The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
FOR MEMORIAL FUND
oGLETHORPE MONUMENT ASsoCIA-
TIoN To RAISE MONEY FOR
MEMORIAL TO 0GLETH0RPE.
STIRRING APPEAL ISSUED To THE
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.

Movement to Erect Monument Has
Received Impetus-COmmittee Are
Now at Work-ChRracter of Mem
OriaI and Site for 1t VIII soon be
Dete rmined-PeOpIe Are Reminded
of Their Duty to Their state and
what They owe to OglethOrpe.
Prominent People Are Behind the
Movement Cooperation of the
Press Is Urged.
An appeal to the people of Georgia.
calling upon them to contribute to the
fund for the erection of monument to
Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe at Sa-
vannah. has been issued by the Ogle-
thorpe Monument Association through
| its president, Hon. Walter G.. Charlton.
The movement for the monument.
| started some time ago, has received re-
newed impetus of late. and II is the
| intention of the members of the asso-
citation to push the project to a sue
| cessful conclusion so soon as practical
BILE.
| Committees have been named to Sc
lect a site for the monument. and to
| determine the character of the memo
rial. These committees have been at
work for several weeks with the re-
suit that three sites have been pro-
posed and discussed, and the character
of the memorial limited to one OF two
designs. either a memorial arch or, a
| costly monument. That the memorial.
whatever it's character, will be situated
on Bull street. has been determined.
shaft Arch.
| 1t is the purpose of the association
to raise fund sufficient to rear a very
handsome monument or arch. one
which will not be surpassed in beauty
or grandeur anywhere in the South. To
this end they solicit the aid of the good
| people of Georgia in raising a sufficient
fund. Donations of any size will be
received with gratitude, the association
| desiring it understood that the smallest
amount is solicited, the idea being to
| get general response from every sec
ton of. the state.
To this end the letter will be printed
/ Ill anu sent TO the pIOlH-
| inent citizens in every town. city and
hamlet in the state. and the press OF
the state is requested to print in full
the appeal, together with the names of
| the officers and members. AS will be
seen by a perusal of the names. the
most prominent and influential citizens
of the state and many prominent citi-
Gems of other states are supporters of
the movement.
| The Fund Well started.
| Without any concerted action on
the part of the association an amount,
| aggregating several thousand dollars
has already been raised, part of
! which, however, Is contingent on the
raising of an amount sufficient to
erect the monument within a specified
time. A part of this amount is what
was left over from the Jasper Monu-
ment Fund; and a few donations OF
the amount returned by the Greene
Refinement Finance Committee have
been received. 1t is expected that
others who had these donations re-
| turned, because the expenses incident
to the refinement were met without
| encroaching on the amount raised by
! public subscription, will advise to
| subscribe the amount to this assocla-
| ton.
| The appeal prepared by Mr. Charlton
| is an. able one, setting forth clearly
the objects of the association, calling
| attention of the people of the state to
the debt which they owe to its founder
and eliciting their aid in the effort now
| being made to perpetuate, by a fitting
| memorial, the name and fame of the
| founder of the colony of Georgia. The
| appeal follows:
To the People of Georgia.
To the People of Georgia:
| Under chartered authority there has
| recently been organized I'm Savannah
/ the Oglethorpe Monument Association
of Georgia, the object OF which Is to
erect in that city suitable memorial
to the great man who founded the COL
ony which has expanded into the state
which now commands our allegiance
and has our love and pride. This cor
poration, constituted of equal delega-
lions from the Colonial DANES, the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
the Society of Colonial Wars and the
Sons of the Revolution, represents, so
nearly as may be attained in such an
organization, every section of the state.
Without organized effort the contrl-
buttons thus far aggregate several
thousand of dollars, inspired by the
manifest justice of the occasion and
by that public spirit and civic pride
upon which are based so much of the
strength of Georgia. With no other
end in view save the desire to perpetu-
ate on your behalf. and in a manner
BETTING your history and greatness as
a people, the memory of one to whom
Georgia has so long owed a debt OF
gratitude, unpaid for upward of a GEN.
fury and a half, we now appeal to
every man and woman and child with
in the boundaries of the state, or who
may be bound to her by any ties wher-
ever they may be, to aid us in the dis
charge of this recognized obligation.
Without the devotion and sacrifices
Of James Edward Oglethorpe there
never would have been the Georgia
which appeals to our loyalty. The ira
ditional ingratitude Of republics is not
among our privileges. The tender and
effective memorials which, here and
there, rise in the thoroughfares of
your towns proclaim not only the vir-'
tues and greatness Of your distinguish
ed dead, but commemorate the remem-
bering spirit of those they served.
The great soldier of Marlborough,
who in the prime of rich manhood,
gave to the colony of Georgia with un-
Questioning faith and devotion the
hopes and labors and powers of an
exalted career, Is not of those whom
Georsians willingly forget. That the
colony developed in peace was the d.
rect result of his diplomacy. That its
civilization is Anglo-Saxon is the out
come of his brave and watchful SER
vice in the presence Of her enemies.
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