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if . ' r TAHXEE TiXKS TO EDITOBS (Continued from Pag One.) " T repress and prosperity of ths conn- try. . -, -. .-v..' v -; ORATORY AND VERBOSITY. Not ths least of the cause that fcave operated through the agency of the "panic' to make so many eaiiun think twice of the expense wciaeni 10 attending this convention "hay been oratory and verbosity; Notwrtnsiana ing illustrious 'illustrations to the contrary, tha two word are not syn onymous, we have had too mucn iai w ithout meaning, and too mucu than plain, frank and reasonable speech. , The result has been lnflam m a tion on the one hand, and confu sion on the other. Important as are the questions that must be serxieo and the policies that must be develop- d JthJL.peopleJt.J--noL-aamuch the presence or conditions max nas rfven rla. to, existing evus. as im . catrh nhrasea thrown as sops to. lg norance by careless and designing politicians and orators; and the Jum ble of .words and technicalities, with ; iwhich statesmen, financiers and ecqn- omtsts bet-laud the 'rank ' diagnosis that their better knowledge owes to the public concerned. The average , rnaav can survive a pretty stout pain, so long as he is permitted to believe that he has the stomachache; let a physician give his trouble a Latin name ' and he takes to bed In a , panic. Some time ago one of our 6outhern literary young- men went- to London, rand was fortunate enough to meet Mark Twain. "Why, sin" said the great humor ist. "I know you already, through . youf articles. I'have the last one that appeared, put away for safe keeping." Naturally, the young man blushed .' with pleasure, which was heightened . an the eccentric genius went on to sv with increasing entnuRlasm. "Why, man. that first paragraph was the most wonderful thing I have seen In literature for ten years!" Twain paused and fixed the now happily embarrassed young author wlth a cold and twinkling eye: "Why. man." said he. "that one paragraph ' contained twenty-nix words 1 had never seen before! As soon as I get home," lye continued. "I am going to .' look "em up ana use em ior ine rest of my life!" "IDLE WORDSr" That day that gave origin to the expression 'idle words," In the sense f something harmless, was not i dav of newsDaDers. nor yet a day o habitual orators, gome of whom are "loaded." and all of whom are ready to "go off" without warning to the people, or reflection by themselves, vVe. deal with words. need to realise that we are fixed with that degree of care which ought to be on served by those who handle high ex Plosives, or dealv weapons. Let us "shoot - straight" and. Is rrecessary. "to kill." but let us take care that, In the general fusilad.-. no ' innocent bystander" be Injured. Yet, how many newspapers have been guilty of this habit of exaggeration with the lurid phrase and the carelr-ss word? And how many, either complacent, or timid amid the chorus of riemagog- tiery, have contented themselves with aloof criticism, or spineless dissent? I spoke nf the need of an Inspira tion that should be practical and ef fectlve, and lielpful. Ti possess these Qualities, it should be based on power; and to possess effectiveness nd usefulness. It needs that power hall be not only existent, but applied To return for a last time to a liter ary Illustration, the Inspiration should toe both practical and timely, else It mounts to no more than a opifles of mental gymnastics. The books that are classic to-day sprang from the brains responsive to the emotions, needs, or crlces of the days In which thy were . written. They were conceived, and ' executed, as popular works. POWER OP THE PRESS. Abstractly considered, there Is In spiration, and to spare, in the mere contemplation of this National Edi torial Association. The very thought of the power included in the thous ands of publications with which It Is affiliated tempts the Imagination to dream that the power which Is un- doubtedly our poswsslon in In reality harneom.fl and at work. We ail know each nun from his own ex perience that this Is not true; that .. auch of the power we In fsvt possess Is latent energy, as Ineffective as an undeveloped mine. This reflection Ik at sobering one. and one that should awaken us not only to a realization ef conditions, but to practical con cert of effort to change and better them. There Is not a man here who la not trying. In his own way and ac cording to his own lights, and In conformity to the needs of "his own people, to do something more than v run a buslne." The newspaper. .- Ms It has developed In this country, 'Is of necemdty !n part nnoelftsh. I Kvery newspaper man Is put to the frequent choice between his princi ple and bis purse. And It In cause for continued congratulation, that. In Plte of the pessimistic cry of cor ruption and graft. the public agency that Is most useful and power ful to turn dslgn Into fact Is the agency least frequently bought. In fact. It Is the newspaper that Is chiefly responsible for the awakened i conscience of the public with respect '' to these evils. It was the newspaper inai nrsi cried "stop thief!" and thn ! rsugnt tn fugitive. In a time when It almost seems that one-half of tho people la calling the other half rogue, snJ that half Is retorting, with exple tives and anathemas, that the other , half Is composed of snrlallMs. dema Roguea and anarchists. It Is a comfort ing thought that, amid the general , commiseration over "lost Ideals," the newspapers without vaunting them selves are In the main putting Into practice the great Ideal that Is the ba sis of every system. of ethic labor and sacrifice, for the public good. ' ' , EDITOR MUST HAVE FUEL. But. let as not be too eeinsh! I say this for two good reasons: It Is not ,: good for the people that we be so .and It it not good for us. An editor , tnnst have fuel, before he can get up team. You will agree with me that he !"burns up" a good deal of white paper : at prices that make It sometimes a lit tle hard to sympathise fully with the sufferers from the annual winter coal famine. There Is plenty of paper, and plenty of coal. But you can't have much of a newspaper, or much of a fire. If yo can't get them when the time comes to go to press, or to get up In tha morfttny wit -tr mar-t we ewe fn no small measure whatever of success we have had as an ergani satloa. 