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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, APRIL 12, 1CC1 1MB m q o SA' Li !5 "V ' - . '' 1 . Oa account of our needinfifa, greater portion of the room at present occupied by our stock,' to carry on" the remodeling of our, store, It is necessary that the stock be disposed of quickly this is exactly what we propose r doing. Ordinarily we might not be so sure of being able to dispose of such an amount of stoclrl but the price put on our goods for this "Remodel 35ale" we arecertaln will make purchasers.' It will only , necessitate a visit to our store and: an inspection to quickly convince any doubters of our absolute good faith in this sale. -We must have the space and have put prices on the entire stock that would not under tny. other circumstance be 'considered for a moment1- i i-Ci . v, : ; v-Vv zi-::;z:JC-i : . r v JThere Is no home so complete as to not permit jot a few additions in Jtha fumishing' line, , so ; this sale not only provides an excellent opportunity to add to the more' completely furnished homes but also to those 4esiring to. fit up their homes completely. . . BEGINS AT' AN EARLY DATE. V V ' ' Positively any part of our stock remaining after the close of our "Remodel Sale" will- not again, "be offered the public at such reducedprices If you delay nowyour purchases don't ask us later, when we have our new store completed and with an abundance of room, to make you the prices prevailing at i our present-sale. Such furnishings at the prices asked have never before-been offered in Charlotte. -v All goods marked in plain figures a 'child can trade here just as well -as a grown person. A strictly honest reduc tion of prices, prevails here. We stake our reputation, as honest home furnishers to this proposition. Brassiandjron Beds White Enamel Beds, regular priee $1.50; sale price..... ..... . ..92.50 .White Enamel Beds with brau trimmings, regular price $5.00; sale price . 7.... ? ,$.7S "White" Enamel Bed wlth"brasrimmtng7rJr l-4ln.post,nregularT price- JI4.50; dale price..... ; -. ...911.00 Brass Beds. 2 -la. post, polish or satin finish, regular price 130.00; sale price.;.... ....... 922.50 Brasseds, J-in. continuous post poles. Tegular price 165.0,0; sale price ...... .; i'.. 940.00 Brass Beds, l-ln square post," satin, regular price 175. 00; sale price $57.00 White Enamel Cribs with drop side rails, regular .price $0.00; sale price ,.I4.S0 Whit Enamel Cribs, brass trimmings-and drop sld'eTraila, regular price v - - 10.00; sale price. ...... uMi-.TTr.rml,M- White Enamel Safety Crib, drop side rails, regular price 112.00; sale price .'.. ..,.,.$8.75 ...Oxidized Metal Costumers, regular $1.50; sale price ......$2.25 Brass Costumers, satin or polish finish, regular, price" 114.50; sale price ...... .. ...i... - (.,. ,?.7 , ,, $11,00 r istr --..V'.-.. ,''' Folding Carts; regular price' IJ.EO. Sale price. .T;. 92.29 Folding Carts; regular price. $1.50. 7 Sale price .V. .. .V ........94.79 Collapsible Go-Carts; regular price $7.50. - Bale price.-, '. - .7 . . . . $5.75 Collapsible Oo-Carts: regular prica $10.00. j 8ale-, price ' ,;, , ..97.79 Regular Ooart. nicely upholstered and wU parasol; regular " price , $11.50. Bale price ..v..,.,... .... . ;... : ..... .99.75 Go-Cart . built of One reed, nicely upholstered and parasol; regular price $22.50. ... Sale price, i. . j, , ,'. ..-. .v.. v., .919.7 Splendid Brown Hood Cartf regular-price- $21.00. Sale prtce. .. .,$10.25 , When -you buy the Allwln or Wakefleld Cart 70a will hare one of the estr - -i - ' - '- . ' r . G ouches Parlor Furniture Spring la just the time to furnish your parlor ' and you can take ad vantage of this special reduction sale and save from 25 to 40 per cent on parlor furnishings. 