CRIMINAL COURT MAY BUILD NEW ABLE SERMONS mm loir ; : iMdcnpi(QDs ftsiaiire judge Connor Delivered Short Charge to Grand Jury Jury Composed 1 5 Men The November term of Xcriminal court was convened here this morn ins by Judge George W. Connor, who delivered one of the shortest charges on record to a Grand Jury which is composed of only fifteen men, includ ai: the foreman. The term is to be of one week duration and the docket 10 'ie disposed cf is light and far from interesting. But fifteen jurors were dnnvn for the Grand Jury and Judge Connor explained that this irregular ity wfis permissible as but the concur rence of twelve men was needed to icturn a true bill. Failure to sum mons sufficient jurymen prevented the impaneling of eighteen as Grand Jur- in charging the Grand Jury Judge ( onnor expressed his determination to take but little of the members' time a the docket was light and contained only cases of a nature that a man Messed with ordinary intelligence and common sense would be able to handle without specific instructions. The .locket is made up of larceny, retail ing, violation of the prohibition laws and false pretense cases and Judge Connor was of the opinion that the Crand Jury would experience no dif iiculty i handling all matters with ease and in a sensible manner. Judge Connor, in his charge paid hich tribute to New Hanovefr and Wiliiington officials vested with the duty of enforcing the law by saying that the docket showed that the law is well observed or that a majority of the violations are of a minor nature and are settled by magistrates or in Recorder's Court. He aded that he hoped it was teh former. This -condition, according to Judge Connor, has lightened the work of the higher courts considerably. He explained how a true bill should be considered and advised the jury that only twelve of their number needed to concur in order to returnsuh a bill. He made it plain that the duties of a Grand Jury are not to try a defendant, but to determine whether there is suffici ent evidence to warrant the trial of the person or persons named in the indictment on the charges preferred. Judge Connor expresed himself as satisfied that presents would occupy hut little time of the Grand -Jury, add ing that practically all violations of the law get into court either by com mitting magistrates or through the Re corder's Court. However, he advised them to investigate anything brought to their attention and expressed him relf as willing to lend any assistance asked. He charged the jury that he did not think it would be necessary to investigate the conditions of the various county buildings as the last Grand Jury reported favorably along these Tines. The following gentlemen were drawn as Grand Jurors and sworn in: Messrs. L. Stein, fireman; E. L. White, W. R. Hartsfield, J. D. Vann, C. F. Nurnberger, Jordan Branch, George S. Neverns, W. M. Harris, H. Bluenthal, .1. L. Roderick, W. M. Smithson, E. V. H. Shaw, Ernest J. Bush, W. R. Nye, and George Schnibben Messrs. 3. W. Ketchum and H. C. Prince, summoned as jurymen, failed to answer when called and Judge Con nor advised that they be called out and a fine imposed for failure to be present when court opened. Little headway was made on the docket this morning and but one case w ent to the jury. Bertram Levan was j ".luiucu uu a, cuitige oi a.u assault: with a deadly weapon. Nol prosses "ith leave were granted in the fol lowing cases: Sam Watson, larceny; Henry Maybanks, highway robbery; Sis Baldwin, larceny. The case charging M. Humphries and William Robos with laYceny is being tried this afternoon. The defendants have pleaded guilty to the charge, but little progress had been made in the taking of evidence when The Dispatch went to press. - ST. JAMES' EPISCOPAL. Rector of Porter's Military Academy Delivered Sermon. pr. Walter Mitchell, rector of Port er's .Military Academy, of Charleston, G., spoke at St. James' Episcopal church yesterday. Or. Mitchell took as his subject, .ou Shall Know the Truth and it Will Make You Free," and handled it 111 a most instructive manner. The prime object of Dr. Mitchell's ,!'ip to this city was the encourage ment of the movement for an endow ment fund for St. Mary's School, Ral eigh. ELIZABETH ALUMNAE MET. St. Paul's Church Was Scene of Gath ering of Elizabeth Students. The alumnae of Elizabeth College ?t yesterday afternoon in the Sun day School room of St. Paul's Luther an church. Rev. JohnJ. Perry, who is a dele Kate to the Synod and President of Elizabeth College, made an address in which he outlined the work that is now going on at the institution. Several other short addresses were niade during the course of the after noon. Stage of water in r.a v. at Fayetteville, N. C, at Tuesday 8 a m. yesterday. 