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LTLYRLOTTi: DAILY Or. X. A. TOMPKINS. "' . ' bCBscRiraiox raicx . : t.oo Si months ..,...,........-" Three month ,,........... & ' ' " AmnUU'arkl ' '" - Ob rar , ...... - SIX BHtlW 'WBWM"t"""' Three months ' THURSDAY, ECEMBER 2, 135. MOKE HARM THAW GOOD IX THM. Th purpose of the President in tne creation of the country life commis SiOn m a worthy one, no doubt, and " the body 1 capable of contributing much to the objects la view, but tt , Wjll not do this by giving too patient ear to that element of phllanthro- Jist who feel sorry for the "native" , and mountain wnuea ui m ovum and have benevolent.. Impracticable and patronising schemes to propose (or their "uplift." If the commii aloa chimes in with the spirit of some of those to whom it gives hearing It will disgust this section and repel Its co-operation. When a scientific gov ernment official, as Dr. C. W. Stiles, ,Who knows his business, comes to us and points out where health condi tions are not ideal and tells us how they may bo improved, he is entitled to respectful attention and to thanks, but It Is another matter when we are called upon to listen to theorists vho come with superior aire and In a spirit of compassion. We repro due a part of a Washington dis patch of yesterday morning: "Whatever aid or Influence the national mothers' congreim can render towards the amelioration of bouthern rural life condi tions was to-day pledged by Its president, Mrs. Frederick L. Schoff. of Philadelphia, to the country life eomrolwlon, at a hear ing given by the latter organisation at the Department of Agriculture. "Mrs. Schoff eppeartd with other mem bers of the mothers' congress, to offer the active co-operation of their organisa tion in the movement to better the condi tions of the home life, particularly the social conditions of the average country living In the South, and to teach modern methods of cooking." The Observer for one resents such offers as this and also this from the same) dispatch: . L- H. Knapp. In charge of the De partment of Agriculture's farm demon stration work in the South, advanced three schemes for the betterment of rural conditions in Bouthern 8tates. M "One of (he moat important steps In this uplift work.' said Dr. Knapp, 'is to kelp the Bouthern farmer get out of debt, and I might say that he is less In debt than he was nve years ago. Secondly. I would revolutionise their homes, and third. I would take over their schools and readjust them.' " "Take over their schools and re adjust theml" Not if we know It. This with the proposition to "revolu tionise" our homes, Is more offensive than the suggestion of "taking over" our kitchens and, la the name of a higher civilisation, teaching our wom en cookery. There may be a place in our na tional economy for the country life commission; when It was appointed We thought and said so; but It is not ... - w h.l,. h .Wis. It heard la Washington Tuesday. That 4 Kn at tfe hair nn tin And cause us to wash our hands of the whole business if it is persisted in. SOME DEATH-RATE FIGURES. An Albany dispatch to The New Tork Time shows the death rate In New Tork State to be 17.1, as against an average for the country of 16.1. It is the metropolitan district which runs the figure up above the average. Of States for which, reliable estimates are available only Rhode Island and California have a higher rate than New Tork. Among foreign countries brought Into comparison Hungary, with Js.J. la highest and Norway, wlthl 14.5, Is lowest. The reader will recall that Mayor Khett, of Charleston, estimated the death rates of Southern States, with their large negro populations, below even the figures here given for Nor way and we may mention, incident ally, that In Norway and o'her Scandinavian countries average hu man life is longer by many years than In the United States or the world at large. Mr. Rhett made thi death rate for South Carolina only a little ever 11 a.n6 the death rate for North Carolintonly 10. As we have said "once before, these figures are ex tremely good to look at. but they are . antirely too good to be true. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch say that "a recent White House refer ence to a certain distinguished man's '"fool brother In Cincinnati' is said to have caused a coolness between the President and the President-elect." References to such an alleged cool . II ess as Is here mentioned have been frequent within the past week. This. however. Is the first explanation of It - we have seen. And so Prince Henry of Prussia, e'er Kaiser s brudder, already known and liked In this country as a fine fellow, will visit us with a squadron next year. With him will be Prince Adalbert of Prussia, one of der Kai ser's sons, als a fine fellow. Ooot! S Sailors say the Sargasso sea. that half-real, , half-mythical whirlpool of seaweed, has disappeared. Bat at ' last accosata the Gulf Stream was till la busineas, we are more than thankful ta aayv - . Christmas' falling on Friday this yeajy the' merchant of most cities wilt dose for 'part or all of Satur day besides. And this course we commend as an excellent example. , r. Taffa conduct la holding a ; , 1 of win ter-ca pltal-elect at Augus ts does a lot t make K appear, that s ouU la gradually getting back the country .. ; ''. i Trerdsy the days began to grow 1 r. Had you noticed any differ. CHARLESTON'S DEEP HARBOR. -There la no doubt whatever Is Our mind that the big armored cruiser North Carolina and Montana can get ever the bar at Charleston With a good margia for safety, rWa; have entirely reliable. Information. ' showing f that Charleston harbor will admlt: (tny American naval vessel now to com mission. Charleston, aa we .fcav .re marked with neighborly satisfaction mora thaa once before, has ana of the finest add deepest harbors, on any of the three American coasts. These facta about Charleston har bor we assumed to be so well known, especially to the authorities whose word goes in such matters, that we have not taken seriously a state ment in an Augusta dispatch which represented the Navy Department at Washington aa hesitating whether the warships should call at Charleston for Ur. Taft on, hie Panama trip "be cause there la not enough water over the bar at the harbor of Charleston, 8. C, to carry Mr. Taft over should he persist in his plan of sailing from that port." But The Charleston News and Courier takes that Augusta state ment very much to heart. The News and Courier does not believe that Mr. Taft can be diverted from his purr pose by any auoh misrepresentations or that the Navy Department ever expressed an opinion so far wide of the known facts, but, jealous for the good name of Its port, it feels re sentment, none the less. "The mis erable part of this whole business," it says, "la that some of our contempo raries prefer for some reason to mis represent Charleston even when they know that they are doing so. We do not blame The Savannah News and The Augusta Chronicle so much for their course they could not be ex pected to do anything else; but we are grieved beyond measure that The Charlotte Observer should Join them In their campaign of falsehood and defamation about the port of Charles ton." The motive for the "misrepresenta tion," so far as The Obaetvar's share goes, Is found stated aboje. And we promise that never again, unless un der extreme provocation, shall wo make a moment's Jest of the sacred bar of Charleston. A QUESTION NOT ANSWERED. "What Is old age? Is a question," ays The Montgomery Advertiser, "that Is often asked, and which will be differently answered from different points of view. To the child f ten or under, fifty years soems old age. To the strong, healthy person of fifty seventy-five would bo looked on as marking an old person, but if one Is healthy at seventy-five what does that one consider old age? Recently out In Kansas a man who had Just passed the seventy-five mark was burled and those who stood around the grave passed the remark that the infirmities of old age had taken him from the earth, but they were Interrupted by the remark from one of the mourners that his age was not hurting him any. The speaker was the dead man's fa ther, who had nearly reached the cen tury mark." A man is as ld as he feels; a woman as old as she looks. Is the familiar saying; or otherwise, a man Is as old aa his arteries. It Is Quite true, as our Montgomery con temporary says, that age Is different ly regarded, dependent upon the age of the person having the subject In contemplation. There was once a man of forty who was shocked by hearing a boy of twenty refer to another man of forty as "that old man." It had not before occurred to him that any one could consider him an "old man' and yet he had Just heard one of his age so spoken of. A prize-fighter Is old at thirty too old, perhaps, for his business; and the same thing Is probably true of a baseball or foot ball player. Young men who are em ployes are apt to exaggerate infirmity In others older than themselves or to Imagine it where It does not exist. Recently a man applied to a young employer for a position and