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TUB BEST .V Investment Home Site -. v. - f '4 I Apartment House Lots in Charlotte, and at prices lower than any similarly lor cated property,- - -those five remaining lots on Ransom Place. Price $2,500 each. 4 V F. D. 'Alexander ' 'Phone 587 F. C. Abbott & Co . " 238 J. A. Henderson & .Bro. " 589 Brown & Co : " 535 W. T. Wilkinson & Co " 439 'Alexander & Clanton " 832 Simmonds & Co " 1440 J. E. Murphy & Co ..........I.. 'Phone 642 JK. Jb. Cocnrane , " E. L. Keesler. " Traders' Land Co " Charlotte, Realty Co . , " Carolina Realty Co . " So. Real Estate, L.'& T. Co ; " 50' 344 530 377 609 236 7 V AGENT'S. of the people. I recollect that on one toccaslon (Secretary R. W. Thompson, of the navy, invited about forty Sen ators and Representative In Oongres to accompany him on a trip to Old Point and Norfolk. Governor Vance mi a member of the party, and from Che time the Tallapoosa, the vessol en wlhlch we sailed, loft the wharf at Washington until its return Governor (Vance was tlie life and soul of the (party. He was at all times wurround d by eager listeners who enjoyed to the fullest extent hi Inimitable sto ries. It would (111 a volume If I should undertake to report them all. , B'Ut It must not be tiuppoHed that tie was only an aneodoUttt. His ca reer in the Senate for twelve years 'chows that he was logical, eloquent nd ranked among the ablest debaters! of that body of intellectual giants. 011s speeches on the .tariff Question If tie had done nothing else would have j)la:ed him in the roretfrout of the age in which he lived. In a session f he Kenate which convened In 1883 a very unjust report was circulated throughout the Slate that at the No vember election whlcn occurred In Jthat year conspiracy had been en tered Into by the people of Virginia 'to massacre the colored people at Danville on that day. As Governor Vance was not alt.o fether familiar with party politics In (Virginia, Mr. John 8. Barbour, the chairman of the Democratic central committee at that time, requested me far attend the session of the commilt tee of investigation and prompt the Governor whenever he required my pernors, -which I accordingly did. Sen ators Hoar and Sherman wore tho Republican memftjers of the commit tee, which consisted of three, two Jlpubllrans and one Democrat. Dur Ing a long Investigation Governor IVance vindicated fully the character , fend irood name of the State and jplaced the people thereof under a (debt of everlasting: gratltud. I had (the honor U assist him In tie prep aration of tils report, and when It was made public nothing further was ,ever heard of the Danville massacre. By common consent It was unl venial ly ' Regarded as a trumped tip charge for Ah benefit of the Republican party. Whn I had the pleasure of visiting Governor Vance's House while we ' ere enraged in the preparation of the report; I had the honor of meet ing for the first time his lovely and BocompllBheid wife, who Impressed me as being In ad I respect a suitable fitwpan'on for such a husband. When many a generation shall have panned the name of Zeb Vane will utill be cherished and beloved y the sons of the Old North State. UNFITTED F0R TFIE TASK COXG11EKSMEN WHO DON'T KNOW . ' German School In Chatham, San ford Express. Th German who have moved to (he Cumnock section have established a school to educate their children, It Is taught by the young pastor of their hurch, who moved down with the fitemy. When the German organize or form colony they open a school. BEWARE OV FREQUENT COLDS. A succession of 'colds or a protracted ci Id is almost certain to end in chronic a(srrli, from whii'ii few persons ever wholly rocover. 0y very cold the st-f-ntion it- denwrve and you may avoid irtis ousrnoif aiseas. now can you t lire a Hd? Why not try Chamberlain's nw3b Km)jyT It Is hlicldy recommend p.1. Mrs. M. Whit, ot Butler, Tin., nyir; -"fvveral years ago t was bother with my throat and lunfs, . Hojrvnone tM'i m of CluunUrlaln's Couirh IteHs ' I tx-tr.jn using It M It relieved me r t of. S'vr riy tiirat snd lunrs are - f-d cll"ror ai ll W. U Instances of Kxtrcnie Ignorance of Jlnauclal Subject Lack of Infor mation shown by Others In Vnb IlHhed Interviews Thin Condition Shared In by the Country at Large. Washington Correspondence New York Evening Post, , A member of the House of Repre sentatives came into the Treasury De partment the other day to find out! what was meant by a bank's reserves. He had seen the phrase In the news papers In connection with the discus sions of the present financial trou bles, and, like the conscientious law maker that he is, had come to head quarters to tlnrt out the meaning of the term. This seeker after knowl edge Is one of tho men who will vote for or against a currency reform measure this winter, and in all proba bility take a part in the debates on the floor of the House. lAnother member, one of the com mittee on banking and currency, had explained to htm at the Treasury not long ago, at his request, why there wao a discrepancy between the sum of a bank's deposits and the total amount of cash it carried from day to day In Its vaults. He heard with great Interest, and apparently for the tlrst time, how It was possible for a mun to have money credited to his account at a bank without making an actual deposit of cash. One of the Treasury officials explained to this In quiring member how a man might go to a bank and discount a note, have i the proceeds placed to his credit In the bank, and how the transaction would appear only In the loans and discounts, and deposits, without at all affecting tho sum total of the cash In the bank's possession. A third mom be r, who Is coming to Washington thin winter to serve his first term In Congress, recently wrote to a well-known political economist for advice and help- The new mem ber stated that he had Just been elect ed to Congress, and asked the econ omist to suggest the names of three good books, which would prepare a freshly made law-maker to perform his full duties by his constituents and by the country. The economist told his interrogator to read the Encyclo paedia Krliunlca, the Bible, and the rules of the House of HepresentatlveH. CONG KKHH MEN POORLY PITTRD TO TAKES UP PROBLEM. It may be urged that these threo cases are Instances of extreme Ignor ance, and not at all typical of the av erage information and Intelligence of the members of Congress on cur rnncy and on