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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-16
|OFF|CERS Of THE
GRAND LODGE
The Election is Held by
the Pythians.
Charlotte Selected as the Next Place
OF Meeting. To Appoint a Lee
turer. Closing Session this
Morning.

The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons met again yesterday morning
and transacted the usual routine bus
mess, with the exception that tic
| charter was restored to CasWell Chap
ter, No. SO, at Kinston, which had
been forfeited several years ago. This
chapter is now very active since its
| re- organization.
The officers elected for the eli
suing year are as follows, all OF
whom We're installed yesterday morn
ing. except General Jas. ID. Glenn,
who is prevented by sickn eSs from
being present:
Grand High Priest, VIM. Anderson,
Charlotte.
Deputy Grand High Priest, James
ID. Glenn, Greensboro.
Grand King. Lat Williams Will
son.
Grand Scribe. A. B. Andrews, Jr.,
Raleigh.
Grand Treasurer, M. S. Willard,
Wilmington.
Grand Secretary, James C. Munds,
Wilmington.
Grand Captain of the Host, Dr.. j.
c. Braswell, Whitakers
Grand Principal Sojourner, DR.. u.
b. Griggs, Elizabeth City.
Grand Royal Arch Chapter, j. w
Shuford, Hickory
Grand Master of the Third Vail, y.
M. Robinson, Wilmington.
Grand Master Of the Second Vail,
Fl. A. Murrill. Charlotte.
Grand Master of the First Vail,
j. e. Cameron, Raleigh.
Grand Lecturer, DR.. T. M. Moye,
Wilson.
Grand Guard, r. H. Bradley. Rail-
eigh.
nh Ct,o,5 Co,no;; % Iooy,I .,-,S
Select Masters, which was scheduled
to meet at 1880 a. m, did not meet
until $3.50 p. m, as the Grand Chap
ter did not adjourn until Il O'clock.
Enoch Council, No. 5, of this city, met
at 1890 and conferred the council
degrees upon fifteen candidates: II.
C. Butler, w. B. Barrow, of Raleigh,
T. L. Farrow, r. E. Johnson, Watt
Martin and j. Fl. Foote, Jr., Cs Win
ston; T. w. Russell, of Enfield; Or.
j. c. Braswell of Whitakers;. A. w.
Phelps of Greensboro; $. r. Dunn
and DR.. c. l.. Pridgen and DR.. G. b.
Woodley of Kinston; j. It. Alderman.
of Henderson: j. II. Anderson, of
Pittsboro, and G. e. Stene4son, If
Charlotte.
The degrees were conferred by
John E. Cameron, Master of Enoch
Council, and A. b. Andrews, Jr.,
Grand Master of the Council in the
State T. c. Linn, of Salisbury, acted
as Principal Conductor of the Work.
His floor work was very highly COM
plimented by all who were present.
The Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters met at $3.50 i. m, an6
transacted the usual routine business.
The Cryptic rite was shown to have
made advances during the year and
that interest was growing i'll mis-
branch of Masonry. Nothing or src-
cial Importance was done and rh9
officers elected were as follows:
Grand Master, a. B. Andrews, Jr..
Raleigh.
Deputy Grand Master. r. Ulrich.
New Bern.
Grand Principal Conductor o;
Work, VIM. Anderson, Charlotte.
Grand Treasurer, III. 5. Willard,
Wilmington.
Grand Recorder, James C. MuhJs,
Wilmington.
Grand Captain of the Guard, e. B.
Neave, Salisbury.
Grand Conductor OF the Council
w M Fallon, Durham.
Grand Steward, Il. l.. FarroW, WIN
ston.
Grand Sentinel, r. III. bradley. Raj
eigh
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$100 Excursion Raleigh, N. c., to
Oxford, N. c.. and Return via Sea-
board Air Line Railway.

Parties desiring to visit the beauti-
full CITY of oxford. N. c.. can do so
on June 25th, by leaving on the ex-
cursion to be operated by the Sea-
board, leaving Raleigh at 1880 a. M.
returning leave oxford same day at
$50 D. m.
Fare from Raleigh to Youngsville,
inclusive S1.00, Franklinton and Kit
trell 75c. and Henderson. N. c.. soc.
for the round trip
Further information can be had 10y
applying to
c. H. GATTIS. C. P. s. T. A.
z. p. SMITH. 7. p. A.
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On the Diamond.
National League.

