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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, APRIL 12, 1914, 4 The Charlotte News. FnVlltheA Dally and Sunday imtw xTiirs fTTBtlSHING CO. Cogn Fourth aA Church St. !W. OL DOWD ......Pres. & Gen. Mgr. J. C ; PATTON .Editor MRSJ. P. CALDWELL. . City Editor Ml BELL .Adv. Mgr. SUBSCRlPTIOir KATES The Charlotte evrs. (Daily and Sunday.) One year..... K. 'S-xx Six months One month One week .... (Sunday Only.) On year 2.$ Six months 1- Three months Times-Democrat. One year $1-M Six months....... ?? Three months ............. - Telephone. Business Office 115 City Kditor 277 Editorial Rooms 062 Job CSce . 15b0 confession was made. No reference to Charles Becker was made. ; The execution of these four men is but another step in one of . the blackest crimes ever committed in the crime crowded annals of New -York. city. What final disposition will be made in the case of ex-Lieutenant Charles Becker remains to be seen. It was upon the evidence of these men largely that Becker was convicted and these men had perjured themselves by an earlier statement. With a new trial likely, it is not improbable that Beck er will go clear. He has influential friends. These men had few friends and little money. If the story they last told was a fab rication of falsehood, it was a master piece of conception and narration. Self-branded crooks that they were society will not suffer from their loss, and yet in the light of their last testi mony many doubted whether they were all guilty as charged. Following the murder of Rosenthal New York city experienced a wave of reform scarcely before witnessed. The New York papers revelled in tales of crime and conspiracy between crooks and officers who protected them. The killing of Rosenthal, tragic as it was: has served to largely purge the police department of the city and weed out a large percentage, of the criminal ele ment, while cutting down largely crim inal practices. Some how or other the country fails to work itself up into a fevor of ecsta tic anticipation over the return of the mighty hunter. Dr. Wall Hew SuAlWn fDenii OOl OTTf? JM.C ? Have consolidated with 18 South Trjon St. Over First Natl Bank. S. Phone 365. MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1913. DR. SLEDD HONORED. This story from the Sunday's Ral eigh News and Observer will be read with interest by the hundreds of people in North Caroliiui who know and ad mire Dr. B. F. Sledd, of. Wake Forest College: ' "Dr. Benjamin F. Sledd. of the de partment of English at Wake Forest College, has just received the an nouncement of an appointment to the Kahn fellowship, entitling him to the: sum of three thousand dollars to be spent in a year's tour of the world. together with an additional stipend of three hundred dollars to be used :or the purchase of suitable memen toes of the trip. "Dr. W. Jj. Poteat, president of Wake Forest, when seen yesterday about the matter stated that the appoint ment of Dr. Sledd to this fellowship came as a surprise to the head of the English department. Friends of Dr. Sledd last year had presented his name before the governing board of the Kahn fellowship fund, but when another was appointed.- to the honor, the matter was not renewed this year. The appointment, it is thought, .came from the details and recommendations presented last year. "The Kahn fund was established sev. eral years ago by the donor in his will and it was a fund sufficient to guarantee such a fellowship to two college professors in the United States yearly. It was the will of the donor that the appointees should spend the year in foreign countriesfor the pur pose of bringing the foreign countries and American more closely together and for the dissemination of ideas of the old world into . the new and vice versa. After the return, the appoin tees are to make a written report of the trip. "Dr. Sledd has been occupying the chair of English in Wake Forest Col lege since 1894. From 1888 until languages and was transferred to the English department on his own re quest. Dr. Sledd is a well recog nized figure . in the literary realm of North Carolina, having ; contributed several collections of poems of merit to the literature of the state. His poems partake mostly of the lyric na ture and it is in this class of verses that he excels. He has published 'Cliff and Scaur,' 'Watchers of the Hearth both of which have been favorably received by the critics of the country both North and South. "Said Dr. Poteat yesterday: 'This is especially fine for Dr. Sledd, since niui c Lixa.il any jjci ouii l Have ever known he has been desiring an op portunity such as is presented by this ;ellowship. That he will be able to take this trip without interfering jvith his engagements at Wake Forest have no doubt. Certainly it is that the board of trustees of the college jrill place no obstacle in the way of such an honor to Dr. Sledd and through him to Wake Forest, for I understand that there are just two such appointments made in the United States during one year.' "At present Dr. Sledd is somewhat Indisposed at his home in Wake For sst, having been unable to meet his classes for several days. It is not known precisely when the trip will begin, but it is understood that Dr. Sledd will finish the year's work at Wake Forest and will probably start on his world tour during the next summer." If Wake Forest College has today ?ne of the