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Observer TUS KLATUZ.7 Partly cloudy Monday; Tues day generally fair, sat math, chant la temnsrstiire. ' WATCULAILL on your paper, land renewal flva day bsfore expiration ! ordar. ta avoid maslng a ingle copy. VOLI CXIH. NO. 464. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G.MONDAY MORNING: JUNE 1 3," 1 92 ! . TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. SWINGING BACK TO DEMOCRACY SINCE OLD GUARD FAILS Republicans Fail To - Keep Pledges and Wilson prin ciples Coming Iqto Favor , "TINKLING" TIN KH AM, TO ; . PROPOSE RESOLUTION Congressman How Wants Jo Beduce South' s Bepresenta- tion and Calls Conerence Of Colleagues; Plans Introduc u ; tion Of Besolntion ; Weaver Tor Disarmament :" '! The Newt and Observe Bureau, - 603 Diitrlct National Bank Building. By EDWARD E. BBITTON. (By Special Letaed Wire.) Washington, June 12. That there ia a awing back to Democracy it the trend f the expression that I get from vial . " tors' to. Washington who are from all . sections of. the country. It is not lone ' the personal views of theae that I,, get, bat they tell me of men in clubs, in tores, and on the trains, who are ex pressing wonder t what happened to the mind of the American people in '.- November. . It is more and more, being , realized, they" tell me, that wjiat is needed to bring this country back to rock-bottom standards ia that we take '.'.'. part and do our part in the effort, to '. get Europe out of , the chaos 'in which it finds itaelf. That we are a part of the world, that we ehould recognize the folly of trying to "lift ourselves by our own boostraps," is the idea that is expressed right and left. In these matters former President Wilson is being taken as the expon ent.nl the Democratic position, and the people are "seeing a light'? which they , permitted to shine unnoticed during the partisan and prejudiced darkness ef political campaign days. Here, in Wnshingtoa one night' last week Mr. Wilson waa cheered to the echo by an enthusiastic crowd which gathered as ' he and Mrs. Wilson left the theater: Whenever his picture happens to be v used in any of the move houses here there is strong applause and I am told ; that this thing is happening ia New York, in Boston, ia Chicago and throughout the eountry. Fails Ta Keep Pledges. That the Harding administration -h hot doing the things that was expected f it based on the Bepubliean pledges is dawning upea the people they see . no, prospects Of early decrease of taxes", : aaemployaient increase, the railroad freight aad. passenger 'rates still e-p-. presa the people. All, the wonderful things that were going to happen with . the advent of the Harding ' adminis- - iratlon- are not happening. That the . promises were political bunk 4a being more and more recognized. And it is being seen the Wilson policies and eon duct of affairs are being fallowed in large essential things by the party that denounced them, and which swore 'by . the eternal" that all these things were : going to gfva place" to new things that would be of vast value ts America. This position of the Republican party is giving proof that the Democratic ad- . ministration was doing the right thing for America, and recognition that the Bepubliean simply buncoed the peo ple of this eountry is slowly but atead- , ily percolating into the publle mind. Tiakham Tlnklaa Again. ' Thursday night of this week the Re publican! of the House are to bold a conference to discuss the matter of the reapportionment of congressional rep resentation among the various States on the basis of the 1930 census, and it will be aeen whether the plan adopted will give to North Carolina, the. addi ". tional member to the Houae which its increased population entitles it. It is , understood at the meeting Congreasman Tinkling" Tinkham, of Massachusetts, la to be heard on bis proposal that the : number of Representatives from Soutb o em' States be decreased on account of his alleged disfranchisement of the negro. He is to urge that the '"con stitution ia being nullified by failure ' to eut down representation and he would apply this also to the electoral eollege, his position on this matterbe ing set out in a Jong statement released for use Monday, the application of the Fourteenth Amendment being the basis for his demands. 