(By the Associated Press)
At Philadelphia r. III. E.
Pittsburg 20 0 0 l 2 2 2 / 1-9 IT
Philadelphia OO1 5000 0-3 Z 4
Batteries: Lever and Phelps;
Duggleby and Roth.
At Boston r. H. f.
Boston 30 1 0 0 0 0 1 "a 10
Chicago -. 3 0 0 0 0 0 03 8 l
Batteries: Willis and Needham
Weimer and King.
At Brooklyn r. II. E.
CINCINNATI 20 90 90 90 5 2
Brooklyn 20 2 0 OIL 90 81 Z l
Batteries: Hahn and PETIT; Garvin
and Ritter.
Second game. r. Fl. f.
Cincinnati 20 oil / 90 / 0 o. 10 1
Brooklyn 49,. 8 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 SO II 4
Batteries: Harper Elliott, PETIT
and Schlei; Cronin, Jones and Ritter.
At Now York R. H. E.
ST. Louis 20 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0-5 6 l
New York 20 l 0 l 0 0 o % g
Batteries: McGinnity and Bower
man; Taylor and Grady.
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State of North Carolina,

Il4s9IA e1IINC AyN peLI NAI1NIALt
Raleigh, May 4, 1904.
I, James r. Young, Insurance Com
missioner, do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct abstract of
the statement of the American Bene-
VIOLENT Association, Fraternal Order,
of st. Louis, Mo-, filed with this De-
partment showing the condition of
said Company on the 31st day of De-
cember, 1908.
Witness my hand and official seal,
the day and date above written.
JAMES r. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner
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College Games.

(By the Associated Press.)
At Princeton-Princeton 8; Univer-
sitv of West Virginia g.
At Cambridge, Mass.-Harvard IA
Carlisle 4.
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Mrs. Needham Jones died at her
home about four miles east of the
CITY this morning at nine O'Clock. ne
funeral will take place from the teF'
dence tomorrow at one o'cloch' ~
interment will be in OakWood CENT
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South Atlantic League.

(Bv the Associated Press
saTannab 1OOOOOS 300 Il 5
Augusta .0O0102 $1,000 OF II .
Batteries: Welsh and Holmes; Fol-
chow, Mclaughlin and Roth. (Game
called on account of darkness
A. ,r r. H. e
Columbia - 0 0 0 0 q
Macon "a 0 o ~ ~
Batteries: Heisman, Engle "'
Beusse; shea Wheeler and HUN.
Al c,barlaston r. H. E
Charleston 100 0 0 0 0 0-1
Jacksonville % d Q 90 0 %
Batteries: Childs and Lehman
Chappell and Robinson.
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Statement
AUSTIN FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
OF Austin, Texas
Condition December 31st, 1903,
C,l.-o.sr-.. L. ca ana ant EElfAl

Condition December 31st, 1903, as
Shown by Statement Filed.
Capital paid up in cash, $40, 1895.
Amount Ledger Assets December
31st previous year, $133,933.27; In
crease of capital paid in, 1924, 1885,;
Total, $257,647.22
Income-From Policyholders, $780,
1885; Miscellaneous $15, 1877;
Total, $142,256.52
Disbursements-To Policy-holders,
$34, $500; Miscellaneous, SCI $3.50;
Total, $96,212.88.
Fire Risks-Written or renewed
during year, $S,66S,O66.OO; In force,
$6,34S, $1,000.
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State of North Carolina,
Insurance Department,
Pa Iai@h MAY 4 1904
Statement
Statement
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF AMERl-
GAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,

Statement
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ANIERI-
GAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
OF St. Louis, Missouri.
Condition December 81, 1908, as
Shown by Statement Filed.
Amount of Net Ledger Assets De-
cember 31st of previous year, $45,-
526.67.
Income-From Policyholders, $780,
1924; Miscellaneous $2,957.56; Total,
$123,75700.
Disbursements-To Policy holders,
55,025.71; Miscellaneous, $63,403.13;
Total. $11S,428.S4.
Business in force-Number of
Policies, 1857; Amount. $3,556,880.00.
Written during year-Number of
Policies, 9,147; Amount $2,772, 10000.
Losses-At beginning of year, $5,-
405.00; Incurred, $40, 540.05; Paid,
$4S,541.00.
Assets.
Mortgage Loans on Real
Estate 100000
Loans on Stocks, Bonds and
other security ..... 1850
Certificate of Deposits Mo.
Trust Co. ............. $4,000
Cash in Home Office and de-
posted in Banks ....... 41,506.33
Assessments actually collect
ed and held by Subordin-
ate Bodies .......... S21.12
All other Assets, detailed in
statement ........ 3,1O6.2O
Total ............ $54,7S2.15
Less Assets, not admitted. 5 3,106.20
Total admitted Assets $51, $685.
Liabilities.
Losses in Process of ADJUST
ment or Reported .....$ 4,404.00
Losses Resisted ........ 100000
Total Liabilities as to Policy
holders .......... 6,404.OO
Balance on hand to protect
contract in addition to
right of assessment, under
following funds:
Mortuary ..$41,76
Expense - 9,089.90 $45,271.95
Business in North Carolina in 1908.
None. Entered the State April, 1904.
| President, L. A. Cunningham.
| Secretary, E. j. Norris.
| Home Office, lis Missouri Trust
| Bldg, st. Louis, Mo.
General Agent for service, Insur-
ance Commissioner, Raleigh, N. C.
Business Manager or Organizer for
North Carolina, managed from Home
Office.
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No mans education is complete
until he can tell when woman's hat
is on straight
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American League.

