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. ,. . ,, --v A j-. - . s; .v- 00 WE WILL GIVE $10.00 to the person sending in the best definition of "piano funds' or "certifi- f cates" as they are usually called. ' Many dealers are offering $25 to $100 "certificates 1 to persons making guesses, writing names on cards, etc, according to the scheme decided on by the dealer, this $25 to $100 to apply as a pay ment on a piano if bought from the dealer working the scheme. The piano without a certificate could be bought for $200 fo $400, according to grade, but with a certificate it will cost about $325 to $525. We want to know what a buyer gains or what benefit he receives by PAYING a higher price to use a certificate. Do You Know What Constitutes a Fine Piano? Unless you are sure you thoroughly understand piano mechanism, tone quality, action, etc., you had better steer clear of "certificate schemes" and patronize the Southern Wareroom of Chas. M. Sieff where fakes are not practiced. It isn't necessary to resort to fakes to sell strictly high grade pianos. Write for booklet SOUTHERN WAREROOM 5 W. TRADE ST. CHARLOTTE, N. C C H. WIlMOTtl, - - MANAGER Ohi&so ML MANUFACTURER Of THE ARTISTIC STIEff, STIEFE SELF PLAYER AND SHAW, THE PIANOS WITH THE SWEET TONE. :-: :-: Mr. Dooleifs Discourses ON CASTRO BY FIN LET PETER DUNNE S'Pyng';! imifl by H. H. MOUiure i Co.) Weil said Mr. Dooley, "me W i'. pr. '.in.. asthro is havin' a (i i n;. Kt-ttm' home a though re was a .saloon In Ivry block OH wi. "iiai h is him?" asked Mr. Hen- Na!in'i hi! him." said Mr. Doo- Vil h. .,.skB is to be allowed P hnn.( an' they won't let him. ith in .i popyiar man I iver see. cant nuke his visit tOO long, time h starts back f'r Viniw.- n i. ih i.owBri nuts its hand ta n- k an says: 'Why ro ? TU" wis r,,.,ltr nave another. Mr. "If" ! at home an' th' light to ins front window. Th' lit Cast.'u ar-re askin' What ha m ...h-pah. He's tirtd iv th' n (cl.tter lv Europeen life. He lilt t Mhretch his legs In front 4 -'-. viator that to th' same. as -dnh in his bammy fath- H" unts to see his old frtnd -h.) h- left In charge It th1 Wer -hil he wlnt abrod an who :,W Ins namr out Iv th 'Sign th .inr,. befure th' steamer was Hut ivry time he starU tto? hand is on hi. na.taJla. Jill. M'Prs 1, th- m-urriitA fr'm 11 tft a t , r r-re makln' him prolong 'Let me go,' says he. vitizen an' homesick,' Vf re not half as home-sick 'low citizens wud b 1f ye siys th' powers. 8tay p they an' to make him t wore out his welcome k ' m down an' set on his ,!":" day he slipped away ' 'Mis an' landed in a Dutch Ith- PS h, his ur :.ut wan to his home.. Hs'd. 1 ru settled befnra; th mayor caned on him; with, a Ye er excellency.' ' says to sovennmenx la moru- w ye occypytn' . nch on- ". oe. am io 1. 1 welcome ye to our llt : an- to , provide ye . with it ng soo table to ye'er its- lh,' Put on these handcuffs '' ith VP stomas t ivm Mfi reesed.' says-he., 'Niver W,''s th' mayor. Th -people in !,. ar-re no pnidea,' aays he. skk man an' cant walk jqj. we nlver thought rr V .kI.'11-' ! mayor. v., "n oe ia- ankles an' i u si , . v th" IghU It onr fair W, 50 aIon'- On tV fight na. an last coop W ti.50 " 'nrther,' says ft-T. c'PHaalo-into th 1 r.H" n" th nxt day th paaeLa' ttoat. ; 'hera ar-re ye goin'?' says he. 'To Bool gahria," says th' captain. Well, here's somethin' ye f'rgot,' says he. An' he slings Casthro aboord. "It's a long time since anny ex Prtsldint was so well looked afther. Ivrywhere he aroes, an' he's always on th' wing, he's attinded be mln-iv-war with insthructions to their bands to cut out 'Home, Sweet Home an' play nawthln' but 'Life on the Ocean Wave an' Th' Kambler Fr'm Clare' whin he's around. 'J demand me rights,' says he. 'Ooin' home is not a right but a painful Jooty,' says th" powers. 'Me counthry calls me,' says he. 