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PHABLOi'TE DAlL'OBoiiEV3; 'MAY id,
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.. INSTALLATION 0F, PA8T0B
SERVICES IN HISTORIC CHJTBCH.
Rev. Watson M. FaMey Takes Charge
v of tlw tint resbyterlan Church at
c monlal Closing Ezercisea of Donald
i f- eon-Dnvldaon Academy Officer of
" Confederate 'Camp Damage Case
k , - non-Muteo news NQtee ox the, Up
j fair muii(
v Special to The Observer, y . '"t yi
w Fayettevllle, May 14. Impressive sen
i vices were held to-day In the venerable
; . first Presbyterian church -of Fayette
'x vtHvnow In the aacond century of tta
t -organisation, with a rich earner of over
,; , on nundred years of usefulness " and
' ,f. honor. .Tha occasion was tha formal iiv
' 1 atallatlon of tha new castor. Rev. Wat-
i .-"ia.A.awi jth i runeri xna sermon oeuverea
f. - . . a .i'
V . 1fomer castor nf tha church.: Tha
charge to the congregation was made
v oy Hev. Dr. J. M. Rose, of Laurf nburg.
A Droaramme of Very hlarh.srrside musla
" - w .9.,. V ...... V.VtHUII.
Mrs. w. u. Hall, the accomplished or-
j. ganiat, , '&:.,., -,v .S?-
i Last evening were held tha closing ex.
V arclaei of tha : Donaldson-Davidson
, Academy on Haymount. 'Prof, C. R,
Wakeland, superintendent attended by
a targe gathering of-the friends and
, patrons of tba Institution.- Tha exer-
claea were opened with urayer by Rev.
V. Q. Smith, and, after a pleasant song
ana chorus oy the students, the orators'
', contest took place as follows: "The
, Blue and the Gray," Downing; "Bunker
Hill' Blue; "The South and Her Prob
lem,". Cromartle; "Our Reunited Coun
. try. Bennett; "Emmetfa VindicaUon,"
Breece. The Judgea were Revs. J. J.
Hall, W. M. Falrley, D. H. Little, and
r tba first and. second places were award
. 1 t a Bennett and Breece, though the
contest was very close. The orators'
price, a handsome medal, presented by
f CoL C W. Broadfoot, in tribute to the
memory of Rev. Daniel Johnson, one of
- .the first principal of the academy, was
j 'delivered to Mr. Bennett in a very
beautiful and'graceful address by Rev.
.I. W. Hughes, rector of St. Johns' Epls
y copal church. The play, "Scenes from
Cottage Life," was well given, and the
; programme during the evening was
enhanced In Interest by renderings from
. the male quartette. Prof. Wakeland,
Messrs, P. and B. Downing and Breece.
' It Is gratifying to know that tha past
' , aesalon of the Donaldson-Davidson
,i Academy has been very successful and
full of good work, and that there are
already on file many applications for
j;the coming year. It Is Jn contempla
i. tion to erert additional buildings In the
near future. ,
- , Following are . the officers of the
J Camp of Veterans for tha coming year,
in addition to tha commander, already
given: Adjutant, A. A. McKethan; lleu
? tenant commanders. J. H. Currle, 6. M.
Rose. W. L. Williams, J. R. Brice. sur
geon and assistant surgeon. Dr. T. D,
Halgh and H. A. McSwaln;-chaplain.
ev. uavid Falrley; color-bearer. J. W
Atkinson. Miss Kate D. McKethan was
elected sponsor of the camn. The fol.
, lowing were elected delegates to the
i reunion at Louisville: J. H. Currle, C.
B. McMillan, C. W. Broadfoot, W. O
Hall, W. E. Kyle. A. A. McKethan. E
W. Nolley. Rev. David Fairiey was In
vited to deliver a sermon before the
camp in the near future.
Yesterday Mr. Warren Wiggins, an
employe or the Hope Mills Manufactur.
Jng Company, had one of his legs badly
lng house.
Last evening, while about to board a
train at Stedman, on the Atlantic &
Tadkift Railroad. Mr. O. B. Wriahtman.
. a well-aown commercial traveler, was
tnrown to tne ground by a pile of tela
f graph poles and was badly bruised and
his' knee-cap dislocated.
The following have been chosen as
; delegates to represent tha parish of St.
... John's Episcopal church, of this city,
I in the Council of the Diocese, which
meets In St. James' church, Wllmlng-
ion, on me sum mst.: w. A. Tllling
: hast, E. J. Hale, W. H. Pope, B. R.
Huske; alternates. J. 3. Crossweli,
I ieignion rtuske, a. o. Ayer, H. T.
J Drake.
- News was received here yesterday of
- me aeatn. at his home, near Jonenhnrn.
- of Mr. A. A. Harrington, aged nearly 86
years, one of the leading citizens of
Moore county. He was the father of
Mr. A- A. Harrington, Jr., proprietor of
,',xne Atlantic Hotel, on upper Hay
atreet, and Mrs. W. W. Cole, of this
v city.
t The case of Rufus Byrd, who sued
t the Southern Express Company for 12,
.000 damages, alleging failure to deliver
medicine for a sick child, was non
faulted In Superior Court yesterday.
" Capt J. H. Currle delivered an excel
lent address at Marvin High School's
' closing exercises, filling the appoint
ment of Governor Glenn.
Mr. F. R. Rose, treasurer of tha Lib
erty Point Monument Association, has
"had handsome tablet placed In the
east, wall of the building on Liberty
Point," with the following inscription:
"Near this spot, ever since known as
Liberty Point,' was promulgated In
June, J775, by the patriots of tha Cape
Fear, a declaration of Independence of
tha British crown."
KILLED BY LtGHTNIXO.
' Colored Man Feeding Stock on Ruth
erford County Farm Instantly Slain
by Bolti
Special to The Observer.
