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Mecklenburg's Court House.
Charlotte Chronicle.
rOn Tuesday afternoon, . January
9th, 1909, we visited the court
house of Mecklenburg county, a
building in which the entire citi
zenship of this cou ity should feel
especial pride,
On our right, as we mounted the
ambeer-bespattered steps, was the
tablet of the building committee of
this'structure. Some of them have
$ gone to their rewards; others are
still among us, and we wondered
what would be their emotions could
they behold now the building npon
the construction of which they gave
so much of their time and thought.
To our left was the tablet, marking
this spot as the Queen's Museum'
established 1771 said to have been
the first educational institution in
the United States. The truth of
this statement I am prepared to
prove, however. Later it became
Liberty Hall Academy. Whatev
er may have been the history of the
place from that day until this, it
seems still to be "liberty hall."
Opening the front doors and en
tering the dirty lobby, the odor
from the plumbing in the basement
was sickening. '
We were told by the occupants
of one of the offices that after the
windows had been closed during
the night, it was impossible to stay
d the room until the windows had
been opened Ifor some time and it
must be necessary also to raise the
windows occasionally to let a little
sunshine in for it would be entire-
y impossible for any to shine
through the Hy-specked, dusty,
dirty glass of the windows of this
room.
In the hall, we met a man, whom
we were informed was the jauitor
of the building. Yrho he is, what
his name is or where he lives, we
do not know or care, for it is no
concern of ours. We have no per
sonal fight to make on this individ
ual, but our criticism is for the one
who permits an employe to be so
lax in liis duty. The citizens of
this city and county pay for the
services of this janitor and they
have a right to demand competent
service of him. If he cannot per
form his duties there are others
who can.
We went up the stairs which
were as dirty as they could well lie
and walked over the Superior court
room. In the dim light it appear
ed that the walls of this room had
boon lecently cleaned, for they
were in much better. condition than
we had seen ; anywhere else. Al
though the floors were not clean
and the cuspidors were in frightful
condition. Justice compels us to
admit that the room must have
been in much better condition be
fore the court convened.
All of the light fixtures are
dirty beyond description, and ap
pear never to have been cleaned
since the day they were put in
12 years ago,
The janitsr must have been in
formed of our presence. For when
we descended the stairs, stuck in
the chandilier on the newel post,
were two dirty, worn-out, dilapi
dated feather dusters, that were
put there during our stay upstairs.
They supposed the synonym of
cleanliness were but an evidence
of the very unsanitary condition of
the building.
We took a peep downstairs into
the baesmeut but that peep and
the accompanying jar to our nos
trils were too much for us, and we
dared not go further.
Parcels Post is Greatly Needed
Spokesman ltevlew.
Whan the rural free delivery
was first established the carriers
were allowed to do errands for the
farmers in town and to accept fees
for this service. Later on the govj
ernment raised the (carrier's sala
ries a little and forbade this express
business as a side line. But while
the carriers received some compen
sation for the fees they had lost,
the farmers were suddenly de
prived of a convenience which t hey
had learned to appreciate.
The parcels post is designed to
restore this service, for which there
is clearly a demand, and to devel
op it for the benefit of people who
cannot easily reach town. The ru
ral free delivery already reaches
nearly 4,000,000 homes daily; so
the helpfulness of the parcels post
in country life may be imagined.
Gored by a Cow.
Spartanburg Journal.
Mrs. F. B. Castlebury, aged 60
years, who lives at Woodruff, was
gored by an angry cow whjle shfe;
was milking the animal. Mrs.
Castleberry was sitting on a stool
milking when a dog ran into the
lot and iH'gan to bark and tease
the cow.
The cow lowered her head and
darted for the dog, which jumped
and ran to one side, all the time
barking at the cow. Mrs. Castle
berry was not able to get out of
the way in time, and she was bow
led over in the lot.
The cow made for Mrs. Castle
berry and gored he in the side,
face and breast with her pointed
horn inflicting several serious
gashes that may cause death. Two
or three ribs were broken and it is
feared that the lady also sustained
serious internal injuries. Her
condition is quite critical, and
death may follow at almost any
moment.
What Charlie Had Tasted.
Clara What hind of face pow
der do yon use?
Maud Why do ask! Cause
Charlie Spooner says its the bist
he ever tasted. Life.
To Amend Anti-Pass Law.
American Press.
What is known as the anti-pass
provisions of the railroad rate act
is amended for the beneTt of pub
lishers of newspapers and periodi
icals by a bill introduced in the
house last week by Represenative
Hayes of California.
It provides that nothing in the
law "shall be construed to prohibit
the interchange by carriers and
publishers of newspapers and peri
odicals of transportation for adver-
tisng and printing when based up
on the lawfully advertised schedule
rates of both the carriers and pub
lishers as a basis for such an ex
change."
White Waitresses for Florida
Hotel.
A solid carload of girls routed
from New York City to Miami,
Fla., passed through Rocky Mount,
Jan. 9th, attached to train No. 8T.
The girls are to become waitresses
in a hotel at Miama and their
transportation was arranged for
by this hotel company. Colon! i
waiters have heretofore been used
at this resort, but the chauge was
made on account of the poor ser
vice given by them. Union Re
publican.
The French Army jflicers has
invented eye glasses which enable
the wearer to see on all sides and
the rear.
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