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V Subscription Price By Mail. V AYARIJE STRICTIiT CASH 1 IN . STRICTIiT One Tear.-. - vy Six Months. .,' . ."- V Three Months. . One Month . . ...... . - ..$1.50 ... .85 Entered as second-claw - matter ' at the postofflce at Charlotte N. u. TELEPHONES. Editor.. .. .. Managing Editor. City Editor. . -.... Business Office.. ...- . 184 78 The Evening Chronicle Is served', to the home or our earners lor o wuw a week. , Charlotte subscribers to The Chronicle who fail to get the pa per, are asked to phone 2831 and a copy will be sent them at once. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 3 112. SAVINGS ANS HOME-BTJIMING. ' Nothing' has been of .more benefit - to Charlotte than her building and loan "associations. Yet Charlotte has only one system of building and loan, whereas there are many successfully working throughout the country. In thepast a number of other systems of building and loans have been operr nA . ViArA hut were founa ; to be fraudulent and hence this city has not only avoided the fraudulent" ones, but has become prejudiced against all oth er forms except those being worked Qur building and loan associations are based upon $100 sharesj which ma ture in six and one-third years. The payments! on these are 25 cents per week per share. In Pennsylvania they vary this system by having the shares at $ 2 0 0 each and they run for eleven and three-cruarter years. This makes the home-owner pay a much less pre- v mlum than if he has to run it out in six and one-third years. t Our associations here are all "se riesV associations. In Ohio they have a system in which there are no se- . ries. For instance, you may go into a building and "loan office in an Ohio association and take shares any day, irrespective of series. It seems that our associations here "might have two classes of stock; one paying a larger premium and : running , out in six and -one-third years, as we have, and an other running out In eleven and three- quarter years, as in Pennsylvania, with a much smaller premium. This would ; make' it-possible; by running a longer time to make the payments in the building and loan much less, while' It would suit many families. One of the - big insurance companies has talked, of . making a system : of .loans, : based upon : homes, coupled with life insurance, and in time this will undoubtedly be worked to the ad vantage of the people; Thus if the head of the family should die, the In surance would be vused, first to pay off the remaining debt on the house and then any residue of the money would ' go to the family. ; This ; com pany proposes that if it does this business at all to make periods of 10, 15 and 20 years. The longer the pe riod the .smaller premiums that have to be paid. One could really pay less than the. ordinary rental for a period of 20 years, and not only be buying a home, but be insured during the . en tire Interval and have money left to live upon over and above the pre mium cost of the long time. In Germany the building and loan has been adapted to ; farm life, ; the payments being made against tne crops.; This principle has v been so thoroughly worked out over ; there, and so ' successful, that the Federal Government is now taking steps to have the matter investigated and-re-ported upon for the farming Interest of this country, but the German land credit system would really seem to be nothing except the old, building and loan idea adapted to farm life, . by making the-spayments - against the crops. Steele Creek Township or some other, might well work out one of these' European land credit institu tions for itself. . -"'-c' There are. many various systems, but the general principles are few and simple. - One of these principles is that payments are made on the in stallment plan, against whatever kind of an income the subscriber has. An other fundamental ; principle is that the institution would be local. "When ever they try to cover a large terri tory they fall or get to swindling. Em bassador Myron t." Herrick in Paris, is from time to time reporting on European institutions,: and the govern ment will endeavor to-facilitate ' the organization of these in this country. :, . 7 i: . " !.".. . , ' : ' " ' ': i ?' " :.. . '... " ' - '..!. : . - l i,,. ;i : ; .. - ... . DR, POTEAT CREATED A STIR. . it may-be remarked in passing that The press "of the State during the the. State Board of Health and the -, . ' , ' a,A - State Geological and Economic Sur pass xew, aays uvu developed a mo8t, -valuable able space to comment on the arraign-r Bystem of publicity. The work of both menthy Dr. W. Ij. Poteat, president departments, especially that of the of Wake Forest College, of the modern former, is dependent upon ; the press newspaper, the doctor declaring" that other-means of publicity for its u i,. . , ... ' effectiveness, xne omaau 01 wui ue- It "drains the sewers of civilization : -i' .