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CHARLOTTE j)AILY OBSERVER, JUNE 5,jt903. - MERCHANTS' SECOND BAY A WIDE -- RANGE OF SUBJECTS : At VrdT Morniiut' SesHiort ol the North. Carolina Retail MerJ -lianta AMKiun , jteporia un ; the Stat a of tli Union" Are Heard - From Almost Every Town In the Association Soma Are : xnnrufr, Some Are Doing little, Factional Jealonaica Prevent the Permanent Organ fxattou of Others Interesting paper on the programme. - Not less interesting than . the first . was the second session of the North Carolina ' Retail Merchants Assocla- -1 tlon yesterday. When the gavel in i the hands of President .N. L. Cran ford crashed upon the presidential desk at 10:15 o'clock almost every ' member vm in his chair, ready' for the work of another day. The num ' ber in attendance was considerably increased by the arrivals on . the -morning trains until every city of .: ' Importance or commercial ' power In . North Carolina was represented In v the gathering of commercial men. ' The order of events was taken up and forwarded with a vim.- Follow- . Ing the preliminary routine work r announcement was made that Mr. ' Walter Clarke, secretary of the Rich mond Retail Merchants'-Association, of Richmond, Va.. would not be able to be present and deliver his scheduled addrt on -How to Con- duct a Locnl Association.'' Mr. Luther M Tfrli read a letter from Mr, Clark expressing his regret at his inability to be present.' The Individual reports were called for by the different local association. , The report from Ashcville was first '. called for. Mr. 8, Luplnsky reported - that an increaw of 6ft per rent, had ' been made In the number 'of mem bers since the meeting of last year. The rating system is used, there being about 7.000 rmmA Insrrlbed. " The report In general showed the spirit of the Ahevlllo association to be healthful and progressive, in no danger of retrogradation. Edcnton, Elkln. High Point . . Fayetteville. Thomasvllle and Khelby, when their names were called, were not ready to report at the moment Mr. J. W. Allsbrook reported, for . Scotland Neck that effective results wr being accomplished by an active organisation. Mr. A. A. Joecph stated that Ooldsboro has had 42 ' members. There, too, the rating sys- tem is in use, with 1,700 nwneg or more upon It. This has been In trumental in saving the merchants thousands of . dollars. . . . '. - CHARLOTTK REPORTS. When the report of Charlotte, with (2 members, was called for, Mr. A. B. Justice read the following: . The association works harmoni ously. Although not all the members attend there Is no lack of Interest and co-operation In the work of the as- :' soclatlon. . "The Charlotte Association has also taken a deep Interest In the freight rat discrimination cases, by which ' It is hoped rates will be secured for North Carolina towns on ah equal basis with Virginia towns. The asso ciation has also sent delegates to the Deep Waterways Project" and to the "Rivers and Harbors Congress' in Washington. "The association is also working on the various advertising schemes which have been tried here by out "slde promoters and as a result these are beginning to shut out Charlotte very frequently, and after the entire State. - "A great saving has been gained in this manner to the members. Other lists for use of members, and re ports, are In usts and are proving of great value. , "A rebate system to outside pur chasers has been In practice for sev eral years also and this has at tracted many purchasers to the city." LIVELY AT RALEIGH. The report of Mr. J. B. Pearce for Raleigh was optimistic. The height nt nnitv nrovMfla. concerted action In every case following a decision by the Raleigh mooted tiolnt. BaamrUtion on any Kvrv merchant of! any prominence ir a member. This 7". report was supplemented by a wtat ""' ment volunteered by Mr. K. E. Mrougtitnn. of Raleigh. Me wild the body had been responsible for abolishing the trading stamp curse, losing thereby one merchant and gaining a dozen or more. The tele phone monopoly was then sttn l.ed -with the result that there are now but two where there were three, sutl ' 4 one of these is a home company For Greensboro, Mr. C. R. Mrnck - rnann reported. The tirst th!ng done was the giving of a banquet and the Idea proved a success. Much good has been accomplished and tot) thousand dollars has been collected on bills placed In their huid-. Favorable reports jver further made by Mr. R. R. Crawford, for Winston: Mr. J. B. Nichols. for Windsor; Mr. II. I. Mills, for Mooier ' Vllle; Mr. 8. W. Kwaln, for Rand'.e man: Mr. F. B. Blalock, for Oxford; Mr. F. K. Carter, for Newton: Mr. K. 8. Allen, for Warrenton; Mr. J. yr. Ashcraft. for Wadcsbon. Mr. N. 11. Johnson riade reports for towns