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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATES ESS -NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV--NCV3392
CHARLOTTE, 1M. C, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST M; 1S06
PRICE: 5 CENTS
PROHIBIT! HAS
BEEN OF BENEFIT
TO GREENSBORO
City has Tried all Forms of Dsal
ing with the Liquor Question
and has Found Prohibition the
Best. Temperance Making
progress.
Mr. Scales Gives Facts and Fig
ures to Prove Advantages of
Prohibition Over Other Sys
tems. Comparison of Condi
tions Under two Systems.
By A. M. SCALES.
Special to The News.
GreensborovAug. 11. In complying
with your request for an article on
the effects of prohibition in Greens
boro, I shall give you the facts in as
brief a way as possible.
Greensboro has tried low license,
high license, dispensary and prohibi
tion and should be a good judge of
what is best. Temperance reform in
this city has been steadily marching
lorward with occasional backsets until
we now have prohibition. We do not
claim even now to have attained per-
for under the guise of inter
state commerce, liquors can be and
are still poured into our, city from
places outside the state We look to
Congress for our next step forward.
Notwithstanding this handicap how
ever, we have made a record in
Greensboro of which people who be
lieve in temperance may well be
proud. Prohibition has come up to
our highest anticipations and that it
has greatly blessed our city is too pat
eat to be denied. Of course there are
some who will deny these assertions
and for that reason I have prepared
some statistics which speak for them
selves and prove true every statement
that I have made or will make.
Before the election the opponents
of prohibition loudly declared that
blind tigers would take the town and
that our last condition would be worse
than the first. We have never been so
foolish as to believe that the law
would be perfectly obeyed. We know
of no law that is, and by referenece to
the tables given below it will be seen
that there were forty-one blind tigers
caught in one year under the saloon
regime. We do assert however, and
will conclusively prove that - the law
and order of our town has vastly im
proved. Blind tigers are not such ter
rible things' after all, they can be
caught and punished like other crim
inals. We have caught them here and
made them understand, white and
black, high and low, alike," that they
must respect the law.
The year 1904 was entirely under
saloons, prohibition not going into
effect until Jan. 1st, 1905. The year
1905 was entirely under prohibition,
In reading the figures below please re
member that at the beginning of 1905
the Legislature extended the Mayor's
criminal jurisdiction by one mile in ail
directions from city limits; in other
words the Mayor's jurisdiction in 1905
was more than thirteen square miles
instead of four square miles in 1904.
Although many of the cases in 1905
came from this added territory, still
we have included them all, taking the
Mayor's warrant books just as we
found them and the result is as fol
lows: 1904 1905
Drunk, drunk and down 52S 159
Disorderly conduct 296 157
Carrying concealed weapons. . . .53 41
Vaerancv : 67 40 1
Indecent exposure.. .. V. .....13-1
Resisting officer . .9 6
Trespass, injury to property ..9 6
Disorderly house 29 15
Gambling, playing cards on Sun'..10 17
Nuisance ." ....... 5 2
Larceny, embezzle., false pret.1.40 116
Forgery ..i. ......14 1
Contempt of court..- 15 9
Robbery, highway robbery .... ..8 2
Breaking in car 1 2 0
Cruelty to animals. ....... . . 4 6
Arson 3 0
Murder 12
Miscellaneous ordinances 319 196
Retailing 41 154
P. and A . . 3 0
Selling liq. to mino. and hab: drik.2 0
Abandonment 1 0
Passing counterfeit money.. 1 0
Perjury . . . 2 1
Burglary 11
Rape t 0 1
Seduction 0 1
Total 1,835 1,143
inus it will.be seen that the. arrests
for drunkenness have decreased more
than three hundred per cent and the
total number of arrests more than six
ty per cent.