1 Tomorrow Mr. Tinkham will offer a resolution in the House to cut down the representation in eleven States, to wit: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, 'Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee ', Texas and v' Virginia claiming that ia each of these the qualification for voting denies the right- to vote to citizen entHled to that Tight. His resolution calls for the com mittee of the celsus to be given author ity and directed to investigate thet mat ter of t his alleged denial of right to vote : to citizens, and to report to the House with its recommendations. The "citi tens be hat in mind ar of course the negroes, His charges against the State of North ' Carolina are put at follows; "And the Stat of North Carolina ia 1920 according to th Federal eenaus bad a population of 1,210,727 msle and females over 21, years of age and ia the - Congressional election, of 1920 c'nst total vote for Congressional candidate of the two great , political partiea of 622,287 and the constitution or th laws of th said Stat require at qualicatloa for voting that th voter must read aad , write and pay a poll tat, th purpose, intent and effect of which was to deny the right to vote, within the meaning f th constitution to citizens entitled .'to vote."; "... Charge Against Other Stale. .Th charge against each of th eleven State ar. ia th. cam' general lan V guage, the specific requirements for vot inavalassed as disenfranchising votart being set forth ia each ia this farm:. I Alabama, voter must read and writ or possess 40 acre of land or property r aasess4 at 1300 aad pay poll tax; Ar V kanaas, must pay poll tax; Florida, must P7 poD Georgia, must read aad ' 'l . Continued a Pag Ta Immediate .,' Construction For 482 Miles Of Road Ia State J . V . 1 at . ' ' Contracts Totaling $7,000,000 Will Be Let By Oiairnian . Frank Page Within ,Net Few Weeks ; Total of $ 1 8,000,000 of Roads Approved For Building Within First Year of New Commission; list of "Immediate-Action" Roads By Districts.- ' ' Immediate construction on MS miles of road ia North Carolina, eosting vt 17100,000, haa been ordered by th SUt Highway Commission, and much of th road will be completed aad pot lite service before th end of th cummer. Every district ia th State, aad almost very county ia the State, is included in th list of projects approved for im mediate construction. - , Altogether th commission haa ap proved the building of more than IS million dollar worth of road, with a total of mora than 1,000 miles, since reorganisation .wa effected following th enactment of new road legislation by th last sessioa of th General As sembly. Limitation of material supply and construction forces mske it neces sary to give som road preference. A near a possible, construction will proceed simultaneously la each of the nine districts; with an equalised distri bution of State money. Many of th counties in th State hav com in un der the Guilford-Forsyth resolution, and in som instance this fact give on district a larger immediate ntileagi thaa others. Particularly ia this so of th Sixth district, .which will eomplet th Charlotte-Btatesville road, hard sur faced for 43 miles, at a cost of approxi mately 11,290,000. SIMS DENIES HE IS Admiral Responds To Request Of Secretary Of Navy For An Explanation , Washington, Jan 12. Bemarks at tributed t him in preae report at his recent address before the English Speak ing Union in London ia which ha criti cised activities of Sinn Fein sympa thizer in this eountry were not cor rectly quoted and were misleading, Ad miral William S. Sim declared in a cablegram received today by Secretary Denny. "Statement that ware attributed to trie," aaid the menage, "were not corH rectly quoted. Context misleading and garbled." Beport ef statement is in correct and inferentially. wrong. .State ment' actually made was aobstantislly th aam a repeatedly made in public in America and ia my book, too vic tory at Sea, and in publie address at meeting held for increasing good re lation between th English-speaking people. i Secretary Denby would not comment on the Admiral's message. Ia view of the fact that Mr. Denby yesterday re voked the remainder of the officer's leave . of absence and ordered him to return at once to the United States to report ia person at the Navy Depart ment, it waa indicated no further steps would be tken in th caa until Ad miral Sim', return. It then will be de cided, it was said, whether Secretary Denby would press his inquiry into the matter. Admiral Sims' reference in hi cable gram to hi (peeche in this eountry re called the addresses be made ia Boston last winter ia which' be assailed Sinn Fein sympathizers ia this eountry. Sec retary Daniels was bombarded with tele grama and letters demanding that discip linary action be taken against the offi cer But no such step were taken. NEW MANAGER NAMED FOR CHARLOTTE RAILWAY LINE A. B. Skelding, Prominent Pub lic Utility Zxecntive in wn A mington, Gets Job Charlotte, June 12.