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f i t '':, l t..e t : 3 in , iL-.r: - 1 i : . .'. i G.U is .? in 1- ..-rson. Dr. I. u : u n. Dr. and lira. J. i v : . t friends and rei .'.n (V.olina. Dr. W. IC I t ! c. J. i Is In 5 1 : I i 1h ii .tv York. Frof. and :,ra. J. C. v.oottn are visiting relations In f.e f tern part of the State." Frof. ; anl i rs. E. E.-Greenwood are In 'A:.8vlU. Mr. and Mrs, D. W. New son are visiting friends at Whltakevs. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Breedlove are visit..-s relatives at Oxford. Headmaster II. : II. North is visiting relatives . at Laurinburg. Mr. and Mrs. C, t Horn ad ay ara t Beaufort.'. "" i . y.v Mr. and Mrs. Kope' Ellas. Jr., who have been spending some days ' with Dr. and Mr. J, C. Kilgo, have return ed to. ineir , nomo. as i viuvciuui o land. ' . ; ''-r'.yy 1 Mi?s Parks, of Kentucky, -Is visiting Dr. and Mrs. W. II. Glasson. Mr. W.i H, Pegram, Jr., class t '. who la now with the engineering de partment s of the Seaboard ; Air Line, ' and located, at Jacksonville.: Tla., Is 'visiting his father, . SProf. W, II.. Pe : gram. ':-y- y-y .';"--j" Mr, Hoy Taylor, class 0, superin tendent of schoole at Bisooe, is spend ing the holiday In Durham-v s - ' Mr. W, W.s Stedman,, class '07, u- .perintenuent of the graded schools at Attapulgus, Ga., is upending Ills vaca tion In Durham.,-' " - ' Mr..AV. Cole, -class 0, euperln ' endent of the graded school at Sel ma, is visiting at his home in Dur ham. : ' ' (Mr. C Bs Markham.' JL 3., 06,A, M:, '07, a graduate student at Colum bia University. New York, is spending . the holidays with &! mother in Dur ham. ' Several students who are expecting to take part in the jnter-colleglate fle- ' bates to be held, during the spring term, are spending the holidays at the college -working on the question The" library Is kept open part. , of 1 each . day; ? i yyy -y ,yy' '-'-- Instruction will be resumed Friday, January . . The midyear examina tion -will begin January JOth and will continue to February i- when the second term . will begin. For a num ber of years it nas been the custom to 'have the examinations' the latter Tart ' of January In order , that - the ? year . might be . more , equally divided, fThe commencement this irear will be lat er than for a number' of years. It is , the established custom at Trinity for the - graduating ' exercises ; to be held 'on Wednesday after the' first Sunday in June, ; This year this will be June 1 0th. ;, ; yM :& w: :ti i riik MTiMnhi flf fh a Jan uary number; of The jBouth'',' Atlantic ? Quarterly gives evidence of a wide by th discussion of -i timely' and 'per tinent subjects. ' The contributors are men front all sections of the .country. Few. on fThe Standardiiing of South, r ern's Colleges" ' survey of v the de velopment 6t eJucatlonal standards in the South, and a discussion of the " .work and significance-of the Cafnegie Jioard, SProf J. J. Gardner. "formerly 11 I. .. , nl ,1,, TTm4Mi eityot Illinois, makes m study of the development of the negro, as shown , by Cie latest census,; reports,, and ' .crlticiies the recent utterances of cer tain radical politicians In the South. Mr. Louis Pendleton, author of the Stephens, arlvsa a historical aunrey of thr doctrine of-State" rights, and ' concludes with a v conslderatlon v of v present-day political problems In the light of history.,'.-- -"? (y: Prof. Edward G. Elliott, of Prince- ton , university., . summarises ; me achievements of the late peace con ' ferences at The Hague, and suggest !V AU,..'..t& - HleW : S-V. A ' 4HaJ., ' isnce. Professor Dutcher, of, "Wesley ' an University, continues his hiatorl - cal study -of ."France in North Am- ' Especially -appropriate, -in vlew Of , the centenary of the" poet's blfth, is an excellent article on John GreenleAf Whlttifiiyby Prof. DavU H. Bishop, of ft University o Misslssluni. Prof. , WHJiam U, iGlasson, of. Trinity Col lege, has a significant article on the late Carl Schuns, based on the recent ly published ."Bemlnlscencea", Prof, 1 C. B. Wallace, the University Sohool, . Nashville, Tenn., writes . from , - schoolmaster's standpoint' of ' certain tendencies in the college life of to- : day, notably the exaggerated attention to athletic. 1 , '. vs , . ', - ,i The number closes with an article on William Blake, by Prof. U N. Chase, of the University Louisville, '- based on recent biographical and crit ical studies of the mystic poet There Is the usual department of book re . views with comments on the books of ', the season by the editor arid others, K':. I DAVIDSON. ' V: Correspondence of The Observer.' .' 'l I . uaviason, uec zs.