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I CLYULori daily o:.,.i::ivi:::, :.lu:c:i 21, j;onj 1.11)3 v -Ji:vrr.r. VT XO WATCH COMMISSIONED. ; Eourd of AUcrim-n rust IlcoIutlon and Anoints Committee to Confer With Ijuurd of Wait CommlnHloa- ere . Itclatlve to Equipping New Water Station on llrlar Creek Other Prepositions Involved, But ', Aldermen Arc Not Agreed on Ttiose Water Commissionera Not ' in favor of Expenditure and ! My uaic : '.V-' ' At the special meeting of the beard ef aldermen yesterday to consider the ale 'of the refunding bond Jwsue, a resolution- was unanimously passed providing for the appointing, of a com- , mlttee to confer with; the boarl cf water commissioners about a mat ter - of considerable importance the ''quipping of a new water station to eused In case of emergency, in cluding the moving of a boiler end large pump from the old water plant on East Seventh street to the sta tion 'on Briar creek, the running of ' a line of pipe to the top of the hill near! the Dotger place and to carry water from Briar creek to the .new station to be. filtered and used by the city.' ",&7J- te,K .f These propositions, embodied in a resolution offered by Alderman J. P, Carr; precipitated a friendly but ani mated discussion which extended over the space of about an hour. The vote for the committee to confer was unanimous, and . Messrs. Ross and Carr, were named as the committee to perform this function, " Mayor McNlnch left the chair In charge of Alderman Anderson In or der to throw some light on the situ ation in general without advocating any special or specific plan. He pointed out the fact that the pres ent water facilities are totally in adequate for Greater. Charlotte.. The water main on Tryon street is too small. A 20-inch main down the en tire length of Tryon street, said the mayor, will be necessary to give the city the pressure requisite for righting a big Are. It wag admitted that the present water works system would be insuf ficient for the needs of the city In case of a severe drought. The reser voir contains 75,000,000 gallons. The average output used, by the city is 1,000,000 gallons, which means that in case of a drought the present sup ply would last about 70 days. Briar creek, it was brought out, has a much larger capacity than Irwin's creek. that of the latter being in the neigh borhood of 2,000,000 gallons a day. A comparison of the quality of the Mls-.iug l iiuk Oiliclul Not Hoard l'ronir III Capture Certain I)o , furtive IJiir'1 at Work on tho Cae .' -A Wire 1'Vom V. P. Ttandolph & i Company, lirokcrs, of Philadelphia. Nothing has yet , been heard of Franc II. Jones, the missing teller of the Charlotte ' National. Bank. His present whereabuots are as much -a mystery as they were the first of last week when the defalcation wae"flrst discovered. The detectives are leav ing no '. stones unturned ' which might give them a clue. The ports are be ing . watched vigilantly, so ' also the railway centres. Unless the fugitive made good his escape before the newt of the i defalcation waa scattered broadcast over the country Monday night, it is hardly likely that he wUl escape, f Every avenue la now closed and if he shows himself, the chances are that he will be nabbed post haste. The bank is hot on the trail of its ab scounding : official and the surety companies, who were on his bond for the small (amount of $20,000,- are sparing not time nor money to bring him to ; Justice, ? The bonding com panies have 'their ; own corps of de tectives especially' engaged for Just such work and besides they have con nections with the large agenles which will alve them the services of an un limited number of men. "We only want his trail" significantly remark ed -Chief Inspector Meehan, of the American Bonding Company, to an Observer man Wednesday. "His cap ture Is then certain. 'The chase is that of a pack of fine pack of clean limbed and . strong hounds after a fox. He has ta take to the ground in a hurry or he is a 'goner'." In order to find out what business relatiom existed between Mr. Percy Fonvllle and the missing man, The Observer yesterday wired Mr. Gordon H. Cilley, asking him to call at the head office of V. P. Randoipn & go., brokers in Philadelphia, Pa., and se I eure a deflnlnte statement from those in authority. The following , is the rerlv received last night: "Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, 1907. ','To the Observer, Charlotte, N. C, "At the office of Virgil P. Ran dolph ft Co., Incorporated, (No.571 Bullitt Building, It was stated to-day that Percy Fonvllle was their corres pondent, but not their agent, at Char lotte, N. C, to whom Randolph & Co. furnished quotations and with whom they settled trades at Charlotte. The firm received a telegram from Fonvllle last week saying he would rfKT v 7".K "AX?'