Newspapers / The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, … / May 7, 1908, edition 1 / Page 4
Part of The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
CHARLOTTE DAILY OLIZIiVEn, MAT 7, 1 Publishers. fvuy Day in Lfce Year S.,-.-. Daily. . . -,' one year .- a bra muatbe ri " .11W .,--". - ' ... tt.eo flni wF ;rfM..i."""'--"MM'' . m hix ttontha ....,..""- -- ? '7 lbr mowns ............ . laBUSUEBS AKOUSCKM4i'T . . - 7 v i nuth Trron street. Teiephonj B Jinbars.- Bustnwa nice,-J h Ui eitr editor ' "l.Ti "nh. n. 8M. mvs editors im sddreaa t A subscriber in rdertnjf twjo f ef his paper changed. wiU plesa e cate the address te wbteU U 5 at tha Urn he asaa to la be made. . ...i.hud en Advertising rates are "'"fJ sura sppllcation. Advertisers may ot mat tnrougn uie ,v Papar aaey -may iwn - , Jn . and a portion of the ?rnna. tb s Sta'tTsnd upper "'J'A",! ' Thla paper rivM ,tTia tml! i srlde latitude as It thinks pubUe pw; J Iry perrulta. but it Is in no case J (Poslble for their VL nrelerred that P?tenj!,J?ui- Iheir names to their srtlel-s. ' lr in cases where they attack PrV er Institutions, thou-h th".'" , manded. The editor reaervesi ' ii ? T- OTe pur! pose of pro.ial satlslsetmn. To re cetve eonsldflratlon .w""0"'0.1?.: ; must.be acoompnlea oy ' 7 name of the eorrespondent true TIITBSDAY, MAY 7, 1AJVIV I I , , rit TUlSVUl wourwi- 1 Thla Is from The iu. 'Journal: I .v- n.a Charlotte observer: 1 .-7 W.H.run thinks tne snip 1 stunk. . ,.,,. .a he :.V-rvnnV.s hii and on. at lieta th. right "t ran be said In truth that nis j h). Is not eo.uai 10 hM called i. P. CALDWELL X). A. TOMPKLNS WW" " 7 .." .k. iha hlol""""r v " uia oe accepiea lor I f h tTT natumr bemocr.tle wTJKla J? Bryant If so- 'why ; xot answer w.T'TJ. . aot at anr, tm,t inn. Of. in 0ni - - . 1 f doing so, let lre" " ih"tr . .x.t "Col Wattsraon -. in syin mean- thinks the ship hM Bk J that jnx. Biut . . . . . t 1 rMlled that the effort to defeat . 1 .... h.d Mr. Bryan for me "'"" railed. Ortalnly could not n Intended that he had surrendered the :?: 1, for we went on to rya American quote him aa aaylng. in Amrn politics anything-is possible- Assur fdly Mr. Bryan may be elected; as an affair of dinner palls. If empty, ha W4-1U be." In this view . x-u..-Journal's questions are hardly per tlnent. but since It haa asked them We can see no earthly ( reason to ex- 7 . v i. ihla vear 1 pert Mr. Bryan to be elected this year when' he; haa twice failed nor any i i..H.r iii.t - h "4 atrfinrer I . grouna m wm , - 1 now than he was in iss or. '. . ... .. annnnrt tha , The Observer means to support in. ; rational Democratic ticket, Bryan or po Bryan." If It can do so. but Mr. pry." 1 iKhtn.ng cnn. there Is no guessing what new doc : trine he may projnet upon the coun try between now and the convention or between convention day and elec tion day. Who Imagined that he would return from Ms world trip in July. ItOt, and shake us all up with a declaration In favor of the govern ment ownership of railroads? Or that he would at the Brooklyn dln Itier, a little later, announce his pur pose to read out of the party alt who did not accept the Initiative and ref . erendumf Walt awhile. Let us at .least have a look at the platform. If ' it la no worse than that of Nebraska, after which it Is supposed It will be modeled, and If Mr. Bryan abates any part of his effort to out-Herod the president, then The Obaerver, without any aspiration to a po rtion on tha band wagon, will drop in with the foot, passengers at the tall end ef the procession, and, prom ising no great exuberance of feeling. . will govern Itself by the example of v. j "The poor benlahted Hindoo, - f- Wh aoes the beat he kindn." YOU CANT ALWAYS TELL, v ' To say that our best purposes of tjrn miscarry la stating no new propo , eitlon. William R. Curtis, the famous newspaper eorreapondent, writing re- cently of Summervlle, Charleston's favorite suburb, said that certain res idences followed ttie building of the Pine Forest Inn and a cltlsen flew up about It and claimed that the Inn followed the residences. Again Mr. Cortls wrote that there were bunga lows at Summervilie and ths people field town meetings and ' denounced him. Dear knows what they thought the man meant AH of which reminds The Greenville News that several years ago a gifted . writer wrote .'