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SURRENDER COM
AS RELIEF TO THE
SUFFERING MEN
Soldiers of Pt, Arthur's Garrison
Have Been Suffering Dreadful
Hardships and Even Wounds
Were Gladly Welcomed b
Them, Affording Rest.
Japanese Have Captured Nothing
After Long Siege But Handful
of Broken Men and a Debris
"Strewn Desert. All Public
Works Destroyed,
By Associated Press.
Chefoo, Jan. 3. The Fort where ne
gotiations for the surrender of Port
Arthur were held, is called "Big Eagle's
Nest," and it is near Rihlung Mountain.
According to the reports of negotia
tions. Gen. Stoessel's proposal that the
Russian sick and wounded should re
main under Russian medical supervis
ion and that the Japanese transfer
non-combatants was acceptable to Gen.
Nogi, but the Russian proposal that
Russians should march out under arms
caused some controversy. Midshipman
Klizerich, commanding the launch
which left Port Arthur at 8 o'clock last
night, said today that the , announce
ment that Gen. Stoessel was prepared
to treat for surrender was received by
the soldiers with feelings of the ut
most relief. For the past month se
vere wounds have been gladly received
by soldiers because they were then al
lowed to rest. What men Were not
fighting were tunnelling on half ra
tions. "It is a mere handful of broken
men who surrender and a debris strewn
desert which the Japanese gain. None
of Port Arthur's magnificent public
works remain."
RUSSIAN OFFICER TELLS OF
' FALL.
Chefoo, Jan. 2, midnight. Command
er Kortzow of the Russian torpedo
boat destroyer Vlastni, which arrived
here today, in an interview with the
Associated Press correspondent to
night, said:-
"Port Arthur falls from exhaustion,
exhaustion not only of ammunition,
but of men.
"The remnant of the garrison left
had been doing the work of heroes for
five days and five nights, but yester
day they reached the limit of human
endurance.
"In the casements of the forts one
saw everywhere faces black with star
vation, exhaustion and nerve strain.
You spoke to them, but they did not
give answer, only staring dumbly.
"The lack of ammunition alone would
'fret- have suggested the seeking of
terms. Scant ammunition . had long
been common in the fortress and dur
ing the past month many of the forts
had nothing with which to return the
fire of the enemy.'
"The Russians sat in the casements
firing not more than once to the two
hundred shots sent by the Japanese.
When the assault came they repulsed
the enemy with bayonets. But the
men themselves, having existed for
three months on reduced rations, were
so worn that it is marvelous they stood
the final strain so long.
"Yesterday Gen. Stoessel would still
fight. His wound, which was received
early in the siege, had been bothering
him. but his determination to fight
while one man stood had not been di
minished. " 'But we cannot fight, said his gen
erals. 'Our men cannot move. They
sleep standing. They cannot see the
bayonets at their breasts. We can
order, but they cannot obey.'
"'Then you geneictls fight,' said
Stoessel, clenching his fists.
"He seemed fanatical on the subject,
but finally he was brought to see rea
son by the insistence of the subordi
nates. Admirals Lochinsky and Wiren,
Gens. Smirnoff and Fock and many
others, sometimes with broken voices,
urged the step which all dreaded so
long.
"I am sure Port Arthur would have
sought terms a month ago had it not
been for Gen Stoessel, who, with bull
dog tenacity, steadily refused to per
mit such action to be taken. He had
told his emporer that he would never
surrender and meant to keep his word.
"The greatest loss suffered by Port
Arthur occurred a fornight ago, when
Maj. Gen. Kondratenko was killed.
Officers and men alike regarded him as
the brightest star in Port Arthur's
firmament. When his death, became
known the fall in the spirits of the sol
diers was painfully visible.
"Gen. Kondratenko was seated in
the casements of a certain fort, discuss
ing with seven other officers the best
way of countermining against the Jap
aneserwhen a 11-inch shell burst, kill
ing everybody in the casement.
"Gen. Nogi has taken Port Arthur
with his artillery and his tunnels. His
. rifle bullets were seldom found to be
of any use.
