. WW V THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED 1 88 CHARLOTTE, N- C, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1907. PRICE: 5 CENTS V Repentant Sknd Faith Held Up a$ Trnportant In Mr. Ogden s Sermon All Candidates for The edksHip are Nozv on Hand Arid Working W. T - "r " mmm Rev. Robert T. Coit Or dained as Co-Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church and Preaches a Sermon to Workers. Rev. R. V. Miller Begins Week of Prayer at The First Baptist Church. Joint Presbyterian Com munion. "I know not what you may do but I have made up my mind to follow Isaiah, John the Baptist and . Jesus Christ, to stand by the old time truths and make much of faith and repent ance." In this sentence Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden, of Knoxville, called to the pas torate of the First Presbyterian church, in his sermon yesterday morn ing, aligned himself with the old con servative faith of the fathers in this day when Higher Criticism is making inroads into modern church life. The sermon was. one which lifted aloft the old words "faith," "repentance,'.' "jus-. tification." It made the old members of the church think that if Mr. Ogden should accept the call his preaching would be -that of the old time religion that for a generation past has been proclaimed from that ' pulpit by such men as Miller, Mack, Preston and Howerton. This sermon and the night sermon on the song of Deborah made the fact stand forth that Mr. Ogden is a man of the deepest spirituality. Withal, however, there is a winsomeness about the man and a magnetism in his pulpit manner that tend to make him a most acceptable preacher. His face shines with the inner light that can come only from the peace that passes human un derstanding. He speaks apparently without notes and there is a delightful ease about his pulpit style and habits. His eye is unafraid and sweeps every part of the congregation from gallery to amen corner as it ranged from point to point yesterday at both services it found every seat filled. Mr. Ogden is gifted with an elegant 'flow of language. There was a universal expression among the people of the church of a hope that he would find the Pillar of Cloud moving toward this city. He began with a word of thanks to the .people for the honor done him in the call extended to him but expressed the hope that the service would be of spiritual profit whether this were his first sermon or his first and last ser mon. His text was from Acts 20:21, "Tes tif3"ing both to Jews and Greeks re pentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." As Sampson got between the two central pillars of the temple on that old time gala day in Gaza and pulled them down, destroy ing the temple and those that worship ped inside, so old Satan would get be tween the central pillars of the temple of the church repentance and faith and pull them down. ''He's preaching a religion of ease without a cross," said the speaker, "a religion without a penitential hour and when he does, no matter how . beautiful or how cul tured the church, it will fall and be cause of its former beauty the wreck age will be the worse." The old prophets preached repent ance and faith, John the Baptist said: "Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand."- Paul said on Mars Hill in the midst of Greek' culture, "God commandeth all men everywhere to repent." And Jesus said, "Except ye .repent ye shall all likewise perish." As the world of matter reduces itself to simple elements, so does the Chris tian religion, unto such elemental doc trines as faith and repentance. Paul used his personal contract with men for lifting them into the truth.' "We sometimes forget, as did. the Pharisees of , old, and think that phy lacteries will take the place of repent ance and culture of sanctification. But the self-rierhteous Jew and the cultur ed Greek had both to learn their im portant "Faith consists of three simple ele ments. It is not so much an act of the mind as an attitude of the soul. Faith is. the magnetic pole thats turns one's heart to God. "Faith has for its foundation, confi Acrfe fin d trust, and in the third place, it invnlws commitment. You must commit yourself to Christ as you do your interests to your wire or to your friends." Analyzing tne words repent ance, the speaker said : "Repentance and remorse both have tears but repentance burns with a purpose while "remorse, palzied, weeps over a dead past. Remorse looks only to the past; repentance looks both back to