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Host of the Confederacy at Rirminaham for Big Reunior Soos of Confederate Veterans Hold Meeting As Reunion Preliminary. Gen. Freeman Draws Phfhire of Confederate and World War Bene. ? . \ > " Birmingham, Ala., May 18.?Bir mingham today capitulated to the Southern Confederacy. The men who fought to Chickamauga and Gettys burg and Spottsylvania were in com plete eontroL And the taking of the city was without forced march, mid night raid and the mad rush of bat tle. . ; It was the Old South tonight meet ing the New South. In a hl?g? of color and in the midst of an assemblage marked by the bril liance and traditions of its lineage, that remnant of Lee's courageous band which journeyed-for annual roll call was greeted with enthusiasm which knew no bounds. A joint assembly of veterans, their ladies and sons at the municipal au ditorium constituted the opening of the thirty-first annual convention of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which will continue its sessions until Friday. ? Dr. W. C. Galloway, commander in chief of the Sons of Veterans, as sumed the chair after the formalities of welcome and introduction. Gen eral W. B. Freeman, commander in chief of the Veterans, was an honor guest. His appearance on the stage was the signal for an ovation which was followed by fresuent demonstra tions in honor of personages high in the ranks of the Confederacy. Women in evening garb, street dress traveling frocks and all sorts of costumes composed the bulk of tum.6fl00 persons who jammed every inch of space in the hall. Most of the veterans were in full gray uni form. Martial usic added to the giety of 1 the first night and that most favoifed of Southern melodies, "Dixie," birth* a prolonged demonstration. L T .% ~y ...\-r LVLV lifil^HD X. -;| p-1 y B g a.- J ..... J > m ii mm I *?! VI nil t ftVH 1 ? m CS'SV - ? if iWlft p Other QMMtries Are Tata* Notice to the Opportenities a*? A4vwt?ees Which v 1 IfnrBm, May 18.?Oscar W. Lane, prominent business man of this city, who resigned the presidency of the Eastern Bank and Trust company Friday to devote his entire timeout attention to Us duties as secretary and treasurer of Morehead Bluffs, Inu, and the Beaufort Realty Corpor ^an^ SiidT^, work yesterday in hew offices and expressed his utmost faith in the fu *The eyes of the world are turning oh Eastern North CareKna,' he stated yesterday. "I found that oht from hanker friends as well as from my Ml estate e^eriea*. Itoewttat iWf ICSMUIWB fra b*jue iq.' that will ' visitors * > am rojncr to spend aau unvswrs. v. wu jwhj ?* "rr" rri^Lk z %? mkrjfi+ttoTL tkHu oi JSOI?** 'Lead Bhiffs and the Boeufort Realty T> tw wy'UMug uv" P * . . . . ?? ? Best Camp Fire Girl ????????>? _ Pretty little 17 year old Mary Murray of Tuxedo, New Ycrk, has been selected as the best all around Camp Fire Girl. She ex celled in all branches of work car ried on by the Camp Fire Girl- of America, sister organization? of the Bey Scouts.' anuT IN IKE ARCTIC > ~ .1 ; ? ?$ Progr? m of Detroit Exposition WiH Not Be AlteredL |Wt?5 kins Party's Object Dif ferent from Byrd's ? Det^ Detroit ^Arctic expedition, or to, les sen the importance of-lts central ob jective, to discover land and plan* ? it the American flag," the message sent by Edward S. Evans, general Amundsen nor Byrd had found land, both their aixompiishments have been positive in demonstrating the -softa.-, hility of airplanes ami airships for sustained Arctic fKght. - fortunately for the chances of the United f5tatf?s,'r the message *60^ tinue<l, MWe still have wowJhan four fifths of'the wSexphwed than 800,000 square miles, m which to seek for land." - . : ? '? ^ /-av.. 1\ If . fctjlA' v# n \ b \ a.i lyj*-.. i I ijj j ? Sateftr^;?;"" 1 ..x 4 * ? ^narfmPTlt X Wrf r UtjLlof will viMf JCgra ? -iwy-i' p?v * * ? '? _j w ^ ?. - ?. _ gf j!..a ? 