THE BAPTISTS MEET State Convention Convenes in Durham To-day. The Gra if/Ing Work cf the Pas'. Yta - is Shown by f?tv. Livirgs'one Johnson the Corrt jpjndrg See, of the Cor v *niion. The Baptist State Convention meets in Durham today, and Rev. Livingston Johnson, the corresponding secretary, has furnished the following interesting account of the work of the past year: There are in North Carolina a hun dred and seventy-three thousand white Baptists, with 1,698 churches. There are fifty-seven district associations. The as sociations meet annually, as docs the convention. At the convention, reports of the year’s work are made. The Baptists of the State look forward with great interest to the convention, in order to know what has teen done through the year. It is almost considered a joke that the schools open, every year, with the largest number in their history. In much the same way our religious gather ings are spoken of. The facts and fig ures, however, warrant the statement that the Baptists of the State have done a greater work this year than ever be fore in their history. In the mission work there has been considerable advancement. The Board of ♦ t •v ■■■ % REV. LIVINGSTON JOHNSON. ♦ v ♦♦♦ * ❖ * * ♦ 4-4 ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ++»+ ♦♦+♦ Missions has under its charge State, 1 Home and Foreign Missions. ; The year was begun with a debt of three hundred dollars on State Missions. 1 In ord*'r to meet this indebtedness, and ; to provide for the needs of the mission field, it was necessary to raise over $2">,000. The treasurer’s books closed ] Thursday night, at which time he had received for State Missions $23,(174.35. The Horae Mission Board of Atlanta, Ga., < will he due the State Board 51,500 De cember 15th. This is tin? same as cash, rs it can be drawn any time after De < ember 15th. This added to the $23,674.35 makes $25,174.35, an advance of $136.75 ever the amount reported by the treas urer when his books closed last year. This left, when the books closed, a debt «f $836.47. Since then the treasurer has rccoiv *d $359, which reduces the innebted rers to $457.47. It is confidently believed that enough will have come in by the lime the report to the board is made to cancel this small indebtedness. This is the best report on State Missions that l;."s ever been submitted. There his been more increase tc For eign Missions than to arty other object. Last year North Carolina gave $11,838.42 to Foreign Missions, while this year the receipts were $13,798.67, an increase over !: si year of $2,160.25. To Home Missions the contributions v.«re $8,213.50 last year and this year J 6.216.80. It will be seen by this that t’.:o three departments of missions show ; n increase in the aggregate of $2,630.03 ever last year. To the century fund (educational) last y» r.r about SIO,OOO was contributed. Hodges were made in Winston at the last convention amounting to $30,000 for ed ucational institutions. The larger part of this was to bo applied to paying off the debt or. the Female University. The GLASS OF WATER Upset Her. Ptople that don’t know about food : loul l never he allowed to feed persons with'weak stomachs. A little over a year ago a yoftng woman ! v. ho lives in Mercer, Me., had an attach of scarlet fever, and when convalescent was permitted to eat anything sim wanted. Indiscriminate feeding soon put h< r hack in bed with severe stomach trou- Ho and inflammation of the kidneys. “There 1 stayed,” she says, “three months, with ray stomach in such con dition that I could take only a few tea «; oonfuls cf milk or beef iuiee at a time. Finally Grape-Nuts was brought to my i tt<*ntion and I asked my doctor if ] might eat it. He said, ‘yes,’ and. I com mence d at once. The food did me good from the start and I was soon cut cf bed and entirely recovered from the stomach trouble. I l ave gained ten pounds since ray recov ery and am able to do all household duties, some days sitting down only long - enough to eat my imeals. I cart eat eny thing that one ought to cat, but T still continue to oht Grape-Nuts at broakfas end supper .and like it hotter every day. Considering that a year ago I could stand only a short time and that a glass , of water rvoomod ‘so heavy.’ T am fully satisfied that Grape-Nuts has been ovory- thing to me and my return to goed health 1" dim solely to it. I have told several friends having ner vous or stomach trouble what Grape-Nuls did for me and in every case they speak highly of the fond.” Name given by Tos- j turn Co., Battle Creek, Mich. i committee will be able to report at Dur ham, $30,000 with pledges enough yet un paid to more than pay the balance. There was raised for other objects than the ones named above last year $26,057.60, making a grand total cf $81,447.42, in cluding SSOO received from the Heme Board. This year the grand total of re ceipts was $04,043.61 when the treasurer’s looks closed. If to this be added what has come in since the books closed for i missions and education, it makes the grand total more than SIOO,OOO. This is for pure benevolence, and does not include amounts'expended at home, such as pas tors salary and incidentals, church building, etc. The reports from the mission fields are very gratifying. There were 2,222 con versions and 1,176 baptisms. Twenty-five new churches have been organized, fifty three houses of worship are being built and ten have been completed this year. Total amount raised on mission field this year $27,063.44. The denomination was never in better condition for aggressive work. The convention of this great body of Christian workers assenibies today in the ”irst. Baptist church in Durham. The president of the convention is Dr. R. H. Marsh, of Oxford, and the secre taries are Mr. N. B. Broughton, of Ral eigh, and Rev. H. C. Moore, of New Bern, while Rev. Livingston Johnson, of Raleigh, is the corresponding secretary. The annual sermon will bo preached by Dr. C. S. Blackwell, of Wilmington. In the Supreme Court. Cases were argued in the Supreme court yesterday as follows: State vs. Neely: by Attorney-General I for State, Ray for defendant, i Ravend vs. Ingram; submitted under Rule 12, by Robertson for plaintiff, John ston for defendant. Love vs. Atkinson; by Walter E. Moore fc-r plaintiff, Ferguson & Son for defend ant. Watkins vs. MTg Co.; by Shepherd and Walter E. Moore for plaintiff, C. C. Cowan for defendant. Nelson vs. Blanton; submitted under Rule 12, by Fisher for plaintiff, Bryson £ Black for defendant. Thomas vs. Railroad; by R. D. Gilmer and' Crawford & Hannah for plaintiff, Boson for defendant. ' Bird vs. Bralburn; by Walter E. Moore for plaintiff, C. C. Cowan for defend ant. To ip vs. Early; by E. B. Nowell (by brief) for defendant. Smyiho vs. Ayers; by Dillard £ Beil for plaintiff. State cases at end of docket to be lied tomorrow as follows: State vs. Pugh. State vs- Austin. State vs. Foy. State vs. Lackey. State vs. Crook. Opinions were handed down as follows: Fleming vs. Railroad, from Iredell; now trial. Rhea vs. Rawls, from Buncombe; af firmed. Brown vs. Railroad, from Mecklenburg; no error. McCall v 3. Zachary, from Madison; error. State vs. Hagan, from Madison; af firmed. Smith vs. Parker, from Buncombe; no error. Thomas vs. Gwyn, from Buncombe; af firmed. Hopkins vs. Railroad, from Tyrrell; cn or. State vs. Stanton, from Madison; per urfnm. affirmed. Duckworth vs. Davenport, from Tran ■ ivania; per euriam. affirmed. Vilcs vs. Railroad (2 cases), from Mad io-r, • v.r>r euriam. affirmed. Benedict vs. Jones, from Buncombe; motion to dismiss denied Industrial News. The Gror.ly Ceramic Company was in erporated yesterday. The headquarters to be Cronly, N. C. The corpora • ; ; . n i 3 to manufacture and deal in all kinds of ceramics, bricks, terracotta ; earthenware, pottery, lime, ce can y cn a general mercantile business, deal in merchandise, real estate, operate steamboats and sailing craft, do a towage business, operate fiats and barges, haul freight on the Cape Fear and its branches. The capital sloclt is put at $50,000, shares SIOO each, the company to commence business with $7,300. The incorporators are William Gilchrist and G. H. Smith, of Wilming ton; W. V. B. Van Dyck and E. H. Rapalje, of Cronly. The W. O. Burgin Compaffy of Thoma - I viHe, Davidson county, was incorporated yc sterday, the capital stork being $3,000, with a privilege to increase to $20,C00, shares of ?luo each. The company is to j do a gpp.oral mercantile business, deal in lumber, agricultural implements, wagons, 'ood, coa!, lands, real estate, etc. The incorporators are W. O. Burgip, of Thoin | r.sville; J. B. Stroud, of Greensboro, and J. C. Smith, of Newton. Mr. W. B. Trogdon returned last night ! from Spiay and brought, with him some i decidedly interesting industrial news. ISE NEWS AND OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. 