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The Greatest Week's Attraction Ever Offered in the Carolinas. The Nation's Leading Orators and Musicians will be Here
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Tt&SSE'TS.
PROGRAMME IN . PART j&
J2I0NDAT, OCTOBER 14TH, ,
BRYAN .'DAY ' f
TUESDAYOCTOBER 15TH
JOHN SHARPE" WILLIAMS
-Will be the 'speaker. v
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH,
MUSICAL DAY
Yith these celebrated musicians participating: "
GRACE MUNSON
" One of ' America's best Contraltos.
JOHN BARNES WELLS
1W great American Jenor.
THE TEMPLE MALE QUARTETTE
The best lale Quartette in the country.
OTTO PFEFFERtfORN
The celebrated Pianist. .
' HELEN CHANDLER x . '.
? " of Boston, - . . " ' 1 ;
-il-kndour own Charlotte Musicians. - 1
These Musicians Will Supply the Musical Programme
; During Every Day of the Festival.,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, - ' t. . - -
CHAMP CLARK DAY
, ' . Missouri's Distinguished Orator
; : FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, ; . -
RALPH BINGHAM "
The renowned Humorist will be the attraction at " the
afternoon session, and -"
SIGNOR CAMPANARI
The greatest of all. Baritones, will give a special song
recital at 8:30 p! m.
Campanari will be assisted by -Franklin S, Sonnakjflb,;
the famous Pianist, and Grace Munson, Contralto.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, "
FREE CHILDREN'S. SESSION ,
Miss, Henrietta Massiling, of Atlanta, will be the enter-:-:-r
. tainer. ' " - , - ,
. 'Full. Season, Tickets;.. .tv;.J.ii..';.;.$3.00 each'
'Night -Tickets. ; . '. . ; . . . . ; !vv,50c.: each
Afternoon Tickets 1 .; ... A .25c. each ;
i Campanari Night Tickets .7. , .'; Vi :$.100. each
All tickets are transferable. : ' :
Two sessions will be held 4aily,;3;30and 85 p. m.,
in the' big, NEW AUDITORIUM, just finished for the
occasion, beating capacity, four thousand : , -
TICKETS ON SALE AT
, K. H. Jordan & Go. fs,J Hotel; Selwyn,.; Stone 4Bar-
ringer Co.'s, Charlotte Music Company, Chas.- M.
Stieff, and the Blind t Man . on the Corner
Out-of-town patrons may secure 'tickets and further
information by addressing rA. , '
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AN' EFFECT OF CORN LIQUOR
A PAIR OP ltKH FARMERS
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AMorJliiR Symposium A Trip to
' it p-WM Stoppi(l KlKrt Off -Tlio
i Frwikff :of the Clip That Inrbrlatt-Ji
JTho Golden VImIoii of King Alco-
)nl -TIm Old Uann' Apology
. Woinan'H rit turc of riiy ionini!it
j nap hlio( at (Spring and
' Autumn.
XVnun for Tbe 0)wrer.
JVr1itn for the 'Hmoi-M r.
11 1 i.ll.tj. ...1..U . t ...I I
i thou hast no nanu- to he known by,
L ui nil thf-1evll!"
il am minded to-day to treat the
rcadm wf th 8und;iy Charhnte ob-
; jjprver to a dlsertatlon on alcoholic
'arJuk; not frwn the view -point of
.Tie prohlbltlonlHt or tho antl-prohlbl-tionUit;
but riithcr a fllHt:ourx slrnti'l.:
)tt its nature, and wppculative of the
. outward and vixlhlu mgin of (lclight
Jully exhilarating ami highly Intoxl
catlnf leviTaKn on thi mind and
fcody-for Instance, how corn liquor
male mi a man twmt up bin Ug an 4
double up his Huts, and talkk, and
project ntcrprlftPK of great pith and
moment." nd-'plclt up mony off tho
trround," Or If th-n b a minor notr
of pcuHimbrn In the ray matter of
tbe "brain, how "booze" will make a
man bfmoan hi Asp If, and tear hi
liatr- rindlln, Ilk Dick fiwlveller, In
th "Old C'urlilty Shop" by 'Dickens,
who cat his hat on tho ground, and
.informed the surrounding world that
he had been left an unhappy orphan
- by hla parentis at a tender age.
