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r- f If sixsckittiox riuas: ;.: ; Dally, v ;: C re year v......................."'" .V k months ..............v. ...,.... 4.w li.r nuutbs ..... i.w Rnii-Weelilv. On year :...,...,, ?..ll'Oj f-,i months .........................' Icrea month ; Tfa M Sauth Tryon street. Telephone , numbers: Business office. Bell 'phone 1 78; city editor's office. Bell 'phone 134; new editor's office. Bell 'phone t A subscriber In ordering the address,; of his paper changed, will please In dicate Uie address to which II ii go In at the time ' he asks for the chsnse to be roede. ' . v Advertising rates are furnished on . application. Advertisers mcy feel sure , that through the ; columns of this 1 paper they may reach ail Oiarlott ami a portion of tli best people in .this State and upper South Carolina. ; Tnla paper gives correspondents as vide latitude as It thinks public pot ter permits, but It is In no case re ; sponsible for their views. It Is much preferred that correspondents sign . their names to their artli'les. especial ly In cases where they attack persois or ItisUtutions, thoinrh this is not ds msr.ded. The editor reserves the right to give the names of correspon dents when they are demandd tor the purpose f personal satisfaction. ..To receive consideration a communi cation must be accompanied by the, true name of the correspondent. - ; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1807. , THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S Tir.Pfi ) i ' ' ' 1 '' . ' Theprowpeet that during a time " "when many banks, perhaps most of ' fhos outside the large Eastern cen- tres. are still hugging large ' stacks Of .Wis cash Secretary Cortelyou may Dn4 himself compelled to begin call- ' in in public, deposits gives cause for , srti apprehension. Treasury reve nue continue tp show a deficit and ' gloomy anticipations are entertained tnr fA remain,- of. the rurrefit fiscal year.. Since November , 1st' the cus- torn receipts have fallen $8,000,000 f- short of the corresponding period ,last year and the Internal revenue re- celpts 15,090,000. t Moreover. al ' r .though panic conditions are over, no general tendency back toward a nor mal state of affairs is yet observable, and consequently the deficit promises .to continue. Receipts from the Pan . am bonds are being swallowed up as fast as they come In, and while , the "working balance now stands at " about $10,000,000 it cannot main- tain itself long. There would thus appear to be no escape from calling In some of the huge Treasury sur ! fos now on deposit "Ith, the banks of to country. The unfortunate Secre tary' difficulties are greatly Increas- d by the fact that the hoarding ' banks, tipoa whteh a regard for the business actuation would lead him to tall, are nearly all located In section Already offended with him for help ing New York first; while the New ' York banks haje brought down their preserve quite low enough by the en ergy and public spirit shown In meet ' Ing all demands upon them. How- ever conducted, a withdrawal policy would Inevitably give rise not only to troublesome charges of favoritism but ' to real suffering and business dtosatls- 5 faction. Tfurther liquidation would be enforced and conditions In every way undesirable ' for a presidential ' ' year from the standpoint of tho party in power would come Into elstpnee. For the country's sake. H is greatly to be hoped by everybody that any f auh Injury to business cub be nvold 'ed. A suggestion which hi met with soual favor In both political and financial quarters is that the Treas- . ury tieffin paying lis Mils through - checks on the depositary banks, like ; . . wlss receiving payments In the form of certified checks upon those banks In this manner the - ash could b left i--undisturbed. 