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8 ill" V GOMPERS TO TAKE A HAND ' TO" EXCLUDE FOREIGN LABOR. ewa Leaks Out Thai tho v o( American dereUon of IsUhw " Will Wage a Hard Admission of Immlrr.au Wo 1 Com arte With Vdeeton If borew i 4Cxpertrd to Rats Voice in Ooo . " areas UUla Aid Kpitl Vrom Koaui. Though New Englsn.1 BiUl v Mm May Help Tobacco Growing la Australia. ' tr BY W. W. PRICK. WasMngton. Nov. 19.-Sir.ee It haa leaked out during the last few lays that President Oompon and the American Fedoratlon of Labor Intend to put up a stiff nght rom thin time n against the admission of aliens lata the United States especial ly against workmen. merhan ca,nd laborers of all kinds who are likely to oome In competition with members-of the federation, and who, It la said, will .probably work for less money than members of the vsrloiiH unions, under the protection of the federation, there Is no small amount of Interest manifested here regardlnK what steps Mr. Gompers will take In the matter. That he will be heard from before Tonrress has been In session many days on what he considers one of the crying evils of the day the admission Into the Unit ed States of men who will compete with members of the federation Is not denied by any one who has kept track of events since Commissioner Watson, of the bureau of Immigration of South Carolina, nnnoun.-erl some time ago that he was g-'ilnir nhroarl in arch of worthy laborers tr the fields, workshops and cotton mills of his State. had tiAi't in"1 At that thne. and sometime bef..r . ... innlinnla artimllv rami1 In this ountry with Commissioner Watson, or thought of coming over cn the Wltteklnd. the ship " brounht them. President omrr. iKn i- make rrouble for CwmiUniT Kir gent. Mr. Watson, and Immigration officials In different .States In the South that have been endeavoring to attract new settlers He has repre sented to Commissioner Sargent that many hundreds of aliens who have been allowed to enter the United States during the Ust yesr have entered In direct violation of the Im migration laws, and thiit the commis sioner as well as prominent cotton gnlll men and planteis In various parts of the South have been parties to the fraudulent scheme of allowing the Immigrants to come in. The trouble that Mr. f.ompers Is making Is no new thing with him, and as stated, he conceived the Idea of blocking the effort to admit more alien workmen and mechanics Into the TTnfted Sfiites as soon as It be runt evident to him thnt the admsl slon of a large number of them not being members of the federation would have a telling effect on the prices of labor paid generally In the sections Into which thev might go. MTTL.K AID FROM THK SOUTH. If the statement made by many prominent men who have been here recently from Southern Ktntes are to be relied upon. Mr. ktnpers will haTe little aid from the South, though he may bring to his rescue mill men and others from New Kngland and the West, who do not desire to see the flood of Immlgretlon turned from those directions In a southerly direc tion. It Is not Improbable that Mr. Oom pers will be heard from In Congress before many weeks. He nan fought many battles there for labor, and It Is hardly probable that he will let the fight that he has begun by de fault. TOHACCO IV M KTKAT.TA. While It Is not believed that tobac co will ever be cultivated In foreign countries In sufficient quantities and of good enoiiKh qual'tv to come In competition with the trade of this country to anv harmful extent, It I Interesting to not,, thiit a report rerently received from Svdney, is tn the effect that N t'oiih Wales, Australia, had but tuo a re planted In tobacco In 1M3. 4.S.U in ISSt. and 3.239 In HR9. while in I'lOt there were 1 20 acres The average produ Hon for twenty years was 1 1'. pound" per a, re Purlng the paMt two yi.irs the govern ment has tnploved an exp.