North Carolina Newspapers

ALL THE NEWS | I WHILE IT IS NEWS. | I 1 VOL 9 IST HAVE INTER URBAN, SO SAYS GASTONIA FOLK Citizens of Gastonia Decide the Matter Must be Push ed to Success. It is Pro posed to Extend to Bes semer City. Sunday School Rally was a Success. Off to Philadel phia to Cotton Convention. Other Gastonia News of Importance. Gastonia, N. C., May w:is Rally Day with the Loray Baptist Sunday School, the exercises being li 1.1 in Bradley Hall at the Loray Mill at '2:?>o o'clock. The speakers on this occasion were Messrs. L. L. Jenkins, W. 11. Reddish, and J. L. Vipperman. Tlio main speech of the afternoon was delivered by Mr. Vipperman, who chose for his text "The Unsaved." The Sunday School at that place is constituted of 200 members, and it is •loins a work that must tell in the end for good. It is under the management of Superintendent L. J. Waldrop and ;:n able corps of assisting teachers. Charles Green and Robert Waldrop, two young white men of this city, were arrested near Lin wood College Sun day afternoon on the charge of being drunk and trespassing on the Campus of that institution, and also for fright on ing the lady students. Sheriff Shuford, of this County, ar rested the boys late in the afternoon, and they were summoned to appear before 'Squire Stowe here yesterday. Tliir escapade cost them ?5 and the costs each. Must Have Car Line. 'if the Charlotte Consolidated Con struction Company does not build an electric line to Gastonia, we will do it ourselves!" This seems to be the slogan of the promoters of a local in terurban car line and this was the sense of their recent meeting, held in Ilie rooms of the Commercial Club. A committee has been appointed to secure surveys and data as to cost of construction and of running, and this committee is to report at an early date. The following gentlemen were ap pointed: C. E. Hutchinson, H. Rut ter, T. M. Fayssoux, C. B. Armstrong, ft. R. Ray. S. M. Robinson, and A. B. Rhyne. They mean business and are determined that electric cars shall ply between this place and "Greater Char lotte." It is proposed to extend the line so as to take in Bossemer City. The two sermons of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church at this place on last Sabbath were preached by the Rev. J. R. I-looten, a student of Erskine Theological Seminary at Due West, S. C. He also lectured at Lin wood College in the afternoon. He is an excellent young minister, and gives promise of making a useful man in his Church. Baseball Gossip. The first real game of baseball for llio Loray team of this place will bo pulled off next Saturday, when the strong McAdenville bunch comes to town. Price, of Guilford, will do the twirling for the visitors, while the pitching for the home team is to be •lone by either Fulenwider or Smith. The Gastonia Oil Mill has given to D. A. Tompkins & Company, of Char lotte, the contract for the wiring of their plant as a preparatory measure for the establishment of a 50-horse power motor. Electricity will super sede steam with them. They will be in grod shape for their fall ginning season. Fifteen prisoners, all colored, lie in wait at Gaston's jail house until next Monday's court. Only one murder case is to be argued, and this is the one of Graham Farrar, the Mounf Holly negro, who killed another at a festival and who escaped from the County. He wont from here to White Plains, N. Y., where he was captured and held until a Deputy Sheriff could go for him. Atrninst Mr. Ciarkson, ,Esq., O. F. Ma son is pitted, and it is expected that tlie case will *De a lively one. Messrs. J. L. Falls, J. Flem Johnson, and A. R. Anders left last evening for a three weeks' Western trip. Hot Springs is their destined stopping place. A number of local cotton mill men have gone to Philadelphia to the Con vention of Spinners. They will return the latter part of this week. Spartanburg Wants to Have County Fair Spartanburg, S. C., May 14. —The chamber of commerce has named a committee to take up the of soliciting subscriptions to a County i'air Association and active work is now under way. The committee is ♦ omposed of H. E. Heinitsh, chair man; B. C. Landrum, S. J. Nicholls and J. W. Allen. The prospects lor holding a success ful fair in this city each fall are very encouraging. The people in the ounty are interested in the plan and will lend the project substantial sup 1-ort. The company will organize with a capital stock of not less than 510,000 and it is found that this sum not large enough the capital stock will be increased. LIVE NEWS FROM STATE CAPITOL Raleigh, N. C., May* 14. —Yesterday the new military company, Company G, First Regiment, was mustered in at Shelby with 46 men and three officers, the latter boing Captain Max Gardner, Lieutenants J. E. Jenkins and H. R. Morrison. Adjutant General T. R. Robertson is notified by the United States War