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Advertisers may teet sure tnat through the column of this 'paper they may reach all Charlotte r and a portion of the best people In tttia Bute and upper South Carolina, , This paper give correspondents as - wide latitude as it thinks public policy 'permits, hut it la in no case respon sible for their views. It la much pre ferrej ;hat correspondent! sign their name to their article, especially in .; cases where they attack persona or Institutions, though this is not de :' tnanoed. The editor reserves the light to give the names of correspondents when they sre demanded for the pur-' pose of personal satisfaction. To re ceive consideration a communication must be accompanied by the true .? : nam of the correspondent THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1907. ! THE AMENDE HONORABLE, Adverse criticism of Hon. Edward vHf; Pou, Representative of the fourth district Of this State, which did him wrong, appeared as an editorial para graph in The Observer of the 22d, as did also the beading over a clip ping which appeared In the paper f the 28th. 'Both were based upon v an alleged Interview with Mr. Pou In The Washington Herald, of the 18th, which had not been read In this office at the time but a statement of the alleged purport of which had been read in an exchange. iMr. Pou had been reprenented as opposing the nomination next year of a Southern man for President but advocating the nomination of Mr. Bryan and making v very offensive reference to "the skulker of 1898." It would be fool ish to single out and nay harsh things ; of a representative Democrat who thinks It would be unwise to nomi nate a Southern man next year or Who favors the nomination of Mr. ' Bryan, for many Democrats It looks now as If a majority do both; and no such thought was In mind. The whole criticism In both the paragraph and head line rfferred to was di rected at Mr. Pou's supposed use of the word "skulkers' and Its supposed application . by Mm to the large class of Democrats who were not regular In. m. - .'(jrThe Observer yesterday saw for the rfttt time the text of the Interview and finds that this word .does not appear In It at all, the nearest ap preach to If being another of similar eoond In this sentence: "It will not ... do; to nominate any man who sulked In -Wit " There is a great deal of difference In the meaning of the words, that In the quotation not be llJg offensive. The paper upon which we had relied put In Mr. Pou's mouth the one which . There Is no ground Upon which to rest the animadversion we made upon him. and with this ex planation we frankly express regret tot it. StCCESKOU TO THE STEW EX U (ilXE. . 'The gas engine Is the power pro ducer of the future wherever coal continue to be us-(). ThiH r-niiclu-skm has been drawn by Prof. Joseph A,' Holmes and aiworlstf. experts of ..Uf United States Oeologl al Survey. . .The steam engine, them Investigators declare, requires from three to three and a half times as much oaI to i produce a given unit of power as does the gas engine; they h.ve like- wfse estimated tht In a plant of - .,900 horse-power the gas engine will effect an annunl having of , tOO, while the general adoption of (an engines would save tho manu facturers of this country between IIBO.OOO.OOO and 1200,001. 000 a year. Jforeover.'they find that the r-.-u en g lne will economically utilize ,-0al Of lower grade than the steam en- , fine can handle to advantage and Will make no appreciable smoke even - With such coals. Manifestly these conclusion as reported aro of very Great Importance. They Impress n With the more force when we recall that Charlotte'. 4C's. a remarkably far-sighted corporation, Is now Install- '5ng gas engines in Its electric power ' plant. We are further Impressed and -jntewted. hy this work because It , was proeecuteii nnder the direction of Xorth Carolinian who has already den much for the State and the country along such lines and In whom ; w take pride accordingly. That Is a nervy undertaking upon , ' mrhlch Edward I'ay.on Weston, the f profeaalonai pedestrian, n0w sixty, nine years ; V1, entered Tuesday morning an attempt to walk from Portland, Me to Chicago, 1.2J0 miles 1 in twenty-! .day.; a feat which he accomplished fortjf year ago. Thirty year ago at the flate- Fair ,...,. t P.aklBli Mr. Wcaton, a small, tut.. wan, walked for money on the race, track, though probably few people remain per tni lacr, . It Tiaa been said by somebody that there are good trust and bad trusts It Is reported that