The times dispatch. [volume], November 09, 1913, Image 45

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Address: Confederate Editor,
The Times-Dispatch.
Specify when possible Regi
ment and Company of soldiers
mentioned.
George Mathews Edgar, LL. D.,
Commander of "Edgar'.? Battalion," C. S. A.
To the Krlltor of The Times-Dispatch:
Kir.?Tho telegram in your Issue of
the 22d instant from Charlottesville,
Va., announcing the death of thin dis
tinguished Virginia gentleman an?l su
perb Confederate ofllccr, contains two
>;ros<i errors. which, however iuu< h I
dislike appearing in print, I feel St to
b* my duty, as ?ii ofllclal historio
grapher of the % iiginla Military i- -
ptitutu, to e:>rrc( t, and which I now
yrottfl to <lo. Jt iH 111?? r?* stated that
Colonel Kdgnr was educated at :lo
University of Virginia. alter the war,
and was thereaft r lauglit at th" \ ir
ginla Military institute.
1 am not willing that : > f the
most d.>*t lng ill .-dieu and mont loyal w' ns.
?f the Virginia Military Institute
should bo thus claimed hy another in
stitution T!.e fa'is are th*""'" In Jan
uary. l'.r,3. a (tor having r?:eeiv< t;,e
best academic training ava .lah:<\
BeorRe Mathews Kdgar, of dlstingui- h
ed Virginia ancestry, was t;r trieui it- '
r.t the Virginia Military Institute fr-en
Monroe t.'our.ty, Vn.. and was graduated
In July, l-.r.'"?, ptandlng sixth In a class
of thirty-three. Of this class, two
<11f?ri beforo the nar. and the remaining
membera were all (gallant Confed"rate
officers?live being colonels, four lleu
tenant-colonels, four i; ajors, thlrt'-e'
? aptalns, ami five lieutei .ints. 'I en < f
this class w?-re killed In battle.
After teaching a year in his native
town, IMgai a copted an a.-s.stant pro
fessorship In his alma mat"r, tendered
lllm the second time, a: 1 ?-ist- 1 Mll
tor William Cllham. I.B. i?. the < rni
riont professor of chemistry and geo
ic.g\ at the institute, 'in the first labo
ratory Instruction In chemistry ever
given In a i"lloi?o lti the Hout (Col
ored Kdgar's own woio? >
In l 'j'J he was ele v d professor ef
natural philonopi y at.d astronomy In
th'i North Carolina Mllitaiy Institute,
of which Major (afterwards I.ieuten
ant-rienera 11 IV II liill wnt superin
tendent. He resigned this pout: . .
the fall of 1 ??:<> to a pt t'..e ? ha:r t f
natural acioie th' I.otltla State
Seminary, where he n;t- t>.<? f ll"Wl?g
Kehri.at y w lmn l*lcr ida >? > ;< ?! t: ???n
ih" I'nion. April 1^* i. Ii" v.dur -
ti ? '1 i-.s a private in the "I.eon 11?"
and went t'? I-'ort Baraneas. wli'-re
'It: r;?1 lit ton li: agg wa-? ' ani/.
lhi.' an army aii'l ? ? ?? ?titjer ,ist t t
11 lii h tor th' ri'i u> ti' 'ii '?! Fort l'ek
car Here he ??!". ? a- ? ?rgeant
Ulajor ami dt llln avter ? ' the I-'ii i
l-'lorl<la lt?-s;iment until aft?-r Virginia
se. ovi. ij, wrien, iinrelhd 1 y a strong
le.slr< to ? i.t? r the Ht-rvlcf '? I his v. ttlve
St.Me. he fiitn'.ned .1 discharge and :? -
tinned t i his mountain home, asslxteii
in raishiK a company, of when ho was
'?ho.-en ill st lieutenant, aid was s"i>n
isita tatllig In the Kanawha Valley
ami- .ign. under Jtrlgadh-r-i!? -lu-r.'-l
Fleiiiy \ Wise, his C'unpar.y having
Uec'i Incorporated in the I'lfty-ninth
N'lrnliua Infant t:. Itegim<'nt. Wise Re
gion Thi> servic*. t- . Ing frr-m x:! ?* he
?rliinii g hv reason of tho inadequacy of
ihe force and equipment, at 'I- neial
Wise's command, was rendered still
iiioi e so when the general was forced
to aban'h ii tlie \'all, y a:. 1 co-operate
wltli Brigadier-* ienei .? 1 John 1 l'lo;. 1
lit resisting the ? :ic;n> advance
through tl") rugged mountain region?I
a resislan<-e <nl\ rendered effc-uvi
when ??eneral Kobert !?" I.ee came to I
Mieir relief with another brigade, audi
onfronted ("leneial ltosecrans on Big]
?ewell Mountain?a service entailing |
'sir greater riiortality from sickness j
than from shot and shell In the few!
engagement!* that took place between I
t ," cunteiiiiicg for<:es. tfiough the com-'
brit.s at liar hours vllle and Scary, and |
i hose on a larger scale at <*arnlfa\{
i'erry and *."otton Hill, and tho various!
sicrinishes that took plaee. wera i ?>
:iiean Introduction to the art of war.1
and with the drilling and discipline of ;
' he a:nj> an 1 mai ' h, found valuable
preparation of both oflicers and uv ti to
:aco the dangers and endure the pi i-|
'?ations of the arduous campaign that
llowed with courage and fortitude. j
t.ieutenant lOdga.r was promote.! u> I
; < .iptainey early in the campaign, and'
!".<"! until prostrated w i 111 typhoid,
t ver near Its close. Detached from
e Wise Region during the winter fol
lowing, Captain 1-Jdgar's company was
? :i<le the basis of a battalion of live
< mpanlos, <? f which he was elected j
i ajor in tho spring, ami on the addi- ,
lion of other companies, lieutenant
i donel.
I!'; commanded this battalion, tho!
Twenty-Sixth Virginia Infantry, popu
larly known as "IMgai's Battalion.")
for three years, participating in mini-j
erous engagements In Western \'ir
glnia, the Shenandoah Valley and be- j
fore Biclunond, chief among which
were tho battle of l.ewisburg, where 1
ho was shot through the sldo and left
on the field: the affair at Ilaiulley's
< or Tutwllei'si j I ill. ? and a half
miles'west of BowIsIm. where, with!
