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tm CHARLOTTE NEWS, MARCH 17 1909 4 fHE CHARLOTTE NEWS Sunday IH ftW FUBLIJHIN C W. O. DO WD, rrU4At and General Manage:. Telephone 118. I. O. PATTON Edito OWARD A. BANKS.... City Edito lu W. BURCH Advertising Mg? . a SHERRILL.... Circulation Mgi SUBSCRIPTION RATES 0m year 15. Six months. S.5C fjvree month... 1.2I One month. --- .4F One week .....vr.nrw .10 Qlre your subscription to your regu ar newspaper carrier or 'phone 115. The column ol The Newt are opei to legitimate advertising. No obJectlonaDi aavertlsing of an; Und will be scented by this papei All unsigned communications will b discarded. Rejected eemsaiJeatioxi will not ee return 4 nates aeoeaapaalei b? The Association of American Advertisers has examined and tertlfled the circulation ol thia publication. The detail report ol such examination is on file at the New Tork oSee of the Asso ciatio?. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1909. HUMANITY AND THE CHILD. Greensboro is going to have a re corder's court, and Junius J. Scales is one of the candidates for the recorder ship. We are net informed as to the other candidates in the race, but there is one reason why we trust Mr. Scales will be chosen. That reason is embod ied in the following pledge he makes along with the announcement of his candidacy. "If elected I shall establish what is known as the juvenile court. Chil dren should never come into contact with hardened criminals and it will therefore be my policy to try them at a different time and place from adult persons. It will also be my policy, where it seems wise, to sus pend judgment and commit the child to the care of some philanthropic per son to be known as a probation officer, whose duty it shal be to visit the child regularly and report to the court at stated intervals the pro gress towards reform made by the child. In no case should children be confined with polluted and hardened offenders, but when they will not yield to other efforts for reform, they will, where possible, be sent to the reformatory." A step in the right direction, and one which every town and city in the state should take. How often have we all seen children, charged with some petty violation of the law, arraigned in court along with hardened criminals, incarcerated with them, and too often sentenced to a term of association with them. Such a state of affairs is a disgrace to that spirit of humanity we brag of. It is a fearful thing to start a child on his career with such memory. It is not the way to teach a boy self re spect. It is the wrong course to re form. Every city in the country should have its juevnile court where youth ful offenders are tried, and where con siderate and humane judges have some care for the future of the little fellows who are dragged before them from the dens of vice. William H. De Lacy has demonstrated the effectiveness of this plan in Washington city. Ben. B. Lind sey, of Denver, judge of the juvenile court, has done a work for erring youth invaluable and inestimable. These' two men are pioneers in the juvenile court idea. As the spirit of humanity is spread the child is being rapidly accorded that consideration he deserves. During the past few years mucn has been done in the interest of the unfortunate youth of the country. Orphanages have been established and homes thus provided for the homeless. Reformatories have been built and to their folds boys and girls who have fallen early by the way side are taken and pointed to better things. The juvenile court is another step along the same line. Charlotte needs such a court and needs it badly. Greensboro's candi date for the recordership has suggested an innovation which should not be al lowed to go begging. The time is not far distant when children and women will not be forc eTto line up in the open court and be tried as they aie at present, and we welcome the time. RALEIGH ACTS WISELY. Raleigh has taken a step in right direction. the un yesterday an election was held in the capital city on the proposition to issue a special tax for the lengthen Ing of the public schools. It was a clear proposition of good schools vs. poor schools and the citi zens of Raleigh decided to have the former. Raleigh has done well and to the newspapers of that city a large part of credit is due for the success of the Issue. "April 1st is clean-up day for Salis bury," observes