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2 CHARLOTTE DAILY. OBSERVER,: JAKUART 28, 1909.' 7- v PEOPLE'S COLOy II All advertisements Inserted In this column ait rat of ten cents per line of sU words. No ad takes for teas tbaa SO cents. i Cash in advance. If your name appears In the telephone directory, yon can telephone your want ad to 7 and bill will be mailed after lt Insertion,.' - . . WANTED. WANTBD-Platen pressman of experi ence. Bntsrpriss Publishing Co. , v WANTED Bright young man with ex Tl J i perleoee in stenograph and typewriting. Must be quick, accurate and reliable. Aa , ureas with references, snd stating salary i expected. "M. H. D.," cars Observer. WANTBDC "v hundred dollsrs one or two yeV nteret In advance. Per sonal securttV Addreis "A. B." cara Observer. WANTED Position by ood hardware man. Best references. Address "O. F.," oare Observer. WANTED Position by experienced trim mer. Oood references. Address "C," care Observer. WANTED Bright. Intelligent hustling driver and solicitor. Charlotte Steam Laundry. " WANTED Tsachors for January open ings, grsdsd. high, rural schools, ool leges. throughout South. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sheridan's Agency, Green wood, 8. C. WANTED AH round printer wants sit uation at onoe. Can furnish reference Address 121 High St., High Point, N. C. WANTED A second-hsnd arc light, Arlsto preferred, for photographic work. Must be exceptionally brilliant and in good condition, for direct current, 110 volts. Address, slating particulars and lowest cash price, Light, care The Ob server. WANTED Position by experienced book keeper. Address J, W. Cedar Falls, N. C. WANTED One man In every locality in United Slates to advsrtise and Intro duce our goods, tackltig up show-cards. Commission or salary ISO monthly, and expenses. We lay out your work. Experi ence unnecessary. Writs Empire Medi cine Company, London, Ontario, Canada. WANTED foung, experienced man to take about 4,000 stock and active of fice in (Incorporated) old established men's shoe, haU furnishing, tailoring business. Best town In Slate. Fine opening for good man Address "Men's ware, care Charlotte Observer. i 1 1 FOR SAaJS. FOR SALE Fine homer pigeons, 60 cents per pair. Telephpne 804. FOR BALE-Bargaln. close In, 1 H mile from centre of city of 6.000, 108 acres, on best graded road. M.500. Monroe Ins. A Inv. Co., Monroe. N. C. ' FOR BALE Uo acres land In Parkton township. Robeson county. Will sell as a whole or In two lots. Dr. 8. M. Hen derson, H: F. D. T. Charlotte, N. C. FOR S ALU Small second-hand safe and folding bed. Apply Room 711, Realty Building. FOR SALE Lumber, shingles and laths B. B, Abernethy, Connelly Springs, N. C. FOR SALE A larre store building within ar few hundred feet of square. Addresa "W. P. R.," care Observer. FOR RENT. FOR RENT--, and 10-room steam-heated apartments. .i.5U ana JJU. w. tr. ,J)owd. 1 FOR RENT Nice room, close In. all conveniences., very, desirable. "Nog,' care Observer. FOR RENT Two communicating offices. first floor front. B. th St. Near Tryon Heat, light, water furnished $10 each per niiruh. Geo. Ft pfcei.e. 'Phone NO. 2. FOR RENT The second and third floors First National Bank Building. Suitable for office or residence. Possession Feb ruary 1st. 19PJ. John F. Orr, Cashier. STOLEN. STOLEN FROM JUDGE BYNUM'S BED ROOM Certificates of Deposit In the Commercial National , Bank, a'nd the Merchants Farmers National Bank. IIO.OM; Southern Railway preferred bonds, 1(1.500; - 8outhern Railway bonds, 42.000; note ot John Wilkes. I1JTO; ; Me of Mr. Bowie.. I3-M: now of Miss Bowie. $100; Bank of Rogersvllle. Tenn., stock, tl.000. Oi.t very heavy i n- 'r.,: cure gu wiitcn. smooth case. All oersons are hereby vttrf notto buy or truss tor any of tAIS properly. A noerai rewniu wui ne natd lor the return of said pr6pertr Snd no questions asked. W. P. Bynum, 415 West Trade St. 4 nsCEIXANEOrS. RINflr.20M V for S good dairy serylcs. AUTOMOBILES for busineea. pleasure, etft K. A- Rokbina. 'Phone til or 182. STOCK of merchandise about S2.509, In eluding tflxtares for sale- Country store, one ot best locations In N C. Ap ply to E. C, Miller. Charlotte. N. G HOOSIER. KITCHEN -CABINET display this week at factory prises on 'easy terms. They will coat more after the sale. Lawing-Robbtiis Furniture Co. - HEAT TOUR OFFICE with electric heaters, for sale cheap. Ask R. Q Autea Co., U West Fifth St.. phone 1307. WILD BELL cheap One Sttmsos Comput ing Scale; easy payments If desired. Call or addresa Cathay Bros.. Charlotte. -ASK,.ELLljj'ifor baggage transfer or in formation about, trains. Telephone" W. COME, LOOK' and be convinced that I am selling the best buggy for -the ironey In CharlotHt. Harness cheaper end more of them. Trade is good aad get ting better at 8? .Trade St. ,M. f Trotter. s ,'. - ' ' ,'- . .