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4 CHARLOTTE DAILY .OBSERVER, DECEMBER IS, 1CC3. XX X TOMPKINS, BUn' EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR FRIDAY. DECEMBEB IB, 1908. ' THE REMOVAI, OF THE REVE- NCEOPFKSERS. ; 4 It ha been stated In the news col ' OJnng of this paper that thera baa ,- been Issued by the Commissioner of - Internal Revenue an order which will remov from North Carolina the ma ' jority of the United States internal revenue officers doing service in the State after the 1st of January. With reference to this matter The Indus trial News, Republican, of Greens boro, has a sensible, fair-minded and ' non-partisan editorial as follows: "The immediate effect of this order, in all likelihood, will be tnat me manuiac Inn and aair of whiskey will largely In crease in North Carolina. The reason tor ibis la that moonshiners have a very wholesome fear of Uncle Sam's officers, hut ira inclined not to take the BiatS'l officers very seriously In the matter or punishing blockading. This lsck of re spect for the sheriffs and their deputies Is due In a large measure to those officers themselves, and for the reason that they have relied upon the revenue officers to enforce laws which the Bute officers have neglected. There are probably- not a. half itnun aherllts In the entire State who have tried to enforce the Watts and Ward laws, although these laws nave Veen upon the statute books fof a nuin VMr of VMn. "In tha Mar election the people of North Carolina bv a lirtt majority vote, gadded to aive prohibition a trial, and it la cIhp the noonday sua that they expect to have the law enforced end they will not bold those county officers guilt less If tbey do as they have been doing la the past. The law which forbids the manufacture and sale ef whiskey Is as much a State lew as that against lar ceny, and the officers of ths law are just as derelict in non-enforcing the one as US OUST, 11 is, uirera. m i-" duty of every sheriff and deputy in North Carolina to gird up his loins for the com ing battle with the wary and doughty moonshiner. "For some months revenue officers have reported that, despite their best eaorcs. ths Illicit manufacture of liquor was on the Increase and It is evident enough thst the withdrawal of the revenuers will further stimulate Its production. We take It that the sheriffs, realising tne responu irtltv thavt raata unon them In this mat ter, wlU exercise the utmost vigilance In enforcing the prohibition law. The Observer, while entirely quiet on the subject during the prohibition cam Dal cn after having stated Its views In opposition to the bill sub mltted by the Legislature to the peo pie after the election admonished Obedience to the order of things and observance of the law to go into ef feet January 1st at the mandate of the voters. At the same time It fore told that when the prohibition law became effective, and there being no longer government distilleries in the State, the government would take it eye off North Carolina, and that the enforcement of the laws against the manufacture and sale of liquor would 'depend almost wholly upon the State, or rather, the county officers, who, in the main, had been Indifferent to the execution of the State law against moonshiners. All this will soon come to pass. Uncle Sam will withdraw his revenue forces after January 1st, and the lo cal liquor Uws must be enforced by local people, without the aid of the government at Washington. In a word, after the first of nest month It will be up to the sheriffs, and up to this time few of them have manifest ed any Interest In the State prohibi tion laws. For saying tnis peiore we were accused of advancing the aged and hackneyed proposition that "pro hlbitlon does not prohibit" and of try big to discredit the law. That was sot true then and Is not now. We desire to see the prohibition law and all others enforced and the pres ent purpose Is to show where the re sponsibility for Its enforcement lodges. The Wall Street Journal notes that there are ten or more States whose records show an absence of bonded debt. These