. a beautiful book about Charleston, dwelling upon the charming manners and customs of an Incomparable' peo' Pie. but because he aald something about dea-rted street on the water- I front the papers said he waa slander- 1 ing the community and should not be permitted to return, - It's a weary 1 world m tnaatera tmA a m,,it. l. I Tfii' LT ll I ,ot Is not alwajs a happy one. A news- paper man many year, ago undertook f n mmnllmrat nld man iku m T a I tie looked like Senator Joe Brown, of aeorgia, but the compliments missed I fre, .The old maa had sever seen J r-or beard of Joe Brown but be got maa ana steppea nis paper. , 1 .JV Th ArknM Caiettsr. -IIOI win be aorrowfully re- membered aa the rear of th. a -'nf. Yea mean the year of the 1 a hVwnH ih- m lint tao big wlnds--the two big speeches rt Jeff Davis in the United 7 States nate. , . . . i No argument Is required to eon- r tkoee who were-at the audi- J :!$ last eight that the fiddle is aWDO OD wioca te bring about 1 Ir.f'.rnmect - AVE CAN DO VITHOCT IT. The . Danville -' Register trust that the recent mixed . Cosmopolitan So ciety dinner jn.Jfew Terk will cause Southern men 'to be mora careful ml the choice & their, associates, "even I In an educational movement." ' and "hare the effect of separating South- rn white men from thla Ogden move- ment and will put an end to the cf. - ' ......i. i lorw 01 oouinern ""ul" tions to secure endowment and d - ufloni from . millionaires 01 -. me North . W hav, nnr doubt, aa Sur- - , , - - 7 i a-eatftA Mnnnar or tne Justice or .. . " . " ' : ' 1 coupling the Ogden movement with ith Cosmopolitan dinner. ; but - that event will not have been without too1 sult .evea if thla.'t attained at the expense of. exact justice to Ogdenlsm, If it work a dlvorca be- twMn tn couto; -Bfl this educational tvasuux , A. 1JMW Vvu U4yi a,Maa forty years since the civil war and we are Just how hearing from the worm abut our eaucauonaj ouraen and arec witnessing the first organized i ffort t reUeve tt,. ,. Meantime-th South has staggered along. after a fashion, with thla incubus, and, being now on its feet 1 carrying it mora easily. In North Carolina; for in stance, we are building an average of one school house a day and are giv ing the little tilggera. along with tha white" children, the basis of an edu cation, aa we have been doing all along, and It, Is no more than right. ; for while Hr Is aajd in truth that the colored race pays little taxes it is our labor and for the sake of what - it producea la entitled to our conaldera- tlon. What we have done ia the causa of education and la tha days or our aeepest poverty we made a ' I inj K"t ni ll, inouin nm pest I mm1. ... . . . ... . . . . 7 7"" is maae mat in toe distribution of ths I Ogatn glfU negro institutions Ilka Tu.k.gee and Hampton are. after alt u,-.cWf Dnncrlea That la well. Let them continue to make what they I can out of ths philanthropy. White " V"VZ 'Zt. e or P by public funda. for ac- U.I - .7 " V vcymnvi ininilPl ODlIlTailOn ind th I - a iiire 01 tne ooum must retain, un Influenced, control of their publlo ed- u "l on"1 ",utiona. tneir curricula, Mrt booka' of inatructlon and everyimng pertaining to tnem. thk aftkiimatii OF THE VISIT. -ve have undertaken to reproduce f ,, ...... . A... -T "w""cu l" "wa tl,s North Carolina Press Association week before last haa had to say of the" occasion and trust that none of these outgivings has beeh overlooked. They have without exception been ex ceedingly agreeable and we beg to thank tne 10-. oup ow h,h.1f and that of tf)8 p.op,e or charlotte - .. . l for lhe ple(U(ftnt th,ng, thy haye ... f .. , , ohaerver I . . . -. . I people snu, we are sure, all tne 1 m(.mb.ra of the ltv hr. a. w.n .. , . . . . . m- vWt flf thftM gentl4,men n(j 0I thfl a-e- ,ccompanvng thm mni look forward to . their return. They have certainly been very handsome in their expressions of appreciation and while, as aald some days