?; ) v : v 2 4zyTi-f City Aiilf'rmen in Rixiiil Scunlon ConJ eider jhiis lor hoikm inuy une Offered l'ar and This Firm Asked EiceHHlvo Commissions Mnanee Committee 51ay Negotiato I'rivate Bale. j ; At a special' meeting of the board of city aldermen held at noon yester day in the council chambers of the city hall, the sale of the (178,000 of city bonds was postponed, owing to the fact that the bids submitted were not satisfactory. A committee was appointed to , negotiate, If , pos sible, a private sale of the bonds, sub ject to approval by the , . board. If it U thought best the committee will re-advertise the bonds. As Soon as the meeting was called to order, with Mayor McNlnch in the chair ' and a quorum present. Chair- man Krueger, of the special commit tee for the examination of the bids, reported that none of the bids' sub mitted were satisfactory to the com mittee and moved that all be reject ed. The board went Into executive session to consider the matter. The aldermen were determined that no bids offering less than , par, value should be accepted, dnly one of the bids, the one made by the financial rm of W. J. Hayes ft Co., of Cleve land, O., offered par and the com missions asked for were, in ine opin ion of the city fathers, excessive. A number of banking houses had writ ten indefinite letters about the bonds, one eaylng that if none of the bids received were satisfactory ,to ret it know and an agreement might be reached which would be satisfactory to all. On motion of Alderman Ross, as before stated, the finance committee of the board of aldermen was au thorized to continue negotiations rel ative to the sale of the bonds, re-ad-vertlslng them If necessary. Some member of the committee will prob ably make a trip to some of the Northern cities In the Interest of the sale. It has been suggested In con nection with the delay In the sale of the bonds that the notes falling due AdHI 11th. which were to be met with the proceeds if the bond sale, can be renewed for a limited period. There is little doubt that the strin gency of the money market influenc ed the non-sale of the bonds. Mayor McNlnch stated In this connection that while the stringency in the money market of late has been more pronounced than at any other period for the last 10 or 15 years, yet it Is noticeably strengthening. He, in common with the board, believes that the tightness will soon be remedied and the bonds will be sold easily at par and at the 4 1-2 cent, rate of interest. FRANC II. JONES. water from the two streams furnish ed a subject for a quarter of an hour's debate. Messrs. Carr and Ross held that the fluid that halls from Briar's U the more healthful of the two. The watershed at Irwin's creek, it was said, is of red clay and hence undesirable, while that of the other Btream Is of sand, which gives 'its water a double Alteration. Alder man Carr said that the present sup ply comes from a creek that Is more than liable to go dry In any serere drought and some provision for such an emergency should be made. "Are private filters desirable ?" was the side Issue on which De Falson and Alderman Carr Interjected spice into the discussion for a seoon l or so. Mr. Carr said that the present water contained too much mud for him, his constitution had rebelled and he had found It necessary to Install a private filter. "You would be safer if you drank the water Just as It comes from the station," said the doctor. "I want to keep all the mud and filth out of my stomach that 1 can," retorted Mr. Carr. "I'd break the neck of any man that tried to put a private meter In my house," declared Dr. Falson. This jfuestlon was not submitted to a vote and Is still a draw. The estimated cost of fitting up the old Briar creek station Is from tg.OOO to $12,000. The opinion of the board seemed In favor of this course of ac tion. What action th water com missioners will take and how they will receive the suggestion of the al dermen in this Is a matter to guess about. The ' commissioners have spent quite a lot of money already ande are said to be rather