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tow 5"r;A Provides Food tor
jhict Thousand Vagrants
Jhe Observance on A Bigger
Seek Ihan Ever Before
Reports From Many Cities.
The Day at Savannah.
Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 27. Savannah
gove itself oer completely to the ob
servance of Thankksgiing Day, today.
Thee were services in all the
churches and the cotton exchange,
board of trade and similar organiza
tions closed for the day. The city
hall and the court house were also
closed. This afternoon the retail bus
iness houses stavb their pmnlnvM a
j half holiday. The football elevens from
OftCrS Ireat lO fl Savannah high school and Porter mili-
v tarv a rn Horn v rf Pl-isi-rl oat mot rit
the gridiron. This was the principal
sporting event of the day.
ChicGc
Ihousand Convicts They
Ste Vaudeville Show And
Ftnst on lurkeyThe Day
Attn
'C7
... N-jv. 27. Thanksgiving
u mi in New Vork as early
Mms morning with the
Howery missions bread
f... enough on hand to sat-ei.-
of 'hree thousand hun
The work of the var-ai'-e
organizations contin
h.:;: the day very close to
::: carried ou; in previous
; n ; i j i s i a nd i n g that hi gh
:'ondtuCf made the work
!-ivt- than ever.
half a dozen dinners at
.V.i 1.000 to 3.000 persons
served were to be provided
iirion to this work of the
bilanthropic organizations it
rhat an unusually large num
:lva!e benefactors had ar
he'.j) the unfortunate in some
av a;io;ner.
', man ordinary households the
i:-ri si ip;i-p of the high cost of iiv
v.z 'io-hroneii the traditional turkey,
retail v.'-ice of which had isen on
If ? of Thanksgiving to 35 cents
i . Mind for the best grades and 25 to
" ten's a pound for cold storage
it had been predicted that
:" arrivals of poultry, which were
'r--K than for severally ears, . would
!.ow that the turkey was holding its
iwe. tbe total receipts are said to be
iVr on less in turkey arrivals
'h?n in other years.
V-cor-iing to retail dealers the
shortage is due ?o the fact that stor
i;e warehouse? are holding the birds
I'rfady killed for the Christmas and
New Year trade and the farmers are
;oep,Rg tn ir stock for another month
- that the turkeys will be fatter and
nsntard higher prices.
At Chicago.
''kieaso. Nov. 27. Regardless of
:.oomy weather conditions Chicagoans
Vn;erved Thanksgiving more exten
;ively than ever.
f'baritable organizations made this
a ?ay of thanksgiving for hundreds of
rcor families. The 1,000 prisoners at
'he Bridewell attended the annual
Thanksgiving vaudeville performance
;n the prHon cbapel in the morning
arH iat?r are a turkey dinner. Pa
"?rit and inmates at the Cook coun
!T hospital, tbe county jail, the juve-n-'p.
home, the Chicago state hospital
ird other homes and hospitals enjoy
i Mrrkey dinners.
England Raises a Query.
ndon. Xov. 27. The timely ques
''n nf whether the European custom
"' c?'irg tnrkey at Christmas is old
r 'nan the American custom of eat
n? tni-key a Thanksgiving time is
ra;sed in a two-column article in The
Titr.es today. It says that most Eng
!?hreen are inclined to doubt the pri
ri.T r,f Thanksgiving bird.
The article does not satisfactorily
"l the question but comes to the
'"rr!:;'- !in that if Englishmen would
Ttake good their claim that , the cus
of mating turkey at Christmas is
;r.c o,rje. they mast prove that it ex
L!?;'r! between 1530 when the turkey
ruv ,:tii -,, Europe, and 1620 when
r-! colonies in America first ate the
!n'.vi .-nvl aave thank.
At Columbia.
' : S. C, Xov. 27. Thauks-
as generally observed as
lie state capital today. All
i and public schools and
-"'ss establishments were
lite crowds at the fair
s '.-u.ioyed a gala day, with a
' uutiic. automobile races and
"rhino meet in which six avia
'I'liripated, on the program. Ty
- '"ij as official starter in the
! aviation meet will con
'lays. At Charleston.
