North Carolina Newspapers

m - II ' J r X 1 1 NEW BERN. CRAVEN" COUNTY. N. C, TUESDAY MAY, 25 1909 - FIRST SECTION No. 16; 32nd. YEAR ' Z I . M I I I I ! 1 II I II l 11 1 DEt DECLH5 0 DDMTPTln li TJ2S1NI1 ; SENATOR STARTLES . COLLEAGUES BY HIS CNEX. PECTED ATTITUDE .fici3FCJi:i:::i , Ybrlnu Interested la Its Manufacture 4 H Wont It Protected. Leader IIIUILUIIL ' AldHch Gives Smiling Approval te ? " '. Points of His Argunwnt. ' . Washington, D. 'cit May SO. "I. want .- ' to protect American Interests,. That . Is my policy, I don't care what name , - you call t I am for If .This 'was the aomewbat startling V," atatoinent with which John W, Danfitl ; of Virginia, todajr began ' speech in tho Senate1 in support of a high duty 'rft'" pa auebracbo, which la a cheatnut . Jbark 0 xtract used la. tanning anj , ;,a! is produced in bis a tat. Tne Senate Committee on- Finance had re j , r duoed the House rate, and he wantee - the House figure retained. ;.",'; ' .k-t- .- f- Aldrich, of Rhode Island jgnfa especial attention to Mr. Daniel'8, , marks, at ttmea nodding a smiling as sent to the proposition of the Virgin fa v Senator. Reviewing thehistory of the article. Mr. Daniel said that of the I twenty-three quebracho factories or V -tho country, sine are locator In i.v . State.!,' He declared that -protection ' should be given the Industry. - - A' voice opposing the protective do - claratlous of Senator Daniel aame I promptly from Senator Smith, of South ' 'of the Carolina and Virginia by atrip- - destroying the forests and water aheds Carolina. 5 Hta theme was the evil of ping the bark from the chestnut -tree cCT,"toHh4'purpose of manufacturing qne ; rachb extract.; Recent , dlsastrout : tooda. in hts atate, h said, had re aulUd from strlppllng the uplands ane . jnountalua of their foreata. , . ' FOREST MORE IMPORTANT ! Incidentally, Mr.- - Smith discuased what he declared were the inqualltles fit the protective tariff system. Tbt - preservation ( of the forests, he con tended, was more Important than the acouragement of ah industry in pro- " ducts tor which substitutes could be vbtalned cheaply from abroad. . t' y fietlrbjr the forests, he argued anC , the great cotton crop of. the south ' would be endangered. -Mr. fllmmons, ot North Carolina, re torted In support of the principles U tored by Mr. Daniel. He denied tha' the foreata were being denuded t either the tan bark extract Industry or by the making of wood pulp. V ' 4 "When a tree is ripe and ready U be cut-what law of economy prohibit Its cutting?" asked Mr. Simmons. - Wis cutting of timber, he declare, only assisted the growth of younger timber. ' He had not, he aald, receive,' a single proteat from his state agalna ' the cutting ot the bark of the cheat ftut trie for" the manufacture of que bracho. v;- ' ' By a Viva voce vote the duty recom mended by the committee of half ot I cent a pound waa agreed to. Impreved Tra'de Coidltlena. The Tradesman this week will )ay ' Although In the ml1f of the quiet tat oa of the year for the bardwar Johblag trade, wholesale dealers ar not tompulnlng at present business 0 the contrary the auaamer bustes thowa ia considerable improvemen- er last year and to entirely satis t Ury. Detallera are' dupllcatlne ir early orders. Indicating a satis fortory trade in the rural aectlona reports gathered by Tbe TradeSraaa from all sections ot tbe South show r grsdiikl ami s-ye Improvement wltr the reta'.l t Many dealers art now plsciug ' ' 1.r stid preparloy for an excd. ..t . tou. ' The greatest lb8uuce ou the hrd Ware market Just bow Is tbe aJvunc ii f price ot cotton, the Soutb's ch! art of money. The market hs aJ at. t 1 regularly for more than i ti l wi'l Informed Cotton men . ; 1 t f, belief that prices wll f Naturally rstallers ii 1 making pre- 1 t'.ire la u ... '-!. ns will 1 1 1. ... Ml'- .cf t' : ' t two n r -ir,..:,i t ': . J I grid v;;ei?.?.E5Ieo I fighii:;g headlight m Stranger Goes to the CalaboosY la a Six Engineer State They Prefer (Ml lachryiBOM CendiUon. Bla Sobs to Electricity. All Oat of Two". Heard for Considerable DIs-- Avow They.IIave Had no Ex- :'r'J'' v- taace. j - ; :s: perleace" With Them. An unusual sight waa presented to Special to