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f I THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance halham THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - 51.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 12, 1917 NO. 19. KEEP ON KNITTINlT SAYS RED GROSS war COUNCIL WANT8 IMMENSE NUM3ER OF SWEATERS AND OTHER ARTICLES. PURCHASES HAVE BEEN HEAVY French Troops Need All That Can Be Spared Tremendous Work Carried on by Red Cross Makes Negligible Its Few Mistakes. By GEORGE CLINTON. Kashington. It is evident that the American Ked Cross which is doing such a great work for the armed forces of the United States is disturbed be cause of the still repeated and fast circulating stories started on their way by pro-German influences to handicap the great humanitarian work. Recently the war department and the navy department found that some people in the United States were under the impression that the authorities did not t-upply warm clothing to the sol diers and that it was because of this failure of the government to do what of course it is its duty to do, that it was necessary for the women to knit sweaters and wristlets for the soldiers and sailors. In other words, the story which came was that the government was neglecting its duty and was de pending on private work to keep the men of the military forces warm. Nat urally the army and navy authorities resented the implication that the gov ernment did not supply its soldiers with plenty of warm clothing. The secretaries of war and navy said rhat the men under the charge of their departments were supplied with warm material and in sufficient quan tity, but that the extra comforts of sweaters and wristlets furnished by the Bed Cross were exceedingly grateful to the men and gave them an opportun ity of change, and. so far as the sweat ers were concerned, an opportunity for additional warmth in cases of severe weather and under conditions which no one could foresee. Statements Were Misunderstood. The women of the country, there fore, should continue knitting sweat ers, wristlets and socks, and other things which they turn out by means of the long needles. The report which has just been mentioned did some harm to the knitting service because the statements of the war and navy de partments apparently were misunder stood. Secretary Daniels has appoint ed a special naval officer to look after the distribution of the knitted articles which the women make for the sea forces. So far as the army Is concern ed the authorities and the Red Cross together see that every knitted article which is made reaches a soldier. Only today there comes from the war council of the American Red Cross a statement that it is imperative that all sweaters, wristlet and socks that possibly can be made by the women of the country shall be turned into the supply department of the Red Cross at the earliest possible date. This no tice was sent to the division managers who receive the articles from the knit tins chapters of women. Sump persons seem to be under the impression that every soldier and sail or by tins time must have been sup plied with a sweater. Possibly this 'nought is natural because in most places nearly every woman seems to knitting. However, in the notice sent by the war council of the Red Cross to its division managers it is said that in addition to the sweaters which have been knitted by the wsjnen of the chapters, it has been necea-iry to buy .",0.000 sweaters in the im'ket. French Need Knitted Goods. From France comes a great demand for sweaters and knitted goods for the brave French soldiers who because of the conditions existing in their coun try today are unable to secure the com forts which so readily are given to the men of the American forces. Wool is bard to obtain in France andwhile the I rench women are devoted. can not work without mntr"... .0 war council of the Hcd Cross finishes its statement to division managers with with this sentence: "We call upon the women to give us 'heir very best effort from now until ;;t bast January 1, that we may be ale to furnish our men with these eoi 1 forts, and have some to spare for dire needs in France." There have been some criticisms of 'he methods of the Red Cross in va n'ou.s parts of the country, and it has been the duty of the writer to attempt ro find out how justifiable some of these criticisms are. The expansion 1 'be lied Cross work within the last !, w months has been paralleled only the expansion of army and navy "k. Little wonder is it, therefore, 'hat a few mistakes have been made "ere and there, but these mistakes have been far fewer than would natur :,llv be expected in connection with a " i'! so tremendous and all-embracing. Social Functions Dropped. There is no such thing as society in Washington today as the word society .nerally is nnderstood. Social ranks sm , U'1 and rJch and poor, the nart set. the non-smart set, and the at all are pithnroi tr,i, i ''8 ouman facly working for the ,; country, and one would say ause of God were this latter nn ere this lattpr nnt too mU(. '' like the arrogant assumption- raiser this town in scores upon scores of houses bridge parties were in progress and where there were no bridge parties there were afternoon teas. Today it would take a Sherlock Hormes to find one