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Lee's Birthday to be ' i \ Newberry Obaerver. | Mr. Drown, county superintend ana ausB uaggins, supervisor or r schools, have prepared a paper the public schools, with. refere?p< the celebratiqn of the birthday Robert E. Lee; from which the lowing extracts are taken: INTRODUCTION. This bulletin Is written to fill need of the teacher who wishes make the school a social centre for community, but who has neither 1 to select nor a library to consult, is not intended that, any teacher here to the program, but that fit the exercises to fill the need the school. The children, the county pa and, most of all, the teacher may vertise the entertainment until people in the school district are terested. At this meeting Invite If possible, give a part of the gram to ail of our Confederate diers who live around you. At this meeting it would add terest to have an old soldier, the who served at home during the or some loyal descendant pres The teacher should be the sc moving spirit; but whenever poss an outsider or the president of Rural School Improvement Asst tion should be the public leader n wouia ue appreciated ir teachers would report to the coi 1 papers and to the superintend! offlce the results of this meeting LEE DAY PROGRAM. Suggestions: 1. Lee Day, January 19, it Is gested that the forenoon be give regular school work, but that citizens be invited to be present the afternoon session for an ap priate program rendered by pi and citizens. 2. Preparations for this prog should he begun January 2nd, so children may have opportunlt read and acquaint themselves ' the history of the great Confedei If classes have to be omitted to pare for this program. It shows management, for this work shoul done in history, language and ope: exercises. 3. Make the program ma stories of Lee?not mere biogra i. , See that the children who part in the program know spinet! worth while to tell about Lee. THE PROGRAM. 1. Song?''The Bonnie ] Flag," led by school choir. 2. Devotional exercises. 3. Anecdotes of General Leea pupil. 4. Personal recollections of ?by an old soldier. 5. Poem?"The Sword of Ro Lee"?by a pupil. 6. Song?"My Maryland"school. * 7. Mrs. Lee during the war? pupil. R Tho firont fnn fndornto'a In the battle of Gettysburg?b] citizen. 9. Debate: "Resolved, That did a greater service to the S< than Knapp." Song?"Dixie Land"?led school choir. THE ANECDOTAL SIDE OF R ERT E. LEE. From The Ladles' Home Journal Few men ever had a stronger yet more tender and more loving ^ sonallty than General Robert E. ? i Hh was beloved by all who cam contact with him. He was the miration of strong men and the of chlldrfen. Not enough is genei known or tohe man's noble quali and for that Veaaon these anecd are presented-Jtqiglve a Aearei sight into characteristics tnat m be overlooked by. or remain wt nnknown to, those who. comm think of General Lee only as a i tary leader. General Lee was devotedly ton children; he fonnd great dellgb talking with them about their 1 affairs, or in teasing them In the of gentle humor which was peci to himself. To a little rlrl who rubbing her eye* he said: " must never rub your eyes, my <! . except with your elbows." One day he came across a boy was throwing stones from the which passed through the col campus, at Lexington, Va., and pleasantly to the lad: "You tl well, Harry. Now see if you ca hit the road with all the stones have thrown on the grass." On Christmas morning Ger Lee always appeared at the hom< , the children who lived near him left a little glift for each one, to! which they still cherish. General Lee was seated In the of a car of a railroad train goin Richmond one day during the when a poorly dressed old wo entered at one of the stations, seats were filled with officers soldiers. The woman, finding nc on ti # a/\o t n rt /I Vt r I >1 O n/vnn /\ff her, approached the end where General sat. He Immediately and Rave her hia seat. Insta there was a general rising, each offering his seat to the General, ho said significantly: "No, gei men, if there was no seat for infirm woman there can be none me." The effect of his rebuke remarkable. One after another officers retired from the car, soon General Lee and the woman It all to themselves. One day while a cavalry office the Army of Northern Virginia sitting on Ms horse In the sh * resting one leg thrown over saddle-bow. General Lee came l:ig along. After critically obi lug the trooper for a momem rode on and sent one of his officers back to "ask that ca\ f WT officer whether he does not t * \ that his horse is likely to get i TE Honored n NewberryPublic Schools. E' ,. ? *, chok . tired sometimes as well as him- drop ,ent, self." King oral i thirc (or One day General Lee rode to the e to canal to see some friends, who had WO( of been visiting Lexington, Va., Btart fol- on their homeward trip. He left Ti*?