; S. C., Xov. 27. Thanks-
ij:r,ig celebrated here today
i.v athletic events. Two football
nii day golfing over new 18-
r!'';sf at the Country Club, a
ountry run by five local or
'"iis this raornincr. and much
and fishing were features,
oi business and public offices
.-sed the greater part of the
hit i;rj red Shriners went to Sum
";! '- special train for a meeting
'ii ur Temple. South Carolina
ni' Over tvo hundred Citadel ca--ii'-i
rooters left for Columbia this
! ' - on a special train to witness
( ' adfl-Caiolina game. Porter
; i Baannah today, Charleston
' hool in Sumter.
PAROLED BY BLEASE:
BACK IN JAIL
By Associated Press.
Spartanburg. S. C. Xov. 27.
Charged wrh shooting Ernest McAbee,
his wife's cousin, at Moore. S. C, near
here, Elmore. Wright, paroled by Gov
ernor Blease after serving three years
of a life ssntence for killing a man
named Kirkendall, was committed to
the county jail.
Wright is said to have called at a
store where McAbee was employed as
a salesman and they engaged in an
altercation over Wright's alleged treat
ment of his wife. Wright is alleged
to have drawn a pistol and when Mc
Abee made a move as if to pick up a
missile Wright opened fire. One of
the bullets penetrated McAbee"s lungs
and he is not expected to live.
EBELS TURN
THEIH EYES TO
CHIHUAHUAC(T
'Federals, Encumbered With
Wounded, Lacking Provi
sions and Short of Ammuni
tion Struanle tn Rear.h Hhi-
huahua City Rebels Have!
Similar Plans.
Soldiers Continue to Tell Tales !
Of the Two Days' Fighting j
Is Foreicm Pronertv In Dan-1
ger? Much Anxiety is Felt
Oil Wells Are in Danger, it is
Feared.
PRESIDENT HAD TWO
ENGAGEMENTS TODAY
of?,.
Washington. Xov. 27. As President
Wilson intends to leave early tomor
row for New York to spend part of the
day with friends and go to the army
navy football game Saturday he had
two engagements today at his office.
He had a long talk with Chairman
William F. McCombs of the democratic
national committee and in the after
noon had an engegement with Sir Wil
liam Tyriell, private secretary to Sir
Edward Grey, the British foreign sec
retary. - With. ATr. McCoombs. the .president,
discussed politics in general and pre
liminary worg for the congressional
campaigns.
About Sir. William's visit White
House officials made no comment. Dur
ing his stay here Sir William has seen
President Wilson twice before and
they have exchanged information on
the Mexican situation.
TALI KING
OPENS PARLIAMENT
By Associated Press.
Rome, Xov. 27. Brilliant ceremony
today attended the opening of the
Italian parliament by King Victor Em
manuel. The King, accompanied by Queen
Helena and the Royal Princes, drove
in state carriages from the Quirnal
through streets lined by immense
throngs to the senate house. When
he entered the parliamentary building
the assembled deputies and senators
rose and cheered him.
Leonida Bissolati-Bergamaschi, lead
er of the reform socialists, Profes
sor Etrico Ferri, independent social
ist, and Carlo Dell 'Acqua, republi
can, took the oath in the presence of
the King, a form unprecedented in
the Italian parliament, where social
ists and republicans hitherto had al
ways stayed away from tbe opening.
The King's speech from the throne
was greeted for the first time by rep
resentatives of all classes of the na
tion, made possible by the introduction
in Italy of universal suffrage.
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race iviuruer onaiye
Bv Associated Press.
Shelbyville, Ind., Nov. 27. Dr. Wil
liam B. Craig, dean of the Indiana
veterinary college at Indianapolis, will
ho Tilneerl on trial before Judge Alon-
so Blair here tomorrow to answer to
an indictment charging him with the
murder of Dr. Helene KnaDe at iu-
Hidnannlis the nieht of October 2o,
1Q12
The murder of Knabe has been one
f v, rr.net mi ti i Ti Br in the criminal
UL LL1C7 llivyu o i' . J
hictnrv of the state. She was touna
dead in her bed with a aeep gasu m
fVmnat hv her office girl, Miss
Katherine McPherson, when she went
to Mr. Knabe's apartment xne morn
ing of October 24,
1
''I tin-
May.
Belaya Gets Hearing Today.