8otne suh. expedient will doubtless be twopted, and we ' hope and trust that It will xerve its . purpose enejti veiy. uiven nui jum- dous mandKmnt by the Treasury pepsrtment and less narrow policies . pa the part of many banks, the gen eral business situation woutdi clear It- ' self up completely and In short ordfr. ?r -) - . ii i.i The New York Times thinks It " KCt ft way for the democratic party to regain harmony. In'lu essence, .The Times' plan Is for a council of "i cages to meet at Denver as convention , delegates, and there, "In a spirit of ) ea A a a A kllU1irrt an lolui .vU lw ' : V SyBJiUUI K.ISU Wfc VT UTUUIIli Hill IHI' H 1 II one another upon the declaration of ; ,4 principle and the choice o a candl date." Among the names suggested , .are those pt,Orovr CJeyeland, Alton B,, Parker, Efchftrd Olney, Franklin 1 (AVk ' Tiiil.ni. TI ... a . . Guftey, George Cray, David R. Fran ( els," loha i ?:rs. : WlUiams, Don M. ' Dickinson, Henry Watterson, Edward v. Larnwgff yv jinam J, Bryan, and . Cari Howell, 5 "Faith uch as The Times ahows is Inspiring but very un. l:kejy to prove contagious. While a day of deliverance surely awaits , the JOemocratie party tiwiewhere In the . , future, it will itiardjjr ; torii aoui Itt form ;'and ItoannisjJa-gested, r Thus itba'-yalaed cW&ynevllle cou- Th. Hffe fObirvff,la s lJ.ng , ,. efl.wrixj VWednesilsy, , says; Tli oh fnr reards ii r Bryan William J) rtw thortMiglily uowlse and unsafe pulH. ..' i"M l-afrr; consirfcuousljr -i.tti to b 'rmlri(t of the- L'nlt4 tU.' Whlla tMs 1 fn Antl-convaflUon kpeh of ear . tem.jl ontmporry 1IH it makes T'! afraid that po't-torjvention tnoetb n;!d be no betw. Ths Obrsrtt-r waits .' n Johnson, of JIlnneMXa. The Ou i r T"'ers anotlir. but -wtU support : i.ir nytyy t Ix-nver convention v i tiftr. . , Will Uhe 0en'r do more It wl'l rrcij hatsbridif When It : u e of Cv.- .. r. l.:-t h not jut Zlr. DeAr; lie put upon Mr. Wii; an affront which a bih-splrited man could but resent, but, the latter exer cised ereat natience and did not strike until the Insult' was repeated. Thi9 la the view of the matter, pre sented by the "Washington corres pondent of The New Orleans Pica yune:' ;. ; '."Mr. Williams worked like a slave as certaining . the qualifications of the now Congressmen and endeavoring to put ten ps in nine holes. The result was not as aratlfyinn; as he had expected, for Instead iif. smiles li received Wows and vulr abuse, which be resentPd with vrouir EDlrit and a due amount of force. Mr. DcAnnonU. of . Missouri, who has beea a thorn In the side of every leader since Mr, Bailey. Texas, occupied that office, was the aacrcssor in the unpleas ant amnnent . immediately ' after - the House adjourned this afternoon" The difficulty had Ita origin In the personal animosity the Mlaaourl Representative. He has long thought hkrielf the rlvai Pt :.Mrli Williams. Who has jeasily,;defeated 1, hl asplra tlona I tot the JeadersMp lot the ml nori'ty.T Disappointed, In his ambition, he has for years hung upon the flanks of the Misslssipplan, making bia task as leader as difflcul? -a he knew how. finally for reasons of vengeance, in- relghling him into a personal difficul ty. And thia is, by common consent, the long and the short of the matter. ;-. -vrj;4- wirnrrowx. . ' ' As was said in Sunday's paper, the story of the blockadera and blockad ing at Smith town, the raids of the revenue officer In large bodies; some times as many aa eighteen or twenty In a party, is of fascinating interest OtSmlthtown? here or whatT The Winston Sentinel tells: 'ftmlthtnwn ia nroliahtv the most no torious Mockading section in the United Stele. It is a community among the Sauratown mountains. In Stokes county, about twelve miles from Danbury, and gets its name from a family namea Smith, some of whom are the most prom inent people among the blockaders, James Smith was the ancestor of the present generation of Smiths, of Smith down, and was himself a noted outlaw. John R. Smith seams to be 4h leader of the gang of the present day. For a considerable time warrants for nla arrest have been in the hands of the officers. but he has not been taken. He runs a store end furnishes supplies, and In fact, owns a number of Illicit distilleries, say those who know something about Smith town. r.