group of women in this city play ing bridge, and it would take an equal ly keen-eyed detective to Arid a tea party given as tea parties usually are given, purely for social purposes. There will be no big society events In this town during t?ie coming winter. The president will iiot give even hla official receptions, the affairs which are supposed to be so fixed by prece dent that not even war or pestilence could displace them. The diplomatic reception, the judicial reception, the congressional reception, and the army and navy reception all are to go by the board. Washington hosts and hostesses by common consent have agreed to give over all balls and big parties. The debutantes of the year are not to be allowed "to debutante." No "Society". Left to Enter. In truth in one sense there is no society left in Washington for young girls to enter; that is, there is no society as one generally understands the meaning of the word. The de butantes will meet their sister de butantes and the elders of society vir tually every day, but they will meet them around the table on which hos pital garments are cut and surgical dressings made. Washington will see more weddings this winter than ever before, but not one of them will be, so to speak, a high affair. The other day a young woman who is the daughter of a for mer cabinet officer and the niece of another former cabinet officer, was married in this town to a man of high official position. Ordinarily the wedding would have been one of the big things of Washington social life. As it was it was solemnized in the presence of about twenty people. If this seclusiveness and exclusiveness had occurred a year ago it would have been the talk of the town. Already this year there have been twice as many weddings in Washing ton as in any like period in the history of the place since it became a populous town. War weddings are the order of the hour. Almost every day there are a dozen weddings in Washington of young men who, having joined the serv ice, wish with their brides to be mar ried prior to the coming of the order to report for duty "somewhere." Washington Is Overcrowded. Let no one come to Washington to take a position under the government without first securing a proper place to live after reaching the city. Young women especially should make proper arrangements for a home in this town before coming here to take work of any kind. There is work here, but be sure you can do it, and be sure before coming that you will have a place to live. No one at a distance perhaps real izes just what the condition is in town today. Hotels, boarding houses, and lodging houses are filled to overflow ing. A night or two ago 50 persons spent the sleeping hours in the big rail road station because they could not find beds within the limited time given them after their arrival and the hour when most persons go to sleep. Washington is meeting the situation gradually. The chamber of com merce and other organizations of citi zens are doing all that they can to provide living places for the incom ing workers to say nothing of those who are coming here on business which will occupy only a few days of their time. The local authorities are doing good work, and it is assured that when advance notice is given, persons who are coming here to live will be provided with proper accommo dations and proper surroundings, but the man or woman who comes here without knowing where he or she is to go, is likely to experience discom fort and even hardship. In certain sections of Washington today the streets resemble those of Chicago and New York. Automobiles have increased rapidly and the num ber of foot passengers has much more than doubled in the business districts. Washington instead of being the quiet ly sedate city which it was not long ago, is today a place of hurry, rush and crowding. Working Room Scarce, Too. There have been two problems to confront the government authorities and the local business boards. One of them is to provide living places for. the additional workers and the other is to provide working room for them. The government has taken over build ing after building, and as many of the places which have been commandeer ed, or virtually -commandeered, are apartment buildings and hotels, an additional number of people have been rendered temporarily homeless. This means that many Washingtonians have been compelled to find new places in which to live. Nothing that has been here written must be taken to mean that workers should not come to Washington. The only thing to be impressed upon them is that they should communicate with someone here, or with some organiza tion, the Young Women's Christian as sociation, the chamber of commerce, or with some friend who will advise concerning the matter of a place to live. There is a demand here for men and women who can do various kinds of clerical work and it is far from the government's desire that the supply should be cut off. The only thing necessary to be said is tnat some pre liminary arrangement should be made to make it certain that bed and board will be waiting the Individual upon ar-rtvaL li. S. DESTROYER IS Z GERMAN U-BOAT TORPEDOES AND SINKS BIG AMERICAN DESTROYER. MOST OF THE GREW IS LOST David Worth Bagley Commanding Of- '. ficer Is Among Saved Jacobs Jones I was