not represented. A-nong these Lexington was stated tJ be doing little, Thomasvllle doing veil, Ahoskle Is a monument to industry, Tarboro Is Indifferent. Durham active, Jdonroe has disbanded, Fayettevllle could not be organised on account of petty Jealousies, and Btatesvuie, likewise, has been organised three times, but owing to factional dis agreements the merchants are un able to hold together. "But." said Mr. Johnson, In reply to a question, "when the associations - have received and paid attention to the notices setit out by the president, and when the work has been man- aged In a reasonable manner, not a ingle instance of failure can be -r. pointed out," COLONEL 1IEAREB 8PEAKB. The hit of the day waa the speeca mad by Col. Iredell Meares, of Wll- enhtgton, on "Deep Waterways ror North Carolina." Major E. J. Hale, of I'ayettevllle. had been scheduled for an ddresa on this subject, but was un-l sUila to come, so Colonel Meares was' , prevailed on to come Instead, It was - an exceedingly thoughtful presenta . Cton of one of ths most vital quest Kins befor the people of North. Carolina. Colonel Meares began with the fun damental and basic Idea that the basis of all civilization is transportation of products a cheaply as Is possible. This ; rnee.ni commercial intercourse, whlcn In turn, means general intercourse : among pifpls. Tie -problem most essentia) to the commercial develop ment of the country at large Is to get . tha prod acts of the country to tle sea shore. , The rpeaker pointed out what na boen done in the way tf river and har bor Improvement In Europe. Enor us r ma of money here there-been expended especially at London, Liver pool. Glasgow, .Antwerp. Rotterdam and thr cities. Tne expense amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars. Dnndon alone spent on her docks II2S.600.Oet. There has been. too. a great devel opment In the ports of South America. It Is astonishing to note what Is going n there. On the Oreat Lskes. too, there has been a great development of C! ixlitlrld Coal Is Steam Prodnoer. commerce as a resuK of harbor lm provement. - Out on th Mississippi there is -talk of a.- 14-foot - channel from about Cairo to New Orleans. - iMr. Jem J..HU1 saya that the roost emcient way to relieve railroad con geetion is for the national government to Improve its waterways. , 1 MUST GET TO OCEJAX CHEAPLT. The one thing which this country has been Indifferent to is the fact that in the' last analysis the getting 'of -our products to the ocean is most esaen tial "to the- preservation of our pres ent position and to tha . maintenance of superiority in the commerce or the world. We Americana think we are great people and talk about that. Jn fact w are, but although we have and will continue to invent now forms of machinery and pat into use inven tkns which- will decrease the costs of transportation, the fact remains that there is no method . which when put Into use will not sooner or later be come standardized or universal. Hence, in the race for business, the question Is who will put their products on the market cheapest. The -great thing for America to do Is to get her produce to the market cheaper than any other nation We are building the Panama canal. which .Will, open up the markets to the Orient, yet are indifferent to the fact that our costs of getting our pro ducts to the ocean must be less than that of other countries. The Lusltanla travel up the Amazon river for 1,000 miles. Here. It could only go to' New York, and there is probably not. an other port on our seaboard which R ticuld enter: After 'the Lusltanla has gojie up the Amazon for 1.000 miles, a steamer which draws 20 fec$ of wat er can penetrate yet another 1,000 miles, making a city 2,000 miles In the interior of Brazil, Iqukoa, a seaport. .WOULD LOWER RATES. The railroads are permitted by 'the lnter-ftate commerce act to meet rail road competition. The basic points for making races in North Carolina are Norfolk and Havannah. If we had at Wilmington a 30-foot channel to the sea, Wilmington would become a basic point, or gateway. Taking the figures prepared by Mr. James A. Fox, a spe rial director of the National River and Harbors Congress, it avpears that the cost of carrying a ton of freight by mail In 1906 was 7.5 mills per -ton per mile. The cost of carrying freight by water was 1 mill for one ton one mile. If the entire ton mileage car ried by the railways for that .year, 187,000,000000 tons, could have been carried under water competition at a saving of only one-enth. It would have resulted In a saving to the country of over 1187,000,000. WOULD SAVE V MONEY. As applied to North Carolina the amount paid for transporting freigh was 829.526,129. If by the possession or adequate 'Water