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-/ TH2CTBUkSLDT11BNBW8 SEPTEMBE 9H The Chariotte News Published Dally and Sunday by TKR 1>K\VS PVRLISHING CO. C, l>oii«l, l*rrsl«lnit nnd Gea. Msr. TelcphoneMi City Editor 277 Buslnrs!' Office 116 Job Office 1630 J. C. PATTON 'Editor. >. W. CAI.DWBLI-. City Editor, ji. W. BLR('H Advertisiiis Mgr. SUBSCRIPTIOM HATES Th« Charlotte New*. Dally and Sunday. On« jr«Hr fC.OO glx months ■". • 3.00 Thr«e months 1-50 On* month One week 12 Sunday' Only. Oni' y^ar $2.00 S t month* TUiee months 60 Tfmea-Democrnt. Semi-Weekly. One year |100 Six months 60 Thrte months 25 ABMOiiBcement. The attention of the public Is re- •pcctfully Invlteu to the following: In future, Obituary Notices, In eM- mori&m Sketches, Cards of Thanks, commr.nicatlons espoustngr the caueo of a private enterprise of a political candidate and like matter, will be charffed for at the rate of five cents t llrif. There will be no deviation from this rule. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1911. CRIME AND PUBLICITY. Wh«n the Thaw cane came up and the newgpap«‘rfl began to give detailed accounts of the crime and its disguest- Ing details, a great hown went up from the public about the publicity given the affair; that Is, a large contingnet of the public howled the while an «qually large contingnet callled for the reports. The same was true of the Beattie case: of the .Tohnson-.Ieffries prize fight and of many other sensational affairs which have attracted general notice. Following the discovery of a most brutal crime at Hendersonville, in which a young girl figures as the vic tim. several newspapers, The .Wws included, sent special men to the scene to thereby get a more accurate and detailed report. As in the other cases a great ni'i.iy people are protesting against the puj- licarlon of the revolting crime, ^^lllle others see no harm In its publicity. The Columbia Record copies an ed itorial paragraph from the Spartanburg Hfrald and spends brief comment. Both opinions are wunh reading, in this connectiou: "Now that the revolting details of the tragic death of Myrtle Hawklas, the HenderBOUvllle girl whose bolv was found In Oeceola l.ake last Sun day, begin to come to light through tbe newspapers there are going to l>e the usual nunil>er of ooni|>laints anti protests agalui^t the publicHlion of euch stories. The Herlad has publlsli- ed this story fully for the last few days and expects to conlinue to do sc making it as decent as j)o,sslble con- eiderlr.g the matter involved. .Many people believe the ut*wspapei‘'' should suppress or ignore surli things. They are honest in (lieii views, but thej are mistaken. It is the duty of the uewspai>er8 to expose crime. Such exposure often Is absolutely necessry and the more shocking the detail.^ given to the public the more sharply and thoroughly is the public consci ence awakened to a sense of decency and morality."—Spartanburg Herald. ‘■-■Vll that The l^erlad says Is true and proper, and It might have said Qiore. Not only has it been i>roper for the newspai)ers to publish what they have published about the Henderson ville affair, but it is apparent to even thp mobt casually informed i>erpon thHt if the newspapers had not made the mystety public a double crime would have been forever hid. 'I'he in difff>rence of thp otflcers of th^ law in thp maiter has bppn astouishing: 'vhy nvipsts have not l»pen made, upon the I irrumaiantial evidence which has br^n brought out, is even now incon ceivable,” It Is with regret that all of us hear of such tragedies. This would be a much better old world wpre n*> such crimes committed, but we must accept conditions as we And them, and apply such remedies as are in our reach. So long as there are human vultures watching for young girls, to effect their ruin, there will be such tragedies as that written at Hendersonville. And the agency they most dread is the newBpaper. Their art is played In the dark. They dread publicity of their misdeed.v They are afraid of the light, and many of them are witheld from the commission of crime slmplv because they dare not face the blind- inf rays of publicity sure to be thrown upon them by the press. A poor girl was Imposed upon and ruined. In her desperation it seems that she permitted an operation which resulted In death. After finding her self ruined for life the child wag not responsible. The blame rests upon that black-hearted reprobate who ruin ed her, and who, no doubt, counseled this crime in order to shield himself and bury up his guilt. The first ser vice to be rendered society is to bring from the background those characters who murdered this girl, and In punish ing them, hold them up as an example to society that such deeds will not be allowed to go unpunished. In the mat ter of ascertaining the guilty and forc- ing"*speedy Justice the newspaper ren ders a service. The better conception the public get* of the offense the mere thorough the detrmination to see It avenged, and the greater zeal to pre vent Its repetition. The JeffHes-Johnson fight w'as one I of the most dlsgueatlng spectacles ever 