une of Largest vessels of the Destroyer Type. Washington. Lieutenant Command er David Worth Bagley and Lieutenant Norman Scott were among tne surviv ors rescued after the sinking of the American destroyer, Jacob Jones, by a German submarine in the war zone last Thursday night. The navy de partment, was so advised by Vice Ad miral Sims. These two officers, two warrant of ficers, and two enlisted men were named ip the admiral's dispatch as survivors in addition to the 37 pre viously reported saved. It is now es tablished that the five line officers on the destroyer were rescued. Gunner Harry R. Hood and 63 men are miss ing. Admiral Sims' report said that Com mander Bagley and the five other men saved with him got away in a motor boat and were picked up and landed uninjured at the Scilly islands. The other four survivors reported besides Commander Bagley and Lieu tenant Scott were: Chief Boatswain's Mate Clarence McBride, wife Florence McBride, Syracuse, N. Y. Coxswain Ben Nunnery, father Fred A. Nunnery, Edgemoor, S. C. Fireman Joseph Kroneniecky, moth er Anna Krozeniecky, Suvive, Russia. Vice Admiral Sims up to a late hour had been able to supply only meager details in reply to urgent messages from Secretary Daniels, whose brother-in-law, Lieutenant Commander Da vid W. Bagley, commanded the lost vessel, and was first reported among the missing. Three officers and 34 men were picked up by other vessels from life rafts to which they clung, but the names of only ten of these had been transmitted to Washington. The Jacob Jones, one of the largest and newest American destroyers oper ating in the Atlantic, was the first American warship to fall victim to a German submarine, but was the sec ond American destroyer to be lost in foreign waters. - The Chauncey sank with her commander, Lieutenant Com mander Walter E. Reno, two other officers, and 18 enlisted men, after be ing cut in two by the transport Rose early on the morning of Novem ber 20. NO ATTEMPT TO CHECK UP LIST OF HALIFAX DEAD Morgue Officials Hold to Estimate of Four Thousand. Halifax, N. S. No official attempt was made here ta. check up or revise the long list of dead and injured re sulting from Thursday's disaster when a munitions ship's cargo exploded in the harbor. The morgue officials held to their estimate of 4,000 dead, but other ob servers said that estimate was too great by half. A joint appeal by the mayors of Halifax and Dartmouth was made to the Canadian public for money for the relief of the homeless and the recon struction of that part of the city which is in ruins. It was said that between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 would be required. A heavy rainstorm interrupted the systematic search for bodies, but by night 95 additional bodies had been placed In the morgue. Several deaths occurred among the injured. The task confronting the relief com mittees seemed almost hopeless but later in the day the skies cleard and cheering word came from the physi cians in charge of the tents in which 600 of the homeless had found shelter. The tents had withstood the storm and the occupants were as comfortable a3 could be expected. GERMAN TROOPS ARE RUSHED TO CAMBRAI Geneva. Friday, Dec. 7. Both Field Marshal von Hindenburg and Gen von I Ludendorff are on the Cambrai front, j according to a dispatch from Strass- : burg today. Railway traffic through j the Rhine towns has been congested ; from this source, owing tothe flow of j troops and artillery being rushed . through to this front. No civilians are ; permitted to travel along the Rhine and the German frontier remains closed. KALEDINES AND KORNILOFF START REVOLT IN RUSSIA London. A proclamation to the Rus sian nation has been issued by Russian government announcing that "Kale dines and Korniloff, assisted by impe rialists and constitutional democrats, have raised a revolt andxdeclared war in Don region against the people." The proclamation adds that "the constitu tional democrats and bourgeoise are supplying the revolting generals with scores of milliom." SUNK INJUR CONGRESS ADOPTS m RESOLUTION 1 DECLARES STATE OF WAR EXISTS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. ONLY ONE DISSENTING VOTE Socialist Votes Against Resolution Debate Was Brief in Both Houses. , Resolution Immediately Signed by , President Effective at Once. Washinigton. War between the United States and AustriaVHungary has been formally declared. Congress, with one dissenting vote in the house, adopted and President Wilson approved a resolution declar ing existence of a state of war be tween the "imperial and royal Aus-tro-Hungarian government and the : government and people of the United I States" authorizing the President to I employ the nation's armed forces and pledging its resources to victory. Text of Resolution. The resolution follows: "Joint resolution. "Declariing that a state of war ex ists between the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government and people of the United States and mak ing provision to prosecute the same. "Whereas the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government has committed repeated acts of war against the government and the peo ple of the United States of America: Therefore be it "Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that a state of war