Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-26
echo OF OLD ISLANDER
ABOUT GENERAL~LEE
His Daughter Makes Emphatic De-
NAL OF Reports Circulated by
.Suffra Leaders.
MADE OUT OF "wHOLE CLorH"
Federal Department of Education
May Result From Sill Drafted by
j. A. c. Chandlcr-A Word About
Policeman and Prohibition.
To the Editor of The Times Dispatch


To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Everv once i'm Il while there /.
heard an echo Of tina, false and scan.
I da!"us story concerning the privat,
life OF General Robert i. Lee. tho
South's best beloved. which was pub
lished by ELIZA beth CaGy stanton ans
Susan IS. Anthony. leaders in the Gauss
OF woman suffrage. OF course. no ono
in the South ever believed the story
They knew IL was false and mendaCious
the pure character O: the South's war
rior- ca der could not he hes,nirCh.d ~
them. but where he was not known !:
. may have found some willing and anx-
ious to give il crclence In recon;
issue OF the Baltimore sun = contributor
reviews the story in detail. that the
world may know jus; how false !,
was. am sending i; to YOU that The
Times Dispatch may give il wide puh-
icity. soUTliERNER
Baltimore. Mo. May -. lalS
The article referred to hy south
erner" follows:
indorse an editorial from the Louis :
Vile Courier-Journal exposing n suf-
Erase slander of General Robert r.
Lee
The purity OF Rober, z; Lees char.
acter and life was such that only one
charge against il was ever made
This was an outrageous defamation
IN the notorious History O. Suffrage. e
by Eliza beth Cady stanton and susan
B. Anthony.
Accordins TO this "woman's pihlc. e"
General Lee drove his daughter Annie
Garter Lee, away from home because
she remained firm in her devotion 70
the national cause. and for this adher-
ence was hanished as an outcas, he
came wanderer and died a; Jones
Springs. y. c, homeless because OF her
love TO. the Union. with no relative
near. and dependent for care and con-
ISOLATION upon the kindly services OF al,
oid coiored woman They add that
nothing can redeem the name OF Lee
from the intamy that 80 justly at
,aches 10 IT"
There is not one word Of truth in
this base fabrication. with the excep-
ton that Miss Annie Garter Lee did
at what was then called Jones Springs
Inc SANDER was retuted a YEAR ago
By James Galloway. Of Macon. Ga.
whose refutatioa vas published ly the
Couric--Jouraal al that time Des!v-
ing fuller data MIR. Cs.!away has per.
suaced Miss Mary GUSTS Lee. the ONLY
surviving child OF General l-ee. 20 give
taen. TINS she has done Il. /. verv
interesting letter. which Mr.. Galway
prints III the Macon T.!eErsrh an!
"A'ti' is here r@rtoduccd
The CadT stanton and susan 2
Anthony t@hri-atioUs are sUch ! can
hardly believe lEsy would nave pro-
Tu!s1tea such wholesale fals.hccLS
IS matter o.; fact. while my :atner.
Ike many & tl" Ola army officers. was
not sece-s.ou;st. and Moyed Il ms
last tAa' e'N. Mar might he avc-te
We young rso0.e were much NOR. "
lent II oGr :eel Cg- md EXPRESSIONS
and ?oI may DC sure there Ms 20
diss"at.ent voice among ~,
Inc scanda is = f"hr:ca::oa. manu-.
fGctured out Of ths whole eloth wish.
out even the sha dow oc a iogn.!a.io-l.
and one cannot .nla CINE how /, ever
originated nv father's char.,c,er wan
$" pure and LOFTY. - we'll as winning.
and his devotion To his children 50
wen known 20 administrative even.
mat - ~ hed enemies even tn. b!t-
terest, y Is universally accepted now
'hal ne had no personal ones So far
as Annie Is conccrned--poor. gentle
Annie-she adored her father. and he
adored her, partly because Sin. VS.
named after his mother. whose mem
orE he worshiped, and always at,r;
outed anything that was worthy in
hi!nSelt 20 her teachings and training
ana influence ana parlly because as
a small chlid Annie had stuck the
SCISSORS into one Of her ,vcs ana
ruined the sight, but not III. amer.
aHce OF II. Hence my father ,,lN4.
mad specia! feeling OF tenderness. ior
her, SO much so tina; he specially nro.
Nloeo Tor neT NJ hi S Gym. How igno-
S'ti 't.'.ltES OF r,
Tiers character!
MY mother was a great sumer.r
from fheuma'isiN aud hearing Of IN.
healing virtues OF Jones' Sprinrs ,r,,
called White sulphur manager some
how to get down there vim nv sea-,
sisters, though travelling vas very 49,.
tcult al mat time. and while rhc-,
dear. gentie Annie died NV no,bo
nursed her IN sickness. day ana ,icb,
ano annie dled in her arms and mo-
eheI was oroken-h"arted over this
nrst death OF one Of her seven cbildran
and I am the last OF the seven nov"
living. Mother Went with Annie ma
Agnes to North Carolina and Ar.ie
never strong. developed TYPHOID fever
had been left with some near rsla
.uVes II Virginia. and Mildred ne
youngest. Was At school IN Wincncs,er
Hntil driven away ny The ,!Ge OF va
When she was sent down 10 S+i,,
Marys. in Raleigh. My dear ra,ncr
could not leave his post. and was so
overcome with sri"t over the death or
annie. the hrst death in his fanny
During our var large families o.,
often separated. and necessarily SO I
vas myself SEPARATED from mine. Jus,
recovering from ryrhoid fever so prov
a'eht In Richmond At that time. my
mother sent no.. down 10 King ,;lo-r.
County. 10 rela,Iy.. living IN : re'n,,s
seciion. q SHE lho4rnt. ana nu.ra I
cou!d nave gulSt aud pure air for bet,
'et recovery. AID where :, was no,
anicipale 'i1= Yankees wou'a ever
eolie. bCl one morning we uwok. to
fhd ourselves !'t their lines s.irro,,,,lS,
the Frederick but- Campaign h.,,.i,,.
begun. ] was there virtually a ~
oner the whole "iutc-, ana there bosr5
by stray letter os my sisters DEAN
ms eHp!ai2s Why was no, WITH An
ME when she died
This letter. In View Of the shame
less and wiGe!y circulated ei,,,4 =.