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CHAHLOTTB DAtLT OBSEBTEH, MAT 13,:1DC3. j. p. CALDWELL O. A. TOMPBXN3 PabUsbsara. very Day. ialke Year: v srBscBirnox wucki -. V Dally , -. bis mouths , 7bree months - ..si y - IhmLn'Mlllt Sis months .. Three mouths ..... . It BUSKERS AJiXOOCKMKST ; Ko. M Booth Tryon street. Telephone ' numbers: . Business office. Bell 'phona Tt: city editor's office. Bel! 'phone 134; - uti cdltor'a office. Bell 'phone ZM. A subscriber tit ordering the address of hi paper eharged. will please uiai ats tha addrers to which It la going ' at tha time he aska for the change to be made. ' Advertising- rates are furnished on . application. Advertisers may le sure that through the columns of this naner they mar rach all Charlotte . and a portion of the best people In this State and npner South Carolina. Thla paper gives correspondents as vide latltiMte as u imn v-- lm ...rr.!.. hut It la in IiO Case re- sponsible tor their views. It la truck rrvfurred that correspondents sign iiMr names to thflr articles, especial ly in eases where they attack person or iniiuunnm u.us mended. The editor reserves the tight to rlv tha names of correspondents hen they are tier.-.anded for Jhe pur ees of personal satisfaction. Tn re calve eonrtieratio.i a communication miat b acixmcanled by the true psme of Uic roi-rerrond.nt. FRIDAY. MAY- 15, I0. THE LATE GOVERNOR RUSSELL. - Tntb the Wilminston special of yesterday In mind the announcement this morning of the death of ex-oov- inM Riisnf 11 is not a surprise. He s was a striking personality remsrka bis in appearance, an Impressive In dividual In every way. He was not beloved of North Carolinians but ha who denies to him a high order of ability discredits himself, for he was a very able msn and lawyers who have practiced with him on opposing sides say that he practiced fairly. Scarcely anything operated more against him in public opinion than his Infirmity of temper, for he was a violent man and was without self v eontrol. He wss vindictive, too, and unforgiving, (lod had been good to , tta In mental equipment and' In other 1 attributes, but he was possessed of unfortunate characteristics whlah. It is to be feared, will be remembered ' after his higher qualities have been : forgotten. - ' Be was a Confederate soldier and was ver after the civil war a Ro publlcan In politics except for one di version wljen he became a Green backer In a campaign when the greenback had a vogue, and defeated ' Hon. A. M. ' Waddell In a race for Congress. He had been a judge of the Superior Court, saw service In the Legislature, was one term In Congress and was elected Oovernor in 1191 by the fudon between the populists and Republicans. During his term hs was In danger of Impeachment, ow- . ing to his eccentricities official con duct, but happily this was not at tempted for he did not deserve to be ' Impeached. Passed beyond the Great Divide, we hope his tempestuous spir it Is st peace. A BULL-HEADED TAR HEEL. - The best thing In to-day's paper, and something that nobody should fall to read. Is the story from Volume . X of the Journsls of the Continental Congress, trsnsmltted by the Wash- Ington correspondent of The New -York - Evening Post, how. on the vening of April 10th, 1778, the Hon. Thomas Burke, a member of that body from North Carolina, declared "upon his honor." while the Congress wn voting on a motion to adjourn, that whatever the result of the ballot, he proposed to "adjourn himself." . which, suiting the action to the word, hs proceeded to do; and that though they sent for him he stoutly refused ' to go back, though Mr. Langworthy, of Georgia, who had adjourned with - him. having less sand than the North Carolinian, returned; how Congress served a rule upon him for his recal cltrancy and h appeared on the day nam' d. told It he asked It no odds as he was responsible only to "the free Stste of North Carolina;" and It re- . ferred th matter by resolution to the . State Assembly, and that ircmi to have been the end .of it. Clearly the State forgave him for In 1781 he wae elected its fir.t Oovernor under the constitution. It Is a jualnt