is hereby declared to exist between the United States of America and the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government; and that the President be, and he is here by, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the government to carry on war against the imperial and royal Austro Hungarian government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States. (Signed) "CHAMP CLARK, "Speaker- House of Representatives. "THOMAS R. MARSHALL, "Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. "Approved 7th December, 1917. "WOODROW WILSON." PRESIDENT WILSON SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY Washington President Wilson sent to the governor general of Canada an expression of sympathy of the people of the United States because of the disaster at Halifax. His telegram follows: "In presence of the awful disaster at Halifax the people of the United States offer to their noble brethren of the dominion their heartfelt sympa thy and grief, as is fitting at this time when to the ties of kindship and com munity of speech and of material in terests are added the strong bonds of union in the common cause of devotion to the supreme duties of national ex istence." STRICKEN HALIFAX SWEPT BY RAGING BLIZZARD Halifax, N. S. Stricken Halifax was 1 swept by a raging blizzard. So fierce was the storm that rescue workers j were forced to suspend their opera tions in the devastated section. It is ' believed certain that all the injured ! under the ruins of shattered buildings have perished of cold and hunger. ! Battered by a biting wind and blind ing snow, the plight of the survivors of the holocaust is little short of des perate. s TWO AMERICAN AIRMEN WOUNDED IN FRANCE Washington. American airmen fighting the German planes on the western front have suffered their first casualties. Two men, a corporal and a private were reported wounded. No report cf the engagement was fordwarded. The men are: Corporal Walter A. Warren, Dublin, Ga. Private Edward F. Ebsen, Buffalo, Mo. BAND OF VILLISTAS AMBUSHED BY FEDERALS Juarez, 1exlco.--Combined columns of federal cavalry, in command of Gen eral Francisco Murguia and General Pedro Eavela, ambushed a large band of Villa followers in Santa Clara can yon, 75 miles northwest of Chihuahu3 City according to an official statement given out at military headquarters. A total of 400 were killed and wounded on both sides. The Villa forces suffer sd tfcs heaviest losses. 2,000 LIVES LOST BY EXPLOSION ON SHIP TRANSPORT LADEN WITH MUNI TIONS EXPLODES IN HALI FAX HARBOR. HALF OF CITY IS LAID WASTE Death Dealing Shock Caused by Col lision Between Munitions Ship and Belgian Relief Ship Property Loss Will Run Far Into Millions. Halifax, N. S. With the toll of dead steadily mounting, it was believ ed that more than 2,000 persons per ished In the explosion and fire which followed the collision in Halifax har bor between a munitions-laden French ship and another vessel, the Ioma, loaded with supplies for the Belgian relief commission. The disaster, which has plunged the Dominion into mourning probably wili rank as the most fearful that ever occurred on the American continent. Residents of Halifax and thousands of volunteer relief workers who have come into the city hav been almost dazed at the extent of the horror. Temporary morgues have been es tablished in many buildings to which a steady procession of vehicles of all kinds carried for hours the bodies of men, women and children. Most of them were so charred tffat they were unrecognizable. Thousands of persons seeking trace of relatives and friends passed by the long, silent rows, at tempting to identify the ones they sought. Virtually every building in the city which could be converted into a hos pital is filled with wounded, many of them so desperately injured that there is no hope of their recovery. Scores already have died in these tempo rary hospitals. An ever-increasing number is being taken from the com pletely devastated Richmond district to the relief station. The flame-swept area covers ap ""ximatelv two and one-half square miles. It begins at what is known as the North street bridge extending north to Pier 8 on the Richmond water front and back to a point running par allel with Gottingen street. Nothing has been left standing in this section of the city. Only a pile of smoulder ing ruins marks the spot where the ereat building of the American Sugar Refining Company stood. The dry dock and all the buildings which sur rounded it were destroved. In the west and northwest ends the damage was more extensive and there the walls of many houses were blown to bits. It was in Richmond, however, opposite the scene of the explosion, that the havoc was greatest. Whole blocks of dwellings, most of frame construction, were leveled. Street af fter street is in ruins and the struc tures which were left standing by the explosion were destroyed by fires which broke out simultaneouly in a score of places and which it was im possible to check until they had burn ed themselves out. It is believed scores of persons who had been in jured by the collapse of their homes oerished in the flames from which they were helpless ot flee. Five minutes after the explosion the streets in all parts, of Halifax were filled with frenzied, panic-stricken