was asked his age. He answered that he was thirty-eight "You are too old." was the quick rejoinder, and yet tho po sition applied for was not one calling for the exercise of great physical exertion or demanding special activi ty. Bo, after all, "What Is old ageT" depends upon the point of view. We regret that The Charleston News and Courier Is fretted at The Ob server, along with other papers, for having published an Associated Press dispatch Monday morning to the ef fect that the North Carolina and Montana will not carry Mr. Taft from Charleston to Panama for the reason that the water is not deep enough on the bar to admit of their sure cross ing, it is true that a later message came from Washington the same morning saying that thla statement was not substantiated and directing that the original dispatch be "killed," but this was not until after the first edition of the morning paper had been printed and. the editorial office Indeed did not know of the 4iklll" message until last night- the News and Courier when in cooler blood will re vise its opinion that there waa pur pose In the publication here to do Charleston Injury.' Consoled by the reflection that the member of the company slain had been born In Virginia, The Petersburg Index-Appeal forbears aQ opposition to North Carolina's firsts cm at Bethel, We are exceedingly gratified to find The index-Appeal right-minded oa this Important subject.'; A little later on, if It manifests a desire for light, we may take up the' matter of its conversion la regard to JJorth: Carolina's lastaess at Appomattox. The Richmond Journal Is " "tBI Waking patiently U hear the an nouncement of a cabinet appointment from Virginia or North Carolina." Anyhow, one, and that the most im portant of all. baa beea announced from Use Southern State of Georgia, THE BABITJM 6PRXSGS ASNCAU "There is on our desk a pretty pam phret,' the ! Second Annual of ; the Alumni Association of the Presbyte rian ; jOrphaM's AHome ;at Barium Springs,; J 10 1, and Jl la a pamphlet which any n may ree.ii.wlth Inter est. The frontispiece la" a' fiae pic ture of Mr. Geo. W. Watta,. of Dur ham, and the tasteful dedication is to him. The officers of the alumni aatOr elation are Ovid Pullea, president; Clinton Powell, vice president; bun can McLean, secretary and treasurer; and the staff of the Annual are Thoraweil Gibson, editor-in-chief;' Elizabeth Powell, Florence Bradford and Dan Carter, associates; and X Oscar Mann, business manager,'. The record of the class of 1991, illustrat ed with a well-executed cut of each of the eleven graduates, , must afford great encouragement and satisfaction to all the friends of and believers In this great work." ' We are copying it herewith for Its intrinsic interests "Austin; Myrtle Entered Barium Us, from Durham. . 8he is now studying at the State Normal College, Greensboro. "Austin. conneEatered Barium 196. from .Durham.' She la also taking the oourse at the ' state Normal College, Greensboro. -i "Deaton, Herbert Entered Barium UM, from Morganton. He 1 now working at unarioue, in the aeiwya Hotel. He in tends to take a college course later. "Pope. Martha Entered Barium 1901. from Mint Hill. She la now living near Matthews, and teaching In the Mecklen burg schools. "Hoover. Melissa Entered Barium Springs IMS, from Harrison. She Is in college at Red Springs Seminary, Red Springs. "Martin. Margaret Entered Barium U03, from Carbonton. She la also attend ing the State Normal College, Greens boro "Mclieaa, Lochs my Entered Barium 11199, from Vass. He Is now living with Dr. Blaaham at Mebane. where' he la at tending school. Ha was president of his class. "Fire. Annie Entered Barium 1899. from Belmont Bhe Is at the State Normal College, Greensboro. "Sossaman. Grace Entered Barium 1900, from Harrisonburg. She lived with Mr. Boyd the last three years she was at Barium. She Is now attending the Slates villa Female College. "Bearths Beatty Was in the Home when it was at Charlotte, 1889. She has always been the 'Home's baby.' Bha Is now living in Charlotte, wt;ere she has a good position. "Edna DouglaaW Entered Barium 1899. from Mount Mourne. She Is now studying at the State Normal College, Greensboro. Elghl of the graduates. It Is seen, are attending institutions of higher Instruction and three have lucrative employment The personal notes con cerning graduates of years past show records of endeavor, on their own accounts, of boys and girls engaged In different lines of employment A glance at the pages of this Annual will strengthen the confidence of all who believe In the