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VOL. LI. NO. 144.
Leads all Month Carolina Dailies in News and Cireulation
SEVERE CENSURE
THE PUNISHMENT
Recommendation of the Sub-
Committee,
THE WARNING HAS EFFECT
And McLaurin and Tillman Must
Suffer Equally.
THE FULL COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY
Frye Apologizes to Turner For Overlooking
His Appeal Tillman’s Request to
be Heard on Question of
Highest Privilege.
Sir Walter Ealoigk Fund.
In Sad Flight.
(Hy the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 27.—The sub-commit
tee of the Senate Committee on Privi
leges and Elections which was appointed
yesterday to formulate a proposition for
the proper punishment of Senators Till -
n.an and McLaurin, of South Carolina, for
their offense to the Senate of last Sat
urday, today practically concluded to rec
ommend that the two Senators be se
verely censured for their conduct and to
limit the punishment to censure. The
sub-committee consists of Senators Bur
rows, Hoar and Foraker (Republicans)
and Senators Pettus and Bailey (Demo
crats). All were present at the early
part of the meeting but Senator Bailey
was compelled by indisposition to leave
the conference before its close.
Today’s meeting was a very harmo
nious one and little difference of opiniou
developed. The Republican members of
the sub-committee did not themselves
contend for a resolution suspending the
Iwo Senators, but represented that there
were some Republican members of the
full committee who adhere to the opinion
that through suspension only can ade
ouate punishment be meted out to the of
f» nding members. Senator Beveridge is
understood to be among the most stren
uous advocates of this form of proceed
ing and Senator McComas is inclined to
agree with them. Some doubt is ex
pressed as to whether they will unite
in a report limiting the punishment tc
censure.
On the other hand some of the Demo
cratic members made it very plain that
they not only would not agree in com
mittee to the reporting of a resolution
of suspension, but that such a resolu
tion should be presented to the Senate
by a majority of the committee they
would resist its adoption by the Senate
to the extent of insisting upon prolonged
doba te.
The Republican members of the com
mittee and also many Republican Sena
tors who are not. members of the com
mittee, have given very serious atten
tion to this possibility of delay in the
Senate and there is no doubt that it is
having a pronounced iniluenee on the dis
posal of the question. They recognize
the fai t that if so disposed the minority
can obstruct all legislation for an indeil
nite time and probably continue the pres
ent session of Congress far into the sum
mer. Some of them also hold the view
that censure is a more severe and cer
tain form of punishment than suspen
: ion. These are the reasons which have
led I hi' Republican members of the sub
committee to agree to a resolution of
ei insure, and nothing is left to complete
tlu' proceeding but to secure the assent
of their Republican colleagues who are
not members of the sub-committee. The
matter has been left open for consul
tation with them and while the full com
mittee has been called to meet tomor
row at half past ten o'clock, the sub
committee will meet half an hour pre
vious to that time. This will afford op
portunity to notify the Democrats if there
should be a change of program.
There has been considerable discus
sion of the matter of a differentiation of
the punishment of the two Senators, some
of the Republican members holding out
strongly for a more severe rebuke to
Senator Tillman than to Senator Mc-
Laurin, because they bold that bis offense
of striking a follow Senator was greater
than that of his colleague, who .gave the
provocation to the blow, but. this course
has been practically abandone 1 so far
a;; the sub-committee is concerned and
both will be equally reprimanded. It also
bar been virtually decided that no apology
thall be exacted from the Senators, the
reasons for eliminating any requirement
of that kind being found in the fact that
Senators generally fear such enforced
apologies might not amount to apologies,
after all.
The Democratic members of the com
mittee have suggested that the censure
should be in very severe language, an t
if anything, have been inclined to be
more caustic than their Republican col
leagues. It is the desire of all the mem
bers of the committee to find a course
of action that will be acceptable to the
entire Senate, and the only difficulty now
appears to be to secure the consent of
those Republicans who believe the occa
sion calls for more than mere words of
rebuke.
