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1 t ur croiTioN rracE: Dally. N On year """'MS Hire icanUi , Semi-Weekly. n f ix month ....... Three month .. la f CKLISIIERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. No. 31 South Tryon street Telephone number: Business offlca. Bell pnon ; 7; city editor's office. Bell 'phone i new dltor' office. Bell 'phone 234.-; 4 subscriber in ordering the adores Of his paper changed, will please u Cicate the addreas to which It l go- j :. Ing at the time - ho aska for tb - vhange to be made. - Advertising rate are furnished on , application. Advertiser may feel but that through the columnaf -tola paper they may reach all Charlotte . anfi a portion of the beat people la thf State and upper South Carolina. - Tnla paper (five correspoodenta a wide latitude aa it thlnka public pol ity permit, but It la In no case re- ' sponsible for their viewed It la much -preferred that -- correspondent alga i their names to their article. eapeclalr ly in casea where they attack pereo ' or lnatltutiona, though this i not de- jnacded. The editor reserves the right to five the name of correspon- s- i dent when they are demands for the purpose f personal satisfaction. ? To receive consideration a -communication must be accompanied by the . true name of the correspondent ' FRIDAY, DKCJEMBER, 21, J907, ' CITIZENSHIP HUT IS MjVABIM, -:t : ." 1 , and wuy. vv '. Of very greaf service In the early " . . spread , tf Christianity was the ApWle Paul' Roman citizenship. When provincial magistrate,' usually ready ' v - to treat Christian preachers cruelly at ; the ' prompting of their enemies, ' -""learned that he was a Roman," " they ihandlod him as it he wer some s- T' dangerous explosive. Even after hi . examination (and creat utterance) . , k before Agfippa, "he might have been ' et a liberty had he not appealed unto Caesar" Because hi father had " , somehow obtained the Roman fran- chlse, this Clticlan Jew the apostle - ' whom high Intellectual training pre- ' eminently qualified for using, opportu nlties to' advantageenjoyed privi- ' leges which his co-workers could not claim. In view of su(!h conditions ' ,f then existing as restricted citizenship ' and lax control over remote and new , ly conquered States it is not an 1m- portant point that his activities were ' ' nUrely,wIthln the bounds of the Ro . , man Empire. He benefited by his ,' -Roman cltlienshlp precisely as the ' ' Vltlsen of a powerful modern nation ". benefit when abroad on mission of re- - llglon, trade of ; pleasure, ': Especially . ' ; If thrown amorr a- barbarous or Ill governed people. England, .will use . hr'w1idlnQy?tiad)'jDay7.':t protect her subjects In rpersOh and property ' ; Wherever they may "be. ;ir .tri';nltea " States had been without a navy our l- , ' Btata Department's , effective protesu ' , within recent years to China, Persia, , s Turkey, Morocco and other coun ' tries wuld hay gone totally un r heeded. ' Conversely, since China ha '- . ao armed force which we respect, Chinese are killed and beaten y , " mobs in this country and there Is no ' remedy. Chinese are kept out of the ' United States by exclusion acts, yet Y' we, along with Europe, compel China ' ta admit our missionaries and traders on onr own terms. China, indeed1, with her mutilated territory and only saved from complete partition by in - tematlonat rivalries, presents the most pitiable example ot what befalls ; W country. unprepared to fight on oc- 1 ' fftston. -It I not pleasant that such ' conditions " should exist In the twen - tleth century after the vomlng of the rlnc of Peace and all rlght-thlnk- Ung people ahould fetrlvn to better them, but they do exist and will cer ' ' talnly exist for a long time yetf. Only , a visionary can shut his eyes In their Y presence. ' t ."iV vv'An Incident occurred the other day f-'.f:t- which aftorfl matter for plwslng re ' - ; - ' f ectlons. Thirteen men had been captured in northwestern Mexico by -Wild. TafiUl Indians and were about , ta be shot when It developed th,u one f -was an American. Tho American v was releaaed, while the twelve Mex ,'5, Jeans met death. Kvcn wild Indians, , would as lief Mil Amerl'ans as ' .