the past and forward to the future. Remorse is powerless but re pentance is well nigh omnipotent. "The great dynamic of Paul's min istry was the-octrine of repentence and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith and repentance are not powerful in themselves, but their power lies in their relation to Jesus Christ. What do these things lead .to? Justification rests unon the foundation of faith. Sanctification, the companion column, rests upon repentance. Remember the old blood-stained cross still stands and the way to God is through that cross." Rev. J. R. Moose to Lead Missionary Institute Rev. J. R. Moose, a missionary to Korea, on a year's furlough in thjs courtry, will begin a missionary in stitute on Wednesday morning, con tinuing it until Thursday afternoon, in Trinity Methodist Church. Mr. Mcose went from the Western North Carolina Conference to the mission field seven years ago, and is sup ported by the Central Methodist Church, of Monroe. This missionary institute is held especially in the interest of the Char lotte district and the ministers of ihe district, one representative from each church in the district, and one representative from each . Woman's Foreign Missionary Society consti tiile the delegation to the institute. The sessions will all be open, and all who will do so are asked to attend. The afternoon session will be un der the direction of the women, and Mrs. Frank Siler, of Statesville, who is president of the Woman's Home Mission Society 01 the Conference, will be present and will address the institute, as will Mrs. Moose. These ladies will conduct the afternoon sessions. Mr. and Mrs. Moose and Mrs. Siler are interesting speakers, and they are in position to give much helpful information concerning home and foreign missionary work to those who hear them. - ' Continued on page 7. England Represented. By Associated Press. V - London, Jan. 7. The selection of the first division of the armored cruiser squadron to represent Great Britain at Jamestown was officially communicated to the . American am bassy. Show Case Co. Moves to Town The Plant Will be Taken From the Lawyers Road to Intersection of Gra hamStreeTarid the C. C. & A. Railroad. The manufacturing . plant of the Cochrane Show Case Company, at pres ent located on the Lawyers' Road about two miles from the city and adjoining the Charlotte -Gasket Com pany's plant, will be moved into the city, the. new building to be built on the Charlotte Realty Company's prop erty in Ward Three near the inter section of South Graham street and the railroad, in the rear of Kidd's store. The price paid for the property, on which are about a dozen small ten ant houses, was 59,000. The principal reason for the change of location is understood to be the securing of better railroad facilities. Material for the new manufacturing building is, being placed on the ground and the erection will be - pushed as rapidly as possible. The company started in business a few years ago with a small capital. A fine grade of work has been put ont of the factory since its establishment and some of the best show cases in Char lotte and other . cities, both in the Northland South, have been turned out under its present management. In the erection of the new factory build ing the present equipment and space will be considerably enlarged and ample accommodations made for the constantly increasing Dusiness of the concern. CHAIRMAN KNAPP SPEAKS. Regarding Methods Employed by Har riman Interests in Securing Alton He Makes Statement. By Associated Press. Chicago, Jan. 7. Chairman Knapp when asked if the Interstate Com merce Commission would look into the methods by which the Harriman interests secured control of the Alton, said: "I am not sure what course the in vestigation will take. We have been informed that the Harriman crowd secured control of the Alton when capitalized at about $40,000,000, then increased the capitalization - to ap proximately three times that amount. That might be an interesting story, I think." ROOSEVELT . TOOK A HAND. Conference May Result in Settlement of Trouble Effecting Railroads. By Associated Press. Chicago, Jan. 7 President Roose velt took a hand in the grave labor situation threatening the railroads of the country through the strike of fire men' on the Soutnern Pacific, and caused a conference to be held here at night, with the result that the controversy is in a fair way of being settled. . Cortelyon Resigns. Washington, Jan. 7. Geo. B. Court elyou announced his retirement