TB3 ^HiU^TTE news SEPTEM&tiH 20 9 I
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
NEWSPAPER MEN ATTACKED.
The Salisbury Post devotes a
column of editorial space to a criti
cism cf the sensational” reports
sent out by press correspondents at
Hendersonville. None objects to the
exagsorated. the yellow, more than
does The Ne-.vs, but in our judgment
The Post is criticising the newspaper
men in this instance unjustly. It’s
chief complaint is that the corres
pondents have sent out several dif
ferent kinds of stories; one day
mentioning one party as being impli
cated; the next taking up a new
scent. It concludes its attack on the
boys of the press in the following:
“The result of it Is the papers are
discredited, and if this, sort of work
Is continued it will not be long until the
people will believe nothing they see
in the papers. The newspapers should
draw a lesson from this and only em
ploy men who will write facts. The
public has a right to demand that
the nev.’spapers furnish reliable in
formation and it is time the publish
ers were giving this matter more at-
teniion.”
There is no doubt but that there
have been various and numerous ver
sions of the Hendersonville tragedy
offered. First it was foul murder
from chloroform; next the poor girl
came to her death “from unknown
causes;’’ then sensational charges of
malpractice were noised abroad. But
who is to blame, the newspaper cor
respondents, or the men from whom
they get their facts? Naturally, in
a mysterious case of this kind, there
are thoasands of rumors auoat. What
would The Post do were it reporting
the case—merely sit still and refuse
to give the public the benefit of the
theories dlScussed on every-lip? Would
it refuse to send out a line until the
cc.Ee had been tried and convicted
and the guilty parties executed and
buritd? Or would it give its readers
the benefit of those reports which to
it appeared to have a good basis in
fact?
If th ’rG have been conflicting con
clusions is it the fault of the press
men, cr the authorities? Usually the
fall- nev.'spaper man goes to those in
authority for his information. This
case has asis well-known, been various
ly dlasnosed by the coroner and offl-
cialB. First the coroner found noth
ing varranting the placing of blame.
Then later, when a howl was made
over the crime suspected, he admitted
that facts were known to jurors but
witheld in order to further search for
were the guilty.
It seems to us that the case has
been wretchedly bungled by the au
thorities from the outset. Certainly
there was no warrant for the policy
of concealment pursued at first.
Then If ofiicials ihemseH’es have fol
lowed a devious and mysterious
course, is it fair to blame the men
who repor.t their actions with such
chang€s of front?
We believe The Post has brought
an Indictment aGalnst the wrong
parties in this instance.
In so far as The News is concern
ed it has refused to ?iublish any
reports which were not based on
what seemed to be good foundation.
Nor has it been tempted so to do,
as its special representative has de
clined to send out reports not auth
orized.
This heartlessly flippant remark is
from the Spartanburg Journal: “The
manner in which Miss Myrtle Haw
kins’ of Hendersonville, is said to
have come to her death must be
highly interesting to her flance.”
That statement is cruel as the grave
and mean as hell.—Greensboro News.
It is difficult to understand the
make-up of the fellow who can thus
attempt to be funny at the expense
of those whose heads are bowed in
grief. It if small wonder that news
papers are some times criticised for
the heartless manner in- which some
of them treat the sorrows of others.
LOST HIS FRIEND.
This sad paragraph Is from Tha
Greenville Dally Refleotor, of which
Mr. Wltchard is the able editor.
"In his thirty years as an edi
tor, this writer has bean called up
on to write many sad words, but
the bitterest come to him today
when he must make the announce
ment "Mother Is dead.”
To the above Editor Cowan, ever
the first to offer cheer or sympathy,
adds the following beautiful words:
“Thus did Editor D, J. Wlnchard,
of The Reflector, Saturday afternoon
pour out his sorrow, telling briefly,
but beautifully, to his friends that his
mother had passed away. We do not
recall ever having seen so mucn
real love, so much beautiful senti
ment, so much sweetness wrapped up
in such a small, simpie announce
ment before. Its brevity speaks
earnestly, its conciseness tells eloq-
uuently and its simplicity, ending
with the patbetic words, “Mother is
dead,” proclaims beautifully all that
could be told. We confess tbat when
we read the simple announcement, a
great, big lump arose in our throat,
and our heart felt , heavy. We know
that the blow is the saddest that has
ever fallen on the heart of our
friend. Knowing the man, understand
ing the tenderness of his being and
the devotion of his soul, we realize
how deeply the shaft of sorrow has
plunged into his being. Our warmest,
tenderest heart-felt condolences are
with him in this dark hour of earth
ly sorrow.”
Although a Kind Providence has
not called upon us to face such a
sorrow, we can, nevertheless, fancy
what ineffable loss you must feel,
Witchard, and we sympathize with
you with ‘all our heart.
