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r- r v ! ' ' 1 J i t vi jf u I - sixsaurnox riacE: , Dally. r-" year ...... f x months i.. .JS.OO J I Ml .. iM 41.00 Semi-Weekly. One year e n months -J" 1 urea muntbs ...,..... No. ? South Tryoo street. Telephone numbers: Business ttice, Bell 'phone 7S; city editor s office. UeU 'phoue Ut, news wjitor" office. Bell 'phone i A subscriber In ordwln? the address tt his paper changed, will please ie Wcate the address to irtieh It Is go. ttrf at ho time he .asks for the . change to n mad. Advertising rates are furnished on application. Advertisers way feel sure that through the columns pt this paper they may reach U Charlotte a ad a portion of the beet people . this State and uppr South. Carolina. This apr gives correspondent , lde latitude as it thinks publlo pea ky permits, but It Is In no tas re sponsible for their view. It Is much , " preferred Uiat correspondents sign Uelr names to their articles, especial )y in case where they attack persona institutions,' though this is not de manded. The editor reserves the light to give the names of correspon dents when they - are demanded for th purpose of personal satisfaction. To receive consideration a communi cation must be accompanied by the - true caret of the correspondent. TUTRSDAT, DECEMBER 12, 1807. A JSESt, ALL TOO BRIEF, FOR THE FORESTS. One good thing the panic has al ready done, remarks The Lenoir News trim, its vantage point of observation, U th atopping,' however temporarily, of wholesale and reckless forest dea traction. "Moat of the sawmills and lumbering operaUons, , say The New "ar oeing either shut down entirely or wry much reduced. Ex perienced foresters tell lis that the timber lands of our country ate ample tor an th needs of the country, If properly cared or and utilized, hut to go on at the rate of destruction that lias prevailed for the past few years, will practically' exhaust the supply In sixteen to twenty years. The.destruc tioa of the forests with no efforts to replant them,, means the drying lip of the streams and a change of climate, that "will make much of the country barren wastes. This Is not an opti mistic view, but good authorities tell us that this has been the experience of other countrla, where the waste ful destruction of the forests prevail ed until too late to remedy the evil." '. H U a statistical fact that th coun try's timber supply undergoes de tructlon - at just ' little more than three times the rate-of growth. Clear ly the ratio in favor of destruction must rise from yea to year unless present tendencies are checked and well-nigh1 complete de-forestatlon will soon face the country. Moreover, the forests are being slaughtered In ao ti( lerly reckless, a manner that In many cases, especially where mountain sides are attacked, they cannot replace themselves even with the moat inferior timber. This generation 1$ Impover ishing Itself and leaving nothing for those which shall follow. The losses, MAt Ant. 4n atti1 HmhAt hilt. In th Mv. vui . .....- ...... . - ... -- - form of damage to land, both the de forested land Itself and land hundreds of miles away which sustains Injury through the alternate drought and flood produced In water courses by de-forest atlon, must soon become too great for reckoning. The great water power and navigation In terests dependent upon the streams, and the great Industrial and commer cial intereata In turn dependent upon them, will suffer no less. Mountain scenery Is being robbed of Its charm. And yet very simple measure. If not Much, longer delayed, will very little reduce and Ultimately even Increase to en Immense extant the annual Um ber yield while at the same time ef fectively conserving this Invaluable natural resource. Certain method hav been adopted from Grmpy where forests yield huge revenues and yet grow more productive year by year. Into all European countries and are now being applied by our govern ment to Its public land domain. A fairly general - application