CHAKLOTTIS DAILY . OBSEKVEK, AUGUST ZD, i:
A A .A,
TOR SMOKING
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WILEY'S
EXPEEIEXCK
A fliarlofte TVavlin Man Ha
' Lively Time in a Kentucky Towtt
A (p Takes Him In For smoking a
Coffin Tack and . Has Htn ti tle
Way to tiic : IQck-rp Thd Tbings
Tim Com to a Man' Mind Wea
lVml h an OIBoci Saved ry
iTlendly Customer "Who gpoko.a
CXkxI Word I Lad to Go to
' : creek to Smoke SometMn to B
liomesnMred in Day 10 uomc.
riv atvMit hlua law. said Join
"SHley, a popular traveling- man of this
city, "you don't mow anyiafu
you experlenc what I did at-Baroera-vllle,
Ky.. on day two weekaaso-
"What fc&ppened out there I asuea
. friend.' p. - ' v
; "I was rreated."
"Arrested?"'
. . Tfea. arrtrted."
v What wu the trouble?
To emoklnr cigarettes n the
etreeta -4-r. ': . , '
, - Go Ion! What are yon giving u?"
said a Charlotte drug store man.
, '. if r wasn't arrested for smoking a
cigarette you may cut my head off."
said John.
Thunder and lightning and In
.. Kentucky?"
- -Tea.' Kentucky BarbersvUle,
where there is blue , grass, and coal
mlnea"
"Well, tell u about It."
"a. fellow doea not like to talk about
such things. To be arrested ana tanen
to a calaboose is no holiday affair. I
have always tried to be a law-abiding
citisen. '
"It was like -this: I have a good
. iMiatom-er in Barberavllle about the
' moat Influential man there and
went to see him. I wnoke cigarettes
not to excesa. but occasionally, and
Jiave Indulged in that pastime in many
towns in this country without belnff
; tnoleated. I rolled my coffin tack, hit
ft the ends, drew a match across my
. western hemisphere and lit up. I did
lot notice that anybody else lined the
weed as did. but. as a matter of
fact. I never paid any attention to
what others were doing. I have made
tt a rule in life to let the other fel
low do what he pleases JuM o he
- 1oea not do me, It la my owi business
hat I ruarJ especially when on the
road.
FOLKS BEG1X TO STARE AT HIM.
"I was smoking a any fellow who
enjoys a cigarette will smoke puffing
. gently, inhaling some of the amoke
and blowing out the rest. As I paaaed
down the street I aaw aeveral boya
rhir mmntdoualv. and
atODoed to feel around for any defect
In my dress that ntlgmt make the cu
rious stare. One old gentleman turn
ad on his none as he pasned. It was
innr before I reaJUd that I was
conspicuous for some cause unknown
td me.
"t oottered on down town. Bar-
ibersvllle has a population of about
1.500, and all of the business houaea
ha stores are on one street. There
fore. In a ahort Journey I covered the
busy aectlon of tho city. Dawn in front
or a popular arug siurn. w
ell dope, a policeman,, all in blue
cloth and brass buttons, came up and
said: 'You may consider yourself un
der arrest.
'It was then that I began to guess.
What have I done?' I asked myself
How comer My mind got busy and I
earohed my record for years. I knew
that I had not stolen a horse or done
nvthlnr worse. Thay tell me, that a
man. when in the throes of death, re
, rails everything that he over did.
believe it, for I had no idea that one's
' mind could perform such Teats
mine did that day. It seemed to me
that all of the alns of a life of turmoil
and activity came before me. But
what did the people of Kentucky
know about me? I was afraid to ask
ha fellow what the charge waa. I
wonderej If he were a mind reader,
or a soirituallst. Vera, Richard liar J-
, In Davis' new character, who tells
you all about yournclf, came to my
tnlnd.
CASE OF MISTAKEN 1PKNT1TT.
"Finally, however. I arrived at the,
conclusion that the offleer, and thi'e
persons who stared at me up'Mreet,
fad mistaken me for some, former
cltlsen who turned out bad, and sklp-
' ttedsome bank cashier, or something
of the sort. Wh-n this -happy thought
' struck me I laughed to mywMf and
asked:
: . 'Mr. Officer, who do you think I
am?