"We constantly endured a bombard
ment fiercer than any in history. The
Japanese periodically assaulted and
, then, if repulsed, they calmly resumed
- if their bombardments.
' "We who came hetj today do not
if know the terms of surrender suggested
by Gen. Stoessel to Gen. Nogi, nor the
answer to them, having left Port Ar
thur even before the message had been
dispatched. The general impression,
however, is that Gen.' Stoessel has pro
posed that the army shall go free and
that he alone be made a prisoner.
Even that concession seems to wrench
out the sturdy old man's heart.
"We still "have some ammunition and
some guns on Liaoti Mountain, but
that untain. is not adapted for the
best defense from the land side and
the Japanese would find its capture
easier than the other tasks they have
attempted. Tiger's Tail peninsula has
to be similarly viewed and Golden Hill
has been without ammunition for
three months.
"It is a simple story. Had the am
munition held out the fortress would
have held out indefinitely. For months
we held Port Arthur by bayonets alone,
until flesh and blood could do no more-.
When a man fell there was none other
to replace him. Thus the garrison, was
gradually worn down. Two Hundred
and Three Meter Hill alone cost us
5,000 men. The capture of that hill
was the beginning of the end."
STOESSEL COMMENDED.
Discusses the Destruction of the Rus
sian Warships and Surrender of
Fort.
Tokio, Jan. 3. Regarding Gen. Stoes
sel's action m destroying the Russian
warships and attempting to choke the
entrance to the harbor of Port Arthur
and dispatching4 torpedo boat destroy
ers to Chefoo, with the subsequent
surrender of the fortress, a member of
the Naval staff said today if he had
been in Gen. Stoessel's place he would
probably have been compelled to act in
a similar manner, and further that
if Gen. Stoessel had been a Japanese,
he would probably have committed sui
cide, after dispatching the destroyers
and blowing up the ships remaining in
the Port. He expressed his opinion
that the emperor would give Gen.
Stoessel honorable conditions of sur
render, despite his action.
General Stoessel's Statement.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 3 Gen. Stoes
sel's dispatches to the general staff say
that toward the end of the year sup
plies of ammunition have completely
given out, and that there were 14,000
sick and wounded in hospitals and 300
fresh casualties coming in every day.
The General reports that at the end of
the siege he had only 10,000 men under
arms, the remainder of the original
garrison having been either killed or
disabled.
Ignorant of Surrender.
St. Petersburg, Jan 3, 2 a. m. While
there is no longer any doubt in offi
cial circles in St. Petersburg that the
fate of Port Arthur has been decided
and Gen. Stoessel's long and gallant de
fense ended, news of the surrender has
not. yet been allowed to reach the pub
lic. Foreign telegrams regarding the
matter have been withheld from the
'newspapers pending the issue of the
official announcement here. It has
been learned that the last telegram sent
by Emperor Nicholas to Gen. Stossel
vested the commander of the Port Ar
thur forces with discretionary powers,
and urged him to exericse them rathe
than allow the defense to go to the last
ditch. This may account for the ap
parently brief time required to con
clude the negotiations between the
Russian and Japanese commanders, no
time having been occupied in communi
cating with Emperor Nicholas. It is
equally certain that Gen. Stoessel did
not surrender without previous author
ization. In diplomatic" circles -"tonight -where
there is every reason to believe there is
the best information regarding the
plans of the Japanese, it is stated that
the fall of Port Arthur will be prompt
ly followed by an offer of peace from
Japan. It is understood that a strong
effort will be made to have the offer
come through President Roosevelt.
There is much discussion relative io
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's voyage
to the far east. It is rumored that his
squadron may be recalled to the Baltic
to await reenforcements and proceed
eastward next summer, when it will
be decidedly superior in strength to
Admiral Togo's fleet; but that there is
nothing authoritative to support such
a report. It is known that Admiral
Rojestvensky had alternative instruc
tions when he sailed covering such a
contingenchy as has not arisen.
The political effect in Russia of the
fall of Port Arthur is awaited with the
greatest interest. The hour of grief
of the loyal is almost sure to be taken
advantage of by the discontented ele
ments to make demonstrations against
the government. The revolutionary
party has already decided to use the oc
casion for a general demonstration.
