The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-11
Norfolk, Va, June %, 1911.

Norfolk, Va, June %, 1911.
To the Survivors of Buffers Cav
l. airy: On the 18th instant lett CO.
Ambia, S. c., to visit my daughter at
e wide-awake and progressive city
Norfolk, of about eighty thousand
souls, mostly of all nationalities. Ot
'the two tribes that were not lost they
are much in evidence, particularly on
church street, where we see imbedded
On the old Episcopal church an Eng
lisA cannon ball fired from one of the
British boats in 1776 during our
struggle for independence.
7 notice in Norfolk large number
Of the sons of Ham, born since Ham
laughed at his venerable father, Noah,
who was the captain on the ark, and
who did not land at Mount Ararat un~
til after the dove had brought to him
the olive branch. It does seem to me
that Hams dusky sons will be the
hewers of wood and drawers OF water
until the end of time for the chosen
people of God. To this an all-wise
Providence has decreed them, and
why should the white man kick?
The crops from Columbia to Norfolk
look we'll Almighty God has watered
the earth and the people are thankful.
From North Carolina up this way the
principal crops seem to be peanuts
and corn, mostly peanuts, which are
called in Georgia, goobers; in South
Carolina, pindars, and in Eastern
North aCrolina and Virginia peanuts.
I used to wonder where so many OF
them came from, but now know.
Confederate soldiers in these parts
are like angels visits, few and far be-
tween. When a Confederate veteran
visits Virginia, his first thought is, II
wonder what battlefield will interest
me most"
One of the oldest newspapers in Vir-
ginia is the Landmark, owned by Mr..
G.. S. Abel, one OF the finest business
men in the South, who also owns the
Baltimore Sun. The secretary and
treasurer Of the Landmark is Mr.. S. S.
Nottingham, who is such an accom-
plished gentleman that you feel you
are in the presence of natures nobil-
ity.
The editor is the gifted NJ. +. J. Bailey.
Wherever go I meet Columbia peo-
pie. T have had the pleasure of seeing
here that eloquent divine, the Rev. DR..
Vernon Hanson, so well known in the
City on the Congaree, pastor of the
Client Baptist church, and his son, Mr..
D. Tiller I'Anson, a rising young law
yer. admitted to the bar several years
ago in Columbia. Again 7 find another
rising young business man, Capt. VIM.
NJ. Carter, supervisor of the Reliance
Insurance company, one of the largest
companies in the South. He is one
of the youngest veterans Of the Span
ish-American war, and comes from the
distinguished Carter family Of Vir-
ginia. And still another Columbia boy
I met, Mr.. Pelzer Youngblood, who is
making good on the Landmark paper
nave had the honor of meeting the
accomplished and progressive Mrs
Frank Anthony Wake, who has done
so much for Norfolk, widow of the
late DR.. Wake, who was stationed in
Charleston, S. c., hospitals during the
secession war. She has one of the
finest collections of Confederate relics
I ever saw. In her beautiful home on
the ceiling of one room We see the
Confederate battle flag, and the walls
are prettily decorated with everything
Confederate. The picture Of the great
R. e. Lee, who does not belong to the
United States alone, but to the world
and by his picture is that of the col
lege professor, his great lieutenant
general, Stonewal Jackson, the mos
accomplished tanker the world has
ever produced, and near their pictures
is that of the distinguished colonel OIL
> the Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican
war, and the best Secretary Of Wal
the United States ever had, and the
only president Of the Confederate
States of America, which government
was necessary to make this country
the greatest On earth. President Davis
was great in life-yea, even great il
death.
On Sunday, the 25th instant, m.
daughter and Mr.. Hill Gardiner, wht
has charge of the circulation depart
ment of the Landmark, and I went t
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