De partment that Captain A. E. Cassets of the Artillery Corps, U. S. A., has been detailed to go to Charlotte and spend ten days giving special instruction ta the First Battery of Artillery in the handling of their new equipments. Members of the State Board of Agri culture are being notified of the next semi-annual session of the board to be held in the offices of the department, June 4th, continuing several days there after. The beard consists of ten mem beis, one from each Congressional dis trict. There will be three new mem bers for the meeting, C. W. Mitchell, Bertie; J. J. Laughinhouse, Pitt, and Ashley Home, of Johnston county. The board will receive semi-annual reports from all the officers of the department and make up the budget for the work o[ the next six months, aggregating something like $50,000. The State Board of Education held a meeting last evening and re-e'eetcd Capt. Jno. Duckett superintendent of the Uiree State normal schools for col ored teachers, at Winston-Salem, Fay etteville and Elizabeth City. Th-j ap [■ointment of directors for each of t'te normals was also made. The boar.i for Slater School, Winston-Salem, beir.g H. IE. 1- ies, W. A. Blair, A. H. Eller, T. E. Wiii'.aker, D. Matt Thompson and I. C. '.ivlfhn. The bronze statue of Ensign Worth Bagley arived this afternoon by express and will be placed in position tomor row. ready for the unveiling next Mon day. It is expected to have it in posi tion and completed Thursday, so that phovegraphs may be taken as it stain 1 ?. Then it will be veiled to await the cere mony next Monday, when it will be ]:resented to the State and unveited, the address being by Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson. The State Department of Agriculture received today four additional Scotcn lads as immigrants to be assigned to prominent farmers to learn agriculture Of the tour M. R. McKay will locate at Willanl, and A. C. Gibson, R. A YfUiig and. Peter Henry will locate at j\e.w Bern. A cl.aitcr is issued for the Atlantic Wagon and Vehicle Company e'e R«>re I'-.!. I.he c-iiital being $20,000, by W. L. llyrd end others. Per mcnt Foundry and M 4*;! I i.e C.m.panv cf Hickory increases cajitai from SIO,OOO to $25,000. A. A. Shuford is president. Commissions were issued today by Governor Glenn to J. M. Whitaker as game warden in Orange, and J. F. Pleasants as game warden of Durham county. These appointments are on the recommendation of President Gil bert Pearson, of the North Carolina Audubon Society. The placing in position of the pedes tal for the Ensign Worth Bagley sta tue was in progress today, in prepara tion for the great unveiling ceremony, which will take place next Monday. The tearing away of the old arsenal at the southwest corner of capitol square will add very much to the accessibility of the site for the statue when the great crowds gather Monday for the ceremony. The old arsenal is already down and the foundations are being taken up and carted away. On his return this morning from Wil mington Judge Tnos. R. Purnell, of the Federal Court, eastern district, was asked if he had any reply to make to the attack made on him in Wilmington Saturday evening by ex-Governor D. L. Russell and widely published, at tacking the judge's official career. The only reply that Judge Purnell would make was this comment: "It is just one of Russell's brainstorms." Other than this Judge Purnell would make no comment. He left this afternoon for Richmond to be with Mrs. Purnell, who is still under treatment in a hospital there. Prepare for Monument to Gen. Thomas Sunter Columbia, S. C., May 14. —The com mission appointed to erect a monu ment to Gen. Thomas Sumter at his burial place, Statesburg, met yester day afternon in the office of the gov ernor. The form of advertisement for bids for the monument was agreed on and *t was decided to call for bids to be bubmitted by May 21, at which time the commission will meet and open the proposals. The design for the monument has Deen prepared by Messrs. Edwards & Walter, who are the architects selected for this work by the commission. It is hoped to have the monument in place in time to have the unveiling ceremonies on Aug. 14, which is the birthday of the great partisan leader. The orator of the occasion has not >?t been an nounced. An appropriate program will be arranged and the day will be roade a memorable occasion. 