Weather.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 20 Fore
cast for North Carolina for tonight
and Thursday:-. Fair ' tonight .;; and
Thursday; slowly rising, temperature.
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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1909.
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FIRST. . ' s
EDITION
PETITION FOR A
FIREPROOFHORIE
ME LIBRARY
Petition Presented by Cox of
Wake, Froin Slate Library
Association '
MR. STEOMAN PRESENT
Courtesies of the Floor Extended to
Ex -Lieutenant-Governor Stedman,
of Greensboro, Also to Col. B. M.
Whitfield, of Lenoir Gordon In
troduced Bill as to Pay of Solici
tors Bill to Amend Guilford
County Scale Bill BUI by Lem
mond to Require More Particular
Description of Property Sold Under
Judgment Other Bills Presented.
Speaker Graham called the house
to order at a few minutes past 11.
Prayer by Rev. Win. Lee, senator
from the 29th district.
Petitions and Memorials.
Cox, of Wake: On behalf of North
Carolina Library Association, for the
erection of fire-proof building; also
from State Literary and Historical So
ciety. Harshaw:' For ex-Confederate sol
diers of Caldwell. Marriage extended
to January 1, 1866 and pensions with
out regard to financial standing.
Green: From citizens of Craven,
for road to be bull by convicts. ",
Killtan: From citizens of Hickory
for repeal and modification of prop
erty exemption section.
Privileges of house extended to
Col. M. B. Whitfield, of Lenoir, on
motion of Mr; Morton. " -
By Invitation v Colonel Whitfield,
who was a member of the house 50
years ago, occupied the seat of Rep
resentative , Cotton, of Pitt, and
briefly adressed the house. The aged
ex-member was applauded loudly as
he was escorted to the seat which Mr.
Cotton had especially asked that he
occuy, saying it was the same seat
Colonel Whitfield had occupied 50
years ago.
Introduction of Bills.
Haymore: Protect roxes In Surry.
Gordon: Repeal sections 2767,
2768, Revlsal, and Insert other sec
tions relating to salaries of solicitors.
Amend Guilford county salary bill
relative to allowance of clerk of court.
Lee: Amend 237, Laws 1907, au
thorizing town of Canton to issue
bonds.
Hayes: Authorize commissioners
of Chatham to pay floating indebted
ness by bond issue.
Myatt: Repal section 202, Laws
1907, relating to fees of officers of
Johnston.
Connor; Regulate pay of jurors in
Wilmington.
Amend sections 4495, 4498, 4501,
Revlsal, requiring additional qualifi
cation In order to practice medicine.
McDonald, of Moore: Establish
stock law In Moore.
Sparrow: Regulate hunting in
Orange.'
(Courtesies of floor extended to ex-
Ueutenaat-Governor Stedman, of
Greensboro.)
Dowd: Regulate cost of advertls
ing sale of real property. .
' Martin: Amend chapter 853, Laws
of 1907. as to working roads of Pam
Hep. v;:-..",:.-v?;.,,:'.
; Pickett: Promote cause of educa
tion (a Alamance.
Morton: Amend New Hanover
bond issue act
' Hlgdon: Change county line be
tween Clyde and Macon.
McDeVltt: Appoint members of
board. of lateen al Improvements for
town of Marshall.
. Lemmond: Require more particu
lar description of property sold under
judgments, etc. 'i
- fithhm For relief of certain citi
zens of whlttler school district.,
Turner: 'Amend Revlsal relative to
liability: of counties in criminal ac
tions, Applying to Mitchell county
only ; Witnesses and officers to re
ceive half. '. i'
Everett: Establish graded schools
in Laurlnburg. c
Doughton: Regulate practice of
optometry, providing board of exam-
Inert and licenses.
Koonce: Allow exTSherlff W; C.
Mills to collect back taxes In Onslow.
Pitt; Amdfcd charter of town of
8cot.land NecR, bo as to add more
territory; :.: t-i i.
