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CHARLOTTE DAILY OLSEHVHIV SEPTEMBER .15, 1ZG3. . M PLAGUE IN SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA' IS desoiAte. n (inmnniniiii Flrhttnr th Pest, Which 1 Yearly ttlnjr Wow Snrmt of rociwta Sixty HUes Ion and Tea Jillea Wide itemewy Xet round. New York Sun, A cable despatch received In France a while ago described how in the prov. lace of Catamarca, Argentina, many wemen had fallen to the ground in ......i.i... w..hinr and for a time were afmost bereft of their i 4mi aver only the word.: "h. "locus the locust!" I ed with cloud of locuat-that e ttled down upon their fields and a: .mi vnr vestlir . . OOWB UPVU - .il ' . . .nri every vestige r .r"" o" h ir h their cattle which their Lijn f co and 'sheep subsist. No other part of the world has In recent year, suffered from such a - Plague of lcust as the agricultural giaS. of sub-tropical and "Vf"" ! South America Argentina. Bolivia, euthern -Brasil. Paraguay and Lru guay share the' affliction. In these regions the awarms hae become steadily Increasing for a num ; ber f years. They are supposed to originate in the southerly part of the Amazon basin and in the Chaco of Bolivia and of northern Argentina. They come from the north m clouds that sometimes darken the sun and some Of the swarms have been estimated to be sixty miles Ion ami from twelve to fifteen miles wide. But these billions of flying Insects are only the forerunners of the greater IV. I. 4 On nAtna ' They make desolate the area in which they settle, but often Jump : wide areas In their flight. Belorf they take to the wing they lay billions of eggs in th warm arth which in a tew weeks become hoppers. It is thia young, voracious brood, before it ' tan fly. that utterly strips the land of everything green as though it had been burned over. All the governments are fighting the evil. Two years ago the Argentine government organised a bureau under the name of Defsnaa general agricola para la extinclon d langoata. r Commission for the Destruction of the Locust. Last year the Argentine Congress placed $4,609. 0 at the dis posal of this commission. Sub-committees represent the gen eral commission in every department exposed to these invasions and they extend from the northern limit of agriculture In the republic to the Neu quen river, almost 10 Patagonia, kv erything possible is done to mimmlite the damage. A fine of 100 pesos is imposed upn any settler failing to report to the ub-committee in his district the- pre- ' fw of locust swarms or hopper egBs on his land. An organised service em-, bracing thousands of men is in reaa Ineas at any moment to fnd a force to any place where danger Is report ed. The most effective war Is wag ed against the young hoppers. The official report is th.it as manv as 52,000 hopper eggs nav- leen counted In a space Ie!-s than three and a half feet wiuare. A prodigious number of the young insets are de stroyed soon after hatching by means of s'prlnking carts tilled with arsenic water or other poisonous liquids. Kt 111 many of them escape and the country they cover is too vast to be entirely treated with the sprinkling proces-. Fortunately the young hoppers have a habit that facilitates tne descruction of millions more of them. Bv the time they are two weeks old they have drwcloped an enormous appetite. But they do not set out to t up the world In thin array or scattered detachments. They i-ollect here and there In com pact masses to move forward on the food, and when an army of hoppers advances from one space to another there is nothing left to eat on the ground they have doserted. They cannot flv, they move forward only from 400 to 600 feet a day. .Now is the time to trap theni. In front of them a trench Is dug about six feet deep and wide ami 100 or 200 feet long. Krom eai h end of the trench pieces of sheet tin about wventv-five feet long and a foot snd a half high are stuck into the ground, forming two lines of fence spreading-fanlike from tlie ends of the trench. These fences are extended till their outer ends are hundreds of feet apart, wide enough to enclose the flanks of the Invading army. Then II Is ready for the drive. It is hot work, beginning t sun rise, and all the settlers and the gov ernment men sent to their aid take nsrt ln It it li weapons tnat are ef fective, though they are only pieces of i cloth, with which t.v nan l'"" ground and urge the hoppers forward. Very I often darkness falls and the rear) guard of the hoppers has njt y.