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CHARLOTTE DAILY , OBSERVER, NOVEMBER 11, 1903. it c V BALL YESTERDAY Orleans. Nov. UX At Baton joylor University of Texas . ? ' ' : . v Lmixgtov spouts iXTERESTKD IX COCK FIGHT. clal to Tbe Observer. vt'yj.jt- ' Wilmington, Nov. 10. sporting In Brest, her is' Somewhat! Increased at the announcement of- blg.cocking rinaln to take place near Florence, 8, (i. and Clinton, 8. C Thanksgiving- Day iwhen birds from Mayeaville, 8. C and Clinton, n. c win matcn d. The main la situated about tour miles trout Florence, this being in or. tJer to- clear the limit at prescribed by law of three and a halt mile from '' .a church or school house. Several sports from Wilmington will gp to .back their judgments on th North, , Carolina birds, so It is said. , 'Anneal BfeeUng National Baseball League) December tth. - New Torn, Nov. 10 President Pul- llam. of th p National " Baseball league, to-day sent out ennounce- nente , to eluo . president that - th , annuel meeting of the league will be . held Tuesday, December 8th, at 1 p. tn., at th Waldorf-Astoria Hotel In 'this city.. Th board of directors will meet on the same day at soon. ' .' Xatopla's Winning Favorite Are . ' , Merrick and Marmornn, , . Cincinnati,. 0 Nov. IS. , pursree v at furlong .was th feature at Latoni - to-day and was won by Merrick. Merrick and Marmora were the- only . winning? - favorite,-1- Summaries - - -Pint me. Hfartonir Dr. Mayer, is v to 1, won: Kllllngton, to t place, sec . end;sMtqu O'Brien, even, show, third. Tim, 1 1L V--:., . . - ' v Second race, furlongs: Marmora. T to won; Mlu Felix, t to 1, plaea, sec , nd; Europe. 4 to V show,- third. Time, '.' lilltJ-1. ..""w Third- race, yrorloor: Snak Mary, S to 1, wen; sorrel Top, 7 to is, pises, sao- nd; 'Painty Bella, 4 to a, , show, third. -' Fourth race,. furtorgs: Merrick,- f r T w,on; Clodstereaa, to t, place.' second: poiiart, 1 1 1 show, third. Ttme, 1:16 A Fifth race; mil and en furlong: Maid Militant, to won; quagga. a. to a. place, seoona; pt, to 1, snow intra. 1 -Tim.- lW'- vMV-.v, .""- . Sixth race mile and on furlonr- Gold Treasure, ,7 to 1, won; Bitter Hand. 4 to 1, -place, second;- Leonard Joe Jlayman, II to J, show, tMru. : ; jnne, Jk v a- , CHICAGO . JPAPER3 lyTEESTEb. Uend Crack Correspondents to Ashe ville te rooaw ip UM Eastman ' McBe liticaUoa. ?; , - inthevlll clttaeiC tOUwrr-v-V:'i"''' 4 iff n ' Th tanrleK affairs of Mr. Soph 1 1 .- Harrison Baatman and Colonel V.- -EL . " WcBee ar .of wldo interest In ' Chl- ' cago. although not attracting any sen,- atienal Interest, here. Th , Chicago tiapers have carried heavy accponta of tb trouble of the two, well as tba partlclpatloa of Colonel McBe aon Kchola, and yesterday there waa n invasion of Ashevllle by cnioago newspaper men who were ruahed to ' aret th-plctursque features of the tn , cidenta iwhick might ba of interest to i , chicatd p6Jplf.J Tny awarmed in on i ail train and raced for Skyland hotel. iwher Mrs., Eastman and Mr.. Baker Edwards, to wham It is reported she Is i to b married, vvar stopping. Mr. :.v Ova arm an moved 'from . Buck Shoals I i Bloc her disagreement over buslnes , - affairs with Colonel McBee, who was - rnanaget' of the estate created by. the ! -lat BUI Nye. th great humorist. ; IBut the scribe were disappointed, b cause Mrar Eastman-naa onveir into - th lty to consult with her lawyer,, , , 'lAdaima Jk Adams and, Jone at Wll I -1 llama. Th -omces of th former firm, J.. , where Judge T. A. Jones and Mr, Wil , - Hams' were consulting on th caeev iwer then, invaded, but the gentle men. It Is 'understood, provided a very scanty bill of far. of sensation If In deed any at in. joinei mcbo ana gils son,. Echols, came ' in yesterday -noon and went to tn omces or their counsel, Craig, .'Martin lc Thomason, ' fcut coiirtser idvlslng that th lawsuit I be tried la the courts. Colonel McBe r made no statement. 'Mr a . Eaatman (was decidedly handsome, as. usual, in a suit of blue with blue toque, and th seemed a placid a a spring morning her friends saying -that- she knew ' people would be with her. Colonel AlcBee, a handsome man of good flg , tires was also in a good humor. The civil case. Involving th celvershlp to -which 6. O. Bernard was 4 appointed 4y Judge Murphy, and th arrest and ball proceedings 1 due for - (bearing at. &enderspnvllle on Monday. f . winr he SQIATC Ctounty Mi TCHES. One RnuWirford County Man Wllf Xot Vote For Any On) Who Ijeave Pub Da Affair to Attend to HI Own. ffo th dltor of Th Observer :v: -- I hav tea reading' th reasons : gHvrn.br th different one far the slump