- Mexicans, knew how to discriminate. ' Th moial ianrot be mistaken. It 1 a good thing to be an American elU - can at home but a still better thing , abroad. si r v-? - i..- " 1 1 ' 'V' .; According to a Ne Tork dlBpatch "'tliLrcsterday's p&pers tha Teddy bear - v KTaM is dying out and toy dealers who atocUed" 'up 'with them for the s,' . holidays ; eport, that they were a druf ' , a the market ' It would have been ' 1 better for tha pocketbooka of lndnlg '., rnt' parents If tha craze had never '' deloped' Jt anything allller than a ' ; giddy yoang tiling with a Teddy bear v A hugg4 close to her brwt on a shop, s : ping tour vt. : drive can conJo- . f tared good Lord deliver usl But ' n-hat ;'wlll be' tha next fad. It will be a relief to a long-suffering public when tha penitentiary close its gats on Greene and Gaynor. -' Wa will then Have no more ot them J " "the Associated . press . dispatches, which lave exploited them to an extent out of B.:i proportion 40 their Importance V",ile the liquor contest In Raleigh i a local one, yet it was one of .'".yrtit, and we' congratulata al cJ'y uroa Its having ban . V e dispensary, "i This, la the (1 I ' ii'tJp end we arf.glad i it i I r,I of it it pldn thit the a;-; wV.t,.ie:;t it a naval surgeon to the coraman I of a ship would not only be a radical It rarture from custom, but, It apr ars, a breach of the naval regulations. To the layman without .knowledge of the 'situation It Is evident taiaf'it would have beea Just as practical for the President to have transferred an employe of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to lead an army of In vasion. In Africa, while men. trained to fight were standing around Idle awaiting assignment We . cannot but admire Admiral Brownson's pluck In having the courage of his convic tions. .It appears, on Its face, to have been a heedless, foolish thing for the Executive to have done, nor doe there seem to have been any warrant for the act, unless : (and he has been accused Of the thing oefore) it was to Install 'some prime favorite In a soft berth. ' Again has our impetuous President overshot the mark. ' The" statement of New York banks, which we are printing this morning, Is reassuring and gives promise of a speedy return Of normal conditions and goodl times. . From his state ment It Is gleaned that in probably not : more than a fortnight ,the ab normal condition that have prevailed since October win be ended, or- f rowers are meeting their obligations, deposits have fallen off as a result and this will aid the banks in getting back their legal reserve. Just as soon as the legal , reserve In the New Tork banks is 25 per cent ot their de posits the clearing house certificates will be cancelled and the effects of the October panic will be over so far as the New York banks' are concern ed. The outlook 's for a steadily brightening new year, during which caution and enterprise will . walk hand Jn hand, and a year, we trust, that will be prosperous and fruitful In achlevment, ..'...' ''.y:-,': -': . According to The Indianapolis Star, hazing has been discontinued at Wes jeyan college. West Virginia,' without any urgency of the faculty. A band of sophomores undertook to hate two Kentucky freshmen, with the ominous name. , of Hatfield. The Hatfield drew bowle knives and got right Into the game. Now the sophomore class looks as It It had encountered a shredding machine, and soma of Its members have gone homo to stay, completely educated. Harsh meas ures are selJom advisable,, but there are Instances where they effect a cure, when all else falls. The foolish custom of hazing Is one of them. ' t . , I The -'A,aJnaJ?o,oiviM neea launched so frequently and with floj much apparent earnestness each time Chat else thing ; Is getting to be huge Joke. The