n n " j
; Th9 Largest
Guaranteed Local
Circulation
weathe;.
rriuat
Lit Hart
vol. n. iso. 100,
GEElLNSBOBa N. O. FBIDAY. MAT 13, 1910
pbicei rrvB CENTS
eight drowned
f THE WORLD MO VEA1&NT"
ELECTION OF BISHOPS
BISHOP PLEASED
AS VIEWED BY ROOSEVELT
SET FOR NEXT MONDAY
Chang Recommended in Number of Lay Delegate Tv
Six Ciri id Two loy Sta
dents Lest Lives.
Speech 6 the Ex-President Beor th University of Xer-
Baptists Fa?cr Scrcrlcg Wt.
Witli Cthcr Desoiiilaatlsirs.
Altendance it Eplsccpb
CcavEDlIc. Is Cnllfjl:
. tin ThursdaySign pf Much That Bods '
IU, Declared th Speaker.
Annual Conferences Abstnoe of BUhop Hose Cans
Much Speculation Regarding VanderbiU. '.
SOUNDS
KEYNOTE
GALLANT EEED CF BRAVE LAO
Is Attempting to Sts Toaog Ladles
. -Ods of Boating Fartj 6an ..
. ; (Bf Tb Aasocisted Perns.,
. Wilkwabarn, Pa, May lS,Ejht high
aoool atudeate, all girl end tw boy.
age niil from MUM yesra,
lost their Uvs tssasy whil boatjag oa
whet ) knowa aa the 014 Paper WD
dam at Himtiiigt milk, about 80 anil
below thii eity, la the lower end of
Luiarn eeuaty. Th dd ani
' Maud fjvatllg. Tew Uh. .
Carolyn Kooan, Hunnilk
. ttuta Boaham, Town Una.
In Davenport, Watertowa.
Rachel Thompson, Town Hitt.
Msdellns Good, Wstertowa.
Robert Minniuh, Koena ville.
Ray Lmdaon, rnirmount.
Twalv student i to Huntington
high aehool eociired two boat at U
aooa hour 4 started for a raw on tka
exum. Wxara tk tw craft bad reacned
tW smarter of th body of water It waa
aotieed that oa of Una bed pranr a
ktk. TSa tw boat war thea pulled
tofstkar aad aa effort waa being made
to traaafer tb girl from to make boat
U tb safer eraft. Th last one of taa
party had scarcely est foot ia tka boat
when it began to sink owing to 'Jm eom
bincd wwta-ht of tkt party.
Th girts wot keipleae to Bare fhem
eelv, awl tka hoyi of tbo party, witk
the xoeptioe of Dmiaon, .hating expert
twbiauaie, stmok out for th chore,
which alt reached fat safety. .
; Mmuich, ia th excite as eat, M la pr
tnnod, theug ht tkat all tka young
wvaaea had sueeaaded ia reaching land.
H baa ao ooar gained tk bask tea
he noticed the gtrla hanging i th laa
Ml; atolUiig boat. Tka bor oaaaed into
tk water ana ma awlftly t .the
wxilln4 arafi. Only tw of th rrl
war elinjng t th boat, tk other
kartng gnn doara lor tba Wat tint.
Setalng Ml Daroaport, VftnnW-k wiM
for tk (kor, but th onrtloa- wa to
uuoa for tk gallaat laa, aa tbe two
went dowa together rka taey wvrt
iwtthta a rhWi throw of th bank.
, Aa ooa a th aouni craft kegaa U
n witk wabw ft appear a tboack
raory tnenbrr beeame nror-atrMuia
Tk briek of tba 4rwn1ng rirla muld
b plainly bear oa tk bank of the aua,
but there waa aa oa to go to tk ra.
e of tk imperiled party.
The terrible accident kaa east gloom
ever the lower end of Luxerae county,
wkfrc the familie of all th rktim arc
prominent.
Thro of tbooe wb were drowned
would have graduated thia aunmer.
young Miaaich aad tk kfiaeee Boakam
and Rood.
HE1NZE WAS ACQUITTED
Jary Declare! Bin Rot Guilty
Charges Brought.
01
By Tk Aseeoiated Preea.)
New York, May II. Frit Augnatu
Eehua waa acquitted la New York to-
nkrht f charm f miaapplTinr the
fuada of the Mercantile bank while be
waa preeident of the inetitutkm in 1907
and he waa cleared of tba charge of
over -certifying the eheoka of hi broth
er'a arm, Do Heinza. A jury ia the
criminal branch of the tTnitad State
Oireait court, after a trial huting
aaaxly tnree woraa, mna mm not gvilty
at e'ciofi tonira, aao a waa 4ia
char 2.
