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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 21, 1903. Zhtttiwioiumstmt. J. P. CA1JDWELL . Xi. A. TO.HPKINS Publishers. Every Day in Ihc Year FtUUSHEKS' AXSOCXCEMEST " No. M South Tryon street. Teleohone number: Business office. Bell pDoii 78; city editor office. Bell 'phone. 14; . n.us editor' office. ?te!l 'phone 23. A subscrteer li oiV.ot !r.5 the M-.vr ef hi paper changed, will please ir.dl- t eate the address to which It la going ret the time be asks lor the change to be made. , , , ' Advertising rates are furnished on application. Advertisers may feel rure that through the columns of this paper they may reach all Charlotte . and a portion of the beet people In this State and upper fcouth Carolina. Thii paper gives correspondents a - wide latitude as it thinks public pol- ' Icy permits, but it is 1m no case re aponsibl or their views. It Is mucU preferred that coi respondents big" tbatr nainaa to their articles, especial ly In cakes where they attack person or Institutions, though this is not de manded. The editor reserves the right to give the names of rnrresiondeuts when they are demanded lor the pur poe of personal satisfaction. To re ceive consideration a communication must be accompanied by the true name of the correspondent. MONDAY, StlTl-MBKR 21, 1908. Nothing coulj be more deplorable i than the plight in which Senator Foraker finds himself as a r.-sult of his relations with the StanJard Oil ' Company. Every Inch of ground has been cut from under him. JIt ac knowledges hainj.' r.-o iv.-d foos from this corporation fur l Kal servicVs but nowhere doos his name appear as an attorney of record for It. liis expla nation of the $sn,000 he received from It is that this was a loan to enable him to buy an interest in a newspaper and make it friendly to dim but that the deal fell through and he. returned the certificate. Vet this admission Is damning for It shows his relations with and an obligation to the Standard Oil Company. He does not remember to have received a letter from Arch bold about a bill in the Kenate by Senator Jones, of Arkansas, which was Inimical to the interests of the Standard Oil Company, but does not deny It and the copy of the letter 1 there. He denies any political con nection with the company, yet ex-Attorney General Monnttt, of Ohio, gave out the following statement at Colum bus Saturday: 1n January, , I slopped at the Ar Ungton Hotel In Washington, tlie day Worn 1 anrteared In the I'nlted States Supreme Court In suits aKalnst the Na tional Bank of Chicago. 1 found a card In my box after being there a short time from Senator Foraker. asking me to n at him home on Sixteenth street. I called him up by telephone, and made the) though they relate chiefly to wrongs engagement to call that evening. When ' vi,lt(. UDOn pPOns and child workers 1 called at his home, and after passing v v .social exchanges with members of the In the cotton mills. family. 1 was taken Into Ills library, and! he produced certified copies of my petl-i TP rii.Kr iiv EDITWION Hons In the Standard Oil ouster eases In TIIK tl SK or MlU.liiu.i. Ohio. They Included papers In the case There Is a Kood deal of force In the sd.rd UnM. l"oUdo ! oommumcatlon of "A Teacher'' who against the Buckeve Pipe Line, and the : discussed In yesterdays paper the in gle of Ohio against the Northwestern j a arv of tne opportunity Of tho .Natural Gas Company, and as he laid ; a ' 7, ' , them down he told me that he was an children of the State to acquire ele attorney for the company. : ,,.ntary education. One third of the at a. . I ,4. f l.a I tan si . rf1 a V ' I at nm " '.'"'