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irMT-n T77i (O ir-wnni-Tn ? ttttt 77-77- GIVEN : A ' TAR HEEL O VA T. BAPTISTS HAS BEEN SMASHED Hundred Thousand People Greet First Citizen of Land in Charlotte Today Escorted in State by Militia arid Citizens to Re viewing Stand and Wei- PRESIDENT MADE NO SPEECHES ON THE WAY Only Stop Was at Spencer Where He Shook Hands With Men xind Women Davidson College Gave Him Their Yell of Fomer Days. WON TE MBARRASS (By Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. ('., May 20 Probably one hundred thousand American citi zens welcomed President Wilson here today as his special train rolled slowly into the station at 10 o'clock. A salute of 21 guns was fired from a hill over looking the city. Only those designated to receive the President and party were allowed in the square near the railway sta tion. The President's escort was form ed at the station and the President's automobile was preceded by troops A. and'B. of the North Carolina calvary and was followed by automobiles con- taining Mayor Kirkpatrickr , Secretary Daniels, Senator Overman, Represen-r tative Webb and the citizens. . - - As the President's automobile mov ed slowly up the wide thoroughfare from the station towards the review ing stand he was greeted by cheers at every point along the line. Following the brief route mapped out by the re ception committee for the President's THE CANDIDATES Raleigh Equal Suffrage League Refrains From Propounding Questiojis. NATION'S HEAD GUEST OF HONOR IN CHARtOTTE TODAY (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, Jtf. C, May 20. Raleigh's Equal Suffragists wil not embarrass the candidates of either party by re quest for a declaration of position on the question which 1 promises to grow no smaller next year. The State organization has sent out Uetters and the local body has -many times been importued by members to dedicate a womanly epistle to several hundred of candidates but the locals have felt it a doubtful enterprise. They are not certain that anything would be gained by making the mostj liberal of men the target for stand-j pattisnv by forcing, a declaration tflatJ could not help suffrage and certainly citv escort oftwould hurt the candidacy. ' This urach has leaked out since the suffragists met early in the week and discussed their plans for next year. The newspapers had carried an nouncement of the State' league's request for announcements from the candidates. It was decided after va rious consultations with men leaders trip through the city he was taken to who believe intensely In equal suffrage the official reviewing stand, where he 1 that a statement' of position by any ' ) St . v t w - 3J$ X 4 il Woman Addressed The Con vention and Made( a Splen- did Speech. BIG MEETING GOES TO NEW ORLEANS NET si Ti t HE THHUST LIS Amid Enthusiasm Amounts of Money Raised Fine Work of Woman's Auxiliary. BIG LEADER NOW Cleveland Star High Man in American League Daubert Leads National Batters. Try, to Break Through In Flan; ders But Without Success, j Claims Paris. 1 14 Ac ncrw Tur cri7Mc . OF GREAT ACTIVITY was welcomed by Governor Craig of North Carolina, Governor Manning of South Carolina, and their staffs and Personal escort. During the brief interval between the President's arrival and his appear ance at the head of the long parade, President Wilson shook hands with the distinguished visitors and others and chatted with those around him. Mrs. Wilson and the other ladies in 'he presidential party were at thej same time given an ovation. As the parade appeared, headed by he North Carolina National Guard, At)0 strong,Mr. Wilson gave close attention to every detail as they filed past the reviewing stand.. Nearly one hour was required for Jp long line t0 file 1)y the point wnere "e President stood. The parade was jde up not -only of military features, "n' also of scores of industrial floats JJd exhibits, veterans of the Civil var, fraternal orders and other fea tures representative r,f wow nko nf southern social and industrial life. "i the parade was a group of stu ,len's from Davidson College, David- ift"1' if C" JWnich was attended by l"e President. They stopped and i, ,ev the C0Hege cheer. Recognizing - p i Pres'dent waved his hat. juuusiastic applause greeted a 'ee"on of emifederate Veterans. The President's Speech. vaItreSident Wilson- speaking to a thn,,r0Wd of more than one hundred that if"? Iersons here today, declared " he hoped the United States, after "e European r 1,1 u v;i TOina Symb01 0f "Sti11 Sma11 Voe of humanity." that oufofSent expressed the hPe an Z Present war may come that th ation of the Peoples and hrinij n lnterests of the world will Pot J 1 int0 a common melting l1e ventured the hope that after (Continued on Paee TCiirht 1 1 Will HAVE 1 EXHIBIT candidate would not help the "cause" and it would hurt because his own chances would be endangered by de claration. To illustrate the point it was asked how it could help the suf frage cause if the eighty percent, of men who do not now know where one stands, could