The Greensboro patriot [April 13, 1914]

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GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1914
I x. warren, rf Mt. Airy, is
patient at St. Leo's hcs-tj
court house is elf sed
;: ers and clerLa taking
)■]} ho has been
a n,eu"- police force
for a numbcu ... having been
assigned to fluty . a traffic offi-cer
for some time. has resigned h s
position, effective Wednesday. Hs
successor has not yet been elect-el
by the commissioners.
Mr. E. R. rest, cf Wilmington, and
-Miss Myr le Adernuin. of tli.s <itv,
wen- marii-d Saturday afternoon at
the home of th • I rides mother,
Mrs.
> OL. 93—NO. 30
PROGRAM OF COMMENCEMENT
ALL DETAILS COMPLETED FOR
CUILFCRDS EIC SCHOOL
EVENT SATURDAY.
The
one-
Ides as
jwash-h
give
Is and
NY
W. ii. Foushee, on \\"st
I, of Wishing- ; Washir.gt. n s rcet. Rev. J. Clyde
Turn.r. a( tho First Baptist chuich,
was thJ affi.jati.g minister.
Register of Does Rankin ha* re-ceived
f.om the secretary of st:.te
a number of oofiea cf the proposed
amendme ts- to the ccnst.tut.oa of
North ( arolina th t are to be voted
e city on a visit to rel-lends.
Rant in is able to be on
ifter a week's confine-hs
homo iy an at'.a. k of
N'ewell is recove ing
' lly from an operation °n in the election next November.
it St. l>o's hospital Tu« -o.ies a e for distribution among
the voters of the county and wil be
-iii-plied to pe s.ns interesteJ who
may call for them.
The April eUll term of Gnilford
Superior court will convene tomor-
■ kard, of Iteidsviiie, row, with Judge Henry i. Lane on
■ Friday i0 see his 'he bench, it 13 a regular two-weeks'
term, tut a calendar has 1 e n
arr agej only for tins week, if all
the <;:ses Bet for tilal, however, are
taken u-, the term w II mil we 1 in-to
next week. A weeks ciiminal
iis city next Mon- term cf court all .onvene Monday,
j April 27.
>n of the Morehead Reidstllle Revkw, April 10: Mr.
Real1, cf the Eeall
I 1 : : '■ n< nt Compai y.
osed for setere]
'• k oj grip.
Stockard, who is
1. Leo's hospital.
3 Of the I'nivei-
Caro Ena and the Unf-
• ■' ate B h rful d
Of
: unship Sunday s. liool,
be held in West
' • thodist church next
at :: o'clock.
. Williams, (f Sum-
•• "went an opera-ing
■el.
lies
lat
iv-ied
nd
Y
G. R. Robertson and Miss Myrtle
Shatrerly, of Guilford College, arriv-ed
in Reidsville at an early hour
yesterday and were mariied by
'Squire W. 11. Hightower at his
store, a was a typical runawty, the
hosrital about tenibrkle lelv,Ilg iu s|1( h ^ ^
• oveting nicely. She Ld to set her hat. They came In an
■• a.e to return home automobile througU ,h ^ pe_
" ,u° w«ekfi- turned Ihe same way 1 si 0 n. i nited States
1 int ma revenue, ar-from
Washing ton to
' * lays in the < Ity on bus-tins
from big <ffi<i 1
t
I ouise W'.h rton. a
Icljh M • • on Worn ;n's
. Va . i s; ending
it the h me of
. Mrs E. P.
! nche
Saturd y njg t
.Dents.
H. Way, on
. ing ■
:
-t:oke
• i ,, n th t
i J is in a
•
her r 'la-once
n.
i nd Miss
1-I1 I oint, wi re
t 1 oon at the i
• ■ re. c-fU
: •■ Of
rown Summit.
manufacturers
: eetiing in
nd disci ss 'i
■ ei atii n in
I .... cs:ng
' '" 11 Ills.
ong those
man Ii
Revenue Officers Cross, Hedrick
and Haynes, who a:e attached to
Revenue Ag nt Vanderfords foios
in this 1 Ity, destroyed a brand new
blockade istileiy near F|ckettsm|ll
'" Randol'h county, Thu.sdey. The
outfit h i just bet n placed In posi-tion
along the bank of a litt e
stream ai 'I had a .1 1 e n put in op-eration.
The officers didn't g,.t a
glimi se 1 r the bio kad.es.
