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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUAlTC, 24, 1909. MAtE WAR: ON CHASTER wn BlttCh pw. God l T AJLii v v,uaj1Jil been standing for about a year with REaoLtmoxa of last xight Soveral Hundred People Assemble at Omul Hoaxn to Empress Opposition to lb Two Section of the Charter Relating to the Election of the Mayor and the Manner of Raising Revenue i'or the Improvement of the Street Dlwussion Qnlte Gen eral Opinion Expressed That It Would Amount to a Con fiscal Ion of the Property of Poor Men In the Suburbs to Make Them Defray All the Govts of Improving Street one eye on tbe sheriff and the other on my little home, and aa soon ai I take one off the sheriff I have, to fit It on the tax collector. That's a nice position for a man to be In." The Idea wtms to be," he said later, "that If a man don't own any property he ain't got any sense. I want to tell you. you man of money, that I'll match my brains against your money any time." Ho referred to his hearers as "My would b disfranchised citizens." Tails for Severs" evoked no re sponse an did those for "MeCall'' and K. M. Williams." nr. Faison re- THIS IS ASH WEDNESDAY. Committee to Go to Raleigh "Resolved. That It is the sense of p.,nded to a call with a ringing speech the people of Charlotte In mass meet- defense of his right to vote. It lng here assembled that we favor tl.e had been taught him by Vance that election of our mayor by the direct a uas his duty to vote and he thought vote of the people; and our Represen- it was a sorry white man In this coun- tativea In the Legislature are respect- try who won't. He had never missed fully requested to so chaxgc the char- n meeting of the board of aldermen ter aa submitted by the board of alder- hen a member, though sometimes men as to preserve this time-honored fie should have been in bed. His re- right to the people of this city."-- marks evoked much enthusiasm. He Resolution Introduced at mass meeting had voted against this provision as a of cltisena opposed to proposed char- member of tne committee of 100. "No ter as at present drafted at.d adopted man shall vote more times than 1 do without a dissenting vote. while I live." (Cheers). . Dr. r. d. McManaway was called "Resolved That the electors and tax for. whereupon a bit of repartee pass- avers of the l iiv of fharlo!te in this d between him and Hr. Fais .n, the " .. . f. t-m,... .,.... I. ..IL,;,.!..- lnlcn.V... tfhal mass meeting assemDiei oppose as ....... ,u,t, .... .,,.... urwlse and unjust the attempt to In- gentleman had voted for these rail corporate In the city charter provl- road tracks down here." the rcmem .... .1 . .. hmnrp of whlcl. IrnricLoH some nf Th felon inai sin uu. ..-. .... ........... .... owner against his will with additional ' "uiam om o, nun aefitent for permanent street lm prove men ts. "Thai they recommend the adjust ment nf th mnnirtnal taxlns power , . . . ,h ,, .. dared that he wulci expect a m:i"r and the machinery of the . ,y gov- h(. I ,1 do it gain. ' declared Dr. F;iison. I 1 vole against you then. If you ran for alderman In my ward.' said Iu. Mc Manavtay. Ir. Kaisori hud Jut de- dared that he would expect a m:i err.ment so as to bring about fair, just and equal taxation upon all, to the end that each shall bear his or lis Oust proportion, in like manner asi , h ',,. .,, , U:irUy they receive municipal protection... st of u(. ,.,, w privileges ana nrum nro.FMn o by Mr. C H Duls. adopted with but one dissenting vote. "Resolved. That It In the sense of this meeting that when the charter sruhmltted to the Genera! Assembly elected him to do. Said Col. T. J,. Kit k.Hl rl. k "The right to elect thilr inaur is Itialien- I u 1 1 e and .ho op pose It will be damned ten miles be low hell, where the stinging nettles can't get thorn (Cheers.) You may is well nttemj. to hang the ocean on a flolhes lino to dry. or try to un- u, kle the bellv-band of eternity or shall be amended as pointed out In the , h)i1(f th j.,ars ln a i,n -ket aa to lake resolutions heretofore passed by thniailay t,um thin people tlielr right to meeting. It will meet with the appro- , vt(1 There is no power that would batlon of ths people of this city. anai(jare take It away. He was opposed i our Representatives in the ( lenern i , ,,, increasing ,he Jurisdiction of "this Assembly are respectfully requested to, ltlf, pnrilln recorder s court, with make the amendments suggested by'H) rc-ned to the present Incumbent, the resolutions of this meeting an. I i Tli question was put and carried. 