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"IIARLOTTE DAILY- OBSERVER, JANUARY 13, 1003. J. P. CAi mVFI.Ii 1). A. TOMl'KIXS PubU.-Jiors. very fcy ti the Year. srBsciurnox prick: Dally One year f- x monthr ... Three month .18.00 . 4.00 ....... Semi-WecUy One !'r Sis ircnthe ... litre months .3 rCBtlSttEIlS' ANNOirXCEMEXT. No. south Tryon street.' Telephone numbers: Business office. Bell 'phone ?8; city editor's off.ce. Bell 'phone 13; new editor's office. Bell 'phone 2Z. 4 subscriber In ordering the aduresa of hi paper changed, will please in dicate the address to which It i go ing at the time he aWi tor Uie chinge to be mtde. - Advertising rates are furnished on application. Advertisers inty feel awe thax through the coluir;ns of this paper they may reach all Charlotte ami a portion of the best people In thin 6tate and tipper 8outh Carolina. Tnls paper gives correspondents as vide latitude as it thinks public pol icy permits. )Ut it Is In no case re sponsible for their views. It la much preerred that correspondents sign their names to their articles, especial ly In cases where they attack persoes or Institutions, though this Is not de manded. Tho editor reserves the right to give the names of correspon dents when they are demandd for the-purpose of personal satisfaction. To receive consideration a communi cation must he accompanied by the true xame of the correspondent. MONDAY, JANUARY IS, 1908. SOrTHKRX RAILWAY STOCK. There was what is called "a per sistent report" in New York last week hat the Southern Kailwa was about to go into the hands of a receiver, and The Wall Street Summary of Saturday, discussing thla in connection with, a discussion of last week' slump In gen eral stocks, said: 'To be specific, the reactionary tendoney which devtlopod was in connection with persistent rumors' that the Southern Railway Company's limmces wtrw in uih shape us to compel that corporation ' to follow the example of anotlir mud feruling In the Hotith, and-s.-ek tho pro tection of the courts. Added emphasis ru given to thesn rumor by the vio lent break in Southern lUiilway iiii, 1h common stock falling ovr 2 points to BTi and the preferred dropping ovi-r i points to iOTi, while the 6 per cent, bonis sold at 86, compart d with 0.1, at which Ihey were offered on the previous day. Kar.ilngs of the company have been fall ing off shurply for I In; pest fourteen ironths. thougii the eVcltno nai been j-ar-tlotilarly severe witlln the last huir-ysr, so that, from the latest reports publish ed, the company appeera to be making scarcely more than Its flxe.1 charges. The clvldond on the preferred stork In August was reduced frrrnt a to a 3 per cent annual bnsiN, and it Is no lonier a matter of doubt that the company will be compelled to surpend payments alto gether on tho preferred Blo k for the current half-year. If it Is not found tie reary to resort to some more drastic rrasure toward firancial rehabilitation. The possibility of, such a step tw-lng taken br this system nKe naturally found speedy-, refkftlon In the stork market list as a whole, and ab.o rave rie to adverse rt'mnrs bearing- upon one or two cither correlations which are suspected of being rather weak financially." . It looks not infrequently as If the enemies of the Southern will get their wish. It is certain that it has no money else it would not be taking- off trains after having suspended .Its double tracking-, and would not have permitted its track between Charlotte and Washington to foave lapsed Into the condition In which it Is now found, in addition to having suspended the payment of dividends. The truths is that both its passenger and freight traffic have been largely reduced, at tended, of course, by a corresponding reduction In its revenues. PAY OF KNPKRT .WITNESSES. It pays to be an "expert. It Is stated that "Chicago Is threatened with a famine in expert witnesses be cause of the insistence of Cook county officials that a fee of 1 100 per day Is excessive pay for men who render ser vice of this sort." At the same time there comes from New York the state ment that the comptroller of