The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-22

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rs-a-a- tar Nassz 81. Sc F.
Haskss.s FSuzg lasv and 1zs been III
G-sas-ag CDzta1era-e reter41s for scsr
years s9e w-l be gra1uate1 AZ Ben
e4l college. G4inesrslls. fsz- Fhss year
Hiss L-UpE1a spoke a. fcors
E0s1 Hruorsa Ysssrans. Ladies zad
EeaLaemsn
al Georgia eir-I aaFe cone
10 Fo1 witt nessass from Gssrzs
Confederate soldiers. tox lo7s
Fg1- frr s aw gour 5augater. III 49,
many of taese sbost gc4 here. aud
F1e1 gou mast u fea tNe STORY OF
ToEr deeds aac i've ove4 again those
four Fezrs of Esnf and grssf snd bzi-
tee a1d graves our Place IL by yo1r
ai1e ov 1asg % hold Fo4r Aauas lu
care. znd ezsa tat0 our souls tie
3stosy iAzt has made yoas lives IN
m0rs1
v 10 hear Tou tell of tae cauae mat
~ss risat j. rsat aoF. and VIII be
ferersf rigat. and & S oniy o. tie
scFe.i q Eternity that there VII ~
rDcm % write tae deeds 81 you battle
SCARED Aerpes OF Robert E. Lee
Ihese daughters who love you 50.
viii tsi.d monuments as long -
mere is one of 81 left who knew you
--and Nh4n granite and marble shaH
erumble and faiL win The cycle Of the
years. ne women q tie sourh vii
gather % ne dust and mixing It into
mortar ana cement Will build again
the stately shafts. and will write again
tthe bravery Of the mighty dead. No
conquered land ever bullf NOM.
meats ana. Confederate soldiers. you
weFe mot conquered. but worn ont
Rita roaquering
And those brave and aoble women
of tae Coafederaey. orr mo;hers aad
our graadmsshers. H0w they gave
their husbands and their sons 10 the
canse. And son. knoa. wouid teach
1ae children d tie present and the
future nat The mothers and wives did
as much x9r Ehe SOUTH in the silence
If love. As did the soldiers 1ho gave
PIP their lives Many a mother and /
sweetheart died of tie wounds her
soldier received. and the fingers that
had swept the luie strings and the
harp, made socks for the bare feet Of
her love dOues IL war. ana the hands I.
thar knew how u rear soldiers from 4.
BIRTH made the bread that ner sol.
djers ate
And When the angel shall shout Res
direction. Z million Southern women
Till 20 up through the titles that
bloom over them here, 20 live ca A.
the lilies of God. "A
You soldiers suffered the crueifix
lon 81 saber and shot and shell, y
These women suffered Gethsemsne's j
travail Of heart
As ne LOOK O. you This hour. We call
p our vision ths old gray Jacket and I
We hear again the must III Dixie "
We see Eon again. broken. wounded.
muddy dying who marcaed through !,
sFery weather sweating bur fearless Z
without trembling. kept 81 I
r0ur feet by trumpet can. by fever and 4
3y the songs yon sang DER conquerad r
armies. You marched and fought
.astng. you marched and fought four =
b one and only fought for glory and +
lry bread You followed as proud a +
lag as ever waved DER iron legions =
.nd thar nag is torn ard basrie-rent (.
ia folded forever 7.
Your nation was founded on trutn-
our cause was efernallE right 4.
lorr lag vas as stainless of wrong j,
s any nag that was ever wrought by {.
woman's hands or hsiloped by NO
sans tears
TO uphold that nation, that cause, 1,
bat nag. you barred your bosom 10 bat. I.
e. bsyonet ard cannon-shot. and the
I'D of # ali was thar costiiest fnner
that the world has ever seen
Ragged starving, Woanded. ron {,
1ugbt 70 that thin line Of gray until e
ore Fas dead. and then--a man y
tii- you stood and heard the blafe Of
-iumphant bueies play fauniing ne. !.
aiems over the grave 81 the Whitesf u
alton that ever came to birth
oldiers You in the ranks of gray, =,
'ith brazea belt Of the c. s. "A,
axe my love and nay tears today.
axe them. ali that have 70 give
nd by Gods grace, while my soul II
shall live. We
stIii shall keep 90 its faithful way. All
be camp fires hot for the men % 'mi
gray, gr