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4 CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JANUARY 7, 1903. 1 t Cjc(fljariotltb5cnjer. J. IV CALDWFXL, , . Publisher. D. A. TOMrKJLNS. J EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR SCBSCRIPTION PRICE: c Dmly One year $s Sit months oo Three months 2- SeMui-Weeblj Om yea IK Six nontbs W nrM month , & PCBLISHEKS' A.N N O I - C Mi.N 1 N. 34 South Tryon street. Telephone numbers: Bualnena oftice. Uell i " ik; city editor office. Ua'.i 'plia'.- 1. M4 editor '. office Hell "i"- - A subcriber If t, idem. 6 th Of his paper chanced, "lit p.e.u . cate the address t which 11 la n,,mg mt ths time he a.ka I ji D ' ni' to be made. Advertising rale art f urinal. t- J on lappl.cacloii Adverti8-r nw) lee sure that through the . .lu'i.us "1 this paper they may ieach nil i lotte .and a portion of ti, i"T' lu thla Btate and uppei i.uolina. This paper gives con effp..inl..nt n as wide latitude aa it trunk public pol Icy permit, but It Is m no riff re sponsible lor their nf( It i much preferred tlmt ci i --penilenia i:n their namea lu t'.r.i nil'iei,, enpeciai h In otri m-,fic- I'.cj attack !''" or Institutions thong1, ihli- e- not de manded. The editor r'h vt the right to irlvt the name- of orreononu when they are dimai.Jfl )nr the pir poae of pereonal satialactlon 1o if eetTe ronalderatlan h communication must be accompanied by ll.e trua name of the correfcpondenl. THURSDAY, JAM AllV 7, 109. CHAIRMAN 14(. S V1KWS ON Till.' PKMTKNTLMtV lUil'OUT. Chanman "Long, of the board Vf comm isslorrcrs of Mpi kleriburn . uunty. Save an Observer reporli r an Interest Ing interview yesterday on li e re. ,,m menda lions of Superintendent Mann, of the penitential!. . wheh Involve abolishing the county i haiiifcan,;s as such and the hue of rimvi' Ij . cd'iti tles from the State at (I pel l j rm h. the county pavmg transports. n charges eaeh way. provlditiK quarters and guards, etc. If w , at. h the Idea, the State would provide linthing but board rind clothing I'nd. r this nr rangerneiit It would derive a hand ome profit at tl per J;n for ca, h convict, provided It lould hire Its Vlcta to the counties for mad hai'd Inf, which It could not. sime the sys tem Would be to.. expensive. Those of this county are supported at ap proximately fifty .eats per da;., wii:. !i COVerj all the e'.p.USei of the rump. Including the pay "f s .p riiiteii dents And guards Chairman loan rcpl.es effectively to Superintendent Mann-, proposition that the oimi.ts belong to tlir Stale and not the uinilu-s, by ;,!.,, ihat the counties are th- Kuf ferers from tht i rimes (vnninit ted in tl.. ..nd have lo pay the Jail fees! and court coats and II tiieie Is to be ny remuneration from onnkl lahnr ' the counties whould ren r.r it. This is , unansw eiatilr. So far from o.in ur ring In the so p.-i mtendenl s SUJtKes- j tlon that Die rhalnualiKS h.- ii I .. ! I s h ed . i tha chairman pfpox. . that tho; State farm be ah dished instead and the convict- -ei .-pt nig. of fnurm, thosf. undi-r ser.ien. e for felon -be : left With tile counties. Chairman I, on it is a thoroughly practical man. who Is ctidii' tniK tho affair of this i ounty with cleat ood Judgment, and air. iew of his about County adini n isi ral n . ii telatu.K j toads. coiiMcts or :ititliniK e!e, urn . fritltlrd to t!ie utmost lespe.t The present system or poluv or whatever j you . hon.se to . ill It '! r od lllk- j Ing by (oini. t- lias lo.d lui. hunt re- : 'suits in Me. k,. t.buti; and i- in s CCKif u: i.perat .n In In.inv other COUIities N e k'o'W o I I.. wh'le It has failed or pr-.e., '. n i is. a. t o r v. I'nd r it tii.: " ai:d tt- ko "1 roads are addeil .-.oh ..! !.. the I hifchwavs " t .-tat.- ,. I ' b ' ,ld regret very tt h b. i- fn nte.it Work of Inipr . m. nt : . m! I ! retarded he . s;.et:m i. .: '.-e - .