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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, AUGUST 21, 1S03.' GOSSIP: OFiSTATE-CAIfML BY COU Raleigh. August 21 During ths greaf minuteness and snowing- very administration of Governor Ellaa Carr. remarkable amount of clothing, to i v .a v. i. h K-cutlve ' ihr with a. wide variety of furnl- effice one day when wldely-known newspaper man entered, with him be- ine a vounsiter in Ma teens.'who was r therU a. Norman jennette. irom xpe ,oa Sampson. ; The lad had shown some genius as a designer of cartoona and even more to the purpose) aoimy to ore to the purpose) aouuy 10 these, his material being a enrrava penknife and one or two home-made loola and some wooden blocks. He et footing hece with, The News and Observer, plaster of Parla plates were bought for him and he blossomed out -r vvAdb u a V auaa evuu , as a cartoonist who made things verjr &y Indeed for the fuslontets during (heir now famous campaign. . air. Julian S- Carr. who has promoted a ' many good things In his life, took a fancy to , young Jennette and aided Mm In getting Into a New York art school. Six months after- his arrival In the city he was making good: had repaid $209 'so kindly advanced to Mm, and waa on a salary. He kept ' on making good and passed on up to The New Tork Herald, where In the cmIe- supplements his ' bright mind ' devised -that - most comical clown "Marcelltne," who made an instant hit with the children and with the grown-ups, too. When last Christmas Came along one of the great publish ers of children's books paid him $1,000 for forty colored picture's orMarei line and the Hlpprodrone people made contract by whlch'they established a clown under that name, Jennette to devise the comical situations In which the clown waa to anppear and re - celving so much per week Jn the way of royalty. The Hlpprodrone people thought Marcelllne would run a few weeks .and then be dropped for ome ' thing newer, but the New York chll- dren wonld have none of thia and so ' trheu Marcelllne was taken off there (Was an Instant howl of protest and ' . back he had to come. Mr. Jennette's name Is seen every week In The . Herald. He has an attractive f arm over In New JeYjctjiorf'parad1rft of New Yorkers, where there Is a little .. lake, a cosy cottage and that soJt of - 4hlng. . This Is therefore a story of a North. Carolinian who has made good in New York. Lots of them : have had that sort of success there smd elsewhere, too, but a lot have Called gone to the wall, passed out ' smd left not a ripple. It would have required a great stretch of the imagi nation to nave thought of the little lad standing there before the Governor, very quiet and nervous .- not a little, and the same per son, grown-up and cutting such - a figure before the reading world of our greatest city. It shows what a .small world thia Is, after all. . ' THAT FIREPROOF BUILDING. It Is very evident that the efforts to. be made by many of the leading men In the State to secure a fireproof building for the treasures here in the . way of historical objects, paintings, books, newspapers, etc., are to be ty far the greatest yet made ' and the next Legislature will have to face the ' question fairly and squarely. The : need for such a building was never fco great. In the Htate Library there are over 40,000 books which peed ,a f roper place,-not to speak of the sev eral thousand bound volumes of news papers, absolutely impossible to dupli cate; there is the (Supreme Court library, by far the bast in the South: then, too, the large collections of portrait, nearlv all In oil. In th : Supreme Court room and In the main room of the State Library; added to . these being the enormous collection 1 of historical objects In the Hail of I History;' the Invaluable State papers, on the third floor of the Capitol and j now under the Historical comm ier of such rec the Secretary of the Governor; th correspondence together with a papers, all having a definite value. For these a building of at least .four I stories ought to be provided, to he AM,lAl., - .1 - r . . . . . . , .... -the most modern construction. The Legislature which docs this Will erect a memorial of itself worthy i of all honor. ! will rlv the Htate an opportunity to puh In many ways the trout work it hu iin,irruwn I long at least four lines, for there Is i entire co-operation now in th col lection of materials which are essen tial to the State. This has already progressed so far that the historian ff to-day has materials undreamed of by those of a gi-neration earlier. Vet. .If such a building is provided, the writer and others w-lll be able to quadruple preM-nl collections within two years' time. All this will be very Clearly laid brfose the U-nislature. nd It re main to l o-n whether th lajter will rine to the height of the situation or not. HUNTING FillEHliiS Deputy Insurance CommJsKloner ! ficott has as his particular duty the f won of looking after firebugs and be sure he has had marked aurceits in overtaking these and in bringing bout their pujilf hment His IhKkI exploit in this line (for he was a detective many years) l the arrest of one M. B. Coxe at Wilmington and the tory as he tells It i full of Inter est. Cose turned uo at Wllmlnsrton. siamng rrom acKSnviue, na . t.y way i cunilC mo olLB . , . .. . - ....- - - ' , Tl L , . I. t, . . - nnilflllATa anil th, Tlrnmmm r,t thmn-n I v 1 " 1 " ' " mis y ' n i ft ' , iaelon; a large num- : or Pea- millet, aweet potatoes and , "u -. yn - ords In the office of 811 orls f things. Is simply delight- i """- uu mm v.. State and In "bat of ful to ce. Addod to this the to-1 times the other. For example nmir una in U11 ui . j t tnlli nr u' th n man e ieilT-OOOKi nU i " .7! .r! K.