Journal, the people along Pollock street; y?i. ' i Raleigh, May 24.' The Corporation terday afternoon. Officer Lupton w Commission had a notable hearing' of taking a man to the city ball w;io the matter of requiring all Important was cryirtf Uke baby. His sobs and railways io nse - electric headlights, Wea ' eould 'be lieard ' all aloug aii . equipping one fourth of their engines street' and he seemed to be a pertur- this year,' the remainder in three years bed aout At the city haU iW gr;e D..KJKrlgh4'halrman of the legis did hot lessen and when his vauiabie: latlve committed of the North Car-a-quantity of coin In a. shot bag; wire Ollna hro'thcrhood of locomotive engi separated from Aim, as la alwavs Vhu neers had charge pt 1U case. ' case of a man- under arrest, hlg grrer The Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk almost assumed the proportions -f and Southern railways which urged rage. :':i:t::f1:' , - - the coraiu(eln to-exempt them had At the city hull his name was re- as attorney Oeorg-Elliott and' Janie ported as Robert Jones. He was act-. H. Pou, and put 04 as witnesses six tng in a disorderly manner when taven Coast Line engineers who testified they in oharga by the officer. He was Ka preferred oil headlights, but answers to be lacking in mental poise. ' lU.r to Wrights questions they admitted he was making the big noise. He was only two ot them had any experience taken to tbe county Jail crying s whatever with electric headlights and hard as ever. . He la unknown here biit undoubtedly his home la not many'; : ?.. .. ' miles distant - ' : '- Speedy Confirmation for Jndge Connor Atlantic Hotel Getting , Ready ' Col. Frank P, Morton waa in the city 'received 'letter from Senator Over yesterday from Morehead, where he la man saying the Senate committee had busy getting the AUajiUo : hotel 1 in unanlmoualy. agreed to recommend hi; readinesg to accommodate' the hund- confirmation as federal Jndge of thU reds ot guests, who-wlll.be there 4hts district and that there will be no hitch summer. : The hotel ia undergoing .a or delay. ; - r thorough overhauling. A new roof la j ?. being put on the building, new turn:-' ' Frank- Hyman, Is Dead. , ture placed In the rooms and - tha Died In tbi city, Thursday nighi' rooms are being cleaned. 'The dinlns- May 20th, Frank R. Hyman, in hie room will hav new dishes an the thirty-fifth year. '.'",':' service - in every respect 1 wlU be a . It la hard in most lives to quietly near the Ideas of comfort that an xaCi submit to death, and particularly wa: lng public can require. ; j ; It sad in. the life of Frank Hyman t. The opening german will take place leave, for with a devoted wife, ani June 6th and there will be several friends who for years had given hin- organlzatlons which will have state meetings there during the summer, his health, there, was everything to liv The teachers assembly will be held" for. For years 1 It had been a strugg: there June 15,-18th.' -.'i 'i.-, to seek a climate . where healtn Elam's orchestra bf ' Qreen'sboro, which gave such excellent music last summer has been engaged-for this season. - :: v ' ' '"t- . R. TAFT ON CONNOR'S ? I - APPOINTMENT Execatlve Utterance and Defense in . His Speech at Charlotte - in bis address at Charlotte, Mr. Tat', referred to the appointment of Juaxt Connor. His resson is clear and there should be no cause to misjudge or en- close relationship, the grief is mos ticlse him. . ' '' . iintense, and to these the people 0; The federal Judiciary to my.mlniV, said the President, "la .the strongw bulwark we have in all this country, Freak Hyman-was born In Golds to protect our institutions o civil lib boror In 1874, came to this city in til' arty.. And there Is no greater. duty 1890's, and aoma-seVen years ago mar- resting upon the Chief Sxedutlve or bis nation than that of the appoint-, uent of a man to that position who wl)l strengthen It to all the peotle at large. The Federal Judiciary sho:la be as much appreciated iu the aouih as in the north and It I have an- op portuntty to make any further appoint- ments In the south It will continue to be my duty to make ouch appoint - ments as will appeal to all the po- tle,' whether