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.CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JANUARY '27, 1?03. 4 .uljcfiljarlollOtecmr. J. P. CAtnWKLt I. A. TOMPKIXS Publishers. very "Day in Ihe Year smscBiPTiox rnicE: iixy ts. on One year ... Ki months' Three months rwl-Veekly i.o? .50 .A One year Six month ... Ihreo month rVKUSllERS' AXXOOCEMEXT ' No. M Sou Toon i at the time he asks lor the e'""11 "X rate .re r, application. Advertisers may feet "hit through the VhirMt naner thev ma.v reach all cnarKio . thi. State and upper xSt, This rPr "Ives correspond e " wide laYmrf a. It tWnUM; Icy permits, but it is la iw case instble lor their view. M - - preferred that correrrMa t heir names to their 't-"1', ly in c where the attack per ih . oV tr.ailtuMon.. though th- manded. The editor reserves lh ht uTgtve the name of "T'f" when t bey are 'IV reive ccdeuKM, a fr2S must be i-onirrj-d r ie u" name oC lb correfpoodenil. DIALECT AXI niALETT. In a well considered analytical edi torial from Charity and Children, copied In Saturday'" Observer, having for iU subject John Charles McNeill and specifically his "Lyrics From Cot 'ton Land," It was said: '"Uncle Re mus.' up to the advent of the brilliant young" Scotchman, was the most faith ful and accurate exponent of 'Mr. Nigger In the realm of letters; but Joel Chandler Harrui Is not a whit more life-like la his portrayal of the language as well as of the spirit of 'the old time darkey"than John Charles McNeill." It Is true. Nearly all those who essay to white npgro dialect miss the mark wofully. They write a Jar gon of tjhelr own, or at least unlike anything ever heard from the genu ine, uneducated negro as he Is known In North Carolina. We all know that the dialect or patois, of the negro Is different In different sections of the South, but from our standpoint It Is difficult to Imagine that these dialect writers to whom we refer ever heard a real negro talk, for what they put on paper is different from anything we ever heard one of them utter. Thomas Nelson rage, for Instance, though a Southerner, fluotes "niggers" whom we never heard tulk that way. Hut Joel Chandler Harris has the black man down perfectly; John Charles McNeill put down the black man's thoughts and language with perfect fidelity; as an interpreter of his thoughts and dialect II. K. C. Bryant is scarcely inferior to either. In the show window of the Stone & Barrlnger Company, of this city, is about the best Illustrative advertisement we ever aw. Off against a lot of. copies of "Lyrics From Cotton Land," scattered about on the floor of the window. In orderly disorder, stands a little nig ger with rolling eyes, and saying to the gazing multitude by a sign over his head, "He sho did kno de nljf ger." And he "nho did." For In stance: A HIXDrtANCE. "You need n' do nothln' but roll In de dirt. -. r I -Ml give von yo" estln en give give you yo' shirt. I don't speck yo' he'p when I 's hoeln' our larm. You kin do wut you please. If you '11 ju!t doln' harm. Why 'n't you sleep In de shade at fie eend er de row? I 'd as well go on home en hang up my hoe. If you 's gwlne a scramble en crawl on rie groun' Kn roll on de cotton en mash it all down, tstay whar I putt you! ln't fuller my tralL You mur 'pen on dls crap fer yo' winter shtrt-tnll. If It 'a me dat mus' feed you en give you yo' clothes. You mus' stay whar 1 tells you en pluy wid yo' toes." This Is entirely typical. How dif ferent from the general run of negro dialect that we see In magazines and newspapers and hear from the min strel stage! A SHOCKIXCJ" SPECTACLE. In one of Dickens' novel there was, as wj remember, a charac ter who was described as "the man of no delicacy." The description fits Mr. John Hell Towill, of Lexington county, S. C, ah ex-director of the late State dispensary, who was arrested Satur day, IS th Inst., for 'conspiracy to de fraud the 3tate and gave bond, and who, Tuesday, 21st, took his seat as foreman of the grand Jury of his county. Naturally the spectacle pre sents Itself as a bcklng one to The Charleston New and Courier, which correctly remarks that "The Question . as to whether Mr; Towlll be Innocent or grullty has nothing to do with this waiter. He Is at le-ist under a cloud a very dark and lowering one snl a man suspected, whether rightly or wrongly, of being himself a breaker of the law has no place on a grand Jury, a body which U supposed to stand above an others for the main tenance of law and ordf-r, and every member of which, and the foreman In particular. Is supposed to be an ex emplar nf all that