2.42 feet Mr. G. Herbert Smith and Car- olina Packing Co. Thinking of Combining Whether the Carolina Packing Com pany; and Messrs. G. Herbert Smith and Walter Griffith will combine and establish one packing house here is at present a matter of conjecture. Mr. Smith and Mr. Griffith have stated their intentions of starting a packinghouse in this section and have signified their willingness to double the capital stock of the company that has recently been incorporated for the proposed packinghouse. The Carolina Packing Company last week had two expert architect and en gineers in the city looking over the. L local situation and the estimates of the two houses that these engineers represented are expected 10 be in dur ing the week and the one drawing up the most acceptable plans will be giv en the contract. After the contract for the construc tion of the plant has been signed, ac cording to an officer or the present packing company, the Carolina Pack ing company will be in better-shape to talk terms with the two men who are figuring on going into this line of business. Tne capital stock or the present company is $100,000, and it is a mat ter of conjecture whether ra com pany in this locality with double the original capital stock. Mr. Smith is already the proprietor of one packing house in Waycross, Ga and although not active manager of the establishment has some knowledge o the packing industry. In an interview given yesterday Mr Smith stated that he postively intend ed to establish avpack:ng House here whether he could combine with the one already started or not and it is a question of doubt just now whether, live stock industry only in its infancy, two houses of the same capacity would pay in Wilmington. L E BEGAN LAST NIGHT Dr. Hurt Preached Eloquent and Forceful Sermon Mr. Rodgers Charge of Singing The ten days' revival, service was inaugurated at the First Baptist church last night with a stTtmg ser mon by the pastor, Rev. Dr. John Jeter Hurt. Taking for his text, "Prepare to Meet .Thy God, Brethren; the Time is Short," the minister made i an eloquent-appeal to his con gregation. The galleries had to be used in seating the audience that overflowed the main floor of the church and which appeared impress ed by the mesage delivered by the pastor. The singing of gospel hymns by the congregation, led by a special choir directed by Mr. Waited E. Rod gers, of Atlanta, Ga., was a feature of the service. The choir occupies a temporary platform erected just to the right of the preacher. Mr. Rod gers rendered a gospel solo that was enjoyed by all. Dr. Hurt will do the preaching with outside assistance and Mr. Rod gers will iiave complete charge of me smgmg.- auk lauei i icwg- nized as a gospel song director of unusual ability. His methods are similar to those of Charles M. Alex ander and one of the Alexander songs, so familiar to Wilmingtonians, was sung last night. It was not at all difficult to persuade the congre gation to join in the singing of "Beu lah Land." The neiehborhood services that have been held during the past few weeks has stimulated interest and the present revival bids fair to equal if not surpass those formerly held. Two servic' are to be held daily, at 3:30 in the afternoon and at 7:30 in .the evening. The first half hour of the, evening service will be devot ed to the singing of gospel hymns under the direction of Mr. Rodgers. Immediately r.fter this afternoon's service Mr. Rodgers will devote a period to the training of the junior choir, which includes children be tween the ages of 10 and 14 years of age. SCIENTISTS IN ANNUAL SESSION. Boston, Mass., Nov. 13 An address by Dr. S. W. Stratton, director of the National Bureau of Standards, on tar get practice in the United States Navy is to feature the autumn meeting of the National Academy of Science, which began a three-day session today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Another feature of the program that promises .o attract much ! attention will be an address on mil- ( Itary aviation oy Laeut. uoi. ueorge j. Squier, in charge of aviation in the United States Army. The Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees, Wilmington Review, No. 6. will meet at the house of Mrs. Ti Waddell. No. 407 Nun street, Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. AH members are urged to be present. VTHE WILMINGTON -DISPAtCHMOAYi AFTERNOON, s Martin Luther Taught ; Keynote of Education Other Addresses Rev. J. A. ; Morohead, D. D., presi dent of Roanoke College, Salem, Vaf, and Rev.; J. C. -Seegers, of the Luth eran Theological Seminary, , of Colum bia, S. C, delivered able addresses at last night's session of the South ern Lutheran Synod at St. Paul's Church. "The Relation of the Ref ormation to Modern Christian Edu cation," and "The Permanency of the Church," were the themes dis cussed. " The address of Dr. Morehead was based on the relation, of the reforma tion and modern education. Accord ing to the speaker the inner release of the spirit of man led to a new rev elation of man's- rights and duties. When Martin Luther advanced the idea-' that man. should have the priv-' -'lege of worshiping according to . the dictates of liis conscience, he per formed one "of the boldest acts re corded, according to Dr. Morehead. The speaker pointed out that Lu ther, in his letter to the German no bility, set forth some of the para mount principles of modern educa tion. That every child was entitled to an education, to adequate "training to prepare it for the battles of life One of the changes brought about by the reformation is that the school is to be controlled by the State and hence the State must adopt methods of proper education for its children, according to the speak er. Practical education is another thing taught by the reformation, Dr. Morehead continued. . The speaker pointed out that the great connective lies in the church college, Christian education is the citadel where the battle for the con tinuation of the safety of the church and State will be fought. He con cluded by saying that the conflict would be a mighty one. The address of Dr. Seegers is quot ed in part. He said: "The church has within it the spirit of indestructibility, yet it did under go a deformation through the middle ages, when darkness and gross dark ness covered the earth. But at even its. most corrupt state, Christ proved his declaration, 'Lo, I am with you always.' "The external organization was corrupt, but within it was the living: organism. In the fullness of time, the chosen vessel of God, came in the arena to defend the church of the living God. Is that church, which has within it the principles of the reformation, to be , the standard bearer of all churches? "The permanency of the church is evident because it centers its faith in the Rock of Ages. It was the su preme purpose of Martin Luther to go to the Christ of Bethlehem and Calvary. Faith centered in Christ becomes effective before God. It is a faith that clings to Christ, and He above that gives us Apostical succes sion. "The church derives its authority from the Book of Ages. Luther had this faith and clung to it at the Die of Worms. It was this that gave him the victory. Rome taught traditions The truth was at stake in 1521, as in 1529. Luther was right at both times, but to the word. "The church is permanent because it meets the needs of the world. Christ is placed between sin and sal vation, that man might be delivered from the one and made secure in the other. Our church cannot be a phan tom church, because we teach these principles. Christ, the universal J man, the Bible, the universal book. and salvation, the universal fact." Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, Jr., of At lanta, was the speaker at the morn ing service at St. Paul's yesterday. He-spoke of the "The Church of the Living God," and was accorded the closest of attention. Miss Annette Kahler, student sec retary of Buffalo, and Mr. Hajime Anadomi, of- Japan, spoke at the af ternoon session of the Woman's Con ference. Rev. C. L. Brown, D. D., of Colum bia, S. C, and Rev. M. O. J. Krepps, D. D., of Columbia, S. C, spoke at the morning service at St. Matthew's. The service was featured by the sing ing of a solo by Mrs. Gecrge T. Rygh, of Columbia. Rev. J. T. Crab- tree and Mr. Anadomi made helpful addresses : fit the Sunday School ser vice. Rev. C, A. Freed, of Colum bia, S. C, prearhed an inspiring ser mon at the night service. ATTEND MEDICAL ASSO. Wilmington Physicians in Attendance on Convention In Atlanta. The Southern Medical Association, meeting this week in Atlanta, will be attended by three Wilmington phy sicians, Dr. H. T. Moore, Dr. C. T. Sykes, and Dr. J. G. Murphy, all of whom are leaving here this afternoon. The