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'V - v . - f ; .-v:-A 1 -4 - . - I ) SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A- YEAR. CHARLOTTE .- C, SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 15,-1908. , PRICE FIVE CENT; KILLED COUSIN AND SELF D5. PETEB- E. " HINES DEAD NEGBO COMEDIANS BUEXED PEOSPEEITYTALKEBS MEET IB A DAVID SAXKEY DEAD CALV f OR OROANIZATION FATALLY IIUKT JN WRECK A ROWAN YOUTH THE VICTIM ACCUEXT " COSTS - TWO LIVES STOOD IIIUII AS A 6CBXJEOX AIVi CAUGHT PROM - GASOLINE. VISIT FROM THE UNEMPLOYED DE3IOCRAT1C CAMPAIGN ; CLUBS J (4-1 ' N . , ' - - ..... I ill. i ill f,j I i I i i ". . , r l V i V-J I I l v i I r . 1 i I r i V -' 'V:- - .- '.. ; . ... ' 1 J. . . Ernest Rowe Accidentally Shoots to Death Mis Young: Cousin, Jessie Howe, and Is so Horrtnod at the IMvi Ttiat He Turns the Gun . on Himself and Blows Off HU Head ticeue of Tragedy In Salad County, "8." CTher Palinetto- State- Again Find It Necessary 40 Borrow Money to Keep . Die-Government Going Bon-owing Limit Near! Reached JrtinoreU of Mrs. Capers to Be Held To-Day at Trinity Church Palmet to Mate Items.' r r-y-:.'. t-k w. - . ;. ,.' r Observer Bureau. : $00 Skyscraper Buildln-. - , Columbians. 1. An: 14 . ? tii Bat., ti " -,w.v. twu sullen irvut Saluda, at 4 o'clock thi. .ft.mnon Km est Rows accidentally shot and . lmtantly ; killed his pousln. ' Jessie accidentally shot and V Rowe, a girl of II years, and soon . arierwaras shot himself,- InfllcUng -wound from which he died In thirty minutes. The young man and-the girl were at the homo of Miss Rowe." .Ernest a Rows . was playing with the guu, oysjeh he thought was not loaded. Tfie rapon was Hred. th intlrs lead ' of shot entering the girl's mouth and , , killing oer lnUntly. Horrtned at what had . happened, . Ernest - Rows begged some on to kill him, saying - , that th horror of what he had dons was mors thad hs could bear and . that If none of those present would , snoot him. hs would kill himself, . lattls attention- was paid to what -he sai a, but soon a shot was heard out . side the house and on rushing out ths crowd found Rows weltering In his own blood. Hs had placed th v gun under his nrht Jaw and the load had torn away the sld of his head He died In a half hour. , - Ernest Rows was It years cf sgs and was ths son of Bud Rows. Jes- , .. ale Rows was ths daughter of J. T, -' ROW.. . . MUST BORROW MORS MONET. ' .'Owing to the last Lertslatura cut. ting lu appropriation cloth so much . larger than th State tax levy pattern before It. ths Stat Treasurer will hava 1 i to borrow another 100,00 ths first of , sszt month on av promissory not . signed by State offlciala to meet eur - rent xpnse for that month. This will-bring- ths total so borrowed this year up to th limit-of half a million . - fixed by statuts. With this ths 8tat win hav to wurr e.'.ang as best it cs,i till the fall and spring taxes come In, immediately after which the borrow ing will have to, begin again If (hs nsw - Legislature. dwit not rlv .1 about fa next winter. This year th But "be gan borrowing In April. . ' As a result of . this unbuslness-Uke method on the part of the Legislature an Interest bill , amounting .to about 113,000 is wast-ad this year, and ths . money so , thrown away In ths past ; decade amounts to approximately 100,000. On on other occasion, in OovernoP Hey ward's .administration. the Stats borrowed ths limit of hslf a million, but b succrtecd. In having - thlsunfortunata. condition remedied. . jne tax isvy oving mcreaaea, wiia mo yssult that in 1900-there was.no bor rowing at all. But his and Comp ' troller Oeneral Jones' cherished dream ef getting the State oa a cash basis -was promptly dispelled, the succeeding Legislatures -falling back Into the old rut ef making liberal appropriations ' during the session and then sticking Its head In the sand toward the close of (he session by cutting down the . levy In order to appear before the dear ' ' pss-pul a shining economists. - A curious and interesting fact about the borrowing- this year is thst the '- State secured the lowest rate of In terest it has JO far been .able to ob 1, tain, right in -the fag end of the .big . panic. For half of the ttOO.OOt ,0 far torroxed it will pay 41-a per cent., and for the ether half only 4 4er cent. This is dus In large measure to the able assistance given the Stat officials by Mr. J. Pope Matthews, cashier of the Palmetto National iian k. t 'tnis city, - a young financier of striking ahlUtywhft has rspldly mads his way to th front in Southern banking ctr- ' cleg. .Heretofore the Stat. has had to pay 5 per cent, and over. -MR&. CAPERS', FUNERAL TO-DAY. The funeral of Mrs. Charlotta . Capers, th announcement of whoss death yesterday saddened many hearts ; thoughout the State, will b held to morrow morning from Trinity Episco pal church, this city, and In addition to a largs number of Columbia people will be attended by delegations from various parts of the State. xn pau ' bearers, both active and honorary, will be th members of her Sunday school classes. For about two centuries axrs. Capers' people ave been leaders in th religious, social and political life of th State.-. She Is th lineal de- - scendant of two colonial Governors of ; this State,, on . serving under the Loords Proprietors two centuries ago ' th other "by appointment from tne Brttlsh crown a quarter ef a century later.