The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-12-10
CAMPAIGN EXTENDED.
Campaign to be Extended to June l.,
1920, and Commission to be EmpOW-
cred To Select Site.


TO the People of South Carolina:
TO clear up certain impressions
which seem to be current relative to
| the proposed memorial building and
to set forth the objects for which the
campaign for 100000 is being pros
ccutcd, the South Carolina Memorial
Commission deems it eXpedicnt to
make the following statement:
The General Assembly of 1919 pass
| ed a Joint Resolution approved March
IL, 1919, providing for the creation OF
Il commission, composed Of Gov r. A.
| Cooper as chairman and cX-GOvcrn. +
| Richard |. Manning as Vice Chairman,
| and fourteen other members, two from
| each of the seven congressional dis
| trictS Of the State. This commission
was empowered to erect suitable
memorial building OF Architectural
beauty and appropriateness at the cap
tal OF the State, upon grounds now
| owned by the State and held by the
| Board Of Trustees Of the University
! of South Carolina" the structure ito
be designed as a memorial building"
which will preserve IN marble or
bronze or other impcrishablc form the
names OF all South Carolinians. whcth-
CT soldiers sailors, nurses or other
| workers in the cause Of liberty, who
| offered their lives as The supreme
| sacrifice in the Winnn& Of the World
War" and wherein will be placed all
| the records, data. memoranda, and
| other manuscripts and documents HIS
| t0ricaliy pOrtraying, describing or
othCrwiS" bcarinG on the South Caro-
! linianS and the organiHationS from
ihi., state participaline iii The World
War.
Pursuant 10 the requirements Of the
i'nnnn1'
south Carolina MrmOri&l Commission.
naming on il several OF the prominent
! WOmCn OF the state. In its initial
meeting the Commission decided 10
ask inr people Of The state 10 comt:!-
buto $iOO.OOo.00 to supplement; inC leg
| iSlaturc appropriation OF $iOO,OoO.U0,
for The erection Of the building, the
appropriation being contingent upon
the voluntary contrib tion OF the
amount decided on by tic Ommis.ion.
Tho details of the solicitation cam
paign was placed under the $upCrv-
sion Of a subcommittee, with CN-GON-
Crnor Mannn& as chairman
This subcommittee decided TO be-
gin the campaign for funds on Sep
tcmhcr 18th. the first anniversary of
The hroakin2 of the liindCnburg Tine
by the 'Thirticth Division. and have it
terminate on November I'm. the mi
tial anniversary OF the SigninS Of the
armSticC
Movements wcrc soon begun for Il
change III the form Of The memorial
TO one Of Il ultilitarian purpose, the
most emphatic Of these proposals be-
ing for great memorial hospital at
Columbia. Consideration was given to
these movements al Il full meeting OF
the commissions which decided TO ad-
here to the original plan, as the Leg
iSlaturc issued concrete, statutory in
StructOnS 10 the commission as to
The form the memorial should take.
TO have decided otherwise would have
meant that the commission could not
have gone on with the project but
would have had to recommend to the
1920 legislature that the Act bC
amCndcd SO as to cmDody the ultili-
tartan idea Likewise, it appeared q
hopeless task to attempt 10 conform
the various uIlilarian projects as pro
posed
: At The recent convention of tho
Soulh Carolina division Of the Amcri
can Legion, the mouthp;ccc Of the sol
licr& of the World War, .hc hospita
i,iCa was debated on the IOor Of tn,
convention, with the result that tht
non-utilitarun memorial was ondors
cd by vote Of ten To one. This wa:
Il definite expression Oc The cOmradc
Of those WHO had fallen.
The divcr2 ideas as TO the form
III" memorial should take, the ac
cumulative COntcmpOl cam
pai@nS for funds for olhcr purposes
unsettled domestic and industrial
I problems engaging the thoughts Of tn,
people. the lct-up in thc strain from
war conditions and otncr intcrvcnin!
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