The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-31
TRIBUTE OF D. A. RS
Is THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE MAR
BILE JASPER MEMORIAL WHICH
WILL BE COMPLETED MONDAY.
TO BE INSPECTED THEN By LACH-
Ian M'INTOSH CHAPTER.

Dedication Will Take Place Dec. Is,
the Last Day of the Conference of
ID. A. R.-EIabOrate Programme of
Speeches, Songs and Music-Judge
Barrow VIII Deliver Principal
Address-SpeciaI Cars VIII Run to
the SpringS-Description of the
white Marble Memorial which
Will PerBetuate the Historic Spot.
Although but three weeks since the
ladies of the Lachlan Mcintosh Chap
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution decided to mark the historic
SPOT, known as Jasper Springs, by
a memorial of white Georgia marble,
the work is now almost completed,
and by Monday afternoon it will be
ready for the unwilling which takes
place Nov. Is, the last day of the con-
ference of the D. A. r. in Savannah.
The men are now at work putting
in the marble basin which will catch
the water as it issues from the spring.
On Monday the committee of Daugh-
ters which have had the erection of the
memorial in charge will visit the
springs and inspect the work. There
will be a called meeting of the chap
ter afterwards, at which the details
of the proposed programme will be dis
cussed.
Programme of Dedication.
It is intended to have an elaborate
programme on the occasion of the ded
ication. A band will be present and
render patriotic airs during the cere-
monies. The principal address on this
occasion will be made by Hon. Pope
Barrow. There will probably be other
speakers, and the singing of some pa
triotic song. The ceremonies will be-
gin at 4 O'Clock, special cars for the
delegates to the conference and invited
guests leaving the De Soto Hotel at
$3.50 o'clock.
The memorial will be almost entirely
of marble. The spring proper, where
the font will be situate. is approached
by means of four marble steps, the
basin being several feet below the
ground line. The enclosure about the
spring is of marble. and is about 8
feet in length, 4 feet in width, and 2H
feet in depth. The steps. the inner
walls, the bottom of the basin-in fact,
all exposed portions of the structure
are of Georgia marble.
The Inscriptions.
Above the basin, at a point above the
ground line will appear the following
inscriptions:
1916. Jasper Spring. 1902.
Erected by
the Lachlan Mcintosh Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution.
The supply pipe to the basin enters
directly from the rear, the water is
suing from the spring at a point just
back of the basin. The outlet is from
the top of the basin. There is also
concrete drain from the floor beneath
the basin, so that should the basin
overflow, or in the event of rain, the
floor will be drained.
The memorial is artistic in detail,
and no pains or expense have been
spared to make it as handsome as pos
sible. The idea, which had it's inception
in the minds of the ladies of the chap
ter, has been carried to a successful
conclusion, and the spot made historic
by the immortal Jasper will thus be
perpetuated in history by this service
of patriotic love.
The architect is Mr. H. w. Witcover.
His services were rendered without re-
Enumeration, he declining any compen-
sation after having been engaged by
the ladies of the chapter. The sculp-
turing is the work of the Savannah
Monument and Tile Company, which
has it's works on York street.