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WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY MOENING, DECEMBER 7, 1912.,
WHOIiE NUMBER 13,188.
BLEASE TARGET OF
' CLAIM
BAPTISTS CLOSE
' WW Be a Witness.
Denounced by Governors.
IS I LIE, HE SAYS
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MANAGERS
GOUEfiORS
ANNUAL SESSIONS
President Taft Will Make no
Further Effort to Reduce
the Tariff
SUBMITS GENERAL MESSAGE
Deals With Every Department of Gov
ernment Except State Depart
ment Deprecates One Bat
tleship a Year Policy
Washington, December 6. Presi
dent Taft will make no further effort
to have Congress reduce the tariff. In
a general" message to Congress subs
mined today, the President clearly
indicated his intention of leaving
further tariff revision to Mr. Wilson
and the Congress just elected
"Now that a new Congress has been
riveted on a platform of tariff for reve
nue only, rather than a protective tar
iff and is to revise the tariff on that
basis." said the President, "it is need
less for me to occupy the time of
Congress with arguments or recom
mendations in favor of a protective
tariff."
This message, the second submitted
by the President since the present
session began, will be his last of a
gt-neral character. It deals with ev
ery department of .the government ex
cept the State Department, recom
mended much of the legislation which
Mr. Taft previously had urged upon
the attention of Congress, and took
u; and discussed at length several
subjects comparatively new.
Mr. Taft came out strongly against
independence lor the Philippines, pro
posed, he said, in a bill -now before
Congress. He deprecated the new
policy of one battleship a year in
stead of two; and indorsed again the
scheme of -currency" reform proposed
by the National Monetary Commis
sion. .
Conservation - was lightly touched,
the President rejc6mmending the
amendment of bills now before Con
gress so that .water power companies
which dam navigable rivers will con
tribute to the improvement of these
streams.
He declared that no radical change
in the Sherman anti-trust law was
nded. and praised the Supreme
Court for its recently announced
changes in rules of equity procedure.
In this connection the President ask
ed Congress to pass legislation which
'ould allow the Supreme Court to
formulate rules of procedure under
the common law in Federal Courts
and predicted that such action would
facilitate justice in those courts and
reduce the cost of litigation to the
public.
The Panama Canal was dismissed in
a few words, the President prophesy
ing its opening in the latter half of
I''!!. He took occasion, however, to
declare that Congress would reward
the work of Colonel Goethals by an
appointment as Major General with
the provision that he become Chief
of Engineers when the term of the
present incumbent expires. He made
only a brief reference to the dispute
with Great Britain over the Panama
Canal act and said that when a formal
Protest was lodged against that act
it would be taken up by the United
States. " !
The Army the President discussed
at some length. He praised the Army
'Rislation of the last Congress but
said that provision should be made by
law so that the nation's foreign regi
ments may be always maintained upon
a war footing; and he urged the pass
a of the pending militia-pay bill,
designed to make service in the mili
tia more enticing, and showed that
the home army will be nothing more
ti'an a "skeleton" until Congress pro
vids that it be conqfehtrated in few-J
f'r posts than are now maintained..
Hp urged also the passage of another
'ill now before Congress, designed
to raise quickly a volunteer army in
case of war.
"ne of the striking arguments of
th message was that proposing au
tonomy for the Philippines at once,
independence in eight years.
1 11 the Philippine Islands we have
prti harked upon an experiment unpre
r"dtnted in dealing with dependent
"oples," said President Taft. "We
".developing there conditions ex
fisivtiy for their own welfare,
"trough the unifying forces of a com-
H:f,n wliiratnr r.f A
riomi
i viuuiciuiai auu cvv-
development, and ofl gradual
Irr :ri',,atio;i in local self-government,
u are endeavoring to evolve a homo
"ti' ous people fit to determine, when
' time arrives, their own destiny.
" are seeking , to arouse a National
i'li'it and nnt .j a tk. i n m
I'nial theory, to suppress such a spir
B'it our work is far from done.
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"! ' duty to the Filipinos is far from
t'scbarged."
( f rr edueational, sanitary and politi
reasns, the President said this
mtry should not consent to grant
"ndence at this time,
is i uthe task We nave undertaken
nati -r than that assumed by other
ions continued the President, "its
omphshments must demand even
, Patience. To confer indepen-
th"r?r "10n the FiliPinos now, is
rho:. ' to 8ub5ect the great mass of
olvlrrVlp to tne dominance of an
' rf'Nual and probably, exploiting
Washington, Dec. 6. The Congres
sional Committee investigating cam
paign contributions will resume hear
ings soon. Wm. Randolph Hearst is
expected to be an early witness.
