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'(. SECTIQN ONE PAGES 1 TO 10 erver DOfJBLB TBS CTRCTJ UTIOK OF All OTHER irORTHuCASO UNA DAILY. il V VOLXCVH. NO. 100 RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS L L n n r i t n n 1 1 n n r nh . -Leg blltfll buiibitur J QFTHE SOUTHLAND MEETS THIS WEEK "Annual Conference for Educa tion In the South at Ricfi- mond Opens Wednesday V 2fob5 DELEGATES COMING Craig, joyner, Hill, Carr, Poe and Other North Carolinians to Participate ' Rlihmond. Ti' April 12. Repre- entatlv fsrmen, buainess mm Ju J school workers, minister of all de 1 nominations and other prominent in- tsrested persons from all parti of the South ax turning by the acorea to ward Rclhmond to participate la the great coagrt of the Southland, the sixteenth annual Conference for Kdu cation In the South, which will open In the Capital City of the Old Do minion Wednesday Hth, to remain In ft- esfiolTthrduihomrthr-l Ithr It li expected that over 1,000 ac credited delegate fwlll be In attend a nee. Governor of nine States have riTWHffitcrd Spe-ls:lsa,a4Vina,.aiL. EMERrLEGMATORUt SENTENCED TO JAIL mm if 7 bwTrti presen teoTia -'VMS' tHr. 1. Klorlda, Georgia, Kentucky, Missis- r lnrlr North Carolina. Oklahoma. C i Tnn4tVirtlni-n4 -Wwt V lr- avinta I Several large affiliated bodies will meet In conjunction win me v-u-ference, among Which are the ln- . irritate Reeling of County Superin tendents, the . Commission -o -Ac-credited School the Cooperative "Local Cridits1 Assoclailoltrih League of Southern Women Write rs and the Southern Association: of tollcge "i r'T42 Locomotive With Most Inter esting War Record SERVED THE CONFEDERACY MOUSE AID T- HEALTHYGROWTH Early Cotton Mill Industry Not i Coaxed Along . MARKETS" NOW THE NEED Figured Conspicuously In Andrews Raid in April, 1864, and Was Stolen bv Federals Address of Secretary; Lianiels at Dinner Given by W. A. Erwin 1 at Washington," D. C " (Special to New and" ' Observer. r' Chattanooga, Tenn, April II. Vlel tore to the confederate reunion here nn May 27-2 will be Interested In an old locomotive that li fenced 4R to It sejf with a substantial and ornamen tal Iron fence In the Union depot This engine Is known from one end of the South to the other as "The General," and If Is cared for by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louie Railway as a Drecioua heirloom. The uenerai Is the property of that road. . It has the most Interesting and extensive war record of any engine on the American- continent. .. . The General flaured conspicuously In . the Andrews raid between Big Hhantv. Qa.. and Rlngold. Oa., In April 14, being the engine that was stolen at the former point, by spies of the Fcairel army. This . company was headed by a dare-devil Federal soldier 4y -h-jiauiaDf lauief-Andrewa-of -to gold from-in instant lt-outa torlh : (i H. n C. fcRTAMT.) Washington. D. C, April II.- Sec retary Josephua Daniels was one of the speakers at the dinner given hy W. A. Erwin .a;the. Kew Wlllard Tuesdsy night H4 aaid: "Cotton! What word to conjure with to -us who are from the South. You all remember Henry .. Grady's tribute: 'What a, royal plant It is! The world waits In . attendance on . Its growth. The shower thai falls '.vh ta pe rln if on Its leaves is heard around the earth. Tho sun that shines upon it is tempered byithe prayers of all i . - ffn. . r thmt ..hill ind the dew that deecdhds from tho stars are noted, and the! respass r mtie worm on Ita arreea leaf la trior to England than tho advance of tho Rue- aiun armv on her Asian outpoeta. It Its tiny shoot. - Ita fiber la cur--nt in every bank; and when loeinr- its fipere to the sun It flosvta a sunny taunt.' thai Kturlflea tho field of the humble LIFTED THE MAINE How a North Carolinian's In genuity Solved the Problem Sick iii Bed With Fever He Work ed It Out With Linen Cuffa, FfiswrsrNeedtcrand-Thread-"' HE'S FOLLOWING IN TEDUY1X)0TSTEPS Women. , a. The nrsteneraTmetlng-of the eeaference will .bo' hoi Wednesday night at t o'clock In the auditorium ot tho John Marshall High School. President Robert C- Ogden, of New York.