-KKI-H rt-.r with Anth m.H t munnu. i ,,' "epn that taking It all around pros-j '' r'an " h. "ld " mails Of miscellaneous; ,... k. a x-.-.v. JTi.. In.t nnw Hiwina more solirlltv. of Charlotte, he stated, an ) going .to . but a little while before (he ex-Curi-a well-known Insurance agency a.xked ; federate will be only' a memory. 1 h! jt to place $400 Insurance upon hi! Is a very saddening sort of n tnouitht. furniture. etc.. In a rented house, he ' requesting that this be in the Aetna Company. A little later he returned . and informed toe agent he wanted $640 more insurance and that tie had added considerably to hie property, it , sterns that Bo Inspection was msde at 11 and that both policies were Issued nd palcj for. Then Coxe moved to - another residence. , The neighbors, a Is always the ease, witnessed tne removal wHh more or less of human ' Interest. This very moving was in way a powerful means of bringing about the detection of Coxe. He sent his family to the beach at Wrights- . ville, while he occupied the new home and one night, at what Deputy Com missioner Scott called "the usual hour." J:J0 a. m., Are broke. out end -up went the house and , Its contents. The next move by Coxe -was to file proof of loss, this setting out that tne property destroyed In the way .of f nr nUsre. cjpthing. etc.. was valued at $1,411. everything being set out with Everybody tn Zaneavllle,. O., knows v.. Uar, Tm. ruril rniH "My buaVsnit. Janus Le. firmly brHmi, his life tf the ose of Dr. King's w THe-veir, HI lungs were so sU vrel)r aflrected.thfct oonsumptkm Mmiu ttivl(sbi. wlie frtend reemmendd New Wcomf. We tried It, and tts nw ) a rrrtnrrA Mm to perfect heallh." )"(' New Mweovery ta th King of t. ''ttl ami iuna riiMia. for Cvughs f -l r- t' t poiuhJ. Tlie Trvt do i .( i. r r. '"TTry-lCf!a Xiitrfcr rnarjiii f !l rimg stores . toe. and $1.09. Trial 1 ...e frt. ' .. - . TRED A. OLDS.- tore, etc. fiuapiclon wm around and Deputy Commissioner f 7" ' ne scene uu iv uP ... -SfJSSl -. ... ,,,.- . the ' new home, no less than ten large loads in fact beinr hauled, but he swore to Mr Boott tjt -tr had been only ' M furnKur. , van. and three draya employed. Ta neighbors ail umtea in aavlnz that there was ' only . one small wagon load and tha drayman made oath. to the same effect. The itemised statement of lose showed " - lUMViMnMh ; wa, . e"-w w.- " - apiendld furniture of many kinds but Deputy commissioner Scott found that 11 Coxe had had been bought; in a Wllminrton second-band store artd.it cost him 117.50. Coxe said that quantities of his furniture had been shipped from Charlotte, but it was found no shipment of any kind had been made to him. He claimed he had made extensive purchases from Wilmington dealers. Deputy Commis sioner Scott had a heart-to-heart talk with Mr. Coxe and gave him the "third degree," telling him he knew very much more about all thia mat ter than -he would' admit. Coxe burs rledly left after Mr. Scott haMnform ed him that he had put the solicitor after him and. going to the agent from whom h had obtained the Insurance, asked him whom the solicitor' was. He was told that he was the man who prosecuted violators of the crlm- inal law. Thereupon Coxe Informed . the agent that if the latter would keep ! Scott off him he would surrender the 1 policy. The agent said he couldn't promise anything at all as to Scott but so far as the policy matter was concerned he would be willing to an rept its surrender. When Deputy Scott got out rhe next morning he found that Coxe had fled with his wife and child. Mr. Scott got busy with the telegraph people and no tices were sent to railroad stations and to conductors. The wrong man was spotted between Sanford and Greens boro but a little later a message came that Cox had been captured at Fay rttfwllle. The police at the latter place say Coxe made a confession and declared that he was ruined. He wa taken back th Wilmington and jailed In default of ball. One of the mor als in this story Is that fire insurance agents ought never to take Insur ance without Inspecting the property it is sought to Insure, and this par ticular case is certainly an object lesson in this regard. WONDERFUL CROPS. Have you stopped to think about what really wonderful crops there are this year? This Is the case all over the Htate, except In very limited areas where water, coupled with wind, has done damage, but these are too small to be reckoned In the general account. For some years af ter 1891 people used to tlk about the great crops, notably cotton, of that year, but it seems to me the present crops are finer. I am very sure I never saw such corn in the State be fore and a lot of It looks exactly like prairie corn. The late Henry Ward Keecher ued to say that preachers often had their .texts furnished them, sometimes almost at the very momit they were about to preach, and I had something of the same experience laut Sunday afternoon, for having been suddenly called upon through a poor layman to conduct the services at the county home, five miles north of Ra leigh, for Rev. Dr. Long, the pastor of the Christian church, our colored driver on the way there, looking right and )ftt over the luxuriant crops, said: "The Lord Is certainly good to us this year." This made a capital text for a talk to the Inmates of the Home. The cotton is frulteM to the "mlt and the fields look like big It Is no wonder that farmers care, not