: The Latin adage. ' In vino vnta,"
may toe, freely tiatwlated "there's
truth In the cup," and nean tlit.la
; his llbelounnen a nian off his (ruard,
' Jets out hla predominant characterl
th'S. "Out of the abuitdantti of ilie
keart tbe month piaketh." A bad
tempered niun will bo pugnaHou.t in
.his grog; a liar will dlxrouitt Huron
Wamhauwn; here may 1)e found one
o rich that he could give John IX
.(Rockefeller, a good running mart,
hile another in "on his uppers," and
;dwn on hm luck."
-6 C. Warren, ln his great novel.
Ten Thousaiid a Year," gives the
? reader a graphic picture of the lawyer,
viijr uasmiun. at tne (tinner given o
the evening utter winning the famous
Tittlebat Titmouse case at the Latton
asistae. .Gammon was a hrd. wily,
atul Xello' -whose whole life waa an
f ffflrt to take the feat of the world In,
As the anner proceeded, the tfiialttles
Here accentuated with the emptyltig
of every 4otte of wine, The drunker
he got the wIMer, shrewder, astute he
(?ot. Where the others were boister
ous he -waa nulet; where they were
rarmloitaj he waa rtlem. He sat (here,
matching hla companions, and "taking
Oiem In', until. In the Intensity T his
KtuteneH, he found hlmxelf tryihg to
"take Wmself in." Then Wdle n
ftcadily t his feet, took y a fandle,
looked solemnly and reproachfully
a-ound upon the company and march
cd off to -bed. ""':.'.'",".,
Rut there U not aU-ays "truth In the
cup. ')in vinoua developments ace
unexpected and pu.Hng, I know a
man who la as vractlcal and probata
an ihe wide e,l an old mrn; a "man of
affair., whs thinka oqly of buaineas.
He g.u "otV' rarely, but three nr
T-r i drlhks make, him drivel. He
J i rii uae for W tfesk during the
;me. but goes about, a ailly. Vacuous
") t n his fate, boring people with
' ' I'i'i't nonen in the world, ; I
J " ..t.viJ.er a charming fellow, of
i"i . .iful ciannera and rorrm fife,
v - ta'k Is a clean as a woman's.
rn'.'1 flihpoJrton renders fln orra.
! y; -re i.-r" '-iMif to him. and "In
tu''-ecan tuuwearthe "Dutch
In Holland," and tells stortea that he
woaldn't liaten to with the liquor out
of him. I
Perhaps the funniest of,..the frail
lndnlger8 and bibbere, who canno't re
frain from "looking upon tho wine
when It glveth Its color In the cup,"
i the man .who gata eoberer and so
berer with every added drJnk, and
continues to look as' Wise as a Judge
and aMofeer as an owl long after he
has got paat apeech or locomotion.
The reader will, doubtless recall the
dear old perlantlc Baron Bradwardlne,
the Laird of Tully Veolan, 1n Scott's
"Waverley." ttnd tho drinking bout, in
which ho and the Laird of Balma
wipplc were the hcroea, and which
culminated in a aword duel the next
morning before -'breakfast. The old
Baron's apology to hla gueat was Inim
itable and characteristic: "I wouldiot
have you opine, Captain Waverloy,
tlrt I am by practice or precept an
advocate of ebrlety, though It may be
that, In ur fentlvlty of )aat night,
some of our friends, If not perchance
altogether ebrlc or drunken, were, to
Bay the least, 'ebrloll by which the
ancients designated thoxe -who were
.fuddled, or, as your Englbsh vernacu
lar and metaphorical DhrasefVes.
'halCrseaH-over.' " And the old mfft Her
! was by far the drunkest of tho party
i "whole-neas-over.''
let us no conclude this dlsquial-
tion by a Hlmri story llluatrative of one
!or two of the features under dlscua
! ion. . s, ,, .