The opponents, of prohibition said
that business would be ruined and the
town greatly injured. So far from
this dire prophecy proving true, the
c'ity has gone forward and has had a
remarkable growth and is still grow
ing. To prove this I have obtained
from our obliging postmaster the post
office receipts for the two years which
are as follows:
"1904 $51,109.62
1905 57,050.67
190G (six months). . .. 33,928.99
To prove this further allow me to
Present some figures given me by the
Chamber of Commerce:
Bank Deposits:
!904 .. ......$2,051,123.00
1905 ,.. .. ....2,719,310.00
Deeds recorded in Guilford count:
1904 2,335.
V 1905 2,700
In addition to this, the efficient
secreatry of the Chamber of Com
merce in a letter to me in reply to my
requests for information as to the
growth of the city, says:
"The wholesale houses without any
exception report a good increase in
business over that done the previous
year, increases ranging from 20 to
60 per cent. '
During the year there have been
built in the city over thirty business
houses at a cost of $335,000.00; over
three hundred dwellings at a cost of
$400,000.00.
There has been a healthy and gen
eral increase in the lumber manufac
turing plants and among the lumber
dealers. In some instances they have
done larger business than last year by
100 per cent. Many of them report 40,
50 and 60 per cent increase with all
plants running full capacity and all
lumber dealers with orders far ahead."
ONE PERSON INJURED
Was Injured While Engaged In Sham
Battle.
By Associated Press.
Chatanooga, Tenn., g.Aug. 11. A
Seventeenth Infantry private wounded
in j'esterday's sham battle at the
Chickamagua Park Encampment is
not dangerously hurt. He was hit by
one of the many bullets fired instead
or the blank cartridges while the First
Georgia regiment was apposing : the
regulars. An investigation was made
but nothing definite is given. The Third
Tennessee and South Carolina regi
niant today took the places of", the
I Georgia and South Carolina commands
who, after being in camp all week, lett
for home.
MURDERS AND ROBBERIES
Incredible State of Affairs Now Prev
alent at Warsaw.
By Associated Press.
Warsaw Aug. 11. An incredible
state of affairs reigns at Warsaw and
Lodz. The inhabitants are at the mercy
qf the bandits. Anarchists and Terror
ists. Murders and robberies, reports
of which are not published, occur
daily.
The authorities apparently are help
less. At Lodz today six Anarchists
attacked a German factory owner and
clerk who were returning from the
bank shot and killed both and decamp
ed with ?700.
CHESS CASE BEFOBE
THE COURT TO-DAY
Is Cress of Sound Mind the Ques
tion Before the Court. He is
Willing to Submit to a Charge
of Forcible Tresspass. Little
Interest Being Taken,
Special The Nevs.
Salisbury, Aug. 11. Superior Court
is engaged today on the case of
Frances Cress, one of the alleged
lynchers. It is said that Cress is
willing to submit to a charge of mis
demeanor, or forcible trespass. The
time of the court this morning - has
been altogether taken up with a dis
cussion of Cress' mental status. It
is claimed by the defense that he is
or unsound mind.
If the State is willing to admit
this, or the court so decides, the cases
against Cress will hardly be pushed,
at least on the. indictments of - con
spiracy and murder. Mr. A. H. Price
of Salisbury is representing Cress:
But very little interest is being
taken in the court proceedings today,
the court-room being not more than
half filled, and it is the general
opinion at this hour, 1 o'clock, that
that court will adjourn finally this
afternoon. If final - adjournment is
taken, then the cases of the other
prisoners will go over to the next
term of court,- and it is the general
opinion that the men will be sent to
some other jail for. safe-keeping.
The troops are still on duty and
will remain here, it seems, as long
as court is in session.
The verdict in the case against
George Hall for conspiracy and the
sentence of Judge Long, giving him
15 years in the penitentiary, is giving
very general satisfaction in Salisbury.
CRESS UNBALANCED.
Didn't Know What He Was Doing
Monday Night Charlotte Troops
Coming Home. "'
Salisbury, Aug. 11. The jury in the
case- agaist Frances Cress at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon reached the con
clusion that he was mentally Un
balanced last Monday night while -he
may have taken part in the lynching,
he is hardly accountable for his
fictions. It is held that he i of a verv
how order mentally and easily excited
and led astray, However, win ue
held on the minor charges.
