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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS,,DECEMBER 21, 1908 11 - . i 5iS TheStore For The ' M&n's K 1 t CKrlstons Gift , ' - 1 I - 5 . S I i v j n h -MIli' mi SfHfp life li TBli jj jj y To make a man's Christmas thoroughly happy, to afford him genuine pleasure, you must give him something that will either increase his comfort or tickle his vanity, or both. In a word, give him something that will make his life easier and brighter- Therein lies the whole secret The list below suggests a few gifts which he will appreciate more than anything else you could give him- Then, too, they bear the Mellon guarantee, which means style and quality unques tionable. Come in and make your selection while the stocks are full and get the first choice- -. : , 1 ' ' f5! , , . i i : ----1- -IfWliMilf MeSSoE s .For Quality Pretty Neckwear Kid Gloves Watch Fobs -Scarf Pins Cuff Buttons -Fancy Vests Initial Handkerchiefs Silk Suspenders Walking Canes - 25c to $3.50 $1.00 to $20.00 50c to $5.00 50c to $5.00 50c to $5 00 $1.50 to $7.50 25c to $1.50 75c to $3.00 50c to $5. Illiii mm ' . ? .'-1 i .r w mm mm CHiei n vJp Smoking Jackets v - Lounging Robes Bath Robes Silk Mufflers Stylish Hats Suits, Overcoats Umbrellas -Fancy Pajamas Night Shirts $5.00 to $25.00 $5.00 to $20.00 $5.00 to $15.00 en. a- &ei aa H $1.50 to $10.00 $10.00 to $40.00 75c to $20.00 $1.00 to $10.00 50c to $5.00 00 ' rr m ' . j .. -fedliUa m - - ' - Sf JLJ 1 " --- mTTTTi. i ttSj&O. --&H!?'JS " Jwry Make Final Trial Judge Webb Rules That 12 Men Shall Decide as to Who is Owner of Disputed Rockingham Power Co. Land, Sitting at chambers in this city Sat nrday, .Iiulire J. L. Webb, of Shelby, dissolved tbe Judge I-.ons in October, restraining the SS IDE I DEPiDENG nr mum r n ur Uiibu Df si as 1 Washington, D. C, Dec. 21. Tbe work of the Philippine scouts is highly commended, the bill to amend the Philippine tariff act new pending in the senate is endorsed, encourag ing progress in the Philippines - and injunction granted by tne maintenance of peace and order I m uuoa inrougnout tne year aro i announced in the annual renort 01 Rockingham Power Co. from ccm-. Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, chief pleting their big plant on the Pee Dee j of the bureau of insular affairs, which river upon land at Elewitt Fails, ths was made public last night. Gen. ,.!,.- , i j- r, 'Edwards says the Philippine scouts ownersmp ot wmcn is m dispute. The ; . .c. - v. s . t t 1 aie an important factor m the edu- liower company is reaaired bv Judsre i A. t-.-t i j - Webb to give a bend of ?7.000 to cove;- tl0n cfK the fih pePle mf possible loss or damage to the land Cre-atl" of- ? h,lgher stanfard ?l The question of ownershin will be de-1 lLV g fm the 13f!aS &S Wellfl &3 m cided by a jurv in Anson court at e extension, of American influence its next term The report recounts the settlement The case is that of Hu?h McP.ae & LthCli1fhu Cl3imS', Co. vs. the Rockingham Power Com-iTf to Ml which passed the Tianr e-t ni Ti u,nA -iB n-w,H,n nouse at the last session, but was !'-' w a J-i - l - - 111,1 , CI L iVll consists of 120 acres below the power house and claimed to be of strategic importance to the power company. It is really a clash, it is said, between the North Carolina interests led by Mr. McRae and the Wall Street inter ests which are alleged to be trying to squeeze the former cut of their rights in the case. MacRae & Co., admitting that they contracted to furnish the land bv Janu ary 1st when called for in writing to Ne w Skin Remedy Stops Itching Skin Troubles of Infants and Adults Quickly Cured. When it is known that poslam, the new skin remedy,swill stop the tortur ous itching attending eczema with first still pending in the senate before committee when congress adjourned, to provide free entry into the Uni ted States of Philippine products, with certain exceptions, and free entry of United States products into the Philippine islands and free trade j between the United States and the Philippines without exceptions after April 11, 1909. The report says the friends of the measure are entirely agreeable to the inclusion of a clause limiting Philippine sugar to be ad mitted under its provisions to. 400,- 000 tons annually. This the sugar people admit would be sufficient to restore some of the former prosper ity to the sugar interests in the is lands. A reduction of the present duties on tobacco, the report sug