-t reached the brink over wlih h lb. v , tumble to their late. Tlie hoppers : will nt stir till sunrise, and then t'.'i flapping of the . loth Is resumed this part'eular army Is i ngulfed. Tic- 1 crops and grass Jut ahead are sale; for a while. i But sin n work Hs this spread over several countrns i enormously ex-I pensive and Is only a palliative of t terrible evil, not :i remedy f"r It. A remedy has nol ) be, n found. ,-an the plague or locusts be iguenched if attacked at its head wnirc-'-s'.' Is there any parasite or natural enemy of the Insect that ran be introdueed to jueneh the piaru- or mitiga'e It? Huch quest! ns as t.V-e are now be. Ing snxioiisiy dis u-i' in Soutn America. . ... I j-HiHTs FOK Mr!-. nil vv Bronx 7xi Keeper Rewueil rTom tiijt .Monucy jum in umr. ; New York Dispatch. 11th. For more than V ni'nutes to-dav Jim Itellly. n tinner-keeper at the Itrmix Zoo, foufchl -ifli it huge monkey, betni.' the eyes f a horrified group of men and vouien. When help came. Rellly was down oh tl.e floor, unconscious, with the victorious monkey equalled on Ms back, biting an.' tearing at bim. Cn'JI lately Jocko, ts he 1 called, had been one of the pets of the t-rlmete house He was a pheu, from northern India, an un usually large, fins specimm of his species, standing nearly three teet high, and weighing between 40 snd ' pound. Tlila morning . Rellly entered the cage . ii! i. " f A i . . on rton day this year, and the per landed on Ite.liy. moulders, elnwlnic ami ; ,....-,. of ,a mJ r.n,.KiiJ!7- biting. Reilly grappled with Hie monker. and tttey thrashed about, the man Mrlk Ing with his lists at (he brute that clung t hi t, and trying to t ar htm : to- Hi tint be rould crusn htm to the u-w end kttc him ta 6-th. Tta-t bead Keejv-r came. In reoponse to rtelllr ctks lot help, and k1' tlx re barely tn time to save his heir,'. Rellly -wan down wn-U-ii,, with his face In lliu Straw, while Jork; with his urn' I. wi li ed face, badly Mattered, but still fall of flht, danced over his prostrsie Htv. try luc to get at bis snioat. The btd Vep. er had to beat the monkey almost to death with, a club before he could drag JtHlly out of the cage. Ttrtlty waa in fclitful shape, llii face was cat In tmvr.y (ilacea. Ms Wt thunli was eiiemed tra-t!3ally elf. lhre wai a . 4-sntU ga'it hi I tk, back, and fro.n it.a severed main-artery at his light wrist blood jun.pe4 fn ffmri. TlfEV TAKK THK RIXK.S OCT. "X itara naed Dr. King's New Ul Pills for Btnr years, with Increasirut Mitiatao t1B. Iher take the kinks out f autmach. liver ana bowale. wlUiout fua or t tie flow." says Jf. Hj. Brnwa. of piUfUI4. Vt. , Guaranteed aaUiadury at all drug stersa. He : ' - : ' '. ' . -WILD BrXIS" TRAGIC END. Aa Eyewltaes Telia the? Story of the ranious vnaracTera irtw. Kansas City Journal. -. A number, of Abilene people visited recently at Deadwood. & D. -1 They sought out the grave of w. B. Hlckok, better known aa "Wild Bill" lie was the marshal of Abilene in the early days and a famous character. 