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t ' SUBSCRIPTIOX riUCE: Daily. year t x nioutaa l-nrce tnjotba ..M.oo ,. .o ,. 2.01 PCBUSILERS' AXXQUXCEMEXT. v. i Smith Trvon street. Tcle- 01 ovum - ' , v r. u phone numbers: Business uiiiw 'ph 'uh uhoue ; city eater's office.- 3e I phone 134; news editor s onice. o" "jdione 23. rfnr niM urn furnished on pplteatlon. Advrt-tfsers may. feel sure that through the column of this ppsr they may reach all Charlotte and a wrtiau of the best people In this State and upper South Carolina. This paper give correspondents as wide latitude aa Uthlnki public policy permits but It Is In no Wase respon sible far , their views. It is much firef erred that correspondents sign heir names to their articles, espe tlally in cases where they attack persons or institutions, though this fa not demanded. The editor reserves the right to give the names of cor respondents when they are demanded for the purpose of personal satisfac tion To receive consideration a com munication must be accompanied by th true name of the correspondent. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1907. THE REMEDY IX THEIR OWX HANDS. The Asheviile Gazette-News says that "if it is true tnat a new organi sation of business men has been brought into being no Joubt chiefly recruited from the Democratic party the movement can have but one ex planation: that the sane of the State are fast arriving at the conclusion that they cannot find a permanent welcome in the Democratic house hofj, as matters now stand, anJ are convinced of tho necessity of turn ing elsewhere for relief." It is very certain that the conservative people Of the State are not wanted in a household dominated by extremists, unless they will keep their mouths shut, and the attempt to drlva them out Is earnest and persistent. The point we make is that they are a majority of the family; that they built tho house, t'.nelr policy being constructive instead of destructive; being to build instead of destroy; and that they would be unwise to leave their own dwelling because an ele ment of the household doesn't want them In it, as lhPV have been uVlwitje In the past in sleeping upon t'.n-lr rights until they have alnwt come to think, with those who don't want their company unless they will keep mum, that they tiaven't any. A3 for turning elsewhere for relief, there is nowhere to turn nor any need to look for a place. AX INNOCENT CONVICT. The New York Commercial finds In the case of William Evans, a life convict In the San Quentln peniten tiary in California, HUggestlons that ere not at all assuring as to the effectiveness and fairness and the practical workings of our legal ma chinery. Thirteen years ago," It ays, "this man was convicted of burglary in Amador county, chiefly on the testimony of a wlfness who had secured his arrest and prosecution and was active In securing his con viction; this witness recently died after having made oath tn a death-' bed statement declaring Evans' com plete innocence of the crime and his own perjury; positive proof confirm ing this statement has .since be an un earthed; the judge who passed neri tence has made an Investigation of the testimony and Jeci.ir.-s t:ic con vict to be Hn Innocent, man; and the. public prosecutor an 1 other county authorities are joining in nixing mei necessary legal steps fur securing Evans' release." The Common i ll finds in this oase occasion to reflect that In many instances the guilty escape and the "rankest Injustice" is Inflicted on the Innocent. "fvie cause," it says, "Is sometimes a chain ut unfortunate circumstances and not Infrequently a deliberate plot; tardy justice comes sometimes merely through accident or a omckencd j conscience as in this InstaiKo sometimes through persistent citoi Is j In the convict's beii If, and often jiever comes or come, tjic innocent convict penally for M. i-upp s too hit after; b, paid Ciej rime with IS W ob i hie 1 rite j -ue-fhouM be i but w hero (hi life." Granting thin in part, it that such caf j a. that d very rare. Thai there Oily at ail Is bure M thic, thete is one, such case Diet i- arc many In, which the guilty and the errors by ii" ur.pu!i!.-he l-' w.c: !i innocent1- men are punk-shed are. w, lif-iicvt 'I negligible. Jn luimo' r, anil uie numl-cr In Which guilty men escape in.