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CD CHARLOTTE DAILY OLGZliYLR, DIXiriBLIMi, i: r 3 r - " 1 . , . i SPORTING.. NEWS' ,..MMSBSSSSaSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSJSSSSISSa CAROLINA COMMITTEE - . ANSWERS CHARGES .: Statements Msdo bx heenrer Ho ;'.". . gardlng Athletie Relation With - , I'nlrersity. of Virginia Declared to "i Be, -Without Foundation tn Fact ' , Virginia Committee . Fair u Courteous at Ail Time, Says Qw . ' -' ltMCoauntttee, ? j o the Editor of Th Otwenrer: - . The Observer of to-day contains an ' editorial on University athletic that ' is chiefly, an attack on the emetic cammtttee of this University. With .' the spirit OX the editorial this reply w!H have nothing to do; the state '; menu and Inferences m that edlto t rial.' however, as applied to us are ' fir holly without tounaatlon In fact. One of the two charges In the edi torial is that the, athletic rules here ' are too strictly enforced. It does not call into question the rules them selves, no doubt for the -reason that they are In common aoceptance Nortn 'j and 'South. As to the charge of too . atrlct 'enforcement no speclhu answer - cnay be made tor the reason that no specific instance is riven, nor ooea atoe committee know of a slngl ln tifin where it was accused of sctlng ' unjustly or harshly. The charge can not apply to this year's team, because not a single-man was disqualified. If the general policy of the com- ' stilus is unjust and harsh H must be Croat one of two causes: lack of prac tical experience, in athletics, prevent ing proper perspective or lack of ympathy with the best Interests of the institution. As tot experience, four an embers of the committee have had over ten years of practical work In athletics with ' direct observation oi Athletic- management at Harvard, Co lumbia, Johns Hopkins. Princeton and institutions further Southland as for sympathy and loyalty, three of the committee are alumni and native (North Carolinians. The whole fact here Is that we have the .rules that prevaU throughout the " country, and we are honestly enforc ing them with such Judgment and simple Justice as experience has given na, . Tb main emphasis of the editorial .. is upon the charge of the "servility" ' of the North Carolina committee and the 'downright arrogance" of the Vir ginia committee towards ua The con temptuous indignation displayed over this relation might have been saved toad the writer sought for facts thai sire easily accessible. - The' charge of arrogance of Virgin ia toward me University of North Carolina la supported in the editorial chiefly by a citation of how the Vir ginia committee treated A. 4 M. We know nothing of these citations; we know that that committee showed no - such attitude toward ue, On the con trary, it was courteous and fair at all times. The correspondence between the two committees is open for in spection.' It , will show that the Vir- j glnia committee asked for any infor-1 mat ion against the members of the Virginia team; that it investigated the Information; that it declared after in- vestigation that the information was without foundation; that it presents the results to us in detailed form. We '.treated ,the statements of the committee as final. Just as they accepted Our i statements as final. A glance at the names of the Virginia committee as a whole will Justify our stealing with them as gentlemen. We realised, however, that these gentlemen might have been deceived, and we did not. as the editorial al leges, weakly submit to the playlns of fcUanton and Gloth without allow ing protests from either students or alumni. These allegations as they ap ply to this committee are absolutely without foundation In fact We ap plied to students and alumni for any Information that would render, these tnen ineligible tn order to' supply It to the Virginia committee, we reuna that Stan ton was of the track team and the "soccer; team- at the