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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 13, 1909. 3 TflE SPORTING WORLD AND DAVIDSON ALSO. Local Y. M O. A. Basketball Team Overwhelmingly Defeat Davidson College Aggregation By aeore 01 to 11 Flit Half Davidson's the Oiarlotte Team Waking I'p la the Second Another Step Toward In terstate Amateur Championship. The Charlotte T. M. C A.-Davld-ioii College basketball game at the Toung Men'i Christian Association gymnasium last night wii a great uccta from many standpoint. It waa a success socially because there v era more than three hundred people in the gallery and on- the floor, 'in eluding college girls, medical stu dents, and young business and pro-, fesslonsl men. A number of the most prominent 'business men of the city were also there. Financially the game not only paid the guarantee, but will give the boys a neat little sum to offer guar- anteea with leading -amateur 1 trod uced all of his testimony. . It was of the two states. Manager Stewart i tnen BUjgeBted that the private ses sald to a reporter last night that ev- ion jj6 eia, and all spectators were ery effort would be made to secure remoVed. In that session the chief's a game with Wake Forest to play motion was denied and the order for here In a week or so. No effort win be spared to secure la number of clean game .with .,Yv M- C, A.'s and leading colleges. But the game itself! It was a heart-breaker. The first half, while not so fast, from the gallery point of view, was awfully dlsheartennlg to Charlotte sympathizers, as the Presbyterian boys seemed to play In luck. In the flrtit few moments after the whistle 'blew for the game to begin the Da vidson players threw two baskets and there waa not a single point for Charlotte. Then the Charlotte boys seemed to get stronger and to loie their modesty and their fear too waa gone, and they soon threw a basket A long Interval followed when noth ing was done, Just seesawing back and forth, back and forth.' until a couple of fouls were called and Da vidson missed and Charlotte threw a basket. The whistle blew for the end of the first half and the score was four to three in Davidson's favor. It was true. The first half was over and Charlotte had ane down in defeat, but not for long. The second .half began with en erKy and speed and It turned out well for the Charlotte bos. In the fir.it minute the Charlotte boys threw a banket, and then a basket and then another and so on until the sore plied up to 22 for Charlotte. The Davidson boys were not entirely idle for they too threw points to the number of seven- It was fast and furious and was as pretty an exhibi tion of basketball as one would care to see except for the one-sldedness j of the score In the second half. The ; firm half and the early part of the second was so close as to develop j seversl cases of heart disease. i The feature of the game on the i eldo of the Davidson team was the i excellent work of McCllntock, who i Is a Charlotte boy. Charlotte may be pardoned a little prldo In his j playing, though he Is In no sense a : product of the physical department of the local association.' The guard work for Charlotte shows Slatlnct Improvement over th previous games. Critics, were In clined to fear the work of the guards in a really fast game, but now even i self for sale to the highest bidder, that criticism has passed away and j Some make It the occasion for re Charlottr has a team that Is nicely fleeting that In the higher walks of balanced. Wlllmann, of the locals, j political and business life such barter worked hard for his tesm and tho i of self for price in money Is not In splendld victory Is largely due to his I frequent. To us the suggestion is one everlasting stick-to-ltlveness In the face of strenuous opposition. The great feature of the game was th.? excellent team work of the Da vidson boys and their passing, of tba ball which time after time was brok en up by the Charlotte guards Just at the moment of having a basket thrown. The plays from the side line added greatly to the enjoyment of the large audience. A dignified director be tween halves saw the Charlotte boys go Into the directors' office for a lit tle heart-to-heart talk, and thinking of something that he thought the boys ought to know, found his pas sage to the door blocked. What did he do? Why. ' his slid down the steel pole, his silk hat . held In one hand, while with the other he grasp ed the rod, the precipitous descent causing the coat tails of the Prince Albert to flutter in the breeze. His safe arrival on the gym floor was the signal for a great burst of applause from the gallery, led by a young man from Georgia with a megaphone. A pleasing feature was the liberal applause given to both sides by the aud:ence which was interested in seeing good plays, no matter who made them. Davidson played a fast, snappy, clean