Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-16
FOR WILSON MEMORIAL.
North Carolina Women to Organize to
Honor Presidents Wife; Mrs. r.
J. Reynolds is State President.

Honor Presidents Wife; Mrs. r.
J. Reynolds is State President.
Mrs. r. J. Reynolds, State President
for North Carolina of the Ellen Wilson
Memorial, is making plans for the orr
ganization of committees of leading
women of the State for the purpose Of
raising funds for the permanent me-
mortal to the wife of President Will,
son. 1t is hoped to have the move
ment Endorsed by the State Federation
of Women's Clubs, the Daughters of
the American Revolution, the United
Daughters of the ConfederacY, the
Colonial Danes. Church Societies, and
other social and patriotic orders of
women, as well as by individuals, and
not only their Endorsement, but their
active cooperation in the movement.
The movement of the memorial, al
though it originated in the South, is
national in its scope, and it is expect
ed that before long women all over
the country will be working for it and
will make it one of the greatest enter
prises of the sort ever undertaken by
the women of this country.
To Educate Mountain Youth.
When the matter of a memorial to
Mrs. Wilson was laid before the Pres
Ident last summer by Mrs. B. l.
Hughes of Rome, Ca, the town in
which Mrs. Wilson was educated, sug-
costing that Mr.. Wilson advise the
form the memorial should take, he
wrote expressing his appreciation and
stating: My own judgment would be.
that it would be best to raise fund
which should be an endowment the
interest of which should be used to
pay the way through school of noun
tain boys and girls,-because l know
that this is what Mrs. Wilson would
have done if she had had the means
and opportunity. She was paying for
the education of several herself from;
year to year. 1t might be called the
Ellen Wilson Fund for the Christian
Education of Mountain Youth"
Idea Popular in the South.
The idea has become, very popular
throughout the South, and there have.
been a number of large contributions
to the memorial.
The memorial has joined the Ma
t1onal Federation of Women's Clubs,
which formally Endorses the project,
and it will also probably be Endorsed
by the national organizations of the
leading bodies of women in the coun-
try. After the assembling of con-
gress in the fall a conference will be
held in Washington, at which it is
hoped to have present president and
chairman of committees from every
State in the union, and several speak
ers of national reputation. At this
conference it is expected plans will be
made for an active national campaign
in the interest of the memorial.
Aims at Large Sum.
No definite amount has been set for
the memorial fund, but it is expected
that it will amount to a very large
sum. The proposition is an undenom-
national one entirely, all the leading
Christian denominations are represen-
ted in its administrative board.
Each State is expected to finance its
own campaign and each will provide
a contingent fund, by dues or other
wise, to defray the expenses. of send
ing out literature, notices of meetings
and other things that have to be done
in connection with the campaign.
In appealing for gifts to the fund
itself it will be made very plain that
the entire amount will be invested in
tact: in fact, the charter provides that
it shall be. To allow the central
board and the State Presidents to take
out expense money would cause UNI
certainty on the part of the prospec-
tive donors as to the amount this ex-
pense money would reach, and it has
been determined that every gift shall
go for the education of the children
tofT ~
fund will have to be provided for adj
mtnistrattve expenses.
Women I'm Charge.
The administrative board of the me-
mortal is composed as follows:' Mrs.
w. S. Elkin, chairman; Mrs. Preston
Arkwright, vice chairman; Mrs. Thos.
H. Latham, secretary; Mrs. Archibald
Davis, treasurer Mrs. Hoke Smith,
Mrs. Boiling H. Jones, Mrs. Frank S.
Ellis, Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, Mrs.
Harris E. Kirk, Mrs. Robert L. Fire
men, Mrs. B. I. Hughes, Mrs. B.. B.
Wey, Mrs. Samuel M. Inman, Mrs. Will
mer L. Moore, Mrs. John B. Knox,
Mrs. Charles P. Crawford, Mrs. James
S. Akers, Mrs. Seaborn Wright, Mrs.
Philip Weltner, Mrs. Hugh Bancker,
and Mrs. Alfred E. Buck.
MIS-. 1uOudS H. MarSnall, wire OF
the vice president of the United,
States, is honorary president of the
organization, while the honorary vice
presidents are Mrs. William Jennings
Bryan, Mrs. Lindley NJ Garrison, Mrs.
Thomas w. Gregory, Mrs. Albert S.
Burleson, Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs.
Franklin K. Lane, Mrs. David F. Hous-
ton, Mrs. William G. Redfeld and Miss
Agnes Wilson.
The State presidents who compose
the memorial committee are as fol-
lows: Mrs. John B. Knox, Admission.
Ala; Mrs. Fred Allsop, Little Rock,
Ark; Mrs Thomas p. Denham. Jack