Rutherfordton, May 11 During a
t heavy .thunder atom yesterday even
ing,: about 4 o'clock. Steve Carson, a
, colored man. was atrock by lightning
iu imiuij niuea. (jarson watf an
i employe of ' ex-Sheriff N. v. wii,.
and worked on his farm near town. At
mo ume ne received the stroke he was
i engaged In feeding the stock, and was
i on his way from th bam to the horse
lot to feed some cattle. He was struck
on the left cheek, and . the current
ranging downward' badly bruised the
body and tore the shoe from the left
foot Carson was an industrious man
r . , Lowell Locals. . .-. "
, Correspondence of Th Observer,
i,: Lowell. May IS. Miss Addle Brwln,
2 who ha bean vislUng Miss Lottie Ray!
at McAdanvilia. left to-dav for n-vM
lolg;itliei!:tfi; wUl spend . a
jV 4y on her ,way to her horn in Mor
b rganto" Mis- Zadie Rankln, tha
guei; z ansa Bertha Leonhardt.
Mia Xottla;Albea la visiting in Char
lotte-Mlsa (Weill Roaeman returned
yesterday from a short visit to her
brother. In Llncolnton. Mra Howtand,
of Derita, received - a warm welcome
last week from old freinds here.-Mlss
Vlrgrnla- Robinson and Miss Aurelia
Hand, are visiting- their alma ' mater,
the Presbyterian College. ; ,
vTha large crowd that braved the
storm Friday night to see the closing
exercise of the Lowell Academy, were
mmttiy repaia. ino pupils in tha
Mouse Trap," "Mra Tubba Tela.
i' gram," ' the Business Meeting," .and
i rTopay Tunry," war admlrabily train
ed by Mis Marlon-, Spier . Millar.
; Great. credit was reflected upon their
; teacher. Mis Nellie Roaeman, by the
boy and girl In tha motion 6ng,
Tha musical part of tha programme
I was ably lead by Mis Virginia Robin
r eon , .sj ; i. a , . ., r . ,
there's ao beauty In all th land
That can with her face compare, -
Her lips sro red, ber eyes are bright.
8b takea Rocky Mountain Tea at night
- R. H. Jordan Co,
SALISBURY'S FESTAL WEEK.
Series of Play rraamted Under the
Animlcee of the Daoahtera of the Con
fedcraoyWlBabeila," "A Box of
k Moiikeya'ananow Whlu"u the
iays, Ait, oy Anew Majeni. ;
Special1 'to ;Th Observer, 'jrv -
; Saltsbum- V May - WSallsbury has
finished a festal week by the Daugh
tera of the Confederacy, . that was as
entertaining a any playa yet given by
local' talent.; The aerie began last
Tuesday night i with ; "Isabella," ' , an
opera of th 1192 period.. ' It continued
with A Bex bf Monkey". Wednesday
nightur"Snow. White,!, one of Grimra'a
fairy tales, Thuaday night. ' This was
on of tha prettiest, ever seen here and
unquestionably the musical hit of the
week. . Mr. Jno. M. . Julian, as the
Pincess Snow White., waa altogether
beautiful In: appearance, - acting ' her
part in a way that aatoniahed an audi
ence that had not known of her talent.
She sang enchantingly and gave to
this cantata new, cause for the love It
ha won throughout the year.
, Mia Annie Kiser played the Queen(
and was beautiful as the little friend,
for such' must be the queen be in this
Plajfvj-i Since a child she jia shown
herself to have histrionic talent - In
extraordinary degree. She had almost
illimitable scope to show her girt ana
lost no chance to do it Twice ,he
trie to murder the Princess, her step
child for no other reason than the
child is more beautiful than the moth
er. She sang sweetly and acted with
diabolical realism.
"Prince," Mr. Allen O'Bryan'a con
caption, waa exquisite. Though not yt
1. this young man sings with grtit
effect and 1 the cleverest sort of an
actor. Mr. James Rldeoutte, as Carl,
the Huntsman, ha a fine opportunity
to use hi big baritone voice and his
singing 1 beautiful. HI acting was
good, too. All the dwarf play wen
and Snew White is lndubltally th
prettiest thing ever staged.
Isabella , was repeated Friday night
and last night. "A Box of Monkeys
was again on the board. It waa the
lalugh-maker of the season. Mrs. Rob
ert M. West was Lady Guinevere, an
English primrose; Miss .Mary Exum
Meare. Sierra Bengallne, a prairie
rose and niece of Mrs. Andogo Jones,
an admirer of rank, the part taken by
Misa Marlon Mallette. Mr. George
Beverly played Edmund Ralston, , the
butler who owned half Interest In a
gilded, but goldles mine, and Mr.
Walter Linton was Chauncey Ogel
thorpe, a bashful Englishman and
partner of Ralston. There was never
a better cast here. It Is the most
laughable of comedies and the acting
was perfect Miss Meares came over
from Belvidere Farm to take part and
she was perfectly fascinating. . Mrs.
West took tutllage in this school
fascination, and though .unable to be
thoroughly American as Sierra, she
played her part so captlvatlngly that
she was pronounced a star. Miss
Mallette was as good as ever took her
part. Mr. Beverly la a comedian of
unusual gifts. He can speak 1,000
tongues with his face. He Is a fine
singer and a finished actor. His foot
work Is Immense. -Mr.. Linton is a
native Englishman anu plays his part
better than the best do. His wooing
of Lady Guinevere was great.
To-morrow night "Snow White" will
be presented lr the room of the mainee
deferred from Friday afternoon,' and
then tha big week la complete.
The Junior of thla place held exer
cises to-day In the Chestnut Hill Cem
etery and decorated the grave of their
dead. Editor Jno. M. Julian and John
L. Rendleman, Esq., made addresses.
Mr. H. G, Miller, a Franklin town
ship patriarch, who ha won great ap
plause In his celebrated debate with
Mr. Jas. A. Hudson upon tha pre
eminence of man's mind over woman's,
was here yesterday. He told a story
of Mr. T. J. Wei born, who has an ec
centric big and a remarkable- cat
Sometime ago, an unusual attachment
between the cat and the pig came out
Mr. Welborn taught a pig. to drink
milk from a vessel and tha little hog
fell In love with a cat and kittens. The
mother feline has now turned over tne
kittens to- the masculine pig. who
proves an extraordinarily good step
mother and is Jealous of his orphan
charges.' The Observer would 'not be
asked to print this If Its truth were
not sworn' to.
Lightning has gotten In some work
several times during the last week,
Friday afternoon, Mr. John Lamb's
house waa struck and his whole family
stunned, A fine horse belonging to Mr.
James Jones, of the county, was kill-
ed.
