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Weather.
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Washington, May 24 Forecast
for North Carolina for tonight
and Tuesday; Fair tonight.
Tuesday, fair.
ESTABLISHED 1871.
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
EDITION
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GEORGIA ROAD
IS COMPLETELY
TIED UP BY STRIKE
Has Moved no Trains Over
lis Own Lines Since
Saturday.
AGREEMENT PROBABLE
Georgia Railroad I hahle to Move
Any TruiiiN Over Its Own 'Lines
.and Believed That, An Agreement
With Strikers Will lie Reached To.
Day Tie-up Has Ileen Absolute
Since Midnight Saturday Night
Itontl Has Sent Out . Several
Freight Trains Over Other Lines
Rut '-None Over Its Own System
No Disorder Since Saturday I'eo.
' pie Synimtliize Willi Strikers.
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times)
Atlanta, da., May 24---Governor
Hoke Smith today callud iipon the of
ficials of the Georgia Railroad and
the officers of the (tremens organiza
tion to name three citizens each to
act as an arbitration committee -to
endeavor to bring' about a peaceable
settlement of the strike. It is expect
ed that the committee will be named
at once and that Its first meeting
will be held .this afternoon or to
night.; Attorney General Hart, who made
a trip over tho Georgia Railroad
Saturday morning, has returned to
Atlanta by another route and reports
to Governor Smith that conditions
along the lines are serious but he be
lieves the strikers are willing to
agree to a settlement upon reason
able terms. Meanwhile the engineers
the remaining passive, refusing to
take out thetr engines with negro
firemen on them because of the dan
ger of Injury from stoning and other
means of attack along the road. .
'Atlanta, Ga., May 24 It is believ
ed that before tonight an agreement
will have been brought about be
tween the officials of the Georgia
Railroad and its striking whit,o lire
lccn. All Ihe possible agencies of
mediation ara at work and in view
of the inability: of (lie railroad to
maintain even a semblance of service
oyer its lines It Is believed that thoy
will meet with success.
Since midnight Satnrday the tie
up has been absolute, not a wheel
turning on the main lino and only
ono train having moved each on (wo
unimportant branch lines of the
Georgia. Superintendent Terrell, of
the railway malf service, has diverted
nil walls from points beyond Augusta
and Atlanta by way of the Seaboard
Air Line and Ihis morning Ihe Geor
gia Railroad sent out ten trains of
through freight over other railroads
four via the Southern, four via the
Central of Georgia, and two via the
Seaboard Air Line. All this freight,
which was billed from western
points, to points east of Augusta, has
been accumulating in the yards of
the Georgia Railroad here since the
strike went into effect." This action
on the nrrt of the Georgia Railroad
officials Is taken as an Indication
that they rave no hope of resuming
traffic over their own lines today or
within Ihe next few days.
The freight moved this morning
over th' competing lines was all
shifted out by Georgia Railroad
crews with negro firemen, but 'there
was no demonstration on the part of
the'strikers, they having no desire to
fnk any such movement.
There has been no disorder since
Saturday night, the total stoppage of
train service having removed all ex
cuses for It. In fact, It is admitted
that such demonstrations as have
taken place since the strike began
have been by the citizens along the
line of the railroad and that the
utrlkers themselves have kept away
from the railroad property.
The peculiar situation has arisen
in this strike, by reason of the cle
ment of race controversy Injected
Jnto it, that the strikers have had
the country people to a unit behind
them and It Is believed that the fire
men will win out and owe their vic
tory wholly to this fact.
, rYderal Hoard Takes ft Hand.
Washington, May 24 In response
to appeals to the federal board of
mediation to use Us effort to settle
the strike of white firemen on -the
Georgia Railroad, Charles P. Nelll,
commislsoner of labor, r. member of
h hoard, will leave foi -Atlanta to
day. This decision followed a con
ference here between Commissioner
, Nelll and Martin a. una-pp, cnairman
of Interstate Commerce Commls-
slon, who is also a member of the
board of mediation under the Erd
man act. The board was appealed to
by both sides to the controversy, with
a view to adjusting, if possible, the
difficulties which hnvo grown out of
the employment of negro firemen by
the railroad.