WANTS 50 MILLION DOLLARS
Annual Congressional Appropriation of
That Amount Recommended by
National Rivers and Harbors
Congress
Washington, December 6. An an
nual Congressional appropriation of
'at least 50 million dollars for water
way improvement was recommended
in a resolution adopted today at the
closing session of the ninth annual
convention of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
Another resolution urged the crea
tion by Congress of a "Department .of
Public Works, of which the corps of
army engineers would be a part Th?
waterway congress passed a resolution
congratulating Congress "upon its
grant of immunity through the recent
ly enacted Panama canal law. from
tolls upon ships engaged in our coat
wise trade and upon the protection to
water-borne commerce afforded by
said 'law against railroad ownerships
br control of water lines."
Officers were re-elected as follows:
'President, Representative Joseph E.
Ransdell, Louisian ; secretary -treasurer,
S. A. Thompson, Indiana; ser
geant at-arms, John I. Martin, Mis
souri. J. A. Ellyson, of Para, Brazil, Amer
ican manager of a large transporta
tion company, was elected an honorary
member for life.
The Congress closed later with a re
ception to the delegates in the East
room of the White House by President
Taft.
Delegates trom several cities invit
ed the Congress to hold its conven
tion in their cities. The board later
decided to hold the next meeting in
December, 1913, in this city, according
to custom.
APPLAUSE GREETS VERDICT.
Wife of Murdered Man Delighted
When Prisoner is Held Guilty.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 6. Loud applause
greeted the jury's verdict of guilty in
the first degree in the trial today of
William J. Brown for the murder of
Alfred Percy. Mrs. Alfred Percy, wife
of the victim, clapped her hands with
delight. "I would not take a thous
and dollars for that verdict," she ex
claimed a few minutes later. The
wife ot the accused man simply nod
ded.
Brown killed Percy as the latter
stepped from a street car in Oakdale,
Ala., July 6th last. Brown sat unmov
ed when the verdict was returned.
"It's all right," he said, "I'll win on
my appeal." Sentence will be pro
nounced within two weeks, and a stay
of execution Is asked. The penalty is
death. by hanging.
Washington, December 6. The
White House is threatened with de
struction by fire because of lack of
proper precautions, according to dis
closures made today. The commis
sioners of the District of Columbia, im
portuned Colonel Spencer F. Crosby
to lay additional water mains in the
White House grounds are said to have
retorted that they had no jurisdiction
and that the authorization could come
onl from Congress. There the matter
stands. The fire department, autnon-
ties have reported that the mains in
the grounds are not sufficient nor tne
pressure erreat enough to combata fire
in the historic building should it break
out.
tainority. Such a course will be as
cruel, to those people as it would pe
shameful to us."
In addition to his advice in regard
to legislation and his opposition to
pending measures, the President dis
cussed the' prosperity of the." nation,
its financial condition and the propos
ed system of a national budget show
ing proposed expenditures and reve
nues; and called attention to" the bal
ance in the general fund of the Treas
ury, of almost 570,000,000. His : re
trrarks on the budget system,-' he said,
would be submitted to Congress later
accompanied by a model budget. , -
The Conference Repudiates
S. C. Executive's Lynch
Law Doctrine.
HOTLY DEFENDS CONVICTIONS
Blease Tails Governors to "Go to It"
Resolution Declaring Against
Mob Violence Adopted Gets
'Threatening Letters
Richmond, Va., December The
Governors' Conference unanimously
repudiated today the recent utterances
of Governor Blease, ' of South Caro
lina, concerning the lynching of ne
groes. By a vote of 14 to four, it
adopted a resolution declaring against
mob violence and for the impartial
enforcement of the law. The four
Governors who opposed the resolu
tion deplared themselves as strongly
endorsing its purport, but voted nof
because they thought they had 'no
right to reprimand a colleague.
Governor Blease, himself, target of
the attack, Jiotly defended his con
victions, snapped his fingers in the
face of his colleagues, told them . to
"Go to it," declared he cared not a
whit what the conference said,
thought, did or did not do, and an
nounced that all the resolutions they
might ever adopt would neither keep
him from the Governor's chair nor
frpm a seat in the United States Sen
ate in 1915 or earlier. Four times
within as many hours, he asserted.
his life had been threatened because
of his utterances, but this appealed to
him as little-as the resolution.
