OUTLINES.
In the Supreme Court at Raleigh,
in the famous case of the' Southern
Railway, fined $30,000 tor violation of
tho 2 1-4 cent passenger ---rate act L
lower (fourt Is overruled on. ground
tat it had no jurisdicton but Is bus-
taned on some other points -W. J.
Bryan was reluctant - to discuss . the
President's message 'ht says that on
important questions, his ideas coincide
with the texture of ;.the message, he
favors the Postal. Savings Banks and
says that the Idea that campaign funds
be furnished by an .appropriation r of
the government is an excellent one
Secretary Taft had an audience
with Emperor Nicholas and. received
from his majesty. the frankest .expres
sion of Russia's regard for the United
Si ates Members oCthe -Senate yes
terday introduced over v 1,000 bills,
many of which provided for private
pensions. In the United-States Cir
cuit Court at .Noffolk Judge Waddlll
announced that he would name receiv
ers for the Jamestown ; . Exposition:
rnmtrany on Friday In the Circuit
Court of Douval county at" Jackson
ville Fla,. Hammond P. McNeil -charg-
ed with the muraer or uarry earner,
vas acquitted ; the . tragedy grew . out
cf the attentions of Parker to McNeil's
wife who was the widow of the novH
elist. Stephen crane in tne nearing-
of the 'case of the -.. .United States
against the Amercan Tobacco . Com
pany at N. Y. Vice-President IDula
advocated an Iron clad agreement be
tween all jobbers to, maintain, prices
on all tobacco. This .would be profita
ble, -he said, tb all even the consum
er New York markets, money on
call steady, at 3 ,to 6 per cent, ruling
rate, 6 per cent; closing, offered at. 4
per cent; cotton ; firm, spot closed
steady; flour dull 'and unchanged;'
corn meal, steady; wheat, spot easy;
rosin, quiet; turpentne: "quiet " at ; 49
A rear end collslon of two . pas
senger trains at Hanover, Md result
ed in five being killed and twenty-five
injured By a vote of .124 to A the
House Democratic caucus voted down
tfre proposition to take from Leader
Williams the . power to .name Demo
cratic members of the - various com
mittees. . ; ,; ,
If Mr. Bryan's audiences would only
rote as they applaud: he ( would be all
"to the good." '
It is a mighty poor Congressman
who has not at least one plan of cur
rency reform. '
j
A panic is sometimes, a , blessing In
disguise.- -This :4s 'fwieijiit serves tb
bring peojle.to their 'sensed. . v --
And there are some who Insist that
the President isms flip with the lip-as
Wie was with the, coin. -. ;
"f?Vhe President's message was Ion
enough to be classed as a hypothetlcal
question. - -.-. ..
Mr. Roosevelt "may 5 be Democratic
in soots, as Mr. Bryan says, but who
wants a . spotted administration. r
Why should the water cure be less
cruel in Georgia and Alabama than it
was when we recommended it In the
Philippines? ":' '
Editor Bok says ' Jt only - takes a
half hour to read a short story. Many
of them read as though it bad taken
only a quarter", of an' hour to write'
them. - . "-
If the Democrats want Mr. Williams
for leader of the minority in the
House, why not" let him enjoy - the
rights, functions and privileges bf lea
dership? . -
v The Philadelphia Press cartoons the
Democratic donkey , with :is back
humped. That's the properatfttude
for It to assume if it "means business
in the next campaign?. ; .
Our future Presidents "are to come
from Pennsylvania. ; Another boy. up
there killed three bears In five min
utes with an old-fashioned muzzle
loading rifle. '' . 'i . . u.''!'-
The dear children at school will not
fce happy over, the arrangement of the
1909 calendar. Washington's birth
day, the Fourth of July r and Decora-
..r . .... '
tion Day, all fall on Saturday.
' The depression," says Ambassador
Jusserand, "has resulted in an increase
of $240,000,000 in the' foreign trade of
the United States'" IVhat would have
happened if we had had a" boom? y .