a ccivt about the panic. There is plenty to eat and a grand prospect ahead. They have money; are living better than hey have since the war and have better home's with better fittings and rurnlMhings and more every kind. This will comforts of he found to be the case anywhero 'rom tne eanore to the mountains. aml ' hav hlld "fecial occasion to remark the fact, having traveled so mucn and in so many sections of the Htate this year. There Is one crop which could be grown very profitably ' in this State, but to which very little attention is paid, this being broom-corn. One county in Indiana has made a for-j tune out of this one crop and that i i-ountv produces mre than perhaps any State, this being a very remark able tiling to say. THE LAST REUNION? Accordlinr ti whal Commander A. ( 1!. Stronach, of Junius Daniel Camp, : Confederate Veterans, at Ralelarh uv about the Confederate nlril i- th- reunion to be held at Winston-Salem this year will oroDablv be th.- lac one at nhich many can namde He finds that the average age of thris in the holdiers' Home is 73 yeirs nr. 1 that they have ahead of them, accord ing to the tables of mortality in use by actuaries a little less than five year of'llfe on an average. JJoiv ,f this proportion holdj ao-ll In the Slate It will b seen th..- it al.l I certainly to me, for I am thrown to much with the veterans ana love them so dearly, that in the ..U; of our amusements this thougit con aUntly comes up In my mind. W hat w see here in the" Home is going on all over the State nd njt many of us stop to think of It either; t-i. therefore, the various commuuiiUs ought to see to it that their eur ans are sent to this reunion and their fare on the railways, which has bten made only a cent a mile, as well as their other comforts, ought to b looked after. They will not b with us long and while they sre here life certainly ought to be made as pleas ant for them as posaibJs. MR. LAy TELLS A TARN. - Stat Treasurer Lacy is a -Rlnghsm boy" snd ens day this week he waa telling very good story about his school life st that noted school. s All kinds of dessert wers these called "pie" and bets wers made In' "pies." cary.oepg a Bettor, wout Presbyte- cu.; aZr w.'" "TV. 'V w w T . Id pies also.. One day while a lot of the cadets wers with, the major, some distance from the school, they found gren snake, and the , boys were afraid of It, thinking It would bit, though it Is as harmless as a llxard. -Major ringham ssked If none of them would take It to the school for Mm and thryi mrtted they wers afraid. 'Just than he saw Lacy com Jng towards them gad said to tw of i . i .1 . u to LTUi irt in inn main vprv nnn. j - ..... ....... ....... .. .. I I1ULHU V Mfi WI'HT fir KHIPIZfl. Ann If la-l.ll ' uumuiwu ...... th boy that he Would bet 4 pie with them that- Lacy would take the snake and carry it to the school so when Lacy came up he told him of th confidence he had in him and of Ihe bH he had made and thereupon or dered him to take the anake. - Lacy Immediately did so and before he had rotten half way to the school with It all th boya wanted to carry Jt,.f-Eah day for a month thereafter j when dessert came along the two ca- Sets whn had lout tha hat irnu from their seats at. table, each taking bis ie, walked to the bead of the tails where Major Bingham.: sat, saluted him and. put the pie in front of him. Then he', rose, took the pis and ear ned it to Lacy.- Verily the Utter had his reward and the green snake epi sode made- him the hero of the school. He was always willing to take chances and when a locomotive engl neer was known far and, near . as a fast runner. He laughs now when he tells about how. on one occasion being, ordered to 'make very rapid time with a train, he took the curves (then much sharper than they are now), between here and Hamlet with such speed as to throw all the watsr coolers Into the alale and actually scare the conductor, BLACK MAMMY'S XIGION. One of the best stories of the year is told me by a Presbyterian lady of the highest repute and full of the odor of sanctity, otherwise it would not be printed in these pages, wfiere It Is sure to pasa under the critical eye of Elder Hemphill, of The Charleston News and Courier, and of his equally "blue" confrere. Elder Caldwell., of The Observer. Last spring at Beaufort there was a great negro revival, at which there was "Speaking with Tongues." halluclna tiona or visions, descents of the aptr- it, revelation and everything elaa dear to the darky mind. Pretty nearly all the darkies were knee deep in the affair and cut out work. but the veteran cook of one family a dear old "Mammy." who for thirty years had been loved to the last de gree, at last became a victim. One morning she failed to show up at breakfast and the owner of the house and her son had to do the beat they could. They were full of fear that she waa sick end as soon as break fast was over the son drove In his buggy to her house to ascertain her condition. When he got within a few yards of the place he saw the front door wlda onen and there In a big rocking-chair "at black mammy, rooking and singing and once in a while punctuating her song with a shout and announcing that she "had 'ligion." The young man. who had been so afraid she was sick, and who even then didn't know what was the matter with her, sprang from the buggy, taking the whip In his hand, not thinking about it, stepped In the door, saying they were afraid she was sick and he came to see how she was and that his mother was very much worried about her. With eyes that seemed' to be looking at