The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-07
SOUTH CA
MEMORIA
Governor Cooper
Campaig
s4Oe

Columbia, April
peal has been addrsS
ty chairmen of the SCI
mortal by Governors
ing them to get beaH
paign to collect $4eo, ,G0a
pie of the State to ers
building III comnaenos
heroic dead who gave
that liberty might liveSg
Renewed interest
tested in the solicitat5
particularly as practiealg
are out of the way, an
ties already have raiss
scribed their quotas. =,
The commission has
on an intensive canpz
April 18th and terminat
to raise the remalnderfo
needed to supplement the
propraited by the STATS
all the counties are
drive and ex-GOvernef
ming, vice-chairman -
sion, is in the Piedmont =
lining UP some Of the; coun
According to the headqA
the commission here, ths f.
are very bright for windi
campaign by May 1st.s
The following is a letter
Governor:
s.Thougr this letter.
you personally, it is sintendsd
for you. but for those associsdsd
|you in the memorial orga
FOR the people At large
try.
more than twelve mon
General Assembl peakia
heart Of South Carol lliinia
first step looking tor 4hs
State memorial toss flss
sands Of men and WOMEN
who rendered service during he
war. Only a partsof the noney
sary was made ayailab ble from
Treasury, the plan being fortliep psS
Of the State by voluntary snhscriTI
to supplement the one hundred tho,
sand dollars provided for by thes SSe1
sral Assembly. Upon a nomen5
| -efection the reason for this will G &
apparent to you. Had all the nlp1s
needed for the memorial been ya
! oy taxation, the structure w0uf m
lost some Of its valuable charaets
tics, for taxation is highly unpersons
and largely inexpensive OF any pa
tieular wish op the part. .os lesta:
payer as to the purposes fer f1s
the money is to be expended
"Six mcnths or more ago, tte cA1
paign for popular subscript y9l
| announced; four hundred thousas
| dollars being the sum agreed ura
| approximately one hundred thousa
| lollars has been subscribed. For u
rious reasons the campaign was y
/ pushed to speedy termination.
of us had just experienced numergl
other campaigns; we were resting. to
from the fatigue of high pressure y
| cident to the war and necessary &
is conduct. It is, however, not ne
| assary for me to elaboratae on th
phase Of the situation. -
'The issue we now face is this: y
must raise the four hundred thousan
dollars. The purpose Of this 1ettt
is merely to refresh your memory 4
recall to you and through you. to q
people Of your county, the fact Tia;
this memorials to be ereted aud TO
ever stand as one of the tokens OF OF
undying appreciation. of our eve,
lasting gratitude for the service re.
dered by our fellow Carolinians.
"The other drives are now owe
and we have rested from our nervo.
tension. We have passed through
year Of unparalleled fninacial earl
ings, and have every reason to heiie'
that prosperity, formerly scarce
dreamed of, will be vouchsafed to 4
Tor many years to come. Shall we. s
happily situated as this, hesitate eve
for few days when asked to rails
money, small amount Of none.
for memorial. Shall we swell ou
bank accounts, add 70 our luxurie;
expand our pleasures and have neve
a gift in memory of those who say
their lives?
1.-The memory is necessary. Th
State must find means for expressin
itself, else it stagnates, and memorial
are means of expression. The ME
mortal will be erected; am sure G
that, because I know the history 9
South 'Carolinians. AS symbol q
shall be raised, as token OF affec
ton and as a perennial inspiration
will ever stand. -
II wish to urge that you give you
time and thougrt to the conpletion 6
this campaign. April 1880 are tn
dates selected for finishing the task
Just present the cause to your felloS
citizens. and the remainder, I an
sure, will be easy
v,,..,.,.-. C1.o.