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- , . . . . . - j ' ,, V AV- : : CFABIX)TTE .DAILY OBSERVE!, THURSDAY, MlY 27, 1009. . , r- t - J. p. CAXJJWEIX, l MUh, " EVERY PAY IN THE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION FKICK: pally Oo yr ... Six snonil'.s 'Thro months On r Six mouth . . Torts months ... ... 4W ... i.Q ... P- ... -M PCBLlSHKIta' AX X O CKMKX T v, 4 south Tryon street Telephone IS; city editor's office. Ball PDe WW. SdHer-a office, l pbon.Bt Advertlslnc rate, are fui?d application. Adversers may fl aura that throuxh th clu"V' pa par they may rttch H Char t and a portlpn of tl.. beat thla Stat, and uapar South Carolina Thla paper sives correspondent is as wise laUtuda It thlnha public pol icy prmlt, but It If In no caaa re aponaibla tor their views raln preferred that correspondents their names to their artlolaa. iy In caaea where tl.ay attack P"J" er Institution, though thU manded The odllor reserves P' . to slve the name of responden,, when they are demanded for the pur pose of personal satisfaction l re ceive consideration a communication must be accompanied by the true Baroe of the correspondent. A subscriber If rdertcit the ado ef his paper changed, will please Indi cate the address tc which It la going at the time he asks for the change te be made THURSDAY, MAY tl, 1909. GLAD-HANDED CHARLOTTE. The Impression which Charlotte makes upon visitors la well Illustrat ed by some remark proceeding; from Alderman Llles, of Spartan-burg, af ter recently dropping In to establish , win the suggestion made by the ques- a business enterprise. Compared with I Hon. "Oh. no," he said, "planting; pAKUxxd rwDKB pxtncvurux. The Gafftxy. & C. Ledger tell thla about the difficulties of farming In the mountain section: I ' "Thoaa who live la this favored pied mont section do sot realise' the ricbea of the soil and the great possibilities that confront them until they visit th raoua- tains of our sister Stat. Its heartrend-in- to see the efforts put forth by tho mountaineers to cultivate th soil. Yet some of them manage to do mighty well. There is no telllnar what they could do If they had land a horse or mule could stand up on. You will understand this reference better when we tell you that the hills are so steep that the plow has to be drawn by a steer. No other draft animal can stand up on the mountain side." These conditions are not near so adverse to farming as those of another section of our mountains as were orrce described by Senator Vance to an au dience of Illinois farmers. As the Senator told the story. It was at the time he was vainly knocking at the door of the United States Senate with a commission as Senator from the Governor of the Ktate in his hand. In the spring of that year he waa invited to deliver an address at a far mers' gathering In an Illinois town. When Vance arrived In the town he found his fame had preceded htm and he waa an object of much curiosity to the farmers, who gathered around him at the hotel, prior to the speak ing, to get a good look at the ex-rebel and to hear him talk. While the hayseeders were stand ing around some one made a remark about the weather. This gave the Senator an opening. Looking up at the sky he said: "Yes, it is splendid weather. Were you men In my part of the country this morning you would hear the guns popping all up the mountain sides." An old farmer who had been listening intently, asked: "What doing, mister klllin' nig gers?" The Senator's answer waa al most as startling to his a-udience as Charlotte, nays Alderman Llles, Spar tanburg is "a cold and clammy town." As summarised by The Spar tanburg Journal In the count of some Appropriate comment: "He had an ex perience there, which waa not only pleasant to him, but it was a lesson t him. A large number of, people Ctm to his place of business and looking him up introduced themselves nd in the warmest and heartiest terms welcomed him to Charlotte. These were about equally divided be tween men and women. It showed the cordial, social, generous spirit of Char lotte." The Spartanburg Herald lets the truth of Alderman Llles" observa tion pass unquestioned, but warns him that after this he can hardly hope for much further preferment politically In Spartanburg. : Alderman Lilies Is right. In Char- . lotte people have a way of thrusting Out (he glad hand which does every Stranger's heart good. Charlotte is not among those towns which enter tain a grouch against the whole earth Oatslde