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' ! V! I K, ) r ..' t Mo t ki i in 1 i-t if t'l" !. bii.il it wailed for him ts t 1 it, ,u M'uM not "Hp fo, -is indifferent. H is not pm n t hurcb j ickej but paiiirully Indifferent. e iii n I'lincrMiiuu, lunv of the? p'"i'ie are noi uiuy un saved but unserved. "Ttir.w tic problems for thti preach .r Th way of serving Ihcm will not da It has been proven here this, an that under., the present conui f iIl M.nl-irr ii- Pcr tent, or uuiroii- ,v!S.;ll In Order l h'l !.! tlio Preacher Mw bo .Able ho t;Kl Work in the , Street year A r t" !' ; ' '! '' i fli" i i 1 r "ii- si ..f fcion J.u ! tn: ii I i r-Ai-i C'ii'tuniMvtiu-ci. . j The corn crop in atecklonbutgi county this season is considered by j many the best in recent years. It ist strong and healthy looking, well fruit-j ed and hardy and bids fair to produce unusual yield. , ivim limimiws, will be abundant enough to satisfy i ? (.annul tM"t-u - tw- -j i uons a .... r-' t. th. -, nptfi miotic farmer, i ..iitThe indifferent t, irit,!e will mo and hear the the most pesmmisuc larnier. N.m Studies the Itecord oMhc Jlau; mlrrter If he has a reputation, but Who Would Preach to Him He u will not heed his call. Puts Hi Morrl t luiraeier i umji , -xne stranger w.w lamrs nt. iralanrc With That of the Pulpit eer. "Do you realize that the minister of the Gospel is face to face with a jrrviu. problem?" asked an inJiffcrent man of faith. ''yeu, I do. and I think of it every dav." said the church worker. "What per cent, of the people in this city - aUcnd church consider well before you answer, for till is a church-going town?" ' Why, I could not say without time to look into it." "I have Investigated far enough to discover that it is very small yes, alarmingly small. I should say that somewhere between .10 and 15 per, sent. elong to the churches of the v city and - about three-fourths of til members attend rfgularly." ? ."I haw been afraid to search for the truth on that point, yet I have known for a long time that the preachers wefa not reaching the ma jority of the people." "As I see It," said the man who brought up the subject, "the South is tn a transition stage. The people are pouring into the towns and ci ties from the country and; are quit ting the farm for the factory. Take fo example Charlotte, Concord. Gas tonia, Salisbury. ThomasvHle. Lexing ton. High Point and Greensboro, all withta one hundred miles of here. What do you find? The last Federal census shows a falling off In some rural townships in tnis county. None f the strictly country precincts have held their own. What does this brina- boat? "Let us Imagine a rural township for the sake of argument. In that farming community land-owners and tenants, both -white and colored, madu up the population twenty years ago. The sons and daughters of the land lords were brought up to attend church at least once a week, to go to Sunday school and to read the Bl tble. Every home had Its Bible and most of them a .Shorter Catechism. The negroes had small churches or attended white churches. The non landowning white man rarely ever aw Inside of a church. What man raided In a community llkethe one 1 described does not recall an occa 1 atonal poor white man, as he walked down the path to the house of wor ship, slipped In, as M were, dropped in a back seat and listened to the preacher," It was a rare thing to see such persons at church. - But,- these people the three class esthe landlord's children, and those of the white and colored tenants are filling the cities. Are they attending church? We shall drop the .negro. I -do not know whether he Is nihkinj? religious progress or not. Let us consider the white man the land owner and bis former tenant. When ever these two classes get to town the gulf between them closes and in the struggle for existence the bottom rail may get n top. Why, look about you, :id count th instances of that sorW 1 ee the grandsons of wefilthy slave-owners ervlng at 1 clerks for