constitutes good clt Jzenship." Our contemporary Is of opinion thnt In the circumstances Mr. Towill "did not how a very fine sens of the proprieties." No. He proved himself the South Carolina 'mn of no delicacy. It appear that the Republican ex ecutlve committee of the tenth con gres!onal dUtrfct "cr pe up" on the opposition Saturday and endorned fwetary Taft unbeknownst to it. THE C-i.SE OF PATROL3IAX BCRXS '-We read In a contemporary, that "One of the handsomest tnnron the Chicago police force up to a few"days ago was a patrolman of the name of Burns. He Is an Adonis In figure and a giant in slxe. He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, 'and Is an expert catcher thieves and crooks. Stationed at a bnsy croj-sing. Burns never failed to handle the traffic ex peditiously and to carry women and children across the street safely. But the law reqalred that Burns should take the civil service examination. He was asked questions In geography that he couldn't answer. He didn't know whether the Straits of Magellan were between Mackinark and Skowhegan. or somewhere down the drainage ca nal, - Required to spell escape,. lv ?t It down 'easeelpe.' He gave up en tirely when parallel was projected at him. Manifestly, therefore. Burns was an unfit man to guard the lives and property of the people of Chicago, so he lost Ms star!" All of which how the absurdity of the application of some ts?s In some cases and Is not calculated to Increase public respect for the civil service system an ex cellent thing in some ways and when the examinations are practical in their character. We always had a good deal 01 regara ror mev rellow, whoever he was. who was applying for a clerkship In one of the departments at Wash ington and being asked on the flvil service examination the distance from the earth to the, sun replied that hs couldn't give the figures but that it was neither so great nor o short a to Interfere In the least with his effi cient discharge of the duties of the office he was after. In like manner Patrplman Burns might have answer ed that his Inability to spell had noth Ing to do with his ability to catch crooks or to convey women and chil dren across crowded streets In sarety. and that all the geography he needed to know was that of the city of Chi cago. THK liATE J. II. MVnoVFJt. The Fayetteville "Observer says, In an appreciative- article of Mr,. J. H. Myrover: ' "He was In many respects a most re markable man. Small of stature, with hardly more than a skeleton of a body, he was the embodiment of life, and when he arose to addrcKa an audience, as he often did, his treat volume of voi- startled even thoan who had heard him lMf(r. and Mi i.hvalenj endurance was marvelous. H wn eloquent and learn ed, and there are few people In this sec tion who have not been charmed Uy Ms oratory. Mr. Myrover waji a man of the strictest Integrity, was high strung, proud as Lucifer, yet not offensive with It was a eharmlnar companion and was greatly beloved b- all who knew hi , well." ' The disproportion, noted above, of voice anil physique, was the most remarkable thing about this remark able man. His voice would have be come a giant and was no doubt re marked upon In every audience be fore which he arose. With this and his "sinewy diction" he united all the graces of oratory, so that he was- a most impressive public speaker. Of his last days an 4 hours The Fayette ville Observer siys: "Mr. Myrover's !eth was totally un expected. H wn taken III yesterday, and was carried to th HlKhamlth Hos pital suffering with uremic; coma. He passed tjuiotly away at !:3'i o'clock. lf hlinsfflf, however, told his physician lust Himcliiy that he knew Hint death wns t proachlng. and knew that he woidd live but a- short time and hjs only wish was that he ahntod pass away quietly, as otherwise ho hnd no fear of death, li s wish was granted." It gratifies his friends that he diet as he had wished to die and that he died game. We get this rebuke from The Charleston Kvening Tost: "The Cherlottw Observer accepts The Oreenvlll News' cntatogue of candidates for the senatorial race In South rarollna an complete to date with the following 'entries: Senator A. C. Latimer e Oov. John Oury Kvnns. Hon D S. Henderson, Hon. O. It. Martin. Col. J.' J. 5lK';iJZJ'J..hyi?h- '' .