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Pt BUSKERS' AXXOt XCEMEXT.
No. 81 South Tryon v'1""
' oity editor' office, Bell hene, la4.
now edttcrs on ice. Hell 'phone, U.
, ' A riltfcriber In orderine the ad.lreaa
- of 1th paper changed, will please in
' dilate the addr to wliich it
at ".ha time he &k fur the ctiange to
be made. . ,. .
Advertising; ntes. are furnished on
"'v' application. Artverttsors may letl u
, illit .-through the colum'.i ;h'
- poer tuey may reach all Charlotr
indY ponioa uf the beat people in
tats State and upper South Carolina.
'Into paprr give correspondent ua
, f wide latitude !t thlrina public policy
' s permits, but It la In no case reapon-
.- wMe tor their viewa. It ia much pre-
lerrel .hat cot respondent aign tneir
r names to their art Idea, especially In
c where they attack persona or
' inrtttuOan, though thia ia not de
manded. The editor reservea the right
to five the name of correspondent
'. when they are dwnandfd for (lie pur-
pose of peraonnl aatUf action. To re
' ceive consideration a communication
must bo accompanied by the true
naino of the correspondent.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1907.
WELCOME TO CTIARIiOTTE.
, This la' the week of Charlotte s
: great Fall Festival. To-day Hon. Wll
, Ham J.' Bryan comes and to-night lee-
tares in the new auditorium. lie
' "will have a welcome befitting so dis
tinguished a visitor and a gentleman
" of bo many high and admirable quall
i tie a welcome such as will be
;! worthy of Charlotte, too, when its
recipient is so eminent a guest. A
multitude of people of the State and
of South Carolina will meet him here
- and there will remain to him no room
to doubt the heartiness of their greet
In;. Other gentlemen of distinction
are to be with us this week and they,
s too, will be received cordially and
' beard by large audiences, citizens and
visitors.
It will be a gala week. The souls
of music-lovers will be satisfied, and
a great variety of tastes will be min
istered to. A programme of rare at
tractiveness is offered, and It goes
without the saying that Charlotte will
be, as usual, happy to hare her neigh
bors come In and enjoy It with her.
Thev seem to hp always eaA In rnmii
and It is certain that she Is always
glad to see them. The Festival had
last evening a promising opening and
the week la sure to witness the ful
fillment of this promise.
DOUGLAS OUT; IIILUEBKAXI) IX.
With Its Issue of yesterday The In
dustrial News, of Greensboro, under
' went a change of editors, Mr. It. D.
' Douglas retiring and Mr. W. A. Hllde
brand succeeding him. Mr. Douglas
has been the editor of the pnper since
Its establishment, more than two
years ago; "Mr. Hlldebrand, who has
i, bought Into it, has been tho editor of
The Ashevillc Gazette-News and for
several years, during thi sc-slons of
-Congress, the Washington enrrcxpond
fntof The Observer, in vwhiuli cipiidty
f he was never complulnvd t by Ii mo
'". crats, hi ODly comj.lnint uf him being
todged'by Republicans. H- has h.-en
' Just and trustworthy as a iicws-g it h-
crer, and as the i'iiitir of his own
paper at Ashcvllli! has cviih-ncrd
strength and agyrewiv ne.s iji the
. conduct of an Independent Journal
, ... Mr, , Dougla. Wing postmuster at
Greensboro," rtlr s from The IikIuk
"! trial News because of the exceiw of
his duties l'nder liis edltoihlp It hm
fceen a stn-iig. (1IkiiK1.iI. high-toned
paper. 'It- (iliserv,
ro with both of thr
s guild wishes
young gentle-
mn.. It do, s ti t deny that Th
In-
v dustrlal News Is n fotm de.ii in its
- 'way but It trut- that It Is fre( from
. email Jealousies hioI !t Is a pir-.nrc to
' sav that Its Groenliorn enriiii. i tor hits
liefer ofrT-d It other th in I, ii , :ibl.'
' battle.
JVHY IT MIOt 1,1) lit: i)iun;.