the esteemed Post. Going to give the old town an April fool in the way of one good cleaning, ph? WILD CAT LEGISLATION. Much has been said of late about peculiar or fool legislation, both in the news and editorial columns of prominent papers all over the country and there has been just cause for we see in almost every paper that some "freak" bill has been presented to the legislature of nearly every state in the Union. The Baltimore Sun in an editorial headed "Fool Legislation in Missouri" deals with this question without the use of "gloves" or soft words in this fashion : "An industrious Missouri lawmaker has introduced in the legislature of his state a bill to impose all sorts of dire penalties upon advertisers and pub lishers who disseminate "false and misleading" information about goods offered at public sale. This unique measure makes it illegal to include in a "fire sale" goods not actually dam aged by fire; to state in an advertise ment that a given quantity of goods is to bo sold at a special price when less than the stated quantity is in reality offered; to exaggerate former selling values in exploiting "reduced" wares; to misrepresent the quality of the merchandise in singing its praises, or to claim that any article is "the best" or "the finest" of its kind. Pos sibly in Missouri some such legislation is needed; but it may well be doubt ed. In this part of the country the merchant who practices the wiles de nounced in the Missouri bill pays a penalty, in loss of trade, not regulated by law. Leaving morals out of the question, honesty in advertising is not a matter of legal compulsion, but of 'jusiness policy. It may well be imag ined that Missouri is more in need of protection asainst fool legislators than against suicidally-inclined advertisers." If ih3 lawmakers would devote a lit tle more time to bills that would pro vide for the inforcement of the laws already on the statutes and not so much to grinding out bills like the Alabama "Pistol Toting Law," and tumerous other bills we could mention, the country in general and the states in particular, would be better off and there would be no need for extra ses sions. We observe with satisfaction that .he conduct of the recently adjourned Xorth Carolina legislature is being universally commended. HELP WANTED! ileaven succor the hapless victim of the poet's lyre. In our pitiful state, victimized thus, we crave sympathy. For two gladsome months we have been exulting over deliverance from the raucous screechings of Raleigh's official song bird. To the legislature. without doubt, we owe thanks for the joyous oversight. The annual event of the capital city past, however, the bardlette resumes the task of torment ing the just and the dutiful. The Evening Times contains this pream ble to an allotment of close-doggerel which is the worst we have seen since "Craw-ley Raw-ley" by the same author: "Some days ago, because we were paying more attention to our good friend, Colonel Reece, of the Greens boro Record, than the ungallant young editor of the Charlotte News thought we ought to do, and because our clever poet was inditing some of his (?) lines to Colonel Reece, the News man became very jealous and let slip a few enviou? remarks anent the quality of our poetry. He also said some other things that were not nice and which betrayed the state of his mind. There fore, to pacify him, we promised that our versatile poet would remember him in the near future and that we had no desire to discriminate against him in the bestowal of our favors. Our promise was accepted in good faith and will be fulfilled in the same gener ous spirit in which it. was made and accepted. The following entrancing bit of verse is all, every line and every word, indited and dedicated to the editor of. The News and we are sure that after he has read it he will not again, think we are not doing our part to make him famous." The rhapsody referred to is produc ed elsewhere on this page. Had our purblind rhymster been sufficiently alert to detect the jar pro duced by ill-fitting meter, he would no doubt have noted the credit line ap pended to the "kissing" article in ques tion, which was written by the editor of The Baltimore Sun.' and not the News. If, however, by sharing whole responsibility for the leering lines in question we may spare the Sun's edi tor and Col. Reese, we hope for that peace in persecution they