Univer sity of California last year. No other fact has yet been brought out against htm. We have a letter from President Benjamin Ide Wheeler.ap. the. Uni versity of California, tiffing that on leaving California last fear his ath letie purity was unquestionable. His track record did not disqualify htm Jtere, because when the rules were made between Virginia, and North Carolina "the five-months rule" - was declared to apply specifically to "foot ball and base oa 11 only." This was done for reasons obvious to any one famil iar with the condition of minor sports In the South. As to Gloth, we present ed approximately the Information contained in your editorial; the Vir ginia committee presented a contrary State of facts. Whatever the truth Is. It Is a question between Gloth and the Instructor In Gary's school and between -Gloth and the Virginia com mittee. In all of the correspondence the Virginia committee has dealt with us precisely In the spirit of fairness and confidence that we have displayed to ward them. That there should be friendliness and confidence Ib not strange when -Dr. R. H. Whitehead, for many years a professor at this University, is on their committee, and when Dr. E. A. Alderman, whose Interest In the relations between the two Institutions has been shown ac tively throughout the year. Is at the bead of the University of Virginia. - If the statements and Inferences in your editorial were correct, you would te right in saying that the control of athletic affairs here should be taken , from this committee. Even more. If the members of this committee were so disloyal te the traditions and In- terests of this institution and display ed a servility so contrary to its true dignity, they should be turned out of the institution. The statements, and Inferences founded ugpn them, are In- correct la every particular; they are - presented la a temper unusual to The ' Charlotte Observer, and are false to a degree unusual to. North Carolina -r Journalism CHARLES H. HERTY. Chairman. y GEORGE HOWE, v EDWARD K. GRAHAM. . ' , ' f A. H. PATTERSON, ' ,. CHARLES fl. MANGCM. Committee on Athletics. " .,. Chafer Hill. Dec nthlsOl, ; . , -equiret Anxko to Meet Barns Again. " Dnblla. Dc. it-Not satisfied with his three defeats at the hands of Tom my Burns, Bill Squires, tbe Austra lia n scrapper, wsnts another ge with the American heavyweight. Letters received from Squires in Chrtstchurch. New Zealand.' say he will challenge the winner of the Burns-Johnson bout In Australia. Squires expresses -the belief and hope, that- Burns will win from Johnson. " , - ;." Corbett-Rwk tlglit a Draw. New Orleans, Pc llToung Cor Vett and Phil Brock fought Ua rounds to a draw her to-night at the f-outhern Athletie Club. ; Ty Cobb, of t 'v( Iff t it A mertcan . League tiass was relereevi;...'v. -n&-'.-? REVIVAL OF DISTANCE BCXXTXG Tom Longboat . the .'Most Picturesque Figure la th Athletic World Ilow xie uune inn i-rouuneace rro fesaioml Running Takes a Great Boo0LA.'--ir.,:.:-.i-.-L ... , New-TorkU TJeo. ' JU--Wlth' Tdm Longboat. ; ths jind lan,. 4a 'the profes sional ranks. ; distance racing, so pop ular decade ax a,- is likely to see a big revival' The Won J-wide fame won by jsnnay tiayes in in Olympic jaara thon, Dorando's now historic finish In the same -race, ibis- recent- defeat or Hayes, and longboat's meteoric ca reer, aro events sufficient to arouse the old interest In contests of speed and endurance. Longboat la perhaps the most pic turesque figure la athletics to-day. He is a fall-blooded Onondaga Indian, and was rawed on the Caledonia res ervation, seven mile from Hamilton, Canada. He attracted attention audi denly by winning the historic Herald Marathon race in Canada when only 1 years old, and came back and won a similar race the following year. No one had over heard of him before this, but. subsequently he won many fa mous long distance races, - among them the twenty-flve-mlle Boston Ma rathon. Longboat ran In the Marathon at the Olymplo games last year and was among th front runner for about twenty miles, when he retired. Long distance running Is second nature with the Indian. He can run as well with rubber boots on as with the up-to-date spiked shoes. Longboat 1 a natural born runner. He was born In a typical Indian hut and when a youngster -tils people marvelled at his speed and endurance. 