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i Pariotic Speeches Fea
ture Enthusiastic Gatherings.
Cameron Morrison and Mayor
McfJinch Plea With Citizens
to Buy "Fighting Fourths."
A regular old-time Ully-ho event
vu 'celebrated In' the Central eecUon
of the olty yesterday afternoon In the
Interest of the fourth liberty . loan
campaign. Music, stngtn and three
minutej speeches were held simultane
ously in several places and each at
traction drew a goodly slsed crowd.
The subscriptions came thick and fast
and approximately f 60,000 was added
to the city's total. . -
" Traffic at Independence square wae
stopped for IS minujfcs while the
: Fourth Recruit band of Camp Greene
' played at.d Cameron Morrison and
Mayor Frank R. McNlnch delivered
ithort talks. '
Following the entertainment. Mayor
McNlnch auctioned off bonds from- a
huge army truck which formed a sec
tlon of the parade. In less than 10
minutes 115,000 had been subscribed.
While the mayor harangued the
crowd, soldier and women workers
were busily engaged in getting the
subscriptions from among tne erowa.
v Mr. Morrison, in a thrilling three
minute talk, asked that the publio
ave the good name and clean record
of Mecklenburg county by subscribing
the half million of dollars that the
" county is still short "Never in history
has old Mecklenburg failed to do its
duty in behalf of liberty,", continued
Mr. Morrison, "and we surely cannot
afford to begin doing so at this critical
time In the country's history."
Mayor McNlnch, after explaining
the easy payment system of securing
bonds, stated that it was not, a ques
tion of "have yoo bought a bond?"
but "How many mora can you pos-
, slbly take?"
; Before the rally the Fourth Recruit
, band paraded through the business
( Widow Preferred to Beet
Death at Heme
j .
i "For many years I suffered from
stomach trouble. AH the doctors I
tried helped me but little. All said I
would have to go to 'hospital and be
operated on for gall-stones or I would
not live much longer.' I told them I
preferred to meet death -at home. One
day I picked up the advertisement of
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and since
taking a course of it more than a
year ago have not had, a single pain
in 'my. stomach, have good appetite
and can eat anything." It is a simple,
harmless preparation that removes the
catarrhal mucus from the Intestinal
tract and allays inflammation which
causes practically all stomach, liver
and Intestinal ailments, including ap
pendicitis. One dose will convince or
money refunded. John 8. Blake Drug
'.' Co., Liggett's-Jordan Drug Co., and
druggists everywhere. Adv.
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,v-'.. s -v, ru .-
? -ctlon. It as fuiIoneJ ty two army
trucks in whk-h-were seated soldiers
from Camp Greene who cried through
huge megaphones: "You can't beat
the kaiser if you are a miser.'.' Pla
cards on the sides of the trucks bore
such Inscriptions as: "Are You a Dol
lar Slacker" and "Help Genem
Pershing , and the Boys Across the
Rhine bjr Buying a Liberty Bond."
The band played selections In front
of practically every One of the booths
at which members of the woman's
committee ' held forth. The fourth
recruit quartet entertained with sev
eral selections at the booth near the
New Central hotel and their efforts
were loudly applauded by the large
crowd which gathered.
The "tally-ho" event was one of
the really exciting sessions of .. the
campaign In Charlotte and enthusiasm
was rife In the central part of the city
during the late afternoon.
Clarence O. Kmester, member of the
county i committee, stated In one of
his speeches during the excitement
that Mecklenburg simply must not fall
down and that every dollar of the
needed half million must and would
be subscribed if the polls had to he
kept open until midnight of Saturday.
C. A. Brooks, publicity chairman of
the' campaign, stated that open air
rallies, such as the one held yester
day, would probably be continued ev
ery afternoon for the , remainder of
the "Fighting Fourth" drive.
OFFICERS ORDERED TO
REPORT AT CAMP GREENE
M, ajor Harding Becomes Lieuten
ant Colonel and Will be Sen
to Charlotte Camp.
BY H. E. C, BRYANT.
Washington, Oct. It. The follow
ing army . orders were it-sued today:
The appointment- xt Sergeant
Jones as second lieutenant quarter
master corps, with rank from Octo
ber 8, .1118, Is announced. He will
proceed to Charlotte and rei" for
duty.. . -
The appointment of Sergeant (First
Class) John Soffmelster, aa first lieu
tenant, quartermaster corps, with rank
from October t, 1918, is announced.
