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T, "" , "" CHRLQTtE SEMI-iVEEKlfY OBSERVER, : JANUARY .3; 1903.- . I, r. 3. r. CtPTEI.Ii jub,Wier8," IV A. ivUil'M-Xis. , . tvcry Tay in : the Year. sVB.nam0? price: Pally Cm year ..'..'- - tux month .. Ttree niuutb . Semi-Weekly One year ; six north (.....,.. ..... ;Ttiree -gontJia ............................ ,.$3.00 .. 4 00 .. 2- ..fl.OO ,. .SO v, .26 PUBUi-ULERS ANjrorXCKJIKXT. No. M South Tryon rtraet. Telephone nuirf: Bu.,l,ieesi office, Bell 'phono 3;iiy edlicr'e enice, Bell 'plion nt-in-. edhor'a oftics. Belt "phone- 234. A --dbsc-fiber In ordering the address of paper changed, will please in dicate the address to which it is go ing at the time ha aska Tor tho cluripe to bo inttde. ' AvrtlsIneT rates are furnished on rpiicatlon. Advertisers may feel sure t'iat through the .column of this papir they way reach all Charlotte tnd a portion of the best, people la this State and upper South Carolina. ; Tnis paper give correspondents, as .de latitude at it think purdic pol ity permits, but it I In no case re sponsible for their views. It in much preferred that correspondents sign their names to their articles, especial ly in case where they attack p-ros or institutions, thoinjh this is not le ' maeded. The editor reserve the .right to rive the names of correspon dents when. they, are demandd for the purpose of personal satisfaction. To receive consideration a.-coimnunl-c-t'on must be accompanied by the true name of the correspondent.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3,. 1908. THE SEABOARD AIR LINE ItE - CEIVERSHIP. . .-- Jheblow has fallen, but not on ' the Koujieri Railway Company, For iom time past the .'public has under " tftood that both the Southern and the ' f fa board Air Line Railway Company were near .the. verge of receiverships ..still, matters lodked' am 'If the Bouth . . , t rn, which decidedly led In outward , svfdences'vof dlstrests, was rather the i morft'UHely to be .knocked over the edge first. r "While t ho Seaboard's mis . - fortune, though unlijue In the Kouth Atlantic Stttes sinco the Richmond and Danville Kallroad Company cl lansed. Is clfirlv a ifm evil than a (Southern Railway recelvcrHhip would to,, It will uniiHtlonahly Inspire , greater regret' from the standpoint of " ' eentlment. Thl road has long 'bren popular In It's . poficlea and Its stork Is tergely owned In North Carolina nii the Pouth. We frarnestly trut that the-receivers will to manage fls "tn prevent th"ByMem,- vjwf. publle usefulness from belnftjvett tempo rarlly leenod and to savn the stock- . holder, from any ultimate lows. 'The cau,se?- Highly unfavorable , fnanrlaU conditlona for railroads ,' have prevailed during- a, lonsr . time past the "country .was busy flnancinn more, profitable; enterprises and while the general reaction has brought re , ' lef within eight, roads already hard ' .pressed, are In the meantime worse off ' than before. possibly the Sea board co'ild not by any ler;nLtHinle Vlfvlce tide'ittn-lf along u lngl week . t ftrtlfer. ? With Its revenues falling: of' ' e business controctod, and still un able to borrow money on remotely , reasonable, terms. It niriy have had . tid ecour?e left. Ai jt:1 enortnousjy BSCravatlnir factor In the trouble there was, of course, .the reckless pas m aenger fare reduction encounlered at the tiands of Virginia, North Caro JT lina, Oeorsia and Alabama Iefla- tilres last winter; rr roads face to tat with j'trsecu'.lon at home a per . at cutlon' ii 1 vert! everj'iere by the ' exriting court develyjiments which ensuot! were placed under , itppelcrt di.'.id vwri;;igi; in d' money market very J fiicuH at the be.t.' We believe that had speaker Justice, and other radi'-a' of the better oi-t in,lhe last. Legislature, foreseen what no one could Uien fsi!r' foresee tT7e1T'l-4 . rent fare la x in this State- wonlij sever haV been horn; indeed, -nat-.. Ural 34.-ir t'i avuid.a pollti-al blun der would have Intervened. Tiie poor Seaboard has cenaitily had to contend with .a very creat-Jot. , ,., Bot( after, all, waa the rec Iverhhlp proceedlnj " absolutely necessary? '. Larking". uflJ .