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CHARLOTTE, N. O., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1900.
VOL. XXIII.
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ALMOST IN SIGHT.
BuHer is Moving Forward Rap
idly to the Relief of
Ladysmith.
GFN. MacDONALO WOUNDED.
Bjers Attack Clements at Arun
del Plumer Repulsed by Boers
at Crocodile Pools Queen Hap
py Over Unconfirmed Report of
Ladysmith's Relief. -
By Telegraph to the News.
LONDON, Feb. 21. Ladysmith has
been relieved. It was announced at
the Windsor Town Council today that
the Queen had neard the news.
BULLER CROSSES THE TUGELA.
A dispatch from Durban says the
forces of Buller have been crossing the
Tugela at Colenso all night long and
he now has four thousand men on th
north bank of the river. Hart's bri
gade is all on the north bank. Deter
mined efforts are being made by the
engineers to repair the railroad bridge
so that trains may run. A pontoon
bridge has been constructed over the
ford at the foot of Hlangwana and
heavy artillery is being taken over it.
The Boers are not offering strong re
sistance, occasionally firing from Grob
ler's Kloof. Buller is endeavoring to
mount big guns on Hlangwana, which
can be used on the ridges north of the
Tugela and along the line of the, rail-
way as far as Nelihorpe with goodref
feet. It is believed that Buller, will
c ontinue his forward movement to La
dysmith without rest. v v..-.
The Boers are still retiring, leaving
the rear guard merely as a patrol,
HELIOGRAPH FROM LADYSMITH-
LADYSsMITH, Feb. 20, (By Helio
graph to Colenso.) -The Boers have
removed Long Tom from Bulwana Hill.
Buller's naval guns are now reaching
the Boer position. We expect relief
within two days.
REPORT NOT CONFIRMED.
LONDON, Feb- 21. The report that
Ladysmith has been relieved is again
current on the Berlin Bourse and Lon
don Stock Exchange. Although it is
possible the report is true, no news
has been received to confirm it. The
War Office says it is unable to confirm
the report, but the public believe the
Queen has again forestalled the au
thorities. RELIEF A MATTER OF HOURS.
Another heliographed dispatch from
Ladysmith says Buller has captured ;
Ploy's hill, which is plainly visible.'
This has put everybody in the high
est spirits. It is believed Buller will
next occupy Ashvogel Krantz, on the
north bank of the Tugela, commanding
the railway to Nelthorpe, ihalf way. to
Ladysmith and also perhaps reach th'e1
summit of Bulwana hill. We believe
relief is only a matter of hours.
CRONJE IN BAD POSITION.
LONDON, Feb. 21. 'A private tele
gram here from Berlin this afternoon
declares that General Cronje is in a
bad position, bearing out yester
day's Berlin rumor that Cronje was
surrounded.
WINDSOR A LITTLE PREVIOUS.
WINDSOR, England, -Feb. 21. The
announcement is posted in the town
hall that Ladysmith has been relieved.
TO INQUIRE INTO SEIZURES.
LORENZO MARQUEZ,Feb.2L Uni
ted States Consul Hollis has sent a cir
cular letter to the merchants here,
stating that he is instructed to inquire
into the recent seizures of merchan
dise from New York. He is prepared
to receive sworn declarations from par
ties interested.
MACDONALD REPORTED WOUND
ED. LONDON, Feb. 21. Itls reported
that General MacDonald, commander of
the Highland Brigade, was severely
wounded in the battle yesterday.
NIGHT BATTLE AT CROCODILE
' POOLS.
LONDON, Feb. 21. No news has
been received up to this afternoon, in
regard to Cton je's army, though there f
are persistent rumors tnat an engage
ment is in progress. It is; reported that
Col. Plumer, who is-moving to the re
lief of Mafeking surprised the Boers in
a night attack at Crocodile Pools. The
Boers at the pools were strongly en
trenched. ' ' While Struggling through
barbed wire entanglements, the British
alarmed the Boer dogs. The Boers be
gan firing. The British then made a
bayonet charge. The Boers exploded
the dynamite mines and the British
retreated.