narrative and we beg pardon for having tried to ' rehearse It. Evidently Thomas Burke was a ' game o!d bird. How many of our readers ever heard of him or know thgi he was our State's first constitu tional Oovernor? It is lsrn-d from a most valuable volume, the "Bio graphical Congressional Directory, J"7 to 190 J." Issued by authority of! . Congress, that he was born at Gal 5 way. Ireland, about i747, migrated, wai liberally educated, studied medl ( cine, the law, settled In Accomac -county, Va.. moved to Norfolk, prac ticed law, moved to Hlllsboro, N. C, la 1774. was a delegate to the State conventions at N.ewbern, HllUboro and Halifax, member of the Continental Coagress from 177 to 1711. elected Oovernor. kidnapped ia 1781 by the , Tories and carried to Charleston where be was held as a hostage, es caped, resumed his duties. as Gover nor In April; 1712. was defeated for re-election la December of the same year by Alexander Martin, died at Hillsboro December J, 1781, and. we aaame.- was burled, there, And IM wa Thotnss Bjrke,"wlio den-i the Continental Congress and raid to It. without batting an eye, that h did not propose te submit himself -no sny Jurisdiction but. that of the fute I represent, such sutmlslott b Inr In my Idea injurious to tbs ma- thereof.?-'' It -; is, a fascinating '"'r- - .,- " . ' , -' THE) QUEER CASE OF COLCOCEX ' ' ': STEWART. .. Wednesday's reference) to the' Sen ate committee on military affairs of Mr. Rayoers resolntlon directing the appointment by tha President of court of Inquiry in the CoL William F. Btewart case doubtless mean that a eUaH over thla matter between the White flouae and tha north, wing of tha capltol will be avoided. Indeed. If the outspoken remarks' of , Senator Warren, committee chairman, fur nlsh any ground for, a forecast, the committee will probably uphold the President and thus, T with Congress near adjournment, terminate the con troversy to his satisfaction. The Stewart case certainly presents me very alngular features. It ia serted that Colonel Stewart, an offi eer about sixty years old. Is temper amentally unfit" to command, the virtual Implication from tha charges as a whole being- mat ne nas sourea on the world and constitutes a will' ful nuisance, pest and subverter of discipline; In short, a dlsorganlser of the rankest sort. Doubtless jealousy of the numerous officers wIuk have been promoted over htm plays a part In supplying the motives for this al leged conduct. He has dons noth lng dlv?raceful ftnd has avoided with care anything which could readily b made the. basis of formal charges, nevertheless contriving to make him self thoroughly unpleasant. 'The. sit uatlon thus created became almost Intolerable in the army, where dis cipline goes before everything else, and pressure was brought upon Col onel rHewart to retire on his pay al lowance, as his length of service au thorized and as officers of his age and rank almost Invariably do from choice. This, however, being what his associates wanted, he would not hear to. It -was deemed Impractica ble to retain him in any post of com mand. and so an appeal was made to the President as the moat feasible course under these circumstances. Four officers of the highest rank and most unquestioned regard for truth and fairness. Including Gen. Freder ick D. CI rant, joined In a special re port upon Colonel Stewart and asked for spproprlate ac"t!on by the Presi dent as commander-in-chief. Accept ing their judgment Generalissimo Roosevelt first ordered the objection ble officer to an abandoned ort In Florida. The State, however, proved to have a claim, of .some sort upon the snclent fortification and so Col onel Stewart was headed for Fort Grant, Arlx., an abandoned army post In the desert which remains aa a relic of days when the Apache In dians were even more rampageous In the southwestern United States than their kinsmen the Yaqul Indians are now In northwestern Mexico. ' Here the not-to-be-shaken colonel now is, professing lgnorancs of ths charges sgalnst him and demanding, a court of Inquiry. The President has stated that hli exile Is Intended to serve the purpose not only of ridding