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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 3, If AT '.QidxloiUQtotcott. J. r. CALDUXIX JJ. A. TOMI'fcJLNS Publishers. tvcry Day " ia Ike Year, CBSCBJFTTOX PRICE: -' Dally ... One yesr ............... Six month ....,.........,....... J Three months ...,.......... 5.04 SemiWeeklr 4 1 M win rr v - Six months ....... Thr montha .... j publishers AyxopycEMEyT No. M South Tryoa street. Teleahone numbers: Business office. BI1 Phone 78; city editor'? office,' Beil 'phone, -IM; news editer's ffics. Belt 'phone 134. . A -ubiavioer u. riwm the J;!r?! . or bis paper changed, will please indi cate the address to which It is going at the Urn he aaka tor the change to bft mads. Advertising rata are furnished on application. Advertiaera mar feel , that through the columna of this paper they may reach all Charlotte ai l portion of tha beat people in this State and upper South Carolina. . This paper gives correspondents as wide latitude aa it thinks public pol icy permit, but It la la no case re sponsible for their view. It la much Bivferrfed that rorresnondeDta eign their aamea to tbelr articles, especial ly la case where they attack persona or Institutions, though thla la not de ' mended. Tha editor reserves tha right to rive the names af mrreaf ondeuta when they are demanded tor the uur pose of personal satisfaction. To re ceive consideration a communication mint be accompanied by the true came of the correspondent. TCESIAY, SEPTEMBER . ItOa. ' THAT CLEVELAND ARTICLE. Controversy over the copjxight ar' tlcla recently, published by The New Tork Times and several her news papers under the caption, "Grovrr . Cleveland Before Dying Declared Ko - publicans Would and Should Win," coatlaues active. We have already , remarked with entire disbelief upon ' 1 a ft a . sau . t . a a saw a W aaBw aaw Hii-a aaena Itself to a campaign fraud. This theory was and Is unworthy of seri- ous consideration, uut might not The Times Itself have been Imposed upon 7 Many people honestly and lntelli k gently, believe the article the work ' of literary Torger. The Indianap olis News prints this striking com munication: ' Vi VMIfnv nf lh V.vi Kir- In your editorial oa the Cleveland article you say: " The style ia such an apparent ex aggeratlon of the atyle of Mr. Cleveland aa to saggeat almoat a parody.' "I waa ao much irapreaaed with thla judgment that I re-read the article with much care. Thia cloaer examination and ennaideration of all the clrcutnatancea at tending the appearance of the publication convince me that Mr. Cleveland never . wrote tne article. Eviaenca oi mia ia in ternal, in the article ttaclf, and In the ' . time, 'manner and clrcumatancea of Ita h..hll..tl.n Tflrat iltWiurh aHrnltlV arit. ten, as if to conceal Ita purpose, the et ' (ct of the article waa to commit Mr. Cieveiana to a reveraai ana ret-aniaiioii of his lifelong political vlewa and to the support ot candidate and meaaurea In whose support one can hardly imagine Mr, Cleveland as being. He was not a recanting, man. "Second, the article antagonises ali o! Mr. Cleveland's known views aa to the proprieties of the poult Ion of an exPral dent by committing him to argumentative participation in a partlaan political cam patirn. Third, the article dim reaeona for op peeing, Mr. Bryan In 190$ whlrh are nnt ao strong aa the reaaona which mignt bars been cited In 1KM and lm, when Mr. Cleveland obaerved the proprieties ol hla position by maintaining alienee, be yond a brief letter. cle is an Ingenloua hut tranparent at tempt to imitate that of Mr. CU-veland. Ills atyle waa ponderoua. hut never atllt ' ed or muddy. It waa aomewhat Johnion . Ian. but.lt was natural, lie aometlmea ' uaed werda of three or four syllable, but be ueed them naturally and In a wav that made them fit In their place. They came to him and he uwrt them. The writer of the article referred to went fur afield to tlnd them, and then ri,rna;e,l them In by head and alinuUlrm. lie urt a number of word not found In Mr. Cleveland's vocabulary, and ueed them In a way that Mr. CIpvcImihI would not have done, in ahort. In attempting to Imitate Mr. ' Cleveland'a alyle. he overdid the matter. He out-Clevelanded f'leveland. ; "Plfth. the article evWently In temled