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SHIP i SCHOOL
CONVENTION
Th*
Sunday schools in Berryhlll
, have deotded to organize a
a ^soctation and will, on Wed-
October I8th, hold their flrst
.invention at Steel Creek.
iui1a\ schools that are located
, tnwnship and are to be repre-
n association to be formed
rfi’iesentatives from each
. hiH)l who are expected to
their people attend, are as
Presbyterian, L. A. Mar-
j j N. Bingham.
^rt'ek I Presbyterian), R. S.
and Wirt Pegram.
‘-arel (Presbyterian), W.
,ort and S. A. Wilson.
-incfi Baptist, A. H. Freeman
: >1 .M'Connell.
-dsiiip ‘Methodist Episcopal),
.ton Garrison and A. C. Fisher.
o\o named men have had the
, n: • nt." in charR» and have pre-
n ;i attractive iirogram that will
. 1, i. h benefit to those who t-
^.ii.'ctfd that a large crowd
p tendance, and it is ear-
th:it as many as jios-
• • who live within the ter-
, , (1 by these Sunday schools
•n” throughout the convention
hefrin- at 10 o'clock.
The Program.
nevoTional and 5ong service.
Adnrc- Organized interde-
ip ionMl Sunday school work.
By DeRoy R. Fonville.
r- i.ini^tion perfected.
-Aiidrep? The elementary de-
. Miss Julia Alexander.
: jrinized adult classes
By B. T. Price.
Dinner.
: .ddrf s.^—Teacher training...
By Dr. J. G. Kennedy
P.O’U d Table on Sunday school
• • •
By Dr. J. G. Kennedy
\d ourn.
VFW BELTING MAN
LOCATES HERE.
Mr H. Gallup, late of the Nor-
, ch Leather Belting Co., has mover
Charlotte Mr. Gallup comes to take
i-ositlon ^•ith the Edward R. Ladew
nng people. He has been, for years,
fhe leather belting buainess. The
that he is now with has only
^ly opened an office and warerooms
hi? city. From this point all of
bufilness throughout North and
i*h Carolina ift carried on. This
office carries a complete line
leather belting in stock at all times
,1 the anv'unt of business that the
. ranv will do through the Charlotte
.Tu> wl!’ 1 e a good advertisement for
larlotte.
Cvcus Bui 7wo
Days Off
T,^® coming of the Barnum and
Bailey circus is proving a strong fac
tor in the interest of the community.
The show opened its season In
. Madison Square Garden, New York
j City, last March. Never before m
I the history of amusement affairs was
j a circus given such a hearty recep
tion. The newspapers without one
exception, said it was the most bril
liant engagement ever played in the
metroplis. That verdict was indorsed
by the half million or so who were
fortunate enough to find seats in the
Garden. The performances to be giv-
I en here will be exactly the same as
those presented in New York. Not a
detail has been changed since the
opening night.
Novelty is the keynote of the bill
and fun runs rampant. There are thfe
drollest clowns that ever whitened
their faces, and thrilling acts enough
for a life time. Jupiter, an Arabian
horse, takes a ride in a balloon and
comes down amid a brilliant shower
of fire works. Charles the First, a
chimpanzee, proves to the audience
that he Is a greater bicycle rider
and acrobat than any man who ever
lived. The program lias great vari
ety. There are 400 artists. Over 3bO
of these are from Europe and are
making their first tour of America.
They were selected by the foreign
a,i?ents of The show from among ttte
most original and versatile perform
ers of Englaiul. Germany, France,
Italy, Belgium, Kussia, Spain, Nor
way and Asiatic coimtries.
The parade will take place at 10
o’clock in the forenoon. It is a mon
ster of novel and varied interest. It is
three miles long. It will doubtless be
enjoyed by the biggest crowd that
ever filled the streets of the city.
Those who wish to get ahead of
the rush can buy reserved seats and
admissions at the down town ticket
office. It will be open early on Show
day, next Tuesday, the 17th.
Waa 6ood Once.
A certain well known composer now
in the full vigor of hisestablished rep
utation w'as at one time when he was
comparatively unknown engaged in
writing the music for a production
fathered by two managers, who knew
exactly what they wanted, in addi
tion to knowing nothing of the musical
classics. After having burned much
midnight oil and worked himself into
a state of semi-collapse in a vain en
deavor to produce a finale which would
please them the composer tore up page
after page of rejected manuscript and
in despair took to the theatre an en
tire section of “Faust” to which he
had somehow managed to fit the words
assigned to him. He played It over, and
one of the managers said quite un
feelingly, “Well, Gus, the others were
pretty bad, but this one is the rot-
I tenest of them all.” “So?” remarked
the weary musician dryly, “tl was coii-
sldered good when Gounod wrote It!”
—Metropolitan Magazine.
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Liles-Nix Company
CHARLOTTE’S AUTK\OR!TY ON WOMEN’S WEAR
'Phene* 776 and 777. 'Phone* 776 and 777.
La Maragurate
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Kabo Corset
Demonstration
Oct. 16th to 21st
We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Edith Wilson,
expert corsetiere, will have charge of our corset depart
ment, which is a new and most complete one. ^
These famous corsets accomplish more toward per
fection and grace of form, give better result^ in comfort
and wear, than any other corset made.
The demonstration will thoroughly convince you
that results justify this claim.
Come in and have Mrs. Wilson fit you in
series of models of the figure-building or form-reducing
^ypes, as your needs may require.