4hen have the said charter enacted It)-: .ir Duls presented his resolutions, to law" Resolution Introduced I'V'He thought the committees, ln their Mr. Cameron Morrison and adopted se;r.'h for a compromise had over-w-lth but one dissenting vote, that of locked the fundamentals. The major- Col T. I. Klrkpatrlck. j Ity ol the people are poor, barelv own - i nig their homes If at all aDd the pow- The resurrected banner of the ei to make them pay for all street Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ- Improvements If exercised, would In ence. flaunted so often and with such : Jure them, oppress them greatly effectiveness by the supporters of both : Judge Osborne was called on but had Bides In the prohibition and anti-pro- j Just come In and said he preferred brbttlon campaign of last spring, was tn know what the subject was before fragged forth again last night to In- speaking. plre contenders for the popular ele,-J M R MORRISON Sl'KAXH. Kn of the mayor of OharMMe and" M (Mf jutKturp Mr Cameron Mor ht criminal court room rang and rang I rison ffrrPn nls re,0liitlon. He spoke again with eloquence which depicted Mron.lv aKHnBt the taxing power re- Mecklenburr as the cradle ot iit'rn , .uvi. tht it went hevrinrt and declared that the sons of such , any 81( n a , h.irltj authorized by the Supreme Court, so far with North j Carolina cities and towns and he gravely doubted Its constitutionality. I He demanded eauality in hearing the of the resolutions quoted above, to burdens of the city. With all the urge which upon the Representatives 'strength of his powerful voice he In the lyeglslature a committee of Sundered against the Injustice of about a dozen will go to Ralnlgh to- making dravin-.n, and owners of small a loisinesses pay privilege taxes. while The meeting was animated fronijjreat corporations like the Southern first to last although It Is extremely i K press Company and the Western doubtful, with the e. eptl"ii of three, inion Telegraph Companv paid none or four speeches. If the t e rn .era tore I n the ilty, having first secured ex waa as high as some had anticipate 1 ,.mpti,in hv the State. Kither It should Resdnnlns- almost as oueit as .e levied against all ,,i none want m love feast. the speakers ed Of the evening gramlallv ele- !, vated the collected spirits of t he 'ereyts. I gathering, until at times It became up j MaJ.o Hainl thought the provision I Voarloua. The or.ler. however, was as I would !e too heavy a luirderi on prop- I good ss Is ever secured at snv public ,.rtv holders. Colonel Klrkpatrlck meeting where all have e.jual nub's. ,reed with Mr. Morrison that there1 bout 800, perhaps 3.r. ft. were pres. j n ,,uld be equalization of taxos. hut cnt. : didn't want the wheel of progress In j Mr. W. H. Hall asked Mr I I Mc- j tv e nav of treet improvements turn Call to Introduce the chairman of the ed htukwaid. The trouble lies with evening Mr MoCall aniended this the tax assessors and the county com 1 laneus linguae by in. initialing Mr : nlsslonc-s. who havn't nerve enough i Frank R. McNIm-h. who wa at on, : to tax the valuable properly at Its true T . A rv iwjMw TnT(alj I Sigulflcance of the Period Tlie Observance in Charlotte. This Is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent, the most solemn period in the Church calend ar, a season of special fasting, pray er, alms-giving and acts of aelf-abne-sation. The great festival of Easter terminates the Lenten season and falls this year ou April 11th. It Is observed by Cath vllis, Episcopalians and Luth cra lu". Lent Is a season known and ob served in the (ireek and Latin hurches as early as the fourth cen tury, lrenaues In a passage, though not free from dlttlcultles, mentions ihm the custom of keeDlng a fast be fore Kaster