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'4 'CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JANUAIiT.19, 1905. E!jctflarlcltc!jj5tnitr.! J.IV CALDWIXL, XK, A. TOMPK1SS. Publisher. EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION Daily On rear But months . Three months PRICE: .6 00 4 00 SeuU-Weekli One yea 8ix aoonths .. Xbree months PI 11 LI SU KllS' AN NOl tiKES T No. U South Tryun srree: Tflephuua numbrb. Uuir.er otTii.- Pen phciia ti; city edltur i.niLc. b-u -phone 1H; Saw edllur'a i)B;.t. lieu piion at. A ubcribr U ordering U. aadies o hU paper changed, will l ' n.ai cate the addrejs !o wtm, it going at the time he auks it ihe chanao to be made Advertising rales an? fui niched n appl.catlon. Advertiser nmv feel sure that irmough the . ..lumio "i ilia paper they may irscn uli Cuarh.tte and a portion of U. bet people "i this State and uppei .South 1'aroilua. This papii rivps ar i cuponder. la aa wide latitude a it ; JVIc pol icy pemiltK. but It in no ' e re sponsible tor then .!. It ia much preferred that cr . rpvtiJ'tits tgn then naiif-s l. :.."r :;uie- eepe tal ly In cjf.) ;..-r- t' ri ana- It persons or ini-fii u::cji. 'iieus i this i- not de manned The . . . r r.-M f en the ntht to g'.vr tie -.an.'- )'. correspondent when f ey uie demanded lor the pur pose of person . satisfaction To if celve t ons) Mtion a ominunn allon nuiat he m companted h the true naine t The corrtpondent. TVESDAY. JWr.yiV 1, 1U09. AN EXIH;T TAX OS COITON? The Lake I'hariis. La.. Imly Press has been trurl with a yuecr Idea. "While we pr iduce cotton," it argues, "we are unwise enounh to part with the greater part of It to other people In its i.tw btate. Thev toiy It of us for a small price, make It Into cloth and supply it t other at a fourfold greater prke. Thej (trow rich out of What we produ e. If we should if fuse to sell them the raw cotton, a 1 hould sell only the cloth to such as would want to buy because they needed It, our present cotton crop Instead of being- worth 1700.000.000 .would be worth 13.000,000.00 0 to us. Instead of doing this we sell the raw cotton to Krigian I, Germany and Japan, and let these countries which roduce no cotton drle the otton goods we make out of other foreign markets. Why not end tins btate of flairs" We could do It by simply refusing to bell any of them another bale of our cotton. Put an export duty on raw cotton." It Is not often that such ound jrenii is lead to such an erroneous coo . u: .on. True enougn, we should mar. o f i,. ture our cotton into goods as ext-;.: cly as possible, and we do manufacture an Increasing propor tion at home each yean, but we are till far from able to consume the hole crop. The United Stales, con taining considerably less than one fourth of the world's spindles, pplns hardly one-third of the American cot ton now grown each year. What would become of the other two-thirds If the foreign demand were artificially destroyed? 13 y destroying that de mand we would deprive the cotton grower of two-thirds his market. Some nlnety-bve million spindles. wun turir numerous act essories ot manu f act ut ins production and dls trlbution. Nich a mm lone shops, buyer a exchanges, Bhlp banks, etc.. would hxure in the pt n e of Amei h an cotton cither indirectly or let at all. "Ottnn 0..ds markets a:i over the world. th"se in . outlines lii-lust t tally our rivals included, woubl temporarily alniDt lost l'i the worl.lj ,-otlon nunu'i Ilium; induMrv, for limited Ameri'iin t-pirolles with Miiperabund nt cotion and superabundant foreign ptndles with liinitcl cotion rnu-.t ne. asarlly leae them supplied only in email part. An immense sum of hu man ml.' iv w ould bo cauM I all around the gkd.e. In the end, a-um-InR that powerful nations rlnl not in their cl'-sp' ration ib laie war iiKnnt US. the tn-m od ouv pr'i-.le upon the foreigner to pt. : e his - n raw ,ot ton on th -s. ast tropi. a! and sub tropical areas s iitable for the purpose and conditions lor -nierpi ie of this sort are not to be compare with those exIMini; at the time of the few years cotton famine caused by "ir civil war would cause enterprises al ready rather promisuiK I" ic!d the cotton supply desired. Of course the American cotton man ufacturing industry w uid expfrience U. boom unprecedented In industrial history and we.., I I expand enorrto't: -U hut It m if h t v UllKaster as t',. al conditi is . Country al - practical ! ;i tal on a ast the Unite u s- . ble man net . 