North Carolina Newspapers

V litll Ml, TtifHlT It TO ADVERTISERS; THE KESSEHCtt Ui a Uf if i Cons: . rfY Pi 5 n ii HUNGER. It 3TRANSCRIPJX Vencer M?r i State. TMI BEST ADVtWTlStttG MEDIUM In ft ftowtH.. I it GoldstoroT?i 1 Three nro Attractive lAiZlU l'atce I'npi-m. -0- I ST ABLISHED 18G7. WILMINGTON, N. O.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 0. 1830. PRICE FIVE CENTS. : i . i he proprietor of a hotel at Warrenton, GaM & negro in a fisjht Satarday uifcht. The f jcs threatened vengeance but thejwhit no trouble. Three wu have been ar- on suspicion of beinc nome of the per- i vho wrecked the Ntw York Central tram 'riday. Eight or ten cotton bnyera are York on their way Konth Ur place cou- i for future deliveries. Two rfciht i yesterday collided on the iUltirnore aud railroad. Three mm -were killed aud the ; ") ( -"glues an i inanv car were d-ntroy-d. il. V.och dihtillery, with H-veral thousand ; lofwhinkey, wan burned at L'iui-viHe . The tire wan incendiary. Two ex iraius collided yesterday morning on the i L-hore road. The enginea interlocked up their nni!e Htacko. One man only. anem- 1 jye, wax killed. The Secretary tr r yet, ' appointed the coinriiinHiorifcru of the '.ick&mo-i ' .nreiii.-- lVrk nndcr the recent act of The dock -IaboriTB, coal porterH, ilora and firemen about Hampton, England. ttrn Btr-irk. -Tlif "Evening Htate nt-WH- ptf company of Ilichmond, Va., has been rganized with Win. Uyan a president. ::e Tobacco Leaf Doard of Trade of Jvew York ; 1 & meeting yewterday panned resolution pro- t ting agaiUHt the Tariff bill. An attempt . vsmado to wreck a fat mail train on the : ' -T York Central road lat night.-; rhere is a ;It pending in the United State .Supreme C urt involving the title to a county in Texa Eobert Garrett, now in Switzerland, ih v rv ill with hia old nialidv. The election iu Maine yesterday wan a quiot one wth gen trally a light vote. There wad a. good deal of t 'rr.t hintr of tickotc. The ktent informa tion ii that the State has gone Republican by l y about 1J,00). rorty-three towns out of j'.fty in Heed's district give him a plurality of 1 72 against a plurality of 2,VJH two yiara ago, A fearful disaster .occurred at Iittburg t :rday night. A premature explosion of a t covered about fifty men nuder hundreds . tc r.g of rock. riSTOL.-JKAriiS. Three screws are now omo steamers. to be used in Did not the Vermont Radicals catch black eye in that liif-t light. 1 "Wh;it liN favorite sin ' ' Is prule that itpes huiLfin'ty." r - ltohni Houthiy. New York City wishes its Aldermen have a new count of 'the census nde. Dakota Indian are reported as fast the chief diseases. i - . i -Loss Quay is even meaner than we sun nosed. He is anxious to put a tar on quinine. Let Kennedy "go for him.' The Raleigh lul; Lltromclc is six months old. Jt is a bright, newsy, vig orous young j;;qer and has mado many friends. I It snys it lead 3 all other State dallies in circulation. Possibly it may. "What a groat State is Texas be- comel For the .year ending 31st Au gust 1800, the exports were valued at S120,234,52S, at 1 the assessed property at $780,(XM),(KM' almost' an empire in itself. ! Wo never tad tu::e to waste over . I'.ia VViieeier. hiiu ner : u int,S. ' J. lie .-in rm. . ...,.11. ... . r- i Washington Pur.. ilescr.K-s her thus: "Ella Wheeler Wileox wears ;thetie dresses and poses on the rooks and writes verses in the albums of the lack adaisical young ladies at 'Narraganset Pier." ! : Henry W. Hilliard, of lal jama. (now living in Atlanta), who was in the Congress inlhe forties, and wiis at on time a Methodist prei'eher, is writing a book of reminiscences in which he will toll of Congressional life j and life in li lgiiim -and Brazil. lie isa man of rt I ability. ; . . I'cv. Dr. LalTerty has a poor opinion of Yale University as a teacher of di vine truth. . He says it is "a college of evil report and fame as to sound doc trir.?;'a nest of 'baptized infidels,' hid in;; 3hind a 'Higher Criticisit ' and Par iaianisra.'' Harvard is prcbably