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! - v, : u ...l .l.V. IV. txry'C:y. htz .Year. fiUDscmrriox tiuce Daily. f" e year ............. .MOO . 4.U0 : x montiis ................. U.rec month ............. Semi. Weekly. On year .. ...... .w SIT ninnthn . w. ... ...... Tliree muiuh ... ............. ..i.f-"" rUBUSllERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. No. 81 SoutU Tryon trest. Telephone numbws: ' Buinss office, Bell 'phone 18; city editor' office, Bell 'phone, 134; ew editor's office, Bel) 'phone, 4. A snLserlber In ordering the address M "his paper changed, will please in dicate the address to wlilch it is going at tha time he ask for the change to :-. be made. Advert Wng rates ro. furnished en application. Advertisers nujr feel fare , that: through' '.the' column of thl paper thep may ' reach; U Charlotte - and a portion of ' the bet people In 1 thia State and upper South Carolina. , -' This pap?r five correspondent as ' wld latitude m it thlnkf public policy permits, tut If la in no ewe ropon- aibl for their view. It U much pre- rerrel -.hat correspondent risfn their . names ta their articles, eipecially in ; euci where -,' they attack person or IntUtutfana, ..vthoutrti thii is not de--,- munded. The. editor reserves 41e r'glit -.. to give the name Of correspondent vhen they ire demanded for the pur ''t pose ef personal sitUfactlon. To re ', c'ire consideration communication ' muit bo accompanied by ihe true natne of the eoiTespondent. WEDXESDAV, OCTOBER 23, 1907. SIR. BAILEY AXD Ills KXEMIFS. Advices from Texas indicate that the fight on Senator Batjey has been! revived In a new form. The numer- j oua and bitter enemies whom he gave - occasion against himself by his in discreet course In the Waters-Pierce Oil Company matter, and whom he has made much more numerous and much more bitter by vehement de nunciations, purpose burying him un- yder ignominy. They now plan that In nominating candidates for the Leg- tslaturg the main issue shall be Bailey and anti-Bailey. A desperate effort nas Deen get on root to elect an anti Bailey Legislature, with the avowed Object of passing a resolution calling upon Mr. Bailey to resign his seat in the Senate. State Senator E. G. Sen ter, of Dallas, has already announc ed that he will introduce and adva.; ,cate such a resolution. Mr. Bailey's1 friends, on the other hand, are num--eroua and devoted, and the fight promises to be one of the bitterest ever waged in a State of the Ameri can Union. " No one fairly well informed about the Texas embrogllo and at the same time a. student of lower human na ture need be told what Is the domi nating motive In this determination of many little men to drag down one big rata at all hazards. Mr. Bailey has used few of the arts by which men of really remarkable qualities are ' wont to disarm envious mediocrity; neither has he used the ordinary ef forts of the man In high public office to render his elevation inoffensive to others self-love. Th - 0" though they come by instinct, have ; had little heed from Mr. Bailey. He as made hla way by downright abil ity and force of character, flattering even 'the many-headed tyrant" not : much. His domlheerlng temper Aiad him a falillrn n llmuo mlnnr. Ity. leader and nearly every petty politician In his own State has long htLttnA him Whf-n ha ir(.t t'nt. n ' awkward position It was inevltabe that he unould be uayed about with ; enemies. Thouo -nemle he has driven into an attitude of inveterate hostility by a manifest determination neither to give nor ask quarter. No t conciliation for him with the men who had attacked his honor, by tho ' very fact of attack compromising him before the country "Ho long as I live," he fervently oeclar-fi, "not ono Of them shall ever be Hected 10 of fice In Texas again." Thl was a de cidedly large contract for any one man in a State of nomn four million '. people accustomed to doing prt-tty much, what they please, and Mr. Bailey has already begun to ilnd It so. ' A great bird is staggering under clouds of sparrows who have gitner- ed courage from their numbers and pltcned upon him In mns rather i than wait to be devoured by twos and tnrees. The outcome remains to be seen. MISS BIAGIUDER ON CHILD LA 1WR. In the current North American Review appears a discussion of the Southern child labor question by the late Miss Julia Magruder, well known as a' gifted' novelist and short story writer. The mill children, Miss Ma gruder