1 1 would be ;,ust terial cixlizatp. men do us (i.s.o. encounter uit imate '.t of sui b u n f , a t ur :r:v '. 1 e the w hole 1. ' ' rtrt'll'v t he n "f foreign capi - ..si r.- ii t u p'.n : a r:c.-t forrl, or! 1 us ii n e n t ret y n.i h I rer. Ma- "U' i r,.c,.;, P tre n h .-. 1 s. tha . And what, mear.tini' ..f the mrf He would rpeedt'v be f..r.-.-,l to curtail bis prod'iM.'Oi en..rm"..siy and turn to other crops h a . en so It la certain that pries ..ubl be rt-snouslv JOW. For a time Wi .b. u.d 'Xpert to tit ft repetition of f.,;. ma-ke; conditions which prevailed during the Civil war, the export tx. enforced by irualomg o(M' es and arm ! revenue cutters, taking the plsce of the Ked VrTTfsck'a3ing fleets, "'otton would t fabulously high at Liverpool and flirt-Cheap at New Orleans. Houthera port would ce more blockade run ning. The South, receiving but a fraction of the prsent amount for lis et&pla crop, would experience hard time which the manufacturing boom produced by th xport tax could al leviate nly in part avail temporarily. If any good aver came to th grower. Jt could Only ba alter tha present gsn- erattnn had been ruined, and we have no idea that It would come at all. It la clear to our mind that results like these would follow the prohibi tion by the United States of cotton exports. If an export tax less than prohibitory were Imposed, the results would be commensurate with the amount of the tax. Lut, ol course, wo are not discussing the matter in the belief that it In volves any serious possibilty, however remote. It Is too well recognized that Z.X ' export taxes, although practiced with : out especially bad results in Buch 1100 ! cases as brazil s coffee problem jira W sriii.-, are vicious in principle and ui 26 innately ru.nous. 1-urthermore, the " I coiistit ution of the I'nited States ab solutely forbids export taxes. Sur-pns-ed to find an Intelligent Southern newspaper aivoiating an export tax upon cotton, we have, both for the sake of Intellectual Interest and a conclusive answer, discussed at length a course of action which no one who reads this "ill ever live to see the country pursue. PAMCS AMI BANKING. In his annual report the New York State superintendent of hanks says with mu h truth that banking condi tions are sounder l ( ai;." of tho re cent p ituc. To (jueto bun in part: The Just punishment. whether hrougli convK tion. pending inJict nient or public condemnation of those using corporate credit for personal gain has bad Its moral effe. t upon others who throigh ignorance or a misconception of the character of their trusts needed such a deterrent. There haa also come a keener ap preciation of the rei-ponsibllities of trusteeship to those having In their care the. affairs of our financial In stitutions. There is evidence, too, of a ((rowing conservatism and a ma terial change in the respect paid, not only to the law. but to the principles of sound banking. Greater consider ation Is given to the character of as sets in their relation to solvency." In the South banking conditions as a whole left little to be desired even at the height of the boom, but such a report upon conditions In 'he financial centre of the country gives all sections cause for grat ifl'-ation. If, In this land of rapid growth and frequently Irrational speculation Induced there by, there were not enforced settings of financial houses in order from time to time. It would long since have gone hard with every one of us. A XI AU-l'llLTS CiOMKN DREAMS The Hi. liiii'Hul News Leader t-a also among the poets. Ah might be sup posed, the tneme la Richmond s own laureate, Andre Ja'kson Andrews. These words are put Into Poet An drews' mouth: As scon as t tie. coin for my poems I II reap. I II do nothing but est, drink and sleep. From morning till night I'll be rolling In wealth, A yacht Ml purchase To tu ace up my health; A golden crown I will wear on mv head That Is. unless I fall out of bed " There ought to be big money In poetry for those who can sing as well as Pool Aiidrewa, but if sudden wealth would have up n him tho demoraliz ing effect described by The News Leader, we rather prefer that tho financial succesa of his recently Is sued volume shall fall somewhat under Its deserts. It has often been observed that the muses seldom thrive upon overfeeding we could cite many wise saws and modern In stances as authority. We shall hope, therefore, that ere the coin piles up