; One morning between, daybreak and
;sifhrhe, in the Cape Fear section of
(North Carolina, lillly Sears, a one
horse farmer, steppefl iut of the door
of his house, cla.l fn a utrlped calico
shirt and home-spun trousers, held up
by a one-galhiH simpender, bare-footed,
and went puttering about the vnrd,
looking after thi and that. It Was a
: warm, "muxhv" morning In late sum
mer, .with a thick clammy mist Tailing,
through which the smoke alowly curl
ed Its way from the kitchen chimney,
where Hill's wife was baking n-idu bis
cuit, and frying white meat. It was a
"saft" morning, as Mer tod.i. In
Scott's "8a lm Itonnn's "Well," deserib-
pu ii to trie Indian nabob in the office
of 'Squire Hlndlooee. . , ;
As Hill Searx stood meditatively
scratching wlih hir big toeHhe aiJe of
a rasor-bacla) hK.. lying against the
Pig pen. he aw a man irudfflng up
the road, carrying a long atrtng back
valiHe, that sort uf a grip-sack that
has a mouth like a allegator'a, can
hold a barn-full, end never haa any
thing It It. As tiie man got nearer,
Bill recognized Tom UraVes., another
farmer of about his heft, living two
or three miles down the road, and
hailing him: v-.vy
"Hello,, Tom. AVhar you oft .to.
this arly In the day?" y
'Off for Texaa. Bill," a!J tha new
comer, as he slowed up to the little
ate, and rested the valise on the ton
rail of the fence. - -
"To Texaal the land sakes!"' ' '
"YesM'll starve to death here. 4 A
tellow ain't got no show, My crop
won't: pan out enough to run ;soed
tick through the winter,"
"You're more'n half right, Tom.
Darn me if J ain't goodder mind to go
with you. eorn not knee-hlg:i
to a duck. anJ, fclame my hide, If It
dljnt ; begin a-taaseling before It got
well out of the ground, i Whar about
In Texas yon aim to pull up ,ToraT
Along about El Paso? '.
t"Wou)d'nt be surprised l I land
about thar, mil."
"Well, ly got a fcrother (lying
around there. They y he',
well, and got money. I wish If you
see him you' J tell him Iuwyfor the
fyrrd'a sake toVen.1 me a little help
to keep1 from petering plumb out.'But.
Tom, I'va got a jug ,of good Uquor
under the bed Let'a go In, and drink
to your trip."
Seated on tha aide of the bed, each
tipped the Jug up...anJ took a long,
long pull.
"So you're g-g-go-lng to Texas?"
continued Bill, coughing and his eyes
red with the strenth of the drink.
"Yes; I think I'd better go. But
I tell you. Bill, there's come out In
my crop yet." .
"So there Is In mlhe. As I said,
my corn's sorter small; but, Lord,
with good seasons It'll head, and make
hefty corn. I wotiJer Jlst vharabouta
that brother of mine Is. If I knew
I'd write to him; perhaps he's a
suffering rlstht now. and I'd give him
a lift. Let's take another drink."
"I-iorc" Tom' said Sears, smacking
his lips after his dram, and lying
back luxuriously on tho bed, "you'd
have no call to put off to Texas, It
you was fixe J ljke me. I Jlst don't
believe that when I dl; my potatoes
they kin naturally lay on the ground.
They'll spill over the top rail of the
fence." . .
'''I'm fixed Jlst ai good as you ever
dared to be, Bill. You Jlt orter see
my chufaa Hang mc If I don't be
lieve there's a bushel to the hill."
"Let's have another' aaid Bill,
straightening up, and reaching for the
Jug. The pessimistic drawl, the vmI
amity whine, were gone, and their
voices rang with a don't-care exul-1
tant optimism, while the ruddy glow
of the corn whUkey had knocked ttie
tallow out of their lantern-jaws.
"When you git to Texas." began
Bill, putting the Jug slovtly jown
"Danin Texas!" broke In -Tom.
"Whafs a man like me want with Tex
as? Why, I Jdn lay In bed. and hear
my corn fairly cracking; and tne pad
vines Is Jlst reaching out for some
thin' sol'd to hold onter as they grow.,
grow." v-
"Well, Tom, you know we was a
talkin about Texas; and I was Jlst
going to say when you git to Texas,
if you see my brother, tell him to go
to Jericho, poor. Jevll. If he needs
anything tell him to draw on me for
the whole amount, and If he needs it
bad, and needs It oulok, let him wire.
n1 I'll telegraph it to him. be Ood!