they are Republlcina or Democrats, and I ask . all citizens. whether they be Republicans or Den'o- vats, to accept'the appointments made r. " a ft ts men, 11 tney are men, wno win arry on their high dutlea with an eyr to the administration of Justice,' to accept them and congratulate the pet- pie on tho appointment and not make use ot them for any political or par- lean argument or partisan app-.al r i Special Term Saperle, Court Jeuee" Finance. ,. . .. i ,.t Suirior court of Joe. county haa been ordered b the governor to be held Jane tbe tit mi. all parttea Interested and wtt aeese are hereby notified that If tney were summoned or subpoenaed to ap pear at tbe regular term Jouea Su perior eouit whloh was called off on account of an epidemic of amall pox n the county, the law requlrea them to attend aald 8uperlor term, undet the aame penalties and forfeitures, without further notice. Those wno were notified to serve ta Jurors for the regulai term need not attend tbe H,e !al term, as a new Jury had to J t -liODtd. T: the 4th day ot May.l90. II. D. DIXOM. r.t t io CUii to Board ot County CouiiuUnU.Kt rs. Itt 4(1 1 "..I The funeral n-rvires oter the re- maina of Mr. Frank Hyman were held last evening at 4 o'clock at the home of Mr. 0. Marks. Many fr! nils snHm. M.it to rar tlielr respects to him tu.rn ill held In tender affrtlon. Very f beautiful floral i on the grave. . i t of the oity ofTrlui were Tlioe prnt were: Mrs. A. . I ' .n; 1 ; " r. Mr. Frsnk ::!Ur Mrs. n. n. r.ut- these two v,ery little. : Special to Journal.'; I ' Raleigh, May 34. Justice j Raleigh, May 34. Justice Connor every attention to assist In regainln. might be gained, but such a place wa- not found, and each return to Net Bern found, the en) nearer. And rov so Independent a splrii, so active - mind, so good a business man; must have required great courage V have continued the light, and to hav- borne so bravely, what must be, whlct came on Thursday, last and so whil the expected has come, there was 1- sense of aprrow and loss, to those wh. knew Frank Hyman, while to those li New Bf rn tepder their heart-felt syiu pathles. ; '.' :, ,.."- ried Miss Belle Marks," the daughte of Mr. and Mrs. p. Marks, or the city. :. Before bla death made it nec- essarv to. give up active business, m was associated with his brother, Mr T. Q. Hyman' In the hardware trade then building supplies and machinery (Thla brother, and two sisters, Mrs. Ea Clark of this city, and Mrs. Weaver 'of Ashevllle,, survive him. ' , j- - The funeral services will be bee at the 0. Marks residence on Polloc: ' gtreet, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. TILLMAN'S '.. SUGGESTION ! He Thlaki Speeches for Home Con " ' samptlon Too FreqtrenL Washington IX C., May 21. Senatoi Tillman, today on the floor of the Sea geatlon to the chairman of the Commit ate, said he wanted to make" a rug bt part of a day In a uself ss wrangl. re.ulUn, In the usual victory of m.jo. Ity 01 eigui or mn toij tur mo tute manager In control of the bill. ) want to. auggeat that he might get, 1 good many more votes if he would en force the rule which forbids a Senatoi to apeak more than twice on the earn aubJect.'S . Mr. Aldrtch replied that be bad been hoping thxt much, of the discussion which seemed unnecessary would soon cease." j "I accept", be aald, "the criticism the Senator from South Carolina. "What I want to aay," continued Mr Tillman, looking over the Senate chan ber In a hesitating manner, "Is that while 1 don't want to call down castl cation uion my head, speeches roi home consumption are getting too rrt quent tor my comfort." . , Local-Crop Reporjs The Journal publishes a report cf the cotton outlook from Raleigh, whkn Im not o favorable, but thla Is no CiH R!tiHt!ou alout this section ss re- "' r f r while the plant il, it r !s wll and has a good t..l..r. A i-i 'it from 1'aiullco, asys tt. t "H if tha corn is alim ly Uila I v, siil t t Vi rrop is flue. t 1 I t nil the ' . r ! !! IIIIIUI WEEK OF ASM SIXTI-EIGHT STUDENTS WILL RE CEIVE D1PL0XAS . NAMES Olr CANDIDATES' FOB DEGREES EXPEBIS1 H3TRI. ARTS i ' . . Work en the-ITattsinuAkeet Railway Progressing M'clU Raleigh Will 7 . .... Certainly be on Apto . Line From New York to Atlauta. Delegate to National Association of Charities Diterestlng Information Connected With the School Census. . ... v .... ...... v- Speclal Correspondence. .. Raleigh, May 22.