-the president of the confer ence, will preside. Oovosnor W iUlam iJHodgsV Mann of pltil" tosao- as oeiegmiew va Stste, and the address of welcome on behalf of , the city will be mado by Mayor Alnslle. President U B. John eon, of the Norfolk and Wsstern Rall sy. will make tho address of the evening. , ' , Activities of tho conferenoe will, however, begin Wednesday morning, vhen. simultaneously, four separate meetings will be held. At that time the Farmers' Conference will moot In the high school auditorium, the Busi ness Men's Conference will gather In the auditorium of tho Jefferson Hotel, the Conference of Virginia Preachers will assemble in tho Mecbanio'a In stitute auditorium and the Interstate Vesting of County Buperlntendema lllF'be held In tho Young Men's -Christian Association auditorium. These separate conferences will fre- ' ouently be cemented together by gen eral conferences at which matters pertinent to each cf the separate In tereets will bo the subjects of general discussion, la which all will be In vited to join. .. Calls Ureal Mew. 'Among the .distinguished person ages which the conference calla to gether are tho following: Hobert Oaden. New York, presl- 4nt of the -conference: Dr. Walter H. Page, ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of St. James. Secretary of the Kavy Josephua Daniels; Secretary of Agriculture Houston; Gen. Julian 8. Csrr. of Durham, fl CI T. H. HIll. t Raleigh. N, C, JoiepbD. Kg- gleaton. president-elect of the Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute; W. E. aonsalea. editor of tho Columbia State: I E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western ttaiiway: nr. - .Wleknffo Rose, of tho Hockefeller Commission: S. T. Noel, former Gov ernor of Mississippi; John U Mc lauiin. former Senator from South -arolina: Theodore H. Prh-e. of New .York: Ha r vie Jordan, president of th Southern Cotton-Association and the Farmers' Oln Compress snd Cotton Company Dr. S. C Mitchell, prt sident t the I'nlveraity of South Carolina; - 4'harlea Ie Kaper, desn of tho grad Hate school Cnlversity of North Caro lina; Dr. II. B. FrisSell. - president Hampton Normal and Agricultural In tttute: J. I. Foust, president Normal pad Industrial College, Greensboro, X C; D. B. Johnson, president Wln IhropjL'ollege, Rock Hill, a C; Gov- ernors MoCreary. of Kentucky; Mann, of Virginia;. Craig, of North Carolina; Brown, of Georgia; Brewer, or Mis- aisstppi; O'Neal, of Alabama; Hooper. of Tennessee; Cruce, of Oklahoma, and GIsMCork. of West Virginia. The object of the conference la the promotion' of rural life by tho pro tnutaaUon of the latest methods and aystems of rural development along II lines. Us ultimata result Is ths (Contnued from Page Two.) A. C. REID WINS IN HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST $twdM of Ch swell land SrtMml Awarded Dorlalsnwaw' Modal Orer , IOgM CosBpetlton at Ouiprl Hill. " Special to News and Observer. ) Chapel Hill, PrU In tho third annual declalmera' - eoatest of the East Central division or ins mate nign rJaimerar medal over eight other com- pentora. Hit subjort wsa "Tho New North," . . . . The ether eight declatmera snd ar hoots represented 'In the contest - worn: Bacon Hardse. torn: M. O. JCatoiaa, Cary; Percy Oroome, James . town; D. H. Lashley. R'lvan; Aubrey yisroet Albert Glbsnn, HswAelds, and "VlKglns. Ks mMir-T U Msaass. lrsyetle Isley. rrienoshlp. The Judges of the ontiteae were: rrs i p. V enable. H. TV, Chase aad Vtofesaoe CoUler Cobb, , , ,, , Vr Ueauntat. I'lemlnicsburr. Ky. Thls: raid 1s one of tho many lnot. dentiioof the civil war In the Chatta- noosiKAtlanta campaign that has itria a xartQr JJlsiprx .wsauiunMiMia: uaex.ww mriiioi.. the contending (BY H. K. C. BRYAXT.) Washington. D. C. .April 12. Sec retary Daniels In his exhaustive In- snecllnn Af- the -.various. bnreaua.. and ofllres of the Navy departments waxj much Interested when he cams to the model of the wrecked battleship Maine. This model had a special In-, terest for him in that It was tho work of a North Carolinian. Naval Construc tor William B. Ferguson. V. S. :'.. now on duty at the Boston navy yard. Ths model shows In detail the con dition In which the Maine waa found when exposed on the bottom of Ha vana harbor In the fall and winter of 111). This exposure -was effected largely through the efforts of another North Carolinian, Major Harley., B. Ferguson, V. S. A., a native of Wayne vtlle, who waa the representnttve at Havana of the Hoard of Army Rngl neers charged with the execution of the work. It will he remembered that by an Art of Congress spprnved May t, 1(10, J provision wattnads ifor Jhe removal or the wreck or the Maine mm tne hsrbor of Havana, Cuba, and for ths proper Interment of the bodies found therein In Arlington cemetery. A I ' ' . f J'ibVAjW J. in 1 ; - '.V- Vf I . h: 'Kpt- I ' Hv .... ' 1 . 