-nsid-j NORTH CAROLINA STILL AT THE erable, when compared with the! HEAD, number of ccs In whkj D.ere is ox-j According to the figures of Secre ce!ve punishment, pui.W.mcnt outj tary H.ter. of the New Orleans cot- vi ua piopvruu,. n,e e:ime-nis; especially In the ea.'-r-s u the hum- tie. It is The Observer's fortune to -hi d 'the light of knowlcjge upon many obscure sub'ects and to i t:!ei pn-t - rmAm . - ., w . . """" !"""' l"v meaning or Which is hidden from the-loojixh and . tu- I,...,., . , , , , , 'in .Noiui arotlna and ieorgla. North then eee the knowledge which It htu ! cfcroiir.i continues to lead' m the largest . acquired by labor adapted by othei lonsiin-ei of cotton of any Btato tn the n,AA ,uif,t.n,i v , . ' Sooth. Moiyof the mills report having paraded ostentatiously beiore it eycT ade as fi.T time as possible, but com- and Itself he)J up as an ignoramus 1 1''4"1' continue gonoral of insufficiency " of lalKir, and, while resort to finer iiuin Hre was "muching the dogr." 0, sas, la a measure, reduced consump vm! - Evervbodv knew about "mueh-l ,,0.n- 1'u,l'il't' t. obian sufficient help Jng the dog" -haj heard it fiver since they were horn. Still they hadn't mentioned u. out noi weirica in the work of dlawsmlmitlnir knowl edgo i it fprang , 'bullace' on .. an Ignorant world and here come the - editors of The Statesvllle landmark "and Newbern Sun and talk as if they ' were raised on them, c But we notice they never said anything about them until w did. Jt .U' discouraging to ..hjiVf) the resulta of your own research hie south and t::e No::ix::n Not all the calls upon the South to furnish the Democratic party its next presidential candidate come from within the shadow of "Wall street. There is no section from which they have not been heard, and there can be no honest doubt about the sin cerity of some of those who utter it. The latest demand Is from The Milwaukee Journal, which in a long editorial, which, is in part a reply to an editorial of The' Memphis C6m-raerclal-Appeal -which had waved the suggestion asiJe, says, among other things: ' V "Why should not the South come to the rescue of the Democratic party? Why should it not furnish tho Democratic nominee next year? "This is a suggestion which is heard fre quently nowadays and which la received with Increasing favor. Why, then, ihould the South not asert Its leadership? "The Memphis Commercial-Appeal says that the South will not take the leader ship of tho Democracy because the time la not ripe. It hold that no Southern msn could win in the nation Just now and that the South 'in the hope of see ing Democracy triumphant' is willing once moro to sacrirlc its claims to lead ership, as it has so often In the past. "it it a short-sighted view which The CommerriHl-Appeal token, and, The Jour nal believes, a mistaken view. There ii no reason to think that the South is not prepared t see one of its own leaders made the Democratic nominee for Presi dent. Certainly it would tand as a unit In support of luch a nominee, whether victory seemed probable or not. The South ha men of prcnidential size who are. to quote The Commercial-Appeal arain. 'true exponents of tho old-fashioned, simon-pure brand of Democracy,' and to nominate one of these men as the Democrat lc candidate would be a Una thing both for the South and the nation at large. "Nkw tn a good time for the South to put to rest, once for all, that old bogey that the wnr of the '60s l not yet over. The shadow of that great conflict should not now rest upon the South and prevent Its leadership at a time, when such lead ership Is most urgently needed. The South should not expect the North and the Wet (o force this leadership upon it; that U not likely to occur, although The Journal believe that the real Democrats of the North and West are moro than willing to follow the lend of a Southern mafc of the right sort. No doubt there are Popu lists and half-way Socialists, who parade as Demitcrfts, who would object to tho nomination of a true-blue Southern Dem ocrat rut why Klve heed to uch mal contents? To permit them to dictate the nomination is to insure defeat, and, worse than defeat, a still greater demoralisation of the party than even now exists. "The Democracy must get back to Its old Democratic, moorings. At present it Is far adrift. For ten years and moro It has