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I t If r f ! ;a::y again USY pkck Fon students 51 a lclij dog cash f of llic Benefits of the Public M;.i-.iry Touched Mr. Carnegie's i , :i-..n For lounriln; the Same 'I he lCJucntional Force of tne i& luarv Its Boon to the forking Man Sir Walter Bosant on This v,,iirr- ThP Need ol A lent upew In to Meet Demand of Business xi-n anri Women More Books xi..h oedml The Library an Important Part of the City. Since the opening of the city schools, the Presbyterian College for another year or worn, ine v-anre-gle Library is again one of the most popular meeting places for the stu dent of Charlotte. And the Library Is a great aid to tne sonoois in me fducaUonal world. This is especial ly true of the books in the library which deal with history or may" be used for reference in connection with other volumes that are in . the if possession of students. MR. CARNEGIE'S (ANSWER. After he had founded a large num- fcer of libraries, Mr. Carnegie was asked upon one occasion wny ne sea so much of his money in this way, and his answer was in these words, "I choose free libraries as the best tgencies for Improving the masses " of the people, because they give noth ing for nothing. They only help those who toelp themselves. They never pauperize. They reach the aspiring ' and open to these the chief treasures of the world those etored up In books. A taste for reading drives out lower tastes. "Besides this I believe good fic tion one of the most ibeneflclal re liefs to the monotonous lives of the poor. For these and other reasons I prefer the free public library to most if not any other agencies for the happiness and improvement of a community." THE LIBRARY AS AN EDUCATOR. " Like every other institution of val ve the public library has had to win Its way by degrees, and ouen ?low!y at that, in the opinion of certain classes of people, some of these be ing exceedingly hard tr. convince that such libraries are in themselves an educational force. Other classes of people, however, are ever ready In ct l.ie foor of a mevemeiil i"r all the peopK such as the public li brary is and are quick to agree with 8lr Walter Besant in what he says in-this connection: "The public li brary is an adult school; it is a per jpetual and life-long continuation class; it is the greatest educational factor that we have; and the llbrar- lan is becoming our most Important teacher and guide. The dream of the Heavy Moralist is that In opening a . free library you are persuading the worklngman to become a student in science, history, or language. WHAT THK WORKWOMAN WANTS. "He, himself, if you please, (the Heavy Moralist), goes very day to his office and 6ntt six hours of work, broken by a lunch which decuples an .hour. He then goes home, dines at 7:i0 and spends the even ing with a little music, a little game of cards, a little light reading, a lit tle talk. His sons do the same. Does he expect hia sons to spend their eve ning in learning quantities of line things, all for the pure luve of lui nvl edge? Certainly not. Yet he will talk glibly about the worklngman who has had a nine-hour day of hard work taking advantage of the fre public library for the purpose ot peif- improvement. This is not hypocrisy; it is stupidity. What the average worklngman wants s exactly what the Heavy Moralist and his sens want an evening of quiet r-st and recreation and If he fin is It n tne company of Walter Scott. Dickens , Marry at t, Thaekerv, Fielding.' Snml- lett. Defoe, Wllkle Collins, Cha-les Reade, George Kliot, not to speak of living men and women, should we not rejoice?" These -words strike a e'ear note concerning the true mi.-tii) f the public library- WHAT IS NKKDF.D !l K1!K. If the library In 'Virl' u I i be criticised at me particular point ir4s that it d'f-. ii r n ,ti h cnnimli Of the working clasf-s of tl ity. One of the first in !.