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... i : i f ' i. 1 v it 1 , t . . I i .1 a believer in rcXc-rmatorJes. t n.not you might term 'a reform- .1' ii: an in the sense that I believe t . ,t every State in the Union should J ive one. I consider that Nort.i 'Carolina needs a school of this .kind lto-day and needs Jt badly. Not on'y 'is auch an institution conducive 10 morality and good citizenship, but a ravine Investment from a -monetary standpoint. This la a eelfish way to look at It. but it la nevertheless true. I be'leve that the State would profit In reduced criminal court cost" to say nothing of other and mora Important matter If It had a well-managed and efficient Institution where it might tend ita Juvenile criminals for correc tion and training along the lines, of right thinking and living." . . . y This was the substance Nf Judge T.tnpji E. Bovd'g declaration in open mitwii'o morning; orlor to his' aentenclng young Isaac luuu. oi vuu ord, to term In the reform' school In the District of Columbia. Toang Klutta jwho, through his attorney, Mr. W. G. Means, of Concord, - entered a i milt' to the charge of aV - m i .. tjnlua'1 from the United States mail., was sent up ir ne year and one day. His term of seme commenced yesterday. -Thla declaration from Judgei Boyd niitiv a the erring need , of a re formatory in North Carolina will be; read with Interest toy many Charlotte Ln interest y mn, v.. t..mW a thi Atrnrffl nr luq "T.m. ..i the, en-' )mktatiA inwnneration of .others els- inui huiiicii v& m,aw " where audi an institution as JJge Boyd referred to is in sight- It will be located in Cabarrus county and 1 1 It does what Its advocates expect, it wni mark an epoch in the annals of the State.' fTM. biwerrantaUarn'g Opinion Aboat' Jeff Pavis. "If Senator Jeffries Davla. who vio lated all senatorial precedents by ehoutlng forth his views on things In seneral a'most within the first week of hi terra of service, were In almost ny American institution of learning, j remarked the "Observant Citlaen" yes- terday, as he finished reading an ac-j count of the Senator's maideneffort,! which waa. however, maiden in noth ing but name, being undistinguished special modesty in conception of delivery, "he would draw a good-sised coat of blacking In his Christmas nocking. Tnais tne y im fmhniii thn attempts to override over-! TTlQiuvn aiiu - . - alght of affairs on the capable aaonl dere la usually treated. The analogy is perfect and unassailable, although the remedy perhaps Is not." Escaped Convict Xabbed. Cicero Hicks, a one-eyed negro, lies In the city lock-up. awaiting his re turn to High .Point, where his social ,tatua is thatVt a convict who made good his escape from the chaingang of that county. . "I ekirped the gang." faid Hicks yesterday with a grin and a frank ness which indicated that he regard ed the whole affair as a huge Joke. The offense which brought him un der the Jurisdiction of the criminal court of the State was fighting. He was arrested on the square here by Officer Earnhardt. Daughters of the King To-Morrow. The local assembly meeting of the Daughters of the King of the Dio cese ct North Carolina will be held In Sti. Peter's Episcopal church' to morrow. There will be a celebra tion of the holy communion at 11 o'clock In the morning and a busi ness session at 2.30 o'clock In the afternoon. The evening service and sermon will take, place at ?:30 o'clock. Quite a number of out-of-own delegates are expected and a rnost interesting meeting Is antici pated. Rct. Mr. Ranson Here. Rev. Arthur J. Raason, one of the most prominent of the younger minis ters of the Associate Reformed Pres hyterian Chur.'h. spent yesterday In the City with ni .notner, .Mrs. ijauia. Hanson, on North Griham street. Mr. Ranson Is returning to his home In Spartanburg, R. C, from Chicago, m-here he hai been attending a tttble school for several months. He is In charge of a flourlehing mission in Spartanburg. Mrs. Rhoaf Breathes Air of Libert . Mrs. H. B. Shoaf, who, along with her husband, stands charged w'ith cruelly mistreating the little Fields girl at Thomanvllle. has been released from Jail. After diligent efforts by her attorneys the $500 bond was raised thkt week, all for malities have been gone through and she has been released. Her husband is yet In Jail, but expects to ralne his mony soon. Mrs. Shoaf has gone home. Will Be Installed Pastor. Rev. Tl. L. Patrick will be Installed o-morrow as pastor of the Back Creek A. R. P church. The con gregation in anticipating the services