-..,,. - ' -.. - partments are dire the commendation and poisons the fountains of moral- and thanks of the entire State for I ty." The concensus of opinion agrees j their work, which is becoming more with the expression1 of The Chronicle and more effective, of Wednesday. Doctor Poteat, unques- v tlonablv an able man and" one of the Charlotte congratulates Asheville on foremost educators of the State, usu- landing the 1918 convention of the ally notable for his poise, simply made Southern Appalachian Good Roads As the common error of trattlne all nev- sociatlon. This is one organisation papers in one class. Just as an infidel that is having a direct and helpful in tut all ' nreachers in one class or all fluence and not only ' Asheville and members of the Church In one class, Buncombe County but the entire State blaming the whole clergy or the whole will "profit because of it meeting at Church for the rascality, Immorality the Mountain City. or dishonestv -of one member. - I 1 It is not to ' hA denied that Doctor When the , Methodists of the ciry Poteat correctly described one class and the boosters of the Greater Char of newspapers, but The Chronicle cer- I lotte Club go after a conference for tainly does not consider itself in that Charlotte,1 there is no use speculating class and is confident that not one of whether or not the invitation win De its thousands of readers would char- accepted. "No' would simpiy not be acterize it in the terms used by the taken for an answer. Wake Forest president. The Chron icle desires to and does minimize as much as possible news items of the kind referred to by Doctor Poteat and features and 'plays up" news of a con structive character, relating: to Indus try, education social and economie conditions and religion. Probably no strictly,news-paper in the country de votes more space to news; relating: to religious, charitable and ; semi-religious activities than does The Chronicle. PICAYUNES (New Orleans -Picayune.) Chest protectors axe not worn by baggage smashers. --... A candidate's opinion is more val uable after he Is elected. - , . The devil finds it mighty hard to get hold of a happy person. . The Cincinnati baby horn in an ele We give this news because it is our vator got Its rise early In life. desire to make a well-EDunded news paper and give every class of people Courage and common sense can do included in ! our clientele . of readers more for a man than money could that new In which thev at mrvat in- ever ouy. terested. ' ' . The Chronicle is proud of the char acter of Its readers who haye endorsed the constructive policy of ' this paper by their liberal support. i If a man wants to know of how little importance he is, let him go with his wife to a dressmaker. When a man does something foolish in public he tries to laugh. When he IMPORTANT RAHiROAD OONNEO- does something foolish at home he K TIOXS. swears. ; The railway extension being made , At a recent baby show the' judges declared every baby a winner. : For their wisdom the. Judges should re ceive a blue ribbon. , A man recently went crazy because he could not ascertain why the tide by Mr. Grandin from Wilkesboro up the Yadkin River to a point near Le noir, thence turning and going: over the mountains near . Blowing; . Rock, thence to some point ? In Tennessee, should be of great interest to this city and this section. Assuming that the LDDS flows. This Is a clear case road crosses the mountains and goes . waftP 0 the "brain. through Watauga County to Tenhes- - ----- :; ;.. ; ' , see, It will already have connection The little baby who puts his toes in by way J of the Southern to j Greens- his mouth is almost the only per- boro. But mountain" products find a son who In these hard times manages better market further south, and If to make both ends meet, the gap between Wilkesboro and Tay- J " lorsvilie could be filled in, it would AOWa B1VCS n,oir0 .w';mUm-.v'; ing account of a young" man trying to take home a widow and three swarms of bees at the same time. : '-X , K . x Pennsvlvanla paper ; feays: i "A my on account , of lumber interests, canary bird Bahg until it busted." but that it will be used: for general That's nothing, any "number of opera traffic .. Nothing "could be more im- viav& An-n thA tLm thine. -T 1A UU LTGO - ' - W U WAw w " W Taylorsvllle and Statesville to Char lotte and all points South. r We under stand : the road is being built prima- - ; AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA ' Daily Incitfsnts, Facts