-v. j I lOI,ITICS M HI. I. H. ION. j The remark , of J-..U-'- ialt I-. the : tnlniKteif of ,.:.:if!.l ' .! -. I o, a. I' ported In . M r.ta-. s .lirp.it :.- n. go far toi.,ri t. nc . n; the l-njn- . dlee whh h s-.m- ., si .m p.- .pie bear htm on a ...tit ! ri..t..ri..i Views. II. h..s I. t sf'.K. n lo. t. fell ltOUly on any o. as- ' !t com. - Over me .on : .- in ah;:. . he . Mid. -how absolutepv e.s. '.t.a; It l' that we hU- .jl.I have t,. lnfb.rn e of the huri h 1 hind ,-. mini 'bat yet do" Tb.t was a l.n''. de..,.t. entlment And sp. ukltiK -peclft. ;i.! of t his exprri. n. in th- Philippines, where the It-man futholi,- burc'i has "'pr. - r. i f r '-.its a '-tate Christian t u ' . 1 .. " he Kti.l "N--"' , the ban h... ! n t v. ! tr-m - ther , dent.m iriat ion . anri tti.-v nr.- a!! In there on an i ilt'y ;t. the ; n it. f . rlstian em ' ..t."'i :.".uipt i.- nmlft those p.-. j :. ;,r. I . ! u tt " : lovernmcnl. t-y t-' m . f ..i n dOCAtltm, ate ae!.: ' 1 'lu.it. Ot Wltliojt th. ir,.'.. e of tha Chur. h.-s th. r . w. t a - ompllsh any t r, in. . a ; ;.-t , reeognition of ' 1 '. Iti fluence of the rhirih ! fhrtst and th address as a t... . . - w .ithrl and belpfnl. It is ntJbi 1 ..t ' .r . tern of government .in o ' P.ur.h nd State. It will b. nti evil diy rkea folities enters into om telit-um, . fc-it a wars day s'U! when nVJr potit.-a jr without the elevating n.fiuentje of religion. This we understand Judge Taft to mean. ' The Weather Bureau having pre dicted in a special bulletin Issued ialbnaiy"'"tr!ar a SmVcny fflif ' ware Would feach this section by Thursday, Ws aiS not surprised to lind the wave osV-wavlng. Id forecasting the large movements of tha atmosphere, the bureau has attained wonderful ac curacy. Uncle Bam la tha champion wsather prophC , KEW VORK "OOfTTOy EXCUASGE The Congrejalonat Record of latest lstie contains a speech upon "the so called New York cotton exchange" by Representative Benjamin G. Humph reys, of Mississippi, In whli h the speaker expresses views sufficiently emphatic Advocating the Garrett amendment to the penal law of the I'nited states, which would render unlawful us. of the l'nite.1 Stales mails where agricultural products an: CTitractrd for without intention ac tually to deliver or re el'. the m in kind, the M.KSn-Hipplah ties i ! ' - the ... tffi dealt in l-v the New Yuk . "t tn e. hang.; a. f.hi.i.t..ni . tton. -I k- ' ot'.oh, i .'tt"n tnat r. .it vva r.. nev er w ill be ' lie (; ct' s Tl' ski. ill Maii'u;i, 'of the New Kuk lar.d f.itton Man ufa. t urers' Assocla li. n. tr, th.- , Be. t that Ih. re ar thousands and th"i .mds N vv Kngland manufacturers wli'i ha.e never bought a bale of fnt ii'-s and that within re- mi' :-.-ais .-p-. il.itive operations in f itui's (,. pi..fesM'.n-ls have worked 1 1 u, lii do :. s evil to legit imate ll'i Sill"-. Mr. Huinphrev plves f ir'lu-r rea sons why he c.vns.-i. rs the name of the New Yoik 'ot'oii h.n .1'' a n '.:it. '..iy . ott. n for fi.tut" l I. very as von ma' I.'- vvarniuJiy eavs. ' but If Will should 'Ver do 10" one,e ted and freakish thttiif ..f d . in a t. . i . i . K th" delivery of the . otton s . on'i.o t. .1 for the rules of tins ex. b.aine. In relation to whi.li your ...ntt.i t m.st be ronstrued, ate purposely .ll.iv.vn so as to II, ak" vo ir detn.ind r,d' n. His. 'lhev k'ep ..n iu.ii'l for th.- p.it.'-9 some bundi-d and filtv thousand ha e. of d" t., il. ,i i b j n la id h cot ton vv b '.-h tin v t. i.-ler to you and win. h iin It then- rules ,u m i-t c , I ., 1 oo i, I, (rl.-s at 1 0 i .-lit. Y'.u want th ...tton. For that tea-on on Went to a ."tb.n ex. hal . Inst'-ad you ale offered ih,. . ,,s!i Y"u do ii"t want cash, you w:it . .foil You in.