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10 .GHAPLOTTE NEWS, SEPTEMBER 1 3, IS02. 00096000690900000 G r 6 a t N i g h t o o I Schools o o y 9 9 Many Thousands Bene- 0 fitted by Institutions of the Y M C A : : : 9 9909990800099 The Y. M. C. A.'s of the country are this month planning the opening of their evening, schools. Three hun dred and forty associations enrolled 29,999 men last year, and expect to make the number of students 35,000 this year. These men range from fourteen years of age to sixty, and eighty per cent of them are employed during the day. Some 75 different branches are taught, nearly half of which are commercial. Twenty-five per cent, of the studients are me chanics, 25 per cent in the general trades, and but 23 per cent, were clerks. The classes in civics and English branches enrolled fully 75 per cent, of foreign born young men. Special courses are given, teaching the English language and the prin ciples of American citizenship to these earnest men from other nations. Increased emphasis is given to this department by leading associations this year. Graduates from the law de partments of the Boston, Cincinnati and San Francisco association stood among the highest in the state bar ex aminations in their states. San Francisco and other associations have made classes in steam engineer ing leading features. The Electrical Club in Chicago has nearly $3,000 worth of the latest demonstrating ap paratus for electrical study in its club rooms. Students among the firemen at Minneapolis, where all the firemen are registered in the evening classes for "First Aid to the Injured," resus citated the assistant fire chief, who was asphyxiated ' by wood alcohol fumes at a recent fire. Classes are be ing held by the Cleveland Associa tion in the great machine shops after working hours, and in the associations of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states, where manufacturing interests are larg. classes in industrial, science and com mercial subjects, are largely at tended by the shop employes of all kinds. The tact that 90 per cent, of the boys at fourteen are out of school and at work, is leading the associa tion to give special attention to work ing boys. Almost the entire Western Union messenger, force in Omaha are enrolled in the Y. M. C. A. classes and gymnasiums. At Pittston, Pa., mining classes are natural features. Four Df the students passed the state exami nation for miner's foreman- certifi cate, and two of them ranked highest in the mining district. Colorado, Cali fornia. Idaho and other asociations have various kinds of classes in prac tical mining. Brockton, Mass.,' con ducts classes for men engaged in the shoe trade. The Civil Service courses in the associations of Atlanta, Bos ton, New York, Cambridge, Chicago, San Francisco and other points have enabled men to secure positions in the railway mail, postoffice, netting them over $10,000 per year, and of 55 ap pointed to the postoffice department from New England alone, 15 associa tion trained men. The man who took first prize in the examination's was trained in the association classes. One-fourth of the enrollment in the evening classes of the associations are studying in industrial, scientific and technical subjects. These men are largely employed as apprentices, helpers, machinists and wood and iron workers in manufacturing and in dustrial plants. The best instructors are provided. The soldiers at Porto Rico and Manila and other points are studying under the direction of the association for commissions in the army, and many have passed and re ceived their badges of honor. A large number of students have been pre pared for college in the asociation schools, and enter this fall; but the bulk of the work is in the line of sup plementary education, technical train ing ana ntung tor the business ot earning a livelihood and advancement in the positions in which the young men are occupied. The current num ber of, "Association Men," the inter national Y. M. C. A. paper, devotes 24 pages to a review of the Educa tional Department of the Y. M. C. A. work. MOODY SCHOOLS START. East" Northfield, Mass., Sept. 8 Mount Hermon School for young men opened August 29 with over four hun dred students, Northfield Seminary Seminary opens September 10 with about four hundred young women, and the Bible Training School begins its twelfth year October 1. The spacious rooms and fine equipment of the Northfield Hotel are given over during the