4By the Associated Press.)
At st. Louis X. III. E.
st. Louis 0100003 IS 1
New York 20 90 90 / 0-1 l
Batteries: Peltz and Kahoe; Hughes
and Mcclure.
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Southern League.

(By the Associated Press)
At Atlanta r. Fl. E.
Atlanta 100000 OBJ 8 3
New Orleans 2 OO2 01 / 0-6 10 /
Batteries: Smith and Clark; Brown
and Fox.
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Assets.
Book Value of Real Estate
(less amount Of encum-

1ass @ 49,, - 9f $50, l4s.aee
t,.o9soesl '''i' - % ooo m
=, s s'lIeeSl oV'VVV'VV
h-3late - 1oo' 'o.4V
Stocks 100000
Cash in Home Office and
deposited in Banks. $685.. 59,791.53
Agents balances, represent
ing business written sub
sequent to Oct. /, 19O3.. 22,830.92
Agents balances, represent
ing business written prior
to Oct l, 1903. ...... 134.68
Interest and Rents due and
Balance due on Capital
Stock Notes ........... 294,O96.05
All other Assets, detailed in
statement ........ 1,19S.04
-
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6O4, 33756
Less Assets, not admitted 295,3S9.4z
-
Total admitted Assets. $30S, 948.14
liabilities.
oa,o = o,,i, 1000
I4osoea ai,u n oie1lliia ~, aJno
Ciealileu Z leIiiiuilla
All otlleI l1le1pillleo 40 oe 80 ~
tdheu III statement oo''oo
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At Rirningham-

At Birmingham X. ii. II
Birmingham 0 0 D 0 2 - IL
Memnhis 90 100000 90
Batteries: AHoway and Matthews
Mcintyre and Law.
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At Montgomery

At MOntgOmery-- II. IT -
Shreveport .41OO10O0 IS
Montgomery 100000 2-S
Batteries: Swan and Graffius; WA
son and Clark.
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At Chicago r. H. +.
Chicago g 0 O001 0 o SIS 1
Boston .....0O 90 90 0
Batteries: Altrock and Mcfarland;
Young and Criger.
AT Cleveland r. III. e.
Cleveland II 0 / l 2 0 SIS - o
Washington % 0 0 0 0 90 90 D
Batteries: Donahue and Abbott;
Dunkle and Drill.
At Detroit r. II. e.
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ii o
Philadelphia 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 3
Batteries: Donovan and BueloW;
Henley and Schreckengost.
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At Nashville

A. N.sbyilla- r. Fl. f.
Nashville ...OO12 90 0 *-3 6
Little Rock % 0 o l o
batteries: Herman and Bennett;
Bolin and Zinram.
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The Memorial Services.

At noon the regular business of the
convention was set aside for the me-
mortal services, at which Judge Thos
'-dFyVheS ma shrd shrdlu mann
c.. Jones, of Montgomery, was the ora
tor. All the departed heroes of the
Confederacy were referred to by sew
eral speakers, but General John b.
Gordon, the last great figure to pass
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~~~~ By EMMA A. OPPER " " X