knowing politician probably 'wonder If the Vice Presi dent's rooters really take themselves seriously. If they persist In carrying it to the Republican national conven tion it will meet with a reception about a frosty as the Indiana gentle man's temperament. I., i i It, requires a considerable stretch of the Imagination to figure out a warm, enthusiastic love feast In Indiana with Vice President Fairbanks as It inspiration and Idol. 6rter like sit ting on an Iceberg to quaff hot choco late. Our enjoyment of these glorious holidays will be incomplete unless we can have some tiding- of how fared the season with our good friends, the Ahkoond of Swat and the Jam of Jaipur. . The Newport News Times-Haralcy excitedly hastens to assure the (peo ple that therjp' Is" positively no chance for Cortelyou. Who said there was? PRKSTOEXT AT" PINE KNOT. t'litcf Fxecntlve Takes Another Vaca tion in Whole Family Ao companies Him. ' Washington, lc. tS.Presldent Ioseyelt and his family lefit Wash ington at U:10 o'cloca o-day for Pin Knot Va,. the country home of Mrs. Roosevelt, where they will rei main until Monday afternoon next. The trip was made in the special car iwiignt, atuched to the regular truln on the southern Railway. Th nearest station to Pine Knot Is North Garden, a fw miles below Charlotts- vllle. Mis Carew. sister of Mr. Roosevelt, acoompamled the tjantv. The personnel of the party Included the President, Mr. Roosevelt. Miss KtJwsl, Arrhle and Quentin and Miss i,-arew. t-ierk J. i. v.corew aewm panied the President in place of one of th assistant socmarle and will make daily trips to pine Knot from Ohaj-lottsville. In this way the Preal. dent will be iput in possession of tm porlant measpges and man. cross-couwtry rtddng and wild tur key shooting are the Prtldenf fa. worlt paMLmes at Knot ; wnariotueirviiif. Va,, Dee. 2. f revoit uooseveit end party reach ed Charjottesvllle at 2:11 m. There Was a crowd at tha station unrf the President leaned out of hi car window ana snook hands with a hun urea or more. Surgeon General Wxey, who was on of the Preldnt' party, wa greetea uyvhlt brathor, orm uaraen, Va., Unc, j. rrewaent Amoseveit aa party arrly xu iivt v p. m. nc almost Jm mcdlatejy let for Pin Knot Slayer of WUltani OiHMopl mi at finali to' Th Obunr , ' ' " Wlnston-Baum, wLr-Frenl parti uKKro rno yt)Merdy shot an,i killfd WilUamiH.hJV fci:.,l0lT,".l?.a had not yet been tmwkTflXk Rail ev-r sine th mntvior i, far failed to Krt any trac of h mur. cltd oyer the bomipuie and a 4ntri sort I ixtlnff mad to srprelitnd tin murdrer.""--- - - . i 1 r 1 n t he v, ho 1 I'kt t ff 1 i WaiwiC t. J. ;rver m t i .;i'e ;i ,iu ti C.- rver n. , n. was gujn fin. the other dirotuon, negro suddenly stonDed. and the his hand beg-an to work furiously in the pocket Ills face assumed a look of even deeper reflection, 'and he ap peared to have been struck toy an other of a probable series of unpleas ant thoughts. J ' ' ; , ; -5 The newspaper man had passed him but a fw feet, "when he tieard the old negro xcla:.m to himself iln tones -pathetic: r . , ' v "And , where ' ia ly my damned .money?" , ' , , "It sounds like the battle of Gettys burg,"; said, s boy. .of tender years to his foster-father .when the bora ibardment started up Tuesday night at the going down, of tne sun. . i . "What do you know about Gettys burg?" asked the old gentleman. "I don't know much . ot anything about it, except ' that there was a right severe battle once." , K- j''-.v 1 '''V""''Vr-y,g;' ' 1 "A hat blown by ' awdft. ..wind seems literally possessed ot Intelli gence," observed a man who had suf fered Ms , brand-new, derby to bo lifted from his head by tha freezes. "The other days I was coming to town and had reached a place on the road where the contiguous . property !" was merely a square of red clay. "The wind took my hat off and out across the red lands It wont, stopping for nothing. It found a' ditch out there in J"?" on ?uadl ' The derby went right up that ditch, discovered that