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1 .!.- . - - - i - : i i-
t ' "x - ' ; , ; i . , i
l.fi i. . at i i 1 f f
l'arlie!, L. i' i ,-r i-e, -U U Is I
r revive 1 -y .V. . : Mate
Waterway , l.iikm Liucrtainctl
.on fctcmui-r i-ctiry. . '
Epecial to The Observer.
Wilmington iN'ov. 7. The' water-
"Works (situation, here na. got to , the
p waaoxicai stage wiie-re coin me cuy
,3 ompttny are denying ownership
the plant, the result of the re
cent controversy over Its purchase by
the municipality,' and the-, employes
are inquiring "where they are at" In
view of the approach of pay day at
urday. It will be recalled that the
city was to have, taken the plant over
about November 1st, that at the last
moment and just before the ? papers
were delivered It was discovered that
the net earning were very much
entailer than" supposed by the city oA
cloto and that the board of aldermen
was at once convened in extraordinary
session and the resolution . authoriz
ing -ttie purchase of the property was
" rescinded, .
t The waterworks company Immedi
ately notified the city that it consider
- ed the ele made, .regardless of the
fonri&l transfer and would riot re
lease the municipality. 6lnce . that
, time (t has -withdrawn from the office,
Jeaving Superintendent Robertson and
ht office- force In charge "With Chief
' Engineer John H. Sweeney and other
in cxiarge out at me pumping siamm.
, They consider that they are employed
by the city and -all bills are made
, out and receipts given in the name of
the . clty.vTn-vtha meanrlmev,:; the
city neither tnraughane8 commission,
. nor otherwise, is exercising the least
control over, the property; and the sit
uation is An Interesting one. A pay
roll ) is due on Saturday, t; Several of
the employes In lesser position threat-
en-to cease labor It their-wages are
hot paid. In the meantime the city
has appointed CoL Walker Taylor, Mr,
' C. W. Worth. and Mr. M, W, Jacobl,
who compose the commission, to in
oulre further into the net earnings of
the -plant, but nothing has been ac
complished as yet, en account of a
a earn in Mr. jacotn's family ana tne
absence of Mrs Worth from the city. ,
.JrUNBRAl, OF MR. JACOB.
,An immense gathering1 :of friends
and, relatives attended the funeral of
.- the lata -Nathaniel Jacob! from . the
' Temple of Israel yesterday afternoon
ait I o'clock, the services having been
conducted'; by ,", Rev. f Dr. ; Men-
ntM.,... , kkl H , MAM.....
garjpn. The- Odd Fellows of the
four lodges In the city and all mera
. bers of Campbell Encampment Non 1,.
X. O.tO. Fir- assembled ai their hall
and attended the obsequies in a body.
The committal at the cemetery was
with the honors of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, V Grand Master Perrln
Busbee, of Raleigh, presialng, and
Others Visiting Odd " Fellows- of high
rank being: Past Grand Repre
sentative. C. F. Lumsden and Grand
Trustee C, D. Edwards, - - of Raleigh,
. inil.Kiiiit J IP Rrimnn nf tin t , f
Ov Fi , Home,, 'of, Goldsboroi Mr.," Ja-
fnni ritinnav tT th
home and-during his long and useful
life was i member ot he board of
- trustee f-tfw ' instttution. T
CAPTAIN'' SKINNER'S ' REMAINS
.ij'ARRivB. r, v ;v-
-. fhi iremains'of the iate-Capt" B. W.
Skinner reached here early this oorn
ln from Jacksonville, Fla.. where he
passed away Tuesday night, and were
taken to tho family home, 611 Orange
street, Tjvhere many 1 old friends took
occasion to call this morning and have
a last sad look uaori the face of their
comrade. The funeral was conducted
f 1:30: o'clock this, afternoon from'
Saint Andrews - Presbyterian .church
by the .pastor,-Rev. A. D. McClure, D.
D.t and the remains war laid to
rest in Oakdale .Cemetery; -k Captain
kttmerwas one of the best known
marine men on the fiouth Atlantic
eoast , and l-'was' the founder and
for many years proprietor of Skinner's
Marine Railway in this city., y,
rtr a fr-o-oTtr kva niomv trrvrrir.tjr A TKfl
,TnU,1TA4M v !
Senator Lee & Overman, Congress
. men , L. Godwin n and". John' K
email, Mr, George Byrne, special cor-
sKwi n A am n ' Tks IXfaniifoAtllfnM'
Record, MaJ: E. J. Halo, of Fayette--villa;.
