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HIGH SC1IG3LS NEEDED
t a M"4 F?W eatd l-4a" ai at
4 Mw I lmjiy-4rtl Ideate
InilMtaM we iHw
IWi Cfcoakkr Makes a Gift
The tMt ef tfca eeeatjr ink Baa
liet K;' rollna, U Watoa U
lbs Pr'll f beraafla. 4 JHa
U aiSjovrB aural lo-lhL Sunday
Ike tUIUrg mlBtirtrr C1 praafa U
kmsr Hal'lgh rbatrhaa ai4 Us
)kbi proj.la fcot4 a maaxneet
Iqk la tba TWmrl at four o'clock
TbnaTa:ioa (o-day oomldrrod
- a nuiu4r of ljortaat borta. A
rtaul'Jtloa aaMs! mdonilof temper
c laKiUmloa, irlfylDf (b Watl
and Want bill. Bod calling tor tba
enforrriiMurt of thu irirtaUtirm.
Wutiua'i work. mlBtntetial eda-
fa(U-n, lh ' tUattat - Unlvorally for
Women 4bu4 genoral odncatlon wer
tora of Inlorratlng dtacuaalon. Oa
tbo la(t;r aubjoct the aeed ot hlh
achoola, to fill tba gap bat warn Ike
public arWI and ,lba collegoa, vaa
. ' omphaaliM. f
UUbop Joaoph Blount Choahlro
araa Introduced "and preacnted a
hlphly prld kUtorlral trojihy to tha
body.-r- . ' V , . '
Tba coneUoa cbdorscd Bhaw
- t'tilvoiblty In no uii certain terma and
praised' tbo work ot tha Institution.
",- Two iwraona voluntoerad to g'
: money to aupport two missionaries
In the foreign field. ' K ; ?"'- ' v
Tlie Devotkmal Rortleti. . "
Ilia half an hour .deroUoniU aer
ho In the D:ipllat'8uta Convention
" this morning waa conducted by" Rov.
AV. R. Cullom. of iha faculty jot. Wake
Ftorest Col lecd . . -
Ilor." C. W. Scarborough, ot the
. apocial . committee. lo astablth or
gs utk connection botwesn tha Thom
aatlTlo Orpbanapo and tho Baptist
State Convention, recommended that
- . the' trustee "of the orphanage submit
; on, annual report to the convention
i - just aa. the trustees of Wake Forest
College. 7- -.'. .':
. Temperance' JjOtllnUon Kndoracd. A
Tho .report , of tha committee on
- temperance submitted by Archibald
. Johnson was 'as follows ; !'The ques-
tlott of temperance'' Is a very" absorb-
- Inl and vital one. Wo are glad to
note the substantial and. steady prog-
rcsa tho cause has made In the past'
v - few years and we desire to re-affirm
oui endorsement of. the - temperance
' legislation secured by the passage of
the Watts and the Wardlaws and to
' pledge m moral support to the exe
- cut ion 61 these as well as of all local
. . . lows for the suppression and control
v, or Xho liquor trafflc.."- .
: , Tlie'1 Next Convention. .
A resolution by Rev. ' Livingston
Johnson r that ' the V convention . In
Greensboro next year' niot at 3 p.
' ru. Wednesday, after the flrsCSunday
, , in December, and that night the con-
v vention sermon hall be preached by
- Rev. F. DlIalo, Of Wilmington, wa's
. pas3cd, .. .-, ' v. -,
Great Work by Woinen. .. .
' The report of the committee on wo-
, nin's work was submitted by Chair
' man C. F Meaerve, and showed that
there are C2S woman's. missionary so-
. ciotlcs with 11,078 members arid the
- contributions this year amounted 'to
$1,7,158.49. Tho societies In theWt.
, i6n Association loads with $1,916.27
- this 'year. Though the membership
In the societies is only one-sixteenth
i of .the church membership yet, the
women raised One-fourth of the con
irlbutlons for homo and foreign mls-
sions. ' N , . ,
. srri MflGnt Jonea appointed W, . C,
- TfreLJ;;V. Bailey, L. Johnson, J
CJJrt',4, and C. , J. ThQmpBjOn ?n
-ft-' astrna' Moil 4nr Ministry. ;'l't"'
."RNSnliiiis' niUe'iht reportf'
the cominittoe on ministerial, aid. He
'' said that b young mert were .being
'aided nt Wake Forest ;JCpllft '.this
" year in studying for the ministry and
- $4,000 was expended in this work,
Mr.' Slmms,' in a brief speech,-, do-
. clared that every young man God
calls to the ministry should We edu
cated and trained without any cost
to tho man. , r.