'With the Hayes-Dorando match professional running has certainly taken a great boom. It wouldn't be at all surprising to see many great ama teurs turn to the moneyed side of the kame within the next few months. Hayes and Dorando, aggregating their shares of the gate receipts, cleared 1 7.000 the other night This is enough to make many amateur ath letes' eyes stick out with envy. Hayes got 15,000, which Is about as much as he'd get in ten years at the job he left when he went to England. SHRCBB A MARVEL. Regarded as the Most Reniarkabhrl Distance Runner tbe World Has Ever Seen- Has Been Defeated Only Once in 1,600 Races. New York, Dec. 13. Holding every record from one and one-quarter miles to twelve, and with a perform ance of 11 miles 1,137 yards in an hour to his credit, Alfred Bhrubb , I regarded as the most remarkable dis tance runner the world has ever seen. Ten miles is his favorite fdlstance, but he has run fifteen milt in ' close to record time I hour 20 minutes IS 4-6 seconds. There Is little doubt In the minds of experts that Shrubb can beat either Dorando or Hayes over ten miles, but how he would perform over a longer route, say the Matathon dis tance, is problematical. In view of the fact that England has always main tained that ten miles Is, enough for any man to run. a match with Doran do over the historic twenty-six mile route Is unlikely. Bhrubb has been beaten only once In more than 1,508 races. He has out-classed everybody he evsr raced In America, so that now it is impossible to And any one man wio can give him any kind of a race. During the past year Shrubb has raced against relays of from two to four men and distances from four te tWj.V- "t Kd WOB V ,a.p"' J Shrubb has been running for ten years and Is ss good as ever. He at tributes this to hard work and a clean life, MR. C. D. HARRIS TO LEAVE. Popular Graduate Manager of Ath leflrs at A. A M. College, Raleigh, u Stove to tiouisviue to una The many Charlotte friends of Mr. Ceburn D. Harris, of Raleigh, who, for the past several years has been, the energetic and capable graduate manager of tbe A. A M. Athletic As sociation, will regret exceedingly to learn that he will shortly leavs the State to reside In Louisville, K, where he will engage in the tobacco manufacturing business. ' Mr. Harris Is to be wedded to Mis Margaret Wiley, of that State, next week and recently resigned his position with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture In . anticipation of hi contemplated transfer of residence. As general manager of the athletic efforts of the A. 4s M. College, .he achieved wonderful success. He suc ceeded Mr. O. Max Gardner, of, Shel by, and took up the work which he inaugurated. The present enviable rank of the A. & M. College In the athletic annals of the State Is due to the wise generalship of Mr. Gardner and Mr. Harris. The Institution with which he has been so closely af filiated so long will be the great loser by reason of his departure. ON THE RACE TRACK. M 'The Races at Havana. Havana, Dec 1J. Following are the results of the races at Almendares Park to-day: First race. furlongs: Cloistress, won; Artful Dodger, second; Malta, third. Tims 1:2 J. ; Second race, S furlongs: Emily Amanac. won; Oramosa, second; Elsfa third. Time 1:0. Third race. 1-1 furlongs: Oleasa, won; Jack McKeon, second; Lygta, third. Time lUs.. Fourth race, , 1-J furlongs: Wins Merchant, won; Carraugh. second; King Thorpe, third. Time i:l. Fifth race, mile: 'Miss Topsy, won; Batsman, second; RexaU, third. Tims l:SS t-f. ' ' Sixth race, one mile: -jnplter, won; Bitter Hsnd, second George E. Leis er. third. -Time l:l.. - ; ,. fcy. - -:' ' ' , .. '. Indoor Meet at "Georgetown. - Washington. D. U Dec llClie eleventh annual indoor meet of th Georgetown University will ha held on March th.