something very far away Jndeed. black mammy broke out Into these words: "My Lord done tole me not to cook no mo' for white folks. My Lord done tole me not to do nothin' more for white folks." The young man flamed Into sudden wrath, over come by some ort of spirit, and said in the most positive manner: "My Lord has told me if you don't come right around home and attend to your business I am to give you the worst sort of a thrashing with this buggv whip." The young man pre vailed. His spirit was more power ful than the other one, Black Mam my went home and she has been cooking ever since. A few. days later she confided to a friend that she "didn't think much of them sort of meetings no'inw." There's a great M moral concealed somewhere about this story, but the reading public will ' have to dig It out. , A LITTLE POLITICS. There are Democrats and Demo- 1908; and some- to whd uslasm was more balance and had more influence wltft ! the party In general than ever be I fore since he took to politics. .The 1 very next man talked to was a Demo crat, wU known hore, who said that lota of Democrats would not vota for Mr. Eryan and that a very sig nificant sort of a "straw" was the action of the Democratic convention at .Norfolk, In declining to endorse i.'ryan because it feared by so doing It would alienate some of its mem bers. Of course it will take election day to tell what will happen about all this. En-Governor Aycock, Gov ernor Glenn and Senator , Overman believe that all the opposition Is mere talk. It seems to be the Impression that there will be a rather pretty fight in the eighth congressional district this year. Some people have a way of speaking of that aa the wtiiskey dis trict, because there used to be so many distilleries and because "Old Home" used to be so plentiful, and these ho 10 the view ' that there is quite a lot of dissatisfaction growing out of the prohibition situation and that a lot of people there resent State prohibition and will show It at the PH. but this remains to be seen. A , Democrat remarked to-day that he' feared the fight would be a hot one there 'on this account and not so much on account of Mr. Cowlee, the Republloan nominee, who has leen put up against Congressman llackett. He went on to say that he believed the Democrats would carry the district all right, but that they must make a good campaign and do work everywhere. Governor Olenn and ex-Governor Aycock have al ready stated plainly that they had no fear as to the th or any other dis trict, x-Governor Aycock having been In the xth recently and being generally. well informed about such matters. . HELP FOR . THE INSANE. The colony for epileptics which Is to be established and which will be definitely located on the Slst of Au gust will probably be on a very com manding site about a mile westward of the hospital for the Insane here, the place being a hill beautifully wooded, overlooking sn attractive stream and facing another hill, which Is a mile In length and on , which there Is some of the finest timber In th county. The hospital com mission which purchased these lands over a year ago certainly made a. happy choice. The arrangements for water and for trahp-rtatlon general ly are excellent and. Indeed (tie whole Prk. the property being connected wUh the grounds of 4 he fCathnllc Orphanage, ths Agricultural and Me chanical College arid Pullen ' Park, nd by means of these with yet other parked places. The plan to be fol lowed In the construction and ar- Bay ClliM-h field Domestic Coal now while thi nrW is low. Leave orWtgwfttoBrgeairTW ( llnrhHd Coal Corpora lion, Char- rangement of the buildings Is the cot tage system, which is found to be cheaper than that of great , strue tures for such purposes as this and also- In giving the maximum anount or. sunshine and air. Clay tor tne manufacture of brick can be found on the premises; indeed the, ' brick from wnicn tne nosnitai lor tne in sane Is built came from the banks of a stream less than Ira If a mile away. A" letter fronr Mrs. M. 3. Elliott.' Catawba Springs, makel Inquiry about a bit of history in connection with that places During the ivil war Col. J. 6. wyatt of Maryland, bought the springs and a" number of people "refugeed" thers from Balti more and Richmond, among them being some very prominent persons, including Marshall Kane,, or Balti more; .Major jQrlswold and his three daughters.. One of the latter mar ried a son of Dr. Stuart, also a refu gee, the , latter 'being a very promi nent physician, and young Stuart be ing on the staff of Gen. R. E. Lee. Major Gals wold's brother - was an Episcopal4 minister and . bis youngest daughter married and lived In Balti more. The refugees got through the lines, Mrsr Elliott states. She is very anxious to get In touch with the per sons named, if any be now alive., .. , BOOKS : AND HAGAZISES THE AUGUST BOHEMIAN. A. H. Samuels has an Interesting account in this issue -of "Grover Cleveland's Life t Princeton " which lets In some Interesting side lights on the old age of the. late ex- fresldent. The article is greatly en hanced In 'value by re productions-of photographs of the Cleveland resi dence and family group. To the vast army of casual trav elers which has suffered from other peoples' Itching palms,- Whitman Bennett's 'The Tipping Dementia" will corns as voicing their own long- felt, but hitherto unvoiced protest against the absurdities and Inequal ities of that pernicious system. Of quite a different kind of Interest la Irving Fletcher's "Our First Love Affair," the truth of which no mas culine reader whose upper