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7,. ;! . ." - CHAHLOTTn DAILY OBSrHVEft, TflUIlSDAfY HAY 20; ISCft D. A. TOMPKJISS. "B"' EVtRY DAY IN 1H YEAR . ;t . jgCBSCKIWIOX riUCK: " s41l w On year f ' ix month -no ; Thtss msnths Seml-weewj ; On ysr ' Pio gut monUw n ; i Thrs montlia rraUSUER' A-NXOCXCKMKXT No. 34 South Tryon .treet T'?P" number.: Bu.inea office Bell -phone - Ti: cty editor1 office. BU 'phone JJ. , mws diior office. B." 'phoce 3 i- . Adverting rate, are tumhed on . spplictlos. Advertleere may fel urs that through the lu" IrloU. - paper they may reach all Charlotte and a portion of the beet P?Pf. ln tbia State and upper South Carolina. Thl paper five, oorrpondeo u wMe laUtude a. it think, public pol ley permlu. but It la ln no c"' " ponrtble for their view.. It ia much " preferred that correspondent " their names to their article. epeiai ly in eaaes where they attack V""!1' or Institution, though thl noi,r Winded. The editor reserve, the nxii to give the name of correspondent wlwa they are demanded for the pur pose of personal satisfaction. 1 re ceive consideration a communication must be accompanied by the true name of the correspondent. A subscriber If orflertnir the iU Of his paper changed, will plea Indi cate the address tc which It is folnf at tke time he aaks for the change to be mad. THCRSDAY, HAY 20, 10. WITH US TO-DAY. The State of North Carolina, the County of Mecklenburg and the City Of Charlotte extend their heartiest greeting to William Howard Taft, more broadly President of the whole United State, than any other man ex cept Abraham Lincoln (In spirit) and GrOTsr Cleveland for seventy or eighty years. . To each of the distinguished guests other than President Taft, Governor Kltchin first and foremost, very hearty greetings are due also. Mr. Charles W. Tlllett said on an Interesting oc casion laat summer that If Mr. Kin h la became Governor the State would fee aa creditably represented at any gathering of notables aa It could de sire. If a single hearer had thought otherwise few or none, we believe, did this week would have brought the most convincing evidence. JUSTICE TO SOUTH CAROLINA For fairness' sake a few last words. '"- As may e safely inferred from the Calvin centennial sermon delivered In i Charleston by Rev. Dr. Plunket, Bouth Carolina Calvinism stands like one man " for the Mecklertburg Declaration. On this point there is no distinction' of Hymn-singer, or Psalm-singer, or an; other- distinction whatsoever. But v South Carolina ajleglance to the Dec - laratlon, far from enlisting Calvin ism only, enlists practically the en tire Stat ft As well becomes them, . South Carolina educators have led in ennnclatlne sound historical views V and correctly Instructing the popula 4 tlon at large. We shall Introduce two '. well-known text-book.- Any ont whQu' looks' Into the Ameri can histories used In South Carolina ' public schools' fifth and sixth grades Will learn from the title page that v. they were written -by Henry Alex ander White, under date of Columbia, 190$. It does not appear from the -" hooks, but is a fact, that Professor . White Is a native South Carolinian. He recognlies the Mecklenburg Decla ration as well-authenticated hlbtory, and even gives the event pictorial il lustration. So-called "discoveries'' by muck-rakers In the historical field have not shaken him at all. Keeping close Intellectual company with Pro '.: feasor White Is Prof. Waddy Thomp son, also' a Columbia man, though JUSt now living in Atlanta, rofesaor '. Thompson's American histories are prescribed for use by the higher . grgdes of South Carolina public schools. They accept the Mecklen burg Declaration in the fullest man ner. i AJnvet the only aoti-Mecklenburg-rs below the South Carolina line are Capt't formerly MaJ.) J. C. Hemphill. . of Charleston, and the great mycol ogist at Columbia. There U no little danger that outsiders will visit the condemnation richly due these upon South Carolina aa a whole. In simple Justice to a neighbor State, therefore, ' ir riave eet forth the Tacts herein contained. . V t In New York very recently a pre tended Charlestonlan buncoed a bona flde Charlestons n out of J 2 00. This feat excites the real or feigned won der of The Savannah News, which forthwith says: "If the person to .ths manor born asks. 