-eler unhitched to graze on the Gt banks of the waterway while h9 sent man aboard the boat. The horse, hecom- Rich the lug frightened at some noise, dash- erne to | ed away at full speed. A boy tried latte the | to turn him back by throwing Ai Lime stones, but the General, motioning one It h'.ui to desist, stepped ashore and 1 excil ad- gave a gentle whistle. Traveler ly. she stopped at once and listened. The, him: s of General whistled a second time, j "I | Whereupon the horse turned and (it'tii pers trotted up to his master's side. This of t ad- remarkably close understanding be- that all , tween General Lee and his charger and i in- found numerous touching expres- star' and, sions. somi pro- i Li sol- While General Lee was president was of Washington College (now Washin ington and Lee University) a stu- Gem wife dent, whose general record for he war, study and attendance was not too Grai side. ; good, was summoned to his ofllee have icret to answer for unexcused absence, tainl dble After stating one excuse ho liesithe tatingly gave another and another, I) >cla- until General Lee hotly exclaimed: of S "Stop, Mr. M- ; one good excuse eral the should be enough to satisfy an of li unty | honest mind," with accent on oner ;nva "nonest." abov ceiv On another occasion one of the eral | best students In the college was be- pom sug- guiled Into an unexcused absence, < ] n to and the dread siramons for an In- on the j tervlew with the president prompt- jj0e for, ly came to him. General Lee piaj pro- I smilingly greeted the delinquent as som lplls he entered his office, and In most for cordial tones said: Whe ram "Mr. M , I am glad to see the the that you are better." i y to "But I have not bee* sick," was SHC with the response. | 1 rate. "Then I am glad yon have better i .. pre- news from home," continued the .. had General. i"J" d be "But I have had no bad news," a nlng waa the reply of ttas mystified student. dnly "Ohl" said General Lee. "I took *p" phy. it for granted that nothing lees than * take j sickness or distressing news from maf' hlng ' home could have kept you from your duty." General Lee regarded Idlenees aa ^ ? a positive vice, and to those who "ee Blue pleaded In behalf of idle students ce" that they were doing no harm, but, ^ ion the contrary, were indirectly de- aa'* ?by riving benefit from being at college, A {General Lee always replied: "No, I"a" Lee a young man is always doing some- *aG 1 (thing. If not good, then harm to ly v bert himself and to others." Persistent un(\ idleness always insured a student's 'I1"( ?by dismissal from college by General 'G('G Lee. anxl by a nurlnc. n maoilnf. rt' *V.? ? ed " ^ ."o ? ui me nituiiy "" " a professor quoted a regulation in son part by-laws. Another professor ref a plied that the regulation had be'come a dead-letter. "Then," said J0'1'' Lee General Lee, "let it be at once re- sonauth pealed. A dead-letter law begets ibe disrespect for the whole body of v>ou by laws." I ! Lee LOB- On one occasion, in 1864, when bun General Lee was visiting a battery 1 (1? on the lines below Richmond, the He ! soldiers crowded around him and G(1 1 and attracted the fire of the enemy. Ho "If' Der_ said to them quietly but earnestly: wbi< j l"Men, you had better go into the By;' Leo. yard; they are firing at us bim e in here, and you are exposing your- bim ad- selves to unnecessary danger." The com idol men ?bfcyod the order, but saw their He < rally ?bl?f walk across the yard, appar- '?9t ties ent,y indifferent to his own danger, ' lotes an(^ Rto?P down and ptck up tender- JUT . ln_ ly on unfledged sparrow that had Ight lU8t fal,ea from its nest, carefully | lolly P,aclnK 11 upon a limb ot the tree ^ only ?verbead. , borj aiVll- ^ V r . One night some soldiers were seen ' ovefjheard discussing the doctrine of his . f erorotion around the camp-flre when nocl ( , , a rough, honest fellow cut short the est% ittl argument by aaylrig. wlth great whii ----- earnestness: "Well, ^boya, the rest ly v T., n of ob hare developed yfrom monkeys, i whe wm but 1 16,1 Jpu P^T- . Aknlgfcty yeai ,vcould have made auch a man as he 1 M&rse Robert." 