BOERS ATTACK CLEMENTS.
ARUNDEL, Feb. 21. The Boers
made a determined attack on General
Clements' camp today. Their big gun
and Vicker iMaxim harassed the Brit
ish infantry for several ihours. Both
were finally silenced by the British
five-inch gun, and the attack repulsed.
The graded schools will have holi
day tomorrow in honor of Washing
ton's birthday.
SUES SENATOR SULLIVAN.
Pullman Conductor Wants Filty
Thousand from the Mississippi
Senator.
Pullman Car Conductor Coles"; whose
run is between Washington and Char
lotte, informs a News reporter that
he will enter suit against Senator Sul
livan, of Mississippi, for $50,000 dam
ages. Mr. Coles charges that Senator
Sullivan while on his car Monday night
abused him unmercifully and struck
him. several times, blackening his eye
and inflicting several other injuries.
Mr. Coles further charges that Senator
Sullivan was (intoxicated and had been
since he left Washington. 'When asked
for additional information in regard
to the occurance, Mr. Coles stated that
he did not care t discuss the matter;
that Senator Sullivan had apoligized
tp him and attempted to5 hush the
matter, but as it was one of sucn
a serious nature he thought she should
pay heavily for his bad conduct.
v HOLIDAY AT PO3T0FFICE. .
Thursday, February 22nd, being a,
legal holiday, the ..following schedule
will be observed at the postoffice: Car
riers will make their regular morning
deliveries, and also the second deliver
ies in the business portion of the city,
but there will be"no afternoon deliver
ies. Money order, stamp, and general de
livery windows will open at 10 a. m.,
and closed at 1 p. m.
The public is respectfully requestec
to call during 'the hours mentioned; as
the clerks will leave the office promptly
at 1 p. im., there will be no one to at
tend to the windows.
All mail mail posted ait 'the pastor
fice or in the street-letter boxes in the
business .portion cf the city will be col
lected and dispatched as usual.
Respectfully,
JONAS W. MULLEN, Postmaster.
DAMAGE TO TRUCKERS.
A . "-gentleman who , is jusit from the
Eastern' portion of Nortja. Carolina .tells.
a News reporter? that the .severe cold
wave of last Saturday, -worked;, untold
harm to the truck farmers of that sec
tion. The News' informant states that
most of the lettuce and cabbage was
ruined. Just how serious the damage
is cannot be ascertained until warmer
weather comes, when the plants will
show for themselves how much injury
they received from !fche coldLweatheri"
TRUNKS OSBORNE WLL.Wft., -Friends
o,Hpn (..I'.Qjdrne, are of
thejopinioii '$&X he wi.ll, , s4eujrf the7
placed on ;'iibV. Philippine Commiss' ion.
Mr.' O'sborrie'is still in. .Washington.
Nothingi rhas, been heard from either
he or Senator Pritchard in regard to
the matter.
Hon. Clark Howell, of Atlanta, .an
other Southern man who has been spo
ken v of in connection "with the place,
passed through Charlotte last night en
route to Washington. '
EXPRESS AGENT COMMITS SUI-
CIDE.
Bv Telegraph to the News.
CAT-SKILL, N. Y., Fet. 21 F. R.
Mungen, for twelve years manager of
the American Express Company here,
was found dead early this morning,
with a bullet in his temple. The body
was found in Prospect PaTk. His ac
counts had just been placed under in
epection. His friends scout the idea
that he was an embezzler.
Manager Nat Gray says he will in
form the public when the opera house
will be closed. He ays we will still
have a place of amusement for some
months yet.
The session of the First Presbyter
ian church will meet tohightvand di
rectly after prayer meeting -services an
ODDortunitv will be given any one to
connect themselves with this church
WILL BE GUESTS OF THE CEN
TRAL. The Philadelphia base 'ball team,
which comes to Charlotte shortly for
spring practice, will stop at the Cen
tral. It is understood that the club
will bring about 30 men to Charlotte.
