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CIIABLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, NO VEHBEB 20, 1904. 1 1 x 51 - and Beaux OX fjr - f ; ,: ' V.'. "... K'F" WV v.- ' , ' MISS KATI1K1UM". NORMAN WALKER. The IS-Month Old Daughter of Mr. ami Mr. William Hoke Wnlkor, r ,:. i i I.cii)toii. :,Ir.: Dooley on "The Anglo .. Saxon Triumph." copyright."" 1004. by Met'lure, Phillips & Co. "Writ,-8il" PaM Mr. Donley. "I'm happy tfl see how glad iv'rybody is about what happened m ye u week K" last Chooadah." "Much. 1 cll-e what they think." said Mr. llenhessy. "Well. U'a a great consolation In be icaveiMRtt" said Mr. Dooley, "to know that ye'er aorruw Is a in Iv Joy to other.'! All th' wurruld Is Rind y R"' it where ye did. Th' czar turned u summersault whin he heard th' news. The' King lv Italy has not got home -nice Miction night. Th' Prisidint Iv Franc called, on Gin'ral Porther an' i.issed him f'r th' Prisidint. Th' Prisi dint lv Colombia Illuminated th' ottlc-yul 1 a lace au' tlllygrafted' usklii' if there was aunything Prisidint Rosenfelt i'ud io to him that hudn't been done. Th' Herman Impror sat down an' wrote tn : alio win' - cable: 'Congratylatlona on ve'er lllction aa Kalatr lv lh' well-bom American people. May ye'er reign l iong ail" happy. To urn fellx fastumquf ...irastaa. wmoh l latln f'r 'Why tau t we fce f rinds? "But" ' th' moH' piUhUHyastic en ihusyasm waa In Knglund. n hearln' th' slad newli on th' Saturdah followin th' miction, th' King Hint f'r Atnbassa lure Choate who came as fat as hl hands an' knees wud carry him. Ar rlvin at . Buckln'ham palace his ma jesty gracyously extinded hig foot an' .r&hered him to convey his thanks to "is Ule , aubjlctui atiwst th' sea. Tn .ligrllsh pa-ttpera almost wint crazy with-' approval. Paya wan Iv thlm: Thay'dour Itosenfelt i not a statesman in in1 English einsp. Ho wud not com pare? with our ChambvilainR or aven darkes. Ho 1 of more vtdgnr tyjic. Judged by th' Knpllsli Htamlards. lie U a eoorse ah' ncultlvaid man. Hut in Atnerltia he stands hlKh f'r good taste n iarnln. He regards hlx ilictlon as a great . triumph f'r th' Anglo-Saxon race." 80 long" as Sicrety Hay can iv srraln hi iongln' to rayturn to hia honu an continue to sit on Captain Rosen-elt'a- head, th" two counthrles will b. bound ? together In a way that will double our Joys an' their sorrows. While Jawn Hay. that gr-rcatest Iv America 1 Htateamett an" almost good enough f'r nny office iv a parochial nature In this lOuntry remains In chai iv Ihi nvernmlnt at Waehlngton, It can :i;iv6' out Jfrindship with all that this implies. ft; Afther that we hope to have e.ur tartflC again thlm In wuriukln' crdher. an', we won t care. VV await return' fr'm th' city Iv Texas an' th" tate iv Ohio, Massachoosets, befin :iiak.in,:itnny further commint.' ( "So f4 Bee. Hlnnlssy, 'twas th' Anglo- .-'axon vole that did it. 1 see now what ;n IrUidlnt was up to whin he slnt f'r 1 'assldy lv th' f'lan-na-Gael. Th' Chm-1 na-GaeJ Is wan iv th' strongest Angl-: .S.ixon arganyxations we have. It's whol purpose Is to Improve Anglo-r-ax.:niPlVilatlon be lllvatin' it. There' Olt'y Wan way 10 do It an' thui's Ut' way they do. Th' raison Casnidy: .tn' Kelly an'. Murphy an' Burke ai ! 'icx an' all th' boys up an' down th" hreet Voted fr Kose.ifelt was because I y ar-re Anglo-Saxon. Th' A. O. II.. ioh, iv coorse, ya knurv manes All or ', . l.'rigllshtnen, was Tr Rosenfelt Tr th'i me ralson. So It was with th' Anglo-: vm turnvereins an' sangerfests. Me 1 Schwartameister down th' sthreet1 .J fr. Rosenfelt because Iv his! hrong feelinMn favor iv clmlntin' thN lance between th' two nations. An' i e was lllcted, I hear. -I wondher how he'll threat th'i n-io-Saxon fr'm now on. I'm proud i hein' a mlmber lv that (mmi . I that me attlntion has been called lt. Gawd, bless Anglo-Saxv3ny, says ii h alt me heart It has made us a e tounthry But in handin' around imduls aft her ih vlcthry I fain . i see a tew "ginned to manly coats .t were not made In Bond athreet.i e ail th'. branches lv that noble herd ! ance. ; v n" '" r ' ,: ; . it this la th' way It usually goes: . t a year befure ilictlon a man be ii.uiie iv Sheehan or Sullivan or - y. nuke, up hlsnlnd that ifa about! io think lvnommynatln' aornebody tv Prlldincy. . He looks around him vlcthry x wud nlveV h . An8lo:?a" , in' wanat run acrost a, fellow !i jtd er have voted th way i' Ugislacttur frm down th' SUtej -what'" M.ifl(m t, ... . -w here that- niter made a apeeeb, -dld you to?' ivtn ?,e3r' ,An !psaboora athralnanVtearsoff.CdnTbeeftbe 5,T1f' !f u counthryiAfter aome- houra he ', unanilnous' ' WU(1 hav en -, man that afl ililm w th ttS, ' - TXT c ih' people ehoict.' Judge Silas f.V-M y . ' i p DUNNE. ' Th' judge- Ivycelvea him; in Voi-w t , " in on account lv th' fam'iy " ann?S5oiSSrKV a . l he hadn't heerd' it -; efura.oome a Christian.'