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CHARLOTTE, DAILY OBSERVER, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1903. i 1 i ' ' JUDICIAL BAlAU GAME, V I A ""MTttttfftH ' 1 1 1 itTl n.trr I . ' 1 1 u. 4. F CALDWELL, P. A. TOMPlLUS ii. publUben. EVERY, DAY IN THE YEAR - , ., SUBSCRIPTION WUCK .v 0 year .'.' Thrs month lw . ..-' .,- seuii-weeiujr : om vaar : . .' R months J'C. TS months 00 4 W .Ml LEAVE THE AMEXKMEXT AXOITE. Recently the Florida' Lcsjislaturo has had before it a joint resolution explicitly providing for negro dis franchisement. This measure contem plates no Indirect method but as di rect an Infraction of the fifteenth amendment as can well te devised; to test the amendment's constitution ality is. Indeed, the avowed purpose. amandmsnt aJono and that no other State' Legialatvre will ever take up the question. THE CASE OF JOHJT C. DAT1S. Developments following- the arrest or the two pavtses, -of Washington City, charged with embewlement, will be watched with great Interest by the , p ruBLiSiLkny announcement ; No U South Tryon strt Teiephons - fc;st numbers: Business office. Bli 'phone ''t 3; olty edlcr office Bell 'phone 134. ' MWI editor's office. Bail 'phone, pi V ' Advertising ratea art furnished on .t, application Adversers may feel aura ' ' that through the columns of hum ' apsr they msy reach ail Charlotte " and a portion of the best people in . this Stats and upper South Osrollna. ,' j This paper give oorrpondnt as -r wide latitude as It thinks public pol icy permits, but It is In no case re sponsible for their views 11 is much preferred that correapondenta sign ; . their names to their articles, especial ly in cae where they attack persona r Institutions, though this la nm u inandad. The editor reserves the right to glva the names of correspondents when they ere demanded for tha pur apose of personal aatis'actlon To - eelve consideration a communication must be accompanied by the lr-e name of the correspondent A subscriber If rdertnf tha address of his paper changed, will please Indi cate the address to which It Is going at the time he sales for the change to be made I J MONDAY. MAY 10. 190. FOR THE ROAD TO RUMEMBEK. Beginning many months ago there has been a reaction throughout the Whole country from the hostile atti tude which the law-makers and pub lic had assumed toward railroads. That feeling made Itself manifest In the general bearing of the people to ward the companies In the stringent and at times oppressive legislation In tnany of the States and In the alacrity ajvlth which Jurors would give ver dicts against them for damages in Suits based on most trivial complaints An anti-railroad feeling pervaded the whole country. The railroads found themselves In a precarious position. This hostile feeling against them had been carried to such an extent as to greatly depreciate their capital stock and injure their credit In the finan cial markets. The railway companies were greatly to blame for the conditions then ex isting. They had exasperated the peo ple by their arbitrary and unfair treatment of those who were com pelled to be their patrons and by their defiance of the state laws In many In stances. The people were far from blameless, however. They often Imagined grievances where there were none, and In many cases the remedies for real grievances were either too drastic or not of the proper character, and In their attempts to punish the railroads Innocent persons the hold er of the stock and bonds of the companies were made to suffer. But. as said in the beginning, a re action In public sentiment hss long prevailed and the people are Inclin ed to glrs the railroads a square deal. Thoy are willing to treat them fairly Jf the corporations will deal fairly with them. It will be well for the railroads, however, not to put a wrong construc tion on thia change. They should not conceive the Idea that the people are going to give up their right of fair treatment, simply because they have abandoned former harsh and strin gent measure. It tin- railroads net Upon such a theory and attempt to take advantage of what they may con sider the people's weakness, they will people of this State, and especially Favorakle action some days ago In ! by the citizens of Wilmington, where the Senate was followed Saturday by ! the two men lived for some years unfavorable action in the House. The I prior to 1892 and where John, the oon roads should understand that they ' must give as well as expert to re ceive a square deal which is all the Change of public sentiment meant". The movement in favor of Justice toward railroads la not goln to be ' reactionary to the extent of a back down by the public. The managers of , those big corporations may as well understand that, and It will be to the '" advantage of their companies If they govern themselves accordingly. matter is not at an end. however, for there were eleven absentee when the House vote was taken and notice has been given of a motion to re-consider. To-day's legislative session