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- we- elks' memorial Service. FINE ADDRESS OF U B, SMITH. Several Hundred' Gathered Yesterday Afternoon at the Anneal Memorial Exercises-of the Charlotte Lodge of of the B. and P. O. E. lite Im pressive Sevvlcea-HUood Music and Inspiring Words of Speakers The Address of .Mr. Smith . Masterful ODOCeremonles In Detail. In remembrance of the absent broth ers of Elkdom, there were gathered - .yesterday afternoon at the Academy of Music the members of Charlotte Lodge No. m, and probably 400 men and wo men who had come to attend the beau tiful and impressive memorial services which the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks- hold each year simul taneously all over the. United States wherever there is a lodge. A most impressive programme was rendered, a solemn but uplifting ceremony which was heard with closest attention by the large gathering. From the old Elks' rooms at the Colonial Club , the members marched two by two In a body down Tryon street to the Academy, and went upon the stage, where they aat In rows, with the officers of the lodge, two minlsft-rs who officiated. -and the auartette from the Second Presbyterian church In fwwit. Th A-nf 4iAal nf in ellr lotlo.l nut from fh front nf the blnrk - ntj ghiA tchern ant h hh ml Ur Jnkn M ittlnmn Hn tholoJ 'Some New Bo ka Relating snuers oi we em ournea 11 localities- cent ejectrlcllghtv typifying the lives of eleven members rf the lodge who have died since it was established. An enective snutting ore or tne litems, one uile plantation waa In its glory, ur. us by one. was cone through with when sett ave seme verv valuable and useful the secretary,' Mr. J. J. Hutchinson, 'read the roll-call of the dead. Mr. H. J. Zehm was the musical di rector, and he rendered the prelude of the "Funeral March" by Beethoven, as the lodge entered the building. Then, was the opening prayer by Rev. William Duncan, beautifully and im pressively delivered. He prayed that we might meet again with those- whose voices, are now hushed, and whose eyes are dimmed 1n death. "Lei Thy benediction, Lord," he said, "rest upon us all, and may goodness and mercy, like twin agnels, follow us all our Uvea" There was n hymn. "The Armies of God," and then the devotional exercises were begun. The excellent quartette, composed of Miss Margaret Thurmond, Mrs. H. S. Bryan, Mr. W. Clarence Reed and Mix A. M. Norwood, sang with splendid effect, "Lift Up Your Heads," Hopkins' anthem. The lodge ceremonies followed. The exalted ruler read from the ritual, and then the secretary called the name of each departed brother three times, and pausing In the eileace which followed each time, one of the lights on the elk's antlers would be suddenly ex tinguished. Then all the officers arose and each one was called upon as to the duties We had to perform. Owing to a severe cold, Mrs. Harris MaJlinckrodt.who was to have sun? a solo, could not appear, and Mr. John W. Fox, of St. Peter's Episcopal choir, sang a beautiful solo, "There Is a Blessed Home." Mr. David, Balrd Smith, of the Char lotte bar, made the address and it whs a masterly one;. - Real eloquence of word and tone and manner permeated it. Mr. Smith made a hasty review, ! but an Illuminating one, of the history of the thsWWwQfeaied f ewrturf tn Ww ekiU..He. ,toid with fine effect how it grew QUtside Its bounds when charity became its guid- , Ing star, and how at last the narrcrw ounds were elitniniated and every good man, irrespective of political or religious belief, so long as he believed in God, might become a member. He showed how the membership has grown to 177.1S2 men, with 932 lodges. Last year the princely sum of $238,000 wns expended in charity by the order, and a national home for aged and indigent ElkS has been in existence at Bedford C I Tn frr a hmll turn ruinl fOnlV two members are In It.) Continuing, Mr. Smith said In part: "We lay aside selfishness, Intoler ance, cant and fanaticism and strive to teach liberality, generosity, kindness of word and deed, adopting as our motto the Golden Rule; which centuries have recognized as the epitome of ab stract truth and brotherhood, and which the greatest moral teacher of all times. He who spake as never man spake, gave unto his followers as their rule of conduct when He said, "Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you.' Our order endeavors to teach that charity knows no bounds, nnd when exercised, the greatest care must be taken to protect the feelings of others. We have no system of sick benefits, but dispense our charity as each case demands. We take care of our members in their sickness or dis tress, we take care &t them In their - old age, but we do . not permit our charitable work to stop there, but go beyond the membership of our order. It was only recently that I saw a North Carolina lodge of Elks appropriate one ' hundred dollars from Its treasury to be equally divided between two men, who are not members of our order and who had no claim upon Its bounty. And on the glad Christmas day, which means so much to the little-children in your families, you will see the Elk lodges of this country spending vast sums of . money, providing Christmas trees and Christmas, .dinners, -and Christmas gifts for thousands of little homeless waifs, who roam the streets of our cities and whovknow , it the i visits of Santa Claua. The happiness thus brought to those little chilled lonely hearts would be more 'than sufficient to furnish an 'excuse for our existence If we ncconw plished nothlngelse. We do not