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CHARLOTTE DAILY OESEBVEH, BEPTZllBTZl 11, 1CC3, Publldiera.:1 -f ' tvery Day ia liie Year - subscription riucE IWilw . t . . ' '- 'tinai One year tlx month ........" IT Tare months ..... . . . ' Sal-WOelUr - On year Six neatha -....""""" Three months ... - PUBLISHERS' ASSorrscEUExr No. M South'Tryon t",tJ1?"! ,- numbers: Business office, 7.; city eauor ""7- . i .s editor s eaiw. '.TT " i t A. Ubsnner U onlwrr.g the of his parer changed, will caU the address to which It going - at the time he asks lor the change to be made, r , . Advertising" rates are , application. Advertisers may leel sura h. ihnuirh th. columns or uus mm htrmir reach all Charlotte ana V portion of th. best PP ' this State and upper South Carolina. This paper gives correspondents as wide latitude aa It thinks public pol . Icy permits, but it Is In no case re sponsible for their views. ' preferred that correspondents tt.mlr In heir articles. eSPeClSI- '.l It in casea where they attack persons t or Institutions, thougn tnis ""'- rnaaded. The editor reserve the rlgot " to give the names of corr-sf ondejts ' when they are demanded tor tlie pur- 1 i IM1U nf r.nil aatlaf action. TO Tt- ceiv consideration a communication must be accomoanled by Ui true name ol the correspondent. . MOXDAY, SEPTEMBER. U, 108. A ' CONSERVATIVE IIEPVBL.ICAJT "W take it that General William JTranVlln Dranfr. of Massachusetts, a good soldier, an extraordinary sue oeasful manufacturer, for some years i a Representative In Congress and am bassador to Italy In Mr. McKlnley's time, will not wear out his right arm with signing checks to the Hon George Rumsey Sheldon or any other farmer of the Republican revenue. Oeneral Draper has' had the reputa tion of responding liberally when asked to step up to the captain's ofBc and settle. This year he Is not poor, but his enthusiasm is gone." This Is The New Tork Sun's Introduc tion of a citation which It makes from an Interview In The Boston Post with fterieral Draper ly the by th TLifher of our esteemed townsman, Mr. Ju 3. Draper and himself an occasion al visitor to Charlotte, where he Is wall and most pleasantly known to a number of our people. But to the quotation from the Interview. "In reoly to your Inquiry as to whether l ... hiid Mr Taff. nomination 1 can aav I hav never een committed to it. I do not believe in the so-called Roosevelt no Dollcles. which Mr. Tsrt indorses, in tact, being conservative by nature. I am not est resnect for Mr. Taft a man. but ( do not agree with his political views." - Undoubtedly Oen. Draper speaks not (or himself alone but for a multi tude of conservative Republican of the North and East All of them "bar the highest respect for Mr. . Taft a a man;" everybody has; but as somebody elae's. man that hi a different matter. Upon his own In dividuality he would be universally . trusted; but on all occasions h goes out of bis way to proclaim himself a War cuckoo. In the last speech he mad be was at pains to declare that If elected he would regard It as his mission to "clinch" the Roosevelt "policies." If the country has not enough of these we are at a loss to know the reason why. If th.se "poli cies" of blunter and npcctacularlam have brought anything but evil we ; would be obliged If some one would ted us what. It Is no matter of cur . prls that the "enthusiasm" of Gen. Draper and his likes, of all Repub licans who like him are "conservative oy nature, "Is gone." There Is nothing in common between such : man and the cowboy vote, to which th President's methods appeal pow erfully, and which will of course go : unanimously for his heir apparent Who seems to desire no distinction for himself but only to be known as ex actly like hi sponsor. FALSE HOPES, WITH VAIN RE GRETS TO FOLLOW. The New York Run Is not one of those fool Republican papers which listen with credulity to every whisper Which is borne on the wings or the Wind telling that this or that State of the South is going R-epubllcan in November. It notes "with Interest the various speculations and Imagin ings of different treat Republican manipulators with reference to a pos sible dislocation of the solid South," but is not deceived thereby, "frieveral dozens of talented hypotheses," It sayi, ,bav been projected, but the one Which finds greatest favor, or at leant North