While the TTale football 'k players
ere praying for strength and success
in the flanl games ot the : mtercolle
ate series with Harvard, something
should have been done to stop the pro
fanity on the : sxand - stand. -';
.
A Wisconsin man- has " complained
ttat he is tired bf .feeing . shot at . br
hunters mistaking - f him for a deer.
Probably the Western hunters - have
rpad much of the nature, fakir's -nte-rature
and finding animals therein h&
having so. constantly rllke humanj be
nss, they can no longer tell one, from
the other. ' - -'-j.v :i .? 'l -V
J Toys, wholesale and retail ' at T'h
. . . 4 . " I 1 T V - '
COMER'S. INQDEST
Accident to Late Mr T. B. Oldham
Investigated By Jury Yes-
terday.
THE VERDICT v ANNOUNCED
No Effort to Fix" Responsibility :Num
ber ofinesses : IncludingRall.;
; road Watchman Examined.
v; Other Testimony .at Hearing.
. Without making any attempt to fix
the' responsibility for the accident the
coroner's jury, which xyesterday inves
tigated the circumstances ol the death
of the late Thomas B. Oldham, who
lost; his life as the result of being
I struck by. ait 'Atlantic Coast1 Line train
at the Castle Haynes road crossing
Saturday night a week ago, returned a
verdict merely that deceased "came fo
his death by being, struck by, an Atlan
tic Coast; Line train being shifted, by
Engine No.' 127 at railroad crossing at
or near Ninth and "Taylor streets, Wil
mington, N. C; on the night of No
vember 23rd, 1907." . '
' The jury met early yesterday after
noon at the Court House with' Capt
John Barry, foreman, and Mrs. Jos.
IX Smith, secretary, other, members
being. Messrs." George -Harriss," W. E.
Merritt, E. J. Bear and H. L. PennelL
The first witness was C. E. Xeggett,
a swjtchmah for the Atlantic Coast
LJne at the crossing the night of the
accident. About 8:45 he went up to
the -passenger shed and couplea up
to tralu 52, from Fayettevllle; backed
out with It and was pushing around
the -?YZ turning it and In doing so had
to cross Castle' Haynes county "road
twice. Engine blew crossing " blow
coming ; and going.? Flagman was
standing on crossing going down but
didn't seev him when : coming back.
Don't know; whether-. engine bell was
ringing or not" Left conductor stand
ing . in door of leading car nearest
crossing. Witness. " was Btandmg ; on
platform: of second-class ; car at the.
brake ;. wheel. r Stepped "across plat
form to ' see if .eAginewaafcut -loose
and sa'w IhVnductor,"; Capt. f j3rad
shaw, giving y signals . to : stop to the
J fireman on the left-hand s,lde of the
engine. . Train v went about . three
lengths before cars - stopped after the
crash. Hei got down and. found part
of the surrey in which the men were
riding In the brake rigging. Conduct
or got down and said he knew those
people had been killed; that was first
witness knew of accident .He , could
not, say -whether : they were "kicking
the cars" or not. They; were accus
tomed to do this after passing: the
crossing. When the cars were stop
ped; he said the engine was not cou
pled to them. They start to pushing
cars- about 150 yards from crossing.
He did not know whether there were
lights on the forward end of the car
or not and heard no one -shout
. Capt Bradshaw, .conductor of the
train, said that after the Burry was
struck the cars ran' down febout 250
yards before they ' stopped. - He . was
standing orr the end of the, mail car
until Mr. Oldham was struck and. then
he ran to the side door and gave the
signal to st6p. . He saw; the surry
when Itjwas stnick; this was the -first
time he had seen it. . He saw a sig
nal light given and supposes it was
by, .the watchman. He also heard a
cry to stop whenvtraln was .within ten
feet -of crossing." He looked out to
see If. anyone, was crossing but saw
no one until the moment . the crash
came. There was no Hght on the mail
car,- except from witness' lantern.- He
did not" know when the engine was
cut loose.- After-the accident he went
to the yard "office and found a colored
man sitting in'; a chair. He-asked
about Mr.- Oldham and a search re
sulted in flndlnz him lvine face down
ward - about -two feet , f rom the track
train' was running: on. He was, appar
ently; dead and Jthe train, crew picked
him up and.' put -jhlm , on engine and
with the negro ' man carried, him' to
yardmaster's office and" ; turned him
over : to the ; officials there. He saw
a bottle on the engine floor and gave
It to the-4 watchman; a pistol was pick
ed up 'near where Mr. Oldham lay on
the ground. i v. " -'.
