North Carolina Newspapers

CHARLOTTE. DAILY OBSERVER, SEPTDMEEB 12, 1903. ( J. P. CALDUTXlV P. A- TOAJJPKXXS Publishers. tvery;Day in the Year , '. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: On 4 yt'esi "' &90 Big monthi Tbree months 5-W . Sesui-tCeekly On yew Bix month! 50 Three months 24 PUBLISHERS' AXXOlXCEjlKXT No. South Tryon street. TeleDhone numbers: Busioesa office. Bell 'phone ! J; chr editor's office. Bell 'phone. 134; news editor s office, lie'.l 'phone. 234. A ubaoneer ii orutnrs the JJree - ef his paper chanced, will please indi . cat the address to which it la going at the time he asks lor the change 10 be made. Advertising ratea are furnished on application. Advertisers may let aure . that through ' the columna of thla ' paper they may rta.cn all Charlotte and a portion of the best people In ' this State and upper South Carolina. ' " Thla paper give correspondents as .. wide latitude as it thinks public pol . Icy permits, but It is In no case re sponsible for their views. It Is much preferred thai correspondents sign their came ta their articles, espec'' ly In eases where they attack persona r institutions, though this is not de manded. The elitor reserves the right to Rive the names of mrre-Ji ondf .it a when they are demanded far the pur pose of personal iatlsfaetton. To re ceive consideration a communlcatlnn must be accompanied by the true nam of the correspondent. SATURDAY! SKPTKMllKU 12, 1908. GKXER-Ui AOVANCK IX I'KKHiHT RATI i. 7 A Washington cpecial to The New Tork Journal of Commerce says that "according to Information received In trustworthy railroa.J circles her (Washington inert has been no chance mhatever In the disposition of the managers of the roads to Inaugu rate at an early dale a substantially : higher schedule of railway ratea for ' the transportation of practically all commodities. The new rates are in process of careful preparation, It is stated, and, while it Is not possible to say bow soon they will be ready for . application, It is anticipated that thy 'Will go into effect before a very great while." When this general read justment of schedules Is made ef fective will b; apt limn for the re moval of the discriminatory rate from which North Carolina suffers It is said In the special from which we quote that It is believed that the Inter-State Commerce Commission and the administration in general "is ' Inclined to approve the disposition to raise rates" and "that there will be a general toleration on the part of ths public for the ld a of h!Khr rates is somewhat conildently predicted." The understanding In Washington, it ' l further saii, "is that what the roads propose to themselves Is an In crease that will merely 'parallel' the Increase that has occurred In the i prices of commodities and in wages during the past few years, It being the claim that the charges for freight transportation have not risen during; that period In anything like the same measure as other prices, and that the roads are Justified In seeking to get a proportionate share of return In comparison with other enterprises " We imagine that anions nur peo ple there would be cinsidi ruble "tol eration" of an advance In rales if th present rates are not fairly compen satory snd the people were shown That is not the q'l-stlon. They are Willing to pay for railroad or any other service whatever it Is worth, - Whatever is necessary to enable the railroads to pay operating expenses, including good wages. Interest on In vestment and a profit be.-iil s which Will enable the railroads to create inking funds for the retirement of Obligations; so liberal are they; hut what they are distinctly not willing to d" any longer l to pay more than Others pay for the same xervlce, and ome time, horn how. they will find Home means whereby to correct this Outrageous, exasperating Inequality. The railroad will rnn'T a ben-fit Upon them?" lv if thry will rleht this Wrong voluntarily Instead of waiting for the popi. t- force cor rection of it, or what w goad! them until, through their law making bodies, they make reprisals. As suggested above, the equalization aVIXGS;BAXX IXSURAXCaS. ' -It Is fairly welt, known that Ufa Insurance could be sold much mora cheaply than at present but for the heavy expense of 1 getting business. The average man, little accustomed to contemplate the idea of hi! own death, will pot do what simple duty dictates unless run down and re peatedly preached at .by Insurance agents-; and the maintenance of ef fective agency force! comes high, Because sold In small units, "Indus trial insurance." which should be cheapest, costs much more propor tionately than any other sort. It Is this class of insurance which the Massachusetts Legislature had chiefly In mind last year when passing "An Act to Permit Savings Banks to Es tablish Life Insurance Departments. A copy of the law lies before us