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EN OF THE I Os belivered by Mrs. J , before the Judah P. dentown, Fla. ,following addiess was made by J. Pluss, formerly of this city, the Judah VP. Dejanin Cipter, C., of Bradentown, Fla., on the e- chapter by .ts president, the as being taken from the Braden-. ion of the presentation of a gift Herald, of February 23rd: hen your splendid president, Mrs. Howard, did me the high honor, ,ds of the Judah P. Benjamin pter, U. D. C., of asking me to Sent to you her gift, I .felt as if I id not do so, .that this kindly (Iced Ild be better done by others young and more competent. ut, bearing In mind that I am a eran of 'G1 and that from personal crience J can tell you something the tolls and hardships of the wo n of the Southland, so long, long o, I am now 'before you. As;I begin to p)cu these reminiu nses, I fain would ask: aclvward, turn backward, oh time in your flight, ake me a child again, just for to ight." That I might tell you faithfully of hese sad days that tried the souls of the very 'bravest. Again,. as I sit alone in the twi light, I -hear loved voices, calling, call Ing, calling, but it is only a fancy, a dweet dream, from which I awaken These friends of the happy past, long ago crossed to "the echoless shore" and I only am left to tell the story. "Many the years the grass -has grown green, 1Blossomed and faded our faces bb. tween." Yet, very fresh in memory's store house are the scenes of those years in the early winter of 1860, a group of college girls sat on the porch of a boarding house, in a little village in South Carolina, watching often in the evenings the passing torch light pro cessions; listening to the tramlp, tramp of marching soldiers, the inspiring BUR $3.00 Duca li Bed Spre Beling Iros. Silks and cle-r the shelves . . $1.50 Men's Dress Shirt $2.00 Men's Dress Shir $:l.00 Men 's Dress ,Sh ir $4.00 Men 's D~ress Shir CIJOSING OW'1 $25.00 M'n 's Dress Rui $10.00 Men 's D)ress Si $3l5.00 Meni's Dress ,Mui $40.00 Meni 's D r'es.< Suil $45.00 Meni 's IDress Suiri 1 ,200 palirs Sampllles and1( at r'e('ortl-.reak in. [i this lot-Shioes arn< :1')r Viek '. Salve, for l( hh'0\ Vi k 's Salve', for' ( 3~0( ( oos.e (Grease Liin i :-0e luoleyI's' linev and~ $1.25 set Whit e PhIaes, $1 .5(0 set. White Curps a1 $1.50 large Wash Howl 00' i'over'ed St eak D)ish, Odd1( lot of' Cr'ockery, .nr 1 lot 35c dress ging hams on sale this wee at 15 cents a yart Limited 10 yards to customer. All Good 20c Tall Can Sain 10c IZtIishNow 1OUTH IN WAR TIMES J. Pluss, formerly of this Benjamin Chapter, U. D. C., strains of martial music, and as state after state seceded; to the booming of the one cannon, owned by this patr! otic little town. Then in the April following this winter was the battle of Fort Sum ter, S. C., and the awful, fratricidal war was on. Our grand young men in their suits of gray, hurried to the bat tle front in Virginia; -most of them never .to return, for, at the months passed, so often +loved ones, wrap ped in the Stars and Bars for which they had (ied, were brought back to sorrowing homes, the low red mounds in our sacred "Odd's Acre" grew rapidly in numbers. 'Hut I must hasten, not allowing the garrulity of age to make you weary; it is especially of our 'women during these four years of awliul war, I promise to tell you; they who so patintly, so wisely and -so bravely met the issues of civil strife and its sad conditions. Very soon after the breaking out of hostilities the sea ports of the south were 'blockaded and no goods from abroad could be brought in, so the Southland was made to .be depend ant on its own resources and -proved itself erual to the emergency, not be in'- then, as now, a manufacturing center, the clothing for all was made by hand. Wool was :wa-hed, carded, suun and iwoven into splendid cloth by hand, then .made into garments by the same tolling fingers, for the sowing machine was an almost unthought of luxury. Then cotton was carded and spun, -dyed with root barks and ber ries to make the beautiful dresses worn by the women, than which, none of the ginghams of -today ar4 more ex quisite than these garments made by the Irothers, wives and sisters during these years of war. I think it would amuse you to know the substitutes used for coffee; parched wheat, rye, okra seed and s1weet potatoes; then these beverages ad ; to clear thev tabes $1.98 Satins, $3.00 qu11ality; to .. .... .... .. ...... $1.79 a . ...... ..