ths army of a nuisance but also of a punish ment However, it is stated that the banished officer's quarters will be made habitable and that he can re main unmolested in the enjoyment of his own society so long as hs sees fit to retain his army commission. Of course, with many wenaiors or oom parties only too glad of any oppor tunity for swatting ths President, Colonel Stewart's grievances could not go long unatred. Moreover, the col onel's wife, as it happens, Is a niece of the late Senator Whyte, of Mary land, hence Senator Rayner's special activity. Enough trouble has . been made, doubtless, to afford ths satur nine spirit now at Fort Grant not a little of the sort, of gratification In which his soul, unless hs Is sadly missed, most delights, If Colonel Stewart or his cham pions can prove that he has been made the victim of spite or misun derstanding, they should havs the privilege of doing so. If the facts are as reported to the President with apparent reliability, the banished of ficer has reeslved nothing mors than he deserves and army discipline re quires. The Socialist party, now in national convention. Is having a spirited as- bate over a proposal to Invite the farmers Into their movement- as slsed up by some of the delegstes from Oklahoma. Texas, Oregon and other Western States, ths proposi tion is. "Shall the Socialist party swallow the Populists or shall the Populists eat up the Socialists?" It's not In the lesst our business, but we should unhesitatingly advise the for mer. The Populists having already (at least for the time being) swal lowed the Democratic party. If tha Socialists swallow ths Populists, Mr. Bryan Included, they will havs ths Democrats also. A report to the Virginia corporation commission on a recent bank short age at Boydton reveals ths altogether surprising fact that Virginia has no bank examination laws, examinations I being ordered by the corporation com mission (at the bank's expense) only if stockholders representing one-fifth of the capital shall petition for such action. In consequence, no lnvestlga tion Is made Into the sffalrs of most banks for years at a time. Surely such a condition as this will not be permitted to continue much longer. By the wsy. Rev. Dr. J. A. B. Scberer, president of Newberry Col 1 lege. South Carolina, who is decided ly a young man of parts and who de livered a commencement address re freshingly different from the' usual kind In this city several evenings ago, belongs among the North Carolinians. Within the past decade he has seen mnchjpf life in ' Japan. SouthJCaro llua and elsewhere, but he was born and bred in Rowan county and Sails bury, in the Old North State, . t It Is a satisfaction to observe that public Indignation At Its shameless methods shows signs of getting effec tively under the New Tork cot ten ex change's hide at last ALL VIRTTAIXY OCT BUT TAFT. ' The Washington Herald prints political news story from New York which asserts that "mea of high sta tion in tha political and .financial world of tha metropolis who, a month ago, looked forward to Taft's nomina tion' as' a certainty," now expect Pres ident Roosevelt's rs-nomi nation. This opinion, the correspondent explains, is held by a few men who are not unfriendly to tha President and by a great number who are, -the former declaring that the pressure at Chicago will be irresistible aad the Utter per sisting In a refusal to concede Mr. Roosevelt's sincerity. "Hngheav we read, "is absolutely eliminated as a presidential quantity in . his. own BUte. His candidacy never had he loyal support of party men. He Is to-day the victim of their maehlna- tlons. That lie is strong with the people everybody admits, but hs is not strong enough with the-politicians to become a force at Chicago. Roose velt and Taft are the only men con sidered in connection with ths presli dency. Fairbanks, Knox, Cannon and I Hughes are to-day regarded aa who! ly out of the race." Which is Inter-; estlhg and also convincing except to the expressed belief in the llkell- hood of Mr. Roosevelt's re-nomlna- tlon. The "Republican nomination contest appears to be about all over except the final