UjO men, he amhuscadeu jrce of Fed- i
eral cavalry of three times that num- !
ber, whose declared purpose was to 1
burn the town, inflicting heavy loss. |
In recognition of which service the |
ladies of Bewisburg presented liini i
v. ith a beaul if ul .sworn; the battle of'
Hjy i 'reel;, where he held the most !
exposed post of tho line for a day and j
it half against the repeated charger. 1
of tho enemy's cavalry and infantry,!
iceeivlng for himself and men the
Ilianks of the commanding ollieer, Col
onel Cei.rge S. Pat ton < V. M. I.), on
the field; tho battle of New Market,
where h'- led his battalion through tho
ol.j'o'dered ranks of the r??Rinient in its
front, and thence in n charge through!
t hot and shel 1 to the enomj'? second lino I
l ii iidvarioo of all otlser troops, capturing,
?hiee guns and gaining vnnlago ground
which largely contributed to tho vie-!
? ory; tho battle of Totopotoinoy Creek,!
whflie Breckinridge's Division, to
which his battalion belonged, with
stood a terrific bombardment for a day
and a night from more thau a hundred
seiijo guns, supported by a corps oi
Infantry; tho battle of Second Cold
Harbor, where, in scarcely more than
fifteen minutes, his battalion of <100
men waa temporarily overcome after
a desparntn bayonet tight with two di
visions of Uancock's Corps, of twenty
'.Ime.i its number, suffering a loss of :
two hundred and nineteen (2I!?) men
In klllod, wounded and prisoners,
among thorn th* adjutant and color
boarer, who hoiolcally sacrificed their
Jives (lsfonding the colors with sword
aad eolcr-lance, reapectively, a prize
?.hicih tho enemy only secured, lattr af
i
Iter a fierce hand-to-hand struggle v\ j1
the color-guard. while tho colonel,
though bayoneted and captured, ci
leaped by a rus? from his captors i<ii
dor n shower of bullets fiotn tho Con
! fedeniI?? ri'MTVii thiii rti*->?.??'! forward
mid restored tii" broken lino: tho bat
tle o: Winch* st<-r, tii?* l'.'lh of S? pliin
I.it, I ><51. where, when 1I1" tide of
t.attle was turn* 'I in f.-vor of the Union
Arviv, by a l'lanl: movement around
IJr<'<~kinrldgo's P-ft by Sheridan's Caval
1 rj < 'or i<-! of twelve thousand men, tlio
j ni(iv>'ini:tit wan fliurn of its l'ull fruits
I t,y tho rallying of a portion of tho di
vision It an old i ? ? i ?.;>?? t_ t.y Colonels
K'l:-ar and I >??nI whoh the
ciiiv s advance was cheeked and the
rot:? A i1 f the centre and right of the
nfedorato 111:) t greatly aided,
11 .< i ?:>.?! i t.y the smrilice of r.ot a few
?villi"!, wound* d and i?ilsonert", the lat
ter including ihese officers
T1 on followed Colonel Edgar's 1m
I'li1 otitiiGiit at l-'ort Delawaf, whore,
.villi scant clothing. no tiro and barely
i o"i a third of a soldier's ration to sub
islst on, h'.s ruffeting was often a'Uto;
[ t?'it ?' ?' vi'! y severity brought relief In
I lib i ea<hlng a Ktin.- of 111 health, whldt
! pl.i ? <1 him on ti.e roll of tin :;,0u0
I,? I:?> not s v.-l.o were declared by tho
-: <? r-t l I'tirfotis unlit f-.r further serv
I iff, at 1 sent South on parole. Kor
I innately for hint, the judgment of these
j o"i> . r* wa- faulty in hls? case, fur
throuuh 'he it'-plratlon < f freedom.
. reful nursing and adequate food, his
health wii'i soon restored, aid in two
months 1 ?? was exchanged and reerult
i .? ir brigade; and. when C'tieral
1.'" surrer doped, was fominanillnu: his
brigade ii i ???? oral Kehols's In vision of
?. \ ?). .-.rid men. u.archlr:: t-> the re
1;.-: <?; i e Af ?. of N'ortliern Vir
ginia.
T\i ? d a y s later he war at Charlotte,
N C.. wIiit" the President nr.d Cabinet
.! ? 1 i.tiier government officials, with
va rl->v- dot.i hv.et *s of troops, w? ro
awaiting the result of negotiations f'<r
suri'inlet of ip-neial Johnston's
Army, only yielding to the logic of
? ?vi \ts. when he t'-ad the doom of the
(' iT.i?->leru ; in the reply of <!er,.eral
Ii 1!. i dp ?? to the querry, "What s hall
we iin. general?" put to hitn by :i <:o
terie of ill! - is: "? Jer.tleniea. if 1 were
ijut Seeretaiy of War, I should po back
to K< ntucky. You must decide for
\oUis?lves what courfe you should
jiurstic."
A< ti:ipr on the obvious nienninp of the
n< ral's words-. h? and his staft lost
? i tiiiif |n turning th'lr faces toward
Virginia who at no other period of her
history had pri:it?-t need of the v.iso
for- s 1 kht and loyal servb e >.f her sons
After a few months spunt in study
ing conditions, Colonel ICdK.ir deter
mined to resume tho profession of
tfjicliinp; and. to prepare himself tnoto
fully, he resolved to re-cr.ter collejre
attain, llis cherished alma mater was
in ruins?tho work of the vandal liun
n r. and by no stretch of the imagina
tion could It be assumed that she
would ever bo restored to life and
usefulness Tho University of Vir
ginia, however, was in operation, and
he d ?? term 11: < 1 to t:o there to freshen
U|> for liis work of teaching.
Ae.-ordingly, In the fall of 1^*"." he
wi-nt ti# the University of Virginia, and
devoted th- greater part of one year
only to laborious, scientific study.
l'.efote the dose of the session he
was i !? ted professor of mathematics in
Oakland College, Mlssisslpjd, where he
\\<iii golden opinions for his ofllclent
work in teaching, ns well as in ad
ministration as i halrrnan of the fac
ulty, whose functions devolved on htm
on the death of the . xecutivo.
it was while here lie married. N'o
vemb'r 4, IS'^T, Miss Rebecca Kr>", of
I it- w i sbu rg, \\". Va , a daughter of
.Indue Jos- i.h 1, 1'ry. an eminent jurist,
formerly of Wheeling. Six children
were the fruit of this marriage, all of
whom received thorough college train
ing and entered upon successful
career:'. l-'ive of these children are
living now, as is also Mrs. Kdgar.