- Iheieupon ad vised that under the ruos of the ex . lunc lhev vvl 1 .: n.. r vu l.L"o bales of the. I worthless la.'s and ,av you It t" 4 euU .1 1 fTereti I lal 111 , .lhh Now vv by hhuuld a spinner or anybody c I -.e vv ho wanted i otton- -not contracts, icd marions. not fluctu ations, but tb.n cither for con sumption or for Investment. whv shoyld he p to the New York cotton exchann''. vvhrrc he knows In advance that In- i an not ' " 1 1 . . 1 1 oinrht the name of the New York hodv In question tv''he vvllttTi with out setnrii; oft tic woid -."tton" In .pp.tutp.n murks' i;epi eseiilative Hiiinphie'. s ' baizes are a.l .pale true ;,,,,) y,.. ,nl ourselves in substantial agreement with his view of the matter. NoHi oi.k s nkw Hn.i:or. The nisi fain over the 4 1.' miles of the new Virginian Hallway, some times .ailed the Tide-water Hallway, readied itualioke v est. rday bound for Norfolk. This railway has been built I,x .lie man. H. II- Ibets, the Slaiul ,,i ml magnate. In its finances it suggests the line P. the Florida k. ys I,,, lit by Hetnv M Flagler, another kind of Standard oil Like Mr I-usi;-.er s road. It has noith, r bonded debt nor watered stock. As the w.uk pro gressed Mr. Rogers dr-w Ins personal i ll. , ks f"r expenses. In all, the cost was about f.'ily million dollars. Kuimlng a, r oss the mountains from Decpvvater, W. a. this railroad achievement will give Norfolk a did line to the coal Holds It bears a marled i s , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 . m function to ttie i aiolma. tim hhcld A: ibl", the re m.ukuble ii.ii.l f.oni beyond the iuount iins vvhi, b is heading through the ('ar.dinas for the coast as a great , . al ro.,d without a bond Is ie ..r a l.iv.r asked Irotn anybody. Surely ,,ur Norfolk friends are due very fn a I ' . . ' .ngraf ul a t p UiS. N"..w that the new trans-montane ,.,i way bus ben completed Hit" N"r f. ; x,,. ..hill push our campaign f"r ,p,. .,, n. xafon "f that tow n to North .',,r-iP.na ni-r vigorously than ever, uur gnat 'ol f-",fn'l f-"1'1"1 tr;, ,-,d .lo'ni Askew . w h' is K"ln ' . uil. M K. .,.f .'iv N ' 't , , .pgr,'-... sp.-.il.s in hif Hess, mer I ,f .M eSS. tiger tlllS VV.. k Of 'llt'T ,, i-i, r . ibseiv. r a bis -hoi.orubln f .- 1 11" ild'e f e 1- HI PI ' ' Olie. I i ..'her vv oi d i - wrong. S" m l.eing ills ! .. th. l,-..r of 1 1 , ; tii ;.,r tr. Tl,.- , ih-. t v er th- I ' ' ' If "'I he I,.,, in the ninth disti . t and th. re fore iii-st dep'.-.r. s Ii s n. .is.oiial mental p.-rv ersloll and i- pp.-t anxious I., .,ve him from li.tii'.( He ;s a , p, be '.use he , an t h. 1 1' it and l,,r it- p.v ,- of him we arc tr; lug au-l will continue to trv to ledn. e him t" , j,,,,. ,,f , onduet vv In. h niori. com ports vviiii his jimsvvitigcr coat and ppcehole b'Ml'lur-t. both of which b. l.'-i.g to a Christian but neither of x hi !i 1 -.ines a feudist At the N S..I1, tl. ' -, pp. ..1 . ! I that similor TL. v it ! ' : lot-.al Congress of P.us . .,.. rim. iit il 'mat riage i . I g ; . , t favor as a ... It is w e I . known lews have been urged . .; ;,. pi this c -nut ry. t ... ii to cp. : 'mental n.siri.-ig. s, tr.,, mirrlag.s. t'-rm mar s and all the re-t Is that they sin. - v ie ma I rp.aes at all The l i es,.!, tit, in the nest diplo m ," maun, i possible. t"bi tin Sen ate in Ins mos-age to it y.'st, Pl.iy In regard to the Teribess-e Coal aiid Iron Company ..ise, that It is none of its business In his correspondence with Cor.grcst at this Fho.rt session, in mat ters of controversy, he has clearly gotten the better of it. ' 'An ArasRa"prvMTtctTf teti.e -Washington Post "reporter thai during the lit campaign lie traveled five thous and miles by boat, by fool and by dog team. Campaigning in Alaska must be even more MienucuB than that which awaits candidates fhr Congress la the North Carolina mouQiaiaa. THE STATE OF TRADE. About the moat encouraging news of the business world transpiring 1 within the paV few day la that ' which seems to Pvidenca preparations in the form of steel orders for re- 1 newed manufacturing activity throughout the