lip has sprouted, will have the temerity to deny. Another special article which should not be missed Is Hy. 8. Wat son's "Fads and Fancies Before the Camera." recounting certain trials nd tribulations which befall the fashionable photographers. Accompa nying It are several really artlstio likenesses of Misses Mary Manner- ng, Mary Garden, Blille Burke and others. , . The fiction in the number Is all ntertalnlng, and one or two- of the stories are unusually strong. Cath erine Carr's "The Price the Woman Paid," while necessarily unpleasant brings out very cleverly the great truth that when a man and a woman gree to defy certain conventions of civilization, it Is Invariably the lat ter who has the heavier price to pay. Adele Marie Shaw's "The Lock- ed Bag" and "The Flitting of the I k.k ' k. . ,h romantic species, "Dog Eat Dog," by Charlton Law rence Edholm, describes a lively race, with a gold mine as the prise. which ingenuity triumphs over strength and speed. "The Man In the Chute," by James ,Z. Carroll, is the umorous history' of a rural love af fair, and of the remarkable accident which brought it to a termination. THE AUGUST ' ST. ' NICHOLAS. .. This vacation number Vis brim full of good things for the boys and girls, but distinctly the best feature in it re the nonsense verses. We recom mend "The Little Old Man v. in the utomoblle," 'IXhe Cruise of the lgamaree" and "Miss Gingham, of Hlngham," to every mother in Amer ica -whose little ones have not passed the advanced age of ten. These rhymes are accompanied by sketches j veloping that country. It will also have wheh will interest the children no tne effect of bringing Central America less than the doggerel. The current , days and days closer to the Atlantic and lntallment of Carolyn Wellsl "Hap uug gigier at far as, transportation fa pychaps" has to do with the suffer- unties are concerned. I,"9,,0,.' ?nrnsveewlmllttlemm?r'.i Arthur Gordon Webster explain, on an intensely warm summer s ! ayrMCop and How We May Mak Coming down to the older boys 11 uV' :.J? and girls, we find sn excellent r- pp lc"onBf f"T"' tide on Hawaii, entitled "A Boy's 1 cope." by J. F, Springer. The former con Paradise In the Pacific." by Alex- ts Ins a clear discussion of the mechanl andcr Hume Ford, detailing the ca' Principles of this wonderful toy, while manifold sports which enrgpture the the latter Idnts at eertaln -actical re small boys or that "island of the i""its which may be obtained by their wid blessed," aad "The Boy Who Rodef" application, particularly in regard. to on the First Train." which ts a true railroading. Mr. Springer deema it with account of a notable experience of ai'n the hounds of possibility that the track New York lad In the 30"s. General Howard's sketches of! Indian chiefs have to do with Lt, a Spokane, and the famous Sioux. Red Cloud. W. O. Frits-Gerald writes an interesting paper concerning "The Divers of a Navy and Their Adven tures." the navy in question being His Britannic Majesty's. The fiction - department Includes "Dosla's Day," by Margaret Johnson; "The Frosted Party Cake," by Har riet Mendenhall. and "A Little Dip lomat," by Mary V. Worstell, ARMY AND NAVY LIFE FOR AUGUST. Hayne Davis, president of the North Carolina Peace Society, has a moBt informing article In this Issue, on 'The Genesis" of a Real Peace Movement" The society of which Mr. Davis Is - president was organ ised in Wilmington . some fifteen months ago. and urges In Its plat form not only effective arbitration but adequate armament as well as a means of keeping th peace until arbitration can be put Into general practice. ' - "Reminiscences of a Naval Officer" Is a chatty paper describing certain improvements which tave come about In naval routine within the last twen ty years. "On Both Bides of a War.'' toy Edwin Emerson,- describes some very thrillmg experiences in Manchu ria during the Russian-Japanese con flict. Capt. Celwyo E-- Hampton in "Two Stories of a ; Night" recounts certain characteristic episode which fell under his observation In the City of Mexico- ' In "Romance nf a Firearm Collec tor." bv C. W. Sawyer, a wonderful four barrelled ehdt gun Is described. This gun was brought Into this coun try by an Englishman many years ago. For nearly a generation arm col lectors sought hlsrh and low for It to no avail. Our author describes In a most entertaining manner the accident which enabled him to rediscover It and become Its proud possessor'. ." "Ths Coward," by Eugene Francis, Is a clever bit : of 'fictional analysis with the Philippines as Its stage. An other lt - of Action which has the Philippines as Its setUng. Is George Boyden Rodney "The Pit That They THE WORLD'S WORK FOR AtJ-. ' ' GUST. This number Is psrttcutarljr devoted to our "Over Seas" trade and con tains a remarkable amount of Infor mation concerning Uncle Sam's ex port Dusiness. In "A Story of Export Success." E. J. Bliss describes the way In which a built up a fortlgnjatg trade which now literally enclr. cles the globe. It is a revelation of combined caution and daring Initia tive. , 1 . -,, ; h,-- - '" Edgar Allen . Forbes writes a pro fusely Illustrated article : on " "The Freighters -of the-: Seas, V describing the merchant marines of all nations. Its perusal makes one wonder how long It will be before the United States wakes up to the Importance of obtaining a share of . this Immense carrying trade. . l "In fne first of a series of articles on "The Large Corporation." , 'C. . M Keys. pictures the difficulties aod ob stacles, the many trials and rare de feats the Standard Oil Company has encountered In the campaign wnicn has carried its product to the bor ders of Thibet and to the heart of the Sahara. The brilliant genius and an Us ing industry with which' the company has been Served throughout its career is nowhere more clearly . Illustrated than in this story of how it. bum up Its foreign trade, v- Hon, Oscar Straus. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, writes an en tertaining little essay on "Our Era -of Commercial Greatness." John Har nett, of - Pan-American connections. has' many things to tell- us In his ".Big Facts About Latin Amemca. is. ,i Vose presents a most valuable set of suggestions for the manufacturer who contemplates Invading . the foreign markets, in Tha Technique of For eign Trade.? As connected with the main theme of the. issue, though not strictly comprehended y it, Paul E Stevens describes the activities of the Revenue Service in. a paper entitled "The Watch Dogs of the Treasury." These "Overseas Trade" features in the number are of great and perma nent value on account of the wealth of Information they contain, and tne accuracy and charm with which It I presemea, ; ?':,- . - The uncommercial reader, however. will not find the number nnrnterest- lng. as is evidenced by Enos A. Mills 4 The Life of a Thousand Year Fine, In which he details certain plsodes In the history of a giant tees in the Rockv Mountains. The manner In which the author gathered his facts from the prostrate trunk of his sub ject is most fascinating. THE AUGUST REVIEW OF REVIEWS. Graceful appreciations of the candidates for Vice President, nominated by the two leading parties this summer, appear In this issue. Mr. 8herman la written up by William E. Wood, and Mr. Kern by Frederld Austin Ogg. If these authors are to be belleved.both gentlemen are strong, earnest, kindly men. and either would fill the vice presidency creditably. Samuel E. Moffett contributes sn Inter esting description of the National Dem ocratic gathering at Denver, under the cantlon "Mr. Bryan's Convention." We doubt If dyed-in-the-wool followers of the Nebraakan will aulte like the tone of the article, but in spite of certain evident prejudices, it throws some sidelights on the big meeting not shown "elsewhere. Two brief but noble tributes to the late ex-Presldeot are paid In "Mr. Cleveland at Princeton," by Henry Van Dyke, and Grover Cleveland as a Public Man," by SL Clair McKelway. editor of The Brook- lyn Eagle. The salient . characteristics of lwu vinrr rtiiic. i-..,..,, v. . ed, are touched upon with most genuine appreciation. Murat Halstead and Joel Chandler Harris had .little tn common save the fact that both were journalists, and both greatly beloved. Their loss is no light one in the field of American journalism. William C. Gregg writes a paper on the question, "What Are the Japanese Do ing In Formosa T" He finds that, at no small sacrifice to themselves, they are gradually civilizing the Island, which up to fifteen years ago was mostly given over to savage "head hunting" Malays and scarcely lesa savage Chinese. - M. A. Hays describes an, Atlantic to Pacific railroad which has recently been completed, with a total length of less than three hundred miles. It runs from Port Barrios to San Jose in Guatemala and promises to do wonders in th way of de- ! of the future may be mono-rail, and, the cars thirty feet wide. The number contains the usual excellent summary of current events' under the cap tion "Progress f the World." Among the "Leading Articles of the Month, v select ed for review from various periodicals, may be mentioned papers on "Louis fre- chete. Poet of Canada," The Religion of the Sensible American." "The Author of L'Abbe Constantln," . and "Sydney, ths Queen City of Australia," , THE TECHNICAL WORLD FOR GUBT. AU A noticeable feature of this magaslne month by month, la the. wise selection and careful reproduction of Its illustra tions. In Us particular field, this In creases its usefulness many fold, as Its somewhat technical articles are thereby much more easily understood. In this issue ths place of honor Is oc cupied by "In the Sweat of the Planets," by Henry M. Hyde; an essay on the new sources of power, which engineers, st the present time are engaged In developing. It Is safe to say that Few Arabian Nights tales contain - mors marvelous features than this absolutely veracious account of h nmmiii tn man's Conaueat and adap tation of the forces of ngture. v Dr. Alvtn Davidson contributes an im portant paper on . "Death in the School Drinking Cups," in which sre pointed out the Insidious dangers which lie In wait for users of such cups defiled as they are from contact with all sorts and conditions of -mouths. Nor is this danger confined to the pubtlo schools. The promiscuous partaking of communion from. a Common cup has beyond question many times de livered whole congregations over to ths tender ministrations of doctor and under. taker. The abolition of "common" cups. wherever -found, will mark a great step forward ta ths practice of sanitation. -. C. F. Carter, . writing on ."Roadless America In Transformation," describes the progress ' which Is being made by ' the "Good Roads" movement; a feature' of modern activity In which , Mecklenburg county holds an honored 'place, r Roy Crandall's "Resource Becomes a Menace" has as Its subject the reckless denudation of our forests with all ths train of conse quent disasters. It appears that the coun try has awakened barely. In time, to the Imperative necessity of , preserving, our forests. The sams author also , writes of