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true Gbatbam IRecorfc. Gbe Cbatbam TRecorfc. H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: S1.5U ler Tear STRICTLY IN ADVANCE sm. m m n VI ism r I?" EH 81.50 Per Year Accepts Presidency OUTLINES HIS POLICIES Speech of Acceptance Covers a Number of the Issues of the Present Campaign as Viewed by the Nomi nee. Lincoln, Neb., Special. On Wed nesday William Jennings Bryan was, for the third time, formally notified of his nomination as the Democratic cadidate for president of the United States. The speech of notification was made by Congressman Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama, chairman of the committee on notification. In re sponse Mr. Bryan said in part: Mr. Bryan's Address. Mr. Clayton and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee: I cannot ac cept the nomination which you of ficially tender, without first acknowl edging my deep indebtedness to the Democratic party for the extraordi nary honor which it has conferred upon me. Having twice before been a candidate for the presidency, in campaigns which ended in defeat, a third nomination, the result of the free and voluntary act of the voters of the party, can only be explained by a substantial and undisputed growth in the principles and policies for which I, with a multitude of others, have contended. As these principles and policies have given me wnarever political srrengtn jl possess, the action of the convention not only renews my faith in them but strengthens my attachment to them. A Platform is Binding. I shall, in the near future, prepare a more formal reply to your notifica tion, and in that letter of acceptance will deal with the platform in detail. It is sufficient, at this time to assure you that I am in hearty accord with both the letter and the spirit of the platform. I endorse it in whole and in part, and shall, if elected, regard its declaration as binding upon me, And, I may add, a platform is bind ing as to what it omits as well as to what it contains. According to the j uemocratie idea, the people trunk lor themselves, and select officials to car ry out their wishes. The voters are the soverigns; the officials are the ser vants, employed for a fixed time and at a stated salary to do what the sovcrigns want done, and to do it in the way the soverigns want it done. Platforms are entirely in har mony with this Democratic idea. A platform announces the party's posi tion on the questions which are at issue; and an official is not at liberty to use the authority vested in him to tirge personal views which have not been submitted to the votsrs for their approval. If one is nominated upon a platform which is not satis factory to him, he must, if candid, cither decline the nomination, or in accepting it, propose an amended platform in lieu of the one adopted by the convention. No such situa tion, however, confronts your candi date, for the platform upon which I was nominated not only contains nothing from which I dissent, but it specifically outlines all the remedial legislation which we can hope to secure during the next four years. Republican Challenge Accepted. The distinguished statesman who received the Republican nomination for President said, in his notification speech: "The strength of the Re publican cause in the campaign at hand is the fact that we represent the policies essential to the . reform of known abuses, to the continuance of liberty and true prosperity and that we are determined, as our plat form unequivocally declares, to main tain them and carry them on." In the name of the Democratic party, I accept the challenge, and charge that the Republican party is responsible for all the? abuses which now exist in the Federal government, and that it is impotent to. accomplish the reforms which are imperatively needed. Further. I cannot concur in the statement that the Republican platform unequivocally declares for flie reforms that are necessary; on the contrary. I affirm that.it ooenlv -and notoriously disappoints the hopes and expectations of reformers, whether those reformers be Renub Leans or Democrats. So far did the Republican convention fall short of its duty that the Republican candi date felt it necessary to add to his plaiform in several important par ticulars, thus rebuking ,, the leaders of thj party, upon whose co-operation he must rely for the enactment of rvii cdical legislation. iiiiall the People Rule. Our platform declares that the overshadowing issue which manifests itself in all the questions now under ciscussion is, "Shall the people i ruie 1 io maiccr which way wc turn ; no matter to what subject Ave ad dress oarcsives,' the ' same ' question confronts us: Shall the people con trol - their own governmen t, and use that