? Partly cloudy, with j
showers tonight op Friday.
VOLUME I.
WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLRgA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 1909
Last Edition
COUNTY CLERK
ASKS PEOPLE
S!9I!SU" i ' i If 'II
iiBiiiniirjiijiikii
Mr. Jordan's Successor
The County Chairman Calls Joint
Meeting of the Various Precinct
Committees of Long Acre for
Saturday, October 16.
The following communication from
Mr. W. G. Rodman, chairman of the
D-jmocratto Courty Executive Com
mittee to this paper with enclosures, |
will explain Itself:
' r October s, T909.
Editor Dally News,
Washington, N.. C
Dear Sir: Enclosed I hand you
letter .which I have Just recelvod from I
the Honorable Geo. A. Paul, Clerk of |
the Superior court of Beaufort coun
ty and a copy of my roply thereto,
also a. notice .of a meeting, of the
Executive Committees of Long Acre
" township in . joint session, hi the city
of Washington On Saturday the 16th
? da^of Qetober,-*909. at 11 a. m.. ?t
the courthouse in Washington. N. C.
1 frust you will give this correspon
dence publicity, In order that- the |
people rtay have a chance to act.
Very respectfully.
Chairman Democratic Ex. Com.
October ?,'1909.
Mai. W. C. Hodman. Chairman Demo- 1
cratlc Executive Committee of]
Beaufort County.
Sir: Under section 1314, chapter I
v23. Vol. I, Pell's Revlsal of%
xNorth Carolina, It becomes my duty
as clerk of the Superior court ,-4$$
Beaufort county to make the appoint
ment of a County Commissioner to
All the unexpired term of the late
lamented H. G.' J Of dan, of Ix>ng Acre
towashlp; and, desiring to be gov
erned In the matter by the expressed
-%Jshes of the. pedple, as nearly as
be obtained, I would be
pleased if, at your earliest conven
ience, fou would call a meeting of
the several precinct executive com
mittees of the Democratic party of
Long Acre township, requesting them
to recommend eome one suitable to
fill the vacancy.
Very respectfully,
<jEO. A. PAUL,
Clerk Superior Court. |
, . October 6. 1909.
Honorable Geo. A. Paul,
Clerk Superior Court.
Washington, *N. c.
sir: *~7 oeg 10
of your letter by this evening's mall.
Pursuant (p ymi'f req?ont I ? havo
once called a meeting of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of iiong
Acre township, to pass upon the ques
tion Involved in yojjr letter, namely
the selection. of a successor to fill the
unexpired term of Commissioner Jor-|
dattr ? All ofr-us ?IPtt the BsaeasUr
of making this appointment, but I
trust I may be permitted to say to
you that personally 1 congratulate
you upon the wisdom of -your course
, in obtaining, as nearly as-may be pos
sible, the wishes of the people of his
township, upon whieh to base your
appointment.
Very respectfully,
Chalrfl})
'an Democratic Ex. Com.
' NOTICE.
At the request of Honorable Geo.
A. Paul, Clerk of the Superior court
of ..BeaftfyCSflmUy. there will be a
Joint meeting of the various precinct
executive committees 'of Long Acre
__J&Wni]lki_at ll o'cl6ck a. tS., piv Sat
urday, October at the- court
house In Washington, N. C.
1 The purpose of th< meeting Is*. to
. recommend a successor ta fill the un?
? ' expired term of the late H. Q. Jor
dan, as County Commissioner, nnftf#|
vscant by hla death. . ?
This 6th day of October, 1909.
WTTVBY C. RODMAN ? I
Chairman Dem. Executive Com: |
'j. " - " v
WTOLY RBOOVBlHfie.
Mri. H. Ckcrry, of Ant roqris
street, who haa been confined to her
home for the papt Week suffering
with an extremely had attack of ner
vousness, we are glad to state is rap
Idly recovering. The many friends of
Mrr. Cherry vfiT befitted to learn
of her recovery *? ?he Is quite an ac
tive factor Tn church work and her
presence front Ihe Methodist- Church
choir has b4en badly mlseed.