that city Jias causej a flutter by lopping oft ome of the items from en Insanity "expert's" bill against the district at torney's office. "Jfr. Jerome had ar ranged with this particular alienist to testify at the first Thaw trial for $100 a day whenever he was on the witness stand and $15 an hour for all the other time that he might give to the case! Tiie ' bill amounted to. 13,315, the witness having charged for the time allegedly consumed dally in going to and front his home In Nineteenth street to the criminal courts building, three-quarters fit an hour each way one and a half hout-s, $22.r,0. The comptroller had some' experiments! made and found that the round tripj coulj not consume over forty minutes- -which would mean only 110; so he lopped $:2 off the, bill; the witness protects and threatens to sue the city." It does look as if 1 100 a day whenever a witness Is on the stand and $15 an' hour additional whenever he U think ing about the case ought to be regard ed as pretty good pay for a gentleman In any line of buslneui. it is surprls- lng, therefore7, to read that the New''ly York expert Is dbvatlsfW with this compensation because ' the time he consumed In getting to and from the court house Is not paid for additional ly, while not surprising to learn that the Cook county officials thlak $100 a day rather excessive. It ia interesting and reassuring to read In The Wall'SU-eet Journal that because the New Yo,rk clearing hoae "Issued over $90,090,000 loan certifl &.bout$i5.000,C0 rdd end found the bonds wlta which to secure upwards rf $50,000,000 of government depr,s i', therefore "panic has been iriven f'orn the flf.'d la otter rout."" GlXd to y.nr if, though In these ends cf the esf'h there retrain some t'.gta ct IL J TTtOCBLE AVITII JAPAN? - A good many things Improbable per se and vrholly unnecessary can be brought about by constant talk about them. Here is this alleged friction, for Instance,, between the United States and Japan 'and bearing upon it Is this statement from The Washing ton Post of Saturday: '.t . "Official denial was made at the State Department' yesterday of the report ca bled from- Ickyo that - Amlasa3or O'Brien had demanded from he Japanese Kovernment an agreement in writing re stricting to a certain annual number the mitrralion of Japanese to the United fit.ttes. It may be stated on ubsoluta au thority that the United Ktatrs has not and will not make any such aemana on Japan., and the diplomatic exchnnavs which have taken rlace and are atiil go ing cn do not contemplate In any way putting uch a character on the repre sentations of this government as would force Jspan to make an unequivocal re fusal of our requests, whteh would he the Inevltal.le result of any demand for a written agreement of any sort." Here Is the "official denial." it Is true, port.' but preceding it was the "re in an address in Washington Friday nlht Justice Harlan, of the Supreme Court, prophecied war be tween the United States and Japan and pleaded for a larger . navy fot an appropriation of $500,000,000 fot its .enlargement. Congressman Ilob so n and others are constantly busy with such prophecies. The recent "San Francisco Incident" glvea color to this talk, and many people who, are not Jingoes regard the sending of the At lantic fleet to Pacific waters as a threat to. Japan and a menace to the peace' of the two countries. A war between them would be a crime against clvlllz-aionand4dl-4Alkf the-probability of such a calamity is criminal. CALL FOR AN IXVJRSTTGATTOX. Representative Clark.. of Florida, Is greatly outraged on. account of Attor ney General Bonaparte's dealing; with the so-called "peonage" cases in the South, especially in his State, and has Introduced in the House a resolution calling for an. Investigation, citing a number of charges in newspapers and magazines of "alleged Inhuman treat ment of the alleged slaves" and charging that "the Department of Justice in numbers of Instances has Ignored the United States district at torneys in many Jurisdictions, and has practically committed to one Mrs. Quackenbosa the prosecution of al