in th Democratic vote with a great deal f interest ' 'I "am years old and commenced "votingxln the dark day of " the Democratic - party and neyer voted for a Republl can and never aerate he d a ticket until the last few yeara I felt as If I wanted to give Jron my reasons for - scratching now,' and I think there ' are a good many more Democrats In th same position: When we elect " a man . to an offlc.. we .expect h)m , attend to th duties of that office ' and not leave hi post at the very - time there are Important matter be Ing considered that his constituency Is interested In and roam all over his ' Stat seeking another office; -and -1 do not think It Is any.teuso to say that he was paired. ' What rjght . have our Congressmen- to pals eff and leav th public business and go to attend to their own Individual busi ness T One has as rtoch right to . pair off -with the oppcH party a another, and when I look over the ' roll calls of Congress It seems to me - that thero are too many oft attend- Ing to their private business. , I have, therefore, made up my mind ito scratch them ever afterwards. But -why the Democrat rn the tenth dis trict went back on Mr. Crawford Is mor than I can tell, for he was al wsrs at his po?t of-duty. .A; ' . Rutherford ion. N. C. " J , rrrm!(t-J to Whh-ile lu Churr. ; Boot on Herald. - , Harry P, Poison, of Reading, as his 1 friends Worcester say, whlffyd In church while attendirr divine worship In that dty recently. When asked' about It Mr. Bon mid 1 was not asleep and explained his a- ..-n by telling .the following" story: " The -minister said ' Jut before t!.e ecritrlbuti H that any on who put 6 eenta or mors fcuo the con tribution Ui wa. en- .J ar.d expected; to wkJSLia, As t a c-:,ttor were on th'lr way th. wh:r:r,g came from ail part of tfx r'vjm & as mt far fr;im tjvral. A', -en It cs-" to me it was to me d i- down e i eonteat my?e'.l , v'h a wr !..' " 1 'i i S Uet i f r.!..i.g Kace f r t... . 1 PEONAGE CHARGED.: Gorcrnment AIIccr That ' Thousnnds - of Workmen Were Held In Camp 11.' Flagler's 1 Florid list Coast ; Kailroad In eitate of "Peonage, 81 v very and Enforced Servitude." . r New Tork, Nov., 10. The cases of alleged peonage in building Henry- M. Flagler' Florida Kast Coast Railroad, which hav ' been pending , In the Unit; Btate courts of this district for nearly two years, were put on trial to-day before ; Judge' , Hough in the TTnltit Ctataa r'lrlilt rrnirt . David E. arlv' an emDlov of thel Florida East Coast Railway Company; Francesco Sabbla and ' Edwar,d .: J. Trlay.i'employment agents of tht city, and Frank t- Al , Huff . .are accused Cf conspiracy to' keep' employe in en forced peonage. ' XHuir- had not been arrested vbef or' th opening;' of the cas to-day. : It 1 charged that Babbla and Trlay hired men in' New Tork, took them to New Jersey and turned them over to Barley and that he took them to Florida to work on the tall road. The complaint alleged thatthe workmen were kept in camps there In a state of "peonage, slavery and en forced servitude, - ' It was learned that the government has nearly- v 100 witnesses,' many -of whom,-It I alleged, were Induced jo go to nonaa ny misreprssentsuon.' After th selection and swearing In of the jury, counsel 'for' the govern ment declared that 8.000 men la 190S had been forced, to work on Mr. Flat lr' railroad, j ;"Thes ' tnen," he as serted, "were held-' there lnjlavery." . . Attorney - General Olenq B.-, TJsted outlined the. prosecution's case,' con tending the. men had beta induced by alluring advertisements, to apply for employment In th South,-., Everything went well, the attorney aid, until the men, reaehed Jersey City, where they were put aboard train, the aoora oeung locked, h mem and armed guards set over them to prevent their escape, v Throughout the long Journey they : were - given nothing but stale bread and bologna sauaage, and when they reached the land end -01 their , journey many re- f belled and refused to leave th train TDiit a hose had been- turned on them. and in ants manner the entire consign. ment of human freight had been driv en aboard a waiting steamer; ,. When th ultimata destination was resched, said Mr, Usted, the men found that th paradise that had been promised them was a barren wilderness, over-run, with reptiles and venomous snakes, where no place to sleep had been - provided for taem. Their "hgh wages,? ...the -"prosecution t'wAv .Un, a- tianAr ex changeabl at th company stoffc for shoes and clothlna and fodd. The that many sought was Impos lble. ' Bom of th menrerus4 to work. These. Mr. Usted said, were threatened with death ana orutaiiy beaten. ;' . John B. 8tancnneld. attorney fr tha snorlda East . Coast Company, moved that th Indictment ehargingl peonag and slavery e aismissea as 1X1 tm I " B B Mianwjvu w Judge IJoughwas inclined to hold that h rharre of weonag could not hoi dertarad that h Would rnle la th matter on any jwlnt brought out during tn presentation 01 me vtdence.