their borders. It is optimis tic, open-hearted, good-natured, sun- ny-tnpred, hospitable, friendly. Prospering beyond measure and with thing coming Ita way fast, It can hardly see why any one should not be more than oontent with life. We ' suggest that Spartanburghers visit Charlotte frequently, Or, better still, come here in a body and take up their permanent residence. torn. The farms on the mountain sides are so steep th farmers have to stand in the valleys and, with shot guns loaded with corn, shoot it into the sides of the mountains. That's the only way they can plant their crops." And." said the Senator, "every mother s son of them believed it," but to his relief, no one thought to ask him how those mountain farmers gathered their corn crops. JUDGE BENNETT OX THE FAR MER. Judge R. T. Bennett, whose con tributions to the columns of his town's papers always attract atten tion because of the hard horse sense they contain aa well as the unique , expression with which they are ln , terspersed, has an article In the cur rent Issue of The Wadesboro Anso nTfta on the condition of the crop, la speaking of the recent heavy rains he' says: "Meantime Jupiter Pluvlus hurries forward the Immature grass and burden the arm of the laborer aa he pushes It Into the dark hole of the future," Every farmer who plants not knowing whether he shall reap success or failure, realize the apt- nes of thla expression. Again, In . speaking of the arduous life of the farmer Judge Bennett cays: "Small "grain: la to cut the next two week and the hard fortune of those who work the chopping block of all in dustries 1 exorbitantly put." If Judge Bennett realised what .great pleasure, hia writings giv to the. reading public he would not be ao -timid about appearing in public print and would more frequently ah are hi thought and his musings with his frlehds through the columns of th papers. n announcing the completion of it : third year The Wadesboro Ansonlan ay: "The paper ha not pleased ' everybody, and since we have suc . ceeded without trying to please any body th resistless temptation is to go on M our own master and owe allegi ance to no person or organisation." There Is the true ring of the indepen dent newspaper, and if The Ansonlan stands by lta declared purpose it will succeed beyond its editor's expecta tion "when he launched it as an ex periment The editor tells his read ers that he has entered upon the fourth year of hi work "with higher aspiration and a clearer conception of the eoantry newspaper' true mls sion In th world." May hi aspira tions be recused And his success reach beyond his expectAtion. rREVENTABLE MOXEY DRAIN'S. Noting the fact of a new home life insurance company with a million dollars' capital, The Macon Telegraph remarks .upon the millions which gXf away from Georgia every year for life Insurance and observes further: "We have here now a home life Insur ance company and a home fire Insurance company, both of which ought to receive th cordial and enthusiastic support of Maconlane and Oeorgtana. Now, the next greatest need, to further atop the out ward flow of money. Is an automobile factory. Life and fire insurance and au tomobiles are taking a great deal of money out of this section. Why not areata these businesses here? It can be kne if our own people will support thsm." These exhortations are no less ap plicable to North Carolina than to Qsorgia. Charlotte has two well- managed local Are insurance com panic and there is no lack of good life insurance companies In the State We are acquainted with one North Carolina automobile factory. Char lotte, which now has something like 140 automobiles and adds to the num ber continually, should have an au tomoblle factory, and a really good sized one at that. A much more im porta nt advantage than even this large local market would be the city's position as a manufacturing and dts trlbutlnr centre. If a good propor tion of Insurance money and auto mobile money were kept at home and the West were no longer paid some two hundred millions each year for corn and other crops equally well raised here, the South would find it self getting rich with greatly increas ed rapidity. DOGS AXT SHEEP-BAlSUfG. Commenting os the ruling of Judge Allen that on who kills' a sheep-kill Ing dog. oven If the dog; Is caught In the act of killing sheep. Is liable te indictment oa th' .charge of cruelty to animals unless the dog had bean outlawed by a magistrate In the man ner provided by law. The Henderson Gold Leaf says: "What about killing sheep by biting and tearing their flesh to piece? 