government for the nrnttir.n I of their rights and for the promot JOn of their welfare? or shall the representatives of predatory wealth prey upon a defonslcss public, while ;the offenders secure immunity from 'subservient officials whom they raise to power by unscroupulous methods? This is the issue raised by the . VOL. XXXI. CI B 1 TI F TV I "K T H 17" rr m H" Nomination For the ''known abuses" to which Mr. Taft refers. President's Indictment of Party. In a message sent to Congress last January, President Roosevelt said : "The attacks by these great corpora tions on the administration's actions have been given a wide circulation throughout the country, in the news papers and otherwise by those writers and speakers who consciously or un consciously, act as the representatives of predatory wealth of the wealth accumulated on a giant scale by all forms of iniquity, ranging from the oppression of wage earners to unfair and unwholesome methods of crush ing out competition, and to defraud ing the public by stock-juggling and the manipulation of securities. Cer tain wealthy men of this stamp whose conduct should be abhorrent to every man of ordinary decent conscience, and who commit . the hideous wrong of teaching our young men that phe nomenal business success must ordi narily be based on dishonesty, have during the last fev months, made it apparent that they have banded' to gether to work for re-election. Their endeavor is to overthrow and discred it all who honestly administer the law, to prevent any additional . legis lation which would check and restrain them, and to secure, if possible, a freedom from all restraint wihch will permit every unscroupulous wron doer to do what he wishes unchecked, provided he has enough money" What an arraignment of the preda tory interests! Mr. Taft Endorsee the Indictment. Mr. Taft says that these evils have crept in during the last ten years. He declares that, during this time, some "prominent and influential members of the community, spurred by financial success and in their hurry for greater wealth, became un mindful of the common rules of busi ness honesty and fidelity, and of the limitations imposed by law upon their actions," and that "the revelations of tht breaches of trusts, the dis- closures as to rebates and discrimi nations by railroads, the acumulating evidence of the violations of the anti trust laws by a number of corpora tions, and the over-issue of stocks and bonds of inter-State railroads for the unlawful enriching of directors and for the purnose of concentra ting the control of thft railroads un der one management" all these, he charges, "quickened the conscience of the people and brought on a moral awakening." During all this time, I beg to re mind you, ReDublican officials pre sided in the Executive department, filled the Cabinet, dominated the Sen ate, controlled the House of Repre sentatives and occupied most of the Federal judgeships. Four years ago the Republican platform boastfully declared that since lSb'O with the exception of two years the Republi can party had been in control of rjart or of all the branches of the Federal government ; that for two vears only was the Democratic partv in a posi tion to either enact or repeal a law. Having drawn the salaries; having enjoyed the honors: having secured the prestige, let the Republican party accept the responsibility. Republican Party Responsible. Why were these "known abuses" permitted to develop"? Why have they not been corrected? If existing laws are sufficient, why have they not been enforced? All of the execu tive machinery of the Federal gov ernment is in the hands of the Repub lican party. Are new laws neces sary? Why have they not been en acted? With a Republican President to recommend, with a Republican Senate and House to carry out his recommendations, why does the Re publican candidate plead" for further 1 inic in" which to do what should have been done long ago? Can Mr. Taft promise to be more strenuous in the pioscculion of. wrong-doers than the pn-sent Executive f Can he ask for a larger majority in the Senate than his party now has? Does he need more Republicans in the House 1 of Representatives ..or a Speaker with more unlimited 'authority f - Why no Traiff ''Reform? ' "' ' ' The President's close friends have been promising" for. several years that he would attack the iniauities of the tariff. Wc have had intimation that Mr. Taft was restive under the de mands of the highly protected indus tries. And yet the influences of the manufacturers, who have for twenty five years contributed to the Republi can campaign fund, and who in re turn have framed the tariff schedules, . 