gests, would afford the moral en couragement of which producers in the islands now stand so seriously in need. The other principal products in the Philippine islands, hemp, cop linnav i i -l . i .i? n-ntil of the Philippine students i nthisjiMUY, ana tne uaiance nom tuu uuu, i Tiita QA-fH lact country has been on. an average very nt good and m one or two cases or an excentionallv high order. The value of the movement as a whole to the Philippine government and people, says Gen. Edwards, must stiil be left to the future "to disclose; hut every sign points to its immense im portance. The expenditures of the Republic cf Cuba on account of American in tervention from October 1st, 1906, to June 30th, last, were $757,343, these expenditures being made from funds allotted by the provisional govern ment from time to time for army ex penditures due directly to the army service in Cuba. The statement of extraordinary expenditures on ac count of the army of pacification in Cuba which under congressional leg islation are to be reimbursed from the Cuban . treasury, shows a total of of the Dominican debt, the steadily widening activities in the Philippines and the administra tive control of Cuba continuing, to i bring up important questions of law, making the demand upon ine iaw ui ficer of the bureau, constant and serious, legislation for' retirement of certain civil employes of the Philip pine government o npart yap, after ten years of satisfactory service are among other matters discussed." "Mamma, what is a biped?" "Anything, Willie, that goes on two legs." "A pair of stockings, mamma?" Bcstoa Transcript. ra and rice, have the advantages over J ' October 1st, 1906, to June 30th, sugar of not requiring such enormous ! Malaria Makes Pale Sickly Children. The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE LESS CHILL TONIC, drives out ma laria and builds up the system. For grown people and children. 50c. capital for development and of not entering into competition with in terests of this country. The passenger outlook is especially bright .on-the railroads of those is lands. The average density of popu lation in the different provinces com pares very favorably with some of-the countries of Europe. In Cobu it is greater than the density of popula tion of : Japan, Italy, Germany or France. The Visayan lines, accord ing to the report, should pay iair in terest on the investment above the four per cent guaranteed by the Phil ippine government for they should develop an increasing freight traffic from the fertile country. The postal savings bank, part of the bureau of posts, shows a steady increase of UCRO'S ELIXIF ArSngs ;ew EJe Jo Use Body and Btr-litis Up t&e EsSire System ill A! FEVER CASES E. FOUOERA CO Ag;n.ts for the U- S.. 20 Bcekman St., New Yoffc application and bring immediate re the Power Company in return for)lief and comfort to sufferers from all . business and the institution has been ft- l AAA ..1" .J 1 - 1 I 1 f I'ltl t nMi I 1 a i r . . v ,-. 1 1 1 .. - 1 1 - 1 . 1 . 1 o . I wen receiveu Dy an classes, vji me $50,000 of stock in the company, con tend that the land was deeded to Mr. Chase by a member of the MacRae firm and that he has leased it to who is at present the land's legal owner. The Rockingham Power Company re plies that this transfer was made in order to furnish MacRae & Co. with a lever by which to force the com pany to' do whatever they desired. MacRae & Co. were represented by Burwell & Cansler and T. W. Davis, of Wilmington, and the power com pany by Messrs. A. S. Dockery, of Rockingham; rl. L. Caudle and L. D. skin troubles, its merits will be in stantly appreciated. On the tender skin of chafing infants, poslam may be used with soothing and beneficial ef fects. It is applied externally, and its remarkable healing powers begin their work ?t once. All skin diseases, including eczema, acne, herpes, rash, tetter, etc., yield readily to its remarkable curative properties. Occasionally applications of poslam, in small quantities, will quickly banish pimples, hives, black heads, blotches, and will relieve and cure itching feet, scaly scalp, humors, Robinson, of Wadesboro, and ex-Judge' etc- A special oO-cent package has J. E. Shepherd, of Raleigh. been adopted for those who use pos- . - : iwm iui luetstr uuiiur u uuuies. i ins, as A Puzzler. t well as the regular two-dollar jar, is on A Frenchman was being very polite I ?ale at R- H- Jordan & Co's drug store, depositors fifty per cent are Ameri