tell us a kind fate sometimes offers the martyr ed. "The aldermen have concluded to investigate the city clock," asserts the esteemed Greensboro Record. May luck be theirs in their perilous under taking, and strength to their good right arms. Valor still survives! WEEDED NOW As Spring approaches, everybody ought to take a few doses of the Bit ters. It will cleanse the system of winter impurities, tone the digestive organs, make sleep restful and pre vent Spring Fever. Thousands of per sons have taken KOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS with great satisfaction, and you'll be pleased with it, too. Try it today for Poor Appetite, Flatulency, Heartburn, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Costiveness, Biliousness, Female Ills. Colds. GrioDe Jand Malaria Fever and Ague. ! The foundation of robust health is what is allowed to enter the mouth. The more simple the diet, the more perfect the health. WHEAT FLAKE CELERY is plain, pure and wholesome, easily digested, prevents con stipation. 4 10 cents a package. For sale by all Grocers WEARIN' 0' THE GREEN. Oh! Paddy dear, and did you hear the news that's going round, The Shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground; St. Patrick's day no more to keep his color can't be seen, For there's a bloody law agin the wearin' of the green. I met with Napper Tandy, and he tuk me by the hand, And he said how's poor ould Ire land, and how does she stand ? She's the most distressful coun try, that ever you have seen; They're hanging men and women there for wearin" of the green. Then since the color we must wear, is England's cruel red Sure Ireland's sons will ne'er for get, the blood that they have shed; You may take the Shamrock from your hat, and cast it on the sod, But 'twill take root and flourish still tho' under foot 'tis trod, When the law can stop the blades of grass from growing as they grow, And when the leaves in summer time, their verdure dare not show, Then I will change the color, 1 wear in my corbeen; But till that daj-, please God, I'll stick to wearin' of the green. But if at last our color be torn from Ireland's heart, Her sons with shame and sorrow from the dear ould soil will part; I've heardy whisper of a country, that lies far beyant the sea. Where rich and poor stand equal in the light of freedom's day Oh! Erin, must we leave - you? driven by the tyrant's hand. Must we ask a mother's welcome from a strange, but happier land, When the cruel Cross of Eng land's thraldom ne'er shall be seen; And where, thank God, we'll live and die still wearin' of the green. Gentle Raps f At The News "A NEW INTOXICANT." (Poetic attachment of Editorial from Raleigh Evening Times.) Great Caesar, can't that fellow That runs the Charlotte News, Just beat the man that killed himself Explaining kissing views? With fine words quite prodigious, And not always to the point, He takes the doctor's theories And knocks them out of joint. He says (or words to that effect) "Come plague, or chill, or fever, But when you're calling on a girl. Why kiss her when you leave her." He puts his views in language strong, That none with sense could doubt it "Oh, kissing must not be cried down; We couldn't live without it." And then he said that kissing makes Jump in the matrimonial trap As if knocked there by explosion. "The kiss is an intoxicant," Is what the paper stated. We judge that he is often by That means intoxicated. In politics a party man is one who of two evils chooses the straight ticket. BEWARE That little cold on your chest should be driven out without a min ute's delay. Neglect it and you'lt soon be in the clutches of Grippe or Pneumonia. Rice's Goose Grease Liniment is the one tried and proved preven tative and cure for Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Grippe. Rice's Goose Grease Liniment penetrates right down into the af flicted parts, loosens the phlegm and stops inflammation at once. . . At all druggists and dealers. Price 25 cents. Goose Grease Liniment Co., Greensboro, N. C. The attractions will be new Dress new Trimmings. A Great Collection of New A colection of beautiful Foulard Silks nas. Certainly nothing makes a more stylish street dressy-dress than a pretty Foulard. Our new line contains the serviceable "Shower Proof" in the very choicest patterns and colorings; also a splendid assortment of patterns in the Satin Foulards, consisting