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...I. X i i i I ... I r ax 1:1 BjnaiiiEii cask .13 t:;i 'HNOANT KUCHTLY ill. 1 'Bp , Hlrblhcr . llnablo to Attend .Morning- hem-Ion of Court and Ad journment Tukcu Until Aftcriikn 1 J udge Harrison 'i Instruct J nry on . Prayers Submitted for Both bides, 1 Being Followed by proeeutlng At F torney Keith and J. h. ; JefMorfr viieudbig Counsel tot Defense,. Ad 'inurnment Following Case . Will (Probably Reach Jury i, Lata " ThU ' I JKvenlng, It Being Expected That ' ' Itomalnuig .Argument and Cliarge JV1U Occupy Court Until the AI--ternoon. vv'V.ij'-iFiY'V ' Culpepper, ,'Va.J March 'o.--d wing to : e' . allffht attack ot t Illness, Philip Strother, the younger of the two brother charged with .killing William By waters, ' was unable to appear la r court thlr morning and adjournment vraa taken ; until ; afternoon, by which time he har recovered sufficiently to n&Uow the trial to proceed. The de 4ij wu sufficient, however, to pre . 1 -Uide the possibility of the cane going r , , the Jury tp-day. Judge Harrison . instructed the Jury on the prayers aubmltted ' yesterday by counsel for both sides, after which Prosecuting Attorney Keith madia the opening ar ; gUment for the State.. He .was fol r lowed by John L. Jeffries, leading - counsel for the defense. He finished af 6:80 o'jclocic and court adjourned till to-morrow. It is expected that the remaining arguments and the charge 'to the Jury will oocupy the time of the court till late In the after noon. Judge Harrison lost no time In glv- lng his instructions to the Jury. They were 31 in number and covered each point In the testimony taken, wtiich : in the mlhd' of the presiding Jurist should Influence the Jury in reaching a ralr verdict. Judge Harrison spoke with great earnestness,, the Jury in front of him straining to grasp .the meaning of every wQrd. While the Jurist made no .specific reference to the " unwritten law," his instructions covered the plea of " emo tional insanity," entered, by the do-; fence "and regarded as of vital' im portance to the outcome of tho trial. He covered the ground with great eare, warning the Jury not to be prej udiced against the possibility of this "plea representing the defendant's con dition at the time of the tragedy. His other instructions treated-the dif ferent degrees of homicide. As Judge Harrison ceased speaking he put the case in the hands of Com monwealth Attorney Keith, who im mediately began his address to the Jury. John J. Jeffries made a powerful plea, following that of Mr. Keith, reviewing the testimony In full. He finlshedat 6:30 o'clock and Judge Harrison then announced adjourn ment until 9:30 o'clock to-murrow morning. Attorneys Moore and Lee, for the defense, will make their argu ments early to-morrow morning, and Capt. Micajah Woods will close the case for the prosecution. It Is expected . that the case will go to the Jury to morrow evening. CLEVELAND SI1JM1TS A BRIEF. Head of Association of Life Insurance lYesldonts Question Threatened Legislation Forcing Them to In vest In Various States lu Proportion to Business Transacted In Sqcli Suites. New York. March 5. Announcement wos mad; to-lay that Grover Cleveland hng submitted a brief to the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, of which he Is the head. In reference to certain threatened legislation which would force them to Invest their funds In the vn rious States In proportion to the volume A business rrsnsacted rt those Plates In hid brief Mr. Clevolan.l says: "It seems to me apparent that If the best legislative results' are to lx reached by safeguarding all the Interests In any way related to life Insurance, and by fciibsffrvlnn the people's Interests In the Jtremlses by the passage of wholesome, aws. those who make our laws should lie free from all vindictive feellnR and misleading prejudices and duty guarded iifcninst a dangerous disregard Of safo snd conservative business rules. In many of the States contemplating such legislation there Is a normal, healthy derttand for all or nearly all the securi ties contemplated In pen ilnR bills, which are so absolutely safe and unquestioned fis to excuse life Insurance companies In accepting thetn as serurlt'os for their trust funds, and yet they are forced to purchase In such a market and must un der severe pains and penalties Invest In such securities as remain after Investors the grounds have made choice, or to pay for those more desirable nt tho manipulated advance invited try their legally created neccsslt'es. None of us has in our biblical reading discovered any Incident which smacked more of un fairness and oppression