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U* J -V*V ' vol. a. irar FELL 01 SLEEP TESTE1DAT Remains Carried to Jamesvllle Where Funeral Was Held Today. Ab was announced In the Daily News pt yesterday. Rev. Dennis Wrlghter Davis, former pastor of the Christian Church of this city, passed away yesterday afternoon at the home of his brother Mr. T. H. Davis on East Second Street. 8everal days ago he was brought here from Mackeys. N. C., to be under the direct care of hte family physician. For -the paat few days everything known to the skill of hla physician and loved ones was performed with the hope that he would rally and bo restored to health but all to no avail for God called him and he answered "Here Am I." in his death his church mourns the loss of one of its brightest Htars, the fcity and county a highly esteemed citizen and his family a aevoted husoand and affectionate and ( loving father. * The remains were carried to his * old home near Jamesvllle this morning where the funeral will be held this afternoon conduoted by Rev. Robert V. Hope. A good man has fallen. Peace to his ashes. Dennis Wrlghtfr Davie was born, April 1. 1861. and was the third son or Ashley Davis and Elisabeth Davis all of Martin county, N. C. Reared on a farm he had no advantages of school except the public school until he had reached the age of twenty-two, when he came In contact with H. C. Bowen of Beau, fort county at that time was conducting a High School at Caahmere Lake In Onslow county and preach, ing for neighboring churches. Mr. Bowen impressed by young Davis' ability persuaded him to attend his school and prepare himself for the -ministry. After completing his course thore he took work in cont neetion with Rev. Mr. Chesnut, of Farmvllle, another Christian preachi er, who was conducting a like school and preaching for schools. Young Davis still prosecuted his studies. From the very first he exhibited signs of great devclopn\ent in his educational and ministerial work. At the solicitation of hia friends he finall entered the Kentucky University and the College of Bible at Lexington, Ky., where he fitted himself for the useful Hfe which followed. Hia first call after his graduation was from one of the strong churches of the middle west. This call he declined because of a previous engagement with the churches in Eastern Carolina in evangelistic work. Upon hia return bo. his native state he began to preach and organize churches. Washington was the home of his first congregation and during his pastorate the present house of worship )l was appointed by the state convention State Evangelist. Subsequently he was called to the church in Wilson where the foundation of the handsome church and congregation were established. Mr. Davis also served the church at Plymouth and neighboring churches. He organized ana set in order the Greenville churcn and was the leading spirit in the building of the house of worship was erected. After the church had been organized ho resigned and He was one of the moving spirits ol tho Atlantic Christian College, being one of its board of directors. Those who have been brought into th? k * church under his ministry are nOI counted by the hundreds but by th< thousands. At the time of his deatl he Was serving as the Evangelist ol the Roanoke Union halving charge oi several missionary points North ol Albemarle Sound. While on his wa] to one of his congregations toda: twoeweeks ago he was stricken ii v. his field of labor and at bis post o duty with the sickness of his death Belt^; treated for a week by th< leading physicians and finding tha his case was of a serious nature hi wife was summoned to hia bedside He was carried back to hia home ii Washington. After reaching hi home bis conditions was still of i f serious nature so his youngest broth er W. A. Davis and Drs. Gilmer, o Plymouth and 8. T. Nicholson, o Washington, wore summoned. H Ll whs finally brought to Waatalngtor Yesterday he fell peacefully on alee jfl^ surrounded by loved ones and a hoi W He leaves a wife, five daughtei W and four sons; four brothers and on sister and a host of frlsnds tbrougl If : /ASHJ 1 ", . 'V ? ANNUAL ROSE FESTIVE AT mmirn. Hotels and Boarding Houses Filling With Visitors for the Occasion. Special to the Dally News. Portland. Ore.. June 8.?Hotels and boarding houses are filling with visitors in anticipation of the open, lng of Portland's annual Rose Festival. The eve'nt this year will be the sixth aanual affair of Its kind given in Portland and the committee In charge declare that It will rival the Mardl Gras carnival at New Or. leans in the number and brilliance of ita attractions. The preparations have been going forward for almost a year. Special sermon In the churches tomorrow will serve as preliminary to the week of festivities. Rex Oregonus, king of the festival, will make his entry at Monday noon and will receive the keys