Roscoet ; Provide for election for
additional tax In Windsor school dls-
' trict. . -V-.vV' '''-.',
' SamnUll: Amnd Ravtial natta!
ing to fences In Sampson. 1 ,
McNeely, by request: Amend chap
ter 41, Laws 1907, for registration of
veterinarians. i
Hagemanr Regulate fishing in
Watauga. '.:.
Wilson: Repeal chapter 487; Laws
1907, relative to working road in
Transylvania.
Cox, of Wake: Resolution to print
500 copies of memorial of North Car
olina Library Association for fire
proof building.
Graham: For; relief of Henry H.
Howard, ex-Confederate sailor, gun
ner's mate on Virginia, or Merrimac.
Calendar.. ...;...
The following bill passed third
reading:-' .
Pay Jurors in Swain $1.50 per day
and 5 cents a mile. Graham county
added; also Jackson and Ashe.
Joint Session.
By this time the hour of noon had
arrived, when the joint session of the
house and senate was to canvass the
vote for United States senator and
declare the result. The llentenant-
governor announced 46 senators pres
ent. There were 11 representatives
present. The journals of yesterday's
senate and house were then read.
Mr. Perry, of Bladen, asked that
his name be recorded as voting for
Lee S. Overman.
, The tellers of the senate and house
were then called to the speaker's
desk and canvassed tne result.
The joint tellers' report showed 36
votes in the senate and 91 in the
house for Overman; 8 in the senate
and 26 In the house for Adams. To
tal vote of 127 to 34.
The declaration of the general as
sembly was then read by Clerk Max
well of the senate.
On motion of Senator Long the
joint session adjourned at 12:30.
A resolution of thanks to the Uni
versity was offered b Mr. Underwood
and adopted on its immediate read
ing. .
The special order, the bill Increas
ing the salary of the commissioner of
labor and printing, was laid before
the house, and Mr. Hayes moved ref-
(Cnotlnued on Fifth Page.)
DON'T WANT RECORDER
Darbam Oo&'t Want Ch: nje
in City Court
Mr. Manning Was Present and Spoke
in Favor of the Bill But the City
Fathers Opposed it Work of Civil
Court Warrants For Non-Taxlist-
ers.',-'
(Special to The Times)
Durham, N. C Jan. 20. The pro
posed recorder bill for Durham, intro
duced in the senate by Mr. Manning,
was considered Monday night before
he chy officials and other prominent
citizens, and received a black eye. The
aldermen are very much .opposed to
the measure. Senator Manning was
present and forcibly set forth the rea
son for it, but It went down so far as
the city fathers have the say. The
city officials fear the enlargement of
the mayor s jurisdiction and oppose
the recorder proposition, desiring the
office to be elective and ndl confined
to a member of the legal profession.
It looks now as If the burning- of our
municipal building; Will result in good
after all, disastrous as its destruction
Is. It la proposed that the city and
county Jo'n together and on the pres
ent Bite owned by the city, erect a
great building serving as a court
house and municipal building togeth-
r. The city has $40,000 insurance and
with what would be added by the
county, the edifice would probably be
the finest in the state of its character.
Nothing Is certain yet, but a mass
meeting Is to be held Thursday night
to consider the situation.
In the superior court this week the
civil calendar Is be'ng looked after.
The cases of Mrs. Olo . D. Thomas
ngalnst several of the Durham mer
chants will be called. The one against
T. M. Stephens & Co. Is on trial now.
$very Inch of ground will be vigor
ously fought by both sides.
E. -w. Turner, a painter,, died yes
terday at the , Watts hospital from a
fracture of the skull made the day
before by being struck 'on the head
by a large hook used in swinging the
ladder from which he was working, i spectacular Ore were wives and chii
He was 40 years of age and leaves ajdren 0f many of the men employed
wife and four children. . '; . on tue burning crip". These womin
Warrants for the many non-tax- . Bi wlth fleid glasses at
listers have Been sworn out ny-Mne-
i.fr..u..i. w m h
listers last June and knows all (Wit
warrants. 'There are more than 650 oft
these cases and the outcome will be
oi rnuon inerSsi. in. punisnniwu ..