- ohn Cunningham, a. fireman :on the
engine did not -see the. accident- but
heard "of It afterwards.;. He Tang the
belj: going over the crossing and com
ing back. He; heard no cry from any-;
one -before the accident and did not j
see the watchman's light iberore. tne
accident .-Went- to look for Mr. , Old
ham, later and found- him 10 . or ,15
feet from the crossing. He did ' not
speak until he was -on the engine. He
found bottle and gave,it to the watch
man; "did not open-it and didn't know
whatwaa Id.lf -Cars were cut loose
frori engine ; whea train' was- about
half over crossing, and the -engineer
put "on brakes, Jt&n about four engine
lengths before stopping1 and to best of
knowlese was about ,,75 . yards past
crossing" when.' stopped , - '
"Engineer James S. Sellers testified
tliat the' cars "niere7 not cut ; loose un
til after the crossing hadbeen passed
on the Smith's Creek, side. The watch
man, slsmed. him down: ana he alight
ed " from his 'cnne to: see what the
trobtla was and watchman- said they
had EtrucT: a burjy-. Watchman -e aid
he' didn't 1-tott if anyone was hurt, he
LAVENDER AND OLD UCE
Idea Charmingly Carried Oit-irr Bene
- fit for. Wilmington Public Library
Musical Programme, Etc
Prizes Awarded".
Despite : the fair of the. beautiful"
andthe very threatening .weather
conditions last "evening the "Carnival
of Lavender and Old Lace" as a bene
fit for i the Wilmington Public . Library
in the parlors of the Elks' Temple," on
North Front 'street was a most charm
ing affair In every respect " More than
a hundred. attended, the costumes were
quaint and attractive, the "programme
of exercises was altogether pleasing
and nothing transpired to mar ' the
perfect success of the evening."
The lodge . room on, the third floor
where" the more formal part of the ex
ercises .took, place 'and th3 parlors-of
the Temple where dainty refreshment
were served, were both attractively
decorated with plants and cut flowers
and the ladies were delightful In their
hospitality and charming In their.
every manner of carrying out the
events of the evening. The chorus
singing of twenty-fiv? voices came first
and was very pretty. "The Owl and
The Pussy Cat" by George Ingrahari
was first ' rendered and the response
to an encoro was "The Cradle Song"
by J.-:Brahms. Mrs. Curtis -Arnall-North
: delightf uily entertained with
her readings of "So Was I" and the
"Negro's . Prayer for Chicken." Mr.
Henry Angel gave some splendid In
terpretations of "Uncle Remus" and
Mrs.. Holden sang, most , sweetly "For
AIT Eternity" a.nd "The Serenade."
Mr. James Wesley White, of Saint
James Choir, rendered most charm
ingly A. Toreador's Love Song and
responded to a most enthusiastic en
core with The JDawn." Mrs. E. K.
Bryan, always a favorite among Wil
mington's vocalists, was delightful in
her rendition of "Rosalie" and. the
"Moonbeam Lover." s. "
The accompanists were Mrs. Al
fred Moore Wad dell with the sxcep
tlon pf those for Mrs. Holden, which
were, played by Mrs. Chasten. Mrs..
Waddell also played' the grand march
for "Lavender and Old Lace," the va-.
rious contestants for the -very hand
some prize.1 a silyer waiter, worth '$25.
having marched downstairs , from the
assemblyhall v tff ' the ; parlors 'WheTajwcammm
the-votes werecdmitearT
irr r.