- "- :- Judge J. Fuller Lyon, of Abbeville, serving in th State Treasurer's, office, and ttner of - Attorney General Lyon, surprised his friends Vesterday by get ' ting married, th bride being Miss Joe ': Langtord, formerly of Prosperity, but Tmore : recently of - Paoolet Station. Judge Lyon is a gallant Confederate and a prominent v Methodist .. layman, having served a number Cf years as treasurer of the South Carolina Con ference. . - "- ' . '- 'v. ; -i DlBpensary Auditor -West's . report for July, mad public to-day. shows gross sales In th twenty-three coun- - ties operating dispensaries of $334,18145, -with a total expense account of $11600 In' round tmmbrs Charleston leads ' the list with bales of i0.108.li Rich land to second, with $35,M5.0. -.- - . T . . a-VJ . . 1 - v s, : Bpecia.1 10 mrr vwai .-. . - : Lexington. Aug. 1. isvery irsin km- uj v past two days has been bringing to tx- 1- - - o t aw rnv mm n nual 1 conference of that denomlnaUoS, s ' ' .. hlch began here te-oay. There are several handred delegates from all over -the Stats and ths meetings are ' being -' held in. a -very large tent on ths -eat--'skirts of the town.. Between twenty end ' thirty large tents hsv been erected for , the accommodation of the visitors. The .' - - majority of the delegates brought trunks . - with, them, evidently intending to make a good stay of Jt. v- -' . -. T ' ' Bank Case Postponed T1U September. Special to The Obaerver. . Wtnston-Salein.'CAug. 14 Aa sdJo&Va- -1Mtit :Wtr taken- to-osy Jrf thOtlen bank caa until September, and f mmrn. E. T. Canaler. ef Charlotte, and W. F. . Ftephenaot of Columhia. S. C. who are ef counsel, for the plaintiffs, IWt this af ternoon for their respective homes. Mr. John W. Fries, president of the People's National Bank, and ene ef the defend- ' ants in the suit wss th last wltneat beard before. J, T. Ben bow, the referee. Kortb Carolina Ises One of He Old est and reinot Medical Men in Death of This Eminent Doctor Did Valiant Service During- Confederate WarRenabllcans Gather lu IU1 "- elgh and Get Ready 1'or Wake Con. i TeuUon -To-Day-Clialrinao Adams Says Uli Partr Will Elect tour r Auungreftsmen 9 the State's Ten uw jieeting or naieign, citizens Held Last Mglit .to Take Steps to Have Better Municipal Government -Uo Mining Company With 2, w tnyiisi uairtereo. Xbsrver Bureau. Xhs HolHinam Bulldlnf, I - : Raleigh, AOS. 14 I - t-i.. ..,.. w n . . . . Dr- "ter Hlnes died at his horns ""Br : PjnaTw He was a, native of Warren county. graauatea witn high honors as a sur geon and was eminent in that capacity in ,tne confederate service during all the civil -war. . He entered that ser vice in the North Carolina troops at the very first call and both on ths field and in hospital did remarkable and sealoua work. A score of years ago ha married a sister of Col. Charles E. Johnson, of this city, who survives him. He was for many years surgeon general of, the National Guard. He was a devoted member' of th Episco pal Church. Dr. Hlnes was so years old and was the son of Richard Hlnes. Hs grad uated at the State University,, was In Philadelphia and Paris hospitals sev eral years, returned to America, set tied at Raleigh, and within tare years was mad surgeon of th first regi ment of 'volunteers -when . the Bute seoeeded M!ay 20th, 186L and was at Bethel Point battle front. He was later medical director of all hospitals In and around Petersburg, ana in iwa was-dvsn suorems charge of all North Carolina, army hospitals and returned her. He took high rank as a surgeon, was president of the 8tste Medical Society and th Stat board of msdical examiners, was county .aujwr lntendent ef health and served without psy at th soldiers' home here. The Insurance Commissioner has iaaued a license to the Jacob Fir In- auranc ComDUiV, Ot Moscow, a An hualiuu In this State. ' a miM 1 minlns' company, th m,.wffaM mmtm charter, headauar , W -w - I . A.haviiia. tha amount of capl tal atock: belns? $2.000, and W. ,E. Logan being- a stockholder. . AFTER BETTER CITT QOVBKW Ta-nlrht at the chamber of com marea rooms thers was a represenU hv. umMin . .-if cltlsens in mass nutin o brlnar about municipal gov errunent reform. It was freely remark- ed that th assemblage, was so uwr nnrhiv representative that If It main tains a united front 1t can do anything it desires in this line. nrcnro . Battle was president and Edward I Conn secretary. The movement wes Inaua-urated by Julian J. Peels. A. B, Stronach and four others. The set purpose is to change the city adrninls, tratlon. even though to bring this about ltJs necessiry to so change the cltjcharter that tne aiaermen snan bs elected by the entire city insieau of bv wards. The meeting- was there fore a protest against th present ad ministration. Among the speakers were Peele. Stronach. J. S.. Wynne. Ed Chambers Smith, C. BMdwards. F. B. Arendelt N. B. Broughton, R, T. Gray, W. H. Pace and others. A committee of nine was eppolnted to prepare a plan of organisation and report sep tember td.. , . REPUBLICANS IN SESSION. Republicans are considerably in evi dene hsr ts-night,- holding primaries for what they claim will be their larg est county convention to-morrow. The nearly unanimous wish of tk party Is for Dr. Cyrus Thompson to be th nominee for Governor, but as yet he has said no word as to whether he will allow th us of his