-rt. demon strating that only approved methods are necessary to prnilu, ,i good iju.il Ity. The varieties cultivated l.v the expert are U'liwh. Yellow 1'iyor. White Stem tVlnoco, and Watne, all bright tobacco. )re.s obtained range from 1 to 24 cents per pound. Tohac co la said to stand drought better than corn, oats or wheat a ne rssnry condition to Its growth In Australia. DAILY FASHION SEKVICE 1611 tADIW WAirr. Goi la Front. wKh FlaMeon Oollar. Unt " Hbew Smin sua Bodf ea4 (Urn Mnlm fast rettni Po 1111 All Mai Allowed Tel Is ehanaaag styU M tmif wi.l n1 k I lis mtm la misIMUM r taetrVtua.1 eflM-u .. In essslHasWui ef ilU and eolnn A , alstlaaiaslilpg itatan it Mm kandioBM slaaran cellar. vary aaae at Uu tacs and over Ur thnut ; J 4 kB4 aiiaaiM la lasiroa efl.et at ta 'ft' CteeUfl. eadlng salt . eai-h aide ol 'rthe iiliiiliiltl U la suraae Uk In oniBtMl reran aes a as la or tke avert. ! which It ! tle4 . In laur j, w-neaa " el . J i- S - " in At Inehat hud ' w k.. tl mmUt m4t a Trl " ' wui M eeHM. IraetUeief saa aiaava t ,SfaVa?a4Traa tasVa aa4 4 far t &! aaJar arlar A uiaatlaaai m.9 m..mm , tUuin, ' ct ftat on illustration and tiiaU n friUi 10 cenu, allver or ' atampt, to 11m Observer. Ctiarlotie, ' ' w iru.u a , "':"asks to) kew 'jAUfc '? Grand Jury Tmda BimcornbaJPrtaon I nertrquaws- troca on VW-a CnMinnlunnr ISlfuCatlOIl B VPted For By AahevUle People and linrai uwwncia Special "to The Observer. Ashevllle. Nov. 1 The grand Ju rv serving at the present term Of Superior Court for the trial of crimi nal cases, concluded Its labors Satur day afternoon and submitted Its re port to Judge Alien, presiding at this term. The report Judge Allen term ed "one of the most complete and one of the beat that I have ever received from a grand Jury." J. M. Westall wan foreman of the grand Jury and the report Is signed by him. Rela tive to the Jail, the grand Jury re ports that Institution entirely Inade n,nt for- the rountv's nresent needs and urges the commissioners to. take steps to at once build a new jan 10 d i,.ui...i hfintrn the nresent building and the county court house. The re port says In speaking or tne jail, mai owing "to the crowded condition of the cages where the worst of the pris oners are kept and the lack of bath ing and disinfecting facilities. It is impossible to keep the Jail free from vermin We find the Jail an old build ing and entirely too small to serve the present needs of the county. We unanimously recommend that the county commissioners in some way provide for a new Jail." In his charge to the grand Jury Judge Allen Instructed the body to look Into the conduct of every county official The grand Jury Saturday re- potred that It had followed the In ulnu'tlnn o t the court and found that the county officials are fulfilling their duties In a .prompt and efficient man ner. ' We find." reports the grand Ju ry, "that the schools of the county are being taught by an able body of faithful teachers and that the work Is satisfactory In nearly every dis trict." The grand Jury went on record as favoring compulsory education In the rural districts of the county, as .. . :z .': . . , ;,, : wen as in ,ne ri.y o. r ... lives in the next Legislature enact a bill giving the people the privilege of voting for compulsory education by counties, townships, or school dis tricts" The grand Jury also In Its re port, urged the people of Ashevllle to go to the polls on December 1 and vote for compulsory attendance upon schools In Ashevllle. The Ashevllle school football team turned the table on Hnker-Hlmel team of Tennesxet. Saturday afternoon and defeated the visitors by a score of 8 to 0, In one of the snappiest games of football ullnenserl here this season. Shortly before the end of the second half, however, the Maker Hlmel boys with the score to 0 against them became dissatisfied with a decision of the referee and walk ed off the field Rob Reynolds, of Ashevllle, a I'nlverslty of North Caro lina man. Is now o,n h for the Ashe vllle school learn. xo ( iikck hi ;i: fikk i.osnds. rtnlldlug Authorities Join In Move ment to Carry on a Campaign of Kducatlnn Krro A(l Ice to Cities and Individuals. Special to The Observer. Washington, Nov. 1 9 . Organized i ffort on a large scHle to reduce fire lossos is represented In the Interna tional Society of Hulldlng 'otnmlx sloners Brut Inspectors, of this city, which has Just held Its third annuMl election and Issued a report of lt progress. Kre advice on the nuhject of lire preveniat Ion is offered "to any municipality, association or Individ ual, having their own corporate or his personal lnterent enough at heart to axk for It " The anilely Is iomposed of the chief officers of the hulldlng depart ments of the large titles Nearly every ImportJint city In the country Is represent"!! as well as many c Itli s In