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SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C.TUESDAY KiORNlNG,MAY; 1 71 1921
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. 'fj PRICE:' F1V CHfT3
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FRANK UIIIIEY fllAY f Three Principals In Devereux Death Mystery ,, 1
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LIQUIDATING
RIGHTS TO WOMEN
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sits Down Hard On G. 0. P.
State Chairman
VOTES UNFAVORABLY
ON HIS NOMINATION
Petition From Negroes Protest.
injr Against Alleged Proposi
tion of Linney o Eliminate
' Negro in State Oanse of
Trouble: Will Have Chance
To Be Heard
News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Buildinf
Br EDWARD E. BRITTON
t.
(Br Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Mar 18 At the eraek
sf ths negro whip over Republicans, de
' feat atarea Frank Linney in ths face
Indeed, as ths matter now stands, he is
dowa and oat for the position of ins
triet Attorney for the Western North
Carolina district, if the Senate judici
ary committee atands pat, on the vote
by which today it refused to confirm
the nomination of the North Carolina
Bepubliean State chairman. The negroes
are the nemesis that Linney finds
' after him, a nemesis aided and abetted
by Senator Hiram Johnson, who has
said that every time he sees bobbing
up for office one of the North Csrolina
delegates to the Bepubliean National
convention who failed to obey the man
date of the North Carolina primary,
which gave Johnson the majority of the
votes for Presidential nominee choice,
he will swat him, and swat him hard.
And Senator Borah is batting for John
son lr. the committee, and Senator Beed,
Democrat, also tskes ths Johnson side.
It hss only been the insistence of
Senator1 Lee 8. Overman, of North Caro-
' Una, a Democrat, that gives a fighting
chance to Linney, and Senator Overman
- has given him this chance by Insisting
that Linney be given the square deal
of having an opportunity to answer the
charge brought against him, which waa
that he offered and counselled plans to
eliminate negroes from voting In North
Carolina. Bad it not been for Senator
Overman's sense of justice, eve when
. political antagonist is involved, the
Judiciary committee of the Senate would
already bo on record with an unfavor
able report on the Linney nomination.
' That' this will be the final report Is
indicated by the opposition that hat an-
; aoaneed itself to linney, The district
attorneyships' the plum that it
seemed Linney had only to reach out
te-grasp when tho hand of Senator
Johnson interposed. .
How at Happened.
It came abouk in this war. Coming
regularly on theealendar, the nomina
tion of Linney for the Western District
Attorneyship was taken up this morn
ing by the Senate Juaiciary committee.
When it was announced there was pre
sented to the committee a memorandum
from Senator Johnson which called at
tention to a petition that had beea sent
to him by a number of negroes protest
ing against the confirmation of linney
on the score that he "wis on record as
having favored the elimination of negro
votes in North Carolina in the last
election, and for' all time.
That petition had the signatures and
endorsements of the late Bishop Clin
ton, of North Carolina, Dr. Sugg,
president of Livingston College, and
Dr. Bruce and others, there being at
tached to the petition against Linney
some thousand or more names of
negroes throughout the country. The
reason set out wss enforced by attach
ing to the petition against him a circu
lar which gave a copy of the letter sent
out ' by Chairman Linney during the
last campaign, addressed to "The
Women of North Carolina," in which
Linney said that an anonymous let
ter had been published snd sent out
saying that hs hsd advised the negro
women of -North Carolina in a letter
from Bepubliean State headquarters to
register and vote in the election in
order to offset the votes, of the white
'women: that he denied sending out
such a letter, and that it was a fake.
Further, his circular letter said, that
he hsd not only not sent out such a
letter, but that he was ready to enter
into an agreement with . Democratis
State Chairman Warren for the adop
tion of a plan that would entirely elimi
nate the negro vote in North Carolina.
On the presentation of the Senator'
Johnson letter snd the petition of the
negroes, Republicans on the Senste
judiciary committee announced mat
they would refuse to vote favorably, in
confirmation of linney, that a man
who would make such a proposition
should not be appointed to a position
calling for ths services of a man who
would stand for law enforcement;
that the position of Linney for the
elimination of negro votes was to de-
i . i m . 1 .1 .
prive ,.4UCUt Ui wu igui.a huuei iuc
constitution.