country. Inquiries for tdeel needed In plant extensions 'have lately been vei y numerous and ftave helped to keep up the steel ' people's courage In face of continued absence of important orders from the railt oads. On the other hand, there Is the ' fa, t of continued increase In the number of idle curs. Figures for De cember ;;id, now available, show a totai surplus of 2-1.058. or 48.436 ; over the total for two weeks earlier. This means a reversion to the figures .f September 2d, which were 221,214. It allows that tho progress of busi ness recovery has been attended by very noO' cable relapse. The boom which ended sharply a year and a quarter ago wrought dam ice not to b repaired except by pa tient and ptnlonired effort. May it ' be many years before we see such an- ! other. i KAKTHOI AUKS AS A PROBIJ3L Scientist advance a variety of theories to explain the Messina earthquake. Professor Milne, the weii-known Knglisii phyBlcist, de 1 s, i dies tho lands dislocation as sub nailne and probably volcanic. The Immediate cause of the disturbance be takes to be the upward movement of masses of the adjoining mainland, followed by compression and the i la. kliin of the. sea, bottom. His j theory is probably as good as any. I On" interesting and perhaps si(rnifl . ant iai t is the statement of survivors lat Messina that practically all the damage was wrought by sh.xtks last I tug not longer than a single minute. i ibvieusiy the sleeping population did not have the benefit of any warning whatever. The maii who first devises ' soma means of forecasting earth quakes wi.l rend.-r the world a very I gr:,t service. At present about the only advice which seismologists can ! offer fr. 'iuently altlteted areas Is that the Japanese plan of limiting all 'structures to one story be followed. It was a pleasure to read in Mr. Adams' Itab igh special to The Ob server of yesterday that "It can be staled with assurance that the legis lature of 1 909 will not consider with tobranco any measures designed to harass and bother the cotton mills or allied Interests of the State, which, during the past vear. have been hard put to It to make both ends meet." THfl pitef-e! In Nort Carolina which suffered most from the business de piesslon last year were the cotton mills and the furniture factories, which were forced to suspend or i urtail. to their own hurt and still more to the hurt of their help. We are not willing to believe that the Legislature now In session will annoy either or do anything to retard their lecovery. now on the way. The Messina earthquake at let has the good effect of reviving classi cal lore In minds which had grown hazy In their recollections of Scylla and Charybdls. Safe mowers Operate. In Clcvclnnd County. i Shelby Star. i Safe-blowers were buy Saturday night in upper Cleveland, the stores 'of tho Banner Mill Company. of I ii.,m' Mill siamcv Bros , and YV. A. Guntt. of Fallston, being entered, the safes blown open and rifled of their cort.nts The burglars secured from the Banner Mil Company. 1110 In cash from Stamey Hros , J26. and from' W A. Gantt, 12. There is no ilu" to the Identity of the cracksmen, but the work was evidently that of professionals as each of the safes was skillfully blown open and relieved of their contents n.noo More Spindle at Arlington. i ius'onia News. Arrangements are being- made to add 3 000 more spindles to the Arling ton Cotton Mill. Mr. Sam T. Massey, , f the Wooneofket Machine Company, is h. ro placing the machinery and making changes in the arrangements in the mill so as to accommodate the new machinery. The spinning ma , hm. rv l.s id! being placed on the flr-t floor or the mill and the roving frames and other machinery In the second story Th're will likely be some Im prove, nts at the Gray Mill soofi al- i Southern power Company to Take In ! Monroe. Monroe Journal. lr Gil Wvllo, of New York, the I man who originated tho great work j of the power development on the Ca tawba, and Mr. W. 8. 