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CHARLOTTE DAILY, OBSERVER,' SEPTE3IBER 26, 1503. Publisneis. f vcry.Day; in Ifce Year ' PCBLISHERS ; AXJIOTJXCEMEJST . Ne4 South Tryen street Teleohene' numbers: Business office. Bell 'Phone ; city editor" office, Bell 'phone. 1S4; ns editor oCUoe, Bell 'phone, at. A eubeonoer u. enlwlns the JJr f his paper changed, will please indi eete the address to which it is coins at the time he asks lor - the change to be made. . , Advertising rates are furnished on application. Advertisers may leel euro that throush the columns of this paper they may reach U Charlotte and a portion of the best people in this State and upper South Carolina. TMs paper (Ives cottm penitents as wlae latitude as it thinks pettio pol icy permits, but It Is in no ease re sponsible for their views. It Is much preferred thai correspondents sign their names to their articles, especial ly In cases where they attack persons or Institutions, though this is net de manded. The editor reservs the right te give the names of eorrestendeut when they are demanded tor the pur pose of persons I satisfaction. To re ceive consideration a communication meet ba accompanied by the true same of the correspondent. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 108. THE PHILOSOPHY OP TEETH. In a recent number of The Dental Cosmos Dr. Loo is Ottofy, of Manila, announces conclusions which wouM have delighted Rousseau by giving, so far as they go, primitive simplicity Of life the better of the argument ever a necessarily complex civiliza tion. The general belief of modern dentistry that savages should have food teeth meets with confirmation from Dr. Ottofy. The savage Igoroteg of Inaccessible Northern Luzon are declared by the Manila dentist to possess teeth better than dental scUnce had Imagined could be found anywhere. Precisely for the reason that they have never been civilized, their gum topi make a magnificent howlng. The peculiarly degenera tive Influences which civilized life brings to bear upon the tenth never t any tlmr- affected them. So far As Jaw furnishings are concerned these wild wards of oura who figured t the fit. Louis and Jamestown ex position outclass us entirely. Dr. Ottofy'g announced discovery Of the Igorote's superiority on this point Is a matter of some real In terest. Anyone, however, who would draw conclusions of his own from It needs to have a care. Primitive Bian had and has excellent teeth, Dot because he gave them no Intelli gent attention but very much In pit of that fact.. The Igorotn In herited them from ancestors whose teeth had never degenerated, and, pursuing their primitive manner of existence without chang. ho did noth ing to destroy or vitiate the inheri tance. In neither respect do we oc cupy his position.. The question with us is how to make the best of an heredity and a mode of life which are both unfavorable from the dental standpoint. Imitating the savage's neglect would be the very last way to do this. Kor serviceable teeth beyond thlrty-flvs or even a much earlier period, the average civilized man must depend upon oral surgery and Judicious care on lils own part. Where the savage, burring an occasional toothach.- bad enough, t be sure, in a dentixt-lcss land can let his teeth take care of them selves without Incurring much pun ishment, we cannot. The tra!n of artificial living and Indulgences upon a body developed under strictly nat ural conditions has made neeewmry a tribe of specialists to don! with such organs as fare worst In the struggle. Among the very most useful and important of these is thu dentist. Noteworthy In this connection Is the fact that whereas the ante-bellum Southern negro had extremely fine teeth the generation grown up since has teth rather poor than otherwise. The negro can no longer practice neglect with Impunity; he must henceforth use the tooth care that the whit man does or gradually become toothlcna. A "Democratic Taft club," estimat ed by The Richmond Journal to com prise at this time a membership of 800, Is being organized in Richmond. Tha promoters systematically can vass the city, and acquiescent Demo crats become membera by subscribing tbelr names. Not a little secrecy ha thus far attended the movement, whose scope and significance are con sequently hard to determine. It Is, at all events, taking place In a State aafe for the Democratic ticket. Re publican Bryan clubs" in the really pivotal States could be formed with an Immense membership and would be a thousand times more to the pur pose. Chairman Hitchcock cries distress .'jfuJly that tha Republican campaign