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r. Tlffi NEWS AND OBSERVER, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1912. V. PRESBYTERIAN procession were the marshals. Mlsssa Annl Had Lewla, Chief; Suit I'rowB. eUrah Met lee, AfnM Wilson, loulas lleeaon. Following same the ''"iii In order, th frea rimes flr.t, 1'receding the senior war Prldent hioehard and the faculty. Th grad uate themselves, eight In number, bore their class colors, blu and yel low. v their arm. Mopping In a sort of semi-circle before a raised data beneath a luige oak tree, tha un derclassman rnnalnad standing until HI F THE BOTLER MEN IS ON AT PEACE LI At Annual Sermon by Presiding Elder Bumpass and Ad dress of Miss Head Leading important Work Yesterday First Exercises Sunday Morn Three of These in Session in Think Colonel Harris Did Not me senior had Ukrn thalr MU HiclST vJOIll'S MISSIONS GHER BODIES 0 ASSEMBLY.SQUTHj MASONIC DECREES 1UGHAT1KE1 1217R.M.TnnRY . . senior had utrn thslr seal in i , , Whom He Wat Affianced, in Order That He Might Wed Another and Richer Woman . Motn. Ms, lajr tl. Kit heson waa eJectrooxited at 11-17 thl tTuea day) morning. . Klfhaon apent much of hla time Monday In prayer and In reading hla felble. UoaUtn. Mass., May II Tha cur rant wa turned on at 11:10:0 and tha prisoner wu declared totally dead u it-.u. -jTh former llaptlat clergyman n f eased potaunar f Avla Llnncil. of Jtyaanls. till one-time eweelh.-ail. waa outwardly ralm whm he entered th death chamber and hi- majiiialii d his rompoaur while the straps and leotrod Were being adjind'd ba at la the electric chair . Herbert W. HU-bblns. II" OB ehanlaln. the Warden. It in nigra, I utd assistants, made up lh ri-ai of thoej rranted admlaalon to thu death , i,i,,n , pointed out tha road leadlna 4Mumbar. Kkhraoii had no eutii-r. 1 nWHrd and upward, greatly aiding aytng that he dealred none A''"riand encouraging tha noblo women In Nlll Uttlv fruit, he lixhted a iIkhx. ;,nfllr hiir f,,r the evaiigallaatlou of nd he waa Bitting on the ie of hlalhl, wor,, Rn(1 paying comfort to H. apparently enjoying hla "k'.m heart preaanl. wbmh, uapuiy waroen to be worn durtna the elocution. Klcheeon nodded .almly to the drp Uti but avid nothing. r He eapreeaed a doalre laet after ' ftoon to t hla brother Itouglaa Itli-h-eeon, of ('hlntgo. who la In the lty. ' . The former . lergyinan told hla aplrlt- aJ adviser, the llev lr. H. K. Johnaon . that he could meet hla brother wlth : eat fear of rollapalng He had rec onciled hlmaelf to hla fate, he added , i and felt that he waa at peaue with ' Uod and tha world. Itouglaa Htche- tea decided thle afternoon that he Would not go to hla brother. The condemned man elept anundly for lour houra thla morning after be : log awake nearly all night, tie waa rle and even cheerful at Urn re dur- lag the Bight, octaalonajly alnglng a hymn or repeallnc hla favoflta Scrtp i tural pa a gm. Detail ot th Kawnllon. (By the Associated Trees I : Beaton, Mass.. May 10 - Hloheson walked to the chair erect, eyes straight ahead until he sat down. ' The he closed his eye and kept them ahut until the end. Heated In th rhlr, he was aaked a eerie of " uaetlona by the Rev. Mr. Jnhnnn. hla ,.-Bj-WMl e4vleer. During- his answer .' t he eJd: "OoA will take of my eoul ad I pray (or all. I forgive every-. hody." " I Th last of the questions waa: "JtT yu willing to die (or Jeaus daturf- the real, fm vn, TffUOr,dulatd lode, wa atwrplr ! B-tiilng to dl." -' The eurrenl kpPlCea wae ot 1S00 Yoha, eight anvfir. One ap plication waaatufnotMt. When the officlala nf the eieru- tlon enters BS death chamber after "'t"l",Ba' threusrh the prison yard In ' aTpSitTng rain they heard sounding thro Ugh tn walls ttw siraine hi oii It waa I'.lcheaon and hla spiritual ad ' vleera. Mr. Johnaon and Chaplain HUblna, slnflng. IrtsUncUj audible ' ' aa they closed -wers the words: "Tor I know, whate'r befall me. Ju doeth all thlnits well.' Rlrheson lift his cell smiling at 11:01. Befoie atartlng on the death inarch h shook hamls with Wm. A. Mores, his counsel, who at the last moment had been admitted aa a wlt eea of the eieiutlon snd with the two chaplains, the Itev. M J. Mur phy, the Catholic prlaon chaplain be- ; tng also present. Then he aald: "I'm ready" and walked on He whs dress ed plainly In a black cheviot suit, a (rock coal, white vest, white shirt, turned down collar and a black bow ' tie, with gold studs on hla shirt front. nd with low black shoea, brightly . ahlbed. His head was shaved down the middle. The party then entered the chamber. Itlcheevn. accompa tiled by the clergvmen followed soon sifter, the unfrocked mtnlater appear , tng aa calm aa either of hla rum Vantnns. Among manv letters eddreaaed to 5 ' lilcheeon hl h were opened by Warden Hrldses today waa one which waa found to contain cyannldc of . potassium 11 was mailed