found, were very much better oft than the poorer class of white children outside the mills; better fed, clothed and taught. XaiM child slave stories by professional sensa tionalists . Incur her denunciation. "While Miss Magruder did , not find conditions all that they shoud be, sh dJd find that their evil have been vastly exaggerated by writers : for Northern periodicals and that ' they are not nearly so bad as Ignorant leg' Inlation of prohibitory nature might tnak them. . That MUs ' Magruder was welt acquainted with her subject the tropic bf North Carolina, among fthfrm eh pent ' much . time, 1 can r--ad1y testify. Her North American Review artfcle should do no little to ward freeing the South of unjuat re preach and averting any rash action. f or Federal, which " would be r - ri . in to over-shoot H marlc and c; i;c!.i.i.o;.i i .:.:a . .. Various Washington corr.---pond er.ts now profess to see unn,,..;l.kab'e indications that monetary conditions are at last proving a source of worr to the administration. They no long er hear, the v say. airy talk aboM "troubles confined to Wall Street "manipulated market," v "withdrawal of .public confidence from securities in consequence of exposures of cor porate corruption." Officialdom : ap pears to fear that should the present state of affairs continue during the coming winter and spring they will give rise to political complications of no maan order. Altnough Secretary Cortelyou, It Is pointed out, began by giving the financial world to under stand that little relief for, disturbed money markets ; need ; " be ? expected from him he has already gone fur ther In some respects than did Secre tary Shaw. These iMngs are Inter esting: they would be still more In teresting if the Democratic .party was sufficiently united " to take effective advantage of Republican trouble. As matters stand, it is less the Republican party as a whole than the Roosevelt administration and polcies which are endangered. Hoose velt prestige has been to Urge ex tent the child of prosperity, and if prosperity goes down in efen partial wreck before the next Republican national convention meets It is more than likely that neither Mr. Roose velt nor a Roosevcltla'n will be nam ed fori next President of the United States. That section of the Sherman anti trust law which the Department of Justice has resurrected and employ ed is authority for seizing tobacco trust goods at Norfolk Is certainly the biggest stick yet found for use on the . trusts. If It Is wielded in good earnest last summer's official talks about winding up certain trusts under a-overnment receiverships will assume the appearance of prophecy. The tobacco trust's humorous ex planation that It is not a trust be cause its subsidiary companies have different names and its various brands compete with each other does not appear to have gone down with Uncle Sam. Charlotte has made entry into a good baseball league at last. Inas much, however, as this league, though all but as high up, is not iden tical with the South Atlantic League, Columbia ought to be happy all win ter. f We cordially Invite any or all of the international balloonlsts now headi ed toward tho Atlantic coast from St. Louis to make their decent at the Mecklenburg fair grounds, now in full blast. i.TE CITY NEWS GATHERINGS. Brilliant KewpUon Given to Visiting Young, Lady Bank Building-to 11c Remodeled Would-Bo Rapist Car rlotl to Penlt'?ntlary KJretmeiboro Man to Wed in Virginia Terse News Items. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Oct. 22. Miss Alice Grey Devenlsh, of Ashevllle, who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Glenn Brown, was their guest of honor at a brilliant reception given last evening at their beautiful home on Summit avenue. During the evening two hundred or more guests called and the occasion proved one. of rare en joyment. The house was attractive ly decorated with autumn leaves and lighted by candelabra. The receiving party was composed of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Miss Devenish and Mr. and Mrs. Abrain MendonbaU. Those re ceiving in the dining room were Mes dnmes J. W. Llndau, B. C. Sharpe, John lluy Williams, W. P. Beau, W. M. Avery and It. H. DcButts, who served coffee, chocolate and sand wiches. In the reception hall Mlses Louise Brudahaw and Mario Reynolds served tiherbert and wafers. Misses Virginia Brown and Cammle Lindlcy presided over the punch bowl, which