Sunday was quite oftjJ even In his dav. butthat no uniform ly of observance up to that time had been established, some thinking they ought to fast for one day. others for two ilavs, and still others having further peculiarities. In Turetullian's day the Good Fri day fast at all events wss strictly ob--erved and he Indl ated that Christ ians ought to commemorate by a re ligious fast all the time during which the bridegroom was taken away from them. " This period of fasting v as gi iidiially extended. but still without uniformity of practice. Soc rates says that In Rome the custom v a.s to fust three continuous weeks before Kaster, Saturdays and Sundays not being Included, that in lllyrla the period of abstinence extended over six weeks and that In some other places, winch he does not specify, tbe cus tom was to begin the fast seven weeks before Raster. Cas.slanus calls attention to the fact that a fast of seven weeks. when Saturdays and Sundays, except Holv Saturdays, are excluded as they I ought to be, means a fast of thirty-six j days In all. I. e.. a tithe of the year an Idea which seems to have found j wide acceptance. Jn one of the linml- , lies of (JreKory the (ireat, the prac- I tice number Is fixed as by Casslanus at thlrtv -six, but the flgue la obtained j by reckoning from rhe sixth Sunday I before Kaster and deducting Sundays onlv. The season commemorates the forty-days fasting of our Lord in th" wilderness, ending with His crucifix ion on cjood Friday and His resurrec tion on Faster morning. The Lenten services at St. Peter's Episcopal church to-day, Ash Wednesday, will be as follows: Morn ing prayer and penitential ofn e and holy communion at 10, and evening prayer and address on the prayer book to be given Thursday. Friday and Saturday afternoons at 5 o'clock. 7 HE rREQHNE SQ OFs LU 2 I ANNE COP FEE la that of the newly roasted home article, mad It It doe to tta pack ing while hot ln air-tight, damp-proof can a. SOLD EVERYWHERE 25 eta. The Reily-Taylor Co., New Orleans, U. S. A. I England and Russia Threaten to Spank Peraln. London, Feb. 21. The British gov ernment has been In consultation re cently with Rusala wltb regard to tha best means of ending ihe conditions of anarchy prevailing In Persia, and to this end It has suggested a Joint Intimation to tha Shah of that coun try that unless a form of constitu tional government is granted ha will get no support of any kind from the governments of Great Britain or Rus sia and that these countries will have to take measures to safeguard their respective Interests In Persia. Should a loan be required the British govern ment would refuse to consent thereto unless It Is approved by an elected Assembly. WOIM) HoniLF, THK KBRYIOF. aire would never surrender the blool toought privilege which was the herl tag of their fathers to them The re ult of the gathering was th passage Itv administration that would d enough to do justice to all Mr Duls said ,n pertinent , taxat)r,n n)st be v la w f il and I I tail hv the Rer.r. only tbiiiK desired elected and ruled firmlv throughout value. the meeting. Anally at the last ,leiiy(-r-lng a stirring appeal 'n w hi. h his voice .( unsuspected depth an I strength, urged that a larg'- n urn '.or of citizens ;n to Halclgh to fight f r th. lr convic tions and to deman I 'h. r enactment. The chairman stale ' "mi the meet ing wis open to all flens who de sired to be heard oi matter "This is a think, a laudable purpose " , detined the generally understood two fold ob jections entertained to the proposed charter as drafted, the first having re ference to the election of i he mayor and the second to the giving of power to increase the burdens of p ...pcrty owners for street Improv eno rits Col on ' W. W rhlfer and the representa tives of the press were chos, n to ict ns serretsrbs. Then the business was attacked Among tbe speakers of the evening Thev pander to the rich man the man with the high collar and j swalloi t a , I ,-oat. j CI W W l'hifer said the burden' increased tbe further out one goes; and ill. cost of Improvements In the! sul ut its would amount to conhsca the subject of orked out In de sentatives. The was