200 Railroad Conductors Gather in Memphis, Tenn. By Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn., May 14. —Not less than 2,000 railroad conductors, with their wives and members of their lamilies, have arrived to attend the session of the Order of Railway Conductors. THE SITUATION IS CHAOTIC BECAUSE OF DICK'S ACTION Following the Calling Off of the Republican State Con ference by Senator Dick the Situation To-day is Chaotic. Some of Men Invited to the • Conference Declare They . are Coming to Columbia, S. C., to Get Lay of the Land. Columbus, Ohio, May 14. —The situa tion today, following the calling off of the Republican State conference by Senator Dick, is chaotic. Politicians here ao not know what to do, but probably the men invited to the conference will remain at home, although some of them over the tele phone declared that they were coming to Columbus to get the lay of the land on the whole situation. Chairman Vorys, leader of the Taft forces, is "very busy conferring with his lieutenants, and neither he nor Chairman Brown, of the State Central Committee, had anything to give out. Some sort of announcement may be made during the day. Summons es Against They Were Issued on March 20 and Served Against V. P. Randolph of Philadelphia by Char lotte National. Charlotte News, May 14th. Summonses have been issued and served by the Charlotte National Bank against the V. P. Randolph Company of Philadelphia, who were at one time represented in the sectio/i by Mr. Per cy G. Fonville, now under indictment for conspiracy with Franc H. Jones in the defalcation of tne Charlotte Na tional Bank. The date of the issuance of the summonses is March 20, as shown by the Court records. It is un derstood, or at least intimated, that a counter-claim will be brought by the V. P. Randolph Company against the bank, but as yet no summonses have been served. In the litigation in which the broker age company is the defendant no com plaint has been filed and as the bank officials as well as the attorneys for the institution are silent on the matter, the amount claimed is not known as authority. It is, however, stated that it will range from $17,000 to $26,000. The counter-claim,if it matures against the bank, will be for an amount practi cally the same. As yet the entire matter is in a very chaotic state. Cashier Twitty to day refused to make any statement in regard to the situation other than to say that the officials of the bank had taken no steps at all since filing the summonses more than a month ago. He would give no particulars of the litigation nor any statement eluci dating the matter. What the bank bases claims for re covery upon is not known, but it is presumed to be through the operations of the company's agent, Mr. Fonville, whose transactions with the institution are alleged to show that fictitious en tries were made for sums which never came into possession of the bank, thereby bringing about the loss of a considerable sum of money. This is given color when the state ment of President Heath, relative to the capture and arrest of Fonville, is brought to mind. He stated then that the bank had been after Fonville, be lieving that he was the man who real ly succeeded in making away with the money, intimating that Jones is merely a party to the transactions that went on within the secret chambers of the institution. If the action is brought by the Ran dolph Company against the bank, the complaint will likely be that money was deposited there by their agent, Fonville, for which the firm really got no credit. This will necessitate the using of Fonville as the principal wit ness against the bank, while Jones will necessarily be used by the bank to show that the money never came into the bank. j This development complicates the whole situation, giving it an exceed ingly interesting aspect. The firm of Pharr and Bell repre sents the bank in the action and Messrs. "frllett and Guthrie represent the V. P. Randolph Company. In the criminal suit which will come off be fore the matter is fully elucidated, Messrs. Tillett and Guthrie, Stewart and Mcßae and Congressman Wiley, of Alabama, represent Percy G. Fon ville, and Mr. C. D. Bennett will ap pear for Franc H. Jones. The sum mons against the Randolph Company is made returnable for the June term of the Civil Court of this County, while Messrs. Fonville and Jones will be tried in the Federal Court which convenes here on June 10th, HICKORY, H, C., THURSDAY MAY 16^07* "B Shriners From This and Other States Meet in Greensboro. Already Ho tels are Filled With Visi tors. The Program. Life Between Chairman Adams and Ex-Congress man Butler not Exactly one Grand Sweet Song. Greensboro News. Greensboro, N. C., May 14. —Two hundred and seventy-five Shriners had registered here at 8 o'clock last night in attendance upon the pil grimage to Oasis Temple. At the business session this afternoon, 84 "applications of candidates were ac cepted, and the session tonight will be devoted to carrying these new rilgrims across, or the caravan across, the burning sands of the desert. It is reported that the "Patrol" to- right was thoroughly drilled and saw that the weary travellers had such refreshments as they deserved and otherwise got everything that ought to havo been coming to them. There are delegates or pilgrims present from temples in Virginia, Jaho, lowa, Florida