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. ii'lKj.N 11. 1 v. ., ...JJ.OQ , .w ; Ki-iuum ; ... . isc-';.-Weekly... , yo.-ir a.... ;..mthe ........v-.f .... .1 ! inuitths ; w MM)AY, OCTOKUU 20, 1907. TIIE CAPE FKAXt CHANNEL. The proposed thirty-foot ; waterway Wilmington to- the sea Is. not t ly a matter of Wilmington Intcr- but Is of concern to the State. ' It ; a pleasure, therefore,;-. that Mr. : o'an A. Fox, special director of the i aiional rivers and harbors congress. U making a partial tour of the State la this behalf . and now t due ; in Charlotte ,where he will make en ad dress to-morrow on this subject, Mr. James H. Chftdboura, chairman of the Wilmington chamber of commerce committee-on a: deeper waterway ha written ' The Observer a : letter from which this 'extract 'vis made: 'If we can get this-depth ;of witr. Which h entirely praotteable, .Wilming ton, without ft doubt, will be made "te way port, thereby ' Insuring competitive rat withour. neiEhborlng towns In Vlr Klnia. W feel that the deepening of thti hrbort will he a benefit to tho whole State, .-to; Charlotte at much a to Wll ' rtxlnKton, and in " ronsequence s of the . hearty co-operation (riven u by tn prrm of the StaW, we bv decllei ti form a State anx"ltion,;; having our fir meet ing In Wilmington, November 6th, and at (hit meeting electing officer- having In charge the furtherance of this project" ' The " undertaking M one which should enlist the friendly Interest of an Nortlu Carolinians." Mr. Chad bourn: gives abundant reason for this In the statement that if Wilmington can get this deeper channel it will. 'without:" a doubt, be made a gateway port, thereby, ensuring competitive rates with our neighboring towns In Virginia." For this sake the project should appeal to us all and we hope that Mr. Fox will be beard by many business men in Charlotte and else where In tha tate. B. ' A SEIUOCS THING TO SUGGEST. .The New York World , last week eent the following telegram to Cel. Bryan: . . ' "Vou are quoted this morning In IUch motid dfipitchea by the AfcKxiiitPd Prow M sayln that 'the large metropolitan dallies are controlled by the truita and their coltimiu arc open to the highest Mridrr "The columra of The World are open to you to elaliornte and malco eood this charpe. We eaniently urga you to wink tmwor, whieli is prepaid to any extent" Col. Bryan , delayed "nis. answer to this, telegram a day or two or three and -when he sent it said that what he had said was that "some" of the large metropolitan dailies, etc. But the charge, even as he left It, Is i,. - a ,vwvi BVllvmilf Ull' derstood by newspaper men through out the country that one great New -York dally Is owned and Its policy dlctaJtfijXoy corporate Interests,:' but wedOnot think it'ls belleveil that tljU , ts'true bf any other." If thl suspicion i, attaches to any excepting one as here .'Intimated, we are not aware of the fact There are some undoubtedly t that minister In their news columns to certain depraved tastes, for th sake of financial or political returns, f or both, to be realized, but It is not i thought even of these that their ed itorial utterances are bought with ' money. It Is a right serious thing to -"say of a paper or of a ciass of pa , pers that Its or their opinions are ;A purchased or that they are other than v legitimate enterprises, if absolute facts to sustain the charge are lacking. The World's resentment Js natural. " , The Washington Post has let it out. "The Vice President and Mrs. Falr- , SianlrB " uavi fViA ha art In a Pntt "arm yecognlaed as among the most hosr pi table entertainers In the official set In the national capital. Their dinners - are in excellent taste, and the usual wines are served with . the several 'courses, while at the large receptions. . of which they give ot least one each season, there Is provided a punch Which bat an unmistakable and whol- fly satisfactory foundation of rum." Rum! Speaker Gannon will make the White HouwrTeek with his corn llUftW .. before ever Mr.' Fairbanks and.j.tha Hum Demon "are permitted to pass jjoTtsl arm In arm. , .lt has not been noticed' that the Ave Wake Forest students wlio wer sus pended week before Isst for hazing have been restored and if the fac ulty holds stiff to its position the effect j If sure to be salutary. The suspen sion was for a brief enough period but tho enforcement of the jaw t' the last day Indicated will have good results while its relaxation