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't stxsCjiurriox price: Dally. C n year ti month jjj Xlxrt month .................... ... Semi-Weekly, , One year ......w monuis tore month ..... PUBLISHERS' AXXOCXCEMESrr. ? No, U South Tryon street Telephone number: fcushie office, Bell 'phone 7S: city editor office. Bell 'puoi,e U4; news edito office. Bell 'phone 234. A subscriber in ordorinf tht address fit his paper changed, will please In dicate the address to WMch it 1 o 4 iny at the time he aka fur tha r change to be made. . - Advertising rates are f urnlshed on application; Advertiser may feci sure that through the columns ot this , paper the may reach all Charlotte, and a pwtion of the best people in this State and upptr South Carolina. , r This paper give correspondent aa wide latitude its it thinks public pol- ' ley permits, but It ia in no case re- sponaibls for their view. It la much .preferred that correspondent sign, . their names to their article, especial. ly In cases where they attack persons or Institutions, though this Is not de ' manded. The editor . reserve the right to give the names of correspon dent when they are demanded for the purpose of personal satisfaction. To receive consideration a communi cation must be accompanied by, the true name of the correspondent TUESDAY, .NOVEMBER 19, 1907. COXCERXIXG THE GEXEKAL BUSINESS OUTLOOK. ' Comparisons between the degres sion of 1893 and existing conditions are naturally abundant Just now, and some ot the facts which they present merit thoughtful consideration. It is a trite but faithful saying that only the past can throw light upon the ' future. As might be expected, industrial conditions come I if for first attention. This comparison between the two pe riods reveals a sharp contrast The vital difference is well pointed out by : Tne Textile Manufacturer- journal. "To-day," says our trade contempo rary, the mills of this country have llrtla, tr nn Accumulations and urn In better condition financially and phy sically than was the case in the ve- riod above mentioned. But the. ques tion of accumulation, happily, does not atop with the mills to-day. ( It I the reneral consensus of ootnlon that ' In ail divisions of the trade is there , less stock than at any time in recent years. While purchases have been fairly free, as in the upward cotton ;oods market, there ha been a gen eral conservatism on the part of buy ers, whether of the wholesale or re tall persuasion, with the result that In 'almost every line of textile mer chandise the shelves ot the jobber and of the retailer are not over-bur- AmjiaA 'ia An fot hAM tlri'n'ii.AAtlA. . or unsalable goods, as they have not been hM over from nn (Minn In another, but are nf rerent nrndurtlnn Both the Jobber and the retailer nay?, aurmg tne last year, experi enced a volume of business which largely exceeded their expectation, w.au ...v iL.mii, nan iici ii iiittfc mull their withdrawal from the market it ' should not be a difficult matter to distribute or absorb the very reason able supplies which they have on nana to-day." The Journal, it is trae, does not fail to point out that these favorable condition may be very easily offset by an Injudicious policy on the part of manufacturer generally, -ir manufacturers," runs : this warning, "In view of the hard ships and handicaps of a shut-down or I curtailment pernlRt In operating their full complement of machinery, . a surplus can very r-aslly and very speedily be created which would be- " JMtvftA tiii.ilaM ii. -. - ,1... 1 , which would mean demoralization if liquidation were forced." Curtailment Is consequently recommended a not demoralising but salutary. .Since theae views were enunciated report to R. Q. Dun & Co. from sixty or more leading cities indicate that moderate curtailment of pro Auction fg becoming tho rule In a! mot all line. 1'hU curtailment, it Is stated, has bfen put Into effect rather as a matter of prudence than because of any greatly diminished or der. For the most part, only eur plus help is being weeded out. There , are thus the strongest reasons for belief that Industrial conditions a a possible cause of hard times may be left pra-tieally out of consideration . it present industrial conditions cannot or tnemielv-s cause marked depression, are there any forces at Work which can? Mont hasty answer '- would doubles be flatly 1n th nega tive, for on the surface nearly every ; thing Li re-asurlng. Moreover, the V Jver-wanguine spirit which got the coufilry in6 It preer!t trouble lin gers, on obstinately, and there Is no JItfl relactanc tt recognise nnwel- . , como xacts. Certainly tbe rop slt uattos rould seem to warrant ai - Tnost any degree of optimism. At this very tlma Tarm praducU worth- seven , billion dollar ars on thoir way to i consuming markets, domestic and foreign, Thre is no crop shortage ' to figure in the equation and the men Vho grow the crops vers never be fore so f re of debt or to such a con ' aiflerabla ; extent Investor. Ac ricul taral conditions are evin les a ntftit- '' are, than Industrial eonditlons; they are. In fact, a powerful breakwater against trubl. MTterea fear of free silver evrtedi a tremendoiwly lntn ' alfylng effoct upon the panio of 1898, we' now rest securely upon a gold standard, and, as President. Roosevelt has Jut pointed out in his published ! tier on . the ilnanclal sJtuation, we now, hava $D4,00,00( gold in tha Treasury as agaJnf t , $111,000,000 Jn November.' 113, Furthermora, 3Su rope, which then bad financial trou ',.u,; try a . : : which it I'K 1n porta ;-;t ' con: to r- . It d'-rotti lu'd. Anuthcr eralion Is that instead of the rail roads having extended too rapidly the country has outgrown them, in such a degree that they "find no little difficulty in handling the business of fered. All these are extremely hope ful factors la the situation. It be hooves rational people, however, to consider the reverse' side. In ..The Wall Street Journal t we find ' this statement of the conditions which have led many people in the East The Journal itself ventures no proph ecy pro or con to expect actual hard times: v;.-i;,' v; '' i , w am BTitprit or upon a year of a with the auestions of tho control of the corporation and the tariff a issues, ot 'debate. We have entered upon the acute stage ot the cor poration agitation, an issue striking fun damentally into the busire life of the world, an iue which In many of Its as pect U, a grave a that of . slavery, which produced the civil war, an issue which ennnot be flnall.v determined With out mttch stress and ' storm. r', "2. The same re-adiustment Which has taken place during the past few months in mocks must, tt wouia appear, proceBa to the price of common:) tie ana moor. This rroces of re-adtustmi nt has Just be gun, and the duration of the busineca de pression depend upon the time that is needed to .nnect this re-adjustment. "S. The labor question, which is al-ways-with us, become much more acute In a time of depression and serve to increase it harmfulnes and prolong its life. While It is doubtless true that many Individual lnlborer and soma labor or fanlx&tlov will co-operate with their employers to relieve the distress caused by a gent ral contraction ot business, yet In too many eases under bad leadership me wormr.g men or the country will only add to the disaster ty unwise an tagonism. Already their great -leader. Mr. Gomoers. ha onicunced his nhil- osophy of reslstanco to the law of im ply and demand a it applies to labor. Moreover, in ome case the organisa tions of labor nre at thi very time when the contraction of business has already st In, preiwrlng to mako large demand ior an increase in wages, to that, a one railroad man exDressea it. 'the alt .tmtfnn Is such ihat It is better to accept bank ruptcy by shutting down altogether than to Invite bankruptcy by increasing our opi rating expenses.' " These are the cases for the State and for the defence, and the intelli gent public can make its own deci sion. For our part, we side with the optimists, though not with those among them whom we consider wil fully or unconsciously blind. Even without the administration's action of very questionable wisdom in Issuing bonds and certificates of indebted ness, the real financial crisis may be confidently considered past. Close behind the financial crisis, however, follows a business reaction of which it was more the first symptom than the cause. The period or reckless booming Is past; the country has so bered up from a financial spree and is now Just beginning to view things In the cold, gray light of the morning after. Fortunately, the ceaseless growth of this continent-nation has proceeded at such a really great rate following the rebound from hard times ten year ago that the actual fact turn out to be much nearer the Imagined facts In size than might have been expected. While tt period of re-adjustment Is inevitable, few violent wrenches would peni neces sary. We attempt no prophecy In this difficult matter, but a belief that the troublous times will be neither long nor severe commends Itself to us, and will, we hope, commend It self likewise to our readers. Last summer Louisville street rail- 'way employe went on strike and dy namited cars and otherwise rioted until the management gave In. The Louisville press and public had never had