T our
suggestion of Mr. Lemuel
EH ' Qulgg,
the MetrunolK
Railway Company's secret worker, f.)ri
Republican natlonnl chiurmnn Thej
Ash evil le Gazette-News object Ingly re-:
SpOIids that "It Is well enough tn bear
in mmd that all the dirty work jf thliti
ivau. ujipuiauon wa accomplished ;
-through Tammany Hsll," N, e1i
we must say; In foci, most of Qulgg's'
work was the fraudulent manufae-
ture'ot. public M;ntlment quite; npurt
rrom? Tammany.. He
bought out citizens"
organUed or
organir.atlons
which no Jocjl politician curvH
-w"y- rurtnerierai manitger of the American Ma-
tatement that "In New York a nd '''nine ami Manufacturing tlumiianv,
many, of the politicians, without re-'5,r' Hftrt,int making his ar-
eocct .to nartv r turret ... ; rangernents ; with the vluw ot putting
f ! , ! ' Uh thftluP a emaU W miHW of tho city
r.m. .nnv, a. mr fr- many years
ni Ufaer? side has attempted to get
uiong without 1U corruption fund "
... T. . ' . .. . '
o wijr aacvvyi, oui lan io se what
bearing this has upon our advocacy of
Mr,: Qulgg tot Republican national
chairman, j If the gentleman In
question had only been one among
many vulgar boodlerw we should never
have mentioned him for so eminent
a post; what inspired our suggestion
was .his recently , manifested , ability
and devotion Jn keeping secrets, at all
i,azardi' This supreme quallficstlon
fur the Republican oh-alrmanshlp he
pofcsesvsea in blgher dgre than any
other pracrica! politician, of whom we
3 nv knowledge. We renew our root.
p! lee of prvst-rvod
In niudorn civ.L.'.a-
po!n; a paper h-
ht!
The Tlatte City, Mo., Landmark has
delivered itself In such a manner as
to arouse The Washington Herald's ,
detp disgust. '
-a .a,!er s-nlne him-
self 'Victim aid the 'Missouri pa
per, "wan. to know what he can do
a nersuade his wife not to make
pickles and preserves of watermelon
rinds. We are unable to help him.
When a" wife falls victim to the habit
of pickling or preserving rinds her
case is hopeless. The only thing to
do is Id eet a watch and see hat she
does not pickle or preserve the potato
peelings." To this nippaitt and gross
ly unjust treatment of a merltorous
food product The Herald administers
a . 'well-deserved, rebuke. It then
breaks into enlogy; . . ,
"Watermrlon rind preerve-the real
thing-is one of tho daintiest, fetchtngest.
SAtiffyinjeat, rwltt'e-il'klinst and alto
arther dtlightfulest dellcacic that eve?
adorned a pantry shelf: It cannot ; tie
beat in all prcaerve.de .n! It I aometnma
to aram a ut; It . is o good that nobody
ever got enough In this world. But-mlnd
youwe mean the genuine article; not the
nutiy-Uke thing so.ne women put up and
Imuglna to be the truly appetising wonder
of which w make tnentivii. Like all good
tilings in this world, watermelon rind pni
aiive Is not to be had without effort.
Kerne wo no: built in a day. nor wa thia
glorioua morael vcr fnshioned In one or
two days. On the contrary, it tukea no
less than nine separate and diatlnct revo
lution f the earth to see watermelon
rind pr.v,ervea through lha preliminary
arrangorcent lndipei!abl before it final
aeallng Tor th winter."
Surely this praise, though given
where praise Is due, rises a little too
high. The Herald proceeds to ex
plain Tho Platte City , Landmark's
blunder upon the supposition that It Is
a relation of The Norfolk Landmark,
and henca "liable 4o be mistaken
frequently." Anticipating a Norfolk
rally to Platte City's support, The
Herald concludes by discounting the
whole family's Judgment where good
things are concerned and calling upon
The Observer to lend its voice on :ho
right side. j
Happily this dispute can be adjust-j
ed, so far a.1 the three Round Table
knlghJj are concerned, without any
tilts with grinded lances. The Nor
folk Landmark,' in' fact, has already!
hastened Into the lists and denied be
ing any kin whatever to The Platte
City Landmark. "There Is a paper in
North Carolina that bears our name
with credit," says this protestant, "but
wc disown The, tte City product("
Inasmuch ; a, he Landmark also
"concurs heartily" in The Herald's de
fence of preserved watermelon rind,
:here la PO ;combat for The Observer
either JoiftV'or to Interrupt. We
shall 0V sajln our acknowledged
charatjtier''' al'.upremc food expert,
that Tn Herald has gone Just a little
too fs.f' Preserved watermelon rlnd
Is really good, hut It can by no means
rank with those noble fooda found In
our list or ten host things to eat.