followed the lead of a man Who is not a Democrat and who never has been a Democrat. As a consequence it has be trayed its own principles and ta threaten ed with destruction. If it is to be re stored to Its old-time vigor and strength as a national party it must become once moro tho champion of real Democratic principles and glvo up Its advocacy of the conflicting, irrational lms which nro wearisomely preached by Mr. Bryan and his l'opullstic followers. "It is tits opportunity of Hie South to re-estalillMii the Democracy upon a basis) of sound principle. The South la the hopi of the Democracy. Some of Ps leaders, like Carmack and Culberson, are men of ability and, withal, men whose Demo cracy la unquestioned. By making a Southern man of this kind tho standard bearer next year, the South would tak! a ble step towards the rejuvenation which the national Democracy so much needs. Victory might not come next year, but on the other hand, what likelihood or chance Is there for victory in the next election, with tho South holding back and William Jennings Bryan In almost un disturbed eo.itrol? Unless the South ns-c-rti Itself and makes such an outcome Impossible, tho nomination of Bryan scf-ms almost certain and the nomination of liryati means defeat and still greater troublo for the Democracy The Dem ocrats of the South should mako no mistake. There In no hope of victory with l.rjan as the candidate. There may, In deed, be no hope of victory with any other man as the candidate leciusc Mr. Bryan seems not over-willing to see an other man win where he has twice failed. He certainly lias it in his power to de feat ary Democrat who may bo nomi nated. "Hut defeat In support of a true blue, genuine Democrat would be immeasur ably belter for the Democi ac-y than de feat unde r the leadership of Bryan. An other Iiryan disaster means total ruin for Ihc party. J'hu Democracy cannot stand to be tied up to the hr.dKa-podKe of political theories which Uryan advocates. His government ownership views aad his icvociicy of thu Initiative and referen dum make him Impossible as the lirm oeratlc candidate. To nominate him Is to Invite annihilation. If the South Kcncrul Iv. with Tim Commercial-Appeal, feels assured that defeat awaits a Southern nominee. It can feel doubly assured that defeat iiwuits tho nomination of Uryan. If to take either course means defeat, why not Uk the one that means ad vantage to the South, salvation to tlie iinoi-rn y ml real service, to tli na- Men.' ! Tli line of argument would be I effective but that the fouth 'nan lost i Its spine. That It has done so Is to be greatly regretted, for at this juncturo it has a great opportunity not that it is likely thut a South ern man could bp elected next year but nobody believes that Mr, Uryan ran be nn.l the time Is propitious to h"n rebuilding, llilr ' Inevitable since defeat with The Kouth must time take its place again In lt'tnP nation or else confess Itself a orovinoe. and If it Ih ever to do the former there must be a start In the direction if the party should next year Miffer defeat under Southern leadership It would at leu.st emerge from I lie contest wlt'.i dlgnlt,, which It will not ilo with Uryan leading it to a third overthrow, and would be upon ground which would at least af- ' "d u '"'PC I"r toe luture insieuu 01 '"'ving it. demoralized and still further discredited. ,-, exchange. Norf.i Carolina still i,..,i fV,P Ktatea of the South in the consumption of cotton, Following Is an extract from his report: "The actual consumption by tho mills of tho Sou tii during the commercial year 1ul e nded ha reached a. IMat of i bnli s mot than last yer. and Is that m 1 1 ' i i In execs of the largest consump- ,n ever before recorded. M-t of the States show Increases, the lurgest Itelng effected results to the extent of about SOO.WO bales." Tho Charleston News and Courier, conceding that Mr. Hester's "reputa tion for accuracy and care Is well earned" Is yet "unwilling to accept the figures without further confirm-tlo'-vldently, , f rom IU statement Rat they show that the NorthCaro lina cotton mills have taken the lead from Sooth Carolina," regarding the proposition as new, whereat Mr. He tre language is that ; Xorth Caro- tables credit to North Carolina 2S9 mills, 52,032 looms and 2,678,100 spindles, and to South Carolina 