treasury U practically empty, but, none the less, contracts continue to be triads for Taft-gherman space in maga zines and otber publications whose advertising columns are open for such use. In this the Republican man agers reason with entire correctness. fio interest Is too poor to advertise If It would become or remain a live in terest, and tha Republican party's cir cumstances at present are undoubted ly In need of very great Improvement - .; Heretofore the Prohibition party's t emblem has been a device composed f a fountain anj a rising sun. It Is bow announced from Chicago that In future the camel, as the original water wagon, will furnish the party Insignia. Thus " do the : Democratic donkey, the Republican elephant And the Tammany tiger receive re-en. forcemeat which wlii add no little te the interest and variety of the politi cal menagerie. - , . . . - ' 3. P. CALDWELL . A. TUMPaUAS , OUR BERSERK ETt " PRESIDENT J AND THE CJAMPAIGX. , Criticisms of . President - Roosevelt for his strenuous participation In the pending campaign axe just now. many and pointed. It is declared that heJ the President of the whole people,' is acting with great impropriety. This accusation we regard as substantially true, but, in Justice to Mr. Roosevelt, we- must point out that tha blame should properly be divided between blm and certain developments of American history. ' Upon the general question of his efforts' for the nomination and elete tlon of Mr. Taft as his personal pref erence those who take Issue sharply with the President will find them selves at variance with nearly all the saints in the political calendar, Washington's avowed preference of John Adams over Jefferson decided the presidential election of 1796 Jefferson named Madison as his suc cessor for two terms, and, from his retirement at Montlcello, named Mon roe for two terms also In each case choosing a close personal friend and a fellow-Virginian. Over some of the greatest men any nation's public life has seen Jackson dictated for Presi dent the mere politician, Van Buren a man whom the country at large neither knew nor wanted, but who had highly ingratiated himself with his chief. Few can doubt that Lin coin, had he lived, would have nam ed the next President. But for the Democratic party's epllt of 18 9S over free sliver, Cleveland would doubtless have been conceded the cholco of his successor probably Mr. Olney. The fact seems to be that the country's greatest Presidents have deemed a large voice in the selection of their successors one of their official respon slbllities, especially where the fate of certain policies waa Involved. And that this attitude toward the succes sion has tended to Mexlcanlze American Institutions we do not think any one will contend. The bad re sults. If any, have not yet become visi ble. Any attempt to make It appear that Mr. Roosevelt is doing something unprecedented, arrogant or necessari ly dangerous by his open champion ship of Mr. Taft for nomination and election will not go down with Intelli gent people. The true ground for Indictment of Prenldent Roosevelt's pro-Taft exer tions Is not the mere fact of their making hut their extent. Heyond certain limits, things otherwise harm less are sometime pernlclouB. Did President Roosevelt make undue use of Federal patronage, or, at least, of delegate-delivering machine! of Federal office-holders, in bringing about" Mr. Taft's nomination? He certainly went the limit of propriety. If not further. Did President Koose velt act properly in delivering a vehement nttack upon the personal and political character of a Demo cratic campaign manager solely to promote Mr. Taft's chances of elec tion, first having his Cabinet sit all day upon the matter that it might be given all the official sanction possible? We are positive that he did not. At the same time there is no denying that he has done nothing beyond the precedents set by Jackson, native North Carolinian and Immortal Demo crat. Old Hickory, whom Mr. Roose velt resembles In passlonateness If not in masterful determination, laid about him at times with extreme strenuousness. Ho not only rode rough-shod over other branches of the government In a manner which the latest President has never even attempted but he made no scruples whatsoever about using the presi dential office as a vantage point for dealing according to his will with friend or foe. And Old Hickory s is a name to conjure with to-day. Ills ntrength was that. In the main, he embodied popular and party desires and gratified an Instinct for unified action. Teeing how rresiaoni jacK son has gone