The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
LAY CORNERSTONE
OF MEMORIAL HALL
Masons Will Officiate at Confed-
crate Institute To-
Morrow.
CONTENTS OF HISTORIC BOX
Will Afford Interesting Cross
Section OF Present Day Rich
mond Life.
CONTENTS OF HISTORIC BOX

f, Colonel Robert White. of Wheeling,
w. Va. will be the principal speaker
at the exercises tomorrow afternoon.
when the Confederacy OF Richmond
VIII turn out to witness tho corner
stone laying of building which is
destined to become the Pantheon of
, the South. At 4:30 o'clock. Richmond
Lodge. No. 10. a +. and a NJ. will
sot into its true place. according to the
ancient rites OF the order, the lnitinl
stone OF the Confederate Memorial In
stitute at kensington Avenue and the
Boulevard.
The building. designed by Wharton
Dc Sinkler o. Philadelphia. will receive
Its structural baptism amidst inter
sst!ng exercises. Tho Rlues' Band will
pay patriotic airs, aAd the Commend
try ot ST. Andrew, No. ~, Kngnts
templaS will act as escort to the
Masonic lodge. which Will DO under the
direction OF Worshiptul Master ".
Penick Shelton. Rev. James y. Far.
y. y. viii offer the opening prayer.
ana Rev. l. Il. Mason, u. d, will close
1Ae exercises with u bcnedlction.
Indiana limestone is the material
"hich VIII be used almost exclusively
IN the construction of the memorial
ediice. The hardy rock was selected
because Of It's great natural beauty
ana It's strong resistance To the in
roads OF time and weather. Metzger
6; Wells. of Philadelphia, are tho CON
tractors.
Contcnts OF Cornerstone Box.
Northumberland J. Taylor Ely
son. president of the ConfeNrate Me
mortal Association. will deliver the
/ A. FIr
sealed IN the rock. The contents o;
the little caekct will anord an inter
estinS cross-section OF present day
life in Richmond and the nation ut
large. should it ever become necessary
Tor a future race OF men TO dig II
from its rocky bed. The official list OF
the articles that Will be sealed in the
box follows:
| A Confederate battle flag, SKIS
inches. made by Miss Florence Travis
Il dgood. Richmond.
Colonel j. V. BIdgood Secretary.
Military Records. the following:
Monthly report of General Alex
ander's Battalion Artillery. March 81,
1863.
Field returns. of the Artillery OF
the Second Army Corps. March 81.
1869.
Field return. Sumter. s. c, Artillery,
ehI udlS W. isbo.
Washington Artillery. New Orleans,
| February 20. 1868.
! Rare coins New York. 1868. BY
. Miss Nora Kingsley Early. Bedford
City. Va.
Delegates credentials of !. Taylor
! Ellyson. from r. L Lee Camp, to the
reunion and convention OF United Con-
| federate Veterans. at Macon. Ga. May
| Z. 1912. Also Lee Camp Delegates
BudKe worn by Inn at the convention.
Copy OF The Times Dispatch. of May
20, 1912. Copy OF the Richmond Viz
g'n!an. May 20. 1912. Copy of the
the Evening Journal, May 20. 1912.
Photographs of j. Taylor Ellyson.
Crump and Eppa Hunton. W.. the boys
who turned the first spndeful OF dirt
at the breaking of ground for tho
Confederate Memorial Institute.
Year Book for 1911. OF the Con-
federate Memorial Literary Society.
| Confederate notes.
! Roster Richmond Lodge No. TO- A F
and y. NJ. May 20, 1912. under whose
auspices the cornerstone was laid.
Program of nineteenth Annual Mus.
j ic Festival of the Wednesday Club
/ April 90 and so. 1912.
| \ letter from Messrs. BisselI &
/ Sinkler, the architect. OF the building.
A copy OF General r. E. Lees fare.
we'll address. presented by Mrs. ].
! Taylor Ellyson.
a picture of the Jefferson Davis
mansion.
| Richmond. Virginia, yesterday and
to-day. Supreme Council. r. A. May
Is. 1912.
! Forty-hrst annual report OF DIR. j. A
c. Chandler. Superintendent of the
Public Schools of tho city of Richmond
! for 1910.
Richmond College catalogue. June
1911
Invitation from Richmond Chapter
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
/ to the Confederate Ball at Masonic
Temple. May II, 1912
Photograph laying conversion ST
Thomas Church. III Ginteg Park.