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0 CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, ANITABY " 14 1909, J. P. CALDWELL. D. A. TOMPKXNS. Publishers. EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR bCBSCKIFTlON FlUtE; year $s 81s months Three month bend-Vc-kli One yea " Els month Three month a PCBLI SHKHs AXNWMl-JilM No. M Suulli Trvon tii-tl Tc-jr. numbers. tiustnei-.- offl'-e. lie., y. ti. city editor- office. 1'-' 'I " 1 t. KbV4 editor' offn -. K'-e pi ' A eubscnUrr If .ri i t ' ' Of his paper chnyc! vi.t i . ill t l.if eB .- ..! cate ilie aJdicb :. u i. at trie lime he asn& i-i tie to be made Advrrlloii g rules n-e fjinlohed on appi. cation Ad err..-, i - im'- (! ur thai lhrou)jji ti.e t.-iun-.ns tlil paper they may rea fi n Charlotte and a port;, n . f :.. ' people in lhi Stat ai.d u v S,. .n, Carolina r ! r -iidlnli'iim aa wide lat'i ;,ie a- i ley pern..'.-. but fcponible f,r the.r prefert e.i l : l then tiami t - ly !n i . or Inn i,i i i. c pol- i- m no 'ase re . i, It la much r-. ..poii-lent sign iCIIrtM especial- . v fetta k peron .tiii hum not de- mar, Jed i . -ei e i ne ri,"i tn f, tl.e wher. !:. -. po ot p. r relv , ih,m I: muM V e ;c of rorieMpondents l-manded for tl.e pur i: satisfaction. To le iun a coinmunli tlon inuuined by the 'rue nani r f -f crrc-j-p. indent. THlKsnW .IVMAIIY II. )! A MATTI K tJ IJIltmi ANt t. We huc p ;i.iihed pet .t int. liota resfdentw of tl.e eastern t'.ti-n '.1 the city t,. tiT. n.,ir arid h. .ii.l .if ai.l'-r-inen that th -y Ret from tin- I. u,la ture power to lanal a mvti.'ti .( ;ii;;ir creek and drain the Wltlkowxky ami Earrlt:gcr bottoms. Tio nij-ilm e citizens living on F.ast l'ltih !n'i-t exU-iiMon. r, jTciint that with lew excep'ioiifi every InhaMlant of 11i.it lerlli.n has had iivtlanal or tj.phiol fever und flu- fa-t Is r-U rr. . witli good reason, no doubt, to tli ctck and tho 1 1 , d 1 1 . . j 1 1 of the bottoms. Ear Fhould be given the phiint of these petition rs. The liealtn of Un people should be the lir.-t rmioTn of the city and It is unq-iest lonabiy menaced ly the conditions existing ia the section In gue.-uion. I: U siik--gested that the county mlcht itui' the use of the convicts to .anal the i noli and drain the bottoms. It oimht t' io til. It Is SUfc-KCSteil HKilln that tho land-owners Imniedlately Intel -esteil tnl'lit contribute to the cauro-. They could well afford to and some of tliem undoubtedly wo. ild. Without, how ever, discussing ways and means here. It enough to f-ay now that tho pi"posltlon Is a meritorious one, re , aa It does to the city's dearest Interest the health of Its people and to express the hope that the mayor and aldermen will Interest thernaulveg In the subject. 1J0SSOX MK THE MOH KAVAtiE. From The i'.ichmond Newn' Leader we learn that on the day following a bewtlal attack by a negro upon a young lady while she was walking to early morning c hur h services a num ber of representative colored men gathered Informally and considered a tiggesuon that the sentiment of the colored people be embodied In a pub lic statement. Tt was decided that the white people of Hh hinond know the negroes of IMchmond so well that no fiich statement xvas necessary. The expressions used iipalnst the criminal by all who spok" were strong. It was felt that a xv il l beast put shame upon his ov n race In a manner x ry hard to bear. When a iis'tu is lynched, on what soever charge, nn import, Hit motive sometimes the f, l motive is to make, through the lymhlng. a dem onstration against the entire iiexro population. The horrit.l brutality and wrong involved Is well illustrated by the gathering of (.... red peo ple In Tlh brn ind. Tin re was. as those present rte. pled, no need of a formal sla'- ment. but we are ti.i.l. all the samp, tha1 s n !i a mo 'm; was held. It has been foil.1 -V, d that of Charlotte ate d. clt.-d xx ; ernor C,!er:n re . mm- nda! P Itlretis l tp.n tb.at j North C.ir. l ::a ad ; : I lM r il a n lis to th I'. The ballot and are s.gn,ng I '.: Legislature in ! h.t ! glgners. It Is state,!. this method the lndivi.,,l b fct more freely cast in eei officers and upon Issues of 'ern." That i xa -tly the , for that vei . re i.in It w . Adopted In N Tth Carolina '. Tears. There is no p e-i! ! tUnldation or c .rr. ion und. r rappoaes that under th- ; tb Australian ballot siah v hlbltion would have carri Carolina last May' W ' that under Its operation Mr majority in N"mn'-f w... been the half of ::.ooo? X " ' ' Whatever vlewa the t f the Legislature may 'Tt. t h i! "by j .ilo.t can .