- in. ...dun i -1 i , n ii,iri in,- iiempmil cjimnaign committee, it shoold submit Its resignation formally to the cnairmnn. rmt ir it is not going to cult we snail pa giad to near it whoop oiice in u wnue. By George! Homer has nodded Homer again. But the fact of the business la that Chairman Waring, of the Hemphill campaign committee, bos' of iaie Bern so inuneniary. as tqe late Pr. Jack Hall, of Salisbury, used to say, that we didn't know whether he had withdrawn his candidate or the campaign had stopped to get Its ace- ond wind. He must not be deluded by Its silence Into the hellcf that The Observer has lost any of Its xeal In or fidelity to the cause. Its voice N still for Hemphill, for the old flag and an appropriation. ' Secretary Taft's letter In which, on account of t'.tn .enndidaoy of'Oovernor Hughe, he renounces any part of the New York delegation t the nntlonal convention that might b his, looks well and sound well and has won him much spplause. Hut the big Secre tary whs perb.ip not unmindful of the favorable effect of sticTr magnan imity upon hto own fortunes. Virtue is Its own reward and his letter will "n doubt redound to his advantage - the end. It was stated In yesterday's dis patches that one of the changes which will be made In the original Aldrlch currency Mil whirn will be perfected by the Senile finance committer to day will he In the acceptance of the Bailey proposition for the distribution of the proposed surplus bank l-rucs among the various) States in propor tion tO' their banking capital and sur plus. It Is rather interesting to note In this connection that Thr New York Journal of Commerce pronounces this Idea "Idiotic." 1 , The Ronton Transcript stntes that the President "d-lgiutet all part leu who In'lmnte that there tia been any ue of Federal patronage on Mr. Taft's behalf as liars." As this in cludes th Cnited State Senate wish we had thought, before some body else did. to make the wise an t tlmUy uggeej!nn that more benches be brought In for the members of the Ananias Club. b:e went too fak. The Hartford Time thus comments uponDistrict Attorney Jerome's bru tal crpss-exajnlnatlon of Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, his harsh language and contemptuous manner: "It would be Interesting to know what the psychological effect on the lury of Jeromo a manner towiad this witness la. likely to be. Is his policy of bars li nes toward her good . tactics, or will it create svmpathT lor her in the Jury box? It Is difficult to tell. But It la a recog nised rule among trial lawyers that wo men on the witness stand should be trenteu with kindness. One of Jerome's subordinates. Assistant District Attor ney Arthur Train. In his excellent work on The Prisoner at the Bar" rave down this principle: 'It ! to-day fatal to a lawyer's ruse if he ts not invaribly gentle and courteous with, a female witness, and this Is true even If sits be a veri table Sapphlra.-' " It would not be difficult to tell the effect upon the Jury of the brutality of the dtetrlclaHorneyJf one knew that they are natural, normal men. If tltey are, his methods will react on him. This witness may be a Sapphlra but the fact. If It Is a fact, remains to be proved. She pjajr have been the victim of circumstances or have gone to her fate acquiescently; but at all events she is a woman and, so far as there Is any evidence, has always be haved well In public. She has Wrong ed nobody SOrnuch as herself, and on the witness stand would have had a measure of consideration from any man who knows the name of chivalry, It Is surprising that the court did not protect her. There la this satisfaction In the matter, however, that her tor mentor made nothing off her but that In the duel of tongues she came oft victor. COTTOX-GROWIXG AXI PRICES. The census report shows that the cotton , crop of 1107 was 1,100,000 bales short; remarking upon which The Petersburg Index-Appeal says "It Is to be hoped that planters will not learn when it is too late that willful waste makes woeful want, and that cotton can be raised In other parts of the world as well sjs In the South." We don't think there Is much In the Iat point. The threat that some other part of the world will wrest the su premacy In cotton-production from the 8outh Is fifty years old. It Is in tended though of course our Peters burg contemporary has no such pur pose to encourage Southern farmers to raise larger cropa which would mean lower prices. During the civil war when England could get no cot ton from the United States It tried the raising of cotton In some of Its colonies and encouraged the Industry In Egypt, both with Indifferent sue ces. and the South now raises the cotton of the world excepting. If our memory serves us, 5,000,000 bales, The Interest In the figures given In the census bulletin lies In this: that while the cotton crop of 1097 ws 1.800,000 