-.!: ?n: f :-.. was the librarian and p-tial (fi'ml will be put forth thir: fall inn! winter to make the library t h- i rt .- j all claw, and :, ih u it in m ! wav fax .r." the ci -t- p i : . j fc'lnci.. the ixtetiti i,f III- (ity! limits mill thf "(Jrcattr Cri;-r.tti the librirv n,i b . reach of ::un it" ! hcrtofore diil not en-. Jienc It is h that the iii i.-,;ui Agfd Mother la Israel Passes Away at the Jlonic or on .orm xryon Streetv immoral This Morning at 10:30. I Mrs. Elizabeth H. Tucker dld yes-j terday at . roon ei me Jiome or ner son, Mr. G. M. Tucker, at .no. 12U0 North Tryon street. Mrs. Tucker was 84 years old and the Infirmities of ago caused her death. She was the wid ow of trie late Mr. George Tucker, who lost his life in the ivil war. Three sons, Messrs. G. -M, and C. W. Tucker, of Charlotte; J. P. Tucker, of Eagle iMill, Ark., and one daughter, Mrs. Mattie Pollick, of Denver, Col., survive. This morning at 10:S0 o'clock the funeral will be conducted from : the residence by Rev. H. K. Boyer, pas tor of Tryon Streeit Methodint church, of -which Mrs. Tucker was & devoted member. Mrs. Tucker was for 61 years a member of the Methodist Church. She was at first a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, tout moved out of the bemuds of that or ganisation. Then she cast In her Jot with the Methodists. AFRAID TO GO AHEAD. Mr. J. C. Mabln t Declared That Sohloss-Shomeld Company Was About to Build Big Plant In North Carolina, But Quit. Apropos of the recent clash be tween the State and the railroads and the unrest occasioned in financial circles thereby, an influential North Carolinian detailed to an Observer ran an interesting bit of conversa tion which he heard recently while on a business trip South. The citi zen in question was in Birmingham, Ala.,-and in conference with Mr. J. C. Mabin, of the Schloss-Sheffleld Company, one of the most important industrial enterprises in the land. In the course of his conversation Mr. Mabln mentioned that his concern. prior to the above mentioned con troversy, had decided to erect a $700,000 plant in North Carolina, but later reconsidered, called in the plans and quit, all on account of feeling in the money market, with reference to North Carolina investments. A New Name For Watermelons. The darkies down on the wharf have given a new name to water melons. They call them "Auarust nams. An Observer man passing down South College street yesterday morn ing noticed several negroes unload ing a lot of melons from a country wagon. He paused to watch them. One receiving yelled to the other pitching: "Yes, chunk me that striped 'ham' at your foot." The other did as he was bade, thinking nothing of the term. The newspaper man smiled and passed on after making note of the new name. Highland Park Extension Almost Heady. The extension of the Highland Park street car line from Its present ter minus at the Highland Park Mill, No. to Thirty-second street is nearlnsr completion. The rails are being lata and wires strung and everything got ten in readiness for the operation of csrs next week or the week following. v hen the earn commence running on this extension, one can hoard a -car at Latta Park and ride to Thirty-second street, a distance of almost five miles, all for 5 cents. Mr. Clsnrks Lord is Fined $5Q For Allowing Unmuzzled Hull Dog to Hun at Large and Takes Appeal Retailors Go to Jail In Default or $500 Bond Fach Carrie Davis Likewise Hold. A fierce bull dog, which like the Santer of old, has a pe;u.Ur pro clivity for fighting neighbor dogs and putting them out of commission, was the cause of the appearance of the owner, Mr. Charles Lord, in the record er's court yesterday. He was fined $50 and took an appeal, putting up a bond or $100. The case of the bride, Carrie Davis, who stood charged with having broken into 'the house of Lsllie Gar rison, a woman of color, and remoy. Ing therefrom a pair of shoes, num ber not stated, was Interesting. ' Mr, Plummer Stewart