"rVlS1:
-ration of th. tn.riktrx. ThA nuii.
tr.t. ho. flnol Inrlaillntlnn. There I,
rertalnly some shaking among, the de -
Unquentt. , ' . '
In the. T. M. C. A. , contest the
"Rf'.at thle time are In the lead.
Monday will b. the final day, In the'
contest at present 4here are votes
enough td make so new members. It
la believed, that the content w'li r"U
'n zj new jmemMrs. Tn aaaociation
to live, with Jta heavy erpenM, must
oi.T.m" J.. " JT!L.. . e..
chetn w work tip enthutlum.
WORKMEN WERE
TRAPPED UNDER
WATER BY FIRE
Thirty Men Parish and Sixly
Dangerously Hurt in a
Spectacular
MANY JUMP INTO WATER
Most Horrible Lake Disaster in Years
Occurred This Morning When Tem
porary Structure in Lake Michigan
Over Tunnel Was Burned Men on
the Structure Jumped Into the Wa-
; ter and Some of Them Perished
Others Were Trapped in the Tun
nel 'Beneath and Were in Dancer
From Smoke and Dynamite Most
Spectacular Fire Since World's '
Fair.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago, Jan. 20 Between twenty-five
and thirty men are believed to
nave been burned to death or drown
ed today when fire destroyed the "In
termediate" city water crib off 73rd,
street in the most terrible lake disas
ter of recent years. One survivor
places the list of dead at thirty-six.
The wounded, many of whom are in
horrible condition, from both burns
and exposure in the icy waters, where
they leaped to save themselves only
to have to fight with the ice, will
number nearly sixty. Several of them
will die. -
The destruction of the crib, two
miles from shore, was the worst ca
lamity known in Chicago except the
iroquola Theatre fire,.nd not except
ing the cold storage, fire of tiie
world's fair. Trapped in mid-lake
between fire on one hand and a
atohny ice-flood lake on the other,
the men were almost helpless.
Dynamite stored in the shaft be
neath the crib threatened further de
struction. The very life savers and
rescuers who went to the scene were
in constant danger that the embeds
would drop below on ten tons of dy
namite stored there. A number of
men were in the tunnel at the time
and are , believed to have been lost.
Awful scenes were pictured by the
survivors. These were rescued by the
tug T. T. Morford, of the Dunham
Towing Company, and the Are boat
Michael Conway, of South Chicago.
Twenty-six of the survivors were
taken to the Franklin street pier,
twenty-five others to the 68th street
crip, and others to the South Chicago
hospital.
The Intermediate crib burned lik
a spara
nl a few brief minute3 be-
fore the entire wooden superstruc
ture was ablaze, seventy-eight men
had to determine between positive
death by fire or a probable death In
the Ice-covered waters. Many of the
men resisted the flames until the last
minute, dropped Into the water, clung
to the edge of the pier until their fin
gers were nearly burned off and then
dropped to their death.
oNt a single man would have been
saved but for the presence of tiie
tug Morford, which was moored near
the 68th street crls.
Captain Ed. Johnson was one of
the first to notice the flames and he
started his boat to the scene, only
short distance away. By the time he
was at hand many had been drown
ed. others were struggling In the
waters, some half clothed, were cling'
Ing to the cakes of ice, and all the
living were shrieking for help or ut
tering hysterical prayers. '.(
Other pitiable scenes were enactert
on shore, where among the man
i thousands congregated to watch the
7", ....., -..tMo
their eyes, watched the terrible
; struggles of the men battling for
- ; One woman believed that the saw
er husband In the water two mire
0t where the flght w belng wttgea
Bhe tried to hire .a boat but was un
luceessful. Bne seised one and couir
hot get It lutO the Icy Water. 8hC
i started from shore on the Ice cakef
and had leaned to several of them bf
f0re she was submerged and dragged
t(J ihore.r Fifteen of the men. dead
t,hou" haV' beBJ"
net beneath the crib, t Fifty of th?
men employed on the etructufe were
asleep on the seoond floor Of tUt
frame etructufe when the fire broke
Th. ,a a nhanna in ninthrl
IhemseHree before leaping Into the
Wwr.