fHom Hta tlon N. New York city, on May . it I in. It contiilnl no clue to the sender, the powder helng cni loeed in a amnll . , - , . sifcS-envelope marked hesdei he towdere." Anelyals. devel-i- oped that It mi polaon of the smiiih nature as Ihel whkli killed Avla l.ln- nell Attorney loreo aold that he nd vtsed Warden Hrtdges to make public i the fact of the receipt of this letter. ! Tllcheson aaa entirely Innocent of I anv knowb-dse of Its having been Bent, the Attorney dei lared He add- - ad that he had every reason to believe I the condemned man bed no expecta tion of sny en. h mesne of deth Last Chance to Enter Names for Nominations in Wake County Th entries Of candldntes for office r for party positions In the lemo rratlo or In ths Republican party In Wak county ends at midnight to- -BiehL The law for the legalised primary im take Place on June flmt makes It obligatory to have in all nominations i Wtth th Register of Weds at least tea day prior tn the primary, and 1 th Botlc has been given that th tea days' limit will expire at mld night Tuesday, May SI. All named Must be filed try that time or thev , trill not go on the ticket fur the primary- Thla appllea to all office on which ther la to he a vote, 1 To the MtateVa JfVfan. rteput Bherlff H. at. KarBteT, of Wilaon. yeeterdsy brought to th Ktate'e Prleon Jim Oren, a negro, sent up tot ten year. He waa oon vlrtw f havlne stolen a horw and hnsrr front Mr. Haywood WlnaUad, .sow horn to near Kim City. r-ttXH .sUta-hla DaaghMw U pus upcratra Today. t. Hubert A. Boyr, Dr. C. O. Aberoathy aad l. id Claranc Jtii srill asasw thla morning for Boot lan 4 Nock, where they will perform as cperalVMi est the young daughter of CnrrewsWuMI and Mr. ' Clade TONIGHT THE" END :,M.TOiiw.v,.' 7v,. v.: u,7r-M.v. ' v-vwwni; KiRy t;l(,-:f'.;7" .Thl, wk ,. of th. Rial. todi.. One Tenth of What thn Idnn. N. C. May 20--Tha par feci and delightful westher Hundsy fame aa a benediction to mark tha closing scenes of a buay week, and the rhuri'h waa filled to an overflow for the annuel aernion by Presiding KlUi-r It. K. Ilumpaa before the Womnns Hums Mission Hoclety of the Norlli Carolina Conference. Meth odist Kulscopal Church, Huuth. and It wan h sweet mcaaiiga of peace and jioniforl I hie consecrated man of lod ri,.iw r. .1 Tin- work of the noble wooiiri fur Ibla aeaalon of the confer hud ended, und aa they present ed theinselyas In I lie san tuary on Ibla Ix-aullf ul .febbath day to receive milt, ml comfort, the picture muat ha K been well pleasing In tha Bight . . r tin- Lord Mr. llumpn selected for tin text froverba 20:11: Where there la no vlalon. tha people pariah." I it-Hi h niHii of deep consecration hiuI with creel faith. Mr. Humps dwell, upon tha mountain of hop, end I hie Inaplratlon he Imparted to bia hearers Hunday aa with a clear At tha evening aeaalon there waa even a much larger congregation than at the morning session, fur It had tien nolaed abroad that alls Mabel Head, of Nashville. Tenn., Waa to de liver the address and the overflow was accommodated by th opening up of the Hunday school auditorium connecting It with the main audito rium of the church. Ml as Head la one of the anost ener getic and delightful of speakers. No one can sit unmoved aa with beaming countenance she presents thla great cause of missions. Kor a text she siilil "The resnurcsa of Uod are promlaed only to thoae who undertake the program of Uod." She gave an interesting story of the work of the church among thoee who alt In darkneea. Hhe told of the great work that la being done In the Italian aettlement on the I'aclni: Coast, of the lubore of love and devotion ol th mlaslonarlea among th Cubans and how (Jod by his program la calling US to a larger view, and that the ri . of Jesus Christ Is en changing the hearta and minds of (r- father and husbands of heath',, lands that they no longer sell the.V children and wives Into slavery, Miss Head then told of the grr tide of Immigration flowing Int 0Ur midst and that It waa no lonjr confined to Nsw York and C,, ago. but that our own southland eras being overrun with these foreign era Hhe then told uf the activity of the Mormon elders In propagating their polygamnua doctrines and of the dantrer threatened by their litera ture they are acattertng brondcael. "Oh. my friends," she said, "help to carrv out (lod'a program for the evaJi gellsatlon of the world and In thla work vnu will find that all the re sources of Ood's program ars given lo you" Nothing like even a hrlef synopsis could be itlven of her stirring address, and the Urre iiudtenee sat aim oat spellbound under her matchles words of eloquence as ahe held up and pictured the aeenea and home of many places she had visited In the broad field of missions, and so Inspiring acre her words thst not s few were almost moved to ths point of saying. "Hers am I. 1ord, send