Include Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, and (except for outstanding claim by Virginia of several million dollars on old Joint debt) West Virginia. North Carolina dues not get in the list, but he could easily Join it If there were any special motive for doing so. The man who bought her Income-earning and saleable property for the amount of her obligations vould thereby en rich himself greatly. '2 It is learned with regret that an editorial paragraph in yesterday's Observer in reference to the hanging of Will Graham, colored, at Concord to-day gave offence to come of the good people of that place. The ref erence was based entirely upon state ments made In Charlotte by citizens of Concord. The Observer has no knowledge whatever, of Its own, in re lation, to this case nor any purpose ' to reflect upon any individual or upon : the administration of Justice in Cabar . rui county. Richmond is In a very fair way to ' annex Manchester, across the James. If the annexation comes off, Rich mond will gala about twelve thousand Inhabitant In addition to hose gain ; ed by a previous extension of limits and ehe bad It, 800 population by the census ef IIOO wilt push several other well-known cities close la the count of a year and a half hence. "i - r- f -..v . . fa tt Btwr Wyatt. who fell rst at teethel, . arai .only years old , soon becoming' av Horta--Carolinian, be mast have become pretty thoroughly naturalized before reaching adult life. In our mind's eye we can easily see him taking his parents by the hand and leading then from Virginia into the land of North Caroline, ,. , V . North Carolina was undoubtedly frst at'Bethel; that is to say. id shed ding blood for the Confederacy, Tilt - a Eouth Carolina, as everybody gd s which !?1 1 ra!?!ng caln said ? . t;r-s on the etruvjle. THAT EXPLODED ( i Thar wag never tit slightest cause tor suspecting.- any one connected with the United State government of wrong-doing in connection with the purchase of the Panama canal prop erty from Its French owners. What may have happened In Franco after the money had passed from the Unit ed States government's hands into the hands of the duly appointed agent of the French courts was a matter concerning which, , chiefly In conse quence of Attorney Wm. Nelson Crom well's evasions before the Senate committee on Interoceanlo canals, there was a good deal of speculation: but Mr. Cromwell, declaring that his evasions were only apparent and were really due to honest Ignorance of the subject two years ago, has since made as full a statement as any one could possibly desire. This statement la borne out in every detail by the reoords of both the United States government and the French court. It appears that not one dol lar went to any American citizen and there cannot have been any "Amerl can syndicate." Among the names of (,400 security-holders receiving payments not one was the name of an American. The relations between the old and new Panama canal compa nies, for a long matter of conjecture, have been made reasonably clear, Ths, Roosevelt administration cannot be involved In any "Panama scan dal" for the simple reason that no such thing occurred at any stage of the proceedings. Though having Its 'home In the na tional capital. The Washington Her aid la in no sense an organ of the ad ministration, and it Is a very Judi cious newspaper. "The so-called Pan ama scandal," says The Herald, "was a product of sensational journalism. It was exploited in the midst of a po litlcal campaign for whatever dam age It might do the reputation of the Republican presidential candidate, ana was given currency by a num ber of reputable sewspapers whose editors should have known better. The facts as to the Panama canal purchase are in printed public rec ords, accessible to any private citizen, Probably yw government transac tions nave oeen better documented., Tet the original scandal story con tained a number of statements utter ly at variance with the recorded facts, and within the past ten days these false statements have been re peated, with the assertion that Presl dent Roosevelt's refutation of them is 'full of flagrant untruths, reeking