The cases against Goodman.Cauble
and "Bully Boy" were dismised, the
evidence not being sufficient to liOld
them. The CharlQtte Companies are
preparing to return home and will
reach that city this evening. It is
still presumed that court will adjourn
this evening and that the other troops
will return home tonight. The pris
oners will' likely be taken to the Char
lotte jail or the penitentiary for safe
keeping. , '
HALL GETS FIFTEErJ YEARS.
Found Guilty of Conspiracy and Sen
tenced Yesterday Afternoon.
Salisbury, Aug. ll.-The chief topic
of conversation, in regard to the trial
of the alleged lynchers, yesterday
evening was the contention of Hon.
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Theo. F. Kluttz. of counsel for Geo.
Hall, that present session of court
Was illegal. It created somewhat of
a smsaticn.
At the afternoon session Deputy
D. W. ' Julian was recalled to the
stand: He had told while on the
stand before noon of seeing: Hall in
the lane' near the jail. Julian had a
man whom he had arrested; Hall
threatened to brain him if he did not
release the man in custody; called
deputy, a s of a b . Saw man with
quantity of dynamite, Hall had stick
of dynamite and said, "I will put this
under: him.' Defendant then later
in rear of jail in front of crowd, was
demanding to be let in, tried to
keep him out; he had a big hammer,
was cursing .and said they were go
ing to lynch those negroes. I assist
ed in arresting vone man and carrying
him in a room on the lower floor of
the iail. ho han on a mask and his
face was bloody, while in the room
Hall was brought in, was told -.he
nn o-Ti t nnt fin this hut mailp nn rpnlv.
tVT, TiT l Vt
Hall was one of the three men lib
erated in order, to get the mob to dis-
perse. .
Thos. H. Vanderford, Jr., was next
called. . Was in jail lot night of
lynching; heard some one remark,
"Those men N ought to be lynched."
Hall replied, "We will lynch them."
A deputy advised me to leave and I
did' so. . '
. Several immaterial witnesses were
introduced.
Coroner Dorsett was put on the
stand and told of how the negroes
had been put to death, of the wounds
inflicted.
Deputy Sheriff Poteet was called,
told of trouble and men breaking in
jail, was inside of prison but could
not say Hall was there, defense law
yers stood him aside.
Deputy Sheriff Pat. Sloop was next J
called, told of attack on jail, had
keys but did - not surrender them.
Could not say positively that defen
dant was inside of jail. Stood aside
by Hall's attorney's.
Thos. H. Vanderford, Jr., recalled;
was in jail later and saw Hall in
custody of officers before being re
leased. .
At this point the State rested and
the prisoner, was taken to an ad
joining room where he was con
sulted by his attorneys. They rel
turned after -being out about five
minutes and Mr. Kluttz stated that
the defense would offer no testi
mony. Here the jury was excused
from the court room for a few min
utes. On their return Judge Long
delivered . a., brief charge and the
jury retired; returning in 23 minutes,
finding .the defendant guilty of con
spiracy, and he was sentenced to 15
years in the penitentiary. An appeal
was taken. -
CHARTERS GRANTED.
A New Charlotte Coal Company
Quarry Company at Durham
Special to The News. - -
Raleigh, Aug. .11. The L. A . M.
Coal Company of Charlotte was char
tered at $100,000 capital authorized
$3,000 subscribed by H. C. Long, D. M.
Austin, Tw W. Long and others. An
other charter granted is to the Wen
dell Quarry Company, Durham, author
ized capital $50,000, subscribed $10,000
by H.: F. Owens, It. C. Chambers and
others.
Col. Ramsay Promoted. .
By Associted Press.
