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T! VUUVUVAMJ) -- ?7 ? LAST
CABIN!
THE CLAIMS OF CHARLO
Editor The Press and Banner:Af
thp risk of wearvin? vour read
ers and yourself with the discussion
about the last meeting of the Cabinet
of the Southern Confederacy,
necessity is laid upon me to sent:
you this letter, which I hope will be
the last. My last communication
on the subject was generally copied
from your columns, and it attracted
the attention of the Historian of
the North Carolina Division of the
U. D. C.?Mrs. J. A. Fore. I received
a note from her stating that
she had what she described as "proof
positive" that the last meeting was
held, not in Abbeville, but in Charlotte,
N. C., and she kindly offered
to send me those proofs if I so de
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sirea. At my request mey came.
Fair play ii a jewel, and the candour
and fairness displayed by Mrs.
Fore require me to submit the
claims of Charlotte to the readers
of The Press and Banner, and all
who support the claims of Abbeville.
1 And let me say here that the isiue
involved is a historical event of so
great importance that three Southern
towns claim to be the scene of
that memorable meeting at which
the Southern Confederacy may be
said to have come to an end. Those
towns are Washington, Ga., Abbeville,
S. C., and Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. Fore imforms me that the Vir
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of the Georgia town. Ci
So completely satisfied are the m
North Carolinians that Charlotte ^
was the place, that the Stonewall
Jackson Chapter of the U. D. C.
placed in 1915 a bronze cabinet on
the building in which the Cabinet
met to mark the historic spot. That
tablet, which with appropriate ceremony,
was unveiled two years ago,
is suitably inscribed and announces
that "The Last Meetings of the
Confederate Cabinet were held in
this building" etc. This was the suecessful
result of Mrs. Fore's untir- ac
ing efforts. Let me say to the U. D. ai
C. that if all the Historians of the 8U
several divisions were only half as
faithful and zealous in their work
as Mrs. Pore has shown herself to **
l>? ""n?K valnaKla Vli ifnri'col WfltAlM- th
al, memorials of the: Confederacy, Wl
would be preserved which otherwise P
will be buried in th<; graves of the
survivors who are fast passing B<
away. To her are justly due un- bt
stinted praise and cordial commen- ws
dation.
And yet I am not convinced by n<
the proofs she sent me. They prove w<
conclusively that the last full meeting,
at which all the members of the ^
Cabinet were present, took place in M
Charlotte. But they do not dis- 0I
prove nor throw doubt upon the m
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was held in Abbeville, although
>t all of the six members were
esent, two having resigned?pertps
three, indeed.
The evidence submitted by Mrs.
ire shows?
1. That President Davis and his
abinet of six members spent a week
Charlotte.
2. That they met several times in
e building now occupied by the
liarlotte Observer.
3. That the last full meeting in
tiarlotte was held in the house of
illiam Phifer in the Bick room of
r. Trenholm, who was ill.
4. That Mr. Trenholm and Attyeneral
Davis resigned before Presi>nt
Davis left Charlotte.
5. That President Davis says in
s "Rise and Fall of the Confeder:y"
after the expiration of the
mistice"?before Gen. Johnston
irrendered?"I rode out of Chartte
accompanied by the members
' my Cabinet (except Atty.-GenerDavis
and the Secretary of
e Treasury, Mr. Trenholm, who
as too ill to accompany me,) my
irsonal staff," etc.
6. That in a Life of Judah P.'
enjamin in the Congressional Liary,
he says he resigned on the
s.y to Abbeville.
7. That Mr. Secretary Mallory did
>t stop in Washington, Ga., but
ent directly to his family.
Mrs. Fore thinks that "if there
id been a meeting of any importice
in Abbeville, S. C., Mr. Davis
Secretary Mallory would have
entioned it." And she concludes
tat the last deliberations of the
anfederacy took place in Charlotte,
she had heard Mr. Burt's account
! the meeting which was held in his
>use, in which the remaining four
embers of the Cabinet took part,
rs. Fore would have had no doubt
at matters of importance were
liberated, and that it was an offial
meeting of the Cabinet. Of
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rs. George White's letter corrob ates
this view.
There is no evidence of any kind
At there was any meeting of the
ibinet after this. As Mrs. Fore
iys, "it was utterly impossible
at there could have been a meetg
in Washington, Ga."
In the evidence submitted is an
:tract from President Davis' book,
i follows: "When I reached Washgton,
Ga., the Secretary of State,
r. Benjamin, parted from me to
ke another route. At Washington
a., the Secretary of the Navy, Mr.
allory, left me to attend to the
ieds of his family. The Secrery
of War, (Breckenridge) had '
mained with the cavalry at the (
ossing of the Savannah River." ,
Quoting this Mrs. Fore says,
here could not have been a full ^
eeting of the Cabinet at either of |
ese places," (Abbeville and Wash- ]
gton.) Quite true. There was (
> meeting at all in Washington, but (
ere was a meeting?though not a ,
ill meeting?in Abbeville. j
When Mrs. White said in her let- j
r that "all of the members of the ^
ibinet were entertained at Mr. T.
