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CHABLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, 'AUGUST 11, 1C03. v lii&i&lolUQtottott. 1. A. TOMPKINS . ruuu aUBSCIUFTIOS J7IUCE: Dally a year ..u,-.'"i'"""' -saw SIX BaOBta ,Mnmili", -m' Three mouths 3- 6cml-Weekly Ob year .............. c.-. MMnth km, month , J ? puBiasHERS ANjrotwcEMEarr JCo. M South tryon utreet. Tiltphoa number: Bumines office. Bell Pone ' W; city editor'! off lee, Bell 'ohoo. U4, aews editor's eft. BU 'p&ne.m A wibeonoer li. orduinc the f hla paper changed, will plae ln ; cate tSe address te which It la going at ths, time be aaka for the change '- ' to be made. , . - Advertising rate are furnished on application. Advertiser may teel euro . that through the columns of this -:: paper they may reach all Charlotte and a portion of the beet people In .'. this State and upper South Carolina. Tola paper give eorreipopdenta as wide latitude as it thinks public pol . Icy permits, but it is in no case re sponsible tor their views. It la much . preferred that Cbrreapoadents sign ; their names to their articles, especial a ly la eases where they attack person 'r instMuttnoa. though tbla is not de manded. The editor reserve the right to give the names ot rorresrondents , when they are demanded for Hie pur pose ot personal satUfsmlon. Te re eetve consideration a communication 1 most be accompanied by the true . nam of the correspondent. TUESDAY, AUGCST 11, 100S. THE COUNTRY'S 11CGE ITRB TAX. The National Board of Fire Under writers, which works for better fire department equipments and effective regulation, ha Issued a circular ' showing that no other country In the world suffer such heavy Ions through fire a the United States. Last year, according to figure given, the de struction was Jl 99.83,300, while the ttal for the last five year stand at tl,3S7,71M5S, or an annual average i of over 1261,000,000. To each 1.000 V vonulation in American cities there are 4 05 fire, against .11 in Europe. - Tor the last five years the average fir loss per capita In the United State ha been 3.02, againat .23 for Ix European countries, including Germany, France and Austria. The ' board submits that ho country, how ever rich, can Buffer such gigantic ' losses without impairing; Its pros perity very materially. -.Beyond question, thrre ia entirely - too much disposition on this side of Ik. viUp in is, flro rl.U Ink r.arH of themsclve. Consciously or un- consciously, the average citizen looks upon the payment of insurance money, to the extent of the payment, , as offsetting destruction completely. This, of course, is true from tho in v dividual or corporate loner's exclu sive standpoint, but the fact of de- structlon ha a far greater signlfl- canoe. Values have disappeared, " capital has been obliterated, the country and the world are by just so much poorer. Society suffer the loss In any event; the only question Is --whether the owner of tha destroyed property ha paid for the right to protection. If he has, an insurance. company take the burden up'on its shoulisr,,7, , It pays from a pocket , filled from the pockets of tho public. Thus society, which cannot protect Itself, protects the Individual. The ' destruction of property exists un leasened by a penny; the sole though extremely beneficial rcnult of this ar rangement Is that .loss becomes rtls- i trlbutcd with comparative evenness among many peopiu and so crushes , When, following the San Fran cisco earthquake-tire a conflagration which was possible only because past experience, had been carelessly rilsre- , Sarded Insurance rompanlvs neces sarily threw large blocks of securi ties on the market to get money, some people who had never reflected upon the subject of fire losses be fore made progress toward enlighten ment That great destruction of capi tal gave the whole country a per ceptible burden and was felt abroad. Beyond any question it formed one Industrial depression. Since then there. ha been wholesale destruction In Chelsea, Mass., Olonton) and half a dozen other cities. To have prop erty valued at two hundred millions . of dollars go up In smoke year by . year heavily handicaps even a coun try like this: only the reckless waste of our natural resource can bear comparison with it. All reasonable proposal for lessening the fire tax should receive general support. We : , hopa that as time goes on American ; fire losses will be brought down to a ' very much less enormous multipll , can 4 of those of Europe. . It 1 worth noting that expendl 7. tures In the building trad for July as resorted to Bradstreat'a ms per cent over those for July of last year. This make the first grain yet re corded over the corresponding month : f l0t. Very large expenditure In New Tor City represent most of the ' upturn, but after all. New York City .'".to cart of the eountrv and ld. ha way up or down as ftea as not Moreover, out of the total of fifty-one cities reporting galp are siowa by tpcuiz-cisBi. .