The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-04-09
MEMORIAL HALL.
What Capt, B. H. league Says Of
Present Status
OF THE FUND BEING RAISED
To Build the Battle Abbey at
Richmond, Va, I'm Which to
Preserve IteIiccs of Com
federate Soldier.

ieuerate Soldier.
To the Editor Of The News and
Courier: AS the South Carolina Divi-
sion of the u. g. V. will not meet i'm
Reunion until after the Dallas Re-
union, and as it is proper that the
Veterans of the State should be in
formed as to the status of the Con-
federate Memorial Association, (the
so-called "RousS Battle Abbey Asso-
ciation,"D allow me through this cor
reSpondence to give them such infor-
nation rs l possess.
At the Louisville Reunion it was
shown that subscriptions had been
obtained in amount to cover the 500,
900 offered bv Mr.. ROusS.
At the Memphis Reunion it was
shown that sufficient amount from
these subscriptions, and what was
deposited In different banks and held
in the hands Of camps, etc, would
warrant the belief that the 500. 900
to be raised by the Association was at
hand and needed only to be collected
and put in the hands Of the treasurer.
MIR. Geo Christian, at Richmond, Va,
this city having been chosen as the
location OF the Memorial Hall.
The soliciting agent, Gen Under
wood, was therefore instructed to get
these sums together and deposit them
with the treasurer. At the same time,
according to agreement and contract,
Gen Underwood was instructed to
draw the amount due and now payable
to him since the 800, 600 was practic-
ally in view. Gen Underwood had
not up to the time drawn or had been
paid anything from the amounts col
lected. The amount drawn by Under
wood was go, ,O23, and was paid to
him from deposit Of $50, AS in bank
at Covington, Ky, leaving on deposit
S34, i25, subject to the order OF the
treasurer whenever the full amount of
100000 would be collected The
Sundry amounts were us follows:
On deposit with treasurer at
Richmond, Na...S S,6S4 80
Exposition fund on deposit
at Nashville, Tenn ..... 6.O26 %
Collections by Underwood on
deposit at Covington. Ky, SAILS 50
Sums in the hands Of camps,
etc .......,..,....., 5,I46 O6
- Total ...-..... s79, ,90G go
These Sdndry amounts were con-
sidered sufficiently good by Mr. RouSS
as to prompt him to place an approx
mate amount OF $50, 900 in the hands
of the treasurer.
Now of the subscriptions of
Mr.. Marcus DAILY was for So .OO0-tive
Thousand of which was paid by him.
The balance was considered rs good as
cash, but unfo Gunately the donor died
before it was paid over to the collec-
tor, and since then the widow refusing
to pay it, suit was entered into to
obtain the balance, and by legal ad-
vice compromise is about to be effect
ed, by which this balance is reduced
! to $50, 900.
There are other subscriptions
| amounting tO.....S 100 90
Add Marcus DAILY Subscrip-
| tlOn ........ ........... 10, 900 90
And amounts on deposit -, 900 60
The total is shown of ..Sl21, 1876 60
The actual cash though, was $79,-
900 60.
Now, after the payment of Gen Tn
derwood and the unfortunate hold-up
of the DAILY subscription, the cash of
the Association ShrinkS to S54, SS3 90.
If the DAILY compromise is effected
there will then have to be raised still
some thirty Thousand dollars to meet
the balance OF Mr.. RousS'S fund
The heirs OF Mr.. RouSS assure the
Association that the last payment of
his fund will he made whenever the
full amount of the one hundred thOuS-
and dollars required by the ASSOcia-
tion is on deposit.
1t will be seen that the full amount
in cash realized by the Association,
after more than year Of effort
through individuals, camps, chapters,
etc, in the length and breadth of the
South previous to the employment Of
Gen Underwood, was $50, 457 II. 1t
will also be seen that had the money
been realized from the DAILY SubScrip-
tiOn the board of trustees would have
been in condition to have gotten the
whole 4 the RouSS fund and work
would Eivc been going on now on the
MemoriN Hall. The board of trustees
OF the Association has recently i'm a
full and harmonious meeting, in AT.
lanta, Ga, at much expenditure Of
time and money TO themselves, gone
thoroughly over the situation and will
at the Dallas Reunion present a full
report. The members Of the board
are enthusiastic i'm their faith i'm the
ultimate erection Of the Memorial
Hall.
b. II. league.
Member for South Carolina OF the
Board OF Trustees &. NJ. 4.
Aiken, March 81.
Money Making Scheme.