Mr, J A.' Fore, of Charlotta,
and Coiigressman W. W. Kitchin, who
Joined the party later from Lumber
ton, remained over from the Btata
Waterways Association meeting Tues-
' Wilmington business men, were guests
of Capt Earl I. Browiv U. A., in
cnarge oi uns-flistrici, corp-i ngi
c 'river yewieruay morning on . im bov
' srnmenksteamer Mercury,' The party
inspected ? the rlvei and Rarbor im
- provwnentr on thS" Cape Fear : and
1 n,H VhAKt '4.lfi AntnlA , w nr.lt.
of the fact, that the sea was a little
rough and a majority of members of
tha - party, are landsmen. .. Return
ing to the city an elegant luncheon
' was served -on the boat to his guests
'by Captaln.Brown. ' All are well pleas
', ed with the organisation of the North
Carolina Watersways, Association and
an ertort wi b maae to nav a large
attanAnn if Vatlnnal nivnr anil
" Harbors Congress, in Washington, De-
Member 5th and 6th, ' . v-m
t ITAUJAN IMMIGKANTS AKKiVJfc
'"'C. L, 'Fisher, general ngent of the
Carolina Trucking Development Com-
lny .arrived on the northbound train
-this .morning from New York, convey-
company near Burgaw, eight families
of -about -thirty person from the
; smorea of Northern Italy. - They have
: Just arrlvffj in this, country and. , of
course, peak hot a word -of English.
All are experienced agriculturists and
come to ithljr country to? Join seventy
vr mure- ui vnwic xounirymea aireaay
- lorater,at BU Helena. . Other families
will be1 brought ovar from time to
tlm ana the population ofSt Helena
jiji f eaenseveral hundred in few
ears, f Tho ex beriments with labor
fasm the north Of Italy hav en
highly satisfactory, as St. ilelena testl-
' icy , ' i 'V
CASH PAID FOIl TOBACCO.,'-
No Script . of OtlMr Certificates Called
' Into. Pioyi at . Mount Airy Other
Special to The Observer. -. 'i ' ,
Mount Airy, Nov. ?.-In an inUr
view with business men here and some
of th warehousemen, your corres
pondent learned that every pound of
tooacco so far sou on the Mount Airy
market was sold for cash no certifl
. eats 'nor' "scrlpf having, been sub
Istltuted ior cash at any of the ware
s houses. - It Is now believed that there
h will be no need of using this method
. in the -handling of tobacco on tha mar
.. kpt httre. . 'a . ': ..
The buyers and warehooseme.i ara
; working together and doing tholr ut
' mosi iot me xarmers wnich Is very
graurying to me piantors aha bum
np.H men, Ths outlook Is lnJ,'d
. bright and thlji are l-H.linif up. Ifod
It not bcn for thoe lm grnfp1 t
situation at a jdanre in l Idt i'ti i v
' s"t a"'Ut t tot t t th C'n t i . 1 it
-."! I Wfil 1 : 1V 1 f. : ' '.-! '
(T l rv. -..' ' ' -J
r i i i,-,-t cay. i .1 i t . i . -(
' l -.-.-J; x that i.i i . . - - a
few months r: ; " t t;uU
line will be mure qukt i,,. 1 ... ".
fnow fell for ! . hour , tho
Blue Ei l-;3 j-.st-;r-.,.- i.i f'-.t of
Mount Airy.
-: It is loarnej that r.c-v. J'-' n A, Gil
ntvX, of Hickory, will j robahiy be vail
ed to the jastorala cf t:.e I'rc'sl ytcrlan
cliurch in tiiis city and at tho Quarries
at. an eariv datp. . '
, AV..F.. tanner and family left yes
terday for Greensboro where they will
wsld In the . tutu re.-.vi las Myrtle
Hines has returned from a visit to
friends at Ashevlllo. Mrs. Henry Al
derman , has returned from a visit to
relatives In Conneetlcutt. Haywood
Merrltt left yesterday for a visit to
his old home at Plttsboro, -
' One produce firm her has stored
airsy In a cellar 700 bushels of 11m
bertwlg apples, which' it doesn't pro
pose to tap till prices' crawl up to the
top notch next spring, v ; ,-
TIIE WAY THEY DO IT.
Fraud at Government Distilleries by
. Collusion of Gauper and Store-
keeper With Distiller IU Ids in
. Virginia Likely. f '
j , Observer Bureau, r -.
f U Post Building, - .
'?' '..-.", ,-: :i'-v'v Washington, Nov 6.',,
- For every gallon ot whiskey up
on., which the government collects
revenue the; distillers in some places
ara tasking front two to threo gal
kns"tls :the statement of " Captain
John C. Capers, commissioner of In
ternal revenue. 1 p?here is no way
by which fraud can go on at any of
the government distilleries except by
direct collusion of the gauger and
storekeeper with tho distiller. And
this . collusion has? been going on in
nearly every State to some extent,
though most notably v in Virginia,
There, on account of a number, of
stills haying been moved there from
North " Carolina, run out r by the
Watts law, there" are . more distiller
ies than the agents Aave been able to
look after; 'i ' , . - '
"In most of the .-.ases where -makers
of whiskey have been cheating
the government out of the revenue
tax, it has .been dona toy running a
small blockade still,, but this situa
tion' In Virginia la a peculiar one.
