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4r CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, if AH CII 8, 1003. Publisher. very Day in (he Year SCBSCXUTTIOX PIUCE: Dally Oae year ' fax months J turn month a ' Kenil. Weekly 4.09 Z.00 One rear W-95 Ptx ironths ............ Three months PlBUSHERff JLXXOCXCEJIKXI No. 34 South Tryon street. Telephone numbers: Buainesa offica. Bell "bene 7; city editor office. Bell -phone IM, newa editors office. Bell 'phono .3. A subscriber In ordering the address of hii uwr changed, will pla ini e ate tne address to which tt U going at the time ha uu for the chance . to b made. Thia pap' elvei enrrespendent aa wide latitude aa It thlnka public pol icy permit, but it 1 In no case re rponslbl for their views, il Is muo.n fireferred . that correspondents sign heir names to their artieUs. especiai Jy ln-aa wtaer -tfoay attack. parscns tr Institutions, though this la not de manded. Hie editor reserve the ris-nt to rive the names of correspondents , when they are demanded for the pur poee of personal satisfaction, to re ceive consideration a communication must be accompanied by the true name of the correspondent. Advertising rates are furnished on application. Advertlaera may feel sure that through the columna of thia paper they may reach all -Charlotte and a portion of the best people In -tb s State and upper South Carolina. srXPAY, MARCH 8, 1908. THE FEAKFJ) AND WEI Aril ATED MIL KOOSKVELT. The New Tork Sun, a Kepubllcan ewspaper so far aa Its party affilia tions are visible, has for some time past assailed Mr. Roosevelt In the IllUri uiitlir.auii It .v .iter. ' " " ..w. hesitated to call the President of the United ftates "an unscrupulous demagogue." The Sun, indeed, now serves as the organ of the hatreds of certain great financial Interests and it fills this role with the bril liancy and vlndlctlveness which it has always had at command. We could earnestly deplore the uses to which ro great a newspaper is be ing degraded, but the matter In hand forbids. Enough to say - that these ttacks have reacted most' damaging ly upon The Sun's prestige without inflicting ' any real injury where aimed. Following The Bun's lead, though at a great distance, have, been two or more publications understood to be rather near relatives. One of these is The. North American Review, which in the matter of Mr. Roose velt has departed far from the fair ness and impartiality always ex pected of its kind. This observed de viation confers peculiar significance upon a special article in the .current, Review which, however sinister the conclusions reached, might, other wise be- supposed written and pub lished without actual bad faith. Not Only is the President of the United Plates attacked as mentally unsound but an intelligent reader must con clude that the attack proceeds from malice and conscious untruth. Tho article in question Is written by. Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, Insanity ex pert, and appears over his own sig nature aa the first of a series of five by various alienists which report credits The Review with having ob tained. Every nation, says Dr. Ham ilton, h opening his article, has suf fered at times from "psycnpathlc monarchs." He regrets that there Is so llttl" exact Information obtainable on this Important subject. - "It is only, he proceed to . declare, -witn to-day's knowledge of tho" Influences of psyeopathle heritage and develop ment of paranoid state in persona of defective organs that we are able to explain the place In literature of those dramatic and picturesque char acters, whose hysterical and de luslonal utterances hsve led, without question, to their acceptance as cano'nlzatlon." We quote more at lenrth: The existence 'of mob feeling. It Is huiiMirv in iiv la 1 M at nniar mnkinaVJL. eelf felt In tne condition or unnemement end not a little of it Is due to the exist ence of a temporary emntlnnal Instability which- should be out or pine in cnun try Ilk purs, where Anclo-8nxnn Ideals liave always exisled. and where sturdy men of healthy mentality nave r:wi.ve governed us. Perhaps w are mire tlmn ever in need of discipline and the con trolling Influence of official d!nlly, for never In the history of the country has our 'population been so suceitlll to the influence of the moment as It Is at the present time.. 4 - ' "The power vested In a President of the t'nited states is so great If there be pot