'V v.., . u 42f j ft H.i ' w la T E ST DM VIEWPOINT OF THE I'll Young Women's Christian As sociation, Now in Convene - tion, Face Evils ?- MISS . WILSON A SPEAKER -4" FTBOldtB D. BooosveU. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the new ssatstant secretary of tho navy, has started out on a political career very much like that of his Illustrious cous ftvTbeodors. - Young Franklin heaths as me position at Washington that the elder Roosevelt held under McfClnley. Both Hoosevetta are - graduates of Harvard and both have been state sen- related lUmrdoi.SJtaxjiaglncerwii appoint- stors in New York. They aro P. j Wm-.i ' If Jl'jf'""-?-VV"ti r-f rlM-fli-lnighllTTir-nl lltnfiuli ihmi A .m mnmiiiMM ill irmles. that" Botf" 'vT to" thlslltfothw rViwewve'-eAU- u&it W3&:SstL4(&J. jRa'T. JVj r Women of Wealth, Lemrnfaif; an4 Leadership Consider, How U Help Qii. (Ths IteUgwMSS sWrnhassiI -The other side of tho oursont-aoolsl question the host of noble, sfllnsnst women who, all over tho In 4. arc systematically engaged in nolpjnc young women to meet and aotve peas nt problems is represented by tho rounn Dienniaj convention of tho Young Women's ChrtaQan Assoeta-' tloas of tho Untted State f Aaerlaa, bow In session In Richmond. The Y. Wl a A. la of tho .a aw. agsntod religious orgwalaadoao, Ita wm is noi au i mmsnsuiata with Jho whiU Lgha of puHloity whioh, has beaten upon ita brother organisation the T. VC.JL. has" misned It. yet thero aro nearly nine hundred associations la this oountry. seren .hundred of which an la eon- neuuon wita olghar schools of learn- io44"' wotnan. Tb orcanla- Mr. and ilrs. Harry M. Cwidrey. St. Ixiul, April 10. Former Con- gressman ilarxx K... Co u d rey ro ust leave his young wife in order to aerve four yean arid . half in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. He and Harry U. Gardner, lotb of this city. have bnen sentenced to that term and the payment of I1.&09 each ty the federal district' coort. -Tho sentence thsmsiieninv allowed tinder rho ahW. Ths men. were convicted f uting the malls to defrsud In ths promo tion of the so-called "twin-Insurance companies," the continents! LJre Assurance Company and tho Inter national Fire Assurance Compsny. , aiiAf. in nHW On-the. morning of April 12, 11, Cspl. W. A. Fuller, a conductoroh the Western, snd Atlantic Railroad, left Marietta. Ua., with a mixed train for Chattanoga. A company of twenty two Federal soldiers, disguised as cttl-en;-1marded this strain? atMarlella ttckeli tor Chatunooga. The their nsVrl when Ho arched our lamination tu Do made berore uisturo sl.les, estabjtshod our mountains, girt ling any parts which might Indicsts US about Wltll ins oosan, loaeei inc in oust f w ORANGE PRESBYTERY HOLDS SPRING MEETING Adjoorno-to-Hold Fall Meeting at t.lade Valley, After IutcrOiUng Sea. aton at Graham Otcrtures Adopted Graham, April 12. Orange Presby tery, which convened In the Graham Presbyterian church -Tuesdsy night, adjourned yesterday, after an Intent ing and, profitable se-slon. Tt will hold Its fsllmeetlng at tllade Valley, ten venlng 8epteiriler U.--- , Orange I'resliytery is the oldest south of the Virginia line. H is about ISO years old and embraces seventv- flve churches 4nfuenjunLlswUhJhauie(l between Rtngold and Grays vi lie. after a chase covering a distance of ninety miles. When Andrews and his men saw they were beaten, they abandoned the engine and took'to tho woods. Aa Captain Fuller passed ninKsold-ihe saw a company of Con federates at. muster. He sent word back to tho. csptaln of this compsny to (ret i hi whole command into tho wood at once on horseback to capture the Federals under Alidrews. All of them were quickly captured. They were taken back to Atlanta and turned over to tho Confederate authorities there. . Eight of them. tn cludlna- Andrews himself, were tried by eourt-marltial ' and. executed a spies. - Right escspsd from jail and six were exchanged for Confederate pris oners. Mil a Mlnate, a mcmhershlp of 7. ode. . More man sixty were hi attendance. The open ing sermon was preached by Kev. R. Xi. Williams, of Oreensboro, who I working In the Interest f the I'rcsby trrlan orphanage nt Barium