Ltaaey Gets A Chance.
Bemarks made against Linney wars
warm, and when the vote waa taken, it
resulted in the overwhelming verdict
,to report unfavorably the nomination
of State Chairman Linney. lt was at
this juncture that Senator Overman
made his suggestion. He took the po
sition that every man is entitled to a
hearing when charges ars made against
him that Mr. Linney ought to be givsn
an oportunity to appear in hia own de
fense. Hs moved for the appointment
of a. sub-committee to hs've chsrgs of
the matter and the judiciary commit
tee gave its assent, the sub-committee
named consisting of Senator Ernst, of
Kentucky; Senator Cummins, of Iowa;
and Senator Overman. That sub-committee
will now give Bepubliean State
Chairman Frank Linney a chance to
bo heard in ths matter.
nui as inings liana tonigns ins name
of Frank linney is mud insofar as be
ing confirmed for the position of dis
trict attorney. Senator Borah declared
that he should not bo given a favorable
seport. So did Senator Beed and many
rag TwoJ
An exclusive photograph of Judge
who died last week in Tulsa, Okla.
Insert on right is picture of Goldie
who is held in connection with the suspected murder of the aged Judse. Howard
Chandler Christy. New York artist, was
Beautiful uirl in Tulsa" contest conducted
The insert on the left is picture of Mrs. Jesse James, a nurse, who is also
held in connection with Judge Devereux's death. She is the divorced wife of
Jesse James, a rich Osage Indian.
Judge Devereux was found in a
died two nighta later. While the declaration of Judge Devereux that he in
jured himself by a fall from a bed
charge, they face other charges, one
the Judge, during the ten days that they
Par Clearance
Back to Court in Georgia
Supreme Court Reverses De
crees Which Refused to En
join Reserve Bank
1 i
DECISION NOT FINAL
SETTLEMENT OF ISSUE
Plaintiffs Charged Force Meth
ods Being Used to Enforce
Par Clearance
ujA .t TV?
Washington, Mar 11 -The Supreme
Court today reversed decrees of
Georgia courts, which had refused to
enjoin the Federal Beserve bank at
Atlanta from collecting checks drawn
on non-member, state banks, snd the
ease was remanded to lower courts for
further proceedings. As the issue be
fore the Supreme Court was merely
whether, as a matter of pleading, the
plaintiff's bill of complaint stated the
cause of the action, the decision today
was not a final determination and
the ease will go back to the district
court of the Northern District of
Georgia, where the next step is ex
pected to be tried npon its merits.
Complaint of Plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs ssserted that to en
force its policy of par collection of
checks, the Atlanta Kcserve bank plan
ned to hold the checks of email non-
member banks until they reached a ma
tcrial size end then to demand pay
ment "in cash across the counter" and
utilize other methods which would
necessitate the non-member banks
keeping always on hand a sum out of
all prooortiou to their capital, nucn
methods, they said, would force them
to close their doors or to join the red
era! Beserve system. A suit for sn
injunction to restrain the reserve
bank from proceeding along these lines
wis brought, but waa dismissed when
ths Georgia court sustained a demurer
of the Federal Beserve bank. An ap
peal waa then taken to the Supreme
Court.
Governor Harding, of the Federal Be
serve board, said tonight that the Su
preme Court's decision will not inter
fere with the present check clearing
functions of the Federal Beserve banks
and those tanks will continue to col
lect chocks drawn upon, those banks
which, are listed upon the par lists.
Harding's Opinion.
"The opinion of the Supreme Court
does not deny the legal authority of
the Federal Beserve bank to eolleet
checks on non-member banks by mak
ing presentations thereof at the eoun-.H
ter, a statement issued by uovern.ir
Harding said, ''but holds merely that
non-member' banks may be entitled to
relief if they can prove that the Fed
eral Beserve bank malevolently in
tends to accumulate checks snd pre
sent them in an oppressive manner for
the sole purpose of injuring the banks
upon which the checks are drawn."
