The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-30

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OF the cottage cheese lies III
the fact of liz being ss-aIle Without me
use OF rcnnct.
Feeblc-Minded Children.
,sd,tor OF rhc Tlmes-Dlspatch:
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| m orphan without means ana lnchpapls
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In inmate of the insane asylum at
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Virginia where she VII PC takGl HUI Gar'
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your trst question: but in reply ii may
be said that If i3rndstreets and Dun's
agencies know nothing of the Arm re-.
fcrred 10, as you state, 1t may be certain
that /, is an unreliable concern.
9. No.
g. Unfortunately, and 70 the shame OF,
Virginia, there is not, The Loretta Hona2,
near Richmond. Is the only institution or
the kind IN the state. and that VS. y
| private institution, that charges FOR the
! care Of patients
The only place In which patient OF
| the Kind referred 10 can b. cared lor
is the city or county almshouse, ana "
| per cent. Of those institutions IN virginia
are poor refugees. 81
More About Confederate Flags.
The query addressed to the query col
umn OF The Times Dispatch has aroused
much interest. Mrs. Norman Randolph,
president OF 6thc Richmond Chapter,
| United Daughters OF tho ConfedcracS'
writes:
rho Bonnie Blue Flag has many UNI
authorized histories. South Carolina dia
have II flag, l think, With star and
crescent 1t has also been attributed
:. to the Lone Star State of Texas the
song was said to have been sung 1lrst
In Richmond; others claim New orleans.
'rhjs flag was never used by the army
/ A gentleman In Petersburg. an nuthor-
ity on Confederate matters, says:
",rhe Bonnie Blue Flag was the en-
blcm Of secession. 1t was raised ny ING
people OF any State TO Indicate ues't.
that the State in Its sovercisity siio 'i'
declare It's absolute independence iAetlcN
Ct was a simple white star on Z piue
field, When tho State seeded US nus
+ sion wasa done 1t was the nag OF nc
stnte and was never used In war. fo'
& short time after the RECESSION or WIG
STATE South Carolina used as her Gus
d ION house flag red field with stal
and crescent 800
The following account OF the song
called "Thc Bonnie Blue Flag. ana th'
words accompanying II, are taken sito :. /,
"Our Women In the War Supplemeh.'
lust published by the informing fost'
of Raleigh, N c.:
The Bonnie Blue Flag.
4 80. ..,,a,,,4o ,,,ua Flag" was compose
. nv Harry McCnrthy, one OF the re" act
: ors left In the South during INC Na'
. He was mn Irshman, and enlisted ~ "
EConfedcrate Army from Arkansas. Alte
! time he was granted a dlschalse. an
I continued his career rs actor at ken
! mond and other points. INC honn.
: Blue Flag" was first sung N u tilen'i
. IN New Orleans In 1861. lie wrote olnc
: war verse, but none so popular as I'M
!. snna witch rang alike through camp
Z and homes. He died In California III On
o tremo poverty, 1t Is said. a year or wv
: ago. rho following copy OF tho "Bonnl
q Il Biuo Flag Ii taken from snort NC
q co,nt Of Harry Mccarthy and his pc
!. omx In .sWar Poets OF the South" D.
= Samuel Albert Link:
= We are n band of brothers, ana natu
), to the soil,
! Fighting for the property wc galne
~ s8 BY noncst tolli NJ ,..
And when our rights were thrcatcne
tho cry rose near and far;
uurrah for the bonnie blue flag tina
bears n single stnr
IIurrah! hurrnhI for the bonnie blu
. flag that bears single star
II Az long as tho Union was faithful
. her trust,
~ Like friends and Ike brothers, KIN
Y were we and JUST
10 But now when Northern trenchery q
y. tempts our rights to mar.
of Wa hoist on high tho bonnie blue fa
a. that bears single star
Is FIRST gallant South Carolina mob
10 made tho stand;
n Then camo Alabama, who took nor
i Next tho a nnsai mississippi, aeorEl
~ All raised the ing, The bonnie hl'
10 Gag that bears q single star,
~ Va men of valor, gather round the pa
w ner Of the right.
he Texas and fair Louisiana JOIN US ~ y
q nav,s our our loved President, and stepher
OF statesmen are 49,, a.
SO Now rnlly round the bonnie plue "
that bears u single star
And here's TO brave Virslnla, me =
Dominion State $50
with tho young confederacy AZ 4e''s
a. has linked her fate ~,
- Impelled by her example nov -
,er states prepare 40 a
by NJ, boist on high tho bonnie plue ~
that bears single star
ESQ s
T.. Then here to our Confectionery e''o
- we are and brave; o,r hcr
Like patriots Of old, we'll hsn' w -
ID age to save ~ shame. i
,'1 die we would prefor,. az, =
ne g. ,,aar FOR the bonnie blue Ha6