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VOLUME XXXIII
INTERESTING EVENTS IN
THE VICINITY OP RALEIGH
Numerous Persons Have Been Sum
moned in Hospital Hearing. Vance
Statue Unveiling. Counting Frimary
Votes. Kitchin's Majority is 7,688.
(V. T. Bost in Greensboro News)
Raleigh, June 7. Witnesses who will
give testimony against the state hos
pital management here beginning Thurs
day morning are being summoned for
.that investigation and an imposing H.;t
was sent out the earlier days of ti e
week.
These testify on counts ranging fron
seven down to one and if all come who
have been "invited" as J. C. Hubbard,
one of those declining with thanks, the
board of directors will sit long enough
to give the newspaper men some copy
whether they produce light to a public
now in the dark.
Attorney General Bickett and the as
sistant attorney general, T. II. Calvert,
will conduct the examination of the wit
nesses. These are scattered well over
the state and they do not com under
subpoena. Many will voluntarily testi
fy and it is not telling anything out of
school to say that quite p few will glad
ly give evidence against the things that
are. These witnesses embrace many pro
fessions and among them are some form
er employees of the institution as well
former inmates.
Public Hearing a Necessity.
The public hearing was made a ne
cessity when young Charles Latta is
sued a lot of letters complaining of his
treatment and that generally at the
hospital. Goveronr Craig examined the
charges and both the governor and the
superintendent of the institution insist
ed that a hearing should take place. It
had been set for an earlier date but wit
nesses necessary could not be brought
here for the original hearing.
J. C. Hubbard of Clinton, is one of
the witnesses who will be expected to
give evidence on seven counts. In writ
ing him to appar, Secretary I). A. Mc
Donald, of the board of directors, wrote
him: "Certain charges have been made
against the management of the slat.1
hospital. Some of these charges appear
to be anonymous but the board is de
sirous of a full hearing and this will be
had at the state hospital, June 8, at
10 a. m.
"In the charges relative to a rat
found in the dish, improper food, expos
ure of patients and maltreatment of jia
tients. etc., you are cited to appear as
a witness and the board will be glad
to have you present for examination.
"I am not authorized to assure you
payment of expenses, but this matter
will be referred to the proper authori
ties." "Suffering Trom Paranoia."
And to this "invitation," Mr. Hub
bard replies with a shade of asperity
irreverently suggesting another para
noiac has gone wrong. He says:
"Clinton, X. C, June 4, 1916.
"IX A. McDonald, Sec. State Hospital,
"Raleigh, N. C.
"Dear Sir:
"I am in receipt of your invitation
(as that is what I term it) to visit the
State Hospital on June 8th at my own j-
expense, as a witness against the man
agement of the hospital, in regard to j
maltreatment of patients, improper
food, etc. I saw in both the News and
Observer and Raleigh Times about April
1st that charges had been preferred
against the management, and that the
governor had ordered an ir.-. t ; a' ' -m.
it would strike me that if the governor
really wanted an investigation and the
people of North Caroli'u- ai 1 ce.tr-: dy
entitled to one and a most thoroi gh
one, that the governor should not only
order a public investigation but that
the witnesses should be properly and le-
;xally subpoenaed, and arrangement I Q tne presentation exercises. Judge
made whereby the expenses of witnesses jark's presentation was brief history
were paid, and not merely issue an in- Gf the splendid soldier and gentleman
vitation to come to the investigation at j an(i Colonel Grimes' speech was a splen
their own expense. tribute to the courage and nobility
"I w':"l s;at;- that there is not an in I f the TOUI1g officer,
ptilulion in the state of North Carolina , Miss Ramseur never saw her father,
that needs an investigation more sothiir JIe ,vas killed on the date of the re
does the State Hospital at Raleigh, not ecjpt cf the telegram announcing her
only as to the food, mal treatment of j lth. Whether her birthday was the
............... rt i i'l 1 1 H lit J li f Villt.
