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CHARLOTTE : DAILY OBSERVER, JULX 17, 1903. it. ABO VI PRXYTWO ACROSS, UlMmaarmmmOiMg, at Af lists s W : rMttm Between Mr. jr. 2X Grin . t ad Bltnllthto Workme. A ;. The refusal of those In charrs' of ths bitulithic laytnff at the. comer of ' "East Trade and Cotles e ts permit Mr. J. D. Onnflr. a Charlotts contractor, to (Jrlve his burry across the line and material; precipitated yesterday morn ; lug a personal' encounter; which, was without serious results tout -which, raraiica'''a,' musimxmst' in term tn scores of onlookers. The other party . te the affray; If such It could be called, "was a huejty tatlnemaa who had In . charge the steam roller. The wor , men halted Mr. Grandy and informed ' him that passage would not be permit ted. He showed no slims of yielding ' . and' one of the men grabbed the reins. Thereupjn tAeoocupant of the ve hicle struck out with hfs whip, and .' was removed frem the buggy by the - : engineer, at whom he ptruck. Speo tatora intervened to prevent injury. The engineer returned the whip to M"r. Grandy with the remark that he was . Jiat mad, but merely intended to pro tect himself. Mensm. Bosiic and Bean ,' were the bitulithic mm. . ,t This is only about the second diffl culty of any sort which nan resulted . from the tearing up of the streets and the first in which a bjow was struck & rather remarkable record. CAPTAIN' BKITAL TO (lUJW. Said to Hare Driven Chinese Sailors to Suicide Maxtor of Kirathyrr May Bo lleld on t'liarge of Homicide. : Jew Tork, July 16. After he had heard the testimony of thrci: of the Chinese sailors of tho British, steam ship Htrathyro to-day. Coroner Har lurger said, referring to the ftnrloH f,. to the brutal treatment of the crew Since hey shinned from iShanRhal 11 months ago: "I Cannot conceive how a man fiulii be guilty of such unheard-of out run SJ are charged in this caite." The coroner said he would give hin Hadakm in the cane to-morrow. The complaint was made .by Mis. Mary Quackenlboa and Louie pomwr, aruo ttate counsel. Tho roroner fuld h kjvould decide whether or riot ho would trfler the arrest of the ahip captuin. XX M. Ounn, ton a t harge of hrnicld - The three Chinae aaJlora examined tS-tfay were detained at Ellis Island at the request of Mrs. Quackealjoj tu cn Sbie her to show that tho sailors who committed sulfide by jumping over beard as the. Straihyre w.u leaving this ipont fw days ago were driven td the act .because of the .brutality of the ship's o-aptaln. The oth'T 'hi nose members of th crew who escaped from tno ship wrv. sent 6ak to Liverpool on tli" I.usi tanla yetenlay. MST MlltDKltKH (Wl'tiHT? CHABXOTTB JBOT CA3T SKATE. Came Within "" sa Ac of Pef eating World's - Chajnptoa Winston. -' 6lotn 1 Beat in tha Stste.. , " f Ths- 'splendid 'record 'of Mr. Ed Murray, of Charlotte, as the champion skater of Jorth Carolina was ; added to - at Winston .' Wedeasday night, when i ha - raced . against John F. Davidson, of New York. City, adver tised as the world's champion skater, and lost by but a foot in a mile race of 15 times around the Winston rink-";The"yiniar tntfn,-who-t the 15-year-old son' of Mr. ana Mrs, w, R. Murray, of this city, went to Win ston to see the baseball games, and while there challenged Davidson to a mile race. The oner was accepted and a prise of tit offered the suc cessful contestant. The Charlotte boy skated the mile in 2 minutes and seconds. He was given half Isd start, and- according to ,the statement of his rival himself.- wouJiJ have won had he not been checked near the end by the owners of the rink yelling "Stop." The Winston Sentinel or yesterday said among other things, after mentioning the large crowd present: "The one-mile race between Mr. John F. Davidson and the champion skater of North Carolina. Mr. 12d Murray, of Charlotte, waa full of Intense Interest to all present at every stage or tne contest. me crowd was all for the local man, and rooted vociferously for him. .but Mr. Davidson won the ce by one foot after circling the ring for fifteen tlm-s. "Ladles present, In appreciation of his wonderful feat, presented Mr Davldfou with several boujuets of flowers when the event had been concluded." Get-mas Litigants In 'Squire Hilton's' Court Deluge Auditors With Ristst- j i less now