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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 27, 1908. - : ' THE ' SPORTIKG' . gELD Roy. -'KiitdhmgS; The following Item from The At lanta Georgian will be read wlth In terest by Charlotte ans: "Roy Kltchingi will leave March 1st. to Join the Charlotte baseball club for spring practice. Kltchlngs has been playing with amateur clubs In Atlanta for a good many years. He played with the strong Carter Gillespie club last season which won the City League pennant. His hit ting average last year was .350 and fielding .950. "Kltcbings is at present employed by the Western Electric Company, where he has been all winter." EXPEOTlXt. TROI'IILF:. Canada Will Try to Knter Indian Runner, Who Is I'ndcr Ban, at Olympic tiaines and American)) Are Determined to light . the More. , According to The New York -Times there- la likely to be a merry athletic war when the Olympic games are held In London next summer. Re ports from Canada are to the effect that the Dominion will appropriate ISO, 000 to send ateam to the world's meet, and among the athletes on the Canadian tam will bo Tom Long boat, the Indian long-dMance run ner, who Is under the ban of the Amateur Athletic Union of the Unit ed States. James E. Sullivan, president of the A. A. U., ffuwil o say yesterday what his association would do if Longboat is allowed by the English authorities to cotnpre,ln the-Olympiad. . "We will cross that bridge when we come to it," said Mr. Sullivan, rather testily. , . Other men close to the A. A. U. powers that be were more communi cative, , Ope said there was no doubt that the American athletes would be prohibited toeing the mark In . any race in which Longboat .appeared as starter. This would include the Marathon, the greatest contest at the Olympiad." "Oh, my! but the English commit tee. will have a tough task to straight en, out this tangle." said another of the wise ones. "They are bound to offend either Amerlci or Canada." -Jt;is not likely th American as sociation will go so far as to with draw the whol Yankee team, al though that would be the rlsrht thing to do under the A.. A.' U. rules. America will undoubtedly protest !ongbnat as a professional, and may be able to secure the proof of it before next summer. TO DECIDE TUESDAY OS LEAGUE Meeting of Representatives of Vari ous Towns at Wlltion to Take Action on a Six or Eight-Club ' Lrapue. Special to The Observer. Raleigh. Feb. 21. There Is very groat anthuslasm about baseball hye and to the east of Raleigh, and It peems that what Is known as tht Central and Eastern Baseball League Is to be a very popular thing Indeed. A letter from Klnnton to-day says that a team there Is a certainty and that very great interest Is exhibited by the people. The places which put up the -it forfeit will of course come In. It Is said by some persons that a six-team league Is the best, but there may be elifht clubs. If Wilmington comes In, then Fayette vjlle or Henderson will also be ex pected to Join'. A week from next Tuesday there Is to be a meeting at Wilson of representatives of the various points In order to form a league.' The prospect is uncom monly good - for excellent ball this year. ASHEXBACH'S WAY. How He Gets HI Men to Put Forth , Their Rewt KPorl. This week's Spurting Life has a rut of Ed Ashenhurh, who managed the Charlotte cluK In 190:'. Thin year he will manage tfie Johnstown team of the Trl-Htte Letgue. J ! has signed a ntimb.-r of players and Is going. after the pennant In his usual vlsorniis manner. Kd is a tighter every inch of him and the players around him nui"t keep on the go. He bates druKving play, and the little things worrv him. While In Char lotte some oni" admonished him for using1 hnri lunjimo to his men, and he replied ; "This Y. M. C A. talk don't go In baseball. ImHglne me sr.ylng: 'Prother p . you s-em a little care less to-day; won't you please try a little harder"' Now wouldn't that jar you? Tli only way I can get the players to huMle Is to yell out something like this: Hey. you blank ety Hank blank, w'.it ter 'ell's de matter wld yer? Git In de game." National Comnillon Ileglns Investi gation. New York. Feb. 26. The National baseball commission legn to-day its work of Investigating the cass of several players who dispute the rlg'ut of certain clubs to their cervices. . Af ter hearing a number of dis;tut-d aes between clubs and players, the commission adjourned until to-nior-row: Pitcher Wilhelm. for whom P.rook- lyr. paid II. 0o to Birmhuthsm. goes! to urooKiyn, wnii tne nirmingnam club was fined ft so fnr violating: the rules and Wilhelm is to gt the draft m"ney. tihf) of