'-'-'if rated Press.
v A' Oi k, XOV. 27. After KTionriinsr
on the bare hoards of a pall
l;uli' station, Jose Santos Zelaya,
f:'' i-'Chident of Nicaragua, arrang-
t .nv.m tif-, KACL9 a. i i ci n
'Sh his counsel for a bearin
The store formerly ocupied by the
Western -Woolen Mills company, ou
Trvn street, has been leased by
the Ingleman Jewelry and Souvenir
Company. , ,, ,.
THE WEATHER.
cuet for North Carolina:
.
North Carolina, unsettled, prob-
ablv local rains late tonight or
nn "fvidav: light to moderate X
variable winds.
By Associated Press.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 17. Encumber-j
ed with wounded, lacking provisions'
ana practically without ammunition,
those left of the 4,000 Mexican govern
ment soldiers who for two days fought
to regain Juarez for Provisional Pres
ident Huerta continued their struggle
today to reach Chihuahua City, where
they hope to intrench themselves in
the federal garrison.
In Juarez today General Villa, the
constitutionalist commander, contin
ued preparations to move against
Chihuahua City which even now may
be in possession of constitutionalists
under General Manuel Chao. who was
known to have been in the vicinity of
the capital when the fighting south of
Juarez began.
For another day at least the com
mander of the rebels will permit his
men to resr "while be obtains nrnvi-
sions and arms for an attack on Chi- j
huahua which if successful will drive
the federals from their last strong
hold in the Northern States.
Soldiers today in Juarez continued
to tell stories of the two days' bat
tle against the federals. Last Satur
day night they say their first knowl
edge of the purposed federal attack
was received and General Villa rush
ed his maiu body of troops south,
spread them in a half moon to guard
all approaches to Juarez, There they
stayed until Monday afternoon,, with
only an occasional brush between "skir
mish parties.
Then came the federals, who from
a distance of about five miles detrain
ed, unloaded their field artillery and
began the attack. Desultory firing
continued until after dark when Gen
eral Villa with reinforcements attack
ed the main column of the federals.
Here the fiercest engagement of the
revolution was fought in almost hand
to hand conflict. The main body of
rebels, traversing a direct line to the
South, arrived at tbe designated point
of meeting just a few minutes before
the flank reinforcements appeared.
Hearing the sound of conflict the
troopers from left and right wing
obeyed the "adelante redoublado cry
of their commanders and hastened into
the fight. The cavalry was ordered
to make flank charges upon the en
emy, both left and right, and the in
fantry ran to the aid of the main
column, threw their weight in the
scale of battle and turned what might
have been a federal victory into an
utter rout.
Outnumbered and overpowered the
government troops withdrew in disor
der, the rebels said, to their trains
which were hastily backed down the
track. But closely pursued by cavalry
from General Villa's forces one group
of federals were unable to entrain be
fore the enemy had reached them,
surrounding the train and made the
federals prisoners.
Tho ripaviest loss of the entire bat
tle was said to have occurred Mon
day night in the battle at close range
TL-iio thA casualties of other encount
ers and engagements were light, with
the possible exception or tne ngni
made by Jose Ynez Salazar to pene
trate the rebel line to the east of
Juarez Monday night and Tuesday
morning. General Salazar stood his
ground and led his forces until wound
ed seriously. .
Gener 1 Villa said that ne am noi
intend to execute the federal prisoners
whom he captured on the battlefield
and brought to Juarez. They have
been placed in jail with those taken
battle and will be
UUUU6 " . , ., . . .
held until the close of hostilities m
Mexico when they will be paraonea.
To Bring Wounded Across Boracr.
Washington, Nov. 27. The war de
partment has instructed Brig. Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss, commanding the
American troons on the border to
permit the Red Cross agent at El
Paso to bring aDout uu wuuuucu
Mexican constitutionalist soldiers
across the border from Juarez.
Oil Wells Not Closed.
Washington, Nov. 27 Rear Admi
ral Fletcher reported by wireless to
day that only one oil well at Tux
pam had been shut down and that
while threats had been made to
close down works for non-payment oi
assessments levied by the rebels,
none had been closed.
No pipe lines, storage tanks, or
oil wells have been destroyed or
injured. No Americans or foreign
ers have been killed, injured or
threatened, the admiral reported.
The Tuxpam oil district, Admiral
Fletcher explained, represents invest
ments of $50,000,000, half American.