.' and rianrer of Ills representing uiese trusts, criminal snd civil violators of his own State laws, as long as he. as well as myself, should be interested In the wel fare of the people of Ohio. He told me that he never allowed his law practice to Interfere with politics or his pollilcs with his law practice, and added that he was a judge of the etliirs of our profession. He then took up the reus ol action against these companies and reminded me of the great power, financially and politically, of the Standard Oil crowd. "After talking a st.ort time be a-k-'d me to have the proceedings de',;v,-d in Order to accommodate him. I firmly de- ciineu i'j uniiiru, mi iMiir h,..t.ti, and, told him n. He recalled the great power of the oil tniht Afti r that Int. i - View we dealt at arm's length and not as political allies" ,i M ... A .. .In... .. t. ....,.... The upshot of this mntter was t!i;it Mr. Monnett proceeded with tli prosecution and as a tonne. jti. nee "I was defeated f'.r r--honi 1 nil t Ion tv Senator Foraker mi l his frirn.N and only recelvl eighty ven votes In the convention o'U of or r ')0 " and all the caeB v iii. h he had in.t!t u'. d against the standard anl other .dl companies w r.- dinmWs'd by Ms ."ac cessor. The downfall of Senator Foraker seems to be -inip!.te, n:id this Is a part of the (omrr. n' of The Nw York Globe. Republican, upon the event: Mr. Foraker rose t r et.. . ! e leader nf the yc rg l;..-i . ' : . A vtgoioit par'ian. hot Seeming'.)' n pron i .- slonate In friend!. ip lor !. I ". n ! dlers anil of gallar.t war r i-'-:d an 1 -auenf defender of popular r'y.'v ! i reived the compliment f - l ' ! a demagogue The r-e.,pe ate f .( lng for a leader who 1 iv ., ?.... ;'! Foraker seemed t-i meet i !t jui..' mei.ts lie unn t) hMrt .-f was twice elect, d C,.n'e:nor. ni of Ms poverty was a featiiK deecrln'lon of Pin At i .111. i Pi a -d the !nf" V enWnr e r.f be'rtr l,.. ..,,ir. too dir. ,ng f ir hint At iibv i ,, , In ,i ehort t'nie V.e uar discover. 'I t i r i i Jn tills 'irM Konds K.-nic.-Foraker wp rr.-.tri lUentlv ej,::.f,d i a life of area: j il li. uscf ilo. l'.:t the tr!r. f Ms n;t rriiirdinss was '.m, etrong for Mm aod I.. Mtik t- tt.e im tf-at the Are !,bs. M eerrrri.ii'leii"f .11- elosei . j This Is In pi.rt the rending of a Cin. i Clnnati specnl of Saturday: ' "Revelations of Senator I H V rnkrt- relations with ha standard Oil foinpativ. I following fa"t upon th Hnaor- '!Mr with Taft. have put T.ei.wHp-snlBtn ln. i OMn In a mot distressing i-itua'I'.n. As things stand to -tsv. ,t o m Ncvr iu- bT it a poscl Uity wit.', rriuxt !,. o'er-, eonie bv only tiie l-aidet sr.,1 moid .i--.i perate fighting "Foraker is dead r.olltu aitv. b it it a ' question whether 1 , r.,;; .a not dan- areronsly l.wned t', .'ru'i it, ,,i f., publican strength as rega d !,,th ti- fttste and national tickets It , now ex pected Foraker will be formally re,, :- . dialed hy fh Republican national c...... mfttee. The political pro,!,y In Cincinnati Fine ne pumieaiin of tr, letters .ni Forakers statement l th the rixt a-f- fxtatare may b Democrat!.- and that a rMnrmcrattc I'nlted mate Senator either! c logans or rormer governor Camn- ( iweii. may n ewcieo. Tne liquor fight In the Bute had put the legislature In fin?" 7M..dm, In the bsnils or th Democrat Is likely 19 be effect! re," ' -' 'The South has no reason to love Senator Jforakey and does not. and it would be delighted to see Ohio go Democratic la November; yet there must be a shade of sadness in th thought ef men with human heart In ths reflection that this success, .if achieved, will fee uver the wreck of man's reputation, ' ' '. , THE OOMIXQ ROAD CONGRESS. Ji9 meeting of more practical '4mj portance has been or will be held U the Stat thlk year than, the good roads corfgTesa scheduled tot Greens boro October 1 Ith, and the Governor hag don well to issue a, proclamation asking? T county -.commissioners: and mayors of-towns and cities to appoint delegates to It. North Carolina la a great loaer on account of bad roads; they are expensive and an obstacle to growth and prosperity. Ho people know this so well as those who have exchanged them for good ones. The latter save time, stock and vehicle, make country travel pleasant pastime instead of an expensive and dreaded burden and enhance the value or an real estate lying along or near to them. The arguments in their favor are many and familiar and need not be elaborated upon here or even re cited. Of course they cost money, though not nearly so much as bad roads do, but when it Is once spent that is an end of the matter while bad roads are a continuing expense to all who travel them. Much is toVportlon to deposits as In 