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CHARLOTTE DAILY . OBSERVE!!, NOVEMBER 21, 1C f D. A. TOMPKIXS. P"IUhe. EVERY DAT W THE YEAR TUESDAT, NOVEMBER V ISO. A COMMISSION 'KJjKS WHICH IS ' SOMETHING ELSE. Those inclined to favor a moOiOcd commission plan of government tor - Charlotte may with profit consider the experience of Norfolk as related ' .by Th :VIrglnlen-Pllot. or that city. Needlessly expressing fear lest its ad . vice.' bo deemed gratuitous. The Vlr-',gInlan-Pilot utter a timely warning. 'VWhen, Norfolk, over two years ago. can to amend 1U charter so as to - f provide for government by commls oloa, U was found," we are told, "that constitutional barriers existed to the J adoption of the system In anything v!i approaching its straight form. A bl . V cameral council and a mayor were 'v constitutional requisites and had to ba -j retained. Tbelr functions could not . be curtailed nor their powers trenched . ' upon. All that could be accomplished '. wad the concentration of the ad ' minlstrative functions of the munlcl- pal government in the hands of a ' commission of three, styled the board r. Of control. This was done, and, after more than two years of trial, the ex perlment is far from a demonstrated access. So tar. Indeed, that the last V , Oeneral Assembly, at ths instance of the Senator from this city, enacted a MS paving the way for such amend " 1 mnt to the constitution of the State Would permit cities within the - Commonwealth, so desiring, to adopt the commission system, pure and sim- la North Carolina, The Vlrginian . : Pilot correctly assumes, there exist I. i- SO such constitutional obstacles. "If ; ' SO,J the warning from experience con- tlanea, "it appears to u that Char ' - lotta would make a mistake to adopt any, other. It Is the straight system, Wherever tried, which has attained the- largest measure of success and proved moat beneficial to the com munlUes adopting It Its virtue lies in the' simplification of the municipal tnaehlnery which It effects the avoidance of friction, the coneentrc- '. ,j tton of authority and consequent con centration of responsibility." '. Front any city which had tried the modified commission plan we should y expect no other sort ef utterance. ' Such a plan is designed solely to keep the' authority and responsibility scat '.' tared, and yet, as our Norfolk cou- 4 temporary points out. thn true com ' mission plan's distinctive merit lies in concentration, "fe scatter is to do nature; to produce; not tha plan of municipal government whose wonder ful results in Houston and elsewhere '' have given It fame, but something Culte 'different The modified com mission scheme would retain the prln- , dpi of administration which has proved itself a signal failure; true commission government Involves an opposite principle. In one case the ' mayor and commissioners have over V thent a body constituted for the sole ; purpose of overseeing them and mak , lng them feel themselves underlings; Jn the other case the mayor and com . missloner the very best, soundest 'and most public-spirited business -men whom an alert citizenry will ' choose are thrown on their mettle , and set at work to get results. It .:: must be entirely obvious, for one thing, that no bossed executives would ' serve In the Houston spirit, and that 'to Induce the best men to serve at all , ; would quickly become Impossible. The . . difference, in short. Is simply be- tween efficiency as ' exemplified by Houston and every other city which . has given the commission plan a fair trial and Inefficiency as now exempll . tied by Charlotte and other American cities still governmental behind the - times between demonstrated success . and demonstrated failure. -' At the recent municipal convention la this city Mayor Rice, of Houston. was strong in his advice against any attempt at combining the commission plan With the discredited principle . of diffused responsibility. His words are now re-enforced by Norfolk's ex perience as set forth above. Before Charlotte to-day are the advice, the example and the plain common-sense of the matter. i! , THE DIFFERENCE SHOWN. -' tHow widely journalistic standards of. ethics vary between high, and law ts Illustrated