The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-29

from Charleston to the various chap
tcrs OF the Daughters of the Coniedcr-
acy III South Carolina:
CHARLESTON, Nov. 20, 1899.
TO the Officers and Members of South
Carolina Division, Daughters of the
Confedcracy.
Ladies: AT the late convention of the
Daughters Of the COnfederacy held in
Richmond, it was lctcrmincdto acccdc
to the request of tho veterans and as
| sumo the responsibility of erecting the
long. delayed monument to Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederate
States. This decision was not reached
without careful thought and discussions
all the delegates present recognized
the weight thus laid upon the assOcia-
ton, but they also realized that upon
the acceptance of this burden of re-
sponsibility rested the hope Of an early
| accomplishment of the work proposed
The Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson, mayor
OF KIchmond, Va, and president of the
Jefferson Davis Monument association.
came before the convention and by his
| explanation removed any impression
that indifference or incrtness on the
part OF the men had OccasiOned the
proposal to transfer this work to other
hands.
Difficulties arising from earlier and
very expensive plans were such that
this change had become urgently ad-
/ visable.
The following letter from Mr.. Ely
son gives full report of the present
| condition OF the Jefferson Davis MOnu-
| ment association:
| JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT AssOCIA-
TION.
:, EiCnMONp, Va, Nov. 13, 1890.
| Mrs. 5. Il. Mccullough, Chairman JEFF
fGrs0n Davis Monument Committee,
Dear Madam: The Jefferson Davis
Monument association was organized
In 1880, and chartered by the general
assembly OF Virginia. At the meeting
Of the United Confederate Veterans in
Charleston, S. G.. i'll May, 1899, reso-
luton, was adopted requesting the
United Daughters Of the Confcderacy
TO assume the responsibility of the
completion OF this monument, and au-
thorIzlng the Jefferson Davis Monu-
ment association to turn over any
funds III their possession to the Uni
ted Daughters whenever they should
comply with the request OF the United
Confederate Veterans. had the hon
or Friday OF submitting the question
for the consideration Of the convention
OF the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, then in session in this city,
and they adopted q resolution by
which they consented to comply with
the request Of the veterans and endeav-
or to raise a sum sufficient to erect il
SUITABLE monument to the president of
the Confederate States. 1t is my
pleasure to be able to report to you
| that we have in our treasury the sum
OF 500, ,465.31, which we will turn over
to your treasurer whenever requested
by you to do so. Our association has
no debts of any sort, and you will take
up the work without any embarrass-
mt nE
viously taken by us. The idea of the
United Confederate Veterans was that
we should turn over to you the funds
we have, and that you would take I'D
the work as though it had never been
begun. You were to be at liberty to
select such design as you might think
proper, choose such site in or near
the city of Richmond as you might
prefer, and erect e monument aS sucI;
time and ut such cost as the United
DauEnteIs may deem best.
beg leave to renew the assurance
heretofore extended TINT any assistance
that the members of the jefferson
Davis Monument association may be
able to render to the ladies will be
most cheerfully given. We believe
that under your energetic and loving
direction the task OF building a mOnu-
ment to Jefferson Davis will soon be
completed.
yours respectfully,
j. TAYLOR ELLYSON,
President.
w. D. Chesterman,
BY vote Of the convention, an cxccu-
tive committee was formed, called the
Jefferson Davis Monument committee
OF the United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy. consisting of a member from
each State. This committee organized
in YDnfIIOfnIV nv fba n1onti.>C -
/: Mccullough, president of the Grand
Division OF Virginia, United Daug Sters
OF the COnfederacy, as its chairman,
and MIR. y. $. Elicit, of Richmond, the
bonded treasurer OF the Jefferson Davis
Monument association, as treasurer
with this committee is associated an
advisory board Offive gentlemen, mem
bers of the Jefferson Davis Monument
association, the Hon. j. Taylor Ell, son,
chairman. The South Carolina dele
CATION selected me to represent the
State on the executive committee, sub
lcct to tho approval OF the State divis
ion, which was given at its convention
in Grcenvillc.
AS your representative on that COM
mittec, it is my duty to beg your chap
ter will, rs soon rs possible, take steps
toward the accomplishment of the OBJ
ject set before us by the association
that OF erecting monument to Je1fcr-
son Davis, president OF the COnfcdcr
ate States.
All other appeals seem weak when
compared to this, and entreat that all
other plans for work may he tcmporar-
ily set aside until this duty be full
filled.
In honoring the memory of President
Davis, we build monument to the
principles of the government he repre-
sentcd-principles which are now be-
APknOwIRAOPn rIUht hI-
many who fought against them.
The task before us is not unduly
heavy. Authorities say that suitable
monument can be put up for $4,000.
With strong, concerted action on the
part of Southern women, success will
be sure. and the Daughters of the Con-
ganization has not been in vain, if it
can be made the means of bringing
about 9 cOnsummat;Hr sa .haa:t;IY