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'■' t •■ ■ -., . ^r^-' tS£2 mASXjSitKitWVSi N0VE»O*ft 19, I© 11 Charlotte Men to Road Congress Mayor Bland Sends Invitation to Road Congress to Meet in Charlotte Next Year--First Congress Convenes in Rtch^ mond Monday, Charlotte is to be well represented in the American Association for High way Improvement which is to meet In Richmond on Monday, Tuesday, Wed- needay and Thursday of the coming week. Charlotte’s representatives are President Kuester of the Greater Char lotte Club. Messrs. W. M. I^ng, chair- mnn of the board of county commis sioners and an ardent enthusiast for good roads, Joseph Firth, city engin eer and Col. T. L. Kirlvpatricli. Mr. Kuester left for Richmond last night and carried with him a written invitation from Mayor Bland to the association to meet in Charlotte next jear. This is the first annual meeting of this organization that has in view the improvement of roads all over the United States and the Charlotteans go by special Invitation as representing a county that has a national reputa tion for good roads. The good road agitation was begun in Charlotte in 1885 and this was the first county in the state that took the matter up in an organized way and singe the aggitation first began the county of Mecklenburg has held the lead for the percentage of improved roads until the past few years. Mayor Bland had hoped to attend but on account of sickness in his family he will be unable to attend the con gress. About the middle of October Mayor Bland received the following letter from Mr. L. W. Page, president of the Association: Dear Sir:—On behalf of the direc tors of the American Association for Highway Improvements I have the honor to extend to you an invitation to be prerent and participate in the first annual road congress of the as sociation and its aflHliated organiza tions at Richmond, Va., November 20- 23. 1911. President Taft will address the congress on the opening day and many other distinguished men will be present. I sincerely hope that you will be among the number. I have the honor to further request that you name three official delegates to represent the city of Charlotte. As this will be a most profitable and in teresting meeting, I would urge you to take such action as may be prac ticable in order that your city will be represented. I would especially call your attention to the fact that prac tical papers and informal discussions by the foremost highway engineers and road builders of the country will be one of the important features of the road congress. Questions pertain ing to the construction and mainten ance of streets and parkways, as w^ell as to highway work will be discussed so that the information imparted will be of a very valuable nature. I would suggest that one of the dele gates appointed by you be your city engineer. Hoping to receive a prompt reply with the names of delegates and their addresses so that we may send them official announcement and invitation, 1 am Very respectfully, L. W. PAGE, President. P. S.—Please send name of the president of your board of trade or chamber of commerce. In reply Mayor Bland said: The following is the letter which Mayor Bland sent to the convention by President Kuester of the Greater Char lotte Club: L. W. Page, Esq. President American Association for Highway Improvement. Richmond, Va. Dear Sir:—On behalf of the city of Charlotte, N. C.. I take pleasure in extending to the American Association for Highway Improvement, and its affiliated organizations, a cordial invi tation to hold the next congress in this city. Charlotte is situated in the heart of the Piedmont section, and combines the historic and progressive ■plrit. It is here where the cotton man- ufacturering in the South has been de veloped. Charlotte is pioneer in road building. Mecklenburg county roads have a national reputation. The construction of its roads are carried on in a systematic and scien tific manner, and every stage of road- building from beginning to completion can be seen by the delegates. The writer owing to illness in hit family is deprived of the pleasure of attending this convention. He wishes to assuFA every member of this or ganization that a hearty welcome is his in the "Queen City” of the “Old North State.” We want the next road congress, and we must have it. The gates of this city are off the hinges— Gentlemen, walk in. This organization is one that is to grow and in the next few years to be come a force that will be felt all over the country and to have it meet in Charlotte next