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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, AUGUST 21, 1903., A DABKFS CLOSE ;jSHAi I IA YIXG M UCKXSE HE OA'S A Story Recounted t Show WherHM tho Law Impose ft Hardship Vvott the Individual to Protect U Claae The 'IrorfloniM Policy" Close at . Horn Old Darky. . vtnnont Work a ltd Eacrr to Earn Pittance tilven Job to Vo . some rainnnx Only to Be Rnn Away 7 " Ofllow of the Law Tle Good Poitiu and tlae Bad of the law.,',,' . , . The law as It relate to and af fect residents of the city offers some atranae end - almost . . Inexplicable features, or as the late lamented John Charles McNeill mlht hae said: "Thar air good p'lnta as well as bad, that cTeeterlses the law." These pro visions on their face mar appear un just to the individual and perhaps are in certain cases, but to society, in the j but now of Qastonla, , vit miloritv of instances, they are just about what they should be. For : Instance: . The law aays to the negro who will - not work:. "Yon are a vagrant, shlft leaa. unproductive and criminally-in-' clined. a menace to society and dan grerous to good government. Not wlll ' Inj to work for your living and there- by contribute something to the State, V you shall be made to. You are hereby ordered to the county roads for four months at hard labor." The same law says to another ; darky. self-supporting, unofTenJing. even thritfy negro: "Painting Wat old house which has been an eyesore to - - till CU(UllUt4 kj V" V - - y " That's a pretty f9lr job, too, you are making of It. Getting 50. perhaps 75 'cents a day for your labor? Well. where is your license? Don't under stand? Why, the city requires that ' atl painters pay a Ux and take out a V license. Got none? Then come with ' me. You will wear a suit of striped j ' clothes for four months and see what you can do breaking rock. No license is required to do thai." One darkv Is punched beraune he 'Will not work: the other becauxo h doea work, striving to earn a living I for himself and family In a meagie but honest fashion and doing some thing for the State. Unfortunately h fs working at a "tabooed- iraae. one will question the Justice of the ' first requirement but the second t seems strange. , THE POINT ILjIX'RTRATED. : ' The following episode in nld to nave occurred recently within the borders of Greater Charlotte. A Char- lotte man had several houses iltuat ' ed out on the edge of town which he wanted painted. Not having anything much to do himself he thought that he would try his hand on thejm. He went to the paint shop and laid In a ; good supply, a portion of which he had sent to one dwelling, and the reit ' to another. The houses were several blocks apart and he commenced work. He had been employed but a few hours when a darky stepped up. "Boss, ain't you got a little work you can give a poor nigger to do. I tiave a family to tako care of and have nuthln' to do. I lost my Job at tho fdundry last week and I ain't got much to eat left. My old woman can't work and my children are too small o do much." Tha darky had a good face, he teemed to mean what he said and mo tha man decided to help him if possi ble. "Can you paint. John?" asked he. "No, sir. boss, I can't Just exxackly paint but I can attend to that old house pretty well I guess. I can try." ".Well, I will eve yoa 75 cents a day to paint this house while 1 go around the black to look after my other one. This agreement oleased the negro immensely and he at once fell to work. He did well, knowing Just how to apply the paint so as not to waste it and everything moved along swim mingly. The owner, who was giving his attention to his other dwelling, came around every few hours to see how John was getting on. He was pleased and told John so. The first day and the morning of the second psssed without mishap. Lite In the afternoon of the second day. when this man dropped around Just before knork-Ing-off time to see how the work was Jrogreslng. he found the house de serted. The paint cans were in place, and all the bruhes were on hin.l. hut there .was no negro to be fonni any where. Had the earth opened and wallowed him "p he could not Iimvo " disappeared more completely. NatuV ally the owner of the houe was cu rious. He hunted high and low for t.ie darky. Only the beKt of relations had obtained since the trade was made the day previous and besides there was a day's wages due; so nothing he had done could have occasioned his hasty departure. An Investigation fo. lowed. From his neighbors it was learned that a policeman had been In the neighborhood and that he had been over to see the darky at work ' an the house. Nothing could be learn ed of what he had wanted or what he got. If he had done nothing clue he ' bag certainly made the poor darky at work on the ramshackle house take French leave of his employer. ' Sam's job and flam's wages. The call mast have bejn an urgent one. The Charlotte man thought no mora of the incident until one Satur day about a week later when onie body touched him on the arm uptown. It was the absconding darky, though he looked even a little the, worxe for the wear. HE HAD TO LEAVE. y' A Syrian- marrlm:6. ; ; George Knuckley and , Mlaa -' Jfester Nasser Married at tbe Homo of Woo Knuckle? on College Street 6ome Delay in Getting me unma ui - er Joseph Performed tbe Ceremony. "Two Syrians are to be married at lot South College street ! within, the next half hour," aald a masculine voice over the telephone tot 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. "Send an Observ er man around to report . .