As chairman of the board of edu-
:a(i!!lSgiH
.. llaMJn kvil ;
i.ttt4 w H r:i li,.
j w4 kJ Uead te tUe rmlM
IUt nttl,e ( bfoLlta (Li
bJr, Bit k. It gate ita) I
! 4WK f to LOKcB lata lh UffcMl 1
I laws tf ee (hat ' Wirfi " L.
vrvrryrs
lenj'i the ktkietai of oar
Irt 1m tus i!4. sad la Ifcti (raatMrt
tf a'l wk art trr-t I . "
l.BC C.rWtra tljB prrhli f
Ihm rwBtla a ail fToai ttai
I Ita a old Libia ea'aawk
I'aal I'fclmK. tka t it ltiM
1'i-rtarWf la Kortt C aroMa, ramrdd
la lis B hBf arlUBg tao cealh af
k aoa la UII and tba tart e( tba
wauoBi frri hod at tba yoaag saaa's
f liberal. , .
i. W. Palhr Btatad Ikat tkla krae
loua klaimlral rrord would h glvaa
lo tba Waka rorat College Ulatortral
AaaorUttoa.
v bboUo of Dr. J. tX tlafkam.
wbo mad aa tateraatinc talk oa tbe
Ufa of' Past Palmar, tba roaTraUoti
thrn gava BUbop Cbeabira a votf of
thaaka. -
Hi taw lalvrnlty KataVirard.
Rft. W. R. CwaltBPy. n. D, of
lllrbory, offcrcid this reaolatloa:
. "Forty years ago tha Brat day of
tbla moetk lleary Mart J a' Tappar bo
ras the work of establishing Bhaw
wBtveralty. This Inatltatlon ha
grown Bntil aho Is now tbe largest
Uaptlat Institution la tbo world for
the edacalloB of colored young men
and women. Tho loaders of the col
ored Baptiat of North CarollBa, a
majority ,ot the educated clergy,
many ministers In other 8tato and
several missionaries to Africa rerelv
cd their training at Shaw University.
She has rendered a grand service to
North Carolina and the world and
we command hor for rontlnaed and
perslatont efforts In training 'her stu
dents to be God-fearing, law-abiding,
quiet. Industrious and solf-supportlng
citlionsA ,
Dr. Owaltney said on of the BAedt
to-day was an educated consecrated
loaderahlp among tha negroes aad he
could auy that wherever he had found
Shaw graduates la North Carolina he
bad found them strong,, useful men
working for tho bent feeling among
the races.' Dr. Gwaltney said he had
known, personally, of the work ol
this, college and he .believed It was
to the Colored people of the State
what'Wake Forest Is to white Bap
tists. .-. , ' -
- - Others Praine Shaw.' ' . .
President Vann, . ot thew Baptist
Dniversityroso to heartily endorse
tho resolution. Ho, too,, had ob
served closely 'the students and the
work ot Shaw and he wonld like for
the convention to' hearlrom Dr. 4C.
F. Moservo, ; president of Shaw UbI-
vorsity. . , " -. ' ' '
Dr. Meserve (oellngly thanked the
convention tor this unexpected reso
lution. The nniverslty has 486stn-
dents and it has a constant struggle
for existence. ', 'V--': ."''i
C. J. Hunter added a word ot en
dorsement, v. Ex-Superintendent of
Public Instruction, John . 0. Scarbo
rough "declared, he found no better
teachers, no better citizenship among
colored people than ' graduates .' ot
Shaw. He could say that the Shaw
graduates were 'trained right,;; were
patriotic citiiens ana- were unitea
with, the best. White people. In the
great tenjperance cause. - As a Con
federate soldier, as a friend of , the
late Dr. Tapper and as one who had
watched the work of Shaw tor thirty
years he wished to add his endorse
ment." ' .-
Ready to Support Missionaries. ...
The convention Was moved deeply by
A statement at this time frt.ri Dr. R.
J. Willlngham. ."Last night a young
woman in this city come to me volun
tarilV," : said Dr. Willlngham, rand
asked the privilege of -supporting one
missionary in China. -To-day a young
merchant, a thrifty business man, said
"I heard that young man volunteer yes.
terday as a missionary to Japan and
I want to have a part in his worK.
