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VOLUME X.
LENOIR, N. C, OCTOBER 15, 1907.
INTO. 13.
Col. Davidson's Liquor.
Charlotte Observer.
One by one they yield to tempta
tion. Satan has pitched his tents
in the oity and is proving himself
no respecter of poisons.
"They have gone and done it
now," said Bill Piper, the fish
man, yesterday. "Yes, they've
got a descendant of signers on a
charge Of retailing. Col. Leroy
Davidson has been pulled by po
lice officers."
The news spread over the city
like wild tire, entering every nook
and corner, dashing in and out of
place after place. Husybodies
moved about and put out the word.
Everybody heard it.
Sergeant Youngblood and Mc
Whirter, a Scotch-Irishman, a
Dutchman and a Highlander, are
the guilty ones. They went up in
one of the Norman buildings, on
Poplar street, where Col. Leroy
Davidson, broker, trader and des
cendant of signers, has his office
and captured two barrels of beer,
11 quarts and 35) pints of rye
whishey, a box of wine and a case
of real champagne. This haul
caused considerable adverse com
ment on the part of the proud peo
ple of Charlotte. The meddesome
nnlifwmnn are censured for their
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nerve.
''Isn't it a shame that we can't
have discriminating officers," said
Bill Piper, the fish man, "and not
Iw humiliating memlcrs of first
families. It has come to a pretty
pass that a man can't keep as much
liuiior as he pleases without being
molested by a lot of cops."
Kveryltody was hot under the
collar. This thing of pulling any
and every fellow for blind tigering
is hurting the reputation of the
community. Some folks thought
that ttie officers went a step too
far when they captured Henry
Miller, the quiet, peaceful old col
ored janitor of the Second Presby
terian church, but thai is not a
drop in the bucket to taking a man
of the blood of Col. Davidson who
was required to give bond and he
will have to stand trial like a com
mon blind tiger.
In Mark Twain's splendid story,
"The Man That Corrupted Hadley
burg," there is a wag who watches
the good men fall and takes their
photographs as they pass out, and
he laughs as the wicked scheme
mows down leading men of the city.
On the day of the final test, when
the few remaining landmarks yield
to temptation, the pkotographer is
in his glory, as he stands high on
the back of a rear seat, in the
church, with wide open eyes and
beaming face. One man, a very
pious old fellow, who has a count
erpast in this city, is tempted, and
when this fact is made known in
the mass meeting of citizens, the
picture taker bends almost double
and says: "Saw off my leg!
Yesterday, when Bill Piper, the
fish man, heard the startling nows
hnsftid: "There. I cad, let me
die!"
Tt will be recalled by readers of
The Observer that Amos Bigg, an
adjutant of the Salvation Army,
yielded some time ago and got into
thehands of policemen. Of course he
lms confesssed his sins and prom
ised to do letter, bnt the hope o
great riches, offered by the devil,
was so flattering that he could not
withstand it. Therefore, weak
and frail man that he is, he fell
Henry Miller, the good old janitor
who for years rung the bell of one
of the leadiag churches of the city
had converted the place of God in
to a blind tiger. The almighty
dollar was what he sought. He
saw judgment day a way off yonder
in the hazy future, but the prosp
ects of much gold, line. clothes and
financial standing in the common
The friends of Col. Leroy Dav
idson believe that he is innocent of
the chages preferred against him,
but the police officers do not agree
with them: Two cases, the officers
believe, can be made out without
much difficulty. This remins to
be seen.
After Twenty-Five Years.
New York American. '
After serving twenty -five years
of life sentence for the murder of
his wife, Michael Hachett, a former
New York policeman, yesterday
walked out from the gray gloom of
Sing Sing prison into sunshine and
freedom under a parole which was
granted recently by the State Board
of Pardons. His release came as a
reward under the new law for the
25 years' good conduct without a
single complaint since the begin
ning of his term in 1883.
During all these years he has not
had a glimpse of the outside world,
and all of his impressions had been
formed from occasional papers and
pictures he has been able to obtain.
He had never seen a trolley car nor
an automobile, and a skyscrapper
was an imagined mystery.
'This is a new world for me," he
said on reaching this city, five
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hours after his release. "As
policeman 25 years ago, I thought
T knew everv nook and cranny of
the city, but the people are' dif
ferent, the buildines new, nnd so
big that I am bewildered. If you
lisul suddenly Dlaced me in the
heart of the city I would have leen
lost as completely as if I had never
been here before.
"The women theinsclvcsare love
ly, but I don't like their clothes.
They are top heavy. Look at
those tremendous hats and short
kirts on that when 1 left the out
ide world women were much le
omingly attired and looked sweet -
r and less tlashy."
Many of the actions v and com
ments of the paroled man were pat
hetic. While at the station he was
continually fumbling in his pock
ets and taking out their contents .