Pitcher Lanford Visits Psildvm. l?iclal p) Th Observer. Davidson. Feb. 25. A visitor on the hill this we,ek that sttraeted a good deal of attention and was the roiplnt of 4 warm and hearty wel- j come was Lanford. lat year's ntr! piU-her, who aftersards won a piece on the Washington Americans. Ixin ford, after attending tho sophomore banue' at the Felwyn. came up with I the fellows for a brlf visit. It was at . first rportd that he would re main here for some ?im and amlst f-oach Ftouch in training the ptu-h-rr, but this rumor veems to have been premature at least. Covenanter Win Game. . ' Tn.an Interesting game of baseball yesterday afu-rnoon on the ground of the south graded school 'the Covenanters won from Trvon Street . by the score of II to . The game was snappy until the sixth Inning, when the Covenanters found the btli and began-maklntr-ase eflt-- The features of the (fame were the bat ting of Colt for Tryon Street and the rood all-around "p.aytng of Pharr for trjs Covenanters. Ammericsuni League . SdhsAiilte Out Netr Tork, Feb. .6. With the an nouncement of the' Aml-rlcan League's schedule of playing dates for the com ing season, the 'baseball ' seat cm ii brought close' to the followers of base ball. The schedule cans' ior isz games as arranged; the 'Western teams open In the Western territory and the Eastern clubs play -In the East the season begins April 14th and ends October's th. .-. J The opening dates are so arranged that none of the games will be In conflict either In New Y6rk; Boston. Chicago or St. Lojils. The opening games on April 14th are as follows: Detroit at Chicago. St. Louis at Cleveland. Philadelphia at New York and Washington at Boston. During the coming season the con- These are: Seven at Chicago, four at! c, t ikru at TVt ladelDhia. andil'nw. i-a. L. UUIIIOl . 1 . . - ... ' one at Boston. Other than discussing and adopting the nrhedule the American League only talked over routine business. It adjourned until to-morrow. Every club In the league was represented. The National League's session last ed two hours. Tbe only business fin ished was the adoption of the sched ule, which will be announced to-morrow. BASKETBALL'S DEVELOPMENT. Short IHstory of a Popular Sport Status of Teams-Exciting Game Promised. CX all games that- have been .In vented In late years, no game has en loved such a triumph basket - v.n i.-, ..UUnn tina fcnnrireHa of new teams. From a mere amateur game it has branched out into ono with professional leagues all over the country. The year 1898 saw the organizing of the first professional league, the National, which went along successfully until petty Jealousy among the "managers caused Its dis ruption, a great many players also deserting to Join the newly-formed New England League. . In the year 1S06 tne Dlggesi p-o known to; fesstonal league ever basketball, known as the Central, was organized, comprising Pittsburg, McKeesport. Oreensburg, Butler, all Pennsylvania towns, and East Liver pool and Canton, In Ohio. The en tire East was scoured for players. The Young Men's Christian As- more to promote clean basketball "i""' V,1"" ,r " J , ', playing than any other organlza- r, DuKgelby. Lajole and Flick has tion. It Is a known fact that the hopelely broKen up Mack's team It game can be controlled and governed , bump ng amg In the second dl better In the associations owing to vision, loalnx money and apparently their hhvh standard of clean athletics, having little prospect of getting out In the South there are a number of i the HifTi.rt.nt Young - Men's Christian Association Columbus, Ga.. has one or the strongest teams In Its history, hav- Inr not lost a game In four years. The same team has been playing to gether for five years. Charleston, 8 n.. also has a very strong team and It has a record euual to that of Columbus. Ga. The tam of the local associations I considered the best trained ana fastest in the history of tho associa tion, and the local enthusiasts are predicting a very Interesting and ex citing game with Davidson College Monday night. MAY GIST HORSE SHOW. Steps Being Taken to form New rirrult of Southern Cities Several W eeks of Good Horse Shows Each Spring. Jacksonville . Times-Union. "A circuit to Includo Jacksonville, Atlanta, Macon. Savannah. Columbia, Augusta and Charlotte Is likely to be formed this year for tho pro mulgation of the horse shows which most - of these cities ore now con ducing each year. George Wilklns, who is arranging for the show. Is enthuxlastlc regarding the project, ftnd believes that the time Is nearly ripe for the formation of such a circuit. "Mr. Wilklns contends that If ft circuit such ns