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--'I t 1 ! V s I - ,l!lst a Was ; at : li .:r"s i.oi ', -,vo " i' i .CP O' ..''-'Mi 1 Ir-t I:. i in lt 1 iirily Minv, lint f ng X''. I'm;, e Tor Sir. CorvvI.Ir us a Master ful SfHrclary "WatIi -Charlotte GrowV lias Been the Yar Cry The Auditorium an .Accomplished Fact. .-.The; following' la the combined ad dress and repdtt" delivered before the Greater Charlotte Club Friday night at Its annual meeting by President E.. Randolph, Preston: . - " , Gentlemen of the Greater Charlotte Clubs . , - .. s . "What will he do -wlth'lt' waa the etrlklnf title given by a novelist to his masterpiece. Those of ua now liv ing in- the South who may still be . called young men,- even though It be ' by courtesy, hardly realise what a " wonderful period In the history of this section la the , present era, . and to each Individual, who has, his lite be fore him comes that heart searching quetslon, what, will he do' with It? ' this Ufa he haa to live some way ? Will h'Jrlft along" sluggishly and - sullenly., eking out a disgruntled exU tence, or will he rise uu and take ad- vantage CV every opportunity, which . presents Itself for enjoymenj and forhcachers., flVRIUI -.. 5 ; J- A city 'la. but A collection of Indivi duals and jusf at,; the tlrpa when a community such as ours begin to rap ; Idly discard the swaddling clothes pf a large town, there comes wi& -even greater fores' thta vame-auestion,. wat ' wilt we do with the opportunities, glv- 'en us by nature and by 2eooranhlcal . location To. put Vthe matter mom -M..fi-i 7 u VZ M,i w; fiSH?". ..U ..f?rav "n" .Sf othe! 1 :7,i.l. -i . wC,c.vu..'2w. - i - J '.r" flil '"i? t5d -eetltr9 Of tha upper piedmont region?" i upper pledmont reglon?" - - w . Kf-BiB vv jlxjh uiTiZENS... ' ' i t. The answer-to thla. .question testa In a, large' measure with Charlotte's cltlien. , ...,.v; . , , j It la not pretended" but "that there wera many, patrlotlo ard puMlc-aplr-,;"", dteds men anrt wnm.n h o..a men and' women Mn tha Queen City hefora the Greater Charlotte Club waa ever brought into; being. . The aim of the founders of this organiza tion waa to give , to thejeople o our city a convenient ahd efficient way . of promoting and aiding every form " of ; enterprise . or endeavor, which would make, Charlotte grow; "With thla s end In '.view a band of abou ' twenty young men gathered In one tf the. offices of, the Piedmont Building. . Just , two, years ago thla, month, ito . discuss, tha beat way of putting into actuaT dally practice the patriotism or love for Charlotte, which each felt; ' (from this modest meeting grew the Greater Charlotte Club, the report of ', whose' financial standing and general work, your secretary has iuat submit, ted to you and I am glad to say the balance is on tae right-side of, the ledger by over $400. ' . The upbuilding of an Institution like our club , must necessarily be alow;1 lt sole source of support is ., public spirit, and the result of its ef- . forts are often slow and generally ' -indirect rather than, the direct turn ;K1ng of money into pockets ofylta tnem- ' Ders, but the public gradually cornea to see the need and the; advantage oganliatlonr ? ' f of such an ' For some months after Its organisa . tlon tha club was unable to- employ a paid secretary, who should give his ,' individual attention to the work.;but we were, fortunate enough to Save a 'moat xcellent labQrer for love in the person of Mr. Jesse, Oldham, for whose good offices as our first secre , tary due acknowledgement . should here be, made. , ' .' t , , TRIBUTE TO MR. CORWITH. It "was felt, however, that the most : necessarv naft of our eauloment was office and a secretary who should. fflirA V I .... Vl A 1 a ffrtl n n A V. t. n' the Work.; About tnis tlme.Proyi i dence led us to find our present most excellent secretary, Mr. Corwith,-and, while H may be out of taste, the prls 'efit speaker cannot refrain from a brief tribute 'to the masterful way In which Mr. Corwith has performed his ""duties.' i There are many trials $nd ,.llfflctiltles connected with his position of which the average member of ttie club can have no idea. All of these he has met cheerfully and successful ly. The very life of such an organ , lzatlon depends upon the enthusiasm . ' and zeal of its secretary, and certain . ly no one could put more vim and , "go"" Into his