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CHARLOTTE NEWS, DECEMBER 31, 1902. The Charlotte News Daily Except Sunday. THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT. MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. W. C DOWD C. A. MATTHEWE R. W. VINCENT .. , ,, .. Publisher ..City Editor. Associate Editor. Delivered anywhere in tht : United States by mail at 10 cents a week. Delivered anywhere in the city by carriers at 10 cents a week. NEW YORK OFFICE: 220 Broadway, St., Paul Building. FRANK R. NORTHRUP, Manager. Telephone 120 Cortland Street. 4& WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1902. The News wishes you a happy New Year; may it bring, one and all, health, good cheer and bound less prosperity. TIME TO ACT. The business men of North Carolina should be interested in the efforts of Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Greens boro to devise ways and means to rem edy the discrimination in freight rates against the towns of this State. This increase has been steadily going on and is greater than most persons suppose. In a communication to the Raleigh News and Observer, Mr. J. W. Hanes, president of the Winston-Salem cham ber of commerce explains the existing situation: "As you are probably aware, the va rious roads have what they call basing points. Freights to these points are de livered at a very low rate. Beyond these points, it goes as local freight. North Carolina has a circle of basing points almost entirely around it, but not a single one in the State. For in stance, goods may be shipped to Roa noke or Lynchburg at a very low rate from the North or West. From these points to Raleigh you pay purely a lo cal rate. In other words Lynchburg jobbers can bring their freight to Lynchburg in bulk, there break and ship in single packages to within five miles of your place for less freight than your jobbers can deliver same Dlace. This is only one manv discriminations that brought before the meeting." Charlotte has had an inning before the Interstate Commerce Commission and the local merchants are patiently awaiting results. There is no sound reason for an increase: it is simply one result of the criminal conspiracy of the railroads, which exists in defiance of the law of the land and it does seem that there should be a way to reach the conspirators. at the of the will be An interesting case was begun in the Chancery Court at Norfolk yesterday, which involves the constitutionality of the compulsory pilotage laws of Vir ginia. The Virginia Pilot Association is the plaintiff and masters of several ves sels are the defendants. Compulsory pilotage may not be unconstitutional from the standpoint of law, but in the viewpoint of equity, it is as unjust as the law which brought about the revolt of the American Colonies. No one thing has operated so adversely against the ports of the Southern States. Sufferers from the common but ex ceedingly disagreeable ailment astig matism, will learn with interest of the announcement from Paris of an Ameri can oculist, Dr. Bull, now pursuing his studies at the French capital, of a new cure for the disease. Dr. Bull's rem- euy is a surgical operation, which is said to be light and painless. Sufferers from the disease hope to witness the entire success of the discovery as most if not all of them will prefer a surgical operation to wearing glasses a life time. N ear ly Go n e By Rev. A. C. Hamby In a few short hours from the time this is put in print a tragic' death will occur. Tragic, because along with it will perish many cherished hopes and plans; many fond wishes unrealized and many solemn pledges unkept. The Old Year is dying! Others will write its epitaph, will chronicle the deeds of glory done and all worthy achievements. I want only a little heart-to-heart talk. I have been thinking today of the many impressions of good and evil I have made in the last 365 days. I have thought of the myriad deeds of good and evil done by a world of people in this short space of time. Taking it as a whole, right and law have prevailed. Let us see how matters stand with us as individuals. The year 1902 has been a great year to many of us a year of blessing. Some have been girt with opportuni ties and have used them; some have prospered in business, have made money and have made it a blessing to the race; others have failed with both opportunities and money in doing good, in adding to the alleviation of the whole of human need. What a privilege this has been, what a blessing to live well. An eminent English au thor was once asked: "What, in your opinion, is your greatest work?" "Sir, it has never been written," was his in stant reply. Likewise, let us say: "My best work has not yet been done." God expects greater things, men expect greater things of us than we have ever done. Let us not disappoint them. He that is satisfied with, past or present attainments has ceased to grow. And as growth is evidence of life, non growth is evidence of decay. The satis fied man is the waning man. Let none of us flatter ourselves and be less and do less in 1903 than in 1902. Let no one give nis place to anotner dux in stead enlarge it. There is room and a place for all. Let no one give his time to another. Each one has time enough and more than he uses; and then the chasm might