was. upstairs,, where. Mr. and Mrs. M'-ndenhull have rooms. Tho Greensboro National Bank Building in to be remodeled. The plans were made by Hook & Rogers, of Charlotte, and the bids of con tractors were opened yesterday after noon, but the awarding of the con tract was deferred. , The building v.lli be completely remodeled and converted Into ono Of the handsom est banking houses In the State. Friends in this city have received invitation to the marriage of Mr. Henry Charles Marley, of Greens boro, and Mis Kathryn Mildren Per kins, of Ktufirt, Va.. the ceremony to take, place Wednesday morning at 8:80 o'clock, November 6th, In the First Baptist church at Stuart. Mr. 1 nd Mrs. A. a. Green were here to-rbiv en route from Gibson vllle to High Point, where they will reside. Mr. Green engaging in the dru business. Col, John A. Barrrnger is In Ral elKh to-day to argue the Frassler Jones case before the Supreme Court Jones is the negro who is under-sen tenc of death for the murder of his wife at Oibsonville last Thanksgiving Day. Miss Louise Bradshaw will enter tain Friday afternoon complimentary to Miss Margaret Merrimon, who is to b married October NHh to Mr, o. 8. Ferguson. Jr. 1 Rev. Mr. BiaiocK. a returnea mis sionary from China, delivered an ad dress to-night In the Asheboro street Baptist church. Mrs. o. w. Monroe is in m. i&wt Hospital. to undergo an operation. Turner Whitsett, the negro charg ed with attempting to criminally as sault Miss Edna Johnson in Relds- vllla yesterday morning and brought here last evening tor sate keeping, was taken to ; Raleigh on the mid night train to be placed in the pen Herniary. Bnn; jones. or tnis place, declined to allow him to be committed to Guilford Jail . Keen disappointment Is felt by the theatre-goers f this ' city because Lesse 8. A. Schloss. of the -Grand, cancelled the date of "The Umpire." which was nooaen Tor ine ior piay houso to-night The company passed . . : . . . , .. .... m... . . - through here to-day en route to win ston-Salem, where it plays to-night , - ' Reluctantly AdmUtrA. Charleston News and Courier. W would like to have an Jmme dtste concession from The Charlotte 0 bsenrer- th at - oletiei ra vearwat lorn in Boutn caroling. siouix i::.j uxnMixv I ;:r. ' 1 the riis-lrig of John Ch-irlt s 31c Neili Hickory Hook CI no I 1. : f.As 1aiss of a Friend and Bcnrfac ictor. 2d, vSt, On the evening of January tho Round Dozen Book Club, of Hi k ory, held its first reception at ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bost At this reception Mr, John Charles 1-:-Neill made his first public appVr- ance as a reader of his own poefcis. This reception has , been universally conceded to.be the most dllghtftl one ever , held la Hickory, and its suc cess was entirely rue to the presence llant poeCwrlter. and conversation to-day. i The members of . this club have always felt the' high honor that Mr. McNeill paid them when he came at their invitation, , tout to-day the feeling is much more than an appre ciation it Is a sacred memory. No one who- heard , him that night can ever forget the handsome face- and figure, the. melodious voice, and the beautiful poems ne react. or -we -nu tnoroua onesgiven at the request of the small boy of the ' house-f-f or his humor -was delicious. .' Surely this Book Club has heen honored above all other clubs In that John. Charles IfcrNelll has been its honored guest. It has been the delight of the mem bers to give at their meetings, quota tions from his" writings, and it was the writer who. styled Wm. the ."Pa tron Saint"' of this club. At ohe meet ing a number of his delightful.'fa bled" were read and were thoroughly appreciated. , It is 'our keenest grief to-day that that sweet voice Is hushed, that fluent Den lav stinea. ana tne writer mourns the loss 6t, dear, pe sonal friend. V W- '" '.',:ti 'T "Not now, but lii the coming years,1 , It may be In that better landi i t We ll rend the meaning of our tears. Some day, some time,; we'll understand.' "We'll catch the broken thread 'again, ' And flnlh what we here began, . ; Time will tlie mystery explain. Some day, somo time, we ll understand." "Oh, mourn for htm. dear . land that uave Mm birth! . - . . Bow low. thy sorrowing head! Let thy seared leaves fall silent on the earth Whereunder he lies dead!" $3 LB Hickory, Oct 22, 19QT. ' The nowera of Thought May I arrange the flowers of thought which have bloomed over the grave of John Charles McNeill T I crave the