The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-10
CONFEDERATE MUSEUM.
Send In Your Relics and Help with
the Work.

At the recent meeting of Abbeville County
Chapter OF the Daughters Of the Con federacy
a committee was formed TO aid the South Car
olna Room Com ittee OF the Confederate
Museum, Richmond.
The committee is as follows, and any OF
the ladies named will be glad to receive any
articles which may be intended for the Mu-
scum:
Mrs. j. E. Brownlee,
Mrs. $. A. Mcintosh,
Miss Wardlaw,
Mrs. S. w. Smith,
Miss Meta Lythgoe.
Mrs. Edwin Calhoun,
Mrs. w. A. Lee,
Mrs. Lucy Thomson,
Miss Mary Hemphill,
Mrs, McGee, Green wood.
Mrs. VIII Wilson.
Ir order that the full scope of the work may
be understood, the following statement ls
given out:
true and faithful record of the gallant strug.
gle made by the soldiers OF the South for In
dependence being keenly felt, the Con iederate
Memorial Literary Society was chartered ana
ject being to teach all future generations the
true history OF the war and the principles for
which these soldiers laid down their lives.
"The Society has received from the oity OF
Richmond, the mansion which was occupied
by the Hon, Jefferson Davis as his residence
while he was President of the Confederacy--
one of the handsomest houses IN Richmond,
and standing In spacious grounds.
with in1efatigable energy the Con federate
Memorial Literary Society, assisted by the
Hebrew. Oakwood, and Hollywood Memorial
Associations and the States named below,
raised the funds necessary to make the house
fire-proof Museum, where Confederate relies,
Southern memorials, and the archives OF the
Southern Historical Society are collected and
carefully preserved.
"a room, bearing the distinctive name,
| ,, oil md opln nf 10 OF ~
assigned to each State Of the Confederacy.
and is repository for Memorials from that
State A Regent and Vice-Regent are ap'
pointed to represent each State and TO assume
the care and expense of their respective rooms
collecting by loan, donation, or otherw lse
contributions Of what they think will make
their rooms attractive.
"Original documents, pctur es, music books
written during the war or about The war,
arms, articles OF any kind that will tend to
show the habits and manner OF living OF the
people and soldiers OF the Southern States,
from 1861 to 1865, are valuable and interesting.
The Soti iety suggests that these contributions
be given as memorial of some soldier, sailor,
OF patriot; some battle. siege, or march-the
memory Of which the donor desires to pre-
serve. TO each article should be attached the
name of the person wo gives 1t, and record
Of the person, custom. or event IL commemo-
rates.
"Should such memoranda exceed a conven
lent length, they may be recorded In the books
of the Society.
1.-THE Museum was formally opened on Feb.
ruary 22d. 1896"
In addition 1t may be stated that articles
may be loaned with perfect confidence. A
printed coupon will be given the lender, upon
presentation of which the relic will be i'm,
mediately returned to the owner.
Mrs. W. G. MCGOWAN, chairman OF the com.
mittee. has on land number of valua BILE
and interesting articles loaned and donated
which will be sent to Richmond the end o
this week. A full list Of the same Will be
published next week.
Mrs. McGowan will be glad to show these
articles to any one interested at y O'Clock on
Friday next