still .more open to criticism. Some time ago a ship sailed from Boston, Mass., and the Herald, the largest circulated paper in New Eng ! ndtJB&ys that it took to Africa "14 Irsionaries, 400 tons of gunpowder, 11 :a of gin, and 10,000 casks of rum." hard it is to teach an old dog new ks. lev. Dr. J. C. Hiden, a native of -jinia, and once a Wilmington . pas , writes to the Baltimore Baptist: 4A very considerable proportion of the best popular speakers that wo o ever known were skillful story ers. i Shelton F. Leak, John Ran ph Tucker, Henry A. Wise, Louis VVigfall and Z. B. Vance iare all ies in point.' " j ;he late Hon. A. W. Venable uld be added. He had as many :cdotes as Vance and told them with ch effectiveness. Many of the atest campaigners we have heard ely told anecdotes. We do remem ? to have heard Henry W. Miller or lge Kerr tell anecdotes and do not ak that Judge Saunders or Col. Dun- McRae indulged in that line. T22LKO K A 1 1 1 1 C S U M MARY. THE WAR AGAIXST VANCE. THE MATTER SETTLED AND THE AT TACKS TO CEASE. i , Col. L. L. Polk and Chulrman Smith en to Waalungton on this ltunl(ift-A AVil inlncton Lai) y on the Hoarl of Manager of tlie Woltl'a Fair The Va.lkln III v. r lirilge Wreck. "MESSENGEK BUREADi I Raleigh, N. C, Sept., 8. -Vcstordav was a scorchf r. The mer cury c-limh' d up to ixi. It was 88 at 7 o'clock. The niifht was very oppres- tirii in itif.r. It. w:lss t.rM hnl.ttt. wpnlhpr in ttHntemlipr in :i lontr timn. To-dv the wind shifted and it U bomewhat cooler. Postmaster ShafTer leaves to-morrow for Washington, D.'C. and thence ex pects to tro to the Ilocky Mountains, to remain about three weeks. He will be near Gunnison iraost of the time. The improvements at the postoflice, which hayo been in progress some time, will be finished to-morrow. They have proved ol marked public benefit. There were transferred" from the ex tension of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway! (to meet the Norfolk and Western) 1 18 convicts, which were at once forwarded by the penitentiary authorities to the road in course of construction from Osgood to Egypt, Chatham county. The number of con victs now there is 190. Mr. W. J. Hicks, the warden of the penitentiary, says in three months, witn goou weather, the grading ol the roaa will be completed. Iuciuirv was made to-day whether the extension of the Albemarle and Raleigh road here from Springhope would be gin before spring (the idea being that the Legislature might idq asked to pass an act allowing subscriptions.) Your correspondent ventured to express a belief that work on the road wouln be cm in tnree monins. inesoonerii fets here tho better for aU parties in interest. It will in all probability get depot facilities when it comes here. The remark iwas made to-day that if this road werej extended from here so as to meet theiLvnchturg and Durham it will put Raleigh in 147 miles of the Virginia coal mines. Col. A. B. -Andrews will leave to morrow for Chicago, to attend a meet ing of the commissioners of the Colum bian Exposition, which will be held on the 15th. The Colonel takes a lively interest in thei fair, which he says will bo a grand one, and he is greatly im pressed with Chicago s enterprise. The matter of the site, which is to bo on the lake shore, will at this meeting be settled. Under Section 6 of the act of Con gress creating this commission the ap pointment of a board of lady managers is required, this to be composed of two ladies and alternates from each State. At its first meeting at Chicago, last June, the commission adopted resolu tions placing the selection of the board in the hands of the commissioners on the part of the respective States. Col. Andrews to-dav informs us that in accordance with this he has appointed Mrs. George W. Kidder, of Wilming ton, as a lady manager from North Carolina. It is certainly an excellent appointment. Governor Fowle returned this morn ing from Ashcville. Miss Helen Fowle is yet there. The Governor looks very well. Travelers on the North Carolina