association will Hear a paper read by Dr. Murphy on "Results of Tonsil Operations" which promises to be a Wg feattire of tne Association, Washington, D.' C, Nov. 13. Edu cational problems of particular inter est to the State universities are" to Ibe considered" at the annual meeting of the National Association of State Universities, which convened . in this city today for a two-day session. The nresidents of more than half the State universities of the country arej in -attendance. Vital Subject' Considered By Episcopal Churches- Rev. Mr. Oshorne Spoke r. Yesterday the four Episcopal par ishes of the city considered the sufc Ject of 'The Church's Responsibility to Education," as- presented by Rev. Walter MitcheH, D;: D., of Porter's Military Academy- "Charleston, S. C., and Rev. Francis M- Osborne, spe cial representative of the trustees of St. Mary's School,: Raleigh, N. C. These addresses are made in prej aration for. an- effort proposed by which the people of "Wilmington ex- fpect to cooperate- in a movement for the improvement and enlargement of St. Mary's School. The Episcopal church in the Carolinas owns this school and as sa important city with influence in East Carolina Wilming ton will doubtless work vigorously to further the cause. This evening at 8 o'clock a meet ing will be heldjat St. James' Parish House, of men" and wemen repre senting the four Episoopal parishes, members, of the "St. Mary's Alumnae Association, and others who may wish to come, to express their sym pathy and zeal for a public-spirited cause of State-wide importance. Mr. Geo. C Royall, of Goldsboro, who is one of the trustees of the school elect ed by the Diocese of East Carolina, is expected to be present. The meet ing will be in the nature of a confer ence to determine how, when and what part Wilmington will have in the movement. Any who may be interested are cordially invited to be present. Yesterday Dr. Mitchell spoke in the morning at St. James' church, in the evening at the Church of the Good Shepherd. His words made a deep impression and his address was characterized as an attractive and logical argument for a strong sense of responsibility for church schools and colleges. Dr. Mitchell is rector of Porter's Military Academy, an in stitution controlled by the Episcopal church and rich in tradition of ser vice and usefulness in the South. Mr. Osborne, who represents the trustees of St. Mary's School, spoke in the morning at St. John's church md in the evening at St. Paul's. In part, Mr. Osborne said: "I come to you as the special rep resentative of the trustees of St. Mary's School and my business is to organize and lead a movement to raise $250,000. I have no ambition to be merely a collector of dollars, but if, with Divine help, I can help you who are interested in this work to make effective your wishes and, to those who are uninformed or indiffer ent, to voice a call with reference to this church's responsibility to educa tion, then I shall feel that I am true to the obligation of my minis try as truly as if I were building churches and presenting classes for confirmation. "My ordination vows have com mitted me to the special service of an ordained ministry. To leave the Word 'of God by accepting the task as if x . it meant the J collection of a quarter of a million aouars ana enaea mere would be a distasteful and sordid task. But to feel the strong and growing respon sibility of the church to the work of education and to go forth in this and our sister State of South Carolina, to call her members to their privi leges in supporting this institution which has cradled three generations of Christian mothers is a grateful op portunity of service to the mother of us all the church. "I may here properly remind you that we Episcopalians are committed to the Church's Responsibility to Education, already, (1) by the au thority of the general convention through its appointment of a board of religious education; (2) by the Council of East Carolina, which has assumed the responsibility of 'owner ship and trusteeship of St. Mary's School, which accommodates 175 girls, of whom thirty come from this diocese; (3) by authority of experi ence. We have found how much St. Mary's has helped the church. Bishop Atkinson, in his tribute to Dr. Albert Smeades, the founder of this school, said: 'It is my deliberate judgment that Dr. Smeades has done more for the advancement of this diocese and for the promotion of the best inter ests of society in its limits than any man