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The Chariotte News
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1911.
fB3 CSASLOTOB KEW8 SEPTEMBER 26 >911
■IN TIULMAN COMES BACK.
Although twict stricken with appo-
plexy Senator Benjamin Tillman is by
no means out of commission. He went
to Columbia the other day and pur
chased two new pitchforks—an ex
tremely ominous incident—and inci
dentally remarked that he would stand
for re-election.
It Is doubtful If the south has ever
sent to the senate a brainier man than
Honest Ben Tillman. In the notable
railroad fight he won for himself a
national reputation as a man of brains
and ability to handle great problems.
The World of New York pays liim this
merited tribute:
“A dispatch from Columbia, S. C., an
nounces that Senator Tillman, being
in town, bought two pitchforks for use
on his plantation and announced his
candidacy for another term in the sen
ate.
“Should he be re-elected he w^ill be
almost like a ghost in the senate. The
battles in which he took part in his
prime are all ended. The friends that
stood by him and foes that fought
him alike are gone. Yet no one would
be likely to accuse the old statesman
of “lagging superfluous on the stage.”
He has always been a brave, stalwart,
fighter, and it is doubtful if Carolina
has a man who could better fill his
place.”
FROM OTHER
SANCTUMS
united stock, or 9t p«r cent upon the
tanslble aasets. All through tlM re
port the fact Is emphasized that con
centrated control is the one essential
to the building up of enormous prof
its.
But there is another phase of the
situation which will appeal ■ directly to
the public mind. When it became'n^-
essary for the government, in 1908,
to provide for the cost of the war with
Spain by the imposition of higher tax
es, the internal tax upon manufac
tured tobacco was raised from 6 to 12
cents per pound. Prices were tjiere-
upon increased in proportion. In 1902,
however, the tax was reduced to its for
mer basis, ‘but,” says the report, “the
combination was powerful enough to
keep its prices on the higher level. If
thus absorbed practically all the bene
fits of the reduction, adding millions
yearly to Its Income. The episode
shows the unforeseen results of fiscal
legislation affecting monopolistic con
ditions not fully recognized. The tax
reduction, of course, was intended to
benefit the consumer. As a matter of
fact, it benefitted almost solely the
controlling interest in the Industry.”
Nothing could better illustrate the
great financial value of a monopoly
such as the tobacco trust than the
above quotation from the government
al report. It demonstrates, also, why
the great business combinations deem
It of such importance to dominate leg
islation. Even when congress enacts
measures apparently of public good,
the beneficent purposes of the laws
are perverted so as to inure solely to
the financial advantage of those who
control the output of the product. This
condition applies also to the tariff,
and is undoubtedly responsible for the
spirit of protest which Is abroad in
xhe land.—Washington Herald.
PELLAGRA INVESTIGATION.
The following from the Durham Sun
would indicate that at length the gov
ernment is to take a hand in the fight
to combat the ravages of the dread
disease pellagra:
“Announcement from Washington of
the likelihood of the investigation by
the government of the alarming
spread of pellagra is very gratifying.
For some time, the Sun has been ad
vocating the investigation of the
spread of the disease in Durham and
vicinity. The contemplated action of
the public health and marine hospital
service of the federal government fur
nishes an excellent opportunity for se
curing the establishment of an inves
tigation station in Durham if the prop
er authorities will bestir themselves.
“One by one the diseases which af
flict mankind have been subdued by
medical science. The record of the
achltvements of the medical profes
sion in preventative medicine is more
glqrlous than that of a conquering
irujy. Pellagra is bound to yield to
Bcitnce sooner or later if those who
have In their keeping the public
health will expend the proper amount
of effort. There is some cause for
the rapid spread of the scourage in
this immediate section, a cause that
hts come into existence within the
last six or seven years. If the prop
er facilities were proviued for an in
vestigation by trained men, there
seems to be strong probability that
this cause could be found,”
Here is an opportunity for the prop*
er authorities in Charlotte to bestir
themselves in the effort to have Char
lotte made headquarters of the propos
ed investigation.
Day by day the press has recorded
deaths from this mysterious disease.
As the Sun well says, there is some
deflnit* cause, which has developed
during recent years, for the rapid
spread of the disease, and trained
men. equipped with funds and appli
ances necessary to successfully carry
on their investigations, should be able
to ascertain the causa and discover
a remedy for a plague which is claim
ing annually hundreds of lives.
Surely the .ends la view warrant
every effort possible to be put forth
to end the spread of pellagra.
In Atlanta one of the leading church
es has taken the matter up >and pro
vided a free clinic for the treatment
of pellagrins. Besides, the city has
established a free ward where victims
of the malady may be received and
treated.
There is every reason why the gov
ernment \ should take a hand In this
fight for the salvation of human life.
And there Is every reason why we of
this section should Join the fight, for
It Is In our section that men and wo
men are falling before its deadly In-
fiuence daily.
We are doing much -towards the
sradicatlon of the hookworm. This is
well and good, but the hookworm dis
ease Is of small Importance when com
pared to this malady.