-.' G. Calder, who ha been manager of the Charlotte branch of th Southern Publie Utilities Company for the past several years, will succeed E. C. Marshall, recently elected president of the company, as treasurer. A. B. Skelding, of Wilming ton, will auceeed Mr. Calder as manager of the Charlotte branch of the company. The change wiff be effective about July 1. Mr. Calder has beea maaager of the Charlotte branch of the Southern Pub lie Utilities Company aince ita organi zations Prior to that time he bad been cashier of the old Catawba Power Com pany aad treasurer of th Charlotte Power Company, which was absorbed by th Southern Publie Utilities Company. H s nativ of Charlotte aad ia recog nized as on of the leading young busi ness men of the city. Mr. Skelding, who resigns th position of assistant to th president of tht Carolina Shipyard at Wilmington to Join the forces of th Southern Publie Utili ties Company, ia ons .ef th leading utiStie mea ia th South today, hav ing been, general manager of all the properties of the Tidewater Power Com pany at Wilmington from 1897 until 1918. He was graduated frqm the scien tific department of Vale University in 1869. H wss connected with the Edi son Generat Electric Company for three year following which he was associated with Thomas A. Edison in experimental work for a similar period. Prior to go ing ta Wilmington b operated the elec trics railway system in KnoxviUe, Tenn., being associated la the management' of that property with W. G. MeAdoo, ex secretary of th treasury. ' . ' ' v TANKEB SUBDUES BLAZE . , t IN BOLD, MESSAGE SAYS -Washington, June 12. Mesagr tell ing of th safety, of th shipping board tanker Hieo, which caught fire yester day off Frying Pan 'Shoal while a rout from Norfolk, Va, to Jackson ville, Flav wer received today by, th Navy Department. . ' MADE STATEMEN . .... J Count! Will Help . Under i. the Guilford-Forsyth resolu tion, counties desiring immediate work on roads may build them under th direct- supervision of the State, the contracts being let by the State, and the counties paying. Later, the Stat will reimburse th county at it owa .con venience, when bonds are sold or other funds ar available. Many of the coun ties hav' com in nnder that arrange ment, which make possible th immedi ate building ef maay roads. Construction, haa been distributed, in so far a possible, -to bring th whole Stat within communication. Many pro jects, particularly in the western dis tricts, were let several weeks ago, aftei the second session of the commission here, aad ar not included in the list of road laid out for immediate build ing.- Work on many of them i already anger way.- , Wide difference in coat as between eaat aad west districts hav developed on account of grading and availability of material. In the eaat aa excellent gravel road i being built at an anproxi mat cost of $5,000 to $7,000 per milo, while in th west the same type of road costs a minimum of $10,000. In the east the cost of a mile .of hard-snrfae road (Continued en Page Ttn.) VILL MEET TODAY President Samuel Gompers Out lines The Major Issues To Be Considered Denver, Col., June 12. Th forty-first annual convention - of th American Federation of Labor which open to morrow will be a gathering for the promotion and development of Ameri can welfare and freedom President eJamuel iolnpers, of the Federation, de clared in n tatementvtonight. This convention, the veteran labor leader said, would mark a "milestone of our National progress," would, deal with the 'great post war issues eon fronting organized labor, which are to day in th balance at the crucial moment where the di must b cast an way or th ether." Mare than 800 delegate from tlH united state and Canada were as sembled for th meeting, which, will probably continue two weeks. Despite many reports that President luompers and, his administration would Im opposed for re-election, np to. tonight there had been no open indication of such a movement. While John L. Lewis. president of the United Mine Workers, ooomea a eanaiaate lor the presi dency by th anti-Gomper forces, de clined to make any statement, it was understood he would not oppose the labor chief. " The major Issues before the conven tion as outlined by President Gomperr tonight include: The condition of unemployment, of which estimate run as high as 5,000, 000 workers. "Th un-American movement to crush labor and blast it spirit through what is called, with miserable disregard for the. truth, the open shop movement. "The railroad problem, involving th nation's chief means of transportation. "The immigration problem, with itr rwital bearing on American standard of living and of citizenship. "The problem of Hussian affairs, th) cancer that is eating at the vitals of wirld civilization. "The problem of ow "best to mevt conditions brought - . ut by court de cisions, a problem unhappily not de creasing in i; porta nee, and for that reason demanding more than usual at tention' . Disarmament and t'je Irish question and th high cost of living also will occupy outstanding positions on the Federation' program. The adoption of a resolution calling upon Congress to tsk steps to bring about world wide disarmament will