with great pleasure owing to the fact that several month have elapsed since a regular pastor ha served them. Rev. Dr. G. R. White. Revs. William Duncan anl J. M. Blgham, of liuntmville, will participate in the exercises. New Watch Tower at Went Trade Street Crotolng. The Southern Railway is having a new watchman's tower erected Just to the north of the West Trade street crossing and between the tracks, In n effort to reduce the danger of col lision to a minimum. A view In all -directions is commanded from the point of vantage. The watch tower somewhat resembles a switch tow cr. - A Fine Exhibit. One Of the prettiest tooths at the Charity JTalr in the new Auditorium la that of the Southern Cotton Oil Company. This same company is fur nlshlng the , ladies of the bazaar all of the oil. used in the cooking free of charge. The tooth to in charge of Mr, R. M. Brannon, advertUing man ager of the company, Christenburr-Bridger , At thejiome of the brMe's par. fBti.i?. Mrt' F- M BHdger, In Crab Orchard township, Mlu Lla Jle Brldger and Mr. A. D. Christen marrta Tuesday nht. Both bride and trroom ,. hava mtny friend in their section. Mr. Chrls tenbury is a modern and successful farmer, while Mrs. Chrlstenbury la Vsutlful and accomplished- A Poor Organ. t . " Damfs) th tote. That's what rour tlvr does if It's torpid. Then the bile uTemuw. mn vir oiooa poixJT). your system, causing eick.he4a'h. blllou.. lies., .auow .Kin, eoatee tongue, sick , ftomaeh, dfnhie., fainting spelt., iq t imon'f treatment of Liver - Pills and 1r,i,i Pelleis etrength.ns the liver and It do Its own work. Prevents and cur. thi trouHes. It (lorn't ' a. I ir treatment rcWJJiafld c j. . ,..... s or the i;ar to 4ouiiJ of J.lkL.Icy. The medical fraternity of the Stat Is viewing- with marked Interest the case of Policeman Goforth, of New ton, who was shot by a burglar some days ago to all appearances fatally. but who, after a remarkable opera tion performed, ia apparently recover ing rapidly. ', The operation, which was performed under the direction of Dr. Henry F. Long, of Statesvtlle, one of the most brilliant of the State's surgeons, is regarded aa a distinct tri umph of modern surgical science. In terest is added to the situation by the fact that the weund was very aim liar to that which caused the death of President McKlnley. ..: despite the best efforts of what was supposed to be jthe best medical talent in Ameri ca. . In the case of Mr. Goforth the ball nenetrated the Intestines and lodged in the muscles of the back n . . 1 , . , . W a (nf.a Perforations were made in. the intes tines, it is ealJ in nine different places and the physicians were .of the oninion that all their enons wouu be useless. The man, they said, had barelv one chance in a hundred . to The Lexington Dispatch 15us de. scribes the - operation: ."The doctors laid open the abdomen and took the bowels out. ' Each , perforation was sewed up. One wound waa two inches ion. The abdomen waa nilea wun . 1 .rtar ha.t hin rut b the i 'nttA a.dui. iuuuic iionu tuia vs. vivuvm Double handfuls blood were taken out. The Interior of the man's body was washed so clean Oat 'at the last a sheet of absorbent cotton was not discolored by a stain of blood. Having finished, the physi cians gave out no hope. . Goforth Is a man of splendid physique, mis Dooy is sound. He is in his prime. No dissipation had weakened him. His remarkable vitality aurpriaed every boJy At last accounts Mr. Goforth's case waa progressing favorably. This . Is an indication of the tremendous strldeji which modern eurger Is mak ing.' THE RECORDER'S DOMAIN. LUtie Srott, the Colored Virago, Goes to Jail to Await Trial Before the . Superior Court John Dodd Sent Up For Retailing. . Lizzie Scott, the negro woman who chastized her husband. Ed, later threw a can of carbolic acid into his eyes, then set out- hastily for the far-dis- tant town of Fort Mill, a C, calW up police headquarters here to get aa- siutance In locating her trunk, went to police headquarters there to get help in accordance wtrh - instructions from headquarters here, was nabbed and brought to Charlotte along with her somewhat unusual history, was! placed on trial yesterday in the city i police court. The husband in the case, with left eye badly Injured from the corrosive acid, anj suffering consider able pain, was put on the stand against her. She was sant to Jail in default of tlOO bond. There she will lan guish and repent, mayhap, of her mis deeds. John Dodd, colored, waa charged with retailing and the evidence against