1- plece MahogaM Parlor Suit, upholstered In green velour; regular price $37.50. tOfle price 928.00 2- plece Mahogany Parlor Suit, loose cushion; regular price $35.00. Sale i prlce... . ,t. . . ; .....92S.75 1-plece Mahogany or Oak Suit, leather cushions; regular price $45.00, Sale price...... . .'. $33.75 t-piece Mahogany Parlor Suit, velour upholstering; regular price $45.00. Bale price.,., ..... .$30.75 (piece Mahogany Parlor Suit, etlk verona; regular price $85.00. Sale .price.... ..... ..... ..... .r.... 7.7". 961.00 (-piece Oak or Mahogany Parlor Suits, upholstered in leather; regular price $00.00. Sale price 907.75 Mahogany Divans, loose cushions; regular price $12.00. Sale price v.. 9S.75 Odd Parlor Chairs at prices from. --. . .. ,T ... .99.25 to $10.00 Velour Couches; regular price $1.50. Sale price., j. .......... ...9 6.25 Velour Couches, roll edge; regular price tlO OO. Sale price.;.. . .911.75 Silk Verona Couches, roll edge; regular price. $21.50. Sale price 919.00 " Pantaaote Couches, plain or tufWd; regular price $16.50. Sale price .. ........7 i....:.. .. ...... ..912.00 Leather Couches, Oak frame, tufted;" regular price $30-00. Sale" price .' . . . . . r ,,.... .... ..7. ..... ..... .... 929.7S Leather. Couch.' quarter sawed Oak frame, tufted; regular price $15.00. Sale price ..v.... .....v.... ..... ..... ...921.79 Large Leather Couch. Mahogany frame, hair filled and Am tufting; regu lar price $t 1.50. Sale pric.,v1r;wM-v...r-.;r7;rMV;i.$i7.t5 - Mahogany Davenport,- beautifully upholstered; regular price $40.00. - Sale - . - price. . . , ... . "i . - -'.77 . .928.75" -Dining Room Furniture , $-ft. Extension Oak Table; regular price $$.00. f Bala price. . . . . . ,9.0 .. (-ft. Extension Oak. Table, heavy legs; regular price $17.50. Sale price - ".;;."- ....7; ..7.. s 7 ..i;;,..:tMS, 6-ft Pedestal Table, Golden or JEar ly English "'finish; regular price H V , $ 1 7.00. Sale price . ...-. 7. '....,. . . . . '.-....-. .912.25 l-ft. Pedestal Table, Golden Oak or-Early English finish; regular prlco . $35.00, Sale price...... ..... ,.' ... .... ..920.75 ' Golden Oakr Buffet; regular price $11.(0. Sale price.....,., ,....$14.25 , Early English Buffet; regular price $25.00. - Sale price. ....... .910.25 ' ' Early English Buffet; regular price $40.00.- Sale price..... ......$47.25 Oak China Closet; regular price 1 20. 00. Sale price.. .... 910.25 1 Oak China Closet; regular price $40.00. Sale price ' .. .......... .$81.75 '-Mahogany China Closet; regular price $55.00. Sale price.. ...... :.$4J.OO ) - Mahogany China Closet; reguUr price $11.00. Bale price... .. i., $20.25 . We prefer to glTO oar trade the hrnefit of the profit "oa our stock rattier than turn the contractor loose In our store and run the risk of bavins; the goods damaged and then be forced to sell at a bis; discount. ' Re member, everything guaranteed to be Just as represented.- It will pay out-of-town people who are thinking or furnishing their home or dab to attend this mammoth sale, as the saving is from 25 to 40 per cent. 209211 South Tryon Street riiiiPiiPw& - fytion -z.:' . vfT- . - '' .1 y J 4 Ir.s rA LITERARY. PILGRIMAGE- TO LONDOM Doubtless the strongest impression on seeing Lrindon lor the first time it the paradoxical one that w have seen if ifore. -It - is-the elusive thought, "this happened in a previous existence," which is both tantalizing and fasclialing.nBufit does not Te 7 quire a belief in re-lncarnatlon to ex "rUiin this feeling. We have been to London man times. Our first visit was hn eur. tiny j.lnk toes moved -" In see-saw fashion to the tune . "One foot tip and one foot down. Our next Journey was with a fluffy . ' "white kitten in the rhyme ttz s "Pussy cat, pussy cat. where hare ' yoa'beea?