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Page 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, March 16, 1967 Rutledge book is reviewed The Calvin Crozier Chapter of the UDC met at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, in the home of Mrs. Phill Brooks. Associ ate hostesses were Mrs. H. M. Bryson, Mrs. W. W. Parr, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Mrs. Butler Holmes and Mrs. Seth Meek. Upon arrival the members enjoyed a brief social period, during which the hostess serv ed delicious refreshments. The meeting was opened with prayer by the President, Mrs. C. S. Owens, after which the Chaplain, Miss Dorothy Buz- hardt, led the opening ritual. Mrs. Owens presented Mrs. Seth Meek, who reviewed the story, “A Civil War Romance” written by Archibald Rutledge, Poet Laureat of South Caroli na, who was born in 1883 at McClellanville, S. C. HT? began his education in Charleston and was graduated from Union Col lege in 1904. For many years he was head of the English de partment in the Mercersburg Academy. Since 1937 he has made his home at “Hampton,” his ancestral plantation near McClellanville. It has been in the Rutledge family since 1086. He inherited it in 1923 when his father died. In 1958 he was asked by the Library of Congress to make, for the National Archives, tape rec ordings of seventy-five of his poems. He is one of five Am erican poets so honored. He is interested in the cultivation and conservation of old roses and his garden of 25 acres contains many fine ones. He is the author of 75 to 100 books. His latest one, “Willie Was a Lady” is now running in serial form in the South Carolina Magazine. Mrs. Meek began her review of the story by vividly des cribing the background of the romance. Many tragic stories could be told of broken friend ships, romances and business associations of that period. This one, “A Civil War Ro mance.” concerns a fine young Union General, James B. Mc Pherson and Emily Hoffman, a Southern Belle of -Baltimore. They met in San Francisco in 1859, when Emily was visiting her sister, Sophia McLane. She Pictured above are members of the Whitener family. The eldest, Mrs. M. L. Whitener, a resident of Newberry for the past 25 years, lives on College street extension. Seated next to her is Mrs. Katheryn W. Dwyer, formerly of Newberry and now of Ridgeland, S. C. She is the daughter of Mr. Guy V. Whitener, who is standing be hind his mother. Mr. Whitener, a resident of Newberry for the past 44 years, is a successful lumberman and is well known throughout the lumber circles in the South east. Next to him is his grandson, Michael G. Dwyer, who has just returned from Viet Nam and is now com pleting his enlistment term at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S. C. He is holding the youngest member of the family, Michael G. Dwyer, Jr., who is eight months old. and her husband were friends of McPherson, who was then a Lieutenant in the Engineers. They became engaged but the match was opposed by her family. 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However a dark hinge of fate turned against him and at Cairo, 111., he received a message from General Sher man revoking his furlough and he was ordered to report at once for duty in Atlanta. There he was put in command of the army and was in the midst of the fighting, where he was shot by a Confederate sharp shooter, and fell dead from his horse. When Emily receiv ed word of his death she col lapsed and remained in her darkened room a full year.. It is said that even Sherman and Grant shed tears. He was eu logized by Confederate General Hood, whose army had killed him. A monument was erected to honor him in Washington and Emily visited it every year. She died in June, 1891 at the age of 59. At Appomattox, Southern arms were laid down, but the vanquished were sustained by their pride and gallantry. It has been said “To accept defeat with high spirit is a kind of victory.” As a fitting climax of the recounting of tragic incidents of the war, Mrs. Meek read Dr. Rutledge’s poem, “Song of Hope.” “Oh Gallant Heart, defeated, Now gazing toward the West, Where this day’s splendor crumbles Disastrous and unblest, Look till the leathlike darkness By stars be glorified, Until you see another dream Beyond the dream that died. After the reading of the min utes, committee reports were heard, and it was decided to present Dr. Rutledge’s book, “Willie Was a Lady,” to the Public Library. Insurance Company “Homes” NEW YORK—More insur ance companies have their home offices in Pennsylvania than in any other state — 384. DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Marvin Faw to E. H. Busby, one lot and one building $5. Benjamin F. Thomas to New berry College, one lot $5. Newbery No. 1 Outside Julette M. Wise to Frank M. Schumpert, one lot $250. George K. Dominick to John R. 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