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CHARLOTTE! DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 3, 1903. c J. P. CALn-WFXTj D, A. TOMPKJAS MONDAY, FERRtARl 3, 1808. LET IS NOT BE TOO HASTY A OOXTRAST. There are no better or more self contained people In the world, taking them as a body, than those of Char, lotte; but there Is a mercurial element among them which la quick to go off at a tangent, which Is unlike a popu lation the basis of which Is Scotch .. Irish. For, years loafers, white and black; have had the habit' of -hanging around the four corners of Independ ence Square, defiling the pavements with tobacco Juice and forcing people 1 who have a right to pass through . them to shoulder their way through The' condition was a nuisance and a subject of complaint on the part of people who had a right to complain Yet when a municipal ordinance, de signed to clear the streets, of loiterers . and to allow ladles or men on business or pleasure bent to pass through them In some degree of cotmfort, la Invoked, voices are raised In protest against the tyranny of the police. It is not t be i denied that the. police have lately - made two grievous mistake In the en forcement of the ordinance; that their Instructions were not sufficiently explicit or else that they did not un derstand them; It may be we do not know that the two gentlemen who -were lll-adviaedlv directed to "move , on" and on whom hands were" laid, did not offer the satisfactory explana tions which they could have given; but one swallow does not make a sum mer; neither do two; and It Is no rea son for the repeal of a beneficent or dinance that ill Judgment has been manifest In Uaenforcement In two or even more cases. The value of the regulation Is not to be Judged by these Instances, which perhaps ought never to have occurred again we say we do not know but by general results; and It ought never to be forgotten that the ordinance was not made for any par ticular class but for all. A little re . flection will convince all that the reg ; illation In Itself is a proper and nec essary one and should not be con demned on account of Its misapplica tion to two or more cases. Meantime the offending ofTWers are entitled to be heard, and entitled, unless it appears that they were wantonly brutal and not merely over-zealous In the dis charge of what they conceived to be a duty, to a modicum of charity. It may be remarked In passing that It Is a strange contradiction that while there has been a miniature flurry over the enforcement of this old-new polite regulation, the community Is quite content that the half of one of it tw torlncipal streets should be fonced off for the storage of material which is to enter Into a new building. THE ALDRICH BTLL NOW. . The New York Tribune, the paper of Hon. Whitelaw Held, American minister to England, thus comments npon the .Aldrlch currency' bill as It hai"beehJ licked Into final shape by the Senate finance committee: rORTTGAIS CRUEL TRAGEDY, Red-handed anarchy never- had a more cruel crime' laid at Its doors than the political tragedy of Saturday which bereft Portugal at one blow of a KJng -and a crown prlnce.1 For weeks cable dispatches have brought news at Intervals of a state of unrest TRAIN RUNS OVER YOUNG MAN. The Aldrlch currency Mil. as It finally tee s hands, has been considerably broad- n Portugal, seemingly authentic re. e ned In scope, apparently in the hope of ports ascribing the agitation to a plot In upon It, especially from tbe -West. The to overthrow, the monarchy and es limit of the nntwncy circulation has J tablish a rf nubile. These stories were been raised from 1-Jj0.vj0.net) to tJ.wii ... . j . A TIMELY XOTinCATIO.V. It la too much to believe that the antl-rallroad agitation In North Caro Una Is to subside more than monien tarily with the compromise adopted by the Legislature last week. Tha agreement may be abrogated by the new Legislature which meets in Jan uary next and we shall be much and agreeably surprised If the railroad passenger rate Issue Is not Injected Into th coming campaign and the people act by the ears over a return to the S cent rate or the enactment of one of 2 cents. Whether they will be Very tolerant of a renewed agitation Is open to question; it occurs to us that they would not welcome it; that they have had enough of thlH sort of thing and, -would not like to go through It again right away. Hut It wjlf be too late for them to protest after they have nominated for the Tllature men who "have It In for the company," for having nominated "Them they must vote for them. We don't like to be a prophet of evil but the people ought to b put on