1C of tliar- ' 'otte manager of the Southern Power i ompaiiv, and Mr. Mllhow. the erigi- I hot. spent some time In Monroe last vVedr.esduv. looking over m ueiu v l-h a view of selecting a location for I h" rJant from which electric pow er will be distributed to Monroe, it s -sow certain that the power will be a. v.red here In a few months, which is big news for Monroe. Mr Tof-um Comes Between Newly Wed Couple. Gastotiia News Mr and Mrs William Franklin Long have separated after a married life of eight days The wife has re turned to her own home. She was Miss R' xv Christine and she and her husband married after one day's ac quaintance. The Immediate domestic trouble arose over the cooking of a possum Mr. Long bought a possum up town the other day and took it home and Mrs. Long refused to dress and cook the marsupial, and left her new horns. Wilmington Bid For Mr. Taft. Wilmington, Jan. I. The local Taft presidential club, composed of busi ness and professional' men without reiraHl -t- political -3lK;:r. and claiming to be the first Taft club formed in the United States after the Secretary's recent nomination. Joined the local chamber of commerce in a cordial invitation to President-elect Taft t ovlnlt Wilmington as soon as practicable after his return from each organisation wefe appointed to urge tha Invitation. BELIEF SHIP BEGIKS WOBK thieVes terrorize citizens Axuericsm Relief Ship, Ixxuled With IXx-tors, Noraee, Medical Supplies and ITovIsIouh, Will LeaTe Rome To-Day For Measlnsy Tlirce Camp Hospitals will BC Established For the Treatment of the Sufferero Cries of "Earthquake" Brings the ClUaens Into the Htrrets While the Thieve fie In Their Worfc-Reggio Is Again Quiet and Suffering Is 1 te ll ev ed HattlodUps Will Arrive at Mesxlna (Saturday. Rome, Jan. 6. Ambassador Qria com will leave here to-morrow for Messina, to meet the American squadron, which Is erpected to arrive there on Saturday, under Rear Ad miral Sperry on the flagishlp Con necticut. The steamer Bayern, the American relief ship flying the Red Cross emblem, will sail for Messina to morrow. This I'teamer with Its great cargo of supplies will be able to take care of thousands of sufferers. There are three surgeons abord and fifty nurses, of whom three are American and three l-Tngllsh. Fifty eight thousand dollars have been spent for the medical outfit, pro visions and clothes for distribution ashore. There is an Immeijse supply of the necessaries of life aboard for men, women and ohlldren. particular attention having been paid to food for little ones.. In the past 48 hours llf.,000 has been spent In Rome and 110,000 In Genoa for clothing alone. QUIET IN REGGIO. There are adso medical supplies sufficient for the establishment of three complete camp hospitals ashore. Those 1n charge of the expedition have $.'0,000 In small bills for care ful distribution. Word received here from Naples says that "hooligans" during the night ran through various quarters oif the city crying "earthquake, earth quake." Their cries aroused thousands of people who rusted out of their houses, thus giving thieves an oppor tunity to work- The frlajhtened population gathered In the squares and crowded the churches. Some of them took crucifixes and Images of saints and carried them through the streets In procession, amid wailing and weeping. Slgnor liertollni. Minister of Tub- lie Works, who Is now 1n Hego, has. telegraphed to Premier Giolottl that the people there are beginning to be more calm and for that reason there Is no present need for steamers for the transportation of refugees. The minuter adds that efforts should now be directed toward the sending of a great quantity of wood and other building material for the construction of huts along the Sicilian and Calabrtan