--" : : Tve been to London to see the ; . Queen." . . . - : Soon after we traveled with the lonely . bachelor when .. " "The rats and the mice , ' . - They led him such a life He had to go to London '.. . . To get hlra a wife." -. ---r We venture to sayr parenthetically, that his eonrtahip would not have been so successful If he had revealed why be- had become-a convert to matrimony. . Once araln we made the Jounrney with a felifee friend as guide in the thrilling story of Dick Whlttlngton . an his eat. , ' l So by islow stages we- progressed till we learned royal" Londnn with Fhakespesre and Scott, the life of the coffee - houses with Addison snd Kteele, - I5lgrav!a with Bearonsneld and Thackeray. Parliament with Ma rauley and McCarthy, the - Middle Class, the City and, East-End 'JrTga-t. on of tne most beautiful eenv Wkens and Besartt. . the Glddlsh Quarter with Zangwih. And so well hare we vroflted by our literary travels that to-day we are more fa miliar with the names of London -etretsr than-these . of the -cityin - which' we live. . v ; Any. visit t' London mot necs earlly.be a literary pilgrimage. We rouil aot If we mould escape from tvese associates. From Chaueer t i.Artr'ul there is an almost unbrok- i line- of . literary land mark Hers U the. old Tabard 'Inn. from which tve Caj.er-ury . Pilgrims started on t ct Journey. In Chesride Is the -rraid Tavern. Where 6hakepeare, -j Jobaon, Beaumont and Fletch r ra'hrl thrt swords of repartee 1 1 their rts of eatlre. In this - e l al'y Milton i bom. SC6IE 51. UECK SSflTH. The house where David Oarrlck lived and died is still standing and nearby Is the grave of Goldsmith; In King street Edmond Spenser died of starvation. uavislted by a Faerie Queens waving a magic wand to transforiH-Tstt" povenrlftto -wealth." his tnUerjrlnta glory; In Bow street we see the house In which (Fielding wrote v. Tom Joines, winning a place In literature for -the novel. Here again Is a tavern sacred to the memory of Johnson, Boswell and Goldsmith. We can . almost see the obsequious Boswell- pencil and note book in hand. In Fleet street stood the " millinery shop of, Iiaak Walton, - where-he dwelt In body while In spirit he was by a stream casting his line and watching the shining bodies flirt with his bait. It was in Fleet - street, also, that Isaac Newton presided over, the Royal 60 clty and here Dickens "In a dark letter box. in a dark office, up a dark cccrt in Fleet rstret dropped his first contribution to the press." There are two localities of London particularly hallowed by literary as sociations. Beginning at Regent's Park -and -mlng-down by- Hump stead and Htghgate we pass the home of George Eliot, a quiet old fashioned house, where she wrote . Felix Holt and fftcmola. Then we stray upon the house In. which Dr. Johnaon- wrote "The Vanity of Humaa Wlshee," and within a stone's throw: Is the house where Besant spent his last years. A little) fsrther on is the tavern in which the famous Kit Kt Club held It Summer slanees with Pope, Swift, fteele and Addison . as members. Passing on : we come to one - of the many homes of Keats, .whose ill health.! begat wandering habits so that no house held him . long. Our wanderings bring us to H'gh to 4 Cheyne Walk whence George El lot's spirit flitted away. No. H was Rosstti's .home 7 where he received many distinguished guests ' bef oreth dark pall of melaacholy fellnpon him. Do wn a nafro"w-TittletreeXira shabby brick house, 6 Cheyne " Row, lived the Irascible genius. Carlyle, with his bright attractive wife. While he wrote the - pages of the French Revolution; she waged T war against noise to prevent a domestic revolu tion, t But occasionally, a neighbor's rooster would fje vent to his feel ings In a prolonged" crow and then poor Jane Welsh had anything but an enviable time. Finally asound-proof room was built' where tne "crusty Bcotehman-could be at"peace. ' Even here the silence would sometimes be come vocal with the bussing of a &t on the window pane r the squeak of an unsuspected mouse In a dark cor ner, ' -T - r ;- - ' . . . Among the many ' friends " who came to 5 Cheyne Row was ; TLelgh Hunt, who lived only a few doors away. Here