NBW8 tfOUCITOR.
JNO. H. SMALL
AMONGSPEAKERS
He Addressed (he Good Roads
^^aagre&mtAsheviUe Yes- I
? terdsy.
Congressman John H. Small was
one of the principal speakers at tl^e
Southern Appalachian Good Roads
Congress, at ABbevllle.* " yesterday.
Th? Mawh MinhMrv^MVfchin ad
dress was one of the features. The
~Kews gives ~belpw thr extract:
"Congressman Small addressed the
congress at the afternoon session on
'The Mountains afid Seashore, Con
nected by Good Roads.' Mr. Small
made a splendid which, he
intelligently discussed the problems,
of securing construction of roads.' He
declared thst~he was in favor of a
general Appropriation by Congtess for
road Construction r and- wottld-ve*? for
such; but advised the people not to
depend upon such appropriations,' re
citing the difficulty to, establish an
Appalachian forest. He was hopeful
that within a few years Congress
would decide to mal:e appropriations
for the National forest, as well as for
road construction. The only ^ray that
State aid could be utilised, he said
was by having a fund from whl(& a
certain amount of aid could be exT
tended those counties which voted
bonds for roads; only .the deserving
one, those which, showed a desire,
sharing in the fund.w He firmly de
clared his position that taxation for
road "bullying was necossary and
rights thai where large HIBV of mon
ey was demanded at once, bonds
should be Issued. This matter should
be laid before the people. 'I believe
that high taxes for schools and roads
ls~VheThighe8t condition of any pontl^
cat party,' he declared. After statng
that much better connection betweea
;the East and West Is not only de
sirable; but it would mean much for
the social and commercial develop
ment of the State, Mfr. Small declared,
'If we are to bring this great move
mcntto a fruition, then pypmtioi. .
|egate must go forth as a miss^jfca^
and preach the doctrine of good roads
and taxation."
ALL THE SEATS
ALREADY SOLD
For the Opening Game in the
Baseball World-Series to Be
Played at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Oct. 7.? The National
Baseball Commission having charge
of tho aate of f^eats for the- world's
aeries games hercbetween PtTCHburg
"ana ueiroit tfnhounc?^io<ffy that^E1?
public sale of- "reserved se&ts adver
tised fm wcttBittj ma twn ww
celed, owing to the facjLthat'no tick'
eta were left for either of the games
of Friday or Saturday^
The mail"drde'r Bale of reserved
1&.514 tickets for each game' at
puiIjih talri Having ha sn ?5H <8
hours after orders were re
ceived, the announcement being made
by an 9fficial of the Pittsburg base
ball club that 1100,000* worth of or
ders for seats for the first two games
here have beei^ returned ~ with a no
tice that no reserved seats were left.
The local club refused to accept their
mail at the postofflce after Saturday
?mprnijig, ana. an letters arriving ar
t#>r that* time were returned to" th?
s?hders. f
There still remain 12,000 bleacher
IabjS standing room tickets that will
1 be put on sale each day of the games
here, and. ^ from present indications,
police reserves will be necessary to
control the crowtf'.of people who were
I dlBappolnted tt BgCfyttlng reserved
seats.
The officials* of the Pittsburg: base
-ball^club are not taking any chances
on all not being accommodated with
the present seating capacity of Forbes
field, the large* t^baseball park in the
world, and extra seats' are belhg built
around Ahe grounds, thus preventing
Kluuud iuUti. Bight thousand aeat?
thus giving the parr a seating capac
ity of 4 3.000.Wlth thete^ landing,
[all baseball records are expected frp "bfe
broken during the gaihes here.
CRKD1T A IIIjE SHOWING.
In th? show- window
her of Commerce rooms can be seed
samples of corn, cotton and Japan
peas raise* l>y the flftnf of TJIxon ?
Bonner, of Aurora. N. C. The News
mprni . anywfcere. Tbey%ho*r mm t
Beaulort county can do In th* way of
ENTOMBED,
*8 Bodies Recovered
rhe Accident Occurred in Mine |
British Columbia ? Rescuers at |
Work.