174 mills, 89,541 looms and 3,625,037 spindles;" that "Norte Carolina's con eumption for 1907 Is placed at 733,608 bales and South Carolina's' at 665, 897;" and our contemporary finds it hard to reconcile the figures as to cotton spun with those . as to looms and spindles. ..Still, though, thla Joes appear on Its face a little odd,, there Is no 'doubt' an explanation and the figures must stand until contradicted by authority at least as Cilgh as Sect retary Hester. - MURDERED FOR REVEXGE. A New York Italian Done to Death With a htllietto Two ! Employes Held as SusjMH-ts Jealous Woman Relieved to Have Been at the Bot torn Of IU r, '. New Ycjrtc, 6e&t, 23. Elpplson10 Areara. "proprietor of an (East Side ladles eklrt factory, was none to 'death in his factory to-day. His enemy, not satislled with inflicting 19 stiletto wound any one of which might .have caused his death, mutilated the body in a horrible manner. Thxt only police K.iue la two clearly denned iprlnta of a thumb and fore finger on the Jamb of the factory door. Aracara's book-keeper and his fore man have toeen detained by tho po1! lice. These and other employes maiyVteH of some things in the murdered rnian'a 2ife that may show a imotlve. lArcara was In the habit of olng alone to his factory on East 107th street Sundays to lay out the "week's work. An employe dropping in the place to day found Arcara dead on the floor of his office. There were 19 stab wounds in the breast, 7 near the heart, while the subsequent mutilation was frightful, according to the coro ner's physician. (When Arcara's wife died a year ago she left three children. Soon after ward Arcara went to Palermo and married his wife's pistor. Of the many stories told the iivolice, one wta to the effect that the man was en gaged to a girl here, ibut was ind.uce'd by his family t otmarry the woman In Italy. They also learned that a w man known only as "Vita," who had been lArcara's foremnn 14 years, sud denly left his employ after the see ond marrlaig8. The police eald that the direct motive was unquestionably revenge. Uncle Sam Foots the Bills. Newbern Sun. In speaking of the guber natorial campaign the other day, a gentleman said: "W. W. Kitchin is making his canvass for the nomina tion for Governor under the most fa vorable circumstances of any man who has aspired to this high offlce In my lifetime. He is not embarrassed in the least about money with which to prosecute a vigorous campaign. Mr. Kltehln himself Is drawing from the treasury of the government tho com fortable sum of $825 per month as his salary as Congressman, and he has his private secretary, drawing $125 per month from the same source, who can stay at headquarters and see that the voters are furnished with every reason that can bo given for Mr. Kltchln's nomination. And then there Is his brother Claude's private secre tary getting $125 from the same source, arid who, it Is said, has also been actively aiding In organizing the State for Mr, Kltehln. This Is what I call runninrr for office under the best possible auspices. Uncle Sam is foot ing the bills." It looks like Mr. Kitchin Is doing the running, and the treasury of the United States Is putting up his cam paign fund. Three (aiialgtis for President. Wall Street Journal. Mr. Uryan, It U reported, will in a few days announce his williiiKm ss "to be the Democratic candidate for President In IMS. If Mr. Uryan takes such a stand, his hold uron the party in most of the sections of the country will be such as to mako it exceedingly difficult to organize a MiceesHful movement ngalnst him. If Mr. Bryan runs for President in 1W)K, It will be bis third contest for that office. He will then be tho fourth man to mako three camaiKtis for tho presidency. His predecessors In that distinction we.ro .lackwui, who run three times, being fleeted twice and once defeated; Van liuren, who ran three times, was el"otoi once and defeated twice; and, Cleveland, who ran three times, was elected twice and defeated once. Clay ran twice, be un defeated both times, and was a can didate before nominating conventions in other years, and Dlaine made two or three unsiii ci ssful efforts for the nomina tion, but oily ( ue actual campaign be fore t!io people. If Mr. Bryan should be nominated next year, no would he the only person in the political history of the country to 'have been nominated for President for Hie third timo liter having been defeated in two elections. Stealing Elephants in Slam. 