little hole of -water, and jumped in. : Jt -was apparently satlsAed just o rest jthera and allow the water to ooze through It I ran hurriedly to the seen of th accident and just as I reached the . place where the hat was resting, It sudden ly stepped out of the puddle of water, and seeming to discover one other chance td become perfectly useless, it jumped under my feet and. I came near tramping H to death before I could get my hands on it" "When that lawyer gets excited be fore a Judge or a Jury,, hi tongue becomes altogether divorced from his thoughts," remarked naothar l iwyt-r the other day of an aaiooUto. "I know lots of folks with tin fame characteristic. They ratUe off high sounding phrases iri rtpid fushiun, but the brain has nothing to do with the transaction. Their wo. 'ds, ti's hardly worth adding, are utterly dls- rooea or meaning and are utura pro- aucts of the tongue that works like an automaton. I know ome pruach era Just, the same way, , ; Thsyget up and preach moon-shlno and f ho fl ows, and hand out a sort rf whipped cream dish,' all coming from a aift W gab) and ndt of God." . "There's fine .material for !rn3 thought in the "Th W alls of Jeri cho, played here Christmas nlaht," said a theatre-goer yesterday. Tlre Is truth In the foundations of that ritory that has become universal In Its scope. The husband, a man of fine ideals, with true convictions of his domestic duties, and upright ways of living, the nrlfe a woman of surface charms, unstable, caring only for the obligations of her club, unconscious of the higher, sphere she was meant to occupy, her ideals suicidal to the weii-beingsof Uie i, home, fitful, flirt ing and almost ' unacrpulous, that's the contrast ; of the leading characters In the play. lit was more tnan a case or ln-matlnsr: it was a case where a woman of beauty had suffered the io of her. womanly in stincts, not through actual baseness of character, but (through shallowness of conceptions." "One of the city's ntrvous reel- dents, Ill-tempered and complaining In his normal condition, went to a Greek restaurant yesterday, said a dtlaen, "and showed himself off In 1 1 ni tiuye. - xie asaea irta waiter nor a ham sandwJch with rye bread. The waiter brought back the sandwich, but forgot the rye bread. I told you rye bread,' shouted the resident 'The waller took tt Jbaek and brought another that autted, . "'I wanted two,' said the tempest uous citisen. ' ' v . 'The waiter erolled and served tha order. " " ' " 'I wanted them In a bag.'. aaJd the hungry man, sttll nervou. i ,t ; 'The waiter fixed tha - order in a bag t ' , "You generally throw, In a plckla or two continued the man to oom plain. k "The waller got the pickles, but before he had more tnan got them In the paper poke, the customer laid his hand on it, pitched It clear across the counter, and walked away.- ' ., " 'Vor than dwunk said the wait er who had borne with th man's peculiarities with marvelous patience. until this Insult canvet" v' Two newspaper men accepted an Invitation to sup with Assistant Chle W. 8. Charles, of the fire depart ment, Christmas night They had bn seated but a few TnJnute when another fireman came In, holding tn lils hands a little wire, lie had been summoned by Mr. Charles to break the electrical current that connected him with the , department and it was for a purpose. Th assistant chief had broken his arm that tnorar Ing while engaged in his dutlea and it was self-protection that he desired in (having the current broken. "Yea, I . would Jump- right ut tf the alarm was turned in," cam na to the newspaper wen, "and I might hurt myself. It's a- kind of an 1 in- atlnct with me to get out wlvm th alarm, cornea in. Thw broken, arm would have nothing to- do wtth It, If I heard the summona , I wag " tn Asheville one night Tvhen the flra bell rang and happened to be sleep ing 'next to the wall. I awakened Instantly and (butted against the wall.thlnklng that . I waa at . home and sleeping as tjsuai on the clear side