Jim Gray, a colored man, who work
ed a number of years on the yard as
switch enxine fireman, dropped dead
Friday. Just after eating dinner. He
was about 40 years old and died of
heart failure.
Alf the lawyers In the Grubb trial
are spending Sunday at home. They
will return to-morrow for the open
ing of the defense. All the State's
witnesses have .been examined by Cy.
Watson, who has almost worn himself
but by the ceaseless work. He is a
raarvelousry adroit examiner,' knows
everything the witness has ever done
and wears the man without a good
combination of bralna and character
into a frazzle. He has conducted every
cross-examination.: Mr. Clement, for
the prosecution, is as vigorous, and
when the State takea the defense's
men, it Is expected that the fur will
be made to fly. He never stops until
ha 'get his man good and dead. All
through the week, the chances to
whack at each other have been good
and they have been well employed.
The Davidson witnesses attend negro
churches a good deal, some of them.
Mr. Watson knows It and uses it The
State says it isn't a question of char
acter and Watson retorts that It is one
of taste. Mr. Cansler says this would
condemn us all.
Mia Nolo Shertill is reporting the
trial officially. She has no superior ae
a stenographer and become within a
day the court's favorite. The law
yers say she Is the best In the State,
Much of the speed of the trial Is at
tributable to ber smart work.
Albenwrle
Enterprises
Progressing
Correspondence of The Observer.
Albemarle May 11 The stockhold
er of the -. Stanly County Loan ' &
Trust Company held their annual meet
ing her thla , week, and declared a
dividend of, 8 per cent. Thla bank
ha been In operation Only about nine
month, but during that time it ha
made fine progress. v
Mr, T. 8. Parker will soon begin th
erection of a large brick etore building
fifty-four feet front on Second a treat,
extending back sixty feet. This build
ing, when completed, will be. occu
pied by. the Stanly Supply Company. -
The Lillian Knitting Mill Company
expect to begin work In a few days
in - th 1 erection of its main building,
fifty by on hundred feat, two storlea
It will be located on East Main atreet,
about one-quarter mite from the court
house. It is th purpose of the com
pany to build an equip tha best up-to-date
knitting- mill possible, and, to
manufacture a fine class ot good.
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THE WEATHER.
' forecast for North CarolinaShowers
and thunder-storms Monday. .; Tuesday
fair; frets toutt wind. .
1 1N
1 ' AMERICAN,
Chicago,-. May , 14. Chicago defeated
New York to-day. to i. Puttman al
lowed Chicago to make five two-base
hits and gave five men. their, base on.
balls, three of whom scored. The ou
flcolt one-hand catch made by Chaae,
who later made' : home ruft, were
feature. v 1 ',.,"l-'-v ' .' "'!r
Seere: -v. : ' ::f' " R H E
Chicago .. 012J0&H 13 I
New York ... 0 1 0 000 1 1 03 8 1
Altrock, and " McFarland; i Puttman
Connolly. Attendance, 15,41.. ..' , ,..'
St. Lota, May 14. Philadelphia got
eleven hita off two 8t Louis pitchers
and, assisted by many errors by St
Louie, won handily, 10 to 2.
' Score: v R H E
St Louis ... 10000000 l 4 t
Philadelphia .J 4001001 011 11 0
Pelty and Sudoff and Weaver; Plank
arid Powers. Time, 1:60. 'Umpire,
Kelly. Attendance, 10,100. f
:' Dayton, r; Ohio,' May 14,i-Detrolt-Boaton
game postponed; rain.
"' ' i i f tit ,
. SOUTHERN. "
New Orleans, May 14. AtlanU hut
out New Orlean before ,600 people
thla afternoon. Attendance, 8,600. Scorer
- - ' - :-,' : ''''. R H E
Atlanta ,...0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 8 2
New Orleans ...0 0000000 00 4 S
Batteries: Moren and Archer; Dygert
and SullfVan. Time, 1:32. Umpire,
B as sett.
Memphis, Tenn., May 14. Nashville
and Memphis played one of the fastest
games of the season to-day. Attend
ance, z,6W. score: &
Nashville 0 0 I 0 1 0 0 0 04 7 , 0
Memphis 4 0000001 x 5 8 S
Batteries: Herman and AecorsinI;
Brown, Streit and Rafter. Time, 1:25.
Umpires, Burke and Black.
Shreveport, La,, May 14. The locals
won an exciting game from Montgom
ery to-day n the ninth Inning, Both
Lee and Breitenstein pitched good ball.
Attendance. 1,750. Score. R H E
Montgomery ...0 1 100000 02 7 3
Shreveport .. ..1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 S C 2
Batteries: Lee and Mlllerock; Brei
tenstein and Frits. Time, 1:40.
Brooklyn, May 14. At Washington
Park to-day the Pittsburg won from
Brooklyn by a score of 5 to 1. The
local men were outbatted, and Leever
outpitched Eason.
Score: R H E
Brooklyn 0 0000100 01 8 1
Pittsburg 0 000020125 8 1
Eason and Bergen; Leever and Car-
isch. Time, 1:45. Umpires, O'Day and
Emslle. Attendance, 7,500.
EXHIBITION GAME.
New York, May 14. In a ten-inning
exhibition game played at Hoboken to
day, the Chicago Nationals defeated
the Hoboken team by a score of 5 to 1
Score: R H E
Chicago 0 00000010 45 9 :
Hoboken 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 3
Reuback, Pfeffer and O'Neill; Dee
gan and Lamar.
SCOTLAND NECK'S MEMORIAL.
Hon. W. W. Kltchln (he Orator of the
Day The Veterans Enjoy a Barbe
cue Close of Protracted Meeting.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Scotland Neck, May 13. Memorial
Day exercises were held here on the
10th under the auspices of the "Buck
Kltchln" Camp Confederate Veterans
and the local chapter of the Daughters
t the Confederacy. Between seven ty-
ffve and a hundred old Confederate
soldier were present The speaker
for the -occasion was Hon. W. W.
Kltchln, of Roxboro, son of the late
W. H. Xttchin," In whose honor the
"Buck Kltchln camp was named: Mr.
