Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-21
General William Booth Succumbs After Long III
 ness at London Home.
A GREAT BENEFACTOR
Brief History of Life of the Man Who Formed the Greatest and Most
 Unique Organization.

London, Aug. 20,-General William Booth, c0mmander-in-c -chief and founder of the Salvation Army died this evening. General Booth has been ailing since last spring. Tn May he underwent an operation for the removal of catarac' from the left eye. The operation was not successful and since that tune the aged evangelist has been steadily failing. General Booth was in lis S4th year
 History of His Life.
 General William Booth, who de. velcped he grea' est organized move ment since the beginning of Chris tianity for the saving of human souls was the, son of a Nottingham, Eng, carpenter. He was born in the city an April 10, 1928.
 He chose preaching for a, profes- sion and studied theology under a private tu"or for the Methodist New Come ction Church. In 1852, when he was g years old he entered the min- istry but was not formally ordained until six years later.
 In the meantime he was appoin ed to do circuit work but he had re- ceived taste of evangelism and it appealed to him. To his imagination and ambitious mind the work of min istering week after week to the same congregation palled and he longed for fresh fields and continued fight af.er human souls.
 While travelling through the coun- try, par icularly in London General Booth was struck by the poverty of the people in the slums. From ob- servation he concluded that poverty and sin were to a certain extent al lied and thas to do the most effec- tive work and to get the best results s he should transfer his efforts to The poverty stricken denizens of the slums.
 July ,, 1865 is a memorable day because on that day General Booth took the first step which led after wards to the founding of the Salva- tion Army. This effort was first styled the Christian Mission bu', 1t laid the seeds for the great interna- tional army of faith which was to follow.
 | The name of the organization was changed to the Salvation Army and | General Booth commenced the gi- ganiic task of establishing regu- l lar army to fight sin and poverty
 From humble beginning in. London this great organization has grown
 until it has 8,973 corps, circles ant | societies established in 56 countries and colonies with about 21,203 of ficers and employees. In almos l every city of consequence there is branch with barracks where beds art
 main. aimed and food is dispensed a l a very cheap rate. The Salvation 1 Army soon found that if ramifica 1 ton were so great and so widespreai was the interest in it's work that i
 needed an official organ so the news
 paper War Cry'' was started and i
 in flourishing condition.
 As concrete example of the ma
 terial benefits of the army 6,S27 "A
 persons are supplied with beds in
 single year while in the same lengt
 of time nearly 12,OOO,000 are fed.
 General Booth has made a nun
 Der of trips to the United States an
 has sen. number of 'smessages'' the American people upon variou
 occasions While in New York I 1907 he gave out remarkable intel q view in which he said: My wife hs l preached and all my children ha, i. preached; now the third begat a beginning to preach. I pray to G i, there may never be break in Il } line"
 | While General Booth was optimi tic by nature, at times he becar discouraged by his daily con'sa l with the sins of the world. Two yee