In opposing the suit, counsel for the
Federal Beserve board denied that it
"ntended any illegal set and asserted
that par collection of checks would
save more than, 70,0Q0 ,000 a year to
UIQ AUIVI Kail JIHUIIGi
Tenneasew. Oa Trial Baa
Bockland, Maine, May 19 The sup.r
dreadnought Tennessee went into
Penobscot Bay today to begin her trial
runs. These tests h.d been deferred
several times by majr machinery m:s
hapa ain:e the Tennessee was eomm'i
sioned nearly a year ago.
INITIAL SHIPMENT OF
PEACHES FROM HOFFMAN
TO MARKET AT RICHMOND
'. Hoffman, May Is The first ship,
meat of this season's peaches from
the Hoffman section waa made to
day, the frnit Wing oaprssaeg te
the Richmond market. The peaches
were of tha May Bower variety and
were of 'good quality. ;" ,
John Devereux. former ltofh Carolinian.
- .
Gordon, pretty artists model and nurse.
to have studied her features for Mast
by a local newspaper.
dying condition Monday, Mar 9th, and
may dear the two women of the murder
being that of appropriating 11,100 from
"nursed him.
Matter Goes
STILL HANGS FIRE
Understood That Matter Will
Come Up Today; Harrison
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, ,' i News and Observer Bureau,
' 03 District National Bank Bid.
By EDWARD B. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, May 18. The confirms
tion of -the nomination of David H.
Blair for Commissioner of Internal
Revenue still hsngs fire. It was the ex
pectation that the Senate Finance Com
mlttee would act favorably upon it this
morning, but thongh the aommitteo
met, it did not take up the Blsir let
ter, the session being devoted to atten
tion to the matter of too aalea taxes and
other affairs. It is now said that the
nomination will be the order of the day
at the meeting of the committee' in the
morning. Mr. Blair is now here await
ing the result of the. action of the com
mittee on the nomination, it being con
ceded a favorable report will be made,
Talking with members of the finance
committee today, I find that toe im
pression now is that the proceedings of
the bearings will not be -ade public.
though possibly an effort will be made
to have such action taken. It is said in
some quarters that in fairness to Mr.
Blair the proceedings should not be
kept secret, and in other quarters that
they ought to be given to '.e public to
show that Senator Johtron is right in
the position he has taken.
Harrison for Pablklt
la bis efforts to get open executive
sessions cf the Senate . committees
handling nominations from the Presi
dent, the view of Senator Pat Harrison,
of Mississippi, was that such publicity
was due a nominee, the Ulair cam
being' cited. In the course c? his re
marks to the Senate, he introduced t-
subject by referring to presidential
nrimaries by saying of pnisries:
"That custom has become so general
that we have almost reached the time
when our Presidential nominees are
selected in primaries. Of course, as the
Senator 'from California (Mr. Johnson)
knows, some times the voioe of the
people is throttled-even after they have
elections for Presidential nominees.
There are times when a presi-1 :ntial
candidate hss received the majority of
ths votes of the State in the selection
of delegates to the national conven
tion, but when the delegatea get there
they do not vote accordingly; and that
brings to my mind the fact that now,
as far as newspsper reports go, i per
son has been presented to this body for
confirmation,. who as the pap.. :ay, if
they are correct I dj not know disre
garded the instructions of ths electorate
of his Stste, and when he get to the
Chicago convention he did a-t ' vote
accordingly."
And ' later, replying to a question
from Senator McKellar, of Tennessee,
aa to the proceedings of the executive
sessions being printed next morning in
the newspapers, Senator Harrison said:
Aeconats Garbled
"Yes; and the accounts wers garbled,
from the reading of which no one could
come to a correct judgment. The Com
missioner of Internal Beveaue has full
swsy in the matter of the collection of
taxes rt this country, exercises his
judgment in adjusting claims before
that office, in settling various, disputes
which constantly arise, gives bis
opinion as to what is the law oa ques
tions arising in connection with the tax
laws, has tens of thousands of agents
throughout the country, working nnder
him and the Commissioner of Prohibi
tion," I 'might sajr, is appointed by him.
"The decisions of the various agents
nnder him must find lodgment at last
in the office of the commissioner. So, it
may bo that great injustice has been
(Continued an Fag J we.)