Springs. Overtures hsnded down from the Grnersl Assembly provoked consider able debate and were adopted, these being to changs the "elect Infant clause" so as to positively declare ths salvation of all Infants, to make the number gf communicants Instead of number of ministers the basts of representation- nthe Synod, snd to refer cases on appeal in ths Synod to a com mission rather than have them settled In open session of tho General Assem bly. Rev. W, T. Thompson preached on forgein mlsslona ' George SrCooper wss presented as a candidal for tha ministry, exam ined affi) received as a member of the 1 reabytery. as were stso Rev. W. A. Crawford, of Fayelteville. and Rev. R. K. Redding, of West Virgtnls. Calla from vacant fields were placed In their hnnds. Jsnics Murray, of Graham, was examined for license to preach snd preached hia trial sermon, making a. splendid impression upon the able ministers present. ' Dr. W. J. Martin, president of Pev Idson College, spoks on Christian Edu cation, and laid the needs of the Insti tution before the Presbytery. INDIAN AND NEGRO BREAK HAYWOOD JAIL Rut Aro Captured By Jackson County OftKTTM 'anil ltd ii rood to WirrllT Bclitnil Itara Again. -- i Special to New and Observer. I Waynesvllle. April 1!. -Ijuit night about 12 o'clock, WITT Miller, a negro, and Issac Johnson, an .Indian, es caped, from Jail here. They had trlmmrd a broom handle so k would go through the bars with which they prised tip tho lever to the rage door., on which, waa a defective lock. In some way they battered the lock and succeeded in getting out of the oage and managed to. pick; through the brick wall. '. Sheriff W. A. Palmer phoned In all directions for officers to look out for tho pair. Early this morning they were rep tured by Jackson county officers at tn'iiioia twelve miles west of here. schools, A. C. Reld. or l nuocniatm peputy Sheriff Plott went to Wlliet high school, was the winner okxho-detl aftef tho Jail breakers, who are In for house bresklng and adultery. They re behind the bars again. IXJTRED IN COIJJSIONV (Special to. News snd Obierver.) Hurllngton. April II. Krey Somen, of Klon College, while riding his mo torcycle Saturday night, plunged Into s-automobile driven Jar, Mr. N.U Wllllsma, of this city. Mr. Sinners was seriously Injured, and waa rush" ed to .St. Ieo's Hospital, dreensboro. At a number of places on the trip from Bis; Shanty to Ringgold. Captain Fuller ran hia engine at tho rate of a mils a minute. Fifty miles at one stretch, sccordlng to Jils report, was covered In S2 mfnutes, faster time than Is now made on this road with modern engines, the best of roadbed and other facilities for fsst travel. It makes tho fest sll the more remark able when It is known that Captain Fuller'sT-englne was "crawfishing,"- ss the railroad men ray. all ths way from Rome to "where the fugitives were overhauled. . . In addition-to this ext'ltlng expe rience. The General was almost under the guns of the Federals at the battle of Knnneaaw Mountain, having pulled an ammunition train from Atlanta to Kennesaw for ths Confederates and hauled the wounded back to Atlanta. At the fall of Atlanta, Tho General was the last locomotive to leave that city. As late as Hit, this engine wss doing regular duty on the Western and At lantic Railroad, pulling trains between Atlanta. and Chattanooga. The late Ma J; John W. Thomas, for so many years president of the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railroad, recog nixing tho historical Importance of this engine, had it Haken out of ser vice and preserved In the depot at Chattanooga. Thousands of tourists view Tho General every year, and It has been a difficult task to preserve It against relic himtera, many of whom would strip It of every movable part and tsko them homo as souvenirs of The Oenersl wsa built in 1168 by the Rogers Locomotive Works; is an eight-wheel engine and wood burner of course. The macninery is yw gooa, breesee, tempered the suaslUne and meaaured tho rain, purs and our chil dren's forever. - At prlacolv a talent as ever camo from HVa hand lo mortal aterwardshlp.'