ago, we are I Kure the city has hern the gainer, the State must profit from a new In terest In good roads, born of what the newspaper men have written of those of Mecklenburg. If there had been no other compensation the com ing of the edltora to Charlotte would have justified Itself In this. As The Savannah News says, some satisfaction will be felt In the fact that Chief Justice 'Fuller, of tha Su preme Court' of tha United States, will sit with the United Statea Circuit Court of Appeals, which convened In Rlchmond thi w, , the 8mith Carolina dispensary case., The Im mediate point at tasue is whether or not Judge Prltohard shall be sustain ed In appointing receivers for the Slate dispensary and directing the dispensary commission to turn over tha funda to them: There are suits against . the commission on account of liquor which it bought and has not paid for and the decision in the pend-1 Ink case would seem to Involve the I annllohllltv of 4he .leventh am.nrt. ment and the recent decision In the North Carolina-Minnesota rases would seem to have a bearing. The case Is a very Interesting one. There will he widespread regret In North Carolina on account of the an nouncement of the death of Mr, Don ald Gilliam at his home In Tarboro Tuesday night. He waa one of the ablest men at the bar of the State I and was conspicuous and useful In the Senate branch of two Legisla tures. He -was distinguished. epe clally In the east, for his power before Juries and for his skill as a political manager. No one who ever came In contact with him can ever forget hla nobla rMnc r repress a sense , of " lnBl ' ae' ' nrh.r. Tt.. j-.,.V courier a,i r-niumM. c.t m r7 Z - flAlnr W wtTT nrnrn m. : MA . J . , ' . vu. whether the South Carolina primaries teBt gaturday did or did not vote for ,B rBCted delegation to Denver. ..... rrankiy at this Juncture we do hot - Evidently this la what an w.i. brother always designates, with a wealth of upper caes Utters, aa Tha Long Cool Spell in May. Tt- Kind of Men of Whom We Need I More, .r Ta the Editor el The Observerr ' .. .. I - 1 ,m. rU4 ,0 th Mr. D. A. 7twtkln "" mates-the -a on oat iJr drew , at Blddle thla year. My chances for being there are limited, - but I i 10 "ear nwi. 1 .reel that the Tacuity nas aone well in securing his h. X Tomnkinael. k. n ,Y"-TU" Wlttkowekys and. men of that type CORNELICf R. MEANS: irvsTFJty xiuraxo eoLtnoN Dismembered Bodies Found on Gain' ,, ies Kara lTobalily fchipped From Chicago to 1m. Porte One Body Positively Identified I,amphere -Connected With the. Wholesale Murders. . . .. , "La Port,' Ind.,' May 4. A possible olutlon of the Gulnneas farm m ya J tery, whlc.h deepened to-day when for additional bodies were round in I the barnyard. developed . to-night I KvMmm tending ti .how that the nlne dismembered corpses unearthed resteraav ana to-aay naa peen I Pa . to ' r"o . Kr'i l . n l. f . 1 1 . rr-a- i iiim i.uii'bku. -H.in ui lie iji. , I . I umunj ot a ray men, . who oaa I trunks and boxes to the Guinness home, lent color to thla supposition. La Porta pollc also received Infor mation that two trunks, consigned to "Mrs. Belle Guinness. La forte, ina. are held In an express offlc la Chica go. . Assistance of the Chicago police la unravelling tha pusale was sougiJt at 'once. - - ' .. . , , - Two of tha nine mutilated bodies were identified this afternoon witn reasonable certainty. Antolne Ol BOBe d to k--that of Jennie Olson. II years old, foster daughter 1 of Mrs. Outness, and pronouncea .it to- oe that of hla daughter. A sister of tha airl. Mrs. Leo Oiander. or cnica- ao, conflrmad the ratnera jaenunca tien. : --r" y : Ask X. Helgeleln. whose lnaaliiea regarding his missing orotner. An drew, led to the first discoveries on the death-haunted farm, became aura to-day that the largest and best pre served of the corpse is that or nis brother. - Aralnst this identinoa tlon, - however. t Is tha ; result of the autopsy performed on this bodv- by Dr. -1 J. H. Meyer, v.. Ha found conditions, which, to Tils mina proved that tha man perished long after Andrew - Heigeiein 0 tsa ppearea last January- Dr. Meyer , aaid hat the corpae showed evidence of hav ing been In the ground less than two weeka Ask Helgeleln. however, re fuses to be convinced by these findings l UVT-M IU vuiitii.VOI. ..