should tell the tale. Does the possibility of euch radical action mean that Florida politics have anything to fear rrom the negro? The undisputed fact Is that the ne gro has already been disfranchised with virtual completeness by a sim ple poll-tax provision and elects not one township constable In the whole State. Neither does anybody believe that negro domination ran ever again become h danger. The present agi tation, therefore, has nothing neces sary or defensive about it. Florida legislators simply don't like the fif teenth amendment's style and are at tacking the unlovely thing In stren uous fashion. Some months ago we had occasion to comment upon an article In which former Justice Morris F. Trotter, of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, contended that the fifteenth amendment was constitutional. The thirteenth and most of the fourteenth amendments are equally unconstitu tional, according to his argument. Judge Trotter took the view that these so-called amendments do not really constitute amendments at all but ad ditions, because they contain matter which is absolutely new and which the fiamera of the constitution would have rejected as one man. Being ab solutely new (except part of the four teenth amendment), all three require the tame unanimous acceptance re quired for the original Instrument It self. This unanimous acceptance by tho States was never gained. Judge Trotter, therefore, expressed the be lief that If the fifteenth amendment should be directly attacked before the I'nlted States Supreme Court It might well receive a death blow. His ar gument, and other arguments like his, have been In the Florida Legis lature's mind of late. We need not say how very little re spect we have for the firtsenth amendment. It was born of fanati cism, sectional hatred, and desire to gain party advantage; it was enact ed by the most shameless use of force and fraud. No fraud against Its pro visions has ever been worse than the conduct which brought It into exist ence. Some of the proposed attacks upon it In the courts have had these circumstances undeniably attending Its birth as their chief Inspiration. Bnt we recognise the fact that the fifteenth amendment's possibilities of evil for the South are now pretty well exhausted. Disfranchisement on ac count of "race, color or previous con dition of servitude" has long been an accomplished fact in many States, al though achieved by Indirection. The fifteenth amendment stands nullified as effectually as need be. North Caro lina has reached a point where a nul lifying grandfather clause Is unneces sary and In fact recedes Into the past day by day. Southern States do In suffrage mutters very much what they pleae. Why, then, should any one care to attuck this harmless llfteenth amendment with strenuous endeavor? Whv should the South disturb a sltua- flnd how mistaken they are. The j tlon which suits It so well and, bar- Although the manufacture of au tomobiles is a comparatively new In ' due try in this country, it has already 1 reached tremendous proportions. The Omaha Bee quotes one of the hlgh Mt authorities In the trade as esti mating the value of the output for the preeent year at . one hundred and twenty-five million dollars. There are , OB hundred and fifty-three factories, on hundred of which are operated ea a large scale. The value of the plants Is placed at three hundred mil- ilbat dollars. But notwithstanding all thWi trolley cars, bicycles and every thing else, the horse still holds his own. 'here are queer kinks in some peo ple' human nature. The man who - 1 .4 i t ...... f K 0q ZntlCn loves me u win m kvuhio ring only a few anachronistic fanat ivs. suits the North also'.' It should not be overlooked, either, that the South might very conceiva bly find Itself leas well off if the fif teenth amendment were quite out of the way. During the decades before the civil war this section lind three-fifths representation on Its negro popula tion; It now gets five-fifths, though the negro voter is practically as little of a problem now as he was then. Esti mating not less than eight millions as the colored population of the Southern States at present, we find that a return to this basis would mean the loss of nearly twenty Represen tatives In congress and as many votes In the electoral college. But, with the negro baldly disfranchised aj a race, It is doubtful if the South to-day could make so good a bargain as the three fifths basis was. With representa tion on negroes eliminated altogether, the South's power In Congress and tho electoral college would shrink enor mously and no one considers the South's political powers more than adequate to rrotect Its Interests now. Those very States from which the chief nigger-haters come would pre sent a plucked and pitiful sight. A few Southern politicians and fanatics would bring about precisely what a UUW amorously to good cause, that j few Northern politician, and fanatics I , , tfrlno- tn An Tun t he ateals money for the purpose far" from rare