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MEET KPRIL 22-23: "l
Arrangements Made For Big
Gathering in Greensboro
The Delegates.
The twenty-fifth annual session of
tho Orand council, Royal Arcanum of
Xorth Carolina, Is called to meet in
lireensboro April 23 and L'3. Every
council has been urged to see that
It is duly represented. A reception
committee from Guilford council will
meet all trains to direct the visitors
to a hotel and hall.
The Grand council consists of rep
resentatives from subordinate councils
who have filed their annual reports1
and paid their per capita tax, all
Grand council officers, supreme rei
resentatives, charter members and
past grand repents. All past regents
are entitled to the Grand council de
f;ree. It is announced that all representa
tives and past resents who deslro to
take the Grand council degree should
attend the opening session which, will
be held at 10:30 a. m.. April 22.
The following is a list of represen
tatives to tho Grand council who have
signified their Intention of going to
Greensboro:
T. T. Ixftis, Brevard; O. T.. Gkils
chard, Ashevllle; Samuel M . Schultz,
Greenville; James Amos. Henderson,
G. C. Goodman, Mooresville; A. K.
Joy, Hickory; J. P. Ijong, Thomasr
ville; J. B. Gill, Statesville; W. De
Bell McEachin, Iurinburg; It. R.
Crawford, Winston; J. H. Bernhardt,
Jllght Point; Fred Davis. Elizabeth
City; G. W. Miller, Islington; W. C.
Rogers. Ieaksville; W. T. Huckabee.
Albemarle; D. R. Aiken. Greensboro:
A. M. Scales, Greensboro; J. Ewin
Buntin. "Wllmongton; W. P. Jrjncs,
Wilmington; E. t. Mallard, New
bern: J. M. Flintone. Durham; A. H,
PaddiRon, Burgaw; A. J. Grantham,
Wilson; B. T. Payne, Rockingham;
J. M. Miller. Salisbury; Theodore
Buerbaum, Salisbury; John R. Paddl
eon, Mt. Airy; E. T. Stewart, Wash
ington; Jacob Weil, Wilmington; V.
F. Weyher, Kinston: R. R. Miller,
4?helby; W. C. Wolfe. Monroe: M.
Ylosenthal. Raleigh; Herman Heller,
Raleigh; G. T. Norwood. Raleigh:
Charles Dewey, Goldsboro; A. W.
Simmons, Waynesvllle.
Dr. J. L. Mann Delivered Eul
ogy on Dead and Touched
on Tenets of Order.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Greensboro, April 8. Sunday after
noon at 3:39 o'clock the local chap
ter of I'. C. T.'s held memorial ser
vices in the Junior Order hall, on the
corner of North Elm and West Gas
ton streets, which were attended by
a large number of traveling men and
members of the order. The program
wast of the ritualistic nature, being in
terspersed with muiical selection by
a quartet from West Market street
Methodist church, assisted by Prof.
Claude Robeson.
Dr. J. I.,. Mann, superintendent of
the local schoools, delivered the only
address which was out of the regular
ritual nature. lie eulogized the dead
and touched frequently on the tenets
of the order. He declared the travel
ing man to be an important factor in
commerce, comparing him with the
shuttle in a machine. He stated that
tho traveling man was deprived of
the home life, and he talked Interest
ingly of the absence of the traveler
from his family and his many saerl
fices.
He spoke briefly of the principles
for which the order stands and high
ly of tho fraternity as being a help to
traveling men.
While Secretary Fred Sparger call
ed the roll little Miss J. Boone placed
five white lilies in a vase upon (he
rostrum which were to represent the
five members who are dead. As the
lilies were placed In the vnsc Prof.
tobeson rendered soft music on the
organ.
Other lectures were made by E. ".
Caldwell on unity; E. J. Davis, on
temperance, and J. Tinslcy, on
charity. Each of these lectures were
followed by selections by the quartet.
Miss Forester, Mrs. Fred Sparger and
Messrs. Ljung and Clapp.