-' . V.CABBABE "PLANTS- grown tn the open air will aland great cold. Prices from , XI to ILtO per thousand F. O, B. Meg- getts. 8. C-. N. H. Blitch Co., Meggetta, 8. C. The-largest-truck farm is the : world. - '' - - TOE SALE; Efflrd Cotton MM stock. ;.. Twenty hares one hundred end thirty dollars eaeh ex.. dividend. Positively ao lower, offer considered. One of most prosperous in North Caroline. From future prospects should i advance to at least ene hundred snd fifty dollars per share.' gp ten did dividends. -. i - . aOHI.WHITE, Jr., AfeComb City. Miss. TOGBESSOS TfliCH ABTEB CtIMlTTEE Or 100 IX SESSIOX - ... . i -. " ' " " ' Report of. Sub-Couimluee Appointed to Prepare a Tentative Drait of Xew Charter Submits Its findings After Weeks of Laborious Efforts ' An - Outline of , the Cardinal Features Which It Agrees to In corporate -Some Opposition Ie eelops to eieftion Making; It In cum beat fpon Property Owners tn Pay For All Street Improvt-meuti Action knd Further Debate Potet " poned Until Monday Night A Meeting" Fairly Harmonious. Agreeing that but few . objection able features had been ipcorporated In the draft of a new charter as submitted last night by its sub committee, the larger committee , of one hundred citizens .appointed to prepare some sort of- i revision of the present system of - government came together last night and after hearing the report read and Indulging? a tew remarks from some who were over-anxious to express theml selves, the entire matter was held over until Monday night. The meet Ing was in the main, harmonious. It might have been less so but for the firmness displayed by the presiding officer. Chairman F. B. McDowell. who became somewhat exercised at some incidents which developed and which had been anticipated. which is appended. Impressed the larger body wry favorably, accord ing to tha general and unprejudiced estimate. While a few sections, some of minor Importance,, will be strongly opposed at future deliberations of the body, it was very evident that aa a whole the larger body was not averslve to accepting the report.' Rather healthy sentiment bloomed early against that section of the re port providing that property holders pay for all permanent improvements, instead of having the city share a part of the burden, as the present laws demand.. It was apparent, that around this clause will centre Jfte attacks of the larger committee at subsequent meetings, although It tt not unlikely that ft will stand the teat and come forth with little modifi cation with the approval of and ac ceptance by a majority ef the mentr bers. - ' .A MAJORITY PRESENT. Immediately after calling the meet ing to order. Chairman McDowell be gan to rnske a few remarks anent the propoaitlon over which the smaller committee has labored. .He waa Instantly interrupted by Mr. Brevard Nixon, who, rising to a point of order, questioned whether a ma jority of the committee was present. Although his point was , not sup ported by another in the building, the chairman acceded to his request and the secretary called th foil, the following-named members of . th committee being present:, Messrs. K. B. McDowell. J. P. Caldwell. John Henry McAden, George W.' Graham. William Anderson, E. L. Keesler, T. C. Guthrie, B. J. Asbury, F. C. Abbott, Ed M. Bell, J. A. Bell, Willis Brown, C. B. Bryant, W. F.. Dowd. J. A. Durham. J. A. Fore. John M. Scott, M. c. Mayer, P. M. Brown, C. W. Johnston, W. C. Maxwell, J. D. Mc- Call. J. N. McCausland, J. B. Ross. P. H. Phelan, 8. Wlttkowsky, P. 8. Powell, W. A. Neal, J. O. Starnes, E. M. Cole, D. R. Yarboro. J. B. Mc Laughlin, I. "W. Falson,.J. A. Hender son, W. H. Twltty. McD, Watklns, C. P. Moody, J. P. Carr, H. M. Wilder, Oeorge Stephens, J. P. Woodall, J. H. Van Ness, Jr., J. R. Alexander. Brevard Nlxnn, J. A. Jones, C. E. Hooper, W. T. McCoy. Zeke John ston, John R. Irwin, J. H. Roes. Louia Schiff. Robert 8. Stokes, J. Press Brown, H. W. Eddy, Plummer Stew art and George H. Brockenbrough. MR. M'DtOWELL SPEAKS. It being announced that a ma jority of the committee was present. Chairman McDowell proceeded to make a few remarks, which, in their entirety, were as follows: "This committee of one hundred citizens, chosen by a mass meeting of representative men, means trial a new era has arrived in the life of Charlotte.' I regard the meeting to night as a