with misstatements challenging line by line the testimony of his associate Cromwell, and the official record.' And this appears to be Just about the sum, substance and conclusion of the whole matter. "FIRST AT BETHEL." In the matter of North Carolina's flrstness at Bethel The Charlottes ville Progress, interbutting between The Petersburg Index-Appeal and The Observer at the moment when hostilities had been referred to a lat er date, shows Itselt an anything but Innocent bystander. The Progress ad mits that Henry Wyatt, the first Con federate soldier killed, came from North Carolina with a North Carolina company. The assertion is made, however, that Wyatt was a native of Albemarle county, Virginia, his par ents having moved to North Carolina In his eleventh year. Governor Glenn, The Progress declares, admits thla Moreover, while engaged in the con genial occupation of impeaching North Carolina glories our belligerent contemporary goes so far as to deny that North Carolina was either front most at Gettysburg or last at Appo mattox. It approvingly sets forth rival claims made for Virginia in each instance. One matter at a time. The Progress' Bethel claim is enough for the pres ent. It alone concerns the original controversy and It comes with more ppearance of,at least partial validity than the others. We have heard on pretty good authority that Henry Wy- tt was born In Virginia. Perhaps, e was; at all events, we cannot as- sert the contrary just now. Reserv ing any rights which subsequent in vestigation may reveal, we shall, for the purposes of this argument, credit Virginia with his birth. But what does such an admlsrion Imply? Noth ing except that the slain member of the North Carolina company at the first fatal engagement of the civil war the man whom death happened to single out among scores was not native North Carolinian. The es sential fact, "first at Bethel," stands not only unchallenged but positively admitted. And Henry Wyatt will be honored with monumental stone or bronze as the death-chosen personi fication of that North Carolina com pany. ? The Index-Appeal Is out of court unless it can successfully combat the admission made by The Progress, v HUNTER- ROOSEVELT'S COXFI- DENCE. President Roosevelt tells the Smith sonian Institution that if tt will send field taxidermists or animal -skinners along with him on his African hunt ing trip "the collection which would thus go to the National - Musouna would be of unique value." Since Mr. Roosevelt and JKermit -es-ill not go anywhere other sportsmen have not gone, we wonder, what the expression "unique" expresses. 7 does tt ? mean hat the Other hunters werejsut tyr roe in comparison or fhat relics game which hag fallen by x-presi-deatisl hands most possess altogether; extraordinary Interest t t And, it Is not impossible that circumstances C may prevent ihe, Roosevelt from getting trophies the least . bit unusual la themselves. s. or, indeed, any trophies gt alU. The President talks with too much confidence of what may well tunr out quite otherwise.' ' f And the king of Israel answered "and said. Tell him. Let not him that girdeth oa his harness boast himself as he that putteta it off." : V '' ' . ADELlGHTFtJ CQNCEBT AT PRESBVTEIUASf COLLEGE Students' Christinas Concert J Proves One of the Moot Pronounced 8uc oossee of the yea A Lsnre v and Appreciative) Aadloncw ' Witnesses the performance of Varied Typos of Skin and Tral n! ng -Y ou ng La dies, Beautiful In Dainty and Taste ful Costumes, Are Showered With Flowers, Stormed '- With ' Applause and Awaken Admiration In Ladle and Oeatlemen ' AlikeThe Pro gramme gnd Those Who PartlcW petted. , v The students' Christmas . concert given in the Presbyterian College last night at S:S0 o'clock, was attended by a very large and, appreciative au dience. It was a musical evening, the memories of wblcn will linger de lightfully with all who were present Miss Ernestine Nutall. the first per former on the programme, rendered McDowell's "Witches Dance," and when she retimed from the piano she was greeted with flowers and ap plause, ghe is a very handsome young pianist and wore a