The nun ;.--i nets are consideiing
plans ror a rao.e th rough and sys-tema
i ■ method of leaning (he <ity
streets. !t is desired to put the
plan th t 11 ay ii" ado) ted into ope-rati
u bef re the coining of the act,
dusty days. List summer Greens-boro
earned the reputa i n of being
almo t a fyless 'own. and the au-
''■ • Ities want to add a n w \ |: tue
this year in the way of a^jius.less
tow Q.
RESICNS THE PASTORATE
OF ALAMANCE CHURCH.
Rev. A. W. Crawford, pcs'.or of
Alamance church, who was recently
elected to su< ceed ttev. M. McG.
Shield,-, as superintendent cf ?ynod-
Ical home missions of the Presby-terian
chur li in North Carolina, ir s
decided to accept the ca.'l and Ins
"J tl e i aston te ■ I the Ala-mance
congregation. Grange Fres-—
...... bytery- , which metis in Mad-ison —this
• [1 u d ys W€ek, wi:i be asked to dissolve the
■ 1 1 1I S.S, m1 oastt. Pastoral relations.
1 . \ ahworth. 1 1. n-
' limas: W. E.
Bi one ^ c-t
pastoral The decision of Mr. Crawford to e
linqi.i.-h the work ; t Alamance is a
soun-e of re ret to the pi o] le of that
congregation. .Mr. C'rawfo d came
Charles M. F'bJips tj Alamance frcm the Fayettevilie
0 Friday en a Presbytery a little over a year ago
in Hi'- city and a'"J at once established himself in
hipi.8 h.S resigned . the affection of the people. He IS
tii' l'r< s!».. terian a preacher if ability and has been
0 and riuJui.s- very successful in his pastoral woik.
the ine< tii g of The Alamance p«0|lo aie now on
in >.a:;.son this the lookout for a new pistcr.
lar.-e in Virginia.
' ■ s. wl.o resides Jamestown Wins Two D:bate:.
',sl "' the city, i„ deletes at High Point and
ol a rather painful Jamestown Thursday night, between
wiide hitching a representatives of the Huh Point
• animal became high, school and the Jamestown high
an, dragging Mr.
■:.me entangled in
school, unanimous decisjoi.s in loth
cases were awarded In fivor of
>t distance ai.d | Jamestown. The question for discus-
•idcably. The bug- aton was the same as thrt used iu
I the recent statewide debates—the in-
New socp 1 j itiative and referendum, iy sped 1
1 subject of a learned arrangements, tach negi-tive team
1 Vitarl'! iF»^r'iJd..a__y _ni.g_ht...a.t!
iiouso bifou- a fajr-
':■• Dr. Samuel Mo-or
of s cil 1 leg-
■•'■;a 1 ojveraity. The
'•• -l wile knowlevlge
nd in the course of
■ touched upon, many of
'l! problems „f social and
He addressed the
* the State Normal and In-
- at noon nt*.y.
stayed at home, The sime spe^keis
who represtntid the schools in the
recent triangular debates discussed
the question Thursday night. High
Point was represented at home !)>'
Glenn Muse and Sidney Porry and
at Jamestown by Olin Cummtngs and
Marvin York. Key Cashatt and New-lin
Hodclu ui held the affirmative
for Jamestown and Clyde Ridge and
David Coltrane defended the nga-tive-
kiM ...
Superintendent ro_st a n'un es
the followlg of icial iix>gra>n of the
comme.Kement extris s of the Gu.l-fori
county pulli- sch.O S to be
-held in Creinsbo:o, at the Central
Carchna f ir grounds, next Satur-day;
1. Faade around ths race truck
at the fair grounds at lu o'clock.
Tho line-up in this pa adp will ! e
as follows: Se\enth irae'e gradu-ates*,
p.'piis above the »• venth gr: de,
boys' ,0 n clul , gjr s t 111: to club,
schools by townshl s. Flacaids will
be placed near the poultry bin ding
to indi ale where the ehildten are to
assemble.
2. Re it tion and declamation <on-test
11 the g and stard. There w| 1
be three lontestuts iu re it Ii. 11
and thrre in declamation. The pie-limln
iy ,1 nte ts in re ita Ion and
declamation wi 1 be held on Friday
afternoon, Airl 17, ana the thiee
best in each will be a lected to
speak on Saturday. Each township
is eniit.ed to enter in the prelm-j
Inary contest one re iter and one de-cla
ier.
::. Presents ion of :ertfic£t:a to
the seventh grade grat.u tes.
