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,. .P ...... . ... . "t- '"'1 J RALEIGH :,:3E 2- TI'SIKn. : ' VOLUIIE SO. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. . - RAtEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY,- MAY, 25; 1907. . TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PniC2 C: f NIHC V it r V - PLEAD C'JILTV 'm paid fine .EEFEQ'rJT.Fut:. NASD JFormerly a Member of General As- sembly and Was Indicted ior Vbv ". luting ' Pension Laws Johnston County Man Given Year in the At ' buita Penitentiary for Blockading. Tha' caso In wfilch ox-Roproenta- " tlve, Hark. Grifflri," of Nash county, walr charged with A violation of the pension. Viwsw!v3 diaposc.dpf n the t. federal court morning. . Mr, Orlt X fln'i'hrough ht .attorney, Mr. ames . A,.,tBunn pf Rocky Mount, waived K ln..iiill.. asd plead. guilty to ma of- 4n4 charged, having been sentenced to -pay a, Jlnerof , $5(an4 the cost, making the total about $100. .) y.'f TThe law i Tery itrlct In. regard to what: ees shall be received tor se - curing pensions and In this instance Mr, Griffin was guilty of a technical ' violation of the aw, 'having received about half. It Is said, of the pension he had secured for a widow of a vet- eran-of the elvfv war. 'When lie ii learned that he had violated the law he Immediately paid back the money ut this did not prevent him from .-betas: Indicted .in the federal court. - His friends regard hlm'as very fortu' inaia m genius um. , oo iikuv,4. ., . Grlffln Is a well known farmer and ' served a few years ago as a member of the legislature. , j Longest sentence' Imposed today was dealt out to Beth Thornton,, a whlteman of Johnston county, who was convicted of Illicit distilling and Klven a year In the Atlanta penlten- Mtlary and also sehtencedgj?ayijsJflpe i nt" X 1 00 nnA the MlBt... .t. . .. ..." . A rather Unusual thing about (ha case- was the fact that the principal witness against Thornton was -Y. A. ' Tart, who .reached here a few days ' . ago from Atlanta, where ne had Just concluded a term in the penitentiary for the same offense Illicit distill ing, -fi The two seem to have been !.-;, pkrtners." 1 - , " Most of the cases tried today were of a very trivial nature. Monday the case In which Officers Downing and : vStancIHe are charged with murder ' will be tried, or at least it Is set for Monday, v These, -officers are charged ' with Killing a man in the eastern : iv part of the state by the name of Jer nigan. In this Instance the district " attorney reverses, and Instead of m prosecuting wilt defend.. '. Solicitor ": Duffy,: of the Wilmington district, and Solicitor Armlstead Jones; of ; this district, will prosecuteNc -''. . Costly Postage Stamp." i . Forty-five dollai-s was the price paid by Isaiah Hayes, of Franklin ounty f : in the federal court thjs afternoon; for a two-cent postage stamp. - Hayes wax charged with using- a stamp on a let ter whlch"had been previously cancell ed and1 rather than resist, the case he , plead guilty and paid the cost..: tie v. says that he4 put the letter In a rural V delivery box without a Stamp but put ' two cent in the box for postage and therefore had nothing to do with plao- tn the cancelled stamp on the letter. : : ' Ifenry Wlllfina, cdlorecC of-" Nash - county, was convicted of retailing and also removing and concealing and was : sentenced to six nvyiths . in Jail and ''' also to pay double the license tax as ' ,' penalty 450 and $100 and the cost. r According to the evldbnce Wllklns , and' his -cousin formerly conducted a blind tiger' at Spring Hope ' and kept i whiskey "! considerable quantities. ' . When placed under arrest Henry WUV -'' WnS was 'on a wugon near Spring Hope artd- In the wagon 'was thirty-seven - gallons - of unstamped whiskey, v For ' a year prior to the selsure Will WH- klns had United States license but not when arrested. He is now serving term on the -roads . under sentence 'of the stte court.