daily routine "than has Mr. Corwith, He Is enthusiasm per " aonlfled when it comes - to; talking : "Greater, Charlotte." In 'truth It .may be said that no head of a similar organization ever had better or more ..willing officers and commMees to bless v his administration than has the retir ing president of the Greater Charlotte ' Club. ' 1. ,,- ,.,...,.. .v Bat. enough of reminiscences. , The main obJect'joT" this , organlza ' tlon waa to adyartise Charlotte, and ' it was a source of most genuine pleas s ure to the speaker to hear a well-In-i formed gentleman from a little town : , in the northern . neck of the woods of an adjoining State say a few weeks ; since that Charlotte was the best ad ,' vertlsed and most talked of town he i knew-about, and- that he came here just to see what It really looked like. ; This chowa that the good seed is being ,- eown' even In , the remote parts of . the earth; and will bring- forth fruit In due . season. ; , . , "Watch Charlotte "Grow" has been the war cry, which the public gener , ally has associated with our club. This '. is. what may be called the motto for w outsiders; to those residing within the :, now somewhat spacious and commo : djous city limits thta organisation has ,fina) Bam vy 119 jtvttijt a,vi. nu pur f' pose, .'Make Charlotte Grow," s- s ' ; "- AN AMPLE FIELD, : f . In living up to these twin mottoes the Greateh Charlotte Club has founJ 1 an ample field for activity, and it has been deemed 'proper to ocenpy yotfr time .with a-brief account of some of ; the more conspicuous things which '. your organisation - has accomplished since the last annual meeting, ' "A year ago an auditorium to seat five thousand peopio was merely the .sanguine, wild dream (so called of a ; . few enthusiastic members of thla club; to-night it fs an accomplished tact. ' and as the speaker, look through the window to the left, he sees that mag k niflcent structure stanUIng out against - the sky, a monument to the patriotic efforts of the Greater Charlotte Club as v well as to the unaelflsh public spirit ofj in a siocKfloicierw ana -tiincers or tne Auditorium Company. ft , ' The promoting and building of the A weak Stomach, causing dyspepst a weak Heart' wlih palpitation, or (nter mlttcna pulie, "always , means - wpafc Stomach ' nervra or , ' weak ' Heart berv - Strengthen thene inside ' or controlling nerves with br. ' Snoop's Restorative .nd ee how , quickly theae oilmen ta disappear, Dr. -:. Bhoop, f P.aclne, ; tt'Js., , will mall . samplei J-e. Writs for thewvA t"st win tell. ' "Vonr" Ii-lth Is rcrtnlnly orth thla tiult trUL Sold ty MuUn's Fliarmacy. , t. i f. f f vr rv c r i .s t: : t . '-'. UCCEt3.0F AUD1TOKIUM. -"When the auditorium became assur ed your ef'icera bent every effort to wird securing: for the ensuing year conventions and public gatherings. In this we have been very successful by co-operating with and acting under the directions' of gentlemen from our city, who are members of the various! bodies to --which'; invitations were ex tended, and due credit-la here given to them for their zeal In this cause: Some oftthe" meetings to, be. held-la Charlotte next year are: The Southern ' Publishers' Association, The North Carolina Press Asso ciation, (and - no set of 1 men can do more in the way or advertis ing a city than the pen-pushers); the North Carolina Retail Merchants' Association; the North. Carolina Den tal Association; the North Carolina Osteopaths;' theJ North Carolina. Fur niture Dealers; the Architects' Asso ciation, and maiiv . other meetings which I rannot. now recall; and we trust we may have the North Caro-i-j Una Teat! hers' Association, . which brings much money and many piefty women, to meet , here. ' Hence your secretary has been j very 'natural making strenuous .enoria to lano, the l We have been workln for aome time with a"i view to. having the next Democratic and Republican State con ventiona held in our new auditorium; for, be it said . once for all time, the Greater Charlotte Club is In no sense a partisan ' or political V organisation. 