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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1907.
THE BIG STICK IX ECLIPSE.
It Is well known that practically
all the Important legislation enacted
by the last Congress went contrary to
the wishes of the Republican leaders
In both houses. The railroad rate
,: law, the packing house inspection
; law and several other measures owe
' their existence to Mr. Roosevelt's
leaders' enforced recognition of that
strength. True, the President sur
rendered In advance on tariff revision
that his lesser measures might win
favor from grateful stand-patters;
but, even so. factional lines were
't sharply visible. It will be remember
ed that at one time the President
and his personal following In the
Senate allied themselves with tfhe
Democrats as a means of forcing a
compromise from the Aldrlch Repub
licans on the rate bill, leaving their
Democratic allies rather in the lurch
up little later on. Measures unmis
takably embodying Democratic ideas
were forced through a Republican
Congress by sheer weight of presl-
Asantlcs 1 ftfaeH erst
Now. however, the situation Is
greatly changed. Instead of having
"Tehlnd him an unparalleled popular
majority at the polls, car.' Roosevelt
comei laden with a panic which his
party opponents aitslduously term
"the Roosevelt panic." He lias In
reality done nothing further than to
expose a few financial crooks and
' make their future operations a little
less easy, also delivering himself of
sundry generalizations about "dis
honest wealth," but such an oppor-
' tunlty of harassing him oa the panic
presents could not possibly 'be fore
gone. His prestige U atlmHteilly
passing through a critical period;
while It may emerge as strong as
ever, it needs careful nursing at
present Much strain might well be
ruinous, and this fact the President
fully recognize That he Is weak
for the time being, and knows that he
Is weak, his fad frK-nds Rre fully
ware. The centre of gravity has
Shifted to Its old quarters and
Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrlch
are again lords at the Capitol. Speak
er Cannon, In particular, seems
stronger than ever.
Frankly admitting that he has no
' hope of landing the prcsldentlxl
nomination for himself, Senator For
aker declares his Intention to bait
and harass the admlnlotration In
such a manner as will force a pre
liminary strength of factional
strength; In other words, he wishes
to make the most of the Roonevelt
element's temporary disablement.
Mr. Cannon, It appear from his con
sultations with the White House peo
ple, will not lend himself actively, If
. at ail. to air. roraners programme,
- but everybody known where his t-ym-
pathles He. Whatever currency of
. banking legislation may be passed,
care will pretty certainly be taken
that none of the credit goes to Mr.
Roosevelt. The man who told the
o IPtftjr-mntb Congress wfiat It iut do
" tut very little figure" with the first
" session of th eSlxtieth.
o o it . A,.. . . .
. .vuijr -inc jLrm-MTBuc party were
Hot saddled with Mr, Bryan and hla
ever-growing collection of dangerous
fads, this state of affairs would be
' interesting da the extreme. As mat
, tars Stand, It la doubt lew Wall Street
, wbtcb Joolw on with keenest satls
' faction. " If ths panic has the effect
f discrediting Mr, Roosevelt, end his
policies the Street will regard It as
worth all that It cost.
We hope that even If Mr. Tom
- Watson la as completely hypnotized
by those dazzling teeth as many others
have fceen he will at leant manage to
oefer tnlrd-term hurrahs until : foe.
yond hearing of the WoK- liius re
porters. Public men shouM eondwt
themselves with dignify though they
burst in th effort;
Let no one postpone " an longer
the day of preparation tor tho lion,
f i Claus; ' , ' "
u f .". ; .0 cr CO..;; : )a ";i n?"
as wn.s mo-t Kk' ly, the Navy De
partment declines to r'.aJdon JCorth
Carolina waters with her presence
The Charleston News and Courier puts
la a plea for its town, but advances
no valid argument beyond the claim
that Charleston harbor has plenty of
depth for the purpose. The Norfolk
Landmark makes out a much better
case for the other claimant. - "Nor
folk and Portsmouth," says The
Landmark, o "are nearer to. North
Carolina than Charleston is. Why,
the very News and Courier which
cries so lustily to have the ship
brought to the South Carolina port
has been systematically denying the
authenticity of the Mecklenburg De
claration of ; Independence and ( the
Andrew Jackson birth claim for years.