(!; for ital c .n t ii'li and 1 n-.t bo ' r many t-. of l-i-it. Who Me pt I N"f .pp.- ! i' . I ' i l!H rn eb, rs I e t a ' n on t .at t h e te b. 'ore ; -i. They measure 1 ' t m . . H ! ii.tv r.ib- j fctoh.a bs ! the eubject, xe are sure members who Jiaxe bce:i t, are in favor of a short ses) fcavs experienced In some the effect on the human tvi Bteady diet of Chatham c, bi4. which has ruined the Of the people of Haleigh. 1 mo.-t excellent thing in reviving the We notlc-e amongst other things, a j enforcement of the anti-spitting ordi ve Jonrney through the wildernes. of j anre. in fact, no one who has the thi -world, that Judge Jamei B. j .at r.Kard for common decency can VCbttneld, who has just been chosen ! entertain any other opinion UDon the for the second time Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, as bora in 'North Carolina. - Nothing could be more felicitous than the address of Lieutenant Gov ernor "Winston In . retiring Tuesday frora a"efBc which, by the vay, he has occupied with verr great credit to b.raecli. ,'.;. : - ' - WARMTH LV rEXXESSER. They are certainly having lively t!men In Tennessee. Having com bined with the Republican to organ ze the .Legislature, the radical pro hibition element on the Democratic side hopes to get through a State-wide t'lll and rasa It over Governor Pat Ifjjon s exp" ted veto by the simple oo ! n"J"r"y needed for such a purpose. 00 I'r- li.-ally the object Is to make c'hattutiooga, Nashville and Memphis "Jr " notwithstanding the very t protejt of earn of tliem. The M-iiiphis News-firlmitar, Po extreme a j the matter, all the circumstances con ('armackltft that it hun ( ailed for j idered. does It honor and i an honor i;,vrnor Patter.n.-.'s imp, ,i.hm,ni, j to the newspaper profession. There nevertheless urges that "in the move ment to Induce the I.cKi.-lature riot to fasten this ruinous measure upon Memphis all factional hicn and nil political enmities niiRht to bo x lped out" for the tim-- being. The Neus Scimltar declare.- that all the- i-Uate troops in Tennessee could not e-nforce la prohibition law In Memphis. Such a law would be a dead letter und would simply ' I.eKet contempt for al! laws." Memphis would apparently occupy souievAli it the position of Sa vinnah, win, h does not even pretend to uln v the ijtrorKla State proli ibillun l;iw anl has been lou.llr threatened b- (lovernor lloke Hml'h in omm'- q.i.-n.-e. Lively times In Tentiess. .-? We only hope that the i i'lili'l "ill close without any actual fatalities. Tbet, s ik, pa-sage n ilox ern i K iti i. i n a Inn u oral no apptohalinn than that deserving tllatillg to I'.n.d roads. The inn rtan. e of per manoil t oa . improvement in North I'arolma couM not be over-Btated, what b J ro.ijs cost our people cati t -Mm i ! e. I. The i ost of making g 1 n and as epi II O VC. I t h a. Is v iri"H 111 different counties londttions differ, but the most -e of them are chvai, are more than they cost. Our 'ts fiast are known under dis alsases, as the "erlu'at ioiial till t.V ' ;.n i i nor." tin- "Industrial Governor," i to. Much nj they have accomplished in the several mutters with whlrh their names aro associated. Mr. Kibliln xvlll have accomplished as much as any of them If he shall de serve to go down as the "g J roads" Hoveinor. This would be enough glory for any man. We consider the steel trtut one of the most hoggish trusts in the coun try and are far from a pprovt n g the I'resident's course In permitting the absorption of the Tennessee i (,al and lion Company, but Tho Louisville Kvonlng F'ost speaks iiiltH truly xvhen it de. lares that this trust has had far more fax ors from Congress than It could possibly get from tho execu tive department. "Tt Is to-day." points out our Louisville contem porary, "the chief benellclary of the Iron ainl steel schedule of the) tnrlff. and It Is this protection thnt has en abled It to absorb so large a part of the Iron and uteel production of the I'nlteil States." "The International Association of Aeronauts" Is holding Its first ncsslon In Iotidon, with tlfty delegates pres ent, representing nine countries, and among other things will draw up "rules of the air." This Is another evidence that we people of scientific achievement nre coming along. New