- - . ..,,... .,..,.., Yeu win remember- better (nan i Train stapne4-t BlgShantjw,aaJ.fl clbo vejopment of tho ration in- somsthlng mqre than a hundred miles south of Chsttanoega. for breakfast. While the train crew were In the din ing room of the eating house, Andrews and his party, uncoupled the engine and a few .freight cars from the passenger-coaches- turned on steam and "hit the rails" in the direct loa of Chat tanooga. It wag their Intention . to hum all arida-aa between Big Shanty aad ChsWaooogs. nfteea U all and by that pieano separate tfe toateaeraU array from Its baao of supplies. Capt; W. A. Fuller, eondactor of tho train, however, heard the noise of tho retreating engine snd Immediately ran out to see what the trouble was.' At a glance he knew what he waa up against that the engine had been stolen by Federal soldiers In disguise for the purpose of tearing up track or burning bridge! Captain Fuller and party started on foot to nvertejis the ..engine. . Two miles up ths road they found a handcar, and -appropri ated tt to their own use. With this car they mado their way to Rome. Ga., where an engine wis secured. With out foes of time they took possession of this angina nLatarted jfterJhe Andrews party. - it was a race fuii-of the most exciting Incidents, surh as Jumping over crosstlso that had been placed on tho track by the Federals, repairing broken rails and tha like. Caught Tbena. . . L The fugitives were finally over- dniirv In mw awn Hlale of North Car olina. You know that it neveiopen along Individual lines Kdvard M. Holt built mo first mill on me i-.sw river. He became the fathar of tht Industry in North Caroline. If mt In tho South." and his Alamance sxaras hmnii hmnua tha world over. You tli um wrih ma that tho iadcstrv 4ii those earlr da loped without aaxJUtL wiusaut, a.,y wei-ncmia og-Mtw taeW V P an a- It waa ot poited antl eoaaod. I vtM1,t ot a 'model but It stood on Ita own resources) and waa maa f sv had a healthy, normal grow in. iu our own day modem ounaiuona nav brduglit It about that the Industry Is carried on bv corporatlona tho lav sis of modern progress. But may wo not hope that tho lesson that wo leaned from the early day may nM bo forgot ten and that we may continue to do pond unon our own resource What wo need la markets for our manufac tured product. China today becomes a republic, and China calls for au enor mous quantity of our cotton goods. High tariff-walls aro beginning to crumble and we live In a new el a of freedom of trade which It seems to mo must Inevitably tend to increase nhw-detnanoVfor-wlwt we-majes. Allow mo to refer to anomr mai ler that I am sure will be of Interest ta' vou. Tho whole Chiiatlan world today Is celebrating the 100th anniver sary of the blith of David Livingstone. I am reminded that ho started on his career as a pathfinder or Arrica rrom the humbla place as 'niecer in a 'ijas-1 gow cotton mill. His father was a crofter and moved from a rcinty Scotch farm to the great city to better his condition bv placing hia chillrtn In tho big Blantvre mill. Just ss so many of tho small 'renters' do on our eotubern farms today. Mill owners thn did not take as great Interest in th welfare of their employe aa yon gentlemen do now. Tho hour or work were lonr The lad saw the moraine- star snd it wsa after sun down when he 'knocked off."-By a plno-knot fire, he read his books till lh. fnlitnleht hour He hullt a "book- rack upon hS looms and snatched hia education on tne run. never -complained of his. hard, school ing He Is an insiilratlolf to ua all to employer and employe. "If a Scotch cottn mill boy could fit Mmaaif for his life-work under auch conditions, what may not an American boy do with the advantage of educa tion which we are beginning to realise that we owe him? I am..glad and I know especially that those of you who r. rrom mv own state, are too. that h. iMMon of Llvlhgstona cornea to- lis when' a six-months', school term and compulsory education are dawning in North Carolina.-. - f ' MT.. OLIYI miMABT. A - T t- (Speclaf to News and Obserrsr.r Mt, Ollv-o, April 12. Notice hs been given of a primary, to be held here April 15. for the purpose of nom inating a mayor and board of town commisslonera Already there arw three candidates 'fortha-mayoralty nomination. B. H. Hatch, merchant: F. F. Manly, merchant, aad Colon 8. jjmttaj prominent yourui Jajrrsr, PROGRESSIVE PARTY" PARCELS OUT WORK t r..i.iii.. Knhlecla Assigned) Tew Members of the Third Parly In the - !"