Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-12-09
MONUMENT TO ''PAP" PRICE.
B. c. JOHNSON, yICE-PREsIDENT.
Call and Leave Your Snbscription-An
Address to the Public.

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Address to the Public.
-B. G. johnson, Circuit Clerk of
Audrain county, has been elected one
of the vice-presidents of the Price
Monument Fund Association. He
would love TO have all who are willing
to contribute to call on him at his
office in the Court House. The com
mittee wants to raise $4,000. S1,00
makes you a member of the Associa-
ton; $500 a life member. All who
feel willing and able should call and
see Vice-president b. G. johnson at
once. The following is the address:
To the People of the State of Missouri and
Throughout the United States
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, December
6.-No. 720 Chestnut Street.-The
undersigned Committee OF behalf
of the Price Monument Asso-
eiatlon,' by appointment of the
Board of Directors, is charged to
present to you the consideration of a
duty, cherished for years in our
hearts, and held sacred in all our
memories. 1t is the duty we ac-
knowledge and recognize, TO erect a
s.,tfah 1n ,nn,tr,nNt ~ hnnnr Hf Cav
eral Sterling Price.
At the outset of our address, we
can express the congratulation, that
after delays which could not be
avoided, the hour has come when
every one who holds in grateful re-
membrance the virtues and heroism
Of General Price may take part.
The following statement will ex-
plain:
In the month of December last,
the ''Price Monument Association
was organized and regularly incor-
porated under the laws Of the State
of Missouri. In the intervening
months there have come to the
officers, largely from u own State,
but in scarcely less degree from the
neighboring and distant States and
from the Territories, the most en-
couraging words; in every instance
the expression of an earnest desire
that the great work go forward.
At the Reunion of the Ex-Confed-
crate Association of the State of Mis-
souri,, held at Marshall, on the 3lst of
August and 1st Of September last, q
public and hearty endorsement OF
the movement was made by the
thousands of Ex-Confederates then
and there assembled.
On the first Monday of October,
1856, according to the requirements
of the Charter, there was an annual
election of officers and on the 14tt
day of October was held a full meet
ing of the official Board. At this
meeting the resolution of action wa:
adopted, and the appointment of ap
propriate committees to carry out the
purpose of the organization were
made. The Charter provides thai
every man, woman or child who sub
scribes and pays. the sun of 81 shall
become a member of the Association
J The meeting of the Board provided
that every such subscriber should b,
given a Certificate of Membership
bearing, in miniature, aportrait of thu
great man we propose to honor, ant
/ further resolved that all members o
!; this association contributing not les
J than So to the Monument Fund shall
) receive a Life Size Certificate Por
trait Of General Price, size 25x31
inches, reproduced in colors from thu
original oil painting made by the eel
ebrated artist, j. r. Stuart, in 1868
The painting shows the General il
. full uniform, and is a faithful Likeness,
as he appeared during the latter par
of his life. The work, has been in
trusted to the Compton Litho. Co.
of St. Louis, and is now being exc
cuted under the personal supervision
of members of General Prices fami
ly, thereby insuring the only authen
tic and accurate portrait extant ant
= will be to every holder a memorial a
once precious and perpetual. 4
Certificate of Membership will ap
pear beneath the portrait Gas show,
In the fac simile on the other side 0
this) with the name of member beau
tifully engrossed upon it. This Ger
~tifieate Portrait will be issued t,
members only, and will not be fo
4 sale at any price, consequently tn
only way it a be obtained is to be
:, come a member of the Association.
The Charter further provides TO
the selection of Vice-Presidents il
every County Of Missouri, and on,
for each State and Territory, will
power to organize Auxiliary Associa
tons. The Board will address itsel
at once to the performance of thi
duty, and in this it asks the promp
assistance of prominent Ex-Confeder
ates in the State of Missouri and else
where. These Vice. Presidents, ant
such assistants as they may desig
nate, will be provided with Subscrip
ton books, Certificates of Member
ship, and with all necessary instruc
tons to carry on the work to