e are to hav e rules, fashioned as the rule of the road, and as those of the ships which pass In the night and hnil each other In passing. Looking soberly at this matter of aerial navi gation. In retrospect, we are amazed at the Incredulity of those fnnsh peo ple who In time past doubled that we would II v. It Is amazing to note the many suggestions In the newspapers, and to leatn thut It Is talked In Washington, that the I'resltlont Bhould be Impeach ed. The New York Sun, for instance, quotes the tenth of the articles of impeachment of Andrew Johnson, touching his attacks upon Congrreas. and demonstrates that the attitudes of Johnson then and of Roosevelt now nre exactly parallel. It Is suggested by The Sun and others that the Presi dent xvlll not be Impeached because there Is not time, cf course ho will not be. Hut the ea that It should be talked about' W e acknoxx ledge w ith ploasiire check for Jll.'-T from Key. John F. Kirk, pastor o.f the Methodist church of Mocksvilla, the contribution of his congregation to the relief fund for the sufferers from the Italian carth- ! quake; and go out of the way to ob ! serx e that the Methodist of Moils jxille have dono themselves a great 'deal of credit in making this con t ri bu t in -the first we have noted having be. n made by any Protestant church m the State. The amount that the House com mr.t. e on naval affairs has added to the navy appropriation bill f.r the construction of new ships 1 1; S. inn),. 000 -is kignlMcant. The committee evidently ep,, !s the government to win Its case utrainst the Standard 1 11 company on the second go round. The addition to the appropriation Is Just the amount of the Kennesaw Mountain bandis fine. The city authorities of Charlotte, as '1 the delegates to the tuberculosis onfetctiLe will agree, are domg a subjevt. We hope that enforcement will not need to be revived hereafter. The State Legislature has refused to raise the Governor's salary to $8,000, but, a contrary Impression prevailing widely in the press, the Stats will get some good advertising (unfortunately undeserved eut of the matter, any-bow. There is no love nor ever has been between senator Tillman and The Charleston News end Courier, each of whom has In time, and time recent, said many harsh things of the other; yet when Senator Tillman gets In trouble with the Tretldent and Id under charges of having done some thiiis wrong Tho News and Courier is the first paper to fly to his side and t.j r-.ent tin- attack uiHSi him. , making for him, as has been said, a ! better .lf-ft.,,,.. ti, .,, v,u. 'himself. The Di.sition it has taken In aro newspapers, whether the public believe it or not, which In their deal ing with public men and measures, rise above all considerations of per sonal prejudice or predilection and dwell In a higher atmosphere. The I'harleston News and Courier Is one of them. Those various contemporaries who have remarked upon The Observer's course In discussing the moot question of Edgar Allen 1'oe's birthplace with out claiming him for North Carolina ni"ie or I'-ss unconsciously pay tribute to thc-.it.ri 1 historical accuracv regard less of bias always sought by this Journal. We might safely offer a large reward for proof that we had ever claimed any one as born In North Carolina who was born anywhere else. In brio!', t he r'Tesldent's message on the se. ret service was but the match whh h touched .ff the congressional powder mine. The membership of ' 'onuress bitterly "bad it In" for the 'resident, and when It was realized that lie hail laid himself open to at 'ack by the House as a body -although In a matter where Congress w as nine-tenths xx rung and more than half ashamed of itself the explosion went off. The Petersburg Index-Appeal and Tli- Norfolk Virginian-Pilot may think they have made na feel bad by saving that we were "talking about something we didn't know anything about'' In discussing cocktails, but i hey hae nob We almost (eel like taking their remarks as a compliment. ll(K)SKVLLT MAKES TEST. In Order to prove- to the Critics That Hie "Ann)' Hiding Order" Is Not loo Se-vcro tlio lrvsldMit Remains In tho Saddle 17 Hours, Covering U Miles Makes Trip Oxer Had Hoadsi and In a Stiff Sloet awl Kuln Mioxxs .No KtK'Us of Eutlirtie on Ills Keturn audi Mis a Hourly Sup per. WiisidiiKton, Jan. 13 -President Huo.se velt rode !0 miles on huisebnok lo-day. and when he dismounted to-lllght al the x lute House door, more than 17 hours ift.