General Manager Scott of the
Georgia Railroad, telegraphed to
Chairman Knnpp that the officers-of
the road would be glad to have (he
board of mediation use its efforts (o
settle the trouble. Telegrams also
were received by the board from per
sons representing the striking lire
men, indicating thir willingness to
have the board take up tbo matter
wilh a view to reselling an amicable
conclusion.
x - It was decided today that Commis
sioner Nelll should confer at Atlanta
Willi representatives of both sides.
Owing to tniKrtant business before
the Interstate .Commerce Commis
sion, Chairman Knapp will be unable
to accompany lilm. it is likely (hat
Mr. Nelll may no from Atlanta to
Augusta. .
Road Declines.
Augusta, (In., Hay 24 -General
.Manager T. K. Scott, of the Georgia
Railroad, has declined to reply to
Governor Smith's proposition, for the
selection of a mediation 'committee
by the railroad officials and their
striking firemen'.
No trains have been moved over
the Georgia Railroad from here to
day. ' ...
Thirty strike-breakers, said to be
professionals, came In this morning
and it is understood an effort will be
made Ibis afternoon to run a train
out of Augusta.
The Chamber of Commerce direct
ors have offered their good offices
toward an amicable settlement.
Vice President Ball, of the Fire
niens' Union, '-says if the other roads
continue to handle freight for the
Georgia Railroad he will call a meet
ing of the general board In effort to
order strike on those roads also.
Cotton Kxrhange to Close May 2!)-:M.
( Hy Leased Wire to The Times)
New Orleans, La., May 24 The
cotton exchange here will be closed
on May 29 and III.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION
Headlight Bill the Subject of
Controversy.
Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk &
Southern Ask Absolute Fxcmption.
Seaboard and Southern Ask Relief
on Certain Line San lord Wants
New Union Passenger Station.
The offico of the North Carolina
corporal ion commission was a place
of unusual 'activity this 'morning: A
largo number of citizens from Mor
tiantpn, San ford, and representative;
of the Southern, Seaboard, and At
lantic Coast Line, were also present
in abundance.
The llrsf matter taken tip was the
question- of moving the freight de
pot in Morgnnton. This case is one
of strictly local interest. The case
was gone Into carefully and in de
tail. The moat important matter before
the commission was the petition of
the Atlantic Coast Line, asking to he
relieved from tho requirements of the
"headlight bill' passed by the legis
lature of , 11109. The law. requires
that ev.ory road having 12.ri miles of
road In the. state must be equipped
with electric headlights unless ex
empted by the North Carolina corpo
ration commission. The. Atlantic
Coast Line asked that it be exempted
from the provisions of (he act for the
following redsons:
First, an electric headlight Increas
es (he danger of having collisions.
It has been shown conclusively that
ono tenth of die people of tho world
are afflicted with astigmatism and
that the white glare of an electric
searchlight on switch targets and
other signal lights produces color
blindness, and It Is harder for an en
gineer to make ouM-he signals than
with an oil head-light.
Second, the Atlantic Coast Line is
equipped with oil headlights and they
have proven entirely satisfactory.
There has not beon a head-on collis
ion (which the engineers claim the
electric headlight will help prevent)
on the CoiiBt Line for 15 years. The
Coast Line is practically straight. It
has no crooked road and it is al
most absolutely level. No point of
tho road Is over 150 feet above the
sea-level and at no point Is there a
grade greater than one per cent. In
a hilly country, with heavy grades
and crooked road-bed, the electric
headlight, shilling in the tree-tops
aud far overhead, will undoubtedly
be a safeguard, giving notice of trains
on the track from' afar off.
Third, the electric headlight has
been trledr and found wanting. As
great a, system as. the Pennsylvania
lines tried the electric, headlight for
(Continued on Pace Two.)
ADJOURNMENT
CAN HARDLY BE
HAH BEFORE JULY
Senator Aldricif Will
From
Time to Time Push the
Matter.