winter months for the use of the Training School students. The school is open to both men and women and av.is founded for Scriptural training and to furnish a prepared body of workers to supplement the ministry in all forms of Christian work. It is the only school at Northfield maintained exclusively for that purpose. The course covert two years and the cur riculum ranges from Bible study to courses in music, household science, and elocution. Besides the regular in struction, the students are in close con tact "with the religious life of North field, and have access to the special lecture courses of Mount -Hermon School. D. L. Moody, the evangelist, succeeded ir making Northfield per-. haps the only town m unile j States waere visitors, could come at any time of the year and receive in struction in the Bible and Bible truths. With the cl ?se of i the Northfield sum mer gatherings the continuous Bible study is carried on by the educational institutions ; established there by Mr. Moody. Including those given during the Summer Conferences and at the schools, the average number of Bible lectures and discourses given at North S?J t St Lt tW a day fr GVery oa in me year, .LJ , I i rr i j o ' ' -t- vfJL x - , soli YOUNG MR. GATES AT THE RACES. Charles W. Gates, son of the steel magnate, is proving himself a chip of the old block. Not only is he quite as fond of sporting recreations as is his father, but he has recently figured in several big speculative deals on his own hook. He is a good sized young man, as you may see in this picture, which is made from a snapshot taken recently at Saratoga. One of the ladies in the group is his wife. How English Cities Manage Business (Continued From Ninth Page.) and magnificent quarters for the lord mayor. In it there is also a museum and art gallery and the various city offices. Another fine building is the town hall, designed after the model of a Ro man temple. This is where public meetings are held and where the great city organ plays regularly every week for the benefit of the people. Right back of this hall is perhaps the only monument ever erected as memor ial to a living man. It is that of the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, who has perhaps done more than any other to advance municipal ownership in the city of Birmingham. The monument bears a medallion bust of Mr. Cham berlain without the eyeglass, and upon it there is an inscription testifying to his services for Birmingham. In deed, the city of Birmingham has been recreated by Mr. Chamberlain and his associates within the past genera tion. Before I describe it let me tell you something of the Birmingham of the past. The town has for centuries been the industrial capital of middle England. It is situated where was once the forest of Arden, the scene of Robin Hood's adventures and of "As You Lik$ It" and ethers of Shakspeare's plays. It has iron mines and coal mines not fai away, and before coal was used for smelting iron the people here made charcoal from the trees of the forest and thus worked their black- j smith shops and other house indus- , i.imi mi, null jiicuvnii; i uegciu, aim touay mere is a vast amount of work that gees on in small factories. The city is now perhaps the chief hardware center of the whole world. It has foundries and shops for making steam engines, heavy machin ery and cannon. It makes pins and needles by the tons of millions and steel pens and buttons for all parts of the globe. It has glass works and cys tal works, bronze foundries and bridge works, and its gun works are of enor mous size. There are one hundred thousand factory hands in the city, and it is estimated that ten thousand of these are employed in making guns and rifles. The guns are exported to all countries. The works were pushed to their full capacity during our civil war when 770,000 guns were shipped to the United States, including a large number which went to help the South. - THE BIRMINGHAM OP TODAY. . Th Birmingham of today is about as large as St. Louis. It has one or two streets as fine as the better streets of St. Louis, and indeed it looks much more like an American city than an English one. The streets are well kept, and notwithstanding the foun dries and factories which are scattered is remarkably clean. Birmingham has been called the town of two great streets. Its chief business houses are on these streets, and the buildings have all been put up "Within the last few years. They are the product of