We bellevo that The Landmark, which
has not been. wont to show itself un
enlightened on such points, would
ordinarily have Qualified its com
mendation of The Herald's water
melon rind''vVe'wa; to our mind, The
Landmark., for once, has been over
scolded and knows It, How has thou
lain down, O star of the pedagogues'
We are much less Interested in the
determination of the watermelon rlnd
preserves qucsiion, momentous
though that unquestionably hi, than In
the now evident fact that th? Round
Table's moxt blggliy member has
found In his youthful recruit a mem
ber even more blgglty than Itself.
The new editor of The Industrial
News, divfussing Btate politics, says:
'Tni vr.-ial gmid will and concord pre
vail in Die Republican household." If
It In, indeed not resonant with such
notes us follow tying two cats to
gether by their tans and throwing
them over a clothes-line, the old re.sl
lie. iters ciinn il po.ii'lbly feel that they
arc lit home.
'Hie smallest brnln discovered In
any white unti of this generation h'is
Just been located ut the College of
I'nvsi' inns mid Surgeons, New York
Cliv. In the likull of a railroad man
ager. We me not sure that the Inci
dent idSH- much Mgnlflcaiice, but ut
any rate n lves matter for thought.
Whoever lulled to rend th? fine Hil
ilnm itehuieil ut ChHpel 11111 bv Or.
Ht ' !a;r .Mohei.vriy. the noted editor
of The Hi'oolUyti Iugl, should by nil
nie,ins turn hm k to yosterdav'w ob
server -Mid n pair Iho omission.
'
Amongst other things we would not
liuve the peopl.i unmindful of tho
fact th.it next week we pull off the
count v fair, for which all bunds
should Imlil th em wives in
rra,mi(.,
cotisUint
New Cotton .Mill for Clinrlmte.
If the nhms of Mr. Humner It. Hnr-
1 geunV do not miflfarry, Charlotte will
! nnv'' mother cotton mill hefoto long.
cor wl'i'kji past, in ract ever
I" !ni'n li, .enlun,..l l.lM UI..M a .. .
.... ,...,n.,...4 ,,tT ,w.itie,ii an f'H"
j on the Seabonrd Air Line road He
Wurew' n',wt rtoslrable site near tho
i expects soon to com-
mence therecUon or awiltabW bulld-
Ing. The msehlnerv saulnmen. win
consist
dies. '
of "spproxlaiatsly 6,000 spin
I'red (tlhijun tMrlously Hurt.
Mr. Fred Gibbon, the zi-ycar-old
on of Mr. Nick . Gibbon. -of Mallard
Creek; was seriously hurt In the run
away accident Saturday night. He had
been to Charlotte and was on his way
nume wnen tne accident occurred. The
mule he was driving became frla-hten-
ed, ran, threw hint from the cart and
dragged him a hundred vard or more
beating hlra on the gmund. maiming
ana pruning mm. Tha young man
was renaereo unconscious. . One car
wa torn completely , off. Late yester-
flayt afternoon Ai Mr Gibbon, wa,JoIng
in ijr, am pm tvmu not
anything
about how he w hurt,
What is tiie
watermelon rind
tion? Upon t'..'s
C1"H-"!fe I :lo f - r. h f
it ;reiit 1 , .11 IU'-.,- t ; -i
th" Ii'r'nt t'oiifcreiM'c 1 :(;
frmori i iiincis in Au ohu
What Was Done. . ,
One of the Charlotte delegates at
the , International Cotton Conference
ne'a in Aiiaiua. ua., m?i s "-u
following to say yesterday of his im
pressions of the great meeting:
"Thd' International Conference of
Cotton Growers and Spinners held in
Atlanta last week seems to have been
satisfactory to both the grower and
spinner. A feeling of fellowship be
tween farmer and manufacturer gr!W
throughout the work of the conven
tion. .The farmers;, leaders, to wit,
Messrs.. Jordan, of the Southern Cot
ton Association, and Barrett; of the
Farm era" Union, were conservative. '
At the outset a few politicians ani
Ix:al declaimers caught some atten
tion but later the talk was chiefly by
the actual . cotton , growers ,arid the
spinners.
