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EuiiSciurnoN emeu. x JjMLI". e yeaf ""m mouth ............... j.w V , ico uiouttia One year t x months ................... .W '.three months .............. UaUSHElTs' ANNOUNCEMENT. No. 34 South Iryon street Tele thon number Business office, Bell 'phone city editor' office. Bell 'lioue 1M; cews editor'! office. Bell , 'phone 23. Advertising rates ere furnished on application. Advertiser may ieel sure that turough the coluuui of Uil paper they may reach al Charlotte ad a portion of the best people In .- this SUte and upper feouth Carolina. Thia paper give correspondents a ,. , wide latitude aa It thinks public policy permits but it Is In no case reepon : sible for their views. - It Is , much pre l erred that correspondents sma . .tislr names to their articles, espe cially in cases where they attack persons or Institutions, though this is not demanded. The editor reserve : the right to give the name of cor . tespondent when they are demand i d for th purpose of personal satis faction. To receive consideration a communication must be accompanied by the H ue came -of the correspon-, dent.- '.': ,, , ... , visitors to thbTexpositiox UIU find Tins Observer at the North Carolina Building' on the grounds and on sale at the following named places in Norfolk: , Pott A Kocdcr. . Montloello News Stand. "-'" llw American Newspaper Co. 7MO.VDJI lIV ACGi t;ST19,l07r" A'ORXH CAROLINA SECURITIES. ' The Charleston Neva and. Courier, dlsouaslng the nacent declinatures of Stow . York and Baltimore bankers to invest In North Carolina, securities, la not surprised at their unwillingness to do so "there has boeji so much dis cussion ; recently In the newspapers awd in the courts about North Caro llna's disregard of vented. Interests. iTha Charlotte Observer," It aays, "re tnlnds tfixe leylsJaitoira In Its Slate and Its mifilia mt trentuAW that thv 'jrvust learn from the Instances that : indiscriminate war mpon enterprise f3xa already wrought mischief, and if (persisted In will iprove ruinous.' That Is very true," The Nefwa and Courter fcontlnws, but it appears to It "that the New York broker anight have been a llttlo more diplomatic In his tatomlmt. North Carolina Is one of the richest States in the Union. Its (material resources are enormous and "dti flnanichal condition Is sound as that f any other State in the country- As our Charlotte eontomiporary nays, 'it was mover so able to pay Its obliga tion as now, and the masses ol the people were never more willing to pay them.' This la all truev but 'the masses of the ry;c-ple' have been ne glectful of their 'political duties and Hill not regain their lost favor in so- called financial circle -until they have onanl.festad a rorise!v.Mv.i inlfoe. est in their awn welfare tby sjelcetlng only men of approved conservative character to rprsent them In the making and in the administration of their laws." That Is "the very truth .The Observer nought to enforce yes terday in an editorial, "It la Tfonf? to Call a Halt." The State Is all right; It people are all right; ibut they have been too much -given to allowing oth- ers to do their thinking when th!:e .1.1.1.1.. !...,..., , .. ..! v loiiiruim i. u.Winv una m.i. WT th'oae they are trying to lead . Utelr way. we are anxious only that: th p),ople think for .themselves; i Trtien they do tlia.t they think rlgM; and that thej- stamp the tato with the polirles the execution of which through Its 1eil :.Mon and othrrwl.te Will hli. IhCHt ifnr It .mil l.eul ranmnui.n Ini,', IKiii.xi Ivi-n In 11 lliorp llllmlll.ll :. tho intent ..f l, rw' . CharteMon contemiixwary la Quito right a!bout the material rtyjourees 'Ollna. tout men JudC: bv whui ihrv hm r., if ti, m.. i . ,Aut it- ; fcaJnet f:tterprle and vested rights, Nil&t wonder If th' v beemne unar.l. Imi of It? Thin uploion on -,e trt of that capital which is m necea aary to our r-Hrd and ether Im provement i what ive would hare our people who h;ive a .stake in Koiii.h Carolina and want to do what ' Jt hum. for it and thcrn Jvw to liae ft eire about. Tho New and Courier ay furtner: " "The Invtline mihile win nroi.ai.iir tblnk