-r having departed therefrom, he did not show uny marked signs of weariness. The object of his long day In tint saddle, he explained to a. 1 epl e.senl ative of The Associated Press after tils return, was to "prove to the critics who have found fault with t lie recent order recurring; all army and ruivy ofllcers to take a physi cal test, that if a president, who is not In liaiulrtg. can ride 'JO miles hi one day. without being laid up In bed thereby. It should not be too much to ask t lie army, who sre supposed to be In the best of physical training all t tie time to ride 90 miles in t hree da v s Mounting his faithful rider and Jumper, "Koswcll ." In front of the White llou door at 3 30 o'clock this morning, he dis mounted hi the same place at 8.40 o'clock to-night. The Journey was to Warrenton. Va . and back. "And Virginia roads In the winter time," said the President, "are nut usually la the best condition." With the President were Dr. Hlxey, surgeon generul of (lie navy, Lr Carey Grayson, and Captain Archibald Butt, one of the president's aides. On tho return trip, the last 30 miles pf tl.e Journey were made In sleet and rain, while the last 15 miles were In almost pitch darkness. Arriving at the Aqueduct Drldge acrwes .the Potomac, the President refused to take the carriage which was waiting there for hlrn. When he dis mounted, his eout and hat were frozen stiff with sleet and Ice In less than an hour after returning, to the White House, the President had changed his Ice-coated clothing for even ing dress and appeared in the dining room, ready for as hearty a meal as he has eaten for a long time. If any of the critics of ills "army riding order" had dropped In about thut tlms, they would have been sadly disappointed, for the President did not show in the least by his walk that he had been sit ting for nearly 17 hours In a hard saddle. Samuel lllgglns' Residence Destroy ed by Fire. New Haven, Conn , Jan. 13. In a fire that completely burned the residence of Samuel Hlgglns, the general manay of the New York, New Haven Hartlurd Railroad, here, early to-day. his mother, Mr. Moore lost her life; his mother-in-law, Mrs. M E. Cerbln, was probably fatally hurt, and his wife, daughter Isa bel, his young son and Mr. Hlgglns him self barely escaped death in the flames by Jumping from a, second stnry window. It was a result of this jump that Mrs. Corhin waa hurt. Mrs aud Mis Hlgglns suffered broken legs, and Mr. Higglna wu badly bruised. i Ti e young son. Harold, escaped without ojury A colored cook Jumped from a bird-Btory wlndcw, landing on the roof of a voranda. High Point ( barter to Be Left to a Committee. Special to The Observer. High Point, Jan. 13. A mass meet ing of the citizens was held last night at the Anchor Warehouse to discuss the proposed new charter and lay it before the people in the best possible manner. The meeting was called to order by Mayor M. J. Wrinn and after some preliminary icmaik.s and questions It was decided to pat the matter In the hands of txventy gentlemen, five from each ward, who are to get together, make changes they think best, and report within ten days, when another mass meeting will be held. Second Nlght-Rider Trial May Begin Monday. t.'nion City, Tenn., Jan. 13. It Is prob able that another night-rider trial will beghi next "Monday. An agreement was to-day made between Attorney General Caldwell and attorneys for the defense, to take the matter up then, and tt Is almost certain that oas 0t the conspiracy esisee wHl be called on that day. An agreement also has been reached wherein Dine men tndicted for other nigbt-ridisg offenses than murder will be released under bond. This leave eighteen under arrest who have been indicted fdr the murder' of Captain Bsrkaa, wbe have mat been tried. SAUSBtRT NEWS OF A DAT. 