and Georgia. At the afternoon session it was decided to take a pilgrimage to Morehead City in August. The sessions of the Knights Temp lar, the Grand Commandery and the Grand Lodge will be held today, Wed nesday and Thursday respectively. First-Class Schools. At a meeting of the county board of education here yesterday after noon it was decided to establish none out lirst-class high schools under the new law providing for rural high public schools. It was also decided TO establish but two of these schools now. Jamestown and Pleasant Gar- Jen were selected as the two places lest adapted and best prepared to locate the high schools at. Raided Gambling Den. The police yesterday, afternoon flushed 15 negro gamblers in an old field in the eastern suburbs. They tagged five, one of them Adam Nobles, having $75 in his pocket, putting up three $25 bonds for him self and others for their appearance oefore the mayor this afternoon. The ether two had to go to jail, awaiting trial. . One of the jail fellows was com plaining of being there, saying that SSO of the $75 Adams had was the rmount of the last jack pot, which was grabbed by Adam when the ap proach of the policemen was discov ered. Butler vs. Adams. The recent passage at array or words at long range between Marion Butler and State Chairman Adams has caused no little interest here £-mong Republican officeholders and the outs. Butler's outbreak, published in Sunday's papers, attacking Adams caused the State chairman to turn lound evidently, for when approach ed today and asked if he had seen the interview and what reply he had to make he dictated the following, declaring that was all the notice tuch a fellow as Butler was entitled to: "Yes, I have seen it and will treat his statements with that indifference which they and their author deserve. In an underhanded and unmanly way he opened the attack on me, and in directly on the Republican party of the State. He has been forced into the open and it seems to have pierced his Judas Iscariot hide. I congratu late the Republicans of the State upon the fact that we are at last rid of this pestiferous body of death, and we may now go forward and build up the party on right lines. We win not be further troubled with him in North Carolina or elsewhere. The "tody is now ready for interment and nothing more is to be done except a plain slab should be erected at the graye, bearing his name, nothing more, so. as to remind the passers-by -4ftat the path of treachery, duplicity and ingratitude leads to the Dead Pea where there is >no life and no outlet." ON COTTON MARKET. New Crop Months Sold at 11 Cents- General Trend of the Market. New York, May 14.—The new crisp months in the cotton market sold at 11 cents during today's trading and the general list reached the highest figures recorded since the culmination of the bull campaign last October. Trading was very active, the buying movement being accelerated by the unfavorable weather forecast and the weekly re port of the weather bureau. There was heavy realizing around 10.98 for July and 11.07 for January, but offerings were well absorbed by fresh buyers and shorts. Ssrt m PR Birrells Irish Bill, Opposed by Church. Makes Task of .Securing Approval at Nationalist Con v e ntion Very Difficult. Healy Declares Introduction of the Bill was jWorst Days Work Done for Ire land in His Time. Strong Opposition. Dublin, May 14. —The active hostili ty of the Catholic Church against Bir rell's Irish bill renders specially diffi cult Redmond's task of securing Its ap proval by the forthcoming Nationalist Convention. Cardinal Logue, primate of all Ire land, has joined Archbishop Walsh and Bishops of Limerick and Kildare in denouncing th 6 measure, and the lead i'i\ en by these prelates is particularly fateful, as practically every parish priest in Ireland will be a delegate to the convention. Healy declares "the introduction of the bill was the worst day's work done for Ireland in my time, and to proceed with it would be a crime against the Irish nation." Great Famine of Cotton barmers who Sold Seed to Oil Mills, Telephone Mills to Buy it Back. Third Planting is the Cause. New Orleans, May 14.