- ,. ' Record of the Day. ' ' John Thrower, Warren county, re tnlllng: Verdict, guilty: r sentenced to thirty days- In Jail and to pay a fine of 1100 and the cost. j . 1 Jason Wells. Johnston, retailing; sentenced to thirty days in jail and to ..pay a line of $100 and the cost. ' "Eunls Perkinson, Franklin county,! -i. plead guilty to illicit distilling and - was sentenced to four months In Jail 'and to pay a fine of $100 and the cost Horace Kohertson, Northampton otfliitnir. nionr! o-niHv or, inriomont suspended. Sol Coppedge, Nash county; re tailing; verdict guilty; sentenced to 30 days in Jail and pay $100 and . COStS. V . "LYKCII 111',' IS: THE DIVINE'S CRY "Ordinary Death Too Good v ;!foribe Fiecf l LITTLE : AMELIA :SLllfi Henry Rtckers Arrested In Connec Hiost With This Crime, Admits That s He ."Was Present at Uie Time the 'TDeed Was I)oni, But That Another ? i tho Guilty One. , . :VBy teased Wjre to The TimoiiV'iV New York, May 25. "Kill him! Lynch him!" cried tho RcvF. B. loy, "pastor of Pt, Jacobup' Church, Win field, L. J.,, today, when" discuss ing the murflor pfJUUn Amelia Char lotta SUffeldt, who was a communi cant of his church. , ,- ''Ordinarily death would .bo ' too good for ,' the flond," he , declared. "Such an atrocious murdorer should be made to . suffer more than tho deatk of . legal execution." :.;: The minister's lro wast"' excited when ho heard, that Henry Becker, the suspect under arrest, had made a confosslon, in which he admitted that he was present when the girl was at tacked and slain, but that It was bis companion who did toe deed.-, -' Captain McCafferty,, In Chargo of the dotectivos oa the case, has the knlfo wtlh which tho.girl was slaUi, and he expects io ,i able to prove today whether Becker held tho knife, or it Its companion wielded it. , - Sensational - developments have tightened tho coils about Beckers. . , - Followlngs : Backers remarkable confession that ho witnessed the mur der of the girl at the 'hands of a newly found acquaintance, Captain McCafferty made preparation's today for an infalliblo test to determine whether Beckers' statement may be true or whether-ho himself held the knife that ended the llttlo Elmhurst glrl's 'life. - The knife, -blood stained, ha. fas.-and. tkernb- pcbit n,. it. The police will, reproduce these1 in wax and then compare them with-the lines In young Backers' fingers and thumb,' If. they- correspond he .will be charged with the murder of the girl. After Beckers, standing beside the body, in a barn et,Winfteld, had tearfully told the detectives that he saw his companion Jclll her, a ntim ber of clues which connect him with tho tragedy were discovered. PRONTTNCIAMENTO , OF STAND-PATTERS (By Leased Wire to The times.) New York; May 25.--DltferinB; ab solutely from the national manufac turers' association,-which, at a meet ing herq, declared specifically for tariff reform, If is anhpunced'1 today by Wilbur F.. Wakeman. of the tariff reform league'thst after athree days' conference In Chicago among parties whose "names are Jealously guarded, there should , not be Any tariff re- vision, ana ,-: mai opeaner juaunon would better - represent the - 'stand patters' than Secretary Taft'.1' Fatally injured i : BY AN EXPLOSION i. By Leased. Wire to. The Times.) New yorlt, jlay 26. Four persons were, injured two , fatatjy---Dy an explosion', in -the new Pennsylvania tunnel this, afternbon. i .A-; OIL TRUST FOIED OTHERS r.ILIST YIELD - 5- -r: .f ...... , r ' v By leased Wire to The Times.), .. Jefferson City, Mo., May S6- Attor ney. General Qadley, in reference v to the decision of Jndgq Robert A- An thony In