will weak en the discipline which its adoption fnl enforcement will promote. FevC Tforth Carolinians have more :en4 than Dr. Kemp P. Battle and ' award teMmM the meeting Jast ock"ot.tb Blate Historical arid Ut- rary Association of the Patterson 1vlng up affords pleasure to -many of his fellow cltlzn. He won It on Ms history of the University, tho first c,',ume of which Is out and which Is to' be completed in three volumes. That alreadyi Issued shows A work of much merit ., ' Mr. Earle Godbey who has long been connected with The Ashevllie Gazette News, . has taken- Its editorship, suc ceeding Mr. W4 X. IllWebrand, who fins become editor of The Industrial News. He lit capable yeung hews j'Spt-t man and the duties of the po ution are nt wholly flew W him. It Is a afs pronbecy that ha , will dis- t! ' ";' them well. "' -'", ' Ihoso who fail to .read the second f"-!on of to-day's paper or he flrt, fi r the matter of that will miss thf: ks which they canuot afford not t- know nlvi'jt. l :. v ;t.u of i;',3, t - t:y 'l':i'- 1 l .' i ' i tt M.U-.i J I i t that I. ' : '' live to an aver...-.) co of 61.8 y ;sn. Though liicreainsr ot-tt-ntlcn to byuicne and the triumph of medical scic-nce over certain dis eases have raised the estimated mean duration of civilized human life by several years, the average for the world at large la as yet little beyond S5. Only Sweden and Norway, two countries of Iceland's ' Scandinavian fatherland, can sustain even a very remote com pariaon.. In Sweden "man lives 60.02 years, V end v. In Norway 49.94. All such figures, of course; are heavily pulledl; down by the dispro portionate mortality : of; Infancy; and early childhood. , "v!",:; " i; It appears rather strange at first view that longevity should be greatest upon an Island traversed by the Arc tic circle, yet explanations are not hard to find. Iceland, owing to Its In sular, position, has by no means so harsh" a climate as might bo suppos ed. During a large part of the year H Is green enough and grazes sheep to "good advantage. ' The Inhabitants, moreover, spring from r the i hardiest branch of the hardiest racial stock In the world. ;' But it is undoubtedly the simple life which primarily explains Iceland's longevity, as also, In a less degree, Sweden's and Norway's. -The nervous strain of modern civilization can be little felt in a land so remote from the paths of those electric Im pulses which stream around the world. No 'roaring cities there to consume the tide of fresh blood with out which they would in time come to nothing, like engines deprived of fuel. No craze for wealth at any cost in Iceland; ho political, moral or relig ious hysteria; no continual craving for sensations' no frenzied social climb ing., The quick-lunch counter and the life it abeta are entirely unknown. Until very recently mall from the outside world waa received only once every three weeks, by steamer. Here, if anywhere, Is a people in a perma nent state of equilibrium and compar ative repose. . '. But for the nerve racking volcanic earthquakes which rock the Island at times its inhabi tants might live almost indefinitely, like .those old patriarchs who livery their still more simple life on the plains of Palestine. It can hardly be expected that Ict land'a existence will remain quite so Idyllic much longer in an age when no oorner of the world escapes active" search. Already a cable has been laid from iBurope, and tourbjs are be ginning to' come In large numbers every summer. Perhaps the Iceland er will learn ultra-modern ways of thinking and doing. He may learn to rush, to fret, to worry. His needs will certainly grow more complex, and he will to some extent repeat the history of more advanced nationalities In his eagerness to satisfy them. Dis eases of bofly and mi.d wjr; not only be. imported oii a much larger acalo, but will' llnd a mora' fertile soil in which to take root. When appendi citis arrives, as It must after the peo pie have bdgun abuMng their insldes with bread made from 'the fine, white flour which differs little from laun dry starch, Icelanders may know that twentieth century civilization haj tak en Arm hold.; Medical science, with out whose aidiife under truly modern conditions Is impossible consumption and typhoid feven uncomprehended and unopposed, could alone wlpe out whole cities must be invoked to re store as far as It can what will have been lost by departure" from natural methods of Jiving. - In large