better of .North Carolina sceurltie wt'er A little wiitl v would tiijfeVeM, tiowever. that in view of Its srrea' ma frlsl urosrrem and Its own trurvfilouM rotiro's It ouKht to ti praeiii tilii to plsco all sound Notlh Curnllna cenrilie with Nortli Carolina peoplo, L,(t the ppo ple thamselvea hold tbelr own aeouritle. Jt will ft" rruinitei'l that at the c!0a '.tn1 7neo-PruiMil.n war. France not fart of Lorraine and yearly i, wholb of Alsace, Kn that u we 4 reqttirei in sddltlen te pay a war indemnity of S.tKrt,. ewflrm francs or l.enft.W.fl'O. A very .Urge part of tfila cnoruwiua Indenmllv fcs paid by the people of France upon snetirliles Issued by the rvernmr.t of that wwitry. What the people .of Frame .!ld fr-r thefr country In Hie time of lt',,., , ,. . , . it frestftst dislrens the peon)" of North fsrollna may do for their Stat, even if &tl tho mrw.elilHlK- V),irfl.niulrt.- ...Hi,. ' -of Ne Tork and rtaltimuro at d other reenir cen'rea shield fall them. Jr North . Carolina should place its securities trilh It own people they would, he parllciilar- f. ly eareful In the eholc of the mn who make and administer their laws." " JTihat would l Ideal hut the Ideal n ir v 1 -a Etirrri. Aimn am na toU nft enouigfr Idle money to absorb M etnsrUies; ceither has South Caro lina? tooth borrow In Now York, phti deilphia,. Baltimore, and wherever , Islsa money it to T had. TV mc kj of ttie rrewcJi experiment waa phtneitta---ber is nr4 & paraU QW.'to-hlrtjotit'ttrt It has been Cb frwld's talk evt elm n svoji demormtrated, m hlch was dona In remarkably brief tin -of two mw cn4 ft faalf fUr the Ind'emnHy mwi naa. toy Oerniany. Itut wjiat rranco did Jforth Carolina ewmot do, Jt icust :onttau to bkurroiw abroad and Its ability to do (hi must decllh If tal'th u tfhaSum In Ita integrity and . Vn.hv this csiptlon The Lii'-rnry IM gest sets several of Jia contemporaries r ;ht as to the con.tr ntion in the South, specifically In North Carolina, In the matter of taking this railroad rate cases into the United , States Court. AVe quote: "The deprivation of the risht to trans fer cases to the Federal courts Is what Is complained of as a 'nullficatlon' of the constitutional rights of the railroads. A considerable number of papers appeur to be laboring under the impression that tlx-ee States forbid the railroad)) to ap peal to the Feder.il courts, undr penalty of losing their rights to do business aith in the State, bo that the railroads would have to get Justice in the Hiate rourts or not at all. Some of U-e most prominent papers Ir. New York. Philadelphia, and other cities seem to bo under this im pression, and quits naturally denounce the laws in 'strong term. This i a misapprehension. Whst thfeo State lawa condemn Is the common railway practise of transferring; civil case to the Federal courts at once, without wailing for the decision, of finy State court; whereas' the proper course, under these luws, is to appeal the eases up throufih the State eourts, appealing, if desired, from tiie State Supreme Court to the United States 8'ipreme jCourt." , This te the Idea exactly, and Tn Literary Digest further elucMaes Jts fproposltlon 'by this qtiotaaon from The Railway World, of Philadelphia: . "While the railroads are fully Justified In carrying their saHes through th Federal courts it the State courts will not d them Justice, it does not follow that resort should be had to the Federal courts in the first instance. In our judg ment, it is not only Illegal but bid policy for a railrwd corporation In the present state of public opinion to edopt any un usuni t ow re of procedure lit securing a judicial decision upon tltt constitutional ity of measures of rouulation. Suoh a course tends to arouse nil the States' rights feeling, which U especially strong In the Kouth, and which Is latent throughout the country, and thereby to Intensify the public animosity agnint large corporations. . . . "hallroa.l corporations nre subject to the lnv of tho States, and the Jurisdic tion or the Federal courts Is merely ap pellate In Us nature. Only after a ite cislon upon the Issues of stub n contro versy by the highest (ourts of the