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v: yOL. 18. NO. 133. vv ; ' y W JATidJiJlj fcJJj colderTuesday; v flH ART QTTE ' MO COUNTRY CLUB -s- 1 1.. BE Ml WORLD EVENTSP GATHEfi EflBfe TOLD BRIEFLY LASt ROUND LI ' BIB Iflllinlllll l 1 1 III! -: n H "a" -: -. II .'I'll . . ll I - I I a iSII ' ' rl TH1 Irn VILL BID NEEDS LARGE STRONG CHARGE GURDRO DF CHARIdTTF torrent News Of Interest In Paragraph By Telegrapb1 And Cable " ;: CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Delegates . to the American Automobile Associa tion's innual meeting, ' which : opened bere -today came with plans to' get federal aid in the work of improving the National highways. KANSAS CITY; Mo.. Dec." 2. Bruce M. Priddy, secretary, of : the estate board of Kansas City, wealthv and a prominent clubman, Tmmitted suicide at. his home early tndav by drinking' poison,. He was 45 years of age and unmarried. - KEW YORK, Jee. 4-ngus G. H-Kay, known in the publishing world as the inventor of much of fte machinery which has revolution ed the book-binding business m the " past 30 years, is aeaa at nisnome here, aged 77 years. y:yy.y.:y";. MEMPHIS, Tenn., - Dec. 2. Totiy jannus, who is making a" tri pdown the Mississippi river in a hydro-aeroplane, arrived here at; 9 o'clock to jjy. Because of weather, conditions, jannus spent last night ."" in r Osceola,' irk. He plans to reach Helena, Ark., before nightfall. ..' .;;;;; ;; ft BEDLANDS, Cat, Dec. Physi cians who attended Albert K. Smiley, founder o fthe Lake MohonkConfer ence on Indians and other dependent peoples, who died here early . toaar, said that Mrs. Smiley , was seriously ill and was not expected to , survive her husband more than .a few hours. ST. LOUIS, Dec 2.- Arguments" in the suits instituted by the : State in 1910 to oust theSt. ' Louis Dressed Beef and provision Company- and the Hammond Packing Company of St. Joseph from MIssourl-because of their alleged connection -with the so-called beef tnm company; .were : begun to day. The State ' is contending - that tie two companies were parts of the Xaffonal Packing - Company.;-v ;- :' . .' " SIT!" yj! FATALLY HURT IN EXPLOSION (Special to The Chronicle.) - LYNCHBURG, Va, Dec 2. George Robinson of Spencer, N. . C.. , aged 3 5, a Southern Railway engineer, was fa-1 tally injured this morning at 8 o'clock at Whittles,' ,40 miles south of here, when the crown sheet of the locomo tive boiler blew out. He was horribly burned and was removed to a Danville' hospital. The train wasffunnlng double- headed and -the first intimation that the engine crew had of the' ex plosion was when they saw. the, engi neer and Fireman, Crawford leap from their cab. Robinson's elothlng was on fire and he was .burned so badly that he cannot live. I The .train . was making schedule time, but it . "was stopped by the second engine without other mishap. 1 ' " ' . Robinson formerly ran on v the James River Division of the Chesa peake & Ohio and he has a -brother who is an engineer on the Mountain Division of the same- road; running out of Clifton Forge. He was mar ked several months ago. j: ' GOVEHNTHENT WINS Hf," BIG AlEItGER SUIT r ' WASHINGTON."' Dec. 2. The Su- 4 Preme Court today In an opinion , an nounced by Justice Day, held; that the Union Pacific Railroad Company, by the acquisition of - 8toc"c, in r the Southern Pacific, had effeciea a com bination in violation oftne Sherman anti-trust law. . - -' TODAY IN CX)NGRESS.- : WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Slrtx 8econd Congress, third ' session, opening day. . ' ' : SENATE. y' Convened at noon. Senator Ba Vpresident P1"0 tern, presiding. Wiaimian Clapp of ' Interstate ommerce Commission, announced an effort would be made to reach an agreement on a report reoom mending amendments to the anti trust law. r - Campaign expenditures investi faung committee will' resume nearings December 10.' Adjourned at 12:23 p.4 m mntil " a. m. Tuesday. . HOUSE. - , K- m tunates for running: irovern ment during fiscal year of 1914 Emitted bv Secretary, of. the easury. They aggregate $823, 24o'4&' an increase , of $72,078, ?66 992erfn19 and include $56,- Fh-st bill introduced was one Jby presetative DeForrest, New dPnJ Pension former Presi- ara and ""esidents widows, of former Si? 1:10 p. m. until Congress Assembles Today To 'ilarkjCIosing Session Of Tail Sf ministration ; MANY OLD MEHBIeRS FOR THE FINAL SERVICE Finish of Long Republican. Regime in National Affairs Starts With Fi nal Session of Sixty-second Conr gresa Senate Adjourns Upon Con vening as Mark of Respect to De ceased Vice President."' y .. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The third e!Bsionv of . the Sixty-second Congress begins., at 3 noon, today sunder circum stances of -unusual , interest. . It comes together -after a political upheaval of farrneaching . extent ' which - will soon transfer all the. executive and legis lative branches of the Federal - gov ernment to Democratic control. ' - While . the present session is mere ly the expiring stage of :"a Congress soon to go out of existence and to be superceded . in ' -political ? control :f and policy after March 4, yetrtodays aes sions in the Senate ; and - House; bring together for the first .time since the recent 'overturning those leaders and elements v of the various parties - who have been most prominent in public affairs. , The old faces ; and figures are agalEL in evidence today, although some of them, like ' ex-Speker Can non, will ' soon ' pass off the ' conres sional ; stage, others, ' like V Speaker Clark and Chairman Underwood, have had -T their, t tenures . .renewed s. and strengthened. ..'' " Little Work to ; Be .Done. t As a whole, however, the dominant note 1 as - both branches of . Congress assemble' is that' new- conditions, new policies ; and new. men.have been, ush ered in as a result of the recent ele tionand that --boutheJly func tion "of the present 'short cessl6nv.4ast- ing until -iilarcLh: 4, Is 'iopfaB . annual supply.; biilsatdwi mains of the :oid regime. f C-VSy"-'-. 1 In 'the' Senate, Vice President; Sher man has . been removed by death f rom the. presiding officer's, chair, ' which will be filled temporarily -by Senators Bacon of Georgia , and Gallinger - of New . Hampshire, "alternating. The Republican control - of the f. Senate, with about 50 votes as 1 against the present Democratic7 strength of about 42, will continue lAtilV March 4," al though' this control' is conditioned largely by the i presence f of ' two .ele ments,, regular and progressive, in the Republican total of 50. Senators Heyburn ; of Idaho and - Rayneri pf Maryland 'have v died - since the : last session closed, but In other aspects the personnel continues unchanged . until March; 4:- '''-'yl-y-: :in the -House Speaker Clark and the various - chairmen :of the' two preced ing sessions, -continue to, direct affairs, with; a' total Democratic7 vote .of - 230r giving a Democratic majority of about -t-Many Prominent Figures to Go.: : -" The : personal-, aspect was very pro nounced as the session ; began today, the air. of Democratic victory" pervad ing the Capitol from end -to end. ScpreB of " men s whose ' names have been prominently' identified -with - af fairs ",of Congress "for- many years,' -and who have shaped politics and legisla tion, faced their last three months of service as the session opened.. . - 1 ; .: In this ' notable '. company were the deans of House, and; Senate: - "Uncle joe" . Gannon, former. Speaker,- 'and center : of many, turbulent 'sessions . of the House; V and; Senator Shelby i H. Cullom, for 30 years a Senator, from Illinois. . a . personal ...friend and con temporary of : "Lincoln, arid rwho' '. was elected to ' his first term In. the "Na tional. House of Representatives - in 1865- -.-v..