rush for the band wagon. "Of course." says a. contemporary which we cannot at this moment Identify, "it's a matter calling for flns Judgment whether or not pledges giv- en by States two years In advance are binding, and to what extent." A State convention cannot bind Its successor any mors than a national convention can; any mors than a Leglslaturs or Congress can. And It ought not bind when its committal was, given out of season and for ths special pur pose of humiliating a minority. We refer to the Bryan pledge by ths North Carolina Democratic convention of two years ago At tha Maamcbnaetta Hamnoratlo convention last week there were pres ent 411 delegates of 1050 entitled to be there. Thla is an Indication" of decadent party. Massachusetts' is no more for Mr. Bryan than Nebraska Is but George Fred Williams and' his class of "thinkers" have captured the Democratic organisation and the par ty there has been reduced' to a skele ton. Its vitality has departed and under this management It will pres ently be no more than a memory. It Is hard to tell when the lowest depth has been struck In polices. A political circular now out attempts to connect one of ths candidates for Governor of Georgia with the recent nauseous soclalequallty dinner in New York. Commenting upon a deliverance by the General Conference of the North ern Methodist Church upon "consecu tive polygamy" The "Chattanooga Times prints it "conservative poly gamy." Oh. those linotypes! "The unlnstructed delegation," ob serves The Norfolk Landmark,' '"Is i the one that haa ths Influence' Who will be heard to deny this or to as sert the contrary? ' WAS AN ADVERTISEMENT. Arguments For or Against Prohibi tion Are Not Wanted Rut Are Merely Suffered at Advertising Rates, as Was Dr. Mott's The Ob server Judge Pritchsrtl's Friend and Defender. To the Editor of The Observer: I confess to surprise in reading the srtlcle of Dr. Mort in reference to Judge Pritchard contained in your is sue of to-day. I was the more sur- prlsad to find such an articls In the columns of your excellent paper, I recognise the right of Dr. Mott, or of sny other man, to differ with Judge Pritchard in his views In regard to prohibition and to express these views tn ths public prints. But I do not think that any man has ths right to make such sn uncalled-for per sonal attack upon any other man in any such Ill-bred way because of any views which ne may entertain. xr. Mott need not think that any such low sttacks upon Judge Prltchard'a personal character, will avail the cause he soeks and assumes to repre sent. 1 can but think that Dr. Mott will realize upon second sober thought that such attacks as these are entirely out of place and that he has been guilty. of a serious breach of all propriety. So far as Judge Pritchard Is con cerned, he needs no defense at the hands of any .nan and this card Is not written for this nurpose. It Is written to respectfully suggest that such cards ss that written by Dr. Mott hava no place in the public prints of our Stats and to protest sgalnst the appearance of anything similar In th columns of The Ob server. It. C. LAWRENCE. Lumberton, May I2th. , The protest of Mr. Lawrence, in so far as It relates to The Observer, would be entirely warranted except, that Dr. Mott's artiele appeared a nd vert lung matter. The distinguish ing marks were so plain as to clear ly Identify it we had thought, as such. tVi iustl.-e to the. paper ws would thank our friends to recall the rule laid down editorially on the 4th of February, that any debate, or Ar gumentation of this prohibition mat ter from either slds, dffered The, Ob server for publication, would hsvs to bear tha advertising rat. Ws do not want any of the literature, pro or con. bit cannot deellns to accept It when the rul relating to it is complied with. To supnoie that The Observer bad pleasure in publishing the' letter of Dr. Mott is to forget thst K has stood ludes Prltchard'a friend and defender when h has had few In the Democratic party; when It was not altogether aa esr to stsnd up te him ss it is now. Editor Observer. . . aSSSSBBaBaaaasawaaBBasapaBswssaSBBSsasBsassaawasas , ITas Gslned Whst Bryan ITas Lost. Petersburg Index-Appeal. , - On a fair trial ot strength before the voters of Southslds Virginia In a primary, we-honestly doubt If Col- enel William J. Bryan' could beat Oovernor . Johnson, of Minnesota. This means thAt Colonel. Bryan haa Tost strength with the people rather than that Oovernor Johnson nas gained in popularity, for, as a matter of fact, the popts ef this section knew verjr little about Governor John nan. , - ' . ; - - . ROBIXSOJf otf pRomBmox. Irrr nUe Makes a Strong and Kirectlra Snrrrh at: Greensboro Grows KiiMMla In HI. Bufwrnm to th Letter's Opponents. 