I will pay $50 a month, $600 a year for
that missionary's support,
"Brothers, God. is moving. IBs .Poo
Die." . .r , ' f
When Dr. Willlngham concluded this
statement the 1'convontlon rose and
sanir a hymn of praise. - , ,
t ifiaptlst University ,for . Women. -
iThe report of the BaptiH University
for Women was vead by 'John Charles
JUcNelll. "The report told the record
of newf members - of the, faculty and
the forfclgrt: Barnes produced a case of
stand fright in the reader. So Mr.. Mo.
Neitl said, but he finally recovered him
self to the Immense amusement of the
convention, Bev. O. L. Strtngfleld spoke
touchingly in 'the interest of-the.uni
versity then Introduced Rev. W. H,
Cattle, of Greensboro, who years since
drafted the resolution . pledging tho
Baptists to this work. , Dr. Battle
(Concluded on Second Page.)
SIlilllOFJOSIILl'
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CCLCIIED WOMAN VICTLM
A rm lesnh f I. AaiaM 11m
raw at Vaa ia Arfaa- a
t1arr IWtiag. Uj te Va
a4 Hrm k Mrr aa tka Hfl kb
a Katt aa Mar faurd Tkrab
law HaiL
(Bv the AaanrUtad rraaa )
Nf a Tork. Utt. Elaie Park or.
a colored voaaas II years old. waa
stab) to daath la the rerrtdor of
the West Side folios Coert la West
Firty-Foerta atroat to-day. Tbe po
lire arrested WntUni WtllUBas, a col
ored youth. agd II years, aad
charred him wUh mrdr.
Williams aad tho woman had bora
living tocetber op to the middle of
this areek when they had a a, Barrel.
She hsd htm summoned to court oa
rhsrge ot boating and aaaaultUg
ber. Thry met on the steps ot the
West Pi Jo police court to-day.
Williams be god the worn a a to
withdraw (he complaint, but she ap
parently refused, 'for a policemaa
saw them scuffling on tbe steps. He
saparatod he pair, but thinking the
quarrel as orainary street orawi paia
no furthfr atlraUoa to them.
The youth went Into the court
corridor, where he hid near the
open door ot the court room,' where
Police Magistrate Mayo was holding
crowded morning session.
.When the Parker woman passed
b,s hiding place Williams drew an
open knife from his pocket ' and
struck her . over the' heart. Sho
stumbled toward - the court room
door, where she fell and died wllhia
three minutes, ' ' 1 ,
lhe court, which waa thrown into
an uproar, was immediately suspend
ed- Williams waa arrested.
BURIAL OF MRS. ROGERS
1 ' r. . , - j
Remains Viewed by Relatives
; and Friends
Body Taken to Hoosic Falls, N. V.,
Her Homo, Placed In a Vault and
Interrod at Six O'clock This Morn
ing A Bister and a Brother Pree-
ent. -. . '; '
(By the Associated Press.)
. Hoosld : Falls, N. Y., Dec. I. The
body of Mary Mabel Rogers, who was
executed at Windsor, Va., yesterday.
was placed In a vault at St. Mary's
Cemetery here early to-day prepara
tory tb the interment in the presence
of the family" at 6 o'clock this mom-
Itlg. " . 1 .. '
It bad been generally supposed that
thd body would be-brought over the
Boston & Maine Railroad to the station
her last night, and several hundred
persons had gathered at the depot. To
avoid this crowd, friends of the Rog
ers; family appealed to the railroad of
ficials to have;', the", train stooped at
Hooatc. ' This, was, done, and the body
was removed from, this baggage car at
that station, where it was taken in
charge by undertakers. The casket was
placed in,1 a wagon and driven to the
cemetery. . . . '
, It had been planned to make an Im
mediate Interment, butat the last mo
ment this plan was abandoned, and the
body placed in a vault to remain there
until the interment at o'clock. When
the wish of: relatives and friends for
a final openlne ' of the casket "was
granted-Meantime the vault was se
cured, and an armed guard remained
in cnarire. v , , ,
Awaiting the : fioeral ; party at the
Cemetery were Revt Francis ; A. M
Cranor, Kathiyn Callahan,- slster-of
the dead woman. a brother, Louis, and
a few Intimate friends of the. family
AFTER RAILROADS .1
' (fir the- Assooiatekl Press.) ';
Madison, Wis.,1 Dec, 9.--rTwo bills
aimed at the railroads came Into the
assembly to-day. One is to , enact
a Joint resolution providing ' for a
legislative Investigation of Insurance
and public service corporations. The
other, bill ia to impose a tax of 15
per cent, on unpaid railroad taxes of
1904, In case tlfe courts should hold
the present law'Invalld. - ' . '
-.