If North Carolina cannot toerself en
tertain a monster battleship properly,
owing- to geographical peculiarities for
which she is in no way responsible,
thTbvlonFihing Is to have the n
tertalnment at the house of h3r next
best friend and we are It." r-' ,
The Landmark, with its accustomed
wisdom, has " placed ' emphasis upon
Just that point which must toll most
with every North Carolinian. It
might have added to mention of Nor
folk's superior geographical con
venience the argument that Norfolk Is
one of the world's chief good food"
centres, and might have repeated the
great poem which itself composed
during The Observer's good food
contest last spring; but even so pow
erful an Inducement as this could
safely be left In trie background. Nor
folk's decisive advantages rest upon
other grounds. We are vehemently
opposed to any project for silver
servicing the North Carolina at a
town where the natives have been so
persistently raiataught that they don't
believe anybody ever was born In
North Carolina and couldn't tell a
Declaration of Independence from the
side of a house.
TROOPS' HOMAGE TO KINO.
King Gustavo VI Visited by' Troops
Body of King Oscar Embalmed.
Stockholm, Dec. 9. Attended by
the Princes and his suite, King Gus
tavo VI at noon to-day received the
homage of the troops who were
drawn up in a semi-circle around the
palace. It was a splendid and solemn
spectacle. The King addressed the
troops briefly, saying that it was his
firm conviction that they would al
ways be ready to follow .him whej
the welfare of the country required
them' to do so.
The funeral of the lato King Is
expected to he held December 19th.
Only the reigning sovereign of
Sweden, among the crowned heads,
is likely to attend, the King of Den
mark and others sending rcpre-j
sentatlves.
The Dowager Queen. Sophia, has
decided to live in retirement at
Cattle CIHksdale.
The body of King Oscar, of Swe
den, who died here yesterday morn
ing, has been embalmed,. The neces
sary arrangements for the funeral
necessitates delaying this ceremony
for a fortnight.
President Expresses Sympathy,
Washington, Dec. 9. Official In
formation of the demise of King
Oscar, of Sweden, was conveyed to
this government In a cablegram from
American Minister Graves, received
last evening.
The President to-day sent a tele
gram of condolence, addressed to tho
new Kins at Stockholm, as follows'
"I deeply sympathize with your
majrsty and with the people of
Sweden In tho loss of an honored
rather and a venerable sovereign
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
GUT TO DAVIDSON LIBRARY.
A Georgian Makes a Second DohbUoij
of $500 to tho Prcsbyterliin CoIIcro
ew Professor Arrives on a Visit
In the- Oliiiwhos.
Freclal lo The Observer.
Davidson, Dec. 9.4reslJcnt Smith
Is In receipt of a check of $500 for
toe new library building from Mr. I,,
r. McKlnnon, of Mldrlver, Oa. This
Is Mr. McKlnnon's second liberal gift
to the same cause, as soma time apo
hfl sent in his check for the sarnu
amount. His contribution to date Is
thus 11.000.
Dr. J. W. MoConnell, who Is ex
pected to be here next year ns a
member of the faculty, occupying the
chair of Wohvy and physical culture
and also as co!ltg physician, comes
to-night from Baltimore for a brief
vfolt.
Hev. W. S. Wilson, of Mooresvllle,
MUod the pulpit of the Preshvtnrlnn
cnuixn yesteniHv at both services and Jn ty company with a man sup
aecnrJIrnr to the testimony of all that P1ed to be Independent of the American
heard him his sermons were fin and
Il'tened to with very marked atten
tion. People here, to whom he wns
a comparative stranger, did not know
i w'r.st on excellent prachr th
Moorwllle congregation Is privileged
to hear from Pnhday to RunJay.