game and the Charlotte toys are complimented In having had the opportunity of meeting so gen tlemanly a crowd. It is hoped that they will again have the opportunity of meeting them on the same floor. A good game of basketball will be played to-night at the gym by the Pirates and the Grays. Lovers of a fine game can spend a pleasant even ing watching the young men in this bent of Indoor games. New World's Record For 130 Yards. New York, Feb. 12. Boby Cloug hen, one of the band of Yankee ath letes Who competed at the Olympic games in London, hung up new world's figures for ISO yards at the Forty-seventh Regiment in Brooklyn last night. Cloughen captures the "Brooklyn special" from one of the fleetest fields that ever faced a bar rier, covering the distance In the great time of lz 4-5 seconds, break ing the previous world's record of It seconda made by Wendell Baker, the famous old Harvard athlete, at Cam bridge in 1SS. Ernie Nelson, of the Boston A A, was a good second, being beaten by jotfly a foot, and Lawaon Robertson the big track captain of the Irish-American Athletic Club, was third. ... -Roller Skating Records Broken. Pittsburg, Pa., .Feb. 12. Ths worlds record for the one mile disA tance in roller skating was broken at the Exposition Roller Rink here last night when the finaKone mile cham pionship racs of the national profes sional roller skating championships was run. The result, was: Rodney Peters, St. Louis, first; Frank Bacon. McKeesnort. Pa,, sec ond: Jack Woodward,- Pittsbnrgvri miru. : s-s. - Attd Matched to Jrlgtrt DrtsrolL ? Dayton, O.; Feb. 1L Abe Atfel's manager announced here ;. to-night that the California fighter has been matched! to meet. Jem DriseelL ths English champion fa New York oil either the llth or ltth of this month. The fight will be pulled off before te Fairmont Club If on the- former date, and before the National If the latter; DrteooU sails (or England, on as matronal if tn Us (or England, oi V.:7' ths.:?ta Instant. . CHIEF MAPDRY REMOVED. Durham, Aldermen Remove Head of lire Department on Oiarge of Dmnkenncea Very Bitter i'cellng - juigenaerea by the Kowt-Spc-cial to The Ooserver. T5 Durham, Feb. 12. The firemen's row cam to an end to-night at the second session when the -aldermen cleared the court room, went into ex ecutive session and deposed Chief Maddry on the charge of drinking. The action came as a great surprise as it. was not hoped to finish the mat ter before Monday night. The case of Chief Maddry-s assistant, Johnson, was finished last night, it being evi dent .that, the board had fallen down. The three subordinate officers taken up to-night promised a long, weary session.. One of. them Driver Xur ner, pleaded guilty to being drunk; one time eff duty, threw himself apfa the mercy 01 tne Doara ana was ruev in secret session. 'It was decided to place the disposal of the other subor dinates in the hands of, Mayor Gra ham. Chief Maddrv appeared with an at torney early in the evening and asked to reopen hu declaring ha had been without counsel and had not In- j ni8 removal was made. At one Juncture the fire alarm was turned In by unknown persons, saia by some fireman to have been done for the purpose of breaking up the Investigation. All rushed from the court room, but both wagons did not leave the station. It only Indicated the feeling engendered by the bitter contest. The department is to be reorganiz ed Monday night, Asalstan Chief John Son, who came out so triumphantly from the trial, being now in charge. Everywhere are expressions that the theatrical display In the trial waa wholly unnecessary and that many times too much publicity was given this most regrettable affair. HICKORY LADY DIES 8LDDEXX.Y. Mrs. Jolm L. Kiddle Wife of Iromi nent Htisliiess Man, Succumbs to Attack of Horn Disease. Special to The observer. Hickory. Feb. 12. Hickory Is In sadness to-night at the midden death Of Mrs. Kiddie, wife of Mr. John L. Riddle, a prominent business man of this city. fshe had been suffering with heart trouble for more than a year, ller death, while sudden, was not wholly unexpected when she pas o. asy peacefully and quickly at 11:15 this mnrnlng. lrs. Riddle was a highly respected IlMly, a faithful Christian, a member of the First Methodist church. She had a host of friends and waa beloved by all who knew her. Before her marriage she was Miss Julia (Hulledge. of Wades born. She married first John Bon hannon, who died some seven years ago. A son. John Bohannon, Jr., aged 12, survives them. She was married four years o to John J. Riddle but there are no children by thla union. Mr. Riddle Is proprietor of the Hickory Wholesale Grocery Company and Is . highly respected citizen. The funeral will be conducted by her psstor. Rev. Dr. Weaver, from the First Methodist church Sunday after noon. Socking Serfdom, Norfolk .Vlrglnlan-Pllot The newspapers are philosophising