him was considered strong enough to send him along wlt'.i Liz zie to the county place of detention. He had too much liquor. , V. 0. Hager, arraigned for a vio lation of a city ordinance relative to electricity, was given a small line. 8olon Webb, who had been drunk and disorderly, forfeited a $10 bond put up. Charles Pressley, -colored, who was arrested for loitering around the Southern Railway pawen,?er station, was dismissed with the vowts. ' Emma Heckles was fined $15 for trespassing. She was at first charg ed with stealing a cloak, but t'.ie war rant was later changed to that of trespass. Receivers For the ExposlUon. Richmond Dispatch, 10th. Judge Edmund Waddill, of tho United States Circuit Court, to-night announced the receivers for the Jameatown 'Exposition Company. They are Messrs. A)vah H. Martin, late di rector general of the Exposition; Ed ward Lamb, Of Norfolk, and Wil liam M .-Gedfless, of Washington. Mr. Harry St. George Tucker Is ap pointed attorney for the receivers and the National Bank of Commerce, of Norfolk, l.i made the depositor for all funds received. A bond of $50,000 Is required of the receivers. To Bo Re-Opened N'?xt Summer. At a meeting held to-day in the board of trade, at which the various business Interests of Norfolk were rep resented, the movement to re-open the Jamestown Exposition next sum mer was successfully launched and committees named to push the mat ter to a successful conclusion. It Is believed necessary funds, rail road rates, exhibits and special fea tures can be secured. The Panic and the Hotel Trade. Mr. Sam Pegram, or the Aragon Hotel, Atlanta. Ga., formerly chief clerk at the Selwyn. is spending a few days In the rlty with relatives. In conversation with an Observer man yesterday Mr. Pegram stated t"iat business in hotel circles In Atlanta was not so good now as It waa sever al months back but far In advance of the December business last year. "Had it not been for the recent flur ry in financial circles," said he, ;our business this December would have been three or four times that of last year. It was enormous up until Oc tober when, owing to the scarcity of money, It fell off. It has begun, how ever, to pick up again and before long we are lootyng for gooj vttmea again." OfBcors of Barium Kprings Orphanage Re-Elocted. The regents of me Barium Springs Orphanage met here yesterday and re-elected the old officers, as follows: President. Rev, Dr. H. G. HIU; vice preslJent, Rev. Dr, C. M. Richards; secretary. Rev. D. L Craig; treasurer, Mr. P. M, Brown. Present at tho meeting was the superintendent of the board. Rev. R. W. Boyd, Foliowlnj are the regents: Rev. Dr. H. G, Hill, of Maxton, chairman; Rev. C. O. Var dell, of Red Springs; Rev. Dr. C. M. Richards, of Statesvllle; Rev. George H. Aiklnson, of Monroe; Messrs. Al fred M. Scales, of Greensboro; George W. Watts, of Durham; W. H. Belk anj P. M. Brown, ef Charlotte, and J. C. Steele, of Btateavtlle. A New Resident of the City, The many Charlotte friends of County Commissioner Chalmers V. Furr will be interested In learning that he will shortly move to the city, to live, giving up bis farm near New ells to become mora actively Identl-i fled with hla quarry business sooth of the city. Mr.: Furr la one of the county's most substantial farmers, an : iiiuunuuai memocr oi, ine qooara ) f county commissioners and' en all round good citizen. ' ,r ? Trial mailed fihonp. Catarrh treatments are being Racine, . wis. The tests are trcylnt to the people-without a Dtnnv'a nwv-ine. great vsme fit this wl.ntfno pr.TlptlMi known to trugrlts every" where, as DrMon'-Catarrh mrlv- ? ...ie IT; A; ..... At? i. 3 a; j-sc. 6 C - iiZ? LIGHT BEARERS. Entertainment To-XIrfit ' at 3Won strest Methodist Churchsilver Offering at the Door. The Light Bearers of Tnmn iatf Methodist church will give an enter tainment In the Sunday school room to-night at 8:30. Th. nnhiu t. dially Invited to come and 'bring each me Buyer onering. The pro gramme Is as follows; "We!rome"Miss Alleen Butt 'Six Times Nine"-Miss Alleen Miller. ytU WJlt" -.Misses Julia flint, Marv Ktrby, Pearl Abernathy, Helen Fasnaeht, Isaoel McCall and Minnie n61Q "Why I'm In Troubl"-Robin Kirbv. "Lnliahy-Missea Bessie and .Sidney "The Little Ivey. Widows of India"- -Virginia lano Solo-Miss Ruth Llllard. ' Harry's Repert" Francis Wearn. "ChRrlle and 1" Miss Blnetta Heath. "Penny Song"--MlBses Edith and Matil da OvercoHh, Morence Flint, Barbara Reld. Virginia Davis, Marvin. Ray. Catherine Adams. "A Boy's Thoughts" George Ivey. . Piano Solo" -Mis. Resale