. ; . .. ' ; , $f the future i, , , ' 'iscy s..s ih' count lu y is fairly rlngln' niili ii. Casey comes hack to town an' Hikes off Ills coat nn' goes to'wurruk. He argues an' pleads an' palanceB an' aiinchcs togcth-r a majority iv voles, in tli' maiielime keeidn" Judge Hlggins halneil down at home an' feedin' him fr'm Mioe 1" I'M" with caiuieil pi'ln- cipb-H. 'I'll' judge Is 1 iniiiiyiwled hii'i miikes a whirlwind campaign. He sup plies th' wind an' Casey supplies th' whirl. Ivrybody l .Uis a kick at- C'asiy Til' opposition papers in -re 111 favor iv iiiiiiKin' him. Th' pa-epeis iv his own parly lament ll'.il Ih campaign shud be in Ih' hands iv such a man whin l here are such pathriles as Perkins an' Sanderson who ought to lie at lieau nuarlers on'y th' papers don't kt'iow It. They itr-re at fiendnuartei s nn1" Casey is rchearshi' thim In l heir speeches an' !iowin' liiim where Io mark their bal lots. "Dii ilictlon day Casey lixes it up with his friend Mulligan in New York, .llrien in Saint l.oiey, .Muloahey in Haston. O'Shay In Hartford. Hutler in Buffalo. Holierty In San Francisco. Dorney In New Orleans, llennessy in Columbus. Sullivan in Chicago an' Mi -iunn in Keokuk, in' Judge Higgins is triumphantly illcited. Th' inornin' uf ther ilietvui Casey tarns that th' ray--ull is loolti'd upon as a triumph f'r an Anglo-Saxon policy. He ibin't ..shout himsilf hooi sc over thai beclluse his on'y aeiiialnl.ince with an Anglo Saxon j ml icy was whin his f.iin-ly was dhriven out iv th' County Kerry be a bailiff Willi .in Anglo-Saxon bludgeon, hut he goes over to sc.- th' judge. "Well, Casey,' says he. I done very well, he says. 'Ye did f'r a fact." says Casey Well,' says th' judge, 'I can't spar, ye anny mare time to-day, me liunibl. frind,' he says. 1 in busy ma kin' ill ule cah-iiei.' In- say. I hive decide, to nppini Hi' llnn'rable Pealxnly Per kins, lv ih' Iilstriet i Columbia, Sie rity iv Slate. lie Is pa i I b 'i.i rlv lilted l"r tli' place, hiviu' spin! all Inn Ih' las' six weeks Ins I i I" . in Kngland. His .'ippiiilmiiit is enlo.nsed In- 1' Ijimlon Times. I have also.' In. says. offered th' job iv Sillily iv th' lnteer yor to th' 1 lon'iab'.. Ponsonby S.iiider son. He is 111' hlgli chief guy in th' I. lie Orange Lodge an' will know tus' hjv to hiindlc tli' public school oues- tion,' he says. 'Thank ye,' says Casey 'I have th' names iv a few fellows thai have wuirulicd hard ; n' I'd H-ke to tin ' places f'r ihim.' he siivs. 'My ninn,' n:iy th' jmlj." talkln' t.. ih d'ye r.ilie that ye ar-ie Prisidint iliet iv thes he says. 'If l did not 1'liiled Stat feel kindly 1. i'rd ye f'r ve er a rnesl, u.ijU horse-puwer were purchased ami niNgulded elTorls In nu pa id for. Quarry property w Ith mlllion. Ii ir ye r.iyinoved l. th',.if tons of line granite was purchased if sum. -times hyball". I wild lure-keep, i .' sa s. ye . a n e"i 1 fi ids . in says. As Is. he 'ii'', ih a a. i ! ions n l h i h : k i i n' civil s.ir- Ice . omil.lSSioi w ho has barge iv th' lay laborers.' he says. " An' tle re ye ai 'e. Why do boys go t i Harvard an' Yale .' Is it h, cause Is Kliot an' Ha lb y or because iv Hurley an" Hogan? I re,i, th' a. founts iv th' fill-ball gain.-. Th' "li"e up was as fol lows: Hogai'i. Ra fieri y. Murphy. Mi tiuire. Hurley, r.ioiiey. Shevlin, Mul doon. c.-issidy. Peibody. Van Renseller. Aflm-r lilte. ii miiiyits I'. abody retired. At tli' i -..I iv tw iniy niinylts Van IJen selifr iv.s i ailed out be his ma. Flaherty an' Hinnlssy in. Hogan through, guir.l. Mui,-ihy pushes Mc Cuire tin. .ugh tackle. c. aiiey slams Saltonstall on Hi' ground an' breaks his back. Shevlin throws Witherspoon over th' fence. An' so on till me eyes till with tears an' I have dhrcams iv iinaiim . ana. la with an ar.rmv li '""'" '"' wit" 'n ar-rmy ; ' U,V. A,'B1,,-K::,',.M fu--'" 'holars !' '? y, , 'h '"ty Mayo. An' ! ) '' ''' lrldlnt Hartley or Prisidint ,makr,s :l" '""''S" t th' King's , h,.la.v ''lmT' :'" r''J,,il'Pf' ' r In- h;i-.-vixoii spoons an SVi!:!'