Carolina, and if not Invented has at least been fathered by the Hon. John Q. Capers, of South Carolina, at present and by grace of Theodore Roosevelt Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington." Consider ing 'th Republican claims as to this ... . - . I ,11 alnla and Georgia, The Sun sees "lit tle in any of the situations mentioned beyond , the usual and inevitable campaign - froth. There may be toBietblnf In one or all of them, but It Is not at present visible to the baked eye, and with the exception of Maryland' and possibly Kentucky" it sees little promise of a break beyond hev' Potomac and tho Ohio," The Sun's Vision is accurate and It Is wise pot to build tip hopes which can end only lq ; disappointment 1 Maryland Is more apt to go Republican than Democratic; Xentocky mora apt id go Democratic than -Republican Roth are close. There i not the slightest likelihood of a "dislocation" eUe- here la tb South. Contrary talk Is merely "the usual and Inevitable eam ra'ga froth." This Is rellabla. J. P. CALDWELL V. A. TOMPKINS JUL C&XXON'S POSSESSIONS. The New York Evening Post, thus analyses Speaker Cannon reply to Mr.- Bryan'a questions; ... . - "Speaker Cannon new that In rala- h blundered seriously. Ha find. It hard , m J mi v wvt,iu to answer Mr. Brysn's questions: Wbati H boasts of his leadership of the mob haa he been selling? To wbonf has ln.. . ..,. .... . old ? How much did ha get tor Hlt'n- says he Is willing to taka the con Mr.. Cannon, who prides himself on being ' 'sequences. ' His senatorial career was Diuni ana ouispoKen, is anvrn i a wtu and evasive retort: . 'My statement r- carding Mr. Bryan's possible wealth -was intended as humor. What 1 hare 1 Is just a modest competency 1 for my j family.' Mr. Cannon added that hia tax I return, which haa always bean accurate, twill ikmr 4it hw mi, fit ha. tia. Hia I personal property assessment iat year waa as follows: 'One cow. MO: one watch, ca; nlsno. t&10: Oismonds snd iewelry. $364:. moneys. 12,600; credits, I1,000; household and office furniture. 11.500: total. Jli.ll. "From this it is clear enouga tnat, oe- rplte Mr. Cannon's assertion, the assess ment does not tell th wnoie irutn. aiucn of his property must be in untaxable form: for he is reputed In Danville to b worth between $1,000,009 and feOOO.OOO. Though mere common report proves noth trie- rm ane In Danville believes that 115, lis la all the nersonal wealth thst Mr, Cannon boasts. The matter ia not of tre. mendoua lmportsnce, except aa a sharp reminder to Mr. Cannon that ha ia living in a glass house. Eut It is of Importance that the Speaker of the House of Represent Uvea should tell the truth about a personal Issue which he haa raised himsalf, as well as about other things. and It is manifest that he has not told the trjth about th amount of his wealth. If be has a "modeat com- petency" for hia family ha Is worth more than $1S,000 for the Interest on that at ( per cent Is but $800 a year, a sum not sufficient to support a fam ily In a town of the size of Danville, 111. His neighbors hit k nearer the mark than he does when they tell that he is worth $1,000,000 to fS.000,000. What has be been selling, to whom has he sold It, and how much did ha get for it? The question will not down and cannot be disposed of by utterance of the after-thought that In talking about Bryan's earnings he was only a-Joklng. Truth Is the old fox haa been run to cover. MAINE'S VOTE TO-DAY. The Main election occurs to-day and It will be In a large sense a non- polltlcal affair. National politics have not been discussed In the cam paign, or If so to a very limited ex tent. The Issue is the re-submisslon of the prohibition question to th peo ple, th Democrats favoring re-sub-mission and the repeal of the farcical 8tate-wlda prohibition law and the substitution for It of a local option system; the Republicans standing by the present law and opposing re-sub mission. The Democrats hav the better of the argument and have kn additional advantage In th unpopu- Marlty of what Is known a the "SturglH law," which authorises the Governor to send fltute officers Into any county where the local authorities are not enforcing prohibition, which law the Democrat propose to repeal. While the parties are In a sense lined up on either side, the question at 1h sue to-day Is local option against Stat prohibition