Knot pe. some of the members be ing from Knglatnl. Austria and Mex ico. Its work is directed bv the chief executive officer, K V . Fltz palrlck, one of the best known con sulting arihlleetsi and authorities on lire pretention In the I'nl'ed State Through the society's efforts manv cities have .ilreadv been Indii-ed to Improw their building laws ' The so i lety is also Irving to get inuniHpall ten to lower taxation on Are proof buldlngs. while placing the maximum assessment on fire traps which are a menace und the protection of v hh h Involves bis expense to every I. true I city Speiklng of the slms of the society and the need for such an irganl..i -I lion. Mi Kitpa ' rick iays "Year by j year we burn up actually one-half of as ioip h as vie add Purlng the I last month some i Itles have far ex ceeded Mutt v.tage Atlanta erect ed t:i9.1Sr worth of buildings In Sep l"inher and burned up $ 2 1 .". . 0 d 0 In October I fT rs 1 - built IMS 'On anil burned IS 13, lion I'm average an nual lire loss Is now 'j nn.ooO.Ofln , this year ll will exceed I '.00.nno.nnri. The Inlet national Society of Hulldlng 'omm Issloners) and liihpectnis was formed to arrv mi s campaign of i.i iii alios) hereby the public will he I if. me thoroughly familiar with what I i oiistllul's Iti' proof construct loii and th nee, id,!! exists for It " HOTI I. MWtil S II WPS. Mr. .1. T. Walton Leancs Motel Mor gan I ,ni He miliary of I, race Hospital tihi'i Oyxti-r SupM r flhcr News l.ll to The i iler it. Nov ! - The llol, I Ii ii riie ha nils I he lir i I T Walton hailriK peiy Mr Shuplng Mot ga nton M or ga n will of .1 ,in n,i r Mi leased t he pr the ptesent pr ii i. i , V III I'llgage In Ml, r business The I .ailles A u il i.i i v o! i ; i . pitnl nave an uhl,T : upper e l,, ,n K.ii ii rd night In spit,- of t he . r v In lenient weather oolte , m, mo,, I was reiillzcd, which ill l,. used In ' liopioing the gt oiind . i,f I he hos pital I Mr Scrigwlch Klslhr. of Klsllerv l.esh A I'n., spent aeveial ilays here' this week, the guest 'f Mr. Andrew Kl-ller. Mr. Kmlte Krhcird. after a b-lt lie! e. of several weeks to hp father his leturneil to hH work In Schenectady, K. Y. Ivflss Addle Fir- ...ii .(,-. ... ii. .up.- i ,1 ,F r-r-s, lioin Atlanta, where she lias been for the fall months with her slater, Mrs. F . M. f.iixton --Mrs John Toll, who Is spending the winter with lor son. Mr .1 M T'ull. In Hlrmlnghnrn. Ala . will W ll Is xpi teel home this week from i Isit friends here the first of, ller ern I l.er Mrs. W. A Leslie Is at home iikiiiii. aiier a neiiginru, visit to Mrs. William Cioodmnn, In Knoxvllla rtiis ii. j. oaiiner na returner from a delightful visit to Charlotte und fort Mill Professor Hardy Turner, the ae. rninpllshed organist of the First Presbyterian church, will give an organ recital In the Kplscopal church Tt, ,.,.UU nl.1,1 If. ..,11, I. , . . - "mi iw, anniiti- ed by the choir of the Preshytai tan ..t. .. ttaA lV.u 11, . J a,... mil. ll, isiim ll .flip, ft. j,, .11 i,iiiar, violinist. A MKTHOnTeJT MINIHTKn Itrrni. MKNIiB CMAMFIKR1.AIN H CoprJH We hv used Ch'irnberlaln's Oniigh Remedy In our home for aavan years and It has always provad to be a re liable remedy. vVa have found Ibat It would do rriore than the manufacturer claim for IL It Is especially good for croup and whooping cough. BKV. J A MRS A. LEWII, ChamberUln'e Oetig), Remedy I Mil y H. H. Jerdaa s. Cm. ; , . , ... . IDENTITY YttA, MYSTEBY CAXNOT PROVE NAaLE OF WEGRO Aftrrmath of Ashevllle Triy--rnMlo Interest Apparently ia--"Tmmm Rather Tha pmilnlahes Much Simulation About neapcra do's Character and U Is Paa Ha KvldenUy Come to AshevUla wntly- Borne Consider Him Insane Othera a "Dope" Metid ome Mere ly a Bad Negro 1m wed Military Tralnloc In Vaa of IllUe Negroea tar to Meet His Ghoet. tj ecHI to Tl Observer Ashevllle, Nov. 1. The Identity or the negro desperado and murderer of two police officers and three members of his own race has not yet been es tablished, and It Is doubtful If the man's true Identity will ever be learn ed. Who he was or where he came from no one seems to know. The ne groes of Ashevllle havo taken a keen Interest in the Identity of the man, but their efforts have failed of result. Interest In the tragic affair of laat Tuesday night will not abate. With the identity of the negro still shroud ed In mystery, the people have