orphanages as hu manitarian Institutions and for their practical value to the State1 In turning out workers and State-builders. Every dollar contributed to them yields re turns tan hundred fold and it is the glory of North Carolina that In ' Its many Institutions of this character it cares for, educates and prepares for lives of usefulness so many hundreds of the orphan children of the people. It Is well at this blessed season to think on these things. DOWNER-HERW. Popular Couple to Wed at Noon To- Day -Miss Elisabeth Frances Downer and Mr. W. H. Hervey. . Miss Elizabeth Frances Downer and Mr. W. H. Hervey will be united in marriage at high noon to-day In St. Peter's Episcopal church, Rev, Harris Malllnckrodt being the officiating minister. This announcement will be of Interest to numerous friends of both, no previous announcement of their engagement having been made. There will be no attendants and only Intimate friends will be present on the happy occasion. Mr. Hervey and bride will leave this afternoon for the home of the former In Raleigh Miss Dower, who is from New York, has been In Charlotte for four seasons, having occupied the respon sible position of head trimmer at IveVs store. She Is an accomplished, kylvacious and attractive lady, to whose charm tribute is paid by the number of her friends. Mr. Hervey nas oeen a realdent of Charlotte for about two years, having been a clerk at the Cen tral Hotel. He has lately taken a position to travel for the American Crockery Company, with headquarters at Greensboro. lie nas many menas in this and other towns. Their home will be in Raleigh, his headquarters remaining at Charlotte while he is on the road.. TOOK B0O7E BY FORCE. Lively Episode Near the Southern Station Last Night Negro Cut and Robbed of Gallon Jug. 'Assault and robbery." These be strong words and ominous. That they carry with them no light penalty mav be realised by Richard Gaston, a young negro man of about 10 years. The charge, la tne sequel to nia in A i,i.aiub Af mari dpaira for a tne ot intoxicating liquid In the hands of Teste Moss, a colored boy or aoout II. The assault alleged occurred last night after 11 o'clock near the South ern Railway passenger i station. As a result Gaston la a prisoner, cram full of liquor and cocaine, and moss Is a patient at bis home oa Middle street, badly cut about the shoulder, where nig assailant aia execution wim knife. '. i f '. ' Roth the negroes had been to Salis bury. The younger returned with a aallon luer and a half -gallon Jug, every available Inch' ot whose Interior had been put to gooa use. noonaiier the passengers left the train the older snrana furiously on the younger. cut him up and skipped out with the larger lug. 'He did not nave it wnen arrested, but at least one witness saw tho affair and two others , aaw him making off with his precious booty. Gaston Is said to have been on the gar.g frequently, ; :;:S yM. .I..- - x TUB CHRISTMAS OBSERVER, 7 The Christmas issue of The Char lotte Observer cum Sunday and1 was In every respect a good one,- up to the standard set, by The - Observer j In former years. Concord Tribune.?. v- The Charlotte Observer's Christmas edition, which appeared Sunday, was everything; to have been expected of that, progressive, publication,- which never falls to measure up to the high standard established when the pres ent owners took charge. ' The . ma terial tor this number was prepared largely by members of The Observer staff and regular contributors to that paper and ail gtves proof that we need not leave North Carolina for talent in the fields of fiction snd poetry. Our contemporary should feel proud Of its achievement Salisbury post. A COXKiira TRIAD. Formrfo Passion and Eloquence In- 3ked on Different hides of Uie i Aftermath of a Collision Between JMeclUenburgers. ;'.. : . ' ' A ' mighty legal battling whose presence could be noted at a distance by, the thunder of the . cannonading waa wagod la the office of 'Squire It. C. Severs la the court house yester day..: From I o'clock, until sounded the clash of steel against steel in closer hand-to-hand engagements. Bang-a-lang.lang clattered thai swift, bunched clamor of the riot guns. In the meantime two pairs of lawyers were making fit warm, each . for the ether and detente' and prosecution suffered alternate' thrill of Joy, and pangs of mortification as tho charging broadsides of grape? . mowed . down a seemingly r unconquerably , enemy which died but to live again.', -t- -It was all the outgrowth of A dif ficulty between well-known people la the upper part of the