Cr. E:rt . Is Cully la'U::ifc:bSijiTuIirl;
WAS ALC.M VilTH UER
OfrrraW ml M.rf-) m faai I tfeetsw
Ir. Mart fa d la AMWa rVa.
riaaw, rt IW fVraa4)bl
fH rW. Have Trytasj aa
Itrttaa Mrr I -1 Ta-tlaf Ha Da.
mint OrnOL. -
0r tea Aexaraled lw i
Oihasa, Daw. . (Jw K Mart,
aba tua ta Itika I n t from ft Lvala
arnna saualaa aa. , r sullty ta
daj aa Ike laarOar l-f lixae k kkw.
Taa ctaarse aab-t l Mart aas
anarAerlBC tha K i strt, a km raa
bal U years at B- by In ednitntatra
tkm af anrrrt htaa. J
Me aa teft a!4 la te lKaae wllb
tha gtrt, aad v't'r f" hamtad
has awvar beea knoaa, bat Mati railed
fur another pnyV taa. aha am and
foaad the 1t1 dying. Hart ainly try
ing ta revive bar. Kha dta1 ia a few
HaiBUteB, aad Mart dented at the lime.
and anl It hla aiwpaJear In i.mrt U-
day has alaa ltet, thai he gave
I ha gltt morphtua li.iultl lni ijuami-
tia to eaaaa her death.
He waa aaked by Judge luinv-a If he
kltew that nader hia plea i-f (ill It f ba
mold ba sentenced .to death, and he
nodded affirmatively. It agTeed
by the Htate'B attoraey an. I ly rounael
Hart to loave v1 aw in jutr
Barnes for aofitrnre, tut Kllneaaes
were Introduced ta shorn thai Hart
was not mentally rwmsltl- Krveral
prominent alienists, one of whom pro-
aounred him a "hlRH gral" lHt." de
clareu that Mart Was snenin iy Inrom-
petenL - . V , N
TROUBETSKOY'S .
c ESTATE PILLAGED.
(By tbe AssotfatA! Trwa.) -
Berlin, Dec. s.Av dlptt-h to the
Loaal Anselgrr' from 8L retersburg.
dated Friday night, says:
Toaaant dlnorders have bmken out
In the government of fit. Petersburg
PrlnoofM Troubetskny's - estate naar
Rlysavctlno - station, on the llaltic
Railroad, has boen plundered. A sguail
ron of life guards has been sent to the
neighborhood of Qstohina, the alto of
an Imperial palactt thirty ml lee from
8U' Petersburg, to suppress the peas
ants. The laborers on estates In the
dlctrlct of Lambnurg and Prohof and In
the .alcohol distilleries and the Onirics
have struck.
I Princess Troubetskoy was Miss
Amelia Rives, of Virginia, tha famous
writer.! i
GRIDIRON CLUB
a ELECTS OFFICERS.
. (By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Doe. 9. At the annual
meeting of the Gridiron Club to-day
the following officers were elected:
President Richard Lee Fearn,' New
York Tribune; Vice-President, Bamuei
G. Blythe, New York World; Secretary,
John 8. Shrlver, Cincinnati Times Star:
Treasurer,. George H. Walker; Execu-
tlme Committee, Scott C Bono, Charles
A. Boynton. Associatcid . Press: Louis
Garthe, Baltimore American; W. W.
Jermane, of the Minneapolis Journal
and Seattle Times, was elected a resi
dent member of the club.
RECEPTION OFt c
- I ' neW premier.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 9. Sir Henry Camp-
bell-Bunnerman having " completed his
Cabinet, the King will return to Lon
don to-morrow and receive fhe liberal
premier in audience ' , Buckingham
Palace in the course of Sunday even
ing in order to give his formal approval
of the ministry. . M
. The members of the. Balfour cabinet
will give up their seals of office at a
privy council meeting to be held at
tnoon Monday,, and their succtssors Will
take over their seals at a second meet
ing of the privy council on Monday af
ternoon. The composition of the new
niinlstry will be officially given out oa
Sunday evoning. , ,i
i
To - Pennsylvania , Volunteers.