1 HIf William J. Bryan. : - PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C WEDNESDAY. AUGUST I lias been Rllffififn t to nrfupnt tnr-ifT 1 W n I j-k n j rt w. n - -- ml ill si sv rv s . I has been sufficient to prevent tariff reform. As the present campaign ap proached, both the President and Mr. Taft declared in favor of tariff re vision, but set no date of revision after the election. But the pressure brought to bear by the protected in terests has been great enough to pre vent any attemnt at tariff reform be fore the election; and the reduction promised after the election is so hedged about with quailifying phrases thai no one can estimate with accu racy the sum total of tariff reform to be expected in case of Republican success. If the past can be taken as a guide the Repulican party will be so obligated by campaign contribu tions ' from , the beneficiaries . of pro tection, as to make that partyi power less to bring to the country any ma terial relief from the present tariff burdens. Why no Anti-Trust Legislation? A few years ago the Republican leaders in the House of Representa tives were coerced by public opinion .into the support of an anti-trust law which had the endorsement of the President, but the Senate refused even to consider the measure, and since that time no effort has been made by the dominant party to se cure remedical legislation uoon this subject. The Republican party is arraigned for its failure to give more power to the inter-State Commerce Commis sion. On the subject of publicity of cam paign contributions, Mr. Bryan comes out strongly. Among other things he says: How can the people hope to rule if they are not able to leam until after the elction what the predatory in terests are doing? The Democratic party meets the issue honestly and courageously. It says: ' ' We pledge ' the Democratic party to the enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund, and any individual from contributing an amount above a reasonable maximum, and providing for the publication, before election of all such contributions above a reason able minimum." Democratic Party Defender of Hon est Wealth. Wo may expect those who have committed larceny by law and pur chased immunity with their political influence, to attempt to raise false issues, and to employ "the livery of Heaven" to conceal their purposes but they can no longer deceive. The Democratic party is not the enemy of any legitimate industry or of honest accumulations. It is, on the contrary a friend of industry and the steadfast protector of that wealth which rep resents a service to society. The Democratic party does not seek to an nihilate all corporations; it simply asserts that as the government creates corporations, it must retain the power to regulate and to control them. Other Issues1 Will be Discussed Later. "Shall the people rule?" I repeat, is declared by our platform to be the overshadowing question, and as the campaign progresses I shall take oca sion to discuss this question as it manifests itself in other issues; for whether we consider the tariff ques tion, the trust question, the railroad question, the banking question, the labor question, the question of impe rialism, the development of our waterways, or any other of the numerous problems which press for solution, we shall find that the real question involved in each is, whether the government shall remain a mere business asset of favor seeking cor porations or be an instrument in the hands of the people for the advance ment of the common weal. Our Party's Ideal. ( The platform of our party closes with a brief statement of the party's ideal. It favors "such an adminis tration of the government as will in sure, as far as human wisdom can, that each citizen shall draw from society a reward commensuratp with his contribution to the welfare of society." Governments are good in propor tion as they assure to each member of society, so far as governments can, a return commensurate with indi vidual merit. The Divine Law of Rewards. , There is a divine law of rewards. When the Creator gave us the earth, wih its fruitful soil, the sunshine with its warmth and the rains with their moisture, He proclaimed, as clearly as if His voice had thundered from the clouds, "Go work, and ac cording to your industry and your in telligence, so shall be your reward." Only where might has overthrown, cunning undermined or government suspended this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the gov ernment to this law ought to be the ambition of the statesman ; and no party can have a higher mission than to make it a reality wherever govern ments can legitimately operate. " Justice to All. Recognizing that I am indebted for my nomination to the rank and file of our party and that my election must come, if it comes at all, from the unpurchased and unpurchasable suffrages -of the American people, I promise, if