There the distiller has got tne. gaug
er in with htm and la making any
where , from four ; to five hundred
gallons a day, upon which he is pay
ing no tax.- Th way they do this
is so simple that it is exceedingly
difficult to detect them, oecause.the
inspector; has to be on the ; apot. at
the very -moment tho distiller aulbsti
tntes a'prlvate' barrel ton tho - one
which tha gauger is jrequlred to use;
Tha gauger ia required -by law ,-to
stand at the spout v through ' which
every ; drop of distilled , spirits imust
come,' and as soon as one arrel is
jllleo ne jmust roll i that" barrel away
Into tl iwarehousa which; is so huilt
as to prevent anythfng's 4elng taken
out without the knowledge of the
gauger. Then he nust put under the
spout another toarrel. A Every, (pound
of grain the distiller purchase must
be accounted tor in the quantity of
spirits, distilled and gauged, tout there
UU a : margin of, '20 per cent;f- that
Is," the distilled aptrlts f gauged must
ba 80' ?per .cenU of the maximum
amount iwhlch thatrkind of grain can
produce,? ? After this 60 per eent has
been gauged toy the gauger, the cus
tom has, grown " up in soma localities
for tha ' gauger then to look another
way or take i walk, , during iwhichr
tlme the distiller puts under the
spout another barrel and after filling
it rolls it 'down the hill. ' '
-ThIs is the most, common way for
the" i government- toM-toe i defrauded of
the .. revenue, ., although there are
other devices, 'all of .which, however;
must be with the collusion of the
government gauger." This. official, may
uot always be a willing party r to the
fraud.' The distiller making a Jarge
amount 'xt money by It Is able o tay
a fair amount to' the one wh allow!
him to do It, but he ftsnerally Is able
to do It by Intimidating the fellow,
and-threatening to shut down his still
and throw him out Of Jab If he does
not look the other way or take that
walfcrla-i.'0yi'.i;4''''."' f
A vlg-orcnis campaign has been go
Ing on .In Virginia during the past
several weeks, and Commissioner Ca
pers has ordered a thorough investi
gation of the situation. He has sent
four revenue agents there, taking
them- from North Carolina and Ten
nessee, and he ha put fifteen: addi
tional revenue u inapectora ; From
these reports have &een turned in to
him giving Information' upon which
a number of -raids have been mads,
Some of the largrest distillers and tho
most influential la Virginia are about
to t) ried,y v f vZACH iM'OHEE. (
7" ' RABID tTTER.XCEf V, .
Some Rpeent Deplorable' Outbreaks by
, - i .Ministers of the Gospel. .
'Montgomery Advertiser..;, ( -'-Vtiy.
ia It that ministers of the Gos
pel, who above all. otters should set
examples - of moderation and charity,
sometimes become, utterly rabid in
their ',. utterances? 5 ;, For ' example a
few days ago a: minister In- Phila-:
dolphlft declared that it he buld liav
his way he would re-establish the
rack; the guillotine and the stake for
blasphemers. How can a minister
hope to make people better by assert
ing a desire to go back to the cruel
ties and Inhumanity of dark ages?
Can he find anywhere In the teachings
of Christ authority ior th practice of
worse, than savagery? , He is living
several centuries too late. And her
we Hnd a, Kansas, City minister say.
Ing: ? ' ' - '-'
"The world Is more cursed 'through
the hooka of to-day than blessed.. If I
had -my way every book in the world.
excepting1 only ithe Bible, would be
burned and great would he Ce rult
of removing 'dangerous literature from
the reach of mankind, In the Bible
one can find every form of pure literature,-
end the themes ar not those
to corrupt tho minds of both young
and old. I myself am a great read
er. - True, my reading . has .-been
more along- the line ; of philosophy
than anything else, and J denounce It
all as a source of corruption' ( ;
Rrpubllcan Victory in, Ncbraka As
. sored.
Lincoln, Neb., Dispatch, th. -
Jte1 elJ"tlon return served to ton
flrm previous estimates and "to emphasise
the victory of the Republican State
ticket They show he election of Judsre
Reese by a rlurallty of not less than 1C
000 and posilbly 20,000.- The vote of II.
T, Clarke for railroad coiyjnlssloner will
exewKJ this, and that for the tiro re
fretita for The University will not be far
Seiilnd. The Ttepubllcans gain one dls
trict court yu(? and powfljly two. ' ,
W, J. Bryan sent a tpksram of con
amtulatlors to Mayor Tom I Johnson,
(v.inm.-tiiing on the result at Cleveland,
Mr. Brvan said: . ? - . -
- "Mr. Johns-jn ha fouehl a great -tight
for puMlc Interest ar.iliist treat Odds,
Not only wert- tht eorpoiallons orposd
to Mia but hi. tl' l:-'liii-;,co bt Ui DOr
li.ir.il nil'inninmitlon wa brouvht to ber
i. uot m W'.n victory Is not pny i
T -i i It1 ui 'i t-t a I'-iory for tho
' 1 ' I i ' e t ii3 f;im-
l.h FAILS.
