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1 .liYLSIIGAiiOS is to j rAMn. r: riiUlail 3!f)lo by Con- lo Iiok Into tlie Conditions t i Woman And ChJld Labor Not J iiMMi ltnl As the Bureau Of Labor JUs Had No Eligible lersons Kec- ... :..cn.U'd To Carry Out thclnvcs t' .ation Varloug Reasons Assign ed l or This But Some Crookedness Arrears To He Mixed l Some Jicre In tlie Matter. ' ' Observer Bureau, .1417 O Street. N. W., ;;' Washington, Aug, 27. Although spring has come and gone and the good old summer time is fast nearlng 4 close, that Investf- gatlon by the Bureau of Labor into the conditions of woman and child labor which was to have been made during the spring and summer has not yet begun. Congress made an ap propriation of 1150,000 for this pur rose and the Bureau of Labor was directed to proceed.. But the bureau has . not preceded, for the reason ' that the civil service commission has not placed on the "eligible Hat" any persons whom the bureau may select to make the investigation. And ex actly mhy the civil service commls . alon has not and does not make out such an "eligible list" Is still some ' ' what, shrouded In mystery, though some of the facts came out to-day. A special examination was held by the civil service commission July S4th, at which examination appeared three hundred and fifty applicants. Among them were pretty nearly "every species of American citizen and - his wife and daughter; there were teachers, lawyers, doctors, newspaper men, including women, scientific in vestigators, sociologists, the friends of 'women and children; philan thropists and philosophers. A com mittee of three was appointed by the cjvil service commissioners to ex amine the papers and classify them. Out of the three hundred and fifty applicants forty were reported as having passed, ten designated as j Claw A and ten as Class B. And these names were sent up to the '. commissioners, who put on their specks and looked them over. This was several weeks ago, and those who had stoo dthe examination be gan to make inquiries. No answer. 1 Now the civil service commissioners - announce that the committee selected to pass oh the papers 'were not fully Qualified to pass upon the qualifica tions of expert child labor ex aminers, and they will name another committee to examine the papers and Jee If there isn't some mistake about t Thers are Indications that cer tain names which somebody within the inner circles have been figuring on do not appear in the list, and It Is to be revised. It is further stated very plainly that the next committee which examines the papers will not be composed, as the one now dis charged as incompetent, of a rna ; Jorlty of clerks or officials In the Bureau of Labor. And thereon hangs a tale. . It will be understood that when the President urged this investigation up on Congress at the last session it wis understood" that he wanted Congress to authorize the appropriation and al low him to select the Investigators either from the Hough Riders or some other thoroughly expert investigators f child and woman labor, whom he already knew about and had tried. Congress saw fit not to grant this part of the request but specllied that the investigators should be selected in accordance with the civil service regu lations. It was soon found by the Bu reau of Labor that there were no pe. . sons on the regular list of "ellglbles" Who could be entrusted with a work of mo expert a sociological character, and a special examination was ordered, where was not held till July 21th. Meantime "experts" had to be got - from some place to go up and take .this examination, Representative Crumpacker, chairman of the house committee on census, who was largely Instrumental In passing the bill after a visit to the President, was reportol a declaring that the object of tl'U special examination was to "eval i" he literal provisions of the Senate omenl ment requiring the selections 10 he mads by regular civil service meth od and select a number of export in vestigators beforehand, who would be sent up to take the examination which of course under the clrMnwaiicr they would have no difficulty in parsing. Whether or not Mr. Crumpacker meant this exactly by his rerrark . about evading the law may be open to question, or at least open to hi de nial but It is very Civtyln 'ha! many men in Congress and ou of Congress who watched the matter closely wre fine opinion that the President, etth er directly or through the Bureau of Labor, had made his selections; and that civil service regulations or an civ- .11 service regulations, thy would go thrcugh and be appointed, Vr. Xclll, ; th Commissioner of Labor, s.178 thut this is not true, and thit so far as the Bureau of Labor is concerned there lias not been the slight..!' attempt or desire to evade the law. Mr. Neill has asked a number of we".uuiHut.'j en and women to take Mil examination, bttt this he aya Ik. Mine lie want on to get enough quaTlnl ones the -eligible list." So far as the examina tion is concerned he nn tiled to nave as little to do with It :i. poihp Anyway, the quilifvln-f of ,:)(- .p. dal investigators i m-,, U; in tlic ,,f. flee Of the civil tr-t r-! 