And Ccnment G3tb2rcd From "Tt Keiyspapsrs 01 Tho state v ; ; - ; IIDOLiLNTES THE HONOR. portant to this city and section than to ; get ;' direct connection to i and through jtthe mountain country. American brands of chewing gum It 1 are being offered for sale in places would be Important to get an exten- of- popular amusement In Germany. sion from Elkin to Taylorsvllle if it Trust the German to usually cnews cannot be done from Wilkesboro. t I a firood thing. would seem to ; laymen as if " the Southern Railway Company would find it to its interest -to fill in this Wilkes boro and Tayiorsvllle gap. : GOING AFTER THE COM3HSSION- - "... ERS. According to The Catawba County News the commissioners of Rocking ham County have been indicted by the grand Jury under the direction of Judge O." H. Allen, who became ex asperated because the commissioners had ignored repeated recommenda tions of the. grand jury for the build ing of a new county home, the present home being declared "a disgrace to a civilized community." This Is good news, a most encouraging sign. Judge . James I Webb in charging the grand Jury here recently instruct ed it ; by x intimation to ; proceed along the same lines unless the Meck lenburg board of commissioners make some -move looking to the erection of a new county Jail, the present one being in the same class with the, Rock ingham County home. : A; dozen or more recommendations have been A German scientist says ; that we are being driven iraxy by telephone. It's enough to drive a man "mad" when his wife 'phones and finds ;out he's having a good time instead of being at work. . : SPARKLERS 4 THE PROPER CAPER. (Kansas City Times.) . Said Wise: We have decided that We will adopt a son. To make home or our namtait We need, a little one.. And eot to take the shortest cut, I think the proper, caper Will be for me at once to put A 'want ad' in the paper." . (Baltimore American.) .TATiTile is',, very careless about her temper." "How so 7" , "one w arwa-ya losing tt." "-.'.i 4 -- - - (Detroit Free Presa) : vra. has solved the servant girl prob lem. "That so? How?" '"She's decided to do the work herself." roieveland Plain Dealer.) T like that man you Just Introduced, He knows enough to keep . his mouth neFs Editor London Doesn't Want to ; Be Rabbits Commissioner. 5 ' (Siler City Grit) . The editor of The Grit has not been and. is not now, a candidate for office, and therefore will be .obliged to de-. cline the position to which he has Just been nominated -by The Greens boro Daily News, to-wlt: Rabbit Commissioner j of r Chatham' County! We. are : duly- appreciative of the honor and are overwhelmed thereat. In our youthful, fancy we aspired to no such heights as this; no, the air castles t of r adolescent primacy . we bullded with ; never . a , commissioner-. ehip, in mind:- while true our "wagon was hitched to the stars," neverthe less we were , unprepared ' for the honor thrust so unseekingly upon us. And it grieves us to forego the power and - emoluments thereof. However, there are several young lawyers, ; a dentist and even our s popular drug gist or postmaster who would fill the position with honor to themselves and credit to the county; wherefore we beg our name be withdrawn and per-. mission be granted us .for a substitu tion. ' . Country Prodnce Scarce. (Wadesboro Ansonlan.) Country - produce is scarce in Wadesboro and one good lady of the town wants to know why the farmers do not advertise what they - have to l sell. The reason is that they can sell more how than is . raised in the country and sell it at good . prices, too. Only a'few years ago eggs and chickens were shipped- from this county to Northern . markets in great Quantities and" at - prices -less than half what such produces bring now. While enjoying good - prices ror cot ton and -corn, our people are neglect ing to supply even the local markets with country produce. .Wadesboro has nearly doubled in population during the past 10 years and the same Is true -..of other : towns In. the county, yet less produce is sold. Some of our Yankee brethren would appreci ate the good market afforded here for such all-the-year-round products. -rX:X: - . Improvements Being 3fade at Metho dist Orphanage. (Raleigh Times.)' At the Methodist Orphanage paint ers are at work on the first -building which , was put in use, ';. this being a boys' dormitory built in 1900, and standing west of and next to the main - building. Great progress ' has been made on the new dormitory for girls, which- is,soOn : to be occupied, and the construction is going on very well on another -.dormitory for. girls, both of these being on the east side of the main building. There .