Perrin's" she simply and mani- j
stly meant, not the full Cabinet,
it all who were in the President's
irty. This I add, to correct a
isapprehension of Mrs. Fore as
own in her recent letter to The
reenville Daily News.
Witii regard to the expression, "a (
ill meeting of the Cabinet," it is
>rthy of note that in the evidence J
bmitted while several witnesses j
Btify that, the 'last full meeting7
is held in Charlotte," no one says J
of "fhA lnsf mpptinc took Dlace .
ere." Even at the unveiling of
e bronze tablet, the orator, Mr.
cRae, repeatedly spoke of the "last ;
11 meeting; not onee did he speak !
the last meeting." The inscrip- ;
>n on the tablet itself uses the j
>rds, "The Last Meetings." There
no doubt that the last meetings, <
it one was held in Charlotte. And
ere seems to me to be as little
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
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strict Court of the United States, ;
Western mstrict 01 ouum vcuv- ,
lina. i
the matter of E. F. LATIMER,
Lowndesville, S. C., Bankrupt.
) the Creditors of the above named
Bankrupt:
Take notice on the 5th day of
arch, 1917, the above named bankpt
filed his petition in said Court
aying that he may be decreed by
e Court to have a full discharge
om all debts provable against his
tate, and a hearing was thereupon
dered and will be had upon said
Hfinn nn the 5th dav of April,
117, before said Court, at Green- j
lie, in said District, at 11 o'clock ;
the forenoon, at which time and <
ace all known creditors and other ;
irsons in interest may appear and j
iow cause, if any they have, why ;
Le Draver of said petition should ;
>t be granted. j
J. B. KNIGHT, Clerk, j
March 5, 1917.?4t. i
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ioubt that the last meeting of i
va8 held in Abbeville.
Let me close this lengthened 1c
ter with an apt and admirable qn
tation from The Greenville Dai
News of 23rd inst: ''Technical!
Charlotte may assert that the - la
>fficial chapter in the annals of ti
Confederacy was written there, b
die preponderence of the eviden
8 on the side of Abbeville, whe
;he first Secession meeting was he
ind where the Confederate gover
nent breathed its last."
W. C. BENET.
Grimshawe'e, N. C., Mar. SO, 19:
GOING TO WAR.
W. D. Wilkinson came home f<
i few days this week to see his hon
jeople and his friends. He is e:
ioying life and looks well and happ
Je expecta to be called into servii
iretty soon and he looks for . se
rice to be less pf a frolic this tin
;han life on the Border was.
The Rp<
Of the P
The Anderson PI
j "FISH AND G
!;. Is that their customers t
know there ip nothing be
I; there is anything quite i
the gilt edge value of tl
is the crops mad
11 "Word to the wise."
We can furnish you
! We have Soda for sa
We have special con1'
| at the Fertilizer Mill.
|: ANDERSON PHO
|: W. F. FAR1
1; Sold at the same p
f; results are so much bette
l!
Special Sho
of the
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[Newest otyfc
in
:ing and Sun
\aajauut, \tr(LO
CVdrsje>TS
will be held
jl 9th, 10th,
The women of our
r* w cyreei?eu xn uucuxu
. fashions, certainly w
grand opportunity.
i Miss Ella P. Wil8c
the manufacturer am
^C|i|j'J thority on the subject
92yM/l is in charge of this u
g=nJ play and what she hi
Y Mi of great interest to s
?. Be sure to attend.
Jas. S. Co
J1 CLIP THIS AND PIN
ON WIFE'S DRESSE
st
?" ? ?! u? T-11. u??r f? Shrim
i vwcinuau itams -w
y up Corn* or Calluses so They
y> Lift Off With Fingers.
St
Ouch !?!?!! This kind c
at rough talk will be heard less here i
ce town if people troubled with corn
re will follow the simple advice of thi
,, Cincinnati authority, who claim
m that a few drops of a drug caDe
n- freezone when applied to a tendei
aching corn or hardened callus stop
soreness at once, and sdon the cor
|7 or callus dries up and lifts right o
without pain.
He says freezone dries immediate
ly and never inflames or even irr
tates the surrounding skin, A sma
bottle of freezone will cost very lii
or tie at any drug store, but will pos
10 tively remove every hard or sol
a- corn or callus from one's feet Mi
y lions of American women will we
f* come this announcement since th
"e inauguration of the high heels. ]
r- your druggist doesn't have freezon
le tell him to order a small bottle fo
you.?Adv.
stProof
opularity of
tosphate & Oil Co.'s j
fllANA"
liUUl/ UU/111V
ise it year after year. They
tter and they don't believe
f '
as good. The best proof of
lis "Fish and Blood'' goods
e when it is used.? i
with Potash goods. :
le. j
leniences for loading wagons :
SPHATE & OIL CO.
VIER, Secretary.
11 l\4ii 111 A *
nee as tue utuexd, uut iuc i
ir.?"Word to the wise."
wing j||
lmer I
city desiring to /
I with the latest i
ill not miss this 4
>n, representing '
i who fe an an- ,
nf nnroof flHinflf }'&&
I VI WADW UVUMg > f;;'
nusnal style dis- / .9
is to say will be .]
ill women. 5
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