The four threatening letters Gov
ernor Blease received were all anony
mous. One was mailed in Richmond,
another in Washington, the third in
Louisville -And the fourth in Pitts
bufgr. The" Washington writer told
him he would pay the penalty if he
fever came to that city; the Pittsburg
writer said, "You will be taken to ac
count on .sight for your words;" the
Richmond and Louisville missives
were unprintable.
Governor Blease was taken to task
by a dozen Governors. Governor Ca
rey, of Wyoming, denounced him for
"claiming a monopoly for South Caro
lina of the respect of the white man
for women." Governor Hadley, of
Missouri, declared that the floor of
the conference hall was not a "clean
ing house for local and personal con
troversies." ' Governor Goldsborough, of Mary
land, declared that he stood solidly by
the resolution because it was a matter
of right. Governor Dix, of New York,
thought it would be "most unwise"
not to adopt the resolution. Governor
O'Neal, ot, Alabama, in a ringing
speech which was drowned time after
'time by applause, asserted his belief
that the entire conference had been
belittled by the South Carolinian's re
niarks and that it was the sworn duty
of every executive to uphold the law
fand the enforcement of law.
To these declarations, Governor
Blease replied that he had been quot
ed yesterday as saying, "To hell with
the Constitution," and that what he
said yesterday he repeated today to
all the goqd Governors here ; to all the
Governors of all the States, to all the
people of the United States." Once.
when his voice was drowned in a
'storm Of hisses he turned to the gal
leries and to his colleagues and laugh
ed.
"What care I for your hisses," he
asked. Then shaking his clenched
fist he shouted, 'Hiss if you must; hiss
t you must! Only sankes and geese
hiss.' "
Governor O'Neal unloosed the storm
when he introduced the following resolution-:
"This Conference of Governors does
not undertake to control the individual
views of Its members upon any ques
tions of law or administration; it de
clares that this government is based
upon the fundamental principle of
law 'and order; that the constitution
of each imposes upon its chief execu
tive the supreme duty of taking care
that tte laws shall be faithfully and
eojually enforced; that it advocates all
proper methods for strengthening and
simplifying our methods of- civil and
criminal procedure.
This conference "protests against
entrusted wtyh the execution of the
any disposition or utterances py tnose
law In any Of the States of this Union
which, tends or could be construed as
tending to the encouragement or justi
fication of mob violence, or interf er
'ence with the orderly processes of the
law;" V
TO this Governor Mann, of Virginia,
objectedfimd offered the following sub
stitute, which was accepted and adopt
ed: V 'x.
"Resolved, That it is the sentiment
of the" Governors' Conference, in ses
sion at Richmond, Va.,-today, that the
whole power" of the several States
should bf .used whenever necessary to
protect' persons accused of crime of
every,. kind against the violence of
mobs 'and to- pro vide for speedy, order
ly an8 ' Impartial trials by courts of
cojtnpetent jurisdiction to the end that
the law for the protection of life and
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tap!
GQVrQipBLfAg
PLANTER'S -EIDRDER AVENGED
PBody of Negro Is Found Dangling From
Limb of Tree at Butler, Ala.
MOb of 200 Stormed Jail
And Lynchsd Him
Mobile, Ala.. December C. ---Dangling
from the limb of atree the body of
Azariah Curtis, a young negro, was
found today at Butler, Ala., as mute
evidence that the murder of B. B.
Bush, a planter, who was shot to death
last Monday had been avenged. Cur
tis confessed that he and two other
negroes killed Mr. Bush while they
were lying in wait for two men whom
they intended robbing.
According to the negro's confession
the highwaymen were waiting for Tax
Collector T. B. Bennett and J, F.
Howington, both of whom were known
to have large sums of money on their
person.
Mr. Bush was driving a wagon along
the road on which it was expected the
proposed victims of the negroes would
pass. Curtis stepped out from his hid
ing place and fired point blank at the
planter with a single barrel shot gun.
Re-loading the weapon he fired two
more shots at the planter's body as the
mules attached to the wagon ran away.
The negroes were captured by a
sheriff and his posse. After professing
his innocence Curtis finally confessed.
A mob of 200 stormed the jail and
lynched Curtis. The other two ne
'groes, Green Coleman and his brother,
still are under arrest.
