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THtltSDAY, Al't.l'ST 20, 1008.
THi: COIVTY JAlh.
Condition in tho common Jail of
Mecklenburg county aro such as to
cry aloud for amendment. Thcao
have been -adW rttd to in these col
timtii before and tho report of tha
last grand Jury called for betterment.
Tha writer la informed tnd lieli-cvea
that It la no unutual thing for fifty
to eventy-flve -"lured prisoners to be
huddled together in a cage warccly
mere than forty feet mittare, Kith no
bed save the eem-mt floor and for
covering In witjker a blanket. They
are infested with vermin and the ele
ment of discomfort are complete
The accommodation or rather the
lack of them on each floor are prac
tically the nine, except thiit the
cages for whites aro not no crowded.
But the chief evil of th prison Is in
' the vernlm, of which it is impossible to
keep U clear owing to Its crowded
eonaltlon. A Jail Is intended as a
place of detention: not a place of
punishment before conviction, yet
punishment Is inseparable from con
finement "ne-re.
It la not Intended by this to pass
a criticism upon the . humane and
kindly Jailer, who feeds the prifwm-
era well and In nil respi--i does tho
beat he can for 1 1 rn. imr t.i rl : i :sm
tnr one else. The fault is in the Jail
itaelf, whic h is inadequate fur Its pur
pone iind faulty 1n construction. It
in more than thirty years old; ft has
havd the life of a generation, and is
no longer equal to the demands upon
It. Practical men who have consid
ered the situation, doubt If enlarge
ment ia a practicable remedy for the
trouble. The county commisslonera
are conscientious mm. -apabl, hu
maie buMticss men, and It Is acspeot-fully-submitted
to t lie m if tho time
ha not come f'r the building of a
new Jnil outright. 'ullif opinion
Would austaln them in di!n? ttils and
the ubjet oomniondl tn tlwlr se
rious consideration. Certainly the
maintains nee of pi-esemt cond'tinns is
Unworthy ;i christian lx-'.l- The
rxjuntry ha re-ntly been nric kefl by
the) developments coneej mnu Dm
Georgia conv-i.-t wltuntlon. TIhtm is
no parallel a N ulli Carolina or ever
ham been for tin- Ceorgla condition of
graft and barbarity in connrrtlon
with Ho convict Ki ii'-m, ttnl Ceorgia I
ia mentioned only to say that while
yr cont'-mpla'e Its convict system
Rh horror it would be well for us
to enquire whetlier our own treat
ment of prisoners Is all It oiiifht to be.
THE DKIWV MI SIIKOOM.
Two more people kill-,1 by eating
Supposed muahroiini" The man
lacked very bttle of l.er. en'm-ly
accurate who paid, onK l'iat if
they Killed you or ntaily d you
they were toad fitools, but if i.k y li ft
J-OU unharmed thc-y wre iniishr,irn.
No !ert, it Re-ins, can dixtiri iSli
between tliese almost blenl-al
growths wl;!i absolute certainty. Hut
for the prtnjfuie of extreme need
upon tiie French pajaut In h.s (ijest
f food mankind would dnuli!e-s
have left tlim alone altojrctb. r. p u
ple in ik position to act i hi- pan .f
Choosers :t the examp:-. and th' -made
such further d .w-r.s a
how analU might ba app tuingly pr
pared. After a while thee articles
f diet appeared upon the tables or
high -priced restaurants and beeami
Very fishlena-ble, thlr Kastri.nofnl
cally exclusive nature a.urln2 them
pome permanent favor. Frog l gs.
f course, are another Lscov-ry
tracahle to the French pennants
hard BcHltleH, but they belong In
a somewhat worthier category Jt Is
o1y. the; "mushronma" which kill.
- Any- man whose curiosity or desire
o te fashionable leads him up
gainst them has no csuko .for com
jilaiht whatever may happen.
j. p. cAMrnu.
IX A. TOMPKIAS
' At any, rate, the oratory supplied
v y the Dcijiocratlo national campaign
' committee will not cost it anything
except, injaviejajefc.ATpcnse .money.
-Votuafeira are o numerous that the
' fcir4 spell-binder can be easily dis
pensed with. 'Which (a. a very graU
tr'wf atate of affaire tut' not to ' be
taken ja an excuse for thv-alscknesa
f etir outh Carolina' contetn pora
n. in tha matter of tha "-campaign
fund... , r -. ; . . - ' .