name. Stat Chairman Adams arrived to-night and. being Interviewed, said that while his party In North Carolina wanted ten Congressmen it counted on electing four. He considers the fourth and fifth districts very doubtful but declined to nam the ether two, though evident ly the eighth was. In his mind. He says he fully recognises the fact that a great national fight la on and that th yeaf la different from ordinary po litical years; that th election wilt be on the Issues and that this time the people will vote as they think. He de clares his party intends to try for all the Stat and county offices and to put up a man to beat Kltchid for Govern or, and that It will find him. : , Th Republican primary was held at the Toung Men's Republican Club to-night J. C. I. Harris spoke oppos ing" nominating candidates , In tho county convention to-morrow and de claring this ought to be postponed un til after the Democrats make nomina tions; One of th primaries was held In a negro church. It is said, and the negro who presided nominated -hlm-seif and also elected himself delegate to the county convention. It la also said that at another primary four were present, of whom three wer made delegates. ' ' - ; - Stat Auditor Dixon, at Jackson Springs to-day, addressed ths Confed erate veterans of Moor and Mont gomery counties. Instead of Governor kClenn. who was In Virginia. .creearooore, in Granville coun ty,, the Grand Lodge of Masons to day laid the cornerstone ef an $$,000 public school building. - . -- ' A little boy named Long: has been; brought her from Rockingham to b treated for hydrophobia. - He was bit- I ten by. the dog which 'was brooughti nere wonaay and killed and upon which an autopsy wss performed and a, number, of teats mad In order to ascertain whether the dog really had rabies or not. " ' . - - Early this morning David Smith.1 a powerful negro, vas brought to the station house from Riley HI 11, a place about eighteen miles northeast of Ra lelgh. . charged with killing Columbus Williams by shooting him. ; New Profanity Record Made at Wln- : ston. j ,: Special to The Observes, ' " . y, , -' Winston-Salem, Aug. 14. Lonnle Payne. 5 a diminutive colored youth. whose ag - la said , to be tl years. when arrested and taken to the lockup for drunken ness, to-day lmmedlatiyset about es tablishing a record for profanity, tfhieh ifi- ptme say he easily earned. So Intense and terrible was Lonnie's language that . hardened offenders trembled In ' court and begged that Lonnle be removed, , He was taken away to Jail still ventinr his rage. Lonnle has already been known as a buck-wing dancer of . extraordinary ability. - -: The Rabbit's Foot Minstrel Company ; Special Car . Burned Yesterday Morning at Shelby, the Blase Being ' Started by Explosion ot Gasoline - Seven Members of Troupe uauiy Burned and Two Hones Stabled in - the Car Roasted to Death The Injured Carried to Charlotte and , placed In Good Samaritan Hospital Physicians Think That AU WU1 " Recover In an Effort to Save . the Horses One Negro Wa Nearly Murned to Deatu and- was uauiy -1 Kicked by the Animals. -Special t Tlie Observer. . ' -. . ', Shelby, Aug.' 14, The Rabbit's Foot Comedy Company, a negro minstrel troupe composed Of about twenty-five negroes, gae their show here last night, , They reloaded preparatory to leaving early this morning and then went to sleep In their special car They stabled their horses and packed their tents and furnishings In the' rear of .' the car. About I o'clock this morning, while all were still asleep, one of the horses kicked over a tank ef gasoline, which ran down the car and Into the cooking department where It came In contact with a hot stove and exploded. Thevook and six other negro laborers, who wer sleeping in this department were hor ribly burned, three of them posalbly fatally. Two of the . horses , were burned to death, -while another. was taken from the car in a horrible con dltton. The car, which was recently built at a cost of about $10,000, and all the show furnishings were entirely destroyed. The fir waa so sudden that nothing could be saved. The greater part of tne memDers oi th minstrel was sleeping in the front of the car and escaped without muoh difficulty, but many of them did not have time to get their clothes. Ths people of Shelby gave Them such aid as they needed and Shelby physicians dressed those who were severely burn ed, some seven or eight . In number, and they were sent to th Good Sa maiitan Hoslptal at Charlotta , The Injured negroes arrived here at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon . and were taken to the hospital. Some of them were so badly burned that they could not talk about the accident They had been taken unawares while asleep. George Connelly, one of the more seriously damaged, nearly lost his life in sn endeavor to save the horses that were In stalls in the car, TRIED HEROICALLT TO SAVES HORSES. . With his head and arms .bandaged tightly and hardly able to speak, he managed to say; "I tried to get those horse out: two of them were burned up, but I got the third on out In time. 1 was kicked twice by the horses while trying to pull them out." The negro's action was heroic, as his injuries wers due almost entirely to his determination and his risk J in go ing Into the Are to save the brutes. With the flames burning his hancw and the frantic kicking of the