The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-31
NEGRO EXHIBIT AT
The EXPOSITION.
Company Being Organized.
With a Capital Of a Mil
lion Dollars.
lion Dollars.

In the great exposition which takes
place at Jamestow11. Va, in,1s07, the Cor
poration Commission will be called upon
within the next few days to grant 2
charter of Incorporation to THE Negro
Development and Exposition Company of
the United States. with an authorized
capital stock of s1.ooo,ooo;- It. Is formed
for the purpose Of making, the greatest
showing at this exposition OF what the
colored race has done for themselves since
1865. by. the erection of a great build
Ing. upon the grounds that may be al
Iotted to them by the Jamestown EXPO
sltlons Company. that each State In the
Union shall have departments for their
exhibits: that there may beSa close can
vassf made In all of the States by the
colored people having insufficient popu-
lationfto secure &exhibitstt to be- placed to
their credit In the departments allotted
to them In the proposed negro building.
This company, when formed. VIII work
under and by the direction Of the James
town Exposition Company. but they VIII
have their own officers, to consist, Of
president. a number of vlce-pfesdents.
selected from the different States, Sec
rotary, am assistant secretary, q treas
urer, director general, a board or d.
rectors to be chosen from the various
States, q. number of deputy generals to
be chosen in like manner. a commission
ar general from each State and an adj
vtsory boardsto be composed Of a num-
Der OF white gentlemen.
The presidency of this company has
been offered to Booker L. Washington.
but should he' find IT inconvenient to ac-
cept, as he Is already heavily burdene e.
Smythe. of Hanover, formerly minister
to Liberia and now president of the Ne
gro Reformatory. will be- made. president
and Samuel Harris. OF Williamsburg. Va.
will be made first vice-president. II. i.
HILL OF this city, cashier OF the True Re-
formers Bank; has been asked TO act as
the treasurer. The secretary has not as
yet been selected. but It Is UNDERSTOOD
he will be iftom this city. The name OF
Prof d. Webster Davis has been men,
toned for this position.
Among the representative colored men
fromfthe different States who have con-
scented to act on the board OF directors
are as follows: Judge y, Aususrus
Straker, Of Detroit. Mich; G. Hatcher, OF
Cleveland, o.; VIM Il. MOSS OF, h ,'1
Mass; Rev. ]. AndersonSTaylor, OF Wash-
ington. D. c.; Joseph Fl. Stewart! attor-
new at law. Washington. d. C.' N. Il.
Goldsbarry, attorney at law. !ynchpurs,
Var Vim. S. Fields a druggist. teters,
burg. Va i Samuel Harris. wholesale and
retail merchant, of WILLIAMSBURG, Val
j. @. Carter. of Houston. Va. and large
number of others.
"A letter has been sent to the Governor.
General Fitzhugh Lee, Mr.. D.. Lowen-
berg, Colonel Archer Anderson, Mr.. john
SHELTON Williams. Mr.. Il, G. Williams.
In. Mr.. Joseph, Bryan, Mr. Vlrginius
Newton, Mr.. u, Raab and Rabbi r. N,
Calisch asking them to- consent 70 act
on the advisory board of the company.
Those interested in the organization OF
this company have expressed great hope
and desire that these gentlemen willfac-
cept, as they say they cannot hope to
succeed In their efforts without the CO.
oneration and assistance OF the best ele-
ment of the white people.
Other representative coloreds men will
be asked to accept office In the oom-
pany: among them will be DR., n. n.
Jones, Dir. j. Meade BENSON, Geo. w,
Bragg; j. G. Robinson. attorney for the
,rrue Reformers; Rev. w. ". Graham and
others.
Giles b. Jackson, an attorney of TINS
city, is preparing the charter, to be pre-
sented to- the Corporation Commission,
which will be done as soon as the Cow
iernor and tho other gentlemen mentions