Miss Emma C Bonney, of the facul
ty of thWJ'minfrton High School, and
Miss Florence KJdder, both in real co
lonlal -costumes, : were awarded first
ard - second prizes, respectively, . the
second having been "a very large box;
of candy, -kindly donated . for the en
tertainment by the Carl B. Rehder
Candy Company. . Both the costumes
of Miss Bonney and Miss Kidder were
beautiful and well-typified the age of
which they were mad-3 to represent.
The award of-the -prizes was upon a
popular vote of all present and wit
nessing the grand march.
After the grand march dainty re
freshments were served in the par
lors by, the following young ladies :
Misses Nannie and Marguerite Holla
day, Theo Cantwell, Anne Hill Holmes,
Fannie Murchison Florence Kidder,
Louise ; Beery, Atha Hicks, Sue Cat
lett and Agnes McQueen.
Much of the' credit for the success
bf the 'entertainment is due 'to Miss
TCHzaheth Waddell. librariari. who
worked most energetically, for .the ben
efit and. whose efforts were all but
counteracted bythe weather during
the evening. A committee from the
Wllmlngnton ,Lodge of Elks composed
Exalted Ruler Jos. F. Lf3itner, Messrs.
Burett H. Stephens and J. T. Turner,
were present and-rendered the ladies
all the assistance needed witn tne
most charming affair-
LITTLE IN SUPERIOR COURT.
Only Few Cases 4 Disposed of Yester
day Penalty Suits.
Again there was very little , doing
in the SuDerlor Court yesterday, vine
several penalty suits, except tnose
two in which-judgment was given for
the railroad company, were compro
mised1 and stricken- from .the' docket
ro far; as ' the - calendar has thus far
nrosressed. One of . the number
brought by S. L. Smith & Son -against
the Atlantic Coast Line was; taken up
vesterdav: and a Jury was. empanelled
to try the' Issues, butupon entertlng
upon tne trial .tne suit naa 10 De-con-
tlnued' to supply certain papers. ; .
Judgment for divorce was granted
In case of Thos.rA. Blackmarf against
Ixrena"Blackman but in the- case of
Mamie Jones "against Dempsey Jones,
a Juror was , withdrawn and a mistrial
was -6rdV5redv"': .''Aav:,;;'
In the penalty suitr of Behrends-Rlley
Furniture Company, against the -Sea
board Aln Line, Judgment -was enter
ed, for dismissal ,:i ?::rv-i
Captain WH. Northrop Retwned
Captain W; t H. ' Northrop, who re-
centlv underwent an operation at
Johns Hopkihs Hospital, Baltimore, re
turned tb the .city yesterday- morning,
accompanied ; by Mrs.-: Northrop, r and
they are at home ; for; the present at
No.' -S08 1 Orange - street The many
friends of Xaptain Northrop will' be
glad . to know-that he 'is Tnow on the
rapid road to recovery-.; ajid that - be
f ore s leaving ; thehospital ' DrTouhg,
the specialist who- performed the operr
ation. gave him; every encouragement.
The celebrated' Columbia V yarns,
Germantown wools, .Peerlesa , fleeced
rnluo Oil 1TPI f t T?PhdT, - J . . '
i ". .J . '. : S--
x Toys, '.wh'c! ?s3,le an d retail at Reh-
CONFERENCE MEETS
V
Seventy-First Annual Session of
Methodists of The East at .
Newberny NC.
WAS CONVENED YESTERDAY
pente(iary Methodist Church the, Host.
"3usiriess Taken Up I Immediately.
Bishop! Galloway Fine Type of
! . Presiding Officer. 1 ' .
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Newbera, N. , C, Dec. 4. TJhe 71st
session of the North Carolina M. E.
Conference convened at Centenary
Methodist Church ,at 9 A. M. today.