Dr. W. J. Martin was absent at
Lerfolr, whore h had appointments
for the day. Dr. T P. Harrison nt
. '. ,. 1 1 7 '. MfraingiJwhich the plant was dismantled, ftorre
"imiMr worit at Mooresvllle. spondence between Mr. Dula and Aunus
Tno rhurchfs, ("en're and ProKocvt. ' tus Craft, if New Orleans, on the forms
the pBstoraff of whlr;i Rev, Dr. W. W 1 tlon of the Craft Tobacco Company, was
Pharr has recently rmUnd sre look- r'a1 thB reeerd and showed that
rf forwnr;! with treat Interest to i lhe relstlonnhlp was kept secret.. . Craft
visit for the third Sundav from Tlev I
Mr. Culbertson, of Hawflelds. who
will preach for both cons-reffsttons nt
that Ume In the mernlnar at Prospect
and In the evening-at Centra.
Butter From Birds?
London Answers. ,
It Is not generally known that In
South America is to bo found a hlrd
from which which a species of butter
can be obtained, ...
This animal is known as the "cll
birdi" end one of it favorite haunts
Is the Wand of Trinidad.' It breed in
rocky caves on the mainland, laying
Us eggs In a n constructed of
U1UU.
The young birds are extraordinarily
fat, and the fat. having been melted
down in clay potn produce s, gtnd of
toutter. This butter is used by the
natives. , , . -
The caves Inhabited by these oil
Wrd are usually accelble only from
(the sea, and the hunting vf there
feathered creature frequently affords
exciting sport to the adventurous in
epirlt, , . , , v
Top grow strong, blood. iire, nerve
steady, cheeks red an rosy, you are
well and happy main ftr toWng Hoi-
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Special lo The Observer.
Durham, Dec. 9. Tho city has
JuJL purchased a beautiful piece of
property to be added to Maplewood
Cemetery, the money being paid over
to-day. This new addition to the cem
etery has about sixteen acres of land
and is eo located that it will make the
cemetery & yery pretty one. The
plans for the beautlfication of this
property tare now being made.
There was considerable urpris but
no criticism when it was learned to
day that Rev. T. A. Sraoot, for three
years pastor of Main Street Methodist
church here, had been transferred to
Wilmington at the Conference held ia
Newbern. Mr. smoot and hia official
board now have under course of erec
tion a church building that will cost,
alt told, about $200,000, and it was
expected that he would be left, here to
complete, his four-year (term in or
der to push forward this work. Mr.
Smoot ia a man who is greatly be
loved by the people of Durham Jid
he has done a great work, here! - v
On Wednesday of .hu wee there
will toe special tax election held at
wniies ioig jsoaa flatricivjuua coun -
I ty, near the Orange county line. This
ctunpaijfn naa Deen, on - tor several
weeks and there is much Interest in
the matter. This afternoon Prof. Cf
W. Massey, superintendent of the
county schools, and several others
went ou.c from here to be present at
the speaking and the eally. Durham
has already voted several special tax
districts but the one now to be voted
on is in doubt and it wUl take the
results of election day to decide the
matter. . . v
Orders have been laued for the
closing of the county schools JFrlday
afternoon, Decem-ber 20th, to remain
closed until December 30th, L for the
holiday occasion. This will give the
teachers and pupils of the school ten
days, Including Sunday, for ghe
Christmas occasion. The city schools
will close at the same time and open
again on the '30th.
Yesterday afternoon there was - a
memorial wervlce t the Second Bap
tist churph, this being' held by the
Baptist Toung People's Union in
memory of the members who had
died during the year. There were
several talks and the musical pro
gramme was a very elaborate one.
There was a large attendance.
Rev. J, M, Millard, , of Atlanta,
Ga,, a North Carolinian nvho held a
pastorate in Baltimore for some time,
preached at the First Baptist church
in this city thlsi evening. He filled!
this pulpit as supply for several
months and has many admirers (here.
Me is irom Qoldsboro originally.
NURSE KEPT A PRISONER? '
Now Jersey Officer Comes to North
caroima to iieseue Swedish Gin
Who Declares She Was Prisoner of
Halifax County Farmer Tells Sen
sational Story.