by the story of that in terview with the Oerman , Emperor which William Bayard Hale wrote for The Century Magazine and which av. er appeared. In view of the situation following upon 'the publication f the Kaiser's "calculated Indiscretion", in The London Daily Telegraph. Tr. Hale and The Century people decided that to publish this subsequent Inter view would be Intellectually unfair and an Injustice to him and to Ger many as a nation. ' Tha magazine had already gone to press with tha Inter view and suppression could not be practiced without destroying many copies, at large expense. Besides. The Century would lose the greatly in creased sale 'Which the publication of the interview under such circum stances was bound to bring. But the claims of conscience outweighed ev erything else, and upon representa tions by Dr. Hale the edition was sup pressed. For pursuing this course neither author nor magazine publish ers received one cent from the Ger man government or any other quarter. It was a matter of course that oth er publications would be much Hss scrupulous. Hearst's New York Amer ican soon put out a crudely faked ver sion of the Interview. Within twelve hours after this had been published nobody was giving it any credit what ever. The New York World, how ever, made it an excuse assorting that the publication of the truth had become necessary for putting out a version of its own. Shown this ver sion In advance, Dr. Hale denounced it as essentially false and misleading. Evidently The World had nothing more to rely upon than the hazy memory of some Century employe or employes who attached no special Importance to the article at the time and very likely saw it only In parts. As pub lished, this second alleged synopsis, launchud Into a world changed from that which the Emperor and Dr. Hale had In mind at the time of their meet ing, would not be wildly sensational, even if true beyond question. Tts In terest for Americans lies chiefly in a statement that the Roosv!t admin istration has for some time had an anti-Japanese understanding with the Oerman government In relation to possible developments In the far East It is not so mu;h that the stand ard of ethics here exempllfed by The World is low as that the nUidai-J ex emplified by Dr. Hale and The Cen tury Is high. We have always ad mired The Century; we have never admired it so much as to-day. authority a letter telegram or other private paper, or a copy thereof; and it - Is i also made a misdemeanor to Publish, any such paper knowingly. This legislation strikes us as giving protection where needed and at being in all respects good law. v f The law of stolen letters as It stands to New Tork to-day -doubtless pro rides punishment for. Hearst and his thieves, but that punishment will nev.- be Invoked either by the Stand ard Oil Company or any of the writ ers or recipients of the stolen letters. COL. SMITH WAS SOLD OUT. Col J. A. Smith, some time Repub lican candidate for Congress In this district; publishes a card In The Bes semer City Messenger, denying that he traded or sold out In the recent election and saying In accusation: In the Republican county convention when Claud Holland wanted to put up Mr. Miles Hoffman lor the State Senate, I opposed it because I bad heard that Mr. Hoffman would not vote the Republican ticket, although accepting th nomination ticket, ana I questioned u ne on the DISTRICT MEETING OP JCNIOR& Gathering Will-Be In .High Point , Wednesday and Thursday Topics V'Tor Dlscusekm Brtef High JPolnl f: Notes.-:V4 vj'-a . . . 1 T Special- to The Observer. ; V ' ' High Point, Wot. 21-The Juniors of tha city are looking forward to a big, time hena. "Wednesday and Thurs day of this week when the district meeting; win convene here.. The meeting " will . be . called , te order chreet, district deputy, followed by prayer y rot. e. i filler.' of, the First Presftytortan church. The ad dress of welcome will be made by Mr. J. B. Klrknma and the response by Mr. J. R. Joyce, of Council No. . The election of officers will follow and this wail complete the evening s exercise. The order of exercises for the next day is as follows: Mooting called to order and prayer. Roll of councils called. . Reports from councils. . Se lection of time and! place of next meeting. . Adjournment for dinner. Afternoon session: Address on foreign immigration ty Mr. R. T. Poole, of Troy. Topics for discussion: "QuaU- ncations for membership," led .by Mr. l. H. spencer. "How to Increase Mem CHCTICH FIFTY YEARS OLD. w . . t Andrew's Presbyterian. CongTcjra tlon ai Wilininftoa ' Hol.ls tui. , . Centennial Anniversary- llnal -l-;x-erclses Attended, by Iittrgo , Auli once ' v -''- ".