E. E. Mendenhall read a passage
of scripture and the service were
closed by the whole attendance Join
ing in singing "Nearer My God. to
Thee."
mm SELECTIONS
OF CITIES FDR RESERVES
Dupre Protests For New Or
leans and Linthicum For
Baltimore. '
Waahlngton, April 8. Assailing se
lections of the federal reserve bank
cities as unfair, Representative Dupre
of Louisiana, In the house has regis
tered a protest for New Orleans and
read resolutions recently adopted at a
mass meeting there.
Republican Leader Mann as Id a
large percentage of people believed
the federal reserve plan had been
worked out in a partisan way. "Any
body can aee." he added, "that the
lines of trade were not followed In the
designation of the cities,"
Baltimore's protest was voiced by
Representative Linthicum, who de
clared Baltimore naturally was in
closer touch with St. Louis. Chicago,
and other great cities than any other
city on the southern Atlantic coast.
Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, en
deavored to have the New Orleans
mass meeting- resolutions criticising
the reserve hank locations read In the
senate. Senator Hoke Smith objected
and Senator Ransdell gave up the attempt
PARALYSIS STRIKES
EX-GOVERNOR DRAPER
Greenville, H. C, April I." Eben K.
Draper, former governor of Massachu
setts, is In a critical condition here as
a result of an attack pi paralysis. He
was stricken In his room at a local
hotel shortly before J o'clock yester-
dsy morning. Members of his family
hay been summone.l b, telegraph.
Mr. Draper was returning to his
home in Massachusetts from a trip to
Florida and "uba and Intended to stoi
In Greenville hut a few hours. He
was accompanied by J D. riondman
of Atlanta, Ua., and was conversing
with him when stricken. Physician,
wsre hastily summoned and the
found his entire left side paralysed.
Mr. Draper is bl years old.
KING GUSTAV MUST
UNDERGO OPERATION
Stockholm, Sweden, April I. An
operation I the only effective mean
of dealing with the internal complaint
from which King Gustav of Hweden Is
offering, a -cording to lrofcaaor Wll
helm Velner, the specialist who was
ceiled here from lleldelhurg. His
majesty expressed ths wish that tho
operation should ! performed at the
earliest possible moment. .
Ths king has been suffering inter
mltlent attack since October.
CARRIED TO MORGUE
BUT WALKS AWAY
an
Hartford, form. Anril 1 11. if
SAUr SftSr his companions hail eaa
ti4 him to a morgue as dead from
the shook of touching a wire carry
ing 2.100 volte, crl Uindell sudden
at tip. nibbed his eyes, then hurried
down from the slab and out of tha
sssssssV
Lundall had been atunnas .!.
he bore no marks of his esperlen.e
ssi sera m one hand.
REAL WESTERN GAMING
HOUSE WAS OPERATED
Witnesses Tell of Zora Ben
nett and His Operations at
Sunburst.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Canton, April. 8. John Doe pro
ceedings which resulted in tile hear
ing of 35 witnesses against Zora Ben
nett, at Sunburst Saturday disclosed
the fact that, In some respects, this
county has a real western town. lien
nett was charged with operating a
real western gambling house at .Sun
bursr and Magistrate It. M . Lee
bound him to Superior court in Ihe
sum of $250.
Bennett came to Sunburst some
time ago and erected a budding for
the purpose of opening a pool and
billiard room. According to the wit
nesses in his case gambling has been
carried on according to western rules
in a rear room of the pool parlor and
the prosecution came as a result of
complaints that were made to the au
thorltles there. J. T. Homey, one of
the attorneys for the Champion Lum
ber company was engaged to prose
cute Bennett and he Immediately had
a large number of witnesses sum
moned. Many of tho witnesses, who
were employes of the champion Lum
ber. company, testified that they have
contributed their monthly pay cheeky
to the gambling house and It was also
sworn that these conditions have been
prevailing et the mountain town for
some time. The officers in that com
munity have had trouble in securing
evidence itgnlnat the alleged offend
era though and until the last week the
fact was not generally known. John
Doe proceedings were resorted to and
the witnesses were forced to give out
Information.
Bennett furnished ball and hit
hearing will be at the next term of
Superior court at Waynesvllle.