-Tomorow the nine teenth annual commencement of tho State Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege here, begins, with the bacealau- beau'te sermon. . TheJ-js are sixty eight graduates this year, which breaks the record at this college, fifty four , hav ing been the largest number hereto fore.. ' ' ' ; - The following graduates receives the degree of bachelor of science In agriculture : - John A. lArey,-.Wllliam H. Eaton, Ralph R. : Fibn . Frank" L. Foard, Andrew'Martsfield Green, Ras- corbe B. Wiggins, Wayne A. Horna day, James P. Latham, Ralph Long. Ralph C. Mason and' Arthur B. Mhh rey. The honor man; In thla division is Hornaday. . V The following receive the degree 01 bachelor of science In industrial chem istry: William R. Hampton, Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr., Francis W. Sherwo.'ti and James Toomar.- , - . The following get the - degree 01 bachelor of engineering In civil engi neering: William M. JD. Banck, Cecil Brothers, Thome N. Clark, Fred a. Duke, IwlsR.-Gattis, Albert S., Rosa, Charles P. Gray, Thomas F. Haywood, Vllliam F. R. Johnson, Frederick 3. Jones, Samuel M. Mallison, Benjamin F. Montague, Julius Y. Phrker, Peter Pierce, Alfred P. Riggs, James G. Fabler, Albert A. Shope, William A. Sloan, Hugh S. Steele, Samuel F. Ste phens, Henry N. Summer , Joseph S. Whltehurst, and Paul A. Witherspoon flie honor men are Parker, - Pierce, loan, Steele, and Major Summer the commandant of the ' cadet batallion, who every year during his four years ourse averaged 0V9r ninety, and who ias a double honor as a star man, hav- ng made a notable record. The following will receive the degree jf bachelor of engineering In electri cal engineering:, Joseph F. Davidson, lordon Harris, Samuel H. McNeely, muel L. Olive, John G. Paschal, Jos. I. Robertson, Malvern Hill Terrell, John Splcor Wilson, of these McNeely nade a remarkable record and 1b . a itar man, having completed tbe full course In only two and a half years ind having made a very high average. The following will be be given the legree of, bachelor of engineering In 11'echanlcal engineering: Walter,. M Bowles, William A. Faison,, John W. Iarrelson, Leonard Henderson, John Y, Ivey,; William H. Marshall, Will am F. Morris, Paul M. Pitts, John M ?rlce, Claude S. Tate, Robert J. Wyatt Tbe star men In thla section are Har relson and Morris, Harrelson divides he honors in the entire class with lummer, having made a splendid re :ord during his entire ' four years course. . . The following wllf be given the de- ree of bachelor in textile . industry William S. Dean, Carleton O. Douherty Roscoe L. Fox,, Walker M. Mllllan and leorge C. Simpson. The following five graduates take dvanced degrees: Wiley P. Clay and Lillian Lee Vaughan, Mechanical engi neer: Jameo B. Harding, Cecil engi Veer, James K. Plummer, Jr., Master ot Science in chemistry and Jesse Pade Spoon Master of Science In agrlcul ture. Your correspondent hsd an Inter view today with Superintendent J. J Laughlnghouee of the penitentiary re cording the work on the Lake Matta muskeet railway In nyde county. He says that It Is progressing splendidly sad will be done In five weeks. Tbe road, starting at Fairfield, makes great loop around the lake and la to end at Relhaven. Snme persons seem to think that the Atlantic Coast Line will ret control of this road and thus !ve eompptlng lines, at Wsnblnnton and ItclTiaven. for It seems to be the opinion that the road will be extended northward from Fairfield by way of Bath'to Washington. It was a fry Interesting coinclJcfice that Innt Tuesday evening wlii-n lulcigh Clmmlier of Commnrre d'u il the (jucMtlun of having V ! : 1 on. thu lino (f tliii )iop('l iit(.iiiiil,iie t ' i : V l.i tW.M-ll ,NVw V 1 k Mi At- GELIEHI uu PRICES JlffiCEQ .. .Cotton Seems to Hnvo Well Defined Movement Cpwfrd. Dry Goods Will Not Increase In Price Yet ' ; Awhile 1 i : Special to Journal. . .,' Greensboro, May 22. The : . market cpntinuea to have an advancing ten dency and reactlong