'Yes, butye don't know what It calls ye or ye wuddent's be so anxious to go,' says they. Ye may think 'tis funny, Hlnnissy, but I say 'tis an outhrage to turn this domestic charackter into a wandhrer an' break ap his home ties. "What's heTdone to desarve so much attlntlon.' says ye, an' Mm on'y about five feet high an' Iv a color that wud on'y make him prominent la Mississippi at a lynching? Well, air. me frlnd Clprianlo was ambitious an 'he took th' shortest road to famft-' He made a nuisance iv him self. That's th' on'y way ariny South American can iver become famous. "I r-read his arly htothry in th pa-aper th' other day an" 'tis shrouded in mysthry. Th historyan aays he was born lv resplctable but Indignant parents an' wint into th business Iv raisin' or 1 If tin' cattle arly in life: It Is repoorted that he was iddycated to be a rlvofutlonlrt but In his youth found th' pro-fissyon over crowded an' didn't take it up till late to life. Wan lv th" anecdotes about him to that he become a pathetic an' revolutionist in this way: He waa leadin th life lv th ordhrlny Vln swalan glntleman. tendin' his rubber orchards till they were fruited deep with overshoes an' children's pac la era, dhrawin' his mornin' toffee Xreeh fr'm"th' three in his front yard, watchln' th' trantuly an' th scorpion frisk In h' garden an' comln home at night to his simple repast iv red peppers seasoned with chicken. If annybody told him ha was a path rite in those days ha wud've said: 'How dar ye? Havent I got ivrything I want?' . y- "But wan day. lis said, th' withrin' hand iv despotism was laid 011 him an it kindled th' fires rv patbritism in his bosom. It was a HtUa thing. Wan iv th' minions tv tyranny coma aionr an discovered - in our hero's hart cattle marked t C W,' T. X. 0B. ! Q. R-t an' other initials that wr meant tr C C.." but th man that branded th-cows cuddsn't spelL In rain Clprianlo pleaded that th' poulthry waa his.' that he'd paid ft it. that It had athrayed Into his barn, that ha was takin.' car iv It Tr W frind -who'd give up bousekeepin' an gone to Itv in a hotel, that It had been nt back fr'm th' laundhry ba mistake. Th' sathrap lv despotism dhroe off th' cows an' as they dis appeared over th' hills an' Clprianlo Casthro looked into his empty oarn he become a rivolutionlst. Manny a rivolutionist has been made th' same way. Th' reason we don't have thim in our favored counthry is because th' governmint nlver taked annything iway fr'm us. It gives, us thinga it gives th' sugar thrust a tariff an' it gives us other smugglers five years "Well, anyhow, whether it was f'r this raison or some other like it th' historyan says Clprianlo Casthro shuddered at th' wrongs iv his coun thry an' started a involution. There had been other rivolutlons In Vlnswa la or as they ar-re called In that quaint language, siestas. But they amounted to nawthln' beyond makln' it hard f'r th' little Vinzwalans to re mlmber who was th' father iv their counthry that afthernoon. Th reason they had failed was because th' riv olutlonary army was nlver large enough. Clprianlo beln' a bor-rn war ryor med up his mind not to give anny such advantage to th' lnlmy. Ho he invited his brother-in-law an' his un cle to rally to his standard an' they rallied. With this magnificent array he marched on th' capital " afther carefully look In' tip th' name Iv It in a jography. Th' amouldhrtn' hathred f'r th' opprissors an' th' enthusyasra f'r th army iv rivolution burst out as he proceeded an' all along th' tin lv march th' popylac. rose on wan elbow an' greeted their emancipator with frantic yawns. "At th' capital bp met a desp'rit re sistance. Long days th' fearful bat tle raged. All th' horrors tv civil war attinded, th' engagement. High an' bitter wurruds were spoken. No quarter was asked or given. Th' city rang with th' despair! n' cries iv 'Get off ma foot,' "Don't shove,' an' "Cow rd, to refuse a light to a lady.' 'Tr days th' tide lv battle ebbed an flowed ontll th' peerless Casthro hlmsllf dashed thrauglf all obstacles an plungln' headlong again th' gover mint foorces snapped bis lingers in th' farces iv th' able but Ill-starred commander, Don Qulplo d 8wlsle. This action has been denounced be smtlmlntaitots as crool aa' barb'rous an' a blot on Casthro's name. But, as Gin'ral Sherman said; "War Is helL' Th' ; harshest measures ar-re some times nietosary.- CasthroTlra often said h resthrainad himsilf on this oc casion. 'If th' inthrast rv m be loved .counthry required it J wud've pulled his nose, says he. Forchnltely no such exthrem was demanded. Th' opposln' gin'ral broke an fled an' that night Clprianlo Casthro occypled th' palace lv his ancestors, th Inkles. v "His wurruk ' waa now over a he thought an he was prepared to return to his native roost, but th' grateful people lv Vlnxwala wuld not have tt so. ' Thrue to his republican thradi tions he called rr an Uictlon f r prtoW dint be th' qualified voters Iv th Fa therland. Th' returns , were eagerly aktmmad that - night at th palace, They showed thai Casthro had re ceived wan "Vote, his brother-in-law waa an his unci , wan.