compete with the church . rrTs uv nui .cvllcmici. inuip j,o lunations--our sole purpose is to make the thorny path of life a little sweeter and facts bear out in saying that that purpose has been accomplished. "Our brothers have been called away, and let us hope, as they made their way down through. the valley toward the river beyond, they felt upon their fevered brows the God-kissed sephyrs from over the mountains of the Great . Beyond-wafted down from- Heaven up on the breach of the eternal morning. And lt -n fianjht'aB thai- ripinifd souls spread the pinions for .their flight .from Ahls world, thejr heard in the dis tance the sound of exquisite music, and being uldea by its celestial strains they--mounted on the breath of the evening', higher, and higher. , climbing . from star to star, from world to world, higher and higher still till at last with rapturous hosannas upon their Hps they stod upon the -very shores of the region of the eternal. And let us hope- hat the great portals swung backward. and a host of the saved and redeemed marching to- melodious muslo met our ' brothers and escorted them to the great ' white, throne of- the . Grand 'Exalted '.Ruler of the Universe who ga ve them welcome, And let us believe that our . departed; brothers wilt form a little .band on the shore -of the Great Be -w.. w,.ww - vond. wha will be the first to weJcsnma us with tonri of Joy and gladness on .their It pa when the lumnwhi shell come to you and to m to 'wrfcp tho drapery of our couch about us and lay down to pleasant dreams.V" . . ; ; Mr. W, Clarence Reed sang a solo, "O Lord, Be Merciful." in a fine man ner. The hymn, "We Are Compassed About,1 followed, and then the rioting ode, after which Rev. Harris Mallinck rodt delivered a heartfelt preyr and pronounced the benediction. To thj strain, of the postlude, Chopin's "Fun eral March'" rendered by Mr. Zehm, the assemblage went out of the auditorium, some . with eyes dimmed with tears. The members who have died are tho following named: Hubert S. Chadwick, Samuel H. Hawklria, Jr., Baxter H. Todd. Louis E. chwend, Charles Da vis, 8. T. Stephens, John Bchenck. W. A. Blankenship, Locke Davis, Hamilton Branch and William I. Van ,Neas, tne last three in the last year. TRINITY COLLKOE NEWS NOTES. Tlie Historical Swlety Holds Meet-tnf-Dr. Mima Ixxlure on tlio Life and Otters of Iiaiabe Glee; Club to Uo on Another Tour. Special -to The Observer. ' Trinity College. Dec. 4. -The Trinity Col- Itjsc Historical Society hew a very inier- letting meeting Friday night, the literary ni'iiprammil cnnslKttnir of a DJlDCr OH "The ' settlement of a Virginia .Plantation." , Mr. Chj land H. Qreevcr, ami a diBciisi"n to South- Basset t. In i Verv nleasant - " ...... nH nr- llonBi from lhe time he left England until iRformaTton tn regard to the I4tcsi IliiPtoileni watks. At the business meeun of the soclity the member- endorsed the pointinic Ur. Kileo trustee of the publica t'on fund and decided to elect a num-"?v of nou-resldent members of the society, ko us to broaden tlx; scope of the or KeniEiitlon and facillate ItB work. Dr. Kdwlu Allms gave a very delightful let turn -at the Durham public, library n Thui-Ndav eveninK. thin being the fourth nf :i ur'li.ci I... i 1,.lit-,.rlrir Mis SUbiei't waa "Charles U.mbe" and his description of the writer himself and his works wan thoroughly appreciated by the audience. Dr. Mnnri "rini.1 tout there In on Intinitfl;. new llavfir In Iitube's essays that comes only from eonllnued reading and on tilth account habitual readers leain to love nun. He paid mat one beauty of Ijimbe's writ ing 1m Cit be never wrote about strange, er.f:im!li:ir .ir foreicn matters, but took ip the things in cvery-day life and around these thlng developed a ueitgntlUl lit erature. In this respect the speaker crmpnred the late Isaac Krwin Avery to Linnbe. Dr. Mims explained the under current of pathos In some of Lambe s eseays by an incident that occurred In his early life, tho killing of his mother by his sister, Mary, who had fits of Insanity. Lambe was devoted to his sister and the cue great (.bji-ct of bis life was the tender er.re of the unfortunate one. Before this ( ecuiTenre Lambe bad not promised to be uo much, but this seemed to awaken hlin and give him an object in life. The Trinity Glee Club will leave on the ifitli Instant on the second tour of the season. It will go Kast this time and will give concerts In several of the more Im portant cities and town In eastern North Carolina. POPK RKCEIVKS AMERICANS. Peter's Pence, Amounting to $13,000, Presented -Pontiff Commends Insti tution of Early Mass for Night Workers. Rome, Dec. 4. Pope Plus X. to-day received in private audience the dele gation from New York, Albany and Syr acuse, which have come to Rome for the Jubilee of the Immaculate Concep tion. The delegation from Stew York city was headed by Auxiliary Bishop Cusack and Monslgnors Lavelle and Kearney, and Monslgnor J. S. M. Lynch represented the Albany and Sy racuse delegations. Peter's pence, amounting to $13,Coo, was' presented to the Pope by Bishop CusacK. The Pope received the donation with thanks, and spoke in terms of hign praise of the institution of early mass In New York for printers and other n:ght workers of that city. FATAL GASOLINE EXPLOSION. Motlier and Two Children Perish In Burning House While Police Re nt rain IIunInukI nnd Remaining (litldren From Hushing Into the Flames. Pittsburg, Dec. 4. In a fire which was remarkable for its rapidity and awful havoc, Mrs. Rock Berry and two of her children were burned to death this