Confederate veteran Confederated Southern Memorial Association, Sons of Confederate Veterans, United Confederate Veterans, ... THIS splendid new book of nearly 300 pages (actual size of book, 6x9 inches), containing many fullpage illustrations, maps, etc., taken from official sources and covering every phase of this most gigantic triumph of American enterprise. This book sets down in romantic truth the history of Panama from its discovery to the present time. It includes the thrilling adventures of the early explorers, the burning of Panama City by Morgan the buccaneer, the first attempts to cut the Isthmus, the failure of De Lesseps and the French, a full and accurate account of the successful American enterprise, and an absorbing nontechnical description of the plans upon which the canal is constructed. THIS IS A STORY IN WHICH EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD BE INTERESTED By special arrangement with the publishers we are able to offer you a copy of this magnificent cloth-bound, finely illustrated book practically free with your subscription for one year to the CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE A 32-Page Religious Family Weekly printed on fine paper and containing each week something good for every member of the family. This paper is without doubt one of the leading family papers of the country. Its regular subscription price is $2 per year. FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY we can send you the paper for a full year and a copy of this magnificent book, both for the price of one. Send us Two Dollars at once, and we will enter your subscription for a full year and send you, postpaid, a copy of this splendid book. DON'T PUT IT OFF; SEND TO-DAY SMITH & LAMAR, NASHVILLE, TENN. PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE ASSOCIATIONS AND KINDRED TOPICS. Entered at the post office at Nashville, Tenn., as second-class matter. Contributors are requested to furnish double-spaced typewritten copy whenever practicable, and to condense as much as possible. The date to a subscription is always given to the month before it ends. For Instance, if the VETERAN is ordered to begin with January, the date on mail list will be December, and the subscriber is entitled to that number. The VETERAN is the best advertising medium for the entire South. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR. BINGLE COPY, 10 CENTS. VOL. XXII. OFFICIALLY REPRESENTS: UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS, SONS OF VETERANS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, NASHVILLE, TENN., FEBRUARY, 1914. REQUIESCAT IN PACE. [Written by Hugh G. Barclay for the CONFEDERATE VETERAN in memory of S. A. Cunningham, late editor.] Alas, a knightly man is dead! The tidings came like bolt from cloudless sky; And we stand dazed, our senses fled, Except to ask in trembling whisper, Why? For all men loved him, all who knew To bind the sections in a deathless band; To make the North and South as one In thought and effort; to at last restore The trust and love of time long gone, That strife and hatred cloud our land no more. But his great soul has passed across The stately river where dead heroes meet In sacred conclave, where no dross Of life's base passions may life's aim defeat. God called him, knowing what is best. We bow to him, and yet-and yet-we know A king of men has gone to rest; And may God's laurels rest upon his brow! OFFICIAL TRIBUTE BY U. C. V. [Headquarters United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, La., December 26, 1913. General Orders No. 16.] When on December 20, 1913, Col. S. A. Cunningham, editor and owner of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, was called to a higher and nobler life, the Association suffered an irreparable loss. He will be more missed in the work and mission of the Association than any member of it. His sudden death, the sad circumstances surrounding his demise, and the sudden end to his noble and unselfish work have saddened the hearts of every man and woman in the entire Southland. He was a brave, unselfish, and patriotic soldier. His heart was full of pride in the achievements of the men who followed the Confederate flag, and none appreciated more than he the glorious history of the women of the South nor understood better than he the trials, sufferings, patience, sorrows, and want which made the mothers, wives, and sisters of the South the most glorious type of womanhood of which history has kept record. For more than twenty years he has been diligently, and with no thought of self and with no sparing of self, giving his life to gathering the details of what the soldiers and women of the Confederate States did to win from fate national life and independence. With highest ideals ever before him, he worked with incessant patience and unflagging zeal. The vindication of the principles for which the South fought and the true story of the valor, courage, and sufferings of its armies became the great passion of his life. His loyalty to the memories of the South's dead and his kindness and help to its living endeared him to every Confederate organization. Bereaved of his wife and children, he took up his work of love; and no man, living or dead, has ever done more toward giving the Confederate nation its place in history than the editor of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN. While not a man of brilliant intellect, he was a man of abounding faith, hope, and energy. He was tireless in the task that he felt Providence had assigned him to do. He believed that he had been designed by God to do the very work in which he was engaged, and that he did it well no one can doubt. His creation, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, has maintained a unique place in military journalism and in its chosen paths has never been surpassed. It was the center of Confederate plans and impulses, and every part of the South felt the impress of its touch and power. He never commercialized his paper. Being editor and owner, he mapped out the paths it was to follow. He never deviated from his conceptions of what a Confederate magazine should be. He could never bear the idea of money-making in connection with his work. He begrudged even a few pages to advertisements and felt that this was taking from history a part of its just toll. He has refused thousands of dollars' profit because he could not in conscience give up so many pages to purposes other than preparing data for a really great history of the Southern armies. When the shadows of death crossed his vision, he made preparations to continue for the benefit of the United Confederate Veterans this great periodical. The life of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN is thus assured. He looked with sharpest grief at the contingency of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN'S dying before the last Confederate soldier was summoned, and nothing can be more beautiful or pathetic than this last tribute to his people and his comrades. |