bales less than that of 1906, that , of this year, will fall short of the Inst In which fact there Is reason to expect n continuance of present or the establishment of "netter prices. Not nil public; men ars bribe-takers or grafters. Senator Hoar, of Massa chusetts, was In ronsreus more than forty years and died poor. Senator Allison, of Iowa, has been in Congress forty-five years and has an annual Income of I2.S00 above his salary, but this 1 derived from the estate of his wife who Inherited $50,000. By the adoption' of shady methods or by the practice of their profession both of thee men could easily have been mil lionaires. It Is the glory of our gov ernment that so few men connected with Its legislation go wrong In finan cial matters, though the opportunities are many and great. Thomas W. Lawson, who has been doing his utmost for several years to save the country from the machina tions of the "Interest"-." has quit his self-assumed Job 'n disgust He finds the people ungrateful. They would not take his advice so he cuoses them out, washes his hands of them, leaves them to their fate and returns to stock gambling In Wall Street. It is a pity that the unselfish efforts of so good a man should have met with so little appreciation from a w!rkd anJ perverse generation. -" " 11 i This promises to be an exceedingly interesting week In the Legislature, with possible adjournment Saturday. MR. NATHAN'S SHOW. tanner Msnnger of tlC Acsdcntv of Mnlc Travels l-'.xlndvclv M'lth TIm County Chairman." A considerable degree o' local In terest attaches to the presentation of "The County Chairman" here to- niirht from the fact that both Its owners are known in Charlotte.. These urc M-ars. S. A. Schlos. of Wilming ton, and Marx S. Nathan, or that city, formerly manager of the ltwal AcaJerhy of Mu!e. Mr. Nathan left Charlotte at the close of the season of 10 and during the HMater part of the lima since he has bucn tour ing the country with "Thv County Chulr.nan." which was t Charlotte lat xeavin also. Mr. Nathan's travel iN'iude 4 far Western trip with his shew, - which met With a cordial reception every where. No le than' IS.OOO miles lie carried It with htm lust season. traveling from Vancouver, in British Columbia, to Los Angeles, California. From .Charlotte the company will nt-ni Its way ttward Pnlladelphiu. where It will play In the Gerard Thea tr. after which It will go West Messrs. Sch'oss an J Nathan have oth'-r read Intercut besides this one. I Mr. Ntthan is pojmWr anting Char lotte people, who wish him well. IJcutcnant tJstermann In Charge. Lieutenant F. J. Ostermann. of the Seventeenth Infantry, L'nlted Mate army, has arrived In tbe city snd U In i harge pf Hh- -retyruUing office hero unit of Charlotte district, for the preecnt. He wns sent here by rnrcr lor officers, on account of th ll'nexs and death of Major W. B. Heynol is, whom he succeed, until further or. drs. IJrutennnt Ostermann ( a oung tnn who has risen from -ih rank.. He possesses a pleein-f fr sonally and appear quallrle! fer the position. . He mrnea to the city f'om Mrl'herson. He s ! Cii-trl tie once previously dufn-i the -celebration x the 2th nf May, 10. when many regular soldiers w t in the city. ALECK IIAX I'S GHOSrABODE - . - , , rXOOVTRIXG DARK. PLACES. Crowds Follow With Interest Demoli tion of Old Osborne Foundation at Corner of Tryon and Trade Streets oine Echoes of Memories and Reminiscences A llwy Relate to the Iia- cjrro of the Old School Killed In Basement by Overcharged Soda Tank Jim Osborne Had Not Time to May His Prayers, and U'hU tled Ills Petitions as He ' Climbed Hie Stairs to the Third Story Si:ap Shots at the Occupants of the Ancient Habitat. Old landmarks -ere perhaps as firmly fixed la the memory of a man after they have been torn away to make room for time's changes as though the naked eye looked upon them , for all the pertod of his life. So one stands at the corner of Trade and Tryon streets, and neera lntn the , rended clay, where swift-moving tools or advancement gouge into its reces ses to make way for the surer ampli tude of human handiwork and to ex ploit man's energies toward better ment. The old Osborne corner as the building itself was called sheltered real women and men in those years. Within thoso walls was fixed the abode of women and' men whose personality and forces have left impress that the woria reels. To the older genera tions the structure was actuality ajid experience experience wherein were admixed the-joyothr -and the bitter. The younger generations know of and cling to Ha traditions, ana look back to