not be bridged by another and the sin laid at your door. This year you gave a part of your living. It may be in 1903 you can give like the widow all your living. That might be less in bulk but far greater in weight. The year 1902 has seen much of evil along with the good. We have seen, we know. So let us profit by this knowledge and not let the same faults overtake us in 1903. It may be well to resolve. It is better to act. The gifts and deeds toward those who cannot repay are loans to God. They will pay dividends in enter nity. We should think and act wisely, for these are the heritage of those who follow us. How many useful thoughts gave we this year? We ought to give more next. They are more valuable to the world than money and will be its best inheritance. Let 1903 preserve them in proverb, in book, in stone and street, in cities, farms, factories, schools and churches and in deeds of charity. Hail blessed privilege! Hail, 1903. ! gt atp nF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO. LUCA8 COUNTY, SS. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm ! of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and. State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D., 1886. A. W. GLEA.SON, (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces or the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A PSALM FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE. In the language of the News and Ob server, North Carolina is always "it." It is now discovered that the author of Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch is a native of Mecklenburg county and a granddaughter of Dr. Pinckney Cald well. We are not surprised a bit. When we read the book we thought it had the North Carolina flavor. The prosperity of Charlotte's bank ing institutions is a reflex of the pros perity of this growing city. The direc tors of four local banks met yester aay ana declared dividends. The stock holders of one institution will receive a six per cent dividend and the stock jiujucia ui oLxier tnree, nve per cent. These are semi-annual dividends ine year wnich passes into history at midnight has been the most pros perous in the history of this glorious country. Let us not forget the Heavenly Father at whose hands these countless blessings and mercies have been ceived. re une might imagine, from reading the aispatcnes from Venezuela, that the various brands of cigars had gone to war with one another. Chicago Record-Herald. Let us all make good resolutions and above all let us resolve to keep them Ring out the old, ring in the new! and t t t t PROFESSIONAL CARDS. 5 ! C. L. ALEXANDER Dntitt. 8 8. Tryon Street. Bell 'Jhone 1424. Queen City 166. I. W. Jamieson DENTIST, 14 1-2 North Tryon Street. Over Cranford's. All Work Guaranteed. BH 'Phone 220. A O. A. Rcbbins Co Mill Engineers and Architects. 201 South Tryon Street. CHARLOTTE, N. C. friend stands at the door; In either tight closed hand Hiding rich gifts, three hundred three score; Waiting to strew them daily o'er the land Even as seed the sower. Each drop he treads it in and passes by; It cannot be fruitful till it die. Oh, good New Year, we clasp This warm, shut hand of thine! Loosing forever with nait sign, nan grasp, That which from ours falls like dead Singers' twine: Ay, whether fierce its grasp Has been or gentle, having been, we know That it was blessed; let the old year go. Oh, New Year, teach us faith! The road of life is hard: When our feet bleed and scourging winds us scathe, Point thou to Him whose visage was more marred Than any man's; who saith: "Make straight paths for your feet" and to the opprest; "Come ye to me, and I will give you rest." Yet hang some lamplike hope Above this unknown way, Kind year, to give our spirits freer scope 1 And our hands strength to work while it is day, But if that way must slope Tombward, oh, bring before our fading eyes The lamp of life, the hope that never dies. Comfort our souls with love Love of all human kind; Love, special, close in which like shel tered dove Each weary heart its own safe nest may find; And love that turns above Adorningly, contented to resign All loves, if need be, for the Love Divine. Friend, come thou like a friend, And whether bright thy face Or dim with clouds we cannot compre hend, We'll hold our patient hands, each in his place, And trust thee to the end; Knowing thou leadest onward to those spheres Where there are neither days nor months nor years. D. M. MULOCK. f- Wheeler 6 FLunge Architects, Charlotte, N. C. Second Floor 4C's Building. 4 f- Turning Over a New Leaf WITHIN A FEW HOURS WILL BE TOLLED THE PASSING OF AN OTHER YEAR. ALAS, HOW QUICK- ! LY IT HAS FLOWN! BUT, BRIEF ( t THOUGH IT HAS BEEN, ITS SO- t 4 I J. 11. i-iwiivnaci i Lb Architect, Charlotte, N. C. w.B'id Hook 6 Sawyer ARCHITECTS Charlotte, N. C. 9 ft Dr. Zickler DENTIST I have a method by which I extract teeth without pain. ABSOLUTELY SAFE NO BAD AFTER EFFECTS. All classes of den tistry practiced in a thorough and up-to-date manner. 