- which comes on Sat urday ' Princeton, Yale, Cornell. Co lumbia, Virginia, Wegleyms, " Ford ham, John. Hopkins. Maryland .and other colleges-snd universities .hax,. been asked to send represesiWtive teams. . ; ..Georgetown Itself expects to have splendid team, for a strong squad of candidates have reported for practice. ' -Training will begin after Christmas. ; ? " 5 j - ,7V.-t" 1 Xew Cuptaln For A. A M. Football - .- - Team, -. v-v" Mr. John- B. Bray..of Elisabeth City, has been chosen captain of the A. A M. football team for next year. Notiee t this effect was received is the city yesterday and occasioned tnsch satisfaction among the - A. A M. alumni her. - Mr. Bray played centre during the past season and was ens of the( strong tner; tf tb team. - . r- - THREE FIGHTS FOB 'FRISCO, Important Mills to Be Pulled Off to i"aciflo -Ooast cur Dunns; Decer . San Francisco, CaL. Dec. 1 J. Three Important fights will be pulled off In California this, month The first Will be a twenty-five ronnd go be tween Silly Papke and i Hugo Kelly, the crack middleweight at the Jeff rie Athletie Club, of Los Angeles, on December 15th; the. second, a twenty, round battle between 8am Langford, the colored pugilist, of Boston, and Jim Flytit, the Pueblo heavyweight, at the Washington Athletic Club, of San Francisco, on December 17tlv ana tne wra, which wiijt.be the nig event of them all. will be a forty-five round go between Al Kaufman, the California heavyweight, and Jim Bar ry, o'f Chicago, which Is carded for December list at the Jeffreies' Ath letic Club, of Los Angeles. The win ner of the latter bout wlR probably be -matched to fight the victor of the Tommy Burns-Jack Johnson battle for the heavyweight title. Michigan Wants a Winning Eleven. Detroit, Mich., Dec. W. Strenuous efforts are to be made to give Mich igan University a winning football team next, season. . , Pennsylvania and Syracuse, which scored- such decisive victories over Michigan this year4, are both on the schedule next season, the one game o be played in Philadel phia and tbe other In Ann Arbor. The contest witbUhe Quakers Is the final one of the contract between Pennsyl vania and the Wolverines, and Mich igan football folk believe .that the Western eleven must be the victor If Pennsylvania ' is to Retain Michigan on her schedule thereafter. A fourth consecutive defeat for the Maize and Blue at the hands of the Quakers will mean perhaps that .Michigan will have to look elsewhere for an East ern opponent aside from Syracuse. Yost will have charge of the squad In 10, ,and. with other evils eradi cated, and since most' of the 1908 eleven, will be eligible, Michigan hopes to be able. to. turn the tables on . Pennsylvania, and also win over Syravuse In Ann Arbor. , Otherwise, Michigan football' followers believe, a return , to tbe Western ''conference is inevitable.- .. REMARKABLE GOLF GAME. Amateur . Champion . , Travers Shows tne Experts souiething , on tne MonUuUr Course. New York,' Deer 1. One of the most remarkable exhibitions of gol ever seen anywhere wss given on i recent Saturday by Jerome D. Tra vers, national champion, on the llnae of tne Montclalr Golf Club, when he made the round In 77 strokes, using only one elub Tils driving Iron, Over a lunch In tbe clubhouse there were three player looking for a fourth man, when some one suggested that Travers be taken In to play the best ball of tbe three, whereupon an ad mirer spoke up and said: "1 wilt bet that Travers - can beat their best ball and only, use one club." v The result , was. that' Mr. Travers undertook the task, and after careful study between selecting a mid-Iron, or a driving Iron, finally took the lat ter. , Played