evening. Rock Perry, the husband, and hie son Henry, and daughter An nie Perry, were forced to stand in the street , and witness the tragedy. The forceful though kindly efforts of the police kept 4heni from rushing Into the flames for their loved ones. The fire is thought to have been caused by a spark from a coal stove setting fire to the .carpet, which Mrs. Perry was cleaning with gasoline. The house was destroyed inside of ten min utes after the explosion. Death Front Overdose of Morphine. iMerldan, Miss.. Dec. 4. Otto Mayer, district manager for Maas & Newber ger, cotton brokers, waa found dead tn his bed at the Southern Hotel this afternoon. He had been dead eleht or ten hours when his room was entered. I The coroner's Jury rendered a verdict) or acciaeniai oeatn rrom an overdose of. morphine, taken to Induce sleeD. Mr. Mayer wasNa native of Man helm, Germany, and had been in America seven or eight years. He was highly respected, and left his business affairs in good shape. Itldan Snprenie ClianceUor Approves js-iear rroposition. - bidden by the government tn ship an Rlchmond, Ind. Dee. 4. The proposi- other cargo of coal from here. The tion to make 18 years the age limit for Foreign' Office took this action on proof admission to the Knights of Pythias of that a former cargo taken by the Cap the World, which was submitted to and, tain Mensell had bee. discharged to passed by the last session of the su- ships of the Russian second Pacific preme convention of that order, has (Baltic) squadron, off Dakar, been approved by Charles EX Shlvely Warehouse at Harbin the supreme chancellor. Under the pro-;"?1 Cross nV Harbin vtBions of the constitution, the pro- T, , . pbsed amendment will now go to the' Harbin, Dec. 4. A large warehouse various grand lodges for ctkn.' . , Kaiser Coiniuends Cuba's Progresn. Berlin, Dee. 4.-Emneror William to day received in audience Marquis Mon- atiu ri oriiuui. x no r.rn peror sptiKO of tne admirable progress of the Isl and of Cuba has made since the es tablishment of Its Indenpendence. British Bark Goes 'Ashore and Mates Die. TwoJ -1 Klo Grande Pu SuL Brazil. Dar. 4. The British bark Providencfa. C&Dtain Symons, from Fernanda, Fls,. Au. 18, is ashore on the north ban of thin f- - v . w ..-w -v . ItWQ males quoT' '''...'' ji aaraor. 'inicemv. wi iri nrtnrt r TV, 'FIRST WEEK IX CONGRESS.; 1IEFLIX MAY BE UNDER FIRIi. More Infinite Talk of Interposing an ' ObJtHtlon to Sweating In tlie New Kcpi-cHtMitatlve From the Fifth Ala baiim lUstrict IUxmu.te of Ilia Ijui guage Regarding the President Spirited Party Debate Would Follow little legislative Business Kx perttHl Senate Will Adjourn After Convening To-Day. Washington, Dec. 4. Lltttle In the way of legislative business is expected the first week of tho session of Con gres. The first duy will he devoted to organizing. Tuesday the President's message will be read, but it Is not ex pected that any otocr business will be transacted. There are a number of minor matters of legislation which may be consider ed in the Moure on Wednesday and on 1 nursilay. Friday Is pension clay, and there will be more than n thousand private pen sion bills ready for the House to con sider. An intimation has been given that objection may be Interposed against administering the onto of office to J. Thomas lletlhi, who has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of HepreHf ntutlvf Thompson, from the fifth Alabama district, on account iif certain language lletlin Is alleged to have usej regarding the President of the Ihiited States. In tase objection should be made, no doubt there uvuld be : spirited party debate. The lii-Bt act of the Senate after eon- ! nln to-iuorrow will be to adjourn out of respect to the memory of Sena tors Quay and Hour. ThlK will post pone receipt of the President's ai.nual message until Tuesday. For the re mainder of the week, exceedingly brief sessions are expected. On Thursday an adjournment will be taken until the following Monday. .Senator Lodge will press the House bill for the amendment of the Philip pine government law ns soon as practi cable, and has annoiimed his Intention not to brook opposition to it consid eration, but it is probable he will not I urge t this Meek. Senator Heyhurn gavi cull day. will t he notice last session that he would up the pure food bill next Thurs- Another measure wihch probably be taken up early in the session is bill for admission of the four Southwest Territories as the two States. Nothing more than prelimin ary work, however, can be done on any of these bills in tile first week. KKM'KU'S WTI-. SOUTH VIEWS. Former SH-aker of the House Kays Tliat ticncrtmltj' loes Not Require Surrender of Equal Voting Power. Columbus, ()., Dec. 4. Gen. Warren Keifer, former speaker of the national House of Representatives, who has bon again elected to Congress from the seventh liio district, has issued a statement in which he announces his mission to secure legislation to prevent the disfranchisement of voters in the South. He says: "All 1 contend for Is equal voting power In all of the States in electing mi mix rs In the House of Rep resentative's and electing a President of the Tinted States. This equality of llgh should be conceded, and no prin ciple of generosity to the South re quires! any such surrender of a funda mental privilege "f our form of govern ment. With election laws In subsfin tlrl .Mrcord In all States, and with the natural tendency to prevent re strlctlon of the elective franchise, pop ulation, without regard to race, is n fair rule for determining equal rep reseiit.it .on. "A Just rule of representation should be found, and great care should be takrn to svuli1, the possibility of doing injustice to any State, and whatever rule is adoped must be applied Xnrtfe hp v. i ll as South.' HOW WOrXDKO MEN SUBSISTED. Two Lived on l'ood found Slnin Since Oct. IB Only on the I'nini- ixu-tniit Skirmisher. St. Peter.