Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-08
ABBEY Fund IS SAFE
NH. PETER noUss WILL MAKE HIS
FATHERS OFFER GOOD.
suMoR TO CONTRARY DENIED.
xr. ErIyson Received Assurances.
To Thi. Eject While In New York.
Memorial building Movement Ha.
Been Given New Impctus-pIan
TO Rinse the Provisional sum
Needed

The Atlanta Journal. In recent issue,
mat the death of Charles Broadway
Rouss will cause the Confederate Memo
ial Association to lose the 100000 prom
sed by him for the construction Of
sn;tlc abbey or memorial building of the
-onfederacy. It gives no authority for
This statement. which 1t displays conspicu-
susly. Prominent officials of the Memo
-iai Association, in this city. empha teal
Is deny the assertion of the Atlanta pa
per. and state that the Hon. J. Taylor
E!lyson. OF this city. recently went to
New York. and received positive assur-
ences from Peter Rouss. son OF the mill
uonaire that the offer would be made
good. Furthermore Mr. Rouss. the cid
Or. shortly before his death. assured Mr..
Ellyson In the most positive manner that
be had made provision in his will for
carrying out the proposition he had made
ss 10 the memorial building.
AS is we'll known in this city. the offer
Of Mr. Rouss was conditioned upon the
raising of stated sum by the Confeder-
ste Memorial Association. with which to
supplement his donation and provide for
Che maintenance Of the institution. Eff
forts are now being made to raise the
funds with which to comply with the
terms of Mr.. Rouss. and secure the $780,
30 Rev. j. William Jones. D. D.. one of
:ho most prominent eX-Confederate SOL
siers In the country, biographer of Cen
eral Robert e. Lee and a widely known
Baptist minister. has been made secretary
Of the asocia ton. and will travel and de-
liver lectures and raise funds for the
memorial
A NEW IMPETUS GIVEN.
The memorial building, or battle abbey
movement, has recently been given new
impetus. and a great united effort Will be
made by all the Confederate organiza-
lions and individual ex-Confederates dur
Ing the year to raise the amount desired.
Or. Jones is the principal agent in the
work Of raising this fund. and has al
ready devoted all his energies with his
Characteristic energy and tact
In this connection, the following ex-
tract from q letter sent out by General
Clement a. Evans. president of the Me-
mortal Association. will be Of interest,
outlining somewhat the plan OF procedure
that will be followed in the effort to
raise the fund desired:
We are very hopeful Of pushing our
great enterprise TO an early completion.
and Of erecting in Richmond. the old cap
{tal Of the Confederacy. a beautiful me-
mortal hall. which will be an enduring
monument TO our great leaders. our pri-
waite soldiers. and the heroic struggle we
made for constitutional freedom. And
we propose to endow the association with
at least $4,000 which will enable US to
carry on our work until we shall have
gathered within our hall & library. manu-
scripts and Confederate relics, and have
them so arranged. indexed and collated
that the historian Of the future may have
ready access TO the material which will
enable him TO tell the truth concerning
every period Of American history. and es-
pecially the brief, but glorious career OF
the Confederate States of America.
We ask for help in one or more Of the
following ways:
y. Ne are seeking to find those who
are able and can be persuaded to make
large subscriptions to the fund. and our
secretary would be glad to correspond
with, or concerning any such. or to seek
interviews with them.
80 We would be glad to receive small
or amounts. either from individuals or
from Camps of United Confederate Vet
uans Chapters Of Daughters Of the Con-
lederacy, or Camps Of Sons Of Confeder-
tie Veterans, and urge that amounts.
however small. be promptly sent for
5. Our secretary has a series OF Con-
ederale lectures which he would be glad
DO deliver for the benefit Of this fund"