.'th' wum"'1 ,fuU "eafter if ""n"" nan a war we win nave a chance to do most Iv th' fightln' an" pay half th money. "I wondher why it is! 1 suppose it's because we like th' game more thin th' rewards. Wan iv th' Anglo-Saxons who helped ilirt Rosenfelt las' Clvoosdah wud give up his Job rather thin be a politician an' I suppose Hogan Is thlnkln' all through th' game that it's th Prince lv Wales he has against him "Well"' said Mr fitnn t .,il' 1, . Mr' "ennessy, "if I HARNESSING THE ,YA1)KIM. 4. WOflK.V.RMT itf ITOKNOPfC. strlkJna nan, Sow U'ril on tlw Way . Toward KxemMon, OunrNved by Me. K. 11. t. I lam Wey ienmlii of the Whiuior Crinny- Vmciirrent iHM-olofmwnt of a titvmt Water low r WUJi Mintnt, Qtiarrie and Ml I It Capabkt of lrvliilng ProntaWe for It Urcnt Itcwmrcrfl of fhe Snr ronndliik IVrniory Tnw 11 to tw llullt Ul I lie HI o r. Wrliten for Th Observer. A stretch of country which extends along the llnea where Stanly, Kowun mi! .Montgomery counUi-a touch is rich in varied resources. Peruana the prm- .iij.il lieniH ttl viilui! are (1) a rich agri cultural soil and u salubrious cllmat- u gold inlnes. (3) water ywer, (4) Agriculture has been from the tim if the o.lKinul while settlement of the country si.'eifssfull and pivifltabiv don infills ten ilory. iliuli gold mining has been done la iiiofitabie basis, and the granite ha been cuarrled at profit. This section of Kowun and St.3nl i-ouiHles was settled originally hy (lei mans. Thev are thrifty and euierpris us". Thev have always made g od i ro;3. They ;nv goud pl'iividors. urn! thev live well. Those who pee much uf ihetn any that ihev are law-abidinii resulule. fonllal and hospitable. Theii on in r.irniiiiu has nifje lano . orth . 0 to iv mi acre for farming liiniHise.s alone. j The mightiness of i he v.ater-p'HVfcr ol ihc Yadkin a I anil near what is kuoun I is !!' Narrows Ims been well known tor a long t'me. but its very inagnituiu made iho devidojinient one of inugni mi!r. ami the eash necessary to inakt Hie (levelopmerit beyond the resource if tliofU! who knew about It. m m m About twenty years ago Messrs ttcubfii J. and Moses L. HoUnea lii.un --d the (lold Hill mining property n tjngbiiid. The purchasers of the prop erty sent to this country a young Eng 'tinman to represent them at the mine This was Mr. K. U. C Hanibley, and he was then less than twenty years old He developed U be a man of unusual nltiiitlve ami resource, and has boei of liienl. ulablu value In connection with 'he devi'Iopmunt of the section in which ho lives. .Mr. llambley rjarried the daughter of Ur. Coleniar., who lived li the section in which the gold niinlni. work was being carried on. He live '' in S;iibiiry. his family consisting nf himself, wifii and live children. mum It Is not sufficient mat liierc la go. in t In- Kioiiud. '1 mi i' iiiusl He sin. way to gel (. iiiul ,H Ii-h.s Ih in . nsi. t .In mining he III. Me t oill.il.lv. Il Is n Miffn it-ni ih.it there is uuiiln rem .. unlimited gianitc. Iheie Inuai b." som .se u jnu granite to it U ue iuairt-'! ii is nol sull'ii lent that lUU.UUvi iiara. power nre going tu wusio as iho wau . mils ovi-r Hie stones. If il is harness ,iil. tiler.- inusi bo soiueliiing lor ih- UUIll'l' lU llll. r A.i. Hanibley floured it oul that lb alone pom Ule iiuartics could be use. to build the dam. That one and a nai million toiijj of ore, w hjcli is in siglil i. the mines, might be raised and protn ably worked with cheap power an. liii nly oi water, and mat Ule minim, ami tj ing .iiui riMin .-lion of ores woui.. give uses io put tlui waler-powcr to hi be thus correlative, all these devei opmeiils must be made pructically to gether and be made to give sppor. ... ,i io i no otliert. Hut the cost woul .)e siujicndous. V here would the mun t come from'.' The uro:iositlon wa. iid before relatives and friends n iingl.iiid. Through these Mr. Hamble vas !ui in communication with -Vi cieoige I. Whitney, or the II rill of Willi ney A- Stephenson, Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Ueorge I. Whitney came of a old Knglisii family. His linn in Pitts .u;g had close contact with llic grea industrial develoiiiienl around Pitts ourg. He was successful in his rea. estate transactions. In ri is coal ininui. transactions, in his ci .. enterpriser and in his financial Interests. Ho 1. closely Ideiitltled with banks and trus: cro:np;itiits in Jus city, and is familial .villi lug unih i takings of Just such ; character as Ule cue in r.'orth Carolina winch spreads into llic three count le. of Jtowun, Manly an i jtontgonierj .. tic. i .ni. ii. nioiey presented his fact; .Lt:d plans to Mr. Whitney, he ipilckb i in: opportunity. Whitney & rite ; phensou undertook to lluaiice nit enter ! ,ji is.