—Advices from Baton Rouge say cotton seed is becom ing so scarce'the farmers who have sold the seed to oil mills are telephon-! ing mills, begging a chance to buy it back. As many as three plantings, made necessary by the phenomenal rains in some sections, have brought the plant ers to the verge of a seed famine. Several cotton seed oil mills have closed becanuse of the scarcity. Annual Session of Grand Lodge Odd Fellows Meets Elizabeth City, May 14. —The 64th annual session of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of North Carolina will be called to order tonight by Grand, Mas ter Thomas M. Stevens, of Durham, at 8 o'clock. The sessions will be held in the court house. About 200 Odd Fellows are already here and others will arrive on the night trains. The address of welcome to the Grand Lodge tonight, on behalf of the city, will be delivered by Judge J. B. Leigh and that in behalf of the local Odd Fellows will be delivered by Rev. J. F. Vines. Grand Master Stevens will respond to these addresses. The grand officers' reports will be ready tonight and will show that the order has made great gains over last year. The number of Odd Fellows in the state at present time is estimat ed at between 14,000 and 15,000. The local Odd Fellows are lavish, in their hospitality and the indications are that it will be one of the largest, most interesting and pleasant sessions of the grand body. Tomorrow night the Masons of the city will give a reception to the mem bers of the Grand Lodge and on Friday the local Odd Fellows will give the members a free trip to the Jamestown Exposition. Many of the business houses are decorated with bunting and emblems of' the order in honor of the meeting of the Grand Lodge. Peace Society Organized at Salisbury, N. C. Salisbury, N. C., May 14. —The visit of the Hon. Haynes Davis, of New York, to Salisbury last week has borne fruit, as a branch of the Uni \ ersal Peace Society has been or ganized in this city with Hon. John S. Henderson as president, Mayor A. H. Boyden and Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz, honorary presidents; Editor John M. Julian and Mr. W. Thomas Bost, vice presidents, and Whitehead Kluttz, Ksq., secretary and treasurer. DUTY ON OIL SEEDS. Matter of Increase Will be Postponed Until Tariff Question is Investi gated. Dy Associated P^ess. Paris, May 14. —The customs com mittee of the Chamber of Deputies de cided to move the postponement of the increase of duty on American oil seeds until the whole question of tariffs be tween France and the United States can be investigated. Jury in Famous Moyer- Maywpod C Selected Trouble in S. C., Military Academy Takes New lurn Columbia, S. C., May 14. —When the board of visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy meets on May 21, ih Charleston, to hear the appeal of the cadets who were several weeks ago expelled and otherwise dis ciplined, a new Droposition will be presented to the board in the shape ot charges against Prof. O. J. Bond and Commandant J. W. Moore of the faoulty. ' These charges have been formulat ed by the attorneys representing Ca det Alexander and others and are based on a, rule of the academy which forbids any member of the faculty or of the cadet corps giving for publication or publishing any in formation or statement concerning any tt-ahsaction at the academy. It is charged that the rule has been violated by a publication in the South Carolina Military Academy Bulletin, edited by Bond and Moore, in which an account of the faculty's position: ;n the controversy is published, This alleged to be an open and plain' violation of the regulation in ques-j lion. The charges have been put in writ ing and will be pushed along with Ihe appeal of the cadets. The cadets are represented by three of the most distinguished lawyers in The State, W. H. Lyles and Andrew Crawford, of Colubia, and Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville. Salisbury May Land Big Manufacturing Plant Salisbury, N. C., May 14. —A public meeting is to be held in the court house tonight to take steps looking to the removal of the Toledo Lock and Safe Works from Toledo, 0., to Salisbury. Mr. L. Schwab, a kinsman of the multi-millionaire, and owner of ILe big works, is in the city pros pecting with a view to locating his plant here, as he has about decided to move it to some Southern point. A large force of skilled workmen are employed in these works and Salis bury hopes to secure them. WOODMEN MEET AT NORFOLK. Session Adjourned Until Tomorrow When Election Will Take Place. Norfolk, Vp.., May 14.—The biennial convention of the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, convened l.ere today and adjourned until to morrow, when an election will be held. It Is stated the principle offi cers will be re-elected. Brownsville Hearing Was Resumed To-day Washington, D. C., May 14. —The Senate Committee on Military Affairs icsumed consideration of the Browns ville affair today, but after a half hour's discussion of the proceedings, an adjournment wa staken until to morrow. This was for the purpose of giving Senator Warner an oppor tunity to consult with the govern ments witnesses, which are to be examined next. Eleven of the 13 members of the r.ommittee were present, indicatiftg that great importance is being at tached to the hearing. About 30 witnesses have reported and several more are expected within a few days. A number of these are Mexican citizens of Brownsville, Texas, and do not speak English. Several of the witnesses will testi fy they saw negro soldiers running through