snnlty, self-control and self-re.xpect, and a reeard for the rights of every one, its Immoderate and irrational ne may he readily dlrecte.l In a way which may be compared with the tyranny of any of the worst monarchs of other axes." Certainly a great deal of this might be said with entire truth and propriety if the insanity talk liad not accompanied It. Mr. Roosevelt , has Indeed been guilty of excessive emotionalism, and has In conse quence done unnecessary harm along with good, but he Is Infinitely -far from deserving to be pilloried as a seml-lunatlc by a writer who uses the language of science and Impartial investigation for the double purpose of velllnr the malice of the sttni-li and lncrealng Its effectiveness. Xow, comes The fun .with some wild statements manifestly un; poieiy to injure ana oiecreail jt r. Roosevelt and 'Roosevelt Candidate Taft. These citations we' made. In yesterday's paper it Is worth while to repeat them: . "If Mr. Taft were to aeetire tlie Repub lican nomination, a contingency which baa been effectively provided aralnst. he could not be elecUsd. The Demoeratlc candidate, whether ffearst or Bryan, would -win. We mention Hearst because of that ent!eman activities and bi cause he hs inaugurated f'r bit party a new national policy of eonaervaiifnt and tit condemnation of the Insane aoftalistie and lawless proclivities' of Rrw.t and I-iryan. Moreover, Mr. Hearst'a denutida. tion ef boycotting, aa criminal and un American, the studied reepeot with which r receives th recer.t decisions of the f jTWm Co'irt, sed his apparent con demnation cf pr;i!ega as the right er J. r. CALDWELL 0. A. TOMFKLNS appanage of any special class hare st tracted marked and ravoraoie attention throughout the. country, and are un doubtedly going to prove, an Important factor at Denver. Just at present he is the only figure- in the field to divide dis cussion with Mr. Bryan, and the Interest he Inspires will Increase rather than diminish from thia time onward. Besldea, It may he that Mr. Hearst's personal or moral character, beins superior to that! of Mr. Bryan, his association of himself , . , ' I with Ideaa of constitutional and coneer - vative Import may prove to have a wide- spread and far-reaching Influence. "breaking of our Rate, we record our conviction that no Republican candidate. and we particularly Include Mr. Rooee - yelt himself, can carry It against Bryan. Hearst, or any other Democrat that may he placed - In nomination at Denver. There are mighty and revolutionary changes operating In the political land scape. Everybody knows that Mr. Bryan Is politically dead In the East and that If he makes a respectable show. Ing In that section so essential to Democratic success It will be due to support from Mr. Hearst, of which there are " no present ' Indications. Mr. Hearst'a recent denunciation of boycotting and his respectful ac ceptance of United States Supreme Court decisions are indeed com mendable, whatever the motives be. hind. . but commendation which merely former- part -f an attack up- on Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan would not be likely to help him even if the source were different. The Intimation that Mr. Hearst should receive the Democratic nomination at Denver and the accompanying declaration about ' his personal or moral character being superior to that of Mr. Bryan" can only indicate that Mr. Roosevelt's enemies are well-nigh frantic. In their present mood they feel- willing not only to employ thoroughly unscrupulous tac tics against him and his before the Republican convention, but, falling n that, to trust In the safely Repub lican Senate and support at the polls any Democratic candidate short of an avowed anarchist. 'Anything on earth to re-capture the Republican party, discredit Roosevelt reform policies and damn them forever, We have no Idea that this mood will lust until the election, but it is very much in evidence to-day. Though Mr. Hearst ranks ahead. even Mr. Bryan Is looked upon with a sort of favor. Such are some of the tactics which the President's Irreconcilable foes In side the Republican party are em ploying against him. During some time -also, though none of the publi cations mentioned above appears to have been used for this work. Insin uations of a peculiarly vicious sort have been set afloat regarding the President The public, has been told. chiefly through thousand-tongued rumor born in Wall Street, that Mr. Roosevelt