State can he Federal courts b railed "ion to pas upon the issues involved. Tula Is tho law and it Is useless as well as Impolitic to attempt It evasion' Jt is to .be tvopifd that upon these clear' dbaitemcnts the position of North Carolinians will be bettor un derstood abroad than it eeema to be. The Observer want i say, tor A is own part, that it baa no iprr-Judtee against United 4tateB courts and doe not lack confidence In Judge Prit-.h- ard, but this rate case being a North Carolina case was due to be tried in North Carolina courts. It would have gone tlwoug'h tht'se ohanntfla Junt as certainly and M expeditiously aa'it will through Judge Prttchard'a .ourt to thu SupTMtie Court of the United States., If tlhero had been any doubt about that the position of this paper would have- been different for It would be satisfied with no ultl matli dcclnion Jtliort of tho highest cwirt of the country. .In proof that the iNorth Carolina attitude toward thia matter Is not without upport outside the State, we append two paragraiplw on the u'b Jeot from an elaborate and aible ar gument In Ttt lxuiwUlo Courier Journal by ,Mr. IJoyd Windiest er, a distinguished Kentucky lawyer: "To enjoin the execution of State laws, arbltrinrliy Muspeniilng them. In advance of anv declKlon that such laws arc un cnnstltutlon.il, thuK plm lug corporations for an Indefinite period outside of the laws of the State, tms to he golii? be yond the iif'CeBKltj of tlvj cane. 80 radi cal i step ought not to lie tnken erjit where lirwparatilo damngo would nault from the performance of certain thr;it nd acta An Injunction if an uxtra ordlnary remndy, subject to ahiihe, ,iml (liould not bo reported to exri.pt in u case of tin- -.it most gnivlly. Tho enforce ment of Hlale lav.s will not do lrrpar 11 hie rtainr.e'o If app.-nl to the Federal t'niirt Ik t!ikn and tt;plr viillillly P i:ion. To :iy the least. It is n revonaion- nr doctrlri". to asKirt ti ;u n( K((Un,i f0i,rt, by an inter ImMtory decree to iiill'.fy or guininl to. t ti operation of a s'atut 'f ' HUlt0 nln the courts dedue It good." And again: "If the Kti'tcs nre to lie dominated by Fedora I Judfic aril et ti.sil; smnmirilv w'len thev ittcmpt to itso their conw'.itu tlonnl powers t'l en.'.ct laws t!it tlicy Vcrtrd ! . 1 1 1 usl nd net esu.n y, they -v ill 1h.kI-.i. tbn-. I.,.s -ver ''n prepar.-d lor itmm ti il.'rcr." by 1 lie most iealous ei.:i- In the hearing of the North Caro lina rate enso In New York, Friday, 'before Judge W. A. Montgomery, inahter In chancery, the mutter of (Nrt"n Carolina in favor of Virginia mo up. und Mr. Kvanx. of the Ijonis- 1 v lllo .Njnviiio jiaiiri uid, testifyins; I for tho Southern, was afked a ques : tlon on this subject which he said he i-oiild not answer. The newspaper utory adds after thia that "counsel i for the Southern at the first hearing I had nald in regard to pome of theno Virginia rates that they hud been fixed t meet the competition of the Nor- folk & Western and the ftaltlntore A Ohio.'' The Norfolk & Western offers direct competition to the southern at Winston. Does Winston get any of the benefit of this competition that Virginia polnta enjoy? Has It any bet ' ter frelf?.it rale than Its near neljfh- ' 'h',T- Oreo it bore, or Its more remote neighbor. Charlotte, by reason of the : . . ' ' ' NorfoU ft V csU-rn coniprftltion ? We ! nfVir heard of it : I ' ' ' 1 . 1 The Chattanooga Times observes i uriviv n i mmi -in e flaw Just passed bv Georgia dlsfrart ! chlslng tho negro will nuv no effect .in (he vote of the State. The ne groes of Georgia have never been vot ers. The cruside for such a law was only part of a political achiiru and had Us effect. The only merit In t'.ia law i that It is carrying out a pledge made by the tuicceasful faction at the State primary." More regardful, It ws, of this pledge than of some oth-. ers that, for Instanc, about Slate prohibition anj local option. ' Speaker Cannon is tjug quoU'd In a recent Interview: v - "Wbat do you think of Taft'e chances for the nomination 7" ... "Don't Know a damned thing about them. Thtise ore dog days and no oue should think of iiollttes. I don't.' ' "Mow about the