entrusted with the respon sibilities, of this high office, , to con secrate5 whatever ability' I have to the one purpose of making this, in fact, a government in which the people rule a government 'which will do justice to. all,, and offer, to, every,, one the highest pc-ssible stimulus to great and persistent- effort, by assuring to each the enjoyment of his just share of the proceeds of his. toil, no matter in what part of the vineyard he lab ors or to what ocupation, profession or calling he devotes himself. ILLINOIS RACE RIOTS o Springfield the Scene of Seri ous Clash of Races THE MILITIA ALMOST HELPLESS The Governor Takes Steps to Induce the Fleeing Negro Residents to Re turn and the State Arsenal is Opened to Them. Springfield, 111., Special. A threat ening mob, bent on wreaking ven geance on the negro inhabitants of Springfield, because of an assault committed by a negro on a white wo man," is raging through the streets, beating negroes and disregarding the soldiers of Troop B, of the First Ca valry ordered out by Governor De tieen to preserve order. The Governor by telegraph, ordered two companies of militia and one troop of cavalry from Peoria a troop of calvary from Bloomington and also one from Pe kin. These soldiers are rushing to Springfield on special trains to assit the local troops in maintaining order. Springfield, 111., Special. At a conference in the Governor's office Sunday afternoon steps were taken to notify the negro residents of the suburban districts to come into the State arsenal for the night. The scattered settlements extending around the outskirts of the city pre sent too great a field for even the big body of troops here now. It was the idea of the military authorities that the most effective work could be done with the danger spots re stricted as much as possible. Another factor in this connection was the large number of warnings of impend ing trouble. At all the police sta tions word was received that attacks were organizing by lawless persons, who with a complete day of rest were expected to make the night the time of supreme test between the mob and the troops. Several complaints were received from nearby villages and hamlets of tlift existence of threatening condi tion?. The most insistent came from Chatham, twelve miles south. The negroes there became frightened at the attitude of their white neighbors and asked that troops be sent. Their spokesman was told that the best plan would be for them to come to Springfield and seek protection at the aisenal. The authorities are a bit worried by the conditions in the I outside sections. Scores 01 negroes have leit bpring- field, either on foot or by trolley cars, the latter class riding as far as their means permitted and then striking across country. These tramping par ties, aimless and penniless, are caus ing some complaint from the com munities through which they pass. The whites assert that the presence of these negro paupers impose un necessary burdens -and also argue that only the shiftless and immoral elements of the Springfield negroes are represented. Minor depredations, it is said, have increased in the farming regions be cause of this condition. The Spring field officers are doing all they can to reassure the negroes still here. Thus far they have been partly suc cessful, although the number of those who have sought shelter in the arsenal is surprisingly small. Most of the refugees are advanced in years, too. The younger negroes who might be expected to add fuel to the smouldering flames by rash acts have generally refused to become wards of the State. Sunday an alarm reached the ar senal from Spring and Edward streets, where William Donnigan Avas lynched Saturday night. A rapid fire squad was sent to the place on the double quick. Within five minutes the squad had cleared the streets for half a mile from the threatened cor ner, three companies of infantry be ing held under arms at the arsenal meanwhile. Springfield, 111.. Special. With one more victim added to the roll of fatally injured in the race riots which began here Friday night, Springfield spent the night in anx iety. Apprehension of more serious trouble was modified but not. stilled bv the presence of 2,500 National Guardsmen from various parts of the State under command of Major Gen eral Young, I. N. G. Army Officer Uses Gun. Badside, L. I., . Special. Capt. Pe ter Conover Hains, Jr.,' tr.'-Br A., son of Brigadier General Peter Conover Hains," U. S. A., retired, fired five bul lets from a revolver into William E. Annis, of New York, owner and pub lisher of Burr-Mclntosh's Monthly and other magazines, late Saturday on the landing stasre of the Bayside Yacht Club, , Flushing, and . Annis. whom Captain Hains had aecused of having been improperly attentive to the captain's wife, died in the Flush ing Hospital a few hours after the shooting. . . 