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I.V TO J. . MOORE'S ARTICLE "The Mccklcn- ' r. m.-ni9 or the Mwkh-nhurs Declaration a nr c lily r-c i.inrh of the story of ti.a v.li nose's oj fiiiiii.fls vitil contcmporar:-. i ftius ro'Viras or evsdemv. In the hi: lit fif coniemixM iincou. He dmony, they hi1 cup. the supposed declaration Is morally i i ; nuns ru:v. i ;;;!.! S TO HIS VIEWS Horse nd JluSe iTriiwiai uciiiin Meeting t Iom s - I ire liarbot-ue Weil Atloinktl Express Wagon mlmr of the Book: "1 lf inn ku , mpOFSibei and the most siirnineant rui uui umrr nuia I nr" Declaration." Takes Isne ! f,..ns- ar.J circumstances -In the story- . Special to The Observer. vviih the Article Delonaina tne capt. jacsro mission to rniiaoeipiua, v"11 T ' ivri L R, Mr. lnom liBt.mc-w peculiar to the May. 31st lex on r i V IX ,f All IN and Prints lit The M?" j ' Mr Moo accepts John McKnltt Ale, craph and The Ohservcr-Ue.v 1 andPr's 8utnieia as "the keystone the Evietence Cited By Moore ana , which rPSU Uie fabrlc 0f May 2. lTT.v Offers History in Refutation Tne following communication from Mr. W. Henry Hoyt, printed in a re cent Issue of The Macon Telegraph, rp;m-dHbr ssat: .1 writiwi defen ot the MCKlenbun rclurion in The Telesrapli for the I4ih Ifisu has doubtless carried com ic (ion to many of your riders Appear ins. S it does. In an issue which also contains a review by John Charles Mc Neill of The Charlotte Observer staff ot my recent book against th authen ticity of the disputed document, to hie h Jt makes reference, and tn title "An Argument: Replying to Critics." the article would seem to rout me completely Mr. Moore, however Ims simply restated the cage for Mecklen lurif as it stood half a century eo, and he leaves the casual reader with a very imperfect idea o the answer of hie ad versaries. He contends that "for all es sential purposes the known and undis puted facts of this controversy demon iirate that the Mecklenburg! s did on Way 10, 1775. promulgate their Declara . tion of Independence." No new point has been brought out In his reasoning from the accepted facts, and I am sure that Mf. Moore, like North Carolina edi tors who have been slurring at my work, has n?t read the latest presentation of the case fcr the "crNcs." I have al ready treated the -matter so fully that little remains to be said in reply to his article. The evidence cited by Mr. Moore con '. sisU of (1) the copy of the Mecklenburg '.Declaration nnd accompanying narrative . which John McKnitt Alexander prepared from memory in 1S00 (in collaboration with another, as may bo . seen from hitherto inaccessible manuscripts re produced in my work); 2 testimony Riven by evewitnems of events in Char lotte in Mav. 1775. aft.-r the publication of the Alexander document in 1S10; (o) contemporMntous references of the Roy al iwvernir josian niariin kj unit claim that it is buttressed by the contemporaneous testimony of Governor Martin as well as by the aged deponents. In my book he ill find conclusive proof thtt Governor Martin new heard of the alleged declaration. Fifty years ago it was admitted on all hands that the Gov ernor's statements concerning a treason able publication of the Mecklenburg Committer in the Cape Kenr Mercury re ler to tin; May 3st resolves: but more recent advocates of the document of the Mh, having learaed that the copy of The Caps Fear Meroury enclosed in Governor Martin's letter to Lord Dart mouth of June SO. 1775, was borrowed from the Eritish State 'Paper Office in in the name of Ameilcan Minister Stevenson, end never returned, assert that Jefferson's defenders thereby de stroyed evidence of the Mecklenburg Declaration. The question Of which reso lutions were published in the missing newspaper is now settled by the discov ery of a duplicate of Martin's letter in the possession of tho present . Earl of Dartmouth. In