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Social and Personal
(By ADDIE WILLIAMS CALDWELL)
THI UNFINISHED 8T0RY.
Tou h*v^ told me, oh preacher, the
story sweet—
How the prodigal son, l>ereit or
pride,
the far country, with way worn
feet. . ^
And renirnod to his fathers house
to l>ld*'.
:ou hHv,» • 'id of the father, unfailing,
fond;
You have told of the robe, the riug,
the feast:
)f the lor.c nisjht'a revel, all cares be-
v.'nd. ,
Till th.' hinainu stars trew paie in
thf Kr,.-!t.
5ut could 1 more of that tale invoke.
1 would pvRv thee tell nie. thou man
of
3ow i; fared with the boy when the
nu'r; .)W broke.
An ! Vi- t'ft the old pathways of duty
I ; (' ! V
^ow did i; fare when his brother cold.
Who hnd strayed from the
Iva'rr. r it''
\nv evrr -qu^n.ierpl his porxion of
c-'.ii
'rt*ii hi-- hatred 8n>l nursod his
wrath?
Did be ni>' f'i'-:et :hat ho ate with
swine
Ar.e sijfi e-1 sore neath the fa;-off
ilemeoibprir..- rnly »he nieht of win«v
And tV ' of the dancing wom-
• !; s oyeJ^?
’!,■ V'Ot -rt'W fri’.ntic with eiiuai i
li.TS
.‘r.-i f^r the wide world, prison-'
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1 !• rcse up from the banished;
nnd beckon with plcam-
• ' i S.
. ' ' i • •!. .TS we farp today. \
1'^ --.‘T ’I’flf th>’ world m.Tv .-incj
ir■ i\
; .. 1 the father could ban-
■!" ..'vaN _ j
,0’iral hand from before thei
111 L'odge.
r was Hrownln?; who said;
For ! say this is death and the sole
death—
n a ir.HTi s loss comes to him from
!;;- cri'n:
rkn*-ss tr-.ni light, from knowledge
i:n('r.«ncp,
\rd of iovf from love made mani-
fi-
! M.,t •- A iveiius who said;
« I- *’pns at all happens
, ■■ . ■ 'hou wilt find this true,
f ^hoiids-* v.atch narrowly."
•.! wnin? w’lo said;
conu - temptation, but for man
.• lOPrt
ii,: d . » -' T ,ind maiv» crotich beneath
, - f.K*t.
^ a -,o i>- ..i dcstaled in triumph?”
'.Marcus Aurelius who said;
That which makes the man no
V'.i-se tuan lip was makes hts life no
r«e; if has n» power to harm, with-
V ; o; within.’'
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THE COLD WORLD.
A. cold world, b\u a gold world, and the
be.-if old world we’ve got—
lau>:h and be contented, and be
ai»py with your lot!
\ - wi'rl'i. ilut a bold world, when
>:i‘ heart is beating right,
.V I...,- .h*' bands have done their
du'"*.
A -'i th- eyes find hidden beauty
f ’: r- f?we€t and simple valleys and
?he hills that lead to light!
A o.d world, but a gold world, and the
be?» old world we know,
So, deck the ships with laughter and
for?Pt about your woe I
,v ro>l ’vorld. b)it a whole world of
hiessings in disguise.
V/hen we take Its paths of gleaming
To the golden shore of dreaming.
The violets in the meadows and the
sunshine In the skies!
—Bentztown Bard.
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r«/IR8. ZEHM
SAILS SATURDAY.
Mrs. H. J. Zehm sails Saturday next,
for Europe where she will spend two
months. She goes first to Lelpalc,
Germany, and from there to her birth
place, several miles from I^ipsic. She
■alls on the Kron Princess Cecelia.
MRS. OVERCARSH’8
GUESTS.
Bn. B J. Overcarsh has as her
pieBts Mm. I. W. Creasy and sons,
Walter ScoH and Gaston Creasy of
AuKusta. Oa., and Mrs. W. S. Creasy
of Mt. Airy. They will be in the city
two months.
MRS BROWN
AT MONTREAT.
Mrs. l^ura Marion Brown, who
has been at Waynesvllle with her sis
ter, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, has left
then* tereral days ago for Montreal,
where she will spend the rest of the
•ummer.
MISS M’RAE’S
QUEST LEAVE.