of tha ibed. No matter how deep my 'l umber ti, or that d am In the midst of a dream, or wliat, I hop right out when the alarm come m.' "It Is th custom' to Joke, about Christmas presents, especially those from wife to husband and husband to irom wiin id nunuauu iuitMa,iMk ,v wife," said a contented looking man wlth a pair of new gloves and a new cravat- "But m all my. experience I hav never failed to itet Just the things that X needed. "Oh, if just the thing I wanted," is, tn atock exclama tion which always fits my case,.; In nine out of ten cases. I had never thought of buying tha article which fall ta my lot. but the minute they are placed In my hand I feel that a long-felt want haa been satisfied and wonder how I hav done ao long with out them. - ' i ' ' ' "Another thing. - Article tnat might appear commonplace or would elicit bt a small meel Of prsi wnen view. d in the show.i.c, are r.otM.-.jr 1 -r ' 1 i :'-. IT'.. -, , I ( ' f rv -I r i i ... it i Active ill ")( 1 ." i 1 V -'C of t'.? V.cai.lot f f t .o C';:.v's C;J- : t Inhabitaiui I'uncral tt rvkt-s To-Day at O'clock. - After' a lingering Illness extending over several years, .Capt T. L.- Vail died last night (at ; lO1 o'clock at his home. on Ioul3e ' avenue. Piedmont Park.; The 'funeral services will be conducted this Aiornlng at It o'clock, the procession starting from the home at t o'clock -for Providence church, where the services will be conducted and the Interment made. Captain Vail was one of the most influential and .wealthiest Citizens of the community-, a man of Integrity, upright ness and, character. .' Thomas Lodwink Vail was 'born In Wayne, eouhty September' 2th, 182T. His - father . was Burners Wbedbee Vail, of Chbw.an. "county. His mother before her marriage was Miaa Mary Sue Alford,' a daughter of Lodwink Alford and Mary Hall Captain Valfa people werev from New England and of . English- . extraction. . He & himself was 16 years of age when his father rtlait. lAavlnr him na th nnlv aunnort it 'Mb mnfha. . -an A 1at-ra ' ThHA I care took him ' from school : before his -education .was completed, Pro fessor Cowan, an Irish . scholar' -of high standing, was his principal f In structor. ' In May. 185.0, Captain Vail raarrWd Miss S. J. -Person, of Greene county. He then moved to Columbus county, where he engaged in the turpentine business, In which he was -very suc cessful. in"J85f' he returned to Greene county. , - While a resident of Columbus, he was elected - clerk " of the Superior Court. 1 ; .' V " HIS WAR RECORD.- , This office he held from August, 1X53, to January. 1859. He received the Democratic nomination fof Con gress in this district,, bnt declined , on account of pressure of business. 1 -At the beginning of the' clvtl; war , Cap tain Vail enlisted '- at once and v was mads first lieutenant of Company H, First North. Carolina t ; Cavalry. He was in active service, his first engage ment being at the battle of Dranes vllle. He took part In the fight around Richmond and ' was with Stewart In his famous march; around McClelland. Owing to 111 health he yeslgned his commission, It was rheumatism, with which- he suffered. . f - . In January. 1868. Captain vail vis ited Mecklenburg county, where ; he purchased a tract ; of land from Mr. Mao Matthews. He made his home until 1878 in the country, when he moved - to Charlotte and was 1 made cashier of the Farmers' Savings Bank. This institution merged into the Traders' National Bank, with Mr. vail a cashier. .In 1883 it went Into li quidation, Mr, Vail settling up the business.': '-r ' ,' : 'COUNTY COMMISSIONER ; SO ' -t . - - .YEARS,-. l' In 1868 Captain Vail was elected and commissioned by. Cttrnby'a mill- tarv Kovernmen t aa county , commis sioner for Mecklenburg county. Dur ing thls long service, extending over nearly- SO years with one, Intermission, he was chairman of the t-board of county, commissioners; ;i Captain .Vail was appointed by the Governor to represent the State at a number af road congresses while he was chair man of the board of county commls sloners. ' - ' ' ."'r'V '.'