Nanalmo, B. C. , Oct. 7. ? Thi^y
lives are known to have be?n -lost tn
an exposion that entombed more than
50 men in the extension mine of the
Wellington-Oolllery Company here
y Saturday.- ^ ? ? |
Twenty of the imprisoned men
were rescued, but the rapidly spread
ing Are , prevented the rescuera-from
completing their work. Eight bodies
were recovered and two workers late
tonight were majj(/QK ?very effort to
force further entrance into the two
levels affected by the explosion in an
effort to save any who may beJiying
and to recover the bodies of the dead
before tliey are consumed.
The fire was gaining constantly,
tonight, and while it continues there
is little hope of the rescuers being
able to reach the imprisoned men.
All the men rescued were badly in
jured.
The men employed In the collierres
on Vancouver Island are of the bet
ter class of British miners, are well
paid and have comfortable homes.
The- Wellington Colliery Company,
which owns the Extension KlTTfe, is
controlled by British Columbia cap
ital. Lieut. -Governor ?Jas. Dunsmulr
being the head of the corporation.
The shocks were terrific but the ety
feet was confined to the slopes where
in it occurred. AH of the men In the
other slopes and levels escaped. ,
? Pifty men are engaged in reaeue
work. Hundreds of Inhabitants and
visitors volunteered aid, but the na
ture of the rescue work precluded
more than 50 being. engaged. I
?The rescuer^ hoped the flamea
would die^down so as to permit the
rescue of {the entombed, but their
chances seemed hopeless.
The explosion was due to fire damp,
the timbers in the two levels at once
igniting and the fire, spreading with
great rapidity.
Residents Of NintlUO have
prevented from going to the exten
sion, -where the disaster occurred,
and only re^c^ers, miners and' offic
ials are on the scene.
The mine is situated 60 miles to
the north of Victoria, near the sea
"?
"Some^BT' TrtB"5?. nam oern rrnfthmeF
the sea.
? More than il.0(n> m^n nre employ
ed In these collieries, which are the
second largest in Canada. They have
been operated for 40 years. They
have been th^ scene of several dis
NO HOPE PGR
? " ;? MAN. IN WELL
Father Gives Up the Faith That
He Can Be Found ? :
- ? r * Alhrt. : ?
New York, Oct. 7* ? All hope of
rescuing Jtrtm-eoffen, the young far
mer of Central iallp, who was burled
alive yesterday 60 feet below the sur
a well in which he was working, had
been abandoned late last night by his |
rafh.T r
% The progress of sinking a second
shaft to the level at which the cave
In occurred has boon ao alow that 4t
Is now believed the prisoner must
surely hau? been smothered by the
sand or drowned by. the mounting
water in the well. ^ _
L A11 last night long relay 8 of men
worked a? Itha - new shaft. There Is
a possibility thatMhe crossbeams at
thre bottom ot the well may have
formed an air chamber. In which Cof
ten might lire for a short time. Tliw
chances are said' to be not more than
one In a thousand that he could keep
alive until the men can reach him.
He is more t^an 60 feet from the sur
face, and there is 30 feet of sand and
clay on top of him.
. _ Schwa rt*. who has
charge of the men at work, said that
jvalgfti be thrg*. or four days before
HHBHflHfi reached. The plan la
tosink a shaft down to Where Coffen
lies and then dig a passage acrosf* tg
old MP The' lumber needed to
?late last night
? ? - I
THE ECONOMY
FARM CENSUS
Director Uurtod^kopes to Save
Several Hundred Thousand
7 ? Dotes. ?