BLAIR NOMINATION
Action On Giving Women Rep-
. reservation On Boards
Deferred a Year
MAKE PROVISION FOR
ADDITIONAL SEMINARY
President and .Congress Me
morialiied to Wipe Out
Moonshining and Blockad.
ing; Intensive Evangelistic
Campaign is Planned; Pres.
- ent Movies Are Denounced
FLANS TO ENROLL HAL"
MILLION TITHER3 MADE
BY SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Caattaaaaga, May 1. Plans fat
earaUlag a half salllioa U.'.tiu
asaaag the Baptists af ths Santa
were projected hy the Soathera
Baptist esaveatisa taalght apon
reeeatsaeadatiaa af the Z-jytnaa's
Mkaioaary Meveateat.. Quotes af
tUhers will be appartiaaed ta the
variaas States by a committee re,
reaeatlag the Isymoats meveataat,
the Waaua'a Missionary Union aad
tha executive committee af tha caa.
veatlaa.
Tko report saf bath the laymen's
aaavement aad the Woman's Mia.
sioaary ITalaa wore praseated ta the
eeaveatlea at the Bight sessl.a. ...
...Few chaagaa wera mads la tha
membership af tha general boards
aad tha executive casaaaittee for the
easaiag year. .".
..Tha Saal session af tha caavea
tioa will ba bald Taeadsy warning.
Many af the delegatea left for their
hemes taalght. -
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 16. Repre
sentation of women on ths executive
committee and the fiva general boards
of ths Southern Baptist convention was
deferred for a year by action of ths
convention late today ths nominating
committee having found difficulty in ad
justing provisions of the by-laws of
ths convention and ia other matters
relatiing to the selection of the women.
The committee to which was referred
the memorial from tha Women's Mis
sionary Union asking for representation
of women e nail the major ageneies of
ths convention was instructed to akM
year and report ta the next session af
the coavaatkisv. . ,
Kstsblebmeat af another Iheologieel
seminary by ths convention was provid
ed . for this ' af teraocm aad proposals
from, states desiring it vers requested
The convention will select a sits at its
next session. Propositions already have
beea mads informally ' by (joorgila
South Carolina and Virginia.
One or more southwide Baptist uni
versities ars favored by the convention
and the committee having this matter
in charge was instructed to invite pro
posals on the sites of such institutions.
Ta Reclaim University
In the same connection, the Columbia
Association, of Washington, waa asked
by tha convention to develop a plan
for the reclaiming by the Baptists of
George Wsshington University of that
city, formerly Columbian University,
which was until recently under Baptist
control. - .
An independent association of Das
tist schools and colleges in the fbflth
probsbly will be formed, it vas an
nounced by the convention today, in
adopting a resolution to the effect that
all Baptist schools and colleges should
be free of all ageneies except those
ereatd by the conventions or ither
Baptist bodies owning the schools.
The erestion in rseh State of an hi
torical society for preserving .Sj;tt
records was recommended by 1 1 con.
vention.
.Definite recommendations were nd-.pt
ed looking to supplying the 4,500 pas
torless Baptist churches of th South
wua pastors.
Want Dry Law Ea forced.
Upon motion of W. H. Pstton. of
Hhubuta, Miss the following memorial
was unanimously adopeed by tho eon
vention at the close of the mornii.i
sesst m.
"The Southern Baptist convention,
composed of over 5,000 tnesjoiigcrs,
representing a constituency of more
than 3,000,000 white Baptists, in con
vention assembled - at Chattanooga,
Tenn- May 16, 1921, memorializes the
United States government to wipe ou;
moonshining snd bootlegging in the
United States of America. Tho illegal
manufacture and aale of white light
ning decreases ths efficiency and avail
able supply of labor, impairs health
and svea kills, lowers morals, leads to
violation of the law and destructioa of
life and property. Ws doubt thither
this can be done unless ths penalty is
made more drastic and prison sentence
made mandatory instead of being left
optional with the judges.
Evangelistic Caaspalga.
Aa intensive evangelistic campaign
calculated to reach all the local Bap
tist ehurehes of ths country and secure'
their co-operation in a plan to enlist
(Continued aa Page Te.)