.': Caotaln Valla family consists oi bis wife, four . daughters, and J sasi, For" nearly fifty years he has been a communicant, of the Baptist Church and he was a man of .lhflnence In fM affairs of his Church ?whlle; active in life. Until a ; few - years fago Captain vn lived on East avenue and, then he removed to a large plantation In the rear oi jjiiizaoein, unwp wMr he has received the kindness ;'?ana Consideration in his. declining :' years from, his faithful family.' vJn. his de cease this county loses one of Its most progressive citizens, one who devoted years of his UfeUo its upbuilding. , Virginia NewwpanirT Man JoJns the :',.':'. SHmt Jlalorlty. Lexington, V., Dec. 21 -James Scott Moore, one of thev founders of The Rockbridge County. Tfewa and until recently one of the. proprietors of tha Islington Gazette, 'died at his hpme here this; morning, aged 68 years. ?' The funeral will take, place to-morrow afternon ' with- Masonic honors. ' ' : ' ;-:'r :i-1 -V ;-.;' - Mr. Moor was born July 28, 1844. near Lexington. . He .was descended fro mrevolutlonary ancestry, his ma ternal great, grandfather being-Captain Buster, an . Intimate friend of Thomas Jefferson. 1 ' , f A Spartanbnrjr rnrnlture Company Goo Into Bankruptcy. Special to The Observer. , . Spartanburg. ' 8. C. Dec. 26.Th Lion Furniture Company, of this city, has gone into bankruptcy. The peti tion to have the company . declared bankrupt was made by H. B. Car lisle, representing a number of yut-of-town creditors, before H. & De- pass, referee In - bankruptcy. The furniture people admitted their in solvency. v v...,-, - . -i;-.'.; - Tha amount " ot tha liabilities are not known..; The company owns a magnificent plant on the outskirts of the city. - 'f ' u ' . .) Philadelphia Street Car-Compnny t Answer pisoontcutod linploye, ! Philadelphia. Dec. !0. The dlrec tor of the Philadelphia Rapid Traa sit 'Company, at, a meeting held to day, framed a reply which they will to-morrow hand to the committee cf employes who hava demanded In creased Wages, a - 10-hour : working da and Improved condition. - What the company haa to say to, the em ployes haa not been maae pubiic. - r Arrrsted Chargwt With Murder In ii . , California. Correspondonce of Tht Observeri '.iGreee-usboro, Dec. 8. Police Ser tunt Ritrne luist tilcht arrested Sa.m- i ' '. f " ... i. et E. Short, allaa rrank, Binitn on South Elm atreet near the . 'depot. on tha eharsa of the murder of John Morcovlch. a rtaurenr , fcepr, of Oakland. Cau A reward og 70 had been offered !or his arrest. than transformed when handed to you by a friend on Christmas Day, neatly wrapped in paper ana tiea aoout wun red ribbon, accompanied by a beauti ful Christmas card wishing you good luck and happines. 1 Not only U the article's value' thrice enhanced, ( but al H.ich a power In th lif of the most callous and shallow , rnrnea man i rnumrnw jiuro UJiioyej. ' 1 ' , V - L.i i .ft-jri- fat;..n : t. f i r . :1 solid In the next national conven tion of the party for the nomination of Vice President Charles' W. Fair banks.: Senator Eeverldge eaid: "After we elect our President we will revise our tariff; any man in any party who proposes a tariff revision on the. eve of a national election Is either too uniformed or too insincere to be trusted. Any tariff revision un settles somewhat the legitimate busi ness of the country, but a tariff re vision - before a presidential election would prolong' that disturbance for ruinous months. - Meanwhile a tariff commission 'should gather the facts and have them ready for Congress. , . t'We must amend the railway rate lav at points where It is detective. We must -make modern the Sherman law1 which shackles honest enter prise 'because it;does hot fit present condition : We must, prevent . over capitalization and the swindling for which it furnishes ( opportunity and excuse. We must drive -the canal to completion and improve the