-,- .' ' " . . -Special to The Observer. .. ' Wilmington, . Nov. - 2 1. The largest congregation ever assembled in tne building was present last night to par ticipate In the last of a series .of xjy ercises m ceieoraxion- or ine searn centennial of BU Andrew's Presbyte- T yile"y.nt f Hr: f! "1 i-Un church, of which the . beloved H. Spencer, '"How to Hold Membership," by Mr. L. A. Southern; "What Should Be the vuty of a Junior," led by Mr. C. B. Webb; "What Has vthe Order Done '7 MR. TAFTg HANDICAP. ' The weight of the handicap which . Judge Taft carried in the recent cam . palga Is well set forth by The New . Tork World: "The Republican candidate had to bear the - burden of general hard times ; of a snllUoa men out ot employment; of busi ness tnterests complaining and dissatis fied; of a steadily Increased cost of liv ing; of- an unparalleled disaffection of labor leaders; of an unparalleled disaffec tion of the negro vote; of Republican fac tional fights In the great pivotal States of New York. Ohio. Indiana snd Illinois: of a reactionary platform which he was obliged to modify in his speech of ac ceptance; of aa insidious use of religious rrejudtce and bigotry against Mr. Tuft's liberal and advanced belief; of a popular resentment against Mr. Roosevelt's deter -mlnatioa te name his successor and a Proxy. . The hard -times issue alone was - a burden under which a tar stronger can didate than Mr. Tsft might have suc cumbed. It ts the first time hi the history of the country that a great panic has, so fsr as the popular vote to concerned, not oefeated the party In power. Of each'of the arguments enumerat , ed the Democrats made the fullest pos elbl use, even attacking Judge Taft'a Vnitartanlam, la some -cases openly, more frequently by .Innuendo. There wg so much upon which to attack the- Republican party and its candi date; so many grievances, the ma jority of them real, some Imaginary, to recite against them, that It is not auite surprising that great many : -nocrsts, some of them really sens! ' a rrn, expected party success, and '.he rout was disastrous.. There '7 one hypothesis upon which to , M for.lt But right here we ! ; for why te unnecessarily dl- i THE IAW OF STOLEN LETTERS. In its current Issue Bench and Bar discusses with some fullness the law bearing upon the publication by Wil liam R. Hearst of letters or copies stolen from tKe Standard Oil flfbs. "It is well settled," says the law magazine, "that 'literary prop erty . In a letter belongs to the writer, and that neither the re cipient nor any other person, will be permitted to publish it without th writer's consent Probably the earli est case In which this question came up for adjudication was Pope vs. Curl (2 Atk., 3421741). In wh-h an Injunction was granted by Lord Hardwicke to restrain the publication of letters of Alexander Pope. The next case noted Involved the cele brated letters of Lord Chesterfield to his son, Philip - Stanhope, which Mr. Stanhope's widow was about to pub lish, but was enjoined by Lord Chan cellor Apsley at the suit of Lord Ches terfield's executors." In a later case doubt was expressed whether the rule would cover merely private letters which had no literary value, but In ISIS Lord Elden brought them Inside. The doctrine Is, of course, subject to the qualification that the recipient may In some cases publish letters for his own vindication. Publication means multiplying copies In any man ner, and If the recipient goes no fur ther than to read the letters, whether j publicly or privately, he has kept within the law. No such privilege, however, seems to vest In an outsider like Hearst In addition to this remedy of injunction at equity, the writer of letters published without consent may have an action at law for damages against