and we find its provisions exceedingly in ter"ating. The public benefit in view is the cheapening of small-unit Insurance by elimination of the heavy expenses heretofore deemed un avoidable. Sine wage-earners al ready go in and out of the savings banks, they will presumably not need to be run down. Institutions whicji already possess their confidence, and whose benefits they have already ex perlenced, will simply offer them an extension of service Into a new but closely related field. Neither solicit ors nor house-to-house premium col lectors may be employed, but the bank may designate certain persons and places for the branch receipt of applications and payments where convenient. The new bank insurance departments will be closely super vised by the State, which virtually assumes a email portion of the ex penses. Protecting all policies Is a general guaranty fund held by the State insurance commissioner. The expected result of the whole plan Is to make thoroughly reliable Insur ance available at unheard-of cheap ness. Already several savings banks have established these Insurance de partments, and tholr experience will be watched with no little interest. THE ATTITUDE OF A MODERTE. There Is cheer for Democrats in the firm stand taken for tha na tional ticket by Edward M. Shepard, of Brooklyn. Mr. Shepard Is of the Cleveland type and has not always been regular. He is a man of pa triotism and wisdom, whose counsel carries far, and these words from a AIR NAYIGATTOX ACOOMPLIKIIED. The , time .-: for . jesting Incredulity with regard to the success of the air ship has passed. It has already suc ceeded. As Ths Philadelphia .Record of Thursday said: To speak doubt- folly of the possibility of human flight after yesterday's performance at Fort ' Myers . would be whimsical or per verse." And the flight of Thursday was more ' successful " stilL. Orville Wright has kept afloat or a period of more than an hour and attained a speed of fifty miles an hour. He claims that his machine can carry gasoline sufficient to drive it for five hours and that "his flight endurance is limited only by the capacity of his oil tank." Referring to "the specula tions sbout aerial navies capable of annihilating the strongest fort and whole fleets of battleships by drop ping explosives," The Record con tinues: The practical attainment of human flight is wonderful enough in Itself with out fanciful exaggerations. It is true that the aeroplanes thus far have been flown under the most favorable weather conditions only. What they would do In a wind even of moderately high velocity remains to be demonstrated. They would certainly be more difficult to manage under such circumstances, and their radius of action would be circumscribed. This is the only remaining element of un certainty. For the rest It has been shown that aviators can rise to any height, re main in air as long ss fuel for their en gines holds out. and glide safely down to terra firm a from any elevation at will or if through any mischance the motor should fall to act." In other words the period of ex perimentation has passed. It only re mains to perfect a machine the capa city of which to navigate the air has been demonstrated. To what de gree of perfection or of practical utility It may attain in ten years are subjects for most interesting con templation. -Tales of the Tewiv and ths Times A A . . i -. i 111 1 ""'tMtHiWMMIMHMtfitn DY BED DUCK uiur Brown was a goat with a humorous habit. He belonged Messrs. Moss and Ro Broww, livery men of Concord, Readers, of 'The Observer will recall that I told of an experience that I had with Billy few years ago. No stranger who call ed at the Brown stables daring Billy's career aa fighter, disease preventer and aromatic king will forget bis goatshlp. HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR. Every now and then the Occident earns that China had tried out and abandoned many centuries ago some upposed new custom or discovery t now transpires from recent arch aeological researches that, as shown by the abdominal organs of a woman found well preserved In a vase, the nclent Egyptians had appendicitis. Thus does modern vanity receive an ther shock. When Evelyn, resuming her now bandoned suit, gets a divorce from Harry Thaw, we shall feel strongly Inclined to marry the aforesaid Harry to Nan Patterson, who, by the way, drifted Into Pittsburg through a kind of natural gravitation two years or sisiemeni wnicone gave out mm aK0 and haa been ra,Blng. cal days agj) wile ii-"- a wide and con vincing Influence: there off and on ever since. "I nl.ail support Mr Itryan. The lesues being at last fully made up, I am unfit i tn see ttut A muricnn.s who cherish the t rail 1 1 lonal and beneficent Democracy which w:is mgnalty represented by Mr. 