-lent information upon which to base a belief, 'we )wiH let this question take care of -itself for the present. .The presence of Mexico's Tankee mbapsador, Jenor Creel, n't i1, Whit Oloute New Tear's reception reminds t;s of the Chilian battleship O'Hig- flns, ' ,.. ' jSupjvj there had been' a formid able free silver agUa'.inn in 1907, and hort crops to boot, by how much W&QT3 the country' PHght' have fcecn defter unier Mr. Roosevelf fhaij It van under Mr, Cleveland? A?hev!;ie is ownot only h'gh lot 4.'v -at eat theoretitalty." " In the light of recent history Cal. Jiha SkeH-vn W'iU'.zmi bocji not figure vy in the roi of prophet. OX THE fEXTIJJG SITCATIOX. The annual -review number of The Textile Manufacturers' Journal comes ta us containing- 26?. pages, filled wit in itHiwe- matter. 7n an editorial &U oussioh" of recent ani prospc-etive fex tn conditions The Journal says v ('Tl!e measure of prcsntrity enjoyed by al but a few minor branches of tee tex t.'le inuutry, up to- the edveiit , or th present iinancial ;intetuences: .u nothing less than, phenomenal, ii was a m-oSuc. . . ani, far ,m 'f - Uit nuoy fuvno m raw tratcrift! wiren " n otntr-lac tors eiaerini- into tiie cost of production; or an iaidiuite labor smpply; ;ef ar. advance In Wlces of, textile products- tha-t carried Hum far above the levels that acetned t sy-titlant yt-ar ajro; and of a demand that! even at ter two month of financial unset ilcd-nt-s, has provenled the' BCCHrialatior. of tocks of dinjrouJ votuni(i. What j. more, this, prosperous condEcn n( Ide te'xtll industry haa been, v.iorld-vi ide. and this In tplte of an. emmiwui exjiMilon in th cotton spinning .branch of th-1n-Oustry in England nn-1 - Jiipnn. Wittitn tl:rso years nearly j;,o(.0w ii w .aj.ii?U!-s and co!i,tleinentary liiachinery- have wm installed . in tiia Laniathire AiAiriU. t KriKlund, and are now f ell -employed in the mai.tnacMure ol cotton vnrps and rtce gco. While ell .divisions ot the textile marljet hove felt the effect of the financial .inreioti. yet perhais :- other si-:tien bits been In better con fiitloti to withstand the liult which has heen so prevalent during the liuit two months as that -connected with tlje man ufacture, and ?.le of ret ton (foods." A noteworthy -feature of tbi! Issue Js a large number of letters from cotton manufacturers, nearly all In thoroughly optimistic vein. Thlfl annual review number not only covers the year's textile doings miipt Jnformingly but brings good cheer concerning1 1908. It Is a marked achievement and our able trad con temporary Is decidedly to be congrat ulated. . " " : THAT U.VHIOCKI CliEUGYMAX. In. comparison with some ' others there I a good deal , to be naid. Mr Jere Knode Cooke, tlfe rector who eloped with his ward and has recent ly been discovered at Fan Francisco. He 'has tfl nought to justify n,'Is J -course but only to ndmit the great wrong done and plead rxtcniiatlng circumHtances. There has been no talk of mutual affinities whoso claims upon each other transcend any claims which society can make, upon them;, no attack on the Hacrednes of the marriage, bond and the soclalfneceK slty pf guarding It. Hrasscn effrontery and . delight in shoer notoriety,' such; up, for example ArliHt Karlc's allln Ity cae presentwi'd, have been oulte lacking. The dlfsraced tnan full recoKnlzr-s . that -hv did wr-onpr, does not assert .that ho ever supposed other wise, ami declares nimself ready to bear the cnnse'iiif-nces. Above all,' ho l sticking to the young w mian In the case. ' lie does not court for himself either punlshinent or forgive ness which would leave her an out cast, 'and d "slars -that whatever' be fall he will never reaiuv to love, cher Uh, and, as soon" as possible, marry her. .Surety a man who talks and iicts Iluis 'cannot lack true manhootf. We trust that this guilty pair, after paying the Just and Inevitable pen alty of their conduct,-may find peace here and hereafter. . .DESPERATE XE;RO IX JAIL. Rn! Roys. Tlirow I'cHir in Youiiic 1ady's I'jch CarH-iitcr .Susinins Jlrokr-ii Leg In a I'all tiaino Wr lcii Sel.cs IJIrds Express Agent at iai- ( H v lo Wed, Special to The Observer. - " Oreensboro, Jan. 2. A desperate negro named Hob Crawford has b"en locked up on the charge of shooting; another negro, Jlrn Jeffries, In the i una Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago. He will be tried In po lice court to-m irrow. (lit AsiieliOro stroi t- a party of bad' boys went, to the home ot' Mrs. J. II. Mclver lift nltrht about 9 o'clock and when her daughter opened tho door they threw a handful of icpper In her eyes nnj then ran. A search was madu for thi'yn, but tlicy could not fe round. J he police are" InveMl- fiHtllig. . The Military Club, the social fea ture of tlif!