-, and Air. Hanibley was appoiniei. i .o cany it oul. he becoming lnterestec; ;Is'j us a partner. It was a work of much time and pa tient, persistent labor to acquire the ttold mines, the quarries and the watei lights, even though the money wus li band to pay cash, which was done il. ill cases. Tweniy thousand acres o! land were purchased and paid foi valer rights io erimr more than 50.- and paid for. .itid Ui:s was hut tin beginning of Investment. The. next blip was to locale the gob :'ie at to" mines and determine how iiui. h could be counted on. KhaftF were sunk and drifts made to accom plish this. The lands and w.uur-pow ers were surveyed lo g-t data to find just what the water-power property w as and ;;s a basis for making .dans foi ' - "i Th-Mi .' ie q. i- . protr erty had b he opened up. Tins is b lug done lit a way to get the quurrle." In best shape for future working un to get stone in the same time for the dam. in., or three miles of si le track have been built by the Whitnev company to ihe .marries; four or five miles more "to the gold mines; six or seven miles j more to the dam site. All these branch ' n;t from the Norwood branch of the 'Southern Railway. This gives, tngeth- r with the Southern Hallway tracks. onnerllon betw een Ihe mines, the quar ries and the water-power. When tht water-power is ready, the ore from the mines will be lifted and carried tn the river, where thev can be handled with unlimited water and power. The mines will be supplier, from the rivet by electrical transmission with powet to operate hoists, drills and other ap paratus, necessary at the mine. The quarries will be supplied by electric transmission to operate the hoists .ri nnd other appliances. Even aftet the stones for the dam are taken out. the quarries wilt be still operated. The taking nut of the stones for the dam will not them In shane to get out building stone and monumental stone to the best ;dvantge. The Rowan granite is said to be nearly twice as strong as that which comes from the Vermont quarries. Thrre or four earn of stone are already being carried THOUSANDS CURED. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve haa cured thousands of cases of Piles. "I bought a box of. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve on the recommendation of our druggist." so writes C. H. La Croix, of Za valla. Tex., "and used It for a stubborn re of Piles.' It cured me permanently." Bold by R. H. Jor dan Ca i dsliy troni J, nuarrlea ' to th ? rtvef. Thew are ! Into the tn dam wbicti will le feet high- The Whitney companies are; (1) The Whitney Company, which la th par ent company; t2iJ'ha Yadltia Blectrtcai Power Company f (U Th Yadkin land Development Company; (4 The Rowant Granite Company; 5) The lold Hill Mining fTompany. Tiw land eonwuiy. wlit build tyvni n....n'l.. K..0.1l... I..IU .... Klifl 111-lA? houses.-when desired. The town uPriapone. , The Obaerver. will he w,l! Iat.1 out on X.M seizes oil lnoas. ..ov. IA. xtixir corres .and, which has been ii-l aside for the nurpose. Wreets will !' graded, Hew- i pi t down and electric lights pro- clderl ItffnrP'iinv lots fire sold. All the anets will b' curbed with stone rrom he quarrv. The quarries will always! be a good customer fo: water-power. ! md ihe water-power will In turn make! good customers for the ouarrles. j road will lie graded and macadam-1 imI from the lnm to the power house! Jown th- river. This Is to facilitate j igh..orn as an investment. onej .lading the heavy water wheels and tanner s..id io ine writer a tew days lectrleal machinery from the railroad'-0- l-"n !-' " t'1 "-H "- '." a ; e-minus at the dam to the power house -on yet, it. -u..inou to tins year's crop, ix mllei down the river. . a,,d remarkea t...n he was not uneauj. The scenery on both Hides of the Yad- a" 'o coming out an ngnt. Kin at the Narrows Is picturesque and i A"St ! ... i..mitrs in osfiton roun- leaitiftil It haa that In the )and-!-y n. .onntion to cotton, some wtipe which Imi losses one witii the. ..e.... p..... pot noes, etc.. and. aower of the Creator, and the infinity; "is a ceo. ..is very largely lor a oi..., ! ,r t 4 works. I -lumber OcMig' i.ole not only ta hold ; Standing oii Palmer's Mountain nndj.ueir prehe.n crop of cotton, but to buy j looking up the river and towards I!ro-;U:nt , t,Vir neignlKir. who In not soj nnrle Mountains bevoud. one naturally says: "Nothing could be more, grana ind beautiful." Without moving except io urn in one's tracks to look down the river over (he Narrows, and the precipitous rising bunks on either side, the rushing witters, the still basin fa l jfluw and the Cwharle.