any person publish ing them. Under this last rule Messrs. Archbold. Foraker and McLaurin, could sue not' only Hearst but pretty much the whole press of the country. More broadly interesting is the law magazine's discussion of the question whether a person taking an ordinary private or business letter Is liable as for larceny; whether stealing of busi ness letters or memoranda by which the business man or corporation might be. greatly Injured Is stealing, which the law will punish. On this point there seems to be some doubt both in England and the United States at large. It has been held In England that the stealing Of a letter is not necessarily larceny and that the stealing of aecelpt Is not larceny. Probably, thinks Beach and Bar, there could be general agreement upon the principle laid down is the New Tork Penal Code which makes the taking of "personal property or article of value of any kind" larceny. Thus let ters representing money when 'sold to political or business rivals by the person taking them might constitute subjects of larceny. Jt would be for the court to say whether any stolen letter possessed a. value direct, tangi ble and beyond question. - 'The sug gestion is also made that the receiver or purchaser of stolen letters would be estopped to deny .their Value, even though they proved valueless la the use , to which they were put ; r But even though, further, the stealing of a letter be declared, not larceny in any given case, the laws of New Tork give the owner a remedy. In the, State's penal Code it Is expressly made a misdemeanor to take without not get my vote. Mr, Holland jumped up in the convention and said to me: "You fused with the Populists; why can't you fuse with Dfemoersts? You will gain 700 Democratic votes by this fusion. After this was said, and we were assured by Mr. Holland that Mr. Hoffman was squsrely for us, I said "O more. This as surance of Mr. Holland's was binding on evsry Democrat who voted for Hoffman to vote for me of course and It was so stcceptsd and understood. "I, personally. If I do ssy it myself, carried th day for Dallas when the proposition to remove the court house was voted on some years ago, and every Democrat who voted for Hoffman lor the Stats Senate and did not vote tor me for Congress, sold me out and acted the traitor to me, and It affords me a great 1eal of pleasure to say so, and I lost at last. "No. my friends: I neither sold out nor traded, but. the tact that Hoffman got M more votes even at Bessemer City than I got, shows that the Dallas court house crowd did not deliver the goods, for if they had I would have gotten the same number of votes that Hoffman got in Oaston county. I agreed to give him aa many votea at Bessemer City as 1 got and the count shows h got nearly fifty more, which shows the crowd not only acted the traitor to me at Dallas but their friends here traded on me, too. Yea, I lout nearly 1,000 votes by the court house fusion." If we understand the colonel his case Is like that of Red-Headed Mosey White, of Iredell, heretofore referred to in these, columns, only the party names being different. Mosey, a Republican, had been elect ed sheriff by a Populist-Republican fusion In 186 and was defeated under similar fusion in 1S98 for which result his explanation was that "the Republicans done they part but the Populists didn't do they part." The Republicans stood to the rack but the Gaston Democrats seem not to have done they part by Col. Smith. The meeting of Perpetual Presi dent Diaz and Perpetual. Preslden'sl Candidate Bryan, the latter now In Mexico, should be particularly cordial. M. P. CHURCH PPOINTMENTS. Charges Which Ministers of Metho dist Protestant Church In This State Will Occupy Next Year. -Special to The Observer. Liberty, Nov. 23. The appointments of the North Carolina Methodist Protestant Conference foruh coming year are as follows: Alamance W. M. Pike. Albemarl J. P. Dosler. Anderson C. H. Whitaker. Asbboro T. M. Johnson. ' AaheviUe J. S. Williams. Buncombe O. L. Curry. Burlington J. D. Williams, Caldwelb-H. D. Gorman. Chatham C. W. Bates. Chesterfield P. L. Jordan. Cleveland W. D. Reed. Concord A. O. Lindley. Davidson J. W. Hulln. Denton Q. L. Reynolds. Fairfield