of those .methods is a great national need, and to this end the proponed White Moun- lTtal' and Appalachian forest reserves , would not only be highly beneficial In thenwelves but 'Wot!J 'iwrv ' object lessons of the utmost value. '" . la so far as the panic marks even ft brief halt In the" slaughter of forests Jt tloes Indeed make itt good. If The JTews can assure us that the abom ; inable practice of destroying valuable 'trees merely, for. the trifling sums their bark brings at tanneries has also been feeld up w shail feel yet Some of the Washington corres , pendents have It that John Sharp Williams tardy and manifestly reluc-" Utt declaration for Mr, Bryan1 was the result, of recent activity In, Wauh lngton on the latter part ' Mr.' Bry an. so the nubile le told, brought Mr.' V.'j JJJama around . by threatening to put up representative DeArmond, of Missouri, as ft Bryan candldaU tor the House minority leadership. This Klory la 1 Interesting; but those " who rav any acquaintance with either of the two public men 'in question will hive try great dlfflculty in believing I !:- ! : V ;l r: I s- 1 n M'-'':v r .-. .. t . "I !.-l-i u!,. avA vi:tor sin., ,!-nt aoc ii rr.ov.uxifis. No cit v In li.e Mate Is I t ti r prriirofl in eii;i't iy f.r tins r'ir Tow tUun is she. While saying nou.injr. ecnlvst Gre!nhboro, which has sevoral times shown her nbility to amply enter tain the attendants on the conventions we say give Charlotte a charce. We b lieve sho will do the rl?ht thins by the mnwntlrm una that those who attend the next asspmblage cf the party, tf held In that city, will he jelad that she was given the chance cf being Hostess. All of which Is equally kind and true.' From time to time The, Ob server has had ' the pleasure of re producing similar expressions from other exchanges and now we feel en tirely confident that Charlotte will get the " convention, i quite possibly by unanimous consent - ' The convention vtsltcW.;;' Ilk -i-'ftll oUier'vlsltors. whether on special occasions or no special occasion, will be well taken care ofthat Is known to be Char; lotte' way.jCharlotte ' will pretty certainly", get thOenTocTinoTCtafe convention and would be glad to en tertain the Republican State conven tion also. ' The Laurlnburg Exchange has been sold by Mr. Mao Cameron to Messiys. Jonathan Peele and W.1 H. Weather spoon, who take charge with the cur rent Issue. The Exchange Is passing from excellent Jiands, but If we may Judge from what' Mr. Camf ron says the new publishers In' his parting word and what they say for, them selves in their opening word It will not suffer. We extend our best wishes for Its success. . 1 ,: Things have come to a pretty pass when foreigners In the South cannot be arrested Cor vagrancy and sent o the roads, like anybody else under similar circumstances, without a cry of peonage being raised. Tet that is Just what has happened in Rowan county. Do citizens of foreign coun tries and Northern States when in the South possess1 such extra-territorial privileges, uch exemption from na tive law, as Europeans do In China? The Ashevllle Gazette-News and The Norfolk Vlrglnlan-Pllot hasten to remind The Observe that the wild man from Arkansas is named Jeffries Davis. The Observer was One of the first to Insist that he be correctly named, yet, through some strange slip, we called him Jefferson. Icha bod, lchabod! We'll have to take It out on the wild man's noggin some how. "Those who doubt that a new Con gress has asseinbled," exelaiims The Washington Herald, "may be at ease. General Keifer again announces his determination to cut down the South's representation In the House." Sure enough, Somebody ought to Introduce a, bill to cut down Northern represen tation, Just by way of Variety. The American Textile Manufactur er announces that It has taken over The Mill and Shop News. This ac tion means a further strengthening of Charltte's already strong trade publication, and we view it with plpasure accordingly. Observer readers