than the exaction by the strong that those at their mercy should make bricks without straw." Mr. Cleveland questions tint this legis lation Is framed In the Interest of tho policy-holdeis. The only eluss of persons who would perhaps be benefited, be says, are those who deal In securities and the -manner in which the enforced pun base of stipulat ed and restricted seuritles could opecnte to their advantage Is too plain to need txplanatlon. In conclusion. Mr. Cleveland appeals to comity between Slates and "a complete repudiation of any intent or In clination on the part of any State to gain undue or selltsh advantage at the exixnse ami to tfie injury oi Its netgn- tor. Srn STATION FOR EI.IZ B CITY DcPorest Wireless Apparatus to be Moved From Hnltoru to That City l'roceedltur Against a Baltimore (inn Concern. Kllmbeth City. March, 6. At a meeting of the board of aldermen held last night, Mr J.'ssups, a repre sentative rf tho OeKorest Wireless Telegraph Company, petitioned that the company be allowed to erect ft station here and that the property be exempted from tajutlon. After some discussion thp permit was granted. The company will proceed to erect a station here at once, to which the apparatus of tho Hntteras station will be moved. The Board of Alderman took up the matter-of the franchises grunted to a gas company in Baltimore per mitting the company to lay gas pipes In the city. The gas company gave bond to have tho work completed by March 1st., 180 V. Having failed to comply, , tho Aldermen t Instructed the city attorney to proceed ngalnst the surety company for the recovery of the forfeit. CHINA'S FAMINE GROWING. Middle-Aged Wonon Being Sold for From $10 to 15 ami Oiildren From $2 to M. , Victoria, B. C. March 5. Advices from Central China report famine con ditions becoming worse.' Middle aged women are being sold for from $10 to $15 hnd chlldrenor $$ to $4. Com pUtnts are made that officials are de laying shipments of flour sent by the foreign relief committee. A corres pondent who toured the famine dis trict reports It denuded of animals, and lawlessness Is growing. In some places dogs are being caught by starv ing people by means of traps and honks, and are eaten as soon as cap tured. FOOD COMMISSIONER'S RRPORT Ths Minnesota Dairy and Pood Com mlssien'e analysis show that Kennedy's Ijtatlv Honey and T snd Boe'e I, stive Honey and Tar contained opialei ml croton oil. Opiates are poisons and -roton oil Is a violent poisonous, purgn tire. Refuse to accept any but Foley's J!"nT "af In yellow Park are. Foley's Honey and Tsr contain ne epute or dangerous drugs and Is the htit couch and (Sold Our. , United i. lutes Will 8cnd tho. Prince ton to lAiok After American Inter est Threatened by tli War IK' 'tween Nicaragua and Honduras. Washington, Marcn p. The United States gunboat Princeton, which l now on the southern California coast, will be ordered to Central America to assist the cruiser Chicago In looking after American interests threatened by the war between Nicaragua and Honduras. Jit also has been decided to send either -the; Dubuque or ; the Paducah to Blueflelds, Nicaragua, to assist the Marietta in' looking after American interests oil' the Caribbean side' of Central America;: T. "Newe received here .-to-day,; la die-; quieting In the extreme to tn oni clala, who had ' been hpplng that the trouble .between Nicaragua and Hon duras Acould W-locaflied and soon-; terminate "by . arbitration, Jt la, now( eiatea i tnai mere us 'every . naiiuu that Salvador; Guatemala and. Costa Blca will Join .forces -with Honduras, making a combination of all the other Central American republics" against the single State of Nicaragua. This state of affairs has beett brought out, it 1 said, through a conviction on the part of the governing elements In Sal vador, Guatemala and Costa Rica that Nicaragua has been the real aggressor In the bouridary dispute with Hondu ras and that if President Zelaya Is allowed to prevail over President Bo nllla, he could not resist the tempta tion to overrun the other republics and make himself the master of Cen tral America. Moblle, Ala.. Marcn 5.--The Thack er line steamer Mercator arrived to day from Puerto Cortez, Spanish Hon duras. According to statements of passengers, Nicaragua!! -forces on Honduras soli "are makintt rapid ad vances. There is fear,' according to the passengers that General iee Christmas Is hemmed in In the Oil anche district. In Puerto Corte. preparations are being made to resist attack which is feared from the Nlcaraguan navy. "What Honduras now fears more than her war with Nicaragua," said a passenger of the Mercator, "Is in ternal trouble. A revolution is threatened; in fact, there are signs of revolt on every side." Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 5. The army of Honduras Is mobilized on the frontier under the personal command of President Manuel Bonll la, whose arrival at the front has In spired the troops with enthusiasm for active operations against Nicaragua. The first fighting since February 18 occurred during the evening of March 3, when General Emllano Chamorro, a Nlcaraguan leader who is serving with the Hondurans, attacked and de feated 400 Nlcaraguan troops at Old Dcpilto and captured 60 prisoners and a quantity of rifles and field ammu nition. The loss of the Hondurans was small. . 4 SALVATION AUMY LEADER HERE Gen. Win. Booth Arrive From Lon don Aboard the Minneapolis Goo to Ottawa. Canadu, as Guest of tlio Governor General. New York, Mnrc.h 5. Gen. Wm. Booth, the aged leader of the Salvation Army, arrived In this city to-day on the steam er Minneapolis from London. He will spend two days here .as the guest of his daughter. Commander Miss Eva Booth, who Is In charge of the American work of organization, and then will leave for Mrntreal. .Toronto. Ottawa, Vancnuber and Sontile. whence he will sail for Ja pan. After a short stay In, that kingdom, he will go o India and thence return to England. In the fall be will again coinc to the TTnlted States, this- time for a general tour of the country. ' His pres ent visit is pureslv n private one and he will make no public address. During bis stav In Ottawa he will be the guest of Earl Grey, the Governor General of Canada. General Booth showed remarkable vigor for a man who on April 10 will celebrate the "Sth anniversary of his birth. He declared he was in perfect health and that he had enjoyed his voy age, although It was a stormy one. He r.pokc enthusiastically of his several col onization r"Jects. after which he snoke of the success which has attended thfl founding f sntl-suiclde bureaus in mnny cities of Kngland. The first five weeks of the work In Ixindon, he snld, brought 50 rases "They represented ever)' walk and circumstance of life and we helped most of I hem." he asserted. A VICTIM OF POISONING. Wealthy Widow Found Head In Ex clusive Village of Euclid. Cleveland, O., March 5. Mrs. Min nie Sherman, a wealthy widow re siding in the exclusive village of Euclid, on Euclid avenue, was found dead In her home to-night under circumstances pointing to murder. Mrs. Sherman was negotiating for the disposal of part of her property antfthe deal. It Is understood, was to have been closed yesterday. During the night the woman tried to sum mon her neighbors by telephone, but her message was suddenly Inter rupted and she received no re sponse. The authorities to-night found the house rifled and the dead woman's body lying on the floor, her eyes di lated as from the effects of poison, the doctors declare. Her Jewelry was gone ar.d her strong box emptied. I EACH PLACES CRIME ON OTHER Two Negroes Arrested In Norfolk County. Va.. Confetw Murder at Rocky Mount, N. C. Norfolk, Vn., March 5. Frank Mar shall and Charles V. Evans, two negroes arrested In Norfolk county last evening for murder committed at llocky M Hint. X . have confessed, hut each places I he crime on the other. The murder was committed October 1. at a dance on Battle's farm, near Rockv Mount. Elliot Lewis, another ne gro being tho victim, his head being sfvered from the body with a rasor. Marshall. In his confession, declnred "the nisor lumped clean out of its han dle" from the force used hv Evans. The Rocky Mount authorities have been communicated with and an officer is eneeted here with requisition papers for their return to the scene of the crime. t FEARFtL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Two Snro of Persons Injured, Four Probably Fatally. In Accident Ncr Mount Carmel, Pa. Pottsville, Pa., March R Two score of persons were Injured, four of whom may ills, bv the explosion of l.COO pounds of dvnainite In the dynamite store-house of the Richards colliery of the flusquehana Coal Company, near Mount Carmel. to ciav. They are: f.EWIB nOWlK. skull cruabsd. HEILLY ARNOLD, fracture of skull and extorsive locerntlons. OROROB BILLMAN. fracture of skull, ribs broken and had lacerations. THOS. PRITCHAUD. lacerations of th arms and head and several blood vrssell tUrsted. " DCST OF CApT SOU'S SMITH. Cnrclkxl in Grammar School at ftoath Lincolnshire, Eng. limdon. March 5. A bust pt John Bmlth. founder of the colony of Virginia, was unvsllsd this afternoon In the gram mar school -at South Lincolnshire, by Charles W. Kohlaaat. special commis sioner of ths Jamestown Cxprmttlnn. This