Unsupplled. Falrvlew D. A Braswell. Flat Rock W. F. Kennett Forsyth W. C. Lassiter. Gaston T. A Williams. Graham J. R -Hutton. Granville J. W. Frank. Greensboro T. J. Ogbum, Greenville W. D. Fogleman. Guilford D. A. Hlghnll. Halifax W. L. Harris. Haw River Unsupplled. Henderson R, M. Andrews. High Point-A. O. Dixon. Day W. A. Lamar. LaGrange J. H. Abernathy. Lebanon J. H. Moton. .Liberty C. J. Edwards. Lincoln J. E. McSwala. Littleton R. C. Btubblns. Mebane G. W. Holmes. Mecklenburg O. D. Stacey. Mocksville W. T. Trotter. Monroe W. P. Martin. Mount Herman J. A Burgess. Oak Ridge W. R. Lowdennilk. Orange Homer Casto. Pinnacle and Mount Zlon A. L, Hunter. Randleman T. H. Matthews. Randolph W. F. Asbburn. Richland J. H. Stow. .Roanoke C L. Whitaker. Rockingham H. W. Braswell.' Rocky Mount S. W, Taylor. Saxapehaw H. 8. B. Thompson. Stanley K. O. Lowdennilk. St Paul C. E. M Raper. Tabernacle H. L. PowelL Uwharrie T. A. Plyler. Vance W. J. Hackney. Why Not J. A. Led better. Winston Station G. F., Mlllaway. Yadkin College A. H. Bryan. Tarboro N. O. Bethes, For Education In North Carolina? led by Professor White, of No. 1(1 council. Thursday evening there will ue an avearess on education ty profes sor caaries c Brewer, State council or, at Washington Street M. E. church. The delegates present will be entertained in the homes of the members ef the Junior Order In the city. ,-. v The surveying corps of the South ern Power Company ts in the city wonting on tne line of the comnanr which will enter the city at an early aate, Mr. O. X. Richardson, of the High Point Electric -Company, having made a contract for power with said company, Owing to the continued growth in business the North State Telephone Company, of this city, has been forced to ouy a large new switchboard con talning all the latest Improvements and representing the highest develop ment of the telephone art Th orlce paid was (5.000 and the capacity is 1,800 lines. The company now has five long distance toll lines" entering its exchange, which reach direct to Greensboro, Winston-Salem," Lexing ton, Thomasville, Randleman and Asheboro, and has over 700 subscrib er in tha city. The new switch board will be ready for operation witnin a 'snort time. . , Mr. John Payne, who has been suf faring with a tumor of the stomach for slme time, is In New York for con sultation with a celebrated physician, &KKTOH OF SHERIFF HOUSE. NAB ROBBERS AT FUNERAJU D-arluun Officers Sing Big Whoa Tbey ipot Necroes Tbey Wan tr Two of a Trio Arrested. , ; . 8peeial to The Observer. "', . 1 ' Durham, Nov. 23. Officers. Cat and Williams this afternoon caught two- negroes badly wanted .here for highway robbery. - The policemen were smart about It attending a fun eral and joyfully alnglng when they Spotted Onls Cololough and Dag Rog era. . Dag feetlng safe, moved over to Officer Williams' and was nabbed by Catea. . ' Colclough .Hew and WHIllams made policemen ot all the bystanders. Was Native ot Cabarrus County. En listed in Army at 16 and Made Fine Record as Soldier Died in Arkan sas November 1st. - ; Special to The Observer. . V Concord, Nov. 23. Milton C. House, of whom The Observer has oontalnsd edi torial reference for two consecutive days Is a natlv of Cabarrus county, but he is now numbered among th dead, his death having occurred at his home in Lonok county. Ark., on or about th; 1st of No vember, im. Mr. House was on of two sons of th late Wiley House, and was left an orphan when qtiite a lad. He was partially reared by his aunt, Mrs. James Litaker. of No. H township, al though born about three miles north of Mount Pleasant. At the age of U he was one of seventeen young men to enlist In th Confederate army, from Ae eastern part of this county, having Joined Com pany H of the Eighth North Carolina Regiment H mads a splendid record aa a soldier, and after the war he returned to Cabarrus and made his horns for a while witk his aunt, Mrs. Lttakor. He then went West, locating In Arkansas, and for eight year had bean sheriff of Lonoke county. H was In correspond enc with his aunt and only four weeks ago she received a letter from him telling her of bis probably fatal Illness. She wrote him a letter, in whioh she folded a rosebud attached to which