1 tren loar- luntl who AN OLD SOLDIBR3 BULOGY THAT trP? road WAS EMBARRASSINO. ' 'loK? General Lee rode Traveler, his pet a si horse that carried him through the thrc iro*' war, to Lexington when he went glas nnot there to assume the presidency of was you Washington College. Oone day he dutl , met a rusty, weather-beaten moun- | >orai taineer lounging drowsily upon the 1 It ?. road in his rickety cart. General leav ,n Lee's cordial "Good morning" arous- ing ns ed the old Confederate Instantly. into | "Whoa!" ho called out to Ills old thuf nag. "Ain't that General Lee?" step rear jie inquired as he climbed down and nsid g to caught Traveler by the bridle. lentl war "Yes, sir!" said General Lee,' cacfc man wonderlngly. jeggThe i "Well, then," said the old fellow ^ and nn(1 in a glow of excltment, "I want you : wltr ' VH" to do me a favor." villc ered "j Will with pleasure, If I can," sacr the wa8 response. ty a rose j ?<au right, you just get down off mtly Traveler." UNC man General Lee did so, and to his ] But amazement his horse was led aw?v a nv.l0t an(* l'BC* *n buHheg, while he stood Gen that ! alone In the dusty road In great per- stor ! -or plexlty. com was, "Now," said the excited veteran; as t , "I ara one of your old soldiers, Gen- towi an(J eral Lee. L was with you all tho and "ad i way from Mechanlcsvllle to Appo- crov matox. 1 was thar every time. And with ? ? oth? ir of Fit His Case Exactly. unci was "When father was sick about six gath iade, years ago he read an advertisement sole the of Chamberlain's Tablets In the pa- real rid- ! pers that fit his case exactly," writes him lerv- , Miss Margaret Campbell of Fort I an I he Smith, Ark. "He purchased a box cust staff of them and he has not been sick with 'aln since. My sister had stomach trouhink ble and was also benefited by them." Si very for gale by all dealers. Lea I IE LANCASTER NEWS, JANUARY 13, 1914. >..n r J yt i >- ,-j? ;<y > ? * \v . t rt want you to Jet me give three more, ta go as far North as Ne ing cheers for 'Marse Robert.' " York, where he was assured of eneral Lee's head . dropped in cordial welcome. As he hesitate t painful embarrassment as the his reluctance was Interpreted \ yell went sounding along the mean that he dreaded the prominent ntainslde. The next yell was into which such a trip would brit ed with sobs as the old soldier him. and the suggestion was mai ped on his knees In the dust hug- that he might travel by night In tl General Lee's legs, and the stateroom of a sleeping car and thi 1 died away In tears. avoid meeting people. Instantly h eyes nasDed as he answered: ' JLD SHARE HIS LAST RATION could not sneak Into New York Clt WITH HIS PRISONERS. If 1 evor *? 1 wlu K? by daylight, ai go like a man." Bneral Sheridan destroyed so y supplies going forward from General Lee had so much afTectk imond to Lee s men In the Wild- for hsl old soldiers and their famill ss, in 1864, that for a while the that they always wrote to him win r were In danger of starvation. iM trouble. One day when he ha t a conference in Lee's quarters pened to speak of the large numb' of his generals became greatly c| letters of this class which he wi v.ed over the matter and said hot- 'onstantly receiving a friend said 1 as General Lee turned toward hoped that tlie General did not fe : bound to answer them. "Why not' was just saying to these officers, t.si:ed Lee. "It is hard for these pe jral, that if I were in command p|e to write: why shouldn't I tal his army I would notify Grant eotial trouble to advise them' It I had no rations for his prisoners an t|lat i <lo for uu,ni>" If he wanted to save them from sadly, "so I do it cheerfully!" vation he would have to send e to them." F?e's eyes flashed and his rebuke ohNKRAL LEE'S NAME COUI. sharp. NOT BE BOUGHT. The prisoners that we have here, < > , , >! Soon after General Lee went said ; "they are*^not General ^7 ^ ^ It's prisoners, and as long as I > ?f 11 ??uranc? company ? any rations at all I shall cer- * ?f. thousand dollars I ly share them with inv prisoners." sla m" receiving only thr J 1 thousand dollars as a college pre. 4?... ..... i ??i- dent. "We do not wnnt von ?