- 'On June 19th the officers mads a raid on the blockuders in ttua section, ana. after a battle in which it was tnought that some of the blockaders were wound ed, eight of thtm were captured by tr.e officers. Thoy were tried at the Sep tember term of the District Court at Greensboro and seven of them were sent to the penitentiary." Of Hendricks, the omcer who was killed last week, The Sentinel saya he spent some time at tfce Unlversty of North Carolina and was saving his money with the Intention of taking a course in law. The Department of Justice has been liberal in its otter of reward for his murderer. The first shipment of the new book of poems of John Charles .McNeill, "Lyrics from Cotton !Land," was re ceived yesterday and in it is found a skit which had heretofore eonehow escaped the eye of the writer. It Is headed as above and runs thus: Little baby, wut you see? If you knowed You could n tell: you never fr Done more 'n crowed. I'd te shame', I would, To look so wise, IMn' solemn, den er-smilln Wld my eyes. If I was you, you baby. I'd b shame' , To look at supp'n' wut I did n' Know Its name. This was one of the cleverest of John Charles' conceits. He ran much to dialect poems of children, one of the beat of these being "Ba by's Nnipgin," whjch many , readers will readily recall. "Lyrics from Cotton Land," by the way, la largely given over to dialect. In which he ex celled, and which Is. absent from "Songs Merry and Bad." The new book surpasses expectations. ,. It Is a treat! lire. Among the lawless elements of Kentucky Is nn organization known as "Night Riders," which makes it Us business to destroy tobacco fields In order U reduce the crop for the pur pose of helping tho price. Of the tobneco destroyed much has been the property of Italian citizens and now the Italian KWTnment, under its treaty rights, ha called upon the government of the United States to make, reparation to these Italians for the Camac thy have sustained. This begets an embarrassing complication, for, as The Petersburg Index-Appeal says, "It Is an anomaly In our form of government that the treaty-making power Is conferred on the United States without the corresponding power to keep treaty faith." If Ken tucky refuses to pay the damages de manded the. United States government cannot compel It to do so and thus there will be presented the spectacle of this country making: faith without the ability to keep it. It is indeed an "anomaly." ' The late Senator Mallory, of Flori da, requested that no congressional committee attend hit funeral' The request did credit to' his sense. s; The committees appointee! to, attend the funerals of Senator and Representa tives make frolics of the occasion. They travel at the rovernment'e ex pense, with well stocked Cars - and with little of the . solemnity that be longs to funeral parties. . Senator Mallory of course understood thia and did' not want his funeral to be made a mockery,;:':';;-' 'tk:::;- Last December It was a dull day when ifa President didn't? send a special message ta Congress, - This. tuie low r whi.-h do at fault. December ha a jut 4we Why o7 i :. ; a . - ; . e . 1 .v y ( i v 'i til, i ,i i - tial hoi'o cf t... r l.vjru. (.;! ; i i -, srne cry oi:t their ..i i.ii-.' : element; afew men' have Kaown the the answer.. of commingled pity and contempt: some shut their teeth tightly, draw over their faces the mask of smiles and go without word to the task that beconles a man. Few are able to see beneath the mask of thia grim ,masquerader, but Mat few uncover, as he passes to his work. " - It Jt be your good fortune to know such a man, be somewhat careful of your words as yon address him. He holds pity to be an Insult. 