in vacylng strains over the case of the New York man who has offered him of Infinite pathos: A poor devil who from sheer incompetency, or through addiction to vice, or by successive knocks of what Is called bad luck, finds himself .unable to wrest from the world even the bare means of subsistence; he Is an abject and con scious failure; and yet there remains to him the delusion that, worthless to himself, he has in him that which would be of value to another. It was. perhaps, not without subtle knowledge of certain phases of hu man nature that the Inhibition of the constitution was confined to "invol untary" slavery. There are degrees of wretchedness which seek servitude as a refuge. Bo the poor vagrant commits a petty crime as winter draws on that the goal may give him shelter and food which charity with holds and which he has not the In dustry or strength to earn- Lexington's Egg .Market. Lexington Dispatch. "There has been a lot of money turned loose around here during tha la ft 60 days for eggs," said a merchant- "How much?" asked the re porter. After studying a little, the business man said he guessed that all the dealers together had paid out between 13,000 and 14,000 In two months for eggs alone. The market has been strong on account of the fact that the cold storage eggs, a polite name for what fresh-egg eaters would call by an uglier and shorter, have been sold out. Once the price was as high as 24 cents, but has av eraged around 21. The market Is get ting weaker now. It is said, and the price is about 20 cents, V, Wen Received In the Tobacco City. Durham Herald, llth. Messrs. J. P. Rawley, R. L Ten nent and W. W. Weaver, who are traveling the State for The Observ er, left yesterday for Charlotte, after spending two days in Durham. They had good luck here and added to the already big list, 100 names, and a batch comes to this, office now. ON THE RACE TRACK. New Track Record Established at Tampa. Tampa, Fla., Fab. 12. Speech making In commemoration of Lincoln's birthday delayed the racing to-day. There was a banner crowd for educational day at the fair, the grandstand having filled to over flowing. The track was fast. In the third race Don Hamilton broke the track rec ord for seven furlongs, bis time being 1:29; the best previous time for this dis tance was lJOtt made last year. Boae Klan. much the best in the sixth race, was made a warm favorite aad won as he pleased.He was Pendergast's first mount at the meeting Summary: - First -raceS Iurlon: Colmo, t to X won; Rose Artie, I to L second; Brow Jug, I to X third. Time, 1:06. Second race, about I furlongs and (0 yards: Lady Ethel, 4 to 1 woo; Gambler, t to X ' second; Bosom Friend, 4 to I thtrd. Time, liL Third race, 1 furlongs: Doa Hamilton. I to L wonj'Hooray, te a, second; Miss Farigord. 12 U I third. Time,, 1:25. . Fourth raoe, H furlongs: SC Aulaira, t 'to L to: BL Abe,. to J." second; leaaetU to 1 third. Tune. 1 24. Fifth face,, mile aad aa eighth: Belle Scott, even, won; Water Cooler, t to t eeeond; BeaterUng. U to L third. Time. I hours. v Sixth rae. fortoega: Boseertaevtl to 2, won; Malta, to L second; Ortfun, U to V third. . Time, I.". , , ", STAID SENATE GETS GAT (Continued from age Out.) corpora ting the North Carolina As sociation of County Commissioners and providing that the county boards can appropriate money for member- ship zees and expenses of commis sioners In attending meetings of the association. Such a bill has already passed the Senate. The House bill was first reported unfavorably and men re-rererrec; for further in vesication, with the result that it wui now become a law. The Joint committee on penal tn stltutlona visited the penitentiary this aiiernoon and Inspected the depart ment for criminal lnsa.n with th re sult that the matter of abolishing this ueprwneni and committing the prlrnlnal insane to the State Hospital was referred to a sub-committee to report recommendations. TI1L SENATE. The Senate convened at 11 o'clock. Prayer by Kev. Milton A. Barber, rector of Christ Eplocopul church. Introduction of bills: Barrtngtr: Encourage agriculture and home luduutry. Speuoe: Authorise the commissioners of Randolph county to discontinue work ing convicts on the public roads. Pharr: Amend 1196, Kevlsal, relative to appointment of receivers of corporations. Dockery (by request): Requiring the use of electric headlights on certain loco motive engines. Btai buck: Extend the time in which the Winston Banking and Trust Company may begin Luslnosa. ELECTION OF BOARD8 OF EDUCA TION. The discussion o the Britt bill for the election of county boards of education by the vote of the peopl of the several counties was resumed as brougat over from yesterday. Senator Fry was the first to take up the thread of discussion. He insisted that tha people of his county. Swain, did not want any change from the present system of fctate