Mr. Hainn leaned thia (tabrmeat to-
ahht after hie aarantalt
". am greatly pleaeed wttb tn Txr-dit-,-ut
H at all rpoaL The thing
I mot rrgrea m we mg oeiay ia orn
ino the caee to tnai. nn oit
rost ir' betwff t4.000.000 ad HpiU,
000. PomiMr Mm-perMna who "were
anTioim to oe me convictJi will be I-L
niit a we" with ,t'ti a,
thmin i naa oecn .ouja raaj, m inr ;
ruination of my credit arem to ,
b oro of the ohifwt. moot iriointT I
imed t. f appreciate th loyalty f !
bit friend who have fturtc V ".
HirrHith u aiL end rrft nr dint:l1
thr temporary hir they Meaut
frrd in the fepnriBtioii in the pfc of
th se uritiee in which I have len in-,
(.Te-t'd--
Arthnr P. llelnze. a brother of b
rfpftidnt. called Mr. Vie to h
rourt thia afternoon, thereby furnihigj
the onlT real epertaenlar inrment of to
trial. For km remark he waa promptly
e
lert-d from the courtroom. M uaaa
hite fare ehowine hi anirer and emo
tion. Bis wife, who elao had been a.
intareeted, auditor, fcllowed him.
JESSE GILES
POSTMASTER AT DURHAM
(By Th Associated Press.!
A'anmiugtoa, May . The Pratidmat
Ms amoinafed Jen .- Oiie t V
tjifmn1aT at eurVsm, X. C '
(By Tk Aaaaciate4 Pron.)
Berlia, May ls-eftemer Praudeat
Thaador lieu ear alt delivered a teotura
today aa tk topi. "Tk World Mora-
moat," at th Ihueemity af Barlia and
rear iced from ta uarreraity ta- aoaor.
ary deer of avtor of phitapay. .
per or Vilhani heoprtd the acoaeiaa with.
ki pre an m. ,
It wa taa first time that hi majesty
had graced conferment, and the eourUay
wa eitfiunrant ia slew ol in lac uax
tk Gnnaa asart i' ia mourning fur
ta mnrck aoela, Khar Edward. Th
ercaway of conferring th degre wa
lagea ana eoaauetea wita impraaaire
aimBlicitr. hUoy other notable paraooa
were neitaaent in addition ta member
of tk Baawacelt family. Tk auditorium
wa Blum t n capacity of 1.1PM per-
ana by tba faculty ol tk aniraraity.
atudent an ruaata -
Mr. Kaaeerelt appeared rugged aad la
tk alnk at Shyueal ooadiliaa. Hi
roue, kueky at arat. rained steadily ia
iearaea aa be araoaeded and he we
ao ia onuvar era complete wmtca t he
el e af tJXM word, aad U wkkk k added
zumporaaeeaaly from ma to sua by
way or tmpaaau ana expianatiaa.
"Tk play of new foroe I a evident
in u aierai ana imntuat wand a in
tn world of the mind and the bodv.
Faroes far good aad force for vtl are
ererywher evident, each acting witk a
hundred or a tkooaand fold tko in tea
aity with which it acted in former age.
tnrer tn wnoM world tk awing ol the
pendulum grow mora aad more rapid,
in maiaepring ooila aad aprrad at a
rat eonetantlT aulekaarn-. th Whol
world cuorement is of coaatantly aeael-
araklne walneit.
T a. ; - . i .
ia tela movement titer are line at
musk that bode ill. Tk machinery" ia
aa rapidly geared, th tension and strain
are a great, the effort aad the output
lava alike a incteand. that that M
cause t dread th ruia tkat would com
from aay great aaddeat, from . any
breakdown, and ale the rale tkat may
mi from th mr weariag oat af th
machine Itself. Ta oaly previou T
iliaatioa witk which our modern eirill
aattea can pa la any way oomparad la
that period at Qraaeo Homaa dsiluta-
tloa exteading, aay, from the Athene of
Jveaiistoele to th Kom Of Marcus
nre! Int." VfaPT of the forces tnd
aacies ewcl wen raea arworl wr at
work w. XaowMrs, luxury and r
tnemeat, wida material caaqucst, terri
torial admlaiatratioa ea a rant scale, a
inorea ia ta maatery of mechanical
appliaaee aad la applied ecitno all
thee mark our dvihaatloa aa they
marked th wonderful dWIitatioa that
xWariehed la tk Mediterranean land 10
centuries aeei and thay preceded the
downfall of the older civilisation. Yet
tk differ ores ar many, nd. om of
them ar quit a striking a tk simi
lar! tlee. To single fart tnat th old
civilisation was based upon slavery
shows the chasm that separates the tw.
