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c General Robert E. Lee. Address on the Life and Char acter of the Immortal Leade of the Confederacy, Deliver ed before the Lancaste Graded School, Jan. 18,1905 by Mayor R. E. Wylie. Published by Request of the Su perinteudent. At Stratford, ou the Potoma River,in the countv ofWestmore land, Va, was born Robert Ed ward Lee 100 years ago, tomoi row. The Superintendent actei wisely, as this anniversary come on a school holiday, in settinj apart a few hours to day to cele brate this important event.. Exercises, similar to this, wil be held in every city, town ani hamlet of the South, for here th memory ol General Lee is heli more sacred than that of an; o'her man. The most notabl gathering will be at, Lexingtoi: Virginia, in the chapel of Wasl ington and Lee University, wher the alumni of that Institutio who were under General Le during his Presidency will be i attendance. The speaker will b Charles Francis Adams of Mai sachusetts, great grandson c the second Vice President of th United States, the grandson c the sixth Vice President, son t the Ambassador to England dui ing the Civil War and himself brave officer arrayed again* General Lee during the here struggle. Who would have pr< dieted 40 years ago that Massi chusetts would furnish, and Vii ginia welcome, the orator o this occasion, remembering th vindictive hatred of this Stab at that time, tor the South. Tim works great changes. The mori grandeur of the character of Le< grows brighter and brighter i the years go by and his formt enemies are now hastening to d it tardy justice. There have bee many great soldiers and not few noble charac ers, but rarel are genius and moral grandei found combined. The world hi lurnished but tew soldiers sue as Washington, Lee and Ston< wall Jackson, who combine these two elements. These thr< men, like high mountain peak t Aarop u Krtvo tliai n f o I L \ a) o Knnani ivn aui/ ? c ' livii IUI n o ucv^aut of their nobility of charact' and their devotion to duty. / we reflect, upon their pure, u selfish lives, we recall the lin< of Goldsmith: "Like some tail cliff that lifts Its a' ful form. Swells from the vale and midw, leaves the storm; Though at its base the warring clou are spread, Paternal sunshine settles on its heat The sense of duty was prese with General L e in early life.At ten years of ajte, his lathe 44 Light-Horse Harry" of the re olution, died, and his mot In who was an invalid, lound in hi a loving and devoted son. Whi in the Mexican war he got lea of absence, once, to go home ai carry to a warmer climate, a fait lul old family slave, with t hope of restoring him to healt and he remained with him to t end. I shall now speak of certs crises in General Lee's life ai of the moral force he brought bear upon them. But before d THE LANC 'ing so, I will remind you that the numbers, States Right doctrine was drawn of the 0 into his being with Ihe very air manders. - he breathed. He inherited the in retreal r belief from his distinguished au- midst of I cestors that the States, "Were ?bringii as distiuct as the billows, yet one Some wt r as the sea," and that each State, ing, inch \ being a sovereign, with reserved rode up rights, couid peaceably withdraw against s< from the Union. And this in- cers. Gt nroQ aff.Arwn.rds with the ^ IIOI1IUU ? v/a ?t ?- u ? fT ?*-? - strengthened at the United States fault," tl Military Academy at West Point, the blami c where he was taught from ther. ( "Rawles'^View of the Oonstitu- maintain tion of the United States," that conducte< ^ the Union was dissoluble, and, thePoton that if it should be dissolved, thus savi g allegiance reverted to the States. Anotln y The author of this text book, mattox, used at West Point during Gen- numbers I eral Lee's four years there, was render hi j William Rawle, who studied law great hea in the Middle Temple, London, his arm; and was practicing his profession don repo] in Philadelphia in 1787 when the wishing t ^ Constitution of the United States lessly,he 0 was adopted. Doubtless he at- grace to I tended its sittings. Lee, Davis, rendered Albert Sidney Johnson, Joseph All w E. Johnson, Jackson, Stuart, Beautifu Long^treet and other Confederate around Generals in refusing to take up memories arms against their native States confiscate followed what they had been property taught at West Point. titute. j This fact should be remember- offers of I 0 ed for it throws a flood of light of his n *1"* ~MV.no/inanf nnni^nnf nf hllf, (tlllV I1UUII HID nuuscu ucnv v?