'Do you know Dahr and the other grins and says yes, and starts in upon a eulogy of "Dan then there is no doubt about j the stranger place of nativity, and -' ordinarily it will be found safe to lend him money. But never trust a man : who says, he is from Charleston that can't tell Charlestonlan all about 'Dab.' Isn't it terrible what forms ' animosity between rival porta will take? We could almost be glad that. except for airships, Charlotte has no port at alL . ; ' AS every one knows, the most strik ing feature of Charlotte's dress for Twentieth week, is the wonderful street illumination. To make this il lumination everything that was deslr--' ed the Southern Power Company fur nished, .without charge, 1,00 horse power vof electrical current, -t,000 Incandescent; lamps throwing out the blase, y Ws take occasion here to give ' soma yolce t the hearty appreciation which la felt by. tha people of Char ii)ti Arant tha Southern Power Company aad,inrrpartfcnlar, toward Mr. W. & Lea, Jr.. general manager. CHXXAXEar ajtd THE RAILROADS. Over la Chin they have a novel, but very effective way f collecting damages, from railroads for the kill ing or injurylng of a person. When a train rung over a cltiiea there is no appeal to the civil law. followed by a long delay through the courts. The Chinese know a more expeditious mode, of collecting damages, though, to be aure, the compensation does not come from the party liable for the accident. Who pays is a secondary question with the Chinaman in such cases, the primary one being the get ting ln hand of the compensation at the earliest possible moment and ln the most direct way. So the custom has been established that whenever a train runs over a Chinaman the friends of the deceased or badly In jured Individual gather at the place of accident in time to intercept the next train, force It to stop and then levy a contribution on all persona therein, Including railway officials and employes and the passengers. One would suppose that people who adopted such primitive means of ob taining what they considered their Just dues would not have yet learned to "lie and to cheat" In the methods used, but the wily Celestial has learn ed a dodge which puts him clear abreast of his brother of the West ern hemisphere in the matter of "do ing the railroads." He has learned by observation that In the hurry of making up the contribution In order that the train may move on little at tention is paid to the corpse by the roadsid". The consequence Is that af ter a train Is held up, the body Of a person who died a natural death Is hastily shown as the victim of a pre ceding train, the price of the acci dent demanded and collected and the train allowed to move on. We hear the cry from the honest Amerlvan that such fraud should not be permitted. To whom we say, look over the court records and you will find many cases where railroad com panies have Buffered quite as badly at the hands of Juries composed of en lightened and Christian men of the white man's country. The only dif ference is that one la by force and without legal authority and the oth er under the guise of law. MR. TAFT RE-WRIXX)MED. Already has a North Carolina near poet welcomed President Taft In mighty melodies, but there comes, over the initials "A. R. B.," another notable outburst at the last moment. Only hear this rolling organ harmony aa It swells up. and wakes and falls William H Taft. of nresidentlal fame. Cornea to add hoUor to Charlotte' fair nam A mighty friend for human rlghta, A rnaier foe to human wrong Its to mingle to-day with Mecklenburg's throng. Willingly he responded to the call. Hi. heart's beat sftort to please all. Iyal titlsen. let not your banner fall But unfurl It. and wave It hlrh. For our noble chieftain Is nlg-h. Here upon this beautiful progressive stand Where peace and union unite man and man. And where prosperity and industries steadily expand We sindly extend a welcome hand. And wllllnfly entrust to him. The future destiny of our land. Awake, fair city, put on thy splendor. Patriot, long since sleeping ln the clay Paved the way for tola Joyous day. Fellow-citizens, honor your. Invited fuest He promises to do the rest. No title accompanying the son, we select as title, "William the Conquer or." The historian of May 20, 1909 should take notice that a new and wonderful addition has been made to American literature. As we said not long ago, only the advocates of one side of the high tariff question take the trouble to give their views to the men in Congress who are framing the new tariff biy Congressmen seldom hear anything from those who will be injured by the proponed exorbitant rates on some elapses of good. When the consum ers of such articles find that even heavier burdens have been placed up on them they will have themselves to blame. It Is