crucial period m the his tory of our city, and, lest I bs mis quoted or misunderstood, I have re duced my remarks for the occasion to writing. "In turning over, the work you as signor! us to do, I deem it proper to make some explanation before the report is formally read and a gen erfal discussion is opened upon tb subject. The following-named committee was appointed by your chairman in accordance with a motion adopted at your last, meeting: Messrs. E. T. Cansler, J. P. Caldwell, J. H. Wed dlngton. E. L. Keesler. T. C. Guthrie, E. A. Smith, 8. J. Asbury, Dr. Oeor.re W. Graham, William Anderson and John II. McAden. "The personnel and calibre of the committee Is well known to the peo ple of Charlotte. The members are all 'positive arid patriotic characters. and are unammoua in tnis report. No one got all his' views embodied but each magnanimously relinquished some contention for the public wel fare and a harmonious result. "We learned at the outset of our deliberations that the Income of the city.- -from all Purees, wag. In a round sum, about $200,000 per an num. Of -this--amount. 170,000 is necessary to paylnterest upon the bonded and - floating debt, leaving tlSO.000 for keeping up the various departments of the city and for pay ing the salaries of the officials and the wages of the employes, while the taxpayers and the citizens at large receive Tiot a dollar for necessary and'' permanent improvements. In other word a all the perquisites that the taxpayers and tha owners of homes, -' who furnish the sinews or war and pay the freight, receive is an - toereaaed':debt. that., must . some time b paid. Such are the sources which-t -the pr from the public crib. The crib.la speedily emptied ear by ear and no slaking fund Is set aside for th retirement of the bonded debt. , . . .t SECRET OF POOR GOVERNMENT. Every poorly governed, municipal ity ascribes Its troubles to official negligence, the scramble for and the Hie ,'ereatlenrof rneedleea1 -efJlesv per sonal and - political ambition, graft and the various loop holes left for the escape from definite asd legal re sponsibility. These . agencies have been the -weakness and the bane of all growing cities la America. As a tf&feguard against such insiduous evils, tit committee is tmanimeus in sug gesting that individual and official responsibility be fixed as nearly as possible, upon on person.' In th language of the football world, he who "fumble the ball must give way to'another and a better player. It 1s proficiency, and .-not sentiment or pleasing personality, that determines such cases. " - .. . There was a custom among. the ancTent Hebrew -that, -.when their sins of omission and commission were greater man mey couia oear. to loaa them upon a goat and drive the ani mal.. with ImprecaatMMit snd - eursea. into the wilderness. - The innocent bearer of this -odious and oppressive burden is known to this day as the scape goat of the sins of otaere. W have made a change la the charter which, if adopted, wilt saddle the re sponsibility upea tt real culprit aa-A no scape goat will be tolerated. . The mayor, who la the .official head, and who will be paid for his services and bis full time, will be the responsible head. 1 !, CHANGES FOR LASTING OOOD. ' "The changes whrch we have for mulated are not designed to be the mske-shlft of an hour or an emerg ency, but, for lasting good. The charter, we "'think. Is alsolutely fair. It will not prove detrimental to any class or Interest and Is well adapted in its provisions to the heeds and re quirements of our people and is In keeping with the progress and ad vancement of the times. "Unless, however, a healthy pub lic sentiment Is aroused as to our dan gers and an unclouded vision can see where we are drifting, a new charter is not worth a trial and our labors will be of no avail. "The practice of each admlnlstrg Hon, creating debt, thoughtlessly, recklessly and claiming it was for ne cesaary expenses, then calling upon the legislature lor the issuance of izuu,- 000 bonds, must come to an end. We have recommended a clauae which re- quires an approval of the qualified voters before any more bonds can be Issued or sold. TOO MUCH FOR THE CONSTI TUTION. "A negro deacon once starred his church by declaring his disbelief in hell. When the officers of the church cited him to trial for his heresy and asked him to recant, he stubbornly refused and said he did not believe In such a place, because no institu tion could stand It. Neither can the constitution at Charlotte or any ether city of the else stand such additional debts and obligations as are