be unopposed, labor lecders declared. Two factions of Irish sympathisers have developed among th delegates. One ia preparing resolutions demanding: that the Harding administration imme diately recognize the Irish republic, that Great Britain withdraw her troop from Ireland and that she also repay immediately the !,(XJ(,000,000 loaned her by the United States. The other group is preparing similar resolutions but demand that President Gompers take step to put any action ef ne con vention on the Irish question into effect; , WILSON WILL CONTINUE FIGHT FOR HIS IDEALS ' Washington, June 12. Former Presi dent. Wilson, in receiving a delegation today of Prineeton University studenta, wa quoted a saying he plsns to "keep hi ideal actively before the publie." Mr. Wilson, his caller laid, told them h wa keeping in touch with political development, but h did not indicate in what manner he planned to partici pate in public affair. The former President and Mrs. Wilson received a committee of four Princeton undergraduate, representing the newly formed. Woodrow Wilson Society of Princeton. L. C Woods, Jr., of Pennsyl vania, president of the association, pro aented Mr., Wilson -a letter signed by 600 Prineeton students, promising ef forts for "'due recognition of all mem bers ef all parties to Wood row Wilson, -Princeton' foremost graduate, for his leadership of America during the trying times of peace asd of war, aad for the courage and idealism he showed in endeavoring to promot th peac ef th world." LABOR FEDERATION SENATOR SIMMONS ARpUES ABLY FOR II Defends Farm Interests From .Effects Of Amendment Of fered By Smoot CONCEDES INJUSTICE OF TAX EXEMPTIONS t .. n. But Why Correct Evil System By Starting With Farmer, Of All Men Least Able To Stand It ; Criticizes Policy Of Federal' Reserve Board In Restriction Of Credits New and Obierver Bureau 003 District National Bank BIdg. By EDWARD E. BRITTON. Washington, June 12. Senator Sim mons' successful effort oa the '.floor of the Senate on Thursday to save Joint Stock Land Bank from what h held to be effect that would bar- very seriously, if not fatally, impaired their capacity to help the farmers of th country, was brought sbout by an amendment to the Federal Reserve Act permitting Joint Stock Land Banks and Federal Farm Loan Banks to sell bonds at 5 1-2 per cent instead of S per cent, but providing also that loans granted to farmer should .not b made at a higher rat than 0 per cent a hereto' fore. Th amendment was offered by Senator Smoot, of Utah, s Republican leader who has shown hostility to such banks, his amendment being to repeal the tax exemption feature of Joint Stock Land Banks and that their bonds be subject to taxation. This brought on a ela.ih and Senator Simmons spoke vigorously in opposition to the amend ment, other Senstors taking part in the running debate with Senator Smoot, Sen ator Eenyon declaring that the Smoot amendment would kill off the Joint Stock Land Banks in th course of his brief remarks. When Senator Simmons took the floor he spoke more at length, and at the close of his remark Senator Smoot withdrew hi amendment. With the entry of Senator Simmon into the debate the Congressional Record gives the further proceedings as follow: - "Mr. Simmons; In a time-of normaH conditions 1 not 4now- ths I : "would not he in sympathy with the views of th Senator from Utah. If conditions were the same as tho which obtained at th time the Federal land-bank pro position beeama a law, I think probably there would be very great fore in the position of th Senator from Utah, but th situation originally calling for th existence -of - this form of a bank is apt now by any m sns law. Even then it was very diflioult for the agricultural classes of the eouiitry to obtain adequate accommodations through the commercial banks of the eountry ; the fund of those banks wer preempted for use in other industnes and in speculation. . "The situation with respect to this phase of .our banking problem ia very much worse now, soviar as th farmer ia concerned, than it has ever been here tofore. We have tho statement from the Federal Reserve Board that there 1 a superabundance of money in the eountry just at this time, and that the Federal reserve bank hav ample money to accommodate all the requirements of the business in the eountry. This is not the first time that observation has been made, not - direotly, not so em phatically, but made in a way which implied the same thing, by the governor of the Federal reserve system. During all the months when the sgricultural classes of the country have been stnv ing for money jwith which -to transact their business to protect their interests we have had the same statement ema nating from the same source, that there was an abundance of money in the country. Probably it was true to the extent that there wa