8pedal u The Observer : Oreensbord! Mav 14 Jnrtra W. 8. Vt. Robinson, who reached town too late to. fill his appointment this forenoon, addressed a large crowd in " court House to-nla-ht oa rrohl bitlon, making a strong and effective speech. . , He Inlected Into ' his re marks, much of his characteristic wit ana numor: - . ,- . ' I ant not- here to mika anv nub lie Confession, but It la a mattf-r of common knowledge that at times I hava decorated mv Interior with a I little1 of ths gaudy fluid. I have stood against, the bar and iaken ,"nf " " . bnt I never Robinson ia fw . 7",t. i euiuvta insiiH raitr - amaa -1 ia-s five per cent, of all tho crime in 1 "n Carolina could be traced to mVrsJuS trnellYhrnh'. and pestilence of the asrea . He rldl- culed the argument that prohibition! won i prohibit and. referring to the statement that if one does not drink whiskey, whiskey will not hurCone. saM: "The man .who makes that statement is a liar, and I do him the wid-i,t'ajr know n 1,r Ve air know that ths people who i t . drink aret. those who suffer t the women and children " Speaking of the effect Uklng a sUhd '"r.v'""'"v.n 2n .V " vauuv mm juage KODinson maae ai compsrlson of thps" wb. . have been prominent for and against prohl- bitlon in North Carolina. The speaker cal Issue of orohlbltion. uvim: Who haa constituted Or. Mottand iom Bettle the guardians of the -Re- pumican party in North Carolina as sgalnst 'such men ss Judge Prltch- ard. Jifdre nonria. an a e others who give tone and character to tne party? hy. If It wasn't for these men. who give North Caro- tBuucans sianaing, ins aogs wouldn't bark at the party." Referring to the argument of per. petuatlng the llauor traffic far the sake Of taxes and for the schools. Judge Robinson said the antl - prohibitionists have the audacltr of the devil, and declared he would rawer see his children grow 'up In Ignorance than have them educated pn liquor money. He made a strand defense f Judge Pritchard. and .rs '"ring xo urXMOtt t letter published in. uwrvtr a ww aays ago, saia: inariotte onserver is ons of the cleanest and most respectable papers DUDlisned. Its editor doesn't abuse anybody, and I am bound to ty taxes. And then some of the think Mr. Caldwell was out at townlcltlna 'havs for some time been cbl- when that slander on Pritchard was printed. The crowd applauded Ions' andllecta over 840 a vear. loud when he ssld, sneaking of Dr. Mott's reference to Juda-a Prltchard'a sian in ure: "it don t make any dlf - ference where a man comea from! Its where he is going that we arslscoup In back taxes -for all the years Interested In." In speaking of thai back this law has been In effect stand for prohibition taken bv lead.) Ing Democrats and Rvnuhiiana Judgs Robinson pnld a hixh tribute! to ex-Governor Aycock. saying ha was ins Dest Oovernor North faro, una nas nad. i 1 eauor or rne observer was not out . of town but. it is dus his inena, judge Robinson, to anv re ceived Dr. Mott's communication from his own hand. The whys and wherefores of Its appearance are er piainea in a foot-note to another ar ticle in this pa par. CARELESS READERS OF PAPERS. Imputing to Them Things They Never rwiiu i ne . ijurnnopoiitaa - Dinner ana otner Tilings. Columbia State. . The other day. In a toast to Ths tress," some one referred to ths care lessness of the great majority of newspaper readers, and of the d re va lence of the. habit of reading without I appropriated 11.000 for better dorml thinklng. - Hera Is an early lllustra-I tory accommodations for the orphan