accumu lated each year. "If the people of Charlotte do not exhibit more Judgment and breadth In the regulation of their municipal affairs and coutlnue heedless of the site of the public debt, that Increase line a rruge snow nail as it rolls, I would encourage the suggestion of sending a committee of 100 or a committee of 10 to the Legislature of the State, to ask that the people of Charlotte be delivered from them selves." MR. GUTHRIE READS REPORT. Mr. McDowell then asked that Mr. Guthrie, who with Mr. Cansler, re duced the tentative draft to writing, read the report. Mr. Guthrie be- Igan by stating that he hoped the larg- ,er committee would manliest me same spirit of generosity as was ex btblted by the sub-committee of ten, each member or whtcn, wun uncom mon magnanimity, assented to certain features In order to make the report unanimous He said that a high pur Dose should dominate the body. It was no debating society, but a gather lng to take some step toward halting the city in Its rush on a broad road to absolute bankruptcy. "Read the report," called Mr. Nlaon lo or three times, while Mr. Guthrie was maklna his preliminary state ment. "I shall have to aak the gentleman to keep quiet." said Chairman . Mc Dowell, half rising and with vigor in hi voice. Finally Mr. Guthrie began his task of reading the report suffering frequent interruptions by Mr. Nixon, no other member Inter fering with the proceedings of the meeting. In full the report louows 1 ne special commutes oi ten, polnted by the genersl committee, to draft a 'skeleton of the amendments to, or changes to be made In the present charter of the City of Char lotte, would respectfully report as follows: TERRITORIAL SUBDIVISIONS QF THE C1TI. i The city shall be divided Into four wards: the First Ward to embrace the territory east of North Tryon street and north of East Trade street; the Second Ward to embrace the ter rltory east of South Tryon atreet and south of East Trade street; the Third Ward to embrace the territory xwest of South Tryon street and south of West Tradetreet, and the Fourth Ward to embrace the territory west of North Tryon street and north of West Trad street THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The board of aldermen of the Cltv of Charlotte shall consist of seven members. Four of these shall bo elected from the wards, one from each ward, whose term of office shall be two years, and the other three shall be elected from the city at large and their term of office shall. bt four years. POWERS. The beard of aldermen shall have power to pass all ordinances and reso lutions, order the laying out and con struction ef all permanent Improve ments, levy all taxes end generally exercise all the legislative power con ferred upon the city by Its rtiartar. The board shall have the power, by a unanimous vote, to remove the mayor for malfeasance In office, and by a vote of five to remove any mem ber of said board for like cause, and shall have the power to fill all vacan cies In. the board caused by desth, removal- or resignation; and shall also have the power to elect the mayor In. the manner herein elsewhere pro vided. DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF AL DERMEN. t It shall e the duty of the board of ajfjermen to meet at 10 o'clock a. m. on the first Tuesday In each month and to continue In session during business hours until all business of the 'board shall have been disposed of. It shall hold special meetings upon call of the mayor or a majerlty of the board of aldermen. All legis lative business of the board shall be transacted in meetings open to the public. V COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Each alderman aha 11 receive $10 for his attendance at.each regular meeting and shall receive no com pensation for attendance at special meetings, or when not present. THE MATOR. The mayor shall be elected by the board of aldermen. The terra ef the mayor, who shall be elected at the first meeting of tha board after the May election in. 109. shall- be for one year, and the term of the mayor thereafter shall be for two yeara His salary shall hot ex ceed it.eo per year, to be fixed by the board of aldermen, and shall not be diminished during .Bis terra. He shall devote his entire time to the. affairs' of the city and shall en gage in ao other business. He shall b the executive head of the city and shall discharge all . of the executive duties conferred upon, and required ot the boards of public safety, public service, health and water commis sioners, as set out Is the present char ter. He shall establish