'Jj.LiU i)A1J.(.
iiolcomu jiikktim:: clo:;:j
'lrr TiiUIih' 1 1 In Departure UiO
J'laiii" :nl Tlmiiko.l All oC 1'Uoho
AVIio J! ljc,l Him With Ilia i-'-rxUm
IIo Not l'Vpit the NewKixi
per of the CityThe Crowd ,Wm
. v fto Great Lsat Nltcht That - the
Church Would Not Hold It A Nunv.
Imt of Persona Join the Church ;
Many Store ConTcrtMl A , Collec
tion Taken for the 1 Teacher and
,. . Ills btagotv ,;' -.... . r .;;-'
The meeting" which has been - In
progress at Tryon Street Methodist
church tor the past- three weeks, con
. iduoted by Bev. Mri Holoomb . closed
. lasf night! , Mr. Holcomb, Mr. Boyer,
' and other .workers In the meeting fix
the number ' of . conversions ; and ; jrt
clamantlons at. between four and firs
-Jundred. ' , There were 85 sedition to
sn Street church yesterday morn
; hV on profession of faith and eight
: by .letter as results from the 'meet
- Ing. - iyii:;?-'-:f,i
, The 'order of ' the service at Tryon
; Street was changed considerably yes,
. terday 1 morning. The song service
began at 10:30 and continued for 30
"I minutes or more, after which Mr.
-.Boyer led the congregation In prayer.
i f us then announcea tfcat a new speak
er orywould occupy the. platform for a
short time and lot special purpose.
.The new speaker was Mr. John. A.
'friMoRae?' and ;-,hlsv mission was,' to
".'secure the contribution from the
congregation for the service of Mr,
" Holoomb and Mr. Smoot during the
, v past three weeks.
Before the subscription was" taken
.' Mr. Boyer expressed his appreciation
. of " what Mr. Holcomb and Mr.
: Smoot's presence has meant to the
, meeting. He spoke of his long ac-
n; Qualntance with Mr. Holcomb, and of
his confidence in him as a man. as
a preacher and as an evangelist He
; said further that he wished to thank
the people who had stood by the
' meeting during the three weeks, sup
porting it with their presence and
their , prayers. Mr. Boyer also ex
pressed his appreciation" to the press
of the city for the liberal amount of
space given to the reports, of the
, meeting. He said that this had been
" a great help to the meeting. In this
1 connection he referred to a misunder
standing which occurred early In the
meeting between the preachers con-
ducting the meeting and tne newspa
pers, saying . this misunderstanding
caused small space to be given to
the meeting) for a few days, but that
after the misunderstanding was ad
justed the space given was' more
liberal than that given by most seou
,' lar papers to religious meetings.
' BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE HUN
DRED CONVERTED.
Mr. McRae in beginning the sub
scription fund stated that Mr. Hol
comb had not mentioned to the pas
tor or to any member of the church
What amunt he expected for hts ser
vices. Speaking of the Work done by
Mr. Holcomb in this meeting he said
that he conducted two services a day
for the first two 9eeks, and three
services a day for the third week,
and that the number of professions
of conversion and reclamations had
reached about 450 In number. After
. giving these figures he said that the
free will ottering from those who had
attended the meetings' should be very
liberal. Sometime was spent In tak
ing the collection, which amounted to
between four and five hundred dol
lars, in cash and subscriptions.
Mr. Holcomb game Into the church
about 12 o'clock,, and spoke for only
a short time. Ha did. not preach, but
made some practical remarks relative
to the meeting and to the new con
verts. He said that when he reach
ed Charlotte he was so tired and worn
from the campaign in which he was
.engaged Just before coming here that
he did not know how he could hold
out to conduct this meeting, but he
said his stay in Charlotte had been
so delightful ihat he had felt rested
as he had gone oh with these services,
and that he now was more rested.
He said that he would leave here this
morning with a keen appreciation in
his heart for the many persons. In
Charlotte ho had shown to Mr.
Smoot and himself courtesy and kind
ness. Mr. Smoot, he said, was so de
lighted with the city that he would
'remain here another day.
MR. HOLCOMB IS THANKFUL.
He said that this meeting had
created less opposition than most
meetings do, that as a rule they are
criticised much more than this 'one
had been. He knew he had aald
some things that had -run against no
tions of some people. "I know this,"
said he, "and they usually, cause
pretty hot times, but you folks were
big hearted and big brained enough
to accept what I have said and ssy
nothing."
He thanked the people for what
ever amount they had given him, say
ing, "I don't know how much It is,
but If It is one dollar I shall go away
from here to-morrow morning shout-lag-
It, and If It la a thousand dollars
X guess I will shout at that."