- is uieia ngures wt .: find fresh cause for' encouragement Kobody baa aver discovered a way to I xeep xnw country grout growing, ana ' likewise nobody has ever discovered a way tp keep 1t from growing lees - 'r-tj .' vVIth tne fight centering la the VTest and MJddio Wet Mr. Ken's wbUkeri should prove more potent than oratory. Vncl Adlal Stevenson canbed Snde4 Upon to make It at least In- terestlag for the Republicans la Illl- . ass smrATiox ur oicto. - Ceveral things are evident from the recent conduct of the Taft manager In Ohio They regard tho State a entirely safe .and Senator Foraker's lnfl nance as neither large nor needed. Both Senators Forakep and Dick and their once all-powerful machine axe being treated with very cold courtesy and Ignored to the largest -feasible extent. : From the present outlook next March will see the end of Mr, Foraker's " senatorial v care erw, Boss Cox, of Cincinnati, whose whole I neanea ennuiT iur, iui tucurrca w eral years ago by effective denuncia tions In a State campaign. Is ad mittedly a power still, but his sort, knowing their power to rest Upon worship of party regularity, never encourage' bolts. The Ohio Republl can camrialrn. which opens at Tounrstown Seotember th with Governor Hughe, oi New xorx; Governor Harri. of Ohio, and Sen ator Beveridge. of Indiana, the chief speaker, la regarded by the Taft men as little more than a central rostrum from which to addres the country. In this tney may ue over bold, but the chance of anything ex cept a reduced Republican majority r.allv seems negligible. With fully a dozen State to fight for, either nffensivelv or defensively, the dem ocratic campaign managers will do well if they waste no more ammuni tlon on Ohio than appearance ae mand THK MAJORITY IS M.50. The Observer la In receipt of the following inquiry irom date the 7th: To the Editor of The Observer: Quite a a "cussion - .,. shlpTn th good roads e.eet.on yter;lay snd we have decided to refer the matter . .nH would thank you kindly to mihllsh your opinion in The Ob.erver. T'heTcf "arut"ri;?!.gWtnis election re qrhes 'a majority o't te nu.llfled elector, ot the township, which of course mean a the registered voters ot our township. Our registered vote In this election Is m and the votes polled for good roads are 279; there are i!5 votes east against sood roads ai)d did not vote at all. The law distinctly states that there must be a majority o the registered votes and not a majority of the votes east. If you will, therefore, give us your opinion as to what the majority for good roads Is in this case ws will greatly appreciate it Very truly yours, VOTKRS. Tho registered vote being 39, an affirmative vote of 195 would have been sufficient to have carried the bonds. They received. It appears, 279 votes, 25 votes Welng cast ad versely and 85 not cant at all. Tho vote being against the regUtratlon books the majority seem to 'nave been 84.50. In the current American Magazine Ray Ktunnard Baker, writing upon Southern educational progress, states that the University of Georgia "Is the oldest State college In America." Mr. Raker has been Imposed upon. No such claim can be made for the Georgia institution, which la not old at all unless two different schools, one neither of college grado nor con nected with the State, are strung to gether. 4,The oldeot Htate college In America" is the Unlvorsity of Penn sylvania, and the University of North Carolina is an easy second. The Baltimore Sun say that "Mr. Taft's manager now have 'hopes,' they declare, of leading Georgia and North Carolina Into the Republican camp. AcoWlIng to their statements a political revolution Is Imminent In Dixie. If they should succeed In get ting the electoral vote of any rock ribbed Democratic State In the South for Mr. Tuft they would, Indec l, brlnK about a political revolution of tremendous Importance." All or which Is Important If true, but they wero never more mistaken In tin Ir lives. In view of the promised revision of the tariff a citizen of Charlotte Is In receipt of the Inquiry from a Northern city, whether the present tariff on cotton yarn and cloth 1 too low, sufficient or too high. The ques