Washington, Aug. 11. Colonel, Ram
say; D.V Potts,-of the artillery corps,
who has been commandins at Fort
Monroe, Va., ' until his appointment to
a place on the Generai Staff, will' suc
ceed -Major Beach s -Chief of the
Military ' information Divissiori of the
GeneraT Staff".11 w - n - ,
nvt .kyi ,-. '
' Contest' foi ' Nomination;!: -Memphis,'
' ' Tenn, i! Augv' 1 11V The
second primary- to . decide who will
be the Democratic nominee for rep
resentative of the Tenth Congress
ional district is.being held. The con
test i between- Gen.-' Gordon and
Hon. W. Apperson. -: -'; -; j
J. L. Jones Dead.
Special The News. " - ; ,
Winston-Saiem, Aug. 11. J. L.
Jones, who conducted a hotel in this
citv, for a "-number -of years, died of
paralysis - at Kernersville : this' : morn
ing in his eightieth -year.
It Gets the Blue Ribbon. ' - .. , . r
OH. BREVARD DIED
THIS
The End Come at Two O'clock at
his Home on South Tryon
Street. He was One of the
Cities. Most Prominent and In
; fluential Citizens.
Dr. Robert Joseph' Brevard died this
sfternoori at 2 c'clock at his home,
No. 306 South Tryon street, after an
! illness lasting several weeks.
I The death of Dr. Brevard wag not
j unexpected for his condition during
. . -
tne past tew uays was very low,
though he maintained a wonderful
vitality and ;' made a brave fight ' to
the last. He realized some, days ago
that his condition , was -of a very
serious nature and "tnA.de : the remark
that he had . only one chance in
a thousand and that he would fight
DR. ROBERT JOSEPH BREVARD.
for it. He did fight for it and it
was a brave fight.-" Some days he was
brighter than at others and on these
days he ehatted with his friends of
things that were of interest to him.
His care during the past few .days
has been a souce of much solicitation
by the members of his family and
of friends all of whom gave him
their most loving attention to . the
last. ;; . . .
The death, of this good man spread
very rapidly-throughout the city and
upon hearing the sad news every one
gave utterance of regret. He passed
away peacefully surrounded . by the
members of his family and his close
friends.
Robert Joseph Brevard was born
THE BANK TEI LER
Police were Summoned to Keep
Order Over Inquest into Death
of Kowalsk who'Suicided. Peo
ple Tear Wreath . of Flowets
from Door. :
By Associated Press.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 11 The police
were summoned tq keep order at the
inquest into the death of Frank
Kowalski, - teller of the Milwaukee
Avenue State Bank, who shot himself
yesterday,
The feeling of some depositors was1
so great that the dead .teller was
cursed as the hody lay in, "the parjor
of his own , home.1 The wreath .on.
CURSE DEAD
BODY
the door was torn down and the
flowers scattered - by the angry - men. '
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December 15th 1848. at Tallahassee
Florida,- "and lived fEere until 1862
when the family came to Mecklenburg
county as refugees locating in the
vicinity of Davidson College. He was
educated at that institution and a few
years later entered the University of
New York City medical college. After
graduation he located at Cleveland
Springs, near Shelby, where his family
was then residing, and practiced . his
profession several ' years. In December
1881 he came, to Charlotte and married
Miss . Mary Stpney.' who was lining
here at that time. , .. ; :
" His career in .Charlotte is known to
everyone. He gathered friends and ad
mirers and soon ; gained prominence
as one of the city's leading physicians;
though he had qther business interests.
He was a man of fine personality and
unusual force of mind; one-' of the
gentlest and. most lovable .of men; a
physician of unusual skill, and had he
devoted himself exclusively to , his
practice . he would have won a wide
reputation; he gathered all classes and
conditions of peoplel around, him, and
he w?.s a man of splendid intellect.'