"It seems to.be considered by those
who are interested that' the work of
the -convention will bring good results.
Two of these results will be, first; a
diminished following of the politician
who is only concerned to get vote and
second, elimination of useless middle
men and especially the spgculator. Tha
convention developed a strong demand
for the abolition of speculative con
tracts In the exulting cotton exchanges
and particularly the radical rules f
the New York Exchange which are
considered to favor the speculator as
ngalnst both the grower and spinner.
The plan of building warehouses at
many central points la the cotton
growing States was favored and a
sharp demand was manifest tn favor
of merchants who handle only actual
cotton and for intolerance ot cotton
merchants and cotton exchanges which
do not do so. '
"Talking to each other face to face
In the same hall the spinners and
growers seem to have come closer to
gether and to have reached the same
conclusion about some of the evils of
the cotton trade." ;
TrPS FROM v JUDGE BENNETT.
Some Thoughts Inspired by Harvest
Time Jh Anson CountyThe Crops
Tliat Pay tho Fanner Best North
Carolinians Rapidly Becoming a
Tax-Ridden People.
The Observer has the following from
Its friend, Judge R. T. Bennett, of
Wadesboro:
"We are harvesting our crops. Cot
ton In an average crop here; corn is
above an average crop.
"Wheat Is gradually winning favor
among our people upon its merits and
the urgent advocacy of those who rule
the roost. Rye is a better money crop
than wheat, hut does not leave the
land as well to do as wheat. Black
emmor is a good experiment.
'Dwarf Essex rape is the best and
quickest crop for forage.
"Above all Is the natural meadow,
the Indigenous production of grasses.
These, If given attention and suste
nance, pay better than the products
of the farm.
"Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, black
emmer, drawf Essex rape are excel
lent. Corn fodder does not pay the
farmer. If he shreds his corn it will
much advance the quantity of his
stores. This Includes a hundred or so
dollars to buy the shredder" and more
to work It. i v
"The elements lit farmlnjr arrested
me long ago. ;
"The time Is here to out a good
price on our woods, our farm products
and uiong so. Since our Supreme
Court has reversed two well-consider
ed opinions to levy taxes sufficient to
keep up public schools four months
In the year, men must take thought.
We have have In .towns Of promise,
graded schools the StaU over. Our
country taxes are large.
"To this add for town and country
levies Involved In the case which re
verses the foundation stone of our sys
tem and our property will be very un
yielding In Income and satisfaction.
"The taxpayer will take heed for
himself. In tpn years our State will
he more burdened by taxes In propor
tion to Income than any in tho Union."
IN MEMORIAM.
Martha Crewel! MrNeoly
Th tranptnntfnif fronj arth tn H-wn
of the liMiitlful little aonl of Mirtha
f'reswill McNeely hni been one of tho
saddest nrdeaU that sorrowing hearts
hiive ever Wn culled upon to endure;
t.nteri while Jimt n snnw-whitc bud nf girl
hood Hnil Indeed l It to all. hut to tho
wbn krew her. words cannot express th"
nncttUli of their nclilnB hearts
Few children urn blmsod with tho beau
ty of face, the brightness of intellect and
s'.veetnea of disposition that wiu cotnliln
cd in this lit tin life. Thoae who knew her
never forgot her and will always remoni
ter her che-rful greeting, her merry .
laugh and the sunshine that wa aiwayi j nre chapter to read-only a verse or
prefent where she we. Her little friends j two. . ..
were rnimetoiia. she was dear to them j "If any man offend not In word,
and they to her, for ahe wa never io j tho same Is a perfect man, and able al
luppy as when nuking her little ' frlenda i so to -bridle the whole body."' James,
h.,ppy, a id the total absence of elflhnes
from her nature drew her little play-
finite, very clone to her and they were
all liuiinil together bv tha must loving tie
of cbllillv love and afftictlon. When ahe
lived on Ti4 Fourtli street she was th'
Idol ut nil her little playmate and wfien
nl.fl imivi'i.i to her new homo In a different
port of the rltv, she never forgot the
little friend she left, nor W ahe forgot
ten bv thetn. Hlie Ilea to-day benrath llii
sod el'ispinit In her hand a bunch of
sweet violet plucked for her by the lov
liiif hsnda of one of her little chum
rroin iiii)vluxl, whose- llttU heart achea
oiuch ua a Utile glrl't hrt can
fwhp ever ino lo8 of her llttla chum
inii ilavinete, and Wh'jae sorrow and be
reavement l-i pitiful to behold.