the Standard Oil case today, raid: . "I am, of course, gratified by the de cision rendered by Judge Anthony. I feel confident It will be affirmed : by the supreme court.' The decision will be of far-reaching Importance, and In its' final result can be regarded as one of; the most important in the history of the nation. If 'the Standard Oil Company, the world's greatest combi nation of money and of power, is forced by the courts to conduct Its business in accordance with law, there will be but llttf$hope for other enter prises to do otherwise. The most 1m- portant problem that confronts the American J people totday Is as to whether the great combinations of wealth can continue in open defiance of the laws of the nation and of the state. This decision tends to a proper solution of the problem.- . UriVEILED VITH V"A ft If til :1 ; ii Eqneslbn General tUolialltlisrfa IIASSES., OF: At- Tl, The State) fErotqsSf, iMubers of Con- frderate Organizations and a CIio ' rus of a HandiW and' Fifty Voices ; Trcst ut', While, tlio Jland Beared Wxle ' and . Tumultuous Cl'eerlng , Bi-eauadcd. i, ' -: (By leased Wlro to The Tlms.) Atlai4af Ga., May $5. Amid thi stirring strains of Dixie,' tho tumultu ous cheering of tbousaads of e:: Con federate soldiers, members of Con federate1 organisations,, and state troops Katiicrod on . tho cnpitol grounds ,fct... noon, tcajV thT . silver cords were drawn and . tho- uinsslve equestrian statue of,-,.Gcn. John B. Gordon ''was formally uvollod and presented to the state. ' Tho unveiling was attonded by prominent pcoplo .from all over the south." Tho 'Weather was ldoal and the dntire program of dedicating tho monumont wad- rendered under tho most suspicions circumstnnces. 1 The cords iwero -drawn by, Mrs. Francla Gordon Smith and Mrs. Caroline Lewis Gordon Brown, daughter, of the late Confederate warrior. ; NA chorus of ISA voices, consisting of high school girls and the Baptist Tabernacle's choir,' led Jby Prof. B. C. Davis, furnished tho music. The invocation was delivered -by Dr; f Wilbur F. filenn, Cnpt. W L. Calhoun gave tho history of the mon ument association, '"and Gen. C. A. Evans delivered the address. Charles V, -Hubner read his dedication poonx, and Col. N. E; Harri formally de Hvefod the stettte- to the stare," GoW ernor Terjoll acufjilifig. 't i " , Tho exercises concluded with a few remarks by Sculptor. Solon Borglurd and thn' benediction by-. Rev-. Richard Ormo,Flynn, '' . - i A parade of bIi divisions "of dvle and-military brganizotlons'' through tho.clty preceded theJinvelllng exer. clses. - Cadets from several colleges throughout the state participated. im- .! OF MILLIONS Thus Gains and Losses In ,.W. ;-;r. it-V ....... -i.-X'j WW are Counted r- THIRTY DAYS'-RESULTS la This Colossal Oame ot the Pit Gamblers the Wheat Crop of tbe ' Kntlm- World Has Beeit Bought, "SoldV and (Brought "a "Thousand Times Over.. . 1 f (By Leased Wire to The Times.)' Chicago, May 25.--Two hundred million dollars have, been ' won and loBt In the last thirty days in the erase of . wheat speculation. . : Board ' of trade brokers declared today that these are conservative flg oros, -although there Is mo way 'of actually computing, the totals Of losses and gains, - v, " s The market may turn. - The his tory of the Lelter corner may "bo re peated. But whether , the - ' market rises or falls, new figures have sprung U p on the board -of .trade. .!. New .rulers have appeared ; la the pfts.wjho are sure to hold sway in the places of - those who have gone down and have, been counted out In the most colossal wave of wheat spec ulation known in Chicago since the days of ' Lelter, , Armour, Partridge and Hutchinson. - " . i. v So -tremendous has been the light among the bulls and the bears of the msrket that It is estimated that