Why not sign it, anyway, Mr. May
or. Bo^h sides unSerstand the doubt
as to its future status. Both sides
know that it is only binding during
your administration and the next ad
ministration^ will be able to handle
the question if it arises. Do some
thing! Anything is better#han the
hopeless embroglio of futile discus
sion now going on.
Body of Woman
found In Lake
By Associated Press.
Gary, Ind., Sept. 20.—The body of
a woman found in Lake Michigan
yesterday and thought at flrst to be
that of Grace Lyons, who was thrown
from a steamer by Walter Hopper,
remains unidentified today the
police believe that she was murder
ed in Chicago. The wrists were, tied
with a strip’ of fiannel torn from a
baby’s petticoat. The body and cloth
ing were stripped of means of iden
tification and the police depend
largely on a ‘bracelet, set with three
garnets and engraved "905” to de
termine the woman’s identity. A felt
hat with a blue plume was found
fastened , to h|r hair.
No Developments
in A. C. L. Tiouble
By Associated Press.
Wilmington, Sept. 20.—Contrary to
expectations, E. M. Doughty, chairman
of the grievance committee of tMe un
ion of car workers in the employ of
the Atlantic CoaA Line, did not reach
Rocky Mount yesterday and there
were no developments in the strike
of repairmen and' inspectors in the
shops there. He is expected to reach
Rocky Mount today and make known
the result of his conference with the
officials of the railway here, after
which it is believed the men will re
turn to w^ork pending a final adjust
ment of tne differences through the
regularly authorized grievance com
mittee of the car workers’ union.
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WIFE HAS RIGHT
TO SCOLD HUSBAND.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 20.—A wife
has a right to scold her husband,
circuit judge, Thomas decided yester
day in refusing to grant a divorce
to Glenn C. Burnham, from Ida Burn
ham.
“There Is no such thing as a per
fect wife,” Judge Thomas said. “A
wife has a right to scold her husband
if he gives her provocation. This hus
band took his wife to live with his
folks. That was enough to make ker
peevish.”
Closed United States Jail.
By Associated Press.
Fort Smith, Ark., Sept. 20.—Acting
under orders of the government,
United States Marshall Mayes finally
closed the United States jail in thiS'
city, thel ast of the federal jails In
in thee ountry outside the capital.
The jail Is a relic of border days and
In its early history housed eighty-
eight oudaws hanged under the. re
gime of Judke Parker. When closed
it housed but one convict and four
prisoners awaiting trial for hoot
legging.
rORWIIIID
MDUM E N T
(From Winston SentineJ.)
At the meeting of the Wlnston-Sa*
lem Ministerial Aaaociatloi; yestei^ay,
plans wer formulated for launching
the "Men and Religion Forward
Movement” *ii this community for
the purpose of Increasing the activi
ties of the yarious churches in the
city.
TW» is probably the greatest re
ligious movement that has ever bwn
launched by the Christian churches.
It Is made up of a concerted ac
tion by the ten great churph brother
hoods, the International Sunday
School Association, the International
y. M. C. A., and the Gideons. These
organizations Include nearly all the
Christian workers In America.
The movement was started in
May, 1910. The plan is to have
great conventions In ninety of the lar-
'gest cities In the country. While a
convention will not be held in this city,
the general plan of the movement
may be placed in vogue in any com
munity afid it will be followed out
in this city. _ ^ #
A great committee composed or
members of the various churches in
the city has been appointed and the
committeemen will meet at the
ciatlon building next Saturday at
to affect permanent organization. Ov
er one hundred men have been plac
ed on the committee and the move
ment promses to have a great in
fluence in the* community.
The committeetpen have been ap
pointed as follows:
Methodist Churches—Centenary,
Rev. J. E. Abemethy, Messrs. J. F.
Griffith, C. M. Thomas, J. A. Gray, J.
T. Erwin, J. A. Gray, Jr., T. L. Raw-
ley, J. F. Morris and C. F. Lowe;
West End, Rev. W. A. Lambeth,
Messrs. R. B- Crawford, M. D. Sto^-
ton, R. H. Latham, H. A. 'Hayes, W.
G. G. Jerome, and G. K. Smith;
Burkhead, Rev. W. M. Biles, Messrs.
W. G. Snyder, R. E. Carmichael,
and F. A. Stith; Grace, Rev. L. W.
Collins, Messrs. Ed. Beason, A. R.
Lewis and'Robt Carter; Southside,
Rev. J. S. Hiatt; West Salem,
Messrs. H. C. Jones and J. N. Jarret.
Moravian Churches—Home, Rov. J.
K Pfohl, Rev. Howard Rondthal^,
Bishop Rondthaler, Messrs. W. T.
Spaugh, H. A. Pfohl. F. H. Fries, J.
Fred Brower, B. Wurreschke, R. A.