county, In the neighborhood of Croft. The defen dants were Messrs. Charles and Silas Davis," Indicted on the charge of an assault wUn deadly weapon, the pros ecuting , witness being Mr. Lester Cathey. f the name ejection, v The origin' of the trouble was have' been In some misunderstanding about busi ness relations between the two Ia vises and Cathey and anotho who war In a way associated with him In the making of brick. The. other name la Smith,. Credit had been ex-.j iwuuwv w in tt v vy mi ,uuauauu In this action. -t They had also allow ed Cathey and Smith to make brick on Cnlaa Davis - piece and means of ingress and egress had been provided for, a, gate having been built. ' When the trouble arose, the brick men were forbidden to come upon the land of Davis. This was disregarded and on the morning of December 18th about dawn, ChaMes and Alias Davis station ed themselves at a convenient place and when Cathey came there. It was stated by htm, that Silas pointed the double-barreled shotgun which he had at him and forbad him to pro ceed. A personal encounter followed the eollquy and at the end of It Cathey was lying oa the around and one of the brothers waa, sitting on him. He exnioiten a scar on bis head, to tne court. A pair of knucks was found In the .pocket of Silas Davis. Messrs. F. Marlon Redd and J. A. McRae represented the prosecution, while Messrs. Pharr fc Bell looked after the defense. Examination and cross-examination of witnesses was likely and warm speeches were made by Messrs. McRae and Pharr. Bond in the sum of $100 each was required of the defendants. BIG SUPPLY OF POWER Southern power Company Will Short ly Offer production of Another Large Electric Development to the Trad) Total Capacity Co Be 110,- m 000 Horse-Power. Hydro-electrlo power to the extent of 40,090 'horse-power from the de velopment of the Southern Power Company at Rocky Creek station will be available within a few weeks and will immediately be offered to the trade. The work at the Ninety-Nine Islands station which will produce 18, 00Q horse-power la also being pushed, Mr. B. H. Hardaway, a contractor of Columbus. Oa., having force of hands at work there in order to have that development completed Just as rapid ly aa possible. His contract to do this work amounts to 1060,000. 80 great has been the demand with in the last few months for electrlo power from the cotton manufacturing trade that the Southern Power Com pany Is concentrating Its forces to have all supplies ra Immediate antici pation available as early as the work can 'be done. This accounts for let ting the contract tor the Ninety-Nine islands development to an individual contractor, all thla work having In the past been done under the Immediate supervision of Mr. W- 8. Lee, Jr., chief engineer of the concern. Practically the entire output of the plants now In operation and those which will produce power within the new 12 months ha. been sold ahead The capacity of the company when alt these stations are set to work will be In the neighborhood of 110.000 horse power, of which at least 10 per cent will go to the cotton mills in pied mont Carolina, covering a territory from Greensboro on the north to Greenville, 8. C, on the south. Other stations thereafter will be developed as the demand for power increases, A MORNING WITH ; RECORDER. Yonng White Men' Fined Heavily For Disorderly Conduct Ernert 5 1 ti ler's Right to Carry Pistol Is As serted and Challenged. . Fines of IIS and costs were Im posed on Bam Alexander, M. C. Baker, Blake and Paul Carpenter, the young white men who conducted themselves In a disorderly manner in the red light district, a la the Atlanta mayoralty nominee. They are from an out-of-town place and came to Charlotte to see the sights. Alexander appealed. .Baker went to jail, being unable to pay at once. ? Henry Hayden, a hack driver, was fined the costs on the charge of being located contrary to the requirements of the city ordinance at the Southern. The question of whether Ernest Miller, colored, has a right to lug a pistol about with him concealed. In hi pool room, was passed up to the Superior Court He is the overseer and.it was contended that the law plvea him the right. The Idea of a man running a pool room With a gun didn't strike the, recorder very favorably. . ..-J V-'- :.-' - The recorder dismissed the charge brought by Tom Saunders, boiler washer at the Southern and a well v .,...