He will proceed to Charlotte and re
port for duty. ,
The appointment of Private John
M. McCurdy as second .lieutenant,
quartermaster corps, with rank from
October 7, 1918, is announced. He
will report to Camp Greene for duty.
The appointment of Quartermaster
Sergeant Fred A. Matthis as first lieu
tenant, quartermaster corps, la an
nounced. He will report at Camp
Greene for duty,
The appointment of Major Edwha
F. Harding, Infantry, to- the grade
of lieutenant colonel, infantry, with
rank from September 17, 1818 is an
nounced. He will report at Camp
Greene for duty.
The appointment of Second Lieu
tenant Andrew J. Hahan, infantry, ait
a second lieutenant, tank corps, with
rank from August it, 1818, Is an
nounced. He will report at Camp
Polk for duty.
First Lieutenant Jerome D. Mlt
tell, quartermaster corps, is relieved
from hie present duty and will report
for assignment in duty.
The appointment of Charles Ell
Prince as captain, medical corps, with
rank from October 8, 1918, is an
nounced. He will report at Camp
Greene for duty.
The appointment of Will Burnard
McKenna aa captain, medical corps.
with rank from October 8, 1918. is
announced. He will report at Camp
Greene for duty.
TH
In order to induce further subscriptions to
subscribers we, the undersigned Banks of
October 16th on the following terms:
This offer applies to purchases of $500 and above flesser amountsbeihg carried on weekly installment
American Trust Company
Charlotte National Bank,
Commercial-National Bank
First National Bank
'OBSERVATIONS
By ths Junior
Compensation.
The book says that compensation la
at which la given or received as
. . -7 - , . . . .
that
an equivalent, as for services, debt,
want, loss or suffering amends; re
quital. ... ' ' -':-y -
- And to those who feel that the
"humiliation of the German govern
ment at being forced to acknowledge
defeat" Is sufficient recompense for
the wrong she has wrought, I would
respectfully refer to the real mean
ing of compensation. . .
Emerson in that esay second only
to his discussion of the value of re
iving' ypon one's self, makes it clear
that compensation comes to every one.
In one from or another.
And It will come to the German
government, and I believe through
the decision of the peoples of the
entente allies.
It is true that It will be a bitter
pill to the leaders of the "present
German government." to bow the
head In admitting the defeat of their
cherished plans. But will this hu
miliation pay Belgium and France and
Alsace-Loraine and poor little Ser
bia and - Greece for the wronn
wrought In that plan of world domln-
Body of .Alfred H. McLeod Taken
to Home Town For
Funeral. '
Alfrei H. McLeod. aged 44 years,
a prominent cltisen of Lumbcrton and
brother of former 8tate Senator
George B. McLeod, died late Tuesday
night at the Charlotte Sanatorium of
pneumonia .following Influenza. . Mr.
! McLeod had been In bad health for
J a year or more, suffering with heart
trouble. About a week, ago . ne - en
tered the sanatorium. Influeoaa de
veloped almost Immediately on his
arrival here, it being thought that he
contracted the disease before reaching
the city. Pneumonia quickly follow
ed and It was realised that he could
not recover. His wife accompanied
1.1m to Charlotte, but was soon taken
with the influenza and is 111 at the
sanatorium. With Mr. McLecd at the
end were his brothers, former State
Senator George B. McLeod and A. H.
McLeod. v
He was born and reared In Lumber
ton and was a member of one of the
prominent families In Robeson coun
ty. He was a son of the- late. Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. McLeod. . .
Mr. McLeod married "Miss Kate
Smith, of Stanton, who with six chil
dren survive. In faith Mr. McLeod
was a Presbyterian. .
The remains were taken to Lum
berton yesterday morning on an early
train. The funeral was held in Lum
berton yesterday.
PROMINENT LUMBERT0I1 .
rflDIESOFPiiEUrilllt
We will carry, for"v90 days, at the
rate of 4
cured by
of their face valuQ.:
: " :
Observer.
j ion?
j Will It be sufficient' for the German
frovernmen- to admit that she has
!been whipped In a military sense?
Will It suffice for her to; admit that
"superior numbers" .compel her to
cease the atrocities of which "she has
been guilty all this time?
Will that be sufficient price to pay
for the violated Vomen of France and
Belgium? , . 4 :. -
? Will It be high . enough to recom
pense the wives 'and mothers of
Europe for the' loss ox their men
folk? And this applies to those of
Germany and Austria-Hungary as well
as to the entente allies. .