as chairman of time Republican National Committee. Harry S. New, vice chair man, will become the acting chairman. S. C. LEGISLATURE MEETSTQMOBROW Gov-Elect Ansel will be Im augurated on 15th. Dis- - pensary will Make Des perate Fight for Life. Candidates for Speaker. Special to The News. Cqlumbia, Jan. 7. The general as sembly of South Carolina convenes tomorrow. This is the first session of this general assembly, all the members of the house and many members of the senate having been elected in November after their nom inations in the Democratic primary of August. Therefore, especial inter est attaches to the prospect of the session. Lieutenant Governor McLeod, who has for four years been a senator from Lee county, and before that a representative, will preside over the senate. A president pro tem will be elected, probably some senator ' such as Senator Mauldin, of Greenville, who has seen long service in the general assembly. The retiring pres ident pro tem is Senator Manning, of Sumter, who succeeded John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield. The hold over senators will draw up the com- ) mittees and there - will be a number of changes. In the house the election of speak er will be the first important thing. The candidates are Messrs. Whaley, of Charleston, McColl, of Marlboro, and Nash, of Spartanburg. The speaker appoints the committees of the house and for this reason as well for his general influence on legisla tion the position is a most impor tant one. For clerk of the senate Gen. R, R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, will stand for re-election and so will Clerk Tom C. Hamer of the house. It is not known that there will be opposition to either. Governor Heyward will send in his last annual message to the general assembly on the opening day. He has not confided its contents to the newspapers yet, but it will doubtless be a review of the work of the departments of the State govern--ment, laying especial emphasis on immigration, education andother pro gressive projects with which his administration is identified. It is likely that Governor-Elect An sel will be inaugurated on- the fol lowing Tuesday, the 15th, and the other State officials will go into office at the same time. Besides Governor Ansel and Lieutenant Governor Mc Leod, the officials are: Secretary of A. Suicide Pact Made Syrian Fruit Dealer Shot Himself, Handed Pistol to Cousin who A Iso Sui cided. Had Formed a Suicide Agreement. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 7. It was learned that Oscar Fillah, Syrian fruit, deal er, supposed to have, been mortally wounded by his cousin, Antonius Adbo, confessed just before he died Saturday that his cousin did not shoot him, but that he fired the shot , himself then handed the pistol to his cousin, who killed himself with the same weapon. Fillah told his friends he and his cousin had entered into a suicide pact. He was to fire the first shot, but when he found he had not killed him self, he made believe he had been shot by his cousin. ' ' WILL HE REACH IT? Stae, R. M. McCown, new chief clerk of the office; Attorney General, J. Fraser Lyon, of Abbeville; . Comp troller General, A. W. Jones of Abbe ville, incumbent; State. Treasurer, R. H. Jemings, incumbent; Superinten dent c ' Education, O. B. Slartin, . in ciimbe t; Adjutant General, J. C. Boyd, f Greenville. As tp the subjects the( legislature yill deYl with, they are various and numerois. Mr. Ansel and: a majority of each house have been elected on a platform declaring for local option in dealirt with the .whiskey ques tion and ithe abolition of the State djspensarl and it is to be presumed that this Watform will I be pit into effect. A local option tjill has been drawn by two members of. the house, both lawyers pi State repute, and it will be prented early; in the ses sion. The lispensary will of course make a desperate -fight' for life. Deain of Chas. WX Woolsey Funeral of Mr. Woolsey, Prominent Connecticut- an in State and Friend of Vanderbilts' Took Place this Afternoon. Special to The News. Asheville, N. C., Jan. 7. Charles W. Woolsey, one of the most widely known Connecticutans residing in North Caro lina, died at his Asheville home, "Witchwood" Sunday, after a lingering illness. Colonel Woolsey, was an intimate friend of George W. Vanderbilt and other members New York's society. The funeral will be held at All Souls Church, Biltmoie, this afternoon. Ladv Conlv Hewitt, daughter of the deceased, is en route from England, where