- to no nenarea iu Pasbcd. i Ru the" Aaoaclated Press. IT w..hir.non. IV .C.. April IS. The Progressive conference of tho House today parceled out m "i ...in. tha meaaiires that will form a part ot the Progressive Isgislativs plan. Among the llousemembers who work in conjunction with the legisla tive committee of the Natolnal Pro gressive party, of which Gifford Pln nh. ln Addams. Dean liOwls. of Pennsvlvsnla Cnlversity; Walter Weyl, n,t other prominent persons aro members.' ' , Ten legislative subjects were assign .A toiiev's conferenc. Bills oi these subjects will bo-prspgred after thorough investigation by the mem bers assigned to them, and they will form the basis for ths legislative- Cam palgn of the Progressives In tha pres. snt congress. ' . ' FROM EV fiLAXD TO SKVLAXP. (Special to News and Observer.) Ashevllle, April-!!. Western North Cerellne has lust acquired two Eng- ii. k families aa oermaoent residents. Teso aro Mr. and atra Charles I taker, their won. unaries a. uaasr, and dauchter. Mlsa B. 8. Baker; Mr. and Mrs. 8. T. Pickens aad daughter, aU ot whom are of Trumbridga Wells, Kent,- England,. Tha. Bttgliaa paopla hsv purx'based lage treats ot lends, near Skyland, aad will develop them ,aa ,trnn (arrasr army engineers proceeded to build a cofferdam around "the wreck and then to pump out the contained water. To assist In the collection of data and.the identification of exposed wreckage" as the -water was pumped down in the cofferdam. Naval Con st rucTorT'grTeTgasoit-wss- ordered to Havana, and remained continuous- Iv on duty with the wreck until the board of investigation appointed by theNavy-department-made lla Itnal report. Because of the difficulties attendant upon a clear understanding of any daaorlptlon of tha confused wreckage. Naval Constructor Ferguson concelv- plaining eonwitions y lel.TalW"attempt Naval Constructor Fer. gusoa while la bed In Havana tinder the doctor's orders, suffering from-sn attack of feer. lie Inalstcd that hi wife furnish him with severs! pairs or linen ruffs, scissors, snd needle end thread, and while on his back In bed, suffering from fever, he made ths first model of linen. This model Is st the present time in the office of the chief constructor of the Navy, In the Navy department, and by its use a dear un derstanding of conditions found at ths wreck ws exposed, wss so apparent that Naval Constructor Ferguson pro ceeded to develop more elaborate and permanent models. ' Ths flint models were constructed by Ng vat Constructor! Ferguson wit h materials purchased out of his own fund.- After spending such money as tie felt hat he could afford, he re-1 quested the, Navy department t allot funds for the preparation of- a lerre scele mmlel, Thla laraa-scala. model wss msde of sheet brass snd was very cleverly equipped with rams, springs, and welghu. . Naval Conetructor Fer guson ws thus sble to start with a model of the ship In the condition as ahe filiated before the explosion, snd by opersttng one lever after-enother he was stile to duplicate a poible se quence of events ending with s cor rect niodel of the wreck In the condi tion in which It wss fonnd by ihe in vestigating board after the water was pumped from the cofferdam. The board appointed to Investigate the causa of the wreck of the Melns ws so. Impressed with the' lngenulty-f thfs model, snd of ths rsmarkable aid It furnished to an understanding ot the situation, that It was Included aa one of the exhibit in tha exhaustive re port of tht board. Naval Constructor rerguson person ally accompanied this model to Wash ington, set It up. and by direction of the Navy' department exhibited the same to many of the senior officers of the Navy. He also hsd tho pleas ure of tsklng the model to a cabinet meeting, operating tt, and explaining In- prentdrut Taft and the members f his cabinet the conditions as found when the cofferdsm surrounding the Maine wss completely unwstered. Ths model st the present time Is ex posed to public. Inspection In the cor ridor of the buresu of construction and rspalr of the Navy department, and Is a tribute to the wonderful In genuity and skill dwplsyed by Ns val Constructor W. B. r'erguson an officer of whom tha Stale of North Carolina may well be proud. It will be of further Interest to North Carolinians lit thai conrrsctlon to note that the Major Ferguson of tho army engineer corpa referred to above aa In direct charge of raising the Maine, hj a brother of Naval Con sctructor Ferguson. Mr. Homer I Ferguson, another brother, was also a naval constructor