- The pulpit of viie -rnujf unm cnurcn win . De tiled to-morrow by Rev, Dr. J. i M. Wharey, now of Hickory, who i with , Mrs. Wharey, , ha been spending the holidays here with their daughters, Mrs. r,W.' R. and C. I Grey. Dr. Wharey; is always heard with ' genu ine : pleasure by y Davidsonians. A special ieaiur ot me music "Will be iy a solo by-Mr.;T.; C. Carr, class of '98, the leader of the choir In Cen tral Methodist church, Ashevllle, and principal - of ' the Ashland : avenue . graded 'school, ''J'V,. -"ih. ( Rev. c. A. Munro and family' are sun, nere awaiung further - news from his daughter, Miss Anna, BeUe ', Munroe, whOv Underwent an opera, tion. for appendicitis in Charlotte to. day. Mr. ' Munroe will probably .rrpaea at snearer to-morrow, y Very general and profound regret In expressed over the news that Rev. YlUiam Black will 'give up his resi dence at Davidson at theIose- of the month. ' He finds it a somewhat in convenient point for his work, which ells - him from place, to : place t.-iroughout the year, and he will move to a more centrally v located tow n. The loss to the religious and social 'life -of the town Is a distinct one and will be felt by everybody nore. f ir. i;iacit conspicuous sue- In i.U eanc:f lirt'.c work anH Ms f ;(nre ps a mnn and preacher r .3 i :-v! n t: - a j'fCuKar pleas i " 1 1 cJ . .ngr 1 l.-i ii one f her ( ii. sr,l f.-r.'i h)i vry ec- f ' "Cf with t .j Iri "Itii'lon he 1 tf'tn t:-n u:-."'M,t and jscalous sup- I r cf t t;e ' cor -.rep n Mnn I" . I I 3 ( rolliM to a 2 t in t..J W church. ITlfr, j ! i il'i r"-rt 'cf tr.e f '"te tsVA bs ' i t- :. v t--t her rtU tives at L 'iii..-:Jn continue .to hear favorable from Mrs. E. II. Harding, -of l.ilton, who about two wees t was stricl-'en with pir? ly sis of the left t'de. The stroke, while leaving her heipless for the present, did pot destroy consciousness at any time. The physician in charge of the case seems to thlnt that she, is practically out of danger,, so far as this particular attack is concerned. ' Miss Sarah Currell, student of Converse, daughter of Prof. W. S. Currell,1 of Washington and Lee Uni versity, who was formerly professor of English at Davidson,' is the guest of Miss Irving Harding.. . . ,. ? ' ' Students of Davidson, those ' ot "a former date and especially those en rolled this .- year, will note with in terest some new rules Just promul gated by the faculty, made necessary by the growing evil of absenteeism. It is believed these will yery greatly correct an evil that has been. on the Increase, especially of late when the college has , been going - forward by leaps and bounds in. its enrollment of" matrlculates.-;'v,;I.;'Vr!jst,ri.?..vv These rules ' provide ' that, it dur- student in any .ciass ( nas ior ny cause incurred si many absences as there are recitations a week in that class, he shall , stand a special one. nour written ; examination on the work.;f -the-month, ' the grade of which shall : ..constitute part lot, his term standing in .that . study... .' ,. - In reference to unexcused absences the rule is to the effect that when ever, during, any one term,'' th total number of unexcused '. absences from recitations and church amounts t to three, in the case of any student, he shall receiver-an - official ( warning. When the number reaches nvefc he shall v be summoned ; . before . x the faculty, . . 'y'i'', i'i y .'i'f I 'y In regard to morning chapel ? and Sunday , Bible class work,; each sia dent 1 allowed two , technically , un excused absences from these during each month. At the close of ,; the month all nneicused absences in ex cess of two are charged against him, When .the : number thus standing against him reaches five, he shall re ceive an official ; warning-; when the number in. any one term reaches ten, he shall bs suspended from college, the) period ? of ; suspension to be t de. termfned by the faculty in each , in dividual case.. v.,y,y.yy'y4- WINTHROE Correspondence of The Observer. ii;-jElpck' i'Hilt-C't'Deei ts, iWlth the exception t of the offices, of - the main building, Wlnthrop College ; is silent and - .deserted, i' All 0 students, members of the faculty and officers, except the president, and his lmme-'j dlate aS3istants,are enjoying y Christmas vacation.,' Th office force is not working full time,; but taking turns utoout ''holding th. fort" The rapidity with which this large ;body of busy workers vanishes from Wln throp' classic halls . is y marvelous. One day the college is as busy and teeming with life as a beehive In har vest time -th next as silent and life less as the same hive In mid-winter.- ; Many M pleasant i little incidents marked'the eparatlon for, the Christ mas holiday. President Johnson -was unavoidably absent and sent a letter to be read to the students and fac ulty at the last chapel of the old year. la reply to thi letter the stu dents ' ent th following greeting by telegraphs "Tour Wlnthrop daugh ter send you Christmas greetings and hop the Neiy . Tear may s bring you l nrospeTousv andhappy days. 