Is a dipsomaniac and that his public utterances are the vapors of an alcohol-Inflamed brain this rumor against a man temperate in all personal habits from his youth p with the enlightened temperance of a lover of efflcleney and now a hardy athlete at fifty. No wonder one full of combative Instinct and hot by any means gifted with uir- shakable patlenco should, .as In a re cent message, counter upon hli per secutors with something of their own violence. It Is easy to decry Mr. Roosevelt'a corporation reform activities as mere stagn performance, but the fear and hatred, displayed by the "predatory wealth" aimed at tell altogether a different story. lOra,AI)VEUTUI.VG PAY? . It does and it does not. Here Is an article from The Fourth Estate, a newspaper trade paper of New Tork: ."The Success Publishing Company, whose offices are situated tei the eighth floor of the New York t'nlverslty Build ing. 32 Wa-verly rime. New York, want ed a clerk, and the Accountancy Pub Hshlng Company, In the same building, needed an offlra boy one day last week "KhcIi concern put a smalt ad. In one of the dally newspapers apt! more than tiK) men and boys applied for the posi tions. "The two crowds met and In some un explained way the doors of the Account ancy ofIce were forced and a lot of the office furniture wns broken. "After a riot call the police arrested twenty-three men. who were later dls charged in a magistrate's court for want of evidence. The Accountancy Company, view ing the wreck of Its office furniture, would no doubt declare, If closely preened, that in the case In question it has ascertained that advertising did not pay. Cardinal Gibbons, discussing re cently the liquor question, expressed the opinion that the best method of dealing with the problem Is by high license and strict regulation In cities and by local option In smaller com munities; and one Rev. J. B. Canflll, of Texas, replying to him says: Turdlnal Olhlions, of the Catholic Church, has been heard from. He seems to arree perfectly with Cardinal Adol- phus Hiiscli. or tne Anlieuser-Iliisch Aa- soclMtlon, of Pt. lyotils. The Hon. John P. St. John, our peerless leader of a qusrfer of a century ago, once .tld In a speech In my hearing, that the ad vocacy of the liquor traffic was always bottomed on either Ignorance, avarice, or appetite. In the case of men like Olb botis, it cannot be ignorance, though tt ma" be appetite Instead of avarice. In deed, It may be both avarice and appe tite. When a man announces such views as Oltibong announces ha otiKht exchange his surplice for a white apron, bis prayer-book for an Ice pick, and go to keeping bar." This arraignment 'of Cardinal Gib bons carries Its own comment. The failure of the Cannon forces to carry Uullford suggests a serious dubt s to whether they can carry a county In the State. When the North Carolina Republican who Is out goes up against Mr. Offlee-Holdrr he is against a serious proposition. Tho press of the State Is lending welcome aid to Charlotte's efforts to secure the Democratic State conven tion. Which is a reminder to7 Char lotte that she must 'not herself fall of any effort in the matter. Only one of the four Democratic members of the Kentucky Legisla ture who voted for Bradley for Sen ator against Beckham was burned In effigy. Would It not have ben In good Kentucky form to hte killed thm all? - J A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. Some days ago The Columbia State said: , : "Why was Berry B. Mobley. shot te death on a train In Lancaster county by Grover Welsh? There waa no personal conflict; no sudden heat and passion. Mobley waa going to consult his attorney ft-ha was 1a A1nA him tnr the slavinc of a brother of Welsh's. The living t . . C.O.I, LUIITCIMIll ,,!, HI. ftdUVIM i criminal i,i.tnn, anih r.mii.. ini Welsh, conversant with the general I the local history of Lancaater county, had no reason to believe that Mobley WOuld be punished. And he had reaaon n hn.w ih.i if h. nmiui k- mi. I aVenger he would not be punlahed by the , aw. the failure of the law Incited Welah to slay his brother's slayer) the failure of the law encouraged him to do so without fear of man-inflicted punish ment. The only escape from feud and anarchy is through the enforcement of the law. Judges can net too frequently) nammer mat into tne juries. ' We do not copy this with a pur- pose to cast any atones at South Car- ollna, for under the same condition of facts of what