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1 -n m stEbcruFTiox riucs: Daily. On year ................. ........ hir months ............. Inree months .ts.co . . , a.w , Semi-Weekly. On j'oftr ,.. ...... ..-, J.ta fc,ix month l)r months ................ rCBLISUEBS' AX3iONCEMENT. J No. South Toon street Telop.Kn number: business Rice, Bell 'phone 78; city editor office. lUrll pliou U; in w editors nffics. Bell 'ptione 2s. A suiwcrlber In ordrinf the addS of hi paper changed, will please in dicate U. address to wMch it U go lng at the Urn he , ask , for tho : change to be made. "''"'.' -Advertising rate are fumwed on ttwpU&nlenAdertl3r nay JeL su re, , that through the column of uu" paper tliey may reach all Charlotte and portion of the beat people iA this state an 1 upp. r South Carolina. Tins paper gives correspondents a wide btitude ns It think publio pol icy permit, tut it im in no M re poneltlj for their View. It U much preferred that correspondents !" . their names to their article, especial ly in case where they attack person or institutions, though thl I net de manded. vThe edttor reserves the right to give th names of corrpor dect when . they are demanded for tjio purpose of personal satisfaction. To receive consideration a communi cation must be accompanied by the true name of the correspondent TUESDAY, DECKS IB EH S, UKT. - THE EDGE iUS GONE OFF. The popularity of the crusades against the railroads In several of the States of the South has quite worn out and there is a manifest revulsion ' of sentiment in their favor. Tet re vulsion Is scarcely the proper word, for it would imply that there had been some considerable public senti ment behind this agitation, which Is not the case, nor Is it exactly accu rate to say that the agitation has lost it popularity, for that would Imply a permanency of favor which It never enjoyed. In North Carolina the peo- - pie were not concerned about rail road rates except the discriminative freight charges, which have always been a grievance to our people, until the legislation was enacted, and even then H attracted little attention un . til the railroads went Into the United States Circuit Court when a tempo rary sentiment was worked up against them on this account rather than on account of the passenger rate. But the palpable persecution, especially In Alabama, has brought a modifica tion of this sentiment everywhere and the prosecutions hve lost the edge of public favor. Deep down in the hearts of the people Is implanted the sense of fair play And they are rap Idly arriving at the conclusion that the railroads are- not getting this and that personal and political reasons rather than any zeal for the public welfare have prompted the baiting. The promoters of It have over-reach- td themselves and have made the people tired. If any one does not be lieve this he has only to talk to bus- r iness men, to Intelligent farmers to Intelligent men of any class. Under the best conditions tne railroads have been discharging their functions none too well and the peoro have no de sire to see them further hampered and their capacity for usefulness to the public further Impaired, They have recovered from the shock at tendant upon the taking of the casea to the Federal Court, having: realized that they are there by right, and have no stomach for a contest with the Federal government on account of the litigation. The !on?r it Is pro tracted the more unpopular It will become and the more rerlaln are some of the political hopes founded upon It to be disappointed. The situation In North Carolina now Is as it is In Oeorg;a. as defined by The Au gusta Chronicle: "For some time pact it has been apparent that the people were beginning to feel the effects of their overdo? of rrorm.' Slowly but surely a change In public senti ment has been setting in, and to-day a hundred will speak out bilrtly and emphatically against the politicians who brought on the recent epidemic of agitation against corporations, where not a dozen of them would Chirp a year ago." Washington City, be it remembered, doe not govern Itself but b govern ed, by Congress. Thre Is a move ment to clo,e it up. and Th Wash ington Kcrald represents that there Is ' large sertiment In Conssms, cspe-ela!lymong- Southern Represent-' r tlv-s. In favor of the proposition. The ; Herald has undertiken to get a poll pf the Senators and Representatives en the subject but finds them slngu larly backward- about coming for ','ward. About four Senators, all of these from the West, declare, them-j selves In favor of prohibition In the tltrlct Among the Representatives who take similar ground are Messrs. r Claude Kltchln and 53. Y, Webb, of North Carolina, Wouldn't It be fun- , ny If the prohls. should shut up Washington, the very citadel of strong drink) 1 But, they will hardly do It Notwithstanding the various dentals and explanation tdey have not site reeded In shaking the, essential facts a to that' little Interview in Wash Ington the other (Jay between Sena- tor DanleJ And CoL. .Bryan. ' His first day. In Washington 'per suade Mrv . Bryant that Mr. Bryan .i to be the Democratic nominee far Pre-! lent next year, ' - J ' - !