the duplicate Martin Kuoetituted a manuscript copy of the May 31at resolves ,for the Cape Fear Mercury. With respect to the disputed seers tsryship of the meeting which Is alleged to have declared independence the .pre ponderance of the testimony Is still more emphatically tiffair.st the accuracy of John McKnltt Alexander's reminiscences When we consider the circumstances un der which they testified, It is surprising that half their number bhou.'d have con troverted Alexander's statement that lv acted as secretary to the meeting and named in that relation Ephtriim Brevard, the recorded secretary of the meeting of May 3ist, 1775." I need repeat no more on this point. 1 do not afireo with Mr, Moore Unit If my mai,n thesis be estab lished, Alexander is neeessurily a liar. The Mav Mat resolves, as Mr. Moor pays, "bear the evidence of having been carefully prepared and formulated.'' "Fossil ly," he argues, "they weri bo- fore th convention for discussion on the eAlve of Moeklenbur t otinty. I shall tnih and 2oth of Mav. when, as tradition not attemnt to review the evidence, I ,,aJi it, a runner arrived with the Intelll- wlsh merely to state my thesis) and to ; nur e of tiu bloodshed at Lexington touch upon some of the difficulties offer- ( Mass , April 19, 1775. It is reason- ed by Mr. Moore difficulties wnicn i, i nl.te to see that the convention would M too, once thought Insurmountable. i iwept off He feet; the carefully prepared The epoonents of the authenticity of and welahed compromise resolutions the paper of May I. 177i, witn whom i would be put aside, and resolutions of a re allied the treat majority of histo rians, including some of the ublont Norm Carolina historic! writers of to-day, ar gue that all the evidence should bo un derstood as relating to a series of re-eoh-es pas.tel by tho Mecklenhur? Coin jnittee of Safety. Mav 31. 1773. The re- eolves de:lared Hiittsh authority to to I wholly suspended In the colonies, iney provided tliat. until r.-vrllament should "reslKn Its unjust and arbitrary preten tions with respect to America," Meck lenburg County should be foverned by men of tho people's choice exercising their authority "independent of the crown of Great Britain and former Con titutton Of this province." As the Brit ish ministry never changed Its attitude, Mecklenburg county was neter :fter wards under British rule After tho i historic 4th of July. 177'., there was noth ing but tho wordi! of the hold declara tion itself to remind men of Its provisional cnaracter. Ti en, say the un believers, a few peraons who cave no thought to the distinction between n suspension ami a d!ss -iutloii of the tl"s with the mother country, and others who had forgotten the precise terms of the resolves, beitan to speak of an early Declaration of Independence. Twenty-flve yearn later On when th myth had gained s strong foothold, the records of tho Mecklenburg Commit -te Of Safety were burned with the dwelling house of John McKnltt Alexan der, their custodian. Alexander had at tended the meeting of May ;!1. 177... as a member of the committer, and was prob ably secretary of the committee, fnr sev eral years Soon after the loss of the records he attempted to reproduce from memory the subsitan' of the resolutions which he and many of his nelirhhors liad for years known as a Perforation of In dependence and which. l!k many a com mentator of our own day, j,c would doubtless have styled a Declaration of Independence when he had them before him. His falling memory told him that May 20, 1775, was the date of their pro mulgation. This error, It is suggested, may have been due to the iact that May 2Cih. Old Style, is the same as May .fist, New Style. Alexander's reminiscence ff th resolutions, the circumstances of their adoption, and subsequent rlate, events wor first written in the form f rough notei. These lontr