he wrote that dainty versetoM,rsCarlyler eterles in London and here George Eliot is buried. The grave Is mark e by a granite monument bearing her own lines: "Of "thfuie immortal dead who live - again '. " 4 . In minds made better by their pres ence." . . ; Here, too, - Dickens mother and fath'r and his daughter, .Dora., are interred and-here is tlae grave' of Rosettl's young wife from which his beautiful poems were exhumed. Another section beloved of literati Is Chelsea. In ' this neighborhood Dlckea's characters wander famll Isrly 0pperfteld and Peggotty, Our Mutual Friend and . Jenny . Wrenn, knew it well. Wandering on we oome Jennie kltmed me when we met -Jumping from the chair she sat In. Fine, you ythleff who love to gel Tjl Sweets into, your list, putf that in. , Hay 1 m weary, aay rm sad, . Say that health and - wealth have missed me. . Say Tm growing old. but add , ' Jenny kissed me! L zirr Thewhereforeness of - the : kiss Is not told. . ' Without doubt Dickens Is the most faithful chronicler of London, but It would be , Impossible to follow his characters to all their - haunts, for, Indeed, many hae ceased to extftt and of those purporting; to be, Dick ens grandson lua warned us not to accept them toe readily as authentic. As well ' mfofmed as cabmen are about most o the scenes which tour lata wtohta--rTlsIt they profeM to know nothing of the London of Dick ens "HI 'a'.e 'eard hof hit. but HI don't kno where hit his," they say with sins of omission,' and commls sloa of ihe letter "hack" that puiile the American hearer as nuch as an unknowr. language would. - We .gladly turn aside r from - the searcr for the Old Curiosity 8hop snd rther Dickens' curios to the Lon don f Scott's novels. ; ' . -. Our first visit is to the Tower, which might be called one of the -oy-al residences since so many kings and queens have resided here, some vol untarily, as in a fortress, others per force as prisoners. .-. Hera the princes were-murdered -by-their-cruel-uncle, here Is the: ghost of "Anne - Botieyn here Is Catherine Howard, here Is Lady Jane Greg, here, also, the fu ture Queen Elisabeth was Imprison ed during Bloody Mary's reign. Here the dashing Monmouth ended his ca reer of misfortune. Here the gallant Sir "Walter Raleigh was imprisoned and here to while away ths tedious hours, he wrote.the .History of.the .World, -LeavttogiJjthese ahosU (behind us. we hasten over crowded, noisy streets to rest in the shadows of St. Paul's Cathedral. ' As -we study the dome and walk down the long aisle, all so beautifully proportioned, the Inscrip tion en the tomb of itrsrJelgner, Sir Christopher Wren, has sn padded meaning translated from ' the . Latin it reads:: "Beneath , is . burled Ch. Wren,, architect of this .'church and clty who lived for more than ninety vearsr-net - f of himself, but-for the public good. Header, If thou seek est his monument, look around." Amoog the . other . dlsUngulshed deed bnrled hpre are Sir- Joshua Rey nolds, Ba.rry, West, Lawrence, Turn- er and Land seer, but of greatest interest-are- the tombs of NeUon and Wellington, In Tennyson's "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Welling ton" he represents Nelson's Inquiring why hlsrestshould be-dlsturbed "Who ; Is he that coraeth, - like an ; honored guest.-. - : -s With , banner . and wjth music,' -with k soldier and with priest, With a nation weeping; and breaking on my restr . r Mlgbty Seaman, this U ha - 7 Was great by land as thou by -Thine island loves thee well, thou fa--i moui man, ' .. The greatest sailor ' since the world 7began.':v. . : t , Now, to the roll of muffled drums, To thee the greatest soldier comes; For this Is he ', - ----- .7 r Was great by land as thou by aea.