unrebuked except by a few we cannot think that President Roosevelt, who, with all his faults, undoubtedly embodies at least as much Americanism as any other liv ing man, Is likely to rouse muu.n ad verse public feeling by similar per formances. He is doing wronn, oui it does not follow that he or his candi date will suffer in consequence. For defence against President . i ..i Roosevelt's excessive campaign activi ty the Democratic party will have to trust the goodness of its cause. The President's breaches of official pro priety are bad enough, but they must nee. is grow worse still If they are io give opportunity for countering upon him with much political effectiveness. Goose ISjs ERS September. Monroe Kniulrer. They are gathering blackberries down la Chatham county and are making a big blow about it and are asking who ever heurd of ripe black berries In September here In North C arolina? Aw, g'long with your o d September blackberries. Here in Union county we've got a goose that j laying nt in September. Who ever heard of a goose In North Carolina or any old place laying In September? Mr. William Crook, of Goose Creek township, came in last Saturday and reported that he has a goose up In Ooose Creek that is laying goose eggs here in the month of Beptember and says that his goose has broken all records, for no other goose was ever known to lay eggs in the fall of the year. Take the case, gentlemen, we are net well enough up on gooseology t: J..1S8 upon it. Hon. J. D. McCall. of Charlotte, who In a public speech In this county not long since, boasted that he had in former days chased geese up and down the banks of Goose i-reek, in Goose Creek township. Is hereby appointed referee in thl goose-laying case. i. Injured la Peculiar Manner. Monroe Enquirer. Mr. Charles Sells, whs. with his brother runs a barber shop next to The EnquirtcofHce. was most pain fully injured last Monday afternoon. Mr. Sells struck a match and a piece of the burning head of it struck centerly in the sight of the right eye. The injured man went to Charlotte Monday night to have bis eye treated by a specialist. It Is feared that the sight is permanently injured. KEBEA8KAN IN INDIANA OTHER TRUSTS ADDED TO LIST. William canines Bryan Reiterate f His Charge That Roosevelt Is Not Givinjr Him a Square Deal DM - Using HU Federal Officeholders as a RepuDUcan Asset two Aaaresses , in Terr Haute, One at the saseoau Park and the Other IVora Court House Stepe Encoaragfc Over Rit- Tariff Revision Speech . Delivered Friday Speaks at Indianapolis Mid Shelbyvllle. 1 Terre Haute, Ind., Sept 15. Ad. dressing two large gatherings here to day 'William J. Bryan, , Democratic, candidate for President, reiterated his charge that President Roosevelt was not giving him a square deal but that the President was using Federal of nceholders as a Republican asset. His principal remarks were made at the baseball park, where he de nounced the Republicans for their politics and pleaded with his audience to stand together and elect the State and national Democratic tickets. The second address ' was made to-night from the court house stepa ANOTHER NEW FEATURE. Mr. Bryan, in his remarks on the labor Question, the trusts, the tariff and publicity of campaign contribu tions, Injected a new feature. He conducted an imaginary cross-exami nation of Mr. Taft on the Issues of the campaign in which he placed Mr Taft in the attitude of finally ad mittlng, after a good deal of pres sure, that the Republican piatrorm was all wrong and unsatisfactory to him and that the Democratic platform was right. The trouble with Mr. Taft Is," he said, "that while he is ashamed of his platform, ha has not the courage to come out and declare himself fully on our platform." OTHER TRUSTS ARE ADDED TO UST. Discussing the trusts, Mr. Bryan added some more corporations to the ist of those specifically mentioned by him as being in restraint of trade He .mentioned the American Tobacco Company, the National Biscuit Com pany, and the so-called starch trust. He dwelt on the ability of powerful corporations to control a campaign A small amount or tneir pronis. he declared, "will finance any cam DRlun and that is what leads to the corruption of elections and corrup- lon of official Ufa. How, tnereiore can vou control a monopoly uiui pur- crTases from the party In power the rleht to continue?" Mr. Taft's speech of yesterday. In which he Is quoted as saying that he promised genuine tariff revision, was made the subject of ridicule. Now." ho said. have three promises, unequivocal, Immediate ana genuine. I suppose their other re- lsions have