THE LUMBER SCHLCULE
Vole on Lumber Schedule of (lie
TariM Kill Will Probably be Taken
' Wednesday -Three Important
Amendments to be Offered Sena
tor Aldricli Introduces Resolution
Directing CoinniHtee on Public Kv
n iidilui'cs to Investigate Annual
Revenues Senator Owen' Calls
.... Attention to Sugar Trust Scandal.
Shows Fvil liilliienccs of Protective
' Tariff. .'.
t !!y Leased Wire to Tbo Times) '.
-.' Washington, .May 24 - Senator Aid-,
rich will, from'' time to time, renew
hla. request for unanimous consent to
lix a lime for taking a linal vote on-
tile tariff bill. The refusal -to obtain
(hla consent Cor June 2 makes' it prac
tically impossible for congress to ad
journ on June 2(1, as President 'Taff
!ivd:cted. , Kven if a week lat'T,
only.' should be decided epon, the
llireu weeks; 'which will be required to
get the... bill - Cut .-of conference will
prolong the - session until July 1.
This now '.'appears' to be tho generally
accepted lime for the adjournment.
Senator Aldrich hones to be able to
itach a vote on the lumber seh' iinle
of ' tin tariff bill next Wednesd'ay,
which will allow three days this week
to the consideration of the subject.
There will be three important, amend
ments offered and voted upon before
the duty is -determined. The Piles-
Simmons amendments fix the duly at
$2 a thousand feet. This .probably
will be 'do lea led by a narrow margin,
as will also the Mcl'iimbcr amend
ment, lo place all grades of lumber
on the free list. II seems likely that
a compromise amemltneiil placing the
duty at $1.50 a thousand will be
adopted by (ho senate. This Is 5(1
cents a thousand more than the house
bill provides and 5(1 cents jess than
tho present law.
The..senale met at 10 o'clock this
morning. Senator Aldrich offered a
resolution directing the ciiimiiil lee on
public expondil ures to investigate tho
annual revenues and expenditures
ami Ihe business methods of tho gov
ernment. Tho '..resolution'' a ut borines
the eoinmil Ice lo summon witnesses
and procure Ihe necessary papers.
The report is to be math to the sen
ale. Senator Owen directed tho atten
tion of tliti senate this morning. to the
sugar trust .scandal in Now. York by
having the clerk read a long article
published yesterday in a loyal paper
purporting lo be an exposure of the
sugar trust met hods of defrauding the
government. Commenting, on the
subject Senator Owen said that this
expose shows the evil, and insiduous
consequences of Ihe building up of
t huso corporations by, the so-called
lirotective tariff. He declared that
t.lie sugar trust Is drying up sources
of information upon which the peo
ple dejiend. The case has not been
mentioned In any of tin New York
newspapers, he observed, but on the
other hand the sugar trust has print
ed full advertisements.
Senator Root addressed lie senate
In favor of maintaining the Dingley
differential duty on dressed lumber.
Senator Heybura then resumed his
argument in favor of the existing
duty on all grades of lumber.
While he was speaking there were
less than fifteen senators in the
chamber. The senator soon stopped
abruptly In his speech and surveying
the empty seats declared he was
"weary of talking when no one lis
tened." He said he wished senators'
to hear what he had to say and de
manded a call of the senate.
GIUKM-K1,KCT Sl'lCIDFS.
Mairlnge Arranged for This After
noonYoung Man Takes Ills Life,
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Brockton, Mass., May 24 With
his marriage to Miss Florence
Adams, of Elmwood. arranged for
this afternoon and with a home fur
nished, ready for occupancy. Charles
B. RusBell, of this city, took his life
by shooting today. Russell was 24
years of age and was employed by a
local shoe firm. It Is believed that
worry and overwork led to the sui
cide, , -
CLASS DAY ATM
B. II J. GREATLY
ENJOYED TODAY
Portrait of Dr. Vann Present
ed to University by the
Stents
THE BEST DAY YET
Daplists lluve (ireat Day At the I'ni
versily ( lass Day Kvercises- Sen
iors Seen At Their Best, .Mixing
Fun and Frolic With Other Things.