and upon that Issue many Republicans will vote with the Democrats. Wo have strong hope. for which there Is good reason, that th Democrats will be successful, thl hop being not only on political ground but springing from a desire to see them win on the Issue on which the contest turns; but Democrats large should not be overjoyed If It Is a Democratic victory or If the He publicans succeed by a majority greatly reduced from the normal construing the result as significant of the voting in November or as indlca tlve of the trend of political thought In the country, for In no event will the election be, except In a very modified way. a political expression. It Is not amiss, therefore, to warn our political friends not to set too much store by the returns to-night or to appraise the figure at more than their value. THE INFLUENCE OF EXAMPLE. The importance or letting your light shine before men Is beautifully Illustrated by the fact that Joe Bailey, a bull calf or Navarro, Texas, is be ing raffled for the bonefit of the Cause, and by the other fact that at Texas City "H. B. Smith, breeder of thoroughbred poultry, donates a tin White Plymouth Rock cockerel to be sold to the highest bidder, the pro ceeds of same to go to the Bryan campaign fund." The New York Sun takes prompt knowledge of these things, and, always swift to do Justice nd award credit where credit is due, trumpets the plain truth that "tho Democratic Gander donated to tho Bryan altar in a moment of ardor" by The Observer, "and kept and auction ed at great expense by Deacon Hemp hill, of Charlenton. 8. C, was the bright beslnnlng of a aeries of similar dedications." Thus it Is seen The Observer has been the humble In strument in the hands of Providence of inaugurating a plan of procuring contributions which has caused even the tlgh't wads of Texas to loosen up a little, and It Is so proud of Itself accordingly that It doesn't know what to do. We do not think It admits of a doubt that since the national conven tions Bryan has gained atrength Uteadtly and Taft as steadily lost. So IntelllKent an observer as Walter Wellman, the well-known correspond ent of The Chtoago Record-Herald, Independent Republican, aajs that at this time Mr. Taft can count as cer tain only eighty-four electoral otcs4 these In the States of Maine, Mas sschusetts. Michigan, New Hamp shire, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming. Bryan has more sure rotes in the South than these States afford. Of course Taft will secur more SUUs than those above enu merated but be. will have to fight for th others, and tb fact ? that Mr. Wellman concedes but eighty-four votes to him now Indicates how strong has been, th drift to Bryan sine bis nomination., .'" , . , , . ' A negro Wu lynched last week at Oxford, Miss., for cutting a white wo. mu'i throat, and the mob -was .led Jay. on W.-'.W Sullivan, wh ' was a UnlYed State Senator a few year ago, j D'na7 m unexpired term, wa oeiieve. , . . . ... I Inglorious and bis Stat retired Mm j at: tbi flrs opportunity. He bad! v.- , . vnl ana n would nave been to, nu aa - vantage to remain In obscurity. But - Vr. i , "... upon th limelight,, oblivious of the fact that the better h Is known the! more be la execrat-d. ' V- MITCHELL OV THE STAND. Former President of Mine Wwkfrs TesUles lieforo Examiner Harp In Hi Own trlialf Goinpr Also mM FSridonrm . , Washington. Sept M.-John Mitch- en, iormer president oi tne umtea Mln Workers, who, with, president Oompers and Secretary Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, is charged with contempt of court in the injunction case against the offi cials for boycotting th Rucks Stove and Range Company, testified in his own defense ' to-day before Albert Harper, examiner. Mr. Oompers also was on the stand several hour. Mr. Mitchell, although subjected to a severe test by Daniel Davenport of counsel for the complainants, was calm and collected throughout. Only once did his composure seem to leave him and that was when his suggestion that J. W. Van Cleave, of the stove company, bad raised one and one half million dollars to disrupt organized labor, invited a heated protest from Attorney Davenport. The latter as serted that the Idea that such a fund was raised originated in the heatsd imagination of labor enthusiasts. Mr. Mitchell waa plainly annoyed by this rejolndar, but did not