- . ; ' - . An adjournment was tagen untu to morrow. HEARING NKXT, MONDAT.' Temoorsry Beoetvership . 01 uck Klioals Proprrty win men Jie aw trrretrd tn the Proceeding. , Boetlsl to Th Observer, ; . - . Aihvlll. Nov. 1.Wnll ther W ltttlelntrest loca lly In ; the pending litigation : In Henderson county ovr the Buck Shoals estate wherein Mrs. Bophla Harrison-Eastman is plaintla mi fant . v. L. McBee is uexenuauc and the 1 criminal action instituted against Mrs. Eastman, much interest aoes aitacn in hb v.tij vi vuiiB where Mrs. Eastman Is so weu known and where she la and was prominent socially. Mrs. Eastman la a sister t former Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr ti Chicago, and ber kinspeople and many friends in th. Windy taty are arousea over th proceedings. . Th Chicago. bla- dailies two of them - at least hav sent special representatfvea here for the purpose; of getting the Kory. :. T(ie windv , uty newsnaper lowa naid a visit to the, Buck Shoal section yesterday it-is aiu. searcmng for "copy. It is also unaerstooa m on Of them went again this morning armed" with .-a couple of photog raphvrsr Wirh' a view- of obtaining pic ture of "local interest."- - . ' That It la not th purpos of th lltl gants to fight the. matter out through the newspapers is evident Attorneys representing both the plain! ft and the defendants rare 'reticent. me Bret hearina- is set for. next Monday when the. Dermanent .receivership- matter will be disposed of. Silas G. Bernard, of Asheville, is now temporary receiv er for th Buck Shoal estate pend ing the outcome of th litigation, and has named J. M. Lance, of Henderson rounty, as manager of the estate, uc ceeding' Captain McBee. Mrs. East man, It is learned, - purpose fighting th matter out through the court and also th ' effort, her . friends allege, that fs being-made- to attack her char acter." She contend that she furnish ed the money for he purchase and improvement 01 .buck ttnnais ana wm Insist that the court define her rights. . t. - - L J, j 1, mi , - n-- ii it A '-' N . Crocodiles Along the XU. ' " Strand' Magaxlne. ' . d At the sound of' the shot th whole of this bank of the river, over tliex- tent of at leaxt a quarter - of a mile, sprang into hldlous life, and my com panions and, I saw hundreds of croco diles, of all sorts and sises, rushing madly Into - the Nile, whose waters along the line of the shore were lash ed into white foam, exactly as a heavy wave had broken , ; It could, be no exaggeration to1 ear that at least a thousand of these sau rian had been disturbed at a single shot. . 1 - , Cortly Parliament House.-.. London Chronicle. . " : t - ..' Parliament lIou, felbourne. which has been rushed by "the unem ployed' of the Commonwealth capital. 11 me cojiira legislative palace In Greater Britain. . A million ha been expended en it, and it it not yet com pleted. It-belonga t the Parliament of Victoria, but since Federation It has been the meelin? r.!are of the Parliament pf the Corn nn-n wealth. Its owners movintr to a win? of theei- hlbitlon bu'.Kiinar clcsq bsr. t- G. B. El'F.MANS TsrrFli:.S AFTER FOCB T hAK.S. G. B. Burhrm. of 'ari-:.,;,. Cent v T.. writes: "About lour yearn bb-o'i wrote you statlnft ti nt I had h-n erurriy cured of a iwvere ki.li-.ey troui.if. hy r,-k7-, l"t thfla two bottles of Koky'n .i ii-v It entire: ? red the bti. k uuxt -nent. and rain snd vtii,t.ni of k!.i!,ev d.iaee d .arpeare,!. I am tn v t?-it I hav n-ver had a return of r r of T lose Fvmr'oms d;jn? t.nf frujr phm t; at hsve e f-p'i tui-J I a-rt rii'tiv cnrd tf tay o".rt. end h.r! :i rwni.i-f Foley's K'i"'?' C'sre to ?,nv ph, f 7-n fii k.'inr or V . r le ' It. 11- Jordan Co. aatl . L. I i ti Ca. OKATORY AND THE FRESIDEXT, i - - - ' ' Tlxr Gift --. of Eloquence No More liar to That Offic) Than It 1 licqulMlte. , -r ' Augusta Herald, v Th third defeat of Mr. Bryan call to mind other illustrious men of our country who, Ilk Mr. Bryan, were., amona- th foremost men - of their times, and who like Mr. Bryan cherished the ambition to be Prest dent, and like him were doomed to continual dlsasnolntment. - - In our history there are several uch names, i Webster, .Clsy and Calhoun, the - great trio of statesmen whose name are always linked - together. three of them-went down to their graves In. disappointment .because their eouatrymea) turned them down, Th una thlDtr-afkullea to James. O. Blaine, who came so near grasping th prlsa that th keenness ff the disappointment," when be missed it ny omy a Tew votes, in -a o pi hArlamil film HaVS - J .. -.r-t'.?