-;atc City Juards, will give a B'nmlar'ln Its cltibroorns Vrl- daV everiltig, Januury 3d. " T. J. Kills,- a carpenter at Prox imity, fell; four feet from a gang plank yesterday and broke his leg In two places, besides wrenching his ankle. Game WarJcn W, J. Wcathcrly seized .250 ' birds iiut night because tlity were being lliegaHy shipped (fut of the ,Stati Mr., J,-. . Howsll has moved his family here fro.n I'ltlsburg, J'a. M Fi--M. Hchlftman. of the rlr-ii of hll'fman Hros., U conllned by llliiess . his home on West Washington to street. : Invitations have been received here f r the -tnarrl-ige of MIsh Myrtle fit. ia'irCnnrad, f IMnville, Va., and Mr. Aiire. Clark- Williams, agent fur tiie Southern Kxprens Company here. Thw we Ming will take phiie Wednesday afternoon, January 15th. at the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. Chttrl'-s jooii Holbuid, In Danville; n:i,i:GH.M was false. !!. Kallii Munition Xt Yi-t I.otiii-iI IV-sr i:ntcftalucd That Mie Kilb'd . Ilrclf In the ftcNifrure River. ' Observer Bureau, . " 142: Main Street, Clumblri, j. C, J,m." J. Miss f-'allle Shannon, the pretty Jtrookland girl, who lift her bmn Si'Hidjy afternoon, has hot ' yet been bxatod. The .report from . Pomaria that Miss Shanion h.i'd married In that town Tuesday turns out to have Ufflva'liflai and her parents are'to tiliht more than, ever vrrlfd about their daughter. ' Mli-s Ch.ipn m left her' heme Pun day evening after having entertained lu r ev4 tin-art. C'ott .Su-nmers. They are s-'i'l. t have pirted. In angr nd the last been of Miss T-'hanuon was when . sho. started arr.os the Gervas street briie towards -tho City 'of Co lumbia. The bridge 'tee per la posillvo that, she did hot come ncroys the bridge that evening- nnd hr-r . frrenifs fear that jtimiefmnto the river R.'ii.r rt-a Mng the bridge. The rlrer Is badly swoiltn. by uhe rerent r!i!nt ar,d no sear'h bas .Ik en made for h'r body. The .t(-!'e-rim. from romarla' ii now 'aiTfriitV-d t-' have been a Joke and it s d!t i'd that she has been In Iomar'a at ail. ''..';,, Mi.-s .Shannon is a pretty Klr'l. of J9 years' and - a po'ptjlar t-ach-r In thv Brooktao."'M.e-thofit Sunday school.. 'Rh is the daughter-of Mr. D- II. Shan.-vorr, ' ' ARIES STILL HIGH. tttft-raulc llMSut i'ausexl a' Cut la the 1'rico tif-4.ol i Tliat JIuti lK, Jlatl, m ItHasia Wages I'aHengcp H ation AcconinHMlittious at Isling ton Sp Had That Appeal Will lie .M.kIo to fetate Antlioritkn l-'or Re lief. . '. , ' Spei-la! to The Observer. l.eiingtoij, Jan. 2. Manjr of the papers recently in commenting .on the panic i have m-ide the statement that - J jm had caused prl-ie to tfrop. XII run Bccnions of the-tiuiiitry. the iianic may liavo ha-d-this.efTect. but It has certainly not been the case In thus' region; Not inly? tre the prices of some of the necessaries a high as before, the panic, but jn certain' cases Uiighcr.' The pri?e of flour, corn, ba con, lard ..and, in fact, every neces wi', . rernvtlns at the high-water mark.' It U believed, though, that It will be only a matter Qf time before prices will have to drop or. the mer chants will have to run up large book accounts and tun the risk of pettime the higher price. It ii said that all of the fa.:ries will start up nexfj Mondity, but imtil business bjl.ghten.H up me lactones wiii riaraiy make run time, which .means that the employes Will be cut short on their salary. Merchants have felt the effect of the panic, but It has not yet caused u change In prices, as stated above. There ' are two '.