' He expressed his appreciation next
to. the people who had attended the
meeting, to the choir, to the pianist,
and to the organist. Of the last
named he said "I should like to take
Mr. Huyck and 'hike' away with him;
I think him one of the finest organists
I have ever heard."
He spoke next of his pleasure at
being wjth Mr. Boyer. He said he
considered him one of the' best men
In Southern Methodism.
1 Speaking of this he declared: "I
wish you folks would tell the presiding
elder and the bishop that you don't
want brother Boyer any longer, and
I will give him $3,600 a year until I
get busted and then I will throw him
back on Tryon Street."
It is his rule, he said, to hold none
but union meetings, but he said he
could not refuse Mr. Boyer anything,
and that he would come and hold a
meeting for him In his study it he
'should ask him. He spoke of Mrs.
... Byer also and said that she was Mr.
Boyer's better "two thirds."
nE THANKS THE PRESS OF THE
cm. ,
: Mr. Holcomb spoke '.next. of the
dally papers of the city and said: "I
want to thank the papers for the
r liberal amount of space they have
given this meeting, f have Ven told
:that no union meeting ever held In
i vimiiuuf nu so znucn space
ren to; It by the secular papers as
riven xnia meeting. And never
have. I had such correct rennrta r.
,f nlshed of any meeUng I have held as
w0MJr,vm n' 1 wnt t thank
-Miss Mamie Bays for the splendid re-
porta furnished The Observer from
i, dajr to day, of the meetings In this
'. church. I . want to , thank Mr,
Stephenson tor his fine reports of the
f meetings at the Academy of Music.
, I want to thank Mr, Banks for his
;." reports In The News. I want to thank
:; The Evening Chronicle for furnishing
news about the meeting not publish
ed elsewhere. I want to thank es--:
psclally Mr. Bryant for tfvlng me the
; text ,of mf Thursday night sermon,
', and I want you alt to' keep that text
''V:-':VVovnd AT last.; '-: -V
,. " J. A. Hsnhon, ef Ltsemrre,' West Vs".,
says! "At Inst have found the perfect
pill that nerer Slaappntnts tne; and for
the benefit of others smicte.1 with torpkt
, )irr ans rhronle ronsttnatimt, will say:
; tatre fr. Klna-e New Life Pills." Otiar
, antes satisfactory. ' JUj. at all srogthrts.
TI.ro Muli) I'olltk;.! 15- -ler of Twljiola
Visilcy 1 m ji Jesuit H l;u'l'iii (nil t
The Voters of 0alr Charlotte
, 111 AI.Uiin.Hilc Tk'kvt Will AlMftl
to tin; . lViriiri of .' thu Sinner A.
, rhuform That Any lt:al lAm Man
C an 8lund on Without Slipping X
' Mlll-rnd Solo of l'olkciiH-u-to One
of Uie I'lanks Otler Good Things
I'romltM'd. v.v'y'i,v'
Dr. Fuzzy Hannon, the Dick Crqker
of Tadpole Valley, has issued his call
to-the patriots and there Is no uncer
tain, ring to It. In' asking for the votes
of his fellow men he .presents his case
ia English' that a child could under
fHear;.hlm4For,;;,mayon;o
Hnljknowa',ftous'f;;lL..s the most
available man, ; The colonel has been
on the water wagon for several years
but must now come down ana make
room for ,others.t;Kiij:ti5rls'
"For aldermen of ;v Greater Char.
lottef y Jw-;i-:-Y.L i'J : -
There are to be. eleven of us, and 25
years hence we will be known as the
Big Eleven, who made Greater Char
lotte famous. We hope to bs elected so
that we can see how big a yarn we can
tell and prove by our ten fellows. We
axe out for votes first, then graft.
"Here we come: 'Patrick Palmer,
first cousin to Big Mary Jane; Red
Buck, a friend of Col. JeaQ Napoleon
Ingram; Eddie Stone, the sweet bari
tone singer, of the Bloody ; Third; W
J. Hannon of Tadpole Valley; G. W.
Klstler, of Frog Town; M. M. Wallace,
of Sloppy Hollow; Sam Wilson, the
calf killer; Warren Roar k. of pigeon
Creek; W. F. Bennett, the cow man;
Fred Chambers, of Robbers' Row and
Joe Klouae, of Veal Alley. ;
"Now we are calling you to the
pons, we want your vote and must
have it to save the city. Come to see
us before you sell, , We have the
dough, peruna and medicine for the
cook. Our bottles are always open,
and we know that you have your
price. We will do anything to get your
vote. We would put your mother-in-
law on roller skates and turn her
loose. If you have not that luxury we
can get you one so that you may, en
Joy life as Jonah did-when In the
belly of the whale.