During the past few years Dr. Bre
vard did not devote so much, of his
time to his medical practice as to his
business interests.. He was president
of the . Charlotte Trouser Manufactur
ing Company;- president of the Meck
lenburg Fair. Association; president of
the M. C. Mayer Grocery Company ;
a director of the Charlotte National
Bank; a director bf the Piedmont Wag
on Company- of Hickory; a direetor'of
the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company;
and a member of the City Water Com
mission. In addition to having stock
in the above lamed .concerns. Dr.:
Brevard owned stock in other manufac
turing concerns of Charlotte and other J
places. He always took, an active in
terest in the city's affairs, having serv-i
ed as Mayor two terms. : '
Dr. Brevard was" the. youngest son of j
Judge Theodore and Mrs. Caroline
Mays Brevard. Of Tallahassee Florida. I
He was reaped in a cultivated southern J
home, both, his father and mother be
ing descendants of the very distinguish
ed lineage. Judge Brevard was a broth
er of the late Robert Brevard .who. was
the father of Alexander' Brevard,: of
Lincolnton county. '
''Besides Mrs.; Mary Stoney Brevard,
Dr Brevard is " survived by one son,
Mr. . Robert : J. Brevard Jr.. and one
daughter,; Miss Cora Brevard.
-' NEW MILL FOR GASTON I A.
Work on the Holland . Will Benin in
a Week or Two Social NQtes.
Special The News. ' " :: 4
Gastonia, Aug. 11 Work will be
started on the hew cotton mill, known
as the Holland Manufacturing Co.,
some time ; within : the' next week or
two. This will be the only mill of
its kind in . this ' section of the coun
try, as the principle output will be
yarns of a heavy : weight. ; The mill
will have two thousand spindles 'and
is to be run by : electricity. The mill
will be incorporated at $50,000 with
the privilege of increasing. 'They will
begin work at once and expect to be
operating the mill by the first of De
cember; V' . ' ''."'
; Miss Gertrude Blowers, of Spartan
burg. S. C. who has been visiting
Miss Marie Torrence, returned to her-J
home this morning. . " " .
Miss . Kathleen Boyce returned
home lastr night aftera two weeks
visit to Miss Anna :. Chreitzberg, of
Winston-Salem, N.' C. ; '
Dr.' Strong to Specialize.
Dr! C. M. Strong, of this cijy, will
leave next week for Minnesota where
he will take a special course in sur
gery under the" world-famous ' sur
geons, the , Mayo " Brother's. After
completing a, ,twp-weeks , epur s,e;1 'there
he will go to . Chicago tQffrrtitend
clinics for a week. J3r.-StrongT;ls one
of the best knp,wn: physicianspf ,;t.he
city -and -is thoroughly .. equipped:, in
I'his profession. He : will be absent
from the ' city about ' a month. :
Accident to Mr. McDonald.
Mr! J. R. McDonald", foreman of
Cook's Baggage Factory, sustained A
painful injury "yesterday afternoon
while at work. The middle finger or
his left hand caught in a cog .wheel
crushing the bone .the entire lengtn
of the flneer: He 'was removed zo
the MerCy General Hospital , where
it was amputated. lie is reported as
getting along nicely today. '
TWO CHILDREN WHIPPED
Two Heartless Negro Women Merci
lessly Flog Their Children for Pur
pose of False Show.
This ' morning', at the Recorder's
court . two little negro boys were ar
raigned oh the charge of throwing
rocks on the street. It was decided to
allow them to go with awhipping.
This is a task always dreaded by the
policeman, and it is little wonder that
it is. In this case the mothers of the
two little boys were allowed to admin
ister the flogging. . .
i The first one was a lank, hard look
ing negress of the canary hue. She took
the little fellow and with a riding whip
lashed him unmercifully. Chief Irwin
had to stop her. so ardent was she in
punishing the child whom she should
have corrected at home before. In the
second case the mother of the child
was a large, corpulent woman ebony
colored, who also seemed dreadfully
impressed with her maternal duty to
flog and to flog with a vengeance. She
too lit in on the trembling boy with-lit-tle
mercy. Again the Chief was forced
to call her to hault.