Rlngllne; Brother are rorming a cincus trust. If they r occecd that will be a good trust for t o tucn circus as tht of Rlnglm rotners, which passed through soma u-i years ago, hat kyer been seen in - wi rfqtmrt ;:..;,.:..!: anJ i ni-.ily tar.:3 ht:ro a:5j veryvhcre put out .laont'y wanly durl.:.; the financial flurry in New York last week and some Southern fanners iconsequently sold cotton, on a declining market, but there now. seems no danger of losses to farmers on account of the lack of bank ae commodatlon. It was stated in Tha Observer, of Tuesday, that iMr. C. H. Wolfe, president of the ifecklenburg Cotton Warehouse Holding Company, had : been assured by the banks of Charlotte that they would advance money to any reasonable amount on cotton In bonded warehouse to: the amount, we understand, of half the market price of cotton on any given day. This la reassuring. The banks of thU city have every disposition to help the farmera hold their cotton, and 'Mr. Wolfe's understanding with them is double assurance on this head. Now it Is seen that the banks of Galveston have entered Into an agree ment with the farmers to protect; a million bales of the Texas crop, and no doubt arrangement can' and will be made with the other banks of the State to take care of all the State's crop In warehouse. It Is a. pleasure to" witness a return of that mysterious and powerful agency in business that we call "confidence.' and another pleasure to see the friendly relations that are existing between bankers and farmers. GtNADA S OOSnXO GRE,TXESS. Canadian official sources yield the interesting Information that the In flux of Immigration Into the Dominion is not only Increasing at an unprece dented rate but also that in recent years nearly one-third has been from the United States. Moreover,' the im migration from our side has been of the most desirable sort, consisting; largely of farmers who have sold their high-priced Northwestern acres and bought several times as many equally or , more productive Canadian acres with the proceeds. Over nlnehun dred thousand new settlers have come from the world at large since 1901, and the population has meantime grown from 5,871,315 to about s,B00, 000. In striking; contrast to Ameri can immigration conditions, consider ably more than half the total are English-speaking and nearly all the trans Atlantic arrivals hall from those countries which once furnished u.i with an abundance of highly desira ble Immigrants but no longer do so. The country's wealth and Indjustry are far out-distancing even this rapid Increase In population. Few can now deny some basis, however Insufficient, to Premier Latirler's proud claim that as the nineteenth century belonged to the United States so the twentieth belongs to Canada. mnTXG IT THE nOTJi WEEVIti. Tho Texas farmer Is now being told sn high authority that it he win only burn the cotton stales, limbs, leaves and all trash when ho has gathered his crop the boll weevil will suffer an utter rout. Once destroy all re fuse in which the pests may find shel ter or lay their eggs for the next weevil crop and Mr. Weevil will not inly perish but leave no posterity. In asmuch a the stalks and other trash are worthless' for fertilizer and un marketable for paper manufacture, there Is no reason beyond the labor Involved why they should not be made away with. Texas has found a means of deliverance, and the only trouble about it Is Its extreme Plmplk-itv. Doubtless In some manner tho' pro ofs?! will ho made sufficiently' compli cated to Inspire faith, Texans thence forth raising as many million bales if cotton as may suit their convenience We foresee the weevil's finish with nn approving eye, but would fain have had the glory reaped by tho Guate malan nnt, whom, the Department of Agriculture's bug specialists imported with weevlllcldnl Intent. As mutters now stand, our valiant little red friend from the tropics appears to have lost his Job. 1 . That slx.day period declared by Governor's pr.