of language. , -,; j jI- A ' disagreement; between ' Mr. Op-. ' sons Rosemeyer and Mr. Steinhouser about what happened, to some articles ' of personal property, each filing a claim Counter ts that of tho other, was responsible for a lively season of some little, duration 'In the court of Maglsr . trate g. H. Hilton yesterday morning. ( Rossmeyer and his wife had been llv ing -with his employer, Btelnhouser. ! A disagreement occurred and the Kossmeyers changed their place of abode. They claimed that they had left several articles, to wit, one bar rel of real beer, two blouses be longing to Mrs. Rossmeyer, two pairs of boots, one dog worth 1 5. cravats and two hats. To offset this, Stein houser claimed. Rossmeyer hanLaheetjj.u pillows and other things belonging to the house. As neither side would give in, Mr. Rossmeyer had claim and de livery papers Issued, thus precipitating the trial. Trofessor Blenthelm acted as Inter preter and the trial was one long bab bling of many tongues. Hy agreement Mr. .Steinhouser brought In a basket of goods found at his house, gome of the contents were claimed by tho plaintiffs and others discarded. It was fi-nally agreed that the plaintiffs, the defendant, the interpreter and a con stable should visit both houses and pick out the things claimed. llr!!- ', ..ar3! m m 1 1 i " si i EXCX'IWIOX I.V TO-DAY. 31I.STRRTrEXT OK HOHSr)S. DclleTrtf Tlat 'liiro of 1I Small at WltiNton-Kuleni Will 4'lcar Hir Rmnl of tlie Iasl of Four Wgroo Who Killed Oilier- liarKed With Murder of Will Union. One who i bfllevcil to lie the last of the guilty parties in tlif eFies of , four murders which came tlilck and fast In th- space nf live weeks In the county about three years ago lies In prison at Winston-Salem, in the person of Ed Small, colored. The charge against him. If he proves to be the right man, will he the killing f Will Clinton, colored, at a country dance near the Hilton farm four miles from the city toward the niiutli Intelligence of hln arrest wu re- i celvedr from Chief r. C. ltoyal, of Winston-Salem, yesterday hy f'.ilef of Police T. M. chrlstenhiiry, of Char lotte. Serjeant Younghlood will no . to the Twin City to-day and bring1 htm back. I The killing in qiietlon. stated. ' was niif of a erif. Kvery one of the series hud IU oeciirrence at a country dance. All three of the , others have been previously captured . and convicted. I I HI.CH .I'rotewta Against Action of Ne gro Driver In Forcing Horses itV'r File of Ro k. "If there Is a Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals m Char lotto (I know there was an attempt to orfianlze one, at any rati-), 1 think it ought to take some notice of tho way the negro drivers who have hired themselves and teams to haul rock for the. street work ro about it," sai l a citizen to an Observer man yester day. "The broken rock Is dumped on the ground. Piled up In a heap which gets higher and higher, and oi succeeding trip the man force tho horse to surmount the pile, clutching, desperately but vainly for a foothold, with every nerve and muscle strained to t He utmost, and if loaded wugon be hind lilm. Meantime the driver sit ting behind proceeds ruthlessly to ply his whip. Such conduct inevitably tear the nervcB of the horse, t pieces if that Isn't crucify to anl rnalM. I'd lik! to know vlial is. This is not being done by the teams of the bitulithic company or by those of th" street car company, but by the inill vidiiulM who hire out to them." There, is no otltclal Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Charlotte. A movement was made to organize one, but the plan fell through and no chart' r was ever received. Hut there are laws Just the same to pro tr'i t dumb brutes, and they are Just ai valid and binding as If'there wore a society to aid In their enforc ement. Population From Vp Ktatosvillo Way Will Arrivo To-Ikay to See Charlotte ami I lie Anderson Ball Game. An army of folks from Statesvllle, Mooresviile and other points up the road will swarm Into Charlotte early to-day on tho annual excursion, man aged by Mr. Eugene Morrison, of latsvllle. Last year the train was crowded to its full capacity as it near r I Charlotte and standing room only could be secure, then. If the folks up Iredell way have not lost their de- j sire to come to Charlotte, another