•!._ Address to seventh grade grad-uates—
Hon. ,1. Y. Joyner, st te su-perintendent
of pn'lic instruction.
Dinner.
An adjournment wiU be taken for
dinner or one hour and a ha f. and
the ieaple will assemble by town-ships
and eat the dinner which will
be prodded by the ieolle of the re-spective
townships.
5. A.h.eti- contests. Iinnieri t -
Iy after dim er the eiowd wil assem-b'e
in the gr nd stand, and th ■ con-tests
in athleti s will be he d CD
tho race t a k, immediate y iM font
of the grand st nd. The athletic
events are as fol'ows:
For boys- 100 yard dash, •_e»ft rrrd
•lash, re ay rue,., mn in; broad
jum;. iu ming hi h jim p.
F. r gi Is Re ay race, 1 ofc to rsce.
iuiinedi itely aft< r th 1 1 lose of tii
athletic events the winn,. s ,,,- pr(Z B
will le announced and the pr|z a
pres 'iiu i|.
The fol'ow ng have b -en select d
by townshi s -o enter the prelimi-nary
conte 1 in r «it tl u:
Washington—J a i" Chr.sm. n,
Rock Cr ek Hazel i'r btiee.
freer . leseie ( re- son.
Madison—I erta Sma |.
Jefferson- Am ie 1 u;< «-
Clay—N0 ie, 011.
Monroe- Fr, nets Rudd.
Cllmei - Mur lei 1 an.,--.
Fentriss- Etta 1 ednum.
('enter Grove—I ouise Winchest r.
Moreh ad . erti Vay Norman.
Sumner—Mag; ie TU tl".
I ruce- No reio t.
Friend ihip- i.u i, ( i,.u ■_
Jamestown- ' n: :o 1 own an.
Oak Ridge < ra Susan Coode.
D >ep i.i , :• fjo repo t.
• iii 1 oint ■ y. tie Ward.
The fol'owlng township representa-tives
will enter Ihe prelim nary con-test
iii deel imatlon:
Washington— asier Arple
Rock ( reek- No repoi t.
Grei 1..—( lyde Amiek.
Maelson— o. nie Wagoner.
Jef.erson—. oseph 1 eed n.
Clay—No re. o. t.
Monroe- Raymond King.
Giunei—Woith Whit'lcgtoo.
Pen'.riss- Ri 1 ,.,i Kuiitt.
Center Grove—Russell 1 la kbuin.
Moreh ad—Raymond . ohnscn.
Sunnier—Edgar Teague.
Bruce—No report.
Friendship—John CJurney Kiazi• r.
Jamistown—^Icbu Gordon.
Oak Ridse—No rejoit.
Deep River—No report.
High Point—Lewey Creer.
All the ie^re entatives have been
selected for both the recitaUcn and
tha declamation contests, but thej
names of se.eral h ve not been re-ported
to tho county super.nt.ndent.
The preliminary contest in recita-tion
wiU bo held it the practice
school at tho Stat.o Njrm.l and In-dustrial
College Fr.day afternoon at
1 o'clock, and in the evening the
girls who participate wil be entei-tained
by the faculty and students of
Green-biro College for Women. The
preliminary contest in declamation
will take ; Uce at the Greensboro
high school, 01. South Spring street,
Friday alternoon at 1 o'clock. The
high s-.hool boys Will entertain the
contestants in the evening.
The school exhibits wiU be placed
in the agriealtn.al buidlur, on the
west side of the f ir grouncs. Each
school that has EJ1 exhibit will put
it in place on Friday afternoon,
April 17.
AX &-.• the oxer.' s?s are cver at
the fair grounds the civic para, e of
Gu. ford county will tike place, a:.d
the school flr.ats wi 1 te pit in that
parade.
All tho ieo-le ef Gull to- d county
are cordlaly mvi,ed to attend the
eonimeiuement exe. els s.
The Prizes.
rol'owing is the Hst of priZtS to
lie awarded:
Recitation-Medal, ?:., donatd by
Thomas R. Foust.
D*<liniati,n—.Veda', «5, R. <• Cer.
nan *2.50, Cash ?2.:.0.
School miki-g best appearance in
hue of march-Years sobscilptlon
to I ally Record.
lest percenta e 'f attend-rce in
line of mar h—Tsar's sibscript.on to
Greensl oro News.
Map < ,• win.,'— ::, three pi tu es
''":':l"' l-y liuiitley-Sto ktcn-1 ill
('0:111 a iy.