'the Southern Railway .officials wrs "certainly moetK .efficient and courteous in ielr, manner , of han dling the five hundred ! passengers and ' their luggage. C Tickets aen.s! and ' a local - transfer agent came to th college and aol4 tickets, checked trunks and" grips in th main college building, so that when th flnal start for home was mada nothlngremain ed to; ib done except board th train. Coaches -were tacked up to the rear entrance of the ground on Saturday morning, whera all were soon 'comfortably settled : and all aboard for home and a happy time. Each mail "brings applications from students' desiring to enter Wlnthrop College for the second session, but these must be turned away for lack of room In -the dormitories, already nlled'.to:"Overflwmg."'-i'Jv-' y ' Students and : faculty f 111 rMurn Thursday, January 1 4, and the regu lar work of the session will ' begin Friday, January Sd. " " , President . Johnson, with two mem bers of his faculty, Mrs. Blrdsell and Miss Wickllffe,- have attended the meeting of the Southern Educational Association Jn Lexington, Ky. " A few days and these silent hall will again echo with the busy throng once .more assembled for hard. work. Final examinations of the first term begin January 18th; so teachers and pupils' will soon e busily; at ;worlc and Christmas vacation wiu te notn Ing but a pleasant memory yy :' ;; y i- -Christmas .Twins Hal at 80. 'yi New York Presa CJ-''yii. William and Samuel Muiicy, well known residents of Babylon, ' L. I., said to a the oldest flpalr of twins In ; the State; , celebrated their eighty ninth birthday . there Wednesday. Both are still as hale and hearty in most respects as the average man at eo. They were born and have lived all their live on Long Island. The name of their ancestor can be found on the Colonial muster roll. ') The brothers resemble ach" other so closely Uvat members of their own family have often mistaken " one for the other, Both have followed the bay for a llvlnar, and Camuel Is stUI able to do a good day's work. Wil liam is at present nnable to worlc in consequence of a recent operation lor cataract In the eye. . " Both men have alwsy.s trn f- l clvptalnprs. 1by cst thr.r flsjt Vila rrc'Jer.t, una , vr -o jam wltlv the lliiovf . tithing rnriy. 'ilit.y supported Lincoln, but of late y ar have voted the rruilWIon tu net. i:.)th aw wldowr1. and e n h U v. f i'.'-r of a 1 - tuTiAy. " j,r -y:y i : i " 1 i i .1 C '!. iel '. st -," :..t at r ,-ct wvenue Tabernacle ly T.v. r. I,T .Orr, a son ct r.ev. Dr. W. V. Crr, of thij city, aai the bril liant young ps'tor of the First Unit el Presbyterian church, ' of St.; Louis, Mo. The text was "Lay not up for yourselves treasure on , earth, where moth and rusf; : doth S corrupt ; ; and thieves; (break, through and steal, but Uy up for yourselves treasures - in heaven. and from, these words as a basi the. speaker contended that the Scripture not only, discouraged pov erty, but: countenanced " industry, thrift and economy,' did not condemn riches, .but that spirit through' which a man will sell out his own eternal Interests' for the sheer sake of pro curing" wealth. . j. ;-' v.-;.'. ' y ' N.I ; POYERTTf A' MALADT.' . 'In' the . study of a passage so re markable a this,"., said Mr, Orr, "It will ; be necessary r for us to summon every v power. r Looked at ' from.! .on standpoint, it appears to be at vari s tee with the . commonly 's accepted maxims of .business.. It will' be seen upon study that this text does ' not mean that there is a premium in the Scripture upon poverty. Poverty Is & malady, a thing, that can be explain ed only in the light of misfortune or negligence.,; The most V contemptible man in' th -world is he who goe about boaetlntf of hi tatters and rag . This text, furthermore, doe , not at Uckr wealth. There arr those who have '. pressed their ' ears' against the great heart -of the world and come back to tell us that money, is the root, of all evli But I cite you to the In cident of Jesus Christ and Zacheus to disprove-the, intimation that Christ is antagonistic ; to . wealth;' - s ; The text, one again, does not mean that"-men should; be less careful with ' their money.: . It is not compatible with the liberal distribution -of moth-balls to keep away , the Insects that 'would aestroy tnat wnich is ? .precious, f I find nothing here . that y would ' not countenance placing bars on the win dow and lock n the doors, procur ing the ' safest vault that are pro-: duced. TO adopt any ether measure would.be to lay society open to the thief and the thug. - For Christ to have expected men to accept such a dootrin, would have been : to brand Christianity as a snare and a delusion, to have made it Iconoclastic and to have outdone socialism. . w;GOt'S COMMAND TO LABOR. - "In the first place, speaking af firmatively, the. text points out a principle of life." The speaker here dwelt at length upon the. natural in stinct" to save, the nature oi the dog that lays away a bone against a fu ture need, of the' ant