turn ed from a view of the corps to a sober and dispassionate discussion of the man's movements prior to the hour of the killing of Officer Black stock and the motive that prompted him to go on the war-path and kill indiscriminately whomsoever he met. 7t has been pretty well established that the negro came to Ashevllle, on ly a day before the killings. No one has been found who saw the man here before Monday of last week. The woman, Fearl. says that she saw him for the first time on the night of the murder. The day before he had, purchased a rifle from "Uncle Har ry's" pawn shop and his appearance at "Uncle Harry's" in search of a weapon Is the first time so far aa known -that he had been seen In Ashevllle. On the same day that he purchased the rlflle he also purchased the high-topped yellow leather shoes from a store on North Main street. He paid ft for the shoes and at that time had some money. The only no ticeable Incident connected with the purchase of the rifle was the man's thorough knowledge of shooting Irons. MAM KNOWI.KPC.K OF GUN. Many people have asked the ques tion: "Where did the negro secure his knowledge of firearms?" The answer to thg question is probably found In the negro's statement that he was a discharged soldier. It Is also alleged that he made the remark some time after purchasing the rifle, "that he Intended to rip this old 'town wide open." A remark of this kind from-a boastful negro, however, had been heard before and no atten tion waa given It until the ripping process was on and five men's lives had been snuffed out. it Is said that the rifle used by the negro Tuesday might at one time have belonged to n former Ashevllle man, who owned it while he was a member of a rifle club. The rifle was later sold to "Uncle Harpy." It Is a Savage make and of the latest model. It was Just such a rifle that a negro of fhe desper ado's make-up wanted and he hoilght it. later telling a member of his own race "that every nigger ought to have a good gun." This statement was made In a negro restaurant, where the desperado paid for and ate 35 cents worth of fond less than three hours before he killed Officer Black stock It was made In reply to a question some one had asked the ne gro In effect what h" wanted with such a modern r I tic The negro. It is said, while eating at the restaurant, handled the gun In a mighty care less manner and several of those around protested and told him to "pint the thing In another direction." If was at ths restaurant that Pearl Maxwell says she first met the des perado. She has made other state ments, however, thai have led to the belief that she whs acquainted with the man before he struck Ashevllle. According to Pearl, the negro called himself John Henry, and said he was from Knoxvllle. THKOniFS A HOI 'T HIS CHARAC TKH. In discussing the tragedy some have expressed the belief that the ne gro was Insane while others put him down as a ' dope" fiend Still others entertain no other belief hut that he was a genuine "had nigger" on the lookout for trouble nnd Anally locat ing it when Officer Klaekstock's search light went Into that basement room, tireii m the policeman and knowing that he had killed him went forth to slav lust as many men as possible hi fore death could overtake him It Is admitted thHt the negro though his hands were stained with human blood and knowing well that he would he hunted, never lost his head, nor his nerve. He chose tho beat route possible for escape. Il showed his shrewdness by bearing away from the railroad and all towns and villages. It Is believed by some that he showed himself purposely near Olivette, hellevelng that every effort to locate him would be concen trated at that point and that by doub ling on his tracks he could reach and pass Hilt morn wit limit notice and then make his way bv easy stages and at night to South Carolina. It has been found that the negro after kill ing Officer pallev on the square and 7lg-zngglng down Smith Main street nally followed thHt street no furth er than the dun Cola Itoltllng Works, some 400 or r 0 0 yards from the square, and then turning directly at went to the mountains and fol lowed the crest of the ridge almost to Hilt more. That he inteded to' sell his life dear Is evidenced bv the fact thnt during all his tramping he re tained the rifle and. after being shot to death