must have been glad to note that the prompecta are for excellent committee assignments-, go ing to both North Carolina Senators a state of affairs which Is exactly as It should be. FORSYTH DOCTORS MEET. Annual Scw-ilon of th t.ui c . . ' b'te,rlln Hospital for PJye, Ear and Well 7 hoflctjTbroat, Is also taking neolal courses i . , "TTp,,on uiven to Make A-qualntance of New iTeach. crs Special to The Observer. , M Winston-Salem. Dec. ltThe annual meeUng of the Forsyth County Mlkal Society was held yesterday aftornoon In the council chamber of the municipal building, being largely attended. There was muoh interest In the annual elec tion of officers, which resulted on fol lows: President, Dr. D. N. Dal ton; vice president, Dr. R. D. Jewett; socrctary and treasurer, Dr. Eugene CJray. Dr. J. Lewis Hants was elected a deltgaie to the State Medlctil Society, whicb moots in this city wxi yew. Drs. K. 2 K lilt nnrl II u T . 1 1 . . . i.u I,, o. jjiu. were elected mem bers of the executive board of the Twin rtty HoNpital Awoclatlon and Drs. C U Summtrs and M. F, Prohl were elat ed members of the train school com mittee. Dr. R. D. Jcwett read a most interest ing pacer on nuirral iHiu-aiu .... fn II,. WiA, .u. . '.. c At the next meeUng Drs. C. L. Smntners ! 'k,1; Pwi wU1 rd Pipers, the! "i"" l" "V ""eciea iawr. , The reoenuon given t- Centenarr! man's Foreinn WlsslonarJ 'lit mf thai lA'rt- 5 church In order to give the member of Ujo conureiraUi.il an opportunity to make tlie acqtmintance of the new . pasuir. .Aberjathy, - Mrs.. . Abnrasthy 1 1 '!F Mr T. -P. and Mrs. VrL7 "Jui:n ?w CV8"t to' ' and friend. uTL, m, m. im uuiis inn inenns Drosnnt. Th h,,... mrA fri.. J. ... .. . .n. Vs- wre from jau to 10 o'cIikk. " RI1ARY DATE IS SET. Gaffney Citizens IVrpare to Nomina to n iiayur ..Mr. IOtill cU. of Blacks. bnrg, Lot IUs Barn and lu Con. . tcuu, - j-,:. wU-v , -T .. . , . Special to The Observer. 1 - ' ,. Gairney s. C. Dec. u.-At the meet In of. cillsns which was called by th City Demncratl aii.,: -.JZ,.." -;nlht,,t tor ,h city muni. ,"i'uwn, i , n, uuuer, Esa;, was mlttee and J. C. Otta, Ksq., secretary f nd treasurer. It was dMdfd to hold primary for the nm nation of mayor Jf riUfT V IH Th w-retary Was In lil.? ?1nld for -flWrlbutlon among the Voters l,ow copies of the rules governing : the prltnary election. , The registration books wilt be opened sooa In order that all voters may qualify be ton the faction, c . . ' misfortune to lose Ma m and contents between I a. m, and 4 o'clock this morn injr. .Jiis loss Included hoise, one i.mwr vim cow, ouggr end nsrneiss, a lot of seed cotton and all of his foddor ; isy ) iy u Bssrly fl.OW,- and falls very heavily upon Mm, he Is a poor, haxd-worklng jiiiin. "" ' . !: .".re of . ; , . ;..;.0r4s i . ' ' " i I)rf)r ( 1. . J v iLi.l )T lieu i::;re 'ir:r uts. pe:Iiil to The Observer. Greensboro, Dec. 11. A 12-year-old girl named "Victoria Byram, who has been under the care of the North Carolina Children's Home Society for a year an for whom there is no in stitution In this State, was sent to Indiana- to-night by Supt. W. (B. Streeter to enter a training school. The society will pay her - xpenses while she is acquiring an education. ? The 6-monthe-old bby left t the home of Roxle Burnham lst Sunday has been placed In a home by the Children's Home' Society: The police are still looking for the hair-Hpped man who left the baby at the Burn ham woman's home. ' ' Chrlea , Puryer, John , Messley, Piatt Bowden and Charles Bowman were tried in Justice D. H OOlllns court this morning on the charge of trespass, and' on account of the fact that all of the boys ire under IS years of ageaga. Judgment was suspended upon payment of " the ccti.l Yeatef day afternoon they went to the coal chute and colleced a quantity of coal and built a bonfire, near a- large pile of valuable lumber; whlch. however, did not catch , on Jlre.v:,c iX ;y c , Mr. --'jr.; W. Ltndau has sold to the Revolution: Cotton Mills . three acres of land In Gllmor township.' ' -- f. 25-acrefarm Oln ? 