leged cases of 'peonage In the South." The Washington, correspondent of The Charleston News and Courier says that "Mr. Clark thinks that the sending of Mrs. Quackenboss to tha Southern States to work up alleged cases of 'pe onage Was disgraceful and outrageous, and places that section In a false light before the entire civilized world. Re ports which have gone out, as a result of the sending of ""Mrs. Quackenboss South, have greatly injured the cause of immigration, and will continue to do so until a fair investigation :ias been had." I, This is of a piece with the child la bor business. - When any of the De partments at Washington wants to un earth anything particularly discredit able to a section, as immigration, child labor, peonage or what not, it sends its emissaries and begins Its in vestigations in the South. The Washington post says that "Something like 800,600 Immigrants came over to our shores last year, paid us a pdnasant visit, recouped their fortunes, and then went back to their own dear native lands. "They were practically broke when they in vlteJ themselves to accept of our hos pitality, but when they left us they took with them more than $110,000, 000 of our good American gold. One wonders what they left with us so valuable In exchange for that goodly sum, and the whole incident has led to the remark that the United States seems to be run. In thesa days, for the benefit of evcryboJy'but us." Which goes to show, as a good many things do, that there Js a class of Immi grants which does more harm than good. Th'ere Is little prospect of the pas sage by Congress of a bill to stop the shipment of liquor from a State In which prohibition does not prevail In-" to one in which It does, though there Is considerable If nut a majority scn-i tlment in the House, at least. In favor of it, because Speaker Cannon Is op posed to It; and for like reason there Is equally little prospect of prohibi tion In the District of Columbia though there Is a large sentiment In Congress in favor of this also. Whl the Speak er of tho House says goes. It is stated from Raleigh that enough members of the Legislature have signified their views at to the rate matter" to mnk It certain that a large majority are in favor of the set- j tlement on the lines mapped out by the Governor and. council of State. Ifr the Legislature authorize this com promise, takes tip no other matter of legislation, turns Its back upon t"ie monstrous proposition to tax the rail roads with -a part of the font of the initetlng, and adjourns. It will assured- ln th r"'uJiU "f th pp)e "It Grover Cleveland were ten years younger," said Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., of Cincinnati, to a reporter in Washington it Friday , night, "he would be nominated and elected pres ident. There Is no man the Republi cans could nominate who could defeat him." All of which is entirely true; but alai! those ten fiear. The New Tork World Almanac for 190 Is put and Is a marvelous store bouse of Information. It is a history, an encyclopedia, a volume fjf biogra phy, a book of statistics, a work rf reference- upon aJmoet every Imagin able subject. It is of lftOO page Urger than ever bfor and the price Is n!y H cents. - THE FLEET AMI V fc'S AT BIO (Continued frcn. I-age One).;,- - a lartJer on the' side' of the vessel, fell into the sea and was drowned. THE CITY OF 'RIO JANEIRO. One of tlc Most Beantirul and Pro-RT-iive Municipalities In Ue World lis Population Nearly at J tho -Million MarkA Few Interest . lng Facts. ' , In view of the interest in the pro gress of the American fleet around fcVuth America and ita presence In the harbor of dtio Janeiro, a cltf' about which little Is generally known In the United States, the director of the in ternational bureau " of American re publics, Mr. John Karrett, who ias Visited Rio Janeiro many times while minister to Afferent Sauth America countrteii. ha preparea tae following . ni i,n'im mhpr our fleet is spending ten days, ia one irf the most boauUful, lntereattng, and jrogre9Sie , itlp of th world. It. baa a popula tion 'and c-OTimeroe thatjenlitle It to