much opinion of the alleged grievances, but for "their own sakes, and especially because a Greater Louisville Exposition was at hand, they rejoiced greatly when the strike was finally "settled." There were not lacking observers as far away as North Carolina who expressed the be lief that surrender under such clr (jumKtanee was a vry short-sighted policy indeed, Now the street rail way employes again hold mob rule In the streets of Louisville, It remain to be seen whether more courage In resisting lawlessness will characterize the conduct of the street railway management and the community. Py apparently deliberate garbling and Jusglcry with quotation murks Tbe Oreenvlllo, R C' piedmont hns miul The Observer, say that the Democratic party as , now constituted Is undt- govern the 'country. "Com manded" was the word we used, and our r'fm-nee was clearly to Mr. Itry an ilon. If, despite appenran.-es, tlx- mis-rniotation was unintentional ns we hApe it was n correction will be spoi'dlly forthcoming. Evrn should The Charleston News and Courier get any Impartial out sider to believe that Andrew Jackson was born in South Carolina It will never be quite happy so long as ex- Renator Marlon Bu tier, of North Csr qlrns, and ex-flonntor M. C Wutler, of South Carolina, are continually con fused by Xorthern newspapers. An Appreciation of the MuMo Given At conference. To the Editor of The Observer: This correspondent asks for space for a brief apj-rwiatlon of thi mulc which the member of the Methodist Confer- mee have enjoytfl here u is wek. With Miits Crawford organist end Mr. Taylor director the muslo has been excellent. Saturday night the choir rendered t"0 Power Eternal', by fAtnutt with Mr. J. T Jone a solo soprana Sunday morn ing , the programme consisted of Wag ner's "Olorla," Mrcadant' "O Saviour Hear M, ana a auet, Mmd;lsohti' "I Watted for tb Urd." by Mrs. Jonea and Mr. Taylw. Their voice Wended prrfctly and their interpretation of this number -was. auogotner (.rustle. Sunday night the choir sang "Th Radiant Morn Hth Passed Away" most effectively. Mrs. , Jon ng in an voffertorv "& Jem , Tbotf Art Standing,', with violin obligato, fby; Mr,; N. y. Taylor Mr, Jones has beautiful soprano; Votes of unusual .range and sweetnes, ' and al ways charm her hear, fine waa wall. known In galltwry a Ml Mma Court ney, ct Lwwlr, when she now livt, and receives a'wsrm welcome here. ' . Tiv. an already delightful ! on nf Conference the abjlity j and ; faithfulness m uw vmr pave noaa much Mmtsure. Balisbury, Nov. lSth. , , ( : t ' -i l t - ct cri . .i.A oi t. e j..;t f i .i'.y C! .r lotte people in ho,9 homes are casts of scarlet fever Is endangering the lives of hundreds of children and ha already resulted in widespread infection Is asserted by people who know whereof they speak and who are concerned for the safety of their children, unless more care Is observed in this respect. Everybody in Char lotte probably has noted the presence of this infectious and baneful disease in the city, but everyone, perhaps, has not noted . the dlsquletlngly steady increase in the number of such casea The health officers of Charlotte have been making . dili gent efforts to 'keep the disease with in bounds, and every home . where its presence has been discovered has been placarded "Keep Out," but the converse of this : injunction, "Keep In," has not been observed, either in spirit or In letter. The other members of . quarantined families have been and f re i continuing to make a practice of goisg about their business, riding on street cars, at tending on church services, the theatre and going to stores, as if the danger that they will carry the disease to others were non-existent. As a mat ter ot fact, the? disease is infectious, and persons in 'contact with the pa tient at certain stages of the illness can carry the germs on their cloth Ing to other persons, who , may, in turn, pass them on. f i Thanks to the vigilant supervision of the superintendent, teachers and health officers, tha schools are be lieved to be absolutely safe, so far as concerns the danger of infection. A record is closely kept of all cases in families of. pupils and members of such families are debarred from attendance on such schools until such a time as the city physician re moves The ban from them and certi fies that-, there Is no further danger to be' looked fo from that source. In the field of smallpox, by the way, 6 80 children were vaccinated during the month of October by the superin tendent and . physician. Charlotte ' is believed, therefore, to be the best, vaccinated town in the country. The policy pursued has been to act throughout Just as if smallpox were