-em-m .'-'O.- tun n nruvniy icu mo vji v.hi w accept his identification for the prep- lent. .- ; Roy tamphere, who Is held on a enarge of first degree murder as a result of tha jlre that destroyed tne " ' ttSU'S dren, f4V, BO new ev,dence te-day. despite repeated questions. Ralph w- Smith, proaecutlng attorney to- concerned. "We have evidence- J n r Liam at , the Oulnneaa farm ." hi said. " Tha - tct natur, of tM Mt,n wa0 carefai. I- masnaa h. t flnaltH aw s urn a JI 'w a. PLKASER WITH 6ITTATIO. Mr P. D. Gold. Jr., Taken an Opt! ntlNilo View of the Insurance Wtn ntion BuninrfM Proaperoaa Tlironghout Ue State, Mr. P. D. Gold. Jr.. of Raleigh, tfret vice president and general manager. of ,he Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, waa in the city yesterday In conference with Mr. C. 8. Alston, assistant superintendent of agendes. and Air. J. D. Cosby, district manager for the Charlotte district. Mr. Gold remarked to an Observer man In the ouurse of conversation that ' he was pleased with the situation here "Charlotte people, you know," ne said, "are alwaya ready for a food proposition and will listen to It. 'The jencrson- nas. mat proposition. w m good buHmeM thPOUghoJ,t the -State, obtained bV the-en thualastle in n ' B,,t. - .. P' W'wwhii inn itne Houtn -an want to Keep tneir . . ,..tM Biate. The only question la wtrengtH and security. They .hava corns, to re tlla that they have In the Jefferson with Its half million dollars surplus and policy-holders one of the strong est Jn the country a company' that can give all the security that the most conservative could desire." Mr. J. D. Cosby, the district manag er of the Jefferson, who haa his office In the Piedmont Building, was for several years with the Southern Power Company.' , . ' - Key West Cigar Factory Destroyed by jnt-enaiary ire, , , Key West, Pla.. Mav . The Cortes Cigar Company's big factory, known as Llghbourn, waa destroyed by fire at i o'clock this morning together with a large quantity of cigars and tobacco and loose tobacco. The watchman in making his rounds discovered burglars In the factory, giving chase to them, one of the burglars had a lighted lamp wh,cn fc thfw M watchman t lamp exploding and setting fire to the factory. Three . arresta have been made by the police. A searching party found a quantity of the stolen clgara about a. mile from the factory. The factory will secure temporary quarters Immediately. The loss Is not given, but tha factory was one of the largest on the Island. r A Democratic - Victory in Inolr. Special to The Observe. Lenoir, May 0. In the municipal election hera Monday - tha entire Democratic Iicnet was eiectea uy majority of 160. Thomas M. New-' Isnd was elected mayor and- J. C. Beagle, W. J. Lenoir and O. P, Luta, commissioners. - These gentlemen had previously been nominated by citizens', mass meeting, out tne Republicans of the town wer not content with thla action and nomi nated a straight Republican ticket, thla precipitating a fight along party lines. .The result of the contest waa an overwhelming Democratic victory, Thia tight is really the beginning of the campaign in Caldwell. The prospecta for Democracy in thla county are bright ; 7 Negro Hoy Meets Horrible Death,' Death In Its moat fearsome form be fell Rex McCree, a colored boy about 1 year of axe, who wprka on Mr. Mot Bussell'a farm, miles north of tha ittv. late veaterdav afternoon. ThA boy had been working Jn the field and fM "T. ,.,.; Tr..V. .t became frlahtened. threw the boy. whoae lrgr caught In a dangling trace chain, and then rushed down the road ln tne direction or Mr. AJUSi the mule pulled up In th hanging on, a in 1 13 aiivvuun ui mil uiMBfii n huh in yard, the although life was fast ebbing away. Ha lived but a few minutes arter tne nouae was reached. . , Iter. Dr. IT. O. Miller TU. The many Charlotte friend of Rev. Dr. R. O. Miller, pastor of tha Sard Is A. R. P. church, will regret to learn that he la quite 111 at his home in the