- . a, .
- .Th -jnodorn wdtIiJ ;- has v- learned
again nd again that there Is no dls
iovery' toe wonderful to be true, but
his knowledge need ot blind any
one to the coptlnued - exletence . Of
Wion, Durln, the past fewj'.wki'
much publicity has been given "Alaa-
"ka vvheat" Thla wheat, it is stated.
tu found growing- wild on th Alaska
coast. A gold hunter, observing that
the heads ware extremely large ..and
fine, crried one homo with, him tor
sowing. The. j-esurta j, smjuted , him.
This wonderful grain, . at successive
sowings, regularly yielded over two
hundred bushels to the acre, whereas
the average American yield is, less
than fifteen. It proved Itself equally
good as winter or spring wheat, and
u po n e xa m ijiaxim 4ty fttate. agrlcnU
tural experts was declared f the
finest quality for all wheat' purposes,
Wonderful consequences to the coun
try and the world were predicted
Present wheat lands would iriultiply
their production many times, and
even the rocky, worn-out farms of
,Vw Kngland would produce at ten
times the rate now found anywhere
on earth. With results like these in
prospect, the poorest lands would re
pay fertilizing. Such was the story
that got abroad. It met with wide
credence, so highly reputable a pub
lication as The Saturday Evening
Post printing, in good faith, an lllus
trated article which contained all the
alleged facts set forth above and
more. And now to lt-arn that there
Is no essential element of truth in
i lie whole "Alaska wheat" connec
tion! In reply to numerous and naturally
csjr'r inquiries, the Department of
Agriculture at Washington has been
under the painful necessity of explod
ing a golden myth. Thla type of
wheat, It states, haa been known for
many years both In the United Htates
and Kurope. Trials have Been made
at several State experiment stations
out West during th hist fifteen years,
but nowhere were yields high enough
to merit special note. For a very
long period the wheat has had same
limited favor on certain heavy, un
dralned aoila In France. In uch lo
cations it yields slightly better than
the ordinary grain, but as it is one of
the poorest wheats known for making
flour, it In never grown wjiere the
ordinary varietiws will thrive. "Alaska
wheat," In short, is neither wonderful
nor new. A humbhg has been per
petrated by somebody upon the pub
lic or elsa developed without con
scious intention.
We suppose the vegetable kingdom
must have Ite nature fakes no less
tljan the animal kingdom, but the
shockingly quick explosion of this
myth impresses us e sad all the
same.
It Is of peculiar Interest In and
about Charlotte that special dis
patches from New Orleans to The
N'ew York Herald show that many
experts In that vicinity reject the
tuberculin tent for cattle. "Dr. Ford,
of that city," says The Herald, "a
veterinarian of great experience,
practically has no faith In preventive
serum. That for glanders has failed
In his hands. Dr. Wheeler, when a
State official, used tuberculin on sev
eral herds. It was so faulty that he
abandoned It as unjust to all con
cerned." The Herald says that in
New York State, "as we know and
have shown, Infected cattle fall to
react, while wholly healthy stock
does respond When hit latter has
been condemned and slaughtered no
post-mortem evidence of bovine tu
berculosis was found. Tuberculin is
an effete and very dangerous fad."
Which statements are worthyserlous
conaldi ration.
North Carolinians ere a generous
people as H shown by the last Rnnual
report pf the Hoard of Public Chari
ties. In uddltbn to rhe hospitals for
tlw- liiKane, the schools for the d--nf
and dumb and for the blind, all strict
ly tftate institutions, ell of the coun
tlis except six have homes for the
ased and Infirm. Then there la the
Soldiers' Home. and the Jackson
TrahiJng and Industrial School Is
under way. There are twenty orphan
aces and child-caring Institutions for
the white race nnd four for the col
ored, all ffiippurted by private contri
bution, and of associated charities
and h'ispit.i l up ported In part by
private charity very many The
showing ma 1- by this report Is an
exceedingly creditable one, to the
Htate as j:i-h. and to the charitable
disposition of its Individual cltlrens
"If they a n't armed they Ought to
be," said a V"n!; white miner "with
a rich brogue," talking Tuesday to
th president of one of the Springfield,
111 . coal companies, about the negt o
Ttiln' rs. "and If they are. they ought
to be disarmed. You cannot blame
'cm for being nervous, nor you can't
blame us for getting away from the
kind of nrves that carries a razor.