oneTofurW portant Industries In "Three Hundred Bil lion Bees at Work." . '-- ' '' Finding the World's Radium," by P. Harvey Mlddleten. describes the process of manufacturing this rare and precious substance, as It is done by the French. A -very few grains of the pure metal are obtainable from very many tons of raw material, and that only after a long and e enormous., value of the product makes the operation pro. Itabls. . - - '' - COXYESTlOX OF FARMERS. State Protective Association Holds An nual Meeting? in lnuon-halern ,' Vigorous CauiipslgTi I-"or Members inatig-uratea and Officers Elected, Correspondence of The Observer. - ; ' Winston-Salem, -Aug?' 22 The an nual meeting of the North ' Carolina Farmers' Protective Association was held hers to-day and delegates were present from the Surry,, Stokes, Rojk. Ingham, -.Wilson y. Edgecombe ' and Nash - county branches. It - la pro posed to Inaugurate a vigorous cam paign for members during 'the .next few months. The State association has about 3,000 members at present, 1,01 of the number living in Sur ry county. : - President R. K.' Simmons, of West field. Surry county, presided at the meeting. ' . Mr. J. O. . W. Gravely, of Rocky Mount, rrand lecturer of the association, made a ringing speefth ex plaining the objects of the associa tion and Its work. ' The convention elected the following officers: Pres ident, R. . K. Simmons, of Westfield first -vies president. J. L, Bailey: -of Wilson county; second vice president, C. C. Matthews, -of Surry; third vice president, Sam Paschal, of Rocking ham; treasurer. W. J.? Swanson, of Pilot Mountain: Secretary, Edward L. conn, of Raleigh; grand lecturer. J Cv Gravely, of Rocky Mount. - The board of directors is composed -or J. L. Ballev. of Wilson county: D, Tillotaon, of King; P. B. Neal, of Rockingham; O. O. Key,- of pilot Mountain, and J. O. W. Gravely, of Rockv Mount. i Pilot Mountain was - cnosea as tne next place of meeting, the second Friday In July." 10. being selected, as ins aaie. TOBACCO SALES HEAVT. Good prices Obtaining For the Weed on the Rocky Mount Market. Special to The Observer, j - Rocky Mount. Aug. 23. Tobacco sales on the local market have been increas ing In sise daily, lasting a -greater part of the forenoon each day and - have amounted to a total of about S0.000 pounds for the week, which Is an Increase over the corresponding week last year of more than 100,000 pounds. The ' offerings sttll consist almost entirely of bottom leaf primings, with now and then, a pile of a better class. Prices are very good In deed considering the quality and . It known that a majority of the patrons are satisfied. When the better grades appear, showing good body and character they bring good prices. The offerings as a whole are much Inferior to those of last yean though It Is thought that ths crop Will be better both in qViallty and color than in the previous year. Prices for both years are ranging about the same. Convict's, Dash For Liberty Vnsac . cessrul. Correspondence of The Observer. Reldsville, Aug. 22. Race Bass, a notorious negro blockader of the Mayfleld section, was tried at tha last term of court and sentenced to the county road .force. Yesterday he watched for a good chance and riade a break. Guard Samuel Irving was strictly on his Job and as soon as .he could get the other convicts from be tween the flying Race and himself he pulled down with his double-barreled shotgun loaded with buckshot. . One of the bullets found a resting place in Race's leg. but he continued -to run although slightly winged, where-. upon J. ' Bernard Laaley, Esq.. who was driving homo from Wentworth, fcaught sight of the flying convict and in a few seconds Race had met more than his match In physical strength and was held until the' guard arrived, THE OLD BROKEN RECORD. Puck. How dear to this heart is the phono graph's singing! What fond recollections my memory stir! ' Sweet Jane doea ths winding and turns on. ths Riusle While I sit and tell her the tunes I prefer. But, oh, how it tears my nerve system to tatters. Oh. how It deranges my .comfort and bliss. When Jane idly slips on an old broken record Which reels off a song that . sounds something like this: "The old oaka-ka-ka bueka-bucks- bucka , Ir-r-r-r-r-r-r bou-wow-wow (crick ucket) "." (crick," crick, crick oooooo) Th hunk-k-k-k- (b-r) we-e-1-1." My atock of canned muaic I hall as a treasure; r - . For oft n 'when callers appear on the scene -. And topics are scare, It Is truly a pleas- ' uce - '"' To bring out our dear little talking ma .hlna. The tlmr passes quickly and every one's happy; . ' ' The phonograph pleases till Jane, so remiss, - Forgets sbout winding the works of th i treasure, .:' ' : " , Which drawls out a tuna that goes something like this: "B eee W-l-l-t ceeeecee ver s Ha-ha hum-b-b-b-b-bl-HS T h e rererere s n o ,. , PI pi place 1 I k e h o ; v , Will Stay For pains la back or chest,. King's Anti-Fain piaster toucnes me spot. Tls especially good to protect the lungs with one of these on front and back. : They, are 15 cents and their curative and protective power Is very great Sold by Burwell-Dunn Retail Stored j,:i;- -.-(; ' J ;.v;- -', :- --. V--' i r mi ' i i ii. i i i -- . ExpreM prt. paja on qts WHISKEY 1 GALLON JM $3.0 2 GALLON m $5.0 I Ml lU bottles ; $3.25 XXPUtSs PREPAID to asr tk llaactBoataainag aaa iKimss On.i lelau bra4 d4 60a to kai of mc t! kipaMtfaraa aiaaraihar aiprM eoatp. - a klfkjpwl. atnwikioasa. tOliN 1 U-MIK fi V tnrt&milT nl SMdioai ' Mbr ttwbMt 4uillrr la H. O. aaa m1 la wood. a bunii frna vhlca It 90m airaot , to 7o- bl ta moI n 1 1 ha baa, cM a vhiakav ia kiaS to Ilk i fUaa.