/-? <n ..... <ii ?ii?5 'mini charge any'duties. General," said tl ipottsylvanla Court Hourse Gen- ? .. , w Lee was watching the format on na u*^ abundant is troops when bullets from the com ate UfJ .. ?Ex(.uso me sir nys guns struck the ground close was (h). Q t an{, decided rojoin it him. One of his staff per- er ,.j c?nnotlcon?ent (o roc(,ivJf, Ing the danger, exclaimed C.en- for servi<,,s , do not render... NP , this is no place for you; do go ,y evepy mal, brought h,m pim|1 ewnere else. propositions, and just a short whl wish I knew where my place is beforp h,R (Jeath a ,arge an(, wealt] ? battlefield, replied Gener. corporation in New York City offer with a smile, but in a half-coin- bjm dfty thousand dollars per a aing manner. \\ here\ er go num to become jts president. But 1 e one tells roe it is not he place refuscd an surb offers and quiet me to be. But he remained pursued bis chosen path of duty, re he was, entirely heedless of _ flying bullets. ? . 1 When campaigning in Marylai IULDERED THE RESPONRI- General Loe gave strict orders th BILITY FOR GETTYSBURG. no harm should be done to priva . ^ . . property, and he was once seen to g t the battle'bf Gettysburg when dowQ from h,g horaft ^ bnlw up 'as seen that the Confederate ralj fence that bjs men bad to y was to be worsted. General Loe down Early in the fall of 1880 Ge ted to one of hls^ officers of his oral I^ee ordered from a Mr. 8chnld< ade and Never an lrop-foonder in Washington, eral; all this is my f*?'*- ? ,s peculiar kind of plow-coulter f ho hare lost the flght, and yon breaking up heavy meadowland. T t help me out of it the best way prjce charged was two dollars. La can. A month Ja*er be offered jn jggj Mr. Schnider received fro resignation to Jefferson Davis, tieneral Lee, by the hands of a litl i, however, hastened to assure boy( two one-dollar gold pieces, wi of his confidence, despite the re- a br]ef note of opolgy for overloo defeat. Ine th f> nrrnnnt eneral I^ee was exceedingly proud " } fond of his sons. At the battle i ntletam one of them, an artillery- There arc old soldiers whc i, dashed with his command past ,R lOU.. honor by asking the spot where his father was earnest- t? describe Lee or a"y tnclde matching the stubborn struggle. kno* ,n the liveH of his desce formally saluted the Commander- ',a"trs- . *n y?ur community there hlef as he rode by. As the Con- . ?reatna(,"i rQt;r ,?f Lee'*ery prc rate losses were heavy It was an 1 flhls clt'f" fwl? *>av#e 4. ous dav for Lee until he recelv- ?L?t?1rap',fy /r?,m ^'h,oh tel1 "V wuufo after tHe batUe t,mt h'S ^ould study Le'e "from United Stet history, Language Book One, pa eneral Lee was Incapable of and Hill's Fifth Reader, pa uusy and so was General Jack- The ..Tho s d f R latter.6 Ve rn.Tl Vro" Id follow blindfolded." Poet " pare *79if that book ca te^^staffTmcer at^ Fredericks'1- ?ot ?>V obtained/use "Little Giffe, G?"tRhat he knows'ust as welfas [what to do with the enemy." deader ^ 344 * P" **.?<??? v.e^^rf'iHne?*R*n'qtstYni?" "My'Maryland" and "Dixie Lam into death at Guineas Station: bo found lu a, oollection ongratulate you upon the victory. Southern sonRs. LeJ all toachc :h'?.f"e ? "C?vr: 8lve attention to these-our ov adding to the courier: Give gonKs my affectionate regards and tell ' to make haste to get well, and e back to me as soon as he can. BRIEF SKETCH OF LIFE Ah has lost his left arm, but I have WORK OF ROBERT EDWARD LF my right. | Robert r. j^ee was born Janua INED FROM A SCENE OF " ,18,?7' '? ^ ARNAOE TO ONE OF LOVE. Virginia, and died October 12. 187 Spent his boyhood on farm, thlle the battle of Fredericks- Entered WobI Point on appoir 5 yras raging General Lee suddenurned gwajr frona fhe dreadful . mente before him and looked through I Graduated 1829, second in clai field-glass across the Rapp&han- ' at 2 2 years of age. 1 rlTe^, ^ ^ halham, a beautiful j Married Mary Custls. gronddaug tq In Stafford - eouqty, Virginia, ^ ^ Martha Washington, eh was one of the places frequent- j -Superintended Improvements at I islted by Mary Randolph Custls L?oai8 and In New York harbor, n Lee was courting her thirty Served In Mexican war, bel rs before. Long and earnestly brpvetted colpnelt gazed. Utterly oblivions to the After war was In charge of oc oendous din of battle around him, 8tructlon. 