Asbury PaTk, N, J., Dec. 9. Word
was received here to-day that Officer
Thomas Broderlck Is returning with
Miss Olga SJostedt, the nurse, , who
wrote that she was being detained in
the home of a planter several miles
from Halifax, N. C. Officer Broderlck
did not telegraph any particulars. The
nurse went to North Carolina to ex
cept a positron as a housekeeper on a
plantation. In letters to friends she
declared that ahe had to endure great
hardships and that she wanted to re
turn. An officer was sent to investi
gate the situation.
T. E. Pender Is said to be the name
of the farmer.
A number of persons here are ex
cited over the fate of Miss SJostedt,
who has written appealing Tettera
from Halifax, N. C. In order to de
termine the truth or falsity" of
SJostedt's claims, a number of
Miss
hen
friends contributed to send an officer !
to Halifax, and Policeman Thomas
Broderlck left here Saturday night for
that purpose.
Miss SJostedt recently advertised for
a position as housekeeper and secur
ed an answer from a man who repre
sented himself a the owner of a blr
plantation. ' Mla SJostoJt left for
Halifax to accept the position shortly i their colleagues In, chronic revolt: Oar
before Thanksgiving. Writing to her field was ths object of the "stalwart"
frionds here, which she says la dlffl- hostility engendered by Conkllng, as Ar
cult, as she is watched. Miss thus - was ol : the, halt-breed ""i'ty.
swii h,a num., nnr which centred about, Blaine; Harrison
monev from her and that her home la
a little log cabin In the woods, 10
miles from a town.
trusts "Underground" work.
Vice President Dula Tells Tow Ameri
can Tobacco Company Combined
Certain Concern and Kept the
Mcriurer Details Rub Rosa.
New Tork, Dec. 9. The Queen City
Tobacco Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
was organised with the funds ot the
American Tobacco Company and by
Cnleb C. Dula, one of the vice presidents
of the tolmoco combine but tha consoli
dation of the two companies was kept a
secret according to Mr. Dula's evidence
Hives In the Kovernmfwit's action to dis
solve the combine. Mr. Dula testified
that he nrrnnecA the oraranlzntlnn of th
Tohneco Company In control
J. C. Mac Reynolds, the government's
eovnsel, produced a lettr written by W.
Oalbralth, Jr., rnausgmr ot the Queen
City Company, to Mr. Dula, In which
the writer advised that correspondence
be conducted under assumed names to
avoid discovery.
Mr. Dula further testified that the
Manufacturers' Tobacco Company, of
Louisville, was secretly acquired by the
Americnn Tobacco Company, after
?L role 1,1 rMi that be expected to make
tho company a success and would get
tne business or tne Peoples Tobacco
Company, of New Orleans. ;
The purchase and control f the Pink
erton Tobaoco Company, of Ohio, ac
cording to Mr. DQla, was negotiated
with ierecy. -h-'-
The American Tobacco Company paid
a subsidy of 2 cents per pound on the
output of tho Plnkerton Company . Vice
j-rmacnt uui aKa II mere were
sny other comrmriles other than ' those
named In the government' eomplslnt,
which the . American Tohneco controlled
or Imd an Interest, in, The witness said
that he knew nt no ethers An adjourn-
mont was taken until, to-morrow. , ,,
" '--
Either St.. Paul or Ton!vn Will Get. ?y'r,",he said, in his now well-known
DrrnocraMo Convention. : 1 L,f f Thomas H, Bentm." "pretended
. New Tork, Dec.j tNomart E. n , deep-laid plot on ; the part of the
Mack, member of the Democratic na- rich clssses,. who controlled the banks,
tlonal committee for New Tork, said to exclts popular , hostility -egatnst the
to-day while her en route to Wah- Jscksonian Demeeraoy, on account of
Ington to attend the meeting of the h" rM? antagonisms which these same
committee Thursday, that the nation- SSSST .SJSS.eTJuSRSfJSV 'SS1 'ihl
.11 convention would be held either . in V'
St Paul or LouUvlIle Hs said that HIT'slngu!