becoming gown of lavender. She has much talent for music and Interpreted Mc Dowell excellently. ' Miss Elizabeth Chambers, wearing a lovely gown of pale blue satin, sang "Si met vers arslenl des Anles, by Hahn, and sang It beautifully. Her voice is true and clear and she singa with excellent taste. She received lots of flowers. Miss Virginia Wall played Mendels sohn's Scherzo and played it very prettily. She looked very dainty In a blue gown and was graceful at the piano. Hne receivea applause in abundance and flowers also. "The Skylark's Morning Song." by Kolllng, was played by a very young and very talented performer, MUa Dolores Bellinger, daintily attired in a white dress with pink ribbon in her hair. She played without error In note or rhythm and she has a brilliant future as a pianist. She was simply stormed with applause and received pretty flowers. MUs Anna Delle Joyner, wearing a blue gown, sang Becker's besutlful "Spring Song," to which her clear soprano Voice was charmingly adapt ed. She received generous applause and pretty flowers. Miss Louise Parks, a very pretty young lady, wearing a very, pretty white dress, played Chaminade's Air de Ballet, and displayed a great a sal of talent. She plays with dash and spirit, and it is n wonder she was so tremendously sppiauded and re ceived so many flowers. Miss Hazel Elliott, another very pretty girl, wearing a becoming gown of pale yellow, entertained the audi ence with a reading, "How the ha, Rue Stakes Were Lost," and she dis played great talent as an elocutlonUt, her enunciation being clear, her pose good, and her expression and gestic ulation, excellent. She was enthusias tically applauded and received many flowers. She gave a very captivating encore piece about "Miss Ansella Johnson." As she left the stage more than one admiring gentleman was heard to say "I want to know her.'! Miss Ethel Prltchard. another very young pianist, wearing a white dress with Dink ribbon, piayea ueuers tuneful Tarantelle, and played It with delightful effect, being remarkably gifted, she plays with precision, her fingering being accurate and clear. her touch firm ana her expression good. She received a generous share of applause, accompanied by violets and carnations. Miss Winifred Pratt, looking very handsome In pale blue, sang "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice," by Saint Saens. MUs Pratt has a fine voice, resonant and full, clear and flexible, and she was listened to with unbrok en pleasure. She received lots of ap plause and flowers. Miss Myrtle McRae, wearing a blue sown. Diayed MisKorsm s vaise aru- tlane, and played It in a captivating manner, having tne ease ana iioerty of the real musician, good tecnlque and pretty taste. She received some lovely, pink roses and applause. OTHERS WHO TOOK PART. Miss Mary Smith, petite, dainty and clad in pure white, gave two readings; (a) King jonn (Act. iv. scene mj Shakespeare, and (b) Diddle and Duit.ds. two selections so opposite in character as to display the versatility of the talented elocutionist who was very charming as she repeated the classic lines of Shakespeare and very Irresistible as she recited tne numer ous dialogue of "Diddle and Dumps, She was slmply'showered with carna tions and other flowers. Miss Perry Griffith, wearing blue, Diayed Bartlett's "Grand Polka di Concert-" always a Povultr piano lection, and Miss Griffltt played it well, bringing out ail liie melody and executing the various trills and runs with artistic effect. ene receivea nrcfusion of.sweet peas. Miss Marie Torrence, looxing very pretty and sweet In pure white, sang The Nightingale," Dy caueu na aifd' showed decided talent. Her vnioa la musical, clear and Joyous and she sings with lovely interpretation. Her accomoanlst was very nne, py In well and looking pretty Miss Motva. Carr. Miss Torrence brought down the house and received lota of flrtwera. Miss Sue McKeown piayea an im promptu by Khelnhoid, ana lootea very attractive in pale blue. She Is a good planUt. playing with axcellept taste and accurate teonlque, and her touch is very pfttty. She received lota of carnationT d applause. Th, nrnanramma was brought to close by "A Romance," by. Ruben stein, sung by the college masurgia, such a beautiful array of young la- rii that the audience appianuea their appearance for several minutes before they began to sing. ior wtm ...nmn.niaii unon the organ by Mr, Henry Anderson and upon the piano by Miss Carr. - The song was a beautiful close to a beautiful concert, and too, -.much praise cannot be bestowed npoa the irtiftte who took oart and upon ? the muato faculty and Miss Blairv expres sion teacher. .. - , rrominent Goorrlaa Killed . While . . Buntlnc ttt.ttharl Ga- Deo. 17.