flrt rank as a capital ana meiropou.. It great mze. Its varied attraction. a.nd 1U modern chaxcteri?Uc 'are not i.nr.u.n ami m nfrreci&ted in the United titatea -because It is out oi th usual route of travel abroad, The thousands of Atnerlean offlcere and sailors, w1k are eooara our enips ond who have not before visited South America, will be surprised at the na nltude and progress or trv.s jjnu..t city and will 'be dep:y pleased wittt the splendid hospltai-.cy f the Brazil ian government and people. No ex r,eel(.nc that 8nr American fleet or L,,H,-,.n v.a. vr tiHf in Europe or Asia will even rival that .which they will enjoy in Rio Janeiro. It is there fore fitting, especially at this time when everybody da taKrnir more tnter in South America & & result Of Secretary Root'a recent visit to that part of the world, to note some re markable tacts about Rio Janeiro and Brazil. ' ' - ' Aa the fleet eteamed Into the Bay ot Rio thosa aboard our ships beheld cenery and natural surroundings of unrivaled charm. This remarkable har bor ia entered between mountainous promontories, and then It opens out into a rare expanse of deep water which would permit alt tne navies of the world to float sareiy fit anchor. It im dotted here amd there with islands of varying size. On tne left, tower ths lofty peak of the Organ moun tains, while on the right the land slopes awav gracefully V distant hills. Upon graceful crescenw of the bay at the foot of the mountains and creeping up on their sides, lie the city Itself, with ah appearance of solidity and strength worthy. of tne powerful re public of which it Is the capital. Within the limits or Rio Janeiro are pearly 900,000 people and It is growing so rapidly" that the million mark will be jmssed before this deade Is ended. No cltv In the Umited States, with the exception of New York and Chicago, Is Increasing Us population more rapidly. Its most striking features are tha amou Avenlda Central, ita principal street, the boulevard system along the wa.ter front, the elegant public build tngn and churche. and the presence on one side, of the magnificent y and on the other of lofty mountain peaks, In Its Immediate auburbs, from which en incomparable view can ne Obtained. - Tho Avenlda Cenrrat extends for a mile and a half through the very heart ot the city and Is us beautiful ft the Champs Elysseo. In Paris- or the Unter dn Linden In Berlin. It was constructed recently at a cost of $35. 000.000 and would put to hame any thing corresponding to It In Washing ton. New York, or Chicago. It is over 100 feet wide in the cle-ar, while running along Its c'ntre are handsome ly designed ovals wrvtnar as refuges for paenger crosslngr and each 'one carrying an exquisitely designed pillar with three large electric tights. Alter nating with those at th aide of the roadway are decorative sraa lampss II- lumlnntlon can thua te arrangod to a nicety at any time of tho day or night r for any function. Facing the Aven lda are .handsome uulldlngs of har monious design. Here are many Of the clubs, newspaper odlcea, the Na tlonal Library, the homes of the moet important commercial bod lea and large department stores. At the north end is a pier for passengers who are coming and going from steamers. At the south la tine IXntional Opera Ilout with the Monroe Palace, in which was held the Third Initernatfon al American Conference and which 1s intended for public meetings of great Importance. Other avenue parallel or at right amgle this Avenlda are now in course of construction. The boulevard aystem 1s extensive and causes udmlrutlnn. Th1 begins at the bay near the south end of the AvenJ da and skirts the water around the rreewnt of Ilotafogo, beneath the magnificent peak of Oorcovado and flnully emnUnuea on towards tha open Atlatitlc'fifUwn miles mom the heart of the city. Tills grand driveway pre sents a variety of eeauty at every turn and has no equal In Kurope or the I'nited estate. .