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CHABLOTTE DAILYj QBSBRVEI. UGUSX 14, 1DC3. 9. P. CAfjWrXl iMifiK'rf'? v a TnxiPkiva - rvnUBoerw. , ... VEryDsyxiftefcari SUBSCRIPTION FBICBt On year $$.00 I havoc lire tnsuithi -V;: Semi-Weekly On year pit montlk rBXDAT, AUGUST 14, XtO, ? rAonow-xowr bepublicamsm. The Stat primary, born in one party State, where It gives the peo- ..' pie their only real chance to express themselves at the polls,' has of late been working its way into politically . ' normal ' territory and there causing 'trouble. For obvious reasons, pri mary fighfs rage fiercely ie-a majority party, leaving a minority party un- tiarmed and inspired by the hope of ; victory otherwise impossible. This Is . precisely what the Republican party of the North and West has Just found to its alarm. In a Chicago dispatch : - Illinois Democrats are described as jubilant over the admittedly wide ' ' ' split in the Republican ranks which 4 - Saturday's primary caused and as fill ed with new hope thereby. Deplor i..-. Ing these consequences, The Now ' York O lobe, Republican, calls atton , . tiou to demoralisation similarly pro duced in the Republican party of - other States. "In June," it recalls, "Iowa held a 8tate-wide primary after ; J an angry three months' senatorial campaign, and there have been reports that the Iowa Republican factions . had become so heated that there was . ' a possibility of this most reliable of Republican States going Democratic. Kansas has had a State-wide primary, during which the friends of Henstor ' Ixmg denounce Joseph I prlstow as : - a cheap demagogue, and the friends of Erlstow denounce Senator Long as tool of the corporations, and Bryan ' now asserts that he has a chance of carrying th 8tate. Oregon hold a State-wide primary last spring, and as a result thereof is to be represented at . Washington by a Pemorfratla Kenator, although th Plate Is ovrrwhf lining . If Rehubllran. Even Pennsylvania Republicanism Is a trifle groggy uk the result I of a Btate-tvlde primary ex periments It Is not strange that old lands in politics shake their heads and declare that the direct nomlria " tlon system Is the mom pructlcal de- ; ' Vice yet discovered to split a majority rl Wide open far surpassing In this re pect anything ever done by tho mont boss-ruled convention Thus c se , that the heated personalities anil hit terness of the State primary do their work In Northrn States also. At .bottom. Republican human nature and Democratic human nature are not widely different. If the Republi can party at the North adopts the .State primary idea It will lose Its present advantage of discipline and contend with the Democracy on equal or less than equal terms. We note with much Interest that Republican (profesfod) hopes In the South and Democratic hopes in the Js'orth alike rest mainly upon fartlon, ) allsm and division arising from pri mary contests, The Btate primary ' ' idea is not without its advantages, y but, wherever an aggressive minority party must be reckoned with. It " places a very decided premium upon defeat unless certain precautions, principally in the way of formulation, " are carefully observed. If November .returns show Republican defeat or vWest, few onlookers will be at a loss i narrow escape from defeat in the' - to locate the responsibility. Ajf -APPEAR JXn THE: IX) RESTS. To the Editor of The Observer: From Urn. to time I have expressed my regret at the passing ol our onoe splendid forests, The inroads on Its resousces'and woodland beauty is particularly notice able la the eastern section,- where I was bora. Our homestead is like an oasis in a desert. - No timber has been cut from our- acreage for years: and as -long I am able to wield any influence.-none Of consequence Will be.- . . :, , I would do oeugnteo to reaa an edito rial in rour paoer on tb subject. . I know that you have the best 'Interests of our State at heart, and it is so sad to tee the that Is betne wrought mven the 4.O0 1 Httle saplings six Inches in diameter are 06 oemg cut away. hakulu CHUiD. o, mum irara street, Wilmington, ji; v., Aug. sin, 1MB, This is a subject that Is much on The Observer's heart and it has writ ten much on it particularly In the line of protest against the destruc tion of the forests by lumbermen and for the benefit of steam tanner tea, which draw upon the forests for bark, which is sold for little mors than the cost of hauling, leaving as pathetic sentinels hundreds of dead and dying trees. Wo cannot boast that these protests have been effective and hence our seal for