the entire wheat crop of the world -has been sold and rosold, bought and re- bought, a thousand times over on the floor of the board of trade in the last three weeks. .; ' . . -.v : r ILA ..." VETERANS HUNDREDS GflADU. JES AT v - A. t L . COLLEGE Fifty-Ttejosng Men Will Receive Diplomas 1 1 WAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR 4i Institution JTas Jdnde Creat Advance ment J)urJbaPastPow Tear Ir. McClnre J.'rnnhft- Rurcnliiuwate rpion TQinrrow The irulut- ' J Kvrrctee Will Take Place VVednesdnjr, Jj. t . The. commencement rxon-ises at th3 A- A I. College wIU tnkf i.l.-ico dur ing the coming ek and It w ill bs.the close Of the jfnost. successful year in every respect J nj the history of tho nrnool, , Ho Jnatl tion in the state of North Carol Ina has pone forward mora rapidly dur'i ig the past ten years 0ol!(, la tnls c,y, nm, H is Iban the' Atrrtci tural & Mechanical l school to be that tke,-tte - s Just cause .proud of. , j .- ', 1 : . Rov. A.' D. Measure, V. 1).. pastor of Rt-v Andrew's- Presbyterian chiireh in Wilmington, Will $ellver the lmccalaur eate uermotii which', will be prcachrd toviorrow momtnf at 11 o clock In Pill ion halt i if j- a , . Monday morning at 10 o clock a bus. Iness meetlnsr of. the Alumni Associa tion wil Ibe,..hcld, end at 8:30 In the evening the annual addss will he de livered bv Mr. Walter I.. Dardcn. class of 19U3L- PortsmouthV Ya. , Tuesday night at S:30 Hon. iRchard H;, Edmonds, '-editor of the Manufac furors' ' ReoprdiBaltrmore. Md.. one of the best known writers In the country- on Industrial subjects, will make the com ipenccment add rcss. A f ter the addreciB there 'Will be a public recop tlon in the-college library. On the Tollowlng momiiiK, Wednes day, the graduating exercises take place, ' when eratlacs will be made by members of the senior class, the honor rolls wliUrc Tead and degrees con ferred : In all , there are flf ty-throe graduate,' 1 H., . ' i- JTh fnllowlng' Compose the graduat' In Textile Industry: John Washing ton Clark, TU K Lovlc, Rodgers Gil bert. William Norman Holt.- - y Bachelors of Science In- Industrial .Chemistry: Lewis Edgar i'ljougee, Henry, Krelger MoCunuerl,.- Henry Starbuck Hontapue, James JCmp Hummer, and Arthur John WlUoHi Civil Jnglneer: George Frederick Syme,. B. 8. in 1898. Baohelors of Agriculture; Jacob Ta. turn Baton. Benjamin Bryan Everett Lawrence Jones Herring, Albert Carl Jenes, Lafayette Frank Koonce, James Klwood Overton. Thomas . Franklin Parker, Arthur Lee Paschall . John Fd. .Turlington, Edmund Farrls' Ward and. David Lyndon Whltej Bachelors of Engineering In Civil Sngineerlng: Herbert Scandlln. 'Bat tle, 1 Seba Eldrldge, Clement Lelnster Garner, Roy Joseph Gill, Philip Wil liam Hardle. Guy Francis Hinshaw, Oscar Frankiin McNairy, John Light- foot Horson, Guy Pinner, Leon. Jacob Schwab, Vance Sykes.' Luther Russell Tlllett, and John Jackson Welle. , 'In Electrical Engineering! ; Joe Pitt man Blvens, Carney John Bryan, Lind say Ferguson Carleton, Robert Hill Carter. John Lindsay Ferguson, Elias ValtBuren Fowler, Robert " Strlckler Graves, George Rom Hardesty, Frank Curtis Michael, Fred Maynard -Parks, Joktan Lafayette Hemphill, William Whltemore Jones, John- Oscar Shuford, and .Cecil Bernard Whltehurst. v In Mechanical Engineering: Eugene Franklin Meador, Bennett Taylor Mlar, John Maple Mills, Wlnslow Gerald Pit man, William Brooks Trultt, and Lind say Marade Weaver. r, ,u K ' f DISFIGURES : f OFFICER FOR LIFE : Bv Leased Wire to The-Times.)- -; Ban Jose, Cal.