If a chunk of coal rroke boe nnd
fell on sonic. one he might think, with
all 1his talk, that rioting had stared
again. Tlvn there would be trouble.
I don't know nli thir the black man
next to me ha. Kot a run or a knife,
but I supiiose lv ha. and a man can't
mine -oa feeling that w-ay.'' There
l a greut deal of worldly wisdom as
well aa a world of drollery in thla.
Mr. Sherman, th Republican can
didate for Vice President, is a rntw
tnan M ho believes in being in accord.
In hla speech of acceptance he "sub
scribed heartily, he declared, to the
declaration of principles adopted at
jh Chi ig.o n ventlo o in June, to
the every atterance of fiecTtaryTf
in hi Cincinnati speech, and to the
policies ef Preldent Roosevelt." If
anybody had mentioned anything else
he would have aubeerlbed hartJly,.tio
doubt, to that, too. Clearly Mr, Bhef.
men Is not a gentleman who, is cal
culated to reck tha boat . ..- .
-A BAIW TEIIMTXATIOX.
Never before was a liguo and antl
llquo fight notorloui forh bitter
nest which such. . contests engender
and leave ' behAd concluded with
Lsuch evidences of aopdi feeling all
aroundaa .mark tha finish "of a re
cent out.t East Aurora, 111 be.
twee th, . odchurch d I the
rum-senere. The rum-sellers beat the.
cjiurch out and "by way f showing
their appreciation of ateut nghtby
- v.!., - . .. .w ,.-
- r ""
in tp the church. - "The church peo
pie did not' know who was putting: up
?mrz ,or thvrrvnt tn
It. had been concluded. When they
ascertained who the , 'benefactors
were they wanted to return1 the mori
k.,, ,k- .i.. wm'
, 7
n- -nen ms cnurcn
bonent of th wives and cWldren of
drunkardf. In this manner they ex-
pect to discharge-the obligation and
at the same time give the aaloonisU
an object lesson." This is regular
Gaston and Alphonse bualoess and
. . , . k .
i.iuwn su M cit Ol l i "
liquor election even- the Morally
stunted aid win It. The church has
its sidewalk, the wives' and children
of the drunkards have stuff to eat and
wear and the rum-sellers have an
object lesson. Why should not all
hands be happy?
"We are rapidly becoming a nation
of boarders," declared Rev. Dr.
George Bailey, of Washington City,
n a recent sermon. "An orator," he
went on, "has said there is not a
man who will not answer the call to
arms In defense of his home. But
who will shftulder a musket to de
fend his boarding house?" Who, in
deed? There is so much truth and
point In this saying that we hereby
ommend Dr. Bailey as worthy of
honorary Membership in the Para-
graphers' Union. v
'The people," observes The St.
Iiouls Post-Dispatch, "will decide next
November whether the White House
grounds shall be turned into a golf
ourse or a hay field." Wouldn't the
White House grounds look good un
der alfalfa, nrovlded. of course, al
falfa could be made to thrive on the
ffete soil of Washington inside of
four years?
People ere flocking to Texas, says
The Houston Post, in larger numbers
han for several years past. Really?
he population up this way seems to
be reriortlng when called for trial
Just about the same as usual.
JITK;k Jl'STICK IV CHAMBERS.
Hearing Httd Last Night as to Wh!-
t Injunction sow cia y r. .
F. Harper, of Ixmolr, Be Made Per-
maneiu JUstralnlng Commissioners
JToin (HiUUig IXHvn Street.
In chambers last night, Jude M.
H. Justice, of the Suierior court
bench, heard the arguments of .Messrs.
Mark Saulres. of Lenoir, and ueorgo
Wilson, of (lastonlw. on the appllca-
tion of Mr. O. F. Harper to have a
temoorarv Injunction made permanent
restraining the town commissioners Oi
Lenoir from cutting down Boundary
and Main streets adjacent to his home
In such a fashion as to materially
damage Tils property. Mr. Squires
appeared In behalf of the municipal
ity and Mr. Wilson for Mr. Harper.
