JN. THE HOJEL . lOBBIESi ?
v 1 Capt Jack T. Reinh&rat, of Lint
je colnton, the man who makes optlmlsta
Pi of all with whom he meets, wai at the
A Buford last nlgrht, Incidental to his
0 attendance on the Lee-Jackson eel
2 ,bratlon, and naturally his . thoughts
-J wandered hack to war times and Lee,
.jyV ."fWhea Lee's headquarter were near
T Nancy's Bhop," said the captain. "I
Had some despatches to deliver to
3neral Lee, and, as X was riding: on
'that mleslon. I causrht sight' of his
, : ambulance crosslnr a. fallow field.
soorred my horse into' a lively gallop
-nd had to pull him back on ' his
haunches to keep him; from running:
-" Into the ambulance. -. v
" 'Way, what's the matter fritb you?
cried the jrenentf. : Tou- are running
kyotir horse; as if the whole army was
destroyed t
General,' I answered, 'I thought you
" had more confidence In us hoys than
to think we would let the army be
destroyed.' '
"The staff all burst out laughing at
this. Lee made no reply, but there was
a quiet smile on his face as he put
. out his hand tnr the despatches.
"A day or two later I waked up and
found my horse gone. I knew some of
Lee's staff . had stolen him, because
every time I got a fine horse from the
rankees they cabbaged Mm. So I went
( over to Lee's headquarters and found
the general sitting on the porch. 1
told him about the horse, and at first
ho pooh-poohed the suggestion, but
he Anally called up one of his men
and ordered him to Go and find this
Oman's horse and brln him here.' While
I was waiting, he asked me how 1 did.
r I said I did all right, except I was
' so all-fired hungry that I could al
most see stars. The general threw
back his head and laughed, of course,
at the manner In which I had spoken
and not at the fact. He had me a
: breakfast, which, hungry as I was, I
thought fit to set hefore the king.
never In my life had such feel
ings as once when Genera! Hampton
took me to Lee, Just outBide Richmond,
j and said to him. 'General, here is a
ban who has Just come from behind
Grant's army, and he can tell you
what Grant Is doing.'
"Lee put his hand wearily to his
forehead, and said, 'Oh, eo many of
them tell me different things, that I
don't know what to do!'
T never had anything else to knock
my legs from under me like this, when
Lee confessed he didn't know what to
do, the rest of us might scatter like
birds."
Another interesting reminiscence of
the captain's relates to Adjutant (later
Colonel) J. L. Gaines, of the First
Urth Carolina Cavalry. The captain
got on to three canteens of good rye
whiskey during Gettysburg, and one
Of these he presented to Haines. Gnlnes
.had it strapped to his side while mak
ing a charge, and a bullet struck and
punctured It, letting escape the elixir
vltae. "Captnln, that canteen saved
my life," said Gaines, later. "But
when 1 found that whiskey gone, I
was not enthusiastic about It. "Last
year," continued the captain, "when
I went to the reunion at Nashville, I
saw Gaines and recognized him at once,
but he did not know me. 'Don't you
remember that canteen st whiskey at
Gettysburg?' I asked him. Recosrnl
iJftn around me, and said, 'Jack Reln
hardt! He took me to his home, and.
tf anybody was treated like a prince In
Nashville, 1 am the fellow."
The reporter, in 'doing these lobby
stunts, tries to be Sherlocklan on the
quiet and size up the strangers from
their looks. Pacing thoughtfully up
and down in the Buford was a tall,
Kjenrier man with a llartit-Hrnwn wall.
groomed' beard, glasses over clear blue
eyes, soft brown hair tossed Byronlcal
iy to one side, with a broad-collared
coat, and a general air about him
which made, the reporter nudge him
self in the ribs and exclaim mentally,
"A literary man belated In these
parts!" He sidled up to the man and
Insinuated, "You seem to be meditat
ing." Several guests thought themselves
addressed, and replied "yes," In chorus.
The "literary man" said yes, too, and
the reporter drove the wedge further,
until he got on good enough terms
with the stranger to ask what he did.