Mrs. M. M. McEachin of Maxton and
Mils Lldla Boggan, of Wadesboro,
who hare been guests of Miss Hattie
McRae, at her attractive home near
Eli*ab«th left for home yesterday.
TO VISIT IN
“OLD DOMINION."
MlBS 3usl« Hutchison and Miss Lou-
let Parks leave Tuesday for South
Boston, Va., to visit Miss Francis
Owen a prominent young society wo
man of that city.
MRS. REQI8TKR
HOME
Mrs. E. C. Reglater returned yester
day from CJoncord. She says that the
wh(^ dty hat been grief-stricken over
tb« dltappearance of Ensign Robert
Toting. The prominence of the family
and th« popularity of the young man
ixaka tb« Unaion in r«gard to his dis
Vppaaranot extreme
♦ WOMEN WASTE TIME ♦
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The lost motion and the lost time
in doing little things are great enough
to keep many a man and many a wo
man from carrying; out the pet pro
ject of their lives, says an exchange.
They are waiting foiever for a chance
that will never come to take up those
pet projects. One sometimes has a
8ymi)alhy for the Frenchman who kill
ed himself because so much time must
be wasted in dressing; and undressing
—in merel> s!refting ready to do things.
Then a^ain an hour is worth more
;o one man than half a dozen hours
to another, because the first man
Knows how to use it promptly and
effectively. He doesn't piddle and get
ready. Ho is ready; and he goes at
wbat he wishes to do without dis-
irj'ciion. .-Vnd he doe.s it with a vim.
’rii:'/’s what ihe sohool men ni^'an
when they say ‘ oonoentrHtion. ’ This
is an art tliat comes, as every other
art come';, with priKtice; and every
mail can HC(juire it more or less weil—
can acqaire it by defiret's.
Tile hr'iirs ihat aie for re^'reation,
:'oi conversation, for livin>r as distin-
Ktiishrd from \vorl^in^—these need the
benefit of ‘ scientific" manapjement. if
runver'^aiion and recreation and the
I'loa.-^iires of livintr are to be en
joyed. Such mari:'.trement would not
mean a rinid systt'm. It would mean
chirfly the elimination of a thoti.^and
and one little duties and (Keds that
are male tu cessary by a lack of order-
livf ss. it would mean the absence, of
I'f'insr 'O .ucT ready to do things. It
wr'itl(* iiit'an ts.'.t, wht'u man wished
1“' ir.ui an hour, the l)(H)k would
1)H at iK'iicl. wiien he wished to work
hi - irarden. the *ools would be there:
when he Avished to lie down, the
(■('licit would bp f-eadv; when he wish
ed \.h;uever l.e wished to do. he
iM'iiid do it it’oout loss of lime or
>'h:',n.i;‘' of moo(t.
to be feared that women are
creat lowers of time becaufe. from an
economic tioint of view, they have re-
trardPd tl'.rir rime as of less vahie than
men s—an erroneotis judgment, by the
wa', because one person's time is of
ni’.K n value to that person as any
oihor pcr.-on's time is to that person;
erybody's time i? of prime value to
iiimself, just as everybody’s health or
life is. The Tro;il)le about women’s
work is that it *s of ;o many kinds.
There is domestic woik from kitchen
to garret; t’i'.ere i.-: social work, ac-
ci rdinp to everyone’s ta«te and op-
portf.nity; there is. besides, the mis-
cellanevus. left-over, general manage
ment of all small thinRS (as well as of
-ome large ones). All this is dlflficult
to reduce to system. Hut it is not
po.-sible but necessary if the house
hold is to get the use of its time for
the best pleasures and the best growth
and the greatest happiness.
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TO VISIT
N NEW YORK.
Mrs. H. L. Fletcher leaves tonight
for New York to visit her son, Mr.
.John M. Fletcher. She will be accom
panied by her daughter, Miss May
Fletcher.
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MRS. ROBERTSON
GOES TO CONNELLY.
.Mrs. William F. Rol>ertson, who
will join her husband, Mayor Robert
son here in the fall, to remain per
manently, goes tomorrow to Connel
ly Springs for several weeks.
^ LIBRARY NOTES.
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[Written for the Sunday Social Page
by Miss Mary Palmer, Librarian.]
“If all the crowns of all the king
doms of Europe were laid down at
my feel in exchange for my books
and my love for reading, I would
spurn them all.”—Fenelon.
The Care of Borrowed Books.