waya, this could have been carried at a saving of only one-tenth, as a result of water compe titlon, the saving would have amount ed to 82,952,612. The rate per ton per mile in North Carolina In 1906 was 9.79 mills. Tha whole average fo the United States was 7.5 mills; In other words, we in North Carolina paid for carrying freight 2.8 mills more than the general average. This rep resents our annual forfeiture, for our failure to have competitive water rates, and for not having ji deep sea port. Thla expressed in dollars amounts to 14,806,750 more than would have been paid if we had hn the 30-foot channel at Wilmington making It a basic point and thereby obtaining water competition. This means to Cnarlotte, which Is 87 miles nearer to Wilmington than to either Savannah or Norfolk, a sav ing of freights of 1750,000; to High Point, it means $262,500; to Greens. boro, $326,280;' to Winston-Salem $461,000: to Raleigh, $280,000; to Durham, $1,276,000; to Ooldsboro, $460,000. All those are based on, the shipments of these cities. With the development of the port of itmmgton is cmnectea tne dcvelop- ment of the Upper Cape Fear." This Is we prujr- uKveiuping an s-ioni cnan nel to Wilmington, a distance of 120 miles. It can be done at a tvwit of $1, 300.000. estimated. It 4s said that this would result in a saving to Fayette vlllo and towns tributary to Fayette vllle of $3,600,000 . annually. Then. Ui"-. the Hotippernong, the Pamlico, the Tar. Contenuiea, the Neuso. the Trnt. the Northeant and the Black rivers when developed would bring water competition practically Into central i amiina. senator Morgan, who tweed egwlrmt the bill to regulate railroads, said that if the government did what It should to develop waterways, the railroads would need no furrier regu latlon. Mr. Meares said that the South needs to cultivate a broader, minded set of statesmen who will enudy pub lic questions of real import. Instead of harping on Issues out of date. AO A INST INSURANCE COMPANY. All the time of thu afternoon ses sion, besides that occupied by this speoch, was taken up with a dis cussion of the proposition that tha Retail Merchants' Association should organize and finance a Ire Insurance company. This Idea was very ably cnampioncd by Mr. li. Taylor Rogers, Of Aehevllle. After the matter had been gone Into, however, It was moved that the report f the original committee, which was practically adverse, Was sustained and the insurance propo sition was voted down. A paper was scheduled to be read by Mr. E. J. Justice, of Greensboro, but he was unable to be present. He sent his paper, however, which was not read but waa filed with the sec retary to be Included in tha minutes of the meeting. LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. A special seaslon was held last night from $ till o'clock. Mr. Lu ther M. Tesh was In charge of this. The general subject waa relative to the methods for making a local as- soclatlon a success. Ha made a clear- cut speech of about a half an hour, which .was followed by questions and answers. He emphasised that fact the Individuals have to . contribute something themselves to make the associations of value to them.- Ha was glad that the reports had em phasised the other features besides that of collecting. In many towns the associations are found to be do ing the work of the boards of trads ! and chsmber of commerce. In Rich I mond. Norfolk and other places,- they are doing greater work than any board of trade. Even in smaller towns there can bo done more work by one merchants' association than by the other bodies and at less cost. The res bo n Is that ths merchants have" state organisation, which the others have not. The members must try to get Into A GRAND FAMILY MEDICINE. "It gives me pleasure to speak a good word lor FJsetrle Bitters,- writes Mr. Frank ConJan. of No. 431 Houston St.. New Tork. "It's grand family eieU ctae for dyspepsia eoa . tlvsr complica tions; while for lame back and' weak kidneys It cannot be too highly recom mended." Electrto Bitters regulate the digestive functions, purify tbe blood, end Impart renewed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. Bold uixlsr guarantee at alt drug stores, too. their heads and hearts the Idea of individuality, said Mr. Tesh. What has dons most to develop Germany commercially has been ths patriotic sense-developed In, the . individual. When we realize in this country ths responsibility on us as Individuals to work for the commas good together; there is . hardly anything that can't be accomplished by the . Merchants' Association." Ha cited tha fact that the newspapers wers .devoting col umns of -space to the meetings, as eviaence ox uie xact .mat tne assocta tlon was considered as of some con sequence. Eminent speakers leave -Itheir homes to speak to Its members. i-eiuicisns asa ins merchants wnu . . . , . . . . . . . . they . want - , , Mr. D. H. Jones, of Elizabeth City, was called on to tell about the diffi culties experienced thsre In otganla ing . an association.