There is a style for every figure, however stout or
slender, the variety enab’es you to j
that combine all the good' points of easy _
d stinctive stylishness that makes
elusive and individual. ' Free fittings and a
Remember the date Beginning Monday, October
16th, and lasting through October 21s •
Liies-Nix Company
CHARLOTTE’S AUTHORITY ON WOMEN’S WEAR
and 19 West Trade Street. '7 and 19 We«t Trade Stree
Capt. T. T. Smith, who has been a
leading member of the school board
for 20 years, comes to the defense of
the board In the following open let
ter, which will be read with interest:
To the Citizens of Charlotte: —
While I dislike to court newspaper
controversies and notoriety I feel that
the insinuation of the Honorable He-
riot Clarkson made at the meeting
of the 8cl*ool board in the city hall Fri
da/ night, and before quite a dele
gation of disgruntled citizens of Bel
mont section, made so, I fear, by de
signing attorneys who care more for
their fees than for the interests of
the public at large, should at least be
answered by some one who has receiv
ed large contributions of land and
money, not to say anything of automo
bile parties given by the Pegram-
Wadsworth Land Company for their
votes for locating a site for a school
building, located with a view of ac
commodating the greatest number.of
school children surrounding or acces
sible to, said location.
It was charged by said Mr. Clarksori
th^t a notice was given the Pegram-
Wadsworth Land Company that a
meeting was to be called to go out aiid
view the landscape o’er, with a view
of locating the school site on said Pe
gram-.^’ads:Worth l>and Company’s land
and no noti^ was given to the Pel-
mont people that such was going to be
done.
Now the facts are these: The school
board meetings for some two or three
months had been monopolized by the
Belmont people, who had harrangued
and harrassed said school board in an
endeavor to come to some agreement
as to this location, but failed to do
90, to the complete disgust of all par
ties interested. So, on the day before
this notable automobile party Mr. Phil
lips came to me and asked if I would
join^ the school board in a trip the
next afternoon to look over the dif
ferent locations discussed as the most
suitable place to erect such a school
building as would accommodate, the
children of Belmont, North Charlotte,
Villa Heights, etc.
I told him I would do so provided
all the ' jard members were notified
anu requested to go. I was notified and
every member' of the board was noti
fied that I have heard of, except one
and I am informed that a notice was
left at his place of business. We met
at 3 p. m. and waited until about 4:30
p. m., Mr. Phillips and others making
every effort to get every member to
join us. In the meantime Mr. phillips,
chairman of the buildings arid grounds
committee, had asked the Pegram-
Wadsworth Land Company if they
could send us out to look at these
various lots, and they very readily con
sented to do so. After getting every
«member of the board we could, and af
ter picking up one or two on our
way w'e proceeded. On arriving at. the
Belmont section we proceeded to ex
amine all the lots 8-poken of: The Pe
gram-Wadsworth Land Company lot,
the Allen street lot, the present Bel
mont school lot, and the Geo. Phifer
lot and while on the Geo. Phifer lot 1
■saw that we "had 11 members of the
school board present. I suggested
that we call the member® to order, and
take a vote on the location, and I
made a motion that we call the meet
ing to order, as we had Mr. McCall,
our chairman, with us. This was done
and Mr. Hlrshinger was requested to
act as secretary. Nothing had been
done or said up to this hour as to the
choice of any one as to the location,
all agreed that the Pegram-Wads worth
property was by far the most suitable
and I made a motion that we accept
their proportion. It was^seconded. Mr.
McCall put the motion which was
adopted without a dissenting voice.
Two or three members did not vote.
In the dlccuBslon of the matter two
members suggested that we defer the
matter until we could get a full board,
but recorded no vote against It. This
action was ratified at a subsequent
meeting of the school board. Neither
Mr. Pegram nor Mr. Wadsworth
made any suggestion as to their lot,
neither did any frien,d of their urge
or advocate such location. No one eve^
spoke to me in their behalf concerning
same. Now, It has been mtimated that
Mr Hlrshinger was an interested par
ty on acount of his daughter having
some interest in this property.
I will say that I am as intimate with
Mr. Hlrshinger as any citizen of Char-
lobc. and I have never heard him say
one worj in advocacy of this location.
No member of the Pegram-Wadsworth
firm or any friend of such firm ever
spokD to me about their offer. Our ac
tion was taken with a view of beneflt-
ting the greatest number of children.
Respectfully,
T. T. SMITH,
Member of the Board of School Com
missioners.
Charlotte, Oct. 14tii.
CHURCH MUSIC. ♦
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Trinity Church.
Morning.
Prelude—Allegretto .. Wol^enholme
Anthem—Oh Be Joyful .. Thickstun
Duet—Abide With Me Verdi
Miss Sessions, Mr. Jones.
Offertory—Andante .. •. • • • • Well
Posthide—Unfold Ye Portals .. , .
Gounod
Evening.
Prelude—Berceuse (violin solo)
Von Kunits
Miss Van Gilluwe.
Anthem—Shades of Night Are^ll-
Sheldon
Soloist, Mr. Auten.
;„U.em-:The Day I. Ended .. ^
Soloist, Miss Van Poole,
Violin, Miss Van Gilluwe.
Offertory-Allegretto .. .. .. Read
Postlude—Moderato .. .. . • Rossini
R. L. KBESLER, .
Organist and Choirmaster.
In Dlagrace.
Mother—“Tommy, why don’t you
play with Frank any more? I thought
you were such good chums.”
Tommy—r“We was, but he’s a mol
lycoddle. He paid ter git inter ther
ball grounds.”—Suburban Life.
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