100. It be hoped for from the Greensboro conference. North Carolina is well to the front In the matter of road-building and its progress in this particu lar has a large bearing upon the prosperity of the State. If it were to become general It would largely in- once seen in me imiux ui j-jjuiii.iii and the Increased value of farming lands and all other real crlate. THIS IS GASTONI.V8 TCRN. I To show tne people or uasuinm anu the State In what character they are paraded abroad, we are printing on this page a letter from Charlotte to Th" Chicago Drily Socialist. It ! also designed to 'show the Socialists of North Carolina among whom are some good men, what sort of com pany they ar in. A Socialist orator who had been making trouble at Gas tonia was put up some two or three weeks ago and this fact very probably furnished the inspiration for this let ter, the headlines of which we follow In part, as Indicated by the quotation marks. It would be curious that the atrocities which are recited were never heard of except by way of Chi cago, but for the fact that they of course were never perpetrated. Trifling Incidents, If there Is any thread at all to hang these stories upon, have, we do not doubt, been exaggerated out of all semblance of truth. The people of (Jaston are not of the timber of Georgia convict lessees. Recitals of horrors commit ted In the South upon the helpless did not end with the writing of Uncle Tom's Cabin but are frequently ex ploited in the press of the North, u.i.t ... e. .. ar not riuiunii m ni-, enrolled as pupils of the schools. For this cause the Democratic party has done a great deal; this page Is the brightest In Its record; and It Is prosecuting the work with unabated zeal. What more it is practicable to do In this Interest we are sure wilt be done and It Is not too early for prospective, members of the Legisla ture to be considering the subject. ne HrrWMMX HI HUll IIT uui-an- u in number and the pay of the teachers, -h.., u lirfer now InsunVn-nt, should be larger, ( j i) r correspondent proposes that the l.erlslature appropriate $100,000 ad- lltlonal lo the csuae. to be divided among the counties m a per capita l,,w ViV doubt if this would meet the requirement of the situation but hHVf an Idea that the remedy lies In fi.nte other direction. Tho method of nnumer.t.ng the fund Is, however. Im rrr. t.-rin 1. but the ptate. which hns al r.rnly done so well, should not relax lt en rgies until the opportunity to acquire a rudimentary education Is ,u. e, within the reach of every . ,i:d. THMl'l'.I.KS IYrt OTHl-l PEOPT.E. Mr. H. list is politically Impartial ;r ili.. Wiiii; up people with allege. 1 S'.rd.iTd Oil connections. In his q i , i, at Memphis Saturday night he ,t i ; ,. . rr, or Haskell, of Oklahoma i f..Tuier of t'.ie national Democratic mniitt'e, in a very bad light by M.ti, i .tuiH from ht he said were ut r. . rd" which prove, if the pa ler is (j n-i'n-. Haskell's subserviency l i th Stan bird Oil. and by the r ;!;?. g of a letter f;fld to have been v.ritt. n by pr. Titatlve Hibky. Iiemoi.it, rf Pennsylvania, to Vice President Archbold, tirplng hlrn to see . n. I:.- show n afterwards to ref. r l . ! nator H.iilev who, the . tter- r ii -. a-curcu, was lueu.ue,, ,., . tiUKe a ere, it fight sgainst t'l- vicious, c principle tluit the government ran- ..ii. s.nv books or reveal ;ny trad I (.. rr (.." etc. This. Incldenliilly. Is not ai' ol;i!e. to do Mr Bailey any go-id. Hnikeii d.-niis the truth "' i ilH l written t Archbold a' letter I ,ir;e,ri, .. ir, have come from ii him !' n 1 v. Ii'.e h H'arst had previously r. Hd; h.i-i all in all it Is a pretty kettle of tij.li an I as the case stand Fora kers at. n- t th ;only skirts that aro Dedraygl' d Tn" Observer last week Sent to Hon. N. llHfk' l! treasurer of the nx tional In-mo rwti,- committee, l'tSS.00 --t ! 