POWDER WORKS
BLOWN IIP WITH
GREAT DAMAGE
Five Buildings Torn to Pieeis
and Others are Badly
Wrecked
TWO MEN ARE MISSING
Works of the Eastern Dynamite Com
: pany, a Branch of the Dupont Pow
der Company, at Gibbstown, N. J.,
Wrecked Two Men Are Believed
to be eDad anifl Several Are Injur
ed Buildings Damaged for Many
Miles Around -Shock Shook City
of Wilmington, Twenty
Away? Details Lacking. '
Miles
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chester,, Pa., Jan. 20- An explos
ion which was felt for many miles
around occ'urred at 7:15 o'clock this
morning at Gibbstown, N. J., in the
powder works of the Eastern Dyna
mite Company, which is connected
with the Dupont Powder Company.
The first explosion was followed
quickly by a second and a third. '
Five of the eighteen buildings in
. Vi nlnnl nrcira Klnnjn tn rtipppa ATld
luc '"""; J ;Jfr and the following bills were re-
manv others were wrecked. Two: , .
men are missing and are supposed to
be dead, while a third Is lying in tiie
hospital at Chester. A half dozen
others were injured less seriously.
Owing to the tonfusion at Gibbs
town and the severing of communica
tion by wire it was impossible to as
certain the cause.' AH that could be
learned was that wiat is technically
known as the "dope" building blew
nn. carrying with it four other
buildings Tised'Wr torirEO"-n4
preparation of ammonia, sulpnur,
nad other chemicals used in the
manufacture of explosives. ,
The explosion not only destroyed
the five buildings and seriously dam
aged the rest of the plant, but it
broke windows and otherwise dam
aged houses In towns for miles
around.
In Wilmington, twenty miles away,
the shock shook the entire city. It
ws plainly felt here, alarming many
persons, who feared it was an earthquake.'.-
tA. the offices of the Dupont uom
Danv no details have been received
as yet. The company sent one of its
tugs to the scene for information.
The Injured Include oJel Bates,
foreman, found unconscious sixty
feet from the building in which he
was at work when it was blown up;
John Bradley, powder mixer, struck !
by flying timbers; Patrick Makin,1
powder mlxr. 'M't and bruised about
the head and body.
The missing men are George Bates,
s W T, . nnll
a protner oi orreuian oaiuj,
James Hogge .his assistant.
Rvprv building In Gibbstown was
rocked as If by an earthquake when
the explosion occurred.
The citizens rushed into tne streets
n great alarm fearing that the dis-
turbance had been caused ny an
earthquake.
In the opinion of experts here, tne
explosion probably resulted from
careless handling of frozen powder,
Yesterday was the coldest day of the
year and it Is believed that some of
the powder became frozen. While in
this condition It has to be hanoiea
with the greatest care and It Is ex-
tremely dangerous, no matter how
much care is used.
The plan at iuoosiowu covem
about 500 acres. The buildings, as
In all powder plants, are tocaieu bb
far apart as possible. They are built
lightly, so as to offer the least pos-
sible resistance In case of explosion,
l'he buildings that went up today
were all at considerable distances
from each otner.
CUTS HIS THROAT
.'
New York, Jani .80 Rather than
be a further burden to his wife and
two chlldron, Edward M. Taylor, suf-
ferlng from the incurable malady, to-
day slashed his throat with a razor
while In bed at hie home, 115 west
t35th street, and died before the ar-
1 rival ot a physician.
Tvlnr was forfabflv clerk In the
I customs house but had to give up hi
position when? he became ill.