'Greater Charlotte" is Its only creed. , ENTERTAINING CONVENTIONS. I During the. past year, the club has of tha yarloMs conventions which have n our city, "such a the freigat , - aganta,rotivenMoii,i, tha Hardware Dealers Association,; and for the aer. vices rendered ha received the thanks vices rendered ha received the than of the visitors individually and collec; tiVely. - ' The preservation of the forests la recognised an Importanl ; factor In " mill development of the South, fK rV Efforts to make, a aucceaa of t.ie re- cent meeting at 'which Dr. Will and b'i showiv lndetl. JT hes others spoke , i tors, expressed theninelnrca a4,. ,nios.t A to. the advertisement of 'the city, highly pleased with what they saw. .. In its usually accepted meaning, much The auxlllarytiaMaTa 9ant ; which hat been done. ' Less than year i tha- Southern Power Company, keeps ago ten thousand attractive leaflets' In readiness at all; tlmea for service were compiled and published by thein North Charlottes was vlalted by tha "club.- The whole of the first issue ; warty on 'its way -back. Mr. W. S, has, been judiciously distributed, and another similar pamphlet has recently Been gotten out by the club, , ' . In the last four months It is esti mated that your secretary has sent but, in addition to the. , pamphlets, about five hundred of , the new sketches of Charlotte - to Interested persona living all over1 the United States,;. , ' . - . . ' BOOSTING CHARLOTTE. Mr. Corwith, and to some extent the other-members of the club, has been sending out each month some three of four articles about Charlotte to various business journals, such as The Chattanooga Tradesman, The Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record, The Retailer, American. Industries, ? Commercial America, and many other papers,. 'Thus far we nave spoken principal ly of ; the out-of-town work of the club.- ? There is one featnro. of the work which the public docs not know of. ' Since opening a regular office: the headquarters of this oxganlaatloa has been a sort of bureau ef Informa tion and place of Entertainment for strangers, and , many have been the compliments given our courteous see retary for his klndhess to the sojourn era. He has also secured positions for manv voiinar men who came here o to locate; and, if a suggestion be par- doned, every business man in nead of employes would do well to. telephone his wants to Mr, Corwith. . . Your secretary has also gathered from time to time valuable andlnter eating statistics relating to the growth ef - Charlotte and the piedmont seo tlon; and he has tried to answer the lnquirieaof every person who wanted to know about Charlotte. . . WHAT OF THE FUTURE. These are but a tew of the things whlch we have,lone In the past. Wht ui. ui iuiufb i no pwcr irem that the work '.of the club is hardly begun, v Its sphere of usefulness Is as wide as tha life of the city itself railroad . rates have to be adjusted; new Industries promoted; the smaller town must be brought Into closer touch with Charlotte; -wore attractions held out td our neighbors to make them come to see, ua. attrawHens like the Fall Festival for instance, which la almost directly a product of the GreaterVCharlotte Club. ' Space for bids even mentioning -the thousand and one things the Greater Charlotte Club may do for the good of our com muoity. . ., ;.;; , .. ; 'FINANCIAL1 AFFAIR -V The financial affairs of the club, from one. point of view; are In excel lent condition, there being over 1400 In the treasury'and all debts paid; butl tat .1a AiValstf (a Wirlr wm annul A a tr a 1 a large aurplu. fund,' and to get this we must enlist theaupport of every .M...Ur.v u r- vuiAVM v . vv wan. riluuiii iimtu lotte. No progressive city can be without a Oreater Charlotte Clb; by whatever name called.- In a single day last- year the club .added over a hundreds members to Its rolls; there are at least four hundred men more In Charlotte who ought to be mem bers. - Places Of -40,000 inhabitants have over 800 members In auch com mercial organizations, Why not 500 members of the Orettef - Charlotte Club? We need" more niembers. not bet ter membersno organisation could have ; better 4. members -but your broad-mtndeJ patriotism and aggres sive public spirit requires no eulogy at my hands; .they are , but a fair, ex ampleof the spirit of a new,and great er South towards which the nation is now turning its eyes. , Suffice It to say, In conclusion, that I Again thank you for the honor you bestowed upon me In twice electing the your president. . By your kind. and enthusiastic support you have made thla the pleasanteat work of my life, and t"ie work of the club Is turned over to .tke Incoming president with the earnest hope and belief that Un der hla administration muh greater things will b accomplished for Char lotte by the Greater Charlotte Club. 11 11 "" '". " " ' ,',H",'".,.,ii- Real Estate tllilrh Changed Hands v Yesterday. , " . Tne Charlotte Consolidated V Con struction Company has sold - to Mr. Brooke B.' Todd for, a consideration of 1,2S0 a lot GO feet by 160. front ing on Kingston avenue, in DHworth. The Southern Real, Estate Loan and Trast Company has old to Mr. O.