Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-07-07


At meeting of the Executive Commit
tee Of the Augusta Memorial Association for
The Confederate dead, held June Both,
1871, the following preamble and rcsolu-
tons were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the Confederate Soldiers Gem.
etery, in charge Of the Augusta Memorial
Association, is greatly needing attention.
the sixteen hundred graves which it contains
having never yet been marked or sodded,
and whereas although Committees were ap-
pointed last yoar in every part of the county
to solicit contributions, we have now in
hand some Five Hundred Dollars, which is
utterly inadequate to accomplish the work
which is to be done, and whereas it is a sa-
cred duty, which we all owe to those who
died in our behalf, that their graves should
be rescued from oblivion, and that their
memories should be held in honor. there
fore t.. 4 as III
L. Resozoed That as last resort, and,
as We believe, our only sure hope, we do
most earnestly appeal to the ladies Of Staun-
ton, and of Augusta County, to undertake
the pious work Of procuring the means
which are necessary to make the last resting
place of our heroic dead an honorable mon.
ument to their unselfsh patriotism, instead
Of what it is in its present condition of neg
lest, monument of shame and reproach to
us their surviving countrymen. -
2. Reso1ved, That We do most respectful.
ly urge the ladies of Staunton, and the la
dies Of Augusta in their respective neigh.
borhoods, to hold, as early as convenient in
the approaching Fall, fairs or such other
entertainments as they may think likely to
be most successful, for the benefit of ''The
Augusta Memorial Association for the Con.
federatc Dead" and that we do hereby
promise to aid them by every means in our
power. .5sq iisl 81 oa.3zas g4aass ba
| - 3. RESOLVED That we call upon all who
were Soldiers of the Confederacy, and upon
all who once cherished that cause, to lend
their Jealous assistance, to Tighten as far as
possible the labors of the ladies to whom we
have appealed, and to ensure for them en-
couragement and success. w sta ..84s
4. Resozved, That whenever the ladies Of
any neighborhood in the County shall have
determined to hold Fair for the benefit of
the Augusta Memorial Association, and
shall have appointed an Executive Commit
tee Of three or more of their number to con-
duct the same, upon application made by
said Executive Committee to our Secretary
Capt. s. Travers Phillips, we promise to
furnish them such sum of money as our
means will all w, to enable them to pur-
chase the materials necessary to set their
Fair 10 motion.
S. RESOLVED, That we DO hereby solicit
| the ladies of Staunton, one and all to com.
bine their ever.suecessful energies, and hold
grand Fair in the last week of September
next for the benefit Of the Augusta Memo
rial Association. and we pledge ourselves to
further their efforts by all the assistance,
pecuniary and other, which it may be in our
power to render.
g. Resozved, That the following ladies'
to-wit: Mrs Nicholas K. Trout, Mrs.
Robert Cowan, Mrs John B. Hoge, Mrs.
VIM. A. Harris, Mrs. j. I. Miller, Mrs.
Kate M. Kelley, Mrs. Davis A. Kayser,
Mrs. John NJ. Carroll, Mrs. Geo. B. Tay.
lor, Mrs. VIM H. Tams, Mrs. R. Sum.
merson, Mrs. Louisa s. Dupuy, Mrs. John
K. Woods, Miss Lizzie Baylor, Miss Sally
Mcmahon, Mrs. George Harlan, Mrs.
Abraham Venable, Mrs. Jno. W. Hilbert,
be and they are hereby most respectfully
requested to take, at the earliest day, all
the necessary preliminary steps for holding
the proposed Fair in Staunton, such as the
appointment Of an Executive Committee
with full powers of supervision and control ;
and we do most earnestly solicit the Jealous
cooperation Of all other ladies in and around
| Staunton.
I. Resolved, That our Secretary be in
structed to furnish to each Of the Staunton
papers copy of these resolutions for publ
cation, with the request that they will, as
they have heretofore done, press upon our
fellow-citizens the sacred duty they are un-
der of aiding literally in the accomplish
ment of the work which this Association has
in hand
JAS. H. SKINNER, President.
S. TRAvERs PHILLIPS, Secretary.