to get the Seaboard Mxiulcl Continue Train No. !S2 From Atlanta to Monroe on to Charlotte The Convenience of Such Arrangement. A chanre of schedule has been soKorested w hich w ould greatly add to the railway facilities of Charlotte so far as the. Seaboard Air Line system Is , onoerned. As is we known train No. S 2 leaves Atlanta. Oa., at 8 a. m.. and arrives In Monroe at 5:45 p. m.. where It remains overnight, return ing leaving Monroe at in 55 a. m.. and arriving In Atlanta at R : 4 5 p. m. If this train were continued to Char lotte in tbe afternoon instead of be ing stopped at Monroe. It would per mit travelers to arrive In the city early ln the evening. As the case now stands, travelers have to wait for the midnight train which Is often late, the result being that they hardly ever reach the city until the wee small hours of the next morning. For the morning train leaving Charlotte for Monroe, thla would permit travelers for that point and beyond to make the trip at a more reasonable hour than the one which now obtains. This vvou'd enable them to do what work they had to do aud then catch the regular 11 o'clock train back. This change would really result In more than doubting the serviceability of the present schedule. A Charlotte traveling man was heard to remark yesterday. In con nection with a discussion of train service, that he frequently had to make Waxhaw and that on account of the fearful train Rervlce ami awful delays, he Rlmply hired a horse and buggy In Charlotte and drove through the country. In this way he said he saved some seven or eight hours. sense of the meeting as to the prin ciple whbb should be Involved. Mr. 1. il Scott thought tbe people. If th, v i. iiuuse the charter draft. would do well to formulate some plan, nth. rw isc if th.-y protest and their I protest is hecdc!. there w ill be no j more lii,(,ro ements for the next tw.. ears At present property; ow ners inside the lire districts pay tie-third and those outside one- I rth the cost of Improvements Mr -wer. Messrs r I!. Smith, IV ( .. nil- i Scott was none too cordially received, lock E S. Williams (a word here and! The discussion of this subject be flerei J F. Hum-yrutt. J. W. Falson, j "ame v ery general. Mr Cameron c; M' 'm ana way. T. L. Klrkpatrlck, Morrison engaged In a verbal bout c H Ids Cameron Morrison, T (J with Mr. J Frank Flowers, who x... k....i i c. Unird W W Phlfer. i thought this resolution would not 1 S'dt and J. FranR flowers. Mr Fmi'h t-: Ms resolution demanding the preser vaticn .r the rignt "i inn pc"j..e i e-lc tb- :n.vor directly. Mr t cidit tbl- idea, as tba fellow said In the story, when It came to lynching a whit, man nnd a lawyer at that, had f, .,. t, ,. f,,r The pe. ple are the ones who own this magnlrl help, but rather hurt him. Mr. Morri- icver speech presented I son said the others argument was nar 11 WOUKI rie nrnei 111 puv f lie would be allowed in years to Smith j ll" " in than to pav $i',n down. Mr. Flowers, at the end of the other s speech, ac i used Mr. Morrison of rldi c ullng him and proceeded to tell the crowd that he was a tax payer, he i . ,.,-.Jk. a V. .. ...1.4 . . lit little citv nan a rig n ip i in-r e mm u.- yoU,u u,- end why shouldn t thev control ifj I d rather r ib- my own household In- I efficiency than have you nine over nd do It however well" The people tiave the r'gb' to vote dirc-tly f"r every Htste county offl. or and practically so for resident. Then why not for a little mayor' If you pas this resolution and ",e powers that be pay no auention c you u .,uh,,rh a,0 It-" (Cheers) When an have the finest kind of chance to ram j otn,., ,nt to wnlch he objected was It down the throat of seme c ' these , P1( f ..,itlP(1 bv tne gtatement that a fellows, who say petitions don t count I rr,.,.,,rlv of the property owners must fcecause the people forget, that on , u x ,r the improveme nts he w as satls- 1. saving mereiv, "wen. mail su fend whatever he thought best. Mr. Morrison a-esured him that he was ret trying to ridicule him but his argument and expressed esteem for blm. Mr Huneycutt by this time had t the floor again and wanted to know. If the city ain't able to tlx