actually existent in the city. There Is no excuse for the spread of a disease like scarlet fever, which, while rarely attacking grown people, Is a serious menace to the children of a city, and for more reasons than one, anything which threatens the children Is more to be dreaded than that which would attack grown people. There is no reason why the disease should not be checked at once, if the people concerned will only co-operate with the health of ficers in the matter. There is vigor ous complaint on the part of the pub. lie in general that this has not been done. Dr. F. O. Hawley, city physician, when qifestloned by an Observer man last night as to the number of cases, said that while the records were not accessible at that moment, he did not believe there were now more than two dozen, though during the past two weeks the number hid ex ceeded that. Many are now conva lescent. The rule, he said, Is that nono In the quarantined houses may go Into the room occupied by the patient, where only the nurse Is al lowed. TWO XEW ALDERMEX. Ronnl of Aldermen Will Likely Elect McNsrs. John W. Ttnld and C. A. Bland to .Suw?d Mowsrs. C. A. Wil liams and captain Franklin, From wards S and 2, Respectively,. : The board of aldermen loses one of Its strongest men In Mr, Charles A. Williams, who, removing from Ward 2 to Ward 3, loses his place as a city father. Mr. Williams announced last night that he had -decided to get out and will to-day hand nis resignation to the mayor in writing. A meeting of the board was announced ffr last night and notwithstanding the fact that a quorum was present, It was decided to postpone the session. Mayor Frank lin called the meeting, but left the city shortly thereafter, and thoss who were present last night agreed that the matters to be glvon attention were too Important to be acted upon at a called session. The chief of these Is the election of two new aldermen. One corr.es from Ward 1 to succeed Capt. T. 8. Frank lin, and another from Ward 3 to sue ceid Mr. Williams. ' To a reporter Mr Williams stated last night that he had learned of a combine which was In a state of formation to defeat him, Hnd rather than have any contest over the matter, and realising that under a strict Interpretation of the city charter he was not eligible for re election, he had decided to get Out. He made mention of this fact to the board, but offersd no explanation ex cept thnt he had removed from the ward which he has been representing on the board. Mr. Williams has been an able al derman. As a financier, much needed under present conditions, he has proven himself capable and far-seeing. He has been chairman of the finance committee for several week and was Instrumental In saving the Hy considerable amounts of money in several Instance. Progressive In Kplrlt though he is, he has at the sam time hold that It showed In compotencv tor rush headlong Into problems from which It would bn dif ficult to escape. "We csn't get any two men In town who will tike hi Pisco'1 was a tribute paid him lasl nlpbt bv one of his brethren. His successor from Ward S will In all probability be Mr. John W. Todd, whom he defened in the last cam pftlgn. A number of aldermen, talk ing among themselves last sight stat ed that he was the likely man,1 being thoroughly progressive In his math ods, but conservative and practical. Dr. c. A. Bland is slated for Captain Franklin's successor from Ward 2 Rnd his election is certain. , PLAN'S 'FOIl T11K .STOXEWAU Hem Yesterday to Vnrion Contract ors For Bids Will He m B'nutiful and Modern Mructni. Plans for the new stonewall Hotel which will be erected in the near tu ture on the Jackson properly adjoin ing the Southern station,' were sent out to various contractors for bid vesterday. Mr, "".Frank .7lV; Mllburn, the arcnttcct, spenains; ina oay in tne city on this business. Tha . Stonewall will be built ana operated ny Messrs Sanders and Jamloson, of Greensboro, and Hamlet and will coat 110,000 Sneaking of tha new Hotel, Mr, Mil burn said , to an Observer reporter This will ba a nleca bulldinir. The floor will, b M ; tiiing ana marble wainscoting will beautify & the office, On tha first floor will b the dining room, and kitchen and small 1 .drug store, : The building : will : present beautiful exterior, being of two shades of pressed brick, red and light It win be steam-oeatea and tele phones gad bath -wilt be tn x each room. In every respect It will ba mod ern and up to. date and sufted to meet ii-tvt.!. , The Wall tr. t i rS metropolitan d '.y, y. a j .Ol 1"! voted to a "record of doings in the -financial, commercial and industrial worlds." lontalned , a highly Interesting story Saturday of