notice and it is not too early to do so. If they don't want thU whole matter re opened and the work of last week perhaps undone they need to have a care as to the men they nominate for the next General Assembly. There 1 no disputing about taste. but It occurs to us a' not ucing in me best of taste or spirit to have entered Into a compromise with the railroads, which was mutually agreeable, and now "to gloat over them and represent In effect that they have been hund .eafTed, clubbed Into subjection and made to beg for merry. Mr. lluxton said In substance on the floor of the Senate that "we have bee n called here to right a wrong;" and that I the way the, people look at it. It U the opinion of a great many able and well-informed men that If the rate case over the hearing of which Stand ing Master Montgomery was presid ing had gone on through the courts the State would have lost, but both parties to the suit were ready to com promise and quit and there Is no great glory. la the outcome for either. The less boa tiig, therefore, the better. It was sail In our special Washing ton correspondence yesterday morn ings "The prohibition campaign o ltSl will be recalled by person then living in the State. Dr. J. J. Mott organized the forces that defeated the proposition. He belongs to a type of citizen that believes that, so long as a man is not disobeying the laws of the land and la not Interfering with the rights and privileges of others, he fhould be permitted to work oat his own salvation," A fundamental Pem oeratic doctrine, by OeorgeJ and yet Dr. Mott is a Republican. ' ' The variety of public obligations accept able as the busts of circulation has been extended lo include school district and township bonds and the minimum re quired population of such areas has been fixed at ten thousand Instead of twenty thousand. The provision of the original measure that banks outside of reserve or central reserve cities should be required to keep two-thirds of their reserves in cash In their own vaults has been strick en out, obviously to allay the opposition of the Wente.rn hanks that muka It a practice to lend their rewrves in Wall Ktreet. Thus the one really good fea ture of the original hill hua been remov ed In committee. The machinery for getting out this circulation quickly in an emergency has been Improved, snd that is probably a gain if the country is to have a currency of this character. "Hut the fundamental objections to the hill remain the en me as whea It was first m;i jiliwet The currency provided for is wrong in principle. Its volume and Its Issuanm dipend. not directly upon the needs of business, ' but upon the ability of the banks to buy or borrow bonds and upon the judgment of. tin Secretary of the Treasury, who is not al ways an expert In financial matters. vvhat the country needs la a currency which is Itasca upon the business oelni done snd which will expend and contraci automatically within crt iin limits set for--euety,- us business Itself does. This Is not a matter of theory. It Is a matter of practice which has been thorouKhly tested by foreliro nations. It has been applied not only In countries with a cen tral bunk. nut In countries without a central bank. Huch nations have a de rided advantage over the ITnlted Htstes In a business way. They exnerlencinino such violent snd disturbing: fluctuation In Interest rnte , urn this country does snd no such difficulties In flnanrlng legl- timnte business operations, like cron- moving. as we enrpumaa every year. The A drleli bill. If circulation is to be taken out 'under its provisions, will compel the bunks either to keen 1500.000.. 000 invested in bonds, thus reducing by that sum their shinty to serve business in the communities where tnev are se verally situsted. or. if they do not do this, to Invent I'lOO.ono.OftO In bonds when an emergency arises In order to Issue notes amounting to a less sum than rn,ono.0ft0. Thus, sfter they have gone through the trsnsflctlon thev will have less money to lend tnnn If they had not bonaht the bonds. Whether the bonds are purchased as a permanent investment or only In emergencies, the capacity of hanks to serve their usual customers will be im paired. It Is highly unlikely that hanks In s-enernl will Invest permanently In bonds paying 4 or 6 per rent. In order to Issue notes once In ten or twenty years, when they can loan their funds In mercantile transactions at 0 or 7 per cent.. depending on their location. Therefore It Is Imnreibable thnt bnnks for from bond markets like New York will ever be sole to Issue this emergency currency when It Is needed. It Is truly said above that "the cur rency