pai:ni., 1" '
the methods of the present management,
in turning the institution into a haven j jnn,scur and it is related of the two
for drunks and criminals, so long as that wlim General Ramseur asked 6en
the friends of these drunks and crir.ii- erai Grimes to congratulate him on the
nals are able and will pay all expenses j Vlirtl, ot- a f;ue son? General Grimes re
of placing them there and $50 perpje tnat the fine son was a daughter
month board in advance, while poor a-j because no sendr of a teleTp
flieted men and women, without means ' announced the birth of a son -withont
that are really afflicted, are held all
over the state in common county jails,
the management giving out the ex
cuse that they haven't the room for
them. We presume that this is done
that the management can make a finan
cial showing consequently a pay pa
tient, though he be a criminal or com
mon drunk, is more desirable.
"Th ere is nothing that would give mc
more pleasure than to testify to the
mismanagement of the hospital as I
know it, at an investigation properly
hold, with witnesses properly sub
poenaed; but I positively decline to
lend my assistance to such a farce as
sour invitation leads me to believe that
ihia investigation will be. I uni reliably
M'.t'onned that four of these invitations
:avo been sent to parties in this eountv
other than myself, and that not one
f them will attend any such investiga
;.oa on a mere invitation. The taxpay
of North Carolina, and especial;
ose having loved ones confine'd in tht
'.a.titutioii are entitled to some consul
..Ion, and if they knew what I know
it they would demand it.
"Youra truly,
"J. C. HUBBARD.
" ' P. S. Ask Dr. Anderson if this le! -!.t
does not indicate that the writer
: suffering from paranora.
"J. C. H."
Unveil Vance Statue.-
The commission appointed by Gover
nor Craig to present the statue of Zebu
Ion Baird Vance to the United States on
behalf or the state of North Carolina is
sending out beautifully engraved invita
tions with engraved programs to North
Carolinians resident and absent to at
tend the unveiling ceremonies Thursday
morning, June 22, at half after 10 o'
clock in Statuory Hall, Washington.
The commission is composed of Jus
tice William Alexander Hoke, chairman
of the Supreme court; Mrs. M.V. Moore,
Miss Laura Carter, Clement Manly and
John Henry Martin. The commission
today issued an invitation to the peo
ple of North Carolina asking them to
attend the unveiling of the Vance stat
ue in accordance with ' ' the direction of
Governor Craig and the council of state,
under a joint resolution of the legisla
ture of North Carolina, 1907, and pursu
ant to the act of Congress dedicating
this hall to the purpose of thus honor
ing the memory of the good and great
Tiicii cf the nation and to giving each
the right to p'ace therein two
her
for
!i?tis:guilied citizens, illustrious
civic or military virtues."
Justice Hoke will preside. Bishop
Joseph Blount Cheshire of Noii Caro
lina will make the invocation. Miss
Dorothy Espey Pillow will unveil the
statue: Clement C. Manly will present:,
t::e statue for the commission. Gover
nor Craig for the. state and Vice Presi
dent Thomas R. Marshall will accept it
for the
United States.
G'itcon Borglum, the sculptor, has
put into the Vance statue what be him
self regards the very best of which he
is capable and North Carolinians de
clave that it will be very pleasing to
the State.
Governor Craig has pardoned Bachel
and Emma King of Henderson county,
women charged with keeping a disorder
ly house and sentenced to a year in
jail.
They were convicted in May, 1912
and left the State, but returned, were
arrested and have been in jail three
months. The pardon is recommended
by the board of county commissioners
by Michael Schenck, present solicitor,
by many citizens and by county offi
cers. The judge who tried the case
is dead. Governor Craig thinks that
considering their banishment and thpjr
imprisonment they have been punished
as much as originally contemplated by
the court. j ...j
Ramseur Portrait Given.