year will be a feather in Charlotte’s cap that is worth crow ing over. hAlLftOAD DEVELOPMENT 18 MUCH FOR THIS SECTION The purchase of the Raleigh & Southport and Durham & Southern rftilroad by the Norfolk & Southern railroad as announced yesterday is one of the most Important steps that has been taken in the railroad world of North Carolina in years. It is supposed to be the beginning of a direct line across the state from Southport on the coast to Marion, Va., in the heart of the coal district of Virginia. The Durham and Charlotte road which has a mileage of 50 miles ran- niug from Colon to Troy was purchas ed from Mr. Lenning and his associates by the Norfolk & Southern. The Ral eigh & Southport was purchased by the same company from John A. Mills and his allied interests. This road has a track of 60.7 miles running from Raleigh to Fayetteville. Those two lines will be branch lines of a trunk line that is proposed from Southport, to Wilmington, to Fayette- viil along the Ashdoro & Aberdeen to Troy, to Ashboro along the Southern to High Point and across the coun try a distance to Winston, through Yandkin county, crossing the Southern at Elkin and over the mountains to Marion, Va. The Charlotte line will be only a branch of this main line but even that is not at present assured. The Norfolk & Southern it planning to stop their line at Concord but it is an assured fact that the people of Charlotte will not let it rest there, only 21 miles ifrom here. 'fhe line will come into Concord probably by way of Whitney and New London leaving the proposed main line at Troy. A charter was granted to some of the leading citizens along the proposed route from Raleigh to Concord by the last legislature under the name of the Raleigh. Charlotte & Southport Railroad. This charter was purchas ed some time ago by Mr. E. C. Duncan and associates. It has now developed that his associates were the Norfolk & Southern railroad company. These deals have been quietly going on for the past three years and the announce ment yesterday means that the Norfolk & Southern have things just where they want them. This road will open the heart of the Piedmont district of North Carolina and will open to the business of the central part of the state the eastern central part of the state and the east ern part. It has for the business of central Carolina a greater significance than any other road that has been pro posed in the past. What this road will mean to Con cord is seen by the fact that that lit tle city paid in freights to the South ern Railroad last year $480,000 dol lars. The Southern, heretofore, the only road that has entered Concord. Up to this time all Charlotte freight for the northeastern part of this state has had to take the roundabout w’ay for Greensboro or Hamlet, in either case traveling at almost a right angle to reach its destination. The new road will give direct connections for that part of the state going directly to Raleigh in an almost straight line, and from Raleigh in almost a direct line to Norfolk. This road opent to Charlotte the most prosperous and richest farming districts of the state in a direct line and at the same time giving her a di rect road to a seaport that is the largest on the South Atlantic coast. This is bound to mean better freight rates for the Queen City and more business. The proposed road from Southport to Marion, Va., and Charlotte’s. Connection with that road at Troy will give here another opening to the southeastern section of the state which heretofore hat been reached by this city only by means of the Sea board Air Line. It will also give ' Charlotte a new opening in to the coal fields of Vir ginia which though is not as direct as that to the eastern paprt of the state will be better than any that it has now. Thit meant more to Raleigh than to any other section of the state since Raleigh is geographically the center of the system with the new additions. I^nd has already been purchased in Raleigh on Fayetteville street for the erection of new depott and shops, though the present depot of the Ral* eigh& Southport road is sufficient for the present needs of the company. Wonderful Lace Train Jot Durbar London, Nov. 18.