county. ' Dr. Miller returned from the spring session of the First Presbytery t Torkvtlle. & C. feeling unwell and Ute yesterday afternoon' waa forced ta talc his bed. - It la sincere 1 honed that he will not be troubled again as e-waiet4rmwth-ago'-w1wii-he waa compelled to go on to Baltimore for treatment His numeroua frlenda wish for him a speedy recovery. Das Ran Its Course, ; . Durham .Herald. , . . : . . ' . rac is this thing of abusing th railroads and corporations la not as popular aa wt thought It waa. the ciiAiuxrrTE srmrr. The Queen City Twenty Yearr Ago, as he .Editor of The Lincoln County A ewe Saw It and as He lreea It Now Its Wonderful Growtli Irom a Strug , gling Village to a Proeperona City and the tore That Have Contrib uted to Its prosperity - , : .. . Lincoln County Newa. - X Twenty years ago the editor of Tha" News, then a gteeg and callow youth, sojourned In Charlotte during hla eol-j lege vaoatlona. At that time Charlotte 1 waa an overgrown country village with foua. bob-tailed atraet ears and a superabundance of ' gossip, The principal amusement of the citliens waa Holding religious revivals. . Ws did our courting while attending one of 8am Jones' big meetings, going on aa' average to' about four services a day and supplementing this splrital nourishment with generous dinners and suppers of fried chicken and lent on custard pie at the home of our future slster-ln-law. r At that time we knew every man.' woman and child. horae, dog and cat residing In the boundaries of the eity. But the for tunesand misfortunes of our busi ness career cast our lines in distant Statea and we drifted out of 'touch with the pleasant little city. To one who, knew Charlotte twenty years ago and alnee than haa not kept up with ; lie wonderful growth the street car ride tendered the membors of the North Carolina Fresa Associa tion at Its mmiiI niutln In the Queen City) was a revelation indeed. We have visited Charlotte several timet within the last two years, but our peregrina tions . were confined to Tryon street from the Seaboard depot to Independ ence Square and to the handsome new- station ,ot the Southern Railway .. on Trade street We had d Idea-of the elty'a vast growth in extended and beautiful streets, handsome homes, parks, schools and colleges, to say nothing of -the dosens of large cotton mills and other manufacturing plants which have been established and eon- tribute to the busy bum and Indus trial life and prosperity. We felt very much like a modern Rip Van Winkle awakening from a twenty years' sleep. In our memory dwelt tne picture 01 a baby charlotte with its bob-tailed cars and listless loafers occupying easy chairs in front of the old Central ana Buford hqtela and almost within - a stone's throw of the green country from whence the gentle breexes waft ed fraa-rant odors of pine and cedar. But not so now. A thriving, hustling ckv ef 40.000 inhabitants with streets' teeming witn euainena me ity greets the eye while tne no. hnk of the automobile or the clang of the electrio car admonlshe tne countryman to step lively and keep his eye and ears open. , In analysing the secret of the mar- velous growth of Charlotte the editors seemed more deeply impressed with one factor than any other, and that was the tine macadam roada leading from alt secUons of Mecklenburg county to the county seat The auto mobile ride tendered me eaitors oy the hospitable citlsens-of Charlotte waa not only a moat delightful form nf entertainment but furnished an (Ob ject lesson In good roads which will doubtlea result in mucn writing on this subject. The upbuilding or . a aood roads sentiment win result m trrnneirdons benefit to the State. With a network of good country roads there la no reason In the world way worm Carolina should not become as thick ly populated as New England, and her wealth Immeasurably Increased- And there Is nothing remarkable about the methods b which the Mecklenburg roada have been built They, have come by the llttle-by-llttle proceaa; a few miles thla year and a fw miles next The road tax haa not neen Bur densome and has already been return ed an hundred fold while the roads are there and will stay. Almost any other county can have the same sort of system If it will; but ln. order to do aoJt must make a beginning and work steadily and systematically toward ta eslred end. Can anv neople ask for more ampie hrnnf nf tha desirability and benefit of good country roads than is supplied by the neighboring county 01 jhwb.