possible that no action on their part would help them, but they may he sure that without some action on their own behnlf they cannot possibly expect relief when the per sons Interested on the other side are constantly at work. When they And they have been Irgislated against they can do no better than to make them selves heard from at the next elec tion. "Jenny, put the kettle on, Johnny, blow the dinner horn, Jenny. ut the kettle on And we'll all have tea." Thla is what The Statesvllle land mark gives for correct version, and. not only because of The Landmark's high standing as an authority but be cause Johnny here remains in the game after a fashion, we incline to set it before even our own. In Posey county. Indiana, which al ways goes Democratic, prohibition was defeated the other day by over thrr thousand majority. Colonel Watterson, no doubt, claims this as evidence of the correctness of his statement that a man who claimed to be both a Democrat and a prohibi tionist is "an Ignoramus or a prevari cator. Of H. H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate, who' died yesterday. It can be said by Southern people that he did a notable work for this section, and particularly Virginia, when he built the new Virginian Railway from the trans-montsne coal fields Into Norfolk. We trust that If the carnival spirit now prevailing in Charlotte is made the cover for any offensive liberties with women and girls the offenders will be dealt with as they deserve. If Congress does not hasten with the passage of -the tariff bill hardly Senator AldrfCh, even, will know what ft ia when It flnallVpassea. ARBAIKG8 : SUGAR TBUST (Continued from Page On ; from tha concessions made in the duty on raw sugar from those la lan la Mr. Clay declared that the pries of re fined sugar was not reduced because of the reductions ln the rates on tw sugar. ; VIOLATES 'BOTH LAWS. Reiterating that the American Sugar Refining Company is commonly called the sugar trust, Mr. Clay declared, "this trust has constantly violated both the criminal and civil lawa of our country. It Is inconsclonable and has continually robbed the American people since its organisation. Instead of knocking at the dtor of Congress seeking to increase its fortunes at the expense of the masses of the people bv reason of favorable Iesrlslation its officers and those directing nd con trolling its formation and operation ought to be at the bar of the criminal courts on trial for most serious crim inal offenses, anJ Instead of enjoying their ill-gotten wealth, they deserve to be serving long terms in our Federal prisons." , Mr. Clay reviewed the establishment of the so-called sugar trust which was formed, he said, in 1817, by the con solidation of twenty of the leading re fineries. While the actual value of the property of the trust was not greater than 10.000,000, according to Mr. Clay, the sugar trust stocked ths com pany at $50,000,000. He said that the. concessions in the duty on raw sugar from the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippine Island during the last ten years amounted to I21f.220.77t. of which, he said, the Treasury of ths United States or the American people had received no ben efit. "The most grasping and uncon scionable trust to be found anywhere Is the American Sugar Refining Com pany," added Mr. Clay, "commonly called the '8ugar Trust The steel trust and the tha Standard OH. in point of dishonesty and unscrupulous conduct, are suckling babes in com parison with the 'Sugar Trust. HAS ROBBED TREASURY. Mr. Clay reviewed the various cases and claims of the government pending against the sugar trust. "Officials rep resenting the government, who have made an Investigation Into these fraud ulnet transactlona." he con tinued, "believe that the American Sugar Refining Company has robbed the Treasury of more than 19,000,000 Justly due the Treasury. It deaerves no mercy at the hands of Congress and moat assureJly no favors at the hands of Congress. The criminal and civil laws ought to be rigorously on- forced against It. and the best way to destroy It is to give it healthy foreign competition." "If the sugar trust can And a de fender on the floor of the Senate, tha,n we have reached a condition of af fairs mopt deplorable. If we are to continue to legislate millions of prollts into the pockets of this class of men at the expense of the Amerlcsn peo ple, then let us adopt the sugar sched ule provided by the finance committee of the Senate." In concluding Mr. Clay declared that the Payne tariff bill will give no substantial rsllef to