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper
was observed. Bishop B. Galloway,'
of Mississippi, presiding assisted by
Drs. E A. Yates, R A, ',. Willis 'and
W.; Si Rone. Rev. R. Bj ohri read the
names of. the .standing committees. .
;"The 20th question; was called viz:
Are all; the preachers - blameless in
their official lives and administration?"
The names of " Presiding Elders R; B.
John, J. B. Hurley, J. T, Gibbs. W. H.
Moore, W. L. Cuhinglm; M. Bradshaw,
W. S: Rone, X H. Hall were called , and
their characters passed and they' gave
their reports for tb district. ; -'
y- The names of the supernumeraries
were then called. R. W. Townsend
and J. O. Guthrie passed on character
and on motion - their names ; were re
ferred to the ' committee, on conference
relations for- a ; supernumerary rela
tion. . y' : '-:,
' The names of M. C; Thomas, W. S.
Davis, J. EBristow, J.' E.- Thompson,
T. P.. Bonner were . called . their char
acters passed and on motion were re
f erred to the committee on conference
relations for the superannuated' rela
tiona. ... - - "". , . . . . .
The name - of Rev, T. Jr Browning
was called, his i oharacter was : passed
and : he " reported that he. was ready
for work anotheryyear. .
Dr. 'W H. Moore; moved that the
namA nf . P.' T. " TCIrt.nn iYta "rp.fff rd to
i sor,.wie: supermunerary reiaxionsy; f
Question! 20 vr&s 'resximedw. .'ahd;ai
the preachers of the Raleigh, Durham,
Fayettevllle, RocklnghamWilmmgtoh,
Newbern and Washington . districts
were, calfed, , their" characters passed
and their reports were given
In, 'this connection Bishop Galloway
J complimented the conference on :the
reports given by 'the; preachers .from
the various district He spoke very
flatteringly of the reports
.Dr. T. N. Ivey. editor of the Raleigh
Christian: Advocate, "read his 'report
The Advocate . now has nearly 9,000
subscribers. Rev. J. N. Cole; superin
tendent of the orphanage read, his; re
port on taat . institution. There .. are
nowi-125 orphans being cared for in
the orphanage and recently-, very great
improvements have heen maaetnere,
including , lighting ana sewerage sys
tem. '--..v-V'':'?-'---'-1
Dr. L. L. Nash, conference evanee
list, gave his report of the year's work.
The following connectional oretnren
were introduced to the conference: Dr.
W, F. McMurray, of th General Edu
cation Board . of Louisville, Ky and
Dr. J. .. M. ; Moore, one of , the editors
ef the Nashville Christian . Advocate.
Dr. Moore spoke, with reference to the
general work of this organ.
At 12: 50 P. M. Rev.; N. H. D. Wil
son and Dr. R. C. Beaman made an
nouncements i after -which the benedic
tion was pronounced by Bishop - Gal
loway.' -:-' . .- f':-: :-y:-'; "l '
:. . Afternoon Session. T
At th afternoon: session: Dr John
C. Kilgo addressed . the audience on
theNTrinity College Brotherhood, th
object of which is to get as many peo
ple , as possible. over the conference
to encourage" educational work gen
eral! v and to - encourage and assist
young- men in "entering Trinity College.
At the night sessioU the Nortn Caro
lina vChurch Extension Board affairs
were' 'considered. Rev. D. H. Tuttle
presiding. Dr. ; W. F. McMurray- ad
dressed the meeting.Hi?; work is 5 to
encourage th3- collection of . a fund to
build churches all over the Southern
territory. ; " - v- - ..-. "; 'vvZi
; . Bishop GallowayT r ;. . -..
Bishop Galloway , who is presiding
fiver; the sessions is regarded as one
if the ablestdivines of the Southern
M'ethodist Church.: His father was a
native iof : Brunswick county and he Is
related ta the large family of his name
in .the Eastern section 01 tne- ataie.