DR. E. R. MORRIS IS NOW
N RACE FOR
CORONER
SIX MEN RELEASED IPHONSO HAYNES
BY MANAGER COOK! NOT ALLOWED BAIL
Total of Eight Players Now
Released From Contracts
Other Diamnod News.
The weeding out of the recruits who
have reported here for the tryouts
with the Ashevllle Baseball club,
started In earnest yesterday when
Manager Louts Cook asked for releases
for els men. Those who were re
leased then are Holland, Oates,
Burns, Ingle, Benson atnTTerreli. Sat
urday afternoon Skedling and Boy
were released, making a total of eight
recruits who have been let out.
Ashevllle had 3" men to sign for
the spring tyouts and .11 of them have
already reported. "Tal" Stafford and
Otermeyer not yet reporting for duty.
Ostermeyer will report hero next
Monday when the Mars Hill team re
turns home from the road trip, but it
is doubtful whether or not Stafford
will report as he is in Porto Rico
teaching school. With Stafford out
there are left 14 men for Manager
Cook to select his team of IS men
from. It Is expected that other re
leases will lie asked for this week and
by next week the men who hold up
Asheville's end of tho game will have
been selected and down to hard prac
tice, preparatory to the opening game
of the league season, which will be
played here on April 23 with Char
lotte. Secretary T. M. IHiokctt has receiv
ed a letter from the manager of the
Maryvillo (Tenn.) college team. In
which he states that it will be impns
sible for the team to be here on April
IS, for the exhibition game which was
scheduled for that dale between the
Mountaineers and the college boys.
The Mountaineers will go to Wen
vervllle next Saturday for a game with
Weaver college and the following
Monday (he Weaver team will com"
here for a game at Oates park. It is
expected that these two games will be
among the best of the exhibition
games played by the Mountaineers this
season, as the college boys have a
strong team and are now on a trip
through the state, playing some of
the very best college and league teams.
Young Negro Boy Held to Su
perior Court For Murder
Of His Father.
WOMAN SENTENCED TO
JAIL FOR RETAILING
Lizzie Crump Convicted in Po
lice Court of Keeping of
Whiskey For Sale.
Lizzie Crump, colored, of 1ft
Church street was given four months
in the county jail In Police court this
morning on charges of keeping whis
key on hand for sale. It was brought
out in the testimony of the police of
ficers that last Sunday morning about
9:30 o'clock, they went to the wom
an's house on Church street, which
is only a few hundred yards from
three of the leading churches of the
city, with a search anil selxure war
rant ami found nearly three gallons
of whiskey, in different parts of the
house, which was captured and
brought to the police station, where it
was used as evidence ut the hearing
this morning.
One officer swore that he found a
quantity of whiskey In a hole In
the floor of one of the rooms, which
was coveted with a carpet; he found
more whiskey under the bed. In the
cupboard. In the kitchen; and a table
In one of the rooms was full uf whis
key glasses. lie stated that he had
been wutchlng the house for sometime
and uije night recently saw the Crump
woman go to the hole In the floor
and remove several bottles of beer.
IjihI Haturday he stated he saw two
packages of whiskey taken to the
house and he decided It Was time to
raiil the place.
The defendant did not offer any
testimony. The court granted permis
sion to the board of county commis
sioners to hire the wbman out at ; .
for the four months, provided she
paid the Police court costs.
Probable cause was found yester
day In Police court against Al
phonso Haynes. colored, on charges
of shooting and killing his father,
Jonas Haynes, last week at their
home on Pearson drive and the boy
was held to Superior court without
bond.
Only two witnesses were intro
duced by the state, Julia Car
ter, a sister of the deceased, and the
police officer who made the arrest.
The Carter woman stated that she
lived next door to the houso occu
pied by Jonas Haynes and his son;
that last Friday morning she heard
two pistol shots and a moment later
Jonas came to her door and said,
"Sister, son has shot me." She said'
he always referred to the boy as
"son." Alphonso was following his
father, -witness stated, but she did not
hear him make any statement.