still held It closely grasped In hl- right hand. And the fight he put up whs no mean battle, according to tho-e who participated In the chase, and who were not only In nt the death but who smelled hurneil powder from the negro's gun. "Not once." said one of the posseinen to day In again recounting the chase, "did the negro offer to surrender. He never so much ns made a motion to t hat end Ills every movement was defi ance mid his gun was always present ed toward the nossemen. He was game. If nothing else. He never once showed the whit" feather and never grunted when lead from the posse men's guns found his body." HHOWKO MILITARY TRAINING. In speculating on the probable past life of the negro, two prominent Ashevllle citizens yesterday agreed that the negro was a discharged sol dier from the -United Plate army. The manner In which he fired his shots Indicated as much and also his accurate aim. it is agreed that when he fired St Officer Bailey, he sterrned into the street and went down on on knee before firing. This. It Is con tended, is the position of soldiers on the skirmish line and that practice Is necessary to make one a good ahol from such a position. Then aaaln. I! Is agreed that the negro fired a majority of the shots st least from a left arm rest or without throwing the gun to his shoulder. Interest In the tregto affair seems lo Increase rather thag diminish. It la probable that several I h on sand A novel feeling of leaping, beuodlug Impulses goes through yeur bedr. -Ton fal vniinv jtft I....-.-. fj-fer taking Hnlllater'a Rocfcr Mounsaie, ' r latueaa, is cams. n. n. ! Mi people have Inspected the bullet hole through tha telephone pole, where Officer Bailer waa' killed: , Although yesterday waa, a rainy dajr, H waav no unusual sight .to look out e on . the aqusre and see. a growp of man stand ing aoout tha , pole ana inspecting closely tha bullet hole. The mark of a bullet on the Vance monument al so cornea la for much discuss km and Inspection. At almost any hour of tha day man may be seen standing on the south aide of the monument and endeavoring to locate where tha fcul let struck. , The rifle, used by tha ne gro arid jjow n . exhbltlon has alao attracted tha.: attention of geveral hundred If not aeveral thousand peo. pie. As a result of the stirring Incidents of last week more than one good housewife has been Inconvenienced by announcements from negro ser vants that they can't stay later than I or I o'clock In the afternoon. Many of tha negroes are still badly scared. Durfng the two days succeeding the shooting . of the officers there Is no doubt but many negroes believed that there would be a race riot and that they would all be killed. It is said that tha mora superstitious of the race yet fear to go out at night, not because of any apprehension from the white -citizens, but or fear that they will meet the desperado's ghost. ASHEVILLE'S GOOD DEPORT MENT. Tha fact that Ashevllle passed through t!he trying ordeal iwlthout any show of disorder was commented upon by Mayor Barnard who declar ed that tha city and the people de served much credit for the manner In which they have acted. Aside from a Bttle talk of lynching on Wednes day night and the few whispers of the wlldeyed ones to burn the negro's body on Thursday night, no violent talk wss Indulged in. There never was any serious fear of a lynching or a burning. Mayor Barnard referred to the fact that mob and lynche ers existed only in the Imaginations of yellow Journalist correspondents and that the posse that shot the ne gro to death was not a mob; that It waa a band of good citizens acting under the laws of North Carolina to take dead or alive the murderer who had been outlawed according to stat ute by a judge of the Superior Court bench. Ashevllle citizens though laboring under great .provocation did no acta of violence. They remained cool and calm and restrained their passions. They did nothing for which they or the city Is ashamed. They conducted themselves as a brave, patriotic and self-sacrificing people and the State of North Carolina may well be proud of the example set by Ashevllle and its citizenship under trying clrcum tancesa. THE DEATH RECORD. Miss MargartM Wliltaker, of Tliomas vlllc. Special to The Observer. Thomasvllle, Nov. 19. Miss Mar garet Smith Whitaker, youngest daughter of the late Samuel Medley and Lydla Jones Whitaker, formerly of Franklin county, and Bister of the late Mrs. John I. Paylor, of High Point, died of la grippo at the old homestead, "Chrysoceras." In Thom asvllle November the 17th, aged 51 years. She died in the full Christian faith, and leaves to mourn their Ions two sisters, Mrs. Corlnna Jeffreys Meat. Miss Penelope Jones Whitaker, of Thomssvllle. and one half-sister, Mrs. Rachel Whitaker McCormlck, of Georgia. Capt. W. H. Rit liardaon, of Gaffney, S. C. Special to The Observer. Gaffney. 