who ever lived in it.' How did he do it?" Mr. Osborne then . told of his own conversion to the principle, of the responsibility of the Episcopal church to education about six years ago, and showed how a right concep tion of what the church stands for dispels the notior that ,a church school is narrowing in its influence or that the church can not afford to put up the money necessary to main tain her schools "and colleges. The ohurch, he said, stands for Nthe full truth of life, as revealed in Jesus Christ. Hef standard Is liberty un der properly constituted authority and her aim is , to inculcate a normal, every-day - practical type of religion that contributes to the richness, depth and beauty of life Here Mr. Osborne read an extract from the address Of the president of the Board of Trustees, made at the opening of the school this year: 1 "Now, if St, Mary's School stands ; for anything, it stands for the indi vidual as God's child In God's world, bound to service therein. All depart ments of human thought "and human NOVEMBER 91 6 BANKS SHOW BIG INCREASE X .. . ' . . .... i Wilmington Is the financial and able to finance any legitimate increase of the banking business in Wilmington for eight years,; which jshows that the capital and 'surplus of the Wilmington banks have increased practically one million" dollarsT while 'for the same period the de posits have increased approximately four and one-half tiiiflloh dollars." ' ' STATEMENT FOR 1908. Capital and Surplus Murchison National Bank 855,424.85 Wilmington Savings and Trust Company 223,439-41 People's Savings fiank-, . . 102,345.00 Southern National Bank. . 329,537.68 American National Bank: 92,296.35 Atlantic Trust and Bank ing Company . . .... Increase in eight years 0 -From Wilmington Chamber of attainments are subject to Him, and, to His laws of truth and righteous-: ness and purity. Nothing is ours to' use for ourselves. Nothine is ours except as He gives it to us to use, that we may use it for Him' and fori His purposes. Culture is a vain thine unless it. biWs us nearer to:in New Bern for the Past week and in Him and makes iu the better serve in this world in the relationships of human life arfd society. The girl who here develons into woman and learns here the lessons of life as we try to teach them, goes out into the world from these walls to be a more faithful and devout and humble child of God and servant of His church, by means of what she has here ac quired, to be more gently and patient and modest, and obedient to the1 highest law of holy womanhood; to be a better daughter, a better sister, and more unselfish friend; if God sp wills, to be patient and loving wife, and a noble, self-forgetting and self - sacrificing mother, by means of tne knowledge and training she has here acquired, and the lofty ideals she has here learned to contemplate. "Her purpose is service, her inspi ration is love, her strength faith, her confidence the promises of God, her consolations the communion and fel lowship of His church. "This is what I believe St. Mary's School stands iot- this conception of Christian nurture and Christian wom anhood." , This, said Mr. Osborne, is not a theory about St. Mary's. You have but to look about you in this city to find this ideal realized in the daugh rters of St. Mary's. , There was a day when the church did all the teaching, as she did all the nursing, all the doctoring, all the scientific study, all the charily. rPVn 4imnc fiova nhon rof QnH rTWS. gressed. We would not turn back I the wheels. We welcome the devel opment of science, the rise of philan thronhr organization, etc.. and the church is not jealous. She would not do all, but she must maintain a concrete ideal. They are her off spring. You would not have the church cease to- dispense material and physical help. What would you think of a church without hospitals and works of charity? In these she! must still maintain the ideal of heal ing and charity in the name of Him who taught a selfish world its first lessons of healing through His own stripes and of a charity that poured out His own blood. The church with out charity would be a dead church and a church that strives not for an ideal of education is untrue to the word of Him who said, "Go teach." "Ye cannot serve two masters," suggests that nicety and complete nes that is this church's ideal of edu cation bodv. mind and soul alike? developed on the plan of the pattern! of the Perfect Man, of whom, through . whom and in whom all things subsist, j