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cssenntr. C4i4 at tfce Poatoffiee at Wtt tSton. 5. C. mm eeoad-Cla-f.tlr. April 13. 1879. Tsnm OF SUBSCRIPTION, POtTAGli PREPAID. THE UAIL.V W U ..y"r Stt.OOf six months 3.00 . r- raostba 91JSU one mwaTk SO CtMtB. rr4l la the ttjr at KO mta a 4a-ta. oat rrcek 15 cents, l-KO far 6re aoatk or f(f.0 a year. TUB JEMl-WEKKLY MKSSE"lOKK .two a.paire paperat. by wall ana ar 91.Mf lx muntbo r- eeata. ta Tuesday, January 15, 1906 IIJLK COMMENTS. The board of editors of "Idle Com ments" have every reason to congrat ulate themselves on the delightful book they have gotten out, the selections given being the choicest work of the late I. E. Avery, probably the most brilliant writer ever connected with the state presss, and recalling vividly the splendid articles which, appeared nearly every day in The Observer, treating local happenings in such a manner that they took on added in terest and made his writings eagerly looked for everywhere that The Ob server circulated. A short but interesting sketch of Mr. Avery is givin in the book, the writer, who evidently is Mr. J. P. Caldwell, editor of The Observer, closing -witt this splendid tribute, which is regard ed as merited in every sense of the word. - "The writer professes some familiar ity with the contemporaneous news paper writers of the south and is sure that he indulges no exuberance of lan guage, that personal affection warps his judgment not at all, when he says that for original thought, for power or felicity of expression Isaac Ervin Avery had not an equal among them.' The splendid ability shown by Mr. Avery gave grounds for the belief that some day he would achieve high fame in the literary world, his tadents .hav ing already attracted most favorable comment from many learned men. The sudden death that came, while he was apparently in the very bloom of life, was recognized as a distinct loss to the state, and the tributes paid to his memory were appreciative and sin cere, there being widespread hope ex pressed that his best writings be sav . ed in more permanent form than in the files of the daily paper. This matter was taken up by several Charlotte gentlemen, who promised to finance the scheme and they asked the gentle :men on the board of editors to prepare the volume, which they have done in .so successful a manner. The board who gave themselves to this loving .and laudable task was composed of the :f olio wing gentlemen: Editor Caldwell ,of The Observer; Dr. C. Alphonso .Smith, of the University: Professor Edwin Mims, of Trinity; Rev. Plato JDurham, and Editor J. William Bailey of The Biblical Recorder. After sev eral weeks work they have gotten out a handsome volume, containing what 1n their judgment represents the bet work of this gifted man. Short sketches are placed in each chapter, under the chapter headings, "In and About a Newspaper Office," "Charlotte and Her Neighbors," "Character Sketches," "Negro Types," "Woman and Her World," "Children," "Ani mal ;" "Christmas," "Southern Life and Manjcers," "Anecdotes," "Observa tions on Literature "Ideals of Writ ing and Speaking," "Music and Dra ma," "Reflections on Life and Death," and "Miscellany." Just a glance at these head:r.ss will give ;u idea, of U.o versatility rf ra work, iippea'iDg to all classes of i.tc ple. But only those who read his aniv regularly can be prepaid 10 psor. the delightful sketches o.nj s?o rta.s that fellow. All of the writings were p:rTd during his regular work on Tii" GU-erver, under the ptessuie or titiiR and night work, which news paper men experience, and tViir felic ity of u ,ctou and elegance of oxprts jsV.cw more clearly than auj.i.ii'.g else t lie genius of the man. Th3 book is published by The Avery Publishing Company, of Charlotte. It is handsomely gotten up, and is a great . credit to those who had it in charge. The proceeds from the sale of "Idle Comments" will be used to establish memorial scholarships at Trinity College. Mr. Avery's alma ma ter, and this laudable purpose should in itself cause a generous reception by the public. "Idle Comments" is on sale at all the Charlotte book stores, and copies ca nbe secured from Mr. George Steph ens, chairman of the Publishing Com pany, 'in Charlotte. Those Georgia candidates show that they are believers in the doctrine of publicity each as to the ether. . Two million Americans suffer the; to. Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At any drug store. ' mum NEW RAT JEXTER3IINATOR. According to the Wadesboro Messen ger and Intelligencer an Anson county anan has discovered a simple and most effective rat exterminator nothing more nor less than corn whiskey. This, like most great discoveries was made accidentally. That paper thus describes how the discovery was made and what good results followed experiments by the discoverer: A well known gentleman of Liles ville township recently accidently dis covered a rat exterminator that la3's rough on rats in the shade for effec tiveness. The exterminator is nothing laja tVion pnrn whkkpv and ha nnlv trouble about Its coming into general use is that there are few people, who have it about them, who are willing to divide with the rats. Several nights ago the gentleman in question hap pened to leave a small quantity of whiskey in a saucer on the dining roori stable. Next morning he was surprised to find the whiskey all gone and the table almost covered with dead rats. He then placed some whiskey In his barn and the rats drank It greedily and immediately keeled over and gave up the ghost. . But, for the reason stated above, we very much fear that this remedy for rats will never be popular with the public. It strikes us that most people who, after this, take any corn liquor to their homes will be inclined to test it on rats before trying it themselves. Few people, we believe, would be will ing to take a drink of corn whiskey after seeing the effects as above de scribed of a sample exposed to the rats on the premises. Corn liquor that will kill rats must be horrible stuff indeed and a man who is willing to put any of it in his stomach must have strong faith in the poison-resisting powers of that one of his organs. We are inclined to think, though, that it was not "the corn in the liquor" which killed the rates, but some of the poisonous ingredients used to such an extent by some manufacturers and dealers. It will be noticed that this Lilesville man does not state that he had drunk any of the whiskey from which he had taken the doses admin istered to the rats. THE POLITICAL. FIGHT IN GEORGIA. They are having a hot time down m Georgia over the democratic nomina tion for governor. Hons. Clark How ell and Hoke Smith are pulling hair and flinging mud to an extent which drives the Georgian wild with delight. The joint debate is now on and the speeches are made up chiefly of charges and counter charges. At a dis cussion in Columbus Thursday Mr. Smith flung a daub of mud at his op ponent which rebounded and left more sticking to himself than remained on. his antagonist. Mr. Smith charged, by putting it as a question to "Mr. Howell, that the latter had written a letter to a Major McGregor, a close friend of Thomas Watson, for the pur pose of securing the populist iead er's support by stating that no restric tions should be put on former populists voting in the approaching primary. Thereupon Major McGregor writes to The Constitution that Mr. Hoke Smith attempted to make a deal with Mr. Watson whereby he was to use his in fluence as governor to get Mr. WTatson In the United States senate, and that the latter refused to enter into any such combination. This is a mild sample of the manner in which these two prominent demo crats are conducting the campaign, for the nomination as governor of their state. It is to be hoped that by the time the canvass is over these two men will have told of so many disreputable acts of each other that the democratic voters of the state will refuse to en dorse either of them for the high office and will choose some man. better qual ified, in some respects at least, for the office. The fight between these two men which has been going on in their or gans for some time was bad enough but it has become more disgusting since it has progressed to the personal canvassing stage. The contest as be ing waged is a disgrace to the etate of Georgia and an insult to her intelligent people. JUSTICE FURCHES' EULOGY ON IION? J. A. LOCKILRT. . We publish beiow a letter in refer ence to the late Hon. .las. A. Lockhart, written by ex-Chief Justice D. M. Furches of the state supreme court. It will be remembered that . Mr. Furches was one of the two members OLD ADAGE A light purse is a heavy curse'3 Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER is the seat of nine tenths of all disease. go to the root of the whole mat ter, thoroughly, quickly safely and restore the action of the LIVER to norma! condition. G7ve tone to the system and solid flesh to the body.5 i I arte NO OUDStltUte j 1 IU1 li IL vj LI L of that court who were impeached by the house of representatives in 190.!, were tried before the senate and ac quitted by that body. The democrats of the state were by no means unani mous in favoring that impeachment Many of the best party men and lead ing lawyers opposed it. Many con sidered it a political scheme, otheis holding that the circumstances did net call for the impeachment of the two justices. The action of the demo cratic senate proved the contention on the latter point to be correct. Justice Furches letter feelingly alludes io Mr. Lockhart's conduct in refusing to appear for the prosecution in this ca&i, after giving the charges thorough in vestigation. His letter, written to tfce Lexington North State follows: The -death of Hon. J. A. Lockhart greatly effected me. He was a noble man. I knew very little of him. ex cept what 1 ?aw in the trial of his cases in the supreme court. But from my first acquaintance, I came to like him. He was able and fai in his ar guments and attractive in personand manners. I remember well his conduct wich regard to the impeachment trial. The managers were anxious to get men of ability and influence in the party and invited Mr. Iockhart to become one of the attorneys for the prosecution. He declined to do so until he could investigate the charge, and for this purpose he came to Raleigh, and. after an investigation, he declined to ac cept a retainer or to serve as counsel. My friends hearing this (without my knowledge) offered to retain him at their expense, to appear on the de fense. This proposition he declined, saying that as he had investigated the charge and declined to appear for the prosecution, he could not take a fee on the other side. These facts were told me by my friends and not by him. The matter was never named by him nor by me. There may be others that would have done, the same thing, but if there are. it makes it none the lss noble In him. He was a noble man, and I, in common with thousands of others, mourn his loss. The days of the dispensary in South Carolina seem to be numbered. Fourteen counties have repudiated it and established prohibition. In one day six bills were introduced in the legislature to repeal the law establish ing it as a state institution. The re cent decision of the state supreme court sustaining tlfe constitutionality of the act of the legislature providing for holding county elections on the question of prohibition and declaring that counties which establishd prohi bition are still entitled to their portion of the general school fund derived from the state dispensary will give much impetus to the prohibition move ment, and we may look for more coun ties to vote out their dispensaries. The Free Press, of Kinston, tells of a fakir who visiteel that town last week and took in a iiumber of the cit izens by selling them a liquid prepara tion for nickel-plating any kind of metal. All that was necessary was to pour the preparation on the article to be plated and the latter would imme diately show a beautiful nickel sur face. But The Free Press says that "of course the bright color faded from the metal almost as soon as the man faded from the city. Some of those who had been gulled got their money back by using the stuff on pennies which they passed off for dimes before the "shine" had time to wear off. While the plating was fresh the pennies could he easily passed for the more valua ble coins. The Episcopalians of Mount Airy had to go a long way from home to get a preacher. The News, of that town, says: Rev. William Walker, of Vermont, has been called to the pastorate of the Episcopal "Church in this city: He will preach here the first and second Sundays and will serve the church at Elkin and also at Germanton. There , are big chunks of truth and wisdom in the following utterance of the -Greenville Reflector: When Greenville folks get a chance to pay for a house with the money now paid for rents, as we hope they will some day through a well managed buildiner and loan association, you vull see more of them becoming home own ers with a