Boston, December 6. indictments
were returned by the Suffolk county
grand jury today against three of the
alleged rare book; swindlers who have
been operating throughout the coun
try. Two of the men indicted, Wal
ter V. Duton and Frank T. Daniels,
are under arrest in this city and the
third, George M. Fisher, alias George
M. Wailson, is ifi custody in New
York Two indictments were found in
each instance, one charging larceny of
$6,300 from Frank G. Carnochan, of
New York, a Harvard student, and the
other alleging conspiracy to steal mon
eys and 'chattels of Carnochan.
OUTLINES
The State closed its case against
Sidna Allen yesterday and the defense
began the introduction of evidence.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is
sued his annual report yesterday and
reviewed his 16 years' service in the
department.
Azariah Curtis, a young negro, who
confessed to having murdered B. B.
Bush, a planter, was lynched yester
day by a mob"at Butler, Ala.
Pending the assembling of the peace
delegates in. London the Balkan allies
are preparing a joint draft of the de
mands they will make on Turkey.
An investigation of mileage book
regulations of practically all railroads
of the Southeast was ordered yester
day by the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission. In a general message submitted to
Congress yesterday, President Taft
deals with nearly every department of
the government, and says he will leave
the matter of tariff revision with the
next Congress.
Some excitement was caused at the
Archbald impeachment hearing yes
terday when W. A. May, a witness de
clared the House managers lied if they
claimed he "recalled a certain contract
because he had a tip about a Wash
ington investigation into Judge Arch
bald's conduct.
The Governors' Conference at Rich
mond, Va., adopted resolutions yes
terday repudiating the recent utter
ances of Gov. Blease in regard to his
views on lynching. The conference
adjourned last night to meet next at
Colorado Springs, Colo., and the Gov
ernors will-call on President Taft In
formally today and discuss rural cred
it systems with him.
New York markets: Money on call
steady, 3 to 3 1-2 per cent.; ruling rate
6 1-2; closing bid 2 .7-8; offered at 3.
bpot cotton closed quiet. Flour quiet
and steany. Wheat steady; No. 2 red
1.06. and 1.07. Corn steady:" 55 1-4.
fTurpentine quiet Rosin firm. ..
Witness W. A. May Gives Sen
ate Some Excitement at
Archibald Trial.
WHY HE RECALLED CONTRACT
Denounces Charge That Real Reason
Was He Had Received Tip in Re
gard to Investigation of
Judge's Conduct.
Washington, Dec. 6. The exclama
tion of W. A. May, of Scranton, that
"if that's the claim, it's a lie," thrust
into the routine testimony in the im
peachment trial of' Judge Robert W.
Archbald, of the Commerce Court,
gave the Senate a moment of excite
ment today and brought down upon
Mr. May's head the censure of Sena
tor Bacon, the presiding officer.
Mr. May's exclamation was directed
toward the managers of the House,
whor are conducting the prosecution
of Judge Archbald for alleged misuse
of his judicial power. Attorney A. S.
Worthington, for Judge Archbald, was
cross examining Mr. May, who is gen
eral manager of the Erie Railroad's
subsidiary, the Hill Side Coal & Iron
Company, as to his motive for re-calling
a contract of coal to the Katydid
culm bank which had been sent to a
prospective buyer secured through E.
J. Williams, the business associate of
Judge Archbald.
May claims he recalled the contract
because he received letters claiming
by others to be an interest in the
bank. Mr. Worthington remarked to
the witness that the claim had been
made that these letters were fictitious
and that the real reason for withdraw
ing the contract was a tip about a
Washington investigation into Judge
Archbald's conduct.
"If that claim is made, it is a lie,"
shouted Mr. May.
Senator Bacon, presiding, uautiosed
him that such language should not be
used in the Senate chamber and Mr.
May apologized.
George F. Brownell, of New York,
general solicitor of the Erie Railroad;
Charles F. Conn, of Scranton, general
manager of an Erie subsidiary, the
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Elec
tric Road, and Charles F. Pryor, of
Scranton, were other witnesses exam
ined during the day.
Mr. Brownell told of Judge Arch
bald's -visit to him in his New York
offices; Mr. Conn told of efforts of
Judge Archbald to dispose of the
Archbald-Williams interest in the Ka
tydid bank to the electric railroad
and Mr. Pryor testified to having been
present when the "silent party" as
signment was drawn up and signed
by E. J. Williams in Scranton. In this
paper Mr. Williams purported to as
sign a one-third interest in his culm
bank property to a "silent party," al
leged to have been Judge Archbald.
Little evidence appeared today that
had not been given at the investiga
tion last Summer by the House Judi
ciary Committee.