evince It in words. Jackson H. Ralston, of counsel for the federation, however. read from the testimony In the origl nal suit Mr. Van Cleave' statement that In three years he had obtained one and on half million dollars for "educational purposes, pur and sim pie." Much of Mr. Mitchell's testimony related to his movements leading up to the mine workers' convention in January last, when a resolution was adopted placing the stov company on th "unfair list" and imposing nn of $f on any member buying th product of th concern. Mr. Mitchell Id he took no part in drafting th resolution, nor did be have any knowledge of the subsequent distri bution of the resolution among the 100,000 mine workers of the country For years I hav been followed about the country by detectives," Mr, Mitchell testified in commenting on Davenports knowledge of bl move ments. "A greater familiarity about my movements than I have myself shows it was acquired in thla manner. 1 think Mr. Van Cleave is responsible for it." Samuel Oompers. In his testimony, characterized Mr. Van Cleave'a course against him aa "an attempt to as. sastilnate my character." He said he did not know that the publication of fne stove company's nam In Th Federationlst was in violation of an order which had not then become op eratlve. "The word 'unfair' Is notice of a difference between employer and emulove. The term 'We don't natron. Ize' .Is a stutement of fact and does not affect the business nf nn emnlnv. er." exslalned the witness, when aak.l ed by counsel to dlfferentlat be- tween the two expressions as used in I the executive council's report. The hearing was adjourned until Thursday next. Fell Dead at Ills Flanoeea's Feet New York Special, 11th, to Richmond Tlmes-Dlsoatch. Winfield Tucker, the New York millionaire who died at Lake Toxa- way, N. C. on Saturday In the ores- ence of his bride-elect. Miss Marie Manning Lowe, the Southern beauty, was burled to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Moffett. of Rich- inuiiu, mr. anu airs, wiiiiam a. Hyrd. of Chattanooga, sister of Miss Lowe, were among the guests of Mr. iuuner. motoring tnrouffn NOrtn lh. .,1.T!., ... t n .-1 I by a storm, thev stODDed' at Fairfield Inn. While sitting In the lobby of tne inn Mr. M ucker fell dead at the feet of Mlsa Lows Miss Lowe claims Mr. Tucker mad a will recently, and ahe nronn.ea to I fight for his estate, clalmlna? she waa promised and told the will provided I tnw h- I Election To-Day In Arkansas, With liquor question to the Front Little Rock, Ark., Seit. 13. At the general election to ba held In this State to-morrow, State, congressional an dtownshlp officers' will be select ed and the question determined as to whether liquor license shall continue to bo Issued In th present "wet" counties of the State. While but little interest Is manifested In the contest for tho different offices because of the fact that th Democrats large iv outnumber th voters nt ih. 1 parties, great interest ia felt .it he vote as to prohibition. At Dresent counties are "dry" and both ths prohibition and antl-prohlhitlon forcea claim they will be victorious to-mor row. The campaign has been the most spirited In th history of the State, the tlnal demonstration of the prohibition forces here being Inter rupted last night, when three prom- inent ministers and others participat ing in a parade were egged. The fight is centred In this city. Forest Fires Cease to Be a Mrnsre. Manifest to Irish People. Duluth, Minn.. Bept. IS. Cloud and an si hsanoa irtnil aarsa Iks Uaka n wa. a day of quiet to day and the forest "res ail In ha . manan Ma Ml., ha. I . .. I i en and th situation will be threatening until moisture puts an end to th smould- eiing fires and makes the forest less like tinder. Grand Marala on the north shore of Lake Superior Is thought to be ssfe from further Invasion by the flames ow Under orders from General C. O. An- drewa. Stat fir warden. Chief John T. BVack. of the Duluth fire departmeat, to- day sent e) men to th seen of th worst! torest or snore urana M arsis. i At Grand Rapids and Cohassett which I were th eentr of th fire on the Mesaba range Saturday, no fires war reported to-day. - wuuium. i- ; . i Boston, Rent 11 The part organised l uior in MMaaiiUMXtf w 10 iuc in tn political ampalxn was outlined to4r t . 