deeper interest in the well fare of the town. ' The Atlanta Constitution speaks of the "sort of nebulous enthusiasm" some people have exhibited over Ja pan's victory. How can it designate as nebulous the enthusiasm over such . solid success? Impossible to - foresee an accident. Not impossible to be prepared for it. Dr. Thomas' JEcletric Oil. Monarch over pain. Charlotte is in more trouble over her new waterworks plant. The con crete blocks in the building are crack ing badly. The Observer reporter found, six cracks in the walls of the building, one "large enough to allow light to pass through easily," and there were one or two others "through which one could secure a glimpse of the outer world." May lave 100 Years. The chances for living a full cen tury are excellent In the case of Mrs. Jennie .Duncan, of Haynesville, Me, now 70 years old. She writes: "Elec- tri Bittercsr cured me of Chronic Dy spepsia of 20 years' standing, and made me feel as well and strong! as a young girl." Electric Bitters ciire Stomach and -Liver diseases, Blood dis orders, General Debility and boifily weakness. Sold on. guarantee at Rj R. Bellamy's drug store. Price only iOc THE MOROCCAN CONFERENCE. Next Tuesday Is the day for the con vening of the International conference on the affairs of Morocco. It wont be long before Germany will have to show her hand, and to let France know what are her real intentions. This . seems a small matter tor two great nations to go to war over, but the re lations between these two countries have been greatly strained over this question for some mouths, and it is likely that some other lower will have something to say should Germany de mand too free a hand iu the affairs of this African state. Her interests and Frances there are antagonistic. One or the other will have to recede to some extent from her present attitude; that is if Germany will at the confer ence make such declaration of her po sition on the question as it Is now feared she will do. Our government will have represent atives at this conference. They will hardly do more than look after inter ests of this country in any settlement or agreement which the powers may undertake to make. Thi government surely would not take part in any movement looking to the settlement of the political affairs of Morocco, though there has been much talk in the senate over the conduct of Mr. Roosevelt in sending representatives to this con ference of European powers and keep ing from the -senate all knowledge of the scope of their mission. GRAIN UNDER GRASS Curious Effect of Different Colors Shown. According to the experiments which have recently been made in France by J. Dumont, the different rays of the spectrum have a variable effect in the amount of nitrogen which is produced in the grains of the plants, and this effect is plainly marked. Since the re searches of Laurent, Marchal and oth ers, we are aware that light is neces sary for the formation of albuminoids in the case of plants, and the most refrangible rays are the most active in this respect. To show this action more clearly M. Dumont wished tq observe the growing plants during the whole period of formation of the grains, after the flowering. He operates upon wheat which is cultivated in the vegetation boxes of the Grignon experimental farm. The plants grew under the Lest conditions, and were of regular growth at the beginning of the tests. As soon as the fecundation was accomplished he placed a series of box frames about the plants. The sides and the tops o! the boxes were provided with colored glass. Means were provided for giving a good ventilation to the plants and prevent overheating. The surface of ground covered was about 800 square inches. Every weak a number of heads were taken out so as to see the de velopment. The wheat ripenend nor mal in all cases, but it was found that the different colored glasses had a marked effect upon the composition of the grains, and the percentage of ni trogen and albumen used were as fol lows: Blue, black (dark bistre), red, green, besides the free plants used as a check upon the results. The percentage of nitrogen in the grains corresponding to the above glasses are 2.13, 2.54, 1.91, 2.74, 208. For the albumen we have 13.31, 15.S7. 11.04, 17.12. 