The portrait of General Out-phen D
R.,u1SP-lir dashing soldier who lost his
ife in the fall of 1864, was presented
to tho hall of history today, Chief Jus
tice Walter Clark making the presen
tation speech and Col. J. Bryan Grimes
the acceptance for the historical com
mission. Miss Mary Dodson Ramseur, daugh
ter of General Ramseur, was here from
Lincoln county to attend the ceremon
ies. The Supreme Court room was fill
ed when Chief Justice Clark was pre
sented bv Col. Fred A. Olds, the direc-
j tor of jTau Df History and master
i . f 1 : 1 . 1 . ,,4- na.fnin (Xrf.-x
iUate OI IUS ieu.ii
j orn1 p,ryan Grimes succ
rceeaeu uenerai
i i 1 1 i
making it unequivocal that a "son
ratner man a uauv was uum.
The picture has been swung on the
walls of the hall of history and hangs
high among the young soldiers who
gave their lives to the Confederate
cause.
Governor Craig has been invited to
speak at Tammany July. 4th upon the
occasion of one of Tammany's preat
j jollifications,
j Governor Craig is in the eastern part
! 0f the state and has not been reached
- j by the invitation. He will return to
SCOTLAND
ST. LOUIS COLISEUM, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HALL
l win iiim i in i i tmm hi. mi h H mm mn mm i Mim'! wiSSS
Raleigh the latter part of the week.
Requisition wa3 made upon South
Carolina today for George Threadgill
of Anson county, who is wanted in this
state for disposing of property under
mortgage before the lien was satisfied.
Manning Not Quite Over.
For the jrst time since the Saturday
primary it appears unlikely that Judge
Ja mos S. Manning will not be nomi
nated for the attorney generalship
without a second primary.
It is not entirely improbable that the
remaining 30 counties not reported
will give him a bare majority but when
70 had been finished today he was
about 3.000 votes behind the field, 34,
000 being counted for him and 37,000
for the field.
Of course a second primary is an
improbability. The figures indicate
that Col. Edmund Jones is standing
second and the colonel hasn't wanted
and second "nuisance." He suggest
ed the single primary by Calvert "and"
Sinclair did not agree to his proposition.
Major W. A. Graham for commission
er of agriculture, looks over the fence
now. He will probably have 7,000 to
10.000. It was the major who quick
ly "fell for" Maj. Sandy McKinnon's
offer to let one primary settle it. "I
do not think there is any , likelihood
that the state will be put to e;rpen3e
of holding a second primary," Major
Graham said, but he .yielded.. Friday
of last week Major MeKiunon with
drew his banter to Major Graham and
unless the major is carried over a sec
ond primary is in prospect.
The canvassing board is still at
work upon the returns. The official re
turns from the second district' give
Claude Kitchin 9,800 and Clingman W.
Mitchell 2,192. This makes Kitchin's
majority in the district 7.668 and it
wa 't a good day for voting. Bertie,
Mr. Mitchell's home county, went
against 'him and Wilson, the home of
the greatest Kitchin hate, went 711
against Mr. Mitchell. In over four of
the counties did Mr. Mitchell get above
100 votes and the duck who said he
would not get a tenth of Edgecombe 's
ballots was no prophet at all. He bare
ly got a 20th.
COLORED TEAMS PLAY TODAY.
The Weldon and Scotland Neck ball
'"earns will play a game of ball today
at the old race track grounds at 4o'
elock. Both teams are strong and a
good game is anticipated.
ATTEND CONVENTION W. O. W.
Messrs. W. B. Strickland, C. N. Ma
lone, L. -J. McKeel, C. D. Brown, and
John Applewhite went to Wilson yes
terday to attend a district convention
of the Woodmen of the World.
DRAGGING STREETS AGAIN.
It is yleasir.g to note that the town
authorities are again having the prin -
cipal streets of the city scraped with a
road drag. This work tends to keep j
out the ruts, which insures longer life j
to the streets. The county road force j
was on the job Wednesday and Thurs- ;
dav.