-i still In view with autumn foliage, one is impelled to pel away the former opinion, ana iev "This Is even grander and more jeiiftiful " Then, gjancliig from otic to he other and seeing the big river wind - lug at the foot of the mountains, one's mind naturally begins to wonder, in lwe in what gigantic sort of cataclysm these mountains and this great river took the form they have to-day, ex cept for the wear of the rains and winds, and the work of time that has Intervened. And now. think of harnessing thesejful watchman, anxious to prove his mighty forces, taking the stone lromi the hills and mountains to dam th river and then using the force of the river to quarry the stone, to nit tne gold ore from the ground where It was located in the closing convulsions oi int. areul catnclysm, turn the wheels oi.ne waited and watched continually. He cotton factories, furniture factories, pa-1 per mills and other enterprises it a all wonderful, very wonderful. I). A. T. ;KKItAI BOOTH'S KKC1U ITS. All Sorts of Men Who .loin the Salva tion Army. London Express. "Hilly". McLeod, once champion light weight of Knglund, hero jOJC half a hun dred tights for 120 to " a side, who conducted the services at the Salvation Army Temple, Hlackfriars load, on .Sunday, Is one of the many picturesque Intruders in the army. There Is surely no other preaching organization with such u variety ol men und women in Its ranks. Gen. liooth lias spread his net wide and caught llsh of many kinds. One of the colonels at headquarters is a refined Jinl aristocratic lady, near relative ol Uie only iluke who married an English princess. Some years ago Prebendary Webb Peploe had a promising young curate iiuined ullpharu. Over in Germany you will find him now, wearing the scarlet cup of a Halviulon Army commissioner. c ne of i he directors or tne old r.ast India Company had a grandson, Fritz Je litour Tucke:'. who. after being ed ucated at Cheltenham College, went out to the Kast, and ultimately becufne u nidge in the Indian civil service. i.io 1...10-..OI.I,. t hoenmr. : ,t-1 mi rr..f ...... anon iriny oiiu ei. iiavins B' ...... a, t.. i,.i....l,....i.l t... ,....1. 4Ku fl.iu .....co io ,.o....,.. ... .... .... .. to India, married a daughter of the general, and is now Commander Booth-;he couj(1 reaiiy and easily Unperson- Tucker, chief of the Salvation Army injJlto a CPrtaln o(T,(.,.r whose duty it is " l7':!d.SJ!"' JLl, ?b,' -uppreaa this traffic, and that he ae oi noon uc .lulu.... i ....f-. wouin taKe ine uggressive part u re Jiit post in the army In England, for hejuested. Theqy quickly organized, some s on.- of the ablest officers. going to the left, others to the right All are llsh that come Into tne net of the old fisherman of Queen Victoria drill. He catches an Australian "lar- iklu" with a hundred police convictions .gainst his name, turns him lnsiae!fu uetm,vp 8aldi ..Yps thn, is the; jut, puts a red Jersey on him and sends' ane no,Hp j flr()t hPard ln tho distance: I mm inio tne duck niocas to iiri-m-n uo the sheep farmers and gold pros- pectors with all the zeal of a convert. After twenty years' preaching, all ovei a.-u.iua. tne cx-larrikin came over and "testified" at the Congresses In airanu. lie was as ctear-eycu nu nt n Auiiraiian as you would find between Sydney and Perth. .1 mathematician of Upsala Univer sity, ln Sweden, Is joint commander ot the forces in Switzerland; an Irishman from Mgonel is mnnaging director ol the Army Assurance Society In the city; the daughter of a Chelsea solicitor Is lieutenant colonel of the Punjab, and the army In the West Indies is com manded by a Cape Dutchman. Next week a special mission will be .nderiaken in Ireland br a valiant 111 1 o- man who years ago "ran' a boxing saloon at Rugby, In the intervals of carrying on the trade of a chimney sweep. Now he Is one of the most re spected of the old brigade of Salvation officers, for Commissioner Elijah Cad man dojged, sometimes unsuccessfully, a large share of the brickbats which twenty years ago used to be throwi it the heads of the Salvationists. liefore he was C years of age Com missioner Cadman began earning his living in his native town of Coventry. He was a little boy,- Just of the slxe useful to a chimney-sweep In those dr.ys. and at 3 o'clock In the morning the barefooted, fi-year-old urchin, used lo trot around Coventry with his mas ter, and climb up Inside of sooty chim-1 neys with his brush. Once a week he was washed in salt and water. i leaves Quarter Million to Rescuer. In 1898. at Porto Rico. E. B. Vaughn, a private In Troop Fifth Cavalry, saved the life of M. D. Thornton, a prlvnte of Troop M, of that command. A few days ago Vaughn, a pickle sales- ' , .,i, I received notice through Thornton's at'-!"f torney that the latter had died at Portland, Me., and had left Vaughn a one-third inU'rest In his estate, ap praised at $1,000,000. Vaughn and Thornton were stationed at Port Cay ey. It was In a fight among young fel lows at ,a daneing pavilion that Vaughn brained a Porto Rlcan who was about to stab Thornton in the back. Until that time the men had never met. Youth's Companion. """'W!1 Promissory Notes. It is said that a man whose musical talent was as widely known as his Impecunious condition once accosted a friend on the street, drew him Into a doorway nnd requested a loan of t25. 