It Is not mental, but physical, pills
Which he distributes. He is a medicine
'man, and withal a vary entertaining
one. Senator McLaurln's letter about
cotton, published in a recent Ob
server, was on his mind.
"I have devided his letter Into two
parts," said Mr. A, W. Plummer, of
- Baltimore, for It vms he. "He says.
first, that what la needed regarding
cotton Is an adjustment of iHatrthiitiop
He Is certainly correct in that. But
looking further, he proposes to secure
this by an enlargement Ibf foreign mar
kets, especially among " the 400,000,000
Chinese. Now, statistics show that
there are about 4,000,000 paupers In our
own country to say nothing of "many
millions more who live on the verge
of poverty. Evidently these millions
are not suffering from an over-supply
of cotton or of anything else, and, un
til ihey are supplied, there Is no occa
sion to seek foreign markets. Kven
among the comparatively well-to-do it
is probable that few have too much
variety of cotton clothing. The Sena
tor is right in soythg that the trouble
is with , the distribution, but the medi
cine ought to be given first in the
United States. ,
"Secondly, he seems to desire some
form of subsidy for our merchant ma
rine, for he states that at present our
carrying trade In done by steamship
. and sailing lines owned by foreigners.
In other words, he is a protectionist,
and there I differ from him on the
well-known issue."
A guest at the Central looked Invit
ingly pleasant about something, which
proved to be an incident on the train.
"A chesty man got on at Newton
to-night," he said, "and sat bombast
ically silent, until some one across the
aisle ventured to address him. "I think
I know you," said the man across the
a thousand dollars a;t the Conference
'Yes, sir, I am him!' admitted the
: bombastic passenger, and settled "back
as who should say, "What next."
"The other man. however. keDt
- ploughing him until he made Am mel
: low even to the extent of confidences.
"'I have written a noem." declared
the chesty man, on the' Resurrection.
It Is I had Just as well say it, since
It's so a gaeat poem. Knowing this,
t. a ... ,l. . . ... t .
. rem i iu mo uionop io iei nun enjoy
It. What do you suppose he wrote me
. "The other man couldn't guess at
-all. S., -. .: .; .,
'He wrote me, sir, thundered the
chesty mnn, 'that it was nothing but
doggerel. Doggerel 1 The bishop either
hasn't got any sense or he is Jealous.
No, you listen to this, and see If you
don't agree with me.'
"The Indignant singer here proceeded
to ouote Intermlnahtv fmni kii p.
urrectlon, which, believe me, Is worse
than doggerel, if I was not born yes
terday. Of course: the other man .had
0 choice exceot that it waa Miitnnin .
and all that, and the poet loomed like
Olympus at' his - praise, whlch be
mougnc sincere." " j ? . : -
' Mr Crawford D. Bennett, at tha Bu
ford,. ' had directed bis mind to ethlcat
Inquiries When the reporter began to
eavesdrop. He-v was saying that the
blues,: f he low spirits, the melancholia,
the down-ln-the-mouthedness, Is not a
moral but a physical distemper. He
says . that a man who has Indulged in
riotous living speaking from observa
tion 1 steeped In' gray repentance next
morning, not because his conscience
pricks him;, but because his body Is left
disordered, . Mr. Bennett hasn't much
confidence in repentance, anyhow. He
holds with Tennyson that
"The world will not believe a man re
pents. And this old world fs largely right."
He takes into count the proclama
tion of resolutions of reform, and the
brave entrances upon a better Mfe.
But the sworn-off drunkard sooner or
later reels back. Into slavery. Mr.
Dooley put it wittily when he says "It's
all foolishness to say a man can't quit
tobacco, for I have quit a dlzen times."
All people make efforts to mount the
moral slopes, but most of them stumble
and roll back to the level from which
they started. His conclusion is that
there are not many of us who Ao not
plod on In the direction in which we
were first p'inted.
SOCIAL,
Miss Georgia Lowe entertained yes
terday afternoon at cards In honor of
her guests, Mrs. Brown Wallace, of
Mt. Holly, and Miss Lucy Edmonston.
of Washington, X. C. The invited
guests were: Mrs, Brown Wallace, Miss
Lucy Edmonston, Mrs. W. T. Jordan,
Mrs. Max G. Hunter, Mrs. Caswell
Tate, Mrs. C. C. Hook, Mrs. Earle
Pegram, Mrs. Word H. Wood, -Mrs.