Kltchln wa among the friends and
associates of his youth, and the oc
casion was s great inspiration to him
and he made a great speech. At the
conclusion, MaJ. T. L. Emry, of Wel
don. made a motion before the camp
that the speech b printed in pam
phlet form. The large crowd present
gave hearty applause to the young
orator and statesman as he spoke elo
quently of the deeds of daring and
the great sacrifice of the Southern
soldiers In their struggle for what
they thought right. At the conclusion
of the address, a long procesion march
ed to the cemetery where the graves
of the Confederate soldiers were ap
propriately decorated. Returning to
the town, a sumptuous dinner of bar
becue and other good things was, serv
ed the old soldiers by the Daughters
of the Confederacy, and the day closed
with good cheer on every hand.
Last night the protracted meeting
which has been continued in the Bap
tlst church for nearly two week
closed. Rev. J. T. Jenkins, of Wilson,
assisted Pastor Lumpkin In the meet
ing. Mr. Jenkins impressed the people
of the town with his eloquence and
power. Hi sermons were powerful
and had great effect on the town and
community. Sixteen or eighteen per
sons were baptized last' night, and
quite a number of others will be bap
tized later.
DELEGATES TO T. P. MEET.
Annual Convention to be ' Held at
Savannah -North Carolina) Shows
Large Membership G1n Freight
Train Derailed.
Correspondence pf The Observer.
Winston-Salem, May 13. The dele
gate and T. P. A's. from North Caro
lina leave to-morrow and Monday for
Savannah, Ga., to attend the national
P. A. convention. The handsome
badges came by express to-day. The
fare by Mooresvllle and Charlotte Is
110.60 for round trip, limit being May
20. Mr. b. H. Marsh, of this city,
now .second vice president, will be a
candidate for the office of first national
vice president A letter received -today
from th national secretary states
tbAt'hT.mejaedv';'ineniberhtn- - for
North .Carolina Tor th .year ending
Mat 1. wa 248, showing a net gain of
158 S-7 per cent Thla will give . North
Carolina the Txas horn ror thfr larg
est increase In membership for any
one division. . . fj--?.-n
Five cars of an Incoming freight
train on - th WHkesboro road, were
derailed yesterday afternon at the
51st f Ue post, ; nar Donnahsw The
cars were loaded and they were badly
damaged. The track was torn op and
blocked for several hours. s-The train
was In charge "of Capt Will Crews.
The passenger train, which , was be
yond tbe wrack, due to arrive her at
4:55 yesterday afternoon., came tn at
S o'clock this morning, Just In time to
leave on schedule tlm for Greensboro.
.. . .. - Li .ii i in .i mi i. syv.y.tf ;
."' Sliver Tea at Burlington, 1;"
Correspondence of Th Observer.
Burlington, . May . IS. Although th
weather was very. Inclement, quite a
Crowd attended the "silver tea" given
at the residence of Mr 3, W Cates,
by tbe Ladles' Aid Society of th Bap
tist church, Friday evening. Refresh
ment were served In tha dining room,
which had been tastily decorated in
roses for th occasion, Musical se
lection were rendered by Mlsae Helen
Hall. Margaret Freeman, Rosa Pat
terson and Salll Cate.' Quit a neat
little um was realised, this to be
placed in th organ fund of the Bap
tist church. It- was an , occasion of
enjoyment to all present. -
6UNDAT BASEBALL.
Jtoc',? OBITUARY.
A Hearne.", " .
Correspondence of-Tba Observer.
1 Albemarle, May 13. Mr. Wrn. U.
Heama died Thursday morning, -May
lOth. He wa bom In Albemarle April
25, 1841. ;,,In i Novemben 1873 he. was
married in Wilmington to Mis Frances
C Swift He leave hi wife and five
daughters, Mr.. W. J. Swlnk. of China
Grove; Mrs. C. F. Sutherland, of Mt
Olive; Miss Dora Hearne, of the Grady
Hospital, Atlanta, and Misses Ethel
and Janle Hearne.
The funeral service was conducted by
Dr. Murdock, of . Salisbury, and the
body laid to rest In tha Hearne Cem
etery in South Albemarle. Mr. Hearne
was one of Stanly county's "old sol
diers," belonging to her first company
of volunteers,' Stanly Marksmen. Af
ter this company-was mad a part of
the Fourteenth North Carolina State
Troopa he was v member of Company
A, and was made a lieutenant, which
rank he held until the close of the war.
He was a Christian gentleman of dls
tlngulshed ancestry and one of Albe
marie' prominent and best-ioved citl
sens. . 'a -
His entire family' was with him sev
eral days before he died. Though worn
out with a long, trying sickness, he
waa uncomplaining, and With his usual
unselfish love for those about him,
made them know how he appreciated
their loving care. When the end came
those who had ministered with skill
and love said; "We grieve only for our
own loneliness. He Is So much better
off." As he lay with the expression of
perfect- repose on -his face, one could
but feel that "sustained and soothed
by an unfaltering trust," he had In
deed "tain down to pleasant dreams,
from which God should call him for
his great eternity.
Dr. Louis F. High.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Southern Pines, May 13. Dr. Louis
T. High, of Southern Pines, died in
New York, May 2rd, of sarcoma of the
neck. The funeral services were held
at his old home in Garysburg. His
death is mourned by a very largo cir
cle of freinds In his own and adjoining
States, and throughout the North. He
Is known in the medical world as an
authority on tuberculosis and as the
founder or rmesmre aniiariuiu.
Memorial services will be held later at
Southern Pines.
BRIEFS.
Minor Happenings In and About the
City uvents oi uw.
-Th Alumnae Association of the Pres
hyterian College will meet at the college
at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
-Mrs. W. H. Hudson, of Concord, wha
was operated on Friday at St. Peter's
Hospital, Is In a critical condition.
-Mr. Ijitta has some very fine wheat
In the vacant patches about the park.
The recent rains have made It grow very
rapidly.
There will be a rehearsal of Haydn's
"Citation" at Elisabeth College to-night
The Boloists, orchestra and choral so
ciety, who are to participate In the pre
station of this magnificent oratorio on
Tuesday evjnlng, the 23rd of May, at the
Academy of Music, are urged to be pres
ent this evening.
-The friends of Miss Mary C. Thomson
will be glad to iearn that her condition
Is improved, after a critical illness cover
ing more than a week. The Kindergar
ten will be reopened this morning at 9:30
o'clock, by Mrs. Helen Hall and Misses
Ward and Spillman.