In high wind with the course very rough after a period of dampness and heavy fog, with' put tinf greens abundant in warm casta, the display of the cjiamplon was an ine more marvellous. fect throughout, with the exception of one siloed shot, the long approach to the fourth green. HI heaviest handi cap was on the short approach and the approach putt, notably on his sec ond to the first, third, . snd ' eighth greens, and his approach putts, from Just off the green. xn the ninth and thirteenth. These trifling- irregular! ties were' more than offset by his bril liancy on the putting greens, where ne only neaaeo. one putt on mini .greens,' tor", atotal of, twenty-seven putts on the, round AMATEUR BILLIARD ROW. Developments in the Scandal Threat en to Break up the Great Tonntn- ment BcneauM-a r or jasnn. v.few' York. Dec. II. Developments In the amateur billiard world's "scan da!" threatens to break up the annual national championship tonrnament which II scheduled for next March: 3. Ferdinand Poggenburr, the Liedets krans Club entry, and Ed Gardner, formen national amateur - champion. are involved la the tsngis which baa caused a sensation in Chicago. - Aecordlng-te the billiard committee of the Chicago Atnieoe Association, where th tournament was . held last winter, fourof the six playsrs- were guilty of rank- professionalism, rinm committee f reports - that Clarence Jackson, of Chicago, and Charles Wright, of Ban Francisco, maintained their amateur status, - bat that t,hn other four, while posing as amateur, accepted money . for their setwlcea 5 Besides Posxenburs and Gardner. the men' accused are Fred Conklln, of Chicago, and Cslvlil . Demarest, who has Just resigned the national ama teur championship to be a profession al. According to the promoters of the Chicago tournament, Gardner,' Pog genbgrg, De merest and Conklln' .re ceived weekly ' stlpenda; ' Gardner 1 alleged to have, drawn 17 B, while DemaresU being a resident of Chica go, got only 1 1 1. . ' ,v c Tne New Yorkers langh at the ac cusation, gating .that OBty their, ex penses were pnldVx.r v.-'- ' '. - :.r.- i Brlrt nd Summers Sijcsi .Artlciea. London. Dec It. Jimmy. Brltt And Johnny Summers have signed articles with . the National Sporting Club to flrht twenty three-minute-ronnds n Washlngtoa's - -birthday.- -The r club provides a parse of $4,e. of which the winner U to take $t,600 and the loser I1J09.-; ;The fight Is tebe.avt catch weights and .there will . be a side atake ef . -.. - .. - V- " 1 i 1 - ' -' Young Objen to Meet Bother, u ? " New York, DecMJ. Young Olsen, the SweTMsh lightweight wrestler, has come to the fore with, a challenge to meet George Bother. ': Olson claims inai n can wrra m u tron.TTesib1ayT-bt "w Hoe to chaHenjr the first meeting p6thner.-: that he caa wrest the lightweight title t wants-twget tn the champion by Hs is ready to poet a f SOS. forfeit. McOoskey to Manage, WUwauke. 5 - Milwaukee; Wls Vc'l J-John J. McCloskey. for se versa years manager of St. : Louis National League team and a ball player of the old scnooi. will manage the' Milwaukee baseball team in 1105.. He succeeds Berry McCormlck. ' - . . .. . ; i -Tir i i - . .-. Da vb to Captain Georgia Techs..' (Atlanta; Ja Dec. 1 J. John Davis was to-day elected raptaln ef i the Oeorri v Tt-ch football team for 'next season. - , v.-. TAFT TALKS 0FJHE 00TU DOES3TT EXPECT BIG LANDSLIDE Frldent-E!ect Tells The) Observer's . Washington , Representative That : He V lii Try to Make Things Eanier - - in the South For His Successors- . Expects Republicans to Make More ' Gains Two and Four Years Hen e - Warns ts Be on Good Terms With " i- Southern People, He Says Inquires f, Agalu . About Hong Kong Gander .and the Big Fat Hen a Yeats. Re ' porters Kindly Though He Is Not Punctual lu Keeping Engagements . ' With Them, J y: v: BY H. E. a BRYANT. , -i- r $Ki ObserveriBurau,vli . Congress ,Hall Hotel.' n.1 i Washington, .Dec -IS. I cand en Frealdenf-elect William Howard Taft ' Friday ;-evsning f and asked him what he expected to do to win : the f South, to the Republican party. i ., i'.