(ataooat ri Nattoaal tor lull snaa-liata fraa. piMiuMn.a.u. V CM wf inw . . ini ouui wim Bmww a (rMto at Umritmm, pr ariMiiina er Mlawim not S' "t tall nlaa rwry tiiae r mr aiaaev bau-k. Sanit Mnaor 0-t oc CaaltlmclMek aa4 wa will Bp h W h la twbilmtui . AIIObiirM PKI' PAIiX SASH, ' DOORS,. . - I BLINDS : I AND GLASS t Largest stock in the Carolinas. " ' ;; Get our prices : Before you buy i B. F. WITHERS j , - ' . Distributor. ' ; BUILDERS' SUPFUKS. iCUARXAyTTK. N. C. . . uiTiHitmuiinieiT r..TurJ TEAM rjyOAXTON IX AUDITORIUM ELDG. 1 Sale of Hie Property of tfcc : Qdell Manufacturing Co. AT CONCORD, N.C Wednesday, ScpL 16, 190J By Virtu of a decraa of lha ITnltak States Circuit Court for tha Western District of North Carolina, antaeari at Greensboro, on ths Sth day of August. . in a certain suit In equity enti tled Tha - Continental Color - and Chemical Company et al.. as plain tiffs. Versus Odall Usnnfuturliif Company, as defendants, l will, on Wednesday, ths 11th dav of Sen. tember. 1901. at the hour of nnan. tn front of the office, at tha nn . - - , , f in. Vjuiuuan v. in in in, n or Conoord, N. C, offer for sal at publlo ' auction to tha hiahaat MHH.. In. r..K au t ths property and assets of the . ' Odell Manufacturing Comnanv. our. slating- of Its real estate, manufactut- ; V sMuinooieni, inciuains; au ma. . chlnery.etc, ths raw eoton on hand, ' manufactured roods, its bills and ae- ' -counts receivable. IU Investments In . vviuunuuDi, iu rrmncniBM and all Of Ita othae neanartv of ,n ' -- aina ana cnaracter. .",,,. Tne mills Will be enaratad to sad including the day of sals and ths -" atock In rjpMHi minfifMtiiM ji g-ether with supplies and repairs on hand. win. be included and sold with : ' the mllla. - , . . Ths terms of sal a will b cash tinon fuaii, a pr cenb-casn or security -satisfactory to me. will bo required af ' " the successful bidder of bidders; and any creditor, or creditors shall have tha right to use his or their debt to ' me extent of their dividend value In . , the milrhiu fif trtla RMiupfv . The DroDertv will be first offered ur aaie ta six separate parcels, as IS hereinafter set out, and afterward all . : v of ths property of every description . will be offered as ons lot and-the-W sale which results In ths highest pries will be reported to the United States , ' .' Court at Greensboro, N. C, 'on Octo-i '- ber 6. H08, kt which time and place . any person lnieresiea may do neara ' by the court, either In opposition to, or In favor of, confirmation of said sale, and no notice other than this advertisement will be given of said report- of sale, or of the motion -to -confirm same. The property -will first be offered In ':- six separate parcels, as follows: v - (1) Ths Odell Mills proper, con- slating of Mills Nos. 1 to (. Inclusive,' , situated at the head of North Union street, in the' Town Of ConcordTN. C, . and containing together 21.1(2 spindles,' 1,7 7 1 looms, with ths 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 14s tenement houses. -. and ' ths company's stores and warehouses, . office buildings, etc.- Tha mill build- . Intra mrm aiihatantial brick atrnrtnraa and vary' In height from ons to four stories. -." - -.. (2) Buffalo v Mill, a brick "Structurs : containing three stories and basement, ' with lS.Clt spindles and ths nscessary - ana usual suosiaiary mchlnery, . . power plant, etc., with about thirty acres of land, on which is situated twenty-six tenement Houses, ware-.i" houses, etc. - The Tron-rtta maa. , - tloned under first and second Items all ; lis ' within city limits. Buffalo Mill . Is located Immediately upon ths main ne of tne Southern Railway Com-. . pany, with sidetrack running Into ths ; property. The Odell Mills .are located - upon a short spur but If out -from ' main .line of .Southern Railway. '"v Itl All tha hw Milan which ah all be on hand at ths day of sale; a-list of sams with the number and weight of bales , will be exhibited. , ; -V () AU ' ths manufactured goods which shall be on hand at the day of - " sale, a list of which will at that time be prepared and furnished. . - i. . (6 All ths notes, c hoses In action and all bills receivable, and art In- V.f vestments' In other corporations of tht ' t Odell Manufacturing Company, and v all other property. . not ; -speclflcalJf-mentioned, a list of which will be tWg .: hlbited to prospective purchasers, IfJ fore and- at the day of sale. .. -. . Several teams, a -list of which will be furnished on the day of sale. After tho sals In parcels, as. afore- . said, the entire property will be of-' fered for sale In gross. The pur- r chaser will acquire all corporate f rights and franchises of ths de defendant. - - - . . . .. . This is very valuable property, located In a fins town and In ths heart of., the most successful manu facturlng section of ths South. Tha climate Is healthful and Invigorating Tha help Is efficient and contented. . A fine, quality of cotton is grown in thtUterrJale;,v I will take pleasure In giving any further Information In my power to . proepectlve purchasers and my rep- -resentativs. Mr. J. R. Young, at Con cord, N. C, will take pleasure .in showing ths above property to those desiring to Investigate. Ths title Is perfect, and ths purchaser, will havs -qaiei. possession without.' annoyascs or , 11 titration from any" source.' ,-.-. CEASAR-COSE ReeeJver..r Greensboro, N. C , . 19 J August I, 1101.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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