the grandsons of former tenants. The family distinction U posing wUh the years. . ' "The sons and daughter of the former landowner goes to church - when he first gets to town. He drifts from one church to another for a - year or two. stopping wherever he wants to. La.ter he misses occasion . ally, and soon his church attendance becomes Irregular. Kee the fellow on the streets and lie is spick and span and well-behaved. His morals are . right. You cannot name a wrong that he has done. The preacher looks at Wm n1 says' 'Why, that's a splendid man, but he does not tnk any Int'er- . - est In church work?' I heard a lesd- Ing minister ,f this city hold the fol- lowing conversation with Just such a tnan as pictured one day T often Ren J'OU at my church and I like to look In your eye. for you seem to b.j pay ing strict attention to what I say, and "' nothing delights a preacher more than that. But, do ynu know, that . J never knew until last weik thit you ,d1d not belong to a church? Why do you not connect yourself with one?' "I hal not thought about It,' said the man. 'I prefer to go to flint one . and then another,' There are swarms of such people , ,,Tiere, The. preachers cannot arouse Ibem. They will argue that they live -, . 'correct lives. There Is where the trouble lies. Jf those young fellows have money, they give It freely to build churches and Y, M. C. A.'s and . dther houses of worship, 'but you cannot get the man. This is the up twn) preacher's profbU-m. if vm. , reach- that man you must do it In the street. He is the fellow t'lat might be Interested by a friendly touch on the back by a preacher who Is a man and not a weakling. Th ' aissle could not get him. He Is the man who sneers at the preacher with ft Juest1ona'b!e past he who Via ; done things In the distant past to make poopU talk about him. If he knew that a minister had iumoed a note that h obligated to pay or com- grand parade of church peo-1 fli a 4 ?unrtay says Charlotte is , ayerage. The r sees the nle on 8 a cnurcn-going town. ui who looks into the facts and com pares flsures believes differently.- "Our people will go anywhere to hs entertalneJ. The Sunday of the 20th of May celebration ft year ago gnape ftna that The cotton crop Is in fine shape and under normal conditions win yie-ia large returns. Witih fair weatner our ing the last of this month and the acre win ots majority of the co.tton possesses ft line weea ana is well fruited. On the whole, U ia the belief of those who are awustomed to watch things, that the farmers are In tiptop fhOmt siiiFiiEiiTS men ou.i o;;i CKIES LACZIGT AND CLST tqUIrFID CCLLIERIE5 Cmigafeake: & Ohio Coal Cokl Co. M.O.OROOKS GCN.MGR. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA two baseball nines of the detachment brljrnt t0T a prosperous year. of United States cavalry sent nore t , met at the diamond at Latta Parkj ncnort of Presbyterian Hospital me news canio NOTICP. Tp. OUR CUSTOMEUJ. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds end lunff troubles is not affected br the Kha orosDects aral'Natloral Pure Food and Drua law as It COit(ni no ODlutea or nther ' harmful drugs, and w tecommend It as a safe remedy far children and adults. R. H, Jordan A Co. and started a came to tewn and by the time the police officers could go out and stop tnei playing the grandstand waa full of men and women and every pars- bound car was packed and Jammed. The preacher who says runny things and makes local dls can draw the crowd. But the pmn man of God who preaches the Bible, can not attract. Therefore, the hired choir, with its many soloists, fid Jters, cornetlsrts, and other specialists la em. Dloved to attract. It Is not an un usual thing to hear a man who has port of charity over and above out- been to church say mat ne enjoyeamde donations, J421.67; number of the singing, but took no Interest in j outside cases treated, 36. the preac'nlng. . ' j The weacher has ft "problem, He Reixtrt of ; Good Samaritan llosnltal. must reach