rail wav give interesting accounts of the great wreck at the Yadkin river bridge. Conductor Seoti is a man quick to acl. As his caboose was actually moving down the slide 7 caused by the sinking bridgo he uncoupled it and put on brakes. It was stoppel in a few yards of the opening caused by the falling of the spans. - i The J 'rofj revive Far.nct' makes only a passing allusion to Senator Vance in to-day's issue.j It does not attack him i'jrther, but comments on the stir that has followed public work. its comments upon his It is no longer a secret that Colonel.Polk and Chairman Smith went to Washington 'city to endeavor to arrange matters as between Colonel 1 Ik and the f Senator and thus stop a row which cat surely result in no sort of good to Colonel Polk. It is the be lief that some results will follow this movement, j The I'irjrc$sivc Fcrmcr renews, in a different shape its attack on .the Xavs and Observer i It expresses a belief that the information regarding Col. Polk, as commissioner of agculture was sent from. Rateigh to Crawford, the man who wrote the letter attacking the Colonel, j Mr. Ramsey, the. asso ciate editor of the Projrcssive Farmer, tells me that! paper has now 17,000' weekly circulation. He was asked if it had not lost subscribers by reason of its attack on Vance and replied "only four." When asked if Col. Polk knew that the Western Fanner and Mechanic, Eublished at jAsheville, was booming im for Senator, he said "no, not until the matter was published," and that the man Thomas, the independent Alliance candidate for Congress in the Seventh District had made a false statement that Col. Polk had given him leave to'say he was a Senatorial candidate, whereas Col. Polk had not said a word to that effect. In an editorial in Sunday's Messen ger an injustice is done, Mr. John C. Sy me, who years ago was on the ikri tinel. So far; as your correspondent knows, Mr. Syme never became a Re publican. Ten years ago, while in his prime, he was paralyzed, and has been ever since a physicial wreck, but still having that j tender regard for old friends which always marked him. The report tf New Hanover's indus tries, as given In yesterday Messen ger, was brought td the attention of Commissioner Robinson to-day. He asks me to request the Messenger to fill out the list on a black which is sent to-day. If this is returned at once it will be inserted In the August Bulle- Continued on fourth page. i The Klectlons Quit The Vote a m Kule Small Keed'a Plaralitr Oreater Than Two Yearn Ago. Biddekord, Maine, Sept. S. The election opened very quietly here. A large vote was polled the first half hour, but no disturbance owin to naturalization trouble has occurred. No special officers were appointed for duty and no deputy fcherifTs or Federal officers are stationed at the polls. The prospect is now, that the election will be as quiet a one as Biddeford ever ex- perienccd. Biddeford win prooaoiy pive a Democratic majority of lo. Two vears aero the majority was 401. The wardens actine for the Democratic leader are keeping a private record of all who present themselves at the polls and who find that their names nave been stricken off the list. , Portland, Maine, Sept. 8. Seven- teen towns in Heed s district .give Keed 5,543, Frank 4,291, scattering 4o. Reed's plurality 1252. The same towns in 1SS0 gave Reed 6,042, Emory 5,528, scattering- 238. Reed's plurslity 514. In the State twenty-five towns give Burleigh 6,939, Thompson 4 869, scat tering 274. Burleigh's plurality 2,870. The same towns in 1888 gave Burleigh 8,932, ! Putnam 6,280,' scattering 336. Burleigh's plurality 2,6S2. Bangor, Maine, Sept. 8. In Ban gor to-day the lightest vote for years was polled and there was great scratch in s of tickets. Men, wh6 have been in politics for years, say they have never known anything like tue manner in which tickets were cut. Result in the city is greatly in doubt, and the Republicans are not claiming the city by oyer 200 at the outside. The pros pect is good for the election