above outlined should be formed to embraoeseveral weeks of good shows each spring,, all the famous horsemen of the North would make an annual pilgrimage to th South for the purpose of exhibiting their thoroughbreds. It Is relieved that the Vanderbllts and other mil lionaire owners who enre not for ex pense, would be willing to h4p their wholo strlnicM to the South, while un dor the present conditions thoy are unwilling for their animals to make the Ions trip fr Just one or two shows which are annually held TWO BASKETBALL JMES WITH JUNIOR OKATOK1CALS. fprHal to Th-; Ohwrvrr. Davidson. Feb. 1. Director J. W. Ithea has nrranged for a basketball contest in the gymnasium for both to-morrow und Friday nights after the Junior speaking. Th two teams are made up of the following men: First. Pharr (captain). Turner. Fair ley, McCllntock, Barr, with Cromar tle and McClure as substitutes; sec ond. Price, W, A. (captain), Gilles pie, w. B.. Pr.-ston, Harden. Donald son, with Kelly, It. 8.. .and Newland as substitutes. . The players that will constitute the team to appear In the Charlotte gm next lpnday night will of course be selected from theso two teams, but the exact personnel is not as yet determined. The Charles ton trip has been canceled, but an other to take Its place will likely be nrrang'd. Suggs Gr to ID Springs. Yesterday's Atlanta Georgian says: "Georite Sugits, the pitcher who wan with Memphis Inst year and the year before, was In Atlanta Monday on his way front his home In North Carolina to Hot Spring. "Sugffs hss befii signed by Detroit, after" considerable dickering over sal. ary. Si.egs gets either 12.200 or $!, 410 a y-ar." - . SHOUT SPORTS. Chr!iy. Matbwson left New York yesterday with the second squad of the Giant nd ll' n Joined by Rog er Brevnahan at Mkrlin prints. Tex., whtre they will work-out this year. A Massachusetts man has Invented a machine tht ran throw any kind ff a curve, shoot or spit ball. By the use of It In praetire he expects ham men will be able to Improve their wrk with the stick. r!g Day. of the famous Dar and Kni:ht battery, which Georgia" Tech sent out In .10 may have a berth With the Macon efub this year. Evensou's leap ef 112 feet at the annual tournament of tha Ithpemlng Fkl flub, Marouette. Jlkh.. broke the world's record by seven feet NEW ORLEANS RACES New Orleans, Feb. 56. Blagg. at to 1, won tbe New Orleans handicap to-day at City Park. The race was worth about fl.700 to the winner. Jack Atkln, whloh" was expected to start, did not go to the barrier on account of the heavy weight. ' Imposed . en him. ISO punds. Weather clear; track good. First race. 1 furlongs: Serenade. to 5. won; HJster Ollie, IS to 1, second; Alarms, u to l. tmra. Time, :ji l-a. Second race, steeplechase, short course handicap: - Dr. Logan, to 1, won; Golf Curcle, f to'L second; Bank Holiday, 30 to 1. third, Time, 1:06 J-5. Tnlrd race. 7 furlongs, selling: Hadeur, 7 to 6,' won; Suffice. to 1, second; Dap ple Gold, 20 to t'tnlrit. Time, l JOI-i. Fourth race, furlongs: , The Orleans handicap: Blagg, to L won: John Car roll, a to t second; Cooney K.. 16 to 1, third. Time, 1:15. - ' Fifth race. T furlongs, selling: Ora- culum. H to 5. won; Royal Onyx. M to 6. second; Hawkama.1 to 1. third. Time, l:2S4-. Sixth race, mile and a sixteenth, sell- Ina: Alma Duffour, 13 to 20, won; Don na. 4 to i second; Ace High, to 1. third. Time. 1:60 1-S. Seventh race, mile and a sixteenth, selling: Miss Massonl. . 17 to. IC- wen Badrlds, to I. second; Apt, 4 to t third AMERICA'S GltfiVTKST TWTlUEn. Connie Mark Hatex to See Waddell io The Kobe's Wonderful Record on the Diamond His Power Rests Entirely on Ills Mighty Left Arm. . A Philadelphia sport writer has the following to say about Rube Waddell, who oes to St. Louis this season: With all the Reuben has Jone to add to the woes of his manager, he leaves a good friend behind him in Mr. -Mack. "Honestly, 1 hate to see him go," was the admission the lean leader made. "He's done enough things to drive me distracted, but alonj; with lots tnat was oaa mere was piemy 1 that, was good too. "When Kube was behaving he would do anything' for me, wor as ofun as I asked; him and throw oft his arm In the effort to win He landed us the pennant of 1902, and his -work. In the early half of 105 P"i us-in futn a tviunwnuiiif tton that Plank was able to bring home that flag. "1 don't think Rutoe ltaltin. I wouldn't be surprised to see htm do fine work. Certainly I 'hope so, and I shall always be grateful . for the help he gave our cluQ. I hope that the big fellow will never need aid from me, but if that day oomes, I promise that he won't ask in vain." When Waddell came to the Ath letics in the middle of 1902, he found the local American league team on the rocks. It la violating no confi dence to tell this. The ruling of the or,n noie- I men the one of fa- those strokes for which he Is . 