me. send me." At the conclusion of ths sddress Mrs. John, president of the society, took the chslr and Mrs Charles Mil ler read the reeolutlon expressing thanka to ths people of Weldon for cordial greetings and dellKhtful hos pitality, to th Weldon auxiliary for the splendid "social hour' given et the home of Mr. l.ee Johnaon. to the i nolr for tha delightful mualc rur nlehed and lo the reporter of The Nrwa and, OhrrvT for the splendid and accurate reports of th meetings sent to that paper. These resolutions were unanimously adopted. Mr It N Mann, of Durham, who has mads such an excellent recording secretary for the past two year, was re-elected secretary by acclamation, and Mr It. . Burton, of Raleigh, wss re ejected editor of the column In the Advocate The name nf these two officers were accidentally omitted from the Hat sent In Saturday nlitht. Today the delegates all returned lo their home, plaad with their visit. ancouragexl ny !ne exceueni repone i" . ' ,,. , ,h. ference and Weldon will for some time feel the Influence of such an assem l ly of consecrated, earn eel worker In the lyird'a vineyard and bids them tied speed ss they begin the srork for another conference year. I William L. Wilson's Home County Swept by Woodrow; Mercer, West Va., Also In structs for Gov. Wilson (Hy U A. BTtOP.) Washington, May 10. Th Wllann bureau gave out the following; state merit tonight: "While he was carrying th day In North Carolina Oovsrnor Woodrow Wilson triumphed orar Speaker Clark In a primary contest In the home county of William rviison, wno we ANOTHER WILSON SHOWDOWN one of the greatest leader that the , theve hide until the fi Ishtened animal Iiemocratlc party haa produced In , turned Into a telephone pole a few Congreaa. The following Ulecrara . feet further on. A number of pr from Hon. William Campbell at ' son ruahed to their aswlatance and Charlestown. Wat Virginia today i succeeded III removing then, frn, ,n tells of the result: vehlol beor slther was injured "At today prlmartaa Woodrow Mia Davis was pl,-,d In n auto. Wtason swspt Jffrsen, th banner moblla ru.hed to Riewart'a Hanl IXmocratle county of Waat Virginia, ! turlum. where medical attention was and th horn of th great Democrat- ; rendr4. A report from there a rw c leader, William L. Wilson. Wast Virginia Democrat believe that the mantle of th great tariff reformer haa fallen en hla namesake' "Mnresr. another bugs West Vir ginia county In th heart of th coal mining melon, also Instructed for Qovemor Wlksoa In Pan or Bay's pr. rnary contest. Thla county Instructed is favor af tfe Botnlnatlon of Law rsno Turner. atrong Wllaoa man, la- delct-t-iarg. ANOTHER STEP LOOKING TO UNION OF CHURCHES Contest Ovtr Prptrtion of Popu lar SUtdaient Embodying Doc trines of th Church Precipitat ed, by Requeiti Prompted by tht Dlmmiiuting of False Charge That Church Believes in Infant Damnation, Predestination and "Souli of Hell" Progressives Won Out on Close Vote Other Mattera. II V the AseorUIrd Prraea I Ilrlatol, Tenn.. Mav 0 The adop tion of a reanlutlun to appoint an ad Interim committee to prepare a brief popular statement of (Jie doctrines of the church, which was adopted by a narrow majority and after a lively debate the paasage of a reeolutlon to appoint a committee to confer with the I nited I'reabytertan t'hursh on the aulilei t of a union with that or ganliallon, the re pert of the Com mittee on Church Hortetlea. recom mendlna tha appointment of a woman secretnrv, the consideration of a pro poae rTau, poaeil amendment to the elect Iniani f the Confession of Kalth. to be euhmlttedlo the presbyteries and 'the mloiitinn of the minority report of the Committee on Marrlsge and Il vone. refualng to submit tn the pres byteries the matter of a revision of the lonfsaalon In thla respect, were ine principai doings or today in tne (leneral Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Churoh. The contest over the preparation of a popular statesment embodying the doctrine of th church waa pre clpltated by requests from mission arles and overt urea from preabvteries asking thla on acoouat of the pre)u riti-M HCHlaat the ehiirrh hi,-H iim It, la charged bf It enemies with bellev - Ing In Infant damnation and pr.d-etl n.tinn nf b,oJ hail it ,.i,..,i a furht k-Ina, the - "osresslve and -.nu.