-.The mountains back f nd sur rounding the city are rapidly being converted Into parks, villas, and lo cations for. handsome residence. Tramways run to their . summits where to panorama spread? before tie eye not to be found In the dmnvedl Rite vicinity of any corresponding great city of the world. HWt Janeiro pos sesses a syste mof waterworks, sew erage, eleetri'! . tramv.-nyw. electric lights, telephone, telegraphs, etc.. equal to that In any city of North Arrwrlca. Automobile abound and on every hand there are evidences of wealth. The city also nns Its commer cial and tn-.tnufactiirlng lif that show its material arowth. tts libraries, col-logi-ft, schools and hvpltal are con ducted with up-to-date methods and nre housed tn capacious Tbuildingi with the Inten facilities. Drnril, of which I?io Janeiro Is the capital, hn a population; of nenrjy IO.GOO.000. The most startling fact ebout the country . Is that k has a larger connected area than the, United fwten proper, extendlner over 3,200. 000 square pille The- total foreign itride of Uroall in 1908 amounted to $430.flOP.ftOO of whbti ' exports were valued nt I ?(ir..0f)0.ooo and Imnert at $16S.0ft0,0fl0. riving n remarkable bal ance of trade of $100,000,000 in favor tit Itruxil. Thrse totals, moreover. rerreeent an -advance of $85,000,000 over the total trade of 1905. a p-ialtlve Indication of prosperity. That Rio Jnwlpo 1n a btiy ort la Indicated by ths fct th-.it the totat nnmiber of In irr!ng and outcotng rebels In 190 KTnoiintra . v, nearly t.700. with a to tal trtnnngn of about T.aoO.aOO. AlthouK'n Rio Janeiro 1s oftn rVasned as a tropU'al city, being Jut north of the Tropic of Canricofn. It Is sltustM so near the tw-ar that It has the benefit of constant brcexes. Close af hand, moreover. Is the aummer cap ital of petronolls. at an elevation of svrl thou-nl feei. end resirt 1n the snrround.rg moutfiitn where rvervbody can go to co-t rff if Jt c(3 too hot In town. Careful attention to smltatlon has -mtnimed the dancers from yello. fever n- -typhoid, which so nr? sroiirge-I 1! .Tanelro and s-flve it bad rnm in th world, . An tirHmttd supply nf the pnrent hflr-f rromott the tpTiysIcal welfaure TWO SUBJECTS IN, CONGRESS. Flnnurlnl and Naval Personnel Rill Have- tiie Right of War In Both Housca Along With the Matter of the Codification of. the Penal Law I'r-'bable Week's Work Outlined Wacthington; Jan. 12. In Congress the two feubjects which are attract ing attention o the exclusion of al most everything else are the financial Dill an-l the navy personnel bill.-th former by Senator Aldrich and the latter by Senator Hale. 'The Senate committee on finance win 'take up the Aldrich bill at It sitting next Tuesday. It is not be lleved that the Democrats will make any determined oppositlon'to the bill In. committee and the Indications. are that It will be given a place on the Senate calendar sooner than even the Republican advocates of the measure expected. There will be aome effort to amr-hd IC both In committee and 1 the Senate, but whether amended or not, St will be debated 4p the Senate at ien-tn. Kven though, the Demo crats themselves should favor the passage of the measure, they would not prmt the session to go by with out discussing the financial situation and the Aldrich bill will afford them the bent opportunity for this. The Democrats will take advantage of every -chance to make campaign mat ter out of the situation but In the end they w ill not,, stand In the way of such, legislation as the Republican leadens may agree upon. . 6enato Kale's bill will receive Ita first attention at the hands of the Senate committee on naval affairs during the present week, but it will probably be some time before the ineaeuro can d reported to tne tsen ate. There Is little doubt that hear ings will bo ordered. . It will be quite Impossible to avoid touching upon the retirement of Admiral Brownson, and if the subject la once opened there is no teiling-to what extent It may be pursued. The general question of the reorganization of the navy la of It self very important, but the addition of the Brownson Incident has added much M the general Interest In the proposed Investigation. Chairman Tawney, of the House committee on appropriations, win be in hla seat Monday morning and the