The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-02-14

uf it and let them all down where 1t
was lnee-deep, and let the corn down,
too, and the mule went on with the
fore wheels and stopped when he got
over. But they never gave up the ship
nor the corn. 1t took them about an
hour to get the corn and the wagon to-
gether again, and with dripping gar
ments they hurried on to the mill A
photograph of the scene would sell
as the champion picture of the wom-
en- of the war. The good miller gave
them dry meal for the wet corn, and
by shutdown they were all at home
again and laughed over it and every
body laughed who heard of it. Al
most every family within Sherman's
belt have fireside stories to tell that
would fill book. They are curious
medley of the sad, the pathetic and the
amusing, and excite more fun than
sorrow. How blessed are they who
still live, and how sweet afe the mem
cries of those who are dead, for it is
the mothers of the confederacy who
have perpetuated the love of truth
and the love of southern patriotism
in the hearts of the children and i'll
spired those principles that have in re-
cent years developed that grand or
ganization known as the Daughters of
the Confcderacy. Our northern breth-
rem may boast of the Grand Army of
the Republic, but our mothers smile
and say: Il don't see where the grand
comes in, for all who came this way
We're low Dutch and hungry Irish, who
feared not God nor regarded women"
Well it is all over now, and we are at
peace, that blessed peace that hath
her victories more renowned than war.
And thrice blessed is the woman whom
the dark ages kept subdued for cen
turtles, but has come to the front and
now stands side by side with man and
is always first in every good word and
work. For 1000 years she was called
by name but twice in the Bible. Moth
er Eve, and next came Sarah, the wife
of Abraham, and for another 2,00U
years was mentioned by name only
a few times, but at last she was hon.
ored as the mother of our Saviour and
was last at the cross and earliest at
the grave
Within the last half century she
has made more progress in establish
ing her natural and God-given rights
than in all preceding time. She is the
ackn owledged head of all religious,
missionary and charitable institu-
tions. She is the school-teacher of the
world and in these United States con-
stitutes nine-tenths of all the public
school teachers in the land. In sew
eral states she has the right of suf-
frage and is eligible to Office on the
school board Time was when she
was almost dead letter in literature
and hardly ever noticed in the press
of the country, but now great met
ropoltan paper or magazine could
not exist without a large space being
devoted to her service, and her fairy
pictures made to adorn the columns
of every issue. Woman in this south
land is a power, and woe be to the
men who scorn it, for they are al
ways on the side of religion and good
morals and purity in private life.
Without them, the church, the prayer
meetings, the Sabbath schools, and
even the home would speedily decline
into that state that Grover Cleveland
called an ''innocuous desuetude." In
truth, she is the hope of the world
and her progress the best sign of the
coming millennium. AS to her infiu-
ence for all that is good in educating
and refining mankind, no man ever
wrote a more beautiful sentence than
that of Sir Richard Steele, when he
penned that: ITO look upon and love
fair and virtuous woman and be
loved by her is liberal education"
And so let me say to the young men,
these sons of confederacy, don't de-
spair; don't grieve for a college edu-
cation; don't lament your poverty;
but get married and your education
will begin. Sometimes the course is
long, but it is happy. My own has
been running for nearly SO years. and
is not completed, for l have not yet
received a diploma nor taken the first
honor. l am still a schoolboy.
BILL ARP.