'or the Bryan u aith -iii;Hig-n. ana nas pleasure In acknowledging n addition from tr. H. M. Miller, Charlotte, . . .0 which will be Included In Its next remittance. We are happy to have done so much, regret that tt has not been more, and stand eager to re ceive and acknowledge further .con tributions. Now I ths time for -all good men to come to the ajd of the WOXDERFClj WORK , OF BANKS. , The remarkable growth 'of Anert can banking within recent years and its present enormous ' Importance to the country are well shown by some figures which we get Jy way of The "Wall Street Journal. :", Between 190t and.fiO? the volume of bank deposit Increased' II per' cent, the deposits umer inn,on savings account snow lng an Increase of 71 per cent Within the same period the increase of money In, circulation was 41 per cent strikingly large, but still much behind , the increase of what might be called deposit currency.. Whereas the actual currency last year was slightly under fit for each man, woman and child, the deposit cur rency reached 1152, or about four and a half times as much. Being much themore active of the two, the second class of currency stands even further ahead than these figures would show. The per capita, amount of gold in the country last year was $18 61 and keeps about the same pro- must be evident at a glance that If all depositors were to make a slmul taneoua run on banks something i.-n possible Is the nature of things the entire circulating money of the coun try could not meet more than a fourth of thelf claims. One dollar, when nimble, enters into many transac Hons and helps pay many debts. Without the wonderful work of banks in diffusing money as no other agencies can and yet concentrating it at need far mora effectively than would otherwise bo possible, these United States could never have at tained to-anything like their present material greatness. ASPECTS OP COTXOX SITUATION. World s Visible Supply Considerably liens Titan a Y'ear Ago Steady In crease in Consumption to Be Ex pected From Now On. Fibre and Fabric. It may not 'be generally known that the amount of cotton consumed last year in the world was nearly 500,000 bales in excess of that year's produc tion. There have been shortages of varying amounts in other years, but there has always been a certain sur plus quantity, the result of previous savings, to carry over into a following year. Wa consider last year'a showing, however, to be particularly signifi cant, if, with the decided curtail ment In production, which was In evi dence during the year (from Septem ber 1st, 180T, to September 1st, 190S). there was a shortage of 46S.OO0 bales, what would have happened if the spindles of the woTld had continued to run full time, as they had been do ing in the earjler part of the year, and as they may be doing one year from now ? This year's crop will considerably exceed last year's yield. It Is true, the total being estimated at not far from thirteen and one-half million and pos sibly fourteen million bales, as against leas than eleven and one-half million bales; but It must be remembered that the world's present visible supply Is considerably less than a year ago, and that the world's total of spindles In creased last year by some 4,500,000, making a total of 127,282,000. It Is reasonabe to expect a steady Increase. In the consumption of cotton from now on, both by reason of the enlarged splndleage and the fact that many plants, which had been Idle for some time, are now running. It may well be questioned, therefore, whether such Increase as may occur In the pro iluction of cotton may not be offset by l he increase In consuming capacity. And If so, with only a moderate quantity to be carried over Into the following year, whether the current low rango of prices of cotton Is Justi fied Conditions favor a revival of manu facturing enterprise, and with cotton selling at its comparatively low price, consumers will not hesitate to buy freely when there Is a demand for their goods which Justifies liberal buy ln. Cotton under 10 centii seems to ' us to be attractive, although soma consumers, It is thought, are figuring I on buying the crop on an 8-cent basis. The growers, on the other hand, do not fo-rl that they .can make any profit on cotton below 10 cents per pound and are resisting the efforts of those who are trying to hamper he market They also feel that the mills can ab sorb the cotton crop of the South at prices between 10 arid 12 cent, and they are being urged therefore to re fuse to sell at jess than 10 cents and to market their product slowly. It ts wife to say that a more determined effort will be made among the growers this year to feed the markt't not too rapidly. In order that a gopd level of prices may be maintained. The outcome of It all will be await ed with unusual eoncern. The con sumer Is not obliged to buy cotton ex- . . . V. -Ul . . - I . 