be apprised of it by a publicly forced declaration. It would bankrupt the imagination to think of it, but it is an innocent pastime to do ap, to conceive Jim Hartness hos pitable to suffrage but if he were it would be a picnic for Bryan Grimes to take the other side and vice versa. But the league was favorable to a general education plan, something to enlighten the men . Leagues are go ing to be organized all over the State and it is entirely probable that the next legislature will be made to take up more time on it than the 1915 gen eral assembly did . Some way may be devised whereby the woman's no tary act may come up in slightly modified form or written in a spirit not repugent to a still thoroughely sex conscious supreme court. The agitation last year, while os tensibly for the purpose of presenting amendments to the constitution by which the right of suffrage would be CARRIES MONEY CUSTOM HOUSE i 1 -(By T. W. Chambliss.) Asheville, N. C, May 20. New Or leans gets the next ' session of the Southern Baptist convention and the Baptist. Woman's Missionary Union. Both of these organizations have the largest attendance here ever before in their history. Over 2,400 men and 1,100 women are enrolled. Sacrificial giving, the striping of rings from fingers, brooches from throats and cash in sums' large and small featured the session of the women, over $15,000 being contrib uted toward the debt on foreign and home mission boards. All previous precedents were swept j-away when a woman, Elizabeth j McLure, addressed the Southern Bap tist convention Friday night. It was the first time a woman ever spoke before the convention. Miss McLure represented the training school. With out, a request, more than four hundred dollars in bills were laid at the feet of. Miss McLure when she concluded. The money was given for the building fund of the new training school. Consolidation of the two great mis sion boards caused & three-hour de bate -1 and finally a compromise was 1 ct: i 1 eneciea iwain nne- enure uuesuon io 'Hvv - 4 be discussed-& year hence. : ''oGeTat Secretary J. F. Henderson read the .report for the year of the Layman's Movement Committee. eled 46,515 miles, delivered 261 ad-S Brooklyn, leads the (By Associated Press.) Chicago, 111., May 20. Jack Dou bert, Brooklyn's first baseman, with a percentage of .384, leads the batters of the National League, according to averages made public here today, in cluding games played, .last Wednes day. Fred Williams, of Chicago, leads in home runs, with six, and is tied with Zimmermann, of Chicago, in total bases, at 60, and is tied with Groh, of Cincinnati, in runs scored, at 20. Carey, of Pittsburgh, leads the base-stealers, with 13. Ranked According to earned runs per game made off them, Dell, of dresses, conducted 101 conferences and in addition made addresses at summer encampments and interde nominational conferences. During the year the laymen have raised, on the debts "of the-Home and Foreign Mis sionary Boards, $23,123.64. German Airships Make Raid On English East Coast and Attack DunkirkLittle Do ing On Turkish Front. (By Associated Press) With comparative quiet prevailing at Verdun the Germans last night' made a thrust at the British lines in Flanders, attempting to cross -the Yser, north of Ypres. The French, war office, which reported the engage ment, declares it failed. The sector picked for the attack is one that has naturally been picked by the Germans for effort to break the British front and drive towards Calais. Some of the fiercest fighting of the war took place along the Yser during the preceding German attempt to ad vance towards the English Channel. Activities also have been distributed by the Germans in other sectors, not ably a gas attack in the Champagne region, which also is declared to have been fruitless. . There have been numerous raids by German aircraft. Three j seaplanes raided the British announcement caus cording to British announcement caus ed but few casualties and lost one of t.fiA mnrhina nrVifnVi moo Wmrht n-...n off the . Belgian coast. German aeroplane , attack on Dun kirk and Gergues resulted in the kill ing of six persons and the" wounding of 38 others. , : According to today's; Ttrkfsh official tweeu me itussians ana tne .'iurKs; js taking place iny the Caucasus and ' In the Mesopotamia campaign. MEETS With Bishop Darst Presiding ESisaTXSr Opened This Morning. " (By Associated Pres.) Kinston, N. C, May 20. The annual nitchers.. who I council of the Episcopal Diocese of have taken part in at least five games. East Carolina met here today for a Planning to Be Represented at i Wilmington Items Included In Wilmington Corn Show Sundry Civil Appropria Oppose Purse Seine ' tion Bill. Speaker, of Cleveland, with a per centage of .398, leads the American League in batting. Speaker also is ahead in total bases, with 51 teammate, Graney, leads in runs scored, with 21, and is tied with Four nier, of Chicago, for first place among home run batters, with 3. Judge, of Washington, maintains the lead among base-stealers, with 