work was executed by, )nrl Baden Powell and nresented by him to tho school where limit It was educated. After the Unveiling Mr. Kohlaaat pre sented an American flag to the school snd said he honed (be two'nsttons would always be united by friendship. r:;:;.c:i takut negotiations. United Slates Soon to ho Confronted . . With This NeoesHlty, , Paris, . March S. -The United (States Is likely soon to be confronted, with the necessity for tariff negotiations with ' France. The special parlia mentary 'commission, charged with the revision of the 'schedules, whlc'h probably" will be conaiderably higher than the present rates! has decided to", maintain the maximum and . mini mum system,' with the former double the latter, for. the purpose ot forcing .concessions j from . icoqntrles which, like the United States, refuse to make reciprocity treaties, , , T , . ' rt Without waiting the general tariff revision measure, a bill to increase the duties on cotton seed and other vegetable oils -In which the United States Is greatly interested, was Called up In the chamber thla afternoon. The duty is now $1.20 per 100 kilos. The bill proposes a duty of $2.80 for countries entitled to the minimum tarlff.frand $5 for countries, which, like the United States, without re ciprocity treaties, and also places the cotton seed oil, which is now free, on the dutiable list at 30 cents to 60 cents. Oils for purposes If de naturlzed will be taxed at the old rate. Action was deferred until Thursday. THUNDER PRECEDES STORM. Pittsburg Has Snow Storm Recem bllng Blizzard JuHt Before Night fall. Pittsburg, Pa., March 6. From out of an apparently cloudless sky and with out an Instant's warning, this city was suddenly enveloped In a snow storm that resembled a blizzard Just before dark ness fell to-night and for an hour all street ar service was crippled, many lines helng tied up because of the In ability of motormen to gee beyond a few feet ahead of their cars. Through the fur yof the storm thunder and lightning were prevalent, telegraph and telephone lines were seriously affected, and chim neys were blown down, pedestrians were obliged to seek shelter from a 62-mlle-an-hour northwesterly wind and persons all over the city were frightened by the weird and marvelous storm. Washington Has I'nuHual Phenomenon-Washington, March 5. Washington ex perienced an unusual phenomenon late to-night In the form of a driving snow storm, accompanied by thundre and lightning. SOLDIERS IN COURT HOUSE. Special Term of Court for Trial of Judge Jones Hargis Convenes at Lexington. Ky. v Lexington. Ky., March 5. When court convened to-day for the trial of Judge James Hargls, charged with the assassination of Dr. B. D. v!ox. Judge Carnes ordered all present to leave the court room and he searched as they re-entered the court house. Hargls refused to request a change of venue, and the 4 0 men of Company A, Second Kentucky Infantry, of Frankfort, undr command of Adju tant General Henry Lawrence, and Captain W. C. I.nngmlrc. arrived here on a special train to-day and went to Jackson. Breathitt county, to remain there during the trial. The soldiers reported to Special Judge William Carnes, who Is trylnp; the ense. and were placed In the court house. BOOKMAKERS AGAIN AT WORK. Oaklawn Will Continue Despite Antl I'ool Selling Law. Hot Spring. Ark.. March 5. Oak- landwlll continue despite the Amis anti-pool selling law, according to tho position taken by tho oakiawnn jock ey Club. To-day no bookmakers were established in tne netting ring, uui i bettors found little difficulty In placing their bets with hand hooks. The Jock ey club legal advisors claim that the law Is r'efectlve and that they will es tablish the fact In court. Constable Smith arrested one book maker and an Individual, making a total of 9 arrests In the past two days. He states that he will continue to make arrests until the validity of the law Is established. Conditions Are Improving. Mr. C..H. Ackert, general manager of the Southern Railway, and Mr. P. L. McManus, assistant to Mr. Ackert. were in the city last night on their way to Greenville. S. C, where they will bo to-day. When seen by an Ob server man, at his private car, No 104, Mr. Ackert said, in answer questions: "Conditions have I: proved in this section The frele business is loosening up and the p senger trains are running preti; nearly on schedule time. "I think we will be all right here when the new freight yards are completed, and that should be some time before tho first of October." Eagles to Receive To-night. Tlie. members of Hie order of Kagles are anticipating a most picas ant time at the reception to De given In the