to the city from the mayor. His arrival will be the-^signal for the beginning of a bewildering succession of entertainment features that will continue until the end of the week. Floral pageants and battles of flowers, electrical parades, free band concerts, elaborate displays of fireworks, outdoor spectacles. automobile parades and a wide variety of aquatic sports and pageants on the Willamette River will be kmong the attractions. N. C. MEDICAL EXAMINERS TO D NEXT WEEK Dr. John C. Rodman leaves tomorrow for Hendersonvllle, N. C., to attend the annual meeting of the North Carolina Medical Board of Examiners of which he is a member. There will be about one hundred ' and fifty young doctors to stand for their licenses to practice medicine in North Carolina, eo the board will have an arduous week's work before them. The members of the Board of Examiners and the branch of medicine in which ' they' examine are as follows ' Dr. H. H. Dodson. Greensboro. N. C., Practice of medicine. Dr. John Bynuui. Winston-Salem, N. C., Materia Medlea and Therapeutics. Dr. John C. Rodman, Washington, N. C., Surgery. Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Asheviile, N. C.. Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. J. L. Nicholson, Kichlands. N. C., Chemistry and Disease of Chll. dren. Dr. W. W. McKenzle, Salisbury N. C., Anatomy, Pathology and Bacteriology. Dr. BeJ. K. Hayes. Oxford. N. ., Physiology and Hygiene. The week following the State Medical Society will meet at the same place and to them the board of raedlt cal exafnlners will make their report gladdening the hearts of many young , doctors when their license all signI ed up and with the great seal of . North Carolina upon It is handed to , the applicants. , Dr. Rodman expects to be absent for two weeks. / i DOORS OF IHHRCR ID BE OPEje TOMORROW l Tomorrow morning at the First j Methodist Church an opportunity i will be given for any one" to Join the r church as result of the recent rpvlf val service. The subject of the morn r ing sermon will be: "How can we i hear without a preacher." The subr Ject for the evening discourse will i be: "The Lord's Day." f .. ' i ' . . out North Carolina who knew him e and loved him. His faith was of t that type that knew no defeat. Christ s 4waa liia all in all?preaching His ?. gospel and believing Implicitly in the a pulpit. He contributed hll all to the s cause he loved?really working una til the very end. Hit power to speak - in a good clear English and to imf part the same to hia hearers waa one f of hla enviable gifts. A diatlnguishe ed man of letters in this State- said i. recently of hJm "He was one who p could apeak" and he could, it He was a worthy ambassador of hia Christ. He has fopght the good -a light?ha has kept the faith. Bele hold hla witnesses are In Heaven and i. his record is on high. ft [NGT WASHINGTON, B FAIR TONIC MBS. STEVE : ? t i WT JjHE , .-i Mrs. Steven B. Ayrss It the wife eighteenth district of New York, and r New York City.. Stray Topics Frori New York ) New York. June 8.?The report recently submitted to the New York High School Teachers' Association by Its Committee on Secondary Education discloses a peculiar state of affairs In connection with the enrollment of pupils in three of the high schools of the city. The matter is considered so serious that it will be made the subject of care investiga. tlon. According to this report three of the city's high schools, the Morris High School, enrolling boys and girls the Boys' Hfgh School of Brooklyn and the Girls' High School of Brooklyn. have lost three thousand of their pupils ducing the year from February, 1910, to January, 1911. The committe which submitted the report .tried to ascertain the reasons for the dropping out of so large a number of pupils and, in most cases, was successful. It appears that more than one-third of the pupils who dropped out during the year did so because they either would not or Cnilld not kppn mi In Ihnir xturiioa Failures in from one to four subjects were responsible for their leaving the schools. For the loss of the pupils who did not drop out because they had failed, a number of causes were found to be responsible. Poverty of the parents, aggravated probably by hard timeB, lack of work and the high cost of living, was responsible in a large number of cases. Illness incident principally to puberty and to malnutrition was another important factor in causing the drop. ping out of mapy pupils. Several hundred pupils left school simply because they .wanted to become wage earners and enter business life. The report strongly intimates that defects in the school'system. Injudicious arrangement of the curriculum and the lacking of teachers not only capable in their respective subjects but' also in sympathy with their pupils, were also among the contributory causes. The Bronx Zoological Garden oc_ cupies a rather unique position