Spaugh, and S. E. Welfare; Calvary,
Rev. E. S. Crosland, Messrs Dobson
Long, C. E. Johnson, H. W. Spaugh,
and Harvey Veach; Christ, Rev. J-'F.
McCuiston, Messrs. Orville Pfaff and
Liudsay Raker; Elm Street, Messrs.
E. H. Stockton, F. A. Barr; Fairvlew,
Rev. L«on Luckenbach and John Fra
zier; East Salem, Messrs. G. A. Boo
zer, E. C. Stempel, and Bmeiy
Knouse; Waughtown, Mr. C. E. Crist;
Southside, Messrs. Paul Jahnke, and
Will Parham. ^ „
Baptist Cfiurches—First, "•
A Brown, Messrs. W. J. Conrad, F. J.
Llpfert, T. S. Sprinkle, B. F- Hunt
ley, and A. H. Eller; Brown Memori
al, Rev. G. T. Lumpkin, Messrs. Gxl:
bert T. Stephenson, A. P. Tilley, A.
F. Sams, S. W. Morrison, and J. A.
Madry; Southside, Rev. V. M. Swam;
Waughtown, Mr. E. M. Vogler; Nor^
Winston, Messrs. J. A. Naylor, and E.
T. Carter; Salem, Messrs, Keaton,
Ed. Long and Fred N. Day.
Presbyterian Churches—First,
Neal L. Anderson, Messrs. G. S. Nor
fleet, R. C. Norfleet. F. S. Vernay,
Thomas Maslin, Fred Sheets B. J.
Sheppard, J. M. Rogers. W. D. Jack
son, and J. S. Kuykendall; North
Winston, Messrs. R. B. Glenn and
George W. Lee. v, tjov
Methodist Protestant Church—^ey.
G. F. Milloway, Messrs. G. H. Hast
ings, J. W. bester, W. A. Speer, W.
M. Speas and O. W. Hanne^
Episcopal Church—Rev. H. i-
Cocke, Messrs. F. A. Coleman, J- v.'-
Buxton, and J. E. Buxton.
Lutheran Church—Rev. E. A.
Shenk, Mesrs. G. C. Hme, H. F. Rich
ter and Briggs.
Christian Church—Messrs. J. l-
Lashmlt, F. M. Parrish, H. B. Gunt
er, R. H. Jones and H. L. Weeks.
Two Engliahment Held.
By Associated Press
Emden, Prussia, Sept. 20.—Two Eng-
llshmen said to be of the British army
are detained here because of the sus
picion that they have been guilty
of espionage. The men were arrested
yesterday.
They were released after examlna*
tlon and were again taken into cua-
tody today upon orders from Berlin.
A girl needs to know a heap m9M
about cooking to get a husband and
stll more about coking than danc*
Ing to keep him.
Is Your
Appetite Poor
la th« tongue coated or does
your head ache?
You really should try
Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters
at once. It doat th% work.
STRIKE SITUATION
AT DUBLIN.
Dublin, Sept. 20.-^There was no !m-
provame-t yesterday in the situation
resulting from the strike affecting
the three principal lines of railroad
communication in Ireland. Traffic was
disorganized. The strikers generally
were quiet.
The movement of goods has prac-
ticall ceased except on certain
branches of tHe Great Northern.
An effort to fill the places of the
strikers is being made. Forty Scottish
strige* breakers arrived this morning
and met a hot reception from the
strikers who attempted to stampede
them. A big police escort routed the
attacking party.
Another party of strike breakers
from Manchester was met by strike
pickets who persuaded most of the
newcomers not to go to work.
“SHAKERS” WILL RAISE
large defense fund.
By Associated Press.
Canterbury, N. Y., Sept. 20.—^Report
that Shakers of the country intend to
raise a large fund for the defense of
Elizabeth Sears and B. B. Gillette,
membera of the Shaker coloney at
Kissimmee, Fla., who are alleged to
have adnilnlstered chloroform to Sadie
Marchant when she was in the last
stages of tuberculosis are denied by
Elder Arthur Brute of the Canterbury
Shaker colony.
"It seemi to me that Gillette and
Sister Sears acted unwisely,” said Bl-
der Bruce. “If on trial it shall ap
pear that the chloroform was admin
istered with intent to illegally cause
the death of Sadie Marchant, no Sha«
ker would demur If punishment fol
lowed.” ,
A woman can - t)ut more meaning
into one loolc than a man can into a
million words.
FOR 0ONE FELON
There is quick and certain re
lief and a permanent cure In
THIE8' SALVE.
At VMI Pi*ug Storeai 29c.
n CLOSE
By Asaoclatea Press.
