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The editor reserves the right to give the names of cor responoents when they are demand ed for the purpose of personal saus- : faction, To receive consideration a. 'communication must be accompanied , by the true nam ot the correspon- ' dent, 6A7TKDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 107. bIGXS OF A BRIGHTER K1IA. In connection with the imp-riant nrOiect for an maepenueii'.. nilwav through the Ahevllle mountain region The Asheville Citizen cimes out with this startling utterance: "It's a terrible confession to inako, but The Citizen has Wr. nought, -body aim eoul. by the Appalachian Interurfcan Hallway." And The Ahev!lle Gaze tic Ni.' is even more' startling: This la n railroad orsrnn. We have never denied It. The tune we are now pUying Is 'The More Railroads, the Bet ter " After allowing for a certain exu berance of statement which 'h new railroad project seems to have mspir Cd, we still find ourselves thrilled. The sensation, however, Is thorough ly agreeable. Our Asheville ro. (tem poraries, by their holdnem. have helped o make plain the paiMin ? of an era. Attacks upon the chu.ractfs of all newspapers and publio men who seek to build up rather than de art roy are no longer feared a i:.rr tally injurious In .North Carolina. 1907 COTTON" ND IKOST. AVERAGE When will damaging frosts begin to occur in the cotton belt? With a crop from two to four weeks late, this is the feature of prime import ance at presont. No man, however, can do more than state the probabil ities. Average dates when Jack Fr st j tnakeg his first killing onslaught at i different points are well known, but the range Is so wide In North Cari lina of late years from October 2M to November 38th that these pos sess a very limited value. North Car olina, nearly all South t'arollna and the greater part of the States of Geor gia, Alabama and Mississippi may or dinarily expect killing frost to ar rive between November lnt and No vember 15th. Northern Louisiana. Northern Texas, over 'naif Arkansas and a good part of the Territories ar.. Similarly situated. In the northern fractions of Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi and Arkansas the time ;i little earlier. In southern Georgia and all along the upper Gulf Deeem ber 1st or a little mrlier is the rule. Helow there Ja'.k Is ho niildom an im iwrtant crop Mason factor that he can be dismissed witn little conn. (tier, i-! tion even h ynr Th'se dHn show that the prse:it emp hm nothing much to fear it only the killer do-s not come ahsd of time; if an un;r uallv early t'rost doe imt -mile i i Unusually late ( n;. This - en;, though belated tons enjoys n. ire t h.i : a fair rhsne to .ieapi any serioii damage. It simply hn a d'.tiiiriWi' 1 margin of probable f.af'tv stxte r.i rt Hi.H s i t -.in. N)W thai Vie' I di-nt S,en. B. A(iains. of The Iniinsti mi N'ev l:au become. )i c.ij'-ot of T ,e Y.i Heel, Ktate l.ep.ji.-ari hare,,;, ( at lent an out w-r-ll;. n ,t, ;,nMn fact. Ex Congre .nun i: Blackburn appear- to haw bo u piit eliminated. V.i i.ain" '' :m..-;)-:m from Tii" Tar il'id'n pul... ' i . of directors. lin-n li I, i li Blackburn Is teav "ipiiu-.,-1 i feeling fine .Mr. Adam. ..). . m ihly gives hl serv! e In the p.uty fhuirniaa, will si'tie a!! pending tronagft (,cetl!tii In t vrn tie e parly oraanlsaMoiiR tr ' imn . pi master n I other locul i.ite r i the chalrn an is to ,i,;.e :, j,,-, their re':onini)ida riis Tne 1 pie consul service !, to bf i i.; b improved. Kccent a m Hague Peate Conference in 'I : dec Iflg that henceforth no -(,wei mr t declare war against anothci v tnout prior notification findi an -rh'i here, for talk of carrying the Slate before long is freely uttered D"ii.o -rats cannot deny that they have been ro emnly warned. In all visible respects peace reigns among North Carolina Republicans pending the next row The Mecklenburg Progre, t Da vidson, Is the newest Mecklenburg newspaper. It comes as an eight page, four-column weekly, and shows Up well In every way. Mourn. Hob. on si Norwood, of The Mooresvill Enterprise, are publishers; Mr. W. V." Olllespjd Is editor and Or. Henry Louts fimith contributing editor. Pub lished Jn a college community which also has an Industrial life and as uref the support of beta town and gown, -The Progress- - rnurycnMe nfly -expect Meets. ,y ;-. - ; ! nv.ru