finest and most thorough English departments of any "Southern college or university credit is due to Dr. Sledd. As poet, scholar, student, philosopher, he has few equals in the state, and this honor falls upon a de serving head. The News congratulates Professor Sledd. GUNMEN DIE. Every effort was made to save the Uves of the four gunmen convicted of ihe murder of Herman Rosenthal, but the supreme, court in refusing to re apen: the case and the governor in re fusing to grant' clemency, sealed their Tatea and at an early hour today they died. . ; Each went to death with, lips sealed on all matters pertaining to the Ros enthal case, except that . one of the quartette- protested that he was .not present when the killing occurred. No PERCENTAGE II REASE OF CROPS BI STATES Washington, D. C, April 13, The state of Idaho showed the largest in crease in the value of its crops in 1909 as compared with the year 1899, of any state in the Union, according to the census of agriculture in 1910. which recently has been issued by Director William J. Harris, bureau of the cen sus, department 01 commerce. 1 he crops of Idaho in 1909 increased in val ue 270.7 per cent over their value in 1S99. The state of Washington ranked second with a percentage of increase in value of 235.4 per cent North Da kota was thira, with a percentage of 234.3: Wyoming, fourth, with 219.S per cent; Oklahoma,- fifth, with 205 per cent. Five other states showed gains of 150 to 200 per cent in value; namely, New Mexico, 191.2; South Dakota, 184.1: Montana, 177.9; Florida, 167.S; and Georgia, 162.4. Eight other states showed gains of 100 to 150 per cent in value, namely South Carolina, 141.1; Oregon, 124.9; Utah, 124.2; Arizona, 122.3; Nebraska, 112.1; North Carolina, 198.2; Nevada, 105.1; and Arkansas, 101.5. By compari son, the percentage of gain in value of crops for the entire United States fo? 1899-1909 was S3 per cent, while that of the state of Illinois, which led all other states in the total value of its crop production, was 73,3 per cent, v Significant Figures. The significance of the above per centage figures is shown by the fact that the states which showed the larg est gains in 1909 over 1899 ard not the states which led in agriculture and value of crops, speaking generally. In most of these first-named states agri culture has not been one of the chief industries, but the advance shown from 1899 to 1909 indicates that great er attention is being paid to the grow ing of crops. The newer states in the Northwest Idaho, Washington, North Dakota, Wyoming show very Marge percentage gain during the 1S99-1909 decade, yet the total value of their crops will not rank with other states in the more densely populated sec tions of the country, as is shown by a comparison between Idaho,, with a per centage gain of 270.7 per cent and a total valuation (at the farm) of crops in 1909 of $34,358,000, and Illinois with a percentage gain of '73.3 and total val ue of crops of $372,270,000. The Principal Crops. The principal crops, in the order of their value, of the states whose per centage of gain ranks over 100, were as follows: Idaho: Hay and forage, wheat, and oats. Washington: Wheat, hay and forage, oats, fruit and nuts, barley, and potatoes. North Dakota: Wheat, oats, flaxseed, hay and forage, and barley. Wyoming: Hay and forage, oats, and wheat. Oklahoma: Corn, cotton, wheat, hay and forage, and oats- Colorado: Hay and forage, wheat, sugar beets, fruits and nuts, oats, and potatoes. New Mexico: Hay and forage, corn miscellaneous vegetables, fruits and nuts, wheat, and oats. South Dakota: Wheat, corn, oats, hay and forage, barley and flaxseed. Montana: Hay and forage, oats, wheat, and potatoes. Florida: Fruits and nuts, miscellan eous vegetables, corn, cotton, peanuts, and sweet potatoes. Georgia: Cotton, corn, miscellaneous vegetables, sweet potatoes, oats, and hay and forage. , South Carolina: Cotton, corn, oats, miscellaneous vegetables, hay and for age, and sweet potatoes. Oregon: Hay and forage, wheat, and oats. Utah: Hay and forage, wheat, sugar beets, and oats. Arizona: Hay and forage, barley, wheat, miscellaneous vegetables, fruit and nuts, and corn. Nebraska: Corn, wheat, hay and for 'age, and oats. North Carolina: Cotton, corn, tobac co, miscellaneous vegetables, potatoes and sweet potatoes, peanuts, and hay and forage. Nevada: Hay and forage, potatoes, wheat, barley, miscellaneous vegeta bles, and oats. Arkansas: Cotton, corn, hay and for age, miscellaneous vegetables, fruits and nuts, and potatoes.' WILSON ITEMS TRINITY PARK ALUMNI HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT SCHOOL Special to The News. Trinity College, Auril 13,-The. Trin ity Park- School 'was the scene of a joyous occasion Friday night. Im mediately following the annual inter society debate between the two liter ary -societies, the Grady and the Cal houn, in which the latter won the decision, there was held in the study hall of the Asbury building a meeting of the school alumni. The gathering and the banquet were well attended by former students of the institution from various parts of the state. In former years the meeting of the altfmni was an annual affair, but for the last several years the occasion has not. been held. The principal topic of interest during the evening was the discussion of the erection of a new dormitory to fill the pressing needs or the accommodation of more students. KEEPING THE PICTURES CLEAN. F. D. A. Like a ehost in the night the flames play hither thither devouring . with out pity the substance gathered a me time GONEr GONE in the withering flame and with it your heart energy property You see the picture dauy Are you immune? JCarjL you stand the trial face the loss? We offer the helping hand today Link your bur den by a membership bond in our fast growing fully' protected membership ii, : oohii-'m(mher eets 'a sold bond uuu to-v w policy Each policy means money for ashes." Join before 2 late .