Let me point out one further and very
aignileant difference la the development
of the two civilisations, a difftreaoe to
obviou that It ia astonishing that H
kaa net Veen dwelt upon by men of tet
ter. "One of tke prime dsurer af dviuxa-
tioa kaa alwavs been ita tendency t
aaua th lou of tka virile flrbting vir
tue of the flshtin ur. When men
get too comfortable and lead too lumi
nous Uvea, mere te aiwayi aanrer ien
the eeftnma eat like aa acid into their
mealiness of fibre, lie barbarian, be
aaua af th very condition of his Ufa,
is forced to kern sad develop certain
hai-dv aalitiee which tk man of eivil-
uawKia tenda to low, whether ke b
clerk, factory hand, merchant of vn a
certain tvpe of farmer. Xow I will not
aaeort that In modern dvllited oaty
thee tesdeacies have beoo wholly .over
come; but there has been a much more
eneeewiful effort to overcome thorn than
wa the case in the eerly dvilimbona.
"What it the leaaon to u todyf Are
SOUTH GAROUNA L 0. 0,
SELECTS GREEJrWLLE
7
AaamHed Prem.)
g?. May 12. The
cf oouth Carotina, Inde
of Odd Fellowa, adjoura-
ed tkjfeiuorning after two days e
akm V avert pert year in Greenville.
Tae c lection of officers at the morning
tension raeulted aa follows: Crand mv
Wt1(( H.mptoe Cobb. OolumW:
. ' ... ,
depnty r"i maW, Jame. O. I-eng. jr..
Tjirm; frand owrden, .lamea H fraig.
Aaderrans grand ewrHary. S. F Kil
lHiwnrUi. Columbia, reelrtted inr
ca eat a coneecntiv year; grand tra--
rcr, H. Kndel, i.rcenville. reelected fm
the 17th ronaerutir year.
At I hie meeting of the sTnnd ndr- the j
gaanctai mcthorie were rrvohitionir"d by
aboHehing tne 10 per cent, system snd
repWing rt with a per capita'tax.
CHEAT DISASTER FEARED
- BECAUSE OF EXPLOSION:
-. . By The Associated Press. I
Icgassmort, Ind, May 11. The pow
der nags ripe of the Paris Stone oom
aay at Kenneth, lad., sens miles west
e her, exploded tonight. Buildings in
thi dty wen shaken. It ia feared there
ha beea maa'of lifa.
A glare fa the aky tmlieate thnt the
own ml Keemeth ta hri SO tele-
rfhti eoumouou bar beea atvered.
ptpartanbVK
grand lprfr
I aiaiijrjrder
b. , V
w to a th way af th older dviliza
tioaat Tk immense increase ia th
are a dviliaad activity today, ao tkat
at t aaariy autnrmmeiai with ta world
surfacsi tka immaac iaareaa ia the
maltitudiaou variety of Ha aoUvitiot;
tk immeoaa increase la th velocity of
th worid awresMat ar aQ than to
mesa merely tkat th crash will be all
tka more complete aad terrible wkea it
aomast W anet be certain that the
answer will b Is tk negative) but f
this we can be carta m, that w shall not
go dowa ia ruia anleat w daserv aad
earn our end. Then is ao neceaaity for
us to fall; we aaa hew out our oostiay
for ourselves, if aary wo have th wit
aad th ooarag and th honacty.
' "PersoaaUy, I do aot helieva tkat our
oivUiaatMa will fall. I think that aa
th whol wa have grew better and aot
won. I think that on th whol th
future held mar for a thaa even th
great past has hold. Bat, assuredly, tk
dream of gold glory in th future
will not aom true unlaea high of heart
and Strong af hand by our awa mighty
deads vre mala tkem aom true. V
can not afford ta dsvelep aay en aot of
qualities, any oa est af aotivitic at
tka ont of neeing ovken, equally ao
eeeary, atrophied. Neitbar th military
ffleiensy of th Mogul, th xtraonli
aary basince ability of th Phoenician,
or the subtle and poiiabed intellect of
the Greek availed to avert destruction.
"It m ao impossible dream to. build
up a dvilixatiea ia which morality, eth
ical developmeet and a true feeling of
brother hoed shall all alike be divorced
from fa la teatuaentality, and from the
raaccrou and aril namion which, curi
only nough, ee alt accompany pro
famuu uf entlmantal atiachment to
th rbrbt of maar in which a hiah ma
terial development la the thing of th
nody shall be achieve, without unor
dinatioa of the thing of the ool ia
which tear ahall be a genuine desire
for peso aad justice without loe of
thee viril qusliliee without which aa
lav af peace ar pmlie shall avau any
raaai ia whack th fullest development
of neieatift rosea re a, th greet dietia
guiahing fottar of our preoret civilim
tion. ahall yet aot imphr a belief that
intellect aaa evor take th place of ekar
aeter for, from the standpoint of th
Xnaaiaa-a erf tk nadinairal, st - vaa
actor ths hi th an vital pceieiea.