tlon to sustain that view: The writer was seked by a friend of hlxh grade Intelligence whether ne had read an editorial in The Charlotte Observer touching the Cosmopolitan Club din ner in New Tork, at which Inter marriage of the races was advocated. The writer did not recall: whyt Because." said the friend. "I know you have taken Interest in Robert C. Ogden, and h was ths host on that occasion." "Impossible," was ths re ply. "The Charlotte Observer said so," waa the asjursnce of our friend But The Charlotte Observer did not say so; nor did it say anything resembling that; nor was Mr. Ogden In New York at the time; nor had ho closer connection with these white men than to have had two of them editors of powerful papers in New Tork express strong interest in his work for education. But we find in a later issue of Ths Observer a letter to that paper from Hamilton Holt, Of The Independent. In which he declares The New Tork American, from which The Observer gathered its Information, "malicious ly misrepresented" ths dinner, - ana that none present "defended the in ter-marriage of the races in any way.1 The Charlotte paper also reproduced a story from The Times, in which Os wald Q. VI Hard, the other person of prominence present. Is declared not guilty of advocating lnter-marrlage So much for the Inaccuracy of readers, and the yellowness of news papers, but we wish to second most earnestly the reasoning or Th cnar lotts Observer, that however muob Mr. Holt, Mr. vnilard, or Mr. Roose- v.i mav nnnnn th. intsr-fnarria va of I the races, when they advoiata ths association of the raoes, particularly ths association of men r one rac wnmaM nt th nthur h arai Knni. ik..i a nniitinn that win eventually be a force for mongrellsm ten thousand times more . powerful than their individual opposition can withstand It these men and women members of. two races belong to the same so clal club and dine together, they may surely, with as much freedom and mixture, attend an opera or a ball together; if they are social at a club and at a banquet, surely they may receive each other nt their homea Under euch conditions, what barrier does Mr. Holt and Mr. VI Hard hop to rear between th marriage of th octoroon and the white, and the quad roon and the white, and then the mn latfo and the white T ' LEAVES REPUBLICAN PARTY. - . " ' Mr.' W. Tt Morgan, , a Prominent Mo no wen Attorney. Joins the Demo cratic Hanks nas Many Good Reasons For no Doing, lie Saya Special to Ths Observer. Marion, May 14. Th . following open letter appeared in The McDow I ell Democrat this wek. which I plalna itself: ' : - ; -r-.- - T th Editor of Th McDowell Democrat: . ',.. f "l desire to publish, through your paper, the fact that I have severed my connection with ths Republican party. Many reaaona, quite satisfac tory and overwhelming, by this time, to my mind, for a long time acting upon 'my judgment and conviction, have led me to this decision which Is TO FIGHT INSUIU'C LAW I ! wju-aama Aivc nu.iu uuiuui. . Sontll Carolina's SVMnlo , Taxing JTeroJums txtr State, County and City Ilevcnues Almost Certain to Be Tested as to Constitutionality Sew York Life tbs Own pan y to firing suit -State omctai ea torn Companies Are Being Gouged Out rarwulr Palmetto Odd Fellows Elect Officer and Adjourn Rail road Commission Gets Straight Af ter Railroad as to Depot ana Chang ing Schedules. , - - Obsenrer Bursau. -', SOO Skyscraper Building, ; , : Columbia, & C . May 14. It ia now almost certain' that the 43tata - la to have a Wg i legal . battle with the insurance companies over .-a tailna- of their Dremiums for t - : ------ - State, county and city revenues The. company that seems likely to bring the case into court -for the purpose ' ""g ths constitutionality of th. w oa the ground that It in affect is a doubts tax on the New York Life, which has just been ireportod to ths ... . A Y" General as resisting or falling to pay Its -State and county taxes for last year. The company Is also in tron-. f. ,t. .t "c" sloner" for failure to pay the new license fee of.5l for tbs upppit of that department. , It has ald . its , . . nnu,J 1,cfnM 'ce of th. understanding in insurance circles is that the company has decided In its license fee is collected no otner tax can be legally levied. One of the most Important" sources .v. .