'and will owe whatever of ac complishment we ahall encompass id the future.' out here in tnis vwrant State of the new aMl Virile West, it seems to me that we have. In the ex ample of Its fertile fields and magte cities, lu thrifty industry, ana patri otic, energetic people; a hint and aa impulse to which we can no longer be blind. So rich Is this land; so iiave Its people developed It; so has it come to be a source or a u wings in men ana products that go to stand for the American type and the Amerjcan ge nius, that it even affords as motto ready-made. People who draw upon her for their dally food have rightly denominated Minnesota "The Bread and Butter State!" . . ' -J&BJgAJOAND BUTTER POLICY, Let us, then, determine that7T5"ThC end that we may continue to labor unselfishly for our people; that we may be the better able to lores re forms and carry measures; that we may attain to a constantly widening! and deepening ambition that snail be fed by the repeated successes of Ideals turned into deeds, we establish as the basic and cardinal tenet from which all this is to seed and flower a bread nd butter policy! - , How can such a policy be made ef fectlve through .this association?. For Instance, by adopting, for the purpose of ending the abuse, even one-tentn the concentration and unity of pur pose exhibited by the corporations making the white paper on which we live, for the purpose of maintaining It. The American Newspaper Publish ers' Association, which has been wag ing a persistent and partially success ful warfare against this particular pedes of extortion, affords an illus tration of method and purpose to win that we might well adopt and emu late. Had we, as an association, con ducted such a warfare, and carried out such a campaign of education and protest, the paper trust to-day would have been really dead so far as the power to extort unfair prices Is con cerned Instead of performing every three or four months the tiresome farce of "playing dead" only to come to life again, stronger and more Joy ously insolent for each hypocritical demise. We and our papers represent a constituency that practically Includes the voting intelligence of the country. Why. then, In a matter that Is not remotely partisan, that effects the in terest of every one of us and. through us, every community in which our publications circulate, should we not unite in a demand that would leave nothing to the Issue of politics, be cause all politicians, regardless of par ty, would recognize that we wore In earnest, and that they must act ac cordingly? I do not mean by this to counsel the holding of a club over the politicians, nor. even, over the trust except in so far as a declaration of war that shall not end until Justice comes hand In hand with peace can be construed as a threat. That much Is or ought to be permitted the American spirit, for that It Is that spirit of be ing ready to make tight In the open that has vivified American history, To the prosecution of this war a fight that is to all of us fraught with the most serious consequences, and whlcn. to some, Is life, or death It self we should organize on a busi ness basis, through the central direc tion of the association, and let the question be pushed with every re source of influence, argument and ed ucation, by every member, In every State. "We, for the most part of the smaller town, and cities,, represent the great mass of the people better, perhaps, than any kindred organiza tion, party, or association. We repre sent that mass of people who are yet simple and wholesome enough to take an interest In politics In the largo sense, as well as In the partisan sense. The bulk of our subscribers are peo ple away from the marts of money. and as yet but scarcely touched with the selfish cynicism that paraphrases the French "look for the woman" witn "where Is the dollar?" They are the great, sane, honest force o -hind the government. t!mt glei tt It stability and Its character. They are the ones who lived the "square deal" for years without ever thinking to mention the fact, and who have been, I Imagine, somewhat perplexed at its becoming a matter of declamation. When you have convinced thee people that a thing Is right, you have got their nterest and their aid. When yoti have convinced them that a thing Is wrong. they are not the folk o stand Idly hy. the while they wonder "What Is there n It for uh?" As a whole, I think with pride that we have stood by the people; and I bellove that they know It, and that "they have confidence In us. For which reason, I do not share the hopelessness that Mr. Bidder seems sometimes to express concern- ng this paper combination. If only we shall determine not to lose Bight, the constant more or less good humore,! conflicts that we wage with one anoiher, of this important in- worse the proposed increase : In the rates of second-class postage.