- Again . we skim over busy thor oughfares and come to St James Blase. Here a keen disappointment awaits the traveler. Armors ..tmln. rtting Total residence could scarcely be imagined. It looks more like a barracks that has not been kept In the beet condition. But It is this palace that has given the name The Court of St. James' to the English government. This title dates from the time of William III when the pal aee became the scene of state cere monies, but long before' this It was rich in historical and literary associ ations. , , ; 'J V- . .. . - , - ;.. Nearby is L Buckingham Palace which is too modern to. have accumu lated a wealth of story reaving been built In the second quarter of the Isst century. lv . s - i Leaving ' these royal residences we Journey to the British -Museami and here, if we are particularly favored, we may scan -the manuscripts, the lit erary mummies of maar books, whloh are among our household gods. In these we endeavor to read the au thor's character by the way In which he dota his la and crosses his t's. Once more we zz stavd rOTtTrclasstc ground In the Houses of Parliament. We have been here before; with Browningln his , grear drtmarstraf ford,' with Macaulay at the trial of Warren Hastings; with Chatham, Burke, Fox In their speeches in be half of the American colonies; with Gladstone in his noble utterances for peace and the brotherhood of man; with Disraeli In hU stinging retorts to his rival, calling him one ''inebri ated with bis own verbosity" and "a man without a redeeming fault", . We might multiply these associa tions by the score Jbut as a fitting termination to our literary . pilgrim age we cross over - jto ' the Abbey, where - with muffled - steps, bowed head, and lowered voices as befits so hallowed a spot we vWt - the lllus trous dead,' the kings and - queens who ruled and mis-ruled," the states men who guided the ship of state in to safe harbors, the discoverers ' who Changed the map of the world.' the scientists who revealed the secrets of nature, - the - warriors who fought - for a nation's glory and last of all to the post's corner where we do reverence to, those who- have expressed for ns our deepeest. V. emotions. 7 Our - foot steps Unrer longest by the- slabs placed side by . side on which ; are carved the names of Alfred Tenny son and Robert . Browning who sang a - century's noblest eonga In differ ing key and looking down upon us Is the bust of our own Longfellow, who sang in feebler notes the paen of, a new nation, -, - , - A MEMORIAL ' ACDITORIOf. . CltAKEfCE EDMUND ; fiTEDMAy. : , . Well Trained Mule,' Salemburg Correspondence Sampson ": Democrat. v . - A certain young man called on a young lady here recently and carried her to church,, but could not stop bis niule.and the lady had to get out while he was stUT going. It seems that he had the mule well trained, for he wanted to keep the girt. Come gln, young man, . v . Will Plan! Leas Cotton. 0-V Wllsha Times. : ' . - The farmers of Wilson county gen erally nave wisely decided - to plant I'M cotton this year on account of the. declining tendency of the staple and the poor demand for . cottoa good a. They realise that a large crop In the face of present ' conditions means Jow prices, no matter whether they are able to hold U or not. - TJ. D. C.'s Contemplate Suoh a Build- Ing For 1 Reidsvillo Boy ' Hart While Swinging on Train Post-' office in Caswell County Burglar ized. ; Special to The Observer. .. . ' -ZHeldsvlUe, April 11,The . Rockingham-Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, are considering the ad visability ' of "erecUhg ; a j.memdrial ' to the Confederate dead In the. shape of an auditorium.;'. The; idea seems ; to strike a-popular response. An audi torlam In Reldsville would fill a long felt want '.':" ,' -,.' Argus Stoneman. a white boy, about 14 years old, living nea?. the Edna Cotton Mills, was aerionslyv; injured yestdliyTwhiie'ftttempting to swing on a passing freight train. He missed his footing and bad - Ms arm ' and shoulder 7 painfully lacerated. 