horses in their madness, caused by the terror Inspired by the fire, Connelly stuck to his post until he could stand no longer and withdrew with his face and hands burned' and marked for life. -a j ' Willie Moras, the cook.; who halls from Colorado, and who felt the first effects of the explosion, is one of the -worst injured. His head was badly burned, also his face and hands. - t Will fttegall. the boss Canvas man ager, whose home Is In Tampa, Fla., Is also badly burned about the chest and hands, as well as about, the head. Isaiah Grant, a ballad slna-er from South Carolina, suffered severs burns on the face. His hands' were also burned, as well as the upoer Dortlon of the body. R. H. Jackson, or Durham, the as sistant boss canvas manager. Is burn ed on both feet and on the forearms and hands. -'.:,.- r.rv John Willis and Jaka Olllsnn., nf lexas, workmen witn the show, were bnrned slightly on ths hands and xorearms. 1 - -, ; According to the attending nhvai. nans, none or tne injured wnr die, although Stegall, Moran. Grant and jonneuy are all burned In such manner that they will likely be nnahta to jeav tne nospitai - for ! several weeks. Much of th flesh haa been burned from their hand, arme -and faces, and the-four are all disfigured. cii-jsu ana urant Dearing 1 terrible maras or tne fire's work on their 1 aces. . House-Mover Attacked Motormaa'of " wtreet Car. . . Spectsl to The Observer - Winston-Salem, Aug. , 14. A case arising from a novel situation was tried In the recorder's court to-dayC wnen Kemp uumminga, a young man was .arraigned charged with assault witn - deadly weapon upon L.' It Smith, , a motorman on th Liberty street car line. Cummlngs was moving a house In North Winston and a cable attached to Itwas across the track .when, a street car approached. Cummlngs says Tie tried to nag the motorman. out tne utter was busy watching a team or mules w men was cutting up. Cummlngs snatched up the cable and the car struck It, throwing It against cummlngs and knocking him down. He arose and struck Smith In the back with a rook. He was fined $10 and th costs. . .v;-' -.- r-; Old Church to Be Torn Away and7 Not :. Repaired. . '. . ,.- Special He Th Observer. ' ' , Lexington. Aug. 14. The building eom- mlttee of th Lexington Baptlat church met yesterday afternoon and decided t have th old -church entirely torn away and replaced by a'.new structure. It wss formerly ths Intention to add to and re model the old bulldlnc but after tha work was started It was seen that It was Insdvlsabla to - do -this. In accordance with th latest decision of the commu te the pises will - be revised and a handsOm church erected. The new plans make (he building' fifteen or twenty leet longer and will extend to, the edge of the sidewalk It will b mi bandsuro a ehurch as there 1 In Lexington. Variety Works Dawaon, ' Ga, De- . stroyed by Fire, ., Dawson. Ga, August 1 4. The Variety Works, operated by Baldwin and Company, which was on of the largeat enterprises In. thi sectJafl, Kaa destroyed by fire last night, together with many hundreds of thousands of feet of rough and dressed : lumber. The plant had been In operation for CI years and was engaged la manufac ture of Confederate guns during the civil wsr. The total loss to the own ers will probably foot up $71,000. Alexander Berkinan, a Professed An - (irvhlst, Bcoked by a Motley Gang, Appears at Opening Session of the . Cotnmerciri .Travelers' Prosperity Congress and IrmsadaRfcognltlou : His Demand Refused and the To lice Called Upon to Dispel JHIs "Ar 4 my"-iiTis of Better Times lie port ed From Eery : sectloir and - the Travelers Pledge Themselves . to Talk Prosperity Wherever They Go Banting Laws and practices Con ;' - demned in the Resolutions Adopted. ! New York,r Aug. 1 4. Two rival "armies' descended upon th meeting of the Commercial Travelers' Inter state Prosperity Congress here to-day, First came a horde of grim looking men under the leadership of Alexan der Berkman. '. professed - anarchist, who some year's ago shot H. C. Frick, the millionaire after the Homestead steel strike riots. - It was necessary for the police, to dispel this "army; and Berkman angrily reproached bU followers as a lot of "spineless, drivel ling Idiots" for not opposing th po lice. Berkman and his followers said that they represented 40,000 unem. ployed worklngmen and they came to demand participation in the prosperi ty the congress said 'existed. Hardly less formidable" waa the second "ar my," for it was composed of deter mined suflragettes. They also de manded recognition by the prosperity congress. " The police were not called upon to dispel this "rmy" diploma cy was used. WILL TALK PROSPERITY. Aside from these Interruptions the congress was considered a great sue cess. Speakers from all sections of the country told of returning prosper Ity in their districts and it waa urged upon the members of the commercial travelers' organisation that they talk prosperity wierever they went After the meeting had been In ses sion for some time a committee from th unemployed worklngmen asked to be admitted. This was after Berk man and hi, followers had been dis persed. The committee asked that a resolution that had been prepared be presented to the congress. It stated that the most urgent need of -she worklngmen was food and lodging and that wbils there was a demand for worklngmen In the