- ThM iMinaritcuous '1 examples "V of disappointed presidential aspirations were all men of eloquence, wno pos eased in thlrh degrees th gift of oratory, v Because of this; coincidence soma exchanges hav been led to ex pre the belief, 4Q commenting ,on Mr. Bryan's defeat, that, the gift. of eloquence I, fatal Par to in presi dency. . and that no -- man " of great oratorical ability hag aver been eleo-H ted 'President. A: x t- . -, ' This Is a mistaken . Ii tru that Washinstoni was not : noted as - a speaker, that Jff erson never could make public speech," and that Grant never even tried - to mak on. But among Vma-Presidents hav alao heen' several -'men who excelled aS public speaker. It Is recalled that botn the Adamses wer nne era, a wer .Monro and VanBuran. John Tyler and . Franklin Plerc wr noted orators . andyJames K. Polk was a' vigorous sneaker of that day. James Buchanan was a very accom plished orator. Certainly Lincoln had not only the rugged - traits f frontier speaker, but there was tA derness'and a pathetic quality to his Imagination which tift head and shoulder above-, the public speakers of that day. James A. Garfield was one of the most scholar ly and one of the most finished, orators ot his thn. ' " Benjamin Har rison made the best short speeches of any man In modern American his tory. ' A hook: containing bis occa sional addresses shows wonderful re search and versatility. , v:, ' From this it should appear . that the gift of oratory I no bar to th presidency, ', any more than It. Is a requisite., , W hsv had Prssldents who wer eloquent men, as we have had ' president who wer unable to deliver a public address of any sort. Qur Presidents have been chosen to suit part exigency and on account of other qualifications , or interests that demanded their 'nomination." and whether , they wer - good public speakers or not has never entered into the nomination. '-' ' ; BOSfTOX WOHT-T WELL FED.-.'V, Variety In little BMtaarants at the Hub Xot Matcbea In This City. New Tork Bun. - .lf' Boston .seems 'to appreciate the needs of a woman's stomach better than other cities. ; There , a woman may eat better for less money than in any otner nig city in tne country, and she doesn't hav to go to a for eign restaurant to do It. -M, While , th . same woman may - sus tain life decently m New York or Chi cagO jf she doesn't require continued variety, Boston gives more than thatv It is a mistaken Idea to' assume that Boston breakfasts, lunche and dlses on. th bean.. Ther ar several dosen interesting place in the business dls- trlot especially Intended to attract a woman, and she may hav a wide choice, although th dishes each day ar not numerous. , Seldom ar two days duplicated In a month' menua - The monotony of New. York's Inexpensive . restaurants 1 avoided, and as eacn or these utue Boston restaurant seems' to strive eontlmiaHy to make an Individuality of Its own in the list of dishes, unless a -woman really pfnee for sameness in ner diet she tsn t compelled to sub mit tO it..-- r:..' -::- - 80 thorohghly Is the attractiveness of some of thes places , understood that In A number of thent are display ed signs, 'These .tables especially re served for men." and this too not In the shopping or stenographer district, but unclassified all day patronage. - o many women decline to eat meat in these days or cut their allowance down that these places pay attention to the preparation of . vegetables and made dishes; especially those includ ing fish. While such women have to eat health food compositions in New Tork or rarely get anything but.whit bread, wheat or a corn rnuffln more than half wheat fltrtir. the Boston plaoes pay speoial attention to variety In breads, and rye, whole wheat, gra ham, oatmeal and Indian com muf fin, gems, Qjlly Lunn and such things are. not only ordinary orders but are made so attractive on really wants to repeat them. - ' ',. Most of these luhch and tea room are Inspired by American women who hav had soma" scientific training and are - pleased : with . enough business sense to make, money out of It The place are-necessarily tucked away up on or two flights, but th Boston patron of such a place-seem to be assured that the more" one labors in reaching it the ttvor deslrabl it Is Ukely to be. r . The Boston woman who doesn't pro pose to spend much - money on her food has become so weM trained that she cant b fooled very-long. .When she comes to New torx sn is soon disenchanted, for even If dishes called by th' same names are to be found in New Tork they are or 10 cents higher "a portion. Boston is develop ing In such eating an.. Inexpensive, nutritious and attractlv cuisine that Is really American and not quit like anything else la the land. -. But Four Brief Tears to Wsjt. Houston Post,1 tXh.:-t'V-' I On this beautiful sunklised Sab bath morning-when the Lord and all His angels ar with us in Heavenly Houston -the City of Anthems It Is a sweetly solemn thought that lnfour brief years the whirligig of time may bring to us a bunch of swaet revenges In tbe way or a mangiea Kepunucan lam that will make the postofflcea and -ether place of emolument seem ail the sweete and Juicier for- the painful delays ''which - recent events hare Inflicted upon us. and may the chastening processes of the Lord be humbly endured to the end that in the day of final victory we. or our de scendants, may be prepared to receive the blesslnjrs which reward all saintly patriots who keep their faith unsullied and their eyes on the gun. West Virginia's Governor Returns ! . ,v, .,'! Home. j Special to Th Observer. Asheville, Nov. 10.- Governor Da W-1 on. ot West Virginia, who has spent several uionths in Asheville, left to day for his home. Ills health has greatly Improved . a, result of his civ in this climate and the treat ment he has received for lung af f'Vf.on. He is greatly pleased with h.s t.sl to Asheville and expect to rturn it'-r b rptiree f3 West Vir .3is C;..cf Executiva, BUTLEBCnAIiGESGAEFIilLO ACCUSED OF DISCBnmXATIOJr. In Answer to libel Action Declares . Interior Chief llrf used to Invrvtt : gste Certain Indian Otisemnllp Irands Because of Protulaeooo of Persons Involved. , -: .. . Washington Post, tb, ' 'Charges are mad in th answer to th criminal libel suit brought against former United State Senator Marlaga Butlex, of North Carolina; by Spencer . Adams, chairman ot tne.Kepuou can State Committee of North Carolina, that secretary Garneid, 01 tne uepart' ment of th-Interior,-has .refused to lovestigat. certain alleged Indian cltl senshlp frauds because of the -prom inence of the persons. involved. . . ,Th answer ha been filed In th Superior Court of North Carolina by former Senator Butler, who says that he probably will bring - the caaes - to Washington. : Secretary Garfield last night said that while h remembered something about the matter, he could not talk about it until he had the pa pers before him. K -wlll consider tn cnargs to-day, ,-. , Th sensation has grown out of an exposure of alleged bribery and graft In decision relating to th dtisenshlp of the Coctaw and Chickasaw Indian. Th charges ar printed in The Cau casian, a newspaper owned by former Senator Butler, - and bus little atten tion -was paid to them except by Mr. Adams. Walter L. - Weaver, ef Ohio, and Jienry B. Footek th men accused. In, hi answer-the former Senator not .' only , ' reiterate . th original charges, hut adds to them. Now th Department of the Interior, a well as Adams, v Weaver, and ' Foots, 1 In volved. - '.f.-r- ,1 l After stating mat tbe complainants by their acts, ignored all the decis ions .ana judgments - or tne uniua State District Courts in th cases of 1,100 Indian, the answer filed by for mer Senator Butler continues: That during the trial ot these case ugly rumors became current to the effect tbst It was th Intention of said court.-to deny practically all of said claimants enrolled as cltlsens, . except such , persona as a Arm of attorneys proposed the enrollment of, regard less of tbe merits of. the case. -That It was common talk in th Na tions that before soy person could se cure enrollment they' must first make term with this, firm of attomeya, That-because ot the said rumors. which were accepted end believed 'by other attorney, those attorneys havjng case pending before, th said legis lative commission aaa them dismissed in order to prevent the leglelsttve com mission from passing, upon them. That ft was common talk that one member of the said court was de frauding the United State government In. his expense account. That It wa the common report that certain mem bars Of the said, court wer receiving money rrom tne said attorneys. "inat 11 was. .common rumor that said attorneys haiT offered to have ejT- roiiea certain claimants for sums of money by the commission, snd that. It was common report that ,th court wss not proceeding with sn honest and impartial trial." . .