1 If you have, tact, beckon in some way to him; call acres the abyss of silence that surrounds him' your hailing cry of respect and good cheer; it may comfort him. And hla need Is sore You will pass some such, man on the street to-day,' perhaps, and he will smile and wish you -"merry Christ mas'' with the old beautiful courtesy, This troken-ilon-hearted man rare ly removes hla mask of smiling, state ly politeness., ; Between - catling. for help and death. e chooses the lat ter. ; But sometimes he U-caught off nis guard; the mask crops in a mo ment of unconsciousness. Then.. If you be brave you may read the story, written by fearful lightning, upon his fac-?aU iBhA-: ..:'4 -- This Writer knows only a lev such men. Some he has known many years, Another was added to the majestic company well, let us say yesterday. For his , sake you r will . pardon' a change of circumstance and place. Let us say that It was In the club; that some - homeless bachelor was seated at tha, piano playing:; that twi iigni was on ins . , woria, inai ina sound of footsteps of happy Christ mas ; shoppers : came up , from the street and, blending with the piano's xolce, sang out the, old song of love and life. It was for a moment osly that the mask dropped but that mo ment was Ions; enough for the flash of revelation. The mask cams down again and the man, smiling and cour teous, passed out of the room Into the street. K his name were written here your day would be filled with wonder; for his smiling . gentleness has made many happier and he is well beloved. But he shall not be be trayed. He will fight out his battle and tall at last with a smile upon his lips. " ';;;CS i7.V- "Oh, - what a howld story and at Cwlstmas, top." (You lisp as beautiy fully as Tlll'le ;VeTver, madam.) -It may seem strange to you, .but it Is because of the happy day that this Is written here. -It may Interest you to know how some men spend Christ mas. And this man Is but a type of many that will pass you to-day. i;: If you seek the joy that, knows so sorrow; If you seek the peace that knows no conflict; if the beautiful draperies of your room shut out all the voices of this striving world, then many of this world's millions have no place in your heart. And you may forget my friend, the raasquerader. Delude yourself with the belief that thls is still Eden and the light of earth's first morning, beautiful and fair, still broods above the world. If this make you-happyv U.is sorawha worm 'wniie. am tew can enter into your Joy or be blessed by the vacant light of your smile. There is a Joy. that knows the sor row of trie world" and still smiles; there is a peace) that comes out of heroic battle; There la a light pos sible to eyes that know the touch- the burning touohof tears. It is such joy, such peace, such light we seek. And many of us will find them, thank God. ' , The beacon light Is more welcomed by sailors on storm-swept seas. The Christmas fire Is our beacon and we the weary sailors. We may not bring ships laden with gold or flying some victorious flag, 'but we have sailed bravely and we look . to the lights with Joy. And we will be gent ler to little happy hearts because we know the storm that is on the sea to which they will come when they sail out of childhood's happy haven. So here's to all Christmas faces: to faces of little children with wide won der eyes; to faces of ,boys and girls that still can flash with breathless ecstasies; to faces of women whose light of love Is made more beautiful by the blending shadow of ths ancient' sorrow of womankjnd; to faces of strong men, .brave, scarred, august, smiling. And across,; what ever pain, burden, tears and shadow of empty chairs are by all Christmas firesides may there flash the light of the face of God. the All-moMier of the children of men. ''; - D. "LYRICS FROM COTTON LAXD." "Lyrics From Cotton7 Land," a vol ume of verse by the, lamented John Charles McNeill, has been published by the Stone-Barrlnger Company,, of Charlotte, and Is on sale. It is hand somely bound and Illustrated, having as a frontispiece a portrait of the au thor in characteristic pose. Almost all the later writings of McNeill are contained In this volume. It Is prac tically his own selections from his poems, the copy having been put Into the printer's hands before his death. One or two poems were added by those who had the publication in charge. Dialect poems make up the larger part of the- book, ' Although it cannot be said that the gifted poet was at his best in dialect, still he showed his deep insight Into life, his love of the simpler things and his power of sy pathy, nowhere more than in his tell ing forth ths 6rdlnary life of the typl. eal, negro of the