The news & observer., 1901-11-12
THE RALEIGH STATUE
Gen. Carr Names Committee
to Aid in Securing 1t.
Handsome Collection Box TO be Presented With
Appropriate Ceremony on kovem-
b.r 2lst.

The proposition made by Gen. Carr
in An elegant address before the State
Literary and Historical Association,
proposing that the people of North
Carolina erect in Nash Square statue
to Sir Walter Raleigh is going to be put
into effect. General Carr was him
self authorized to take charge of the
movement ty the association and the
mass meeting of its friends and we'll
wishers from every part of the State.
The following is the resolution which
was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of twenty
five, TO be selected by Gen. Julian Carr
be-, and the same are hereby appointed
to adopt such measures as may be re-
quisite to carry into eeffct his sugges-
tions for collecting fund to erect a
suitable statue to Sir Walter Raleigh
in our capitaLcity, named SO fifty in his
honor, and that in carrying this resolu-
tion into effect the committee have in
mind the educational value of giving the
people an opportunity to raise this fund
by penny collections. SO that all may
share in the glory of thus honoring tho
great hero martJr of American coIoni
zation. ~
Resolved. That a copy Of this resolu-
tion be suitably attached to all collection
boxes prepared by the committee.
The following representative citizens
of North Caroline will be requested to
serve on the committee to carry the
foregoing resolution into effect: N. B.
Broughton, r. H. Battle. Chas E. john
son, Jos. G.. Brown, Sherwood Higgs,
N. H. Williamson, T. H. Briggs, F. T.
Ward, Tnos. r. Skinner, r. T. Gray, r.
r. Raney, F. A. Watson, T. B. Wonack,
Raleigh, N. c.: T. B. Kingsbury, VIII
mington, N. c.; r. p. Creecy, Elizabeth
City, N. c.: Frank Wood, Edenton. N.
c.; Fred Philips. Tarboro. N. c.; w. II.
S. BurgwyE, Weldon. N. c.; Thad r.
Manning, Henderson. N c.; Chas. f.
Taylor, Wake Forest, N. c.: Wharton
j. Green, Fayetteville, N. CT r. w.
Winston, Durham, N. c.; Chas d. Nc
Iver. Greensboro, N. c.. r. T. Bennett,
Wadesboro N. c.; Jno. w. Fries, Win
ston- Salem, NJ c.: Geo. w. Graham,
Charlotte, ". c.. w. S. Pearson, Nor
canton, N. c.; Theo. F. Davidson, Ashe-
Vile, N. c.: Henry G. Cooper, Oxford.
N. c.. Henry A. London, Pittsboro. N.
c.; w. f. Moore, jackson, N. c.; +. b.
Borden, Goldsboro. N c.: Graham
Dawes, Newbern, N. c.; Geo. Dover,
Newbeln, N G.
1t is understood that the duties of tho
committee will be mainly advisory and
directing.
| The fund is expected to be raised by
penny collections from the school child
rem of North Carolina, supplemented by
| the donations of those who use tobacco,
and the collectors in the boxes which
will be provided by the committee and
placed in some of the leading drug
stores in the State.
! Gen. Carr is now preEaraing special
| collection bGx of unusual size to receive
| the collections from the city of Raleigh,
and this WILL be presented to the city
and placed in tho drug store Of Robt.
Simpson, in the Olivia Raney Library
building This box will be presented to
| the city on Thursday evening, November
| 21st at s o'co1ck, in Metropolitan Hall
by Gen Carr himself in short speech,
to which Mr. N 3. Broughton will re-
spond on the par. of the citizens, and
Mayor Powell will respond or select
some one to respond on the part Of the
city.
/ On motion of Dr. Bratton the asSocia-
ttion adonted a resolution that penny col
lections in schools begin on Friday af-
ter Thankss, wing day, more especially
as on that day many schools will ceie-
brate North Carolina Day who were not
able 10 do SO on the 18th of October
Gen. Carr will call his committee to
meet here st the time of the presenta-
ticn OF his box to this city. Their first
duty will be to select a treasurer for the
4 of. c
pledged in pennies in the meeting in
Olivia Raney Library Hall, and he is be-
ling notified of other collections in differ
ent parts of the State. Gen. Carr will
also submit to them a specimen collec-
tion box for use in the drug stores
throughout the State, and also discuss
such matters as may be pertinent to the
business in hand.