'August 2d, 1876, he was shot at Deadwood by Jack McCall. Edward z. Kldd who still- lives at Deadwood, was an eyewitness to the killing, and he told this story of the tragedy, wnicn la accepted as containing the exact de tails:' , .; -. . . '--'f I was at work wainscoting a hall on Matn street, " saia ' iv.iaa, -wnen W1M Bill came into the place with four other men, and they seated them selves at a table In ' the centre of the room. Bill had. his. back to the door. Unnoticed, Jack McCall entered, and, walking, up to the bar. which was not mere than coupJe of feet from the table where the group was sitting, sneaKea out tne con s from his hip pocket, and ' without a word of warning fired. -The bullet entered Wild Bills head and came out in the middle of his forehead and, glancing, struck one of the men at the lable on the. hand. Wild Bill's head struck the. table, and a minute later he rolled to the floor. He died so quickly that he never knew or saw the man -who shot him Immediately after firing McCall swung his gun around 'ana com manded everybody to get out of the saloon, which they did without wait ng. McCall stepped out Into the street, swinging his Colts about threateningly. After walking a block he attempted to jump on a horse which was Ktandlng nearby. The saddle slipped. and seelmr ttv method of escape was useless, he continued up the street. - yelled to some campers to stop him. They came up behind htm with the bead of their rifles on him. lie dashed into a butcher shop, where we captured him. When his gun was examined we discovered that It had but one shell and he had killed Wild Bill with that one. A Jury was gathered from the miners in the camp, but as there was no law. and some fear of taking the law Into Its own hands. McCall was freed. He fled to Cheyenne, where he was later captured by the sheriff of Yankton. He was tried, convicted and hanged. "McCalfs plea at the trial was that Wild Bill had killed his brother In T-as. but no one was ever able to discover that McCull had a brother. The real reason for the assassination was that Hill had won Mc( "all's money In a poker game the night before, and McCall swore at the time that he would get even." RPFAKKR OANXOX'S TOIM IYIoikIh Say Fnum One to KWe Mil lions founty AaseaNiiirnt, $15,113. Danville, III.. Dispatch. 11th. In the nature of a reply to Bryan's demand that he show how he ob tained his fortune and the extent of his wealth. Speaker Joseph (. Can non gave out a statement to-day re garding his finances. While he did not say what he was worth, his friends assert that the Cannon Inter ests are valued at about 11,600000. others, however, assert that $5,000, 000 would be nearer the figures. T do not know what Mr. Bryan said ttbout the extent of my financial foldings," said Mr. Cannon, "as I did not read his statements In the papers. In reply to what I have been told, I will say this: "My statement regarding Mr. .Bry an's possible wealth was Intended as humor. I do not know what he Is worth, nor do I care. I only know that I have been told that he was worth somewhere In the neighbor hood of a million. ' For myself. I wish I had much more than I have. What I have Is Just a modest competency for my family. The faot that I have been In public life for thirty-four years speaks for Itself." Mr. Cannon came here with his brother from Tuscola, III., in 18T.8 as a young lawyer. It through the brother, William P. Can linn, now dead, that the Cannon Inter ests, which are generally supposed to he entirely the holdings of Bpeaker Cannon, were made. speaker Cannon's name appears on the records of this county and Douk- Ihi-h county and in Nebraska. Ac-1 cording to the local tax books, the j only real estate he owna in this coun- I ty is his residence. His personal j property assessment last year Ml- , lows: One cow, $40; one watch, J25: plarm. $300; diamonds and Jewelry, ' J.V.U, moneys. t.'.fiOO; credits. J1O.00O; ' hiumebold anH oftlee furnllnri' 11 - 1 f.oo totals ii .'..nr. ' I In addition. Speaker Cannon is ! largely Interested in the Danv ilb; I .vr,nr National Hank and the Heron it Na- 1 tional Hank. The former's capital stock Is $100,000 and the laltcr's $00,000. vi:sT snio; ron bhy.w. Jaiiien .1. Ill) Warn Republicans That They May lie Surprlned. New York Dispatch, 11th. Jnmes J. Hill, (halrman of the board of the Great Northern Kail vav. who cam to town on Thurs- dav the said that the farmers through West have never paid much at tention to Bryan until the past year ur I n-n t.iit lltar Lib nKu, I. but H Hlronc nryan sentiment anions ihnlvou entire satisfaction farmers He said that the Demo- eratle vote through the