nation's waterways that the people may have the transportation designed vby .na ture, ' - " 1 ' "And we must and will end the ln f amy and shame ; of child .labor ; In this republic. . Those who say that it is unconstitutional i for the nation to stop this national evil deny the authority ot the Supreme Court and the validity . of a doxen similar laws already on the ; statute ,; booka -w we Republicans regard the s constitution as Marshall regarded It the chart of progress, not -the shield of wrong. - Itesolutlons were adopted . unani mously urging the nomination of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks ; tor the Presidency. - 5? The . t resolutions "were introduced by Governor J. FranJi Hanly, and were adopted with a round ot cheers by the thousand and' more active party workers ot tha State, who were present. r The . resolutions were as followa:'7'-"Tf:-i'ivr'',-''vi "We, the Republicans of the State bf Indiana. In bi-ennial love feast as sembled, send greetings and felicita tions to the Hon, Charles W. Fair banks,1 Vice-President of tha United States, and turmto him for, leader ship in the pending presidential cam paign. ii; Wa have often trusted him and have many times given him big commission." - .-HWir:'''; iM? : : "Hla clean life In public and in the home, His clearness of , Concept,, his poise of character,, his conservatiTa courage and his great ability have long appealed to. vmAy y.::' ' v"HIs lova of the peophs, from" whose loins he came, the faith, na haa ever manifested In .American . Institutions and in Republican nrlnciplea, his ripe experience in pubuc affairs,-the sup port he has given President Roose velt In the Senate and In his present high office, and the memory of the confidence and affection. In which the late President - McKJnley ,heli , him, lead us to declare him -. great and broad -and brave enough to deal with the new conditions 'now before the Country. . I We ask his leadership-with full conflJehce In his .wdom and - his patriotism, and promise ; him .in re turn our highest effort and best en deavor to ' secur for him the com mission of his party at the national convention to be assembled at Chicago next June." -. - - PLAYS, OX .JUSTICE'S AMBITION. me ureennnom industrial News ( vnargca witn Such hi the Mtater of a Compromise of the Rate Mat- . ter.; .vf,,,, k'c- To the' Editor of The Observer: '.-.. " 1 1 have known Ed Justica, 'now Speaker of the House of Representatives, for more than twenty years and 1 know him to be notcnly a good lawyer but a man of good, bard, common sense. : Knowing him thus, I cannot 4 believe that The Dally Nw (Republican), of Greensboro, will succeed in its very apparent effort 10 so piuy upon tne political ambitions of Mr. Justice as to bring about dlarup- iiun ana aiscora in tne .uemocrauc DartK in North Carolina. , 1 Thl effort on th nftrt nf -Th nnv New Is so evident to my mind that I cannot but -believe MrJuauce can and will se it , in the issue of The .News of December 4th, on th very first pas and in glar ing- neauunes, mux. paper, etatea "KOF. HOLT WITH JUSTICa AGAINST GOV. GLENN,''- and then it goes on to apeak In complimentary terma of Mr. ' Justice a;xl of what ia likely to happen whan ne opposes uit -.compromise eireciea oy the Governor in the railroud rate matters. Indeed Tlw r Nowa states in the very neaaunes pi ine piece rererrea to mat with "Mr. Justice leading the opposition the chance are good for the defeat of the .compromise proposition." , .