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ESSAY CONTEST |
Covington Chapter j
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy
(EDITOR S NOTE: Coving
ton Chapter, U. D. C., spon
sors the following article on
Miss Mildred Lewis Ruther
ford. written by Mrs. Kirby
Smith Anderson, custodian of
the Mildred Rutherford liter
ature and former State His
Ih torian. | j
Miss Mildred Rutherford, noted
historian, Georgian and Athenian,
it being honored this year by the
State U. D. C., by being made the
subject of the state-wide essay
contest, in which essays are being
written by the young people in
the schools of Georgia.
No person from Georgia was a
greater patriot to the Southland
and to the Confederacy than “Miss
Millie " as she was affectionately
called by her hundreds of friends,
Mrs Kirby - Smith Anderson,
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historian and custodian of the
Mildred Rutherford literature, has
written the following article on
“Miss Millie”:
MISS MILDRED LEWIS
RUTHERFORD
Ancestors
Miss Mildred Lewis Rutherford
was born of an ancestry whose
dignity, broad culture and patriot
ism u . as dosely interwoven with
the history of Georgia and of our
country the j
She was descended from
Reade, the Warner, the Lewis and
the Howell families. Welsh, Irish,
English and French blood were
combined. Her ancestors were
among the early settlers of Amer
ica, and were _■ the embodiment of
.
courageous daring and independ
enee of spirit. They were members
of th royal council and of the
house of Burgesses. Her grand
father. John Cobb, who came to
Georgia from Virginia, represent
ing Georgia in Congress from 1807
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Her uncle, General Howell
Cobb, was Governor of Georgia,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, President of the Con
federate Provisional Government
—or Congress—and Major General
in the Confederate Army. Another
uncle, the young and brave T. R.
R. Cobb, lost his life in the bat
tle of Fredericksburg, Va.
A bronze tablet mounted upon
the face of a granite boulder
marks the site of her birthplace
on Lumpkin Street, Athens, Ga.
John E. Hobelka’s beautiful tri
bute to Miss Rutherford; “Great
souls, noble, achieving, daring,
courageous, sacrificing, intellec
tual souls, do not make their ap
pearance suddenly upon the pages
0 f history; nor does history honor
them until their merits are such
that they justify her insignia of
honor and contribute to her pages
lustrous, glamorous and notable
6< ids,
“Born in the traditional South,
on July 16, 1852, in Athens, Geor
gia, a center of the finest kind of
traditions and refinement, Miss
Mildred Lewis Rutherford is not
alone the product of native and
local distinction, but by inheri
tance and a long line of revolu '
tionary end otherwise illustrious
ancestry, she is a national pro
duct.
“She gave to her state, her sec
tion, and to the world a distinc
tion that only women of her noble
type and character can give. She
loved literature, she loved history
and she loved education,
“Her conversation, her bound
less knowledge, her accomplish
ments ell count as prime factors
common in the making of her one
of the outstanding women of the
THE COVINGTON NEWS.
ages. It has the combined force of
intellectual and sympathetic un
derstanding and supported by the
talent of extraordinary conversa
tional ability that made Miss
Rutherford the center of attrac
tion. She adorned intellectual, so
cial and educational circles wher
ever she was in their midst. Wise
as she was, sympathetic, interest
ing, charming and persuasive —
she did not possess the spirit of
hypocricy,^ arrogance, conceit nor
insincerity.
"She was far removed from that
type of women, who are famous
only for their memoirs and per
sonal correspondence; but, like the
women who gave fame to the 18th
century, she made a great contri
bution to herperiod. She possessed
the mastery of the pen and con
tributed to the literature of the
nation treasured items of great
historical and literary worth. She
edicted newspapers and magazine,
and wrote a number of treatises
and books on the Confederate War
—or War Between the States—and
on the literature of the various
nations of the world.
“As a writer she was a scholar
and a historian, an essayist, and a
critic. She grasped her subject and
worked with a sincere motive to
wards one common end. Conven
tionality, in either speech or. writ
ing, was foreign to her. She came
at you straight from the shoulder;
forming her opinions, substantiat
ing it on existing facts, convincing
herself first and with unbounded
confidence she became positive
and electrified the world with her
remarkable and brilliant treatise.”