This number does not include several
newspaper men. -3" '
DR. CAPEHAiRT'S BROTHER RET-
" , TER.
"'A. letter received from Dr. Capehart
Who is in -Washington, -attending -ihis
brother, states hat his brother is bet
ter and that he expects to return
to Chanlctte Friday. On his arrival; Dr.
Capehart found his ibrother some bet
ter and he ihas ibeen improving daily.
THANKS TO THE FIREMEN.,
Mrs. ,M. C. Palmer asks the News to
thank the firemen and all who assisted
at the fire which almost consumed her
residence yesterday. Mrs. Palmer had
but little insurance on either her
home or the furniture.
MR. TODD BETTER.
Mr. Baxter Todd, who has been quite
sick for some time, is much better to
day. He hopes to be out as soon as
the weather clears up.
THE FIRST AMERICAN.
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Washington's Birfhday to be
Appropriately Celebrated in
Charlotte.
ELIZABETH f S PA TRIOTIC.
Programme of Exercises at This
InstitutionThe Daughters of
the American Revolution to
Entertain at the Presbyterian
College.
Washington's birthday will be cele
brated in fine style at Elizabeth Col
lege both (tomorrow morning and even
ing. The college will give a holiday
purely for partriotic instruction and
pleasure.
At 10 : 30 o'clock tomorrow morning
in the chapel "The History of Wash
in gion in' Song and Recitation,1" will
b3 the feature. This will be under the
management of Miss iBmima Haines.
In the evening a colonial banquet and
reception -will 5e given' by the mem
bers of the Ettehrestian Literary .So
ciety, the faculty and students in the
college parlors and dining hall. Every
one who attends will be expected to be
dressed in 17th ce'ntury costume.
TSie features of the evening will be
the cherry tree, hatchet, flags; unvail
ing of Washington's pioture, and the
fclilo wing addresses and toasts:
Address by Miss Koenig, president of
the Euchrestian Society.
"The Faither of His Country," First
in war, first in peace and first in the
hearts of. his .countrymen. President
King.
"The Colonial ;Dame" Embodiment
ci: purity and simplicity"." Aliss Ab
bot t. ' .
"In times of war" "Be a hero in the
strife" Prof. Fisher. . i H-iUv--
"Our Country" "United , 'e' stand,
divided we fall." 'A -l riu
"Stars and' stripes."
"Long may it wave o'er the land of
the free, the home of the brave."
Prof. Fritz.
, V"R elaition with.. !;the fair : sex."
"Young men have ever more special
care thast womanisih allurement prove
net a, snare." Miss Gra-ham,
"Our . . truthful
Forefather." '"The
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iruthV the". whole truMjaiKd jnthig.'ira
ithet;tr,::-iDr. W7.J
;a3j3t.nd iPresenr;T voiqeof
rihe present1 say icoTne, the voiced of the
ast past say wait." Prof. Hayward.
D. A. R, CELEBRATION. .
Tomorrow at noon", the presenitaitioii
of portraits of ' George Washington to
the various schools of 'Charlotte by the
Mscklen'burg Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, will take
place in the chapel of the Presbyterian
College. In 'addition jto the tpresenta-
iticn of iporitraits, the offer or oasn
prizes for the best written paper on
some historical; subject 'by tihe samb
Chapter D. A. .R.'s will be one of the
features of the entertainment.
Those in eharge iOf the exercises (have
arranged ah aittractive ipro gramme for
the occasion) -which will be as follows:
Prayer by 'Rev. J. 'R. Bridgers.
Music America- first and last.
Reading Boyhood of George Wash
ington'.
Presentation of portraits of George
Washington to ithe various schools of
Ciiarlctte. . "
Acceptance of portraits by Rev. J
R. E ridges, Rev. Mr. King, Prof. Alex
ander Graham, 'Prof. J. G. Baird.