Radiating Influence
Tha influence of tho Want Col
umns radiates to every nook and
corner of tha business world; ths
Wants wield sn influence in buying,
selling, ths hiring of employes for
ths office or factory, aad ia many
other ways.
Tho Wants ere an ever-present
snd immediate means of providing
what ths real business msn needs
most. Are. workers wanted, is addi
tional floor specs ia demand, arc
skilled specialists needed for a par
ticular lias of work. All these con
ditions may be met promptly, at a
trifling expense through Want Ad.
vertising.
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will gladly call for your ad.
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William Bruner, son of Dr. and Mrs. Weston Bruner, 15-year-old junior at
high school, prize winner of the Y. M. C. A. Turkey Leagua of Junior Athletes,
hundred per cent efficient earrier boy for tha New aad Observer, and speaker
at the opening dinner of the x. M. V.
AUTO THIEF TAKEN
Frank Scott of Chatham County
an. u. J A. II ! V-'J .1
Aiienea id nave uisuuseu ,
- ot 100 Stolen Cars
- Frank Bcott, well' known citizen of
Chatham 'County, is the latest suspect
arrested by Federal agents in eonaee
tioa with the alleged organized band
of automobile thieves, which is said to
hsve operated in five stater, including
North Carolina.
Scott waa arrested ia Glendon, Moore
County, where he has been for some
time. He is charged with having dis
posed of approximately one hundred
automobiles for C. J. Kelly, of Sanford,
who is alleged to have conducted a
clearing house for the gang.
Agents from the Balcigh office, head
ed by D. H. Grabnm, assistant to Agent
in Chargo F. C. Handy, who conducted
the raid reaulting in the srrest of Scott,
located fifteen automobiles, most of
which had been purchased from Bcott
by reputable eitizena of Moore nud
Chatham counties. Two of the cars,
that were ia Scott's possession, a Dodge
and a 8tudebaker, were brought to Ral
eigh, while records were made of the
others. In each instance, the factory
numbers had been obliter(tcd by dies
similar to those found in the possession
of C. J. Kelly and N. C. Kelly at San
ford. Scott was given a hearing before
United Statea Commissioner W. P.
Batclielor and was confined to Wake
County jail in lieu of bond of $10,600.
All of the men released .nnder bond,
Including the two Kellys and Charles
Mclver, a negro employed by O. J.
Kelly, Arthur W. Hoffman, a. major in
the -Now York National Guard, and
three white men of Norfolk, Va., have
been cited for their appearance at the
(Continued oa Page Two.)
ANOTHER ALLEGED
'I Never Pass the Buck, " Says '
Daniels, Wlien Critics Rage
By JOSEPHUS DAMELS.
Former Secretary of the Nary 11) to
121.
Every man can qualify as an expert
on one thing.
I think it will be admitted that I can
qualify on critics and criticism. For
more years than I' confess to, aa -writer
and editor, I hare had my crack at
public officials from the West to the
highest. And since March 4, 1)21, I am
doing businesa in the old wny at tho
old stand. If you doubt it subscribe
to the Raleigh News and Observer and
see if my pen has lost its critical
faculties.
For eight years' as secretary -of the
navy I had the opportunity in public
office to try many of the dotes I had
is editor compounded for officeholders.
Almost from that day after my name
Was on ths pay roll at Washington I
was ths target at which much criticism
was directed.
I have Qualified on criticisms there
fore, from' the outsido looking in snd
from ths inside looking out. I hold that
to be an expert one must have both
points of view. If you have only been
sa editor you can be an expert if ye
practice long enough in pointing out the
errors of public official. And if you
srs a good editor you must comment
upon and criticize the big things thst
ars going on. '
Sometimes you must commend. Some
times you must condemn. I hsve never
yet known a public official who -made
no mistakes. And I have never known
one who. was not helped by constructive
criticism. Now, by constructive criti
cism I do not mean approval. It ia ss
muck ths duty of aa editor to point
A. campaign last night.
,.h
IS LAID TO REST
Cause of Injury Tfiat Resulted
M Death ot Aged Jurist
r; . Still a Mystery -
Tolas, Okla., May 18. Tha mystery
of ths fatal injury that-eauted Judge
John.. Devereux to die last Wednesday
appears to have beea baried with ths
aged jurist. ( His body wss laid to rest
this afternoon in Rose Hill Cemetery
beside the body of his wife, who died
in January 130.'