1 that not 'cruelly to aiiiinal' more than hoot ins? And are not heep entitled to some protection from dogs as well a dogs from men? Fact is, the lawmakers are afraid to legislate against the dogs for tha protection of either sheep or human beings." It strikes us that The Gold Leaf's point 1 well taken whenappjled to the act of killing the dog as the only means of preventing It "killing sheep by biting and tearing their flesh to pieces," if done at th time the dog Is making the attempt, for it Is one act of cruelty If It be suchdone to prevent a greater. But as a punish ment to the dog th law does not permit it to be done. Were that per missible It would be a recurrence to tha old-time practice of holding ani mals responsible under the criminal law for their conduct just as human beings were held. In those days ani mals were brought into court, put on trial and if found guilty sentenced to death or to some lighter corporal pun ishment a proceeding as senseless a Xerxes' order to have the sea laahed with chains for breaking his bridge of boats. It la hardly probable that our court will rvrt to that practice from the other extreme to which they have been forced by the statute which pro tect sheep-killing dogs from the fate they deserve to be shot down on sight aa a preventive against future destruction of sheep and which la necessary to the protection of the far mers' flocks. So long as the law throws greater "protection around the worthless cur which prowls about the country than It does about th sheep Just so long will sheep-raising be Impossible in this country and our farmers be kept from engaging In this lucrative Industry. Judge Allen, it must be remember ed, has to administer the law aa he finds It. The Legislature and not he Is to blame. The Atlanta Journal says that "road tar" Is being; successfully used on a number of the streets of Its city. This Is an Tort, we suppose, te draw mors North Carolinians to the city and to make then stick After they get there. SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The other day two middle coaches of a passenger train on th Lehigh Valley Railroad left the rail while the train was running at high speed. The coaches ran on the croestles for nearly a mile and then jumped back to the rails. As wonderful as was this performance equally as remark able waa the fact that none of the train crew knew any of the car had left the rails until they had gotten fback in proper position. The jolt cemsed by th cars' return to the rails caused th conductor to stop the train In order to see what was the matter. Investigation then made showed that some of the cars, then on the rails, had been running on the crossties for some distance. This, one of the most remarkable railway accidents on record, is vouch ed for by a special correspondent of The Philadelphia Record. The cor respondent falls, however, to state whether failure to detect at the time that the cars were off the track waa due to the splendidly ballasted and smooth condition of the roadbed which made running on it as comfort able to the passengers as on the rails, or that it was such a rough piec of road that a car being off the track did not make perceptible difference In its running. UNIKING ROOSEVEIr'8 WORK. When Mr. Roosevelt gets the news from Washington City that President Taft is cutting down, right and left those many commissions he brought Into existence during his term he will be struck with astonishment at the temerity of the present Chief Execu tive. He will also accuse "the man he made President" with ingratitude. These commissions were created by executive order and without any au thorization from the law-making branch of the government. Congress could not prevent the President issu ing executive orders appointing the commissioners, but it could withhold funds for expenses including salaries of the members of the commissions, which It has done, and the President follows up the action of Congress with exeoutlve orders undoing this class of work of his predecessor. NotMng could more clearly illustrate the dif ference In temperament and ideas on presidential prerogatives of these two men than the courses they have pur susd in reference to these commissions. SOME PROSPECTS IXR 1912. The New York World denies the charge which has been brought against it of doubting whether there will be a Democratic party In 1912. The