for effect h a Repuhllran cam- paisn document. Tlien. if genuine, why waa u not apreaa oroailcaiit through Th Aaaociated I'rexii, irntmd ot being cony, righted and puhllahed In only four or five papers?" Among other ttrnnnds for Fuxpl Clon not here f t forth la the allegr fact that the artlclo had been hawkf.l . about New York for several days be fore Its acceptance by The Times and had been rejectt-d a apurlou by at least two other papers. On the other hand. The Tlnus declares that tia article was on of three which Mr. Clewland had contracted to , writs for it, his death pn venting the completion of the other two To this statement the reply Is made that even If Mr. Cleveland evi r wrote or dictated any of the article The Times' publication can only repre sent a crude. iir.t draft perhaps Sloien from his private pBjiera which micht well .xpr na very Incor rectly what he sought to say. It has been urged, further, that sensational alterations could eaally be forged Into such a manuscript. The Demo cratic national committer Is ferret ing out the matter and will very like ly 'get some definite Information be fore long. ' . So much by way of showing; under what grave suspicion the genuine Bess of the alleged Cleveland article rests. For ''bur part, we Incline to accept the theory of genuineness without real authenticity. Mr. Cleve land at the data born by the article was a mortally sick mar and one reason why wa cannot easily believe It a forgery Is that tt faithfully re flects thla condition. '-' So weak, con fused and-foggy are soma parts that no human creature, couia do more than guess widely at the meaning. Even on the face of the article It self there la room for questioning The Times' assumption of a pro nouncement for- Mr. Taft. ; Of course, ss The Indiana polls - News: eorre rponilent suggests, ih style may be I art of a forger's sc heme, ': but we fr. I soma difficulty In believing so. A nd this same article, the ttaif l r nt uitTanca of a dyiug man. if : genuine at .aU,' aaiedatea Mr. ;aa accejtance speech and other :. ,..',"! lncUlv"oU which put a new face oa tha situation and would have pleased Mr. . Cleveland . living very much Indeed, ' ' '. 2a any view Of tha . matter, Mr. Cleveland's memory Iras been done grat' Injustice." Should : the . Repub Mean campaign managers attempt active exploitation Of tha alleged Cleveland 'article, they will not only profit their candidate nothing" but draw down upon his head a, resent - ment almost certainly disastrous. ROME-L.IJU3 AMERICA. It appears that la spue , or flood-centrally located August, real estate Is not being- given away or sota tor farming land. Hear ht Lfrom Th Augusta Chronicle; Tim hundred dollara a front root rori -. rfirt. That was the price paid by Mr. David 8lueky yesterday lor UVC"AnS T Mr irJ-ky . ..dy r. . Anrf Mr. HluaVV one of the largest owners, of Augusta real eatate, as well aa always a "Negotiationa for the sale oi this lot were begun through Meaara. Martin and Garrett before the flood oeg paraon freshet. But there was no ouiigaiion ont the part of either, party to Ijfompiete tne ir.nurtiAn. Yesterday, however, Mr. Sln.kr concluded that Augusta dirt ia worth Just as much aa It ever was and v.u i. win K anrth more . aa na au-l thorised the real estate firm to elose the deal for him. . "i.aihu niaen af laraS means offered . real eatate firm tso.ooa to tioaooo. with which to buy lor him at once Augusta promptly advised that there will be no flood prices' for Augusta real estate Hits Ume: that If he wants te invest hla money to advantage he had beat buy now st prloea prevloua te tnef rreenet oeiore the market goes up again. When, with riomin armies cut to pieces and Raman dominion on the verge of complete collapse, Hannibal encamped before the very walls' of Rome Itself, there was a land sue tlon held ln the city. Among the lands sold was the particular tract then occupied by the Carthaginian army, and it brought its full value. Augusta's plight, of course, is not desperate the damage aa now certalned ia far from crushlngly heavy; but alt the same we remark with satisfaction this latest evidence that American towns msy be relied Upon to show under adverse circum stances an Invincible faith In their future. EVIL AN'D ONLY EVIL. In