'lev ela Ml, can lightlv d otherwise than loipport Mr Hryan If Mr. Taft's nole-nn slutemeiit of his programme be sincere und Intelligent, then lit very gifts and virtue we'ihl, in the White House, be tjfed to promote a programme, the rhlef items iif which every Democrat and evry nilier ciiti'l i ilizen oiiitht tu deem ilun- germis to the future welfare of our roun-1 done the work In half the time, try." I Mr. Shepard says f-irther that Mr. Tart Is too sincere a man to repudiate afterwards tln promises made In ad vance of elec tion and that this Is but additional roason for vigorous opposl tlon to him. Ills attitude In the ram ngn w inn ui me cuiMrrvauv Dout 10n0Q Buch Democracy In general. They are j on th.,. .... mor. ,- riKiu wno maintain mat tne Demo-1 cratlc party Is more nearly united -than mnce Cleveland's second el-e- tlon in 192. If. therefore, Mr. t Pryan is not elected In November all i may know that there are not yet enough Democrats In tha country to e The Industrial News cites us to the cose of a bloodhound having run down a robber at Bridgetown, N. J., In two hours, and held him up a tree until the officers got the're. Grant ing the story to be true there Is no reason to believe that an average good 'possum dog would not have The voters of the eighteenth Illi nois congressional district will have the opportunity to render an Impor tant piece of public service at the j approaching election, but Inasmuch I as Speaker Cannon's plurality two unlikely. I Should He Condemned and Executed. , 'Ireensboro Uncord. Mr F D. Alexander, of Charlotte, j nho'jid at once be tried, condemned I and executed riv th.i Hdmlrers of that :t a President and the result will j f;,ir ry In jlls advertising space In notice to the party that In order j The observer to-day, lie says: "This succeed !t must look for recruits THi: NEED OF A NEW BROOM. Snntor I.aFollette Is supporting Taft. but he makes bold to laugh at some Republican campaign talk. The Wisconsin "progressive" finds ex u,ul.lte humor In the Idea of Investi gating th. tariff, with a view to Its n vision, through the Senate finance committee and the House committee on ways and means. Republican membership of the finance commit tee Is compos- l of such stalwart tariff reform champions as Messrs Aldrbh (or ofllrlch), rturrows, Mansbrotigh, Hale, Hopkins and Pen- 11 be worse. ' ro.se. The House ways and means ' innimll(i. ta itnmtn u toil htf Much I equally stalwart tariff reformers a. favne. Imlzell. Hill of Connecting. Of rat'-s demande,! w.!l be timi ly when j w'!1,s,,n "' Indiana, and Mrs. Allc.-'s the general rea-ljust m. nt and a d- husband. Senator I,aF"olIette might vance which is threatened Is entered ' further have taken notice that the upon, aril we very earnestly direct I promised currency reform iniift come. their attention to the matter now " through any Republican source, by way of Senator Aldrlch and the rom n. lotion of his own cheke with whkb man a law unto himself a startling utatf metit by our chief executive. In substance he says: 'I'll keep the laws that suit me best and bust the rest ' Let us, the lambkins of the fl-M-K. Imitate our leader an! each man bust the law. that galls his ten d r neck and ke-p Just those that pleas-, us best. Really -ur city law Is at heat but a Joke, never intended for'th" masse. Just the cla. Rot ten Charlotte stinks to Heaven." This U high treason. It Doe. Charleston News and Courier. I.ast week the North Carolina State Republican convention was held In charlotte. On Sunday Tho Observer, of that city, welromed the head quarters of the Standard Oil Com pany In these words: "If we must have trusts, let thorn do business through Charlotte." Advertising pays. While "th new rates are In process Of careful preparation." The foes of bank deposit guaranty r co-insurance might take notice that policies and annuity contracts in savings bank insurance depart ments are now the b.neflclarles of guaranty or co-Insurance In the eminently safe and sane State of Massachusetts. Thrre i, in facti nothing not eminently safe and sane about either of these two closely re : la ted propositions. Judge Taft said In his speech at Sandusky, o., Tuesday: "if I am elected I purpose to devote all the energy that Is in me to prevail upon w j i. necessary to clinch , the Roosevelt policies.? Roosevelt. Roosevelt, always Roose velt! The - strenuous life, the Big Stick, the Ananias Club, the nature fakirs and my policies.'4 o. Lord, mow. tiresome It an has become! f The Wall Street Journal takes occa sion to remark that the commercial ratio of silver to golA at "last" official .. accounts was 3MS to I, - At ths be ginning of 07 It was tt.it to 1 in tn f silver, at least, gold is evi Ceady not being depreciated by Urge utjut - . he Is now Junketing through Europ.v And with regard to these and all other measures whatsoever for the public benefit It should be remem bered that Aldrlch will run the gen ate a good while yet In sny