-iclnmatlon for the bene fit of Oklahoma banks might well be called a hollweek. PAVOIC OPEMXO FIRST STREET, ilonnl of Public Service Adopts M. ""' lommiuce Heporf Rrcnm mciidlng to Aldermen That. FlrM Mrm Oponed From Tryon to Crtur,ftii,1 Made 50 Finn Mt Mr. Hawkins Favored 0-Fot Street. At s railed meeting of the board if public service last night at the Ity hall, presided over bv Mavor T H. Franklin, a committee report was adopted recommending to tho board of aldermen that First utroet be opened frem Tryon to Cedar and made SO feet in width. The memhem f the committee, exclusive of the mayor, who Is chairman ex officio, are M emirs. T. V. Hawkins, John Pharr. Henry M. Mo Ad en, a. K. H. nasnourn and B. u Sargent Qnlj one member. Mr. Hawklnsi Mta . vivjvvavU to the action and filed a minority re- ijuiv, m'iuiib jurio ins reafons in d tan. no was, and still Is, strongly in iiYor oi a ey-iooi street. ' This report will be made to ihn board of aldermen at their regular meeting next Monday night, at which they are expected to take action on It one way or another, unless delay Is deemed necessary. The opening of First Street. It will hn rneatW authorised by the aldermen some months aaro. hut the mti i ...... been under investigation ' .r the mr vice ooaru w id wnunt ihn. mi , ..V H...V of execution ana aetan largely , rests. . i na,, meeting Putst nignt wuv Inter- esung, -though enttrely harmonious In spirit. ; Tne majority of the commit appeared to iear (DM the 60-foot street couia not be secured, ; partly on accont of the IfsblUty of the cosw w run over jn amount of i eu wimm which it is proposed to keep the expenditure "on this work and partly because tha ' Southern Rallwty had agreed to build s 10-foot nunwnj un - ini aireet ana ; It was feared that a change In tha pnna might re-open this, matter and reds company trom its obligatiora Tlirir-Vc.p lAtcici .ri i jvro.,: Ihmiiis t; !:. . !. .! '.i I in !i ,i Co., i' . . .;... i ; : '.i '. S.ii.l to Hat a .V if l.i i i'Hiitativc on UcorKaiii, i (1 Jioard. . Pittabura; Dispatch, 28th. Announcement was made this evening that in order to prevent the large personal holdings of George Westinghouse from being needlessly sacrificed, he la to. be given a three years' extension to allow him to real ize on his personal asseti. This, with the semi-otiiclal announcement that the Securities Investment Co. is to be reorganized with four I'ittaburar bank- p nn . thA rtTrtaraiM And the re ceivers discharged, f ormea ae two uenis oi interest in mc ouauuai untton tn.l(9v T' Mr. Westinghouse agreed to place his holdings in the hands of three trustees. He has already seiectea tne rSt m n unA Vile pTnAitnrm are un derstood to have concurred ifl the se lection. Mr. Westinghouse nss set forth that the securities which he owns and which are collateral tor ; money borrowed are worth many times tne amount af hln.- nerannski : nhllirationS. Fot thia' reason he has suggested the , . 1 l . .11 A 'Via OA,ivlttA In the hands of the trustees for the hAnaflt a 'fcla rroiiitor And himself. It is said here that the banks of Pittsburg, - New York : and Boston, whlchf hold the paper of Mr. West inghouse have agreed to tha plan. ' The personal obligations of Mr. Westinghouse are in the neighbor hood of 18,009,000 and most of this rffiht trm ineiirred . throusrh ' money lent to the various concerns with which he was connectea.. ine prin cipal companies to which he gave his . ..A iK VnaaUn n Vnnh and IILVSIVy WB1D WJ woe., - " English firms of tha Westinghouse in tor.ta whloh within the neit year. according to data furnished, should be paying dividends, to secure uuo money Mr. Westinghouse has placed with the dirterent Danas secunnes i the Amount -of $20,000,000, and it Is to uvu tho naerlflce and scattering of the security that the idea of three trustees witn a tnree-year exteniuH In time has' been suggested. The names of the trustees will be made public in a few days. A rumor that Kuhn, ixer & i;o of New York, will have a representa tive on the board of the reorganised Securities Investment Co. Is current in Pittsburg. On August I, 1907, George Westinghouse is known to have negotiated a loan of 16,000.000 with Kuhn, Loeh Be CO., a collateral two-vear loin at 6 rwr cent, interest. one of the stipulations being that Mr. Westinghouse must keep on hand with th New York firm a certain margin which he had deposited. The fact tnat tne ew tors nnan clers had this big deal with Mr. Wuittns-honHA elvaa welffht to the statement that It will hve a hand In the future of the Westinghouse in terests. George Westinghouse. It Is nnrioratnnd bore. 1s to ba retained In merely nn advisory capacity by the receivers.