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lUE CHARLOTTE NEWS, APKIL 27, 1914. so CIAL AVIATOR BOBBINS TO MAKE MATRIMONIAL FLIGHT Mr. Edward A. Robbins, the well known local aviator, is here today for the lastime before making the flight of his life the matrimonial flight. He leaves tonight for Rockingham, where on Friday evening he is to be married to Mies Louise Hawley, of that city. The ceremony will take place in the Baptist church, the pastor officiating. Mr. Hazel Worley, Mr. Robbins' aviation partner, as well as friend, will be his best man. Mr. Rob bins and bride and Mr. Worley will leave Rockingham Saturday for an av iation itineray which the . groom and best man have scheduled ahead. Mrs. Rcbbins will acconTpany Mr. Robbins from place to place, they to be absent a month. Mr. Robbins gave flights in Winston yesterday for the Edison Moving Pic ture Company. He and Mr. Worley have two new machines which they will use on their trip. MR. AND MRS. BADHAM ENTERTAIN IN BIRMINGHAM. Of interest here, where Mr. Badham lived when a boy and young man is the following from Saturday's Age Herald of Birmingham: "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Badham were hoets last night for Miss Helen Rosa Randolph and Mr. Murphree, enter taining the members of their bridal party after the rehearsal for the wed ging with a delightful buffet supper at their home on Whittaker stret. "The universal charm of Mr. and Mrs. Badham's parties made this hos pitality for Mrs. Badham's namesake Miss Randolph even more charming than this pleasing form of entertain ment usually is. Flowers gave a freshness and fragrance to the rooms thrown open to the guests; the buf fet table-was centered with an abun dance of white sweet peas and bridal wreath. The obiong shades of the surrounding lamps were a faint rose tint, a pleasing bit cf color added to the white and green of the nuptial Echeme. A wedding cake, huge and white, embossed with bridal wreath, rested on the table and was cut for the various customary trifles, ring, thimble, dime and wishbone. "Mrs. Badham received her guests wearing a charming dinner gown. built Df pink brocade with a tunic of white lace. Miss Randolph was also exquisitely attired. "In addition to the members of the nuptial party, Mr. and Mrs. Bradham Invited several old friends of the bride-elect, the party including Miss Randolph, Miss Emily Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hanley, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ran dolph, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Phares Coleman, Mrs. J. C. Phelps of Dallas, Texas, Miss Lillian Howell of New York, Miss Frances Nance of Mississippi, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Yeates, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Murdoch, Mr. and Mrs. Phares Cole man, Mr. Murphree, Mr. F. H. Richard son, Mr. Robert Badham, Mr. Charles Eyster of Decatur, Mr. Junius Walt hall, Mr. Willis Harris of Huntsille, Mr. Betts and Mr. Ben Morgan." MISS SCOTT CHAPERONED BY SENATOR'S WIFE. Miss Margaret Scott, who is visiting iS Charleston, W. Va., attended the spring dances at Washington &' Lee, chaporoned by Mrs. Chilton, wife of Senator Chilton of West Virginia. Miss Chilton, a daughter of the senator, was a member of the party, and Miss Scott accompanied her home and to be her guest. VISITING IN GREENSBORO. Mrs. Lee Folger and handsome little son, Liee, Jr., left yesterday for a vis it to relatives in Greensboro UDEV1LLE THE ATRE 1 C, C. WEST LOT That Charlotte's attractions as a mov Ing picture and vaudeville center may be added unto by the establishment of a new moving picture theatre and a new vaudeville house, is' interesting talk. The News understands that a Massachusetts firm is in correspond ence with Mr. C. C. West, owner of the lot on Trade, between the Southern Hardware Company and the United ten pent store building, with the object of erecting or having Mr. West erect, thereon a handsome vaudeville house. Mr. West has had the measurements of the ground taken and forwarded to the parties concerned. He awaits fur ther advice from them. If they car ry out their plans and build a vaude ville house on Trade street, Charlotte with the present beautiful vaudeville theatre on Tryon street, will be worth a permanent place in the Keith book ing. The Southern Amusement Corpora tion composed of B. T. Pillow, J. F. McGhee and C. S. Manning, has been formed for the purpose of operating a moving picture, and may open a theatre here. The