The House managers won a point
when Senator Bacon ruled that they
could offer in evidence the deposition
given by E. J. Williams to Attorney
Wrisley Brown, of the Department of
Justice last April, to contradict evi
dence Williams has given the Seriate.
The Katydid deal was the subject
of the examination of George F.
Brownell, general solicitor for the
Erie Railroad and the Hillside Coal &
Iron Company. He told of Judge Arch
bald calling at his office in New York
to ask who was the proper person to
see in regard to the purchase of the
Katydid dump. The witness testified
Judge Archbald said in substance that
he was "interested" in clearing up the
title to the property and he had gone
to Mr. Brownell as Brownell was the
only official of the Hillside company
he knew, with the exception of Mr.
May. Mr. Brownell said he introduc
ed him to Vice President Richardson.
Representative Clayton was about to
ask that a personal attachment be
tnade for Richardson to get him be
fore the Senate, as he had not res
ponded . to a summons when Senator
Bacon stated he was Informed Rich
ardson was in a hospital. The sub
ject went over until tomorrow.
APPOINTS DEMOCRAT.
Lieut. Gov. of Nevada, Names Attoiv
ney General Governor Away.
narsnn. Nev.. Dec. 6. In the ab
sence of Governor Oddie, of the State,
Lieut. Gov. Gilbert C. Ross today ap
nnintAH fipnr?fi B. Thatcher. of Ton-
pah, attorney general of Nevada, for
the unexpired term ot tne late Aitor
1 Cleveland H. Baker, who
died Thursday. The commission was
signed and delivered this evening.
Oddie is a Republican and
it was expected he would appoint a
Republican to succeed the late Demo
erneral. Lieut. Gov.
Ross is a Democrat and his appointee
is a Democrat.
Knnxville. Tenn.. Dec. 6. Sam Hay-
no a iiminr. left tackle for two years
on' the University of Tennessee foot
ball team, was elected captain of the
1913 team today.
"Satin and Gingham" "
Big Lubin film and two others a
double Biograph at the Grand Thea-
htre tomorrow. ' (Advertisement)
Before Senate Bar,
J-"'
REVIEWS 16 YEARS' SERVICE
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in An
nual Report Shows How Agricul
tural Interests Have Pros
pered Since 1897.
Washington, Dec. 6. After 16 years,
a record of service in the cabinet, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson submit
ted today to President Taft the last
annual report he will make as head
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. The report is more than
a review of the past year's work; it
contains a summary of the agricultural
advance of the country during the
venerable secretary's term of public
service.
"The record of 16 years has been
written," he says. "It begins with a
yearly farm production of $4,000,000,
000 and ends, with $9,532,000000. Six
teen years ago the farmer was a joke
of the caricaturist; now fie is like the
stone that was rejected by the build
er and has become the head stone of
the corner." The tillers of the soil
were burdened with debts, he adds,
but prosperity followed and grew
with unexampled speed- Beginnings
have been made in a production per
acre increasing faster than the" natur
al increase of population. There has
been an uplift of agriculture and of
country life.
"During the past 16 years the farm
er has steadily increased the wealth
production year by year, with the ex
ception of 1911. During the 16 years
the farmers' wealth production in
creased 141 per cent.
"Most productive of all agricultural
years in the country has been 1912.
The earth has produced its greatest
annual dividend. The sun and the
rain and the fertility of the soil heed
ed not the human controversies, but
kept on working in co-operation with
the farmers' efforts to utilize them.
The prices athe farm are generally
profitable and will continue the pros
perity that farmers have enjoyed in
recent years. The total production
of farm wealth1 is the highest . yet
reached by half a billion dollars. The
grand total for 1912 is estimated to be
$9,532,000,000. This is more than
twice the value of the farm wealth in
1899 "
More than $105,000,000,000 is the
grand total of farm wealth produc
tion, the report says, during the past
16 years, an amount equal to about
three-quarters of the present National
wealth.
The most effective move toward re
duced cost of living is the production
(Continued on Page Two).
IN SENATE AND HOUSE
Senate convened -at noon.
Resumed consideration of
Omnibus Claims bill.
Shipping interests voiced
vigorous oposition to sea
men's involuntary servitude
bill before commerce sub
committee. Court of impeachment re
sumed trial of Judge Arch
bald at 1:30 P. M.
Adjourned 5:40 P. M., until
noon Saturday.
House convened at noon.
Resumed consideration of
Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill.