He ? ia easily X- th? first pulpit oratar
of .his church Ip the South, eloquent
and practical. He is J devoted to the
doctrines and' tenets of his churchbut
Jbroad ahd. catholic in his views and is
in. touch .with e verythlng ;that makes
for civic righteousness;, "f 'fvfw i
The : Bishop Js a man - of - splendid
nhvslaue. tall a nd powerful in build
and with; his gray; hair and' gray beard
be. suggests, one of the-; patriarchs of
bid., He "has already made a fi; in
oressioii on the conference -here at
Newbern.'. :.';.
'Wi
The North' Carolina (Conference Is
a great ; bod or pastors - and laymen.
Last "year at RockyvMOunt there were
196 preachers iuu local preachers. rep
resenting amembersWpof, TSOi
There .were last frear: 173 pastoral
charges and 51,023. Sunday School pur
plls; i The .total collected for. missions
last year was $ 1S.745 and the Women's
VICTKIS OF A BOBBEKY
Dr. and Madame Fribourg Who Lost
Jewels Valued at $10,000 Reached
Wilmington' Yesterday - No
Trace of Valuables Sa Far.
Dr. and MadameEdouard Fribourg,
of Paris, France, who while traveling
from New York Wilmington: night
before last 'lost diamonds and Jewels
belonging to Madame Fribourg and
valued at $10,000 on the Pullman Cart
Tiber between Washington "and Fre
dericksburg,A Va., the story of which
was carried in the Associated - Press
dispatches to ' tlfis paper .yesterday
morning, arrived In Wilmington- on
the 10:40 -Am. train from the North
and are guests at The Orton. ; v, ;
Dr. and Madame Fribourg arrived
in this country only -last Saturday
and the doctor, who is"""an eminent
French chemist, had been engaged "by
Mr. Malcolm McKenzie, of New -York,
to make some turpentine and by-product
tests for. the Standard Turpen
tine Company, of this city, In which
Mr. McKenziej is the moving spirit.
Mr, McKenzie was accompanying the
chemist 'and his wife to - Wilmington
from New York,-they -having spent
the night in the Savoy ' Hotel, New
York, and the ; papers report that, Ma
dame - Fribourg, ; who is a chic, petite;
and all those pther French descrip
tives indicating pretty, vivacious, cle
yer. and well dressed, went .to dinner
smartly gowried for. the evening and
wearing some ..stunning Jewels pearl
ear rings, a rBeautifult Algerian k gold
filigree bracelet set with ; Oriental
Jewels: and; two or three diamond
rings bf .- brilliant ,. setting, besides . a
necklace , of pearls . of most, tempting
value. , The police detectives are in
clined, to the "belief that; some high-i
grade crook, on the order, of the fic
titious ' Raf3es. was at the Savoy - for
dinner night before "ast, spying out
Just -such' game- as this, and; observing
Madame ' Fribourg's , dazzling ?adornr
ment, followed them 'closely and took
a berth aboard the Tiber last' flight
bur . of Jersey : City.' Thetrain left
Jersey ; City: at. 9: 25 P. M;, and passed
through Philadelphia, ' Baltimore and
Washington' in; the nightat either? of
which places: tb thief ittigftt :have left
the:train3h
accompllwwaitIugn9PtheItform,
' " At The Ortpn last night the reporter
saw the patty and learned from them
that thus far no tidings have been re
ceived of thev lost jewels though the
Pullmanlneonle are hard; at ? work on
the case" and; give every assurance-
that no stone will be-left unturned" to
recover the property. The porters on
the' car have been detained and .fhe
Richmond city aid railroad; detectives
are doing what they can to trace-the
missing '.gems, v Mr. McKenzie Dr.
Fribourg . and Madame Fribourg .will
probablv remain jn this city for sev
eral days. ; : ;" . . ' . -
FUNERAL, OF MR. OLDHAM. ' '
Services Yesterday Afternoon
From
: - First , Baptist Church.
In the presence of -a large' gathering
of friends, yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the First Baptist Church,
Impressive funeral services were conducted-
by the pastor, the - Rev. Fred
D. Hale, D.' D over the remains of the
late Thomas B .Oldham, who died un
der such tragic circumstances at the
hospital Tuesday; morning. Rev. Dr.