4 . . I M J,. 1 " 'l " LFlfcincBB jusuiihb n; uil inti nmer nnno, wnen irra aemana lor goods becomes normal, the mills must have cotton In large quantities, for thy are very lightly stocked. How much longer can they, remain out of the market? FAKOPUAN- OHOP COXDITIOXS. Wheat Much pamagod hy the Rain During Harvest Operations. Washington Herald. The Kuropean agent of the Bureau of statistics of the United States De- Tmrlmnt of Arrlriiltiira inmmirtMi , .ifti -t .k. -im a - at follows The wheat harvest OVr the great er part af Europe Is' completed. In several contrles reaping was hlnder- I ' and the crop seriously damaged, n.,.ln 111. I n n., a 111- V. ,.l. TK w A suits nf threashlng must still be ent countries can be definitely ascer tained. In the meanwhile a general survey of the probable outcome may not be without Interest. The six countries In which the pros pects point to a smaller harvest than last yearjre th United Kingdom, the Netherlands. Belgium. France, Italy and Portugal. Eastward of these countries, with scarcely an exception, a moderate Increase In the yield over last year I expected. While It still seems probable that Russia will reap a slightly heavier wheat crop than last year, and a ma terially larger rye crop, there Is no doubt that the results will be below the average, even after making lib eral allowance for th crop of spring wheat. This Will consequently be the third year of serious shortage, and th shipping season will open with very meagre supplies remaining from the It 07 crop, although perhaps not quit so small as is generally bellered er.as would be expected In view of the extra Inducement aft ship that th liberal prices ef 1M7-M afford d. SHIPWRECKED CREW ARRIVES Captaln pf Norwegian Fnal Rtcavmcr oires Account of Hurrtcan Tiiat bwept Over Bahama Islands. New Tork.'. SeDt i0.Newa of definite nature regarding the violence of the hurricane that (wept over the Bahama islands September 12th and succeeding dates, and which is report ed to have destroyed tf(e Town ; of et- Matnew, n inauga island, reach' ed here to-day when the shipwrecked crew "of the Korwcgian fruit steamer Tumurl. waav-brousrht Into Dort on the Dutch ateamef Prinz Wlleza II, which rescued them from Caaue island Sep tember irth. Capt A.' Engebrethsen. of the Yu- muri, told of the loss of bis ves sel in filet hurricane and the thrill ing experiences whie hthe crew went t trough. So near death were they that when the Print Willem II ar rived off Castle island to rescue them, one of the Yumurl's men refused to leave the island, which has a light house and keeper on it, staying that he had had enough of te sea for many a day to come. Captain Engebreth sen said th steamer . ran Into - the storm September 11th,- when they were about 80 miles off Castle island. The storm increased as the day pass ed and gttat seas constantly came aboard. That nijh'. there was no sleep for anyone, the crew balling and pumping continually to keep -the steamer from . foundering. "But the first day and night of the storm was nothing compared to Saturday, September nth," the cap tain continued. "The wind increas ed In volume every minute and after 8 o'clock Saturday morning the seas became so high that they practically engulfed the steamer. The fires were put out by water and this stopped the engines, so we were completely at the mercy of the storm and the atorm showed us no mercy. "It was blowing and raining so hard and the waves were running; so hi&"h that r it waa Impossible to stay on deck. All we could do was to, lock ourselves beneath the hatches ' and pray for delivery, whlth we did. Thus, helpless and crippled, we drifted away in a northwesterly direction driven by a southwest hurricane. About I o'clock on the afternoon of the 12th the steamer touched the rocks, and fifteen minutes later smashed with great force against them. "14 meant death to stay where we were, so I called all hands on deck and had eaah man put a life preserver on. 