Western States the men had been out of work so long they did not have clothing or tools or money for transportation to the waiting positions. Ths resolution was free from bitter language and stated that the authors ot It were in thor ough sympathy with the prosperity movement, WELCOMED BY ACTING JJAYOR. Practically every large city in the country was represented at the meet ing, either by commercial travelers, repesentarlve of mcrhants' associa tions or delegates from boards of trade. Acting Mayor McGowan. of this city, welcomed th participants. Her man A. Mets, Comptroller of New York City, wag a speaker- ahd several umer. cuy pinciais aiienaea. . u. w. Rice, former past supreme councillor of th United Commercial Travelers of America, and H. O. Gray, presldenl ot the Travelers' Protective Associa tion, responded to the speeches of wel come. , "Trust every-on of th forty thous and members of my organization to do all he can, and talk all he can, to en courage an entirely hopeful spirit and to Induce full confidence everywhere In the business situation," said Mr. Gray. Col. John S. Harwood. of Richmond, Vs. said that not a mill had shut drwn in bis State and In all other parts of the South the commer cial mists have faded away. J. 8. Reynolds, of Augusta, Oa.. and Sla- mund Hlrsh, of this city, spoke in an optimistic vein. At the afternoon session Henry Clews, ths New York banker, spoke on the financial situation. He elicited applause when he said that the com bined value of the crops this year will be about $$,000,000,000. "That means," he added, "that the farmers will have money to burn this fall. Get busy, boys and show them how to burn It Judiciously.' GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS TLKS. " George. Fred Williams, of Massa chusettst who was greeted with pro longed cheering when' he rose to speak, took Issue with Mr. "Clews on several of hio statements. He referr ed to the unemployed worklngmen who had sought admission to ths meeting and d colored tne fact that such a condition of affairs could exist "A false notion has crept Into our minds that a few may enjoy prosperity when the great mass of people are in another state," he said. He then de scribed the recent panic and Condemn ed our present banking, system whloh Mr. Clews had praised. - - Mr. Williams asked Mr. Clsws if he did not think it would be for tha best to nave the government oversee th banks. --.,. -. - The banker aald that he approved most of what Mr. William had said. ' Mr. Williams continued his speech, advocating a scheme to have th gov ernment give employment to th un employed and prophesying that It will not be long before th railroads ar owned by th States, k - V ' v m , THE FINANCIAL PANIC - "Other speakers were E. C. Simmons. of St Louis, president ef th National Prosperity : Association. .-- and E. H. Eastmound, of this city. Before the session adjourned th 'committee on resolutions reported and It was learn ed that recognition had been given th "committee of - unemplayed." v, The committee deplored the - fact that so msny men were odt of work. -' Th resolution offered by the com mittee described the financial panfc as being "partly caused by a lack of confidence In the people controlling the common carriers of th country. In' falling tot ffiv a fair deal between the strong and powerful shipper as against the small and weak shipper. and unwise and hasty legislation , by state Legislatures aiterwros,", ' Th resolution Is says: x v -"The loaning of th depositor's money to favorites of the officials of the banks for speculative , purposes was permitted so that merchants cocM not be accommodated la their legiti mate needs. - - EMERGENCY CURRENCY PThrafar-tb, msmbersftheJimUmclifa-i'avellng fraternity. congress pledge themselves to work for ths pass g of ' such laws aa will enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, to permit the strictest supervision of the railroads. prohibit them from engaging In any business except the carrying of freight and passengers and forbid the glvipg NOTED STA GER AND COMPOSER Former Companion of Dwigbt . L. . Moody and the Greatest Hymn i:-Writer; of the Present Day .Psise - Away at His Home la Brooklyn . Toured the. Old. World With Mr. r Moody aad Attracted .Ittemton or Ills Sweet Sina-ina- 111a Gosnel v Hymns Are Sung in Almost very usngusge ana . Are said to Have r a Circulation of Orer 50,006,000 Copies Owing- to Blindness . His ." Last Years - Were Spent ijalctly at ia Hroouya Home. Near York, . Aug. 14. Ira David Sankey, , known aa an j evangelist throughout the Christian world, died last night at his home In Brooklyn, but the news of his passing, did not, be come generally known : until , to-day. Mr, Sankey was $8 years of .age. Fop tne last five years he had been blind and had suffered from a complication of diseases, brought on by overwork But almost to th very last he worked at hymn writing. His tours through out this country and Europe, with Dwlght L. Moody, the evangelist, brought him Into wide prominence. - COMPOSER OF MANY SONGS. r Sankey, It might be said, wrote the Gospel hymns of the world. In China, Egypt India, Japan, in almost every language known to man. Sankev'a hymns are aui)g. He received a largs incom from bis publications and leaves - considerable of ' an estate. Among Mr. Sankeya most familiar compositions ar "The Ninety and Nine" and "When the Mists Have Rolled Away." His songs are said to have bad a circulation of more than 60,000.000 copies. Hs was a rapid composer and wrote book after book of Gospel hymns. During the last five or six years of his life he was Interested In preparing and publishing th story of the Gospel hymns. At th same time he saved bis wonderful voice for posterity by singing Into phonographs. The records were -sent all over the world. Sankey first- met Moody at a Y. M. C. A. convention In Indianapolis. Moody was so charmed with the young man's voice that he urged him to accompany htm on hla evangelistic tours. 