- Under the old system, the second-class rate was abused with impunity by every conceivable species of advertising ven ture publications that were not re motely within tbeMntemjient, of the rate, and yet of a character that could not be excluded from its benefits. As a result. In order to repress an Ille gitimate use of the postal service, dis aster threatened the legitimate use of it. The regulation which deprived the newspaper of its right to continue to give its Issues to subscribers who did not pay for them came, therefore (if Indeed, It be a hardship), as the lesser of the. two sviia, The attitude or tne Department las expressed by Third Assistant Postmaster General Lawshe (himself for a number of years the ed itor of a rural paper) was such as to allay an apprehension that does not seem ever to nave been justified. bo far as IBS Benpgytng-subserlbers4 themselves are concerned, the order of the Department is, of course, a pos itive benefit A newspaper Is run upon two considerations; money and Influ ence. The delinquent subscriber costs money Instead of producing It; and the man who takes a paper year after year without troubling to pay for it has scarcely influence enough to pay for the expense he is to the publica tion. The cutting; off of this load which has accumulated, in the case of many papers, by force of an illogical but hoary-headed custom, is In Itself a benefit and economy which is aug mented by the positive benefit ef cash received from the smaller class of de linquents who are willing to .get a pa per for nothing. If they can, but who are not willing to do without it even K they have to pay for It. The rule a sort of bitter-tonic of honesty is, for this class, a moral bracer, as well as a benefit to the paper, that re ceives cash where formerly It got criti cism, or, at best, unsolicited and gen erally very indifferent advice. created beforehand the very issues that he afterwards follows with certain solemn enthusiasm,, because j Many Regret Kxpresvi That Dr. nicj ore uta mssam oi ins peu Hi 3 6:.i C. i He Oh me! I saw a huge and loathsome sty, fple He has been, in. the dominant jwmivi vi . vii. outie, ior several years past literally "following- his own band wagon I" " But, however, what may be in the Individual case, there are certain rnat w. 1 . j . . Harrison Mill Give I p Clmir of , wncreu " """"""S "" T.-w4icj if -u-iti -g.-1.. . rrun 1 were barred Bome One fe-Secured to Take Vp 1 Whose banquet shocked tie nostra and His Work. ! - . f the eye; .. Special to The Observer. -. u Then spoke a voice, ".Behold the source of lardi" Davidson, Ay g. 18. The announce- I fled, and saw a field that seemed at first things that the newspapers generally J ment as published la the Raleigh cor- oneelistenin zmaas of roses pure and rv..iK a 1. - . m. 1 . . ... 1 " rir upon, ; mere r 1 responoence or xne Observer to thei V ine iorest reserve bills, the conserve- effect that Dr. Thomas P. Harrison I tjrr;.t, jl,, buds 'mid dark green foliaire tionof water-power. th inland water- I hA Wn I With aewy duos ouu uara greeu louag ways, ana other like matters of na- 1 Ena-llsh in h a. a r rviir and tlonal import matters too big, . and I that he had accepted the place was mju pi cgunui w jin ins xumre. 10 oe reo mere by tne general public with sired by anything less than the whole no little interest The news was people. There are, too, moral ques- not news to every one, but its publica tions of creat moment that aeed the tion gave emphasis to a disagreeable nu united action or ine ract that Davidson Is soori to lose one press ine aivorce evil. Tor instance.; 1 of her io nnmilar ni mM,nt n tne gambling mania. There la always structora. Whiia. a offv-tai fnfe politics to differ about and - those ment ha been ivin out. tt 1a rarmrt- ardent souls,, the prohibitionists, are edj that Dr. Harrison will not leave nursed: And, as I lingered o'er the lovely sight. The summer breeze, mac cooiea mat Southern scene, Whispered, " Behold the source of . ,! COTTOLENE!" - , 1 Bids For pavint; Bands Rejected by rayettevUleaJdermen. , always .Ofi hand r-TMrtv nrnula. k n.n. . I Sneclal to The Observer.'1' FayettevUle, Aur, 18. At a meet ing of the finance committee of thA FayettevUle board of aldermen" at rfbon to-day the bids for the 1100,000 paving; bondswere opened and as they trooDie between friiyida - , : s I that provision has been nade for his INCREASE OF CRIME. 4 , remaining; at his present home, till One thing that I would call atten- Ht -d satisfactory arrangemenU tion to is the appalling; Increase" in "v? :9n maae ; cor iiaving the homfcldea Life is cheap, and getting wo. 01 xne . jengnsn aepartment at cneaper. The ptioe of hogs goes up;H rl v , com "XL "tmi "VL1.1? riou. or mfurinterrotion to the proved r unsatisfactory. . non. r bein ing those who shoot their nelgfibora tudJesof the studenU in these, classes, over par, all bids were rejected. The in th. vai- ittiin n.i,..ia .k I As for his successor to be elected, this I luuraers committea m tne unuea rr.:. r"' " """1 ri f ,. k vwn bond euies rose rrom i.buo to s.tsz. run- 1 " '. . . 1 . ... - ... i nlnr (in liOil. to mm hi-h fleura as lnal tavwson nas ratner an em- " l"D F?" 10,851. Yet. with this increase of 400 arrMBm.tnt rtFhe la th number 6W 01 at least ia. Der cent, in tha number of murders. .T ool avaiiaoie ana ih.r. h. hr. 1.. w" equipped ior ne a u ties end re crease in execution, of criminals. Of Sf, P1;. . HUNIEEDS GRW HlMl 1.808 murderers in 1885. 108 onlv f w oouoi wiu oe to 1 - . ,4 .. . 0 A Y ,G j and your craving for liquor is )i one If you lake the V i&cCiftnnQ "' There is none . like It offered anywhere outside Of : McKanna'a. . -. 