-are now six buildings, -all of brick, and there are. besides barns and stables. xxk:.i ,, .... - The Hickory Nut. - (Sanford Express.) , The hickory nut crop this Fall Is ea'd to be the largest in many years. The accepted belief among . the older inhabitants who. live by tradition and give precedence to old sayings is that this means a hard Winter. At any rate the hickory trees are laden with the fruit and many a youngster spends much time these beautiful Autumn days gathering In the nuts. The squir-f rels are also busy and many a nut will be stored away by them for Winter use. . . Rumored Change of Control. -f :: (Albemarle Enterprise.) - . ,' Rumors have been afloat for sev eral days regarding a change in op eration and control of the Winston Salem Southbound : Railroad. ' It has been operated ., by the Atlantic " coast Line,- but it is 1 now somewhat defi nitely stated that the Norfolk & west ern will take charge of it. A NEEDED REFORM. V ' X- v jX ;: v.; , c- Tax System in North' Carolina Anti quated and Inadequate. (Salisbury Post.) ' A much needed reform - in North Carolina is a better tax system. The present method of' assessing does not assure equal Justice between counties, nor -between individuals, nor-between classes of property; There should be an equal distribution of all tax - bur dens and it is not going to be as sureo under, present- arrangements. XX every Piece of property, real, per sonal and corporate, , were properly assessed with proper adjustment as between all interests and all , sections there would be no pauper counties at least none but deservingly so, and all men would pay their: tax with better grace, knowing that every one is paying a just and equal share. It is ttime ' for a . real . statesmanlike measure to ibe proposed and one who worxs out the plan will deserve great praise. rt .. . . .- -- - : : - ;- Colored Folks to Have Potato Fair. -'. ' :- (Wadesboro Ansonlan.): ; ' The colored people of the county are preparing to hold an exclusive sweet potato fair, the' first ever held in the United States, at : Zion Academy, in . Wadesboro. Saturday. November 30. Prizes will be offered for the pest half-bushel of potatoes, for the - largest : potato and for .the most curiously shaped potato. ; Indl cations are that the fair will attract a large number of colored people fpom all; parts of this and. adjoining counties. Talks and addresses will be made by. experienced sweet potato growers, tellinsr of the Krowth. storage and marketing of this great product or tne south. Prizes will be given the first 200 farmers who enter the grounds after 9 o'clock and also to the first 450 grown men.' r-4 . A-Profitable Apple Tree.' , . (Elkin Tribune.) Mr. C. A. Smith showed us a nlc ture this week of an apple tree from which he gathered 40 bushels of as nne apples . as any section of country can produce. " The apples were of the York Imperial variety. Mr. Smith told us that the gentleman he sold his apples to received $95 for the lot. and It being in October when the market was glutted with fruit " Thomas Has Good Endorsement.. (Mooresville Enterprise.) ' : Mr. Henry E. Thomas of Charlotte, who has for years .been connected with the United States Secret Service, has been mentioned by several papers as a cand date for United States mar shal for the Western district. There Is no other candidate, so far,- and his friends recommend him verv .hisrhlv. The position is now held hy Logan of Asnevuie. . If You ihie sYour ' Eyesight Lamp Receiver Pays 25 Per Cent More. -(Fayetteville Observer.) . Mr. F. H. Stedman, receiver of the defunct bank of Hope Mills, is paying out to the depos tors of that institu tion a division of 25 per cent, making the total .amount paid out by him to depositors. 91 2-3 per cent. A very good showing. J Commissioner Indicted. V , . (Catawba County News.) -" At the court- this week J; Pratt. a member of the board, was lndicetd on 15 counts .for. retailinsr and. soliciting orders for, whiskev. It ia said he has a still house Just -.over the Virginia line. - ' . . . . ... .. ; -: . . ' Come Along. (Laurinburg Exchange.) Charlotte is biddinsr now for a visit from Mr. - Wilson. Mav 20. Here's hoping that the distinguished gentleman ' Will ; be there, and that this quill-pusher can Join the throng. You will equip, your ; reading table with a .Authorities agree that'a good kerosene oil lamp is the pest for reading The Rayo is. the best oil lamp made, the result of yean of scientific study. It gives a steady white Ught, clear, mellow Made of solid brass, nickel plated. . Can be lighted without moving chimney or shade. Easy to clean and rewick. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Oaerpaimtol In New JUrser) Mr. fienamin Harrison Garrison Vbo Viy Be 100 Years Old Soon : 1 , s , -V r ' I 1 ' , .' ' V x ''i I - .. .