among simillar institutions in the country. It is the only one which is conducted somewhat after circus fashion and has a regular press agent whose ingenuity Is not surpassed by that of other man in his profession. Of course, there are always happenings in a large zoological garden, which make good and Interesting reading, but the presa agent of the Bronx Zoo does not altogether de. pend upon the natural crop of events in his^ domain. In,'selecting material for his literary productions ha shows the most pronounced sensationalism and In elaborating tha suggestions of his freakish Imagination he does not allow himself tb be limited by such trivial matters as natural laws IT"* i iORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY AV, JUT AND gCKDAV. IIK1SK XOR1 II liYRES ~~] ED h , V. j I 1 of the ne^, congressman from the 'dee In fcpayten Duyvll, the Bronx. n Little Old for Present Week ??w? One of th. latest productions of tho Zoo prMa^Bents deserves a place of honor kqjong the most daring works of jlylon. According to his story the jugytjy howling of the wolves, audible for mS?e'~ftran * -mW^r was a source of great annoyance to the residents jn the vicinity of the Zoo. To muzzle the wolves seemed unfeasible to the management and it was decided to try some other plan. At the suggestion of the head keeper a photograph was installed close to the enclosure of the wolves and every night It was kept going, reeling off squeaky replicas of songs and operatic airs "as sung by the greatest singers of the world." Ac-, cording to the press agent's story the wolves listened quietly, almost rapturously, to the "sweet strains" and tried their best to imitate them. With perfect seriousness the press ascill UBnerm lum. me?K HiiiKing i^sibodb have proved a great success and that a great improvement has been noticeable in the vocal efforts of the wolves lately. Some of the Wolves in particular, more gifted than the rest, developed hitherto unsuspected musical ability and promise to become excellent singers if the lessons are continued long enough. Boys and loose sticks of perfectly good dynamite, used by them as play things form a mighty dangerous combination and it is little short of a miracle that nothing serious result ed from Just such a combination the other day. Some boys.nosing around in the Erie freight yards at Orange. N.J., found In one of the cars a box without cover and filled with sticks of dynamite intended for blasting purposes. Thinking the stlqks were some new kind of candy, the boys an nexed the content* of the box and left the yards with great alacrity. They found the "candy" unpalatable, but were afraid to return It to the freight car. To get rid of the sticks they hid them in the sewer not far from the yards and only a few boys kept their share of the sticks and took them home with them. When the disappearance of the poorly guarded exptosive was discovered, the police authorities of Orango were notified and a prompt search was instituted. Some fragments of a stick of dynamite which were found in a back yard gave the clue which, carefully followed eventually led to the recovery of the entire contents of the box. While riding, accompanied by hei fiance, in a well filled Hamburt street car the other dgy, * girl wai seriously Injured by a postol shot The Starnge things about this caae li thnt neither the girl no$ her escori Continued on page three. ^ >AILV rEBNOON, Jt'XE 8. 1012. r HE AST WINDS. GOffiING WEEK NEWS FORECAST , IW Before End of WvV^otflegates to Chicago Convention Will Begin Their March. Special to the Dally News. Washington. D. C.. June 8.?Committee meetings, political conferences and other activities preliminary "to the assembling of the Republican national convention will get into full swing during the next few days. Hefore the end of the week the great army of convention delegates and visitors will begin their march on Chicago. Until the battle for the presidential nomination is ended the western metropolis will continue the centre towards which the eyes of the nation will be directed. With the end of the Republican contest, however, public attention wilk make a quick shift to Baltimore, where there will be a similar gathering of the clans to name the head of the Democratic natloual ticket. The week will mark the beginning of. the college commcement season: At several of the well knowu institutions of learning special celebrations are to be held in connection with the usual commencement exercises. Hamilton College will celebrate its centennial and hopes to have President Taft among the visitors. Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, will celebrate its twenty.fifth anniversary.; At the University of Chicago the week will be made notable by the dedication of the William Italney Harper Memorial Library. The eight triennial congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire is to assemble in London during the week. Among the topics for discussion will-be commercial relations between the mother country and the cobonies, tre Panama ca. tial, emigration, remedies for Tabor disputes, and reciprocity between Canada Indes. The athletes who will represent TffiTTTntted tha QljJUi>ic games at Stockholm will sail from New York on the steamship Finland on Friday. The Canadian Olympic team is scheduled to sail the following day from Montreal. One of the important weddings of the week will be that of .Miss MarJorie Ide. daughter of Henry C. Ide. United States minister to Madrid, and sister of Mrs. W. Bourke Cochran. to Shane Leslie, which will take place Tuesday at the summer resilience of Mr and Mr* \V Rourke Cockran at Port Washington. L. I. | The annual celebration of Flag Day throughout the United States, the meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Correction In Cleveland, the annual Kose Festival in Portland. Ore., the celebration ahroad of the second centenary of the birth of Jean Jacques Rousseau, the convention of the National Electric I<lght Association In Seattle, und the progress of the revolutionary movements in Mexico and Cuba are also expected to contribute to the news of the week. NEWS & OBSERVER IN* ERROR * I see in today's News and Oft * server in their tabulated lid, * that Beaufort County is credited s not voting on the endorsement * of Woodrow Wilson. Beaufort cast its solid vote for the Judge Biggs resolution en- * doming Wilson for president. I have wired the News and * Observer to this effort. 1,1 MIS A Y C. WARREN. * ** CONSIDERABLE FAtt WEATHER LAST NIGHT There was considerable fall In the temperature during the night and today it is nothing out of the ordinary to see smoke issuing from chimneys In all pprts of the city. The oldest inhabitants state this is the coldest nap ever known here during the month of June. The cold weather followed the rain of yesterday. TRAIN DELAYED On account of the large amount of t truck coming to this city via the 1 Washington and Vandemere train from the lower part of the county, 1 the passenger train on this road baa 1 been delayed In arrival and depar. thro for the paat several days. -jrr. .> "~<y -t\?- * * ' NEV asm in mm -r.f. ment to Great Discov New Union Station. Ambassador Special to the Daily News. Washington. D. C. June S,? The magnificent memorial to Christopher | Columbus, having as its central fea-i ture a statue of the great discoverer, moulded the hand of the sympathetic sculptor to show him as he stood on the deck of the Santa Ma. rla ou October 12. 1402. the fateful day when America was seen for the first time by the eyes of the European, was unveiled here today with elaborate ceremonies and amid the enthusiastic demonstrations of an tin mense concourse of people. In connection with the unveiling there ?a# a civic and military profession that proved to be one of the largest seen In this city of big parades since the grand review of the Union army after the close of the Civil War. The ceremony of unveiling occurred on the piazza in front of the new Union Station, where the massive memorial has been erected to catch the eye of every visitor to the capital Immediately upon arrival in the city. Surrounding the memorial were groat stands to accommodate the many official and guests invited to take part in the exercises. On every hand the colors of Italy. Spain and the United States were blended. Within the amphitheatre were gath ered representatives of every branch I of the government, including the President of the United States and I members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, high officers of the army and navy, senators and representatives. The diplomatic corps was brilliantly represented, while another section of the stand was allotted to the dignitaries of the Catholic Church, many 01 whom were in attendance. President Taft was the principal speaker on the programme. Philander Cbnse Knox,-Secretary of Suae was given the place as presiding officer, and to the Marquis Cusani Confalonierl, Italian ambassad r to the United States, was assigned the task of pulling the cords that released the bunting about the memorial., lit. Rev. Mgr. Thomas Shahan. rector of the Catholic University of Ame-va. offered the invocation and Chief Justice Victor J. Dcwling of the Supreme Court of New York, made the opening address. The Marine Band. |in its uniform of scarlet ami blue, furnished the musical features v the programme. ! As the President concluded his ad. dress the Italian ambassador caught miss beluTgux weds m CMITU flDDC ill 11 01V11111 blUUu No little surprise was occasioned in the city yesterday afternoon when the news was circulated that Mist Belle Cox one of the efficient and accommodating night operators a: :h<Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Exchange. was united in marriage to Mr. Smith Gibbs at the hor*-I in Swan Quarter yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was perform* d by Rev. Mr. Johnson, rertor of the Episcopal Church in that county. The bride and grocm are both natives of Middleton. N. C., and hei<l i:i the hlghes' esteem by a large number of friends. Miss Cox has been a resident of Washington for the past two years and from the ^.rst gained the friend, ship of a large number. As operator in the telephone exchange she was polite and accommodating f t:: while the patrons of the exchar.: gret to give her up they wish ? her every happiness full of sur.