1 ! No Dangerous - After; Effects - ' : Call or write THK McKANXA I-DAY r UQTJOB CURE CO- . 'Phone ' 194, ,' - . Keidgrllle, N. Q. ' . ' 6U1L&EM6F HYD! were executed; but of 8,482 slayers in THE REAL BENEFIT. The real benefit, however, is In my opinion more fundamental. It touches the crux of the whole matter, which is the advertising patronage and the advertising rate. The first thodght that went through the business offices of the newspapers upon the promulga tion of tne order doubtless wss that, with the cutting off of several hun dreds, or, even, thousands of sub scribers, the basis of payment for ad vertising contracts would be lowered with the decrease in circulation. I( that shall be the temporary effect, it will be temporary only. What is the advertising contract based upon? Bona fide circulation. That is what the advertiser pays for. Does he get It when It is represented. In part, by bona fide subscribers, who subscribe with no bona fide intentlpn of giving up any real money for the privilege? No advertising man, nor newspaper man, thinks so for a moment, and yet, under a small piece of business make believe, both parties to this contract of bargain and sale have been in the habit gf as suming that he does. The result has Inevitably been that business al lowance was made on both sides for a business fiction, with the "further re sult that the newspaper which was of fering a commodity not wholly sound was offered a lower rate than its cir culation would Justify on Its face, based on the advertiser's judgment of the real character of the circulation, deduced from his experience with the average paper of Its class; and was forced to accept this rating whether its proportion of delinquents was larger, or smaller, than that of its competitors. The final outcome, there fore, should be to remove this slightest taint of dishonesty and, by making certain the price and the cnnsldera tion. to induce a basts of dealing mu tually satisfactory and profitable The advertiser knows hu man nature. DerhaDS more in tlmately than any other man; and ho knowg that, if he can get his pro position In a paper that is paid for by every man whose name Is on the books, he will reach people who will read what he has. to say, and who. as a rule, are able to buy what he has to sell. Convince an advertiser of that nd If you won t let' him otherwise he'll break in with a crowbar. ma Ira jistr -. a a .1,... - m W VmVIVS - 1 jm. m KUUU I . r , r "TT: "ur., Mlectlon but amonr man that rl THE DILLIXGHAM SHOW - OFEKS l.i. ai eytiii a- -a. 1 KVUQ TO MsBlfltTx. Lfl A YiPV ISAsar . . toTe VeTulurir aasumeof" the" :- er. will be. verygrt and Tery Mk. WanM TTniteH Ktoto. h ..,. .,rdoM general regret in town and college. ter hundred thousand of nonulatlon .nd mon students and faculty, that In this country beimr 75. while on fr' na een "t eave. He the Continent, and in England, the ""J these twelve or more years ti t. ( I done his work with marked success France (1898) to less than five kill- nd PPr wim all cjasses and re Ings in Germany. The people demand rard.(1 mn no merely of schol full accounts of murder trials, with frshP. bt of true Christian charac- full details of the life and witty say- I ' 1 r .ZW.Z , , . ana MT7 ings of the prisoner, and there is a I " . - ..T '".rvwung ram- seemlng. and baffling, Imnresslon that " ?. ""f V" e owinct while it is unsportsmanlike to shoot af'"n he oclal amJ ntellectual a bird on the ground. It is herohs and a Church life ef any community. n occasion for bouquets and sent! ' : - Sv Th. 1 ss r.aii insr Weather - a Great - - Crowd Gather at Fourth and ' Poplar Ktreets to Witness the Opening of ' the .Great Free. Shows Lecturer Drum Convinces the People That tlie Plant Juice Remedies Are Just What They lVeed and "Have Been Looking For The eree En tcrtainments Advertising the Reme dies . to Be Coutlnned Indefinitely at the Same Place The Charlotte Publlo Greatly Interested in tins Matter. RAUUCU Mi'CV Saw tskaetwsa a aal iw ii-run rVs J.WA l un u. "'wy. w Jim wAiwri u, lur AUDITORIUM BLDQ. CHARLDTTE fnl Wanlr A. nrlllnirham'si Annlnr mentality to pot a gentleman from I vll!JVjrs AXJiEADY ARRTVIXG. address and entertainment took place Khlnli Th. n.... .tinnij .nunr i I laar n1a-ht at lAnnrth aiwt Pnnlae to correct this tendency, apd to con- The Twin City Expects at Least Three and although the muddy streets kept ccrtedly point out that Instead of a Thousand Visitors Tills Week For many away, yet during the evening in matinee idol the killer should be Old Soldiers' Reunion -Convention the presence of a thousand people CoL considered, and treated, as a criminal I Meets ir First Session Wednesday. Dillingham's entertainers put on the I r-,. r..,,,, .,,.t deserving of only greater, and quits Special to The Observer. best free show that ever appeared , wcu" Vurt ror ln? Xe"erB Sale of the Property of the Odell Manufacturing Co. . , AT CONCORD, i. C Wednesday, SepL 16, 1908 . By virtue of a decree of the United REALIZATION OF DANGER. State reunion of the veterans of the This matter ought to appeal to I lost cause begins formally Wedneadav editors personally, as well as in the but already some of the survivors of line of their duty. As a result of close the greatest American conflict have application, they are inclined to be come to the city from the country myopic and poor shots themselves, districts. It is estimated hv tha and they frequently furnish ths I mlttees in charts, th.t here. visinci of wortn Carolina, entered at In Mr. Drum's lecture, which lasted Greensboro, on the Bth day of August, about