of our States could not the same things be said? How cheaply life is held can best be told by a comparison of our homicide sta- tlstlcs with the statistics of legal exe cutions. ' , They must have curious politics ind a curious population In Ken- tucky. The IulrvHleXourIerJour- nal speaks incidentally of the late Judge James Hargis, of - Breathitt county, who had killed we don't re- m.mh.r hnw At- h. v,., Vi. , the hands of his son Beecti ar hav- Ing been the "unquestioned boss" of the Democratic party of the tenth congressional district The Duplin county jail controversy havlna- suhaided at lent ttr,nrtrBrll ---BP - " SVK.fV we should like to know how the reg- ister oi ueeas or ,aswen county, wno is under fire for having Invested the people's money In a typewriter for his office, Is coming- along with his .. Inasmuch as lynching is not even annoyable by Jaw In .Georgia, the men at Hawklnavllle who gave the latest killlng-and-burnlng perform ance rather puzsie us by their re ported action In wearing masks. . It must have been merely a matter of appropriate costume, or else a grim joke. Most members of that Minnesota Democratic State executive commjt- tee which endorsed Governor John son for President by a large majority have re placed themselves in an attitude unconcealed rebellilon against the of autocrat of All the Party.. Treason! OUAIU.OTTK HEADQUARTERS. Territorial Committee of the Y. -W, i ' a I.Vi- Iha flHMillnii anil Vie. glnla to Have Offices la This City The Work "VeMerday. The provisional territorial commit- ,0. ovVnfand Mon ir.yrafttyowanrd the ner" rneUanllon STSMS SE trlct means large advancement for the. cause ot the association In the of the morning was opened with an impressive devotional service, con- durted by Mrs. Frank Slier. Her subject was John's view ot the king dom in his early and in later lire. MIms Julia Alexander presided at the meeting. The provisional committee win have charge of the work of the T. W. C. A. In the three States until the appointment of the- permanent committee, which will probably take place at the Ashevllle conference m jur,e. At the meeting yesterday it was ...l.l. V. . , V. a Wab ln.ia.lnr. - V.a I errltnrlsl committee shall be lorat- I r III V . 11.1 u,,. .w,,i w " . - ..... I as onices have Deen secured in tne Lawyers Building. Miss Anna D. easier. was appointed executive see- retary; Miss 14 B. Garrison, student xnat lie iiatl urnns: wmwrr e secretary, and as the neeJs of the cently. work Increase other secretaries will I be appointed. A vote of thanks was passed to the national board for its Interest In the work in these States, to Miss Elizabeth Clark, for her pres ence and help, and to Miss Casler for her untiring work. The committee took luncheon in the. private dining room of the Sel- members enjoyed at this time. The place cards were the gift of the mem- iters of the association at Elizabeth College, anj the violets, hyacinths and jonquils from those of 'the Presbyte rian College. Other flowers were the gift of friends in the city. The reception In the afternoon was well attended and Interesting address- i-s were delivered by Mr. H. O. Bern- haft and Miss Lillian Long. The re mainder of the time was spent in social intercourse." The officers of the provisional com mittee are the following-named la Jles: Chairman, Miss Julia Alex ander: secretary. Miss Lily Lon; treasurer, Miss Louise Wadsworth; chairman of finance committee, Mrs. pi T- Durham. .. . , , " ,. Alabama Fend Has Tragic Ending;. Decatur. Ala.. March 7. A feud between the families of V. F. Hoi- land and J. w. Turner, farmers or Lawrence county, naa a tragic enaing nt Caddo, Tenn., 10 miles west ot De catur to-day and as a result Walter Holland Is dead, stabbed by a son of J. W. Turner; W. F. Holland may die and J. w. Turner Is seriously injured.) J. W. Turner had been on trial be- fore a magistrate for trespassing on) Holland's land. After the trial one of the Hollands accused him of swear- Ing to a lie. Then the fight started, Two eons of Turner escaped and offi- cer, are pursuing them. Tlie Mayflower Floated. Norfolk. Va., Mirch 7. The yacht Mayflower, which grounded on Thim a .ai. Vv I W . .. a. , a. I sw. I ble Shoa's In lower Chesapeake bay -arly yesterday while eft route from Washington to Norfolk navy yard, waa floated at It: IS p. m. to-day and proceeded for the Norfolk navy yard. where she will be docked at once to determine what damage, if any, had been done to her bottom by the grounding. Ixiiilslsna 'Officer Murdered. Alexandria. 