committee will immediately proceed with the consideration of the appro priatlon bills. - . -The voluminous bill providing fo the cociiflcatlon of the penaj laws holds tne right of way In "both Housca It haa been under -consideration In the House for two or three days, and It waa given the position of unflnleh ed business on the Senate calendar before 'the Senate adjourned last Thursday. . The Senate will adjourn again on Thursday until the following Monday but the House will most likely con tinue its work until the end of the week. - - - - . ,. CHICAGO BLIZZAIID SWEPT. v Fierce Snow and Wind Storm Itajrcs r or Honrs Car Line Blocked and Other Public I'tilitles Crippled. Chicago, Jan. 12. Chicago and Its environs were cut off for several hours to-day from wire communications from other points by a anow and wind storm which began before dawn and raged without a, break all day, 'Snow continues to fall to-night. A north east gale drove blinding masses of wet now before It. The warmth of the atmosphere caused ts heavy flakes partly to melt and stick to whatever they touched. ' As a ' consequence overburdened "wires ana poles were put out of commission tn air direc tion and wire communication .was at a standstill for hours. , Electncscar lines to Suburbs were blocked and even the downtown quar ter transportation was slow and un certain. - ' Tha fire alarm telegraph service of Chicago waa so much crippled that half of the alarms received at the central station could not be communi cated to the engine companies by the usual means and many delays In sending; apparatus to a burning build ing were recorded. None ot .the Area resulted seriously, however. Atilwankco Feels Effects of It. Milwaukee, Wis.,- Jan.' 12.-A fierce bliszard swooped down on Milwaukee early to-day and to-night continued wilthout abatement Telegraph and telephone wires are down in all Qirec tlons and atreet railway traffic Is paralysed. Steam railroads report trains only slightly delayed. The Weather Bureau reported a fall of IS inches of anow up to 7 o clock to night, . ; ' : " - OBEYED AND WAS KILLED. Father Tells Ills Son to Take Gun JYoin Hack and In Doltvp This Lat ter Loses Ills Life Bida For Bonds Called For by Burlington. Special to The Observer. : " Burlington, Jan. 12. Leonard Ter rell, esed 14, of Union fudge, eight mile north of Burlington, was killed Friday by the accidental, discharge of a gun. His rather road asxed him to get the gun from the rack for him, and in an attempt at obedience the gun slipped from his hand, falling to the floor, the Jiammer striking some obstruction In its downward course. The charge entered the boy's abJo- men, passing through hi body, and came out at his back. He dtad a few minutes after the accident occur red. . . - - i Bid ior lhe-$100,000 of 6 per cent. water -and aewernge bonds for tho city -have been railed for and wiil be received until February- lOih, when, If the bids are satisfactory, the bond- win Te sold. . Burlington at present has only $30,000 bonded Indebtedness and for this reason and the fact that she has permanent Improvements far in excess of this amount these bonds should be attractive to investors. ; San Lola Bridge Burns, San Antonio. Tex.. Jan. special to The Express 12. A from Monterey, Hex., says: ' The San Luis bridge connecting the northern part of Monterey with the southern part burned yesterday, causing m heavy loss to the city and to business houses adjoining the bridge. The brliige waa avery. wide structure -and the sides wer? lined with booths, all of which were oceu. pled by merchants. Adjoining the bridge several blocks of frame busi ness heuses were destroyed, most of which were occupied. The loss will probably be .between $300,000 and $400,000. . , Mexican Gunttoat Disabled In Storm. Fan ' Antonio,, Tex., Jan. 1!. A special to The Exfcresa from Mexico City aays: . :The Mexican gunhnat Bravo has Just been towed Into Vera Crux after being seriously disabled In a storm on the Oalf while returning from ports on 'he 'Tueatan coast. - Water flooded the hold, putting all the ma chinery out of cpmmlnslon. The crew