of at least one Democratic Representative, but nothing definite can be told till the entire vote is counted. Extreme. quiet characterizes the election proceedings. Washington, Sept. 8. Dispatches to the Republican National committee this evening assert that the entire Maine delegation in Congress is re elected. Miliken's majority is consid erably reduced. Reeds majority is put at 4,300 and still growing as successive re ports come to hand. The majority for the State ticket is stated at about 13, 000. . . Portland, Maine, Sept. 8. Thirty towns gives Burleigh S,2S6, Thompson 5,722, Clark 204, Scattering 23; Repub- lican plurality 2,564. At last election Burleigh had 10,079 Putnam 7,966, Cushing 271, Scattering 236. Portland, , Me.i Sept. 8. Forty- three of the fiftythree towns in the First district give Reed 15,502, Frank 10,830, scattering 45; Reed's plurality 4,672. Same towns in 1888 gave Reed 16,511, Emory 14,3 3, scattering 2o6, Reed's plurality 2,138. Arrested for Train Wrecking. Albany, Sept. 8. A rumor is cur rent max; a man nas been arrested on suspicion of being one of the wreckers 01 the Montreal express Friday morn ing. The railroad officials, police and Jt'inkerton detectives are reticent on the subject and nothing could be learn ed from those quarters, nor could it be learned from any of them where the man is held in custody. An Associated Press reporter who has been on the case collected the following storyi by fdece meal, from sources he deems re iable: Detective Tom Bryant, of the Hudson police force, yesterday morn ing arrived in this city shortly before 9 o'clock, having in custody Mr. York Reed, of East Albany, who has served as freight brakeman on the Hudson river division of the Central road.whom he arrested in Hudson on suspicion of being one of the tram wreckers. Reed is now in Superintendent Bissell's pri vate office in the Union depot. This was learned from a waiter who brought his supper for him from the depot restaurant. He is being held in pri vate custody for the time being, it I is thought, in order to allow the detec tives who are working on the case op portunity to "pump" him. It is known that Superintendent Bissell, Robert A. Pinkerton and Mr. Humphrey, a Cen tral detective stationed at Poughkepsie have been closeted with Reed. Albany, Sept, 8. John Reed and John Kieruan, former Central-Hudson freight brakemen, and John Cordial Wright, conductor, are under arrest charged with being concerned in the wrecking of the Montreal express. Reed was arrested first, and indications go to show that he made some, disclo sures which led to the arrest of others. All were .strikers, and all Knights of Labor. Reed is given rather a bad character by railroad men and was very active in throwing stones at trains when they resumed running and incit ing all sorts of violence. The other two men are married and bear good characters and some surprise is ex pressed at their arrest. Yesterday's Game. Philedelphia Athletic 2, Toledo 5. Boston Boston 18, New York 6. (Players.) Brooklyn Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 5. (Players.) Rochester Rochester 1, St. Louis 3. Baltimore Baltimore 3,Louisville I. Philadelphia-Philadelphia 4, Brook lyn 3. (League. Pittsburg Pittsburg 6, Cleveland 4. (Brotherhood.) Chicago Chicago 7, Pittsburg 3. (League.) Buffalo Buffalo 5,Chicago 9. (Broth erhood.) New York Drawn game, darkness New York 6, Boston 6- (League.) The Title to a County Inrolred. Washington, Sept. 8. Gen. Edgar Allen, of Richmond, Va., was to-day appointed and qualified as a special assistant to the Attorney General to assist in prosecuting the suit in the Supreme court. of the United States against the State of Texas to settle the title to Greer county ,which has been in controversy for many years. THE 3IAINE ELECTION'S. CONGRESS. ' ANOTHER SECTIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE TARIFF BILL. IZepabliran Senator Favor. Fr Machlne rr for Making Bet Sngr, but ImpoM a Tax on Cane Suear Machinery Klver and Harbor