Naval Affairs Committee be
gan framing Naval Appropria
tion bill which Chairman
Padgett estimates will carry
$120,000,000 to $130,000,000.
Progressive party's cam
paign fund statement was
filedr showing contributions
of $676,672.
Banking and Currency Com
mittee referred to a sub-committee,
the Levy resolution di
recting deposit of $50,000,
000 in National banks by
Treasury.
Fdreign Affairs Committee
began framing Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation bill
which Chairman Sulzer esti
mates will carry $3,000,000 to
$4,000,000. -
Adjourned at 5:27 P. M.,
"until noon Saturday.'
Fine Entertainment of Great
Religious Body at
Goldsboro, N.C.
SPLENDID REPORTS READ
Recommendations by Committee on
Temperance Extension of the'
Schools Greeting From (
Aged Pastor Notes
(By Mamie Bays.)
Goldsboro, N. C, December '6. Thef
closing session of the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina was held
this morning, after which adjournment
was had. The reports submitted from
day to day have shown the growth of
the Baptist denomination in North;
Carolina and advancement is in evi
dence along all lines.
Statistics show that the Baptists
of the State now number more than
237,000, an increase of 7,000 members
during the year. The Sunday School
enrollment is 150,000. The hospitality,
which the Baptists of Goldsboro and
the members of other denominations
as well, extended to the convention
was abundant and most cordial. The
handsome new First Baptist church,
in which the convention sessions were
held, attracted the attention and ad
miration of the . entire body. The
church was erected at a cost of al
most $50,000, including the furnishings
and is modern in every detail. One .
of the most interesting if acts in con
nection with this church building is
that the polished oak used in finishing
the interior of the auditorium is .
Wayne county oak, having been grown.
cut, seasoned, sawed 'and polished in
this county. The seating capacity of
the, church" and annex, when thrown
together, is about'l,T,opcXhje;member
ship of the church; is between 400 and
500. - ' .. . ': . -
The final report of the committee on
enrollment showed 518 delegates pres
ent at this session of the convention,
an increase of 107 over last year. Af
ter devotional exercises this morning
President Durham called for the pre
sentation of the first order of busi
ness, consideration - of Chowan Col
lege. President J. D. Bruner sub
mitted the report and spoke to the
same. This college, the oldest for wo-.
men in the State, with one exception.
is at Murfreesboro, having been es
tablished in 1849. The enrollment this
year is 144, the largest in the history
of the school.
A letter from Rev. F. M. Jordan,
now 83 years old, was read and on
motion the greetings of the conven
tion were ordered sent to him by the
secretary.
W. R. Cullom spoke to the conven
tion of the pastors' conference held
just previous to the convention prop
er. A similar conference was order
ed held prior to the convention next
year.
Report of the Sunday School Board
was read, by B. W. Spillman, E. L.
Middleton and I. H. VanNess, the
latter a member of the Sunday School ,
Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention, were heard in this connec
tion. W. C. Tyree offered a resolution
recommending that' this convention
express as its conviction that, for
many important reasons, the Sunday
School Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention as soon . as . possible, pre
pare Sunday School lessons for this
denomination. This was adopted.
In keeping with the resolution
adopted by J. A. Oates, a committee
of five was appointed to consider the
advisability of establishing a Summer
Encampment on the coast of North
Carolina to be conducted under the di
rection of the State convention.
Certificates of graduation in the
normal department of the Sunday
School were presented to a class of
eight students on the floor of the con
vention. ' Archibald Johnson presented a reso
lution recommending that a petition
be presented to the next General As
sembly of North Carolina that "the pub
lic school system of the State be ex
tended so that it will be in reach of
every child in the State, for at least
six months of the year. The resolu
tion was adopted.
' The report of the trustees -of Mere
dith College was submitted and adopt
ed. Rev. R. T. Vann D- D., presi
dent of the college, addressed the con
vention with special reference to the
endowment of the college, which now
amounts to $118,000 in contributions
'and pledges. There are 3 7 students.
The report' of the committee on
Temperance was adopted, recommend
ing: ""
1. That the next General Assem
bly of North Carolina be petitioned to
pass the "search and seizure" law.
2. That representatives in Congress
be requested to use their influence in
securing passage of the Webb Ml, pro
hibiting shipment of intoxicants into
prohibition territory.
. - 3. That the Baptists of the State be
urged to attend the Temperance Con
ference in Washington , in March and
the: Anti-Saloon League meeting in '
Raleigh In January. "
4. That the work of; the AntiSa-
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