"'I have no Idea, sir, nor do I care
especially about your name,' waa the
ready reply.
"That was a knock-out drop. I knew
thea that I had committed soma of
fence during my short stay in the vil
lage. "Tou see all of this passed through
tny head In much less time than it
takes to tell It
"'Well, come on let's go.'- said ths
policeman, 'taking- me by the arm.
"Did you ever have a atrange po
liceman In a strange town come up,
taks you by the arm and invite you to
arp to the gourd house? Jf you have
never tiad that feeling you cannot ap
preciate my predicament.
"'Say. old fellow, I have done noth
iag; aren't you playing a Joke on mc ?'
X Inquired.
"No, indeed, you come on and tell
jrotir troubles to the mayor."
"'What, pray tell me. have I done?'
"'Why, man. you are breaking the
law every minute.'
"My cigarette had gone out then,
and I dropped it.
"It's too late now, you ehould have
' done that before you aH to town,'
aid ths officer.
"payI have a right to know what
charge you have against roe,' ga'.d I
with some spirit.
THK CHARGE NO SECRET.
" "That's no secret,' replied the cop.
To aro icharged with violating a city
ordinance by smoking a cigarette on
: the streets.'
r "Whatf against the law to smoke
a cigarette?
"T P. that's rltfht'
'And what do you ' think about
that? . ' -
'-- - 1 on't have to think, that your
buslnee. Com along old chap. It's
pretty hard but X guess you can put
. vp tha 15.' j
, . " Is that the finer
" Tep, and tha cost, which win not
to much. ,unless yo keep me her too
long
. " -What if X had been eaught taking
. a drink of whiskey on ths street?
What thenr
"Why, I expect tha people would
avs lynched you If you hadn't dl
Vldedr ' '
"There I was. on tny way to Jail
aid hy sids with a policeman, and
verybody stating at rn. I heard on
vrehln say 'Ha look Ilka he'd crack
safe, t hat too. reckon he's doner
"J-ut before I turned in to go to
he toofnba a negro declared: WJL I
don't know what Toa'a done, but he
FOB SORE FEET. V , .
"I' hev found BockUa'a Arnica Salv
to be t rrop thing t tu tot er feet.
w.i; s for beaJing barn, aorea, eats
a ,1 frsamtcr r nraaions, writ Mr.
nwir of ruiano. Matoa It is
rroir inmr, u. tor J)li. Try h!
f ,,3 unutr gjuaoie at an orug stora
ATTESTED
ho' don't 'look like no vangellsV
neks ha sells soao ax cote."
- "Had I been free I would have don
some rock throwing that arternoon.
but I had no heart' or anything. My
money was running low. a check du
that night, but that: would do. me no
good. th.en. I felt, .mora Uka crying
than I iav since I used to have
stonabruises on my feet But. when all
seemed lost, I thought or my custom
er. and had him summoned at once.
Two minutes after he arrived J was
released.' - 4 -v.x .;.' T.'.!;";'
"Oladt Did you evef a do caper
when you pulled his .collar off after
he had been Uea tip a long timer
That's the way I felt ilk doing."
r Did you take the first trajn out?
"I had to stay there 24 hour."
"Did you amok again ?'Vw
"Yes, but I walked down t tha
creek, two miles, out, to do it?
JMOXTHS, MOXTH8, MOXTHSL
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This the Recurring Word in Sentences
ob totaller aud (Xliers I'awieU
by Judge Jnatk-e Yesterday Eight
the Favorite Doso as? bliown by
KtatlMtleM. , -
Like unto the first, even Ilka unto
the second, was . Superior ' Court's
third day. With no diminution of
interest, if the site of the multitude
may be accepted as a barometer of the
public mind, without . any change
whatever in the setting of the scene
or any Improvement in the personnel
of the spectators, casa after case was
called, ran through It course and
died a decent death by some one of
the channels legally open for its d
mire. ,
"Isn't four months on the roads i
pretty severe sentence for stealing
four ears of corn?" This was the
question which Judge Justice's own
sens of right put up to him strongly
late yeKterday afternoon and over It
ho puckered his brows. The de
fendant was Joe films, colored, who
was taken In the corn field of Mr.