-burg. Dec. 4. Oen. Kuro patkii, lib-graphs under date of De cern! i r reporting unimportant skir misiies. He ot.ites that Russian scouts found at' one point on the left Hank 17 Japanese ( o;- ses entirely stripped of clothing, probably by local inhabitants. General I-. ui opal kin also relates the discovery of two wounded ltUH.--ans who had been overlooked and left In the trenches since October He One nf them, who had been less sovcrely wonuded Inan his fellow, procured food by searching the boti.ts of the slain, ami upon this, they had subsided for 45 days. AMERICAN SELLS Rl'SSl SHIPS. Chan. It. Film lteNrtod to Have Re ceived $5,0(M,00 for South Ameri can War Vessels Arranging for I'se of Turkish Flag London. Dec. 4. The correspondent at St. Petersburg of The Standard telegraphs as follows: Charles it. Flint, of New York, arrived at Moscow on Tuesday and ttayed at the Nation al Hotel -under the name of Charles Ranletl. lie proceeded on Wednesday by way of Warsaw and Odessa for Constantinople. It is reported th.it Mr. Flint brought a leter of credit on the Rothschilds for $5.00.000, the amount payable for the Argentine and Chilian warships, for the purchase of which Russia is said to be negotiating; and on his vlpjt he will endeavor to ar range that these vessels, when pur- ' k m ' ,. , t'.,.i,ik fl:ig. ' No More British Coal for Baltic Fleet. Cardiff, Wales, Dec. 4. It Is stated ,ler Caotain W. Mensell. has been for- jor lne s ewieiy ner nas purnea. entailing a crrcat. toss oi sup plies. Chinese report that four divisions of Japanese re-enforoenients have arrived. ITha rMMn It 1 a.ilil i t- mAallir , .wl . i - No News From Port Arthur. "i Chef oo, Dec. 4. There Is no ne,ws from "Port Arthur to-day. $ 1 80,000 Grain Elevator Fire. Houston Tex., Dec. 4. A large ele- vh.a ntmi cnnroativ (hnmi.fi loss of nso noo nrtn.iiv eovemd hv tn- aiirn n voa itimnvanut i.niH n n HMM il. . o vivvr, mttvti hwim i-uvir iivij iv im twitmnM it wnamr. iniwniiiiKW niriTi IMMIGRATION FALLS OFF. OF BETTER CLASS, KAYS REPORT. 813.870 Aliens arrived Inrlng tite Fig. wl Venr, Rrlnglng $20,H4,883 More Titan Half tlie Total Italians, IVtlea, Slovaks aiitt Magyam -l8,. OS lntlrely llliteralc t'oiumlsMlon er ReeonuttMKls Measure for DIh tributing Aliens Over tlie untry and for fluking the Contract labor tw More Effective. Washington, Dec. 4. Immigration to the United States decreased materially during the last fiscal year, and it Is a notable fact that the moral, intellectual and physical qualtftcutlons of the Im migrants admitted to this country during the past year are higher than ever before chronicled. These are the two salient features of the annual re- I-port of Frank P. Sargent. Commis sioner General of Immigration, which was made public to-day. The report says that during the past fiscal year 812,870 u liens arrived In tho Cnlted States, of whom of .1411.100 were males nnd -63,"70 females, nn Increase In (he remains its compared with last year of 19.870 and a decrease In the males of 64,046, As respects age. 0(l, ir.O were under fourteen years, tir.7 . 1 r,. were between U nnd 45, nnd 4t. 5r, were 4! or over. Of the total number of :d lnltted Immigrants. 3.6r3 could read, but not write: lfis,! could neither retd nor write, und It Is presumed that the remainder, 640,014, could both r:ad and write. It also appears that I0X 7.W of these aliens had already been to this country; tS.5"5 brought with them $r0 or more each, and 601,i30 brought each less than $50. The total amount of money shown to officers by the-e S12.HT0 aliens, was fM.HV I.3H3. or $l.77tv K70 more than wns brought by the n",7V Olti arrivals of the last year. Tnis f.iet, ynys the report, taken In comic t em with the countries from whi b the It. creases this year tame, furnishes as siirimce of a marked improvement In the character and thrift of the more re cent immigration. At the various seaports of Uie I'nlted States 7,0!l4 aliens were excluded .hir ing the year; 4. "UK being paupers, i.RfiO diseased, 3r convicts and l.-'OI coe.tr ict laborers. Th" report strongly recom mends legislation to make the contract labor law more effective and vigorous prosecution of employers of labor who abet violation of the law. It Is urged that physical examination of aliens should be conducted abroad at the ports of embarkation for tills country. It is noted In the report that more than half of the total immigration, or 421.141. was supplied by the Italian, Polish, Slovak, and Magyar races, though Im migration of these rates decreased during the year. The Commissioner reiterates the statements lie made In the annual report regarding the public evils arising from the maintenance tn this country of colonics "f aliens, who retain their allegiance to their native countries and forward to thus- coun tries the greater part of their enrnlncv. The Commissioner regards thtwe col onies, which hi' .'ays are encouraged by people in other countries, as una American in principle and dangerous in praet lee. It Is pointed out thot 41, 9S.1. aliens un supported by or confined in the chari table or penal institutions of this coun try, of whom 20,4m are Insane, while the criminals number 'J,H2!). In reiterating his recoiiuneiidatloMs