privilege by the admira tion and veneration I "nave for the talent and genius of the Singer, who went ere I saw him, butwhose devel opment under the -fostering care of The Charlotte Observer I have watch ed and been glad. Place here at the head these beau tiful, stately, white "Chrysanthemums" that bloomed in the editorial column of The Charlotte Observer that sad day and were labelled "J. C. M." sug gestive of strength and beauty and October perfection they are. And here at the foot the wreath of Immortelles sent by R. L. Gray of Raleigh News ahd Observer "That Inarticulate Ob ituary." Oh! He binds flowers and evergreen with the master's hand. with the touch of an artist, with the love of a auman being, which is su perior to either master or artist. And now. In a soft, mellow light, plane the Goldenrod sent by The Norfolk Land mark. Whnt a combination! Sum mer's aun and the dew of autumn- golden flowers of commendation that has not waited on his death to deco rate his bier, but had been sent, rich and glowing, to his desk to cheer him while he lived. Place this beautiful bouquet of Scarlet Sage, The Even ing Chronicle sends where the long dreamy fall shadows play with misty flecks of light; 'tis October sunshine distilled by bracing breeze from oak ftnd pine and willow into the glorious color that Is autumn, and perfection. These smaller fragrant flowers place In beautiful design, using the For-get-me-nots sent by "R. L. T," as a cen tre. And now over all, hang this wreath of North Carolina evergreen made so beautiful by Its setting of perfected foliage grown from North Carolina soil, watered and tended by North Carolina tear-tlouds as the very beauty of It caused them to give up their own. Oh! "D" of The Charlotte Observer, 'twas yours to reconcile us to the pain and grief and loss. Tour tribute doys not romlnd us so much of the beauty of fading flowers as of the privilege of the company on the evergreen shore. MRS. T. J. COPELAND. Greensboro. JOliy CBLARLES M'NEIIJj. Avery and McNeill! The Observer staff has within the past few years lost the most forceful writer and the roost exquisite lyrist in the history of worm Carolina journalism ror nrty years. To John Charles McNeill, more than to any other man of his tlme,4 may his sorrowing mentis apply Longfellow's tribute to Burns; "And then to die So soon, and Icavs linliniiliod what he might achieve, He heonts his native land as an hn mor tal youth; His hand guides every plow; Hi sits bcsklo each single-nook; His 'voice la on each .rushing brook, In every nestling bough." J. H. M. Fayettevllle. The Observer again loses a member of Its staff by death. Avery, , Aber nethy and McNeill. What a strong trio of well-equipped newspaper work ers. Concord Tribune. The death of John Charles McNeill, of The Charlotte Observer Staff, is Indeed a loss to The Observer and to the 6tu. Ha was a brilliant writer. and one of . North Carolina's 'bright est young men. - His death is cause for do,ep regret Greenville Reflec tor.? ' , - ; ' , A . John Charles McNeil!, of The Char lotte Observer staff, died at the home of tils parents in Scotland county last Monday , evening. Mr.. McNeill was only J I years old, but had made an enviable reputation as a writer aur- insr his short career on The Observer. He was a graduate of Wake Forest Statesvllle Mascot - . . The death of John. Charles McNeill Is a loss not only to The Charlotte Observer, but to the entire Slate. Mr. McNeill won fame tor himself. for his paper and for North Carolina. tie , wrote rear poeiry, say nai we deplore his taking off wbuld not be expressing our feelings jwa mourn It.- Raleigh Times. " iMr. McNeill was a man of rare genius and was honored by the peo ple of the State In various ways. He was tha first to win the Patterson Loving Cup, which Is given for-the best literary production in the State during the year, and he was for, a while a regular contributor of verse to .The Century Magaine.; Some of his work will five as a lasting monu ment , to his genius, and his death brings - sadness to many ' throughout rue mate who' knew and lore hint. .Lumberton Robesonian. . v'--5-i V..i.v. '-.