The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27

; Senator Carmack had some charactel
: Of memorial placed there
! Rev. ". B. Capers made brief ad
: dress which met with approval. Mr.
Capers said that Senator CarmacI
! was the representative Of the new
south, its high ideals and noble pur
poses, and that it was but fitting that
his statue should adorn one side OF
the court house entrance in his adop-
ted country. But that the Confed-
crate soldier fought the battles and
bore the burdens of the old south, and
he though it would be equally fitting
that the Confederate monument at
Rose Hill should be moved to court
square and placed at the other side
of the entrance.
Mrs L. P. Padgett of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union stated
that the Union had had IN view for
some time the establishment of a
drinking fountain in Columbia and
that since the death Of Senator Car
mack they had decided to establish
it in his memory. It was stated. how
ever, that the members of the union
were heart and soul in this greater
undertaking and would give their
earnest effort toward raising funds
for a handsome memorial
The Committee on organization re-
ported as follows:
"Mr Chairman: Your Committee
recommends that this association be
organized as the Maury County Car
mack Memorial Association, the off, |
GERS of which shall be President, a
Secretary-Treasurer and an Executive |
Committee to be composed of seven |
members, two of whom shall be nom
mated by the ladies Of the county
who are present at this meeting and
shall be ladies. The President of the
association shall be ex-officio chair
man of the executive committee. 1t
shall be the duty Of the Executive
Committee to take charge of the move
ment for a monument and do all
things necessary for the erection of
said monument. The general COM
mittee appointed last Sunday shall
raise the necessary funds and work
lnder the direction and supervision of
he executive committee. Said !
executive committee shall be I
appointed by the President of '
his association within the next o
hree days. He shall, however, I
.ppoint the lady members recommend +
d by women associated in this move
nent. Il
For President we recommend Hon. b
ohm w. Fry; For Secretary-Treasur u
re recommend Ernest r. Farrell u
"This, Nov. 81, 1908. b
JAMES A. SMISER, u
Chairman. &c
~. T. AMIS, II
81 I. FINNEY." ca
The report was adopted. On mo-
on Of Jonas T. Amis the executive "a
)mmittee to be appointed by the al
resident was empowered to enlarge IN
e committee to solicit funds if they 81
Nv fit to do so, and to appoint any
lb-committees that they thought nec- W
sary. WI
Mr.. Hutton thought that some idea IN
ould go out from this meeting to te'
Q general public as to the size of IN
e fund to be raised, and 1t was then trf
oved and adopted that the amount rel
be raised should be 10000 tel
President Fry said that in connec- COZ
n with the other work committee IN
Maury countians should be appoint col
to act with State Historical Com UP
ttee in the publicatio nof Senator fer
rmack's speeches and lectures. Ion
at book of this character would
in great demand and that the roy ia
les would prove large source Of sur
enue to Mrs. Carmack DR.. A. G. GoN
lwiddie, who has known and ad- era
red and loved Senator Carmack tecl
ce his boyhood days, was granted
privilege of heading the monument IF
scription.