twenty minutes, be told of his 1 1808, In a certain suit in equity entl reasone for visiting this city in order I tied Tha- Continental rine and to introduce Plant Jules Remedies, rh . .. r . . the medicines which have mada the Clhemlc1 Company et aL, as plain colonel his present larsrs fortune and J "tta versus Odell Manufacturing; wntcn tie o UDeraiy shares with tne i company, as defendants, I will, on THE ANTI-PASS CLAUSE. As for the cuxlng off of the rail road passes, the ise Is somewhat like that of thoiM? veterans who have lost a leg: the leg is gone, but the toe still aches! After the anti-pass clause got into tne rate bill. It must be ad niltti'd that there was a somewhat aus picious chorus of satisfaction from the brethren of the press, but there is smplo conHolation in the fact that this minor disturbance snd other more Important adjustment of newspaper ethics are all operating toward the approximation of the newspaper Ideal of absolute fearlessness In opinion. bo spuken, or to speak without -Just to keep silent when tne word should snd absolute freedom from obligation cause. Newspapers ere, if anything, human-plus. While the railroads have certainly received their share of stance of community of Interest; and i frank criticism in the past year or so, if we shall establish reasonably (as we " ' pronamy erue tnat ine rree pass csn) the Justico of our demands, this has operated to keep unsaid a mass peculiar measure of right for newspa-i of matter that. If printed, would make pers will be enforced by the people! volume twice the size of even the with the same vigor and completeness i voluminous adverse comment lndulg- wlth which. In hundreds of inntanres i ed In within equal length of time. I n theerfrtngT-Andrir youave got "mwv paper ana got to have coat there is jsst this to say: That, so long as these very astute gentlemen whom we call the "paper trust snd the "coal trust" sre permitted to supply ns on their, own terms, there will be scarcely anything else in the house. And no matter what his Ideals, nor . row deep his inspiration, no editor csn live on paper alone. . Out here-In this great and Ptate of that forceful editor from m I lionahue, Nw liritain," Conn..' wmw; - v into avrerai aioncy remeqiea. and was treated by our beat physicians tor diabetes, but did not improve until I took Foley's Kidney Cure. After ths second bottie I showed Improvement, and Ave boulcs eured me eomplately. I nave tlnee jaawd a rigid esamloatlnn for life inurene. Foley's Kidney Cure cures backache snd all forme of kidney and bladder trouble. Bold by R. H. Jordan Peter's who was called by aa a nor. dative people to a residence here in Ft. Paul, so that he could put into practice the things he believed In, and ought for so well that be is to-day, perhaps, the best known Governor In the laod out here In the home State ft our venerable preceptor from Red V"Io, to whose vision and enterprise where the people have been the suffer ers, the1 newspapers have sunk poll tics and personal Interest in mutual effort for relief. NKW POSTAL REGULATION. WhJle I am on the subject of bread and butter, let me refer cursorily to some aspects of the question that I have no doubt has been agitating the minds of all of us since our .last meet ing, at Jamestown the . new postal regulation. I note that- there are a good many of us present, able to sit up and take notice, and this notwith standing the fact that, within one short year, the newspapers have been forced to give up their railroad passes, have experienced the business troubles Incident to a "panic," and most terri ble of all have been forced, on penal ty of paying extra for the privilege, to cut out their bad debts for subscrip tions! Any man. In this day of compe tition, of close calculation, of advanc ing wages and higher prices for sup piles, naturally looks askance at any Innovation he does not make himself. "Let well enough alone" is of the very bone and elnew of business cau tion. Yet It is true that caution can become a habit that Is broken, with a wrench aed nivea - u p w Hh appra henslon, and yet for good. There sre several ' reasons why I think you will agree with me that the new order f ths postal au thorities was healthy, if disconcert ing, for the class of newspapers in cluded in the K. E. A. In the first place, apart from the merits of the or der Itself. Its adoption undoubteJly saved os from something infinitely do not believe that, barring the few actually subsidised newspapers, the free pass, nr other railroad Influence, or favor have operated to work any actual wrong of great moment. But It is a hard thins; to take a man's free ticket, or ride on his train, or play the bloated Nabob on the tall end nf Ms shimmering- private car and then go off and express yourself con cerning his motives and practices with altogether the same degree of caustic satire that you might other wise have employed. And, If you had, the railroad man might have had a shadow of Justification if he retort ed in the words of theold couplet: "Come to my house snd drink my tea; "And run around town, and talk about me." After all, perhaps It Is better that we "pay as we go," at least so far as ths railroads are concerned: not withstanding the fact that it's forty miles from Schenectady -to Troy and something; like forty times forty miles from Ldxlnrton to St. Paul. I am a far ways from horned-end I can't walk back I s INDEPENDENCE. " or so ago to encourage young men to come into the profession) and the time may be up. I, therefore, counsel you to take Bteps to put down Ihls growing and menacing evil, because I realize