- . The - trouble proved to , be that there were " some merchants who handled both whole sale and retail business. Not until this ' was changed, some Of the re tailers cutting . out the wholesale part -'and 'some wholesalers cutting out the retail did harmony and In terest prevalH ' ' Mr. J.. W. Allsbrook was called en to tell shout. Scotland Neck, where marked success has been noted. Two meeting are held a month, each mem her being notlned bv "telephone Just before the hour. The caah list Is used. He thought the letter system ran be -made to pay In .small towns. Other members told of co-operation between city councils and the mer chants. In Ooldsboro they have ft public comfort room, contributed to also br aldermen and county com nrtftsloners. This has proven a great success. Much Is being done In the way of collections by the uniform rstlng Hat. In Winston $118 was collected rrom nwlVTarrlved persons In debt to mer chants In other towns. Mr. Rogers, of Aehevllle. was of ;he opinion that the advertising committee saved the neople of Asheilln from $9,000 to 85.000 a year since its establishment and would pay smaller towns In, pro portion. - .- THE BANQUET. At the conclusion of this Interest- ng experience meeting, a fine ban quet was served In the dining room on the first floor. Following was tne programme: " Toast Master. J. N. McCau'land. Legal Advertising." R. B. Crawtoro, Wlnston-Balem. Trade Ethics." C. 8. Stone, Charlotte. The North Carollns Merchant." H. Tay lor Rogers, Ashevllle. The Benefits of Organization." C. li- McKnlght, Greensboro. MENU. Mock Turtle Sweet Pickles Radishes Salted Peanuts OUvis Baked Sen Bass Psrlslenne Potatoes Roast Young Turkey, Cranberry Sauce New Potatoes French Feas . Stuffed Tomatoes with French Dressing Selwyn Ice Cream Assorted Cakss Edsm Cheese Toasted Crackers Demi Tasse Cigars Cigarettes Music Attention Veterans. Regular ' meeting Mecklenburg Camp No, Ssl will be Saturday at 11 a. m. It Is Important that every sol dier in the county should be on hand. Final arrangements 111 be made for the reunion at Birmingham. Sons, daughters and children of the Con federacy are especially Invited to meet with us. By order of W. M. feMITH. Commander. H, D. DUCKWORTH, Adjutant. A Kftchln Meeting. The Kltchln'campalgn committee Is waging a hot battle for votes these days, and nights. Every night Kltchln speeches are made at some point In the jelty. Last night Mr. F. R. Mc Nlnch spoke to a gbod crowd at Chad- wick, and a big meeting Is planned for; to-nl?ht at 8 o clock at the overhead bridge on North Oraham street. The speakers for-to-night's meeting will be J. D. McCall. K. L. Keesler, A. B. Jus tice and F. R. McXlnch. ; ; a, ' Hand Caught In Machinery. "While engaged at a carding ma chine yesterday morning one of the i hands of Mr. Carson Taliaferro, who is studying cotton mill machinery, became caught In the machinery and was badly hurt. 'As It chanced, none of the bones were broken. Mr. Talia ferro's Injury was attended tpat St. Peter's Hospital. mm I 1842 1908 Buy your Piano from the time-honored firm of (HASlSnfff the Southern ' 1 piano manufacturer and ee cure the piano of pianos. A posf card will bring one of our salesmen to see you. - ' Convenient terms if desired. . ' (MfilSflEff Maoufactarrr of the Stleff and . Shaw, the) pianos with the '' .' - s were . tone. ; ' J, ; SOCTIIERX WAREROOM: ' S West Trade St, . CHAIILOTTE, X. C. 0. H. OTUIOTH. Ilgr. You'll Lille Bobby Burnit (crack polo player and club - man). Vouil like the cheer ful way the exchanges his father s money for business experience, at aquartcr of a million pef experience, ' You'll like his friend and side-partner, Biff", Bates, learned in the science that has to do with uppercuts. left-jabs and wallops. And." you 11 like Agnes EUiston, in whose care Bobby's father left three million for Bobby to spend (and in whose care Bobby had long since left his heart). v But you'll like best of all old John Burnit, whose kindly spirit pervades the story, and whose shrewd let ters of advice always reach Bobby just after he has made a. particular ass of himself. Read The Applerod Addition (in this . week's Saturday Evening Post). It's by George Randolph Chester," whose Get-Rich -QoicK Walling ford stories were called the best business stories of the year. The Bobby Burnit series of stories (of which The, Applerod Addition is the second) is better. ' At the Kew(ands, 5.centa, 1J0 the year by msil. TUB CCKT1S PfBI.lRHfKO