Calvin . S. Blackwell,. former pastor pf
the church;; was present and assisted
in the service. " There were a large
number of-very beautiful flowers and
the funeral hymns 'were rendered with
touching effect by the choir. Mem
bers of Clarendon r Lodgev No. i-r 2,
Knights of Pythias, of whifh the de
ceased .v was connected gacthered at
their halLattZ 30 o'clock and attended
the obsequies in a body
The; remains were tenderlylald to
rest in - Oakdale ; cemetery the pall
bearers , having been: Honorary, Dr.
F. H. j Russell and; Mr. S. Solomon;,
active, . Messrs. W. ; A. Whitney,' Ber
tram QuelchTom Mclnerny; Ike Sol
bmon, H. G. Fennell. and W. L: Burk
heimer.. , ' . '
Died, at the Hospital.
Mrs. J, E. Bat son, wife or Mr. Bat-
Fon, wno uives iat nt; im ortn j aixtn
street oased awav ' yesterday morning
at the James Walker Memorial "Hospi
tal " where- she - had been7, under) treat
ment for a. short time with pneumonia.
The remains were' sent -yesterday v af
ternoon on ; the "Newbern train to the
former, home of the family at Wood-
side, Pender, county for interment
Painter Lecture Postponed,"
tv. On account of ;the very r Inclement
weather the lecture i. of Revf ,G.' 1 Wv
Painter ; at Immanuel Presbyterian
Church ?was postponed until -the same
hourthis evening. All tare- invted
to hear him.. "' 14 - -J - : '
$7,65e; the. Women- Foreign Mission
ary Society, $7,841; '-For .midsterlal
supportthe- grand total was; $146,387.
These figures-: vfill be largely i. increas
ed at. conferenre this year. for. the
year Just "ended has been' a prosperous
Kna',r;:? -,:-T' Vr"' S v '
:An" emphatic pronouncement; on ? the
question of 1 temperance In the State
is expected- atV; this: session- though
what form It will take Is "not known,
"v.'Ne'wbern'is entertaining the minis
ters' and delegates hancLcmc!7' -3
there4 is. no ccm;:lzint of ' the l-'c!r cf
homes- cr the hcsritollty c t!: rccJl
CONyENTION OPENS S
Baptists of North - Carolina Here
For Their Annual State ;
Gathering. v : v
FIRST SESSION LAST NIQHT
Prof. J. B. Carlyle Elected Chairrfwn;
Fine Opening Sermon by Rev -n.
- Mr. Bradshaw Several ' "f
Prominent Visitors.. -"
The. great Baptist' State Convention? ;
of North Carolina assembled- in --ithet
First Baptist Church, - this city, at .7 : 30
o'clock last nlghtiejyjopened with the:
singing of "How Firm a Foundation
Rev. D. G. Lumpkin, of Scotland Neck "
then read . from the' second ; chapter ?
of Acts and Dr. Craig of Rocky Mount '
led in' prayer for the : Holy Spirit to
descend .upon the con vention. Thus
was inaugurated the sessions of what ' ;
promises to be one of- the most sue
cessful conventions yet held by , this
great religious ; denomination in
the, !
The convention sermon was preach
eu uy itev. w. "Xt. .Brautuiaw, ;.icjk.-
pryj Oneor tne state evangelists and.
an eloquent, forceful speaker. His text
was Acts 2:22, the theme being "A ;
part: One of , the , greatest needs of 1
the age is such a revival. Can rW& :
have it? Ys, if the. necessary jcxm&U
tions are met' The churchynust give .
and" return to the Lord. ' As we review f ,
the past we 'find . that: wherever God's "
people confessed -their sins God pour: --'".