COURT CASES.
Among the many cases disposed of at
Halifax this week was that against the
four negroes from this town who gave
the officers much trouble the latter part
of April. "Bisr Jim" Hanrahan. the
; n tor nf Wr months
iv:tlVl' ! niio . L ' ' '
-
ion the roads. Bunyan Taft, a former
Greenville negro received six months
nnd the other negro man in the case got
eight months. The woman, with whom
the three men were boarding, was the
recipient of a twelve months sentence.
All the parties have been removed to
the convict camp.
DANCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
A delightful dance was given the i
young ladies of the town Wednesday J
evening by the young men of the town j
in the mavor's office. j
The Jesse Hedgrpeth String Band
was on hand for the occasion and the
couples tripped the light fantastic un
til late hours. About twenty couples
were dancing at ail times and the dance
was one, ot the most enjoyame. eve,
. .. . , 1.1.
jheld here,
NECK, N. C, ) FRIDAY JUNE 9,
CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISES.
Children 's Day Services will be ob
served at the Methodist Episcopal
church here Sunday evening at 8 o'
clock. The regular services will be dis
pensed with on th occasion. The Pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
MARTIN;. H. GLYNN
Martin H. Glynn, former governor
of New York, is temporary chairiaan
of the Democratic convention.
REV. REUBEN ME.UEDITii
CALLED TO NEW CHARGE.
Rsctor Of St. Peter's Tenders Resig
nation goes To Scotland "
Neck.
The following article appeared in
Thursday "s Virginian-Pilot.
Rev. Reuben Meredith has tendered
his resignation as rector of St. Peter's
Episcopal church, to take effect July 1.
At a meeting of the vestrymen of his
church last night Mr. Meredith an
nounced that he would leave the first
of next month to take charge of a pas
torate embracing Scotland Neck En
field and Halifax, N. C. His resig
nation v.-u. very regretfully accepted.
Mr. Mer. lith came to Norfolk more
than five v.- ;.rs ago, giving up a church
in Dinwid:1 county to aeeepe the call
to St. Peter's. He celebrated the fifth
anniversary of his local pastorate last
December. In the five and a half
years he has been at St. Peter's he
has increased the congregation wonder
fully, built, and almost paid for a
large parish house, and instituted a
number of movements that have borne
abundant fruit.
Members of his congregation, speak
ing of his resignation, said last night
that the religious life of Norfolk would
suffer in Mr. Meredith 's departure a
j very deep and real loss. They corn-
jplimented him highly for work done at
jSt. Peter's.
j .
WILLIAM F. M'COMBS
William F. McCombs is chairman of
the Democratic national committee.
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS.
Evangelistic meetings are still in pro
gress at the Pentecostal Holiness
Church in East Scotland Neck. Ser
vices every evening at 8 o 'clock. Every
body is cordially invite:' to attend.
I Tl T TT T)T:.o. nf Poi-n.o O 11 rtnJ'l
, v. xr. .
iing the preaching
1916.
DELIGHTFUL CONCERT
Last evening at the Graded School
auditorium Misses Louise Futrelle and
Elizabeth Futrelle of this place and
Miss Kate Johnson, of Raleigh gave a
delightful recital for the benefit of the
Betterment Association of the school.
A large crowd was in attendance and
all who were present enjoyed the ren-
ienng ot the violin solos and the vo
cal selections by these two gifted young
ladies.
The proceeds which amounted to a
goodly sum were turned over to the
I Betterment Association to use as thev
see fit in the carrying out of the beau
tification of the school building and the
campus.
TO ADDRESS BARACA CLASS.
Rev. W. R. Burrell, pastor of the
Baptist church at Wiiliamston, will
address the Baraca Class of the Bap
tist Sunday School here next Sunday
morning. Mr. Burrell is well known
throughout the State and his address
is looked forward to with much pleas
ure by the members of the class.