the indifferent horde fend I ponHn-r i. tn- renort of tihe Oood'i . Following ia the report of the Pres. byterian Hospital for the month of July: Number of daya patients spent in hospital, 1,035; number of patients In hospital July 1, 36; number of pa tlents In hospital July 3, 27; number of patlenta admitted during July, 61; number dismissed during July, S3; births, 0; deaths, 7; operations 25; pri vate "patients admitted in July, 28; ward patients, IS: charity, 8; number of days given to charjty patients, 153; j num-Der or taya given to semt-cnarity patients, 3S3; given by hospital to sup- Interest it. If It Is a sin to sell soft drinks on Sunday. It Is a sin to buy them. The preacher must appeal t the consumer. Convert him and the.t there will be no need of a Sunday law." HE IS A LITTLE HUFF'. Mr. Bradford, of Gwndersmirg, If Von Please, air. W. B. Bradford, assistant post master of Charlotte, walked Into Th Observer office yesterday afternoon with a belligerent expression on his countenance. ! "I'm not from Ferreltqwn," ho ejac ulated suddenly. "Well, who said you were7" inquir ed member of the local force. "The Chronicle did," he answered, with an air of injured Innocence. "And I thave come in here to have that statement corrected. I am not from Ferreitown. I am from Gmderwburg. Yes, Oandersburg up here In Cabar rus county. After having gone to all the trouble of being born in Ganders burg, The Chronicle eomes out this afternoon and refers to me as having come from Ferreitown. Not that I have a word to say against Ferrei town it la a community for wihich I have the highest respect, but Jut the same time, in the Intercuts of accuracy I want it stated that I am from Gan derfrburg and not Ferreitown," con tinued Mr. Bradford. "I am proud of having been born In Qandersburg;" some of Charlotte's imost prominent citizens came here from Gand-?rburg. Besides myself, there are Mr. Qharlea W, Johnston, of the Highland Park mill; Mr. J. A. Sims, of Dtlworth. and antt ana well, there are several others, tout I can't think of them just now. Any how, Just have that statement The Chronicle made corrected, will you?" The correction is mode herewith. Henceforth let all parties take warn ing that Mr. W. B. Bradford is. from Gandersburg, not Ferreitown. Samaritan Hospital, colored, for the month of July Just closed: Patients in hospital July 1st, 7; patients admit ted during July, 13; patients discharg ed during July, 11; ipatlents in hospit al at present date 7; deaths, 2;' opera tlons. 6; number of days' treatment in hospital, 202; outside cases 5. The re port Is signed by Anna Buchanan, ma tron. . , . . MrsV Lilian Ifolmcsley Bott. Mrs,, Lilian Holmesley Bott. former ly of this city; Is making quite a repu tation as a singer In London. Recent ly she was invited to sing on a pro gramme with Caruso. She has a sweet, lyrlo soprano voice. Mrs. George Holmesley. her mother, will Join her In London soon and they will go to Berlin for a visit. STANDARD ADDING MACHINES , Highest In. quality, du rability and efficiency and lowest in price f Ml B $185 Model E $250 J. E CRAYTON & CO. ' General Agents, 217 South Tryon Street CHARLOTTE, 5. a A Sticff Piano Free For ;nuw MISS XISA BIJpWS DEAD. Dauciiter of Mrs. Jennie Brown Snc- eumlm to Typhoid Fever Was I'opitlar and EWeh'nt Telephouo Operator A Member of Mst Ave nue Tabernacle Interment to be nl Amity. After three weeks' Illness with ty phoid fever, Mis Nina Brown, daugh ter of Mrs. Jennie Brown, .lied yes terday afternoon at her home, No. 311 Kouth McDowell street, at 3:30 o'clock. Funeral services will be con ducted Ahls morning at 9 o'clock from Ent Avenue Tabernacle, of which Bhe was a member, Rev. W. W. Orr, the pastor, officiating. The Interment will be at Amity Church, in the coun try, at It o'clock. MIks Brown m hut 19 years old, In the prime of vivacious and attrac tive youth, and by her disposition, ac complishments and deportment had won many lasting frlen.ls who will be grVved to learn