The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-05-16

acy. Those women, he SAID, WIZ
endured the ha~dships, suffered the
suspense and bore the loss of those
irving times and the days that FOL
lowed with that patience and toru- /
tude that has ever marked them ard
lifted them to places high and en-
during and given them hoiy CT
HOLES in our hearts"
He remembered the great women
Of history, tracing briefly the lives
and deeds Of a few Of them, but ne
said that the women he remembered
most were those quiet, genie
spirits. those brave, true women
WAC lived their lives in unselflsh
love, patient endurance, brave hope
fulness, waiting and watching with
that suspense that only loving hearts
can know. yet working ever, per-
forming the duties that came to
hand. meeting the eternal every
day" with courage born only OF a
perfect and beautified character.
What lives these women must
have lived before the war, else how
could they have enjoyed that ola
time courtesy, that typical Southern
chiyalry which the men OF those
DAYS rendered her. How ncbiy they
must have lived, how true they must
have been to their womanhood.
"Wfen the dark days came, When
the flower Of Southern manhood
went forth from their homes to
battle for the protection OF the
homes they had left, and mans re-
sponsibility had fallen upon the
shoulders Of women, with what gen
tleness and sadness, yet with what
strength and courage did they say
their words Of parting, take up the
burden that was inevitably theirs &c
| bear. and with heads bowed down
with grief, and with loving heart,
, filed with fear and suspense, went
about their daily tasks. The sol
der on the field Of battle was bless
ed with the excitement and ccntlnu
a! change, the endless struggle, tn;
. constant move, but the women a
home could only wait and watch
fearful ever for the lives of lovet
ones, knowing never what the mex
, news would be. They did no
: shrink, they did not fall down be
meath their load Of responsibility
AS they had loved in the bright an
happy days, so now in the dark an
i stormy Gays they continued to low
: and pour out their lives for love
o sake. Oh, men Of those days, thci
g faithfulness was your strength, the
g love was your joy, their prayer
!, were your protection. Was thel
p ever a time when they were not
l. part of your lives, and when yot
" lives We're not sWeeter and bette
If because Of them?
# when the ashes of devastatiC
" and desolation had darxened lar
which had shown bright under God
T. blue dome, when homes whose ha!
r had rurg with merry laughte
9, childish prattle, and all the soun'
is grief and abject want, the wome
,e Of the Confcderacy had not bee
lf heard to say, 1t is enough, we c;
70 stand no more but with brave al
q loving hearts they met the change
+ conditions unshrinkingly, and Wor
n ing hand in hand those who had
III turned, together, out Of the ashes
rs ruin, they raised aloft new and
resurrected South
tn In closing Mr.. Dunn said: "A
nj me to point you to the brave So
,r- Of earth, forgetful Of the Casa
,Ie the Shakespeares, the Gladston
the Washingtons, will point you
III that countless host Of women w
,at met the eternal every day brave
:, and unshrinkingly, in courage a
~, ), cheerfulness and patience, attendi
be to every duty that came to ha,
he trusting ever in the God they ioI
,ot and glorifed. Oh, mothers of m,
a., you have left Us priceless, a sacr
~ a perpetual heritage. May
Ihe prove true and worthy children
he thine
ern The old enmity is forgotten,
rly hands of two brave peoples h;
,ad joined in the clasp of eternal frie
'< ship. The heroism Of those tin
and the heroes and heroines t
OF made such heroism possible,
hat never be forgotten. They are
tile perpetual heritage.
chi Mr.. Dunn expressed a desire t
-. IA monument should be raised on
" 90 graded school campus to the r
IN and women of the Confedera
leir saying that nothing could be m
,e,d fitting than that those who toi'eC
Ioea faithfully together in life should
- !, honored together in death.
.Ne At the close of the address cro
Of honor were conferred u
81. :: Messrs. M. D. Allsbrook, T. E. 4
~ - bon, Hope Bell, Wiley Bl'iley, W