The Baraca class here has recently
taken on new life and an active cam
paign is being waged for the enroll
ment. pf new members J.nd. to instill in
to the old members new life.
Mr. Burrell ?s address is only the be
ginning of a series of addresses that
will be made to the Baraca class here
this summer and the leaders of the class
expect to enroll quite a number of new
students while the addresses are the
programme.
MISS MARY TILLERY ENTERTAINS.
Tuesday afternoon Miss Mary Tillery
entertained a number of her friends at
her home on Sunset avenue at aclub
meeting. The guests while present en
joyed themselves with the playing of
games, sewing and conversation and
all who were present declared that the
occasion was one of much merriment.
A delicious salad courpe was served
bv the hostess.
KILL KARE CLUB.
Tuesday evening Mr. Spooner Dunn
delightfully entertained the Kill Kare
Klub at his home in the Clarksville
section on north Main street. The
guests who were present all enjoyed
themselves with the playing of rook.
five hundred and bridge. A delirious !
;:alad course was served bv Misses Jen-
nie Dunn and Elizabeth Dunn.
THE TKII-iBLE BEES.
Mondav eveninir Mrs. Ilcvwood H.
Hymai. delightfully entertained the more than 5.1,000 board feet daily, are
Thimble Bees Club at her home on ! equipped witii closed burner.-. Forty
North Main street. A number of guests! five per cent have fire pits. The re
besides the regular club members were maindcr have neither and dispose of
i present and all enjoyed the occasion to
the utmost. A delicious salad course
was served bv the hostess.
BUYS A SAXON.
Mr. J. E. Bowers va& purchased from
the N. A. R-iddick Motar'"Car Co., of
this citv. a Saxon road.-ter.
BORN.
To Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Harrison, Tue3-
Jay June 6? 1916, a daughter.
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REGISTER OF DEEDS OF
- GASTON COUNTY SUICIDES.
Gastonia, June 8. Today at 3:15 p.
m. Andrew Jackson Smith, register of
deeds of Gaston county, shot himself
through the head with a pistol while
sitting in achair in the commissioners'
room in the courthouse. He had been
register for 12 years. Ill health was
the cause of the act. He was alone at
the time. He died intnicdiately after
the shot. He came here from Belmont
12 years ago and was u'i years old and
leaves a wife and seven children. He
belonged to the Baptist church. He
had suffered a long time with an affec
tion in the head, and went to Phila
delphia recently for treatment, but an
operation was considered unwise. His
term of office expired this fall, but he
was not a candidate . for re-cieciioa.
The deceased had manv friend.; and
W. nOVU'Sr. ? IfillCO U VrtHI
uable es-
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i a i u.u ' : col.it.ion.
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REPUBLICANS ACCEPT AN
OPPER PROM PROGRESSIVES
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
IS ELECTED FOE NEXT YEAR
At a recent meeting of the trustees
of the Graded School here Prof. R. D.
Jenkins of China Grove was elected to
the office of Superintendent to lill the
place made vacant by the non appli-!
cation of the present incumbent, Prof. '
Z. Ilardv Rose. I
Prof. Jenkins comes to Scotland Neck
highly recommended as an educator of 1
the hisrhest oualitv r.nd the t, nt,K 1
feel that they have secured one of the
most competent man available to fill
the position of superintendent.
All of the other teachers were re
elected, Miss Thomas wiring her ac
ceptance from Lenoir this week.
The trustees are to be highly con
gratulated in securing the services of
the present corps of teachers for the en
suintr vP.-,r. as all ,,f thom l.i;,l
work nnrl fr woll -fittn.1 tn fill ......i 1
positions.
The reelected teachers are as follows:
First Grade, Miss Eleanor Smith; Sec
ond Grade, Miss Cornelia Josey; Third
! Grade. Miss Louise Josov: Fourth Grade.
i Miss Eva Moore: Fifth Grade, Miss
Lois Thompson; Sixth Grade, Miss
Mary White; Seventh Grade, Miss An
nie Dunn, High School Departments,
Misses Isabella MacKenzie, Julia Bry
an and Ethel Thomas.