your danger and because tod, I realise that I am out West, and that I have been talking for quite a while and because I realize that, while your manner has been most mild and seemly, there is no telling whether If I don t hurry up the shooting may not commence before the next number on the programme! "Relations of the trade press to newspapers and promotive publicity," was the subject of an address by J. Newton Nind, president of the National League of Trade Press As sociations. Mr. Nlnd held that trade newspapers have been the promoters of our country s industries. Newspapers and Advertising was the subject of a poper by John Clay Oswald, of New York. The programme this evening In cluded a number of papers on more or less technical subjects and Includ ed: "The Proposed New Larw Au thorizing the Consolidation of, and Evidence ln Libel Suits." by Lincoln Palmer, manager of the Newspaper Association, New York; "Successful Methods For Conducting an Evening Dally," F. P. Hall, of Jamestown. N. D.. and O. S. Oriawold. of Batavia.l IS. Y. game. There I no tilling when the twelve hundred vetcns will be here. day of Sep- "f1" w. - " -""ana. tosetner wirh th lv,i .- . -.- - - - I tern her 19ns at is, hn.. again (it closed temporarily a year coul)ln8 . dau.nt, -.., T .. Lelo(uent Coionei Dining-1 r nnthin. nr .K.. " I.Tl ... mbi i associate, Mr. urum, u was "l umce pi nm vsueu otanu- - ou.. ?ifl.-.t-'r.wm'n W !he Twln easier for him to understand what facturlng Company, in the Town of visitor".' within" her gate'.Th. nexHew the '"Grand AdVse0 f K-ord. N. C. offer for sale at publlo day- - ttll J-Ta. 5 t. KI-. Uuctjon to the highest bidder for cash Every detail for their accommoda- Information regarding- the medicine H bf the property and assets of the ' tion and the successful carrying out of Colonel Dillingham has established Odell Manufacturing Company, coa- the fine programme has been com- headquarters on Fourth and Poplar acting of Its real estate mnfnr. Pleted The store, and many dwell- and at an early hour yesterday there ,nf ..utllshment. includm"aU ma. Ings already have taken on an air of were many people waiting on the chlnery. etc.. the raw coton on hand festivity, floating the Stars and Bars weat advertiser and his assistants, manufactured s-ooda. it. mii. .-a 1 rnaKing inquiries concerning nu won- count, recelvble. Its Investments In MISSIONARY MEETING HELD. First Preblerlan tliureh of States vllle Sends Out Two Missionaries Addrrtts by Rev. Mr. Atkinson. Special to The Observer. filatesvllle, AugAl8. A., large audi ence attended a missionary meeting at the First Presbyterian church Sun day evening. Tho speakers were Messrs. R. H. Itlckert and R. B. Clark, who attended' the recent Laymen's Missionary Conference at Montreat as representatives of, the church, and these gentlemen made talks on the Impressions gained at this great meet ing. The First Presbyterian church of Statesvllle . has been supporting a missionary In Japan for some time. Not Ion ago three families In the church agreed to pay the salaries of two additional missionaries. These have been assigned, but have not gons abroad because the money for their I c-qulpment and transportation, 8400 each, had not been provided. The per sons who are to support the mission aries agreed to pay the traveling ex penses of one snd the remaining 8400 'was subscribed at the meeting Sun day night after the talks by Messrs. Rickert and Clark. This afternoon Rev. George II. At kinson, psstor of the Presbyterian church of Monroe, . addressed the Home Mission Society profusion. - Wednesday morning the convention meets in the court house. Thursday morning the parade will be the fea ture. Vehicles of every type and Winston-Salem Is noted-for them too will be in it, all private citlaens who own them having tendered their use for the gallant guest of the army of me confederacy. The parade will draw thousands of persons from the counties adjoining, and all Indications are that the tjvent will eclipse any thing of the sort ever seen . In this State. The news from Charlotte, that her full quota of Confederate veteran hosts wlllie here. Is most heartily received by their old comrades-at-arms in the Twin City. LEAGUE OP FARMERS. Presbyterian church. Mr. Atkinson ar-1 rived in gtatesvuis yesteraay rrom Montreat. where he has -been for some time, and will spend a days here ss the-guest of Df. and Mrs. M. R. Adams. . Ashevllle R. L. Association Makes Good Report, y Special to Ths Observer. Ashvllle, Aug. . IS. The Blue Ridge Building and- Loan -Association of Ashevllle has Just Issued a pamphlet giving the financial condition of the association ending August 1st, 1108. The Blue Ridge Association wa or ganized la 'October. 1101. and the statement shows, that it now has in fores 8,8(8 shares. of stock with 2S2 alebKAMspfl Th MHfl t lain tm these things, however, maketorj lofirdeposIta'trKWdhi Tillers of the Soil la the Staunton River VsIIit of the Old Dominion I'nlie For. Education and Co-Oper-atlon. Special to The Observer. Mount Laurel, Va Aurf. 18. At a gathering of some 1.500 enthusiastic farmers the Staunton River Valley Lcasrue was launched with the main objects of education and co-operation. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. H. Dorln, Mount Laurel, presi dent; k. T. Hundley, Mount Laurel, secretary; R. D. Boswell. Mount Lau rel, treasurer: E. C. Beckett, ficotts- bni'K: R. M. Jerreys, Chase City; Herkley D. Adams. Red Oak; E. R Monroe. Brookneal: J. B. McCormick. iPittsylvknla, vice presidents. The ex ecutive committee 4s as follows: R. T, fcd wards, chairman: T. 8. ArmJatead, J. H. Wahon, J. Ed Baldwin and O. A. Gregory. The committee will meet Monday, August 24th, to complete the organization of committees. This league was organized for the purpose of setting forth. In all proper and suitable ways, the many natural advantage wHlch are offered in the counties tributary to the Staunton riv er. Strange as it may eeem in this land of Individual rlght yet it Is a Tact that the complaint of one man is easily Ignored, while that of an or ganization gains Immediate attention. Therefore, if we have wrongs to be righted we cannot better effect this than by united effort; the league is, therefore, to stand for the enforce ment of law and the Just administra tion of public affairs. Alderman Bowling; Resigns. of the First j Special to The Observer. oenui meu:no .m puruuaamg other corporations, its franchises ra'Jy- . . . ' . and all of its other property of every There is no doubt of the marvelous kind and character efficiency of Plant Juice Remedies. In- The mills will be operated to and stances of their remarkable healing Including the day of sale and the and curing qualities are so numerous .t0ck ln process of manufacture, to- wherever ths medicines are Introduced gather with supplies and repairs on that the skeptical' are at once dts- hand, will be Included and sold with armed and the succee of the reme- the mills. dies is assured. The terms of sale wlll.be cash up6n In a late Issue, one of th leading confirmation by the court, but a ds- papers in the South editorially com- .posit of '6 per cent, cash or" security ments on Colonel Dillingham's visit satisfactory to me, will be requlrsd of as follows: ' the successful bidder or bidders: and k "Col. F. A. Dillingham, accompanied any creditor . or creditors shall have ny nis secretary, i u.. uyron, ana the right to, use his or their debt to All Independence: and It Is Independence whlcn makes for the usefulness of the newspaper. It can even be orthodox- ly partisan, and at tne same time maintain its freedom. It can make its fight vigorously, before the 'conven tion of- 1U partjt. and still loyally sup port the ticket that is nominated, even though It lose its hsttle. . And It can pick up the light-afterwards all the' more independently Just- where be honest enough and persistent enough, be partisan all by itself,-with ths others trailing in its dusCOne such Instance I know, where the edi tor is generally spoken of by those who have not- carets Uy studied his methods as a watcher of ths weataer vane of popular caprice and preju dice. Yet investigation will show that la nine eases out ef ten, this man has Durham, Aug. li. Dr. E. H. Bowl ing has tendered, his resignation as a member of the board of city aldermen, the resignation to take effect at once. Under the city law the resignation has to go over a month before being acted on' Recently Dr. Bowling purchased a fine residence out on Watts street, close by Trinity College property, and the homo is across the city limits and Inlhe country. This, according to the opinion of ths city attorney, to whom he referred the matter, -debarred him from longer serving In the capacity of alderman. his company of vaudeville performers wui leave here lo-nigm. There are many people here who regret to see Colonel Dillingham depart He has afforded thousands excellent nightly entertainment since he came here eight weeks ago, and they have en Joyed the vaudeville entertainments his company has given but have also listened attentively to his lectures and been much profited. "These free entertainments have been first-class in exery particular and none witnessed them but to have hearty laughs end to be highly enter tained. Colonel Dillingham left nothing undone to make them dif ferent every night and of the most pleasing character. This was done at a great expense, but the great ad verttser and philanthropist cares nothing for that. He nas all kinds of money and his heart is lq the work of helping afflicted humanity, and, as he said, when he first -opened here, it was not a matter of money with him His eourse In the city has shown that ne meant Just what he said. "As all know Colonel Dillingham advertise tne famous Plant Juice remedies and has been eminently sue cessful In introducing- them here Hundreds of people have availed themselves of the opportunity to get and use these remedies and "many testify to the great fgoodhfy have done them. Miraculous cures have been effected In the way of tapeworm and other diseases of the stomach. As to the matter of tapeworm, there Tiave been several valuable testlmonl aja and the parasites, as the sotonel cans tope-worms, have been put on exhibition so that the people might see for themselves. "Those who have been relieved In this way have not only not hesitated to rive written tes timonials but have also appeared on tne open stage and tow crowds all about th-fact that (Plant Jules re- moved the worms? 'The Colonel's departure Is also. regrettea because 01 ine tact mat ais genial and magnetic personality have also mada him many warm friends and ha has formed manv frlendshins. the ties of which will be broken to some extent when he levee, but -the very best wishes of all who have met mm ner go wun nun. - It Is understood that during the colonel's stay in Charlotte that the concert and vaudeville entertainments will he provided absolutely free for the pleasure of tne cro was and thorough ly enjoyed. They will continue every night this month.-a different programme being presented eaca nignu .