lost notes will be found in my vohim They show m"ro Clearly than the so-called Davie copy, of which thoy wer a draft, what tl.eir aged, infirm, and nearly blind author s struggling to if. ail Shortly after Alexander's death In IM7. the 'notes were found by Ms son, Dr. .1. McKnitt Alexander, attuch'-d to a matin- mora rlntrimt character, llk.j the Declara tion, which refers to the Lexington Llods1u.t;, would be brought forward and acted on." This theory is refuted hy the testimony relied on to support the declaration. Col. William Polk, an eyewitness and a son of the lender In the proccAlings, tells us that the reso lutions W'jr- "prepared some days be fore" by Dr. Kphraim Brevard, his brother-in-law. "If the May 31st resolves constitutes the t.nly genuine paper," continues Mr. Moore, "why is It that no mention is made therein of the 1exlnK ton Incident?" 'Jen. Joseph Graham's testimony and tho preamble to the May llt resolves supply the answer. Gen. (irariHin stated that one or the reasons for declaring Independence was "that the king or ministry had by proi lamatlcn or :;ome edict, declared the colonies out ot the protection of the British crown." This is the substance ot ihe preamble to the May 31st resolves. (Jen. Graham also recollects that a member of the rommituo said at the meeting; "If you resolvo on independence, how shall we he nt-s'jlvcd from the obligations of tho oath we took to be true to King Georeo HI, a boo, four years ago after the Regulation battle, when- we wore sworn whole militia companies together?" 'This speech produced confusion," wrote Graham. "Some said It was non sense, otli 'ts thai protection and legianre were reciprocal, and that, as the king had declared them out of his protection, the oath was no longer bind ing From this testimony, which I have elsewhere r xapiinod more minutely, it is evident that the preamble to the May ;'lKt r. solve was Introducer! during the muting as a shhdd f'T the tender con sciences of these who were bound by the oath exacted hy Governor Tryon after tlm Regulator insurrection and that no paper citing the battle of 1exlngton as a cause for lis adopt ion could have pass ed the convention. If. mm Mr. Moorn argueo, the May 31 st resolves were drawn up in their present form before the con vention mel, and rejected after some dis cussion for another paper, how could the argument mentioned by Gen. Graham, which Is completely answered in tho preamble to the resolve, have caused surprise and confusion? Another diffloulty ottered by Mr. Moore iii the (inisrioii Iroin tho May Elst re Mdves of the order under which th" pa per adopted was gnl. to Philadelphia. Mo niili; ask with as much reason wliy the minu'"8 of ihe meeting were not em bodied In Ihe paper. He set-ms to over look the fact that Alexander's renro- Gaffney ,S. C, Sept, 2. -Saturday night fire was discovered in ths barn of W. J. 'Wilkins. The fire had en veloped the entire building w hen dis covered. A valuable horse belonging to Mr. Wilkins and a fine mule belong ing to Mr. J. T. Brown perUhai in the (lames. The mule and horse tvers cm fined in stalls in tite barn, and afUr the fire was' discovered there was no chance to save them, A cj was run ning loose in the lot an4 she was sj badly burned before she coulj be got out that she may die. The lire was ex tinguished within ten minutea alter the arrival of the fire laddies. , Mr. Wilkins thinks that 300 will cover his loss. It is a mystery how the fire originated. The family of Mr. Wilkins was absent from horn;, and the boy who drives the delivery xvag on of Mr. Wilkitu "came into the barn about S o'clock nd fed his tock The boy does not smoke and the only the ories re that it waa either the work of rata or of an incendiary.. - The revival which haa been go ing on at the Buford Street Metho dist church conducted by the pastor, Rev. S. E. Harper, assisted