13. The free plants given in die last figures show a normal con stitution, while the differences an? striking for the colored glasses. The green glass shows the highest percen tage of nitrogen, or an excess of 66 per cent; then comei the black, the blue and the red. These results show that the radiations which have the greatest effect upon the presence of the albuminoids in the wheat grain are those which act the least upon the chlorophylian function. All the tesfs were made with the same variety o fwhat Japhet wheat and under identical conditions of soil and fertil zier, so that the results, appear to be certain. WTe must not omit to state that all the grains were found to be formed as usual and their germinating power was not affected. Upon 100 plants there were 92 germinations with the fre plants, 94 with the black glass, 97 from the red and 99 from the blue and green. The author proposes to make further researches upon other plants. Scinetific American. Genuine arter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of S Fac-Slmil Wrapper Below. Tay mall m& toukeasamgus. 170.1 IIEADACKL CARTERS FOR DIZZ1KESS. FOn DIUDUSEESS. FOR T03P1D UYER. fOrt CQ2STIPATIC3. FOB SAUQ2T SU& FOB TUEC02PLEX103 IVER PILLS. CURE SICK HEADACHE. ABSOU) c t4 ANcgctable Prcparationfor As V4 3 1 fj Promotes DigcstioaCrjccrfur- J ness and KesuAJniants neiuxr Opiunuforprune norllincral. Hot "Narcotic. . it i Jlfaftiyn flmrer: A perfect Remedy forCortsbpa Tion , Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fcverish ness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CHAS. Dry (29 Market St. similaling meroca amines ua tog theStooacis aridBoweb'-f Our Annual Pre-inventory Sale of Seasonable Merchan dise at greatly reduced prices will begin Tuesday Jan. 9th, in order to reduce our stock before the regular stocktaking. DUESS GOODS. 51 inch Chiffon Broadcloth in all the leading colors including black, formerly sold-for $2.50 go at. .$2.10 45 inch Silk Finish Henriettas in all colors. ao black $1.00 value to be sold at 85c H inch French Cloth in X&vy and Black, a $1.50 Value lor 75c 27 inch Silk Poplin in ,a few good shades, worth 50c at 35c 27 inch Silk Mull in all colors, value 50c yd to go at 42c 27 inch Silk Mull in a few good shades, 30c value for 20c 54 inh Cheviot in Xavy Blue. Brown and Black, $1.00 value 85c 11 inch Silk l'oplins in all colors in cluding Black, a $1.25 value for. .90c 27 inch Fancy Silks, a few broken Patterns worth $1.00 a yd to be closed out at 75c 21 inch Chiffon Musselines in Changeables and Solid colors, $1.00 value for . . . ... . .' 85c $7.50 Plaid Silk Shirt Waist pat terns to go at $6.00 S5.00 Patterns to go at $3.25 $1.00 Patterns to go at $3.00 36 inch Guaranteed Tfaffeta Silk In colors and Black. $1.25 value to be sold at $1.10 GEORGE 0. GAYLOMD'S Bfif MllEim(ffl Salle and Inventory Sale Combined Starts Wednesday WHITE GOODS, LAW1IS. GIDfilS AND ORGANDIES LISTEN ? Warehouses, Mills, Wholesale Houses, and Factories involved. The Tremendous Power of Spot Cash will make this Sale the Greatest and Grandest pvprfnnrivA rv,- ww. vui - - Entire Force, Including our Head Buyers, have Prepared this GFeaft MlMEimdl Sale Which Starts Mfttik January 11. II U1VII UlUIW llUUIIUUUUJf UUllUUll v EXTRA HELP TO SE11VE YOU All purchases must be satisfactory. Nothing sent .; on Approval! ft ItlM For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the . Signature of For Over Thirty Years ftp Use ten T(pn Tmc -m trw. ft vo cm. BLOMME Goods. PHONE 573 36 inch Peaude Sole, special at . . .95c 27 inch Colored Taffetas in all shades, $1.00 value for 85c Our line or $3.50 Feather Boas to be Closed out at $3.00 ach 200 yards of Bleached Table Damask all linen, 68 inch wide. 65c quality at 50c yd 15c and 18c Ktniona- Outings and Crepe Cloth to go at 12 l2c 36 inch Cannon Clotll Special at . . 1 1c Our entire line of blankets will be closed out at Cost; Our $8.50 Down Comforts to be sold at . . . $6.50 Our $1.50 Down Comforts to be sold fat $3.75 Our $3.50 Cotton Comfort to be sold at ..: $3.00 Our line of Colored putings. worth 10c yd to be sold at 8c yd A full line of Ixmg Cloths at $1.20. $1.50. $1.75. $2.00 i piece. 12 yds In each piece. Children's Union Suits. Ladies Union Suits. Indies Vest and Pants. Chil dren's Vest and Pant at . . .25 each Indies Emhroideried Handkerchiefs. Special for this week only at $1.50 dozen readies Initial Handkerchiefs all TJnen at $1.00 doz , January Rein or Shine (Is II