Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-07-04
An Appeal for the Augusta Memorial
Association

At meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Augusta Memorial Association for the Con-
federate dead, held June 30th, 1871, the fol-
loving preamble and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, the Confederate Soldiers Gene
terry, in charge Of the Augusta Memorial AS
ISOLATION, is greatly needing attention-the six
teen hundred graves which it contains having
never yet been masked or sodded, and whereas
although Committees were appointed last year
in every part of the county to solicit contribu-
tons, we have now In hand only some Five
| Hundred Dollars, which is utterly inadequate
to accomplish the work which is to be done,
and whereas it is sacred 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 III honor,
therefore
! |. Res0fUed, That as last resort, and, as we
believe, our only sure hope, we do most ear
nestly appeal to the ladies of Stanton, 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 monument to their unselfish pa
triotism, instead of what it is In it's present
condition OF neglect, monument of shame
and reproach to us their sorroWing countrymen
| 2. ResolUed, That we do most respectfully
urge the ladies of Stanton, and the ladies of
Augusta in their respective neighborhoootls, 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 Confederate Dead" and that we do
hereby promise to aid them by every means in
our power.
3 Resolued, That we call upon all who were
| Soldiers OF the Confederacy, and upon all who
once cherished that cause, to lend their zeal
Gus assistance to tighten as far as possible the
abors of the ladies to whom we have appealed,
and to ensure for them announcement and
| success.
! 4. Resolved, That whenever the ladies of any
neighborhood in the County shall have de-
termined to hold Fair for the benefit Of the
Augusta MEMORIAL Association and shall have
appointed an Executive Committee Of three Or
more of their number to conduct the same,
upon application made by said Executive Com
mittee to our Secretary Capt. S. Trayers Phil
| lips, We promise to furnish them such sum of
money as our means will allow, to enable them
to purchase the materials necessary to set their
Fair 10 motion
5. ResolUea That we do hereby solicit the
ladies Of Staunton one and all, to combine
their ever-suecessful energies, and hold grand
Fair in the last week of September next for
tiG Dcbeut VI tne Augusta MeM0TiaI ASS0cla-
ton, and we pledge ourselves to further their
efforts by all the assistance, pecuniary and 9TH
er, which it may be in our power to render.
6. RESOLVED, That the following ladies to-wit ::
Mrs. Nicholas K Trout Mrs. Robert Cowan,
Mrs. John B. Hoge, Mrs. VIM. A. Harris,
Mrs. j. l. Miller,::Mrs Kate M Kelley, Mrs.
Davis A. Kayser Mrs John M. Carroll, Mrs.
| Geo. B. Taylor, Mrs. VIM FL. Tams, Mrs. r..
Summerson, Mrs. Louisa L. Dupuy, Mrs.
John K. Woods, Miss Lizzie Baylor, Miss Sal
y Mcmahon, Mrs. George Harlan, Mrs. Abra-
ham Venable, Mrs. Jno. W. Hilbert, be and
they are hereby most respectfully requested to
take, at the earliest day, all the necessary pre-
iminary steps for holding the proposed Fair in
Stanton, such as the appointment Of an Ex-
ecutiFe Committee with full powers of super
vision and control and we do most earnestly
solicit the Jealous cooperation of all other la
| dies in and around Stanton.
/ 7. Resolued That our Secretary be instructed
to furnish to each Of the Staunton papers a
copy Of these resolutions for publication, with
the request that they will, as they have here
tofore done, press upon our feow-citizens the
sacred duty they are under of aiding literally
In the accomplishment of the work which this
Association has in hand.
JAS. Fl. SKINNER, President.
! S. TRAvERs PHILLIPS, Secretary.