'Vorth Pmvnall J'aniiraeturln Coin
pany Goes t Hie Wail as u IU'Mtit
of Arnold Priut orks i uiiore.
Kurlington, Vt., Nov. T.-i-Receivers
wore appointed for the North Pow
r.all Manufacturing Company, of
North Pownall, to-day on petition of
tUe North Adams National Bank, of
North Adams, Mass., the bill of com
plaint alleging indebtedness amount
Ins to about Jl.370,000. The prestlt
action ia due to the financial strin
gency and the condition of the Ar
nold Print Works, of North Adams,
Mass.,. to -which the North Pownall
Company sells its products and
which has been placed in the hands
of a receiver. -. : 1 .
The North Pownall Manufacturing
Company was - Incorporated in Ver
mont In- 1904 for the manufacture
end sale of cotton goods, with a capi
tal stock of 1300,000., Its assets and
property. are valued at U.800,000.
The corporation employs about 400
hands in its mills at North PownalL
Henry . E. Warner,- one of the re
ceivers appointed to-day, is also the
receiver of .the Arnold Print Works.
Normxa ox common stock. -
Cotton Oil Trust Declares Seml-An-s
nual Dlvldea on , IrJ:emd Stock
. and Issues" a-statement. . , i
New - York, Nor. , t.r-The directors
of the American Cotton Oil Company
met to-day, hut took no action on the
dividend on the common Btoclfc. --The
usual semi-annual dividend of per
cent, was' declared on the nreferred
Stock.y:.-;. .".j; 'i ili':'s j-'W
j. no roito wing statement was given
out ; after ;the meetinf of; the direct-.
'"The net promts of the year? lover
and' s,boye all fixed charges and divi
dends on the preferred stock, amount
to 11,75,346, of Which $334,684 has
been appropriated' for permanent Im
provements, leaving a surplus of 31
320.6J2. blinder ... ordinary - circum
stances the .directors would at thjs
time' declare, a 'dividend on the com
mon stock, but in view of the finan
cial corny tlons now prevailing they
considered it for the best interests of
the stockholders' f o' conserve the cash
resources, of the company and there
fore have deferred action on the com-.
mon stock until financial conditions
havel resumed a normal state.!
IMPROVED TONE IX DRV GOODS
More Goods Being Sold by' tle Job
v bers; Collection Are Modi Better--Print
aoths Quiet; Ginghams are'
Active, --'v; - j ,.' . . 4- .":,f-- 'v
Boston. Herald ' 5th. : v. , - '-' ' ' ' '
There "is a decidedly better tone'to
the dry good market than was noted
a;, week ago. Not only.!? there ap
parent a more confldenj Reeling, but
more goods are beinsrmojved by the
Jobbers,; Buyers- who last week re
fused : to even, look at goods are how
Placing orders, though it Is true that
the aggregate of such business is
still ' of moderate dimensions; Busi
ness is still limited to actual needs,
and no one. appears to be willing to
anticipate future needs, except in the
placing of orders for delivery 1 next
spring,. and a class of goods- that
must be ordered now in order to n-
sure their delivery when wanted. '
Perhaps the most encouraging fea
ture of the situation is the improve
ment ' noiea v tn ooieotiorwt - wmcn - is
considered a strong point by the
trade. In this direction conditions have
materially improved during the past
week, and money is now ooming In
tmeh more freely; This bear out
the statements previously ; made that
the retailers were having ;' a very
good trade,, and that the strength ot
the situation layVin the fact that the
public had not yet felt the financial
stress, - and, poestbly would not for
some timer it. at- all.
October was a fairly good ' month,
though, the .closing days did not bear
out the, promise of : the ; first two
weeks, , When- compared with the
eaime month .In the previous , year,
the - aggregate ' volume of business
was smaller, but October; 1906, was a
phenomenally active , month,.) and i it
could hardly j be expected , that j this
year would see. as many goods sold,
especially jn view : of flnancial' condt
tiona and the ; cut made . the 'price
of domestics y the Chicago Jobbers.
. Of .the. advisability, and, necessity
Of making this cat there appears to
be fcut one opinion in the trade, and
the house which Jed off in: the move
ment Is, comma- In . for a . good.; deal
of the crttlclsm. , It may be true
that the; trade is Just entering upon
a period of liquidation and readjust
menu, but it is argued that it was ill
advised end s shortslfhted to . predpl
tale ' the : matter, y especially ; in lew
of the fact ,tjiaf the houses first cut
ting ; ; prices- had.'-,; very Vtew-;;" -of ,? the
foods to. sell' at--ahy''prtcev'-.v-v.-4-i-.''