tariff?' " 'Oh, boll! Nothing doing, I tell you. " . The Nashville American says "the hot weather seems to" have affected the oU - man's ' temper!" o, 1 not "at all. That la '0U usual style f speech ,i ... , i'.a: .. a i "J he t J.ior of The ' 0!j." ' rvi r has a rrn i!o Ii ;:i r from his rare oi.l friend, C. S. Wootcn, Ksrj., win) bis gone abroad with The Inda tn.il News contest party. ' It n-js .written aboard ship on the lt, the seventh day out, and mailed at Edinburg on the 5th. Mr. Wooten says the weath er has been cold, as yld as Decem ber with us, but One, the sea tranquil, and he has seen tw whales. He was well and enjoying the voyaga. "If I could have made the trip thirty-five years ago," i ays, "I could have had a vast store of knowledge to have drawn on during all the past years, but it Is too late In life for me. It Is like e poor man coming in pos session of a fortune a few days before he dies he has not time to enjoy.lt He says lie wants' to drink some Eng lish ale. He Also has designs upon the Frerrch brandy in Paris and t as whiskey of Scotland. This leads, 'jlnf to Jlscufis the, prohibition laws ' bt North Carolina, which he says are a fraud and a humbug, because "they have driven all honorable men out: of the manufacture and have driven! It to the woods to be made by crim inals." He 1 thinks : the t government I ought : to see that the people have pure food and pure liquor. , He Was anxious to see. the rural districts of England and to see the methoJs of farming and to what high state they have carried agriculture. He had on an overcoat when 'at wrote two pairs of socks and two pairs of draw era "I don't know what Is In store for me In my old age," he says In his reflective conclusion, "but hitherto I have had a good time." He has had no better time, nor will have, than he deserves. Our rare old friend f aiil 0-en.rta and nui-a .1 ' tt win i. .in . t. . . ';pltatl is not a far-off thing at such it will be worth while to hear him ; . taU when he gets back. 'Mr.. 3 T. Barrlivaer yeateirday re- The Chattanooga Times, replying to a contemporary which vredited Gov ernor Patterson with the fact that Tennessee has "escaped the railroad mania," says "he Is not, however, to bo credited with It. Tie people of Tennessee are chargeable with the conditions existing In the State, and their wisdom and business sagacity In avoiding the demagogic cries of persecution for corporations will save them much embarrassment and ena ble them to develop their enterprises and Increase tlielr material prosperity rapidly and effectively." Whoever la responsible, whether the Governor or the people, Tennessee is to be on gratulated. The tenth annual Issue of a Lon don publication .which is said to be an authority on the navies of. the world is Just out and says that among the nations the United States are sec ond In naval strength, being out ranked only by Great Britain, In the preface It is said: "The extraor dinary high figures for United states ships afford food for connlderable thought, for In ships In which powered guns are impervious to vital Injury at long range, tho United States, fleet Is superior to any other navy In the world.'' Now let us go ahead build ing Improved ships until we have the first navy In all respects. Five cases and four deaths of the bubonic plague were reported In yes terday morning's dispatches from San Francisco. It Is a frightful scourge and highly contagious. It Is noted that the bodies of those who had died jf it were dentroyed toy quick lime. We do not recall the occurrence ot the disease In this country ever before and these cases seem to have been Imported. T.ie New York World is still ham mering away on Its question: "What Is a Democrat'.'" We still think The Washington Herald, quoting rrom the Ceitlury Dictionary, has given the definition most easy to agrco upon: "A light wagon without a top, con taining several scats, and usually drawn by two horses." Tho Now York Herald of yesterday had an olaiborato biography and ap preciation of Governor Glenn, with large cuts of . him, his wlPa and datifrtrtrr, the -whole occupying more than tho first page of the magazine scot