appointment. Senator Long, of Iredell, spoke with much heat agauist the bill, accusing the Republicans ot Insincerity In that they pursued anything but ths policy now de manded when latl In power. He insisted that the Republican party is now dom inated by a minority and that this was especially tne cuaa in tne last campaign wnen uie minority put out a candidate for Governor "who waa so little known that he lb already forgotten Soator Ormond toon the ground that while there was no doubt as to the final overwhelming defeat of the pending bills, the fact that there was a Kpublican spirit of snlmus about It forced serious consideration. He had no respect lor any person or parly who would lay lisnds on the schools of North Carolina and at tempt to drag them Into politics. Senator Ormond resented the charge made yester day by Senator West, Republican, that the eastern counties knew nothing of the conditions in the weatern counties aa to schools. ( Senator BaU followed Senator Or mond. arguing that the attitude of the Republicans on this bill is not In line with the principles und records of the party, wtu.-h has always been lined up against local self-government. Senator Blow called ths previous ques tlon. Senator Brltt was granted live mln utes. He declared that the Sen itors had misconstrued his argument on the pre vlous day, that he had said that this was a political question hut that It was not a party political question. He charged that In all the discussion by the majority these had been no argument agalnBt a lowing the people to choose their own school boards. Senator Dockery criticised sharply the course of the Republicans in the Senate and called feelingly on the Democratic majority to rebuke "such bass attempts on the part of the minority as manifest id in the pressing of this bill." He de clared the present school system of the State a mooument to Democracy and that as such It would be retained. The motion for the vote on the bill waa renewed in the form of a motion to lay the bill on the table. It went to the table without roll call. New bills Introduced out of order: Love: Petition from citizens of Oaaton county for permission to vote on the question of moving the county seat from Dallas to Gastonla. Spenoe; Prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquors tn certain places. Senator Manning presented a resolution that when .the Senate adjourn It do so in honor of the birthday of Abraham Lin coln, this being his birthdsy. This reso lution was put upon its immediate pas sage. Bills passed final reading: Allow East Spencer to Issue bonds. Extend the time In which ths Winston Banking and Trust Company may begin business. Make every vessel or boat In borne ports subject to liens. Repeal the law relative to the powers of the building committee In the erection of the girls' dormitory of Cullowhee High School. For court stenographer in Swain, Hay- wod, Jackson and Transylvania coun ties. Work convicts In Lee county on the roads. Incorporate' the People's Savings Bank of Raielgh. AddT Person county to those counties having the right to put prisoners on the roads at their own request pending trial. Houae bill to construct a graded road lH Ashe county. Exempt railway mall clerks and rural free delivery carriers from Jury duly In North Carolina. Amended by Senator Peele to Include railroad engineers and conductors la active service. To strengthen the constitutionality of ths art for the separation of the races on street cars. Provide additional stenographers for the courts of Forsyth. Incorporate Loutsburg Female College. Require all gates on public roads to be automatic to facilitate travel .v.. rJuir hin for tho elimination I of the rule for mileage books to be pre- sented to ticket agents Instead nf con ductors made special order for next Wednesday. ' Benats adjourned to 10 o'clock Saturday morning. THE HOCSE. Representative Morton convened the House at Mr-JO e'clock. Prayer by Rep resentative Lycurgus Holler, of dates eounty. Petitions: Representative Smith, of Randolph, for the committee on immigration! reported favorably the bin designed to change the law so that the 8tata Department of Agriculture can, after spending (508 for ImmlgraUoe work, draw gSO additional from tba tlMO state appropriation la stead of having to spend IS, 40 of its own funds la this work before being allowed te realise anything on ths State ap proprlatto. . .... Speaker Graham's bill to authorise tne SUte geologist to co-operate with the geological survey m the making ef map ef each eounty to the State came from ths commit tee on propesdUoas and griev ances without prejudice and with recom mendation that H ge to the committee en appropriations. v Introduction of bills: Cotten: Provide for the settlement of this to land In North Carolina and ta stttute the Torrens system. rooks; Prevent forfeiture ot life soil- clea without