--H. t jAWton Walker, newly-elected solicitor general of the Brunswick Circuit this 8tate, was almost instantly killed by a Wend in the hunting field this afternoon, near Walk ersvUle. Mr. Walker and. three friends were following up a scattered covey of birds when the load from one of the guns entered Mr. Walker's head Just, back of the right ear. He fell to the ground un conscious . end ' died '? few.1 min utes' afterward.' The shooting, was en? tu-mccldents;' Involuntary Ascension yjfets Woman Kingston,' V. -T Dec. IT. For he in voluntary balloon ascension at the EU lett Tills fair, OB August Sth. 190a, - when she was whirled aloft at aa aeronautical exhibition through becoming entangled In a dangling rope, a Jury in the Su preme Court to-day rendered a sealed verdict in favor of Mrs. Mary S. Roper for tl.OuO. - Mrs. Roper had sued the rioter county- agricultural society for tz CO, ; - ATFAinS AT FORT MDUW & C Cotfosr nns Which Have Boon Idle four Months to- Resume January 4 th Local Talent 4Uves Theatrical 1 Prod uc-t loo Churrbea of the Town : Establish Union prayer Mooting. , Special to The Observer. .- . FortMUl, . O, Deo. IT. -Lest night a local amateur theatrical or ganisation presented the play, "The Honor of a Cowboy," to a good house in the town hail. The work of the company vas quit creditable to those taking part. Several of -them gave evidence of good native ability for theatrical work. The proceeds will go to a worthy local cause. , A fancy bazaar was also given, yes- leraay in the tows hall under the management of 'the ladles of the Home Missionary Society of the Pres byterian church. Cakes, candy, nee dle and fancy work were qffered tor ale, A substantial dinner. with oys ters was also served. The funds real ized In this way will be applied to charity in the town and community and several needy families will be tided over hard times by gifts from this fund wisely distributed in times of greatest need. v This town has probably been hard er hit by the panlo than any town in the Carolines of whloh the writer has knowledge. Both mills of the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company have been at, a standstill for four months. For the most part, the citizens of the mill villages have moved away and the loss has been seriously felt by all business interests. It Is now (stated that thee mills will reume work on full time January 4th. The eotton crop has been more com pletely gathered up to this time than for several years past. Very little Is now left In the delda While seme of the most prosperous planters are holding for a better price the great majority of the farmers in this com munity has sold the greater part of their crop, notwithstanding the low er prices which have prevailed. A development in religious circles which is worthy of mention is a un ion prayer meeting conducted by the churches. It has been thought wise to merge the efforts of the Individual churches in this direction into a unit ed effort and thus far the plan has worked welL The Baptists and Pres byterians are now working together In these meetings and It Is hoped that the Methodists will also join. in. NIGHT-RIDER JUBY CHOSEN. Two Unexpected Surprises Sprang by the State Hasten the Hitherto Slug gish Trial One of the Jurors Act-opted Wednesday Proven to Be the Father of a Night-BJder. Union City, TennM.Dec. ITT Two unexpected surprises sprung by the State on this second day of the trial of the eight alleged night-riders, in dicted for the murder of Captain Quentln Rankin, resulted in the