The resolution will impose on the
President of the Senate the task of ad
ministering the reprimand.
Senator Tillman Writes to Frye.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Following is the
The News and Observer.
text of the letter written by Senator
Tillman to President Pro-tem Frye which
the latter referred to in the Senate to
day :
“As soon as you shall have announced
officially that my name has been re
stored to the Senate roll, I desire to rise
to a question of the highest privilege,
and as I do not know whether you would
recognize me, under the existing circum
stances, I take this means of asking you
to submit my request to the Senate for
permission to do this, and to give me
an opportunity to state my reasons for
doing so.”
AH APOLOGY FROM FRYE-
Turner Had Appealed Against His Decision as
to the Roll Call
(By the Associated Tress.)
Washington, Feb. 27. —As soon as the
Senate had been called to order today
Mr. Frye, the president pro-tem said
that by his direction on last Monday the
clerk had not called the names of the
Senators from South Caroina, they being
in contempt of the body. On Tuesday,
he said, he had directed the clerk to
restore the names to the roll in the
event of a roll call. He had done this,
not because he doubted the propriety of
his action on Monday, but because a
very grave question was involved which
lie desired to submit to the Senate it
self.
Mr. Frye said that the Senator from
Washington, (Mr. Turner), had taken an
appeal from the decision from the chair
on Monday, but that amid the cloud of
points of order and objections, he had
overlooked the appeal and had pro
ceeded with other business. The chair,
Mr. Frye continued, forgot the appeal
for the moment, and for his forgetful
ness he begged the pardon of the SenaJcr
from Washington. Had he done such
a thing wilfully, he said, he could„nevcr
have forgiven himself. The chair he
said, had received a letter from the
Senior Senator from South Carolina (Mr.
Tillman) requesting that he be heard on
the question of highest privilege. The
chair could not entertain such a request
in the circumstances without the unani
mous consent of the Senate, but at the
proper time —perhaps tomorrow —such re
quest might be entertained.
Mr. Turner called attention to the fact
that he had asked that the protest of
the senior Senator from South Carolina
be spread upon the minutes. He had de
sired, he said, to insist upon, this re
quest on Monday, but had been cut off
hy points of order and by a motion that
the Senate go into executive session.
Since that time, two adjournments of
the Senate had interfered with the per
formance of his duty.
Mr. Turner maintained that the filing
officially of such protests was in accord
ance with the custom of the British
Parliament, and with the best parliamen
tary practice of this country upon any
question Involving a constitutional priv
ilege.
“The Senator is right,” said the chair,
“and tho protest will be spread upon
the minutes without objection.” It was
so ordered.
Mr. Burrows (Michigan) chairman of
the Committee on Privileges and Elec
lions, said that, at the projier time an
opportunity might be afforded the Senior
Senator from South Carolina to make
his statement of privilege, hut just now
hey felt constrained to object.
Mr. Hoar suggested that before the
protest be spread upon the minutes it he
referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
“I have no objection,” said Mr. Turner.
Mr. Bacon (Georgia), said it occurred
to him that the protest was a matter for
further action hy the Senate. It certain
ly was a question of too great import
ance to dispose of hastily.
Mr. Hoar contended that the protest
was in the nature of a petition and ought,
therefore, to he referred to a commit
tee. Such action was entirely respectful.
He did not insist upon his suggestion,
however, in view of the doubt in Mr.
Bacon’s mind.
The Senate then adjourned.
WHOLESALE GROCERS MEET
The Relationa Between Manufacturers and
Jobbers Discussed
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. C., Feb. 27.—A meeting of
grocery jobbers of this section was held
today at Hotel Garrolina. W. S. Patkcr,
of Henderson, was acting chairman, and
W. A. Dunn, of Raleigh, acting secre
tary. J. G. Ball, of Raleigh, is per
manent. secretary, the only permanent
officer that the association has.
