The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-03
SHARES STOCK WORTH SIS
Increased Appropriation Will Be Need
ed to Build Exposition
Auditorium Buildings.
Mr. T. K. BRUktR PRESENTS PLANS
Dr.. Winston's Splendid Talk and His Memo
rial is Highly Compimented, Each
of Original Thirteen States to
Have Day.

Congress will be asked to appropriate
s250,000 instead of $4,000 for the cele-
bration concentrating the landing of the
Sir Walter Raleigh Colony on Roanoke
Island.
meeting was held yesterday of the
subcommittee appointed to prepare
memorial to Congress on the subject, of
which DR.. George T. Winston is chairman
and the executive committee, of which
Mr.. J. W. Peele is chairman.
At this meeting it was decided to or
ganize the Roanoke Island Celebration
Company, which is to pc Incorporated
with $250000 authorized capital stock.
There are to be $4,000 shares of stock OF
the par value of SIS each The company
is to begin business when 200 shares
OF stock are subscribed.
committee consisting of Mr.. w j.
Peele, exJudge T. B. Womack, and Mr..
r. 7. Gray was appointed to draft the
charter and have it led with the Secre-
tary of State. The committee is to go to
work at once and have the company in
corporated with the Secretary of State.
There is movement on foot to have
large delegation of North Carolnians
go to Washington in February and use
their efforts, after holding meeting, in
behalf of the appropriation asked from
Congress This proposition is under con-
sideration and some authoritative state
ment will be made concerning it in very
few days.
1t was decided yesterday on motion of
DR.. Winston to ask Congress to make an
appropriation of $250,000 instead of $780,
600 for the celebration. This action was
taken because of the desire to make the
celebration an exposition in character
for displaying Indian and colonial records
and documents. Mr.. t. X. Bruner made
the necessity for larger appropriation.
He pointed out that there would be ne
cessity for various buildings. Mr.. Bruner
suggested that a landscape gardener and
architect be secured to prepare plans for
buildings and grounds. He said that an
exposition and auditorium building would
be urgent necessities and he suggested
casino building as we'll. The buildings
Mr.. Bruner said could be made of staff
Probably the most important action ia
ken yesterday was the adoption of the
memorial to Congress asking for the APP
preparation and giving in an intelligent
manner the significance of the celebra-
tion. The memorial was drafted by Dr.
George T. Winston, chairman of the
special committee, of which exclude w.
+. Allen and Mr.. Josephus Daniels, are
members. DR.. Winston was complimented
on all sides for his clear and intellient
presentation of the subject. DR.. T. N.
Iyey, exclude Allen and Col. F. A. Olds
said that the memorial was admirable
in every way and ave to the world the
sinifcance of the celebration as it never
has been presented before. In prefacing
the reading of the memorial DR.. Winpston
said:
after study of Walter Raleigh's eff
fort at colonization / was amazed at my
ignorance. / should say that my igno-
rance was a reflex of that of the average
North Carolinian. Sir Walter Raleigh
was the originator of the idea of the
colonization of the world by the Anglo
Saxon race. He did not make one at
tempt, but FIVE The conflict of England
with Spain for supremacy on the seas
made impossible the colonization of
Roanoke Island. After the Spanish were
vanquished on the seas Raleigh's efforts
mouth
1t is proposed to have the celebration
from June goth to July goth, 1902. 1t was
decided yesterday to set apart a day
for each of the thirteen original States
1t was agreed also that July 3rd should
be North Carolina day and July 4th
National day. Then Great Britain day,
the day to celebrate Religious Liberty
and Virginia Dare day have been tenta
lively agreed upon.
Among the subjects presented in
special report, which were not acted upon
and will come up later were the Follow
ing:
(a) An exposition of Indian and colo
NAL relics. documents, curios, paintings.
hooks, maps and surveys, and other his
torical and educational objects should be
feature
The exposition building should be OF
corrugated iron or other fire-proof ma
terial 1t should be erected by the com
pany whose charter should allow an ad-
mission foe to be charged
tb.) A tent auditorium of suitable ca
pacity should be erected.
(c) Suitable camp arrangements SHOULD
be made for accommodating and proviS-
ioning the visitors.
1t is understood that the Roanoke Is
land Memorial Association will offer its
grounds for this purpose-some rs or SO
acres-tne side next to the ocean and
about one mile from old Fort Raleigh
Id Adequate arrangements for trans
porting visitors by water communication.
This will require a number of steamers
and other craft suitable for navigation
of the shallow waters of the sounds
tc.) Music by some band of national
reputation Should be secured for the en-
tire period of the exposition.
Among those who attended yesterdays