Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-10-04
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MAKES WAYFOR
WAR MEMORIAL,
Street Fountain AT Lamar And
Lee Raced By Picks Of
City Gang
DOUGHBOY STATUE TO
a GRACE BUSY CORNER
Chairman Pace Announces Alter,
cd Plans Of Committee,
Forced BY Short Funds

the old fountain at the corner OF
Lee and Lamar streets, disappeared
Tuesday under the picks and shovels
of squad of dusky city street hands
1t was the first material step in the
erection ON tie site of the memorial
statue TO the soldiers of SumtG? coun
ty I'D The great war The o:d foun
tain had stood as il was, with conica
slcet lron top, foT twenty years, somq
oid citizens said, and previously to
that steam engine to pump water
from the well underneath the pres
ent pavement had stood there
Although far less than the amount
of money originally set about to oh.
tain has been secured by the general
committee handling the monument
campaign, plans hava been coup!et.
ed for erecting the monument any.
way, on somewhat difforeps plans
Instead of Il carved marble base ana
column which was planned to hold
che doughboy statue, granite Loud.
er will be used, The doughhoy fig.
ure will surmount it, just as planned
and a simple bronze tablet will oc
cupy a place on its side. Instead oi
four ornamental lamp posts being
placed at the corners of the monu,
pnent, these will be erected at the
Sidewalk corners. where, also sani
tary drinking fountains will stand,
Informs Donors
Chairman Stephen Pace, in a state
ment to the public published here
with, informs all donors to the fund
of the changes in plans and puts them
On notice that any who object to hav
ing their donations used under the
altered plans will please so report i'm
mediately, in which case refunds will
be made. He also stated that $30G
more is needed TO complete the monu
ment under the altered plans. His
statement follows:
''To the Public:
"At the beginning of the campaign
20 raise funds for the erection OF
a memorial to our soldiers it was
contemplated that the $4,000 neces-
sary to carry out the original plans
would be in hand within the ten days
TO which the campaign was limited,
this sum to be employed in purchas
ing and erecting a monument similar
10 the one published on the opening
day; and, further, if the additional
amount was received, to place on the
sides Of the monument large tablets
bearing the names of every boy who
entered the service from Sumter
county.
Committee Reports
"Now. the committee reports:
81. That after diligent effort it
has been unable to raise but $4,000.
80. That for several weeks, and
with the assistance of members of
the American Legion, it has endeav-
ored to ascertain the names of all
the boys who entered the service
from this county, but finds it to be
an utter imposihiIity, due to very
incomplete records of those who EN-
tered through the draft and no rec
ord whatever of the volunteers, At
tho completion Of our efforts we are
confident there We're many in the
service whose names are not on on
our lists, and of some 200 we have
listed we are unable to ascertain
whether they are white or co'ored
~ anYthin" of their present where
atoUts. We, there, believe il better
Co' to have such a roster than to
leave off single name or make a
single mistake
MANY times during tie campaign
Il has hcen suggested to he eCm-
mi'tee that boulder monument
would be more appropriate for the
purpose intended, would cost less,
and would better tvpify the rugged
courage of the soldier during the
ate war and the hardships of war
1are. Some of the committee thought
AsS much at the outset, but others
Preferred the fancy design. In ad-
oltlon, the committee has found it
10 be the earnest desire of a great
number of the contributors that the
monument be erected by Armistice
Day (November ID so that appro-
CHate exercises may be held on that
day.
Committees Decision.
Confronted with tA1ee facts and
conditions, and under authority
granted it at the recent public mass
meeting, the committee has reached
ne following decision:
u. That it must. of necessity
;'oandon the idea of erecting tab
lets bearing the names of all the boys
VINO entered the service; ~
y. That it Shall proceed at once
10 erect suitable monument OF
gfanlte bculders, similar in size to
the original design, and bearing only
one bronze tablet with a general in.
.Sflptlon thereon. And, instead of
inc four lights around the base of
~" monument. we will place white
way post on the sidewalk at each of
the four corners of the street, to-
gether with sanitary drinking founfs.
IF there are any who haze given
with the understanding that The .la1gc