USttal atory of this nature, however, WbJch The Observer printed about a former Wilmington man's doings yes ' terday. have lonr been trying to do. Isn t It was rather an un- the harmless fifteenth amendment worth putting uP with for tne sane oi twenty Congressmen and twenty elec toral votes, not to mention peace be tween the sections? We rather think it is. "And. anyhow, there Is extremely lit tle real prospect that the United States Supreme Court would, upet what has stood as organic law for forty years. That the United State. Supreme Court as now constituted would take such action we have not the least Idea in the world. A test promisee only the stirring up of strife. Something- should be said, too, in be half of the negro himself, who has been as qniet politically as any on conld wish and whom Southern friends innumerable win not see wronged without earnest protest. On all account we hope that the Florida Legislature will leave the fifteenth younger brother, made his debut as an embezzler and a defrauder of the widow and the orphan. By his religious zeal and great lib erality in all church enterprises, es pecially by the congregation to which he belonged John Davis won the con fidence of a great many of the Wil mington people, and when his expose ure came It was a terrible shock to his host of friends, though there were some who hsd begun to doubt his Integrity some time before the ex posure was made. Some few stood by him to the last, claiming that he was Insane on the subject of giving to religious purposes. It developed on his trial that he had little money of his own. His practice as a lawyer was not large and the many donations he made to his church were from the moneys he had fraudulently secured from oth ers under promise of profitable In vestment. Many of the presents he msde the church were bought on credit, and when exposure came the congregation found itself owning a very handsome church, but, to the members' surprise, heavily burdened with debts which Davis had contract ed In the building and furnishing the church, one of the latter items being a costly chime of bells. On his trial Davis pleaded Insanity and the Jury sustained the plea, though few people acquainted with him and the details of his fraudulent transactions ac cepted the verdict as correct. We suppose thst when put on trial on the charges now brought against him Davis will again plead Insanity, and It will be Interesting to nots the view a District of Columbia Jury will take. As every one ha. heard, it takes all kinds of people to make up the world. Davis represents one kind happily not very numerous. Charlotte is to be congratulated up on the opening next week of an ex ceedingly attractive new amusement park three miles west of rhe centre of the city; and the Charlotte Consol idated Construction Company, whtch continually does things for this com munity, Is to be thanked. If while the Southern Baptist Con vention at Louisville Is on we take any one In the act of saying "South ern Baptist Church," we shall not hestltate to express our opinion of such Ignorance. POLITICS AND RELIGION. Bride and (Jrooni Swap Churvli Mem bership Kor Party Fealty. Aehevllle Citizen. Politics and religion were the two determining features of a marriage performed Tuesday night at 10 o'clock by Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe at the parsonage. The bride, Mrs. Catherine P. Chase, had solemnly declared un to the bridegroom, Joseph B. Field, of Letcher county. Kentucky, that she would not marry him until he should become a Methodist. They did not stop to argue the difference In dor trine between the Baptist Church, of which he was a member, and the Methodist Church, to which she be longed. These differences were In the eyes of these ardent lovers, the bride aged 48 and the groom 42. but mere Incidentals. Such a matter as the change of faith was as nothing to th groom. So he changed, but on one condition. Certainly It was fair that If he had changed his religion in or der to win the wife, it was but a fair exchange that she should change her politics from Democracy to Republi canism. And she acquiesced in this demand. NEW TRAIN ON KOl'THERN. Birmingham Special Will Help to Re lieve Paawnger Traffic. In order to properly handle In creased passenger iradlr between Washington and points South the Southern Railway, as previously In timated, has announced that begin ning May 16 it will Inaugurate the Birmingham special between Birming. ham and New York, the equipment io consist of Pullman cars, dining cars and day coaches. Southbound, the special will leave New York at 9:55 a. m.. leave Washington 4:10 p. m.. arriving in Birmingham at 4 o'clock the next afternoon. North bound, the special will leave Birm ingham at 9.30 a. m.. arriving In New York at 5 p. m. the next day. With the operation of this extra service the Southern will be better prepared to take care of through travel, along with local traffic, which Is heaviest between Danville and Charlotte. None of the other sched