-..tt.. .a th. , "isaer led bv iw r v . . Well I won by a vot of SI to II. Ii TaVance , plead for tha asaemblv to Xut in Twentieth Century tsrma the trS . of our confession " Ir. F M. Wood, nf West Virginia. said that the rrttlrlsm was not i agalnst the confession, but really against the word of Uod I)r. H F Heed, declared In spsaklng on the subject that there waa no use In talk ing of union with the I'nlted Presby terian "If we ars going to discredit our confeaalon." Wrong speeches were made against it. but the advocates urged that the statement waa not to compromise any , of the teachings in ths confession, j but tu explain them. The resolution lo appoint th commit! wss oarriea ,w olt at our poor, pitiful selves, we As pure love and tend rest memory by a vote of SI to 13 'wonder all the more bow we may In our heaNa enshrine Dr. W. E. Hogg, of Atlanta. plad,b ,.k H. w. toid that,Iy of toll and day of pleasure. for a chang in ma ronieasion so as lo authorise only one ground of dl vnrc -Impurity. He loat by ths adoption of the report of the majority of hla committee There was much debate on the gub lect of the elect Infant clauae nnd majority mid minority reports came from the committee on this subject IT. Webb, of Louisville, presented the matorlty report, which propoaes that the confession shsll be amended so as to provide specifically thst ail Infapta are elected and resenerated. The minority report, presented by Iir I. H. McRlrox of Macon, Oa.. contain ed practically the same expression In s different form. The consideration of this matter was deferred All peskers said that thn confeaalon as It stands does not teach Infant damnation, but that It wss capable of that conetruetlon. Tha report of th Committee on , systsmatio beneficence wss adopted with slight amendments The chief feature la the appropriation of IIM, 000 for foreign missions and 1119.000 for Assembly's home mission.. The report of the committee on Romanism will be madn tomorrow afternoon and will be one of the Im portant event of the Assembly meet ing. One Leaped From Vehicle and ! Was Dangerously Injured:1 Her Companions Escaped With a Bad Scare; All at New Bern (Hpeclal to News and observer I New Hem, May 20 Lu thla af ternoon a horse belonging tn Mr W. C. Willett end which waa hitched to a trap In which were Misses liertha Willett. Lids Davis, lia Ijind and Violet Polka, became frightened at some trlval object and madn a wild dash down Craven atreet. The young ladlea screamed for assistance, but owing to the fsct that the thund ertng hoof beats of ths frightened animal drowned the full import of their ortea, no one came to their aid FOUR LADIES AND A RUNAWAY HORSE Just after crossing S. nth KYont ; In conclusion h eghortea Hi near street Mis Davis, who is the daiigb-'ria to be in., re Ilk Christ. tor of Capt. W. It Iavla. aroa.- and prepared to Jump from the vehicle Although highly excited her , ,.m panlon tried to restrain h.-r. but without avail Bha leaped from ths swaying vehicle, but mis. al. iil.ued ths distance and struck the paemei,t with frightful force. Th other young ladln r.-ml.,.,l in houra imxmt ...ieu mai ner Condition wa serlou. Mlaa D via Mr at Hoapiul. Nsw Born. N. c. May So Mlaa LI da Darla, who was thrown from a oajrlag oa Craven street late thla vKg. tUad at MUwart'g siaaltartswa a fsw mtauts before ten o'clock to night. BsamlnaUon showed that her skull was fractured at th bss of th brala. Dirril AllftraTr DDCAPUCD unbunknUnLn I L rnt.nuiikiiji.aea of the fai ulty and the aorrow of Muiic of That M ormng a Dmtinct Featur Sermon of Intense Practical Worth Ceremonies Continued Yesterdiy With Art Eihibit One of the Phases of it Major Hemphill is to Be the Commencement Orator Tomor rowJother Things of the Period. j ' I n m i : 1 1 1 1 1 1 i M TODAY'" IMWM.KAM. S P. m. Alumnae Meeting In Parlor. t:S0 p. m. -Ann uul i oncert. 1 1 milium The first of the voniirniement ex errleea of Peace Institute was the bac calaureate rmon Hunday morning, prssched to crowd that filled the first Prwabyterlan church, ran th main building over and levied heavily upoa th Sunday m ho,, I room I'pon the front seat a uf th church sat th Peace girls They were dress ed tn beautiful white and their chor uses were a distinct feature of ths morning. Acoompejiled by pip or igan and plep, thev ll1 their Inst itution a great credit by th classj of music thev tendered Dr. Walter I. I.lngle many yeera pastor of on of Atlanta a greet I'ree- .... ,.., i ,. ,thl Mc"ormlch prr-feasorshlp of the I'nlon Theological Seminary, teaching i Hd Testament Literature and Inter pretation, preached the sermon. The sermon was hsaed upon the last psaauge of . Peter The words i are- 'In th "But grow ye In the grace and knowledge at our lrd ana jHsvlor Jeaus C'hrtat." ! " t la a familiar one. he id I lov lo preach upon familiar ihemea Thr la aomethlng that ap peals to you In th lt m of treat mB Ilk Ralnt I'etsr It is worth a greet deal If I underetand the rVrloture slight, s part of the soapel Is to save souls but that le a . ,.,,dary r.Uer It l a part of laem. and a glorious part to send souls to heaven, but that Is slso a secondary matter. The preacher Illustrated his mean ing The object of the Scripture is to make men Ilk Christ The accent of th Rlbl la not upon saving men from hell, but upon saving them from their sin Th uee of the gospel srs the making of Christ like men 1 shall awake In Hla likeness) sat i.ej ,n speaker quoted, "and tm ur everybody wwBt to be Uks Mn, n,, I( k done? When XI cannot l.y motlgni ton one r , to our at.iture How less can we by .hoi.e I.