Let Interested parties here take the
matter up and secure means and equlp-
•naent for the thorough investigation of
pellagra In this section.
An Indication of the growing appre
ciation of the value of educational
equipment Is shown in the fact that
pirltbout exception North Carolina col
iegee report greater attendance this
|rear than ever before. While the state
b outstripping all others in industrial
Ijowth there appears to be no Incllna-
Mon to forget the power of education
In the making of a great common-
iwealth. “Knowledge is power” and
sach year boys and girls of the state
learn fully the truth of this state
ment.
Welcome, Caine, to the honored role
bf bromides. Your badge of distinc
tion Is passed out by the esteemed
Bpartanburg Journal:
"The Asheville Citizen !• another
Korth Carolina bromide that takes
■hot at the Journal for remarking
that Miss Myrtle Hawkins’ fiance
teust have been surprised to leam the
»uae of her death.”
The Tobacco Trust. |
The report upon the Inquiry into the i
operations and profits of the American j Willing to Arbitrate.
Tobacco Company, otherwise known as j Let’s have peace, brethren. The
the Tobacco Trust, which has been charlotte News, the Greensboro
niade public by the bureau of corpora- A&hevllle Citizen have
tions, is full of Interesting facts. It Is convlted and sentenced the
shown, first of all, that where the cor-1 gpartanburg oJurnal. The Journal,
poration enjoyed monopolistic control, answer to the question as to wheth-
—as in the manufacture of smoking to
bacco and snuff — the earnings were
enormous. They increased from 17 per
cent in 1900 to 55 per cent in 1908,
with even higher dividends in the snuff
business. Inasmuch as the trust has
never succeeded in securing a monopo
ly of the cigar or flat plug trade, its
earnings In those branches have only
averaged between 6 and 9 per cent.
Nothing could better illustrate' the
value of trust combination than these
figures. It is worth while to note, al
so, that the trust was able to capitalize
this monopolistic power. Thus, when
the trust was formed, in 1890; its tangi
ble assets amounted to less than $5,-
000,000, although it arbitrarily added
more than 19,000,000 under the head
of good will. In later years, after new
combinations had been formed, the
capitalization had reached $102,000,-
000, although the tangible assets w«re
less than half that sum. In fact,, the
^ain arraignment of the trust Is one
of excessive overcapitalization. It
was enable through the exercise of
what the government officials charac
terize as monopolistic power, to earn,
in 1908, almost 20 per cent upon its
er or not it had anything to say as
to why sentence should not b© passed
responded that it enjoyed being con
victed by such paers as those that
tried it. We propose to hear motions
for a new trial in this matter since all
of the publications concerned are our
friends. We want a new trial ordered
so that a compromise might be affect
ed before the case is heard again.
Really the Journal, The Charlotte
News and the Greensboro News are all
good papers and there is no use of
them carrying this fuss further. We
wish to ask the Spartanburg Herald to
kindly assist us in restoring peace
instead of “sigglng ’em” on in the
fight. In the meantime an effort will
be had to have Mr. Carnegie donate a
part of his peace fund to be applied
In the arbitration. If Mr. Carnegie will
give us $10,000 we will guarantee
peace within thirty daye.—Greenvtlle
Piedmont.
It's at the Amuae-U.
25'2t.
Occasionally you hear of a dishon
est man who has never been in politics
President Taft is spending the week
In the painful attitude of “central
fcgare.”
Thoae who are tired of life akould
^oomt avlatora.
of the
Courts .
'PREQUENTLY laws' which Ve
^ meant to benefit the public are
declared to be unconstitutional by the
courts. Yhe courts have no right to do
that 1 That is, the Constitution gives
them no such right And it is the Con-
stitution which the courts say must be
kept inviolate when other people are
concerned. Congress once forbade the
Supreme Court to pass upon a law’s
constitutionality — and the Supreme
Court didn’t—the Supreme Court then
admitted that it had no right to overrule
Congress. Congress can do the same
thing now. The story is in Pearson’s
Magazine for October. You ought to
read it This usurpation of power by
the courts is the most important thing
for you to know about It is all be
ing explained in Pearson’s Maga;^uie.
Read these stories. They are full
of facts which you ought to know.
In the same magazine is another story to which you
should give serious thought Half the sickness which
comes to your fiamily is unnecessary. Think of that!
A National Bureau Health could prevent unneces
sary uckness, yet it is strenuously opposed. Here's
the wh^ story of what a health bureau could do, and
why *me people oppose it Another article explains
why the price of coffee increases. If you drink cofifee,
read this story if you read nothing else. Coffee pricrt
haven t quit going up yet If you want entertainment
only, look at ^s magazine. Just look at it I Eight
romplete stories of romance, mystery and adventure,
besides son^ articles built only for entertainment^
another of the famous Apaches of New, York, for in-
of New York’s gun-fightera are
the best that Alfred Henry evdr told.
PPearson's
Magazine for October
Ends Dyspepsia
In Few Minutes
Gett, Beartburn, Sourness, In-
digestum And all Stomach
Misery Cured with Diapepsin.