SUFFERING
MAN
SENATOR JONES I
PRESENTS WAKE !
COUNTY MEASURE
BUI to "Allow tlis County Bosr J
of Education to Bor
row Money
FOR RELIEF OF WORTH
Jones Also Introduces Bill to Relieve
Ex-State Treasurer Worth of All
Further Disability on Losses An
other Petition as to the Homestead
Exemption Clau'e of the Constitu
tion Bill Introduced As to Pay of
Solicitors Bill by Barhum as to
Trial of Capital Offenses Many
Local Bills.
The thirteenth days' sessionyof the
senate of the North Carolina legisla
ture was called to order promptly at
11 o'clock this morning by President
Protem Kluttz, end Rev. P. D. Wooo
all was presented to conduct the
morning devotions.
; The committee reported the jour
nal of yesterday as correct,' 'and the
same stood approved.
Rerorts of committees were called
sorted: El'.l to drain White Oak
Swamp in Bladen, favorably.
By consent fenate bill 21 was wltu
frawn from the ho'ise.
. Bills Introduced.
171, Burtoa: To amend 573, Laws
of 1903.
178. By Ray: To amend section
1950 of Revlsal.
177, by Blow: To repeal 2767 as
to pay of solicitors. :
. , -.4,83,-.bff Bar ham: - As to -trial )
capital offenses.
, 184, by Dawes: To establish tax
school district in Toisnot township.
181, by Shaw, by request: To pro
vide for school tax In Robeson.
185, by Turner: To appoint jus
tices of Harnett.
186'," by Means: To confer police
powers upon deputy sheriffs at Kan
napolis. .';
ISO, by Lee: As to special tax ir
Wilkes school district.
184, by Johnson: To appoint cer
tain Justices ia Cumstock county.
187, by Spencer: To change line;
ot uienoia scnool district in Ran-
dolph.
Senator Elliott presented a peti
tion as to amendment to constitutor
as personal and real exemptions.
188, by Sherrill: To promote edu
cation in McDowell county.
Bills Passed.
S. B. 131, H. B. 10: To amenr
charter of Landis was put . upon it
third and final reading. Passed b
a vote of 4 4 to 0, and ordered en
..1I.J
iuiicu.
S. B. 130, H. B.. 23: As to issuin-
bonds in Carthage townshlu,
passed by a vote of 31 to 9, after sev
eral had changed votes from aye tc
no.; It was ordered enrolled,
s. B. 105: To drain White Oal
Swamp was put upon second reading
Passed.
Senator Emple asked to introduce
bill 189 out of order, and put upor
calendar, as to sale of raft lumbei
caught In certain streams In New
Hanover and Brunswick counties. Ii
wa8 put upon its second reading anc
amended by Including Pender county,
paSsed second and third reading,
. Senator Jones was allowed to in
troduce the following: "
To allow board of education of
wake to borrow money.
To reileve ex-State Treasurer
Worth of all further liability oi
iosgegi
To amend chapter 674, Laws 1907
as to ex-Confederate soldiers, and t'
repeal certaIn Bection, Laws 1907
Senator Ray also Introduced a blli
to relieve certain Confederate sol
dlers. ' ."".'.-.;:'::. ' "
Bills Kntifled.
! As to pay of Hays, of Wilkes, aw!
resolution as to Lee's birthday.
Ex-Lleuten ant-Governor Stedman
was given the privileges of the floor
, The house sent over various bil
as having passed that body
I Special Order.
I . The resolution pledging the senate
to adjourn by February 15, special
order for today, was called up and r
ported without prejudice by the com
mittee. Put upon Its passage It. war
lost, and Senator Dockery moved tc
reconsider. It was lost also. Doer -
ery then sent forward a substitute
that it Is the sense of the legislature
that k 60-day session was not necea
my. . Lost aiso
I
At 11:40 the senate took a recess
of 10 minutes, and on reassembling
went Into Joint session with the house
to ratify the election of United States
senator.