notice. Harshawt Authorize commissioners of Caldwell county to establish chalngang. Everett: Incorporate the Louisburg A Atlantic Railroad Company. Gordon: Amend the act fixing the com pensation of Guilford county officers so that the county commissioners and not the highway commission shall pay out the road fund. Gordon: Pay deputy sheriffs In Guilford for collecting taxas In towns other than the county seat. Muigfcu. Allow Camdeu county td erect a drawbridge on Pasquotank river. Bowie: Amend the law relative to the Wllkesbaro and Jefferson Turnpike Com pany. Smith, of Harnett: Amend Revise! aa to penalties on railroads for failure to deliver freight In reasonable time; amend 2634, vrelatlng to failure of payment of penaltlea, prevent persons from walking on railroad tracks, repeal ttUl, relating to penalities for failures to receive freight. THE SPECIAL ORDER. The special order was the Ush bill, and as usual the Instant the bill was laid be fora the House there was confusion. The bill of the committee provides that no edible fish be caught for any other pur pose than as food, on pain of fine of (50. It leaves the tax on liullvdual nets used In commercial fishing as It is now, for the support of the commission, makes it a misdemeanor to catch any freshwater fish with any kind of net from May 1st to August 1st, empowered the fish com missioner and deputies to remove- any nets set in violation of any law at the expense of the violator, that all fines col lected as penalties lor violations of the laws shall be deposited In the State Treasurer to ths credit of the fish com mission fund, and exempts Perquimans, Csrteret. Beaufort. Hyde. Tasquotank, Tyrrell. Pender, Martin. Jones. Camden, Craven. Pamlico, New Hanover. Onslow and Washington counties, leaving only our fishing counties In. and one of those. Sampson, wsnted to coem out to-aay. Mr. Hofler. of Gates, offered a sudsii- tute which sbolUslied tne oysier comim.- slon entirely and put Its duties upon mo fish commission, left out the sestlon as to Drohlhltina netting for freshwater fish and provided that the fish commission be supported out of funds not otherwise ap propriated In the State Treasury, but that a tax be placed upon the fishermen or fl.h riealorB or oth as the finance com mittee might Be fit. In the nature of a privilege tax. Amendments began to pour In exempt ing other counties from bill or substi tute or anything that might be passed, and the situation was almost ridiculous. Then came the debate which lasted till adjournment at 2:30 till H to-night. NIGHT SESSION OF HOCSE. Many Local Bills Paused on Second Reading One-8ld'd Debet? on Gavin Bill to Amend Revisal, Mor ton Fighting Alone Peculiar Situ ation Presents itself. Special to The Observer Raleigh, Feb. 12. The House con vened to-night at 8 o'clock and passed a larap number of local bills on sec ond readlne. A rather peculiar situ tlon presented Itself from Henderson countv. Representative Rhodes. Re publican, lind a hill amending the road law. and the Senator from that district, a Democrat, had another bill amending the road law passed by the Senate. Mr. Hhodes thought the House ought to pass his bill and let the Senate turn It down, if It must Instead of the House. After some discussion of a friendly nature, the whole matter was re-referred to the committee, on suggestion of Mr. Doughton, who paid a high tribute to the course of Mr. Rhodes In the mat ter. More than an hour was consumed in a rather one-sided debate, over the Gavin bill to amend Sec. 2634, Revisal, so that any party aggrieved may sue for the 150 penalty and value of goods for failure of the rail road company to pay for loss in trans portation within the statutory limit of ninety days. Instead of only the consignees as the law now reads. Mr. Morton made a vigorous lone fight against the bill and offered an amendment providing that all the penaltlea collected go to the school fund of North Carolina In order to prevent any possible collision between a dishonest agent and a dishonest shipper. The principal arrumonts for the bill were made by tvln, Wal lace. Connor, Howie an Harshaw. Mr. Poole offered an amendment pro viding that one-half of the penalties be turned over to the court for the benefit of the whool fund In the county In which the case Is tried. In his argument Mr. Connor declared that the penalties encouraged the railroads to do their duty. Mr. Morton quoted the constitution to the effect that all penalties and fines should go to the school fund. Mr. Connor reminded him that the statutes had neon declared constitu tional by the Supreme Court of the State and of the United States. Mr. Kttchln asked If Mr. Morton would vote for a bill to turn over all fines and penalties collected from shippers by railroads to the school funds. Mr. Morton was speaking of the-,demurrage required for delay In unloading cars. Both