Handle a book gently. It strains the
binding of a book to throw it or let it
fall, lay it face down, strap it lightly,
pick it up by one lid. lean on it w'hen
it is open or use it as a portfolio
to carry notes in. For a book-mark,
use a slip of paper. Do not use a
m:xtch, a lead pencil or a handker
chief.
Do not lay a book in a hot place,
as on a radiator or near a &tove.
Heat dries and makes the gule more
likely to crack, and warps the cov
ers. It also causes leather bindings to
rot and paper to become brittle.
Keep a book dry. Do not handle it
with moist hands nor leave it in a
damp place.
Keep it clean. Handle it with clean
hands only. Do not mark it with pen
cil or pen nor make notes in It.
Handle the leaves at their outer
ed.^ef^ only, to avoid tears. Do not
cri ck the paper by folding the leaves
or turning the corners down.
If a book borrowed from the v^ublic
library sets damaged, do not try to
mend it. Amateur mending is likely to
make the trouble worse; for to mend
a l)ool; properly usually requires some
o.\i;eriencc and s’Kill, and sometimes
the services of a professional book
binder. Call the attention of the libra
rian to any damage when you take
the book back, and let the li’orary
take core of it.
Always remember that the person
who comes after you enjoys using a
clean fresh copy as much as yon do.
Moreover, library books arec ity prop
erty, and it is the duty of a citizen
to protect them.
Early North Carolina.
■\n addition to the collection
North Carolinians at the library is
"Narratives of Early Carolina,” by
A. S. Salley. It. is a source book of
North and South Carolina history
from 1fi,n0-1708. the papers it con
tains covering a wider field than the
present limits of the tv.'o states.
Among them are "The Discovery ot
Brittaiue.’’ 16.=>0, observations of Sir
Waiter Raleigh. Francis Yeardley s
narrative the journal of William
Pratt, 169.j-1701, and extracts from
state pppers, reports, letters, etc.
MUSIC.
Dispatches from Paris announce
that Gatti-Casazza of the Metropolitan
opera house has engaged Tetrazzini for
the coming season. He has also en
gaged Sturani as a conductor to re
place Pedesti.
The Metropolitan will give the first
performance of FolfE Ferrarl’s ‘Donne
Curiose” and Ferrari will superintend
the rehearsals.
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One of the interesting announce
ments made by Mr. J. C. William
son, the Australian theatrical mana
ger, who is here on one of his many
trips around the world in search of
attractions, is that Mme. Melba, who
has been singing at Covent Garden,
London, will soon leave for her old
home in Australia to head a grand
opera company, says the New York
Herald.
Part of her company has already
started and Melba will leave London
in a short time. Her Australian sea
son will open on September 3, in* Syd
ney, and after eight weeks there Mel
bourne w'ill have the Australian prima
donna and her company for an equal
length of time.
U has long been a cherished idea
of Mme. Melba to head a grand opera,
company in her native land, and now'
her wishes are to be realized. She
has sung there in concert frequently,
but never in opera. In fact, Austral
ians never have hear an artist of
Mme. Melba's rank in opera.
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~ Napoleon’s Bed Gift to France.
Mr. Edward Tuck, formerly of New
York, but now a resident of Paris,
following in the footsteps of Mr. J.
P. Morgan, has presented France Na
poleon’s first camp bed, says the New
York World. It was used at St. Hele
na. The gift was accompanied by let
ters showing it authenticity.
Fountains of Wine.
The practice of running the foun
tains and conduits with wine on coro
nation day was abandoned after the
reign of Queen Elizabeth, says the
London Chronicle, but another old cus
tom was observed up to the coronatin
of George IV. After the king and
the company had departed from the
banquets in W'estminster hall the
doors were thrown open and the peo
ple rushed in and cleared the tables
of everything—victuals, cloths, plates,
dishes, etc., etc., all vanished in a few
minutes. And, as Sir Walter Scott
tells us, the nobility were not above
taking away the saltcellars and spoons.
And at the present coronation they
are to have the chairs on which they
sit in the Abbey.
RETURN
TOMORROW.
Mr. Robert 1j. Erwin, vice-president
of the Charlotte Hardware Co., his
w'ife and son, John, after sp?nding two
weeks at the Haywood White Sulphur
' Springs, will return homo Mon|ay.
THE FOLOSMS
COME ON VISIT.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Folsom and
children, of Sumter, S. C.. will arrive
here tomorrow to visit relatives and
friends. Mr. Folsom w’as formerly a
resident of Charlotte and is pleasant
ly remembered here.