throngs striving to reach the out skirts in a neffort to escape what they believed was a raid by German fleet. Hundreds of them had been cut by the shower of glass which followed the explosion. Defy Description. In the Richmond section the scenes enacted defied description. Seriously injured men and women crawled from the wreckage of their homes and lay in the streets until they were remov ed in ambulances and automobiles to hosipitals. Those less seriously hurt aided those more gravely injured. In the streets piled high with debris were found the shattered bodies of many women and children. Several children were crushed to death when they we hurled against telegraph poles by tae force of the explosion. The Richmond school, which housed hundreds of children, was demolish ed and it is reported only three es caped. Canadian officers who have seen long service in France characterize the catastrophe as "the most fearful which has befallen any city in the world." Virtually all the north end of the city was laid waste and the property damage will run far into the millions. A part of the town of Dartmouth, across the harbor from Halifax, also was wrecked. Nearly all the build ings in the dockyard there are in ruins. The business life of the city had just begun for the day when the town was shaken to its foundations by the explosion. Persons in the streets were picked up bodily and hurled to the ground. Occupants of office build ings covered under a shower of fall ing glass and plaster. Houses in the Richmond section crumpled up and "ollapsed, burying their tenants. In the main part of the city where fhe buildings are chiefly of stone or -oncrete the damage was confined to 'he shattering of windows and most the casualties in this section were caused by flying glass. CONGRESS CLEARS WAY EOR ACTION RESOLUTION IN HOUSE DECLAR ING STATE OF WAR WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED No Reference Is Made Either to Tur key or Bulgaria Early Action Is Expected in Senate on War Reso lution. Washington. Congress cleared the way for prompt response to President Wilson's call for a declaration of war with Austria-Hungary. The joint resolution approved by the President and the state department declaring existence of a state of war between the United States and the imperial end royal Austro-Hungarian government from Wednesday at noon was introduced in the house and unan imously approved by the house for-, eign affair's committee. Conforming to the President's rec ommendations, the resolution, which authorizes and directs employment of the nation's armed forces against Austria and pledges the country's re sources to victory, applies to Austria alone. Germany's other allies, Turkey and Bulgaria are not mentioned. As perfected by the house commit tee and ordered reported without a dissenting vote, the resolution reads as follows: House Resolution. "Whereas, the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government has severed diplomatic relations with the government of the United States of America and has committed acts of war against the government and the people of the United States of Amer ica, among which are its adherence to the policy of ruthless submarine warfare adopted by its ally, the im perial German government with which the United States of America is at war, and by giving its ally active sup port and aid on both land and sea in the prosecution of war against the government and people of the United States of America; therefore, be it "Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that a state of war be and is hereby declared to exist between the United States of America and the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian govern ment; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and mili tary forces of the United States and carry on war again: t the imperial and royal Austro-Hung-.irian government, and to bring the conflict to a success ful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States." Approval Is Certain. Although sentiment remains strong in both branches to have the war declaration extended to Turkey and Bulgaria, approval of the resolution as it stands is regarded as very cer tain. Reasons given confidentially to Chairmen Stone and Flood and which probably will be made public in de bate, were regarded as convincing. ADDITIONAL CASUALTIESS REPORTED BY PERSHING I Washington. General Pershing re parted through the war department the names of two men killed in action, in France, seven severely wounded and four slightly wounded. The casualties occurred between November 12 and 17 General Per shing's message gave no details, but the men are believed to have been with units occupying front line trenches in France. Those killed are: Corporal Virgil G. Winebrenner, in fantry, November 12, Marion, Ind. Private Peter Wojtalewicx, infantry, on November 16, Chicago. Those severely wounded include: Sergeant Harvey L. Haburne, in fantry, on November 17, father, S. B. F. Haburne, Jamesvlle, Va. GREAT SERIES OF WAR CONFERENCES PLANNED Washington. Vice-President Marsh all, Secretaries McAdoo and Baker, I Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Bishop Chas- D. Williams and Lieut. Paul Perigord ! of the French army, are some of the j speakers who will be heard at the se- i