'Th ship was about two ahtp lengths from the shore when she be came stranded. On striking, the midship's portion wa completedly washed away and we ran for the fore castle part.. Ther we remained through the night, fearing that the rest or the vessel would sro to piecea "Sunday morning the rest of the hull broke up. and we had to lump Into the water and swim tor shore. was hurled .against th rock by the wave when near shore and rendered unconscious, but my men reached me and we all reached shore safely. It seems little short of a miracle that we did so." V The Tumurl was built at Middles- borough, eight en years ago, and was owned at Bergen, Norway.. She was a small steamer of 473 tons and car rled fruit for the United Fruit Com pany.. Ambassador Ilryce Arrives. Boston, Mass., Sept 20. Joseph Bryce, the British ambassador, and Mrs. Bryce arrived from Liverpool on the steamer Republic to-day. The ambassador was met at the dock by Consul VtTlllam Wyndham and Vice Consul C. Graham, of Boston. Mr. I'.ryce was asked regarding a report that he contemplated resigning as British ambassador at Washing ton. "I make It a point never to talk about such things at all." responded the ambassador, "and I can say noth lng." Asked If he had followed American political doings while away, Mr. Bryce replied: "I have been very much Interested. It seems to me that the campaign ts opening rather earlier than usual, too, Isn t It 7 (For The Observer. CHROXTC INFANTS. Your dear old Uncle Sara! What kinder uncle can there be Who never lets his Infants grow unto maturity. But nurtures them with overfeeding Just to see them grow, And as they bawl for more the more his kindness does he show? He sacrifices most of his children to protect a few Who put the burden on the many wheo for more they sue. Though giants grown, they still ar In fants In tils sacred keep. And when they fret, he sings, "Rock-a-by baby, go to sleep." When first these Infants came Into the world with hungrr maw . Cncle Ham was chary, as he fed them, when they cried for more; But now they've grown so lusty that they care not for his dole, And snap their finger In hi face, his patronage contSoL The Sugar. Oil, ' and Iron Infants poor dependent babes- Defy their Unci Sam, and all hi couraga droops and fade At their demands to luck and drain his never-falling pap Till they are gorged to bursting on Pro tection's soothing lap. How blest it Is to hav A Infant always to be a babe, Who never will be grows, and nveron your hands to fade: 'Tls sweet, such amaranthine Jay to dauble and to fawn. That needs more ear snd pursing than the day it was bora. And sweeter still to have an Uncle who la ao good and kind ta watching o'er thesa Infants and their every Interest mind; For them old Uncle 8am. With his kind and watchful eye. Will always be paternal and a that they may rely. They never reach to manhood, much leas In their dotage get. But lively and more stalwart grow with never ceasing fret They never will be weaned while Uncle Bam gives them tne earth, But always will be Infanta like they were oa day of birth. Tour Uncle Sam will let yow grow Into a trustful trust Of most ' gigantio else, to gratify , your every lust, And then, when competition yon can knock about and slay. Monopoly will be supreme and have a tyrant s sway. Tour foster mother,' Mr. Tariff High, so stout and strong, ' Will see that nothing lacks to make you grow and get along. - And should sh have an illness, with the risk of gettlnar low, Tou'll get her vp, ' and thus year grati tude will nobly show. , Oh, bless th little Infants, needing fond Protection's pie! They must be nursed and. coddled, else theyu never cease te cry; Tenfold theyu par their Uncle back, and with him gladly share Whene'er, m s campaign, rss need their TORTOtE MEN OX ROCK PILE. 'V ---"'-' i ' ii i .-- " f -" "Atrocities forced oa Noath Carolina (.