There would not be a case of Indi
gestion here If readers who are sub
ject to Stomach trouble knew theHre-
mendous anti-ferment and diges'tive
virtue-contained in Diapepsin. This
harmless preparation will digest a
heavy meal without the slightest fuss
or discomfort, and relieve the sourest
acid stomach in five minutes,'besides
overcoming all foul, Nauseous odors
from the breath.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula, plainly printed on each
60-cent case of Pape’s IDapepsin, then
you will readily ^understand why this
promptly cures Indigestion and re
moves such symptoms as Heartburn,
a feeling like a lump of lead in the
stomach. Belching of Gas and Eructa
tions of undigested food, water brash,
Nauseau, Headache, Biliousness and
many other bad symptoms; and, be
sides, you will not need laxatives to
keep your stomach, liver and intes
tines clan and fresh.
If your Stomach Is sour and full of
gas, or your food doesn’t digest, and
your maJs don’t seem to fit. why not
get a 5-cent case from yotir druggist
and make life worth living? Absolute
reuef from Stomach misery and per
fect digestion of ansrthing you eat is
sure to follow five minutes after, and,
besides, one 5-cent case is sufficient
to cure a whole family of such
trouble.
Surely, a harmless. Inexpensive prep
aration like Pape’s Diapepsin, which
will always, either at daytime or dur
ing night, relieve your stomach, misery
and digest yout meals, is about as
handy and valuable a thing as you
cot^d have-in the house.
The Southern Real Estate Loan &
Trust Co., yesterday received notice
that it had been made a depository
for the funds of the postal savings
department of the Charlotte Post office.
FOR BONE FELON
There is quick and certain re
lief and a permanent cure in
THIES' SALVE.
At Ail Drug Stores, 25c.
Harry Dick
Smokers
Made in Florida.
7 for 25c. Every Day.
Try one and you, will come
•aln.
TryonDrug Co
^Phones 21 and 1043.
No. 11 N. Tryon.
Improvements
in Piano
Construction
bave been going for years, and
3ud we’ve been in the businese
long enough, we think, to make
hd good a piano as is possible
to produce.
The Shaw
Have you seen it? It’s an ac
complishment of which we are
proud. The price is reasonable,
and you get all the value you
pay for.
Ghas. M. Stieff
C. H. WILMOTH,
. ^ Manag^er.
SOUTHERN WAREROOM
f Week Trade Street
eHARLOTTS. . n. C.
Wall Paper
Wholesale
and
Retail,
INT^ R10 R OecORATORS
Torrence Paint
Comp any
10 N. Tryon
'Phone 178
Some Special Bargaint In
^ ^ ^ Lots.
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Charlotte’s Notable Style Event
Fail Opening Millinery and Coat Suits
To - Morrow™Wednesday and
Thursday
’ It will be by far the
I
most elaborate opening
we have ever arranged.
An hour spent here (
will give one a better
idea of new styles for this
season than could be ob-
, tained from week’s of
shopping, even in New
York city.
A most cordial wel
come is^extended to all.
t
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BELK BROS.
BLAKE^S OKUG SHOP
On the Square.
Preecrlptions Filled 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 300.
Registered Nurses' Directory.
ttys,'
" «^AKE MY ADV1CE»»
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ELECTRIC BELL RINGS THREE MINljTEs V
EFORE'THE CURTAIL ^ISES.
Reese & Alexander’s Drug Store
DRUGSTORE.
Job Depi. Phone 1530
Who Does Your
Family Washing ?
Our service Is dlean, sanitary and
prompt 50r Per Pound -r- aniniilium
bundle, 50c. Ask us about it
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WOODALL k SHEPPARD’S
CORN REMEDY
EAOHOUN'CE CONTAINS EXT
CANNABIS INDICA 10 ORS..
alcohol 24 »
Diu«rio>«-—Apply
nlcht and morniaic ft»r » or 4 rt»y«, tMn
»Mk tiM «Mt Is w*r« w»ur,
ccm eao b# rtsdiif nmAvtd
It ^
WOODfta t SHEPPARD. Im.
CHARLOTTS, n. 0.
WORSE THAN AN ACH4NQ
TOOTH
Is a orylns corn that mardem
you 8t every step. 'Vou caa>hav«
the tooth pulled, but you can't
bavte the foot extracted.
WOODALL A SHEPPARD’S
. CORN REMEDY
WUI five you Instant rallef.
Prioe 1i«.
WOODALL &
SHEPPARD
SANITARY STEAM LAUNDRY , ♦
'79 -phones—^ 800 '
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Stormy Weather Coats
. Every , piui 1b Just obliged to havs
one and there 1» tto,-reason why it
should not be. a neat, dressy, well-
litttng garment, suitable for wear on
any winter day instead of the coarse,
heavy, unsightly and uncomfortable
g;arment u^er >which fiiany groan and
• -• ^
fei^pire pn-r^ny days.
' We hiive had enough confidence in
the elecia&ce, beauty and goodness
of tbe^ lines we found this season tc
buy more than this store ever before
bad, aad we are toing to sell them
too. for they are all weather S^‘
ments that tasteful men can not re
list! : All prtces,' from |5 to |40.