-.,, m. like Mm. Christl.mltv Is a growth, a pro, e W learn thla from th world about ua first the blade, then the ear. then the full , orn In the ear. When w be gin to look about ua and And that the lowest forma of life develop most quickly, we ahall not become dlavour lulckly. we shall not Decome a, u, ,ged It take, but a night In which o spring up a muehroom. but what a It worth - It take 4 hundred year, to grow one of the giam oeas. n takea but a few dy to grow some Insect hut it require twenty-five years or maybe more to develop the mnt him rhvelcal man while we still older and maturer for greet po sitions In the world. And w It ha come about that we wlh a man fifty years or more old when we choose him for the presidency. Her Dr l.lngl spoke of spiritual atarvallon He told th etory or a friend of his whom he had not seen In a great many year The friend 1 bad a child dying with malaria and the parents were rushing to a moun tain r II male Hoon a change had been wrought and from a sickly, weatened baby, ther cam a perfect specimen. ' The child had been 1H Ing In an atmosphere Ihsl starved It. ' he shIiI He ou never seen a Christian starving' He haa taken either the wrong thing or nothing at all A newborn babes, wa are told, we de sire tbe sincere milk of the word. "A man may llv a moral life, but still be so stingy that It Isn't long be fore It Is written In his face. A man and a womsn may live together .. long thut thev walk together, talk to s-.ther. think the same things .nd look alike. ' Dr. I.lngle told a good story of a voung woman who confessed thst the itii.ie whs losing lntrst for hr. Hh had read It over and over. he said but it didn't grip and hold hr. 'ne day her pastor told hr If read until It told her aomethlng. "then Inv It down ind go t and do It. It would li a new meaning to her She tried It ,.nd It completely changed her Ills storv of Cromwell' coming In t,. i. , hur. h and eeelng th atatu.rv wbl. h be didn't understand. "W hut la i hut h- ked. and waa told "Th., Tw.-lw. Ap-stle " Th oio ruritai. was diss ,ied "Whoever heard of the Apostles sitting down doing noth ing Melt that statuary into the com of the realm and sVnd " Into the world to do good." Th minister called for a melting of th SUtuary "hev mlvht be llsx tn "ex o king a figure of Cl. found It so unsatisfactory tha a Child could see in it only great maa.. He worked iard and soon has It Bhapen a to portray to Infanta th DWInlty hl.-h he so much wtahed to how. i. a,, srac and In the knowledge of our.Lsrd Barlour. Jeeua Chrlel Thy may be to see mo-h of Christ la arssWeaL but we m.y press to srah la Hla hka sat- l.ned " tlaa Day KxeicSsiav l-'oliowing th HcJaura.t swmnn i.-eterday morning th commenct- n ent at Pec Inatltata la now In full swing At fiv clooh yatrday af- ternoon. tiling la two long columns down to th mans path where th two llsea Joined Into-short wlumn of twos, the senior and thalr frUnns of tharuilTand tiadwtrlaaw- marched . of th surely tutldlng t th aoot Basset t ths-John V. Daaoy waa defeated by two l bixx d j"sxii i Is a It ws a plctare votea for editorship ef th Star of i7LZZ wus badlea la whit, with : Klon, the official Conference publlca 17 TaV aisnlt! atth csvnsnand of Itsoa.' Many delegates ars tearing to habos rows pehoel ' girts. wn thetr hemes aad Wdnaadar moralng Iowa thepelh stntneg th oallsg ther wlU ba du of abut iii T" JL x.l7. Tdla IbslslUI ral&lns. mwMMt vhv - , l-relBtlon of the elaaa for the kind- the laae In leaving the "sacred walla ,f I'ee.e " Then followed th history of the I, i as by Mlaa Catherine N. lingers, of Italelgh. It waa a faithful and well written account of the dolnga of the ' luaa from the frcahmati day Mia Nannie I'l-Hewa). of Jacksonville, liorldM, read the class prophecy. It wss original and brought forth much I'l'pleuee. The clnaa song came next, and then. I r lliawley. aa Jhe class surgeon snd phrenologist, dissected four hesrta. lo the delight of - the srhoolmalvs nf the seniors whose se cret were thus disclosed. Having stated the feci that the four seniors who hesrta were left untouched were lacking In thla delicate organ, he proceeded with great cleverness to read the secrets of those young Indies from the shape of their beads. Tor this occasion the surgeon "pro tern" wss robed In s white operating gown with his face muffled, while accom penylng him was a very neai and trim nurae with her red croaa cap and accoutremenla. With a mouthful of legal terms and expressions. Mlaa K.lli abeth Fparrow. of Lowell. N C . read the last will and testament of ths rlase. Ths division of the common properties and Imaginary valuables were received with greet