Sealing . Catch Small.
Ottawa, Jan. 3. According to official
renorts which have reached the Fisher
ies Department here, the sealifrg catch
j of the past season is one of the small-
est on record. Allowing 1,000 skins
as representing about the aggregate of
the catch made by the Indians along
the coast, the total returns for the
year are only 13,905 skins. The de
crease is, in a large measure, due to
a smaller sealing fleet. In 1903, with
the "Shere" and Cape Horn catches
added, 20,470 skins were secured; in
1902, 16,301; in 1901, 24,160; and in 1900
35,548 skins were taken.
There will be fewer skins on the mar
ket, in view of the partial abandon
ment of the Cape Horn and Falkland
Tsland grounds by sealers, and of the
interference which the war in the Far
East has caused to the Japanese indus
try. Among the catches a smaller num
ber of branded skins are seen this year
than for many seasons, indicating that
those animals thus marked by the
United . States for identification are
dying out.
Vardaman Incorporated.
" Jackson, Miss., Jan. 3. Notwith
standing the fact that. the. United
States Goyernment says that there
shall be no town of Vardaman in Mis
sissippi, so far as the Postoffice De
partment is concerned, the town is now
large enough to be incorporated,
fiov. Vardaman has issued his pro
clamation incorporating the "village of
Vardaman". and appointed the follow
ing municipal officers therefor: Mayor,
J T. McCood; Marshal, M. I. Owen;
Aldermen, J. E. -Powell, J. N. Hanna
and U. R. Lamar. In the official Pos
tal Guide Vardaman is known as Tim
berville. -
LAND FRAUDS IN
THE FAR EAST
SPREAD
WDELY
j
Men Prominent in Public Life
Implicated, Not Only in Oregon
v
But In IdallOi Indicated by
Information Sent tO Interior
Department.
The Swayne . Impeachment Case
Ikely tO Uome Up in the Next
1
Week" Difference as to the
Articles of Impeachment Will
Cause Two Reporst.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 3. More sensa
tional developments in connection with
the unearthing of public land frauds Securities Company, has sued for re
in the far west are expected shortly. ceivers for the street Railways company
Fresh indictments are being prepared of New Orleans, bringing suit simulta
in Portland, Oregon, and persons neous in New Jersey, New York and
prominent in public life, other than the Federal courts here,
those whose names have already been President E. C. Foster ,of the rail
implicated are involved. Infirmation wa" company, and E. L. Pearl Wight, a
sent to the interior department charges local merchant, were appointed recei
that frauds have been perpetrated on vers. The State recently sued to annul
the land office at Boise, as well as the corporations, which sought to con
Lewiston, Idaho, and it is intimated solidate all the coal lines of the street
that many prominent citizens of Idaho railways capitalized by the concern at
may become entangled. eighty million dollars. C. S. Fairchild
and some eastern capitalistst have
The Swayne Impeachment
Washington, Jan. 3. It is probable
' '
that the Swayne impeachment case
will be brought up in the House next
week and extended discussion is
expected. Seven managers, appointed
by the speaker were unable to agree
as to the numbor or form of theat
ricles of impeachment and there is no
doubt there will be a majority and a
minority report. Ail of the managers
agree on one article, but the division
as to others is on the same lines as
in the judiciary committee. The man
agers have been preparing articles in
dependently during the holiday recess
and will meet soon to consider them.
PLOT AGAINST CZAR.
Rumors in St. Petersburg and in Lon
don of an Attemot to Assassinate
Him.
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 3. Dispatches from
St. Petersburg states that it is rumor
ed that there has been an attempt
on the life of Czar Nicholas at Vilna.
Reports of a similar nature are also
current here on the stock exchange
Vilna is about four hundred and fifty
miles southwest of St. Petersburg.
The Czar has been in that vicinity for
some days.
Fifteen Men-Injured is Wretk. -
By Associated Press.
York, Pa., Jan. 3. Fifteen men were
injured today in a wreck on the North
ern Central Railway at Mount Wolf,
six miles north of this city.
Three probably will recover. The
accident was caused by a work-train
from York backing into a freight
standing on the north bound track.