-- - - - . Both Cannon, and ' Cullom came back-for the Winter's work the vic tims of, political defeat. -Senator Jo seph W. Bailey of Texas, long a Dem ocratic leader In., debate, came with the : voluntary announcement , of, his retirement; Representative . Cox ;; of Ohio and Sulzer of 'New "Fork brought into the legislativja halls the titles of Governor-elect, respecflyely, f of Ohio and New York. , : - ' . v. Senator ;. Crane ' of Massachusetts, long regarded "as . the- Republican "whip" of the Senate; "who , also re tired voluntarily -r Senators Bourne of Oregon, Guggenheim . of,. Cqlorado, Wetmore ' of .Rhode Island, ' Curls of Kansas, -Paynter of Kentucky, Gam ble xf .South -Cakota, Brown -of Ne braska . and many others, Pempcrats and Republicans alike, ibegan today their last hree months ofsenrfee, be-, fore voluntary or .enforced retirement toprivate life. ' i " : Senate .Adjourns - for , Sherman. ' , Sorrow for the late - Vice President Shermant: overshadowedthe spirit of Democratic' riumphrtn the Senate, and tempered ' "the spirit ' of greetings (Contlnued o& Pan 4 J. Directors Heard Informal Pren seatatlon "01 Plan "Af Sleet- .. tag Today; At Noon ' OPINIONGlVENlBATll IT WILL BE UNANIMOUS Directors Surprised at the Proposition Submitted , by Stephens . Company ; and One Who Has Been Antipodal Predicss That the Club Will Accept -. It ' for Its ' Own Salvation Entrlo Plan , to' Be Unfolded Officially To . day. . ' x . . s The board of - directors bf the Mecklenburg Counf ry Club who -held a secret and informal meeting" at noon today to discues the proposition of the .. removal of the club to Myers Park, will unanimously . favor ' the propbsltion as submitted, by the Ste phens Company, This, was the ver dict of on? : of the directors, after the meeting,, although'' the entire " board joined in a request that the details of the proposition be held back for the present It la understood that an other meeting .will be Vheld tomorrow when the entire ..matter, will, be re opened and' a vote 'taken" to ascertain the sentiment of the, board. - The details ' of the plan submitted by the Stephens Company ( has riot been made- public nbr would they- be 'discussed this afternoon by members of -the' board, . but it nas been ' statad that f they, include the building of a modern club house at 'a -costof T$25, 00 the donation" of 135 acres ;of fand for the golf course of 18 holes, for street ;jpar, service "and payed streets throrigh the- property,' and every feat-- re necessaiv for the mamtenance of - . . . . .-: -. -w ; - . - etttution: of this- kind. It Is also, stlp u- lated by the -Stephens Company .that the, present holdings, of the .clubj will -pe-: taKen over by - tne 'tepnens..'Upm pany and negotiations - arranged with the owners .of Cluv:Ac.res -by which their property is also a'nsf erred to" the Stephens Company on 'a fair and equitable ifcasfs. ' '" It is not intimated what wilt be the 'basis'of', this : trans-; fer "which is one of the most compli cated that is involved" in the deal. ! -: The statement " made, by one ; of the directors whose attitude In : the past has been .rather anjtlpodal .to the' proposition to- the effectthat the ; ver-' diet of "the board wouid likely be unanimous' in -favor 01' the removal since " the 'stiprilations; of tHe Stephens CQmpanyf hae beenvknown is taken to indicate" "that the' plansubmitted "by the;; companywas surprislngiy ' com plete and the offer-unexpectedly lib eral"" It is stateafurther that mthe terms1 of rthe proposition Is a clausa guaranteeing 'an additional member ship" of 200: ib the club in the event of ! Its removal included in this num ber being several who have subscribed to life ; membership at 35001 ; . It la understood that - under the VIan mapped :.-out - by the Stephens Com pany, the finances, of the club will, be greatly advantaged " and that; It will be shown " right at. the-'start that -the institution can ; be : maintained as pmfl table "or at ' least j as an enterprise thatwill run itf elf. v . ' . ; . Mr. Stephens stated tothe directors this ; noon ' that he had no absolute proposition - to submit, but merely wanted to present " tentative plans which .were; in J large measure, it Js understood, practically ' identical; with those . . which have : been in -mmd . for some. time. It was - originally -proposed that n return for the 186 acres which' the ; Stephen Company will donate In addition to building a com modiouslub .house, -that company -is to receive' title to the XI 7-acres now embraced in .the , present property, of the club. - This is exclusive - of -, the Club Acres,";' owned by - individual members' "of the club, either individ ually or in, syndicates. The plan