represented the woman, who was sent to Jail Jn de fault of $50 ' bond. The Garrison woman admitted that McNeely, the groom In the case, toad paid court to her. "I thought it was probably a Mr. Plunger Stewart a Jlttle : with questions," laughed Chief, Orr.: after court. "We -were getting along pret ty well, till toward the last a womad got on the stand and testified tha: she saw the prisoner o own the af- ley and come back with 41whe ur.der her arm. Then I gav? up' Rich Broomfield, for the .larceny or $5 after trust, was held for court In $50 bond. Henry Warren was dis charged on the charge of letting a vicious dog run at large. Rich Moore was fined $2 and Robert Sutton paid 55 ana costs, both for leaving their hacks unattended, in the latter case at me eoutnern Railway passenger station. v In default of a $500 bond requested of them by Acting Recorder Samuel H. Hilton, D, R. Current and W. A, Moore were sent to Jail to await trial on the charge of retailing. These are the ones who were captured with a barrel of whiskey, containing the pre cious fluid to the extent of 12 1-2 gallons, In their soft drink establish ment Thursday. ' This ended the court, which took an adjournment un til 9 o'clock this morning. ulUL wj Doels-lb Ftce to (ft Ii;:;; W'e call your attention to the fact tat we now have on hand a full line of SCHOOL BOOKS and general SCHOOL SUPPLIES, Including Copy Hooks, Drawing Books, Writing Tablets, Pens, Pen cils, Slates, Crayons, Mucilage, Ink, Box Paper, Envelopes, etc., at lowest prices. We are prepared to supply almost anything that is usually kept in a. first-class bookstore. , Om f J. , Robinson & Go, SOO-304 North Tryon Street, CHARLOTTE, N. C. LETTER WRITING is what you make it for better or worse ! If -you write on cheap, flimsy pa per, you , are no welcome correspondent. 1. THE BIGGEST IX THE SOUTH. Hone For Rent Needed. There Is much complaint about the lack of residence to rent In Char lotte. Two or three imarrie-d couples who wished to locate hre have been led to decide to rr.ove flirwhern re cently, hec-.use th-e-' o-uld not secure what they antecl. At one time last spring It was said that houses were br.i.jr completed at -the rate of .two or i -iree a day, hut the demand Is yet Ut Jpnlled. The Limit of Life. The moft emlnr-nt rneillrn! nclontlsts nxf iin:ioimi)ii: In the cnnhmlon that tha treneiully nerepled litnltalioti of human I--, m.mv yo-ir. below the nttalnment it r pr.n-ihl- with li e ndvanc-d knowledge of tli- rir.. is, now pnpnesseii. The rilllccl perin'1, that rletoi mines its rlnra. linn, si-i'mn lo he hetwech 5' and ffi. thn r-per cnr of the liodv durlnK this de. 'id' I'.ir.nnl 'w loo ntron:;ly urged; rare l(! nrf tli. -l b"ii:g fi.iil to lori'nevlty Natiir'-'s 'i.t hei.oer after So Is Klertritf Mitt .-iv. ih'- selnnttrle tonic medicine that if-vllall.'s t-vcry organ of tlie body. tni'i ir p-ir it io'i f . I hi- freedom nf 1 .-en pl.tcf-d wit hl,i 1 s nf ',rr ni, i who ; h iv ' hi" pi j v -1 1 - . iip --I 1 exiiec;.-d of lh.' liliri . will . be largely I.i. r avc d and tli it fllifi coming fall ,-.,! wir.M.i It ill rfucli by far lUhi- i,n'i an t w n,, n. Ihij-.h rfllrt pir!. thati ( -r hfhii.v OMJ 1'AI.TH CL.Mt Wi.Hi: JT i ' i:s There are :r ('har'otte ate in nil i t ; .-in-; i.,.vt J'ottnc ni'-n i ii I w mi -,i been forced ini- the ing a Hvclth..') bef.ir. pletcd their t-ilu, thlrtii,g caKer!'. f.ir n -i re ill a , .i re t,oM lli'-v have i. id ,mv d C. pi 'ill!- tilt VI; I ii. - -in- . of 1 U I ' . 1 1 . work of earn havltu ei ni i:. and v hil. ii;' ko-im li-difi. from h Hiv i -'f liini. -.i no nr --.i.-i t he ... I that ;!,.-. tt. own I, ih, P . !.,,.- pillille U - p....' I . f .1 pf: el..!-? I .iirei ni many of tiir; others i: rne.Tis, hence private J : t - --; r ClatlS of you i hrary is a I. . csiinnii'i!! AlJ.t iht ;, It 's ree III'. Wltn which they fi-i-k the rea';in;i rooms during tin n I'.ncf hour-, of; rcratlon. I NEED OF NIGHT dl'KXIXi;. Most of the time wiil.