In lsOS Colonel Kdgar resigned his
position at <>aklaud t'ollege, and i:i
IS'".:* removed to K"ntueky. where for
fifteen years he conducted schools of
liii^h grade for boys and girls, upon
all of which he bestowed assiduous la
bor with good results?notably, Frank
lin Female College and Kdgar Military
lustituc.
Jn June. Ic.s4. he was elected to suc
eeed tleneral 1\ II. 11111 as president
of the Arkansas University. Ills ad
ministration of the Institution was
strong, pt ogresslvo and conservative,
resulting In manifest improvement in
the. work, discipline and moral tone
of the student body, receiving strong
commendation from the board of
ttustees, who fully approved of his
pleas for the development of the uni
versity on a broad basis. Hut these
pleas, being defeated by drastic legis
lation brought about by demagogues,
limiting the aims of the Institution
and hampering its administration by
specific rules, be resigned the prest- [
deiicy in Juno. is<".
A few weeks later he accepted the j
presidency of the Florida State Semi - 1
nary, where he was professor at tho
beginning of the War Hetween tho
Htat"S. The development of this school i
from the low condition in which ho !
found it to one of efficiency and worth, j
was the work of live years, during i
which valuable additions were made j
to its buildings and equipment, the i
course of Instruction extended and the '
standard of graduation raised. In no1
period of his professional career was j
his ability as an organizer, ten -her and !
executive more conspicuously shown I
or his efforts more fruitful of results j
than during these live years.
In ls!t'.' Colonel Kdgar was elected j
professor of physics and astronomy in
the University of Alabama. On his
urgent, solicitation the hoard of trus
tees added largely to the cabinet of
apparatus, put the astronomical Instru
ments in thorough repair, and supplied
every department with every needed
accessory to promote first-class In
st ruction.
This made possible tho progressive
growth In ofllcteney and attractiveness
of these departments from year to
year, which, added to the high stand- |
iird of scholarship maintained, con
trlbuted no little to tho reputation of j
this university; and Colonel Edgar's ,
retirement from the chair In 1S08 j
was generally regretted by tho j
friends of sound learning throughout
the State.
After that time he nervod for dif
ferent periods as professor of natural
I science In Occidental Colletjo, Call- .
! fornla, and aa principal of training !
schools in other States, and took sev- '
eral lutincrartcs with a lccturo on "The
| Character anil Achievements of Stone
wall Jackson." which won high com-j
' metidiition whenever delivered. He
prepared, besides many lectures on the1
physical sciences, psychology. ethics
and podngotry, which. had tliey been
published, would surely h&vo ,'idde<l to
his 11 |>u tat bin and his purse; but lie
whs contented to limit tin ir use to the
lecture-room and platform, to promote i
the spec la 1 objects for which they
were written.
In 1 vsthe dot?roe of doctor of law
was conferred upon him by the West
Virginia University and Howard <"ol
lege, Alabama.
Am a Confederate soldier anil officer
he won the highest praise of his sti
p? rior ollieers for gallantry, good
Judgment and clliciency on the battle
field, and as a man who could be re
lied upon to do his duty In ??very emer
gency, however trying, while his of
(leers and men wcro ever ready to fol
low whero ho led.
Those who arc best acquainted with
his work as an educator In the varied
and responsible positions ho occupied,
ranked him IiIkIi as a teacher, or
Kanizer, executive and lecturer, and
characterized hlrn as a inan of de
cision, untiring zeal and slnglcnecs of
purpose, who belonged to that class
of men "who will swear in their own
hurt, and change not."
And, now that ho has jjono to Join
the innumerable host of his Confeder
ate comrades, "across the river," bis
alma mater, the V. M. I , mourns him
n.s one of her most distinguished, most
loval ami best-loved sons.
JOS El* H It. AX DICKSON.
? 'lass. 1S70.
Historiographer. V. M. 1
X R?The historical facts In tiiis
communication are taken from Col
onel Edgar's autobiography in my pos
session, and which will be published In
my "History of All the Sons of the
V. M. I.." now in preparation.
J. II. A.
Return to the Old Paths.
While ;it first thought it would ap
pear Impossible that the acceptance
| by the North of that rule <>f action
j which !??<! to the invasion of 11?.South
?-oul?l lead to ?uch alterations in med
ical teaching arid practices tiiat tlic
J former become open animadversions <>n
j tho goodness of Almighty God, and
, tho lnttor equally npi>n attacks i>n
[the lives of his creatines; yet such
jls t!io case and its logical explanation
is a matter of no dinicultv, as will at
j one- ho seen hy a brief recapitulation
i of the facts
Tho South accept. , th* creative flat
of Almighty God, as exhibited hy His
creatures good; and from this, tlio
only proper basis upon which to found
rules and actions, formulated un
<1. r liie Hill of Klylits, tij'* .statement
that each created being had a fixed
place In the gamut of creation, which
j absolutely determined his <>r its powers
and privileges, In the exorcise or which
j tho individual and tha class were In
i trenched hy the fiat of God, issued
i for the preservation of those rights,
j which were fully demonstrated and
, '?finally circumscribed by the exhibi
tion of the powers of the created ba
ling upon this IJ111 of Rights the
j South maintained its course of action
I toward each1 being: neither debasing
! tho higher nor exalting the lower
creations.
The North assumed directly the re
j verse of both the predicate and those
tactions which govern human beings;
I for It asserted that powers and post
j tion as demonstrated by th* creation
>>f the Individual had no bearing on
tho rights and privileges involved, anil
that, as a result, human beings might
i make and place in execution what
ever rules the majority deemed ad
I visable.
As Abel was prospered by his recog
jnitlon of the justice of Almighty God
, as displayed in His creations, so, for
!tho same reason, the South has pros
! pered.
A1* Cain, embittered by his own re
ifusal to recognize the justice of Al
j mighty, became incensed at tho su
perior degree of prosperity enjoyed
! by Abel, so the North became embit
tered toward the South.
A* the majority, led solely by the
i sophistries of teachers who sought to
[substitute majority fiat for the in
j herent law 01 God, crucified tho very
Son of ? lod, so tho North, actuated by
i the malice and bitterness, inevitably
resultant on the acceptance of so
j heinously criminal a doctrine, crucified
j not only the South and the law of
? rigiit, but therein actually anew the
(expounder of that law, the Son of God.