crowd of equal site may be expected to drift In to-day. In addition to the irmnlfold attractions which the me tropoi of the State ever holds out to nil visitors, there is the haseliall iramo ch I this afternoon between Chrloft and Anderson which promises to be In ev ery way a wnrm article of the nation al sport. The game will be called at 3:30 o'clock, an hour Parller than usual, in order that the excursionists may have an opportunity to see the whole game, unhampered by fear of missing their train. TltlKI) TO KM) UFF.. SOME nilMtOAI) CH.WGFS. roniIneiil Officials of the Southern Make a ( limine of IVae. Mr. K. K. Harrotl ban reigned as Vice president and gein-r.il m iuf -r of the Georgia an I Florida Southern Railroad X b- pt the pf.,. .,. v of the Atlantic Com;. reus i 'oin ; .i y. Suc ceeding Mr. Parrot at ills ..Cio. ,ii Ma con, ia., Mr. Jo;.;i H M,iriK..n i ' from the position ..f h,.,i fr. .ht traffic man.iger of th- Soutaem i:u,l SVy Company jit N.i.sn::h . Tenn. Mr. K. II. Shaw. : a 1 fr.-l.rhl agent of the S uit'i. i n at "lirtr"-. -' .n. cS. C. sucx e.-ds M - .Mm, riinl M R. B. Pi gia'n, . i. - tain etiei.tl freight igent of thf nuthvrn nt Nash ville, takes Mr. Slia.v's position a' Chariest 'n. Mr C. ciain's pimliion ..t KaahVille will proLabU be al.oii-h'd in View of the fact K.at i!o South' in has given Up .llie eoo.iol of the Ti IllleS- . See Centra.1 road M who li work lie raa largely l.eid. A IVcak Rose Blooms. A curiosity in the' way ofHn Ameri can lieauty rose bloom, the whyfore of which It would require the analytic skill of a Hurbnnk to explain, was plucked In the yard of Mrs. N. L. Hlm rnmd yesterday. A'out the bottom of the rose hush, which Is perhaps three feet In height, sweet pea vines arr- twined. The sprig brought toThe Observer ofTV e contains three blooms each about tlie size and the shape of sweet pea blooms. It is thought that the presence of the pens Influenced in some way the formation of the rose l.uds. BROIGHT IIOMH PICK. tfr. Cirard Wluon .May lie sent t n t Oiarlutle Hospital. ' Mr. Glrard Wlttson, son of Mr. a. Tittkowsky, arrived in cnurlotte yes terday accompsnled by Iuh mother, Mrs. 8. Wittkowsky, and his brother. Dr. Albert Wiltson. end will probably b sent to a Charlotte hospital for treatment. Mr. Wlttson Is a jiromi- ..eat young lawyer of New York. For some time past lie has been suffering from neuralgic nervous prostration, nd It was deemed wise by the New Tork doctors to send him home for --treatment, where -h. -could get rtst and the best of attention. Mrs. Witt kowsky haa been with her son for two weeks. Mr. Wlttson's many friends In Charlotte will wish for him a speedy restoration to health. Willi Her Xeres a Wreck im the He suit of irlef Over pcath of llrollicr. Itelinoiit. Woman Scvk to .tiifiip Into Mill itaee Hut U 1're- veiited. Mentally deranged by grief at the death of a brother a week or longer ago. Miss M'ry Slutts, u woman of about 4 "i ji .irs of age, attempted Filicide yesterday morning hy trying to leap Into the race of the Louise Mill. A byj'tander Interferred and saved tier life and she was later de tained in the county Jail temporarily. Tin- water Is ten or twelve feet 0ecp. TI.e friends of Miss Stutts had noti, ef for two or three days evl ib iir .-H in her u nions of mental trooble. but this was the first overt act. Chief f'hrlstenbury waa sum iiioned, accompanied '' lr. F. O. lla .b y and others, went to the home of tin- patient, which was No. f, U on i ttif third row at tin. Louise Mill. As K customary In such ri'u Miss Stutt, ! it -i !;' at'cd, was under the iiniires- j sjon that on" of her heM. friends, her j sister, intended lor soni" injury, us, sin- was strong. 11 was found ne.es- suy lor the chi- f to return to the ' and i;et til" pa'rol wa,-'on, ae- I r Hli. O'i' i 1'V tlllieer1 .MotelliT and ll 'o.Cind Ah i (Ml i rs C.irl.-tenbnry :in I 1 1 a i la nd . with the woman be- : lo !l. s'i'pl.lol Upon llle sleps Joj le,l,' til, house 'lie Kteps clashed o, the ground lc.it nohoily miih hurt. J A Strictly .iuerlcaii Tendency. j "I wonder how m.