1 ' He had known Waddell for sever al years. The big fellow had made his debut n Franklin, Pa., gone to 'Homestead and Detroit In 1898, Co lumbus and Louisville In 1889. Pitts burg and Milwaukee In 1900, the Chicago Nationals in 1901, from which team he Jumped to the Los Angeles outlaw team. Connie met Itube at Kansas City and brought him back home with him. Making his debut at ; Baltimore, Waddell lost his first game, but com ing to Philadelphia and making his local debut, he cut loose the first of a long'se'fles of marvelous exhibitions of pitching. '.. Baltimore was the opposing team and In the nine innings only twenty seven men-batted. Two made hits, but both were caught stealing. Launched as a hero by this game, Rube proceeded to achieve a number of wonderful victories. If he started the game he had the other team helpless from the go-off. If . another pitcher was being hit, the Instant Rube went In the opposing; club fell on its face. "In the half season he was with the club- In 1902, Waddell won twenty three games and lost eight; 1903 won twenty-two and lost Hlxtecn; . 1904 won twenty-five and lost nineteen: 1805 won twenty-seven and lost ten, loadlnr the league; 1906, won sixteen and lost sixteen: 1907 won nineteen; an. 1 lost tnirieen. In 1903 Waddell, established . tho strikeout record for one season; he fanned 301 In his thirty-eight fames, a mark never even approached Included In his contests were many wonderful ames. He pitched three extra-inning games In Boston that went seventeen, eighteen and twenty Innings, landing all three. Nearly every season he made the strikeout record, and the. announcement of his name to pitch a Sunday game In St. Louis or Chicago was a strong enough magnet to draw a crowd near tne 20, 000 mark. No player who ever belonged to a local club fluctuated so much In popu lar esteem. At one time he was the hero hailed by thonsands, .mobbed at railway stations and cheered on the streets; again he was hissed and hoot ed, and many supporters of the Atn letlcs announced that they would not patronize the club until Manager Mack got m of a man they deemed a di.sgrace to the eluu. - But Just when the Rube' fortunes were at a low eiD ne wouia penorm some notable feat thiU would put him back In favor... Last season he was useless In the early part of the season;' In the mid dle of the year he worked magnifi cently. Then he had a slump.. and when finally he got back In form his support was so poor that no matter how well he worked he could not win. Waddell has been, blamed fori not winning the famous eeventeen-lnnlng game that gave the pennant to De troit, but It was errors, not his own poor work, that put -him In the hole. The truth bout the Rube, the ex planation of his faults -and his vir tues, is the fact that, like Peter Pan, he never rew up. "His body matur ej. but hi mind remained In ths childhood stage. It Is questionable ' If ever In the history of the gams anw pitcher had a greater natural equipment. . Other famous twlrlers. with the possible exception of Tommy Ram say, were gifted with good heads. Men Hjc4 ClarKson, Keefe, tMathewson, Griffith.. Caruthers. Ferguson, Rusie, Radbourne, Bufflngton and Galvln understood batsmen, and knsw ths craft of th game, Waddell has none of this. HI pow er rest entirely in th speed he gets from hi phenomenal arm and ths muscles of hi shoulder and back. No more fautlessly but't athlete ever stripped, but his prowess dowsn't go above his neck. 1 The portion north of that Is a barren waste so far. as baseball brains go. Bein a child. Rube doesn't under, stand How to say 'No," and It ! doubtful If h will ever learn. . HI deeply sworn good resolves ever melt before th Invitations of -some flat terer. . But there has slto been a jentle id with th Mg fellow. Th el- ment of sympathy haa not been left out. When player or spectators) Is hurt. Rube Is the first to help. ' Even his worst detractors on . the Athletics admit the hnpressiveness of tne neip. he gave Hoffman when the latr was hit on the head by the pitched ball that nearly ended his career. . . . - .