'When do you think you u be able to repay It?" asked the friend, to .whom It was by no means a new experience. "This time." said the ready borrower. with on engaging smite, "I hoped you'd be willing to maks It a 'Kathleen Ma vrrneen loan." . i . - "A what T" demanded the practical man. "A "Kathleen Mavotirneen' loan." naM hit expensive friend. 'It nuv be for war. and it may be forever. . FARMEBS BU YIX(? COTTON. i ... Sk'OW, CAPITALUSTI IV GASTOK. Rome Ifoldlnir fnr l fenu o. More ana Ottiers - Uvea . iiuylng IVoiw ' Their Jjesa Fortunaie. elgubom aa aa . invcHtinenc nvopertty Very Largely Jue u .IMvfiwuteti Crofn Humorous MwtiinHtiirw Knnountered liy Watcuem or tlm BUmt 'llgwr'a 'J rail .Near it Mill limn. j "' '" ' ' '-oniact with the '.armej.,, j,n.. iu v.. 1.1 good spirits t'hey I.O ..riliiS y lr ol III... .iave .e. ,i o.ir.-.A.-.i v. J" . t.i'w... " " " ? uio mi markets ..i M.riy remumiraiive prices, i,re cotton iwr iei. .' ...e, p-r uunoreu, una it.i. tow.s , t.,..i oy some little '"""V- " '-"t o..iy bolaing meir own ouo'-. u.i i.- uuymg fotwu from tnei. .uiiuinne. w.iein.i hum is goou uu,- lesn s.ignc.ly or not. the ruiure will' ell, but It proves iuy v.s...-j non. tnaf the farmers as a whole nrej .. goo. i condition. I There is one cotton in ill in Gaston j ounty (tnere may be others, but one ln ,11.1 in iilar), where Hie Wnrts law is! .ernorcen. hip managers of rerinnii mill, not 2fi miles from (iaslonla, havt ; had reason to believe tnal some per- 1 ton or persons had been supplying j "juice" to some of their employes, ana, j it is useless to say, went to laying plans to eaten tne evn-aoers.- i ne night watchman was Instructed, as a vigilant. to report all Infractions of the law, to gether with the name of the suspected person or persons, to the head officer of the vigilance committee. The faith- erriciency, Kept close vigilance each sue ceedlng night, and handled all the "clues" that he gatherfrt with as much 'xeal and secrecy as a Plnkerton deteo .ne could have done. He was alert, and if his "clue" was not strong enou . was as mum as an oyster, when tnter- rogateu by his superiors, but aid not jahow his energy to abate. I The opportune time came at last. It i , as one o. i;fiu moonlight night oust incon). when this faillitul vigilant nun ..-anon lo believe that the outlawed; mountain dew would be distributed! mioiig the dear employes that night, so be very carelessly sauntered away from the hum and noise of sue machines In the mill lo a strategical point, for-j merly selected, which was the onlyl way of ingress for the blind tigers' Inlo the village. He had just reach-! e.i ins stanou point, wnen ne neara in the distance tne tred of horses' feet and the clatter of wheels of a vehicle. He looked at his watch; the hour was 10 o'clock, sooner than he had expect ed his dreams to come to pass but he stealthily secreted himself umi awaited the passing of the vehicle, audi as soon as the men in the wagon (there: were two) had gotten a sufficient dis-i tance, he went post haste to notify the UiaTtrea. thing had' he'neT that I he had seen, with his own eyes two men with a wagon ana team, with a ' barrel in the wagon on their way to a I certain piece of woods nearby, and that' the barrel contained whiskey was not ' m he inifsiinn The faithful watchman . who alone worked up the case, together with three: Helnr ftlrn.her members of the committee. ... ... o ' . . ' 1 a nts, however, had sufficient tore-: 1.. . . ..... . . .. .. -. . tnougnt io ask ior time enougn to geiiflm M.i,hln its Immediate hia ,leruv hat and his eun. saving that ; m or,iHr i ni Un certain Hint theouar- ry could not escape. Finally tney goi ; in hearing distance of the horses' ftet, j 1)1d ,h(, clutter of a wafr0n. The faith - come on hoyg; follow me. we'll get lnem.. Tney f0n0wed him. tbouh, lpanllnK for breath-such u long andl faat run could not have posbiy been! . nu.de , hut - the