27 S. T r y o n St. t i i FOR BEST LIVERY AND Dr fcLy etge Call Up or On Bicycle Corner Stonewall and Col lege Sts. and Southern Railway. Bell 'Phone 105. JOURN IS ABOUT ENDED, AND WITHOUT AWAITING THE SIGNAL STANDS ITS YOUTHFUL SUCCES SOR. WHAT, WE INSTINCTIVELY WONDER, HAS THE NEW YEAR IN STORE FOR EACH ONE OF US? WILL IT DEAL GENTLY OR HARSHLY WITH US? WHAT A MERCIFUL DISPENSATION THAT WE DO NOT AND CANNOT KNOW! IN ANY EVENT, LET US BE UP AND DOING, EARNESTLY RESOLV ING TO EMPLOY THE FLEETING MOMENTS TO THE BEST AD VANTAGE. IF WE DO, AND "MAKE GOOD" SUCH RESOLUTIONS, THERE'LL BE NO VAIN REGRETS OR SAD REPININGS, WHATE'ER BETIDES. NO, WE'LL NOT ADVERTISE TO MORROW. MERELY WANT TO THANK OUR FRIENDS FOR THEIR LIBERAL PATRONAGE AND WISH ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. ARGHBELL OOOI f MANY PEOPLE Are willing to sacrifice themselves and their chil dren to the prejudice of w hat pe op le say. THE FOOLISH PREJUDICE AGAINST THE U S E OF 6 LA SS E S N. C. Pine Tar and the Lungs. Tar Heel Cough Syi up is made from North Carolina Pine Tar and Is highly recommended for Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Weak Luna,. Si cents. All druggists. Beargthe Signature The Kind You Have Always Bought A.. j9 By children with defec tive Eyes often results in the greatest suffering sometimes permanent dis ability of one who might otherwise become a power in the world. :::::: Examination FREE DR. J. H. SPILMAN EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Blair Bros. Drug Store, 22 W. Trade street, Charlotte, N. C. Free Xmas Tree OLD SANTA CLAUS WILL BE AT OUR STORE NEW YEAR'S DAY, BEGINNING AT 3:00 P. M. WITH A TREE FULL OF PRESENTS, WHICH HE IS GOING TO GIVE TO ALL CHILDREN WHO CALL UPON HIM THAT DAY. TO SEE HIS AND GET A BE SURE AND COME BEAUTIFUL TREE PRESENT FREE AT J. S. ARCHBELL 0 We Are Q Open Q Again and Q Rea.dy for Business 0 at the Same Olrl 0 Stand, 0 Wishing 0 You Q "A Merry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q Christmas Q A e rvd Q Hsvppy Q New Year 0 0- 1 Q 0 0 0 ED. MELLON CO. 0 Mail Orders Q Filled Anywhere. Founded 1842. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PIA "Sing their own praise.5 Buy of the MAKERS and Save. FROM MAKER TO YOU. ABOUT THE STIEFF PIANO. We make it. Our factory and main office is in Baltimore, Md. We sell it. We have ware-rooms in Boston, Mass., Pittsburg, Pa., Harris burg, Pa., Washington, D. C., Rich mond, Va., Lynchburg, Va., Norfolk, Va., and here in Charlotte, N. C. So, no matter in which of these cities you buy it, you deal direct with its maker, and save all jobbers' and dealers' profits. INVESTIGATE. Have you seen the Cecilian. It's the PERFECT Piano player. Price, 250 on easy terms. STIEFF 213 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C. C. H. WILMOTH, Mgr. JUST : : RECEIVED 75 HEAD HORSES MULES All Stock sold must be as represented TIME OR CASH J. W. Wads worth's Sons Also Leading Vehicle Dealers. For Whooping Cough Use CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT j The Torch of! Redu HAS BEEN APPLIED-.PRn FITS BURNED UP. WEHAVF EVEN SCORCHED THE Cost $4.98 Now will buy a Suit of Clothes worth from $6 to $8. $2.98 Will clean up a Job Lot of Suits worth from $4 to s, 50 CENTS Will buy our heavyweight Scriven Drawers. 23 CENTS For a good fleece-lined Undershirt. 10 CENTS Gets an Undershirt worth double. You see we have fired the whole outlay. Now is the time to come at once to s BELK BROS. Cheapest Store on Earth Wholesale and Retail BOTH PHONES 256 H-I5-I9-2I E. TRADE STREET 1 4-7- -4 f Y OUR GIRL Won't Refuse If You Promise to Buy Her a Handsome I I BUCK'S RANGE, White Enamel Lining to Over. Door and Racks, - f ALLEN HARDWARE COMPARE. 4 f f- 15 he Central Hotel. CHARLOTTE, N. C. One of the roomiest, most cheerful and hospitable hotels in the South land, requisite in every way to the demands of the traveling public. Centrally located and liberally con ducted, under the personal mange ment of Mr. C. E. Hooper. C. E. Hooper (EL Co, PROPRIETORS Wclsbach 4 Burner Cluster Gas Arch $10.00 Connections Free. 4C's WATCHES- UIHEN you purchase a " Watch you want one that will keep time. We guarantee every Watch we sell and can show you the : largest selection of GOLD, GOLD FILLED AND ENAMEL WATCHES ever shown in the city. GARIBALDI & BRUN Building Material ) Fire Brick & Clay I ANCHOR VIRGINIA BRAND LIME. Highest Award Chicago Ex position. LEHIGH BRAND PORTLAND CEMENT. Highest Award Buffalo Expos tion. Only house in Charlotte In this line reached by all rail roads; therefore we are en abled to undersell all competitors. Write for prices, S i ! 1 r " I W. W. We-rd L Son I CHARLOTTE, N. C CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS. Toilet Sets $8 to $25 $4 to $15 $1 to $10 $1.50 to $5 $5 to $10 All of the above in Sterlinl I Si Come to our store c dl you 'ull li-e of other Holiday o WW Writing Sets Desk Pieces Match Safes Card Cases, The New Store As we have had ; a good Xmas t rade and am JJJ friends for tneir UDerai uuymg, rl(.n havo snar " never be until all the people in and around "BaSSS. and 1 "! our many good Bargains. Our store is one continued Barg ai nyin? all the time to buy the best possible goods foi the m then to see how cheap I can sell them. Our Bargains are Your Bargains d ijg mpu'r Clothina at such a low price ,uu m T UniTA Tn4- fr vour ebf an injustice by not coming and seeing , rone anii Hats at price. Lome ana see uui l and learniub 15he Johnson Bargain Stor 14 NORTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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