had he put down Keene? BY bru.
tai persistence and-his money; hi.
money. His old burden was upor
him. He had fatuously lost IT. and Il
was back a hundred times heavier and
deadlier. He stood aghast. abashed
bewildered.
IL have taken an unfair advantagsi
1 have forced you TO it!'' ne said bit
terIy.
She turned and looked at him-she had
10 look down a little. She had nevei
seemed so young; and there was a beau
tiful light in her ewes.
mo. no." she said. Il knew i'll knew
it all the time He told me; but
don't care. ! don't careP'
you knew what?" little TiIIottsoz
gasped.
THAT you-that you are not rich: that
you're poor" she said. sweetly tremu,
lous. Mr.. Keene told me. He-he KEPT
saying things-against you, you know.
lie says it's some relative or other o.
yours that supplies you with money
cnce in : while. and you spend It right
and left. and don't have anything after
wards Mr.. Keene told me-and that
you haven't much OF anything of youi
own Never mind"' She saw the pro,
found Darkness of his face, and she
thought she understood. He needn't
have taken the trouble" she cried. -
couldn't like him. It's been you all tbs
time. You know when you gave dollar
to that boy when the porter kicies
him? I've liked you ever since then
And ] don't care about money" The
light IN her eyes went out in a rush OF
tears. y can be poor. 7 can learn how
to cook and do things-E shan't care!"
And she held out her tender hands t.
him.
Little Tilottson clasped them.
koundless rapture filled him; and hi
kissed her. =
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less and fascinating, Little Tillottson
smoked and suffered.
One hope fingered within him. Was
Keene in earnest? 1t would have been
easier to believe It OF anybody else; but
after four unhappy days Tnlottson did
believe it. Keene followed her con-
gtantly Sometimes she would throw
Tilottson one of her lovely smiles and
then he would join them; join them and
sit in dumb misery and hear keene's
brilliant talkA which never stopped and
never tagged.
A sick feeling filled him. In part. it
wGs his deepening despair: he knew
that But IL was something besides.
Keene to marry her? Keene whose
reputation among his business associates
was an unsatisfactory affair: whose
friends did not warmly defend his meth
DDS, and whose enemies called him Slip
perry. Nor was that quite all. He
knew something OF Keene's habits of
life; and TO see the girl innocently
laughing under his bold regard, and Civ
ing out in his presence all the exuber-
ance of her buoyant youth-little Tillott-
son writhed under ii.
And by degrees he writhed into an at
titude OF desperation. It wanted but a
light touch 10 push him to rebeIlious
action; and Keene bestowed the touch.
He moved from his hotel to theirs.
Little Tillottson squared his shoulders
and set his jaws. He saw Keene's trunk
drought in by two colored men and then
he asked Lucia 10 go with him for a
stroll. She puckered her brows and half
remembered an agreement to go some
where with Mr.. Keene; but little TIL
lottson got her Keene was In waiting
at the front extremity OF the piazza
when they returned. and he looked upon
them with lofty resentment. He men
toned to Lucia a project of his own for
the afternoon; but she had promised
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to visit the auction rooms with Mr.
Tnlottson. lie tried to make an ap-
fointment for the evening; Mr. Tiuott-
son, she said, in soft apology. wanted
her to hear the Casino concert.
Little Tnlottson turned his face to
the green ocean, and smiled A bull
dog strength Of determination had come
TO him. BY sheer force of insistence
he monopolized Lucia's waking hours
He piled her with invitations; he reused
every energy in her behalf. He seized
greedily upon every form of amusement
the place afforded. and developed a re-
markable ingenuity in multiplying it's
limited resources.
He saw Keene fall from sarcastic
wrath 10 frank surprise and irresolu-
ton. and thence to baked sulKlness;
to a realization of the physical i'm
possibility of holding out successfully
against the fierce fervor of little Til
lottson. He saw 1t and he was glad.
His mood was grim and defiant. He
was conquering Keene because he could
spend money faster than Keene could
and he meant to keep on spending it.
He was Haunting his wealth before
them he was using 1t with the force of
a battering ram, and with not much
more delicacy on method; but he had no
compunction. Lucia's aunt was for him.
and he knew why; her manner was COM
PLEASANT with acceptance and full OF en-
couragement. and he recognized the
symptoms; he had met them before in
so many mothers and female guardians.
But he did not care. He was reclzlessly
glad of 1t.
He spent frequent periods rolling up
and down the walk. with Lucia and
her aunt in companion chairs; and he
ventured now and again TO dispense
with her aunt. And one day he did a
daring thing. He pretended that
double chair was the only one he could
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HEN Mrs. Osborn brought
forth an affair at her play