One hundred Americans and twenty
foreigners are employed there.
Llnd'8 Visit to Tampico.
Mexico City, Nov. 26 The visit of
John Lind, pergonal representative
of President Wilson, to Tampico,
was first learned of here through the
Associated Press dispatches from
Washington. It is regarded as indi
cating a more serious condition in
that region than was generally
thought here to be the case. Owing
to the close censorship over the fed
eral telegraphs only meagre reports
are reaching the federal capital as to
the state of affairs in the provinces.
Foreign Property in Danger.
Washington, Nov. 27. While Rear
Admiral Fletcher has secured formal
pledges from the constitutionalist gen
eral Aguilar that there shall be no
interference with foreign property in
the oil(j fields about Tuxpam there is
some concern as to whether that is
broad enough to cove:- the rather crit
ical situation at Tampico. State De
partment officials will feel easier when
they hear of the arrival of Admiral
Fletcher on his temporary flagship
Rhode Island at Tampico where he is
expected some time today.
The battleships Nebraska and Mich
igan and the gunboat Wheeling al
ready are at Tampico and their com
manders have been instructed to look
after not only American but British
and other foreign interesis in that
vicinity.
It is thought at the Navy Depart
ment that there is little danger of
any action of the constitutionalists in
the neighborhood of Tampico that
would actually threaten the destruc
tion of the great oil tanks at that
port. Though no specific instructions
have been given to the American naval
commanders they are expected to act
on their own discretion in protecting
the properties.
The real danger, if any existed,
would lie in interference with pipe
lines running as far as 25 miles to
the interior from Tampico. Naval of
ficers estimated that it would require
a small army to protect the wells and
the pipe lines from interference. The
lifting of one cap from one of the
great gushers and the ignition of the
rushing streams of oil might carry
widespread disaster to the coast.
Rear Admiral Fletcher is expected
to undertake to get into communica
tion with the insui gent leaders near
Tampico and induce them to respect
the pledges given by General Aguilar
to observe the rights of foreign property.
N
CONFERENCE BE-
S SECOND DAY'S
SESSION TODAY
Examining Committee Made
Report This Morning Con
ference Session Largely At
tended and Interest Manifested.
Great Annual Game
Of Foot Ball Today
At Weam Field
ARRESTS MADE IN
COAL STRIKE DISTRICT.
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 27.-Spo-Iradic
outbursts of lawlessness in the
i Cabin Creek country since the treaty
No Aftprnonn Spinn nf Pnn of ,Pea.'' waS signed bv coal operators
wj H I let 1 1 U U 1 1 dtJbblUn 01 UOll- ;ad miners five months' ago have kept
f erence Anniversary Board ! s,heriff Bonnernin and a large force
Of Church Meets Towqht
Address by Dr. Anderson.
S. C. CONFERENCE
III HOCK HILL
Special to The News.
Rock Hill, Nov. 27. The 122nd ses
sion. of tire annual .conference "of the
M. E. church, South, convened Tues
day morning at 9:30 o'clock in the
Methodist church, Bishop A. W. Wil
son presiding. The Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper was administered by
Bishop Collin Denney, assisted by
Revs. T. C. O'Uell, E. O. Watson and
W. L. Wake. Temporary Clerk E. O.
Watson called the roll which was re
sponded to by 177 clerical and twenty-one
lay delegates- On motion Rev.
E. O. Watson was re-elected as secre
tary, and Rev. W. L. Wake and Rev.
A. E. Holler as assistants. Rev. R. E.
Turnipseed was elected as statistical
secretary.
The appointment of the various
committees was announced by Bishop
Wilson, and the work of the confer
ence was begun in dead earnest.
Question 22 was called, and an ex
amination of the presiding elders and
ministers was completed. When the
nume of Rev. S. A. Nettles, editor of
the Christian Advocate, was called.
Rev. T. F. Kilgore, presiding elder,
stated that in view of certain rumors
circulated regarding his character Rev.
8. A. Nettles had demanded an in
vestigation. The committee that had
been appointed found that no trial
was necessary. After this statement
Rev. A. J. Cauthen, presiding elder
of the Spartanburg district, moved to
appoint a committee of investigation
to look into the Nettles matter. Revs.
R. E. Turnipseed, E. T. Hodges and
J. S. Beasley were appointed on this
committee.