One Hundred in Atlantic City Surf.
Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 3. A hun
dred bathers tempted pneumonia to
take part in theTeeord breaking open
ing of the bathing season here today,
and a holiday crowd of five thousand
persons looked -on from the board
walk. A party numbering ever a score took
the first plunge shortly before noon
and stayed in the water for several
minutes. In the part yere James E.
Stokes, Freeman Parker and Thomas
J. Hoban, of Philadelphia, and John
and Albert Henderson, of New York.
The thermometer registered 54 de
grees during the most of the day and
the promenade this afternoon present
ed a June-like appearance.
f
ON
A
N instance lof
during the
ing fact : .
opened in one of the largest manufacturing suburbs
of Charlotte. The carrier was given 56 subscribers
with wfhich to begin his work.
On December 24th this same carrier had on his
route 157 paying subscribers, a net gain of 101 sub
scribers. This route surrounds one of the best and most
prosperous mills of this section; the people earn good
money and spend it with the merchants of Charlotte.
The above instance is only one of many which
has helped to put THE NEWS in the front.
DEATH OF WILLIAM H. BALDWIN.
Formerly Official of the Richmond &
Danville Railroad President of Gen
eral Education Board.
By Associated Press. -j
New York, Jan. 3, William H. Bald
win, Jr., president Long Island R. R.,
is dead at his home in Locust Valley,
La.
f Mr. Baldwin had been ill several
months and had undergone two opera
tions for the removal of a cancerous
growth in the intestines. In 1894, he
was 'connected with the Richmond &
Etonville, now known as the Southern
Railway system. Mr. Baldwin took an
active interest in public" affairs. He
was deeply interested in the general
Plan for, the promotion of education,
especially in the south. He was presi
dent of the General Education Board,
which has been operating in the south
ern states for the past few years.
Cheffo, Jan. 3. Two more torpedo
Japanese destroyer now remains in
Port-
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STREET RAILWAY IN TROUBLE.
New York Securities Company Sues
for Receiver for Company Operating
in Several Cities.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 3. The New York
been interested. A compromise was
faally proposed to reduce the capital
rr cittv mill-inn rtnllQrc Thic txroa r r'i
to sixty million dollars. This was pre
sented to the New York bondholders
who proposed a reorganization plan as
V1!?0
stock. This has not yet been acted
upon, but the securities company took
the matter into court to forestall out
side action and to protect itself.
Interest on the bonds was due yester
day and no payment was made, so as
to furnish a basis for the receivership
Suit.
NORTHERN SECURITIES WIN.
United States Court cf Appeals Has
Reversed Decision of New Jersey
Court Restraining Northern Securi
ties Company.
By Associated Press.
1 Philadelphia, Jan. 3. The . United
btates Court, of Appeals has reversea
the decision of the New Jersey Circuit
pourt, which restrained the Northern
Securities Company from distributing
Certain stocks of the Northern Pacific
R. R. Co. The decision is a defeat
for the interests represented by-E. H.
Harriman. By the decree of the New
jersey court the Northern Securities
Company were restrained from dispos
ing of 370,230 shares of common stock
thes Northern Pacific Railway Co.-is
alleged r to have received v from E. H.
Harriman and Winslow S. Pierce and
347,090 shares of common stock the
Northern Pacific Railway Co. received
from the Northern Pacific Companies.
Today's decision gives the Northern
Securities Co. a right to dispose of the
stock.1) -
It cin be authoratatively stated that
application by writ of certiorari will
be made before the United States Su
preme Court.
Deades in Liruor Seizing Case.
By Associated Press. .
Washington, Jan. 3. United States
Supreme court has decided that in the
cases jof the American and Adams ex
press: companies vs. State of Iowa, a
package of liquor sent through the ex
pressj companies from outside points
into Iowa could be seized by the state,
on .tie ground that it is in contraven
tion o the interstate commerce clause
of the Federal constitution.
i Cotton Receipts.