(; n s it the Sully of 's not like i . rt a..:,r- t :.0 1 ' Vi.-t li.ij South more e the Vt'tat New York city ly to be the dumping ground for their money much longer. The Idea per vades the country; whether, true or untrue, that much of our present trouble la due to the manipulation of great enterprise by New York, bank ers and by Wall Street , gamblers." 'obodjr appears to have a ery defi nite Idea as t j the reason for the re-J cent panic but there Is a deep-seated opinion that the New York -bankers and stock-jobber were largely re sponsible for it and that the Presi dent's skirts are not clear. New York has for so long been the clearing honse of the country, mors particu larly of the East and South, that.lt would be difficult, we Imagine, to break the ties which, bind these sec tions to It, but nothing better could happen than the severance of these relations and to stop the massing of so large a proportion of the country's money there,1: at is no VwUely tise but Is largely employed In ; wild-cat speculation and to produce such con ditions as those we have just passed through, Then when the ". equeeie comes and Southern banks begin 'to feel it In sympathy with New York, they cannot get any considerable part of the thousands of their money on deposit there but are answered w;th 15,000 when they call for 150,000. It Is hazardous, extra hazardous, for the country's money to be accumulated at any one centre. PROSPERITY YET A PAXIC. The report of the Secretary of Ag rlculture places the total value of the crops of 1907 at the staggering figure of 17,412,000,000. These are given as the annual values of crops for five years with the annual Increase com pared with 1903: Value of Crops. .. .47.4ij.ow.noo .. .. ,T94. 000,000 .. .. .30.o.ono ., .. ini.ooo.noo .. .. 6,917,000,000 Inc. Ovrl!WS. 4.s.:kxuoo S77.ono.ono 8?.0OO.W 1!V7 IMS 222.000,000 In an Interview with Representative Fowler, chairman of the House com mittee on banking and currency, pub lished yesterday morning, he embod ied the above figures In a statement of the productive wealth of the coun try and added that the produqts of our mines this year are worth about one billion four hundred million; our manufactured products about seven teen billion, a total of twenty-five bil lion dollars. And yet with these values taken from the earth and fur nished by the factories, and with twelve billions of deposits In t,he banks and about the same amount of outstanding loans, we have a- panic! Nothing could be more Inconsistent or grotesque. Surely In the light of the facts Congress cannot hut realize that there Is something , radically -wrong with the country's financial system nor fall to enact remedial legisla tion. There be bold people ln Alabama but the boldest of them all, not ex cepting Governor Comer, appears to be the county solicitor who proposes to rush upon the hlck bosses of Un cle Sam's bucklers. Alabama la a big proposition but It Is not as big as the United States, which is represent ed there In tho nervy person of United States District Judge Thomas G. Jones, an ex-Confederate soldier and a Democrat; and it would not be sur prising to learn at any moment that he had clapped somebody In Jail Just as he clapped an Injunction the other day upon twenty-one antl-rallroad acta passed by Governor Comer's Leg Iwlfiture, leaving it at its adjournment Just where It was when It started In. Representative Thomas, of tho third district of North Carolina, spoke well In nominating Hon. John Sharp Wil liams before tho Democratic caucus for Speaker of the House and said nothing of him that was not deserv ed. The assignment of this privilege to Mr. Thomas was a distinction for him and a compliment to the State. As to Mr. Williams, he is of course the fittest man of the minority for its ; lfudershlp. One ennnot recall the time when the Democrats of the House have been led so ably as they hove been by the great MlsslsMppian of North Carolina lineage. WOI1K STOPS AT QUARRIES. Tliowi Furnishing Stone For the V,11t ncy Darn Cltwucd Down YoteWltty on Receipt of a Telegram From sew iork. Special to The ONwryer. Granite Quarry, Dec. J.The Rowan granite quarries, whlh have j or(Kin(,unff with 'the