1., March 7. It was learned to-day that Deputy Sheriff C. C. Johnson, of Glenmora, waa murdered last night while seated In his bedroom, wls-re his wife was 111. He waa shot by a person on the out- elile throush an open window, and no clue to nia assailant nas neen found. Wa Arritea at AVsehlngion. Washington. March 7. -Minister Wu Ttng-fang. who nas returned to the United States as China's diplo matic representative, after several years' absence, arrived in Wihteg ton to-oight. v TTXXEI, GAS KILLS FOUR. I Accident In tlae Pennsylvania, Railroad I Tunnel at Baltimore TWrt-en FU "Ul."M1 our ujy uw Baltimore, March 7. Thirteen rail- road laborers were overcome by gas in .the Pennsylvania tunnel here to- dtoy. Four died and 10 were ex badly affected that they were taken to hoapicala. Tho others revived. Three of the dead) are negroes, the other is a white man. io men were at-work- gTading In the. tunnel which extends from Nprth avenue just west of union station to Pennsylvania avenue. It forms one of "rle ot tunnels of the Pennsyl I van la Railroad under this city. There, were but 21 men in, the tun- neL Beslcie. the four dead, nine were overcome, while the remainder were but slightly affected. Some of these I latter crawled distance of 3 blocks to an opening and gave the alarm. A rescuing party with an engine and one cax WJU aw to ne tunnel ana tne dead bodies and the remaining work' men were tAken in tinlnn .talnn Two. who were in a serious condition. ( and 7 others less affected were aent to the city hospital, where It was said later ' would recover. I Gilmore, assistant trainmaster of the Wfla A mvitArv n Kim TK mam t. been working: about hours and trains had been passing all morning ana none Jvad been apparently affected. AH were overcome at the , same mo ment and all dropped at about the same time. Such an accident, he ad ded, had never before occurred In their tunnels, KiNICICEItBOCKER TO RESUME. Order Granted Tor theR-Opninjr of Big Trust Company Marks an Era of Reconstruction In the Fi nancial World. New York. March 7. Marking the fdvent of another progressive period cT.W InTuSl" 'worV" was the order granted to-day by Justice Clark In the Supreme Court, State n Island, for tho re-opening on March J6th next of the Knickerbocker Trt-st Company, Vhose suspension last Oc tober, following a twe days' ' bank I""' 'nvolved tne wrings of nortrly S0.000 depositors, brought the presi- llZJl"?"'- ??"1f?.T; -d precTpUated Vch7n The reopening of the irnlcker- l,' nc 4 tanTfhi K' 'I'L' lhi"C release to the welfare of th com munity assets aggregating $46,370, 620. The granting ' of the" resump tion order was reflected In a smart advance in security values 'to-day on the stock exchange. - "The re-openlng of the Knicker bocker Trust Company," declared James Russell Soley, -of counsel for "e.aeP0.sllor" ?r ... " -i"'?'"1: w" ""vo """uri'"s . , ,n,5r i?p.on th ,0CaI "nancl,a,1 '' . li, ion tne gione. it i mo ucoi hiuik tnai naa nappenea einco mo panic, h-m UUJC-i.' rvvo , . I 1 A 1 .1 KA-.-in-i Tl nil , ni-il R-. - 7 7 row wsyta leacjiers-jiie uoy- , ernor Jtepnc w tnarg" .-.laao Special to The Observer. Wlnston-Salem, March 7. Gov. R B. Glenn and Prof. E. C. Brooks, professor of education at Trinity College. Durham, addressed the county teachers' association there to-day, Mr. Brooks speaking In the morning and Governor Glenn in thu afternoon. Mr. Brooks made what is pronounced one of the best educa tional addresses for the character ev er delivered here, speaking; upon the slavish use of text-books, in nis aa dress he declared that newspapers and magailncs shouid be studied in schools. Governor Glenn spoke along; gener al educational lines until toward the close, when he spoxe for 20 minutes on the prohibition question. He ae clared that he had not taken a drop of whiskey In three years and aaid that any man who accused him was utterly false. Replying to the charge that he drank in Fayetteville recent ly, he said that he had not been there In 18 months. Ue denied the cnarK8 tnat ha8 been made that he WM makig a nght for political glory and declared that he had rather see wlpJed out ot the gtate than have the highest office in the gift of the American people. He says he will practice law here after January 1st next. FAIRVIEW NOT DISPOSED OF. Secretary of Mr. Brokaw Gives Out s Statement to This