Let' take another," . t i
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Amlld, loudlci day ' 1ft iprihjTU
the type ftf beauty In nature to the
poet, climbing the breezy height ot
fancy, ' - ,
"Like Mercury, - new-lighted on a
heaven-kbsslng hill,",
or to the dreamer, strollng along for
eat arcades, or bending hla head under
inter-laclng . boughs through quiet
vales. The whole earth' la glad; Th
spring gras laughs In the aun, and
sparkles in the dew, The new-ploughed,
aweet-smelllng earth glistens like
a' rlch-hued 'velvet carpet to happy
feet. The laborer . ,f
"Ilruthlng with Jiwty, ; atepa the dews
away- . : -." ' , .,
To meet the sun upon the upland lawn'
goes with a son j on his tips and a
paean n his , heart. The lark and
the Wcklng-blrd vie, full-throated. In
praise to Ood for tha fair t worl-J.
lfarsly less charming bian evening In
sprlngi between sun-set and twilight,
when the earth is tolna to rest, ilk
a flushed and tired b'ut happy youth,
or line a fair maid, shyly drawing the
curtain on the pure, sweet dreams of
the night. .V
'But I have, thought lately that al
most lovelier is day Irl early fall,
when nature , la" enthroWned lnA her
queenly matronage, the garAVr J har
vest of aprlng'a s,ed-tfme and aunt
merf teeming life at her feet, and
full eheaye In her cap. JUght, fleecy
clouds ranopjr he r'gat head, about
her Is .tho ' amphitheatre' ' f'
fores! , and, hill, blazing in
bronze' and gold, with ' the
low, tender pipe of the quail In the
brown stubble, and the far-away coo
of the dove, in the gently swaying
plrte. .
"Why sigh fr yester'a song-bird and its
Joyous notes?
t'nstop your ears, and her the, still
mall voice'
Ofs' plrlt, that tc-day from heaven floats,
Bidding' ua claim our birthright, and re-
For God Is here; And all the waste of
weary year
Orows dim and distant In the morning
" light: i
Vnlhed are heartache!, ters and brood
ing fean
Ard Egypt's darkness flees before tho
light,"
Fayettcvllle, Sept 30. J. H. M.
EXPKES5J AGENT RESIGXS.
Mr. John C f'orwll, of Concord, Will
fio With Firm of Cotton Buyers
Lutlicrana to Call Pastor To-Day.
Special to Tbe Obieiver. .
Concord .Oct. Mr. John . C.
Correll::who has had charge of the'
Southern Express office In this city
for the past several years, has
tendered hla resignation, to take ef
fect at once. It is the understanding
that if tho company .will relieve htm.
Mr. Correll will begin work Monday
morning for A. Bklpwlth & Co.,
cotton buyer Mr. Correll asked
for relief aome time last fall, but
Inducementa were offered which
caused htm to reconsider and con
tinue hla work. Thla time, hpwever,
Mr. Correll. has fully determined to
leave the express business. K
The church councils of St. . An
drew and, Mount "Herman Evangeli
cal Lutheran churches will, meet In
Joint session to-morrow afternoon for
the purpose pf calllrya. a pastor. Rev.
Charles R. Pless, who haa been
serving : tba 1 two congregations for
several years, will leave 'Monday for
Troutman, : where .he will enter up
on the work embracing the, Lutheran
churched at Troutman and ' Amity.
Concord and , her good people regret
very much' to lose Mr. Pless arid his
excellent family, and the best wishes
of the entire community go with
them Into their, new field. (
REV. Mil- KAHX DISAPPEARS.
Wife In Raleigh and " Clwrleaton
lYIends Don't Know AVlicro He Is.
Charleston Evening Post. ....
'. The friends of Mr. A. Kahn, for
tncrly'of the Jewish faith, but now
a Baptist preacher, and recently the
edltbr of The Star Mission, and em
ployed In the advertising department
of The German Zeltung here, are
much worried over ; his strange dis
appearance of a couple of weeks ago.
His wife, at Raleigh, does not know
where Mr. Kahn is, nor do his friends
here, it is thought that he has wan
ueirq vrt wnne aunenng irum tunrii,
Mr. Kahn for aome time previous
to hla disappearance had been act
ing queerly, and seemed troubled
with a pain. In his head, for about
two weeks nothing has been " seen
of him, although Jls belongings at
his boardlne- house ar , "untouched.