8ankey explained that he was married, and could not give up his position. "You' must .come," said Moody. "I cannot cet along without you." TOURS WITH MOODY. Sankev consulted with his wife, and they cast In their lot with Mr. Moody. They visited Great Britain from M73 to 1975, and again in ana mo many tours throughout the united States. Whert Mr. Moody died, Mr. Sankey felt keenly the loss of his friend. From that time ho tried to conducf the work alone which they had hitherto shared between them, but the task wss too great. In 1901 his nhvalrai condllon compelled him to give up most of his evangelical en iinmniii. although he continued for some time to "compile new series of hvmn books. Then came Tailing eye- .!, which sneedrrv developed (into total blindness. With the blindness ..am -tan a nervous " breakdown. After his retirement 'from publlo life the Impression became general throughout 'th country that he was dead. w BonV.v lived In Brooklyn for twenty-seven years, and It was there that most of m songs were written. He was a alnger from ooynooa. aim voice attracted attention In the hamlet of Edenburgh, Pa., -wber he was born xh Kin At the beginning Of his active life Mr, Sankey was a Meth odist, but for the last seven years ha had been a Presbyterian. He la sur vived by a widow. Fanny V. Sankey, his two aons, I. .Alien Sankey and Ed ward Senkey, and two grandchildren. Meeting Moved From Church to Skat - h,. nlnk. Special t The Ouaervei. High Point, AUg. t. Beginning last night the series of meetings which are being eonaueieo. si inn Baptist church Rev. J. I White, of Greensboro, were transferred to the auditorium Tlnk. where they will be held the rest ef the time. The mov ing of the meeting to tne auauorium will glv more people a chance to hear Mr. White, who Is having a big 'n..tini' . r. Ttubv. the singer, is up to his business and his singing Is a feature or tne servicca. r Kcimbllcan "Have Bitter Fight In . . . Stokes. 8peclel to Th Observer. WJnston-Salem. Aug. 14. "The hot Republican politics In Stokes," Is th way a citizen or rjanDury, in town 10 dav. describes the situation which cul mlnates to-morrow In the primaries to select delegates to the Republican county convention to be held on the ltd Inst. Particularly is the fight a warm on for the nomination for sheriff. . of rebates or discriminating rates." Th resolution also favored the en actment of an roernency currency is sued to banks upon sufficient currency "to the end tthat Innocent depositors might not be made to pay for th sins of speculative bank omciais ana tnat by laws established there should be a guarantee fund that th depositors might be protected in the same man ner by security aa good as that da mended of hlro by the bank.? - Otber similar prosperity congresses were counselled and it was suggested that the Commercial Travelers Inter. state Congress , establish permanent headquarters In New York, with; a literary bureau for the propagation of prosperity information- ine resoiu Uone say In conclusion: r WILL .PUSH AMERICAN MADE -' - - OOOD8. - ' - "We are In' favor of any measure whic bwill glv employment te th un employed and which will start th wheels of every manufacturing plant in America, and ' we further pledge ourselves to the sale of American made roods." ;. ' '. Mr. Simmons, of St. Louis, who Is president of the National Prosperity Association, said m n is speech tnat tn business - men's 'meeting in his city last May, which started th move ment for return 01 - prosperity, reasoned "that the panto onhgt to be over" and that ,"t strong, energetic. Intelligent 1 campaign of sentiment might expedite the return to normal rm-iapa activity. What waa wantej tU-ttOwy ft-went qn. was the "good talk- In onlitier ana "th splendid-on- U then auid: . -s "The message we want you to carry is thst fundamentally conditions are all light and that there Is nothing In this world to Interfere with a return to a foil measure ef prosperity -quickly excepting th restoration ef - confl dve" , " - -- Foil owing the ftuiorewtlon Made by Senator "Bob" Taylor, Chairman Mack Appeal ; to .Democrats - In Errrv Sent ion to Organise Campaign - Club Coanty d Precinct Cow, - mitt ecs Are V'rged to Organise on or Before the 15th of September r Every Cluo is Expected to Engage In ActlTe Campaign - Work Mr. 1' Tajrenrt Declare That the .Demo cratic PiospoWaiirIi-tosAse.Bet.1 ' er Titan They Have Bees in Twenty Years Reports From Uiiio B (oaragiug. - t ', "- ' Chicago. Aug. 14. A call for th organisation of Democratic clubs In every voting precinct la the United States to aid in Mr. Bryan's campaign was issued- to-day by the Democratic national committee. Mr., Bryan, It la said. Informed Chairman Mack and other members of the