not been genuine, i ney have been shama; tnoy Dave ueen frauds, but here is the genuine one with the brand blown In the bottle." The Democratic candidate reacnea Terre Haute shortly before 2 o'clock nd received a hearty wetvome. e- ause of the fact inai mere were nly two steps between Cincinnati nd this city. Mr. Bryan was called on o make two speecnes. .an'i ine.in w-m at Shelbyvllle and at Indianapolis, where he spoke briefly in behalf of the Democratic State ticket. WILL, CARRY OHIO. In his speech at Indianapolis Mr. Bryan said: "I have Just been 1n Ohio, and I want to tell you that if you Demo crats In Indiana do as well on the 3d day jDf November as the Democrats of Ohio will do, there will be no ques tlpn about a clean Democratic victory in imlh K!:itr.H Kvrvwhrr I find the Democrats up" and doing. They are working hard and intend to win. Ohio, New York, Rhode Island In fact everywhere there Is the same evidence of earnest work and I feel sure that Indiana will do as well. "We have the Republicans on the run." "How about Haskell?" shouted some one In the crowd. Mr. Bryan answered. "When we get through with this matter you will not need to ask that question." Mr. 'Bryan to-night left over the Chloago . & Eastern Illinois Railroad for Chicago, whero he is due at 6:47 o'clovk Saturday morning. After a visit of two hours at the Democratic headquarters he plans to continue his trip westward, going first to Madison. WJh., and thence, to Milwaukee, where he Is scheduled to speak to-morrow night. TOE MECKLENBURG STILL GAY. North Carolinians and Others Con tinue to Reg Inter at tlo Chase City Report. Special to The Observer. Chase City, Vh., Sept. 25 The bril liant weather of the past-week could not be excelled and, Beptember has created for Itself with its charms its onn patronage, which is sufficient to keep tha hotel bright with life and animation. An old-time Virginia cake-walk will take place In the ball room Thursday evening and will be an occasion of much fun and merri ment. A large number of visitors has been hooked for the National Beagle Club of America, which will meet here October 23d'. A prominent guest from Goldsboro, N. C, is Capt. N. O'Berry. who Is mak ing a return visit and received a glad welcome. A charming family party from Reldsvllle. N. C, includes Mrs. E. D. Watt- and family and Miss Hll llnor. A very prominent guest from Charleston, 8. C, is Mr, St. John Kln loch, who Is spending several weeks here. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. O'Brien, of Durham, N. C. are spending some time here. Dr W. A. Parrott, or Klnston, N. C, and T. C. Worth, or Durham, N. C are late arrivals. Other guests here sre: W. B. 8ul ivan, Washington; H. T. Savage, T. C. Hines. Miss May Glenn, Pouth Bos ton; W. A. Stephenson, Danville; T. M. McMillan. Mobile, Ala; W, H. Miller. A. Elchell Miss Beulah Elchell. Richmond ; R. M. C. Glenn. New York; A. l. Ward. Lynchburg; R. P. Howell, Goldsboro. N. C; J. R. Haines, Oxford, N. C; W. D. Cates, C. C. Hltt, C. 3. Miller,' L. 8. Wolf. Richmond: n. V. Danlel.W. A. Bit hie, Norfolk; 3. A. Stewart, Jr., Easton, Md.; L. D. Hawkins, Wil mington. N. C: 3. B. Anderson. Dan ville: M. Mitchell. Chicago; ,W. M. Cehart Altoona. Pa.; J. B. Anderson, D. E. Gertarrt. Danville; V. M. Moon, Fredericksburg. .--'' - Thre and Half Pound Potato, j . Chatham Record. .' We acknowledge with thanks the receipt from our good old friend B. O. Womble, C Moncure, of three of tfc Urnil awt. nnfatoe VK have aver seen. ' Their combined weight was 7 1-3 pounds, the largest of them weighing nearly t l-i pounds. AN'SWS- ME. B00SEYEL' , ' ' (Cintiaued from Page One).' T and X trust the transaction 'will be successfully consummated.? ' Later he explains " the 1 transaction , te through, and the $$0,900 was returned to air. Arcnoota. . . UntiI now "Jlr. Foraker says. have not made any statement about the letter Mr. Hearst read at Colum bus from Mr. Archbold to me dated March Ith, i00. calling my attention te two bill introduced In the- Ohio Legislature by Mr. Price. I cannot find any trace of such a letter on my files, or of any answer in my letter book, x have not been able to com tswnunlcate with Mr. Price, who Intro duced the bills, but he has stated in a public interview that, he abandoned the bills because Governor Nash told him that' Senater Hanna and- X were both opposed to the measures ' and that we feared it might damage Pres ident McKlnley in the national cam paign if their passage should be in sisted .upon. Mr. Price's statement suggests to my mind that in ay prob ability I referred the letter to Gov- nernor