Written s«h <i w0 k—|ia dcto:.-
ary, donated by Ths Creensboio Fa-tii
't.
i omestic s, ion e— .-,, boks, 10-
•'•' ed by WiKs 1 ook and Statione y
Company.
Hn. stic art—15 sewing tasket,
donated by Odell Hardware Con p ny
Maim l traitini— 5, too s, donat d
by Beall Hardware Company.
Athletics—Eoys.
100-ytrd dash—43 foui.tain ,er, do-na'ed
iy S.hifman Jewe'ry Com
pany.
220 yard) dash,—?3 hat. Con ted by
Crawford & R(ie<
One-half-mile relay race—fio, e sh
donated f r pi ires by North Caro-lina
Pub'ic Service Comprny.
Running 1 road jump— li fountain
Pen, Cr easboro Drug Compi ny.
Ruonlng tu h Jump— :: fo 11 a|n
pen, cash done ted.
Athletirs—Qlr'g,
Potato ra e—13 prize ion t d ly
Harry-1 elk Company.
Relay race—15. two hand \,i B, do-nated
by >'ey..|'- d:atiiii;.t s-.ore:
'' ■ two hand lags, donated by E li .
Stone ,v c ■.
GREENSBCRO FOSTCFF CE
RECEIFTS SHOW N2REASE.
F'?ur 6 Jvst compiled show that
there was a gaJn ofSb:ut 17 I er
°aat in the receipts of the Greens-boro
pestof i e du in-,- th? fiscal ye r
ending March 31. 1914. over the re-ceipts
for the previous year. The tr-
Ul receipts for the twelve months
ending Mar: h 81, 1914. aggreated
$118,112.21. a gain of $16,988.40 over
the previous year when th- re.ei;ts
amounted to (99,123.81.
During the month of Mar h. 1914.
the receipts amounted to $10,448.94,
the re.eipts for the year ending
Mar.'. 81, 1913, aigreg-tn? !9,184.!2.
The salary of the postmaster,
which is now $3,300 annualv. is
based upon the receipts of the post-office.
and because of the fa-t that
the ie.ei;ts of the local office ex
caeded the $110,000 mark for the
twelve months ending the !, st day
of last month, the postmasters sal-ary
will be increased to ?.';.-:'>') Le-ginnlug
July 1. There will not be
another Increase until the rec ii ts
exceed $150,000 a year, but if the
present growth is maintained that
will occur in a few years.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES
A BRIEF SURVEY OF -WHAT IS
TRANSPIR'NG IN THE
COMMONWEALTH.
It is stated thr.t a wotaan s suf-frage
league m:y be orga Ised in
Concord, wlfrre there are a num.
her of suffragettes.
The comraissioneis of Person coun-ty
have ca'led an election to be
he'd May 12 on the question of Is-suing
8150,000 „f bends for good
roads.
Aged Mm Answers Final Summons.
Mr. Alexander Wilke.sen tied y g-terday
morning :t Hie home cf hs
son in law, Mr. V. M. Spencer, on
Highland avenue, following ta .11s ss
of three or four months. He nif e,-
eil Intensely and hs death had been
expected f<r several wee's. The
body w.s carried this nursing to
Cedar trove church, in Orange ci un-t.
v. for the funer.d 1 nd intern eat.
Rev. W. o. Good-, pastor Cf Siring
Garden Street MetfcodHt chur b, ; c-eompanied
the funeral 1 arty to con-duct
the services. Mr. Wil erson w s
• ii ye is o'd an.l is survived Iy a
son and f ur dau hters—J r. o. F.
WUkerson, of Durham; M s. V. M.
Spencer, Mrs. S. E. Manner ; nd Mrs.
KIwood Speii', r, of this city, and
x'rs. Alice Hawkins, cf i« son c un-ty.
Home De:troyed ty Fire.
The ri sidence of Mr. I). II. Kim-brey,
who re ides on cre ■ sbo'o
'• ' !'' '• In Sumner township, was
destroyed by a fire th t w s d -
•''■'• ri 1 ai.i ut 2.10 oil ek Thursday
morning. .\ ,-. 1 imbrcy w s away
from borne at ihe time and wh<»
Mrs. Kimbrey «,s awakened by
the sound of the flames the .oei of
Hi" kit; lien wi a ab( Ut U, fa | in.