—Among the many rare and beautiful objects that Queen Mary it taking to India with her aboard the royal yacht Madina, is a lace train, made at the Presentation Convent at Youghal and presented to Her Majetty by the ladies of Belfast, for use at the Indian Coronation of the King and Queen at Delhi. The. wonderful piece of lace meas ures the regulation four yards In length and is two yards wide at one end, narrowing gradually to fit between the shoulders. The threads compoaing thit exquit- ite piece of lace are so fine as to make those of a spider’s web seem coarte in comparison. An intricate de sign of fuchias and roses runt length wise on the train. Fifty convent workert were engaged in manufacturing the lace, and their labors covered a period of tix montht. WANTED Salesladies, Experienced on Cloaks and Suits SEE MR FREED 31-33 W. Trade St Dr. Southwick In ‘*Tweljth Night' ■■ Literary Charlotte Pleasurably Anticipating Visit From Celebrated Lecturer on Shake spearean Subjects, ' Shakespeare’s delightful “Twelfth Night” has been selected for the recital of Dr. Henry Lawrence Southwick, of Boston, the distinguished head of Bos ton College of Oratory and the coun try’s leading Shakespearean lecturer, when he appears at the Presbyterian college auditorium, Tuesday night. The recital will begin at 8 o’clock and Dr. Southwick will not only give “Twelfth Night” but two or three other short selections for which special requests have been made. Literary Charlotte is anticipating with keen interest the coming of the v/idely known scholar and lecturer and a well filled audito rium is in prospect. The admission will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Miss Anne Chestnut W^allace. head of the School of Expression at the Presbyterian college, is a former stu dent of Dr. Southwick and has heard him in “Twelfth Night”. Speaking of Dr. Southwick and the subject selected for his recital here. Miss W’allace yes terday said: “As one of the great ar tist readers of the . world and inter preters of Shakespeare, President Southwick has underneath his work that dmnamic force and live spark which gives real life to every sentence and every character which he ix>r- trays. He stands alone in his presen tation of Shakespeare, being one of the few artists who renders some of them and in which he touches with a hand of such mysterious power that he reaches the very depths of human woe, the wild storms in the life of nations and monarchs, bringing you into the holy atmosphere of death itself, the horrort of sins and its self destruction. “The play chosen for his recital here is the sparkling comedy “Twelfth Night.” In this play of brilliant move ment, color, jest, love and romance, Mr. Southwick rises to his great and full power as a humorist. With his own heart running over with love for and understanding of humanity and his quick sense of the ridiculous, he handles with great skill and humor the jokes, the lovers and other char acters. One can never forget the mer ry picture of the idle, rollicking and irrepressible Sir Toby Belch and the delineation of Malvolio, his vanity and his much practiced smile. The love of Sebastin and Viola, brother and sis ter and of Antonio, the friend are beautiful and interesting.” Brothers-in-Law Apt ear in Comt Mr. Oscar Furgeson, a resident of Morning Star township, was yesterday tried before ’Squire S. H. Hiitcn and bound over to the superior court under a $50 bond for Assaulting with a rock his neighbor and brother-in-law, Mr. R. L. Newell. It developed in the tes timony that the defendant, Furgerson brought a rock into play in the pro gress of the scrap and hurled It at the plaintiff. EARTHQUAKE (?) SHOCK LAST NIGHT Last night at the ofllce there was a couple pf calls to know if there had been an earthquake in the vi cinity. The calls were from the 100 block on South Caldwell street and the cailers expressed some alarm as they said that the window panes in their homes were shaking and their whole houses had been slightly jarred. There was no noise attend ing and the ladies were rather alarmed. The houses that are said to have been jarred are Nos. 8 and 12 South Calwell street. The dis turbance seems to have been felt by none of the neighbors and nothing else in the way of an earth .distnrb- ance has developed since.the quiver about 9 o’clock. C L. CALBERT FINEP $25 FOR ASSAULT. Yesterday afternoon Alice Martin and C. L. Calbert, a young white girl and boy, were tried before Squire S. H. Hilton on the charge oi assault on “Dovey” Taylor, also a young white boy. The alleged assault oc curred Thursday night in the Calvlne Mill settlement on Eatt Eleventh street. Calbert was fined $25 and the girl, Alice MarUn, was acquitted. The attorneys were Messrs. F. Marion Redd for the state and J. E. Little for the defendants. PICTURE OF VETERANS RE PEATED. The moving pictures of the Con federate veterans at their last re- unipn were shown yesterday