The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-29
CONFERENCE LEAGUE
ENDED WITH SUNDAY
FUNERAL OF THE LATE j.
MADDRY WILL TAKE
TODAY.


Solomon Shepard, Under Charge MUIR
der, Spends Time i'll Jail Reading
Bible-Bates Says He is WrongfullS
Accused.
Durham, n. c., June 26.-The
third day Of the North Carolina Con-
ference Leagues session here vas
largely a day of addresses.
The first thing his morning after
the devotional exercises was an ad-
dress at 9:15 on What is the scope OF
the social and literary Department.
by Rev. A. D. Wilcox. He was fol
lowed in a fifteen minutes speech by
Rev, w. H. Brown Who had the sub
ject, Relation Of the League to the
social life of the young people,
Miss Elise Minis at 9:45 in a paper
of excellent English and good sense
showed How to Conduct a Success
full Literary Meeting" The local Ep-
worth League has been making a
speciality OF this department all the
year and the address Of Miss Minis
was the utterance Of one who has
learned.
The League Library and Best
leans Of Collecting the Same" was the
subject of Rev. E. L.. Singleton. AT
1915 the conference was open and
departmental work was discussed.
Mrs. J. F. Gorrell discussed how w
Are to Young People in Missionary
Work" Mr.. Harry Grant had "Who
Are. Missionaries and Why?' Mrs. w.
w. Shaw read a paper on h needs OF
studying missions in the homeland
and Rev. w. I. Aiken took up the
theme Can the League Aid in the
Laymen,s Missionary Movement?"
Tonight has been largely a business
and social session. The report of
secretary and treasurer, Of the district
secretaries, the financial situation and
election of officers tool place. The
place Of next meeting was named.
Tomorrow is the close. While there
has been little Of great newspaper
value, the league embraces a large
area and there have been more than
100 delegates here. Rev. E. II.
Rawlings will preach here tomorrow
and will have something to say Of the
laymen's movement. Miss Annie Bell
Williams, of the training school at
Nashville, Tenn, will make an adj
dress and the closing sermon will be
preached tonight by Rev. DR.. 7. N.
Ivey. Of the Christian Advocate Of
Raleigh.
Funeral OF Editor Maddry.
The funeral services over the re-
mains Of J.. Frank Maddry, who died
yesterday afternoon, will be held to-
morrow afternoon from the Episcopal
church, Rev. S. S. Bost officiating With
Rev. DR.. j. w. Lynch assisting and Of
fering the prayer.
The Knights of Pythias will bury
their dead brother and the volunteer
firemen, of which organization he was
~o--.
paid department, will attend in a
body. The interment will take place
in Map1ewood cemetery.
Messages expressive of grief have
come from all parts Of the State and
newspapers of many towns nave writ
ten editorial tributes to h young
man.
Shepard Reads Bible.
Solomo Shepard has spent the
day in Jail reading the Bible and does
not discuss the situation in which he
finds himself.
Sheriff Harvard does not verify q
story that the negro has given the
name of the white man who was in
the crime with him. The item is
making the rounds that Shepard has
called the man out and tha: Monday
of this week the u fled. He
is taking things easy today.
Bates Says He is WrOngfully Accused.
Judge Biggs received today d letter
from Wesley Bates asking him for a
new trial and promising to let him
know who really did have something
to do with the murder of Jack Rob-
erSon.
The letter is almost indecipherable
but protests that he has been accused
wrOngfully. The defendant did not
go or the stand and was saved from
murder in the first degree by a com
promise verdict. There was no move
to a higher u by Attorney Loven-
stein who was satisfied to save his
man from the death penalty. accept
ing the sentence of Judge Biggs.
Mrs. Kensie Rhodes. aged ninety
five. died yesterday afternoon at her
homo five miles in the country and