Bishop Wilson was appointed to
preach the Thanksgiving sermon
Thursday morning at 12 o'clock.
During the morning Bishop Denney
was called to the chair and a collec
tion of $1S1 for Paine College at Au
gusta, Ga., was taken.
The conference will meet at 9:30
and adjourn at 1 o'clock daily. Each
afternoon and night there will be
meetings of the various committees in
different places, and there will be
preaching during the afternoons and
nights.
(BY MAMIE BAYS.)
The conference convened at 9
o'clock with Bishop James H. McCoy
in the chair. Rev. J. C. Rowe. D. D.,
pastor of Central church, Asheville,
conducted the devotional service with
which the conference session began.
The minutes of the session of Wed
nesday were read and approved.
On motion, the conference ordered
that the calling of the roll be dis
pensed with during the remaining days
of the conference.
A telegram of greeting was re
ceived from the South Carolina Con
ference, now in session at Rock Hill.
The secretary was instructed to make
suitable reply, in the name of this
conference.
Bishop McCoy called minute uues-
tion 10, "What travelling preachers I
are elected deacons?" In answer to i
this question the following named j
this question the followig members of i
the class of the second year having pass !
ed the examination cf character and:
the committee of examination were ad
vanced io the class of the third year
and were elected to deacons' orders:
Walter B. Davis, Jj M. Folger, T. J.
Folger, Alfred C. Gibbs, R. F, Honey
cutt, Marcus T. Smathers, W. B.
Shire. The following named members
of this class were continued in the
class of the second year: WTilliam R.
Shelton, C. G. W. Williams.
At their own request Minute question
9 was called ' Who are the deacons of
one year?" Answering this question,
the following named undergradates
having passed the examination of char
ter and the committee of examination
of the third year were advanced to the
class of the fourth year: Rufus Iv.
Brady, Arthur P. Ratledge, Edward B.
Stabler, Robert L. Doggett, J. G. W.
Holloway, James F. Moser, Carl R.
Allison, George A. B. Holderby. Philip
L. Shore, J. P. Hornbuckle, Elmer A.
Simpscn, G. W. Vick and E. L. How
ell. Two members of this class
T. R. Robertson and W. O. Davis
having passed the examination of char
acter, but not having passed the com
mittee examination, were continued
in the class of the third year.
Minute question. 2 was called: "Who
remain on trial?" Answering this ques
tion the following-named undergrad
uates having passed the examination
of character and the committee on
examination, were advanced to the
class of the second year: Luke F.
Brothers. Dwight W. Brown, Robert L.
Ferguson, Jacob I. Hickman, Zebu
Ion V. Johnston, James E. McSwain,
Robert F. Mock, Walter M. Smith, W.
Li. Edwards, Roger H. Hasty, VV. I.
Hughes, Richard C. Kirk.
Among the many things to come be
fore the Western North Carolina Con-
of deputies in the mountains and culmi
nated today in the arrest of five men
i charged with shooting up the little
mining villege of Dry Branch last Sun
I day.
! Charles Williams, alleged to be the
leader, and Robert Hosteen, Russell
Kodge. Carl Klusk and Boyle Adkins
were placed in jail here for a hearing
December 9th.
Williams and his party, according
to the deputies, ordered the postmaster
to close his office and served similar
nolices on merchants before attacking
the town. When the deputies appeared
in the village WTilliams is said to have
surrendered to a friendly justice of
the peace on some trivial charge and
the case was dismissed.
Wake Forest And Davidson
College to Contest en Char
lotte Gridiron This Ajter
noon A Greet Battle Ahead
STATUS OF COLORADO STRIKE.
Denver, Col., Nov. 27. Whether the
conference arjourned at 1:30 this morn
ing without reaching even a temporary
truce would try to make any further
effort to terminate the Coloado coal
stike was not decided definitely when
Governor Amnions reached his office to
day. The governor was reticent but
it was believed that he would either
outline a plan for further conferences
or offer recommendations to the com
mittee based on the facts brought out
at yesterday's hearing.
BASIS OFTHE
ZELAYR MOVEMENT
RATE COMMISSION
HAS ORGANIZED
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Nov. 27. Governor's Craig's
special freight rate commission has
organized with. Judge M. H. Justice,
as chairman. Chairman Justice says
the commission will meet December
16 and will begin December 17. At the
request of the commission the gov
ernor will issue at once a notice of
extension of the time of operation of
the Justice intra-state rate act 60
days from December 13.
