The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-18
TO PURCHASE
THE OLD HOME
This is to be Memorial to Toel
Chandler Harris of Uncle
Remus Fame.

Regarding the memorial to Joel
Chandler Harris of Uncle Remus fame,
the Atlanta Journal of recent date
contained the following:
The West End home of Joel Chand-
Ter Harris is to be purchased and
converted into a memorial to Uncle
Remus. The grounds will be turned
into a beautiful park, the house Will
be used as a museum in which will
be kept the effects of the dead aU
thor. and on the lawn in front will be
erected monument and memorial
fountain
These were the recommendations
contained in the report of the sub
committee, appointed to canvass the
question as to character of the me-
mortal and the recommendations
were adopted at the meeting of the
executive committee held Wednesday
afternoon in the committee room at
city hall.
The committee definitely decided to
hold the memorial meeting at the
Grand opera house next Sunday af-
teTnOOn- The following gentlemen
were appointed a committee on sub
scriptions:. W. R. Joyner, F. J. Pax
on, DR.. w w. Landrum and Prof.
w. NJ SIaton-
Committee Appointed.
A committee of five was appointed
to ascertain as near as possible what
the Harris home place will cost. Three
members of this committee were ap-
pointed They were J. K. OttIey, An
dy P. Stewart and 5. B. thurman.
State School Commissioner Jere VI.
Pound Was elected d member of the
executive committee, and J. y. SauSsy,
company, of Sylvester, Ga, was elect
ed a member of the association. He
will later be made a vice president.
Mr. SausSy wrote the committee max
ing certain suggestions Cor getting
the cooperation of the schools and
colleges.
Mayor Joyner announced to the
committee that there was no divIs-
ion of opinion or effort in the matter
OF providing a suitable memorial to
Uncle RemuS. He stated that the
newspapers which had been receiving
subscriptions for a monument and
park were heartily in accord with the
plans worked out by the committee
and that they would turn over to
the association all funds collected by
them.
Subcommittee Reports.
The report of the subcommittee ap-
pointed TO recommend the form
which the memorial should take was
as follows:
To the Executive Committee, Uncle
Remus MemcSiaI Association-GentI
men: Your subcommittee, appoint
ed for the purpose of suggesting q
suitable memorial to the memory o.
Mr. Joel Chandler Harris, begs leave
to recommend that this memorial
consist of an Uncle Remus museum
in the late residence of Mr.. Harris on
Gordon street, West End; of a park
and playground composed of the
grounds surrounding the home, and
of a memorial fountain on the front
lawn facing Gordon street, and TO this
end your committee recommends that
the late home of Mr. HaTris-"The
Snap Bean Farm"-be purchased from
his estate.
Your subcommittee is informed that
this form of memorial is acCepta Die
to the family of Mr. Harris, and there
is a verbal agreement that the price
of this property will be fixed by a
board of appraisers.
Your subcommittee further recon-
mends that designs for the memorial
fountain be secured by competitive
drawings from the artists % the
United States. and that the designs
be submitted to a commission of art
lists to be selected later, with the re-
quest that they select the most artis-
tic and suitable drawing for the me-
mortal fountain.
Your subcommittee directs attsn-
ton to the attached drawing OF the
SNAP Bean Farm and its surround
ings, from which it will be noticed
that the children of Mr.. Harris have
homes. or lots. upon which they viii
build homes Immediately adpjoining
the 1Snap Bean Farm" and your sub
committee is Of the opinion that this
fact lends added interest to the pro-
posed memorial to the memory of
their illustTiOus father Respectfully
submitted
J. R SMITH. Chairman,
F T. PAXON,
JOHN K OTTLEY,
DAN CAREY