enough money in the eountry to supply the people who could get that money, but the farmer hare not been able to get it. Parmer Can't Get Money. "Mr. President, it is a matter of common knowledge ia the agrieudtural sections of the country that farmers, without regard to tho amount of seeui ity they might offer, without regard to their requirements or necessities, have not been able to secure money through the commercial banka. . The aituation of agriculture in the country at this time is a desperate one, largely because the farmers have not been able to get the money with which to grow their crops or to finance the exportation of their surplus crop: "Yet we are told that the Federal Re serve banka in the eountry today control $2,400,000,000 in gold and that in the vaults of those institutions, the mem ber banks of the Federal Reserve sys tem of .the country, there is an abund ance of money to supply all the needs of the eountry. We re told that in the face of the fact that th farmer" ia the eountry today to my knowledge are paying not 0 per cent the maximum amount that joint stock land back are permitted to charge, not 7 per cent, not 8 per cent, but nearer 12 per cent; and I have no doubt in th world that the information of Senators from th South, the same section of the eountry from which I come, and from th Middle West and the Far West will bear me out in this statement. - . ' "Mr. President, I do, not think there is any other class of busipesa in th eountry thiet i in as bad condi tion. ' ' . i "tht Federal farm loan bank was In stituted by the Congress of .the United States in response to a demand that cam from on end of th country to th other that aom speciatn geaey be crested by tne government that would minister solely, and exclusively, to the requirements and th wtnts of th far mer. "Those of us who supported with xesJ that proposition did so because we felt (Ceatlaaed an Tag roar.). ' II LAUD BANKS : Prominent Citizen Pics In Rtktyount - J", 1 J? Former Lieutenant Governor Elisha hi horn early yesterdsy morning. Elisha L. Daughtridge Dies A t His Home in Rocky Mount Former Lieutenant Governor Of State Prominent For 40 Years In Business HELD MANY POSITIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE As Farmer and- Merchant, He Was Primarily Interested In Agriculture Rocky Moant, June 12. In the .quiet of th dawn today at his horn in this ejty, former- Lieutenant Governor Elisha L. Daughtridge entered into rest. and with hU parting this But snd section lose a man wh ha for two cor Jrear been prominent in matters which made for ita upbuilding ana a vaneement. Th deceased waa 80 years old January 10th last. He waa a mob of the late W. M. Daughtridge and during hit entire life has lived in Edgecombe county, where he bimiiilf and bis father before him were primarily identified with agrirultural pursuits. In Many Public Positions. Ta recall the identity of the de ceaaed in matter effecting this city and section might well bo called a re- J sumo of this sections advancement, for h has served a postmaster, alder man, mayor pro tern, president of the chamber of commerce, and county com' misaioaer and other pubile positions. It wa the confidence earned in the dis charge of these imallcr trusts that called him to greater duties in hit State. For tho sessions of 1901 and 1903 bo represented Kdgecombe county in the legislature and was the author and champion of the bill creating the State Department of Agriculture under which provisions it hai so successfully operated. Ha was Projidcnt in 1000-07 of the Aorth Carolina Agricultural So ciety and at the time of his death was a vice president of (hat organiza tion. .In 1907 Mr. Daughtridge wss treas urer of the North Carolina Commis sion at the Jamestown Exposition and from 1913 to 1917, he was Lieutenant Governor of the State under the ad ministration of Governor Lock Craig. In 1913 he rendered a singular service to the nation when he fulfilled the dut ies ef membership of the commission sent to Europe ' by "President Wilson to study agriculture and rural erediti, for it waa upon the report of this commission that a greater part of tho data for the creatio.i cf the Federal Land banks ' Was based, and this com mittee's report did its part ia estab lishing the need of Mich an institu- tion in our own government. In 191V he war n eandidare-for the nomination for governor snd was defeated by Governor Bickett. He had been a director of the South ern Commercial Congress for upwards of a dozen years and ft r several terms a trustee of A. and , M., college-at Raleigh. Prominent In Bntiaeaa. In local business connections the deceased has long played an important part, and though primarily identified with agricultural pursuits he was for year identified with a mercantile busi ness here. H was ont of the organ iser of the Rocky Mount Sash and Blind Company, and he has been president, of the Planters Cotton Oil Company, continuously since its or ganization mure than a dnxen years ago. He was a charter member of the local lodge of Klks N. 1038. a Pythian and a past preside it of the local post of the T. P. A. . The deceased i urvived by be reaved widow, five sons and two daugh ters, four sisters ani - two , brothers. , Th sons are Messrs. W. M. Dangh tridge, J. C. Daughtridge, Henry A. Daughtridge, Ed Lee. Daughtridge, and Archie Daughtridge, the daughters, Mia Mary Will Daughtridge and Mr Millard F. Jones, nil of this city. Tha sisters, Mrs. W. C. Gnlloway, of Wilmington; Mrs. Mingle Farmer, of Wilson, Mrs. R. G. Hart, of Suffolk, Vs., n-l Mrs. W.