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Grva t Project for Evange
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Raise Million Dollar
Endowment for Semin
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V;. Vr-i-iia'.od I'reps.
Ky.. May 11. To raise
Mum their share of one billion,
inr.divj million dollars for the
. h.Mtion of all the heathen and
ui-e the endowment of the
mi Hapiixt. Theological Somi
,i! I.iv.iisvillo. a million dollars,
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convention of the Bap
t ihi- South, whose biennial con
n 1. ';in in Louisville tonieht.
S !,..' i i the most notable men in
i ho S.ivih will bo present.
O 1 Thomas D. Osborne, promi
!;. ! I. in the memories of the Con
1. .; tul in general philanthropic
u.'l be toast-master and re-p:;-.
;:v to be made by President
iin of the League, Bristol,
;u';l Joshua Levering of Balti
wl.n i;, president of the conven-
ii !1. U'linle.
lmii.M Ky.. May 11. Coincident
ivi-h th.- silver jubilee of the Southern
Tli- i '..1 St mi nary, of Louisville, toil..,-
,: oirivrntion of all the Baptists
"f ib s ' th will begin here, the ses--i
:i ;.i i i.t r a period of one week. The
i -t. -.-i'lf. of the convention will be made
th ' n.. '.i';i for a sort of stock tak
ing of !':, faith in the states of the
n.i n I" Imo th( Ohio and the Potomac
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committee on the order of exercis-
uise the
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ut-iui eiiunu.
One of the features of the conven-j
non win be the unveiling of a new
portrait cf Dr. Jamas P. Boyce, first
president of the Southern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary, which has been pre
sented to the seminary bv the daugh
ters of Dr. Boyce, the Misses Elizabeth,
Fannie and Lucy Boyce, all of Wash
ington. D. C.
On the morning of Wednesday, Mav
12th, the board of trustees of the semi
nary will meet in Norton Hall, presid
ed over by Mr. levering. Dr. Mullins,
as president and financial asrent also.
will submit the reports of the institu
tion; and reports wil also be given bv!
Treasurer B. Presley Smith, and Finan
cial Board Chairman George W. Nor
ton, of Louisville. On Wednesday night
the alumni of the seminary will ban
quet at the Gait House and discuss the
raising of $G00,000 tor their alma ma
ter. Not the least important of the side
conventions that are to be held during
the great gathering will be that of the
Woman's Missionary Union of the
South of which Mrs. W. H. Matlock,
of Louisville, is secretary.
A banquet at the Gait House by the
laymen on the night of May 11th is
a feature.
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Mississippi Bankers
Columbus, Miss., May 11. Represen
tative financiers from all parts of the
state faced President Oscar Newton, of
Jackson, when he called to order the
annual meeting of the Mississippi Bank
ers' Association at noon today.
Following the exchange of greetings
and the annual reports of officers the
convention listened to addresses by
E. L. Rice, of Memphis, and Lucius
Teter. of Chicago, the latter being
chairman of the ' postal savins bank
committee of the American Bankers'
Association.
The convention wil conclude its
.mi !);. L Y. Mullins. president of the (business witu the election of officers
!"'mi!;;.; and ex-offkio head of the or- tomorrow.
n,mlz.iu. which lot known as the ;
.S'i:'!)."u i:i;tist convention, estimates!
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vJIc liinius: the evntfilU-w(?ek.
Th.- S"in!:"n Baptist Convention is
in ii" M'ti.-e ;i loxisslative body. Ala
liinia. .: kr.'isiis. ITorida. Georgia, Ken
ii'ky. Louisiana. Maryland, North
jmli:i,i. South Carolina. Tennessee.
T'Mts, Virginia and a portion of the
H:;pti-vy ,,f the District of Columbia
1 i' Pf';ont.'(l with a total mem-I'l.-hip
in 1!mk of 2.013.080. in which
Georgia and Kentucky hold the
ties' tin"!.- places in yoint of num-I'or-.
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Tin' convention was organized at Au
stii. (hi., in 1M.V and this is the fifth
Ti!!- it has met in Louisville.
l'"iM"n Southern states will have
" prt-;it;itivtv. from the prominent cit
izen I'. ipti.-ts. ;iti, many Northern ones
!-'mi, speakers of learning what
I i"s;r.. s th- creed named for John has
i MtK- th" list meeting.
win ho ''several distinct do
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By Associated Press. .