.Music Star Spangled Banner.
Reading The insignia of the ID. A
R.
Prizes offered to pupils of the" 9th and
10t:h grades, public school.
Musiic Carolina! Carolina!
The public is cordially inyited to
attend these exercises.
N EI THEIR COULD VACCINATE HER
One of the operati ves of the Ginghom
Mill a woman when asked' if she
nrr.TilrJ ullrvw iVtv 5FFTn,wlv tho niifv iTlhV
sician to yaciHfelt her replied that she
would mot? 'ivMfeji asked if she would
cpnsenib torfDrv Str'ong vaccinating her
slre replied 1 th?at j 'he would have to be
what hi9 Tian?implieifhe did. So
rar as nearu irom rs;.wiman; tiiass uul
bared 'iher arm. ' - ff-r-. - . -
ROCK THROWN AT VESTIBULE.
Some evil inclined person threw a
rock at the northbound vestibule last
night just as the train reached the city
limits. The stone struck a glass in a
sleeper and barely missed a lady who
was sitting near by. - ' :
Chief Orr was notified and he detailr
ed an officer to look out for the guilty
party. Up to this afternoon no arrest
had been made. Usually in such cases
the offender is a child. . .
HIGH WATER MARK.
The rains this morning caused the
creeks to the east and west of the city
to overflow their banks. Irwin's
creek was a good big stream today at j
noon. At 3 : 30 o'clock this afternoon
the waters were still very .high.
PRESSED BRICK FACTORY.
Names of Those Who are Inter,
est ed in the ilove.
The News yesterday" mentioned the
fact that some .parties were figuring on
establishing a pressed brick factory in
Charlotte. While all the details have
not roeen arranged, enough is known
that the new enterprise will, in all
probability scon ibe numbered among
Charlotte's new industries for 1900.
Those who are interested are Messrs.
R. O. bolt, J. ,E. Reilley and Edwin
iCuthber.tson. Those'who are acquainted
w.oh the facts say that such an enter
prise will be abig thing for Charlotte.
As it is now, when Charlotte people
want brick of' superb qual
ity and especially pressed (brick. Points
north are called upon to furnish them.
It is generally concided that such brick
can be made in Charlotte and the heavy
freight rates be saved to the contrac
tors and builders.
ALL WERE VACCINATED.
The Tombs Cleared of Vaccina
tion Ordinance Offenders.
Mayor McCall. was confronted this
morning with several cases of plain
drunks. To each of the sinners he gave
a short lecture and imposed the fol
lowing fines: '
J'ohn Carter, plain drunk, $3.
Brice Daugherty, drunk and down
$5. . ,
Tom Montgomery, plain drunk no
trimmings, $3. .
Jim'Burns, drunk and disorderly, $5.
Tihe vaccination offenders, at least
most of them, stfecnitted to vaccination
and were alowed to go to their respec
tive homes. In the case of (Mr. G. L.
Helms and wife, an exception was
made on the ground Ithait a physician
stated thait neither was in condition
iphysically, to underg1 the ordeal.
The number wiho refused: to submit
iwas" 31. Of : this num'ber 29 were vacci
nated.
MT. i PLEAS AiNT COLLEGE NOT TO
v-;feis moved just: yet..; ;.
T)r ,fH 1(1 "FTnllanirl ma-st'rtr of - :.t
Mark'slliUtiheran church, has returner
frcm SltEsbury, where ihe went to " at
tend, the? meeting of t'he .Synod cf his
church -which held a called' -mpelting in
that eity Yesterday. As'f he News stated
yesterday, the question of moving the
college from -Mt. Pleasant to either
Hickory br Salisbury, at (this time was
not thought advisable. The 'foil owing
resolutions were unanimously, adopted
"Whereas, The' matter of( removing
the NortJh Carolina "Coilege 'Deink n6i
ssao.h graive. impcrbance the-higiHest;
interests-. cMthe Church' and : dhristiaii
education,; be it
"Received; Thait it is injudicious to
remove the college from : Mt. Pieasarif
atfithi time, and that a icommititee of
five be appointed to further consider
all (bids, overtures and (papers on the
subject, and to report at the next an
. nual meeting of the Synod in Miay
1900."