West will be larger this year than ever before, and that If the Republican campaign managers do not nut in th hardest kin. I of work Ur Tati tnnv Ka t. i feated He aald that In some West ern States th Republican politicians I seem to Da au tiering irom over confidence, but declared that the Democratic leaders are keenly alive to the possibilities, and may succeed in carrying some of the States that have heretofore been considered safe ly Republican, unlet the Taft work, ers roll up their sleeves and get busy. He said that If the weather is bad tor tnat or any other reason la large, the count of tha balloU in tha West may bring some surprises. Wouldn't Violate the Iaiw. riiiladclphla Record. "In Hwltxerland this snmrner.'' aald a Phlladelphlan. "I heard Charle magne Towr describe the stringent police regulations In Berlin. "Mr. Tower, by way of Illustration, concluded with a tittle story. "Srhmtdt tjnd Krausa met one morning in the park.. - 'Have you heard.' says Rrhmldt, 'the sad news about MullerT 'No. says Krauas. 'What Is Itr "'Well, poor Muller went boating on the river yesterday. Tha boat capsized nd ha was drowned. The water was ten feet deep.' " 'But couldn't he swim r ' 'wira? Don't yoa know that all persons are strictly forbidden by tha police to swim In tha river.' " Pate, Delicate Women and Girls. : The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE LESS CHI LA, TONIC drives out ma laria and builds up tha system. For grown psapki and chlldrsDa ,- Keep Strange llsli In the Missouri. Boonville Democrat. Orcat numbers of mongrel fish are being caught In the Missouri rlv-. Several years a;o, fishermen say, carp was plentiful in the Missouri and there always was an abundance of buffalo. Now it Is unusual for anglers to catch either a buffalo or carp. The two species have mixed so that the fish now being caught In such large numbers appear to be hnlf buffalo and half carp. The mixture Is a little I!" 1 - - w'i4 lanreiv! improvement over the carp and a de was largely ...., , ,h h,,,,,i cided detriment to the buffalo. t'atflsh are becoming scarce, in the Missouri and other rivers of the State, and it is assumed that the half cirp and half buffalo destroy the catfish spawn, as they do that of the game variety. Swiss Fuel Tests, Cassicr's Magazine. , Switzerland there is a national vnorai laboratory for fuel analysis. which In one year, the first of Its ex- Htence. analyzed and tested over 3,000 sample's of fuel, coal and briquettes. ' '.' OIK T.1M1UX eNi you iinm you no more by the suit ml much less by the CabanlsM & Co., Tailors. Does This Suit. You? English -Mclarty Co., the enter prising Drugglfts of Charlotte, are having such a large run on "IIINDI PO." the new Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic, and hear It so highly praised that they now offer to guar antee It In every case to cure all forms of Kidney Troubles and Nervous Disorders. - They pay for It If It does not give If you use It. It Is their risk, not yours. A SO-ccnt box sent by mall under positive guarantee. i xaMVafJ'ar' " v. " 1 WM.er;1v Weak Women . suffer greatly from their nerves! , They twitch, pull, ache aixfl throb and keep things all wrought up. Wnat is needed is a gentle tonic like Oardui, to Boothe the nerves into forgetfulness and repose. Of course the reason you need Cardui it that it is a woman's medicine, that: acts on womanly troub les, hence helps womanly narves. v ;; : Cardui. has been so wonderfuUv successful in relieving or curing other women's ailments, that we are pretty safe' in saying it will surely help you. ; the Children Heedthy and Hppy Give them plenty of delicious, cool, refreshing to drink through the hot Summer days. This is the Original Pure Food Drink. Children love its delightful flavor of fresh fruit juices its acid phosphate quenches their thirst, while its pepsin aids digestion and keeps them in good health. , PEPSI-COLA is just as delicious and wholesome for grown-ups, too. At your grocer's in 5c bottles at all soda fountains, 5c a glass. Guaranteed under the