The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-29
Governor Heads Class of
Fifty-0ne Initiated.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES
Governor Pledges Efforts for Law to
Have Bible in Every Public School
in North Carolina and Biggest
Fraternity Banquet Held in Raj
eigh Delights Many.

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ei9h Delights Many.
There should be IL Bible i'm every
public school house. and the Legisla-
ture Of North Carolina can have this
done. AS Governor of North Carolina
/ Intend to ask the Legislature to do
il. Nc teacher is fit to govern pub
lie school who will not read in it Il
chapter from the Bible and utter a
payer" From Governor Glenn's re-
| marks last night
! Brilliant in every way. a great crowd
/ present, titty-One new, members 1nl-
tIated. eloquent. inspiring and valuable
| speeches. and banquet that has not
/ been surpassed at 50 great q fraternity
| event in this city was enjoyed at the
Capital City Council Of the Junior Or
der United American Mechanics last
night.
1T was Thanksgiving Gathering
! in more senses than one. 1t brought
together to the number of go the
membership in Wake county councils
with some members from beyond the
lines. 1t saw initiated fifty-one fine
| fc lows out of siXty-two applicants
with the class headed by the Governor
of the State and the Mayor of the
| Capital City of tho State. 1t put in
! hall the best men in the order and
! it made each individual prouder Of
his membership. 1t resulted in 4
pledge by the Governor that means
much for the good morals. the ever
I onward progress of the state. 1t
taught its members of tho truly great
cha ractcr and work of the order. and
| it showed shat Junior order hospi-
| tally does not know what enough
| means.
The idea for this great Thanks
I giving" event ORIGINATED with Mr.. j.
c. Walker. of the Council at Cary
and it's splendid realization startled
/ him. In this splendid work there *
praise and laurcls for the Committee
in Charge. this consisting of Councillor
/ NJ T. Ray, Past Supreme Councillor
! w f.. Faison. w. G.. Cooper. w, ).
| sherman. J. NJ. Wilder and H. John
son. each of whom deserves a medal.
! For the general good time there Is al
so a tribute due toMr. Willis G. Briggs
! who proved a graceful and tactful
| toast master or as one of the speak
ers unwttingly dubbed him Mr..
! TaSkmaster.'
The meeting began with the initia-
ton of fifty-one candidates and they
were taught the inner workin-A Of the
order the degree team work being in
! charge of Prof. G.. f.. Brewer. of Wake
Forest, as Councillor with Mr.. NJ T..
Ray. Councillor of the Capital City
Lodge as Vice Councillor. w. w. Will
son. Junior Past Councillor and Chas.
Farmer as Conductor. The splendid
class of fifty-one initiated. with eleven
applicants absent. siXty-tWo in all was
as follows:
Governor r. B. Glenn. Mayor Jas.
|. Johnson: Police Justice, Thomas
Badger; Joseph G. Brown, President
Citizens National Bank: Professor
f. p. Moses. SUP. City schools.
Prof. Hugh Morson. Principal High
Broughton. r. y Gowan. Elmer M.
Shaffer. Junius w. Smith. Wade r.
Brown. w Fl. Williams. DR.. d. S.
Rowland. F.. II. Bum. d. T. Johnson.
Herbert Riddle. Clarence II. Poe. Jno.
Petross Leroy THEM. J. w. Creech.
John S. Jones. ]. A. Fowler r. A.
Jones, J. Fl. Mann. j. c. Peddy w.
B. L. Rogers, T. w. Brewer L. r.
Norris " O. Parker. c. H. Wallace
D. A Morgan, M. V. Sanderford. ]. c.
Moore f. W. Porter. Herman Senter,
| J. II. Henderlitc. Clarence f.. Mitchell
G.. H. Baine. 7. c.. Powell r f.
Snakenberg. S. G.. Lesson, Jno. b.
Hanks, w. B Harris, r. j. Hughes.
vi "A.
gan.
Then the Speeches.
Following the initiation the lodge
Iroom was thrown open and the ban
! quet exercises began. The members
and visitors were seated about the
hall, five deep and in an open space
in the centre was the Bible on the
United States flag draped stand About
| the walls were the national colorS
in flags and bunting. while stands of
palms added to the festive looks. The
banquet was presided over by Mr..
Willis G.. Briggs and besides the mem
bership of the Capital City Council
there were in the hall twenty-five from
| the Cary Council, w. d. Jones. CoUn-
cilor; s from Morrisville, j. A. Mar
COM Councillor; 35 from Walnut
Greek Lodge, Caraleigh, David Smith,
Councillors; 35 from Wake Forest, O.
K Holding. Councillor; 40 from Gar
ner, j. H. Bagwell, Councillor. There
were visitors from Durham and East
Durham Council, and Mr.. w. A. CHS
holm represented the Sanford Council.
The first speaker introduced was
Prof. E. l.. Middleton. of Cary. whose
Theme was Patriotism. In an elo-
quent address he traced the growth
! of patriotism and how it HourlShed
in times of difficulty. how it grew
from age to age. and what it meant
TO a country In modern days he told
of patriotism as applied to hghtlng
graft and schemes by men such as
Folk, La Toilette Jerome and others.
Prof. Middletons remarks were
splenid.
State Superintendent J. Y Joyner
enolxo nnxt his theme being 1.-THE Or
der and the Public Schools" He told
/ in eloquent words of the great work
of the Junior Order, in it's devotion to
the blessed trinity-home. church and
] schools-holding that the beginning
! of citizenship is the child at the altar
of government in the school and that
the Junior order stood for this with
! its motto of Virtue. Liberty and
Patriotism" He spoke of the great
fight for education and how the
Juniors stood for this, for virtue
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