THIRTY-SIX MILLION CORDS
OF WOOD WASTE ANNUALLY.
wasnington, juno . iiiere are more
than 48,000 sawmills in the
Lnited
States, and their output of waste in j
ine rorm oi sawausr, snavmgs, s.ans,
other wood refuse is estimated as 35
million cords per year. This, is equal
to over 4 billion cubic feet of waste
which is the capacity of a bin one-half
mile high with a base covering a forty
acre lot. Or, considering each cord to
contain eighty cubic feet of solid wood
with all the cracks and air spaces ta
ken out, these 36 million cords would
make a block of- wood more than a
quarter of a mile on each edge.
Perhaps one-half of this so-called
waste product is not strictly speaking
wasted, but serves a useful purpose as
fuel under the boilers. Much of the re
maining 18 million cords not only serves
no useful purpose, but in most cases is
a source of inconvenience and danger
land costs the mill time and money.
Sawmill waste is disposed of in vari
ous ways. Some goes to the local fuel
market, some to pulp mills or to wood
distillation plants. Shavings and hog
cuttings, as well as other mill waste,
are sometimes used to fill low places in
the yard. However, the most common
method of getting rid of waste is by
burning either in a lire-pit' having an
open fire which sometimes has a pro
tecting wall on the side towards the
mill, or in a burner enclosed on all sides ;
and having a spark' arresting screen a
the top and a fire grate near the bot
tom. In both cases some kind of a con
veyor is necessary to bear the waste
from the mill to the fire. This is usu
ally a sort of trough with a metal bot
tom along which a slowly moving chain .
or eable, equipped with cleates or j
i buckets, carries the waste to the lire.
A closed burner and conveyor costs
about $12,000 for a mill of a hundred
thousand feet daily capacity. Forty
per cent of the larger mills, cutting M
their waste in some otner way.
It "is estimated that for a mill of one
hundred thousand feet capacity the
cost of conveying the waste from the
machine where it is made anil destroy
ing it in a closed burner is 42 cents per
cord or $10.05 ler dav. Burners sel- j
i dom bring in any revenue, although in I
ja few cases ashes are sold for fertil
izer, and in a number of others the bui-
uer furnish s hot feed water for the
boilers.
Both burners and fire-pits add to the
insurance rates on lumber, and in the
case of the pit on the mill itself. In
order to reduce the fire hazard to zero,
in the case of the burners, it is neces
sary to keep all lumber piles at least
one hundred and fifty feet away from
the burner. The matter is much worse
in the case of pitts, especially' the open
ones, which must be kept three hun
dred feet away from the mill and five
hundred feet away from any lumber
idles. When nearer than these dis-
tauees from the mill vard respectively, tne no:;iess. Araus " .".
the insurance rates mount up rapidly ! hospitality of Miss Harrell were Mes
with closer proximity until they be- 'dames. J. Hinton Dunn, R. C. Josey, Jr.
come practically prohibitive when the j Misses Katherine Johnston of Raleigh,
fire pit is nearer than one hundred j the guest of honor, Nannie Shields,
feet I Nannie Lamb, Lucile Leggette, EH.a-
,i j ,,11 nm ! beth Futrelle, Dorothy Dunn, Lou-
No well managed mill would pro-, -
n l c, Thi Use Futrelle, Sallie May Josey, Hilda
duce waste it it could le avoided. L nis T
.,1.:-i1i 4i. ,,PTt iHancofk and Lydia Josey.
however, is not possible, so tne next , -
best thing is to seek out some method ' "
i :. 1 r- vt-;n;m vrv,;fi, of TTob'-oo-l wan
on or .i." v.iv iru i.
its disposition. The Forest
pay
: Service is
workinsr on this problem,
iw. ha, not vet found a satisfactory
NUMBER 34.