In the Navy, and Is now genersl manager and In com plete rharge of the Isrgs i hlpyard of thawNawport ' News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Newport News. Virginia. As officers of the construc tion corpaof tho Navy and of tha en gineer corps of tho army ar aelsctsd only from among the moot premlelng and distinguished graduates ot Anna poll and Weet Point respectively. It will be seen at once that tha rerguson brothers of North Carolina stand ex ceedingly high In the technical engi neering work of the army and navy. SPARKS SHOW MOV1C8 OVT. , (IpeelaTTo" News and Observer.) Salisbury. April IS. After spending four month lahteruartrber tho Charts H. Sparks Circus opened tho season with a performance under the auspices .of Salisbury Lodge of silks her yesterday afternoon.- New tents, new equipment, new features snd with a pew program complete the shuv n uini n n rr UIHIilUHU I JuDiLLL. ATCOMMENCEMENT i -. . - To Be Real Gala Week With Greensboro College Alumnae, Faculty and Students ' ; :,-. 'Sj;- ; "-v'-'.'T" .in --' yCBffibtninjr Fprftjj for,tn- Un precedented Event v 'Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, April If. Greensboro CoMcrs for Women hss issued tho fol lowing statement;-; "The alumnae, faculty and students are combining force, under the un failing .Inspiration : of our president and assisted by tho capable manage ment of Mrs. Martin, our very efficient president of the alumnae association, we expect to besiege the fort of custom and make thla commencement an itn- precedente done. We purpose in make It a real gala week and one long re membered lo the gnnalsof the college. "Sunday.- Bishop Collins Danny-win preach UM-sixlaurealeaermm . at West Market Street church. The mu sic will be under the direction of MlM Foreman, of the voice department of the college. Oh Sunday; night in the chapel, service will tie- held by the Vouns woman a Christian Associa tion. , . "Monday night there will bo a musi cs I recital by the undergrsdustea "Tuesdsy Alumnae Day At 1 2 s. in. the business meeting of the Alumnae association will bo called. 1'At 1:10 p. m. tha Alumna lunch eon will be served at tho college., when tha toast will bo given by tho cl which are having reunion. "At 2:00 p. m. a second business session will, be held "At 6 p. m. Class Day saerolss will be observed, the seniors being assisted by . the visiting alumnae. "tin Wednesday night, a beautiful 'A I fresco.', extravanganza. . including The Sleeping Beauty1 with the Inter lude, 'The Woman's Awakening" will be presented, under the capable dlrec tlon of our gifted expression teacher. Miss Mitchell, Only tw date have been grren North 1 ; ... ' 1W women and modern life, Ham ss la tha T. w n t .v. last word in organised ministry to young w omen because it la mora rhsn merely ooonomio. It la ana-aswd ins. lconstrutry work for the promotion F ot - k highsst ldsia oT r Christian -- womannood. Doubtless ft is tha rLslng1a force Jn the is-ti angigni in. the problems Whloh aro at pres ent attracting internet!, mil aitrain- tlon. , Brfag for niy Girls. . When a couatry girl rirst comes la he city, she may. he mat at the sta tion by .he Traveller' Aid Depart ment of the Y. W. C, A., safeguarded ihrtHigh 1 ho danger of her arrival, -diroctad-aoi. tha-aasodgtlon botidlng, iysr- .b win md hosn. taught in. sducational elasae.. provided with empioyatent. and.ivs,a aortal cea fer Tor rscrsstlon end the fmpJuy. ment of her leisure hours. -, ,'Th '"ck of a wholtwutn social life appears to be the crux 'of tha " present problem. The Young Wom en's t.'hrialian Aaeociui ion imwii... to. furnish this in more than two hundred cltlei and towns. It atandr as a witness to sll young women' that somebody cares for them. The agenoles of ths association aro de signed to help young wejeaen-VecoVn' their best selves. It does mora it.. shelter and safes-uard rham fm., evil; It trains thesn- la city life and for emplormeat, a wall a for home making. Moreover, and moat shrewd- Iv, ths association employs that high est factor In hslDtna- to attain their best; namelv trained servlo for other girl, ft 1s tha ' "u"t woman who I busy In helpful, -jxingenlal work for her fellows who le.frew from half ta problem that besset other, girls. A Quarter of a Million Wome. , The fact that Mis Jessie Wllssa, the dsughter of the president, speak and wrlles tinder the