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CHAELOTTE. DAILY: OBSERVER,' 'APKIL SO, 1E03. j.tV. caldwell ix a. tompkxns Publishers. very Day in ite Year : srBSCEOTIOX FIUOE: . ... , . Daily On year tlx moo tie three months ...... ....... ao.w '4 oo Bcssd-Wcekly OM F;jo month .....- throe monUu ........ ...--4 aw .M ' PC RUSHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT N. (4 South Tryon street. Telephon nsmbers: Business office. Pell Phone 1S city editor's ofllea Bell phone U. - new editor office, Bell phone s. A subscriber In ordering Ue address This paper changed, will please indi cate the address to which It is going the time ha uki for tha change . to be mad. ' . . Advertising rate are furnishea on : sspUcaUes, Advertisers mr feel aura that through tha columns of this paper thy may reach alt Chariot e and a portion of tha beet PfoP' in the State and iiptT South Carolina. JITila paper fItm correspondents ss da latitude aa It thinks public pol icy permits, but it la In no case re poacibla (or their views. It Is mwa . peeterred that correspondents slira their names to their articles, eepeclal- , ly cases where they attack peracna - or institutions, though thla la not enanded. The mor-reserve th r'ftht ' to rive .the names of correspondents - when thsy ara demanded for the pur po of perao.ial aatiafaclion. ffo re eel ire consideration a. communication null ha accompanied by tha true UM of the correspondent JTHCRSDAY. ATIUL SO, 108. IT IS REVEREX D" SPIRITS. Speaking for that head-"apring of Angro-American undeflled. Iredell county. The Statesvllle Landmark re cently threw bomb into the camp of the "reverend r spirits" disputants ; by 'declaring the correct form to be "reverent spirits" and citing- the Cen- turjr Dictionary for corroboration. This Important new development haa Increased tha turmoil and brought about a a-eneral re-alignment War- ring faction represented by The Norfolk Landmark and The Norfolk ' Vlrsinlan-Pilot, find common ground her, each taking- vigorous exception. The emendation," loudly asserts The Nothing not aentient and animate can b reverent for the word implies a tats of feeling, an attitude of mind or. heart toward aome peraon or ob ject. To be 'reverend" la to be worthy Of or to invoke reverence; to te 'rev- TTTHa W tJW W IBr'W"'JU w v via , which ia 'reverend.' A 'reverend' mell might be properly applied to thodor of Incense clinging to the robes of a priest after swinging the eneer; 'but a "reverent smell would t lacuny oi revering. Apparently t-wn- vuieea or tnia reasoning, ine jor- ; folk Landmark lets up on The Vlr- ajrnment that a "reverend smell" la a good smell, and pitches whole-heart-dly into The Observer. "We have a namesake In North Carolina," de clares It of Norfolk, with manifest - family pride, "which draws the die- tAerv in Th PherlnHa Ohaorver . juhx as mat aaucy nira ia preening n . aelf over a specially clever exhibition. The Norfolk Landmark confesses that - 1 - A . V. . n V. reverend' whiskey, though never pay ing much attention to It. But the . Standard Dictionary agrees, with th Century that It f Teverent' whiskey. . ana we can una no dictionary autnor- Ity to tn contrary. The meaning or , "reverent Is quite different from that or -reverena . one is active and tne other la passive." So much for the controversy aa If has been wared un to this present time. The Obaerver'e reply to such point- :- d thrusts?. We find it very difficult to tnaka any, owing to . a divided mind. 'We are. In fact, enthusiastic liMn both aides of tha nrnnnalllnn If this appear incredible because appar ently without barallpl -In all tha hla. rnrv Af nnrmAl thAiirhf mnA untl. aldered. No need to invoke psychiatry llmntv Vial KWAan VAUawahma frm authority and rea-ard for the dictates . of our own reason. On one side, Iredell county aa Interpreted by The tnry Dictionary; on the other, the clear case from a grammatical standpoint as set forth by The Vlrginian-Pllot and accepted by' The Norfolk Landmark even while it bows Its proud head In submission before the , constituted authorities. Khali The Observer also come In and sub nlt?; We