Tin: two ends or Tin: .;. Hearing that Chicago will go be fore Congress with a request that iti drainage canal be eo changed as to admit of navigation between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi, many New Tork State papers are up in arms. The scheme calls for a flowing stream, not one with locks, and, this, they assert with good reason, would lower the general level of all the lakes except Superior, affecting every wharf and harbor. Already there have been complaints, some of them from Canadian , interests, against ef fects on the lake level which Chi cago's ipresent canal is said to haw produced. The people of New Tork State, however, have & peculiar Inter est in the matter. At the cost of 1100,006,000 they are now engage in deepening the Erie canal, a water way which the Chlcago-Mlssiasippi scheme threatens with serious com. petition, "It would be' the height of injustice," declares The Schenectady Gazette,' ."that, after having con structed at our expense a canal that should Siave been built by the Feder al government, we should lose any of the business to be rightfully expected from It. The canal 'connecting Chica go and the Mississippi would divert some, -perhaps considerable, trade from our own bargo canal to the de triment of New York and Buffalo. New York should protest strenuously against the scheme." There Is rea son in this, and yet New York may expect to see some form of Chicago Mississippi ship canal built with Fed eral aid at no, distant date. The bene fits of such a waterway would be far more widely distributed than those of the Erie canal, wide though the latter are. Moreover, the Erie can not in any event escape serious com petition with other ditches, for Can ada is even now preparing to dig two important new ones in addition to the existing Welland canal. New York's veto on the plan of a Missis sippi outlet is effective to-day, but there can be little doubt that the near future will tell a different sto v. None of the Republican presiden tial booms stems to be booming just at present. New York City has no little cause to be glad that Its issue of 140,000,00) 4 1-2 per rent, bonds was successful ly marketed the other day, for the previous failure of a 4 per rent, of fering and the city's increasingly f vere need had made the matter seri ous. This time there were 960 bids for a total of 1207,000,000. the av erage ranging around 102. The par ticipation of J. P. Morgan & Co., and the addition of one-half per cent, to the inten-st rate made a great difference. New York will not luue to dodge its creditors for a good while yet. 1 The WaynesvUle-Ashevlile-Hender sonvllle-Rutherfordton railway pr-j- ject looks pretty formidable, but the' press of the se2tlon concerned seems ! to think that proper support in the form of county bond Hsues would as Rure Its success. An enthusiastic campaign has been begun in Bun combe and Henderson. We shall fol low developments with interest and beft wishes. CITY BY Till: SKA THE WI.VXF.It. larle.ton Eorges Ahead In Contest1 With All-Star Team Score 3 to () -jl.ilU'lip. I harleston fnrve.J hers If a p(si-I lion ohm point in advance of the all-i s'ar team with which she is ihis week ! lompetiiig yesterday afternoon when' the team walked off with the Ilftii game by a score of ,f to n. There' were no special features, other thun tlinsn noted elsewhere, but it was not a bad game Howard's f.n in Klio Kltij a i lean tiller trigger was creiitabh Itool n.-on caa-;ln ,i gomi game, slmu lnh' both he.nl a ork. and skill. Kit; Hlrrmun play -d a pretty Kit rin' at short. I .'off and Roi'dnRi r formi .1 the hat t' l' v for ( 'harii'-Lon, -.lnic pcxter ae.l Kobinson wte tin.- battery for li an sick. In the yeeond Inning I.ewls r:ippr,l "at. a t ". o-baijger. K"i dner ciuie to tilt .'-era ,e( ... ; h a .- ii, ;!,. whic ! Hue hi cii.ii.ee to x ore. In the third inn. in-; i.;u;gby M-iuied a siati.-. WllH nrrltleec to .e'0,, hy j(,,'r a,,,) .' orcj on Mowar I'.- single. I , tie .-: X t h Howard -ot hi., three base h t anil re-ore,) f.n M, ,i!im', '., -ilinb- T o ma th- up i 'harle'X m's ti,o of tall es am) riecurcd the Ka'iie, .'1 to u. ., oitleirii t ,i hula !'ii .note ww kept, t)ir regular scorer hcln.j; out of towji. Following ix tin' lineup by poi i inn." : Charlector,: Mnllin, If; llow.ir.l, cf; .Mi Hiu-y, rf; Log in, lib. Moms, Lewis. 