-J -". c-r-r-Wv-1 I AY PliOSECUTE EiNGlNEEB he; ray his train too fast The EnglniPf r Who Was in "Charge of the Train That Was Wrecked I a Short Time Ago at Inman, S. C, May : Be Prottectited For Crimi nal Negligence Govmop Ansel's t Heart Softens For Once and He Grants a , I'ardonrRoiiort of Dis primary Kales of liquor Made Iub-:- lie Superintendent , Martin ' . Wants Examination of ; Toachcrs" -'Paper 'A Taken; Out of Foliuce, ; ; , , , . . Observer Bureau, ', . - ' 1422 Main .Street,"; j , ' Columbia, ; S. ;C4' Oc 22, , The ; Investigation which the ! rail road commission has Instituted Into the freight ? wreck at i Inman, ': where It cars ; went ." through ; v JO-footJ bridge, killing two" negro - tramju may terminate in the ; commission's turning ; the evidence over to the sellcltor of thjit 1 circuit with a view to having Engineer Cross prosecuted for criminal . negligence, in l running his train too fast against . positive, orders and after he had been warned by the conductor at the previous station to "slow down." Members of the commission,' who, visited the scene of the wreck, said to-day that they had good . reason to believe that Cross was running this train at 60 to 60 miles an hour, Conductor Howie, in charge of the- trail!, adT mitted that It was running SS to 40 miles an hour when it struck the three-degree curve at the entrance to the bridge. 1 . Superintendent Rdmsetir ' did not answer the commission's summons to show cause to-day why he did not report this wreck to the . com mission. His trainmaster, Mr. King, came Instead,, explaining that Mr. Ramseur was off on a vacation, and the office force did not know the law required thia. He said he would recommend the dismissal of Mr.1 Cross for violating the speed limit. The hearing wak continued in order to have the ' railroad people submit further facts. REPORT ON LIQUOR SALES. Dispensary Auditor West's report for the quarter ended, September 80th wa made'vpublic' toiday, show ing gross sales in 97 dispensaries of 1733,646.08, and net profits of 1200, 370.14, as against gross sales of 8647,477.91 and net profits of 8166,. 792.02 for the previous quarter. The heaviest gross sales for the past quarter were in Richland, where they -were $30,765. 31. , Charleston. tomes next with 'M7M.0.-.'..-.V H RECORD BROKEN RY GOVERNOR Governor 'Anset breae-a record of long standing to-day by granting ft pardon,; The person toward whom his heart softened' was Miliary F, Holmes, of Oconee county, under sentence of three, months or a tine of $100' for violating the dispensary taw. The Governor made this ex planation In his own handwriting on the pardon petition: . K. - "This , defendant having already Served out a sentence for the same offense under sentence of the United States Court, and on application of the grand Jury-of the county ! here by pardon Millard F. Holmes foi the offense named in the within ap plication lor pardon." WANTS SCHOOL LAW CHANGED. State Superintendent of Education Martin will ask the Legislature at Its coming session to so change the school law1 with regard to teachers' examinations throughout the State as to have these examination papers passed upon by a member st the State board of education at Columbia instead of by the county boards of education. : By this method Mr. Martin hopes to entirely divorce these examinations from politics. "You will readily see ' that it is practically ' Impossible to keep these examinations, from politics," said Mr. Martin, To keep this or mat dis trict solid, for him In the coming election, It'ls a strong temptation to a county superintendent to nave himself and his board favor the daughter of the influential man of that district.' We had no nd of Just such trouble with our scholar ship examination for the State col leges until I had the law changed in such. a way as to have the papers passed upon by the college, faculties by numbers. Every time there was an examination inu omce wouia ue flooded with f omplalnts of partiali ty and favoritism. WILL CHARGE A FEB. "In order to raise -money : with which to pay a member of the coun ty board to pass upon these papers, my idea 1 to have each applicant for a teacher's certificate charged a fee of .$1 for . the privilege of standing ; the examination. y,--.