'Country Life, The Mealing of elephants seems to be proceeding in Klaim on a .scale which the owners otf the elephants do not appear to find nt. all humorous. The industry In which the olephants tnat are sMlen are so 'hingeily used Is the teak timber trade, and It has been reported by the iBrlti.sh cons'll that the thief are interfering with the (profits of the work. Tho exte.it of the trouble may bo gauged by tho simple ilgures conveyed by 1he facts that in a apace of a little more than a yea r une firm had twenty-Mix elephants stolen, of whfeh fourteen were recov ered, and another twenty-two stolen and thirteen recover!. The crown ing Insult appears.to have ibeen the, situating or one or trie consuls trans port elfsphants belonging 'to the British government, .which has now (been mining for nearly a year. Why Xot t'luirlottc? Waxhaw Enterprise, The City of Charlotte is going to mnke an' effort to secure the next Stato Democratic convention. We tiro a ware of no good reanon why the convention should not cone to. Charlotte. That city has all the facilities for accommodating and entertaining large gatherings, such; as are drawn together by State Dolltlcal conventions. Raleigh ana tlreensboro have come to think that they have a monopoly on these con ventions, ond now would be a good time for them to learn better. I For The Observer. THE SILEXT WOODS. N'atur holds her carnivals -of Hero The very s'lllness of the lnay afternoon ' Is yet untiroKen. ono inn uirav wn o nv,,.ir .inu-imr will awaken soon. Then, ns the twilight creeps among these trees, While all Is light beyond, each tender Will echo In a lower keand thence the iK-ace Of son" and silence, upward In prayer will uat. These cloistered eUlce stretch up toward To wVetVthe leaves guard well the light t ef doy, - ' Making a twilight dim tor tip-turned eye And softeued gloom tor those who kneel " . . to pray.:-. ;; There Is a carpet of the rarest green. Pictured with phlBx and shy anemone, Whll festoon smllox bangs Ue wreaths ' between v '. :.:', lhe4auiie Unitn. , iuOeJWUtftcJ 5 COi'i Two Stubborn Animals Meet, But thfl ; wt t!iits a Winner A Robeson County Story. "You know that the North Carolina Scotchman is about as obstinate as an animal gets to toe," said a traveling man, yesterday, "but I know of one that was completely beaten by a goat. We have a man in our town who Is well known throughout the State for his ability, his learning and his Scotch ways. This man" Is a rreat walker. He can cover forty or fifty miles a day. . "Several years ago, this Scotchman went across the country to the home of a friend' and spent the lay. A'son of his host gave him a goat for his boys. Late In the afternoon he tied a rope abut the billy goat's horns and set out for' home. That was a combination a Scotchman and a billy roat. The s-oat began to fight early and made his new owner sorry that he ha d accepted him. But the.Bcotcn man's dander rose, and he made up his mind to have as little trouble as possible with that goat, but to con quer him. The goat was m tne ngm mood to give an sorts of trouble. He cavorted, pulled back, dashed away at every opportunity and kept the Scotchman guessing, "Our country, as you will observe, is cut up by swamps. You can't go far in any direction without striking a swamp. The Scptchman had - to cross one about a mile wide, over which, for pedestrians, there is a log- walkway by the side of the roaa. une Seotochman dreaded this swamp; he thought of it long before he got there. The goat had so completely worried him that he was going "to avoid any further row If possible. Being In that frame of mind he planned to go the- goat's way at the swamp. He had no idea that he could make the goat walk the log, so when he reach ed the edge of the water he eat down, pulled off his shoes and stockings and rolled up his trousers and waded through, leading the goat. Every thing started well; the Scotchman fixed his eyes straight ahead and walked pertly. The goat was evi dently keeping close up for the lino was slack. The Scotchman was afraid to look back for fear that the goat might stop. The trip was more than half over when the man heard a peculiar racket behind him; his