1 .;. .Travelers . Enjoy Outing. New York, Special. The delegates to the Interstate Prosperity Congress of Cemmercial Travelers had an out-, ing on Manhattan Beach Saturday. At a dinner a feature was, the an-, ncuncement of many messages of sympathy with the movement, re ceived from distinguished persons throughout the country. Many : oi the-e had a partisan flavor, and it was decided not to read them. or $450,000 MILL FIRE - . Tine Flant of Odell Manufacturing Company at Concord, N. C, De stroyed By Fire Heavy Loss En tailed. Concord, N. C, Special. Saturday just before noon cotton mill No. 4 of the Odell Manufacturing Company, located here, was set on fire by a hot box in the engine room! and within three minutes the entire mill was in flames. The operatives, 500 in num ber, escaped with difficulty. The oth er three mills were saved by hard work. The loss is $450,000, only partly covered by insurance. The mills were in the hands of a' receiver and were being operated by Mr. Caesar Cone as receiver and, were to be sold by court order on September ICth. Rescuer Loses His Life. Charlotte, N. C, Special. On Sat urday Mr. Fred Alexander, a well known and popular young man of this county, was drowned in the Catawba river, near the town of Fort Mill, S. C, while trying to rescue Miller Strong, a youth who had gone swim ming with him and had gotten be yond his depth. The body of Mr. Alexander was recovered late Sat urday night. Evans Retires Tuesday. Washington, Special. With the re tirement from active service Tues day of Rear Admiral Robley Dung lison Evans "Fighting Bob" the United States navy-loses one of the most picturesque figures that ever trod a quarter deck. Forty-five years have gone by since Evans, as a young ensign, received his baptism of fire at Fort Fisher during the Civ il war. During that span of years he has served ' his country gallantly, well earning the reward of rest which a grateful people give. Stung to Death by Bees. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Mrs. W. T. Anderson was stung to death by bees at her home at , Mountain View, several miles from here. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were en route to church and had just left their home when the mule they were driving took fright and in trying to check the animal Mr. Anderson pulled the wrong line and ran the animal into a bee hive, causing the bees to swarm out by thousands. Mrs. Anderson was badly stung and died in two hours. Homicide on American Battleship. Auckland, By Cable. The Ameri can battleship fleet which started for Sydney on Saturday morning, passed Cape Maria Van Diement, the north west extreme of North Island Sun day morning. It is reported that dur ing the stay ci the fleet at this port two negro firemen quarreled aboard one of the battleships and that one slashed the other with a razor, re sulting in the man's death. It is also reported that the fireman who did the killing will be taken to the United States for trial. Quiet Day Spent by Hitchcock and Colleagues. Chicago, Special. Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock and other officers of the Republican national committee spent a quiet Sunday. Gen. T. Coleman Du Pon', director of the speakers' bu reau, and George R. Sheldon, treas iwc of the national committee, left for New York. Mr. Hitchcock will have for Utica, N. Y., to be present at the notification of Mr. Sherman, the Republican nominee for vice pres ident. Current News. Mundji Bey, the new Turkish Min ister, took charge in Washington. Baldwin made his first official test with his balloon, making a cornfield landing for slight repairs and losing the chance to show speed. Taft conferred at Hot Springs with Hitchcock and Vorys and a West Vir ginia delegation including Senator El kins. . W. S. Gregory, the Roanoke dentist accused by . Miss .Theodore Irvin was put on tijj.il and denied the charges. Three West Virginia Congressional aspirants refused to join in the Re publican factional fight. Oni suspect was arrested in Ports month after the murder of Policeman Winningder and the assault on Mrs. Powell and the city is quieting down. William Jenings Bryan was notified of his nomination in the presence of a great throng of Lincoln, Neb., and aroused great enthusiasm by attack ing the methods of the Senate and House of Representatives. Parkersburg had a $150,000 fire.' New York Republican leaders are united and harmonious in their, op position to Hughes, but fear the final word will- come from Oyster Bay in his favor. . J. Montgomery Sears, a Boston millionaire, was killed in an automo bile accident. Ainsworth R. Spofford, chief, as sistant librarian of the Congressional Library, died at Holderness, N. H. The Naval Academy visitors declar ed there is no hazing at Annapolis. 