-inv people of the! tiinoiieoi, at the park saw, llinton crioij the pan lor the winning run?", li.'iid a fan "iei,o.y was happy,' hot tie- minute the, i-aw the hatted ball tiieanib i nrr th S' innil base nii,' ilwuil, op tho Jump, d audi miWi" for home IVrhapM they ; want.d to end tto- thing lit urn fori fear sonu thing vould happc-n. .lust' so in th.. ttientn. W hen the h ra and liis hcltivi d make th first step toward the trout of the Ktage In the last uct. there to tie reconciled for- j ever after, the hardened theatre- j goer begins putting on his over shoes or makes a grab for his hat. 'It's over now, let's be doing some- j thing else,' Is the sentiment tip pan ntly of evury American. National W omen's Iuh In Send Itepri-scntallvci South. A lsit of three lady representatives of thetjeneral Federation of Women's flubs of America to this section of the; South to inspect cotton mills Is In prospect. Mrs. Joseph Mm1III Mc- Cormlck, of Chleugo, chairman of the woman's department of the; federation; Mrs, J. liorden Morrison, vice president, and Mrs. S. Thurston' de- ! TiSl WEEK H 0 1 fjryoa Strm Spending $2,00 on In terior Improvtnenu. Although st first It had been pur- j Ha Hard, treasurer of the woman posed to expend only 11,500 on the work. It Is probable that about 13.000 ; will be spent by the congregation of : Tryori Street Methodist church on the Improvements which are being made . to ths Interior of th church building. I Yhs - latter aill pres-.nt an entirely) new appearance. The entire Interior j is be lag worked oer In various ways, large plate glass windows will be put in the front at the vestibule and elec tric lights will be Installed, it will be several weeks yet Uefore the work will he concluded. In the meantime the services srs being held In the Sunday school room. JN'o Sunday night ser ijes, arsheld, purtmcnt, make up the personnel of tho party. The date so far as agreed on Is in the neighborhood of Sep- j tember 23d. The first stop will be made at Charlotte, where they will! meet Mr. V. A. Tompkins He will assist them In preparing their farther route of travil. Th ladles Are In terested In Improving the condition of all laborers. A few specials in 2nd hand Pianos and Or gans. Prices range from $10 to $150 on the easiest kind of terms BETTER CALL EARLY CHAS. IW. STIEff Manufacturer of the Stleff and fdiavr, tho pianos with the iwret tone. ClsarMlo Interested In Wrlghtsvllle. With much local interest the news C. H. WILMOTH, Mgr. NO TIQ B Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned was. on the 22d day of May,. 10. appointed Permanent rtc- : M4nsfscturT Club 'egt Werlo The board of governors of the Man ufacturers Club has called for a spe cial meeting of tha members of the 1ub Saturday evening, July. 25th. at s:iO o'clock. .'The board desires for the members to decide bow much of the ground recently purchased is to l used for club purposes and how much It is proposed to spend on ths club bouse. This is necessary so that the committee on 'plans can proceed with Its work. -toward, getting jLhem '.i tfcape foT the architects. . , . . nf the burning of Ocean-View Hotel i eelver of the Smith Klectrlc 4 Manu. at Wrlghtsvllle Ileach was received In 1 facturing Company, by his honor. Charlotte. 8o large is the perpetually changing Charlotte colony at the beach, that what with those who have been and those who are going, pretty nearly everybody felt a personal Inter est in It. Th Ocea'n View Hotel, by the way, is owned partly by Mr. a H Sohloss. lessee of the CWarlotte Acad. my of Music. HEST TUB WORLD AITX3HDS. "It gives me unboundea pleasure to reomninena uucsien's Amies Fslve." saysl charlotte. N. C, n. teiuint, vupo nill. li. U.1 enrnors I am conrmces it s tn best salve the world affords. It etred a felon en tnr thumb, and it never falls to beal every sora, bum or wound to whleh it ts ap plied.' a, si all droar sigrts. . . .. Fred Moore, judge of the Superior CouH. in an action pending in the i Pupirlor Court of Mecklenburg Copn-, ty. State or .North Carolina,, entitled K. K. Creswell and H. Ji-HDotger, IMaintltTs. vs. the Smith" Electric Manufacturing Company and 8. J. TBmlth. Defendants. AH creditors of said Smith Electric k Manufacturing Company are noti fied to 'present their claims, duly proven, against said, corporation ts the undersigned st his - office in All persons owlna said corporation are requested ts tnske immediate payment. " This 'July nth. loi. ISO. W. TODD. . .