will embrace 'terms whereby this property, will. also-be taken .pver,. either. .by giv ing' the j present owners ' commensur ate stock .in : a, new company ? that ia to be'organiied ,for the development of the present club holdings! into a modern residential . suburb ' for, ; the middle classes,' -- or, proportionate In- Myers ,Park or: reimbursement of the amount .that hae .n paid - in by- the present owners. One of . hese propositions will be followed out with the - owners - of ..Club '.Acres, it, being left wltnthem, 'acobrding to the orig- -inal plan,afC o- which, they . accept Jt-.is not T.known - whether -.this propo- sltion modlfled at today's meeting or not. USX, . Stephens 'stated that : he T would not submit a formal and. definite prep-osition-until he had a meeting of the board of ; directors.- of the Stephens Company and this wlirbe held'tomor row ; at noon, , to:-, be followed- by an other - meeting of - tha directors - of. the club which ha been called fer 5 O'QlittCk.- - - . Nearly A Billion Dollars fAre Necessary For Next Year's m Expenses ,000,000 OVfRTHISYEAR'S'AHOUNT Navy Department's Call for New Tes sels' Accounts forPart of Increase J Democratic' House May Curtail ' Some of the Amount Required, by Estimates White House to Be Im proved for Incoming President. 4 . WASHINGTON", Dec. 2. It will cost $823,415,455.14 to conduct affairs of. the government for the- fiscal year ending June 30,; 19 13, accordinglto te estimates of the varipus , department heads submitted today to the, speak er of the-House, by the "Secretary of the ; Treasury; This amount, - which does.,', not . include any provision ': for the postal service, ; which is expected to' be self-supporting, . is an increase of J72,07S248 over the appropriations made for the present: year by the last ur tnis increase ?28,3iz,zzo appears in estimates "of the Secretary of the Navy and $20,597,297 represents the increase asked ., by tne Navy Depart ment In the appropriations for build ingand equipping vessels. . .; ' v The - estimates- would -provide for three new battleshipe to be laid down d;umig the . year. ..This woud make up for the lapse of one ship' "from th-s twp battleships a,year,program.. of the department, caused by the -action C of the Democratic House in providing for but,"- a - single - ship at the' -.last session of Congress -. - '. Another $20,000,000 or more of the total '. increase . is shown in the esti mates for . the ' payment of pensions The amount asked for. is 185,220,009. -Jrear o,o,v was wpena- Last year $1B4,J.56, 470 was expend- ithe same amount aDDear fcvthe -esti- t the same atobont appears tothe -esti mates for public works for the year. -, PuWic BuUdings. .: The construction of public buildings planned r for the year also shows in increase of $1,012,530 .oyer, the .ap propriations for the r present year,' $8,. 722,2 0Obelrig. asked for that" purpose. The "work, to be' done 'during the" year on the Panama Canal will 'cost $30, 174,4 32-which is $1.110,57 less than the appropriations ' for I C the ; current year.' Of this sum $6,-769,522 is asked to build "fortifications and iriilitary barracks in the canal zone.? This year $2,3&5,000 was appropriated for forti fications at Panama. ?; .. The - estimates forecast another .bil lion dollar 'session- of -Congress, for in addition toy the .' $823,415,455 which :s the -total estimated for the Postmas ter1 General estimates that $281,791, 50 will be necessary " to . conduct his department for 'the year This amount wilt, be supplied out of the postal rev enues and will bring ; the total esti mated appro prictlons for jl the . year up - to,. $1,105,206,963. . ' ' . . ', Just how these : estimates will; fare at. the hands, of the Democratic mi JoHty in the. House is the subject of considerable conjecture. ' g y ';f - . . Some'' difficulty in passing appro priation "bills may follow disagree ments between ; the House and Sen ate, as in the last session But the supply measures to be passed " on the basis of the estimates submitted to- day;wiil go into-effect after the Dem ocrats have 1 tajken - full control of the government : and it s. is expected that thZ attitude of the. House majority on the; questions .involved in' the esti mates will forecast the attitude bf the coming . administration. - Taft Commission Fight. Among the estimates which will de velop, debate in Congress Is a demand for $250,000 for the economy and.effl ciency" commission apRointed by Pres ident Taft, which is investigating and reformirig the" system of coaducting the government business in. the vari ous departments. It was with con siderable difficulty that $75,000 wus secured for the expenses of the com mission this year and the House Derh ocrats ' look with little favor, -on 'the board.'; mc : . , . Another, troublesome 1 item will be an-estimate of $54,500 -for -the Com merce Court. . ,v ' The -House . Democrats endeavored in vain to . write Into the : lel slativo, executive : and- Judicial- appropriation bill, in, the closing days-, bf the - laat session, . legislation 'abolishing i that court. After the bii had-been twice veloed ;by "the 1 President, funds were provided to keepthe court In. opera tion until March 191$ -L . - C'",- - Of the provision in the estimates Is 'wrltteh ritotheappropnaUOn'ibill this : yea'rv ' it will '.ibe necessary-; to se cure, a deficiency appropriation to run the court from March '4 'until, the end of 'theflscati'Vcar-' ' ' .The general furnishing.' up of the White House f er' President-Eleet Wil son is contemplated by the estimate 1 . r h Instrocts Grand Jary That Bollil- I !no 01 Jair Is In Hands 01 : OTHER MATTERS ARE f - INCLUDED IN CHARGE Judge Webb Points Out .the Duties of the Grand Jury as- Touching TJpon ' Lawbreaking in-General in This Community, Making 'One of the . Ablest Deliveranoes on the Subject of Crime That "Has Been Heard f Here, : " ' -" ' j v - - A,- Judicial - f- utterance from the bench practically clothing the fore man and - members -. of the Mecklen burg grand jury with authority to bring about the r erection of v ai new county - jail, ; and strongly - suggesting an immediate conference between the grand jury ; foreman' and the county commissioners,' .this morning gave a new impetus to the long delayed ef fort" to r secure an adequate jail for the . county." """'v " ." '. " ; r-'- - .Judge James Ij. ' Webb, -' who is thoroughly ... familiar - with - the con dition of theJail here, declared that the old structure'; was not 'sanitary and in" its condition ofdecadence and out-of-.dateness could not be kept lh a sanitary "and ; proper condition.. ;. '': To the' f orernan of ' the grand, jury Judge Webb " Indicated plainly - that official's duty in the matter 'and vthe grand Jury " retired vested with . prac tically . all of the authority that i needed to take such steps as will re sult in the starting of the 'necessary machinery in county official circles to put a new jail, on the site wnero now .' stands, ther antiquatedT and olt condemned structure 'that seryes to house all "Tof the, county's criminals and those held for the Wurts.men.Tta-eeting ot the delegates. .;. .i.;i . won thfs 'Tnornlngtfei'tt practical 'ultixhatuzti on' ; the ; sunjecv. so; f at. as the;gfand Juryr poorer s aria authority" reaches; and. somethittgr definite ; . may ' now be ' reasonably looked for in a short vme "" r'i . No Separate Moral Standards. ' Judge .. Wehb discussed in . his able charge ; another point - whichwill be of far reaching .import when . he, piade the unqualified "declaration" "that houses rof disorder ' codld not exist without' the connivance jot men, in the community "as well as 'of tne . women of the under-world, and told the grand jurymen as they listened; with Intense interest, that'lt was' their .'duty to see that every man who patronizes thee places should be subjected to thei rein vestigation ; and . that ; if ; the . case of fered ' the ." requisite ' evic?ence,l such men should be presented by the- gran.d jury and should be Drought ff oro the ; court ; on, such, charge as, - thetr conduct I might render proper uride the law. - This part of tne cnarge of Judge u Webb carried .with it , the strongest convictions of the .court? and if followed up by the: grand jury In the manner in which' it was gen erally ; interpreted,- will result ,:in j a powerful stroke Jo. " behalf of the purityof t eh town. - Judge Webb said that such houses of" disorder 'couWt not' exist alone," and stated- that it was little use to Jkeep : always on he trail of the women .who inhabit these houses if the law1 did not lay its hand on the men. also The charge de livered by Judge Webb constitutes one of the most .direct and - pointed de liverances before a . grand Jury that has been given lii Mecklenburg court in many months and :-if !tne T. court's directions are . followed out - to - the letter there' will be perhaps some d-. gree of consternation created.'