While it is unnatural, yet it is true
that sometimes a mother can be brutal
on occasions. Andnrobablv with the
idea of impressing upon the officers
their extreme belief in the laws of
punishment they loose what littlrt
humanity they have in a foolish effort
to appear dutiful. In these two cases
at least this seemed true. Far easier
would the lot of the children have been
if their . punishment had been admin
istered by one of the big-hearted pa
trolmen, than by the hands of their
own mothers. It is extremely hard on
the child that he must be forced to
take all his correction which chould
have been measured out at home all
through his life, in one big dose before
the public.
L. A. M. COAL COMPANY.
New Charlotte Company Chartered
at Raleinh Today.
The L. A. M. Coal and Lumber Co.
is the name of one of Charlotte's new
est; enterprises. The company was
organized the first of the week and
charter applied and granted today.
The stockholders are Messrs. H. C.
Long, president; W. G. McPhee, sec
retary and general manager; D. M.
Austin, vice-president and T. W.
Long, business manager.
The paid in capital stock is $3,000
with privilege of increase to $100,000.
The company is chartered to do a
coal, lumber, junk and real estate
business, principally coal and lumber.
The offices and place of business
will probably be on the railroad be
tween East First and Second streets.
BRYAN RECEIVED
III PARIS
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Daugh
. ter Given a Hearty Welcome in
f Gay Paree.'' Mr.. Bran Re
frains from. Discussing his Prob-
,able Candidacy for Presidency.
Ey Associated Press.
Paris, Aug. ll.Mr. Bryan accom
panied by his wife and daughter have
arrived here for a four days visit. A
number of friends gathered at the rail
road station and gave the party a cor
dial greeting. On reaching ' the hotel
Mr.-Bryan found a huge stack of mail
including many invitations to dinners
and sight seing excursions. Tne party
lunched at the Hotel Ritz as the guests
of ex-GOvernor Francis,. St. Louis.
Mr. Bryan did not wish to talk
about his- candidacy for the presidency
of the United States saying this has
already, been . lengthily discussed and
that he had nothing to add to the pre
vious statements. He was much
interested in social problems of France
and the recent enactment of the work
ingmens pension law and the enforced
weekly day of rest. .
"It appears," Mr. Bryan said, "to be
a part of the Democratic development
which I have observed to be growing
all over the world, I noticed it in India,
Japan and, China. Eyerywhe'reone
sees the same evidence, of the popular
awakening."
r -This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
visited the Notre Dame Catherral and
droye along the Seine to the neighbor
hood of Pantheon. Tomorrow they
will take an automobile ride to the
Forest" of Fontainebleau.
DISMISSAL. FOR HAZING.
Several . Students of Naval Academy
May Be Dismissed.
By Associated Press.
Washington, !.Aug. .11. The Navy
Departmenthas been informed in a
report from the Naval Academy of the
first violations of the anti-hazing law
of April 9, 1906. The report gives the
names of four or five midshipman who
are" considered worthy to dismiss and
although their offense ' is in violation
of the anti-hazing law, they are not
charged with hazing. There is much
Interest among naval officials as to
what extent the president will approve
the".' recommendations -from the naval
academy.' :
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UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
Commissions Issued to Messrs. J.
Crawford Biggs and F. H. Busbee to
Attend Conference.
Raleigh, -Aug. 11. Commissions
were issued today from the office of
Governor Glenn to J. Crawford Biggs
of Durham, F. H. Busbee of, Raleigh
and J. L. Patterson of Winston-Salem
to represent North Carolina in the con
ference of commissioners from the var
ious states Union for the uniform
state laws conference to be held in Stl
Paul, Minn., August 25 to 29.
MR,
.... if J i-i- y -r .-.
QUAKERS COMMEND
THE GOVERNOR'S
SPLENDID ADDRESS
At the Yearly Meeting of the
Friends Yesterday they Com
mended Governor Glenn's Ad
dress and Pledged Themselves
to Aid Him in his Work.
Are Glad to Get Back to Guilford
College, the Old Home of the
Yearly Meeting. ' Interest and
Attendance Both hcieasing.
Every Day.
Special to The News.
Guilford College, Axis.