Kill Heady for the President. The Maine Member all AtMcnt. Washington, Sept. 8. Senate The conference report of the River and Harbor appropriation bill was taken up and agreed to without discus sion, and without the yea and nay vote. The Tariff bill was taken up, the de bate on the bill and amendment to be limited to thirty minutes for any Sen ator on any one subiect. Several changes or amendments in the bill, re ported by Senator Aldrich from the Finance committee were made. Senator Plumb offered the amend ment of which he had given notice on August 30th, imposing a tax of $1.25 per gallon on distilled spirits. He said that he offered it because he be lieved that it would be necessary to have the additional revenue which would be thus provided $1,508,000 to meet the requirements of the VJov ernment. The sugar section was then taken up, the immediate subject under conside ration being the Finance Committee s amendment to paragraph 223 imposing duties on all sugars above No. 13 duties standard. In the same paragraph the amendment increasing the duy on sugar above No. 16 six-tenths of one per cent, per pound instead ot iour tenths as in the House bill was agreed to. Senator Quay offered the amendment proposed by him on August 1st fixing the duties between No. 13 and No. lb at 3-10 of a cent per pound, between No. 16 and No. 20 at 6-10 and above No. 20 at one cent. Senator Quay's amendment was re jected. The proviso that, in case oi an ex port duty imposed by any country. sugars from that country shall be subject to duties under the existing law was withdrawn bv the Finance committee after its effect had been explained. 1 The Finance committee amendment to include maple sugar ! among those for which a bounty is to be paid was agreed to. Senator Manderson offered an amend ment for the admission, free of duty, machinery for the manufacture of beet sugar and for the refunding of duties collected on such machinery since January 1st, 1890. Senator Eustis moved u amend the amendment so as to extend it to ma chinery for beet and sorghum sugar which gave rise to a good deal ol dis cussion. Senator Reagan complained of the exhibition of sectionalism in the bill, illustrated in the pending amendment and in the high duties imposed on cot ton ties, while binding twine was put on the free list. But it was useless, he said, to expect justice. Without coming to a vote, Senator Aldrich said he would try and have all the amendments voted on to-night so as to have the bill at the 6tage of the third reading to-morrow morning He (for committee) offered an amend ment that the bill shall take effect on first of October, 1890. The Senate, at 5:30 p. m., took a re cess till 8 p. m. house of representatives. Prior to the reading of the journal, Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, raised the point of no quorum. The effort of the bpeaker pro lem to count a quorum proving unavailing, a call of the house was ordered. The call disclosed, the presence of 156 members and the Ser- geanvat- Arms was dispatched after the absentees. Tr Pnmmlncra of rrr-L- i-nicorl a laugh by the request that the Maine delegation be excused on account of political illness, every memoer oi mis delegation being absent. A quorum havmg appeared, further proceedings under the calf were dispensed with and the lournal of Saturday s proceedings was read and approved. The House spent the balance of the session discussing the bill in reference to the Baltimore and Potomac railroad and at 5:30 adjourned. Chickamaujra Park Commissioner. Washington, Sept. 8. Secretary- Proctor hasappointed as commission ers under ithe recent act establishing the Chickimauga Park:Oen. Joseph S. Fullerton of Missouri, Gen. Alexander P. Stewart of Tennesse, and Col. S. C. Kellogg of the army. Gen. H. O. Boynton of Washington, has been ap pointed as assistant in I the historical work. All of these gentlemen were ac tively engaged in the battles of Cbick amaugaand Missionary Ridge. Gen. Ful lerton was chief of staff to Gen.Granger