- His advice and knowledge of the business will be Invaluable to them, but his business metnoas win be cast aside. The Pittsburg Stock Exchange aid not open to-da.v: there was a meet- Sr,r nf tVio mamhers at 9 O'clock. There re rumors that the exchange will not open this week, Dut mere will be a meeting of members each corning to decide on action for that day. . . Pittsburg bankers are pieasea wnn the system of Issuing clearing house ertlflcates and a number of banks took certificates to-day. , , SEARCHING FOR ACTOR. General Police Alarm Sent Ont For Arrest of Raymond H I tcJirocRr Of ficers Watching AU Out-Going Trains and Steamers Did Not Ap pear at Matinee or Night Perform ance. " . f : New York. Oct. 30. A general po lice alarm was sent out to-night for the arrest of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, against whom t'.ie grand Jury this afternoon returned six indict ment for criminal anault and abduc tion, after hearing tho testimony of three little girls. The order requir ed the olllcers to watch all outgoing train and steamers. Hitchcock', recently was arrested on a similar charge and after preliminary examination In police coiyt was re- 1 1 1 . . 1 AAA I .1 .11 ' leaseu unuer i,vuv ovuus p'-ouuis a further hearing. To-day the girls. Kittle Voecks, Helen von Hagcn and Flora Wl.sliton, aged from 12 to 15 years, who had figured In the original cafe, were taken before t.ie grand Jury. Upon their testimony the six Indictments were .returned. At the time It was understood that Hitchcock would not be arrested to-night, his roun.sel saying that he would under take to have the actor in court to peal to-morrow morning. Hitchcock hasvbeen starring at a Hroadwny theatre, but did not appear either at the matinee to-day or the evening performance, and it was stat- d t'.iat he had been dropped from the cast. ' At ft lata f hour to-night Hitchcock had not been located. Recently Hitchcock caused the ar rest of a. brother of the Voecks girl, who he alleged had attempted to ex tort money from him on a threat of causing the publication of matter re Meetintf upon the actor. Friends of Voecks and othera interested In the case then brought the action which resulted In Hltchco-ck's arreHt. Fire In the County Iiist Night. A blight glare in the north Indicat ed that there was a large Are about midnight either near Deri t a or Hun tersville. No telephonic communica tion could be made on account of the lateness of the hour. The reflection upon tho cloud appeared to be from no small blase. A number of peo ple were attracted by the scehe, but none could give a definite idea as to Its location. , . v Keep Cool. New York Herald. A .?'-. In thi time of financial disturbance It is of vital Importance that every man should keej .! .toeadU,,-;'. Deferred. Not Certain. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Nobody seems to have any donbt as ko wbt Mr. Bryan's deferred de cision will. be. .-",;i,,v.: vka' ' JtOIISf CHARLES M'NEtLI There's a minor chord of sadness that J . rffiBlni through the state. . And from. Mitchell's fragrant balsam ,tO tii seashores salty gate t Tfotf can. hear th same sad echo as of Ffotn a restless, throbbing aching in 'a who nna ; There's ft Writ of .sweetest musle lying auaa bjkh . ... And there's weeping snd there's mourn - -lnr 'cause his song' Is hushed and Still. ' ' " ' ' " Always were Ills ' sweet notes healing 1 nesna nsrssara y pvi ann am, Alwsys wre his trie words ksdlng, niiung rignt anu iuv m win, . But his wings bava wafted higher than And his song has grown too heavenly for soco eartniy souis ss we, . Still we hold his Ufa end labors as a . treasure from, above. And ttiev rt Itkm, iwnndlctlons o'er ft ' -ULY HCt-uU POTLU v 3 - : . ' i.. . r ', i . t 1..- i ' v 1 i , t ! ! ' oni i t . . a t ' . i lotion : j: n l oi.r 1 a i : Years, peeial to The ' Observer. AshevUle, Oct. 30. Tl:e officlid returns from yesterday's eUctUm In i'linconibe chow that the victory for railroad aid bonds was more sweeping than at first reported. Approximately 4.009 votes were cat for the bonds and tills vote is suf ficient to Klve more thfin 1,00 majority for the measure. Ashevlile and Asherille township gave a large majorltj-, while the country outtide weni. for bonds, only a few precincts failing to give "a major ity. The question submitted to the peo ple was whether Buncombe should vote t'JOO.OOO in aid bonds for the proposed competing line of railway. The bonds have been voted and, under the contract that the builders of the road have with the iMall Merchants' Association of Aahevlllo and other Interests, work must commence by January 1st, 1!M8. - The first road, it JS said, will be built from Asheville to Rutherfordton to con nect with the Seaboard Air Line. The builders also propose with aid from ad joining counties to build to Knoxville to onnect with the U & N. Those business men who have such an interest In the matter .declare to-day that there Is no doub twbatever In their minds but that the road will be built and that Afhevllie will have a competing line of railway. Under the terms of the eon tract the road must be complete in four and , one-half years from Januarv , 1st, IWSVH the work is not commenced by the first Of the vear aml ih rnn.t l no) complete in four and ons-half years. "w wunn qi conas are vow ana in Valid. ' . .. . h- ..v:,:':--.. ,.