1ep River township has been sold by , Mr. C. A. Porter to Mr. J. W. Matlock. - Mr, R, H. Milton, formerly of Hick ory, has acceptad tho position of as sistant superintendent ; of th Oreens boro ElectriC:.Company:i.;t;-:sre''i' V. The board of directors of the cham ber of commerce met this afternoon' atS o'cloclc to consider a proposition made bjr a gentleman offering to fur nish electric current to this city, ; Dr. John Roy Williams ba bought from Miss Pearl Wyche a desirable building lot on Chestnut street. ' ? The pension warrants for Guilford county have arrlvsd. The last Legis lature Increased the amount In each cla2S.- The first class now receives 172; second, $60; thiTd. 48? fourth, 125; fifth (widows), $25. In Oullford there are only two first-cla, pension ers, four of the second, 15 of the third. 192 of the fourth . and 13 widows. ' ' '.. ' .' '; Messrs. R. C. Whlttlngton and C. R. Vanstory were adopted at last night's meeting of Mlnneot Tribe No. 62 Im proved Order of Red Men. The tribe received an Invitation from Eno Tribe No. 61 to' attend a special service for Red Men to be held next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock In St, Paul's M. P. church at Revolution, : Rev. Mr. Raper doing the preaching. While driving In his buggy and' leading a horse yesterday afternoon at Jamestown, Dr. J. R. Gordon had the thumb of his right hand Jerked off by the led horse; wihlch shied at a load of. hay. Dr. J E. Poscue was summoned and he i rendered the necessary attention, 1 I, i ' J-.-.,' WINNERS OF THE "D." ' Davidson Football Players Awarded a crats are just as loyal as any others. , Coveted Honor F,ntertainjnen( ia' "There Is no one in the' South now Honor of Dr. j. W. McConnell -Mr. who wants the Democratic preslden 8. J. Christi'nbury to 3tove to Town,'4 Hal nomination, but It the outh had Special to The Observer. ia candidate of Its ,Jwn, I think the Davidson. Dec. 11. Yesterday niorntn ! Southern Democrats would not hesl- the committee of award announced the names oi we men on the football squad ior me season just ended who are en- titled to wear the college "D." They are as follows: Edgerton, Elliot, Morton. Ax ford, Daniels, Moore, W. S.i Denny, James. Clark, C. S., 8adler, Wilkinson. Rankin, T., Kluttz, Warllck, Bhaw and Dunn. Edgerton as centre is also the for tunate wearer of a beautiful sweater,! in 'gin oi jar. enry mum, or oreen vllle, S. C who In this practical way every year shows his interest In foot ball and the centre rush, he hlmserf In his college days having proven a nervy player In this capacity. ' Examination are having the right-of-way now over all other events and Is sues and seem to be occupying the close attention of all the parties concerned, They will continue through the 20th Inst. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. McConnell enter tained a few friends to-day at dinner In honor of Dr. J. W. McConnell, who pent yesterday and to-day on the hill. He Is on his way to Chester, S C, to visit his parents In York county. Dr. SlcConnell, who Is in Btritimore this year, as resident physician to the Pres- coming year. - He reports quite a num ber of Davidson men In Baltimore at the several universities and colleges and all as Riving good account of themselves. They hope soon to organise a Davidson College club. Mr. Sydney J. Christenbury had a public sale at his home, two miles east of town yesterday. He was unwilling to sacrifice his live stock to any great extent, but, as It was, one mule, nine imart of cattle, a finely bred hog and Komn feed stuffs were dlopofctnl of. Mr. ChristenbiTy will move into Davidson to-morrow, having purchased some tnontbe nro the Maxwell residence. Hn will continue, however, to operate a 170 hits farm, the larger fraction of the "Barrtngcr tract," that he bought some years ao. The house end barns and 153 r.li-i sr-r he sold recently to Mr tji f nr.., .,in move to this property In a short 1 78 years, gne leaves an aged hus nnd continue the cultivation of these, hand and several children to moirn isnds. fher loss. - ,' :'.J. Mr. Parks Grey, of Bedford City, Va., i . ",, m,, we the Biicut of Ms brother this week. I nr c. r deal, Blacksburg. S, C. -Miss Lnvelett Dupuy has returned T'njValZ home after a term of school work la-Special to , The Observer. . , trnrhntn ' """ '- ; Norfolk CVXton Brokers Indlcte WAtv v. r ? it. .Pntrr v A. VVIirrrj.