The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-01

The "6ren sesame" ar aFn 81 adj
miuanee % the convention bali of the
unltsd Daughters 81 the Confederacy.
recently in session ga Washington. %
o.. uaa small faR. with seven htaru
or h Geld ~ blue and two red and one
while stripe This Gag was desisued
and contributed to che daughters by
Mai 0rron Randolph Smith. uf Hen-
dersrn. ~ C. who iH ere designer 20
the 'sfars and Bare" tho Official Gas
of the C0nfederacv
The sfaT ~ hos Major smith de-
rigned the stars and Bars De- an in-
terastinr one and vas told Hy h.m az
a reunion held On Norfolk. Va. Sep
TENDER, lelo. BE wac introduced at
thia reunion bv Gen. Julian 81 Carr. of
Durham. and hia story 's a. follows
The idea Of ms HHE f0ok from
The Trinity three in orr Tho tEres
harH we're f0r ths church state and
press RED Represented f.rfe IceIel8s
UVe iadICiurv end executive. white
far church Father SON and Ha'y
Ghost red Cor EresE freedom 90
Hnotch. freedom uf conscience and HH-
rrfF Of press all bound faEfther HE "a
naId of blue fiHe heavens over aIu,
Hea~iuE a star fur each state Iu thr
collaboration. The atFfn white stars
aH ere Same s.rr. were placed iu "a
CIRCLE, showing Chat ear1 state had
equal rights and nFirIieref Irrespective
of size ar population. T1r circle. have
ing neither head nor foot stood far
eternity and nlEnifed. N1l defend me
and lA protect Won
Made Little Fiaa.
II bad ere Gag 8N complete in my
mind before thf Confederate congress
advertised Cor models. end when tnr
advertisement appeared . rent to mg
friend. Miss Rehocea Murphy tshe la
now Mrs W 81 WInhorue. ~ Wilson.
N. c. and asked her Ia she would
male me little Gas. TH fcu her how
] tore Che bars and cos fhe stars ard
Hhe scWtl the stitches and when fn-
ished tha little HaE was sent ta Mont
ssemrrY. with fhs rurEestIun That
star 10 added f1r each state that
Joined enc Confrtrrarv
The naF committee. aa ruu all
know. accepted ere naE and named It
tHa stars ana Bars. They alec adopt
"a the HuwweEtian and % was uHf long
before thf naE bore eleven stars faF
the eleven Confederate states that
voted Tor Jefferson Davis ra Do urrEI.
deaf After che small nar was sent
to Montgomery 2 BOUGHT frfra e1u1H
from HarraHH store aud asked MIn
hehrcca tn make me n hure naa. q hy
q 2 feet. Cor Whether ne naH committee
accepted my model rr not 4 wac de-
termiuad that one OF ms nau should
Pc HnaflnE in ihe breeze Splicing Two
Tall aapNuEH taHether. made "a polo
700 fret h.rh and planted % eu fhr
courthouse square 90 I.1uIHburF. E e..
twhcre . WaH then UginaI and ere
naH IVES scot aIuf Monday. March fF.
1881. twn months before NaffH caro-.
Iina seeded over f.r Gag HHe Huaf-
ms long hIHe Ffraamnr Ukr an adj
mlral haa on hIs ship when hHmsuarI
toaud and an this Gas had sfars fnr
each STAKE that had saeedeH and ono
for North Carolina. f0r though c knew
utV state was suI iu enc linton Z knew
che was hemewHrd bound
Miss Murphy who made ire two
naEa. married nrst ~ German Wat
SON and secondly W. W WfuhHrua
IleF sister. Miss sally Ann. refused ta
Haf on fhn Gas. SAYING she was far
Yankee ufHefr. ana HHn ana marry
james A. Muller lieutenant in ths
United States army Eut willie Wr
smith and Miss Hfheera msde fr5
faEa Miss sally Ann PLAYED au tha
piano and PLAYED uiEief Benny Blue
llaN' and other southern HarHnH
Living ~ Wilson. n. c.
Mrs WIuborno Ia living today win
y
Wilson. N. O.
AR smith has made henderson hi.
home Tor Years and ia member %.
tHe Henry ~ Wyatt Camp. ~ g. 81
December ik. lsal. Drren Randolph
smith was born in che uld hlsiafl.
county Of Warren. s.. o. Don 1895. when
var broke out between this country
and Mexico. be was a TAD az only
Years. set he volunteered hls services
f' Die country for Eve years. OF untI
me ena 0. Che war ne went Sea az a
private In che ranks. ha came sH.
gapthln hn waH mustered uuf In Ikgs
at hm.fhFIIa lnow Southport 81 CG
ie enlisted under Cal Wharton D
9rean az Warrentan. Is. O.. June =
1881 Before Eoing Co. the mont hs
was permitted % 60 home e. .u.E ~.
W some business matter. Bu. urua
lA iealroHrE y. O.. was severely .H.
lHeA ln attempfinE O. stop rum.
A"aH a1rHa hItchcd to a buwEy Hs
vas violently thrown 90 ths eroana
enc hla arm and shoulder were hadly
NltwitHFfandinE thls BE- be-.
h'l ~ Pc company N0t hafrs
Ao-e p 90 Ted duty be waa made
~ nafor This rasffI-- r.s.rr.. =.
cnd Of the war