provided for 1s wrong In princi ple" and by this analysts the bill is left without a redeeming feature. Its fatal weakness, as Indicated before. Is that It would leave the country tied to a bond-secured currency and It reaches the point of absurdity when It rectgnlzes school district bonds as col lateral, and a yet higher level when It requires banks to Invest more In bonds than they are permitted to Issue In circulation. Whence does this "atro city," as it Is characterised by The New York Journal of Commerce, de rive its support?' It Is opposed by bankers' and merchants' associations and by tha lending papers of the country, financial and other. Jt Is not apparent that It enjoys any favor, ex cept that of Mr. Aldrlch himself, who can push anything through the Senate or defeat anything, and that of Speak er Cannon, who Is equally omnipotent In the House. It Is more than likely that, with these elements of strength behind It and having the passive sup port of the President also. It will be live currency measure adopted. repe-atedly smoothed over by official denials and claims that the disorders were of a minor nature, and were held well In. check by the govern ment, only to loom up again In some bitherto loyal district. Underlying this revolt of the populace was the ever-Increasing distrust and hatred of Premier Franco,' whlehr was aroused to. fever-heat when King Carloa was Induced to- dlasolve-thrarllament and establish the premier' as practi cal dictator." The climax of popular Indignation was reached when, Fri day, the King Issued orders to expel from Portugal all persons who had been guilty of exciting political dis orders. Then the blow, evidently carefully planned, fell. That the regl cldes were hired - assassins of these republican agitators Is made clear In this morning's dispatches, de spite the transparent efforts of official report to charge the crime to anarch Ists. Upon the baneful influence of Pre mler Franco the foreign press. In no uncertain tones, blames the startling culmination of the political unrest. In his retirement "and the re-establishment of the Parliament seems to He the salvation of 'the monarchy. Prince Manuel, whom the Council of State has proclaimed King, begins his career. It Is said, with the advan tage of personal popularity won by individual merit. With the lesson taught by this tragedy, at such fear ful cost to his family, before him, he may restore normal conditlona of prosperity to his distracted country. Certainly his opportunities are great, Viewed at this distance. The cruelty of the murders was nothing less than shocking. To those who read the dramatic story in yesterday's paper, the most pathetic note of the tragedy, perhaps, was the courage of beautiful Queen Amelle, who threw herself In front of her sons as a shield in a desperate effort to save them from the bullets of the assassins. Truly In this picture Is the touch of nature that "makes the whole world kin" by "divine right" a queen, yet first of all a woman and a mother. The Observer has not, until the ap pearance this morning of Mr. Adams' la.t llalelgh special, done justice to Representative Dowd, of Mecklenburg, for his skillful work In securing the passage by the House of the Renate rate compromise bill as a substitute for the Weaver-Preston bill, the Bux ton amendment to the Renate bill hav ing been ftrxt rejected. This was ef fected by quick action and tactful management, in which he had the val uable assistance of Mr. Houghton, of Alleghany. The Senate bill, rriore nearly than . any of the four which were projected upon the House, met the terms of the Glenn-FInley agree- ment. and It Is a pleasure to offer felicitation to Mr. Dowd, who led In the matter, as well as to Mr. Dough, ton, upon 'the success of their effort to have the House accept It. The Wall Street Journal says It la estimated that the number of Idle rail road cars, standing on the sidings and at the terminals of ;he railroads of the country U 350,000, and that "If these empty freight cars"were put into a single train, the train would stretch, In unbroken line, from New York to Prescott, Arizona." Nothing could better illustrate the extent of the In dustrial depression. (Serious Ae-rblcnt Occurs On Southern tbxtd Xrar Klba Manufacturing vonifiauy. i The first of a string of freight cars belnr pushed northward on the tracks of , the Southern Railway struck a young white man named Allen who was not more cloaetysd en titled last night and InflicteJ exceed; Injly painful Injuries, The accident occurred about 11' o'clock near the Southern crossing not far from the plant -of the Klba 'Manufacturing Company. The young