-h 'h.vpj young people can call th'lr i.a Is at pi KiH frul when a librn, "pen! t night thry -are found in l irge ! numbers trying to suppem?iii .v pri- i vat resf-areb tin- eJu- ntion they' were not privileRed i '.implcte In , H-hool, After working hr-l all -lav twl When thi bodv is neeJifti,; try they are wiliitiK to 'defer thla iost for! the privilege of a few hour of real i W' OT t ' rtiprtiiiofiuli:,) ,,mr -master mind in' the reading of ai . great bottk. And there are many 1 young people in every growing cltv ; Who only opportunity for further- i Ing education b by this tnt-nn. i It Is considerable cost to keep u,R ' library in Chnrlotte open until 10 ; o'clock t night, but that which Is! pained In mental training to many1 trowing mindi) is wen worth the I "cost..-. I A PAET OF CHARLOTTE. j It Is a fact not to be disputed that ! vine -amegio Liinrary in this city has com to be a part and a very import, ant part of Charlotte. With, the pas ing', of every month it is eainin more recognition on account of this! an ana nence is raplflly coining t- be more i.nd more a source of pride to the -city, Probably' tha greatest need f library 1 mre books the looks now on the shelves that a known to be popular need to Ixs duplited eeveral times and marky 6ther vol tim not yet ltt the poswkton .f the library need to be purchstfed. All these heeds will be met with the ln . crease fit public, fPWwtf jHdeJajbH commendaMe institution, but A has tening of that pride end IU one quent liberality ii needed, ' v you tm ALWAYS TELL the higher grade col leges by their piano equipment. Invariably the best colleges use the Artistic Sticff Piano exclusively. Due West Female College, Due West, S. C, placed an order for 12 Stieffs to be de livered by Sept. 5th, V.)0. It shows con clusively the character of the music depart ment of this old and honored institution. Chas M Stieff Manufacturer of the gtioff, Shaw and Stieff Self. Plnjer Pihnoa. SOUTHERN' WAHEROOM! 5 W. Trade St, CHARLOTTE, N. C. CrMOTIHIanager Charlotte Council, United Com mercial Travelers, to Initiate 80 Xew Members A Flourishing Council. The Charlotte Council. No. 297, United Commercial Travelers, Is the largest of Ita kind in the South. Although It has been in existence but a little more than two years, Its membership Includes approximately 200 of the leading traveling men In the Carollnas. A special ceremonial session will be held nU Saturday afternoon for the Initiation of 30 members. With a membership then of about 230 traveling men, the Charlotte council will be larger than the councils In Richmond, Va., and Atlanta, Ga., or any other Southern centre. Considering Its age. the Char lotte council is one of the most prosperous In the country. After the, xptrvmi eeremoniai session next Satur day a banquet .will be served In honor of the members, new and old. The affair promises to be an elaborate one. The size of the local council Is a fair Indication of the importance of Charlotte as a headquarters' point for traveling men. " A GOOD SUIT A Current of 41,000 Volts. "There were 44,000 volts of elec tricity passing over the wire which young LloyJ Gribble gripped at the top of the 47-foot steel transmission tower near the Highland Park Mill, No. 1, several days ago," remarked a Charlotte citizen tn an O Kfi orror man yesterday. "Had 'it not been for the j automatic circuit breaker with which Iff Vw. !l i . .... . Iff i.ir mm was eijuippea, ine DOfty of the young fellow would have been eharrerl by the passing current. Fortv four thousand volts of electricity "is nothing short of lightning. It Is a mystery that the little fellow was not Instantly killed." If you use a substantial and stylish writing paper one that is easy to write upon and always .correct, you create, a good impres sion and please your cor respondent. Letters written on bad paper are seldom saved-' they convey none of your personality. A