ules will he disturbed. Vaugh Signed by ew York Ameri cans. Princeton. N. J.. May 9 Bobby Vaugh, who for two seasons played second base for the Princeton team. JOHN C. DAVIS W DOWN LEADS OFFICERS A WILD CHASE." Harabal ColUna Drtreaj His Car at Breakneck Speed to Help Detect tivM japtnre Man Acmeed of Ob taining Money fader false Pre tenace PrUeted the Man i. Want ed Kl- nere. Washington Herald. After an exciting chase of several blocks through the heart of the city shortly before it o'clock last night. John c. Davis, a well-known attor ney, was arrested on a charge of raise pretenses It was due to the speed of a certain cab horse and the strategy of Mar shal Collins, who leaped into the lime light several year ajo when he ar rested a number of distinguished diplomat, that Detectives Comwell and Baur were able to capture Davis The prisoner waa aided, it is said, by his brother, M. T. Davis, in his dash for freedom, but the men were unable to elude the detectives, aided by the faqious marshal of Glen Echo. ACCUSED BY WOMAN. Davis, who Uvea at 932 K street northwest, and has offices at Sit and 317 Columbian Building, is accused of obtaining 11.909 from Mrs. Nellie McKeown. a Cincinnati woman, who Is stopping with friends at 1739 Q street northwest. Mn. McKeown went to the office of District Attorney Baker shortly before i o'clock yes terday afternoon, and after a few minutes' conversation a warrant for the arrest of Davis was Issued, charg lng him with false pretenses. Cap tain Boardman, chief of detectives, was notified of the warrant, and' placed the case in the hands of De tectives Baur and Cornwell, with In strurtions to arrest the man as soos as possible. It waa believed Davis had learned of the issuance of the warrant and would make an attempt to leave the city before midnight. Detective Cornwell located M. T, Davis, brother of the accused man, and decided to shadow him, believing the alleged swindler would communi i ate with his brother before leaving the city. Detective Baur watched the house In K street, where both men lived with their families. About 11 o'clock Detective Corn- well saw M. T. Davis enter a drug store and use a telephone. Davis tht n drove In a buggy to a spot In Tenth street before St. Patrick's Catholic church, where he stopped the team In the shadow of trees and waited Cornwell communicated with Haur. and In a few minutes the sec ond detective left his station and reached Tenth street, where the pair took up the watch on the carriage. RAINS ON DETECTIVES. It was raining hard, and the de tectives had trouble in watching the mwn in the buggy without being seen themselves. Suddenly a man ran around the corner of Tenth and G streets, Jumped Into the waiting buggy, and the team was off at a gal lop, going west In O street. The de tectives knew it was useless to at tempt to follow the buggy on foot, and thouKht they had lost the man when a cab appeared. The cabman, no less a personage than Marshal Col lins, was hailed. "Follow the buggy and don't lose sight of It" were the orders Collins received as the two de tectives Jumped Into the cab. Collins brought down his whip across the flank of his horse, a big bay with thoroughbred blood In its veins, and the race began. Going at breakneck speed, the cab turned west In (i street In time for Collins to see the buggy turn north In Twelfth street, the driver of the buggy lash ing his horse Into a gallop. Collins has a reputation of never falling to catch the man he is after, and he determined that his reputation should not be ruined In this chase. H whipped his horse until the ani mal was galloping at race horse speed, but the streets were wet and slippery, and Collins was forced to slow up when he reached Twelfth street for fear the horse would slip In turning the corner. IC.XORE CROSSING POLICEMEN. Once in Twelfth street the former marshal saw he was gaining on his quarry, and again started his horse into the pace that soon brought tho rah a few yards behind the swaying btii'gy Crossing polirenien waved nightsticks and railed In vain to the tljing vehicles to stop, for Collins knew lie hud the law behind him and was going the limit. Seeing that the detectives would soon be n ithin reach, Davis and his brother decided it was best for the pursued man to leave the buggy and trust to outrun the detectives. Driv ing before a fruit stand at New York"" avenue and 1 hlrteenth street. John Davis leaped from the buggy before his brother could bring the horse to a stop and ran into the door of the fruit store. Davis believed he could find a rear entrance to the store and escape that way. but h" had hardly reached the sidewalk when Baur and Cornwell were after him The startled fruit vendor stepped aside when he saw three apparently crazy men make a wild dash for his store, and he cried for help when he heard the sounds of the scuffle in side. Baur and Cornwell pounced n their man. and In a twinkling his wrists were encircled with handcuffs The detectives, the prisoner, his brother, and Collins