U. S. Government Serial No. 3813. For your own sake beware of imitations. - The laboratory cost about f 2.000 to set to work in an old building. For a small country like Switzerland, with only 3,000,000 people, 'the Import of coal to the value of 8.000.000 Is a large item aud this laboratory nas been inaugurated so that the sub ject 6l fuel can be put upon a sound basis, and In order that the purchase of fuel shall be conducted upon. sound principles. Why not get the beet : that's Clinch field. Order through your dealer or direct of the Clinchfield Coal Corpo ration, Charlotte,' S. C. ttaUtual Constipation May fopvTmanetwly omom Improper npr&onai chotts wuninc uituju.-c tar c may rajuo)) Jtfpetfie4UK when no tontor needeJ aitke bestof remedies, when retired, are to osfiist nature ni hot U tMWVeX tKe naW M its beheficioi eHecls, a(way4 l- 0 . I Ml ' y th genuine California Fio Sytiup Co. oniy SOLfJ EfML LEADING WUGCjSTS . I- l -r- - remedy, Syrup ng and tXikVr jocjm, wKicK en o.l left eueto form vejular kafvitc AoAv .o tkat assittancc To no- no,tey upon probe hotmshweht, prnrefforU,wirit Irviw ewrally. To ii Hp Also Makes Speech Records for the ' 4 1 Edison Phonography TT7T E are now able to by William Howard Phonograph. The selection vv ;Taft at a vehicle for giving the telling points of his Speech ' of Acceptance the widest currency js another tribute to the ' gennis of .Edison and the Phonograph which he has made. Some newspapers say that Tan is unwilling that Bryan should monopolize so useful a campaign ally as the Edison ' Phonograph. Whether that it true or not, here are the Edison Records made by Taft himself, giving his voice and - inflection upon subjects of interest to every voter. . Whether you hear Taft speak personally or not, you can get almost the same effect by listening to these Edison Records. The twelrs Tah Recardt an as fotlowil Tofin Mlsri a . Tk Phnipptoss ' Irish HeaMT fre4lBrara at Bah JleMbiiMa aa Dinhlk Dmit TiMtaaat ml Trmf Joy TrWl ta CntMft Cans The lUsbo ml LaW The tmrmmr aaa tas Upik UdWwM TrMta lieu Partr . Ftia ml Wtit MmlaUUm b kmmiw I PaiicMS Hmss Record but be heard at all NAThONAL' PHONOGRAPH CO, 7 Experience counts:; Read thQ ex- Eerienoe' of Mrs. Alta Hanes, of Qrif- thrille, ;Ark., She - says: "Before I took Cardui for: my female . troubles, I. suffered death a thousand 'times. I. used to have nervous spells until some- -J times I didn't" want to live another- minute. The first bottle helped me, and J weu woman." VALUABLE BOOK FREE Wilto fee 4 eaa in Warns," 4mm c r.ainaT log vassakM kOrta m fcrwwa. a afloat. A4a imf K, Taa CW-"aiaaa atgaaaksa , n fll! offer twelve Records made - Taft for use on the Editon x of Edison Records by Mr. KihU m4 Tfgt a. Net Eduos dealets. 35 UWA As, Own hC J. HI tjatsd Boai. -Htm nasaii f Ft avaatia, fcygtaa m mi IT M a. nataaaMaaaart,. f SASH,.- - . DOORS,- : I BLINDS I AND GL ASS ; 1 : ! Largest stock in . the Carolinas. ' - at. ;j Get our prices ' Before you buy. ' '" , .: " ; . - ' - , . mmmmmmmmmmmm "S. IB. F. WITHERS Distributor ' - -y- -BUILDERS' STJPPLXB& ' CHARLOTTE, N, C. flfl4HlllllHIHI fc-i rm tsif t i WS : tTUCKUMCJ flLAM.1tX- rULAXTON tt AUDTTDRIUM BLDG. Sale of the' Property of the Odell Manufacturing Co. AT CONCORD, N. C Wednesday, Sept 16, 1908 By virtue of a dacres of the TJnlt4 -States Circuit Court for tha Western l District of North Carolina, entered at Greensboro, on hr-&th.day of August, '( 1108, In a certain suit la equity enti- . tied The Continental Color and Chffiilcal Company st al., aa plain- ' tiffs, versus Odell Manufacturlna; Company, as defendants. I wllL on Wednesday, the lth day of 8ep- iemmr, iwva, at ma nour 01 noon, in . front of the office of the Odell Manu facturlna Company. In the Town of Concord. N. C, offer for sale at publlo auction to tha highest bidder for cash all of the property and aasets of tho Odell Manufacturing Company, - con sisting of ltsaeal estate, manufactur ing establishment, including all ma chinery, etc., the raw coton on hand, manufactured goods. Its bills and ac counts