$1.23 ts .. . .... ... .$2.48 $17.50 s .. . . .. ... ... $20.00 8.......... .... .... ....$22.50 Odd Lots~ of Shioes on sal' r'i((es $1.48, $1.95, $2.39, $3.48 dI ildoreni. .\ll1 kinds in SIlipper'Is. BlacI(k Dra'ught..... ....19c s. mioniey..... .... ....25c sa money(......... ........50c ..... .... .... .... ....25c Ta. sure curei for n'o'u ghs ....... .... .... .... ..25c sp)ec'ia.......... .... .... ..95c speciaI..... .... ....$1.00 spe1cial......... .... ........49c COUil...... .... .... ....10c 1 lot children's ging k ham dresses, on sale this a week at 1-2 price. Lim ited 2 to a customer, s in the House at Gr THESE a 10D N sweetened with sopghum molasses. All of these strange vicissiudes so 'bravely and so uncomplainingly 'met. At last the end came, when at Appomattox Gen. Lee, to greater forces surrendered his sword. Weary, io.'risore, and discouraged the 'brave men in gray walked back to changed conditions in their homes. Then with them, the women who had struggled so faithfully, picked up the sadly tan gled threads of life and undismayed by disaster, wove a now destiny out of this chaos. -Phoenix like, from the Ashes of the yesterdays a new south was made that is the noted pride and boast of fine (worth and hospitality the wide .world over. And you, sisters of today 'have iprov en yourselves worthy of your illustri ois ancestry. \Vhen that awful world war began, you buck-led on tihe armor of sons, brothers and husbands and sent them out to battle for the right, many of them never to return, but their stcep in'g dust to repose "In -Flanders' Fields Where Poppies hIlow." And now another pleasing duty is yours; the continued development of the wonderful resources of delightful Florida, the home of sunshine, flowers and -happy bird song. You will, we well knmw, prove yourselves in this work, worthy of the women of '61 whose example is an incentive to all that is noblest and best in this busy life. .1ioding to the traditions of the past, not as a sunset, fading -glory, but with the golden radiance of the morning's coming lay of success. "Learn thou,' to walk by faith ana not by sight, Thy steps by.'hands divine, Will .guided be and 'guided right." It is now my honor and my very great pleasure, sisters of the Judah P. Benjamin Chapter, U. D. C., to pre sent to you this .book, "Women of the South in War Times," the gift of your honored president. 'Accept this gift, peruse it well, Its silent influence Who can tell?" To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMo QUININE (Tablets.) It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cohl. E. W. GROVE'S siltnature on each box. 30c. LED lloys' Overalls, good 1h< dellilis, to Clear tables a I lot M1ln's heavy Work elear the tables... 50c LadI and [,assie Clotl fiul lpatterns, to clear ti Barker's Horse andl Cattk( 20c bottle [Lemon1 Extral anteed pu) .. ... 45c b)ottle Lemfonl Extracl 3i cakes (1 5e) Vetian1j1 lI for less mone~y . .. .. . 60e sack Honey D~ew -Sm haeco .. .... ...... 315c sat'k I Ioney D)ew~ Snll haeco 4.... .... .... 'sell goodls at sul but thait (1on't wc MILL! Julst r0ce'ivuedt a .slihpment timlor'e. Th'Ie latest 1921, beautiful ints 119t $1.25 men's un der shirts and drawers, on sale this week at 49 cents each. Imited 4 to a customer. eatly Reduced Price ALRE RED HOT RE C. 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