house, which. in her inmost
soul, she must have known TO
be All frnth And f,-i,-nl nha
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secure, and he assisted her into IT.
They were snugly side by side: her
skirts lay on his foot. her arm touched
his. and her face was quite close. He
was rigid with happiness; he thought
his heart; he could.
1t was a white chair with a white
canopy 1t had n picturesduely bridal
look. which all at once struck the col
ored man who was wheeling 1t, and
stirred his reflections. He had seen this
pair together continually. His mind did
not work swiftly. but by the time he
had pushed them out beyond the surg
ing thickness of the throng he had
reached an opinion. They were bridal
couple. he felt sure.
Excuse me. sah.'' he said. momenta-
rlly pausing. but your wife's dress was
gittin' against the wheel, sab"
He trundled on. There was deep
stiffness. Lucia laUghed-she had to do
something. Little TilIottson's heart
stopped beating now; it stood still.
Would you" he whispered-"w would
you-make it so? Ny wife, you know;
would you-be my wife,
And then an utter insanity of joy over
came him; for. after throbbing space.
he heard her breath come quickly, and
he felt her hand laid softly in his. that
waited for IL on her knee.
Nobody was in sight now. Hold the
chair; well walk a little said little
Tillottson, almost hoarsely; and be-
cause his JOY was too great TO
be borne passively, they went and
stood ut the rail above the
whispering water. What mattered one
docile colored man? Little Tillottson
was very close to her.
But the move gave him a mental
shake. II brought him out OF his
dumb ecstasy This heavenly happi-
mess, how had he compassed it. How
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She was a guest Of his hotel, and they
met at a cotillion there. Had he ever
really danced before? Had he ever
thrown a cobwebby wrap over a pretty
neck, and sat on a piazza and talked
while the music swelled? He seemed to
be doing 1t all for the first time. She
was from Philadelphia. and an impos-
Ing aunt was with her. lie cared moth
ing for those facts: he was strangely
needless Of everything but her. breath
Ing self-her eyes, her speech. her
laughter He had no interest, even. in
her last name; he thought Of her as
Lucia
Did she like him little? He swayed
between the conviction that she could
not and the faint. faint hope that she
did. And. always darkIy self distrust-
ful. he might have remained thus indef-
initely-happy and unhappy. tongue tied
and yearnias-if It had not been for
Keene.
They met Keene one morning on the
walk; he bowed with exceeding warmth
and obviously his bow was wholly for
Lucia. Yes, she knew him; che had met
him in New York lately. Very clever
and amusing, was he not? He was
striking looking, wasn't he?
Little Tillottson admitted it all "He
is an admirer OF yours. isn't he?" he
questioned abruptly: he had seen that in
Keene's very expression.
''Oh. Mr.. Tillottsonr, said Lucia, gaily
defensive. How smooth and green the
water ISL
1t was truth; Keene admired her. He
called on her that afternoon: he called
that evening. He had been first 10 Phil
adelphia TO see her: he said So Tnlott-
son sat apart and alone. and smoked
and suffered. Could he stand up against
Kaene2 He dared not believe it. Keene
was swift of thought and speech, clever
at repartee, and entertaining and fear
y a. -.ssfs--
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nobody knew 1t better than he. He
could marry; yes. Women favored him.
Mothers were cordial TO him, uniformly.
distinctly cordial. openly and signif-
cantly cordial. Girls were kind 10 him.
They listened to him. they were con-
siderate of him. When he asked them
TO dance with him. they danced when
he invited them 10 coach, 70 dine, TO
ride, they were happy, or charmed.
Lively appreciation of all that his
money would buy. Of all the material
comforts and delights 1t was in his
power 10 bestow an unexacting, indis-
eliminating respect for him because
such power was his; a general easy,
tractable willingness to accept a posi-
ton wherein those delights should be
.ceaselessly shared-all this he had seen
till he could not ignore Il.
But was IT for himself that they
liked him? There his credulity stopped.
He was not tall; he was far from good
looking; he was not fascinating. What
then? He was rich.
And yet he wanted a wife and a wife
who would love him.
He was deep in gloom.
In this cheerIess mood ne fed. on ar
impulse. from the urban aspect of a
tedious late Winter southwark to the
beguilement of a seaside city, choked
fun of habitations for pleasure seekers
such as he, and distinguished by "A long
and seductive and ever populous board
walk And there the dreaded. the fore
ordained and inevitable. the climacteric
thing happened. He met a woman and
he loved her
He did not comprehend 1t at first He
realized only that she was young. that
she was lovely. and that she was like
no woman he had ever known; that q
naive sweetness clothed her Ike a tam
gible thing, and thrilled and bewitched
him.