T
hree bales of cotton were sold to-
day iat 6
1-2 cents against 9 bales
saml day last year at 13 1-4 cents
I
BOY'S
THE NEWS' wonderful growth
year of 1904 is shown by the follow- $
On (January 1, 1904,
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A FIRE DESTROYS
TOBACCO BUILDINGS
' III GREENVILLE
60 Thousand Dollars Worth, of
Property Burned. Two Ware
houses, Four Prize Houses Sev
eral Smaller Houses and Half
a' Million Pounds of Tobacco.
Fire Broke Out at Eleven O'clock
This Morning and, as Yet Its
Origin is Unknown, Property
Insured to the Amount of Forty
Thousand Dollars. '
Special The News.
Greenville, N. C, Jan. 3. Starting at
three this morning fire destroyed two
tobacco warehouses, four prize houses
and several smaller buildings, together
with half a million pounds of leaf to
bacco. The total loss is fully sixty
thousand dollars. Insurance forty
thousand. The origin of the fire is un
known. - The losers are R. A. Tyson, E.
H. Thomas and Co., Evans Hooker and
Co., C."W. Harvey, Greenville Ware
house Co., R. F. Betts, J. E. Hughes
and Co., R. O. Jeffress, S. M. Schultz,
Thomas and Green, T. B. Ficklen, Baiil
ey and Andrews and the Euvita'-Cor.
NINE PERSONS PERISH.
Polish Miner and His Family Burn to
Death at Elmira, New York.
By Associated Press.
Elmira, N. Y., Jan. 3. Nine persons
perished through the burning of the
home of Frank Neweski, a Polish
miner at Morris Run, Pa., this morn
ing. The dead are: Neweski, his wife
and seven of his children.
One child, a boy 18, only one, escap
ed. It is thought the fire was started
by an overheated stovo, that the stove
fell over and the burning coals set fire
to the house. Neweski was employed
by the Morris Run Coal Mining Com
pany. With his fellow miners he had
been on
a strike since last April.
Neweski and his family had just re
covered from small pox. "
SAYS ENGLISH USE WIRELESS.
German Paper Makes Startling An
nouncement About English War
ships Communicating to Japanese.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 3. Lokal Anzeiger to
day makes the astonishing assertion
that English warships waiting on the
Baltic fleet are communicating every
movement by wireless telegraphy to
Japanese agents at the nearest port.
The paper says Russia has requested
France to influence England to stop the
practice. If she doesn't Russia nay
fire on the English vessels.
Bynum Captured.
Special The News. ,
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 3. A special to
the Morning Post says: Bynum, the al
leged slayer of Deacon James H. Al
ford, in Raleigh last Thursday, was
arrested at 9 o'clock this evening in
Sunbury, same state, where he had re
fugeed at the home of a sister. Bynum
was arrested at the home of Mrs. R. E.
Barnes by Sheriff R. O. Riddick, who
hurried his prisoner off to the Gates
ville jail.
Governor Aycock yesterday offered
a reward of $300 for his capture.
Reward for Will Snrinns.
The Governor also offered a reward
of $200 for the capture and delivery
to the sheriff of Mecklenburg county,
one Will Spring, who killed a 'deputy
sheriff in that county some time ago.
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a new route was j
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THE SCHOOL MONEY.
Board Apportions Among Townships
Now on Districts.
The county board of education con
tinued in session today and this after
noon apportioning the school monies
among the various school districts of
the county.
The total, available amount, as given
in yesterday's News was about $51,000,
which is slightly less than last year's
available funds. ,
The board today first apportioned the
mcney by townships as follows, the
proportion being $2.16 1-3 for each pu
pil in the school census:
The, appropriation for the districts
of . the different townships, were be
ing made by the board and the county
superintendent today.
The appropriations' for the school
districts in Charlotte townshin have
been made and are as follows:
Charlotte Township, white race,
district No. 1. Seversville, $4.80; No.
2, Dilworth, $17.70; No. 3 Finland's
Chapel, $400; No. 4 Oak Grove, $320;
No. 5 Belmont, $1755 ; No. 6, Nevin,
$280; No. 7, Groveton, $280; No. 8,
Chadwiek, $5S0.