1 JV I
Washington, D- C.'. Oct- s
Census Director ' E _ Dana Durand,
hopes to save jeevefai hundred thou
! sand dollars in taking the census ot
agriculture. an<Htl?fr to Increase the
The director stated today that at
the census' of 1BOO the agricultural
data were handled* by means ot
punched cards, for each farm a
large number of cards had to be
punched, as the number of facts re
corded regarding -a farm was far
greater than the ntttjiber of fttcts re
quired regarding au lndivtduftl in the
population censttBvi
Director DnrSSfWitd the statistics
of population and ot agriculture are
collected by a different force from
that employed In gathering the sta
tistics ot manufactures. The popula
tion and agricultural data are se
cured by enumerate* of whom there
will be about J66.00tj at the present
census, they in tut* being appointed
by the supervisory* of whom there
are about 330. The difficulty ot se
curing competent and faithful enum
erators 1s very great. The length of
service: Is very Short 13 days in the
cities and 30 days il< the' country dis
tricts. The period is too short to
justify a man who. tyas a good Job In
quitting it. while o* the other band It
Is too long In modi cases to enable
such mon to get. Jea*? trom their reg
ular work to taie the census. More
over the pay Is snail, averaging per
haps throe dollar^ per day In the
country districts aSB ? trine more in
the cities, practlcalfc' the .pay of or
dinary mechanlca. |Nm only, there
fore, are roost ot t?ose who seek to
be enumerators me? who are able to
command only moderate pay In their
occupations, but many of them are
men who can not"<iommand regular
rt11p|nvm..r,l nnfl TV' innkinr far
odd Jobs. *' tb .
Consideration ha? been given by
the census authorises from time to
time to- the plan pufaued la Germany
and'iome other *?opean countries,
Oy "which the cenSitts chiefly
'or wholly by men eerving without
pay. who either volunteer their serv
ice from patriotic motives or who
are required to act. He doubts
whether conditlons^in this country
are ripe for such a scheme. At any
ratQ, nothing of-thia soil can be done
at the present censda. It may, how
ever, be hoped that t^Bome^light cr*
tent; and possibly to a considerable
extent, men can be Induced to ac-^
cept"thc~po8ition nf enwmer^tor_fronr
interest in the work rather than for
the compensation-involved. H* hop^s
colleges and universities ol the coua
fpv mqy ?"?<? ^ ' ' rlvn Iwavo Qt
sencecto their student* for the short
time required to do this ^ork of
enumeration. The college student is|
a very useful enumerator in some|
cases, but it is exceedingly desirable j
that enumerators should actually live j
there are multitude? of district*
where no college students reside or
where such student* are In Institu
tions hundreds or thousands of miles
from their homes. Another class, who
can render good serrtce as enumera
tors -are school to&hers. but.? *4thJ
and May Instead of June as formerly!]
few school ? fpnrhpra /.fln ??pnr?d
from their duties to take the census! |
LOCATKI) at ORIENTAL.
Mr. A. -F. AsfibiiTji, formerly a
hutcher af" the market house, has |
gone to Oriental. N. C., where he ex
and oyster business.
ACCEPTS POMTlON .
Mr- Llndsey barren has accepted a
position as assistant bookkeeper at
the First National Bank In the city,
and began his duties today.
TO MAKE SURVEY
OF TAR RIYER
The U. S. Gas Boat Frances in
Port on Way to Green
ville.
The gas tint, t Franeaa, Capt. K. A.
Bell. In command, property of
the United stuteerl^Ternmpnt. ar
nm In port thlr rarqnrtn; frBm New
Berrf. aha la here for the pufpote'of
of Tar Hirer from Jarbproto Waah
'in?ton. The boat laft for GreViiviiic
t?U ?IWHIUIIII fll wuihT Ml.
charga
arrive
of the lurTar, fi expected to]
hafe thin evening The pur
of _thl? aurvar la to daapan the
? lr'.? .1
BALLOON RACE
WON fir MIX, _
t M AMERICAN
i-J
He Lands in Russia
The Only Contestant From the i
United States in the Internation
al Balloon Race Captures, Gor- 1
don Bennett Cup.
Zurich. Oct. 7. ? Edgar W. Mix, the
only American contestant In* the In
ternational balloon race for the Gor
don Bennett cup. In which 17 bal
loons started from here October 3,
has won and will take the cup bark
to the United States. He Is from^Co
lunjbi'3, Ohio. _ . .