Birmingham's principle Of municipal imDrovement. When Joseph Chamberlain was mayor the business of the town was congested. There were slums in its heart, and it was Chamberlain who planned to wipe the slums out, to build a great street through them, which should be known as Coroporation-st., and to widen what is now New-st.; or, in short, to practi cally rebuild the business part of the city. - This undertaking was begun in 1875 nTl rl !? finV finn mQa Kni-T-nnrn 4 out. Inasmuch as the money was need- ea at once -and it would take time to get an act of parliament authorizing the city to issue bonds Joseph Cham berlain offered to advance $50,000 to j cue city ior tnat purpose-, otner Birm ingham capitalists did likewise, though I m smaller sums, and the work was im mediately begun. The property was condemned and bought, the old houses torn down and the land leased on sev- iXi new buildings. The leases were sb -..ordea that at4he end of the seventy enty-nve-year leases tor the putting up five years the buildings upon the land should revert to the city, so that event ually the Birmingham corporation will practically own the best part of the municipality, and it will then probably be the riehest city of the world. The holders of the leases now pay a regular rent to the city, and magnificent truc tures have taken the places of the old slums. One of the features of the new build ings is a system of arcades which run here and there through them from street to street. They are beautiful structures, roofed with iron and glass, forming large passageways containing stores as good as you will find in Eng land. The interior walls are of tiles and the fronts of the stores are plat glass. These arcades are filled with shop pers at the busiest times of the day, and they form a promenade and visit ing place for the people. They are ex tremely light., Indeed, I took some snapshot photographs within them whfch have come out very well. In my strolls about the arcades I saw many evidences of the American invas ion. One shop was filled with Ameri can candy, another had tomato ketchup fiorn Philadelphia, sweet pickles and Laiied beans from Baltimore and a third jars of apple butter from Pitts burg and canned soups from Chicago. The most important sign that met my eye as I came up from the new sta tion to the junction of Corporation-st. and New-st., was that of the New York Life Insurance company, and the next thing I saw was the American flag waving from the third story of a big pink building further down the way, with the words "United States Consul ate" on the window behind it A little later on I walked into the consulate and .spent an hour or so there with Mr Marshall Halstead, who is Uncle Sam's v.uusui ttuu uusiness representative in this industrial section.- He was free enough in expressing his opinions aoout American trade, but said that he could not allow himself to be quoted, as tne Birmingham peeple have become so sensitive on the subject of the American invasion that an interview upon such lines would do more harm than good. It was in company with Mr. Halstead that I visited the city gas office in the council house to learn something about how the.se corporations -manage their gas works. I find that nearly all the cities of England are now gradually buying the gas plants. Two hundred and thirty of them have already done 0, and they are extending the service so . that the poorest man can have his gas at low cost. We first entered the gas counting room, where we found clerks taking in money from the consumers and from uieie went on into the sales-mom where all sorts of eas fixtures frnm' brackets to chandeliers and from gas tips to gas stoves, are sold. The Birm- ingham Gas company, which controlled the business when the city decided tn Lown it, had a fixture store-and the cor same as in the United States, but the terms of payment are much more len ient. The city will sell you gas fix tures on time, and it will even rent them out for a consideration. If the Birmingham man ' does not uuy.a gas stove the citv win put in one for him at a rent of 2 cents a weeK or 51.04 cents a. year, or he can nave a larger stove for 3 cents per wees. A small gas boiler about as bi around as a tea plate, with little holes about the, edge is furnished for noth ing. The gas for poor people is largely distributed through penny-in-the-slot meters. These meters " nag i, ue ui - i- i r11' save that each has a noie in the top. Dropping a penny m tne bole opens a valve, . which lets out enough gas to run three burners Prt ror0lS' e gas can be turn ea on ana On, so that th& pnonnmiooi 1 , " - mv UL I 5n? ?rnileSSand nave his "Sbts tor perhaps 1 cent per nitrht -Tt, meto S .!