receivable. Us investments In Other corporations, Its franchises and all of Its other property of every kind ana character. t - The mills wilt he operated to and Including- the day of sale- and tha stock in process of manufacture, to gether wlttk supplies and repairs on hand, will be Included and sold with the mills. The terms of sale will be cash upon ' confirmation by the court, but a de- poeit of t per cent, email or security . satisfactory to me. will be required of the successful bidder or bidders; and any creditor or creditors shall hava the right to use his or their debt to the extent of their dividend value la the purchase of this property. The property will bo nrst offered for sale in six separate parcels., as Is hereinafter set out, and afterward all of the property of every description will be offered as one lot, and' tha tale which results in the highest price will be reported to the United State Court at Greensboro, N. C. on Octo ber S, 1908, at which time and place any person interested may. be heard by the court, either in opposition to, or In favor of, confirmation of said sale, and no notice other than this advertisement will be given of said report of sale, or of the motion to confirm same. - The property will first be offered tn six separate parcels, aa follows: ... (1) The Odell Mllo proper, con sisting of Mills Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, situated at tho head of North Union street. In the Town of Concord, V. C and containing together 2S.1J spindles, 1,7 7 1 looms, with the neces sary subsidiary machinery, power plants, eta Tho real estate upon which these mills are situated and to be sold with them contains about one hundred acres, and on it . are situated 1M tenement houses? and the company's stores and warehouses, Office buildings, etc. Tho mill build ings ar substantial brick structures and vary in height from one to four stories. ' . ' - (2) Buffalo' Mill, a brick structure containing three stories and basement, with IS. CM spindles and the necessary and usual subsidiary machinery, power plant, etc., with about thirty acres of land, on which Is situated twenty-six tenement houses, ware houses, etc - The properties men tioned under first and second Items all II within city limits. Buffalo Mill Is located Immediately upon the main tins of the Southern Hallway Com pany, with sidetrack, running Into the property. The Odell Mills are located upon a short spur built out from main line of Southern Railway. , - (t) All th raw cotton which shall be on hand at the day of sale; a list of same with tho number and weight Of bales will bo exhibited.- - r . . (4) All the manufactured goods which shall bo on hand at th day of sale, a list of which will at that tlm be prepared and furnished, r (t) All th notes, chose la aotloa and all bills receivable, and all In vestments' in other corporations of the Odell Manufacturing Company, and all other property not specifically j mentioned, a list of which will be ex- . hiblteo to prospwun parcaaaers, em fore and at th day of aal. - . (() Several- teams, a list of which will bo furnished on th day of tale. After th sal In parcels, as afor th ntir property will be of fered for sal tn gross. Th pur chaser will - acquire all corporate right and franchises . of the da defendanC -. ' .'r""- ; This is a very valuable property, located In a fin town and in tha neari u.,, " - - - - facturing section of tho South.- Th climate is healthful and Invigorating. The help is efficient and contented. A One quality or corcon is irewn in the Immediate vicinity of the mllL I will take pleasure In giving any further Information la my power to prospective purchasers and my rep resentative, Mr. J. B. Young, at Con cord. N. C, will tako pleasure 'la showing the abovo property to those desiring to Investigate. The title n. perfect, and th purchaser will hav quiet possession without annoyaac. or litigation from any ource. CEASAR . CONE. Receiver. Greensboro, N. C. . - Ac rt . 10I. ' - 7 ;
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