enthusiasm and enjoyment by the listening spec tator Without a doubt the moat original production of the day and. Judging from th applause of those: who knew ths Inside workings of thai college during their stay wtth'ln ' H walla, the moat truthful and appro priate waa Mlae Nannie I'ettaway !'Hlnts to the Wise " It showed dev. er Insight Into th characters and ths little weaknesses of her claasmatea Throughout It a great amount of wit and cleverness turned upon her class mates brought out round after round ! hundred, one hundred visitors in at of spplsuse tendance upon the tlrand chapter, aa As s farewell gift to the Juniors well aa one hundred member of Ra the eight seniors presented the elsM ' Chapter and Chapter Masons members of the class of nixt year ! rwsldent In Italelgh Thla banquet with the class color. Then followed i wl11 business man's banquet and the Dlantlns of the rlasa tree The I not a dress erTalr young ladles si ting aa the sponaora of the tree were Misses Pat Walser. I Kllsabeth 8parrow. and Mary Itay i liathered around the tree, which may one day grace the campus with Its ahad. the whole student body closed the exercises with the besuttful aong. "Alms Mater " Alan Mater. In the heart of Carolina Neath Its sklea of blue. Ptands our noble Alma Mater. (Morions to view Classic tn her proud proportions lnka shs proudly down Reared against the arch of heaven, With the stars for crown Chorua. 1.1ft the chorus, speed It on ward. I.et It never cease! Hall to thee., our Alma Ma ter: Hall, all hall to Peace' Clambering o'er the walla and I umna col- Hlatorlc Ivies twine. .oa joy. Hardship struggles without measure, ' -iiooiii kiioj noma. Art Kihlhit. 3l'iordtng to the regular program, at so In the evenlns the doors of th, studio were thrown open for the re.-ept.on of guest, and for th. In- j ...... ".r" " " i,J"..r ! f the work done by the art .'." - ;'" "' ""' of , roduot Ion. on exhibition were of , , a high order and a decided complt- men, , Mr, , Moore, the ccnm- , pushed head of thla department The ,,pe of arfiettc endeavor shown l,y the work of the pupils waa wldi- embracing. cartooning. I "fe on crayon, oil and water lore, and Unda, aoe work. In this department special emphasis U placed h . , .e. M ....... .w. ,..rL f the eni (Hit of 7 nieces of work exhibition, only ten of them were "i-lea aT,d ,.en they were of an un usual ouulity of faithfulness This Is mandatory In the system of instruc tion used by Mrs Moore Ainoiig the artists two young ladles from llal.-lgh held prominent place. They , i- Mis Kuth Adams and Visa t r. Hay Miss Adams showed -spe,mi tu(.nt In her still life paint ing though one piece of work, an oil l-air'nit ,.f orange, and grapes, lost inu' h f its real effect by reason of h certain fault In the selection of a an!'.,! .le frame There were other h .ne er which quite made up for tbie Mm Itay, in her landscape and lorUi.it sketches, was st her beat. Misa Annie Montague contributed a ap!, ndi.1 p!ic, of work, effective in execution and faithful In likeness in he- portrait of "Miss (1" "ThelASt Lose , ' S immer" was a hit of work I diss I'.uth Tate ihat disclosed an cr-jeuai Mrtlsllc perception. In her oil work ilsa Mabel Pugh showed talent Creditable work was also I- I i Mlssea Nannie T'etteway, M ;-! linnkln. Mildred Stoddard. V:n o i Whit- Mnrv Kxum Th.- 1 1 1 n . i exhibit was of an un ,is ia. s it The originality of the ex h i aa marked. li all the work of the year haa u very successful and thle depart ment cwdently holda an Important e in the school courses. Negro General Conference at Charlotte Adjourns Tonight; What Was Done at Yes terday's Sessions ape'tsl to Nw and Observer.) harlotte. My 10 Pending final adt-.urnmeot Tuewday night the 0ft- fri Conference of the A. M. E. ZlOO church Is hurrying to complete th rei. alnlng business on th calendar, Tn' sppertlonment of the IIM.OM general assessment by a commit! the chief Item of today's husinssa, misslona and education getting th a renter part. Th committee refused to carry out th wtehe of th Coa- lrr.it.-, that th church extension had mtsetonery secretaries office b Doa- solidated, th Conference finally up holding thm. ' , - Dr. W. U Oober wa. r.ited President of Livingstons College. i - - , ;'. ZIONMETHQDISTS of the higher .Masonic tlei-re'f Will n,ri I In Italelgh In annual session. Todsy there meet the Omul Chs li ter of Koyal Arch Masons, which comprises forty-two chapt va an 1 lu.s s iiiemberslvlp In the MJate or over 2. 800. of which Mr. Hugh A. Murrill, of Charlotte. Is now th Grand High J'rlest, snd on Wednesday li e (JrunJ Council of Royal and flelact Martere, of which Professor John T. Alderman, or Henderson, Is (I rand Muster, and ths tlrand Coinmnndery of Knight Templars', of which Mr. Wlllliini C. I'rown. pr Winston, la tlrsml Com msnder These grand bodies were here the last time In l04. Tha pro grain of these meetings Is as follows: Tunaday. May Slat. 1:00 p. m - opening of Orand Chap ter tilth Annual Convocation). 