measure, however, the "tcelahtie will doubtless avoid the evils' of the age while reap ing the benefits. This his geographl cal situation should enable him readily-to do. If the Swiss, though peren nially overrun by and thriving upon the luxurious of, all-j nations, have largely retained" their native simplic ity of life, much more can remote Ice land maintain itself uncorrupted. By even slight modernization the Icelander will doubtless lose heavily in length of days, health and peace ot mind. Will he gain enough to com petent him? We think so. Wheth er or not fifty of Europe "are better than .Ave hundred of Cathay, it may safely b sajdjthat they Jar outweigh the 61. whiehr the average Icelander actually enjoys at present. There was never more glorious dny than the funeral day of John Cliurlew McNeill. The setting of . the occasion whs perfect The dignified church in the quiet grove; the solemn music; th olmn words of. the speak- era; the preuence of the people among whom and with whom he was reared and whom he loved so much no ele ment of deep lmprcsslvtncss waa ah sent. Everything was fitting for the funeral day of John Charles and"no visitor who was present will ever for get tb occiaslon and ts surroundings. Everything was J uM ss our Scotch man would have had tt; just as those who were there thought . it should have been. Col. John tern pie Graves Is to go from Atlanta to New York to take the editorship of Hearst's American. For some time., his politics have run on lines generally parallel to those , of Hearnt and that he wilt join his JotjrnaHirtlc fortunes with those of the New Torker w hot wholly; a surprise. He a vry delightful gentleman and it Is .to be regretted that tie is to leave -the. South.,',: ' " . 'V' ' Tl.e Mecklenburg County Fair to be held this 'week .gives every prom ise of having a larger attendance and more ana better exhibits than any that has preceded 'It Its surceas U already fully assured,, dependent only upon good weather which, let ua all hope, wlU, be. vouchsafed it, - , , A a our c.-n'.i ' . ' tho country roa.i, d.n 1. ft ri-tch-rf, I y o4 i-s!" , slrt-anis, siii-nrtj oft' ii li-.ll i company. "The cot.-htnun ten soen that thrc no CoaLt." some; one would "ay. ! "les; I waa thinking the same thing," another would answer. Finally our carriage swept arounJ a sharp turn in lie road and before us, across wider-stretching fields, a house stood lij a grf-vrTTTroWtrees, "That's his home," John Rc-fild. The silence becamTni3r The carriage drew tip In front of the old-fashioned country home and stopped. No one movedT no one seem ed to, know what to do. . We were daz-1 ed. Jtli ; old gentleman came down the walk to meet us and bid us sol emn welcome to. his darkened home. His presence,, his manner, his face, all proclaimed tho gentleman of the old school.. . As our names were call ed to him -his. lips quivered, and nil grip on our hands tightened. "Very precious names to me." My poor boy so often' spoke -of each of you.' .Cha- Cha- Charlie wUl b so glad you have come." . 1 He lead the way up the walk and, reaching the entrance, atepped to one side and "motioned to us to enter all his manner; beautiful in its. stately courtesy, even as : his heart broke There was again a moment of "hesita tion; bna moves slowly Into .such a presence.?- And who was to be the flrstT He lay lti tmajesti stillness. His face had become august. .The "Old Man" -our . belovad "Old Man" moved alowly over toward him.- The others of us ' turned - away and left them there. : The hour has come, John , Charles. Tou are passing out of that door forever. - .But , have no f ear. The men who walk at,tour sUe will let no harih come- to, tou. t John Rosa Is at your head Xalthfal to you In death as in ore. : ? na no inena ever cmo to grief when, John Ross bore him company. . . r Ah. John Charies.Hhave no fear. For who follows, so close .behlnl you? Who Is that womarii old and bent and gray, that keepa "so near you as you pass out of that door to return no more? "You will not leava him, will you, motherT Now, In hla ; hour of need, you will stay beside him unt" Parth the rreat mother. takes him Into her waiting arms. Tears, Wind not our eyes now. Wa would see thla thing. For never shall wa look upon a s wee ter, flU4err-iloer Picture , "If I wfe drowned in the niM tea, .tnthr o mtntt. - 1 . I know whose tears would comt dOwtKto .me. Motner v mine.