by Rev. J. WV Speake, closed last , night. There were several additions to the church during the progress of the meetings and much good Is expected to result therefrom. The free barbecue at WllklnsviMe Saturday we liberally patronised, a very large crowd being present. . Speeches were made by Messrs. T. B. Butler, D. E. Filey and W. T. Slaugh ter. As it was under the auspices of the W. O. W. camp of AVIIklnsviUe, of course the speakers confined them selves to the discussion of woodcraft. Mr. C. E. Fisher, the enterprising and wide-awake agent of the Southern Express Company, of Oaffney, has suc ceeded in getting his company to put on a wagon for !the collection and delivery of express packages within the town free of charge. Mr. Fisher has the thanks of the people of the city for this piece of enterprise which will prove such a convenience to them. Charles Mardln, who has been with the Cherokee Drug Company for a year, has resigned to accept a poitld.i with the Royster Fertilized Company at Columbia. Charles Is a splendid young man and his many friends re gret to see him leavp Gaftney. Douglas Westrope, son of Mr. T. M. Westrope, the Jeweler, left Gaffney to day to go to Philadelphia, where he will enter the school of engraving. IRRIGATIOX COXGRESS. v. luctloii of the supposed declaration does order not contain tho The order apnears Vice Prerfdent Fairbanks Delivers Ad dress and Message Ffoiu President Koosevelt Is Read. Sacramento, t3ept. 2.- Marked by a laree attendance and much enthusi asm the fifteenth national irrigation congress opened here this afternoon In the irrigation palace, which has seating accommodations .for about 3,a00. Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon, president of the Congress responded to the addresses of welcome. Vice President Fairbanks was given an enthusiastic reception when he l- arose to deliver his address. Gifford Pinchot, government fores ter and personal representative of President Roosevelt at the congress, delivered the message of the coun try's chief executive which came by telegraph. Following is the message in part; 'Gentlemen: "I send you hearty congratulations and my earnest wish es for the fullest success in your con vention. I congratulate you on the progress of the great movement you represent. There is no movement more emphatically for the benefit of the small farmer and the small ranch man. The reclamation service and the forest service are directly adapted to help the small man make and maintain a prosperous home, and they are doing it, these services were re cently Inspected on the ground by the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec reary of Agriculture who have them in charge and I congratulate you on the high standards of Integrity and efficiency they have attained." ii : s It Vas l.ut ia 1 r are 1 v friend Twenty-One Year- Ago 1 'olive Arouned Over fase. and I ;i;l or Health is lutertf ted. Jtkhmond Times-Dispatch, id. Vigilant police officers have discov ered a twenty-one-year-old baby "pre served in a glass jar in a Richmond house. The case has been "put up to the city coroner, and that capable offi cial is in doubt as to whether under the jelrcumstances he can issue a death certincate for a baby which died twenty-one years ago and which has not as yst been buried. Wo Amen were engaged Saturday morning In making some repairs to a private residence. A stonecutter at work in one of the basement rooms noticed a glass Jar standing on a table and on closer examination was much shocked to find that the jar contained in alcohol, the body of a baby girl The workman notified a passing police man, who determined to take the jar wun mm to tne station-nous tor a more careful Investigation, ' Captain Whltlock, in charge at the First Sta tion, daclded that since the baby was dead, the case therefore came wlth-ln