-( ALEXANDERS Informants. Special to The News. Wilson, April 13. Easter Sunday was generally observed in the local churches. Special music was rendered and appropriate sermons were heard by large congregations. At two church es, the Methodist and the Baptist there were Easter services in the Sun day schools, in addition to the church service. Wilson county farmers are talking large tobacco crops this year, notwith standing the late spring. Plant beds have been damaged by reason of frosts but not seriously. The recent cool wea ther has not injured the fruit and with th,e passing of Easter it is ex pected that real farming weather will come. ?Here in the town the opening . of spring means large industrial advanc es. Buildings are being erected for additional leaf tobacco business and several of the factories are making additions to their plants. The trouble now is labor. Several parties living near town re port the presence of a belled buzzard: and it is thought to be the same re ported recently in the Atlanta newspa pers. On one occasion the buzzard was close to the ground and the beli could be seen. It-was an ordinary, sheep bell. According to the published- report the buzzard was belled in Texas and was seen several times in eGprgia. .'. (New Orleans State.) The national board of censorship reports that last year it passed upon 4,460 sample reels of moving pictures, rejected 93 and asked for eliminations or modifications in 240 more. It appears that the board is wise in realizing its limitations. It does not attempt to direct the character of entertainment millions of daily at tendants at the movies shall have. It does not seek to control public taste, but it does demand that the films shall be decent, and the film companies, in spite no doubt, of a strong temptation to. overstep at times, have accept ed the board's judgment. As a result of the cordial coopera tion the moving pictures that delight millions of people daily are kept clean. 9 - Political Advertising FOR STATE SENATE. 1 hereby announce myself as a can didate for the State Senate subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. 21-tf CHASE BRENIZER. Cure .BiUous Fne3s 25o, Best for all liver Ills. Try them. Nature's own Laxative. Takes the place of Calomel. Tastes like Candy., TriaT size 10. The Ideal Laxative. "3- 53 fff J t tea - g mm . Phone 21 'and 22. 200 N. Tryon mm VMS PPT "PYROX Is Surely Good" . DYROX h the best thing I have ever tried," rtrites Mr. R. Daron, Wrightsville, Pa. "I used it on fruit aad vegetabjes, including melons, potatoes, apples and plums, where k gave good results. Bowker's Pyrox is surely good." You can profitably use Pyrox for destroying all leaf eating insetts, also most fungous growths, rots, scabs, blights, etc. You not only protect your crop but increase the yield by using Pyrox. 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FOR SHERIFF - I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, sub ject to the action of the Democratic Primary. d&w N. W. WALLACE. FOR TAX COLLECTOR I hereby announce myself a candi date for Tax Collector District No. 1, subject to the action of the Demo cratic Primary. N. A. BARNHART. 6-mon-thurs-d&w P R Of fer Exceptional Values In Men's Md Boys Easter Clothing, Hats; Shoes AND FURNISHING GOODS, Young Men's two and three piece Suits, made in the new 1914 Models, all the new weaves, Fancy and Plain Serges and Worseds, Regulars, D. B., Longs, and Stouts, priced at $7.50,, $8.95, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00. Schloss and Bamberger Suits $12.50 to $30.00. , Styleplus Guaranteed Suits $17.00. Widow Jones Suits, for High School Boys $7.50, $8.95, $10.00 and $12.50. Boys' All Wool Blue Serge Norfolks $2.98, $3.98 and $5.00. 500 Boys' Norfolk Suits just received, sizes 7 to 19, marked special at $z.98, S3.98 and $5.00. Men's Dress Pants $1.98 to $5.00. Boys' Pants 25c, 48c, 98c and $1.50. Boys' Wash Suits 48c and 98c. Lion and Belk, white and fancy Shirts well made and full sizes 98c, $1.25 and $r.50. 75c SHIRT SALE. 200 dozen Men's White and Fancy Coat Shirts, real $1.00 values, sale price ... ... ... . ..... ... 75c Boys' Shirts 25c, 38c, 48c, 75c, 98c. All the new shapes, in Soft and Stiff Hats .... $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.50 Men's and Boys Straw Hats 25c, 48c, 75c, 98c, $1.50 and up. $75,000.00 worth of Shoes to select from. Piedmont Shoes and Oxfords . . $1.98 Fairmont Shoes and Oxf ords . . S2.50 Selwyn Shoes and Oxfords-. . . . $3.00 Charlotte Shoes and Oxfords. . $3.50 Ralston Shoes and Oxfords $4. to $5. Reynolds Shoes and Oxfords $4. to $6. JiL lit HOW IS YOUR PIANO? Does It Need A Doctor? DENTISTS. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER: I hereby announce myself a candi date for county commissioner subject to the action of the Democratic Pri mary. dxw-tf Z. T. 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