The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
THE WOMEN OF
 THE OLD SOUTH
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H~F@~~~- porarily with kinsfolk and friends. The expected s'short war" grew pro- fracted and bitter; Nashville and Don elson fell communication became al- most impossible. and Mrs. Weoer sought refuge with step-sister ID Alabama. with her she took her two little sons. Only infrequent and chance words came from her husband, but she helped to teach and nursed the SICK devotedly.
 when what was misnamed peace came, when the madrnan's pistol had siain infant conciiiation the leaders or the cause were prisoners in snaekies. Mrs. Weber got passes through Roa- nolxe Island and Fortress Monroe to join her husband. At the latter stop, she heard the attempt to disgrace the defenseless prisoner of state, and she ened to washington to enlist President Andy Johnson. whom she knew. The tafior- President received her gracious ly. personally but he was trimmer 10 the wind. and that was blowing bitter aMti-rSbel just then. He denouneeu the rebel chief and refused to ala m INA ralease. Convinced no favor was to he had Mrs. Weber forgot all but the Sof4fI1ss wrongs, and she lasheu ms Accideney fiercely, if elegantly. there Sn fha White House-alone with her two little boysl But she was noE n,iaislaed. and lived to be useful when real peace again came to her land.
 one of the most remarkable women aeveloped by the war is Miss Emily virrtnias Mason. This noble daughter of inc parent branch of the great CO Ionial family still resides in Washing 4an in her 94th year. She Is still the wgffed gracious and graceful woman mo won social and literary fame threA score years syne; and her memory stlIi holds Intact the minor detals oa her war experience. For MISS Ell ". as friend and companion and the sur: ferlnw alike knew her--went early 70 xbe rescue work and held to 1t at the surrandar. She was in the first tamp hospifals of Lynehburg. Norfolk sra charIottesville; and all the while was 1natran or head nurse of the big W ln> der Hospital at Richmond Ana with her. most of the time, were hsr sis ters. Catherine Armistead Mason (Mrs. Rowland) and laura Mason Chilton, nov ofN Ricfnond And to tae great social and other influence of these brave wona n. they added strength of character that peculiarly fitted them for the trying role of the carnps nurse.
 To her greater traits. Mss Emily Macon adds still a subtle hunor and a keen knowledge of humor that makes her one of the most marked figures of social Washington, and of every dis tanf city she has visited. Her tenac" ity Of youthful interest ia truly mar waI1ous: and l recall her. in her sstn year. arranging to chaperone another party of young iadies on European tour.
 Among the Georgia women who made and maintained high records. was the wife af pr. John Carter. of Augusta. she went actively to work fr0tr the first in caring for the Georgia boys at the front; and her memory is still green with survivors Of the veterans Her lahors for the men in the field were never remitted, until the war snded, Then she organized and was continu- ouslv President of the Ladies Memorial Association, It was her inspiration ard practical efforts that reared al length the stately monument to the Confederate dead, of which the State ana especially the Augustans, are just 1y proud
 Mrs Carter died amid universal re- xref personai and public. leaving one acn. Major Mason Carter, D. g. A. nov retired, in California, and q slauwhter. Mrs. S. K. Johnson. of Se' vance, Tenn. two of whose sons aFt in the United States army, and tht other, Mir. Flournoy Johnson, popular