3b: kiT-ini r. . ; (juil"y, lb; HolT, p Ail-Star lejrn: Kaner. lb; McKernau. 31.; Hurt, . I ; fy.lir. If I. alley. ''!). lib nii.ui, Spring", i; Itohllison, p Tii-day's game will ltd the scries ( ncMon to ( ol. IYc IlllslvlllH. ! i"'lKitunonKa Times. I The UuiiHton. Texas, Pout, rniMig the f.-ct that Kredt-rlek Hasktns ban declared the Mecklenburg Declaiu la.ni to lie genuine ami at the sanui time 1oir:k the birthplace of An . drew .li.eksun in North Carolina, ob- i "- herewith formally '.withdraw the roasts we, have given hint iHaHl(ins) and cordially Invite i him to become a citizen of Texti-." : It might be. well, however, to caution ! Km! that lie would do 'Well to nvold t'hu. ; ..ton, South Carolina, where ; The News an. I Courier Is laying for him w.th loniethmg more serious than a n re roa.-,t dimt to He on the Safe Side. Catawba County News. The Charlotte observer evidently thinks Mr. Bryan will be In the imca .for President for year to come. n It proposed i)n Sunday a man to nominate hlni In tin' convention of 1908, 112 snd 1910. "'We wonder why The Observer stopped with the year 1916. HEALTH IN TlTlT CANAL ZONE " Til' hlgn Waxes paid rnnke It 11 nilhtf temptation to nnr young artisans to Join the force of skilled wiuknin needed to '(instruct tli Panama Canal. Many are restrained, however, by this fnr of fevers and mmlurla. It in the knowing ones thosi who hnve tin(j Klnctric Hlt tera, who go tuere without ibis fenr, well knowing they are safe from malarious Influence with Decline Hltu.rs on tmnd. JJ'f reuWes. Guaranteed by all drug- glStSV SUB, s , i wi: Enrol: mriit ot EIl.alK'th Coilese V.'i'l Ho Liirtrc -Ses-lon Oiwih Nct ' Week Mrona Faculty fcocurrd - Items of Interest About. 'Mew Teachers. The formal opening' of Elizabeth College will take place Thursday morning of next week, at which time exercises appropriate to the ocxasio.1 will be hold. All day puplla are ex pected to be present for registration and classification that morning. The day previous la the time set for the arrival of the boarding pupils. It is probable that the capacity of the dor mitories w ill be reached on the open ing day so great will .be the increase of boarders. The young ladles who will enter the boarding department of the college are from many States, some of them coming from as far North as the State of New York, and others from as far West as Nevada. The college will open, this year under the most desirable auspices, decided ly, in Its history. , The college building haa oeen ren ovated thoroughly during ( vacation and put in the best of order, as has also the conservatory, and the latter has been painted both on the outside and in the interior. The grounds have been greatly improved during the summer and while always attrac tive, they were never so much so as at the present time. , - ' . Rev. Cjiarles B. Klnf. president of the college, has returned to the city fully restored to health. During the summer he spent one month In Baltimore and another at Clifton Springs, New York, and at both places he Was able to secure the rest which he ne-Jded and so well deserv ed. There are but few changes In, the faculty for this year, 18 of the teach ers of last year returning to occupy the same chairs In the departments which they held last year. Miss R. Adeie Allen, of Kentucky, who succeeds Miss French' at the head of the department of English, is a post-graduate student of Columbia University and has had seven years of experience in teaching in prom inent colleges. She ebmes to Elisa beth, College very highly recommend ed and with a splendid record as a teacher. Miss Elizabeth L. Leib. of Ham ilton, Ohio, has been added to the conservatory faculty as piano special ist. She will be the successor of Miss Shepper and is a graduate of the New England and New York Conser vatories of Music. She has taught successfully for eight years. Miss Maude Schaeffer, of Savan-i nah. Ga., will be tlwj teacher at the head of the preparatory department,; and will also be assistant in the de partment of mathematics, succeeding Miss Richardson. As a first honor graduate and scholarship medalist of Elizabeth College in the class of 1902, Miss f -haeffer is well known in Char lotte. She has had Ave years' teaching experience and will be a distinct ac quisition to the faculty of Elizabeth College; she has done much post graduate work and is well equipped