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I Jtoanoke ttvar -<ncar ' ., I car* were rounding a curve when the ^ aslskS Dr. B^ekwfth ip* prgmmflnt pbysi - Mk to j f11 i' niiritaiM TY~ h' nf iviArfclk 'Hv 4'IMMP * I T*'\ Stacy Wade to Rrobt New Insurance Rates at Once . ' miamiiMm* - Increase Appear? Justified ?f lis face; But Wade, Insur ance Commissioner, PrtmUea That Increased Fir? Rates His Attention Raleigh, May }9.?Declaring that he regretted the increase in rates of fire insurance recently announced by the Southeastern Underwriters' Tasaot elation and fhaf he expected to da ell ' ' f - in his power for a readjustment, Ste. cey W. Wade Insurance commission sioner," Jias. issued a statement own men tiug on'the new rates. At- the same time he-asserted that "in th# light of the facts" which wen bcfbli the-underwriters and which they hare promised to lay before the eptnmis I sioner, "the raise in rates appears fa be justified." - Mr. Wade pointed out that the rate incrpase did not apply da dwellings and private garagds and added that in this respect Florida is the only State in the southeast ranking with North Carolina, lie said in the othgf states in which the underwriters op arate the increase, he winforntpd? applied on. aU classes of risks. Mr. -Wade cited facte which had come to his attention concerning op erating coats of the insurance com panies affiliated with the underwrit ers to the-effect that the actual loss rafion was -6Q per cent and the prer head eost ratio 40 per cent, and. the* these figures did not allow the eight per pent .profit which had bean dm dared to be ,,;a "fair underwriting profit" by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.'* From these figures he dnpw th? conclusion that the companies "have msdu ?# money ip North Carolina during the past five years." "If the new rates promulgated by the Southeastern Underwriters' aap dado*" he stated, ?*#****>. order to do this* no goo| thermae i>~. is ncccraflTT snn it 'will bs* Biy'^5868^ fw r III I g 11 [| ? 9 *? I g i n II la i ? ? -- .r? Complaint Again# Judge lit* Laid oil Tfbte . Washington, May 1&.?"No allege ? ******* was found, in the petition for |he. im peachment of Federal-Judge bgMC Meekina ffld by former eihploye of tho bureau ?jf'Jr" temal revenue,.,according, .to a report of a sub-committee of the how? fa il left ry comg^tee. t$day. r- Thfe sub-committee did JRt go into the facts of!the case, but. rendered ,;ts decMa on ?? Mb ?? pMgj- . slon in the Archbald eaee, xn wweh the senate, held that/only acts commit ted in the office^ iySBafc^W-time ?f impeachment, are impeechtblea^ H was said. '-...d While the report of the ?b-?wa mlttee has not yet been adoptd by the f?uU judiciary committee,,H tea* garded as certain that the fgdkfars, W'?Jr^Uee ?p.rt ^ i r,ip'0 T t oLp^* but merely stated fhat 1$ the opinion of the committee no imp?ehabk of "fenses we? alleged. The sub-eora mitt?e-mow*bthat-the eorapla&tt be laid upon tha tabte* 1 ? m The- ActiW of . th?;sub-commIttee te , M' th?W?* }dm ??se a?-farrpa the ** concerned. Carolina Talent i . I VI i u 10 T t j ri nt 1 'IL I ? ' Kinston, May 18.?interest isjjaww | ctillUl^vU u/ f*1 1 broadcast from the Richmond afatlHfc fpn.the night of May 81. Ste^Btery , A Champ "Aft 6l""""j j Mr.jor A. B. Ostranger or fiwpwm, Washington, is lnow three eusjMon billiard champ. This 8?>y?*rJoJd vet? of the Civil War realized. the ambition of a lifetime when ha annexed the title; The three cush ion {rame is the most difficult of all billiard games. 0 3 ' ' ' . ? ^? n ? I ? ' ? I J *????' Congressman Lindsay Warren Succeeded in Getting a Survey of Ocracoke V: After 30 Years its best known residents. WarretrW sidee on the mainland. but lows Ocracoke, which is in his district, like a native. "Warren, a prominent tidewater awyer; and O'Neal, Ocracoke handy mart and fisherman, havo long been clos friends.. When Warren went^to the legislature at Raleigh a few years ago he took O'Neal with him. It was he Ocracoke man's first trip into the interior. When Warren's proposal to Im prove tbe harbor at Ocracoke was pending before the board of engineers at Washington recently the congress,, lqan .decided to go before the body and argod the matter. There he learned, that "Cousin Simey" O'Neal been active at the ot??r end. oWai had,written the beard that Hp. wanted to appear bc(o*> it and state God's sake^ stop that man," a membc-r of the board urged. "We'll grant anything yop anything you want. > f Therefore a survey will be ro&doof Ocracoke harbo^ to determine Just what its needs are. O'Neal^ reputatian m a person apt to hang onto w issue, an extraordinrr ary t^er pnd , 83ji degree ? W' Bpinner had reached the cap'tal. He 4s the tidewater district's Chanson story teller. " ^ When the sum/ore go to Ojat coke the community.leaders will point out the "ditch and "lake" to Tb'ey comprise the harbor. As a mat ter of fact, howevWy the ditch inlet from Pamlico Sound and tbC lake is small salt water bay* - ' ? xV.v! ? -V XandoQi May l&?^ovcrnment^ex^ Exchequer ? u y r?wu
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