committee that he bOieved that the Democratlo cause would derive Its greatest impetus from the formation ot these clubs through out the country. The appeal for club organisation was signed by Chairman Mack and John W. Tomllnson, head of the committee on club organisations, Asserting that the Republican party Intends to rely on favor-seeking Inter ests, the call for club organisation says: CHAIRMAN MACK'S CALL. "AU patriotic cltlsens. Irrespective of party, who stand for the rule of the people are against the corrupt or un due Influence of money in elections. and to that end favor publicity of the larger campaign contributions before the election as demanded by the Dem ocratic platform and are urged to or ganise themselves immediately Into campaign clubs for the prealdentlon election. "All organisations in sympathy are expected to assist actively in this work. Ths chairman of th Demo oratlo State committee In each State la requested to have each county and precinct committeeman organise a campaign club in each precinct on or beror tha loth day or September and to call meetings immediately for that purpose. All . existing organisations should meet at once and appoint cam paign committees. No special plan of organisation or by-laws I necessary.' Former National Chairman Thomas Taggart called at Democratic head quarters to-day and conferred with Chairman Mack and other members of tne committee regarding . campaign plans. Speaking of the situation In Ohio and Indiana, Mr. Taggart said ENCOURAGING REPORTS. "The situation In Indiana, so far as the Democrats are concerned. Is bet ter than It has been for twenty yesrs and there Is absolute harmony in the party ranks. Indiana Is in th Dem ocratic column without a doubt. The reports ftu I receive from Ohio ar also encouraging, and 1 shall not be surprised to see thst the Democrsts in that State elect their candidate for Governor and give a majority for th Democratic national ticket Chairman Mack has given up the plan of returning East the early part of next week, and the Eastern head quarters In New York will not be opened In all probability until about the first or next month. t JUDGE FRED MOORE DEAD. One of Stale's Leading JurUts Suc cumbs to Attack of Typltoid Fever Operation For Perforation ' of Bowels I'nNiicceHsf ul Had Been on Bench Six Years. Special to The Observer. Ashevllle, Aug. 14 Judge Freder ick , Moore, of the Superior Court bench, died shortly after I o'clock to night after sn illness of. two weeks of typhoid fever. An operation waa performed this afternoon In the hope of saving his life, but In vain! Judge Moore wss one of the best-known Judges on the bench and a leading Democrat of this section of th State. He had been on th bench for about six years, having held court In every county In North Carolina, t Judge Moore returned from Baker- vllle, ten dsys ago suffering with ty phoid fever. The disease had made con siderable progress before Judge Moore would consent to adjourn court and when ne reached . Ashevllle n was quite a sick min. His condition, ho ever, hsd been favorable for recovery until last night, when there waa a aud den change for th worse, Physicians wer summoned and at a consultation this morning It was determined that there wss a perforation and that the only hop was an operation. The operation was performed late this af-pn ternoon. ahen It was found thst there waa a large perforation of the- bowel. The operation was successful. " : FEW VISITORS AT FAIRVIEW. Undliaurbcd by Callers Mr. Bryan ; Put In a Busy Day on III Seecbea vwill Give Special Attention to ' Ohio Conners Claim New York. Lincoln," Neb., Aug. 14. Th arbph- ecy or state: Chairman W, t. Con ners, of New York, that William J. Bryan would carry that State, the sending eut from Chicago of a number of speakers to various sections ef the country by ths Democratlo national commute and the receipt of a num ber of telegram and letters of con gratulation on his speech, all served to put th Democratlo nomine for th presidency In a happy fram of mind to-day.'- ' , On account of threatening yeather there was only a handful of visitors at Fall-view and this fact afforded Mr. Bryan a rare opportunity to continue work at a lively pace oa hla speeches to be delivered at Indianapolis and elsewhere. No such day of quiet had , been experienced at the Bryan bom for some time. . -- . - -. 1 Mr. Bryan Is awaiting replies to let ters, sent 'o different parts of th; country In response to Invitations to speak before announcing the several dates and places which will be in cluded In his forthcoming tour. It hss about been settled, however, that Bert' i,nt fiw-wrtt-iA-rf,..-1 . ""-" iiii hi viii tna mat t speecne .wnich MrMth Bryan wui mass will be tn the cen- m.lfd cf a factory empire 1H -tree wher It Is deemed they will do! th most good. This part of the pro-, gramm. It Is said, is in th hands of I Chairman Mack, of th national com-1 mitte. ?-. : i ' John HoUbQuser, Formerly of Rowan i County, Fatally . Injured Yesterday m a Railroad Accident In California, "t Where He Wa Emoloyed as Mo torman Mr. T." H. Vanderf ord Ap - pointed Epertal Financial Agent of National Democratic - Executive Committee In This State Mr. . Claude Ramsay Reins; Urged to Ron sioou Disposed of And Mat Mar- v MKIBUiilUV HI - niMUliriUD ket Openoo New Concern Finds It Necessary to DoobI Capacity of Its fplant, . .. ; .;"-. ,. Observer Bureau. 