that . nrOcurei food i In the Jummer for the dtstrees oi me -winter, or tne bee that flies through-" sutmr i breeze f .securing sustenance for th coming fcpli, of a child tnat soon learns- to place In It mouth' whatever its hands catch hold, of. l"The naUon's welfar Istiased upon this principle. Upon It rests the des tiny of the' commerce : of all Umes. Take away such, an Instinct and ao-clety- twjl malt away, and out national prosperity will cease. " It is not, to be condemned that v men stick their hands in their pockets, but that they refuse stubbornly to bringf thent out. This is that,at wnlch Christ alms In this -text. It does -not' mean parsi mony nor prodigality. . The instinct to 'lay up is responsible for the Indus1- try; or thia age,' for the thrift that characterises nations ,s God says,. 'Six cays thou shalt labor, and on th asv- enth rest A man is just as culpable to iai away on day of the sixth as he is to sin against th seventh. ; ' ; ."The second truth t forth! in hls passage is the ilaca of deposit. Ever smc tne. mosjiing or creation there have been: two agenole in the vorld blddlngr for th business of mankind. Adam and - Eve, thinking that they uicea tn proposition of satan better than that of God, accepted it and Buf fered' the- confiscation of their funds. Side by- side have these two. agencies worked, one for good, and one for evil." The wlftness wlth' which wealth and fortunes ' are ! blasted out of existence under the force of some great tidal -wave was mentioned in thi connection in comparison V with th eecurlty of "heaven, where values are reckoned upon : th scale 'of .in finlty.' , , . . , CHRIST ' NOT . OPPOSED 1 TO , - ' WEALTH. ; The philosophy of tanking was. the third and last feature of the text treated by Mr. Orr, Th affections." said he, 'are always twined about those things most- precious. We come here . info th possession of - tn thought that actuated this Sorlpture, that Christ was , not ' opposed" to wealthy biit opposed to y having the affections of men thrown aside and lost Vlt i Jealousy for his own name, andv i; as old as th law i of Sinai, Thou shalt have no other gods be fore thee. it Is not weaUh in It self, ; but the effect: it ha of taking away a man'' interests and winning his affections. It Ls not having too much,' but ' In desiring too much wherein the danger lies, A man may go down before a one cent piece a quickly a before a dollar. Some men sell out God's and their, own eternal interests for some paying buslues of this world, another to corner th mar kets,1 another to Indulge In some sin. God says do, not set a value upon things material and transient, rather upon th thlnrs that ar in heaven and eternal. God want your heart 'Ye cannot serve God and mammon.' You can'tp ut yon farm Into the arm or Christ ana stui Keep bold on the earth." ' yyyy- ;. ; ) The conclusion of th sermon dsalt with' th disposition men roale of their money, th way that thy rive to God. He contended that deirsraiftd charlUes were nothing less than a curse, ad that what the worii rl. ed was the love off the hurt of Clris t!an men, The dionrs was strong In Us simplicity and Its truth,' spoken with fplendld eloquence. In thought, nivle et"l delivery, It wss of ths l.irh est exef'lonre. . Krfi v.,orr.tLiM. ii i "iKota, v. i us ri-.-n silver a. t-'.r: r ri I t i ,3-'1. At t n . u D. i : : , iii(T )'.;. Int. .v 1 nr h V i -1 v ' 1 I f VI I V I V t ' v nil -v. t ? Ill ' ( ' 1 f ! .' t i.. .11 i I v ot 1 Ci'v. I i I'm I i, a. iii --! " ! c-v rerun f I. I " r Uh I'M. fil hr.. finMn r- :i nuin." - 1 i M T 1 ' l t J . t ' I ! ' . .. . f rf of 1 .- tr-f - J t J c 7 t i. IT; It; . . . I c: .,. ;:i,:;,a L.jer w.L.h iater-cc-;.i- -.ie &t .'..:.. i i t - i forever to live," said i tul- K : ni.hti-as he jtaished: rsadins t..e latest contribution to the Lvli"-n-A & M. controversy. "Pur ity of athletics U sought' afier by many of the institutions, or by parts cf many, but It seems to be a goal Aiffloult of attainment. . Athletic 'pur-1 Ity is, re course, distinctly a relative j term, depending largely on the ruling view of sportsmanship, on the rules which are in fore between the col leges engaged and .on the way those rules are Interpreted. Some of the col leges' m Vorth. Carolina have about as strict a code of rules as can with auy reasonaVleness be dev-lseJ, and live up to them, so far as the faculties are able to ascertain, , others 1 have 1 the same rules and probably do not make as consclentiou an effort so , to . do, while " still others content themselves with the single requirement that the player on their teams shall b bona fide students. 