tion is of Interest and The Observer would be pleased to have the view of cotton manufacture r on the sub ject. Thine views would probably vary 4 JcaJ -Uut Uiat-tAct itbuiil only Increase the interest cf the symposium. - If the Democrat really have any expectation of carrying Illinois this year they could have dono nothing better calculated tJ contribute to that end than the nomination of Hon. Adlal B. Stevenson for Governor. He is highly popular In that State as well as in the country at large and If any Democrat can carry It In this year of grace he can. Concerning the Toung Turks' sug gestion that the Sultan divorce and dismiss all the ladle of his harem but one The New Tork Tribune pointy out how embarrassing it would be to Turkish society to have such a number of merry gras widow turned loose. However, The Houston Post might arrange to have them turned loose In the direction of Texaa Tha French press is said to unite Jn the opinion, based upon the aero plane demonstration of Saturday, that the Wright brothers, tho Ameri cans, are at the head in tha matter of aerial navigation. It certainly looks that way at this distance. Mr. Bryan's estimate that a half million campaign fund Is needed seems high, but th proportions -of th)--outry--aAoS4-L be eMereV Hav we not reached the day- of two billion Congresses, with tha threa bililon article in sight t ' I f-. ' The Sultan and the Shah hew know about how the Csar felt two or" thTie-reara-back.- Meantime the Ahkoond of Swat, the Moodlr of Mooch and all the other amall fry are Jyine law. THBniUSTBE TEIED AGAIN i, 'C ' (Continued from Pag One.) . . other. Indictments pending: la this court against the defendant -ROBERT P. DICK. - -U. S. Judge "Concurred In. Covington, Asst U. R Atty.", MOTION COMES TOO LATE, It appears from the records ot this court that a similar order to tne one taken above in the Breese case was taken In separate cases against each of, the other defendants, i Dickerson feadant were eca-rralgoet- plead ed not guilty and hd the benefit of the order Just quoted. W uisinci attornev Insists that this motion to quash comes too late. There ie much ground for this insistence. - una De fendants not only have waited for more than ten years to make this question, but they have had two years since the decision of the Cir cuit Court ot Appeals In the Breese case on this subject But assuming, Without deciding, that this motion to quash is made in apt time, I do not believe that upon its merits it can be sustained." In the motion as filed it was urged that three Jurors," James Davis, Jr., A. R. Couch and N. W. Blackburn; members of the grand Jury finding this bill. had. failed to pay taxes for the preceding year. The motion was abandoned oeiore me hearing as to Davis, and abandoned upon the hearing as to Couch, and Is only urged now as to N. W. Black burn. It appears from the records that no taxes were listed or assessed against N. W. Blackburn for 1898, which Is the year In question here, In the County of Forsyth, where he lived at that time. It may be gravely questioned from the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals in the Breesa case, supra. In which this question was passed upon, whether the ruling was not rcstrieted to taxes reeularly "assessed" against a citizen who afterwards becomes a Juror. The court referred many times In the opinion to "taxes assessed," and there Is to my mind much force in the argument of the district attorney that it was the Intention of the court to restrict tha ruling of Jurors against whom taxes had been listed or as sessed. Be this as It may, I am thor oughly satisfied that the Juror Black burn was not liable for any taxes for the year 186. ( Under the statute of North Carolina (Revlsal 1905. Vol. I, Page 5223) he was entitled to an exemption on 125 worth of personalty and evidence has been submitted as to what property he really had dur ing the year 1898. In 1890 Blackburn and his wife. Nancy C. Blackburn, conveyed to Mrs. Blackburn's son and Blackburn's stepson, Charles W. Brlnkley, a piece Of real estate In Forsytb county, con taining seventy acres more or less. Contemporaneously therewith. Brink- y executed a bond in which he agreed to "take good care of the said vv. Blackburn and his wire, Nancy Blackburn, during their natural lives, and furnish them with good food and clothing, and all that Is necessary for their comfort and pay all medical expenses necessary, and at their death to furnish them a de cent burial, and all other matters necessary for their comfort." The evidence shows that after