-'m- . -Why,- said he, laughing geod-na- turedly. "I da .not expect the Sonth to -come with a great landslide, a one would believe from reading cer tain papers; but I do hope to make it . easier . for candidates - who follow me. Your, section of the country. Is growing rapidly and the progress ts substantial and along Industrial lines. We made considerable .. gains this time and there is no reason why we should, not do better two. and. four years from now. ; , , ASKS ABOUT GANDER AKD HEN. "whatever, became of .the Hons Kong gander and the big-fat hen The Charlotte Observer editor , gav ta Editor Hemphill, whom I Know very wellf asked Mr. Taft.'. I tdld him that the, gander was raffled off in Charleston for 125 and the proceeds sent to Lincoln for Col. William Jennings Bryan, but that no one not even tne eoitor oi'ine uo- server-r-hsd ever been able to stalks the trail of the hen after she arrived at me nmca or in a hiss ana courier. Vut the general Impression -in. North Carolina wss mar couor -wempmu had, put her into a pie. f : Evidently from the pleasure he got out of discussing the gander And hen Incident ' of the recent campaign, Mr. Taft had read the ' controversy be tween the two Carolina papers. Mr. Taft has been a very busy man since he came here a Week ago. ' He has attended social functions., -political dinners and heart-to-heart con fabs of various kinds, i His time has been . fully occupied. , If one wanted to see him he had to make a date far ahead. James Hay, Jr., who repre sents the Munsey papers', here, ar ranged for me to accompany him to see the Presidentelect at the home of Mrs: L. J. Boardman where he was staying. We were to be there promptly at t o'clock Friday after noon. Twice before I had . met Mr. Taft -once In his offices.' in the War Department and another time on his sbeclal train when It passed through rfofth Carolina and Virginia during the campaign. He is large, stout. Jo vial and affable. The newspaper men like him very mueh on account of hht frank and kindly, way of deal ing with them. - tx'i : At the appointed hour Mr. Hay and I called at the 'Boardman home, an elegant on near -Dupont circle, In northwest Washington, Standing outside th door when w arrived was a press representative, all drawn up, watching the rain fall and wait ing for the clock to strike . "Hello, Bailey," said Hay. "What you standing here forf "He's not In." . ; ' "Where is her "The man inside told me that he left here dressed for dinner, about S o'clock." , , KEEPS NEWSPAPER MEN WAIT ING. Mr. and Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Board man had rone around on K street to the reception given - by the Congres sional ' Club, composed .of wives and daughters of Representatives of Cos gress. i '(.'.( '. ' , "He's a good fellow.!', said Jlmmle Hay, "but ne one .ever knew him to be in time for . an. appointment." As the hour of arrived two more newspaper men appeared. We . all waited in the vestibule, getting close to each other to keep, warm; 1:10, :J0, .10, f:4S passed, and no. signs of Mr. Taft. 1 , r " Ths night 1 so bad that he has de cided to go to th dlrfner from the reception,'' volunteered some one. But fcl t:t0 a taxlcab, running up t the speed limit if not faster, turned a street corner, shot up to ths Board man -place and stopped within a few feet of whr we stood. Mr, Taft back ed out, turned, slapped 'his hands to- Pither, lsughed and said: "Why, boys, m surprised; there Is no-'pews on a rainy day."r Having greeted th members of the press thus be whirled arouad.r helped - the-' ladle, out. es corted them to the top of the landing, f cams-hack-rand Invited us te go la. We were led. Into .