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i: . J . ' ; ciiAitLOTTi daily 0Coi:i:ta:i:, f;::rTi:?:i;::.: i 1: 7 GflEG AT TliE PACE: OF 0VB1 VnfL :'V ' ' I- ,i 'V "'7ii on Ulh... u L J LJ1J -U.LLj a lib j . . . !-,,'.' . " . , ' . - , ' . - t . . . 1 ' " . (' -( : cr drS? &g wig 'V TV; v X r a I i V : "''Merchants" wanttog-a:toyatc line and Shoes W which' there has been no retail price established will do well to writers at oace OUR SALESMEN ;AREf JUST STARTING : WITH NEW LINES : WE HAVE .COMPLETED NINETY-FIVE OUT OF EVERY HUNDRED BORDERS SHIPPED THIS SEASON. -, V WE GIVg THE VALUES. , ?, WE : SHIP QUICK. Gnnmi ftp: : y -,:v :' .v y it BPEELIBP TO BE AN ISSUE 'A SERIOUS SIDE TO SITUATION. 1 Jkotv In Tin Knmrtlilnv Dolnr TOlira . . MWMtii" umii in rail Minn , Um Siwllinir I inform and the Pretti- dent Mr ''lnl that lie Mm Bern Too " huriiuotts An InumtliiK . I-lcM In Olito Between Hnrton, . n New York. BY SlflXDOX 8. ClilNE. Wuhlnrtnn Aur 1 1 Nil tha vlhc tboofht-to-be Invincible Rooae "rIt ba holit on peUrd of apelUos rformT U pbonetlara or antl-phonet-lam to becoma a.n laaua between the nartlnaT : It la eaay to Imajlne aaplranU for pi-Mldaatlal honor aaklnc these gnuoiu oi mrnuaivra, Ana wmi ' boundlRM Held for speculation It opana upl If Mr. Rooaevelt la to b tna Republican nominee In 1S0S, aa a rreat many rood people are - eonvtncsd he will b. a domnt r. axd for the aemllnen of thlnita would require that the national platform be written phonetically. tnua omclalir commlttlnr tha He publican party to the Carnegie achol or apeiunr And there would oppor tunltjr knock at the Democratic ; door I ' A stralvht-out plank. In the . Democratic platform declaring against any presidential monkeying with the king nkllh would rally to the , cauae' (oodnnm known bow many He ; publican voters who had a hard enough time learning to aoell once. and who would rather risk a Dem ocrat lo administration than tackle . tha Job again. Of course, It may not coma to ' each a paas aa this, but Just now pelting- reform la param6unt. Tar im reform Isn't one, two, three. "Keg ."Mlatloa of railroads haa become a cheap common thing alongside the regulation of vowels and consonants. Even the 'matter governmental own ership of transportation lines haa been forced to rear aoat by the ques tion of Mr. Roosevelt's ownership of - uw bnatisn language. A prominent Senator suggests thai ine rreaiaent snouid be known to fu : tur generations aa "Roosevelt the . VlAM.lA.Aa ' 1 1 j it.. . reguiace rauroaa ratos, and (.ingress claims It really enjoyed the job; he . laaued a preachment for the regu lation of the alxe of American funil- . Ilea, and a good many American wo men made no pretense of enjoying It; and now he has set out to regu late the English language, despite the clamoring of pedantic profe ora and the howling of the Hrltlsh .Mam !'&... 1 - . l 1 1 i . . ' !u. n nm iinvfi ine s,ngiiHn goi to Bay, anyhow, about how Kngllsh ehall ww wniifii i i-xu in om nngiann, nut . In Younir AltliTlcH Ik nlanleit Ihn eed that It to enve the tongue of Hhakespeari' from Joining the ghost ' ly legions where inarch the CJreek, the Latin, thn Hobratt, and other languages that have no place In the world of living things. These are the daya of the strenuous life, and there la no thing, from a man's re ligion to the color of hi hair, that , tn m maI I,. ... u Ji V. . ...v.1 . .. laterlal euiHrvlKlon. There may be those who will aa Bume that the foregoing was written In a spirit of levity. Without affirm ation or denial as to that, here la something that la prnaented in all erlousnena: when Congress convene neit fall there Im likely to be the very deuce of a time over Mr. Hooae velt'i apolllng reform. The Ksecu tlve DepartmonU. of courae. will spell Phonetically, aa the Prealdent directs, but the President cannot direct aa to how Congress shall do lis spelling. At least Congress Is not obliged to obey hie direction. ' A situation will be presented of communications from the President and