( .Added to the enthusiasm created here by the affirmative vote on bonds Is the nCWS from Polk eonntv thnt hnn1 tu carried there yesterAty, Polk was vot ing on practically the same proposition an Buncombe. Haywood county votes on a bond issue Saturday, but in the eveent '""wran tan to carry in Haywood the b (din of a railroad through Buncombe will not ba iffected. . . EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR. Fragmenti of Human Bodies Pepper ed With Rocks and Earth Fall In Shower When 50O Pounds or Dyna mlte 10xploded--Four Are Killed and Six Injured IJttlc Known of Jutact cause. Canonsburg, Pa., Oct. 30. Frag ments of human bodies peppered with particles Of rolks and earth fell in a shower over the little- town of Gwen dolen, on the Wabash Railroad, 1 miles north of here, to-day, when 500 pounds of dynamite exploded with a terrlflg report. Four men were torn to pieces and six ethers received in juries. The dead: NICHOLAS M. BREDEN, foreman, Bennett, Pa, TILTON THORNTON, a negro, Pittsburg. STEPHEN OLSHAFSKY, Ben'nett. ANDREW MICHAELVICH, Ben nett. The six injured men, stunned and bleeding, ran aimlessly from the scene and have pot een located. Little is known of the exact cause of the explosion, but a passerby Just before the accident occurred, savs a small' Are had been lighted, pre sumably to warm the dynamite. Thornton, who was . powder man, went to work this morning with-In structions to dynamite a portion of a hillside, above the Wabash tracks. which was unsafe, the earth en dangering passing trains. Thornton. surrounded by, several of the men, It is supposed, got the explosive too near the Are and It exploded., The shock was distinctly felt in Canonsburg and other towns within a radius of over 10- miles. ' . v-- FORBIDS READIXd REPLY. ...... f"" -. . Z ,; PopD.KVin Not Allow Blsnopi to Read itcply to aioaernism"iBiop mw tires Because He Had No Sympathy With, Present Policy. tlnma re 'SO The Ponft has ex- communicated the authors of the re ply to Bis recent encyclical on -moa-erntsm" and has instructed the va rion. htshnns to forbid the reading of this-reply In their dioceses. In their reply tne modernists ar gued that the Church always had uviA . 1ioiiId now n.d ant Itself to the exigencies of the age . ond Insisted upon the right to discuss tne uiDie and Other sacred writings, which they hold to be human productions. Tha rot lament of Mgr. La Croix. bishop of Tarentalse, France, who favored the acceptance oy wo c-ic.K.v of the Church and State separation ia u considered to be primarily due to tha prelate's lack of sympathy with the present uitra munun.nc pol icy Of the yatlcan. The reason given - . t . v.i,iAn'. T-Atlfment. however. IOr lot) ,UJ?.ii-'' ....w , was ill health. EXHTBITS SHOW PROtiRJESS. Advancement In Mechanical Arts and Agriculture by Negroes Shown by Their. Exhibits at Fair Booker T. " Washington to Sneak. Macon, ; Qa.. Oct. 30. Great pro gress In the mechanical arts and In agriculture by the negroes of Georgia IS shown by the exhibits at the negro eta ir-atir whteh onened here to-day. The exhibits, which are Unusually nu- mefou and dlversinea, are an in place, and the attendance at the open- .1-.. wa lara-a. Msvor Hrldzes Smith, Of Macon, adellvered an ad dress at' tne opening exercuvm, in which he congratulated the negro non1e of tho State on the excellent showing made. On . Friday Booker l. was.iington will driver an address. C1IAXGE8 IN CILRGES LIKEIiY. New Arrangement Methodist Pas torates FrolXlDIc in ne iwiura hi Cnrcrenee Rev. A. L. Cohurn's Good Work. It is not t all improbable that at the coming sessions of the Western North Carolina Conference, ;whlch will be held in Salisbury, beginning , .....!, trnm. vesterdav. that one or more changes , will . be made In tha Methodist cnarges oi tne city, in the present arrangement the Epworth j u.....vi,iia ehurrha form nni pastoral charge and one pastor divides his time between. me tw pwinm. n may be that next year Seversville and nv.i,.,ii wlifti 'nnnietd as one charge, and Epworth and the new Church Norm wnsnuiw may oe connected In the aame-way, though It Is generally believed that the work In North Charlotte will be of such Importance ;, a tf pialm the