Waverly, Tenn.. May ll.-Hon. R. L.
Leach, for the defense and Attorney
General Bowman closed arguments in
the night rider case today, and Judge
Cook delivered his charge to the jury
Hunting For
Moro Bandit
QF THE SOVEREIGN GHAND
LODGE 1. 0. 0. F. HERE
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"iety of in. South; the
a whole; the Baptist Young
union an, the Southern Bap
'lomca iM'tninary. Separate
will he held, the entire field
1 a " none over, and then a
tor etimr . ,.yp0eted to solidify
' ntiif'if in tiic sevoral interests
V.' '"";:"'i'ii .is well as to establish a
iiii.j ,: tii ;nu ni.- ii ion and co-work
"l tile )i.'iilier.v itf tw. .Vinrr.li nnrl h
''hi'i liver
. ' i I,, veiiug. ,,f ait.imore, Marj-
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.Nntw.ii Hall and the First
i'f armory, wiil be the central
p.:n es and here addresses bv
'"irvn indi from all parts of the
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ni: th,,: ;-( hoduif.fi to speak are:
I- V. Mullins, of Louisville;
I."vei ;,-:, ot- naltiniore; ex-Gov-'.
.N'orthen. Georgia; ex-Gov-
'"'i'tio. Mlssi-iKltitit' n n T.nw.
''!'i Mountain, Miss.; J. Campbell
st',' ! v' Vork: Jeph N. Shen-
.".niiio; j. m. Tucker, Ashe
s ( I. II. Henderson, Bristol,
s- i'lco, Moirticello. Fla.: Rev. B.
ilautii. (la.; W W. Hamilton,
oi.: Iir fiiloti nttflv
''''i'. Texas: Rev. J. M. Frost.
i "in.; Rev. Dr. C. S. Wal-
'llliore: V. ir StotTtipiia C.n.
: Dr. John P.. Sampoy, Lou
''". Dr. T. B. Ray, Rich
K H Coleman. Dallas. Tox-
v- I'. W. Duke. Tampa, Fla, and
:" ;"netal convention will meet
':'"'" ns?ht. May 13th. Joshua
who is president, will orga
"" '"iivention for the election of
t,,,.. 'i 's prouame tnat Mr.
,'. v"';s' will be re-elected. President
; ' "f Louisville, will wel-
(. " ' ""legates, and trfe Rev. Dr. E.
I ( ";:'''i. of Macon. Ga., will preach
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'tev. Dr. B. D. Gray, At-
'"r"i-n Mu .l'"1T,f I,onfling secretary ;
Vi'llll .?ev. Dr. R. J.
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Manila, May 11. An unusual man
hunt is in progress in the Sulu Is
lands. For several months a Moi'O
bandit named Jikeri, with a consid
erable following, has been on a ram
page and the insular government is
making ev4ry effort to run him down
The navy recently lent to the au
thorities a squadron of gunboats to
search the numerous small islands of
the group and now another vessel is
to be added to assist in the strange
chase. Several land detachments
have been sent out and Gen. Duvall,
who has gone south to inspect Min
danao, may take a h'hftd in directing
operations.
Jikeri raided the rich Parang pearl
fisheries and later murdered two
while traders. His hand also attack
ed the constabulary and a number ot
settlements inhabited by peaceful na
tives and a sprinkling of whites.
By Associated 1 ress.
Mobile, Ala., May 11. That there
is no reason why the season for mar
keting cotton cannot be extended
over a period of nine to ten months
instead of being congested into tiires
or four months is the contention of
W. P. G. Harding, of Birmingham,
Ala., at 17th annual Alabama State
Bankers Convention which began here
today. .
Banks, he argued, can finance the
holding of cotton for slower and more
profitable marketing. The customary
rush of cotton to market, he said, is
not now so necessary as formerly be
cause - of the establishment of ware
houses for its holding.
He gave credit to the Farmers' Un
ion for development of the warehouse
plan. A difference of 2 cents .a
price of cotton, he said, made a dif
ference of $12,000,000 a year in money
circulation of Alababa in a single season.