Can It be expected that a human be
ing. who accepts wrong-doing of such
, criminality as his rulo of action, shall
j apply that rule to none save a cc-rtaln
line of action?
Th* answer cannot so well be given
as In the words of tho Son of God:
, Out 01" no impure fountain can pure
? waters flow, neither can there coma
| forth from a pure fountain impure
| waters."
Impressed hy that apparent success
which attended the North, but which
lis in reality merely the dead sea fruit
, which foilowsj the "successful" theft,
arson and murder. The South,
paralyzed by its recognition of its own
impoverished and deplorable condition,
has practically failed to recognize tho
gr^nt patent fact that tho North has ?
; recognized all forms ami conditions
of thought and of activity into some
! degree of consonance with that crlini-!
;ial teaching of majority flat which j
i just impugned the justice of Almighty '
[God for His liberality toward the;
South for its recognition of the cor- 1
rectness of llis creative fiat: then do- i
feated His law by invasion, rapine and
burnings In a sister confederation and
the murder of cltixens: then destroyed '
the la*t semblance of law by tho dis
franchisement of the white, and final
ly. in sheer madness, arrogating to
themselves powers superior to those
of Almighty God, created of tho black
an equal to the white.
Having accepted this rule of action, i
the will of a majority of men is not,
merely superior to the rights of the ;
minority, hut to the creative power of j
Almighty God. ami having set their j
seal to this desecration of law and j
right by a series of crimes utterly be- ,
yond historical parallel what must
have bee n and what must be the in- j
evitable course of the North? Abso
lutely to continue tli use of this in- <
famous doctrine in both the lesser and
the greater acts of existence, whether
they be those of the social circle or
the business community.
It Is solely to this erroneous and of
right subversive teaching that we owe !
the present ridiculous teachings of so- '
called "modern medical men." Paralyzed ;
in its educational powers as well as
in its industries, for many years the!
South depended for the education of
her children in Northern schools, and '?
as an Inevitable result the "risli ) gen- '
oration" has been endowed with a dis- 1
belief in the goodness of Almighty '
God, which would call their ancestry |
in honor from their graves were this ?
possible, and in no line of education j
has animadversion against Almighty j
God been so persistently and so fierce-!
ly formulated as in that of the medical '
practitioner.
The writer, now entering well into!
Jhc thirty Second year of the practice!
of his profession and the thirty-eighth j
as a student, cannot but speak from ;
both an extended view and a ripened
Knowledge "r his profession.
Take. for example. lh" '
"tvphold fever:" a form ?>f
which h.as been theorized by mo'^rn
medical attendants to be contnRlot ? .
and caused by the presence of ? ?">
diabolical rten-1. created by Almighty
God (or by the Creator allowed to
,v|sti. >s nothing lw?. for the purpose
of tormenting and killing Ills chil
dren. . ,
Actuated bv this hideous teaoalng.
which has it* only origin in that same
wretched postulute which ed to the
invasion of tho South, and which .-lalma
that mankind is both more wise ami
in or (? loving than tho All Father, the
modern medical attendant seeks t<. free
our liquid food and drink from thesi.
"trcrms." it)i what result.
To tvphoid fever to-day are charged
a grater ratio of the total of deaths
In the city of 1'hiladclphla than evei
before in Its history; and yet, for tho
past ten years, these poor "gerrna
havo been warred upon even as the
fiouth was. oy tho Northern mailman,
who sees in Cod. a devil, and In hlm
self r> vast goodness. which he alone
demonstrates l?y his murders. of
folk as well as of those lesser bodies
of tho Creator: for He Himself of Him
self forms every existent being.
What then, should we behove as tho
purpose' of Almighty God in the crea
tion of this "germ"?
Assuredly, we should accept this,
Ills creation, as for ovir benefit.
And this postulate is borne out by
th? fact that as these "germs" are
destroyed, the deaths increase. In
fact, the presence of this germ in water
means an attempt to correct some con
dition; the presence of this fjerm in
the human blood means an attempt
on the part of Almighty God to do
something In our behalf, and we say
to Almighty God: "Go away or 1)1 kill
you." am: pay the medical J2 to act
as tho executioner of the Creator. The
so-called "white plague" is but an
other example of the amazing willing
ness of human beings to accept the
doctrines of the North?and chaige Al
mighty God with a degree of criminal
ity at which tho devil would blush
with shame. While at the same mo
ment we childishly exalt the medical
attendant to the position of an "all
wise." but one who demands a fee. and
in advance, for saving our livts!
Do you see any similarity In this to
the acts of the Northerner who cruel
lied the right and murdered our men
and tortured our women?and. having
taken all he could lay his hands on.
exalted the black to tho position of
an Imago of God?the white?
The bo-called "germ" of tuberculosis
is Body of Almighty God. formed
and sent to dwell in a human bodj .
for v hat purpose?
Mav the All Father forgive that
blindness and folly which stumbles at
the thought that His acts are for our
comfort and aid?and eagerly pays
two good dollars for the wofully bad
advice that this is a devil sent to de
stroy us.
Analyzed carefully, week by week,
for a period extending from lSr>2 to
l'.'OT, tho records of deaths in the city
of Philadelphia show the following
curiosities:
Deaths of consumptives (IS52-1S,'C>),
"P. per -*ent of all deaths; deaths of
heart patients (lSf-2-lS75>. ?! I,cr cent
of all deaths; deaths of lung patients
(1 S52-lS7ul, S pot cent of all deaths;
deaths of consumptives (1!?07-1'.H0?,
ID per cent of all deaths; deaths of
heart patients (1HO7-1S10), <"> per sent
t>f all deaths, deaths of lung patients
(15)07-1?!0), 12 per cent of all deaths.
This forms tho basis of a claim that
"consumptive" deaths innc dccicased,
where, in absolute fact, llttlo change
lias been recorded in other than no-,
menciature, the actual change being
for tho worse. And these two in
stances are but a drop in the bucket; I
for the Creator errs not; anil that I
which lie creates, be it tho lesser I
??germ" or the greater "fly," Is an In
strument designed for our good, our
air, our comfort, and their destruc- j
tion. but for His omnipotent love could
'.tot but result in destruction of our
selves.
