The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-25
WHITE lis ELECTED
INSTITUTE HEAD
Raleigh Minister Succeeds Stock
ard as President of
(! Peace.
MITCHELL, CASE IN COURT
Son Trying to Break Fathers
Withholding of City ;.
Schools. =.
MITCHELL, CASE IN COURT
Especial to The Times Dispatch.


Raleigh y. c., May 2i-Rev. W.
BIC c. White. D. D.. pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church here. has been
elected president of Peace Institute.
Professor III. j. Stockard, who has
been serving as president to continue
with the school as teacher of English.
Practically all the members of the
faculty are under contract to return,
One of the nnal features of the COM
mencemcnt season was the annual
meeting OF the board ,of trustees, at
which DIR. White was chosen as pres
ident. The trustees elected were Jas
Il. Young. chairman of the board of
trustees. Ed Chambers Smith. vice.
chairman George Allen. recrctary-
secretary-treasurer The executive
board chosen is as follows: J. r.
Young. Ed Chambers Smith, George
Allen. Dr. w. McC White, Franklin
Mcneil, e. W. Kilgore. a. y. Thomp-
son. Raleigh; c. NJ Brown. Washing
ton; DIR. l.. K. Layburn, Durham. The
board Of trustees includes two mem
bers each from the synod of North
Carolina and the Prcsbyteries of AL
bemarle Orange. Kings Mountain.
Asheville and Wilmington, and seven
from the First Presbyterian Church.
Raleigh.
After spending several days here
".
ton left to-day for New York TO take
passage for liverpool and thence TO
London to join DR.. Boroughton. who
is just now assuming the pastorate Of
the great London Baptist Tabernacle
Institutional Church. Mrs. Broughton
was accompa MED by Miss Long. of
Atlanta.
Wake Superior Court Is trying the
Mitchell Will case. involving the $50
600 estate OF the late Z. NJ. Mitch ell.
OF this counQy. in which ne cut off j.
{. Mitchell, son. with a nominal
amount, leaving the bulk of his for
tune TO the other four sons. j. c.
Mitchell is seekihg 10 break the Will.
The Piedmont Sales Company. Char
lotte. received charter to-day. with
$4,000 capital. by r. II. Woodworth
j. W. o'MeaEa and Vernon A. Orr. for
advertising specialt!es. novelties and
other lines OF business. the q. II. Dortch
&; Brother Company. Raleigh. capital
$4,000 authorized and $4,000 sub
scr!hed, by G. H. Dor,ch, Thomas II.
Dcrtch and others, for real estate and
rental business. Another charter was
for the Auto Sales Company. AshavilIc.
capital $4,000. by E T. Jones, j. 4.
Rose and Others; also the Appalachian
Club Estates IncD. Brevard. capital
$4,000. by Henry Nader. Il. II. Thoma s
and others and the Pack Square Book
COMPANY, Ashevillc, capital $4,000 au-
thorzed and $500 subscribed. by Ed
ward l. Eirown. Jr.. the Brown Book
Company and others.
Thirty-odd teachers In the Raleigh
public schools left this morning with
Superintendent r. NJ. Harper for Gin
cinnati TO spend a week inspecting the
advanced methods OF teaching in vogue
there. BY reason of this trip they VIII
be sxmepped from the legal require
n 81 f-S, t,,,.
work this season.
j. d. Boushall. who is in the running
for the Democratic nomination for
L!eutcnant-G Governor. has gone 20 Cum
berland county to deliver the com
mencement address for the Eastover
academy. near Fayetteville.
Mrs. jordan, wife OF James +. Jor-
dan "a w,.llknown secret order man
and custodian OF Elks' Temple, was
stricken With paralysis mis- morning
and died last night. She was about
forty years old. She leaya7 no chill
dren.
The medal for highest scholarship
record in the Raleigh public schools
was awarded tonight 10 Miss Marga-
ret Edwards. whose mother won a sim
liar award nearly twenty years ago
y medal for the best historical essay
went to Miss Margaret Thorpe, both
being given by the Junior Order Of
United American Mechanics and pre-
scented by Postmaster Willis c. Briggs
The Charles L. Harris gold medal for
the best debater was awarded TO Oliver
Smith. Colonel j. c. l. Harris making
the presentation speech. massive
silver pitcher for the public school OF
the city making thu best record In
spelling went TO Murphy School, whose
record was 50 per cent. The ST. Mary's
School scholarship went TO Miss Vir-
ginia Bonner. and the University of
North Carolina scholarship to Frank
Norris. The address for the gradual
Ing exercises was by Governor Kitchin