Ion. AUTO CiOFS OVER EMBANKMENT One of Three Occupant is Internally Injured, Others Being Cut Mud Bruised Machine Takes Fire and Is Destroyed With Baggage. Atlantic City. N. J., Aug. 18. -John H. Hook and his two sons, William and Henry, of Lancaster, Pa., were almost killed to-dayvln an automobile accident near Pleasantvlllo. The ma chine was destroyed by fire after fall ing 20 feet uver an embankment. Charles. Young,, who was driving tho tar, has disappeared. The party left liancanter for xownsend s Inlet. They lost their way and wore retracing the route through Pleasantvllle wheu, It Is said, the chauffeur fell asleep and the machine Jumped the embankment Young was caug.u under it and was extricated with difficulty. The Hooks were thrown violently to the ground. The father, who Is a paralytic, was Internally hurj, and the sons were bruised and cut. The lira wialch de stroyed the car also destroyej their baggage, and eiothlng. WAS VEUj-RNOWX UONTlUCTOK Vletom of Auto Accident Engaged lor Years on Railroad Work At ItancBNter, l"a., as Mnnber of Firm 01 Kellar & Hook, - lancaMer, Va.., Aug. Ig. John H. Hook, one 'Of the vtctlm of t)he ac- eldnrvt, s , twrtll-known contraotor of this dty and for ft number. of years was engaged on railroad work as meanibfir of the flnm of KKtar A Hook. More reeemtly he has been emiaged in itho arectlon of gnm1ajre . furnace, flnlshl 'd one few years ago In Ha vana. . With tola son, Oils ibroUwr ftnd John Ilililer, a reruns van i Hallroud en fdoye, he etarted in an automobile on Baturdny for Sea 1Aa City.' When Philadelphia mi reached HlUrtf loft i. r , ' ' ' i I , 1 t 1 'iii! 1 . i ; t f . :e to 1 , . 11 iml- Jit.i.i.e.l i t vt ami 1'iii'M' Anoth er UI1 SoI.Sler GoilO Islting Irfl dies l.'iiterlained. . Special to Tho Ohaen-er. Salisbury, Aug. IH. iTho Salisbury twyi and tlie Sperajcr fellows, boin th Jati-t firemen anywhero, are hav ing trouble aiTan&tag their contest cor Ldioor Day, because the SouthsioiA of Salisbury, says it' is up to the Latoor Day committees to put up tine money for whloh he Spencer boys wish to contest It will be remem to.'red that the (Spencer team holds the chanuplonship of the world and at Wilmington .recently the Southslde follows ran off wltfti everything In idght on the reel races. Both are very fast and this contest would un doubtedly have been the .biggest show of the day. The chances to-day seem to be that It will not take place though there -will be an answer to the Southslde's proposition tomorrow (ram Bpencer. The Sotrtnslde wants a ehance at the silver lovlna cup, a trophy ot Spencer's victories, and In sists (thflft it Should ba won twice in miooeaston bjeifote becoming the prop erty of any team. There la nothing but ft frlemdily hostility between thJe teams.', '-).-: "2:.''. ' JBuit they did get -together ; thla morning against the common ertmy, lire, at flponcetr and both spencer ana Salisbury did handsome -wonrk. - i But or the ipromipt work of he , ahop ibojts, itihe fipecicer and Salisbury fire men, tihb 4 o'elock iHaae this morning would have been disastrous. fPho 'hospital proposition .la receJv lng gireait' emcomragement and within the (past week then? have been added pledges amounting to 12,800. ' The donors have toeen liberal and Mayor Boyden hiaa worked heroically for a pet plan of this, ilm addition to thu Bubscrlptlons of $500 each from M. L. Jackson. P. W. Brown and H. C. rwnV.K -velr. tirvi Rave eilvftn ISOO lflrwi ryr Whitehead, T. H. Vandorford, H. O. Trot and W. C Coughenour madw a cold tpoot of $1,000. The hos- porfled KKbbeiry that took tlttla the nlghit before In hU residence. HQ has not the man where he can lay thawls upon ihim. but believes ton knows the guilty fellow. Mr. Bar- ringer left his ipurse In his inelde vest I pocKei jrrwray migna anu au uimj it unUl yesterday. In the purse was a chl;ck for $100 and titoe sum Of $50 In currency." A window pane had been removed and through It was extracted the precious wearing . ap parel.; The funeral servlcl s over the date W. F- Murph, an ex-Conifederate of 62. and A substantial! farmer, were held Saturday morning alt 10 o'clock from Beflhc-1 Lutheran