11. This is
one of the best yearly meeting Prionris
have known for years. It seems to be
a source of gratification to all that
the meeting has been moved back to
its old home at this place. The in
terest increases with the
attendance, which is so great that
some are boarding outisde the college
buildings.
The meetings for worship j-esterday
morning was addressed by Rev. J.
Waldo Woody and Esther Lewis. Mr.
Woody based his remarks on Luke
10:41-42. His points were, (1) Mary
was not shirking her work; (2) Martha
was serving and fretful but peaceful
later. "There are many things impor
tant," said Mr. Wood: "One is needful,
that it is, to sit at the feet of Jesus.
To sit at the feet of Jesus one must
have a quiet hour with God every day.
One's heart must be humble and teach
able.".. Miss Lewis spoke of the 'Wo
man at Uie Well."
At the meeting for business at 10
a. m. the report of hte Blue Ridge
Mission Committee was read, showing
a marked advance in the work. A bal
ance in the treasury. A . number of
important buildings are contemplated
for the next year.
At this meetjng the report of the sta
tistical v secretary was read showing
that this year there are G.411 members
of the Society of Friends in North
Carolina, a clear net gain gain of 301
over last year.
The following is an extract from the
minutes of the meeting read this morn
ing: "The meeting 2i'avlng before it the
subject of the suppression of the li
quor traSic. D. E. .Sampson, thj super
intendent of the committee, having
charge of this department of the. year
ly meeting interests, stated that he
had secured the attendance upon our
deliberations today our Governor, R. B.
Glenn, for the purpose of addressing
us on the prohibition of the liquor
traffic in our state. ,
"The Governor's attendance has
been most acceptable to the meeting,
and a source of encouragement .and
blessing to us.. His address was a
most stirring one and made a profound
impression upon us. The meeting re
cords its warm appreciation of the
truly great work our Governor is doing
for the suppression of the liquor traffic
and the vices in our state for the puri
ty and elevation of our people.
"We desire by our sympathy and our
prayers to strengthen his hands in
his arduous labors.
As an evidence of our appreciation
of his visit to our yearly meeting, the
clerk was directed to send to Governor
Glenn a copy of the foregoing minutes
and to convey to him an expression of
our good will and esteem."
When these minutes were read at
the request of Mrs. Mary M. Hobbs,
the meeting stood with bowed heads
while Alan Jay led in an earnest pray
er to God to strengthen the Governor
and give him wisdom in his work.
At the meeting for business at 2:30
the 21st annual report of the Foreign
Mission Board was road by the secre
tary, Rev. J. Edgar Williams, pastor of
the Friends Church in Greensboro. The
report shows a steady and noticeable
increase in interest in mission work.
"From various parts of the yearly
meeting," says the report, "there
comes to us good news of faithful
work. A missionary society is kept up
at Up River, with a total enrolment of
81. A mission stucy class is held
once a month at Greensboro and the
Christian Endeavor Society has rais
ed $52.50 for Cuba. "A friend from
Western Quarter recently gave $20.00
for the orphans in India." The report
says that the mayor of Havana has
recently granted to Protestants tho
privilege of holding open air meetings.
Then followed a report of the work
in Cuba by Arthur and Ella Paine, mis
sionaries in Cuba, which was very sat
isfactory and encouraging to the meet-
Arthur Chilson, a missionary from
East Africa, at home on a furlough,
then gave a very interesting and in
structive address on De work being
done at the Africa industrial Mi3eion.
Prof. Thomas Newlin addressed the
Conference of Young People affrOO p.
in. on "What Constitutes a' Call to the
Gospel Ministry." Prof. Newlin said
that a need and the qualifications to
fill that constitute all the call to the
ministry, a person needs.
All the old officers of the Christian
Endeavor Union were re-elected. They
are: President, Rev. J .Edgar Wil
liams; Secretary, Miss Alice Cartland;
Treasurer, Miss Esther Lewis.
There was a freight wreck on the
Southern near Blacksburg today.
Twelve cars were over-turned but no
one was killed. . . . .