lodge rooms of the order to night. Each member has Invited one friend The entire affair will be in formal. Arrangements have been made for the furnishing of vocal music and Mr. D. H. Smith will tain about the principles of the order. Refreshments will be served. The order haB been established here only since last November, but already has about 65 members. The holding of this reception Is In acccinncc with a custom. . Traveling Freight Clolm Agents. Washington, March 6. Announce ment was made to-day by A. II. Plant, comptroller of the Southern Railway Company, that that system had inaugurated an,d placed a corps of traveling freight cfalm agents In its service, whose duty It will be to travel continuously the respective ter ritory assigned to them. They will visit the company's local agent at each station In order to Insure promptness and justice to Us patrons In respect ta the handling of freight and the handling of loss, damage and over-charge freight claims. Iiooture at the Presbyterian College. Mr. Olln B. Wheeler, an agent of the Northern Pacific Railway, gave a lec ture before the students and faculty of the Presbyterian College and a number of visitors In he college chapel last night. The subject was Yellowstone Park and the speaker's presentation of the, subject was greatly aided By stereoptlcon slides and moving pictures. iThese presented beautifully the great geysers and oth er numberless wonders of the great park, Mr. Wheeler was himself for 20 years a stage driver In the region of which he told. He was hence able to speak at first hand and most enter tainingly. Garfield and Smith 'Take Xew Office. Washington, March I -James R. Garfield to-day took the bath of pfflce as Secretary of the Interior la succes sion to E. A. Hitchcock. Herbert Knox Smith, deputy commissioner of the bureau ef corporations, was also sworn tn aa oommlsstoner of that of flee, eceedinf Mr. Garfield. - . s TUB IIOLCOUB, MEETING SUBJECT , LAST MGHT: DANIEL Evangelist Says Daniel 1m MoHt Inter- cs Uu if Character In Life Save Jesus ChristThe Prophet Had a Pur pose In Life and Stuck to It ITeachvr States He Can Spot a Drunkard, Gambler, Tlieatregoer, Card-l'layer or Dancer, Hut Relates . One Instance When He Palled Mri , Smoot'DbtapjwInU'd at Lack of la i tcreet Shown In Song Service., When tho hour for the night service at Tryon Street Methodist church ar -rlved. last night . only two or three persona were n the choir stand, which has been arranged te seat about 40 persons. The ;lngers were slow to respond to the call of the pastor, Mr. Boyer, and Mr. Smoot, .the leader of the singing. Noticing this slow re sponse Mr. Smoot remarked: "I con fess that I am surprised that so few are In the choir to-night. I am sur prised that every seat is not taken. This is the first time I ever knew this to happen. Thla Is the third night of the meeting, remember. I don' J want Charlotte to fall down on me. If you do, I will come to the con clusion that I am soft, and I don't want to do that" After these remarks several more persons entered the choir. Mr. Smoot Is a good singer, 'and he Is introducing a number of new songs from the book "Revival Special." He shows plainly his disappointment that tho majority of the congregation do not readily take up the new songs and learn them. This Is probably due In a large measure to the fact that there Is so much difference In the personnel of the congregation from night to night. There Is a noticeable per cent, of strangers In every night service. Before announcing his text, Mr. Holcomb said: "My prophecy about the morning service of to-day came true. I prophesied last night that the service this morning would be double In size that of the service of yesterday morning, and it came true. I hardly know what to prophesy for to-morrow morning, but I bellevo I will say that we will have three times as many peo ple here as on the first morning. The morning service means more to church members than the night ser vice does. You see at night I preaoh to Tom, Dick and Harry, and Sally, for I have the whole crowd here. I know some of the good old brothers don't like what I say here at night and think it out of place. One man has already remarked that he be lieves Holcomb has no religion be cause he has heard me pray only one time during this meeting. Well, you don't hang around me all the time, do you?" Mr. Smoot sang as a solo "The Oood Old-Fashloned Way," one of the songs sung at the funeral of the late Rev. Sam P. Jones. Mr. Holcomb then announced his text: "And Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile him self." Panlel 1:8. He then said: "Daniel Is one of the few men