When he noticed that his actions
were attracting attention, he said,
with an embarrassed smile; "I
lavcn't had pockets in my clothes
for 25 years, and I'm not used to
them. I am always afraid the
things I put into them will get
ost."
Hachett was a model prisoner
When he left, Warden Frost gave
him a check for 1450, which repre
sented his savings from the pay
which he received for work done
in the prison. This sum was de
posited in a savings bank, and
Hackett says he is not going to
touch it, but will seek to add to
his nest egg.
You never have any trouble to get
children to take Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup. They like it because
it tastes nearly like maple sugar.
Kennedy's Laxative Uougli Syrup is
a safe, sure and prompt remedy for
eouirhs and colds and is goxi lor ev
erv member of the family. Sold by
f. E. Shell. Dr Kent and Granite
Falls Drug Co.
An Unfortunate Comparison.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
As Napoleou returned from F.l
ba and was received by the Old
Guard with cheers that still ring
in the ears of every Frenchman,
so does Bryan return to the Demo
cratic party with more favor, with
more confidence, ana with more
love than ever. Danville Begis
ter.
Yes! And just how mauy days
after this was it that Frauce went
down at Waterloo and Nopoleon
was banished to die at St. Helena!
DeWItt's Carbonized Witch Haxel
Salve is good for little burns and bi
burns, small scratches or bruises am
big ones. It Is healing ana soothin
Wood for niles. Sold by J. E. She!
Good Manners.
Hartford Con rant.
It is generally true that unless
good manners are acquired in child
hood they are never acquired at all.
A kind of veneering may be put on
later, but it very seldom goes with
the original grain. Sometimes a
man who has suddenly become rich
fancies that good manners are a
special detail of wealth as to
which, however, he is wholly in
error, lint tins is nis uiea, anu ne
tries to work it out. He gets the
proper sort of clothes as if be
havior were in some way a matter
of tailoring; he equips his house
hold with an array of servants; he
gets himself elected into a club; he
heads subscription lists and goes
to public dinners. In short, he
gets into the swim all around, and
is part of everything going. But the
subtle and habitual . regard for
others the instinctive respect for
the comfort and convenience of
one's neighbors, whether known or
unknown he does not tret. If
this habit of mind were for sale he
would have it in short order; he
would buy it. But unfortunately
for those who have grown up apart
from an atmosphere of social good
will, habits' of mind are growths
and not bargains. In a crowd,
whose personal rights are the same
as his own, he elbows his way-
through with his old domineering
push; he carries himself toward
less conspicuous persons as if they
were his hired servants although
he is badly bred who does not treat
servants with civility; and a sudden
adverse emotion will provoke him
nto stormy anger or unseemly de
nunciation. He has the veneering
1 right; but it is almost invariably
a poor job, and does not stick fast
or liesmooiu uurmg ino.su moment
of excitement for which it was
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made to serve. The recent well
know instance of a retired railroad
president attemping, under con
tradiction by his successor, to smite
his successor's face, is a fair ex
ample of the failure of veneering as
a substitute for youthful training
"Pneumonia's Deadly Work
had so seriously effected my right
une." writes Mrs. Fannie Connor,
of Rural Route 1 Georgetown, fenn.
that 1 coughed continuously night
nd day and the neighbors preuio
tion consumption seemed inevit
able, until my husband brought
home a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis
covery, which in my case proved to
be the only real cougn cure ana re
storer of week, sore lungs." When
all other remedies utterly fail, you
may still win in the battle against
lung and throat troubles with New
Discovery, the real cure. Huaranteea
by J. E. Shell, druggist, 50c and fl.
Trial bottles free.
Rat Attacks Praying Woman.
Philadelphia Iuquirer.
While kneeling in prayer at her
bedside .last night, Mrs. Mary
Fitzpatrick, 1401 North AVamock
street, was interrupted in her de
votions by a large rat. The rodent
crawled up her back and clung to
her kimono, and even when the
terrified woman shrieked and
grabbed wildly at it, the animal
refused to let go until Mrs. Fitz
patrick 's four children routed the
, X I'll ,
enemy, unecnnu, a oov years
old, ran to the window and cried,
"Murder." With drawnireTolver
a policeman rane the bell and
dashed upstairs only to find four
white gowned children huddled in
a corner or tne room auu ineir
mother lying on the floor in i
faiut. "Aratbit mamma," whis
pered the oldest 'boy, "and has
killed her!" Investigation showed
that the woman had only a flesh
wound, and was more frightened
than'hurt. The rat could not be
found by the policeman.
Obstinate eases of constipation and
nasty, mean headaches promptly dis
appear when you take DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Riser rills, tioia oy
Shell, Dr. Kent and Granite
Falls
Feeding S. S. Passengers.