the North Carolina Democratic Hand Book this quotation, which re cently appeared In The Observer, credited to that paper, is made from The Louisville Courier-Journal: "Mr. Roosevelt has not deflected a dollar of lawless wealth or sent a single representative of the predatory ncn to JalL" It is literally true. It has I been with the President a case of much cry and little wool not that, either, for there has been much wool. In other words, the President's threats and outcries last year were so ve hement and vociferous as to havo terrified legitimate business and run Into hiding cspltal Invested In law ful enterprise. The fright of the In- nocent lest tneir investments d at- tacked there Is no evidence that the predatory have at any time been alarmed was such as to have con trlbuted much to the panic which began in October last, and this Is all the country owes Mr. Roosevelt I for his threats to use the Big Stick upon the guilty. He alarmed only the Innocent and while their conn- dence was shaken thetruste, no one of which has been busted, have gone on doing business as usual and no malefactor of great wealth has been put In stripes. Much harm and no good has come of all his maledic tions and ravings. (.lancing over the e.ptember num ber rf The Southern FIcW, the monthly publication of the Southern Railway, we are impressed with the fact that It must be of great benefit th thj South In setting before thou sands of readers In the North and West, to whom It Is distributed free from month to month, the manifold attractions snd opportunities for In vestment In the territory tributary to Its lines and those of Its connections. It Is devoted to the agricultural, manufacturing, mining and business Interests of this section, and its de aign Is to bring settlers to po.lp.ts alontf its line. It dlseusxea, practical ly n nd Intelligently, every phase of Southern activity and development and certainly presents the South and the opportunities It offers ln the mot alluring light. There Is no doubt that the section la Indebted to this agency. for many of the settlers who have come to It from time, to time since It wss established. Before he could break away, Gov ernor Hughes was kissed by a local belle while shaking hands with hla audience at Trumaasburg, N. T. The fair admirer, telling the Governor that he was "a dear man" and she "Just loved'' him, suddenly lunged forward and smacked him on the Hps. Mr. Bryan has had more than one narrow escape from would-be kissers, and they will probably get him yet. The extent of his peril may be inferred from tha fact that even. Governor Hughes' formidable whiskers served aa no deterrent to aggression. Will the time soon come when public men of even re motely klssable aspect must keep their Wives at their elbows for de fence? It begins to look not a little that way. 81 I.,,, t- Aeeordlng to an estimate by The Financial Chronicle, tha decline ln I the grass earnings of American rail roads for, me nrst-nau oi tne present year fell not less than' $2J6,000.600 under, the first Half of HOT. The difference between general boom and general, depression, andj : tha atern necessity for, economy forced upon the railroads in consequence, could not be made mora impressively evi dent If the present trand- continues without serious , Interruption the country will make a noise like Mr. I5r an on election day. ' . . ' WHERE 5 til. TAFT FAIL61 I Tha New Tork Journal of Com- J merce, which certainly cannot be I charred with, any special partiality I for Mr. Bryan, aaya that "It ia great- j ly to be rwlahell that Mr.; Taft, M candidate for the, presidency, would 1 direct the undoubted powers of Jil ! mind to an r independent study of financial questions that are presented j to him and form his own judgment, 1 Instead of. repeating stale second hand statements, which on ' careful examination lie would and to be with I out force" Thla crlUcismVaDDlles hot to - -tfJtude to tha financial QueBti0 Dut to practically all of Jth hssuei of tha day. Ha seems not to I think his own thoughts about any , K . K ,. AoH " those of othera In this particular than la any other ha ha, proved a dlsappolntmsat as a candidate. his offices as judge, as Governor of PhlllDDinea and as Secretarv of - - war, ana naa ngni o expect 