The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-04-22
THE MONUMENT
FOR OGLETHORPE {
MRS. r. (. PARK, OF ATLANTA, is
WORKING HARD TO GEL ONE
ON ST. SIMON.
She Urges the People of Georgia t,
Subscribe Literally to the
Fund.

The following is taken from the At
anita Constitution:
During her recent tour through
southern Georgia in the interest of
Jhe patriotic work being Jone by the
daughters of the American Revolu-
ion in Georgia, Mrs. Robert Emory
Park state regent, visited many his
toric sites, and discusses them in a
most interesting mann r.
while at Jekyl island, l was tne
guest of Mrs. Charles Stuart Maurice,
she said in a recent discussion Of her
trip. 1T was through her patriotism
and liberallty the old fort or tabby
house established by Oglethorpe and
COMMANDED by Colonel Horton on
Jekyl island has been beautiful re-
stored, The walls have not been roof
ed, but SO substantially rebuilt that
ney VIII endure for generations The
letters 1898 in iron tell the date OF
the structure erected Dy the wisdom
of Oglethorpe as an outpost against
the Spaniards. Mrs. Maurice is re-
gent O chapter of d. A. r. In Penn
sylyania, but her winter home being
on our beautiful Georgia cost, her
interest in Georgia history is as in
tense as in that OF the Keystone
State"
In reference to her visit 10 Bruins
wick Mrs. Park said;
81 visited Mrs. Butts ana met
number of ladies who are making out
their application papers for member
snip in our society The most i'm
portant work for them to do is to re-
store the old water battery OF the fort
built by Oglethorpe on Frederica,
which day by day is crumbling into
the encroaching water One of the
cannon left by Oglethorpe still stands
sentinel over the spot sacred N pa
triotic memories and utters a silent
protest against the neglect by Geor-
gians OF the home of the great found
er of their state, who, in his pure
hearted philanthropy, made every sac
rifce and endured every hardship to
establish the infant colony on a firm
foundation. Two years ago, Captain
Charles Wiley and several other gen
tlemen formed an association for the
erection of a monument to Oglethorpe
on st. SIMON island Mrs Maurice,
Of Pennsylvania, with her accustomed
patriotism subscribed to the object,
but the project mas not matred, ow-
ing largely. no doubt, to the forma-
ton OF the Oglethorpe Monumental
ASSOCIATION in savannah Soon after
Mr.. e. Z. Machen, general manager
Of the Brunswick and Birmingham
railroad, generously promised 500 to
The Oglethorpe monument on St 81
mon, and also offered to aid in re-
storing the old fort This IS really
the most pressing work before the
,Daughters of the Revolution in Geor-
gia today, for it is work that can not
wait il We would rescue the ancient
fort from utter destruction"
"While | am aware" continued Mrs
Park, that several of the chapters
have local objects Of paramount in
terest, and that all are engaged in
accumulating a fund for the Ogle-
thorpe monument and for the memo
rial hall, it is my earnest wish that
eacn chapter bear in mind the press
ing need Of this work o. restoration,
and forward donations, If not from the
chapters from individual members
either to the state regent or to Mrs.
Harriet Butts, regent of the D. A. r..
Brunswick, Ga. The smallest contri-
button will be acceptable"
ST. Simon island is full OF historic
interest. Besides being the only home
the founder of the colony ever ros-
sessed on Georgia soil, the battle OF
Bloody Marsh, the "Tnermopylae,"
Gas Jones calls it,, of the struggle be
tween England and Spain Tor pos
session of the colony, was fough5
there. and John Wesley preached his
great message under the historic OAK
in front of the old church.
Brunswick is not able, without as
sistance, to memorialize tnesa sacred
spots. brunswick has been vislteI by
fire and flood and pestilence, and her
people Lave made a hand to hand fight
Tor existence