the Appala chian forest reserve, the establish ment of which would at least safe guard the forestry within its bound ary- The subject is one which must appeal powerfully to an wno are lm pressed as all should bo with the tremendous importance of conserving this grest source of natural wealth and beauty. An appreciated communication In : yesterday's paper upon the respective ages of State universities elaborates along pro-fleorgla lines nor earlier statement rather than take Issue nith it. Except merely on paper, "where. - as our correspondent points out, the 'University of Georgia leads, the Unl Terslty of North Carolina Is lieyond question the oldest Southern state- college. If, as we find siiKR'''. the . University of Pennsylvania bo dis qualified from the country-wide rum parison because never a State institu tion in the full sens the 1'nlverslty of North Carolina assumes first .plare here also. THE VkEST POINT "HAZERS." Under a new law, hazing by mili tary or naval academy cadets must be punished by dismissal without pardon or commutation' This is a harsh and unwise measure, for It leavns "hazing" a vague term, and some very mild and Inoffensive as well as brutal practices belong by custom under one general designation. Though the superintendent of the academy recommends their expulsion for Its value as an example, most people agree that the convicted West Tolnt upper classmen do not deserve so very heavy a punishment. This Is tho President's view, and the prob lem of how to get around or through the law has been furrowing his august brow for some time past. It now ap pear", that he and Secretary Wright, between them, will derlare that the hazing surh as the cadets perpetrated Is not hazing within the rontempla tlon of the law. The offence will simply be called by some other name Hazing thus displays itself as like n' lther Romeo nor that which we call a rose. .May the I'resiaent so man- ago, if he lawfully can, as to save these particular hazers from sirfferlng expensive punishment befanse of the lack of any swsetness whatever In a name. A MODEL CnrSUXVG FtAT. The Messrs. Oliver Have Installed (Juan-yina; and Crusbtng Outfit That f' Almost loes Away W Uh Laborers ' ofne Interesting Itaulls Olren Juuung, Haupng and Dumping Done - Ay System of Cables) Capacity Cf Tons aa Hour. , -.'. .. "Many people, home- folk as well .as visitors, liave asked where tho pretty blue granite rock, used In paving tho streets of Charlotte, came from: It is so unlike tho pink seen around about here, Tho blue is a. homo nroduot: it comes from i tho Oliver ' quarry. southwest of t the city. The "Messrs. Oliver, father and son. have Installed a rock Crushing plant on their pro perty, near tho Southern Cotton Oil Mill, on tho road that connects tho . "GO SNTCKS..' , .;. Information wanted as. to the? Origin of This phrase by One Who Already Knows, So Be Says.',--' - To the Editor of The Observer: ' whllis ex-fienator SouthXakota bond salt fame, Is now aa ardent Bryanita, cheek by Mowl in Chicago with our. cation! commlttee- ; t. : '':- Pettlgrew. of THE DEATH RECORD. FCXKRAL OF MIV AKMTTELD. ; 1 man. and prospect! v Secretary . of War, Mr. Josephus Daniels. Mr. le tigrewg partner In the suit, our graa dlloquent shysterT Mr. Marlon Butler, is busying himself with writing letters to North Carolina business men la the Interest of Mr. Taft and, incidentally. for the slaughter of co well-fixed and Bowd. with tho Plnevllle road, andlworthy gentleman as Judge Prltch- aro quarrying granite for tho public. Tho Atlantic Bltulithic Comnanv. which has been at work on tho streets of the city. 'used their rock in Its various forms, bed rock, medium size rock and top dressing. . - i no unver crushing outfit Is one of the most interesting enternrisea in the country. Within tho . last few years, various patents, have made rock quarrying and crushing a natter of wires, wheels, and levers. Of all the labor saving machines tho nn-to date rock plant Is the most successful. The stone is loosened la the quarry by dvnamlte'. nlnVa .h ..... . r " wwava icau0( much as It used to be. but holstinr. hauling and feeding is done by mod ern machinery. If tho Oliver plant were run in the old style way, or even as many crushers of this day are operated. It would require hundreds of men. In fact the work done. would be impossible, wtth the quarry located as U Is. Several years ago runway iracg. r tramway, ruo- ard. , While It grieves me to sea these two old-time friends and boad-sultsrs thus widely separated, I can but hop. that no unfair division of the swag Is cause for their estrangement. la thesweet days of your blue-eye'd, languorous youth, toll me, Mr. Editor, did you ever see an Iredell farmer, try ing to call and pea from a bountiful range his sleek Inchoative porkers 7 Even now you can hear them grunt and see them keep right on feeding and rooting where they were. This acuteness of the death instinct in all animals when well fed is remark able; but realisation of deadness, in man or beast. Is a much slower pro cess. . .. -.