curiosity got the better H of his Judg ment he turned to look, and k, and behold, the goat was walking the log and had been from the very start." First Raptlst Church Leads State Concontlon. It Is a matter of Interest, not only to the members of that particular church, but to many others as well, to know that the congregation of the First Baptist church, this city, led all of the congregations in the Baptist State Convention In point of mem bers received and contributions made during the associatlonal year Just closed. During the year which was from September 1, 1906to Septem ber 1, 1907, this church 'received 230 new members, and contributed to all causes $18,000. This fact Is cause for much congratulation to this con gregation. FREE SCHOOLS OF CRIME. American .Tails Thus Olmractcrizetl by Prison Sixidalists. Boston Transcript. The results o. a special investiga tion prosecuted i n- six months past Jhy a committee , of which Prof, Charles Ii. Henderson, of the uni versity of Chicago, Ik chairman, are before the public. Its la g" t gen eralization sums up the prison prac tice that it finds followed throughout the country in these words; "Force a man into idleness and gWo him thieves and degenerates for com panions." Well does the report characterize this as a "satanlc vecin.e for manufacturing crime;" buy it goes on to demonstrate that thlsi Is the policy literally and systemati cally followed in this country. Ea peclally are the county jails in tha United States "a national shame." "The very structure of the typical Jail Is wrong," says the report. "From ocean to ocean one uniform plan has been slavishly copied from bad models a cell or cave of cells sur rounded by a corridor." In most cases this corridor Is the only spot where the prisoners are permitted to walk or take exercise, and this must be necessarily in an atmosphere full of taint both physical and moral. As the report points out, "No man builds a pigpen or a hencoop on such a, plan, much 1B9 a residence; the mo'dern barn or chicken house hits an outside court' tor dally exer cise." GORKY IS MARRIED. Russian Writer Weds Woman Drought to Xew York, New York Tribune. 1 Harold MacGrath, the author, turned with Mrs. MacGrath, on He re the Bed Star liner Finland yesterday,, utter spending the summer on the Island of Capri, near Naples. Among others there was Maxlni Gorky, the Russian writer, Mho, Mr. MacGrath declared, gave $100,000 over two-thirds of hh Income to the Russian Liberal cause last year. "Maxim Gorky is now married to the woman who accompanied him on his visit to New York,- and brought such disaster to his cause when It was learned that she wa not hi wife," aid Mr. MacGrath. "She pent the sum mer with him In Capri, and was much admired by tho summer colonists." While abroad, it Is understood, Mr. MacGrath wrote a light comedy, the scene of which Is told In Virginia dur ing the present time. , He.began work also on a new romance which he ex pects to complete very noovj. Cane Jefferson Dnrle Carried. Alexandria Correspondence - Indlanap . oils News. George Smjth, Livermore, (Ky., vis iting William Maxwell, near this city, carries a hickory cane that- was cut from a tree in Westmoreland, county. Va., near the home of George Wash ington, and on July 4, 1 $53. was ppre-i sented to Jefferson "Davis by a number' nt admirers. Mr. Smith whs a per sonal friend of Jefferson, Davis, end Davis guve the cane to him, . '; V. " It bears the following; , 'To Jeffer son Davis, patriot, statesman and con queror of his country, July 4, 1853." - Six "of One Crew Dmvihcd In Wreck on . Groat Lakc. Chicago, Sept. 22. The steamer Alexander went ashore 18 miles west of Whlteflsh Point in Lake Superior last night and Captain Randall 1 and five sailor were drowned. Eleven memibere of the crew were rescued. The MemJck was bound north with coal, It Is supposed that the engines broke down and that the vessel drift ed ashore during the storm. 