W. W. Watt. Mrs. Paul Chatham. Mrs.
Charles Wadsworth, Mrs. Louis Schtff,
Mrs. Julian H. Taliaferro, Mrs. J. P.
Wilson, Mrs. Luke Seawell, Mrs. Ed.
Smith, Mrs. J. E. Rellley, Mrs. J.
W. Conway, Mrs. J. C. Abernethy,
Mrs. Renwick Wilkes, 'Mrs. W. H.
Bruns, Mrs. B. O. Dwelle, Mrs. J. C.
Montgomery, Mrs. Charles Evans, Mrs.
M. B. Spelr, Mrs. Frank Landls, Mrs.
C. M. Patterson, Mrs. T. L. Craig,
Mrs. T. M. Shelton, Mrs. E. W. Whis
nant, Mrs. H. L. Adams, Mrs. R. J.
Brevard, Mrs. Harvey Lambeth, Mra
J. M. Harry, Mrs. H. A. Klueppel-
burg, Mrs. El red Griffith, and Misses
Margaret Thurmond, Julia Robertson.
Lily Nash, Adele. Hutchison, Katherine
Jordan, Lily JFthyne, Edna Hlrshinger,
Agnes King and Miss Josephine Dille-
hay. ('
The first prize was won by Mrs.
James Keerans. The consolation went
to Miss Edmonston.
The Athenae Book Club will meet
this afternoon at 4 o'clock with Miss
Julia Alexander.
Miss Lavlne Evans returned yester
day from a visit to Salisbury.
;
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Evans, of Btates-
ville, spent last night at the BufQra,
en route South on a bridal trip. Mr.
Evans is cashier of the First National
Bank of Statesville, and was married
yesterday to Miss Rihyima Gregory, a
popular young lady of that town.
Miss May Murphy, who is pleasant
ly remembered In Charlotte, spent last
night at the Buford Hotel, en route
to Jacksonville, Fla.. where she will
spend the winter.
The Misses Rankin have returned
from Hartford, Conn., and are with
Mrs. Rufus Barrlnger, on North Tryon
street.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Anderson, Mrs
S. B. Tanner, and daughter. Miss Sarah
Tanner, have returned from Havana,
Cuba, where they spent several weeks
They were Joined at. Tampa, Fla., by
Mr. Tanner, who returned yesterday to
Henrietta.
The Bessie Dewey Club will meet
with Mrs. w. C. Dowd, on South Tryon
street, this afternoon at 4 o clock.
The Cheltdon Book Club will meet at
4 o'clock this afternoon at the home of
Miss Estelle Vernon, on West Trade
street.
Mrs. G. M. Janes, accompanied by
her daughter. Miss Ann Janes, arrived
last night from Knoxvllle, Term., ana
are the guests of her son, Mr. Guido
Janes, the well known cartoonist for
The Chronicle.
SP kEN DID .VALUED
In'-hAfurniture,
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' We are now displaying our best line
, of Hall Racks and Seats, Chairs, etc.
This is one of the strongest lines of
our big stock and many. exceptional
ly good values are obtainable here.
We quote: Hall Racks, $6,50 to $48.
Special good values in ' quartered
oak Racks, $7.50, $12.50, $14, $17.50
and $21.50. See these special at
tractions for furnishing the hall. - -
W. T. McCOY,
The Leader in Low Prices on High-Grade Goods.
CONFERENCE ENDS.
-Mr. C P. Wilcox, who has been with
the Mutual Life Insurance Company, lias
severed liis connection with the compuny
to take up work in the mission field or
tlie KplBcopal churcn in this city. He
will nronnulv be In chanre of the Chanel
ot Hope at the Gingham M1U. Mr. Wll
cox has long been an active layman in
the work of the church, and his friends
Wish hi
i .0 Suits
Don't judge the Suits by
the price. See the Suits.