Prominent jurists snd justices of ths
Oklahoma Supreme Court wore hon
orary pallbearers. They were: Bird 8.
McGuire and Edward S. Marshall, his
law partners, William J. Gregg, J. P
O'Menra, Preston C. West, P. W. Kel
lough, h. M. Poe and . Franklin U.
Griggs.
, Tho conclusion of tha funersl core
monies found the circumstances sur
rounding the death of Judge Devereux
and the disappearance of the (10,000
note still unexplained. , The facts which
might have been brought out at the
preliminary hearing of Mrs. Jesse James
and Goldie Gordon today were held
off for a week, following the reauevt
of County Attorney Beaver that the
case bo continued while evidence could
be arranged along the una of a
new theory. Attorneys for the women
objected to the continuance, but finally
acceded, and it was granted by Judgo
11. J. Gray.
Confirmation for the story of the
manner in which Mrs. James and the
Gordon girl deserted the judgo on
Monday night after he had been in
jured was bad today when the police
cross-examined Philip Btooe, proprietor
of the Masnn Garage, - and ffired of
Goldio Gordon. Ho said that after the
women, A. P. Dickson and himself had
taken the little daughter of Mrs.
James home from tho play at the high
(Continued aa Page Two.)
out and condemn, error .as it is to
point out and commend right.
Abuae of Officials Resets.
"Why don't you answer your critics.
since you have such, a complete answer!"
waa often asked by my friends. From
the 5th of March, If 13, until March 6,
1921, I never stopped to return railing
for railing or to make any amrwer to
the deluge of criticisms which at times
was directed at me.
There ia but one effective answer a
public official can mako to criticism of
his policies, and that is the answer of
rosults. If in the testing time what he
hna done proves good, his answer is so
convincing that he need make no state
ment; if results do not attest the worth
of his policies, nothing he can say will
chnntro tiie estimate of the public. As
to abuse, which some persons showered
nt me (observe) I ' ssy "at" and not
"upon" me, for none of it ever touched
me), I have learned in a aomcwhat
varied experience that bitter attacks in
the long' run react upon their authors
and help, rather than hurt, a man in
public office. Of course that reflection
gives no comfort to a short-winded
UDGE DEVEREUX
man.
"Starboard and Port."
My first official experience with criti
cism and ridicule came when I iasued
aa order that after a certain date the
words "starboard,, and "port" should
givs way to the terms "right"- atd
"left." .
Immediately the paragraphers aid
eartnauists began to have fun at tho ex
pense of a sreretsry of ths nsvy, a coun
try editor, who hsd such little revoroaoe
i 1 1
.(Continued On Psg Four.)
Enthusiasm Prevails As Work
ers Gather for Opening -
Dinner '
PARSON ASHBY TURNS
MAKER OF DEFINITIONS
Defines Word Invented by Zz.
-. Secretary Daniels, "Spiser.
inktnm," Said- to Hare
Caused 102 Per Cent Attend.'
anoe of Workers ; Bin Bruner
Makes Good Speech .
i ' v.
A brand new word was added ta tha
Webster compilation of tha King's Zag
Uak last night , at ths opening dinner
of tha T. M. C A. debt liquidation cam
paign whea Josephus Daniels, pre siding
at ths meeting, announced that a certain
"splzerinktum" parvsded ths 10S per
cent attendsnea and would continue
wivuiinui kuq campaign, woica jama
for a week, or so muck of seven dsya
ss may bs required to collect ths SS,.
000 needed by ths association.
Ths Beverend C. A. Aahby, parson
mascot of ths Cox division of tha 13S
men enlisted ia ths drive, was called,
upon to define ths -ex-secretarial con
tribution to language and ths preacher
did it by exsmpla rather than precept,
using a brand naw story for his purpose.
It was the story of a negro, allegedly
a Baleigh negro, who wanted to buy a
round trip ticket for a corpse, with tha
intention of shipping ths body to Hen
derson and having it sent back for
burial.