dhutvh. Mr. aiurph had hern ill many months eund the end "Was expected. He was a splendid type of tho progreaV? coun trjma and a devoted agriculturist. He leaves ft family of several child ren, taU grown. Miss .Mary Ramsay was hotes Fri day night to Misses Jkwnph! Speight and Salllo Barlowe, of Tairboro. Joint and beautiful hostess with her was Mrs. Tillman J. Maupln, who gave her lovely home to the young people who iplayed brldgl-. The paiiy was in every way delightful, the entertain ers and the entertained maklng It so. At the tourney iMIss Llllie H-lllg won the Indies' prize and Mr. R. Linn Berrthaird't hore the men's handsome trothy. Visitors to Jamestown returned this morning after api'mdlng fiv days tihere. They speak highly of the great exposition and Messrs, T. E. Johroiton and John R. Crawford were epoclally extravagant In their idmlra tlon. Many will go yft this wi?ek. OFK ANNUAL MtnDEK RECORD. It is About 0,000, Four-Scventlis By Negroes nnd Foreigners. Harper's Weekly. Everybody knows that this country has a very bad murder record. At present we are having about nine thousand murders a year, which Is from eight to twenty-five times as' many In proportion to population as sueh countries as England, Frsnce, Germany, and Japan have. Why all this -unauthorised killing? For many reasons, which help to an understand ing even though they do not excuse. We have about nine million negroes and a great many newly Imported for eigners, some of whom are very Im pulsive with weapons. The negroes kill pretty freely. Out of 7,886 per sons charged with homicide In this country In 1890, 2,739 were nejrocs and 1,213 were foreign-born whites. These two groups, comprising one fourth of the population, did four sevenths of the murders. That left 3.163 murders to be distributed among about forty-rive millions of epople, which Is not- so very . bad. It will probably be found, when, the census bulletin comes out, that the ratios of 1890 were maintained In 1900. In recent years we have-had a large Im migration of Italians, Including, It would seem, a good many that are not desirable. The Italians are very use ful here, and the good ones arc very welcome. , But average Italians good as they are, do not help much In keep ing down the murder ratio. They have very obetlnate Ideas on that sub ject. We read , that only one Eupro pean country has ever had a worse murder record than ours, and that is Italy. We read, too, that there was very lately dying at ForJham Hospi tal, New York, an Italian who had been kicked nearly to death by some of his countrymen, i Amputation was urged upon him to save -his life, but he declined, saying: "If I live to go out, I shall kill my assailants and then I will die In the electrhi chair. I might as well die now: One may admire his reasoning and sympathize with his feelings, but Italians of his sort do not help, our murder statls-J tics. , .. . -. -. -i vj. .;-. , . DINNER TENDERED OFFICERS. Great Interest Taken til Torpedo Squadron Which Is to Convey JJay flower to I'rovliicctown, Mass. , Oyster Bay, Aug. V IS. There has been great Interest here and at nearby points along the coast to-day In the Hopkins and Worden, of the torpedo squadron, which sre at anchor in the bay, ready to convoy the Mayflower when, with the President aboard, It sails for Provlncetown, ; Mass. ; to morrow. There was such a crush of small craft about the two black hulled boats to-day that officers and several men had to keep constant watch that the launches and sailing craft did not hump the steet-sklnncd boats and spoil their appearance. The Mayflower lies well out near Plum Point, as It was apparently thought best not to bring her Into the more shallow water. The officers of the little squadron, here. . whfoh In cludes the Slyph, were entertained this evening at dinner by the house committee of the Heawanhaka Tacht Club at the clu,b house on Center Is land. The President will start on the Mayflower-at .4 te-morrew-morning . v I , . , K ; 11 a let : t Yi :,u. It has been fourteen years, No vember 1 7th. since I finished taking the Keeley Treatment at Greensboro, N. C, for tho whiskey habit. I was