- TlaalU- this waiwiShrl W"
ilisatton, this movement .which i bow
felt throbbing ia every corner of th
globe, should bind the nation of the
world together wbil yet leaving unim
paired that lev of country ia tb Indi
vidual citisea which In th present stage
of the world' program ie eaaeatial ta
th world's wclfbeing. You, my bear
era, and I who apeak to you, belong to;
different nation. Under modern condi
tions the hook w read, the news sent,
by telegraph ta our newspaper, tb
strangers w meet, half of the things
we hear and do each day, all tend to
bring u into touch with other peoples.
Each people raa do justice to itself only
If It doe Justus to otnore; out race
neool eaa do its part ta the world
movement for all only if it first does
its duty within it own household. Tba
good eitlsea most a good citisoa or
his owa country Irtrt before be can, with
advantage, b a citiren of the world at
large. I wish yoa well. I believe ia yea
and your future. I tdmlra and wonder
st th axtraordiaarv creataeai and va
riety of your achievement in so many
and sura widely oinerent nriaa; ann my
admiration aad regard are au ine greater
and not the leas, because i am eo pro
found a believer ia tba institutions and
the people of my wr land."
The audienes viirously applauded Mr.
oopvlt's rmas concerning mothers
ind houeewiv
The empervr took occasion to con
Tatnlamvr- Rooaevilt upon his lec
ture and delivery eo courageoualy ac
conrnlirl.e under dietreeeing physical
coaditi''-
I' i
ISOUTB CAROLINA T. P. A.'S
IN ANML CONVENTION
(By The Aawoeisted Pre.)
nreenvUlr. My li. Tb annual con
vention of the Travelers' Protective as-
auciatkn of South Carolina convened '
here thfa momine. After brief sddremea
of welcf,nie, a busineae session was held
' ia the boatd of trade room.
I Important matters aeie discuaaed at
j the busmen sc!fion tonight after rou
tine buineks had been tranaacted. In
the afternoon the traveling men saw
ball game lietwee Charlotte and Greea-
ville. uf tl,e Carolina aociation.
Tomorrow v ill be a husv day. aa the
nrrn, Tn imlllHe Htllninnhile riAm m:
'. v-,,, t the 1itintrv elitl, mA m h.-.-., ,
I ist night.
SUDDEN DEATH OF ONE OF
DAVIDSON'S BRIGHTEST SONS
-pe. ia! to Daily N'ew-.
Ibn-i.lsoii. .iay 12 . The death ol Sam
uel ti Fleming, of Laurens. S. C. a
mcmlier of the s.nior class, who would
undoubtedly have graduated with high
honors, which occurred today, baa cast
gloom over Davidson college.
Mr Fieming " -I years old. s bright
ouig man, who wa- beloved by th
entire collfge bodv. Hi death, due to
heart trouble
ame eotirely unexpec ted, j
and has cast a pall over IlavidMin com
mosMcment.
f,be body wiH be tent to his former
home tomorrow tor interment.
WILL SEEK A BROADES FIELD
rosslbli lliandstunentof International
SnpdajT Scboot Imms Good Jub
scrtpUoos tor Loalsrnie Scmlsarj.
(By Th Aseociaied Preea )
BaHlmore, May It Tb keyaot of
todar aamioa of the Souther Daptrtt
euavaatloa was th development of (en-
tuaaM favorable to sevsruig all eonnee-
tioa with ether deneminauooa aad to
raachina out for a broader Held. ' Th
first wa showa by aotloa looking to th
Mnaoamen oi in as in bouinera
Baptist Snaday schools of th interna-
tional Buadav aekoal leuons, aad th
second by tk apparent lateatioa to ad
mit to fetlowehip m tka eoutkarn body
rnuresea ta territory attaefto ten ea
tirelv t tk Xortkera Haotiita
in apparsm wiaa to sever reiauea
with all inUrdamonimational bodies
was tempered by the earnest effort of
a considerable element to etv formal
approval to th work af the laymen's
missionary move meat. At tonight eea
aioa Rev. George YY, Daniel, of Rich
mond, Va., asid that the Soother Bap
thtU lack organixatioa and aa adegaate
scheme af miecina and eaa never, un
der present condition!, become a world
power la mhulona, and that It - rests
upon th laymen' missionary movement
to lave th day,
Tb objection to the continued uee of
th International Sunday school lessons
appears to be that they have aot been
aaliafactory to th Baptists in the mat
ter of eeriptural texts touching oa Bap
tism. Rev. J. M. Frost, of Nashville, Ten.,
chairman of th Sunday school board,
offered tb resolution which, whil praia
hig th uniform- leaeea. eyitem which
kaa been In vogue la Protestant flenom
taction for to yean, naked that a aom
mitte be autharieed to prepare for tb
Sunday aehool board a aystam of graded
Huaday achnol lrsaona. onaidering, how
aver the praaaett aystm of the inter
laalimal mmmliua - whetbet It can
be modified aad mimvu 1
purpoM of the people.
