The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-28
YOUNG FOLKS MOVE
ON CITY Of DURHAM
One Thousand Strong They
Arrived On Every Train
Yesterday
MORE STILL EXPECTED
MORE STILL EXPECTED
Last Night Marked Only The
Welcome Exercises and
More Yet To Come Will Add
To The Hosts Who Meet To
Accept The Universal ChaI
Ienge To Service
Special TO The News and ot~er,-1

Durham. April 25-A thousand
delegates to the Baraca-Philathea
convention are now in the city, and
the indications are that more than
this number will come. The registrs-
ton office, at the Lochmoor Hotel, has
been crowded all day with people
who wanted to be assigned places to
stay during the convention. 4 dozcn
clerks have been busily ngaged
every minute Of the time. getting these
delegates TO their homes, and il IS
even then impossible to keep up with
the arrivals. While hundreds arrived
on the morning trains. the greater
part Of the delegations did not get
here till this Afternoon.
Every afternoon train was crowden
with people wearing the insignia Q,
the two organized Sunday schoo,
classes, and, as a consequence, mos,
OF the trains We're running d little
behind schedule time.
Introductory Speeches.
The first session of the convention
at the Academy of Music this even
ing, when an address of welcome wa,
delivered by Mayor w. J. Brogden,
VINO represented the city. Rev r.
G. craven delivered the address of
welcome in behalf of the churches;
AIR. E. J. Schantz, for the city union.
The responses were made by Miss
Clara Byrd, of Greensboro. for the
PhllatheaS, and Mr.. A. l. Smoot. Of
Salisbury, for the Barracks. Follow
ing these there were one minute talks
by the state officers of both ~organiza-
tons.
At the Y. NJ. C. A. last night a float
ing reception was rendered in which
the delegates to the convention were
given an opportunity to become ac-
q~uainted with one another. The loou~
of the Y. nj. c. A. and every available
space was crowded with the visitors
and the Durham people who are in
terested in the convention. Light re-
freShmentS We're served.
Fine Program Arranged.
1t is expected that the meeting n
Durham Will be one Of the most in
teresting ever held by the two organ
lied Sunday school classes of the
State. The program committee has
worked out a good program. and the
music for the general meetings VIII
be unusually interesting.
Recital of Merit.
The graduating recital Of Miss Fe-
licia Margaret ku%effner, in piano, and
Miss Marguerite Holt Glenn, Of
Greensboro, in voice. was n of the
most interesting and artistic r~ecitals
hat has been given at the Southern
Conservatory of Music during the
year. h program rendered vas a
varied one, and the two young ladies
acquitted themselves with great credi,
to themselves and their instructors.
Miss kueffner is a Durham girl
who has great talent for music. Hell
performance last night causes her II
| be greeted as a pianist Of great prom
, Use by the musicians of the city. Miss
} Glenn has a very sweet voice, which
also has volume. Her information
! and expression was rarely fine las
night. The joint recital of these tx,
young musicians was heard by a larg,
4 crowd.
Enforce Sewer Connections.
Instructions have been given out i,
: the city health department that thi
: summer there would be a strict en
forcement Of the law regarding con
Meeting with the city sewer. \ hun
dred notices have been sent out I
people in the city, notifying them tina
: they WOu have to connect. TIL
statute requiring this ha" been on tn
books for some years, but it has neve
been very strictly enforced.