Lewter Bsker. In the Sardls neighbor
hood, with four ears of corn In his
potutenslon. He might have taken a
buKgy full had he not been dis
covered, but that Is speculation. The
State law gives four months on the
roada as the minimum penalty for
larceny, and neither 'the judge nor
any one elae has the power to change
this. Still a month for an ear looked
pretty stiff, the senten.ee was changed
to trespass and thirty days were
given.
Dan Frarier, colored, was given
five months for an assault. His old
mammy pleaded with "de Jedge" that
she be allowed to take him home
and make him "mind de law," but
the Judge thought the sentence
would have a wholesome effect
George Htevenson, the email negro
boy who snatched an excursion ticket
from the hands of an old negro man
on a train to Winston a few weens
ago, pleaded guilty and was dls
missed on condition that he pay
back the $2 which the ticket cost and
a fine of ii ana costs. The warrant
wan changed to forcible trespass.
Mr. W. M. Wllburn, of North Char
lotte, waa found guilty of killing of
fending chickens of his neighbor
and dismissed on payment of cost.
Bam Jacobs, who carried a pistol.
paid the coats In this case, and also
In one where assault was charged.
Sam Hardrlck got nine months for
larceny. John Wooten for a simi
lar offense walked off under the bur
den of a similar sentence.
Robert Dowdy tor retailing was
sent to the roads for eight months
True bills were returned against Will
Moore and John McNeely, colored.
for burglary.
Rube and Dick Simpson, white
boys, were up for an assault and
affray. The former w,a fined 130
and the latter 110.
The case of Otis Hilton, a young
man of good appearance, charged
with retailing, was never allowed to
go to the Jury. He and another
young man swore , that they had
heard the prosecuting witness say
after the trial In the recorder'
court that he had bought no liquor
and would riot have said that ho had,
but his brother had had a fight with
Mr. Htttonr and made -him say it.
The Judge told the Jury to bring In
verdict of not guilty, by canscnt
the solicitor.
MRS. FARMER AXD THE OLD MAX
Mie is Vrtrcd to Take lllin to the
r"armTN' CloiivciitJon at Raleigh
ext Wtk Tell Him Alw to Build
Vp the Old Field.
Mrs. Farmer: I passed by your
old man's turnip patch Just as he
was putting on the finishing touch.
Ho certainly did a .good Job and to
my notion he had an ideal seed
bed.
Driving on down the road I was
thinking what it would mean to our
piedmont section if on every farm
the old man on the farm would fix
.up five acres to seed to wheat, fix
this flvs acres Juxt mi he did his tur
nip patch and after the first big
white frost drill In five peck of
good, sound, clean wheat. I am sure
tho five acre would yield 100 bush
els, and this will bread everybody on
the farm and have wheat to sell.
Aa I drove through your farm I
could not understand why your, old
man Is neglecting that old field year
after year. I saw it years ago and
It was then lying out producing only
briar and weed and there wore
badly washed places over It
when your old man comes in to
dinner you tell him he can build up
that old field In a few years and make
It productive; tell him to mow off
the weeds and briars, then break tho
land with a two or three-horse plow,
harrow until the top is fine and dusty.
Any time in September drill In one
bushel' of rye. Going before the drill.
broadcast twenty pound of vetch
seed. The drill will cover the vetch
and ext June you and the old man
will hardly know that old field and
it will be in the best possible condi
tion to be sown to peas.
Mr. Farmer, how long has it been
since your sweetheart .drove 'up to
your door and Invited xyou to take a
drive with him? A long time? Well
that is a pity. ' How will it da to
turn the table? Suppose you invito
your sweetheart to go with you to
Raleigh to the fantversponventlon
at toe A. & M. Colleg August :5th.
26th and 27th. - This will be a pleas
ant outing for both of you and the
old man will rub up against the pro
gressive farmer from all ' over the
State and get new 'Idea from these
farmers and by listening to the lec
ture and discussions.
The woman' department of the
convention always interests the wo
men who have attended In past year.
Much that i useful and helpful to
the women on the farm Is brought to
their attention and they, too. are
benefited by mingling with women
who ar even more progressiva than
their husbands. . ;
. A trip of this sort 1 a good Invest
ment It broaden the mind.- Inspire
effort, to tsetter farming and more
home comforta I . bop to meet a
larg number of the piedmont farm
er and their wive at the convention
next week. i C. C-MOORB.