of Wisteria, Old Rose, Re seda, Smoke, Navy, Myrtle, the dark shade of Antique Gold and the lighter shades of Old Gold. The widths are 24 and 25 inches. Prices 75 and 88c yd Swiss Messaline at 98c. No Silk has the beautiful lustre as that possessed by our beautiful 27 inch Swiss Lyons, Dyed Messalines. Colors: Light Blue, White. Pink, Nile, Corn, Catawba, Copenhagen and Black. Price 93c yd. Silks That Are Reduced Almost Half for This Week. Yard wide Pin Check and Pequin Strine Taffeta Silks in Tan, Heliotrope, Gray, Navy. These arc $1.00 yard. Price to close lot reduced to 69c 27-inch Satin Foulards in Black and White and Navy and White Dots. WTaa "Joe; now .' 69c 50c 2r-inch Print China Silksk, light rgound with neat dots and figures. Reduced to 29c yd. 9 yfyv-?,??gg'ra THIS DATE IN HISTORY. March 17. -The "Cambridge Flag" was plac ed on Port Hill. Boston. -British evacuated Boston, and Washington took possession of the city. 1775-1776- 1777 Roger B. Taney, chief justice of the United States supreme court, who delivered the decision in the Dred Scott case, born in Calvert county, Md. Died Oc tober 12th. IS 64. 1817 Charier granted for Allegheny College at Meadville, Pa . Constitution adopted for the Republic of Texas. 1S3C-186-1- 1SS5-1899- 1900-1908-1907- 1908- General Grant assumed com-? mand of all the armies of the Union. Stata reservation at Niagara Falls opened as a public park. Queen Regent of Spain signed treaty of peace with the United States. Prince Bismarck resigned the German chancellorship. Wm. P. Whyten. United States died in Cincinnati. President Roosevelt, in confer ence with Governor Deneen, of Illinois, urged presidential can didacy of Secretary Taft. William D. Whyte, United States senator from Maryland, died. Born August 9th, 1824. THIS 13 MY 61ST BIRTHDAY. Clara Morris. Clara Morris, the retired actress, for whom it is proposed to give a benefit performance in New York at an early date, was born in Toronto, March 17th, 1848. When an infant she was tak en by her parents to Cleveland and in that city she passed her childhood years. In 1861 she made her stage debut as a member of the ballet at the Academy of Music in Cleveland. She made rapid progress as an actress and before she was 30 she had become a popular favorite. In 1869 she be came leading woman at Wood's thea ter in Cincinnati. While there she came under the critical eye of the late Augustin Daly and that noted manager and producer of plays gave her a leading part with his company at the Fifth Avenue theater in New York. Here she added to her fame as ah emotional actress. During the years that followed she was seen in all the chief cities of America and al so appeared with success on the Eng lish stage. In the early '90s she was compelled by ill health to quit the stage and since that time she has been prominent chiefly as a story wri ter and journalist. iWadtsboro Baptist Church to be Remodeled j Wadesboro,v Mach 17. The Wades iboro Baptist church will immediately remodel and improve their property. The advisorv board of the church after (consideration has recommended to the i church that the work be begun at once. New seats will be purchased, two new large windows put in the main auditorium, and other improvements made and an addition for the use of Sunday school classes will be built on the south of the main building. It is also the intention of the church to build r. new parsonage at once. The church has grown rapidly in the last two years and the present build ing is not large enough to do the work. The present location is adapted to still large effort. The church has received 150 new members since the coming of the present pastor, Rev. T. W. Cham bliss, 18 months ago. According to a. woman's point of view it is always the sins of the fathers that are visited upon the children. Goods in Silks, Woolens, Cotton and Silk and Satin Foulards. that can't be matched in the Caroll- 11 TO 21 EAST TRADE TO RETURN TO CHARLOTTE. I Mr. R. M. Brannan Wiil Ee Connected With Charlotte Transfer Co. Mr. R. M. Brannan.. who has for some time been the New York repre sentative of the Southern Cotton Oil Company will sever his connection with that concern and return to Char lotte sometime next fall. He has pur chased an interest in the Charlotte Transfer Company with which he will be officially connected. Mr. N. J. Bussey, who has also been with the Southern Cotton Oil Company will be identified with the Charlotte Transfer Company. Blobbs "What a paradoxical fel low Scribler is." Slobbs "Yes, he told me he wrrote that book. "One Hundred Dainty Dishes for the Cha fing Dish," just as a pot boiler." Impure blood runs down makes you an easy victim for organic diseas es. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies the blood cures the cause builds you up. "Doan's Ointment cured me of ec zema that had annoyed me a long time. The cure w-as permanent." Hon. S. W. Matthews, Commissioner Labor Statis tics, Augusta, Me. Regulates the bowels, promotes easy natural movements, cures constipa tion Doan's Regulets. Ask your drug- gist for them. 25 cents a box. Baby won't suffer five minutes with croup if you apply Dr. Thomas' Eclec tric Oil at once. It acts like magic. of & piano Is yery muth likm lie choice of friend. This more care exercise In the selection, the more certain we are of lasting friendship; and the greater one's refinement and education, the more judg ment is displayed in the choice of friend! The selection and exclusive rise of Stieff Pianos in many of the greatest educational institu tions in the United State? is i source of gratification to us. and we feel justly proud of .the fact that in about two hundred, colleges we have more than one thousand Stieff piano.. Ther must be a reason. INVESTtSATK I Chas. M. Stieff -MaiiufActa.rr of Th Artistic f.tlcff, thrw, sno 3tJff 8slf-Piayer Piano. BOUTHERN WAEEEGOSSs 6 Wtt Trad i. Ch&rlotts, N. C. C. H. Wit. MOTH, Mtitsge Selection New Woolen 44-inch Stripe Panamas in Navy, Green, Copenhagen, Tan, Game! ('r,v Black, a regular $1.00 value; at '.. 75c yj New Black Goods That's Unequaled for Separate Skirts. Fine 42-inch French Chiffon Panama, All-Wool and stays Black. Price 48-inch fine All-Wool Black French Serge. Wears splendid and at ivecn,, is very popular. Price 93c 44-inch All-Wool Black Poplin, something you will never grow tireo Price sscy-; 48-inch Black India Twill. This is a splendid material for rnoun;i:i!-' either for dresses or separate Skirts. Price ' "$Uq Some New Spring Cotton Dress Goods. "Windsor" Plisse Crepe Tissu, the newest cotton material brousht out tlr spring, all the new patterns. Regular retail price 18c vanl 'or price 12 .t Cotton Foulards, patterns exact copies of the expensive silk fouiants: ar very pretty for Princess dresses. Price 15c vd" New Linen 8 1-2 and 10c Linen Laces Several hundred new pieces of the regular is l-zc and 10c values in Death of Infant. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ! C. H. Wolfe. Jr.. died at the home of (her parents last night about 8 o'clock. ; The funeral was conducted from the home this afternoon at 3:30 by Rev. A. 1 J. Crane, pastor of Amity Presbyterian ! church, and the interment will be in the Amity churchyard. Some people will do almost any thing to save trouble, while others are equally anxious to get rid of it. The Great Nerve Resfoier The very best Lawn Grass Seed Flower Seed. Sweet Peas, etc.; all kinds Vegetable Seed In Pa per and in Bulk. Druss Carefully Compounded. Charlotte Drug Co. Remember when you need That we manufacture them right here in our own shop. We don't have to send the order to a Northern concern . and have to wait a week, and sometimes longer, for them. We deliver them on short notice. Ask for catalog. Workmanship guaran teed. Prices reasonable. Pound & Moore Go. The Office Outfitters. 205-207 S. Tryon St. 'Phone 40. Presbyterian HosDitai B will be open for the reception of pa tients on March 16, 1909 Has been thoroughly overhauled and equipped with modern appliances Open to all practicing physicians. Full corps of experienced nurses under the charge of Miss MacXichols. Housekeeping under charge of Miss Cornelius. Private rooms $10 to $15 per week. Private rooms with private hath $23 per week. Ward, $1 per day. Address MISS E. H. MacNICHOLS, Supt Dress Goods 98C yd. Torchon Lac?s. ;c yd. All-Linen Torchon Lace and lit adini;- lot. Cnoice sc 328H3E3SS?S Jordan's Cold Tablets 25 Cents No CureNo Pay J Sill JIM'S sijaisE fttxsll Agsrtii. WHEN WORDS FAIL SEND Dolly Varden Chocolates All Size Packages. 80c Pound. Always Fresh. BurweW-Dunn DiSCTORY That thcJr New Drug Store will be open to the public Morning March 17th See their big half page advertisement in Tuesday's News VoodaEI & Sfieppar A I s i
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