-, oharrurter aa-ainst. Jim McArtbur. colored, who Works at the same place. Tom cnargta mm win stealing about M from .him. ''. "; "Cherokee) For Craig- Man Here). Mr. Marshall W. Belt! of the Mur phy bar, spent last night at the Cen tral. - Mr. Bell waa a delegate to the State Dsmocratlc Convention - last summer and says that ha has not yet made ad the sleep which he lost during . that '' memorable - weeks, when he cast the solid Cherokee county:. vote - Foor for, Craig.'' no than a million times.? f Mr. Bell was one of the conspicuous Vial tors on that not-to-be-forgotten occasion., ;- y r t V V : Election of Elders. ' f Metwrs. Will Harris and T. M. Jo Connell and Mr. Rosslqkt were elected to theIdersnip ot tne cona-regauon of the First Associate Reformed Pres byterian church at a recent congrega tional meeting. u nese were maae members of the session to nil tne places made , vacant by- the recent withdrawal from the church et sever al of the prominent elders, who were accompanied by a number of deacons and many Individual members. ? y . Adopts Charlotte's System. . ,f Mayor O. B. Eaton, of Winston, dur Ing his visit to the city at the re cent Municipal -Convention, was so pleased with the system of keeping the records In the office of the mayor and the dry clerk and treasurer that he had Identical duplicates made of all blanks In service and has Install ed the system In his office. . He made a thorough examination of the sys tem used here and expressed himself then aa eminently pleased with It A Df-r,.!UfuI Fven TncS.-r tl.n I !- reoiioa of i.-u T1hii Lit io , . Folks Acquit Themselves liuuJ ' aoiuui. . '"' The kindergarten ' apartments of Miss Mary Catherine Thomson at the residence of Mrs. Helen T. Hall, at No. 400 East avenue, presented an animated picture yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the Christmas entertainment and tree. - An elaborate programme, combining , variety- with Interest was given by the pupils. This was followed by the distribution of 1 gifts from the tree, which con tained many things made - by the children , themselves, fashioned after ward In different , forms , by their teacher. Parents : and pupils -were invited and many availed themselves of : the opportunity. - Following was the (programme: 't ,,y "OTaunenbaum,- i i.. NoeL "Good News oa Christmas Morning. - v ..;,-- Albert Otover.'-A-' "O, Clap, Clap the Hands.' "The First Christmas Eve ' i Vinton UddslL ; V Soma Little Birdies One Wintry Day." V - Tarry Bland. . Carol Chtldrea, , " i "Whom Stars ef Christmas Shine." , ' - "v . ' Calvlne Scott.;.'' ' .-? "If Yew Should Sea a Big Green Tree.M .-.:'-,: Nettla Allison. '.'. "Jolly Old Bt Nicholas." 1 "Sing a Song of t-nristmaa." ' Edith Gilchrist, "WeU, Well Did You Bverr -: Hutchinson Ham. Luther's Cradle Hymn. "J Thought I Had TWO Kitty Kins." Rutledga Dudley. "I Heard the Bella oa Christ pin Day." . Williamson Bradford. "Then Let the Holly Bed be Hung." Margaret Eddy. 'Td Like to Visit- Santa Claus." . Anthony Eddy. "Merry, Merry Christmas Bslla," "Old Santa CI sua Puts on His Cap." - ' ' Clark Smith. Christmas Star. 1 "This polka Dots." ' Hattlb Dudley. "Why Do Balls or Christmas Ring? Laura Smith. "Oh, Glory, Orory, Glory." Cecil Gilchrist "Thsre are Trees of Many Sites. . Catherine, Carmlcbatl. "Christmas Story." . George Cramer. "A Merry, Merry Christmas, All". MUCH SHIPMENT OF WHISIiEY. Prcpartatory to Advent ef State-Wide Prommuoa tne atoraiiy wmhw Are Ciertting in Large Supplies. Xt la said the shipment of whiskey tm nriAiii italnta where trains will stop, Including towns large, small and even young villages, is enormous, ins extent ot the sale of Intoxicants at Ihi. Hitk tm nrnluhlv Aha ta the IB p roach In g advent ef the reign f state-wide pronioiuon. wnicn oegma January 1st. Those whose custom , i ImMlK A llttla (if the much-legislated-agalnst article are not willing to risa an entrance uiw the new order, et things without p,.Ha m aiinnlv rlnM at hand. The reports received here are to the enect mat trains are nopp'oa every little station to unload grxat r,,..nHtl- nf vhlaktv. It la not coming In plnta and quarts, but by the gallon ana in vessels 01 ui dimensions. A: Charlotte man de clares that In one of Mecklenburg's 1 Vie towns the other day about 25 canons were unloaded and distributed to Its rightful owners. It Is not far (Mm nn urfloS of thA OnntT ' that doesn't believe unanimously by v. any means in pronioiuon. -in is is auesxa t be a sample of the business which 41... ..ili.Aft ar now rtnlnsr. MaAT thousands all over the Bute voted In favor or whiskey at tne; late election nwm . anhianfe Aiul fnan v of - those -wa ma .llAwlnr tHa Annnrtiinttir nf supplying themselves to pass by. The