/?iumvv V* ? ^ )I General Lee. rection. The first great crisis in his life many of was at the commencement of the under hii civil war. He was at Arlington, Attention on furlough, when the war clouds home, ir were lowering. What was he to cepted ?1 do? Ambition, self-interest, all ington ct considerations, save duty, told local re] him to side with the Union. He in order believed Secession to be imprac- the youi ' ticable. He knew the South was to the d ^ unprepared for war. The United the colle States had an organized army seats of I ' and navy and unlimited resour His last ces. He had been in its army where h 30 years. Gen. Scott, its com- October mander-in-chief, waslhis intimate Johnson, friend and begged him to remain. Johnson, General Scott was old and about ing hour ^ to retire. He was offered the "Gene command of the United States were co army. As he paced the veranda and disci at Arlington, he could see the more be his country, under which a ]ong ^ he had served so long, waving mind an from the capitol. What conflict- 80ul to ' ing emotions must have welled through up in his breast 1 But the path never d ^ of duty, though rough and rugiied ties of a was plain to him. The verdict ?red int wTas soon rendered. <vI cannot more gi raise my hand against my rela- selves at tives, my children, my home."? (,w of a] w~ This event in General Lee's life reticenc< is beaut if ill I v illustrated hv the nnanro a}. ? j - r" lower memorial window in St. authorit ds Paul's church, Richmond, Vh? the cln ! ? where lie worshipped during the marked f war. It represents Mosos leaving served t: the palace ot Pharoah for the inroads i hardships of the wilderness, and ing lethi ' inscribed thereon the following his lacul Irotn 11 th chapter of Hebrews: jn the i *r, j %,By taith, Aloe* when he was the 1 am| .j come to years, refused to be call- shadows ed the son Pharoah's (laugh frout H| ve ter: I ,.. . n.i ol his to Choosing rather to suffer alllic i, , , , /, , . remaine n- tion with the people ol God than he to enjoy the pleasures ol sin for e 1 h, a season." grace a he Another ciis's was at Gettys heeping burg on the last day of the fight, ebbing in Pickett had made his immortal sank In nd charge on the heights of Little with lh< to Round Top?bot courage could The few lo- not stand against overwhelming j convinc ASTER NEWS, JANUARY 26, 190 and the blunder of one intellect wer onfederate corps com- influence of I r??. n j A !-i 1 . I a. . [lie UTHim Army was imorru j uut i t. Gen. Lee was in the ness lasted t Ihe retreating columns that all the t ig order out of chaos.? fluences of t >re wailing and criticis- ruled; and ev iding Gen. Wilcox who laying its col to unbosom himself lectual perci une of bis brother offi nature, with )n. L?. j cut him short duties and a? remark, "It is all my ed itself. A lus taking upon himself celebrated in a that belonged to ano nificant word Pickett's Report.) He and a thousai ed hiB self-poise and e<l to give m? 1 his army back across tain sound, v aac in a masterly retreat, said, with en ng it from capture. he must com ;r crisis was at Appo- tences serve I where overwhelming ingly througl compelled him to sur agination wa s army. With that good, erally his ? >rt uearly bursting, with were coheren / fought, as Gen. Gor- part, iudeed, rted, kito a frazzle"?not broken. o sacrifice Ilia men, use Leaning trus bowed with dignity and sustaining A] the inevitable?and our- stature, meag his immortal army. dards, seemt us gone, gave honor.? from this woi I Arlington, the home realities of tl which so many fond We can al i clustered, had been the life of t ?d by the enemy, his man, especia all gone, his tamily dee- this school, * \t this crisis, tempting preparations high salaries for the use alities of lib ame were offered him, cares and bu pointed in another di- that