the American people. Declaring that Joseph F. Smith, the head of the Mormon Church, fixes the price of beets ln the interest of the beet sugar factorlea of Utah rather than in favor of the producers of beets. Senator Clay called forth a char acterlratlon of his statement aa "abso lutely untrue." by Senator Smoot, himself an official of the Mormon Church. The Georgia Senator declared taht as President of the beet sugar factories of Utah. Joseph F. Smith re ceived a salary of $20,000 a year, and that every year "he fixes the price of beets." "He Is always In favor of the facto rles and aeainst' the growers." said Mr. Clay, which Mr. Smoot denied. Mr. Clay declared that as the votes that had been taken on the schedules of the tariff bill demonstrated that the finance committee had full power to obtain agreement on its bill, 'he fa vored an early vote on the bill because he regarded delay as useless. A Veteran Suggests Doing Away With the Hand-Shaking. To the Kdllur of The Obs.iver: As a Confederate veteran I suggest to the committee on arrangements that we treat President Taft better at Charlotte than he has ever been treated anywhere by aaving him the arduous task of an hour and a half of hand-shaking during the general re ception. Let the people pass and sa lute or touch the hem of his garment If they must, but save him from a swollen hand and a painful arm. King David said, "Deliver me from my friends, for they have eaten me up. Let not our President say, "Deliver me from these Tar Heels, for they have shaken me up." As the com mander of the army of the greatest country old soldiers would like to sa lute him s they used to salute Presi dent Jefferson Davis ana uenerai k. K. Lee. I have seen President Lin coin, I". S. Grant. General Hancock and General John A. Logan, and did not think of shaking hands with them. We would allow Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and a few of the wives, daughters, and granddaughters of the veterans on both sldoe to shake and there cut the proeselon off. JAMES C. ELLIOTT. Lattlmore. May 19. 1909. THE DEATH KECORD. Mrs. Henrietta Hood, of ClictT, S. C. Special to The Observer. Chester. S. C. Miy 19 Mrs. Hen- riette Hood, widow of the late I McD HooJ. who was a veteran of the Mex ican war, died at the home of her nephew, Joseph W. Hood, on Plnck ney street In this city early last night. She was ln her 83d year, and her death was due to the Infirmities of old age. The funeral services will be held at Pleaaant Orove Presbyterian church this afternoon by Rev. J. A. White, and the body laid to rest in Pleasant Grove graveyard. fFr The Observer. IN CAROJLIXA. The rose never Woom out black In Carolina. The sun has never ehown Its back To Carolina. The roosters get right up and crow And heart don't beat so very low. For heaven nd earth both seem to It's Carolina. The days are shorter by an hour In Carolina, And peop'e are not near so sour In Carolina. And when I'm ready to cash in Just take me back and Ml begin A glad eternity within Old Carolina. The land Is nowhere quite bo bare . In Caroline. Nor good things to eat so rare , In Carolina. And if that great and happy land. That being made for mortal tnsa Ain't built on Carolina' ptaa It ain't no rood W. K. HEFTfER. PEESIDENT,TAFX'WAEHLY; Continue from Pag Ostsji.jf,- Admiral Slpbe. C. 8. N", retired; President Alderman, of tha University of Virginia; former Governors Cam eron aad Montague, of Virginia; May or Jones and W, B. Mcllwane, of Pe tersburg, and MaJ- Isaae B. Brown, president of ths Pennsylvania pat tlefields conrmlaslon, MR. JUSSKBAND-S SPEECH. M. Jusserand. tha French Ambassa dor, spoke as follows: "Twice in tha history or ths oldist of great republics, tha place where we now stand was the one, where; ln some measure, were shaped the destinies tt the country. When tha Question was: Would the American people be free, and when the question was: Would the American people remain, one people, Petersburg Va., played a prominent part. "It was at Petersburg that, during the war of independence, on the 10th of May, 1781, Corn wal lis and Bene dict Arnold succeeded in join ing hands, to the despair of that American addled. Major General Lafayette, and It seem ed that it was the end of all pos tlble resistance In- Virginia; but it 'urned out to bs tha very reverse. Answering the appeal of Lafayette, Wayne hastened with his Pennsylva- nlans, valorous msn from the same State as those we are particularly honoring to-day, and a great change was seen, the pursuing army of Corn wall is began to withdraw, pursued in its