The following firms were represented:
Raleigh, J. G. Ball and Dunn Bros.; Hen
derson, W. S. Parker and Southern
Grocery Company: Oxford, J. 1'". White
Company; Durham, C. C. Thomas Com
pany and R. L. Tyree Company.
Three tobacco firms, all of Richmond,
were represented as follows: T. C. Wil
liams Company, R. A. Patterson Tobacco
Company and Butler & Rosher.
The object of the meeting was to dis
cuss the relations between manufac
turers and jobbers and other matters of
vital interest.
Master Carpenter on Seaboard.
(Spe< ial to News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N- C., Feb. 27.—Capt.
E. J. Vandegift, bridge foreman with
the Norfolk and Western for nineteen
years, has resigned to accept the posi
tion of master carpenter with the Sea
board Air Line, with headquarters at
Hamlet He will have charge of the sec
ond division-
William Freddy, flagman, fell from
the top of the southbound Norfolk and
Western freight train near Rocky Mt...
Va., last night. He was picked up by
the crew of the northbound freight and
carried to the hospital in Roanoke. His
condittou is reported to be serious.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING. F » IUUIARY 28. 1902.
1 THE MEMORY OF McKINLEY
A Magnificent Eulogy Upon the flartyred President
Pronounced by Honorable John Hay Yester=
day in the Hall of Representatives.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb- 27. —At noon today
in the great Hall of Representatives in
the presence of President Roosevelt,
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the
German Emperor, the members of the
Cabinet, the justices of the Supreme
court, the General of the Army and of
ficers of the army and navy who have
received the (hanks of Congress, the
Ambassadors and other diplomatic rep
resentatives of foreign countries, the
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress and a large number of distin
guished guests, Hon. John Hay, McKin
ley’s premier, pronounced a eulogy upon
his dead chief. Ry a strange^coincidence
today was the twentieth anniversary of
that on which the peerless Blaine in
the same hall, delivered his eulogy upon
the martyred Garfield, and stranger
still, the subject of today's memorial
service was the chairman of the com
mittee that had charge of the arrange
ments on that occasion.
The precedent in the case of the Gar
field memorial exercises was followed
closely. The hall was without decora
tion of any character. The red-coated
Marine Band, sixty strong, was station
ed in the corridor which separates (he
hall from the rear lobby of the House.
At 10 o’clock the doors were opened
and i'n five minutes the spacious galler
ies surrounding the chamber were dense
with black rows of people. The fact
that few r of the ladies wore bright gowns
was especially noticeable- They had at
tired tihemsv. 's in dark costumes befit
ting the occasion, and their white faces
were rendered distinct by the somber
ness of their apparel.
At 11:40 as the strains of the Inter
mezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana floated
through the hall there was a stir through
out the chamber. The doors to the right
of the Speaker's rostrum were flung wide,
and the members of the diploma! ’<• corps
marched in preceded by the Sergeant. -
at-Arms of the House. The foreign am
bassadors and ministers did not appear
in their court costumes but in sombre
frock suits befitting the occasion, with
the exception of the Chinese minister
who was attired in his rich costume of
oriental silk.
THE SENATE ENTERS.
As the hands of the gold clock oppo
site the Speaker’s rostrum pointed to
noon, Speaker Henderson called the as
semblage to order. He was dressed in
a black frock coat, the sombrencss of
which was relieved by a flower in the
lapel. The vast audience instantly re
sponded to his signal and arose to listen
to the brief prayer of the chaplain. Ther-‘
followed the usual routine of the open
ing of a session of the House. By the
Sp< aker’s direction the clerk read th<*
joint resolution providing for * *.e memo
rial services and the order of the nro
ceedings. Hardly had the ’ceding been
concluded and the journal approved be
fore the door-keeper announced the arri
val of the Senate. The Speaker tapped
three times with ms gavel. The mem
bers of the House and the diplomatic
body arose and remained on their feet
as the grave and dignified Senators head
ed hy President Pro-Tern. Frye, were
shown to their places behind the diplo
mats.