Denver was not central enougH, and subjects, it is possible that : the belief
that Chics jo had made no bid for It. I was not altogether a pretense. It Is en
Me declared that -William J. Brvan tirety unnecessary now seriously to dl
should he nominated for President i'1"" he proposition that it would be
and said thit iia had . heanl v nnv possible t" dra the commerclsl cImsscs
ominel, n.n,reVud;, i fl Into so widespread and profoundly secret
1 rren':e for former G-vernr William
1- Douglas, Of MassachusetU, for the
J second place on the ticket.
The follow;:;; r-.iJU--.n ws.t f,r.-. Tri
ed last frVfhh',; to ooveri -r : Vin
son by It. K. Lee. Piv:. :on , :. 25, of
the Order of - IiaiU. y Conductors,
represntin the railway lins center
ing at Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berk
ley; To His Excellency, Honorable Claude
A. Swanson, Governor of Virginia;
We, the undersigned committee, ap
pointed by the R. E. Led Division No.
205, of the Order of Railway Con
ductors at Portsmouth. Virginia, and
representing the conductors of all
lines of railways centering at Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Berkley Va.,-would
respectfully request and urge that you
use your good offices and influences in
having the passenger rate of rail
ways in the State of Virginia restored
to the schedule of rates in effect prior
to the first day of October, 1907, when
Kiey were changed by an order of
the railroad commission. This re
quest Is made not at the solicitation,
or with the knowledge, of the rail
ways, but in the Interest of the mem
bers of our organization, ' who : will
necessarily be affected adversely by
ant reduction In the revenues of the
railways by which we are employed
unaamiicjiTAs: - iittri:ompensauon,an
certainly anv increase In wages, is
dependent" absolutely upon the earn
ing .capacity of the , railways. - : 4
And I for the further ; reason, that
from our observation and experience
as railway conductors in handling the
passenger business of said - railways,
we are of the opinion that ' at the
present rates the railways of Virginia
cannot earn a fair and equitable re
muneration or profit upon the cost In
cident to maintaining first-class pas
senger service. , '
The majority of the unJeralgned
committee are employed by said rail
ways as passenger conductors, and in
such . capacity necessarily come in
contact with the trawling v. public
From conversations with those who
are frequently passengers - upon our
trains, we are of the opinion mat tne
majority ' of said passengers are not
In favor of the present reduction: in
rates for the reason that the traver
ing public would prefer to pay a high
er rate for good service than a lower
rate for poor and Inadequate service,
and your committee believes that It
will be Impossible for the railways to
maintain under present conditions the
service heretofore , rendered, much
less to Improve the same.
In conclusion, your committee de
sires to call your special attention to
the fact that the employes of the rail
ways ere more adversely affected by
a reduction In rates than the railways
themselves. This is demonstrated by
conditions at this time existing, and
the fact that the railways are now. In
order to , curtail expenses, relieving
from service a large number of em
ployes, ; This Is not only directly af
fecting the men . thus relieved, but
also the general "public in that the
moneys, heretofore spent by these em
ployes for the necessaries of life, no
longer find their way Intonhe cof
fers of the merchants and farmers of
the State' V "
. Tour committee also understands
that one railway now under construc
tion, almost on the border line of this
State, has within the last two weeks
relieved from service over five thou
sand employes.
Pesoectf ally submitted, f
" W. T. COX. S. A. L. Ry.
; ,T. W. BARNES. Southern RyJ
J. E. KOMEOAO, A. C.'L. By
J. W. BAYLOR. N. & W. Ry.
- P. B. LUKE. Virginian Ry. n
R. G. WADDT, N. & S. By.. )
' Committee.
lUTTEBV FACTIONAL : TIGVttQj
Few Presidents Have Served Their.
Terms Without Experiencing Hos-
.. HHty., ,. .. . - o :..