oX(.itement until thev i rettcned tnelr preyt and no BOOner had they overtaken the team, than the, foreman, with the agility of a panther, j . .w ..v- -- i.shi hold of the horses' bridle reins. and demanded, that the driver halt, and tms injunction was ooeyeo at oner. p()t bi(1,lor , puonP nutlon. at the; driver, un old colored farmer, said. t.ountv 0url n0URP door in Charlotte.! "Boss, what's de madder? DIs Is an f,ve c'ertatn ,,.nrts of ,and lvlnK fuur empty barrel Vze got to put my lasses mes south ,)f rharlottei on the Char-, .' They shook the barrel and verl- ,()ttp cuni,la and Augusta Rail fled the truth of the old nep.ro s state- roa(, nM(, ,'amden nn.l Nation! ment. The old colored man was made P((r( ,., ,1)l!5,.(, ,..,,, ,, ,,. 1 lo promise under penalty that he would w.r,.d ;ls r,,i,,ws not tell on them, und then was allowed Tnu.l N(, , ,,.np. Charlotte, to go on home with his molasses bar- (.Uml)fa 1iih1 Augusta Railroad and i rel. The old negro had no time to tne ,.am,u mnca.lemized road about , aniire dnrlni' the rt.iv lo aro after a bar-: , t....... . . .. i rel. hence took advantage of the moon - light night to go. bin he swears by the eternal that he will not haul molasses, hnrrela nirnln nt nlo-ht. This WSS tOO - - - "p. - . , . awid to he kent set ret. so It leaked out. hut 'tis safe to s:.y that the old nerr-. did not te!J It. and your correspondent is taking chances with his hide In ell- ing It. though no name la used, and I request that the ei!ltor withhold my name, lest mine bodily harm come to me. , MO MflRF DANDRUFF no rrivmi. u'b'unni Newbro'e Herplclde Destroys the Pes- tlferous Cause of Annoying uanurun. Does your head Itch? Is your coat or dress full of white flakes after dressing on said road, has on It a good granite vour hair? That's the effect of dan-1 quarry and contains sixty and three druff. Is your hair thinning? Are, fourth (60) acres. you beginning to get bald in spots Are you already In fact, rapidly ue coming bald? If so that is the effect a measly little parasite that burrows In at the roots of the hair and throws up the scuin in dandruff ano eats orcvnoie for a bid higher than the sum the nair o,t tne roots, science a mtm discovery Is a destroyer of that pesti' ferous germ. That destroyer la con tained In ho other hair prepartatlon on earth but Newbro's Herplclde. Try it and be convinced. Sold by leading druggists, oenu iwc in stamp or ""-1 east side or the Nation Ford macad ple to the Herpicide Co.. Detroit,, Mich, jamlzed road, would make good track R. H. Jordan & Co., Special Agents, (farms. -. I The electric lines of Catawba Power SPECIAL ROUND TRIP RATE to Company run through all said tracts Richmond, account football, . via ! making It very convenient to obtain Seaboard Air TJne The Seaboard Air power and uSht f""n that company, seaboard Air une i ne seauoara Air ( Terms of Sale: one-half of the Line will sell round trip ticket to purchase money in cash, the balance Richmond, Va,, and return on No- y note with approved eecuriry. paya vember !rd, good to return until PJ'1, x ontha. bearing legal eh ..,.nf TnrH Q,ltr,Q tri i'nteret from date ot sale, the tlt'e 26th. account North roUna-Vir-, Deing retained until full payment of glnla football game, at ' 8,76. For the purchase money,, with i leave : t details of trip call on or address. ! JAMES KER. Jr.. City Passenger Agent S. A. L., 25 South Tryon 8t Charlotte, N. C. op VALuno 'I . I il' ,!; We are now booking orders for Than ;agiviiig Flowers, Place your order with us and rest assured It will have our best attention, 'our dowers are superior to any ever placed on this mar ;el before. We have (uj;ntities of American Be lutles, White and Pink Hoses, Carna tions in all shades and colors, Lilly of the Valley and Double Blue Violets. We take pleasure in quoting prices on Wedding Flowers, Boquets, loose flow ers and Floral resigns wanted on short noi b e. Telephone or lelegrapli us: we have (hem. Correspondence solicited. DILW0RTH FLORAL GARDENS, Hull Phones; P. O. Hox. 127. W. G. McPHEK, Prop., Charlotte, N. C. fi f' A . J$g f 1 -- - WINTER IN COLOUAHO Your own physician will tell you that the dry mountain air of Colorado as nn (llxlr ot life stand3 1re.eminent. . . iii ho Alwny rigorous and UmJa l crisp ai iiioiiiei e oi cunimi lts ' a,nV"""Ie i winter tourists to the Rockies, the un- ,on 1'lU'IUC has put in ettect irom , iu- I cago a round trip rate or 14 nnrt ...... i from I irom m. j.ouis a iiniiiu iiij. ..nrr o, I $3i.20. with proportionate reductions! , " , .. " "Vi i, ' . ! "BndlB iVer Vlie Union I territory. Tickets on sale every day ith return limit sure you.