- But as .hie brother-tn-law an." his uncle were in Jail convicted Iv . threason again th' republic th vote f r - thim . were thrown out an' Casthro ws urfani mously .lllctsd. , . , 1 'Jhat s as far as th' hUthry' goea What I'm goin' to tell ye now Is thrue. Ciprisnlo made th' fine Prisidlnt. He was th' first South American Prisidlnt 1 Iver heard lv an' th' reason Is he was so throublesome. 'Tis like ye'er neighbor. If he's a quiet, honest, peaceable man ye ain't inthrested in him. But if he keeps a dog that's attlntlve to th' calf iv ye'er leg as ye pass by, or doesn't shovel oft th' snow fr'm in front lv his dure, or brutally stamps on a defincelesa planoly at midnight, e find out all about him. So it was with Casthro. Who Iver heerd iv th' name Iv anny Prisidlnt lv Brazil or Peeru, or Pattygonya or anny other lv thim noble republics that set so proudly in th' Jim Crow section lv th' Brotherhood Iv Man 7 That's because they're daclnt men. But Casthro will have all his titles In hlathry whin they're mlntloned as What's- hls-name ? "As I told ye, be become a public nuisance an' th' grand time he had lv It. He abolished rivolutlons as effim nate an' tucked all th' rivolutionist. in Jail. Thin he took a step that show ed th' vicious side lv his charackter. He wudden't pay out money to fur rlners whin they needed It. 'TIs hard to explain th' situation to an oncul tlvated man like ye, Hlnnissy, who don't know annything about internay tional law, but 'tis like this: Jf a Ger man comes to this counthry an' starts up a delicatessen shop an' ye get tick fr'm him f r a furlong lv sau sages an' ye don't pay, he's apt to go down to Halsted sthreet an' swear out a warrant f'r ye an' hire a lawyer an' thry th' case befure a Jury an' if he gets th' vardicks. ye carry th' case to th' Supreme Coort an' It tucks It undher a pillow an' laves wurrud not to be called. But In a South Ameri can republic th' procedure to dill rent. Th' delicatessen dealer doesn't go to coort because th' coorts in thim parts onllke outs arre prejudiced again f urrlnere. He goes -an sees his ambassadur an' tells his thraglc sto ry. Th' ambassadure iputs on his soord an' his cocked hat an' tears off f r th' White House. He knocks down th' private sicrity at th' dure, grabs th' Prisidlnt ba th' collar an' says be: 'Ye have insulted th' flaz iv his Ger manic majesty. 'Glory be, says th' Prisidlnt, 'I must've done It in me sleep. What has happened?' says he. 'A citizen lv Vinswala has felonyously refused to pay wan iv his majesty's subjlcks fr his sausages an' be this an' be that If ye don't grve me two dollar this blessed minylt an' a Boot able apology on ye'er betided knees, there'll be a man-lv-war in th' har- Km. tn.pnnrM k AtlnAtln' thtnm Into ye'er front parlor.' says th' ambas-1 sad u re. "Well, sir, whin Casthra wlnt Into office th' impydlnt fellow wudden't collect money f r annybody but him silf. What d'ye think lv that? Says hei 'Anny money that is burtln' me constltooent to mine,' he say. Well, sir. there was th dirvl to- pay. He wasn't satisfied at refusin' to grve up. H hung up a stgn4n th' palace: 'Book agent an ' ambaasadures barred.' Whin th' German ambassadure called about th' sauaaage he chased him half way to th' dock - Th' FT-rinch am bassadure got gay about a claim tv a cltisen.lv la belle France an Casthro. th' Itttls vUlyan. put him on a ship an'-thin quarantined him. He threw th Dutch ambassador out lv a second story window sn' he give th' English ambassadure three hours to lave town. Befure he'd been Prisidlnt a year all th' gr-reat powers lv th' wurruld were rlprisinted in Vinswala be an office boy lv th' Chinese embassy. An' there set little Casthro smokln' a see gar, dhrinkin' his rum out Iv a coal scuttle an' havin' th' time lv his life. "Well, sir. th' powers lv Europe were mad clean' through. They sint their navies to, bombard Caracas an' discovered that it was an Inland town. 'We'll invade an desthroy ye,' says they. 