coasts. The following list of places 1n Regglo province Is published as having suffered the greatest damage from the earthquake Hagnara, Can nitello. Catania. Galileo. Galllna, Laganati. Mellcuoca, Mellto, Monti hello, Motta. Palmi. l'lllaro. Pedar gonni, San Prooopio. Santo Stefanl, SI. -Ilia; Seinlnara, Slnopoll and San Giovanni. AMERICA'S GF.NEROSITY. The generosity of the American people In coming to the aid of tho apHifjuRke suffer, rf Is the pre dominating feature which Is now at tracting attention here. The feeling of gratefulness extends from the King down to the most lowly sub ject. In accepting in behalf of the Italian nation tho ship which Hie American people, through the Red Cross, fitted up to niltlrate the dis tress of the sufferers In the south, the King said to Ambassador GriHComt "Our people will he delighted to hear of this mark of International hiimanltarianlsui and will follow with the keenest Interest the work of mer, y which will be performed by the Hayern." The King forth, r Informed the Am. rlcan ambaKaador that he had Just read with the greatest apprecia tion a telegram notifying the govern ment of JXuO.OOO 1n behalf of the victims. Signor Tlttmii. the Foreign Minister, said : "Never before on any occasion has occurred su h a demonstration of sympathy as that of America. It In cludes all classes and conditions from the President to tan humblest citizen. Nothing could more tightly bind together the two countries, or rerfyler their friendship closer." Count Taverna. the President of the Italian Red Cross, declared that the offerings coming from Amurlea were unprecedented, as also was his de voting a small portion of the funds received from the I'nlted States In behalf of the relief ship chartered by the Rome American committee. GRISOOM SEES KINO. American Ambassador at Rome Dis cusses Situation WNh King Em manuel Relief Klilp Will Fly Red Cross Emblem. Rome, Jan. 6 An auxiliary com mittee of American ladles has been formed to administer a portion of the funds reaching the American committee here for the relief of the refugees from the earthquake xone. Mrs. Lloyd C. Orlsrora, wife of the American ambassador, presided over the committee. Mr. Griscotn was received In au dience to-day by King Victor Em manuel and notified his majesty that the steamer Bayern would fly the Red Cross emblem The Bayern will arrive at Clvlta Vecchla this evening and will sail to morrow morninir. The relief party from Rreme win go to the port on a special train. Through the ac tivity of Consul-General Smith some splendid additions to the supplies were put aboard the Bayern at Genoa, the whole expense of the ship being raised to $7S.O00 Th efollowing semi-official state ment was Issued this afternoon: The soverelgn-s warmly desire that the projected children's demonstra tion at the qmrtnal on the occasion of Queen Helena's birthday next Fri day as well as the suggestion o coin commemorative medals aa an evi dence of the gratitude of the nation to the King nd Queen for the work In the Interests of the earthquake suf ferers be abandoned. Instead. It is the desire of their majesties that all the benevolent energies of the cotin trv be directed in the present sad moment In the direction of helping people who are victims of "this grave misfortune In the most efficacious manner possible." Strange aa of Telepathy. Messina. Jan. A curious case of telepathy has occurred to a sail or on board the Italian battleship Reglna Elena. He was granted leave to search for a girl in Messina to whom he was engaged to be married. After having sought for her during four dsys he returned to the shin ex hausted" ShoTeir Jfito a deep 'sleep," during which he dreamed of his fiance saying to him. "I am alive; come, ear me " The sailor waked, obtain d fresh leave from the commander of the ship, gathered together several friends and