good, up-to-date paper is just as es sential as the composition of a letter. ALL EATON'S FINE PAPERS can be entirely depended upon the sizes, the styles, the prices and the manu facture are strictly correct. Come in and Jsee them. If not satisnea your money back. STONE & BAR CO., Booksellers and Stationers. "0 l I;. A good stHt of clothes will give a man a better opinion of himself, as well as influence the opinion of others. The Cut The coats are cut long, the lapels and collars are long and broad, the trousers are shapely and roomy. j i The Fabric The new shadowy grays, invisible plaids and rich mixed patterns are the favorites. Prices $15.00 to $30.00. Yorke Bros. & Rogers Mail Orderg Receive Prompt Attention. AFTER THE PLAY It's the proper caper to visit this restaurant to regale yourself with the excellencies as provided and eet forth In OUX DAILY MENU If your escort forgets It, a suggestion in the way of a reminder, accom pn nled by a sweet smile, will bring about the desired result. For lunches or dinner parties, this restaurant Is unexcelled. our prices are popular ones and cookery is unsurpassed. GEM WNIXG ROOM. I 1 Fan-Sam- Stylish, ready-to-wear garments, produced to our special order by asskilled organiza tion whose experts turn out the BEST. Suits $22.50 to $40.00 B''.ijJlV''l V 'fr.lT.T.7-.ir a-gj ' - ' - Special line ladies' Automobile and Rain coats $15.00 to $35-00. The Tate -Brown Co. No. C S. Tryon Street. "Just a Whisper Off tlie Square." ISWJ "MB sea -'Vi'' W.T. Mceoy The Floor Beautiful The highly polished hard wood floor on which it spread scug. rich In color, of arUlstic desiffn, I the most beautiful to be found 'In cottage or palace. A Bigelovv Axminstcr Rug .''- '.- - -' '.',? '-: closely woven from brightly, colored wool, in Oriental, Persian or Floral ;, designs, are the handsomest - floor coverings known to decora tori. Our leader 1b a BIgolow, xl2 feet, at from $26.75 to $33.SO. These are somewhat more ' expensive than the average. but the inallty of fabric and beauty of deaign are well worth the difference. tiiiiiiftiiiii'iiiTTTT The Home Furnisher. ' iiiiiitiTiiii,.ulrTT i ? i i s i 4 'W .'Ij'ilViijvU'JU. FORM ONE -' this month will see a good . j many; men 'in new suits and it's time, too. "Those s whom we dress ; wil have: tjie satisfaction of knowing' tha't their clothes have stvle. fit and Quality. corvmoHt, io .... ght at the right vQ"- We want to see you and have you see these clothes. ; The Lon-Tate CloUifng Co. boons sent on Approval Keturnabie at m tym.JJi R.QC There is a difference in Rockers. Some are made dif ferent. Some are made to fit and are comfortable and restful. Others arc not comfortable, it makes no difference what position you get in them. It is the comfortable, restful kind which we want you to see. . the Old Tayfor Rocker is that kind. This Taylo comfoi't'ever since they'll - have been making nothjn 40 years. They ought to , they do. If you will -use time you will buy no oth of them now at all prices, once. ; - r Rocker factory has studied ave been in existence. Thev p: but rockers for the past Know now by this time, and a Taylor Rocker, for a short er. We show a large variety Make your selections at South Tryon St.- Parker Gardner Co OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXXXXXX) Add v...'.r' iB -V lo Another Piece FURNITURE : to tha furnishings of your home won't -cost ao much if vou buy It here. It makes no difference What that piece or pieces may be It Is wise to consult us before you buy. New goods coming In every' day The latest Is a car load DRESSERS. PRINCE8S DRESSERS. WASH STANDS and CHIFFONIERS, all to ma,tch. in Oak, Maple fcd Ma--hogany. Just the things you want to go with either brs or Iron beds Prices and styles are correct, you tan be assured, but to make certain' f come in and see. ' " i ' ' tuiib3iB-IFpfini5toreC; v.;v:::.r
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