( May 25. Police man Mullnhy was disfigured for life knd Policeman Uuerln sustained seri ous injuries in a bloody battle with Jesse Coe, a negro murderer from Indianapolis, Ind., who wielded a razor with murderous-Intent Mul lahy's right cbeek was laid opento the bone, the wound extending from tne ear to tbe point , of the chin.. Guerln received a deep aBh In the back ot the neck. The negro sub mitted and was, safely1 landed in the city Jail, . " , . : Chief of PoUce' Carroll positively identified the negro 'as the murderer of Policeman ; Indianapolis 30, 1906. ' Charles - '.Russell of h(j died.. Soplembejf .The Raleigh Electric Company has moved Its office rom-pargett street ,'new quarteni , m the Murray I' tog on Martin" street'!! , - v- A . -' to Its building THE- HOUNDING vOF Police Paid to' Keep Up tiie Espionage ' THE STORY SHE TELLS Captain McLaughlin and Frank Pea body Arc. No Longrr on tlie Force and Others Aro Expected to Follow ' Tlmn Out Mrs. Gould Warned by Hummel, Who Will Testify. (By Lfcaircd Wire to Ih'e Times.) New York. May 23. -A "shake-up" in tho pollr.o department, even more astuondlng than tho ousting of Cep tnlu McLaughlin, is looked for today ns tho result of a complete story of how she was hounded, by her husband ao told to Commissioner Bingham by Mrs, Howard Gould. To .get evidence for this "shake- up, arrangomonts were made today to bring Abraham Hummel over from Hlnckwell's' Island to toll what part ho played In tho Gould conspiracy. A man of tho name of Watson; who works In tho office of Attorney Delan coy Nicoll, of Mr. Gould's counsel, will also bo subpoenaed. Mrs. Gould inado her statement to Commissioner Bingham in the pres ence of a woman friend and Attorney Clarence J. fihearn, who represents hor Interests. Bho said that before hor marriago Inspector Byrnes ob tained largo sums of money for try ing to get evidence against her. A society woman once tried to get. her to attend a dinner at which McLaugh lin was a guest. McLaughlin, sho said, once sat staring at her in a the ater and she became so weak that she had to retire. Captain McLaugt01n is no longer a member of the poUee department. Ho retired lae hftSftt on fa pension of $2,600eaf' DotecHVO Frank Pea body J(a ifl6 .foadwei t resigna tion, 2fftd,;;ge learned (tbat Su-, preme Coifrt Muutlco MeCall .made dospei'ato'' efforts; to save McLatighlln. Hewaalled upon Mayer McCloIIan and Commissioner Bingham and pleaded to have the Investigation -dropped. Dispatches from San Francisco ststo that detectives for tho Penney! Vanla Railroad wera used by the Goulds to look up tho rocord of Kath- erino Clouimons. WE'LL WIN, SAYS fQrce Cotton Exchanges to Legitimate Methods A QUIET INVESTIGATION The Public Need Not Assume That Because Little is'' Heard from the Bureau of Corporat-lPBS, Tliat De- i purtmeat Is Not- Hard at Work, Livingston Declares. 03y Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington,' May 25. Col, L. F Livingston, of - Ueorgla. on his re turn itq Washington to assist In the Investigation into the methods of the cotton -exchanges of the country, -be ing made by the bureau of corpora tions, declared that lie loked for a rcpqrt: to be made to the president by the middle of uJly or the first of August. , "We are .sure to win our flght,he said,., "and bring .the exchanges-back to a legitimate method of doing business, which will mean a reform In their present contracts." Representative Llvrnston said fie feared the pnWIc'wasJn danger -jof assuming .that because 'the bureau of corporations was not. making -any noise in Its werk, and .was. making no announcements through the press, nothing was "being dne. ; A rppre sehtattve it ftie bureau tas ipr )the jiast six weeks' been fnvestigalnghe aflalrji of the.N'sW: ?PVH Cpttw chauge and others pill lok. Into jtho New. Orleans ijind MempnJsu,iex- MRS GOULD LIVINGSTON A Asked uboufthe Activity of Thoo-jan ConUhued on Secofad "Page.) ! , i r 5 " ft :i - ' t v PISTOLS CRACK AS 5T0NES HUM , '-vy Jrfevyf-;'. Riot Between Strikers and v theBreakers STARTED BY