- j It was an American talking. He had seen .the reparations going -on and just wanted to do the boy in the Mule Pen a turn. .. 4 Two scribes hurried down, one to look on and the other to make notes. Joseph Knuckley, tha fat. fine fellow, with round face and black mustache, who runs a store at 209 East Trade street, lives at 06 South College. His brother, George, formerly of lata city. was going to TO HAVK CENTRAL OFFICE HERE Standard Oil company Win Open Tp Boas, can't you glv' ine my wajjes for that yuther day's work down on Middle street last week. I had t r leave a little ahead er time hut a p'ieceman wua atter me and 1 Just had ter go. He axed me if I had er license or aomethia' else lak dat and when I told him I didn't know what lie wus a-talkln' erbout ha made aa if ter grab me and I cleared out the back way. He wus mighty soft and fair spoken when he come up as if ha wanted lo aee how I wus glttin along so aa.to glv me er job. But no, sir, ha wus a-prowl) n' to ee If he could nt git this, poor nigger, in trouble. I hated to go and leave you bat I thought I'd better. Beside, how could my old woman and her chllluns git along wid me In ' tha guard housef Tha last was a clincher. The darky got his wages and a little extra and a job for. good. ' To-day ha is one of the best work" men in the city. But he bid an ever lasting closa call from the chain gang and all because he hadn't com plied with a certain city ordinance of which he had no knowledge. This la just an example of tha "bad p'int" of tha law to tha Individual. y To Attend T&bnoro Growers .Meeting. Special to Tbe Observer. ' '""" . -. Jtocfcy Mount, Aug. jX-Ta etiene tha, North Carolina- Tobacco Growers' Asaoct at ton . which is In session at Winston. Cap. Jack O. W. Orarley left this city Friday night. The meeting la eaaipored of the representative tobaeea grower of the state. -Captain .Jack." -aa be is fa-: i7-::Larly known aver tha State, tea the city with a cult case filled with -manuscript, and ere his return friends may w! h tot a apaech that wM aataand tha ruvs. ...... ' marrv Miss Nester Nasser, of this alt The Driest, the groom-to-be, bride- elect, guests and newspaper men were there but no license had been procured. " "A license, my life for a license, evervbodv was saying. ' No license, no marriage, the State law declares. 'Where is the register of deeds?" lnauired the reporter. "Gone to camp meeting," said Joe. "Well, why not get his assistant?" "He's aone to camp meeting too. Then? thev were: with a would-be bride and groom and no license. In Svrla no license is necessary. The Catholic ceremony is all that is re quired. Therefore, tha license was overlooked Saturday, and Bud Moore anrl his asalstant. Mr. Sing, went to Hickory Grove and it is against the law for any other person to issue the Danrrs. Father Joseph did what he could to nrocure license, but his efforts were futile. While the crowd waited at Joe Knuckley's residence the rains fell In regular floods and made of College street a swollen stream. Many of the Syrians had assembled to witness the marWage. They waited patiently on the porch and in the parlor and the 'fitting room. The groom-elect sat in silence, hoping that all would be well before long, while his sweetheart, clad In her bride-gown, said not a word to man or woman, hut held her hands and looked the part of the bride-to-be. Her apparel, from the dainty slippers that incased her feet to tho veil that covered her raven locks, was Oriental. Minutes, and hours passed but no license could be had. Tho ceremony could not go forward until Bud Moore or Lloyd Sing returned from Hickory Grove. At 7 o'clock Joseph J. Beshere. who had been hunting some one to Issue a license, returned and said that it would be Impossible to do anything until either Mr. Moore or Mr. Sing came. Therefore, It was agreed that the hour be postponed until 9 o'clock. At the appointed hour everything was In readiness. The license was on hand. The attendants were: Mrs. Robert Knuokley, maid of honor, and Mr. Frsnk Head. best man. Mr. Joe Knuckley, guardian of the bride, and his mother, Mrs. Helm a Knuckley. gave her away. The bride was dressed In an Oriental princess gown of blue and white taffeta. Father Joseph performed the cere mony, which was witnessed by a num ber of people, among them some na tive Americana The young couple will go to Gaatonta to-day or to-morrow. IMPTtOVEALEN'TS AT 8TATIOX. Firemen and Pollremen Rig Vp Neat Device For FadlitatJng Bringing Out of Patrol Wagon. Charlotte now has a police station about as well equipped to answer speedily a hurry-call with the patrol wagon as is tna nre aeparimeni ready to dash forth on the Instant when the big bell on the tower booms forth its alarm. Together the policemen and ffremen have worked. Mention was madethe other day of improvements which were be