she resides. would oust McClelland., Attorney General Jackson Thinks Hearst is Entitled to Mayorality of New York. "Mew York Jan. 7. Attorney General Jackson, entered suit in the Supreme Court against lieo. a. M.cJienan, pray in sr ho he ousted from the office of mayor of New York on the ground that he has usurped and uniawtuiiy holds such office, whereas William Randolph Hearst is legally entitled to the same. Tennessee Legislature. Nashville, Term., Jan. 7. The gen eral assembly of Tennessee met and organized today. The session promi ses to be one of considerable interest. MpafsnTPs dealing with elections, taxes, good roads and iother matters of general interest nave oeen drawn up ready to be introduced, in addi tion to numerous bills of special interests to the large cities and to particular . localities. The election of a. United States senator to succeed Edward W. Carmack will be purely a TT-fiinrtnrv nrrceeding. as the result cf the State primary assures the election of ex-Governor Taylor with out opposition. Will Taft Get Appointment. Bv Associated Press. . , . j. T4 n Ton 7 WTlPTl wasnmgLuu, l. " " t questioned concerning the rumor that he intends to retire from the bench to t thft nnnnrt.unitv to XVt5 Lilt? X - x-x appoint Secretary TafL Chief Justice Fuller declined to discuss the sub ject. - Will Filed. The will of the late J." E. Smith, of this city was filed with Clerk of the Court J.' A. Russell Saturday after noon The estate is bequeathed to the only heir, James E. Smith, and amounts to $3,000. M,oT.a -KMp-ar and Oscar Randolph returned to Chapel today to re sume their duties at the State Univer sity after spending the holidays with relatives in the couniy. TILLMAN'S RESOLUTION. Wants Information Regarding Difficul ty Between Regular and State Troops at Athens, Ohio, Given Sen- ; ate. By Associated T'ress. Washington, Jan. 7. Senator Till man presented a resolution directing the Secretary of War to furnish the Senate copies of all papers and' rec ords of the case of the difficulty be tween the regular and state troops at Athens, Ohio, in 1904, in which militia men were killed. , Senator Foraker explained he had secured the exact information, which he believed would satisfy the Senat tor. Mr. Tillman, in accepting Mr. Fora- ker's statement remarked that he was anxious, as long as the record of the Brownville matter was being gone into so fully that the record of the Athens affair be fully set forth in the records of the Senate. The resolution was withdrawn. Supreme Court Decision. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 7. The Supreme Court of- the United States in the case of Shropshire, Woodlif & Co. -ys. Bush and others, trustees of the Southern Car and Foundry Co., of Tennessee, held that the "assignee of, a claim for wages earned within three months before the commencement of proceedings in bankruptcy, against the bankrupt debtor, is entitled' to a priority of payment under Section 64 of the bankrupt act, when the assignment occurred prior to the commencement of such bankrupt pro ceedings." The Wilson Case. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 7. The case of Wilson vs. Secretary of the Treasury in which Wilson challenged the right to pay money necessary to secure the title of the French company of Pan ama property was decided by the Su preme1 court adversely to Wilson's con tentions. Location of Sub Treaury. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 7. The senators and representatives from Florida, Geor gia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee will meet this afternoon to decide on the location of the sub-treasury in the South. Cause of Railway Collisions. By Associated Press. ; Washington, Jan. 7. Senator Car ter introduced a resolution providing for a joint committee of senators and members of the House to investigate and report as to the cause of collisions on the railroads and the best means of obviating them. Mr. Gordon L. Clifton won the box of cigars offered by the Consoli dated Cigar Stores for the holder of the lucky number at the usual Saturday night drawing. His num ber, was 9,628. A Great Wage Conference Near 225,000 Men are Affected by Trouble in Railroad Circles. A Great Wage Confer ence Opens To-day. By Associated Press. Chicago, Jan. 7. With the arrival of a committee of firemen and train men and with engineers already in wage negotiations here, one of the greatest - wage conferences ever held in Chicago opens today. In the neighborhood of 225,000 men are