-'. wri Do you remember, John Charles, hen your eyes were Jim with tears a.. ..ml WaiantkA tn tAat innff S as VUI i.UVV'.vu w .... .w.s . You understand, John Charles McNeill, why our words were so poor Stri 'Wlterlng aa wa stood to speaK above your dust of your gentle, un selfish, golden heart. . ' You under stand. For your friends believe that your life beat itself out at last against the.! barn of words. ,We spoke as best we could. And in that day far or near, we know not when some one stands to sneak above . our. ashes, if the same love beats In his heart, wo will sleep content. The slow procession' moves the procession that followed the body of neaa adcj ina,i nas moveu luruug.. all the years. Ministers, beloved ones, friends' and a mighty company oi neighbors bear him' to hls grave In state. Carry him tenderly, John Ross. It is but a little way. But a few more steps and the long weary Journey of his life la dona. Lay him down. Cover him with the warm, white, clean sand of his native levels. Sleep, that he cried to ao pleadingly. :.as come at last. It has folded him In a mother's arms and will hold him close until upon the marnie at nw head shall glow the purpie or tne eternal morning. " " ' " Kn we leave you. John cnanes. am the pines remain to whisper to you and the Lumber river is nowing near you, moaning Its unending threnody. But more than all, there bends at invisible prennncA above your grave.. It la North Carolina, your mighty mother. She will guard your ashes wen. Did you see us lift our nats as we passed? It was the salute or crave men to a brave man. And we will return. The Journey wnicn we taae up again brings ua to your nea at last And when wa come, make room: for we will be aweary. D. BRIEFS Few Minor Happenings In and About tMe City. Mr. Rowland Prultt, eon of Rev. L. R. Pruttt who. has bean very ui with typhoid fever, Is Improving. The Mothers Club of the Second Presbyterian church win meet to-mor row afternoon at; ocioor in mu church parlora i , r3otton rece nts In Charlotte yes terday amounted to J68 bale at 11:45. Last year. tia dh.ic price being 10:10, ? Mr. Nicholson at Matthews To-Day. Rev. W. L. Nicholson left laat night for Matthews, wnere ne wn preacn to-day in the Methodist church. The pantor of the church there is Rev. M 11. Hoyle, and he has not been well recently and 1 unable to occupy his pulpit. Mr. Nicholson is well known In Matthews, asvd he will be heard to-day with pleasure. He is an earnest preacher; and a man who has the good or tne cnurcn ai near. k lias accomplished a good work wherever he has been assigned pastor. ' ; ii ' :iif. Preaching In New Church Next Bun- . aj. " , . , TJi Aral senv.ee In th new Meth odist church In North Charlotte will be held next Sunday aitomoon.; v,ev. HaroM Turner wm preacn. ,ne srr nvon. The growth of tha congrega trt. lit that nolnt and the good that In being accomplished is due. largely to Mr. Turner's work which he has so faithfully done, In addition to his pas toral labors at Brevard Street church. William's Advice. " ' . "PA you aut any twenty-penny walls In dera, you'd better nau up every thing," said WJiuam, uorren. at me Southern . Manufacturers' " Club last nijrht. "Why William T" ' n fakirs la hera an' most v 'em gut one leg shorter dan d tuther an' r cock eye or two, ' an' dat ain't no good sign for hones', folka." ( It i i n i Death 'of An ' Old IMf. Mrs, Martha Todd, aged 81 years. dle.i at the noma ofner aepnew. Mr, J. A. Todd, on tha Perita road, yes terday afternoon at o'clock. She Is the last of her Immediate family. The funeral services wilt be held at' the residence this afternoon at S: SO and the Interment will by t Sugar Creek. A ncason Why Wa . Should Havo Tt Durham Herald. ' As Charlotte Is the only town in the Stat that has provided an auditorium for tne accommodation of toe conven tlon she should nave It v i ka 'iT . ' iNMEMOnmi., C - IX LOTIXG MEMORY- . We taw him, start bis way 'mid Joy and - mirth, . - - ' ' , Wt watched his dizzy night with "train ing eyes, W marked the moment tlut he teased to rise. And sw vK!T silent sain his TML to ea bmaivllle. JOHN CHARLES 'mNEILL. ilnglng the songs ot the field and the fon a sang the lark; at tang the wren, ' reaming of song still yet umung , Lot The silence falls on heart and tbngue.' " The pine tree mourns with the golden rod For tho-child In the cradle beneath the sod, " . " , " For the "Bobble Burns of tho Old North ' State,"' With - hands " so gentle, with heart so great ' v - "Down Home" lifts