Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-04-07
A CALL TO THE U. d. 9.
Miss Shelor Makes Appeal for Wo-
men to Organize.


See him with the same manly bear
Ing bidding a loving farewell to his
men; see the ragged and foot-sore
men, with tears in their eyes, leaving
their immortal hero, returning to
their homes 60 No, ash banks.
See Lee ride Tray eler home; see
him in the encirclihg gloom planning
for the future as he rode. Little
minds are tanned by misfortune, yes,
subdued, but great ones rise above
It," Lee was not conquered, nor did
he surrender--he just laid down the
sword and fought for Southern
rights with a truer weapon. That
was training men to be "men."
See him In the class room; a big
salary offered him. See the "man"
refuse it; hear him say, "Ill fares
the land, to hasting ills a prey,
where wealth accumulates and men
decay" See him die hero. No
nation ever had such warriors as
our Southland-Hampto Lee and
SkohSNoh -oolulClS WuO IEuSISu
in God; men Of whom Father Ryan
said, "They sleep the sleep of mobiles
slain. defeated, yet without a stain
proudly and peacefully"
The 'Private"-the man behind
the gun-God bless him! He fought
the battle, slept on a rail, ate dead
cow flesh or anything he could get
but when Ito boots and saddles" was
sounded he was ready, and, when the
war was over, went to the land once
blooming as a rose, now a deserted
place. AS he went voice was heard,
II will not leave thee nor forsake
thee" Through the darkest hours
yet, Reconstruction days." he show
ed to the world he was a man"
See him now, suffering with pains
brought on by exposure in the war;
see him getting old when he should
be young; see him being hauled in
wagon to the poor house, while his
sons ride by in dashing tourist car.
Fair sisters, shall we let this be?
'Tis our solemn duty to meet and
organize U. d. c., mark the graves
with crosses, put flags in all the
school rooms, and pictures, too, of
our heroes; make the children ia.
miliar with the history Of our South
land. History repeats itself, and
unless we teach the children 20 be
'men" like these, their lives will be
failure.
l was asked, "Why do you love
to do this work? You get no pay?"
My answer was this: 81 was paid
years ago. l am debtor to my noble
ancestors. In my veins is the purest
and best blood Of ancestors, who, in
Germany, Scotland, England, were
loyal to church and State. In this
country READ the records of the
Barrys, Rylands, Shelors, Pettigrus,
Verners, Sloans and Striblings, in
war and in up-lift work. If | sit
still and do not try to do something
am disgrace to their memory"
Dear to this heart is a meeting
with Gen. Gordon. At reception
given the general, Miss Hopkins,
president of Agnes Scott College,
said, ''This pupil from Hampton's
State was taught to yell for Hamp-
ton before she was a year old" Gen.
Gordon kissed me and said, Happy
should be the child who is taught in
her infancy to be a lover of the
country" and, raising his eyes to
God, he said, 81 pray that this child
will give her life to her State as
Hampton did" I am very poor in
this worlds goods, but l have a big
heart for the suffering, and to see an
old soldier In the poor house is more
than l can stand. Poor-yet God
has given me heart, and my State
has given me a typewriter, and with
this l will make feeble plea for
those men who are in need, and for
the children of our county.
Emerson said, "Men are what
their mothers make them" so, mo-
theirs, come out Friday and help, for
If we forget the noble deeds of our
ancestors we will never do anything
that will be remembered by our re-
mote descendants. That is not the
correct quotation, but come out and
make 1t correct. Marye r. Shelor.
Earthquake i'm Virginia.
WincheSter Va Anril -Tun