years when the concerns of the place were interwoven with their A, B, Lj, backgrounding the serious thtngir-Df rlfe with touches of the sup posititious all In all the amalgam of child happiness, evn as the painter varies his 'brushes and sees born to his touch the art-bound word: "chlar ooscuro." When the old building surrendered lis residential rights and knew con version to wavs of "trade." it was the rallying-place of doctors and drug gists. In succession, it was known as tno spot where were to be found the late Judge Osborne and Dr. Prltch- ard. After them came Dr. F. Scarr, he - who was loved as universally as oia garnners love the purity of a flower. Then later Dr. John H. Mc- Aden followed In the sale of drugs: and since that time the corner has been known as the vending-seat of drugs sweet and bitter. Mr. Lloyd R. Wrlston headed the successive com pany, and disposed of the business to Mr. William H. Wearn, one of the youngor generation, who ranks high as a pharmacist, and still wields pestle and mortar with the Burwell & Dunn Co., in Charlotte. After that came a good Virginian, Mr. A. B. Rceae, head ing the firm of A. B. Reese &.Co, It was only a short time till Dr. J. F. Robertson, another loyal Virginian, came to the "down-homers," and Reese & Robertson renewed the paint oi tne old stand and found ready and willing- patronage. Next in line were Woodall & Sheppard, and under the new order of things, by a Scriptural hint, "the last shall be first." and with the completion or the handsome building they will serve their old trade within new walls but over the same area of earth. JIM OSBORNE. The man who was known as Jim Osborne had a hand In affairs when the druj trade was r youth In the place. He grew -tired of fooling with the monetary particles of the busi ness, and confided to the Janitor, who was his ever loyal stand-by. that he would make a way of his own In law. To-day -New - York and the - biggest brains of the litigious take him at his word and allow the merits he fore spoke. , Jint Osborne It was a duty to sleep Jn the top story and to an swer the calls of those who Jarred the night bell. On one particular morn ing he announced, three calls in a single night; one was for soda water; a second was for tooth-picks, and the last was for an almanac, wherein the caller might look tin the moon's phases. This touched the boundary line of disturbances by night and the man, who afterward made the whole country listen to his law and reason and bend to his powers tn many ways, gave up the game of playing druggist. Jim Osborne announced to his confreres in those days, "I am kept so busy that I do not have time to say my prayers, and therefore, have to whistle them as I pull my way up the double flight of steps to my sleeping room hard-by the room." AN INTERESTING POSSIBILITY. Big-bodied, big-hearted, "Eastfleld Bob Wallace" in those days operated a distillery; and it was one of the missions of his fat and sleek mules to bear their burden of ubiquitous corn whiskey and pure it was as a flaw less diamond. Kastfield furnished a great Quantity of whiskey consumed by the drug stores in the days when people wanted the real thing- and law was not a step-child of -confiscation. The old cellar hei.i many and many a barrel or the stuff. Mayhaps those who dig and shovel in the bowels of that old basement may bring to light somo or the fluid. The old building had Its traredv side as well. Aleck Hand, known far and near as one of the best "nig gers" who ever breathed behind a black skin, was killed In that base ment. Aleck was doing his duty at charging an old-time soda fountain. There was thn no enfrty appliance as is now known, and the gas was too much for the endurance of the tank. There was a blow-up, and right away there was a dead servant, huddled over In a corner where the force of the explosion had,! hurlc.d him This led on to the activity of the tlentls of superstition, and it was a round of time ere a negro could faithfully and fearlessly perform the every-dity dut ies of the post. Ghosts were seen and there was heard the etrnnge. uncanny tread of, spirit folk all about the place. A barrti of liquor might have born safely left with the entire head removed and flung away. No man touched with the ghost Itch would dare tn much as take a sniff at It DITCH KELLY SUCCEEDS. Dutch Kelly held the laboring cords as all round hustler when the fatality hnd called Aleck away. Dutch was another of tho dark-skinned elect. Ho was born with all sorts of good quali ties, and ach day was as an evolution to the higher and