Hardly had the reading been concluded
when the door-keeper announced the
General of the Army. The Speaker tapped
three times, the members of the House
and the diplomatic body arose and Gen
eral Miles, resplendent in gold lace, gold
epaulettes and a broad yellow sash
across his breast and with his arms
clanging heavily at his heels, came clown
the main aisle.
PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA.
Tap. tap, tap, and once more the as
semblage rose. The door swung open anu
on the threshhohl with every eye upon
him stood Prince Henry between Sena
tor Foraker and General Grosvenor, chair
man, respectively of the Senate and
House committees. “His Royal High
ness. Prince Henry of Prussia,” an
nounced the door-keeper.
The Prince hesitated a moment hut
showed not the slightest trace of dis
comfiture. He wag dressed in the simple
dark blue uniform of an admiral of the
German navy, without a single star or
other evidence of the imperial house to
which he belonged upon his breast. His
rank in the German navy was indicated
by the bands of gold upon the sleeves.
He carried white gloves and his flat
Naval cap in his left hand. At his side
hung a short gold scabbard. Slender, but
tall and commanding looking, he towered
above those at his side. He came for
ward with easy graceful bearing escor
ted hy Senator Foraker and General
Grosvenor and took the place assigned
for him next to that reserved for ih*-
President. The Trincc wore a hand of
mourning upon his left arm. This was
not, however, in honor of the occasion,
but was the badge of mourning still worn
by the members of the German imperial
family for his dead mother, the Dowager
Empress of Germany.
Next the door-keeper announ •< d the
Chief Justice and assistant justices of th 0
Supreme Court and the stately and dig
nified judges swathed in their black robes
and preceded hy the marshal of the court,
came solemnly down the aisle.
THE PRESIDENT COMES.
At. this point the Speaker announced
that he would yield the gavel to Senator
Frye, who, under the joint resolution
providing for the memorial exercises,
was to preside. Then came a pause,
another signal followed and the President
and members of his Cabinet stood upon
the threshod. As the President was an
nounced the Marine Band in the lobby
struck up “Hail to the Chief.”
President Roosevelt was accompanied
down the aisle by Secretary Hay, the
orator of the day, and followed imme
diately hy his aides, Col. Bingham of thr
army, and Major Gilmore, of the Marine
Corps, each in full uniform. The other
members of the Cabinet came in the wake
of these uniformed officers. The Presi
dent was attired in black frock coat with
grey trousers, and wore a mourning hand
of crepe upon his left arm. He tdok his
place in the area facing the Speaker’s
desk with Prince Henry upon his right.
With the latter he exchanged a word of
greeting.
All now' being in readiness, Senator
Frye called the assemblage to order, and
after a fervent prayer by Rev. Dr. Cou
den, the blind chaplain, of the House, he
introduced the orator of the day. \\ ith
impressive dignity Secretary Hay arose
and placed upon the desk in front of him
a roll of manuscript. The Secretary’s
figure is slight and his scholarly face is
usually pale, but today there was a ‘lush
upon his check. As he began to rend
with a slow, clear enunciation he si em
ed aware of the intense interest, not
alone in his subject, but in his own p< r
sonality, as he read his tribute of love
and loyalty to his departed chief.
Honorable John Hay’s Eulogy.
Secretary Hays oration was as fol
lows:
For the third time the Congress of the
United States are assembled to comtnem
PRESIDENT M’KINLEY.
orate the life and the death of a Presi
dent slain hy the hand of an assassin.