-Evanselist J. D. Jasamon will con
duct special service at tho Salvation
Army hail. No. 20 North College street,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights of this
week. His subject for Tuesday night Will
be "Christian Science and Spiritualism
(Xndemned by the Word of God." The
public Is Invited to attend the services.
A very handsome parlor car passed
through Charlotte yesterday after
noon attached to the Southern's fast
ivmil, No. C7. A party of prominent rail
road men, with Mr. W. A. Drlng in
charge, were on their way to Spartan
burg, S. C A special car attached to
this well-known mail train is an unusual
stent and indicates. In some degree, the
prominence of the party aboard.
PERSONALS.
The Movements of a Number of Peo
ple, Visitors and Others.
Mr. D. F. Barrier, of Concord, spent
yesterday In the city.
Mr. 8am S. Shu ford, of Gastonia, spent
yesterday In the city.
Rev. W. W. Bays has returned from
trip of some weeks in Tennessee.
Dr. W. Gill Wylle, of New York, who is
to deliver the address before the graduat
ing clasi of the North Carolina Medical
College, la in tbe city.
sir, U W. Sloop, of Mallard Creek,
was in the city last night, and will leave
tills morning- for Hickory, where 'he will
Visit hi daughter, who is a student at
Lenoir College.
Messrs. Arthur Hughes aad Louis R.
Keating, representing the American Ran.
tlst Publication Society, of Philadelphia,
eptnt yesterday in the city cn route for
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr, Claud M. Bernard. Of Raleigh, spent
yesterday In the city. He came this far
with Mrs. Bernard and, his little daugh
ter, Miss Glllam, who were on their way
to Atlanta.
" Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Korner and son.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Marsh and Mr. W. R
LAk composed a party of Winston peo
ple whb were- In the city yesterday en
route to Savannah, Ga,, where they' will
attend th T. P. A. meeting.
THE T. P. A. CONVENTION.
A Large Number of North Carolina
Knights Will Go to Savannah to
Attend National MeetingTar Heel
Candidate for First Vie President.
Thl is the week of the nation!
convention of the Travelers' Protective
Association of America. The meeting
will be held in Savannah, Ga., on the
15th, Hth, 17th, 18th, 18th, and 20th A
targe number of Tar Heel knight of
the grip will be there.
- Mr. Burrell H. Marsh, of Winston
Salem, is a prominent candidate for
first' national vlro nrrfnt ui.
. . r - , A in
friends are pushing him with all of
their mlrht. Mr. Unh I-
with the boys. He has been Instru
mental tn Dunning up the North Caro
lina membership from 152 in 1904 tn
40 in 1906.
The following named will a-o as dele
gates from this State: W. R. Leak, n
HV Marsh, and H. C. Korner," of Win-ston-Salem;
G. W. Prltchett and C. C
McLean, of Greensboro; C F. Tomlln
son, of High Point and A. L. Detwller,
of Raleigh. '
, A Social Event at Marion.
Correspondence of The Observer.
i: Marlon, May 13. Last evening Miss
Nannie Guy delightfully entertain.
a few of her friends at the home of her
parents, Prof, and Mrs. J. E. Guy. on
Court street, at progressive "upjlnka."
In tha contest, which wa quit spirit
ea, ana tnorougniy enjoyee. Mis Sadie
Bostlc won the prise, painty refresh
ments were served." Th evenina- nasi.
d off so pleasantly that ere it was
realised (the hour to go , had arrived.
Those present were: Ml Nannl Ouy
with Mr. It, JT. P. Cutler; Miss Kate
Retd with Mr. W. C. Smith;. Miss
Sadie Bostie with Mr. W, w. Qur-
Miss Rena Neat with Mr. Marvin Oil
key; Miss Beulsh Wltherspooq with
Mr. lb C- Sinclair! Miss Laura Craw
ford with Mr. E. C. Guy; Misa Ellen
Wanton with Mr. Hick Miss Ellen
Crawford with Mr. W. . T. - Morgan;
Miss Margaret Wlnslow with . Mr. C
M. McCalU ' t -
THE NEWER, TJNRIGrnTEOrSNESS.
Manslaughter in the Name of Business
Something Like the Former Impan
Hy Enjoyed r by the Mnrders 'Who
Conld Claim "Benefit ot Clergy,!
Th Literary Digest
"Modern sin," according to Mr. Ed-
ward Aiswornt 'Ross, ''takes its char
acter from the mutualism of our time."
Nowadays, be points out. when "the
water-main Is my well, the trolley-car
my -carriage, the banker's safe my old
Stocking, the - policeman's billy my
flst" our Interdependence uahera in a
multitude of new forma of wrong
doing. Moat sin is predatory, and our
modern social conditions beget their
own forms of cannibalism. At tba
same time, says Mr. Ross, the springs
of the older sin seem to be drying up,
while the modern sin, which' In a new
guise carries on the traditions of thi
old. la "without prejudice." "lmper
sonal," and of a countenance, if not
comely, at least "not superficially repulsive."-
In regard to the decadent
of the older sin, we read (The Atlantic
Monthly. May,:
"Our forced draft pace relieves us of
the superabundance of energy that de
mands an explosive outlet. Spasms of
violent feeling go with a sluggish habit
of life, and are out of place to-day
aa are the hard-drinking habits of our
Saxon ancestors. We are too busy to
give rein to spite. The stresses and
lures of civilized life, loave slender
margin for the gratification of animos
ities. In quiet side-tracked, commu
nities there Is still much old-fashnit-ed
hatred, leading to personal clash;
but elsewhere the cherishing of malice
4s felt to be - an expensive luxury.
Moreover, brutality, lust, and cruelty
are on the wane. In this country. It is
true, tatlsttcs show a widening tor
rent of bloody crime, but the cause Is
the weakening of law rather than an
excess of bile. Other civilized peoples
seem to be turning away from the sins
of passion."