Dut this is not a medical article: It
has as its purpose three things: first,
to call to the attention of the North
erner that Almighty God is good, and
that His creations are perfect, each in
its place, and that Ills law seeks t?
give to each and every created being
its rights and privileges: second, to call
to tho attention of tho Southerner that
the North is responsible not only for
iho crucifixion o? right and of God
in Its Invasion of the South, but by a
continuance of the dlsobcdlenco to His
laws, which was and is the error of
majority till tho North has led to in
famously cruel attacks on the love of
God. and to their permeating of social,
professional and business life; third,
to call tho attention of the Southerner
to the fact that until the South returns
to its true worship of Almighty God by
discrediting every assumption of tho
North., and by again placing in enact
ment as the rule of life tho Hill of
Rights, this nation is lost in a chaos
of crimes against creatures, mankind
and Almighty*God.
THK ()1,I) GRAY DOCTOR.
October 12, lflFI.
IIV W. W. HA VS.
The Southern soldiers sallied forth.
With Ijne?proud Paladin;
They'd ti^ht tho "North" within tlio|
North,
They would, they could hut win.
Tho "(lower of the South" were they,;
From chivalries of old;
Nor soldiery of any day.
Was cast in better mold.
On old Potomac's shore they stood,
Undaunted at the tide;
And, dreadless. plunged into tho flood,'
And climbed tho other side. |
Knch eye was lit with Southern flro,
Each Southern spirit burned;
Their hot blood hurried in its iro,
Their fnees northward tyrnod.
The peaceful land of William Penn
They sought, and soon they found; I
Then .?-hook (he wood, the hill, tho glen,
Widi thunders all around.
The daunting; lla-js, (he martial (ones,
llark! tSettyshurer, and see!
The cannon and tho smoke?the
groans!
A Southern victory!
The dawn! and ready for the fray.
The Northern Idou stands;
Tho Southern Tlgor holds at hay,
Whoso bloody throat expands.
Tho Fed'nils move, a thunderous roar,
And Gulp's contested height.
The Southrons' wrest; their volleys
pour?
The vict'ry theirs nt night!
Another dawn! O, what a day!
llow fateful tho event!
Tho desperate gamesters In the "play"
llave "staked" a continent!
Tho Southron flares?1i!h all ho risky.
On "Seminary's" crest.
Ills tulles of bristling basilisks
Arc massed for Dual tost.
/
A thousand fiery-throated guns.
I'heir deadly volleys pour;
Hut dauntlessly the Southern sons
1 JosocikI amid the roar! ,
Adown the dell between tho heights.
And up?to never stot>?
Tho charging corps now climbs and
lluhtM
l-'or "Cemetery's" top!
T.ai fc J#n<* Is raked with bomb nnd balls,
still the dauntlc?H South.
with eouraue that not hell appals.
Hath readied the cannon's mouth!
>\ ith nabro and with bayonet,
I lie fearless foemen f!uht:
They n parish, but they'll ne'er forsrd
! lie causo they deem a:* rii^lit.
Again. acain the Southrons dash
Kadi line's a severed thread;
For in the horrid hall and crash.
1 ho gallant corps is dead!
The day ;h lost, the brave advance
Jtath died amid the shock.
And shivered Is the Southern Lance
Against the Northern I lock!
*'? ,'nnny a Northern brave to-dav
I-ell many a Southern son.
With wite and mother far-awav
And Tar the little one.
Tlie Crcat Iievolt, whose bloody : ra
Here rose to highest tide,
Began to ebb; and, finally?
At Appomattox?died.
I ho bloody day hath told the talc;
l he star-fyes u,, on
\eep o'er the thousands cold ami pale,
.... . moilrnfuI night-winds cr\.
u ''J' ,s this fraternal frav'"'
And spirits of the dead. ' '
In silent accents *eem Eav
riR* why' no more be Mthi .*?
Now. from this fateful aspect turn
And and mind release
And enniliy and hatred spurn'
l brotherhood and Pcace
\li'h',iT"r''"V"t,y ~',ia bllt on":
-Mi nail, for her we live
And to her host of heroes'gone.
All honor do we {rive.
A1AH V,L n?iuay thr men of Meade;
. ,|. 1 ?11 ,he men of Lee;
' r>?lrT$szryrelt the dceu
r'i'ch'Vf. th<T mcet! ,)rav? veterans'
l.ach other to embrace
And with them?all "Americans"
Love, Loyally and Pence ~~
of a (;enc?al FSrutC 10,dier
m tho Confederate Armv -' i ' 7 Was
lion would be trH.n.- ? / 'nforma
nephew. rlV'O 1 rP?n -by his
?8 Branch Street, Wv!!l,?gD
.... bridges, \ n., October 6. 1!)13
'tor Confederate Column:
M:S,r'irrr" yo',r ,ss"? September 2S,
Porter Johnson H.vi for , i
time he was under the Impression th^
of jz
,, halte<l under fire to dress the
1 v theV|h'V'r WaS WhCn U Waa
?n the "tl'er hand, r have always
h B "n"Pr t,,ft Impression that it was
not at all unusual for ,t to bo done bv
the Infantry during the war. for 1 saw
done by Cooke's I?rlKa,]o .several
?lines in the same battle under a writh
ing fire.
If I remember correctly, it was o?
, ;4th of "64. a little below
what was then Kiddle's Shop, now
Cilendale, on the Charles City Rood,
ooke., Brigade was at Kiddle's Shop
or ;-e\cral days after General Leo had
started for Petersburg. The Twenty
fourth Virginia Cavalry, to which I be
longed. was near Willi*-., church.
I-.arly on the morning of the nth we
started down the Charles City Road
and soon met the enemy In strong force
Wilson's Cavalry, I think I do not
remember much about the prelimi
naries. but the fight soon opened in
real earnest. rooke>? Brigade formed
in line of battle across the road and
on both sides. Wo were kept mounted
and a little In the rear of the battle
line. The enemy's cavalry was all
fighting dismounted nnd most of tho
time in dense woods. Apparently they
were all armed with Spencer repeating
carbines. They would cone al them
selves behind trees and in the brush,
and as the infantry advanced, would
pour into them a withering tire of sev
eral volleys, fall back a little and
again conceal themselves.
Several times Cooke's line became
confused in getting through the brush
when nil would be halted and the
whole line dressed before th??v ad
vanced again.