--. j . . . i stove and I am told that 1 penny will give enough gas to cook a dinner for a family There are other meters so arranged that you can put a shilling in vj-.v-i.cu aisn wit n LixoxuL aiu. sec a proportionated lars-. er amminr nf o-aa . " used to qome PTtPiit ,Tra are fammesf by the better class J oeoo oqoooo oodo o o o o o o e o c o o o o c & :0 e e o o G -o o o N$w Field For ;3 B Women . V A Novel Vocation to be Plied a.t tjie Summer Resort Hotels - QQeCQSOGOeCCOOOftQ The summer hotel, that abode of frivolity and pleasure ' seeking, has made one substantial contribution to modern life in that it has provided one more woman with a means of earning her livelihood. Th.e rich and idle seek it for rest and comfort; the impecuni ous may also turn to it for bread. ..The hotel has furnished a new voca tion, and at the same time earned the gratitude of a long procession of.bored summer visitors. The vocation is that of social manager. Time was, and not more than a few seasons back either, when the casual visitor to a summer resort did well to assure himself in advance that some of his friends were there, or he could count on a lonesome time. The unat tached young man, therefore, tended to fight shy of such places unlesss he was sure of his grounds. But up-to-date hotels have chaneed all that. It is becoming more- and more the custom now to engage" the service of an entertainer or manager, who sup plies the missing link between those who know each other and those who want to. The manager may be a man, urn, il muie inteiy to De a woman, women being in society matters more to the manner born. 1 Your first intimateion of this func- tiuxiai.v a uAisience comes very soon alter youh arrival at the house of your Liiuiue. iuu wauaer lonely as . a cloud up and down the endless veran das, and glance perchance a little 'en viously at the gay groups chatting here and there, and feel singularly left out in the cold-, with no part in this gene ral good-fellowship. You look out over the golf links and tennis courts, where every one seems to be having tho time of his life, and you note the hiliarious sailing or driv ing parties just starting off. You begin to wonder why you came, and to think half regretfully of your lodging in the torrid, humid city, where at least your landlady knows you. Then comes the common feeling that you have seen all there is to see, and might as well go home again. Finally, you return dejectedly to your room, and there you find the solu tion of your problem, "How to be hap py through at a summer resort." As you approach the bureau to take a look at the reflection of your disconsolate face ,you notice, tucked in the corner of the mirror, a card. This is what the card says: MRS. EVELYN HANCOCK. Will, during the present season hove charge of all the general gayeties of the house, and will be pleased, to meet new guests and put them in the way of en joying their visit at the Hotel Highprice. Your curiosity is slightly aroused, and' when you again join the jolly crowds below you feel an awakened in terest in the scene. Before you know it you have met Mrs. Evelyn Hancock and she is introducing you how and then to the people who drift in your direction. Mrs. Hancock proves to be a woman of prepossessing appearance, some aplomb and perfect self-posses-sicn. She is ready of wit and puts everyone at ease. She has general su pervision of the social activities of the place, and though, if slie is an adept at her calling, she does not intrude her guidance, neverthless she quietly ar ranges the details of an entertainment or outrage, with most satisfactory re suits. She sees that the shy girl has partners, ana tne awaKwara young man does not make himself ridiculous, or the elderly people feel left out. The newest-and largest of the hotels in the White Mountains has as social manager a young widow from Boston. She is most successful, being gifted with tact in an unusual degree. This quality, coupled with an unusually good memory for names and faces, con tributes in no small degree to her effi ciency and to the enjoyment of the guests. In the afternoon she plays cards with the old ladies, , or takes charge of a driving party bound for some' point of interest in the moun tains. In the evening there are , balls and concerts to demand her attention, and in her spare time she gives danc- ing lessons to those whose education alonS that line has been neglected, With lnis particular woman it is nearlr an a11 the year round position, as in tne winter tne proprietors piace ner in social charge in their Florida hotel. Brooklyn Eagle. 