The attention of the future historiaii
will be attracted to the features which
reappear with starting sameness in all
three of these awful crimes: the useless
ness, the utter lack of consequence of the
act; the obscurity, the insignificance of
Ihe criminal; the blamelessness—so far
as in our sphere of existence the best of
men may be held blameless—of the vic
tim. Not one of our murdered Presidents
had an enemy in the world; they were
nil of such pre-eminont purity of life
that no pretext could be given for the
attack of passional crime; they were all
men of democratic, instincts who could
never have offended the most jealous ad
vocates of equality: they were of kindly
and generous nature, to whom wrong or
injustice was impossible; of moderate
fortune, whose slender means nobody
could envy. They were men of austere
virtue, of tender heart, of eminent abili
ties, which they had devoted with single
nWnds to the good of the Republic. If
ever men walked before God and man
v ithout blame, it was these three rulers
of our people. The only temptation to at
tack their lives offered was their gentle
radiance —to eyes hating the light that
was offense enough.
The stupid uselessness of such an in
famy affronts the common sense of the
world. One can conceive how the death
of a dictator may change the political
conditions of an Empire; how the extinc
tion of a narrowing line of kings may
bring in an alien dynasty. But in well
ordered Republic like ours, the ruler may
fall, hut the State feels no tremor. Our
beloved and revered leader Is gone—but
the natural process of our laws provides
us a successor, identical in purpose and
ideals, nourished by the same teachings,
inspired by ihe same principles, pledged
hy tender affection as w'eli as hy high
loyalty to carry to completion the im
mense task committed to his hands, and
to smite with iron severity every mani
festation of the hideous crime which his
mild predecessor, with his dying breath,
forgave. The sayings of celestial wisdom
have no da’e; the words that reach us,
over two thousand years, out of the dark
est hour of gloomthe world has ever
known, arc true to the life today: “They
know not what they do.” The blow
struck at our dead friend and ruler was
as deadly as blind hate could make it;
hut the blow" struck at anarchy was
deadlier still.
THE BLIND SERPENT ANARCHY.
What a world of insoluble problems
such an event excites in the mind! Not
merely in its personal, but in its public
aspects, it presents a paradox not to be
comprehended. Under a system of gov
ernment so free and so impartial that we
recognize Its existence only by its bene
factions under a social order so purely
democratic that classes cannot exist in
it., affording opportunities so universal
that even conditions are as changing as
the winds, where the laborer of today Is
the capitalist of tomorrow; under laws
which are the result of ages of evolu
tion, so uniform and so beneficent that
the President has just the same rights
and privileges as the artisan; we see
the same hellish growth of hatred anil
murder which dogs equally the footsteps
of benevolent monarehs and blood-stained
despots. How many countries can join
with us in the community of a kindred
sorrow! I will not speak of those distant
regions where assassination enters into
the daily life of government. But among
the nations bound to U 3 by the ties of
familiar intercourse—who can forget that
wise and mild autocrat who had earned
i (Continued on Page Three )
FABTER SERVICE PROMISED
Mr Gray of the Weather Bureau, Refuses Pro
motion to Btay in Korth Carolina
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilminugton, N. C., Feb. 27. —Some
time ago merchants at several points
in the vicinity of Aberdeen, N. C., eon#-
tplained to jobbers here of the alow
freight service on the Seaboard Air Line
between those towns and Wilmington.
The commercial bodies of the city took
the matter up with the railroad people,
and today a letter was received
from Superintendent Barger of the Sea
board Air Line, saying that the evil would
be promptly corrected and faster service
would be provided.
Mr. Richard W. Gray, of Charlotte, who
came here a short while ago and became
assistant observer in the local United
States Weather Bureau, was this week
promoted to a good position in the main
office in Washington. Mr. Gray did not
desire to leave North Carolina, even
though it meant deserved promotion, and
he has succeeded in getting the order re
voked by the department, lie and Mrs.
Gray will continue their residence in
Wilmington to the delight of many
friends.
The final step in the settlement of the
differences between the Board of Alder
men and the Sewerage Company, accord
ing to the terms of the compromise re
cently reached, was taken yesterday
afternoon. The Sewerage Company gave
the required $15,000 bond to the city for
the proper restoration of the street?
after excavation and now the work is ex
pected to move along smoothly. The
bond was given with the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Bal
timore, and has been approved hy the
city authorities.
WILL ROOSEVELT GO?