After opnaiderablo diaouaaiox, tb sub
ject wa referred t a commute.
Following an elooiient plea for the
completion of th 1000,000 endowment
fund f th Souther Baptist Tbeolog
ical Seminary at LotrievilU, Ky, HH8,
uw of wbJcn sum ha Keen raised,
fa
proximately mu,oio waa snbeenbed
th convention today in amount rang
inc from U to ts.000.
To allow for shrinkage on account of
death or possible business failure, Rev.
Dr. Mullins, president of the eeminarv.
aid that an additional $200,000 would
have to ha raised, making the total of
th endowment fund 11800,000.
A pleasant incident of the forenoon
meeting waa tka receipt of a telegram
of greeting from Uw'jeeneral conference
of tb Methodiet Episcopal Church,
South, ia session ia Aeheville, N. C.
The secretaries of the Baptist conven
tion were directed to frame a telegram
of greeting to be seat to the Bout hers
Methodist body.
At the twenty -eeeond annual meeting
of tb Womans Missionary Union, aa
auxiliary to th Southern Baptist ema
nation, which In holding its sessions
in the Seventh Baptist ahwreh, the re
port wa mad that 120,000 has been
raieed toward the endowment fund for
the Louisville training school, conducted
by the union. The amount of th en
dowment fund for completion of and for
enlargement aimed at is 00,000.
THEY WOULD KNOW WHY
Attorney-General Called Upon tor In
formation Concerning Investigation.
(By The Associated Preea.)
Washington. May 12. The Bouse to
ds v pancd a resolution calling upon tb
ettorney - eenerml for all f acta Tn his pos-
e",,on 'elating to his investigation of
an alleced violation of the Sherman an
titrust act on the part of men carrying
on alock operations for the purpose of
advancing the price of cotton.
The resolution also inquires whether
tbe department is conducting or contem
plate conduct in? an invent ijrstion re
lating to combinations of persons oper
ating for the purpose of reducing tba
pnee or coiion. ana also whether anv
euch
investigation
prosecution waa
ever begun against any persona for on a
spiring to aovsncc th price of wheat in
lim.
Thia resolution was introduced in the
House by Mr. Craig, of Alabama, being
favorably reported today by Chairman
Parker, of the committee on the judi-i
dry and paed by th House after a!
brief explanation I
BASEBALL GAMES WILL BE
POSTPONED DAY OF FUNERAL
New York. May 12. Out of respect
to the memory of the late King Edward;
and hi people, alt Eastern league lose ,
ball club games scheduled for Fvidav.
.May 20. the day of thr king's funeral,
nave tmen called ofT. ot u
ice to that ef-;
feet rsi sent, ont tonight by Peaideat
P. T. Powera, of the league. I
The games scheduled for May 20 will I
rjlie pbiynd inateed n dmibleheader on j the wbooi. treasury ahnually ia Sana (of interest
JJlsy 21, along with the regular game. Jhury. . , late.
(By R. M. PhilHpa.)
Ashevllla, May li. The geaeral eatv
f naa in May adopted reeohitiea ta go
bit tba slactioa of bishops ami ail aaa
aeetioaal officer at 10 o'clock next Mon
day asoraiag. The oomaaitto ea epia-
copaey will hold aaaUber meeting to
Bight, aad it likely will repot, ta tk
conference; tomerrow moraiug, asakiag
their reoeimnd4ioa aa ta th anasber
t b elosssd. .
As te lay Deiegabeaa.
Tb eommittee aa lay tuna's movement
ajade a report today recommending a
change ha to number of lay delegate
ta annual oanfaranee, which provides
for eat by delegate far each pastoral
charge instead of four for each dtstriut,
a at pnsaat, Thi will, if adapted by
tke eoiifarenoe, make tke my rpreaenta
thsa at annual eoaferaaea equal to tk
Jerical. ,
Vtay Tivtort Attending.
The Larvset attendance of visitor
mac Cke opening witnaaeed today' ses
sion of th general aanfaraae. Ulanolng
hurriedly tkrough th packed apace out
aide the bar ol th eonisreaoe end in
th gallcri, where people from til over
th eouth were congregated Inter
ested spectators, I saw several familiar
faces of North Carolina preachers not
yet mentioned. Among them arc l The
Rev. J. E. Underwood. W. W. and K. K.
Roe. 1. JR. JncOaoken. J, A. Daily. N.
C Yearby, B. C Craven. A. D. Bette, J.
W. Jones, Plto Durham, T. K. Wagg,
and C. F. Sherilll.