1U 19. w r 1908 NO. 2. BOOSTING PROSPERITY Traveling Men and Others . in "New York Join in Movement for Cele . bration of Prosperity's Return. New York, Special. Traveling men merchants and buyers from all over the country are swarming into the metropolis bent on celebrating the return of prosperity with a big two day convention. The, United Com mercial Travelers and the Travelers' Protective Association, the two lead ing organization's of commercial trav elers have joined with the local job bers in booming the movement. In addition to the "drummers'-' it is estimated that there are 25,000 buy ers in the city, many of whom will join in the convention. Sessions will be held Friday and Saturady. It is hoped by the promoters that a plan to stimulate business will be decided on in the congress that will hav a national effect. The Woman's Lea gue, of New York State, of which Mrs. Lydia K. Commander, the well known writer, is chairman, has enter ed into the plans for boosting pros perity, and will seek to bring about the employment of all persons, par ticularly women, who are now out of work. Many concerns have promised the league to re-employ on Saturday some or all of those laid off when the recent panie forced a retrenchment. To Spread News of Good Times. New York, Special, Five thousand commercial travelers began a two--! days' session here with the sole end in view of booming prosperity . Rep resentatives are present from . every State in the Union and they believe that the meeting will have a good in fluence in bringing about beter con ditions. They will devise ways and means for a lightning canvass of the country to spread the news that good times are here. Negro Kills Policeman. New Orleans, Special, Patrolman J John W. Carroll was stabbed to the I heart and Frank Barroldsford, a negro dining car cook, and John Scott another negro, were fatally shot on a dining car in the Louisville & Nashville depot. The officer attempt ed to arrest Barroldsford in response to a call to make an arrest for. an as sault. As the poticeman placed his hand on the negro the negro stabbed him with a butcher knife. The officer shot the negro in the arm and fell dy ing. The negro locked himself in the toilet room of the car and detectives broke it open, shooting him and an other negro in making the arrest. Theje was a great excitement for a while and a riot was threatened. Baloon Explosion. London, By Cable. The Franco British exhibition grounds were rock ed as by an earthquake Friday and hundreds of windows in the beautiful buildings were broken by the teriffic explosion of a huge balloon of Cap tain Lovelace, the American aeronaut who had been giving aerial perfor mances. Two spectators were killed outright, a dozen persons were fright fully burned in the mass of flames that engulfed the crowd when the big gas-bag burst, and scores were injured by being trampled on in the mad rash to escape. Captain Love lace himself was frightfully burned and is in a dangerous condition. Variety Works at Dawson, Ga., De stroyed by Fire. Dawson, Ga., Special. The Variety Works, operated by Baldwin and Company, which was one of the larg est enterprises in this section, was destroyed by fire, together with many hundreds of thousands of feet of rough and dressed lumber. The plant had been in operation for 65 years and was enged in the manufacture of Confederate guns during the Civil war. The total loss to the owners will probably foot up $75,000. Bank Clerk Buys an Automobile. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special. Norman Fogle, a bank clerk was arrested charged., with the embezzlement of $6,000. He had bought an automo bile and other things that excited the suspicion of the bank officials, and an investigation was made. The arrest followed. Rsv. Dr McDaniel Refuses Call. " Richmond, Special. Rev. Dr. Geo. McDauiel, pastor of the First Bap tist church, of this city has decided not to accept the call to a church in Oklahoma City. Dr. McDaniel is widely known throughout the South. Norfolk and Western Refuses Cut. Roanoke, Special. A proposition recently made by the -Norfolk and Western Raiway to its employes look ing to a cut in wages of 11 per cent, has been answered negatively by the different labor organizations which had the matter under consideration. New Steamer: Line Between Washing ' ton end Bclhaven. Washington, Special. Capt. John W. Dixon left for Newbern, Eliza beth City and Norfolk for the pur pose of completing arrangements for the establishment of the new steam ship line between this city and Bel haven to take the place of the old Norfolk & Southern steamer Hat teras, which was recently discoatin-: ued. RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one insertion $!.. One Square, two Insertion.... 