Egecutlve Department going to Congress spelled phonetically, and when they are printed by order of Congress, In The Uncord or otherwise, they will reappear In old-fashioned English. The public printer cannot do the printing of Congress In the Carnegie-Roosevelt style unlna Con gress by reaolutlon so dlrecta. It la not to be doubted that some aealoua friend of the administration' will In troduce In Kenate or House such a reaolutlon. Then Pandora s box will be open, and there will be a debate fit for the gods and the laughter of nation, , Imagine the smooth, oily, stinging, biting sarcasm of John BhaFp Williams; think of the Javelin thrust and hammer blow of Ren. Tillman; look forward to tha ponder, "ui arguments of Joe Bailey aa to the constitutionality of through or thro.' And when you think of these things, doe the. suggestion, that phonatlsfn may become an iasueA be tween the parties sound so shocking ly out of place T And If Williams and Tllman and Bailey attack the President' spelling reform, will not Lodge and Knox and Fnooner rush to Its defense? And what else, pray you, 1 required to create , political Issue, than , the plants of on party arguing for and the giants of the other party argu log against a thing? - , Bo far as Daman' eye can discern on that horizon of the future which the energy of a Roosevelt hs hade so full of promise of spectacular tinngx, there la just one chance that the Republican, party may escape standing for, ! the Democratic I urty sgalnat, reforming; the Kngllsh lanKvage. It lie In the possibility thai t he-re may be effected that re alignment of the parties of which we havtj heard so much, If ft consider. sb!e faction of Itepubllcsbt refuse Id rmUinn Curncrtelarit and ft ronsides , l.la f trtlun' of the Democtatls re f - ij ti'rwt it, tha ma come tha ADDRESS break up-whlch other .Issues nave threatened, but never achieved. Bhall the parties of the future be known as the Phonetics and Anti Phonetics, or would Carnegleista and Websterites be . the better designa tions? And how the times promise to try men's souls! i We have been taught to believe ' that out " of the question of slavery and State's rights there were conjured up all the pas sion capable of being aroused in the human breast. But what was slavery or states alongside though or thoT Did the government of the people, for the people and by the people pass through the ordeal of civil war and the bitterness of reconstruction only to be smashed to smithereens on the rock kissed by klstT 80 busy has Washington, official, non-offlclal and servitor, been discuss ing the spelling reform order that not much attention has been paid to the actors on the stage of politics. Yet In several of the Btates there are conteats well worth the watching. Out in Ohio a serio-comic piece I on the board under the caption "The Troubles of the Senators; or. The Wicked Mr. Burton." Mr. Burton ha conceived the idea that the endorse ment of the State convention should he lees enthusiastic In the case of Senator Foraker and Dick than It should be In the case of Rooaevelt. The Senator are modest gentlemen and don't ask a single hurrah or a solitary hand-clasp more - than the President geta, but they want every adjective that goes to any other man, Roosevelt otherwise, and they mean to have It or fight Of courae, there Is more back of this thing than the mere question of how enthusiastically somebody shall be endorsed. Endorsement was mere ly selected a a peg to hang a scrap on. There i Involved the leadership of the Ohio Republican party and poaslbly Ohlo'a attitude toward the next presidential nomination The prospect of Secretary Taft undoubt edly will be affected, although both sldea deny there Is any fight cither for or against him. The main Issue would seem to be whether Senator Dick It to be depos ed as boss of the State machine. Burton gave publicity to the opinion that Republican chances of success at the polls would be enhanced If some man other than Dick were at the head of the