- After, making a number of similar cnarges, tne answer concludes; ... . 'That In " ithe ; early part of the month of December, 1004, said letts latiye commission rendered a finding admitting to cltlxenshlp 150 person ana oenymg citizenship t JUZM per SOnS. -V .V :.":-'V .A v.i,' ,.-ir' ,. "That during the exlstene of said rourt cases affecting th right Of iit benions?wer diBmlssed..t r-; '"That Immediately - thereafter , said court proceeded to a hearing for' the purpose or nxing tne fee t be award ed said attorneys; no notice of said hearing was riven either to the nnnr. si publlo or sny officer or sgent of the government of th United States; tht it wa well known by said Judge thst th Secretary of the Interior had re. fused to give - his attention to the case because of the prominence, of the persons involved." - ; - . ' i -'- OnPERS BT" PIGRoy POST, ", Hessehgers tTsed by Kngllsh Butoh- - . er jtwr tnnntry Trade x. London' Daily MaiL.t,i . , ' ? "Orders executed by' post" is a com mon enougn phras nowadays, but orders by pigeon pojv" is something new.1 '-'..'. ' The "plgeeon poet" has been tre cfently instituted by Don Harris., arm Kof a butcher at Hern Bay, who reguarly employs homor pigeons - to cary orders from- outlying districts to his father's shop, . ... t . Mir, Harris, Jr., when he goes i to collect orders take six of his fastest birds In the trap with him. After ho has rone a couple Of miles and collect ed a doxen .orders he . liberate a pigeon with th order Inclosed in a little metal cas attached to th bird's foot.," Before v . fiv : minute hav elapsed these 'orders are" in the ' de livery trap on th way to th custo mers. N - 1 - At various " stages ' of til round, which 'usually takes- three hours, Mr. Harris f liberates- th other bird with more-order, and by the time he re turn to- the hop alL the order re ceived by pigeon post hav been dis patched. - ','.,- --? - ' S "Sometime my rounds take m more than ' three . hours," said Mr. Harris, "and formerly cjietomer who lived any distance out . did .. not set their Joints until too late for th mid day meaU- Now my , pigeons hav solved the difficulty. The bird will often travel at a spee"d of more than a mile a mlntst. so you can guess th time they save: I hav never known a bird to m atray." - BANK NOTES IK A DTJST BUT.-. ,.: 1- ' 1 How Tliey" Were Curiously Discover ed and Returned to inrir uwnfr. London. Chronicle. , ' ' ten 1.009 frano bank not, representing th saving of a woman who lived st Nanterre, near Paris, were hidden by her in an old envelope whien was placed In a drawer. - In a moment of forgetfulnes th envlope found it way Into a dust In the morning, the ragpickers turned out th bin, but tossed aside the tattered envelope without inspection. ; Some cart er happened- to pass that way. They picked up the now mud splashed piece ef paper, on remarking to the others ,"Per hap there is "a fortune lnalde." They drew out the notes. "This Is some fool's pleasantry," they said; so by wsy of re venging themselves on the , unknown Joker snd not believing the notes were snfiuln they tor them to. pieces and threw them aside.-' -, Two market women came along shortly afterward. With the shrewdness ot their eiass they recognised th scattered pieces ef paper and gathered them up and took them to th Commissary ov Ponce. There they wer pieced together and It was found that son was mbwlng. Twe hours later the notes so curiously dis covered wer restored to their owner, ' i. Godwin's MaJorUy. ? ' Lumberion Robeaonian, ; v; " The majority of Hon. H. L. God win over bis Republican opponent for Consrre&a, Col. A. H. Slocumh, la. ac cording to official returns from all the counties In this (the sixth! district, except ColunYbus, the returns from that county being semi-official, 'is (. 091 His majority two year ago was B..CS9. , ' ' UTI.I.TAM .FIRTH, PRES. ' A c . iv .--,., . f in i.i i ig; Dtreoi. x03bon uus. t , . t . . ar. s. cotibu&t,;" m bm, chaelotte, it. cl SIGNOR GinSEPPB CAMPANARt ' Seats will be placed on sal Mon day, morning at Hawler's - tor th coming . engagement of SIgnor - Gul eppe Campanart. the famou baritone who will b heard at the Academy Music Thursday . vnlng, November llth. ' Th. comlna of. this noted celebrity'' to Charlotte ' has aroused much Interest among the music-loving peopl ot Charlotte and nearby-towns, and it is expected that the local piay nous will b crowded to thaldoori on th occasion of th visit to this cltyofthl famous singer. ,'- ' ---1 1 ......... - .1 All la Favor of Whipping For the In i .: r corrigtbiw My. -1 .v Kansas ty Journal. r-.