Ing made in the abiding place of the patrol wagon, hard by the station and next door to the rendezvous of the fire combaters. A covering of brick was laid over the ground, furnishing a bed of uniform surface for the wagon to rest on and stalls were built on either hand. New harness has been secured and an electric contrivance has been rigged up after tho fashion of that in the fire department. In an Instant the harness will fill Into place, the horses are rushed in and off go, across bitullthlc streets, past electric lights, on out into the out posts of slumbering civilization, there to pounce on aome unsuspecting sin ncr who thought that all the world save him was asleep. The" work has been well done and Is a credit to the energetic policemen and firemen who conceived the lde and rigged the contrivance up. in Charlotte Saturday aa Office to Ho the Clerical Work For the Two Carolinas Made Necessary Jbl In :- crease in the Held Work and the Fact That , Charlotte la Centrally Located. The - Columbia 8tate - ef yesterday contained an Interesting local story to the effect that the : Standard Oil Company -will open up an office of consequence in this city next Satur day. The clerical force of the Co lumbia office will be transferred to Charlotte. This la another Indication that big concerns are recognizing the ract tnat cnariotta la the beat dis tributing point for this section of the South. Swift A Co: end the General Fire Extinguisher ' Company, in recognition of this, have erected plants here and .-maintain dis tributing stations here. Tha Standard too, haa been using this as a pV!nt for distribution. - The State aays: "There will be opened In Charlotte August 2th an office of the Standard Oil Company that will do tha clerical work for tha greater portion of the two Carolina. Tha temoval of the office of the company located in this city will take place at tha same time and the majority of the . force now employed In the office here will be transferred to Charlotte, "The increase in the field work of the Standard, haa rendered this change necessary and there will be consolidated at Charlotte - tha - work now being dona for South Carolina by the Columbia office . and that being done for North Carolina by the Wilmington office, Tha reason given la that Charlotte Is close to the border of South Carolina and conse quently la a mora central point than any other ctty that might have been selected to handle the business of the company. The Standard Oil Company's- of fice in this city at present Is located on floor 11 of the National Loan and Exchange Building and la under the management of Mr. E. S. Player. Mr. Player will go to Charlotte on August 29th and be In charge of the consolidated office. In the office here are employed about 16 clerks and these will be given the opportunity to go to Charlotte to enter the office there. The offices of the Standard In Charlotte, it ia understood, will be in the 'skyscraper' that ia now nearing completion in the North Carolina city. "It Is not now known which mem bers of tha Columbia office force will go to Charlotte. There are several popular young men and women of Columbia in the office and these will be missed f they should decide to go to Charlotte. Among those who are employed In the 'local office are: veddcr Zimmerman, Jack" Morrison, Will Rlon and Alfred Taylor. I "The warehouse of the Standard Oil Company will remain as It haa heretofore been In this city and there will be no changes except the clerical force will be transferred to Char lotte. Columbia has been the logical centre of the company's business in South Carolina and the reporta from the various stations have been sent in to the local office. This was the work carried on by the clerical force, in the skyscraper office. This work will now be done In Charlotte for both of the Carolinas. "Mr. Player will be the general manager of the Charlotte office and as Wilmington will also be trans ferred he will have quite a large of fice force under him. Mr. Player has been in charge of tha local office since Its inauguration here five years ago. He will now have a larger field and his. friends here wish him suc cess In his work. He Is a native of North Carolina and h$ lived in Sa vannah . and haa many frlenSs in Columbia. The Children r.usic; Km PIANO 7 - ., ;' A complete musical education it ona of tha most'1 valuable of accomplishments. By means of tha Ludden tc Bates Piano Club, it is surely tha most easily acquired. Br joining tha dub now forming, members caa not only secure a beautiful hlgh-g rade piano at about two-thirds its real value, but can also arranre far a complete course of musical instruction uiikout a unt qf cost, . The Ludden & Bates New, Scale it a splendid $400 instrument, with a lifs-dme guarantee backed by our record of nearly 40 year of honest dealing. Our club plan save all the ordinary expense ei piano telling; makes it aa easy 7or us to tell a ' - hundred pianos at a time at to tell one. . It not only akvea our ; mem Den )UJ in cash, out gives them the use of the Diano mt ona. jut i at soon as tseir application It accepted. TU LaMtii as Bun Cluk PUm b a Ml nbliil mil wit Mti.1 , sb4 mJ ariaci. blu4 feaM (failing actio. U.t, rrra Mack, mU l trorr Krra. ammiui dm vtiautj aukasur at oak. tick Ufiss air ia U kickM vU ml titaot, . la cim at feiia f tU k W uw hsflr. r ctsctl ekt dak cm met, tsl auk Am SwsUmi fftmt el Ik assaM baJaaca, Writ m at one to a asslUatioa kliak is4 romalttt ncHrioa of 4ISm nrlM si falsa. Ja tfcii vit r caa auk s iva tkmt will Mick. rn. Yoa caa tea tk earnl, f teas Ms W win sm ism gnftti sattecl iattraawflt. A wU sua, attnctlra moo! aa kuKifal mrf cb -(U an aiioo. Writ itr toil lateautlos at tk ctak tkat it ter lomia.