the "dui The youth of Virginia, than life." whose fathers had fallen in General s standard, claimed his children nobl i. Ret using offers of a as these, occi loney and lauds, he ac- "Occupy you te presidency of Wash- more helplei dlege, a school of then Study to be f mutation, at Lexington, Frankness is that he might instruct and courage Qg men of the South as mother or m uties of life. He made for any lack >ge one of the foremost Hold on to y earning in the South.? tue. They days were spent there, every calami e died the morning of the means 12, 1870. Wm. Preston useful in tl Oftn lit A IKart fiidnav Pllilia milul I OV/U VI ill V/v/? V VIUUV^ su%<w, , thus describes his clos kind mothe 9 * jour father j ral Lee's closing hours you must lei usonant with his noble true, kind iplined life Never was pr?y earnest autifully displayed how >ou to ''Li and severe education of ments, and id character enables the 'be days pass with equal ^.ep >'ou W>'1 alw the sublime ordeal; 'or your avo id the habits and quali 8ftl bane, wl life time, solemnly gath- immorality, o a few last sad hours, to be ruled ( andly maintain them- indulges in ii nid the gloom and shad- their esteer pproaching death The venerate, tf s, the self-contained com- virtue." the obedience to proper The hero y, the magnanimity, and commended 'istian meekness, that tion, was th< all his actions, still pre- port, of Stun heir sway, in spite ot ine ne . wrote, of disease and 'lie creep- raan 9 roinc argy that weighed down W1 J . . , . , willingness 1 ltie>. As the old hero lay Dutv ,hen_ darkened room, or with jn onr j;i, [) and hearth fire casting in all things upon his calm, noble j tan. You 1 tlie native grandeur j should neve rm, and face, and brow ^"C.h a , , ! raiion to us '? ,'"1 ,J,ath t0Lf LonaWlo terrors, and to borrow a ' . * Lives of gre nd dignity in sublime i \\rP ,.ftn niake with the lite that was 1 And departir away. The great mind * 0"^-Pri*jt9 0 i its last repose, almost , , , , , Let lie then h 3 equal poise of health, with a heart ' broken utterances that Htitl anhievin ed at times a wandering j Learn to labo 7. e spoken under the SUIffl the remedies admin- in * as long as conscom- sTATEt here was evidence * l ligh, controlling in- ^our u i ft . ii D- A. Willi us whole life still en when'stupor was Lee J*"01?! * r son, Jas d hand on the intel- Marie F< aptions, the moral &slTn"Mi its complete oib of Inson, ] r ... Hood, Idi lections, still assert Hood, B southern poet has xot&tUlS song those last sig You ?r?* o. ?_.?.? . ? quired to s, 'Strike the tent !' to is action, nd voices were rais with 8*rTe< copy of yoi waning to the uncer on the subs rhen the dying man iinV?w!tht lphasis, "Tell Hill service her ,,, of such ser e up!" These sen- ewer the c lo show most touch- will6apply i what fields the im* demanded i . Dated Ja 8 passing, but gen'nnlo llinnoh few , ' r [Seal] J. I t; but for the most To the infa his silence was un- ter? Conn Robinson * binson, 1 'f"Hy upon ihe all rm, the man whose named: lured by moral slan- apIpl1^a8te0 l{ ?d so great, passed ment of a g , pear and d< rid of shadows to the bebair. wi ie hereafter." the 8?rvicl served upo 1 draw lessons from by his Atl his great and good lly the students of l>,?a8 f to appoint vho are here making appearand to face the stern re- beha,f Dated Ja j and to assume its rdeus. Learn early ' J Seal] J. F ties of hie are more To the non Hood, S< _ , . , . Lillie J< Lee's letters to his Hand, ab le sentiments, such You wil fho pomnla iir again and again : tion, wasil rself in aiding those on^the^st as than yourself.? Dated Ja rank with the world. the child of honesty >. Never let your An e wear one gray hair notice i of duty on your p?rl. our purity and vir- pose of reoe: ... . pavers of L? will sustain you in The Andi Ity. Never neglect tb? foiiowin , days named of making yourself the public, be world. You and OsoeoU. Tn? riOHoant \al ; take care of your Belair. Tha , . *\ Van Wyck. r and sisters when Dixie Mon< i, dead. To do that ?rn to be good. Be Taxahaw, W , , Flat i reek < and generous, and prccwei ly to God to enable aep His Command- Kewhaw.Ti . , Heath Sprit to walk in the same