^hlrMis'; Cox left here yesterday r. ^rniu.: f ;.' Swan Quarter where the nr4* the grcom and the wedding followed, The Daily News extends congratulations. REGULAR SERVICES IN THE CITY CHURCHES SUNDAY There will be regular services a! the First Methodist. 8t. Peter's Episropal. First Presbyterian and Christian Churches tomorrow morn Ing. All the respective pastors wil fill their pulpit and the general pub i 11c has a cordial Invitation to be prei , ent. The music will be one of the a tractive features. vs ; I ?????????????? .3 NO 181 1 UNVEILED ! SL CAPITAL TODAY * erer Rests In Front of the President "and Italian Both Speak. up tlie cords to the flams enveloping the memorial, and the massive pile of marble and atone iner???wi iliwiMuh the folds of red. white and blue. At the same Instant the boom of an artillery salute came from u battery of heavy puns near by. aud the strains of the national anthem ume fro.'.i the bandHut. alter all. it was the crvat parade and not the unveilinc exercises that furnished the speetm ;tlar portion of the day's celebration an 1 Ithe feature in which the public pen. erally displayed most interest. Countless thousands lined Pennsylvania | Avenue and other leading throughfares and for hours saw rank on rank of soldiers, blue jackets and marines. | followed by lift} thousand marchers I representing the Knights of Coiui.t| bus. the Catholic iru;?-rnal organ izaItioti to whose efforts the erection I the memorial unveiled today is largely due. Delegations of members a;' the order from prart l? ally every Were in. the para tie together with other delegations from Canada. '.Mexico. Cuba. Porto Hleo and tile Philippines. In addition to I marchers there wsr?* a dozen or more magnificent and costly rtoats depleting various events in the l.jjof the great discoverer. Hrlg. tl":i ^ Robert K. Kvntis. V s*. A., was th?* j grand marshal 01 the parade, white Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty, of Philadelphia, rode at the head of the Knights ot Columbus section The Columbus memorial is a fitting addition to t lie long list of *iatues and memorials that dot the national capital. It is the largest and most imposing of them all. The memorial takes the form of an intmt r.sishaft, at the bach of a fountain, surmounted by a huge globe ind'eative of the world, upon which ts deti:i-*. ated the Western World in relief, the orrners being guarded by eagles in stone- Thy figure of Columbus :s seen standing on the prow of a caraval. which projects into the fo-in. lain. On either side of the shaft are replicas of two men. one indicative J of the Old World i an aged patriarch! while the other represents the j New World <hii Indian t. The back of the shaft carries a medallion of 1 Ferdinand and Isabella, uorado Taft ( was the sculptor of Hht- heroic figure of Columbus, while the architectural firm of IJ. H. Durtiham aud Company of Chicago drafted the general fea1 cures of the memorial. The total i <nst was $3t'0,ii0'i. which sum was appropriated for the purpose by Con. ' gress. "?AUrrM"" LEAVES THIS AFTERNOON j Professor P. v}. Hryau. who has I In en principnt of the Washington Public Schools Ivavcs this afternoon for Scotland N?*k, From there he 4xH(i!s to go to Oxford. N. where he will engage in the practice of law. naving a few mom ha ago received , his license at The hsnds of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Mr. Hryj an is one of the most popular principals the public schools of the city i -ver had. That he will not return : io Washington next session is r**^ ! cretted hy not only the student body. \ *' I of the school but by the entire city | as well. Professor kryan has done ' much for the success of the school. | He Is an ducaior of worth and the V.'ashingtcn Public Schools have 1 -.de great progress under his ad. | . e ami counsel. In his new field ' - f 1 the Daily News-join his host f f..>:i(ls in wishing him every guc'[ and no doubt a bright and promirtg future is before him. ,? / I FISHING PARTY Several Knights of the Grip went on a fishing expedition yesterday and they proved to be first class fishermen Over fifty perch were ^aught. ? # * * t \KlVk ADVERTISEMENTS IN TODAY'S NEWS i Cousins Supply Co. ' j t H. Clarke and Sons.
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