- ; The accident "happened In Bosto The. ambulance had been seat-for, but was slow in arriving. . A group of frightened players stood around the unconscious Danny, and a kneel ing doctor said that he might not live to reach the hospital. . - Suddenly Waddell acted. Seeing the nee J of haste, he gentry lifted Hoffman's form, and, throwing It ov er his shoulders, actually ran, despite his burden, all the way across the field, put the Injured fellow player In a oirHae. and hurried ' him to a hospital. Then, air night, he eat np with Danny and put on his face the Ice that lessened the ravages of his suffering. Rube, with all his faults; will he missed at Columbia Park, as one of the landmarks connected : with the winning of the first -pennant that cams to this city In nineteen years, and when the Browns come here to pitch the southpaw against us, the ground wont be Ig enough to hoij, the crowd that will watch him try to beat hit old comrades. BICYCLE'S HEYDAY. . , . . ' v The Scorcher AVho Used to Be Ar rested, as the AutomobUlst Is Now. New York Sun. , i ' "Every -once In' a while.", he aald, "when I hear of an automoblllst ar rested for gotng- too fast. I think of the days when the scorching bicyclist used to get Into trouble. "Those fellows, you remember, who had the wheels with the high gears and the low frames and -the rams horn handle bars, who used to dash madly down the crowded cycle paths on Sundays . particularly with reckless defiance of the - property rights and lives of others, rtiat was In the heyday of the bicycle, when every hotel had to have art L. A. W. sign to make It popular with the cyclists. v ' ' "Every so often, when ' I get off Into the country on a walking topr, I aee one of those signs painted on the wall of a hotel or see an ancient road sign marked with he L. A. W. mark, which calls up those tld days.' "It seems a great while ngo now, butTealJy lt,' not so long. ago. Per haps a dozen years; perhaps Jfss... T "There are", lots of jther things that mark the decline of th bicycle,' but none perhaps more than the fall ing oft of Interest in the road races. In the old days an enormous crowd watched the Irvlngton-MUlbum- road race of twenty-five miles. . It was what is -called by some persons n classic, and upward of 80,000 per sons saw some of those races. "I can remember In my home tr-wn a five mlle load race handluuo, en annual affair, that was one of tho greatest nghletlc events you can Im agine. Ono year It was won bv a boy who worked or a laimdrv and. I besought - my folks to . charms from thet 'aundry we sent our wash to to that I might have a legitimate ex cuse for visiting that place t see that hers and to admire him." A Gun Club Organized at Dnrham. Special to The Observer. Durham, Feb. 26. There was a meeting of the local sports at - Hotel Corcoran . last' evening, at which time there was organized a gun club. Between twenty and thirty members Joined at the first meeting. Mr. George L. Lyon -was elected presi dent and Mr. W, H. Overton was named as secretary and ' treasurer. A range Is to be secured and there will be weekly shoots, beginning the first Thursday in April. Determined to Have a Winning Team. Special to The Observer.'- , ' ' " Winston-Salem, Feb. 58. The management of the' Winston-Salem Athletic Association Is gratified with the Interest being manifested by the lovers of the game in-the efforts to secure a team of star ball players. Those behind tht association are de termined to put a winning, team In this field. . ' ; W OUND AKOUND SHAFTING. . A ' Cotton Mill Operative' Has a Nar row Escape IVonj a Horrible Death Durham County Spilt Up in a Gubernatorial. Lino An Aged Cttl aen Very III Creditors of Bank rupt Concern Meet Again. Fpcolal to The Observer. Durham, Feb. 28. News reaches here pf a distressing accident at Lonworth Cotton Mill, two , miles from Roxboro, yesterday afternoon. A man by tho name of Joe Duncan was attempting to put a belt on a moving shafting when his shirt sleeve. was . . I. 1 1 . r t. t t. r ,. ... n . . ..... m rlc-ht arm Itelnir wnntiii a ho of Iho I shafting, and the bones broken in three places. There Is no doubt but that his body would have been -whirled about the shafting but for the fact that his feet became" entangled In a network of wire and tis saved him. 1 The machinery was quickly stopped and the unfortunate man was attend- ed by two physicians. They say that lt la not probable that his hurt will prove fatal. A letter from Roxboro to your correspondent states that there is no doubt. but that he would have met almost Instant death but for the interference of the wires and the promptness with which the ma- chinery was stopped. A, max, lormeny 01 inis cuy, wno moved to Norfolk some time ago. has sold ,to J. W. Jacobson a tract of 122 acres of land In Patterson township, this county, for which the considera tion Is named at 83.000. The deed was sent here to be recorded to-day. H. A. Reams, one of Durham's old eltlzens and pioneer