bevond a certain height the poet will, as The News Leader slrsgs. "fall out of bed.'' Our chief fear Is lest when he has fallen and become awake he will find, in the language of John Hunyan, "behold. It was a dream!" nVKI VI. GOOD POOIiS AM) TRT'K. f the careful selection of the shal !"w brained, credulous, prejudiced and ignorant as Jurors there Is no end. We did not pay any attention to the evidence about Annls and Mrs. Claudia Ha Ins. " nays Juror Jardlne. in telling how the verdict In the Thornton Hums case was reached. We did not speak of what they call the unwritten law ' in delivering the verde t the mrors were convinced that Thornton Mains actually tried to get his brother sway from the float and that he drew his revo!er only when he haw bis brothers life was in dan ger." From this it would appear that the Jurors did not intentionally violate their oaths, hut merely show ed themselves fools In the biblical sense simpletons. It would also ap pear that the actual slayer has all his troubles yet ahead. In the current Issue of The Textile Manufacturers' Jnurn.il. "f N"w York. a very readable art., ie. attractively j I.l-.if trat.'d, -dealing with the school aid wi Uaie work at the Proximity ja'.i Wr.ite Oak Mils. ' I rcensboro. We . ,. .; I ' k- to see It circulated 1 jv r the vv ;e country. We are mu- h ir.t'-iested In the gov eri.ttit nt h ;;on lor lib.-l against the put oshers of The New Tork World, but withhold comment until we can leiun what manner of action it is. The fa'is have not et developed. Next Thursday week "ubs will again ft up ht'US' kf-p:ng f r itself. It Is much to be hoped that Uncle Sam will not find himself under the necessity of ra line and straightening out the Joint rx Umc soon. Let It not be overlooked that this day is the birthday of Robert E. Lee and Edgar Allen Poe the latter born Just one hundred years ago. Th South would have made Mr. Taft a colonel long before this If he hadn't already been a judge. Mr. Taft is. a atand-patter ef the right sort. He stands pat upon the constitution. GfiEAT POM DISCOVERED "THE WAIL- THE TITLE OF IT Mr. W. 1. Pratt Brloga to Light the Splendiferous Production of a Modes Poet, Who Describee) tho Agoney of Spirits Poem is En titled "The Wail," and Waa Writ ten While the Author Waa a Store keeper and iauRt?r The StanxM Considered and Their Plcturesque nett Set forth by Mr. Pratt Sev eral Point of Superiority to Mil Urn's Masterpiece, Notetl The Four Klauzaa. To the Editor of The Observer: The following beautiful poem waa composed by a nati' e of Union coun ty, N. C. In 1900. A. D., while lta gifted author waa storekeeper and gauger in the United States revenue service at . on the border of North and South Carolina. The poem waa not published at tha time of its composition, either because North Carolina had not then reached that high appreciation of the produc tions of hef own bards which ahe has shown In the last four years; or be cause the poet was too modest to try his wings in public. Tha latter if orobablv the real reason, as thfc author will not, even now, allow hi name to be published, but prefers to remain in deeper anonymity man "tluJ Near-Bard of Cross Creek," and assumes no hum de plume at all. Your correspondent obtained the opportunity only yesterday of behold ing, for the first time, this marvelous production of poetic genius, and Im mediately requested the privilege of copying It and sending It to the great repository of the State's priceless gems of pusey. After considerable hesitation that privilege was granted. In order to the full perception of the beauties of the poem. It must be noted that It was wrought out when the author had not received his com mission as revenue officer, but held the post by designation " only. His application for a commission had been made, and he thought and hoped to be sent to a better post when the commission arrived. It was while awaiting the arrival of the document that our author burst Into this rhapsody, which he appropriately en titled "THE WA1U." On the borders of the Carolines, In a wet and gladey spot, A non-commissioned revenue officer Bewails till unprupltlous lot. From o'er across these, borders. In qu;st of maudlin bliss, Fleck the loteiectual scrubs and moral dwarfs Of Tillman's anil-dispensary list. Clink of wasssll-laden glass. Ribald speech, blasphemous Jest "lis the music of the houra, 'tis the never-cejslng song Of night's sleepless rest. Oh. all-potent