COMPANT PHILADEt.rltIA Our B071 Are Everywhere Copies will be delivered to any address by Camden E. Lynch, 221 Kant Trade St., Charlotte. . The stone lining In the Pilgrim Grand Refrigerators is always cold and the porce lain covering Is as easily clean ed as a china plate. "Abso lutely Germ Proof." To be- had of J.N.McCausldndSCo. Zll Booth ITyon St. rmxmxmxmxwxmxixmxmxMsmxwxm 8 We arc scllincr a Bill and Charge System for retail stores which cuts in nalt the work of your book-keeping force, gives rou your bills made out at the end of the month with out extra work, except footing up the totals; cuts out tiresome, night work the . last- few nighty in every month, and . also : eliminates errors. Wo have put this system in some of the largest retail stores -in the State and not one of them would discard it , - - Let ' us show . you while here. f : Stone & Barringer Co. Office Outfitters.' ' i. nn Because they look after "your V Interest as well as their Town, giving good material and work manship.. ' HUNTER mm. VAUGHAN . y Architects and Builders, '; f CHARLOTTE, N. C : .If you want It built right and n t 4,; right now, we are' the' " ;1 right people." , Hello! Time you were wear ing a straw hat both the calendar and the weather say so. Your ' hat's here ready for you. Don't know what kind you want? That all right scores of styles in all sizes here to select from. Prices? ' -$2.50, $3.00, $5.0;. The Tate-Brown Co. We Make Shirts HOW WE CLEAN SILK GLOVES Our method of cleaning silk gloves will appoal to every dis criminating woman, we are very sure. , We do not use gasoline or other odor leaving fluids. We use no preparation that will In any wany affect the goods or change the color a particle. Our process removes all stains, soil, etc.. and returns the gloves sweet, clean and with a . lustre and finish that makes them rival new ones in appearance. Charlotte Steam laundry Launderers. Pvers. Cleaners, . 31 H. Tryon St. Golden Glory Yorkshire Pudding Pare and slice three medium potatoes. Put them in boiling salt water, and .cook until ten der. Drain off. the' water. Set . back on the stove , to dry out the moisture. ' Cream the pota toes with' a tork. adding three tablespoons '; - " Golden Glory Cooking Oil and salt , and pepper to taste. , Grind finely a lot , or cold . . - . meat. Put Into a baking pan a layer of potato -end a layer . . of meat Ighly seasoned with onion, "salt and red pepper. Let the potato form the last layer. Olase over the top with raw egg. Bake until heated through and . nicely browned. ' Serve In the same dlt. - V Save" Butter," use . ; ' ' Gclieh G!:iyCcc& OH; : . ' . . ' ... - All grocers. Bninncn Certcnini Co. 5 Box tl. ; Tnone III. 1 ' t . . : . H WANTS ,. WE CAN SUPPLY,. ' , THEM ' PROMPTliT ;', . AND AT THE RIGHT , . "price : : 1 ;V ;, '''"'"': .' 'v'i,' ; '- Pound & Hoore .Cdi; Commercial Stationers' and), OK ; 'flee Outfitters. ' 129 8. Tryon St. '. Men think , a minute, what you want to wear that you haven't been able to find; If it's in vogue-this season, we have it. We have the most complete and the most up-to-date stock of men's wear in the Carolinas. : ' Our Line of Straw- Hats and Panamas Gant Be Beat Anywh Better buy now and not down. v And we carry the Hosiery, Neckwear Belts, etc., 'etc you can see J around these parts. Investigate what we say. lp j Ed. IVIIitt Co. REMEMBER MELLOX'S CLOTHES FIT. WW if who wish to practice good ' judgnieAt and . strict economy at the same time vilir do well to inspect our t show rooms. ' We also invite- brides, past, present or future," to S' call and sec our , ' v.; . -. "-..' : V . ' '' , 'FurnituTd,' RUgs and. Malting. - Yur; visit will no, doubt be -profitable .to ;, us both and we will be much pleased to ; ." show you through our. immense stock of rqal bargains at any time you can call. , ... ; - ..' v i ,; t-. .- -S. v.- Lubin Furniture Co. Charlotte Propsriy ; For Sale on Seven new houses, ranging rooms, finished complete t with water and on street car line. We also have some new payment plan. . ; . PEGRAr.I - VADSVORTH MB CO: CURCG COLDG snd GRIPP llfE! Eellerea the aches ' and feveriaimesa," fsaitsLsn Mat laataslllrfa - f- BrSe ejeaaaBBBBa S. Sa SBBBBa,BBPBjBa:aBBBaBjBaaj . ' . mmim .We have the most complete repair shop In the Carolina. Diamonds reset, any style de sired. Special order work ot any kind given our prompt at tention. ..Engraving, Watch,. Clock and Jewelry Repairing. v', 'Phone 2641. ' " ' GARIBAlDi, BRUNS V ;& DIXON r ? v Leadlne Jewelers. . ere 4 I wait till our stock runs ; ; ' largest line of Shirt3, Easy Terms in size- v from 4 to sT- first-class." material;' city Prices , $1,400 to $2250 lots for sale on the easy ' '- .. - -
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