Mnrtv hearU :in udilng and many eye
red with wecpinr. outside ot tht family
elide, for little "Mirtha Creawdl." ut ahe
wa no lovlnc.lv known, was neat1 and
ilettr to so many others, nil of whom aw
b wllilerrd at this crtuhlog dltponsfitlon
Of i'lKvldonee. I nt we must all bow our
Wad and any "Thy will be done on earth
as in Heaven," snd resolve to let thlt
UttU llfn.ao brief, j'i;t so swettapd lov
Irrj, draw u nil nenrer and urr to that
benutlfnl Home where llttla Martha
alilnea - much brighter even than aha did
on earth. v
THOS. T. ALLISON,-
rt'NEIUL OF SLVRTHA M'NEELEY
Hold at Residence of Dr. Strong Yes
tcrdtiy Largo Attendance of
lYIeiids Beautiful Floral Tributes.
Many friends gathered at the home
of Dr. C. M. Strong on South Tryon
street yesterday afternoon to attend
the funeral services or little Martha
Crcswell McNeeley and to sympathise
with the bereaved parents, Mr. ami
Mrs. J, C. McNeely, in this hour of
pwullar sadness. Rev. Martin D.
Hardin, P. D . conducted the service.
Rev. W. M. Klnculd, D. D assisting
him. .
The offlcoVs and teachers of the
(Sunday school of the Second Preshy
tertan church attended, the servlcV.
and many of the other ' members of
the school were present. The little
girl whose death has so deeply touch
d,the community was a favorite in
the Sunday school and wherever she
wa known,
i The hymns "Pafe In the Arms of
Jwjs," and "In the the Hour of Trial"
were sung at the. service, v-v ' .
Many beautiful ' (lowers were sent
.from lovlnsr friends and .: these hid
from sight the earth of the llttla hew.
muds grave in Elrtiwood, where" Die
body of th baby tf now rests. .
In this day there Is r.v.trh pre
.and writing about perfection and so
also has the game llabit been indulged
by many preachers m ell the days of
the pas-t 'and for the upholding of va
rious Views the Bible is consulted and
the many different positions are ap,
parently maintained, so that frequent
ly tha ordinary man gets confusdd in
the midst of the profound argumen
tation, becomes bewildered giddy and
nounaers like flsh out of water.
There are great men, better." men,
best; and there are bad men. But
whoever saw a man combining all the
qualities that go to make up perfec
tion 'that is spotless, without flaw,
wrinkle, blemish or any such '; thing?
And th very men who maintain this
sinless perfection are the easiest to be
come nervoos,, impatient and fretful
when fnejr views are opposed by oth
ers Just sirtcert in their opinions
on the subject but not so radical, v
S; Now the writer In all of his life has
not lived In a community where the
piHjpl generally spokepf , any ons
man or woman as being absolutely
perfect, v It is- admitted , there are
many who have the highest character
for goodness, purity, ; philanthropy,
and ell that; but, whoever t heard of
one sinless human marked out by his
fellows as on who was perfect?
v The object of these rambling - re
marks ts not to argue that such ft
condition could not b reached for
with God sfl things ar possible but
simply, to lay down the proposition,
with soma comments thereon, that we
don't know the man who has j got
there. Without mentioning' what art
known as th grosser sins, covering a
man with mi kinds of degradation, let
us notice Just a few not considered ex
actly a degrading.
Jealousy, envy, . malice, selfishness,
Ingratitude, covetousness and 1 others
of , like character, possibly suggest
themselves to one's mind and they ar
pretty general In every community.
