The Carlisle independent., 1906-10-18
GONE UP HIGHER
SAM JONES DIES SUDDENLY ON A
 TRAIN IN ARKANSAS.
He Was a Truly Great Man, and Thousands Mourn His Death and
 Weep at His Tomb.

Little ROck-Rev. Samuel Porter Jones, widely known as an evangelist of the Methodist Epicopal Church, South, died October 15, shortly after 6 a. m., on east-bound Rock Island passenger train No. 1, about one mile west of Perry, Perry county, 40 miles west of Little Rock. The body was brought to Little Rock on the same train, which had been laid out at Perry by freight wreck, and was prepared for burial by Undertaken P. H. RuebeI of this city. It was taken in the after noon over the Rock Island to Mem phis, at which place it was trans ferred to a Nashville, Chattanooga x St. Louis Railway train, and will be taken to the former home of the evan gelist at Gainesville, Ga, where in terment will take place. No inquest was held at Perry or at Little Rock, but the cause of his death is ascribed to heart failure.
 MT. Jones and the other members of his party arose early, about o'clock. MT. Jones had dressed and was sitting in the smoking compart- ment of the sleeper, when he was suddenly seized with a sickness at the stomach. He summoned hi. daughter, Mrs. Pyron, who brought him cup of hot water, which caused him to vomit and caused slight cessation of his pain. Shortly after wards he was again seized with sick hv, members of his family, and in the arms of his co-evangelist, MT. Hol- comb, he passed peacefully away. When the train arrived at Perry a physician was, summoned, but the evangelist had died before the train arrived at that station.
 MT. Jones had been holding revival services in a tabernacle at Oklahoma City for two weeks. He was to have addressed audiences at Oklahoma City October II, but special from that place says that it developed early in the day that he had disappeared. Although a vigorous search was made for him, nothing was learned as to his whereabouts until the news was received of his death. Later it de veloped that MT. Jones left Oklahoma City huriedly Sunday evening, hasten ing from his hotel to the station while carriage was waiting to convey him to the evening services. No reason was given for his sudden departure, nor did he state his destination, but it was supposed that he suddenly made up his mind to spend his birth day anniversary at his home, and lef on that account. The text of his la sermon at Oklahoma City was "Th Grace Is Sufficient for Me"
 The belated Rock Island train, which ordinarily would have reached Little Rock at 4 o'clock in the morn ing, did not reach the city until 11:10 a. m., more than seven hours after it's schedule time. News of the death of the evangelist had been tele- graphed ahead, and when the train arrived there were numerous friends of the family at the station. The body was taken in charge by Under taker Ruebel and removed to his es MHGit It was DIeDdItu for burial MT. Jones' wife and two daughters also went to the undertak- ing shop and remained there until the body was taken to the Rock Isl and station shortly before o'clock in the afternoon, where it was placed on the afternoon east-bound passenger train and the journey to Gainesville begun.
 The evangelist was known over the United States as Sam Jones. He was born in Chambers county, Ala, Oct. 16, 1S47. He was admitted to the Geor gia bar in 1869, but his indulgence in intoxicants put an end to his ca reer as a lawyer. He often referred to the fact that he had at one time been hard drinker, and he confess ed the thirst within him for liquor had never died, and he said that he prayed every night that the Lord would give him strength to resist this temptation. He was admitted toto the Methodist Conference in 1872, shortly after the death of his father, and from that time until his death he devoted himself to evan gelistic work His marked eccen tricities of speech and manner con tributed greatly to his popularity Among the works that he published were Sermons and Sayings" "Mu sic Hall Sermons" Sam Jones' Own Book" and others.
 He founded the Decatur Methodist Orphanage at Decatur, Ga, near At lanta, which is now under the super vision of the Methodist conference of Atlanta, and at which about 200 children are given homes. He often referred to the home in his sermons