The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-12-19
Meeting of the State Survivors Associa-
tiOn

Meeting of the State Survivors Associa-
ton.
The annual convention of the State Survivors
Association assembled in Charleston on last
Thursday. The meeting was called to order by
Gen. ]. B. Kershaw, senior Vice President of
the Association, and the roll was called, when
it was ascertained that fourteen Districts were
represented. Gen. Wade Hampton, President
of the Association, and Gen. John S. Preston,
sent letters of regret at not being able to attend
which letters were read and received as infor-
nation.
On motion of Col. E. C. Mcclure, the place
of holding the convention was changed from
Columbia to Charleston, and the time was ap-
pointed for the Thursday following the second
Tuesday in December.
On motion of Gen. James Connor, the COM
mittee appointed at the last meeting were con-
tinued in Office until the next meeting, with
leave to report
Capt. John S. Fairly, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Designs, submitted the following re-
port, which was read and adopted:
Your committee, appointed at the last meet
ing of this Association to inquire and report as
for certificate of membership, adopted at that
meeting, and the probable cost of the same,
have the honor to report that after due inquiry
they would recommend an engraving on steel
as the most permanent and elegant style of ex-
ecution. The estimated cost of engraving the
plate, in the best style of art, is $1,000 to
81, 200. The printing will probably cost one
dollar per copy, making the aggregate cost OF
plate and printing, 300 copies, say $1,000 to
81, 500.
The committee believe that the copies will
sell, when executed as above indicated, readily
to members at S5 each, and that at least 100
copies will be taken in Charleston District,
| leaving only 200 for the other Districts-being
an average of about six copies to each District.
| If subscriptions for this number can be OBJ
tained the cost of the first edition will be COW
cred, and all that can be sold afterwards will
be source of revenue to the Association.
They therefore recommend that they be au-
thorized, as soon as they can procure the re-
quisite number Of subscriptions, to order the
plate to be engraved and printing done, and
sell to members of this and the District Asso-
Citations as many copies as possible and that
the President and Secretary be requested to
by the committee. All of which is respectfully
submitted.
The following preamble and resolutions, pre-.
sented by Captain F. K. Huger and Major ]. ]
Lucas, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas the spirit of the age is manifestly
adverse to the preservation of the important
events connected with the glorious past of oul
people, from 1860 to 1865, tending rather to de-
stroy than to preserve them; and whereas we
recognize it sacred duty to protect and q
proud privilege to revere the memory of oul
heroic dead therefore, be it
Resolred, That we, the Survivors Associa.
tion Of the State of South Carolina" in Con-
vention assembled, do hereby pledge ourselves
collectively and individually, to advocate vigor-
ously the Inauguration of District Associations
throughout the State, as the only sure means Of
collating statistics and preserving the records
of the past, and thereby furnishing material for
the preparation of the history of our people, in
which at least Justice may be done the dead
and the living taught to know their deeds Of
valor and to revere their memories.
BE If further resolved, That the Chair ap-
point one survivor in. EACH District who shall
be charged with the duty oforganizng, in con-
nectioh with this Association, District Associa-
tionss; and where District Associations already
exist, with the duty of using his influence to
promote its success.
| ColonelB ID; ;-RutedSe presented the I0lloW-
! ing resoldtionl which was adopted:
Resohred, That each District Association be,
and is hereby, assessed, and the members pre-
sent are personally pledged to use their best eff
forts to procure the payment to the Treasurer
of this Association, before the. 1st of January
1873, the sum of $50 for each District, and that
it be made the duty of the Secretary to com:
municate with the persons ineach District, and
report those who fail to respond to the Execu-
tive Committee. =
The officers of the past year were reelected,
with the exception of change in the Execu-
tive Board, caused by the withdrawal of the
chairman, Col. Edward McCrady. The follow
lowing are the officers:
President-Gen. Wade Hampton. Vice Pre-
sidents-Gen. R. H. Anderson, Gen. j. B. Ker-
shaw, Gen. S. MCGOWAN, Maj. T. G. Barker
Secretary-Col. A. G. Haskell. Treasurer
Capt VIM. K. Bachman. Executive Board
Col. ]. H. Rion, Gen. Ellison Capers, Gen
James Cnnnor, Col. J. McCuthen, Col. w. 81
Wallace, Col. A. Coward, Col. c. Irvine Walker
In the evening, the association assembled in
Hibernian Hall, and after an Introductory ad
dress by Bishop Quintard, Gen. John B. Hood
delivered stirring address to his old comrades
in-arms.
"A fire occurred at the Fifth Avenue HoteI
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