-itizens jf David son county that have no right to kick about their taxes. The lax on one of them is two cents and on the oth er, three cents, in each Instance lt be ing on land. What courity can show a lower tax than this? , "As has been stated before In this correspondence, the people of David son county are not fn sympathy with the rate law pulsed by the last legis lature ami their convictions In regard to this matter are obliged to be very strong, f r .otherwise the accommo dations of the Southern at Lexington would cause them to be against Urn. railroads, on every matter that might come up. ' The accommodations at the Ration here- are such that the public has stood it about as long as It is possi ble to do so. Not only , are the ac commodations absolutely Inadequate, but the waiting room Jaatall times nothing but 111th;. Inadequately light ed and such a place us one might ex pect tp find at some village or two or three hundred inha.blta.nts, and even thenjjswiuld be expected to be swept ouroci aslonally. Although Lexington bus between five and six thousand In habitants, flic .Southern has not even a baggage ro m for trunks. Not long inre your correspondent went to the station to fake an early morning train and found the waiting room . filled with trunks. When it rains ail of the water from the building empties around the building and the gravel piauorm is such that the water is ,.f ll, U'L buil,Jlnf ot away from it. The marking up of trains correctly is almost an unheard of thing, and conditions have become so bad-that It sometimes occurs that the agent does not put in his. appear ance for pas'seneers to sret tlikeis only a few mornings after Chrlntmaa, when tho travel was very heavy," tho waiting room was illled with passen gers who anxiously watched the ticket window, expe.Hing it to open each minute, but the train rolled in with out the agent's putting In his appear ance. ''( For the past year the Southern has been promising to make Improvements here. claiming that it would bo dons immediately. The citizens have now reached the decision . that the maWer mum be tak'-ii up before the .proper Ktate authorities, and the request be made thut the railroad be 'required to provide proper accommodation at the station .at this place. . ... CHAfcY THEN"; f?AXT f',.n...l 1 " U W . r , ,,r I miry iv. -inaw Dcflnnc-. i.v Agree i )miii a I, Inn of lb fciiM lt,.r , .. .. "o',!". - is imiki, wiu offer .iiikii w JOtlnioii. New York, Jan. 2. Counsel for fiurry K. 'inaw consulted to-day and ii was reported that It had .been definitely uKree,i that the only de fense to be Introduced would be in sanity, at the lime that Stanford White whs killed. It will be con tended, however, that Thaw Is now sane. Those- in conference were Martin W. Littleton, Daniel. .O'Reilly unii i. jiusnen 1'iaQOOy. The defense, It is. said, will offer mUjdi new testimony. There .will be a ncore of eye witnesses to the shoot ing of White Who have not testrtled before and nil will testify that In their opinion Thaw was crazed on thi night of themurder. Mr, Littleton has a list of the three hundred talesmen who have been summoned to appear Monday, Tii'vdiiy and Wodr.epday In the crimi nal branch of the .Supreme Court, and detectives, are Investigating the record of each, Mr. O'Reilly and Mt?Peabody called. at the Tombs to-day and con sulted their client. There uro signs thiit-i-thrt , second trial will 'attract much less attention than tho first did. "'Thp ; nttdlcatlons from' out-uf-l town' newspaper- representatives and prc.ss bcaurcuu f "r . eutin(r accom-i modatlons are noticeably fewer. The tcb riaphlc arrangements ' for the LrHismis.