The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-03-23
THE CONTRACT SIGNED.
For Three Honuments to Women of
the Confederacy to Cost $4,000
Each
Durham Daily Sum-

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General Julian s. Carr, president or
chairman OF the Confederate wOmen's
monument committee ian organiza-
tion designed to erect upon the
grounds.of each capitol OF the eleven
Southern States monument to the
memory of Southern women who
really fought the war between the
States) has signed and executed a
contract with Miss Belle Kinney,
artist and sculptures, formerly OF
Tennessee, but now OF New York. for
the execution and erection of three
monuments to Southern woman
| hood.
OF these three monuments, one is
to be erected by the State OF Missis-
sippi, one by the State of Arkansas
and one by the State Of Tennessee.
The Confederate women monument
committee is a corporation chartered
under the laws OF the State OF Ten
nessee; General Julian s. Carr. resi-
| dent or chairman OF executive COM
mittee; Col John P. Hickman, Nash
vile, Tenn, secretary. The general
| committee is composed OF II or 15
gentlemen, all ex-COnfederate sol
diers, such names as General Clement
Evans, of Georgia.; Gen. Waddel and
others constitute the committee.
After several sessions OF tn COM
mittee and considerable deliberations
the design submitted by Miss Kinney
was accepted The contract with
Miss Kinney calls for ten Monuments.
but the committee does not Sse lis
way clear to enter into contract at
the present time for but 3 for imme-
diate construction.
1t should be particularly gratifying
that a young woman OF Southern
birth, education and sympathy could
be found so eminently qualified and
thoroughly fitted to perform so diff
cult task and in such satisfactory
manner. Persons OF taste, qualified
to Judge, pronounce the design really
all that could be desired.
DESCRIPTION.
Fame is the central figure On her
left is the dying Confederate soldier.
with the flag dropped by his side,
thus typifying the Confederacy, whom
Fame grasps and supports. On her
right il the Confederate woman, who
shows her love for and appreciation
of the Cunfederacy by laying on the
soldier the Palm OF Victory. While
she is doing this-unconscious to
her-Fame is browning her for her
devotion and loyalty. All the many
kinds OF loving service are thus typi-
fed in this simple act of tribute to the
Confederacy. The thousand ways in
which the noble women aided the
Confederacy, oreven the more promi-
nent ones, could not otherwise be ex-
emplified in single idea.
or course there are some "knock-
prs," but that was to be expected.
| Never was there an occasion when
everybody saw an event or viewed a
monument from the same angle or
had the same vision. Unfortunately
North Carolina lags behind in the
monument to honor her women. No
other Southern State can boast such
a host OF noble mothers OF the
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1t is to be hoped that the time will
come when the noble, self-sacriicing,
patriotic, liberty-loving North Caro-
lima mothers of the Confederacy will
be duly honored and remembered.
Hoping to have the Legislature make
a suitable appropriation for this pur-
pose, Gen. Carr made a most impas-
stoned appeal that stirred the House
OF Representatives at it's last session,
but the "plea OF poverty" by the
committee on appropriations. be it
said to their everlasting shame,
smothered the movement.