man. seems to have been attempting to cross the track, not knowing that the train was .coming. The ambulance was telephoned for and the young man carried back on the engine to the yard conductor's office on the corner of Second and the railroad where the ambulance was met. The wounded man "was then taicen to the Presbyterian Hospital where he waa ministered to by skilled hands. It was found necessary to remove both, feet, so badly were they ground and mangled. The young man is about 25 years old. It is not known whether he will recover. FULL TEXT OF RATE BnJ. Mr. Hem by Becomes Insane. ' This paragraph la from The Editor and Publisher, of New York: "V. S. Hemby, editor of The Mem phis (Tenn.) Journal of Commerce, has been stricken with a mental dis order due. to overwork." Mr. Hemby Is a native Of Union county and twehty years ago or more established In Charlotte The. Evening Chronicle, subsequently, having changed hands, the morning paper of the city, and the Immediate predeces sor of The Observer. ' REPLY TO 'LIBERTY." silt. II A IX TO YOUXtt MEN. Discussing the vigorous and ay tematio. effort which Is making to dry up the District of Columbia, The Washington Post says that while at first bluxh It would appear the proper thing to leave the question to a vote of the people this Is Impracticable; that "If the residents of Washington vote at all (which they dj notj, they want to voto on the more Important subjects." and further along, that Congress, therefore, will determine for the District whether It shall be dry or wet" and "if a prohibition bill should come to a vote, there Is little doubt that prohibition wjuld prevail. Now wouldn't that Jar you? The Charlotte Observer," says The Scottish Chief, of Maxton, "writes de risively of the 'Initiative and referen dum' except us to prohibition for the Slate. As to that it says: 'We do not undcretand how there could have beer) contrary opinion about the matter." f this la an Inconsistency. If a dec laration In favor of an election on State prohibition Is giving adherence to the initiative and referendum, then the' Legislature Is equally gWllty; so was the Legislature of 1880 and sJ is every believer In local option as every body was until within tha past few weeks. According to The Little Rock Oa- xette, Arkansas 'produce 200,000,000 hingles annually." Every one of which could bewell employed In pad- ling the wild man the State has just now sent to tbe Senate. Kcrmon at Trinity Methodist Church. Vrglng Young Men to TriiKt In Christ as the Surest Way fo a Cleanly, lllgll Toned Life four Be. petting Sins. Rev. E. I Bain preached a very strong sermon last night at Trinity church. His text was Psalms; 119:9, "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word." The minister declared that the young man has wandered away from the way of rectitude. There are three great ways open to him: the way of rectitude, the way of untruthfulness and the way of life. The chief besetting sins Mr. Haln classified os lying, profanity, gambl ing and association with defiled wo men. Taking up tho first part he spoke as follows: "The most severe allegation, to the mind of a man. la to call htm a liar. Lying Is the basest of all evils. It Is truly written In the word of God, 'Thou shalt not lie.' All men re sent being called a liar. They resent It physically, as well as morally. Ood will not establish a man if ha Is a liar, either In word or In undertaking. I 'trust there Is no one In this audi ence to-night that lies. If there Is, young man, the way to cleans your self Is to heed the Word of God and trust In Him. "The young man who will take the name of the Lord, our Creator and Redeemer, upon his lips and uso It profanely Is Indeed base. The Lord has commanded us, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, In vain.' This' being a common sin, you may say that It is a hard task to quit It. Tou who use profanity look down Into your heart and ask your self the question, would you cleanse yourself. If an opportunity were pre. sented?, You should need the Word of God and always trust Him. "Gambling Is on the increase. Here are the merchants, right here In your town, offering, 'lucky number' prises as Inducements to purchase. . It is all gambling." I would Just as lief buy a State' lottery as to accept a ticket from one of these. It is the same as Investing your money In a bucket shop. The young, man who goes to the bucket shop loses all he -has. ir he does not lose financially he will morally. I would rather be a poor bucket shop or any similar place. Young man. you would not have your dewr old mother know that you went to the bucket shopa. would