are unpopular and temporary. The trade realties the ne eestty for a production ot 13 million bales and. most 'of the trade, and prac tically all the out wide public believes that the present prospect does not In dicate a crop of thla jslze. ; ' , The governmento estimate of the acreage last year on June 3rd was 82, 687,000 acres but the bpreAti of stat istics have since made a special Inves tigation and the revision indicates that the' area planted in cotton1- last yeai waa 33,370,000 acres and those revised figures will be used'as a basis In mak ing the estimate on June , 3rd next From reports in band from my var ious correspondents and filed men cov Jering every .producing state, I think the government will Indicate a very low average and an Important acreage reduction. There are two things m- galnst the market, 'one la that dry goods have not advanced . relatively with cotton, therefore,-mllla that a -e having to buy cottln an(f sell goors on the present market are losing mo ney. Another and more important thing la the continued high coat of all foodstuffs, especially corn, wheat ana meat. " r - There Is at yeast soma tendency here In the south to produce more food and I believe thla applies tbe worn over. I find more shortage in supplies among southern mills than J believe existed sometime back and I also find the supply of cotton In the south at primal points to be nearly exhausts! The trade does not appreciate how lit tle there la left in first hands. The droughts situation in Texas has large ly been relieved, but there ta too mucn rain in several other states and ve y excessive In Louisiana and Mississip pi. I fail to see the prospect for an material decline, and if the weather in June should be .. unfavorable much higher prices are very probable. ' A Paper Adapted to the Whole South, The Washington Herald " (Washing ton, D. C.,) Is not only one of the best newspapers, but it is one of the souttu strongest friends. It ta, indeed, a for tunate thing that we could have In the National capltol a newspapei which comes In touch with men nno women from 'every congressional dlf trlct In the United States, and Is reao in every foreign legation at the Nation al capltol, which so strongly repre sents the south. The Washington Herald devotes an entire section of their paper to south ern progress. The Sunday edition 0 the Washington Herald, is of great value to every business man and to every person who Is interested In Sou thern development. It is clean, ar gresslve, and progressive. It la nat ional and democratic in its .princi ples.' V" ' -v ' . ' lngton and New Orleans. Thla road passed through Frederlckaberg, Rich mond, and Petersburg in Virginia, War ronton, Louiaburg. Raleigh. Fayelte- vllle, In South Carolina Cheraw, Cam den, Columbia, August and MUledgv villa in Georgia, Montgomery In Ala bama and so on to New Orleans. The date of the map is not printed upon it Mr. Leonard Tufts is very much Interested in the map, the route on which coincides with almost precisely with the one now suggested for the automobile highway." The full programme of the 86th con ference of chart ties and corrections at Fort Wayne haa been lsaued. Rev R. 8. Stepenson, tho superintendent 07 the Raleigh Associated Charatleo will represent thla otty and there will b several other delegates from Nortn Carolina. A very Interesting fact In regard U the children of tho state Is found t) an examination of the school census The number of children, white, undet four years of age Is 174,436, and be tween 4 and 15 years Is 449.414. Ttu number of colored ' children nnder 4 years Is 92,986, and between 4 and if Is 240.857. Thus It will be found that every Sunday In North Carolina 12,000 children become acountable; that. I reach the age of IS years, ot this num ber 802 being white and 428 colored The population of the state Is found tc grow at tbe rate ot 3 per cent per year, tbla being very close figure. Nc doubt the figure above given will surprise not a few people. Chairman C. E. Foy of the commis sioners of Craven county has been In formed by state geologist Pratt that Mr. W. L. Bpoon, the widely known Uie United States publlo rosd expert will "i ko to that cuty