Now the presence of either one of the
above, even in a minute degree, would
knock the perfection doctrine higher
than a kite. Take the sin of covetous
ness for instance. The sly-creeping,
Insidious sin. What is it any wayf An
inordinate, desire to Increase one's ma
terial possessions, will do for a mean
ing. Now don't that get hold of
everybody? Paul says, covetousness is
Idolatry. It is not necessary to go out
of North Carolina to And Idolatry on
this basis and plenty of It. It Is thick
everywhere. Borne folks have an idea
that only the rich are guilty of this,
sin. This idea is error. The poor are
just as guilty. AS an example, the old
woman who said that twenty dollars
would make her happy. Being heard
by a rich man who was far away from
happiness he gave it to her, perfectly
willing to contribute that much to
wards making one happy. But you re
member the old woman was heard to
mutter: "I wish I had said forty." Why
certainly, that's the Idea exactly. They
all have this disease. The great ma
jority, even among Christians, believe
In the doctrine that money represents
every form of human power and that
life Itself is but a machine set to mo
ney. And everybody, every organiza
tion, secular or reljgious, want money
and the more they get, the more they
want. Its power and use are recogniz
ed. But almpjy to maintain the point
ai to the scarcity of human perfection
this one universal wail the desire
for money knocks out therop and
the entire structure falls down. v
Now the writer has been looking
In the Bible for a dlscriptlon of the
perfect man. We have found It and
probably the only place where we
could make the discovery
There are hundreds of characters
in the Good Book held up as warnings.
We find plenty of men totally deprav
ed and at the same time found the
mercy of Ood. Jacob la dealing with
his brother, Esau, and working off a
trick on his Uncle Laban showed tip
the sin pretty well of wanting more
than was coming to him. But he came
out all right in the end and he Is a
favorite with Bible students. David
neVor thought himself a very bad fel
low 'In his dealing, with Uriah, on ac
count of. the beautiful wife. But Na
than showed him differently and he
repented, like all sinners must do if
expecting to get on the right side of
God. We find men who professed to be
of God, but at the same time were ver
itable deivls, committing crime against
God and humanity; crimes that men
to-day, not regardod as Christians,
woiml blush to commit. This Is not
against the Bible. It does not cover
the deformities of character, vbut
shows all through the weakness "of
human nature. .. '. '
But the perfect man. Who Is he? It
, not Jntntlon to give VOU an n
r VW -'lu'iujru
w'!hPfch,1"T.-. ' ,
"Tha ts-k ft omi a lis a flrsi a vMM.1 nr
The tongue Is a Are, a world of
Iniquity, so Is the tongue among our
members, that it deflleth the whole
body, end setteth on fire the course of
nature, and It set on fire of hell."
The man or woman who has brought
that little member under such control
as to give' no-offense anywhere' or
to any one the name has reached per
fection according to James and he has
been called the Apostle of practical
Christianity.':-. Wouldn't we all turn out
to see a man or- woman who never
gives offense?-'
with the tongua e bless Ood and
curse men and the tongue can no
man tame, says the ' same Apostle,
And if this be true where 1s yourln
hvs perfection? He must have known
what he was writing about
largo Crowd "at Kclwyn Concert of
Mush; and Rprltatlons dcllglitful
A , lar;re and representative crowd
attended the sacred concert of the
Itlchardson Orchestra given for the
benefit of the Day Nursery fund in
the parlors of the eel wyn .Hotel last
night. Mr. Richardson has materll
ly strengthened his orchestra in num
ber and quality of late, and It is at
its best again, wiGiout a doubt the
finest musical organization of Us kind
In the State. The rendition ol the
overtures aod selections showed care
ful study and they were well inter
preted. Miss b. Ksther Owen recited Teny
son's "Victim" anl Balrnis "Cuddle
Doom." fflie ha a beautiful voice,
great Interpretative ' powers, and she
completely charmed v her audience. .
The collections taken tip the
ladles Interested In the welfare of the
Day Nursery amounted to 120.65.
Will Ilullil New Hospital Building.
Th new hospital building, on the
Crystal Palace property at the corner
of Church and Seventh streets will be
erected by Mr; J. D. Brown, a well
known contractor, under , th super
vision and direction of Mr. 1. A.
Tompkins, president of tho Charlotte
(Sanatorium Company. The structure
will bo of . brick, artistically designed
and fitted up In the' most p-to-date
manner Work on U will commence
as anon n mstcrial can be placed on
tho ground and 4ha npcedstry preiim-
Jnarles. completed.