- LUDDEN & BATES, Southern Music House, uept-AX, Savannah, tmm -It 1 aassaaaiM . .' I Are You Going Tod? 'A good many boys and young men are getting ' ready to go ' back to .college. Are you among the number?; .Boys, we want to see ypii before you go we. want - to help you select -the fitting clothes . for a sojourn away from home; . . Dbii 't Biir i "Quick Lunch" This electric sign at 21 West Trade St. pointa the public to where they can get anything seasonable in the eating line with the-least possible de lay. Prompt and polite attention by a competent corps of waiters. NEW YORK LUXOI ROOMS. 29 West Trade. St. RAINED 2.40 INCHES. Another Letting Doyn of the) Hood (.ales Trntrrilay and the Same Old Story to TelL Tai elements came across dutifully yesterday with their almost dally "weather story." During the 2 4 hours ending last nlsht at 8 o'clock there fell In the confines of the City of Charlotte 2.40 Inches of rain. The ."tai for the month Is 8.03. that for ihe year Is 33. 9. In other words on foujteenth of all rain which 'has fallen In the cast 236 days fell In this ITat'tlcally all of this was between the hours of I and ( yesterday af ternoon and night- Had the time in cluded In the period of reckoning taken into account last evening in stead of Saturday night the flsures would have been larger, for the rain continued for hours after the close of the meteorological day. There was 'much lightning during the afternoon, though not much of It was danger ously near. Evidently the storm was bad elsewhere. The ft-tvboarri'N Ppcflally Omdurtrd Trip XSrth. The indications are that the Sea board Air Line's great Northern tour which will be personally conducted by Mr. C. H. Oattia, of Uatclgh. traveling pasaonger agent, will carry a record crowd to Niagara Falls and Canada early next month. Parties -desiring to go from Charlotte will leave bare Wednesday morning Sep tember Sd, at 4:10 o'clock for Hamlet en route through Ralaigh and Hen derson for Richmond, Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and -Toronto, Canada, the latter ctty blng reached Saturday, September tth. After paaalng down to fit. Law rence to Clayton, the trip back will be Commenced. In all the party .will be en route 14 days. The railroad fare, going and coming, from Charlotte wUl be f42.lt. provided 10 are in the party. Otherwise It will be advisable te pay the local fare to Hamlet, Ra leigh, Durham or Wilmington! from which pointa ticketa may be purchas ed at little appreciable .difference In coat..' I ?.-y. -v - t CUnrbSeM tho Coal of quality. Moonshine) Plant Captured Near the State IJnc Orrrrespondence of The Observer. GafTney, S. C., Aug. 22. Revenue Inspectors V. B. McOaha and D. H. Wallace rame to Qaffney Wednladay night from Greenville, and made a raid into North Carolina, Just across tho Cherokee county line, and captured a copper atlll of 75-gallorjs capacity and destroyed 500 gallons of beer. The outfit was complete In every respect and showed that the operators were Just getting ready to manufacture whiskey on a large scale. The of ficers did not succeed in making any arrests, as the birds had flown. THE STIEFF AND SHAW PIANOS ARE Wash Day Troubles Saved Our rough dry washing service saves you all the toll and trouble of wash day. It saves all the work, the bother, the mesa and the ex pense. It saves the heating up of the house, the using up of a day in unnecessary work, the bother of drying the clothes, etc. And our service Is cheap, la prompt and is satisfactory In every way. You'll like It once you try it and It only takes a word telling us to call, to arrange for the trial. Charlotte Steam laundry La unci err r. Dyers. Cleaners, 21 South Tryon U I Within reach of any buyer because they are sold direct by their maker to you. Write to-day, special bargains have onv hand at ' pres- B ent. for we CHAS.M.SW MAnafartnrcr of tlte Stieff and ' 81 iaw, the planoe with tha Southern Wareroom 5 West Trade Street. 0. H. WUJJOTH, Mgr. -CHAKMtTTE, X. C ; A Vacation Hat The C. & K. Crusher. Roll it up pit will just fill that small space rin the suit case. For travel, sport and com fort..,.. .. .. ..$2.50 The Tate-Brown Co. CORRECT DRESS FOR MEN Security and Satisfaction are always felt when dealing with a firm who in a measure anticipates your needs. We carry a complete line of Stationery, Loose Leafe Ledg ers. Filing Cabinets, Desks, Card Index Systems, Office Sup plies, etc., which Include the latest and best x methods of handling routine work. A competent corps of sales men capable of assisting you in your selection. If It Is In the Stationery line you will get It at POUND & MOORE CO. 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