. - ;. . " r. EU . Barber Submits..' v ?-i'Jl 7The principal case which tne" court disposed of after the -preliminary program was , completed today was that, of Ell Barber, Iwmer drayman for the firm of Johni M.' Scott & Co. ' Barber was charged with ft " whole sale 'pillaging of the goods of the' firm "at their store on South College street about one year ago. It was said -that the police .'."after, raiding ' house had to secure at wagon to tnng the loot back tojjthe police ' station: tvln the - meantime . Barber t was placed undeK bond of $ 8 0 0, which-was put up and when court ' was called he was absent! - Later he? was located'in WashlngtonrD. XJ.'.f arid arrested being brought .back- to Charlotte" for -trial. This morning 'lie submitted and was. pronounced guilt f by a jury. t He Is. now i' awaiting-he - sentence of the court "1 It was- understood rthaX the negro' had; mortgaged- his1; home' for " -(Continued on Pager D , "'' ' which -would provide.: for new roofs for 'the east -and west""wings of v the executive i 'mansion T and would" make available $ 1 5, 0 00'' for redecorating - the easr room ,the red room and the blue room Where the; official' presidential receptions tajco pla.es. ' - " . -' Delegates Are hnal Eleeting Of State rtonwntlon!li" a- 4. : A. SAME OFFICERS WILL BE PRODABLY RE-ELECTED f ; . - . ; - - Vj"'--V Opening Session .Win Be Held' To ' morrow; "; Night First Baptist Church Host to Visitors in .New : Home Important Question, of Man . ner of Choosing Educational Jnstl ? tutton Trustees . Will Be Brought ' Up.' , '5?'v:;":'::tt-';7:''i"-:- BY' T. VT. - C5AMBIJSS. : ; ' GOLrDSBORO, Dec. 2. Everything is in readiness for. the operiirig session of the eighty-first annual ' gathering of , 'North Carolina. Baptists and the trains today have 'brought the 'first, of 'the delegates'-although the opening session" of the" convention is. not until tomorrow1; night ' The' several com mittees of the First . Baptist . Church have done their, preparatory worklwell arid homes are ready for the hundreds of visitors who 'are expected. ' ; '" ",,'; Goldsboro Baptists . are . happily sit uated.' . They have entertained - the Baptist State; Convention before"'" and they- knw -howto do it. The' chair man of the entertainment committee, Capt. J. E. Patterson,': has - served ; as the chairman of this committeemen, two other: occasions and he is past master in the 'art. ; More than this' the mem bership of.the First Baptist church is happy Jin the fact 'that fts. new meet ing house, modern in every particular and elegant and commodious, is ready for the coming ofVthe' convention and it will give, sufficient room for the Openjiomorro w : Night. ,v-y. The ; opening; session : tomorrjpw AlgHt wai-eimarkeawlthate organi sation of -the convention and 1 the: de livery of the annual sermon. President Charles H Durharri of Lumbertori-'wlll call the' convention to "order and it is expected that .Rev." Q. .C. .Davis of Windsor will--preach the sermon. r In the event that Mr. Davis is not pres ent ' Rev." J. 'Clyde .Turner of Greens boro will -be the preacher. ; 1" v'Z.