up the vacant ehalr And ntka In tone ot holy prayer, yi Peace for the oul of the Scotland boyV I And with the peace Eternal Joy. Winiton-Saleni. . : GOOD BYE. Goodbye, Jchn Charles,-, dear boy, good - bye: :-. VSf,' .;'-;;; ''k''fi'rt God guard you till your Journey endt: And may you. on the farther ahore, , '-, Find"betttr and more helpful friends, They cannot love you more than we. Bnt tholra may be of wiser kind.. love that, coming from the heart, mover guided by the rsjnd. ; Boynay their friendship set you free, Not bind you as perhaps did pun:, So : lay you live and do and be Unt the utmost of your powers,. Bon show I feel thi hope not valni" Komehow I know that brilliant spark Of gantua, which It nil your own, Will thine again beyond the dark. , Ond will not 'yield it to the night; ' God will not let it fade- and die. Ho'lt keep it tTlBht-oll will bewell; Goodbye, John Charles McNeill, goodbye, R. L. T. Spray., Scotland Mourns licr Gifted Son, ,. Scotland county mourns the deat of a gifted ton. Born and reared in a quiet home In a rural district, among the whis pering pines and hard by the bank's, of the beautiful Lumber rfyer, he grew np : in love with Nature, with birut and trees and flowers, and . upon this matchless thetno ha ever delighted to dwoll In his "Schga, Merry and Sad," v , ; . To-aay in hk native county, man, wo man and child are bowed in deep grief i the tough of the pine is but a tad requiem, and. th river, of which he delighted to (ell in song and story, flows mournfully on Its sad minion to the sea. Llko tha lamented and gifted Avery, who loved the modett violet, John Charles McNeill paid tribute at the thrtne of Na ture, snd. In dying, has left unflnltlied a picture " grand and boautlfut ooncelved antt Outlined by the genius 'and matter hand Of an artltt. T. T. COVINGTON. Laurinburg. ' j . , I Told the Mystic Charm of Life ' I know every one In "grleiyed who knew In person or by letter the thoughts f this good man. He was an ornartent to t socaety whether he walked - with Tlge by the pleasant waters f Lumber rlvror receiving in Raleigh from the hands of the Preaiden of the United States a badge of his literary achievements. Any one who would be Impressed with the - genius of this man's verse need only turn toMs little poem n titled J'Chrls'mas Comln" " written for Tha Observer' about Christmas time of last f year, ? The sentiment is as unalloyed as the first little prayer we learned, f'Now I lay me down - to sleep." .. Little did I think when I read the lines that be would pass away before Christmas came, again. I am gtad he ; lived to (tell ; anew the mytstlo charm of life; to' proclaim from , his mountain the unsullied craving for the thoughts without dis simulation. trust the In the world to which he ' Journeys the medium of pure delight will move the limits of his soul to boundaries of perfect hqfr mony and adjust the lyre of his al ready perfected aspirations. Z ? .1'-,.i,r;.-:;,.V..' .-f J, E. KERR. Llleavllltv'vJ r- trtotoeT of mm press. With unlelgned sorrow Tha - Star takes note oi rha A death ot John Charles tMcNelll, poot and raconteur on The Charlotte Observer. He died yesterday afternoon at his homo 4n Scotland county whither he had re tired a few dy i on coount of Ill ness. Mr. McNeill's death deprives North "Carolina Of son of marked genius said, recognized brilliancy and cuts short a career which was adding to the Wteraxy distinction Of our State. Wilmington Btar.y , Another lute- Is hushed and another harp hung upon tha willow. f v Wa extend to The Charlotte Observer, our deepest sympathy n Ita loss by death ot John Charles McNeill, whkft oc curred at the homa of hla parsnts, In Rcot ind jsonntv. vest er jay morning. There Is darkness whera once shown a brilliant lla-ht. iv Wa sorrow with our contemporary, for the State has lost a rtslna- star in flrma. ment. Durham Sun. ' n the death of John Charles Mc Nelll the South haa been removed of one of its bent noets and literary men, Mr. McNeill, in bs peculiar style of poetry, could b caud a gemus, as bis worv AtutarveA the highest degree of poetlo merit For ; a number of vears hla nrwma have adorned v the pages of Tha Charlotte Observer and h,iM :'. vAttAii ' bv :the nress throuahout the who. country. , Hls work was full of oris-lnallty an4 true to nature. while there was a .pe culiar streak of humor that blended It to suit tha mind of, almost H classes of readers. His first edition -or