-L. Felton, f Wil son. Thebrothor are: Messrs. D, D. Dbuahtridgo, of this eity, and Mr. Paul H. D;ghtridge, of El Dorado, Ark. , While funersi arrangements had not been finally consummated , this .mora- (Cntlnnd an Page Jen.) I 'v. y' y L. Daughtridge, whose death occurred at President Urges All Young Men Who Can To Attend One Of Training Camps Washington, June 12. President Harding urges every young man who can possibly arrange to do so to at tend one ef th citizen's military train ing camp to b conducted by th War Department thie summer. In a state ment made publie today he expreaaed th hope that during hi administration arrangement will be completed lor giv ing military training to st least 100100 young men each year. The text of th statement said : "I hope every young jian who can arrange it will attend one of the citi sen's-military training camps to be eon ducted this summer by th War De partment in each of the nine army corpa areas. "In this way he will increase his worth to the nation and obtain individ ual benefits of priceless value to him self and to the community in which he lives. "I hop to see established during my administration a comprehensive system of voluntary military, training for at least 100,000 men each year. Every young man who if willing to prepare bimaelf for the defense of hia country should be given an opportunity to do so. "Our present, national defence law established snconomical ana demo c ratio military policy thoroughly con sistent with our national traditions. It providea for a small regular army to be augmented by great citixen force in the event of a national emergency This is our traditional military policy. But whereas In the past theae larger war foreea hare been extemporized after the occurrence of an emergency, the new law wisely provides that the framework of their organization ahall be established and developed ia time of peace, insofar as this is practical through the voluntary service of our patriotic young men. '"The army of the United State aa defined in th new law, comprise the regular army, the national guard and th organized reserves. Every patriotic citizen should eneotusce the develop ment of these forces each within ' ita proper sphere. MARINE-ENGINEERS IN y NEWY0RK REJECT TERMS New Tori. June 12-Th six months' agreement proposed by the shipping Board under which the striking marine engineer would return to work with a IS per cent wag redurti'on, was re jected today st a meeting of the marine engineera benefic'uri association. A telegram was sent to William 8. Brown, president of ths National Ma rine Engineera asociatioa advising him that if h aeeeuted tEe agreement his resignation would be requested. DR. PEACOCK REMAINS IN THE DAVIDSON JAIL ' -sasssssssw ,jr Lexinston, June 12. Dr. J. W. Pea- cork, of Thomasville, who waa found not guilty last night by a Rowan county jury of the killing of Chief of Police J. E. Taylor on the ground that he was insane at the timo the killing took place, will remain in the Davidson coun ty jail until June 28th, which is the date act by Judge Fin ley for the hear ing to determine the phyiieian'a sanity at the present time. The doctor bss a telephone in his eell and seem to enjoy himself. Members of his family and friends are allowed to see him. BIG BIBLE CLASS PARADE GIVEN IN Wl.VSTON-SALEM Winston Salem, June 12. Two thou sand members -of -men's Bible .classes in the' city marched in a parade this after noon a n demonstration for men's Bi ble class work. Two band furnished music, and th various classes carried banners nrging men to join the ela: HARDING ISSUES APPEAL FOR CAMPS CHRIST ONLY HOPE DR. MADDRY TELLS UNIVERSITY MEN Religion Of Jesus Only Source Of Authority, Declares Com mencement Speaker . FINALS USHERED IN ' -WITH TWO DISCOURSES Her. W. D. SCoss Speaks To Chapel Hill Seniors At Ves. per Services ; Immense Con gregation Crowds ' Gerrard Hall To Hear Dr. Charles E. maaary xa uroat sermon , By LENOIB CHAMBERS Chapel Hill, June 12. In a carefully . reasoned, powerfully delivered aad coal . stirring sermon on the vole of sa thority in religion, the Bev. Charlea