had "to be removed to the training ship which picked the crew up. of Its Inhahirants. Th. latest health stritift Irs fiov that the mortality rate is only IMS per thousand, which is lower than h averasn; tf Washington and many other baaing American DAVIDSON'S CATALOGUE. Special Feature to Be Announcement of Entrance Itequlrcmonu A Member of Sophomore Class Die at Ills Home Clashes, to Put Out Football Teams. Special to The Otserver. Davidson, Jaa. 11 One ot the special features of interest that will mark the appearance of the catalogue for the cur rent year, to conje out . now ia- a few weeks. Is Us anncunot mtnts as to the requirements for C0II230 entranoo. S requirements arm no new thing at David son. tut the Institution has been rather slow 10 fall into line with the colleges of like grade in having Cxed requirement that must bo lived, up to on the part of the Applicant 'with .absolute conditions attached, these to the effect that the matriculate jnust Work off these condi tion at some time during , his course, else he will rfot bs allowed td graduate. Many Instructors have always felt that uch conditions amounted to little, If, no iratUr what the number of" these con ditions, a student can secure formal ma triculation, and entrauce Into college wh the privilege, it may be, of working off conditions tnat apply to preparaory yet secondary ethocI ktudies, even In his junior and senior years. Certainly a nan who had passed through several years of advancej Kngllsh and Latin or Greek would huvo r.o difficulty in "making un" at this later data lrftln. cies uiiit characterized his work in ap- iivuik 1 or na mi sal 3n as a n-iimi:i The sad news has reachtnl thA .imnn mi nxr. j. i .ucieoa. cl tuetord, who Was a member of tho trmlinmnra rlua died at bis home Friday after an Illness ot some length. The latest reports from him previous to this cad Intelligence was that he was ruojvering rapidly and would soon be well. The Mo jresville dramatin talent wns not iiere last nluht mm an Av,wtH rt. of the players who l ad an important i""T m Trie cast-war taken sick, and as no substitute was at band the-engage- im-iiv niiu io oe canceiea for tne present. Dr. Kkinnjr has taken as an nrrtee room In the house recently vacated by V'" "teas, tie nas secured most com V . uaers and has .fixed up hi Hev. Mr. Howl ha.ii movnt nin rn of the houses lust completed by Mr. Joo Knox in th southern end of town. It is proposed In crder to keep ht men In active exercise and to develop football material for next fall that each class put out a team, the nun who played on the iir.i ana second elevens being exclude! from memberHhip. A beautiful trophy cup is the orlze offeror tn II, a Ihe men seem to ha v.. Murteri in nrn. est, at least many of them, thovgh It i were prolonging tlt agony quite a bit for feiows to be dnmln football suits lu the middle of Januarv. ,' SHOT BY HIS WIFE. W. E. EMtes, Savannah Railroad, Man. jrunnoiy fatally Wounded The Biiootuijr An Accident. Savannah. Ga.. Jan. 1? nnri freight Agtnt W. E. Entea. nf the Ontral of Georgia haps fatally shot by his wife at an eariy inour this morning. He recelv ed the 'bullet in the temple, and sur geons are now unable 4o say whether vi nui jio win survive The shootlnsr was LorMental Vtr ities inadi Just arrived hnm. . hi wnre rani sne Heard a noise that made her think thens waa a burglar in the house and asked him to take a. pistol she had Placed on the tahl h ihe bedside. SJje was handlnsr him th. weapon when it was discharged. Sur geons eay the akull wan .hAttir.rrn. tured. They have extracted i viii. let. .