'enacted by two human brutes. It was a disgrace to a civilized nation. The papers gave It In detail, that none of its shame might mise the public knowl edge. As a result good men all over the nation arose and decided that a repetition should not be allowed. Had the papers kept quiet the affair would have been all the more disgrace ful , and another and still another would have followed. If me^ who wreck the lives of young girls were sure that their sin would not find them out they would become bolder and their crimes would multi ply rapidly. The very publicity given such cases as that at Hendersonville acts as a deterrent and society is bene- fitted. Sin cannot be blotted out by cover ing it over with a mantel of secrecy. Reprobates can not be caught and pun ished so long as their acts are hushed up. For one The News believes that the newspaper renders no greater service than that of aiding in the unmasking of criminals and in turning the cal cium light of publicity upon the dark places of life, that they may puri fied. FROM OTHER SANCTUMS MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. When school authorities of Charlotte decided to have all children in tlje pub lic schools examined by physicians they took a decided step forward. Naturally there was some criticism of this action, bujt the majority of school patrons appreciated the wisdom of the step taken. This Is the only positive means of checking the spread of infectious dis eases among children attending school. In many cases attention at the right time saves a child’s eyesight for life. This is but one instance of the value of proper medical inspec tion. In the old days a child, infected with some disease, went to school, gave the same to the balance of the children, who in turn carried the infection home with them, to pass it alotig to the neighborhood. Believing that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” school officials in many places are enforcing a strict system of medical inspection. The Augusta Chronicle discusses the matter in the following forcible editorial; “During the first four days of At lanta's school term, doctors found more than twenty cases of diptheria in latent, and one in positive, form among the children in attendance. ‘ The latent cases showed no exter nal symptoms, and were found only by careful examination and mycroscopic test. But each of the children was as dangerous to others as if he or she had been burning with the fever of the disease: perhaps, more so, for their appearance gave no- warning. “The one positive case was such as demanded immediate medical atten tion, yet the parents of the child had looked upon its indisposition as due to some passing distemper like a cold. “The finding illustrates the necessi ty for the careful inspection of all sc1k»o1 children by competent physi cians. The children themselves should be protected, and commtmitles should be guarded against the spread of dis ease by way of the school room. “Hut the majority of ills found among school children are of other than the infectious or communicative type. They do not endanger the phy sical well-being of the sound ones, but they seriously encumber those affect ed. “Thus it has been found that prac tically two-thirds of children in city and rural schools suffer from encum bering and strength-sapping com plaints like adenoids and e^-strain, ai)arentiy harmless in their incipiency, but dangerous if allowed to run un checked. “These children necessarily are re tarded in their studies; their condition causes great waste of public funds pro vided for Iheir children. It is not on ly a measure of economy but one of safety to keep them in first-cl^ss phy sical condition. ‘ We trust the time is not far distant when every school child will be ex amined by an expert at -least every three months.” BROWN CAMPAIGN. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 19.—Hon. J. Pope Brown is conducting a red hot campaign in the interests of his can didacy for the Georgia governorship, according to reports received at his headquarters in this city. His speech es at Moultrie Saturday morning and at Hart.sfield the afternoon of the same day were received with enthusi asm by large crowds which cheered the prohibition vote for Pope Brown seems to have made a ten-strike in his swing into south Georgia, and his supporters insist tha4: the en trance of former Governor Joe Brown on a local option platform into the race for the governorship will divide the opposition vote between the ex governor and Judge Russell, leaving thep rohibitlon vote for Pope Brown and decidedly interesting develop ments in the three-cornered guberna torial race, and already the political pot is beginning to bubble and boil in the capital city. BIG REVIVAL IN BIRMINGHAM. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 19.