In View of Lieut, Gov. Till
man’s Action He May
Not Visit Charleston
(By the Associated Press-)
Washington, Feb. 27. —The action of
Lieutenant-Governor Tillman, of South
Carolina, in withdrawing the invitation
to President Roosevelt to present a
sword to a South Carolina officer for
volunteer services In the Spanish War,
has caused considerable doubt as to
whether President Roosevelt will visit
the Charleston Exposition, ns he had in
tended to do. Today a number of tele
grams on the subject were received at
the White House from South Carolina
and other States. It can be stated that
the telegram of Lieutenant-Governor
Tillman has been received at the White
House, and that no attention whatever
has been paid to it. The President has
rot yet considered what effect it may
have on his proposed visit to the expo
sition at Charleston.
Not Connected With the Program.
(By the Associated Press )
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 27 —It is stated
here today that Lieutenant-Governor
Tillman’s action last night in withdraw
ing the invitation to President Roosevelt
to present the sword to Major Jenkins
will have no effect on the exposition pro
gramme for the entertainment, even if
it is allowed to stand. The sword pre
sentation was an incident only of the
President’s visit to Charleston urod in no
way connected with (he exposition pro
gramme. The sword was purchased with
a fund raised hy subscription among
the women of South Carolina and others,
alrgely under Lieutenant-Governor Till
man’s stimulation. The arrangements
for the presentation were left with him.
It was not intended originally to have
the President make the presentation, but
in view of his expected presence hero at
the exposition, the opportunity was
deemed fitting for such a feature- The
invitation was extended by Lieutenant-
Governor Tillman and a place for the
ceremony was made on the programme
by the exposition committee at his re
quest. The whole matter it outside of
exposition or Charleston control.
SUICIDE OR MURDIIRI
\
An Old Negress Fonnd Dead With a Bullet in
Her Brain,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Salisbury, N- (!-, Feb. 27. —Lovey Hos
lin is supposed to have committed sui
cide here this morning about 6:30 o'clock.
The deceased was an aged colored wo
man and came to Salisbury from Wash
ington, Jnd., last ctober. She lived with
her nephew until December, when ho
died. Since that time she has been liv
ing with her nephew’s widow.
When found dead she was sitting in
an almost upright position with a bul
let through, her forehead. The coroner
examined her* person and found seven
hundred and fifty dollars in cash and a
bank account for three hundred and fifty
dollars with the National Bank of Wash
ington. Ind.
The coroner returned a verdict of sui
cide, but there is & suspicion that the
woman was murdered and it is likely a
coroner's jury will lie summoned to in
vestigate the case tomorrow morning.
Seriously Injured by a Train,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Rocky Mount, N- C., Feb. 27.—Ernest
Padgett, who was struck by a train
twenty-three miles south* of Wilson,
and badly injured, was brought here
i and is receiving every care and attention
; at the Atlantic Coast Line Hospital. Mr-
Padgett is from Danville, and is a
brother of Mr. W. R. Padgett, editor of
- the Elm City Gleaner- It is feared that
his injuries are fatal.
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GRAHAMONTHEMOVE
A New Hotel Has Been Open
ed There.
The Travaia Cotlon Mill Almost Complete.
Ground Broken For Ai o'.her. The
Patterson Block.
(Staff Correspondence.)
Graham, N. C., Feb. 27.—A very heavy
’ criminal docket that seemed almost Im
possible to finish in a week was com
pleted this evening: end court adjourned
for the term. The State is the trainer( 7 >
by having a darky sent to the peniton
t tiary for twenty-five years, he having'
i submitted to a verdict of murder in the
I second degree, and the good county of
Alamance gets ten for her roads, (and by
the way, they do say th e y are very much
I needed) for from feur months for steal
ing two dozen eggs to three years for a
submission verdict of manslaughter.
Judge Walter H. Neal is fast becom
ing one of the most popular judges on
the bench, and 1 hoar nothing but praise
of his charges and rulings, and all pre
dict that he will not have a superior af
ter he has served ten years, as they hope
he may.