- t - Eight Drowned In Mexican Hhrr. Son Antonio. Tex.. Jan. is a special to The Expresa from Tamplco. Eight men were drownnA in tha Eanuco river vesterdav hw th oinv. lng of a barge. The barge belonged to E. M. Fowley and had been sent across the river with a gang- of 20 men to load oyster shells. , When in the middle of the river a lara-e steam tug passed aown the river eo near tne narge that the swell caused the Darge to careen and sink. All 20 men were tnrown Into the water and Foreman Lucas and seven men were drowned. The responsibility for the acciaeni win pe Investigated. THE DEATH RECORD. Mr. Oscar Thompson, of Salisbury. Special to The Observer. .. . Salisbury. Jan. 12. Mr. Oscar Thompson died at hia residence. SIS Long street, early this morning' The deceased had been In delicate health for a considerable time and con tracted pulmonary tuberculosis, from which he died. Mr. Thompson waa the son oflMrxJRQbert lLTJiQmpson, and about two years ago married Miss Annie Wellborn, of thla city. A widow and one, child survive him. The decease of this gentleman in the prime of llfo (he was on th sunny side of SO) has east quit a gloom over Salisbury, where he was so popular. ' Mrs. Manila Pressly, of Mooresvllle, Special to, The Observer. Moorcsfvile, Jan. 12. Mrs. Martha Pressly, relict of the late Rev. J. E. Pressly, D. D., who for forty years wks pastor of Coddle Croak antd New Perth A. iR. P. church, died this worn- ng at the home of iher son, Mr. B. W, Pressly, where she ha made her home for the pt fiCteen years since the death of -4ierbusband . '. Mrs. Preasly was 82 years of age and was truly a mother or Israel, a beHiutiful Christian character and one who Jioid: devoted her life to tlse cause of 9ier Mastenj being a, faithful work er in the vineyard wtiere her pres ence haa ever been one of hope and love. fihe haa been In declining health for some time and of late had grown quite feeble, bearing -her advanced age with difficulty. She is survived by four sons: B. w. Premy euvl S. J. Pressly, of Mooresville; Rev. e!ll E. Pressly, of Mexico, and Dr. Mason Pn?ly, Cf Pennsylvania, The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday morninsr at 10 o'clock rromi the city A.--R. p. churcli and the Interment will be made In the Coddle' Creek church cemetery beside iher husband, who' preceded her to the grave sev eral yeara ago.. ..." - MARRIAGES. . The Orr-Vhlte Sfarriajre Annonneed. Special to The Observer. - Rock Kill, a C. Jan. 12.-Card have been issued which read as follows: ' Mr. W. J. Orr, announces the marriage of his daugh ter Mary Gordon to . Mr. Thomas Foy White on the evening of Thursday, February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, , ' - ' First Presbvterlan church Rock Hill, South Carolina. . Miss 1 Orr Is a very beautiful and popular young lady of this city, and has hosts of 'friends at home and abroad who will rejoice to hear nf her approaching: marriage. Rock Hill will lose , one of ljer society --.belle, Mr. White Is a prominent young bus iness man cf Statesvlile. N. C, and his friends in that city wltl leara with pleasure of bis approaching marriage. 1 offleJZZce fMPSfc'S"SSlIJJ9IJ I 1 - . r I It t - Preparatory-to Mill-End Sale. ; THE GREATEST SAVER OF THE , r '- - -. . . ' ' - '- "V -' ' . ' v"-- -: ; ' - -. It brings prices down on -all lines -of merchan dise to within the reach of 'any purse. It makes fine "goods sell' for the price of cheap ones. Mill-Ends Doqs not necessarily mean that all goods " of- fered in this sale are really mill-ends, but every article bearing the yellow v ticket ' is marked down to MILL-END PRICES. Every-' .'.'' ' . '.' ... . . .-'-.',' ' '. . , thing in our three big stores, except contract goods, will go. at Mill-End prices. ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS worth the best class of merchandise brought to the Carolinas. ' AT 9 O'CLOCK TO-MORROW Mr. Lockhart will ' stores. - . 100 EXTRA PEOPLE Have been employed to wait on the customers. People will come here from all around Char lotte for a hundred miles on trains, buggies, wagons, or any old way, just so they get to - this Gigantic Mill-End Sale. ,." RAILROAD FARE FREE We pay fare both ways within a radius of, " , 50 miles, on purchases of $40.00 or 'more: No goods charged at Mill-End prices or sent cn approval, but' money will be -refunded on any article not satisfactory, except goods cut. Where Will You Be Tuesday Morning at 9 j , O'clock? '4: MONEY AGE open the doors ,!of ' - ... the J i hv-rv-rv-rvv : T-r A 7.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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