Steere. Vocal Solo Miss Hazel Brown. ' "Prayer and Potatoes" Miss Virginia Llllard. "The Lighthouse and Its Keeper" Miss Nellie Ray. a "Jesus Bids Us Shine" -The" Light Bear ers. Health Record of Cliarlotte. According to the report in the Bul letin of the North Carolina Board of Health, Charlotte continues to stand at the head. The temporary annual death rate for this city per 1,000 In habitants during the month of Octo ber was 12. In Durham it was 25.5; Greensboro 18.7; Raleigh 21,8; Salis bury 17, and Wilmington 17.2. Magnificent Pair of Horns, f The .latest addition to the fund of curios In the Southern Manufacturers' Club is a pair of horns which came from India. They belong to Mr. Charles Green, who kindly consented Dont Delay' Order Your Christmas Piano From i -. ..- . ".(. ,,. STIEFF To-Day I .: :" Chas. M; Stleff Manufacturer of tha Artistic gtleff,' Shavr nd' Stleff' ! gelf-riayef PUnoa. v . Southern WaTcrboni: 5 West Trade St., : ' CHARLOTTE. 11 oJ 0,11:11025,11 Y?-Keep a package ca a 1ot7 "shelf. Let the children help themselves. SOU Be: are the- most nutritious - food -made from flour. - - ' - "Y ' : ' "' ' ; . Always fresh, crisp, clean.; - In trunstuh and , dust proof packages. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY - to lend them to toe club for a aeason. They are highly polished and meas ure at thi point of widest extent per haps lour and one-half feet Christmas Price $3.00. dainty and tistlc. ar- On display week thls CHARITY BAZAAR. Write for sam ples to yQh THE mtp Charlotte, N.C 90 Just the thing for A poooooocooooooooooooooooooDoocoooooooooooooooo These, Davenport Beds solve the small room problem, forming a beautiful Couch,. int the day time and a most comfortable Bed at night. ThCN change is so simple, so easily . made,, that a child can accomplish it. , , Tho simplest Davenport made. , Our stock is complete, embracng all styles of frames and covers in imitation and genuine leather, golden oak or mahogany frames. Prices range from $35 to $85,, W. T. IVIcp y ' : (, The Home Furnisher.; . . GOAL The best, the cheapest, 'the cleanest Is Standard A As for it Standard Ice & A COAL AND ICE A FELT ROMEO,' ' Made of genuine Wool Felt, with flexible leather soles, if you have not worn this slipper there' reve lation in store for you.. Price Men's, slsea'6 to 11.......,... $1.60 Prlc Boys', sizes 2 to . . , . .$1.00 By mall extra 20e. 1 GILREATH CO. '; . Christinas Gifts of Jewelry are always acceptable. . Our Holiday lines of Jewelry, Cut Glass, Hand-Painted China, Sterling and Plated Silver ware, Silver and Gold Novel ties .are carefully selected and very choice. -Tou are cordially ' Invited to Inspect our (toclc. '. r i B. A. Souttierland Jeweter Davenport Bed 30COO0O0OCOO0O0O6COQO , : COAL B!a Gem" g next time V Fuel Company ? THONE 19 g ir I Wc arc fihovfa a rtn nn inn" HaAdles of natural metal arid sterling silver trimmed. New- x N line special neckwear, ' rr - I-; -r- 2S6e "Don't Hoard Your Money' "Seek some ; good investment and keep the cash'mov-r ;,' ing,'Mr. Roosereli J -'vr' 'T',f.4?,'v' fhat'o Riishi : 4.-'. i XJ. jf vu junto vaou w ju.vji, you invest it in ; SOME NICE for Dininsr Room. Bed Room, fibrarv. Parlor or Hall. r , o . : 7 . v We can supply it alL If you don't have the cash, future buying an easy Another , very attractive ' 1 J J 'ji : ' ' Ti guuua ana jow. prices. ? n uibin furniture ANNOUNCEMENT! A demonstration of the delicious' AEGO .BHD SALMOK will, be veh ' every, day ; for the - next two weeks at J. B. Ivey & Co. 's store." , s, Many palatable dishes will be served ; and : dis played. -All cordially invited to attend and receive a sample and a souvenir COOK BOOK ; ; , DON'T FORGET, IT'S FREE, . FOR We have a most elegant line of - fine Fur ' Gloves, put up in neafboxes to make handsomd and appreciative Chrisimas gifts. ; Wei have a ; complete line of. every, kind ' of Glove , worn and can give our customers just what they , want. These goods range in price from 50c, to $20jOO per pair. ..:;v ;",;; ' ? , . Specially attractite line of Automobile Gloves. Mall orders filled on Ho. ri n i v Remember. Mcllon'a Clothea Fit large assortment , of ; . a i wood, .ivorv cun- " s 1 ! Tfr,, ..,T CZ-i.' Tate-Browh Gb 1 1 auuiii uo vu OUggcav v Ilia IT , , - v " FURNITURE ' -: W ' ' . . " .! 1v our liberal terms make: . matter. , . .tV..,'..l feature is the high-grade; ; it ;.T-.vi. ., , ,..'-'- ' wui pay you 10 can on da of receipt. M ...... ' ' : f. 1 1 , v." t i V
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