- ', Judg Van B. Wsthef of th Pro bata Court of Wyandott county ia a busy man, but h took flv minutes off yesterday afternoon to speak to a bvy of llttl girls . from Toad-a Loup, a suburb, ef Armourdale,c who had come to the Juvenile court as wit nesses ia th cas of Esra Moulton, charged with .Incorrigibility. -. ' '.. While the lawyer were arguing in l . uAk.tM kH. Air -17 can ut,. ui v jtivwuvh ,, , .. . Lacsy. Judge Prather Invited tbe wlt- saes Into his prtvat omoe. -ow. littl rnrls," , said - the Judge gravely, when th youthful visitor were all eated in sn expectant circle, "most ot you ' came hare - In behalf of the de fendant, little Esra Moulton.. I hav written my decision on a. sup or pa per. Tin will each tak on of these Una and writ on it your opinion as to what tn ounisnment or ra juoui- ton should be e good whipping . by his mother here In the court room or several long years in the bouse of cor rectlon. - V- , ' '. ; r Whsn Judrfe prather returned to th office after .leaving th Jury to med itate a few minute he found them all la favor of th whipping. .. "That s what I had written.", said the Judge triumphantly. "The - Jury is dlsmlmed."- - -, - Mrs. Moulton, v, however, refused to whip her child in the court room and so was allowed by th rourt to tak htm to th back porch, hr In a tw minutes the! Judicial decree was ful ly carried owtr.-.;;-1; A Grudge V Which Cannot Be 8s p- f H l BW4 u. -.. ' - .- , Houston Post- , i V r'y , While wa do not bellev In nurs ing grudge, there are aom Injuries that cannot be forgiven. We do not know that we shall ever apeak to Mis-; sourl asalnv-'-"-',-'-- :-''-i-..? sm.poIUreJynveBoIieo yourlungv If ye ooshe-eraa taoa a shapta ld oaly yoashoold alwsyshaal, sooths, and th Irritatod bros ehial tubes, Soat blindly sdsstms it with a atussfylug poloa. Jt'ssbaag how torn thlao aanyeonMSbous. rortwBty WniUr. ghoof sastonstaatly warned Bsoptoaetis taseceugb aalxturea t 'Mserlptiens oonUttBlog Ophna, Chloroform, or staUlar solsaa. And atnr-a lllu lau thoutb-rCotirress sn TPut it en lb label. If poisons ar is your Cough Mixture." Oosdt VsryauodllBraftriorlhiieiynanBMMam sad other, should buial nhvtag Dr. Bhoos'i Cough Car.. So aouco marks a pr, SboMs khals-asd son M ths strdldn. six It sraM br law sseoUulaUl. AiidlraBotBlraBj.tMtl1 H said lo bs by thes that kkewtt baa, a truly rs- fciaikalila a.M.aa ManaSv: 4m km mm Mi-nna il, sarueularty with year children, fnsfea so havtas Dr. hoca's Couch Cur. Oonnsn eanfnllr the pr. Bboos Backage with bthsrs sad sot th difsiene. He sotaon awks titsMl Ton as always b oslhsiaisildabrdsaianduig : Dp.Sncop's Cough Cure UULLENS NMRIUCIT. . V , Js a comfort and Joy. Ws hav on' for you, aither a . base burner,; 1 ' tovev'r a .hot . blast, an oak - any lr. tor, coal. ' , . .- - j wood' or OIL Lt as show you. J.N. McCausIand&Co. "T1IIS-STOVE sIEN, ? . t21 Sontlt Tryoa, . 5 Seaboard's Sperisl Train to Richmond November. 25th, ItOS, Accownl '. : . i Football Game Between' V, N. - z'ri . C. and Virginia, From -. Charlotte, N. C A . ' - The Seaboard win operate special excursion train consimg-of Pullman cars and day coacheav to- Richmond, Va, leaving Charlotte. N. C, on th night Of November 18th at t:10 p. m., arriving at Richmond next morning at 7il0 a. m. Returning wilt leavs Richmond Thursday at It midnight, ittlt, arriving in Charlotte Friday st 10 a. m. Th Pullman berth rat will be $2.00 ia eacn-direction; two can occupy berth at same price. Re serve your space now. Tbe fare for the round trip will be' as follow Ruthrrfordtoa to Mt. Holly, in clusive..... .... ...... ....fS.tt Charlotte.. t...' .... ... i.OO Chester to Wadesboro, inciusiv. t.O IJlesvllle, Cheraw and Hamlet..' 4.14 Cognao to Southern Pines, Is- t -elusive.,, .,,- . , ,-...., 4.04 Niagara to-Cary. inclusive..... 1.&0 - Rate will also be put in . 'from Lumberton. Laurinbufg and Maxton, advice of which will be. announced later. . ' ' - Will be vert glad to pre ride Pull mans for parties of twenty from any point. "- paasenger west of Charlott will use train 111 Into Charlotte and special trstn from Charlott. For further Information p,d Pull man reservations. re!l on or addreaa JAMF s KICK, JR.. City FJ?Tser A taut. Charlotte, N. C' t . ' TUB FRAJrR Rex, FMirtkalte'iEldofk The Best For QHARLO TTB 1 5 ; (We carry evcrytning Intenmtibaal Aatonioblle Races Sa vannah, Ga November SSd-xOtb. epccisi xjow stales vw . Seaboard, --.t- ' Ths SEABOARD AIR LINE RAIL WAT announces VERT LOW rates to Savannah, Ga account INTER NATIONAL GRAND PRIZE .