8. C, Nor. 1. Gaffney was shocked yesterday morning to learn of the deat,h of Capt. W. H. Richardson, one of our most promi nent and beloved cltlrens. Capt. Rich ardson was In his usual health until 0 o'clook Saturday night, when he retired, stating that he did not fsel well, by 11 o'clock ha was dead. Capt. Richardson waa born In Spar tanburg county; and had been living In Gaffney for the laat twenty years. He was always found In the 'ront rank of those who were trying to d- something for the advancement and hittermenl of the town. He was about sixty-nine years of age, and leaves a devoted wife, two sons and four daughters to mourn his death. His eldest son, Mr Isham W. Richardson. l In Mllledgeville, Ga.. In the cotton luslness Ills eldest daughter. Mrs. Kekrldge. of Atlanta, Is the wife of one: of the prominent attorneys of thnt cltv. His other children are in (Inffnev. The funeral services were hell this morning. KAIIROU RniDGK FINISHED. Railroad Now OnnnnrU Morehead City and Beaufort First Train Passe Over. Special to The Observer. Newhern. Nov. 19. The Norfolk A Southern ralroad bridge con necting Morilnead City and Beaufort Is completed and to-day tihe first car wdth passengers arrived In Beaufort. The car was occupied by President K. S. Gannon, his family and a few Invited friends. The bridge is over a. 000 feet lond and has two draws and Is a very substantial structure. An assembly of 1,800 Interested and enthusiastic spectators had gathered at the railroad terminal to witness the invasion of the Iron 'horse. A few residents of Carteret county, those living In the remote part of the county, had never seen a railroad train before, and hugely enjoyed the unusual spectacle. The road Is to he extended In the near future and a railroad to Cape Look out Is regarded as a strong possibility within the near future. Kprncnr-Tliackcf Marriage An- nnanred. Hpeclal to Tho Observer. High Point. Nov. 1. i Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. Jo Spencer, of thla place, to Miss Dot Thncker. of Greensboro, In West Market Street M. E. church Thurs day, Nov. 2th, at five-thirty o'clock. Miss Thncker is one of Greensboro's popular young ladles and Mr. Ppen rer Is employed In the office of the Soujhern Furniture Journal of this place, being office manager. Maylas It's One for tha Man Too. Harper's Weekly. Home years ago, about the time that Queen Victoria's Jubilee waa lo he celebrated, the following conver sation between two add Scotch women waa overheard on day on a street corner In London: "Can ye tell me. wummao, what Is It they rail a JublleaT" "Well, it's this," said Iter neignnor. "When folk has been married twenty five years, that's a silver weddln'; and when they Have bean married fifty years that's, a ; golden wuddln'. But If the mnn'a lead. It's a Jubilee." ' - HAD TITTEW FOX TH1KTT TEARS. I have aagaaed with letter for thirty years and have triad alnaeat eountleas remedies with little, if any. relief. Three bnaes ef Chamhstlaln'i Salve cured me. It was a torture. It breaks out a little some times, but nothing to what It used to no-r k. toeaah, Midland City, Ala. harebsrta gaive lo far sale by Ik H. fff!r FOB "NEW; COtNTlr.,' " " Many People ef .High Point Are Be coming Interested tn the Pralect Trying to ierreg Oat Blind Tigers, Special. l Tha. pbserver, 7 t High Paint Nev, it. Tha best ele ment of tha colored papulation here Is In sympathy ' with ' tha officers In trying to . ferret out tha blind tiger Joints operated ",hy aegroas and other meanness indulged In toy them. To-thV-eod Parao. Brooks, afytha Methodist hnrch la tbi prima mov er In-a 'law and order league to ba established among his .people. In this organisation It la hoped to enlist all of the -good colored people so aa to aid the offlcera In running, down all the blind tigers and any