10 find , h, prealddntlal can I . r . . . didate a man who spoke hla own min(iof course within hla tlmlta. tiona as a- partisan. Thla expectation he has disappointed. It Is no pleas- I ure to say It. He doesn t bulk as urge ln the public eye as he did three months ago. and it is his 'own 'fault or weakness or non-self-asserUveness or wnatever one c nooses to f call It tnat ne has within this period dimin ished Instead of .having grown In public esteem. Tour Uncle Sam, great In all par ticulars, ahlnes more brilliantly In hone than aa a sanitary officer. It Is lesrned from the report of the specfal commission appointed by the President last spring to report on the progress of tha work on the Panama canal and on general conditions on the Isthmus, that not a rase of-yellow fever has appeared on the Isth mus In two yeara Mosquitoes had been banished long before that. Just .wait until Col. John Temple Graves' speech of acceptance has been delivered and canned. Phono graphs dripping molasses will make Joy throughout the land. JOE CANNON, OBSTRUCTIONIST. Failure) of Passage of Fbrt Itenrrve Hill Due to Htm and to iw-wm II Im Will He a National Calamity. To the Editor of The Observer: Attention is railed to a vigorous edl tnrlal haurisrf "Mnw VtT l'nria Joe" In th , of Copr., August th, from which the following la taken "The greatest force for Iknirbonlsm, the bulwark of private snaps. the strongest obatacle to needed reform In all the broad land, la not Hen a tor Aldrlch: it Is not K. 11. Harriman or John D. Rockefeller; it is Joseph O. Can- non, of Illinois. Wielding a power sec ond only to the President's, he uses that power always to- defend whatever Is en trenched. He hates sll that Is progres sive, from purer foods te safer forests, frnrn railway lesiMlatfnn to Imnrnvement nt ,he tariff. He Is the kind of force which, by opposing change when change ' right, encourages Socialism and I revo- lutlon. He poses as a farmer but Is to the very IId of every flnser exclusively politician. Therefore bia hold upon bia district Is strong. lie knows how. by "7"' """ .mu .......... wHh u sit ti ronattasi I Is a nrtsi 1 In lnr 1 ,eiMntereat. No part of the United States has before It the opportunity to deserve auch glory as voters of the Danville dis trict rouia ooiain oy riauing me nation of Joseph Cannon. There Is small hope that they will do so much as actually to defeat him but ponsibly so many of the more liberal minded among them will be ao much alive and doing on, election day that Uncle Joe will receive a warn ing a message making him a somewhat less bigoted fde to every effort of tha many toward securing a fairer chance against the few." t'ommentlna on thla an official of the Appalachian National Koreat Association says: "Collier's la an unwavering and vlgoroiy friend to the forest cause and has been unremitting tn urging the estab lishment of the Appalachian national for est, it placea the blame for the failure of this measure at tha last session of Congress right where It belongs. If the Speaker has became no more sane on thla subject than his public utterancea and active opposition 'showed Mm to be last year, It .would be national calamity to re-elect him. , ' i "His 'Morgue Keeper' Jenkins has been elected to remain at home and his fate may well be studied by the Speaker and other Representatives who are op posing the forest csusf. We hive some In the South that ought, to follow Jenkins Into private life. "It Is essential to the welfare of the country that we have the forests and we are going to keep up the fight until they sre rKtabllsiied." V. T. S. For The Observer. I'M OFF TO COLLEGE.' I'm off to college, mother, I Must pack my trunk, and say good-bye! I hear afar the bugle blast: "Awake, awake, the night Is past!" And loud It calls, snd cslls again:" "Men are wanted! Wanted: Men!" I love you, mother, this you know. But duty calls, and I must go. 0 cry not, mother, dry your yes. fiuccess is built on sacrifice! 