From years of devotion to and
association with Miss Rutherford,
Miss Rosa Woodberry, a noted ed
ucator, paid this tribute at the
time of Miss Millie’s passing, Au
gust 16, 1928.
“A life so rich and varied as
that of Miss Mildred Rutherford
faced the world at many angles,
each reflecting rays of rare beau
ty, delightful to look upon, and
carrying penetrating power. It
could not have been otherwise, so
intense was her loyalty to truth,
to service, to sympathy, to home
and country. Little wonder it was
that one of her great realms of
influence was that of persuasive
speech, so vitally imbued with
conviction and passionate love of
truth and justice, so transparently
clear in expressino and winged on
voice of far reaching power, that
her hearers were stirred to the
depths and she wielded an influ
ence that was irrisistible. Perhaps
it was in part the genius of inher
itance, for the Cobbs of ante-bel
lum days bore the fame of disting
uished orators. There was a rich
ness of voice, an intention of
beauty and culture, and a spirit of
impassioned devotion to the old
South that spoke of generations of
southerners saturated with its
traditions.
“Indeed, Miss Rutherford
seemed the very incarnation of the
old South and those who love it
and know it, can see the radiant
picture in all its lofty beauty—in
her majestic presence, her exquis
ite refinement, her deep sense of
the reality of things, her polished
and forceful English, her forceful
ness of voice and gesture, all con
tributing to greater power and
persuasion as a speaker and a
leader. But chiefest in influence
the message framed in this
was Rutherford
noble setting. Miss
n^t old South and the new
South, only to reverence, serve
and love it, but to tell the story
to the world of her unique insti
tutions, of her unexampled his
tory, of her principles of constitu
tional liberty, and her undying
fame in her great sacrifice to
maintain them.”
The following information in
the life of Miss Rutherfod was
furnished by Mrs. Kirby-Smith
Anderson, State Historian, Geor
gia Division, U. D. C„ 1928, 1931,
1934, 1936:
Mrs. Kirby-Smith Anderson s
“Life of Miss Rutherford”
Miss Mildred Lewis Rutherford
was born in Athens, Ga., July 16,
1852, the daughter of Laura Cobb
Rutherford and Professor William
Rutherford, of the University of
Georgia. She was a niece of How
ell and T. R. R. Cobb, great Geor-
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gia statesmen, and military lead
ers of the War Between the States.
From childhood she breathed the
air of patriotism and loftiest ideals
of our country.
As teacher, co-principal, princi
pal, president, then director of
Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, Ga.,
her wisdom and culture left an
enobling influence upon pupil and
faculty through the years from
1880 to 1922 when she resigned
and retired to her home across
from the Institute where she spent
the remainder of her life. It was
a two-story frame house, known
as the “Villa.” Here she gathered
about her rare collections of art,
literature and many beautiful
flowers. In a large room to the
rear was her “Museum” with a
storehouse of relics books, pic
tures, scrap books, and in a large
closet she stored history material
great value — all of which was
destroyed when the house burned
a few months before her death.
Only what she had stored in her
bedroom—the front room on the
right—was saved. These books and
pamphlets were purchased by the
Georgia Division, in memory of
Miss Rutherford, and for disposal,
as many are on subjects that we
cannot She’received have reprinted.
visitors in her li
brary, the bright sunny rocvn with
a bay window, very large and yet
cozy and inviting. Often as many
as fifty or more callers asked to
have the privilege of entering her
home and meeting her. They came
from all parts of our country and
from distant lands. And she would
be asked to autograph one of her
pamphlets or books she had writ
ten.
In this reception room was a
bust of Miss Rutherford, and over
the mantle a large portrait in oil
of Mrs. Lamar Rutherford Lips
comb. The picture of Miss Ruth
erford, taken in her costume of
of great value—all of which was
the ’sixties—that she wore when
she delivered her address on some
phase of Southern history — was
her favorite picture. She liked it
so well that she had it placed in
the “Four Addresses,” and for this
reason, later pictures taken of
Miss Millie did not seem to suit
he(.