-, - - , if - I SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. hiit at the riKht Ume." "Tes, made regarding the local jail, which trying to get accustomed to bla new set . Yt la rumored , fhn.t rniHi f o v.o. ing ; brought , to Charlotte in carload lots from New York, which are raised in Holland f. and shipped across the ocean. .. The : story further goes that these cabbages are bought in New Tork at 15 cents a hundredweight. 'It really does not look as if they could be brought ' across the ocean at that price and landed in New York. When the railway freight from New York is added,' it : makes ' the cabbage cost in Charlotte about . 6 5 cents a hundred weight. : Our" mountain people -could raise , cabbage- all right, but -. the ... diffi culty is to sell them, and these goods from Holland woud expain the reason why. If the story is as true one. What we need is for the goyernmena to help build roads to get our cabbage out of 'the mountains, Tor else put a tariff on at- the port to protect pur . home farmers from the cheap living Hol lander. ' - still stands as a monument to neglect andvun-humanltarian treatment of, not convicted criminals, but those against, whom some charge has been made and. who are unfortunate enough to not be able to furnish bond. of teeth.1 - - Birmingham AgeHerald.) "What would you do If the editor to whom you sent your cnensnea verses called them - a 'metrical spasm? " "Oh, I wouldn't mind, if he thought they were a.nt." . (Judge.) - Mistress What! Going; , to churoh again? v Maid Faith, an" twas a J'good" cook as yea advertised "for! " ' (Birmingham Age-Herald.) ' 'Sit is hard to do two things at the same time." "Have you ever ' eeen a small boy eat peanuts . and watch a The railroads seem to be making function . points oh two Jevels at some places, necessitating steps to get from one to the other: It is all right of course to avoid grade .-crossings, but it ; would seem to be all wrdng to avoid these grade crossings by means j circus?" tTl A.t Q-V Tl A T0 OOAn vow aAm Ailvn An tl I : i r-- , . malUmore American.) mosi Deyona-nis or her strength. why have the children so suddenly Grade crossings should of course be decided they don't want to go with us avoided but flights of steps where on the Jj1 - i m i. . because they heard their father say iub tua"8B ui suouia aiso oe there would be a .- spanking toreeae.' avoided. : We have heard complaints of the new stens at TCostla. alsin in the I , . v limner.; , big station at Washington, and In the LpTeTdldlermon Uie vicac preached last siaiion at UJiumoia ana otner places. And now the Baptists have gone to pestering with the Bible; Hell is no longer the old-fashioned hell but Is the . ''underworld." Adam and Eve be come simply ""man" - and '. "woman, the whale that swallowed "Jonah is Sunday. - Workman Tes, we alius likes that one. - - (Washington Herald.) "Hubby, I want some furs -. this Win ter." - "All right, dearie, I'll get you a set of ear muffs." (Fliegende 'Blaetter.) For Remembrance. She I beg your merely a, "big fish.' Of course It is met . you before. He-Oh, yes, vLast still the Bible and. the translation may night at the ball some one trod on your be a little merr literal, but what will toe.;r - That was me. C oVtl J.... mt.l VA-b. n.UV....i Adam and Eve and the wnaie, and Nedgbbtfrs.-iF'irst Excited Householder what , will the ; sensationaL evangelist really must protest. Your abominable do without a rear old-fashioned hen? XLlXcl? Sf ' .. 1 , " holder Well, what , of it? . Your con- Thls Is the season for church con- 'ounded bees suck all the honey" from ferencs, associaUons. et cetera, 'SKFff'ao'St Hog and Hominy Time in Palmetto . State. (Anderson . Mail.) . The first real cold snap of the sea Bon hit ' Anderson with a vengeance Sunday after many dates of its ar rival had been predicted by the weather men. The temperature went rapidly toward , the low water mark and remained there- for the day. Like the price of ' cotton, it Is on the upward journey again, though, and may go higher. . With the cold weather has come the reports of large hogs and the hog slaughtering season is how at hand. Soon the tillers of the soil will be feeding themselves' on : hog and hominy to their delight and to the envy , of their :-: less fortunate fellow humans of the cities.. Some reports of hog killings in the rurad sections were heard in the city Tuesday, but as a rule the farmers are desirous of. waiting to ascertain the extent of the cold wave, as they fear a .few days of very warm weather might follow, which - would affect : their fresh meat. .