Farmers' Union, been operated by the T, A. Clllcsple an organization with ramifications all Company for the last two years, were 'over the cotton belt, end claiming closed di.wn this mornln In resnon.niA million and ft half of member, was to a telegram from New York, It is not known when they will resume work, but It la hoped that it Is only for a short time. All the stone used in building the Whitney dam was taken from these quarries. The C. Matkley Company, which has had a Quarry l'ad from the American Stono Company, has sold Its lease to this company and will ceae work here. The American tone company owns and operates nero iiiu w wiis mrgfiu roca-crusntng plants in the south, and will run the Marklcy quarry In connection with Its other plant. . Albemarle , lias Another Disastrous Special to The Observer. ' . Albemarle, Doc. a . To-day at noon fire, caught In the nice residence of Mr. John Leonard and destroyed It. together with, all ' th household .ef fects. The fire caught from the stove flue whiledinner was evoking" ; and we not discovered until 1twaai be yond control. His household ftirnl ture was destroyed, almost to comple tion, only a few Piece or furniture having been removed fceore It wn tco dangerous to go Inside. ' The total loss was at least 14,000, with 11.100 Insur ance, I'Kcii-C . I ( i i ' . t (,11'H . , fl . 1 l- 'iHy S- c hr, i, i . , , t . t I; i,Mf I t ) j iv - 1 , .111 a Hopeful J nine of ;..imi Ul.ut the Growers Had to Say to the Skin ners. . Edward Parritt In New York Evening ,POSt. The English cotton spinners whb are now back In Lancashire from their eighteen days' tour of the cotton growing and manufacturing States of the South, cannot complain that op portunities were not afforded them tot the easy dlcharge of their mission; nor can Southern i cotton-growers charge themselves with any failure to put ihelr case adequately ibefore the oversea purchasers of their product, The Lancashire spinners and the spinner from: Germany, Austria and France, who were of the party that toured the South , came on a very definite "mission. They were desirous to see how cotton was grown and handled 40 making themselves 'ac quainted at first hand with the econ omy f the South's greatest Indus try;' and they, were also anxious to press on cotton-growers and cotton handlers the necessity of some long overdue Im provemen ts In the methods of baling nd shipping. The Interna tional cotton trade convention, at At lanta, rave- them an opportunity of making known what changes they were anxious to see adopted in the methods of baling cotton; - and - the Lancashire men, through Mr. H. W. Macallster. of Manchester, .the ac credited representative of (he Federa tion of Master Cotton Spinners, avail ed themselves to the. full of the op portunity that the Atlanta convenion afforded. In brief, Southern cotton reaches Lancashire mills in worse shape than cotton front any other country, 'ex cept Mexico, from - which , cotton is exported. Mr. Macalisterproved this by a) series of photographs, which he furnished to every member of the convention before he began his plea (or some, improvement! in Southern methods for some reforms which will eliminate the waste in cotton and in transport charges which . attends the present loose methods of .doing this business at the centres of the industry In the South. Great Britain, with its 43,000,000 spindles, now takes 8.000,000 bales of Southern cot ton. Nine-tenths of lit goes to the Lancashire towns on the foothills of the Pennine chalna, the towns in which the sixty or seventy spinners who were of the English tourists have their mills. GROWERS 'WERE CONSERVA TIVE. On this matter, however, the Lan cashire spinners can have crossed 'the Atlantic eastward in no very hopeful rnod; for the reception of Mr. Mac aliBter's plea by the cotton-growers who were of the convention was not encouraging. Cotton-growers who spoke upjn the convention did' not see how any advantage was to accrue to them frbm the improved methods of handling that Mr. Macallster ad vocated; and they were not hopeful that changes at the compressors, nec essary to put up cotton in the style of bale used in Egypt, would be arlopted, if these changes Involved any serious expense. On the recommen dation of a committee resolutions were ultimately adopted by the convention urging cotton-growers and cotton- handlers to adopt tns changes urged by the Lancashire men; but there wasjations a one-horse farm of fiffy acres, no authority behind the convention to enforce the reforms, and so long as Lancashire spinners, are compelled to come to the Southern States for their supplies of cotton, the likelihood1 Is ' that they will have to take it