tobacconists. Is reported as being quite 111. He has been for several days, suffering from a severe grip attack and other trou bles. , William R. Purnell, a dlstsnt rela di- f JnrfM vumeii. U milt- in' t his home In the western part of the H. Burton, under whose management city. This evenlnr It was stated that the : handsome .130,000 building was his recovery was doubtful. - .erected, hss been chairman of. the Regarding the gubernatorial fight managing board since the organlza It looks as if Durham will have - a tlon was brought into existence tea delegation tha will be decidedly j years ago; and 'all the while Capt split No man can boast that he has M. A. Shank? has served as treasurer, all of Durham's strength, not at this! As an evidence of their faithful man- time. Kltchln and Home men lock! horns every dsy Iff argument, and then there ar '"ralg men who come In to speak' for their champion. Jiorn men swesr thst th Johnston county man would give the suite a needed rest by a quiet, conservative administration. On the other hand the Craig and Kltchln supporters de clare that what the party needs and will need Is a man who con champion the rights and claims of his party in rnVTas ;;dne,fBynum cVcSi? Harry! Skinner, An adjourned meeting of the credi tor of the New York Stock Compsny was held In a room in the postofflce building to-day, Mr.' Victor H. Boy den, referee In bankruptcy for this district, presiding. Th' creditors wer all represented, either In person or by counsel. Th hearing lasted all day. Hare You Used Cllnchfkid Coal? NEWS 6r THE UPPER CAPE FEAR Delayed ' ONebratlons . of. the 'al Da of Washing-ton Oarxain "Mc- 1 Geaohy's Friends Propose His Name . Majorsiup. - -, Special toTh Observer. ; : V FayetteVIlle,' Feb, 28. Washing ton's blrthdav. havlnsr fa'len on Sat urday, was celebrated at the graded school on the. 24th Inst., with .appro priate services, consisting of patriotic songs, essays and addresses, and the celebration. was also made the occas ion of several eloquent tributes) to General Lee. Mr. Leslie 1. Bullard read an appreciative sketch of -the life of Washington.' and Mia Mar garet Broad root. In a striding essay, dwelt upon th exemplary life anj brilliant career of Lee.- Rev. L -W. Hughes paid high tribute to both-of these great Tatriota of the South, and .JUL. y.WCI ... VfUHU, C,,.k federate veteran, closed with an elo quent address -upon tha shining vir tue of the Confederate chieftain, at the conclusion of which -he presented to the school in behalf of himself and other veterans " of the , county an" excellent and handsomely framed portrait of General Lee. . Mr. At kinson's ' offering ' was graciously ac cepted for the school by ' Professor Jones, tha superintendent, with' ap propriate expressions of --j apprecia tion. - . Rapid progress Is being made on the Colored Normal , School's ; new buildings. - 'The slate roof has beenr put on, and in a few -weeks the build ing will be completed. Company F (the Fayettevllle Inde pendent Light Infantry) A yesterday celebrated, Washington's - birthday, Saturday, the 22d, having been . in convenient for the purpose. Tlie ex ercises consisted of a parade, target firing, . the awarding. of prizes, etc. The friends of CaDtain X. H. Mc- Geachy,-of . this .city, have sent out to the .commissioned officers of ths Second 'Regiment ths following circu lar letter , signed by J. G. Hollings- worth, major; E. . R. MacKetha first lieutenant, 'and A. R. Williams second uenienani, 01 company r : "The officers of the Third Battalion Second N. C. N.-G., will propose he name of Capt.-N. H. McGeachy, com- manding Company F .(Fayettevllle Indepedent Light Infantry) for' pro motion-In the place of Major G. 'B Sellars, resigned.- Captain McGeachy is an efficient and experienced officer. having been connected with the State militia Since 1887.- He resides In Fay'etteville, the most accessible as sem&llng point -for the battalion, and la known -personallyto almost every officer arm man in it. His promotion Is the will of and meets with the approval, 01 the battalion. and we tnust that you will co-operat with us In electing him." Circular letters are also out sup porting Captain Cohen, of Goldsboro, and captain Rodman, or Washington N..C. ' .... EAGLES SECURE NEW QUARTERS The Winston-Salem1 Aerie Outirrows Old Building An Association of ' Tobacee , Auctioneers Proposed- Name of fair Is Changed. Winston-Salem. Feb. 28.' With but two- dissenting votes the Winston Salem Aerie. No. 733. Fraternal Or der of Eagles last night decided to secure - larger and more desirable quarters, and. 