- ' - --y: r"j.;. : ;: Vr": - : 'Vv :;.vA ;! ; ;:- . Pork For Orphans. (Union .Progress.) J. CMcJ. Fant, one of Union County's most t prosperous citizens, , was in Union . Saturday. Mr. Fant has re cently sent to the Thorn well Orphan age two fine registered - Berkshire sows, so that fine breed pigs can be raised on the orphanage farm. ; . vi':-.,, - - - - Finds Tractor Useful (Abbeville Press' and Banner.) . ' Supervisor Stephenson : says :; the more he- uses the traction , engine purchased by the county -. last Sum mer, the more he is convinced of its worth for road building.- Mr. Steven eon says that it is no trouble to alter the scenery with this engine,, large hills giving way to th road scrapers attached to the tractor without any trouble whatever. ;. Besides its ef ficiency the tractor is economical, ef fecting -a . considerable saving over mule power. - ODDS AND ENDS , , The . railroads of the United King dom use 28,000 locomotives. The earliest mention of coal is said to nave ' been made by Theophratus. The nsh Faarilapia multicolor hatches ' her eggs in . pockets In ' her moutn. A stranger was' arrested in Chicago the other day because he had $120 in nis pocicets. . , Out of a total number of 54,600 passenger cars in this country 3,000 are oi steel. - SPANISH WAR VT7TERAN BELIEVED A SUICID0E3. NASHVILLE, T?nn Nov. 23. When neighbors and a fire ' company responded to an alarm in ' Wayerly Place, early today after extinguishing a fire in the home of Joseph Thomp son, a "young veteran of the Spanish American war, they found Thompson dead on the floor of his room. Threats that The is "alleged to have made to take his life on November 10 strength ened the belief ' that he had killed himself. His wife was granted a di vorce a .week ago and he was, alone at the house at the' tlnie- iSe was the father of three, clxildren, v Lord Dufferin delivered an address before the Greek class of the McGill University, about which a reporter wrote: "His : lordship spoke to the class m . the , purest ancient . Greek, wimoui mispronouncing a word , or making the slightest gramattical sole cism." ''Good heavens!" remarked Sir Hector Langevln to he late Sir jonn a. Macdonaid, "how did the re porter know that?" "I told him," was tne conservative statesman's answer, "But you don't know Greek." "True dui a Know a utue aoout politics." " Even "Americans who are v victims of the size mania may protest against tne length to which this mania has gone in a Missouri law court. Type written evidence of 17.500.000. words has been; submitted, or 50,000 pages or au woras to a page. The sheets make a pile ten feet in height. It took three years to. take the evidence. and probably is not too exciting that one would be able to read it in less time. . . New York lawyers will have reason to regret the - death of "Backnumber John." "Backnumber John" was a sort of specialized clipping bureau all by .himself, his : work being research into such matters of . interest to law yers as were to be found in .newspa pers and magazines.' He knew how to obtain quickly any back" number of a newspaper-that was needed by a law yer, if he did not have It on hand, as he often did.. -: APPALACHIAN POWER. ' 'i-XX v 1 . i4vsv :. ' ! X Company Has Sold to Bankers $500, 000 6 Per Cent Convertible Notes. - (Wall Street Journal.) The. Appalachian Power Company has sold - to : its bankers $500,000 6 per' cent 'two-year convertible notes, dated November 20," 1912,' which are being offered ' at 9 9. . The. proceeds of the sale of these notes ' will ibe used in extending, distribution systems and In "acquisition 1 of - new properties ; in Virginia and West Virginia: The notes are retdrable at par and accrued inteiv est at the option of the company and are convertible ait par into the 7 per cent preferred stook of the company at 90. . . . -ApTalacMaix Power- has jt:3t placed Mr, yBenjamih - Harrison Garrisonj who liyes on. the!" Mill Grove road id Mallard Creek Township, will cele brate his 1 0 0th birthday in January. Mr. Garrison was a recent'particlpant n his. 20th Presidential election, hav ing cast his first vote for Martin Van Buren for President." : During the long while he has been exercising the priv ilege of the suffrage, he has never vot ed -other than the Democratic ticket and was elated to cast what will prob ably be his final vote for President'in. behalf of Governor Woodrow. Wilson,, the new President-elect. : : v ; : Mr, Garrison is an exceedingly, ac tive man for his age. -'When a rela tive drove out to see him the; other day, he was ; found in a- cotton . field, busily picking cotton, v He has never laid himself aside from active duties, but takes delight in doing: what wofk he cah-4n -the -fields or about' . "the house'." . ' ' "Mr.