for her position here. The exercises at the opening of the college year on next Wednesday will be interesting, and a cordial in vitation is extended to the public to attend the same. I) KS. IU SSRM; AMI MATHKSOX. Tin y Have Formed a Partncrslilp For Hip Practice of Motllcinn as Eye, Kar, Nose and Throat Sicclallsts. Drs. E. II. Kussell and J. P. Mathe- Hon have formed a partnership for the; practice or their profession. iney will open their oliioe the 1st of Jan uary. This will prove Interesting news to the many friends of these popular Charlotte doctors. The illness of Dr. Kussell lias been noted in the papers. His condition Is very much Improved but It is believed that he will profit ; by taking a long rest. Therefore, j he will goto the mountains, where he will spend the fall and a portion of the winter months. His condition I Is very satisfactory now and, with a j long rcct, will be all right again. His i health gave way under the strain of too much work. i Ir. Matheson Is a bright young phy- siclan with a fine practice. He has been here but a few years an.l has male many friends. He has made a j special study of diseases of the eye, : ear. nose and throat and likes that work. Hence his partnership with i Dr. liiuseii will rive him vety con genial work. In order to make him self more nt for the position he will leave here within ten days and go North for a special cours which, will last until about the first of the your. Drs. Russell and Mathenon belong to the faculty of the North Carolina Medical College and are connected with the new hospital. They are men of ability and training and will do well. MEETING AT BELMONT CI OSES. Itev. .Mr. flellk Makes a Good Impres sion mid Accomplishes Good. Last night closed a most successful int ( ling at the new Belmont Presby terian church. Hev. Mr. George W. lieik, now of Albemarle, but recently pastor of Tenth Avenue Presbyterian ihuivh. this city, preached a most pouerlfl and convincing sermon from the text: "Whatsoever a man soweth, i hat shall he also reap." Galatlans tj : 7. lie artfiied and established" point after point by scriptural illustration. For nearly an hour he held the large audience, dealing out to them timely word of warning. bore Witness to tiltf All the people fact that his, word were liternlly streaming from a soul full of zeal for his Master's cause, and full of love for them.. His message will long be remembered In Belmont. j The church, which has a Beating capacity of nearly I Off, was packed to Die limit, aisles full of chairs, mn aitiing on the platforms and ffoors and iiite a number turned away. The most hopeful sljjn of the meeting was the interest faken by the men, and espec ially by the young men. Of all tho.se that professed conversion full half were young men, and of the thirty asking the prayers of Christians In their behalf, the young men ware In (he largii majority. Exactly' thirty-nine names were pledged for memr bershlp In this new organization, and It is understood that several more are soon to be enlisted. Hlnce reaching Charlotte Monday night Mr. Belk has preached twice daily to large and attentive congrega tions. This for him closes the sev enth week of a series of dally services, and he returns to-day to a needed and well earned rest, The Presby terian of Charlotte, and the Chris tian people generally deeply appre elate his services In this cause. - Mr. Jordan May Quit Charlotte. Mr. Robert H. Jordan came In from New York yesterday, and is at the Central. He left Mrs. Jordan In the metropolis, where he will return Monday. Mr. Jordan Is not certain what he will do. His health has Improved considerable since he left hfro early In the summer. It is believed by a number of his friends that Mr. Jor dan will quit North Carolina and maVenirnmerrs-yeTto Mr. Jordan Is nere looiilnf after bis business Interests. . . rtrn.s 1 i ;!cd Syini u ' ' y anl ,i Front tiie 1. ret hrcu f tae in s. A3 was to be expected of such a newspaper. The Charlotte Observer appeared as usual Monday, in spite of the fact that its building was al most destroyed by flre and Us staff and mechanical, force had to flea for their lives. By the courtesy of The Charlotte News The Observer trans ferred its forma and men to the News' J piant and went on tne.wor which the fire had interrupted. It is gratifying that The Observer's firs was controlled by the