other un lawful acts of tha colored people. Bo many arrests havo been made lately among the colored people for Illicit selling of boose that the best element of the colored population see what tt la coming .to If tho. bustasa continues to thrive aa It has In trie past. The white peoplo commend Parson Brooks and his helpers In this movement The Question of a new county with High Point as the county jwiat grows In favor with the people confined In tho . territory embraced , by tha new county. Most probably tha Legisla ture In January will be called upon to grant tha privilege of voting on such a proposition. Tho county has been agitated to soma extant for several years, but mora so recently. Borne Ave years ago Editor Farrlss, of The Enterprise, started ths movement, had maps made and cuts of same printed tn The Enterprise, and there were many of them outside of the city favorable to the proposition, but It was at that time that the time was not quite ripe for such a movement. However, since that time popular fa vor has Increased and It is now be lieved that with tha proper effort put forth the new county can be secured next year, or at the latest in the next two years. About one month ago The Enterprise again actively took up the matter, had cuts printed of the new county and boundaries given and has been hard at work, assisted by cittsens to work up sentiment favorable to the new county. The board of aldermen has given It official recognition and has pledged itself to work Hand In hand for the cause. Seme of the names suggested for the new county are Centre. Excelsior, Progress. Man ufacturing and Highland. The new county, as has been before mentioned, would embrace one of the richest sec tions In the State. Mr. T. E. Thomas has purchased from Mr. Geo. T. Penny the Acme Cafe, taking charge Saturdav. The businesa will be Improved In many respects, placing it among the best cafes in the State. High Point's fire alarm system will be put in working order In the next ten days or two weeks. All of the apparatus has arrived and the men are expected this week to commence putting It up. 'A large bell will be placed at a good height on the water tower to act as a general alarm and which will ring out the numbers of the box from which the alarm was turned In simultaneously with the alarms at the fire stations. Boxes will be scattered over the city at the best positions and the number will be In creased as they are needed. Little Herbert Ingram, who on Sat urday afternoon fell off a loaded wagon to the ground, cutting an ugly gash on his head, and Injuring his arm. will bo- ablj to get about in a fjw days, no serious damage balng done. a Miss Irvln Paylor last night re turned from Thomasvllle. where that day she attended the funeral services over the late Miss Margaret Smith Whittaker, a relative. A shifting engine here thla morn ing struck an open switch and -oppld over on Ita aide. Engineer Banner and Fireman Scales realised the dan ger aa soon as the engine struck the switch and jumped, escaping in Jury. A special meeting of the board of governors of the Manufacturers' Club Is called for to-morrow night In the club rooms to take definite action on the proposed new county. High Point will own entirely her electric light plant as she does her water plant. A committee now has the matter In hand to secure a site for an electric light plant and buy the necessary machinery. The wiring and nil other apparatus except the power part is now owned by the city. NEWS OF GIBSON. Spevial Ta Ha Been Voted for Graded Schools, to Go Into Kffert Next Year A Cotton MUI Almost a Ccrta i n t y B ualneaa Changes. Special to The Observer. Gibson, Nov. II. Since the recent nise In the price of cotton, several inundred bales have been marketed, the price going as high aa 10.68. Previous to this, for some days, no cotton waa aeen on the streets for sale. The firm of Epstein A Bergman, dealers in dry goods, notion and clothing, put on sale this morning their entire stork of goods, their ob ject being to go out of business. The Inelrs of the late F. B. Gibson have disposed of their Interest In the Gibson Mercantile Company to Messrs T. J. Adams and William F. Gibson, both of Whom were pre viously connected with the business. There are to be two marrlagea be fore the holidays are over. Tmla town Is to furnish the bride