9. Leonard, of Boston, leads the pitchers. Womans' Missionary Union Promptly at the appointed time, Mrs. E. B. Matthews, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Vice President for Maryland, announced that the 28th annual session of the Womans' Missionary Union, Auxili- (Special to The Dispatch.) Southport, May 20. County Farm Demonstrator R. T. Melvin is about the livest wire in Brunswick county. He doesn't make much noise talking, but his actions are always speaking loud. At present he is busy organiz ing the farmers of the county into township fair associations and ar ranging to have a county board of ag riculture composed of the chairman via, wo cuuni BupciiuicHucnt ui praisers stores, which Is to Cost when schools, and a substantial farmer I . , . AAA . , , A' . , , . . completed $600,000, and an item of from each township. Mr. Melvin is planning to have a number of local ' 2'500 to provide lookouts to insure fairs throughout the -county, and! better protection of mail at the Wil later Brunswick is to have an exhibit at the Wilmington Corn Show. The folks are responding nobly to his plans, 'and a successful exhibit is ex pected from this county. It used to be safe to allow the chil dren to play in the main streets of Southport but that day has- passed. The main street is a fine sand clay road and within the last few days a conferred upon the women, was- not number of new automobiles have put (By George H. Manning.) Washington, May 20. The sundry civil appropriation bill introduced in the House yesterday afternoon, . mak ing appropriations for carrying on miscellaneous government work for the balance of the present fiscal yeariary to the Southern Baptist Conven ending June 30, contains an item of tion, would be in order. On motion $85,000 for commencing work on the 9 Miss Kathleen Mallory all discus- HlUll was inuiieu iu iwu uimui.cn, aim E. S. Davis,' was appointed. The devotional exercises of the meeting were conducted by Mrs. E. G. MacLean, a Missionary to Africa. Special -prayer was offered for the work in" Japan. Mrs. Wesley N. Jones, of Raleigh, N. C, spoke words of wel- four-day session, with Bishop Thomas C. Darst presiding and other distin guished members of the clergy and His I church workers in attendance. The annual meeting of the Woman's Auxi liary. Qnly the organization meeting of council will be hel dtoday, to be giv en over tomorrow to devotional ex ercises and business sessions and so cial functions will occupy Monday and Tuesday. FAIR WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK v. mington postoffice, and $1,200 for ren tal of temporary quarters for govern ment offices. The bill asks an appro priation at once of $600,000 for contin uing work on the harbor of refuge at r Cape Lookout. " A- i'c v -X- -X- -55- - -55- - I ATTACKED BY SEAPLANES, t (Hu A - . . ' TV7 S8ciated Press.) ma nMay 20-Three Ger- the p?. u nes made a raid on a B?S,Sh !ast coast lat night, this offlcial announcement C wrnfn States- of oft tLT,1 Was brught down T,ine Belgian coast. -x- bombs lX & dropped -oundiB g 0116 soldier 0un(lmg two civilians. meant to eo so far as that . Some of the finest o fthe santi-suffragists voted for the bill and wanted to see it submitted to a citizenship whose men are three to one against it and whose women are proportionately unconvert ed. The next campaign is for educa tion. COST ADVANCES IN VIENNA. (By Associated Press.) Zurich, Switzerland, May 20 Prices of men's clothing in Vienna have been advanced 50 per cent, by the unani mous vote of the Tailors' Association: Wages are said to have gone up 30 per cent, since the war and the cost of materials, cloh, linings and trim mings, have risen; from 100 to 300 per cent. Some kinds of cloth, notably blue serges, cannot be had at all. In their appearance, now a car can be seen coming or going at any time. It is said that more- than one hundred new cars will be placed in Brunswick thl& spring, and summer. The new road to Wilmington is helping to cre ate an interest in car buying. In the past only light cars' have been pur chased.. Several heavy cars have f been added to the list this week. Capt. J. J. Adkins will attend the meeting of the Fisheries Commission at Morehead City in the interest of the Brunswick fishermen. Captain Adkins is opposed to purse seining for edible fish. The fishermen along the Brunswick coast claim that the purse seining has about ruined their business. Captain Adkins will rep resent their interests. SIMON S PLEASED And With Moderate Tempera tures Also to Prevail For Southern Section. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 20. Fair weather come inbehalf of the State and city, t with moderate temperature is fore- The Corresponding Secretary, Miss Kathleen Mallory, of Baltimore, read her annual report a touchingly beau tiful message of the year's achieves ment. Mrs. W. C. Loundes, of Balti more, Treasurer, made her report for the year. Treasurer's Report. According to her report, the receipts for the year were interestingly sug- Jgestive. The total cash offerings from the Statep were as follows : 1 Alabama, .......... $20,460,79 , Arkansas. .. . ..... 