Decide to Get Together for the Sake
of Harmony. Progressives Want to
Nominate "Teddy" and Get Things
Over With. Some Planks.
( hicag0' ,Iune 8'-The Republican
Ptel the invita"
convention to
ja vuMicri-npc lor narmony.
" " ' "' Jur "ar,"OH-v- A proposal
jto that end, adopted first in the Pro
gressive convention, was received in
the Republican convention and adept
led with a few scattering "noes."
timiw. iitiii oniooi, or Ltan; sena
tor Willam E. Borah, of Idaho; former
Senator W. Murray Crane, of Massa
chusetts; Nicholas Murray Butler of the
New York delegation, and former rep-
""" "i ' icnion.
vncnnt'itn A f Il ...c r A .
'
were appointed as the Republican
i-unicrnn'c committee. riiev at
once
began arrangements for meeting the
Progressives.
The complexion of the committee was
generally regarded as one that would
not accept Colonel Roosevelt for the
presidential nomination, but would not,
insist upon Justice Hughes. The whole
effect, of the development was to throw
the Republican nomination into uncer
tainty. The other principal developments in
the Republican convention were the
adoption of the platform as reported
by the resolutions committee headed
by Senator Lodge, a half minute de-
I j.iousirn i ion ior c oi. Koosevelt when
iis name was mentioned: the nerfec-
t;on 0f the permanent organization and
j adjournment until 11 o'clock tomor-
The Progressives.
Auditorium Hall, Chicago, June S.
The Progressive national convention
met in two tumultous sessions today and
adjourned tonight until 10 o'clock to- .'
morrow.
The principal busiiu? if thef day.
was the approval of ar ' to confer
on peace plans witu the Itepulilican
convention.
Throughout the day the leaders kept
control over the delegations more by
persuasion and by constant reiteration
of Chairman Robin's promise that the
majority would decide any uestions
that arose, than by any actual hold they
had upon the delegations. The same
determination to nominate Theodore
liooscqvclt was evident from the time
the first delegation trooped in shortly
after 1 o'clock until the last went out
shortly before 9 tonight.
Leaders made no effort to conceal
their belief that a failure of the con
ference committee to agree or to find
some possible basis for an agremeat
could result in but one thing the im
mediate nomination of Col. Roosevelt.
jln the words of Chairman Rollins "to
morrow probably will be a big day"
in the convention.
Only by many promises to place no
obstacle in the way of the nomination
of Col. Roosevelt were the delegates
content to adjourn and await results
from the conferees.
The Progressive conferees appointed
by Chairman Robins are: Geo. W. Per
kins, Governor Niram Johnson, Hor
ace Wilkinson, Charles J. Bonaparte
and Jno. M. Parker.
The contention :-:uent about four
i in sc
n ight
ssiou eiiiling in a
gathering which
per en nc
resull ed
torv
i mostly iti singing and cheering.
WILL HOLD MEETING MONDAY.
The Scotland Neck Board of Trade
will hold a public meeting Monday
evening in the Mayor's office at which
time plans for different projects now
under consideration will be discussed.
It is earnestly rrged that a large crowd
be present for only by the support of
the entire members of the Board can
anything definite be settled. It was
intended to have the meet-ins Thursday
evening but finding that it would con
Hid with an entertainment of the Bet
terment Association it was postponed
until Mondav.
MISS HAERELL ENTERTAINS.
'Thursday morning Mis:i Lillian Jlar
rell entertained the Sewing Club at her
home on west Sunset Avenue in honor
of Miss Katherine Johnston of Raleigh
who is visiting in the city.
For quite a while the guests enjoy
ed themselves with the playingof games
and general conversation after which
a delicious salad course was served by
.1 i a A il.,.,m ,.ii,..vinrr thA
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a visitor here today.
i H H
Mr. James Flendng was a visitor in
i Hobjood yesterday or business.