The dry goods' trade .is in a rela
tively stronger position -than other
trades, partly on account" of the fact
that -the . consumptive ' demand , for
goods his in many lines been great
er than the capacity of the mills to
supply, but- Also In large measure lon
account of the v conservative policy
that has been shown by distributors
Of - dry goods since the flrst of the
year. Stocks are small In" the hands
of Jobbers, and ' recent sales must
haa tended to reduce whalrvor
ovtreur-ply there r.iicht chance to ha
eredlled to tonvri':t who bought
for sprculative roTPres and were
8dy lo sell -'out their, Ontnicts
wJien they heard the first whisper cf
trouble.- ,r ".-- '. .' - -
These' resales' must how have been
ptettx well dec ned up, stid the fact
thait Uhe mills are' still holding: their
goods so (Irmly shows that any hope
for a rw abnormal brea in price? be
fore the nrst of .the year- Is doomed
to disappointment. Recent drives at
the . market lor . plain . brown ,, and
bleached cottons have not succeed
ed 'in shaking the position of agents
and manufacturers on iota, and it
may be stated .on good outhorlty
that the is!tton of the mills Is so
strong that ho change In prices from
Brst hands ' 1 contemplated on any
line of goods which has- an estab
lished name and reputation. ' '
Thv sxlent to which the possibility
of cancelation enters Into the cal
culation is variously considered, ac
cording to the " standpoint of ths ob
server, but undoubtedly - there has
been a great dear of talk about can
celations that has bad Utle real
foundstlon. There has been some
rancelatlon, but Investigation
shows that It has , been largely con
fined to goods oversold by the mills,
and In all eases confined to goods on
which delivery was some time over
due, .There Is no talk of eaneelatlon
on any of the lines which are in
quick demand from the retail trade,
sueh as. ginghams, etc : , ' ' -The
Fall JUver print- cloth market
Is still quiet, thoUKh this is princi
pally due to the lack ot available
goods, rather than to lack of de
mand1: The current stocks are , hard
ly equal to one week's production,
while fully 70 per cent, of the capaci
ty ef the mills for .the next three
months Is under, contract. The, sala
for tha week were estjmatd at about
40,000 pes, of which -15,000 ; pes we7a
1 spot snd" .' fntuwr.1The
production iM 229.0 ::'pc and,;; ths
delivery 200,000 j.ca- - vlv
. J:r, E(tr'-n eitntlnti'-- H la '--
vm::.oxt cotton
t - : .!'- -..'. r .-t i.i ;t
; - ! to r I t i .-.!. tra i.-t
v-ry q.iict. Kjj u' t iit;)t only 5,. j
res r.f reruJars e"uld t-e purchnse-i
t I'. .1 I aver l,i. i week, and that
thse will .-be r.i.iiU' on wide looms.
While print cl it ii prices are nomi
nally firm, it is thought that current
prices could be shaded a little for de
liveries extending into next year.
For 2S-lnch, 64x6 ,-s, 4 7-Sc is nominal
ly quoted, but for forward contracts
4 3-4c can be done. Wide goods have
been sold on tha basis of 6 3-4c -far
contracts for standards, - and even
better than that Is claimed to be pos
sible for. delayed - deliveries, "i '
, The rally in the cotton market Is
an tofwrtant factor Mn the price of
plain joods. 14 With prices steadlly
declining and spot cotton down to
10.80c. It looked - very much like
lower prices on goods, but now - that
it iaa rallied again, closing yester
day at'ltlOc, it is seen that the de
cline was- largely due to abnormal
conditions, and that the market was
bound to go up again as soon as the
depressing influence was lightened.'
The position of dress ginghams- re
mains very rtrong. ; The cards for
the spring ginghams of - liW8 were
shown by the agents of the Bates
seersucker ginghams - last- week, ' and
the i; total available supply was
promptly sold at; the price fixed some
time since. The Jobbers were limited
In U&eir: allotment,- getting about 25
per cent .; of : the quantity wanted.
The makers of these ginghams have
evidently decided to i follow the plan
which seems to be s popular i this
year, and "limit, sales to- the actual
capacity , ot the mills. This leaves
only the ' A.:' F. Ca- not yet , t open
among the leading lines ?: of- - dress
ginghams. :-''-',y::-.y''
The peculiar feature of the situa
tion is the lateness of the. , date on
which - the manufacture y of i dress
ginghams for the spring " trade a has
been begun. Under ordinary condi
tion the tnlilwould have been . put
at twork ; In -June ; getting-: ready for
thij deliveries due the following Jan
uary, and -though the sale has- been
so greatly restricted, it is dtf flcult to
see how even now the desired quan
tity of goods can be turned out . ;
'Ginghams continued to sell very
actively from the jobbers.; and some
good bills have recently , been ; sold.