'Come on,' says Casthro, 'but be careful not to lose ye'er way,' says he. "We'll sink ye'er navy,' says they. 'If ye get to It befure It sinks Itsilf,' says he. 'Tis a tur-rble thing f r a gr-reat power to be throated this way be a counthry that's out In th' back yard somewheres. An' fln'lly what d'ye think he did? He defied this here land lv freedom .that has admin Isthered th' 'Monroe Doctrln' to th' benighted lands lv South America with a shovll. He chased some Iv our most thrifty diplomats an' cltlsens out an' he bethrayed our thrust or wan tv thim that was In tlx asphalt business. "Te didn't know It, Hlnnissy. but 'tis fr'm th' pleasant withers lv th' lake In Vlnzwala that our sthr.et an' our aldhermen are made so splendid an' so slippery. TIs so. Th' billows ye see outside ye'er dure an' that th' light prtmace lv th' milkman bumps across, a few weeks ago were ripplln' th' sur face iv th' wsther supply in Vinswa la. An' 'twas th' thrust that pipe these bullyvards up to us that Casthro defied. Well, Thaydore Rosenfelt, a was his custom, his Indignation knew no bounds. 6ays I to mesllf: 'Good bye Casthro; ye've had a good run Tr ye'er money but it' all day with ye now.' An' what happened? Dirvl e arching. There was an explosion that shook th' lid off th' sky. Th' nation waited with bated breath, as Hogan says, while our gr-rand navy rushed to Vtoxwala. An' lo an' behold, whin 'twas all over, there et Casthro th' same as iver. Nawthln' Iver touched him. "An' there he mlght'v been to this day, miad ye. but rr hi mistake an' ; our splendid diplomacy, something wlnt wrong with th' inteeryor iv th fine little la ad an he mod up his mm' to go to Germany to have it mended. That's th' usual way. Thrust ye'er own doctor but if ye want to know th' worst go to Germany. 60 Casthro call ed in th' la'ad that he'd made Vic Prisidlnt, a pathrif be th' nam Iv Gome. .Gome washed hi hands. put on hi coat an' com- In. 'Em manuel,' aays th' little man, Tm go- In" to Germany to hav some nlclasary repairs made in me.' h. says. 'Yes, ye'er excellency,' say Gome. "While I'm away, ye will r-ran our father land.' says Casthro. 'But anny money y find- in th' large dhrawer marked Personal. C CV see that th' Jail lv our fair counthry are kept occypled an' hav no dalln with ambassa dure fv th' frlndly powers, says he. Th' on'y frlndly power to 7n1wala is mem If, fas cay. 1 now hand over th' rein Iv offlc to ye. Act accord In' to ye'er own Judgment an' If ye don't act right Til be back in two month time n' skin y alive.' ho say. 'Ex cellency.' says th' faithful Gomes. I owe Ivrything to ye, life, position, hon or. .This new proof Iv ye'er afllctton Is overwbslmln' but X will show me sllf worthy Iv it. I will sarve ye till death,' he says. An' Casthro give him his hand to kiss an' got aboord th boat, an' steamed away to Germany. "Well, air, he hadn't been out lv th' harbor an hour before a dhreadful rivolution broke out in Vlnzwala again him. Like th' gallant uprlaln' lv th' people In our gr-reat sister re public iv Pannyma, th' news was first rayoeived In Wash'nton. 'TIs won derful how th' news thravels In these days Iv wireless tlllygrafts but th' first Gomes knew iv th' detarmlned uprlaln' to end th' rule lv Casthro was a message fr'm Wash'nton: 'Congrat ulation, on th' splendid outburst lv pathritlam that has placed ye at th' head Iv our sister republic. As ye know, th' entire poplylatlon rose an' marched to th" pslace, th' ar-rmy took th' oath v allegance an' th' con spirators tv' th' fallen dynasty are In prison. Th' city Is blastn' with bone fires an' th' excited multrchood are burnln' a statue lv th' base Casthro In th' public square. Th' new Prisi dlnt has announced a policy lv con cilyatlon to'rds furrlnsrs, will settle all outstandln' debts an' ha Invited th' ambaasadures to return, America, th protictor iv -constitutional freedom, Jlnes with th' powers it Europe that ar-re not so much so, In congratulatin' ye'er excellency., An answer com at wanst; 'Am on. Rlvlutlon starts to morrah. Bind rlvolutiontot C. O. D.' (Signed) Gomes.' "An' there ye ar-re. Whin me frlnd Ctpirlanio landed In Germany he got a tillygram fr'm Gome addhressed: 'Ex-Prisldlnt Casthro.' Since thin as I tell ye, he's been tryln to sneak back home an' they won't let go lv him. 'I'm an American,' says he. 