'.Mr. Mix. landed north of Warsaw,
In- Russian Poland, at 3 o'clock Tues
day morning- He won with plenty of
time to spare from Alfred Leblanc,
the French pilot, his companion in
4ho Str l^ouis Face of 1907, -who came
down at Kubln', irungkry, Monday af
ternoon.
The first news of Mt. Mix's landing
was conveyed in a personal despatch
to- the Associated Press dated Ostro
lenka. The aeronaut said: , .
"I landed In the midst of a large
pine tree iirtfce forest of Gutova, west
of Ostrolenka<- ami" worth of Warsaw
at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. I en
countered a heavy rain. My ballast
was exhausted when I came down.
At present I am in the hands, of the
police, .but All la going well;
"I had bad weather Sunday, night.
It was cloudy and rain fell and 1 used
half of my ballast before morning
It is evident that ineplte of the
discouragement of drifting onward
without knowing his location, the
American aeronaut husbanded his
ballast and kept his balloon afloat, un
111 the last ounce of sand was genu.
He made his journey through fog and
blinding rainstorms which compelled
all the other pilots to descend.
After crossing the Swiss and the
Austrian Ainu. Qaataln Messner, one
of the Swiss pilots, reported that his
clothes ' were covered with ice to a
thickness of half an inch. Meesner
reached an altitude of IS, 000 feet.
Of the division of balloons which
were carried more to the southward.
LeBlanc, ope of the French pilots,
reached the farthermost point. He
covered a distance estimated at 1,015
kilometres ? 630.31 miles). ~MessnerT
distance was about the same as Le
JJalnc's and Col. Schaeck, a Swiss en
trant, covered 493.69 miles.
The others covered lesser durance.^
Erbsloh ^covered kilometres]
'<S?1.26 "miles) from. "5tT Louis fn
l9i)7. wulch Is the longest flight made
in an international race, although be
hind Count De La Vaulx's record trip
to Southern Russia.
Ittjs Impossible to explain why Mr.
Mix should have been molested by
the- Russian |K>li<e, as In anticipation j
of a landing in Russia, each of the |
pilots was proVTd'^a_at Zurich. before ,
starting, with A special Russian pass
port guaranteed by the Russian mln - '
lster to Switzerland to protect them |
against annoyance.
The American embassy at St. Pet
WlbBTg 1ms been ad vised of Mr. Milt's
predicament and asked to take tha
matter up at once with the Russian
authorities.
The committee sitting at Zurich
has Issued an unofficial gstjmfltp _ oL
the distance covered by Mlx? which it
states to be 1.120 kilometres ( about
69 n miles) or 3290 kilometres (198
miles) more than LeDlanr. the
IBBIB'ifiUBr.
An exact classification of the per
formances of the, contestant* will be
Impossible, until their log books ar
rive, but Mf. Mix Is an easy winner.
Alfred LeBlanc. representing France,
and Captain Messner, representing
Switzerland. each of whom made
slightly over 80Q Kilometres (apou t
496 miles) are both naftied for sec
ond placc, but this probably will not
be determined until the official an
nouncement is made. . "
CAT AS AN INCENDIARY.
J^remart able discovery was mad e
b>" ?\ pBr'y Tfflvflge flTfririoy engaged- 1
in a cotton warehouse wbTch-was the
scene of a slight outbreak of fire, says
the London Standard.
While, si search was being made
among the debris it' was noticed* that
several bricks had been removed
from tha .wall, and a further exami
nation revealed "a; live cat 'with a long'
string attached to Its tail, upon which
WW?~~lfi6 remain* or iame roarrwT
material 'it at hart riYiriftDtlr Iwin .sat
urated with Ihflatnmabls liquid.
TH5~theory of the police is lhat the
wareh&use, where the cotton was
stored, the artificial tail having Man
lighted beforehand. The discovery
confirms tha police tn tha belief that
tfca numerous cottoa flrse of ths past
fsw months have been ths work of
toosadtarfo*
CONVENTION AT
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
The Appalachian Good Roads As
socwtiuii Welcomed by ?ov. ?
Kitchln.
? ;?
Ashe.ville, C*. Oct. 7.-* Wltfr iZt j
to 175 delegates present from Norft.