You say these , things are main- tained in secular institutions (State and private). True, manic ijoa auu ( thanks to His church, which is the fountain from whence these things flow. But consider the unique ad- vantage of an institution whose j avowed purpose is to set up in the life of every pupil the living presence of Jesus Christ and unite all depart ments of our being in Him! GOETHALS ASSAILS CRITICS. Tells "Know It Airs" uanai ouqes .; Be Stopped. j Washington, Nov. 13 The predic- . . . - m . . I A. til tion that earth movements in the Pan ama Canal ,will be overcome "finally and for all time" is reaffirmed by Maj-1 Or-General. Goethals, Governor of the Canal Zone, in h'"s annual report made public by the War Department. This will be accomplished, Gen. Goethals says, "notwithstanding the calamit howlers and in spite of the disastrous predictions of the 'know it alls ' " The General says that many false reports have been published. "Such reports are false, and there is no foundation for them," he declar ed, "yet they seem to have gained credence probably because a pending treaty between the United States and Nicaragua contemplates securing from the latter all rights for building a ca nal on its territory." Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 13. The seventy-eighth birthday anniver- sary of President Joseph F. . Smith, of the Mormon Church, is being ob served formally today by the dignij tarles and other members of the church. This afternoon the entire family gathered at the Beehive house for the customary celebration and dinner. The anniversary . finds mK Smith strong and active. center and clearinghouse for, thd Carolinas. business needs of the community. Below , is given a comparison of the STATEMENT FOR 1916. - Capital and f Surplus Murchison National Bank $1,718,028.03 American- Bank and Trust vv Company.......... 228,471.50 Wilmington Savings and Trust Company 390,973.89 People's Savings Bank . . . 180,394.22 Home Savings Bank .... 55,479.50 Citizens Bank .. .. .. .. 50,655.64 Deposits $3,034,185.35. 1,316,682.24 901,058.56 1,285,261.57 143,26i:i8 86,991.62 : : 626,3'60.45 $1,690,034.91 -$7,306,809-35 Commerce Bulletin 11 RETURNS TO WILMINGTON Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Line to Make This Port of Call. The president of the Baltimore & i Carolina Steamship Co. has been ! conjunction with Shipping, men of that city has een arranging for docking 'lBCU1UBB luere auu 111 vvinumgton iur i tne B- & c- Steamship Company's boats that will ply between Baltimore, ixew ern, wnmingion ana nanesion. m i j -.a. x i mis sjtep nas Deen coniempiaieu ior i some "me and 5he ServiCe tW new steamers win De duiic. The line at one time ran ships here but because of alleged trouble in get- tmg tne correct freight rates from the raiir0ads here withdrew from this port. i Action was taken by a number of prominent men of the city several months ago and according to present ' prospects their action is likely to bear fruit in the near future. viviain The Enchanti paramount Beauty-i Mon i t: I ' ' 'if I i '. . J jg-)f-v miiw jiniii i if -r'liTt liMim ifiwiniwii limn nmt .laTii 1 e 1 0 IriMfrTrt..:- IL'BMTiwifV ii it mm m 11 m. .sn n wsm. bmbw i m A 4aMA mibW t 1) ( Tnpnrhora.tpd.l I Sale of fJHk presses Jfegins Chis Morning at 9 a. m. 1 Assortment ffo. J Pricedqt - -v - 72.75 .. Assortment tfo. z Priced at $15.15 tjee Window display pac;eve The local institutions have d I- j-5 Deposits $5,458,712.80 2,174,709.45 2,515,243.08 1,287,989.20 263,421.67 34,062.71 $2,624,002.78 $11,734,138.91 ..$ 933,967.87 $4,427,329.56 D MAY ATTACK 8-HOUR LAW. Atlantic Coast Line May be One of Roads to Fight In Courts. The Atlantic Coast Line may be one of a number of railroads, in tho country who will in the near future go to the courts and endeavor 'to get. i redress for the Adamson eight-hour iaw. , ; , Roads all over the country are filing injunction suJts and tne Coast Line . become one of the Southern roads I that will follow in the steps of the Northern and Western roads that are preparing to file papers or who have already done so. Many Attend Lectures. Parents are invited to attend the first of a series i of lectures to be given, by Mr. Odis B. Hinnant, Boy Secretary, which will be given in the High School auditorium tomorrow evening at 4 o'clock. iyiakiijn s n "Her Father's Son," at the Grancj1 day. Jtshevill. If. C: Wilmington. If.-C' Assortment tfo. 3 Priced at $18.75 r t

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