Bishop I. K. Moss has goo to Wash
ington oa important businee and will
not return until Monday. Ill abssae
t this tint five ria to nxieh specula
tive "do pa" ia rngtrd ta the Veadar
bilt aniversity matter. It is know tkat
tk committee education ha been
wrestling with this problem, ia which
then has been sharp division. Bishop
floss a leader oa on aids and Bishop
Henirix aa tka other. Argument be
fore the committee have bee public
but the deliberations of th asmmitte
haa bean In executive astaioa. Leak
have, bee very re fully guarded, and
a .aa know positively what tk aut
come I going to be. ' It looks, kowever,
Bke 'b"eompTomW ba about - beea
reached. . t cannot a.y thi am ahaoluta
aulborrty. but 1 am Willia to risk air
rspuUtioft aa a prophet oa the predi- f
tioa that th Bishop Horn faction h!?1
won, or will win. If I am aorroct, it
mean that th church contest idea will
prevail. It ha beea generally conceded
that th greatest debate of the eesslo
would take place aa thi question wbea
It eome upou the confer (rice floor tbui
u in impreeoions ni morning are well
founded, the committee will make a re
port that will be concurred In by both
aide and a great fight obviated. Then
ar those who believe that, while tli
matter may be allowed to go through,
Chancellor Klrklaod and. those who be
lieve he does, will do so with the
reservation that tht question will later
d determined by legal proors in th
court. Ia anv event th Vanderbllt
queation is still peramouat before thi
ooafereace, and- the outcome will be
awaited with absorbing interest
Same Salary Talk.
On tb question of eallina- men. hv
election, from the rank to the oftine of
biabop and other connection al offices.
the matter of aalariee paid by th M. K.
(Jhurch, South, ia being talked among
tae wierswa. u is not certain that
any movement looking to ehang st
thi time will be made; but eome com
parisons r interesting. '
For Instance, the bishops of tke Meth
odist Episcopal chairch receive aJaries
of W,00. The editor af the New York
'Christian
Advocate, th general oroaa
of the M. E. church, receives g",,000. The
editors of trie Western Christian Advo
cate, the Northwestern Cbristinn Advo
cate, the Central Christian Advocate
ATLANTA VISITED DY A
DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORM
(By The Associated Pre.)
Atlanta, May 12. Several thousand
dollars damage waa done in Atlanta this
afternoon by one of the worst hail end
rain storms in its history. Tbe maxi
mum wind velocity n-as 60 mile a
hour, a rainfall of ore half Inch was re
corded within 30 minutes, and the ground
was almost covered with hailetonee.
Tree were uprooted and manv win-
dowpatien broken. The Phoenix planing;
mill plant was damaired to the extent of
$1,000.
Reports tonnrht indicate that the bail
storm was geneml over the northern
linlf of t ieorgia with the exception of
the counties bordering on the Atlantic,
In t he vicinity of VVaneaboro. Murk
coimly ajvl in Newton county the dam
se to cotton and other crops was con
iiilerahle. In both counties hailstone aa
large a marb'ea fell, covering the
ground.
SALISBURY VOTED FOR
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX
(Special to Dally News.i
Salisbury, May IS. By n mnjority of
206 votea
special aehool tax waa u-
thoired in Salishurv sodav. S4 votes be
inr cast for and 1H6 against the mea. are
Both sides worked hard at the noils. Bv
the new law js.o will be turned ioloiehle to ret s new trial. The .wee wa
aai ether rnaneetlnnal
aalanne of KaOO. Tb
varksn anpaitminte of
eatv aalaru of 14400.
The biekop af th Metkedlet Tifttm
pal CkareA, South, taseiv asiarlaa af
U.000 aad pay their wa trsvollno; ex
peaaea. loe editor of our Methoaast Bav
view, the editor af oar Christ la Advo
cate aad th secratavrlaa of our vnrtout
board aad other nanctloaal xiaen
receive salaries of 3,U00. Thee aua
Hv la th dty af Naahvill. Taaa,
where they eaa hardly hop te emtr a
resides- without payina a rental oi st
mast aao per atoata. . ta atae words,
our oonaoctioaal onlneia an raeeivlng
bout It,) and host reat. The paa
tor f aur leadhag ohomhea, auah
ohurcbes aa the mea wb arc aleeted to
eonneo tional fftce have SI lad or have
the ability te fill, receive salaries f
3.000 to M.0OO ami a home. Th al
aria which wa aa aur bishop aad aoa,
neetioneJ offloers are the same that w
paid tkem ar their predaosaasra a dose
or mora years ajro. Maay eWsraatea an
of th opinio that this question should
haw asrtou aoneidoratton at th ttaads
of this sees ioa of the conference.