-a reception rejsca and bidden to be seated,, hut for A moment all stood, the President-elect in th centre of tKcrcle.aji noise less and silent as an oyster, x -r "An ominous .silence"; ssld Jlmmle Hay. who saw ? the ridiculous In .the situation. i-VF.w'.'J :V,S''-?. "Let me see." said Mr. Taft. What hkve I been dolngo-day.?', ; - "Who have you seen T" eeld -one of the young men who ha9 drawn a pen cil and tab. ' : . -' -.. t -I have eeeft a number of people let me see," said Mr. Taft, standing with his shoulders .thrown hack, his hands thrust ; deep into - his- trousers pockets. - x 'iSf.'v -''"' i- One by en the names of the visit ers were called and noted down. "What -was - Mr. So and So doing hirer' aakd a scribe. "Did Mr. eo Forth nave any special business r" . - " . - "What did you and senator Aldricn tajk about, th tariff?", was asked. ' 'No. we oian t-mention me cana. He ws telling me about his experi ence . abroad, .and toucnea - on tne monetary question. ..; That s .all.. When . are you going away, Mr. Teftr.- . , . "Why I shall remain here and vbe fried at the.Orldlron Club to-morrow night, and when that is over- leave Immediately for New -York, Yes, you know we all here to be put 'on the rack at the Gridiron. I do not mind the toasting I get." ; - - v- Here tbe President-elect told a Isughsble story hut made us promise not to tell It. ' : ',-.- " . . Mr. Hay got permission for- me to remain and have a word with Mr. Tsft; after the other correspondents had passed out-..- . - . .'.;-'' '"' ,: A , FEW: WORDS t ABOUT. THE : south. - . : v " v I. I lust wanted to know shout your tatutude fowaf I Wn"onT-binrrom4 North Carolina, a doubtful State, I am interested," said X In a Jocular way....'. "Yes.", said Mr. Taft,,! have been saying some things about the South. It ts a great section, in nsDitea ny a great people. .-I -do not hope to see the South come headlona; w ith a great slump Into the Republican party, but the indications point to an Increased Republican vots snd when I quit ths White House I hope it will be la still better shape for my surcessor. I want to be on good terms with your peo ple.' . , Mr. ' Tart is spproarname at au times. Me laughs and Jollies the boys and makes friend of all who corns 4n contact with him. He Is a WILLIAM FIRTH, PRCS. AI tiLUl CAN J; S.' C0TnEAlTSoftherB kpu. os Trust, EidS., CHAEL0TTE, IT. G. fine, mixer. His laugh I mellow and contsgioua :v- ,.. '.''.''' . Mra, Taft. who' stopped and bowed to the waiting - reporters. Is very sprightly snd - attractive, -. She Is of the blonde type, with bright sparkling eyes. , It Is predicted by those, who know be that she will prove a very popular mistress of ths Whit House. Mr. Taft will spend the winter at Auguata, Ga., where he hopes to meet a number of leading Southerners.. : tTWght of . Way" Opens . Southern Season at New Orleans. Special ta.lThSObserver,',Ji t jvew oneana, iia.vtev i -Klaw A ErlanKer's -original New .York obm- pany in Sir Gilbert-;1 Parker'a . great drama, "The Rlghttdf Way." - with Guy Standing, and Theodore Roberts In their, famous . Impersonations - of Charley "Steele- ' and Jo t Portugal, opened its Southern season at the Tu lan Theatre, New .Orleans,- to-night, before one of the largest' audiences that has' ever filled this fashionable house- of eutertalrrment. " The " play was received-wlthrapt attention from start to finish, and seven curtain calls were demanded at the end of ; th third act- c ' '-'v ' : ' ' 1 la predicted' that ' this grU drama ' will make one of ' the ' most sensational.- successes, .through th South ever remembered by the eldest theatre-goers. . - '.;; - ' 'baNCHE WALSH. c ' Miss Blanche .Walsh, has " probably played more successful leading roles than any actress in America of her age. She triumphed-in the complete repertoire; of the late Fanny Daven port,' became - famous -in. the - stag works of Sardou and created parts In New - York which .spread her. fame throughout - the world. . Miss .Walsh; however, 'regards the character, of Emma Eltynge, In "The Test,", as the greatest) la which, she hss ever ap peared. 