1 .mmi ;,t, It does not appear that It ! .l.n. hi the request of "i Bur.m of i,iit,or, for Mr. Xelll was !t.itlr.! .iirl1 as well as dimple;.--- wV '.- ua. told to-day that th cmm ..01 in tended to order th -. . s tnln- eo. ine civil serve m:ui..i oiern ji.u mail! me i'ei n.t for 1 r.- .- animation of the sp.. iy 'iDramntm, except Hilt the .t J o imttee which made out the Hut of el Igfbles, did not take Inn r iniri.-ra-tlon'the peculiar fitness .if :tppi -tints for this specific work u ittdicnl il .iut- ' "1de of th direct snswers to Mi iue. tlons asked. It arp-ir vy ?!srly that somebody has been bft -t who would have been mors a-cpt.iblo for personal reasons . .,mi.((ty who has to do with the -lrul .UtjnniPiitlr. ,. who It is, is of ourre to (l,ik-ite a matter even to ask nbnr. ZACH M 'QUF.V.. t EXCITEMENT IX IRELAND. Nationalists and Sinn Frlns clash and -Politician Ci4TAiM. Longford, Ireland, Aug. 27 James p, Farrell, Irish nationalist' TZTXtl p"l?mnt tur North Longford, and 40 others were ar rested to-day and held for trial on tha charge of taking part in "an ln tawfyl assembly likely to 'causa a riot.' Mr. Farrell had been holding meetings throughout his constituency, at which exciting scenes occurred be tween nationalists and members of the Sinn Fein Society. Urge forces of police are being dispatched here, trouble being anticipated. , Dublin, ' Aug. JfighVVaiiM' of the official gasette contains prods, matlons toy the lord lieutenant-in-council declaring that certain coun tU and districts are in a, state of 'Hurbance and empowering Hie jord ).uienant to order extra forces of police to those pans of the country. v cv 3:0x1 :y ix;:: r.x..?.:.v K'M-rfM'iuiitUe Tawney l:ein Imputation That Omfrrr.-M l;i the ilit to .At iutijrlate luiionsa. Washington, Aujf. 27. In a letter to Acting Secretary of War Oliver rp&da public to-day Represantative James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of the - House committee on appro iaUons, resents" what he regards as the imputation by Chairman Goethals, of the Isthmian canal commission, and Attorney General Bonaparte, thdt Congress had ; failed . to -ftpi)roprlate sufficient money to carry on the work of digging the Panama canal to the full capacity of the force on the Jsthmus. Mr. Tawney says he was greatly surprised at the statement of Colonel Goethals that In consequence of the appropriations being inade quate to meet expenditure it had be come necessary to lay off thousands of men. . , Mr. Tawney says: "The canal appropriations for the fiscal year 1908 were made in accord ance with estimates submitted by the Isthmian canal commission ' through the Secretary, of War and with the exception of the amount estimated for the administrative purposes of the canal stone government, tne appropria tions are equal in amount to the esti mates submitted." The canal appropriations are ex cepted from the provision of law re quiring the apportionment of expendl-. tures of certain periods, Mr. Tawney argued, for the reason that the appro- prlationsmade for this fiscal year are not only within :but far below the limit cosf fixed by law. Mr.fltawney added: "I would suggest that Colonel Goe- thalrbe advised to continue the work as he has been doing regardless of any apportionment tnat has been made of the appropriations for the canal expenditures. The appropria tions for labor and equipment will certainly bo adequate to meet the re quirements of the work as he desires to carry It on until Congress con venes next December. He can then submit with his estimates the addi tional amount necessary to continue the work for the remainder of Oil fiscal year and there will be no ques tion about Congress making the ad ditional appropriation." Salisbury's Theatrical fieaaoa Special to The Observer. Begins Salisbury, Aug. 27. Dr. LeRoy J. Meroney is here from Philadelphia and opens the theatrical season Wednesday evening with "The Roll icking Girl." He is not sertain that he will spend the winter here but he has arranged for the most (Complete and attractive theatrical programme ever given the city, and he gave Salisbury as good as any town had last year. Since leaving here 'ast summer, Dr. Meroney has taken stock In a Phila delphia toy manufactory that has unprecedented business success from the first turn of the wheels. For that reason he may not be here dur ing the winter, but he has had at