-' But speajting of the princely Mr. Butler, unresting as the sea and am bitious as the sun of a July morning, do you recall how, up to the time it was evident even to the denizens of that State whose metropolis St. Liouls Is, thai the President would not be re nin from the auarrv to the cmshinsr I nominated, our distinguished Samn- ouuu was considered the proper thing I soman was pointing outuhe band we. The Asheville Citizen, taking know ledge of th distinction whlrh Hoi Watteron lat week conferred upon the editors of The Charleston News and Courier and The Observer files this protest and complaint: , "Great Hc-oti! Are there not enough of the faithful to absorb the glorle. ami honors of t li 1m tank, ami mul they be given to men who hut yesterday were impaling the Ieerl"ss Leader upon n thousand barbed Jest's?" And The Raleigh Evening Times, entertaining the same grievance, takes it out In this sarcastic reference to the same rlrctimstance: "Theie Is nothing like being on the band wngon when the honors are being distributed Hut when tii.ro are not hunor. enough to bestow some dlsttnetlon upon all we presume thoe who have made vontrlbullon to the campaign fund cume first We know what's the matter with both of these proteHtant and admon ish them In the language of Mr. tfh akewpeare: "O, b.ware. my lord, of Jealousy' It Is the green-eyed monster which doth nji'k Tlin meat It feeds on " dui tnai is now antiquated. In Its stead wires, strung between towers. are used. It would reaulre an mathematician to eiDlaln th techni cal movement of the machinery at the Oliver crusher and the average mind could not grasp it, but for ordinary ui (io.es a tecnnicai description Is un ecessary. - The two tower, h.urf anf foot, the cableway, the skip anfj the iuner are me lour features essential nd that appeal to the untrained eye. To put rock in Shape for general se things must be done: In the first lace It must be Quarried, that la. aken from, the place that Nature nut It: Secondly. It must W sarrlA in . place where it is shaDed and there andled. At the Oliver auarrv the rock Is loosened and broken into workable pieces by various means. then piled In the skip, or scoop, gever sl tons at a time, drawn up, aa a bucket Is drawn out of a well, and then hauled over a cable several hundred yards and dumped Into the very Jaws of the crusher. The skip, which goes and comes. Is manipulat ed by an engineer, who stands in the head tower, and works a system of levers. A number of men In the quarry load the rock and one man at the orusher 'guides the skip at the crushing machine. The capacity of the cable and skip is 60 tons an hour, ilils statement will give a fair idea of the labor saving ability of the plant. The engineer, who must be a man of good sense. Judgment, and cool. head, does the work of scores of men. The skip, swinging as it does, has a play of 5 feet to the right or left of the rahle. so that a space of 50 or more feet enn be worked. The cables are 700 feet, from tho crushes to foot tower, thus giving a working territory of 700 by 50 feet. Then, too, the foot tower is portable, so that when one section Is worked It can he moved to another. The Oliver auarrv will last everlastingly for the entire hillside Is full of blue granite. One of the ad advantages of this modern nlant is that no hole will be left in the quarry hnt the hill will bo leveled. Every piece of rock Is used and the debris, such as can he utilized, dumped at the foot of the hill, the skip being used to haul It. Crushed rock are in rreat vorue nnwHuays. neing tiseu in cement work of nil sorts, to make buggy and walk wnys about homes, roofing, and peb ble dah houses. The four frades.are rock dust, for top dressing; pieces ranging In size from one quarter to three quarters of an inch: from three quarters of an Inch to one-and-three quarters of an Inch, and one and one quarter to two and a half inches. It Is the purpose of the Olivers to fhlp their output, what of It Is not line, at home, to nearby towns. gon and going snucks with Roosevelt? To the President he clung like Par tridge