- ticket Pacific, the pop ular route to Colorado. For full in formation inquire of J. F. VAN RENSSELAi;n, 13 Peachtree St.. At aula. ; t i J1 ftl I C C I ( H P V S1IP vr s, . a . . . v. . ..v.. v . v. n, VALUABLE LAND Factory Sites, TtiucK Fa. ms, Granite Ouarry. UNDER ASU BY VIRTUE OF A d f MeckIenburg superior Court, j w-lll at noon, on MONDAY. NOVEMBER 28 1901 livnrifea t. aula i e tViO Vl I fyVi ', '',' ' ' "l '"L'1 fortn1 , acre8, T,ct No. 2 -fronts on said railroad o,l , ji.j ., i . , r.i Ml... 111... UU-VIII I'd H (IIJIHII I.WU1 ,,r,o i.k k.i, .u. i- branch. Includes the residence and buildings and contains forty-two (42) ncres. Tract No. 3 fronts on said railroad and macadamized road 772 feet and contains forty-five and four-fifths (45 4-5 ) acres. Tract No. 4 lies on both sides of 'Kings branch, fronts on the Nation porJ m.lt.adamzei, road ftoout l i50 I feet urul contains forty-eight (48 j acres. Tract No. 5 lies on both sides of i said branch, fronts nhnut in Oft fnot Theso tracts embrace Hie western part of the Benjamin Smith land, and are to be sold for re-investment. After offering each tract separately, Tracts 1, 2 and 3 will be offered as a oi nun n, separate tracts. Tracts 1, 2 and 3 front ion the west side of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augysta Railroad and -'Ule Camden macadamized, and are valuable for . mill sites, and tracts 4 and -5, on the purchasers to anticlDate navmenlL This the 2?th day of October. 1S i . 1. ; UCGU W. HARRIS, , ,'''' k - ' -'"-e -.,' , Commisslonec.' la Piedmont Insurance Building. y ; ::mtf t The Biggs Treatrrent I'nilcr th's trenlm'enl the patient Is cuied by natural agencies. No li ed l ines ale used. The Plggs 1 1 i a II lien! embrace everything that Is emotive, mulling that Impairs or destios vitality. Hundreds of sick eiip!e have been restored to health by this method. Many of them had been pronounc ed "inciHablc." but. nevertheless, they are now well. If you are in t." est.-, in the cure of disease, write ine for free literature which explains my method. I will also sen I numerous testimonials from well-known people whom I have cured. I)o not postpone the mat lei you may forget it. Write to day. ANDREW C. BIGGS, Hi, East Washington Street, Greensboro, N. C. --- ; Bankruptcy Sale Of Bottling j Machinery, ) TllPsdav November the 29th. 1 ue da'o D b expose i ' u ouih.ii in. i .e i i ,,, public sale for cash to the highest ' ii.jcler. on the premises tateiy occu- 1 Pled by W. C. McWhirter, Charlotte. v , , he machinery and equipment l)m 1K (he ,ant formerly known , i.i,. iiL.ii.iiir C. Mc- " h ; t c r to wit: i,0iter and engine, 1-2 H.P. motor. 1 H P. motor, shafting and pui ; ley?, one large tank, one small tank, , I 'motor bottle brushes, 2 bottle rlns ! ers, one cork machine, one barrel hoist, one pair keg trucks, one bottle trucks, one filter, one generator, one crown machine (black), one crown machine 1 re l. one bottling table, one syphon bottler, one lot of beer bottles, one 'ot of soda bottles, 9 soda boxes, beer boxes. 6 it syphon bottles, one safe, one copy-book, stand and press, one clock. 2 horses. ? boxes (feed and coal) 2 stoves. 4 bells. ;: chairs. 15 gross pat ent stoppers, one lot of extracts, 10 syphon boxes, one? cork puller, 8 bot tle drains, 5 kegs with faucets, 2 I syrup pumps, electric light fixtures, 50 barrels, one glass tube gauge, one steam pump, one bung extractor. Any part or all of the above prop- erty may be sold by the trustee at I private sale. ' This November 17th. V904. W. M. SMITH. ! Trustee of W. MeWhlrter, bnnk ! rupj. I Overs t oched Oil -rond-Hand TYPKWRITERS, taken In exchange for Olivers ,ver 100 machines of all makea to go ' ! ,'a'-i'n1OR i l.tm-MKlS . acriflce prices. $3.00 to $45.00 25.00 to 85.00 , , , ( . . , , Itemingtons 1S.00 to 65.00 45.00 25.00 85.00 80.00 35.00 20.00 25.00 25.00 80.00 10.00 25.00 80.00 Bar-Locks 25.00 to 20.00 to 10.00 to 25.00 to 20.00 to 15.00 to 15.00 to 15.00 to 15.00 to fi.OO to 15.00 to Hammonds . . P.lickensderfer.i Manhattans . . Williams . . . . Chlcagoes . . . Wellingtons . . Suns Densmores . . . Culllgraphs . . Franklins . . . .Sholes-Vlslbles 25.00 to WRITE QUICK IP YOU -WANT BARGAINS. GENERAL AGENTS. TRUST BUILDING. We Invite You to see our Spe cial Values in THE ART SHOP, VV. I. VAN NtSS fiL CO. 19 North Tryon 5t ; i X t Oil Paintings h r Syi :i;f.--p-' ','(---"'. , J.-..V VV t .: :.i: , U 0
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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