-naingangr Rank ' With Hum! an ; Bratallt?" A Ilair-I4ftmr Libel on Charlotte Letter, Jth, to The Chi cars ' Pally Socialist- ,r; r4 , , , ' Prisoners, shackled wiUi . chains io neavy tnat the oOffs cut great gashe Into their ankles! ' Men nlitHnr anrl hauling1 rock fifteen hours a day with we oiasing sun. Deatlng down upon them and a "whipping boas" standlna oy to wnip tnera up with the regula uim ininy-nine issues! - .sick men. men With '-crushed flnirerm muluil hands and blinded eyes, driven to worn witn toe crack of whip and vile curses! , Filthy food, ' miserable sneiter, no medical attention and herded together worse . than wild beasts! c,. -.,...:" t.;t- Not in Russia, "Persia. China or any other barbarian or heathen land,, but In our own beloved America; In the land Washington, Jefferson .and IJn- coln strove to see free and equal to au; in tne sovereign state or North Carolina where they boast that "tho weax grow, strong and 'tne strong grow great" AU this in the little town of Gastonla, twenty-two miles away, and which. If It were not for the outrageous persecution of Socialist workers by its mayor, police and re spectable business element and for the frightful abuse of prisoners would re ceive no special mention. . But a town that makes itself infamous py sup pressing all rights American citizens are entitled to and subject its prisoners to tortures rivaling those of darkest Russia, calls for attention that will bring forth a cry of protest and Indignation throughout tne lengtn and breadth of the land. y Gastonla has a population of 8,000, fully two-thirds of whom are mill worker. With no organisation to protect them, they are completely at the mercy of the mill ownera Sev eral years ago a Socialist local .was formed and its membaratteraptea te organise th mill workers into- a union, i The mill owners broke up the local by discharging' (the- members and no mors wa neara acruu; organ zatlon. ' i Here are but a fewVbf llu recent atrocities practiced op ' "workers on the rdfck pile: Arthur .Barrett, an orphamawed $ was bitten by mad dog xluring childhood. when overheated his mind becomes flighty. Whjle in this condition he stands about aimlessly holding ths rock In his sore-covered hands, not knowing what to do with It The guard compels him to work by beating him unmercifully witn a stick. '. ' John Bell, given thirty-nine lashes because a leaky bucket caused a spot on the floor at the foou of his sleeping place and for which ne was not in auy way to blam. Evert Hank, aged II, . sejatenced six months for stealing . seven dollars. Severely beaten (thirty-nine lasnes always) because -he could not do the work to suit the Boss. George Lewlngs, aged 1J Kad only one leg. was sent down irorn uas tonla for four months. After a short while In the stockade he died. Gen eral report had It that he was beaten to death because his disability pre vented him from worktng properly. He was whipped until thev bruises caused swellings which -Xbe county doctor lanced, but he died noon after. Was chained until the vary last moment of his life. v . Jonathan Wesley Edwards, age 21. Sentenced six years for stealing a $150 horse. Was put in charge of the rock crusher. The fine, sharp rock dust tore Into his eyes, causing one eyeball to collapse completely and partially blinding him Jn the other, so that he can barely dis tinguish forms. He is still In chains and still compelled to work. John Collins, oga 28. "Worked dumping stone off car on crusher. One day the spring went out of order and he was caught between the wheels and the body of the car. Ha was so badlv crushed that when the car wa raised he fell back like a dead man. He lay all nightlgroaning In fearful agony, but received no medical attention and was roundly cursed. , LEARNS OF SELFRIDGES DEATH. in letter of Condolence Injured Aero pianist Reads of IUS Companions Death V rigni Mrauu imiiiuiius, Washington, 8ept. 20, Orville Wriirht. who was seriously injurea Thuriuiiv in the aeroplane accueni which caused the deaxn or L,ieui. Thomas Selfrldge, continues to Im prove. Mr. Wright appeared more heerful to-day than . ax any iime since the disaster. ut. wowara H. rtaJlcv. In charge of the nospitai. slated that the aeroplaalst would be denied visitors until the danger point tho knitting together of the bones of ihia thlo-h. and