-lon . of - t-he reports i l.fn:l" wU1 1 j greatly curtailed. of (he Ch ic-? new wFfnesses ooen a-new line of Inquiry the testimony, it ls ex-jif-ctcd, 'will be largely , a repetition of the testimony In the first trial. : District Attorney J. Tome, who will OKiiln be the chief prosecutor, with Assistant District Attorney Uar vnji hs ti's fiM. -BHbl to-night that the trial would surely bcain before Jus tice Dow ling next Monday morning. AI.PV KAPPA HAPI'A MEI-7T. Xaiioual Officers I'lcvtod at Augusta Meetings Next S-wioii at New t)r leans. -'-,.' ... Atlanta. C!a.. Jan. 2. The na tloioil convention ' Alp Kappa Kappa. which hits been In session- here two days, adjourned to-night after a banquet. The next convention will be !ie, at New Orleans. . National officers elected at the session this Hftofnoon are: Dr. Oeorge Cook. Coiicoril, N H A!pa Chapter, erand president:- lr. James Brew, Nash ville. Tenn., I'hl Chapter, vice presi dent; Dr JMward L. Ilelntz, Chicago, HI., Etta C'hnpter, gran., J Secretary: Dr. R. Plane. New Voik, Zia Chap ter, grand tfuvufr; Dr. Charles p; Thiyei , Bo'-ton, Mass., Oamma Chap ter. pnt grand president: Dr. Wil iiiwii (. Stlckney, Boston. Mass., Cam ma Chapter, 'editor Centaur The rime of the next convention was fie,i during Mardl CJras, when extensive soiia-l arraftgenf ents will be nfadc. , .r, . , Practfcrtllv t Ho f' entire tb let-sf Ion N poes from here to Charleston; wt,erL,as n,fntJ ln"tl' r" numbfr of fv?" Lu 11 t,o. ,,f the nillif.5if-equ,,sis for l'yer at the close of rolleiro night. of that" place .to-morrow - Sitiro Was to S. To the Editor of The Observer. - The .'official s.ore in the game of; football be:we-n Charlotte I'rep.sjf'a tory .School' and the Falishnry High School should be $ to 5 In 'favor of Salisbury, Ta or- having fcleked goal In the latter part of the, last half J.- E. RAMAAY, . P.efereo. - : ; -J FEAST TO FIREMAN' AST TOLICE. 5Iayor Uoyden' Retjliw Ills Nw Yrar lit His AixruHtonutl HowplUible 3Ian- neir ConiM-r Ore Reft to Re Sup ejed by erate fleojog-lrf Ontral lloU'l RvlngJKxteiniirely Improvetl fc-lU'ld v 4ouiTTeJarn-liurning Special to' The Observer. Salisbury, Jan. 2. It has been. custom for Mayor Boyden to begin the JCew Tear. with a banquet to the Klremen and ..police of Salisbury.' Last ,1. .u. I : ..... pupuiar viiivi eycui.vc eu-5- semfcled around him at the. Jackson Hotel somo forty of thesef the city's M!ervaats. . There . 1s no better' or braver lot of flre-flghters In the State than these Salisbury laddies anj their record for 1807 is one that far more pretentious departments might feel proud of. One citizen. Mr. V. L Arey,' has recognized this- fact and not the least pleasing- feature of last." night's entertaihrunt -was -the - presentation of iitj on' his part to the brigade. Colonel Uov-Jen acted as toa.nmaster and, having-- eulogized 'his "bo-s" In his own happy vein, they tn turn en thusiaHtlcally cheered their generous host. PuncttofM-X-thls kind casnot have any but t.te most beneficiaiffbct In- a city's government,- producing a- they do a harmony and "esprit de corps" which are most powerful as sets In time of need. - . Dr. J. Hyde I'ratt, State Geologist, spent r-ti-'t night in .Safcsbury and left th.is mornin ' with his, assistant,-Mr. Iviney, on a geological survey of the copper ore belt. . A few months more will .witness the completion of the veryextensive lmprovemen.ti.goi'ng on at the Central Hotel. The whole building is being remodeled and the present accommo dations will be more than doubled. Two huD-lred and sixty feet of front age have been added to the old build ing and the new wing will contain some thirty bed rooms and ten baths. The new dlninir room will be 34 feet wide, 73 feet Ion- and 18- feet high and when finished will be one of the handsomest rooms In the South. A large portico rtachln z- from the main building to the Htreet win set off the exterior, while two rupolas on,. -the roof (popularly known ns th Spencer "aeries") ' will afford a view of the surrounding country Unsurpassed by any In Salisbury: Mr. Frank I. Mil burn, of Washington. Is the architect; Norwood, Walsh A- Co.. of Salisbury, the contractor?!, while Mr. McOhee. of "tills city, has chargs Of all the cur pentry work. About next April "the hordes of traveling men who patron ize the Central will scarcely he able to rer-ognize the popular hostelry and remarkable feature Is that while all thee Improvements or taking place the business of the present ho tel has not been Interrupted in the least. Cot. Kurnhnrdt, of dold Hill, was to-day charged .before- Esquire D. M. in-OMUler, with burning "the barn of Clem Itra.ly November 14th. Mr. Clement represented the Insurance company, while Mussrs. Bendlrmah and Craig defended. After several witnesses were examined Earnhardt was held for Su perior Court. - y HAD i:XCin(i EXPERIENCE. Iliirke'g Sheriff Xearlr Outulitod liv Wlfo of Man lie Was 'lYjing to Arrest -gross ' Celehrntc Mor gaiiton Has) an Oniitra Now. Special to The Observer. , Morganton, Jan. 2. Sheriff F. C. Henry ".had quite- on Txciting expe rience-in arresting a man a few Hays ago. Ho had a warrant charging mm with moiling and when he went to arrest him found the man on top of h house repairing the roof. He railed on him to come down an.l sur render, which he refused to do. The sheriff sent his deputy up the ladder to' et "him and ho stood the deputy off with a, hammer. The sheriff then took a han.l In, the affair and while he was up' on top of tio h'ouso the man's wife threw "down the ladder, leaving the irfferTITr his deputy and the pri- sopron toe roof of the house with no miuns of KPtting down. This forc ed Mr. Berry to have to Jump a dis tance of twelve feet, shaking him up considerably. - He landed his man fill right, though, and no . has him safe beh'nd the bars of Burke's jail. The i9roes of this1 section, its Is thfir usual ifistom, celebrated emnn clpation day yesterday wlta a parade headed by a baal und some twenty Itvc on hor-'ohatk. Practically every negro In the county was In Morgan ton yes:.rday for the occasion. There hi" leen recintl) organiz ed in this town a first-class orches tra with Mr. Lloyd Webb as. the lead er. The other . members are Messrs. S'.iores, (ireen and Klrksey. They played for the masked ball given IrV I'oteat's Hnil last . nig'.it and also played ror a big- dance down at Hick ory one night this 'week. R. R(XSEVELT "STlMPi:r." If is Riieiit "1 forclmck Test" Pre. smi( Somo .InibarnsslHg Sltiiatloiis Ecn Taft Cannot Help Rlni Out. JVhington. '.Jan. 2. President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft "to-night discussed the question as to whit course hull . bo ' followed regarding army olllcers who failed to "make Kood" in the recent .horseback .ridinif tout prescribed by-special order of the President. , Several engineer oflicers In tharse Lot river and harbor an.l other public works necessarily Iil bo placed on tiio retired lUt should ' the report of the Tiding board bo foJIowed. Among thi-4 number is t:oliibel Marshall, in charge of the Ambrose channel .Im provement In NcTv York, who failed to Vide because no horse could he found heavy enough to carry him. Colonel .Marshall weighs 350 pounds and. the advice of army physicians wa-s that If he mounted a horse it probably" would fall and retilt In the injury of the officer. ... At tiie tsiiu.iusron of to-nlpht's con ference Secretary Taft, stated that he had an -announcement ""to make re garding matters under consideration, becau"i no decision. has been reached.. The Secretary said that he would. again see Ihe. President to-jrtorrow and that a definite s nnouncemeijt probably would be made at the con clusion of the Cabinet meeting. MIL .WALKER'S DISCOIRSE. Manifestation of , Lvtrrpst Last Xigbt by (ohhI Attcitdam-e - at fr-otJng in i'ritc-liard leiiMrlal IiMist C liunii. A church filled with an Interested congregation last night is one of the-j evidences of the Increased Interest In tt irotrntted meeting wtiiih ts" now In progress In the Pritchard Memor ial Baptist church. jsno'Utr evi dence of this fact Is tlve serious feel ing which pervaded' trie service of the sermon, and two persons pro fessed conversion and were received into the church . Services will Ve hot T at th usual hour" to-day, 10. o'clorit this morning sttd 7:30. this eveVn;. At the ser V'o" to-night Rev .'-WV L. Walker, who is preach rtig st every service, w iil use the aoootir:tof Ju las as .the theme of his sermon".. t Last nlcht Mr. Walker preached on th fsmiliar text. '.VTh'ut be borui HlTiin." XJ SC.N DAY SCHOOL WORK.' Ti-leraic fWiin All Xorth Amerka V in sion in ll!.ton-4Juetion of Kiilursdiig the. M.