fields. He seemed to know their point of view, their loves, their' Joys, their wants : and their weaknesses. And he we a master of negro dialect ' Some critics have de nied this; but those who live closest to ths negro as he Is out on the farms of the South know that McNeill .was faithful to. thete. language as he was to their spirit' This volume has Inter est also from the fact that It contains Ms last poems, "To Sleep" and , "in the Woods." One Is pathetic in "Its prophecy and the other ts the cry of a dying man - for rest. . This men has already taken his place among South ern writers; bis name wilt live. And the public welcomes this relume of hie verse, .'.' t - ,r Two Men - Struck by ' fiwtblt Engine . ' at BUttnor. Special te The Observer. Ashevlllo, Deo. $$. Ben Fressley, of Arden, and Dave' Fowler were struck by a switch . engine In r the Southern Hallway yard at Blltmore lata this afternoon and badly injured Fressley 1.st a leg and Fowler an arm. Both men were otherwise bad ty bruised and injured, Fowler is not J t.'.c I r if 1..' (.. . -: TI:i! Jcf r V. ' Iltr.e c ' 1 ''"'' -f,:irl to :.r, I, t.:::r cf 'i..e i .:- k!ng th.'s .i'stion, 'Tie.' --e t '! ire Hie trutii. u tliiM-e a-Santo. Clsus?" has gone the round of the press sever al years, and with It the distlnruUh ed editor's reply which is aa foiiows; "xes, Virginia, there Is a Santa ciaus. He exists as certainly as love and gen erosity, and devotion, exist, and you know that they abound end give 1 to your life Its highest beauty and' joy. Alas, how dreary would bo the world tf there were no Santa Clausl It would be a dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would - .be . no childlike faith then, no poetry, no ro mance, to make tolerable this exist- ence. If this were a real little gift asking the great mart" a real question, it was done In all earnestness., "Please tell me ; the truth. . la - there l a Santa Clausn4l8ei childlike way she puts him. on bis oath, and be anlrms to ,her earnest," trusting heart that there la a real Santa Claus. , Did be deceive that child ? Does he. wish to convey to the child . mind that there is a reaj invisible -being ,.; woo is hit reallfy the source of all the good cheer that cornea at Christmas time? If he does, who Is that being and what arefl his attributes - Does he wisn to taae us ; back - to GreeK and jARoman mythology?; C Does this theory v, teach trusting, childhood.' the childhood of a Christian people, who i the atathor and source of all earthly goodness Is" These era Tiot idle questlona . : DeceDtlona are anrerous ' things. When truth la more , wonderful and mysterloua than flctlon, why ttse fic tion instead of faetr "The night shall be filled with music." if we could have ears , to hear it, ;, and the gentlest gehyrs are laden; with angello- voices and ears touched bsr the divine nnger, An omnipresent Ood la more wonder ful than a a fantastic, unreal c Santa Claua i Why notUoad the child - to a profound truth, through an . entranc ing mystery. buUt , en fact rather than to seek to do this through goblin stories, , which smack, of heathen my thology f Is there : anything ?. more wonderful.? In all creation, han ' the story of the Christ Child whose birth we celebrate? ' ia iners : anyuuue more beautiful than the thought that thia v hild cornea . into the child ( life with material.- Joys, at Christmas time? The stnrv la no lesa wonderful that the Heavenly Guest comes with His good gifts, than lt.Ja mat uanta vu brings them. -I The greatest dlstlnc tion is tnat one is a iw other, a falsehood. -Some cauaren are thought to speak first , a "gib berish Jargon" , nd the task t ls .left n ths eaher to root out M. , raise language . and Instil r. a true. They educate through falsehood into lact. supposing a child cannot receive, me truth.- ' -'..r-s .'',''.'.'"