The victims of the Newer Unright
eousness, says Mr. Ross, are sacrificed
not at all from personal Ill-will, but
"because they can serve as pawns In
somebody's little game." The essence
of the new sin is "betrayal rather than
aggression." "The little finger of Chi
cane has come to be thicker than the
loins of Violence." Or, more speci
fically: "The man who picks pockets with a
railway rebate, murders with an adul
terant instead of a bludgeon, burglar
ises with a "rake-off Instead of a
Jimmy, cheats with a company pros
pectus Instead of a deck of cards, or
scuttles his town Instead of his ship,
does not feel on his brow the brand
of a malefactor. The shedder of blood,
the oppressor of the widow and thu
fatherless, long ago became odious;
but latter-day treacheries fly no skull
and cross-bones flag at the mast
head. "How decent are the pale sayings of
the quack, the adulterator, and the
purveyor of polluted water, compared
with the red alaylngs of the vulvar
bandit or assassin! Even If there is
blood-letting, the long-range, tenta
cular nature of modern homlcld. elim
inates all personal collision. What ar.
abyap between the knife-play of brawl
ers ana tne iaw-oeiyina negieci io
fence dangerous machinery In a mill
or to furnish cars with safety coup
lers! ....
"The stealings and alaylngs that lurk
In the complexities of our social re
lations are not deeds of the dive, the
dark alley, the lonely road, and the
mldnlarht hour. They require no noe
turnal prowling with muffled step and
bated breath, no weapon or offer of
violence. Unlike the old-time villain,
the latter-day malefactor does not
wear a slouch hat and a comforter
breathe forth curses and an odor of
Bin. sro about his nefarious work with
clenched teeth and an evil scowl. In
the supreme moment his lineaments
are not distorted with rage, or lust.
or malevolence. One misses tne tra
dltlnnal settinsr. the tlme-honoro.1 In
slrnla. of turDitude. Fagln and Bill
Rykes and Simon Legree are vanlMilng
types. ... The modern hlgh-powei
of woe wears Immaculate linen, car
ries a. silk hat and a lighted cigar,
slna with a calm countenance and a
serene soul, leagues or months rrom
the evil he causes, upon nis gontie
manly nresence the eventual bloo 1 and
tears do not obtrude themselves."
This is why good, kindly men, says
Mr. Ross, let the vheels of commerce
and ot industry redden, rather than
pare or lose their dividend. The evil
done seems impersonal aim rcmuic.
bhii mnn I this so when tne im
mediate harm touchea beneficent in-
..... . . A l. iHlwlrfti.la "
StttUtlOnS rainer inni
Tthiia-
"Th blacksruardlng editor is really
undermining the freedom oi tne press.
The policy king and saloon-keepera,
who get out to the polls the last vote
of the vicious and criminal classes,
. nninr the manhood suffrage.
Striking engineers who spitefully de-
sort nnssensrer trams in miu-crtmr m
Jeopardising the right of a man to
work only wnen ne piensea. ine rcai
victim of a lynching mob Is not th
malefactor, but the law-abiding aplrit.
School-board grafters who blackmail
applicants for a teacher' position are
stabbing the free public school. The
corrupt bosses and 'combines' are mur
dering representative government The
perpetrator of election frauds unwit
tingly assail tbe Institution of the
ballot"
Yet such transgfreeslons, remarks
the writer, rarely Incur th odium
which Is accorded to offenses against
persons. We read further:
"Because these devastating latter
day wrongs, being comely of look, do
not advertise their vlleness, and aro
without the ulcerous hag-visage of the
primitive Bins, It is possible for Iniq
uity to flourish greatly, even while men
are getting better. Briber and bood
ler and grafter are often 'good men,'
Judged by the old teats, and would
have passed for virtuous in the Ameri
can commulty of seventy years ago.
Among the chiefest sinners are now
enrolled men who are pure and kind
hearted, loving In their families, faith
ful to their friends, and generous to
th needy.'1
But what is the attitude of the pub
lic toward the new unrighteousness?
Mr. Ross answers: -
"The same -qualities that lull the
conscience of the - sinner blind the
eyes of the onlooker. People are
sentimental, and bastinado wrong
doing not according to Us harmfulnesa,
but according to th infamy that ha
come . to attach to It . Undlscern
Ing, they chaattee with scorpions
the - , eld 4 anthentlo slna, but
spar v th new. . X They do not
see that Doodling is treason, that black
mail Is piracy, ; that ' embesalement Is
theft, that ' speculation Is gambling,
that tax-dodging is-larceny, that rail
road dicrimlnation la treachery,, that
the factory labor of children Is sla
very, that deleterlou aduleratlon Is
murder. It has. not jcom home to them
that th fradulent promoter 'devours
widows' nouses,'? that tha monopolist
'grinds the faces of th poor,' , , that
mercenary editor and speellblnders
put bitter for sweet . and - swet for
bitter.' The cloven hoof hide In pat
ent leather: and to-day, as in Hoses'
time, th people 'are destroyed for lack
of knowledge.' The mob lynches th
red-handed slayer,- when It ought to
keep a gallows Xlaman-blgh for the
venal mine Inspector, th seller of In-'
fected milk, the maintainor ef a fire
trap theater. The child-beater is for :
ver blasted ' In reputation, but ' the
exploiter of Infant toll, or the concoc
ter of a soothing syrup for- the drug
ging of babiev stands pillar, of so
ciety. The petty "shoplifter . Is ; mor
abhorred than the stealer of A fran
chise, - and the wife-whlpper is put
caatad long-befor the man who sends
his over-Insured ship: to founder with
its crew. 4 , . ,
"In England till 1487, any one who
knew how to read might commit mur
der with lmpunityby claiming bene
fit of clergy.' There Is something like
this in the way we have granted quack
and fakir and mine operator And rail
road company indulgence to commit
manslaughter In tha namo of . business,"
Pinevllle Personal and News Notes.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Pinevllle, May 12. Miss Lena Smith,
of Charlotte, has been on a visit to
her brother, Mrs. W. A. Smith.
- Miss Mattie Spencer, one of Plne
ville's best young ladies, wa married
last Wednesday.
Rev. A. L. Stough, expects to dedi
cate the Baptist church of thi place
on the third Sunday of this month.
Rev. Jerome Taylor, of Warronton.
will be present to assist in the dedi
catory service.
Mrs. S. L. Meacham, of Fort Mill,
S, C, spent Wednesday In town with
her parent, Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd.