rlbt nas Deen tiaaaed. It became Known aenniiejy io-uay that Orville Wright baa learnea or the death of Lieut Thomas E. Kelf-riHo-a Everv reasonable precaution was taken to guard against Wright innvint of the army officer s fate but a letter of condolence, opened ve.terrta Kt the Injured aeroplanist referred ta Selfridge's death, and the doctors -had no alternative out i .taia the truth. For two days they ardi off a best they could the insistent Inquiries which Wright made. hAnt hla romnanlon in ine iaiai ..,rniln. fllahf at Fort Meyer Thurs day. Mr. Wright, for" eeveral hours after reading; the letter, seemed much depressed, but said little on the sub ject to those around him. ESlPEROn EXPRESSES RKGRET. naman Ruler Deplores Death of IJeutenaat So image ana etmypa Uilie With Inventor WrUcM. Berlin. Sept. lO.--When the news f the accident wMcn oecurreo to nriiu Wrta-ht and Ueut Thomas E. Selfridge at Fort Myer Thursday waa communicated to tne uecmaui r.raprr or'he expressed deep regret at the death of Lieutenant SeUrldgo, whom he described as "an officer engaged In the perfection of a military weap on for ila fatherland." Tho Emperor said that we could well understand the grief of the tire less Inventor, Wright, at the destruc tion of his aeroplane, and tUs majesty added that tie could not help feeling that mishap In aerial . navigation would unfortunately continue for some time o come, and that Invent , rint even got so far', as to navigate th air regardless of sudden change of ne wiaa. mm sympauig went out to inventors, who. he said, perhaps obtained no fresh experiences from their falls, t only discovered ttiat suecees did not 11 In a. certain war and that the suitability of their titans must again be put to the feat at th risk of their Uvea ; a number of Charlotte, neonla went ut to 8u gar Creek yes terday to attend the Sunday School convention. After the morning ser vice, a long table was spread la the grove and everyone enjoyea w dinner that had been prepared. . , Mrs. John Van Zandt end children. w-ho have been spentnng several month at HJddente, will tsrn to day. They will be at th Central, their former home I I Af - - i f , .-aa rt- 'let vi . A 'V A Sip sir iity. There are few linea ol Men's, Women's anoT Children's bnoes uMnis section that equal ours for quality, snap, workmanship, wear and .comfort WeVe studied hard for several years the different makes and now we be lieve we have Shoes as good as the best, or at least they stand as such in the Shoe world. Here are some of our makes 5 THE "SOBOSIS" For both Men and Women, in all leathers, Button, Bal Men's "Sorosis" is a snappy, comfortable Shoe, at ........,,....... "AETISTIO" You 11 not find a more dressy fort tnan this. Then the "Morine" at $2.60 and "Su perba" at $2.00 are two very swell Shoes. ' , v THE QROVER 1 This is the Shoe for Women ... . .. ... . . ....... ...... (... .. .,.$1.75 to $3.00 MEN'S FINE SHOES Our "Knox," made by Dorsch & Sons, is one of the oldest and best makes to be had at.. $5.00 and $6.00 THE "DILWOETH" We stand back of every pair of these, except patents. TTipv an full nf Rnnn rriAaf ArvmfVvrfc onrl moor anA the prices are.... SCHOOL SHOES The "Security School" Shoe, the "Excelsior,", Wood's and other Shoes that bear a reputation-all over the -world as first-class' School Shoes for both Boys and , Girls. BABIES' SOFT SOLES we a a i a at a 4 Baal J vy e carry tne snappy, pretty combinations tor tne little ' tenderfoots. Come see tnem. The price is. . .'. . .50c. wtinr n a avnvr rnawa llXJ VY AX1WX VX10A0 You'll see a "Dead Swell" line here to-day, for the newest has just come. "EMERY SHIRTS" The Fitting Shirt, for......,..; ; ...$1.00 to $3.00 V I X'l 1 1 1 n I 'in afs .r i i the Ladies V'Sorosis" is and Blucher, lasts B to E. ...... ..$3.C0 and $4.00 M. . . . . . .$5.00 and $6.00 $3.00 SHOE i 1 Shoe, or one for more com with tender feet. Price ..$3.50, $4.00 and $4.50 n 1 1 m i Bst in ytj SSlSBslBBtsMlBaS UIIIHIlMUMIIinillll lifaaJ millions tor his ear. - -' . -U. B. OWTN-N.. ' ..... ' :i I 4 s
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 21, 1908, edition 1
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