-SOME VACCINATION QUESTIONS
To the Editor of The News.
Why don't the city authorities have
compulsory vaccination among the ne
groes where 99 per cent of the small
pox originates and -why dont 'they 'vac
cinate the clerks in, the large sstores
where there is ten times more danger
of contagion than in the cotton mills?
Why do the city authorities always beT
devil ithe cotton mill hands and let the
balance of the town go free? Now, 1
want to know if a mill hand is not ful
Iy as good as a negro. All the money
paid, by the mills goes into the hands of
the Charlotte imerchants. Does . Mayor
McCall want to break up the anills? It
looks like it. ,
SPEEDER HAND.
iBURIED- IN HIS NATIVE 'SOIL,
The body of Mr. 'Robert McKay, a
private in the Second South Carolina
Regiment, who died near Havana,
Cuba, nassedi through Charlotte this
morning en route to Ridgeway, S. d,
the home of deceased parents. iMr. Mc
Kay died iMardh 30, 1899, .while his
regiment was on garrison .duty . near
Havana, His body with a number of.
ethers iWiho -died' while in Cuba, were
recently brought to Norfolk, on one of
June -transports. At (the request - pi mi.
family the remains were not interrea
at Arlington, ibut were sent. home.- -.Lrj
. WORTHY DONATIONS A
In:4fi:3ty of ' the principal schools .of
the Sliate torn'orrow, a fcppy of Stuart's
Walhington: portraits twill be donated
by the Vice-Regent of the .Mount ver-
nc-n Association! for iNon'th Carolina,
Mrs. L. M'orehead Walker, of Creens-
boro. IMr. ;R. p. Dalton, of High Point,
has donated the oak moulding to be
used for ithe-If riming and Mr, C. G.
Wright, of Greensboro, has donated
the glass for each, of the frames.
"BIRTHDAY TEA." z.
The Laght Bearers of Calvary Metho
dist ichurch will give a "Borth-day
Tea" iat the parsonage, .616, South
Church street, tomorrow evening
beginning at 7:30. All who desire a
pleasant 'hour with this company are
cordially invited. The proceeds go to
the missionary cause'. x -
MILL HANDS FLED.
Sight of Vaccinating Physicians
Clears the Gingham Mill
of This City.
WORK AX A STANDSTILL.
A
A School Near the Mill Was
- Broken up and the Teacher
Joined the "Bird Gang" Out
of 400 Operatives About Thirty
Were Vaccinated.
Pandemonium reigned at the Ging
ham mill this morning.
It was indeed a laughable sight to
see over 400 frightened, operatives
scramble for the doors and windows in
their efforts to evade the vaccinating
physicians.
Yesterday afternoon the News sta
ted that Drs. Hawley and Strong
would visit the - Gingham - mill with
their knives and virus. The operatives
read this notice and the visit of the
physicians was looked for all the
morning.
About 10 o'clock a carriage with cur
tains closely; drawn, drew up at the
office of the mill.. Chief Orr went in
and inf ormecT the superintendent of the
object of his visit. While this was go
ing on in the office the operatives had
caught wind of the coming of the of
ficers and physicians and had made
all necessary preparations for a quick
flight. The windows had been raised
and the doors were slightly ajar. Just
as soon as Chief Orr made ihis appear
ance in the mill the scrambel begun.
Men, women and children made for the
doors and windows, and in an incred-
lDie lengtn 01 time tnere was not a cor
poral's guard left in the building. Those
who did remain submitted, to the vac
cination ordinance without any . fur
ther trouble. Those ,wtho, did were 3t
in number. The, balance ,pf 'the 400,
like sheep, scattered to ; pastures jnew1.