'Jules Eckert (Goodman has gone v deep into the soul of a noble woman.. Jv He saw her emotions and passions. Mlas W'alnh gives 4 faithful and convincing portrayal of. what fie' learned. - The actress engagement tn this city Is for ' one night. Mondsy, December it 8th, at the Academy of Music ' i . . BTOOK COMPANY THIS WEEK,- ' The Hbtton A Bailey Stock' Com pany will open a week' engagement at ths Academy of Music . to-night For the. initial offering "Vergle the Newspaper Qlrl" will, a ? presented. This Is a four-act comedy drama, and Is said to be an unusually good play. Between ' acts, high-class vaudeville specialties will he Introduced by well known vaudeville artists.' To-morrow night,', "The iNlght-UIJers" w.ll-1 he given. This Is an exceptionally clever story, and will doubtless prove a pleaslnc bill. ' Ladles will' ; be admitted fee to night, whes accompanied by a ticket purchssed before 6 p. m. at Hawley's, Seats are now. on sale. . :s:...l. OdeO MIR to Be Known ss the Locke :l,.,,t , Erwin M11U. .:4 Concord -Tribune. . r The change in - the properties of the Odell Manufacturing Company to the new corporation that has lust pur chased the magnificent and ; well known buildings will bring about the abolishment of the familiar name the f'Odell MMVi.whlch- has been asso elated with Concord and the State of North Carolina for the past half can tary and tn th announcement there Is a tinge of sadness, for the once proud snd well-established name was H-ecogalsed as a. leader In manufac- Uurlng circles of ;the Union and to be done swsy with at this late date ana disassociate it with "Concord brings afresh ths retrospective view of Can active life shall linger for years in the fond recollections of .the past. '. - Mr. Locke Erwin. who, has been at Oxford In charge of ths Oxford .Cot ton Mill, will arrive in a f sw dais to assume th management of the mills and the name wilt be changed. . . Colonel Andrews pace-Setter. Wall Street Journal Annual ' stockholders' meetings have been held under all sorts of con ditions before all , sorts save ; one. The annual meeting or tn Nor tn. Car olinaMidland was held last week in the private oar of Colonel Andrews, vice president of. the Southern- Rail-; way; at 'Winston-eaiem, . va i ne colonel's ear was 'stopped In the Sohthern Railway yard j long enough to transact the business of the meet ing, according to the requirements or the State.' All the stock . was -represented "either In person or by proxy' a -the phrsse is, and a s 'per , cent, dividend was declared, The'eolonel appears to be almost as Inventive as be U personally? trresisuDie. - - -. . , rA i vlj 1 1 ,':' " ('J? ' lej lfi V I IX I 79 12Ee Etrcst, Ecsicn. Zlzzs. . Tie Best ror : ' For sale, GHARLGT70. - - (We' carry everything I'feX i' MILTON.- ' . 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' , , HI mind embraced th whole untrodden soil.. , t i . i f Defender of tb Commonwealth, he Jetn- Mf-e V-'4? f s , -Our temporal fray whereof Its vital fruit. And choosing armoury ' of . th scholar - t stood beside - His .peers to raise the voice for freedom. Nor has fair Liberty a champion armed To meet'' on heights or plains the So ' phister , ' -Throughout the ages equal to this man ' Whose- spirit breathed high Heaven and .. ' drew thene . - u'v , ' The 'ethereal sword te smite, r - v v. . -W heed him new. This latest age In repetition cries, -For. Belial, the admit, la In our midst; Mammon mors ,'swsll'n , to squeese, the . slavish sweat , From hopeless toll and evershadowtngly : . . aggrandised. - Monstrous - ta Ms grinning marsk - of ' hypocritical peace Inveterate Moloch remains ths great' x .' ample. - ' Homage to him his debtor band, nnnutn . :f, erabl . . ' -ri --. .. As waves running all , golden from an . ' eastern aun, . , . 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 14, 1908, edition 1
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