Miss Laura Glenn, of Chnrlo tte. ' and
Miss Clara Bovd. of Tvntalee n nn t
juesaay witn Miss Kate Ardrey. Miss
toya nas Deen music teacher In the
High Point graded school for the past
two years. Mr. Will Davis, of San-
tuck, S. C, spent a few days with his
parents here, Mr. and Mrs. George
uavis, last week.
Tho Narrowest Railroad.
Chicago Chronicle.
Between the mining towns of Clifton
and Mctcalf, Arix., there runs the
steepest, narrowest and most tortuous
railroad in the world. Passengers as
well as long jtralns of ore are raoed
down dizsy grades, dragged up steep
Inclines, swung around sweeping
curves, and carried in safety in a
snake-like course over one of the most
picturesque bits of mountain land in
the country.
Tho compact and sturdy little en
gines which draw the precious metal
from the mines In one town to the
smelters in another, or which puff and
steam up to the front or back doors
of the homes of mine ownera and
workers, there to await the mistress
of the house as she prepares to take
another family to market or make an
afternoon call, run on a twenty-Inch
guage.
It will be readily seen how nar
row Is this railroad, which winds up
to the very peaks of high mountains,
hangs suspended over deep canyons,
and bores Its glittering way through
miles of solid rock, when the twenty
Inches are put side by side, with the
standard four feet eight and a half
inches.
From the mines to the smelting
works, it is pretty much down grade.
The plucky little engine, with Ms train
of eighteen or twenty heavily loaded
ore cars, each guarded by a miner In
picturesque garb, who takes this op
portunity to secure a little fresh air
and sunlight, hugs the mountains for
miles at a stretch, then suddenly
swings Into a desolate valley and tears
along a river bank until It Is forced
to climb a alight Incline to a bridge
which atretehes over a yawning can
yon. There are three of these bridge
from Metcalf mines to Clifton smelt
ing work, and the trestle work ranges
from 125 to 135 feet in height.
From mines to smelter Is twenty
miles, so circuitous Is the route; the
trains tear down the mountain sides
at 'the rate of sixty miles an hour,
wi(h power at the lowest possible
gauge. Heavy brakes are used on each
ore car, and the locomotive, although
a powerful little puller, la seldom called
into service on thla downward trip,
which la made for sixteen of the
twenty miles with brakes on full.
Automatic dumping cars are used,
and twenty-four minutes from the
time the train starts from a mine with
Its load It is ready to start on Its
backward trip empty. Up, up, up, the
train climbs, the ascent never being
less than twenty degress. It reaches
in sections such heights that the brain
turns dlzty at tha mere thought.
From a station in the valley, in the
village of Metcalf. the cars seem to
be clawing the mountain sides In a
perfectly perpendicular line, and as the
lanterns swing out when the train takes
a loop, the traveler seeing it for the
first time would be readily excused
for naming it some new mountain
terror.
Th trip back to the mines con
sumes nearly four hours, for the little
engine, which was literally pushed i
down the mountain by the weight of!
its train, is now obliged to pull the
empty cars up grades which test its
timber to th fullest.
An Idea of how winding Is the route
will be gained when It is known that
Clifton 1 but five mile from Metcalf
the crow flies, but aa the railroad
I obliged to wind Its way it la a trifle
over twenty miles. To get the circuit
even within this limit whole mountains
of solid rock have been tunneled.
For nearly one mllo the railroad
carries It trains through Inky black
ness. Jagged rocks are overhead and
on each side. A passageway waa liter
ally hewn and hacked through theae
MAXIM'S MtXIM.
Modest Claims Often Carry More Con
viction Than Loud Boast.
When Maxim, th famous Inventor.
placed his gun before a committee of
judges, he stated Its carrying power to
be considerably below what he felt
sure the gun would accomplish. The
result of the trial wa therefore a tri
umph of surprise instead of disap
pointment aa it might nave been ir
he had overestimated his gun's effi
ciency. Our claim regarding Nwbro's Her-
plclde I based on actual scientific
facta - r-
If a living germ is cousins your hair
to sail out. It's tha most sensible thing
to kill that germ.
Newbro's Herplclda does this quick
ly and effectually. Destroy the cause.
you remove the effect.
Sold I by leading druggists. Send
10c. instampa for sample to the Her
plclde Co., Detroit Mich. R. H. Jor
dan A Co,, apeclat agents, :
SPECIAL LOW RATE8 VIA SOUTH
ERN HAUiWAT,
$33.65 Charlotte to St Louis. Mo..
ana reium, account .national Sap
tlst Anniversary. Tickets on sal
May 14th; 15th and Hth, with final
limit Msjr tlth.
4-a Charlott to AabaviU. N. C,.
ana return-,-1 account oi south At
lantic Missionary Conference. Tick
ets on Ml May Hth and Iftn, with
final limit May' ISrd., ' , . . -
$S.ie Charlotte v Von Worth.
Texas, ana return, account of Gen
eral Assembly Southern Presbyte
rian Church. Ticket on- sale May
ISth, 16th and 17th, with final limit
May flat . -
Approximate low rates from other
points. For further Information call
on an? agent -Southern Railway or
write., ' ,v-
, . J R. L. VERNON. T. P. A, ,
' ' Charlotte. K. C.
, W, H. TAYLOE. O. P. A., . ..
. , - Washington. D. C
f rock 'mountain, ' for' It ws d.f. J
dangerous to, use dynamlt r -
places, the nature ef tr (
ga pocket thcreia . .wa rfiiwn.
Two and a half years tttooi sn
plet this -, tunnel, ' but wko.i u
finished it cut nearly flv mile ef in
route, - . v. . -1.1. ' ,r .
STATEMENT t- SOUTH EftN ' UNDER- : r
WRITERS' INSURANCES COMPANY,
'iOF GREENSBORO, N. , C. . CONDI- - '
-f'TION DECEMBER tt. 1M4, AS 6H0WM, '
BY STATEMENT FILED. v
Stockholders' bonds!... ..,,;-!' '17,11 08. i
Capital paid up In eaah.. " Sat0
Amount ledger assets, Decern- ; , '
ber Jlst previous - year, ' -M.1KKK.-IS:
lees alt 'bank .
loans, etc.. taken out - " v
C67.J7.' Total fi,83 88
Income From policy-holder, - ' V ' t
SltC.3T5.4S; miscellaneous. - i f
30.3.. Total ,, i-
Disbursements To policy-hold-; ,
ers, IDS, 457. 48; miscellaneous, i
ai6o,-. Total 'ro,cti '" v ,
Fire risks Written or renew- ,. -
ed during year, lO,6CS,8S5.0o. v ' -
In force li,ClS,fl)S 0 .