-' A. Todd for $2,400 a lot lying en .the west side of North Caldwell , street. Mr. U, O. Delllnger ha transferred to Mr. ML M. Parker a piece of property on the west side of ' Gold street. .The consideration waa 1300. Mrs. Lessl T. Vanjerbura" has aotd to Mr... J. sit. Davis ind Mt.W.nJ, McCall for ll,00, two lots.; One ia on the north side of Lawyer's road and the-other tin '"Earr Tenth' itreet extension. . . :.i t: fs (Bii-1 ; tr.ti.1 C, en il.s wish pull' : ,: hi m friathm ;,t.,l . ; ."-f many han."-.' n. n of "ion voya'V J out for w Greenville, route to Atlanta. ' THE VISIT ABOUT THE CITY. r M r . . Many of the foreigners had . never visited America before and the aigjita which met , their , eyes when they renunea me aouin were lro" '"" ; fresh Theyspent four hours tii the new. city and every moment was keenly enjoyed. Tne trip from th 'station tos Third, atreet, the nearest Pproacn to the compress, was made without mishap under the tutelage of Col. A. L. Smith, ex-secretary and for many yearg compress superintendent. ' On their way, down East ,Third street, the visitors happened ipon Jim Ross, the gooi-natured negro boy who lost both of his lega years ago, and who now- goer about In , little wagon drawn, by a goat. ' Nothing should do 4ut tht everyoni should "anap" the pair with their cameras. This afford efl the opportunity ,; for considerable horseplay and . Joking, all giving Jvent to their great good nature and merrl ment . The compress jw a sight to those who had never.qefor witnessed the operation by which, an i ordinary cott6n bale Is sgueeaed to ' one-fourth Its alase for export, . The management of the , compress deserves great credit for! the manner "Un which It arranged for. the comrort f tvia viiitnm, V.vvrv . convenience. was at hand and no ono was Incom-j moded or disturbed. ' Tha visit -was jnade under the most favorabU clr cumBtancos. , J v i -l A. OINNERT INSPECTED. j Returning to the car, -the ' party; was .carried down North Tryon street ; through-- the most . fashionable real-; dence section of the clty.out to,- iha! Highland Park ginnery, where a iiewj irniiait .AmMns rin ra in feneration. : The demonstration f tha superior, qualltiea-of the new-nacalna as com-i pared with the old uaed ho end of talk on the part of the visitors, The entre proces8 of ina from , the recelt)t ot the raw cotton front the an t thedeyvery of-the covered . . t -r s.fAll -v,. v,.- Lee, vice president and chief engi-i neer, answered all questions and ex plained ; the prihClpal detalla of the development to those seeking Infor mation.; " The; reception which the Southern Manufacturers' Club gave In honor of the city's guesta between the hours of 11 and 1 a o'clock was the event of the day. The visitors arrived from their trip hot and tired. , After every body had partaken of the club's hos pitality. Kommerzialrat Arthur Kuf fler, president of the Austrian Cotton Manufacturers' Association, rapped for order; and stated In English that Mr. C. W. Macara, president of the International Federation df Master Cotton Spinners, had a few worda to say. ' ..'"' - ,, MR.. C. W. MACARA SPEAKS. Mr. Maraca is perhaps the ! most eminent spinner of the iparty, an Eng lishman to the core ahd an orator of rare marts. He has been honored on a number of occasions by hia fellows In trade nd enjoys many other, dle tlnctlow. ,Not the least is that of president of the International Fed eration of Master Cotton Spinners, the greatest 'association of thje kind in the world. Mr Macara is a man of generous proportions, , olg-ibrained and keenly alive to the conditions nd needs of the trade. He spoke for few minutes in happy manner of i the delightful reception and enter tainment which had Junt been' given his fellows from abroad and of how much It was appreciated. Passmg to the object of the visit of the party, he' declared for onlty and co-operation of effort on he ipart of - both spinner and grower in order that the amides of the trade might be rectl- fledt thereby the standard of produc- tin mrh, he raised and all of .Mtl coneeauent benefits realized In con clusion, he moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Tompkins and the Manufacturers Club and the citizens of Charlotte tor their most cordial reception. 