) v (By the Associated. Press.) )
h Chattanooga, -' Tenn., , Dec, - 8.-
t'lehsnnt weather , prevailed for, tho
dedication this afternoon on Orchard
Knob of the monument to tho 109th
Pennsylvania - volunteers. A squad
ron of the 12th cavalry stationed at
Fort fglethorpe had ' a prominent
part In - the ceremonies. .The Penn
sylvania visitors, headed by Governor
Pennypaeker, wll leave for home to
night. . ; '.. , ,,- t
lit 10 C3
SVSTDJ OF COACHING
I tlwt Camay's mmu ui ,m. -Waw la
Uaal Traasat isl b kUajaamd t
Cala feej Tarato la fmrnr taaa
t Oaaaia be I fee by
Ugwl a4a laeaaVaV
(y tba Aaaartated freaa )
CbHara, thw, I Tec 111 was the
(hk4 tefM of dlaraMloa last night at
the hi-aaeatkly dlaser aad smoker
af tbe Danasaoeth Alemal Aaearla
Uost Coark MeCoraack of Nortb-
aaatera. wbe la a Dartaaoath graia-
ste, predk-aled a tea yard rale as the
prlarlple cbaage la sett year 'a foot
ball regalatiooa.
" a baar a good deal of talk
against football." he said. ht tba
game la too good a one to go It all!
remala la Aeuetica as a spor: for tbe
next reatary. Bat tbe rnlee wl'l he
rhanaed. I have talked the matttr
over with Walter Camp, aad 1 kbaw
that teams will he required next year
to gala taa yards In foar dowct. This
will neooealUta a set of light barks.
No team can gala tea yartia In four
downs by rashiag. Of roara. tbete
are daegers la football, aad I doat
think daager caa be eliminated from
the present game. But faUlltlei can
be and they will be."
Chauneey Col ton, Dartmouth, 'OS,
who played on the Northwestern
team for two yeaia, attacked th
western system of coaching. "The
eastern college anc anlverst-lea," he
raid, "have coac'.io Who aie g-adu-ates
of the Institutions they r-.re
working for, but western achooU,
almost without exception, have pro
fesalonal cotc'-ot. who work: tor their
own reputation and not for that tf
the srhool, and the teams are known
as such and sue i i r i-inV team, aud
not as tho 'earn of .11 luttl'at'on "
WILL NOT HONOR Hill
No Funeral Oration In Sen
ate for Mitchell
Dead Member's Friends WIU Not Ask
for Appointment ot Committee to
Attend Burial, and Senate Cere
mony Will Hardly Take Place.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 9,--Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks announced to-day
that it was his understanding that
friends of the late Senator Mitchell,
Oregon, would net request that a
committee of senators be appointed
to attend the funeral services and,
therefore, he would not name one.
It has not been, determined what
course will be taken oy tne senate
when it convenes on Monday, but it
is assumed that an announcement of
Senator Mitchell's death will be made
by Senator Fulton and that he will
not ask for-the -adoption ot resolu
tions of respect. . .- ,
This will be the first Instance In
the history of the Senate where the
customary-ceremony In honor . to the
memory of a deceased member has
not been held. 1
. Interest on Bonds."'
, (By the Associated Press.) .
Washington, Dec. I, The ' Secretary
of the Treasury tod'ay announced that
he has authorized the payment of the
interest on United States govetrtrneht
bonds, due January 1st, 19CS, on De
cember IS, 1905. Coupons due January
1 will be paid on presentation and af
ter December 16th. , Checks for the In
terest oa registered bonds will be
mailed on the samo date. ; The total
interest payment anticipated will ag
gregate aboju $4,300,000. s; ..-
Chinese boycott:
r ... comes home.
l v ;- -Ub; - A i - -i. X
"I !.-': (By tha Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Cal , Doc. 9. Tho
anti-American boycott . has reached
this portv it ia the-custom of the
Pacific Mail Company to allow ped
dlers and other, small dealers on
board their China liners during the
luncheon hour for the convenience of
the Chinese sailors, firemen, cooks
et Wan tare. NmH Of U
ee.ae e-V tut J ImM e IMl -
eel. w
mm (U Bt . ene ..
