The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18

evangelist, of Gainesville, Ca, died
early Monday of heart disease in a
sleeping car on train No. 4 of the
Rock Island Railroad near Perry,
Ark. Mr.. Jones had been conducting
a most successful revival at Oklahoma
City, l.. T., and left there Sunday
night for his home in Georgia. He
desired to attend a family reunion It
being the 59th anniversary of his
birth.
Mrs. Jones and his two daughters,
Mrs. Annie Pyron and Miss Julia
Jones, we're with him when he passed
away.
Nh. Jones arose from his berth in
the sleeper about 5 o'clock and COM
planned Of nausea. He drank a glass
Of hot water and Immediately after
wards collapsed.
Rev. Walt. Holcomb, who had been
associated with Mr.. Jones for a num-
Der of years, took the dying man i'll
his arms and in a few minutes the
evangelist reathed his last. The
body was embalmed aud was sent to
Gainesville.
Life of MI. Jones.
Rev. Sam P. Jones was born in
Chambers county, Ala, Oct. Is, 1887,
| and was reared in Gainesville, Bar
tow county, Ca, where he resided at
the time of his death. His father,
Captain John j. Jones, was a law
yer of note in Georgia, distinguished
for his intelligence and integrity,
social qualities and consistent piety.
He prepared his son for. the legal
| profession, which he entered i'll early
manhood with the fairest prospects
and promises of success.
After a life of wildness and social
excuses his fathers death-bed be-
came the scene of his reformation
and in October, 1872, in atlanta, Ga,
he was received on trial in the North
Georgia conference of the NJ. E.
church, South. This step astonished
his friends, who did not believe he
could ever succeed in the ministry.
His first appointment was the Van
vert circuit, in Barto and Polk coun-
ties, Ga, which he served three years.
In 1876 he was sent to Desoto cir
cult. where he remained two years.
/ In 1880 he was appointed agent of
1 tho N0~fI Gaa~n T0~fono~o1 a.
phan's Home, when the home was un-
der great financial embarrassment.
He not only relieved the home from
debt and saved it from financial ruin
but raised money and erected addi-
tional buildings, put the institution
upon a career of greater usefulness
and prosperity.
Since that time he has been engag-
ed in evangelistic work, having held
revivals in all parts of America, from
Washington to San Francisco and
from the Lakes to the Gulf. His
power over men was marvellous and
his power over vast assemblies phe-
nomenal. He despised the mere arts
of Oratory, but possessed the elo-
quence of earnestness and action, the
fire and glow of passion, the surprises
Of thought, which, expressed in the
language Of the shop and the field
and illustrated by the common facts
of life, made him the most sensation
al preacher who ever stood in an Am
erican pulpit.
It is safe to say that no other man
in America was more popularity
known and extensively recognized
years he has been constantly before
the American people, speaking all
over the country. He was known far
and wide, and was just as successful
IN his efforts in one part of the
land as any other.
There was no limit to his energies.
He would speak in one state n
day and in another the next. He
traversed the entire country i'll his
tours.
AS an evangelist he was successful
and had the power to attract men by
the sheer force of his personality.
As a public speaker he was even
more successful. He was able to
command a monumental salary. On
the American stage he held a unique
position which has never been APP
preached. He was witty, sarcastic
and d~enunciatory, and yet his most
bitter satire was relished ven by
those at whom it was aimed. He
was PERFECTLY understandable and
none but he could denounce IN terms
so bold and so unmistakable the pre-
vailing evils of the day and the par
ticular individuals engaged III any
unholy traffic.
His death viii cause universal sad
ness.