might welj my, as excuse for seeming obduracy In regard to Ire dell county's pronouncement, that probably this is the one exception - which proves the rule of linguistic Infallibility. As defense against a ; charge of standing in contempt of the Century Dictionary, we might well m - - - uriq iiiaua for man, not man for the dictionaries; hd that where so strong a caae can be, made out the dictionaries of to - flay should ne more enjoy eremD- ! nwui mi, nm ii",i'.a-i.. . on irom textual change than drd the dictionaries of yesterday before them. It la a hard choice. Repress ing a natural Inclination to ask for m o mac up our mma, w choose the part of Intellectual eourage. Even Iredell county and the Century Dic- . tlonary shall net over-bear eur mt l&dMdual conviction, and we shall adequately voice our resolute attitude by Unking together the moat famous words of no lesser personage than Martin Luther and Patrick Henry: . Hero w stand; we cannot do other wise' , If thla be treason, make the . mosief -1L - v.. . . The three-cent fare, now operative In . Cleveland, ; O., will, doubtless be rrestly appreciated by John D. Rock efeller, a leading resident of Euclid avenue, in 'that city, when he Is not In New Tork. Augusta, Ca4 or any ri reral more place.'.' COL. W.TTERSO?T CALLS OFT. . CoL Watterson think the ship haa eunJc la an editorial of two. and 'quarter - columns, written -from New fork to The Coorler-Journal, he aeta forth hla efforts of a1 number of montha ago t o onlfy the party upon Oovemor i Johnson" bat that they failed and now the Bryan tide cannot be stemmed. , W Quote: "AO that could be fairly said. Intel- Urently said. I have tried to say, that. with the ' two factions of the East and West hating each other worse than they hate tha. Republicans, the representative of neither faction could be elected. Eith er faction might beat the ether... Hence Mr. Bryan could not hope to run so well In the debatable States aa some one elae to be agreed on Johnson preferred nd I see no reason now to change thla opin ion. Mark the sequel. The time has passed for 'some one elae.' Mr. Bryan retaining the Held; It ia too late for 'some one else,' the conditions what they are; and I confess that I am In sympathy with Mr. Bryan In refusing . to be ruled off ' the track by a group of New, Tork politicians, whose motlvea are, to say the least of them, auspicious, which will support no ticket except one framed by themselves. nd which do not sgree with one anoth er touching the ticket to be named. Whatever hla claims may be, or may not be. Mr. Bryan haa hla lights, and no thoughtful man can, or will say. that he cannot be elected, the Ipse dixit equally of the unthinking, the Interested and the prejudiced to the contrary being of no weight whatever. In American politics anything Is possible... Assuredly Mr. Bryan' may be elected; as an affair of dinner palls. If empty, he will -fce. - The Courier-Journal Is a Democrat. not a Republican, and, standing oy me Incerity of Ita record. It will support tne ticket to be headed by Mr. Bryan, as ac tively and as earnestly aa If It represent ed Its original preference and opinion." Col. Watterson haa hla rights, as he correctly saya'Col. Bryan baa hla. and one of these la the right of free speech. But it can bo said in trutn that his Judgment la not equal to hla party loyalty or his brilliancy. But anyhow, he haa called on tne aogs and bowed his neck to wnat ne con ceives to be the yoke of fate. NEYVBERVS BI-CEJfTENJTIAI Newbern is contemplating a cele bration of Ita two hundredth anniver sary In 110. This will look pretty old to the Interior boroughs of Salis bury, Salem, Hlllsboro, Fayettevlll nd Charlotte, the oldest of which. we believe, did not receive a charter until 1753, although settled earlier; while It must seem like Grecian an tiquity to the lively young borough of Greensboro, which la about to cel- brate Its first centennial, and like Egyptian or Chaldean antiquity to many a quick but solid growth of the last few decades. In a sense, no town away from the coast Is older than this present generation: for not until then did the South