the amendment of Mr. Morton and Mr. Poole were voted down. The bill waa passed with only Mr. Morton voting no. Adjournment till 9:30 Saturday morning. RAILROAD MFX HEARD. Rill Afflectlng Employe of Atlantic Cneet Line Railroad Considered by Judiciary Committee of Uie House Increase of Tax on Insurance Poli cies Havored. Cpeclal to The Obterver. Raleigh, Feb. 12 The two Judic iary committees of the House gave a hearing on the Connor bill to aloblsh the compulsory feature of relief or benefit departments of public service coroprations for the protection of employes, bearing especially on the Atlantic Coast Line, which is one of the five railroads In the country that have this system The Coast Line Is making a vigorous fight against the bill, which la being urged by the Or der of Railway Telegraphers, of whom a delegation was present, J. H. Wil liams, of Wilson, being ltajpokesman. The contention is that about (9 per cent, of the-employes of the road are station men. Including the telegraph ers, and 75 per cent, of the benefit goes to the 40 per cent, of the train men. Assistant General Counsel El liott, wltA a number of employes who like the system, argued for it It seems .that the system was Inaugu rated eleven years, ago, and eight years sgo the compulsory feature was added, but the old employes were not compelled to Join. Now no one Is employed who Is unwilling or unable to pass the physical examination for ad m las ion to the benefit department. About 860 of the 1.000 employes are operators. Among the employes ask ing that the bill be not passed were C pa tain Harlow, Captain Garvey, En gineer Donnan, Engineer Mills and Messrs. Gelger aad Daughtry. No ac tion waa taken. The House committee on Insurance decided to-night to report favorably the bill to increase the tax on Are pol icies for the firemen's relief fund and make It apply to SUte as well as foreign companies. WIIXIAM FIRTH, PEES. AMERICAN MOISTENING COMPANY 10 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. J. S. COTHRAN, Boorhern Rp"ntive, 40. Tmst Bidg, CHARLOTTE, N. 0. "THE BLUB M0U6E." "The Blue Mouse," which will be the attraction at the Academy of Mu sic, next Friday, matinee and night, was presented in Richmond Monday night, and The Times-Dispatch, of that clty gave the following account of the performance in Its Tuesday's is sue: " Tho Blue Mouse' has captivated Richmond theatre-goers. Last evening at the Academy an appreciative and delighted audience voted the play a veritable laughing triumph, and for more than two hours laughed until It couldn't. Tne piece Is an adaptation by Clyde Fitch from the French and German. "Augustus Rollett. the private secre tary of Mr. Llewellyn, a railroad pres ident, desires promotion to a district superintendency, and to further his ambition, engages Paulette Divine, a Salome dancer,' to pose as his wife and flirt with the susceptible old man. who has a weakness for a pretty face and Induce him to make the desired advancement. The dancing girl, known as the 'Blue Mouse,' begins her attack and Kollett s real wife Is dis covered by Mrs. Llewellyn, a very stralght-laced and Jealous old woman, flirting with her husband. Rollett s father-in-law, an up-State inhabitant of Co hues, appears on the scene to add to the complication and .succumbs to he wiles of the 'Blue Mouse. The fun waxeg fast and furious, with hard ly a moment s Intermission and contin ues to the final disentanglement in the third act. Tho lines are breery and clever, and while at times the sit uations and speech savor decldedely of the French, they halt Just at the danger line when you are beginning to feel uncomfortable. 'Messers. Shtibcrt have spared no pains In selecting an unusually com petent company, which fully appreci ates the spirit of the play and realizes to the utmost Its possibilities. Mlsa Milliceot Evans, a local stock favor ite, simply walked away with the title role, and completely won over the masculine contingent and most of the feminine by her sprightly and lively haracterlzatlon. It is the best piece of work she has ever done here. Wil ton Taylor, as Llewellyn, gave a flaw less performamce, end might weU have deserved a place In the 'original aat. Geoffrey C. Stein, a brother of he local orchestra leader, gave a plendld account of himself as Rollett. nd was a big factor In the play's success. Miss Inda Palmer, aa the Jealous wife, with a clever make-up, deserves more mention than space will allow, and Miss Caroline Pearse made a charming young wife. The stage settings are elaborate and thor oughly in keeping with the produc tion There will be performances to-night and to-morrow, matinee and night. If yq,u are there to-night the chances are you will go again." THE CLANSMAN." Many veterans of the war between the States and the stirring times of the Ku Klux Klan will probably go to see "The Clansman," at the