turn end moving towards a city, the name of which was to become fa mous forever, Torktown In Virglnia- "And. when struck the hour of the great internal struggle which was so near rending the nation asunder, Pe tersburg became an even more im portant .historical spot, when the siege was laid to it, one of the longest leges on record, one of the most fer tile in herolcal episodes, ons where the Issue remained longest doubtful, so well matched were opponenta of the same race, of equal courage and equal faith la what they held their duty. To those oppoaents justice has been rendered to-day in such eloquent words, and their deeds have been re called by such an authoritative voice that nothing can be added to the praises bestowed on both by the President of the United States. "In these great crises, as ln many similar ones, the American soldier Bhowed hi mettle. The way he 'behav ed is one of the chief explanations for the constant development and the ceaselessly Increasing power of the country. "For a long period that soldier had but an lntermfttant existence. When the war of independence was over, the feeling of fatigue and the thirst for peace were so great that every mem ber of the army became, in his way, a kind of Clnclnnatus. going back to his loom or to his plough. Who would believe now that, in 1784, one year after peace. had been proclaimed at Versailles, the whole regular army of the thirteen United States consisted ln eighty men, officers Included. When Washington assumed office, on the 0th of -April, 1T. as first President of the United States, the army had risen ln Importance, and was com posed of no less than six hundred men. People were so happy ln their newly acquired liberty, so far from thinking that there could possibly be a second war of Independence, or any other war. "The man to think otherwise was the one whose energy and success In handling the present were only equal ed by his wisdom in foreseeing the fu ture. To George Washington are due the first practical iaeaa upon "Which was built ' tha permanent army, the permanent safeguards Of the United States. To him are due the plans which, once rejected by Congress in 1793 and again in 1798. resulted In the creation, after his death, of West Point. He gone, his advice was still present and ttius he was still leading the nation. "The great warrior, the great sage, the founder of the country, knew well that, for this happily situated nation war would be rare, though remaining ever a possibility. In view of such emergencies there should be, at least, he thought, a corps of officers ready to transform recruits Into soldiers and volunteers Into regulars; for, as one of W. ilngton's successors wisely said, it Is no reason because you are sure you want peace that you should be sure no other nillon will ever want to make war pon you. "West point waa founded, and the picturesque uniforms a wearing of the grey which the whole nation ad mires is the least ?f the connecting links offered by this great institutions between present and past America. The chief one, is the love of coun try, the love of duty, personal disin terestedness, readiness to sacrifice everything, and especially life, for the cause of the nation. The spirit of the early promoter still animates the de scendants: 'Splritus immanent Idem.' "It was my privilege, some years ago, to visit thst school and be pres ent at the distribution of tirevets to the young officers." One of the striking features for me of that little journey was that I made It In the company of one Who was then the worthy chief of the American army, and ln whose society I have had the honor of travel ing again from Washington to Peters burg, the Secretary of War, William H. Taft. still the chief or the American army, as President of the United States. We spent there two days, and there are not many days in my long stay in this country I shall remember with more pleasure. The atmosphere at West Point Is morally bracing; not only the future officers, but their fam ilies who had come ln large numbers, seemed to be imbued with the same aspirations as the forefathers: they seemed to consider that there is no better use for one's' life than to serve the country, and tltat the greater the sacrifice the greater the pride and happiness to be derived therefrom, if ever you meet people Inclined to think thst Americans have no other thought than money making, ask them to be so good as to pay a visit to West Point. "Such officers such men. When I think of the soldiers of your natlan, I cannot help thinking of the soldiers