Before 'Chief Orr. went dnto, the mill
he took the precaution to; place one of
his? men at each .of - the" ; main doors.
They remained there and that is about
all they did do. The frightened opera
tives ran oyer the officers, trampled
them under foot andtheh scattered in
everyT direction. The officers were glad
to escape with their lives. : V;
After ihe mill hands.. had7 escaped,
they gathered in ia field hear the mill
and held a caucus They, decid that.
they wdnM; leave; tow' ,bfer6re' theV
officers 'U; dirring this? Wrn ther faitf
was coming down in torrents. The
downpour did not in the least dampen
their ardor. - When, thenoon hour ar
rived they were, seemingly, in the same
frame of mind. The superintendent
could not coax them in the mill. As a
result, the mill is, this afternoon, prac
tically at a stand-still. The superin
tendent informs the News that 400 of
his looms are idle and he is unable to
induce the operatives to resume work.
While the stampede was in progress
at the Gingham mill a ludicrous scene
was enacted at a school house near the
mill. Officer Pitts and one assistant
went to the front door of the school
building and knocked. Prof. Furr, who
has charge of the. school, came to the
door and learned the object of the of
ficer's visit. In less time than it takes
to tell it, ProfL Furr dived through a
window and the next seen of him, he
was crossing a high point some dis
tance from the school building. They
do say tha one could have played
marbles on the professor's coat-tail,
notwithstanding the terrible down
pour in progress at the time.
The children took in the situation
and followed in the wake of their
teacher, however never catching him,
for he had too much the lead and was
making record-breaking time.. The
windows of the school building were
raised and. the little fellows dived
through them like frogs into a pond.
In a very few minutes the school
building was cleared of children and
the officers stood in amazement. No
fatter haw long and loud Hhe school
rings out this afternoon, the oc-
jc.upants of these desks wil not answer
tAfthe Toll call they are absent; ana
aecduntea ''for. '
b-iCoth 'the -situation at the milLrand
the school house provoked great' laCugh-
ter. "It. was out of the question to at
tempt to stop; either the children or the
mill operatives and this the officers
knew. - ' -
Another attempt will be made, but
notr until the situation clears up some
what ' , - .
DEATH IN CRAB ORCHARD.
Mr. C. L. Mul wee died at mis' home
in Crab Orchard township yesterday
afternoon after an iillness of one week.
Deceased was 32 years old and leaves a
wife and three children to mourn their
oss.. His mother and one sister also
survive.
Mr Mul wee. was a member of Hick
ory 'Grove iMethqdist dhurch and; the
funeral took place from that church to
day. The interment was in1 the churcti-
yard. .... ... ' -;'.'-';!.. J
BENEFIT CONCERT.
To
be Given rtrinrfv Nsrh :
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Aid of St. Peter's Hospital.
On Monday night, February 26th, a
concert in aid of St. Peter's .Hospital,
will be given in the Y. M. C. A. (hall.
The programme will (consist of choral
numbers by ithe St. Cecilia Society and
the .Elizabeth College orchestra, piano
selections, -by ,Miss Ruth (McLinn and
vocal solos byv Miss Van EttenJ of
Elizabeth College and Mr. Badham.
tVliss tMcLinn's finished work is well
known by CKArlotte audiences, and
Miss Van Etten's voice produced such
a favorable impression at the "Libra
ry" concert, la:st October, that many
will, no doubt, ibe glad to hear her
again. Byrequest, she will repeat .the"
;"Shadow Sdhg," from "Dincrah."
Mrf Badham has,., on more than one
occasion, proved himself an appreciat
ed vocalist in ; Charlotte." The work of
the at. Cecilia Society, has been heard
in public' only once; and a second ap
pearance of the members is desired by
all interested in Charlotte's musical
development.
THTSE REFUSED THE VIRUS.