in the shape offered by the South. , As regards the economy of cotton production, the oversea spinners had endless opportunities of studying this; j especially at the picking, ginning and transport stages. They were in the cotton country for eleven days, and had they never left the special train of Pullman cars, ihey-could have seen enough from the car windows In their, Journey from Washington to New Or leans, and from New Orleans to Mam phis and Rt Louis, to have repaid them for their Journey across the At lantic ocean. But the visiting spin ners were not Jeft to form their im pressions of the cotton-growing States only from the car windows. Each day's Journey was broken two or three times. Cotton mill towns in the Cftrollnaa and Georgia were visit? ed. Stops were made at plantations, at ginning mills and at compresses, and to visit cotton exchanges of New Orleans and Memphis; and at these places much Southern hospitality was lavished on the oversea visitors, who were everywhere made to feel that their coming was Indeed a great event In the industrial history of the South. THE SOUTH'S MESSAGES. The South offered aU this hospi tality and these opportunities for the tlmt-hand study of Its greatest Indus try, asking In return only that the visitor should take back to England and to the other European countries that call for Southern cotton In large quantities, some messages that the South la anxious should be widely known by cotton manufacturers over- sea. One of these messages is that the South Is confident of Us ability to meot the world's demand for cot ton, no matter how great the demand may become, and that It Is unneces sary for England or any oher Euro pean country that manufactures cot ton gods to lok to Africa or to any other part of he world than the Unit ed States for Its supplies of the sta ple. The second message Is that while the South Is thus able to meet any ' call for cotton, oversea spinners must not expect that iney win ever agam he able to obtain Southern cotton at the low prices which prevailed six or ....... mam A ttltpit mMAA that the rrowers wh- are of the union are anxious to establish direct trad ing relations with spinner and ellm-i Inate the. middlemen, who are said to: levy a toll of 15 on every bale of cot. Hon that is shipped oversea. Most emphasis was laid on the abil ity of the South to keep all the spin dies of the world well supplied with qotton. Even before the visiting sjHn. ners got Into the . cotton belt at Charlotte, N, C, they had listened to two speeches on this subject at Wash ington. , One was from Mr. Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture, and the other from S. N. D. North, director of the census: and the visitor had not been more than half a day In the cotton-growing country before they were la Tor a third--thto time from Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, who wag the principal speaker at a reception to the oversea visitor et Greenville. A couple of day later, at Atlanta, fourth speech on the same topic was made by Hoke Smith. Governor of Georgia, In'welcomlntr the visitor to that State, and opening the Interna tional Cotton Trade Convention,' -COMPETITION FROM AFRICA. : Gov. Hoke Smith was more direct In hU references to the (British Cot ton Growing Association, which wa viimuHv in iivi, sum mors insistent L 1 i ! i , " i X r nl r il I' . t t - c U 'I ' V i! i 1 1 Li ! , I ar ( .i,re f-- im.fi the manuscript of a 6 ' 11 'l p; t t ' 1 1 i ' , 'y to the address , of welcome that he had prepared before he left Manches ter, in order to Justify the organiza tion of the British Cotton Growing As sociation, and the efforts which It has been making for two, years past to grow cotton on th west coast of Af rica. The Governor had conceded that cotton might be irrown in other parts of. the world wlfh partial suc cess, but claimed that nature had Intended the South to he the favored section for the growth of cotton In its perfection. He recalled the fact that in the ''season of -1906-7 European mills took seven and. a half million bales of Southern cotton, and assured the oversea spinners that they , could rely with confidence upon the South ern cotton belt to furnish a supply to meet their ever-Increasing demand. "We invite you," he addedi.'to in vestigate the capacity of this section to furnish cotton, and to cease trou bling yourselves about cotton fields . in other countries yet to be found ; It was this Invitation to the Lanca shire splnnerrta-abandon the Brit ish Cotton Growing Association, with Is royal charter, that led Mr. Macara, who had been foremost In its organi zation, to .remind ' the Governor of Georgia And - the planters from all