entire time of one pastor. For the past two years Key. A. L. Coburn has been 'the pastor of the Epworth and Seversville churches, and he has done a very faithful work, both as pastor nd preacher,. notwtth. standing" the fact of bis -severe per sonal and f amliy 1 affliction much of the time. .Mr. Coburn has served as a supply in the conference for $ hum be of years and nl work has re sulted In the accomplishment , of much gooiVJn every charge to which he has been appointed. He Is closing up the present year with every pros pect of carrying what the preachers call p. "clean sheet" to conference. . Neglected Cold IH VMger, Colds and hacking coughs) which ore permitted to run on lead directly to chronic and serious catarrhal com plications, nna bottle Of Herring's Catarrh Curs, price $1.00, stops every danger by effecting an immediate eure, --jotd by Atkinson's). Drug Store, " i 'lii .t;;-:. r,t. I 1 , y.v fccfi whereof I sj.c .k. Kcvcn ; j I wag ti'moi-t a wreck, without i(,!.-y and -without friends, caused iy habitual drinking. Jiy employes pre vailed On me to go to Greensboro and lake tho Keelev Treatment, and after a course of 'iur weeks I was tutirely cured of this terrible habit, and I firmly believe It. was a, per manent cure. Since my graduation I have held a nice position all the time and I have been a very happy man, to say noth ing of the bappiness of my family. I .will always ba under lasting obll gatkns to the Keeley, and it will be my pleasure always to advise and kurge all , those addicted to strong armx to take tnis treatment. Yours truly, - R. I HOPPER. Winston, N. C Oct. 82, 1908. . IN MJEMORIAM. Mr. Charles Gordon McDowell. whom death occurred October J8th, 1107, at Granite Falls, was a citlaen of Henderson county, N. C where he was born January 27, 117, ' con sequently wkhln three " montha ;he would have been 91 years of age. -sti, f- In the passing away of one who has lived honorably and worthily for more than a period of ninety years, there Is involved a feeling beyond that with which the public- learns of deceased at anordlnary age. The nonogenarlan has been a link Detween the post and present, and has had an ever increas ing store of valuable and Jnterstlng recollections. . In such person, let us say "personage," there are more than the common individual qualities .that may claim friendly regard, for .; the aggregations of years are rich J vjjth wisdom and the windows of the ttoul can but have widened o a great ont look.., . . The subject of this sketch'- was a splendid type of grand old age tall, erect, clear skinned, vigorous. ' He needed neither glasses to aid his vision nor cane to lean uponv His end was peaceful; he haa left precious remem brances In the hearts of all his rela tions because . Of his great fondness for every one connected with hhn by consanguinity. He was the son of Gen. A. A. McDowell," and his wife, and was Miss Annie B. Gordon, who was a daughter of Maj. Charles Gordon, of Wilkes county, and grand daughter of Gen. William Lenoir. General McDowell's father wa Cob Charles McDowell, of Quaker Mead ows, Burke county. Gen. . Charles MeDoweH -was the officer who held highest rank at King's Mountain. Major Gordon was badly wounded, and General Lenoir, as - a captain under Cleveland, had his queue shot off at the same battle. Mr. McDowell and his only sister, Mrs. James C. Harper, of Hickory, N. C, are members of patrl otic families' for whom two counties of the State are named. They inherit ed a very large landed estate from General McDowell on the French Broad river. The splendid Weetflelds property belonged to Mrs. Harper and the ancestral home was still the. home of Mr. McDowell, who has Just pass ed away, while visiting his daughter, Mrs. P. G. Moore, at Granite Falls. The deceased gentleman . will be burled at Patty'a chapel, near Fletch ers, beyond Ashevllle. His children are Mr. J. A. McDowell, of Winston,, who came to go with the remains: Di. Charles H. McDowell, of WaynesvlUe; Mr. A, Jones McDow ell, of Fletchers; Mrs. dough Rice, Mrs. W. Burnett, Mrs. A. J. Repvea. of South Carolina, and Mrs. John Reld, of Alabama; with Mrs. Moore,; who eurvlve him. His" wife, who was a Miss Jones,-died some years ago, af ter they had celebrated their golden wedding. ' E, r SALISBURY'S SECOND DAY. Already the Yadkin Valley Fair I Is a Success Financially and Other wiseBalloonist Comes Down With Snow on IIi Back No Losses Yet From Pickpockets Attendance Yesterday 25,000. . Special to The Observer. Salisbury. Oct. 0. The crowd that attended the second and