Fate, to this Mere than Piumcthean doom do not decree ! O. baste. O. haste, my commission. That 1 may these terrors flee! Let It not be understood that this poem la offered In any "near" poetry competition This Is no near-poetry; It is the real stuff, the kind of "Adventurous song That with -io middle flight intends to soar I Above the Aonian mount, while It pui suea Thlnga unattempted yet in prose or rhyme." How much is compremsed Into these four short stanzas! In the first, wa have not only the place, but tha place, the scene of action, described; but we see the hero In the midst of It Dewainng nis unnappy ioi anu uu riishing at once the motif of the piece. Then follows the awful pic ture of the Intellectual scrubs and moral dwarfs flocking from o'er across the borders In quest of what? No. the poet will not call it plain corn likker and thua mar the loveli ness of his Imagery. Intellectual scrubs and moral dwarfs, though they be, he must needs invest them with a higher purpose than that of the mere dram drinker, and here they come "in quest of maudlin bliss" a purely poetic conception, sustaining the tenor of the poem as a whole The third stanza cannot be too much admired. Here in four lines our poet shows a Walpurgts Night of de moniacal revelry not surpassed by that famous scene in Goethe s "Faust" which takes a half-hour to be depicted upon the stage. One can almost hear the clink of wassail laden glass as the scrubs and dwarfs reach the first ecstasy of maudlin bliss and begin to carve high Jinks in the wet and gladey spot. And then we are suddenly presented with the Inevitable result ribald speech, blas phemous Jest. The third line is a masterpiece of originality, for herein the poet, not bound by the ancient standards of metre, prolongs the measure far beyond that of any other line In the poem to Indicate to the reader the extreme length of that night to one situated as the gauger w asj 'TIs the music of the houra, 'tis the never-ceasing song Of nlghl s sleepless rest. Not the old. hackneyed expression "restless sleep;' but "sleepless rest," to show there could be no sleep at all to him Just hanging around, rest ing, though wailing When the great Greek tragic poet. Aeschylus, wrote his "Prometheus Bound," describing the punishment of Prometheus, chained to a rock and his liver being slowly devoured by vultures, because he had stolen fire from heaven and taught men its uses. Aeschylus probably thought be had pictured the acme of torture. It may have been the acme for that day and time, but that was before men had discovered for themselves the art of distilling hard liquor. Our poet was in a position to go Aescnyius several better, and he does so in the fourth and last stanza of this Incom parable poem. He has in mind, no doubt, the disastrous effects of this modern brew upon the livers of Its devotees. He is thinking seriously of the terrible hob-nail livers and the cnnseuuenl agony of their possessors when the maudlin bliss is past: agony far beyond that which Prometheus suffered when the vultures were peck ing at his liver. In the latter case, the vultures were bound to deprive Prometheus entirely of his liver in the course of time, and he would suffer no more on thaf score. But those whom our poef" portrays would have no friendly vultures to tear away the cause of their sufferiiura And thinking thus, the poet-gaufer evidently tears for his own liver, for "there is nothing either great or small" b&r tHtilktrieT'-TRrtes "ft to." Kni it is here that he utters the last sad wail as a fitting climax to the whole: Ok. all-potent Fs'e. te this More titan Promethean doem do net decreet O. basts, O, haste, my commission That I may these terrors flee! The great English lexicographer and critic. Doctor Johnson, says In his essay on Paradise Lost that an -Inconvenience ef Miltoas design k. it reaulrea tha daecrtntlo ef what cannot ba deaeribad tha agency of eplrita." Howevee that may ba in Miltoa'a caaet, tha author of Tito Wail- has certainly succeeded In de sert bins; tha agency of spirit, and tha "Great Cham of literature." If he were alive to-day, would ba the first to acknowledge it In this re spect, then, our poet may be said to have exceeded Milton; at least soma distinguished critics . would so eon tend. There is another point of superiority , which this poem holds over Paradise Lost to which the pres ent writer desires to call attention namely, in brevity, fcdgar