of last y.sr, Commissioner Sargent says that ''paramount importance to r.ll other new legislation In regard to I en iminlr.ration. the bureau consid ers sum,' ndc'iunte measure for the distribution of aliens who are admit ted to this country." FXKK' lXHIfJK fP SORROW. Flahorate Programme Observed at Wilmington A Touching Tribute to tlie late Isaac Frivln Avery by Hon. Tlioninft Settle. Special to The observer. Wilmington. Dec. 4. --The memorial service, or assembling of the lodge of sorrow, by the Wilmington Lodge if Klks. in the Acad. -my this afternoon, was very largely attended, the exerrises being of :i v-ry elaborate nnd beautiful nature. The address was by Hon. Thomas Settle, who paid a touching tribute to the 1,-tt" Isaac Krwin Avery, and made a beautiful application of the sentiment in his list literal';' ef fort, the prose p'leni on "Violets." Tlie musical orogr:inime was bv a quartet of tral'iel voices, sii'i'ilemented by Hollowhush'M ir In t r;i . A substan tial collection for the poor was taken. Members of the lodge assembled !;i their temple on Front sTe-t and .it tended the se' ices in n body. 1 XKXOWN li:iil.l.lT HM1WX I P. Naval Training Ship Find Mitre Work Than Was Planned Tons of l'isli Killed by Kxploxlon. Charleston. Pec. 4. --The Cnited gtatis training ship Topeka. which loft Hampton Roads Thursday for the pur pose of destroying a dangerous dere lict off this coast. Is In Cnarleston har bor, and reports blowing up a sunken vessel about 40 miles to the eastward Saturday morning. Three spars were visible in twenty fathoms of water. and a dynamite charge waa lowered near each und explodea by electricity. The spars were thrown out of the water. There In not a clue lo the name of .the vessel, and tlie rig was not even ascertained. Tons of fish were killed by the explosion, and the crow and ap prentices enjoyed fresh fish for a day or two. W. C. T. I'. CONVENTION ENDS. Contention Sermon Preached by the National Kvangellst, a Kansas Wo man Minister. Philadelphia, Dec. 4. The annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was formally endd to-day with the convention sermon. preached by the Rev. Kusrenia F. St. John, of Kansas, the national evange list. She said it was her opinion that, although more liquor Is manufactured in this country at this time than at. anv time, the middle class of tho United Slates is rapidly becoming a total abstaining people. Much of the lleuor manufactured in this country, she said, is sent to the outlying posses sions of the United States., $100,000 Cotton Seed Plant Fire, Relma, Ala., Dec. 4. The Internation al Cotton Seed Oil Company's plant was partially destroyed by fire this afternoon, and the seed, hull and meal warehouse are a total loss. Between three and four thousand tons of seed wre lost. The total Is estimated at 1100,000, practically covered' by insur. nnce. Spontaneous combustion In the seed warehouse ia the supposed origin ct tbe fire. - '.'"'"..'. ' '- ' . KMOTION JIN RKLIGION. A KKttMON IV BI8IIOP CANDlKIl, Large Congregation In Henderson Church Hears a Tiioiiglitful anil In. Mtruciite Discourse Conference Ijovh IXnihi Held Tlie HUltop In-, tlnlns a CliiM of Deacons Memorial Services The ApKliitmoiM Are itookcd for TliU levelling. Special to The Observer. Henderson, Dec. 4. The conference love-feast was htfld this morning, be ginning at 9 o'clock. It was conducted by l::. A. I). Hetts. The attendance was large and many of the ministers took part in the service by giving thlr experience . At 11 o'clock the auditorium of the church was crowded to It utmost capacity. Kvery seat was occu".Kd and the aisles were crowded. At this hour Hlshop Candle-' preached sernioii of great slrength and power. He an nounced as his subject, "The Place of Kmotlon in Religion," He read several passages of Scripture us his text. The mailer that Is common to all these passages of Scripture Is the place of emotion In rt'llirlon. There was a time when the expression shouting Methodist was often heard, but the time has c.mie when we should rcsiiler Just how much nn, I how greit a part In re ilglnn eii oiion should play. There are exlieire Mens regarding emotion and we want to avoid either extreme but tn disregard the rightful place of emotion, if our religion Is lo adminis ter t.i our whole nature It must lake aold of the etnollonnl nature. When the Intellect falls we Imme diately deelar the victim to be Insane. When Hie volitions become degraded we declare him a criminal and consign him to the penitentiary. When, how ever, the sensibility becomes disordered and corrupted we Immedlattly sny let him advance to the front rank. "I know some eope claim tin! the day of emotion Is past, hoi I notice iihi claim Is not made except with re gard to religion. "Ycfti will remember (lie cotton panic last spriuy. Kniot'oii had not been cast out of commerce Neither has dilution been cast out of politics, off of the play-ground, nor off of stage. "Kmotlon has not gone out of social circle. KM'otlon Is found nor the the In ami trade, in social life, on the stage play-ground. Knun where has it gone? From religion simply? If emotion Is gone from ndlglon you may he nine that It ts because there Is nothing presented In religion to awaken the emotion and it is not due to the fact that religion hoo, not emotion. "The re is sensibility of appetite, which is tho lowest order of sensibility, and higher than this Is the sensibility of desire; still higher are the emotion of i In- intellect and the emotion of tho moral nature. The emotions of tho moral nature have