re-awake to in dustrlal life after a half-century' lumber, finding the new opportunl ties far wider than those unwisely sacrificed for slavery long before The town-bulldng marvela of the West, except, of course, for periods Immediately after the first opening of certain attractive regions to settle ment. have been fairly rivaled In North Carolinaas often aa not upon sites Inhabited for several generations or more. Hence a number of our towns and cities are peculiarly fortu nate In combining new and pulsat Ing life .with a fine background of tradition, and this double good for tune Is to a grest extent the State as a whole. We are rich In past, present and future most of all in fu ture. It Is Inspiring to contemplate what Charlotte will certainly be when this city's two-hundredth anniversary has rolled around, and long before The Observer'a hearty good wishes are with ancie'nt Newbern. THREE CENT VICTORY AT LAST. Tom L. Johnson's seven-year trac tlon contest has terminated, and now, thanks to him, the people of Cleve land, O., psy only three cents car fare. Tuesday, when the fruits , of victory became available, was cele brated by having the entire popula tlon of over 600,000 ride free aa much as It would, and the proposal Is made to celebrate every anniversary In the same manner. Tom L. is mayor to day and seems likely to hold on for a term or more yet, even though no further fare reduction can be expect ed from him. If he can re-enforce gratitude by holding out the promise of equal benefit. .In some other r- spectr he may last definitely! Wo may fairly suppose that politicians In other large cities are profiting by the example of the strenuous Cleveland millionaire; the multiplied troubles of gas and Ice companies would Indi cate as much. After all. It is a long since demonstrated fact of practical politics that plain bread-and-butter issues are hard to beat. It was said In our Raleigh corres pondence yesterday that "Insurance Commissioner Young Is very much pleased at the fact that alnce he took the office he has secured the convic tion of no fewer than M firebugs, many of whom have been sentenced to the penitentiary or to the roada The result haa been a marked dimin ution of th number of Incendiary fires." This is something to be proud of. Commissioner Young Is one of the State's mont diligent and capable officials and through his official posi tion has made and saved to the State many thousands of dollars. , Captain John G. Capers wrestling match with - Temporary Chairman Thompson (colored), of the Republi can convention at Columbia, will long be a disagreeable Incident In the rec ollection of that gentleman and Ms friends, but It is merely the sort of thing for which any recruit to Re- 'publlcanlsm la States politically con stituted . like : South Carolina must stand prepared, ' The whites and blacks In Tuesday's mix-up at Columbia appear to have had a regular Tennessee-RepubUcan-con sent Ion sort of a time. Among the guests at the geiwya yesterday were Messra W. E. Grant. VsZ Ml ,h" "0rM f Rlcwa4, FAITH THE BULLS G POWEB -t- -utaxr Dorirnr. RKV. DR. H. E KIRK PREACHES Pastor of Franklin Square Presbyteri a Church Preochea Flno Sermon to Congregation of the Second Presby RelaSoV to Man 'and the Wort- Wben Man Fell He Became tbeUWriarta rI-lJT th c m uk., ti xx-.. i.,hi I au8Hance to God. he became the ser HUuxlf the conseonence of Man's . - ". . - ".' , And .thla la the victory that over cometh, the world, even our faith" I John, 8: t Rarely if ever does one hear a ser. mon more cleanly, - clearly, incisively logical, . clothed withal in languages more expressive, terse, asd sugges tive than that which Rev. Dr. H. E. Kirk,. pastor of Franklin Square Presbyterian church of Baltimore, Md.. delivered last night to a con gregation which, entirely filled the Second; Presbyterian . church. A church building filled on a, Wednesday night is an unusual sight anywhere. The' especial cause of the evening's outpouring was the appearance of Dr.