Someone distributed a lovely pinx
carnation to each of the senators and
clerks aand reporters and a fine
American Beauty rose for the presi
dent. They went to the house
plumed.
Returning from the joint session to
the senate chamber the chair called
the body to order, and on motion of
Lockhart Senator Manning was grant
ed leave oi absence till tomorrow.
The chair announced additions to
committees as follows:
Agriculture: Tilson.
Blind Institution: Love.
Game Laws: Latham.
On motion the senate, after an
nouncements, adjourned till 11 a. m.
Thursday.
JOINT PYTHIAN MEETING.
At Which the Officers of Center Xo.
3 and Sir Walter Uulel;h No.
109 Will Be Installed.
The regular meeting of Center
Lodge, No. 3, K. of P.. will be held
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, at
which lime Sir Walter Raleigh
Lodge, No. 199, will meet with them
in joint session.
Grand Chancellor Webb, of Duke,
will be present, as. well as other
grand lodge officers, and will install
the offerers of both lodges, which has
been delaved Until (his tiir-e in order
:o have t.he grand chancellor here.
A full attendance of the member
ship of both lodges is desired, prompt
ly at the hour designated, 8 o clock,
Thursday night.
Soldier Gets Five Years.
' Newport News, Va., Jan. 20 Con-1
victed of murder in the second de
gree, William Pickett, a former sol
dier, has been sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary in tiie circuit
court of Elizabeth City county.
In a free for all fight in a Phoebus i
aloon last June Pickett klckel :
the abdomen,' Inflicting injuries from j
which Wagoner died in the Fort Mon-t
roe Hospital next day.
TROOPS PaOTFCT NCORO
Allempfed Criminal Atsaolt
on Wliiie Wtman
iilood-houiicls Put on the Trail and ;
Three Hours Afterwards Capture i
Negro in the Edge of a Swamp.
Mob Threatened a Lynching.
In accordance with a request by
elegraph from the sheriff of Samp
son county Governor Kltchln called
mt Company H, second Infantry, of
'linton, yesterday afternoon to pro
ct the life of Will Ward, alias Jacn-
on.
The governor received the telegram
i aooui o p. m. yesieraay. oenerai
rooenson. wae cauea into eonierence
nd in a few minutes the order was
igned for Company H to put them-
elves at the disposal of the sheriff.
V 'phone message from Clinton last
light conveyed the news that the mil -
tary company was at the jail and in
ontrol and that little doMht was felt
ibout the company's ability to keep;
osnession and prevent a lynching.
-Yesterday morning Will Ward, giv
ing his name as Jackson, was re
torted to have attempted criminal
issault upon Mrs, McLeod, and a
'lhone message to Clinton caused the young men, who sang songs, ave
lispatch of blood-hounds to the scene, the college and tribal yells, and in
t 4:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon j various ways made known the tact
Ward was incarcerated In the Clin- that they were there and glad to
on jail, after having been identified j have a holiday ln honor of the viE'.l
y Mrs. McLeod as her assailant. ing body.
There were often threats of lynching, A Four-thirty Dinner,
naklng it necessary to call out. the i At four-thirty It was announced
roops. Excitement at Clinton is sub- that a full dinner was ready at Com-
idtng
Between 9 and 10 o'clock yester
lay morning the negro entered the
ome where Mrs. McLeod was alone,
'our miles from Clinton, choked her
ind threatened to cut her throat,
vhen she broke away and ran scream
ing into the yard. The negro gave
'Mtrsult and was ln the a"t of dran;
:lng her back Into the house when
'er screams attracted a young white
:nan passing, who reached the scene
:n time to fe the nesro floe to the
woods Blood-hounds from the con- elected niebers of the Dialectic Llter
i'lct camp at Clinton were put on the ary 8oclety, ahd .that members of
rail three hours later and the negro
vas finally captured after some resist
ance In the edge of a swamp, ldentl
led fully by Mrs. McLeod and hurried
iff to Clinton by the sheriff, who
tsked for military protection when
ihe crowd began to gatner.