Salisbury Day at the Yadkin Valley Fair tosd day was the largest ever recoraea m the city's life. The gate receipts show admissions to the number of 25.000 and the deadheads are not in considerable. The close of the day finds the managers, the five men who have worked a miracle, hoarse with Joy, and the season Is success ful with the fair1 only half over. Every man visiting the fair as an exhibitor or as a citizen pronounces It the most successful thing in the State. The showmen are a unit In their belief that the association has the finest grounds in the Southern states. And when John J. Flannlng went 4,000 feet n the air to-day and looked down he declares thnt it was the finest - crowd he had seen this year, and as fine a ground as lie ever cast aerial optic over. His balloon ascension this afternoon, . witn the triple leap from the big ball, was decidedly the most exciting balloon act ever witnessed ' here. He went so high that the balloon and two rarachutes toppled over and fell to the ground long before he came down. He came down1 iwlth snow on his back. Hot races characterised the track work this afternoon, in the 8:1 pace Major Kipling won three of the four heats, with 2:19 as the beet r. cord, with varylngs of a second or so on the others. Carolina Agnew won second money in this S00 purse, and Dr. Zlm third., . The trotting race with five en trances Running Brook, Zella Mack, Wrong Chance, Harold and . ; Little John saw Running Brook walk away In 2:25, 1:24 1-4 and 2:!l 1-4. Zella Mack came second, and ' the others , divided third -. and fourth money..- In the 3 : l ft pace Fleety J, Paced it in 2!1 and 2tl, with Dr. Pear and Jack Gllman dividing sec ond money. . There were then several half-mile: dashes and ' riderless runs, besides fancy shooting. . , Thus far there are no real losses by fakirs or pickpockets. v One fel low, arrested while in the hands of a crowd about to treat him roughly, was released for - want of evidence against hlm and , th.e officers have had little or nothing to do. but guard the money that was fairly shoveled In. All the special trains brought big crowds', Stanly - county bending 1,000. , The day has been Immense. The Flnaclally Wise Mr. Bryan.. , Norfolk .Landmark " i 1 " v " We are bound to smile when Mr, Bryan offers suggestions as to the best plan for avoiding financial un easiness, ' , The Greater Charlotto . rressfn Club, Messrs. House and Williams proprietors, whim suffered a loss of working material by fire a few bights ago. is now re-equipped and has got back 10 business. - v Trial Otarrh trestments sre belhg mailed out free, on request, by Dr. Snoop, Rncln, Wis. Thess tents are proving to the people without a penny's cost the fcreaf vjlue nf this scientific pre scrlptlou known to druggl sts everywhere ss lr. Khonp'f jtemedyt - ti by Mul len's pharmacy. - IVULlU ) n n fr? n 0)JP Wm -: 'A new lot of those durable Turkish Robes that are so useful and comfortably tor the , bath, lounging -and sick room. A good wash ma terial and in good ' colors, ."for just ..., $3.00 Bath Room A convenient as well as comfortable article fof bath room, house or sick room. -Light ,?ink,. Blue, Red, Greeu or Brown, soUd or fancy; for men or women. Price.; . ., ..... ...$1.50 The Blanket Sale .... .- - - - . i : , l . - .- . - -.. Is a great one. Every day the sales are running large and yesterday was a big one Theycorae in firsts, seconds and thirds. ; We sell' them as they are. The damaged ones at about half price. If you need Blankets this yinter, now is the time to buy: ' ' ' : Children's School Shoes A big stock' of our celebrated : School s Securit)r Shoes, as well as Woods' famous line for' boys and girls. There are no better School or Dress Shoes than these.. Our siock is new n and large. Prices . . . . . . . . .$1.25 to $2.50 "Keen Kutters" Shears, Scissors and Knives. All kinds Scissors , and Shears, and prices. . .... . . .50c' to $1.00 ' Knives. ..... . ... ... $1.50 to $2.00 Keep Clean . Brushes y ' , -',.-...".!-..- V" f ,- " " . -" : rf-' . " h r.l. - , i- j -. . -'r .' u; . One of the Vest makes of Military and . Hair . k Brushes on the market. - " ' ' ' -, Military Brushes,- each.' . .''.50c., Handle Brushes".. ..,f,. ;.. ,M50c. to $1.00 Prophylactic Brushes The best .Tooth Brush sold for.;.... ,...25c. Graves Tooth Povyder This is one of the best 25c. Tooth Powders on ; the market.' Our price.. ,A ... .;.19c. Slippers LOPXO;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 31, 1907, edition 1
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