poems. namely, "Songs,. Merry and Sad," bas itaiTTv?rsiL. liin- fin been read -quite extensively and has also received mueh critical favor by well-known critics. At the time of his death the young poet was preparlngl simmoa Tree" . We are exceedingly sorry ? to bear of - the death of so brlgnt and highly gifted a young man. We have kept up with, his worn and know the merit of the same; also we know What the loss of such young men of talent means especially, la the prime- of life, and when their works are needed the most. Tha words of praise that have been bestowed upon him for his works of literature by such as President Roosevelt and oth er well-knqwit-wea-.taUJor themselves he vaitre oi sucn a youngan Ana e Join with his friends In motrsning loss. Danville, Va., Register. f tin ' tha . rfnntli ' nt Mr;!M ftifll-lci McNeill Tha Charlotte Observer loses one of tha .most gifted members' ot its staff and tha South is deprived of a young man of marked literary genius. Mr. McNeill, aside from his splendid literary ability, was a young man of splendid - personality and magnetism. The Observer has rbeen peculiarly unfortunate in the past, few years la losing three of its .brightest nghu.by-tba grinr reaper Green villa. SC., News. -.-',. Mr. John Charles McNeill, of The Charlotte Observer staff, died at hla homf In Scotland : county, ; N. 'C yesterday, after a wasting Illness of several months, Mr. McNeill had made quite a reputation as a literary genius of a high order, and had won recognition, both North - and South. His newspaper'1 work was admirable, and he had begun to attract wide at tention, both as to performance and promise. His untimely taking off is a severe blow to Tha- Observer staff, as well as to thousands of readers who had begun to admire , his ' splendid work. Yorkvlllo Enquirer, " The state-was shocked at the news yesterday evening of the-v. death. . of Johnr Charles McNeiir, for scarcely has a man so young achieved-such wide prominence throughout , the State. Those who saw John Charles, as, every one knew him, for weeks past, have silently realized that the end was not far off. and though expecting the sad news, Itrflevertheleas was ft surprise. in his short career Mr. McNeill has written some verse that will, live long after all but his dearest friends have forgotten hint. "Songs, ' Merry ' and Sad," his book - of poenis, contains sonie of the crispest and most pleas ing lines he ever i penned In his short career before the public Mr. Mc Neill wrote a lot of verse, and every body in the State has read - in The Observer some poem or other that lm pressed itself, for he sung of every lmDulse of the soul. ' Bnti tOx those, who knew " McNeill personally, the blow falls most heav ily. Nona were ever privileged to know him and not love him. for his ' . . . .. m a l l - ,u was a most pleading anu luvauie ujb nosttlon. ' , -" There is genuine sorrow all over the State for ( the taking off or this girt ed young man, and no where is that sorrow felt more acutely than here In the city, where so many admirers and friends lived. Charlotte News. The readers of Ths Chronicle have been prepared for the announcement of the death of Mr. John Charles Mc Neill for several years past a writer on The Charlotte Observer. The news columns give the details or tne pass lna- of this splendid young man. Like ACernethy, he withered, drooped and fell while his companions had no thought that they had seen his face and heard his voice for the last time. His going was not., so sudden as that of the lamented Avery, yet it brought the same quick' pang or aesoiate do rftavement. i Mr. McNeill was a liter arv arenlus. He Was a born student of nature. He loved to hunt and fish, to Htroll through fields and " loiter In woods; and when it came to choosing a life profession, he tried' to divorce himself from field and wood for the law library. But jBiackston was too stem for . his poetic nature. From writ lna? briefs he got to writing random sketches for the press. The editor of The Observer, keen of perception, saw a new literary star in Mr. McNeill, and called him to Charlotte. V When the young man got here and reported for duty. he. asked wnai ne was expeciea to do, and was told to do "stunts.' He had never heard 'of a stunt and did not know what It meant, but , soon west at It in his own way, and within the short space of a year, ;hls literary stunts had won for him the loving cup offered by Mrs.' J. Lindsay