'Overman A Co. Acqulra the fialtabury Roller Mill property Darts Sk Wiley Bank Electa Directors and Officers Dr. A. II. Bowers, Who Died in Greensboro, Wed a Rowan Woman Recently. Observer Bureau, 4!1 Xorth Main Street, Salisbury, Jan. 13. The firm of Overman & Co. have acquired the interest of Mr. Samuel T Dorsett In the Salisbury Roller Mill, of whlrh Mr. Dorsett ha besn manager for some time. Mr. Dorsett, with his wife, will visit Cuba and Florida and will be away from Salis bury several months. The Davis & Wiley Uank stock holders In annual .session yesterday elected the following directors: Hon. T. F. Kluttz, Senator Lee S. Over man. Hon. John 8 Henderson, P. B. Beard. R. Eames, Jr . W. L. Kluttz, N. P Murphy, W Murdock Wiley, J. M MeCorkle and O. D. Davis. The report of' the business of the year made a good showing and the usual semi-annual dividend of rive per cent, was declared. O. D. Davis was elect ed president; P. B . Heard, vice pres ident, und J. M. MeCorkle, cashier At the annual meeting yesterday all the present officer of the First National Bank were re-elected ard no chang was made In the olllce working force. The executive offi cers are W. C. Coughenour, presi dent; T. C. Linn, vice president, and W. H. White, cashier. The report of the cashier was gratifying to the sto. kholders. Organizer George F Wise, of the Woodmen of the World, has Just re turned from Tay lorsvllle, where he instituted a eamp of the W. O. W This order, Mr. Wise says, ia growing rapidly In piedmont and western North Carolina. Dr. R. M. Armstrong and Mr. C. -i Morris, manager of the Salisbury 'otton Mill, have each purchased a building lot off of the valuable Wiley home site on West Bank street and will later build residence thereon. Hr A. H Bowers, of Gold Hill, who died In a Greensboro hospital fhls morning, was married only two days before C'hrltftmas to Miss Pearl Lingle, of Faith, this county, his wife being a sister of Mrs. Thomas M. Kesler and Mrs. Frank H Bollck, of 'his city. Dr. Bowers had been op erated on for appendicitis. The body was brought to Salisbury at half past '1 o'clock this afternoon and taken at once to Faith through the country by I'nrtertaker Wright. The funeral will be from Faith Lutheran church at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning, conducted by the pastor, Hey C p. Fisher. The Woodmen of the World of Gold Hill and Granite Quarry will attend the burial In a body, the deceased being a member of the Gold Hill camp of the Wood men. Probably the two happiest people In Salisbury to-daywere Mr. Caleb T Bernhardt, a prominent business man of this city, and Mr. J. C Uun dy. of Monarch. Montana. The two were comrades In the civil war and parte,! on tho battlefield and this was their lirst meeting since. Mr. Hundy was from Cabarrus county, hu.s been living In tho West twenty live years, and while on a visit to North Carolina came to this city to see his friend of tho sixties. mv ltailroud Projected From I,au rlnbiirg to Gibson. Ppeclal to The Observer. Iaurlnbnrg, Jan. 13. 'It Is now as sured that I.aurlnburg Is to have a second railroad. A line will be built in the near future from this place to Gibson to connect with the Atlantic Coast I.tyio. The stock has been taken. Besides several strong stock holders abroad, the road will havo the backing of John F. McNalr, A I. Jamil). James A. Jones, John Blue, J P. McKae, H. R. Covington and others here, which will assure It of successful competition. This will mean great things for Laurlnburg. Situated in the best farming section of the State, with large cotton mills, the oil mill, the guano factory and the Colonial Screen Factory, she is already growing fast. Hut while only one railroad enters, there must be a feeling of Insecurity about freight rates Hut with the entering In of this young railroad she will be as sured of competition there also. Southern Agent at Spemecr Resigns. Special to The Observer. Spencer, Jan. 13. W. H. Shanan who for the past year has been agent of the Southern Railway Company at Spencer, has resigned the position to enter busi ness at Greensboro. During his stay In Spencer his services have been highly sat isfactory both to the company and to the general public and his departure Is great ly regreted here. To fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Mr Shanan, Mr. W. M. Toung. of Anderson, S C, ha been appointed agent at Spen cer and has already entered upon his duties. He has many friends here who are glad to have him as a citizen. He will be assisted by Mr. TI.. Brooks, who has for a year or more been In the employ of the Southern at the Spencer station. One of The Observers Bright Young Men. Raleigh Evening Times. A newspaper man sent here by the great paper he represents ts Mr. W. D. Adams, of The Charlotte Observer staff, who came to get in direct touch with the xvork of electing a Speaker, as well ae to get an Insight Into what was likely or