Kxercisc s 'i bis .Morning Were Very
llcnutifiil Handsome Life-sizc
Portrait of Dr. Vann Presented to
the Vniversity by the Seniors anil
Student Hotly The Other F.vcr
cises of the Day.
'The very name. ."Class Day" car
ries with it. .thoughts of class songs,
class poems, prophesies 'and' histories,
winding daisy chains and shining
tendrils of ivy.. . '-.
- The exercise'-at the. .Baptist Uni
versity each year are always the most
interesting of . commencement. It is
the day when the seniors arc seen at
their best in fun and frolic with a lit
tle of the serious 'mixed in as well as
they think of the parting with their
Alma Mater so close at. hand.
in the words of the closing song
this .'morning, it is the day when
"The parting hour is falling;
I hear the wide world calling.
The last word must be spoken;
The sacred tie be broken."
The exercises this morning were
the most beautiful of any Class Day
in the history of the university. Add
ed to the usual Interesting features
there was, a presentation of a gift to
the university that carried with it (he
love and devotion not. only of the
senior class but of the whole student
hody: a handsome life-size portrait
of tin beloved president, Dr. It. T.
Vann..' It was paln'tcd in oils by Mr.
Jacques Unshoe, of this city.
It was presented by Miss Helen
I I i l Hard in a ma nner whose earnest
ness ,s pel: e of the feeling behind the
spoken words. In leaving (his gill,
the class wished to leave not only a
memento of love and loyalty but a
gift that would bless and strengthen
all oilier girls as Dr. Vann had
strengthened: 'them. They presented
if to the university because they
wished lo express (heir love and the
feelings of the people of North Caro
lina, who appreciate the love and sac
rifice with which Dr. Vann has labor
ed for the university.
It was accepted by Mr. W. N.
Jones, president of the board of trus
tees on behalf .-'of the trustees, I lie
faculty, the student body. and all
friend of the university, lie felt
that it was tho. most appropriate gill
the class could have given. It Is
nine years since Dr. Vann was '.made
president of tho university. Al that
time he said, "If you think I'll do,
I'll try, I'm willing to do all I can
tor the Institution." in fad I'm ready
to die to mako it go."
That is the spirit with which he
undertook the Work and w ith which
It lias gone forward ever since, it Is
nn.. appropriate way to link the name
and future of Dr. Vann with the In
stitution. Mr. Jones felt the young
ladies had done a noble thing in
bringing this memento to a living
man.
As the soft green velvet curtain
was swept back from the portrait by
the hand of little Klizabelh Vann and
the familiar features of Dr. Vann
looked out from the canvas Caere was
'n hush over the audience, and many
eyes were dimmed by tears.
The presentation came at the close
of the exercises In the chapel, which
were marked by their unusual beauty
and class spirit.
With Miss Harriett Day- at the
piano, the exercises began with a
daisy chain processional. The daisy,
the class (lower, twined with the ivy,
for remembrance, formed a heavy
chain -borne on the shoulders of the
sophomores.'. Leading the procession
came Miss Margaret Bright bearing
the college banner. Miss Applewhite,
the senior faculty member, with the
senior flag of grejen and Prof. Wat
son, faculty member of the sopho
more class, with the sophomore flag
of blue, followed close after. As the
sophomores with the daisy chain di
vided ranks In the aisle, the seniors
pasHed through to the platform
fourteen In number, wearing braided
dresses of white rep, each one alike,
they made a charming picture. The
exercises were presided over by
Miss Martha Lawrence in a most
fharmlng and graceful manner. In
a short address of welcome she bade
(lie friends welcome to the exercises
that were marking the entrance to a
larger life for (hem. In introducing
Ihe different members of the class
she had Just the right word to say.
The address 'of 'welcome- was fol
lowed by the song "The White and
Green." The songs were unusually
ratchv and prelly, and Ihere being a
number of good singers in tin class,!