firemen be fore it had completed its destructive career. A part of the mechanical out fit was not , reached by the flames, snd it Is hoped that it withstood the water damage. , The editorial offices were saved. The building was four story structure, a, credit to the paper and the town, x - . There is no better newspaper la the South, or in the country, than The Charlotte Observer. In some eltles there are bigger papers, but they are no better, and very few are as good. The Charlotte dally has an Individual ity which has 'made Its repuation na tional, besides giving It a permanent hold upon the affection and admira tion of its own people. . It Is unnecessary for The Landmark to say how much It sympathizes with its North Carolina friend in this hour of trouble. The Observer will appear almost as usual, but it will take some months to relieve its devoted house hold of the strain of doing the work unJer all sorts of handicaps. Nor- follf Tjn.tmirk . The State's best citizens as well as the newspaper fraternity were deeply concerned on hearing of the serious conflagration In The Observer Build ing Monday morning, but were con soled by the fact that th,ls, one of the State's best papers, will continue publication without interruption. Equal to this, as well as other oc casions arrangements have been made by the. management for issu ing the paper until the plant can be put to running again. The Ob server is to be congratulated upoh possessing a force of men who un daunted by the serious accident, bent every energy toward issuing the pa per to ita patrons despite the incon veniences encountered. The Observer has the sympathy and best wishes of the State. Ashe ville Courier. Another Southern newspaper has suffered from fire. This time it Is The Charlotte Observer, whose plant was badly damaged a few nights since. It will only be a few days, however, before the staunch old North Carolina paper will be again re-established. The Observer is one of the most reliable and influential newspa pers of the South, and we regret Its misfortune.- Knoxvllle Sentinel. The serious loss suffered by The Observer Company, at Charlotte, as the result of the fire which swept the third and fourth floors of its build ing early Monday morning is a source of sincere regret to the friends and admirers of The Observer. whose name is legion. The loss Is estimat ed at 125,000. Owing to the orompt offer of its plant by The Evening News neither The Observer nor The Chronicle missed an Issue. We are glad that the damage to th news paper was light. There are hosts of people who would almost count the day lost that failed to bring The Ob server and they are glad that it is as well with it as it Is. Luraberton Itohesonian. About the same hour that the flames were devouring The Cleveland Springs Hotel, a lire was raging on the third and fourth floors of The Charlotte Observer Building Inflicting a loss of $25,000 before it could be checked. One life was lost ..eorge Wilson, a deaf mute, who had stolen Into the building to- lodge for the night. It Is thought the fire origi nated from a match rarelessly struck by thig boy. The loss of property was great in both these fires but, this was a matter of no consequence as com pared with the loss of live.s. We can conceive of nothing more horrible than to be burned 4o death. The excellence of the force and the perfect organization that exists in The Observer office was fully demon strated by that paper's coming out on time that morning as usual. In all of Us history it has never missed an Is sue, Shelby Aurora. The Charlotte Observer and Ths Evening Chronicle have appeared reg ularly, notwithstanding the fire of Monday morning, which almost put them out of commission temporarily. The great hold The Observer has on its constituency Is very noticeable when anything goes' wrong with the paper. If It fails to come, or there is an accident in the office, the num ber of inquiries and the interest man ifested lh the paper and Its editor is very great. This Is always the case in Sfatesvllle and It seems to be so Wherever The Observer is known and read. Btatesvlilo Landmark. It takes something more than a fire to down The Charlotte Observer. Not withstanding the severe loss it sus tained Sunday night the paper did not miss an issue, and it now goes out every day to it thousands of sub-: scrlbers as big and newsy