was an in scription, "From Home,. Sweet Horn." Th letter was received by hi family the day that he was Isirled, and before being laid ip rest the Poffln was opened, and the token from his benefactor In child hood was pinned to the shroud on his breast Hons was a grandson ef Jacob House, of an old and wU-knojrn family in th eastern part of this cJLnty, and has numerous -relative here. . Mrs. W. H. Blum, of this city, ts a first cousin of the deceased and distinguished shsrtft of Lonok county. Ark. Mrs. Litaker and Mrs. Blum hav both received letters and newspaper cup pings concerning Sheriff House's life and death since the letter written to Th Manufacturers' Record. Rev.' Dr. A. X. McClure, is paster, la in is cur... '. ?.-.t.i,.vs, ,,-... . i It was made a Joint service of three Presbyterian congregations In the city and there were present not only mem bers of this denomination but people lot the city generally, many with no tnurcn em nation, wnatever. . a targe double choir of 11 voices furnished ex eellent innate and the occasion' was -a notable one in the religious life of the city. ' ; The opening devotional ex ercise were conducted ' by ur. joo Clure, and among the leading features of the service were some remarks hy Mr B. Ck Worth oa some of . : his recollections ot the times when the church was founded In 18IS: some reminiscences by Mr. James Sprunt son of the late Alexander Sprunt one of the first ruling elders . ef the con gregation; a greeting from the First Presbyterian church by Its pastor, Rev. J. M. Wells. D. D.: an historical ketch at th fknroh Tnv Ttr; MeOlnre.t vpastor of St Andrews, and an ad dress by Rev. Dr. Alexander Sprunt of Charleston, 8. C, another son of the lamented Mr. Alexander Sprunt one of the founders of the church. The service was an appropriate cli max to a aeries of services that have been In -progress since Friday even ing when the Ladles' Aid Society' of the congregation gave a delightful re ception at - the new and handsome manse recently erected. The ser mon yesterday morning was by the Rev. Dr. Sprunt of Charleston, and was one of especial power and appro priateness to the anniversary occa sion. - Yesterday afternoon there was a "Cradle Roll" rally of the Sunday school, with an address by Dr. Sprunt . The church from its organization by Fayetteville Presbytery. November 21st 114, with only fourteen mem-J Ders, nas grown to be a great power and influence In the religious life of the city, numbering now 475 mem bers. Letters of fraternal greeting were read last night from the Rev. A. McFadyen. stated clerk of Wil mington Presbytery,' and Rev. George F. Robertson, of Steele Creek, a seminary mate of the pastor, who last year conducted a great revival at the cnurcn. C : - - f VAA-s, - im . w . w Lfttt: . , '1 ' l&ssen --y i 1 t W iff M ' ' -v- : m : lhank - '.-' : ". - 1.ti . Dinner: uais , "V ,t to it a 1 . 4- - ' iTv-f V I' s&ptng; k '.-"3- f-r i - Palatable Nice Table Linens and China There's nothings that can add more tewthe taste o a' ; i dmnep than new BpoUesa linens and reannice china with ' small neat decorations, narrow gold Jband or plain white. A An iur mo xAucnsi we are . snowing two large stocks in lamphere trial nears end. table linens and, napkins to match and are making a onoMow Dsy, and Evidewc win B special of a range of patterns for $1.00 yardr v duced Evidence to show That Mr. As to our China, we hare the best selection to be found After Date of Sappoaed Murder in the cjty. Anything fronj the English Porcelain ,and; LaporteTlnd., Nov. 23. The trial Austrian China up to Haviland & Co. 