to Tom Jones after his fair dreans of the gray horse; but now, with no less seal, or eesema, he Is tfb ing sriucks wjth Taft; for whom In April he thought it unwise that the Greensboro convention should Instruct its delegates. This is a beautiful pic ture a sort of moving picture on i marvel machine. But for all these things I care noth Ing: they are out of ray line; It is lit erature that interests me. My only purpose in writing these lines to you Is to ask If you know the origin of the phrase tj "go snucks." I am not asking to be Informed myself as to its origin I have the information al ready, but only to test your literary pretentions. For, much as I admire your learning oh, it Is deeper than that! let me say your erudition, you sometimes nod and must needs be nudged. U C. N. August 12th. 190S. r'Qo Snucks!" No, friend. The Ob server doesn't know it. Enlighten us. A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE. New London, Conn., dispatches convey the ffleial announcement that "fcereafter Norfolk will be abandoned - In favor of Charleston as base for the torpedo boat flotilla, including dc- stroyers and sub-marines. This nr-ain j that Charleston will get the benefit (of about 11,000,009 a year now expend . e4 at Norfolk. The old town between the Ashley and Cooper rivers will be . ceme better worth owning for the , Germans, better worth running for the Irish and better worth enjoying Tor, the niggers. Congratulation lo . It and condolences to Norfolk. 'The Commoner, Mr. flryan's paper. hat asknowleitged tfoipt from Ma. Ilerniililll. of The rhurli'Kton News iin.l Courier, "f Hie sum of for the cam-! PSIkii ftirirl. This money Is the proiwrts of tlie auction pal of the lllg Fat Hen unci the H'mg Kong (lander contributed hv the editor of The Charlotte Observer tor the benefit nf The News and Courier- campaign collection. If w. are not In errir. The News and Courier some time tmck estlnmtP'l that Charleston ought to contribute noinnihlng like llO.Ono to the eHmpalgn fund If that Is correct, and the IJ.i from the Hen and , antler sale ! credited on srrount. It appears that Charleston In ntlll fi-STO shy of her duty." Savannah Morning News. What w,' want to know Is where doea Tlie Observer come In on this dul. los It get no credit for any p'urt of tho contribution? It Is MaJ. Hemphill this and Charleston that; with never a word In The Commoner about The observer or Charlotte. Is thH equal rights to all and i special privileges to none? is this a square deal for t-very man 7 "We pause for a reply. THE LATE MRS. SALSBTOY. Whh Well-Known In Cltfirlntte, Where Mm Often VlNltrri Survived by One Son anil Ono Ulster. The following notice has been re cclvcil in regard to Mrs. Julia Sals bury, whose death at her home In Old A Spertacle of the) Fourth of Next March as Seen by a Prophetic Eye. Charleston News and Courier. Let us imagine that it is the Fourth of March, 1909. and that we are In the City of Washington, the capital of this puissant nation. The sun is shin ing in unapproachable glory; the air Is fresh with the first breath of sprang; me city is crowded with men and wo. men from all parts of our vast terri tory; the tramp, tramp, tramp of marching legiops Is heard In all the streets of the national capital, and from all the public buildings and from nearly every private residence the flag or tne free, its graceful folds filled with the gentle south wind, hang against the heavens. It Is the day of the People's triumph, and of every tribe and tongue and kindred, thev marcn in multitudes which cannot be numbered to the Capitol of the nation where the Government of the People is to be surrendered to the represen tative of the people, William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska. The hour is noon; the sceno is Pennsylvania ave nue. With trumpets hlowlng and ban ners flying one great company of civil ians follows another, and regiments of horse, and battalions of infantry, and batteries of Held artillery lead the great procession, filling the street from curb to curb. Suddenly with glad acclaim the people shout "He Is coming!" and the bands play "Hall to the Chief!" R.tJ ed In an open carriaa-e drawn hv mi-r splendid white horses the Man of the Hour, the Man of the Centnrv. th. Man of the People bows to the right ana to tno left, oblivious. It would seem, of the sturdy and Immovable ngure at his left. It Is a most Insnlr ing spectacle. But what means that aiminguisned company on foot at the chariot wheels ofthe Nation's Choice as a epeeial suar of honor ti Great Throng Attends Jjutt Rites Over ,. iJXty of Deceased High point Cltl sen Mr, Arm held Held Office in Many .Enterprises, i . . 