4 x Cannot lie Downed, ; ' Mltcholl Observer. , ' The Charlotte Observer has . otir sympathy In its great loss by fire laat week, but The Observer; cannot1 be t;;i; coat and t: LEA! I Lll.o a Di.Terent n.in .''me I.v pcricnco 18 Months Ago. I want to thank yoi all for tho kind treatment I received while at the Keeley Institute at Greensboro, N. C. I will soon be 60 years old, and had been a whiskey drinker for 40 years, and for the last 10 years a very heavy drinker. I have al ways been a man that thought a great deal of his credit, but I got to the point where I felt It was get ting shaky and I was ashamed to meet my creditors and friends. I was In a terrible fix apd . I tried every way to quit drinking, but I could not do eo. . I saw death star ing me In the face. . V I was always opposed to going to Keelej, but at last -I made up my mind to go, and I went to Greens boro eighteen months ago and am proud of the fact . that I wejit I am a new roan and a better man, with more energy than J. ever had before. I owe it all tb tho Keeley Cure and the kind doctor and-good attendants at the Keeley Institute. Yours very truly, ' . -y A. A. MOODY. Waynesville, N. C Oct. 8L 190?' SIGHT SHiNG UESOyy, THEIR JCXKET TO EV YO J Xorth Carolina 'Ministers Chaperoned' by Edltof, Varncr Behaved Them selves as Becomes the Cloth, But Xovertheless Attracted Xp Little Attention- No Appreciable Increase of Travel Under Reduced Rate Sym pathy Shifting to the Side of Uve Railroads Persecution of the Rail roads Looked I'j, a as Peanut-Politics by Many But the Country-Sav-ere Cannot See the' Hand-Writing on tho Wall, a To tho Editor of The Observer. Last week while I was in New York, Mr. Henry B. Varner arrived with the ten North Carolina parsons whom he was chaperoning and pro tecting through the mazes and mys teries of that dizzy metropolis, and as we all stopped at the Broadway Central Hotel I saw a good deal of the party. Everybody knows Henry, one of the best fellows in the world and editor of one of the best weekly papers in the country, with probably the biggest subscription list among the weeklies of the State, honest, clean, upright, with u heart us big as at ox everybody knows and likes Henry. iHis preachers were a typical lot; they wore solemn black clothes and solemn expressions on their faces. They were altogether in earnest; they had come to see and they saw. They talked little, though the reporters, from the various papers pestered them considerably, and they measur ed what they had to say. I asked The Sun's reporter, a particularly bright young fellow, what he was going to write about them and told him I would look for his article next morning with especial interest. "Well," said he, "these are good people and there is nothing unusual about them except that they are what we eall a little 'green.' and one can't 'joslf' people like thAe." But ten ministers in 'a body will attract attention anywhere and so did these. One of them, of middle age, who wore as fine a little bunch of chin whiskers as ever adorned any man's face, in coming out of the bar ber shop- had to pass the manicure girl, one of whom, eoquetttshly point ed her finger at him and said: "Come out from behind that shrubbery; I see you back there." The parson showed no sign of having heard her, but stalked on apparently oblivious of her existence. Henry took them to Coney Island, to the East Side among the "Dagoes," "Chinks" and "Kikes" and to various other places where they might be amused and instructed. They did not go to "the races. I want It 'un derstood that these clerical gentlemen behaved as ministers of the Gospel and acted all through in a manner worthy of the cloth. And Henry was a good chaperon. Of course they 'all w ent to church on Sunday. ' While they were at the Broadway Centra' Hotel, an "aerie" of "Eagles" from Ohio "lit" at the same 'good hostelryi The Eagles differed great ly from the clergymen. They walked with a swagger, were prodlgalln the use of strange and cacophonous oaths, patronized the bar very gen erously and addressed the barkeepers as "George'i and "Billy" in an hour after their the "kiki" rrival. They "Jos.ied" ummers, hustled them ly and tried to bully the out of their colored bell oys, but that did not work the ggors sassed back promptly. Tfiey new where the EagleB toad corr.mfrom. Some of the Eagles got to Of more nearly like buzzards before ijhey left, All the time there was a great gulf between the North Oarolln and the Ohio rep resentatives. 