- swered. She has been on he anx ious bench- a long while. There Is Son, maris Vlrarlnla. but there IS truvMiv nuaat to whom you can speak in whispers, up in tne twin.ung stars, and He wiu v near wishes,: Heit Is wholves 'every good and perfect gift," f hom the angels sang on the. first Christmas night, and who brings all theiblessea ness oh ChriBtmas Day. J,He V real live, loving King, who has a beautlfyl home for you in the, skies, Virginia. , ... w .Ve. jra. w Chjn Prove,, , , I ,-,. . . ROEBLIXO QOTS ASHKVILLB. Leaves tha City Because It 'went Dry The ProtUDiuonisw Binuiu Reform Drnnkards by Stopping Drinking With Thcm--LavesHls $300,000 EBtate to the, JSortnern Presbyterian Church, j - Trenton, N. J... Special to Washing ton Post. - It Is believed here that John A. Roebllng. who will quit Ashevllle, C because the city went "ury at tne last 'election, will live with his father. Col. Washington A. Roebllng, of this city, tne Duuaer w nMnkint hridn. Colonel : Roebllng will neither affirm nor deny the story. Ashevllle, N. C. Dec, H.-yonn . Tjnohiino. decision to leave Ashe- vills because It has voted for -prohi bition has caused 'a. lot or tarn nere. u .a. rmiiA here for ten years. and spent much time and mc-ney In beautifying his estate, Beauxchenes, which adjoins George W. Vanderbllt's Blltmore estate. Now he will deed the $800,000 property to 4he ; Home Mission Board of the Northern Pres. byterlan Church ' nd go dbck to Trenton to live.' .. . I . Mr. Roebllng says ne regaras pro hibition as detrimental to the city s future welfare. He wishes it tinder- stood that no personal feeling enters Into his purpose; that It is simply a matter of principle. He took an active part aalnt problbltlon In the campaign , Of last r October.. In ex plaining his ideas, Mr, Roebllng said: "During all the years of my resi dence in Ashevllle I have defended th ritv' ood name. . But the as sertion was made by leaders of the prohibition campaign i mat, accora Ing to its -opportunities, Ashevllle was about' the worst place In the United States. Ashevllle Is . broad-minded and intelligent Its people are hos pitable, liberal and progressive. It has a large element of visitor-residents.;.! These people come here prl maeiiv ; for the climate, or the scenery; . they remain hers because they like the Jfopie. ? - "Where has been the discord and violence that characterise e0; many places? W hardly had such sv thing as ft labor i problem, Our ' people were united alt working together to make this the; great resorj town of the South, 'A'ii-V-i-''';' "Now' there has come a -aiscoroam Bote.- A strange pnuosopny is eing preached among us. We are - told that grown men are unsulted Jo-be the 'judges of their, personal habits. The sort, of people who haveO been attracted to Ashevllle as a residence town will not taxe wMiT w imrwi M4nt.f thsir oersional liberty. They will resent the proposition that . they are unabiQ to reauiam pir wn i falrs without the assistance of a ?iirmrl'nBr alcoholic HquOf U - not wrong per se from any point cf view. Therefore to sell such Jlquorr Is vnot wrong per se.' frwnioHiun n -tempt o dectara ft thing uiwreng which is not wrong. Is the saloon gSsvJ an effect?- Saloons eslst because men drink. ; Let the prohi bitionists who . would reform the drunkard stop drinking with him. i "The consensus of opinion , of the best and strongest minds Is that high license U the best system of rcgula tlon; that prohibition Is wrong Jn principle and contrary t the fund, mentals of our eystem of govern ment," - - ' ' "t " ' 'i . Cashier fiucceed Plde-Tracked New . , Orleans Bank President. New Orleans, Dec 11 Charles H. Culbertson was to-day elected presi dent of the Stat National Bank, to succeed "Wllllsm Adler, whose resig nation resulted in an Investigation by the clearing noune yesterday. Mr Culbertscn has been cashier of the of ; : ; iur t '. i rt l,fr i -1 s Ju.j h'ersu:: n to '.. T C:. . "Lincoln ia a Tc,..nt, t, jr.ty.. nave r.elj thrr courts lre a-ij T A a single man w:;o was eligible to ." ry ouiy nas asxed to be excus"4. 