sensitive on the subject of further outlay. The gentlemen who spoke in .favor of the resolution yesterday stated explicitly (hat there was no intention of dic tating or encroaching on the prerog atives of the water men, but merely to call their attention to what Is, In the opinion of the aldermen, a press ing need of the city. All the same, next Tuesday night at the meeting of the commissioners there is likely 'to be something done worth record ing.'' The position of the aldermen on the questions outlined In the foregoing, o far a could be Judged from the discussion, Is that something ought to be done. All are by no- means In agreement with all the propositions contained in the resolution passed. Thejr merely voted for that to bring the question into notice . They do feel, however; that tome action, In those directions is advisable. There was atrong' objection, however, from some, te .Mr, .Cart's Idea of pumping the water from 'the proposed new station across the city, connecting it .with th water main.. It wag bald by be here Sunday, but he did not come. They knew nothing, It was also stat ed, of any relation between Fonvllle and Jones, the missing assistant cash ier of the Charlotte National Bank. Randolph & Co say they are stock brokers, but are not members of eith er the New York, Philadelphia or any other stock exchange." Poet Offices to be Discontinued. In effect March 80," the following post offices In this State will be dis continued, and served by rural free delivery: Bobbltt, Vance county; Chowan and Cisco, Chowan county; Cockley, Edge combe county; :Creeksvllle. Northamp ton county; Lucia, Gaston county; Plnkney, Wayne county; Waugh, Ire dell county; Wiggins Crossroads, Gates county; Ebeneser, Chatham county; Enno, Wake county, and Longtown, Yadkin county. Commencing March 25, 1907, R. p. O- service In trains 3 and 4 will be extended to end at Washington, N. C..' Increasing distance 52.59 miles, making whole distance 1S6.57 miles. Service In trains 7 and 10 will be dis continued, and trains 2 and 6 between Norfolk and Edenton will be know as short runs of the line, which will be designated the "Norfolk, Edenton ft Washington, R. p. o." Mis Margaret Porter to Sing In First Baptist Church To-Day. The many Charlotte friends of Miss Margaret Porter, formerly of Bilt more, will be Interested in the an nouncement that she will sing a solo in the First Baptist church, at the morning service, to-day. Miss Por ter is now one of the soloists of the Metropolitan Temple choir, New York City. Miss Porter possesses a voice of remarkable sweetness and purity and Is winning laurels for herself In the metropolis. Miss Porter Is spending a week In the city -with relatives and, yielding to the entreaties of friends, has kindly consented to give a Charlotte con gregation an opportunity of enjoying gift. . Henry Allison WB1 Talk. The boys' mass meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association this afternoon at 1:80 o'clock will be addressed by Henry Allison, who Is chairman' of the .boys' meeting com mittee. He will speak on "Tempta tion." Lewis Porter will preside. All boys invited. , . y'.t . .., the opponent of this project that -to connect the sources of supply would defeat one purpose for which It was proposed, In that an agency or cir cumstance which put one out of com mission would affect the other simi larly. VV' '.-.'?.-', Easter Music at St. Michael's. Th rhnir of St. Michael's church. colored, will give Crulckshank's Com munion Office and Carrou s "cnrisi. Our Passover" at the 11 o'clock ser vice on Easter morning. In the af ternoon at 4:80 o'clock a cantata, "The Conquering King," by Wilson will be given. The public Is extend ed, by Rev. P. P. Alston, rector, and a M Pnrhran. the oreanlst. a cordial invitation to be present at these services. CHAMBERLAIN'S COt'GH REMEDY "We prefer Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy to anv other for our children." says Mr. L. J. Woodbury, of Twining. Mich. T ha nlen HnnA thm ' wnrk f.r .111 In hard colds and croup, and we take pleas ure in recomme.rainjr u. r or buio dj R. H. Jordan A Co. ANNOUNCEMENTS Business Men's Municipal League Ticket. FOR ALDERMEN. - Ward 1. J. W. Vad9vorth, T. J. Davis, W. I. Henderson, W. T. Hart. Ward 2. F. B. McDowell, i T. S. FYuoklln, L. L. Hackney. Ward S. S. A. Williams, t . T. Smith, W. R. Robertson. Ward 4. i P. M. Cave, G. G. Scott. E. S. Williams. Ward 5. W. G. Shoemaker. . Ward 7. 