Philadelphia Bulletin. ;
Roosevelt's administration, like Mc
Kinley's, although McKinley was large
ly under tho guidance of Hanna, has
been remarkably free of open factional
disturbance in his own party. In the
course of six years he has been able to
command peace In his poUtloal house-
hold. Pew politicians have ventured to
create antagonism to him, not so much
because of a want of inclination among
come of them to do so, as because of
his strergth with the plain people,
Grant had to face within his own party
the opposition t which long revolved
around Sumner'. Schurs, Fenton, and
bad-the Piatt-Quay comblnat'on to deal
With as well as the disaffection of Blaine
in Ms own Cabinet, and Democratic fac
tionalism against Cleveland usually
found Hilt or Oorman as Its focal point.
But no Republican leader of the first
rank, as legards prestige. or following,
has fallen into open loggerheads with
Roosevelt so far as to raise a signal of
revolt against him, save Foraker, and
t Foraker'a ? recent proclamation of his
nnti-R(Visvlt attitude has been bdmn
ently received by some politicians with i
somewhat mora respectiv-i attention
than would have been likely to be given
to it before the October panic.
In the sight of politicians, however, a
President when he n'ears the last year
ot his term is apt to become what old
"Joe" Ncbre used to say of the mayor
of Philadelphia at a corresponding stage
of his tenure ef office "the mayor on
his last lap is like a squaesed orange,"
and here and there occasionally this sort
ot feeling begins to crop out toward
, Roosevelt.
It would be difficult, in fact, to name
a President who, elected to the office,
has lived out his term or terms and has
left it without having experienced some
turn in public sentiment against him.
Even Washington was at one Unie in the
' course of his presidential service so
much in disfavor by reason ot his ad
ministrative policies that a Philadelphia
mob, according to John Adams, was on
the point of assailing him In his Market
long before he was thought of for the
presidency, expressed the opinion that
ciio of Jackson's worst ideas was that
when the people elect a President, thejr
thereby give their approval to any ana
every measure with which that favored
mortal may henceforth consider himself
Identified.
It is ourlous that this Is now one ot
I the complaints of the anti-Roosevelt
critics, and that, at the Same time, the
president's very sealous friends insist
that If he has lost any ef his popular,
It Is Only because of organised attempts
to discredit or misrepresent him. Bonis
have gone so far as to charge that the
present financial disturbance was manu
. fnctureif to order by his enemies in tir.
der to weaken him With the people. ,'
Singularly enough, Roosevelt put on
record more than a, dosen years ago,
when describing the panlo of im, his
opinion X I like Charge, on the part ot
ithe friends of .Jackson. "Benton and
iJL",' .V. 'IVTrr ft ',' :.:V""
iwraey,wa.sca n:j m view
selves would be, frm a builneva staw.
point,' the main sufnerera,"
Co:, t. So 1 "O ; ; o C . !, I
r-y v :;-: s ! o .t Lo - " :.
JO'S. V. o, v...'i i the Anc-rior-i ; -rplary
of v?r. j . : J her J;:..' oo 1 cn
board this tttamer e.orly this mornln?
at Boulogne. Oa the trip out on a
harbor tender the party .had an ex
ceedingly narrow escape from wreck
and disaster. .. ; '
Mrs. Taft Mrs. George Post Wheei
er, wife of the second secretary of the
American embassy at Toklo, and the
other passengers , for the - President
Grant, boarded the tender Holland
last night within the-harbor works of
Boulogne. Very heavy seas were
running outside and this delayed the
departure of the tender, but at half
past 1 this morning, it feeing supposed
that the President Grant was inside
the breakwater, the Holland started
out to take the passengers alongside.
Soon after 'leaving it was discovered
that the ; President Grant had not
come inside. The Holland was
caught in the heavy seas. . A o giant
wavs broke her rudder and the small
tender drifted helplessly In the daric
ness. . 6h vras tossed about v on the
waves-- W he a corki-and -rolled almost
on her beam ends. . There was danger
of oapBlzing or of toeing dashed upon
the rocks.
i The night was very wild. : The wo
men, among the passengers wre ter
rified and every one thought that the
tender would be driven against the
rocks and all hands lost .
o When the' Holland first threw ner
anchor it ould noto hold and the
waves broke over the tender as she
dragged her hook, i Another anchor
was thrown out and finally one - of
them caught and the tender swung
to. The crew then set to work des
perately to fix the rudder. Mrs. Taft
and MraWheelee - were o. calm,' al
though ararmedj . The President
Grant finally moved in .. behind ' the
breakwater and the passengers were
tnansf erred,' .