this, Black burn and his wife continued to live on the place con. eyed to JJinkley in their old home, and Brlnkfry built a new house, in 1X94 Mrs. Blackburn llcd. The evidence also shows that prior to her death they had disposed of a cow and horse and certain farm- Ihr utensils and It is satisfactorily shown that when she died all they had was their very simple household furniture. Affidavits have been Introduced from several witnesses to the effect that Blackburn had on June 1st, 1898, 1200 worth of personalty. No details are Riven In these affidavits and they are In almost the same language, and certainly the same handwriting. At tributing no bad motive or wrong to anyone, It is still true that these affi davits are entitled to little probative value. However honest they may have been in their statements, the contents of tho affidavits are too generul to be given any great 'weight. )ne of tho affiants. J. T. Boyer, was put on the stand by the district at torney, Hnd modified very much the statement made In his affidavit. The most valuable witness in this matter was J. H. Tesh, who was in troduced by the government. He was i man of mature years who ' lived near Blackburn, and he testified that after IjIh wife died Blackburn began to wli off his things. He further tcKtiilod that Blackburn lived In a simple loKhouse wltn a back room, and the substance of his testimony Im that there were only a very few cheap articles In the house. He said when they had a sale of Blackburn's tilings after his wife's death, they did not hring more than $15 or $20. It was claimed that Blackburn had some feather beds of considerable value, but this witness says that at tho sale of one of them sold for 60 cents. The following brief extract from the testimony will show the substance of what this witness said: "Q. What was the value of the stuff this old man had after the cow and. horse and wagon were sold? A. Hn- had -hs- howsefteld-and - kitehen furniture. "Q. Ho retained that after he made tho trade with BrlnkleyT A. Yeg. air, after his wife died he began to sell that off. "Q. What did he have: do you know? A. He had some beds and tables, and something like that all old property. "Q. 1 Would you estimate It at over $25? A. No, sir, not what I saw after he sold his horse and wagon and cow." I am thoroughly satisfied from the, evidence that this Juror, N. W. Black burn, was not Hable for taxes for the year 1898, as he had not more than $25 personal property and this was exempt from taxation. It Is further urged that under the act In force at the time this grand Jury was drawn which has been quot ed above, that Jurors could only be selected from the tax returns for the preceding year, and that consequently whether a man was liable for taxes or not. If he was not on the tax re turns he would not be a competent Juror. - I do not think the Circuit Court of Appeals would have, decided this. Their language In. the opinion on the subject of tax returna Indicates this. The court In this opinion says: i "The statute In question requires the clerks of the boards of county commissioners to lay before therri 'the ! tax returns for the preceding year." Sp far as we have been . enabled to discover, there Is no statute requiring the tax collectors to make a 'tax re turn' showing; the names of the tax payers. Where the tax collector de al res credit for taxes assessed against Insolvents he must return a list of I aaeh- iasel v a tsa -fra ha vo?f ouad ne provision requiring a return ot a list of cltlsens who have Ptld all or a part of the taxes assessed against them. In practice, as we are led to believe, the statute In question to in great measure disregarded by the boards of county commissions, etc." I do not believe that th Court of Appeals would have held . on this question that a cltlsen who was an Intelligent mas and of good moral character, because he was poor and did not ewa mora than 121 worth of GIFT TO MONUMENT FUND CAPT. FONDA'S GENEROUS DEED Cnlon Veteran, Now In Charge of the Beantifal Federal Cemetery at Salisbury," Makes' Us Donation to ' the Confederate) Monument '. Fund Suit Instituted to Slave a . .Permanent Receiver Appointed For tha Gold Hill Copper Company Brief History of the Enterprise ( . Negroe Form a Business Vtmgue - m la Booker Washington Brief Mews Items Front Rowan's Capital Special to The Observer. , - r Sailghury, Aug. 1 0.sggCaplxJgU'. Fonda, an ex-Union soldier and su perlntendent of the Federal Ceme tery in this city, ' has made a sub scription to the ' Bowan Confederate monument; fund, it was during the