New York Journal of Commerce.
oV the last trip of the Kaiser
Wilhelm II, which required only
a few hours more than five days, the
passengers and crew numbering
more than 2,200 persons, lived ex
ceedingly well, as the stock-keep-
records show. During the
trip no less than 34,000 eggs were
eaten and used in the preparation
of food for the passengers and
crew. This is an average of one
dozen and a quarter for every man,
woman and child on board.
Thirty-two thousand pounds of
meat of all ki nets were consumed,
including 28,000 pounds of roast
beef. These figures do not in
clude the quantities of fish, crabs,
lobsters, oysters, game, etc., which
ere served. The record shows
that more than ,000 chiekes were
eaten .
The victualling of a steamship
of the size of those of the North
German Llovd is a tremendous
task. In addition to getting on
board supplies for a round trip.
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there must be a reserve supply
that will last at least two wee
lonsrer than it requires to make a
complete trip.
Everything is bought in enor
mous quantities. On the last trip
over of the North German Llovd
liner Kaiser Wilhelm II 15.000
pounds of Hour were used in ad
dition to this quarter of a to of
biscuits were served. More than
,500 quarts of milk were con
sinned, not including about 800
bottles of sterilized and specially
prepared, fresh milk for babies
Some idea of the appetites of the
passengers on the Kaiser Wilhelm
II may be gained from the follow
ing figures showing w hat was con
sumed on the trip: Oranges, 11,
000; lemons, 8,000; grape fruit.
70; grapes, 1,000 pounds; peach
es, pears, apples, apricots and ber
ries, in addition to 800 pounds of
dried and evaporated fruits, 5,000
pounds.
Otker foodstuffs were consumed
in the following quantities: Ice
cream, 850 pounds; beer, GOO gal
Ions; butter, 3.200 pounds; salt
2,000; pepper, 30 pounds; cheese,
600 pounds; sugar, 8,000 pounds;
coffee, 800 pounds; tea, 50 pounds;
chocolate, 80 pounds.
A statement j ust issued by the
North German Lloyd shows that
each year the company spends
4,500,000 for provisions for its
steamships.
If real coffee disturbs your Stomach,
your Heart, or Kidneys, then try
this clever (Jonee mutation vr.
Shoop's Health Coffee. Dr. Shoop
has closelv matched old Java and
Mocha Coffee in flavor and taste, vet
it has not a single grain of real
Coffee in it. Dr. Snoop's Health
Coffee is made from pure toasted
grains or cereals, with Malt, Nuts,
etc. Made in one minute. No tedi
ous loinr wait. You will surely like
it. Get a free sample at our store.
Harrison it Co.
Notice.
The Annual Meetinjr of the
Stocholdcrs of the Caldwell Land
Lumlier Company will be held at
Company's Office, in Lenoir, N.
C, on Wednesday, Octolter l(5th,
1907, at ten o'clock A. M., for the
transaction of all business that
may properly come lefore it', in
eluding the election of Directors to
serve for the ensuing year.
Transfer books will close Octo-
ter 1 at 3 o clock 1. i., and re
open Octolier 17, 1007.
Gkokok W. Lkx,
Secretary.
They Make You Feel Good.
The pleasant purgative effect ex
perienced by all who use L tiamner-
lain's Stouiack and Liver Tablets,
and the healthy condition of the
body and mind which they create
makes one feel joyful. Price, 85
cents. Samples free at J. E. Shell's,
Dr. Kent's and Granite Falls Drug
Q.W.F. HARPER, Prei.
J.H. BEALL,
Whenever you have a dollar that
of opportunity. Place your dollars
will remain in absolute safety until
ASSETS AND RESPONSIBILITY OVER $300,000,
1 11 Yoe Donl See
Good Enough
ALFRED
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Our line of Fall and Win
ter goods is now on dis
play and ready for inspec
tion. Everything nice,
neat and new in
Dress Goods,
Notions, Clothing,
Hats, ladies Coats
and kfull line of Shoes
of the neatest and latest
styles. New line "King
Quality" Shoes for men,
the best in town just open.
Prices and styles right,
give us a call before mak
ing your purchase.
Yours Very Truly,
W.A. SHELL, A-Cashlcr.
you h-.ive no atmlute need for,
Cashier.
it is a mighty good pl.i:i to plant it in a bank
where it is on hand to work for you when
you need it. When once you break a dollar
it quickly runs away; a nickel here; a dime
there; and a quarter somewhere else. Dollars
in bank form an emergency fund and are a
great big lever with which to open the door
in this strong bank where they
vou need them.
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Examinations
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Glasses we tell vou so
and no charge is made
for the test. Call and
consult us about your
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LENOIR. N. C. 1
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tiy tempted him and he yielded.
Dr. Kent and Granite Falls Drag Co,
Drug Co.
Co.'s Drug Stores.
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