com pletion of the Jury this afternoon, and will shorten the time of the trial. The State caused eonsternatlon aa soon as court opened by filing an affidavit, signed by all the attorneys for the prosecution, charging that J. II. Russell, the first of the two Ju rors chosen yesterday, was the father of a night-rider, and had been sworn Into the outlaw band by one of the de fendants now on trial. The son Is Charles E. Russell, and Attorney Gen eral Caldwell declared that this son had participated in several of the midnight rides of the band and w6uld be used as a witness at the trial. He wau mv ,vvuil k I. mil KnuWlOUKO of the relationship came to him after ne nao accepted the juror. Juror Kuiiseu admitted his relation to Charles Russell, and was excused by the ( court, over the , protests of the ueittnae. wnen tne next talesman was an nounced and examined, the defense attempted to challenge him peremp torily. The State raised the point that the defense, having used it per emptory challenges, had exhausted Its legal number and two more. Attor ney uenerai Caldwell admitted that each defendant was entitled to 240 challenges, but said that when on a Joint trial the defense did not specify on oenaii or wiuen detsnaant it made the challenge, it was . presumed to have made each challenge upon behalf of each defendant. After a long and uier argument, tne court prompt ly ruled with the State, and ordered the case to proceed. , in worg or seieotlng the Jury then proceeded rapidly to a conclusion. Just half of the jurors are citizens oi union city, the others being rest dents in towns in the vicinity. Not a single resident of the Reel Foot lake region wgs selected. ARMY OFFICERS REBUKED. General Order Issued by War De partment Kubs It Into a Colonel and a Captain For Appropriating Public Property to Unlawful Vses. ; Washington, Dec. 17. A stinging reflection on two army omcers is con tained in a general order issued at the War Department to-day signed by uen. j. yrankim Ben, chief of staff, publishing the action of the president in tne cases or col Daniel Cornham and CapC Charles G. French, both reoently tried by court martial at Fort Wayne, Mich., in connection with the use or forage. The court sentenced Colonel Cornham to suspension from command for one month and to be reprimanded. In the order General Bell says the record ef the trial shows that Colonel Cornham signally failed in the per formance or nia auues as ' post com mander, . As a resmt. of. such failure public prpperty . to '.a considerable value-has been appropriated to -un lawful uses, and Just and well-founded reproach has: been 'Cast unon the sdministration of an important mill') taryposv , ,-, tj-..-;Hj !T .! Ill UIV W, HI UipiUI! JTIDCO, whose sentence of dismissal wag com muted by the President to. a redua- tion or nny n-vin ranks, the order says that lnst?j(f-of guarding publio Interests, Captain t French not . only permitted unlawful issued of forage to be Jnade, but wilfully participated la an act of misappropriation of pub lio property - . . " J . . . ; - Exact Ir What Thla Parww Thlntra. Te the Editor of The Obserrert U you editors would out out some other things along with - "accepting positions," some of the people would be greatly pleased. Sometimes when we read the correspondence to gome papers,; and, more . especially the country .papers, we get sick. Such things -as "The Hon. So-and-So call ed or passed" t and ' that "Professor I x 4 attended church Sunday," and every little, school teacher - la made a . professor and ' the preach ers are 'some-times ' made D-D,'s by them and -every politician is Hon. So-and-So. V, we think , all : such stuff ought to , go with "accepting posi- Uons.?.A.