for the one, and the groom for he other. The pupils of Gibson Academy engaged an a public debate Friday on the subject. Resolved, That the old times were superior to the new. After an Interesting and spirited dis cussion It was decided In favor of the affirmative. A number of people from the town and community were tn attendance. Gibson will soon Join In the march of progress In the various lines. A special tax has already been voted for graded schools, but on account of an Injunction obtained In the courts by its opponents, tha tax could not be levied for schools this year. The Injunction has been dis solved, however, end. If nothing further da done by those who oppose the tax. this special law will go Into effect fof another year. - It la also, an absolute certainty that within twelve months, there will be erected mere, a .cotton mill of no mean pro portions. The main obstacle In the wsy Is tho Inability of those backing tho enterprise to obtain ' a suitable site. It may he necessary to erect It at some distance from the town, but there Is little doubt of Its being built. Tho motive power will prob ably bo electricity from the power plant atBlultt'a Fall. . A TEAR OF BLOOD. The year 1MI will long be remembered In the home of F. N. Tacket, of Alli ance, Ky., as a rear of r blood: which flowed aovonplotlafyfrom Mr. Taeket's unss that death seemed very near. He writes; "Severe bleeding from the lungs snd a frightful cough t had brought me st desth's door, when I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, with the astonishing result that after taking tour bottles I was oomDlete lv reetnred and as time has proven per manently cured." Cuersate for,, gore Lungs. Coughs and Colds, at tt H. Jor dan eV Co.'a drug stare. . Frloe loo eaa LMk. .Trial botUo tree. o C'-l ycii f ztziztVj czl, czz"r.j : . frcrn CCitD 01-00 p:r piurJ T 16)L Id) , ( rM 111 THE CHEWER5 PREFERENCE DEINQ FOR THE GENUINE SUN CURED TO. DACCO WITH LESS SVEETENINQ THAN IS USED ON THE OLD D RANDS OF MUCH ..LONGER STA ND INQ, CAUSED REYNOLDS' SUN CURED, IN 60 SHORT A TIME, TO WIN THE PLACE AS FAVORITE WITH CHEW ERSs SOLD AT 600. PER POUUD IN Go. CUTS; STRICTLY 10c. AND 15o. PLUGS, AND IS THE BEST VALUE IN SUN CURED TOBACCO THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FOR CHEWERS. R..1. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO, lYlnstsn-Stbm. N. t (HP manse household ose. Perfectly constructed ; absolutely safe ; unexcelled in light-giving power. Made of braas throughout and nickel-plated. Every lamp warranted. If not at your dealer's write to our nearest agency. TANOgRO OIL OOMPANV ma- 100 CORDS POPLAR LOGS If,. v , Address .at once , t'-: CHARLOTTE PLASTER CO. ';fgtt ; - r- " I ; is il i. IK SJ. " BBB i mm ;!. ; u II III V II II y The aversion which many people have toward ordinary- oil heater it largely due to the smoke and smell so characteristic of the old-fashioned oil burner. The removal of these ob jectionable features and the perfectfnp; of all mechanical parts, combined with beauty of design and skilled work- iship, have made the PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) vastly superior to all others. Cannot smoke or smell. Wick cannot be turned too higfh or too low. Brass oil fount beautifully embossed. Holds four quarts of oil and burns nine hours. Light and portable easily carried about. Warms cold rooms and heats water quickly. Two finishes nickel and japan. Every heater war ranted. If you cannot get heater or information from your dealer, write to our nearest agency for de scriptive circular. LAMP orn a - merit to every room and is the beat lamp for all.round Nat sing Mothers find It an Incomparable Tonlo and appe tizer. M others whose milk la deficient In quality or quantity and whoa babies arc pal and emaciated should by all means Fein's iVialt Tonic Dellfhtfully pleasant lo. take and readily borne by the most delicate stomach, ft will help and strengthen both you and vourdarHnr. A liquid food rich In brain, bona and flesh forming properties. Es ( peclally valuable In nervous conditions. Try It today. FOP! SALC BY AU. DRUOatT. Fehr'g Milt Tonfq Dept., LOUItVILLB. Ktt. A, V,.V ''if 'if 4 - ' ' f, !' ' 1 1 ..... !!!.:''"":)( 4-'' ''
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 20, 1906, edition 1
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