'li-.is has never occurred In any other can ty where I have held court. Tour criminal docket is always l!ght snd a capital case is a rarity. Your mor ex standard Is very high and it Is a pleasure to hold court here." Solicitor Clarkson,: while ' walking over tte town with the writer, spoke in tne ,wghest terms of the irooj cit izenship of - Lincolnton and Lincoln county. ; fin passing our public school as the children were marching out for-; recess, "he remarked upon the healthy, peat and well-dressed ap pearance Of 'our children,-.. On ?Is return to Charlotte he srave an' inter view to The Charlotte. News compli menting our ccmntv. , - '-' ? , Lincolnton ha grown In the psst ten years fsom a town of 80" inhabi tants to one 4t ahnut flOfi hut thia increase nas Deen gradnal and the in comers nave ranen into tne gooci om moral ways of this community. There Is an atmosphere of , righteousness nere seldom found elsewhere. I know no -place where Christianity pervades tne everyday lire of the veonie as it does' here, v We are most fortunate in the ministers of the different de nominations, '" They are strong, sarn- est men who work together every day of , the year: for' theVood of all the people. ' - .4, t There Is ' less J Intemperanceless profanity,, less dishonesty,, less malice and more real charity here than anj town of my acquaintance. ? .; It Is a clean' town fn every sense of the word. Clean white -soil,' clear pure water in abundance, with Mthla springs very s near and "", sufficient altitud to maie , it: an idea! healfh resort, ' We have the best? negro population bn earth; - - They are law- abfdlne , s,nd t Industrious. '; Most - of them live in their settlements called Freedman, In the eastern part of the town. In passing throuxh the strang er is Impressed with the cleanliness of the premises and the thrift of the negroes. i They all have their vsr dens and little farms and many have flower1 garden. i I, should say that a majority of them own their own homes. Many of them are good car penters, 'brick . masona shoemakers. etc. Thev have . four churches and two schools. , - , -: ,f U-l ii,; : V ; v ' We 'are most 'fortunate In having agreeable, accommodating and efficient agents for both railroads, express ana telegraph companlea t " Prof. B. p. CaldweiC of Due Wst, S. c, ts superintendent of our pub lic school . His nntirlng efforts and very efficient work have . brought the school-up to a standard of which we are all: Justly proud.' - v ?, , Ha is rather crowded, as the school Is In temporary duartera pending the completion of . our hanJsome new school hulldlnsr which we nope will be ready In -the .early; spring. Over 400 pupils are enrolled.,' "Fasslfew. a home school f or young girls, which prepares them-1 for any; college ana of which Miss Kate C Shlpn is prin cipal, was opened October t thr and Is tne pride of Xdncemton. r,T3e build ing, which ia. a em of modern ar chitecture, with every convenience and comfort, is: situated In ia pine grove on a hfll overlooking the river and glvlngi extensive and beauti ful ylew of the mountains and. the snlendld nurroundlnsr country.' It Is in the northwestern part of town and in easy walking distance tor aaypu- plls v Miss hlpp is so well known as one of the foremost scholars and educators of the day that very short ly after she opened her doors fifteen young gins, which was her Hmlt for boarding pupils, rushed In and tna- trlculated. ' . These s came from ; ftll narte of North Carolina and two of them from South, Carolina. f.v Besides these there are fifteen 'Jay pupils, from Lincolnton. . , Observer readers are enjcrlng the good work being done by ''Red Buck'! In Washington and hone ie will con tinue i to talk Joiinson vs. Bryan. There be scores of good o'd-ttme nsmivriiti In thia section who wand like to vote and work with a win for a real stralghtout Democrat for Pres. Ident. ;'. :vr-M As to the passenger rate, I have never heard a man In this county ex press himself as in favor of the action of the Legislature In the ridiculous reduction and many of them agree' that 3 i-8 cents a mile ' Is toe low. Everyone "hopes now that an early and, satisfactory; settlement ww soon be ffected.-"' v.