went fo the spot of which he had dreamed. The party penetrat ed the ruins of a house and found tha girl uninjured. XEGRO FOSTAi. CXXRK'ABRSSTIIS Inspectors Oatoh Government ' Eax- ploye by Means of Decoy Letters -- . CiNettstsorQ. to Have New loo Fae torj Three. Men Arrested for Picking Negro's Pocket. . Observer Bureau, ." The Bevill Building, Greensboro, Jan. t. Jobeph C. Brown, a colored railway mall clerk running on Southern Rail way trains No. ST and No. It between Greensboro and Washington, Is In Jail here under a charge of rifling let ters containing money. He was placed under arrest upon the delayed arrival of southbound train No. 37 shortly after noon to-day and was given a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner J. M. Wolfe this afternoon. After hearing a statement by Postofflce Inspector James R. Robertson, Commissioner Wolfe held the defendant for the I April term of United States District ac'orrt under a bond of 11,000 In de fault of wblch he was committed to Jail. Brown has been under suspicion by the postal authorities for some time, and yesterday Inspectors Robertson and Maries mailed thrve decoy letters from Washington. The letters were despatched on train No. 37, and when arrested here to-day they were found on Prown'B person. Brown has re tained ex-udge 6pencer B. Adams to represent him. This Is the second arrest of a postal clerk made here within the past two months. The Greensboro Coal and Ice Man ufacturing Company has arranged for the erection of a new ice factory to be ready to supply the trade at the beginning of the next season. A part of the building material was placed on the ground to-day and work will begin at once. The new factory will bo operated under the name of the Independent Ice Company. Will Smith, John Hatfield and Clar ence Davis are under arrest here charted wlt being implicated In rob bing Albert Stevenson, coolred, of $75 Mondny Stevenson's pocket was picked at the Southern Railway pas senger station, while he was assisting a woman friend to board a train. Mr. Fred W . Thomas, of Ashev ille, district deputy grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Klks for the western district of North Carolina, paid an official visit to the (ireennboro Elks to-night In compliment to the visiting official, the lodge gave a very pleasant social ses sion Small lcr cent, of Army Applicants Ai-ceptexl. Special to The Observer. Asheville, Jan. 6. The local re cruiting station of the United States army received many applicants for enlistment In the service during the year 190i, but of these many appli cants only about 33 per cent. was accepted. The record shows that dur ing the year 634 men from this sec tion of the State made application for enlistment In the army and that 175 were aciepted, leaving a total of 359 persons rejected. Of this total number of applicants 88 were frorp the County of Madison. Out of the 8 3 frnm Madison 31 were accepted. The rejeited applicants Included 10 5 minors, 44 unable to read or write, 43 for general unfitness, 37 under weight. 14 Impaired vision, and 116 for various other causes. Coroner Urea at Fleeing Would-He Burglar. Special to The Observer. Asheville, Jan. 6 .Coroner E. U. Morris took a couple of cracks at a would-be. burglar on Wouthslde ave nue last night shortly before 11 o'clock but the Hi eing man continued to show his heels t-tid disappeared in the darkness of the woods toward the Victoria section. The unknown man. believed to be a negro, attempted to raise a window of Mrs. Hlpps' sleep ing apartment at her residence on Southsidn avenue ami was discovered in the act by Mrs. Hlpps, who fortu nately was awake at the time. Her cries 'frightened tho would-be burglar away and likewise attracted the at tention of Dr. Morris, who was attend ing a patient In that section and who had Just left the patient's house. The