the streets of Brownsville on the night of the shooting. MANY FRATERNAL ORDERS. St/preme Council of Catholic Benevo lent League Met —Great Work Done. Baltimore, Md., May 14. —The annual convention of the Supreme Council of the Catholic Benevolent Legion began here today. Supreme President Tippett, in the course of his address, gave figures showing that 56 fraternal organizations had a membership of 4,756,807, carrying insurance of $5,586,85f,664. LADY MACCABEES MEET. Members From Jurisdiction of North and South Carolina and Other Staffes Meet. Norfolk, Va., May 14. —The Lady Maccabees of the World from the juris diction including Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, convened here in annual ses sion today. Mrs. Lillian M. Hollister, the su preme commander, is presiding. "Big Guns" Will Speak at Bankers' Banquet Winston-Salem, N. C., May 14. —At the banquet to be given the State Bank ers' Association here on the night of May 23d, toasts will be responded to by Senators Simmons and Overman, President Finley, of the Southern Rail way, and Caldwell Hardy, ex-president of the American Bankers' Association. It is fortunate that the best man at a* wedding is content to take second place. -THE BEBT JOB PANTING OF : ALL KINDS AT THIS OFFICE*^ Four Jurymen Rave Been Accepted and brpm 74 lalesn\en to be Called, it is Thought Jury Will be Seledted. Line of Questioning Al ways Goes to Presi dent' s"UndesirableCiti zen" Letter and s Tuffs Speech. Boise, Idaho, May 14.—With 12 jurymen in the box, four of whom liave been passed for the cause by both the prosecution and the defense and 74 talesmen yet to be called, the trial of Wm. D. Haywood, charged with the murder of Former Governor Steunenberg, opened with every pros- of a completed jury before the pna of the week today. As to President 'B Letter. The counsel for the defense in variably goes into the relation o£ the talesmen under examination with union labor. It is evident the defense proposes to lay stress throughout the case on what they allege to have been inter ference on the part of President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. The line of questioning invariably goes Into the President's "undesir able citizen" letter and speeches of Mr. Taft in Idaho. So far none of the jurymen have said this would effect their decision. There is a touch of sarcasm in the question of counsel for the de fense when he asks, "You don't be lieve in hanging a man because he is a Socialist?" Big Explosion at Newbern Mpn Shot at Knot on Building and Set Off Ton ol Dynamite. Three Men Seriously Injured, by Explosions. New Bern, N. C., May 14. —A dyna mite explosion in an abandoned tool house belonging to the' Norfolk and Southern, probably fatally injured Frank McGeehee, seriously injured Watson Fanning, of Sally, S. C., and slightly hurt several others today. Being ignorant of the contents of the tool house McGeeljee fired at a knot on the building with a pistol. The bullet came into contact with about a ton of dynamite which had been stored for use in connection with the construction work and an explo sion followed. The explosion could be heard for 15 or 20 miles. It shook houses in New Bern. William Corey Gave Bride Million Dollar Present New York, May 14. —William Ellis Corey, president of the United States Steel Corporation and Mrs. Corey, whose wedding occurred this morning sailed for Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Corey, on arriving in Europe, will go directly to the Chat eau Villegenis, on the outskirts of Paris, where they will reside until July. This chateau was the wedding gift of Corey to his bride. Its value is said to be about $1,000,- 000. The wedding of Corey to Mabelle Gllman took place in a little Im provised chapel in a suite ofc rooms in a hotel. Corey's parents, and 25 others relatives and friends of the bride and groom witnessed the cere mony. " BROWNSVILLE SOME MORE. Arguments in Court Martial of Cor poral Knowles Begun. Fort Sill, Okla., May" 14'.—Arguments were begun in the court martial ot Corporal Knowles, colored, formerly of the 25th Infantry, stationed at Fort Reno, charged with shooting Captain Edgar Macklin. The verdict will be announced from Washington later. Call Off Meeting. Columbus, 0,, May 14. —The call for a meeting of the Republican State Central' Committee to be held tomor row, has been cancelled. The decision to rescind the call was reached by Chairman Brown after a series of conferences with prominent Republicans, chief among whom were Governor Harris and Arthur I. Vorys, manager of the Taft campaign. Home Mission Society. Washington, D. C., May 14. —At a meeting of the Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society an address on "How to Help the Negro" was made by Rosetta Lawson and on "Mill People" by Miss Henrietta Wright and Miss Gertrude Brumfield, I 11''illMM