the province ; ot , the coroner. Dr. Taylor was at once summoned and he went to the station to examine the re-j mains of the Infant. - Meanwhile the occupant of the house missing the treasured remains, was j proceeding to "burn the wires with the ! charge that her house had been enter-! ed and some of her property remov ed by an officer in uniform. Coroner Taylor took the bottled ba by under hi arm and went around to call on the irate woman, assuring the police that he would make every ef fort to pacify her. After everybody had calmed down somewhat and had begun to discuss the matter, the or oner was Informed that the lady 6f the house was not the mother of the baby, which had no Mnfolk living In Virginia at present, the ehlld having been born in a far Northern State, and having Journeyed to Richmond in Its glass bottle many years ago. The woman explained that she was keep ing the body for her friend, but that she had about concluded it was giv ing her bad luck and was disposed to oury it. The case presented a difficult prob lem to the police department and af ter consedration it was decided that the woman had the best claim on the child and the glass Jar was left in her possession. No evidence was presented of any foul play. The board of health' Is searching the records to ascertain Its rights, and may yet require the child to be buried. How it can take anv ac tion without also requiring the medi cal colleges to give interment to their specimens has not yet been decided. The coronor advised that the body be hurled, but has not as yet conclud ed to issue a death certificate. i . i w J - - i w ' t..y TV?' ecript In an unknown handwriting. From onlv In thi so-called Martin copy of the the latter tho son ror ied -fo he totifl. d -: oei iaratioM. which is printed in F the document pubt.shed iwtth a few ti x- ! .Martin's li'Mory of North Carolina ami uui ji'ivni in i"i inns l'teri niautiR tliat cot, v. ;,s l l ave demonstrate,, la a JEWS SHOT DOWN. me controversy. m- anonvum.ix paper i la also among tho Important dwiim-nis ; which 1 havo brought to light. It interns! "videno ot being partlv tin composition of tie unkoonn writer, but the young'-T Alexander certified that !i of the Alexander or pollyhe.l -.lltion I .11 le f "j.y, Mr More admits the Inconsistency of 'he suliH' uiiitit conduct of the Mcklrtt I i.rjeps wilta lh sen'.lriieiits of their d". c l.iraTtoti. IC-re again he rcr.udhitex Us 'harmony, nianimity etuon of n,M delegation tramiiiilincd this section of Is uuthent Mb i lather made two of the oiativ corrections e rhu-inul in i, oi. In it. Comparison with the ro-igl, iv i. s I to tin- fa.-t the resoliHIons thev re- readlly shows that It was compiled from pernhered were i:a( lii i d with firmrn-sn the notes, probal ly by some person of jlird energy. To (,i0t. the Alexander f'wvci iiioHi,, imm iii.im ni'';iiiti.'i , ' Maieinetir. m unaer Alexander direction. The ' mlntlred, however, thai Hi" prn r was copied from the lost rcordn. aial the public agreed w itli him Noll lug appears on Its f.i. e to t.,v.- that it ,rr reeded front John McKiJli Anxaiiders memory. The recnntruc(ed resolutior.s are, of eourse, sn exaggerated travesty ..) the original. Moreover, sonic; of the spirit ami the well known phraseology of ,bd- rlarattona rerson s Immortal D ianitlun were in troduced unconsi-ic u.ly i"-rhnps N'on of Jefferson'g ph ruses are t i be round in Alexander's notes John McKnltt A1k.hic1"t made a ropy t ths manuscript In tn, unknown hiind vritlng and gave it to (;-:, U !i!h,lM u. Cavie. To this copy he appended a r tlficale, dated Kepteir.ber ;i. Ji.no, to ti,e effect that it was wrlt;.n troin m, morv ' and might not liiiaiiy eoni:,,!id with the burnt, records. It was toind In a "mutilated ronditin among t;(n liaieH papers Bfjoo after his eeiith. whfeii o, -eorred In '"JO, hut ;l,e a!)