Weak wwnen should read' my ' "Book
4 lor Women." It ten ot Dr. ghoorra
Ntght Cura. Tell how thae aoothlnr
Itesltng,. jntlsentte suppositories bring
cw'ma evn. ins porit la xrea
Aadres Dr. Shoos, Racine, Wis.
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The
MR. GRAY TO LEAVE.
ropular Head Clerk at Central Re
sign rowltlon May Locate in
WaaUngTon.
The many friends of Mr. James C.
Gray, head clork at the Central, will
regret exceedingly to learn that he
is shortly to leave Charlotte. He ha
handed In hi resignation to Mr. W.
M. Jordan, the proprietor, which is
effective September 1st It is ' not
known definitely Just where he will
locate, but It is thought that he will
go to Washington. He has aeveral
offer before him and Is now North
looking over the field. Mr. Gray la
a Statesvllle young man, of splendid
personality and engaging manners,
and ha a host . of friends in this
city. His place at the Central will be
hard to fill. .
Kays Iia-k cU Will lie Elected.
Mr. Thomn H. Vanderford, of
Salisbury, was in the city yesterday
collecting subscriptions for the- na
tional Democratic campaign fund. He
will return heevthls morning and
renew the attack. In conservation
with an Observer man last night Mr.
Vanderford said that Mr. R. N. Haok
ett would be re-elected to Congress
this year over Mr. ;harle Oowles
hy a larger majority than he got
over Blackburn two year ago. Mr.
Vanderford knows she district Well.
He was chairman of Mr. Hackett'
committee in the last campaign.
Drought in lower FTOvidence.
Cotton In Lower providence town?
ship. In the Blakeney and Robinson lo
calities, Ij said to be opening very
fast. This Is largely due to the recent
drought which has been holding on
ever since early In July. The crops of
fhls section have been badly damaged
for want of rain. Fructifying showers
have visited all adjacent localities but
this immediate section has been left
so far untouched.
Miul Dog Scare at Flncvllkw
A dog supposed to nave the rabies
paused through Plneville late yester
dHy afternoon and bit Bye Cunning
ham, the 10-yor-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Cunningham. Mr. Wil
liam Johnston saved the child from
serious damage by bnatlng the dog
off. The dog bit a number of other
dogs.
THE
STIEFF
AND SHAW
PIANOS
ARE
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Within reach of any
buyer because they are
sold . direct by their
maker to you. ,
Write to-day for
special - bargains we
have on hand at pres
ent. - ' - , .
CHAS: H. Sllfff
Manufacturer of the St left mod
Khaw, th planog tth
the awcet tone. - -
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-r- CTLUUOTTE,' 'Jf.' C. ':-"f
C. H. WILXIOTH, Mgr.
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Food for thouglit
Food for work ;
Food for brain
most nouristyng of all wheat
fS : In dust tight.
Nftrer sold in bulk.
hIATI ONAly B IS CU IT COM
SC"
Mrs. S. C. Arwood Improving;.
The many Charlotte friend and
relatives of Mr.' J. C. Arwood, of
Greenville, 8. C, will rejoice to learn
that eh is recovering from the ef
fect of painful injuries sustained In
a street car wreck recently. Several
of her ribs were fractured, her back
was hurt and she suffered sever
bruise at the feet of people tramp
ling her while she lay unconscious.
While her injuries were very
painful and the shock severe, ah la
on the road to recovery.
"Get it at Hawley's."
The toilet Table of the
. Well . Groomed Woman"
1 most carefully thought for
and bought for at HAWLEY'S
PHARMACY.
. . A' woman' complexion la her
most priceless heritage and
she should shield It and guard
it eternally. The proper , car
of the complexion requires a
great many toilet helps which
our store alone supplies . In
Charlotte. We give this . im
portant .department of our
bualness great deal of care;
and study) and It Is our proud
boast that we carry the , most
complete assortment of Infw.,'
ported and American toilet'
goods to be found in the Caro
lines. This Is not an idle boast
but an absolute fact the truth
of which can be quickly ascer
tained by a careful , examlna-
tlon of our stock.. .' , , r
Hawley's Pharmacy,
TRYOJf AND FIFTH STS.
Phone 1. and. 260. ,
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