"Our platform: For street commls
sioner we will elect William Henry
Hall, of the Georgia swamps; city at
torney,' Lawyer Bill Roberts, of Crab
Orohard. We expect to repeal all laws
now on the books and begin Greater
Charlotte With a clean record.
"We will abolish the police and Are
commission, and give the commission
ers Jobs on the water wagon.
"We will abolish the office of chief
of police and make the sergeants per
form in the recorder's coirt.
"For recorder of the city we will
elect Col. R. O. Colt, a veteran of
three wars, the Mexican, the civil and
the Spanish-American, who went
through without serious damage. The
colonel promises to treat all alike, glv
Ing Justice to none. He declares his
Intention to issue ad testlflcandums
for hts friends when he gets dry.
"We will have a mill-end sale of
policemen every spring for the benefit
of the ' farmers, the proceeds to be
Invested In peanuts for the squirrels at
Vance Park.
"We will consolidate the offices of
treasurer and tax collector and wire
the police department of Winston-Sa
lem to express, prepaid, that little
swamp angel, with golden Vinge, Col.
Burkus Asbury, and put him in
charge.
"We, Will grant free license to all
drug stores, provided they give each
of us a key to the Wine cellars. We
will Instruct the city physician to write
scripts freefor all ex cept on election
days and during religious revivals. Not
whitewash your tongues and come a-
running.
"We will make a cruelty-to-anlmals
law for the protection of policemen.
"We will vote ourselves salaries of
ISO each, and give our ten associates
JO cents.
"We will pave all streets with pan
cakes and fill the gutters with milk
and honey.
"We will Issue bonds to pay for
cow that have contracted tuberculo
sis from drinking city water the past
two years.
"We will employ a blind woman to
chaperone all courting couples In the
various city parks.
"We belong to all the clubs, leagues
and Churches. Take the case."
Dr. Hannon Is a little late with his
thunder but it roars all right.
Shrine rs to Meet In Los Angeles, Cat.
In May.
The annual convention of the An
cient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mys
tic Shrine, will be held in Loo Angeles,
Cal, this year from the 6th. to the
11th, of May. Delegates will be in at
tendance from all sections of the
land. Many Shrlners from other coun
tries will also be present The Indi
cations are that the meeting will be
the largest ever held. Oasis Temple,
which Is located In Charlotte, will be
well represented by the special ap
pointees made at the December meet
ing. Omar Tmple, the young daughter
of Oasis Temple, which was recently
Instituted' In Charleston,, S. C, will be
officially represented for the reason
that It Is operating under a dispensa
tion and Is not yet one of the great
family. Itsicharter will be granted at
the Los Angeles meeting.
To 8olldt Funds forx the Y. V. C. A.
The following named ladles have
been appointed a committee to
launch the campaign for funds for
the Toung Women's Christian As
sociation: Mrs. F. C, Abbott, chair
man; Mesdaraes Peter 8., Gilchrist,
W. O. Rogers, W. C. Alexander and
Walter 8. Llddell. It Is the purpose
of the friends of the T. W. C. A. to
raise 150,000. Charlotte people were
good to the T. M. C. A. and the bet
ter half of the population are going
to see how gallant the ' men are.
Canvassing committees will be ap
pointed and the town will be worked
thorooughly.
going until evil Is conquered here. I
am delighted with the courtesy shown
the meeting by the papers, and I
think If the meeting could continue U
would be only a little while until The
Observer would give the reports space
on the first page. "I .don't know
whst the 'circulation of these three
papers Is, but The Observer ought to
have a circulation of from 40 to 50
thousand. The News A circulation of
from SO to SI thousand, and The
Chronicle of from 15 to JO thousand,
After these remarks Mr. Holcomb
spoke for a little while on those
things that tend to. growth In grace,
and those which prevent such growth.
In the afternoon . Mr, Holoomb
preached ; on' "Heaven," , and "Pro
fanlty" was his subject at nlghC The
attendance at all of the services eras
large, The nlghtr service v was. 'the
largest of the meeting. , The church
ws- psoked and many were turned
sway. t Mr. Holoomb preached On pro
fanity. . V ; ' . : - ;."
Mr. Holcomb leaves to-day for
Dayton, O., where he begins a meet
ing this) Week, .ittmej-K3n). ,
v,v. " Ttie; coining spring
; t Fashion has so dcJcided'and it is therefore time to
' have prepared for you
the city. '
':"';-', ' V ";'."' ''"'
' All of our high-class
with us and in almost all
chaser of that exclusiveness which is so desirable.
Lot 1, including many fabrics, a; $17.50.
Lot 2, including Panamas and Voiles, $25.00.