Solicitor Brooks has not been well, but.
not a single acquittal has occurred and
I heard a gentleman say to another:
“You might as well submit for that mau
Brooks will convict you certain;” and
.his is the general result.
Graham has at last what she has lo<ns
needed, a first class hotel. A cozy, neat
and splendidly kept little hotel, under
the management of that splendid officer,
W. H. Foushoc, chief of police for Gra
ham, and his excellent wife, who is never
happier than when doing something for
the comfort of tihelr guests. The table
is supplied with the best of everything,
and prepared as only Mrs. Foushee can
have it done-
The good town is putting on other
airs also. lam glad to notico The Pat
terson block of five stores of brick,
two stories high ahnoytcpimdete, and
their splendid
Trovaia cotton rrWiUs, is tom|
steam to be a p/died, and grouudWs jiwtv
being broke Tor the Yoorhces ieottonl
mills, whielwwill be built this summer.
The Trovn/i mills will hardly have a
rival in thtf State in the completeness of
its plant a/nd equipment, and a handsome
three stoi jy mUI it is-
The political pot lias hardly com
menced to “bile' yet, but here's to (ho
efficient Jcounty officers, best wishes and
congratulations in advance for another
term. ;
W. M. ROGERS.
STUART AT FAYETTEVILLE
A Great Boligioas Awakening Follows the
Work ol the Evangelist.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Fayetteville, N. C., Feb. 27.—The great
Slunrt meeting at Hay Street M. E.
(“hurt h closed last night. No such re
ligious weakening has been seen in (he
old town since Pearson was here •IfUtvn
years ago. No special preparatory ser
vices were held before his arrive. 1 nor
did he find a trained choir familiar with
the music that is used In ills meetings
ready to the hands of Ramsey, the s;len
did loader. Spiritually speaking, a colder
reception for an evangelist or a more,
uhpropitious outlook for a successful
meeting would be hard to imagine.
The results are rceonsecratton of many
Christians, back-sliders reclaimed in large
number, numerous conversions, brokt u
friendships renewed and animosities
buried, vow's to a better Ilf© assumed by
hardened sinners, a closer fellowship
among Christians of all denominations
and an era of practical religion inaugura
ted as is manifested by (he card taldo
beii g banished from many Christian
homes and the family altar erected in its
stead. "\
There has been a perceptible f.dllug off
in liquor receipts, which wool I Indicate
that church members, who, of all others
should be Jaoiv-abiding, have come to real
ize the inconsistency of professing Chris
tians patronizing the* "jug train ’ in the,
face of the prohibition law now in force
in Cumberland county, and the local
orchestra, a most excellent musical or
ganization, largely composed of church
members, will no longer furnish nujsjeJ’or
dances and questionable plays. More
erence for the Sabbath is sure to follow
these meetings, at least one liveryman
having declared that turnouts from his
stables should no longer be us’d for
pleasure rides in desecration of the day.
1 bear too, through an officer of the com
pany, that no liquors, wines or beer wid
be provided for the - military celebration
to take place March 3rd, which is u com
| mend able departure from the usual cus-
I tom and ail this and much more that is j
. uplifting morally and spiritually is thuJ
I direct result of the Stuart meetings an M
j the prayers and best wishes of our
pic will go with this great evangel
when he takes his departure on the j®
Main today and his return will
wolcori.cd should li<* ever sec fit
us again.
w.,c. holra!^H|l
WILL NOT ABSORB THE MONOnB
! So Declares President Spencer of the
I ' Bailway
ll
(By the Associated l’ress.)
Now Vork. Feb. 27.—President Spencer
i 1 of the Southern Railway, said today tint
j rumors, which have been current for
i 1 some days of the absorption of the Chi
-1 cago, Indianapolis and Louisville (Monon)
: ‘ road by the Southern Railway, are wtth
j out foundation.
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