the Bible does not have anything bail to record about, nnd this in itself Is enough to make Mm Interesting. Next to the Lord Jesus Christ, i Daniel is the most Interesting! character In tho Bible to inc. ; Daniel had a purpose, and as I said , hero on Sunday evenlne purpose is i the basis of every life. If I can find out a man's purpose I do not have to ask what kind of a man he is for I already know. If I can find out .What a man's purpose is, I have him In a nutshell. "And when I find out in the first Chapter of tho Book that Daniel pur posed that he would defile himself. all I have to do Is to read In the rest of the book of nls gooA character. The next thing I find is that Dan- ell set his purpose in the right dl recton. He purlposed that he would not defile himself. A man has no right to defile himself; he owes It to his body to develop his body. (Here the speaker repeated thit part of his sermon at the Academy on Sunday afternoon with reference to tho duty of men and women to make themselves ns attractive In personal appearance ns they can, by physical development, the use of powder, paint, etc., closing with this expres sion: "If I had a 'mug' ns ugly as some women I would take a day ofT and do some china painting.") "I can spot a gambler, a drunkard, and an Impure man anywhere. The purpose of such men stamps Itself on thorn, and they are easily detected; and the sme I.-: true of wn'e wlo play cards, go to the theatre .and dunce, and I never have been fooled but once. In that one in-iiar.t" he anting lady lived In Mississippi, In a, : wn whore we wero holding a meet-' ng and I spotted her an a carl player, a theatre-goer, and a dancer.. She was converted In that meeting and told me that she had been a; card-player and theatre-goer, but thatj she never had danced. I wns stir-1 prised, and I could not understand j how I could hnve been so fooled. I I wondered about It for several days. . nnd finally I found out. I learned that the girl had a cork leg, nnd then I knew that was tho reason she never had danced, nnd thnt was a pretty good reason "In the next place, Daniel stood by. his purpose He took his stnnd fori right and never wavered from It. I preach a great deal In the West, nnd I prench to n great many Northern and Western people. And what 1 like about those people Is that while they' are slow to get religion, when they do , get It they keep It. They stund by the purpose f right which they form, and a year afttv you can go back nnd find ftiem standing by their purpose Just the same. You never hear of a back-slider nmoung such people, but how different it l.t here In Dixie where mnny people get religion quick ly and then hack-slide. "What we neea to-aay is men enn i women who will purpose, and purpose In the right direction, and stand by' the purpose If It kills them. That! Is what puts hack-bone In religion, j "I am so glad I am 'alive that 1 hardly know how to express It. We talk about corruption In polities, but there Is much to live for here. Thank i Ood th dAy for rascals to be Sena tors. Congressman, end Governors Is! a thing of the past, for the present at least. "Danhl stood by his purpose to do right and he renchod the top In po sition nnd stap'vl there. And any man of right purpose can reach the top. DnnUl was attacked after reaching the top but he was not hurt. His purpoee was right and hit charac ter was right, and nothing could be found ngalnst him. Nothing can be found ngalnst any man of right pur pose and good churacter. Nothing can be found against the character of Roosevelt, or Bryan or against the Charncter of any man like t,hem. "Dnlel's purpose was the cause of attack by his enemies and of his hav ing to spend the night In the lions rten. Daniel had his Done den, hut he came out a better man. My Christ had hl Oethsemane, but he - Willie walled and Winnie whsesed, while Wintry wlnils whined weirdly. Willie wrigglM while Winnie whs4 wretchedly. Wisdom whispers, winter winds work wheese. Wherefore we writs, "Us Kennedy s uxstive conjrn fiyrup,H Nothing else SO goo4. moid uy Hawieri rnaruMw, .