of her death. For three years she had 1een n most effi cient operator In the office of the Southern Bell Telephone Company In Charlotte. Miss Brown wa the .laughter of the late (Mr. J. Boss Brown, who died four years ago. she Is survived by her mother, four slaters, Misses Ruby, Ray, Budle and TV.irl, end two brothers, Messrs. J. Ross, Jr., and Johnston Brown. The family moved to Charlotte from the Amity section some two years ago. Salisbury Young people Hun Away to Charlotte and Marry. At the residence of Rev. Hugh K Boyer, pastor of Tryon Street Meth odist -church. Mr. James K. Belt and Miss Daisy Lee Kesler, both of Salis bury, were married at 8 o'clock, Mr. Boyer officiating. It was a runaway affair, there being objection to the mateii on t)he part of the father of the bride, present at the ceremony were .-Hisses naaei ana Ruth Moser. of promised himself in anv other , i Greenville, . c. The uartv left in. ,hf would not trust him. The sweet ! "lately Rr the marriage for singer In the choir would not attract . Greenville, K. C, where the bride and mm to the church If he knew she groom win make t'heir home In th fu was not Just what she outfht to be ln4lurc To be given by the Chautauqua Associa tion to the person sell ing the greatest' num ber of season tickets. In this contest the managers of the fall festival do not give a cheap piano, therefore the workers have a prize in view worthy of their best efforts. . See piano in our window. Fof further informa tion, call or write. " Watch for next ad. Chas M. Sticff Manufacturer of the Piano with the sweet tone. 5 West Trade St., CHARLOTTE, N C. 0. H. WILMOTH, Manager. Sale .! CASES and COUNTERS Owing to the rearrange ment of our store we' are of fering for sale four hand some 8-fobt Show Cases to- ! gether with their counters. 6. A. M I . JEWELER herland Pictures On Sheets People appreciate good Pictures. This is shown by the fact that ' when we make a picture win dow our picture ; sales increase . wonderfully (Whew,- how conceit ed!) But you look in our north- window to day and you will see a picture you want it may only cost a quar ter, it may be the ever popular KnofM Ma donna at $7.50.; but anyway 4 .-. ..';'" . . ' ,. Please Take a Look. Stoned Baniger Co. Booksellers I ... ,...i...... and Stationers. so we tell you to buy . l 1 u- tbvs, "We Have a complete line of summer, weight Trous ers; all the fashionable pat . terns and fabrics. If , you buy" from us you , are making 'a selection from the test. line to be seen. -.' Goods sent on approval return able at ourv expense. . lixin.niximn-nrnTTTX PI! r - Ifi I yh ' LONG-TATE CLOTHING CO. Give Me Some Thin Underwear HI The Tate - Brown Go. Extreme Price Reductions Mens' Straw Hats Without reserve,' we "have subjected every Straw Hat in the house to a reduction of one-half. There is "character" in any Straw Hat "froti this store, and right materials and sterling workmanship. ' ....... All Straw Hats one-half original price. ; . The Tate - BroVn Ca No. 6S. Tryon Street. Just Whisper Off the Square." in V We're hearing this cry . constantly these -days, and we never fail to respond to the , call at once, . - - -Our line , of - Breezy Underwear is very com . v f ortable. ' . I , , , . We've the Balbriggan, Lisle, Gauze, Nain- ' , ' sook, Mesh, . etc., etc. . , " ' . . ' 50 Cents to $1.50 Per Garment, v It's our variety of undenvear materials and Z our unusual range of sizes, coupled to our reasonable price, that brings us such a large - ' Underwear business. We want your Un- : derwear , business. !;" Yorke Bros. (L Rogers.' Rofl Top Desks Flat Top Desks Single and Doable Desks in J . her everyday life. In other words. he is the man that quietly weighs . church people In the balance. He , I'xtks at himself and says Will. I do f not drink. 