WILLBETRJED
London, May 11. All white men in
the Kongo Free State are interested
in the trial for libel of two American
missionaries. Rev. William Morrison
and Rev. W. H. Sheppard, which wiil
legin in Leopoldville Mav 20. This
case is expected to be a test be-
t
Real Gold Brick
Stolen From Mint
New Insurance Company.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, May 11. The Lafayette
Mutual Life Insurance Company, of
Fayetteville, was chartered today with
full paid in reserve. J. Snrunt New
ton is to be president. Messrs. Jno.
Underwood and Q. K. Nimmocks are
among the other incorporators.
The company cannot jssue any pol
icy over one thousand dollars. It pro
poses to enter the field recently vacat
ed by the Southern Life taken over
by the Jefferson Life.
Nava Stores Case.
By Associated Press. " '
Savannah, Ga., May 11. Defendants
in the Naval Stores conspiracy case
found guilty last night in federal
court probably will not be sentenced
until Saturday.
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Now Orleans, May 11. A daring and
unusual offense against the federal
government was revealed Sunday by
the confession of Lorenzo D. Cunning
ham, a negro employee of the United
States mint at New Orleans, who was
arrested Saturday as he was exhibiting
a real gold brick, of comparatively
small size, to members of his race.
Cunningham signed an admission
that he had stolen the gold in granu-
lated form from the separating divis
ion of the mint and then moulded it
into the oval shape in which it was
found. It is valued at about $300. The
negro says that he grabbed a handful
or the precious metal at an opportune
moment and managed to secret it with
out detection in his clothing several
weeks ago.
'Lo?t John Orth" Found.
By Associated Press. .
Chicazo. 111.. Mav ll.-The Journal
today devotes its entire front page to
an elaboration of an unequivocal, state
ment that it has discovered the "Lost
John Orth" otherwise Archduke Jo
hann Salvator of Austria, prince of the
house of Hapsburg, who disappearea
19 years ago, after marrying an opera
singer. ,
The Journal says he was discovered
at Painsville, Ohio, working as a ma
chinist at $15 per week.
MiUaHo's Jewel for Dr. Eliot.
Boston, Mass., May 11. -President
Eliot, of Harvard University, was hon
ored todav with the decoration of the
Order of "the Rising Sun, the. highest
honor in the gift of the Japanese gov
ernment. The ceremonies attending the be-
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stowal of th$ decoration were yei
tnrmoA hv Count Kogoro Takahira. Jap-
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h ' ",tai7; Sunday School Board, ed States. . . :.
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 11. As soon as
the tariff bill was taken ut by the
senate, Mr. Aldrich stated that the
comnwttee on finance would submit to
the senate a different scale of duties
on zinc ore and products of zinc and
asked that that schedule as wen as
sections enacted relating to lead pro
ducts be passed over for the present
The request was granted. On motion
of Mr. Aldrich; th'e section relating to
soap wasamended so as to place
duty of 50 per cent on perfumed soap
The house provision on sulphur wras
further amended so as to place crude
sulphur on the free list and to provide
for a duty of $4 a ton on refined sul
phur.. (
Duty on Earthenware.
Speaking in favor of the reduction
of duties on stone and earthenware
as a means of giving the people gen
erallv cheaDer goods of that kind
Senator Bacon offered an amend
ment reducing the rate from bu to
i i rrt-.
35 per cent aa valorem, iub
amendment was defeated.
Explaining he desired the rate of
duty on common , crockeryware which
reduce its cost to the consumer,
Mr. Bacon offered another amend
ment to reduce the rate from S5 per
cent advalorem as it stood i nthe bill
to 40 per cent. The amendment was
voted down.
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Alabama Murder Mys-
tery Cleared Up
Kussclville, Ala.. May 11. The mur
der of. Jimmy Ezell last week haa
been cleared up by the confession ot
Mrs. Waldrop, mother-in-law, and
Mrs. Nora Ezell, wife of the murder
ed man. The shooting, according to
these confessions, was done by M. P.
