The news & observer., 1905-10-13
SOCIALISTS MEET
A State Executive Com :
mittee Elected.
Enormous Crowds at The Fair. The
Charlo te Convocaiion OF the Epis-
copal Church Adjourns. Bible
Training School.
lSnocinl to News and observer.


number of delegates We're present yes
terday at the meeting of the State So
cialists convention. Junius w. Spease,
of Forsyth, was made permanent
chairman. and j. p. Taylor. of VIM
ston opened the session with prayer.
Dl. j. w. Summers, of Davidson, dis
cussed the struggle between labor and
capital, contendng that their interest
were diametrically opposite! lie de-
scrihed the different stages of man )
social evolution from the primitive,
cannibalistic savage to the present
advanced industrial civilization and
the working class or proletariat con-
dition in each. He stated that the
worst form of slavery that he had
ever seen exists today under capital
ism.
The feudal lord had an interest n
his slave and besides could only ex-
plot him to q certain extent. the chat
tel slave was we'll fed and clothed be-
cause he was of market value, but
the wage slaves are trodden down by
the masters as there are always thous-
ands more too ready to take their
place. FL. j. Slate, of Greensboro was
elected secretary and treasurer of the
Socialist party of North Carolina. A
State executive committee was elected.
composed of ]. B. White, of Asheville; !;
G.. T. Wilson, of Pfafftown; DR.. j. w.
Sumers, of Davidson: j. H. Kesler, of
Lewisville, and r.. j. Morton, ot
Greensboro. At the night session a
solo was sung by Miss Blunt. of Rich
mOnd. Prof Macon Coleman Of
Washington, then made a live speech
full of information not Obtainable
through ordinary channels and set
forth in vividly glowing terms the aW-
full corruption and graft which the
speaker claimed honeycombs our So
cial order
Following Prof. Coleman short talks
were made by Messrs. j. A. Transon,
of Pfafftown; Junius w. Spease, of
Lewisville; j. p Taylor. of Winston:
j. b. White. of Asheville, and DR.. W.
Summons, of Davidson.
AT a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the State Audubon Society here
last night there were present DR.. G.
p. Amber, of Asheville. Richard H..
Lewis. of Raleigh; Messrs. T. G.. Pear
son and j. |. Foust. of Greensboro.
Matters pertaining to the work of the
society during the hunting season
came up and plans and arrangements
for the enforcement of the State game
laws were considered. The details of
the work were gone into very thor
oughly DR.. Gudger of the faculty Of
the State Normal and Industrial Col
Iege, was chosen treasurer.
The Dau at the Fair.
Today dawned bright and fair, and
consequence the biggest crowd ever
seen in Greensboro was out at the
Fair grounds. At two o'clock il was
estimated that twenty-five thousand
would about fit the number entering
the gates. The street cars and rail-
road schedules have been perfect.
The Southern Railways excursion
trains from Mt. Airy, Madison, Ram
seur and immediate stations were all
heavily loaded and all of the regular
trains although provided with mum
ber OF extra coaches were crowded 10
the platforms.
There was a general suspension Of
business in the city schools, Green's
boro Female College and the State
Normal and Industrial College, the
banks of the city and many business
houses and manufacturing enterprises
and everybody went 10 the fair
On account of the rain Tuesday
night rendering the track too heavy
for yesterdays races, they were post
poned and the management provided
Il double header for today's visitors
The track events We're interspersed
q
front of the grand stand.
The fair will not close until tomor-
row evening" the racing program to-
morrow will furnish abundant excite
s ment.
Mr.. j. G.. May will relinquish the
position of county jailor the first OF
next month and return to his farm
near Gibsonville. His successor has
not yet been chosen.
Mr.. Robert l.. Suddarth, well
known young contractor here, has
gone to Panama to take work with
the Panama Canal Commission as q
foreman carpenter.
The excavation has been started fol
the foundation for the new Presby-
terian church to be erected on the
corner OF Walker avenue and South
Mendenhall street.
The Charlotte OOnvOcatiOn.
The Charlotte Convocation of the
Episcopal church being held here IN
st. Andrews church, of which Rev
;. r. Gunyard is rector the past two
days. adjourned last night after
strong sermon by Rev. Henry J.
Cooke, of Winston-Salem. Rev. f.
y. Osborne, dean of the convocation
read his report at yesterdays afternoon
service which awakened much interest
and discussion. Miss Cheshire, of
Raleigh, made an address to the Wo-
mans Auxiliary, holding a session in
the sunday y-school rooms. which was
highly edifying and inspiring. Pre-
ceding the sermon last night Bishop
Cheshire gave an interesting summary
of the work of the convocation. Yes
terday morning on report of a COM
mittee for arousing greater interest
of the laity in missionary work. a very
able and convincing address was made
by Hon. j. c.. Buxton, the we'll known
Episcopal laymen of Winston. Sew
eral others also made remarks on the
same subject. 1t was decided to make
a special effort to organize a mems
missionary league in every congrega-
tion corresponding to the Women's
auxiliary through which the ladies of
the various churches accomplish 50
much in behalf of missions.
After a luncheon in the Sunday
school room, which as on the day be-
fore, proved most enjoyable in a So
cial way as well as satisfying in a
physical way, the convocation COM
menced its afternoon session; the
archdeaconS report on the several
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