recent Confederate ' re-union bare that Captain Fonda and Capt John A. Ramsay, the Confederate artillery man, stood In the foreground with hands clasped while a photograph ot the veterans was taken. He says It gives him pleasure to contribute In honoring; these good and brave men though they fought against him, Notice has been given that an ac tion has been Instituted In the Su perior Court of Rowan for the p Dolntment of a permanent receiver for the Gold Hill Copper company, B. B. Miller, Esq., having? been named last week as temporary receiver. "The defendant company is summoned -to appear before Judge Webb at Balis- bury on Monday, August tin. ana answer te the complaint. The order naming B. B. Miller as receiver is returnable before Judge . Webb at Lexington on August 80th. It was Waiter George Newman, of New York, who several years ago acquired these mines and large tract of land and formed a company tipitai!sea at $5,000,000. Shortly thereafter Mr. Vewman rave un the work as nead of the company, whicn Decame in debted to him for over a quarter oi million dollars, and he took unse- cured notes. He also loaned the com pany, he says, $51,000. He also says a . mortgage has been given on the property without his' knowledge. The nlalntiffs in the case are Walter George Newmsn and John M. Julian, who are represented ry Hunon Cralge, Esq. COLORED BUSINESS LEAGUE. A local branch of Booker T. Wash ington's National Business League has been organised here by a num ber of colored men. They announce that among the possibilities of the league are a bank, buildlm? and loan association, department store and other business enterprises. The farmers' Institute held in the court house to-dy was a'tendel by a hundred or more of our mist re gressive firm." and 'be speskers were given the cloest of attention. A do'thin tc tm of horses belong lig to Mr. Hugh Saunders caused a con sldersblo excitement to-day, when they ran the entire length of North Main street. Fortunately no damage was done except to the rig. I, H. Clement. Esq.. president of the North Carolina Bar Association, and his son, Dr. E. B. Clement, of Philadelphia, are enjoying a "'' weeks' trip through Canada. Capt. W. Murdock Wiley Is at home from New York for a few days. White head KluttJ!, Esq.. and Donald Clem ent are back from Atlantic CUy The cement walls under the railroad at the National Cemetery were completed some time ago. Now a force of hands has begun, prepsfatlon for placing the Iron brldg. As soon as this Is com nlefed the sovemment roadway from the cemetery to Main street will be com menced. . , Mr. Arthur B. Scercy, of North Char lotte, and Miss Rosa B. Stiller, of Row an county, were married Sunday after noon at Mr. Thomas L. Harris,' on ftouth Main street Dr. C, M. Higgtns omciai- ing. After the, ceremony ine coupio drove to the bride s home in the country, where a big wedding supper was served. Senator Overman is off for the week speech-making in the eastern part of the State. Double dally mall service was inaug urated on the Yadkin brancn or tne Southern Railway ' yesterday. The new mall will be a great convenience for peo ple along the line. A BtJFirNESS CHANGE. Mr. P. N. Peacock, who has been tell- . - t . A, . V. . er at me Piaiisourj uinwu Wachovia Loan & Trust Company for the past' three years. Is now with tbe Simpson-Peacock Wholesale orocery Company. Mr. W. M. Johnston, oi mc bank force, has been promoted to teller and is succeeded by Mr. Marvin Snider. The Modern Woodmen of America nas Included North Carolina in its Jurisdic tion and denudes will be put to work, at once organising camps in this Bute. This Is one of the largest fraternal insurance organizations in the world. A new clothing and men's lurmsntng store Is to be opened In the room recent ly vacated by The Salisbury Drug Com pany by Mr. Jacova. who comes here from Charleston, B. C. Miss Marguerite BritUan will he rat home"' to-morrow evening in nopos -or her guest. Miss DumontMlss Nancy Johnson returned fto her home In Ken tucky-to-day, being tne last or. miss Katherlne Overman's charming house party to leave. A number of young peo ple go on a moonlight picnlo to Fisher's mill to-night. r Twin City Cltlsen Has a Harrowing Adventure. Special to The Observer. Wlnston-Balem, Aug. 10. Mr. J. C Yates friends are congratulating him to day on his narrow escape from death last Wednesday while attempting to . cross Cedar creek, Davie county, -in an open buggy. Th torrential rains had swollen the stream so that the horse and vehicle began to float while Mr. Yates was driv ing across the ford. Mr. Yates cut his horss loose and It swam to shore. Mr. Yates was rescued by a colored man who threw him a piece of timber by which he managed te get ashore after being three hours In the creek. The horse was found next morning a mile away,, unin jured. The buggy was recovered after great difficulty In a damaged conditio. property, could not be a competent juror. It seems entirely probable, however, that Blackburn's name was obtained as a juror from , a- former tax list. --. .