- lenburgT And wiU not those in tdn coln " county who are opposed to a bond issue in this county for the pur pose of building good roada take the trouble to Inform themselves a little further before xptlng against a move ment which meaka so much to the de velopment of our jtountyT Many useful end valuable lessons are to be learn ed from the development of Charlotte nd Mecklenburg county, and It is weu worth while to make a vlalt there for the porpose of profiting by th ex periences of these wide-awake and progressive people. ; Anotner ractor in ,m mmiiFin of Charlotte equally aa Important as good roada la the won""! bualnes unity which prevails. No matter how much, one business man may oiaiiaa another personally, when I comes to a question of bualnaae Int-resta - or nubile welfare all peraonalltlea ' are waived and the business men of Char lotte become a unit in working for the good of the community at large. It takes broad-gauged man to overcome these petty jealousies and Charlotte Is exceedingly fortunate in having" broad-gauged men. Last but not least in the develop ment of Charlotte la he magnificent spirit of fearless Independence which dominates her great newspaper, Tha Charlotte Obaerver. ' Thla paper is ably edited and stands preeminently for progress along- right llnee. After all. is It any great wonder that Char, lotte haa become th leading city be tween Rlchmorr and Atlanta. Would not any town grow and advance if backed by the Charlotte aplrlt? v Alleged rtome-Snatchrr Arrested. A lady stopped Patrolmaa W. W. Irvine yeaterday, afternoon ; en the square, pointed t a pegro with the remark:. "There os th negr who matched my pocket-hook awhile ago. Arrest him." The officer immediately went te arrest the negro, who gave his name as' John Henry Moore, out tne lady could ot be found again. The authorities are without her name and it being necessary that she assist la the prosecution of the defendant the officers ask that she communicate, at onco with Chief Chrlatenbury. Situation Slightly Improved. A Charlotte manufacturer stated to an Observer man yesterday that a Gastonta mill had sold an order ef 40's two-ply yarns at a price from 1 1-2 to t cents above the best price which have' heretofore been offered. This ta given a a an evidence that the market la looking up a little. There Is a Pink Pain Tablet made by Dr. 8 hoop, that wCl positively step any pa4r- aiy wbrv- ! ft . mlnutea tru gtsta everywhere sell tasm as UT. gnaop s Headache Tableta, but they stop ether pains ss easily aa headache. Dr. Ehoep'a Pink Pain Tablets simply eoax blood presaure away from pain eaatrss that la alt I'd a eornee from blood preaaur oncaUon. Rtop that pressure with Dr. Haoop's Headache Tablets and pain la In stantly gone. Tableta CSe. fcold by Mullen's Tbsnnscy. THE BESSOIEJt CITY IXIXTIOX. Snilth's '.Majority the Whole of Eiirht . Votes biuish I1h Never Ben Ma- repreTit('tl by 1 tie-Observer's Oaa " ton la tDorresTxmdent ismlUi Denies , Thing Ho ever Waa A of-used of, and Denies Also Tilings That Are) Absolutely Troe, To the Editor Ot The Observer; ' Any one reading the card from J. A. Smith, of Beasemer City, appearing in The Observer of this morning, would .naturally infer, from the statements made . therein, that your uastonia correspondent had outrage ously slandered him. Ha Bays: "I waa elected mayor without doing any tricks or without spending one penny of money." . As a matter of . fact, neither thla correspondent nor any one else writing In The Observer, so far aa we have been able to discover, has ever insinuated that Mr, Smith turned any tricks or spent, ene red, cent of hla hard-earned honest dol lars (he brags weekly in Tha Bessemer City Messenger ' that he is a hard working honest man, to gain this election, or