The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26
NOTED WRITERS
To CONTRIBUTE
Many Talented People Will
Help TO- Swell Mont
lncnt Fund.
WILL ISSUE A SUPPLEMENT-
Section Of The Tilnes-D Dispatch
Mill be Devoted to
This. Cause.

Members of the r.. o. 4 Lee Camp, Sons
Of Confederate Veterans of this city,
and the other camps Of this organization
throughout the Stale. are getting to work
on their project Of Issuing Y sixteen
page supplement- TO The Times Di spa IL !.
about May list, the proceeds OF the nd
vartisenents4and sales Of the special issue
to be- set aside to swell the fund for the
erection Of a fitting memorial to the Con-
fedcrate women. x I. -:
,TheEartioii Of heNlocal camp is a part,
of a general plan greed upon by the.
United Sons of onfederato veterans, and
endorsed By. I lie Untteds Con Tolerate Vet-tt
Grams. General CT Irvine Walker, Who
is both a veteran and ~ son g "a vet
Gran, Inns been made chairman of q, Com
mittees on Cooperation with. the sons In
this laudable Undertaking. Already more
than $4,000 has been subscribed for the
memorial, iandtitHis hoped that the Issue.
or these special NEWSPAPER suppl
by about thirty of the leading newspap ers
of the South Will net the sons suc1 a
sum as to bring the projectff aim ost II
not fully to consllmma ton. The son Dr.
ganization proposes to raise about S5O,o
for the purpose Of constructing or pro-
vidnlg n5ntting memorial, the pre- else form
OF which IS yet to be agreed upon, but
which, swllatever its form, will endure as
d grateful tribute to the heroism Of ting
women who endured the hardshlps of wa
contributed to the needs of the soldiers
and made sacrifices and dared danger
that would daunt tout hearts ord mari "
rho women have BEEN the monument
builders Of the South, and now the young-j
on men propose to provide SOME form OF
memorial rs u Testimonial Of @admira-E
ton and love for their heroic mothers
and grandmotlers.
Already one ofSthcse newspaper supple
mcnts has been published by the Charles
ton S., C., News and Courier the enter
prise netting more than 500 for the me
mortal IA I&ichmond, n tho capital Of the
Coniedcucy, tile homo o ( many sproml-s
nently identified with It's history and
tho tomb Of many of It's colossal men of
field and forum. Is confidently expected
to excel any city In the South In Its con-
tributinE to this movement. It Is desired
tofnake theymcllorial issue OF The Times
Dispatch tile hnndsomest issued by any
camp In the South, is
Distinguished Writers.
Among tho many men and women well
known in military annals, In. pub lie Ills
In literature and NJ every field Of en-.
deavor, who have been or will be al ked5
ito contribute TO this special memorial
ISSUE are the following: Hon. John
$Goode, d. nnembefinf;theEC onfedarat es and
United states Congresses; United states
senator j ohm W. Daniel, an taldeiCn the
STAFF OF IT, eIant-t Genera l$fJ ubal "a.
EARLY; Hon George S. Bernard, Of Peters,
burg Rev. j. illiam Jones, II Dr. p..,Fsa
tbiographer Of General Lee; Mr.. r.. Al
Brock Of the Virginia Historical Society;
General I1ppa IIunton, ex con gressnlalli
and ex-senator; Mrs. George u. Pickett
widow of htlsF man who led the heroic
division against Cemetery Ridge AT Get
stysbllrg; Mrs. James Macgill. Of pulaski
formerly Miss Lucy Lee Hill, daughter
Sof General Ambrose F, H Miss Mary
Johnston 4 novelist; m iss Ellen Glasgow
novelist: General I'itzhugh Lee, soldier of
Therapeutics and a diploma fist and pro M.
sInent citizen; Colonel Charles n. Offer.
rail-, ex-cnngressnlan@ land Ex-Governor;
Rev, frank StringfelpW a famous and
Ifcalless Confederatc Fcont and now q
Clergyman; Mrs. SUSAN r. Lee, la Visg lnial
historian; Mrs. u. r, b., Stuart, widow
3of tho famous Confederate caYalrynlan
/ and ~ widely known educator Of 80 ing
women Mrs. Mary H. Williamson, Mrs:H
a., L.. Ponder, widow Of General Pei der;
Mrs. Il, u. Jackson, widow of Est oncwall'S
jackson; Captain John Lamb, Gonfed-
crate soldier and member Of Congress;
sDr.3rhonlas Nelson Fsge,5a widely known,
Southern dialect and story writer, Gem
Seral .stith Boiling, az Petersburg, a we'll
known C'onfedera d soldier; Cavern Or A
MI kJunta ptle. Hon. ArmIsteud e. y q ordOu.