- T J, J lU this Insurance tax. which amounts to the regular levy on the amount of i premiums going out. And these premiums total many million dollars m ths course of a year on tna part of the fire and ills companies. These premiums last year touted over alx mininn tnltara and tha tax on this I fn Hrata unit rnuntv miraoaea alons lis over $40,000 a year. In addition tn thla ba inaur&nca romnanles nav annual license fees to tha State I amounting to f 14.000 and franchise taxes of 1S0.008. Rvon anma Rtat offlclala are af I onlnlnn that the Insurnnca-romDanles I are srouged outrageously. Taxing or tnem nas ueen spreaamg recenny. I Ths cities are beginning to levy tneir regular tax against them after they I have been milled for State and COun- Meeting large amounts annually In city i license fees. Charleston alone col Ths straw that appears to havs broken tha cam if j back in ths fight ltna city of coiumnia nas lnsututea I to .collect not onlv city taxes but to when tbs city authorities had not discovered this particular source of revenue. Other cities ' ara fast scrambling- aboard the same boat It seems likely. also that the insur ance companies may test the consti tutionality of tne act requiring li censes of them for the support of ths State Insurance Department, although tha Insurancs lobby did not work against ths passage of the law last winter establishing the department. The understanding Is that the insur ance people are pleased with the idea of having an Insurance Department but object to being made to pay for it...: v. - "ODD FELLOWS ADJOURN. The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows which has been in session In this city two days adjourned this morning after an interesting session )n the hall of tne House or Representatives. Auten was chosen as the next convention city, although Anderson was a close Second In the balloting for this hon or and pleasure. The grand lodge home at Greenville. Grand officers for the ensuing year were elected to day-as follows: sjt. u. A. xseutier, Abbeville, grand master; Wilson G Harvey, Charleston, deputy grand master; W. Hampton Cobb. Columbia, grand warden; F. S. Kllingaworth, Columbia, grand secretary; H. Endel, Greenville, grand treasurer; w. R. L Cahall. Georgetown, grand chaplain; J. J. AiQSwaln, ureenvUle, sovereign grand representative; H. . J. Southern, Greenville, trustee for the orphan home. - As a result of a conference with officials ef the Southern at Blacksburg last week the railroad commission to-day Issued an order disapproving th plana of tbs road, which call for remodeling of the present ' depot instead of Duiiding a nsw one as re quired by the special act passed by the last Legislature- " Th commis sion orders the officials to at once submit plans for an entirely nsw de- oot eaual to that at GaRney. The commission aas oeen receiving many complaints recently about so frequent changes Of schedule without notice, with th result that ths pub lic has become confused about the movement of passenger trains in vari ous tarts of the State, and to-day the commission issued a circular notifying tne various roads that in tne future it would insist on observance of its rule requiring at least five days no tice-to th commission' and five days' postlnr at th stations affected of any intended change. -The. commis sion also Issued a circular insisting on enforcement or its - rule requiring trucks at all stations where they are needed for th saf handling of bag gag. Thrs have been many com. plaints recently of baggage being un- necessarily ouni. The commission declined the re ouest of the Southern Express Com- Pny for extension of time in putting the commission's Tecent order into effect requiring all packages to be plainly and accurately marked paid or. collect, . ''''- by no means a hasty one, "I havs no unkind word to utter against ths natty with which" I have for a long tima affluatsd; for I real ise that th masses who compose th voting strength of tha party, espe cially in western North Carolina, are as honsst and patriotic as any people living. The pity is mat too -many of their leaders regard and use the party as a chattel of theirs for the further lng of their own personal ends with out regard for the real upbuilding and future welfare of the party. 