cans and forty Filipinos. The sepa rate deposits range from a few cent avos to over five thousand posos. The excess of insular expenditures over revenues during the past fiscal year was $570,524 and the excess of receipts over expenditures in the city of Manilla was $328,367. The work to an American in France "You are of New York?" he inquired. "Yes, sir." "Ah! I would well to go to New York! But" with a sigh "I have never been cn the stranger!" At first the American stared blankly. Then suddenly he bethought himself that "a 'letranger" in French means "in foreign lands." So he smiled and hoped politely that some day the Frenchman would "get on to" New York. in Charlotte An experimental supply of poslam may be obtained free of charge, by writing to the Emergency Laborato ries, 32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York City. A man may sometimes feel that he has no friends, and at other times that lie has too many. CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of A HEALTHY FAMILY. "Our whole family lias enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King's New Life Pills, three years ago," says L. A. Bartlet, of Rural Route 1, Gail ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in a eentle way that does "ou good. 25c-at Wodall & Sheppard's drug store. Ch AMMUNITION Shells and Cartridges All Staple Loads in Stock ariotfs Hardware Company Guns For Sale and Rent Will Take Your Old Gun in Exchange For INe-y One Myers Hardware & Sporting Goods Co. Porter & Boyd CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Call on us if interested in Biulding or Repairing, Wood, Brick or Concrete. 11 E. Sixth St. 'Phone 1932. R. N. Hunter. S. L. Vaughan Hunter & Vaughan BUILDING CONTRACTORS Charlotte, N. C. 'Phone 840. 316 East Fifth St J. M. McIVliI-iaeI ARCHITECT Rooms 505-506 Trust Building. CHARLOTTE, N. C. ADLAI OSBORNE ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT Newton, N, C. Municipal Improvements. Architecture. Water Power Development. Mill Engineering. Dr. A. M. Berryhill DENTIST Office No. 4 South Tryon St. Office 'Phone 326. Dr. H. C. Hendesson Dr. L. I. Gic n y ; DENTISTS 6fflce Hunt Bldg., 202 N. Tryon St. Office 'Phone 816. Residence 'Phone 499. DR.CR. ZICKLER DENTIST 57 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C. v 'Phone 1224. I. W. JAMIESON 1 dentist no. 4 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. Office 'Phone 226. Residence 'Phone 962. OR. H. JR. RAY Osteopath .- - Registered. Office Hunt Building, Hours, 9 to 12; 2 to 5. 'Phone, Office 830; Residence 871-J. Consultation at Office, grattis. HuhW. Harris ATTORNEY Lao Building, Gharfotte, II. C. Engagement of Prominent Couple Announeed Special to The News. Winston-Salem, N. C, Deo. 21. Announcement is made today of "ie engagement of William Marvin Hanes, youngest son of P. II. I lanes, a prominent and wealthy citizen, to Miss Nona Swank, of Johnstown, I'a. The marriage to be consumated next spring. s Daily Matinee. The Star theatre, on -West Trade - street, is going to give a vaudeville matinee every afternoon this week. A strong program will he given. -Mr-Johnnie- Lavier, slack wire walker, and Dave Ranzetti and Grace Ly man, sketch artists, will fnrnish Hie amusement. . Two Months Yet To Use Gas Ranaes Only a few yet in stock. Get one now. You will never regret it. See - 4 C'S COMPANY TIT FOR TA ' - "Sorry we had to as& you to settle in advance, Sir,' said the clerk of the higb-priced hotel, "but, you see, we didu't know you "What difference does that make?" coldly demanded the departing guest "Well, so many swindlers have don us lately " "The idea! , I thought there was more professional courtesy among swindlers." He got even with him. We wish some of our customers would come in and get even with us. As the Judge said to the prisoner at the bar, "Why did you snatch this lady's purse?" "Your Honor," replied he, "I thought 'a little change would do me good.' " "A little change" "would do us good right now. C. IV. C Butt &. CO (INCORPORATED) INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS. MEM AMD WOMEM. . Use Big for unnatural dischargeB.infiammatwD s, irritations or ulcerations of m neons membranes. THE EVANS CHEMICA-CO. sent or poisonous. moid D7 an-aw-"" . j nu;n CTT-ATmer. : by express, prepaid, lor 1.00. or 3 Dotues i.ii. ClrculK teat en request. Sim 1 to i iym I OcataBteed l fjIBY not to nrietnn. V CIRCUIBATI.OT 2
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