you? Then ygu would not Jisv your mother to know mat you xooa cnances oi k?i ting a lucky number at a arawtng contest? "Young men should pot delight In keeping company with vile and low people. Ha who does so will never win out. Beware of the deflied wo man, -snunning rotn oany. o'w, and loaheomrnees of soul and spirit. When the young man does such things the angels hide their faces from him. Eveu God's heart melts in pity for him. seeing him going straight to the stocks. If you trust In Him you will go out to battle prepared. A young man cannot go out to battle neiievmg hat -he alone can win snd accomplish that end. Rut go out In tattl young men with your trust In Ood and you will overcome every demon. " Put. your trust In God and you will never fail.- . N 1 Ills Attack on Representative Parson's Law Answered and He s Challenged, to Come Out From Behind a Xom do Plume, To the Editor of Tl:e Observer: In The Observer of this date is an article signed by "Liberty," and dated at Charlotte, which refers to a recent act that Mr. W. L. Parsons, the worthy Representative in the Legislature from Richmond county, had passed for his county, and while It Is not necessary for me to defend Mr. Parsons, as he Is amply able to do that for himself, I desire most emphatically to say that ho Is not a "misjudged xealot, who In the name of law has undertaken to perpetrate most horrible atrocities," and, In this connection I will say that Mr. Parsons is not guilty of making such charges under a nom de plume. . As to the act that was passed ftie following Is the third section taken from a certified copy of the bill: "That upon the filing of an affidavit "by any person before a Justice of the peace or the mayor of any Incorporated town of Richmond county that any person. firm or corporation Is violating this act, or that such affiant hag reason to believe that any person, firm or cor poration Is keeping for sale, liquors. as prohibited by this act, w hich reason shall be set forth In said affidavit, and If such Justice of the peace or mayor shall deem such reason sufficient, it shall be the duty of such Justice of the peace or mayor of an Incorporated town to Issue a warrant to any lawful officer, directing him to search the sus pected premises, and If he shall find thereon any liquors In excess of one quart. It shall be his duty to take all liquors so found Into his possession to be used as evidence on the trial of the warmnt against the said person for violating this act. and It shall be prima fade evidence of his keeping U ror sale in violation of thla act." If there Is any despotism In this act I must confess that I am too stupid to detect It. I am free to admit that If I were opposed to liquor legislation and was in favor of turning t'.ie stuff loose upon the people, that I would be op posed to such laws. I wish to say that I had nothing whatever to do with the paxa?e of this act. and did not know that our Bepresentatlvn waa going to Introduce. It until I saw the notice in tho papers that it had passed, but I am In hearty sympathy with It and would feel proud if I had been the author of the measure, and would con scientiously think that I had done a great service for Richmond county. If "Liberty" will slen his name. T shall take great pleasure in answering his questions In regard to the acqui escence of the Christian people In such laws, so far as I may be able. - T. A. SIKES. Hamlet. Feb. 1st, 1908: Act Prescribing the Maximum Cliarg Which Railroad Companion May Make Few Transporting Pawnenger as ilnallr Itatlued by tho XortU Caredlna Legislature. Following la tbe full text of the rate bill as finally passed and ratified by the State Legislature: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE MAXIMUM CHARGE WHICH RAILROAD COMPANIES MAY MAKE FOR TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND FOR ' OTHER PURPOSES Section 1. ' That no raljroad com pany d61ng business as a common car rier' of Daasenaers In the State - of North Carolina shall charge, demand or receive for transporting any pas senger and his or her baggage, not exceeding in weight , two hundred pounds, from any station on Its rail road in North Carolina to any other station on its road in North Carolina. a rate in 'excess or a -a cents per mile, and for transporting children under 13 year and over 5 years of age one-half of the rate above Tre scribed, and for transporting chTldren under 5. years of age, accompanied by any person paying fare, no charge whatever shall be made: -Provided, that where the amount -Of the ticket at the prescribed rate would amount to any figure between two multiples of five, the price of the ticket