1, for one, thought it the most Irvine
experience of my life, and would have
given anything for (he privilege of
firing one shot. For, though we could
not see :i man of the ciifmy c*:cpt the
dead or wour.deO, It scctned to bo rain
ing Mlnlo balls abovo and around us, .
We earn pod with only a few wounded, |
however.
Cooke's men fared much worse, for j
the l'isr. h ,1:1 heavy b >'h i't killed and
wounded. Finally. much t? our relief,
wo worn dismounted and put in on i
i 'ooke's right. r.y th i time we were
fully persuaded that tiie Infantry dl<l
not know how to fight. dismounted ? av
al ry. When tho advance wan ordered.
w<- went from t-"o-j to troo and hush to
hush. and when bounced the enemy
the Rebel yell resounded through the
woods, while we wont tearing at their
heels like a paek "f hounds, without
regard to alignment "r anything el'e.
A fter tills light Cooke's Rrlgade
never again called us Huttarmllk
Rangers; nor did they ever offer to
allow us to pop a cap on their muskets
. for a horseback rule.
At the risk of trespassing on your
space. I will nttenipt to giv? an ln
I stance of cavalry discipline. Early
Friday morning. April V. ISt.j, the
i Twenty-fourth Cavalry. Colonel Uob
I ::is commanding, reached Farmvllle on
the retreat from Richmond and dis
mounted to rest.
A llitle after sunrls*. 'ler.eral 1*1 tz
hoc. who was In command of tho r<'nr
guard of the army, told Colonel Koblns
! that his skirmish line, on the opposite
aide of the valley to the east of Karm
ville. wan be I tip: hotly pressed, and he
feared could not Met across the val
1..v without helm* captured, and he or
?ln'rcd Colonel Robins to tak his reRl
ment. bo out there and try to pet the
others over safely, Oeneral I,eo had
a busier with him on a hill which com
imanded a full view of the valley and
skirmish line. He said: "When ih
bugle sounds you must charge the
'enemy, the skirmishers will fall back
behind you and then you return here."
We were hastily mounted, then pass
ed back through Karmville and took a
road Into the valley. I do not know
! whether a public or private
I road. We soon left It. boro
to the right and somewhat .nation
ally across the valley. I recall a good
i many fenc-s, some post and rail, and
that the pioneers had to RO ahoad and
make gaps for us. About the time we
began to ascend the slope on the op
posite tide of the valley, two pieces of
artillery wero rushed out and unllmber
L(, on top of the hill almost directly in
! front of us. We were In column of
j fours, proceeding at a walk, with drawn
I sabres
The first shell struck the ground near
| the head of the column, knocked up a
j cloud of dust, ricocheted abovo us and
*bursted In th- rear. All the other shells
'went wild. When the guns were first
I unlimbereil we could see plainlN the
j rod stripes on the men's uniforms, and
i as wo continued to advance, we were
? near enough to distinguish tlie non
I commissioned officers from the privates
' by their chevrons. Kroni the first, nb
? solute silence prevailed in our ranks
j and one could almost have heard the
men breathe except for tho tramp of
hors.-s nnd Jingle of scabbards. Every
man eagerly awaited the order to
charge, for we thought it less hazardous
than the position we were In.
At last came the order. "Counter
march by fours to the left." Every
man drew a long breath as the head
of the column turned down the line.
A few sets of fours rode to the pivotal
point before turning; the rest of the
j column halted and were wheeling into j
j their respective positions as their pre- J
decessors passed down the line, when \
Colonel Robins, happening to observe j
what was going on biased out at us.
?Vlt.se up there; What are you halting
for 7" Thereafter every set of fours
i rode to the pivotal point before turn
ing. not withstanding that all were ex
pecting a shell or grape and eannlster
i.. come crashing through the ranks
ievery second.
! We then took the same route by
which we had come back Into Karm
ville. still at a. walk, for no horse was
Icv.-n allowed to trot except t ? > close
t ranks, n >r were sabres returned to
i scabbards till we were well across the
valley, i >f course, at the time we had
no Idea of the object of the movement,
nor did ?c know anything about the
orders to the colonel. After the war
when discussing th?? matter with him,
lie t..l<! me he had related the Incident
to various Confederate and Federal
officers, all of whom said they had
never believed that cavalry could be
held under such circumstances to make
such a manoeuvre.
CI IA RI.F.K CATl.KTT,
Company I'. Twenty-fourth Virginia
Cavalry.
I''. !?'. \ .H?CleuieillM.
The "< Moments"?'quite ;i famil;. <>i
t hem) came ov?r in tlio liprnT1' in
1 ?? 1 1. T!ir bead of th" family was a
owman. "Klizabcth" 1?> name, ami s-lic
had courage to make the |>!itu^
.She brought ovi-r her children : .1 -
miah <-), N'icliolas <">. Kr.ekul i J i
ami Klizabcth <>'t ami 11?? i- servants:;
Dorothy <?ra?Mic ami .IriYi-rio Mull. Sin;
settled in Surry * *??>iis t >?. a popular
harem for many am ient wnmbr. i >\
Kli/.abeth Clements n>a i-1 i<I after she |
reached this country, Captain lialpb i
llamve. Jeremiah i.'i isecins to have'
had on only daughter, who married
Captain Henry Perry. In (ho third !
yonoration there was Francis (.'!) I
Clements, justice of Surry in 10'.''.'. and
Burgess in I t;t>3. Me married Klizabcth
(?>. There was also a John Clciu
outs, of tho Surr> Militia, in the f-aine ?
generation, and apparently a Francis
(4), of the fourth generation. Thcro [
aro Clements all over Virginia, but
whether decondaut from tho bravo
Klizabcth, who can I? ? 11V
Surry records are not veiy acce
slide, but probably a careful search 1
throng]) them might make a g?*n?-al 'iry
of this interesting family?oom in g
from a woman who was bravo enough
to sail tho seas with four children and
two servants In order to make hi-r for
tune In a strango l.iml. Wo wish wo j
could take the family further, but it
is Impossible without a pilgrimage to (
Surry County. Tho count ytill stands,
1 Savage, 2 Proctor. :i Holfe, Strnchey. I
Yoardley, 4 Flood. 5 Cray, Lupo, Wll- 1
loughbv, t> Clements j 5
Dcitri'iiilnntii of France* tit) Ycnrillcy
nnil >lnJor Joint Went.