Allan Poe said that no poem could truly be called such unleas It could easily be read at one sitting;. "The Wail" con form readily to this requirement, whereas Paradise Lost does not. The conclusion is obvious. But It ia not necessary to cull from Milton's crown to bind laurels upon the brow of the modest author of a poem here pub lished for the first time; there is glory enough for all. Your Fayettevllle correspondent has trotted out a near-poet who. he says, makes it possible to change the well known slogan of North Carolina to read. "First at Bethel, farthest at -nyourg. last at Appomattox and ! nearest to Parnassus." Your Monroe correspondent believes that the gauger-poet's work, in this one poem, places the Old North State on the very highest peak of Parnassus. Be fore, therefore, giving consideration to changing the slogan by the addi tion of "nearest to Parnassus," let the people of North Carolina pause and consider whether they have not the full right to add. "Highest on Parnaasus." W. J. PRATT. Monroe, Jan. 14th. HOSPITAL COMMISSION'S PLAJf. Dr. I. M. Taylor, of Morganton, Places Before the Public 8onie of the Ob jections to Segregation of Insane Having Tuberculosis Strongest Objection la the Privilege One In Mltutlon ig Given of Unloading- In valid Insane on Another Institution Transfer Would Threaten the General Public. To the Editor of The Observer: I have been surprised that there has appeared no protest from the public against the plan formulated by the hospital commission, and en dorsed in his last message by Gov ernor Glenn, to segregate the Insane who have tuberculosis at one of the State hospitals, presumably at Mor ganton There are so manv objections that It seertin to me It should be abandon ed, and each hospital should have provided pavilions for their care when the disease is suspected or demonstrated. If it were possible to cure any num ber of insane persons who have tu- berculosls of either the mental or the pnysioai ailment, there would be an argument for placing them In that climate and under those conditions heat suited for the attempt at cure; but with our present knowledge the demonstration of tuberculous infec tion beyond doubt comes late In the disease in those whose minds are af fected, and were there a change of environment before the diagnosis was made, we would do many insane per sons a grievous wrong, and material ly depress those who were affected by the tuberculous dUease without a sufficient reason. The principal objection to the plan, to my mind, comes from the privilege Involved of allowing one institution to unload Its invalid class on another hospital It has been shown time and time again that It whs a practi cal impossibility to establish an asy- j Jum exciusively for chronic and quiet Insane persons and leave the selection of patients to other Institutions, the temptation to send away the undesirables Is too great for human resistance and the hos pital for chronics soon held the vio lent, the filthy and the turbulent and tho very feeble, and affiliated insti tutions had their death rates and ex pense accounts reduced in direct pro portion to those who were trans ferred. The officers In charge of onr hos pitals are all gentlemen, but they are human, and they would not be phy sicians if they would not be willing to bavo a brother practitioner have a trial at the cure of a hopeless case, or he able to perceive the probaole cause of a persistent decline or a con stant temperature or an inevitable dissolution, to be a tuberculous de velopment. I may add that In the majority of hospital inmates who have been for some time resident the suspicion would prove true, but with the other possibility of malaria and typhoid there would be a suffi cient number of mistakes to make the transfer objectionable. On the oth er hand the desire not to condemn a favored patient would lead to the er ror of leaving, for a period during which many might become Infected, one whose condition was a menace. A strong argument for the main tenance and enlargement of the hos pital at Raleigh has been that it is in a healthy country and near to the eastern counties, curtailing .hs expense of the movement of patient going there Hn,d giviug opportunity for the patients to have the pleasure of occasional visits from their friends and relatives. This argument would especially hold when the patient nad become hopelessly 111 and especially needed the affectionate