'the proposition of Messrs. .Brown and Carter tendering the - aerie the lease of the second floor of their building, on the corner of Main aftd Fourth" streets, was" ac cepted. The aerie, will move .Into its new quarters as soon" as tha neces sary ' changes can ' be made In ' the building. The new . quarters-will be handsomely furnished There Is a movement on foot to organize a Trl-State Association of Tobacco Auctioneers, ' composed of North and South Carolina and Vir ginia. It Is practically certain . that the - North Carolina auctioneers will form an association -and It Is very probable . that ' South Carolina and Virginia will come In. Col. G. E. Webb, of this city, edi tor of The Southern Tobacco Jour nal., is one of the leaders of the move ment and to him has been left the' arrangements for the meeting. Colonel Webb stated to-day that he would probably call a meeting to be held In May. He will extend an In vitation to the auctioneers to meet in this city, but as a majority of them live In the' eastern part of the 8tate 4t Is thought that they will prefer either Durham or. Raleigh as the place of first meeting. At a recent meeting of tho direc tors of the Piedmont Park Associa tion it was decided to change the name of the .county fair association to the Piedmont Fair Association and .take -In the following counties: Davie, Davidson, 8toke8,' Surry, Rocking ham, Wilkes and Ashe. The object of the "change In the name Is to make tho fair a greater institution than It has ever been. A meeting of the secretaries of the fair associations In the North Caro lina circuit will probably be held here one day this week at which a SPENCER'S RAILROAD Y. M. C. A. It Takes on New Life Under the New Secretary Its Doors Never Closed. Special to The Observer. Spencer, Feb. 28. The Southern Railway department of the Young Men's Christian Association at Spen- cer has taken on new life under the leadership of the new general secre- tary, Mr. B. F. Stevenson, who came here from Oakdale, Tenn., a few weeks ago,' and the organization Is rapidly taking its rightful place In the religious and social life of the town. The building, which is keot open twenty-four hours In the day; Is constantly crowded with young men who enjoy the exceptional priv ileges offered In the way of games, baths, reading - rooms, - rest rooms. etc- Mr. K. R. Kartsfleld, formerly. of Charlotte, Is the day assistant sec retary and cares for the building and Its patrons in a- most acceptable manner. The night secretary, Mr. J. 1 H. Williams, who came to Spencer from Wilmington, Is no less popular and efficient and la to be found on duty at all hours at night. Mr. W, agement th oclation Is now In ex cellent financial condition. Mr. J. W. Payne, formerly 'of Danville. Va haa charge of the Y. M. C. A. res taursnt and haa built up a large patronage among all classes of rail road men who are served at all hours day or night. The lodging rooms In the building, which are well furnish ed, heated and lighted,' ar in great demand and always Tilled. The Sunday afternoon meetings are ' music and -entertaining speakers ar always In (evidence. ..At t iVcent meeting of the com mittee of management Mr. H.- W. Holt, one of Spencer's pioneer cltl tens and a well-known locomotive engineer between this place and Sel mi, was elected chairman of th body. His.flnrt official act was to appoint the standing committee for th ensuing rear. MIUS AND MARKETS 1 sssHsswisasaMSss! SOUTHERN MILLS CREDITORS. Receiver Cone Makes Statement Showing Approximately $40,000 earnings in ,Jeven juomnsy Special to The Observer. . ; Bessemer . City, Feb. 28. A called meeting of the creditors of the South ern Cotton Mills was held here to day at the call of Receiver Ceasaf Cone and the following ' statement was submitted:. ASSETS.' . Plant ' .. Taken over by reoeiver $31.610.!3 Earned by receiver ... 33,961. - 871,571.48 , LIABILITIES. Bills payable 83S.1U.18 Mill accounts payable .... 71. 41131 Stor , so- , .counts pay 11.71S 17 $371,3.S . DEDUCTIONS, lncor- - Think rect $ IS71.63 Bank bal ances 415.37 Cone Com pany ac-. count ....... 36.&5S.60 i " 43.845.S6 $327,962.10 Ph .i.t.n..t .irnlnn by the receiver of 3fi,861.26 and a net indebtedness, after aeaucung uuiu assets, of 356. 390. 