-Klrk. who is In a sense the pros pective pastor, of the Second church. It has exunded to him a call to Its paatorate. There was, consequently, more than usual expectation In the , con. gregation . which greeted him. but In no respect . was I there d-Uappolntment In the prime i miuaie jue, amering not in any distinct type In appearance from eith er the former Jxaator or the one who last filled the pulpit, in the role of prospectls-e, -Dr. Kirk threw. Into-his sermon the vigor of thought and of utterance so evident in his physique. - Dr. Kirk chose as his text the pas sage quoted at the beginning; and his sermon was a mastery analysis of the subject opened up by It. Down deep in the heart of man, ho said, la a powerful passion to bo a master, to get a grip on the world, to be effec tive, to bend the world to His own wilt Two undamental Ideas ars outstand ing In the text; First, that the world Is to be overcome, and, second, that faith Is the means by -which Its mas tery Is to be accomplished. There Is a widely-spread and popular but un authorised view that the world Is a thing to be possessed. ' The prise of the effort toward this end is wealth. There Is a second conception that the world Is an arena for activity, a race course, or a battle field. In another Idea It Is presented as a thing to be known, and hence a thing to be studied and observed not a counting houee. not a battlefield, but a field for discovery. Knowledge Is here the re ward . The man wh. holds to the concep tion of the arena will be Inspired in nis ercori ,oy desire for a reputa tion. The man' who belongs to the third category will regard all accom pllshment In terms, of knowledge. According to his Idea, the man who will be master Is the philosopher. And yet all of these fall far short of the significance of the text. The only kind of world that man needs to overcome is the. system of forces which are ln opposition to God. The bending of the world, with all its re; sources and .capabilities to the really xatlon of ourselves as children of God and to God's service this is the task, worth while. SHOULD BE MASTER God's original Intention was tha man should be the master of ,?the world. To this end He bade 'man go forth, telling him that the world was made for- man and not man for. It. ."Make ' it obey you, realise yourself as a child of God", was the DUlne in junotlon. "In all the exigencies of life, play the man'. .And this Is the explanation of the desire in your heart to be a master. When man fell he ibecame a Slav of the thing over which he was master. From that moment on the race has been blinded. Two significant effects have been wrought on man by this fall. Th first' is the perversion of his con ceptkin of verity. The second is tha thralldom of unsatisfied desire. Tho effect of the first was to lead him to take the prime conception of his be ing and iplace It in a relatively sub ordinate position, at ths same time putting "'getting" in . the position of dominance. Now the Idea rules that It's what you are doing that counts. The world is more or less under th spell of money. The average man will move heaven and earth to get it. We talk about how much a man la worth In terms of dollars and cents. forgetting that value depends on a man's relation to tns wonu. una world. The world has gone mad on the side of doing. We have had too much of the strenuous life, of the "man oh horseback." of the "Big Etlck." of the battleships on parade. Men are forming everywhere loo greatly their Ideas of greatness In terms of mere ding. We have such a mighty pride in this "Organize some thing, get a crowd, make a noise" these are the slogans.- which tarry us off our feet. W have lost the calm and statellness of the man rwho sees the unseen. There are many roea ln-tn,ami narles throughout the country wno have outgrown the lde-or --doing. Tbey have devotedrhemselvefrto-the l earrh of tha unknown, peering Into the secrets of nature and questioning their own spirits. And every ons or these will tell you that the' sum and substance of their search is, tne loss of self. Yet the philosopher can't seem to be wise only In a realm where the average man cannot follow htm. Ha can talk learnedly and ab strusely about technical terma but if you aak him a definite though simple question about the personality, he. will be forced to answer that he does not even know whether or not It exists. EFFECT OF SIN. ' Not only has the Influence of sin on (he mind or man destroyed nis perception of verity, but side by side with that it has brought upon him the thralldom of unsatisfied desire. 