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. f U. D. C. RESENTS ' j SLANDER ON R. E. LEE, & j) Robt. A. Waller Chapter U. D. C. j 1 Resents The Slander of Robt. j < E. Lee. i1 , I | . Greenwood Index.) j ' At a called meeting of the Robt.[ A. Waller Chapter, U. D. C., Monday 3 Jan. 6th, the following extract from ? Susan B. Anthony's History of Wo-i man's Suffrage was read by the presi-1 dent, Mrs. A. J. Sproles in which a.' most false and unwarranted attack was made on the character of our , . i > beloved hero, Robt. E. Lee, and the ( sanctity of his home cruelly invaded. ^ It is here quoted: j, The History. Vol. 11, page 23: "Many women , showed their love of country by sac-j rifices still greater than enlistment^ in the Army. Among these, especi-11 r.lly notable for her surroundings and family was Annie Carter Lee, daugh-^ ter of Gen. R&bt. E. Lee, comman-Jt der-in-chief of the rebel army. Her1* father and three brothers fought! , i against the union which sne lovea, j and to whom she adhered. A young girl scarcely beyond her teens when , the war broke out, she remained firm ( in her devotion to the national cruse, , through for this adherence she was banished by her father as an out- ^ cast from that elegant home once graced by her presence. She did! * not live to the triumph of the cause she loved so well, dying the j j third year of'the War, aged 23, at Tohn Springs, N. C., homeless, because of her love for the Union, with ' i no relatives near her, dependent for, care and consolation in her last; hours upon the kindly services of anj old colored woman. In her veins ran i the blood of "Light Horse Harry," j and that of her great aunt, Hannah; Lee Corbin, who at the time of thej Revolution protested against the denial of representation to taxpaying women, and whose name does much to redeem that of Lee from the infamy of late so justly adhering to it." .. j After the reading of the above the, Robt. ^A. Waller Chapter U. D. 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The falsity of the statement is 1 shown by the following letter of 1 Mary Custic Lee, daughter of Gen. : R. E. Lee; j I The Letter. The Jefferson, Richmond, Va., April 20, 1918. j "My Dear Sir: Let me thank you , for the quotations from Dr. H. E. Shepherd's 'Life of Lee.' The "Cady 1 Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony fajrications are such I can scarcely beiave they would have promulgated ;uch wholesale falsehoods. As a mat- ' ier of fact, while my father, like nany of the old army officers, was ? | - - onrl Vinnprl to the not a ?i?v? ? f last that civil war might be averted ,ve young people were much more violent in our feelings and expres-. sions and you may be sure that there .v:is no dissentient voice among us. ' j' "My father went down to Rich-.j nond the day Virginia seceded, and, ny mother was given fat first onlyl 24 hours in which to pack up andj lispose of her large household affairs and the children. Packing up vas going on all night, nobody at- ] ;empting to sleep, and the next af-j ornnon we vouner people were al^ ' ;ent to Ravensnorth," an old fam-h ly place some fifteen miles back to Fairfax county, and where a great ' tunt of ours was living, while my nother received permission to renain for a few days longer. 1 As To The Fabrication. i I "The scandal is a fabrication, man-'' lfactured " out of the whole cloth 1 vithout even the shadow of founda-J^ ;ion, and one cannot imagine how it 1 ;ver originated. My father's charac-p ;er was so sure and lofty, as well as (1 yinning, and his devotion of his chilIren so well known, so demonstra- ' I ive even, that he had no personal >nes. So far as Annie Carter is con-. :erned?poor, gentle Annie?she ad-/ >red her father, and he adored her, 1 Dartly because she was named after;' lis mother, whose memory he wor-1' shipped, and always attributed any-;' :hing that was worthy in himself to j ler teachings and trainings and in-!1 luence; and partly because as al1 ;mall child Annie had stuck the scis-j1 sors into one of her eyes and ruined |' :he sight, but not the appearance of 1 t. Hence my father always had a ^ ipecial feeling of tenderness for her, 1 so much that he specially provided 1 ?or her in his will. How ignorant 1 vere these slanders of my father's 1 :haracter!' 