-.; 8101.824.82. Since its organisation It has loaned to stockholders for -the construction of homes 8180.274. The net profits of the association In little less than Ave years are shown to be Jt, 5(8.85. A, new series of stock opens October' 1st and already sever al hundred shares . have been sub scribed.. ----.. Another Good Man Gone Wrons Cure at ti Brut sfsna or kidney trouble. lioplps It would wear away, and he wti aooo a vtctjm of Blight's disease. There Is danger In delay, but tt Foley's Kidney fur la ..taken at once the symptoms will disappear, the kidneys are strengthened a yqu sre soon sound and well. A. R. bA- uf Murj antown. lad., had to gat vp tan or tarahre ttssea n the Bight and had a savers backache snd pains to ths kidneys, asl was rured bv. Foley's Kid ney Cur. Bold by R. H. Jordan A Co. Malaria U doe to Impurities la the blood which destroy the rich, healthful onalities of the circulation, and mince it to a weak, watery fluid. The body is then deprived of its necessary- nourishment and strength, and -is enable to resist tha countless disorders that assail it, and the general system suffers ia consequence. The appetite fails, digestion is weakened, chills and slight fever are frequent while the aufierer loses energy and ambitiqn. Boils, skin eruptions, and sometimes sores tnrd-nllgft fOlliXf wtlcnfllg frtoCTfr bceoines deeply polluted wlih thotriaMrtaj rmf Both a tonic and blood purifier are needed to cure Malaria, and S. S. S. ia best fitted Ior this work. It is the most perfect of all blood purifiers and at the same time aa Invigorating, healthful tool. - & S, S, gees down into the circulation, and removes very trace of impurity or poison, snd gives to the blood the health-sustaining qual ities M needs. It cores Malaria thoroughly and permanently, becann it removes from the blood the germs and poisons which produce the disease, and while doing this tones np and sterngtheas every part of the system. Book with infonnttioa boot Malaria sod ISj medical advice fnmished free te sll who write. - - . T2B SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., AIUUTT1, C-U 7v A: -.'V; .' . v.m iia.'i i ia nr ineir utui iu the extent of their dividend value In' the purchase of this property. r The property will be first offered for sale In six separate parcels, as Is hereinafter set out and afterward all of the property of every description will be offered as one lot, . and the sale which results ln the highest price will be reported to the United States Court at Oreensboro. N. Cm on Octo-' ber 6, 1908, at which time and place any person Interested may be heard by the court, either in opposition to, or. In favor of, confirmation of said sale, and no notice other then this advertisement will . be given of said report of sale, or of the jp-iotlon to rnnArm sama The property will first be offered in six separate parcels, as follows:' . .A - 1) The Odell Mills proper, con sisting of Mills Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, situated at the head of North Union street, In the Town of Concord, N. C, and containing .together 28,122 spindles, 1,775 looms, with the neces sary subsidiary machinery, power plants, etc. The real - estate upon . which these mills are situated" and to be sold with them contains about one hundred acres, and on It are situated 146 tenement houses, and the company's stores and warehouses, office buildings, etc. The mill build ings are substantial brick structures and vary in .height from one to four stories. ' i (2) Buffalo Mill, a brick structure containing; three stories and basement, with 15,616 spindles and the necessary ana usual suosiuiary macninery, oower plant ete., with about thlrtv acres of land, on which Is situated twenty-six tenement houses, ware- V houses, etc. The properties ' men- f tloned under first and second Items all ' lie within city .Ilmlta Buffalo' Mill ia located immediately upon the main line or tne southern Railway Com pany, with sidetrack running into the property. The Odell Mills are located - " upon a short spur built out from, main line of Southern Railway. (2) All the raw cotton which ahall be on hand at the day of sale; a list 01 same wun tne number and weight ' of bales will be exhibited. , f) All the manufactured goods which shall be on hand at the day of -sale, a list of which will at that time be prepared and furnished. , r , . (5) All the notes, c hoses in action :. and all bills receivable, and all Ln- ', vestments in other corporations of the ' ; Odell Manufacturing Company, and all -other property not specifically -y ' mentioned, a list of which will be - : - hibitetf to prospective purchasers, ,fce- lore ana at ma u,j ui ttaie. y (6) Several teams, a list of which - will be furnished on the day of sale. - After ine saie in pascals, as afore said, tne enure property will be of fered for sale-ln gross. The pur chaser - win acquire au corporate l rignts ana 11 aucnises ol the fls defenaant -- This is a very valuable nronertv. located in a line town and ln the heart f the most successful menu- . facturlng section of the South. Tha : climate Is healthful and Invtrnrattmr. - The help is efficient and contented. A one quaiuy jn cotton Js grown in the immediate vicinity of the mill. - I will taxe Pleasure In giving any . prospective purchasers and nr rep resentative Mr. J. R. Young, at Con- cord, N. C will take pleasure in showing ths above BrODertv ta thoso desiring to investigate. The title is -perfect, and the purchaser will havs quiet possession v without annoyasce or litigation from any source. . CEASAR CONE. Receiver, " Greensboro, N. C. August 1, lies. , a. i f ' f .-
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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