- Rscelvsr. ' Every Man in Town Should Take Advan tage of Our JULY S H i U.1 SALE One Day Only Saturday July 18 50 dozen High Grade Shirts ranging in price from $150 to $3 all thrown into one lot at 95c EACH THE BEST SHIRTS PRODUCED IN THIS COUNTRY TO-DAY ARE INCLUDED AND YOU WILL DO WELL TO ATTEND. ALL SIZES, ALL SLEEVE LENGTHS. The Tate-Brown Co. - See Winilow Display.' 9 X9XMXxmX3X&CSXXEZBXZXBX 9 iErti'!iFniii!;n For Summer Formerly ; published t $1.B0. " but now . offered Vat 10 cents a' volume1 ,. ; ' ' Be"erly of Graustark - .; by George Harr McCutcheon Ths Lion and ths Mouse . by Charles Klsln Ths Garden of Allah s by Robert HIchens Barbara Winilow, Rebel , by Ellxabeth Kllia I The Northerner I i by .tlorah Davis The Patriots .; : - '. ' by Cyrus Townsend Brady Ths Adventuress i ' - by Coralle Stanton Half a Rogue ' -' a by Harold MatGrath Tillle; A Mennolts Maid by Helen R. Martin The Kentucklan by James Ball Kay lor Girl From Tim's Place by Charles Clark Muna - Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson When Patty Went to College hv Jin UfshntAr 'The Circular Study by Anna K. Green Lady Betty Across the Water by the Williamsons Lipc Sunbonnet by S. R. Crockett Prlncens Marltsa by Percy Brebner My Idy of the North by Parreth Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyls In the Bishop's Carriage by Mlchelson Pillar cf Light by Tracy and hundreds of other good titles. Call or writs for lists. 50c. per ropy while they last Ji tm '. -'J-'" : - Stone I Barringer Co. Booksellers and Stationers. mMxmxmxmxwMxmxvmxmxMXMJm Don't fdrget we are headquarters for BLANK' BOOKS We have them in all styles and rulings. We also carry the duplicate and triplicate ORDER BOOKS in all sizes. POUND & MOORE CO. 229 S. Tryon St. 'Phone 40. To the, IVuntains of Seashore sec il your trunk o suit case it not be7 AtoritTw riHgef afiew! one here, where we carry :a full, most complete stock of TRUNKS, SUIT CASES, HAND B A GS, ST E A ME R TRUNKS, WARDROBE TRUNKS, ETC., ETC. No nicer line, no better goods. Let us show you. MELLON CO. WINDOW, RIBBED, FIGURED ROLL AND CHIPPED We ssrry ths largest and most com plete stock of Glass in the Carolinas. Our prices Are always right and de liveries prompt. We solicit your ordsrs. B. F. WITHERS, Distributor ciilders Bvrrux Charlotte, X. C. ... xxxxxxTmrxiiiii llO Per Cent. That Is What DIAMONDS have Increased every ysar for the past eight years. Do you know of any safer Investment? Wc havo all viz stones, loose and mounted. Our prices srs very low for ths quality. list us show them to you. GARIBALDI, BRUNS & DIXON Lewdinr Jeweler - tnKiiiimni Always Uwsf as we are, we always haye- time to wel come newcomers to our store. This is especially true just at this time, as we have just gotten possession of our store again after a. long seige with con tractors, and we are now prepared to serve our friends better and more con veniently. Car loads of goods are arriving daily and being placed as rapidly as pos sible. Come in and criticise as well as admire the many new goods we are show ing. . .. , Lubin Furniture Co. The stone lining; In ths Pilgrim Grand Refrigerators is always cold and ths porce lain covering is as easily clean ed as a china plate. "Abso lutely Oorm Vroof." To bs had of J.N. McCa us landS Co. ; MI . Bostbj Tryow m.'t CURES COLDS and GRIP P-jUHE Bslisres ths sxhes and feveriahoss MS THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE XrrofnRSa A SYMBOL Of QUALITY Our registered Trade-Mark covering the CELE BRATED 0. 0. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL corresponds to the Sterling Stamp on Sil ver, as the United States Geological Survey has made it THE STANDARD FOR GRADING ALL STEAM FUEL. C C. B. . POCAHONTAS SHOKELBS la the Onlv American Coal That - Has Been Of ficially Indorsed By the Governments of Great Britain, Germanv and Austria, and Is tKe Favorite Fuel With the tfoited States Nayr, Which Has Userl It Almost Eirclusively For Many Years. UNEQUALED FOR THE GENERATION , . OP STEA21 , UNSURPASSED F0Rf DOMESTIO tim Shipments During 1907. ... ... .. .7 '4,900,600 Tons We are now prepared to name prices- effective "April 1st, 1908, and upon application shall be pleased to quote for immediate or future delivery. CASTNER. .CURRAN &. BULLET ' SOLEAGEKIS.- - R0AK0XE, VffiCKIA.
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