The police officer stated that he
answered the call and when he ar
rived at the home found Jonas in
bei. TJpo nasklng him in regard to
the shooting, Jonas stated that the
boy shot him' and the officer went
out and found the boy in the yard.
Later, In the cell at police station, an
officer said that the boy admitted
shooting his father nnd gave as his
reason for doing so that his father
bad whipped him the Monday be
fore. The-pisf 'l was found under the
floor of the house with two empty
shells in it, and the boy said that he
lid not know whether he shot once
or twice.
Atphonse Is about 1 I years of age,
light skin, and looks as though he is
not very intelligent, l oon advice of
the court, ho dlfl not make any state
ment in his own behalf.
AN EXCELLENT TABLOID
AT DREAMLAND THEATER
Opening Performances Last
Night Were Well Attend
edThe Program.
The Dreamland thenter on Patton
avenue opened its doors last night for
the first lime as an e IubIvc vaude
ville house. Al ShnU r's Boys and
Olrls furnished entertainment for the
large crowds attending the proSuc
tlOn Monday, presenting "A Ocncral
MlxMip." The company was pleasant
ly remembered from Its appearance
here some time ago and was accorded
hearty applause. The star of the pro
duction is Mlassflhea Ashner, come
dienne, and her work last night was
most pleasing.
The management announces that
the bill will be ehunged three times
each week and that only the best at
tractions will be presented. The pres
ent production will he presented this
afternoon and tonight and the bill
will change at the matinee tomorrow.
TROOP OF BOY SCOOTS
HAS A CQOD MEETING
Makes Announcement Today
That He is a Candidate
For Re-Election. .
Dr. Eugene. R. Morris uf Ashevllle
today announces through the columns
of The Ussette-News that he Is a can
didate for nomination before the ap
proaching democratic primary for ihe
office of coroner of Buncombe coun
ty, and submits himself to Ihe action
of the democrats of ths eour.ty In this
primary.
Dr. Morris baa bean Mfaaw nt ifea
county far a number of years and Is
w-ji aoown inrousnoui me county
He has been a life long democrat and
has clven excellent service In Ihe po
sition which he holds. He will re
eetve the strong support of his friends
for the nomination. Ma will oppose
Or. J. V Oil! of Wea-e, .;: wno
entered ths race a short time ago.
in
fit Mary's. Hlrllv talari. a..,h -
An unidentified barkenttnc was seen
i dav In llama, eight miles northwest
of Mr y her Island.
REPORTS OF YEAR FOR
FIRSTJRESBYTERIIN
Membership Increased 9 6
Tabulated Statement of
Disbursements.
The reports of the First Presbyte
rian church for the ecclesiastical year
closing Mar" SI. 114, were read to
the congreg.itlon last Hundny by Dr.
R. V. Campbell. They show one of
the best yeara In the history of the
church. Ninety-six persons have been
added lo Ihe membership and the
contributions segregate IH.iiSl Of
this amount, 17. c went to ths cur
rent expenses of the church, and
$?,! lo benevolent and missionary
causes as follows:
Foreign missions, 11.141: home
missions 13.4119. education IT'S; or
phanage 11. 110: Calvary church (for
tha colored people! IISI; floo-rj flu
marllsn mission SIM. Sunday school
e, tension $; American tllblf society
Ml.
Btssry For Widow.
Washington. April I. Tha senate
canals commutes has favorably re
ported a bill granting a year'a salary
to Ihe widow of Col. David Oaillard,
a membvr of the lath, .ian canal com
mission at Ihe time of his death. Col
Carolinian
Aeh.-ville troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of
America, met Monday at the home
of Daniel Hedges, lt8 Merrlmon uve
nuc, When several matters of im
portance to the tioop were taken up
and discussed. Kim Tal new members
were asslgiui to the different patrols
by the governing hoard. To the first
patrol. Max Israel. Henry Harris and
Norman Martin Werg assigned. Julius
Martin. Albin Rogers, nnd Jefferson
Donatio,, were assigned to the second
patrol and Daniel Hedges and J.
Ilerner lo the third.