10. 1902. While there he staked off a new woolen mill one hundred by three hundred feet. This mill will be built on the land of the Spray Water Power and Land Com pany and is doubtless being promoted by this strong concern. The company has lately had male some blotters which show in photographic form the wonderful in dustrial development of the town and sec tion. In the center there is a group of all the mills. On the borders of the blotter are shown each of the several buildings: The Spray Cotton Mills, Lcaks \ille Cotton Mills, Lily Mills, Company office, American Warehouse Company, The Old Mill. Nantucket Mills, The Colonnade, Spray Mercantile Company Store, resi dence of B. Frank Mcbane. Mr. B. Frank Mebar.e is president and Mr. W. R. Wal ker secretary and treasurer of the com pany.—Greensboro Telegram. Greensboro, N. C.. Dec. 9.—Messrs. A. G. Price, D. Watkins, W. S. Green and James S. Bryan, of Kingston, New York, who are interested in the Fentress Gold Mine, situated ajpout twelve miles dis tant, are here on a visit of investigation and inspection of the property, prepara tory to greatly adding to the facilities for getting out the gold, by adding twen ty-five new stamp mills, and otherwise enlarging operations. These gentlemen are alive to the mineral resources of this region, and some of thorn being exper ienced miners, their declaration that there are fortunes lying around loose in North Carolina and Virginia in mineral wealth yet undeveloped, for those knowing how and having the capital to utilize it, is certainly worthy of note. The mine they own. has been worked for generations for copper and they say that there is enough gold paying ore lying loose in the mine to keep them busy for years without making a single blast. FBATERNITIFS AT A AND M- It is Virtually Agreed That These Will be Al low: d. Fraternities are virtually admitted into the A. and M. College. President Win ston has recommended it to the faculty, the faculty will recommend it to the trustees, and the trustees will grant it. Four years ago applications for admission wore made and refused; two years ago the same thing happened again. There was much disappointment and some ill feeling. But the faculty thought the col lege was too young and too small for fra ternities. “Let :t grow awhile,” they said, “and got large enough and strong enough to have fraternities without having also cliques and factions, and the like con comitants of fraternities in small col leges. That time has come. The college has jut off its swaddling clothes and turned out its beard, 30 to speak. It has nearly 500 students and ranks with the great universities and colleges of Amer ica. In ahtlctics, in oratory, in literary and scientific attainments, in splendid manly bearing and character, the A. and M. is in the front rank; and so it is going te have fraternities. ow did it come about? Well, the stu- ! dents who were strongly opposed to fra- I torxiiics two years ago and four years J ago, and the girls, the dear delicious j girls, who love to visit the college and 1 see the dress parades, and who enjoy j the elegant hops with the cadets, and the fraternity men in other colleges, and the fraternity men in Raleigh, all with one voice cried out aloud for fraternities. Everybody said the A. and M. must have fraternities. The president and faculty • said “You shall have fraternities, as \ soon as the college is big enough.” The boys said “Look at our record in foot ball.” The girls said “Look at those { handsome manly fellows in that splendid , battalion.” The public said “The A. and M. is big enough lor fi-aternities or anything .else.” And so the president and faculty yielded and crawled into their holes. There will he regulations and restric tions to prevent cliques and factions, to prevent fraternity zeal from interfering i with literary and scientific societies. In | short the fraternities will be advised. ; .•advised, jassiistol and regulrjted to a j large extent by the faculty. I his will not be difficult for nearly all the mem bers of the faculty nr~ also members of Greek letter fraternities; among them being President Winston, and Profs. W. C. Riddick, W. A. Withers, Henry M. Wilson. Charles W. Burkett, F. L. Ste- j yens, and Lieut. T. M. Dick. In the college the Seniors were unani mous for fraterniiies. the Sophomores unanimous, the Juniors in a majority for, and the Freshmen wild. It is not likely that Freshmen will he allowed to join the fraternities. Jersey Lily’s Final London Appear ance. (By the Associated Press.) London, Dec. B.