Gen. Stewart commanded a Confeder ate division at both battles and after wards was made Lieutenant General. A Distillery Burned. Louisville, Ky., Sept, 8. The Roach grain distillery at Unionton, Ky., was burned yesterday with several thousand gallons of whiskey loss $S0, 000; insured for $43,000, The fire is believed to have been incendiary. The distillery plant; was recently purchased by the Mutual ' Distillery company, an eastern concern, from John Roach for 1 100,000. The Government bond house was saved. Protesting Against the Tariff BI1L New York,1 Sspt. 8. The Tobacco Leaf Board of Trade met hereto-day and passed a ! resolution protesting against the McKinley bill, which t,hey claim will have the effect of ruining their business. The board decided to petition Congress to so change the bill that, in case of its passage, leaf import ers will not have to pay duty on goods until they are taken from bonding' stores. i A HOKKim.E DISA.sTEK. i A Prematore KxploAion of a lUt IlarUs Fifty Men I'ndcr Tom of Kock-Heartrending Crle from It neat h the Ma. Siokank Falls, : Wash., Sept. 8. Time only, heightens the horron wrought by the premature explosion of the blast "in the Northern PaciSc freight yards here Saturday nighL At lip. ra. the men engaged" in the nd Likof taking out the wounded victim were forced to dt!ift because .among the rocks which were boing cleared away were fifty other bla-t that might be exploded in the task of removing the mats of debris that buried the vic tim?-. Up to that hour eighteen Nniics had been taken out. There arv yet twenty seven men unaccounted for. all of whom are probably buried 'beneath the mighty mass of rock. The fatality wa terrible. The men were given no chance for life. It was either instant death or slight injury. There was about 200 jtounds of giant powder in the bia??t. The accident was caused by some one's carelessness. The man in charge of the blast and three assistants were blown to atoms. It is thei custom to prepare the blasts and charge them at the hour of 12 noon, and at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, ; after the men have left work and gone to places of safety to shoot them. In this case, however, it seems that one! blast had been pre pared and the foreman, C. McPherson, was preparing a second. The men had all finished their work and were put ting on their coats ready to go to their homes, when thev met a horrible and unexpected death. Either the rock was 100 noi irom xne action 01 tne drills, or else the tamping exploded the second blast and that exploded the first. The man who was tamping paid the penalty with his life. The man who stood beside the one who was tamping escaped! with slight bruie although 20,000 cubic feet of rock were hurled for hundredsof feet in every di rection. Another man who was near the deadly blast and who was supposed to be dead was seen shortly after the explosion in a half crazed condition walking around with his clothing torn to shreds. The men were ! working in a cut lev eling off the ground for new freight yards. The cliff of rock on the side of the cut which was being removed was twenty feet high. The blasts are so arranged that the rock is thrown to ward the cut. Not anticipating a blast. about thirty men were under the cliff when the blast exploded. A great mass of rock and earth were raised in the air and pitched over into the cut burying the men beneath its awful weight. None of them had time to run, but a few escaped in a miraculous manner, uver one nunured men were at woik in the adjoining cuts and at once were on the scene of the terrible accident, and began with picks and shovels to hunt for the buried bodies. From all over the huge mass of rock groans and 6hrieks issued, and the air. was filled with horrible noise and ap peals of the wounded and dving. A short half hour and all was still except for working men with pick in hand, ho with light of lanterns worked late into the bodies. night removing the dead Locomotives Driven Into Each Other. Lockport, Sept. 8. At 4 o'clock this morning two North Shore limited trains, one going east, the other west collided with terrific force on the Cen tral track near the station in this city. Engine No 692 of the train going east was telescoped by engine No. 735 of the western train, and they now stand locked together with their smoke stacks neasly touch each. By the force of the collision the tender of the engine of the east bound train was forced back into the Wagner buffet car No. 420 and j Baggageman W. A. Fiedder; of New I York city, was instantly killed. The I tnnflo?