-.' Acain. in tha issue of The Nws on the very next day, December kith, there are two reference to tin matter under the editorial column,- the flrat on ot these Insinuating that the Governor ia trying to aecei ve tne people -aoout tni - com- tiromlse ana the seotna praisings un Mr. Justice for - ''bavins' -tha-coutUK of hi convictions," and saying that ''Jutlc ahown mp well by contrast with the con duct ' of the Governor" in thl .matter. and at the same time thl last reference that is too open to pasa unnoticed,? for th editorial eoe on to aay "Justice: ap- peara to tava me' couraae, oi. iu con- viriionii or' ms BonucHi uiuna. or wnu v -h enll hla mentaJ attitude." The writer la ndt and has never been a railroad lawyer but ne thluks he ha mixed with tn business and professional men of this Ktate nougn to-Know mat they are sick and tired of this "rate war1! business ana , wouiu iiae w wb- imuieoi ctiiina- down to a normal condition, and most' of mem nu ;wkh, jhui xb Inspect Of the Ucvornof "compromise ItdoeaiK hav to bar assumed-It Is a known fact that oeiore uoyernur viiemi avnuui to. tiu coniororalse be had advised with a hoBt ot bualnnsa and professional men of -the State and h knew that the proposal wouia mee wjw h .vv lav-ra majority of . the profeaaionai and .business .man of the State. - xr,. .i.i,m to' urea Mr. Justice on in opposing - thla plan of -Omjur Gienn's. . ji .remains w .-v-,.. - run be moved to action 1y a spur from that source, v wr viw u v utncT n, i, .uj, in arfument to Show that The New 1 not particularly interested in the personal welfare or poliUcal ad- it I Intoreated ht keeping the Democratlo party in tnis wia ui" " T'"ll?,- u ,u. vr. ilncolnton, : Dea. 26th.; 'i v V- y ; IVita! Shooting a CUmnt to a Georgia Dafton. Ca.' pec;;iS.Newhas reached her of a fatal shooting fol lowing Christmas , i dinner neaj gprln plac, last night.' A numbe of parsorui bad been participating In a shooting match and when this wa over, Lige "Williams, a farmer, invit ed the jparty to supper. - On of th guests' made seme slighting remarks about th food which-resulted in fight between the hostihls eon and noscoe Rusaelk During tha fight tha light was overturned and extinguish ed and before, another light could be secured shots rang out and when the room was again lighted. Jo:in Tank.' an Innocent onlooker, was found tvlng dd upon the floor.. No arrest haa been cade. '" (.-".' t - '- '1 to tV.e party and re: stattiaent tat If! V: Suits, Oveixcas, Vests - " ' K 1 We sell Suits thai fit so good, hang sol .well and "have v S rtiTT- a-a in n4 Tt a inilAtt,' r- K a4 ." ' wwam A-a . liw ,; when the' price islnientioned and he find? itTto be $5.00 to $10.00 less than , J 'til i- t .garment ;witn no more It's the Michaels-Stern Make p 1 Of Overcoats and 1 Suits; that' pleases" everybody" and 1 .1 ? gives satisfaction, and Emery: Shirts Fit AH sleeve lengthsKin full dress; soft 'and short stifi!- . . J i. 11 a .1 1 .11. .t.a uosom in neat paiiums, bius. ana uannei: auacnea . - or detached cuffs, coat shirt or plain ; ie:...v....e.- . . . j , . trf Unox Shoes In Patent, Victor Gunmetal; button, blucher or bah . ? ' , Latest toes,bn newest "comfort", itself. Toys aoii(dl GBuoisiinnias ... - s i ' - - 4r .v.-'-'v V 44 ' Half Price, For Followingi : ,:: ' All Mechanical; Toys," Nodding Head Animals Ele V; v phantsV Goats, Sheep, Cows,-Horses, Pigs," Camels, Tree Ornaments, etc. - - 1 - . - , ; . ; One-Third Off' . v;: 1 Pianos. Boll Furniture, Doll . f riages, .Dolls,-Tool Chests, Child's Tea Sets Child's - Wash Sets and all Hand-Painted China. - One-Fourth 0ff All Boys Wagons, WheelbarrbwSj' Automobiles, 1 Irish ;:3fails,''vHobby ; Horses j . 'i Child's Rockers, Chairs, 'J Bath Robes, Silk Suspenders Fancy Arm,, Bowls, . Silk Muffleirs. j 'Y :;'') ';.Y ' ''r V.iV.V ' But CQXi'P No, Toys or Christmas Goods taken back or, exchanged. 4v l' iV tTnlbrella3, yjf - f; One-Fourth Off; on all Gold and Silver Handle Umbrei-, J ;ias, both Ladies'" an'd Men's.'; r : 1 1 ... . V r ( ' ' , i I"' , -i j - -i V C- '03 Penis, : Fliiv c he -can produce the' same K - ' afa I . W -j - -a '' . "t signtiy enect ne areams. t , t ... '- the price is $120 to"$270. ;.:;;;.$i.oo to $3.00: - I ' ,4 $5. and 6. V .4.-.v lasts," and a'Shoe ihat. is v Trunks, Stoves, Doll Car-' V vVelocjpedes, Tricycles,, ) Writing' Desks, Men's ,4' - 1 -zrzf
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 27, 1907, edition 1
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