The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-22

corresponding Secretary aud Record
ing Secretary.
4. The President shall preside at all
meetings, give the casting vote, and be
In all matters the general administrative
and executive officer of the Association.
In her absence the Vice President shall
act. The Corresponding Secretary shall
conduct and take charge of all corres
Pondence. The Recording Secretary
shall keep. perfect record of all pro-
ceeddIings, letters, &c. The Treasurer
snail receive and pay out all money of
the Association, subject to the order of
the Finance Committee, and shall be
chairman OF the Finance Committee.
o. In addition to the above officers.
there shall be Committee on Finance.
VINO shall be charged with the invest.
menu ana disbursement Of all moneys
belonging to the Association; and who.
WIN the officers mentioned and Board
oi Directora, shall form an Executive
Homm'ttee Tor the purpose Of transact
6. The President Tor in her obsapca
the Vice President) shall call meetin~
in Columbia of the Executive Board
every three months.
Z. Committees shall be appointed in
every District of the State to invite
membership and collect funds. and these
committees shall forward all names to
the Recording Secretary and all subscrip-
tlons to the Treasurer of the Association.
q. South Carolinians residing ont of
the State shall be invited to become
members of the Association.
.. A regular annual meeting of tho
Association shall be held in the city of
Columbia in the month of November.
The following officers were then cleo
ted: 'o 'A''' '''0
President-Mrs. L. S. McCord.
yics President-Mfs. Wm. Wallace.
Treasurer and Chairman of Finance
Committee-Mrs. J. L. Reynolds.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. John
T. Darby.
Recording Secretary-Miss Id. Martin.
Board of Directors-Mrs. John Single.
ton, Mrs. JOHN Preston, Jr., Mrs. John
Mckenzie, Mrs. B. Levy, Mrs. G. Has-
kell, Mrs. D. Huger, Mrs. r. @. Beck.
Mrs. J. 8. Gaillard, Mrs. A. Snowden.
Mrs. j. n. Whitner, Mrs. VIM. Martin
Miss Middleton, Miss LaBorde, Miss
Stark. -
Finance Committee T.. Howe
Mrs. S. Fair, Mrs. John Fisher. Mrs, J.
Waties, Miss Wade, Miss Hampton.
The following appeal was then ndnnted
and sent out by the Association
Women Of South Carolina, there needs
no urgent appeal to your sympathies in
q cause 80 sacred as that which VIC now
undertake. The great tide of adyersity
witch has swept over our unhappy land
has hitherto stihed effort in this direc-
ton; but not, therefore, have our hearts
ceased. to beat for the glorious dead.
Scarcely is there one among us whose
thought does not, on the first mention of
our object turn at once, with lo-ing af.
lection, to some grave which this monu-
ment is intended to honor.
Mothers, widows, sisters, daughters.
"hcse hearts thus cling to the soldiers
grave, let us then unite with an earnest.
loving effort in this holy duty. Let even
our lisping little ones be brought to give
their mite TO its accomplishment; that
thus impressed upon their minds, thew
may never forget TO love and honor the
memory of those who battled and fell
III our cause. If lost cause, even,
therefore the more holy. Even, there
fore, does 1t become the more incumbent
upon us to bring to this great sacrifice of
pure purpose and heroic deed that hon.
age and veneration which the world pays
With the wish that all who have shared
IN 6 common sorrow may share also in
the privilege of raising this testimonial
to our lost heroes, the annual subscrin.
tion for membership is put at the lowest
point practicable that thus it NAV he
within the reach of those who. having
little to give, have still tha right, through
tears and suffering, to .cil as in the full
hllment Of this most sacred duty.
10 all others-men aa we'll as women.
old and young-to all who cherish the
name of Carolinian and cling with fond
love to whatever 10 left to us of our
good ole State" we would say give to
us freely according to your means give
generously, give gratefully to the memo
ry of those who gave their lives for us.
The Association then went to work
making reasonable progress for some
lime. The following June Mrs. McC Cord,
the President, resigned her position and
Mis-. John 5. Preston was elected to fill
the position. AT the emo of year Mrs.
Preston, too, resigned, finding the duties
OF the Office too arduous for her strength.
The Association then resolved not to
have a President, but to commit the
management of the affaira tc :. local ex-
ecutive. board ia Columbia, assisted by
ladies throughout the Stata. I, ;,,
During this. time the Association suf-
fered the loss of one Of its Board of Di-
reotors by the death ofAirs. VIM. Wallace,
and two of their officers resigned cl &C
count of their removal from Columbia
Mrs. j. L. Reynolds, Treasurer. and Mrs.
John I. Darby, Corresponding Secretary.
Alrs. VIM. X. Bachman and Mra. J.
Bacon were elected tn fill these offices
respectively.
The present Board of Directors are the
officers of the Association, and Mrs. G.
Macfe, Mrs. G. Howe, Mrs. @. Walker,
Mrs. John Mckenzie, Mrs. John Bacon,
Mrs. a. Dargen, Mrs., @. Beck, Mrs. B.
Levy, Mrs w. II. Gibhes. Miss LaBorde.
Miss Wade, Mrs. s. Beard, Mrs. n.
O'Nea!e and Mrs. John Waities.
At length Radical rule came upon the
State, and in the .despondency which for
a time settled upon tho people, very lit
tie could be done.
IN August, 1871, the Association
thought they had collected sufficient
money to justify them in purchasing a
siqht on which to erect the monument.
aru they bought the lot on Taylor's Hill
User looking Sidney lark and the yallev
Of the Congaree. For this they paid the
city of Columbia 5000 cash. rs ssa
a contract was made with Muldoon,
Walton q Co., of Louisville, KY, to have
the monument made and erected. Ali
} the members OF this firm and all the
architects and workmen employed on the
monument belonged to the Southern
army. The granite for the foundation