'There is nothing,' murmurs the Galveston News, "so serene and sweet and restful as night in grand old Tex as." Oh, yes, there is. Day in grand old Philadelphia is just as sweet and se rene and "restful, except when the coal barons disturb, the peaceful quiet by "amens" and "halleluiahs" at their weekly conferences. v- WOMEN AND JEWELS. J ewels, candy, flowers, man that is the order of a woman's preferences. Jewels form a magnet of mighty pow er to the average woman. Even that greatest of all jewels, health, is often ruined m the strenuous efforts to make or save the money to purchase them. If a woman will risk her health, to get a coveted gem, then let her fortify herself against the insiduous rnnspniipnppo nf rno-v, nniic . o-r.i js-iiwu, bronchial affections by the regular use nf nr Rnsoo'a rior- o, t will promptly arrest -. consumption in its early stages and heal the affected lungs and r bronchial tubes and drive the dread disease from the - system. It is not a cure-all, but it is a certain " vo- utiuiftu uj uy. XL cure for coughs, colds and all bron- ... -------" cniai troubles. You can get this ve-; liable remedy .at. . Fitzsimc?; .Drug; ASjX your dealer for Jordan's "Old Glory" Bil er Compound and "Zero" G rease. The Jordan Supply Co., 125 South St. Baltimore M& ; "WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. Mrs Williams, Reading Specialist in Female Troubles, has brought happiness to thousands of anxious women; have never had a single failure; cases relieved at any stage within 48 hours or no charge whatever; no pain, no danger, no inter f erencewith work ; absolutely safe and harmless ; at office or by mail $2. Most Comfortable Pri vate Home for Ladies. Trained nurses; doc tor's: care when desired; 25 years experience. Hours, 10 to 8, Sundays 2 till 5. Advice free, Mrs.F. Williams. 845 N Howard St Baltimore.Md FOR MALARIA, CHILLS AND FEVER, TAKE Elixir Babek . A preventive against Miasmatic. .Fe.rs, and positive cure for all. .Malarial Diseases, such as. Chills. .Fever and Ague, loss of Appetite,. .Bilious and Dyspeptic Disorders,. .Headache,. Pains in the Back, Side. or Limbs, Etc., Etc. . - ' . SEE WHAT OUR OWN PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ELIXIR BABEK. TESTIMONIALS: We might fill volumes with expressions like the fol lowing from the thousands that have been cured by Babek: Washington, D. C.,. April 11th, 1900. Kloczewski & Co. Gentlemen: I wish to state that the two bottles of "Elixir Babek" I purchased of you at the recommenda tion of a. friend, has proven of in calculable benefit to my daughter's health. I deem it the best,' indeed the only remedy I have yet come across for malaria and offer this testimonial voluntarily. Yours truly, F. SHAPP, 1,000 Mary land Ave., S. W. Washington, D. C, April 4th, 1900. Kloczewski & Co.: Gentlemen: Your "Babek" acta like magic; I have given it to nu merous people in my parish who were suffering with chills, malaria and fever. They have used it with excel lent results. It well deserves the praise of thousands of people, and I recommend it to those who are suf ferers, and in need of a good tonic. Yours truly, REV. S. SZYMANOWSKI, St. Stephen's Church, Perth Amboy, N. J. For Sale at all Druggists, 50c. Bottle. per Prepared Only by KLOCZEWSKI & CO., Washington, D. C. R. M. BRANNON, Druggist, Sale Agent, Charlotte, N. C. LEGAL NOTICES. TRUSTEE'S SALE. Under and by virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by W. L. Aldred and wife, M. A. Aldred and C. M. Al dred and wife, V. S. Aldred, on the 29th clay of April, 1902, and registered in Book 16G, Page 140, in the office of Register of Deeds, for Mecklenburg ! county, N. C, and because of default ) m the payment of the debt therein secured, I will sell for cash at public auction m the city of Charlotte, N. C, on Saturday, September 20th, 1902, at 1Z o clock m., all those two certain lots in Dilworth, 1st lot: Being Lot No. 18 in block; No. 30 in Dilworth, as shown on the map of that property, lot beginning at a stake on Templeton ton avenue and extending back 150 feet; second lot being in square No. 20 of the property of the Charlotte