"IfoB-Cacrreoc" Heard Often.
There ie no easy method of obtaining
the exact pereenUg ef Button that an
reported bark to th conference tin favor
ably by the oommitteeai but wka th
errctauy roads the report tke word
Tton-eonourrence" m heard otTaa. That
i (h Committee's endorsement aa at
least four-flfth of the queation that
have ao far been (vied upon. Aad there
has beea very few minority reporta,
African Fraternal Delegate
A featur of th eeeale today wet
th Adras of th fraternal delegate
from th Africa htrtbediet Episcopal
Zion church. Dr. Geonr V. ftamant, ef
Charlotte, was tk fraternal delegate,
sad kis . addres was aaa af th meet
hoard by the eonlereare. It breathed
a la apirit aad (hewed marveton pro
gress I being made. Th chorea ha bow
bout 4,000,000 mefifnera aad awns
church tnd echooi property valued it
MSJWO.OOO. Dr. Clement waa heartily
cheered throughout hi addree. Bishop
Hetidrlx reepoBdeat la appnprtata wwroa
ta th addree. -i- ;,..
, -...Att Hist oris Gavel ......
1 At th cvnstna tomorrow th aeseid-
Ing officer, Bishop Hendrix, will . oa
gavel thaa baa a peculiarly interaahfng
kttorvy I owned taad waa made I
bp S D Walsh, of th Kentucky confer
ence. It waa mad from weed from th
old Mastereon home, near laxingtoa
ventacay, wncra oianop aaoury pre
sided t tb first onferenee fh 1790. It
kaa ailver bands around ft and a lilver
eovrring half way np the handle
which are engraved the name of great
bis he ps who have used It, and th date
of it una. tt was ased in Mf ,t the
general center nee ia Omaha. t Cleve
land In 104, at Ch tango ta 1PO0, at Lo
Angeles ia 1004, and 'at various other
time. It was one used by Bishop Mor
riaon. Th gavel fat pretty piece ef
work, and la eonatracted of sevsra! bit
of wood neatly put together. Tk ewae
prize ft very highly. '
Tk Bar. Goorv R. Stuart, the fa
mous evanrnhst, delivered a leetun to
night ia the auditorium to a packed
house.
By resolution the committee oa Kpts
eopacy, at a meeting tonight, removed
th Dan of ecreey, allowing It members
to mk public Ita action. A report will
he made to the conference
recommend lor tkat tke ckarsctsra f all
the bishop b pasaed.
It also recommended that Bishop Key
be superannuated at hat own request.
and It I thought that tiiehop Mortiaon
wa also ereeommendea lor tuperanaea
tion.
The osnrmittee kaa fixed the salary of
active msiiope at bs.ihjo, aa tncreaae of
tociO: the superaniruated biahop at
tiSSQ. an increase of 1250. The si tow
snee for widows of bishop is 11,000.
IN INTEREST OF GREENVILLE
AND KNOXTILLE RAILROAD
(By Th Assedated Press. I
Ashevllle, May 12 W. H. Patterson.
vice-president of the Candler Rank and
Trwai association, of Atlanta. (1, ap
peared before the board of trade ben
today la th lntereet or th Greenville
and Knox ville railroad, which a oomnany
of Atlanta capitalists propose to bmld
from Greenville, f. C, to Knoxvtlle,
Tena. Mr. Patter-on explained that it
ia the purpose of the companr to extend
the road which now runs from Green
ville to Cleveland, S. C. oa through th
mountains to Knoxville, probably by
way of Asheville. Cantos, MVnyneaville
and througb the I'igeon river gap of tbe
Smoki-s, provided t h business men of
this section and the countice through
which it is to pass will give encourage
ment and aid to the project. The sur
veys for the road have already been
made, he stated.
I The board nppoiated a committee to
j collect data on the totiuage which the
j railroad can secure here, and alo on
what aid can lie given toward building
J the line into this city.
Convicted of Mnrdei.
i By The Associated Press ,
Creenville, May It.- r. C. T indl-v, of
Tennessee, was convicted in the frimi
nal court here today ol the mysterious
murder of lien Allen at Ms home about
ln weeks a Ttiia means Ih.l l.ind-
lev mtist hensr nnlcas hi, sttomeva are
11 ever thi part of the
STRONG PLEA FOR CRPAMCE
Consolldatloi of St indrtn and St.
lanutiai raieslBpnredMacl.