forty-four 'years old when I took the treatment I had been a slave . to alcohol for twenty years. Since being cured at your Institute I have never tasted liquor or any medicine containing alcohol, nor have I ever had any desire to drink. I am sure it saved me from a drunkard's hell. The fourteen years since I . took the treatment have been a blessing to my self and my family. My ad vice" to all Is not to drink; but to those who have formed the drink habit, r say go and take the Keeley Treatment at Greensboro at Once. I wish all could see as I do now. ; It Is so good to know that I am a cured man, and to know that If I am faith ful to the end I will have a? home In the Bright Beyond. I hope that many more cures will he made at the Greensboro Keeley Institute. , , ; : - ;," Very truly yours, JT. M. HUNSCCKER. ' NEWS FROM I'ORKVILLE. A Welcome ? Rain Falls Seven Prisoners in the County Jail En. , tire rower Company's Plant Put - Out of ' Business ft Short Time Churches Hold t'nlon Services -Personal Paragraphs. -Special to The Observer. . Yorkville, S. C, Aug. 18 -A fine rain fell here yesterday afternoon, and al though not specially needed, it was quite welcome, as it has been about ten uavs since a rexl ground-soaker has fallen. There ar several dry streaks in various sections of t!i county, and the crops are t'Ot so promising In those sections as elsewhere. Fortunately their are tew In number and of very limited area. . At present there are seven prisoners in the county .Jali.'? One, a, negro woman, and a notorious blind tiger, la doing a to day senieucs imposed by Mayor Harl more than a month ngo two others were trjfd at the list term of. court on the charge of perjury and convicted, but granted a hew trial en a technicality and are now awaiting the next term of couiti while the other four have been committed since court and will be tfled at the fall term. Miss Ethel Wadcllffe, of Charleston. Is visiting her father, Mr. Q.. T. Radcliffe, of this place. Mis Badcllffe left Char leston with the intention of stopping- a few days here and then goig to Blowing Rock, but after reaching Yorkville de ctded that she wouli tpend her vacation bore. j : - Lightning put the Catawba Power Company's plant out of business here yesterday afternoon during the thunder storm which accompanied thi rain men tioned itbove. This la not an uncommon occurrence, but tho interruption U usual ly il short duration. It tn-cms that the devises for protecting electrical planU cgalnst the 'old-faehfnned lightning nave not yet been pevfectM. Not a gr-at ileal of l.iil.'lng Is suing r-i hr -it this pirtlcuitr t nie, aU'.ou,.h several hunusoir residences anl one store room are nearlng completion. Tho principal work now being pushed Is the erection of the Locll'.tnt)r.3 Mill. All the carpenters, brick mason anj day labor ers usually employe.! in this C: f s of work are busv th.r. For several year past It l.if boen the custom of tlv ' ff,'is msO'n of Hie towr. to unit. 1'J!"-).; h nuin:-rr -.n and bavo union rmv'nes in on.' of. the churches, coivti.rel by - n-t, ef tl.- fes ters. There are four churches that l.ave entered the ai rangement this year the Associate Reformer Presbyterian, Bap tist, Methodist ano" Presbyterian,' and as a result there are services at each church one night in each month. In forner years the attendance uron tnese services was comparatively small, but during tho presert season It has been very large, and each, sermon preached lias been of a high order. Yorkville has never had stronger or more earnest pas tors and preachers than at present. The arrangement for this season will end wiih the services of next Sunday night. Mr. and Sirs. A. M. McDonald and children and Miss Sara Hargtave, of Charlotte, nre guests ot-tm.' and Mrs. W. G. Whlto ,of this place. Mrs. Emily Hughes and Miss Hallie ' Matthews, of Montgomery, Alabama, are the guests of Er. and Mrs. S. A. Weber, of York-ville.