Several other addresses will be made
to-night when the hearing will be
continued. Hon. W. C. Newland, of
Lenoir, and ex-Judge rmlstead Bur
well, of this city, are both to appear
for Mr. Harper. Several other gen
tlemen will -be on hand to assist Mr.
Squires In looking after the Interests
of the town commissioners of Lenoir.
A battle royal U expected.
The grading of Boundary and Main
streets, which are situated on either
aide of Mr. Harper's home, as con
templated by the town authorities,
will do nothing other than put a
precipice about his property. Mr.
Harper contends that these streets are
not sufficiently used tn warrant the
radical changes ordered and that If
the streets are cut down as scheduled
that his property will be practically
worthless aa a place or habitation.
He hopes to have Judge Justice order
that the temporary Injunction now
held ba made permanent.
Exceptionally Oood Crop year.
"I have never seen crorm so large
nor crops so fine In Mecklenburg
county," said a citizen yesterday, who
is widely traveled ana conversant
with all phases of agricultural work
njid life. "Especially large and fine
Is the crop of corn. The condition of
this has iwen produced by the good
season. Tho amount is largely due
to th limitation of the cotton associa
tion, which urged the planting of
inure corn and Iohs cotton.
Xot Mrs. 1). A. Garrison.
The Observer was asked by a
friend over th long distance tele
phone last night to state that Mrs. D.
A. Harrison, of Bessemer City, Is not
connected with the plan sketched ln
yesterday morning's paper to tho ef
fect that (She original stockholders and
owners of certain tenement houses
adjacent to the Vermont Mill hope
to regain possession of the defunct
plant by organizing a new holding
company.
President Bridges Here.
Uev. Dr. J. R. Bridges, president of
the Presbyterian-College, arrived In
the city last everffng. He will be at
the college until to-morrow morning
for the purpose of conferring with
anyone desiring to enter the Institu
tion, September 3d. Dr. Bridges de
clares that the prospects for a splen
did opening were never brighter. He
will be ln th,e city again next week.
Mad Stone Again Applied.
The little Cunningham boy ef
Plnrwllle, who was bitten by s dog
supposed to ha mad late yesterday
afjernoon. was brought to the city
laat night and the Butler and O'Don
oghuo mad atones applied, .The lit
tle' fellow was bitten ia two places on
the left arm and stone wa applied
to either wounds. Everything work
ed splendidly, the stones adhering
well. Mr. R. R. Harris, an uncle of
the lad, brought him to the city. Dr.
H. W, McCain accompanied him. .
Diner Hereafter on a Im Otrte lias la.
- Commencing- tO;djcyBjty1r on the
diners on Southern trains Nos. 31
and SI, between Washington " and
Atlanta, and' on No. 17 and t, be
tween Naw Tork and New Orleans,
will be a la carte. Instead ef tabl
d'hot as heretofore, , This change
has1 been made in reepena to frequent
demands mad upon the dining- car
aerriee. . .. , f ;-,-. i
Tales ef iKTswn and tKs Times
':J'-'X:' : T ttU DUCK , -s-'-v:
winter, whjie la Washington,
VIV fe&
amojig thm a, bright, clever voun
I woman, wno left there., late In May
l-0l,, ,..Part bound for Europe.
lBor :e,tln wt she aalfi. she waa
going to eee everything- poasibje " III
- the abort time she: would have. ; For
long while he debated In her mind
before she told her friend opo bye
she . was smitten -with -taeb4ue-but
h?r courage remained with er and
wnt? -She has had n, gtoriou
irjp. as the following letter, received
aVrar-Tg7?iirni Indicator
Heye I im. on the 2Hh of July,
m 'ffay aree,-. tiaving a. grana time,
"W. SS?1 "JS?
the o ever since. I go until I' feel
that I will fall prostrate, and then
4 rB n o in. we nave not,
las they say, been "on the town, to the
I kail nna mn nrh ( K,.t
there is a man here from Atlanta
wno nas promised to tana us , out
some night where we could, not ao
wunoui tn .company oi a man, : J.
know we will see eights! v '
"Our trip has been perfectly lovely.