Motes, the women being privy to and
consenting to the deed. As a motive,
Mrs. Waldrop, new in jail here, says
she thought Motes would be a better
manager and "could do a better part
taan Jim." She. knew Motes was to
kill Jim and-when the gun was fired,
she says, she knew the plan had
been carried out. She seems to hate
more than anything else the disgrace
of being in jail. She is very feeble.
a small, hunrpbacked old lady, nearly
70 years old.
Motes was carried back to the in
quest under strong guard, as feeling
was high in the community.
Mrs. Ezell broke down at the fu
neral of her husband yesterday. She
will be brought here and lodged in
ail tomorrow.
All of the persons connected with
the crime are well to do.
THREE CONGRESSMEN COMING.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg. Pa.,- May 11. After the
exciting and wearing incidents of
yesterday Mrs. James Boyle had a
good night's rest in the Western peni
tentiary last night and awoke much
refreshed. She is in good spirits and
ween the Belgian government and has regained much of her old-time vi-
Lieutenant Tompkins Cends Lict of
Drills to be Executed By Troops.
Three North Carolina Congressmen,
Messrs. E. Y. Webb. John M. More-
head and H. C. Cowles, and U. S. Sen
ator Cummins will attend the celebra
tion next week. Senator Cummins, in
his letter accepting the invitation to
be here, said that he was greatly in
terested m the event as his great
grandfather was one of the signers of
the Declaration.
Commanding Officer of More
Than 1,000,000 Odd Fel.
low3 Attendsj.Convention
of State Grand Lodge in
This City.
Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting
Convened With 600 ;Dele
ates in AttendanceDrum
Corps MetAsheville Can
ton at The Train.
The 66th annual meeting of the
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows
which convened in Charlotte today
was made notable by the presence
of the Grand Sire of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the world. Mr..V. U
Kuykendall,-a native of South Caro
lina, but a resident of Saratoga, Wyo.
Tne Grand Sire arrived at half-past
M o'clock on the train from Ashe
ville and. while it has not been den
nately arranged it is more than likely
that he will participate in the ex
ercises to be held in the Auditorium
this evening.
Mr. C. E. Frick, at the head of the
arrangements incident to the meeting,
received a telegram this morning in
which it was stated that the, Grand
Sire and 40 members of the famed
were on board the train for Char
lotte. The word I hat this noted per
son was coming spread rapidly
throughout the city and there was a
the American missionaries, who have
long made- themselves a thorn- in its
flesh by .their charges of maladminis
tration and oppression of the natives.
The suit is brought by one of the
concessionaire companies called the
Kasai Trust" which has a monopoly
of rubber gathering in the Kasai region.
In substance the charges of the
missionaries are that the officials levy
on the natives oppressive so-calle"d
taxes to be paid in rubber; that whole
villages, including women and child
ren, are impressed by the soldiers
for gathering the rubber; that they
often are compelled to travel many
miles to the rubber forests and sleep
there for more than a week under
unhealthy conditions; that they are
cruelly punished for failure to pay
the taxes imposed, and that so large
proportion of their time is taken
for -gathering these taxes that they
are unable to cultivate crops and
raise food necessary for their support.
Messrs. Morrison and Sheppard are
members of the Southern Presbyter
ian mission. Some 20 American mis
sionaries are stationed in the Kongo
and as nearly all of them have made
the same accusations the outcome of
this suit will have an important bear
ing upon the future there.
vacity. Her arrival at. the prison last
night was after the hour for retiring
and she was given only a night dress,
while all her other clothing and or
naments were taken from her. She
awakened this morning to find only
prison garb in her cell.
Marching in line with the other
prisoners Mrs. Boyle smiled as she
went to her first prison breakfast and
ate heartily.
It will be determined after physical
examination what character of work
she will be given. Probably she will
be placed either in the kitchen or in
the sewing room.
Boyle slept well last night also. He
ate heartily for breakfast and submit
ted gracefully to the barber, who crop
ped his hair closely. From an reports
that have been received here it is not
believed any action will be taken fol
lowing the statement of Boyle last
night. The Mercer county officials dis
credit the statement and the whole
matter probably will be allowed to
drop and be forgotten.