4 a a tlia S.aj..la.a Knaail slaak - a- - a . mm I- m Hiviiif vi ai ratvBj trvtMu vi tusji offleera of th fttat branch. AmsHean rederaUon of Labor. Its legislative com-1 mltte and th members of a special eotn- mittae., I The reprtsentatfv adopted resolutions! supporting the attitude of President I Samuel Oompers and th eteeutlv eu et turn fadaratioo oa patleaal aontics. Tales ef tks Tswn and tKs Times DT EU "Izxle's looking for me now, aaid my little girl on the way to Morgan ton same time ago. "tfh's running down street to meet me. Naturally I became Interested in Llzxie, or lzzle.'as she was called. "I "I? She's my nurse Ixsie." i nut I soon learned about Lizzie, , Mra P. I Murphy bas two interesting dar - ! kles at her home Lizzie and her I mother, Phoebe th one waits on th tabl abd the other cooks. At odd times, when she has nothing els tc . Uulm plays with Miss Betty Rry- uw wuy . LK ;cm lie . juuiw, . Among the presents that the little Ijrhit child purchased In Charlotte I ana carried to Morxanton was a queer looking, highly colored dolL whlcn remmaea me or tne gaiiy oeaecaea xaxirs at the world s fair., , J "What are you going to oo witn tne Unt for tale." i -was th reply. Two more loyal companions nevef lived. Happy, congenial and full of love for each other are Miss Betty and Lizzie.' . On arriving at Loneplne some time ago. I sat down in a cool ball to read one of O. Henry's delightful yarna. Oa the front porch the ladles of the house were busying themselves with th latest bit of social news and In th kitchen Phoebe, Lizzie and Betty were cooking and conversing .on va rious topics. THE LORD AND PRATER. " "Ef you ain't rwine to pray wld de spertt it ain't no use to pray," declar ed Aunt Phoebe. ' D Lawd don't hear no half-way prayars. Ef you don't pray you can't look fur d Lawd to hep you when you gtt In a tight place.' Aunt Phoebe is one of those rare creatures that Southern people Ilk to call "old-tim darkles." Sha'ssslmplo, faithful and religious. I learned to like her on account of her clear-ring ing, far-reaching, untamed voice. which can be beard throughout tne house when she lets it out. Besides being a very likable person Phoebe Is an accomplished cook, and, there fore, valuable as well as interesting. , Whll I sat there, reading. I glean ed a good many things. Aunt Phoebe was in a talking mood. Her audience waa .nnimuJ nf tS two children and winkv Rov the eat. I guess we s gwine to nave com pany fur supper." said Aunt Phoebe, aa sh neeled anoles. "I heered Miss Murphy foaming over to da horspls- tie.' At first I could not tumble to "foaming" but soon I was wise. Two- thirds of the darkles say: "Tell a foam." for "telephon." Lata In the afternoon, during a light sprinkle of rain, the Murphy home was startled by cries of one In distress. -Lawd help me!" rent the air. "Lawd have mercy on me!" "Come here, mister, come quick! It's a snake or a spider!" This Information came like tne loads out of a rspid fire gun. I ran to the window and looked out Th darky stood In the path near th wood house, with her skirt lifted high, shouting at the top of her lungs. A SNAKE IN THE WOOD HOUSE. "Quick, mister, it's a snake or a spi der!" , I crabbed up my hat and ran to ner rescue. 'In the wood house, child! uwa AND TENNESSEE CLAIMS POLK. Another State, I4ke South Carolina, Trli to Hob North Carolhw of a inat Mau and President of tho lulled States A Most' I'nflllal Daughter. To the Editor of The Observer You have been a faithful sentinel In watching those heartless South CniinUn. whi - rm trvina- in rah the i... iameBte3 Andrew Jackson of th great honor of having been born In the old colonial County of Meckien- burg. It Is true that Andrew himself once humored the ioke about his be- ing from the Palmetto State, for he called the denizens of that benlghteu realon "fellow-citizens of my native State" when he was trying to make them milt their nullification foolish- nesa. Yet what would have been tne horror and chagrin of the hero of n.. n,ii h.4 ha known that hi mn.n.t.... avniiM ever tin But. Mr. Editor, you are watching aoutn Carolina too cioseiy. anu. siana w,"w,,ls i""' terly oblivious to the fact mat an other State la now to be recKonea with. Yes. sir. "risk one eye on Tennessee, for this daughter Of North Carolina now speaks out In meeting ... . l. . .km I - Ka "n.tlv ana avers mat mnm is w.w " State" of James K. .Polk! This proclamation