the effect of the present money stringency on the South. Expressions of opinion were printed irom nine prominent Southern bankers, two of which came from Charlotte." "The South,' writes The " Summary, "ap pears to be badly crippled temporarily by Inability to secure cash with which to move cotton, Its leading, staple., Demoralization in foreign exchange at New York has increased the bur den of tha South cecause, aa one Montgomery, Ahu banker reports, Tha exporters operating in this sec tion are not able to buy cotton? on account of their inability to place In the New York market their foreign bills, against which they draw to re imburse tne southern Danaa,' it is safe . assumption, however, that this situation will soon be alleviated, aa the foreign exchange marxet is beginning ; to assume , more normal aspects, though until the virtual deadlock ; still . existing in domestic exchange is broken, v thia . feature must continue a source of annoyance and soma embarrassment. , v v 'A gratifying matter Is the cool- headed and able manner in which the Southerners are handling the situa tion. Clearing house certificates have, been resorted to, according to one correspondent not because the reserves vwere unusualy low, , but as matter or protection to u unn and the public In other words, the South did not wait until the last possible moment to adopt the J ex pedient, and conservative Judges maintain that New York would have done much better had clearing house certificates been issued a week or a fortnight before they were, thus pre venting a loss in cash estimated from $50,000,000 to $75,000,00. ' All things considered, the Koutn seems to be making tne nest ot a bad situation, which ' It U nandiinB with sound Judgment,": . The two Charlotte' bankers asked to express an oplnien as to local con ditions were Mr, Word H, wooa. treasurer of v the American Trust Company,, and Mr. W. H. Twitty, cashier of the , Charlotte National Bank. - Mr. Wood's letter follows: Our local conditions are very satis factory with all of the banks, none of them having suspended currency payments, and all of the banks here are supplying their customers ;. 'with whatever ce-h tney neea tor pay rolls and ' other purposes. The In fluence , of the disturbance in the large money centres and the conse quent spreading of the ..trouble nas naturally made uj locally somewhat uneasy and we all have a disposition to collect up and maintain an. abso lutely safe, position. Our cotton crop Is being marketed very siowiy, cut n this Immediate locality more than 50 per cent, of It ha- already been sold. Speaking for Charlotte alone. ve feel safe In saying that the local situation- Is absolutely sound and all of the bank will continue to do business Just as before without re sorting to any clearing house certifi cate plan. Speaking for this section of the country, we believe that the farmers are better able to stand the present panic than they have ever been before, a they have all grown richer very rapidly and owe less monev than ever before. For these and other reasons we are hopeful that tha recovery will he rapid." Mr. Twlttv wrote as follows: "Speaking for our - Immediate ' vt- ?lnlty, it appear to mo that this "ection of the South has never been In sounder condition In its history. Crops are good, prices of farm Products are reasonably good, our factories and other enterprises are going and' everybody that Is ani good and willing to work has a Job. To me, there does not seem i to be any gool reason here for any financial disturbance, ana .what we have is reflected from other quarters. Money disturbances have depressed buslnos considerably, but we hope that things will change for the better" very soon. If our farmers would sell enough of their cotton to -pa? the bulk of their debts, ours would bo the most Inde pendent section, to my notion. In the whole country." STORY TELLERS. LEAGIE. Sefcrnl Organised In the Dil worth Graded Scliooi. The following named story tellers' leagues have been organized In the Dll worth graded school: In grade five a King Arthur league, which tells the stories- of King Ar thur and the Round Table, The in terest already shown is marked. Miss - Herron Is superintendent. Grade four has organised a Norse league which has access to the Norroena Library,, the., most ex haustive library of Norse literature published. Miss Porter will superin tend the meetings of this league. Grade three has organized a leacue foe stories as follow: Fairy tales, folk lore and nature stories. Miss Maxwell Is. superintendent. The children In grade three have shown great delight in the old. old call. s"Comej tell us a story." Grade two has a league for rairy tales, folk lore and nonsense. The official title for this league is pllworlh Story Tellers' League.' Last Friday afternoon a most in teresting !