Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-03-05
JEFF DAVIS MONUMENT.
AN APPEAL FOR CONFEDER-
ATE BAZAAR.
In An Open Letter Mrs. Norman V.
Randolph Makes a Stirring
Appeal to the Confed-
crate Veterans.

Mrs Norman V. Randolph, chair
man ofthe Central Committee Of the
Davis Monument Association, makes
! the following stirring appeal to the
Confederate veterans:
"a Confederate bazaar will be
held in Richmond from April 10Th
to May 1st, to complete the Davis
monument. In 1899 the United
Daughters of the Confederacy took
upon themselves at the request
of the veterans, the completion
Of d monument to jefferson Davis,
the beloved president of the
Southern Confederacy. When the
Daughters took this responsibility
upon themselves they were promis-
ed the fullest support Of the veter-
ans. That this promise has not been
kept as it should be is shown by the
fact that, to the twenty thousand
dollars which the Daughters orig
inalty received, they have, during
four years, been only able to add
twenty-eight thousand, and that JEFF
ferSOn Davis, a martyr to the Lost
Cause, Jefferson Davis, who died a
man without a country, has never
yet, though the Southland prospers.
received such vindication as he de-
serves at the hands of his compa-
triots.
GAS chairman of the Central Com
mittee, [ ha e used every means to
collect a sufficient amount for the
erection of the monument. [ have
appealed personally at Confederate
reunions, through the medium of the
press and of circulars, without ac-
complishing my .object. With the
burden of duty not discharged, rep
resented the state Of affairs to the
Board of Directors for the Davis
monument, who assembled in Rich
mond last June, and who were
chosen delegates from every South
ern State and chapter of Daughters.
AS the one thing left they determ-
ined to hold a bazaar in Richmond
from April 18th to May 1st of this
year. [ have kept this date con-
stantly before the public, and some
OF the veteran camps have respond
ed literally, while others have not. |
"The fact [ wish to emphasize is
that every camp can certainly send
as much as five dollars to the Bazaar
Association, because the very namel
of Confederate veteran demands
from the mar bearing it some recop-
milton, however, small, of the Conf
federacy and the Confederacy's only
president. I trust that immediate
response to this appeal may be made
in contribution to the ConfederateI
Bazaar, addressed to the association
Richmond, Virginia, with the
name of the camp, chapter or indi-
Eidual who is the sender, so that due
'redit may be recorded.
"In forwarding articles for sale at
Confederate Bazaar, it should be
emembered that the different ex-
'ress companies have generously of
cred free rates on packages that do
lot weigh owe twenty-five pounds,
+ every veteran and every Daughter :
cells Individually responsible for the |
ompletion of the monument, there
5 no doubt but that at the approach-
lg Confederate reunion in New.
orleans the report may be made by
he directors of the Memorial Asso-
IatIon: Our work is done.' Let :
OF the appeal I have made for the
disability Of such a report fall upon
eaf ears.
(Signed) r
"MRS.- n. V. RANDOLPH. 2
Chairman Central Committee. =
Davis Monument Association - :