I-think that would be "but a small
portion of the Dries .the government
should be called upon to pay. Just
what else sl.e should be required to
do may well be left to the leaders
of those nation which have suffered
most at the hands of the heartless
Hon. " And ihat America wlH back
them In. any demands tor compensa
tion they may make Is the belief of
those who feel that there Is a pen
alty thst must be paid before a de
cent world 'can allow the continu
ing of that which has so long been
a ' menace to its- safety and happi
ness.' : . . v ' ---
HENDERSON MAfNJIES AT
. ; FAYETTEYILLE HOTEL
.. Special to The Observer.
. Fayettevllle, Oct. rit.R. H. Urg
hart, of Henderson, engaged in gov
ernment' work at Camp Bragg, dlf d
at a hotel In this city early Tues
day morning.. - Mr. Urghart's death
was sudden and the .cause was not
known. lie apparently liad not been
well for a week, but was down In the
lobby of the hotel the afternon be
fore his death. The body will be
shipped to Henderson for burial.
The Cumberland Baptist association
which was to have convened here to
day for a two days' session,, has been
Indefinitely postponed on account of
the prevailing epidemic of influenza.
It. was first enounced that a later date
for meeting of the body would be gry
en out. but Rev. Joel S. Snyder, pas
tor of the First Baptist church of this
city, who Is the moderator, announced
today that the ' association had been
postponed without date owing to the
Influenza conditions.
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FORT MILL "OVER THE TOP"
FOR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
Special to Thc Observe.
Fort Mil!, a C Oct. It. Dr. J. Lee
Spratt, chairman of the local Liberty
loan committee, reports that Fort
Mill has gone over the top with its
subscriptions to the fourth Liberty
loan, "the ful quota having already
beem'.subscrlbeiL while the sub-committees
are still at work. Up to the
present time there are listed S03 sub
scribers which represents about It
per cent of the population Indicating
that the Interest , in thlcampalgn Is
much more widespread than In for
mer ones. 1
UELICV
the Fourth Liberty Loan on the part of both bid
Charlotte',: will lend on all subscriptions made on
f : : : ;
1 - 4 per cent on note e-
. the
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plan as Heretofore
UnionNational Bank
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13 iil UJiLfuiLi
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Former Charlctta 'V.za Sucouir.-s
to Complication of. Di::atcs.
Has Relatives Here.
' . Special to The Observed . ' '
Winston-Salem. Oct It. -MaJ. John
Graham 9 Young, an ..honored and
highly' eeteemed citizen.: died here at'
8 o'clock this mornln following a a
long illness with a -complication of
diseases. . - f ' .r
. Major Young has been a resident tn
this city for many year. hough most
of bis life was spent Charlotte.- He
was the oldest son of the late . Gen
eral John A. and Malvlna Crahant
Young.
Major Young was a caaet ai uen.
D. II. Hill's military school in Char
lotte when he entered the Confederate
artnv mt thm r. rtt II venra. Ho al
ways took an active Interest in alt
matters pertaining to tne weuare.ot
the Confederate veterans. ,
i Milnr. Vminr is survived br his
widow. Mra Young; two tons. Wing-
neia zoung, oi cnester. b. c. anu
Lieutenant John Graham Young, Jr.,
now in France: two daughters, 'Mrs.
Ulla T. Alexander and Miss Terrell
Toung. both of this city; one brother,
Col. Ernest "F. Young, of Louisville,
Iff mnA two lRtem. Miss Iella Youna
end Mrs. Henry J. Marsh, t both, of
The remains of Major Young will be
brought to Charlotte tomorrow morn
ing for Interment In the family plot in
Elmwood cmeetery. The family will
come by auto, arriving here possibly
before the train bearing the remains.
The hour of the funeral will be an
nounced later. .
The passing' of Major Young re
moves prominent and familiar figure
tn Charlotte's social and business life
In days gone by. He was among the
most popular men of the city, com
manding friends amongst all classes.
Major Young went to Winston-Salem
to live many years ago. On his visits
home, in the years that passed, he
was always received with an affection
ate welcome. - His love for Charlotte
waa ever the same, and he was never
happier than when "back home," as
he expressed it, with the friends of
his youth. '. :
Mr. Young was born at Statesvllle,
but his parents moved to Charlotte
when he was but a year old, ap he
was,-to all Intents and purposes a
Charlottean. ' ' f -
OPINIONS DELIVERED
BY THE SUPREME COURT
Raleigh, Oct It. The supreme
court delivered opinions Jn ten ap
peals this afternoon as follows: .