-' ' The re-election of the present offi cers is anticipated. . It Is a' custom of late, years to re-elect' the "president for a secpnd : term,- arid" while therej is no denominational rule ' to this effect, the practice will doubtless be followed. The 'other officers are : . Vice president, A; "Ii 4 Justice, Hendersonville ; ; C. W. Scarborough Woodland, and Gilbert T Stephenson;. Winston-Salem,' ' re cordirig secretaries: N.; B. Broughton, Raleigh and C. E Brewer, Wake For est; treasurer; ' Walter 'Durham,: Raleigh;- auditor, F. 5H,Briggs, Raieigh"; corresponding .secretary : of the board Of 1 State missions, - Rev. Livingstone Johnson. ' . ' In addition to the pastors and lay men -of the churches ' of North- Caro lina who; will : attend the convention : it Is expected : that a- number of promi nent ..workers' -in-: National Baptist 'af fairs will' be present. : Representatives of the-home 'mission : board' 'bf .-'-:' the Southern Baptist .Convention.- thevfor eign Emission board of the Southern Baptist ' Convention arid ; the, Sunday school board' will attend 'and address the convention.;- y- ;; ".'' ' v yf-, v.' :Proposed ' Change, r " .. vOne important matter which will at tract: the -attention of the convention will be the - proposed change in . the manner ;Of ; selecting 'the : members of .the-". board's of trustees having control of.the educational Institutions fostered by the Baptist State Convention.- Tvake Forest College,; Meredith- College and the ThbiriasyilleiOrphanage, are Bap tistInstitutions and are controlled by, boards - of . trustees and these institu tions report to and are supported by5 the Baptist .churchesr of the North Carolina ; Baptist '.State Convention. These boards, however! are not apr pointed by the conventionr but are self -perpetuating." . :This fact has mov ed Rev. W.C.' Barrett,' pastor of the First Baptist Church at GastoniaUo serve notice that he wpuld introduce a resolution to so amendjthe manner, of selecting these controlling boards thsftt their membership- mightbe appoint ed by the convention. - There is con siderable difference of opinion among the ' denominational leaders and ! It ; is problematical as to. the outcome, f t .j7 , " - - Mission, Report. , y i The annual report of the State mis sion ; board .'is always almost import ant question before the convention. This board has in charge the work of evangelising the destitute sections of the State and the :work of ' theboard has grown very largely during the past few years. The corresponding" secre tary, HevHvingstpne- Johnson ;of BAlelgh has proven his fitness for the rri vj 1111 - nii ah Happenings Of The City Sketcher ta Brief : As Seen Byflie . '..V-':- were 230 books Issued - at the Carnegie Library Saturday .which is . the v largest number Issued on any -one day. in three years: -. -; - ,.' :- "rltia receIPt8 -today- amounted t to - 72 bales at 13 cents against 78 bares for 8.50 on the same date last year. ; .--.. r - . . : v .. .':''.;-1 ;" : -;' " f-.' ' ;;. - -The ' annual meeting , of the Zei '.' Vance Aerie of Eagles -wlil be . held Wednesday j night for the election of ofHcers for the-coming year. - a :.;. v :;-.ty ?y - ' .. -:. ..... -y y,. .--"The Trail of the Lonesome jrme -.. is tne attraction- at the Acad emy of Music for three nerform&neesj tonight, and .tomorrow, matinee and . night. . , : yyyt; -;, y 1 :il: v.t-.: -:.,.. -..v ;' .v'v' ; ' -:'''- ;. y The prediction of the local -.weather, office. Is that there will be a general - rain '. tonight followed by . clearing and . colder weather tomor- '? row afternoon. . .1 .;;:: .: ;: ,;..; - Mr, J. P. Stowe will leave tonight V to -attend the annual meeting of the -North Carolina 'pharmaceutical Board ''" to examine a large class of candidates ! -fer their certificates. , ; , . ; . ; . ..... --.:.'""-;... -': ,; ""''., "'TheVe will be a meeting of all the " officers .bf the ' Baraca . and Philathea ' City Unions at the Carnegie Library at .8 o'clock tonight by order of the- ' -presidents. v . ;' - , ; v; ,.;; , ;; :; ';-,'-; - '. '. . .. m' Today is thefirst of the iff days of privilege to hunt ? birds in the f county and city sportsmen' flocked . to V the fields for the -initiaT engagements. : . " The report of the gun will now shake the county until 'January 10. -Permanent paving has been com- v. Pleted on the south side of West , Trade street from the depot, to Ir- win's creek -and " the finishing , v layers - will be placed on 'the other side Just . as. soon as the' concrete base has be- .v-. - come' sufficiently " hardened;. - -; - - ''. ' . ' ! -:- .