ANDERSON MERCHANT
ENDS HIS LIFE.
Anderson, S. C, Nov. 27. J. T.
Jones, a prominent dry goods mer
chant, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head in his store
here' after driving his clerks from the
building and terrorizing by promiscu
ous firing, other persons who tried
to interfere. .
He was the only person struck by
the bullets from his revolver. Ill
health is believed to have been the
cause of his act.
in which to leave Nicaragua unmolest
ed; should he serve a sentence ne
would have a month to do so after his
release.
Under the circumstances it seems
that the proceeding against him is en
tirely disconnected from the murder
of the two American soldiers of fortune.
GEORGE T. BROWN FOUND
DEAD IN BATHROOM. S
By Associated Press.
- Washington, Noy.;: 27.--The tfutrisi
documents asking for the extradition
of former President Zelaya for the
murder of two countrymen in Nica
ragua had not been received at the
state department today and what was
to have been a hearing became merely
a conference between Solicitor Folk
and Cori-y M. Stadden, the former dic
tator's attorney. Meanwhile Zelaya
was i a prisoner in New York, where
he was arrested last night.
Zelaya's extradition is asked on
charges of the murder of Domingo
Toribio and Sixto Pineda- at Masaya,
April 21, 1901. No mention of his
summary execution of Cannon and
Groce, two Americans, in 1909, is
made in the papers, according to ad
vices here.
Diplomats here point out that under
the extradition treaty with Nicaragua
Zelaya could not be prosecuted for
the killing of Cannon and Groce un
less his ertradition is specifically ask
ed for that purpose. Furthermore, un
der the terms of the treaty should he
ha nfmiitted of the murder of Toribio
Terence or tne iuemoaist episcopal an(j pineda he would have a montn
UUIl'U, C5UUL11, WI11CU aiB Ul UUULOUU-
ing interest is the election of delegates
to the General Conference which will
be held at Oklahoma City in May,
1914. The General Conference is held
quadrennially and being the highest
court of the church, special honor is
attached to the honor of representing
the various annual conferences in that
body. The representation from each
an:iua! .conference is regulated as fol
lows: One clerical and one lay dele
gate for every 48 members of the an
nual conference. The Western North
Carolina Conference is entitled on
this basis to six clerical and six lay
delegates. It is probable that the or
der of the day for the election of the
delegates from this conference will be
fixed for Saturday, and owing to the
special interest concerning the elec
tion, it is probable that the entire
session of one day will be required to
complete the election and it may be
necessary to continue the election into
a second day. The election of dele
gates will be begun probably on Sat
urday," as the undergraduates who are
eligible for reception into full con
nection will be received on Friday and
after reception into full connection
they will be entitled to vote on tbe
question of election of delegates to the
general conference, and on all other
questions to come before the body.
It often happens that the same dele
gates both clerical and lay, are elect
ed a' th s-eneral conference several
times in succession, but recently the
" Smm. S r tTrtW
sentiment has Deen growing m
of the division of honors by the church,
and in consequence of this "new men"
are being elected to the general con
fer on pa hv a number of the annual
conferences. More frequently than oth
erwise preachers who are presiding el
ders those who are omciaiiy connect
ed with the conference as representa
tives of anv of the general interests
of the conference, those who are con-
noMinnal representatives or tne cnurcn,
and pastors of large churches in the
conference are elected aeiegaies w me
general conference. This same senti
ment in favor of the division of honors
has broken the rank of general confer
ence representation at an points in
many annual conferences tms year,
and from the delegates elected from
quite a number of the forty-six annual
conferences already held, it is evident
I that the presence of new life will be
prominent in the general conference
i (Continued on rage xsine.;
Special to The News.
r Winston-Salem, Nov. 27. Mr.
George T. Brown, leading busi-
ness man and president of the ;!
Brown and Williamson Tobacco
Company, was found dead in the i'?
bathroom at his home this morn-
ing. He complained of slight in-
disposition last night. He was -IS
aged 45.
Both Teems With Scores Or
Backers Here Ready For the
Fray City Agog With Interest-Hundreds
to Witness
Game.