We were a month la Italy; visiting
Naples, Florence, Rome, Venice -and
Milan and then we went down the
Riviera to Nice and Monte Carlo for
a couple of days. The crip from
Genoa to Nice was grand. - The train
followed the sea so close that-. it
looked as we would go in, and on
the other side were high mountains,
making beantiful scenery. All 'along
the rocks were covered with every
imaginable flower, making the most
charmioft effect imaginable.
"At Monte Carlo we played and I
came out even.' Wasn t that grand?.
You see, I had all tho fun ef playl.
and for , nothing! From 'there we
went back to Milan and then to Swit
zerland, staying a week at Lucerne,'
right on the lakes surrounded by
mountains a beautiful place. We
were several days at Interlaken.
THE HOME OF MUNICH BEER
'From Switzerland we Journeyed to
Munich. Germany, and took in the
exposition and. os the side, or inci
dentally some of the famous Munich
beer, before departing for Vienna, a
perfectly fascinating city, with the
prettest streets and publts buildings
that I have seen anywhere. rne
thoroughfares are so neatly kept and
the garden's enchanting. There were
many things of Interest and we saw
I m.oF v Oim w n vAm At Kerlin
a week, stopping at Dresden two days
on the way. Both of those cities are
attractive. Berlin la much the hand
somer. Ira the very centre of the city
Is a park containing 800 acres. In
Dresden we saw some of the famous
art galleries.
'On leaving Berlin we went to
Frankfort, where I thought of our
Washington friends many times, and
the way we used to eat importea
frankfurters in Mrs. De Armona s
rnnm at I'nnirrpH Hull Hotel. We
traVeled down the Rhine in a boat to
CoiOKnP. xiie Rhine Is beautiful, but
w)th tne exreption of a short dls-
tanPf 1 (o not think it excels the
Hudson. We were on the river all
day and enjoyed the change from the
hot (,rans very much. We were cold
ln fact almost freezing. I have
,v -0:it almost constantly since
j left. .VPn in Italy it was vefy cool,
L.H havfi ieD under blankets end
nn rPaher beds ever since I landed.
Tgn't that wonderful for June and
July?
THE ATTRACTIVB DUTCH
"From Cologne .we went to Am
THAT ELECTION MATTER AGAIX.
Mr. diaries L. Coon' Submits Some
Calculation!! on the Alamance-Gra-ham-Mebane
Bond Election.
To the Editor of The Obaerver:
In your Issue of August 16th, you
make the following statement ln re
gard to the Alamance bond election:
"The majority ih an election such
as that under consideration is the dif
ference between the vote cast for
and agalnat the proposition. Taice
this as tho basis. In Graham town
ship there are 3S9 registered votes;
279 were cast for the bonds and
against them not cast were 110; take
the 110 from the 279 and the differ
ence, the majority, is 169. In Meh.
ne township are 228 registered votes;
131 were cast for bonds; against them
and not cast, were 97; take the 1
from the 131 and the difference, the
majority. Is 84." ' .;
The election in arahanv tawnahlp.
with 389 registered voters, would
have bean lost had not 195 votes been
cast for the bonds, a bare majority of
the registered voters. There are no
half votes In ucM election. In this
cae, therefore, the majority, when
279 vote wee cast for bonds, is the
difference between 179 and 195, or 84.
In the Mejaant election, there were
228 registered voters. This election
would have been lost unless 115 votes
had been cast for bonds. . The ma
jority tor bonds In Meban' township
is, therefore, the difference between
the 131 vote cast tor bonds and 115,
or 16. I submit the above on the au
thority of our State constitution which
says that no county, city, town, or
other municipal corporation can levy
any tax, except for necessary ex
penses, unless by vote of a majority of
the qualified voter therein. Clearly
a majority necessary to'aevy such a
tax Is more than half the registered,
qualified voters, which in the one
case above is 196 and in the other 115.
All votes above the figure add to
th majority.
CHARLES L COON.
Wilson, Aug. J7th, 1908.
Redlcilou Appointment.