1 hear the bugle blast afar: i "O fix your eyes upon the star!" And loud It calls, and calls again: . "Men are wanted! Wanted: Men!" I love you. mother, this yott know, But duty calls, and I must go. I shall return, sweet, mother dear, So cease your sighing, be of cheer! But lor away the bugle winds: "Wsnted: Men of master minds!" : And loud It calls, and calls again: Men are wanted! Wanted: Men!" I love you, mother, this you know, But duty calls, and I must go. ' s - ' 3 rm off to college, mother deaf, 0 cease your crying, dry that tear! Fsr, far away the bugle calls: "Men must tread the Congress halls! And loud it calls, and calls again; "Men are wanted! Wanted; Men!" 1 love you, mother, this yoo know,,. But duty call and I must go. s -TV --OSCAR POLAND. Norfolk SouUsrm llaa Trains) Run- i inm Again. Special to The Observer. - Kinston. Sept. 7 After working all day Saturday the Norfolk at Southern work train had sufficiently repaired the wash outs on the track . caused by the recent flood to admit of the regular passenger trains resuming the schedules. The first trsla to go through to Newborn, sine last . Taesday waa the Shoo-flr. which went down ttunuay morning. ' Hlnee the re pld fail of tha river, conditions are be ginning to assume their normal state. Travel over both railroad and county roads has been resumed snd mall is be ing carried oall rural routes, : SPLENDID HOW AN GE VKITE! v VtoW'apacit7 f loi, Ul u',wu AIV " av Utt'u,ul' 000 tons of crushed stone. THE PLANTS NEAR KALISBCRY BomMlilng About the Remarkable Quality of Mono, mud h Four An. BcMalsxI Oompanlca : Quarrying It The Beautiful Pink - Granite Shipment Ail Over, the Country. A. William Field, Special Correspond ence -Manufacturers' Record. Granite Quarry, Aug. 21, Granite development , work at this ; place is under way on a scale much more comprehensive and far-reaching-1 In ita effect than Is renerally known There are four companies' operating in this region, and In order to insure tha ill crest and hroadaat development aiong tne unes of least resistance, the Dunn Mountain Granite Company. tha Balfour- Pink l Granite .Company. the Rowan Oraruts Company and the American , stone Company .have cast their ot together, and although not legally one body; corporate, yet . In fact they are one organisation hav ing the same, officers and stockhold ers. This joining of forces has enabled mesa companies to axtend the devel opment ot their interests, byVvirtue of tha fact that they have succeeded in overcoming some artificial , and geographical obstacles imposed, upon them for1 many years. The greatest ainrcuity which confronted triem. and which for a time made an ex ten si ve development Impossible, was prohibitive freight rates. An adjust ment of these had been made by the railroads,, ao that no development work can go forward on a large scale. ana tne utilisation of vast natural, re source Is the result. ' The geologic belt In which these quarries, are situated Is known as the piedmont granite belt, the range run nlng northeasterly aryd southwesterly, tying aiong the line 'ofTDunn moun tain ridge, extending through At counties of the State. These particular ouarjles are slt- uatea nve miles from Salisbury, w, C, tn Rowan county, and are the natural repositories of building stone of excellent quality snd great va riety. Throughout thia region huge boulders outeron In broad exposures. caning attention to the great trees ures beneath. Tha Balfour Pink Granite Com pany operates ln the southwestern section ot Rowan county, add Its quarry contains a peculiar and vslu able form of building material known as Balfour pink granite. Tha artistic and uniform tint la caused by the pink coloring matter in the crys tals of feldspar, but although of a de cidedly sensitive color, this granite never fades. A vivid Illustration ana proof of his assertion la. presented by a visit to an old rock house rh Rowan county, built by Michael Braum ln 7. The pink color of the stone over the doorway of this house has not .Deen affected by the elements urlng 142 years of exposure, but till retains its freshness and warm pinkish tint. .Besides its durability, the artistic ualltles of pink granite " are' very marked, and this beautiful, and soft colored stqne Is extensively, used for statuary, monumental, work and mausoleums: In fact, for every pur pose where beauty must be consider ed as essential as durability. About SO years ago- this granite was used In the construction of the Federal Building in Raleigh, N. C, It has been uxed more recently In the new college