such depart ments for the administration of th affairs of tbe city a h may consider proper, and shall appoint, from th members ef the board ef aldermen. such committees as he shall consider necessary for each , of said depart meets, when o established by him. to consult, with and advise him aa to the proper administration of said" departments. ; -v". . v-; '--" - He shslL by and with the advice iPteUnued Page JUgnUJ . CUBA THE PICTUBESQUE AS A MECKIiEJf BURGER SAW IT Mf. W. M. Long, Who Was a Mem ber of the Party Which Went From North Carolina. Tells of What He Saw and Heard A Lend of Vast Sugar Cane and Tobacco Plantations Whose Owners Reap Fortunes as Incomes No Color line Drawn. Whites and Blacks of Lower Classes Mingling Freely United States Government Will Have to Return and Assume Con trol of Government Soon In All Probability. "And, sir, the roads a,re so fine that they discouraged me, Merklen burger though I am." Mr. W. M. Long, chairman of the board of county commlssloneVs, Is an excellent type of the "observant citi zen. " He believes that eyes were made to use and wherever he goes he sees things. He whs a member Of the party of North Carolinians who .ent to Cuba on the excursion. leaving Charlotte over the Seaboard on the afternoon of Monday, January 11th. Returned, he talks like a bonk of Cuba and the Cubans and is en thusiastic over the entire trip, which pfoved exceedingly Interesting to the Americana, to whom the manners and customs of the islanders are strange and picturesque. "We went over Flagler's great rail road for 522 mlies from Jacksonville to the jumping off place. Knight's Keys," said Mr. Long. "There we took a P. & O. boat to Havana, making the 80 miles In about 9 or )0 hour and arriving at the historic city about 8:30 Wednesday night. The Cuban government does not per mit the boats to come close up In the harbor. They are halted a couple of hundred yards out, the pas sengers are taken off In small boats, 'lighters' I think they call them. Then the travelers have to undergo the espionage of the custom house officials, who closely inspect every bit of baggage and then stamp It to show that It is approved. We were some time In getting through with this end a good lot of the boatload were sea sick, to. There were about 165 in the party. v "No wonder Uncle Sam wasn't anxious to tackle tha Job of entering Havana. In more than seml-clrcular form around the greater portion of the harbor runs a string of formidable forts whose threatening guns frown from almost every di rection at the incoming ship. It looks as though It would be almost Impossible tn enter It. We saw there the top of the Maine, which remains as an ever-present reminder of the mysterious disaster of February, 1898. which hurled scores of Ameri can sailors Into eternity. The first thing one sees when approaching from the sea Is the lighthouse on Morro castle and the prospect Is a fine one to view when one's vessel departs. "You don't have to have a pre scription to get It In Havana," said Mr, Long. "There are saloons on every corner, hundreds and thousands of them. They are vide open all the time. . Sunday Is the biggest day of all. Then are held the bull fights, the cqck fights and the horse and automobile races, while brass bands hold high carnival In the beautiful city parks. Capt. J. M. Davis and I went to the ' market -hovfse Sunday morning. There were only S.000 peo ple beneath Its fsr-sprsdlnr roof making their purchases fo' the day. It in two stories high and covers a whole block. MANY PRETTY WOMEN. "Beautiful women abound, though those of the hUhest class do not ap pear on the streets until late In the afternoon, when they go auto moblllng, carriage riding or prome nading. The stormy life to which the residents of Cuba have been ac customed for decades Is illustrated by the structure of the houses. The windows of the lower stories are heavily barred, giving the appearance of a Jail. And when the lord of the manor enters his home and locks the door he is safe. There is no danger of entrance by window. It is no un usual thing to see handsome youth and pretty maiden conversing from the sidewalk, sh on the Inside, he on the outside looking tn through the bars. It's a great city and section for automobiles. One reason Is they've got the finest roads In the world. Tbey use a stone whose name I do not recall which when ground up and rolled down runs together and makes a kind of cement which looks like bitullthlc. The buildings ' are covered with red tile and are from one to three stories high. The first stories run from IS to 10 