of ownership is made I m. . . - a"---T -1 Veteran, in its issue for September. I That periodical speaks of a negro preacher who changed his nam to James K.. Polk, because (as tne edi tor savsi the old darky was "proud of Tennessee and sougnt to nonor her only native President" Now did you ever hear the like of that! While you were watching soutn Carolina to keen her from robbing one Meek lenburger of nis greatest nonor . being born a Tar Heei nere we nave evidence that another State la trying to take a similar liberty with James K. Polk. Well might th shades of these departed great ones exclaim Who brands me on (ths forehead, breaks my sword. Or lays th bloody scoursg upon my back. ' ' Wrongs me not half so much as h who shuts Th gates of honor on m-4eeplng out The Roman fro mhls birthright." Polk was not so smart at Jackson, for th former moved away from North Carolina, whlls (as you once stated Jackson waa legislated into Tennessee without having bis prefer- s consulted gentlemen Hfti But both were nice gentlemen and good Democrats, and , i u-. ,h. thaw aea not laft In '"',-;r th" ulet njoyment.of their natural honors. M. D'LANCEt HAYWOOD. Raleigh, Sept 12th. 1108. - Forest City Herald. There Is a peach tree - in 3. B Long's yard that is a curiosity: Some men might wen pattern aner in po- cullaiiti Of this tree. Inasmuch as it keens busv and attends strictly to business. This tree is now bearing its Ith rd croft of fruit mis season. .Tne fruit of the first ana second crope .nI.a is. small, out or very nn na voP whll th seed resembles that of tb plunw Knew Bcforeriand. , . . Durham Htraia. Certainly 'tb Indtpendene party rogn1ied th South In making up Its ticket but It was very much I'.ke the Republicans In this Stat putting up a business man for Governor. ooun-IThsy knew beforehand when he warald land. DUCK I told 'em about Itl X knowed der'd be snakes in dere. Dey'r crawlln everywhere. Tea, he's right In dere on oe wood. , i heered mm raiua it's a rattler. Ef J hadn't said my prayers last night I'd been dead by now. Lawd. how weak I is!" ' J got .a stiak and ' stepped la the wood house door. v . I got a stick and stepped la th woodhouaa door. ; ' "Look out child, dat thing H hurt you! . It's right on da-wood. Thank Gawd, thank Gawd, flat I ain't dead'.f "Keep oulet now. Aunty, and tell me where to And the critter." I said. . : "Look - rlaht darsA-on ': de -wood. right where I put my ban'; an' though at gooaness uv o uwa ii not ou or Jtllt , Hoopee. honey, you don't ketch dls nigger goin' in dr no mo", no. d Lawd won't oe gooa to you f you keep on be In' a, foot Dat's de hammer! .- He says He will tak car uv His people, but I know He gits urea uv aom it aiter ni uon warn 'em. "Ef dy never (Its nothlnVto eat I am i gwin dck in acre. , ; "Now look befo' you step, child, dt thing might slip down do flo. - Be eareful'r . ''-:- a. . THE VIPER IS LOCATED. . I stole quietly to th wood plied against th rear wall of tne little one roomed house, looking everywhere as t went, in my hand i carried spade. I did not have long to look, lor colled upon the wood, about tne centre of the pil. was ' a snake, a pilot ready to strike. , At tne aignt of th small neck and th diamond- shaped head I drew back, having been taught that such marks were indicative of deadly poison. Having looked at the viper. In his beautiful curls, I lifted my weapon and brought it down on his body. My aim was good but the wood gave way and the snake slid down between the wood and the wall. -, - "Lawd have mercy on me!" .shouted Phoebe. "Do- snake's . gone." Oone he was. For an hour t pull ed down wood with a garden hoe, try ing to locat the" reptile, and finally succeeded, but before I could get a lick at him be was off again. -1 bad to give up the hunt but I had seen enough blood on the wood to tnak me believ that Z had given a mortal wound. ; .; - Aunt Phoebe stood outsld. where she could see alt around and make sure that no crawling thing could get at her, and moaned. "Ef you don't gtt dat snake Til never go In the yard agin." declared the cook. "No mo' welkin' fur me." By this time everybody at Lone plne was excited. The thought of a snake being In the neighborhood made the occupants of the hill shiver with fear. Arthur, Jhoebe's husband, appear ed on the scene before dark and took up the search for th pilot. Z joined him, and soon we had him on the run; he came my way and I cracked bis head. "It's a male pilot" said Arthur, "and there's a mate here sonfewhere." The snake was light colored and velvety. He had evidently been In the building for some weeks.