th,,,. streets up here, how In the name of God can we folks out In the want what you ask for Mr. P. C. Whitlo, k followed, a1- - ght That's according to the law c;,,d -that the majority shall rule. No Biblical passages were cited to sustain this suthentlcatlon. The resolutions were put one by dressing his audien.e as. "You public handed dow n to us from Almighty cusses, two-by-four law vers. win 1 Jammers. you Ignoramuses who don t Vnow what you want and haven't; enae enough to vote for what you do , want " He objec-ed that this new r,ne and carried. Chairman McNInch plan would destroy a principle It had w as Authorized to appoint a committee required ages to develop, that the of twenty-five or less to go to Raleigh mayor would never exercise the right and he called Sot volunteers. The of veto over those who put him In following were appointed: Messrs. power, that dlsgrun'led sldermsnic Cameron Morrison. J. D. McCalL W. candidates for the mayoralty might it. nati. r. rt. jnoincn. n. uuia, try to tie the hands of the winner. jytrrriNO speech, this. Mr J. E. Honeycutt. who said he represented the laboring element, de. glared (hat he .was created by God the equal of any other man. that he Waa endowed with opinions and ths courage ef his convictions. His eyes flashing with wrath and drlrlng In his point like sledge hammer blows, he aid the committee of 104 apd the committee of 10 ought to be , com mended foe something, for Instance their nerve and their galL I don't I One of the best Pictures yet at Edisonia to-day and to-norrow. V . .,. . .1 P. Csrr. I. W. Falson. J. w. Lewis, Brevard Nixon, T. K Klrkpatrlck, D. B. Smith Mr. Hall had previously moved. In pleasantry, that Colonel Klrkpatrlck be left here to defend the Municipal League. NO CASE OF PNFCMOMA ON RFCH UKU, We do not know of a single instance where a eough or cold rts-atted ln pneu monia or oonsumpUou wtum Folsys Honey and Tar had been takso. It eurea coughs and eolds perfectly, so do not take chances with some unknown prep arations that nay contain opiates, which cause constipation, a condition that re tards reoorery from a cold. Ask for Frler t Honey and Tar and refuse any substitutes offered. R. H. Jordan dt Coi aod Greene's Pharmacy. . To fully enjoy your evenings at home you must have a sncrr or SHAW PIANO 1842 1908 6fi years of continuous piano building under the care of two genera tions of one family has enabled us to produce the best piano of its time. Sold by its maker di rect to the home. CHAS. M. 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GARIBALDI, 6RUNS I & DIXON Leading Jeweler, You Be The Judge Look over our Spring and Summer suitings and tell us if you have ever seen anything to equal them in beauty of design or coloring. The style and workmanship will be In accord with the beauty and dependability of the fabric. Spring Suits Tailored to Taste $20.00 to $50.00 9 S. Tryon St. WHY NOT SAVE TIME AND WORK WITH RUBBER STAMPS? Date your statements, re ceipt your bills, stamp your orders when received, or stamp a delinquent notice on your statements with rubber stamps. Much mors business-like than long hand, more lmarssalrs than typewriting. We manufacture any style or kind of stamp, on short notice. Prices reasonable, service prompt. Ask for catalogue. POUND & MOORE CO. The Office Outfitters. 205-207 a Tryon. 'Phone 40. -' Wa bar made large contract tor Genuine L We can supply your wants promptly and at reasonable price. We carry also a large stock of 8olld Bar Knife Handle Wrenched, aises t 14-lnch. 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B SPECIAL BARGAINS THIS WEEK IN MAHOGANY CHINA CLOSETS It would be money saved to secure one of our Mahogany China Closets this week. 1 Bent Glass -Mahganv ijnina (Jloset ..... .$30.00 1 Bent Glas Mahoganv China Closet $35.00 1 Bent Glass Mahogany China Closet $48.00 1 Bent Glass Mahogany China Closet $60.00 1 Colonial Mahogany China Closet . . . . .$85.00 Big assortment of Golden t Oak, and Early English Closets from - ' 1 - -OOV-yu V1J pa $15.00 to $150.00 If you buy this week you save money, . " ' i PARKER-GARDNER CO.
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