The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-10
MEMORIAL DAY IN
NORTH CAR0L||Nl|||||
COMPANY NOT INVITED To RA1&
TICIPATE IN PARADE AT
RALEIGH. va
COMMISSION GETS BUSY
WILL SOON BEGIN ERECTION o.
HANDSOME STATE ADMINS
TRATIoN BUILDING TO aI
sAA ~sN y
COST s2se,0o0. 49,
COMMISSION GETS BUSY

Especial to The Richmond VirginiaM.I @
RALEIGH, n. c.. May 1o.-Inax
State offices were closed to-day In OIL
servance Of Memorial Day. AT n00na
there was luncheon served on tnN%
lawn of Capitol Square to the CONFESS
crate veterans and thereafter q pro
cession formed that moved at Nh
o'clock to the Confederate cemetex9e
where an address was delivered d.
Major j. G. Hcmphill, editor OK tmNAS
Richmond Times Dispatch. The pre-
cession included Conf ederate veterAnakS
the mounted marshals. the A. ana 1a-s
College cadets, the orator OF the 49,
and citizens In carriages For IT,
first time in many years Company ~
Third Regiment. Raleigh. did not
participate in tho ceremonies, they
not having been invited. They took
part last year in the Memorial DAT#
exercises for the Grand Army OF tnA@
Republic, and it is said by some, but
happily Is not verified, that they werOa
left out to-day in the ConfederASNS5
memorial ceremonies on this accOun&ss
Building Commission Gets Busy.
The State building commission ~
initial meeting just adjourned herr
elected Colonel Ashley Horne. o.
Clayton, az chairman, and Mr.. VIII
liam Z. Springer. of Wilmington. -
secretary. They win appoint . clerkSI
later, who Will be In charge OF tho Of
fee at Raleigh that will be opeue05
a little later. The whole scope 0G
the work ahead Of the commission ~
the location and erection of the $3.50
600 State administration building wAAg
gone over both in executive ScSB1OM
and with Governor kftehin In th0A
members OF the council of State. with
the result that a suh-commission COM
posed of Colonel Horne. Mr.. Spr3ngefxs
Mr.. Long and Mr.. Cox was desig~
mated to make special investigation -
to Cite and other preliminariee ana
report to a meeting of the whole conn
! mission to be called by the chair
man. This sub commission is to meet
in Raleigh Saturday OF this week to-
take un the special work assigned to-
/ them. 1t is expected that the whole
commission will be called together to
receive the report OF the sub-commis~
sion within two weeks at furthereat.
Attending the meeting for organiza-
ton were all the seven member
Colonel Ashley Horne, Clayton, Will
! liam T.. Springer. Wilmington: Coio~
mel J. S. Carr, Durham; j. A. Long.
! Roxboro: A. s. Rascoe, Berthe county:
j. Elwood Cox. High Point; w. u
Parsons. Rockingham.
"roosting on the trail" of the COMMITS
sion seeking TO secure the appoints
ment as architect to the commission.
However. the com mission must deter~A
mine just what State departments aro
10 be accommodated In the new build~S
ing, and also decide upon the loca~1
ton before there can be any dehnit0s
work in the actual drafting OF the
plans for the building.
Leaf Tobacco Sales.
The leaf tobacco sales in NortMs
Carolina during April aggre gated -
426, 291 pounds first hand for Stow
ers. There were. besides 340.8s1s
pounds resold for dealers and ware
houses. The markets reporting .salAMs
I and The pounds first hand fO1loN&
Winston Salem. 1.223,S6T. Reidsy1ltoss
3ol.196; Mount Airy. 25a.8Ss: GtonG
VILE, 22o.774; Madison, 164.o43: Dur
ham. 1t1.s0o; Roxboro. 1o2.444: Me-
bane, 1a.4s5: Wendell. 124s0: LeAka1:
VILE n.09a:- Oxford s,s40: Hila13
Mountain. s,s61: henderson. 3,SAx
| Home Mission Society in Sessf0gl.
| The Woman's Home Mission Eo&2
ciety. OF the North Carolina Metz
odist Conference. devoted tho mornIi
session to-day to hearing reDOFS8
/ from auxiliaries by delegates. rspote
OF superintendents. reports OF pre-
| work by Mrs. r. G.. Craven. ana N4<d
I Conference Editor Mrs. r.. Q. Burf01
and the report or Young PoOpleaS
Work by Miss Lille Duke. Rev.
d. Wilcox conducted monday d0x0S3
! tional exercises. At tho afterYfo01
session there was a report from Mr.
| r. r. Jones on her attendance on e.
general council held at st. Louis An4
10 to 90. Two hours were spent oii1
at the Methodist OrphAnage. To3
night there will be the annual aer1nf
/ by Rev. L 8. Massey. M