in some nations be come so vitiated as to cause men mi l women to take their own offspring and destroy them. "The emotion In llglon can best be the Christian considered In re the light of severHl facts. "1. We inu.il consider that we are sinners. "2. In the next place there Is a llveratice from uiii and the burden lendiint upon sin. And do you tell de-at- me a man can be delivered from the bur den of tin anil not be moved in his emotional nature? Mo, such a realiza tion cannot leave a man cold- his emo tional nature must, and will, make Itself known. Again, when th ,t expe rience comes to man that tells him he Is freed from the vent to sin by the power of (iod, do you tell me the emo tional nature will lie cold and unfeel ing? I tell you, nay. When the Israelites were freed from the hardships of I'.gypt, and had cross ed the Ited Sea under tne leadership of Moses Miriam broke out In. that won derful song, Hinging as she had not sung since the diy liny took Moses away from her. and Joined her In song, Isr :ellt Ish women w anen who had i. ever sung hi fore. "David and Israel sang aloud to tjol when the ark was brought link lo (he camp of Israel. "Kvery great revival period I ns been marked by the great song Hi it have been produced at that lime. Inn can mark any great revival period by the songs Ih'l break on', at thf time. Think of 'lie great hy iins of the time of the Reformation, great hymni as a result of the revlva' of Martin I . tit he r The same Is true of the Weslevan re vival. You know tlie great songs of that period. And so II Is with every revival period. You c;:n mencjiaf the gieati.ess of any ieviv.il by the : that vfisult from It. "The Moody and Sankey rcvlv il marked by some beautiful songs, i hey il.i not eipial the songs of Wesley.tn revival. What a Friend Have in Jesus' Is a good song. It by no inetns iviuals the power ngs was ! but I the ' We I but i ex- i pressed in 'How Firm a Foundation.' "O, If we knew the depth of sin and the power thnt comes from the release from 'iln, v.e would know what Cli iri Wesley meant when he sang In rapine ' 'I i ode I le. lv And tb on l lie v. Justified I. nui"n li v,a und I in;.' fe "Charles Wesley kiew how l! felt. and lie did feel like he '" lidi i'.' "i the sky. nnd any one wlt'i Ills expe rience will feel that way. "1 tell you some of these modern evangelists have songs. 1 Iihvp set n their meetings at their best. ! have seen l.r.nn yards of duck stretched over a pole and a lent meeting In prngres' . And 1 have heard tlvm singing little songs that nobody can sing and nobody eueht to want to sing. "And then that cathedral type o;' singing wh'ch wants to take up a lot of time with one voluntary. Such tit thst does not belong to Methodism, it belongs to a cathedral ond when you bring It into Methodism you have a hybrid type. ' S.)rne will sav I am not cultured In music. Well, may be not, but I've got religion and know how it feels. . And such singing as I have, re ferred to is paganish In Its Inspiration and heathenish in Its effect. And It don't bring souls te Christ, and don't bring many to meeting. People soon find out it Is the cathedral type and get tired of It in a Methodist church. "Don't you preachers try to cure this tendency to hybrid music in your churches. You can't cure it, but you Just have a big meeting and it will die of itself. "Yes, emotion has a place in re ligion, and It gives us the Joy of His salvation. Kmotlon In religion shows Itself In song. "A ritualistic church can't travel, 11 would get lost On the rend and can't pay Its traveling expenses. Only the evangelistic religion with the Bible in its hand can win the world for Christ. It is tua slngloj churtu that carries . -. :"- salvation lo the world. It ts the power that makes the world go. "I wish we could have a great re vival in our church. The man who goes to heaven from a great revival hardly realises the change. O. that all this salvation might know nnd rejoice In tr . ')'(T of this stlverioo." ' DEACONS OR DAI NET?, ' At the close of the Mermen Bishop Candler ordained the following local deacons: 8. F. Micks, W. T. Ursery, V. A. Royall. R. D. Daniel, W, U. Humble nnd fcl. W. Heed. At t o'clock in thrf Afternoon the me morial fef lce was held. During the past year five members of the Confer erice died. These wore J. H, Page, Z. T. Harrison. J. Sanford, J M. Rice and J. V. Hiving. This service wits pre side) over by Rev. J. C. Kllgo, D. D. The communion service was in charge of llev. K. A. Yutes, D. D. He was anslxttnl by other ministers In the dis tribution of tho elements. At night, after a sermon by Rev. 3. J. Tlnert. l. l, the following were ordained local elder by itlshop Candler, I anwlsU'd by til her ministers: R K. Sttinfield and A. W. Price. Traveling elders: O. U. Rood. C. I,. Head, J. W. lirudjey nnd J. K. Holdon. lXTEHIXTS IU HVIi SCHOOLS. The Attorney (ieiicrni of South Caro lina Render an Opinion In a Helal ('use An Opinion on the Cherokee County Dlsponsar) Matter, Observer llurcau. Vm Main Htrset, Colutntiiu, 3. C, Dec. 3. Attorney General Hunter rendered an opinion to Coriyj droller General Jones to-day, which Is of Itnerest to rural school district throughout tho State, 'i lie opinion answers this question In tlie negative; "In the year litOl a school district voted a special tax of three mills. In W3, u. portion of said dis trict was cut off and Incorporated In a district that ImiioHeil no special tax. Hoc the special levy follow that-Sec Hon of the first liiroriioraled Into the set mill dlslrb t '!" 