of mine. The main difference I find between the French and the American soldier, is that the French is so much more numerous. We French all belong to the army; I belonged to it for 2S years; if there had been a war. what ever my rank in other walks of life, I would have had to participate, as a private of the second class, a paternal law saving me even the trouble of en listing. Our conditions are different, and so we have to manage differently, but if we are all soldiers. Americans are. all of them ready to toecome soldiers In time of need, as was seen, on both sides of Dixie's line, ln '61. The military element, too, offers great resemblance in the two coun tries. Both the French aad the Ameri can soldiers are remarkable for their ardor, their inventiveness, their adaptability to unexpected circum stance; confronted by the unknown, they don't lose time In being stag gered, but quickly consider tha prob- NEGRO FIRES OX SHERIFF ,i (Continued trosa Pace One.) f- -, learned tha 'relatives) of tha woman ;were coming after him again ha stole Out ln a closed buggy to tha nearest station and. cams to Columbia. :- - Holliday was advised, to consult an attorney, aad In tha meantime tha matter will be taken up with the Clarendon aad Sumter county authori ties; . Tha marriage toon piac ia Sumter eonnty near tha Clarendon county line. ASYLUM INVESTIGATION. In to-days asylum investigation Superintendent Babcock was on the stand and made a Una Impression with his dignified and frank 6aring. A native of Chester, he worked bis way through Harvard and had betn ln asylum work since 118s. Ha has been In charge here slnoe 1111, when he was appointed by Tillman. For fifteen years, he said, no patient had been admitted except on proper legal form. For a dozen years absolutely no Inebriates had been admitted ex cept on papers showing they were dangerous. He had perfect confi dence in the judges of probate and physicians sending In patients from countlea The probate judges Ignore the law as to the pay for inebriates. Tha county commissioners simply re fuse to pay. There are about twenty five Inebriates received yearly. They are discharged as soon as it is con sidered safe to do so. He and the board of regents are constantly in touch with New York experts as to the best method of treating Insanity. He denied that he dominated the board. He said he and the board were in perfect harmony. He told the board everything and hsd con fidence In It. He employed the nurses as carefully as he could with tha pay that could be spared for them. He never knew till Dr. Thompson, in charge of the male white ward, testi fied a few days ago that Dr. Thomp son wished to employ the nurses. If there were cases of nurses deserving discharge not being promptly han dled he was not properly informed regarding them. The Governor's office ' to-day re ceived a telegram from Governor Kltchin, of North Carolina, asking thst John R. Williams at Rock Hill he held, requisition papers to follow. The telegram difa not say what Wil liams was wanted for. Secretary Bethea wired the Rock Hill chief of police to hold Williams. SAYS CONNOR VOTED "AYE. An Assertion That President Taft's Judgewlilp Appointee Did Favor Im peachment of Jostles Ftirt-bes and Donglaa. To the Editor of The Observer: The Observer is usually fair In dis cussing editorially the Issues of the day as well as when speaking of par ty or men, but, if my memory Is not very treacherous, your edito rial (Issue of May 11) relative to the appointment by President Taft of Judge Connor to the Federal bench of eastern district of North Carolina Is misleading ln part. I refer to what you say In sald editorial about Judge Connor having made himself acceptable "chiefly because about ten years ago he was among those legis lators who with ultimate success ln the Senate opposed an attempt, made for partisan ends and wlthqut the slightest Just cause, to impeach- Su preme Court Justices Furches and Douglas." Now I repeat if I am not very much mistaken, and I got my information through reading the pa pers. Judge Connor voted for the im peachment of these men. 