-Mrs. H F. Adlcks, of Ralegh, Is visiting relathes and friends here. Mrs. Adicks , la a native of Yorkville nnd spent most of her -life here. Her father at one time was a leading mem ber of the local bar. TWO DEAdTfIVE BADLY BURNED Fourteen Persons Hurled Into Water By Explosion of Gasoline Tank Aboard Motor Boat All of the In jured Will Recover. -Tiverton, R. t, AuV 18. A gaso line tank in a 30-foot motor boat. In the Seaconiet river, exploded to-ntght causing the death of George Antunya and Lydla Mercler, and serious burns to five others. The boat contained fourteen young people on ft trip to Newport from Fall River and had stopped at Tiverton on their return. The injured were sent to ft. hospital in Fall River. The boat had reached a point a little north of the New Tork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad bridge over the Seaconnet river when the explosion occurred and the fourteen young men and women on board were hurled Into the water. With the ex ception of Miss Mercler and George Antunya all were rescued y motor boats which put out from the) Tlver bink, but these "two were drowned. Joseph Choulnard, who was In charge of the boat, performed heroic work in keeping several of the young women afloat until the rescuers reach ed them although he was himself suffering severely from burns. Several physicians who were sum moned dressed the burns of the Injur ed ones after which they were con veyed to Fall River In ambulances. It Is believed that all will ultimately re cover. I For The Observer. SOUVENIR CARDS. NO. 1. The first Is this: a sere and wind-sweet ..sward, : . And chestnut trees that crown a sunny knoll. ' ' Tho rustU fence of "Rest Awhile" Uiat lends .. Its tende? tints ot - brown unto the scene. A cottage chimney down below, whence curia The soft blue smoke against the shadowy wood. ' .'. A gleam of limped water that reflects The sunny 'splendor of September skies, And high o'er all, clear cut against the west ,'. - ' Wrier the sun's fire yet burns In after- . glow - -The rugged outlines of ; Grandfather's - form,- -- -''-.- - v.-.. T raped In msjestlo stillness like a god! This is nn (nuver.lr that lies secure Within the book of memory. The Artist rHand That made It fair, 'tis that same hand. I know. . . .. Thst placed, It there. ANOTHER. ' . v A liaivest moon, slow, drifting , to the west. . ..,.... Atendd by the Evening Star as guest. Cloud boats that slowly southward move and roar - K thousand Idle fancies to- die there. Stillness everywhere ttprtv the hills, And all unconsciously the spirit fills With peace, a benediction from God's : . hand! . : Po by th j gentle breese softly fanned The tired, lovely heart forgets Its grief For balm that nature yields brings swift rolief, i 1 The souls who though to He awake and weep Find sweet ebllvlon of their wees hi '-sleeg.- " y..-.-..... c I ! C i v o m - Wash Jacket Suits Beginning Wdenesday morning we shall offer our en tire stock Wash Jacket Suits at exactly Half Former Prices This is a bonafide half-price sale and you wilf eee the cheapest stylish lot of Ladies' ready-to-wear gar ments you ever saw. These Prices Are for Gash Only, and No Alterations Without Charge. Below we describe a few of these Suits: White Suit in Cotton Poplin, made pony jacket, trim med in bands of "baby" Irish and edging to match; good, full skirt, with bands of "baby" Irish. Regu lar price $15.00. Half price $7J5fL Pmk, Blue and White Suits m fancy" Etons, trimmed , in bands lace and. applique; full skirt, with bands : of material. Regular price $10.00. Half price $5.00. . Pink,.Blue and White; also White with bands of pink and blue trimming, edged with lace on collar and,' cuffs ; also applique ; full r skirt, trimmed to match jacket. Regular price $7.50. Half price . . $3,75. White Linene Suits, Eton, trimmed in bands, of same; also pink or blue bands. Regular price $o.00. . Half price i $2.50. White Linene Skirts in four styles; full, wehVmadV skirts ......;....'..:. 88c , White Linene Skirts, with small tucks - all around yoke ,; depth. ; Price .. .. .. , $1.39,- Separate Coats at 1-3 Off Linene and Linen Eton JaeketsWhite. Elaborately, trimmed in "baby" Irish ' and applique; ' Regular prices from .. .J . . . $2.&0 to $7.00. I JO? ' C 3 Jc JC J , e v
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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