The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-11
STATE MEMORIAL
To DEAD LEADER
ORGANIZATION TO ERECT s25,coO
MONUMENT AT NASHVILLE
is PERFECTED.
TO Be ON THE CAPITOL ROUNDS
Officers Are Named, Judge Holding
Being Member Of the Execu-
tive Committee.

Y NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec. THE
Carmack Memorial Committee Of
\ Nashville has taken action regarding
X the erection of a subtle memorial to
the beloved Senator Edward Ward
! Carmack, and have outlined the plan
and elected officers.
The memorial is TO be in the form
of a monument to be placed on Cap
itol Hill, in the city of Nashville, and
costing not less than $4,000.
The Carmack Memorial Committee
has resolved itself into the Carmack
Memorial Association of Tennessee,
of which every contributor to the Car
mack monument fund is to become a
member The plan provides that
4 branch associations shall be formed
in each county of the state, and col
shall be under the direction of the
! branch associations. The executive
committee of the Carmack Memorial
Association of Tennessee will, as soon
as practicable, indicate to the presi
dent of each branch association the
pro rata of the monument fund ex-
pected to be contributed from this |
county, the same to be RENTED to the |
treasurer of the association at Nash
VILE
By this means every friend of the
late Senator will have the privilege
of contributing to the memorial, and
the action of the committee in outlin-
ing so plain and practical a plan for
raising the fund will undoubtedly meet
with the unqualified approval of every
one in Tennessee who is interested in
the erection of memorial to the
memory of their friend.
Since the day Mr. Carmack was
killed messages have been coming to
The Tennessean office from friends
who are anxious to contribute to
fund.
From every portion of the state Of
ers of contributions have come, and
many people are only waiting to know d
where to send their contributions. u
In the intense grief over the death Z
If Mr.. Carmack, which was so much
# a shock not only to Tennessee, but 7
o the nation, definite plans could not 1
e arranged.
However, the Carmack Memorial
organized for the purpose
holding a memorial service in hon
r of Mr.. Carmack at the Ryman au-
itorium, was continued, and their
rompt and definite action and the
Ian which they have outlined will be M
cry much appreciated by people all all
yer the state who are anxious to hon its
: the memory of Tennessee's noble 70,
IN by contributing to fund for mn
sting memorial to him III
Having resolved itself into the Car co,
ack Memorial Association of Ten col
,ssee, the following officers were an
ected: iae
President-Allen G. Hall, Nashville, tin
anderbilt Law School. loo
Vice residents-Middle Tennessee: acc
,orge H. Armistead, Franklin, Tenn, rh
itor Review-Appeal. West Tonnes nat
e: Thomas B. Turley, Memphis, a
nm, former United States Senator. ia
st Tennessee: George F. Milton, -
loxville, Tenn, editor Knoxville ~
ntinel.
Beach Care, "a,
shville, Tenn, Vanderbilt UNIVERSE
Treasurer-Col. A. M. Shook, Nash :.
lie, Tenn, First Savings Bank & -
lst Co,
Executive ommittee-Nashville G..
Nicely, Overton Lea, DR.. E. e. Folk,
L. McNeilly, Goulding MARI, R. L. eo0
White, l. L. Pendleton. Middle
lnessee: Judge Sam Holden, Co
lbia, Tenn; Prof. w. R. Webb, Bell MI
,kle, Tenn; Charles s. Ivie, Shell
lille, Tenn. West Tennessee: Gus
Memphis, Tenn; Judge CO
!. Bullock, Jackson, Tenn; George NEE
Dyersburg, Tenn. East ters
nessee: Col. L. d. Tyson, Knox Woo
,, Tenn; Maj. A. ID, Reynolds, for
itol. Tenn; Judge Robert Prichard Anil
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