organization. Then the Republican revolutionists In Ohio rallied around Burton and he haa now r fighting organization that promise to make things exceedingly lively , at the State convention on September 11 and 12. This la Bur tons first real nght in the new or State politics, but he enter the arena under peculiarly auspicious circum stances, Inasmuch as he need take no thought of his own Immediate politi cal fortune. Th Democrats up In Cleveland think so well of him that they are not going to oppose hia re election to Congreaa, so he can slay dragons to his h,eart content without bothering about things at home.' However entertaining ana diverting the Ohio fight may be to outsiders. It Is a inlghty serious thing for the two Ohio senator. Should Burton nd his forces triumph at the Day ton convention, there will be a new deal all around. It probably would mean the retirement of both Foraker and Dick when their present sena torial terms expire, though an excep tion might be made in the case or the former, Tho late Senator Veat of Missouri described the protective tariff us an Interdependent mutuality of greed. That's what the antl-DIck Republicans call tho Dick machine in Ohio, and they declare they are go ing to smash It. If they do, Burton will be the big man In the new regime. Probably he would come to the Senate aa Dick a aucceeaor, and he might well bo Ohlo'a favorite son In some Republican national conven tion of the future. The almost dally change In the New York altuatton are watched as closely In Waahlngton as they ar In the Empire State. A, week or ten days ago Hearst's chancd of securing the Democratic nomination for gover nor wa regarded a at least a S to 1 shot.. The odd have been drop ping since, and there la talk now of Jorom a an even money proposi tion. It Is not. however, the personal for tune of either Jerome or of Hearst that Interest Democrats In Washing ton; It I the Involved Isau of the things for which ' Hearst stands. Democratic Senators and Representa tive in town, and a good many of them are here lust now for consul tation at campaign headquarters, are agreed that there la In the New York contest the possibility of far reaching Influence on the Democratto party, if Hearst captures the New Yofk Democracy, they point, out. he will be a figure In the party's nation al council that cannot be Ignored, and the doctrines for which he stands will have to be recognised In greater or lesser degree. "" 1 . Plodgrd to Remedy tho DUgrac. Oxford Ledger. . '.''", .';.; It 1 hams worse than shame, It la a disgrace thut North Carolina bat so long postponed caring for Its Insane, those who should have , first place In sympathy. Condition are better, we are told, than thay .were years ego, but the foci that thousands are languishing and perishing In men tal darknesi for the reason that the state's representatives' kep too tight ft hold on its puree strings admits of no excuse or apology, :, ;:;, ,.;.',.viti;( We re glad to say that Senator A. A. Hick end Representative B, B, Hoyster. who were nominated Haturv day, pledged themselves to do ell in their power to remedy thti dlsgreue upon Uia Slate. v ; ,,.,'.,,. I YIMPHRIIRft !fl tub;..; famous ' . 1 WHO SUFJFER IN, SILENCE PICTURES IHOM : OTHER SIDE. TroianmmenU on "What We Do Not Know of Our Fellows," and uie Neaniy Hide of life A Recollection Of the La to Mr. William Twelve trees The Newspaper and Advex- tlMiiig lynciier ueorgo nm BY TROJAN. In The Observer of Aug. llth, CoL Woo ten made very Interesting "The storv of Aaron Burr." There was ft strong vein of sadness In lines refer ring to the tragic taking off of Theo dosla, the beautiful daughter. I am not going to review the story, every body read it and found ltaU right, but to the following lines (n the ar ticle I call attention: "How sad it must have been lor the poor man In his old age to be deprived of the company of his only child. Oh what we poor mortals have to endure In this life. I sometimes think I would not care If I were out of