building In the Catholic University, A. ). von Herbulls. arch itect; ln the Highlands Apartment House and the Masonic Temple, aD in Washington, D. C. Carload shipments of Balfour pink granite have been made to .Westerly, R. I., the home of pink- granite trilsj being certainly an -American version of "shipping coals to Newcastle." Fop monumental purposes it is unsurpass ed, its beautiful effect being superior to almost a'l kinds of granite mate rial. The gateway of the Voodland Cemetery. Pittsburg. Pa., is in Bal four pink, and . in this cemetery is a large figure of an angel of - victory carved from tho same materlal'-JivF, Barnlcoat, sculptor, of Qulncy, Mass. The blo-ck from which this statue waa cut weighed 33.000 pounds, i This granite splits with great accuracy in all directions, so that it can be quarried In any dimensions, limited only by transportation accommoda-, tlons. Many public and private build-' inga have been constructed of pink granite, the result being solid and ar tistic Ktructures. On the Balfour property there is a crushing plant capable of producing 300 tons of crushed, stono in 10 hours Aa air compressor : auppfvlng 700 cubic feet of free, air par minute sup plii the air through 'a aeries of pipes for tha pneumatic tools. Steam for all purposes is furnished by a boiler plupt of 2,000 horse-power capacity, Three steam derricks are incessantly plucking huge blocks of granite from the beds and shifting them to othar places to permit a mora advantaged ous handling. Proceeding in a northeasterly dlrec tlon from the Balfour quarry, we soon reach the Rowan quarry, the second of the list ot companies. - This prop erty was owned by the Whitney Com pany, and recently leased by W. A. Eesoii & Co. From three openings in this quarry Is obtained a beautiful gray granite of the same characteris tics as those of Balfour pink, except that the feldspar befistltueat lacks the same coloring ynatKr. . This granite, of a lighVgray color, line grained and compact, Ja of unl- from texture, and Its durable qualities recommend It strongly for paving purposes. This phass of the business is being developed .extensively, and has already assumed large propor tions, a movement of about J00.GD0 tons- of paving blocks to Chicago hav ing (already, been begun. Thia will give employment to 'at least ZOO paving-block cutters for 12 months. When the writer visited hls Uquarry a jftbed seam ' naa . jusi peen made, creating one lift, noiaing o, 000 paving blocks, or 40 car-loads of granite. Shipments are also being made to Cincinnati and 'points west, while large consignments of curbing have ben mada to Atlantic City, N. J., and to points In Pennsylvania, On this property la a steel building 220 feet long" by 14 eet wide, which is used exclusively for polishing and dressing granite. It is well equipped with tha various tools necessary for those purposes, such , as turning lathes, fineurrratlc surfacing and pol ishing machines and a full line of smaller tools. The compan operates a complete electrlc-Ught ; plant for lighting purposes, to ba used ln night shifts; a steam power plant with a capacity of 810 horse-power, and a standard-guage railroad - running through the cutting shed and connects ing with the ra!n Una of tha south ern Rftlswar.-'-'--'' ' ''"''' Tha quarry of the Dunn Mountain Granite Company-,' which is situated farther to tha norUtea, to the re pository - of tha DuBnesso, white granite, the feldspar constituent of which Is almost whlta. The granite quarried here to used for' varUy ef purpose, curbing, building purposes and paying blocks. This granite was used In the building of ft beautiful court house at East Liverpool, Ohio. 