Colored race: No. 1, Biddleville
school, $300; No.. 2, Clanton, $130;
No. 3, Wilson, $130; No. 4, Myers,
$130; No. 5, S'-aw, $120; No. 6 Holes,
$120; No. 7, Greenville, $170; No. 8
Irwin, $130.
City of Charlotte, 5,625 pupils, $12,-
187.50.
Charlotte .Township, 3,275 pupils,
$7,095.83.
Berry hill Township, 706 pupils, $1,
529.67. Steel Creek Township, 814 pupils,
$1,763.67.
Sharon Township, 723 pupils, $1,
566.50. .
Providence Township, 802 pupils,
$l,7o,.67.
Clear Creek Township, 749 pupils,
$1,622,83.
Crab Orchard Township, 1,065 pu
pils, $2,307.50.
Mallard Creek Township, 849 pupils,
$1,839.50.
Dewiese Township, 808 pupils, $1,
750.67. Lemley Township, 525 pupils; $1,
137.50. Long Creek Township, 730 pupils,
$1,581.66.
Paw Creek Townshin, 866 pupils,
$1,876.33.
Morning Star Township, 668 pupils,
$1,447.33. .
Pineville Township, 531 pupils, $1,
150.50. Huntersville Township. 659 pupils.
$1,427.84. .
Total, $42,022.50.
Rousing Liverpool Singers.
Liverpool, Jan. 3 The Rev. Reuben
A. Tomey and Charles M. Alexander,
Chicago evangelists, began today the
last three -weeks of their revival here
with stirrins scenes.
A unicme observance of New Year's
Day was the broadcast distribution
throughout the city, by personal deliv
ery to passers by. In private letter
boxes, in saloons, etc., of 250,000 white
cards inscribed simply in glaring type,
"Get Right With God." Wholesale
conversions have resulted from .-this
plan, and crowds -made public confes
sions at tonight's meeting in Tourna
ment Hall.
Four thousands converts already
have inscribed their names, and it is
expected that 6,000 will have made
confession before the evangelists go to
London for a five months' crusade on
a larger scale than any similar cam
paign in the present generation.
Drank Toast in Poison.
New York, Janv 3. Mrs. Catherine
Becker, seventy-four years old, of No.
1 45 West Thirty-first street, gave a par
ty for her son yesterday morning, and
when they filled their glasses to drink
to her health, she said she was too ill
and would drink medicine instead.
She created merriment by pledging
them a toast in what she supposed was
medicine. Instead,- Mrs. Becker took
carbolic acid by. mistake and died from
the effects of the poison before aid
could be summoned.
Some Revised Christmas Jokelets.
"Say, eld mrn." said the first club
man, those ties you ve. been wearing
lately are in excellent taste, and I'd
like to get some. Give me the name
of your haberdasher, won't you?"
"I'll have to ask my wife for it,"
replied the second clubman, .as he
rang for a Scotch highball. "She gave
me those ties for Christmas. They
are rather the real thing, arn't they?"
The. parson was a little disappointed.
He needed some slippers badly, and
according to the funnysmiths he was
due to receive forty or fifty pairs for
Christmas.
But no slippers had been forthcom
ing.
"Well." said he cheerfully, "I got
over ;500 in money. Guess I can af
ford to spend a dcllar or so for a pair."
"Henry," said the wife., "here are
some cigars I got you for Christmas."
After the wife had left thei room the
visiting friend -burst into a grand guf
faw. "Ho, ho, ho!" he roared. "Wifey
selected Christmas cigars, eh? Wow!
Wow!"
"Yes," responded the husband calm
ly, "my wife was raised on a tobacco
plantation and she is r.bout the best
judge of cigars there is fn this town
ship." And he proceeded to light a per
fecto beside which the average twenty-five
center is but an El Fior de
Skunkwoed. x
Pointed Paragraphs.
From 'the Chicago News.
Never tell a man that his boy Jooks
like his mothef if he owes you money.
Women have a lot to say about mod
el husbands, but they all want a differ-
i ent model.
A silent man often has a reputation
for knowing about ten times as much
as he does, know. ;
. Probably more.-young people would
embark on the sea of matrimony if
stern parentk would raise the block
ade. .