'a onen stock iat- 5 . MritSaa t , -'.l children is drawing to a close. An- v - -v -. ; I v4f.v--.? . . -,., 'S.SZS THAxTKSaiVINO TABLE UlTEirS ' ' i , to-morrow. Dr. Walter S. Halnea, k- , , 11 i ' K ' toxicoiogisf of Chicago, win take the , Our two lares Linen Department (TtaAa sltA .Trrnn iwv:.' sUnd to-morrow afternoon, according 1 A v i. li . ; . . V . "- ." ' to present plans, to testify to the and- Streets) contain the greatest showing of Table linens w stomach of Mrs. ounness and two the iCaroliiias-";-50c. to $2.50 the yard. Beautiful de as the case now stands the de- signs in Lillies. Poppies. Tulips, Boses. Pansies. Thistle, x ! fense has Introduced evidence to show t - rr ti' a . that Mrs. Ounness was alive on July jDUtterCUpS, xlOlly, etC. '. , ' th. more than two months after the . I 7 , t " ' Are Of April tlth, in which th SUte contends she perished st the hand of Lamptiere. The defense has also ot fersd evidence to show that Mrs. Gun ness was so harrassed by Lamphere, Helgeleln snd others that she corn muted suicide after setting firs to tne souse herself. We call special attention : to ; our beautiful Silver Bleach and Satin Damask iull bead two yards wide' 4 Lampherer'accotding to . to-dars linen. Extra heavy in the following designs: stemenU of the defendant's attr- tt'IIw r,e.;A " rrt.-.i;i a t34-. 1 . T?at- xi. 1 a"' will not go on the stand. Neither -"UAAJ A AKuj.!t ufvetvuo, vim XXWV UJIO VUTU, - $i.uu. -..- statements neys. will Elisabeth Smith, a - negress at whose house Lamphere spent the night of April 1 7th, be used tut a wU ness, according to present intentions. TheyState has offered evidence to show that Lamohere left the Smith house shortly after S o'clock in the morning of April 18th and that the lire occurred about 4 o'clock. Mrs. Smith says that Lamphere did not leave her place until after 4 o'clock. , .(DOYLIES TO MAT0H)t: YOB THANEBGIV11TG DAY Will Street, a third man of crime., ran was allowed to get away. - Aa for and Colclough Williams caught him. - These , fellow held apt- Charles Oreen and robbed him. ; He lost 110 and a marked dollar' caused him to get in a crap game with the hope of finding It ; H did ao and rati to th police station while-Dag Rogers cat him,: following with a knife. Mayor Graham bound them over in bonds of tee and tS0. , - .- . i - And It to Not a Very Good Opinion. ." -. . EUbrr. , . . Durham Herald. ; . j . . ; . r i It 1 a pretty tarry sort of a man who 'Will condmt ' a blind tiger, and the public also has Its opinion of the man who will patronii a blind tiger snd tbea arive It gwsjr. T the Editor of Tbe Observer: As to Sheriff M. C. House,' Lonoke county. Ark., I think X can give you some information about where he Is from. Som thirty or thirty-five years ago there was a man I knew as Melton House, who was born aad raised, out In the neighborhood ot Mount Pleasant. Cabarrus County. He went from here to Arkansas about that time. He has a sister living four mues soutneasi or concord. Mrs. Jams L. Litaker. She could tell you all about him. las I think Mr. John D. Barrier, of Charlotte, could tell something about him, or Capt Jonas Cook or W. G. Barrlnger, of Mount Pleasant can give Information about him. Being this much interested I thought I would give you this bit of information, j W. M. CORZINE. Concord, Not, Sid, t8.; -; To th Editor of The Observer : . Tne Arkansas anerire mentionear m your paper this morning was born In Cabarrus oouaty. He, was a son , of Mr. Milton Houa. who lived near Mount Pleasant He died when tlore than 10 years old nd by his Uf of self-respecting probity left te his cnil- dren a rich legacy or example. r ; '--. '. i H. B. PUF.XKAR. Concord, ' Nov, : JId. . 10- , ; , - - : ;-.v ' A Card -From Turn Heats. To the Editor of Tbe Observer: . .; I humbly thank you for the article Of the 11th regarding my efforts here in Charlotte.' Tea, I know I am peculiar, creates so, and I am trying to be the real thing, aa In II Cor, 1:1. living -open lace to an." rind ing myself Tom Hege I try to be aon other. Finding myself with , some talents I am trying to make the most of them, so as to give a faithful ac count to my Creator at last I know what it is te have a guilty conscience. , I also know the rest that comes from; a clear one, If I have not tried -o live a Christian. Void of offense to all while in Charlotte, then I don't know what Christianity is. - Life is tweet t am burdened, not tor self, but oth ers, much for Charlotte, and while "her I can boldly eay "I have , not s jrunned to declare the whole Gospel," - TOM C. HEGE. You may want an extra set of spoons,' knives. - forks, leave ner place until aiier o cioca, I .:"!""'