Gooch va, bank. Halifax, no error;
Taylor vs. commissioners' drainage
district, Craven, affirmed; Jones vs.
Williams. Duplin.' no error: In re
Cblsholm wlIU Hoke, reversed; Wil
son vs. Jones, Franklin. no error;
Tlghe vs. S. A. L. Railway company,
Wake, no error; Holden vs. Hduck,
Franklin, no error; Baker vs. Ed
wards, Wake, affirmed; Hunter and
company vs. Sherron. . Wake, no er
ror; Lee vs. Thornton, reversed. .
90per cent
- .. - rv.;
Independence Trust Company
Merchants & Farmers National Bank
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
Southern Loan
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;:n.. "us's ccr i.t-". ... n.
New York, Oct. li.-C.is' we ;
lower than due this niornlr.s and our
market opened sharply lower with
some scatered southern .hedge sellins
and some speculative pressure from
local operators who remain bearish i
tneir views. Weather conditions are
generally favorable and as yet no
frost has reached the belt so that the
crop Is still continuing to make. Busi
ness was In a restricted volume all day
and fluctuations were cot large. In the
afternoon the market recovered most
Revitalize your , Wood nd pot
your' system b conation to
C . relist thi hardships of ,.
winter.
It is the stronr-bjooded men
and women who are vigorous and
healthv in winter, and .who are
not inconvenienced by tU qold,
wet days. Wet feet don't bother
them, fcudden changes cause no in
convenience, and even , when a
cold is "caught'V because of con
tact, in a close, stuffy room, with
someone already infected, the
trouble seldom lasts over a day or
two. This highly desired state of
healthxis brought about by having
rich, pure blood,1 uncontaminated
by impurities of any kind.
You may possibly think your
blood is all right you are not
troubled by 1 outward signs. Yet
you have felt tired and languid,
you liave lost some sleep or, had
some minor ailments at times, but
you regard yourself as in "fairly
good condition physically." This
may be true, but you should take
nothing for granted, you should
not "guess that you are all right.
The thing to do is to make your
self right by taking a good blood
tonic and invigorator, such -as S.
S. S. It is the best known blood
tonic on the market today. There
is hardly a man, woman or child
I
& Savings Bank
i.t the cofly C.e.V.rA-r s " - -
roved t- l;ave b'f'i for J . "' '''
I. -reals. As ytt t'..cve i-i ' 'f
sure from the hjulh to -' ' x "
rather moderate trad rferuand. l-i.t
the southern selling is not as yet lar?e
enough to briny about a substantial
weakness. The local feeling is that
os the congestion Increases in the
southern markets, this selling must in
crease in volume, but this remains
to be seen. As yet there has been no
evidence of any real weakness on the,
part of southern holders.
HUBBARD BROS. & CO. '.
lie
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' in
in America who has not heard of
it It has helped to restore many -people
to health. It has brought,
relief in !; thousands of cases of :p
blood disorders during the past 5a
years. ' -"','''. ,j 1
S. S S, is a standard treatment
for alt blood troubles. It is a true:
blood tonic, that purifies' and
brings new vigor and new life to
the blood stream. It is guaran-,
teed to be purely vegetable, to,
contain no mercury or other rfiin-;
eral drugs, but to be made fronr
herbs and roots carefully selected
for their known medicinal proper-:
tie?. For chronic sores, ulcers,
catarrh, .rheumatism, eczema J
psoriasis, salt rheum, -tetter, acne
and other such disease as are due
to infected blood. S. S. S. acts'
quickly 'and -satisfactorily. t
counteracts the germs. and pois-T
ons, cleanses the system of un-T
healthy accumulations, literal!
washes all foreign matter from'
the blood and renews its life-giv-
jng properties. ; ?
Be sure to take S. S. S. thi ';
winter. The renewal of vigor?
that it will give you will be wel
worth while. One thing you can.
be, sure of and that is if you take"
S. S. S. you will be benefited.- GeC '
t today at your drug store re
fuse any substitute. For medical -advice,
address Swift Specific Co.,'
416 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta';
Ga. ; , - ..j,"
and new
or j after