better. He changed his work and has served various peo ple In various ways, and all with care and efficiency. Whether he tollid as hotel porter,' valet, assistant cook, or wbat not. everj where and every time he wns eaTefui. nd made aure deliv ery of the goods as they bore label. Dutch Kelly and Aleck Hand are as chapters in the big book of life ex jierlence published at the store on the corner. In all wsys the scenes and associations there were ef the goodly kind and much merriment and little of 111 has been, brought forth there. OLD DUST MAKES THOUGHT. The grit of the mortar, among which toil hands of the modern de stroyers who will replace It all with newer and greater things. Is nearly as naught compared with the grit of those who had the daring, years agone, lo enter the earkness and re pose which rested throughout the basement secrets of the place. - To day there la the glowrngness of sure sunshine all over and Into each chink and cranny, now all disembodied by the rapid successive strokes of pro- INCIDENT TO A SENSATION MUCH TALK FOLLOWS ARREST - Charlotte Policeman Exenfcdn Doty : mm Const rued a ltd Arrests Well Known Young Man, John McBon ' aid, Charfrcd With "Loitering" on the Square Mr. McDonald Statoa That He Was Waiting en a Car Which Wu to Take 11 m to the BedKide of Hit Mother. Who Died a Few Honrs . Later Statement From Both Side. ; ' A Saturday night Incident has im- tnriv i.tevekr.ed nrODOrtlons that fell little short of making a sensation on the street during tha otherwise quiet Rnndnv. The Incident Uevelopea from the arrest of Mr. John O, Mc Donald, one of the well-known young men of the city, .who resides at o 12- North McDowell atre-t. ; When the matter Tiad assumed an impart that haJ called for -universal discus sion, an Observer man looked into the affair from the viewpoint or eacn riBrtv '- Mr." McDonald, whose" mother was dying at the hour of the arrest, couia not be seen because of such an arriu tir in hii home, but a c'om kinsman relatedwhat Mr. McDonald had to o.r Tn nhilatll'9 tYllS fOliOWS'. Mr. McDonald was ready to board a street car eastward bound, down Trade street. He stood, together with others, at the Burwell-Dun Timer rnMninv'a corner, on Independ ence Sauare and was rejected by Policeman J. R. Maleom to move on, according to the rule regarding "lolt- Hnr Ha remarked that he was waitinr a car. which was approach lnr and desired to board It. The officer nffAln . addressed him In the same manner, whereupon Mr. Mc Donald nske.l where, he could stand To this Mr. Maleom replisd he would take him to such a place. The police man told him to consider himself un der arrest. At this stasn the young man offered sufficient money to tne otHcer as bail, but was not privileged to escape. When he would reason with the officer, and requested to be allowed to proceed without violent laying on of hands, a second police man. Mr. E. M. House, was called When Mr. McDonald was seem by Chief Chrlstenbury he waa released on his own recognizance to appear for a hearing this morning. - ACTION EXCITED COMMENT. As the day advanced, 'yesterday, in terest in the arrest seemed on tho in crease and-numbers of people express ed themselves without qualification against the act of the otrccr. An Observer reporter tried to see the policemen concernedrto ge a state ment from them, but, hs their rest period was on, that was not permit slble until later. Chief Chrlstenbury represented Policeman Maleom, and said: "I am sure there la no better and more thoughtful man on tho force. He acted strictly as he be Heved the law expected him to act I have known and be jo associate! with Maleom for four years, and am sure he is a man who knows his duty and would not wilfully neglect it, or do any one harm and Injustice Me Is ever obedient In every refpect ana always to De cependej upon." Later in the night Chief Christen bury, Policeman Maleom. and Mr Lester Oates, for the board of public safety, called on The Observer to state their positions. Mr. Malccm's state ment is that he was on duty at the square, ana at tne -Burwoii and Dunn corner, bix or eight men were stand Ing in the way. . He requested them to move on, and all partie left except air. .jacuonaia, wno wished to wait for a car. The officer passed on, re turning to nnd Mr. McDonald stand ing in the same place again and askod that he would leave the corr.er. When ne replied that he would not depart uo warn ioiu to consider hlrr self under arreBt. Mr. Maleom say Mr. Mc uonaia resisted arrest to the extent mat ne deemed the Dresencn nf an. other officer necessary, though