-AUTO MOBILE ' RACES,' - November Zld tth. Thanksgiving ' Day, from all points on their line. Round-trip rat from Charlotte, . 17.71: ticket to be sold November list to ISth snd for rerenoen trslns arriving in Savannah November th. Final return Hmit November 1 0th.- ' '-.- - : Th SEABOARD offers -t unexcelled W0RTHilAR0LIIIAv WHISUEV CORX OR RTE FTHXISHED I40 YEARS- COL,' JOSEPH WILLIAMS, of Revolutionary fame, commenced In 1761 ths manufacture of Rye and Cora Whiskey, and ever sines then- the men tion of Old Nk-k Williams Whiskey" mad every Southern gentleman mil. Nearly three years ago the prohibition Legislature of North .Caro lina stopped us from manufacturing,' but w hav been allowed to ship off our stock. . The demand being greatest . for clieap whUkey. w sold out all th new song' ago, and now hav only Old Stock tct offer, and It mast go, as the prohibitionists hav onnsrated the balance of our prop erty. It has matured la wood, whlls tored in Government Warehouse for many year, right her on th aani plantation, where it ha bean mad by foar (4) ' generations In the Williams Family, and nowhsr else i there auch a stock of ana old whisker. Jt will be shipped to you Just as It comes out of the Government Warehouse. Jt must go, and you -must be .. - u W. ufn.JI ...... - . ..... ", -..i. . Neat packages, WITHOUT MARKS to show contents, , References ss to our STANDING and All Banka In North Carolina, North as well ss other State Officials, and Kerolt by Postal or Expire Money t .,.. 1, ar etawpa, or. I PKITAY tXPRESS CHARGES ; . -1 j jl g! Old Nick' Tea Year Grade. . .. . 110.25 T.OOl I,6()l 0.501 a.sof 3.4 3 Old Nlck'S Twelve Veer Grade.. . , 11.80 LIS 4.IIIU5 7.S5 4.09 Old Nick's Boulcd In Bond., 13.00 S.25 4.25 ll.Eo Un il5 Ohf Nkrk's Private Stock., i- s r, W; 15.00 10JIO ft.S5 14.25 t.5 4.90 OM Nick's Apple Brandy., v .. 1.75 5 4.40 12.25 8.30 4.2S Old Nick' Teaii Brandy. ",'., V l4.60 .?6, 4.0 14.00 t.60 4.H0 We can furnish th abov In packages ASSORTED to suit ths ' buyer. 'Goods shipped the day after order is teed. Bend in your oroere . serore h August 11, IIO. . - . NICHOLAS! uLEii WILLIAMS, -. ,-'----';?FrJldat t.Tha OM Nick Wlllams Co.. r ..-.U---., v-.: :.:.4t .. ...,i,;-r . WILLIAMS, JT. C " P. S. Remember all you good North Carolina Peep: - CAN GET IT. TOO. W will ship to Richmond, there, but you must say whether w Richmond, Vs., because om of you dry, and you muat tell m,'".;1 ; - - - Every North Carolinian shoum feel a pride in his native Stst and ths products thereof, and should want some of this old stock to put away and show his grandchildren that old North Carolina could beat ,hm. all making good whiskey, ' -y' v . . v . I ', ' ' ' JEFFERSON CLUB WHISKEY. Fine fof lHihbalb ! fAs m emlcmcn drink J efferson Clu b Whiskey is lecognized at the tandard b v QiaKty and rich flavor. Guaranteed absolutely ": pare and rrxomrriended tot family and club use, 4 Ask for j1 Jdfferon Oub' and see that you get it. "N (. , Guaranteed void the Badooat pure ftd law. ' . -t J StniUS, Gimst & Co Esther ad Kisar. ; v- free Safety Razor With order for three or 4 3-4 gallons of our i " , 1 rorldnj Kcnaw J f&a . JiSj 12 r-x US 1 54 vk3U IS e.SS Expresa charg-ea prepaid and -' good. Uur ahippinj house is next door to express o...c ' wfiich gives us the best and quickest shipping faallJca. Sen money order with ordef and write for big price LJL A. Hat!:c Cz Co. D! :i:!:rs fnic!;n:cni - V: B. . OOMIXS, Tlo Freav and tn.3, :-N't : Leaky Eoofs. SUPPLY GO. in Mill FurTiishings . DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE consist ing of Vestibule, Pullman Sleeping Cars and Dining- Car service. SCHEDULE. AS FOLLOWS: ' Leave. Charlotte, No. 40-tS 4:10 a, m.; No. 4 5:1 p. m. 1 -v: Arrlv lUtntot, No. 40-IS T:I0 a, m.; No. It 7:lf p. m. Leave Hamlet, No. II 7:IS a. m.j No. 41 1:10 p. m. - - Arriv Savannah. No. II X:4S p. m.; No. 4S a, m. - i-For. further Information call on your agent, or ad drees undersigned. , OH. GATTIS, T. P. A., - " i Raleigh, N. C JAMES KER, C. P, A-, - r, . Charlotte, N. C OCR GOODS! . ,'. , , Carolina Congressmen snd Senators. th GOVERNOR NOT EXCEPTED. Order, Rrgtstered Letter with Currency vasniers vnecsb. A. -t 'A. :.- ' received, and prompt delivery guaran ' ' gone. . Vs., and then It ean b reshlpped from snail ship direct to your town or to liv in wet territory and . aom in : . ..:.-.y'';.--r;v:.- ,;. ., Free. Watch Tob -With every order for one or two gallon, of Ota ' 1 -- " 24 43 lir -1- J losses and brealaca mac?5 ce. 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 11, 1908, edition 1
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