over the cotton belt who were at the Atlanta - convention, - of the ' circum stances which ; brought -the Cotton Growing Association .Into existence. - Its ' organization was due entirely to the world-wide panic In the cotton trade of 1903-4. when the Southern staple was at 11 cents a pound; when the mill of England ' and Con tinental i' Europe, -were on short time, and - there, were soup kitchens and acute, distress in some of the cot ton towns of "Lancashire: and when In that county of forty million spindles, conditions in the cotton trade were worse than at any tlme'slnce the cot ton famine due to the War of the Re bellion. Mr. Macara, In his extern norary speech, recalled these condi tions of three years ago; and said that their lesson for Lancashire was thatIt must have a great Increase In the supply of Its raw material, no matter whence it came. THE LANCASHIRE VIEW. "The South," he said, "may be the best part 'of the world for growing cotton, as has been claimed to-day. But we ,ln Lancashire must see that we have sufficient cotton. Taking In to consideration the magnitude of the Interests Involved, the risks to which the cotton plant is exposed, and the prospect of the continued development of the world's cotton Industry, w should be short-sighted Indeed If we did not take measures to Increase our present supply of the raw material; to broaden the basis of that supply, and likewise give attention to the es tablishment of a reserve In years of abundance as an insurance against years oi partiaUfallure, and all the suffering which this entails." The first efferts to impress on the English and European spinners that tne era of five and six-cent cotton was at an end were by Senator Lati mer, when the cotton trade tourists were at Greenville, S. C. Mr. Latl- mer tdok as typical of Southern nlant He valued such a farm, with the equipment necessary for raising cot ton, and housing the farmer, at two thousand dollars; and he then went over the outgoings and the Incomings, item bv item; and concluded bv In sisting mat it was impossible to pro auce cotton ror less than ten, cents a pound and pay reasonable wages to labor and realize a reasonable interest on the capital Invested In the land. The saroe subject the inability of farmers in the South nowadays, to raise cotton for the prices at which It was sold elirht or ten venm cn was much discussed In an informal way at the Atlanta convention. There It was insisted that the staple ought to fetch fifteen cents a pound to pay a living wag to planters: and there were frequent "declarations that the Farmers' Union had already entered on a' well and widely-organized plan or campaign to this end. ' BLUNT TALK, These declarations had the effect of bringing the British Cotton Growing association again into the discussions; and this timer instead of tactful speech like tnat of Mr. Maoara's. there was much Lancashire bluntness of language from Mr. William Ho- warth, a Bolton spinner, who, like Mr. Macara, ha been prominent in the organisation of the Cotton Grow ing Association. Mr., ' Howarth re minded Southern cotton growers that It was well known In Lancashire that the ideal In the United States was that all cotton grown .in the South should be manufactured in American mills, "We in Lancashire." he said, "have no quarrel with that ideal. It is national ideal for Americans. But, seeing the end at which you are aim inir. wa should be worse than fnnla If we did not take stips to preserve the finest organization of trade the world knows, which Is centred in Lancash ire. Having this end ' in view, we have looked round our own emptre, Wo have gone to West Africa,. There has been some weak criticism of what we are attempting to do there; but we have produced crops there; and find that the cost of producing cotton In West Africa Is not fifteen cents a pound which you say you must have, If you are to live, but eight cents a pound. We have 20,000 Square miles of territory there. We have 10.000, 000 negroes available for cotton pro duction.. We have already produced 12,000 bale' and some of this cotton, when sold at Liverpool, realized 300 points above your middling, "You are no against" thl West Af rican proriOttton., added Mr, Ho warth. alluding to the Fa'rmof sVUn'n campaign for fifteen-cent cotton- "W la Lancashire are wining to pay., a fair profit-, to everybody engaged In the cotton' growing Industry, but if you attempt to quert as., we shall know where w can look for some re Uef." WITHOUT THE MIDDLEMEN. The third message 'Of the Southern cotton grower to the iplnntr from the ether side of the Atlantic was from the Farmer' Unton. The union was most anxiou that it should be known In