—Mrs. Langtry’s final appearance on the stage prior to her American tour, was made tonight under exceptional and brilliant circumstances. It had been intended to give a private performance of the play “The Cross ways,” of which she is joint author with Mr. Hartley Manners, and which already has been produced with success in the provinces, at the Imperial theatre, when King Edward expressed a desire to wit ness the performance. Mrs. Langtry then decided to make it a semi-public affair. The King, Queen Alexandra, the Prince of Wales, and their suites arrived at 9 o’clock and without any formality were conducted to a box on the right of the stage. The plot of the piece is a rather hack neyed one, but the acting of Mrs. Lang try appeared to greatly please the Royal visitors, who remained until the end. In the interval between the third and fourth acts, the King then commanded Mrs. Langtry’s presence and commended the play very warmly. Queen Alexandra said to Mrs. Langtry: “I am extremely pleased with the play. I think it is most dramatic and I am sure you will have great success.” Milwaukee, Wis.. Dec. B.—A special from Marquette, Mich., says Section 16 mice is burning. Fire beyond control. Pianos and Organs. Kranlch and Bach and other makes. Cash or installments. Those wanting Pianos for Xmas must place orders now to insure delivery in time. Catalogues and prices on application, Salesman will call if desired. LUDDEN & SMITH MUSIC CO.. W. S. Uzzle, Manager, 107 (oast side) Fayetteville St-, j Raleigh, N. C. ÜBS W E. KENDRICK DEAD. A Devoted Wife and Mother Passed Away Late Last Night It was with feeling of deep regret that the many friends of Mrs. Marion Ncsbett Kendrick, wife of Capt. W. B. Kendrick, , heard of her death last night. The news will be a shock to a very large circle of friends. Mrs. Kendrick has been sick for some time with fever which first came with a chill. Until a few days ago her condi tion was not considered serious, but a change came for the worse and she passed away at eleven o’clock last night in the fifty-ninth year of her age. Mrs. Kendrick was a devoted wife and mother. She was a native of Georgia, married Captain Kendrick, then with the Confederate army, in Americus in 1864. Besides her husband there survive her two sons, Hugh Kendrick, of this city, and Gerald Kendrick, now with the Schnectady, N. Y., General Electric Company. These were with her at her death, as was also her mother, Mrs. M. S. Kimbrough and her brother, Mr. R. H. Nesbitt, of the Southern Railway Com pany, of Washington. Mrs. Kendrick was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd. The de tails of the funeral have not yet been determined on. but this will not take place till Wednesday, and notice will be given. The many friends of Captain Kendrick throughout the South will sympathize with him most deeply when they learn of his bereavement. PEARL LUND CO. LAST NIGHT, Gave an Enjoyable Performance and Will be Here all the Week A good audience saw the first play of the Pearl Lund Stock Company last night at the Monumental Theatre, and judging by the liberal applause bestowed, they were well pleased. It was “Woman against 'Woman" that the company pro duced last night, and they did it with a snap and interest that caught the atten tion of tho audience from first to last. There was plenty of action and there were many critical moments and tragic denonemeuts. Miss Pearl Lund is a strikingly hand some woman, and ho.r acting is natural and lifelike. She was well supported by a good, strong company. Between the acts, a well selected series of specialties prevented the tire some waits while scenes were being shifted. This company w’ill be at the Monumen tal all this week, and will produce pop ular plays every night. They give good, clean performances, and should draw large audiences. SECOND TRAIN BUTTED IN -7 wo Freights get Tangled up at Method on the Seaboard. There was a rear end collision of two Seaboard Air Line freight trains at six o'clock yesterday morning at Method, two miles west of Ilaleigh. Both of the trains were coining towards Raleigh. The first stopped at Method be fore taking the siding, when the second came on and crashed into it. No one was injured, but the engine of the second train lost its smoke stack and was bat tered, while two cars were wrecked. The flagman of the first train had gone back, and reports state that either the distance in which warning was given was not great enough, or that the brakes of the second train refused to act. A wreck ing train straightened up the damage and the trains were brought into Raleigh about midday. JUSY EXONERATED HIM. Teath of C. T. Cordon led to Investigation Which Cleared the Man Suspected. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington, N. C., Dec. 8. —Saturday right Mr. Carmer T. Cordon, a prominent wholesaler and broker, died at his home. Several suspicions wore had that Cor don's death was caused by a blow sustanac in W. H. Albert's bar Saturday night by a shovel in the hands of Mr. Albert. A coroner's inquest was held and the jury demanded an autopsy or post mortem. This examination was minutely complete nr.d the jury completely exonerated Mr. Albert. Mr. Cordon was an excellent business man and loaves a $12,000 busi ness and SB,OOO insurance. Wm. G Hill Lodge Officers. At a regular meeting of Wm. G. Hill Lodge, No. 218, A. F. and A. M., held last night, the following officers were elected for the ensuing Masonic year: Junius H. Mullins, W. M. Samuel J. Hinsdale, S. W. Thomas E. Green, J. W. James A. Briggs, Treasurer. James C. Birdsong, Secretary. These officers will be installed intc i their respective offices on the evening of December 27th. j The Ida Lawrence a Total Less. (By the Associated Press) Norfolk. Va.. Dec. B.—The schooner j Ida Lawrence, w hich was abandoned off Hattcras last. Friday morning has been beached by her crew and is being strip ped. She is a total loss. BOTTLE BABIES Bottle babies, arc so likeh to get thin. What can be done ? More milk, condensec milk, watered milk, householt mixtures—try them all. Thei try a little Scott’s Emulsion is the bottle. It does for babies what i does for old folks—gives nev firm flesh and strong lif You’ll be pleased with the r< suit. It takes only a little i milk to make baby fat. \\Vll send ycu a little to try,i f you I.ke. I SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York. TABERNACLE REVIVAL. In the Great Meeting cf Mr Vines Over 80 Conversions are Reported- Sunday was a lovely day and with it came a very largo congregation to the Tabernacle where a revival has been in progress for several days, conducted by Rev. W. M. Vinos, the able young min ister from Asheville. N. C. In fact it was the largest congregation which ever assembled in the great church, taken all in all, in its history of great meetings. The sermons, both morning end evening, were models of clearness of thought as well as religious fervor. A3 a result of such faithful expositions of scripture more than sixty persons made profession of faith. The meetings have grown in interest rnd deepened, seemingly at each service, till, including the accessions last night, more than eighty people have come for ward and taken their stand as being out and out for a more consecrated living. Again last night there was a splendid meeting held, with increasing interest shown. Mr. Vines portrays the truths of the gospel in burning words, and arouses deep interest in his hearers. The meetings have been announced to continue till Wednesday night, when the last service will ho held, as both Mr. Vinos and the pastor, along with num bers of people from the city will leave for the State Convention in Durham. Mr. vines has made himself felt here, and suffice it to say that no man has been in the city for a long time who has more deeply impressed the people. Services at 10:30 this morning and at 7:30 tonight, to which all are invited. LOOKING AT THE BOOKS- The General / sssmbly Committee Eegun its Work Eero Yesterday Yesterday the members of the Examin ing Committee, appointed by the last General Assembly to examine the bocks of the State officers, reached the city and began their work. The committee is composed of Con gressman E. Y. Webb, of Shelby, who was a member of the State Senate when appointed; Senator Allen K. Smith, of Smithfield; Representatives A. D. Watts, of Statesville; Harry Stubbs, of Wil liamston, and Edward O. Masten, of Wilkesboro. The committee yesterday began its work on the books cf the State Treasurer. 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