Your selection is advisable early for ruick delivery, as our alteration
department is overtaxed.
Mail Orders Prompt. ,1
Death of Miss Mary Abbott.
Mr. F. C. Abbott was called from
church yesterday by a telegram an
nouncing the death of his sister, MIsb
Mary M. Abbott, at her old honje at
Waterbury. Conn. The end came
suddenly. A card had been received
from Miss Abbott last week and she
spoke hopefully of her condition. A
letter from her nurse, the following
day said that all was well. Therefore
the news of her death was quite a
surprise.
Miss Abbott spent the Christmas
holidays of a year ago here and Is
pleasantly remembered by those who
made her acquaintance.
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUOH REMEDY.
A FAVORITE.
"We prefer Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy to any other for our children," says
Mr. L. J. Woodbury, of Twining, Mich.
"It has also done the work f r us In
hard colds and croup, and w take pleas
ure In recommending it." For sale by
R. H. Jordan & Co.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Business Men's Municipal
League Ticket
FOK ALDERMEN.
Ward 1.
J. W. Wadsworth,
T. J. Davis,
W. I. Henderson,
W. T. Hart
Ward 2.
P. B. .McDowell,
T. 8. FYanklln,
L. L. Hackney.
Ward S.
C. A. Williams,
Z. T. Smith,
W. R. Robertson.
Ward 4.
P. M. Cave.
O. Q. Scott.
E, S. Williams.
Ward S.
W. G. Shoo ma kef.
Ward 7.
W. C. Maswcll.
Ward 8.
T. L. Klrkpatrlck,
Joe Garibaldi.
Ward 9.
J. M. House.
Ward 10.
11. O. SeVers.
Ward II.
A. Bnnn.
School Commtssloncrn lo follow.
We announce onraelvei si candidates
for Aldermen of Ward Threo. subject to
the action of the Democratic! primaries
on April Kth.
OEO. A. HOWW.U
JNO. W. TO DO.
I announce mrself a candidate for
Alderman of Ward No. 4, subject to the
action of the Democratic primaries.
M F. K.1KHT.
I announce myself, a candidate for
School Commissioner, of W ard No. 4,
subject to the action of the Democratic)
primaries. ft. K. BI.AIR.
I announce myself a candidate for
Alderman ef Ward No. 4. subject to the
action of the Democratic primarloa.
- E. R, WILLIAMS.
I announce myself a candidate for
Alderman of Ward No. 4. aublect to the
action of the Democratic primaries.
P. H. ANDERSON.
We announee ourselves as candidates
for School Commissioners. Ward One,
subject te the action ef the Democratic
primaries.
Tf I1.-PEUI,
A, O. CRAld,
J. B. 1VET.
ft mm mti it l.nflltn. n.,l a ...jij.
for Alderman, Ward One, subject to the
cuuu vi ui rvpuNvnuo primaries.
f ah i nun i .
Alderman. Ward One, subject to the ac
tion of the Damocratle nrtmarlea.
ASJ.. a. . Funs.
t hereby announce mvself a andidata
for Alderman In Ward One, subject to
the action of the Democratic nHmarlea.
f hereby announce myself a candidate
for AMnransn In Ward One. uhiMt in
the action ef the Demoeratle primaries.
; - .' willw brown!
hereby announce myself a eanindat
for Alderman from Ward I, subject to
the action ef the Democratlo primary,
We announee ourselves as candMataa
for fee hoot Oommlsetoners In Ward Eicht.
subject te the action of the Democratic
primary,. s. v , .- m: ,- :
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ladles' F.cady-fcr-Ccrvico Clothes
season is' to be one of : suits for ladies. Pame,
a selection of suits that you
; ' ' '
.;"';''"-. ' ,,v '
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cases we ' carry but one of
Two Specials
PUR-CELL'S
RE FRI G ERATORS
Odorless Refrigerators are superior to all others,
because they protect the contents against all odors
or tastes.
Onions and cream can be kept side by side with
out risk to either.
A special lot of Kitchen Utensils and Papier
Mache Trays. These are very useful, as well as
beautiful to look upon.
The ladies are especially requested to call and
see these goods. Our display windows will show
many of these goods. '
We reeeive new novelties every day. It will pay
you to visit our store often. No trouble to show you.
WEDDINGTON
liARDWAR
20 E. . Trade Street.
4 9tf&
Of the M. P. B. & L. Ass'n
went into effect on Saturday, the 2nd
inst. The subscriptions for this series
are coming in freely, but to accommodate
the public we will keep the books open
during the whole month of March and,
prospective borrowers will do well to
apply at once
I
S. WinKOWSKY
, President
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To those who drive, a part of their satisfaction
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Kelly-Springiicld Tires
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