I hey were sung - with 'a --spirit that
gave them life.
.Miss llatlie Sue Hale as historian
gave llu history of the class in a na
tural yet original way. The history
having been 'unconsciously, related in
her- hearing by the college skeleton
and' the force 'pump. Tho discourse
war; full of the doings of (bis wonder
ful class, lis trials and failures and
tri'tmphs, and It was noted I hey 'were
mostly triumphs, as evidenced by
thirteen out of 'fourteen of the class
graduating with the coveted "c
lnuilm;." ; ',
Miss Vivian Cray Belts as poet re
cited the class poem in a bright and
graceful manner. It was a catchy
little thing, teiling of the doings of
the seniors, who,
"As a court of last resort
Might fall back on man."
Miss Lula Howard proved herself
to be wiser than the oracle of Delphi,
for she undertook to foretell the fu
ture of the 2tith century woman.
vThe prophecy was followed by a
quartet , "Sweet and Low", sting by
Mkses ..'.Marshall, Hale. Voteat, and
Uilli.ml.
111 the will, read by Miss Kalherir.n
Staples, many things of significance
to (lie college girls was willed by this
outgoing class..
An offertory in A was played on the
organ by Miss I'mline Fulull. This
was followed by the presentation of
gifts lo the classes, the crook, the all
important crook, the crook that has
cost the juniors many sleepless hours,
and if truth be told the seniors as
well, was gracefully handed down to
the junior class by Miss Grace Rog
ers, who in presenting it told some
thing of its history and signilicance,
Presented by the class of 11106 'It had
been safely guarded by every class
but I OPT. w ho had let it he'' captured
by ; the juniors, so it bore the class
colors of 1900, lavendar, and of
(Continued on Vase Two.)
COTTON MEN MEET
Thirteenth Annual Meeting
in Virginia Capital.
King Cotton Wilt Hold f ull Sway in
Richmond This Week American
Cotton Manufacturers Association
Will Hold-Two Days' Session.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
''. Richmond, Va., May .21 "King
Cotton" Will hold full sway in Ibis
city this week. The occasion will be
the thirteenth .-annual meeting of the
American Cotton Manufacturers' As
sociation, which will begin its ses
sions here tomorrow and conclude its
work on Wednesday. Thousands of
delegates are expected from many sec
tions -of tin count ry. Contributions,
to the world's knowledge concerning
coll.oil spindles of which there are
now millions. In (lie sout hern states,
where I hey once were scarce and how
cotton goods an mauiifa! lured in the
great mills of the country will be re
viewed. The convention will be
called to order at 10 o'clock tomor
row a I the Jefferson Hotel by T. 11,
Itennie, president of the association.
An address of welcome will be deliv
ered by the mayorl). C. Richardson.
President Relink afterwards .; will
make bis annual address, in which he
will review the strides which the col
tot) industry lias made during the
year
Addresses will follow by R. L: Mc
Kellar, assistant freight -traffic man
ager of the Soul hern Itailway on "De
velopment, of Foreign .Cotton floods
Trade"; V. A. (1. Clark, special
agent department 0f commerce and
labor, on . "Cotton Waste .Manufac
ture": .August W. Smith, "Baling
and Handling Cotton": I). A. Totnp
kins, of Charlotte, "The Tariff on Col
ton Textiles". The day will he Con
cluded with the presentation of a re
port of the committee on cotton ex
changes by 10. A. Smylh, and a smoker
given by the chamber of commerce
and the municipality in the audito
rium of tho Jefferson.
HOY OH (ilKL, WHICH?
Kour of One and One of the Other-
Father (Jiisps.
(By Lensed Wire to The Times.)
Syracuse, N. Y., May 24 "Is it a
boy or a girl?" John Hale, of Colla
mer, asked the nurse. ,;
"Four of them are boys and one Is
a girl," was the answer that uade.
John Hale gasp.