'TIs true he made some efforts to get his friends to cease their demands for Impeachment, but, falling In this, when the final test came to vote on the question of impeachment or no Impeachment, he voted in the affirma tivefor impeachment. . If I am wrong, I would like to know It, and the purpose of this note is that this point may be Investigat ed a little further, since you make his "acceptability" hinge on this point, or rather ssy, that he Is "ac ceptable because of this, etc." T. N. HARRIS. Troy, May 18, 1909. We cannot help our correspond ent's unbelief, but the facts are as we have stated them. Observer. GAITHKR BODENHAMER GUILTY. Jury Turns a Deaf Ear to His Plea of Insanity and the Judge Gives Him Five Years in tlie State Prison. Special to The Observer. Wlnston-8alem, May. 19. Miss C. Bodenhamer, a well-known resident of Kernersvllle, was to-day convicted in the Superior Court here of the lar ceny of J2.250 from Uje Kernersville Bank and Trust Company, and sen tenced .by Judge Webb to five years In the State penitentiary. His attor neys, Hastings & Llnville, put a num ber of witnesses on the stand who tes tified to Irrational acts of Bodenham er. but the Jury found him guilty af ter being out a short while. Bodeahamer's crime was attended by some unusual circumstances, be ginning with the manner of his theft. He took the money, $1,500 in gold and J 750 in various sorts of currency, from the cashier's desk ln broad day light, about three months ago, while all employes of the bank were at din ner. Bodenhamer effected an entrance easily by slipping his hand through an opening near the door and turning the lock. He put a part of the money in a Jar and concealed it under a porch. With about $1,000 on his per son he made a trip North and spent several hundred dollars on diamonds. He was caught in a hotel at Wash ington and made a confession. lem and solve it. Left alone, and all their officers killed, they are no easy prey; they understand what to do and continue the fight Both have a native good humor which helps them through their troubles and is the best medicine and cure for their woes. Both are tenacious and persistent fighters, as you showed on many oc casions, by land and sea, in the swamps of Florida and the dry deserts of the West; as we showed ln our sad dest hours, when we continued to fight when no hope was left, except the hope of saving the great name of tne country- "Both soldiers may have, too, some defects of their own. they do not hap pen to occur to my memory juat now. Let us only recall to-day. all that ia due to those privates, those sons of farmers, of peasants, of laborers, who did so much for the founding of our countries, for the keeping of them free, handing down from the days of Independence, when Americana and French were fighting under the same banner, following Washington, Ro cbambeau, Greene, Wayne, Lafayette,1 a treasure more valuable than all those concealed irr tha bosom of the earth the memory of their example.' MEETING OF AMERICAN COTTON MANU FACTURERS. RICHMOND. VA., MAT 26-38. 109. For the accommodation of delegates at tending the above meeting. Southern Railway has arranged a special Pullman car to leave Charlotte at aw m. on train No. U May 24, arriving at Richmond T a m.. May . Those desiring Pullman reservations will please eall at city ticket office. No. 11 South Tryon street. Charlotte. N. C R. L. VERNON. D. P. A. t f I f 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 It 1 1 1 n t s i . a yi ., a T7 r I Highest values and lowest are not impossible yoke rm It all depends on the know! of how to harness them up, C 1 T? T a ucciciis r ur in Ac Out of Town Folks Cut Jet Very handsome Jet Belts in to-day $1-25, $1.50, $1.75 and Nothing so stylish as these. Jet Barrettes beginning in price at 25c. and up to each. Jet Belt Pins 50c. to $3.00 Jet Bandos 50c. to $2.00 Jet Fan Chains , 50c. to $1.75 Jet Neckwear 50c., 75c. and $1.25 Jet Bracelets 50c. and $1.00 Jet Combs, all styles and prices. Complete line of Jet Hair Ornaments. If it's made of Jet it's right up to the minute tors White Goods Think of the season's newest weaves and latest I right at the time when you need them most ai prices at about one-third less than value. The nest of Batiste with the little check 15c. The "Lykelinens" in plain, crispy whiteness .19 and 25c. Plaid "Flaxons," the daintiest of White Goods fori suits 25 H White Poplins in all grades, the most popular f for skirts. 15, 25 and Japanese Batiste, sheer and beautifully men-era Wash SUks The new arrivals in this department to-day taxes overflowing to try to describe them is useless can only say that we have never seen a more el rate display, and the prices are New Arrivals Wash Lace Buttons, all sizes. Boys' Belts, all colors. White Metal Purses..... .. ' Buster Brown Collars. ... t New line Pretty Fans, all prices. All colors Monotone SUks UVHMll4tMIlMHH ffl 2oanac 25, 3y ana 10c. . . 10 and 15CJ 40c,1 15 and 20c 25c. ) 0 . 1
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