4 ' c Mr. Kuffier seconded the ; motion, which was fcarrt'ed by ' acclamation, every-AJsltor'' voicing' his approbation. A FEW WORDS FROM MR. .TOMP. , KINS. ' Mr. Tompkins, being called H, upon for a few words, declared that Cpar lotte had. .a grievance against the , vis itors in that they were to upend such a short time in tha city. . He express ed the earnest wish, that the repre sentatives1 of the great manufacturing countries abroad might spend several days in the city and that all differ ences might be worked out; together J" Tn8 S IffJ!; I not with the Jcrov friendly and harmonious maaner. he declared, waa rowers nor wlththe winners vi mq bui. ii , ii methods of commerce In vogue. ; "Let us get together," he said.' wretle with the problem, work out our dif ferences, end then live together in harmony." This he declared was, a good place to come to an understand ing so that aomcthlnV really . great might be accomplished at the Atllhta conference. He followed ,. with an elaboration of ,the differences end vex atlous problems which had been con fronting the outh and asked that those spinners present consider , the matter in order that they anight he ready for the forthcoming dcllbera tlonaThroaghout Mr.- Tompkins speech, which ws llstenetl Jo with rajpt attention, many mterjectlons ' "hearl ear!" en. the pert of the vla itort were heard. ( , , Mr. "Tompklna wasSfollowed by Mr. H. W. ' Macallter, chairman of ' the Lancashire v Private v Investigation qommlsxion, which visited the Booth last spging a yekr ago, who, mad a short talH relative to the baling of American cotton. Mr. ! Macara and Mr, Tompkma als dded a f tw-wordrj after which, thp reception, on, account of the la'tenesa of ; the hqur, came to a clone. . Th visitors were; carried back to the station In automobiles, carriage',, and ? cars, after, having spent four hours In the oily.. They left for-Greenville a little before O'ClOek. . ' ' RECEPTION FOR TUB LADIES. , Reference has already been '.made as' to the splendid personnel of the party. Ahythlng said 1 without men tion of the lady members would be wanting in en essential part. Aide from the. gentlemen, there were e'lght ladles making the trip, namely, the KOTICB TO Ot'R CUSTOMERS. We are plonaod t-announce that Foley's Honey nd Tar fop couaha, tolrta and lunc troobW la nit affected by Nstlorel Pure Tnnd and Drug law a If cntitalfls w lutrs or rtbor harmful (3ru. and wr rooinmpnd It a a a,i remedy for children and adult ,c. ; J. :m i, u.;: ' r y.r. .la uini. i; r;.s -Taitf r- .-ill, v .:h her father, Mr. J. 15. Ta:: : ''. til from Lr.gland; Mrs. C'lauiss, with her husband, Jlr. ciau.-. ana airs. T. W. fechmid, witn er ,u'and- M.r- Schrald trom Ger- Imanj - Mrs. O. Anniger, with Mr. An- . niger ard A raudnlt vlth Mr Raudni-tl Xrom Austrla; ' and Mrg. Mablre, with Mr. Mablre, from t rance., On the arrival of the special train, a committee ot Charlotte ladies, con sisting of Mesdamea Stuart W. Cra mer, and C. B. Bryant :and Misses Louise Wadsworth,- Dora Sater, Geor gia Lowe and Norma YanLanding ham,, met the party and took charge of the ladles, driving them over the city and then to the beautiful. Cramer home, r Wlthgate. Hall," on . , East Morehead street,, where lunch ' was served. Fortunately Mrs. Cramer had met several of the1 ladle at the Waldorf Mn New Tork last , Monday, so that the entire party had no trou ble whatever in knowing one anoth er; ii The jtaornlnff was, typical of the Sunny South, and not the least of the pleasures was the : delightful; drive about the' city. Curious to secure an estimate as to the aggregate holdings of the party, inquiry was made of Mr. - F. " T. CharfK European. ag;ent of he land and Industrial department of the Southern - Railway with offlcce. in London,? and . of Mr. H. V.1 !," King, secretary! to Mr, M..' V. Richards, agent of the department, both . of whom were with the party in the ab sence of Mr, Richards, who was d .tained by illness. They, declared .that the