-.'W V-;3 X Lincolnton, , Dec, Jlst. , -: , j - - '" . - - CHRISTMAS EDTTIOW ECHOES. ' How the State Press Looks Upon The : ' Ohserver's Effort.' .., e; r The Charlotte' Observer ef last &un- flay was a rnamnwth Christmas edi tion, which was a credit to the pub liehers of that enterprising ,f newspa per.' When It comes to getting out the news or dolnrf anything else that re quires enterprise and brains, The Ob server men are always "on e spot." Here's a merry .Christmas and a hap py new year te ye, one and all, 6a n f or. Express; w ' .' . :' ' ; Thet Issue of The Charlotte Observer one week ago to-day was one of the most creditable feats of Journalism ever displayed In this State and about the only question to be asxea is "how did. you do It?". Not only In the quan. tltv. bub in the quality of its matter has its enterprising management much cause to be proud, and we extend our congTatulatlons.-Wllmington Star. ... : North Carolina Is surpassed by few States in the else and greatness of Its dallies. Last Sunday's Charlotte Ob server again demonstrated that that paper is second to none m the South in ootnt of merit,' ability to get "out great and interesting editions., - And The $ Oreanaboro Industrial : News brought forth great Christmas edi tion last Sunday, too, that was a credit to the Gate City and newspsperdom. North Carolina has some great dallies, that - measure up : with ths best, Rockingham Anglo-Saxon, - , ., Won't It, Though! .f r Durham Herald.' " , ' If" the Supreme ' Court should de cide' that the railroads cannot help themselves, what will do for them will be plenty., - - . AT THE 3LXGER. When first, her Christmas watch te keen Cam down the silent angel, sleep,; '! witn snowy sanuais wioa, . -v v Beholding what his mother's hands Had,, wrought, with softer swaddiflg bands : She swathed the Bon of God. ' E ' j Than, skilled In mysteries of night, With, tender visions of delight ; She wraathed his resting place, ' ' Till, wakened by a nw glow Tban hatvw itself had yet te show, n lie saw hs mother's face, . , -John B. Tabb, in the i Pectraber At- 1 w LA8T-. i We shall hot open Christmas Day,' but will Seep Topeii -; till abont 12 Vclock to-night. So -everybody ' had .. -; best supply their w,ants early in the mornincrand es- 'pcoaDy if theyiwant" us to deliver them. We would - ;V : that. everybody having goods sent out to be, ' Y patientyfor it may be late in; delivery. ' We would ', Jso ask as a favor, that every one 'that can to-carry v f " M; all small pa(ges.:;- J. ;xJ': '-k''., ; And we still have a'very good assortment good ' ones ; . . " 1 as well as cheap ones. ; v ' ' -' " 1 : ' ' - It costs but little in oiir Toy 'Department; .5c; to $1&00 ; No. selection ri. first-class Jewelry; Cut Glass, Dia- - monds. Watches, Fobs' Bracelets,' Tableware, Ster-' f' ' ling Silver Novelties beatVours.y. '; ' :V v Y fS: .10c. to, 50ci Mechanical Toys ' fi This is the greatest line we have 'ever shown for the " ' moneythey,' are very good. . You should see them. ; " $12.50 to $15 Automobiles $10 Special price to-day bn these Choice. ,;,.. . Childfen's These are serviceable, and Rockers. . . . . ... ... . . . , , Stout Mission-Chair or Rocker . . . ,: -,$1.50 v Morris Chairs . . . . t : . . . ; ;"; . ; . s . $4.00' to $6.00 ?y 1 Men's BathRfc A beautiful, assortment 'of ket Robes. They make fine" f Bath .Room Slippers too ruu : uress You can't beat .an Emery,V They fit,' and the price is . .-v.. vr -y vV-Vv .-,$1.00 and $1.50 X:-: Best 25 "and 50c. Christmas : boxl r;. ;f I.. '. Those Jtwo lots sent on consignment are selling fast e-; ctfuse the pribe is lower than usual. '. 'A ;";)You Get .Clocks'; Q The price is cut almost in .two. .TheyV-aV not off . , styles, either,' but the latest to be had. : - V ' ' - ' . t4 otore uoseq.v eonesoay - And ho one will be in the store to . deliver goods, ,so . please see that you nave ail , we close to-night. , high-priced Automobiles. ' .7 ..I$io.()o Rockers : v ' please -the children too, " , , , , , ,n , v. . $1.00 . to $3.50 4 V Colors in Turkish and Blan- " - gifts. for men. We have for men and women at $1.50' V ' nmery; ihirt : Neckwear yet. Special lot , ' . i . . .1 ; ! .75c: and $1.00 your purchases ;, before' ; . ( ' ' ' i . t tcxDected to4iv .H. . vw fa-j
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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