event, and, unless Democrats gain a ma jority of members. Cannon will sim ilarly run the House. Mr. Taft Is a g"iiod man. but who could leaven such a lump as his party before that party lias known the purifying In fluence of defeat? The country's Interests demand a new deal. Let's not only vote for Bryan but se.nd money to convert the political heathen without whose added votes he cannot possibly be elected. The charitably Inclined may well give ear to the plea of the Governor In behalf of the flood-stricken people of Lenoir and I'ender, Iknd to that of the people of Bladen In rxfealf of their own fellow-countymen. The counties named have been sadly de vastated. The entire crops of corn, cotton and tobacco of many farmers have been swept away and a treat many of 'the people have been re duced to want These are pur own fellew-cltlxens and their appeals for succor, should sot go unheeded.. Mrs. .1 M Odell. of Concord, end niece. Miss Margaret Allison, of Lake Charles. Iji , are the guests of Mr and Mrs. D. P. Hutchison. Thv will leave this afternoon for Concord. Tor The Observer. THE BLIJjE OF CAROLINA. Far beyond the distant waters Olows ths burnished western cloud. Wrapped about the weary aanset " Like some giant mountain shroud. On the peak of yon far mountain. Burns th last long kiss of light. And the evening winds are stealing Koftly down the paths of night. Phadowa stretch serosa ths meadows Where the dreary crickets creep. And the vast eternal woodland Slumbere now In pulseless sleep. In the woods I'm sitting lonely, Neath the bearded cypress tree. Moss-embowered, silence-haunted. Evening-clad, and free. Lost am I In fondest reverie, Thoughts of Her flit Idly by Like the fleecy cloudlets drifting O'er the face of yonder sky. With the wanton woodland sephyrs . Wing ny dreams e'er hilt sad plain. And I'm basking In her blushes 'Neath her trustful smiles again. Eyes of blue are sweetly smiling On me now, snd words of love Flit from heart to heart, and glory Beams upon us Iron above. Night and darkness wraps ths woodland, Wars above nut faintly beam. But. to me, the world is gilded With the glory ot my dream. Dreaming thus beset th the -Cypress, I am holding now the hand Of the Bella of Caroline Queenly gueem ef Dixie Land. -OSCAR BOLAXXX . A goat may not have sagacity bat Billy Brown had a keen sense of humor. Being confined to a lot in a city he could not walk telephone poies, trim young fruit trees, do tne buck and wing dance in barn lofts and cavort in pleasant pastures as his kind does in the country, hence, for pastime, he did new and original tricks. Having learned early In life to dodge the flying heels of an angry or playful mule, or to sidestep the sword tooth of Jerry, the Berkfhiro boar, he had fun with th regular occupants of the stable. If Jerry did not want to fight Billy would harass him by pulling the long bristles on his back or catching his tall and letting it slip between his sharp teeth. In a rough and tumble fight, provoked by the goat. Jerry used his long tusk until the services of a veternlarlan were demanded. In order to get Jerry in a resentful mood Billy had pinched his tail to the bone HE TEASED STRANGERS. But It was not at this sort of mis chief that Billy Brown excelled. He showed more cunning in dealing with human callers at the stable. A stranger was sure meat for him. His favorite prank was to steal up be h'nd the unsuspecting visitor, catch him by the coat tall and bleat and sputter. Although he would not butt, the victim of his Innocent, boisterous Joke, would take to the tall timber, with him swinging on behind. A very dignified citizen of Concord lost hi head and his dignity, one day, when Billy got after him, and his friends have not yet quit laughing about the retreat he made. Belna- a shrewd animal Billy made but few mistakes In pleklsg his sub- lects to nractlce on: the man with a club passed unmolested. On gala days, when the town was full of people, Billy worked over time, deriving specials pleasure from rural crowds. Nothing delighted him more than to take hold of the coat of a shy countryman and give him three degrees before turning him loose. On special occasions Billy stood lust Inside the front door, where he could see all comers without belnsj seen, and pick his prospective victims. If he liked a man he would utter a low. soft, complicated note, pot llko the warning of a snake, but something akin to the tuning of a fiddle, before he sauntered out to make the grand assault. It required a trained ear to hear this prelude, which many be lieve Billy (fftve for the benefit of those who "wanted to sea the per formance. When the goat was In a festive mood it was difficult to get the stable boys to work; they liked to watch him too well. BILLY AND THE POLITICIAN. The most fun that Billy ever had in one act and the greatest one-act show the town ever witnessed was