1 The bone in the arm was so badly splin tered that, amputation was necessary. He was carried t Dr. McOeheV's of fice for the operation. ' . . . . ." .-. - Fire destroyed .the home of "-'Mr. John Miller, in the 'north end of town, early Wednesday . morning. Nearly all of "his furniture apd houser hold goods were saved. - The less. of his home Is a severe one te Mr. Mil ler, and a subscription was. taken among our people for .him. There was quite a liberal response' by the Charitably inclined of the place. . - . Mr. George W. Burton has return ed from Hot Springs, N. C-. where he has been for the past rqenth takipg the baths for rheumatism. Mr, Bur ton's condition is Improved. The postofflee'at Allison, Caswell county, -was burglarized ' Monday night,. About $10 in stamps and money was taken. : There is no clue to the perpetrators of the robbery, v Sir. W. R. Jones, secretary of the Reldsville- Insurances and Realty Company, has sold to Mr. B; H. De Orotte the Wyatt home in West End There Is considerable activity in real estate here now. A meeting of the stockholders of the Rockingham 4k Caswell Railroad Company has been called for April 22d.vat which time a board ef direc tors for the ensuing twelve months are te be elected and other business of Importance transacted.- The last Issue of The ' Leaksville Gasette appeared In, changed ' form and as an all home print. , tl is a very attractive and newsy paper un der the new order of things... (Poem wrtttte by Henry Van Dyke, read at Mr. Stedmaa's funeral January "Oct.) O quick te feel the tlgHtsst touch : .'7 '. Of beauty or of truth. 7- . - . ; i. Rich in the thoughtf ulness of age - '., ' -7 The hopefulness of youth, ' . - Ths courage . ef the gentle heart 7. . ; The - wisdom of the ptire. The strength of finely "tempered souls 7. 77 To- labor And -endure. X--l The blue of springtime in ybur eyes : Was never quenched by. psln:. - v 7'-: And winter brought your head the erown Of snow without a stain. -,.' ; , 7, ; The poet's mind; the' prince's heart, Ton kept until the end ; '"""':r:---r-jyr Ner ever faltered In your work, , Nor ever, failed a friend. . 'v -1 7, '.., , '--, ; Tou tollewed through the uest of We T The light" that shines above - ' - - ' The tumult and vthe toil of man X. And showed, us what to love Bight loyal to the best you knew;---: Reality er dream . Tou ran ths race, yon fought the fight A follower ef the gleam. - , We lay upon your well-earned grave",;". The wreath f asphodel :v We speak above your peaceful " face "t The tender word farewell - , ' , For well yeu are. In God's good care,' - Somewhere within the blue, i 1 v And know toay your dearest dreams- -; , Are true, and true and true. ,, - COMMERCE CHAMBER FOR5IED, - .w-. Second Commercial Organisation For .- f High Point Starti pff With. Largo ". : Membership. - Special to The Obserrer.7..'-s'' U 7jJ' " . High ' Point" April' UATchamber of commerce was organised here last ' i night with the election of the .follow-. ing officers;; ' President, . Robert J Breckett, Sr.; - vice presidents, J. JS: Kirkman and Dr.'J. ,T." Bujtus; .see- retary, Arthur Lyon, . The -organUa- tion has abont one hundred names on the list . as members. ; The final' or-, ganisatlon will be accomplished at the , next meetlnsr on "Tuesday Tilght. when all those meeting -the requirements' will be enrolled SJ charter members. This makes two such organisations for High Point, the other being, tne Manufacturers' Club, one of the most useful adjuncts to the-city's growth and prosperity, and all such organiza tions are calculated to-do much good for the future High point ! The remains f the late Mrs." J. E. Thompson, who died sudoenly here" yesterday, left on 'the afternoon train for McFarlan, where they- will be In- , terred to-morrow. Rev. 'Dr.8.3 B. -Turrentlne, of Greensboro,- wil preach the funeral. 3 ".- ..7. .7.' ..j. 7 ' e
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