Interest of kindred and friends). , The transfes of the tuberculous Insane, many of them of most care less habits, would unnecessarily threaten the general public using the cars at the time or afterward and the expense of the transfer done properly would be considerable, with no real benefit to follow. Finally, there are objections, which oupht to be considered, burdening one locality with a group of patten's whose presence can add nothing. Of course, they must pe given prop-sr care, but the real usefulness of the State hospital in which the tubercu tous Insane are grouped will be im paired, and the locality wli; In a measure share the odium of their presence. Let us have each hospital care for Its own declining cases, and let each community having the advantage of the State's institutions located In Its midst taJe also the odium of the tu berculous cases developing there. While I have assumed that It was the plan to send the tuberculous In sane to Morganton. as was stated by the report of the action of the hoe pltal commission, to my mind it would be equally objectionable to group them at Raleigh, and the same arguments would apply. 1 - . I write this hoping that I may all IT : f 6i he" attention" or niasemaicTruf laws afc, Raleigh and have the matter fully considered before the objection able plan Is fixed on us by law. A atudy of the early reports) of the SUte Hospital at Morganton and a review of the deaths there amonf those sent from Raleigh would add an argument against the proposition, - ISAAC M. TAYLOR. M. D. Morganton, Jan. ith, 109. 'j -, Mr. Dan Murchlson was operated on at the new Charlotte Sanatorium Sunday aigbt. He was getting along aiceiv yesterday. PIUESTDEAT TO. MFTHOMSTS. The Chief ExecfitiT pays High Trib ute to Methodist and Methodism at the Africa Jubilee Maae MeeUng Iu trod need as the "Apostle of the 6quare Deal" Not Afraid to Use the "Big suck. When It la Seeded, Washington, Jan. 11. Introduced by Bishop Cranstaa, aa the "apostle of the square deal," President Roose velt, in his address to-night at the Africa diamond jubilee mass meet Ins, held In the Metropolitan Me morial M. E. church, of this city, the church 6t which the Jate Presi dent McKlnley was aa attendant, de clared that he would not come before a Methodist gathering If ha had not attempted to give the square deal. "In addition to the square deal in our own country," continued the President. "I want the Methodists and others io help me give the square deal to Japan. I will see to It that in doing this our own citizens, are protected. "I am not a sentimentalist. I am not afraid of Invoking the "big stick' whenever It may be necessary. Out national government has reached aa agreement with Japan by which there can be a satisfactory solution to every question which may be at Issue between the United States and Japan." Before starting to deliver the ad dress which he had prepared, the President declared that after having heard the address given by Bishop Hartsell yesterday he would have thought that he were plagarising if he had not prepared his address a week xr more ago. After having concluded his address. the President turned and shook hands with Bishop Cranston, who ex claimed. "This is the true union of Church and State, not organlo rela tionship, but to stand hand in hand, heart to heart ye to eye for the up lift of humanity." The President declared that the Methodists of the country had been an inspiration to him daring the seven and a half years of his presi dency. "In the crises through whlcn I have passed," he asserted, "and during the time between crises, I have found myself touching elbows almost constantly with members of the Methodist Church." He referred to the fact that this was the last public speech which he would make in this city as President of the United States. RAN OUT OF HIS SHOES. Negro Gets Away From Officer by Fleeing Like an Ostrich. Special to The Observer. Lexington. Jan. 18. It is seldom that one hears of a person running so faet that he runs out of his shoes, v . 