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NFEDERATE BATTLE ABBEY. Its History. Present Status and Prospects. efltl bee lh O l )t jud(d Uifi illI pIl)li. and a!rhougn rho renort f he board of- i ee to 1e ront Con federate ezeran Reunion gave pretty fully t. b Ilstory. presiZfNt Siatz. m"Ild pr - . as ihat renort was pub-sheid u A(- ma-s of reunion matter. and wat p)obably not read by many. it may r e. well now to o-ive a condensed statement of our affairs. The ori,-,in of meenter-prise was as follows: Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss. of Ne%% Vr, who served as a -allant private ('.nfederate soldier. not long after the war landed in New York with only 50 cents in his pock et. and by hard work, and sound judg ment. became a milfionaire. He made numerous aiftz to various Confeder ate and other Southern enterprises, and finally offered the U. C. V. to donate $100,000 for a memorial hall that should contain a great library of American history. statues. pro traits. and other memorials. provided they should raise a like amount. A board of trustees was organized. a charter obtained. and the enterprise vizorously and successfully pushed with every prospect of success. Mr. Roiss had paid $60.000 of his sub scription, and would, no doibt. have paid the balance.' but his death oc curred. and Mr. Underwood. the for ,---mer seeretary and superintendent,; brouzht suit aziinst the association for alle.zed commissions due him claiminz that he was entitled to 25 per cent commission on the Rouss donation. which was maie before Mr. Underwood had any connection with the association. He got an injune tion against Mr. Peter Rouss, son, heir, and executor of the estate. for bidding him to pay any part of the forty thousand - dollars ($40.000) balhnce of the Rouss subscriptiun. After waiting a long time on "the law's delays" the case was tried be fore a Brooklyn judge. and a Brook lyn jury, and a verdict for some $16. 000 given Underwood. Our counsel took appeal and after considerable delay the Appellate Court reversed the lower court, and decided every point in our favor. Six months fur ther delay was had by the pretence of the other side that they would take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, 'but finally the case was thrown out of court, the costs put upon the other side, and the in.junction agiainst the Rouss es tate dissolved. -As soon as this was done Mr. Peter Rouss wrote that he would pay balance due from the es tate so soon as we gave him proof that we had cash in hand to meet the considerations of his father's gift. Accordingly we collect ed sm' scriptions we had and sent him the certificate of our bank that we had the money to our credit. Mr. Peter Rouss very promptly paid the .$40. 000 balance due on his father's sub scription, so that our efficient treasur er. Judge Geo. L. Christian. was able to report that he had to his credit in bank two hundred thousand, one. hun-! dred and thirty-three dollars and: eighty-five cents (.$200,133.85.) It ought to be said that our coun sel. Gordon Battle and Snowden Mar shall. sons of g'allant Confederate sol diers, of New York. managed our case with great ability, and zeal, and -that they showved the great liberality of dea'ining to receive from us one dellar of fee for their invaluable ser vices. The recent Convention of United Confederate Veterans passed strong remolutions of thanks to Battle and SMarvshall for :"j appreci'ted se" vices and great liberality. It otught also to be added that Mr. Peter Rouss has shown the most com mendable promptness in carrying out the princely liberality of his "father. At its reent meeting the board of Strustees directed the executive com mittee to proceed at once to select a site,. procure suitable plans, and push as rapidly as possible the erection of thie memorial building. This the com mittee are proceeding to do, and the day is not distant wvhen the hopes of years will be realized. having on some suitable site in Richmond-the old Capital of the Confederacy, a b)eaulti ful memorial building which shall be an ornament to the city, and a most fitting monument to our Confederate cause, our leaders, our soldiers. our noble women. and our Confederate people generally, besides a great store house of material from which the fu ture histori-an can write the true story of Amercan, and especially of South ern, history. It may be thought by many of our friends that we have in hand money enonTh for our purpIose. and we ear of core doC a great work with wie~ we have, and do no)t purpose to w a for adiioa funds. But we must put aside funds f ~ment so that the work t I S.V ial t2 anY N wi;:in- to use it ts I hlistoric.al, purposes. iWe must. therefore. continue to ap peal to our friends for help. Those who have said, as many havE "We will help you as soon as you ar ready to build," may send on thei Coilt ri0utions. Are there not a few who will mak us large contributions for such specia memorials as they may designate And are there not many who wil make smaller .contributions? - We are, also, anxious to secure con tributions of such books, pamphlets mianuscripts, scrap books, etc., a may throw li.2ht on any part of ou history. One gentleman has alread, donated his large libralry. and other have promised contriHbutions in thi direction. We would be glad to hea from others. It may be proper to sal that cheeks should be made payabl to Geo. Christian. treasurer C. 1 A.. and sent to J. Wm. Jones. seere tary and superintendent C. M. A., 701 1-2 W. Clay Street, Richmond. Va. and that all funds contributed will bi at once turned into the treasury with out deducting a cent of salaries, com missions. or expenses of any kim whatever. It will be of interest to say furthe: that our work is not only not anta o*nite to. but shall lie condueted 1 harmony and hearty co-operatiol with. that of the 1oble, women wh< have been manain(, so wisely an' snecessfu!!v the affairs of the Con federate Museum. Indeed we hope t< be of m1tn! help in our great work (Signed) J. Wm. Jones. Secretary and Superintendent Mem orial Association. Richmond. Va.. July 18, 1907. N. B.-Papers friendly to our ob ject will oblige by copying this. TEACHER WANTED. The patrons of Forks school dis trict No. 55 will meet at the schoo house on.Saturday, July 27, 1907, a three o'clock for the purpose of elect ing a teacher. The term will last si months and the salary is $35 a month Lady preferred. Applications may be s.ent to W. G. Metts, Slighs. S. C., R. F. D. No. 1. .D. T. Wicker, Pomaria, S. C.. R. F. D. Q. M. Kinard, Pomaria, S. C.. R. F. D. E. SHEEHAN Augusta, Ga. Bottler of Imperial Ginge: Ale, Root Beeri 'Cham pagne Cider,. 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