Mr. E. H. Moore, chairman of thr
central committee, has received a !et-t,iS delegation headed by the Char
ter rrom Lieutenant Tompkins, com
manding the troops of cavalry which
will arrive here next Monday. The
lieutenant gave a list of the drills of
his troop which is as follows:
Close order drill, charge in line by
troop.
" Extended order drill, dismounting to
fight on foot.
Cotillion drill, on the order of the
grand march. - J1
Roman race.
Mounted exercises.
Mounted rescue race.
Mounted relay race.
Broad sword contest.
Belgian Steamer Was
Damaged by Collision
Macaroni Manuracturers Meet.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., MayHL The Ameri
can Macaroni Manufacturers' Associa
tion convened in sixth annual session
today with delegates from every section
of the union in attendance. It is pro
posed that resolutions be adopted urg
ing higher tariff on foreign pastires. :
By Associated Press.
Kronstadt, May 11. The Belgian
steamer, Clematis, from Savannan,
April 10, via Newport News Tor this
ort, came in here to-day seriously
damfaged. She had been in collision
in the. Gulf of Finland with the Rus
sian steamer, Neptune. The Neptune
went down, but her crew were saved
by the Clematis.
Daughters Meet at Boston.
By Associated Press.
Boston. Mass.. May 11. The 18th an
nual convention of the General Society
of Daughters of the Revolution was
formally opened with, an address of we?
come by Mrs. Sarah Weld Smitn, Maa
sachusetts state regent.
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By Associated Press. .
Washington, May 11. Captain Jack
son Kirkman, formerly a Mississippi
editor and a. well known Confederate
veteran, died at a hospital here early
to-day.
He was one of the officers known
in the South as 'The Immortal. Six
Hundred" who, as prisoners of war,
were placed under Confederate fire tm
an island near Charleston, fa. C fiy
the Union army as measure of re
taliation.
Captain Kirkman served under gen
er.al John H. Morgan and enlisted when
but fifteen years old. In latter years
he had been a department clerk in
Washington.
Mr. Edgar B. ivloore and son re
turned home yesterday after spending
a few days at High Shoals.
FATE OF HfllKS
ROW BESTS
KITH JURY
Have No Faith
In Boyle 's Story
By Associated Press.
Youngstown, O., May 11. Unless
stronger proof than the word ot
James Boyle is offered to show there
is mystery connected with or death
of Daniel Reebel', Jr., which occurred
here 14 years ago, there will be no
official investigation of the story.
Daniel Reebel, father of the dead
man, and the police and county offi
cials are unanimous in the expres
sion of opinion that Boyle's story H
untrue.
Authiritics believe if the investiga
tion made by Boyle's attorney in con
nection with the kidnapper story was
fruitless, Uiey could accomplish noth
ing by an inquiry.
At the time of - Reebel's death
Boyle, was employed in - a plumbing
shon adioinine the building from
which Reebel fell. The police ex
press the opinion that Boyle heard
much about the death in this shop
and from his knowledge of the acci
dent built his story.
Return Confederate
Battle Flags
Bv Associated Press.
Flushing, N. Yv May 11. The Hains
case has gone to the jury.
Resuming his remarks in the trial
Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., charged
with the killing of W. E. Annis, Prose
cutor Gregg asked the jury in the light
of the testimony to use their own good
judgment as to whether Hains was in
sane August lo, 190S.
The prosecutor declared that Gen
eral Hains-and Thornton Hains had
taken refuge behind the answer, "I
don't remember," while under cross
examination. "We could never get
any of the. rational speeches of Cap
tain .Kains out of them," said Mr.
Greers. "Only the glassy eyes, the
twitching face and the shuffling walk.
The Judge's Charge.
Flushing, N. Y.. May 11. The court
charged the jury, defining the law as
to different decrees of murder and
as to insanity and concluded by say
ing the jury could bring, in one ot
the following verdicts-:
."Guilty of murder i nthe first de
gree, guilty of murder in the second
degree, guilty of manslaughter in the
first degree, not guilty, or not guilty
on the ground of insanity. The jury
was then ordered to retire.
By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 11. Nine vet
erans of the Civil war, two of them offi
cial representatives of the state of Ohio
left last night for Selma, Ala., to return
with proper ceremony Confederate
flags captured by the Fourth Ohio
cavalry on a battlefield near that town.