- programme was given The King Arthur League entertained The following named stories from the Norse .League were given: The Story of Odin at Minnie's Fountain," Christopher Jones; "idu- naV Apple." Annie Jean McMillan Tha Beginning of au Tnings," itutn Porter1,'-"""1'. ''' The' King- Arthur atones given were-.: -t - "The Coming of Arthur." Joe Cray- ton: "How Arthur G6t His Sword."; Robert Peasley, and , i'The Round Table. Macon Core, 4 . The second traoe story tellers on the programme, werei "Why the sea is Bait," wuiiam Alexander: f "The Half Chick." Er nest Spong, and "The Pied Piper, of Homelln," Latta Willis. The meeting was full of joy .and enthusiasm .A , Once each month there will be a joint meeting of the leagues,- , Mis E, J. Rlack la vice president of the North, Carolina Story. Tellers' League.,, V. " The' Sabbath Coiiventlon. The North Carolina Sabbath As sociation will ' hold the first session of its annual convention in the Sec ond Presbyterian cnurch to-morrow night and will continue until Thurs day nlRhf. Rev. W. H. McMnster, field secretary, who has been In the cltv several days, : h& everything ready and the promise Is for a large attendance. A numoer or prominent speakers from various points in , the State will be present , to make ad dresses. 'The occasion .will likely be Inspirlnr to those interested in the Ideal for which the association 1 ( i r i ' i ,i r r; ' ", s i t : v. l 'j I i te a J e.i t t. e f .l.;.Titl of tJ.e r...; -r. ?.ir. lv-rfcam Is full of l.'o and act.oa and wia no douDt make a mrt splen did newspaper man. We believe that The Observer la entitled to congratu lations. Concord Tribune. It is said that Rev. Flato Durham, of Charlotte, is to Wave the ministry and take a position on The Charlotte Observer. Mr. Durham is a brainy, broad young man and will add to the profession, though he may nave hard work to keep his religion. Newspaper work ia rather trying on tt and it takes a good brand to stand op. Mr. Durham, however, being a Methodist, believes in "falling from grace," and be will have abundant opportunities to practice It. One of the oldest 'edi tors in the State used to d&v that he could not be anything but a Metho dist and edit a newspaper. Greens boro Record. The Observer has great pleasure in announcing that it has added Rev. Plato Durham to its atatt. -..;' v..--f '", The above i is the editorial an nouncement by sThe Charlotte Obser ver of Rev. Plato Durham's assump tion of editorial, work on that paper. That paper's already strong staff will be strengthened, by this addition to its membership and we congratulate The Observer cm having secured the services of Mr. Durham.. '. This action on the part, of Mr. Durham was fore shadowed several days ago In an ar ticle in one i of ; the other Charlotte papers, . It has - not been : stated whether 'Mr. Durham wlH continue Church work or will devote his en tire thne' to journaXlsm: we presume the latter, as-it has been stated hi the press that: he will not accept' a charge foe next year from hi Church Conference which ;s now in session In Salisbury.- Whether he devotes all or only a part of hi time to his hew work he will be a valuable addition to the State's eorps s ot newspaper men, and we welcome him Into the fraternity .-tWllmlr-gton Messenger. Hundreds of readers jof .The Char lotte Observer who have, "during re cent weeks, been . reading the col umn "By , Reportorlal License" signed "D," were greatly interested ': in the announcement in the editorial col umn of that paper yesterday morn ing that Rey. Plato Durham, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, Char lotte, had been added to the editorial staff Of The Observer. ; Dr. Durham la ohe of the State's brightest young men and as a. writer is moat pleaslnr As a minister he , hfts aken rank, as one of the best In the "WesteTn North Carolina Conference. That the fMeth odlst Church' will release r him from the ministry with regret goes without saving. That North Carolina Jour nalism will be greatly : atrengthened by the addition of this strong writer to Its ranks is, certain. The Observer Is to. be congratulated on this add! tlon to its staff. Oastonla Qaiette. (Mr. Durham has never had any intention of abandoning the ministry, His connection with The Observer does not Involve such a s.te.P. An Im pression to the contrary which eeems to have gone abroad rests only opon hasty Inference and is quite mistak en. Observer.) ; PERSONAL. ( The Movement of a Nnmbcn of Peo , nlt. Visitnra and