any other election. If any accusations along thla line have been made -against him, ; they evidently came from his own conscience; this writer haa never accused htm of do ing any such things as, he denies. ' Let us aee Just what appeared la the Gastonta correspondence regard ing the election. - Here it la. Just as It appeared: "Gastonta. May 4 Though telephone and telegraph com munication wim Beasemer City Is not possible ' to-night. It is believed that the. ticket headed by R. : Lee Thornburg for mayor against J. A. Smith was elected Ty a majority of 40 or SO votes, .the report late this afternoon being to this affect. The election waa an exceedingly . warm One. .--.,. -..-v - This waa sent The' Observer .'over the (telephone at - night - after every possible means" had been exhausted to get h definite report from Bessemer City as to the outcome of the elec tion, . 'Phone connection with that place could not be obtained and this report waa baaed on the statements of reputable gentlemen who came - to Qaatonla from Bessemer City on No. 12 at 4 iiS o'clock that afternoon.;, ". It waa the only report received here at all and waa credited by the people who take any interest in such thinga . ; ' Mr. Smith failed to state In hla communication yesterday that he waa re-elected mayor by the enormous majority of eight (I) votee and that the majority of tha ticket actually elected were Thornburg men; that la. . exception of the mayor and possibly one or two others, was elected by ma jorities of from one to five. . It seema to your correspondent "tftat ' Mr. Smith can get but small consolation out of hla victory in the light of the above facta. .- Al W Uil asucaaavisis luauuutauvug , ea,nctaTirS.T.r As to hla sneaking insinuations that this coi presents have never, in a single instance, wil fully made a misstatement concerning Mm or his actions, though he baa frequently denied with great gusto facta about himself which were ab solutely true and which this corres pondent could, If necessary, have sub stantiated with affidavits from a hun dred ot the very best men in Gaston county. Any statement by Smith or anybody else to the effect that I have ever maliciously made a misstatement regarding him or his actions In The Obaerver la a lie -out of the whole ClOth. .-.7 77 : S In the past' I have Ignored with stlent eontempt similar Insinuations by Smith, but one does not like to be annoyed forever with the braying of an ass without making some effort to stop the same. ; Hence I beg your in dulgence for .taking this much space In .giving you the facta as regards this wonderful election at Bessemer City In which .ou.Vunt8enncVd0tar: oteT AcSaS;? sanctimonious son's garb, of eight votes Correspondent Gastonla, May (th. 190S. HOW MR. CRAIG STANDS. Haa a Long Lead Over ; Both HI Competitors in the Baca For ttie - tjovernoraltlp Mr. Craig'a Lead Not Due ' to Hla Strength in the west a is puiniy shown by The following statement has been issued at Raleigh by Mr. John P. Kerr, manager' of Mr. Locke Craig's campaign; ' ''The people of North Carolina are Intensely Interested In the contest I now going on for the Democratic! I or tne.- louowing taoin snowing tne number of votes In the. 8tate con vention secured by each of the candi dates In the counties that have held primaries and conventions to date. The figure given are absolutely cor rect, except In thoee counties where the conventions have not yet been held, and In these the estimates are as nearly' accurate a la possible until officially promulgated by , the county conventions. ' , . "I have no disposition to go into the figure-Juggling - business aa a competitor of . Cl. J. K. Webster. The figure given - show Mr. Craig's majority to dat over Mr. Kltchlri to be 83.11; over Mr. Horne.112.SS; over Mr. Kltchln and Mr., Home combined. 44.82. . -." : "Mr. KItchlns friegds are claim ing that Mr. Craig'a long lead la due to the fact that conventions have been held in nearly all of tha coun ties of tha tenth, pr mountain con iTse following facts: .Mr.. Craig has il- ready received TT.7S votes of the' 88 to which the counties of the - tenth district are entitled. Mr. Kltchln haa already received f 4.