demana is great., nut tne suppiy m e r-val to the emergency from all that K Viat-A North Carolina, and Virginia cities wherein' saloons have ben stationed are now naving us greatest sale in tneir ni lory. . POP-STICKS ALLOWED. After O'clock To-Nlght the Boys Will Begin Their Fun lists Throuffh To-Morrow Night. After a conference yesterday among tv. A -i.v nmMala It waa asrreed tft al low the children to have their Christ mas fun by means- of - pop-sticka After o'clock to-night and through, out the entirety ot to-morrow and to morrow night the noise will be legiti mate. Some of the merchant re quested that the' hour of beginning the bedlam be postponed until 10 o'clock to-night In the Interest" of business, bat the number of petitions for . an earlier hour and ; the reeol -lection on the part of the city father ot the time when, they themselves were boys militated against the later honr suggested. . The law applying to the placing of explosives on the street car tracks Is not mad Invalid by the ruling and thoae found guilty of this sort ofnn act subject themselves to th ' un pleasantness of an arrest And not unf 11 o'clock to-night, be It re membered, does the law now on the dry statute book against the popplnar f .iiimIj htvma null - and void. according to yesterday's action of th cfflclala Alter tnat, weu 11 wui , ae lawful. but Awful. : . ,. . .V TWO ALARMS LAST NR5HT. Brink Fir In Stove In OH Graded . School Building . Excite CosMtder- sMe Onfuslon--No Damage Dooe. ' Someone passing by th south grad- ed school' last night a little before 10 o'clock observed the flickering flames dancing on th window panes In en of the room upstairs ', and forthwith turned in an alarm from Box l thinking -that the building waa afire, i' The department turned out In , double quick time, making the long ran la splendid ; style, - but there was nothing doing. - A hasty investigation disclosed the fact that some careless person had left a stov door open In which a brisk fir was burning and that was 1 all. r :''' The Ore men had hardly gotten back te their stations when an alarm came In , from Box Before th men could rearh the scene of the new trouble,- they were met and turned back, the fire having been extinguish ed by those who discovered It. Dcaxh of Little Ladle Vaadcebarg. Mr. and Wra A. t D. Vanderbdrg have th sympathy of their friends In the death of their little daughter. Lncite. who died yesterday afternoon about o'clock at the age of tea month. The little one had beea In feeble health all her short life. . The funeral will probably be conducted some time to-day from the residence. No. 121 East Tenth afreet. . L V Lteh Bearers To-Nlght,. ; To-night at o'clock In the Sunday school room ot Tryoa Street Methodist chukch will be given the entertain ment which was first planned for Toefcday night, but which was post poned on account of the extremely bad 'weather. The edm!aslon will be 15 .cents for adults and IS cents for children. The entertainment promises. t be worth while. i i,.- Singe we cant count a a m f , ? t t j- - Mv' ' m nTa . I TT V I V W m ' aW I ,'H,'."i TV'fi1, ;'i. ' -.:'- .'. ; . y " I . ' ' 1 ' t ' C ' t . Vj a j.v ' night, we extend the guessing till we close. - f ' Any little girl under m J Ik & n.i salespeople make . to-day Bis $1 5 Dressed Doll . wt . tf s "Those out of townvcan All write nam, address paper and drop in a box Years Can Guess Look in our Sunday's No' time to write ads. .5- ' Come we've got What All c Customcre : Do This i- i" i ' 1 V ' and youll save lots of - worry to yourselves and , Vi save the delivery boys from being out till pos- -' - ' " xsibly 3 o'clock: - j-, - 'lV ' : V : -t Vi " w ' " ':.' Just take all the packages you can with you and youll be sure'to get them just ,when you - - 1 " J " liv e "t v - , , , v. .- .. - " - - " - '' - - - w-.-i-'Y- r ' ' - '' ' 'V -- " need' them. ; ' : - - t ; " - - . . ' - . . . Those whp ean't take, be patient with us and f -i - well deliver them, though it may be very late." ' -. Thanks to One and All .and a Kerry Clirist mas. . . - fr?ttt;r:?f tf ?! : t;t : : r c 'v y - 1 t ti :i i i : ; . , - C- the checks made to r - V - ' 1 ' ' 1 f 10 years can have one , Ia hiMrf MAtlta AHBAM AtlS , " ,' . ' ' gets that . : V " I J" mail Ithelr - guesses. and guess on a piece of just inside either store. . ad for luclfr child. " , We are " awful busy. you want. 1 i f ; ? s r p - - m m. a oi' a'-... LS t i s t i 1 z it t :
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 24, 1908, edition 1
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