E. Maddry, corresponding secretary of the Baptist State convention, aahern.i in the opening day of the 126th, com-" mencement at the University ef North Carolina at the baccalaureate exercise in Gerrard Hall this morning and to- , night at twilight on th campus nnder : th historic Davl Poplar, th Bev. W, D. Moss, of the Chapel Hill Preaby. terian Church, beloved "Parson" aa h ia known to . University students. preached the V, M. C. A. vesper service sermon to the graduate, banked row on row on the grass. , Turning to hi old home, where h wa born and reared and where hi nam is abyword to eon Jur with among the people of Orange county, and facing a congregation that filled the last teat in Gerrard Hall long be fore the services began and that crowd ed score of Into comer outsld - to ' listen as best they could through the windows and doors, Dr. Maddry made - - . ...w myywvk ,W gowned graduates to turn to th . re ligion of Jesus Christ as the only pos sible source of authority ia the over coming of tin, ia th business, of very- iU. ;;., m ..a . l - . . th future. . . . , t Christ th Only Hops. . H took hia text -from John 0:0-09, dwelling especially oa th words, "Then said Jesus unto the twelve, will y also go awsyf Then Simon Peter answered mm, .utrd to whom shall we got Thou bast th words of eternal life. And we believe aad ar cur that thou arts f'hrt.t Ik. O.. .1 .1.. 1tl rVl-lti ' -" - S "Let a face thia age long question today," said Dr.' Maddry. "To whom shall wa got and for an answer h found the spirit and personality and teaching of Jesus Christ aa ths only hone of th world. ' - , Tonight nader th soft charm of ths open air service oa th campus Dr. Moss speaking to the men and women, with whom he h . orked all durin j their eol-ge career, told them that the? world needs the development Of per. sonalily in man. "And a man ahall b a an aiding place irom ta wlna, and S .1.. t I, . M Y. Isaiah A2-91 fnLhJ h , 4 ... .w.m.vmu . . a which he built up his. thesis of ths fully rouaded man. Crowd Throng Village. Chapel Hill has mely known . a lovelier dii-v than thm ... MM arkll. brrss her 120th rnmin.nuni.iit. Th. ' flood tide of alumni and commence ment visitors, mothers aad father and relative of the 172 graduates, swept into the village this morning and, over flowing the town, spread itself across the campus. Orange eounty reached out to the University a it own in stitution, too and the. country folk for miles aroun 1 came to hear their own preachers. They watched the seniors, wearing the cap and gowa for th firrt time, parade across the campus nd in. Gerrard Hall, and then they poured in behind them, many too late to find t eat. And before the service an-1 afterward they swarued across tho grsss and sat under th welcom shad of th giant oak. Returning alumn! in large number at this esrly date indicate an unusual attendance of old graduates. The classes of from 1920, 1910, 1911, 1890, and 1891 especially are expected record breaking crowds. The class of .'921 has already erected a tent on the campua as its headquarters and other class are planning special events. One un usually interesting ilnmnn ia J. J. Made, originally of Martin county, fresh from 23 year residence la McnN City, come home again. or th reunion of his class of 1891. For throe, generations back his family ha had representatives in th University and next year hia son will enter eollege, th fifth ia a straight line. Class Day Exercises Today- - Tomorrow, class day, will witness tha Inst exercises of the senior class. - Th alumni will atorm the fort Tuesday and the final events will eome Wednesday. Dr. Maddry 'a sermon wss a joy and nn inspirttion to bis old friends and to the graduates. Proceeding oa hi thesis that only to Jesus Chirst- could the world turn in its effort to overeqm sin and to learn the business of living. it reached its climax in his relating of Christ and immortality. "Who has a final and wttiafying word , about the future f" He sskeiT. "Sup pose we go swsy from Jesus. To whom shall we go for an answer to the insis tent, compelling cry of the human heart for a satisfying word "about th future t" Dismissing the' religion of earth and the voice of philosophy, h found the answer in Christ. World Tarn 1 Religion. ' "Out of the fearful loss of wat and epidemic the world around ther is a revival in the study of soul destlpy and the life and state of loved ones gone from us. Instimtively ther wll up in th human heart n longing amd a desire ta know, to have aom sur word shout tne future, ine aesir im planted by. Hint will on day be satis-" fied. . "Then, too, tho very lneompletene of life is sure proof ef immortality. Man is th incompletest thing oa earth. ivvnsannen v . - i..
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 13, 1921, edition 1
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