-, camo out with a tendor heart. "We need more men and woman of t ight put post) and of Hit determina tion of Daniel to stand by rli,'ht pur pose, and then if the lion's gen or the Oethsemane comes to them'thoy are not hurt, but only made stronger and better." ' ;." - , -' The attendance at tho morning ser vice of the Holcomb meeting showed a considerable Increase yesterday Over the day before, and there were .quite a number of ministers present fpm several denominations. The song Ser vice occupied a good part of the hour, and , Mr.? Holcomb spoke only a tow minutes. He read a part of the 12th chapter ot Acts," that part recounting the Imprisonment of Peter and W8 de liverance in answer to prayer.';-He spoke on the subject of " Prayer," and emphasised especially the need pf spe cific prayer, ceaseless prayer, and united prayer. He urged his hearers to be In the spirit of prayer with these qualifications regarding the unsaved during this meeting. In this connec tion he said 'that it was Impossible for any one to be equally interested in a large number of unsaved people at one time, and that the greatest assur ance of answer to prayer is to centre interest on one person and to pray specifically, ceaselessly, for that one. Several should Join together In prayer for one, and pray unitedly until the answer comes, as In the case of the number of friends who prayed for Peter's deliverance from prison. He explained that ceaseless prayer did not mean that one must be continually In the attitude of prayer, but that It must be of such earnestness as to be ceaseless 'In Its appeal (o Ood, not knowing the meaning of tend or sur rendering. He said that If the Chris tian people attending this meeting would engage in prayer for the un saved with such specific, ceaseless, and united earnestness as did Peter's friends for his deliverance this city of Charlotte would witness such a re ligious awakening as never before. The result, said Mr. Holcomb, would be the salvation of hundreds of souls. BRIEFS. Miss Lenora Smith has been added to the force of Shelor & Co. She will keep books. Mr. H. C. Long, general manager of the Little-Long store, is indisposed at his home In Dllworth. Mr. R. D. Thomas and family are now occupying their newly purchased residence on Elizabeth avenue. The board of managers of the Alexander Home will meet at the Home this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr. John Carter has sold to the Suburban Realty Company for $500 a lot fronting on West Park street. Parks Stewart is quite ill with pneumonia at the home of his father, Mr. Thomas Stewart on West Trade street. Mr. Frederick 1 Pierre to Return Here. During the absence of Mr. Karl von Lawrenz from the city, Mr. Frederick La Pierre will be In charge of tho pianofore department of tho Richard son School of Music. Mr. La Pierre was a member of the Richardson Or chestra for several months last year, and Is recognized in Charlotte as in many other cities as a pianist whose theory and execution Is tho best inter pretation of music. During the few months that he has been away from Charlotte, Mr. La Pierre has been the pianist for the Greenville Theatre Orchestra and hus placed in a num ber of concerts and recitals at differ ent points In South Carolina, He Is a concert pianist of wide reputation and is well known In both Northern and Southern cities as a teacher of artis tic singing and pianoforte music. His return to the city- is a welcome and valued addition to the music circle of Charlotte. And aside from his being a talented musician, Mr. La Pierre Is a cultured gentleman of that high type. Jurors for April Court. The county commissioners yester day afternoon, in addition to tho transaction of routine business, paying of accounts and the like, beted the following Jurors for April term of Superior Court: First week Joo G. Fisher. O. the Se- the H. Wearn, O. L. Blytho, F. D. Alexander, W. W. .Brenner, C. C. Adams, II. W. Abernatby, E. M. Rozelle, c. H. Mont gomery, C. P. Henderson, J. C. Den nis, W. R. Lee, J. L. Morris, W. K. I'otts, J. C. Tato, J. L. Houston and II M. Jnmloson. Second week R. W. Montgomery, F. I Kelster. J. C. Matthews, I. C. McGinn, W. C. Howie, H. K. Beard. J. .7. Hutchinson. Zeke Johnston, R. II. Shields, B. B. Ktheredge, M. L. Black, W. I). Stewart, 8. II. Marks, L. H. Mc Donald. R. H. Lafferty. I). H. Ander son, S. T. Cox, A. J. McConnell. W. F. Strange, W. H. Wright. C. W. Cook, W. E. Fife and H. A Naylor. Charlotte University Defci King's Business (College nt Baseball. The first game of baseball, amateur or otherwise, played in Charlotte this season was that between the lads of Charlotte University School and King's Business College yesterday af ternoon, which resulted In a victory for the University School by n. score of S to 0. The game was played at Uitta Talk. Tho two teams l!l play again Thursday If the weather is pro pitious. A good crowd was present vcterday. The lineup follows: C V. 8. Torrence, Jones, Fotner, Steere, Black, Me. ins, l'harr. Lucas, captain. K. B. C Hudson, Milton. Wynecoff, Turner. Desmond, Rumple, Culthrop, Rhyne, captain. To Heat Residence With Electricity. Mr. L. L. Hunter, a local architect, has let the contract for a fine