Ten Dollars is a small
price to pav for our kind of
Ten Dollar 'Suits.
If you want to invest just
Ten Dollars in a Suit
We'll Do Business
Very Quickly . r .
after you have seen our line
at this price.
All new and made up for
this season's trade.
Well built in every way;
just the game cut and style
as suits sold for twice Ten
Dollars.
If this is the prico you
want to' pay we would
like io interview you.
rMall Orders Filled Promptly.
Gathering of Episcopal Ministers and
ltyincn Came to an Knu with a
Business Session Yesterday After
noon. The conference of the ministers and
laymen of the Mecklenburg district
of the Convocation ofCWa.rlotte of the
Episcopal Church came to an end yes
terday afternoon with a business ses
sion, beginning at 3 o'clock. The meet
ing was presided over by Archdeacon
E. A. Osborne, and reports of minis
ters, treasurers and other workers were
heard. Kev. Harris Malllnckrodt, rec
tor of St. Peter's, talked In his cus
tomary Interesting way of "The Train
ing of Children in Home and Sunday
School. Rev. Dr. Gilbert Hlggs, of
Monroe, discussed "Ministerial Support."
At 11 o'clock in the morning. Arch
deacon Osborne administered holy com
munion, followed by a sermon from
Rev. Edward t,. Ogilby. of Statesville,
who supplied the pulpit of St. Peter's
church tor several months last year.
Deatli of Mix. .7. W. Penninger.
Mrs. Elizabeth Penninger, wife of
Mr. W. 'J. Penninger, died at her home,
five miles north of the city, yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock. She is survived
by her husband and eight living child
ren, these being: Mrs. Henry Boat, of
Mt. Holly; Mrs. John Fisher, ot
Forest City, Ark. ,and Messrs. An
drew, Tlitus, Jackson, Walter, Van and
John Penninger. Mrs. Penninger was
a native of Stanly county and was 67
years of age. She was a member of
Mallard Creek church but the funeral
services will be conducted at Sugar
Creek to-day at 12 o'clock.
(The Concord papers are requested
to copy this notice.)
SILK DYEING
We Dye and Finish Silk
and Satin without that brok
en and cracked appearance.
Lustre and quality of
goods preserved and finished
equal to new.
Kid Gloves and Slippers
Cleaned.
Feathers Curled on Hats
while you wait.
QUEEN CITY
DTEIN6 11D CLEUIN6 WORKS.
PHONE 246.
STILL RIM'
A wave of underpricing has swept over our entire establish-'.:
ment Every department is affected. We've gone through and ;
made up a list of specials that will stand without precedent or"
parallel Look, read and investigate in order to make your -
uuucs anu uuuars gu tu uic uuuusi umiu jur Dargains tor to-
day blend with sparkling values in all kinds ot merchandise;
Don't let this opportunity pass you. dt g g TJ i
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crowell, Mrs. Ethel
Moore, of Monroe, and Mrs. X F. Wlshart
and two children, composed a party reg
istered at the Buford yesterday.
WOOD and COAL
One of our specialties
is Heating Stoves. We
carry a nice line of these
goods and offer them at
reasonable prices.
Brass and Wrought
Iron Fire Sets, Coal
Vases, and Irons, Por
table Grates, One and
Two-Burner Oil Lamps,
etc.
WEDDINGTON
HARDWARE COMP'Y
Prices Talk.
When you want to
purchase a Diamond we
can save you money, and
give you Best Values at
the same time. Let us
quote you prices on any
thing in the Diamond
line before you make
your splection.
The PalamountainCo
No. 5 N. Tryon St
SPECIAL VALUES IN
BEADY-MADE SHEETS
65c. Sheets at 50c.
18 dozen 81x90 seamless
Sheets, made of splendid
quality, extra heavy, full
bleached sheeting, wide hem
regular 65c. value; our
special price, 50c.
Hemstitched Sheets at 68c.
These in 81x90 size, made
pepperill, full bleached
sheeting, hemstitched; our
special price, 68c.
Ladies' Sample Neckwear at
Reduced Prices.
We close out the entire
sample line of a leading
neckwear manufacturer at
33 1- 3 per cent, discount.