MRS. TILLET
HOME.
Mrs. C. W. Tillet and lovely little
brown-eyed daughter, Laura, returned
.vesterday from Lincoln Llthia Inn.
where they have been for a week or
more.
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AT SUMMER
SCHOOL.
Miss Margaret Erwin, who is at
tending the summer school for teach
ers at Davidson, came home last even
ing for Sunday. She goes back to Dav
idson in the morning.
MIsb Erwin is one of the most tal
ented young women in this citv.
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MISS LANDRUM
HERE.
Miss Bessie Landrum, of Landrvim,
S. C., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. E.
Bomar, on East Bouleva'"d.
GOES TO
VIRGINIA.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scott and davjgh-
ter, Miss Marion Scott, left last night
for Charlottesville, Va., to visit Mrs.
\V. C. Scott, mother of
MISS OVERMAN’S
HOUSE PARTY.
Miss Mildred Ov-’man, daughter
of Senator and Mrs. Lee Overman,
had a charming house party, consist
ing of eleven guests. Miss Overman
entertained at an elegant reception
Friday night in honor of her
guests. Charlotte was represented by
Mr. Spurgeon Cook, who went over
Friday afternoon.
Tree Books.
The lecture at the library on the
care of trees, by Mr. Z. P. Metcalf,
assistant state entomologist has
aroused much interest on the subject.
Below is given a selected list of
books- in the library on trees:
Fernow—Care of trees in lawn,
street and park.
Keeler—Our native trees and how
to identify them.
Matthews—Familiar trees and their
leaves.
Pythian—Trees in nature, myth and
art..
For children, we may select;
Rogers—Trees every child should
know.
Stokes—Ten common trees.
New Fiction.
Among the books of fiction added
to the library during the past week
are:
Barclay—Wheels of lime.
Harrison—Queed.
Montgomery—Anne of Green Ga
bles.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Kelly go to
Waynesville tomorrow' for two weeks.
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Mrs. W. R. Murray and children
have returned from Roanoke, Vat. Mrs.
Murray’s mother, who w'as ill is bet
ter.
THE PICTURE.
By Newell A. W arner, on the birthday of a friend.
A robin’s call—daw'n—then remembrance;
•\nd there upon the threshold, smiling.
Dear ones await with birthday greetings.
And gifts to pledge the day's returning.
And then remembrance * * • And I muse:
Wh.y am I here? What means this day?
With pleasant greetings, gifts and smiles
And words of kindly banter? Is
The hour more vital than the day
-\.gone, and would the greetings ring
1-ess potent at the coming dawn?
A pretty custom this; and yet
My fancy tells me of a sense
More deep and sacred than the thought
Of one year less of life to live.
Our lives are but the living scroll
And handwork of an Artist Mind
Which traces only what He wills;
Our daily thoughts and deeds the hues
And pigments, we ourselves the brush.
Our span of years the canvas. So,
From dawn to eve, the work goes on,
While once each year the Artist viewg
With us, the scroll.
This is His day;
I await His judgment unafraid.
—By Henry Edward Warner.
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BID ON FAMOUS TEPES- ♦
TRIES. ♦
TWO WEEKS O N
THE BOARD WALK
leaving tonight for Atlantic City
are Mr. and Mrs. .T. P. Dodd and Mr.
W. B. Shockley. They will be absent
two weeks.
TO VISIT IN ^
y^ARRENTON
Miss Mary Boyd left yesterday after
noon for a two-weeks’ visit to friends
in Warrenton.
MR. THOMAS'
OLD HOME.
Mr. J. O. Thomas and daughters,
Misses Hazeline and Tx)ulse Thomas,
left yesterday to visit at Ridgeway, S.
C., Mr. Thomas’ boyhood home.
ARE IN THE
ADIRONDACKS.
Mrs. Junius M. Smith. and
nephew, Mr. Junius M. Smith, who
lewt a week ago for the north, are at
present in the Adlrondacks.
Mrs. F. M. Ward and master John
Ward, who have been guests of Mrs.
John Gray, return home next week.
Mr. M. M. Ward, of Glass, is the
gueS’t of her brother, Mr. S. M.
Ward.
MASON COTTAGE
AT PATTERSON
A cottage party leaving yesterday
afternoon for Patterson Springs to
spend tile remainder of the summer
consisted of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mason,
and children, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Mason and children. They will be
joined later by Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Lummey. of Seneca, S. C., Mrs. J. H.