ries of war conferences to be held in 1 ovorv atato in tht iin1rn within thfl next few months inder the auspices of the committee on public informa tion. The purpose is to tell the peo ple about the war. PLANNING TO f'ORCE BOYS INTO THE ARMY Amsterdam. Intimations that Ger many is planning to force boys of 18 anad 17 years intc the army are con tained in an appeal- appearing in the Essen General Anzeiger that they im mediately join the juvenile corps. "This great struggle between the na tions," says the newspaper, "will neces sitate those who are now 16 and 17 be Ing called up at no very remote datt tor army servics. STATE CONVENTION OE BAPTIST CLOSES AFTER SELECTING GREENSBORO AS MEETING PLACE FOR NEXT YEAR. BAPTIST TEACHERS ONLY Million Dollar Drive for Educational Institutions Is Ordered Many Splendid Addresses. Durham. The Baptist State Conven tion here was one of the most success ful and most largely attended in its history. President J. A. Oates presid ed over the convention with his usual ease, grace and placid influence. The committee on place and preach er made its report. Greensboro was selected for the next meeting place of the convention a year hence. Rev. B. D. Gaw, of Durham, was selected to preach the annual sermon, and Rev. J. D. Harte, of Oxford, the alternate. The report was adopted. The convention reached a great cli max with the historical address of Dr. W. J. McGlothlin on "Angelicans and Methodists." The Sunday school work came into the Hmelight. Prof. J. H. Highsmith. of Raleigh, delivered an address on "The Problems of the Modern Sunday School." Dr. Hight C Moore, formerly editor of The Biblical Recorder and now on the editorial staff of the Bap tist Sunday School board, of Nashville, Tenn., presented the work and achieve ments of that institution. W. C. Bar rett, of Gastonia, state member of this board, presided over the discussion. The report of the board of missions reveals the fact that Southern Baptists are working in the following foreign lands: Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chi na, Italy, Japan and Mexico. A total of $961,970.48 was raised last year for this purpose, $47,923.56 of this amount coming from North Carolina. Leads the South. The home mission board located in Atlanta, doing work in the South, has done a wonderful work during the past year, outranking all similar boards in America in the tangible re ports of money collected and in the matter of baptisms. The Sun day school work in the state, which is in charge of Secretary Middleton, of Raleigh, showed substanital growth. This state leads the entire south in the matter of teacher training. There are now in the state 2,151 Baptist Sun day schools with a membership of 21,151 Baptist Sunday schools with 219,971. Ten years ago, there were only 1,679 schools with an enrollment of 139,467. Ministerial relief plans in accord ance with the general plan of the Southern Baptist convention was adopted by the 3tate convention. This provides for the retirement of Bap tist ministers at the age of 68 with an annuity for the minister of his family. Several million dollars will be raised, and cecii state will be allotted a cer tain sum in proportion 'to its Baptist strength. Following the report of the Baptist seaside assembly, an effort was made to incorporate in the motion to adopt that report, an amendment that the state convention go on record as fav oring an appropriation for a program at Ridgecrest. Certain education occupied the center of the stage at the morning session. The report of the board of education shows that there are now in the Baptist high schools of the state 1.301 boys and 1,258 girls. In th. three colleges, Wake Forest, Meredith and Chowan, there are 532 men and 550 women. The tojal endowment for these three schools is $647,581.37. The total property value is $1,138,006. Secretary Walter E. Johnson pre sented the following pastors who have come into the state since the last con vention met: Revs. B. H Harrill, Kernersville; J. A. McKaughan, Ruth erfordton; Drs. Weston Bruner, Ral eigh; J. W. Kincheloe, Rocky . Mount; W. F. Powell, Asheville; John A. Wray, Monroe, H. L. Swain, New Bern : Benjamin Sargee, Asheville; R. C. Campbell, Shelby; E. S. Pearce, Roan oke Island. With great enthusiasm, the coven- tion committeed itself to the movement of launching a campaign to raise a million dollars within the next four years, beginning January 1, for the Baptist educational institutions of the state. This is considered the longest step forward the denomination has taken in many years. After a warm discussion, the reso lution was finally passed with a quali fying amendment: This does not ap ply to teachers already employed or to negotiations now pending. Stock Growing Farm. Hendersonville. Randall W. Ever ett, son of Col. S. T. Everett of Ohio, has taken charge of the magnificent Everett farm near Penrose. Transyl vania county, and is undertaking farm and stock growing operations on an extensive scale. Mr. Everett began building last summer and is erecting bungalows, barn, etc., dt a cost of about $40,000. The barn has a rock foundation, concrete floors and walls, the stalls for horses having a wood flooring on the concrete. Mr. Everett is a giower of flne-blooiJed horses. t)Ut v.,k year ago every afternoon In