'the Attorney Oenctul answers the enoulry presented through Governor l.evward bv Chairmen I.IUleJolin, of the Cherokep county board of dlspen sary control aa to the status of the board since the county voted out the dlsM'tisa.ry with an opinion which says that board now hu no existence, and there can, therefore, lie no COIgl- tiensatlon to the members of the board. Im.smuch us this Is the first county to vote out the dispensary under the Hrler law the opinion is of some gen eral Interest, particularly In view of the fact that other tountles are said to be about' ready to follow Cherokee's suit. The opinion soys: "After considering nttch sections of the dlaiftmsary law that refer to county boards of central. II I cle.tr that, after an election resulting ns the Cherokee coimiIv election, the oonly board i relieved of all duties und compensation, as the compensation Is paid by the local dispensaries. The counly board is a governmental ngency, anil there being no further trust or duty Involved, the agency terminates. The term 'of the' Involves the Idea of the perform ance of some function of sovereignty; hence It follows that where such func tion censes, the office no longer exists Under this act. there Is nothing to hold the office In abeyance, nnd us soon as the .llstxoisiitv Is voted out, the board becomes functus officio." A MAtlHIAfiK AT SALISBURY. Mis Alury Linker ami Mr. A. F. Hlne the Contracting 1'artlen Klks Hold Their Memorial Hervhxjs Police Ar rcxt Young Iexiugtoiiluii. Special to The Obstrwr. liiillslMiry. Iec. 4 -Mr A F. Hlue and M:." Mary Linker, two of Salisbury's eii'iier pc'itde, were married Ihls aflT ai mi oy K' V. J II. Wilson, of the I.uth eiim ih'inli. Tills wedding was a very unlet affair, there being but a few friends of the young couple present. The cere in. it v wit performed at the Lutheran pur- r.oti.ige. Hie bride Is one of Hallsliury s pu ny y ting women, a blond'' of pro . 'i.in.el type. Kite is the Uaiiglilet' of Mr U .Moil '.v Linker and has In ea iuitc a e...i iPi.; admired by the younger gener ,.!! , Mi. lib! ', until Oie last week, has l.ien hi I he emiilo , int nt of the H.llillblll't lean Con p.ii). lie lecetilly reigned utld a i II 40 Hie tlrst of the year tu Itui la iiini,. wlu ie he iifcagcg In biish'.i ss for limieir (lie young couple will spend it viral tla.ts vIsIliik througiioiil the Siale, .1... r w:.e h t!-"V will K i lo Laurliibiirg. I lie 1-.IK-1 Held lie u memorial service:! .1 1 1 . . o.ieii 111 He ir I. all ami they werv the most largely nin-mled 11 the iiist m lie I idg '. Tlleil Iplelidld tnusl-'iil piO- -.'a.i.iiie --x - d"d .inytiih k attempt! d by IP m. Mis. Lli.wtor Cutc- itcy .j'tio M '.v .. In' a:i l per l.ea el I! nl v di e a ided much I', ihe 1111. sic wliP'li was a Tfi' feature. Pa- ..ingiii'; of .Me-,. is I.PIeouli" and Mai ti l V.'K. the nil' 0 l'"t bat'llHUi lllld lilt 'tier .1 sort. x ' 1 1 1 : : 1 1 i sweet tenor, was idNo lau' e aileil ; . it. iluv. tiicati delivered the .ii.airtl .ui In s. , a magnificent presen tation of the principles of iCIkhond, and a phenoticli.lil eloiilcnt :.'ldrest II W IS tea .il i'. (iieiin Is by no means at his best on il.e llUHlillt.H end I'e er.aio.lil la. .'li . .iiis afternoon as he did on every stump ui the Htute. Whitehead Kluttz, Kso,., delivered the eulogy upon the life (if W.itson i 'lit, mason, who mi I death in such a IniRl.: mannei Iai inoiiiii. il wii a stiMii. pataeif. it'W of i:fc lllll lie. 1 111. tlellVI I .'1 ,.! ..me . iiil admirable fnhetoric. It Is to be doubted If the St-te has unj p ..uk-."' ite.n ins ai,e, wii'i his tpeakt.)g i'lrfer. Hie iiilillltiuoos voice always wins his hearer.'. rile police tills alteruoon lauded threo yi'.u.'ig Lo Insli niaiiK who came over here 10 makf Silmjciy know tlnin a.r.d caused linn to drop i'V) la the towns coffers. Tlie youi.g 1' io'A.'-f have iirouiineiiee 01 Miial sioialipg and they were much sur prhid that they were not above the lown'fc .'"'lliialic- s. !-eaator (ivrrmm and Congressman Klullx iefl to-night, for Washington to b'.; present at the opening of Congress to ir.i'iinw. Tli.y wiii tie gone until Christ mas. Mrs. L. il. Clement went to Wash muton to-nlgiit to visit her sister, Mr. Wine. 1 1 11. R. V. Hrtckett was liere last night on his way to tHatesvUle. AtiRKKMENT SUITS PA.NAJfANS. Popular Dcnionut ration Will be GIvob 'lo-.NIght In Honor of feexTetary Taft. Panama. Dec. 4. Secretary of War Taft, President Amador and a party of 300 Panamans to-day went by steamer to Pearl Islunda. A cordial endorsement by the people of Panama of the agreement on the points of difference regarding the canal zone government, wntch has been reached by "Secretary Taft . and tbe Pinama government, will ' take ' the form-of a popular street demonstra-i tion here to-morrow nignt. ( 'r ! -r !"'' " I Wife of Clialrnuin of Jnter-State Com mlaeion Deud. . Philadelphia. Dec. tilrfc Marian H. Knapp. wife of Hon. Mat tm A. Kp&pp. chairman of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, died at the Hotel Rltten house here to-day and will be burleil at hir old home la Mlddietown, Conn. MBSCHApVICKl)EFJ::;i Htront Denial of Published h- KelbTtlng on Ills Wife's I . Character Bent-. by v Ir. I roy CliadMlfk Went Abroad I ' T Health After Having, an Jle i ed, Arranged tlie Newton - Attorney Announce That AH Claims Will he Paid lfii Wi latentioA of Flight Denied. New Tors. Dec. y 4 Dr. hew Chadwick, the husband of. C ' Chadwick. whose financial ; tro..',. , have been undergoing s. .threshings oi process for the week, has tome out wtrji a brief sts temsn t from Europe. : Tp day he cabled lo Philip carpenter Mr. Chad wick's counsel, .from a idace abroad, th name; of which Mr, Car penter would tiot dlaclos and reo.jest. ed htm "to deny published statements reflecting on Mrs. Chawlck's life and character," , 'f - t - 1 "They are absolutely false," the ca blegram reads. "I wish to have It rii derstood that I stand by Mrs. Chadwtt k In every particular .. In her present troubles. 