m Vetta eg Ml the W
e
amaea aad tarfcaae UB aa a a.J
are ar4 twt a. mm the Itaar '
aa aru4 kxw oaj aa tkia AawV
raa art. tea tar ttea kaaanaa
1 he ttawa4 U aaMt ml
jibe aM bae abaaaaaad tbe of- '
I aria la tras anh taaa I
a rn.Tjyo in
cABTE&rT.'YiILL RAISE m
(Saarlal te TW Keaavtag Ttaaaa
Nea Bvrra. N C . lie Ke
i bee raarkjad here af a maf-ear at
Mirrtaaaa, la Carta at aaaety. '.
barb a aaaa by the ataaaa of Lyb. '
tram staaafort. waa lb tkrtlat
The ala)ar. Rob Ram. cialaaa te t
have abet LfBrrb aa arraal ef taa ;
atlaottao akown by him to Mrs Rar.
Rare rlajnu la have left Baa a fort te ,
aaraia l.)arb. aad Lerh peratteat'
fellowad bla ap. attb tba
staled reaslt
Rice ta ena Sited la Cartarat ooaatr
Jail peadlng trial Ha has tbe aim
palhy of tba oommaalty.
TYPOS ARE IN
CONTEMPT.
(By the Aaeurtaled Frees)
1ilran. Deer $ Judgw Hoidoni. of
tha Buprrtnr court, to-day eat-"Ml an
order calling on the (tilrajto Typa
graphtrai I'r.km and Its prratdrnl. hit-
la R. Wrlsht. t how rauae why
they should not be nunlhrd for run
tempt. Tha pOftrerdlne-s ai- In conned km
with an Injunction tesued by Judge
Holdom reatralnlns the union and tta
members from In any manner Inter
fering mlth the bualnees of the printing
firms who form tha t "hit-ago Typotheta.
The order was made returnable on
December IS.
BRAZIL PROTESTS
TO GERMANY.
(By tha Associated Press.
Washington, Doc . The Brattl-
Ian embassy In this city has received
I
ra--V
a telegram from -Baron Da Rio
co, the . minister ot foreign affairs,
stating that a few days ago several
of the officers of the German gunboat
Panther went ashore In civilian dress
and vlsltod a small Ashing town
called Itajahy In the state of Santa
Catilina and there, without any form
of process, seised a man by the name
of Steinhoff. who had left his native
country, Germany, as a deserter from
the army, and took htm with them
as a prisoner on the Panther.
Thereupon the gunboat left Itajahy
and went to another port in tbe state
of Rio Grande De Sul. The three
Brazilian cruisers, Almlrante Bar
raro, Benjamin Constant and Taman
dare, were sent to watch the Panther
and see no similar occurrence should
again happen, while the Brazilian
government made an official protest
against lhe action of those officers
to the German government.
Died In England.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
New Bern, N. C. Dec. 9. A cable
gram has been received here Irpm
Kneetsford, England, announcing the
death of Mrs. N. O. Seymour, long
a resident of this city. She was visit
ing her children at Kneetsford. Tho
remains arc tfxpected to arrive at
New York to-day, and will be brought
to New Bepi for interment in Cedar
Grove Cemetery, where her husband,
once judge of the Federal court for
the Eastern District of North Caro
lina, is burled.
NO TRUE BILL
AGAINST LAWSON
(By the Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., Dec. 9. The Suffolk
grand Jury Tailed to-day to return an
indictment, against Thomas W. . Law-
sftn. who had been Held lor tnat noay
by the municipal court on the charge
kf criminal libel. - ,
The charges wore preferred by Clar
ence W. barron, the proprietor of the
Boston News Bureau. A "no" bill was
reported by the Jurors. . i .
The grand jury returned wo Indict
ment against Mr. . Barron,.; against
whom it was understood Mrv Lawson
had offered evidence before the grand
jury in connection with a criminal libel
complaint. .
. The action of the jury puts an end
to the controversy between Messrs.
Lawson and Barron so far as the crim
inal courts are concerned. Mr, Barron's
charges were based upon an article re
terrlng td him published In a maga
zine and alleged , to have been writ
ten by Mr. Lawson. i
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Are Utll4.