"It's like this, bom," ths negro ax
plained to tho mystified ticket seller,
"my ole 'omaa'a daid there, aad shs's
got a lot o' kin over ia Henderson, and
if thsy all coma down hers to see ths
'mains, they'll just sat ma outen house
snd boms. If I sends ths body avsr
there, I figger it'll bs cheaper than
having them coma down hers. That sort
f acumen," continued Mr, Aahby, ria
splzerinktum, aa X see it. - Applied to
this campaign, it ought ta get results.'
Bresrhton Fsd Twa Tables.
Whatever tha meaning of the word, or
whether it bad anything, ta do with it,
tha most sanguina of ths laadsra af tha
campaign wsra amazed at 6:80 last night
whea mora people showed np ta the
opening dinner than had bean dreamed
of, moving for-the-time-belng Admiral
Broughton to observe whea hs was sailed
npon ta report ths attendaasa of kit
workers that ha wss then Servian; ths
aiAnjl tsiila. TOa ashara kail mim
and gone. Every aest waa taken in ths
private dining room of Smith's cafe
tsris. -
The campaign got away with a rnssj
ot enthusiasm that ths leaders expect ta
translate into success before tha sad
of the week, with ths goal reached sev
eral days ahead of the day set for it
to conclude. It wss ths first time in
ths history of local organized appeal
that every man signed to work was in
filnA at Ilia tisinntiiv. wrtla avaa nn,.
men there than, had been prepared for.
The dinner was excellent, ths speeches
tirinf lh -i n oi n , titiji 41ia Jimltjim
of John A. Park, spirited, aad ths bid
ding for prospects activs and enthusi
astic. Worker's Conference Todsy.
Actual work begins this morning. At
1 o'clock ths teams will gather for
lunch at Smith's, snd will report to
the people of tho city what they them
selves srs willing to do about lifting
ths debt load that has been carried for
a decade by ths Y. M. C. A. This will
bs done before ths pubho generally ia
sskrd to subscribe. The directors havs
givsn $6,300, snd the weaker expect -to
double that amount, leaving leas than
$30,000 for the public to give.
Parson Ash by s sssay at dictionary
making set the aasemblage ia nproar
that needed full five minutes to work
itself out, and the program waa enabled
to proceed. Carey J. Hunter spoke
briefly, running back over his recol
lections of the first campaign that re
sulted in the building of the Y. M. C. A.
here ten years ago. He recalled many
incidents of that time, of rivalries that
grew among the teams, and particularly
of how his team bad a set-to with Dr.
Rankin that cost the Doctor a hundred
dollars.
Greetings from the Associations
throughout the State, the work that
they are accomplishing, and the growth
of the work ia the smaller eities of
the State were brought by J. Wilson
Smith, Htnte Secretary of the Y. M.
A. He recalled the recent eam-
pnigna that have been put across, par
ticularly that one in Fayetteville where
the workers went 70 per cent over the
determined objective of $40,000 for a
building fund. He nrged Baleigh to
follow in that worthy lead and clear
the association of the debt that hss
hampered it since Hs beginning. Thea
it
was Bill Bruner s turn to speak.
"What the x means to us boys, was
the text appointed for Bill Bruner,
who ia a high school lad who couldn't
help getting a little red in the face
when he got up to speak. He is ths .
son of Bev. Dr. Weston Bruner, pas
tor of the Tabernacle Church. He
didn't got even slightly nervous, he
had something to say, sud said it much
as any boy would speak his mind.
He got more applause than any spesker
on the program, which wss no small
measure.
What Boys Think.
"I've beea asked to make a three
minute talk on what the Y means to .
us boys." he be mm but if I hsd tha
words to expresH it, it would tsks mora
like three hours than three minutes to
tell you what it meana to us." And ka
told what good companionship meant,
bow valuable waa the physical training
they got there, in what good etead
it stood them whea they went out for
athletics, of ths sportsmanship of give
snd taks that is learned in tha gym. ,
assmaa.
"Bat the Y. M. C. A, ia not simply
an tostitutian tar physical training,
as soma people seem to think. There
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