'Man a m SS M ..-Trm rErSr-lw-SSSM WAalni Prohibition. not deoend entirely on what he cant . Tk.. th. erir "Whir can . , . . . . This Is the point Of contract Of I CnriSlianiir Wim nuraan "l1 I tnrui wmi-w-HHw ii, """ self ths consequeaces of our sin. to end I that heart-breaking search for God. 11 IS nm mtrwi uvni, im ui ""-I osophy that's Mdd. Its faith. But soms .win as,?. - aounaancs i nun i VHriterest. creeda csreruuy consnncxea . anu jealously guarded. Are w not sub ject to an almost superstitious fear of heterodoxy and do w not scrutinise our brethren of other de nominations often at this point r This attituds betrsys that when you are asked to have faith you fee the thralldom. What Is faKhT T"" that It Is th acceptance of truth on testimony, and this is true, xou D.- Ilevs a thing because some person iellsou tUU-so But Ida more. You say, that it Is ths belief In tho real ity or things spiritual. And yet how few of us know where to find ourselves In this realm T . Faith Is the consent of the will to another's mastery not only . assent but consent, and this cornea when Christianity haa been assimilated and has becomo a part of you. There t a fain distinction made between mascu- B?s -.1 22: tlmea under-rated. ; oa .not being the qualities -which ' accomplish - thing. raitn ia the energy of epirKo&l life Ho creed how thoroughly intellectual may De its -working-out can - sufflco. But faith, entering Into e, man's life. 1?,, L L vant or the world. He cArmot throw I ,luuo 1 "V" i l w via avTetsniy ox ura iu "I h feu .m Him who cave him life. To can't overcome a fore without another force. Men sometime over look this fact. The seasick passen gers on a storm-tossed' steamer mirht pass a hundred resolutions of protest without abating In the slightest de gree the fury of the gale. We must match a force with another force, Only by a process of angineertng can the vessel bo driven against the storm Ing seas. The world. Is a force. Onr resolutions do not constitute a force. Faith Itself Js not when, held in he hand.' , Until It enters and permeates your spirit, the -world Is your master. THREE VITAL PRINCIPLES. This-conception of faith has In it three - vital - and fundamental princi ples unltlnc . man to Christ like the trolley unites the car to the vital force which propels It Like tho unconnect ed car, you are stationary. Tou can not move ah Inch, of yourselves. The three principles are: First, the prjncl-, pie of right perspective; second. Of true progress; third. Of permanence. When man fell Into sin the small things began to look large and the Ljarge things looked small. Blinded, man'hup'on world' "beU Ing the thing worth while, because It is closest at tiand. When Christ comes into our life be satisfies our spiritual needs. He speaks the master , word which becomes the food of that life and transforms It Into a new being. It Is the primacy of spirit In every phase of man's .life. Everything depends on our conception of what Is most Im portant. Cecil Rhodes is said to have "thought in continents" so wide and vast was the grasp of his mental bo rlxon. Many people are limited to city wards in theirs. And how small and unimportant life neems to those of us, simply becausa our conception Is too small. In all my earthly pilgrimage and In all my earthly struggles my aim shall be to make this world the. serv ant of my splrltua life'' this should be the keynote. When we were young, the world at night seemed full of lurk ing dangers. What was the matter T It was it he svmbol of the unknown This Is Jurt what the world has been to man since he lost eight of God Ever present has been the fear of the unknown. Take away the .average man's true religion and what do you get? Superstition. You find him be Kevlng m a vast number of gods, of whom he stands In fear. Wherever he