then drove tcf police headquarters. Davis begged for a Bible. The police declare they found let ters In his pockets which prove him to be one of the most daring em bezzlers srrested In the national capi tal In a decade. In these letters it Is said several women writers demand that Davis return large stum. of money to them under threat thai they will cause his arresty'lf he re fuses. Davis was placed in a cell in the first precinct station. There he was confined for the night. The nplice of the first precinct were instructed to Standlnc of the Players up to Connor In the Lead. Greensboro Record. The judgeship game UD bold the boards, with Justice Conmor in the lead at present, though others are run ning him a mere or less close race. A report came back the other day that Judge Shepperd meat to Washington to see the President in the Interest of Mr. Euller.and was told that it waa no use, that he had made up his mind to appoint Judge Connor, but to-day the newa Is that It will be Connor or tMtlnner. It reminds one of the story of "Little Elkaney" "Elrst one. an' de odder" Is on top. The race Is like that of a baseball league, and as we figure it out the percentage to-day stands like thia: Connor SM Skinner 5 Hicks 540 Settle 40 Fuller.. . 380 Tlmberlake 29s Adam 000 Put out of the game for batting a fourth-cla ostoffice. Out on a fluke at first. Sea.well was in the running at the beginning, but he went out on a "pop" Hy before a single game iwaa I layed, and, therefore, does not figure in the percentage column. . It is not known how long the season will last, but it Is thought the game will run well ir.to the dog days. SINCE APPOMATTOX. The Victory the South Hae Won In Defeat. Newiport, R. I.. Herald. This is the South forty-four years a.fter Appomattox. The men of the old South went to their homes after the surrender and set to work in grim earnest. They laid the foundations of lestoratlon firmly and deeply. Their sons and grandsons have carried on the work with Intelligence, energy end efficiency. To-day the South Is the most American part of this Union of forty-six States. There are no out ward evidences of the havoc and ruin wrought by four years of civil conflict. The economic regeneration of tho South Is one of the most amasing achievements of modern times. Aid ed substantially as It has been by other sections, the general result is, nevertheless, un enduring monument to the lnvin r-le spirit and the inflex ible determination of the men who many years ago at Appomattox ac cepted the results of war In good faith, and, guided by the wise coun sel, of their leader, General Lee. buckled dniwn to work on the farms and In business and In the profes sions In the spirit of brave and truo men Peace hath Its victories no less renowned than war. One of the finest pages in the history of the United States Is that which records the work of Southern men and women after Appomattox. u '" " Matchl ess Valu e We secured from a well-known manufart pie line of Beautiful Dresses and Tailr J one-third off These will be on sale Mi Tuesday will be our most attractive saU T ware. t ft Unttstial Man Hunt In the Snlu Islands. Manila. May 10. An unusual man hunt is in progress In the Sulu Isl ands. K"or several months a Moro ban dit named Jlkerrl. with a considerable following, has been on a rampage. and the insular government Is making every effort to run him down. The navy recently lent to the au thorities a squadron of gungoats to search the numerous small islands of the group and now another vessel Is to be added to assist In the stranxe chase. Several land detachments have beer, sent out and Ceneral Duvall, who has gone south to inspect Mindanao, may take a hand In directing opera tions. Jikeri raided the rich Parang pearl fisheries and later murdered two white traders. His band also attacked the constabulary and a number of settlements inhabited by peaceful na tives and n sprinkling of whites. To AdilrPM Florida Student Klnston Free Press. Rev. H. V. Battle, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, is to de liver the educational address at the commencement of Stetson University, of DeLand, Fla. Stetson University was founded and endowed by the Baptist mnltl-mllllonalre, John B Stetson, and Is one of the great edu cational Institutions of the country It has an attendance of over six hun dred students. SILVERWARE THAT RESISTS if R. Wallace 1835' A leader in the Jewelry Department for nt Triple Plato ONLY (the very ' best) T,aL? value to $3.00, at $1.50 per set , Table Spoons, Soup Spoons, Dinner Forks r.i . ii.uu and jjjo.uu, at $3.00 per set Hollow Handle Dinner Knives, Nickel, Silver Plated, Silver Soldered, 16 pennyweight., the yet (all triple plated knives 12 .pennyweight a value $6.00 to $7.00, at '. $5.00 per 8et( Dessert Knives like the above at S4.50 w Soup Ladles, plain and gilt bowls, at $2.50 and $3.00 Sugar Shells and Butter Knives, cased, at $1.00 per case, 2 1 Five Specials For Our Silverware Sale Chest No. 1, ninety pieces j Chest No. 