'Tils' American Stona Company's plant, situated nearby, la devoted to a somewhat different line of business confining Ita activities solely to crush-ed-stona operations. There Is a great demand for thla pfodurt for nse aa ballast In railroad building, 'and as a foundation for road material. - Thia The striking feature of the granite taken from these quarries is its dur able quality, ascertained and proven oy tne government compression test. This test was made with th United States testing machine at the Water- town Arsenal, "Massachusetts, and the average ultimate strength per square Inch of seven samples submitted was 68,000 pounds. This was fvery jnucb higher than the results of .any fire- Svtous testa, made at the arsenal, and Its strength waa characterised by tha government ' experts m phenomenal, Thla quality la traceable to the ab sence of - biotite or rq,uscovite aa ft constituent element, tho consensus of opinion being that these, substances. popularly , known as black and white mica respectively, ' disintegrate ' and peel off, necessarily Injuring the granite and ; lowering , lt "textile strength. '--v.v-i - ';' jv, :? A very satisfactory condition of af fairs is found here with respect to .the utilization of tha entire product of tha quarries.. The most sorloiur prob lem con fro a ting the owners af New England Quarries, c via.. tne Clapoaai of by-products. Is unknown here, be cause of tha fact tnat an tne stone ob tained Is profitably and advantage ously used.' The ' huge- mocks are used for building and monumental purposes: the smaller onea for curb ing and paving blocks, and wnat w left over is crushed into sites neces sary for road purposes, k-Th waste tone 1 then crushed into dust to, be used aa road-topping and as concrete Ingredient The result of .this la that the unsightly masses af waste atone known as "grout piles," ao frequently met with in New England, are con splcuoua here by their, total absence. This group of companies operates three miles of granite range, proauc- Ing 25.000 paving biocka and 4,600 tons of crushed stone -employs 500 to 700 men; haa compressor capacity of 4,400 feet of air per minute, ana operates 20 derricks and hoisting en gines. The executive Offices of these com-. panics are situated at Salisbury, ft. C.. while tha centra of the granite operations is Ave ml leg" distant at Granjte Quarry, N. C. v- - 4 . A. WlUilAM TlBtUV. TOURS EUROPE WITH BUT CASE. Without Trunk, as Kins BUrtcd, Mrs. McAIIUtrr Returns from Two M oiuhs"'Trlr Cou4 n of Ward Mc Allister ears (She (jot sm Much At- tentlon as if SHo'd Had Ten Trunka. New Tork Times, .Refuting Uhe recently expressed dbUion Of a woman writer of soma note that women live for clothes alone and drive their husbands to crime by their passion for finery, Mrs. E. C. McAllister, of "Miami, Fla.. a cousin of the lata Ward McAllister, haa set an example for her sex by doing Eu- rope with no--baggage gave a sun .1 case. Mrs. McAllister got home yesterday on the North German Lloyd liner Prinxess Irene. She was passed through the customs lines- Id record time. lor a woman, aim wiuiia by ioij few minutes was on her way to the Hotel Martha Washington. For the benefit of women who go down to tne sea with many trunks, the contents of her dress suit case are here cata logued: one pair tan shoes, four pairs stockings, one .skirt, three union suits or sua, one Drown j&ion suit or ana, one veil, one hat, to match suit, one silk shirtwaist, six handkerchiefs, three pairs of gloves one-naif dosen collars, four -white waists,' toilet articles. Mrs. McAllister carried ft raincoat and umbrella. . ' - ' 'Women always take abroad mora than they really need," said Mrs. Mc Allister. "When I mada up my mind to go abroad I aaid to myself that ir men could travel wltn nouiing out a suit case, then a woman could do the same, and, I did." . . Mrs. McAllister is hi tha real estate business in Miami. She la weaitny. Bv a oroceas of elimination and pur chase, and, at times, doing ner own laundry work, she got on very nicely, she. declared, on her limited ward robe. Sh said she had proved, too, tnat a lack of trunks does not lessen the meed of respect for ft traveasr abroad. - . '"On June 16th I decided to go to TTiirorie ' aa (l Mrs. McAllister, i en gaged passage on the St. Louis, which sal ed from New xorg on rfune join. I mad ud my mind then to try the dress suit case plan, and so when 1 arnt hnra I discarded mv StOCk Of elothinD- and oufchased the brown suit and the few things I needed. My most extensive purchase, oesiae tne dress, was three union suits, "1 did England, France, Holland and Switzerland. From there I Went throna-h itaiv. aallina for home from Naples. The only inconvenience I experienced was when f I climbed Mount Blanc. I had to buy a heavy skirt on account of tha weather, ana my raincoat came In handy. "I think my