
names as Gen. d. H. Hill, Gen. Cleng
man, Gov. Vance and his brother Rob-
ert, Gen. Toon, Col. DeRossett, Mai.
Graham, Maj. Moore (who compiled
the roster 20 years ago), DR.. Moses
Hoge, of Richmond, and captains and
lieuteuants by the score. And there
are ministers and privates mingled
in whose work is we'll and ably done.
There were "a full regiments and rs
battaiipns besides the state troops
(home guards), and every regiment
and battalion had one or more histo-
rians. 1t is a magnificent work, and
if were North Carolinian and lived
far away would purchase a set if
| had to do without tobacco and
whisky for a month, for the price
is only five dollars. There are 17,0OO
names indexed in these volumes, and
would be sure that some of them
were kin to me or my folks. What
wonderful state. Their long for
bearing people twice sent commits.
sion to Washington to plead for a
peaceful solution and avoid war, but
got no promise or consideration, and
then they made war as one man
and all the women. They had only
$4,000 of full-grown men of 81 in
the state, but they could not keep
the boys out and $4,000 troops were
enrolled. What a sad comment must
come in here, for it is matter OF
record that of these troops 41,0OC
were killed or died in the service.
have the old roster before me in -four
volumes, containing $4,000 names
and appended to every name are sig,
nifcant letters telling when he en-,
listed and where and what became
of him.
But why am writing so earnestly
about this? Because l wish our own
state to do something of the kline
before it is forever too late. 1t i:
alarming to read in Judge Clark's
Review and Conclusion" how many
of his contributors died before they
had finished their sketches and either
he or some other had to take it VI
and complete it. Now the cost o,
this We rk to the state is one dollar
per volume, which is the actual cos
of the paper, printing, binding anC
engraving. The greater portion is al
'eadable and fascinating as a 70
nance, and will brighten up anC
fasten the patriotism of our young
men, whether they be from Nortl
Carolina or Georgia.
Now, some of us old veterans wisl
the Constitution to start this bal
in motion. Your great paper can d,
it. Find out how many veterans ar
members of the legislature, and hov
many outsiders, like Tip Harrison
and Charles Edgeworth Jones an,
Gov. Gambler and Gen. Evans an,
Evan P. Howell you can enlist as co
operators. We cannot make as larg
and complete book as Judge Clarl
has made, but we can certainly max
roster, even though Senators Ola,
and Bacon and Lon Livingston hav
to have bill passed giving our agen
the use of the confederate archives
Judge Clark had to do that. Nov
please take the lead in this matter
for it is sacred duty we owe to on
children and their children. aske,
an old private the other day hoy
he could prove his service. ooh,
said he, there are a dozen comrade
1 can prove it by" "But when the
are all dead and Won arc dead hox