Pleaaant Hi of your lile. I hope ays be distinguished er. to wake . I . personal pr idance Ol the univer- provementa liskey, and of every tp"?,\yh?0V Nor need you fear The Poll t jut of the society that JJ^tthSl t, for you will acquire n and respect, as all .1 j . .. Lancastei they do not practice, whose example he M to hi9 son for imita . IJmv? m in New lot 3 old Puritan, Daven loans for t idford "There was," [he^lt^of' "quietness in that i ? tiiw quietness ui n Only ndom and inflexible mletoe bey present duty. is i be sublimit word . uage. Do your duty I lclD , like the old Puricannot do more; you r v? isli to do W rite us e -hould be an inspi- you "hoy*' all. In the language "?. you will last a ' MM at men all remind us, M&lO our liven sublime, { iST, leave behind us 'or CR 11 the sands of time," * ? * " i'hev lik sugar"is w e up and doing nedy's I.?x for any fate, ern oongh .... . any optati g, still pursuing, Ttir CoIll r and to wait." nod Drug V mons for Relief. implaint Served.) >F SOUTH CAKOLINA, ancaster County, t of Oommon Pleas, atns?Plaintiff, vs. p, Scott Bailey. Hugh WilKobinson, Nannie AlcGriff, jster, Connie Foster, W. J. i, Lillie Jones, Viola Robimie Robinson, Rose Robllattie Robinson, Mosea a Hood, ?st her Hood, Jacob inks Hood. < ordelia Hood a L. Hood ?Defendants. ?ndants above natned: hereby summoned, and reanswer the complaint in , of which a copy is herei upon you. and to serve a ir anewer to said complaint cribers, at their offices in >f Lancaster, South Caron twenty days after the eof; exclusive of the day vice; and if you fail to an omplaint within the time he plaintiff in this aotion to the court for the relief in the complaint, nuary 18th, 1907. Williams A Williams. Plaintiff's Attornejs. \ Gregory, C. C. C H. C. nt defendants, Marie FosieKoster, LillieJones,Viola i MamieKobinson.KoseKolattie Robinson, Ida Hood, ood, Jacob Hood, Cordelia iu xviizn ii. nuuu, suuyb ike notice, that unless you he court tor the appoinifuardian ad litem, to apefend this action on your "T thin twenty days from i of the summons herein n you, the plaintiff herein, torneys undersigned, will catioontoJ. F. Gregory, ! of the Court of Common .ancasterCounty.said Slate, such guardian ad litem to defend said action in your nuary I8tb. 1907. Williams A Williams, Plaintiff's Attorneys. \ Gregory, C. C. C. L. C. resident defendants,Moses cott Bailey, Hugh Wilson, mes, Ida Hood, and Jacob ove named: I please take notice, that int in the above stated ?cled in the office of the Clerk rt, for Lancaster County, h day of January 1907. nuary 18th 1907. Williams A Williams, Plaintiff's Attorneys. ditor's Notice. is hereby given that this office i from the 1st day of Jannary lay February 19t?7 for the puriving the returns of the tax*n caster county, tor or an Assistant will attend u places in the oonntv on the below for the convenience of wit: ssdav. Jan. 8th 1907. 1'2 to 3 p m I'y, Wed, Jan 9. lyu7, rsday, '5 " Friday, "11 " to 2 " " lay, " 14 " " " 12 m nday, 4pm Tneaday, 15 ednenday, ' 16 " r*h. Thnra, " 17 " ah'a, Fri , " 18 " nrday, " 19 " to 12 ro time. Mod, " 21 " lies A Wed, " 22 and 23 1907. ioh, Thors, "24 19 <7. 11, Friday. " 25 " to 1 p m idingham'a Mod, Jan. 28, 1907. to the interest of every taxpaytheir returns promptly of all operty also nil Iransferit or imon real eHtate and nave the >0 per cent which attaches alter February. tax of one dollar in laid upon all ween the ages of 21 and 60, ? exempt by Ihw. KeHpectfuIly, J no. A. Cook, County Auditor, r. 8. C. Dec Utb, 19 6 oney to Loan. ade arrangements with parties k City by which I can negotiate ive yearn on improved cotton mis of $300 00 and upwards, at 7 per cent, on amounts of $1000 ml 8 per cent on sums lean than brokerage or commission chara reasonable fee for ab-tract of K E. WYLIE, Attorney-at-Law, ios and Organs Factory Prices. at once for our special plan its on a Piano or Organ. If nit itur iiitttriiii.unl t li??vnivh t a standard make, one that i lite time. Write ne's Music House, DOLUM Bl H. C., talngs, prices and terms. i ? - . V* e the taste as well us umplo hat one mother wrote of Kenative Couuh Syrup. 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