Bibb and children, of Westminster, S.
C., and Mrs. C. B. Floyd.
Mrs. Lummey, Mrs. Floyd and Mrs.
Bibb are daughters of Col. R. E. Ma
son and sisters of Messrs. E. L. and
C. E. Mason.
DISTINGUISHED
VISITOR.
Dr. R. N. Brackett, head of vhe
chemistry department of Clemson Col
lege, after a short visit to Mrs. Lydia
H. Craig, left yesterday morning for
the Eastern shore of Virginia. His
wife, son and daughter are at Mon
treal: Dr. Brackett is a son in-'aw of
Mrs. Craig.
“CAROLINA” ^
HOSPITALITY.
Miss Gay Willis and Miss Laura
Rcilley, who have been visiting at
Ml. Plaesant, near Charleston, will
be home Tues-day. They have had a
royal time enjoying to the fullest
“Carolina” hospitality.
A DAILY Thought.
MRS. 8TITT RETURNS
HOME.
Mrs. W. M. Stitt returned yesterday
from Lincolnton, where she went to
see her father, Hon. Rich"”!^ Battle,
of Raleigh, who was at inn. Mr.
Battle returned to Raieigh Friday.
His many friends throughout the
state will regret to hear that he is
quite unwell.
(Stevenson.)
In every part and corner of our life,
to lose onesself is to be a gainer; to
forget onesself is to be happy.
MISS WILLIAMS
RETURNS
Miss Ora Williams has returned
from a stay of a fortnight at Blowmg
Rock.
NOT UNTIL
FALL
The many friends of Mrs. John Van
Ness will be glad to hear that her
health Is better than usual this sum-
men She and her little daughter. Al-
w'ilda, are still at Walter’s Park. They
will not return to Charlotte until about
the first of October.
Unless an effort is made to retain
them In this country it seems prob
able that the famous Mortlake tapes
tries, after Raphael’s cartoons, be
longing to the Duke of Rutland, ■will
cross the Atlantic, says a London ca
ble in the New York Tribune. The sev
en pieces were made at the Mortlake
factory for King Charles I, and after
his death were sold to Lord Haddon.
For many years they hung at Had
don Hall, and ceme into the "posses
sion of the Rutland family with that
historic building, which they are now
in—the chapel at Belvoir Castle.
The Standard understands that the
Duke of Rutland has already received
from America an offer of £15,000 for
the set, and that neither the authori
ties at South eKnsington nor the com
mittee of the National Art Collections
Fund is in position to make the puf-
chase.
MISS HENKLE
AT THE ROCK
Mrs. Henry Rhyne, of Mt. Holly,
who has been in the city shopping
for a couple of days, returned home
yesterday afternoon. Miss Mary Hen-
kle, Mrs. Rhyne’s very beautiful sis
ter whose marriage to Mr. Jo Wads
worth is to be one of the. brilliant so
cial events of the fall, is at Blowing
Rock. She has as guests, Mr. and
Mrs. Armistead Burwell, Jr., of Char
lotte.
TO VISIT
MISS SPONG
• Miss Beatrice Fairley, of Monroe, is
coming up this week to be the guest
of Miss Jean Spong, the youngest of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Spong's pretty
daughters.
VISITING AT
MR. YOUNG’S
Miss Mazie Thompson, is an attrac
tive guest at Mr. A. M. Young’s. Miss
Thompson is a granddaughter of the
late Mr. Walter Caldwell, of Greens
boro, who was well known in this
city.
KITH AND KIN
AND FRIENDS
Mrs. C. B. Bryant left Friday for
Gaffney, S. C., to visit the Misses
Lipscomb, who were recently her very
charming guests. Joining Mrs. Bryant
yesterday, were Mr. Bryant, Mr. Ed-
M’ard Lipscomb and Mr. T. C. Guthrie,
.Tr. The gentlemen return to town to»
morrow. Mrs. Bryant remains for a
week or so.
SOME DAY
"■ Some day shall Life and Death *
* case up *
* The scores of gain and loss. *
* And pain’s refining fires consume *
■“ Each touch of mortal dross— *
* The soul, untrammeled, leap to •
* light «
* Beneath Grief’s holv cross, *
* —W. A. D. •
CONFEDERATE COLUMN.
