The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-25

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THE NEGRO EXHIBITS 500. 600
+ Otear and Explicit Statements
Eon Secretary-Treasure Hilyer
l. showing How the Goyernment,s
] money is Being Expended-Everv
DolIar scrupulously Accounted
- Norfolk, Va, April 23.-In re-
spouse to what%ts believed to he q
very general desire to know how the
+ appropriation OF $f08, 900 that was,
MADE, Ry Congress to- aid the coIored
people TO make an exhibit Of their
prosTessss IN this country is being,
spent, Mr. Andrew f. Hilyer,, the
secretary-treasure OF the executive
/ c4nlmlttee. having charge of the 4ex-,
pea ~ or This fund, has authori-
zea Uhe following statement: - =
THE executive COMMITTEES took
lc charge Of this work on the 18th If
January last. After spending sew
enat daysin going over and disposine
ol the accumulated correspondence.
etamlng and checking up the books
and accounts . and formulating a
/ statement showing the outstanding
obligations the fund, it developed
| that the building could not be con
structed; for the $4,000 that had
been originally set aside for that
purpose and that no responsible con-
| tractors could be; found who were
willing to undertake It for less than
S4o,OoO. Accordingly a contract was.
MADE with Rolling & Everett the col
| ored contractors of Lynchburg, Va,
and signed on the 9Th day of Feb
| ruary, for the construction of the
building for that sum. Their con-
| tract does not include. the architects
ices, the equipment for electrical
lighting and decoration Of the build
ing, which the committee is planning
| TO make very elaborate, nor the cost
4 or partitions, booths and decorations
1within the building. 1t is; estimated
that these items and cost of gramo-
NC W. S rs ding nR tel the b.lflds,
Ing and pf Beaiitifyihg the ;gron nds
will cost at least $4,000 additional.
We shall consider ourselves fortu-
nate If, the cost OF maintaining the
building for seven months, cost Of
! lighting, inSurance on exhibits, main
tanning guards, janitors and attend
ants, and other necessary an inciden-
| tai expenses can be kept under, So
| 600. Two thousand dollars have.
been set aside for the. PREPARATION
and distribution Of an exhaustive re-
| port, sn1Wthg the progress Of the Me-
gro racetas exemplifed at the James
| town Exposition, $500; for sta
t1onery, kilograms, printing, etc,
| $1,000, for the award Of prizes on
certain classes Of exhibits a total Of
1000, which amount is fixed ana
MISUNDERSTANDING but $4,000 to
be expended in getting up the ez-
hibit.. OF this $4,000 not less than.
| 1000 had been already spent or
contracted to be spent Before the
committee took charge. The -execu-
tive committee, therefore, will not
have at it's disposal to be expended
in getting Up the exhibit to exceed
$2O,000.t From this sum must be
paid the salaries and trav cling .ex-
penses Of the employees while en-
| gagged upon che work of the exhibit
the cost Of transporting the exhibits
! to and from Jamestown, and the
1 cost Of Installing the same In @ way
! to make it attractive to the visitor,
/ - ,'.There Is one thing that the ex-
hibiors may be absolutely assured Of
and that Is that the committee will
see to 1T that a sufficiently large sur
! plus will be kept on hand to pay for
the return Of all exhibits to their
| proper owners. - No matter = what
! other interests or features may have
/ to be cut 1T is the determination Of
the committee to see to it that all
the material loaned to 1t for this
exhibit Is safely returned.
| II have been employed I'M the au-
ditors office for more than "a years,
| ov.d hnry 9r,k-
of records and bookkeeping the
same sytem that Is In force in the
Treasury Department by check, un-
der the rules and regulations gov
efning bhe disbursement Of all gov
ernEaent appropriations, upon proper
vouth ers, when approved by the Ter
Centennial Commission. There must
be clear and explicit statement
covering every essential detail about
every item OF expenditure. While
all expenditures are under the con-
troll OF the committee, we do not dis
burse one cent Of this fund. AS this
Is a public appropriation, am keep
I ing my books and records open and
intend to make the method by which
this executive committee has expen-,
ded and accounted for this appro-
priation one of the important ex-
Mbit features Of the Exposition, and
any one coming to jamestown can
see for himself just how every dollar
Of this fund has been expended. g.
at will be seen from the forego-
ing statement that the"amount at the
disnosal Of the committee for exhibit
purposes Is very small, and the com.
mittee will greatly appreciate every
lover of his race, who Will do some
thing to aid the Negro exhibit with
out being paid"
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