The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-16
MEET IN RALEIGH
For ORGANIZATION
North Carolina Sociological AS
sociation to Be
Formed.
Especial TO The Times.Dispa,ch.l


the purpose Of correlating all agencies
for the betterment OF conditions and
the upiift OF the people OF this state
n 1rth Carolina Sociological Asso-
citation will be organized at Raleigh
Tuesday afternoon in the rooms OF tSe
Chamber Of Commerce Of that city.
The organization OF such an associa,
ton will he the result OF the recon-
mendatiOns of the Southern Sociological
Congress at its meeting at Nashville
last winter. 20 the effect that state
organizations should be perfected in all
Southern States.
The call for the meeting. which u
to be held Tue sday. was mace by At
torney- General T. w. Beckett. SUPER
intenden, Of Public Instruction J. T.:
Joyner. Chairman Of the State Board
of Health w. S. Rankin, Clarence Poe.
The editor CT the Progressive FaMner;
and Miss Daisy benson. who is greatly
interested In prison work. The foi-
lowing men have boon asked to .ttend
and assume charge Of the work Of the
departments to which they have been
Wilmington. church and social service;
Superintendent J. Y. Joyner. Of RAJ
leigh. illiteracy; James p. Cook. chair
man Of the board of trustees Of the
Stonewall Jackson Reformatory. OF
Concord. reformation; Rev. N. l. Keest-
Ter. orphanaSes, Lieutenant Govern d
T. w. Beckett, criminal procedure; DR..
l. 3. McBraycr. OF Asheyille. feeble
mindedaess: Clarence Poe, improve.
ment CT country life; w. II. swift,
child labor Miss Daisy benson. prisons.
K. F. Beasley. Of Monroe. the liquor
problem: Gilbert Stephenson, the race
question; DR.. W. s. Rankin. public
health.
After the organization Is perfected.
il Is planned to hold the first annual
meeting during the latter part of No
,Sember or early in December.
An unusual case was heard in the
United States District Court here
Thursday morning, when John ". Tai
bot. supreme president OF the Order
of Owls. brought action against State
Insurance Commissioner James r.
Young and Chief Of Police T. n Chris
tenberry. of Charlotte. alleging that
they are interfering with the organ
izatfon OF other nests In this State
Damages are asked aud an Injunction
Is sought restraining the defendants
from further interfering with the
complainant. 1t b said that the &C.
ton is brought as the result Of the
arrest and conviction Of two members
OF the order. who were charged at
recent term OF Superior Court in Char
lotte with soliciting insurance with
out q license from the State Insurance
Department The two men were fined
500 each. and the decision OF the
lower court was sustained in the Su-
preme Court. The supreme president
of the order maintains that since that
time the two Officers have deprived
him from forming other nests by in
itimidation and threats Judge James
e. Boyd announced that he would rem
DER a decision At the approaching term
of court at Charlotte.
The Asheviile Motor Club and the
local Board of Trade will hold a hill
climb here October 3, the long decline
on Flint Street having been chosen
event will be sanctioned by the Amert-
can Automobile Association, and the
track will be guarded by the Local
companies of militia for the protection
from various parts OF the state have
sign fed their intention OF entering
cars in the various classes. and at
tractivs prizes will be offered Tor the
Representing many Southern States
the members of the survey commits
sion Of the Southern employed omceIs
of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
ing at Asheville FL day morning. when
they surveyed the work which mas
been accomplished during the past
year throughout the South. ana maze
PREPARATIONS for the sc S0m.ng Il ye ~: last
meeting Of the southern ofacers az
foiiowinS members: B. q. Alexander.
Of norfolk: Va: W. A, d MHyo' o ot Ricn-
mond. r II king. Of Charlotte. y: G.:
s " NcGin, Of Nashville. Tenn; =:
AcKee. Of Richmond: H 9: sneec o.
Lynchburg. Va: J. = JaeHson;, o. A.
IA. D. L. Probert. Of Charlotte: n
C.: l. a Coulter. Of Dallas, Tex; V. =.
Grtzzard. Of Nashville. Tenn; X =.
Wells, Of Little Rock. Ark; Edw'n d
.Dokies" from all portions Of the
state will be here THURSDAY nienk 1o'
~. annual ceremonial Of the sues Ten.
ME. 70. o. K. K which 10 20 pc neao
at the Battery Park Hotei s a. ~ mi Iii
ross Of the desert, and the ceremonial
r,Ii come TO a close with an elaborate
banouet in the main diu1nG.room OF
the hotel Preparations are oeIns
made for the entertainments VI
Sr.1s Of vtsitors and the AGAR 10 being
looked forward TO with . great 0ee1
OF interest by full-nedGed ana pros
pectivs "Dokies"
After almost eleven years Of free-
dorn. Robert Snipes. of Burke Coun-
~ 3. C., was arrested at Los Angeles.
Cal. last week. charged with the mar-
der Of John Britton, near Morganton,
Sentember IS 1897. The prisoner mas
been brought back TO this state ana
will be s4ven . hearing At an early
date. The arrest Of the man Is said TO
have been brought about as the result
OF drunkenness, snipes having been
charged with imbibing too freely In
the California city. While under the
influence Of whiskey, he II said TO
have conf'ded to officers that he was
wanted In this state for murder ana
ne was held. Investigation showeo
that he had been sought for years On
account OF the extreme viciousness.
snip. was brought across the country
with his hands tied behind him. He
il said to have created no little trouble
by attacking passengers with whom
h. came in contact. and the sheriff who
accompanies hin 20 North Carolina
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