as ever. Wadesboro Mesnenger-lAtelllgencer. The esteemed Charlotte Observer suffered a $15,000 loss from lire at an early hour Monday morning. While the damage Is fully covered by in surance, money an hardly compen sate for the disorganization Incident to such an affliction. The Observer, of course, will make a noise like a Phoenix. Nashville Amerlnan. Notwithstanding the fire, The Char lotte Observer put in Its appearance yesterday bright, interesting ana welcome as usual.' Not a day of pub lication lost, and we hope not a dol lar that will not be speedily reimburs ed ; by Increased patronag,-Norfolk Vlrglnlan-Pllot The people of the State "regret? to learn that there was a serious fire In The Charlotte Observer office Sun day night. The loss was heavy and the Monday morning Issue of the pa per was printed In the office of The Charlotte News. Scotland Neck Com monwealth. - ' t" : ' 'y: We learn with unfeigned regret of the destruction by fire on Monday morninr of the building and machln erv of The Charlotte Observer. ? It Is one ot tne most vaiuea excnanss comes to this office, ably conauctea, sound noUtlcally. abounding In newa, We trust the publication will not be Interrupted and .wish the Virginian pilot was near enough to rendy sym pathy In the practical form of assist ance. 'JiOriOIK Virginian-jriiui. Just as The Star i predicted that 115,000 fire did little more than mane Th Charlotte Observer and The. Evening- Chronicle look around; to sue what was the matter. - Both papers csme to The StaY ysttray r1n full fledge the usual number of pages and the ew4&-Iua andautcellent .shape, a tool deal could be said of a city that hs within It the faculties to so I it) r : r- tl c Congratulations to that abln and ex cellent contemporary, The Charlotte N. C, Observer, on its recent nar row escape from destruction by fire. The loss would have been only tem porary, of K-ourse, but the Inconven ience and slight Interruption In the publication of a paper like The Ob server Is a public misfortune. Peters burg Index-Appeal. The News wishes to express sympa thy with The Charlotte Observer In its loss by fire on Monday morning. The saddest thing connected with the -Are was the burning to death of the deaf and dumb boy, George Wilson. Burlington News. The Mascot" in common with the press of the State sympathises with The Charlotte Observer In its recent loss by fire. But by the kindness of Its neighbor, The News, and with un daunted energy not an Issue was miss ed. Statesvllle Mascot There was a serious misfortune that befell The Charlotte Observer Mon day morning when the - paper suf fered a loss of $16,000 by fire. True the material loss was covered by In surance, but that cannot compensate for Inconveniences, loss ot business and destruction of things that money tsnnot replace. Hawever, The Ob server knows what It Is to face a prob lem and overcome It, and we expect to see it come out of the last, misfor tune better than ever. Greenville Re-j Hector. ' . . - The Charlotte Observer has had Its third serious fire, but has shown Its capacity for meeting all sorts ' of emergencies and rising above disas ter. We sympathize with the owners over their loss and , great Inconven ience. Stanly F.nterprls. ELECTION OP PRESIDENT. A Method Suggested For Dividing the Voto of States. Chief Justice Walter Clark, of .North Carolina, In The Arena. It would be dangerous, and almost a1 certain provocation of' civil war, to change the election, of the Presi dent to a per capita vote by the whole of the Union. Then a charge of fraudulent vote at any precinct or voting place, however remote, might affect the result: and &a frauds would most likely occur In those States -where the majoritteg ara largest as In Pennsylvania or Texas, Ohio or Georgia a contest would always be certain. Whereas, , now, frauds in States giving large ma jorities, unless of great enough magnitude to change the electoral vote of the State, can have no effect. The remedy is preserving the electoral vote system as now, and giving the .smaller States, as now, the advantage of electoral votes to repre sent their Senators, to divide the electoral vote of each State accord ing to the popular vote for each candidate, giving each his pro rata of the electoral vote on that basis, the odd elector being apportioned to the candidate having the largest fraction. .Thus, In