financial subjects. But they are not so extreme and isolated as one could desire. There Is prob ably no other problem of ' national concern and irnpiirtance. on which Congress is so poorly prepared to de bate and solve as the problem of currency reform. Comparatively speaking, only a handrul of men In each of the tw branches is compe tent intelligently to discuss national finance. This is a commonly recog nized and deplored truth. In nearly aii matters of Important .legislation a majority of the members of the leg islative branches of government taka their viewpoint and opinion from half a dozen recognized leaders. This will bs peculiarly true at the coming session, when currency reform meas ures srs taken up for discussion and solution. Ths high average of Ignorance on th Intricate subject of finance 'pre vailing in OngrMhas leq msJe strikingly ruaulfest throughout the last fortnight. , Members have been $ , t ft ' ' tft ' jf coming to Washington from their homes In many States. Nearly all of them have emitted hot and hasty in terviews, generally vague, and show ing but a misty comprehension of what all the present turmoil was about. They have discussed the Fowl er plan, the American Banking Asso ciation plan, and the chamber of commerce plan In a way that demon strated that they had either never read any of the plans, or that, hav ing read them, they had totally mis apprehended their purpose and mean ing. So far as one knows, only one mem ber has refused to ffive the world his convictions on financial ills, and how to cure them. This reticent Repre sentative is an active and prominent member of the House, foremost In de bate, and occupying a conspicuous po sition among the workers of the House. The correspondent of his home newspaper went to him and asked for an interview on finance. "I'd be glad to give It to you, If I knew anything about finance," replied this surprising person. "If I said any thing at all, I would be almost sure to say something foolish. I don't know what caused the present troubles, and I don't know how to cure them. The more I read what other fellows say, the stronger I am convinced that it would be better for me to say noth ing at all." IGNORANCE SHARED BY COUN TRY AT LARGE. The country at large shares in great degree the Ignorance of many Congressmen and their readiness to rusn rorwaTd with a plan or rener. The Treasury Department Is fairly flooded with currency reform pro posals. Not a mail but brings In half a dozen or more schemes for putting the finance of the country on a stable basis and preventing money famines and "hard times," "If we tried t6 file all of them in Secretary Cortelyou's ofllce, ' said a Treasury mall clerk, there would be no room left for Mr. Cortelyou and his secretaries." Many of the plans received are fantastic; others contain a germ of common sense and possibly suggestions that may bo of value. These sub-surface factors of sus pldon. misunderstanding, and lack of adequate study and preparation, It is probable, will prove factors or not In considerable Importance In reaching a final agreement on currency reform. tion per se. This was strongly, re sented by pastors of other Christian churches at a subsequent conference of the ministers and one of the num ber. Rev. Dr. .Wells, of the First Pres byterian church, is reputed to have shook his finger at Dr. Hale and told him that he had made himself "a stench in the nostrils of the good people of the com munity." Dr. Hale is report ed to have, arisen to resent what he termed an Insult and It Is stated that a personal difficulty was only averted by the interference of at least one other pastor In the conference. It was thought that this breach had been healed and that all hands had been reconciled when the fresh out break occurred yesterday. The good people of all denominations In Wil mington regret the unfortunate affair and the causes which led up to it, at the same time resenting the Impu tation that their hospitality Is not as unbounded on this occasion as It has been of yore. They say they have not been approached, or many of them do, and that they had been wait ing for the usual committee of ar rangements, to which air such mat ters are generally referred. The strained relations between the denom inations is being quite generally 'dis cussed pro and con here and a lively rumpus all around Is expected as the result. Any dereliction on the part of other denominations, they claim, Is not due to any differences on the NEARLY CAJVIE TO JLOWS. The Furor at Wilmington Drought on by Iter. Dr. Hale's Statement the Sequel of a Rather Sensational In' cident A lively Rumpus Expected as a Result of tho Kt rained Rela tions lictwecn tho . Denominations. Special to The Observer. , - Wilmington, Nov. 30. The furor yesterday on account of the publica tion by Rev. Fred D. Hale, of the First Bapttat church, that because of his uncompromising position on the prohibition Issue, . his fellow- Chris tlans. of, other denominations would not co-operate In - entertaining t".n delegates expected here next week for the State Baptist Convention, Is the sequel to a rather sensational In cident that occurred at the inaugura tion or the prohibition campaign In Wilmington but) which was sealously 'guarded as a secret until some time afterward. Fellow pastors of Dr, Hale, on account of the financial stress and' for -other reason stated. did not deem that the present was an opportune time for railing an elec tion." Something said or . published ny .vr,. jtaie,(was construed to.meun that, he was endeavoring to show thera up as being opposed to DrohlhU question of prohibition, for the min isters of practically all churches have publicly declared their purpose to vote and work for prohibition should the election be called, Ii owe ver much they may regard the ill-advised ac tion in calling the election. BADLY MIXED UP. Abraham Brown, of Winterton, N. Y., had a very remarkable experience; be rays: ''Doctors ffot badly mixed up over me; orfe said heart disease; two called it kidney trouble; the fourth, blood poison, and the fifth stomach and liver trouble; but none of them helped me; so my wife advised trying Electric Bitters, which are restoring me to perfect health.- One bottle did me more good than all the five doctors prescribed." Guarantee! for blood poison, weakness and all stomach liver and kidney complaints, by'all drug gists, 50c. . 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