-ltm,oi urn r tificate was Riippr, . -d and r. malned unknown to the world uoiii K ,.,t me of the aged wlHies.-.i:, who c-ti'i,..) fwtwefrn ltf! and Itti had nny knowleclge i of the certificate. "Her., theji," to ouot'e from my chapter milled 'Testimony of the Witnesses," "wt-r i tnen, laboring under the weight of years, h . w.-i ' falksl Upon to testify on tin s'leuKih of were momory, ufter a ji,,.e or ,. ,,V eiHcry or more, (onrernln.: ti... Black Hundreds B'pln Rusting In OdoHta and Shoot Through Jewish Streets. Even Following Their Prey In Cemetery. Odessa, .Sept. 2. The Black Hund reds began rioting hero this afternoon. alleging that the Jews were respon slble for the explosion of the bomb In the courtyard of the central police and i station here Saturday, resulting in the Cut Foun Tlms, Officer Shoots to Kill. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 2. At Jel llco, Ky., to-night Chief of Police James Ayers shot and killed Samp son Bolton, whom he was trying to arrest, inoi until ne naci neen cut three or four times did the officer fire. Bolton served fourteen years on the police force of Jellico, Ky., being succeeded ono year ago ' by Ayers. ricvclvinj Flat Card RaHvay H$adi t 'fit ?- i A, II. WAS II BURN, S outhcrh CIIAIXOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA AU c nt Exposition - Suit Case Our Great Leader , These Suit Cases ire made ot clear elected grain Cowhide, russet color, best locks,, fitted with both catchea and straps, Deet folding Vienna handles. Size 22-inch ...... .. .. .. $5.00. 24-lnch .. .. $5.50. 2-lnch $6.00. We buy this case by the hundred and sell them as we buy them, save you about 1 2.00 per case. We We also do well Trunks. on Bags and G1LREATH & CO. Have You Ever paid a visit to our Mantel Depart ment? If not, you have failed to see some of the handsomest designs in Hardwood Mantels ever displayed In the city, and the prices are way down. Come In the next time you are up street J. N. McCausland & Co, Stove Dealers, Roofing Contractors, 221 & Tryon Street COAL - ICE Don't wait too long. Buy Coal NO W for prompt delivery. We sell the best and, the CLEANEST, therefore the CHEAPEST. Daily Ice capacity. 160 tons. , Delivery Delivery Wagons Wagis and , ic Jani; Harness Haracss At pur 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 to pay. . .. -; - " . : . 1 ' We will build any kind of ,a wagon to order,' J, W Wadsworths' Sons Company CHARLOTTE R C The American Machine & Manufacturing Company Cucoeesor to Machinery and Contractlnt Bualnesa ot THE t. A. TOMPKINS CO. ' " CHARLOTTE. N. C. Standard ' and Coal end ice Ice Fuel Co. Phone 19 exertion in the cause of nierty and in- deaths of an artillery officer and four ih; I Pollen The rioter ran through the a rpsr'nily ' lliuauuru Liy jrns, llcillK prcril- the stuie i iscuously riarht and left. Three men mill tti-i wltti he c onmrtence and hlkli ! were killed and from BO to 60 :..prol.i.l)oii of t,f. ,-,., n il f Safely, j wounded u i to. 1,1 II, .. ,.K..l..r... . . 1 VktlUUIlCU. W I 111 tlU'ton If ll,,. on,..,- ,.f II.. I 'tie Mjhfeonent nets and ,1 f Ha r't.uled authors i,n,l suppoifers i.ITIx mi Ineifareable Ktinrpa lo 'heir chaiiictora. r.eHcnrc'ira coy, nop n period or nearly a opniury have produced no contern. poraneous records which Mibntuiitlnte. the claims of Mecklenburg. This cannot l'- due to U. negllnenecf of North Cuio iitia patriots w record Heir doing, for their records of this period ar. volumin ous, and ve rind the May list resolves n the ne.. -papers of the day and re. ;-n-d to i the correspondents nnd puh- j !,.e(l mob . ..j m y; io--ior .viarun, tioveraor nln ''oiKiai Jtifhard iVit!,i,ai hamu.