Effect and Register of Deeds VertBes It. To the Editor of The Observer: Mr. Brokaw has requestea me to refute the i error m tne statement - mat appearea in tne vario". pap. '-- 'TITS v.rUUlT irew Park - gJn.ll Wl . - " - " to his uncle, Mr. William uuuiu, ins statement Is a fabulous concoction on lha Dart 0f some uninformed person. or persons, and should e coniraaici- . . . . d without delay. jrir. croKiw naa not parted nor has Tie ever naa xne slightest Intention to part, with the estate: he Is far too keen a sports man for that and has In the past eighteen months openly averred his preference for the Plate and Uga'.l declared "Falrvlew Park" to be his residence. On the strength of these. facts. I would be glad If you will s;lve this letter prominence in your columns, and so spare Mr. Brokaw further an- noyance. ; - WALTER H. BTFORD. Secretary to Mr. W. O. , Brokaw. New Tork, March 4th. Asheboro. N. C. March th. 1808. To Whom It May Concern: This l to certify that there Is no deed on record In Randolph county showing that Mr. W. O. Brokaw has parted with his property in this county. ' J. P. UROrOH. ' Hef liter of Deeds. - TJffff nOJIE RULE STRUGGLE. Sfoiempnt in IrelaMx DaJps From I"ormation of tho Homo Govern ment Association tn Dablla In 1870 -jxime of the Principal Event Connected With the Movement. To the Editor of 'ihe Observer: ptease give me in next Sunday's Observer the principal events connect. ed with the Irish struggle for home rule. You will greatly oblige, ADMIRER. Hickory, March 6th, 1908. . IThe bloody but unsuccessful re. bellton with Frenchraid-andin asso ciation with the exiled James II dart-l ing the reign of William III, and lesser uprisings before or since, including the fiasco which cost eloquent young Robert Emmett his ilfe. hardly call for more than bar recital in this connection. That movement with which the term "home rule" . has come to be associated is of a more practical nature and dates from the formation of the Home- Government Association at Dublin in 1870. Most home rulers stand for an Irish Par llament to conduct all Internal af fairs, while not a few others declare openly for absolute independence. At the 1874 elections the home rule party elected 0 members to Parlia ment and by 1888 the brilliant Charles Stuart Parnell, who apeedlly achieved .leadership . of the move ment, had 86 members at his back. The conquest of Mr. Gladstone was a great gain and In 1883 a homo rule bill was brought In by the then Lib eral party chief. Upon the bill be ing thrown out by the House of Lords Mr. Gladstone appeaiea to tne coun try but suffered an overwhelming de feat, the voters sustaining- the Lords. Broadly speaking, the Conservatives (or unionists) to-aay oppose irian home rule, while the Liberals, though vry half-heartedly, favor it. One of the principal groups making; up the present Liberal government's ma lority in the House of Commons is the Irish element. During recent months, however, a new movement known as the Sinn Fein, which fa vors abandonment . of present politi cal alliances and an attempt to in augurate home rule by establishing a Parliament whose decrees Irishmen shall obey though not legally bound to Jo so. has made great headway. The home rule agitation has from the first been barely supported Dy con tributions sent from this country. It Is almost as much religious aa racial In Its motive, and the practical ob jections raised to it are many. Most vigorous among' the objectors, natu rally, are the large iProtestant ana Saxon (Scotch-Irish) population of northern Ireland with their marked prosperity and great industrial City of Belfast. The traditional antag onism in sentiment between these people and native Irishmen unfortu nately continues to no small extent and there la. likewise an antagonism ot solid Interests. Though the land question was long a burning one In most of Ireland, this Issue has for some time past had little merit, for the; country's land laws are the most liberal f any In the world. ' "The Irish question" has for centuries presented a puzzle, and its solution is not yet Observer. DR. ALEiAiVDER IS ERROR. Ewart Burying; Ground Referred to By Him as Baker's The Latter Some Eight Stiles Distant. To the .Editor of The Observer:' With the greatest respect for my good - friend. Dr. J. B. Alexander, -1 want to state that the burying gTound he referred to in his letter in The Observer several weeks ago on the Davidson family