-irirTrrj-V. HU n,ivauwt;i t - w v t ' - cotton brokers, were to-day indicted on three counts by a special grand ' Jury charging grand larceny In that I thoy . are alleged T. to' havs i , secured ; money .'f ram' three local rbanki "on cotton Warehouse ' receipts , covering f, .eoo bales-of cotton not in existence, Teler A AgelestO ; was released cm hAil tit 110.000. - Aiexanaer , hail liu.000. -Alexander 4iitn U In New York, but it is understood he will Immediately Te turn and give bond. The amount alleged to b Involved tn the three cae Js 1280,000. , The names of the banks said to have been vlctlmlned are: Norfolk National Bank. Citizens' Bsnk and Virginia Pavings and Trust Company, Interesting Case This Morning ' In v.y-sf.'fCottrt. 0 . Vn of fhe interesting wies to be tried before Recorder Smith this morning Is that of Mr. A. Stelnhauser arainat Mr. John Webber on the charsw of aseault. v The acrap is said to have occurred at Mr. Bteinnausers place north of the city Tuesday night and the papers were made out .yes terday.; ,;fc;y: 5;5,Av','.i'i fciVi; Will Enjoy Buck's Version, , Gantonia News. ' - The Charlotte Observer Is to be rep resented Jurlng the present session of Congress by Mr. II. E. C. Bryant, anJ the people of this section will enjoy his version , of congressional deilbcrvioni. II u news will be abun dant and concise and the stylo inter ; ' i t l"j ,'L!j l'. ,3V. the heav::j ; - ct i - r if i f a: --armoreJ,?: ir Admiral 1 ship of J ed Into Iiampton Roads and too her place at the head of the outwork col umn. The Minnesota is the ranking member of toe second squadron of the fleet, and Admiral Thomas, who commands this squadron, has duties and responsibilities second- only to those of the commander-in-chief. Rear Admiral Evans. The size and dig nity of the fleet that Is! to carry the flag through the Magellan Straits and add such an, important new chapter to American naval history Is best em phasized by the fact that no less than four rear aJmlrals are In command. The battle at Santiago found a com modore and a captain temporarily as signed to flag rank as the command ing officers of the American forces. Dewey sailed Into Manila Bay. a com modore. The Minnesota made a leisurely vovasre .lown from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was nearly I o'clock this aiiernoon wnen ioomus av-. she slipped noiselessly by the guns of Fort Monroe and let go Cier an chors In the roadstead. Just opposite the Connecticut. - Coal barges Imme diately were towed alongside and'ths fuel burnej on the trip from Sandy Hook toon had been replaced. . - The last supplies. of food nd ammunition-were being placed aboard the ships to-day.-and, tn roadstead ' was filled with craft of, every desqrlpUon. Each Incoming steamer of commerce from New , York, Baltimore .and Washington brings freight for. ;?,the fleet. - - . That the ships are ready to set sail and that all the mora serious work of preparation has been accom push ed Is shown by the shore liberty giv en the sailors each afternoon, when football games between teams from the various ships , ad sometimes with the artillerymen at th post are played.' To-day the Kansas team wal loped the V Kentucky5 eleven and the Vermont players beat the Alabama after the liveliest sort of; struggle. Several hundred bluejackets from the contesting , ships were - ashore ,, and headed by their bands marched from the dock to the fort. .. A ball 1 at the Chamberlain to night was ontf of the first of the so cial features plannej for navy fare well week. . HOKE SMITH'S