on the day that Henry Orison, a local politician, got drunk and drifted in the back door of the stable. A large crowd filled the streets. Blind tigers had been active for twelve hours. Henry had his load and Billy was In flne form. From his place or vantage at the front of the stable the goal saw" the politician when he reeled In the rear entrance, and as the prudent cat stalks the sneaking mouse. Billy stalked his man. Having made a turn or two In the hallway Orison stepped In an empty stall, lifted a bottle to his mouth and began to drink. Billy m his opportunity and seized It. Like a flash he went from front to hack and. without a sound of warning, grabbed Orison by the coat and heean to 1erk It and bleat. Believing that the devil had him the man wheelen and KIcKen, nut Kilty Prown could not be foiled: he held on, like grim neatn. jerking and com plaining. Orison made a break and passed nut the door. His legs were so unsteady that he could not go as rapidly as he would like to have done, but in cavorting around he threw Billy off and on reaching a little hill In the lot. realizing that he had es caped the clutches of something, he knew not what, turned to look about. Within three feet ef him stood Blfly. tall up. jaws working, and eyes bat- ling, : mumbling something. v. "And it was you. confound you.1 said Orison as be sent his right foot at Billy's snoot. The goat swung his head to one aide and the flying foot went so high that Orison, losing 1 1 " C1 VU ill IVCSU DlikJ went Into the air " and dropped: on ."Ban! bahf Eput! sputf cried he as he hooked .at ; the prostrate poli tician. --.-, . . , :f. By this time there were many on lookers, mounted on the fence, 4 Id the windows of pearby buildings and else where.' X -.-".. -'!.-.-.. - '' " Lay on, Billy !" shouted one of the stablemen who knew that the goat was not vicious. - "Bah. ah. bah! SpuU sputl re sponded Billy. All the while Orison's feet and hands were In the air . and he was doing his utmost to rise. ' "Oet off me, you infernal nur dererf said Orison. "I'll cut your throat, Mose Brown. Ton d rotted Democrat." Orison had confused the foat .With one of his owners. i cpaH-aw.aVit" answereit TtlllT "Oh. damn you, you can swear all you like, but I'll ret you when I get up," said the populist "Tou are try ing to kill me and get me but of the way." ORISON GIVEN A CHANCBJ. Tiring of prancing on Orison's tummy, Billy backed off, stood clear of the winding legs and wauea De velopments. As mad as a nornet me humiliated politician scrambled to his feet and drew his knife. I'll cut your throat, you niastea white whlskerer rascal," declared Orison. "Bah-ah-ah!" retorted Billy softly. "Don't you curse me!" shouted Orison, getting red In the faee and assuming a threatening attitude. SDut! sDut! sputter!" was tns reply. "I won't take that off of any man!" said Orison, flourishing his blade I dare you to say It again!" Bah-ah! ah-sput!" bleated Billy. (but before he concluded his remarks Orison rushed at him and tried to stab his eve out. Billy was fine at dodging, and as Orison came down he ducked, made a quick dash forward and caught his pet hold on the coat taiL "Fight fair, fight fair, you white- headed devil."" cried Orison. "Don't strike me from behind." Blllv nipped out a section of coat. fell back and chewed it while Orison prepared for another attack. The crowd was enioying tne ngnt Sr. was Blllv. but Orison was In earnest. no after him Blllv!" yelled a street urchin. "If you come to me again rll kin you. said tne inaignani politician. I won't take any moxe of your inso lence." "Ah-ay-ay! Sput! sput! sputl" ex claimed the goat. "Do it if you dare!" cried Orison Do It and then talk about It. 1 nn't believe a word you say. "Talk to him. Billy!" urged a boy from the fence. '"Bah. ah. ah!" said Billy, rearing on his hind legs to make a spring at his onnonent. Tou shake your fist at meT snoui- d Orison, cutting at tne goal, dux being unable to control himseir tne man fell and Billy sidestepped and renewed the fight from the rear, pull ing Orison's coat and bleating vigor ously. For an hour the battle between the politician an- the goat continued. Blllv was the aggressor and Orison, the defendant, never did realise that he fought a goat and not a man. Tlrlne' of the monotony of the con test. Billy returned to the front part of the stable. . Billy Brown was a great goat. He teased evervbodv and everybody teased him. Dr. Frank L. Smith av him cigarettes and he ate them. In order to get even with him for some of his mischief noys would give him lighted cigarettes and he would draw the fire ends to his moutn ana me nlt them out with a splutter. Aft the cigarette struck the ground would turn his head sideways snd look and listen as if expecting a bee to fly up. v But. like all good goats, Billy pass ed away. He died and went to the happy hunting