He Is a man of short stature, 4ark
eyes ana tialr,. and wore a aerby
hat apd dark suit ben last seen. .
SEVEN
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To check a cold quIeHK get from your
driifrgwt some little Candv Cold TAbleU
railed Preventltx . Drtis;lt everywhere
are now dispensing l'rever.lles, for they
re not only safe, but decidedly eerUirt
nd pron.pt. l-reventlc contain . vio
Quinine, no laxative, nothing hrh nor
Hekeninir. Tkti at the 1 sie. ftoge"'
I'reventip will : prevent PneumonU.
Ironchltu. 1 Grippe, etc ; Hence the
name, Preventles,. (jood . for fevertith
ehilteiw-4t-i'rn U U-reals... Trial
lioxes csnts. Sold bv M:ltn Phurni-
HAIR FACTS
-out '
Dandruff Jpa contagi
ous disease caused by a
microbe.
- TWO ;v
Dandruff is a forerun
ner of itching k scalp,
falling hair and bald-'
ncss. '
: THREE
Chronic baldness is in
curable. "
FOUR
The cause of dandruff
cannotc washed out of
the calp with soap and
waiter. 1 . ' ' .
PIVE . '
The only.way to . cure
dandruff and falling
hair is to kill the germ
that causes it. , v
SIX
Each day that dandruff;
is. neglected , adds to
the permanent; injury
of the, scalp, for
dandruff docs no cease
voluntarily .while "the"
hairj&ts.'
SEVEN . ;
The only safe, and satis- t
faqtory t remedy, that ,
will kill the dandruff
germ and keep it out of
the scalp ;is Newbro's
Herpicide. " ',
' Kill the ' dandruff germ with"'
Newbro's Herpicide, and- the
hair s hound to grow as na
ture Intended. Almost mar--velousesults
sometimes fol-
, low the continued use of
Herpicide.
Two lici, 60c. and $1.00, at
Unig stores. Scrnl lop. in
stamps to The IlerplckUs Co.,
Dept. J.. " Detroit, Jlicb for .
t sample, i (inaranteed under
the F(nhI and Drugs Act Juno ,
SOt h, 1 90B. Serial o. 915.
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' l' Fil ial Agents,
Apjillcsdons t iromfnem
v Earbcr Shop, '
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Dissolve readily through the action of
HARRIS Lithia Water
relieving tbd sufferer fromthe merci
less passage of "stone in the bladder"
and from uric acid poison manifested as .
rheumatism of the muscles rind joints, t
HARRIS bithia is a superior natural '
'lithia water so known to the medical
fraternity in all cases of kidney and
bladder trouble, andtrom years of trial :
and the hundreds of gratyuous recom
mendations it receives, it has become
thoroughly established as a lithia water abso
tately peerless ia its especial aphere.
. So d by all druggists and dealerf'gen- .
trally or tent direct from Spring; S '''
t mls$S.00. $1.50 allowed for return 1 - '
" vf package. u ,
Harris Lithia Springs Co:
; Harris Springs, S. C. )
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. MESSRSMIATIN & EMERY'S , 1
Presentation of Richard Wagner's Mystic, Fes--
PARSIFAL:
j (IN ENGLISH) ;
'' For the convenience of ."Parsifal' patrons the former rule'
6t commertclng the evening performance at 6:30 and giving
a two-hour dinner Intermission has . been done away - with.
. During this -engagement the curtain will rise at 7:45. tjar'raiges
' may be ordered at 11:15. Auditors should ba In their seata at
rise of first curtain, as. no one will be seated during the action
of the play. 4 . ,
.Scale of Prices. '
Sox Scats, lower $2.0Ck
Box Seats; upper $2.00
I)wer Floot.: ;.$1.50
Dalcopy, 3st 3 rows $1
Balcony, rcar.'f . ,75c.
Gallery, Reserved 50c.
Seat Sale Now Open. '
. Tickets - ordered by
mail will be" promptly'
iorwarded on receipt of
remittance ands sclf-ad-dresscd
stamped envel
ope. (Np'.frce list)
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