A few good Jobs have also . been
moved at attractive ( prices, ; one in
particular of percales' having proved
to be a success. As a rule, however,
the purchases ' of the ' retailers are
limited to actual needs from day to
day, and if the goods are not wanted
it appears to be MI , use to drum
for cs&tom. 5 , " .J?
It is announced , that the prices . on
men's wear : woolens and worsteds
wiU be lower when the samples for
the fall of 1908 are shown. Manipu
lated fabrics wiU be Miown about the
middle of the current 'month, and fM
goods of this class slight reouciions
hftva iriMLdv been decided " upon.
The position of the wool market does
not permit of any great reduction in
cost, but rt is ien mat n.wui u -ceedlngly
difficult to set the prices
current last year. Duplicate orders
for spring goods are more plenty,
and a good amount of business is
coming forward for worsteds nd a
fair amount , for fancy woolena
Medium priced worstedsv are having
the best inquiry. ,i
-,)'(: r '' -Vl'-' ' y;!' ' s"
KPIXXERS EXTEH YARN MARKET
Prices. Are Irregular Offers Being
' Made Subject- to Stock Carried
Slany Laire Spinners Not Making
Any vuoiauons. , ?? .-.-j-.- , -New
York Commercial, , 6th, . . -
-'Cotton; yarn spinners have now
entered the inarket in search of new
business and; the price irregularities
so' noticeable during last woe a nave
been still turther increased, ; The
larae solnnera as a. rule are still hold
ing out of the market having suffi
cient orders on their boons, so it Is
Claimed, to run their plants up to the
end of the ear. The advent of the
smaller, spinner, nowever, . in senrtii
of business has still further weakened
the . situation, and as sellers in this
market expresa it, "there does not ap
pear to ,be any bottom to 'prices.!'
Rumors of cancelations on piece
goods for next spring delivery are
afloat In the market and ar being
constantly exaggerated and distorted
in passing from hand to hand. Con
servative members of the trade claim
that the cancelations are by no means
means- as bad as reported, and the
manner In which buyers are holding
on to the goods orders - for spring
shows-that they still have faith in the
markets, in the meantime, however,
yarn dealers 'State that their stocks
are 'accumulating, ; as . the ; weaving
mills, as well as knit goods manufac
turers,! are' not taking their , usual
supplies of yarnr for thir period of the
year-?';i.;;iw ,. ,'
- Weaving1 yarns are weak and the
quotations made are by no means re
liable, e In some . quarters they differ
according to the houses tn question
anywhere from 14 to 1-2 cent per
pound. . It all depends on how anx
fous the' dealer is to make a sale as
to what price la quoted. . A few well
known weaving mills .lave been In the
market, for supplies during the past
fejv days and have paid fair prices as
compared with present quotations for
the yarns' taken..---
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': OFFICIALS COXFER.
President Carter and Other Oftleinls of
Sonth & Weetem Confer With Spar
tanburg MenProeeetllngs of Syn
mf'wAfy- : ., ,v:
Ppeclai to The Observer.
' Spartanburg, S. C, Nor. 7. Presi
dent Cartef, . Of the South & "Western
road and a party of offlcUHs hell a con"
ferenoe here to-day with representative
business men in the chamber of com
merce with ..reference to building . a
road to epartanburg. Vhlle no an
nouncement as to whether the r line
wilt be constructed to this point was
made, it is believed the officials have
decided to enter Spartanburg so ,as
connect with , the Charleston &
Wewtern Carolina road.
The Lutheran Synod of South Caro
lina, held en interesting session this
morning, The . devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. V7 B. Crook,
these were followed by an address by
Dr." , Holland. v chairman of the
board of missions, who spoke ,A- of
me strength of the Church in' the
South, lie- made' en urgent plea for
greater aotivity in mission work by
the Church. Rev. A. J. Volght, D.
dean of the Theological Seminary at
Mount Pleasant, delivered an excel
lent address on the education of young
men for the ministry. This was
rouowed by the report of the secre
tary, which showed the Synod to be in
an excellent condition financially.
i ' in "' - - r-, .
. Going Some. , , .
From The Philadelphia Record, i "1
Th boy -stood on the brldft of a
schooner beside th rtptaln on a star
ry nljrht. v It suddenly berame neces
sary fur the. captain to go below, and
he said to the boy: - 1
"Here, take the wheel' I'll be
back In a few minutes. Eteer by
that star an.i you will be an right."
The boy be,in to steer the boat, anJ
conn he got her out of her course.
Th star now n i-ard eetern Inatesd
t' fit.ea-1. -J j- iouta,! down to the
"i'l, klfi"'T, corne up and find us
J. 0, COAlinAlT,-.Soo,.,rrfpw-' xrnst
REVEXtE COLLECTTOXS LARGER
Screwing Down of Lid by Prohfbltion-
; rsw was xvo rereepubie street on
Collections at" States viila Oflioe.