1:15 p in. Hanuuel (Varborough Hotel) Wealnrwday, May Hd. :15 a. in. order of High Priest hood I at dd Fellows Hall, No IIS Kayetlevllle street). 11:00 a m Meeting of Hecretarles of Chapters 10:4& a. m - Second Heaslon of Urand 'hapter 2:Sv p. in. - Meeting of Grand Coun ill (14th Annual Assembly) 5 00 p. m. - Musical Concert st Mere dith College (corner Kdenton and Ulount atreets). S 00 p m. Meeting of (trend Com- At44Hdery illfl Annual Conclave) Thursday. May and 0 s. m - Hecond on of Urand I Commandery. The banquet- i he given by Italelgh Chapter No. 10 of Royal Arch Masons, complimentary to the tlrand Chapter, at which cover will be laid for two The musical concert give at Mere " co'legs at t o clock Wednesday sfternoon. complimentary to ths vlslt- Ing Mason will be open to the pub lie and th cltlxens of Raleigh are moat cordially InvTted to attend. Due , notlc of thla concert will be given In , the papers - All of the aeaslons of th Masonic I bodies will be secret, though the prln li lpsl Item of business transacted will be given out each dajr " The Local Committee on Arrange ments onslsts nf H (' Butler. Chair man . A B Andrews, Jr . William A ( ooper, A. M. Meupin, .. H. Mulllna I .1 W. Smith, W. R. Hmlth. and N. L. I Walker I Along with the other ctttsen of I Raleigh a welcome Is extended th Mason to thla city to hold thslr an Inual meetings. l PAN-PRESBYTERIAN PENTECOSTAL UNION That is the Plan for Next Year When Both Northern and South ern General Assemblys Meet There. 'By the Associated Press ) Atlanta. Ua.. May 89 With two , rr' ' l""? "V" "C'?r,i 'V',,01"' "?V,L"." ," meet here in I til, local Preabyts- -lans are bending their energies to sa- curing the third, when preparations , f V n()Wn PaJ f,r ur)ftn p Th 8ou,h Prbyt.rtan Ambly. now meeting st Bristol. Tenn.. and th Northern Presbyterian Assembly, meeting at Louisville, within the past week have decided to come to Atlanta neat year. Ir Hugh K. Walker, pastor of the Klrst Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. ''' ".or.."., m sr, unrig in loulsvUlr action today, now 1. en route to Hcattle. Washington, where he will lay the proposition before the I'nlted I Carolina Hons of th Revolution, freebyterian Assembly, which con- i with Misa Violet Alexander, chairman vnes this week. Ixycal churchmen ' of the tablet committee. MaJ. W. A. have received assurance, it Is said. (iraham with Mrs. A. B. Andrews, tht this organisation also will decide chairman of the Wake County Chap on Atlanta for thslr next meeting ter of Ule Daughter of the Revolu P1r, Hon, Hon. Walter Clark with Mr. E. me three branches of the dennml- nn-inins are expecien io oring s.uuo to S.O00 church Vorkers to this city next Msy. IV HIS BARE FKET AD HEAD. Midnight Prowler I .ended After Los ing His Uood In a House. The officer this morning caught a strange negro who declines to give his nams. and locked him, up on a charge of burglary Ths unknown black wss discovered In the house of Joe Hawkins during the night and In the rush to get away lost his hat and shoes. I-ater he turned up at th station and being under spot, was soon In hot water. I He left but wa later taken by th po lio. When locked up he refuaed to tell who he was and me officers don't know his name. They are rather Inclined, to th be lief that h Ig not an accoiapllshed burglar hut a half-witted marauder who gets drunk and get caught. Bo far aa they hav been able to learn, the black fellow did not steal any. thing worth while. Jury in Case of Alleged Slayer of Asheville Policeman Mc Conneli Discharged Be cause They Couldn't Agree (By the Associated Press) - Ashevtile, N. C. May 10 After be ing out for exactly sixty-eight hour, th Jury considering th ess nf Was H rawer, th negro charged with th murder of Patrolman McConnsll her laat July, returned to court thlajxtorn-' Ing and announced they could not reach an agreement. Judg Long withdrew a Juror and declared a mis trial In th case. A subsequent, poll of th jury by a reporter showed that ten were for oonvldlon for seo cad degree murder and two held ouf for acquittal. Th first ballot. It la aald stood als for first dgre murder and six for acquittal. Th fury haa reported for Instruction thro times. - and th last tint th unusual form of putting two witnesses back tha stand wa resorted to. rth rutbh - ' - "'' s COUTH County Should Have; A Bolters Convention The Hut kr Bernard alliance In poll Ilea Isn't overwhelmed with a sense of the closeul In the county convention of laat Haturduy. The fact Is. Chairman Butler, that was, had Usorge tllonn In the sub way Invert, on Martin street, and Mr. Ulenn'a Job was lo count the crowd. That wasn't hard lo do. Hut Mr. tllenn was