physician-coroner saw the man run ning away and without hesitation opened lire, emptying two chambers of his revolver at the fleeing man. Dr. Morris then went to Mrs. Hlpps' home and was told that the man who had attempted to enter was a nesero. Badly In Deist, Buncombe Wants to Issue Bonds to Get Out. Special to The Observer. Asheville, Jan. 6. The board of commissioners for Btlncombe county in monthly session yesterday after noon adopted a formal resolution re questing the legislators from Bun combe in the General Assembly to secure the enactment of a bill author izing the county to Issue $125,000 In bonds to take up the present floating Indebtedness of the county. In pass ing the resolution the commissioners say: 'That the floating Indebtedness Is $120,000; that It is utterly Impos sible for the board to pay said Indebt edness; that the board is of the opin ion that the best Interests of the county require that It be paid off aid that the only available method Is through a bond Issue." The bonds. If the legislative authority Is secur de, will run for a period not exceed ing 30 years and bear interest not greater than 5 per cent. The bond Issue of $125,000 will he the great est Individual issue in the history of the county. Just as Well For tire Oo tin try Ho landed Where. He Did. Chattanooga Times. And hero's where Charleston, S. C-, gets one on Charlotte. N. C. Claus Speckle, who died in San Francisco the other day, leaving an estate of $50,000,000, was not born in Char leston, but he landed there in 1S48, with $3 In his pocket. We do not know what might have happened if he had landed In Charlotte, but we do know that after landing in Char leston his $3 grew into a great for tune. Inclusive North Carolina. Petersburg Index-Appeal.' - Edgar Allen Poe was of an honor ed Maryland family, but he was not born in Baltimore, as. many suppose. Doubtless The Charlotte Observer stands ready to prove, to the discom fiture of history, that he was born in that part of North Carolina which takes In Boston, Mass. The) INI Version. Anderson, S. C. Mall. The Governor of North Carolina to hla guests: "Bav a dope?" Tt Drtre Otrr -Url " - ' And Build Up the System Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC Tou know what you are taking. Tne formula is ' plainly printed on every ro' tleshowlng it la simply Qutn u and Iron la a tasteless form, rnd taa treat eSsctval form. For grown people-. i . ii 1 1 HI tljlj i a lii ie I aassji. iisai ism iisfifta" 1 rr-nirniHi tiiMMMii . . ." .. -.... i SHOES A Lady's and Man's Shoe with more snap, more com fort, more wear and more beauty than any other sold in the city. Often we've had traveling shoe sales men, who were trying to place their lines, with us, to tell us: "There's no better shoemaking than that in the 'Sorosis,' " and that there is none better sold for the money. We Arc Sole Agents For the "Sorosis" and handle the Men's at $5.00 and $(J!00, and the Ladies' at $3.50 and $4.00. New Black Top "Sorosis" We have just gotten a new Shoe for Ladies in a plain toe patent with a black cloth button top at $4.00, and it's a beautiful dress shoo. The Muslin Under wear Sale Continues i Here's an opportunity for the Ladies to get their needs e in undergarments at a great saving of money, time and worry. There are hundreds of garments for Children and Women in this sale that the time of making is worth more .than the cost. There are stacks of different garments at each of the following prices: 10c, 15c, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00. The Big Goods Is drawing much attention, all housekeepers to lay in Iwmw rit ffm rmnn HIIUtvtlHlIHIMIHIIMHHitMHmt I lift White Safe for it's the proper time for their supplies in this line. 0 -a V v 1 v V.: ' --':VVr; - "
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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