1 W. C. Maxwell. Ward 8. T. L. Klrkpatrlck, Joe Garibaldi. Ward 9. J. M. House. Ward 10. H. O. Severs. Ward 11. A. Bunn. School Commissioners to follow. ANNOUNCEMENTS We announce ourselves as candidates for Aldermen of Ward Three, subject to the action of the Demorrattc primaries on April 16th. GEO. A. HOWELL. JNO. W. TODD. I announce myself a candidate for Alderman of Ward No. 4. subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. M. K. KIRBT. I announce myself a candidate for School Commissioner of Ward No. 4, subjoot to the action of the Democratlo primaries. R. K. BLAIR. I announce myself a candidate for Alderman of Wsrd No. 4, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. -E. g. WILLIAMS. I announce myself a candidate for Alderman of Ward No. 4, subject to the aotlon of the Democratic primaries. D. H. ANDERSON. We announce ourselves as candidates for School Commissioners, Ward One, subject to the action of the Democratlo primaries. W. H. BELK, A. O. CRAIO, X B. IVEY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman, Ward One, subject to the action of ths Democratlo primaries. A. A, ANTHONY. I announce mvself a candidate for Alderman, Ward One, subject to the ao tlon of the Democratlo primaries. J A 8. A. FORE 1 hereby snnounce myself a candidate for Alderman In Ward One, subject to the action of the, Democmtle primaries. W. L HENDERSON. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman In Ward One, subject to the aotlon of the Democratic m-lmartea WILLIS BROWN. I hers by announce myself a candidate for AMennan from Ware 9, subject to the action of the Democratlo primary. k - JOB KLOU8B. We announce ourselves as candidate for School Commissioners In Ware Eight, subject to the aotton of the pemoerstle primary. ', - . Xi. 9. DAVML' -v V .. J. U SEXTON. , PUIiCELL'3 Ladies Heady-for-Scrvice Clothc3 PUECSLL'CJ Ws $2110 pif S WOMEN'S QUITS, Made In different models, like the above Illustrations. The semi-flttlng model is made of Fancy Brown Stripe Panama, skirt full plaited. The Etons are made Of a variety of light colored English Checks and Stripes of Worsted Panama. VeBt and sleeves fancy braid trimmed, skirt full plaited. This range of styles offers you an excellent opportunity to secure a handsome Spring Suit this week at the special price of $17. 50. WOMBX'S SUITS Of better grade fabrics and Voiles $25.00, $35.00 and $45.00. LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS New Spring and Summer models are arriving every day. We are showing a handsomo range of these In Voiles, Silks and Pana mas. Panama Skirts at $7.98 to $9.95. Voile SWrts at $7.50, $9.05, $12,50 to $25.00. Taffeta Skirts lo-00. LADIES' LONG GLOVES Dent's 12-button real Kid Gloves in Tans, Brown, White and Black. Special this week, at $2.98. Regular value $3.75. LADIES' SILK GLOVES Blacks, Whites and Evening Shades, 12 and 18-button lengths, fingers double tipped $100, $1.50 and $1.75. Evening Shades , .. $1.25. Our New Lingerie Waists are Unusually Attractive New models for this week's selling. Lawn Waists 98c, $1.50 and $2.88; Lingerie Waists $2.98, $3.08 up to $15.00. Net Waists (White Black and Ecru) $4.50 to $10.00. Jap Silk (White and Black) $2.95 to $5.00. Our Waist department offers the greatest selection of waists in the city, Short Kid Gloves. We offer special this week Dent's 2-clasp washable Kid Gloves (Paris stitching), very fine and soft quality White, Tan and Brown $1.50. Women s' 2-QlasD Kid Gloves Exceptionally soft quality, all colors. Special $1.00. "Merode "jbsl. Underwear This well-kno,wn brand of Underwear has stood the test and met with universal favor In New York and the large cities for years and gaining popularity every day. It is decidedly the best and saost perfect fitting underwear on the market. "Onyx" Hosiery is the very best Hosiery made. It appeals to all the women who love fine .Hosiery and who value beauty of design, durability and elasticity. Our stock Is now complete and you can find here hosiery for all occasions. " Gauze Stockings Lisle in Tan, Brown and Black, at a&c. Gauze Stockings Lisle, also Maco Thread; $ pairs for $1.00. r"" Our Special 50 Cent Numbers - Call for 409k and we wilt show you 811k Lisle Stockings, very light weight, double heel and toe; splendid wearing qualities. Tou cannot And Its equal at 78c. ' . .1, - . Embroidered Hosiery at ... r. VV 60 and T5c. 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