Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-22
To Provide. for Robert e. Lee
Memorial Fund


committee to secure contribution
for the Lee Memorial Fund ha
been completed, and letters in tn
interest of the same sent out il
various quarters. AS stated in tn
communication the objects of tn
fund are for "the rehabilitation
of the R. E. Lee Memorial chape
which shelters the dust of tn
|, great man whose memory is to b,
honored. 1t is also proposed to ado
several rooms with a view to es
tablishing a museum for the pre-
servation of Lee relics" and also
"the establishment of Robert E.
Lee Memorial Chair of American
History at the institution over
which General Lee presided from
1866 to the day of his death in
October, 1870" The minimum
sum decided to be asked for to
constitute this memorial is one
hundred thousand dollars.
Continuing the letter says, that
at the suggestion of President
Roosevelt on the occasion of the
Lee Centennial, on the 10th of
last January, that the centenary
CT General Lees birth should be
marked by the perm anent endow-
ment of d suitable memorial to his
life and character, at "some great
representative Southern ihstitu-
tion of learning" met with i'm
mediate and hearty response. The
press of the entire country, and
especially that of the South, with
singular unanimity, endorsed the
suggestion and representative pa
pers of every Southern State urged
that steps be taken at once to es-
tablIsh the memorial in suitable |
form at General Lees own school |
Washington and Lee University. |
The peculiar fitness and prcpriety
of Washington ard Lee as the
place for the memorial appeals to
every one. !
A special Virginia committee
has been appointed, ard the or
ganization of local associations in
various States and in various com.
muhities throughout the country is
urged, and every person who de-
'ires to unite in hOnoring the
memory OF General Lee is invited
20 cO-opt rats in this work. Fol.
owing are the names of those in. |
'luded in the Virginia committee {
President George H. Denny,
president; Mrs. Kate
Peasants Minor, Richmond, Sec
etary; Mr., John L. Campbell, q
treasurer, Governor d
;'aude a. Swanson, Richmond; O
enator Johr W. Daniel, Lynch o
urg; Senator Thos. S. Martin, @
charlottesville; Attorney General g
lillian A. Anderson, Mr.. Joseph f,
ryan, Or. James ?, Smith, Judge v
gorge l., Christian, DR.. j. Will d
am Jones, RichmondI Colonel a
VILLAIN H, Stewart, Portsmouth,, lc
ommaLder Grand Camp, Confed-
'ate Veterans; Hon. Joseph D. R
ggleston, State Superintendent c.
Public Instructions; Colonel b
,hn W. Gordon, chairman of Con- ST
derate reunion, 1907; Mr.. ". b.
reeman, Richmond, commander NJ
Lee Camp; Mrs. Joseph Bryan, Jc
edmond, president Confederate
emorial Literary Society; Mrs. m
lillian r. McKenney, Petersburg, CT
esldent of Virginia Daughters of ia
'nfederscy. VI
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'olored Odd Fellows Celebrate
Lexington Lodge Grand United R,
der of Odd Fellows held their N
npal Thanksgiving eerylce Sun ~
y afternoon Of Randolph Street y
ethodist church, with the sermon "
Rev. l., i, Downing, d. D., Of
'anoke. His theme was Duties
God, " He is a native of Lex hr
gton and is pr stor Of a Presby. 1e
ian church in Roanoke. Last oS
ar memorial window was I'm. u,
led in his church to the memory mo
Stonewall Jackson from the To-
1t that in mis- early lite DR.. Dow W
was a member Of Jactson's o ffT
orded Sunday school In licking NJ,
/. The members of the order wi,
rched in ,egalla from their ball 10,
the church. u;S
The annual banquet was be,d vii ufn
nday night at pdd Fellows nea
], and an excellent menu was GRO
we'd, concluding with a number ~
toasts, The toastmaster was o NJ
A, Williams, and the following Sbe
timeSts were responded to: and
exington Lodge and Its Aspi. viii
ons," ID. A. Pettigrew "Sieters Cb,
Ruth, Mrs. /. E, Price; "Odd the
owship, Its Spirit a"d Ppr- ma,
e." FIX. p. G. NJ. i. i. Down p
p, p; "Fair Sex" W. l. ton
,e; "Qur Houored Dead br,G
EN- /" S. A. Styles. Addresses mer
Q also made by Rev. w. j. Won
as, Rev. j. L. Brown and H.B. Of r
ahams. 49,,
Head of Bristol Schools an