Kpecial to The Observer.
SUtesvllle, Nov. 7. Thie prohlbl
tltlon movement niAv ha iloi-mnlnr
the use ot spirits in the State, but it
certainly is hot affecting the internal
revenue collections in this district
Tho reDOTt of Cashier Ttnhrt. nf the
revenue collector's efflee, shows " the
rouowing couecuons during the
inutna oi vciooer: . -- : ! f . i
t.U'ii ..... ? . t etoftt
spirits .;,, ..'.V.l'i n.on.u
Tobacco ,v i.ii. ,.. .., a07,a.3J
Special tax ......... ... $50. ii
Total for month V. -.;L..K8S.315.S
The C.olleptinno nf fino r Inst
month, October,- are the largest with
one exception for four years for one
month. The collection on - spirits
alone is the largest for a single month
for more than four years. This .of
fice . collects from 40 -counties In the
western part of the State and in these
counties: during ; the past, four years
me prcmoiuonisia nave been at work,
as well as In all other portions of the
State,;-Cashier Roberts says he can't
understand whv It l ttt th r,wmi.
collections on spirits are on the in
crease wn-en tne pronjwtloniste claim
the manufacture, sale ana consump
tion Of tha ardent ta a iht ilMMiM
In North Carolina. The Increase . in
m couecuons on spirits over last
year la no small item. Examination
of the books show that during the
month of October, 1906, the collec
tions on spirits wsre 3S4,sSM4; and
this rear durlnr netnht the
amounted to 177,077.11. j ,'
Collector George H. , Brown ha
been in charge of the office since
July 16th, 1106, and during that time
he has collected 13,266, 105.61U '
MONEY TIGHT AT CAXTOX.
Lower Class Of Employes Suspect
- necic payments as a Fcneme to
; Defraud Young Matt Falls 23
i:!'cet,j:W.;'; i
Special to The Observer. '
Canton. Nov. 7. The strinrencv of the
money market Is being tVlt here In the
fact that the Champion Fibre Company
paid off this week by checlMnstead of in
actual cash, aa has been their custom,
Mr. O, W. Hampten, cashier of the
Champion Bank.1 stated that he had
made every effort to secure the money
but had been unsuccessful. It is feared
that some small trouble may result from
inn as we son win io awe to cash the
checks very slowly at best, and many ef
the lower class of laborers regard this
as a scheme on the part of the company
to keep them, out of their money The
merchants and business men ot the towa
are doing all they can and it Is hoped
that any show of disturbance will be
avoided. . - .. ,.
Mr. Horaee Gregg, a yrung man living
In Canton and employed In the electric
department ot the Cli amnion Fibre Com
pany, had a very severe - fall this even
ing, which resulted In a fractured leg
and many bruise, about the body. Hi
was craw Una throua-h a window tmm
the reof of one buildlmr Into another
wnen mi nana siirpeq ana he fell head
long to the eoncreto floor, - twenty-five
feet below. He turned allahtly In the
air so that ha fall on his right side.
Catarrh of
The Stomach
A Most Dangerous Disease, Which
Causes gerioae Remilts, ITnlcea
Properly Treated. , '
Catarrh of the Stomach Is very
eomrnoa ana is known as one of the
most obstinate diseases, which, when
neglected er Improperly treated with
cheap patent medicines, tonics, drugs,
pills and ether secret quack remedies,
result itf a broken down constitu
tion and , often - oensunqptioa and
death. , .' .: . '
Catarrh of the Stomach, like every
ether disease , of the - stomach, ex
cept cancer, is the result ot poor di
gestion. The digestive organs have
become weak, there is a lack of gas
trio Juice, your food is only, half di
gested, and as a result you btcome
affected with loss of appetite, pres
sure and fullness after eating, heart
burn vomiting, waterbrash, tender
ness at pit of stomach, slimy tongue,
bad taste in the mouth, constipation,
pain tn limbs and face, sleeplessness,
nausea, belching of gas, diarrhoea,'
sick headaches, dissiness, mental de
presslon, nervous weakness - and
many other common symptoms. ;
. If your stomach cannot digest the
food you eat' then the stomach needs
a rest, as that is the only way you
can get rid of your catarrh: but In
the meantime your body needs plenty
of nourishment, because you , must
live, and In order to live yoa must
eat, and it yoa must eat, your food
must be properly digested, and If
your stomach is too weak to do tha
work, then you must ? get a substi
tate that will do the work.
' Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the
only known substitute that will di
gest your food as well as any healthy
stomach. : They contain vegetable
and - fruit 'essences, - aseptic pepsin
(gov. test), golden seal and diastase,
the very elements necessary to digest
all fooda -..- . v ,
. Stuart'g Dyspepsia Tablets are not
a secret remedy and for that very
reason thousands ef physicians " alt
over the United States recommend
them to their patients for catarrh, ot
the stomach, - dyspepsia of - all, kind
end other : stomach troublea , Ex
periments and tests have proven that
ene grain of the ; active principle
contained e In ' these tablets will di
gest 1,000 grains ef food. - -
' Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets" are In
the form of pleassnt tasting tablets
or losengte and are sold . in ' large
fifty-cent boxes at all drug stores.-
Send us your name and address
and we will send you a free sample
package. The relief yotf 'wilt . get
from this, trial package alone will
convince you of the merit of Stu
art's Dyspepsia Tablet. . Address F,
A. , Stuart Co. ISO f Stuart Bldg
Marshall. Mich.
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SATURDAY MATISEE AND NIGHT
Henry Miller llveent
IIKNKY , , ' '
. "V700DEUFI -s.
' In tho Tteot of All Collepe plays
BROVN OP HARVARD
Direct Front Tlecord-I.renRtnsr Runs
-y: In 'Sew York and thlt-nsra
$00 Mj;ln t Hie I'rinwss 'ii.catre, -
Kew Ywk
IS9 ?C?-T at the f.'arrfeltrt.estre,"
Cli-nco
Posts now on sale -at Ilawley's.
IJ-liT-I J-M. J-... (, Ml' ).
fracturlna- hn lpr shmit
the knee and nip. He. was piclwi up m an
unconscious condition, and given imme
diate medical attention. . i
A HARD DEBT TO PAT.
"I owe a debt' of eratiturf
never be paid off.' writea a rirw
of Westrield. Iowa, "for my rescuefrom
death, by Dr. King's New Discovery,
com lunira wen so seriously affected
that - death soemed Imminent, .,n I
commenced-taking New Discovery. The
omlnlous dry. hacking cough quit before
the first bottle was used, and two more
vius iTmuv n- vorapiei cur.. routing
has ever equaled- fcew - Discovery for
coughs colds and all throat and lung
complaints. Guaranteed by W, 1 hand
& Co., drucglst. - 80c and JJ. Trial bot
tle free, .,
The Stove :
SEASON
. will soon ' be here, ae these
- cool evenings testify. We
.-' have Just what you ' Wish,
from the large Base Burner
' for yeur hall te the Oil Stove
for your bath room. -.
( - . ,
QlTd to your order new '
11 McCadsland & Co.
Steve Dealers Roofing Contracture, .
Tryoa Street.
TO-XIGIIT AT 8:S0
Only - Appearance .
A- i
Schumann-Heink
The World's Greatest ' Contralto
Management Henry Wolfsolm ,
Opera and Song Programme : -
Seat sale now on at Hawleys. ;
Prices... , .$3010, ti.vO, $1.80, $1.00.
BRICK.
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I ARCS STOCK. PIIO50PT EIITPMEXT.
Georgia-Carolina Brick Company v
T. - HOWARD n. STAfTOIU), President , , .
Writ tor Prices, jiil o.
Presbyterian College For Women
CnAItLOTTE, x. a
Qpens September 5:1907, , Catalogue furnished
upon application.
Kev. J. R. Bridges, D. D.t President
(JNCORPORATEDl
" . CAPTTAZi stock $$0,000.0$, rn,
; ' Thle Is the largest, best equipped business college ta North Care- .
Una a positive, provable fact. Book-keeping, Shorthand, Type
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money back. Railroad fare paid, Write tor eur aew Catalogue and ; ,
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AAArm King's 8uslnss College, Charlotte, N. C et Baleigh, ,K CL-
Hotel Mzgg Philosophy
Where you stop Invariably governs' what you get; sometime
you got what your -money pays for; more often you get less.
Tou seldom get all you are really entitled to, which la why -
you complain of the house and, the latter complain of
poor business. ' This hotel is conducted on -the plan that -
' comfort, service, good cooking and the right atmosphere are
worth more than they cost, from both your standpoint and
ours. If you agree with us and want to how thjs plan
, works, just stop here th naxt time, - t -
Just a step beyond tb station. . CllEEXSBOnO, X. C "
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Fire Bride, "KING'S", New- York Plaster Paris,
"ACME 'V "ELECTROID" and "UNIVERSAL"
Asphalt Roofing Felts. Plasterinj? Hair. Lath?, ,'
Shingles and General Building Material, We can i
save you money on nil of the above goods and.dc- j
, fire to quote you prices delivered at your railroad !
station. -j .Write us, . , . j :
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Charlotte
Souvenir Spoons
. A very, " useful and
exceedingly handsome
article for visitors to
carry back home with1
them is .one of. -our
Charlotte V - Souvenir
Spoons. - . '
', They were ' designed
especially for . us and
are very appropriate;'
We have them in sev
eral styles and sizes, ! .'
B. A. Southcrland
Jeweler
Iled end Butt, Dry Pressed
and Common Building. ;
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