5,629.62 Gratified Over McAdoo's of CoIumbia . r iui iua. . 1 Georgia '. , mj. rr d .Illinois. niai. Ler ense r rogram Statement and Progress of 37 ad -X- '' MEfSPAPERS OUT OF BUSINESS (By Associated Press.) Berlin, May 20. Three thousand newspapers and1 publications in Ger many have had to go out of business, generally on account of financial dif ficulties, since the war began, accord ing to the newspaper lists lor the Im perial postals districts -'The list for this year . shows - a falling off of 1,255 'publications from the list of ..1915, or an average of more than three a day. : -x- -x- . -x- .. 5- SHIPPING BILL PASSED. -X- .'. ; 5- (By Associated Press.) Yr - Washington, May 20. The ad-tt -X-ministration's shipping bill, de- -X- signed to upbuild the merchant marine and strengthen the navy, -X- j was passed by the House today X- by avote of 211 to 161, virtually in the form as it was introduced. .','.. . Kentucky. . Louisiana. , Maryland. . cast by the Weather Bureau for the south-eats section for the week be ginning tomorrow. In the Middle At lantic States the weather will be partly cloudy, with probable local showers Monday, and Tuesday. OHIO POLITICAL LEADER IS DEAD (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C, May 20. Sena- Mississippi tor Simmons expressed yesterday his Missouri, gratification over the encouraging out- New Mexico look for the speedy adoption of the;North Carolina administration's preparedness pro gram; passage of the ship purchase bill and pleasure at learning from Secretary McAdoo that it will be un necessary to raise ! as much revenue as had been anticipated to. .meet the numerous extraordinary appropria tions. :. r '-'X ';-' . .. ' i - He recalled, incidentally, that hi3 assertion of last February that the amount4 necessary to meet these ex traordinary expenses should be raised by inheritance taxes, i 'increased, taxes on incomes- and taxes on munitions of war, seems now in a fair way to be realized. V (By Associated Press.) Cincinnati, Ohio, .May 20. George S. Cox, political leader, died at his 2,280.68 , home here early today. He was 4,530.00 j stricken with paralysis on February 44,009.93 29. from which he never recovered. i oolii l j iu -1 i i i i.uui;. UIUUEU UeULU WJ1S HaiQ IU IIHVR DHRIl zz,0Z0.21 F caused from pneumonia, taken a few . 7,642.23 days ago. . ; 4,715.70 J .20,701.75! . 10,519.36 ' .. 1,245.25 . 32,492.57 . 7,587.00 . 37,963.52 -."''20,380.40-. 31,757.27 . 48,041.68 . ; 385.00 . : 187.68 27.00 WON THE SUIT Craven jury Declares It Was . Not at Fault Wins Action Against Fur Dealer. (Special to The Dispatch.) New Bern, N. C. May 20. In Craven Superior Court yesterday the jury in the case of W. B. Sasser, colored, vs the Postal Telegraph Company, in which the plaintiff was suing for dam age in the sum of two thousand dol lars for mental anguish which he suffered whenlhe defendant company failed to deliver a telegram apprising him of the death of his father, return ed a verdict in favor of the defend ant company. The, telegraph company showed that they had made every effort to locate Sasser and had sent several "service" messages in an attempt to do this, but had failed in their effort. J. P. McCullen, oi Bridgeton, was yesterday afternoon in Craven Super ior Court awarded damages in the sum of $194,00 in a suit which he had in stituted against Bear and Company, a rxortnern mr dealing firm, for moneys which he claimed , they owed hfm. Two hundred dollars was the sum asked in the complaint but the jury decided 'that $194.00 would be about the right amount and this they award ed him. REDUCES INTEREST. Tokio, May 21. The Bank of Japan has announced a reduction of its in terest and discount rate by two rln, equivalent to one-fifth of an American, cent. The decision is believed to be due to the bank's desire toextend greater facilities to- the promotion of Oklahoma South Carolina. . , Tennessee Texas, . Virginia. ... . . Etudent Body. . . . Alumnie. . . ... Missellaneuos, gifts The value of boxes sent by the var ious societies amounted to $10,909.91, making a total of cash and boxes for the year , of $335,136.83 an increase over the previous year of - $20,034.42.. . The Jubilate offering for foreign missions during the year was $71, 732.27. The amount given for Jubilate ' r (Continued on Page Eight.): - . We Have With Us Today Tha local Stores, listed below, which appeal to men, women and children, advertise tn The Evening Dispatch because they want to "tell the story" of their merchandise to you as one of the great family If Evening Dispatch readers. " Look to our advertisers first to fill your wants. i i " Belk-Williams Co. The. Payne Drug Co. Hall & Ross. . Thomas Grocery Co. J. Frank Jarman. C. D. Kenny Co. I. Shrler. v Geo. S. Nevens & don. N. Jacob) Hardware CorH ' V ' Elvington's Pharmaoy 1 J." M. Solky Co. - iA T X? n y C. W. Yates Company. t- S. parley & Co. v ; f
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