4- ; r Special to The Observer. . -j)'.? High, i Point, XtigmtJi great t&rong gathered at the graded school auditorium this morning to attend the funeral services over the remains of tne late E. M. Armfield. the services being. conducted by Rev. O.' U Pow ere and Rev.: C F. Kir try. The banks and other , business concerns . had closed out ot respect to the dead, and after the funeral was over a long line of people followed - the , remains to their last resting; place, f The active paU-bearers .appointed from : the Ju nior Order, of which the deceased was a member, were: Robert Brockstt, J. Ik Parrish, Dr.- H. C. Pitt. W.: A Ring. X O. Leonard, T. H. Spencer, J. X .Secberst and J. E. Kirk man. , The honorary pall-bearers were;. F, . P, Venable, Chapel Hill: F. C" Boyles, Greensboro; W. T. Whitsett, Wnitsett; N. C. English, Trinity;, W. Q. Rags- dale, Jamestown; E. W. Gates, Thorn asvtlle; 3. W. Lambeth. Thomaevllle; 3. D. Rose, Asheboro; J. Q. Ragsdale, Madison; Dr. J. A. Turner. Lee A. Brllea. M. 3- Wrenn, O. E. Kearne, Robert Brockett. A- M. Rankin, N. W. Beeson, J. H. Tate. Ray Newby, all Of High point The floral offerings were very beautiful and literally covered the grave and surrounded it. They came from all parti of the state. : Well-Known Mining; Man Dead. - Special to The Observer. Roanoke, Va., Auf. 11. I. F. Hud dle, a well-known mining man, died to-day at Ivanhoe, Va., of typhoid fe ver, aged 4t years. He was for many tears superintendent of extensive iron mines at Cranberry, N. C . Miss RuUi Radcllff, of East Durham. Special to The Observer. Durham. Aug. 1 Miss Ruth Rad- ellff. daughter of W. R. Radcllff, died at the home of her parents In East Durham last evening. She was I years of age and her death was caused from typhoid fever. The funeral and burial took place this afternoon, the body being laid to rest m tne uargnam burying place, near East Durham. This was the third death In the Rad cliff family In five months. First sister of Miss Ruth Radcllff died about five months ago and since then her little daughter. Now the other sister Is dead. She left father, mother, one brother and one sister. 1 HI 1 MEETING OF TELEPHONE MEN. Fort was noted in this paper several br,nt y flashing with the Joy days ago: eryerai of oonfl,ct thr)Ugh wh,ch they Mrs. Julia C. Salabnry. who died af ter a f. w days' illness, at her home In Old Fort on Monday, the 10th Inst., was well known in Charlotte, where she often visited. She was before her marriage Miss Juna mppoldt, a daughter or Dr. J . Tech Is, a born ruler," said Sir Joseph George Ward. Prime Minister of New Zealand, In toasting Xing Edward and President Roosevelt at a banquet to the American naval offi cers. "Each," he went on, "li richly endowed with common sense, and a igreat, ardent lover of bis country artd people- Each Is a peacemaker." We ' deem ft very unfortunate that the fleet does not stop at some German port. Where the far closer resemblance between the Pree1dentan4Eie Avliitam Wsttte beeeme the theme efpt-tetojatryjtarQpm lrators. - - - I unappreciated, of courlk, in Charles ton, which knows nothing about bens aad sTSBders and whose bird judg ment ( to be gauged fey the fact that It thinks the bufsard should be the sallonal emblem,' - The esteemed Harry Thaw is get ting about at much space la t'ae press e:rptche as Mr. Bryan gad far more jut :: Tare 4- : u: . ': .-. ..- "We know our friend of The Char lotte Observer is "down in the mouth' theso days," says the venerable editor of The Greensboro Record. "Just as the wr sailing machines seemed to be perfected one of 'em busted and while the Wrights flew some he must still be dejected." Don't you believe it, colonel! Rome was not built In a day and we never expected the flying machine to be perfected with the first attemitt. But we are coming right along. We have aerial science by the tall, and even you will live to see us all sailing through the air like birda. "A colicky eld gander that had probably- put to flight - the boy brigades of Charlotte for a generation and a blue-blooded hen of doubtful age were contributed by the North Carolina paper to the cause," etc etc. And we don't thank The Chattanooga Times for these references, Ill-mannered and worse, to those birds of passed, and their footsteps firm as the imivaDie principles of their party? The martial figure of the Jocund face with the fighting gray mustache is Henry Watterson. the Invincible, of The Courler-Journal, and the sixteen