With colors flying and interest tense
the Presbyterians and Baptists rep
resenting Davidson College and Wake
Forest College, are drawn up in bat
tle array awaiting the fight on the
gridiron at Wearn Field this after
noon. The Presbyterians came down near
ly oOu strong players and friemls
The Baptists number about 50 all
told. The game this afternoon is the
event of the day, and the city is agog
with interest, local enthusiasm run
uing neck and neck in fever heat with
that of the players.
The Presbyterians are at the Cen
tral. the Baptists at the Selwyn.
The great social event in connection
with the game is the reception to
night at Queens College. The college
will be brilliantly illuminated and
decorated in all that tends to inspire
the college spirit and challenge the
aesthetic eye.
Davidson's last practice was held
behind closed gates yesterday.
Much credit is due to Coach Cook
of Davidson, who having only three
men of last year's varsity, has de
veloped a wonderful team.
The entire bodies of both colleges
are here to witness the game, anc
will pull off some of the loudest
"rooting" that has ever "raised the
roof" of Wearn's Field.
The. following will be ,probahl
.iina-mi ..? :hi'iHc!i-i-;-'! ' . i Oi. - . "
Crayton, right end;' vioer, right
tackle; Brady, right guard; Peters,
center; Howell, left tackle; Cosby, lefi
end; Elliot, quarterback; Land, lef:
halfback; Walker, right halfback;
Keesler, fullback.
Crayton, right end; weight 170
height, 5 feet 11 inches. "Pete" is s
Charlotte boy, and has played a splen.
did game this season. He is steady
and keeps bis head "Pete" can al
ways be counted on.
Gloer, right tackle; weight 220,
height 5 feet 11 inches. "Slim" is the
largest man on the squad, and has
showed himself to be the football
"stuff". This is his first year on var
sity, but he has played a great game.
Howell (Capt.) weight 176, height
5 feet 10 inches. This is "Nasty's"
second year, and too much cannot be
said in his favor. He is a terror to
his opponents.
Peter's, center, weight 185, height 6
feet 1 inch. "Pete" is a great defensive
player and is equally well on the of
fense. This is also his second year,
and his fame is known through the
South.
Cosby, left end, weight 165, height
5 feet 11 inches. "Pud" is a sure
tackle and is a great punter. He is
in fine trim and wall punt today.
Bradly, right guard, weight ISO,
height 5 f-,et 10 inches. Brady is one
of those kind that fights to the finish.
He is strong and fast and is feared
by his opponents.
Keesler is the smallest man on the
squad, and one of the best. He is the
fastest little runner you ever saw, and
quick as lightning.
Besides the big game the scrubs
will play the Charlotte All-Stars and
a close match is expected.
Carlisle Wins Game.
By Associated Pres.
Providence, R. I., Nov. 27. FinSI
score: Carlisle 13; Brown 0.
After December 1st Mr. James
Steere is to be with the firm of Gari
baldi, Bruns & Dixon. Mr. Steere is a
skilled jeweler. He has been with
B. F. Roark.
GREAT CAMPAIGN FOR
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN
NEW YORK IS SUCCESSFUL
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 27. This was a
true Thanksgiving Day for the Young
Men's and Young Women's Christian
Associations of this city, jubilant as
they were of having established a
world's record in fund raising by ob
taining over $4,000,000 within 15 days.
The announcement as reported last
night that the total of $4,062,051 had
been raised was followed today by
some interesting details of unique cam
paign. The gift of the odd dollar of the
over subscribed amount came at the
last moment from the janitor of a
downtown building who sent it with
the following simple and earnest if
ungrammatical note:
"I gee by the paper this morning
that you have not got your $4,000,
000 and so there is nothing else for
me to do than help you. This morn
ing a lady gave me one dollar for a
turkey; then I thought that I have
to be without turkey and send that
one dollar for your fund. I am a jan
itor that loves the lost. God bless
you."
It is shown that 17,224 separate con
tribute were made to the fund and
that five of these contributors gave
so generously that their gifts alone
totalled $1,175,000. John D. Rockefel
ler was the chief contributor, having
given $500,000. 'Cleveland H. Dodge
was a close second with gifts of $375,
000. A number of rich persons cloth
ed their philanthropy with modesty
and the otal of annonymous gifts was
over $400,000.
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