-l .loUnston. W. IIKNKY HOVT "Ji "oirt. l.a,i... tj.'orge, N, y., Juy The mob Indulged In other brutal excesses,-and beat down many victims with flexible rubber sticks. The Jewish ecmotery, where thousands of Jews were praying at the gravesides of their dead, was the scene of a (lerce on slaught hy members of the Black Hundreds, who shot, down many of the mourners with revolvers. A panic broke out In tho cemetery and many persons were; injured in the wild rush to escape the vengeance of the organ- a.'id I". MOVXT AIRY MATTERS Peculiar phraseology, or exact !;npe,;i noin. 01 series or ren -ilullona which "--ftioet of them had hrird read hut one,, from th? Kens of the coarl hoiiM,. I,, ., Charlotte. All were very voung nn-n or in M:.y, ur,, a.xl lively t have ween 1 amoni? the. ftrt who iranstlgured the Meeklonburg' resolves of May 31 i77 - Info Declaration of Independence Here , -were ft series of resolution, without a ' WI. Whleii purported to be tliii, ileeiam tiun I May. 1776. accompanied by a. nsrmtive of events which those men V.M associated with the resolutions they I ad in mind. The d-ument v an rmi f.ecl by th or of the hiot custodian of t) records of May. I-77S. to in- a true, ' the paix-rii left in bin Und hy Ills father ;ni tli.j greater r,uiut..er of the a zed wlttieiwea were virtually told that these were the resoluliomt which tl.ey tia4 bear read, and that May -n 1773 WS thflr cJate. or that John McKnltt --Aljin1er, tnrir hue tir,noreT eompnirlut was a forg r and a liar All buv their' b'Stlnsony in awer to lending ou,tioiia And. yet, notwlthHUnd'nB tlm u-oiik W-lKiaeasiona -uttfler which they .luborwf ihe paper of May 51, 1771,, rc-aaisertwi tt hold uiwi iihuis me'ttiorl even in their statements cmwlni the trma of the resolutions wlilch they celled a Decjara ""n of Independence,! , , The May 8lt (, , iriuiiti weft loiuni n ooni;mporary newspaiK-ra after all the . witnessea had jpess4 away.-.'.--.......- ' 'T? u lb lst of the story of th yecklonburg myth. It Is a stranre and t almost Incredible story of the falii)dit f human memory, but" not wliheut Its parallel in history, f , , owuet of their argument, ay tr. Moore, (he friends of the Mecklen burg .Darlararion wnplsln that thwr op. j-oneets show toe little rt$wa for the eeii.rt.iors of jth Sl' kler-buj jf JTatbw.. i, atisww" to this objection lias teen ftuflioienily Indicated above. The tp- Lnlxir liny t cl. hntud at the firanito lly Aiiciullinr Vlrtrlula Fair I ri lwlit siilpiH'd 011 Sunday I'cr .Miiiiii Mciiihui, Special lo i'ho ( bS"IT'r. Mom, 1 Airy. Kept. Z. It feems that During "lis ataclc which lasted for several hours, trip police were lmpas isive spectators and made no arrests. For Sale I SHOW CASES and COUNTERS Owing .to the rearrange ment of our store we are of fering for sale four hand some 8-foot Show Oases to gether with their counters, B. A. Southerland lAK KOtT LKA11S TO RIOT. Helfjlini Dock laborers, Joined bv Torter and Others, llmtk Out Into Violence and Spread Terror Around the Port. Antwerp, Sept. 2. The lockout of 'he dock laborers to-duy caused the porlera and others to strike in sympa thv nnd reaort to violence Th eln. exeryrmny i to-aay timmjr our uov-Hers broke Into the grain storehouses, t rru.r at his word ati.i iM .-elebratlnR i broke up tho tools, carried off the wa tho d:ty to th'; fullest extent. The irona anil ahowered atnnaa on tha Knit. I Notice of Good Roads Bond Election. Notice Is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Mecklenburg Coun ty, pursuant to the provisions of Chap ter 755 of the Public Laws of 1907, haa this day called an election, to be held on Thursday, the 19th day of September, 1907, tor tne purpose of submitting to the qualined voters of said county the ques tion fis to whether .or not the said coun ty shall Issue bonds In the sum of 1300, O&v the proceeds of which shall be used for the purpose of paying ofl the present floating indebtedness of said county, and grading, building, repairing and otherwise Improving the public high u-ava and roads therein. This tne tin aay 