The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-10-14


U. C. ", and all the Governors and
speakers.
Col. ames Sample, a four years
veteran of the War between the
States, was the guest. The Colonel
has been for a number of years con-
nected with the Sunday Journal and
Tribune, of Knoxville, Tenn, con-
Quoting the veterans page in which
he devotes considerable space to mat
tiers pertaining to the Confederate
veterans. He is very forceful wri-
ter on military matters. Gen. C. IT.
vine Walker, u. c. ", says of him:
Colonel Sample is a man possessed
of broadness of mind and largeness
of heart, capable of defending those
who were once his enemies.
"In the course of his labors as a
journalist Colonel Sample has refu-
ted number of slanderous state
ments made against prominent men
of the Confederacy. In lengthy ar
ticle, quoting from Official Records"
he proved conclusively that President
Davis was not taken in woman's APP
parel, as has been stated, that the
whole matter was an afterthought
and not a word of truth in it, and
that he knows this of his own per-
sonal knowledge of the whole affair,
as he was in Macon with part of
the command in search of Mr.. Da-
Wis. In another article he proves
that Gen. Robert E. Lee and all the
other officers from the regular army
who went into the Confederacy new
err drew one cent of pay from the
United States government after their
designations, as had been charged on
the floor of the United States Senate.
All this and other interesting mat
tiers not mentioned, reprints of his
articles, Photographic copies of the
original official" documents, letters,
ETC., are embodied in an album or a
scrapbOok made by Colonel Sample
and at the Richmond convention pre-
sented by him to the Daughters of
the Confederacy present, and it has
been deposited in the Confederate
Museum at Richmond. For this
special letter of thanks was sent to
him by the President General u
D. C.
1t has been a subject of remarks
by the friends of Colonel Sample, both
of the blue and the gray, that he can
be so non-partisan in his writings, to |
which he replied: Like Diogenes, /
am searching for the truth.-nothing
but the truth-of events and persons
who were part of the American
conflict of 1876, which was a part
of the evolution of the establishment
of our great American republican,
North, no South, but one people,"
The album is prefaced by hand
some photograph of the Colonel as
ne appeared at the Richmond Reun-
ion, in full uniform and decorations
as he has been highly honored by
the national government, the G. A.
R., the U. c. ", the U. v. L., and
the U. S. w. V. There is a dedica-
ton in patriotic sentiment, with
true love to my country, knowing no
North, no South, no East, no West, |
and but one flag" which introduces
the poem on Our Flag" and also
an expression of his high esteem of |
the Daughters of the Confederacy. |
which is as follows: with these |
feelings of my heart l dedicate this
album to the United Daughters of |
the Confederacy. who are fulfilling
a patriotic and holy mission in per-
petuating the deeds of their illustri- |
GUS fathers, brothers, and kindred;
and | consider it a great privilege
that in the matter herein contained.
of which l am the author. l have
been able to throw the light of truth
on some disputed matters rejecting
on the character of two great Ameri-
can citizens, Jefferson Davis and
Robert e. Lee."-Miss Mildred Ruth
erford. Historian-G General, U. d. g