--:... ; . Blackburn died tn 102 and his tes timony cannot be had. The evidence Obtainable falls to satisfy me of Blackburn's dlhquallncation as a grand Juror, but on the contrary sat isfies me that he was competent, as I reach the eonolusion that the grand juror, Blackburn, was not disqualified even under, tne law as it atooo at the time the indictment was returned. It is necessary to consider the effect ot the act ot the Legislature ot North Carolina,, 10T, (Public Laws of North toSna; iiatrpaf 8 sr"-provlng that motions to quash ror tne cause suggested here should not be sus tained, or its applicability ' , to . the present motion. " The .motion to . iuash the Indict ment on th. around that Blackburn was not a qualified Juror must be. overruled and denied, and It will be so ordered. . v, - " - 5 This Tgust 10th. iioi. , - v WM. T. NEWMAN, u. s.. judge Presiding-. - i DONKEY AXD GANDER. A Rnchexms . Train tha 3 latins; ot . Which Would He a Sure Omen of . Fund and ictory. . , ' t Baltimore Sun. ' ' '-The mind 'Of the editor of the es teemed Charleston News and Courier should now be relieved Of the great weight that hat be$n pressing upon It Hla mouth should be filled with laughter and his tongue with Joy. The Hour Kong gander and the Chit- I tygong hen that went forth bearing Joy, bringing their sheaves with them. The editor of the esteemed News and Courier has -bB-pprsed-witia-th . sense of humiliation caused by the apparent reluctance of the South Car olina people to respond to the Mace donian cry for campaign f unda for Mr. Bryan. ' He haa reproached the Palmetto State by a reiteration day by day of the humiliating fact that the entire sum contributed by the Palmetto tate to elect the "Peerless trader' fell short of $100. The Hans; Kfing gander and the .Chittygong hen have saved the day. , They have Teen rsmed on ana nave aaaea izs to the campaign fund of the national Democracy. in tne contest for the possession ; of these . Incomparable birds, which came orlainaily from The Charlotte Observer, virtue tri umphed. - The editor of The News and Courier, the exemplary Colonel Hemphill, describes that national event In a letter to Editor Caldwell, of The Charlotte Observer, In tha fol lowing well-chosen sentences: "The Hong- Kong gander and the lat nen contest cloaca to-night The gander was won by Phlllo H. Gads den and the fat hen came to that ioyal supporter of tha great Kebras kan whose name need not be men tioned. The contest was managed by wic nun. x nomas J. in e vine, and the winners were selected by Richard Francis Brltton, who Is Inclined to the i-resDyterian faith. The contest re sulted in a lund ot IZ6. only 100 com petltors out of a possible S00 having come across. it is necessary to say that the ioyal supporter of the great Nebras- aan wnose name need not be men tioned ' was no other than our es teemed contemporary himself T The spiteful suggestion has been made that because the contest was man aged by a gentleman Inclined to the Presbyterian faith., and the winner was connrmed In that faith, the re sult was predestined. This unworthy suspicion should not find a place In any loyal breast Btit we ask right here. Does this award end the career of the Hong gouurrj we trusx not. We trust that the noble bird will continue i worl- Dy collecting a campaign fund and saving the Democratic party. What more appropriate than that this fine old gander should be hitched In a double team with tha nrih, Bn intelligent Democratic donkey to draw the party chariot to victory? As such a we msti-ejed team. Intellec- iuiy ir not physically. progressed through the land it would arouse boundless enthusiasm. nri .ft.. victory is won the donkey and gan der miht he sent to repose on ths plain of Nebraska, In the vicinity of Lincoln, along with the Wisconsin mule which is there at this time fill ing itself with slfalfa. If this Plan does not -nmm.n I. self there la another. Send the gander to the Hon. a S. Field. In Bal timore, to be raffled off here for the Denafit of the camnala-n fund vv. are pained to confess that South