1 fully satisfied that an old apple Became superintendent at W< under, wjilch he bkd passed J852. . .. ? ly. happy houns with his sweet- Saw serylpe In Texas against 1 rt was still standing; then, with dians 1855-1861. gh, as tender memories rushed During visit home, suppressed Jo iu|[h his mind, li? lo^?r?ci ill? Brown's r&i(l s, faced about, and In a moment, Declined offer of command of Ui again engrossed in his grave ted Stat(!S army April, 1861. es as commander of an army. Resigned from United States an and commanded Virginia troops. was General Lee's custom to Directed military operations e his tent door open in the morn- Confederacy March-June, 1862. for a sprightly hen that had gone 'r?i. ?? - ? _ ~ I iuui\ i'win111?imi ui nouuicm am the egg business promptly and | After battle of Gettysburg, 18C i had saved her head. When she . resignation was not accepted, ped in General Lee would put On April 1866, surrendered, e his work and walk post, defer- l8r,r.-1870 served as president ally, upon the outside until her | Washington College, now Washin lie announced the mysteries of ton an(j ja.e XTniversity. laying at an end. ?he roosted "The greatest general of the Co rode in his wagon, was an eye- federacy was Robert E. Lee. A r less of the battles of Chancellors- t|vp Gf Virginia, Lee was graduat and Gettysburg, and was finally aj West Point, and had been a gi lficed upon the altar of hospltali- lant officer in the Mexican war. Wh t Orange Court House, in 1864. the War Between the States bro out Lee was offered the chief coi CONSCIOUS THAT HE WAS A rnund of the armies of the Unit PERSONAGE OF INTEREST. States. But he declined the offer t month or so after his surrender cause be believed it his duty to sta: oral Lee went one day to the py his state. In the second year e near his home in Powhatan the war he was placed in comma lty, Virginia, which served also Gf the Confederate army In Virgin he postofflce. Everybody in the and later was made commander-l n was Instantly eager to see him. chief of all the Southern forces. T in a few momenta the store was army he commanded was never irded. The General was talking largo as that opposed to him?son i the proprietor about crops and times not half as large. Yet 1 sr matters, and appeared utterly three years he successfully defend )nscious of the fact that the Richmond, driving back one Norl tering of the residents was due crn army after another, and provl ly to his presence. Suddenly he himself one of the greatest generi ls.ed that everybody was watching of the world. General Lee was e and modestly said: "But Ie see only a brave soldier and a great gf n keeping you from your manv eral, but he was also a modest Chr omers. Pardon me!" and at once tian gentleman. When the war w idrew. over he became president of Wat ington College, in Virginia, and spf ame years after the war General the rest of his life as a teacher was urged, while visiting Daltl- Southern boys." 7 " EVERY HOME N~7~~ * THIS GREAT REM EI le Home Can Afford to he Without n Mild, Unliable Laxatire* "I No well-regulated homo should be JBt l^Bj^ y. without a laxative, for there is scarce- ^1^^ ld ly a day in a family of several persons ^* that someoue doesn't complain of a )n headache, of sleeplessness, or show es the first signs of a cold. >n A laxative then becomes a necessity ^5|jgP^^ or what may run into a serious cold ^ JSWm.. lls i or fever. No harsh remedy Is needed, 16 but simply a mild laxative-tonic that J'J will make the liver active and stir up \ "e grat many things, and are themselves j MItS M F SMITH is heads of families, who have seen the *d I little ills run to big ones, will tell tiny babes, and grown people, ta j you that there is nothing better than a little larger amount, find it eqi 1 Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which '^octlve. It Is "j"'' aud K<1 i) .... ? pleasant-tasting and free from " I you can obtain at any drug store for inB 1 fifty cents or one dollar a bottle, the it does not hide behind a to latter being the family size. sounding name and Is absolutely si-! Among the great believers in Syrup from any prohibited ingred at Pepsin for constipation in old or Families who once use Syrup P( fo young, and as a general household forever after avoid cathartics, i ,.e emergency remedy, is Mrs. M. F. pills and other harsh medicines si- Smith, 710 N. 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