tractive offers for his place, which Is a remarkably fine theater for any Southern town even twice the size of this. Among the notable 'attractions of this year, Amelia Bingham, "The Lion and the Mouse," Thomas Jeffer son In "Rip Van Winkle," the Jeffer sons in 'The Rivals," Creston Clarke and John Griffith are booked. Dr. Meroney's visit begins the death of ennui and he Is many times the most welcome HaMsbury visitor nowaday. SOLDIERS GrAPvD WIRES. Striking Telegraphers or Sympathi zers Charged With Destroying Com. munlciitloii Out of Camp perry. Camp Perry, O., Aug. 27. -Striking tele graphers are churgod with liuving Inter fered with business of the Federal gov ernment and as a result soldiers are pa trolling thi) telegraph lines between Camp Wrry and La Crane, a distance of three miles. This action was made ne cessary by the uctlon of the strikers or their sympathisers in completely de stroying communication between Camp Perry and the outside world ufter W o'clock Monday night. This afternoon u detachtn.Kit of signal cor men round a loop of heavy wire had been tied about the four wires midwuy of the Hue to La Carnc, with One end grounded, com pletely destroying the service. GOV. GLENN APPROVES. Offers Co-Operatlon With Plan to Call National Constitutional Convention Suggested .by St. .Louis Business Men. St. Louis, Aug. 27. Charles F. glo boid, president of the West End Bus iness Men's Association, who recently sent letters to Governors of the vari ous States, asking their opinion on the advisability of calling a national con stitutional convention has up to to night received 17 replies, 16 of which favor the plan. Governor Shelton, of Nebraska, Is oppoed to the Idea. Gov ernor Glenn, of North Carolina, offers hearty co-operation and says same thing must be doiirt to settle the con troversy between State and Federal courts. HANGED TWICE. Condemned Man Breaks First Rope and Hus to Bo Hanged Over Again. Indiana, Pa., Aug. 27. Carmine Renan, aged 4 5 years, and weighing 175 pounds, was hanged here to-day after the rope had snapped when the trap was first sprung. The Jail attend ants hurriedly adjusted a new rope to th. scaffold and the man, already half dead, was carried to the platform find the lever again sprung. This time the execution wss successful, The crime which Renzo expiatad to-day w:is he murder of his sweetheart, Marian Bearno, aged 15. ' Pennsylvania "RaHlcs" Sentenced. West Cheater, Pa., Aug. 27. Judge Ilutlcr to-day sentenced Dr. Benja min Holbrnok, who was convicted of robbing sehool houses end railway U tlons. in flve years Imprisonment. Dr Holbrook may well be called the "Raffles' of Pennsylvania." By day he was a well bred, courteous physician and could be seen driving behind a spanking team, By night the doctor became an audacious, burglar, loot ing railway stations for miles around CoHtevllle. where he made his home. Tolbrook made a confession, ad mining nmon other thlhgs that he was engaged to marry two young wo men. , Kpllt Buttermilk IJkely to Cause a Damage pUlt. Wpfelavl.t The Ofcseryer. Wentworth, Aug, 27A few days sgo a party traveling around Spray In an auiomobllo frightened, by their fast running and horn blowing, a horse hitched to a milk wngon. The animal made haste to leave his pres ent environments and In going down thekroad he left In his wake 20 gal lons of buttermilk and' 15 pounds of country butter scattered across the country, and the old farmer who owned the outfit swears that the fel lows who Were In Lindsay Hopkins' auto will have to pny the damages sustained by the loss of that butter. milk, etc l v.-.-".,.; . ;l . Example, T Waahingfm fiinr ' , .nf mjy tr')v1(M an enormous appetite, .down t It," commented one "Yes,", answered ths other, "judging i i. by the mosquitoes." a: ; 1.1: 11 1i:e Lui I-.mis lruit Iiu? SiarUHed l i i.mo iuitiititlcs t.irat jKiii.HHi. l;r a Mount Airy C'oniiiuny's l-'ur-. lUture. Sjeiai iq TI18 Observer. Mount Airy, Aug. 27. The apple business in thb section and in the face of the Blue Ridge is soon to be one of the bent paying Industries yet undertaken by the people. In a few years those engaged in the raising of winter apples will reap a harvest of large proportions.. ' Thousands of acres of- mountains are already plant ed in superior varieties .of the very finest fruits and these great orchards are already coming In. ; The people in the middle and eastern portions of the Mate as well as the many counties in the southern portion have no con ception of the immensity of the ap pie business in this region. Drays to-day are hauling carloads of fine Bucklnghams.and other kinds of ap plea to the depot here,' and the ship ping business has scarcely begun. Sam Smith, salesman: at W.; W. Lowry's, returned yesterday, from a trip to toe mountains