1 I Cnave traveled Wght smart since I got to North Carolfcia and have kept my eye peeled to lee how the new railroad laws are vlorklng. As far as I have observoV, the travet is very little, if any, grdnter than 'It was this time last year, eicept among the colored people; they surely are trav- ellng en masse. Ana 1 also noticed that nearly everybody ow travels on straiK.it tickets: mlleVge books are conspicuous by their months ago when the through, he got from three fourths mileage bsence. Six nductor came Dne- -half to k; now he seldom gets one at all All the ' ordinary books are d aiiybody drummers now buy ' t straight tickets. Mileag no cheaper, o why sho buy one? This probably ;counts for the increased sale of loca tickets of which we have recently heArd a good aeai. j . On the trains the main tsubject of conversation now seems to Be the trio of gubernatorial aspirants, none of whom has apparently arojused any enthusiasm aA the prosecution or rather persecution of the railroads by the administration! Public 1 ympathy seems now to be drifting towards the railroads and the persecutors- are defeating their own purposed pM. pie generaly seeirf do think that ell this railroad ..hell-talslng is- dne for political purposes ttnj to secure of fices, for the eountry-savers v ho are doing it, and they -don't takt much stock In It. "You can't fool all the people all the time.", . - Of cau se. the meteoric young speaker, fiie redoubt able cross-examiner,- and pontlfex maxlmus are also freely dweusaed. sometimes In words which Jeem- to indicate doubts as to the reil ob jects which they have in view- And from what I can hear, some surprises are awaiting-some folks hfxt year. I hear very decided ' and rtost em phatic "kicks" from people ho have klwavs been steel-ribbed, cdpper-rlv- eted Democrat heretofore. V They Just simply up and f uss and swear t.hat; thev won't be led brf this tin horn gang ny longer; the will vote the Republican ticket first, j There Is plentv of such talk and ii will wax rather than wane' next year ; Butt? the country-savers and sow pan? destroyers will not believe thourh " ' imf km us: i I ft V. --f I r s f -re-, 4 P-l. f 1 U ' hi 'tl Michaels-stern ' fine clothing ' SSltMMUS, STUM c. v ""' 1 1. I Can be seen here in an exceptionally large variety of beautiful fabrics of tested quality. Don't fail to see thenl before you purchase a Fall Suit, for we offer what are, without question, the greatest values to be had in the city. But come see our new models at close range, examine the beautiful workmanship and artistic finish and you will realize the all-around ex cellence of K ' " , Michaels-Stern and Stratford System. We desire that you base your opinion not alone on their style, appearance and finish, but on the quality of the materials and workmanship and the satis factory fit of the garments of your size. New Model Pall Sack Suits Three-button, single-breasted, conservative vor extreme cut, in fashionable Dark Brown, Blue, Olive and . Gray-toned - Worsteds, Cashmeres, Cheviots and Tweeds, in bright, snappy stripes, plaids, checks and t ; mixtures: also in plain fabrics $12.50 -to $25.00. ' SCHOOL SUITS -"The Boys' Match" Our Boys' Suits are all full cut, well tailored, fit to a 4, dot and made to stand the roughest school boy. Gray , T Mixtures in Worsteds, Cheviots and Kerseys; Black V and Blue Serges and Worsteds, Knickerbocker and plain; ages 3 to 17 years,' THREE STYLISH HATS v Stetson's Soft and Stiff. ... $3.50 to $5.00; Hawes' Soft and Stiff .;. . . .? . . . . .$3.00.-. "Dilworth" Soft and Stiff .. . ... . ', . . . ., . . .$2.50. All in the nobby telescope an other shapes. 1 .''EMERY'' SHIRTS , The Shirt that fits and everybody likes to wear ' ; uMEN'S FINE SHOES The , ''Knox," made by Borsch, at . . . . $5.00, and $6.00, " and some of the best makes sold at, .$3.50 and $.400. . "SOROSIS" FOR WOMEN, The best and snappiset Sti oe 6n this market for 'I " 4;:.V;v.-:v:. . . . .$3.50 and $4.00. XI Artistic and American Lady, . . .... "i, 1 $3.00.-, Superba at . . l. ' Florine at &"ii;oeyH;fo mm .i ssjiiss..rg.ji.siMji . r ;1 . -nn: and prices $2.00 to $7.50. . ..$1.00 to $3.00. ..$2.50.- .,$2.00.'' riiismri'nrTQlriiifi ' tnrned opon you landpTlFOTranrnTiru downed It-WM-lUUe-latsV-buLM sacrea ire. like a perfect Jy. SulU! ana Courier eays that "CoL Hester' Atlanta, Oe , H, H HARMAN. bright aa ever when it. did wme, Mm :;;,t: "'-'' r. 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 23, 1907, edition 1
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