Patterson for the North Carolina writer who made the-highest mark la literature. He easily won 4 tha. trophy ' and ? the award was applauded throughout the State. It was hard to tell whether he excelled I in prose or verse. ; Through out all hla writings there was a vein of subtlest humor, His pen never Jar red,: He "wasan artist who painted always In harmonious colors. In hun dreds of llhrartea to-day, the volume most thumbed and the volume; moat treasured tor the pleasure It gives. Is ths little book between .whoser covers are contained his . "'Songs, Merry and Snd ' ' ' We "have "told 'of "his .love 'of Tthe fields, woods and flowers. In spring, he would make one feel that spring la the most -"beautiful! season of the year, but if has always seemed to us that bo wrote ftes wnen xne spmt or fall was upon him, for then he would tell of the partridges seeking the sun ny side of the slopes: of the , cotton fields showing black where the darkles had picked out: the -staple and white to shois the labof ! before ; them; of the nodding fall flowers "With which he was so .famlUars . of tha rustling blades of th frost-smitten corn -field; of the glories of th autumn- tints of poplar, gum, oak, hickory, elm , and muniis ?n,t would make ona feel that K ' " ' . autumn.' passing into aeatn, was more beautiful than spring, rising into lire. And so It Is. that he fias passed away at the "old home, whose memories were ever an Inspiration Jo- him. amona the scenes hla pen loved to dwell upon and in the season which appealed to his heart They will lay him away thls'evenlng In tha soil of his nativity, and - the scarlet leaf from the gum detached by the autumn wmd will drop gently up on his mound In token of the noblllfv of his blood, while the poplar will give from I' store of brilliant foliage a leaf In token of his golden, heart.- Evening Chronicle, f i: f , . o - will surely convince you that it is indeed a. - most powerful" and perfect or-; ganization that can produce such , snaartly . fashioned, su perbly , tailored, perfect fit-, ting garments , ready-to-' wear the moment you-are ready, and 'withal at such, remarkably low prices. ; , , . Michaels-Stern Fine v: haven't got their equal- in smartness of style, . quality ; oi iaDncs, unmgs ana workmanship at our prices come see them and judgQ . lor yourseitr At $12.50 to $22.50': ' , i ....'' i .' : we offer you a Variety of snappy styles in ' - Black, -Gray and Oxford Undressed ' Worsteds.- and Cheviots in . twill, diagonal and. herring- bone weaves, superbly lined with serge or Italian cloth, the sleeves lined with . silk or satin, every one at every .price a model of all that is desirable jn a smart:look !ng, service-giving overgar ment. ' y - - , A is the best $2.50 value.in th looks it and will prove, it -by service. A11 the new. shapes. .' - . ' , " "Toeproof", Sox, 6 Pairs For 6 Months 1 " Buy six pairs of these "Tocproof ,- Half Hose' from us and we give a signed guarantee that -the six pairs will rjast six months without ; holes. . If" tHey don't, you'll have a ticket with the da, te on it and you can return , the hose' with it and get' a new. pair. Try these. , We have them in Colors and - Blacks.. Each pair ........ ...v.... ; .:; ; 25c. Automobile Glbvea"" We have just what you want at. . .$1.60 to $3.00 a pair. Genuine Buck Driving Gloves,' not that heavy kid, but Adler's Kid that's lisrht and drftfv. for. SliiO. . ... - i, ., ..- . .-. . ,: .--V . - -- . l "Sorosis" " Men's ' snappy, " Sorosis" Shoes l;V,'.$5.0Cff and - Women's Sorosis'' 'F - X s - " V 1 " I r 1 Shoes from $3.50 to ;$4.00. ! . Emery,r You get a shirt that fits anEmcry." Prices.; r , . iW'rl ea ' - - m. ....... - -v r- V.sJ V . - mmrnrntt mot St th MICHAELS-STERN FINE CLOTHING sncNSCka, STissi a can , MSNtSTSSi N I 1 'if 1 - J -.1 ,:'.: ur Dilworth2.50 Derby1, j e city. It is worth $3.00 - ' . - ' -'" t't'X "' '-.j iiasa a a m . V ,ri ,. ''ill wnrrn" KriAfia . v ' A right new one, and it's up to snuffJ It takes, a back seat tor no snoe tor snap, comfort - or - wear. They came in yesterday, and you should see them. Patents, Vicis, Gunmetals, Button, Bal and Blucher in thosa V: "nifty", lasts that are, swell with jstyle. Prices-. ,.$4.00 anoV$4.50. Shirto . and is satisfactory when it's ... ....$1.00 to $3.00, .,w - k'S.J..4aM ASMA.k If". . . r,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 20, 1907, edition 1
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