-This would not only obviate the necessity of making extra appropriation, but would free these examinations from a large number of . negroes who crowd upon every examination ;.: for the purpose of practicing and in the hope that they , may strike an easy examination some time that will af ford them th opportunity they eck of getting- a certificate. i . - "It Is to fit in with Just such Plans aa this that I am so Insistent that I be consulted when the. Governor makes an appointment, on, tne fctate board. Do vou i suppose , f or one moment that ' ex-Governor, John C. Sheppard,' whom' Governor Ansel tried to get on the board recently, would ha availftDie ior iuon wun as passing upon a tedloua lot . of teachera examination papers for a ner a 1 cm nt 1 4 t . I' say -nothing to his discredit when X wy I dQubt that he la competent- to pas upon' such papers. It is not In his line to do It" Ti$-'$$-V''' - nil ia Mtber hand, ha probably would not hesitate to pass upon the claims of Mr. Baileys coeouc-niiuuni Institute over there In his territory, tn h. 1na,t On tho list Of accredited colleges of the State whose Gradu ates are not roquirea 10 imi ers examinations. H. nrobfthlv irru that. 'It's In Edge KrU an'i tni s. lot of fine buildings and i of course it should go on the list' In a short time the -barrier woutd be broken down entirely v , ' Mr. Martin added, In answer; to, ft question, a, that ot the end of Akfo present term he Intended to take a six-months- trip v e broad - In-order '-to round out "hi education." ' v t lit !ii;i';mi v n? V Efllcicncy of the Keley Cure Iroved .: , '..- Fair Week. , , . Several, hundred graduates who have been cured at the Greensboro Keeley Institute visited the Institute during Fair Week, and aixteen pa tients were brought by some of the graduates. The man: who has. been cured for years ls the best evld ante of the efficiency of the Keeley Cure. , I HOG;KILLIXG TIME, IN DIXIE. V RlMpsody on Southern Eatables by Sne Whp Evidently Knows Whereof e Writes., , . j fWashlhgton Herald, r ,-1 i"i " -. t Says The Charlotte Observer. ; V "And now it's hog-kUllng1 time." That sentence does not sound 'over lnnL . nnrhans. ' to the' uninitiated ftnd ignorant but, to those who know, II IS an vuuuritu uitciauvu uvt w w improved 11 pon ; a veritable poem, ln eptring and grand. - In matters of thia kind. The Observ era presiding genius wields a magic pen. . Those not sure of their consti tuency would have rambled off Into a labyrinth of words. They would have, sought to attune their praise to, heroic measure; have invoked the for eign aid of : high-sounding sentences and wonderful rhetorical gyrations. Not so the wise "Old Observer. It Is sure of its ground. It knows that everybody In its neighborhood knows Jast what Is meant , when It- sounds the bugle- modestly, -unpretentiously, and with calm. - - "And now it's hog-kllltng time," says The Observer, and stops and at once and forthwith, without more ado, experienced and knowing ones prick up their ears and begin to see visions nt hHtrht ant hinnv dava to come: such as big city folks may read of, but, seldom seei wny. ' nog-aiuing ium down that way means that the woods are red and brown and good to look upon; that scalybarks. chinquapins, ?nd walnuts are ripe, and persimmons, 00; that the morning air is fresh and nipping cold; that crackling bread is, at hand, and backbone pie and epare rlbs, and all of that! ; It conjures thoughts of red-gravy ham home made 'and cured with real hickory ashes; of breakfast bacon unacquaint ed with saltpeter and embalming com pounds concocted of curious chemi cals.. -And, them, ' the whole lovely dream culminates In one riotous vision of surpassing "grandeur in which hog Jowl v; and turnip greens, backed, flanged, and surrounded with fresh buttermilk and cornpone, are most In timately concernedl ' v "Hog-killlng time" in Dixie! ' It is rather rough on the hogs, but it Is one long-drawn-out delight to everybody and everything else Involved. It Is even thought by the natives that the porkers themselves submit with some sort of cheerfulness, because they realize. In a vague and Indefinite way. Just how much happiness they are about to bring among people of their acquaintance. BRAKE3IAN "LEONARD FOUND. Man Responsible ifor Rudd ; Wreck Turns Up at Ills Honrs at Spencer Tells . How the Switch Came to , Be Open Only Six of the Injured Left In the Hospital. v Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Oct. 22. Of the nine teen people Injured In the wreck of train No. 34 at Rudd last Thursday sjght only six are atlll In St Leo's Hospital and all of these are getting along very well and .will recover. They are Mr. W. C. Davis and wife, of Gaston la; Jim Shelton. Joe Sledge and John D. FerralL all of Danville, Va., and a man from Canada, who re fuses to give his name. A party who came here from Spencer to-day reported that Brake- man H. C. Leonard, who Is respon sible for the wreck, turned