ONE DRUG STORE IH
THE CITY TO SELL
Movement Started to Take Sale
of Liquor for Medicinal and
Mechanical Purposes Out of
Hands of Ordinary Drug Stores
and Establish Central Store.
Jhe Legislature Will be Asked to
' Grant Right for City of Char
lotte to Take This Step and to
Appoint a Commission for Its
Control.
There is a movement on foot which
promises to meet with success, and
which is backed by the Anti-Saloon
League, looking to the establishment
of a special drug store in Charlotte to
handle all spirituous liquors and wiaes
and to be under the control of a com
mission to be. appointed by the board
of aldermen. . '
.This move will probably be brought "
to a head in the presentation of a bill
before the Legislature which convenes
in Raleigh this week, asking for the
right to establish the drug store, at
which the promoters of the move ex
pect ?.lso to handle drugs for the poor ,
and those who are unable to purchase
medicines for themselves. It will al
so be stipulated in the. bill to be pre
sented before the Legislature that
there shall be no profits attached to
the management of the drug store.
The plan of taking1 the spirituous
liquors, for medicinal purposes, and
wines for sacramental purposes, from,
the regular drug stores, is favored by.
the leading prohibitionists here, -and
also is endorsed by the Anti-Saloon
League. It is learned also that the
drug men, or at least a majority of
them, favor such a' plan for handling
the liquor needed for medicinal and
mechanical purposes.
Prescriptions of physicians will' be
treated in this drug store just as they
are in any other drug store, no dis
crimination whatever being made.
The first commission that it is de
sired to have appointed will be named
by the Legislature., and thereafter the
commission wlil be appointed by the
board of aldermen.
Great care will be exercised in the
selection of the management, for the
drug store and only the best mca
will be placed in charge. .
The matter of providing medicines
for the poor is also to receive much
needed attention, and this will doubt
less prove a great bcon. to the poor,
as well as the druggists who, have
calls of this kind made upon them.
The new movement has the backing
cf the leading prohibition : men of the
city, and these have gone into the af
fair with tV e determination that they
are right, and th.?.t this is the correct
solution of the matter, and hence it
it safe to say that the measure stands
a fair chance of success before the
Legislature.
A BIG EXTENSION.
Miller Dry Goods Company to Move
to Enlarged Quarters.
The Miller Dry Goods Company has
planned a big extension to their build
ing for the new year, and will in a few
weeks time have three stores instead
of one, as at present.
The company has secured the two
weil located stands on East Trade for
merly occupied by the two barrooms,
one on- the corner of College and Trade
and the other just above the first
named, the bars being run by Messrs
Alexander and Abernethy.
The two store rooms, formerly useds
as bars, will be thoroughly overhauled
and put into the best and most conve
nient condition for Mr. Miller, who will
be ready to occupy these stores about '
the first of the month of February. '
In one store the Miller Dry Goods
Company will carry a large line of
shoes .and in the other a line of dry
goods.
Mr. Miller stated today that on ac
count of the growth ia his business he
had to get more room somewhere, and
he was ready to take the. matter up
when it was ascertained that the two
store rooms, formerly used as bars,
would be for rent the first of the year.
At the stand formerly occupied by
Hoover's ban on East Trade between
College and the railroad, it is under- ,
stood that the White Grocery Company
will move into this store room as soon
as it is prepared for use by this com
pany. FARMERS MEET.
Appoint
Delegates for
Meetmg.
the County
The farmers of Long Creek township
held a nieetin? on the 30th of last
month and perfected ail arrangements
for their organization. Mr. J. C. Hutch
ison was elected president and-Mr. W.
F. Sample, secretary. Those present
made informal talks on the cot!xn situ
ation p.nd all were in favor cf cutting
down the acreage this coming year.
The following delegates were elected
to represent Long Creek at the county
meet which will be held in the court
house Saturday. Messrs. J. G. Davidson,
J. F. Houston, W. P. Crowell, W. J.
Dunn and W. M. Davis.
The following were elected on the
executive committee: W.P. Crowell, J.
McSample, D. L.' Little, J. A. Wilson
and J. W. Little. .
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