It." Why certainly not. The dead, that Is the good, are really the only happy and consistent people In the world. Of course Col. Wooten might not care but there are many others who would hate very much for him to leave us. He U entirely. too interesting to pass. X em afraid he must not have been wen wnen ha wrnin that last sentence. A man who enjoys a good dinner as he, and then write it up In such felicitous style doesn't look often on the seamy side of life, I am aure. Then there Is the editorial in xne Observer of the 28 th ult. "What we do not know of our fellows." Why certalnlly, the Ignorance In this mat ter I absolutely tupefylng when thought about. The editorial wa suggested. Just at this time, by the break down of Tbos. W. Lawson on account of the' death of his wife a few weeks since. The editorial Is an Interesting homily all tho way through. Here la an abstract: "It doe not occur to u that the next door neighbor, It maybe, who appear cheerful and normal, I suffer ing from sorrows he has sustained, until another falls under his burden. It may be a similar one. Then the thought arises that after all there may be more unhapplness In the world than It knows of, and which It does not .know of because those who endure take care that It ahall not know." That Is true In every word. This condition by some Is call-,. ed resignation to the will or nod, by others "the philosophy of the Stoics." As written at the time, I was with the big-hearted man, Irwin Avery from (Ireensboro to Concord on his way home to Charlotte where he died a few hours after hla arrival. I have ortan thought of that night. I am aure every mile he travelled was one of suffering. But he opened not his mouth. After all what's the uaeT A young man well established In bual nH was to sen me same time ago. He Is 30 years old, JUat read yfor life. Kvery day he suffers what he t ails hell. But only a few know of it. The average man he meets with a bright smile and a glad hand. He la markod for an early grave Bright dleaoase, but on he goes. He said to me some week ago: "There are some Christian Science people, fine women, who are anxious to help me out, but. Oh My Lord, what's the useT Haverft I enough f" The world Is full or the silent sufferer-And well know they are much happier If there Is happiness In It when enduring alone. No healthy man can appre ciate the broken down. It Is not nat ural. We are not anxious to culti vate "the next door neighbor" unless he I cheerful and normal." But all the same, In the quiet of his own home on account of awful sorrow and suffering, he may often say: "Oh, what we poor mortal have to endure In thla life. I sometimes think 1 would not care If I were out of It" But true -philosophy teaches, never mind the hard rub, hold on until It thundors and then don't let so until the lightning strikes. ' , ' 1111 " I have read with much sorrow the account of Mr. William Twelvetrees death. He was ft gfsat mn because of hie goodness, In lit the year I began to write for The Observer, he wrote me ft long Utter, one of com fort and full of encouragement He was full of . Information " carefully gathered during hit Ion life mnd his letters were always exceedingly Inter esting. He, as Is known, was nn Englishman. He knew well the his tory of his own country snd also America, - He loved to write about the great men of the , pftat and his Ideas as to the late rival war, sd the condition -following, were vefy goodand to the point When much of ft physical break ' dow, I visited Charlotte remaining there, several weeks. He called frequently at my topping place to see me. And on subsequent visits it was my privilege to be with him. The last time was two or three years- ago when it was ' pleasure to have tea with him at his residence. He loved to talk about the Bible. In It he meditated both day and night With the good book he was on speaking nd . Intimate terms and It,-was an Inspiration to any man whd might have the oppor tunity to lit st hi feet and learn frm him. : He