(1 of the 120 Vote to which the counties of hla (the fifth) district are entitled. If you will deduct every vote from Mr. 'm5FS& allow all the vote that Mr. Kltchln allow all the vote that Mr. Kltchln haa received la hla. (the firth) dis trict to remain In his column. It will be found that Mr. Craig would stilt have a majority over Mr. Kltchln of 10.(1 votes. Or. if you deduct from Mr. Kltchln' column the 24.S1 votes he received from his (the fifth) dis trict, and deduct from Mr. Craig the 77.78 votea he received rrom nis (the tenthl d'latHct Mr. Craig haa etoar ttU VteVVor SS&& territory of th. sut.." : Tnri! BILL) AGAINST OVERSEER. If He Is Convicted It Will 6eewi A bo-1 lHlon af Pealtentiary Whipping rot. : - ... . -, . Special to The Observer.- Greeavllle, 8. C, May (.-The grand jury to-aay returned a true blU against i p. put former ehaingang overseer, wb la charged with whipping a-eoavict A great deal ol Interest eentree around thla caie. a local attorneys Claim lllin Dill is convicted it will mean the abo lutioft ef the whipping post at the peni tentiary. DiU admits whlpjnng the pris oner, but claims it waa necessary, aa the Utter waa insolant Made rich by onion growing, plant- era at Laredo, Tex., are investing la automot.iea. ; ' ' - v-M-V'rti i t ft 4$ 1 ; tnmMw4i ' -: ' , ' ; " ' -.,- ' 7 . - iiliiiltii ',' . 7 " - , . 7 .7,-. .: ' 7 i .i" li " ' ,- j:-: ' ' 7; 7h-' '' .,7 ' -7 ; - --', . . f , " ' " " ' ' Ok rl D i a 1 fv - - tt r ry ' n t xwm Those two lots of Sample Voile Skirts we placed on sale a day or so ago for $7.98 and $12.50 must "un doubtedly be up-to-the-minute as to .' style,' tailoring, etc., and awful cheap' in price, , far they certainly have created a stir. ' r - K They Are I ' . - ' f I t m'y ' ' ' ' - ' a fineltaaored garment at a 1-3 saV- .- In re ttrviA in. A n-r, nnJ J . . t-wiajr cwliu uuu i. wan. mere are just "fi, , few very' swell onesat $15.00: t ' . w , y' ; Specials in Tryon Street lllillinery All Week ' C One lot Skirts in Voiles and other Suitings, slightly on: - style, but well worth $5.00.1' Sale price $2.29. K One lot Ladies' White Waists,' worth 75c. to $1.00, for 60c. A second lot Ladies' White Waists', worth $1.25, choice 75c. " 50 and 75c. Trimmed Hats, 25c. T ' 0ne lot' d Children's Trimmed Hats we sold 1 'i;from,50'to'75c.choice 25c. A second ' lot Ladies" ' , f $1.00 to $1.50 Trimmed Hats, choice 50c. Third lot. L 'worth up to $2.00 for $1.00. V Merry Widow Sailors u t A,. , nl - At DOio, stores you'll find a I this most popular Hat, Blacks, -Tans, Browns, White, .Navy and Copenhagen,' at "50 and 7567 -: - Our 25c; Picture Sale they gol .And thejrice sells them, for the frame ' us amte gut uue ana worta Wc A reainice assort ; ment of all kinds Pictures-Fruits, Games and : all; -kinds subjects, 38c. 47c;. 68c. to $1.25. China, Glassware and Crockery Here's the biggest, best and That open stock Jbnglish blue": is, beautiful. : You 100-Tifrfl rUnnpr RPt for : . -w - fui: - Two Lots Glassware, 10 and 25c. ... ,v . And, the pieces are fine-Molasses Pitchers,' Covered ; : pu., 7 TlichA. : DU n.t' ' ,m i . xJUbicA awucd, , jmcaajt juuvvis, Vdery JLTays, Ice ' Creams, etci Plenty pieces worth double. " ' - j - Kitchen Articles - We have some Bake Pans, Vm" ' -r. t -r r V .V tooap uisnes, ice jticks, upnee jmuis, Mimp Chimney Cleaners, small Scales, etc.; you can' get awful cheap) as we ,are closingall this out regardless'of cost. - - - - v Baseball Outfits s . 1, Mlus' au5 MVH Aua88 ana au Suits for boys, Come, see them. Baseball Bats 5c. Suits $1.25 Balls ' " 25C -V jtttf tttttf tfttt tttt S rrrrfWHtvfrmttm ... , .i Groing Fast ' x ia. rm. ... . . ' -'. 3 f : ' ; ' ' very large .assortment '' of cheapest stock in the city.1 .Porcelain ' in the "onion can buy any piece or' a full ahnnt. idflrtrt'onJ n k....i: v: i4VA At, O UCttUU" 7 t , . Pie Pans, -Kitchen' Spoon mm ..... r ' mtnu im , , i .,, 4 , . ' . '. w ' 1 , t , t , . , , tf W4a ajj 47
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 7, 1908, edition 1
4
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75