CHILDREN Fling Stones at Negro Strike-Break-ers The Latter Pursue and Are Then Attacked by the Strikers. Police Rush In With Clubs and Make Heads Sing. f (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York,May?6. In a riot be tween longshoremen . strikers and strike-breakers at Sackett and Co lumbia streets, Brooklyn, today, many shots wore fired, several per sons were Injured, many windows broken, and the police reserves from two stations, arier inflicting numer ous scalp wounds with their clnbs, arrested four of the strike-breakers. Three hundred colored strike breakers were leaving their work to day, when the trouble occurred. Cap- tain DriRcoll of the Hamilton avenue station had ordered the strike-break-- tho colleen openod; end had their ers to leave the yards by the- Hamil-! planr. perfected for thu reception and ton avenue gates and thus avoid trou-1 hell) o; new students ns they arrived. ble. But they insisted on going Durinj,' tlo yecr thq religious actlvi through Sackett street to Columbia tiea of tho college ha vo been largely street, which is thickly populated. directed iy tho association. Its re-, Children are said to have started llgious ciaoUnss, plblo study , and the trouble today by throwing stonos mission, ctassoT havq oojoyod a Inrge nt the strike-breakers. One negro, ly Increased attendance.. : At to same who had been struck, pursued the S child who had hurled the stone, and that precipitated -- tho rioting. A dozen men caught this negro and wore beating him, when the full army of strike-breakers attacked the strikers. Stones, brickbats, clubs, sticks and other missiles were thrown. Those that missed a human head usually went through a show window. ,, In tho, ratdst. of .t,he rioting jwveral ne groes, drew revolvers and commenced to shoot. Bo far as could be learned nb one was fatally injured BURIED BY TONS OF SHELLED CORN (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Johnstown, Pa., May 25. Ettln p:er Penrod, son of Samuel Penrod, of South Fork, was smothered yester day under several tons of shelled corn while playing In a bin. Unconscious of his 'predicament workmen began letting down the corn. When the lad realized that the grain was slipping from beneath him be attempted to gain the edge of his prinon. Like quicksand tho corn drew him down and the kernels filled his mouth, covered his head and in a few seconds even his uplifted hands wero lost to view; DEATH IN PARIS OP THEODORE TILTON (Special Cable to The Times.) Paris, May 25. Theodore Tllton died here today. After the oelcbratod Boecher-Tllton trial, which wrecked his career, Mr. Tllton came to this city, where he lived In' retirement In a broken hearted manner. TIYO KILLED UNDER A MASS Of TIMBER 'By JLeased Wire to Tbe Tiniest Chicago, 111., May 25. Two men, L. Santo and D. Joseph, were Instant ly killed and half a dozen workmen narrowly , escaped death today when a nity-rooc pno or lumocr toppiea over at tho Kensington plant of the International Harvester Company. THEY WOULDN'T SHOVEL .. - SNOW ALL THE SUMMER. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Marquette, Mich., May j- 25. Men employed by the Bparrow-Kroll Lum ber Cbmpany quit work yesterday be- icause as they j)Ht ft, they did not 'intend to shovel snow ail summer Receives Sad News f : M r. e.. p. pace recetvea a tCKeram from Mammoth Springs, A'rk.. yes- .terdaV announcing, the death of his UrolhtT, Kr. 