feet. ' Ap parently they look out first for venti lation. The residences sre all on the Colonial style with tremendous big columns running up. When you have seen one town you have seen them all, for all are on th same style. While many of the buildings give evidence of antique age. yet there are many new and fine ones. The captain and I visited a club house." said Mr. Long, "which has 33.000 members, the Isrgeat member ship, I am told, tn the world. Its building cost a quarter of a million dollars. This was in . Havana Some of the main business streets sre only If feet wide, the great Bank of Cuba being on one of this width. These were evidently mapped out long ago. If two persons meet on one of these sidewalks one must stand aside to let the other pass. The streets are of cement and bflek." .. In the building of roads the Cuban government last year spent 113.000,000, there being a widely prevalent desire for their extension throughout the country PRISONERS ONLY EAT. . The chairman of Mecklenburg's commissioners went through a big prison In which were (00 confined. In the six prisons In Havana, count ing the penitentiary, about 3,000 are held In restraint. Nothing Is done with these except feed them. They seem t(t be put to no earthly as. The death, -chamber was visited, where an executioner is psid a salary to do nothing except perform his gruesome work. A big iron post six feet high has a little platform built around it. Near the top is an aper ture into which a man's neck fits. The condemned Individual is seated on a stool which can be revolved higher or lower to suit the victim's height. A link of steel Is then laced around his throat, a button Is pressed behind and the link is drawn tighter and tighter around the throat. The time necessary to kill varies with the amount of "nerve - the criminal pos sesses, varying usually from- to i minutes, With an occasional maximum of let ? "The income of the Havana custom house alon is over (29,000.00 an nually. The duty eo-American to-' ha ceo la ft per - centum. Duke's Mixture, which is sold -here for five cents a package, brings 20 cents there. The taxes In Cuba are de rived from incomea - For instance. If yet ewn a farm aad don't eultlvat ttf Z understand that you ar , not CHARLOTTE VICTIMS CAN GET RID OF INDIGESTION" Gives to Most Chrorilc Case Relief to Five Minates and Thoroughly Regulates Voar Stomach Before You Realize It If You Get ftdine Dlapepsin Now This WiU Pat sn End to Your Dyspepsia. Does it ever csccur to you how busy that little stomach of yours la? It actually only holds three pints, though In one year you force It to take tn 2.600 pounds of material, direst It and prepare it for assimilation to tho blood. Do you wonder at the num ber of cases of Indigestion and Stom ach trouble? You crowd It with steaks and pastry. Irritate Its Juices with spices and acids and expect this little four-ounce mill to do Its work. is there any wonder that your food passes undigested, or lays like a lump bf lead In the stomach ? That every thing you eat turns to acid, Stomach gas and Stomach poison, putrefying the Intestines snd digestive canals, causing Biliousness, Headaches, Dizzi ness and Indigestion, Heartburn, Nau seous Breath, constipation and other more dangerous symptoms? Call your disease what you will Indigestion, Gastritis. Nervousness, Dyspepsia. Catarrh of Stomach, etc. you know the real name, the real dis ease Is fermentation of the food you eat a sour Stomach, which belches gas and erupts undigested food or causes a feeling of nausea and mlserableness All these miseries vanish promptly when you stop this food fermentation Take fifty rents to your Pharmacist for a case of Pape'a Dlapepsln. Eat a trlangule, and five minutes later your Stomach will do what a healthv fUomaeh should that Is. turn every bite you eat Into bodily nourishment and without vour rriiiin h. Iiave a Stomach. One tr1anni will digest all the food you eat without tne am or the stomach, because it con- tains just the elements found good, strong, healthy stomach. In a taxed for It. Another unusual thing is that the husband can dispose of his property in any way he sees fit without consulting his wife at all She has a similar privilege with re spect to property that is her own." Mr. Long was greatly impressed with the number of tine parks and monuments, which surpassed any thing he had previously seen. "Tobacco and sugar are -the great money crops. There are tremendous sugar plantations and mills which can grind a car load In 1U minutes. It Is all done, of course, by ma chinery. One mill we saw