not likely to be done. How well Mr. Adams has succeeded Is told In the letters he has sent to his paper since coming to the capital. If there Is any one thing that Mr. Adams excels in, . above another. It U this class of work. He never wrote a dull letter from Raleigh when he came hunting for the real things being done. Goes to Burlington For His Third Wife. Winston-Salem Sentinel, 12th. "Mr. L. C. McCoy, a substantial and highly esteemed citizen of Hunt ersville. Mecklenburg county, passed through the city to-day en route o Burlington to take unto himself his third wife, in the person of Miss El lie Simpson, a splendid lady of that town. Mr. McCoy is 78, years old. but one who haa known him for years says that he can ride a bicycle and do other stunts, almost equal to a lad of ten years. The age of the bride is to years. persimmon Beer the Proper Ctiascr For 'Possnin. To the Editor of The Observer; -Many a 'possum dinner bare I been to in "Black Mmmys cabin on the old plantation down home. The bill-of-fare would be 'possum and 'taters, 'slmmon beer and gin ger raites; so, if you are after "pre serving harmonies," I would aay sug gest te Georgia persimmon beer Branch water will do very well for eel fry, but persimmon beer lat the drink with "possum. 8. W. BECXWITH. UleerUle, Jan. lltb, Ut. TOSTOFFICB 6TTB 6EUECTE&. Tb Hoy Property t Washington, Which Wag Offered the Govern ment For $15,000, Haa Been Reoom mended as the rtace For the Public JUuilOlng;. Special to The Observer. Washington, N. C., Jan. . The lo cation for the site of the proposed public building for this city haa at last been decided upon as was jlven out in a letter from Congressman John WH. Small to Mr. A. M. Oumay, pres ident or trie chamber of commerce of this city, and received a few days ago and made public, yesterday. In his letter Mr. Small stated that he had recently called upon the Treasury De partment and looked over the report of the agent for sites of public build ings, Mr. Q. D. Ellsworth, who re cently made a visit to this city for the purpose of selecting a site for Washington's public building, and he had recommended the Hoyt property, on the corner of Market and Second streets, as the best site and his re port was clearly expressed and make a very good showing In Justification of his conclusion. He names the Susman and Havens property on the opposite corner as second choice. The Hoyt property was bid at $15,000 and this price, it Is understood, was ac cepted. This property has an area of 120 feet on Market street and 1J6 on Sec ond street and Is conveniently located for both the business Inter ests and the residents and Is one of the most valuable as well as desir able sites of the city. Just how long before the work of erection of the public building for which and ap propriation had already been made by Congress, will begin. Is not known at present. SCHOOL MISS LIQUOR TAX. New Hanover County Board of Joducation Finds Itself Without umis to Kun the Schools Deficit of $18,000 sli.ee the Saloons Were Put Out of Business and Special Tax Will Be Xecestiary. Special to The Observer. Wilmington. Jan. JJ.-In making the semi-annual apportionment of th school fund ibis week, the .board of education found Itself with a deficit of 16.000 in the fund for running the public schools of tl.e rlty until the end of their present term, this deilelt being brought about by the I, of ji3ooo In revenue from liquor Pi each y.ar Beore the schools had barely cnougn for their eight months1 term and now two month will have to b lopped off the city schools and one nir the rural schools unless other provisions nre made Cnder an act of the General Assembly of 1IW the county board of ed ucation may demand of the county com missioners an election for a special tax, and Chairman George Rountree has slg nifle,! pis purpose to appear before the board and make a request for an elec tion the rirst week in March. It will require, about 12 cents on the hundred to create the same revenue as was for merly derived from the saloons, the pres ent county, State and acheol rate being 79 cents on the 1100 valuation. Before the election every effort will be made to ed-iicMi,- the people up to the necessities of voting this tax. CONVICTED OP PERJURY. I.. C. Jackson, of Cumberland County, Fined and Sentenced by the Su-ix-rlor court For Having Sworn Falsely That He Saw a Neighbor Alwtraet a Ballot From