Taft Receives News of Mother's Death
On board the Steamer President
Grant,; in the English Channel, Dec
10, by wireless telegraphy to London,
via Falmouth. -The message announc
ing .the death of Secretary o Taft's
mother was received at 1:30 this
morning. ! The secretary was arous
ed and the message communicated to
him. - He wa greatly affected. -The
secretsu-y hta hoped to reach America
before the . worst , ,
Currln-fnTtead. in Durham County.
Special to The Observer. ' o;
Durham Dec. Mr. Clifford!
Currin, ot Granville o county, and Miss
Emma TJmetead, daughter of Mr, H.
L. Umstead, who lives In the north
ern part of i this county, will be united
in marriage Wednesday, afternoon.
The vows will be said at the homeeof
the bride's parents' and ReVi G.- "W
FlRher, pastor of the Durham ; circuit,
will officlaate. After the marriage
there will be a wedding dinner and
the couple will leave for their, home
In Granville. This is the ; second
daughter of Mr. H. L , . Umstead,
who is prominent planter and a
well-known citizen, to marry within
the last month.
News Ttero From Salisbury.
Ereclal to The Observer. ,
Salisbury. Dec. . Mr. R. M. Davis
for years with the Salisbury Hard
ware Company, and one of the best
funeral directors In the state, has pur
chased th Interest of the T. R. WWh
erspoon Furniture Company and con
solidates with the W. B. Summersett
Company. They rent large rooms In
the building of the Southern ' Express
Company and will" have with T. W.
Summersett an unJertailng parlor of
great proportions. ? :-.
Mr. J. F. Lud wick leaves to-morrow
evening for Milwaukee, where rA
will pull for the SchlUi Company's
favor in the division of their immense
increase of interests oyer the country.
Atlanta Pressmen WW Strike.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec 9, The print
ing pressmen and - assistants local
union to-hlght voted to go on strike
to-morrow in all ahops noit agreeing
to an 8-hour day. It is understood
that a number of the 27 shops in
the city have refused to accede to the
demands of the men and in these
strikes will he inaugurated to-morrow.
The pressmen .refuse to hake any
statement. . . .. . '
Killed by Falling Cars.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec, ; T.
Carpenter was instantly killed,
Mitchell Evans seriously, if not fatal
ly, Injured, . and R. P, Looney badly
hurt In an accident at the Ensley
steel - plant late to-day. The men
were working in a pit when an
engine ran into some dump cars,
throwing rfthe cars into the pit and
upon the men.- -
"Hate Case to Be Heard 18th.
Wasmlngrton, Dec. 9. The case of
Hunter against Wood, involving the
North Carolina railroad rate law was
to-day set for hearing by the Supreme
Court of the United States on Decem
ber 18th. .
living in- the Tomfts of Egypt. .
Leslie's Weekly." . ..:ooo- . o, '
lit is uprising to strangers to find
Egyptian families occupying aomo of
the tombs which have been excavated
and abandoned. It seems uncanny to
see babies' playing cheerfully about
the doors of the tomb houses and so
watch chicken running In and out
as they do at, the . mud1 o dwellings,
when questioned about the tombs a
dragoman said that those occupied as
homes had ibeen tombs of ordinary
citizens aniH were of no value as dhow
places for itourists. As some of them
have several rooms extending into the
rock, and as they .are coot in the hot
test days of summer and' warm in the
cool days of winter, they are altogeth
er desirable as homes. The Egyp
tlans do not share tho horror of dead
bodies ..felt .by European .. Children
run about with pieces of mummies,
and If they cannot dispose of them to
tourists, o they play with them! "A
mummified foot or hand is so com
mon In Luxor that one may be pur
chased for a few cents. .
The Blood ot Ota Presidents, o !