•N'ei hbors v ho responded u. an
alarm reached the house too late
to b-.- of a y 1 ra-1 cal . ss.stance, the
build) g burning to the ground with
most of its contents, it is thought
that the fire caught from a Cef e-
Uve lie,- in ihe kit bi n.
Mr. Kimbrey canied [nstren e In
the i uilio.d bran b < f th • 1 armers"
Mului'l Pie ii.sur..n.e Ass iation
■" ' . i an < unt of $£60.
Di s Away From Home.
Mr. Chi -<i r . i k, it. (he 21 year-
'i I a m of Mr. and S rs. VV. F. 1 |ck-
•it. of this it.-, .led Saturday , f iy.
pheid f0., ,. in ; \..t,f ,,.,,_ u- y ^
*"n' 'h pli e be went 1 b mt two
months a o to engage in wo k. Mr.
and Mr?. I i.-' ett left Gre n boto Kri-day
ni;ht lor I Iiieii Id, lilt did not
reach there until aft r their BOH -
death. The bo y w a brought to
Greensboio yest. n ay mori :u, 1 nd
carried to the h me of the l> ■■ eav ,1
parents. The funeral i- u- . e
from the I i st I resi yteil in < hi.nh
this afteinoon at 2 o'clock and will
be conducted by Rev. i>r Melton
ciui-ki.
To Rebiild Cu Iford Hotel.
.".b ut a yei r ; go it was ,
that the Guilford hotel w.s to be
remcdelcd aid enlarged, but tl
was a hitch In the plans and the
work was deferred. Within the past
few days it has been report d that
the work of tearing down a portion
of the hotel and rebuilding on a big-ger
scale will be begun in the not
distant future.
The [Ian is to tal.e down the
southern wing of the present build-ing
from anj Including the lobby to
West S-'ycau-Oie street and erect
thereon a nine-sto y structure. 1 he
new part will run back on Sycamoie
street to the alky in the rear. The
dining room wil Le eul^rged, running
on through to Sycamore. The iu w
stiucture wil he built of reinfoc d
concrete and steel.
Jonathan F. Redding Dea-\
Mr. Jonathan P. Redd ne, . ne of
tii- mon promin nt citizens of High
Point, died i.t his home in that
place Friday evi n 11^. fo 1 iwing a
long terlod of ill hea th. He was
B \ ictim 1 ( I ri lit s i.i ,. g .. Mr.
!:•• Wing wa one of the • Ion er I
niture mAnufa t rers of Iii b 1 oint,
having established the Alma ( 1 ni-ture
factory about a qua. tor of sj
century aso. lie was an Influen-tial
member of the Method st 1 b ucb
and a member of ihe board of tri -
tees of Greensboro College for Wo-men.
I
Republicans to Fut Out Ticket.
The Guilford county Republican ex-ecutive
committee held a meeting in
Greens.oro Saturday ufteinotu and
called a mass me'ting ef the party
to bo he'd, in the court house in this
city, Saturd y, April 25, U nunie.
candidates to ma in tha prima:y
election :o le held May ]6. Ihe
county convention was called for
'.May 30.
So far the I rogressives, who put it
all over the Republicans in tljs
county in the election of 1912, h.ve
made no move, but Mr. Hir m P.
Worth, the county rh'irman, says
thpy will te heard from in due
time.
Death of ^ged Cu leer F rca h.r.
iipv. Jonathan Z chary, an agtd
minister cf the S-ociety cf Friends,
died last week it his home near
South Fork chuich, in Cha h iu coun-ty,
lie w s between 7", and su y a:s
old and is survived by his widow,
three daughters : nd four sons. Mr.
Zachary was a Godly man and a
preacher cf the old s.-lico!. He did
not have a ro,u.ar p storate, but
preached as the s ir it moved him
and opportunity offered. He was a
familiar fi.ure at tho Yearly Meet-ing
of Friends ut GUlfo.d College.
Governor (.'nig h s appointed
Phi ip S. Henry, of Ashevjlle, a
commis.-ioner to study :»b;oad mu-nicipal
governments, con'i.ioi.s, tnd
public utilitii.--. Mr. Henry is a finr
ancier of AshevlUe, a wealthy man
who will travel extensively ab.oad
anj study the cities cf the Old
World. He will be gene many
months. He trave'g upon his own
resources and is mal ing the inves-tigation
in order to inform himself
upon the best things th:t the older
cities nave.
The body of Law en:e Cave.'ier, a
young farmer of DuUin county, w.s
found In a lake a f w days ago and
it is not known whether he Ml
drowned by aocluent or was a vic-tim
of foul play.
Samuel H. Wiley, cf Salisbury, wto
recent'y rassed succestfUlj ;l C|v||
aerilce examdcaulcn for en appoint.
me t in the consu'ar ...w vi e. has
been appointed Dnit d st.t > con-sul
to Asnnieon, paiasuay.
A. K. Hoi on, of Winston-Si
who recen'ly re ired from the office
"f L'n t d St.I ■ distil t attorn ;
after a service of 10 ye. is. is m
tion d as a p:ob: I. e candidate f„r
the RepuMtran nomination for Con-sress
In the tif'h d strict.
The appointee t of tiie fjljw.ng
postmasters of fomtln" ss cffiies in
(this section of the state has '■> ■■■
I an-o need: Cotartdxe, .e nle M. C ••
eness; High Kal s, Claud li. C'ave-lesg;
Liberty, J. R. Smith; MIL-boro,
Gertrude M. I u-h: geagrov*.
Franklin Auman; Trinity, [mac R.
Payne.
Re.eipts of ihe itite i sarance de-partment
for th.- f.scal year ending
April 1, 1914, have Just be 11 laid In.
to th© state treasury, and amount
in a 1 to .he 'ar,e s in of fJ29,540.-
28. For the Bscal year ending April
I. 1913, the anioui t turned into the
state t easury by the do) artment to-tall
d ?::i!'.ul6.67. showing an in-crease
for 1914 of lio,:^6. 7.
A-heboro Courier: .\!r. John C".
Sto'it. of near Frank'|nvlD>, on Vast
Satcrday morniny, while driving to
Asheboro, w.s found dead in his
wagon. Dr. L. M. i ox, of this pj .
was sent as a --!"' lal coroner to In-vestigate
Hi" Ctse and found t'-it
he died fiom natural causes, prob-lab'y
heart failure. Mr. Stout * ■
about ;e years of age and a'a arell
known in Aeheboio.
. sheb 10 c ui i r: A1 a .'0 nt ■< ■• t-in;
of the Randolih county board of
I commissioners mi tha finance com-mittee
1 f Rando j li ( mnty last Mon-day
and Tuesd y a resolution was
ado. led pa i g the fee redui I
sys em' In effect in t FJ i-— county
lieu of ih- sala.y system for coun-ts
off! 1 rs, is pi IM i';i A for in the
Ian .^ of the gene 1 en Iy. The
plan i, • ff ctl e u: e I.
F'. A. Slate, Ic* -ix >ea a 1 ilto
owner of the New . pu l;sb . Ker
n in [lie, h s to'd tii 11 pa| 1 r to
party of Ke n<
h i«e orgai in 1 a st wk ■ :•
A'il'iain
1 il I r i:k Ko. ner as 1 di"
tor. Mr, Slate, a b 1 b
or of Ke • rile for {'■■■■■ ,<
two yi arr, «ill move .•
:. ilnton, w.. • ■!
th>- 1.in ointon limes.
Th • re, ort of Dr. John McCain •
bell, - ipe i"t( .1 .• t of ihe I ta
ial for the insan 1 al lorgai
ton, submitted to the annual meet-ing
of the boa d of directors T:r
day. showed th t there a e 1,302 pa-tients
on the rolls. During U*e p^st
fo. r months .Jt> wee admitted, two
discharged and 17 d ed; and fo"
the same pe.icd oA applicants had
te be dtnl d admission to the hospi-tal
tor lack of room.
The r.te of Masonic baptism was
administered for the fiist time in
the South la Charlotte Thursday af-
. ternoon by Caio ina Consistory No. 1,
Scottish Rite Masons, the child bap-tized
being Ma gaxet Oveiniau Whit-te2,
the six ye*-rod daughter of Mr.
and -Mrs. Thomas B. Whltu-d, of
Charlotte, and the little kinswoman
of Senator Oveiman ind the Over-mans
of Ueidsvi le. The I eremony
was followed by that of adaption.
Tho secretary of state has issued
a ch-ti ter for the Or hopeadic Hospi-tal,
Inc., of Gastonia, for the pur-pose
of f milling at Gastonia a
homo for diseased and crippled in-digent
child, en, estet'ia'ly dependent
orphans. The directois for the in-stitution
include such well known
men as Senators Simmons and Over-man,
State Supeiintendent of Pub-lic
Instruction J. Y. Joyner, C. R.
Floey, B. N. Duke and J. Elwood
Cox. I