Kalifu, N. s., Sept. 20.—Today
marks the closing of the seven weeks’
political campaign with reciprocity as
the chief issue which hip stirred Cana
da from Vancouver to Halifax as never
befdre. Final instructions were sent
to the political workers today and com-
plet« arrangements for getting out a
heavy vote tomorrow were made by
both parties. The liberals are making
a determined attempt to defeat Robert
h. Borden, the conservative leader who
has led the fight against reciprocity.
W. S. 'Fielding, finance minister of
Canada, premier Laurier’s lieutenant,
who was largely instrumental In per
fecting the reciprocity agreement, is
having a stiff fight in the Queens-
Shelburne district at the southern ex
tremity of the province. The finance
minister is opposed by F. B. McCurdy,
of Halifax.
It has been reported that several
hundred employees of American fish
ing firms which are opposed to reci
procity, will vote conservative in Nova
Scotia tomorrow. Many of these Ca
nadian fishermen are residents of Min
ister Fielding’s district. The liberal
leaders, however, say that they will
not be injured by this vote as many of
the fishermen are in favor of the
party.
A Day of Speech Making.
The final day of the campaign for
the election of members -of the twelfth
parliament of Canada Is notable for
the unprecedented activity of both
political parties, orators for and
against reciprocity being scheduled
to speak at hundreds of places all over
Canadajthls afternoon and evening.
The Iroerals and conservatives are
actively engaged in preparations to
bring out their full vote and a final dis
tribution of cash for legitimate ex
penses is being made today. The Ca
nadian law forbids a political party to
hire vehicles to convey electors to the
polls but the use of conveyances of
all kinds Is being donated for tomor
row.
Elections will be held in 214 of the
221 constituencies. Three liberals al
ready have been elected by acclama
tion. They are Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in
Quebec east; J. A. Ethier, of Two
Mountains, and William M. German,
of Welland county, Ontario. Mr. Ger
man is an avowed opponent of reel-
proclty.
“What’s
in a
Name?”
When you refer to pianos,
there’s a great deal in the name.
The StiefC Piano has become a
synonym for merit, and the
name is a sufflcient guarantee
on Which to purchase.
If you will get acquainted
with the manufacturer of the
Artistic Stieff, noto its quality,
tone, workmanship and dura
bility, when you buy, yours will
be u Chas. M. Stieff Piano.
Chas. M. Stieff
C. H. WILMOTH,
Manager.
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WOODALL &
Today We Present
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Our Entire AUTUMN Collection of Tailored
and Man Tailored HATS For Women
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A Sale of Willow Plumes Thursday
A remarkably q|)pMrtime affair. Beau*
tiful Plumes at almost half price^
right at a tima when moat wanted.
These are in Black and White only.
None charged at aale prices:;
$5.00 and $6.50 Willow Flumes, sale
price Thursday .. $3.95
$7.50 to $8.50 Willow Plumes, sale
price .. ... ... .. $5.95
$15.00 Willow Plumes, sale price ..
** ** ... ... .. ... .. .. $9.95
Never before have we shown such an
assemblage of Wor^'n’s Outer Ap
parel.
A FEW SUIT SPECIALS.
Man’s wear Serge Suits In Navy and Black, Skinner satin-lined coats with
inlaid satin collars. The newest panel back and front skirt with two
side pleats, making the garment a trifle wider. This svit would be cheap
at $20.00. Our special .. .. $15.00
$12.50 all-wool Serge Suits, newest styles, lined with warranted satin;
Navy, Black and Browns. Special.. $8.95
MANY SPECIAL VALUES AT $17.50 TO $22.50.
It’s truly wonderful, the excellent values you will find In the Btylish Mix
tures, Serges and popular Rough Weave Cheyiots. Priced
$17.50, $20,00 and $25.00
BEAUTIFUL SUITS AT $24.50 AND $25.00.
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At these prices we. specialize and show many excluedve models of every
new popular material ; $24)50 and $25.00
Simply fine Parisian models, each one exclusive, at .. $30.00,$35.00 to $60.00
BELK BROS.
Harry Dick
Smokers
Made in Florida.
7 for 25c. Every Day.
Try one and you will come
*ain.
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Norris
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80 Cents a Pound at
Candies
Reese & Alexander’s Drug Store
DKLjG shop
On the Sctiare.
Prescriptions FHied Day and
Night.
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 800.
Registered J4urses’ Directory.
Wall Paper
Wholesale
and
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INTERIOR DECORATORS
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SANITARY STEAM LAUNDRY
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Fresh From New Y ork
The Great Fashion Centre
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We have just received our fall and Winter Stock of BOYS’ CLOTH
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If you are conservative you will find plenty of Conservative Styles.
If you like Pronounced Styles you will find an Exclusive Line await
ing you.
We have added a complete lint of BOY’S SHOES. Our Boy’s School
Shoes are a apeelalty. No old flock, but the very newest shapes.
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