most interesting ex perience, however, was- mv trip up Vesuvius. I went up on one Of those little rat horses, and when I "came to the end joI .tha .tourtet line I did not mm badi. i 'My nuWes were surprised. , Everywhere was lava, and when the road became too aimcuii and hot for me. my gutdaa put their arms out and braced them on each other's shoulders, and I rods perched on them. We went' as rar as tne heat would allow. My shoes were burnednd my. skirt ruined. "I 4d no trouble on account of Trfy lack of baggage. V. I Mma qualms on ampuoaru wiwo anw m i adrllffi ffStiXV found tnat tneso tnings vmy v the anrface. . Hotel keepers were just na kind to me and Indeed all through I arSS.; lortirlrX oTa?-' tentlon.' ";. :; '; !1 ' . , "I kept clean i- and " eornfortable, though sometimes I had to do some of mv own washing. I hava proved to my-own satisfaction that women, like men. and in spite of popular ba llef, can travel with ft minimum of h.. and -ef alone just as well as their listers wno bh -w iw i- ter'a dosen trunaa. r'a dosen trunka." -i Mrs. McAllister's declaration rath- er started the customs men. She had nothing to declare aa "foreign purchases" but a nve-irano aiuenatoca. Her suit ease waa, the first plpce of t.&&tX rylng. worrying passengers, ana saa: "There, you may see soma of tha I advanugaa of small baggage travel- rax tr'jth. . Theodosla' Garrison, in Alnalee's Msga- That glorious (lama ttat was my youth la burnt to ashes, flung' And scattered, and I know the truth I, who one dsy waa young. Wisdom la mine my peers among, - No craft my skUl defies; I hear beyond the flattering tongue. And see beyond surmise, , And this my wisdom-!, grown wise. Would toe it all ln tee For one ot Teutu's exquisite lies Jfhet one Car ehtated me. For this Is wisdom's worth to a . . That Ignorance ;as fair, V And more thsn TJ-uth Is Comedy - With rose leave on her hair. -t4 - seoaijootM ,,,. I W aT j ,a . ,,rflr jjr -a- bb ar w w M r f ,as- , - rr"' rtrl - . jr : ' -6 SamDle Tailored Suits, A. 7 made of 'the season's. Newest Materials and Correct Fall Models, and for the many of which if purchased regular, would cost $35 -to$40, . tut this eptire special, lot is on ' sale, choice $25. Each suit will have a yellow ticket showing size and yill bp cprrectly fitted: by ouf experienced "fit ters without additional cost. This will without doubt be your greatest opportunity to. secure the season's . ..;.,. ., . ; .. ..' - f--.' ' ' '' - ' newest suits at a saving of from $5 to $15'per suit at the opening of tho season." ftis- Mi w -l. : : . Dress Goods - " J .... - 52-inch Broadcloth, rich, permanent lustre ; Black Fc " ... . ana auXinJO 'SUaues. IT Ict; ,, ., . . sj-i ) tne yarQ. . . . .rt . ,A.U - ..'.' ' ; - lmponea uioin Genuine French' Broad , p RKndfifl for - j o ; --- wraps. Price the yard, $2.60 rru. , tvlievruu OCXKO ., , . mSomejOf the handsomest Tailored , iSuits brought out this season are made of this material. ' Popular V colors. Price., ;.$1.00 , Fashionable Silks , . ( . TlnAaa GiW Waiaf :fiilVa -. wua, v. mv, rir.orv Siillrq nnd PHlVft for trj , T,-VrT' AVftnin? Wear. AU tne new - i-. .',.-, .J ;.,-VI shades, Weaves and. COmbl- nations ot colors., - v . ; . e-aj-, -nnf,VM-. . oaiill AJULiloSS , .. . . G.. - fashionable.. We nave m stock: White, Black and all popular shades. Price the yard . . i4 . . .75c. to $1.50 ,'.',"." ," 1 - ' - - 'WoiMei ) t . ' ' . :-.' ' , . t onlv ona nf a tvli x ail. 4 ' A . --s- : v-a, m tut vj v. j : -snsaaa. ; early' suit , buyers. Suits . If -1 ' Lining Satin" - . Plain and iFancy 36-inch-LiningSatin wear guaran teed for, two siimmers. Price the" yard . :. . ; . $1.00 a"VAa am Aiat tWHmw.m ' "Our, import order of Cen- wemeri Kid Gloves has ar- rived and is now on sale. Prices ; ar . lower ' . than last;, season, : V but the; high standard is maintained and every pair of gloves that f we sell is guaranteed for the, first wearing when fitted at; our counters. " Price the pair $l.wf J , $l,7i5, ; $2.00, $3.00, $3.75. v- ; " Silk Gloves ! Completline of Long and Short Silk Gloves, 'White, . Black and v Colors. Price . .'.50c. to $10 M0TtltttTOgtttte,-s,ya
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 8, 1908, edition 1
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