1.5 One Square, one month. ....... .op For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. GREAT SINGER DEAD Ira D. Sankey Transferred to the Choir Celestial THE WORLD'S GREATEST SINGER Former Companion of Dwight T Moody and the Greatest Hymn Writer of the Present Day Passes Away at His Home in Brooklyn. New York, Special. Ira David Sankey, known as an evangelist throughout the Christian world, died Thursday night at his home in Brook lyn, but the news of his passing did not become generally known until Fri day. Mr. Sankey was 68 years of age. For the last five years he had been blind and had suffered from a complication of diseases, broughht on by overwork. But -almost to the very last he worked at hymn writing. Hia tours throughout this country and Europe with Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, brought him into wide prominence. Composer of Many Songs. Sankey, it might be said, wrote the Gospel hymns of the world. In China, Egypt, India, Japan, in almost every language known to man, Sankey hymns are sung. He received a large income from his publications and leaves considerable of an estate. Among Mr. Sankey 's most familiar compositions are "The Ninety and Nine" and "When the Mists Have Rolled Away.' His songs are said to have had a circulation of more thaa 50,000,600 copies. He was a rapid composer and wrote book after book of Gospel hymns. During the las five or six years of his life he was interested in preparing? and publishing the story of the Gos pel hymns. At the fame time he sav ed his wonderful voice for posterity by singing into phonograph. Thf records were sent all over the world. Sankey first mt Moody at a Y. M. C. A. convention in Indianapolis. Moody was so charmed with the young man 's voice that he urged himj to accompany him on his evangelistic tours. Sankey explained that he was married and could not give up hia position. "You must come," said Moody. " you." I ;annot get along without ' Tours with Moody. Sankey consulted with his wife and they cast in their lot with Mr. Moody. They visited Great Britain from 1S73 to 1875, and agaiu in 1883, and made many tours throughout the United States. When Mr. Moody died, Mr. Sankey felt keenly the loss of his friend. From that time he tried to conduct the work alone which they had hitherto shaved between them, but the task was too great. In 1902 his physical condition compelled him to give up most of his evangelical en gagements although he continued for some time to compile new series of hymn books. Then came failing eye sight, which speedily developed into total blindness. With' the blindness came also a nervous breakdown. After his retirement from public life the impression became general throughout the country that he was dead. Mr. Sankey lived in Brooklyn for twenty-seven years, and it was there that most of his songs were written. He was a singer from boyhood, and his voice attracted attention in the hamlet of Edenburgh, Pa., where he was born August 2Sth, 1840. At the beginning of his active life Mr. San key was a Methodist, but for the last seven years he had been a Presbyte rian. He is survived by a widow, Fanny V. Sankey, his two sons, I. Allen Sankey and Edward Sankey, and two grandchildren. Negro Killed; Railroad Blamed. Suffolk, Special. John Meltonr-a negro painter, was killed under a train on the Norfolk and Western railroad. He was getting away from a shifting engine and was struck by an express. A coroner's jury, con vened by Mayor John B. Norfleet, found that the railroad was guilty of negligence in not providing safety gates or a flagman. Apple Crop Prospects Good. St. Louis, Special. That the pros pects are good for a bumper crop of apples in most sections where the fruit is grown is the joyful news brought by the delegates tb the sixth American Apple Growers' Congress, which convened at the South era Hotel. Papers on all phases of the apple business will bo read du ring the sessions by the members of the congress, including commercial orchardists, commission men, export ers, entomological experts of the ag ricultural departments of the nation, and the various States and profes sors of horticulture at many colleges and experiment sions. Bank Case Postponed Till September. Winston-Salem, Special. An' ad journment wa et nken in the Coleman bank case until September and Messrs. E. T. Cansler, of Charlotte, and W. F. Stephenson, of Columbia, S. C, who are of counsel for , the ' plaintiffs, loft for their respective homs. Jlr. John W. Fries, president of the IVopl's National Bank, and one of th defendants. in the suit, was the last witness heard before J. T Benbow, the referee. - -
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