The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-04-10
MRS. M'EACHERN
CHAIRMAN STONE MT,
CAMP AIGN FOR COBB
County's Quota of Great Confed-
crate Memorial is Set at $4,400.
To Be Raised Rapidly

Cooo county to raise the county's
quota for Stone Mountain Confed-
crate Memorial has been accepted by
Mrs. McEachern, and organization
of her committee to conduct the cam
paign will begin at once. Through
out Georgia the campaign is making
good progress, and Chairman Nc
Eachern is anxious for this county to
be among the first to raise its quota.
which is $4,000.
Since the head of General Lee was
unveiled on the precipice of Stone
Mountain on Lees birthday, Jan. 10,
the Memorial Association has an
nounced that the heads of Stonewall
Jackson and Jefferson Davis will be
unveiled on June 2, when hundreds
OF Confederate veterans on their way
to the Memphis reunion will find it
convenient to stop over and take part
IN the ceremonies. To keep the work
gong on such a scale as to enable
Gutzon Borglum, the great sculptor,
to finish the two heads on that date.
1t Is necessary for the association to
raise funds on large scale, it was
explained few days ago in a public
statement by Hollins N. Randolph,
president of the association. Mr..
Borglum must have, he explained, kt
least three full crews of wol kmen to
keep abreast of the schedule, and the
association is making special effort
to raise Georgia's quota without de-
lay.
Memorial Day has been set as the
day for all counties in Georgia to fin
ish their quotas, after which the Ne
mortal Association will immediateIv
go into the other Southern States
with organized campaigns to raise
the quotas which they have pledged
when Georgia does her part.
Memorial Day is a most appropri-
ate day for Georgia to finish her
quota for the great memorial, said
Chairman McEachern. But we hope
our county will finish her quota be-
fore that date. Stone Mountain Me-
mortal has become famous through
out the world, and the world is look
ing to Georgians to do their part in
its building. Every southern state
is willing and ready to contribute an
amount equal to Georgia's quota as
soon as Georgia's quota is raised. The
association cannot consistently go
into other states and ask them to
contribute until Georgians have dem
onstrated their interest by giving the
work substantial start. Atlanta
subscribed her quota of $3.50, 900 be-
fore the Georgia quota was under
taken.
Every living descendant of a Con-
federate soldier has an interest in
this memorial and ought to contrib
ute something to it's cost. The as
ISOLATION has worked out two splen-
did plans to give everybody an OPP
portunity to contribute according to
their means.
One is the Founders Roll, for in
dividUals, family groups and organi-
cations which subscribe $1,000 pay
axle 5000 a year for five years. A
Founders Roll subscriber will be Civ
en- a beautiful bronze tablet in the
great memorial hall to be quarried
out of the mountain, and on it will
be engraved the name of any Con-
federate soldier or military organi-
cation the subscriber wishes to me-
r1orialize A widow of a Confederate
soldier may memorabilia her husband,
son or daughter may .memorialize
their father or other ancestor; a fam
lily group may join together and me-
morialize an ancestor; U. D. G..
chapter, Ladies' Memorial Associa-
ton or organization of any kind may
memorabilia soldier, company or
regiment. There is room in the hall
for about 1000 tablets, and when
they are taken the Founders Roll
will close, and nobody else can get
tablet for any price.
The other plan is the Ch:ldren's
Founders Roll, for boys and girls I'M
der eighteen years old who give doll
lar to the memorial. Their names
will be enrolled in an immense Book
of Memory in the center of the hall
and opposite each name will be writ
ten the name Of the Confederate SOL
der whom the child wishes to me-
morialize. In addition, each child