-ope of IntA- national Instruction. . Boston, Jan. 2 Men representing all phases pf Sunday school work In orth -America to-day met In a con ference called by W. N. Hartshorn. chairman of the executive committee of the international Sunday school association.. - The executive commit tee, vnltcrm lesson committee, the Sunday school- editorial - association and the denominational publUhTng concerns of the country were repre sented in the assembly of the lead ers, who are authorized to speak for nearly all the denominations of the Christian churches, representing some 14.000.000 members 'connected with 155.000 Funday schools. The topic for discussion, .was VHow Can" We- Improve the Lesson -Prsterrt VH : The result of the conference s expected to take the form of a reo lution to be laid before .the HUer national association convention to be held at Louisville, Ky., early In the coming .summer. Both ;sldes of the question of en larging the. scope of the present Inter regional system to meet growing ne.-ds of graded Sunday school work were presented. The general senti ment seemed to be in favor of con tlnulng the . present, international system and providing a system, of graded Instruction, in addition there to. Among the speakers to-day were Rev. K. R. Chappell; Sunday school editor of the Methodist Church. .Houth, Nashville. Tenn., and Kev. T)r. A. I Phillips, general tuuu tendent of Sunday vchool work of ihe Southern Presbyterian Church, Richmond, -Va. - . , REACHES THE CRANK STAGE. Anonymous Iicttcr Writers Advance MI sort of Theories a to , New Jersey Murder Myslrry and One Writt-r CniifcisM's tle Crime Newark. N. J-. Jan- 2i fnterest In the mystery surrounding the murder f v. wiman whose body-was found in the marshes of the -Pussaic river in 41arrison one week- ago to-day, has now reached the cranlt stage art rne rnttce srs delueed with letters,' con taining alleged Identifications of the dead woman, impossible suggestions us to finding her slayer, weira tneo rles about the motive for her -death and any amount of- more or less ra tional advice as to; what should be donenxt bv the authorities. nn writer recalls a story by Ed gtr Allen I'oe, which, to his mind, can hardlv fail to lead to a solution of the murder, an.l another oontrib utor to tho police records to-day, goes so far ns to admit that he w-ns the man who escorted the woman to the marshes and there stunned her with blows on the head. He Is quite sure that he did not kill her but think that upon regaining her senses, she must "nuve ifrowned herself. The writer describes himself as a Norwegian. ' He says he met the wo man in Brooklyn four years airo and became Intimate with her. She de serted him,' but helmet her several times even after he had- moved from Brooklyn to Philadelphia. On 'iiristmas Dtiy. he writes, he mPt her In NewarkA, They rode to Harrison on the trolley car and got off at First street. -As they walked across the meadows the woman asked him to marry-'ber, saying she --had letters which would force him to do it. The letter writer says he attacked the woman to gain possession of the letters, tearing off her clothes, piece by piece. In search of them. Phe fought him all th.o time. Finally when he had failed to find the' letters. he struck her in the bank of tne head and she fell Insensible. He says he did not throw her Body Into the pond, and that she must hnve. walked to It and fallen In" after he struck her the blow. The writer, though he gives all these details, joes not- give his name. Though seven days have elapsed there- Is no positive clue to the victim's Identity. To-day divers . sought alonir the hanks of the Passaic for missing por tions of the woman's clothing upon wnicn a launury mark or name might be found, but nothing was discovered At a meeting of tho common coun cil of Harrison to-morrow night it is expected that a reward -of $1,000 will be offered for. tho annresenstoTi of the murderer. : johv nn,Liif:Li iv 2.5oq rovd. He Hcnlcs He Had Anytlilng to Do .Mini Ilio Klllimr of Olluer Hen. lri-k Will fSonh t;fve Bond, lie Says Rev. J. I;. AVlilteXew Rap tlst I'astor, Arrives.. . fpeclal to Tho Observer. C.reensboro, Jan. 2. John Hill, who was arrested yesterday at his