USwns derided to go on an) all-day
hike nexi Friday ,nd Ihe member
were requested to meet on I'ack
square at 7:ll6 k when a trip to
Sulphur Bprlngs will be made Satur
day morning nt 1" o'clock, the mem
bers will meet nt Ihe High school
building nnd go for a hike to the min
eral springs In 'buna's cove, leaving
the school at H:.in o'clock. The next
meeting will tie in the home of .Max
McOary. S3 College street, next Moil
nay night.
BILTMORE ESTATE IS
AGAIN OPEN TO
be observed and visitors may enter
I it at the usual hours on Tuesdays,
I Thursdays and Saturdays of each
week. ,
POSTMASTER S NAMES
ARB SENT TO SENATE
The Blltmore estate, which was
closed to the public immediately fol
lowing tha death of the owner, George
W. Vanderbilt, about a month ago,
was opened to visitors yesterday. The
estate was closed as a token of re
spect to the founder and during the
past month there has been no little j
disappointment among visitors to the j
city who desired to visit it but could j
not.
It is announced by the manage-:
ment that the same rules and regula- j
Hons that were in effect previous to
the death of Mr. Vanderbilt will still I
Washington, April f. The presi
dent has nominated these postmast
ers: Georgia F. M. Meaders, Dahon
ega; E. A. Spelr, Wadley.
North Carolina J. E. Muse, Car
thage: A. H. Patterson, Klnga Moun
tain; Walter Dunn LaRourque, Kins
ton; F. A. Moseley, Snow Hill.
Virginia G. A. Sullivan, East
Radford.
IJJpPSxMiSAIVE
is-ost ali. cold -rroumLm
INFORMATION DESIREO
OF DEMONSTRATION WORK
Tha success of farm demonstration
work In Buncombe county Is spread...
over the country to considerable dis
tances, the latest request for Informa
tion about Buncombe methods coming
from B. R. Thomas of South Bend,
lnd. Information showing progress
of this work has been ssnt from the
board of trade office, together with
detailed stories of the cultivation of
the prize acres by W. U aster of tho
men's contest. In tha Upper Hominy
district, and Walter Creasman of
French Broad farm, of the boys contest
HYOMEI RELIEVES
IN FIVE MINUTES
You Breathe It
If your hesd U all Muffed up from
a cold or catarrh you suffer with dull
heodachea and seem Masking in vital
ity, or are constantly miffing and
coughing, you need a remedy that
Will givs the quickest, most rffectlve
Land lasting relief nosalble nif.
thing that will go right (o Ihe spot,
clear tha head and. throat and end
your misery.
Surety use Hvossst' all druggists
sell It. It i.i just auch remedy, and
Is entirely harmless and pleasant to
use yu breathe it no stomach doe
lag. .
Tho antiseptic ollg of llyomel mis
with ths air rou breathe Its health
giving medication Immediately
reai-has the sore and Inflame moeous
men ijrane you fast- batter in five
minutes It Is practically Impossible
to ua ffyomel snd not only be re
lieved but permanently benefited
Smith's Drug Htere will refund your
money If you are not satisfied. Ash
for the osojslttt ouUll 11.0 use.
Women's Fine Suits and
Dresses
Also Coats,
Novelty Skirts
Waists, &c
Our Silk Dresses at $6.50 to
$15 are values such as one sel
dom sees. A large claim this
but we will back it up fully and
have you for the judge.
Choice Crepes at $5
Choice, dainty Costumes in many shapes and
combinations light and dark effects. You
will find the. same grades in some shops
and good shops as high as $6.60
Hats; Stylish Shoes
and Pumps; English
Oxfords; Silk Hose
and Lisle Hose; Kid
Gloves, hong and
Short; Silk Gloves,
Long and Short.
Is
Of the foregoing we show big assortments nnipgrtj
bussrhl and sarsed al a reasonable advance only. We
do not sisn to grow rich la n yga ssuj la teat of them.
drM we make our ONE PfUCE the very beat valda
going.
New Orjrset and rcpe Vnrlerwaari KInionaa and
Dressing Marques; IVltb.asui lianas I .lcrvVca; lllhboas
and takers; Attover broideries and Lac re; Veils and
DRESS GOODS
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