Pathfinder. - , '
Despite jtTt fact that we are the
most almalgamated nation on earth,
but two of the twenty-five men: who
have served this country as President
came f ronTother than British ances
try. Having occasion a few days since
to go over a list of the Presidents, it
occurred to me that it .would be of In
terest to' see whence our executives)
come, o find that all but two Van
Bureri and Roosevelt, who came from
the Dutch were ; of ; British ances
try;' ''f::. o 'o 'O .- !":."'; v;
', These twenty-three from the Britlsn
are divided ' up .Into Scotch-Irlsht
Scotch Welsh and English, From ths
Scotch-Irish came Jackmn, Polk,
Buchanan, Arthur "and McKinley;
from the Scotch are Monroe. Grant
and Hayes, and from the Welsh cams
Jefferson. AH the rest cams from
the English, pure and simple, Ger
man, French. Italian, Polish, Russian
and Scandinavian blood have not yet
mingled fn ths veins efotir ' Presi
dents, and probably will not for soma
time, ... t
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A: real swell line 26 and 28 -
w- tea i
Handle Umbrellas; something - "for a . rainy ,: day"
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Prices. . .... 7. . . , . . )$2.5Q to $8.60 '
We have a new line in Turkish and Blanket . Kobes
even tne eouege colors r.
: Genuine Leather Suit Cases -:
In 22, 24 and 26-inch Tan
shaped Grip's....; V..
: Handkerchiefs
Pnr6 Linen Handkerchiefs.
A beautiful pure linen, with neat initial, six in a nice .
box with Christmas cord. " Box.-. . .. ,s ; V. ; .$1.50
Silk Handkerchiefs,.. . . . . . .25c, to $10
Men's Sox, Plain or Fancy Cotton or Lisle, 10c. to 50c, ,
SiiK Halt nose ... : . . ; , . . . . , , y yoc. to $1.7o
. : Mufflers J ; ' V
A" dandy assortment Mufflers
Black and Grey or Fancy
Striata Rnv Tlirlcvjpar uriA Rti ctn.
. . ;ders :. :"zO.
A beautiful lot Neckwear
One in a box, ... . . . . .
Silk Suspenders in single
Combination sets Suspende
s . " '
JUiUlUy JXlik A1U1 JJAUU9 JLU OttjJ WUia UUAC3, . . . . . . lvW
Dent's and Adieus Kid Gloves
In Cadets or regularTans, Browns, Greys and White;'
dressed. and endressed. . . . . ...... ...$1.00 to $2.50
Office Jackets
A regular J ersey Office Coat
Grev or White Sweaters '.
Fancy Vests
In Flannel, Silk or Mercerized, in swell style's , '
...... ...... ,$i,50 to $4.oo.
House and
4X UcaUmui UWS UvUSC Kvwppcio ailtl Xjalxx XVOOHl Olip-
pers in Leather, ,Corduriy,.etc.;... .;'.$1.00 to $1.50
;Rairi or Overcoats ; A
A' large range of colors and styles in both price?
...v.. .... $8.50 to 525.00:
, . -s... ' 1 - t 4
Scrivens' Patent Grey Cashmere Shirts, and Drawers, -,
all sizes in a dandy weight garment.; . , . . C. . .$2.00
. weighty Garment i : V. '. $1.50 to ' $2.50
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A beautiful line in Tan, Brown, t Green, etc; , r'
....
Traveling Cases. . .........
T " . ml 1 . mmm mm.
4 , i
inch Plain, Sterling or Gold
- .......53.50 to $10.00 .
and Brown; or those1 newr
.'1$5.00 to $20.00
an3 Half Hose
t.. . V. .10c. to 500.'-
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and Scarfs in Solid White;-'
.... , 75c. to $3.50
n H rich Christmas - boxes.
. ....... .75c. and $1.00
holiday boxes: . 50c. to $2.50
rs ? and Garters in nice box
-..'.,$1.00
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arid Sweaters
. . . . . . $4.00" to $4,50 .
; . .$2.50 and $3.00 "
Bath Slippers ; v
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...,...$1.50 to $2.5o;
. . . . . . .. . . .$L25 to $2.00 ;
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