61. A creditors' committee was ap pointed consisting of Messrs. -J. A. Lopg, of Roxboro; John Blue, of Aberdeen; L. L. Jenkins, of Gastonla; Burton Cralge, of Salisbury. , and George Stephens, of Charlotte. Mr. Stephens was made chairman and the committee was Instructed to receive any proposition looking to a re-organization of the property and make recommendation to the creditors at a meeUng to. be called at an early date. -' A resolution was passed requesting the court to continue the receiver ship until the creditors decide upon some definite action. Georgia Cotton Mills to Reduce Wages 10 Per Cent. : -Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 26. At a meet ing of the executive committee of the Georgia Industrial Association, representing the cotton mills of the State, It was unanimously decided to make a reduction of 10 per cent. In wages of operatives, effective March 1st next. , It was also agreed that a curtailment of two daya a week or more where necessary, snail be put Into effect. ' r . The curtailment and reduction ; In wages. It Is said, are made necessary Dy tne depressed condition or the tex tile Industry, General Stoessel Prefers to Live. . St Petersburg Dispatch, tith. Lieutenant General Stoessel.. who on. February 20th was sentenced to: u7at,ii ji uic Burrcuucr ui. run Ar thur fortress to the Japanese has pe titioned Emperor Nicholas for a full pardon. The court recommended that the death sentence be commuted to 10 years' Imprisonment In a fortress and that the general be excluded from the service. Are you lacking health the ' easi est thing In the world to keep, the hardest to get? Holllster's Rocky : Mountain Tea is health itself. No other remedy so' effective. Satisfy j yourself, sac, Tea or Tablets, ti. H. Jordan A Co. v . It is a recognized fact that no "Snowdrift" user ever uses any oth er coojring-fat, for "Snowdrift"-' the Standard of quality fs-purity itself, made by Nature in the green fields of the JSunny South The top-most grade of cotton seed oil re fined by our original Wesson pro- ' cess No hog-lard it Wholesome, economical, digestible, healthful. As good as butter for. all cooking pur poses, and much cheaper. . THE SOUTH ERJsI wTorksSavamjahMtlanta Arew0rleanS' Chicago GUnnArJTEED UE3ISKEYS! All our goods ar guaranteed u ne'er tha Pur Foes) Law. v . If not satisfactory, money refanded on return ef goods, Goods shipped Tn plain paokageasamo slay ardor roeolvod. WE PREPAY ALL EXPKESS CHARGES; MeCarty Whisker, bottled la tMad. S-yt. eld sunk. Kr.... Dn Rtvw Rrs Oray Omm Hys ... IimpwHoo Kv...... . Oi.cbwooS Ry...,. Hirbspir. wy H. C. Cora Wblmkcy .-. Virsinia Corn WhMkey Vtry Old N. C Cora Whtakay .............. Swmn Qm noituifl ti. .... ............ ..... Appl. Brandy Vmy Old AppU Brandy, Pmcb Brudy.. OUR SPECIAL BRANDS I AMULET CORN WHISKEY, COCKADE WHISKEY, 4 Fmll Ot. Tin. Old Coppt Dhrttnd. KM 4 Fall Onrt O. EmooU and ttHow, tUi Kratttaaeaseaa fc Bad. by afr Ptwtal st Sxpraas Moatry Ordar. ar Kacte tmd Lattn. Prkaa aa,Ooe4 not Ustad wiU ba hifisaa4 apaa tasaaat Ths C:s:!r.5 Co, TfciO!dRsab!K.MrdKWM nichzcnJ, Va. - DCJr.V NEWS ITEMS. A New Paper Started at -Benson ... Personal Notes of Interest. '. Special to The Observer. v. - Dunn, Feb. 26. Mr. J, P.Plttman. editor bf The Guide here, "has openJ. an office In Benson and has with him Mr. Robert E. Lee, where they will , begin the Issue of .a- new- paper; which will be named The Spokes man. Mr. Pittman has made a .suc cess of hi business here and , no' doubt he and Mr. Lee will" succeed with their new Journal -. : V - Mr. Y. P. Tart, a, nawmlll man lt Cumberland, near here, had tbe ,mls- -: fortune to get his arm broken In mv. eral places at hla mill and. gin 'yes- ' terday morning. Dr. A. M. McKay, a 'prominent physician of Sumraen-llle, this coun ty. Is quite Sick- with pneumonia. -Mr. P. T. Massenrlll. who has been In the mercantile business) for fif teen years, has sold out to Mr..Gtd-.i dens, of Sampson. Rev. . J. W., r V T1 ' tit. t ' . preached at the Baptist church Sun-'' day morning and night. The ser mons were very strong and Instruc tive. Rev. A. J. Parker left -yesterday evening for Hamlet." where he -will assist the .Methodist pastor In a' meeting this wek. Rev. H. -M. North, or Trinity college, wlll flll Mr. -Parker's pulpit here next . Sunday -morning and night.. ; '.- (".- - - " . ,'.r..i Murder Trial Comes' "Up In 'Gaston Special to Th Observer. ' : , Gastonla. Feb. 28. Tha ' case against John and Will , Clonlngar. charged with the murder of John Mauney at High Shoals last ' August, will be called for trial In Superior Court at Dallas In the morning. , . one Travel Is the cheapest, safest, quickest, easiest way to' reach a distant points You avoid-the dust and dirt.'; -"Bell 'Telephone' long distance lines ena ble you to reach '.any '. city quickly and cheap ly. . It's the modern way to ' do ' business. It brings results. ' -4 C REASONABLE RATES Call No. 9050. : V' ! ; BELL SERVICE IS SATIS FACTOR? COTTON - OIL . m IN BOTTLES. IN JUGS. fwUlae. Ililhjs. 4f.lt t. 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