at the Theato No. 2and were a decided suc cess and the management have de cided to run them again on Monday. The pictures werfe shown for the benefit of the veterans. A Real Difficulty. **A funny incident occurred on a German railway train whereon I was a pattenger/’ says an American who spends a bit of his time abroad. “A certain stolid Teuton had been assign ed to a teat in the coach that obliged him to ride backward through the Black Forett. At the first stopping place he asked the postmaster, pur suant to German regulations, to give him another seat, saying it made him ill to ride backward. ‘“Ask the man opposite vd change with you/ said the postmaster, gruff- fly. “ ‘But there Is, nobody opposite me,’ protested the Germaft, to I cannot ask him.”—Harper’s Magazine. HAVE RETURNED TO KANSAS. Col. and Mrt. Black, father of Mra. H. H. Hnlton. who have made their hoBO^ 1& Chftrlotte for the patt two ycara, have returned to their former home in Kantas. Col. Black hat been in precartovt health for some time he hat for tome time contemplat ed going back to his old home. Both C(^nel Mid Mrs. Black have made many friends during their stay here. Fmmers to Bear U» 8. Gov. Meeting to Be Held Friday Nov, 24f at Sekffyn iotel to Seof Expert Adme tm Pine Beetle Problem, The committee which was appoint ed some time ago to look into the mat ter of having an expert to «p«ak to the farmers of the oonnty on the mat ter of the pine beetles that are rikln- ing the trees all over the coantry hAve made all arrangements for the speak er to discuss the matter a largd audience of Mecklenburg fsrm- ers on next Friday, the S* of Novem ber in the assembly room of the wyn hotel. The committee hat a«^ng- ed to have a government expert here who has made a study-of the past for some time and is prepare tell the farmers what to do for thit iaf«»ted trees. v 4 In Shai’on townsjLlp there It one pine forest of 10 acr^ la which -every tree has been killed by the beetle and they are app^eaiMng ail over the coun try. In all phrts of tbA cojmtjr tr«WB may be found that a;i:eL'IdyCag and iti almost every case the cause may b« found in the pretence of the beetid. They have a way of tpi'eaililig rapid* ly going from o,He tree to ii^tlier un til the whole forest or.grove is kill ed. A series of articles hat been sent out by the United States^ dfiipartment of agriculture and the third of this series is published below: How to Locate Tre« infested by The Soutiiern Pin^ Bettle.. According to the expert an forest insecta of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. department of agriculture, the location of trees that are in£^tted by the southern plM beetle Is t]he first and one of the tOK^ Important things to do before definite plant ai^ made for the active work -of cutti^ the trees. / • So^e of the essential thinii^ to re member are at follows: a The southern pine beetle attacks the upper aiid middle portions of the trunks ot h^lthy trees. b A' fi^hly' attacked trfte may show pitcli tubes on the trunk, red dish i boring dust around thjf base, or there may be "no external^ evid^hce cf attack until the Icajvefl be«ln to fade, j ‘ ' ■ c. By this time the tops ari^ faded and the bark , on the mid^d^l«! aud up- I>er t^nk . it. ifead. the brod^s of the beetles’are in an advanc^ stage of develppment,- yet at the ^me time tlie b»rk on the lower third-of the trunk may . be. living and show no evi dent of 'attack, or f^ay be attacked by other kinds of ^Insects which are not responsible fbt"tlSe death of trees. d. As' .soon -as-the' hark be^ns to die or any part of tJie trunk, it is at tacked by numerous other ansecte, in cluding the ^adults of the “sawyers” borers whicfh do not Mtack healthy trees,. . : s. By the time the tops have chang ed from pale green to greenish hrown, the broods of the southern pine beetle are nearly all developed to the stage ■when they enter the outer bark to transform to the adults. f. By the time the tops have chang ed to a reddish hue, the broods have developed and are emerging or have emerged. g. During the warm months the broods will develop and emerge fi-om a tree within about 30 to 40 days af ter it is attacked. h. Trees attacked in November will usually carry the broods over w^iater. The foliage of some trees will fade and reach the ,reddish stage before spring; other trees attacked in Decem ber or later may not fade until the warm days of February, March, of April. Therefore, in estimating the charac ter and extent of the infestation with in any given area, or in locating- in fested. trees and