Mountain Scout ' ; r'
Col. Henry 'Watt er'son, of The
Louisville Courier Journal, has been
appointed by the national Democratic
executive committee, as head of a
"press committee of advisement" with
power to select hla co-worker on this
corhmlttee and. proceed to hand out
a list of men that should be a surprise
to to, all loyal Bryan men. For In
stance the North. Carolina member of
thla committee is Mr. 3. P. Caldwell,
of The Charlotte Observer, and In va
rious other State " hi .appointment
are, equaJly a redlcilou. Of course
Mr.'-Bryan he got to have a consider
able number of more votes 'than he
has received In th past ta occupy th
whit house but Just how Mr. Bryan
figures that these men will aid In thl
undertakl p gw , Af eun a6 !$ t ojttt.J
" A .Truly X3of vent Appeal .
Houston Post '
Say. Tightwad, ain't you wllUng to
chip tn a dollar to relieve the distress
of tS.tOO poatofflc famine-suffering
Democrats In th VtUted State? '
CUacMeld U tee DOcneatlo CoaL
sterdam and I certainly did enjoy my
visit among the 'dear lltthr Dutch
One day we went to Edam whore,
tney make the cheese by that same)
and other 'dams. ; I think that I. can
truthfully say that I aaw. more to de
light me In. Holland than anywhere
iiH rw.-Tne people in their cos
tumes were too cute. - one little boy,
as our boat wa leaving Edajn for
the next place, said to me: Twenty
three, aklddoo! That's tfor you. and
a lemon rorvour sister! Now r think
he was .jeal aweet toar that," for he
oian't know .another word in., Eng-
"I, hav just returned from on of
tha . fashionable . dress-rrrsJUng estab
llahmeDts of Paris. , The in its were
perfectly beautiful, peacock blu la
tne leading shade and I am , cracy
xor a aress just luce one,i saw. . Tne
coat waa very Jong, reaching to the
bottom of the skirt, and. pretty. I am
going back to-morrow and lr I can.
will rive an order for one 1 have
decided to get a fanoy coat suit, as
that H more serviceable than a. fancy
dress. 1 have some lovely - white
plumes for a big hat, and. think it
win d pretty. .ava on 41 yara long
and only paid 110 for it in Italy. Then
I have a shorter one to so with it.
I have not bought much, .for It la so
expensive staying- eo Jong. I , ; wa
afraid my money would give out
RODE THE MERRY-GO-ROUND,
. "I shall always remember' this trip
as one of the events of my life. I
spent one day at The Hague. - lust
long, enough to'eee tha art gallery, a
very line one. I went to Brussels for
two days. Dud Mr my visit l aaw
some exquisite real lace got a little
for myself. At Brussels we struck
uarnival and you should have seen ;u
riding the horses on the merry-ro
round. It was great fun.'
I can't' realize that It nas been
nearly five months sine w left
home, although it seems an age. I
will regret to leave Europe., but will
be mighty glad to get back to dear
old Dixie. I will 'be here until the
1 6th of August and then go to Lon
don for ten days before sailing from
Liverpool on the 26th. We expect to
reach New York on the 6th or oth of
September, and will then strike out
for home."1
This young lady belongs to one of
the leading families oFher State. She
ia a stenographer and, serving as
such, made and -saved money. The
trip to the old country had been a
dream, but now it is a reality.
It Is often said nowadays that th
ant of letter writing has passed but
Judges will not deny the right of the
foregoing letter to a place by the
side of similar letters of any age. One
could read books and not get a bet
ter Idea of the country touched upon.
Knowing this young Southern wo
man, having read this and other let
ters concerning her Junket abroad,
makes one think more of the South
and Its people." As a rule the sons
and daughters of the old Southerner,
whether he were French Huguenot,
Scotch-Irish, or what not, have some
thing that the average person can
not buy with money. Refinement of
feeling, genuine culture and the in
clination and ability to enjoy life
life at Its best -make the man or
woman from Dixie of a different class
from people of other sections of the
country. Here is a modest, quiet.
young Southern, woman who, at
home, dances, skates, plays cards, at
tends, social functions, entertains,
goes to church, and work for a liveli
hood; abroad, she travel from place
to place, among all sorts of people,
takes a trip through the slums, see
ing the life there, and has a grand
time. .
Republicans Name Ticket ln County
of Ijee.
Special to The Observer.
Sanford, Aug. 19. The Lee county
Republican convention was held here
yesterday afternoon 1 in the opera
house. They put out a full ticket com
posed of their very best men. It has
been rather encouraging- to them to
see just a little dissatisfaction within
the ranks of the Democratic party,
hence they determined to use very
great caution In the selection of their
candidates. The leading Democrats de
not feel in the least alarmed.