1 pay my debts, I take .care of those dependent upon me, and m free from all small vices. It is true that I have weaknesses, but 1 . m better than that fellow. Lt him . .aweep about his own door and then come to mine.' - "This clas Is on the Increase. Ev Mr. Heat Is in the employ of th .Southern Railway, and Is liked by those who know him. The bride Is pretty and tdi twr make a handsome couple, Itaschail To-lay at Uitta Park. The mechanical force of th.- morn ing paper and a baseball team mm. I poed of local talent, rcJo, ng (pre. Jsumahly, since It Is self-imposed) In it'lie noetic and classical ampliation eryoody knows him, but no one can1'1 hlta Bocks will m-nt on the dta eharge him with crime or sins of .mond this afternoon t laMa Park commission. He Is what lh.j world An ,lrVM'"0,1 or 2i lPnt 'M be calls a moral man. Of course he knows that he jihould lea 1 a different life, but h Is willing to take his chances with others. - "What has become of the ntner i1m tho ones who are still strug. Cling for the dally wage? Ha he Improved religiously? The wealthier people have built him chapels, but does he appreciate and attend them? J am told that h does nl. He Is making money and "a his live nd dreas well, but they are not t. p Jaly Interested in the little church on the bill.; If he had helped to build PREVENT HEADACHE. ToreJ them? No 1 them. Ramon's fratniit of Liver Pills and Tonic Psi !! strengthens the liver and dlaetivk ).mii an hst fiy 6ft tbHr own work t"1 fsr)fW your constitution' ga!nt future trouble. Entire trsutrotnt 20, cnargecj. une players are amateurs not commeK'lHllsu, In ' tihe strictest sense and charge money only hrcaus th grounds must be paid for, but the artiup' or ball promised will be worth It. Both teams havp played fast ball at times this season and will probably oi tne same wung lo-ttay. U(tn will t admitted free. j -v , . . , 1 iL Ii J. I Two more solid trains of trooos of tha tttate of Bouth ,srllna passed through Charlotte yesterday en route from Jamestown, it was a floe look ing set of men, - , ' A MEMORABLEDAT. " , One of th days we rememntr with pleasure ns well as witli profit to our hhh. Is Hi ene on which we bcrsms ciualntd with Dr. King's New tlf rilis. 'h. palrleM. puriflerg ht-curs hesdfhe And blllomnfjs, snd heeo Lb tioweU right Sic. at ail drug stores. Do not lose a night's f est .by the worry' of mosquitoes and , flics. Como. , to this store and get a Dixie Canopy. ' ? ; . . ' " ' The" Dixie is. the best-it insures .comfort, and where the Dixie, is once used no other will do. ' ' , WTe carry the Dixie frames to fit either wood or metal beds, price $3.00, and we attach them to the bed pithout extra charge. We carry the cheaper Canopies, including the CUmax or the turn-over kind, which swings from the ceiling. Prices range $1.75 to $2.50. . If not' convenient to call, 'phone yeur order in; all ,'phone orders , receive prompt attention. ; New lot of Porch Rockers just received and we will bo pleased to have you call on us when in need of anything for the porch. ' , r fttniiitmimim The Home Furnisher. TiiyilI,',11lltl,TTT W.T. McCOY Office' Furniture of allbds is what we carry in stock all the time. " ; The office is the home of. the business man andv the -professional man. You cannot have things too con venient around you. Modern 'office equipments are ' the best investment you can ' make. They should not be viewed as anexpense but as an investment that pays. -! ' $20.00 to $100.00 $15.00 to $75.00 $3.50 to $40,00, ... . r $5.00 to 60.00 $18.00 to $25.00 $12.50 to $20.00 Roll-Top -'Desks , Flat-Top Hesks . Office Tables . . Typewriter Desks . . Book-keepers' Desks Conv Press Stands . Tnrlex File Cabinets .. : $1.00 to $8.00 Vertical Letter File Cabinets $15.00 to $25.00 Legal Blank Cabinets $10.00 to $20.00 , Insurance Blank Cabinets ,: $10.00 to $20.00 Document Cabinets $3.00 to $15.00 Letter Files, Index Cards; Office Supplies of all , kinds ; 10 suit any uuumuss., ' We are exclusive agents for the Macy System Book uases ana filing uaDineis oi an iunu. Equip your office with the Macy,:line, and you havo the best. Mm - Mm Ci A' t..
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