The quintuplets were all perfect
ly formed and seemingly healthy
In the absence of sufficient natural
nourishment, however, it became ne
cessary to administer cows milk and
three of them died as the result. The
two survivors are doing "Que."
BACCALAUREATE
SERINS AT FOUR
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Ccmmciicmeiiis At A. and M.,
Peace, St. Marys and
B.U.W.
FINtSERMONSPREACHED
Dr. C. W. IJyrU Addressed the A. &
M. Students On the "Fullness of
Life," Itev. It. V. Hogue Spoke on
Practical Acceptance of Christian
ity At St. .Mary's Dr. Neil Ander
son Preached to the (iraduat of
Peace on the Necessity of Obed
ience to Christ Dr. F. V. Miifiiin-i
Delivered An Impressive Sermon
on the Dignity of Service At First.
Ilnptist Church. ; V.1
Yesterday four commencements
began in this city with the preaching
of four baccalaureate sermons. The
sermon before the.-' graduates of the
North Carolina -Agricultural- and Me-
hanical College was preached at tho
Pullen Memorial Hall by Dr.
Charles W. Byrd, of Nashville,
Tenii.; Rev. Richard W. Pogue ad
dressed the graduates of St. Mary's
ii the chapel at St. Mary's; Dr. Neil
T. Anderson, of Winston-Salem,
preached the sermon for Peace at the
First. Presbyterian church, while Dr.
K. Y. Mullins, of Louisville, Ky.i ad
dressed the girls of the Baptist Uni
versity for Women at the First Bap
tist church.
A. and M. College,
The graduating class of the A. &
M. College was particularly fori unite
in (heir tfioice of a preacher to de
liver tho baccalaureate sermon yes
terday morning. Pnllen auditorium
was filled by an interested audience,
who were delighted with Dr. Charles
W. Byrd, of Nashville, Tenn.
Dr. Byrd is a North Carolinian
by birth, having been reared in Har
nett county and having been a
preacher in the Norl h Carolina Meth
odist Conference for a number ot
years. -
lie had come to preach a simple
gospel sermon, he said, hoping there
would lie some thoughts to make tho
young men stronger for life.
Taking his text from the verse
"Seek ye die--and ye shall live," he
preached just such a sermon as was
calculated to bring help to young
men leaving college for a broader
life. It was lull of earnest thoughts
that would follow one through life.
There were two things necessary
in considering the text. To get a
clear understanding of what it means
lo live and w hat it means to seek (Jod
ind in. finding, him, find life.
'There have been numerous defi
nitions as to what life. is. The defini
tion of Druiiimoiid, that "life is cor
respondence.' wilh environments"
though by -no' means adequate, will
yet furnish a basis for (be address.
Fullness of life means .'-complete
correspondence with environments.
Above all it'. menus correspondence of
spiritual nature with God's truth.
There m e very few people in the
world that live.-. Few have fullness
of life of any kind. Many live Just
for material (liings. Men and women
all around us live on the outside ol
tilings. They have-no wings of imag
ination with which to fly, so they are
cut off from all things that are high
est and best.. ::
Then there are men of high feel
ings, lire mid enthusiasm who have
been lifted out of the material and
learned lo live because they huve
come In touch with spiritual things.
These are the men who have (aught
us lo live. No one who looks at our
civilization with discerning eye but
sees some! hing it lacks. It needs the
touch of lite, tho manhood and wo
manhood that has learned to live In
the highest sense of the word, What
would It mean to civilization and so
ciety if every nook and corner were
filled with men who had learned to
live. It is not the privilege of the
few, even tho lowest huve in them
that which might awaken. Spiritual
ity is God. All men are sons of God,
and to come to consciousness of full
ness of sonshlp Is life in its fullness.
What does it mean to seek God
and to find him? Most people think
Mt is to seek His favor to get out of
trouble. To seek God is to seek His
nature and enter Into fellowship
with Him.
Take Christ into your life and it
will be rounded and complete, such
as God would have It be. Obey
'Christ, find spirituality and. And life
4s God's plan.
We need to come out of the shad
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CHOOLS SUNDAY