Nash. flueh a disposition of the letter would be In accordance with what is usuallydone with all such communications. "While I have occasionally heard from Mr. Archbold during the period that has elapsed since the termlna tlon of my employment in the early part or iei, I do not recall receiv Ing any letter from him except, if ' received H, the one relating to the Jones' 'bill, which hfd any relation to legislation pending In Congress or anytning with which I had any omciai duty to perform, until he wrote me the letter of May 7th, 10, proposing a re-employment with respect to the suits and prosecutions threatened In Ohio. There never was a suggestion from him or from anybody else that was under the slightest obligation to support or oppose any proposed legislation on behalf of that company, nor was there ever a suggestion by anybody that I should receive any compensation or reward of any kind whatsoever on that account . TAFT'S LETTER. "This brings me to Mr. Taft's letter and what the President has said in his commehts on the same. 'If the President. In publishing It, had not withheld the name of trie man to whom it was written, it might have been easier for me to show that I had no responsibility for that man s reason in writing to him When Mr. Taft's candidacy for the presidency was first announced, I was surprised to learn from the newspa pers that the programme of those having it In charge Involve by 'elimi nation from public life. An open declaration of war, such as the 'elimination proposition In volved, naturally brought controversy and strife when there should have only been peace." Referring to Mr. Taft's letter con cerning his public acts, Mr. Foraker says: 'Mr. Taft knew I had never opposed the policy of supervising and regulat ing interstate carriers and interstate commerce. He knew that my oppo- Ition to the rate bill was not because was oppesed to the general policy f regulation and supervision, but onb to some features of the methods It was proposed by that measure fo employ. or instance he knew that my ob- ection was confined to certain clauses. mong tnem the rate-making clause ndithe commodities clause. 'This bill contained some provisions on account of which I disliked to vote against it and so stated it) the Senate, ut it contained others that seemed to mo o vicious that I could not doubt that It would bring on us not only anlc. idleness, suffering and distress, ut still other evils that did not then seem to be generally foreseen. 'Entertaining this view of the measure, I studied the subject with very great care and felt that when I had .reached my conclusions. It was my duty to my constituents and the hole country to dlsregaM the in structions of the Ohio Legislature, most of the members of which body ad probably studied the . questions nvolved very little If at all. "I do not agree with Judge Taft that a Senator should be controlled by the Legislature of his Htate agalns"J is intelligence, nis conscience ana his udgment about a great public ques- on of far-reaching serious conse- uences. - . 'I think a Senator who' would thus yield to public clamor and do violence to his conscience, his Intelligence and his Judgment would be unfit to rep resent a great Commonwealth In the Congress of the United States. "Only one month ago when Mr. Taft visited Middle Bass and Toledo e wa the guest of Mr. C. T. Lewis, of the law firm of Doyle & Lewis, who ave been the attorneys of the Stand- rd Oil Company for many years. andlng next in rank In that relation o Mr. Virgil P. Kline, and when Mr. Taft had occasion to pass back and forth between Middle Base and Tole- where I had the pleasure of meet- ng him, he traveled on the yacht of Mr. Richardson, a prominent magnate f the glass trust, and while le doubt less paid his tare, at least the papers announced, wnon traveling irom Hot Borings to Toledo on his way to Middle Bass, yet nevertheless he rode the private oar of one r tne om- cers or tne roaa oi wmcn Messrs Dovle A Lewis are attorneys. What a series of unpardonable crimes. There did not seem to be any sucn righteous dislike of these Bianoara Oil and Other trust representative rankling In the bosom or Mr. tart on the occasion to which I reer. On the contrary, he acted like a good, square, sensible, honest-minded man who really enjoyed the company he was keeping and tne enieriauimem e was receiving, ana wnoyrecugnneu, as the late Seriator Hanna was accus tomed to say that there were good trusts as well as bad' and even decent people In the employment or in Standard Oil Company as well as ob- ectlonable people, ana s.u m i j his credit. , ... . It Is also highly to his credit that when three years ago the P"Went had occasion to appoint a uimea States district juage tor in. niri district of Ohio, Mr. Taft. knowing the abilities and Wh character of John H. Doyle, of the B tandard Oil firm of . Doyle A Lewis, did not hesi tate to recommend him to the Presi dent In strong language for appoint ment to that Judgeship.