World says It harbors no uch doubt; it believes there will be a Democratic party in that year, but asks th question: "What kind of a Democratic party will it be?" The questioner puts a question which it cannot Itself answer. The Hon. William Jennings Bryan, If ap pealed to, would make a reply, no doubt, but whether It would be an an swer which means a correct one- is quite another thing. If there are as many changes during the present four-year period as there were dur ing the last three periods from one presidential election to another, it would take a wiser man than Solomon to tell what the party will be three years hence. MAJ. HEMPHILL'S TRIBUTE "CHARLOTTE IS A GREAT PTjACST , -l . Tbo AcoompUafaed EMitor of ' The Charleston News a ad Cowrier De clare That Kucb OVebrsXioa as Was Held Hero Woold Mot Have) Been Possible la Any Other South ern Towii ' Nothing Mythical or AlKgoeVal Abwat Thla City, Bat a Roam and One. of the) Greatest ReaHtie In tbe Southland. Charleston News and Courier. "Governor Kltchli. and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Carolinas." That Is how President Taft began his very notable and eloquent address at Char lotte last week. He knew very well that a large part of his audience was composed of people who had run over to the Independence town for a day and he was well within the proprieties to natter those who fortunately live on the right side of the line. He mad a great speech, one of the best that he has ever delivered. He did not threaten anybody, he did not talk "politics" except In a broad way. He did not appeal to "my mother's peo ple" or fall Into fustian. If we may so use the word, and better than all. regarding his deliverance from a his torical point of view, he did not com mlt himself to the acceptance of the Mecklenburg Myth. The farthest he went In this dirsetlon was to say "The claim Is." Ws thought that very clever in him, and as it wss wholly satisfying to the self-appreciation of the descendants of the Claimants it really approached the dignity of gen-. ins. But our present purpose is not to dwell upon the "Declaration." At most, and at best. It could not be regarded except aa Incidental to the great affair In Charlotte last week Of course. It served as an Idea or, as the Hon. Philip H. Gadsden, of this town, has expressed it, aa an allegory about which the real celebration was assembled, so to say. An allegory, aa our readers must know, Is a de scription of one thing under the Im age of another. For the present we may let It go at that; Heaven knows we should never mentioned the sub ject at all except for disciplinary pur poses and for the truth of history. trangers if not entirely1 to the satls- lacnoa oc the Dome loikav , ? - Mr. Tart'S visit to Charlotte was most highly appreciated by all the people of both Carolines. We believe that he is the first President who has visited this North Carolina town, and his reception was as sincere aa It was enthusiastic. So far as we could judge there was no polities In It in a mean and partisan sense, but only a complete fraternization as was most happily expressed by Mrs. Stonewall Jackson In her welcome to the Pres ident as "the harmonlsar of all our heart." The best thing said about Mr. Taft's address at Charlotte was by one of the greatest news-paper men in the South, who Is not remotely asso ciated with The Charlotte Observer, and who said after the President's de liverance at the Auditorium: "Yes, that was a fine speech, but it was a dangerous speech." "Dangerous," however, we should say only In the wsy that It may make not only North Carolina. but other States in the North, as. well as In the South, de batable political ground. Thl is what we have all been hoping for in a theoretical way and bempanlng the conditions which would not permit it. If it shall result from what Mr. Taftt said in Charlotte the ether day, why should any man who has been chafing under the restraints of party obliga tions regard the President's utterances aa dangerous? We may divide upon Issues but not upon race, so that against the threat of Republican ac tivity In the South on policies of gov ernment and -questions of political economy there Is one cry to which all white men In these parts will re spond white supremacy. These la sues, however, were not discussed by Mr. Taft, nor should they be consid ered here. All that we wish to do bow la to express our pleasure at hia coming to Charlotte and his whole some speech. Seised with an