Lancashire and in France and Germany that it was a responsi ble organization; that It wa prepar ed to sell cotton direct to spinners; anI to guarantee the grade of any cotton that might be bough(.on Farm ers' Union contracts. There wa at once a response to this announcement, It came from Jame Coatesy ef Old ham, who was with; the - Lancashire spinners' party as ths representative o tne vouon surins vompmy, urn ited, of Oldham, Manchester, and Liverpool. The company la a co-operative organization, which has .been In existence since. ' llSO.f Ninety-five spinners, controlling six million pln 9 let, are now associated with it; and Mr. Coatee explained that ever since the company was 'organised. It ? ha been anxious to ret into closer rela tions with cotton rowers; and If It vwere rcasiwe, to uy cotton witnout' . i' l i 1 t A. f::om Tim rr.oia:r.3. The Xew York and Liverpool cot ton exchanges alrso" had a menage for j cotton growers and cotton manufac- turers all over the world. These were the answers to the popular al legations that they fill no useful place in the economy of the cotton trade, and that trading in futures Is a pure ly speculative business, without ad vantage either to growers or manu facturers. George w. Marsh ana Samuel T. Hubbard Mr. Marsh at Washington, and Mr. Hubbard at At lanta -defended the New York ex change and the selling; of hedges; while at Atlanta T. Y. Buston made a somewhat similar defense for the Liverpool Cotton Association. The history of both these exchange from the days of the civil war, was recount ed, and by all three speakers it was Insisted that only a small part of the business in futures was with outside speculators; that 75 per cent of the hedges were by spinners or growers. anxiou to protect themselves, and constituted a legitimate Dusiness; ana that 'without - the exchange and the middlemen the cotton business would soon be in a state of chaos . The visiting spinner were on the move for eighteen day ' They travel ed In their epecl&l train a distance of 4.609 miles, ana - in ; addition maae many side trrps by trolley car and au tomobile, Tbey thus saw more of the United States tbn any jot , the inter national industrial touring parties .that have come to this country since the British Iron and 6teel Institute, at the Invitation of Mr. Carnegie, made Its first tour of tho. mining and iron and steel manufacturing region seventeen years ago." 5 - v , . ' THE PRESS AND THE NEGRO. ' The Lexington Tisptcb and Tho Ob server Thanked For Dieweminaung" the Former's Editorial on This Sub ject. ; r.'-SM To the Editor of The. Observer: . I have read with much interest an editorial in your Issue of the 30th ult. taken from - The Lexington Dtspatcn en the attitude of the Southern press towards the colored man. It is so true, timely and full of rich suggestions that I desire to thank the editor of The Dispatch and you espe cially, for giving it such wide circula tion. I am a Southern man, , born, bred and educated in that section, and am sure that it more attention were given by the Soutnern press to writ ing about the good and industrious colored men to be found in every com" munity a better feeling would obtain among the races In our country, and more good accomplished lor numan lty. . k A false idea or the Boutn, its chiv alry and manhood, is given iby writing continually about the crimes and de bauchery of low negroes only. I am a stranger in your state, nut a. travel ror a montn in every sec tion of it has revealed a remarkable condition of friendly and kindly feel ing among the better elements of botn races. The better element of the col ored men is industrious and law-abid ing citizens, does not commit crimes, and not only does not conceal crim inals, but loathes them. . 'A colored man In Newborn. Prof. Isaac H, Smith, owns several blocks of houses, and is the banker for many white and colored people; a man of the same race by the name of Beverly, In Wadesboro, has one of the finest farms in the State and conducts a large two-story brick store stocked with dry goods and general merchan dise; and I am informed tnat anotner, Bishop Lomax, of your city, pay tax es on many thousands of property. Let such facts and this general thought be disseminated through your Influential Journal, ana a new ana more glorious South will arise phoe-nlx-llke from the ashes of despond ency that now surrounds the lowly and oppressed. T. M. DENT. Llncoipton, Dec. 1, 1907. THAW TRIAL POSTPONED. On Motion of District Attorney Je rome It Will Be Calr?d MondaxJ January th Evelyn NesMt Thaw In Fine Fettle. New York. Dec. 1. On motion of District Attorney Jerome the second trial of Harry K. Thaw, for the kill Ing