- (if nnrrinn 'n n-oa olcnrlvoh in like manner into buffet car No. 419. I The engineer of this engine, Edson tiraaiev, oi Syracuse, sustained corn- I pound fracture of both legs, and rire- j man Wm. Houston, also of Syracuse, j received a - bad flesh wound on one I thigh and severe cuts on the head. J No other injuries of any account are I reported, although the passengers in j both trains were badly shocked by the force of the collision. As these trains do not stop at this station the passen gers were only saved by the square in terlocking of the engines. Had the collision occurred but two or three rods to the east one train would have cut the other in two and the loss of life would have been appalling. The west bound train is due here at 3:22 a. m., and was, therefore, over a half hour be- 1 : I . rr-l t . t i 1 uiuu uine. ineir meewng psace is Sanborn, twelve miles west of this city. e A Fatal Kailroad Collision. Pittsburg, Sept. 8. A special to tne L,nn)mcie awl ltlojraph from Wheeling, W. Va., says: About 1 o ciocK inis morning easu and west bound freight trains met in terrible collision on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Board Tree tunnel, about thirty miles east of here. A wrecking irain nas oeen sent out. it 13 known that both cDKinca udu a dozen -cars j. were entirely destroyed, and the wreck took fire. Engineers Dominick Kellr anu aanea iricKery and an unknown j - 1 1 -r 1 , . uiau, supuscu w oe a tramp, were almost instantly killed. The fate of the firemen is not known. Killed In a Fight. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 8. A e pedal to the Chronicle from Warren ton, Ga., says: 10m Adams, colored 'was killed nr o v jv mKin W. S. N orris, DroDrietor of th w. ' ?TTQ" otCl "V:r X?1" morris, who had retired, got ud and reo nested th tr. mo n a., ton li. v,vvft.-,.uvj .3 uukuiuiujf ui guests Adams resented this, and a oimcuiiy .ensueq m wmch he was nArrwvo V 4 vnfMniv but ithA U iiwcB lurcauin for wmm vv mij uigifcuj and hardly expect any trouble. A. 1. w AM .I0NES AT 110MK. THE GREAT EVANGELIST AS H AP PEARS BEFORE HIS NEIGHBORS. A Meicer i;iMrter Uli I He I ! of the tie tatUt and Write an ltretjftc IetterIlr. Hawthorn' Opinion of m Jnnrt and the Latter' 0tatn of the Wllmlnctnn I'reacher. Ca ITF.KSVILLK, (t.V. pL Jj - .IT,- That a "prophet not without ClAL bono t tave in hU own ocntrv I un doubtedly true in mvt'av.M'.but tn th cn-o t the Rev. Sum Jone U fourd an exception. This is. the home of the dUtir jruih- ed evangeli-t. It w here tht h was rait-ed and hi inco iiv4. There is not a boy or gir'. in Bartow county that doe not know him. 1 have for 11 long time h;.d n earoUv to visit this town and m c for tnvelf how so famous a preacher a Sam Jones iive at his home and is regarded by his neighbor who know him m much better than other folk and con MHiuently have a splendid chance to judge him loth a a man and preacher. Carte rsvt lie is a prettv little town 01 3,000 inhabitant located on the At lanta and Western railroad forty-eight' miles north of AllanLt. It Is the capi tal of Bartow county and in either di rection can bo seen towering mountain giving a picturesque appearance and affording beautiful scenery. The rail-" road runs directly through the town and on either -lde at the depot is a large commodious hotel which give a business air to the surrounding. Mr. Jones' residence is a pretty two-story-cotLtge on Market street with a spacious lawn; chrysanthemum