went was the fear of the unknown The only principle he knew was Where Ignorance Is bll.s, 'tis folly to be wise." WORKS OF" FAITH The story is yet unfolded of how much science owes to Christianity for" Rs progress. Men used to think that mountains were huge excresenceo caused by devils, and hence were things to be avoided. Now men cross oceans to cross mountains. The' un known calls to n hem, because, they have faith. The Bible says that faith win remove mountains. What sort? Ths hand of man, guided by- the. minds of geniuses who saw that It was possible and who had faith, has time, and r again"? out through the mountain which for merly presented Itself as a supposedly Insuperable barrier. If once It la be lieved that a thing1 Is possible, It is done. Out two miles from the centre of Charlotte stands a post "with the word "Limit" Here Is one mile of achievement and' two miles of faith. And as sure as you are living you will build out to these limits some-day be cause you believe you will. , The place where the world loses Its grip. Is In th realm of faith. The world fears and the world will always fear the man with, strong faith. Think how all the great movements have started, ths' foreign missions project and the others. While some sat In ertly by and in the name of tradition in the name or custom . and In the name of conservatism, said - things In discouragement, the men -with faith were bringing things Into accomplish ment. . . PERMANENCE The. third principle: Permanence, Where else In all our experience can we find that' which does no change? No man can stand firm in time who does not get a foothold beyond time. The man of faith stands firm on time because he sees Something beyond the realm of time. A common Idea of du ty Is the doing of that which Is un pleasant. You would not think, per haps, that ' duty could become the master passion and a Joy; that the Bible could become mors. Interesting than Robinson Crusoe. Open ths Bible and you may read of the men to whom duty thus appeared. In the Old Testl- metut how the prophet stood firm In reps. - &tsnd 'whera God has place4 you. It Is the safest and the firmest place In the world. In that scene In the Mid- die Ages when Martin Luther stood terrified and' said. In the presence of Charles V, "Hero- I stand. Mar tin Luther." I cannot do otherwise God help me; he struck a blow to pa pacy and Roman Catholic superstition which resounded through . the agea These men did their duty, 'caring not what men thought, nor what princes thought. The man that gets that grip on faith is a master. He stands like the rock of Gibraltar, firm and un shaken against every wind and wave. Such U the, faith which. -will win the final praise, "Well done, thou good "'C f Vh. TVd tft h JF.of thy Lord,, and faithful servant. .. Enter thou In A conversant Republican stated last night that he, anticipated th adoption State Republican convention which meets, to-dar In Greensboro. Far tint ht- ,- K n mwt lallnt. tlon that a resolution would be adopt- .A , l.i enc to Stat prohibition. A' number of r-harlntta, man will trand tha mii. ventlon as delegates from Mecklen- burg, it promises to be of some in- Need of Overman BfQ Shown.' Norfolk Landmark. v Aa Illustrating th need for the pas sage, or tn .overman bill, w may point to tn application or the Bur lington Railroad for a Federal injunc tion to restrain tho Missouri railroad commlsstoa i from changlnsr certain rates. The court ruled that it had no light to take action tn advance of th commission'- order, but some other judge wight not ba srevf -m FOR CONSTIPATION. . Mr. L. H. Farnham, a prominent drug gist ef Spirit Lake. Iowa, eaye: "Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets ars certainly the beet thing en the market for constipation." Give these tablets a trial. You ars certain to find them agree able and pleasant la effect. Price, 16 centa Sample free. For sale by R. H. Jordan at C. ... . , SUPBEME.COUBT OPINIONS CASES FROM . MECKLENBURG Shelby . Ya. Electric Company Is Af firmed by .Highest Tribunal -of J taat) Fourteenth District Appeals .next wees. fifteen companies of National