granite residence for T. L. Olllesple t. Co., at Norcross, Da., to Mr J A. Oardnor, or this city. This beautiful home Is being built for Mr. Edward F. Buchannon, of New York, who Is vice president of the Olllesple Co. He wns born in Geor gia and has a stepmother and other relatives there. He will continue to live In New York, but will visit his old home occasionally. Tho residence Is to be heated by electricity, a new departure In this section of the South. The building, when complete, will have cost about $85,000. It Is to be up to date In every respect. Geographical Advantages of Mobile. Mobile, March 6. At an open meeting of the Commercial Club to night resolutions were paesed denying that Mobile concedes to New Orleans superiority as a Qulf port for the es tablishment of the government steam ship line to Panama, calling attentoln to the geographical advantages of Mo bile, and appointed a committee to press the claims of the port before the canal commission. DE. BAXTER S. MOORE OITICEl S0 a Tryon 8t Tho no $09. omcE norast k to 10 . m 1 to p. m. . tiie. eievato:: "Do you know," said the elevator boy, "I didn't know till te-flay .that we built elevators." He was addressing the night watchman, who was coming In. ' "Let me, tell you,-my boy," said the watchman, "there's a, whole lot we do here you haven't found out yet. ' , . i "The eleyator we shipped to-day was a regular dandy. ' The cage - was shipped out of the wood shop and the running gear and apparatus out of the Dllworth shop. " 'When ! was surprised Billy laughed at me i and said he used to sell elevators for the company when he waa ele v vator boy on. this elevator." ; H ;,..; V- .'.-i''':,. :-i'V ,;'r. .';".-'.' "We make elevators all iight,"sald the watchman, "but don't yo. listen too much to what Billy says. ' He's liable to tell you he's bought .iOne of the Pyramids in Egypt What else have'you shipped tb-day7"e:.:, VFour yarh reels went out and a whole lot of hangers and pulleys It stumps me what people do with so many pulleys. . Every day R'i pulleys and hangers, hangers and pulleys going out. Big pulleys, little (pulleys, split puJIeys, and then there's hangers, couplings and set col-, lars. Gears is also a big Item. All kinds of wheels, in fact" ',, "Sounds like business Is moving," said the watchman. j! "It's worse than moving it'a humming. People like to send Us orders because we deliver the goods on time," said the boy. "We beat;' the railroads all to pieces on (delivering machinery, and we make the machinery, too." "How'a the roller covering shop getting along?" asked the watch man. Covering roles galore," said the boy. "The mills used to scatter j their roll covering some, so the folks In the department toll me, but it looks now like we get 'em all. I haul 'em up and down every day lots of them, and here's your floor, now hike off." The D. A. Tompkins Go. MACHINE BUILDERS AND REPAIRERS, CHARLOTTE, N. O. FIRE INSURANGE THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES REPRESENTED AND AMPLE PR6 TECTION O UARANTEED: AETNA nARTFORD PHOENIX NORTH nRITISlI v ' t PHENIX NORTHERN PIEDMONT t i' R. E. Cochrane. Inswance and Real Estate Agent. Rubber Talk Tou can depend upon the vromlse that goes with Kelly-Sprlngfleld Rubber Tires because It Is based up on the record back of them. If you've used tires that give out or run dead, you know what would happen to Kelly-Springfield Tires if tho compound or the con struction altered. It Is not upon past reputation, but upon tho continued goodness that Kelly-Sprlngfleld Tires win and hold appreciation. Every Kelly-Springfield Tiro we sell adds to our responsibility, be cause our good name Is on every one. With the guarantee of the Kelly-Sprlngfleld Rubber Co. and J. W. Wadsworth's Sons Co., do you run any possible risk of being disappointed In tlm Kclly-Spiingfields you buy? We are State agents. Write us for prices. . W. WADWORTH'S SONS CO. CHARLOTTE, N. C. We have tho largest Carriage Shop In the two Carolines. 4 9 t h Of the M. P. B. & L. Ass'n went into effect on Saturday, the 2nd inst The subscriptions for this series are coming in freely, but to accommodate the public we will keep the books open during the whole month of March and prospective borrowers will do well to apply at once. S, WITTKOWSKY President THE CHARLOTTE SUPPLY GO American All-Wronght Steel Bpltt PuDeya and "Ctnar iw) Hubhet ' .;.,,. V Bottmfr - '", ' " ' ' '.' We flftrry ta stock Tale and Towae Ho4ate np U six teas pe4tyt ake fe , full Has el rackta rip Valvea M4 Mill SappUei , , , - R. t COCHRANE Sec & Treas. , ' t f t 5 t .; V V,'. . .,'v..i,,,
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