he did not can sucn an officer. Mr. House being close at hand, came up and with the man between them set forth toward tne. city prison. Mr. House returned after gotnr half U.l v" Mr. Oates was emphatic In his ex pression, and desired so to i that the board of public aafety was back of Policeman Maleom, and all cue uuicers. ana Would aaU K i enforcing the ordinance against !de valk obstruction. i I i . , . - r. ' ' i run ; 1 1 r . ' urn ler in inna trtttM .IJ. ' "ruu;nc aoout n litre fiir when Mr. McDonald's frl.,n,i. iZ.M awaro of the arrer-t. an! detention irom nis striCKen motrter. it o0s without savin that the ameers not Informed th Mra McDonald vas In a dying enn lltln. , "'""i s Meeting Creditor).. TliA firm I . m ,m t -r t 1. J? or ln "Miters of ui uasionta, in bank, ruptcy proceedings, will be held in Onstonla f o-Jay. Mr. D. B. Smith referee, Messrs. E. T. Cansler T A" Guthrie. J. A. Bell and D k' Pone" eT.9ei(0r ,,UmW ot "edUors wm leave thl, morning for the hearing TO A SLEEPING CHILD, '"acarceirlown J-" Petal. BTnrheanv.ngU?hte'srt LW'hc"ose!?lPln8 yer oft y8 wwee A symbolism f Purity snd Rest' -J. THOMAS WRIGHT. Mr. and Mrs. A. W FranVtin ,, grar.rs f M,, A j, v Si I V ? studio In this city Fel ruary fat 1 " gress. in those other times supersti tious mortals. Irrespective of color and employ pressed foot steps hur riedly and with all the lightness the compulsion Of terror can la? " fij one. Timid - peering eyes paid oniv glance pop-calls In the recesses and athwart the angles or age-marked stone and mortar. Shroudings of spider webs and the damps of shaded seclusion seemed clammy and 111 vlaaged banners of weird hosts of od preaslonlsts. . " Far down then In this earth spot there meet an1 mingle two elements of apartness; time spent fragments of olden foundations, which crumble at exposure and harden into a basic aid in the structure of the new where soon will repose the foundation stones of ihtructuro. embryo of the child development, and marker of the thing called Progress. If so be the ghosts of other days shall salty forth, re. plete with all their awful panoply and iinh-ashlng their myriad progeny of terror, when' the restless spirit of the ever faithful Aleck looks again upon once familiar haunta. where muffled footfalls uttered sprrit sounds and echoes, the mystic flights must needs be , made not along the darksome steps, the simple one flight so easily accomplished, but through an e lava tor shaft to Hhe finial of the twelve story structure, where eyes may view the environs of King's Mountain anA mayhaps hold cryptic intercourse with the sleeping denisens of long-ended battles. Such a ghost of such a toil er would It speak, could only nttef words of gratitude arid commendation fr th men among who hi body toil ed. Itself bearing witness to the right ful accrediting: "Even dying, I trted to do my whole duty. s - . . - - .: - ' - ... r - t . - yr-t SUMSE J ------- . : - -' ' SALE; Woniay For Wornisn of I T . . . t IT ' V Baste HLCOMy..: Something out of the ordinary and at an unusual sea son, but we could not stand the temptation. Advance Spring Styles Coat No Two Alike, 1-4 Off Regular Price These represent every novelty for spring 1908, effected by a designer who is an artist of rare taste and wide reputation. Our smartest Coat Suits come from this tailor and only till a few days ago did he give his con sent to sell us his Entire Sample Line at 1-4 off. They have just arrived by express and go on sale Monday, marked in plain , figures at regular price. One-fourth these prices will be given off for the samples, but the marked price will be charged for all duplicates. Regular prices of samples range from $20 to $50, making a $30 Sample Suit, which is the newest creation for coming spring, net ypu 022. SO , On Exhibition liionday and all admirers of Novelties, Smart-Styles, Ar tistic Designs and Workmanship should be here tc the minute. No opportunity equals this before' season is over. New 1 908 Si Monday we put on sale our first shipment of ex clusive Waist and Dress Patterns in the Season's Newest Novelties. Pongee and Tub Silks are the leaders. Price the yard 75c, 88c. and $1.00. White Goods Our counters are rapidly filling up with the finish fabrics in Linens and Sheet Cottons. TRVOX STREET STORES CXOSED MOXDAY FOR STOCKTAKING. -BUT TRADE STREET STORE VTLL BE OPEN". V W- li4-44 t if 4 1 :- !' 0" af, - Suits; About 100 Samples; ... T i 10 OXIodi Morning r
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 27, 1908, edition 1
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