Guard to Take Part In ManeaTre at Fort Otvrell Near ly the Whole State Is Already Or -! ganiaed by the Prohibitionists, Who At to Close - Csunpalgra In Whirlwind eXrlo White Prisoner ' Escapes From Pententlary Ral- eigb News Gathered in a Day. . , , Observer Bureau. Th Hollemon 'Building, - Raleigh. April it. V , The Supreme Court filed opto ions to-day as' follows: '.Shelby va Else trie, Company,, from . Mecklenburg. appeal dismissed; Jones vs Assurance Society, from Wake, , reversed: Wil liamson -vs- KoH, from Alamance, no error; Dodson va Folk, rom Surry, affirmed: Wrisrht vs. Power Compa ny, from Forsyth, nsw trial; Devel- , opment Company vs. Southern Rail way 'Company, from Davidson, error: Fidelity Company vs. Grocery Com pany, from Forsyth. aArmed; Par ker va Fen wick, from Forsyth, af firmed; Kerner vs. Assurance Compa ny, from Forsyth,' per ., curiam, at firmed ; Hughes va Henrietta Mills, from Mecklenburg, per .curiam, af firmed; Btate va Baker, from Cleve land, per curiam, affirmed: Bank va Hosiery Mills, from Catawba, dis missed on motion, for insufficient transcript;,. Taylor va . 'McKenxle.i from Caldwell, compromised by the parties. The executive commUteeT' of"ths North Carolina Anti-Saloon League In session here has reports from all ths 88 counties of which 91 have been ful ly organised, the remainder being small ones where organisation will be effected this week. Ths estimates of 'the majority for prohibition In this State range from 25.000 to (0,000. The. last two weeks of the campaign will be made a whirlwind, and 20 speakers to a county will be put in the fle'.d. Ia many of the ' counties. Chairman Oatea reports, . a bouse to house can vass ia being made by men and wo men. In all there will be mors than 1,000 speakers this month, embracing most of the leading men of both po litical parties, and besides these there will . be Ceburn Wright, of Georgia; Dr. Young, Governor Glenn, Judge Prltchard, ox-Governor Aycock. etc. It seems to be the opinion that the antl-prohlbitlonlsts connot carry over 20 counties and possibly not over 12. Of course there are some doubtful counties like Forsyth, New Hanover, Rowan, etc and In these both sides ere certainly working hard. To-day the -series of meetings at the Academy of Music by Rev. pr. AC. Dixon began. The night meetings will be held at the Baptist Taber nacle. The musical features will be special. Dr. Dixon Is regarded as one of the ablest Baptist ministers In the country- Ths State council of the Daughters of Liberty Is in session here with 125 delegates. State Councilor G. O. Kluttt, of Salisbury, presiding. New officers were, elected to-day. A local coun cil has been -organized, this being No. 25. Speeches were made by Mayor Johnson, Mr. Klutts and County Su perintendent Judd. Prof. .J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest College, was here to-day and says the total endowment fund now In hand amounts- to 1325,300. When the new subscriptions are all paid In and the gift which Is to double them is re ceived, tha endowment will reach 1450, 000 and this will be second only to that of Trinity College, It is said, and b far In excess of anything in the 8tate. . Appeals from the fourteenth district will be called In the Supreme Court next Tuesday as folloys: State vs. Moore, State vs. Limerick, State va Rhodes, States vs. Erwln, Thompson vs. 8earey, McNelly vs. Lax ton, Wrenn vs. Morgan, Tate vs. Johnson, Bruce vs. Mining Com pany, Meacham vs. Railroad, Powell vs. Fibre Company, Goelet va Morris, Brad ley vs. Railroad. Bolin va Bolin, witkie vs. Junior Order United American Me chanics. Young 'vs. Lumber Company, Railroad vs. Railroad, Mershon vs. Mor ris, Grate Company vs. Morris, Long vs. Warllck, McBrayer vs. Glnn Company. After next week it csn be told with practical certainty who will be the Dem ocratic nominee for Governor, It Is gen erally said, as so many couptles will hold conventions this week and next week. COMPANIES GOING 1T0 CASWELL. Adjutant General Robertson gave out to-day a list of 14 companies of the Na tions Guard which will go to Fort Cas well to take nart In the maneuvres for