- THE BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR. He defends his action in relation td the .Brownsville anair .. Can it be possible that the President .. JL areat Judra TaftT That cannot be. and yet he could Va,,ir.d2 sy other one thing pewer cunmi 7. . kiM .,nti for no self -resoect- tTiui htm votes, for no self-respect ing negro reading what Judge Taft says In this letter and adding It to all tbat has gone before, can vote for him without feeling that be Is making a greater sacrifice man rnosi men, white or black, are willing to make. , "Except only the BroVnaville mat ter,, the rate MIL and the Joint 8tate hood, X voted for all tha measures the President enumerated among the achievements of his administration and soma of them I. was Is charge of on tha floor of the Senate when they were passed." . v QPPOSEp TO NIGHT RIDERS. Farmers Union Doe Not Approve of Methods of Lawless) Ucmeiit Gnpty Parties should Ba Pnnlabed. To the Editor of The Observer.:. , ; 7 . X have noticed In-the dairy papers an account of the work of night riders in this State. It goes without saying, that the Farmers' Union is in no way responsible for the acts of these men whoever they are. and does not en. dorse such methods, of keeping cot ton off the market. - The union en deavors to persuade men by appealing to their reason and sense of Justice, but will never stand for such methods as coercion, ostracism or boycotting. me union is a ousiness organua tlon for tha purpose ef helping its members, moraMy, intellectually and financially. " Its object is to build up not to tear down: to promote peace. harmony and brotherly ,love among all mankind and not to bring discord and strife between either individuals. classes or vocations. Tha . union would not knowingly tolerate for day members who advocate the meth. ode , of the so-called night riders. and we hope that all such characters mv ba discovered and prougnc to Justice. Respectfully, , H. Q. AXKaAM)K. tresiseui. Route 17, Matthews, Sept- Jtl. lightning Proof Telephone Switch Dopru. Dunlin Journal. Mr r. n. TvndalL theefflcleEt nuni'nr of tha Duolln-Sampson Tele- Comnanv. has fitted up the telephone exchange at-thls place with a new switchboard which is the won der and admiration of .all whoiave seen it This new switchboard has many advantages over any ever seen in these parts ana many or me im nrovements are original ideas of Mr. Tvndall. worked out by him in nis extensive experience in tne teiepnone buaineaa One of the big advantages of the new exchange over the old is the fact that it is lightning proof. The exchange will not be put out of commission by electric storms and the operator will be subject to no danger, it has many other Improve ments, most of which are technical and would have to be explained by an operator to be understood. Work on Line to Chester to Begin at One. Chester, 8. C, Reporter. Mayor Caldwell tells us that Mr. W. 8. Lee, of the Southern Power Company, states definitely that his company will reach Chester and be ready for business on or before February 1st. The first work to be done will be the construction of the line from Great Falls to Chester, and work on this line will commence In few days. Some slight trouble has been experienced in securing a few Ights-of-way, but It Is thought all this difficulty will be removed without recourse to law. If not, however, con- emnatlon proceedings will be Insti tuted, .The local lines, which are to be taken over by tho Southern Power Company, will be renovated as soon s the transmission line is ready for business. In the meantime. Mr. Leo tates that the Southern Power Com pany will build any extensions needed. Tall Corn Grows in Lee County. Sanford Expresa Mr. W. E. Hamilton, who lives 1 1-2 miles south of Jonesboro, brought stalk of corn to this office Tues day which was 15 feet and 10 inches height. The stalk measured 1" feet and 8 Inches to the ears. It contained two good sized and well eveloped ears of corn. Mr,' Hamilton as another stalk of corn on his farm which Is 11 feet and 10 Inches In eight. He suggests that this b amed "the high water proof corn." Had all the corn on Deep and Cape Fear rivers been as tall as this, much of It would not have' been