marking them for utilization or treatment one hat only to cMisider those with fading of greenish brown foliage or the fipst stage of the yellowish red tops. In other words the dead treet with dead and falling foliage or thote with bare tops do not contain the broodt of the southern pine beetle, therefore do not have to be cut. "^be next article will give the essen tial details of the methods of control ling the pest THINGS WE SHOULD EN- ^ ♦ COURAGE FARMERS T6 D0» ♦ (Instructions from the late Seamiui A. Knapp to Agents engaged in Farm- ers (^-operative Demonttr»tton Work.) fertility to worn out lands (We send plans on applicaticm.) iJ. (...lean up and straighten o«t fields and have clean fence rowt good fences. 3.—Paint and whitewash «1! bufldingt and outboildingt, also givte and machinery ar coat of paint. 4.—Encourage every farmer to iMive a' wwd, iron, or cement cisteni **®e, and where pt^etic- able, a syet«Bi of home M^rks. tl does not cott much tind adds greatly to comfort and con venience. 5. Insist on every farmer producing on his farm all food required for pwple and teams that work tlinnt. garden both winter a&d summed, 6. ^ery farmer (owner or teisaiit) should have pasture for milk cows and work stock, also pastures for several pigt. 7. Each farm should have some |^d poultry, and all necettary omkveti- ^ncet for caring for it. 0. Urge the importance of better and i ttronger teams. Show advantage- of raising one or more crita every year. 9.-Show the advantage and iieceMdty for better implemente to tava tfaea and labor. , 10.-^mprett m the farmer tin advan tage of deeper piowiag, more thor ough cultivation and the neceteity of cover or^[)a, alto the plowing M^r .of green cropa to reatore worn toils. PAST AeStSTANT SURd90l«l V... N.,. RamaPme ’ Rifit, «i* the batt$oi&ip C^ifd, tuddenly on board t&at «&ip tai ^ acute twiigita^; it an attve of South Cai«ji]» and waa appoisted ia liM, ^ mi PUiCKX’S^Womeil’s of Ouality—PURC ELL’S Wmm*8 Ifigb-Class Suits 00 Sale at $15 These Suits Are Actually Worth $^.00 $25.00 and $27.50 Oo Sate fUni&y Morning at 9 o’clock ,We closed out a manufacturer’s entire surplus lot, and the ma jority of these g» in ^is sale-^also fc^ of our regular stock, brok en 1^, are added. They are beautifully tailored suits from high- class material: , Serget, Tweeds, Mixtures—the newest cloths of the »eai^: b^tititidly lined, mostly with Skinner Satin. The shopping pt^blic have learned with years of experience u purchasing here, that every statement and advertisement can absolutely be depended upon. So we advise you to give these suits your tfwiy a.tte:itloii, as they are values extraordinary—and will be quickly bought. SS.96, $#.75 up to $12.60 Serge Dresses on Sale Monday at $5.99. About ^ty in thit lot and a dozen or more styles. Good selection of ttyles and colors. Made of a good quality All Wool Serge; some with sailor colhifs, pointed styles, combination colors. Others silk waists with serge skirts. All colors, Navy, Copenhagen, Black, Pur ple, etc. N0NE ON AP^PfiiOVAL. Money refunded on Untatiai^a^ry Purw eliaeet. SUITS ON SALE MONDAY AT § O’CLOCK. DRESSES ON SALE MONDAY AT d O’CLOCK^ We have a number of line building lots that, considering location, convenience, and imprtovemsnts, are-pric ed away below their value. ON POLK AVENUE we have a number of fine-size and beautiftil elevation, reached by a fine cement walk running all the way from Elizabeth Avenue, Which it 3 1-2 blocks north. Each has city water, cement sidewalk and curbing, and they are the cheapest lots in Charlotte at |500. One Hund red Dollars is all the cash you need. We have some others in the same location, with cement sidewalks, curbing, water and sewer, that you caa buy for 1750, on a cash payment of $200. ON PARK DRIVE, just half a block from Elizabeth Avenue, with water, sewer, gas and cement walks, graded, terraced and shaded with fine trees, and facing Independsnce Park, w# have some of the most beautiful lots in this choice residectial section at ?1,000 to $1,7$0 each. You can pay |300 down on these lots and the bal ance in one year. 203 N. Try^n St. MEDICINE ^ 1bi^eue dun it ^ advertise. WeMlatbirtk pi^s,and ^ t/dves—th^ ts we Owii til # 11^ ^1^^ » ody good to v^te we cottiein. Some to ad- Calalo0«»^ Fold- CK, Form LetE^s, C^^enSaft^Haiid Bi ls, Card Bosid Si|^ Fbil Cioicli# Bust s' Cdiffk, Fm Liil^ Desk Fads ttsd S^id^CMleiry is i gfeit we waatyou to rea&se tieift we aiidl othn koid of pnh^isj 6 be to yoiar inteieit lo jptm yom oidm nMk M, Any
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