- The next afternoon, when getting an arm ful of wood Arthur found the mate, a dark, dirty brown, larger than the one killed the day before. STRUCK BY MOTORCYCLE. Mecklenburg; Lsd Vlrftlnj In Winston Suffers Injury by Being Hun Over. Th following from Ths Winston Salem Journal la connecting a little fellow from this county who 1 visit ing in the Twin City. "Master Robert-King, a littl boy from Mecklenburg county, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Leak, was struck by a motorcycle ridden by Mr. E. W. Dort yesterday about noon and knocked to ths ground. The accident occurred "In front of Mr. Henry Leak's homo on Fourth street. "Th lad was rather badly bruised, receiving a larg-lump on bis head and being otherwise scarred. He was reported last night as resting easily. "It is reported that the little boy wa attempting to cross Fourth street at the rear of a wagon . when Mr. Dort on his motorcycle sped by, striking him and knocking him . vio lently to the ground. Neither the lad nor Mr. Dort saw ths other. "It Is claimed that Mr. Dort never even stopped to see bow badly the youngster was hurt, but continued at a fast rate of speed. He declares. ,, a. uinlii. .ia.i. iZZ 7rrZ.,:r T'. , " " 7 1Z-- Ji -,r.a the little boy about his injuries. Mr. .-M him t,. ... Dort says Robert told him, h was not nurt mucn. ; . Englishman Tell Workmen to Oo Znto Politics. New York. Sept H.KIr Hardle, one of the leading representatives of labor In the British Parliament was applauded during his address before the central Federated, Union this af ternoon, when bs urged American workmen to go Into politics, "In England." he said, "we found we were equally neglected after the election, whether-we helped Conser vative or Liberal with our votes and then we sent .direct representatives Into Parliament with many good re sults." ., A reference to th presidential can didacy of Eugene V. Deb on the So cialistic ticket also brought applause, and Mr. Hardle told bis hearers that they should And a way, as had been done 1n England, to unite labor and Socialism. ; - "Soon then," ' he added, "th Issue In your campaign will , not be free trade nor protection, nor th trusts, but labor versus wealth, and to that it Is bound to come I ntha end.". -, The Correct Genealogy of Fred Pauld . J -:- ,-- . . ing., .- ' , To tb Editor of The Observer: v . ' . I notice In to-day's lssu a state ment In regard to - Fred Paulding which is somewhat rronous. If you think the correction worth making, her It is. ' Frd -Paulding's father. CoL Richard Irving Dodge, was th son of Mr. Ulchard Dodge, a Nortn em man and nephew of Washington Irving hence th name. His mother, however, was a , Southern woman. Miss Susan Williams, of Sutry county. N. C Governor Glenn's mother was, before 'her marriage Miss Annl Dodge and la Fred Paulding's aunt - This Is probably ens of several cor- reetlona that will reach you,, but knowing The- Observer's love of ac curacy I send this vn at rn risg oi being monotonous. - Concord, 8ept 13. l$0f. - , Charlotte Ahead With a . Real . Llv ; Ground Uog. - - , Oreenvlll Reflector. " :". - Oreenabor may bay J,008 folks) within as many mile, but Cnarlott t t A- K . mm ... ' aBaaaaavBawBwaaaaaaasBBas We have no traveling salesmen and we have now sale Hat Department about $6000 worth of as good Hats as any joDoer iNortn or ooutn carnes There are Staples, Telescopes and other novelties in black and colors Men and r , s $9.00 to $2100 These prices are as low as any ,44 ' 4 joDDer any wnere ano msieao- oi giving you o per cent or 7 per cent ; ' ; f - -' '' ' 'mt ... . ' : ' . AVill Give 25 pgr - 1 ' . , , i . -We have a large stock of Boys' and Mens Stylish Caps at $200 to $450 per doz also at 25 per cent off ' - ' More than To come to Charlotte on even a small bill of Hats us a descriptive order if you can't corie,v and ' we ' wiU make every thing satisfactory w - w w w- V I fj T?T rTTTTfTflVTTTTTTTTTnTTTTTTTTrtvVff .. . it VJJO in otir Whole fur Hats -. 44. 4 i wouio maKe you cent. bpses Paid at 1 -4 off Send ; ; ; iiDi Boys' Discount Is ahead with a real llv ground hog. - . , ..,'- . . - i i