ed out his spirit upon them." T ,
5 The "second -condition . necessary to- '
a -flew-: xystaiueiiu .rtjviva.iv.u5 ym.nvx-rr, -,
earnest, persistent prayer. ' The great -
Pentecustal revival began in " a ten-- -days
prayer meeting; 'Prayer has been -:s,."l
an important element in vevery revival n
since the Pentecost The-;power for. a - "
new-t-sstament revival 'Is in he Holy '
Spirit and-in Him' alone'It is.not . by' t
infVht ,nnr hv nowpT.-l'bnt bv - mv 1
spirit, sayetn tnetora an we as- J
pastors have, this power? "The promise "
is unto you ana ta your cniiaren aim
as many as-are-afa'r off, -YeSk It we , ' -
have this powsrVThe-workers In the- -. I
women. God w6rks through - human
bumble instrument aromd, which every v C
voxriirol Acntore . Tho . o-t-on t revival' nf"r -r-
Pent7Ecost on its human , side centered" h
"Data Hnf tfiaia : . man V.; :,
other workers ; the whole hundred and!
twenty were earnestly pleading witlc -
men not to ds lost. , . .
"The , next thing necessary is that . .
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Lilt; wuiu uiuai ue ui cti;ucu. , a aic . iucot v.:;. .
sage shouldbe personal and should r
bring" home to the conscience of tne
sinmr his own sins. The Holy -Spirit ;
can take this kind of preaching to con- "
vict a sinner. . Ohfor perspnal faiths '
ful, direct preaching of the awful con-'-J
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sequences - 01 sm ; unux iue - very soais , v-;,
pf : sinners be blfstered f under it, then
will they cry out what must. w do to'
be saved. "Them too,' the cross must ;
be preached for repentenee, and par-
lipned men must see the cross "There v f
is life for a. look at the Crucified One.".-
- "Peter also preached, on-this occa--
SlUii- uic resuiiec uuu xx jui , txxo ucau.
The apostles were so thrilled with this w
fglorioiM doctrine that they ; preached
it constantly, but somehow I think the : v ; f
ision was that it was necessary for 1 .
these - guilty sin-convicted sinners? to
know that, he wasJhot dead but alive,
forevermore. ' y - J, "
: "My last thought is the; results that
follow a New Testament revival. It
makes a. better, city In every way. It .
binds our church es together in ; love ; .?
it ' develops our church " in liberality;
It ' is foyowed . by many, souls;- being ;
saved from sin. on this occasion' three '
thousand in a day , It leaves a work-
Ing -church. Last and best of all it '
gladdens the heart of the - Savior. He i
died to save me and: he Is satisfied ,1
when we are doing this -work.' I close,
by. expressing the ' hope that - this' may
be the ; year wnen a New- ,1 estament
revival -shall, be ;felt and experienced V
iu every nook and corner of this, our -beloved
State.". ' . . v
Dr. 'Frost, - of -Nashville,"", Tenn., - led
in nrayerat the close of Rev." Mr.
Bradshaw's splendid discourse
Visiting brethren ,-were : recognized .
and Dr. J. M. Frost of NashvIIIe.t .
Tenn secretary ol the Sunday School .
Board, was presented. Dr. .Seamore, t
of Philadelphia, : - who - represents the ; 1
LAmerican Baptist Publication Society.
was - also called to ms -feet and made V.
some remarks. , - rj
. .Hon.., A D Ward.- of Newbern. and
Professor; XB. .Carlyle,. of Wake ; For
est: were nominated for the presidency :
ot the convention. After several strong ;
and spirited; 'speeches were made noml
nating and seconding these gentlemen. ' "
the name of Mr. .Ward was withdrawn "
and Professor- Carlyle was unanimous- .
y elected and in a' short-but eloquent
speech.' took: the chair:
Th., convention y unanimously ap
plauded when, the new president : anf
nounced that hB." had always cast his
vote ifor prohibition, v -- -'. -
'After the oxgaizitlcn; was , complet
ed, Dr. Hale, vrslcemei the meccn2rs
and' guests rtctLi' Ttl-t, f.2cX ,cl
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