Mecklenburg Camp will read with in
terest of the action of Chesterfield
Chapter U. D. C. of Richmond, Va. at
a recent meeting, in regard to Elson’s
history. The chapter indorsed the
resolutions written by the Southern
Cross Chapter, at Salem, Va., dated
April 20, 1911, and protests against the
use of Elson’s history is southern
schools:
Davis' Bodyguard.
“Jim” Jones, a negro who was
bodyguard of Jefferson Davis, presi
dent of the Confederacy, and said to
be the only man who knows the s-e-
cret hiding place of the Confederate
great seal, is among those whose
positions are abolished under the
Lodge resolution, passed by the sen
ate without debate. Later the senate
reconsidered the vote, so that Sen
ator Williams, of Missis&ippi, might
speak on the resolution.
Jones has been absent on sick leave
for two years.—New York Times.
RETURN FROM
ROCHESTER.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Liddell have
returned from Rochester, where they
went on account of the meeting of the
Shriners.
CONNELLY SPRINGS
PARTY
A family party leaving ^I'esterday
afternoon for Connelly Springs con
sisted of Mrs. Joseph. H. Green and
daughter, Mrs. Harry C. Rippelmeyer,
nurse and two children. Dorothy and
Harry; Mrs. Chas. Daniels, Miss Ma
bel Green and Aliss Priscilla Daniels.
The party will spend a week or ten
days at the springs.
I Enjoyable Bang
GUESTS
DEPART.
Miss Jonnie Pegram of Gastonia and
Miss Lottie Kluttz, of Chester, who
have been visiting Miss Lillian Reid
left yesterday. Several pretty func
tions were tendered Miss Reid’s
guests.
Mrs. John W. Zinqnerman will sing
in the First Presbyterian church choir
during the absence, in New Y^ork. of
Miss Mary Fletcher. Mrs. Zimmerman
has a sweet soprano, unusually clear
and true. She is a pulpil of Mrs. Min
nie Wriston Smith.
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Mr. O. M. Sadler and daughter. Mrs.
Gillespie Saddler and children. Misses
Mary Moore and Ida Sadler, left last
night for the north. Mr. Sadler goes to
New York; Mrs. Sadler and children
to Easton, Md., to visit Mrs. Law-
Lejt Depends on
His Keeping Quiet
Policeman Eskridge, who was shot
on the Columbia excursion, and who Is
at the Presbyterian hospital, is still
in a precarious condition. The doc
tor has impressed upon him the fact
that his life depends ni>on his keep
ing perfectly quiet, so he neitner
speaks nor moves. It is feared that
pneumonia may develop.
Presenting the scene of a rich ban
quet hall, the large room in the
American Trust Company’s building
used as a stockholders assembly
room, was the scene of a notable
event in the company’s history last
night: the celebration of first decade
of the company’s existence.
The Captains of Industry compos
ing the trust company, and special
friends, sat at a festal board in hon
or of the ten years—ripe, successful
years—that are recorded in the vol
ume of Time.
Beautiful indeed w'as the banquet
hall! Three iong table extended the
length of the room, each a duniipate
of the other in ornamentation and
appointment.
There were no women, but there
was the suggestion of women—flow
ers. Carnations furnished the floral
embellishment.
There were 60 covers, and as
richly ladened a table as ihe great
est Epicure could desire.
Caterer J. M. Jones, of the Gem
Dining Room, to whose skillful hands
the anniversary dinner w'as entrust
ed, S'how'ed taste, as well as skill in
the dainty dressing of his dishes,
each being served in Sherry or Del-
monico style. The menu was as fol
lows:
Menu.
Sliced tomatoes Iced
StuiTed Mangoes
Queen Olives Stuffed Olives
Deviled Crabs Brussels Sprouts
Spiced Beets
Spring chicken fried home style
Saratoga Chips
Cold roast larded leg of veal with
bacon
Crisp celery
Chicken &alad mayonaise dressing
Ice cream and cakes
Ice Tea Ginger Ale Coffee
Cream
Key W^est Cortez, assorted Cigretts.
Mr. George Stephens, president of
the company, presided. He sat at the
head of the centre table, and opposite
him, his co-worker, Mr. W. H. Wood,
secretary and treasurer of the com
pany.
The seats of honor at the other ta
bles were filled by Mr. W. S. Lee, vice
president and genei'al manager of the
Southern Power Company, also vice
president of the American Trust Com
pany; Mr. Clarence Kuester, president
of the Greater Charlotte Club, Mr. Ar
thur J. Draper, Mr. J. S. Myers and
Dr. I. W. Faison.