Dlscnssed ImeBdaent b Idoptei
(Spoaial te Daily bewM t
Wtnstoa-ltalem. May DL sTVIa wa
aaother busy day with the dloeaoaa aea.
veatlaa at St. Paula eharoh, teanamug
witk th heky mmimiia at I . Adock
lag. That wa feUswad at 50
t'doak by mraiag pea ye, aad at Hit
'lock the aancsj rnpert af th biahop
waa read. This wa largely aoaapoaed
of statistic, tkougk la toaslusiaa as
pok
slnanry
araeetly af the laymsa'a aua-
eoavanaoa held aom aaewttt
in ia ureeaebaro. H aaid he waa
mack gratited with tke representation
of Kpiaoopaliam at tki mMtiag, they
being aa mrfly ipreeened, ia pro por
tion to nuabrs, aa any other body ef '
Chrwtian. lie urged ki hearer to re
deem their areaiie mads at that time
ta double tlteir former amoanl rawed
for foreigw mimian. A oonaiaoo tour
set ia vimios drsws tb people at
horn iosr together la leva Bishop
Cbeshim aica apok with Mtiafaetwa
of th laymea'a meeting hold last Jan
uary it Haleiak, fit them mentioned a
number f proposed Smend meek to tb
oanatitutioB of th dieueee sad called
Upon variou aommMtee to rspeei.
Th salary of Biahop Cheahin wa ia
oreaaed from 02.MX) to fs.oou,
much diecuaesd proposed aoiendV
mat waa ta th efeet that ahould a
pariah fall for two eooaeouUvs year ia
Ita assessment ta amk up th pastor'
alary, tkat pariah (howld ham aa rate '
ia th next convention. Tb dhwuaaient
aad voting wan wan, and Anally whea
th Vets wars counted th biahop an
aoanoed that II rate had ttees saat, and
II ia faea af adoatin the aaasmtmeet
except three.
a. n. tutu taa pat tena a wwone
plea for the Thompeoa orphanarw- ha
a reed abet all fUtnda r schools devnt one '
rhinday1 eollertioa In erh month te this
charity t begia with the prima rv obll
draa and ietcuieate In the younge oovs
tk habit af giving. Every rsundav amaoul .
could giv d Sunday, tarns making th
gift Out oh per year. Hi ayatom
tie income which the orphanage weeds
the donatio an e? irregular, ccpociolly
during th summer month. He also
tetosl that something lika eae-eixtk f
th enttre amount bsndled by the gen
sal missioa board asms fma tb ckiU
drew' pennies.
Twelve o'clock waa dowa aa tba pro-!'
gram, for aooaday prayer for missions,
M bnmnea Was mnipend'od kor and
pnsrsrs wsr offered1 together with th
tub "Jseue bhaU Brnga Where'er tb
nWa." Basineas waa the reosmed aatil
adiotBraaseat.
, The aft si an ua eoisa brgaa at iM ,
aad was give ever te deotioas, tc, a
ia th rule of order.
Thi evening from 1 autll T aa baior.
ami rsneptio waa given ky tba St,
n .. i . i , ,l. ..I,., - .l.
delegate and vmiting hulie at th kens .
of th senior wardes, Hon.J. C Bunaon,
ea Kummit etrart.
At o'clock tonight mlstlaenry '
eeting waa held, erhea report from
the arefcdeaoon won heard, aad ad-
dreeeee anad ky a wumber of olergymen
nd lav me on different phase of die
Th consolidation of St. Barnabas and
St. Andrews' parishae at Greeaabore
wae approved.
The MivnUon will do after th
evening session tomorrow, when, mm
tionary addressee will be made. The
Rev. Lawrence rt. Ridgely, iisiiuaoi l
te China, will apeak oa th work in
that Be id: and th Ke. Richard W.
Home will have far hi subiect. "Work
of Womans Auxiliary." Th meeting
daring the day tomorrow, after hole
com muni nice and moraiag r-nyer, will
largely be devoted to bnameas, erbea
th time aad place of th next coovea-
tma will be fixed.
WILLIAM H. BOWER DEAD
former Congressman Passed Aay At
Bis Borne la Caldwell Yesterday.
iBy The Aociat-4 Pre ) t
CharmtU, May 12-Former Coflsft.
man William Morton Bower, for yean
a leader in Western North Carolina, pol
itic, passed away this afternoon at hi
heme ia Caldwell county, egod 00 mart.
He was defeated for the Pifty-eeooad
mrr-ees int ess elected to Fifty third
( nng ese nd served oae term. repreaeaU
;K the Kiirhth Jistrvt. fie npiueeutod
leldwell county ia the atet bonee of
r prcecntethea ia 182 end 1M4, and
van sent to the stat senate, serving on
term
For a number of years he wsa eolici
tm of the Tenth judicial district, and
: te id other positions of trust and respon
! ibility. He ia survived by a widow, v iio
'was Vers Annie Louise Maltliams, of
ncthleheva, Pe, and on eon.
Ibe funeral aervicea ere he'd th
tThnrsrhiy) moming frm the hrtme and
thr hnrtal took place this fversenp ra
the family boning grossed ta the Happy
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