1 Neither age of service, place, nor previous condition of ser vitude are brought' into consideration at all v. Such an institution has of course a decided advantage over one whose players must have participated in the game not ; more 4 than tb;e years previously on collegiate ' teams. -"But in practically every case, sus picion exists, and in practically every, case, 'the pot calls the kettle black.'; That 1 a pessimistic .view,'' put it; should not be understood that South ern Institutions are especially in mind.' One finds comparatively little differ ence when he, goes North. It would be hard to. find a college In the State where some student Is not recelclng compensation, secretly, of course, in directly.' perhaps, for ' his- services. Whether or not this would be an un pardonable crime were no pretense made otherwise, Js a debatable ques tion.; Th deplorable . part - ls ; that many college have rules and systems which encourag lying. 'Athletic lies,' on college professor has aptly term ed them.' y;yytyayy:yii:y- : "It Is such conditions as these, with the innate mutual jealousy and - sus picion, which are causing some peo ple to favor , letting1 -, the : pendulum swing backwards to the opposite ex treme from which it came, American colleges have about reached the limit in the drawing up of rules regulating membership on their teams, v. . They have prohibited mors than four years' playing, they v have i' forbidden rocelv- in compensation in any ; ahape ' or form, they have forbidden; previous receiving of compensation, they have placed th ban on solus from i One college ? team'v to; ; another ? : Without a year or residence at the second col lege as a condition precedent to play. ing. they; have forbidden summer ball playing, and In some cases they have debarred from any 'varsity team stu dents tot above the rank ef freshman. "After, all this has. been done, aftew ail the waving Of banners and the Is suing of proclamations ot purity, there is ample room for doubt as to wheth er mueh has been done except to weaken th strength of the . team. throw a damper on college spirit "and preclude ror some the. possibility of a team which"" would ever Inspire, en thusiasm. ; Professionalism li not a thins" of the nast. while v fleceotloh. evasion and 'athletlo lyjnf.ar decid edly thfng of the present..,' ' i 'Tt is a hard thing for a man to be true to himself and make 4 statement which will end his most cherished am bition, when he knows that others no mor worthy,-; will not debar .; them selves.. It Is a hard 'thing for a stu dent to bring to the attention of the faculty an irregularity, which h hft noticed, but which la essential to th winning; of- a 'championship. ,x "It Is such a stat of affairs as this which; is caueing v many , lovers ' p( sports to think that in athletics, as tn other things, wt are a,too.much gov erned people and that less laws and a stricter enforcement of them --would bring about a more healthy state ot affairs. ' Especially strong 1 the senti ment growing agiint the ' summer ball rule, which forbids that a needv but talented, player shall mak tlSO a moflth diirlng the ummer without rellnqulhirffe his claim to a- future position as a college representative. No other-rule work more hardship or is mora productive of -. deception than ls this one. . I . believe that lt eventual doom is written in the stars. And the time may not besfar distant when thi bona fide - student rule, strictly enforced In, letter and In spirit wlU be the only requirement. A far cry, that day may seem, ' but far cries are often nearer than they seem." ',, ' , r OBSERVLVO XKW YEML f ... .,,,,. . , , Entrance Will Be .Heralded by Ring. - insr of Bells and CSiurch 6ervlcs- Advent to Be flashed lom Wash, t ington Differences In .Time, y - No special' preparation havr been made for-;New Year's night,', but th coming of X908 will not be uhherald ed. ; In at least on church : a watch night service win be held, while at practically all jthe bells will be rung In signalizatloh of the transition. The birth of the new-year will be flashed over the world from the Naval Obserr vatory at Washington, In four pe riods... It ill arrive in Charlotte at 12 midnight December lst, JEastern tlmesf in cities situated In the Central belt at J a. m , ( Eastern time; f at those In the Mountain belt at 1 a, m. Eastern time, and at an Francisco and other .cities In the Pacific helt at t a. m., Charlotte time. ' Or, stated! i-unverBeiy, wnsn in new year arriv es in Charlotte, it will .be p. m J p. m. andi It p. m, December list, at the other .places, i Far out he,vnnA Pin Francisco, beyond the Internat- ionai aate jine. it will be again January 1st y ' y , i:rr:.v:: of ciOcicr. -; , i-.-- t - - - -ii i .... I"tric f fiton Tliem Tore In Arcr"j.a.on cr uj ior watclics.. :.-ow f.:n. "A wir.-v, nny neel clr(,nin wie'n it Js not .lirty at all.' raid & Vat-h-)iker. "llils sotiifttrn'' acroun' f.ir a fxeat deal of mlsunderstandiiir b- r- .it I I Ivot f 1 I. ... . .ire,wn ni mircMdor t the late Mr. M if - - ' uAiu, ontors Aiuson sna i;uiiom. ' v ,r.mbera of the H.u- of Re , , ur,;" worn! dentatlw longj . - before f.