up at his home at Spender yesterday morning. He walked all the way from Rudd without having anything to. eat The one who brbught this news here said Leonard stated that he closed the switch after his freight train took the siding and sat down on the end of the cross-tie and went to sleep. Startled by the approach of No. 84 he sprang ud and being half awake he opened the switch, thinking be had forgotten to close it. When he realized what he had done he ran, end he said that after he had gone about ten miles he heard a party of 'possum nuniers and barking dogs approaching and it frlsrhtened him almost to death, for he thought itswas a crowd coming after him , with bloodhounds. ' - It is said Leonard had been on fluty over 3 hours without rest when tne wreck occurred. ' - SPEAKS FOR FOREST "RESERVE. Mr. T. R 'WlH Delivers a Lecture at Ashevllle Two United htates ben tnra nixl Ono Representative Pres ent Drawings and Plans of lnter- Urbaii Railway Wave lieen complet ed. , Special to The Observer. . ,..". AihAtriiia , nt. '22. Dr. Thomas Wilt eentary of th American Forestry Association, delivered an Interesting If lustrated address ere last ,nlrht In the Interest , of the , Appalachlsn-Wlilte Mountain forest reserve measure. ; Pres ent nt the time of the address were 1'nlted States Senator Leo S. Overman, of North Carolina! United States Sen ator Itimer, of South .Carolina, and Representative Jtver, 01 v-oiumoia. a. j, Aii tiiMii irnntlemen made short ad- rtrecses at the meeting In ths court house Inst tiglht. They were here enroute to the Tosaway section ior inn over ine proposed forsst reserve.?' , Judge J.' O, Krltthnrd presided at the .meeting, and after the speaking; a set of . resolutions was endorsed favoring the establish ment of a national forest reserve in, the Southern Appalachian mountains. Th nrnmnters of the Inter-urban rail road from Abbeville to Henderson villa ate here this week -with drawings lndl ntlng the route, ana woramg pians. i n mart la halnar nromoted by C. F. White. of Skyland. and l se fsr advanced o to nlaKe airqost raruin iia uuuuum. inn road will be 22 -.miles long and will penetrato the ' Btltmnra wtat . and narallpl a tiortlon of the Southern Rait- way; It is satd that the money for th undertaking la In sight ami that the preliminary work Is now t-elng closed op. The rights-of-way. have all neon so cured and under these rights the mad must bo built and In operation In throe years. It 1 stated that work will eom morwe'earlv next year j and that 18 mowhs will be required In which to complete It - The company will have its own oownr and will operate both a frelnrht and rnssnBer Sfrvlee, It is estl mftl that fw.os li.WM.fc' will -e-required to build and equip the road. -V ' V Li J L J u aj v vvy liiill rV1": ; .ill in . 'K, e 1, s "t h Si's. ' ' p A i1 . " "f, ir- f m f f "" ( 1 In each of our. twenty , articles of merchandise attractive in style, , quality .and price. Special mduccmehts . in China for. Fair Week. s Thousands of , Im" ported Samples from small Vases, Bric-a-Brac, ."ctc.j up to rich Hand-painted China. :Here are. ' many handsome 'odd pieces in China of all . . shapes and descriptions, genuine hand-painted something great for a souvenir and at about". Half OrDgirial Price One lot Imported Plates or Plaques, with Char lotte, scenery ; only ., . . .... . . . . . . ; 60c Haviland Co. 's. French China Dinner Sets ' .... OrnentaO Vases , , K ' . - - N - . -' In odd shapes, Oriental .designs. , ,50c. to . $1'0.00. Old-time Candlesticks. . v .Vu . . .50c. to $70. Special Plates Plain. White China and beautiful Decorated ' China Breakfast Plates, fworthfl.25 a set, :,. -r- v. ; " "V - . ' '. . " 1 ' --t .-- . -.. 1 '-- v .p.-- - .y.-. .5 -t,.,- ... ' Sale price.. ...,,.. ..'; ,.v ;. 60c. - Return Confetti, package . , . Big-Lot:Tetfdy 75 Cents Big Carpet Stt-ooEi One of the largest stocks in the Carolinas of all kinds Floor Coverings Axminster, ' Velvet, ' Tapestry and Ingrain'. Carpets, Rugs arid . . 4 Druggets; Oriental 1 Kugs, Linoleums, Inlaid or printed; Window Shades, made - to measure Idee and Portier. Curtains, in a large rane V ' v ' . 1 ' ' S ' c . I of. prices. ; - (, ' " 8 ' ' "7 or "more departments are ...,..f $40.00 to $110.00, -V :Balls- 1 ... 1 . ... 4c. iears.:';;' to "$3.50 -'' tW-, o-Va., 4ffis w,ajr I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 23, 1907, edition 1
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