The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-01
in FOR, MIN or AbheviIIe.

In fOrt VIII
Unwittingly we have invoked the
OF the A5beville Press and
Banner. This contemporary. an q re-
cent Issue. says.
An article published in the Daily
Mail OF October Z. written from Wash
ington. Ga. makes many claims for
that city as to the part its public men
played in the Confederacy. Among
other things 1t claims that 1.-The last
Confederate Cabinet meeting was hello
In the General Heard house, which was
torn down and replaced By the elegant
new wilkes County Courthouse II
IS an undisputed fact that has gone
down in history that the last Confed-
erate Cabinet meeting was held In the
Burt House, in thls city. which Is now
occupied by J. = stark. The Cabinet.
fully represented, met here for the last
time and disbanded. The article like
wise claims that Jefferson Davis was
born in Geogia The fact is, he was
born In Kentucky. in an ADJOINING
county TO that IN which Lincoln was
born. IL the accuracy Of the article Is
TO be judged By these TWO references
&c will be OF little value 10 history.
As matter OF fact this article re-
ferred to was not prepared originally
for the Daily Mall. II was FIRST pup
lished in a Georgia contemporary
the I&vonia Times. We believe We
fully intended TO give credit TO the
proper source of publication. and II We
did not ia was through some oversight.
as the article was In type several days
before being printed.
However. we wish 10 advise our
Abbeviiie friend not TO vaunt Itself too
much. Did the Cabinet Of Jefferson
Davis. Fully represented meet for
the last time in AbDeviiic? II so the
claims of another city are altogether
wrong.
The once beautiful village and now
striving little city of Fort Mill has
always claimed that distinction II -
not for US to decide between them NO
one has successfully disputed that the
last Cabinet meeting Das acid IN the
home Of Armistead Burt, at AboeVii.e.
but Fort Mills claim is that the entire
Cabinet was not present, as some men,
bers thereon left the Presidents party
at Fort Mil.
The lovely old homestead Of the
White family at Fort Mill has been
pointed out as the place where the
entire Cabinet assembled for the last
time. And there are persons yet living
In Fort Mill who remember that sad
occasion when the Confederacy was
about 10 be dissolved The meeting
at Fort Mil was held on the lawn
under the beautiful white oaks. with
cedars of Lebanon doing sentry duty.
This was the ancestral home of Cap
tain Samuel Z. White. the man who
later at his own expense, reared
beautiful monument Ia memory OF tho
love OF the women Of the Confederacy
for their lost cause.
The Burt house in AbDeville is one
of the most beautiful of Southern man
sions and II was no doubt here that
the last formal meeting of the Davis
Cabinet was held The members OF
the Cabinet, or some of them. went
to Washington, Ga. where they spent
several days. Judah =. Benjamin. Sec
rotary OF State, left the party before II
arrived al washington and fed % Eng
land George A Trenholm, Secretary
Of the Treasury. did not attend the
meeting. A most interesting
chapter on The President and Cabinet
in Retreat may be found in the me-
moirs Of John II. Reagan. Postmaster
General of the Confederate States
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