Caroline. South Carolina, G^ori^la. I
Tennessee and Virginia, the Southern I
was ushered in this morning ai the
city auditorium for a three days' ses
sion, In which ways iynd means for
the construction of more than GOO
miles of improved roads in the South
ern Appalachian Mountains will be
cleared. ? * , . i
When the congress assembled there
were" a number of prominent men of
the several States <Sn the platform.
Includlyg Governor Kitchln of North
Carolina^ Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt of
Chapel Hill, F. H. Hyatt of South
Carolina. Dr.' PraU Stated the pur
poses of the congress, to provide ways
and means for building 500 miles of
good roads In the Appalachian Moun
tains, with connecting links leading
to South Carolina. Georgia, Tennes
see and Virginia. _ , *
Governor K Itch in , of North Caro
lina. welcomed the delegates on be
half of North Carolina. He said that
the question of good roads was npt
new; that the Romans had built good
roads, roads *hat have lasted for more
than one thousand "years; That they
knew the value of good roads, not
only for purposes of war, but for
commerce. Governor Kitchln said
that the only way r6rget-#ond roads
was by hard earnest, horfbst work and
that thefff was no magical way of get
Hog good-roads; that tbo people. muM.
go down In their pockets and bear
the expenses.
W. J. Cocke welcomed the dele
gates on behalf of the city. Dr. Jos
eph Hyde Pratt was elected perma
nent chairman of the congress, and
E. J. Watson, of South Carolina, sec
retary. Col. Benehan Cameron was
oftllod and ppoke on "Federal Aid to
Post Roads." >
SHAFT ERECTED
IS UNVEILED
Erected in New Bern to Feder
al Soldiers Who Were Killed
in CivH War
Mew Bern, n: c.. Ocl. 7.? After a
welcome at the courthouse last night
on behalf at the city by Mayor M-c
CArty, on behalf of the State by Hon.
alg Bryan-Crimes. Secretary oi_.?>tafe,
and .J. .QJfe-lwhnit^f qua,
loc al organization of Confederate vet
prnns rhP RhnJn Iglnr.fl Vr.i, .. nrnn f
t*orn mission, which arrived last even
ing for the-purpose of dedicating the
monument to Rhode Island soldiers
buried here, were. about bright and
early today, some meeting old friends
and making new &<-<tu#4ritanrpB, ?
The first feature of today's pro
gram, arranged by the local cammit
tee on arrangements, was a sail on
the Neuse and Trent. The training
ship ?lfrlda was secured and amply
afrommodated. Historic points along
both rivers were poTiUed out.
About tho.mnnt im?r?ming guest
is Col. Henry T. Slsaon. of the Fifth
Rhode Island Hjary Artillery. Col.
Sisson has many recollections of Now
Bern/having" been stationed here dur
JOSL-thO. Biy-gin?a Jhnn r> inin? ? f>thn?i
distinguished guests are his excel
lency, Aaron J. Pothier, governor of
Rhode Island, and Capt. William M.
Douglass." Fifth R. I. Infantry, chalr
ma.ll ntJha i nmmlaalftn . - .
At 1:30 the party and citizens
boarded Norfotlr and southern care
and reached the_cemetery in time to
begin the ceremonies at 2:30. when
the program, open+rrg wfth-pntycr arrd
the singing of "America" by school
childTeirof New Bern, after which the
monument Jttt unj.?Ued.-hy ilc_U? a.
N'unn and Mrs. E. K. Bishop, 'of thl?
city. The monument Was then- deliv
ered to the commission by Sculptor
\V m . W. Manatt. or Providence. R. 1. "
Hon. Wm. W 7 ~Dou glass made tVe'ad- '
dress of acceptance in' behalf, of the_ ,
commission and presented the shaft
Xa his oxcalloncy, Governor Poither. 1
who officially delivered it to the Unit
ed States, it being accepted by the '
superintendent.^^ he cemetery.