-; vs. SUBSCRIBER. . Searching For the South P0J0. V Punta Arenas, Chile, Dec. IT. The' French steamer Pourqooi Pas, with Dr. Charcots', expedition on board,; sailed from hers to-day In search of thd South Pole. The steamer took on board a large quantity of suppuea y:v Lynching Boo In Kentucky. . t -V-vtrtn ' U. rwi 17 Klmw Hill charged with the murder of Mattie We mack. In Adair county, was taken from the Jail by a mob at Montlclio, Wuac county. In t night, carried four miles 10 Creacy c;k and there hanged to a tree. DR. THOMPSON CAT.T.TTD ' DOWN. FUnrery Language is Subjected to the zer in uie uookworm uiacuMion. Te the Editor ef The Observer! - '', Having amicably adjusted a mls- oaaersianaiog witn some boys arnicl ed with i an excess of Christmas ( disease unknown to physicians but familiar to all teachers), I turned for relief to The Charlotte Observer ana read Dr. Cyrus Thomnson's Second Epistle - to the Provincial, . touching en and appertaining' to pedagogy. no were,, liquor, preachers, mooicine and bookworms, .and in which in one breath ite exonerates front all Impli cation of sanity mr recent suggestion that the proof Is .not yet complete mai me children or tne eoutn are affected with listlessaess worth men tlonlng. Having already said too much, I wUJ not say much more; but. with apologies to Grover Cleveland. will observe that it Is a theory and not a condition thai confronts us. There fore, the Incomparably grandiloquent it. Tnompson, wita hie literary ef fervescence, has a decided advantage. im trouble about attempting to be flowery is that It obliterates the luuadira II rt it fas., - Alhawlu Tm. Thompson ' would not nave said that I denied the existence of hookworms. I did not and do not deny It, but instead X distinctly said: "The publio should welcome the spread of, medi cal and sanitary knowledge. - It is needed everywhere, and the Hook worm dlaease In all seriousness should be given eareful attention,"' r 4 Z have for some years been serious ly interested in the subject, and have been reading an obtainable utera ture about It; but I respectfully sub mlt that the general Impression made that vitality In the South Is at a low ebb and on account of the hook- worm. Is not yet proven. I only maintain that we should not gel unduly excited .over - somethini that is by no means In a suf ficiently definite form for the geney ai pub no te grasp. , this same ex citement broke out about ten years ago, though it was then called "ths lazy worm." Meantime. r. Btuea has evidently accomplished an ' In- vestixatlon satisfactory to the medi cal fraternity, but which is far from being clear to others. In conclusion! submit that! ' 1. The children of the South are not more deficient in vitality than are the children of other Btatee. 1. The relation of the hookworms to the deficient vitality that does ex 1st is not clear. S. The statistics as to the compara tive death-rate in thav South are con' dieting and not conclusive. 4. The relation of the death-rate to the hookworms is not established. I. The formula for the eradication of the hookworms, if so simple and effective as claimed, should be made (. The disemsslon should be con fined to the medical fraternity or be made clear to the public. BRUCE CRAVEN. cAwa arr.SiTTci tiPTVffirpa ninnvn I . w Postmaster General WU1 Not Renew Cwa AMM Washington, D-c. u.postmaster uauvrai nojvr bu-ua; .iiiiuuhlbu turn, In Deoember, lilt, permitting delivery to charitable organisations of letters addressed to "Santa ciaus. Numerous complaints have' been made to the Postmaster General by many charitable organizations that owing to the large number of such letters taken by the various chari ties while the order was In force, It CaVe. a0ndpthat the presenu gVenout fell into the hands fa-unworthv ner I ;Xdto?n6theTro1ndhatuT.nd The postmaster General has direct- Claus". letters in accordance with tnose section ot tne postal laws wmcn I provide tnat letters bearing notitious addresses shall be sent to the divis ion of dead letters , unless the ad dress ot the sender appear upon the envelope. In which ease the letters will be returned to uoh addresses. It is estimated that more than fifty thousand letters are addressed by the children Of the country to ','Santa Claus' annually. . path of dr. c. o. CANXADT. Native of High Point, who Was a I yomlnent Physician of VtrKtala, J Disease. , ' Special to The Observer. JKyi'.-V. prominent phywkjla.ru and surffeontl .ariy WaV ofh.arl d"i-S Ua si rei - t-Ts m turvtudil . hv m taal1 asw 1 He was born at High Point, N. . C.'