The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-29
HOME LIFE IN DIXIE
DURING CIVIL WAR
ELOQUENT LECTURE BY MISS
ISSIPPIAN AT TENT
HEROES AT HOME
All the Bravery Not At Front
Shown by Numerous Incl
dents Of Those Left Behind

tent last night. while notdalolahiotci
the gathering at the auditorium
tent last night, while not one OF the
largest Of the reunion. was among the
best repaid. the lecture OF DR.. s. a.
Steel on Home Life in Dixie During
the War" was a splendid presenta-
tion Of conditions back home" during
that eycntful four years of the history
Of the Southland His lecture de-
plcts the life of those VINO stayed al
home. and while not in the !imelight as
were the EoidieTs ii tie front. lie
showed that many of the persons left
at home deserved as great honors as
did those fighting the battles Of their
country.
One who hears this great lcc:ur,
will SO away with different idea OF
the causes OF tn graf taoin mwns,lrlu
the cG'Ises of tic great struggle
which has been so wildly brought to
mind in the coming together of the
survivors here during the past few
days. The speaker IaiioG IL t.i;. W. ~ i
of the Great Misunderstanding" and
he contended that II the people of the
South had understc od the people of the
North as well as they did when the
war was half over, or If the people of
the North had known more of the
PEOPLE of the South would never have
been any war. One of the main cans
es of the war was ignorance of the
strength OF the opposing forces. The
opinion prevailed down South that the
war would last only sixty days. and
many young men enlisted in the South
ern armies as If they were going on n
jaalnt, many OF them carrying dress
suits to wear at the victorious hall 10
he given at Richmond. The North was
equally ignorantri of the strength of
The South as President Lincoln show
cd when he called for only $4,000
troop ito quell the rebellion" Anoth-
er great cause of the war was the
presence of the prorervid orators who
stirred UP their audiences and appeal
ed to their prejudiees, asserting that
"one Southerner could lick dozen
yankees with n eornstalk."
Dr. Steel was farmer boy down
In Mississippi. aud while he drive;
home some great truths of the war, his
lecture Is mainly OF his personal Gx-
periences during the war. His home
was near TO scTne or the.grcat gat.les
aid liz the midst of stirring scene, J,
WHICH iait an iHdcHbel Impression on
his young mind. Some OF his earliest
re"o!lect'ons Of thes5 war .centnr,ld
around visit of the Methodist circrrit
rider TO his fathers home. and their
conatduent argument over III, ar
preaching confi.eti His father con
ien0cd that the North was stronger
than the South and had :uimitablr re-
sources from wSlch TO draM. while = G
minister took the position that the
North would not fight, ard that the
war would be ovei In sixty DAYS.
touplEt of doggernl YEich he
quosed showed the prs:ai.lnS idea.
The cornstalk fiddle. and the rusty
gun,
Wil make the plauged yankees
run"
The picture drawn by the speaker
showing the terror and. the anxiety ct
the people when the distant noise o.
tattle could be heard. was quite vivid
and convinced his auditors that all th,
heroism was not need al tha front
Back OF this was the ever present
dread that when the union armies ap,
preached the negroes would rise and
murder the whites" t"Be IL said tC
their credit" said the speaker, there
was no need for this fear. for no more
loyal body of people ever lived than the
Southern slave during the war"
IW.
tiful picture of the South, He said
there was small wonder that the NORTH
fought so hard to keep the South from
seeding for when God created the
world he made the best part down In
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