the defense of that Important fortifica tion and the adjacent coast. The com panies will carry from 0 to 68 men each. Three of them will be drilled as artillery and the others will be an infantry sup port. The following Is the list of com panies, of the First Regiment, D at -Salisbury, C at Charlotte; of the Second Regi ment, B at Klnston. D and E at Golds bore, O at Washington, H at Clinton, I at Eden ton; of the Third, A at Lexing ton, B at Raleigh, C at Henderson. L at Greensboro and M at Duprham. One more company s td be added to this list. making the totaU number lo'":' Among to-day's arrivals her wss Wil liam Polk, of Alexandria La. He has purchased great quantities of cotton seed from this Immediate section for Louisiana planting, his purchases totaling eight car loada He finds the seed from the north ern part of tha cotton belt th best for hla purpose. He says these seed mature II to go days earlier than local seed. Ben Wllkerson, a white man about 23 years old, feet 2V4 Inches high, weigh ing 153 pounds, grayish eyes, black hair, sentenced to the State's prison from Vanes county for a term of twenty years for rape, escaped from the State farm yesterday. Hs was sent to the prison September JOth, 1907. For his recapture a reward of S2S and all ! necessary ex penses wl4 be paid. ai-v-" ' '- -i ANGLE FOUND GUILTY. Preaidrat of Dry Fork Distilling Om-l pany Sentenced to Four Years Im-1 torisonmemt ana rinea io,voo. Danville. Va April Jl.-iir. M. An gle, president of the Dry Fork Distilling- Company, was found guilty In the Federal Court here to-day L of having committed extensive revenue frauds on the aovernment The Jury was out! about an hour. . Immediately after! the verdict wag returned Judge Mo-1 Dowsll sentenced Angle to four years 1 In the penitentiary and Imposed a fine I of $15,000. : , h i Attorneys for the defence noted aa appeal and bail was fixed svt $10,000. 1 which was furnished. Angle is alsol under sentence In North Carolina fori violation of the revenue law In that! Wat. Th cases against-th other! officers of tha Dry Fork Company and tha government officials charged with I collusion to defraud have, all , been continued. , .-. : "Was Klokl to Datlt tra Muter 1 Special ts Th Observer. Biier raur, apru za- wiu if. Harris, a I well-to-do farmer living tn th Llndley neighborhood, was kicked by a mule yea- I terday afternoon and died about twenty minutes afterward. Th burial will take place to-day at South ' Fork Friends eh urea. Mr. Harris was about W years old and leaves a wifs and two children. , I n X . . . 1 t I I i I I I I 1.1 I I I ... v,v f I- J L" I V J V I I I 1 . . av i t l i r. : i ii i i i ; -.-x . . ; ' , l- . V f : ,': V : '; ? . ' ' .'i'' iivt's 1 f l-fr l i ll LAxru;-:';, Ws crry on of the s7jtt sslestUM .eY found tn the Carelinaa mm, Wool-Fibre, about 40 styles..... Brussels, Floral and Oriental ..... ... V Velvets. Oriental, designs Axmlnsters, 'Floral and Persian Axminster seamless , 6x9 Axminster in beautiful Persian deglgns. Wool-Fibre, assorted designs . . , . A beautiful x Matting Rug... Axminster, Ferslaa designs. ... 3-6 4-6x6-6 Smith's Axminster Rugs in a blf range of deslgna regular pries - tl-00. Prlc for Jhlsjweek.... ....... '.. '....-..'.tt.M $1.00 Rugs for 79 Cents A' big assortment 80a0 Smyrna Ruft, worth easily $1.00. Price - this week... ...... .. '. . .Tfso. Axminster X big assortment of Dresser and Wash Stand Mats, -worth II II; for. !) . ... .......$1.00 Inlaid linoleum yrd ........ ,','."..; ".-.V.... $iM, $SM arad $-99 Printed Linoleums In a fins assortment, X yards wld. Running -yard... ......... ........ Shades to Order We mak Shades any sis and and tif 'Salelis Weel(; For the balance of this week we wfll And All our ti and I to. Mattings for... T OtHOMHtlhl ' all kinds of Xussj to .'.., ...... . - (- ..V..$1'L0 ...V.$id.so ...i.$38.K) .....WO.OO a a 8 eft0 ....... .vr... .....6d kind to yeuf wa meaaurs. sell all c. Mattings fof. fk. .......V .tit. Rugs i- - Rugs Rugs Rials " ))Mt ( 'i .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 30, 1908, edition 1
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