Consolidated Construction Co. Said lot begining at a stake on Templeton avenue, the corner of Mrs. Bettie D. Armond's lot and runs with her line parallel with Commonwealth avenue in a northerly direction, one hundred and twenty-five (125) feet to a stake; thence in a line parallel with Temple ton avenue towards Commonwealth avenue forty-six feet to a stake: thence parallel with Commonwealth towards Templeton and with the line of a ten foot alley in the. rear-of Jno. A. Furr, Laura E. Winchester and C. B. Gallant to a stake on Templeton avenue; thence withj Templeton ave nue to the beginning, both of said lots have thereon nice cottages. This 19th day of August, 1902. W. M. MOORE, Trustee. ' 8-19-tds Housekeeper: "If I had to give up either my gas Range or my husband I'd give up .- Well you know it doesn't cost much to keep a Gas Range." S'rtd on nstallments. WceK-End Rates. Southern Railway will sell week- onu ckets from; Charlotte at rates named below: Hendersonville $3.10 Blacksburg . . .. . . $1.00 Shelby .. .. .. ..$1.25 Rutherfordton. ; .. ... .. ..$1.50 Lincolnton .. .. .. $1.00 Lenoir .. .; .. ..$2.65 Cliffs.. .. .$2.00 Jackson Springs .. $3.50 Blowing Rock .. .. ..$5.65 These, tickets sold on Saturday and forenoon train Sundays good to return following Monday, except tickets to Blowing Rock can. be purchased Fri day and Saturday, good to return fol lowing Tuesday. For further in formation call on T. J. Withersfcopn, C. T. A. PR, IV3 O two packages o? "TfcETHIN A. ' We wonder how we have raised children without it. The other day a lady m Mis Boun sen t us a package and it came at a most opportune time : oar babe was Tin a sertou conditio" : his bowels had Ijeen in bad condition tor days, and nothing that gavedid' any gwl rtto5s5OTo STmSA''" i.ciwt yOU jf your falls out or if you ar6 troubled itching, dryness or scurfy empti' Mrs. M. P. Alexander, of Coac0T, N. C, saya this of ' Mrs. Grier's ReoJ Hair Restorer 8 thEn a bnttl of MIls RESTORER gave my iittIe a clean, healthy scalp and P!eaty 0 natural hair, instead , of a distress, acurfy eruption and thin, dry i. KILLS BED BUGS, ROACHES, ANT SPIDERS, FLIES, VERMIN AMD ALL INSECT LIFE. Harmless to People! Death to Insects! lOand 25 Cents. You can clear your house of ipy M all vermin by liberally using Death Dllsf You can keep your animals and fowls rid of insect pests rji r . by judiciously using . . . iSatn SJUSl, You can enjoy jour rest at raght by killing mosquitoes, r-ll, r i burning small quantities of &6dtlV UUSl, The Best Insect Powder fa the Trade is DEATH DUST. JUc AT ALL DEALERS. t-TJie 25 cent package (large tin canO -Pi,t by mail on receipt -f money to any a4.hcs 1 lie io cent size is unmailable. The Carrollton Chemical Co. BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. URIGSOL The r5-" ,f CALIFORNIA REMEDY ..CURES., RHEUMATISM and all Liver, Kidney and Bladder diseases caused by an excess of uric s acid m the system. It is pleasant ffi in its effects and builds up the a neaitn ana strengm wmie using n. w Thousands of certificates sound its p praise. It is thoroughly endorsed S and. never disappoints. Send stamp for book of particulars and wonderful certificates. Price SI per bottle. 6 bottles, $5. For sale by druggists. If your druggist can not supply you it will be sent, pre paid, upon receipt of price. Address UR1CS0L CHEMICAL CO., Los Angeles, Cat. or me LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO., Atlanta, Ga. UlstriDuting Agents. RALEIGH MARBLE W O R. K S Cooper Bros.. Proyriotors JRaleih,II. C. MONUMENTS Tablets Curbing Vases Iron Fence We Pay the Freight "Write tor our New Cata loen. W. L. DOR3ETT. W. W. NEWMAN, Proprietor. Manager. HOTELLi DORSETT, Fayetteville St., Raleigh, N. 'C. Centrally located, ' newly furnished. Free bus meets all trains. Permanently cured by O 21 R I N without detention from -business. Refreshing sleep, steady nerves and healthy appetite follow "of ORRINE. Given secretly, curca One WHO refllRAK trt cott-a ViimcnK. ia rtrt. this VOllT duty? Absolutely destroys all desire for liquor. ORRINE IS a marvpllnnn rpmrlv fnr chronic in eonates; my personal observation leads me to be lieve that ORRINE -will effect a permanent cure.' Call or write fnrf w-ivw. nf infarmn.tionauii testimonials. ORRINE ter box SI. 6 for S3- For sale by R. M. BRANNON, drug gist, Charlotte, N. C. ETT7S ERS) ,.. - .. ' - ,-. M.I. LIQUOR HABIT W P K if k m i. 3 MR LtJ
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