acute attack of fair ness. The Charleaton News and Cour ier "would ssy for th encouragement of those who lnlst that Johnny cake was made of wh eaten flour that Gen eral Zimmerman Davis, of this city, Drotesta that It was never made of anything else." The truth will become clear to all after a while. By the time Uncle Sam's Supreme Court finishes with that Tennessee sheriff and his fellows the popularity of lynching where it involes con tempt of Uncle Sam's Supreme Court will be considerably abated. Jn thee days after hie death Henry H. Rogers Is , receiving y the hun dred tributes such as all his money, while lie iyet lived, could not have purchased for aim, -; : Accordlrg to Mr. wftltam Henhart, secretary of the savings bank section of the American Bankers' Association, the actual and visible savings of the American people foot up the enor mous total of IMM.m.Os. This In cludes the savings in lite Insurance companies and building and loan as sociations, a? well as in banka, and is easily the largest In the world. It represents a per capita savings Of ovsr Ills, In view of a point recent ly made by The Norfolk 'irglnian Pflot with reference to per capita sta tistics, we shall bid every reader in aulre whether he has or deserves his share, v Anyhow, the tariff debates have taught a good many people some things Which they didn't know be fore about Quebracho. W ill Bottle The-Soda. The BrahhOD Carbonatlng Com pany has Just elosed a contract for the bottling rights tor ths new drink, "Thea-6oda" which has proved to be so popular and such a great success. Thea-Sod is bow on sale at all the soda fountains la Charlotte, and this well-known firm of bottlers and ics cream manufacturers will also act as local sales' agents for the Thea-Soda Company. For Tbe Observer. A TARIFF PROTEST. Bolons, tax whatever rev wtll. As high aa. you reraUr please. Things te wear and thing V eat, Run th tartS high est these; But AJ erlch heed, th) worth your while ir yo double tbe duty oa tee, Te consider the daughters of safHiofiaires By letting dukes sad eerie la free. X. F. fit As for the celebration in Charlotte we do not believe It could have been done better by a town rive times the size. Indeed, but for the terrible rainstorm, which blew up from the South Carolina side, there would not have been a single thing to mar the pleasure of the occasion. It was magnificent even under all the climat ic confusion. The town was decorat ed from end to end and side to side with the most lavish display of bunt ing we have ever seen. More than four hundred United States flags were contributed by the War Department at Washington for the occasion. Ev ery public building and mercantile establishment and private residence on the principal streets was in gala at tire. Three splendid arches, looking as If they had been chiselled out of Parisian marble, stood on three of the principal streets, and between these arches was placed at regular intervals white marble columns rest ing upon white marble cases in honor of the signers of the Declaration, and the space between these arches was called the Court of Honor. Within the distance or four or Ave squares forty thousand electric lights biased during the nights of the celebration, making the scene fairylike In its splendor and advertising to all the world that this town at Charlotte is th true electrical centre of the South. The electrical display at the Great Exposition in Buffalo waa more ex tensive, but it was not more brilliant or artistic than the display at Char lotte. In addition to the illumination of the arches and the long double row of lights on the principal streets, pendant from the towers of court house and city hall and high build ings were great ropes of eleotric lights xqulalUly outlined against the sky. The grandstand. In front of the court house, was built to seat ten thousand people, and thl ataad in the day time snd at night was one of the moat attractive features of the occasion. Th place wss filled with music, all sorts of bands from all sorts of places contributing their melodies to the de light of the thousands of people who thronged ths streets. One of the most brilliant events of the week was the reception at the residence Of Mr. Ttllet, given la honor of Governor Kltchia. of North Caro lina. Te thla reception three thoaa and Invitations were issued. The residence waa moat beautifully deco rated wtth electric lights and Chinese and Japanese lanterns, and here was assembled la fact the