Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PROPOSE TO EREC TO SOUTH CA (CONTINUED FR( "A nlemorial to the dead soldiers of this great war and the record of those otherwise participating therein from our State should be adequate, exact and permanent in form. Eliminating, in this connection, any consideration of the private memorials that. will be erected by those who have contributed members of their families as a sacri flce to the cause of civilization, the suggestion is that there should be a State memorial; this in the form of a building would make the memorial artistic, permanent and comprhensive, more so than community monuments that the pride of certain localities might suggest, which would cost more, and, because divided in individual units, be inadequate and incomplete as a record of the achievements. 'The record of men who have serv ed in our various wars, except in the case of the individual, has heretofore bec.n preserved inadequately and on mere paper. The record of the War of Secession, to a large extent, is be ing eliminated in the passing away of those who participated in it as sol diers. The record of the service of our men ns this great war which we have just so successfully fought should be permanent and be written in mar ble. "The chief result of the war is one of education. The end of it is the birth of a new education; the begin ning, as it were, of a new world. "The location of such a memorial should be in the capital of the State, and should be located on the State's property and the institution to whom it is entrusted as a government func tion, be made its custodian and guard ian. The memorial to dead Confed erate soldiers who attended Northern colleges is preserved in the memorial buildings of these institutions, but nowhere in this way in South Caro lina. This inadvertence should not be rcpeated, where we have again mark cdly played a conspicuous part in the g.eatcst of all wars. The building should cost as much as is necessary to make of it an enduring atn( com plete structure. Full consideration should be given to its design and con I struction, and on its walls should b carved in marble the names of all who paId the supreme sacriflice in this war. "The construction should be such that each county may have an alcove or section in which it may in its own way record the glorious deeds of itsju m1)( n and women, space should be pro vided for tablets and statuary and of course c(mpllete recordhs ought to be k pt and be made available in .wch a memorial hall. It should be paid for by contribut ion on the part of layal citizens of the State. Those whose sons (died and who will not come back It would contribute liberally; those who havo sons coming back, and the sons themselv(cs, wouldi contribute (the sons for the sake of their comlradles who fell ) ; and those who (11( not1 have the oppiortunit y of sacriflee would con tribute. It should not, hiowevei', he muade entirely a matter of voluntary contribution. The State should con tribute by the appIropriation of a rea- I sonable sum to lie used only in eon struction and after tIhe entire fund is I available, to give tihe memorial the 1 character of the unified sentiment of thle State. While the miemorilal should niot be made a building of ut ility, it I should be so made to the extent of lilting into it, by miean~s of State an-.4 ' MEMORIAL ROLINA SOLDIERk )M PAGE ONE) propriation a chapel of such artisti !onstruction as will dignify the ide, to be memorialized. Such a limitei purpose of educational utility woul iot be inappropriate. "There were others than the soldie boys who added to the glory of Soutl -arolina in this great struggle. Mos ioble women-through their Ret ross and the National League fo Women's Service and other instruncn alities and influences. "Then there is the Council of De ense and kindred organizations witl ill their allied undertakings. Thes, lave been among the wholesome hon nfluences that have (lone their part 'or instance, here is what the secre ary of war had to say officially: 'Thi south Carolina Council of Defense i: -anked by the State council's sectioi f the Council of National Defense a unong the very first of the entV Union, because of the variety an ralue of its activities, the clostness o ta cooperation with the Nationa ounlil and the thoroughness of it: ocal organization.' "Then there were the several Liber y Loan drives in each of which Soutl arolina went 'over the top' and di( is full share in provkiing the sinew: )f war. "Far ahead of other States was th< ?almetto State in its United Wai Vork Campaign. But so it wen whenever the call was made and ti titpose is to popetuate in such nlenorkil hall the deeds of South Car >lina, first of its full share of mei nd women and then of its materia lid." The plan and scope will of cours, levelop and the undertaing is tudied, but the central idea is to hav t worth while memorial centrally It :ated that wi! absorb most of 1t ributes that South Carolinaus a r mager to pay the men and womnn wh( iave not hesitated. It will be of interest to note that his idea had its birth at a meet In of the board of trustees of the liniv(r ity of South Carolina. While discussing the erection of nemlorial to the alumni of the univet ity, P. Alston Willcox, a menlbtr of he hoard, made the inspiring sug :estion of the university offering an art of its campus for tile propose(l iemtaorial hall. So forcibly did he pre (it the matter that the board unaii niously indorsed lie suggestion, an pon motion of August. Kohn, (lovcr. or Manning, State Superint(n. lit o. ducat ion Swearingen and Mr. Wil! ox were appointed otn at committee to resent the matter as above outline. Ir. Willcox was unable to attend th ieetings and Mr. Kohn was asked t( et as his proxy, and as i isull o: lie meeSngs of this committe the uggeuition is presented. TLJTARY TRAIN N SECOND SEMESTEF CrONTINUIED) FR )M P'AGEi TWO lie t ra ininlg to be placed in Ithe sat tarracks. Trhornwecll andl 0ast D)eSaussuri inv'e been selctedi as the RI. 0. T. (' muildilngs and( till men Iak'ng I th ourse will be moved in at t hit begin lin ig orf te second semtets er. Si: 10ours per weekh will be de'voted t nitlitary work, itncludinlg both tdrill tin iinr(ottm work. Furniture: SPE Sell it Back to Us When H. A. TAY Marshall-Frost 1318 Main S t Society Brand and 4 Kohr The College Man's C 1405 Main Street - - The Shoe Without The College Boy ' ATSON'S EAR ITIO.UT ORRY WATSON'S SHOE COMPANY, GOODYEAR SHOi W. D. LEVi t, JR Bring us your c We can put new li Phone-2945 LYLES ST1 High Class Potiaits, Pain ments, Copies, Interior. 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