1, .. .... n 1 v th, naa vea- terday afternoon when Deputy Sheriff Harvey Johnson attempted to catch Dave Lowe, colored, who had been arrested but who .decided he had rather run across country than ride In a buggy and be in the custody of an officer of the law. Deputy Sheriff Johnson was given a warrant to serve on Lowe yesterday immediately after church, and the deputy, went to the place north of Lexington, where the negro was said to be. He found no trouble In gathering In his man, and the officer thought all was progressini fine when the negro suddenly sprang from the buggy and started across a field. Deputy Johnson had a Colt's, a slx shooter, and he blazed away six times at the fleeing negro, with each shot the negro's speed increasing. Falling to hit his man. the officer sprang from the buggy, leaving the horse in the road unhitched, and started in pursuit. He ran for sev eral hundred yardB, but the officer weighs about 260 and the negro la long and keen and It was not the first time he had run for his liberty, and it is needless to tell the result. In the race the negro actually shed both shoes, and being barefooted only enabled him to run the swifter. Nothing has been heard of the negro since the exciting chase. He was wanted for the larceny of a gun from Mr. Harvey Headrtck. NOMINATION. SENT IN. Keawell's Name Goes to Senate For Confirmation as Jodare Will Be Considered Monday by Sub-Committee of Judiciary Congressman Small Introduces Bill. Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, Washington, Jan. 1 8. Herbert F. Seawell, of Carthage, was appointed Judge of the eastern district court of North Carolina to day, the appointment being sent to the Senate this morning. Next Mon day, when the sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary committee meets the confirmation of Mr. Seawell will be considered. Senator Overman, North Carolina, who is on this sub-committee, believes that the Republicans will not confirm any more of the Presi dent's appointments than they can help, Messrs. Walter Murphy, of Balls bury, and William E. Breese, of Bre vard, were In the city to-day. Mr. Murphy waa returning from New York. Representative Small to-day Intro duced a bill providing for a lighthouse at Diamond Shoals, oft Hatteras. A company composed of capitalist and engineers proposes to build the house lease it to the government for tlOO,- 000 a year and if at the end of five years it proves worthy the govern ment purchase it for 1600.000. H. E. C B. Seven Drunken Foreigners Burned to Death. Johnstown. Pa.. Jan. IS. Seven foreign ers who are said to have been stupefied from liquor eerred at a wedding cslebra tion yestarday were burned to death in a fire which destroyed three houses at Ooodtown. Somerset county, to-day. Tbe man who started the fire by pouring oil into a stove escaped with painful burns. Seaman Jailed For Inciting Mutiny. Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 18 A seaman of the steamer Oraf Stroganoff was taken from the vessel to-day and pall ed on a charge of inciting mutiny, preferred by the master. He will be taken to Norway for trial. EDGAR ALLAN POE. (Born January 19th, 180J). His life was bitter; but his soul rose high Where light and beauty glow with purest flame. f and when the dark and dismal atorra- elouds came. From empyrean heights tbe poet's eye Pierced through the gloom, new glories to descry; Andf with his magic pea be changed the name Of giuua w gnmamxf. t So" Be" gave to fane The works ef genius fame will not let aim. What though the stress ef poverty, and scorn, - And base temptations compassed hint around! High on the wings' of poesy up-borne. Hia genius spurned to coast the lower , ground. ( It ks not ton to judge his life's sad story. Forgst his areas, who gave so much ef . gioryl W. J. PRATT. eteiiisMt hi at r uuj ksV . u w limy LIVUPUWOILi'LliyiLiJ AT 39 Values up to $100, and a great variety of patterns to select from, and in many instances inser tions to matche The high class patterns and heavy edge work, constitute the value, and we are confident in saying that no such v wiuwu vv jLaa iv 3 Si rnf season SALE BEGINS AT 9:30 SHARP Every department is teeming with Mill-End bargains, many lines have been added to, and choosing is just as easy now, as on the opening day Come at once, be fore these stocks are depleted by the heavy demands made on them by. your neighbors. Don't forget that the "greatest cut of all" is on the Ladies' and Children's Coats- - Also a, f ewv styl ish Coat Suits at less than cost of material. , a aaa an f aHitisl uman aasi T V 11 IlllllPffflf fflf If ' " ' - .' ' ' ' '--- v ' , lHUMtMMtllMMMIwtHIHtMHIIilMe itieee"n - .mmt'T'tr UAivy VV it UcZCtllA IX lit? 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 19, 1909, edition 1
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