—Word has been received by local evangelists that Rev. Bob Jones, the well known Alabama preacher, is stirring up things religiously in Birmingham. He opened a revival Sunday at the First Methodist Church in that city, and accoding to advices, the Alabama city promises to have a campaign for converts not unlike the recent prohibition fight. Evangelist Bob Jones is recognized as an aggressive campaigner, who talks straight from the shoulder. He went to Birmingham after closing one of the most memor able meetings ever held in Mayfield, Ky„ where it is said the crowds were so large that the auditorium would not hold them. The small boy who eats a green apple may also show an Inftnita capac ity for taking pains. The Weather Bureau. Following the Justly severe criti cisms which were visited upon the weather bureau in Charleston after the recent hurricane, because of the f«ct that not only was sufficient warning against the storm not given but on the contrary reassuring replies were made to inquiries after the storm had begun to cause alarm, the weather bureau service has taken steps to improve the service at Charleston, removing the incumbent observer to another post and raising the grade of the office. As the most important post of the service in this state, owing to its location at the principal seaport, the betterment of conditions in the weather bureau at Charleston is of vital interest to the whole of South Carolina. In a letter to The News and Courier, Mr. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau service, states that Observer Cole committed a serious er ror of judgment in stating to inquir ers on the afternoon of Sunday, Au gust 27th, that the “worst is over,” when as a matter of fact the worst was yet to come. Mr. Moore aserts, how ever, that Mr. Cole had properly dis played the storm warnings ordered displayed, and that the bureau was un able to tell how serious the disturb ance would be, owing to the fact that the storm had originated at sea. The remedy for this defect in the system was suggested shortly after the recent storm by one of the Savannah papers we believe, and it is that the coai-t- wise ships, equipped with wireless ap paratus, should be officially connected with the weather bureau, so that they would be required to report to coast stations the existence of atmosphciic conditions at sea likely to cause a storm. In other words, so important has this matter become to all interests that the weather bureau cannot longer confine its Juridiction to the land alone. The weather bureau has frequently been made the target of ridicule and criticism, not to say censure, but in our opinion its work, in the circum stances, is remarkably accurate and satisfactory. Its limitations are mani fest, and should be taken into account. Mr. Moore, therefore, is entirely with in reason when in his letter to Tiie News and Courier announcing the changes at Charleston, he says; “I take advantage of this opportun ity to emphasize the fact that the suc cess of the government in forewarning the Gulf and South Atlantic States against all the huiTicanes that have visited these regions during the past ten or fifteen years should not be tak en as evidence that hurricanes and other storms will not at times come unannounced, even with the strictest discipline maintained over local offices and with the highest professional re quirements exacted of observers and forecasters, for it must be understood that even with the intensity and direc tion of movement of a stormcompletely charted and not partly or wholly hid den In the ocean, mistakes in judg- ent will occur. There is no formula by which these forecasts and warn ings can be worked out with mathe matical precision, like the coming of some celestial event. They are pre dicted upon human judgment, and any thing that is human must at times err.” This, we repeat, Is reasonable enough. The weather bureau is* able to report accurately atmospheric con ditions as they exist, but the influence of these conditions and the shifts which may take place. In winds and air currents and general atmospheric conditions, cannot be accurately pre dicted. Realizing the very great value of the weather bureau, at the same time we must not expect it to perform the Impossible.—Columbia Record. FOLEY KIDNEY PIL8. Will reach your Individual case if you have any form of kidney or bladder trouble, any backache, nervousness, rheumatism, uric acid poisoning, or Irregular and painful kidney action. Be fore you reach the limit of physical en durance, and while your condition is still curable, take Foley Kidney Pills. Their quick action and positive results will delight you. Try them. Bowen’s Drug Store, on the Square. TRINITY COLLEGE NEWS. Special to The News. Trinity College, Durham, Sept. 19. —Capt. E. E. Bundy, of Elizabeth City who held dow'n third sack on Trinity’s crack baseball nine last season has returned to college, and will finish his course here this year. Bundy will be captain of Trinity’s baseball team in 1912, and will have about half of his old men back with which to build up a team. Claude West, who played short stop on Trinity’s 1010 and 1911 teams, has come back to take up the chair of En glish at the Trinity Park high school. Claude West is of the opinion that Bob Gantt, who lost only two out of eighteen games on Trinity’s team last season, is good for the big