and devot aoveoral days to looking over IU ron : and r mllinrlrtng hlmpelf With the woik am th f . moid run r.th'n, V.r. F, . - n .. . , 1 r I R ' 1 ! t' t ' t. ! DOVER HIGH SCHOOL KUEMEN1 Interesting Exercises Connected WltL That Institution, Address by Hon. Guy Carter.' : Special to Journal. Dover, May 22. The town of Dovei la bearing so well Its part In the edu cational progreaa of tho times that :t asks space In your columns for men tion of the commencement exercises of the Dover High School, which toos place bli Thursday and Friday nigni of this week. - Thursday night waa given to a pro gramme for the primary and interme diate departments, and the entertam- .avant given by them in songs, drills, re citations, pantomimes, etc., was ren endered with a high degree of efficien cy and would have been creditable to r ny community in the state. On Friday night an hour was give:- 1 j the high ichool department. These exercise were all ot them highly pleaalng from the standpoint of enter tainment' and as evidence or tnoroug: training by the teachers and of deter- Iknlnation on the part of the pupils tt iXcol,',,:'ji';-' After these exercises Prof. Moset Jpresented, with evident pride and pletr jure; hla fellow countryman, Hon, Gu Carter, of Dobaon, N.-C, who deliver ed the annual literary address to tht school. He chose for his subject "Tht jValue and Dignity of Labor", a thor- pughly practical subject, and one, toe a Mr. Carter's broad range of dis cussion proved, which permits of thr Strongest appeals to public duty anC .the highest ideals in personal achieve ment. Mr. Carter Is himself a fin' spirit whose Ideals of public and pri vate have passed through the refinery of Judean philosophy, ' and with hi clear logic and high thinking and hi forceful powers of speech he present ed thla seemingly prosaic subject In pleasing manner. Our people thlnl ourselves fortunate In having him wit; da. It Is much to be regretted tha dffllctlons in bod, are keeping thic highly gifted young man away from the active! duties of life, and we hope- that he will soon find himself restore? to the activities to which his high pur poses would lead him. ; ' At tbe close of this address the twr graduates of the high school depart ment Mlases Alma Kornegay and Em ma Garner, were called forward, am Mr. Carter, in behalf of their teachers presented' each of thorn with a hand ibme Bible. : ,. 4 , ' The commencement marshals werr Seth Lee West, H. Loo West, John Wa tera anj Justin Maxwell . . This closes the fourth year of won ot Prof. B. H. Moaer of Surry county In Dover,, and he ta entitled to take a great deal of pride in his achieve meats In th. school work here. A1 some of the net results of his wort ilC may be mentioned that Dover vote -al special school tax without a slngh vote east against It in the district, anr It; was the first district. In the stati which did this., With the enthuslasn toV hard regular work Inspired in hi pnptla he maintained last year tb highest, average attendance of whir tbjere la any record In the state. ' An the people of Dover have determine that by the time for the opening 0 tSe next session of school they wli have constructed a modern achoo bolldlng which will be In keeping wit: URs fine work that ia being done am' that will furnish ample accommoda tlons for years to come. And it is ex pected that tbe next term shall opei with a sohool raorganlied by th ichool authorities as a first grade hlgl school.'-; ;'. - . The teachers In the Intermediate an prfmary departments, Min Nora Bell of Elkln. N. C and Miss Beatrice War ot Siloam, N. C, are entitled to a large share of the credit for the splendir work done thepast year, and our pen Diet hope to have them all with us a tain next session. Eastern Carolina Baseball. tpeclal to Journal: 'Raleigh. May 22. At Rocky Mount am called off on aooeunt of ralr 4 1-2 innings; Raleigh 1, Rocky Mi At Ooldsboro. Ooldsboro S.Wnmln ton 1. i - 'At Fsyettevllle, Wilson 1. Fayette vllle 0. ' Cotton Looking Peerly. Special to Journal: .Raleigh, May 24. -The commissioner of agriculture returned today after rip through much of North Carollnav cotton region and says four d iyi rain which ended yesterday