The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-12

ness for yourselves. The terms of as.
sessment will be 10 per cent. April IS,
10 per cent. May Is and not to exceed
Is per cent each month thereafter"
Mr.. Simmons then spoke briefly on
the subject.
81 am particularly attracted to this
mandatory" said he, "because it is
successful one and doesn't need bolster
Ing up. Securing it will be big adj
opment Company's subscription sets the
project fairly on the road to success.
Now is the time to go ahead"
MIR. 5. w. Jamison was urged to speak.
lie did so reluctantly, butts little later
he wrote short speech of one line
which was the most eloquent speech of
the evening.
eve need something to move real
estate" said he, land this will do. 1t
will put up the prices of real estate
from 10 to Is per cent"
Then the ball began to move. Mr..
E. Is. Ludwig made motion that a
duct thorough canvass to raise the re-
quired amount
Start here tonight" suggested Mr..
Jamison.
That was the keynote of sho situa-
ton. Things were warming up. The
nerve and hustle which have made
Roanoke famous, began to crop out all
over the hall.
The debate proceeded rapidly and the
wheat of practicabiGtY was wHnnowed
from the chaif of suggestion. Finally
two committees were appointed by the
chair, on the adoption of Mr.. L,siwig's
motion as amended by Mr.. Simmons,
as follows: Messrs. Simmons, Boswell
and Meadows, and Messrs. Ludwig,
Dupuy and Wager. These committees
arc to at once canvass the city for sub
scriptions and report Monday night
Then the prospectus and subserip-
ton list forged to the front and couldn't
be pressed;-nobody wanted to- j.
w. Boswell, of the firm of Gray g. Bos-
we'll, was the first to jump on it. Then
5. w. Jamison hit it hard. There was
lull of n moment, and Mr.. Carpenter
signed the manual of Simmons, Car
penter and Tinsley. e. c.. Pechin and
a. G. Dcnniston then swung in from
outside tho Exchange.
Colonel Thomas Lewis was there and
muttered something under his breath
which made those who heard him laugh,
as he came across and seized the pen.
Arlington Gilpin, general manager of
the Development Company,h had blood in
him, and M. T. G. Jordan gracefully
allowed President J. R. Hockadav to
sign ahead of him.
Then the tall form of T. w. Spindle
doomed up for moment, followed by
f. b: Ludwig, who let cat out of
bag by signing Ludwig e. Jamison."
The famous firm of f. B. Kemp & Co.,
is to be dissolved, Ludwig forming
partnership with A. l.. Jamison, and
St. Francis Borromeo going it alone.
James l.. Simmons seized an oppor-
tunitY and stub pen and signed for
the Loan, Building and Conveyance
Company, followed by d. A. CARRIER and
Mr.. Dupuy, of Dupuy & Taliaferro.
Then one of the kids" got up and
dared three others to follow him. The
necessary number of kids" we've there
and they signed just as bravely as if
they had whiskers yard long. There
was considerable jealousy exhibited as
reckoning that they all knew what
pinafores were when Horace Greeley was
running for the Presidency.
continuous run of applause had
greeted the successive signatures, but
just after adjournment, when everybody
was getting ready to go home, modest
man slipped in the signature of Scott &
Rives.s Less than fifteen minutes and
&c., subscribed Of the last SIS, 900.
To make everybody feel good Mr..
Ludwig offered letter, which was read,
from Mr.. Pennypacker, in which he
stated that a number of other small in
dustries would follow on the heels of
the glass factory, which is now GER
tainty.
This is the way the subscription list
looked after the exchange got through
with it last night:
The Northern Capital in plant
from 100000 to. $3.50, 900
Roanoke DeYelOnment Co As 900