destroyed by tho late floods. Mr. Hamilton says he 'heard of a stalk of corn raised In his section two years ago that was 17 feet in height, but no ears grew on It. After Brandy Distilleries. Mount Airy Leader. The way of the brandy distiller Is Indeed hard in this neck of tne woods, for there is hardly a day that some plant It not seised, and if the rumors arw worth anything, many more win go that way. Last Saturday the plant f P. G. Chandler, near Crutchtleld, ent Into the hands of the govern ment and Monday the outfit of Ell Hutchena, near White Plains, was Iko seized. . The brandy men In this section, In heir eagerness to do big things, this. their last year, have in many In- tances'gone too far and as a result many more plants will be seized in the county in the next few weeks.- Sheath Gown Appears oa. Streets of AfthevlIIe. '' Ashevllle Citizen. The sheath skirt, the hero (or heroine as the case may be) has at last appeared on the streets of Ashe vllle. It has been seen before In the city on the stage and even in one instance In the dining room of one of the large hotels, but It is safe to say that the appearance of a real live sheath skirt on Patton avenue was the first one to blossom, out on the streets of Ashevllle in broad daylight. The skirt I was cut vere much like a coffee sack and was worn by one of the unfortunates whose lot it was to ride the festive tiger over the burning sands last evening in the ceremonial session of the D. O. K. K.s. Watauga County Prodigies. Lenoir Topic Mr. T. R. Gragg, of New-River. Wa tauga county, who was here to-day with a load of cabbage, was accom panied by bis son who is something of a prodigy. Tha boy Is I years old. weighs 157 pounds, has seven fingers on his right hand, six on his Jeft and six toes on each foot. "Mr. Gragg tells us he has a daughter at home IS years of age, weighing' 170 pounds, and she has six toes on each foot. The children both enjoy good health. The parents of the children are small, the father weighing lit pounds and the mother 120 pounds. '. Splendid Yield of Irish Potatoes. Lenoir Topic Prof. J. T. Jones, principal of X noir graded schools, is not only an excellent school man, but . 1s a fine farmer as well.' He left at Tha Tople office Saturday a few specimens of as fine , Irlrh potatoes as we have aver seen. Mr. jones nas iiv ousueia u potatoes as fine as the samples,. whicn ha r-m on one-third of an acre of land and from about three bushels' planting. Many of tha potatoes are so large that It takes only tl of them to fill a half bushel. -' Large Apple Tpr Exhibit at Fair. Wlnston-Saletn Sentinel. ' , There - was a farmer la . the city yesterday afternoon who had on ex hibit an apple weighing St ounces, or 1 an,4 1.1 nnunde. . It Wtl One Of the largest ever, seen In tha city. The farmer said he had a peck of these apples which ha was going to enter at tha Piedmont Fair. 1 1 1 1 1 l t 9 , s IIHUIMIMHIMIIMIIH fmm m If you want, a swell Necktie, get one of the lot that came yesterday. They. are. Take a look at our show window. Our $1.50 "Emery" Shirt The Shirt fits perfectly. tached or detached cuffs, White or Colored, Negli gee, Plaited or Plain Bosom and Full Dress. He & L Pure Linen Collate 2 For 25 Cents All the newest shapes for Boys and Men. 'All pure Linen, 4-ply, tor...., m.. 16c.,' or 2 for 25c Shaw Knit Sox Black, Black with Spliced White Foot, Solid Colors or Fancies. ..: Our Men's "Sorosis" Shoe If you want to see a snappy, swell Dress Shoe, call for the "Sorosis" $5.00 and $6.00 "Artistic" $3.00 Shoe for Women A swell, snappy Shoe in Gunmetals, Vicis or Patents; Bals, Bluchers or Buttons. Notice to Merchants Wc are closing out our entire stock Wholesale Hats and Caps. Here's your chance to make big money. You can sell these goods for what your neighbor v pays for them and make 33 per. cent All staple and fancy shaped Hats and Caps, good styles; go at ..1-4 Off Big Stock Outings to Qose All the Outings in our wholesale department are tovbe - closed at once. You 11 -v The $10.00 Is a grana success: You'get coat, the latest model, worth every cent of $15.00- for a $100 bill, spot cash. No approval ancT no ; alterations. On sale Tryon street store only.- ; v l JHIMIIMvMIIjM MM i a ite t OTys IMMllllMMIMMItlM i "It." They are swell. Price Coat Shirt or old style, at ....25c, make money to see us now.O Coat Suit Sale . ; . a swell ' Suit, satin lined , KAAaaassssaiaaajBaBafeBSBsfJBBm WirW W W "W S JWSSBBSSBBSSBSSBBSBaBBBBBBS tM MIHMIIW1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 26, 1908, edition 1
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