OPINION. No One In the Sonth Now Who Wants the Democratic Nomination Southern pemocrata Must Do Their Own Thinking. - i. j ' New . York, Dec. 11. Hoke Smith. Governor -.of Georgia, who was. here to-day to--' attend a meeting of the trustees Of the Peabody education fund, said In an Interview: "National politics is chaotic. The more I look at It the more "chaotic the situation appears.; I do not know how things will develop. I do know that there ; la d sentiment among Southern Democrats or concerted ac tion. The South doesn't mean t- be treatea any longer as u n were jn a Mate of seiesjlon. Southern Demo- t;t.rupbrt him in the convention. The feeling Is general among Soutltenv Denwrats : that7 the time has come' when they must do their own thinking .in national affairs and not merely aesept what ; others have thought for them. The . feeling is j that the time has come for Southern Democrats to act together and take prt In the leadership of the party." Governor Smith will attend the meeting of the Democratic national committee at Washington to-morro w. Military Escort Furnished to Protect ; Negro Murderer, l ' Vlcksburg, Miss', Decs It -At the request of Circuit Judge Bush, of this district, and under Instructions of Governor Vardaman, a military es cort accompanied JtnvLum. a negro, when the latter Was returned to-day from Jackson to plead to the charge of having killed Ben Gulder, Jr., a prominent young man of this city, on October 22d. Since his arrest Lum has been held at Jackson because of the feeling here. After to-day's pro ceedings he will, be returned to Vlcks burg' Friday again under a military escort for preliminary trial. . i Cotton Warehouse Burns. Taylor -Tax;,; DecT I L The ' " far mers' union warehouse, together with about 2,000 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire to-d'ay.. Dam age 1185,000, jcoverffd by iinaurance. TIIE DEA'III RECORD. Mrs. Marcus Hunsncker, of Catawba County. ; - : Correspondence of The Observer. , ; Newton. Dec. 10, Mrs. Marcus Hnnsucker. wlto lived, near Ball's Preek camn-xrouiid died last night of tmeumonia at the advances age of Gaffney, & C, Dec. U vr. b. M. Deal died at hta motners noma in Blacksburg ; yesteday.5 He was burled to-dav under tne auspioes ot the Knights of Pythtaa, of which or der he was an enthusiastic member Dr. Deal was only'3 years of age. After graduating in medicine at the University of Maryland., h went to Columbia to, practice his i profession. He soon acquired a lucratlv practice, but was attacked by that dread dls ea.e, tuberculosis, and he let Co inmhra and went to California, with the hope that the climate would re store him to health. His hopes were vain, however, and he returned home Saturday and ureatnea nw last yes terday. He leaves a devoted wife and three little, children, a mother, one brother and one sister, to mourn nia loss. The floral offerings were nu mcrous und beautiful.,' The ' out-of- town people who attenaea tne niner- ai were: Mr. ana jura, jonn &co, of Atlanta, ua,: ir.j. . viiuuh Dr. W. A. Boyd ond Mr,' and Mrs. R. C. Wright, or VJOiumma; v .n. Boss, ,B. E. Humphries. C, Ci Green and J, B. Bell, of Gaffney. Th stricken family rms the sym nathv of a very largo circle of friends. Dr. Deal was a brother of Frank Deal, who was killed at Blacksburg In March of this yar, by William h, MUls. , . , Catarrh Our National Curse. . Catarrh and ' catarrhal complica tions have ruined many of the best chance and prospects. By weaken lug th entire system "It unfits .the victim for work. Herring's Catarrh Cure, 11.00 per' bottle,- by effecting permanent cures. has led to many promotions. For sal by Atkinson's Drug store." J ' -"' -- t - - r t. I Til lo; i a t ve to alcohol for' t.