and was re marked by unusually cool weather hi checked cotton sharply. It is comln up slowly where late plai.t'-l end Hi' stands where It Is up ar rathrr th'n CoiiSltWeMs u;'iid hat l)''n wahJ . Ve r a Is t COIIEtlCELIEIIIS.: ARE INJPROGRESS THAT OF THE AGRICULTURAL ft MECHANICAL COLLEGE OCCtT. " PYING THE ATTENTION , , ' m COMMISSION IS BUST The flatter of Electric Headlight on -Engines Occupies Host of Theft Time. .last of Supremo Court. Se cretary Connors Opinion of the Large Meeting of Teachers at More head. Prominent Vxm and Idaoai ; tors Will be Present Army EnUst ment Completed. Special Correspondence. : ; . '' Raleigh, May 24. Thla la the com-. mencement aaason here,' the exerclaeo being in progresa at "the A. & M. Col lege,, Peace Institute, ''.;'St V Maryo school and the Baptist University tor Women. . An unusually large number of visitors is In the city. Yesterday the church parade waa notable,. Uka t students of the three female oollogos being In .white to the churches tho ' Senior class of the Baptist University wearing caps and gowns. At the A. & M. College the sermons wai presett ed by Rev. Charles W. Byrd of Nash ville, Tenn; that before Peace Insti tute bq Rev. Dr. Neal Anderson, oi Winston-Salem; that before St Marys 3chool by Rev. Richard Hogue of Cha pel Hill and that before the Baptist University by Rev, Dr. E. Y. Mull las, of Louisville, who is the President of the Southern Baptist Technllogloal Seminary. ' - - . - : At the various institutions . named - today was devoted to-class day oxer- clses, receptions; etc', and at the A. 4k - M. college, the commencement address waa delivered by; Hpn,.Merrtasoa K.;' Sates, ot Washington; D. C. '" 7 ' The commencement exercises ot th' -' State School for the blrnd will beheld ' next Friday, Dr.'' Hubert A. Royator t ot this city delivering the annual d- dress. ' i ': '!':' t' There were many people at tho Cor- '. poratlon Commission rooms today, there being two hearings one la which ; the people of Sanford asked for a un- ., on passenger station there to bo built v ")jc the three railways, one In whlcft he railways presented their excop lons to the order, of the commission equlrlng the freight depot at Morga. on to be moved across tne track. , The most Important case before l& , commission is that Involving the plac ing of electric headlights on the loco-. motives of the larger roads. Tho leg islature ordered thla done but left tho rrangements In the discretion of tho Tommlsslon. - - The Atlantic Coast Una desires cons plete exemption from the law and so , does the Norfolk and Southern while he Seaboard Air Line aska exemption for certain of Its ' lines and engines. Tbe engineers were ; strongly repre sented today and they are putting no stiff fight for; the carrying out of he law At the Agricultural Depart ment Inquiries are made as to what damage the four days rain and coof weather have done In the state and It was replied that In the low eoua- try a good deal of land Is flooded and lamage done that elsewhere the main damage Is to cotton and that more, by . the oool weather 'than by.. the. ram.. lorn and tobacco do not appear to be Injured. The spring haa bean rather " trying on the Ocopa, the first trouUe beginning April TTrth. with the great ' rains. Rain fell fire days of last week In aome parts 6T tbe state. The Supreme court expected to lie ' the laat opinion of the term tomor row and to then adjourn. Secretary R. D, W. 'Connor of tho Sorth Carolina Teachers Assembly lays tt Is very dear Its sessions at Yforebead City from June lGth to l!;a will be the largest on record as grt numbers ot Inquiries are coming la re tardlng It. The old assembly bii:'..": j s being refitted and made very a:o- tive. Governor Kltchia, tu: I , intendent Eggleaton of Vlrfli.a Mrs. Ellen H. Richards of the !' chuaetts Institute- of Technol. rr speak and also a numher or c . The recruiting atatioiis fcnrs 1 Wilmington are already clu 1. ; were seven stations up to a v 5 . . 1 It . t k t wnue ago. ie anni( are 1 - fkildlert say that tlie hard t t filled It and not the u. m ! - The tax rate of I ' ! 1 $1.00 reKhUr . 1 1 year. The clj l-.i.: I 1! a ti;.o'io ton'.'.: t i r At ! (. tl M -rn of