1 "My mother was a great sufferer 'rom rheumatism and hearing of the lealing virtues of 'John Springs,' iow called 'White Sulphur' managed ;omehow to get down there with my wo sisters, though traveling was ery difficult at that time, and while here dear, gentle- Annie died. My 1 nother nursed her in sickness, day tnd night, and Annie died in her j | irms, and mother was broken-heart-: id over this first death of one of her;' 1 ( .even children, and I am the last of j he seven now living. Mother went h vith Annie and Agnes to North Caro-| ^ ^ H, )p a Cough ; k Up a Cold iat removes the cause by hese elements contained ver Peptones, Iron, Manhates? soon create an e cold and prevents its j i ninety per cent satisfac-* RE IS PROOF: Lagrange, N.C. VFor years I suffered with a chronic :ough, so I could not sleep nights and :ontinued to lose flesh. My druggist isked me to try Vinol. It cured my i :ough, I can sleep nights and have j gained twelve pounds. Vinol is the est tonic and tissue builder I have ever aken."?W. D. Ren, Lagrange,N.C. I ltions, weak women, overworked men, en, there is no remedy like Vinol. # \ B M wm | f y jfg} D, Druggist 5 Everywhere # ' [ina, and Annie, never strong de /eloped typhoid fever. "I had been left with some hea relatives in Virginia and Mildred, th youngest, was a little school girl ii Winchester, until driven away by th tide of war, when she was sent dowi to 'St. Mary's' in Raleigh. My dea father could not leave his post, ai^< was so overcome with grief over th death of Annie, the first death in th family. "During our war large familie vere often separated, and necessari ly ?o. I was my self separated fror mine. Just recovering from typhoi ?ever, so prevalent in Richmond, a that time, my mother sent me dow: to King George county, to relative living in a remote section, as sh thought, and where I could hav luiet and pure air for better recov ery, and where it was not anticipat ed the Yankees would ever corm But one morning we woke to fin surselves in the lines, surrounde ?the Fredericksburg campaign ha\> ing begun. I was there virtually ; prisoner the whole winter, and ther -?ao Wl r\-F o e+rov l<affnr* r\-f mv cicfor' ieath. This explains why I was no ivith Annie when she died." (Signed) MARY CUSTIS LEE Now, whereas, in this same His :ory of Woman Suffrage in Volum 1, published as recently as 1900, an* aronounced good by its authors, th said Susan B. Anthony, and Mrs. Id; Ousted Harper (the latter still liv ng) we find on page VII, of sail Volume 4, and signed by Mrs. Id; ftusted Harper, these words: "The money which .Miss Anthon; low had, enabled her to carry ou ler lone cherished project, to put th listory free of charge in the publi ibraries. It was thus placed in l,20i ibraries in the United States and Eu ope. Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Gage who had contributed their servic without price, felt that it should b sold instead of given away and in or 3er to have a perfectly free hanc she purchased their rights. "In addition to libraries, she ha *iven it to hundreds of schools an :o countless individuals, writers an speakers, whom she thought it woul enable to do better work for the frar :hise." The confederate veteran, alway is acute as Miss Mildred Rutherfor in keeping the record straight, reprc duces on its editorial page the lette sf Miss Mary Custis Lee settling fo ill time the blander against Cenere Lee and his daughter, Annie Carte which was published especially unde :he supervision >.<f Susan B. Anthon whom, Mrs. Ida Husted Harper say was "exceedingly careful in scrutin izing the official history." n 4 f a>? /if XTics Mqf X' UliUTTiilg tl?? ttl It: 'J A. tumi .'"AM*, 3ustis Lee, the editor of the Confed srate Veteran makes these com nents: "It was General Lee's intentioi 'It was General Lee's intentioi tfter th-i war to have his daughter' emains taVen :o Virginia, but affe 'isitng the plai3, an-'? seeing how ch< jrave was cared for he was conten ;o leave his dear one to that tende lare forevei*. Over her grave wa greeted the first monument ever p'lac 2d by women to the memory of a wc nan, only women of Warren count; being asked to contribute. "At its dedication in the sumine of 1866 Col. James Barron Hope wa Lt A _1 .1.1 1 1 . me orator ana aenverea an eiegic jde, published in