for the benefit of his health. ; . - Your representative learns that the factory at Chase City, Va., bought out by Mount Airy capitalists, owners of the Mount Airy Furniture Com pany, Is doing good and satisfac tory business, : the orders for goods coming la lively. This home concern is one of the biggest furniture com panies in the South, and the quality of goods manufactured by it la of the best design ,and workmanship. rThe demand for products of this com pany has never .been greater and the probability Is that sooner or later it will be forced to make still greater enlargements on its plant. IT WAS FOR OOHTELYOI7. Package Addressed to Secretary of the Treasury Explodes When Stamped. Philadelphia. Aug. 27. The explo sion of what appears to have been a large percussion cap in a package ad dressed to Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, created excite ment in the Nicetown sub-station of the Philadelphia postofflce ' to-day. The package was about four Inches long by two Inches wide and three quarters of an inch think. When a clerk brought his steel cancellation die down upon the stamp the package exploded and was torn to pieces. The clerk was unhurt. The authorities think the package was mailed as a Joke ta there was not sufficient explosive matter in it to have done injury to any one. What was In the package aside from the ex plosive cap the officials will not say. Mutiny on the Raleigh. Honolulu. Aug. 27. The officers and men of the United States cruiser Raleigh complain of having no shore leave for the past two months. As a result there has been almost a nvutiny on board the cruiser and the coaling has been delayed. ( Washington, Aug. 27. No advices have been received at the Navy De partment concerning the report of threatened mutiny on board the cruiser Raleigh, now stationed at Hon olulu. Tlirew Infant Daughter into River. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 27. -Albert Steemelen. a book-keeper for the Wes son estate, became Insane to-day and taking his two-year-old daughter Hel en to the Belle Isle bridge to-night threw her into the Detroit river and watched the little one sniggle and drown. His insanity is of the religious order and hi believed he was making an acceptable human sacrifice to God for the sins of the world. From the fields to the Factory, thence to over a million pleased customers goes Bailey Brothers' Tobaccos Si & & Ko bettw tobww. md IhMi thoH M.nuf.ctun4 by Baiut Burani, WlniloitSokni, N. C. KOI IX ATailT. .... 1 z My I (Awn ll'r.i I r V h !;:, :u-L-.ro Kllied V,y li.:: ; In') f 1 'citicnt LI nr 11 mi 1 1. . ik1 Lminio Paralyzed I 1 Hired hikI Never Returned .News Told r.rlcliy. , CoiTcspiinlance of The Observer. Chester. S. c, Aug. . 6. -"Rev." J. II. Arnold, a self-styled evangelist. was before Mayor Caldwell Friday on the charge of cruelty to a small boy, whom he taakes along for such use ful purposes as distributing traetsj passing around the hat, etc. There was PlentV ttt testimony to fthnw that me evangelist" had beaten the toy unmercifully on numerous occasions on tne flimsiest kind of pretext. Un der Mayor Caldwell's skilful cross fire the fact was established that Ar nold naa been arrested more than once' for similar offenses. Mayor Cald-weil decided to make an object lesson or tne rellow and sent him to the county chaingang : for sixty uuyB, miny days each for cruelty and lor vagrancy. il -.. .. , . ; The s-months-old child of' Mr, and IJra B. S. Stacks, of the Eureka Mill vinage, died yeeterdav mornlna. after an illness of three ' weeks and was taken toy Spring Hill." In Lan caster county,, for interment to-day. Gua Ingraham. . colored laborer at the Rockv rreek 1am hlnw fli-Bof j? bus, was killed eaturday evenlna- by tne rail of a tub of cement. The man was badly crushed and death ensued almost instantly. Another ; nearo war hurt in the same- accident,, but his Injuries are not at all serious. Mr. TvL. Estes. of Union who has been lying at death's door for several weeks at the Magdalene Hospital, 19 much better and Ifls complete- re covery, is now expected. Mr, J. L, McDanlel, or R. F. D. No. 1, received a letter from Jack'. sonvllle last week stating that his son, Mr. W. 3. McDanlel. a lineman in the employ of the city, had fallen from a 85-foot pole and was badly injured, ; It being stated that partial paralysis had ensued as a result. A later message states that Mr. Mc Danlel is getting along nicely. Rev. G. G. Tarklnson, of Due West, has Just concluded a meeting at Rtttiburg, in which he assisted the pastor, Rev. R. A. Lummus. There were eleven accessions. Prof. J.R. Hamilton, of Chester R. F. D.U, will have charge of the Lowryvllle High School the approach ing term. He will be assisted by Miss Johnaie Miller, of Fort Mill. The