The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-02
JACKSON HONORED
THROUGHOUT STATE
Funds for Equestrian Monument
Come In From All
Sections.
BOXES HERE RAISE 1886
Large Sums in Checks Being
Forwarded to Treasurer
of Association.
BOXES HERE RAISE 1886


"a t;rdv people remembered the great
chlcftain, whom certain Ehgish gen
! tlemen were tho first to hohor. in''
the little Golfers carried through the
streets by Il hundred women. 10 Whoih
the task of rearing Il memorial TO
Jackson in stone and bronze mas heeh
left, Richmond people pour|" coins ana
bills amounting, among those boxes
, counted. to s3,S5676. The total amount
will reach {, larger sum when twent!
! five boxes. maintained In the OUTSKIRTS
of the city. arc reported and counted
in.
The people who contributed yester-
day were those who, though loving
the memory Of Jackson az much. were
not able to contribute AS large sums
as others to whom fortune has been
moro kind. 1t was the generous toli
Of people who remembered that they
had forgotten. who wished to be mum
bered among the vast army that all
! through Virginia yesterday was giving
its tithc to the Confederate general
whose name heads history's titie page.
The larger subscriptions are coming
in by check. more than one contrihu-
tlon for 500 having been mailed yes
terlay To Il. ID. Iotchkiss, treasurer
Of the Stonewall jackson Monument
Corporation. Some Of those more welt
to-1o who dropped contributions in the
DuNes to join all Richmond in the
wearing of dag for Jackson Day as
sured the association officers tha,
checlt for larger sum would follow.
Every One Wore n Fling.
| The little flags were bought without
necessity OF solicitation. They were
! simply proffercd for sale. and there WAS
never need to ask that Il man or woman
( CIR child buy. Thousands OF til EN- were
sold---some for a dime. some for dol
lar and more. When the last box is
counted it Is expected that the sum will
| be more than $4,000.
| Notable among the contributors were
the school children, hundreds OF whom
purchased little flag for penny and
proudly wore it home after school.
South Richmond contributed Sl31.I?,
| and OF this amount SO was given By the
children OF Powhatan School and Sc by
the children OF Bainbridge School. The
Chesterfield Juniors, who were station
ed al Seventh and Broad Streets. labor
ed so faithfully that they brought in
to the counters S10361.
! The money gathered in yesterday all
over Virginia will he applied to the
erection of an equestrian monument TO
Jackson. Where this monument shall
| he reared Is not yet decided. Richmond
has been asked to donate n site and
! pedestal, and il is believed that senti-
ment Will be sufficiently favorable to
gain this much from the city. The
State of Virginia has contributed $I0,-
I 600. 1t is believed that the monument
to Jackson should be not far distant
| from those others to whom the South
has accorded their due OF praise and
memory-Davis. Leo and Stuart. The
only memorial to Jackson Is that whicl,
stands in the Capitol Square, reared to
him by English gentlemen and present
ed to the State OF Virginia as Il mark
| of their appreciation OF the Confede-
| a, sxft,
admired and then loved. Now the peo-
pie of whom Jackson was one, and for
whom he fought and gave his life, de-
/ sire to raise n memorial to his name,
and to every one was given the privi-
| leEc OF contributing what he could nf-
| ford to give.
| Observed Throughout state.
| Jackson Day" was observed every
whore In Virginia yesterday. The re-
turns arc expected to begin coming in
to-day. Large sums were given by
check, and these were not counted In
with the money poured into the boxes
carried about the streets So that.
when the whole amount is counted aud
set aside. the Virginia Division of the
| Daughters or the Confcderacy, to which
has fallen the pleasant duty OF gath
ering funds for the monument, believes
that tho tribute Will be as large as IL
was sincere.
| The Virginia Division expressed grat-
| itudc last night TO the clerks OF the
National state and City Bank, who
counted the money, and to the Rev.
James Power Smith, ID. D.. one of jack
sons aides. who, on every occasion and
AT every opportunity which came.
aroused the enthusiasm of the people
| for the memory of the man who Was
Ssecond to Lee
| The Stonewall Jackson Monument
| Association Issued last night the fol-
! lowing card of thanks To those who
assisted yesterday in making Jack
son Day success, and who are aid
| ing In the efforts to erect lifting
monument to Jackson's memory:
Association Expresses Thanks.
! For the Thomas j. (StonewalD
! Jackson Monument Association. we
wish to make most grateful ucknowl-
edgment To the people of Richmond
and Virginia for the very cordial re-
sponse given to our appeal In behalf
OF the monument fund. 1t has been
pleasure beyond expression, that all
| who were asked for special and per-
sonal service responded so cordially
and so efficiently. TO the Governor
of Virginia and to the Mayor of the
city of Richmond, and other gentlemen
who spoke for US at the great memo
rial meeting in the auditorium, to the
chorus of the John Marshall High
School, 10 the choir VINO sang for us
to the band OF the Richmond Rlues. In
the military commands OF the city. and
especially to the ladies' joint commit
tee and the historian of the Richmond
Chapter of the y. d. c.. who organized
and won such splendid success in that
meeting; and the great company OF
Virginia women who held their watch
full stations on the streets on Jackson
Monument Day. there are no words
adequate TO OFFER our gratitude. The
Times-Dispntch, the Virginians the
News Leader and the Journal hayo
| given us an able and unfailiag support,
! the value of which Is beyoGG estimate
The company OF men. women and chill
! dren OF our city and thu State who
have made their offeringsIto our cause
will share the lasting pleasure of par
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