. a 1;. l'm f ur't .a j. -i.i .
vein her 17t!i el nee I f;n.:"r.ed t.'k;;:
the Keelcv Treat in mt at Green. -'tioro,
N. C. for tho wiiii kry h.tblt. I wn.j
foitv-four years old when I took trie
treatment. I had been a stave to1
alcohol for twenty years. Since,
being cured at your Institute I have
never tasted liquor or any medicine
containing alcohol, nor have I ever
had any desire to drink. I am sure
it saved me from a drunkard's hell.
The fourteen years since I took
the treatment have been a blesstiis
to myself and my family. My ai
vice to all is not to drink, but tc
those who hsve formed the drink
habit, I say to and take the Kceley
Treatment at Greensboro at once. I
wish all Could see as I do now. It
is so good to know that I am a cured
man, and to know that if I am faith
ful to the end I : will . have a home
In the Bright Beyond. I hope that
many more cures will be made at the
Greensboro Keeley Institute. '
Very truly yours, - - ' .
J. M. HUN'SUCKER. -
. NEW FROM YORKVIIXE. ,
Little Cotton Being Sold Except That
. on Future Contracts and What
, Necessity Forces on the Market
.: Tax Figurca of tho Country Bap.
. flat Meeting Goes Right On Spe
cial Constable Sanders ... Doing His
i Work WclL , , .
Correspondence of .The Observer. '-:; A
Yorkvilla,, a C Oct ,1. While
business, 1s ; fairly good throughout
this , section i- at i present , It! would "i be
very much, better were U toot for the
fact that very litle cotton Is' being
soldr except , that tielngl delivered v" on
iutur contract and that forced on
the market to meet maturing obliga
tions, 'and it is? said tq bo a fact that
a large proportion, of -that sold las!
spring, for-Xwturo delivery .? Is., really
Just as' much?"distress"-cotton, as Is
that that "la- being , sold In the open
market. ; f ,T,he; owners of ; the future
cotton Kpewiast spring - tftat they
they would have certain obligations
to meet this fall and imagined, that If
they sold Just' a few bales' v they
would receive a higher price than If
they took chances ; on the market
"because there: always a slump In
the price In! thd fall.", and , therefore
they would . help themselves and,, not
hurt anybody eiae, but it -would seem
that so many of them sold "Juat a
few bales" that In the aggregate, they
place the speculators in a position to
force down the price, notwithstanding
the manufacturers freely admit that
on the basis f the present prices ot
manufactured product they could
well afford to pay 15 cents a pound
for every .bale -raised. Very little cot
ton .belonging to the better class of
farmers is being sold, or I likely to
be so long as the price stays below 15
cents.
The county treasurer has receipted
the county auditor for the abstract
of tax duplicated for the year com
mencing January 1, IS 07. The total
tax included In the duplicate this
yoar amounts ' to $123,178.47, as
agrjnst U21, 097.89 last year, a net
gain of 12,7 80, notwithstanding
there has been a reduction of one
half, a mile in the State levy. The to
tal asaesed valuation of all, property
In the county Is 17,004,015, which is
really about two-fifths of the actual
market value, of the property assess
ed. The capitation dog tax of 60
cents on each dog returned is
81,853.60, which means that there are
at- least 8,807 dogs in the county. , Of
the total tax to be collected about
$17,000 will be paid by railroads, tel
egraph, telephone, express and insur
ance companies.
The protracted meeting commenc
ed in the Yorkville Baptist church
September 29th, I'm whbeh the pastor
is assisted by Rev. L. A. Cooper, con
tinues, and large crowds of people
have attended the services each night
ffom the beginning. While there has
been no jindue excitement or any
thing of that kind, tt Is evident that
the poople are very much interested.
Owing to the fact that Mr. Cooper
ha Kither engagements to fill and
needs a few days' rest, he will conduct
his last service here to-morrow night,
but the meeting Is not to end then.
Arrangements have , been made to
have it continued d.l fng next week
by Rev. R. ,F. Neighbors, pastor . of
the First Baptist church of Salisbury,
N. C, who enjoys the reputation of
being a mini3tcr of exceptional abil
ity, and a eminently fitted for this
special class of work. Mr. Neighbors
is expefcted here " Monday afternoon
and will conduct hi first service ;hat
night, ... . , .