beauty and chivalry of both Carolinas. The vis itor from Charleston can "never for get the wonderful brilliancy of this entertainment and tbe beauty of the well gowned women who were pros it. Neither will they torget their roost charming reception at the resi dence of Dr. Gibbon, nor can they say too much in appreciation of the splendid courtesies extended to them by D. A. Tompkins and jr. P. Caldwell, of The Charlotte Observer, and their aides and accomplices. Such a celebration would not have been possible In any other Southern town. Charlotte Is a great place. It was chartered by the Colonial Legis lature in the year 1TT1 and was call ed Charlotte in honor of the wife of George III. It has always been aa important place because of Its an situation. In 110 its population was 12,000; its population ..now is 40,000 and it is growing by leaps and bounds every day. Its people are the best people in th world. They are distinguished, as Mr. J. L. Cham bers, of the Charlotte chamber of commerce, told the Press Association of North Carolina, for their high character, their independence, their love of freedom and their sense of justice. They have kept their boys and girls at horn; they have preserv ed th traditions of ths past; they have kept in touch with the marvel ous developments of the (present; they are a hospitable, generous, true-hearted people. About one-third of the population Is colored and all of it, white and black, is at work. It is a great manufacturing- centre. .Water- power capable of developing one mil lion electrical horse-power lies within sixty miles of the town. It was ths Southern Power Company that sup .ess.ass.sa. '"vnillln llTlTj-. lltIMmiHllHHH Ut i LITTLE timely about Trunks, Cases, Embroidery, Goods, Etc OUlt Bags, Dress Firm J La ces, el ixinss.' WasJ There are five railroads In Charlotte and thirty-four passenger trains dally. The freight business of the town yields the railroads $2,000,000 the year. Over four hundred traveling men live In Charlotte. More than 11,000.000 has been Invested in new buildings during the last year. In eleven years the number of telephones in th town has Increased from 130 to 2,5 57. The annual receipts of the postofflce amounts of $114, 00. Within one hundred miles of Charlotte there are 369 cotton mills operating 4,775, 000 aplndlea, 110,300 looms and repre senting a capital of $140,000,000. There are seven banks in the town with total assets of J9.97S.000; three building and loan association with an authorised capital of $1,000,000. There are twenty-four miles of elec trie railway in the town. The as sessed valuation of the property In Charlotte in 1908 was $15,415,718, property being assessed at IS per cent, of Its market value. Ths bond-' ed Indebtednes of the town is $1,140.- 000, and the tax for city purposes Is $1.20 on a valuation of $100. About 30,000 bales of cotton are market ed In Charlotte annually. Last year the cotton buyers of Charlotte pur chased not less than 800,000 bales of cotton The annual vahie of the production of twenty cotton mill, six trouser factories, seven machine shops and three cotton oil mills last year Was $ 1 0.725.000. 1 TP L C.v a i iums, oiui ases and Bags orf plied the current for the Illumination It 18 ail actual LaCt that We are showinc ihf lianlo of the town last week. 4 , , , - 6 ""OSI ana most, complete line or Trunks, etc., for toua of any firm in the Carolinas. Our line of Trunb sists of the famous Roller Trays and AutonJ rr i , i xrayB, ana ior convenience tnere can be no hettef has long been proven. You will need somethinJ this line when you take your vacation. The very! that, the demand for these popular gHU is steal increasing is proof enough that they are all righi every respect. We only add to the cost of eacH living profit every merchant is entitled to that no more hence our prices are right and it will you to see the- line before placing your order. . Trunks range in price from $3.00 to $2 Suit Cases and Bags from . - $1.25 to $1' In our new Carpet Departm ent, Tryon street store Charlotte has twenty-six miles of water mains and thoWftlly capacity or ns waierworKS is .is.iuo.uuu gal lons, it nas miles oj ifejr era, os miles of paved and macadam streets, 300 arc tight, 3 dally papers, 8 al leges, 3 preparatory schools, 1: grad' ed schools wltnd.004 chlldcen enroll ed. 60 churches, Y libraries hospit als, an auditorium wT capaci,tjr of 4.500, a Young Men's Qjrlstlan "As sociation building which eost $125.