New York, ,Mr. Blaine would have gotten 17 electoral votes and Mr. Cleveland 18. Other States would have also divided, more or less evenly; but the result would be that the choice of President would no longer be restricted to two or three States, as In our past history, snd is likely to be always the case as long as the whole electoral vote of two or three large pivotal States must swing to one side or the other and determine the result. This change would avoid the present evil of large sums being, spent to carry tne solid electoral vote of "pivotal" States, for there would cease to be pivotal States. At the same time this would avoid 1 the' open gulf Into which a per capita ballot by the whole Union would lead us. 'While the electoral vote of a State should be divided pro rata, according to the popular vote for each candidate, it is essential that each State should vote as one district, since its boundaries are unchangeable. To permit the Legislature of each State to divide It into electoral districts would simply open up competition in the art of gerrymandering. BELL COMPANY GETS SITE. Lot on Which to Build Central Office Bought by Telephono People at Greenville, S. C. Special to The Observer. Qieenvllle, 8. C. Sept. 13. The South ern Bell Telephone Company closed a deal here to-day for a building site for its central, omce, which will be erected inonaoiy. within the next lew months. The lot Is on Laurens street, between MeBoe avenue and Washlntfton street. and In ono block of Main, li Is not yet known what will be done In regard to plarlnar the telephone wires In the busi ness district under ground on account of a conflict of proposed rates between the company and the city council committee. TUls will likely be adjusted In a short while. The purchase was through the com pany's attorney, but the price was not given out nor the cost of the proposed luiiuing. Young Woman gent to Salvation Army Rescue Home, Special to The Observer. Spartanburg. 8. C Sent 13. Susie Gos ling, a young white woman of this city, who has just finished serving a sentence of 30 days In jail on the charge of lar ceny, will be sent to the Salvation Army uescue hiww mi juirmingnam. it was through the efforts of Captain Winches ter, of the local post, that the woman ngreed to give up her life of shame and try ana mase something out of herself. The girl came here from North Caro lina several months ago, and during the ! time she has ben In Spartanburg has spent more than half in the police sta tion. About a month ago she was con victed on the charge of stealing a set of iaise -.com irom a young man. The Lest Shoot of the Season Next ,'.'',;.;;-.,. Friday,,. , At a meeting of the Charlotte Gun Club held last night in the office of Mr. John w. Todd, secretary and treasurer, it vas decided ,to hold a tournament on next rYiaay, this being the v last shoot "of the season. The tournament will be participated In by the members of the club and will be for 100 birds in four 15 and two zo-oira events. . j ! On account of the rivalry In the club, there is being great Interest taken in the coming tournament. The club at this time has the largest membership, since it was organized some fifteen years., ago. The Tom Cat and Billy Goat. ; . "Speaking of near-poetry," said a caller, "I have a verse recalled frjnm Judge James E, Boyd's repertoire." This said, the speaker turned over the following lines' ' - ( "Away up at Barnegat i . A Billy goat bucked at a Thomas rat: . Tom, he humped and mad a spring, , And ItlUy was sorry he saw the thing. . ,To check a oold Quickly, get from your druggist some .little Candy Cold Tablets called Prevsntlcs. Druggists everywhere sre now dispensing Preventte, for they are not only safe, but decidedly certain na prompt. j-revtnucs, contain no wuinino, no lasauve, notmng harsh nor sickening. Taken at lb "sneese stage" Prevent lee will ' prevent Pneumonia, Bronchltti. LeOrlppe. ete, - Hence the ham. Preventiea. Good for feverish eKtldrea. . JP rwlit nU. Trtl hose l cents. Bold by Burwt ll-Dunn netau wore, 1! J I'll To See the Correct Fashion for rail in Filer With the largest and finest collection for Fall Suits, Furnishings and Hats that has ever been our lot to offer for your inspection. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 14, 1907, edition 1
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