'Geo.yf,y. JJH Vas Spending the summer, at the springs J the hope 'of recovering his health., JMr, Pace lived ft Olly Branch; MU8. J , . , . , , , , an me nope or recovering nis oeaua. . new iioiiE fo; 1 THE Y. M C A. A. f IL Stents' Social, Ei '.Migioas Center, CANYASS OftitraAY Much Interest". Manifested fcy Both Faculty and Students in the Pro, posed Association ' Btjlldinjf, , Six Thousand '. Dollars Bating - Bvn ' , ' 1 f Subscribed. , ti I - l v K- , , I f The movement for Voting Men's Christian Association Wilding at. toe Agricultural and Mechanical College is meeting, with much encouragement and promises to-be speedily realized.. ' . That the association- has greatly increased its Influence with the stu dent body during the paBt year is very evident. The securing' if Mr. E. R. Walton aa genoral secretary, upon tho recommendation of the In ternational and state committees, was a wlso stsp,' and it tiai lidded -very -much to the efficiency of the associa tion's activate?. - ,Toa of the mem bers, with -lh reJieral senretary, were on tho rampus for conference before time the (irtoclat!ot) has dot e ra:tc!t to promoto tho social life of the col lege and has shown hearty nvmpath) with all of tho activities of rollogp lifo. But tho Inlluduce1 of the asso ciation has been llntlted by; the lack ot suitbla quarters t of thp housing of tho wo:-:i. Tho need of A building' has become so apparent to-both the faculty and students! that the recent movement for One has met with a very gratifying "response., Some six 'thousand dollars- have already been subscribed. , - ( t ,-, During the present week Interstate Secretary Huntington has been In the city assisting Mr. Walton and the building committee in, setting" up the plans for a canvass fn the lty try which It Is hoped to raise $K,000. This, with $10,000 (Which the com mittee will endeavor: to raise la other parts of the state, will give the $38, 000 which is needed to erect an ade quate building and furnish the same. The headquarters of the campaign will be at the chamber of commerce, ' and many of our leadings citizens have promised to assist in the move ment. . Among these are Messrs. John S. Pterson, Jo. H. Weathers, Jrf T, Pullen, L. W. Alderman, 2. YK Judd, E. E. Broughton. IL N. Slmms, E. R. Boone, O. P. Asbury, Prof, D. H. Hill. J. D. Boushall, W. A. .Cooper, A. B. t Escott, B, H. Mooneyham, 1 W. O. Briggs, E. W. Yates, 8. M. 8mlth. ' . The first meeting of the committee will be held on Monday night, when the plans for the campaign prill be fully explained. The canvass will be . a short, aggressive ne, closing -Friday, June 7. The plan Is the same one used In - Richmond. Durham. ' Charlotte . and other places so sue- - cessfully. . . , , ' v" " The student association movement Is a comparatively; recent, develop ment, but It is not only represented In nearly all of the higher educational institutions -of this country, but is being rapidly extended, throughout the world. At the recent,' World's ' Student Christian Federation Confer ence, held in Toklo,' Japan, there were over 500 delegates present from 23 different countries. 5 .,,..:.; , During the past few. years many student association, ufldlngs have boen erected, Yale, Harvard, Prince- ton,. Cornell,' TTtolversity Of Virginia. University of North- Carolina, David son, Guilford and !tJnverity of 'Ten nessee are: among, the educational in- 1 stitatlons that have such buildings. The following flipping from a re cent number of the Tar Heel, pub-- lUhed at the trnlversJ,ty, oT Nori Car oliaa, describe thp 'mlldlng com-, pleted there last fall: . :',i"Twelve tnohths aid .tie Y.m.. C. ; Ameant nothing -jto, . the, stndehts of the, University.; .pw they,, would not know how to Ket' hlong -without it. The comfortably "flnlalied" and 'fur- -nished HUdlng tbyt;-now succeeds the structure that .stood ' ' so longr mpvy and1 useless on the campus bos .become .th'e. natural tenter of student Iff - e !ln the rooms of the association bujlc ,, .. , oniioing pracucauy au oi toe meet- (Continued, on second, page.) - 1, .' ... r. - 'mi -.-V TTDirrvTnr
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