affected. . ... . No Word From Steamer. By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 7. There was no direct word today from the missing steamer Ponce. HEYWARD IN RETIREMENT. Will Live- in Columbia and Devote Himself to ' Business. Special to The News. ( Columbia, S. C, Jan. 7. Upon his' retirement from office Governor Hey ward will go into business in Colum bia, where he has purchased a hand some residence. For a year or more he has "been president of the Stand ard Warehouse Company, which owns warehouses in different portions of the State, and he has recently been elected president of the Columbia Savings Bank. He will devote his lime to these two concerns and to his intimate friends he declares he is done with politics. He has never held any office but that of governor having lived all . his life in Colleton county, where he has engaged in his ancestral pursuit of rice planting, but he has made a success of politics. He is popular, tactful and discreet, ciud has the confidence of the people to an unusual degree. There are those who cannot believe that he can resist; the demand that will be made upon him within the next year to become a candidate for the seat now occupied by United States Sena tor A. C. Latimer, but the governor declares he is out for good. Standard Oil Case. By Associated Press. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 7'. What prom ises to be the last hearing in the suit brought by " the State of Missouri to dissolve the trust alleged to exist be tween the Standard Oil Company, the Waters-Pierce Company, and the Re public Oil Company in the State of Missouri was begun at the Southern Hotel today before Commissioner An thony. Nearly . all the officers of the several companies, including John D. Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers and others upon whom subpoenas had been serv ed, were represented by councel. The testimony of all the witnesses will be reviewed by Commissioner Anthony and then transmitted to the Missouri supreme court fr final adjudication. End Drug Store Liquor Sales Ministers Appoint Com- - mittee to Consider. the Curtailment of Amount of Prescription Liquor or Else to Prohibit It. The ministers, of the city and county this morning at the Y. M. C. A. decided to take vigorous action to stop the abuseof the sale of liquor here by doctor's prescription. At the meeting of the city and county minis terial associations yesterday a com mittee was appointed, consisting of Rev. Plato T. Durham, Rev. H. H. Hu-lten and Rev. A. R. Shaw, to con fer with the medical society, the board of aldermen and the anti Saloon League and decide upon one of two things. Whether the Legisla ture shall be petitioned to abolish the sale of liquor by the drug stores altogether or whether the amount to be sold shall be curtailed. The committee was appointed upon the motion of Rev. Plato T. Durham after the ministers had heard talks from Mr. Heriot Clarkson and Mr. J. D. McCall. The - min isters general discussed the subject amongst themselves. Rev. H. H. Hulten, pastor of the First Baptist Church, was elected chairman of the city association, succeeding-Rev. R. C. Holland. Other officers elected were E. L. Probert, vice chairman, succeeding Rev. Plato T. Durham and Rev. C. M. Short, re elected secretary. WHITES WILL NOT MIX. Senator Gearin Criticises Position of President on Entrance of Coolie Labor Says it is Curse in Califor nia. By Associated Press. Washington. Jan. 7. Senator Gear- in discussed in the Senate his reso lution on the Japanese question, mak ing his argument favor the doctrine ot 'States rights and the protection of labor by the exclusion of Coolies from China and Japan, tie criticised the stand taken by the President on the Japanese question, as to his in terpretation of the treaty with Japan and charged that the President's po sition in regard to the introduction of cheap labor, as applied to Chinese, was inconsistent with his recent mes sage to Congress in; regard to the treatment of the Japanese on the Pacific coast. "California,'1 said . Mr. Gearin, "is under no obligations to the Federal government to have public schools or any kind of schools at all." He said: "We have -learned that unrestricted immigration of Asiatic laborers to this country is a curse. He cited the negro question to show that the white race never will mix wita oilier races. There will be a regular commni cation of Charlotte Lodge, No. 392, B. P. O. Elks, tonight at 8 o'clock, in. the Elks' Hall over the Southern's up-town ticket office. ; " Members of the Legisla ture are in Raleigh or Headed that Way. Can didates for Speakership Hard at Wqrk. Fight is Between Dowd, Murphy and Justice. Mezv Companies Char tered. Masons Flocking to Capital for Meeting. By Bell Telephone. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 7. The mem bers of the legislature are coming into the city on every train. Already quite a number are here. The candidates for the speakership are all here and are busy, meeting all new members and pressing their claims. The situation is so mixed that it is impossible to say who stands the bet ter chance. It appears, however, that the fight is between Messrs. Dowd, Murphy and Justice. A charter was today granted the Belsion Knitting Mills, of Weldon, at a capital of $100,000 by W. B. Tillery and others. The High Point Hardwood Company was also chartered at a capitalization of $10,000 by R. H. Maxwell and others. The object of the company is to manu facture all kinds of hardwood fixtures for houses, wainscoating .etc, The Roy Lumber Company of Tay lorsville, N. C, i's chartered at a capi tal of $15,000 by J. P. Williams, Jr., and others. The members of the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons are coming in to the city on all trains now for the convention which convenes tomorrow night. Lieut.-Gov. Winston is presi dent. There have been 11 new lodges established during the past year in this State and 16,000 new Masons have been initiated. The most important question to b considered at the meeting, which will last three days, will be the matter of the erection of a $120,000 Masonic Temple in this city. The building com mittee will report tha everything is readjr to begia work. at once. FUNERAL OF MRS. J. W. MOORE Conducted at Sucar Cresk Church Yesterday Afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. Mary William son Moore, wife of Mr. John W. Moore, of Taylorsville, took place yesterday afternooH at 1:30 o'clock at the Sugar Creek Presbyterian church, the ser vices being conducted by Rev. H. M. Pressley, the pastor. The death of Mrs. Moore occurred at the Presbyterian hospital Sunday morning at one o clock, .after an ill ness of six weeks. Prior to this time, while at her home in Taylorsville, her condition was not thought to be alarm ing though as the days passed a com plication of diseases developed and her condition became more serious. Mem bers of the family were constantly at her bedside and at the time of death her husband and two step children, Mrs. Thqmas J. Smith, of Lincolnton and Miss Lizzie Moore, were with her. Before her marriage, on December the 16th, 1890, Mrs. Moore was Miss Mary Williamson, of Lancaster, S. C. In 1901 Mr. and Mrs. Moore moved to Taylorsville where they have lived since. Mrs. Moore was a woman of lovely christian character, a member of the Presbyterian church having joined when a child and she always took an active interest in church work. She was 60 years old and besides her hus band is survived by two brothers, Rev. James L. Williamson, of Newberry, S.' C.. and Mr. A. C. Williamson, of Lancaster; and one sister, Mrs. James F. Hunter, of Lancaster; also six step children, Mrs. A. M. Sample and T. D. McCarty, of Fort Pierce, Fla., Rev. John Wallace Moore, of Susaki, Japan; Rev. S. W. Moore, of Pocahontas, Va.; Rev. L. L. Moore, of Craigsville, Va., and N. G. Moore, of Mooresville. The. greater part of her married life was spent in Hopewell, this county, where Mr. Moore lived for long years, representing the county in the Legis lature several terms. STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED Matter of Strike Has Been Left to Men on Railway. Chicago, Jan. 7. Chirman Knapp has announced that it had been decid ed that the question of a strike be left to a refrendum vote of the men on the Southern Pacific. In the opinion of Chairman Knapp, there will be no strike. Presbyterian Joint Communior:. There was a joint communion of all the Presbyterian churches in Charlotte and Dilworth at the First Presbyterian Church j yesterday after noon at 4.30. - A large congregation was present. Dr. M. D. Hardin and Rev. A. R. Shaw conducted the ser vice, being assisted by Rev. Messrs. Raynal, Ogden and M. V. Porter. Mrs. Hardin at Missionary Society. The Young Womans' Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian church will meet to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. Grace Adams, at No. 610 North College street, and Mrs. Martin D. Hardin will make an address.