There was scarcely any organ
ized work in Athens which Miss
Rutherford’s life did not touch. A
born leader, success crowned ev
ery effort of her life: as a teach
er, as an author, as a member
the Baptist Church, and in pa
triotic organizations, she was true
to her convictions, and powerful
in her devotion to the right. Miss
Millie was one of the organizers
and charter member of the Laura
Rutherford Chapter, U. D. C., and
for year* its president.
She was president of the Con
federate Ladies’ Memorial Asso
ciation of Athens, from 1888 until
her passing, and was Historian
General of the C. L. M. A. from
192 1 to 1928: Historian General of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy 1911-1926 — during
which term she compiled 38 vol
umes of Southern and Confeder
ate History for the Richmond Mu
seum. She was second Historian
General of the U. D. C. and a
pioneer in U. D. C. activities,
serving for Mrs. Ellis as chair
man of the committee inaugurat
ing the Bestowal of Crosses of
was stricken ill and was
brought home to the “Villa,” on
Milledge Avenue. Athens, where
was confined in her room when
the house was entirely dstroyed
by fire; she barely escaping with
her life. Berryman Goodrum and
Alonzo Norris, two college stud
ents from Newnan, Ga., rescued
Miss Millie from the burning
house to safety.
August 16, 1928, marked the
passing of this great and noble
woman. She was in her 78th year,
and her funeral was held from the
First Baptist Church, Athens, af
ter which she was laid to rest in
the William H. Jackson lot in the
Athens cemetery.
Miss Millie? emphatically disap
proved of singing “Dixie” as a
medley. Her favorite poem was
“The Red Old Hills of Georgia.”
These lines appear on the title
page of “Georgia: The Thirteenth
Colony”—words that she loved to
quote:
“The red old hills of Georgia,
I never can forget;
Amid life’s joys and sorrows,
My heart is on them yet.
And when my courage is ended.
When life her web has wove
Oh! May I then beneath those
hills,
Lie close to them I love.”
Miss Mildred Rutherford is the
only woman whose birthday has
been set aside for a special day of
observance in the Goergia Divi
sion, U. D. C„ and also in the
General U. D. CJuly 16—of each
year.”
—(Material assembled by Mrs.
Kirby-Smith Anderson, Madi
son, Georgia, February 5, 1940.)
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14 teaspoon nytmeg with spoonful oi
Top hot coffee a
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2 cups sifted cake flour
teaspoons double-acting baking
t4 powder salt
teaspoon butter other shortening
St cup or
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S eggs, unsweetened chocolate,
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melted milk
1 44 cup vani^a
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Sift flour once, measure, add bak
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cream together until light qpd fluffy.
Add eggs and beat well; then choco
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ly with milk, a small amount at a
time, beating after each addition
until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in
•jsftwsrassit frost
until done. Spread with white
ing and coconut between layers and
on top and sides of cake.
Honor. During her term as presi
dent of the Georgia Division, U.
D. C., monuments were first
stresed, and hundreds of Crosses
of Honor bestowed on Confederate
Veterans who had served in the
War Between the States; the Sol
diers Home, Atlanta, was pur
chased and veterans admitted for
the first’ time; the Wirz Monu
ment (at Andersonville, Ga.) was
begun; “War Between the States”
stressed; and many other features
of the work progressed during her
term of office. She was also Divi
sion Historian while serving as
Division President, and retained
the office of Historian for life.
Miss Rutherford's addresses de
livered at the General U. D. C.
Conventions were published in
pamphlets. It was then that she
wore her costume of the ’sixties,
and made a reputation as a loyal
defender of the “TRUTHS OF
CONFEDERATE HISTORY.” The
subjects or titles of her addresses
were: “The Civilization of the Old
South, »J U Historical Sins of Omis
sion and Commission,” “Wrongs of
History Wrighted,” “The South in
the Building of the Nation,”
“Thirteen Periods of History.”
During the years of 1923-1927 she
issued Scrap Books dealing with
about every phase of
and Confederate history — pub
lished in pamphlet form of 10 vol
umes each.
She made valuable contributions
to history and literature in the
following books published: “Eng
lish Authors,” “French Authors,”
“American Authors,” “The
in History and Literature,” and
“Georgia: The Thirteenth
—the last being just off the press
the year she passed away.
While attending the State C.
C. Convention in 1928, Miss
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