commissioned to do mors. He not only estimated the gathering, but he singled the men out and put the brand upon them. The delegates were: .1 C. L. Har hls. KnmioU Htone, Willis lirlggs C. I. Wilde J. L. William. K. . Mor rison, Luther White, Lynn Htephen aoti. J. J Penny, Walter lerrell. lud ley I'eed end W. C. lAsslter This makes a delegation of 12 men Besides these were W. T. Barrow, V. C. Oulley, Dave Watta. J It. Med lln, A. D. Bryant, Aaelatant Post- I msster P C. Ilotdlng. revenue men. W (I. Martin, W T telamar. K. W. 1 Merritl, Thomas Htephenaon. V. C. .Uarrard and Puatmaster W H. Chamblee. HUH more were Henry Hmlth. K II Hood. Jo Williams Nathan llollemaji and W. J An drews These were not delegates, It la siil,l Nn, there are 122 lawful dalegetsi In Vtake county That Is whst s county convention ought to have for It represents the strength of ths paxty Hince the great Republican light la local self government and "rule of the people," especially Teddy rule. It begins to look a little amusing to hear more of the popular rule and see how It delegates turn the trick Chairman l ',' i Rutler and his friends do not admit that they era dead They expect tn be seated at the National Convention and to see the Htate convention s work over turned. Mr. Butler does npt admit that ths bust meeting of Colonel Har ris amounts to anything. He ex pecta to aee an entirely different ticket put out and nominated "This Is Just s bolters' convention." he said a day or two ago, "and it Is not go Ing to nomlnsts. You can't elect bolters." Mr Butler does not think that ths turning out Saturday ought to be con sldsred a convention He doean't believe that there could be defended any such claim that It represented the party or in a single wise could bs called an expression of th peo ple! will. On hs face, 11 delegates of a possible 112. It does seem that there cannot bs very successfully maintained the claim of local aelf gvvsmment. But Colonel Harris says It Is It and than on the strength of a primary expression, he will take the stump a-aint the Democrat and challenge them to a joint Issue. RECEPTION LAST NIGHT. Brilliant Social Affair at th Yar borough in Honor of the Colo nial Dames; Over Two Hun. dred Guests Present Over two hundred distinguished guests were present at the delightful reception In honor of th Colonial Dame laat night at the Yarborough House, which waa given by th Son of th Hevolutlon The Interior of the lobby and ths balcony overlooking the lobby waa very appropriately decorated In I'nlt ed Htate and North Carolina flag while fragrant flower adorned th tables In the rooms Uellcloua re freshments were served. In th receiving line was Hon. J. Bryan Ortmea, president of the North . 1 I'rince, of Wilmington: Dr. D. H Hill, vice-president of the North Car olina Hons of the devolution, with Mrs Hill; Mr. A. B. Andrew Jr. chairman of the hoard of trustees of the Sons of the Revolution, with Mr Andrew. The out-of-town guests wer as follows: Miss Violet Alexsnder, Miss Mary Irwin. Mrs. Charles C. Hook. Mra Henry A. London. Jr.. Mr. M. K. Ab- lernethy. Mr Thomas Haughtnn. Mra. ! W. a. Llddell, Mia Lucy Halliburton, Mra T. W. Haklna, Mr P. M. Brown, Miss Vail, of Charlott; Mra J. P. Allison and Mrs. R. . Toung. of Concord; Mr. A. C. Zolllooffr. Mra. W. o. Bhannon, Mra C. M. Cooper, Mr Sidney P. Cooper, Mra. Alex. Cooper. Mra John D. Ro, Mlaa Lo landar Hunter,, of Henderson: Mrs. L. K Morehead. Mrs. A. O. Carr. and Mra J. K. Wily of Durham; Mr. B. L. Prince, of Wilmington: Mra. John H. Anderson, of Fayttevlll; Mrs. Frank Sprulll, of Rocky Mount: Mr. Oeo. C. Ooodman. of Morrisvlll; Mra rsllg Harver, of Klnston: Mr. Chart Dalton. of Greensboro; Mlag Mary Crawford, Mr. Henry Armond London, ot Plttabnro; Mrs. V. M. Mama of Newton: Mra J. O. Boy II n. of Wsdssboro; Mr Marshall Wil liam and Mr Carleton Weatherly. of Falson. Mra C. Elwood Brown, vice-president of ths California Daughters of th Revolution, of Ban Francisco, Cel. was among the guests prwssnt last night. FOR BKKT ICW AY ON THK.vHTAllS AST) BAR. Offered by J. J. navla CharKe I . D. C. and Won by WlUlaaa Win ston, of Ixmlsbnrg iBpeclal to New and observer.) ltilshurg. May t Ths Jo. J. Dovta Chspter of th V. Di C LoutB burg. tnrough th gaweroslty of Mlaa Jessie Randolph Smith, of Hender son. N ('.. offersd a gold modal for th best essay on th "War and Bar." which waa design by Loula burg man and raised In ltrlobttrg. The best essay wss won by a, high school pupa willlata "1iiator,and I enclose a copy of tha r -of th preaenUtlon f r Captain Orren Balp. . mtn. veteran of thre wstb designer of th Stars and " ?L li mf . h of sumrtsnt Intarest ta tha popl. of th But for poniicrmn in your W of . Lenlshurg. wssld apprsctat th ' pubUtM at all . r iaveatg. .i c-l" Jut. htn, ' ,. .: ' ' " '. -
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