shall oe the multiple of five which la nearest the price of the ticket at the rate above mentioned, or In tM event that tha amount la equl-distant between two multlDlea of five, the price charg ed for the ticket shall be orf- the basis of the higher Jf these two mul tlples of five; Provided further, that no charge of less than ten cents shall he reouired: Provided further, that Independently owned and operated railroad companies in North Carolina whose mileage of road in said State is one hundred miles or less may charge a rate not exceeding three (S cents per mile: Provided further, that, in deDendentIv owned and operated rail road companies In North Carolina whose mileage of road In said State Is ten miles or less may charge the same rate which la now In existence on said roads. This provision shall not ex tend to branch lines of railrload com panics controlling over one hundred miles of road, whether , chartered In or out of the State; also, that; newly constructed railroads or the' portion eOH 1 1 1 ; I I ia .i .t a nnaiP My is fiiiio And the new goods are coming in every day by freight- and express Every department is rapidly filling v up with the newest lines from the most fashionable centres. We spare neither pains or money to ob tain v ; ' ' ' .' " :r - The Very Latest. . ' of railroads which may be construct-J One of our buyers will be ire New York during tlief ed shall he exempt from the opera- v " ' . coming week securing the latest Fads and Fancies' from Fifth avenue. ' : , ,. HARROWTXG TALE OP THE SEA Woermnnn Liner. Wrecked Off Coast of Liberia. Plundered hv Piratical Xeerroes. Who Heeded Not the SI? ' nnls of Distress. Hamburg, Feb. 2. A thrilling ac count of the shipwreck of the Woer mann Liner A scam Woerman. which recently -went on the rocka off Grand Bassa, Liberia and" became a total wreck, is related by the sailors of the steamer who have arrived here. The night the steamer struck was a dark one and she seemed to be going to pieces rapidly. The crew took to tho boHts and immediately thousands of piratical negroes in canoes, who had not replied to the signals of dis tress from tho stranded venue!, sur rounded the steamer, swarmi'd aboard and plundered her. When the sea men attempted to return In order to obtain provisions and' arms the atti tude of the negroes became so threat ening that It was impossible for them to uo so. Tney reared to lard on the hostile coast In the darkness anT were compelled to r.tay In the small boats throughout the night. When morning tame "tho crew landed and camped in the brush for several days, always fearful of an attack. Meanwhile they watcheel the ne groes going to the ship and returning from her laden with booty. Finally the vessel disappeared. After this the negroes departed and the crew, taking to their boats again, rowed for 17 hours and were picked Bp, completely exhausted, by a pass ing steamer oft Monrovia. - Itcr Reports of Cyclone. Mobile. Ala-. Feb. 3. Passengers arriving from the line of the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad to day. say that the cyclonic distur bances In the vicinity of Lucedale late Friday evening have been exag gerated. The wind, coming up with a huge black cloud from the south west, did considerable property damage In the vicinity of Lucedale, damaging much timber. No official estimate of the loss of life Ms ob tainable, but perstent rumors say that two are de-id and six injured. tions of this act for two years after completion, to the extent that they may charge a rate In no case to ex ceed three cents ner mile. A chsrge 15 cents may be added to the fare mnv passenger when the same Is nald on the train, if the ticket might have been procured within a reason able tlm before the departure of the train. That the. North Carolina cor poratlon 'commission. Ita emnloves and assistants, shall have no power or authority to fix, change or to In anv manner enforce the provisions of this net fixing th onssensrer charges on railroads at S 1-2 cents per mile, or to fix. change, or In anv manner en force the rates permitted to be charg ed by this act. And the North Caro llr.a corporation vcommlssion. Its em ployes and assistants shall have no power or authority to change the amount of baggage which ia prescrib ed by this act shall be carried by each passenger, free of charge: and sValk have no power to enforce the penalties provided for In Section 4 of this act. t "Se"c. 2. tn the ca"te that any rail road company operating as a common currier of passengers In the. State of North Carolina Is owned, controlled or operated by lease or other agree ment by any other railroad company -'. n """-.1' it fciiv toicn. iiic laic . for carrying passengers thereon asi All nrescrlbed by this act shall be deter mined for saM railroad company by the rate prescribed hv this act for the railroad company, which owns, con trols or operates the sa,me. Sec. 3. That any railroad company violating any of the provisions of this act, or counselling, ordering or direct ing any employe, agent or servant to violate any provisions of this act by charging, demandlng,or, receiving any rate greater than tht fixed by this act. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than $500 and njt more than J5, 000; and any agent, servant of" em ploye of any railroad company who shall violate this act shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. That any person or persons except those permitted by law. who accept free transportation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction shall bo fined or Imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court: and any railroad or Its emnloves or agents, giving free transportation of anv kind whatsoever, except that per- mltte-i bv law, snail he gutitv of a mls-ie'mpanor. and on conviction shall h fined not les than 100 nor more thsn J'. 000 for each offense. fee. S. That an act entitled "An act oricehlne tho - maximum chartres railroads may make for transnortlng ienger n Xorth Carolina." rati fied n the 2d dav of March. 1907. be and th same Is-herebv repealed. Sec. . That no railroad comnahy. or srent. servant or emnlove of anv railroad company, shall be. beld liable tn snv nerson or found rullty of anv rrrn In nnv se'ion. civil or erlmlnat. whether heretofore or hereafter Insti tuted or besiin. b- reason of anything 'one or sttemnted to be done In viola fnTi of saH act mentioned In the pre eeiMn "ectlon shereofi or of any pro vMon lepe. P-e. 7. ffcet Section 581 of the Teii1 nt j1$n U herebv reoealed. snd s1 lsws snd clause of Jws In eonilet with this act are hereby re oealed. See. e. Th this s"t 't be' In force from and after April 1st, 1S0. New Silks Plain Rajah in ajl the popular shades for Spring; also" -White and Black. Price the yard. . . .75c. and 85c.' Satin Dot Aeolean , ' . ' Nothing compares with this splendid material for an inexpensive evening dr essf does not require silk lining, all the leading shades, 36 inches wide. Price the yard, ... . . . . . . .. .... . ..... ... . . . . . .50c. New Embroidery ' : Match Sets and Baby Sets a specialty. All widths in Edge and Insertion with 45-inch Flouncing; also plain material to match each piece of trimming. Price the yard from. ........ ' . Table Linen n 10c. up 72-inch Silver Bleached Table Linen, Chrysanthemum, Tulip arid Pond Lily patterns. Prico the yard ...... .... ...... ........... ..... V.. ..$1.19 Five fnjureel In a Ft re. Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 2. Five persons were Injured, one probably fatally. In a fire which destroyed three-story apartment house on thoJ western exie or tne city lo-nifiiit. Mrs. Hilda Jf lollnqulst suffered broken limbs and internal injuries and may die. Mrs. Frank Alley and her mnther-ln-luw were seriously burned. Two other persona . were slightly burned. vmm ... Joe Kln Thinks. Durham Herald. A'nd It Is not all of them that want prohibition to prohibit. But then Mr. Buxton's plan would' have taken It out of politics. Ton fellows who think you missed I on te railroad propositlen can come out that ranch stronger for pro hibition. , ' -' There Is ro reason why a communi ty that ha prohibition by choice should be Interested In wu State elec tion on State prohibition unless they want to force It on some community that apparently does not want It. Newbern Sun. Thera were no threat this time to call the roll in the State convention. In the Newspaper FlcM. . To-day Mr. Minor Padler Klllott takes a poaitl.in on the local staff of The Charlntla Chronicle. To-day Mr. J. J. Clunther takes the field for Tho Observer as solicitor and collector. . , . Napkins ,. Bleached and Half-Bleached Napkins to match Damask. Price per dozen. . . . . . . ......... . .$1.00 to $7.50 Towels Never before in our history have we been so well pre pared to -take cai'e of your wants in Towels. Any thing that you wish from a plain cotton at 5c. to the handsomest hemstitched linen at, .... . $1.00 ;'' , . . Sheets -, . All sizes Bleached and Unbleached Sheets for single and double beils. Price each. ...... .50c to $1.25 Pillow Cases ! .Why have your Pillow Cases made when you can buy them ready for use at. .. 12 l-2c. to 30c. each'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 3, 1908, edition 1
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