party controlled approximately SMOO.000 spindles'. - - SPINNERS PLEASKn WITH CHAR ' : LOTTE MILLS. ' The party of JOrodd spinners. English. Continental and American, which visited the Chadwivk and Hos Wnii mills yesterday by the courtesy Of President E. A. Smith, and Secre tary ;j A. i J. Draper, were more than pleased with what they saw.. Better equipped and more modern plants are not to be found in the South 'and th forelxn manufacturers were surprised at i theC admirable manner and eco nomical way In which everything was ran, uch careful attention to small detail Vthey thought was found only f England, the seat of the Industry. In the bmrty which made the trip out Jn motor car was Mr. - George Otis Praoer. of Hopedala, Mass., a brother of Mr." A-J. Draper. COURSE OF STUDIES ARRANGED. For the Y. M, .".?. A. Evening Institute r-. a - r.!Bt or me ctasses, Tcacncrs, j Clasa Houn) and Fees Given An Interesting Course Promised. !, The Jcourse of studies to be taught at the ncoung Men s Christian Asso. elation evening Institute as arranged py the educational committee of the association promises to,be a, most helpful one and one that wiH evident ly make the last year's record in the old building the best of all that , have preceded It. t The course has been given careful 1 consideration by the committee In charge which is 'compos ed of the following named gentlemen: Messrs. George Stephens, chairman; D. A., Tompkins and A. G. Brenlzer. The Trial Otarrh' treatments are being mailed out tree, on requeti, y ur. wnoop, Racine. Wis. Theee tests are proving to the people--wlthout . a penny't costthe areat value of this ncientinr prescrlptloa known to druggists everywhere as Dr, 6hoor' Catarrh Remedy. Sold by Mul- I len's Pharmacy. iTry dealer and - -'a t S .ft'ii'.feTivY' Up Mi 'INC.'1' V ' 1 '1" t '.k. ,',' ..... '.,1 J. S. COTHIIAN, So committee feels that the association has a distintt field for ita endeavors in preparing young men and boy to become more valuable in the lines oi work that they ave taken up. The object of the institute is in no way to. conflict with any of the established schools but to rather supplement them in -that , It seeks, to lacreaae the. earn ing power of the student. -. In oth er words It is to better fit the young man wHo lsi. compelled to. earn hla own living for s life , of ? Increased nseful:ie. 1 , It la the ebject of the above named committee to add subject by subject each year along 'these lines until -a full fledged, technical c.hool devel ops. , The evening institute of last year had sixty-eight students and the indications are for a largely increas ed enrollment this year. . - The following Is lst of the sub jects taught, together with the teach ers, class hours and fees for each class; 1 Arithmetic and algebra, teacher, Mr, M. H. Collins, Jr., of the Four C's, will meet .Tuesday and " Friday evenings from 8 o'clock to 9:30; class fee S3: for , the , season, for either class. ' Book-keeping, -penmanship and bus iness correspondence, teacher, Mr. Matthew J. O'Neill, of the Southern Cotton Oil Company will,meet Monday an d -Thursday evenings from S to B:30 o'clock. Fee for book-keeping. $5; fee for business correspondence and pen manship, 32. , ' Stenography will be taught bf Mr. O. B. Miller, of the General Fire Ex tlguisher Company, Class meeta Tuesday and Friday, i at 8 o'clock. Class fee 35. . , . Mechanical drauxhklng course, teacher, Mr. L. Eugene Wlghtman, of the General Fire Extinguisher Com pany, class v meeta Wednesday and Saturday evenings.; Class i fee IS. ". .,'; ?-n-fH-:-y"l; t Boys' preparatory buslnesV course, teacher, Mr. J. E. Johnson, office sec retary tJf the Inter-State committee of the T. M. C. A.; meets Monday and Thursday from 8 ' o'clock to 9:30 o'clock. Class fee' (3. V ',C ,i:;. a-;.-; Fifty YM,rs; a Blacksmith. '" Samuel P.. Worley,, of Hlxburg. Vlt.. lint been shoeing hones, for more than flftv years Ho ay: "Chamberlain's Pain lUlm has arlven me great relief from lfimo back and rheumatism. It ii thq best liniment I ever used." For aale by W. L. Hmd A Co. FRIDAY NIGHT; OCTOBER 11TH, , Charles Frohman Presents ' Otis Skinner t : ' in a New Play In Four Acta The Honor of the Family Prior, ..11.5D.