01 August wt. Board of Commissioners , of Mecklen burg County. HI w. fli. iajssm. unairman. il y wjs more generally celebrated he-re than ivi-r before. The factories fhut down and ewrylriing put on holi day attire. the 'big fair at fjalax, Va., In the neigh boTlrifl oii'ity of Grayson, is on this w'f k and larg numbers of Mount Airy i')tlzeii are arranging to upend Ihe Broiler put of ihe week there, chief MarMial K. (.1. Pace lives In this c ity, a rirt he? in noW off to Virginia lo make the fair a success. SuneUy wus a, nIVy dsy about the depot.. Two train loads of granite and oilier freight "were 'sent' but. ' George and Bishop Niehol lefi this morning for Guilford College. Mr. an.l Mrs. A. V. Lowry spent Kunttay wlt',i relntlves at Pilot Mountain, Messrs. J. V, and ). f. Kulk. of Pilot. Mountain, spent Monday in this city, llsh strike breakers on the steamers, forcing them to quit work, routed other strike breakers, threw a steam crane overboard and wrecked a lot of machinery. The rioters boarded tho British utearncr Agenoria, destroyed her freighting implements and seriously 'injured one of her engineers. They ijUn took possession of the British steamer Hydney. The violence of the dock laborers and their aympathljser ro terrified the men st work on hoard number of the vessels thttt they fled to tne snore. , ; There were several sharp tussles between strikers and workmen wh were returning to their lodgings un der police escorts. In which revolvers were used freely. No one was hit Another iejMl Mnn tioim Wronjr. He neglected to take Kob-y' Kidney Ctro at thi first idgu of Kidney trouble hoping it would wifir uwitv. and he was vuon a victim of Bright's disease, There is danger in delay, but If Foley's Kidney Cute is taken at onoe the symptoms will dls-inpear, tho kidneys are strength ened and you are soon sound and well. A. R. Bs, of Morganlown, Ind., hfld to get up ten or twlve times in tne night, nJ had a severe bskaehs and pain (rt tit kiditeyaHMtd ni-4of4tr h.11y.,Cu,?. lk Jwdn fe C. and V. t Hand ft Co, WANT TO COME BACK. , Strlklna Oora4or In Houston Apply Fur JU-lnsutcnicnt as Imlivlduals. Houston, Tex,, Sept i. Striking operator formerly employed toy tha Postal Telegraph Company, ha va a p. plied for reinstatement as Individuals. The manager of the Postal to-night notified them h would take their p. pUraHna,..uadtu.a4vIaawnWTiw are numerous rumors of breaks In the strikers' ranks tp all parts of Taxaa. . 'l I ! Htmp amly wW 11 1 m m ir i V h 1 ' : u : STANDARD ADDING MACHINES Highest in quality, du rability and efficiency and lowest in price. Model B $185 Model E $250 ' J.LCRAT0N SCO. General Agents, 217 Sdutn Tryon Street. CHARLOTTE, . - - N. C FRANK P. MILBURN & CO. ARCHITECTS r WASHINGTON. O. C DWNDS Our line of Loose and Mounted Diamonds is the largest,, in .the Statei We make - up Rings and Brooches any price desired. , . If you are .interested, get our prices. L Leading, Jewelers.. ; BRUNS 11 YARN REELS THE KIND WITH THE PATENTED OIL GUARDC Keens Oil Off th Tarn While Dotting. Every Machine accurately balanced and tested at speed before shipping. Going To Build ? ,j DON'T DO IT. Until you have communicated with and received price from Hntton Bourbonnaia, who manufacture complete Home Bill. Rough ana Dressed Lumber, Sash, Doora, Interior Wood Work of all klnda, Bottle Boxee and Packing Caaes a specialty. Dir. ect-from the forest to the consumer. Hutton & Bourbonnais, Hickory, iV, e. THE CHARLOTTE SUPPLYGO ; AaiNta fob f American Afl-Wronght Steel Soil Pnllere "Clant" 6Utched Robbei Dotting. v' -We carry ' "vft Tale and Towns HoUts np to six' tons eapacityj also fui, of Packla. PIihh Valves and SHU StinpUe ITiiHiiiminmim - Dr. E. Iff ye Hctchleon. 9, 9. BuUdilaoo. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 3, 1907, edition 1
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