-, - ; w'vrr ' . " ' l . - even though the officers on the mom- or a carving set. ; We are ' showing an assortment of, mm siw me nro luuau an rn.ia.rm i j i : . r n. i t ' ' "' - -. jaiteriia iu vviu siciuug tuuu euver-piaiea " .ware, vur caryers'are olth'e best makes and we guarantee them to carve. Prices from $4.50 to $15.00. clock at tbe Smith house set for I a. m. but she has not been allowed to tell this to the jury. Witnesses to day for th defense told of seeing the Ounness fire at 3 o'clock to prove an alibi for Lamphere. Heavy Wagers mf Steamship Racers to savannan. Savannah. Ga., Nor. 1 1. Racing down the coast under full steam are coming the steamships City ot Savan nah and City of Columbus, and heavy sums have been wagered - upon the result At midnight wireless reports showed tbe City of savannah with a slight advantage and she Is expected to dock first The vessels are looked for. between t and 7 o'oiock' tomor row morning.. Both vessels are filled with wealthy New. Torkers, .who are coming to witness the automobile races. ' The City of Columbus sailed Saturday af ternoon at t . o'clock and the City of Savannah eight hours later. By wire less a race was soon arranged and largo wagers made. , ; v- Interest In the .race has been keen See our display of JDiamonds, 5 Watches, Jewelry. Cut '51 $ s' Glass, and Koveltiesfor'the holidays. . - v - 1 ' THANKSOIVINa CmNAJ . Large Turkey pishes $1.00 to $250. Alice Gold Band V . China, any single piece to be found in a dinner set, sold. . by the single piece or full 100 to 104-piece set,' at $22.50, -to $25.00., VV : rV? V.VV.- C pAVILANir& co.'s chiita: A 100-piece dinner set, neat decorations, beautiful de- h signs, and shaped pieces a Vet that most dealers get " ' A.j- s jta a a . as is. -' " t i 1 r - ''.-. 1 ' 1 aa tsv aoo ,o a av.tr at-sa-ss mvm r. waa . Jsj aa a , Aa Xa aboard both ships,; the wireless , ad-1 S85.00 f Or OUT TJllce 6o.00. vises, ana messages xrom passengers let. . . n . , - '-r , 5 . ..-i"-"' on one to. those on the other have t A plain white Havilana & Co. s dinner? set, j with one " T ."Jkw"""'e" -""".v"t. j , o t t . .' ' xo o proiten pieces, price a is $4i.uu. Jodire Leake, of Bicbmond, Dead. Richmond. Van ; Nov. - 3 (.-Judge William Joslsh Leake, former presi- asfittn -me suenmuno, rrtucrici- buiw potomas Railroad, died at his restlence in this city late - to-day. juasre Leaxe naa oeen ui xor aneui six months most of the v Judge Leake has for a number of. years been as sociated in the practice ot hlsj profos ion with Hall Carter.- Besides being president of the Richmond. Freder icksburg 'A Potomac Railroad Con-, sections Company. Judge Leake - has served some time as counsel of ' the Richmond. Fredericksburg ...a . Potu. mac -and Washington-Southern roads, ' . ;'.-. . ;- . V 'A beautiful 100-piece Austrian China dinner set, new , and-confined to biw homs shapes and lovely decorations, in two ' patterns, only ike was 5 years qld.riia $4",w" ' - 'J - k . . , ' . -umber of. Tears been as. ' . - . ,'-. ' ' ' ' . " we sell one piece,' or 100 pieces for $20.00. r ' ' - t " ' ; behhY' sets ; beautiful decorations 'from $1.50 to $70. - . , Salad Bowls from 25s. to 3,00. . . ' . , " Read th pain formula on a bos of Pink Pain Tablets. Then ask your doc tor if there is a better- one. Pain means congestion blood prwur somewhere. Pr, fehorr-'B , Pink Xiln Table:s check bead psms. vwojnanly pains, pain sev where. Try nd see.' 20 tor Zx. boil by Malta's rtSaiacy. Bishop: Wilson to Preside at Sooth larouna conrerrnce. r ... Laurens, S. C. Nov. IS. The an nual Conference of the South Caro lina Methodist Episcopal Church will convene here to-morrow. Bishon A. W.. Wilson, of Balumore. presiding. The first exercises are to be Tuesday evening when - the historical society. holds its regular annual meeting. Rev. J. 8. Beasley. of Ratesburg, president of the society, will read a paper. on the history of Methodism In this State. Already a number of delegates hfrre arrived, and by to-morrow there will be at least 400 In attendance. VWATCHKD ITFTEKN YEARS. "Fes fifteen years J hv watched the working1 of Buckten's Arnica Salve; and It has r.sver failed to cur any sore, boll, ulcer or bum to which It was applied. .It has ved us many a doctor bill. says A. w. Hardy, of Kast Wi!trn. Mains. ZtQ. st W.' L. Hand & Co. 'a drug store. r y
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