the Box. Special to The Observer. Fayettevllle. Jan. IS. L. C. Jack son, a well-to-do farmer of this county, was convicted In the Superior court of perjury in swearing that he saw Mr. Thomas Seals, of Rockflsh, abstract a vote from the ballot box In a school tax election last June, and was sentenced to pay a fine of 125. and serve 18 months on the county road.s. Motions to sat aside the ver dict and for a new trial were dented, when the defendant appealed to the .Supreme Court and was placed un der a $400 appearance bond. n June 2Jd. an election for a schi rd tax was held in the Rockflsh district, which was carried by the advocates of the tax, whereupon their opponents secured the Indict ment of Mr. Thomas Heals on the testimony of Jackson that he ' saw Seals take a ballot from the box. Senls was acquitted and Jackson In dicted for perjury. killed by ma GVTS GXTS. Accidental DiscJiarge of the Weapon Proven the Undoing of an Ala mance County ClUsen. Special to The Observer. Hurllngton, Jan. 13. Mr. Junius Greeson was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun yesterday while hunting near his home, eight miles west of Burlington. Mr. Greeson and his associate, Wyatt Frlddler, were working In the woods when their dog started a rabbit and Greeson had his gun looking for an opportunity to shoot it. Upon returning to work Mr. Greeson, in attentptlng to stand the gun against a log, struck the trigger against some object, discharg ing it, the charge entering his abdo men. Death resulted two hours later. Russian Becomes American. Mr. Samuel White, until yesterday a subject of the Czar of Russia, having satisfied all the requirements for the privilege, yesterday renounced alle glance to the ruler of the Russlas and became an American citizen. The application was read in Superior Court, the government being repre sented by Assistant United States Dis trict Attorney A. L. Coble. Notice of Intention had been filed two years ago. Mr. White haa lived In Char lotte a number of years, being engag ed In the furniture business. Irrigated Himself With Whiskey. From the arid wastes of prohibition Charlotte, Tom Alexander, colored, secured for himself yesterday a pint with which to Irrigate himself. The end of that diversion was the lockup, the negro Anally getting beyond loco motion. After Tom got In his cell he begged the officers not to take his whiskey away from him, but he spoke In irony, in the bottom of the botlte only a few drops remaining. Rumor That North Carolina Midland is to Be Completed. Special to The Observer. Reidsvtlle, Jan. U For some time past engineers have been going over the old right of way of the North Carolina Mid land between Lsaksville and Madison, and it Is betas- serststenttr rumored that this gap ia to be completed at an early date. This road was surveyed and part of It graded several years ago, but for some reason was never completed. Slight Shocks Felt, tn Austria. ' Vienna.' Jan. II. Sight earth quake shocks were felt to-day in southern Austria and the Tyrol. The disturbances extended from Sarajevo, in southeastern Bosnia-to Meran. in the Tyrol. Among other places where, the shocks were felt were Trieste, Pole and Ttient Ko dam age has been reported. LOST Der chance beok. Reward for re turn te T. U Telbert. T M MMMlMIUMItHHUiUlllitnUMI A BBC MILL E BUSI NESS ALL DAY YES FERifflY Even With Such Bad Weather All E.i6ids Rain Goods and Footwear Were Much in Demand Big 89c Umbrella Sale Big new lot Ladies' and handles, worth $1.00 to $1.50 each and every one guaranteed. Choice 89c. A $4.00 "Sorosis" Shoe $2.85 This is the best Ladies' Shoe we handle and we havo one lot of the $4.00 Patent that goes in the Mill-End Sale for , , !$2.85 Our American Lady $3.00 Shoe... $2.15 One lot $5.00 Knox Shoes for Men at $3.55 Rubbers for 25c. and up One lot Men's' Raincoats worth $20.00 to $25.00, Choico ..$13.65 A beautiful $18.50 Oxford heavy weight Overcoat for , .....$10.35 Ladies' Raincoats and Rubberised Coats at About Half Price Great Blanket Sale 500 pairs N. C. 10 and 11 quarter Wool Blankets at the ; biggest cut price yek Here's Your Chance to Buv Blank ets and Thousands pf matchless values all over our three big"- stores equal to these few 4 Men's Umbrellas, assorted Comforts e mentioned. 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 14, 1909, edition 1
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