Their children were Argall (.1)
Xcardloy, (John (8), Charles (3), i
ThousoiiKhifoo.t (.1). Ann i,1i, Jennia
Matilda lit). Kit rail (and Ioh''|>Ii 1
< ::i. !'y no no-an all ot them aro ae
< <11111(0(1 for. Ai l;.ill <::> Y'anlley mar
ried, !>m no Issue. John ?;!?, married,
.lint left a ."on. Jnnnlitan. <'hnrles <.'{),
married Sit 11 >? ?*u^T is ami had Ann ?-4 t
Custls (married. lust, .lolin r.untlick.
!k> Issue, second. Samuel T:iylor. ami
had Kilzalx th Sarah <> ami Mary Ann
(ti). Talaitha Susan unarrled Dr. 1
Thomas ,|. i? Not I in^ham, ami had
y < '? i Jortii.! Samii' I (."i i Haker, '
'i'houias i ?) \\ Hi.mi, Hli/aheth t").
Sarah ? > 15 ti n < 1!. - U. ?'harlotto i."?>
Susan and Clara (.'?) NVest). Sallio
West (4>. (married Colonel John
Loat herbury and had William (f?).
Klizal dh i ' ivlward <'?). ?,!oorfi;o ti>,
Sallie <?>?, Kath.-rlno (5). John (."?>
Willi mi <t? Woki married Vienna
? iotlwin and had a daughter, ?'lara
<r.) Joanna Weal, w ho married Kduard
I !? Hand and !? ft issue:
Nathaniel <?>> Littleton Holland. w !:<>
married his cousin, Juliet Fisher Hol
land, a daughter ot' I ?r. CrifHn > f <> I -
land and his wife. Margaret Cotton
Whittaker, of Tallahassee, Fla . and
had.
Florence '7> Rowena Holland, who
married Otto F. Meat's. and has ('ceil
<T> Me.ir.s and Heujanun Meals.
1-Mward (7) Hollaml. who married
Kva Vii ndon'rlf t. of West Virginia. and
li.i - a .s< .'. I'ahvanl Littleton Holland,
Jr.
Pr. fSrlfOn (7) Holland, unmarried.
I'larenoo (7> Whlttaker Holland,'
minor. j
Marcua v7) Whlttakei Holland, dead. |
William (7) West Holland, minor.
Nathaniel (7) Littleton Holland, dead, i;
Nathaniel (7) I.It tl<:ton Holland,
niuor.
Harriet <0> Juliet Holland mnrrlod'
?r-?slon K. 'I'rower. and has ICtlward |
lollaud 'I'rower, Kobort Smith Trower. j
?reston Jirya'i Trower and Clara West 1
l'row or. iMl5
Charles i 4) ,f. D, Woat mvanatortum,
ile th Ftf.s and; ^.H.^r^iV-htch
A lUialll gltra Ittlvroatlna (toll
0*ne?r ;?!?<? tcll?wh?t to do for pain,
'?9f, oUo>> CU, \S?Uc tut it UxUv, UicudvslfiK ihUptpti,
tta
a i
(ii
of
Heraldic Christmas Suggestions
An pivlnMrif cf OoM-of-Arm*; ft
ill* for ?t?mplr.c ?tnUon?ry: ?t*t!r>n?ry b?au4
tifullr llluminand with Arm? or Monoirdmj
? ?Al or Mkl rlrtf. VThat more unttu* or u??,
ful gift? The Do C*?? U <Ucfeiuoo4
Bt, BrooJOyn, M. V*
rlcd Sarah Windsor Shelton. of Peters
burg, Va., and had: Alfred (6) Seabury
West. Fannie (0) West and Charles
(<?) West.
Margaret (5) Catherine West mar
rled John Leatherbury and had: Mar*
triiiut i ?)> (Catherine Eeatherbury, Ems
mi y (>',) Pitts Eeatherbury, Chauncey
I.oatlierbury, and Vitginia West
1 .oathe : bury.
Mary Isabella West married John
Addbon and hud: Elizabeth <??) Addl-?
sot:, John t'">) White Addison, and Hal
lie i'j) Fisher Addison, all unmarried.
Ell-.:aheth (*>) Robinson West.
Joanna <.5) Tahltha West married
Thomas E. l.eathurbury (youngest son
I of Colonel John Eeathorbury by hiH
last wife Vienna (Godwin), tho widow
j >ii William \V. at. as shown above) and
(had Edward West l.eaihTlmry, Vienna
! Goodwin West l.eatherbury, and John
i N?? <? Iy Eeatherbury.
Ktnory (:?? Washington West mar
ried Lid ward D. Pitts, son of Jud^e Ed-.
! ward Pitts, of Acconinc County, Va.,
t anil has Mary Pitts, Edward Pitts,
Charles Pitt*, Margaret Pitts and EitM
; ma Pitts.
J Dr. Griffin William Holland, his
brother, Edward Holland, and theiq
sister. Susan, who married Myers W.
Fisher, descended from Nathaniel Hoi-,
land, who married Ann West, daugh
j tei nt Major John West and Francos
Yard ley, beforo mentioned, and also
?from Nathaniel and Susan (Bryan)
I Holland, of "Poplar Hill," Northamp
! t"n County, Va. Margaret C. Whltta
lo r. second wife of L>r. Cirifin William
i Holland. was a daughter of General Ell
! P-. Whittaker. o? North Carolina.
^ Eli>.a (."i? Sarah West married Ilcnry
Powoll. of Acconme County. Va., and
; had Cecil (0) Powoll, Ella (?>) Powell,
i Emory (6) Powell, Ada (6) Powell,
j Charles (5> Edward West.
I Tho descendants of Ann (4i Wost,
| daughter of Frances Yeardley and
I Major John West, are represented by
? Nathaniel I? Hall and his wlfo, Juliet.
Sarah (4) West, daughter of Major
John West and Frances (8) Yeardley,
married Isaac Smith, and left seven
children, only the children of Isaao
O.l aro traced. Ho married Ellzaboth
Custls Toackle, and had Charles (6>.
, Elizabeth (6), Sarah (6), Margaret (6).
Isaac (6), Thames (6), Mary Ann (Ri,
Susan (6), Ann Teackle Thorough
good (G).
I. < hnrles (f>) Smith, who married
Kafhorlne Teackle, lived at Moratlco.
Richmond County. Va.. and had Issue:
a. Maria (T) Smith, who married Dr.
nuckner. and moved to Missouri. They
had nine children. of whom Di\
t haries (S) Iluokner. of Charles Streot,
Baltimore, Md, is one. Tho others haVq
not been traced.