-ns ' ;, '' ' V "" , . I'iton. J'.uiltett and Cu-.-nii " 1 1 i' i- f r I I.i i uirn born. . ' OF VI A . . r I. , . 'on ent.d !v, 1 1 v " It r-f rut (':, v i .i;un cf (r i oil "I f I ' it h f r V 4 ! , ' I T '. . 1 ' '1 i .. , tt r'-ar", ,,f ;.lninp r.r bin f. a j "i.i 1 l tl t ..r; T; 3 cf : . . tt C.-.l ;r i l i r -i: ' rv: i ' -" n:e;; :.".; ; .v ; '1 ; XT-". L r.ioa vcu-racs tf f j c:v,i v?.r I ive been retired from t.ie a.' ive lUt of th-rer-.:Ur army, wtlle f.-.e number of civil war veteran In Congress has not been less since the f.ru Congress after the war. - ' . Looking over th list ef Congress men who have served in either house since the war. It Is seen that the Southern States more frequently than the Northern honored their defenders by electing them to Congress. Twenty years ago the Union veter ans in the Senate numbered seven, against twenty-one Confederate vet eran la th House of the same Congress the Fiftieth there were sixty-five Confederate and forty-nine Union veteran. In t,he present Con gress ther are ten Senators and nine Representatives who- wer Confeder ate and eight Senators and twenty, one Representatives who were Union oldiers.-4 yyyyi i'yyyy Since ; the- civil v war -i very dis tinguished soldiers have served, in Congress, among them being, on the Union side: y. a-:y? -- : :v " i - . Major General i John A Logan, William ' S. Rosecrans, Nathaniel. P, Banks, Benjamin F, Butler. William J. Sewell, Ambrose - P. "Burnslde, J. B. Hawley, Carl Schura, J. Mf. Kelfer Russell A. Alger; ; Brigadier General Charles H.' Grosvenor,- Henry B, Ban ning. Henry H Bingham, James A. Garfield, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benja min Harrison, Edward a. Bragg. An son ;G.! McCook, Newton M. Curtis, John C. Black, John H, Ketchum, J R. West, Adelbert Ames. . Isaac R. Sherwood,; Wlllard Warner, Thomaa W Bennett, , Thomas M Bowen. iVConfederats who served in Con gress were: ' r, - m Genera Joseph E. ; Johnaton, Lieu tenant Generals Wade Hampton -and John B. Gordon; , Major v Generals William H F. Lee. Matthew C, But ler, William m Bate, Joseph Wheeler, E.v C. Walthall, William Mahone; Brigadier Genersla John T. Morgan, Edmund W l?ettus, Francis M. Cock rell. Pierce M B.e Young. John S. Williams, ' Randall' M. Gibson, Mat thew W. Ransom, ' Robert B. Vane, William ; R. Cox. Eppa Hun ton. Charle M. Shelley, Jame A. Wal ker. 'James 2. Georre.1 James I Al corn,; William H. Forney, Washington C.J Whltthorne, George ; O. - Dlbbrell, George i'W Gordon. y$'y:.mi$:' Th death of Senator MaHOnr. who was " midshipman a a ? boy ' i th , Confederate navvy reduces by one the Confederate veterans In Congresa It I somewhat remarkable that at so lte. period after the civil war two Confederate veterans . who repre sented the same State should die and be succeeded in th Senate by.two Confederate veterans, a in the case of the late ' Senators Morgan and Pettus and their successors, Messrs. Bankhead and Johnston. 'Senator who war Confederate servlnar In - the oresent Congress are Mesara Bankhead and Johnston, of Alabama; Taliaferro, ef Florida; mo Knerv. of LouUlana: Monev and Mc- Laurln, of Mississippi;; Daniel, '.and Martin. of .Vlrslnla, ' The Union veteran are Bulkeley, of Connecti cut; Du Pont of Delaware; Bur mil m UlntnUk) .!TAmv jw UlMMsl sou; Warner, of Missouri; -Foraker, of Ohio; . Proctor,' of Vermont; War ren, of Wyoming. -. -The Confederate veteran in Con rress of highest rank ls George W. I Gordon, Representative . from th Nenth Tennessee district, who waa a brigadier ; general Joseph ' Warren Kelfer, of Ohio, was a major, general or the Union side, and Is the highest ranking veteran In, Congresa yy,- General Gordon le for the ? first time in many years th only general officer on the Confederate aid , in Congress, tin th Fiftieth Congress twenty years ago there were fifteen Confederate general offioer in th two houses, y The veterans of the war In, th present House are: Union Knopf, Illinois; . Holliday. Indiana; Howell.' New Jersey; Kelfer. and Sherwood. Ohio; Bingham, Beale, Brum', Barclay, Graham, " ' PennsyU vanla; Goulden, Bradley, Alexander, New York; Capron, Rhode Island;' Parker, South Dakota; i Hubbard; West . Vlrginlaf Jenkins, Wisconsin. ; Confederates Taylor and , Rlchardi son, ' Alabama; Livingston, ' Georgia Meyer, Louisiana; Splght Mississippi; Gordon, Tennessee; Jones' and Lamb, Virginia, yyr-y ' y.