ground. a- C 7 MMIMKt aZ ... r: mi Profit A The Customer's Gain We have no traveling salesmen and we have now in our Whole sale Hat Department about $6,000 worth of as good Hats as any jobber North or South carries There are Staples, Telescopes and other novelties in black and colorSe Men New Tork State Lenning to Bryan. Newton Enterprise. Mr. W. C. Kenyon, who has re turned from a visit to New Tork State, tells us that the Bryan feeling la very strong. The conservative Cleveland Democrats, who opposed Bryan In former campaigns, are for him this year, and the great army of working men who used to vote tne Republican ticket because' tney De lievcd in the full dlnner-pall argu ment will this year vote according to their natural inclinations for tne Democratic candidates, as they have seen from the present panic which Is much worse in the North than in the South, that prosperity is In no way dependent on Republican admin istrations and high tariffs. Republi cans sdmlt the State Is In doubt, and In addition to the defection of the labor vote there Is trouble over the nomination of Hughes for Governor. If he Is re-nominated the sporting men will vote for Bryan; If he is not re-nominated the reform people will vote for Bryan. New Railroad Propoeed. Asheboro Courier. Ths people of Erect are rejoicing In the promise of a railroad In the near future. Captain Tult Mr. Dun lap and others of the Durham & Charlotte Railroad, were recently making a survey In the neighborhood of Erect. In conversation with some of the cltisene there Captain Tuli stated that they were surveying a proposed rosd from Causey, on the C. F. A T. V. to Erect, aad'proposed to construct the read at an early date. Later they propose V build -to Asheboro. This statement was made to Mfe. Charles -Tywn of gi-ect Good Times) Are Cowling. Ban ford Express. i; New wheat biscuits V are on the farmer's table, new oats are In the horse's stall,. and everybody In both town and country Is happy and hope, ful because the com and cotton fields hold out a promise of bountlf si har vests. Will a great crop in the coun try bring an abundance of money into circulation? The -Northern - centres are full of money and in six weeks the targe cotton crop will bring much of It south. . The grip ef the panic Is not nearly-- so tight as It was a month ago. ; "Native Born" or Not? To the Editor of The Observert Is it not "painting the Illy" to speak of one as "native-born" as you do in your editorial on day before yesterday? One is accustomed to see such faultless composition in the ed itorial columns of The Observer that It brings a feeling of astonishment to see this form of speech. Maybe, In Richmond, Charleston and Charlotte, where the social lines-are so tightly drawn, the double duty of being "na tlve-born" may be requisite, but Is it not exacting too much of the admir ers of The Observer's English" to ask us to subscribe to this new tautology? Just being a plain native North Car olinian Is sufficient cause - for grati fication to Respectfully, ARTHUR T. ABBRNETHT. Rutherford College, Sept (th. ISO 8 I notice that the United States gov ernment census reports make use of the same form in -nhe "foreign-born" and "native-born" columns. 's and Boys' fur Hats $9.00 to $24.00 These prices are as low as any jobber anywhere would make you and instead of giving you 6 per cent or 7 per cent he X ' Will Give 25 per cent Discount We have a large stock of Boys' and Men's Stylish Caps at $200 to $450 per doz also at 25 per Mr. Smith Was Confident of Victory. To the Editor of The Observer: Tour Columbia correspondent had nightmare. - I talked with Hon. E. D. Smith Sunday afternoon, two days be fore the election to choose a United States Senator, The serenity and calm of the man bespoke victory. He is a modest man one who never boasts but he was confident of a minimum majority of 10,000. Friends assured him of a majority of 20.000. Bets were offered that his opponent would not carry seven of the forty two counties and found no takers. Mr. Smith had no doubt as to the re sult and the. people ef the State have leas d pubt about- his accom pllshl ng things at the national capital. E. D. Smith will he the LaFollette of the Democratic party.. P. P. Spartanburg, S. C. Sept. 10th, 1008. V t VP t. Colonel BUkdeatber. Houston Post - Colonel Caldwell, ef Charlotte, will now proceed to send Major Hemphill the v"ceg" of Iredell county com juice, with or without revenue stamps. Col. John . Stlkeleather. of Olin. Is authorised during our absence to at tend to the details of drawing the fluid from one of the stumps in the vicinity of 8now Creek. cent off More than Expenses Paid To come to Charlotte oh even a smaU bill of Hats at 1-4 off Send us a descriptive order if you can't come, and we , will" make every- thing satisfactory ' 1 c ''f TttMMMl'ttlsgaraeaotaettso C . - MIIIIMIIMIIMIM Hill 1 V!