Mr. J. C. McOabe, who has a store
near the Gingham mill, was arrested
this morning charged with interfering
with officers x while in discharge of
their duty. It. is claimed that McCabe
would- not submit to being vaccinated
and was loudi in his denunciation of the
methods used: by the city in enforcing
the-vaccinating ordinance.
McCabe was brought to the office of
the chief 'of police where he gave bond
for his appearance tomorrow morn
ing. . ; v - :
Wiarran.fs were also served on eGo.
Tucker, Jim Warren, Robert Wood
ward, and Hattie i0aker, charged with
refusingto be ' acbinated.
CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER.
Hon. B. R,. Lacv. State CnmmiRKion-
er of iborrStatistics. who has been in
Ithe city for several days, returned this'
mornlngi to jhis ihome in Raleigh. He ia
one of the-most, .popular and efficient '
of - iSbate ' office :Mr. Lacy is now' a
camdida.terbr 'State Treasurer, to suc
rceedMr. W. H. Worth. He has a strong
following in the central part of the
State, and will enter the convention
with a good backing.
He has quite a number of relatives in
Charlotte.
RED,- WHITE AND BLUE TEA.
The young people of Tryon Street M.
E. church will" give a tea tomorrow,
night, February 22nd, at;Mr. C. C. Ken
nedy, for the benefit of Foreign Mis
sions. Refreshments will be served
"jduring the evening, and a cordial in
vition is extended to all. Admission
cents. Tfiere will be music, recit'a
tioiis.!kridi questions appropriate to the
cccsibriWaishington's birthday. ' '
; SfRFJET RAILWAY FIGUR1ES. ,
In North Carolina there are only
39 miles of street railwa., The mini-'
ber cf passengers ftauled ilstyear was
2,763,742 and1 the .iiiet ,.'r,eipts were
$143,658. Charlott 'net' iO9rease was
$10,043. Wilmiirgftqn's road transported'
725,877, Raleigh 1527,935, Winston 331.
166, Pinehurst 7,833, Asheville 726,70
and Charlotte 615,826.
ACCIDENT TO MR. 'MILLER, "
Mr. E. C. Miller, of the Miller Dry
Goods oOmpany, .had a narrow escape
yesterday afternoon. He ywas,,. riding
horseback from his hgme near Stanley
Creek to the station. He shad, only a
few manutes' to catch the train, "there
fore was riding fast. His horse stumb
led' and Mr. Miller was thrown over the
animal's head. He received several
painful bruises but is able to ibe at his
place of business today.
iDR. MUNDAY HAS RESIGNED.
The Baptists' of Charlotte will hear
with regret that Rev. J. A. Munday,
who 'has been pastor of the First Bap
tist church at Reidsville, has resigned
and will accept a call that was recently
tendered him 'by the congregation of
Ca'bell Street church in Lynchburg.
'Dr. Munday ;is pleasantly remem
bered in Charlotte and -his friends learn
with regret that he is to leave th
State.
i- A GOOD SIEOW. -A.,.4good'
audience witnessed ithe pre
sensation of "Side Tracked," 4t the.
opera house last night. The ly was
a bright one and was thorculy en
joyed oy all." The ituations.(were lu-.
dicTous and tlnfr. singing nd dancing-
were igood. Mr.-J. J. O'Connor, one of
Charlotte's f avorites, was easily the star
of the evening. His work was excep
tionally good.
CANDY STEW TOMORROW NIGHT.
The Missionary Society of Brevard
Street Methodist church will give a
candy tew tomorrow , night in the
basement of the new church. An ad
mission of 10 cents will be charged at
t'he door t litem will entitle the per
son to ta plate of candy. '
TO ATTEND THE JUNIOR SPEAK
ING.
Mrs. John R. Irwin will chaperone a
party cf sir's?. Misses Mary Irwin, Ka
tie Wakefisld. Fay -Ross and Dora Sa-
ter, to 'DadTivdson College this afternoon.
to attend ithe annual Junior speaKing.
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