leagues, and it is understood that Manager Dunn is of the some opinion. Every one who has seen this chap pitch ball knows that he has the “stuff” in him, and that big boy is one w'ho will be seriously missed on Trinity’s diamond next spring. No, Maude, dear; an anchorite is not a sailor who attends to the anchor. REAPING BENEFIT. From the Experience of Charlotte People. We are fortunate Indeed to be able to profit by the experience of our neighbors. The public utterances of Charlotte residents on the following subject will interest and benefit thous ands of our readers. Read this state ment. No better proof can be had. Robert H. Holbrooks, 502 W. Tenth St., Charlotte, N. C., says: ‘T »m sorry I did not use Doan’s Kidney Pillft sooner, for, If I had, they would have spared me a great deal of suffering and expense. My back pained me contin ually and there were times when It wag difficult for me to stoop. I also had a great deal of trouble from irr^ular passage^ of the kidney secr^ons. Hearing about Doan’s Kidney Pills, I tried them and in a-few weeks I was entirely cured.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foater-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s and take so otber. Organized Labot Hunting Candidate Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 19.—Represen tatives of organized labor in Georgia arebestirlng themselves in an effort to come to an agreement on a candi date for commissioner of labor, and to this end a conference of the lead ing representatives of the labor in terests of the state have decided to call a Convention in Atlanta in the near future, at which time they will attempt to select a man who will be their standard bearer at the coming election. News of the coming conference will be received with absorbing in terest throughout Georgia, and es pecially by those who are affiliated ^th organized labor, and it is prac tically certain that every labor un ion in the state will send at least one representative to the coming confer ence. Labor leaders, it is understood, are becoming apprehensive lest the la bor vote be divided between the two candidates who have already announc ed for labor commissioner, and lest this lead to the election of a possible “dark horse” to the coveted office. The labor Interests deem it impera tive that they themselves name the labor commissioner, and would re gard as disastrous the selection of an outsider. Representative Joseph A. McCar thy, of Savannah, author of the bill created the office of labor commis sioner, and B. Lee Smith, of the At lanta Federation of Trades, are the two men who have already entered actively into the race. It w^ll be the aim and object of the approaching conference to agree as to which of these men shall be the one candidate endorsed and supported by the union labor vote of the state; If no agree ment can be reached between the supporters of the two candidates named, it is probable that another name will be substituted as a com promise candidate. A pessimist is a man who can’t for get the mean« things he knows about hims^ilf. In being collared most of us prefer a haberdasher to a policeman. FOR BONE FELON There is quick and certain re lief and a permanent cure THIES’ SALVE. At All Drug Stores, 25e. “What’s « in a Name?” When you refet* to pianos, there’s a great deal in the name. The Stleff Piano has become a synonym for merit, and the name is a sufficient guarantee on which to purchase. If you will get acquaijited with the manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, note its quality, tone, workmanship and dura bility, when you buy, your& will be a Chas. M. StiefE Piano. Chas. M. Stieff C. H. WILMOTH, Manager. SOUTHERN WAREROOM i West Trade Street CHARLOTTE. • N. C. WOODALL a SHEPPARD’S CORN REMEDY ALCOHOL 25 5. with tb« bnith «ad raornfnr f«r s or 4 then sotk the feet In warm water, «hen^tbe wra rauj^ readily removed. FftlPARBD ONLT Bt WOOD/ILL I SHEPPIRD, Inc.. CHARtOTTE. B. C. 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Prescriptions Filled Day and Nlght.^ Try Blake’s Mosquito Drops and have a good night’s rest by keeping the little pests away. Prices 10 and 25 Cents. John S. Blake Drug Co. PHONE 41. ’Phones 41 and 300. Registered Nurses’ Directory. ^ Our service Is clean, sanitary and prompt — 5o. Per Pound — minimum bundle, 60c. Ask us about it. SANITARY STEAM LAUNDRY 473 PHO»^ ES—800 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ I t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Boys’ Shoes We have added a complete lint of BOY'S ^HOES. Our Boy's School Shoes are a specialty. No old stock, but the very newest shapes. REMEMBER MELLQN'8 SHOES, AS WELL AS CLOTHES, FIT. Trunks and Leather Goods Wall Paper Wholesale and Retail. INTERIOR DECORATORS Torrence Paint Company this stock is at air tinres kept up to the standard. If you need a Hand Bag, Suit Case, or any other article *lm this line we can supply your wants. SPECIAL VALUES In High-Class Wardrobe and &teamer Trunks. 10 N. Tryon 'Phone 178 Some Special Bargains in Short Lots. Co 9
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