Mr. Stephens First Speaker.
Mr. Stephens made a short but ap
propriate address, giving briefly the
history and growth of the American
Trust Company. He stated that bank
ers were popularly supposed to be a
cold-blooded and unemotional lot, and
that since they had to deal mostly with
the dull, prosiac facts of life, it would
be permissible, perhaps, if they now
and then indulged a little sentiment.
He said he would call enthusiasm a
sentiment and all would agree that a
little enthusiasm would be pardona
ble in a celebration such as those as
sembled were engaged in.
Mr. Stephens said he was forcefully
reminded that there was a difference
in the condition of the institution on
the close of the first day’s business
of the bank, July 15, 1901, and the
close of the business day ten years
later, July 15, 1911. At the clo.se of
the first day’s business there were as
sets amounting to $30,000. At the close
of business ten years later there were
assets of a little over two million dol
lars. He remai'ked further that he
was glod to welcome such a body of
men as that he faced and w'ould pres
ently give some of them a chance to
express themselves.
Mr. Stephens said that Charlotte
was a young man’s town and princi
pally for the reason that its fore
most citizens, even though advanced
in years, were young in spirit. As a
fine type of the young men referred
to, he introduced as the first speaker
of the occasion
Mr. J. H. Weddington.
Mr. Weddington said he would not
have been so ready to accept the in
vitation had he known he would have
been called upon for a speech. Mr.
Weddington said that Charlotte was
dependent upon young men and reck-
cnf d the young men of the American
T i jst Company and others like
them as the city’s most valuable as
set. “The opportunity to make Char
lotte a great city and to do great good
for yourselves and your fellowmen is
yours, if you will but embrance it,”
said Mr. Weddington.
Mr. Kuester.
Mr. Stephens, introducing the sec
ond speaker, Mr. Clarence O. Kuester,
said: “The Queen City has capital
ized his enthusiasm and and made it
a great municipal asset, which was
known to the public as the Greater
Charlotte Club. Mr. Kuester spoke of
confidence as the keynote of the bank
ing business and pointed out that
confidence permited Cooperation, with
out which no banking system could be
successfully carried on and which w'as
necessary to the growth of any city.
He took the opportunity to say that
such institutions as the American
Trust Company were the bulwark and
support of a Greater Charlotte. He
urged that the capitalists there use
their influence and cooperate to attract
manufactures and other industries to
Charlotte.
Mr. W. F. Harding was tlie next
speaker called upon by Toastmaster
Stephens and respon(^ed in a very
happy style. He paid a handsome
compliment to the business acumen
and foresightedness that had brought
the American Trust Company to its
present stage of development. He
said the banking business was the
heart of the industrial body and that
money was the blood w'hich that heart
pumped into the industrial body mak
ing It healthy and vital.
Dr. I. W*. Faison was introduced by
Mr. Stephens as a very close friend
of the bank and one to whom the
bank was glad to be a friend. He
made an interesting talk congratulat
ing the officers, stockholders and the
city on the progress made by the in
stitution and the evidence it afford
ed of the city’s solid prosperity.
Mr. Paul A. Whitlock, whose addi
tion to the institution’s force in the
capacity of trust oflftcer, has recently
been annotmced, was the next speaker
and made an appropriate talk, referr
ing especially to the field that offered
for an extension of the trust fea
ture of a bank.
Mr. W. S. Lee of the Southern Pow
er Company, was next introduced by
Mr. Stephens and made a very inter-
estx-ng address. ' Mr. Lee referred to
the fact that when he arrived in Char
lotte in the interest of ’ j
Power Company several
American Trust Comppiiv
first Charlotte institution ‘o »
the glad hand” to the vcun-'
which has now the prosnect
oping a great interurbaa
this section. ‘■ stem m
Messrs. E. R. Prepton. A t n
Ward H. AVood, M. P,.