2, fifty-four pieces Chest No. 3, fifty-one pieces Chest No. 4, forty-eight pieces Chest No. 5. twenty-seven pieces J The above does not include the chests, hut Engi free of chargej Trade street store. Sale at 9 1 Tuesday, May 11th. THIRD FLOOR READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTME1 " Just to fcreak the monotonous com ' an.nt which the successive burning of tvcrll llirK nd small wooden hotels la thi section had caused a brick ho - tel burned at Lexington Saturday. The fact U that any structure fit for comfortable human occupancy will hunt, taors or less, If granted sufficient procation. " Just because the President of Ven ezuela ha seen fit to confer the Or der of the Bust of Bolivar on eigh teen officers of the United State navy we hep those officers won't think It necessary to et on en by way of celebrating th. occasion. itnu s neneu mjuaii. ti i nt iuikpep watch on the man. as it was nine but not allowed to play because , feared he might harm himself of the faculty restrictions, has been , signed by the New York American . , . Lgue club, at a salary said to be ( ' . "ru the largest ever paid to a college! uaca. player. He will Join the team June I Manila, M.y 10. A legislative Inrl 15th. The contract he signed last jdent was terminated to-day by the re week calls for fSOO a month. j turn to the Philippine Assembly of ten member of the Progressita mi nority, who had been on strike for a month. They withdrew from the House in a hodv when the Paint tarier Chicago. May . Secretary of Ag- j bm w un,ier discussion several Serrptary Wilson Ixxi'.s Into the Meat Inspection System. rlcultuhe James Wilson arrived here to-day 10 unm n wnm ui ronirr-i ,.inI,, . n.rfnrm anv t.islati,.. ences with the government me.t in-; work. Th( msjomj. still hsd a quo- 1 V , .., V., . rum and continued to ho d dallv ses try. They will discuss condition In ,, AtA , t.k. " parking houses and problems that confront the service. About 150 In spectors will attend the which is an annual affair. weeks age and refused to attend the sions. but did not take up any im portant measures. meeting. A 0trt7 Acknowlextgfd. The very interesting fac-simlle of the autograph letter of President Jef ferson Davis, which appeared In ;he supplement of Sunday's Observer, was used through th courtesy of The Southern Publisher. Th credit u inadvertently omitted. Imprisoned Ten Hours and Ure. Pottsville, pa . May . Imprisoned by a fall of top rock for it hours Thomas Buscvage and John Master, miner employed at the Morrea Col liery, were rescued uninjured late 'ast night. The men wer imprisoned for tn hours before their condition be came known. They save themselves by improvised props made out of their picks and shovels. SOXNKTS BY REVBF.N. Chicago Newa. I, I seen you at the sociable last night Iu looked so purty that it made me choka. And then, when you come up to me and spoke, Tour fare all amllln' and year eyes so bright. It peemed to me at first I'd die of fright You bet this lovln' business ain't no joke! But when I seen that sloppy city bloke Coras edgtn' up I hankered for a flgbt. hate, that teeter-kneed, slick, orn'ry cuss. Who never done a lick of decent work, But comes round with his blled shirt and his smirk And thinks because he's rich he's better'n us. Dad-blink his hide: Who left him all his dough? What can he do? That's what I want to i know! Oh. well, they ain't no use In gettln' hetl To Jest be born his way Is hard enough; If I wu him hisself. with all his stuff. I'd think It purty tough on me. you bet! If he hafl saw your look when you two met I guess he wouldn't put up such a bluff And how you froie nils slly stream of euff : It makes me kinds sorry for him. yet It beat me where you got them queenly aim. And you a farmer's daughter llvln here. And only been away to school two year, And yet the finest lady anywheres! Dog gone my luck! It's plain enough to sea The chance of gettln' you is slim for me III. And yet. I can't forget I knowed you when We two was only happy little tots And gathered cowslips and forget-me-not. And held hands when we passed the wildcat's den, Although they wasn't any wildcat then. Tou used to tell me that you loved me lou. And when I went to work st Old Man Bcott'a At last, you cried, though you was near ly 10 I felt as big as any man that day And thought I'd earn a whoppin' farm for vou And come back for you tu a year or two! I see you now as when I drove away. And. somehow, though stnoe then "yoe're growed a sight. To me Vou'r still that little gin In SPECIAL IN SILK PETTICOATS 50 new Taffeta Skirts, extra nice quality, full made Skirt with deep flounce of shirring and tucks; worth $4.00. Special for Monday Only $2.89 SHIRT WAISTS Big assortment of Waists at a popu lar price, both Lingerie and Tailored styles, from the plainest to the mo.t elaborately trimmed in lace In.ertlon and edging; 40 distinct tyles. 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May 10, 1909, edition 1
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