of Stanford White on Madison Square Roof Garden In June, 1906, to day. was postponed until Monday, January 6th. A special panel of 100 talesmen will report that day for Jury duty. Thaw was not brought Into the court room, but ' was allowed to stand inthe corridor leading from " th prisoners' room at the read and had an unobstructed view of the proceed ing His wife, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, was the only member of the prison er's family present She looked bet ter than she did a year ago. Her face la tlump now and there Is touch of healthy, color in her cheeks. She seemed m high spirits to-day, The proceedings came up before Justice Dowllng, of tho Supreme Court , The defendant was represent' ed by his new leading counsel, Mar tin W. Littleton and by Daniel O'Kell. lv. and A. RuXssel Peabody, who 'serv ed throughout tho first trial. Mr. Lit tleton opposed the delay and on be half of the defendant demanded the. rlrht of a BDeedv trial. Mr.. Jerome requested the deliy on account of the great difficulty that would be encountered in securing t iurv. with the prospect of . being lock ed up over tne nouaays staring eacn talesman In the face. It wa neces sary, hessaid for the protection of the Interest of the none ana or tne ae- fendant's counsel that the Jury should be kept In custody throughout , th trial. ; , ; , , ,. Jury to Look Into Norfolk . Brokers1 Norfolk. . Va Dee. I.- In the case of Alex and Peter - Agelasto, cotton brokers, charged with illegally aecuv- Ing mqney on false cotton warehouse receipts. Commonwealth Attorney Til ton asked for a special grand jury to investigate the case, This was grant ed and the Investigation set for next Monday. It is said that the matter involve over $160,000, but that the amount ha been covered to. the atl- faction of those concerned. ."; - '.' ' ' ' I i.; v ... .1 i ; Wreck on th Southern, Montgomery, Ala- Dec t. An east bound passenger, train on the South ern Railway turned over . when It struck broken ' rail near Marlon, Ala,, late to-night and ErtsIneet Frank Ltttl was caught under the engine and killed. His nreman wa fatally lniured.' No wuwenger were hurt There were evidences of tram wreck er fend bloodhound nave peen placed oa th trail. Yacht Aground In Sound. ' Norfolk, Va-, Dec, J. -Th private yacht MaJieon, owner unreported. bound from Boston to Jacksonville, Capt H. J. Ban, Is aground in Roa noke sound, In 20-mile gale. Life mvmw rvrrt ll wll abnfl.nd. hut ran. not jearn hmnca ot panicSfc..., tad., , J 11 wQ or. "We have seventy-one 'of the Suits, which, are arranged, in, four special lots ' and v will not last long, as tie garments are; most at tractive and : the prices cannot be matcned. Lot Ho. 1. 17 pretty, Suits for today . V.. . , . $11.75 'i Lot No. 2. .19 attractive Suits for, to-day at.. ...$14.75 Lot No. 3. 23 nobby Suits for ta-day at.... . I $19.75 Lot No. 4. 12 beautiful Suits for to-day at. . ; . .$29.75. These Suits are of best materials, including Cheviots, Serges, Panamas, Broadcloths; also Imported Chiffon Broadcloth, and each garment correctly fitted by our' expert fitters. FASHIONABLE DRESS GOODS 52-inch Brown Herringbone tailored suit. Price the yard. . .'. . . . . J ... . .$1.50 vi,; ;.;.' .'i.,t; .: u jl mi:. , - v EPINGLE . ....,.., 50-mch Epingle, all the popular colors and Black. Price the yard.. .... ...... ...;$1.50v LACE ROBES Rfeal Lace Robes, finished by designs. Price each up WIDE Plain and Figured Nets,' Ecru, Cream and White; two yards makes a waist; filet and round mesh. Price the yard; . .... ..... . . ... . OJ75c. to $1.50 .... . . , . ,, ..... . , n- !..,' .,...W (!..- -i .' r:;.- ,. r r--.:' BROADCLOTH Priestley's Chiffon Broadcloth, sponged ready to wear; all colors and Black. Price the yard. , . . ... .$2.00 : PLAID SILKS i ,' ' Another express shipment of new Plaid Silk '. Waist Patterns, all new and no LADIES' A swell line of Ladies' Gold las. Price.. .. .... .;VV... ..... ..$2.50 to $15.00;v every one guaranteed for one year." V ; Almosty every express brings us new novelties : in La-' dies' Belts Price...'. .. r., .,.50c. to $5.00 each, . , RIBBONS . f v t I; Holiday Ribbons in all; the new novelties, Holly Rose.' Mistletoe, Violet, etc.; all, Mjr fY Tr" P w seakois newest Tailored Serge, makes a handsome- hand, new and beautiful o ....... . . . . . . , . $75.00 NETS two alike. Pnce the yard ,...75c. to $1.50 UMBRELLAS - 'and Silver Handle Umbrel JiADIES' BELTS v widths.' Price the yard 1r rrt 1 on 9 Vff VV YA,VV . r ........................ . . TTTTTTTTTTTI TTTTTTTTm tt " -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 3, 1907, edition 1
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