'Ye're a South American,' says th' powers. There's a difTrence, says they. An' I don't think hell get back. . "He shud've stayed where he wa," ald Mr. Hennessy. 'Th' likes It him have got to be careful." That's where he mad hi mis take." said Mr. Dooley. "Casthro thought th' wurruld was blrer thin tt is an' that he cud do as he biased In his own house. But th' wurruld, Hlnnissy, to crowded nowaday like a row Iv house in a city block. If ye're sthrong an' able-bodied ye can do as ye piano an' ro out In th avenln' an sthrut up an down th' sthreet with yer thumb in th armhole iv ye'er vest. An' If ye ain't thtrong but have a sthrong house y can be a nulsanc to yeer neighbor But y must'nt com out lv th' house or yell hav ye neau puncnea. TRIKD TO KILL 8 WKKT HEART, ClsreiKfi K. Miller, a Young Man. of Salisbury, Attempt to Shoot Mix HlaiH lie Fltairerald, of Greensboro, ' Because She Refused to Marry Htm Affair Occurred at the) Rocky Hir er Spring Hotel. , . Wadesboro Messenger snd Int.Ulgen- , ier, 17th. The guest at the unusually staid, and quiet Rocky River Springs Hotel ' were greatly excited Friday night. be-' cause of an Attempted murder and su- -Icide. The principals to , the affair ' were Mr. Clarence A. Miller, aged ' about 21, of Salisbury, and Mis ' Blanche Fitzgerald, of Greensboro. it seems that young Miller, who la, assisting his father In making a map.' of Stanly county,' met Mtos Fltzg.r. sid, who was a guest at th Springs, ' about three week ago. - -,-: J- The young lady I said to be a very ! ' charming woman and Miller at onco , fell desperately In lovo with :ner. There were no young -men at the Springs at this time and "Miss Fits- gerald received Miller' attention un- " til the affair reached a poltn that the young man appeared to be daft about . her. Finally thayoung lady tried lo ; hake him off, but Miller was not "to be gotten rid of o easily. Friday, hs went to Albemarle, and got a marriage , license. . He then secured a preacher, Rev. Mr. Brown, and went to th ho- -tel and Informed Miss Fitsgerald 4hat 1 he had com to marry her. Th young lady requested Miller to go Into an ad-, -Joining room-with her. wrier, ah aU ( tempted to reason with him. Miller, however, would not listen to argument; thereupon he waa informed - . point blank th marriage could not, take pdac. At thto point he drew a pistol ' and declared his Intention of killing . both himself and his sweetheart, Mies . Fitsgerald screamed and a number of guest at th hotel rushed Into the room and disarmed the reckles youth. Mis Fitzgerald left th hotel next day and Miller, we suppose, is still assisting his father In making a map or Stanly. , . ,v Barao and Phi 1st h Convention Open ( Ashevtlle. . Special to Th Observer. -. Asheville. June It. Delegates and visitor to th Baraca and Phtlathea convention, which opened - to-night, hav been arriving all day and Ih registration to-night show that more than 1.200 are already her. Ths streei this afternoon were thronged with the visitor and Indications are that thto meeting of the world-wide Baraca movement will be th largest attended In it history. Other dele gation are expected to-night and to morrow and in all it I probable that ntarly 2. will b'her. ; ELK MILLl 1 .- r- v TO REORGANIZE, Stockholdr Granted a Friendly Ke- . eelvershlp For the Pnrpoe of Put . ting- tha Plant on a Working BasU Special to The ObserverT". V...'r,:,-;":i.i,.i , Ashvillt Jyno 1. Th Elk Cot ton Mill. located two 'milt from Asheville were this afternoon on a consent order mad by Jude Fergu on placed In' th hands of receivers. The receiver named arc: T. S. Morri- son. 4. h. carter and capu.w. T, Weaver. ,Th receivership was granted on a petition, of the stockholder who had determined at a meeting on Jane 14 that the best way to aettl the mat ter of th company . and. perfect a plan of reorganization was the course of a friendly ' receivership. -. . " Captain Weaver suted thto after noon that the receivers Intended to perfect a reorganisation a ' soon as possible. The mill , waa closed about two month ago and will not be re opened until th reorganisation i per- fected.. .;.:;;.::,. .:- :-. . t " :, ' ' V; - Y - r-'-: v . . '.,'. V V :; c1' - " ' ',-'- 's J - -a. '' . s -..- et . . - A si 1 V
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