The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01


place in our young and thoughtlcss
girlhood. But there are some mem
orcs which it seems as though even
death will never blot out, and among
these arc those Of G1.G5, events in
Rhich Southe women bore their full
burden from first to last, and natural
y in this all came in for share, for
SO dear was our cause to the Southern
heart that no sacrifice seemed TOO
great and women We'd with men, each
doing her utmost. Many day when
Good was scarce or unpalatablc, and
.hc young ones disposed to grumble
at their fate, haveswe been brought to
sense of duty by the stern reproof,
The men in the army have not as
good, do you thinkOthat they grum-
, ble?' The endurance of southern
women was unsurpassed, self seemed
slotted from their vocabulary. Spartan
j like they never told their woes and
doubts never clouded the horizon Of
their faith in the ultimate success of
ethe Sou thern cause. 1t has been
..aaoat justly said by more than one
tttat the Southern women made the
war a possibility' For as Father
Ryan 80 beautifully expresses it
'Back of lines that never quailed-
Far from the battle banners flash
There were lips that moaned and
walled,
And how many eyes that wept,
Tho they heard no cannon crash
Not the teTror-storme of lead,
Ard they sighed tho while they slept
When they dreamed their own were
dead"
EJnder this state of things our
school books certainly did not receive
the attention they should have, in
Elater years this neglect has been re-
eoalled with keen regret, as felt inca
opacity hos met many of us. Instead
Of books, we'learned the use Of knit
ting needles, 80 as to knit socks for
The army, very brnvely setting to
work, bu. soon thinking after untold
ripping of heels, etc., which I suppose
all beginners went through, that even
algebra or geometry would be per-
a,ffeEabie.
My fret pair Of socks we're Of coarse
7woolen yarn, most uneven thread,
with sticks aud burrs oil through.
diligently I set to work 70 remove all
&taaws, but before I had gone very Far,
being naturally indolent, and like ell
4girls fond Of commencing, but not Of
finishing work, I thought TIC .rregu-
larities knit in would help 20 "Rll up. +"
sSome time after in discussing my
rmode of procedure, was much sbash-
ed by the reproof, "Did you ever
sshink OF the poor mems bleeding
~feeR"-but. I eventually consoled
myself with the hope that come osval-
gyman got my socks. Later on patri-
,.otism waned slightly, and I concluded
,sthat as sook knitting was 60 much
labor it should only be performed for
Individual eases, and bestowed my
efforts .apoa my soldier friends.
lily grandmother, an old lady Of 35,
"a cripple confined to rolling chair,
occupied herself in picking lint and
rolling bandages for the hospitals. So
~diligeDt was she at her work, that I
remember her having corn on her
Gpger from the constant picking, and
-as she kept at her patient toll, many
"a talo did ahe tell Of the days Of 1776,
: whsn she was ''wee one," she died
with her hatred Of the British only
i,intensified by that for the Yankees.
LIN che spring Of '62, when Gen.
Beauregard was urging the removal
OF non.oombatants, women and chill
dren, we among others were preparing
ito 60. We had in the house quite
stock Of comforts for the soldiers, we
had busted ourselves with making
during the winter, socks, muffiers,
'oapa, etc. When the time came to
move, we were discussing the best
disposition to be made Of these things.
Ny family still held to the old fash
Soned idea that woman name should
not appear in the newspaper unless it
was to anneunce.her marriage or death,
and would request no acknowledge
ment of .heir contributions be made,
: consequently it was hard to make my,
-girl friends believe l had eser done
.zaythiDg for the soldiers, they would
aconstautJy twit me with my lazi-
meas, and In reply to my denial
!" wnnld invariably say: "That is very
strange, ! never see your name in the
Rapers."
Under these circumstances I deter