home nt Smlthtown, Stokes countv, was brought here to-day v at" noon bv Messrs. S. II. Harkrader and If. J. .Walker, of Dobsan. .Surry county, who made the srrest. Thre was a reward of $500 , for Hill., who Is accused of being one of the trio Implicated In the murder of Revenue cSltlter J. W. Hendricks at Sm'ithtown during a raid of revenue officers on moonshin ers one morning ten days aeo. ' Hill was taken from the train directly to the Tifflco- of - United -States- Cowmis- tdoner J. M. Wolfe, who placed him under a $2. "00 bond, for his appear ance at the next term of United States Court here, having been ar rested oil a ca pias In a case charg ing him with illicit. distilling. He did not give bond and. went to Jail, but this afternoon he stated , that he would be able to -give bond as -soon its his bondsmen arrive here In. a few days. He denied that he killed Offi cer Hendricks or had anything to lo with It. He said he heard there was a "paper" ngainst him and was pre paring to come here and give him self' uo when placed under- arrest. , Oscar Sisk, Who Is charged with bciiijr. implh ated ?n Hendricks' mur der, is still In .Jail, here and will be ?tvon a hearing heu Monday before i niu'd tat?s commissioner Wolfe. Theot-hor man, Jim Smith, accused of being mixed up Jn this affair, hirs not yet been apprehended, but It Is thojight that ihe $1,000 reward which hitjj been offered for him will soon result in his capture, , '; In Polie court 'thlsmorninsE M. W. Cheek and W. I Cates were tried en th charge of engaging in a se rious fight Christmas Eve. Cheek was fined $," and the .costs and Mavor Brandt, bound Cates :over t the nest term of G'tllford- Suoerlor Court. The annual New Year's reception of the Merchant's and Manufacturers' Club, which was postponed from last right on account of the, death of one of the tiut member Mr. Charlej W. Sapp. will bo given o-morrow night. Ret. J.'" L. -White, D, D.. who has accepted a "ca.il to ihe pastorate of the First Baptist church of this citv, arrived with his family from Beau mont. Tex., this-afternoorr-and he will begin his pastoral duties at once, preaching In his ' new charge next Sunday. Until bjs furniture 'irrWr- he and his family Will be entertained bv diff'-rent. members of his church. For the Tr-?ent . the y are with Mr. Paul O. Welch." 1 u mm A beautiful shade-, nice length, a good quality and a fine fitting Raincoat, and the price is cheap enough ....... ........ . ..... ..... ...... $15.0Q We have a real good stock of other Raincoats in 'neat ; Prey-. Mixtures and Stripes and. Solid Blacks 111 if' ' ' men;s overcoats mm and Lightweight O fancy and neat Colors;-latest lengths, $7.50 to $22.50 MEN'S FINELY TAILORED SUITS . . . . ; ' v ' - , " You-get value as well as a fit Stern Suits. .Yu save $3.00 to. $10.00 on each Suit. , KNEE PANTS .- - . One of the biggest stocks to one of the best made lines shown, " from . .50c. tb $1.50 Ages 3 'to -17 'years.' 1 . . , FEATHERWEIGHT HATg i beautiful quality in Silk Sweat, Black Featherweight Hat.... ...... ..... ...;,' ..... ...,$1.50 Crash Hats, Black and Colors. . . . . .. r. .$1.00 to $2.00 Ilawes' $3.00 Hats, latest style, Black and Colors; cut i price . . .;. ........... . ... . ..... V .'..-.,."'.,. . . . $2.00 ...'" You never go amiss on the Stetson at.. $3.50 to $5.00 Bilworth at.... ............ ..... ...$250 . . - ,' THE "KNOX" SHOE Host $r.00 and $61.00, Shoe , for 3ilcii, l)evond doubt. It ,'.' . ' ' has st'le, snap, -comfort and wear;4 all leathers. , 1 "SOROSIS" r ' ; A, Shoe unsurpassed in" quality, workmanship, comfort and wear, for $3.50 and $4.00 'Jr The American Lady and' Artistic. are two .snappy Shoes for,..; . ........ ..; vV... .;.,,.7y;4 .....$3.00 ' SECTJRITY SCHOOL SHOES A You get the best for your Boy or Girl in thi$ Shoe. Yc sell Excelsior and AYoods'.. jShoes, too, fov Children ' ;'; $ . a . fa mm,, ):- -:r. -r i ii f i ii ii I w i mm- ... .... .$3.50 to $25.00 . vercoats - in . Solid Black, in one of our Michaels- be found in Charlotte and ......... $E!25 o $2.50 ' " " , .,." .'. ".- ' '-" ""' .';-
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