. j desks, and was the son of the late Dr. Asaj" T H. Cannadv. . He was a araduate of tne college or physicians and sur geons, of Baltimore, and the Hospital ueaicei couegs, oi. i. ixiuia hs studied several years in Vienna. "He established the Rebekah Sanatorium, ilished the Rebekah Sanatorium, first bospitai Roanoke had. He president of the Roanoke Acad- of Medicine, ex-president of ths iwest Virginia Medical Associa- tne first was. my Southwest tion and a member of the American Medical Association. He was a high degree Mason. Dr. A. A, Cannady, oi Moanoae, s a orotner. Southern Surgeons JMeet Next at Hot St. Loais. Dee. 17. -The Southern Surgical and Gynecological Associa surgical ana uynseeiogieal Associa thm to-day selected Hot springs, vs., as the meeting place for its annual convenUon In IlOI-i-j Dr. Stuart Mo Quire, of Richmond. Ve-. saras elect ed president; Dr. John Teung Brown, ot el uuil nrsx vice president: nr. ju a. t-aincan, Lnarteston. 8. C eo- ona vice president: Dr. Wlulam- & Goldsmith, Atlanta, . Ga., treasurer. President of Boston's Common Coun I ,.-v.' cu fcurreooere, ,.. i ? Boston. Dec, IT -Leo F.?McCul-l logn, president or tne common coun-l . wVirW- iraua tne eity out or izot on June I 1st last. He was bailed in the sum I .r-ioe arrest is tne second in tne esse, the first being that of James T. Caasidy, an attorney. - , j, . . ; .;; ArtAa Mill to Resume January 1st. Union. S. C Deo. 17. Aetna Cot-1 ton Mills, of this city which . 'were told at a special meeting of creditors to a syndicate headed by Lewis W. Psrker and Ellison A. Smyth, prom inent mill men, will resume full oper ations January . 1st. though the names Of the president and manager have not yet been announced. . The mill employs over two hundred operatives. I Ko Opposition to Increased Duty on . . uenions, . . Washington, . Dec. " IT. The De partment ef Agriculture is not oppos ed to the proposed increase of ---the duty on lemons. Tnis fact is devel oped in correspondence that has just pa53a tetwepn A. G. Kendall, secre tary of the Citrus protective League of California, and Secretary Wilson. i X I t..v....y... .. ,-, , j ' " ' 4 "r , 5 w .- .-..- , 1 t - - ' - - " " - t r- 1J A v - ' U J U U U UVyJ u U vivyj ; . v . 1 , 1. To-day and To-morrow will make a big gap in all JJol- iday.liiies. . Get busy, Chris t yqu want is sold. We hayo j nlOITOW. MAKES0IIE It costs but httle--no more .. . . . up youi own pocketbook and from a 5o doll or horn to a . . WE ABE SELLINa JEWELRY, And more than ever, Busy, Busy yes, busy iij, this . department Getting in more novelties for Xmas each'i day. No cheap western fake , eVe V ware and sterling. silver tableware is. making favor for r Trip T,. T. fU ' ' r OTO 10c MISSION CHAIRS. . They are real cute,. The high arm chair and rocker are so cute- for 10c Then m 4 chairs' for $1.00: The U16 Uttle d6ll PiaUO Stools k11a UBU.W"' uou ouv woiuii n nnrl mntrimr , ,j those nodding head animals, AND THE . . ' . ' a at 25c to $3,00 and the Mot -., . iii ' Jft, it, ail are nne gifts ior-tne v . . CPRISTWAS TREE PENAMENT3. Tinsel Cord, Bells, Fancy , " v ' , ornaments lor Amas trees.' I ' ' v "ft S:f " . ' ' tJ PEIJUS lOq It's the biggest and best XbOYS WGOITS - , : t0 , , - . ' - ' ' ' pedes, Doll Carnages, .Avhelbarrows. TOTB 13 HEAL TOY LAND. v. t? mas shoppers, before what it now, but maybe not -'.to-, ONE HAPFT 3 . than you can afitord, size. 7 -. .- T t weV furnish" the, gift. , Diamond Boach f or $400.00,". . . ' " --' ' . f. stuff "here we guarantee . - . ' .. ,. . Cut GU8S' T deP0sit'1 , i the Doll dining set a tablev ,tall white doll chair for 25c.1, S5C, the tool che8ts the foot-'' iu MH,as uw p.vur iix. - PWiir, oTiAwfl im1 rn 7 fV. e ' mechanic4 toys, ' writing. . E0CKER3. '.. ' . . . , ' . . jis chairs for $30 to $6.00 " - 7 ' ' " ; "- uttle folks. t . ' 'Candles i and lots of other " . . - .j. ' ' . v A " - - - . .fwV " , v"v' " ' '-' - : ' TO $2.50. ; . v z - line drums we've had," 50o TO $700, and Tncycles,.Veloci- f ! O I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 18, 1908, edition 1
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