-.i The earliest age at which any Con gressman Joined the army on either eld was fourteen, which would make the birth-year 1847.. Of th ninety Senators,, there being two vacancies, sixty-one were not old enough to serve in the army. ; Of th I0 mem bers of th House, there being one Vacancy, only sixty were old -enough. Twelve Senator and 14 1 Repre sentatives in the Sixtieth Congress were born after Fort Sumter wa fired upon., Four Senators and eighty-eight Representatives were born after the, surrender at', Appo mattox, ' ' ' The average, age of member of both houses have been reduced, th average for Senator ' being ' fifty eight and for the House, forty-seven; ; Senator Whyt is th only octoge narian Senator, his g being eighty three year and four months Next oldest are In the order named Alli son" of , Iowa, Stephenson of Wiscon sin. Cullom of Illinois, 71; Teller; of Colorado, 77; Proctor of Vermont, Frye of Maine, ' 7: Piatt of New York, 74; Depew, tt New. York 71; Burrow of Michigan, Gailtnger of New. Hampshire, McEnery of Louisi ana, 70; Bulkeley : of Connecticut, McCreary of Ktucky,r "Dn Pont of Delaware, as; Money of Mississippi, Bacon of Georgia, Perk In of Cali fornia,' Tf Elklns of West Virginia, Aldrlch of Rhode. Island. 6 8; Daniel, Bcott and Bankhead. 5; -Foraker and Hopkins, II; 'Martin. Tillman and Taliaferro 0: Hsnsbrough, Mc Laurin,- Ston and. Newland St; Foster, Lodge and Taylor, 17; Gamble, Clark, of Wyoming. Lati mer.. Brtgg and Paynter, 5; Hey. burn and Kesn, 8B! Richardson, Crane, Knox, Fulton and Clay, Bis Overman, Simmons. Clarke, of : Ar kansas, and Carter, (3; Bourne, Cul berson and La Follette, 6; McCum ber, Dolllver, Frasier, Dick and Piles. 41; Smoot Sutherland, Davis, Flint and Bevertdge, 45: Brown and Bai ley, 44; ' Borah, 43; Dixon, , Burkett and Guggenheim, .40' v;;.!t 'fit $ fjimoh. GuKsenhelm, of Colorado, appears to be the younst member of th Renste, until wuium James tryan. ot Florida, takes the oath as allory. were pre- tors e.m of r-: H' kft. t iciy n m1 fl,i r'l'r tnnn "U i. en I J i .f r h 1 .. Dlx n. )-' 1 i.'.t five months the tt. lit -it n !l 1 s i r .- f i j i i , i ; ii,. Iha Ul'.a o f.- I f-orn five s s 1 ; term ant are ti.irty-;". ; ara es fjllowa, 1. - i. order of their r -.!,.nty: t f c r v. .3-1 t -.-. of Georgia, serving tils fourth terra;', Godwin, of North Carolina; CO, of Ohio; Harrison, of New Tork, who was a member of the Flfty-t",hth Congress; Hig?ins. of " Connecticut;! Lever, of South Carolina, servins bts ( fourth term; Sheppard, of Texas, also , , serving his fourth term; French, of.! Idaho, serving v ; his third term; j Knowland. of California, serving his s third term? Garrett: of Tennessee. ! serving his second term; Keliher, of j Massachusetts, serving nis tmra term; Rauch, of Indiana; Hamlll,. ot New Jersey; Harding, of Ohio; Leake, of New Jersey; Ferris; of Oklahoma; Craig, of Alabama; ; Edwards, . of Georgia; Wolf, of Maryland.. ; Harm- "R. Wolf, twentv-seven vears and six months old. I the youngest j member of the "Sixtieth ; congress, Edwards, of Georgia, ls next youngest being twenty-nine. 1 , ' ! ..' HA3I LEWIS WILL HUV, If Nommaied For Governor, on His Own Platform .Whiskers, ana All. New. York' Sun. . - ' J. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, was at the Holland House, , yesterday. He was asked If he was a candidate tor Governor of Illinois, a was reported. AAV ,- "I am not seeking, the omce, ut will accept the nomination and make the fight for : Democratic aupremacy If I am given the platform, of princt- nlea I stand for. . rxnis country . naa oeen. - running rampant an oh mania that men can be legislated Into. honesty, to oe non- est in Dlaces of trust should be taught as a. right to feikw-men and fluty w aelf. .v - . . The criminal ' violating th ' Taw should be punished, but it Is. criminal to confiscate the property, or tn in riocent to puniBh one guilty. It is bar baric to wipe: out a class or association to gratify resentment on some one of fender. ' "We need no new laws, but sen alble execution of old one. A greater regard . for the rights of. peopl and less seal to avenge ome in cmduai will be th platform, ef both parties at to coming presidential nomination if they ar wise.? I. think- Cannon,' of Illinois, or Foraker, of Ohio, will be th Republican candidate. "diughea has no chanc. beeauaa of the animoaltn' of tat ,; waaer ana the opposition of th country to allow New York acatn to dictate the prest dency. I have great respect xfor, Governor-Hugnes. He has hwn tliat a good lawyer Is always v good execu tive of laws. He has also given to a certain style ot whisker official status for th latter I am aenslbly Uppre dative. If conservatives in th Dem ocratic party prevail, Gray, of Dela ware, or Johnson, of Minnesota, will be th candldat: if th . . Roosevelt Democrats continue, Brj-an and some 'Eastern or Southern man. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, or the , present Governor of Rhode Island, or Chan Ier of New York,- for, respectahll ity.:'- i - iu PEOPLE'S COUP - All advertisement Inserted to this column at rat of ten cents per lint of six words. .No ad. taken for. lesa than 20 cents.' Cash in advance. WANTED. WANTED-Seeond-hand corn mill, Must be to good condition and a bargain. W. M. Ctttwell. . ' - WANTED Boy about IS years of eg for soda fountain. Address C P., ear Observer, . WANTCD-PostUon to assist in office work, - book-keeping and typewriting, by experienced young lady. Do not know stenography, Address "A," Boa 80, Wadesboro, N. C. . WANTED-Posltlon by Jan. ih, In dlse fetor. ' Several years experlanca Cnn gtv, btst of referonces, . AdUresa Vtiuslnmis," car Observer. WANTKI-Iady atenoarsnher fsmlllsr . with Remington typewriter. State ex. periano and Mlry txteotL "IV care Observer.:, , - j , , WANTED-ZTo sell the Norwood Inn, somely furnished. A home-like place. r;und; corner lot and beautiful shade, very dwlr&ble ntnre. Will sell on easy terms. ?. J. - Dr Le, Korweod, N. C. . WANTED Men" to . lrn barber trade. . Wilt ftnuliv khon tar vnu nr fu-lh n.r. Ions, few weeks completes; constant pravuev; carviui innirueiiiins, looii giv en! Saturday wag est f fllptoma granlitd. Write for catalogue,; Meter Darber Col. leg, Atlanta,' On.. ;:-1 - - - WANTBD-Werktng s housekeeper for 'small family. , Call w writ to4U N. Church street, i,.,: y,-y.k it.--r ' -'.- WANT1TDA young lady to aMt In of Mice work,' Apply Queen City Dyeing aoaniug ' Work, s .riyyyyy. ,y- WANTED For U.. 8. mt. abte-bodled. un-vrrled men. between ae of tX nd IS.- dttsans ef United States, of good Charaour and teniparai habits, who can ip-ak, . read and writ KnglUh. Man wanted now for aervlo- In Cub. For Information apply to Reerultlng Officer. 15 Went Trade Bt..-Charlotte, h. C. M4 South Main Bt, Ashavill K. C.S BartN Bt., WlMtOR-falem, K. . d Kn North Wain 8U 8alltburf',--N.'-. Cj Kandall I'.utidtng, Columbia. &; C.i Iaynswortb and Conyer's huildln, Graenvllle, 8. Xl or Olenn Btilldlnt, Spartanbunr. . C. FOll BENT. FOlt RENT Two eomraunlestlnc front rooms, first floor, over York Bros, ft ftDCers' store. Hot and cold water bath. Geo. W. Bryan. - FOR ItJCNT Beet modern house in city at pile.. LeHd to dealrable ptrty wantlns furnlshlnga Addrtsa S..' Obsemr. .. - . - ' , -v. : FOR 8AL1D OR It K NT The K-ran home at M Bouth Tryon street M. Oates. t FOlt BALI-Flrst-oUs ieam lAundrv comri't. In town of S.CW ropl Ad dress "Laundry," .caro Observ -r. , t LOST IT Jfasnntr "trh cfistm. M-'n-cii r '"t, J. W." Findt-r it-vurn ti vir V Xfl T Or '-n tl rm 'h r oiav-. -i.-f'te civ'ic.'it, at ..iytr tui.'j et.-r. r.ciurn to tiiittt't'ver c:...e. iL Lw.ii k...- i . TP'"' ' ' iiiiii...i i . . . ' - v A full assortment, sizes and prices. Etc . :one ; guaranteed, VT. best made. , If you h iv c ever had trouble with a Fountain Pen, give cui3 a trial, and we are sure you will be satisfied. B.A.SoutlicrlanJ "Jeweler New Year's Resoluticns t will soon be in order.' ' tv 4 suggest that you resolve t0T . .v,...'i.,-;.';f..iv ..;.".-.-' -. ?-," economise time by ualng the moat . modern - time-saving - cU ' lie appllancea - - .Tou know what It means to have to look up a missing pa per, J(The lost , papers are 1 i daya). The line of office fur- J hitur w a earry,' the Globe . Wernicke line, has no peer In (I. practical utiuty ; or ' in ' at. tractive appearance, It meets the requirements of thb. one-man office or that ot a whole government depart , men t, or th home office of a great Insurance company.. And th prices in Charlotte .are Juat the same as in New Tork " or. Chicago, or next door to factory In Cincinnati. 7" - - The 'problem that you are trying to solve ln'efflc eco nomics have perhaps' been solved or practically solved by others and it is. our business to keep in touch with th of- f , flee problem of all buslnessea n Whatever information :? havr is alwaya 'at your. w dls- poaaL . , , - v Office furniture department aecond floor annex. " Won't you "drop upr Stone & Bp'nger Co: Office Outflrtcrs. ' 'HverytRlnf for every Office." ) .Charlotte, N. C.. Peo, 16 110 . Mr. It. M. Person, Manager, . " Charlotte, N. C. , pear 8lr: - . r-nmnlvlnr with vour reauesi that w pan on the meriu ot the different advertisement suomiuea in compe tition tor the MY prise, w beg to report we have decided that cepy numbered 13 Is entitled to tf prbse.. . JNO. R. KOS3, " ' t i- ' A. W. BVJRCH. Committee. Received of Mr. Jo Person twenty-five dollars for th best ad vrtlsemn't of Mrs. Jo, Persona Remedy, as decided by Messrs. Rosa snd Burchr- Thanks for same. , v . W. M. SMITH., pfcember Jth. 190'. ' Effects ? . of . " i Bad Blood V ' Spirits Droop.' 7 That Tired Feelinj? f A' -Recurs Constantly. .'Appetite Goes Bad; en - . 1UU. Blood is Poor. That's ITatura XIzj cf Tellin- You, That ' , : ' . You Xecd . ( . ,!rs. hi Tcrsifs : p , : It' An I ' si T '. l(.iiC9 I'i t ' '. r r r . -in- t r I I 'i oi 1 :i : '"i i n-i 'it-ut- 1,1 t " ' '- ... . Of thn try. of ; t tv r I i ( 1 t Ilf'Ue a rs 'if ; , 1 1 i :n t..e si art Xh- t 1. r -i.l j. Tt e r.rior cf y f v .i r. .i. i-, c i" r: ix r.: ) l.i-K'a 1 . : . t I... 1 I l t ! 1 li ii.H n Prr ' iilcKt rK'mlvr c' ili" t roh s r ! 1. .... . 4 . i -.- . i i.i l.irt. .1 u i 1 Z I . 74:
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