1 feel she has been greatly wronged by ths publication, and 1 be llevd she is being persecuted by so-r.e of her creditors." . , . Dr. Chadwick explained that he ha 1 dispatched his cablegram Just as soon as he saw the report of his wife's troubles. tt' ' Mr. Carpenter si so made a statement to-duy. "Dr. Chadwick."' he said, "Is abroad for his health, and the Newton suit Was not brought until some three weeks after lie sailed, , "Before going away, ' Dr. Chadwick consulted me in regard to the Newton claim, and with him t met Mr. Newton and his Boston attorney. .. The -matter was then arranged seemingly to the satisfaction of all concerned, and the doctor sailed," Mr. Carpenter said further that ell tho snutll creditors would jbe pall tl.is Week. - ' . "All of the members of J the doc tor's family are also standing by Jars. Chadwick loyally, and are In entire sympathy with her. I Know that Dr. Chadwick would bs by his wife's si t. looking out for her. It ne was In thi country, "There Is no doubt that sit the claims against Mrs. Chadwick will, be paid if her smaller creditors will only exercise a little patience. Bankruptcy proceod-In-zs and attachment suits do their promo tors no good hatever, . and creditors resorting to theae and other harassing methods will certainly rot hasten the settlement of their claims. "Mm. Chadwick has acsed In the most honorable way in all her dealings that havo come to my knowledge. One very good evidence of this is found In the i.'ufhHken confidence stiu reoosed In her by her larg creditors and by ' those; who know her best." i FIRST ARIIEST8 B1ADE. President and Cnaliler of the Cltfsens' National Hank of Oherlln Plael I'nder Arrest Iite Last Night Can't Fxplaln $240,000 Loan to Mrs. Clindwlck. - v 'Ji'.- : Cleveland. O., De?. 4. As the result of the extended conference between the I'nlted Ststes district, attorney,,' '.tin hank xaminer who have lieen lookin into the affairs of the fatled .Citizen National Bank, of Oberlln,5 and; the! couneel. President C. T, Beckwith cn trashier Kpear, of that r. bank," we i placet! under arrest late to-night 1. Cnlted) Htates Marshal ; Chandler, t.; Cleveland, nt their homes In Oberliii. The arrests of Beck with end Spear re the first) that have been made in t! Chadwick case. The Cltlaemf ffatlona! Hank, with which they are connected, Is ere lltor to the extent of $240,000 from Mrs. Cassle L. Cltadwlck, whose finan cial nffalrs during the past week . have been the cause of a great deal of pub Hcliy. The bank is capitalised at 50,0fK. Since the disclosure of the bank's dealings with Mrs. Chadwick, tlie president, cashier and directors have held conferences aad , meetings frequently. All the time there hae been expressed by President Ueckwlth at least a hope of a re-lmbursement of the bank loan to Mrs. Chadwick. but eo far as known no remittance has been tecclved. President Beckwith baa been In a state bordering on physical ; col lapse for nearly a week, and for the part three or four days has been con fine 1 to his bed. He haa expressed the utmost regret over the outcome of the bank's dealings with Mrs. Chadwick and has given no Intimation as -to why such great sums of money has een loaned from the bank to Mrs.-Chadwick. -., The warrants on which Beckwith and Spears were arrested charge them with violation of the Fsderal banking laws. Nathan Loeser. receiver for Mrs. Chad wick's property, said to-night that he would qualify in that office to-morrow and would then tile his bond for $10,000. Ijh ser also said thit he would try to have the chattel mortgage held by the Kiyria Hank set naide,. on the ground that t is a preference and that all cieuitora should share alike. ' -, , I WORLD'S FAIR.JIJNK VALUE. ' 4-'' V ': :':y:.':':-' e;.;i AH Structures Kxcept tlie State, For eign and like Buildings YU1 be Hold to a Wrti klug Concern for $286,000. St. Louis, Dec... it was stated to day that a contract for the sale of the eleven big exhibit palaoe, stock barns. Festival Hall, the Colonnade of States. pa11ions aerodrome, bang, intramural railway, hospital, press building, police and fire stations, with other World's Fair structures, that ; cost $15,000,000. will be signed this week with a Chicago wrecking company for 28,C00, i Everything except the rolling stock of the Intramural, which has been sold separately,- and the fetate, 'foreign and Pike buildings, are Induced in the deal. The work of demolition, It Is said. will begin Tnesday, , , WATSON MAKES FOVIt COXVr.P. I Former Populist Return to Tlirlr A! Vcsiance on' Hearing IllmAhuM Iromliicnts Democrats at ' Ciwa Iamgtlu - i ' . , Macon, Ca Dec .A special to 'i Telegraph from Llncolntnn, (it, t that Thomas i E. Wataon spoke t and at great length indulged In t cule -and 'abuse of Parker, Clevf and other prominent Democrats. .A the speech, four members of the I ' eratio committee who had been lists before the Teeent cmi turned to their old allegiance elected Populist committeerneii. - insurance Presdclcnt Milwaukee,. "Wis., Dim-. Jame, .-for years pre-ssd Northwestern National In-it paxry, died to-djy, astdi 1w. - - - , i , -
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