-.uty yers. . fcUnra being cured at your Institute I have never tasted liquor or any ir ileino containing alcohol, nor have I ever had any desire to drink. I am sure it saved me from a drunkard's hell. The fourteen' years since I took the treatment have been a blessing to myself and my family. My ad vice to all s not to drink, but to those who have formed the" drink habit, I say go and take the Keeley Treatment' at Greensboro at once. I wish all could see as I do now. It Is so good to know that I am a cured man, and to know that If I am faith ful to the end I will have a home In the Bright Beyond. I hope that many more cures will be made at the Greensboro Keeley Institute. - Very truly yours. - t . J. M. HUNSUCKER. - r- MARRIAGES."; . " - d ' - Hill-Sktnner Announcement, . , , Observer Bureau, ' s J The Holleman Building, -i; ' ' , Kalelgh, Dec. 10. Invitations were issued to-day to the marriage of ex-United States Mar shal Joshua B. Hin and Miss Nannie Skinner, daughter of Benjamin 8. Skinner, of the Agricultural A Me chanical College here. , Wllson-Hopklns, at' Greensboro. -' Special to 3e Observer. ,v - t- , : Greensboro, Dec, 11. Last, night at 10 o'clock Bey. J. W. Goodman, pastor of: Bessemer Avenue Presby terian, church, officiated at the mar riage of Miss Mary Margaret Hopkins and Mrv.1 Parks F. Wilson, both of Hillsboro. The couple arrived In the city on the 0:50. train last evening and proceeded at once to the home of the officiating, minister, a friend of theirs having preceded them to Greensboro yesterday morning and procured ' a license, which he left with Bey.kMr. Goodman They were accompanied to this - city by Miss Sue Hopkins,- a sister of the bride, and Mr. R. T. Marshall, of Durham. The bride's parents objected to the match, but soon after the z ceremony the bride's father was notified by tele graph..: The he ppjf couple left this morning for Hillsboro to receive the blessings of the "old folks." DE-D MAY REACH aOOV ' ""' Rescuers Working Hard In West Vir ginia Minos and Thus Far 223 Bod ies Have Been Inearth ed Over , FHty Funerals in One Day. ' Monongah, W. ' Va., Dec. It Steadily and. almost uninterruptedly, mines Nos. 6 and 8 of the Fairmont Coal Company are giving up the vic tims of last Friday's, explosion. When to-night'a force of rescuers went on duty there had been a total of 22S bodies taken out, most of which have been burled. Others were brought out In groups of two and three at short Intervals. . A number of the bodies brought out to-day did not bear 4 the brass checks used in the company's system of records and accounts of a majori ty, of its employes, thus substantiat ing the statements of Monday that a large number of men and boys la the mines wore not .included jn jne checking rolls upon - which estimates of the dead-were lsrgety based. v, This has also almost dispelled the : hope expressed bv mining officials the past few days that the number of dead haJ been over-estimated. Thero Is rea son to believe to-night that the num ber will not fall far short of BOO, -? A canvass of miners' homes will be completed -to-morrow and this to gether with a list of hundreds of un claimed letters In the poatoffice will furnish data for a new and probab ly more accurate estimate. Conditions outside the mine to nljrht are much improved through the freezing soil of the mud, making the work much , easier. - - , ' An opening between the two mines was completed to-hlffht and it is believed- that within 48 hours all the bodies found will have been taken to the morgue. - . Over 50 funerals were held to-day. On each casket there was a bunch of American beauty "roses or white car nations. The, source of the flowers remained secret until late in the day when it was learned that Miss Eliza beth, daughter of S. I Watson, treas urer of the coal company, had ordered them. - FARMER iOSES HIS PROPERTT. Fire Destroys IT! Home and the Con- , tents. IjcaTinsr Him in a : Serious f'onrt'tion -Other Items . i From Mounf Airy. - ) Special to The Observer. - " ,;. Mount ; Airy,. Dec. il.Mr. J. F. Gamble, who has been cropping on the farm of Mr. M. C Reeves, near this city, had the misfortune to lose his house and nearly' everything he had in It by fire yesterday afternoon. The house was on Mr. Reeves' farm.' near