1 "Hereafter I prefer to east ray lot with the conservative clement of the Democratic party. v - "W, X. MU1UJA.1, "Marlon, May 11. 1I0S." The abova announcement came as a surprise to his many friends. Mr. Morgan is one of our most prominent lawyers In this county and haa stood nignj in tne rouncia Ji.uit nrpuuu ran party. , The reasons bs gives lor his change of party amiiauon, anows that oe is a man who thinks for him self and that he Is a man of convic tions. He will be a welcome add I tlon to the Demoo ratio party in this county and his influence will be felt tn the coming campaign. His many Democratic friends extend the band of fellowship and welcome him te the Democratic ranks Mi i 4 I r S i I 4 1 1 II I 1 1 J BBBBWr SB? ' Si SWT aski aw ST m jm S - V m V Xe wwsS--w' Sfc ' fjfc' Ne- r: K Priccsj Cut NIyin J the Middle One Lot '!MMDtfii hams that has 12 1-2 to; I5cents 1 0 rcentsrsfei Men's Wid Boys' We are making a regular clearance sale of lien's and. Boys' Cheap Straws and a lot of Ladies'; Misses' V and Children's Trimmed Hats. Read all this :. ' Men's and Boys' 25c Straws for ................ .16c. Men's and Boys' 50c Straws for v. ............ . ; .25C. ' Men's' and Boys' $1.00 Straws for . . . . .':60c; Men's Fine Straws, worth Misses' and Children's 50c Misses and Ladies' $1.00 Trimmed Hats ........ 60cH- Misses' an Ladies' $2.00 Trimmed Hats ...... .$1.00 Men's Pants and Boys' Suits Ono lot Boys' $2.50 Spring Suits ....... ....... $1.79 One lot Men's Work and Dress Pants, sold from $1.50 to $2.00; choice U. ..... : 97c $4.00 Crossett Shoes.... ...... Oxfords or High Out, Patent Leather, etc. . ' One lot Ladies. $3.00 Shoes and Oxfords . . . . . .$2.19 I Two lots Misses' and Cnaldren.'s Shoes .and Ox- fords, Tans, and Blacks; those worth up to $1.50 for...!,. ...... ......89c. ;: and'those worth up to $1.00 and $1.25 ... . . . . . . , ,69cl Wash Skirts, $1.00 to $1.50, for. . . v. . . . ,: . . ....39c.' One lot Ladies' White Skirts,. P. K's and Crash, a' , little off style that we sold for $1.00 to $L50. ..vC'hice m i . . ..... w. s. ...j,... jl .vtitj ,.. . 39c ,r. One lot Ladies' Serge ano! Wool Skirts, sold up to $5.00; choice.... .... .... ,..;$2i29v ' Tryon street store. . . ' ... Gockery Dep 10c. Glass Dippers.; V. ... . Kitchen . Spoons, three for . . .... .i... :., . 6c. Towel Racks. . . . ....; . . ..6c. " Iarge Perforated Chair Bottoms, ... ,6c. Good 25C Brooins. . .'. ... .. . . J .'; 18c "XT Four-Ball Croquet Sets. ... .-. . .V. .. .$1.00 ?; Nicklev Plater! Teaspoons, set of 6 for. . . . . , ; ; .V.lOc. r Nickle Plated Tablespoons; set of ,6" for. vv ;.V..,.25c Nickle Plated Knives and 'Porks, set.. ." ; : 98c. V Good set Knives and Forks U. S. Mail Laundry Soap. 8 WhiteWool Soap, ,7 for. . .r,. Octagon Soap, 6 for. Scissors and Shears worth 25c, -only .:i'ilOc:: A great line Pictures with gilt 50c., all for. ...... .. Colgate's1 Cone Shaving Soap. .. .. , . :' . i,".v.5c: : A dandy line Pearl Buttons, all sizes; per: dozen . V. 8c Real' good Talcum Powder. . .. , . ...... . . ;.'.5c' Mermen's Talcum.... ..... ...... .12 X2c " Ladies' regular 5c. ' Vests two for. .'.'. iV I .J .5c . Good White-Foot Hose.'. j ......... . '. , ,t . 10c C, B. $1.00 Corset. . . f ... : , . ...... . C3c v o.mtioi.ni.niMiiinniiiiiiiiii mm m MiiinniiiimimiHiiiiiMnHimniMl I M tt 98aV , , , n iit M hi. been sellinej- . at Straw Hats Half $1.50, for .75c." Trimmed Hats . , . . . .25c .....$3.19 artment -'. . t6c ., .....;.':.'.. ...;".60c. for. , .., . . . , . ; . i ". . 25C , s,..:,..;.,2J5c;V Vvt, v. . :25c frames, frame' worth'- ' : ...... ...... 25c . - ' -4 : ; --' x - . - -.. ''.;.' :. . : , .- . ''''' ' "' ''' ' ' '' " ' " '"''' only L. sT '. if ' i - v V f 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 15, 1908, edition 1
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