Caro- Democratic tight wads find a dwell ing place. So tight have been some of the wads in this eitv th.t r.,m.. of liberal commissions being offered to loosen them have been circulated. Now let the historic Democratic gin- v.v. ,0 cauimore to swell tne rund. and the amount raised shall re ceive the widest publicity possible. A Safe Haven For the KmhM,iM To the Editor of The Observers - , .rJfl youJ ftdltoral leader .of to-day. What Fronts the Embeszler," you well gay that the nrmrrpu nr inven tion and civilisation ha left no place for the scoundrel and rascal who has robbed honest men. wiilnv, orphans of their all to hide, not even in remote Africa. You forget one place of nearly absolute safety. Be It said to their shame that if the rascal and thief has reached deeply into the trust funds placed In his keeping, and Is well connected, the afpt place tne world over for him Is in our courts of Justice. He need only stay at home, hire the best and most resqurceful legal talent, sur render to the law officers. If In the event ho haa left any gaps down and he Is about to be prosecuted, which frequently la not the case, get out on bond, work up sympathy after the long delays of Jnatlre procured hy sharp lawyers, who run our courts, and finally escape fine and imprison ment. No, Mexico and Honduras are unsafe; Zululand inhospitable to the wanderer fleeing from justice; but let the embezsler seek the safe har bors of our law courts and, surround ed by legal Iron-clads bearing II lnch guns, they are certainly reason ably safe for a long season, it not forever. Is It not about time for out courts to be put in line with tha progress of science- and inxeniJon,nd..thele gal fraternity be shorn of some of Its power to delay Justice and pro tect criminals? How is this to be done in a land where the -lawyer Is such a political powerr ONLOOKER. August 8, 1908. f ' Bygone Now Bygones. Columbia State. 4 Chairman Henry Watterson, of the press committee of the Democratic national committee, has - drawn upon the services of Editor Hemphill, of The News and Courier, and Editor Cald well, of The Charlotte Observer. The duty V of these gentlemen upon that committee Is to devise the best plans -ana execute tnem wnen possible for the election of Bryan and Kern. We confidently anticipate the pleasure of commending their tealoualy Intel llgent efforts.. ytt. Moore's Appointment a wise One. To the Editor of Tha Observer: Having .known something of the history of journalism in Charlotte for the last forty years. I wish to say that from every standpoint ths selection of Mr. C. C. Moore, as circulation man ager of The Observer publication. Is one of the wisest steps ever made in a newspaper stepping forward In tne city of the freshest and the best news. Mr. Moore is immensely popular, not only because of personal worth, but because ha always succeeds. S S. M. DATISL ' Caroleen. Aug. tth, 10. - We Think He la. ' -To the Editor pt The Observer! ... ...I hav had It on my mind for to. ask you TQumsaTa-Blirjrnu-TlmTe been so busy locating the birth pUc of certain deceased North Carolin ians and conducting that South Caro lina raffle, Z dassent Is old, Scrsogo the bold bad man of "A Ohrlstmai Carol" the irtglnal -of. scrouge, ta push the. ether fellow out of the wayf If you don't -know-perhaps Ihe Norfolk lAudmark does. . ' : R. - Wi WINSTON." t '? Durham, Aug. 19, HOI. I r net 1 1 m i y f, utttttttatt rA summer stuff must . J, . " ' J! . , New. Fall Goods that are coming in daily. PARASOLS rAll Fancy Colored and thqy last at exactly one-half the regular price. First come, first served. 'Arnold's Swiss Applique, the 25-pent quality; colors, Tan and Brown; can, Special while it lasts, the BORDERED LAWNS New Persian Bordered Lawns, White and Tan V ; .... . ; . grounds, with pin dots. Regular price 15 cents. Spe cial, the yard. ... Mm 9c. SPECIAL All 10-cent Figured Lawns go on the 5-cent counter Tuesday morning. You'll these. . .jLskUar - v SPECIAL NO. 2 All 5-cent Figured Lawns on sale at both stores at the yard. . . . . GINGHAMS Fancy and Staple Dress Ginghams, regular 12 l-2c. and 15c, quality. . Special ROMAN STRIPE CREPON This season s most popular !Kimono goods. Price, ; the yard. . ;.U '.....,..;.. )MM HMMIHMtIMMMlMIMI MUM IHsVi mi i t hwm wm h go to make room for the White Parasols, while he worn late in the season. yard. . ... . .12 l-2c. find some good Values among .. . .3c. price, the yard. ... .... .10c. ........ .....Uc;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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