ASSETS. .. A,
Book value of real estate (less ' ,
amount of encumbrances).... 1 39.000 ' t; , l
Mortgage loan on real estate. 2,102 U
Leans on stocks, bonds and i '
other collaterals HMO t ,
B ok value of bonds and f
stoclts. M.K3 v !
Cneh deposited in bank B,04a'7
Agents' balances, representing j
business written subsequent ,
to October 1. 1904 a,tst la . ,
6iil u ill,, ii,sa, roprmtentiiigj ,
business written prior to Oc- . ;
tober I. 1904.....,, 23141 i
Southern Loan A Trust Com- -
pany's capital and surplus... M7.C15 41 ?
Ouarantoi-3' bonds (Southern
Stock Mutual) 100 JCt tf
Stcrk-holders bond (Under- v- j -
writersi -7 Via M
All oih.?r assets, detailed In '
statement 4,139', '
Total erta ; -
Less assets, not admitted.. HI 4 ,
i in i i i "T-sfi'rrT ' ' '-- '' --' )' -' - '
Total admitted assets $ 671.TU74
LIABILITIES.
Looses and claims unpaid $ IStt It -
I'nearned premiums 115,8X1 14 ' T
All other liabilities as detailed '''
In statement 1,123 CS ' v
i 1
Total liabilities as to i . , '
policy-holders JJ
Capital paid up In rash 2S7,4WI J ,
iiirB-innHfiN ihidiiv ljfi sail a.a ' y,
surplus lmraas .
"Total liabilities $ 71,Tl 1
BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA '
IN 1904.
Fire risks written, W.012,387.09.
Premiums received f 1(5,3814) '
Losses Incurred Fire, tS3,073.70.
Paid 53.0TJ 70 h
President D. A. Tompkins. '.",
Secretary A. W. McAlieter. " '
Home Office 112 East Market street, '
Greensboro, N. C.
General Agent for Service A. W. M0 , '
Allster, Greensboro, N. C.
Business Manager for North Carolina- A .
Wharton St McAllster. Greensboro, N C. .
State of North Carolina. .
Insurance Department . r '
Raleigh, April 4. 1904. '
I, James R. Young, Insurance Comml
sloner, do hereby certify that th above v
Is a true and correct abstract ef th
statement of the Southern Underwriters
Company, of Greensboro, N. C. filed with ,' ,
this department, showing the condition . ,
of said company on the 31st day of Da
c n.ber, J904. " -
Witness my hand and official seal the
day and date above written.
JAMES R. YOUNG. , i
Insurance Commissioner.
STATEMENT AETNA LIFE INSVR- .
ANCB COMPANY (ACCIDENT,"
HEALTH AND LIABILITY BTJSI- ,
N ESS), OF CONNECTICUT. CONDI
TION DECEMBER 81. 1904. AS -SHOWN
BY STATEMENT FILED. .
Amount of capital paid up in ,
cash t 2.000.006 (
Amount of ledger assets De- f
rember 81st ot previous year 64,711,SK U .
Income From policy-holders. , t
(3,372,713.41 ; miscellaneous,
13,062,633.99. Total 1,435,147 40 "
Accident, 81.500.297.98; liability, ,
81,707.210.64; health. 8165,174.81.
Disbursements To policy
holders, 81. ffl. 922. 62; mlscel- . ,, ,-
laneous, 81.471,619.41. Total... 8,768,442 08
Accident. 8703.66S.33; liability, 1 '
8W6,W.2; health, 872.888.00... V
PREMIUMS WRITTEN OR RENEWED -DICING
THE YEAR, ' .
Accident, 81.553,779.82; liability.
81.026.214.27; health. 8176,.S8. ' " ,
PREMIUMS IN FORCE AT KXD OF
YEAR.
Accident. 81,063,550.63; liability, . , ,
81,272,458.60; health, 8157,397.32.
ASSETS Given In Life StaUment "
LIABILITIES. v
Unpaid policy claims I E8S.72T C4
Unearned premiums 1.27131413,'
fcpi'dal resfirve for unpaid . ,
lottos 16C,l0i
All other liabilities as doUilled 1
in statement 2,600 0
Total liabilities as
policy-holders
to v
1 1.005,071 M
cash ,j.
Capital paid up In
Shewn in Lire etatement.....
Surplus beyond oil liabilities
Shown In Life Statement!...
Total liabilities Shown in
Life Statement
BUSINESS IN NORTH
IN 1904.
CAROLINA.'
Premiums Losses
Received.
Paid. Incurred.
Accident
Mobility
Heslth .
..mS9 12
8 .3 SO
.. 9.0G9 57 2.6:2 75
.. 3.89 8S 1.737 97
.23 7
L84I47 r
Totals ...832.73S W 813.623 01 . $i:,9a U
- President M. O. Bulkeley. '
fciecret.-.ry J. L. English.
Heme Oihce 40 Main streot Hartford,
Conn. ,
Gtneril Agent for Service JX
Boushall, Raleigh, N. C.
DuslnM M.nnaser for North Carolina
W, li. Merrlnion. Greensboro, N. C
ato of North Carolina..
insurance Department.. ;.'
Raleigh, March S, 1901 , l .
I, James R. Young; Insurance Com- i,
niiafloner, do hereby certify that tbe- ,?
above Is a true and correct abstract of
tlm statement rt 'the Aetna Llfo Insur ,
ance (Accident and Liability) Company,
ot Connecticut, filed with thl depart,
ment. showing the condiUon of said coin-.
pny on the Met day of December. 1W4. ,
Witness my hand and official scat tho '
day snl date above written, 4
., ,.. .V JAME8 R. YOCNO.. , '
i . Insurance Commlsaiener. '-' . f
Summer
Needfuls
. " Charlotte house-keep-f
ers 'win do veil W.kee
what we offer in. article
.,; for the kitchen. We tan
; . ean, eH yon a " Rapsc
'Stev,1' r.ctrigeator. Ice
. y Cream irteosar, etc at a
j(, saving In price. ' ."
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