Everything brand new in
neckwear embraced in lot,
and for a quick sale we have
made the prices at 50 per
cent, less than value. Prices
named are 10c, 15c, 25c,
48c. and 98c. for goods worth
50 per cent. more.
ANOTHER TABLE LIN
EN SPECIAL.
50c 58-inch Full Bleached
Linen at 39c.
Extra heavy, all Linen,
full bleached table damask,
58 inches wide, would be
cheap at 50c; our special
price 39c.
ENORMOUS REDUCTION
IN COAT SUITS.
While our January clear
ance sale of Ladies' Coat
Suits, Cloaks, Furs, etc., has
been enormous we have gone
through again, changed
things around some, and of
fer still greater values than
ever in this line. Our de ter
mination to wind up this
season's successful business
and not to carry anything
over induces us to make
these sweeping unheard-of
reductions.
Values up to $15.00 at $5.00
Values up to $20.00 at $7.50
Values up to $25.00 at $10.00
Values up to $35.00 at $15.00
BELK BROTHERS.-
Wholesale and Retail. - - - - - - - Phone 256
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6589
The onlv one of our cash
prizes that has not been call
ed for is worth $35.00 worth
of goods to the one holding
TVl i
same, jriease iook over your
coupons and if vou hold du
plicate to above number call
and, select $3a.00 worth of
any goods in our store.
Garibaldi & Bruns:
Largest Aiwortment of Watches Dia
monds. Cut UlaK, sterling Wllver
and Hand-Painted China in the
State, .
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Merchant Tailors
Exclusive patterns
in all the Latest
Novelties. - - - -
Special Designs in Suitings and
Trouserings.
No .6 9. Tryon St.
OO0rOOO0OOOO
Only appearance" In North Carolina.
Thursday Evening, Jan. 26th
PADEREWSKI,
THE GREATEST WVlN'O PIANIST.!
Tlnlrtn . with rimrvKi MMta: lVtx t
teats, $3.00; door, $2.50 and 12.00; tml-; f!
cony, aiiu i.v, eauerjr,. ruer
d, Il.tO, balance- 11.00. ' Salt opens I
Monday, January 'Xfth. - I
Orders . by (milt, aoeompaniM by j
check or money order, will be fllled In
order , received and, sea U will be as ;
signed as nearly, ps possible to Ica-
lion desired.
GHJRLOTTE STEfl.M LIUSDRT
THE GOOD ONE.
Mr.
Man
Tha"t wife of vours
ought to send all, her
(Flat Goods here to be
washed and ironed.
Talk it over with
her. and? see. if. she
don't think so.
We have a special
rate for this work
which makes it so
cheap you can't af
ford to do without this,
service of ours.
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Greatest Cloth-
ma event t
$ t
J All UAAV UiOVVi J V
the Carolinas
iVILl GOME TO II CLOSE
Saturday Night
Jan. 21
You have onlv two
more days in which to
supply yourself with
warm, comfortable
and fashionable wear
innec'essities at the
lowest possible prices
ever quoted on hih
class, iri'eproachable
merchandise.
You should take ad
vantage of this last
opportunity. Such a
one may never occur
again.
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J. A.- SOLOMONS, MANAGER.
HihinpTaekh
--m VflF1 Hf ill , .
It's not a bit too early to
be looking over your outfits
and to be deciding on , the
riew articles you must buy;
, WeVc not a little proud of
our complete and up-to-date
Fishing Tackle Department;
ALLEN HAEDWABE CO.
L
MEW
UBIOIDFIS
Nice lot wide fimbroideries in
short lengths and whole bolts to cut
any lengths, to go on sale Saturday
morning at 5 Cents
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Fine
Embroideries
Monday
The finest lot wide Edges and
beautiful Insertions ever thrown on
the Bargain Counter in Charlotte. , -
The very finest quality Swiss
Nainsook and Soft Domestics with
the newest and daintiest designs
made in Embroidery . work, actually
worth 25 to 75c a yard, and there's
plenty for all who come all day to
buy all they want
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The Big Store, v Cor. Trade and Celled S:re::;.
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