The tkltd Baaatua
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above- bllaaaiiiary toaeaaxtao saat ItHa ifr
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i esMatlag aWvattoaal arU was ted vr
; at wa liahaksaatr af lia)umra
A report waa hl ty al-a. 11 ki
i taa Bf Wlaataat-aaU m. rtial-raaa wf
( tha Caaamlltae en State : . M
was raauivad hy tais latnm'iiaa U-tt
14 Bus ba aire ta tind for tha work of
aniaaiona la Narlh CaraitnA and tha
raaulatloei arms aAopiad by tha coovca-
The "'oaamlttee oa FaratrB MlWoa
reported through Its ahairnaan, M'.
Cbappel, eurrsttn that tT.Bse ba glv-n
thla year for Foreign Mlaaiotta. Mra.
Tyree. ef Ratrtgh. apoke to the reso
lution aad afts raome datrasakiai It
waa adopted. This raises Um total aim
for lot ta U1.00S. . -
Mrs. Morton, of Durham,) praeaoted
the report of tbe Committee on Time
and Piaoe of Meeting af tha Woman s
Missionary Convention. Tha reeotuU n
offered was that this convention an-t
at a different place from the Bapi.tt
Htata Coavaatloa of tba.: .Baptiat
Churches, holding the meetings on the
Wednesdays after the .first Sundays kn
April. A dlseuslon' of soma lan,"h
folio a-ed. Thai M euch a great a 1
Important change that U was Beoo y
to ronalder tha matter- carefully. . ' .
Thompson, ot Durham, and Mra. V -.1-maa,
of, Chapat Hill, were raUixli oti
aa they are from Virginia, where nha
two conventions are..rif t. aepHratiy.
i.ji iu i -... . r
the change, hiving fttand It' to bin
about better wort In that pi aie. Vci
were taken on tha Beeariue 1uh- of
tne report, the discussion being that tha
Womans Societies shall meet at a sep
arate place from the church convent
Hon, 'that these meetings shall be held
In April and the invitation from the
Durham First Baptist Church accepted
by acclamation. .That these votes were
made unanimous Is a source of gratifi
cation to each delegate. , '.;:
Miss Mary K, Applewhite, of Greens-,
boro, offered the report on Young Wo
men's Societies.;: The committee sug
gested the organization ,of , Mission
Study Classes and the appointment ot a
State leader for this 'wort - ... ,
The Committee ' on .J the Margaret
Home for Mlsstonar lee. Children s re
ported through the . chairman, Mrs.
Lumken, of Scotland "Neck; . 'v
Mrs. Chambers, of New York, has .
given a large bouse" and lot in .Green
ville, s. C., for the use of the rnisslon
aries' children sent to this' country, for
'education, and the committee recom
mended that the WdmensV Societies of
North Carolina heartUy ' support i thla .
Home. ' - ' ." 'y
fHlwll ,!- , ITltt A AS MMXWnH. MAWA mm
Appointment, luissirm Bind, 'ahd the
Home for the , LOuiavUle Training
School, on Obituaries, wi ,-. ' ; ... v-
The sesion adjourned Until to-morrow
afternoon, when a Missionary Mass
Meeting will be held, : All tha ladles of
Raleigh are invited t6 be present.; The
meeting will be addressed by Dr. B. D.
Gray, Secretary Home Mission Boards
Miss Marie Buhalmalr, Horn Mission
ary in Baltimore; Miss Btftilngef,' Home
Missionary, UendvrsOn -:County i f Miss '
Maude Burke, a Voluriter Missionary;
Dr. R. J. Willlngham, iBecsetary For
eign Mission board, V " -
LOCKED IIP POLICE , .
AND ROBBED. BAP
. (Bv the Associated press.) ;-.-ov. j
Reading, Mass., pc.9.--A' gangl of
eight masked men entered ' this town
early to-day,- captured ' and locked Vnp i
the two policemen who ware patrolling
the main street,-ami then forced en
trance to the "Mechanics Bank, where
iney mew open a Bare oeionging to tne
Reading Water works with dynamite.
They secure touritiundred doflars in
cash. , ' .v ', - V J ' ; . I
'The robbers Were'' see i 1 by several
citizens, and one Who lives across the
street from the bahk exchanged shots
Ith the men left on guai i outside the
bank.? No one wa lnjulu d, however.
i The policemen subsequently ere te
loosed bv cltlknns. . -V" ' - 1 ''
Roberdo's ' Postmaster.
North Carolina
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