ausplosg of the Y. W. V. A. which aha I a natlosal officer, and that she Is on ths pro. gram of the Richmond convention, ettracted attention to I ha fact that her la a field for tha eniploymenCnf the highest abilities of the college trained woman. The volunteer help ers In the Y. W. C. A ar a notable company of strong woman. Mies Graca Dodge J the national presl-- unn; ana Mrs. F, f. Bneppard. who waa Mis Helen Gould, la another of-' car. ... i The national association, which to housed In a great office building at' Fifty-second street and Lexington, avenue. New York, report ta Ute Plihmond convention 2kl.40l mam-' hers enrolled In 171 local aaaorlatloDS, i Of these sasoclatlon 101 are In dtlea, and towns. Their activities include,! besides ths malntaaaaoa of boardlnsjj houses, religious services. Bible Usees, mission study oiaaaea domes. Knhanelng - this- epec-4 tic sclenc study, educsuUonal talka - taciilar play to bo given on ths campu ' girls' clubs, gymnasium and swim- will bs the gorgeous .costumes, worn m ing pools, snd recreaUon homeland by the voting ladle. During t lie entire ramps. Kniployment bureaua fir eveiiing, music will be renodered hv tory meetings for firta, rAMuranf the college orchestra, assisted by local and neighborhood centers ail eome In talent. J the long list of activate of these eitv rVYednesday At 10:20 a. m. will bs ! amociationa Life need not be mo ths graduating exercise On this ac- notonoui nor smpty for a girl who be- caalon Dr. P. P. Clsxton. I fitted Slate ions to tne I. w. u. A commissioner of education, whose gift aa an orator Is well known through out the South, will deliver the addresa During the morning, the memorials will be presented to the college and ac cepted by the chairman of the board of trustee. "At 1:00. p. m. will bs the 'iiiliire' "For Wednesday evening Professor Kraft, our talented music! director. Is In sddition to the cltr and town sasoclatlon there are a number ot county associations reported, a .pew field for reaching tho country girl be fore she leaves home. With the Vollego Girl The one .recognised agency for re ligoug worg In practically -all of tha women's colleges and semineries and schools In this country, is the Y. W. l . A. All the largest women cnl- Ptannlng the Jubilee festival i huh j,,.,, p,,,.,,, orf,niraOon which , will be one- of the most effective fea ture, of commencement week. The cantata 'Fair Rllan' will be given by a chorus of sixty voices, accompanied by the archest r a of fourteen piece Our chorus will be augmented by m. oral member from town, and the solo part will t taken by Mlsa Hazel Neff and Mr. KdgarVlapp, with- Miss Ann Albert nn as accompanist Mr. Robert Roy will also give a -violin solo. The chorus will slug a double number (a) Hall Smlllnr Morn;1 tb). 'Come Dorothy. Come.' "The Miller Wooing and theRalleluiah Chorus,' "Ten clean are going to have re-" union at this time. Including classes. 1177. 1171. 111. 1. 1000. 1105 and 1111. It Is desired that all members of ths clssse and other who oaA possibly arrange to attend will bo pres ent st rommenreintnt. and the alum nae will appreciate It If they will nntl fy Mrs. Charles Kendall,' Bummlt St., oreensboro, by May Ik. Arrangement have been man for 100 to re enter- w starts otit with brltrhfr prosper 14 tHaA-by-iacai-!uainas and atalie colieg hence early aotltlratloa . taJ -lpu&ai5u degliwi,'', uually Is the llvest thlnr on the cam pus. It often, If not commonly, dom inate! the social life of the Inatltu tion.' In addition to Its strictly tu: cial work, the average college asso ciation malntaJtia Bible clasaea, mis sion study classes and weekly reli- ' gious meeting . The aummsr conferences for col lege student are a new development In the religious life of our.tlms. Lit erally thousand! of girls attend the gathering In early summer at se questered resort where they listen to addresses upon religious theme during the morning, and la the after-' noon go in for a vigorous outdoor life. Silver Day. oa Lak Gearg, lg ths most famous of the college oonfer- -nc' centers. - . Orttin at tha Freeent Frooleia. . Reporting to tha Richmond con vention are'tnne commission which have long beentat work on the sub- -jet-to. "Social MjoraMty." , "Thrift aad Kfnciency," "Charactsr Standard." Thl Hist aaaasd ef-lhes may. ac tr .t .. . T. V
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