Mlddleboro, Mass., Jan. 20 At
tacked by a tramp, who demanded
that she give him a meal, Mrs. Chas.
W. Clatk grabbed a piece ot firewood are those who never eetse to harp on
and beat him until he started to flee what each successive legislature gives
from the house. When the picked up to the University, tt such would go
t flat Iron and hit him ln the back, there and see and etudy the surround
rte disappeared and then the fainted. (Continued on Fage Sight)
DOCTOR WILSON
i
i
PLEASES GUESTS
AT CHAPEL HILL
Twa Hundred Legislators and
Raleigh People Go to
Chapel Hilt
A MASTERFUL ADDRESS
The Celebration of Lee's Birthday at
the University Made a Notatole Oc
casionThe Orator Charms : end
'. Teaches Lessons From the ldfe of ,
the Dead Chieftain, Applying His
Qualities to Present Conditions
Most of the. Assembly Members
Hear the Orator,
As stated In The times of yester
day, the North Carolina general as
I sembly accepted the Invitation of
! President Venable to attend the icele
! bration of the birth of Robert E
' Lee at the State University last night,
and a large majority of both houses
I were found there last night at -that
i hour to hear the great epeecli" and
speaker, woodrow Wilson,: tnenon-
; ored president of Princeton. V
i Through the courtesy of the enter-
prising Southern Railway, which, is
generally eqral to any occasion ,that
j may arise, there Was provided a spe-
cial train, consisting of engine, bag
gage car and three day coaches, in
the personal charge of Mr. R. L. Ver
non, Traveling Passenger Agent, all
three of which were filled, all Beats
being taken on leaving Ralelgn, and
it was a good natured party from
start to finish.
Besides the members of .the leg!-.
; lature going out were a numbex of
Raleigb people; prominent - among
them were: Judge Walter Clark, F.
B. Arendel, Rev. Jno. N. Cole, Jos. G.
Brown, Josephus Daniels, M. L. Ship
man, Prof. Jno. E. Ray, A. J, Feild,
Col. R. B. John, John Andrews,, and
others. Among the number there
were twenty-nine ladies, the honor of
knowing any of whom the reporter
was denied. In all there were 193
People on board when the train left
the union station, and ran to East
Durham without a stop, save a rail
road crossing. At Durham the party
was joined by Prof. Edwin Mimms,
Rev, M. Bradshaw, and others, swell
ing the party up to about 200 souls,
by r.ctual count. . :
A Pleasant Run.
' The run to Chanel Hill was made
in a few minutes less than two hours,
every mile of which was interesting
and pleasant, there being no delays
of any kln(L and
the ride all that
"conid be r.sked.
j Arriving at the destination, there
were an the carriages to be had, but
aU0ut twenty people for each vehicle,
, ln the nght of whicn a iarge number
' too the exercise of walking the mile
' or more uptown, or to the University
Kr0unds, reaching which place each
waa ieft 0 Uis own good nleasure. to
go or to stay. Many went the rounds
of the buildings in branches, some
with guides, some without, while as
sembled In front of the old main
building were a large company of the
mons Hall, and In a very short lime
thereafter the tables were fast filling
up, where awaited a most excellent
repast of substantial food, such as a
man who had missed his dinner woul"
enjoy.
Elected Honorary Members.
During tbe serving of the meal It
was announced that all members of
the general assembly living east of
; Orange county had been elected mem-
bers of the Philanthropic literary so
ciety, and the members from the west
each were at the right and left of tbe
door on going out and would be glad
to receive the visitors.
An Imnresslvo Place.
Comparatively few of the cltlien
ship of North Carolina have any Idea
of what a great Institution the state
possesses there amid tbe hills of Or
ange county, of. what an Influence em
Inates from those halls as the young
men go out to become citizens. There
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