had rail roads running five or ten miles out into the country In four directions. These brought the cane In. Some of the rich plantation owners have In comes of 12,000,000 and $3,000,000 a j year. A LAZY LIFE. The rich folka for the most part, even the plantation owners, live in the cities, those In the country being poor. The houses in both sections have no chimneys. The city people cook with gas and the rural resi dents use charcoal. Although there are plenteous mountains of con siderable size, there are also In Cuba large rich valleys of red and black soli. The people seem lazy and Indolent, on account, no doubt, of the tropical climate. Outside th cities the children of both sexes up to an advanced ago have not jet learned to bother with clothes. Tropical fruits abound. One rather Interesting fact Is that they manu facture no chewing tobacco at all In Cuba. That Is one form In which they do not use the weed. And the men drink wine and beer, not much whiskey, "I never saw a man who had haJ enough liquor to show It except Americans." the Mecklen burser had to admit, somewhat to his own surprise. The North Carolina party split up at Havanai to suit the whlnis of Its members. Travel Into the country was made by trolleys which give splendid service. The weather was fine throughout The temperature, it Is said, never rises above 82 nor falls below 70 decrees. Proximity to 'the sea nfforrls breeses which make the nignis cnoi me yfur arounn i,ne gi rainy season extendB through May, li June and J'rly. Many Northern ' tourists who used to visit Florida , now go over to Cuba instead. The ; same weight of clothes arc worn the . year round. Straw hats and white ; suits are as much in style In January, as in August. . Absolute absence of the color line appeared to prevail almost every-j where, being regarded of course with , marked disfavor by the tourists. J They visited a large Catholic- orphan- i age (for the Catholic Church Is! about the whole show there In it j were 1.000 boys and girls of different racea. all mingling together seemingly ; wlthOuf restraint, eating and sleep- ; lng together. The Idea that thej white blood la superior to the hlac appears never to have entered any i of their heads. On the street the opposite sexes of the different races keep company, except In rhr asea of the richer. Apropos of tfie change In ad ministration which will occur to dav Kwlth the Inauguration of M1or General Jose Gomes as Preside it of th Cuban republic. Mr. Long de clared his belief that within rive years the United States will have to return and srsume contror of the government. The Indiscriminate mix ture of, the races, their lack of polac snd their treachery, he thtnks, rnitr them as yet unfit for efficient self government. What Is celled the ne gro element won out In the election of Gomes, having outvoted the upper classes. This element Is that es neclally Of the bull fights and coi k fights. "But It's s great country's nd a great trip." said the county chair man. It Was White We Made It Black! It you've a soiled and muss ed plume let us make the above transformation for you. A plume of any light or medium color, that Is not sad ly worn no matter how soiled or mussed can be dyed and recurled by our method,' snd made a beautiful black or oth er dar.k color. White plumes ran also be given delicate and handsome lighter shades, such as light blue, green, golden brown, etc. , Costa but a trifle, too! . Charlotte Steam laundry laundewTS, Dyers, jleanera, tit Sowtfe Tryon sc Mine? pain of maternity; this hour, dreaded as woman's severest trial, is not only made less painful, but danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, and the system is prepared tor the coming" event. 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The Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the United States -offers to those who are in search of the best Insurance its new STANDARD POLICY -ti.V which it issues in a variety of forms, fur any desired " amount, from $1,000 to $200,000, at all ages up to age of seventy. Write, 'phone or can J. RODDEV, Manager, Bock Hill, 6. C. I w. WM. WHITE JOHJISOX. Res, Aft., ' Hunt Bldg., Charlotte, N'. C, and Furnishings Let us quote you prices on Desks, Tables, Typewriter Desks, Chairs, Costumers. Car pets. Rugs, Linoleums, Filing Devices and snything for the office. We shall be glad to call on you at your office and furnish estimates on what you may need. & COMP'NY 1 1 s
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1909, edition 1
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