- 000, a new twelve-story offlee build- ng which cost $325,000 and I-heW fire-proof hotel which cost $290,(?0J?, Tb grand parade on President's Day waa one of the most extensive and elaborate that has ever been seen In any Southern town. The regular infantry from Fort MePherson, Oa.; the crack cavalry corps of the United States army from Fort Mytr, Wash ington; the splendidly, drilled troops of North Carolina; the marching clubs of the working forces of Char lotte; the handsomely designed floats of the business house of the -town: the artistically decorated automobiles. many of them driven by lovely wo men, and miles, It seemed to the spec tators, ef ethr marching club and associations raads ttp a - spectacle whtoh has aeved been surpassed In the South, everybody ia towa kept open isse; tbe hetele were crowded: the private residence were - filled; the whole sown was alive with the thous ands of visitor that poured la from svery quarter. There were receptions aad entertainments of all Sorts, -and la spit ef the weather the oeeasloa passed to ths pleasure of all the There Is nothing mythical or alle gorical about Charlotte. It la one of the greatest towns In th South. It a real. One of the greatest factors n the development of ths town is D. Tompkins. He started In Edge field oounty, South Carolina, and ho has "mad good" In Charlotte. What a wonderful thing it Is for any part of the country to have had a town ike Charlotte built -op by ths energies of It own peopl! It differs from Atlanta In the respect that Charlotte has made itself and it is as Arm aa the everlasting hills by whleh It Is surrounded. THE DEATH RECORD. Mrs. W. S. Russell, of Gulf. Special to The Observer. Gulf. May 26. Mrs. W. 8." Russell died at her home In this place yester day at 6 o'clock after a long and pain ful Illness. Her husband and two daughters survive hsr. Bhe was the mother of the wife of the late Dr W. 6. Lacy, of Norfolk, Va.. and also of the wife of Rev. Donald Molver. of Burlington, She was a good wo man and will be aorely missed In the home, the church and the community. Mrs. Mary Harry, of G rover, S. O. Special to The Observer. Oastonia, May 20-. Mr. Zeb B. Harry, book-keeper for the Oastonia Cotton Manufacturing Company, Is at Grover to-day, having been called there yesterday by the death "ef his mother, Mrs. Mary Harry. Hsr death occurred yesterday morning at t o'clock and came after an illness of several months. The burial took place at Orover to-day. Deceased was 83 years of age. h leaves two sons and four daughter. Trimming Department The newest Dress Fixings i ri Nets White. Ecru Black in the several new meshes that stamps 1 ijess on every piece. Also the new Colored 'Worked Novelty Bands for trimming; Jet Bands 1 Black Ket with Jet Beads, and Bangles; Novelty! Braidjs and ands; in fact, anything new in trimra yoft may ask for it's here. Wash Goods Triari Pnnlina in all aViarles are iust in. This is the I appropriate material on account of the medium w and high lustre for spring suits. cry desiraoie serviceable. Mr. W. D. McRae, of Rockingham. Special to Tha O'oaerysr. Rockingham, May U. Mr. W. D. Mcr, a highly respected eltlsen of our town, died yesterday morning at 10:10 o'clock, ror many years h was ons of th most Successful business men of Rockingham. He Was honor ed in a political way, by election to the mayoralty of his towa and to the office of register of deed for his" c"oub ty. Mr. McRae was bora la this county 48 years agoi He is survived by four slater: Mrs. Dr. J. VL Covtagtea. of Wadesboro; Mre. John Wood and Mrs. Crls Page, of Blscoe, and Mrs. C M. Hobbs. of Rockingham. - Do tl Now.. Now is the time te get. rid ef your rheumatlsra. Ton ean de so by applying Chamberlain' Unlmant. Nine eaae out of ten ere simply sauseular raesmatlsoi due te eold er damp at ehreoie rhw maMMk, sag rttH to the vtgereaa appt cation ef thl Mnfment Try it. Tee ar certain to be geUshted with tea smirk relief Which It affords.- 8oM by 1U H. Jordan at Oo. , ,: .. Embroideries Two special lots tf fine Embroideries are out on sptf banrain tables, and when we say special VriiAvnae if mMTio that it will nav you to investi? If 111 I AfcJ V aVs saw v m- - x Values up to 50c. yard on Values up to 37c. yard on 25c. 15c. taj Laces The greatest variety of pretty Laces, in all the nej meshes, styles and makes, and an w - - - j and fhft gurrvrisft is the Drice of p 1 on the entire'loi -" - r0 MH
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