men who follow him an s t- M. ITappoIdt, a prominent physician cratic Press Committee of Advisement of charlotte many years ago, and from Alabama. Arkansas, fl.nrc-in' Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina. Ten nessee, Texas and Virginia. Marching two by two, Just as the animals went Into the Ark of safety, so then- mn follow their leader, the editor of Th. Charlotte Observer and the editor of The News and Courier, holding the right of the line, so to apeak, because of their most loyal service to tho party and Its candidate. That will be a great ijurvrssiun, ana ii win celebrate the return or tne Government of the Peo pie to the control of the People. was horn in Charlotte on neremhor 1st. 1 S31. lr. llappoldt moved to Morganton in 1 Mi and Mrs. galsbury' girlhood wns spent in that place. In 1874 shH married Mr. D. C. Ralsbury. of old . Fort, a Pennsylvanlan by birth. Mr. Salsbury died fifteen years ago, end sinc e that time Mrs. flalabury has prm mucn oi'fier time in Asheville and Knoxvllle. Hhe was of a most genial and cor dial dispositloh and made many friends wherever she went. Blrfce childhood she Qias been a de votod member of the Episcopal Church. 6he Is survived by one son. Mr. J. If. Balsbury, of Knoxvllle, Tenn., and one sister, Mrs. Laura Johnston of this city. Charlotte. Tor The Observer. BESS AND BILL Independent Association Held Tilled Annual Session at High , Point Wednesday, With Large Attendance Much Growth of independent IJnes Reported. Special to The Observer. High Point. Aug. II. The third annual meeting of the Independent Telephone Association of North Caro. Una was held here yesterday, the see slon being In the rooms of the cnam ber of commerce. There were nearly one hundred representatives of the 200 Independent telephone companies throughout North Carolina, this being the largest attendance in the history of the association. An all-day session was held and many matters of Import ance came up and were acted upon The business of the association kept the representatives hard at work until a late hour, Just finishing the worn in time for the delegates to take the night trains for home."" However, sev eral remained over until this after noon looking over the city and attend Ing to matters of business, t At this meeting of the Independent companies very encouraging reports wero made In growth from every quarter. Many toll lines have been put up the past year and many more are now In course of erection or contem plated. The increase in the number of local 'phones in the various towns ano cities throughout the State was also very gratifying. Tne jndepenaeni companies now have a perfect net work of systems throughout the state, reaching about every" point of Im portance. It was shows at this meet Inir. as it was known before, how ever, that from 85 to 95 per cent, of fh telephone business is done within from twenty to fifty miles or wnere it originates, and that considerale over half in the cities and towns where the service Is Installed, there oelng prac tically a very small percentage of long distance sen-Ice outside of these limits. The association numbers among Its membership some of the most influen tial men of State in all wains oi me, who are very enthusiastic for the In dependent companies The officers of the association elected for the ensuing year are: President. W. A. Wynne, Ka- lclgh; vice president. Mayor H. P. Grier, Statesville; secretary and treas urer, B. W. Leavttt, Southern Pines; executive committee: W, A. Wynne, Raleigh; J. B. Morris, Roxboro; H. P. Grler. Statesville; H. P. 8tevenson, Smlthfteld, J. F. Hayden, High point. POSSIBLE SOLUTION. A little girl clad In a homesp'un dress Came singing along my way. ' "What's. your name?" I asked. "8lr, my name is ttesa. And I'm going to school to-day. A little boy stood at the brow of the hill "She's coming." I heard him say. "What's your namerf I asked. "Sir, my name is nui, i And I'm going to school to-day. He called her Bess and she called him iu, - . And I think I beard htm say: 'Til always wait at the brow of the hill If you'll always come this way." Well, the days went by and the both grew old, And they saw all serfs of weather;.- t But a few short words and the story Is told: ,. , . , Jwa simple mounds In the eXureh yard clay, ' - - . ; . And a "Peaoe to Bess and Bill." . , Tea, he waited for ber, and together to- day -. ' - .