Acad emy of Music. Saturday, matinee and night, of next week. As Is well known, the Ku Klux Klan, who are the heroes of this play, were organized In 186 7 by Con federate soldiers who returned to their homes only to find them menaced by the blavk spectre of carpet-bag rule. The head of the order was the cele brated General Nathan Bedford For- rest, the great cavalry commander, and associated with him were Generals Joseph M. Brown and John Is. Our- , iou worfc committee of the Spencer don. of Georgia; General George W. , Railroad Y. M. C. A., and It Is pro Gordon and Captain (now Secretary of i posed that every man In Spencer shall State) John W. Morton, of Tennessee, and many others. The Klan were gloriously successful in their efforts. Oath-bound, secret, weird, working under the cover of night, they rid thc South of vicious characters, stop ped lawlessness restored peace and good order, destroyed the reconstruc tion governments, and?l paved the way for the reassumption by the Southern people of their God-given rights as American freemen. "The Clansman ' for the Irst time lifts the veil of se crecy fn.:n their doings and shows the whole country that they were high minded, patriotic citizens and not ' ar rant ruffians, desperados and scoun drels" as they were once thought. Although It deals with a most rrlt- Ical period In history, the handling of the story Is marked by good taste and refinement. The main thread of the drama la a beautiful love ro mance in which a South ( arollna cavalier and a young Vermont beauty are brought together after many trials and tribulations. An Interesting feature of the play la that while exalting the Ku Klux Klan It does not treat the negroes with undue se verity. It shows the worse ones as dupes of the scheming carpet-baggers and It celebrates the loyalty and vir tue of the old-fashioned faithful ser vants who protected the women and children all through the war and stood by their masters through good and evil report afterwards. Altogeth er "The Clansman" Is an Intensely thrilling play, and Its coming to this city will be a great treat to our theatre-goers. VERNON STOCK COMPANY. The success which Is being achiev ed by the Vernon Stock Company at the Academy of Music. Is phenomenal. Last night before thjf largest audience of the week "CamHie" was presented. Miss Florence Rodinoff In the title role gave a beautiful portrayal of the dif ficult role, and scored an Immense hit with the large audience that was present. At the matinee this afternoon "Hap py School Days" will be given. This Is a play which will appeal to the ladles and children, and will no doubt attract another large crowd. To night the Vernon company will be seen In "Slaves ot Opium." The DeKoven Male Quartette will be the eighth number of the series of ten attractions at the Auditorium to-nlghA. - The Durham Herald of February td had the following to say a-bout the company: "The DeKoven quartette, which Is really quintette, made eminently good last night at the Southern Con servatory of- Music, staging to the largest of the star course audiences and filling the upper and lower decks welt "It was one of the best audiences REOLTS AT COID STEEL. "Tour only TiOpe." said three doctors to Mrs. M. E. Fisher. Detroit Mich., suffer ing from severe rectal trouble, "lies In aa operation. "-"then I aeed Dr. flag's New Life Pins." she writes, "till wholly eur ed." They prevent Appendicitis, cure Crnstipatieo, Headache. Be. at all druggist. THE rBAHK Rex Flintliote Roofing The Best For Leaky Roofs. j For sale only by CHARLOTTE. SUPPLY CO. (We carry everything in Mill itanuslungs . that any of the troupes have had The Conservatory gave a dlscrtml- nating, well-trained and critical portion of it. one that well dis tributed over the house, pointed out always the places that needed accent and set the pace for those less able to appreciate the music. "The DeKovena rendered a varied programme of the classic, the popu lar and the antique. Of the first there was enough to please the highest type of auditor; of the sec ond, enough to please more people; and of the third enough to catch and hold the entire audience. And this they did. "The DeKovens are singing under the Radcliffs. of Richmond, and thore isn't a singing organization on the road their superior. In Miss Smith, their new reader, soprano soloist and accompanist, they have a singer who gives every number and Its encore better than Its predecessor, and she has undoubtedly tine talent. They are artists, every one of" tbem, and there was not a person in the many, not onlv pleased hut entirely charmed." Seats may be reaerved to-day at Jordan'a ANNOUNCEMENTS. Bell-Connett. Cards reading as follows have been received In the city: Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Walker Connett request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Grace Elizabeth to Mr. Marshall Williams Bell on Wednesday morning, the seven teenth of February at nine o'clock Cathay, California. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Williams Bell at Home after the first of March Murphy, North Carolina Mr. Bell Is a leading member of tho Murphy bar and has many friends and acquaintances In Charlotte. RAILROAD MEM STt'DY BIBLE. Thlrt y-T1v Employes of Southern Join Baraxa Class at Mpencer. Special to The Observer. Spencer, Feb. 12. Fifty-seven men attended the first meeting of the T. M. C. A. Baraca club-organized here last night, and thirty-five rail road men enrolled as members of the class for a regular study of the Bi ble. This is the biggest movement of the kind In the history of Spencer and great Interest is being taken by th business men asw well as by the employes of the Southern Railway Company. The president of the club Is Mr. A. B. Saleeby, of Salisbury, and the teacher is Col. John 8. Hen derson, who is regarded as one of the best Instructors In the Bible to be found in the State. The club is oper atjng under tb direction of the rellg be Invited to Join the class. Sails- burtans are also lnvltad to attend and take part in the ezerclses, which are held every Thursday nlkht. Mr. C. l. Bunch and Mr. John J. Eagle are the secretaries of the club. GREEKS TO BUILD C, C. A O. Negro Laborers Unreliable and Will Be Replaced by Foreigners. Special to The Observer. Spartanburg. S. C , Feb. 12. Fall ing to find colored labor satisfactory, J. C. Dunn, a contractor of the Caro lina. CUnchfield & Ofelo Railroad, j has engkged Greeks to work at his camps near Pacolet and Broad rivers, j Forty Greeks arrived In the city last r night and were sent out on the road this morning. Monday morning (0 j additional Greeks will reach here to start work. Mr. Dunn said that col- ! ored labor was too uncertain, causing j too much delay. I WASHINGTON OMCE GAVE IT. I to three doctors', was kept In bed for i five weeks. Blood poison from a spider's j bite caused large, deep sores to cover Mn j leg. Tbe doctors failed, then "Bucklen s : Arnica Salve completely cured me." i writes John Washington, of Bosquevllla, I Tex. For eczema, bolls, burns and plies it's supreme. Sc. at all druggists. Office Mechanics Perpetual Build ing & Loan Association .... No. 207 N. Tryon St, Charlotte, N. C. To the Public: On Saturday, the 6th of March, this Association will commence its 53rd . SERIES to which over 1,900 shares are already subscribed ; so all you prospective stockholders hurry up to make this a 3,000 share series arid aid to read tha' $lt 000, 000. 00 assets mark. R. E. COCHRANE, Sec & Treas. V a WITTKOWSST, Pres. B. COMTjrS, TV Freav mmt Trass THE MOUNT AIRY ROW. Bitter right on Over the Postmaster ship, Charge Belug Broagnt A giil nst Joyce, W oo use Support of Morehead. Snec-tal to The Observer. Mount Airy, Feb. 12. The Republi cans of this city are engaged In aa enterestlng and bitter fight over the postmastership at this place, and so titter hss grown the contest that iawers have been employed and men, of both political parties are taking a hand in the row. Some time ago Mr. R. T. Joyce received the appoint ment over half a dozen candidates and when his name was sent to the Senate for confirmation charges were pre ferred agalriht him by the local oppo sition. These charges were Insti gated by the friends of ez-SherlS J. M. Davis, chairman of the Republi can executive committee, who, it la -said, favored his son-ln-Iaw, Mr. An drew Jackson for ths position and charge Mr. Joyce with Irregularities In business and failure to pay big debts. These charges were referred to the Postofncn Department for Investiga tion and a postofflce inspector spent yesterday and to-day In this city tak ing evidence bearing upon the case. Both sides produced much evidence and the result will depend upon the action of the department. The ene mlee of Mr. Joyce claim that they have made out a case against him, while his friends, who are many, are equally emphatic In declaring that they have fully answered the charges. The new appointee is backed by Congressman-elect John M. Morehead, end it Is said that both North Caro lina senators are favorable to his con firmation, which gives him a decided lead over his opponents, who desire his defeat AUDITORIUM SATURDAY NIGHT 0th Number 10 Attractions DeKoven Male Quartette Assisted by Miss Smith, soprano, reader and pianist. Reserved seats BOo, Children 15c. Seats on sale now at Jordan's. CLING FAST K PLASTER "Second to None" An editorial In The Char lotte Observer of February llth shows the danger of ceil in falling. Use Cling Fast and avoid the risk of being kind. Cling Fast never falls off Ask for prices and book let. Get our prices on Cement. STATtSVILLf PIASTER I COOT CO. STATESVILLE. N. C of the THE CLANSMAN IS COMING - -' I
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