and beds of fragrant flower are dotted here and there, thus making a scene of beauty and loveliness. Two hundred yards from here, on the same street, U the big tabernacle which Mr. Jones built three years ago and in which he holds a ten days' meeting every year. The annual meeting for this vear lc gan last Sunday and will close Monday. Thousands are flocking to hear the great preacher and, despite the fact that the entire population of Carters- ville will only half fill the building, it is crowded every day. Mr. Sonet ha a score of preachers assisting him. I came in yesterdav afternoon, ltev. Mr. -Bo wen, of Aberdeen, Mi , wns the first preacher I heard. Rev. John B. CuheD!er. ol Macon, next occupied the pulpit, and a preach- er Irom Atlanta, ua wnoe name I cannot now recall, came next, then "vour uncle Jones" for one hour and twenty minutes' He wa followed by Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, I). l., ol At lanta and Rev. Geo. Jones. He would never announce who would preach but simply say that "either himself, Stew art, Culpeper, Hawthorne, Bowen or some other first class preacher would lead the next meeting," The meetings are extremely' interesting and many converts are being made. If anyone desires to test the popular ity of Sam Jones they should come here and go amonL his neighbors nnd en-' ouire about lum. No man with whom 1 have talked (and'I have talked with scores) here have had aught but good to say of Sam .Junes. I he ieoplo or Cartersville love him and are proud to claim him among their citizens. The truth is that from a business, ns well as a religious standpoint. Ham .lone is the life of his town, lie is interested officially and financially in nearly every enterprise in Lartersviuc among which I will name, tne nan, waicr works company, ga company, iro fac tory, bricK 'manufactory, real estate com pan v. etc., etc. Bv invitation 1 visited Mr. jone houe and dined with him and hi- fam ily. I hardly think there can bo a happier family anywhere than hi,' a pleasant smile of contentment and joy plays continuously over the counte nance of every one. There are six children the youngest apparently about five year old and the oldest a married daughter perhaps thirty. "Papa" is the joy of all hi family and is the life of his home. But Mrs, Jones is a most estimable lady accom plished and . possesoltig a motherly af fection rarely seen. I aked Mr. Jones if he had read In the paper how some of the jH.ople in Wilmington opoed his coming there. He said the whole matter wa perfectly familiar tq him and that he wa thor oughly po?iUd on the critici-m of Rev. Dr. T." H. Pritchard. I akcd him if he cared to say anything aout the matter for publication. This i hi answer: "You can jut say that I feel as kind toward the preacher who or potse me and my method a I do towards those that uphold me, for if their views ire based on newspaper reports, then they are Only 10 sured, if censured at all for judging 2 man by the garbled and sensational reports as to what he has ald and done. It is the people who do not at tend the meetings that do the crltl cising.' I met the Rev. Dr. J: B. Hawthorne the well known pastor of the Fint Baptist church of At.anta, at Mr. Jones' bouse. There is no better -known or more prominent Bantiit . I nreacher In th South than Tie T7 I . . - I thorne. I Bought an Interview with him and asked him to tell me his onln- ion of Sam Jones as a man, a Christian and a preacner. 1 look out my pencil - ' and note 000 k and wrote while ho talked and when he had finished I read to Mm what He had said. ITo de clared. 11 was correct. Here I VMt III llaVfhnm. J . ... Dare Known itev. Sam P. Jone I Tr. wJones Fau , . Prejudiced against him i oeiore mis acquaintance began. I had I ;aa MTTf i i 1 Qaa I 4 r . . . -v-.pnwjr ro- pons oi nis sermons and sneecheji I When I heard him the first tlrnT?w nrofoundlr imnreaed with hi- -.T: i nMM ..ii nnnAit nf li i i I , " v,ft4 UIO.- I !77 . r, 'V. Kr,munri- Continued on fifth page. S! : ! i f 7.