- - ' . v They sleep at the foot of the hill. -mOscar bolanix Mebaoe, W. C v -.. ... , - i Lexington Republicans Fail to Support iwir a-aper. Special to The Observer. Lexington. Aug. ll.The Republi cans of Lexington are In a quandary dver their county organ. The North State. Some four or Ave months ago publication of the paper was suspend ed, but after missing; several issue was started again, the general belief at the time prevailing that the Republican politicians of the county would fc.n it going until after the election. But it seems tney WM their dollars too fondly to throw - them away on such an " enterprise and several weeks ago the com pany was thrown into' the hands of a receiver. Even after the appoint ment of a'receiver the paper was pub lished for two weeks, but the doors are now closed and the Republican "orgin" of . Davidson is peacefully sleeping, while upon the plant rests the burden of more debts than it can stand. r , . i ' i, - -,; j- ' Mr. Moore's Anniversary. One year ago last night, Mr. Edgar B. Moore leased tbe Belwyn Hotel -ee-e-e .resident of the cit; tor practical ly mar lengtn oi trme-.i Mr. Moore la now numbered among the most progressive cltlsens cf Char lotte and with every effort looking to advancement ha Identifies himself. As a hotel men he stands among the first and the S.Iwyn under Ms man agement baa. been run v successfully a oring toe pasi year. Mr. WlUkowsky Suggeflts That the ( lutrlotte Meters Bo Examined tiy an Expert Header to Teat Tlielr Accuracy. To the Editor of The Observer: In view of the universal complaint by our cltlsens as to the wf,er rent charges and the allegation or many that the reading of their meters is wrong, which may in part be owing to "faulty meters," I would suggest that for the purpose of conciliating our people, and to allay the general distrust entertained by them as to the fairness of the charge; and as the high moral. Intellectual and busi ness standing of the present commis sion precludes even the remotest al legation of their Intentional short comings in the management of the waterworks, that it might be good policy for the proper authorities to follow New York's lead in employ ing for a few months an expert "wa ter oieter reader" (not. connected with the management of the water works) and I beg to call their aa well as the ouebHc's attention to a clip ping here below from The New York Herald of the lltn Inst., which, while In that case It applies to ."gas met ers," may-apply equally so to "wa ter meters:" t t "la a report on the work of testing gas meters during the month of July, Mr. Whitney, secretary of the public service commission, states that 14,57 gas meters have been tested; 11.76 were repaired and removed meters and 1ST were "complaint" meters, of those tested because of complaints. - "Of the complaint meters tested 44, or IS per cent, were found to be ab solutely correct; 171, or il l per cent, were fast, and 114, or Ji t per cent were. slow," -i . , 8. WITTKOWBKT. Silks .More Machinery Than Enthusiasm. resoere-TeJegrenu.:-; Talking about steam roller and card Index politics, Mr. Htschcock has re duced it to a science.- It is said that he will index his spell-binders to the end that no oratory, will be wasted. There is more machinery by a good deal than there is good. live, burning enthusiasm la the Taft campaign, New Dress and Waist Silks, Chevron Weaves, in all the popular shades. Peacock Blue and Bronze Green are the leading colors. We have a beautiful line of patterns to select from. Price, the yard, 75c., $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Wool Jftress Goods Pretty warm weather to speak of wool. Our first 4 shipment of new fall styles is here. 'All the new color ings in the popular Chevron effects in Serge, Broad- cloth and Panama. Don't wait till all the good dress makers are engaged and then try to get something hand some turned out within 24 hours. Buy now while you can get the best selection. Prices range from 88c. to $2.50 per yard. ress Trimmings Our handsome line of Imported Dress, Trimmings will be shipped from New York on &ugrrst-i5th. Every season our line of fine Trimmings is more attractive, and this year we have surpassed al previous eiforts. Hosiery Sale Watch our ads. for a special Stocking Sale. We are going to get the girls and boys ready for school, ' "... , - . member . All summer stuff is being slaughtered 'at half price.v Parasols, Figured Lawns, etc., etc., at. exactly one-half the regular price. This, is is where you save money, "ftl 1 1 1 1 f t ttl 1 1 rtl IttttTtllPHfixtviTTsaaisi . - . . -:-" t" ww i owes i mini num "S.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 14, 1908, edition 1
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