,-ib". Tcackl? Smith, mar
William Neale, and had
1. William T. (S) Neale. who never
married. Hamilton S. (S) Nealo. who
married Elizabeth Eowdoln Smith, and
luul
; William Gilmer <!>) Neale, died a. n
: Catherine (j, Ncale, married Clement
I H?av"r. OI Fail mount. W. Va. Grace
I (?>) Nealo, unmarried; Mary (9) Ncale
! "uTZ1:'}- nv:'a,.t01' ,9' Noa1-' ?om.r.
o x. , Neale. died Infant; Ellen
! ?? ) Nealo, unmariled; Ethel (<j) Neale
; who married Dr. Demurest, of Wash
ngton, I. c.; Hamilton Smith tfti
Neale. minor; Elizabeth (ft, Nealo,
I "TfV;:. ',',:nry (0> *'????. died Infant.
I iilM n't 1?',.rVeal? never married?
! battle of Malvern IIlll.
j 4. t atherlne Nealo married William
Drown I pshur?no issuo.
' .n-V.1r?r,.r:< <7) R,nlth- s"? Charles (8>,
I mat rled , and has issue
' Marianna (Si Smith, who married
j.osi'ph Chinn, of Tappnhannnok, Va
1 V, . LaV? ?*i0- <?) and daugh
i ter tiertrudo (7).
Elizabeth (ii) Smith, daughter, Isaa.i
.<??). married first, GrilTln Stlth and
had Issue. She married, second, Judtro
!db.?rBv?oui?f1,.'k0r a"(1 1,aU 01,0 li0n' wh?
| Nirah ((i) Smith, daughter Tsnac fS>
! !?ri'r. "?'? ai.Thad:'
. ,u?> ,s' Stith, married in
. urry County. \ a? and loft llo Issue
r,
Elizabeth (!?) Ann Drown Upshur
who marneil Hon. Abel 1'. Cpshur, Sec^
. -N:iv'\ and Secretarv of State
under President Tyler, sho 'being hm
?-??jsiii hIm'' \h0y ,in<1 ?"? ''aughter.
V, who married Lieuten-mt
ViTn! Ui'!? hart a F,on' T.
I'll Uintfgold. a lawyer now living m
Mi" Mh,n!e iP' n' ,U"?r
lias issue: J"' n"? J^'crto"'
William ,0) Stlth ("pshur (John
v.in ivii" I"-' -S,ith ?R>' married
An Wilson, of Richmond, and ha.I
<t r^? V< S,'th- m:url0(l
Muigis. jonn H. (io, marrlod Ann M.
ot . '-ouisiana; Thomas (10)
11 soii, i,Mined ... . igs,?.: , b
' ?>. inarrled Anne Pinner and had .'a
?<?!? I! I I. married Anna t;. Kiddlch and
VI r')' l'",y I-'ttletou
?l_). si (ond, h* married Martha Sim
mons and had Sully ill). Robert ( U i
\V'm r, IMi,rri'-<1 Columbia
W "liamr. no issue; ftobert ilo) stlth
'nan led Pauline l.afferandry and live,!
'?> New Orleans; .Nd,n 110) D. married
I iioiiills \\ I |ivhur.
i?'^I'V f-l!ct |H> ?^"1'1 dauerhter of
iHi ! ,n,il' r'ed_ I 'ei<-r Howdoln. and
. ' 1 James i.i, married Zenorah
wMrTi'!l; r'0lll''V'7'?inar,u-'1 neoiKo
. lu. kur, juofess. r at the Culvers!t\
?j* \wk i in, and I'eter Smith 17 > Lknv'
wh" married Susan Jacob, and
Ii.im two sons \ ?. . |?r. John iSi . . <
W Milan, isi. (I so hit ter died - p ' 1
I'r John i S) married three rimes-.
Ill St M is? ust is, who bore him no
? lilhlitMi. se .-1111. Miss Hinrnau. who
? him Hire.- ehildren. Mi i last wifo
l?? 'I ?' ill 1)1 !i<*? jfijjue.
IHs I'hildien I,., second wife were
\ irumla i :> i Uowdoln, marriod Mr
Johusoii, and died in Washington. I >.
' ,,as '",K, ,SN"'' ,!''t traced; Margaret
< ?' ? Howdojii, marrwd - ? . a?,| ?s
lixinu' in Xorthiunbeiltind Countv \'a
and has ehildren not traced; Dr. John
i :? i I tow 'loir. Jr.. married Miss Plora
Hnnal. ..i l.oulsian.i: has a daughter
"r 1 vo,y '""omiuent ai.rl
nif.iitiiil.il citi/.en oi Ai'i'omau County,
Isaac i i'ii Smith, son Isaac (5). mar
?i; d first, Marin Hopkins daughter
"i Judgo I ram-is Hopklnson, <-f Phil
ailel ph lu, Pa. by whom he had.
Maria Ilopkiiison i7i Smith, who
married i emple Nelson Robins, and had
issue Susan i.-, i. Emily iS> S . Isaao
? M .smith, .I..hii is> Edward. Maria (<51
? i 1.1 izaln'th i-> i T , all of whom died
s p.. except Strsan and Emily, both
or whom are unmarried.
1' rancls <7> Smith, who married
Susan Tea.It le, and had: I.uvlnla ( ? ?
lea.-kb- Smith, married Mr. H.iviland,
"i I "itghkeepsie. N \ . and )m<| two
i-11i1111"? ii, Annie i !? > and Plerson fi)
Annie iti) married Wilbur Gilbert Eso
? ml has children. They live at West
superior, Wisconsin. Plerson (ft) mar
ried Miss Evelyn Teacklo Smith, f,nd
lives at Mankiilu, Minnesota (ht-ruafter
nentioneili, and havo ii daughtar. La
vinia (10) .
Joseph i^) Hopklnson Smith (no
Annie H. Handy, and left two.nver
ters. Fanny (it) and l.My (9),
ivhorn are married. They '' .
ilo re. Mil. Gist said:
Francis (S) Smith, '-M you that we
Mai shall IS) have exceed
^!l,m,Cr,;l,wr0r'nit' a,ul ?"IV? 'Token
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Pleasure to meet various members of
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those Status.
Always sincerely your.-.
ANNA J. IL PKNNYb.VCK;