-;; - , -.".. : ';.. - The morithly. meeting of the Phi- ' --.' lathea-Baraca Union of. the city will "-", be heldy Thursday . " night - at Tryori - Street-. Methodist church." Banners .'.'.. ivrtll'be given the classes having the :v ; w-rgesf percentage, of member - pres- MyrMKyyyr V5;; . -,.-. : ; . ; Mr. jack .Shaughnnessy, a well ' known inventor of Philadelphia, is ; ' ; spending several? days in the . city at " ' the home of Mr.- W. B., Kidd whose ; sister he married. Mr. Shaughnessy - , is the Inventor of a waste cotton ma- ; ., ; chine that is extensively , used in this - ; country. - ;,'"' -The '. Colonial . Club "completed ; ' moving today to its handsome new ' quarters in 'the Johnston building on ' y South Tryon street. The entire sec- , ond floor, of the building: has -been;.; "renovated and Unproved arid, the1 club . has a home the equal In appointment ' to any of its kind in. the State. : . ' . r-Thefinance committee .. of ' the board of aldermen will meet tonight ' at 7:30 prior to the aldermanlc meet-, Irig. Facts will be presented,.' it is un- , derstobd, showing that the ; city is financially able to undertake the new HghtingproposltlOn if it. has 'such . - ; mind. . y. -i"-'-'..;, : . .-; v .. .. .";V..;: ;-?'.":, '' ' !: . --M.''E; Peters" won the - pres'- ;''"'?'.., dent's . cup In the golf - cornpetltlon at the Country ; Club Saturday aftprnton ' with -a ' net score of 72. , Mr, Peters had a handicap of 20 an timadq a to- ... tal score of . 92 . for 18 holes. Mr. - ,v - Robiri Brem with a handicap Of 4 ) ; strokes, made a. score of "8, or 7i net. -J and Mr. W. M. Paul with no handicap played, a remarkable ; game wl;h 517 ' " for each nine holes or 74. ' Oriy a ; .,; few golfers participated' in the' evert. ' Friends of Mr. ' Winder ' Harris,' , who has -.been at Johns Hopkins Hos- ' - ; pltai 4n Baltimore for., several ? weeks ' undergoing . treatment ' and an opera- ' tion, will be delighted to learn that T". he -is doing well. Mr. Harris under went an ; exceedingly delicate opera-' tlon and, while, the final outcome' of; r -his stop .iri the hospital cannot now be - determined, he is encouraged to : 5 believe ' that he will be permanently . ; . restored by his treatment ' there. . . ', 4 '' '' - .... ": :: ' -; .; . ; j Mr, Louis Gantt, Jr., . has arrived , J in . Charlotte to .succeed , Mr. , W. M. ' Annette, ' who . has been . transferred -' , ' to the executive staff of the Hercules ' . - j -Powder Company , at. Wilmington, , ' Del. v Mr. Annette's depaf-ture , from V Charlotte will be -greatly regretted by many 'friends "with whom" nee has been drawn into ; intimate ' contact v during his brief residence here. - His - v. transfer is; In the nature of a material' promotibn.. ' - ir.---' '-r'-' r ' .--The annual holiday rally of ' the , United - Commercial 'Travelers, Coun cil 297. will be given next , Saturday night when 12 candidates for mem- . Dershlp will be Initiated. An elabor ate Dutch supper and smoker will fol- ' low this ceremonial, t The' day will . be iV charge , of the executive - com- ; . mittee,of which Messrs. A. L. Smith, . .. C. O.'Kuester, Louis IN-K Schift .and i Vernon Porter are members. Mr. E. . B. Llttlefleld ,i secretary,. and; treas-; tirer, Mr: ,S.. A. Vani,Every is senior councilor, 1Mr, W. ; A. Miller Is Junior ; . . councilor, Mr. W. E. Edwards is past councilor, ; : Mr. J. . Arthur. Taylor is , counductor, F. X. Farrium is page and Mr. N. W. Wallace is sentinel .of Charlotte council An elaboratepro gram is being arranged.,, ' :.,.' : ... ;;v place and Is a. wise arid 'progressiye ; leader. This , boardi . is chosen by the convention and,;! 'composed of lead- -ing ministers and laymen representing v every ctionof ithe'State. .;; ,. : -;.. ii 'It has been -.annouriced'. that Rev, Dr. John E. White of Atlanta and by the way . a,'.- native- North' ..Carolinian, -would be present ; at the convention and deliver the principal address in behalf of the home mission beard ot j the Southern Baptist Convention ; f , ;,..: . V f?-; .f ; ',': ,. 9
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 2, 1912, edition 1
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