full in Dr. Henr E. Shepherd's 'Life of Lee.' In wril ing C9lonel Barron some time aftei ward Mrs. Robert E. Lee thanke him for a sketch of the monumen and said: "I have often longed to visit i and it is an expressible comfort t me to daily view this image for oot so dear. I have loved to thin of her dying so quietly in that lovel place, where the foot of our invade] never trod; to know too, that sh was spared the misery of seeing th downfall of the cause she so, muc loved. She only met the doom Heave .ften awards tor its favorites, and :m content." Lord Wolseley, who visited th o ? i j. 1.1 x ^ _ r ij ^urueuerauj army, uius wrote 01 11 commander: "I have met many c tWe great men of my time, but Le alone impressed me with the feelin that I was in the presence of a ma who was cast in a grander mould an made different and finer metal tha all other men. He is stamped upo my memory as being apart and si perior to all others in every way? nan with whom none I ever kne1 and very few whom I ever read c are worthy to be classed." - STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville, r In Probate Court. Foi e; t ii MRS. EMMA McADAMS, Adminis- i e tratrix of the Estate of A. J. Mc- I n ADAMS, deceased, and individu- I rj ally, Plaintiff, J d' against der e| R. HOMER McADAMS, MRS. JOIC- tur e! EY M. HATCHER, MRS. AGNES 1 C. TODD, DAVID McADAMS, bet s KATHERINE -McADAMS and rus i. ANNIE LAYRIE McADAMS, ty n 1 Defendants. i be a the j PURSUANT to an order of the ^a? Probate Court, I will sell at public , nioutcry, at Abbeville Court House, lS. on salesday in February, 1919 next, ^ e for the payments of debts, the fol- , e, lowing described real estate belong- ^ ing to the estate of A. J. McAdams, , ? . ret '" deceased, to-wit: All that lot or! ? j. " tract of land lying, situate in Due! ^.West, County and State aforesaid, y containing* one hundred and ^fifteen ^ "i acres, more or less, and bounded by * aj lands of W. N. McAdams^ Estate of un e O. P. Hawthorn, M. B. Clinkscales, sor s, W. J. Bryson and Hony tee. 1 TERMS CASH? Purchaser to pay th for papers and stamps. * e J. F. MILLER, ? >-j l-10-3t. Judge of Probate. | I| ?1 p! ESTATE S. H. COCHRAN, Deceased 6 | a! j Notice of Settlement and Application ^! for Final Discharge. | Take Jfotice, that on the llt.h day f February, 1919, we will render a final account of my actings and doy ings as Administrators, of the Estate f # of S. H. Cochran, deceased, in the e 'ce of Judge Of Probate for Abbec i ville County at 10 o'clock a. m., and 0 on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as such \ dministrators. i A1 persons having demands a0 ' * I gainst said estate will present them' " j for payment on or before that day,: ' proven and authenticated or be for-J. ever barred. S| Published on Jan. 14th, 1919. di COCHRAN'*. COCHRAN Administrators, d i- Engraved Cards and Invitations at The Press and Banner. ? ffl | IS:: STILL i You G j This D i 1 READY-l d i 1,000 Yds ?! Worth 30c. An In IT?.n ) Many of our Ci to I J.M.AIS ?| Telephone 21 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. i I {he Purpose of Accommodating he Public in the Matter of Makng Their Returns, I Will Visit the 'laces Mentioned Below on the )ates Indicated in Schedule. VLL RETURNS must be made un- 1 oath of personal property rened at its market value. Persons not making their returns ween January 1, 1919, and Febiry 20, 1919, are liable to a penalof 50 per cent. This penalty will [ enforced against delinquents: for j failure to enforce it heretofore > put on neglest of the law. rhe returns of those who conform the law are placed before the wnship and County Boards, while ise who disregard the law come in er the meeting of the Boards and urn to suit themselves. The en rtflwanl a -P fliio f>A />or?f rvnwol will correct this evil. Employers are requested to return Returns will not be taken by mail less they are sworn to before ne proper officer. All improveof their employers after notifying ;m and getting a statement of iir property. Not Only The T>__ 1. _ J. J_T J. ' ^ I5UI at me present prru GRANITE is the CHEAI construction of WALLS, ] NEYS and UNDERPINN or on the Farm. We can furinsh promptl class of work drilled and bi two men can handle. Carload Shif. 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