and in his history of Mecklenburg county Is not Baker's. I .was reared within 800 yards of the place he calls Baker's graveyard. It is on the old Potts place now owned by Mr, J. V. Knox, near the Beattie's Ford road, one and one half miles north of Gilead church. It was known in its early days as Ewart graveyard. - . Baker's graveyard Is about three miles northeast of Beattie's Ford, in Iredell county,-about 800 yards from the old stage road, running from Sal isbury to Uncelnton, and on the old Torrence place which I Inherited from my mother and still own. I think Baker's the oldest bury ing gTound in this part of the State. Samuel . Wilson was buried there November ISth, 1778. James Connor and Lillle, his wife, nave very fine tombs. James served through the revolutionary war and died at the age of 81 years. Other prominent people burled there are the Lawsons, V hltes, McDowells Brevards. Mc- Corkles, Glvens, McConnells, Han nas and many others. This ground is enclosed with a good rock wall and Iron sate. -- The - Connors, Brevards - and Mc Dowells have a very - strong Iron fence around their plot. Hugh Law son Is buried there. He Is the grand father of Hugh Lawson White, of Tennessee, who was a candidate for President In Henry Clay's time. Dr. Alexander is correct as to the Bakers living there and the Mission ary Thompson dying at Mr. Baker's ana Deing ouriea unaer xne nouse. 1 have heard our oldest people say so many times. So I Will say that Ba ker's burying ground is at least eight miles north of the one he speaks of and la In Iredell county. Mr. Spratt. county surveyor, estaonsned tne county line .about 400 yards south of It. W. A, POTTS, Davidson, March th. Norfolk Police Chief Goes to Ex- amine Hamilton. . Norfolk.; Va., March 7. Chief of Pollcs Boush, of 'this city, left to night for New Orleans for a per sonal Investigation before formal action is taken In the matter' of the extradition of George , Hamilton, un der arrest there as T. Clayton Felker, suspected of the murder and robbery of Alston H. Bprry, of Rome, Ga In a local hotel October ZOth, 1907. There is no Indictment here against Felker, but Chief Boush expects to obtain evidence In Now Orleans that could be used here in finding one. Relieved to He the Right Man. New ' Orleans, La., March 7. The police here believe that Clayton Felker Is the real name of the pris oner registered as George Hamilton. Dispatches from Dslton. Ga.. say that Felker Is well. known there and that George Hamilton, one of the most prominent young men of Pal ton. Ga., has been greatly annoyed by the use of alias George Hamilton, by Felk er. . X mmtmimtm'mmmm -j IS ssMisssssaaSasaSSasaaai 4HU4M.TIHT4vHt4) fc n So vhat difference does it is here, just ' so it it; you must, have Just now we were OILS meet your wants, for . every department rich with the bright new shades of terials and garments that make one. feel spring time in their bones by their very looks. ; Are we selling themt Well, yes people are buying in; every line. Ready-to-Wear Clothes for . Men; Women and Children; Shoes, Oxfords, Pumps, Men's and Ladies' Furnishings, and a good big v start in Coat Suits, and just a starter in Millinery, and a good 'beginning in Mattings," as well as. China, Crockery, Glassware,- etc. S.o "It Looks Like It, If It Is Not It." ; SPECIAL Big freight shipment Val Lace and Insertion to match reached us 30 days late. Monday the ; entire lot goes on sale at reduced prices. Ex ample: All 5c. quality 50c. per dozen, all 10c. quality $1.00 per dozen and all other grades at the same reductions.' Remember these Lace3 were marked cheap before this great reduc tion. .' ' ' BEAL LACE ROBES . Genuine Imported Lace Robes, White and . Black, all hand finished. Price each. . .. ... .... ...$75.00 FIGURED NETS l ' . ! ' -' ' ''-.' ..'' ' WTiite, Cream, Ecru and Paris shades Filet and round mesh Nets, 45 inches wide. Price the yard : ... ...... .... e -.p 60c, 75c, $1.00 DRESS TRIMMINGS v New Motifs, ledallions, Lace Bands, Soutache Braids, all colors; Pull Braids, Persian Bands, etc. Demonstration of the Security Belt Buckle this week, first floor Trade street store. , "l J TT fTTTTTf 44t44flwtt44tf4MMTti M make whether real Spring looks like it, feels like clothes suited to it. . ' never better prepared tot 13 ma- mmnfnmiiniwii i n n
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 8, 1908, edition 1
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