-I1.00, 75, M. 1 Similarity of Names Does Not Signify Similarity of Quality i -i ........... v . .. .,.,,(.... . ,,.. i i. ... . , it has recently come to our notice that a number of unscrupulous mattress manufacturers are trying to run in their (ferior goods oa the reputation of our Red Cross Sanitary Felt Mattress. They have imitated the pattern of oui 8peu i tick with an inferior quality of tick, and are trying to imltattf our mattress with Inferior stuff. These alleged manufacturers are monkeys, not men; and while we do not fear their competition, we think it our duty to warn the trade and public against their monkey tricks. , . Insist on the RED CROSS Label' Accept no other-it guarantees quality and comfort. ' . The Red Cross Mattress is made of eight great layers bf hand-selected sheets of pure, sanatijed cotton felt, free from dirt and animal matter. . It Is soft, elastic and durable, will not get lumpyor, harden, and lasts a life time. It is non-absorbent, vermin-proof, has a smooth, even surface, and will conform to the body, insuring comfortable rest. The workmanship shows skill and thoroughnessover a thou sand stitches around the edges assures service, prevents stretching and losing shape. . The Red Cross is "BUILT TO STAND" it sixty days, and if it Is not get your money. 2 ft. 6 In. m 6 ft. 4 Irit, 23 pounds 3" O" x6 "4 ' OO pounds 3 " O " 4 O at 6'" 4 4 ' n X 6 4 , 35 pounds 40 pounds 45 pounds Handled by reputable dealer only wa do not mH th other kind. A Postal to ui will bring deeciiptlre booklet ." : - '-Hi' - ' 1 SOUTHERN SPRING BED "i h ' For Eah by 7. T. HcCoyr Charlotte thent . nt'.m-Tra tus, Architects, Dealers, Contractors and . , Users of ? Building r.Iatericl. ' Our.. business of distributing; Cement,," Lime, Plaster, Fire Brick. ; Roofing and Building Material generally has grown In seven years from i V.2T,NO t0 b th LARGEST' BUSINESS OF THE KIND IN THE ' LMTKD STATES. ; We are not so desirous of Impressing this fact ! upon.your mind (although it is Indeed gratifying to be able to eay so) i as r are to indicate to you. that we , must know ; our business, and th,t our brands, prices, deliveries and the treatment ' We" accord our customers generally must be a little nearer right than our competitors. . to have won such an army of friends and customera as this volume of , business represents. ' . . , ' We do not think you will bo doing yourself Justice by buying anything In our line before first consulting us we will quote you delivered and " tell you ll about it. WRU'K US.' , . , r J J. Ross Hanahan, Pres.; Pcyre G. nanahan. First Yloe Pres.; Frank . ,C. Ford,, Second . Viqe Trca, a. 6. Irtnahan, JrH So. aod. 4Prw. ,. . 4 Carolina Portland Cement Company ' .Branches;' Atlanta, Blrmingha m, New Orleana, ' " '."' The South's Largest and Oldest. - ; The life . Insurance Company of Virginia ; HOME OFFICE - - RICHMOND , J ORGANIZED 1871. This company ta over thirty-aig years old and during its lone car reer has won the hearty approval and support of tha people by tta promptness and fair dealing", a ... A Few Figures Total payments .to policyholders ever: EETESf , AJTD A it AT. MILLION DOLLARS. Assets over THREE MlTXION DOLLARS. Insurance in force over FIFf Y-FTVB MILLION DOLLARS. ' ' The Life Insurance Compacy of Virginia makes Life Insurance available where It, wu once beyond the reach of many. By v lt " plana each member of the home circle eaa ha a partner in mail tag UP " ;. A Safety Fund for the Family The company Issues ail the most approved forma of Life Insur ance Contracts from 1600.00 to I2S.000.00, WITH PREMIUMS PAYABLE QUARTERLY, SE3II-ANN17ALLT AND ANNUALLY. ; i i . Tha company iasues Industrial Policies from 11.00 to with premiums payable weekly on persona from two to years of age. ALL CLAIMS PAID WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS v RECEIPT OF PROOFS OF DEATH. This Company's Great Orowth is Due to Cause One: Its Conservative Management Cause Two: Its Absoluto Fidelity to Its Contract a Cause Threa: Its wide range of policies, affording each, member of tbo family and to all classes. Cause Four: Its progressive spirit and quickness the Insurance needs of the insurance aaaptea to tnair H. T. Page, Supt, satisfactory in every way, return , ' . flO.OO 11.25 12.50 13.75 r 15.00 GEORGIA I k IT. C. ISOOr.OO eventy AFTEl Insurance to in discerning masses, and Its readiness in giving ' requirement. 207 S. Tryon St. it to your GO. , CIIAHLOII P. ,.'..... '': i i . 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