Others. !' Mr, L. W. Haskell, of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, New York, la spending several days in the city on business. '' V" "' '-:.""'' " ;. Mr. J. Frank Harrelson, of Cher- ryville, spent yesterday in. the city;; Mr. E. B. Borden, oi uoiasooro, was registered , among" the guests at the Southern Manufacturers' ciuo yesterday. ' ' Mr. D. M. cardwen, or uotumDia, a C spent yesterday in tne city on business ' MrJ W. H. Cllpe, of High Point, was a visitor in tne city yesieraay. Dr. W, B. Houston, of Monroe, was a Charlotte visitor yesieraay. Mr. A. C. Heath, of Albemarle, spent yesterday in the city,' stopping at the Central. " ' ' - Col. Heroy Springs, of Lancaster, a C wasi a 'visitor, in the city yester day. - r 1 . Dr. John A. Kenan, of KenansvIUe, was registered among the guests at the Selwyn yesterday. Mr. W W., Pharr, manager of the Davidson football team, returned to Davidson yesterday after spending Sunday in the city with Ills parents. Mr. Charles B. Jordan, of Sails burs'. was registered among the guests at the Central last night. Mr. Henry Wtllhouse. of Rich mond, spent yesterday m the city, stopping at the Selwyn. Mr.. Felix O. Gee. of Shelby, was registered among the guests at the Buford last night. ' ' ' Mr. Frank D. Garvin, of Newton, was a visitor in the city last-night. Mtv F" D. Holcomb, of Greensboro, was a visitor In the city yesterday, stopping at the Buford. Mr. Olln Sadler, who played star football on the Agricultural and Ms chanical team Saturday, . returned last night to Raleigh, after 'spending Sunday . with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. William Sadler, in Berryhlll town&hlp. ' i-.i V, ' , .. -. , j Mr.iG. W. dills went to Concord yesterday, to spend a. whlia. -' ' The many Charlotte friends of Mr. C. H Patterson were, glad to see him In the city araln. . He la stopping at the Selwyn and registers rrom White Plains, N, Y. , . . , Rev. Alexander Martin la apendlng some tlro" t Summervllle. S. C, where he preached for several year a Mr. Houston . J. Brown, of David son, is suendln to-day m the city. Mr. P. P.- Murphy.- of Iiowell,- wa registered among, the guests at the Buford last night, f ' Rev, Dr. W. F. Tillett dean of Van- derbllt University, is spending a few davs with his brother, Mr, C. W. Til lett , at .v his homa on North- Tryon strete, Jilnst SUock Company Presents "The The King Stock Company-4resented "Tha Shadow", last night at the Acad emy of Music, and. a good-sixed au dlence spent the evening pleasantly there.; - The nlaywae an. interesting one, in which the Hypnotic power of "The 8hadow,'., who ia Charles King, filays a prominent part He , is aa dvsd-m-tne-wooi a vuiam as any piay can boast,, no evil being too dark for him. Nor can It be said that in any resDect: Mr.; King" nnderacta the part. Ferdinand Menena ia ea jteen, de tective, known a "Lucifer." is good. wblle there is nothing they matter with Jack Cor as Dr. Herbert Leslie, the "absent-minded' physician, , and Sydney Ohale a Noah, a negro ser vant with - exaggerated qualities of nervousness. Julia Lelghton, Theresa Murray and f Kettle ; King also did welt. The singing and other special ty work of Mr; Mertens and Miss Lclghton pleased. ''., - ' i ' . . . I . - . ' v ' ' ' V u .L--Z3 LI i "1 , tt V . . i . 1 ' - ' - ' 1 . ' , ' ' t ( It matters not what you want in this line, we have it v and at the lowest price for Special $Ie00 Umbrella guarantee on every $1.00 ' Umhrelia we sell now, either ladies' or men's.. This is a special quality we run," belter than the regular dollar umbrellas. We have three big stocks Umbrellas,, Men's Furnish- " " . ' ' ings and Trade and Tryon Dry Goods store, and ' Umbrellas of all kinds from the school child's at 75c. to the Sterling Silver Handle at $15.00. 1 Women's Rain Goats ; In Coat Suit Department you'll' find a variety, un .. equaled in the State, from $8.50 to $25.00 Men's Rain Coats Cravencttes, Worsteds, Cheviots, etc.; swell styles and good makes, at, Men s and Boys' Gtith: Goats , i . V man's real ixa fine pocket Rubber Coat, silk finish; - 1 . Hen's Rubber Coats, long Boys' Rubber Coats .'. , : T-Rubber Men's Rubber Shoes Ladies' Rubber Shoes .. Children's Rubber Shoes, Sandals, :V. . I I 1 i 4 1 iT - r4 the best article..',. tr, . . . . , . . $8.50 to $20.00 , '....S7.00 cut... $3.00 to $5.00' r .. . . i . .v .-. . . ; :$2.50 Shoes ; . . . 65c, to $1.25 . . . .'.50c. to $1,00 ;..35c. tp 50c. ;.50c. ft - N - H - r4 H- WmTfWv V t ii tne need for which tt Intended.' stand, v ' ' l,' C
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 19, 1907, edition 1
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