ly a mile from the city. ; Th loss Is a serious one. ' t. at is thought by January 1st the factories will gn back to the JO-hour synicm. , Mr. J. Rj Harrison has bonght out the Greenwood stock of general mer chandise. Mount Airy has put much ..money Into new buildings this year " and much money into-enlarging and im proving other buildings. - Next year promwes to be anotner goort year un less the political chamjalgn Interferes. which , ought not to bother business matters. - ' v Jgaae' Gravely. -who amused himself by firing several shots at two men Munaav near uovuia creeic .Druee lert for parts unknown belore the officers arrived on thencen of action. The cley authorities need it seems, a first Class aetectrve to won up me liquor sellers in the city anj suburb and put them up an,r make It bo hot .for tnem they win ne compeiiej to en gage In some other business. A number of atone cutters left Ves terday morning -for different points to spena tne nonaays. Trust Abandoned ; the , Union Label k wim impunity... New , Yorg, Deo. 11.- Caleb ' C, Dula, vice president of the American Tobacco Company, testifying ' to-day tn th bearing of tne case ot th government against the so-called to baeco trust, said the American To bacco Company never resorted to un fair or illegitimate methods, to press Its goods against tnose of a competl tor.- He denied that the American Company over attempted to slander or boycott th gooas or jnaependent concerns, and ' declared that they preferred to meet competition fairly and bv legitimate methods. In th course of his testimony to day Mr. Dula said his company voluntaiiiy abandoned the use of the union label on Its goods, after giving due notice of its Intention to do so. He said the abandonment of the label had not ' affected - the company' . l. -A , i FOR - In W First, you're more than likely to get just'- what.you": - t V - , v - -J" -. v - 5 rwam ana cnoice oxuresn, wean gooas, Becona, you i ? ' " xiavts aiajJAo wiuo ivx ci,ecung your guis;., xnirar , - -- ' -V'-' " ,. .-. - .4 i, , ' , - . v-r. .-.r , you are not thrown into confusion by a jam and a Tush;f fourth, your shopping is oyer before Christi ;r' , J L A i 11. '. l! ' . Tnnv h rifi vr ii i I'M ri i-hsi. s win; you gei Deuer aeuvenes ana nave an your ; friffs inf trriprp. von tffnnf. f riPtn . xrliAn . TiAArlorl? sixth,' lastly but not lr)astly, ; by . .shopping early . 1 you get, a clerk who 14 fresh, bright and cheerful u , , , -; ' ' i : a," . ' - s . v J -. and willing toMrait on you and give you time and attention, where if you days, the. clerks are; tired, worn out and to some ' K -" ' ''- 4 extent rather slow and indifferent.-. If, no morei it's really-charity to faithful clerks that .spend ' their holidays behind- the counters for you-to'shop early. ' - A - - THE MORNING SHOPPER Can shop more leisurely, as crowded and the xlerks not so busy, and too, they "' are rested and fresh. - " ' , : ; TOYS; TOYS, TOYS v. The greatest stock of useful . Toys . we have' ever. r1 shown. ' ' 1 ' - , v$ ' : V, DOLLS : i:i"VV-y: People say we have the prettiest line of Bolls' we ever J . . AUTOMOBILES. : : :; . A boy's delight, and we have the best, -from-theTrish;;; Mail to" the Railroad Automobile and regular ' Au- . ; tos, at;.!:-V.1.';..' W'S.it to $15.o6: f - , i t 1 v . - V. 1 ( ! X - - " Wfi will deliver all vour, eoods. but small nackases that r SI " .- ..- .ai ...W.1 tAH 4 Afltl 1 H'iTW Will "TlftQCSlMv ftflVA mil llAlivSrV flAVfl ' 'of deliverv'at late' hours in the nijrht 7" -'0 ' v : f CON SIGNMENT OF FURS ' ' ' v ' ' '' ' - Another large consignment of Furs. from a large New York furrier, and these we bought them straight out. ' ' - 1 ; c JlliUd:-j"lilji:. in n inv . , t n . tpqii An rinv w .postpone till the: last few " the stores are not so I - , I ' . . a, KJ .',-;r'-- will be sold closer than had ; t - . J
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 12, 1907, edition 1
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