Mr. James L. Sanders entered upon
the discharge of-hi -duties as special
constable to look after the vlalators
of the Carey-Cothran 1 law October
1st, and up to this time has captured
two illicit distilleries and a consider
able quanitv of bee and finished pro
duct lying along the North Carolina
line In the northwestern section of
the county which ha been Infected
by moonshiners ; almost ever since
the Internal revenue laws were origi
nally pissed. He 1m also developed
several strong cases against alleged
blind tigers here and In other sections
of the county. There was never less
evidence of whiskey selling and drink
ing in this Immediate section than
at present. The Carey-Cothran law
is eminently successful as administer
ed by Governor AnseL The tax-pay
ers here would heartily approve of a
raise In his aalary , to $5,000. , and
would gladlv agree to allow him to
hold the office Indefinitely tf he so
desires. He Is "delivering the goods"
and is absolutely free from ,-dema-
goglsm. ( " . ' ' - t 1 "
RftTEFS.
Few .Minor Happening In ami
Abont tlto Cltr.
The St. Agnea. Guild will meet to
morrow morning with Mrs. j. Ren-
wlck Wilkes, at 10:80 o'clock,
Tho repainting of Mr John M.
Scott's residence on ; South' Tryon
street ha - Improved it appearance
wonderfully, . x
Mr. C. IL. Boyte,' formerly stew
ard at the Baford. who spent, the
summer at Wrlghtsvllle, I now con
nected with the Beiwyn. , -The
names of Mr. and Mrs. 3.
Frahk Flowers have been added to
the committee appointed to receive
Mr Bryan at the. Selwyn to-day. ,
The latest photographic estab
lishment in the city I that at 4 1-1
West Trade street to which the name
"Crescent Btudio has been glvert
A meeting ' of the Mecklenbnrg
County Medical Society, will be held In
the city hall v to-morrow night a; 8
o'clock. All membere are urged .tq
attend. '' '
; A quantity of granite has been
placed along several . of the street
within the fire limits for gutter curb-Injr.-Thts
' i "iH?iptloi ef-vhe
new bltulithio pavelng.
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You will find here in such 'a varied assortment; of,
."nifty" models and fabrics' that we feci safe in say
" ing tha.t we can gratify the taste and purse of every t
yoxuig man who cares for the latest and best there ia
' 1 in Suits and Overcoats.
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Aitites urec piace wun tuousauaa 91 inucity - young iei- .
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tows, uecause 11 caiinoi oe aisunguisuea m a singio
retail from expensive, to-order-made clothes. Come ;
see for vourself. . - - '
Fall Sack Suits and Overcoats For Young Men, $12.50
. to $27.50 . . c
In all the approved styles;. and fabrics -now being
shown in the shops of New York, City's swell cus- '
torn tailors. -
j The Best $5.00 Suit For Boys !
Obtainable in the jity, you will find in this store
snappy Norfolk J ackets or double-breasted Jackets,
with knickerbockers; .silk stitched throughout and;
. stayed; and reinforced i at ; every pointi Hiese.! ' Suits '
cannot be duplicated anywhere else, for less than
$6.50 to $7.00. . :
" ' School Shoes ' '
We have tne Shoes for the School Boy or Girl that
wear like iron. ; Try our Security School Shoe. We
stand back "of every pair ...... t . $1.25 to $2.50.
f -. ;Men's Furnishings.'
The newest and the best c an be had here. v
Emery Shirts that fit to a dot in Negligee, Full Dress
, and Plaited, from.. .... . ..... . . .$1.00,to $3.00.
Dent's and Adler's Kid Gloves, regular lengths' and
cadets Tan, Brown, White and Gray, $1.00 to $2.50.
Nobby,' stylish Hats, soft or stiff, in Black and Colors
.V.... . ... ... ..$1.50 to $5.00.;
ScrivCns and Norfolk New Brunswick 1 Underwear. ;
Half Hose, solid or fancy cotton, lisle and -silk , f
.... . . .25c. to $1.75 w pair.
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maKes and tun of snap and. wear, in i'atent, vici..
and Gunmetal. . . . . .$2.50 to $6.00.
; ' ' Ladies Fine Shoes .
We have those to please the old Jady with tender feet, ,
- as "well as those of the most fastidious tastc.; '
"Sorosis"...: .... .... ...$3.50 and $100. .
fff-Artistic" and "American
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