-Garrison Is a native of Meck lenburg, having been born near the Cabarrus line January 24, 1813. Hi father, James frarrison was among the pioneer Scotch Irish settlers that cam .to this community from Pennsylvania Mr. Garrison had four sons in the civil war, one being killed two wound ed and one held a prisoner. He has been an active magistrate for more than 40 years and is well versed in law. He can quote Latin law termi at length, but is too feeble to read. He Is a good singef. Mr. Garrison hae given 'much of the time of his loaf anJ eventful life to the Mallard Creels Presbyterian Church, having served' as clerk of the session for about 4ft years;. '-- ' : . EIYERS PARK CARS WILL RUN DOWN WEST TRADE TO CREEK The people living on and near West Trade street will be Interested in the fact that, tomorrow morning the My ers Park car will be extended in Its route to : Irwin's Creek. . -,v Double tracking : has : been laid', on West Trade street from the Southern Railway crossing to the creek and all the paving on the car tracks com peted ' ' v This will . give J the people - in the western end of the town the car ser vice ; they .have been; needing for some time, ' as the Seversville car was hardly adequate for , the- amount of travel. As the Myers Park car will only go to the creek, I it will be used mostly v by the white people, and 1 the colored people will take the Severs ville car, which? goes out to Biddle University, where there is a thickly settled portion- of. colored people.- . The Myers Park car will leave the square westward bound 7, 2 7 and 47 minutes after the - hbur. while ; the Seversville leaves - in . the ; same di rection on 1 0, 8 0 ahd 5 0 minutes af ter the hour. Leaving the square the cars will be pretty close together, but as the Seversville car - has some dis tance to go beyond the . Myers . Park car, a car can be caught coming back to the square nearly every 10 minutes, i This Is the best schedule that can be made ' and divide . up the Elizabeth route : so ; that .the Myers Park : car would not run too close with the Eliz abeth car. , " X'x'X'-X "X ' v -' " ABLE SPEAKER ENGAGED T3 ' . ADDRESS MEN AT Y. H. C A. Rev. J. H Pressley, pastor of th First ' Associate Reformed Presby terian Church of Statesville, will b the speaker at the meeting for men at the Young Men's Christian As sociation : Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. - Rev. Mr. Pressley is in the cttT for the purpose of holding evangeBstkl services at the First Associate In formed Presbyterian Church and ii meeting-with pronounced success. ' Features of the meeting that will be of interest' will be the singinr of a tenor solo by Mr. Joseph A Jooe and the t instrumental selection bf the association orchestra. The or chestra r will 1 also accompany the singing of all hymns. A cordial in vitation' is extended to all men to attend. Strangers spending Sunday in the city have a special Invita tion :" . . . in operation' hydro-electric plants of 2 9, 0 0 0 horsepower capacity, distrib uting electric current In the Pocahon tas coal .. district and " adjacent terri tory in Virginia and West Virginia. It also owns power sites capable of a development of 53,200 horsepower ad ditional Estimated earnings of com pany show a balance of 1208,000 for year ended December 81, 1918, after payment of all operating charges and Interest on o per cent bonds and the present note issue-Contracts In force and In process of - closing provide' for the utilization of practically all power generated at first two developments Utterly Wretched Nervous Prostration Long Endured v Before Remedy was Found., ' Miss Minerva Reminger, Upper Bern, Pa, writes: , "For several years i nervous prostration, and was n"J wretched. I lived on bread and bew tea because my stomach would not re tain anything else. I took many rem edies, but obtained no relief wnUj took Hood's Sarsaparilla, when I began to gain at once. Am now cureo. .Pure, rich blood makes good, nerves, and this is why Hood'sSarsft parilla, which purifies and enriches u blood, cures so many nervous disease. Get it today in usual liquid form oj chocolated tablets called SartaRs. $550,000 STATE OP NORTH CABO - JJNA REFUNDING BONDS. Dated January 1st, 1913, payablj July 1st, 1953, .without prior option. Interest four per centum per annuni, payable semi-annually January and .July 1st. Both principal andj terest payable at the National Bank, New York city. signed: State Treasurer will recei sealed bids at his offloe In Rwf jg North Carolina, foresaid bonds un 12 o'clock, M., Tuesday. Decemwr. 17th, 1912. B. R. I-CT. wedsat-at v,.r-. fitata.,Treaurer.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 23, 1912, edition 1
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