school will open next Monday. The board of election commission ers for this county met last 'week and tabulated the vote cast at the general election a few days before, a total of 138 votes were cast fot Mr. J. A. Blake for the Democratic candidate for Judge of probate. There was' no opposition. The result of the election was sent to headquarters at Co lumbia and the Secretary of State will issue Mr. Blake a commission In a day, or two. , A clever and nervy thief made away with one of Mr. A. M. Hardee's best saddle horses last week, but, thanks to the virtue that there is in a newspaper advertisement, Mr. Hardee has managed to recover his property. The fellow , hired the horse for three hours and paid the cnarges in aavance, but when the time limit had expired he had not put In his appearance, nor has he shown up yet. The thief made his way to Yorkville and on arriving there disposed of the horse for an other not! nearly .so valuable., He then took the second horse and struck oui ror 1 Spartanburg. . He sold the Recond Horse to a party In that City. The local authorities are not alto gether in the dark regarding -, the identity of the thief, and some de velopments may be looked for. v. 2i t,,,l f Rcvclvir.j Flit Cara n&nway Heads DrawL- j . , Frames 11. WAG Exposition Suit: Case Our Great Leader These Suit Cases are made of clear selected grain Cowhide, russet color, best locks, fitted ' with both catches and straps, best folding Vienna handles. , , , '-. - Size 22-inch w 5.00. 24- lnch .. .. .. .. . . M.60. 25- tnch .. .. .. 98.00. We buy this case by the hundred and sell them as we buy them, save you about $2.00 per case. We We also do well on Bags and Trunks. ? GILREATH & CO. FRANK P. MILBURN 4 Ca ARCHITECTS WASlUNGTCjjr. o. ex L - JGE Don't wait too long. Buy Coal NOW for prompt de livery. - c-V''-':-- ' . We sell the best and the CLJ3ANEST, therefore the CHEAPEST. , , . Daily Ice capacity 160 tons. Ice and Coal and Ice Fuel Co. Phone 19 Notice of Good Roads Bond Election. Notice Is hweby. (riven that ttt Boara of CommlMionors of Mecklenburg Coun ty, nursuiim to the provisions of Chap. ter-,55 of the Public Laws of 1907, has this day Called' an election, to be held on Thursday, the 18th day of September, ;907, for the purpose of submitting to the Qualified voters of said county tha ques. tlon a to whether or not the said coun ty shall issus bonds in the sum of OOfl. the proceeds of which shall be used for the purpOHS of paying oil. the present fliatlnar Indebtedness of said countr, snd Kradlnir, buildinff. repairing and otherwise improving the public high ways and roads therein. This the Cth day of August ' 1W. Board of Commissioners of Mecklen. turf County. - BT W. M. LONO. Chairman. , STANDARD ADDING MACHINES - Highest in quality, du rability and efficiency and lowest in price Model B $185 Model E $250 : L L CRAYTON MO. r General Agonta, -" 2i1 South Tryon Street. ciiAiuxyrTE, . . . , x. c. Have You Ever paid a visit to our Mantel Depart. merit?" If not, you have failed to see soma of the handsomest design "ia Hardwood Mantels , XU.'V:-. '-. tiKC-Mis-1 ':fSj:::f '-:jC ever displayed In the city, and the prices are way down. Coma in tha next tlma yon art up street. ( ; , , J. 'ft tlcCausknd & Co. I , ... ,. ' .. :.:..... ttov Dealers, Roonas; CoBtractbra, f - mm si ii ii i.i) r GOA Standard 131 Try on Street , ( - - I r ' in s II D.URN, Southern CIIAHLOTTB, HORTH CAROLItJA . , ..- .1 ....j . m- . ,r.,j. i-.v LI Delivery Delivery Wagons f Wagonsi and . &4gand . Harness :"Hafness At our shops, 220 N. College street, we build about 30 , different styles of business wagons, and you can save about 25 per cent, by buying direct from us, as we have no freight and other expenses that a retail dealer has tp pay, . tr y . . . - We will build any kind of a wagon to order.- ij? J. Wr Wads wofths Sons Company CHARLOTTE, R C, . The American Machine & bucceaaora to fliftclilnerjr and ContracUng Buslooaa of ; THE D. A TOMP1UNS CO. 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STREET . i! i T 3 5 - - .. . . ,1". . '- -9 Spinning Fresaa . 1 " - - M oat Manufacturing Company REELS PATENTED OIL GUARD. , Yarn While -Doffing. and tested at spead . before jhlpplng. MACHINERY For Farm end Factory Engines, v Three kinds, from IS to 160 H. P. . . . Boilers : , ; Return ' Tubular and Portable ' on skids, from II to J 80 H. P. - ; Improved Qin Machinery ; Single GJns and Presses and r com plete outfits J of capacity of 1 100 ; bales per' day and over." " Saw Hills'' Four or Ave kinds, all sizes In Use in the South. " : Pulleys and Shafting All staes, from 'the smallest to torn piste cotton mill outfits. , L1DDELL COMPANY .. .. ........ V 0 Charlotte K. 01 Phoae lit. a:
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