A. D. Glasscock also v ere
by Mr. Stephens and
happy vein, Mr. Wood bfi-p- 'a
retary and treasurer of
Trust Company and Dr.
ing nev.’ly elected to a pusUio
the com!)any also. '"iti;
The occ.asion was a
one and enjoyed by every r-ues
Dtamage Comis
sion to meet again
The Mecklenburg Co’anty D-
Commission after being in
practically all day ypsterday
re])resentativrs of thrpe
chinery conii)anies and Mr. C.
ea-
' ni‘e4
gel, expert engineer of the
States government adjonrned^ lo mpo
again next Monday mornins a- m'
10 o’clock. ^
The commissioners spent nics* m
the day visiting site? '.vh^re rj-a'!'- ,
work is contemplated, lookin-
.• Ills
situation carefully with Kncrinop- „
gel, and in examining into the
of drainage machinery offevi^d
representatives of each compon-
They will probably give the
Monday to a representative one of
the companies to forward th«
dredges and shovels to Char’uiUe in
order that the drainage work mgv -L
gin at once. Mr. J. Frank Wilkp; ard
Mr. Will D. Alexander, h^nh
machinists of the city, sat withVne
board in an advisory capaci^, and
assisting the commission in selecrin:
the best machinery.
Mr. Mengel, the government’s
sentative who came here to look ove?
the situation with the drainage com.
mission of the county is positive
his opinion that the drainage proiep
for Mecklenburg county is a very fea^
ible one. He not only gavA close
sturdy to the topography of Litile
Sugar creek, which was visited ye;,
terday and which is marked for drain
age, but he confirmed his open opinicn
made on a previous visit that, the
proposition for extensive drainage a
the county is ven- practicable.
Mr. Mengel is connected ^ Ith the
agricultural department of the gov
ernment and his duty is mainly cot
nected with the draining of lands lor
agricultural purposes. His prellai
nary report, made some months ago,
was to the effect that the small area
that could be reclaimed for agricultu
ral purposes in Mecklenburg couatv
would not justify the government in
making a survey for that purpose
alone, but that from a sanitary stasi
point it w'ould pay abundantly an;
that fact combined with the value oi
reclaimed territory would vastly cqe
pensate all the expense of a survey
and a carrying out of the drainajs
plans. In other words the value ir
lands reclaimed for agriculture wou'.:
be negligable, because there is ver
little swamp or marsh land in
county; but from a sanitary
point, combined with the Improvenier
in agricultural results even in smal
degree, it would be a very payin?
proposition. Mr. Mengel is confides!
that the drainage project can he coe-
pleted with very little expense and is
sure it will be done.
The commission is evincing a firn:
ness of purpose in carrying out the
purpose of the commission that !s
meeting with the commendation of the
public at large. ^
Mr. Alexander Died
In SeveisvilU
Mr. ,T. Frank Alexander died wi
home at Ssversville yesterday after
noon at 6:05 o’clock following aB Hi
ness of considerable duration {rGE
tuberculosis, his condition having
come serious last May.
He is- survived by his wife anJ
child, master Howard Wilson Alex
ander, and the following brothers aM
sisters: Messrs. Robert M., Herbert
C., John O. Alexander; Misses Myrtle
Ola and Annie Alexander and Mrs
Jam.es C. Rose, of Wajnesville.
Mr. Alexander w’as .^0 years of 3?6
mer and of the last three years ''■as
to Miss Mamie Walkerfi, of BerryMl
township. He was for a number c
j'ears in th government civil service
He was a man of the highest tyr^
of character and enjoyed the conS
dence and respect of all who liD?^
him.
The funeral will be conducted froi
Seversville Presbyterian church to
morrow afternoon by the pastor. Re'’
Mr. West, assisted by Rev. J. E. Ber
ryhill, pastor of Paw Creek ?rest)}
terian church.
Assessed Valuation
May Reach
Mr. D. Baxter Henderson, co'jot.’
assessor, and his assistants,
earnest effort to complete their
by last night, but did not succeed i
doing so.
They begin early in the naorniu.
on the round-up of compntatiofl- ■
they must make their report
county board of equalization,
meets tomorrow. . ^
It is variously surmised ^
assessment for this year
anyw’here between $17,000,000 »
$18,000,000 for Charlotte
The assessed value of real estate
personal property four years ago
$16,638,.508 for Charlotte
A new assessment was
this year, it being the
since the last assessment ^ 5,
The lis'c-takers—or assistant a
Eors—began work May 1,
been steadily engaged in their
Mr, EIy*s Father
Died YestiM
ivel
Mr. Ben Ely, the well kno^^’n
ing man from Baltimore,
yesterday midday. Last night ^
egram came to him announcina
death of his father in Balti®o^_'i(
Ely left for Baltimore on
o’clock train.
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