A resolution was adopted endorsing
the -administration of President Roose
velt . .
They also selected their delegates to
the state convention. ' The following
gentlemen compose the county ticket
For clerk of Superior Court, Sandy
Wicker; for sheriff, A. A. Kelly; for
register, W. I. Brooks; for treasurer,
O. B. Murcnison, and for county com
Tnissioners, Messrs, E. O. Moffltt, J. F,
Bowers, J. Pi Gilliam, David Mann
and H. D. Cameron.
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Republican Put Out Ticket ia Chat-
Ham.
Special to Th Observer, .
Pittsbore, Aug. 19 Jhe Republi
cans held thctr county convention
here to-day, with ex-Congressman
Jonn W. . Atwater aa ..permanent
chairman, and nominated the follow
ing ticket: For. the Legislature, W
H. Tyler, of Goldston; - for sheriff,
J. J. Jenkins, of Slier City; for
register of deed. H. G, Dorsett; for
county commissioners, A. J. Lane,
J. B. Kiggsbee and J. U. Goodwin
The convention, endorsed John W.
Atwater for Congress, and Mr. At
water say If nominated h is anxious
to meet, Mr. Jou In Joint debate.
Mr, Tompkins Election.
Edgefield,. & Oh News.
Mr. Tompkins,'' native of this
county, but now s resident of Char
lotte, N. C. has been elected president
or the Appalachian National Forest
Association. ,N better selection could
have been mad. Mr. Tompkins is
one r the most successful business
men of Itforth Carolina and a man
with 'a "broad andfprogrssive mind
wh has- attained a national reputa
tion. We congratulate the association
on securing- him as president
Alabama Murderer Arretted In Cuba.
Jacksonville. Fla., Aug-. 19. Avery
Hardage, a young whit man wanted
In Crenshaw county. Atryhama, --f-wr
th alleged murder of Mb uncle. J.
W. Weatherford, arrived here to-day
from Cuba.' where he wa arrested.
In custody of an Alabama xfflcer,
who is en rout with the young- man
to the cene of the crime. Hardage
admits Willing his uncle, but ' says
It was don in defense ef a younger
brother. y- . ' , . -: ' .
Diarrhoea Cured. -
"My father ha for year been troubled
with diarrhoea, and tried every . meana
poaslbl to effect a cure, without avail."
writes John H. glrkljJlelWriUywrV
VrolW3laroberlaln Colle,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy advar
tlaed in The Phlllppt Republican and de
cided tn try It Th result ia one bottl
cured htm and he ha net ufrrd with
the die for -alghtven montlia. Before
taking UiM remedy he we a constant
urTerer. H la now sound and wtU. and
although sixty years old. can 4a a mue
work as a yeag man." Sold by B. H.
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Store
Should Be
C(jat Suit Department' should be a place for Kxisy clerks
and eager buyers. Every lady in the whole city and
this section who is the least .bit interested about her
dress and has one drop of economy should be at our
store to-day at the beginning of this mighty money
saving; Sample Coat Suit Sale.
Just About One-Fourth the Origi
nal
No two alike and all sizes,
Woolen Fabrics, medium
1"
Two Prices $6.75 and $9.50
And these Suits were bought from a manufacturer of
reputation and the recrn'ar prices would hate "been
$20.00 to $30.00.
Another Thing For a Big Saving.
Is thata new lotBlack Taffeta Petticoats, full cut, well
made and a fine Silk, worth not p cent less than $5.00.
Our special' price is $3.98. "' . -r
"Foolish'MVBrrors '
It costs you only 5c. to have aMot of fun" with one of
these "Foolish'-'. Mirrors. . t ' ' '
Open Stock Gold Band Ghina
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It's that neat Plain White
; band that everybody has been wanting and that no
ri body could dislike. You can buy any single piece; or
5 as much as you Vant of any one thing, or . a whole
- Dinner Set, just as you like,; and "they sayV. we sell
. it cheap. , , . - :.
is ... 11,1 ,
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Price
all materials in Silk and
,.and light weight.
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(3hina ' with a narrow gold
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