was ft carpenter I believe and rlo doubt all of his work was done with an eye single to the satis faction of of tils own rood heart and well developed brain. Like Him who was the Son of Joseph the Carpenter he whs meek nd lowly and his thoughts were of others, more than of himself. I can't write well enough to express my sense of loss In the death of the good man, Long before his entering into the eternal rest he had rcftiusd to UiU 1U ths swtb i 0, (f 1 ness of the beautltude: "Blessed are the pure In heart for they hau see God.". ;,-', n-.j.v' ' ' .,!,. : Every time I pick up a -newspaper these days the advertising displayed Is always Interesting to me. And es pecially so fts.lt respects the banking business. , Not that J am at all Identi fied with banks, any more than occa sionally to cash ft check, but because the pages of ft paper are Invariably Interesting. Some years ago I solicit ed an advertisement from a bank president for ft paper with which I was connected.- He appeared rather surprised at the request and declined to comply on the ground that It was - ' I! :;(0?H''1 ill uujulxjuuuuuaaaaaa;laaaaaaaaaju x x x xx ju s . .. Z- l VY VYVYYYY - m ", , SB" n I .. -. irYYYYYYYYYl-k . (T n TV Tl vr rY tp TP . mmi v IfyyvvwifW YYYV VV VY V VY V V YYVYYYYYYYYVYYYYV VWV V-w-Vnnrw"YVY YY WYYVYVYY Y Y 1 .- ;: Its purittj, quality, and ivholesomsncGG guaranteed bij V I HI ' I, 1 ' 3. L. Redwlne, R. A. Bettle, .Rrldgers eV Co., a . II. Younehlood, J. O. fcmery.'W., N.' Mullen,' Mlller-Vsil Lents, Davis A . Ityerly, laminde A C"-. J. O.-Monohan. W. M. Wallace. W. M. Ilurkhead, . Leper A Wyatt. J. ' frs W. Ov Shoemaker, W. I Pop, Wj A.' Jamison Co., Caldwell A tTo.,.C. 11. Woo re A Son., hi. F. KIrby, J. T. . ' JBsrryhiU joba tUwrt, Vsbtr Lr., X. II. Jililer, W, C. Flu, A, C. Bates, L3w,rd Csmpbsll, E. D, Caudle, W, , contrary-to the dignity of a bank to advertise.. However, that same bank man subsequently, found out he was no. longer on the right track In this respect and now he advertises.. An other man went Into the old, town, put' up another hank, - used double colum space tn the papers, and there was something doing In banking Tight away. : Of course that had something to do with converting the other man and his bank has not lost one lot of Its dignity either but has Increased Its deposits. " vV -v This Is not Wrmonette to Char lotte bankers. , They know J how al right and their statements are fery Interesting reading to the, public and GLEinT BR03., BE0IiXE3, CILAJILOTTE, IT. 0. . -. If'',- cr v w oy - -. vi; ,-;"v:-;::r. S'' no doubt dittos to the distinguished presidents and dlreeters themselves. And I. know they are all very digni fied gentlemen. . , ,t. 'VI see In the papers much rejoicing over : the vf act . that Lyncher ; Oeorge Hall was convicted and sentenced to the ; penitentiary -' for fifteen : years. That does not mesa, however, that he wilt servexhls Aentence. - His" at torney appeals to the Supreme Court on three different grounds , and so able v lawyer -as Mr. Klutts, who ap peared for Hall, does not believe . in foolish pleadings, and certainly . he would not have taken this step - had i he not felt there was stme chance for p the fellow. I can't understand myself why Hall was not Indicted for mne. der. .According q the way somo of th Judges have recently expressed themselves on lynchlngs there ls'no lino of demarcation between a'mur- der at ft lynching , bee or ftaywhec ,r else. ; But no-man has yet felt' the ' rope tighten on htstneck for being a i lyncher.? A-. community la. either in f 1,1 ' sympathy .with "a mob orafrald of It -A mob Is ft terror. Nearly two thou-, sand years ago Judge Pllat tried his;..; hand but hi Influence wasnll. Near ' hand but his Influence was nil. - Ha finally Washed hla hand of tha afr.tr A. ana me moo got .its victlnv , - Neas Co., Sarralt A Blakely, g. TU . E. Darsey, Sidney Swain, M. J, Biff Jamison A Co., J. C. Hunter, JU. IUJ4 A Sona. . V
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