After the singing of the "Stat
Spangled Banner" Lieutenant Com
mander C. J. McSorley. fired a saluu
of eleven guns, which ?*defl the cere
monies dedicating the monument by
the State of Rhode "fsland to her he
iw uc?u m' New nerrr.-'^ ? J
IS APPRECIATED. ?
'W pnym ui??uu? ?< t>? wmj
largely iltcn^ml than u?u<l TlK
carnival num?T vin^.mT
Mil. not aljown* m at ft. attrac
tlona to b?jin operation until tb<
nerrlc* hM dosed . Th* church-cola^
PM?1? appreciate very mack thu (u>
?roui attitude, la tact, the entire oltj.
? _ J L
I F. COLLEGE
fiJlSES AMOUNT
bflFENflflimr
Carnegie Sends Check ~~
This Noted insUfnFinp of Learn
ing Raises a Fund of $100,000
?Carnegie Gives 525,000 and
B. N. DukeS 10,000.
People all over the State will be
glad to read the following announce
ment that the $1 00,000 endowment
fuud for Greensboro Female College.
-ma-do bJ'rMr- Charles H Ireland, sec
retary of The board ~oT trusters, who
says: 4-I have Just received from Mr.
Andrew Carnegie. his check /of |25,
000, his gift to the endowment fund
of "Green sboro Female College. A
few c^ys ago l received from Mr. B.
X. Duke his check for $10,000. These
two contributions brought our fund
up to $100,000. the goal for which
we hare- been Btrlving for the past ?
three years. About one thousand
persons from all parts of the State
have contributed to this fund, and we
are deeply grateful for every gift.
Greensboro Female College is n owA
with one exception, the only woman's
college in the M. E. Church. South,
that has an endowment or 1100,000.
Shonld the. time ever cqjdc when
the question of raising a big fund
with which to erect a monument to
the nobility and ability of woman in
the sphere of general, civic, religious
and educational usefulness, the true
story of the resuscitating of Greens
boro Female Collefce. first from flnan- ,
clal, second from actual Are ami
ashes, and third the accomplishment
of this last undertaking of endowing
the institution with a fund for all
time, which insures its everlasting
ustMUinesH. WfiEh ^ fetrMfthlJy "told.
would focus all thought upon this in
stltution^knd it might well be select
ed as of uself an appropriate form of ^
monument to woman's worth.
True, In the rehabilitation of" the
Institution, several yearsTgoIspTentiM
men rallied to the rescue, and when
fire destroyed the first fniits of effort,
their aid was only redoubled, and
when the goal of an endowment fund
was planned they -generously gave of
their little or abundance of means;
yet from the first it was small, no
fate band of womrrrrho ronrrlred and ? ?
dared the resolve or rescue, until, ac
cumulating numberless forces of sis
ter courage, work and sacrifice, the
whole membership of a great church
TO* Inspired" to action, resulting in
t p.
princely contributions from outside
tsnnrrifK
While whole State will rejoice
at the completion of>this last great
work for Christian education, and the
excellent members of the board of
trustees of the college should be hon
ored and frtamked ton therr serviro^
thore ar* four P^oplf who
snouid have espedal cause for prldl
and thankfulness toda<- at the result:
Miss Nannie Lee Smith, of Greens
boro. the Joan of Arc of the perilous
first movement of rescue; Charles H.
Ireland, secretary of the board of
secretary, and above all, Mrs. Lucy
M... Robinson, president of the noble
Institution. # "" <9"
^ klAlilr tiuk
Beginning next Sundaj.- October
10*h. the Norfolk ?n<TSbutbern road
will operate' trains Noa. 14 and 15 be
.WMLJhla clu-.and Jlaleleh- Thla u
the Hame schedule ^pow In vogue be
tween here and Raleigh week days,
and In the future will include Sun
day. This Sunday schedule will pfove
Q"lta a com^uleiice-to th? trailing
public.
PHAWXX I/ODGE.
There will be a meeting of Pha
lanx Lodge No. H>t> I.-?. O. -P., *t~
thelr hall thla evening at TJl 0 d'cloek.
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It*f? prudent to read them before
flecftflng that you haven't timn to an*
'wi-r any ada. today.
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