4S1 North Main fttreet Sailsburyr Aug. 14. Mr. John Holshouser, aged 23, a xiowan eounty boy, was faully injur ed in a, railroad accident In Califor nia to-day. This new was conveyed In a brief message received by Mrs. J. 8. Patterson, keeper of the Rowan, county borne, who Is the young man mother. Mr. Hoishousc-r was motor- mart m K ... co and Sacramento and had recently . won a medal for efficiency. H. haa been In California three years. f Ha was a member of Junior Order Coun cil No. 24 la Salisbury and that ooun cil ha sunt instructions to have him, woked after and his body sent to ' this place. Mra. Patterson was al- moat prostrated by th sad news. r sallsburlans, always glad to learnv; of the success of the boys who hav gone to other places, will be pleased to learn that Mr. Claude C. Ramssy ; is. being urged for tbs Washington State Legislature by business men of the district h so ably represented last year. The Seattle Poet-Intelligencer says a petition has been got. up am mm 10 mas in - race again. That paper says: '"As the author of the several bills known as the good roads legislation, Mr. Ram- MM V naA .nw A l,(n,..l, .,.ln. tne aeasran or lJui., ne wss cnair- iiinu 111 inn cummuirs on cuucauon and occupied a prominent place on ; other Important committees. Mr. Ram&uy is a brother of Postmaster Ramsay, of Salisbury. , Air. Clancy aimer, son wi tounir Surveyor Miller, wss seriously bruls- still kept from work but fears of per- . manent injury have been dissipated. BUTCHER SHOP REPLACES SA LOON. Salisbury is to have two hew meat markets, one was opened to-day oa . Fisher street by Mr. Homer Miller, who recently disposed of his saloon. room recently vacated by th Rowan . Hardware Company. - ' . Two of Salisbury's pulpits will be occupied Sunday by out-of-town min isters. Rsv. J. T. Ogburn, ot Greens-, boro, who wilt be here visiting - his daughter, Mrs. L. L. Gaskill, .-will i preach at th First Methodist church; Uv 1. M I'Mna, .f UitifK Cnllnl will preach at the First Baptist ' church. , . SPECIAL FINANCIAL AGENT. . I . A. n. 1BHUVIIUIU .1 ,9Wa official notification of nls appointment as special financial agent of th na- , tlonal Democratic executive commit- . tee for North Carolina. ' All remit- ; tance sent Mr. -Vanderford will . b promptly acKnowieagea-aoa tne con- . trlbutor will, receive a receipt bearing a picture of Bryan and Kern. - : Messrs. Henry Hobson.and Junius Russ.ll Joined the Magard FalU ex cursionists here this morning. , Tha party will be gone-tn days and will go up Into Canada. v ; ' .; Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Wright re turned "to-day from Rocky River Springs. While swaf Mrr Wright uf -fered with chills but is his usual self, again.. ' . '.".-. Th colored firemen returned to day from Rocky Mount. They mado a fine run in the tournament, but lost out by a tecnnicai violation 01 ruic. Mr. George F. Wise, one of the State organisers for the Woodmen; Of . the World, left yesterday for. a trip tnrouan western iNorm varoiin in m Interest of the Woodmen, which ha ; ays Is growing In this State alt a rap id rate, inrm now dius " embers ,f the order In the State. CAPACITY OF PLANT DOUBLED. The Salisbury Electroplating Com pany has been forced to double th capacity of It plant to meet Its In creased business. Mr. W. A. Anthony, of the former works ef Finger & An thony, this city, but for several year past with the Southern Brass Work at Lexington, has connected himself with the company, which is a 1st ad dition to Salisbury's enterprises. s The' Woman's Home and Foreign, Missionary-Society cf St JobJi't Lu-- theran church wlU have '.-a apecial meeting In the church. Sunday morn ing at 10:10 o'clock 'at which an in teresting' programme will be carried out. and officers elected, forthe com-. yer Mrs. M. M. KInard Is now. president of Jh association Mr. Stanton Tlernan. a - Salisbury boy now connected with a Baltimore bank, haa a short story in the All Story Magasln for September entitle,! "Beyond Which None May Dar," a tale of th forbidden trail along which, neither the-bravest - nor. th wisest Way travel. It Is aa Interesting story ef a seen laid In Borneo. This is not th first effort ef this talented youn Balisburlan. A Mexican story of hi appeared - la Th Red s Book ' some months ago-;.''- -,; 1 - , --v--.,.- - - - The Yadkin Valley Fair Aseocla- t ion's secretary. Mr. William James. Is having an office fitted up In the Climax barber shop: on North Mala street. ;- - . " - BaptW AssOctotlOB tn Session at Gaff- aey, 8. C v..---.; Spiat to Th Observer"" , r Gaff ney, 8. C. Aug. It Tha Broad River Baptist "Association convened at Cherokee Avenue Baptist church in this elty yesterday morning. There wer thirty-eight delegate present Rev, J. D. Bailey, "of Cowpena, wa re-electeti moderator and S. O. Bagwell. 01 Glen- dal. waa elected elerk. Mr. Bailey h?s been moderator for fifteen years and !r. Bsgwell haa been clerk for more than twenty years. - . Assault on Married Woman Char-! Aitalnst Young Man. . Special to Th Oljeerver. " High Point Aug. 14. Jim ro.. . young whit man. Is under arrest r cnargea wnn a mos-c charged with a mo - t of ,gauit upon .Mrs. Yi occurs t-nlght before Johns. 'The rase has c.iusp ' tie excitement There Is 'conclusive svlJeace I A:
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