The flags belonged to Rifle Scouts,
which was a part of General Forests
command.
Pa:d Ex-Governor Too Much.
By Associated Press.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 11. That
the amount paid to former. Governor
W. S. Jennings, for his services as
counsel for trustees of the internal nn
provement committee was exhorbitant.
was the finding of the joint legislative
commission appointed, to report the
matter. The report of the commission
was adopted by the house.
Groom 73, and Bride 64.
Mr. Smiley J. Brown, age 73 and
Mrs. Martha" Carothers, age 64, were
married this afternoon at 3 o'clock
by Rev. Harris Mallinckrodt at the
Episcopal rectory, on North Church
street.
Tickets for Sunday School Banquet
Members of . Trinity Sunday school
can get ticnets now from the Gem res
taurant for the banquet to be held
Wednesday night.
lotte Drum Corps in full uniform at
the depot to escort tho distinguish!
v.aitor tip street.
The Grand Sire rules over the Odd
Fellows of the world, in ail America,
Germany and several other foreign
countries. He is the commanding
oflicer of more than 1,V00,U(0 people
and Charlotte members of the order
as well as every Odd Fellow in the
Old Norlh State fHls a .-pecial pride .
in the presence here of so distin
guished a personage.
It is seldom that a Grand Lodge or
any state is favored with the attend
ance of the Grand Sire and only once
oerore nas the ortli Carolina Grand
Lodge been honored so at the time
of its annual meeting. Mr. Kuyken
dall will be. given a cordial welcome
not ojly by members of the Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, but
by CharHlite people generally.
The Grand Lodge organization will
take place at hauf-past 2 o'clock this
afternoon when the meeting, a purely
business one for membors of the
lodge only, will be called to order in
the Masonic Temple in the Pied
mont building. , It is expected that
several hundred visitors will be pres
ent at the opening meeting, though
many others will not arrive in time
for this session. Quite a number or
delegates representing the moro dist
ant towns in North Carolina will not
get here until the arrival of the
early evening trains. The entire
delegation wil be on hand by tomor
row morning and all meetings Wed
nesday and Thursday will be largely
attended. At least 600 are expected.
The meeting in the Auditorium at
half-past 8 o'clock this evening will
fee one of the most interesting of the
convention. The address of welcome
will be delivered by Mr. James A.
Bell, of the local bar. It has not
been decided who will make the re-,
spon.se. Immediately following this
feature of the meeting there will be
a concert by a class of twenty child
ren from the Goldsboro Orphanage
under the direction of Mr. J. F. Brio
son, the superintendent.
Following the concert the cracH
Canton No. 3 organization from Ashe
ville will give an exhibition drill, con
cluding with the conferring of the
Decoration of Shivalry degre upon
Brothers B. H. Woodell, of Raleigh,
and W. D. Gaster, of Fayetteville.
The former has been grand secretary
of the Grand Lodge since 1885. This
ceremony is strikingly beautiful.
A feature of tomorrow's meeting
wil be the exemplification of the De
gree of Friendship by the team of the
Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 205.
The entire program of the conven
tion will be as follows:
Tuesday, 2:30 p. m. Grand Lodge
meets in the Masonic Temple.
Tuesday, 8:30 p. m. Auditorium,
public meeting, Past Grand A. B. Jus
tice of Mecklenburg Declaration
Lodge, No. 9, presiding. Address ol
welcome by Past Grand James A.
Bell, of Charlotte Lodge, No. 88, and
response. Concert by a class of 20
children from the I. O. O. F. Home
at Goldsboro. Exhibition, drill by
Asheville Canton, No. 3, Patriarchs
Millitant, of Asheville, concluding with
the conferring of the Decoration ot
Chivalry upon Grand Secretary B. H.
Woodell, of Raleigh, and Past Grand
Master W. D. Gaster, of Fayetteville.
This meeting will be open to the
public which is cordially invited to
attend. No tickets will be used.
Wednesday morning and afternoon
Grand Lodge meeting in the Masonic
Temple.
Wednesday afternoon, 4:30 p. m.
Auditorium: Magdalene Rebeckah
Lodge, of High Point, will confer the
Rebekah degree upon tU9 members oj
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