authorized capital is $125,000. PURCELl'S-Women's Garments of Quality PCRCELL'S Women's Suits That Will Interest You Never Such Thoroughly Good Quality and Style in Suits at Worth $22.50 and $25.00. If you are a medium size woman, size 16, 36, 38, few 40 and need a Spring Suit, this collection of fered at $15.00 should interest you especially. These Suits are dowri to this low price sole ly because we BOUGHT THEM AT NEARLY HALF PRICE, from a manufacturer who only had this small lot left of Summer Suits, and his season being over. Every one a brand new model. NEW COLORS, SILK POPLIN, SILK CREPE CHECKS and Novelty Wool Cloths. They are ex- traordinary values, and extraordinary styles. All go at the low price ol THE NEW STYLE BID IS ONE $15.00 worth $22.50 and $25.00. PURCELL'S "1011 SPARE THAT THEE," IS THE REQUEST A red oak tree on the north side Mr. Mason ma.de the motion which provided- tnat the sidewalk should be laid on 'the original grade. It remains to be seen whether the cutting of the trunk of the tree to the extent neces sary to establish the grade will kill it. MEXICO 19 ITS PEOPLE SUBJECT HT5 OF FOREIG PHOPEBTY OWNERS Washington, April 27. Word that General Huerta had. accepted tho ten der of good offices made by Argentina, Brazil and Chile was conveyed to Prc tdent Wilson today through diplomatic sources. Huerta's formal acceptance has not yet been drafted but ho has informed the diplomats in Mexico City who took up the subject with him that he would accept. Another good 3-reel Warner Fea tyre; also a good comedy at the Pr'n cc. today. Ladies and children 5c. of West Tenth street between Pine and Graham streets, was the subject of a long discussion today by a quorum of the beard of aldermen and the put ting of many motions before that body. Amotion by Alderman Mason, how ever, finally carried providing that the original plans for grading and cement ing the sidewalk in the block mention ed be carried out, which motion will , have the effect of cutting the roots of the tree and maybe killing it, though that part of the case remains to be seen. ! The board met at the request of Mr. C. . S. Pritchett, the well-known painter, before whose house and lot; stands the tree in question. Some weeks ago when Contractor McClel land went to work grading the street j and sidewalk in front of Mr. Pritchett's place and were about to lay the axe to the root of the red oak tree in question, Mr. Pritchett forbid him to touch the tree. Mr. McClelland reported to City Engineer Lea that Mr. Pritchett had threatened to shoot him if he did eo. Thereupon the work was held up un til the matter was brought to the atten tion of the executive board. That board at a called meeting Satur day instructed the city engineer "to have work proceed according to the original plan and to sue out a peace warrant against Mr. Pritchett if he per sisted in interfering with the work. This morning the board of aldermen was appealed to by Mr. Pritchett, and his son, Mr. William Pritchett, to save the tree if possible. The vote of the board on the final motion to carry out the work on the grade already planned, regardless of its possible injury to the tree, was 7 for the motion and 3 against it. It was offered by Alderman Mason . The argument offered by the Messrs. Pritchett, who were represented be fore the board by Judge F. I. Osborne, was that they, with other property ownl ers had some years ago given 8 feet of land there for the widening of the street, Mr. Pritchett's gift being with the understanding that the tree in ques tion was to be left uninjured. That agreement, they said, had never been put in writing, but they took the word of the city authorities that the tree would not be molested and they asked as a matter of justice and uprightness that the city keep its word.- After the board had heard, the con tention of the Messrs. Pritchett by Mr. William Pritchett and Judge Osborne, a motion was made by Alderman Barnes that the original grade of the sidewalk he maintained in putting down cement pavement round the root of the tree, but that a space be left at root of the tree in order to insure against its being injured. Alderman Wilkes that the matter -might be com promised by raising the grade some what and thus not cutting into the trunk of the tree enough to injure it, although he believed that the tree would die any way in a few years. Alderman Mason Opposed. Alderman Mason was strenuously op posed to making any change or dping anything- other than carrying out the idea of grading the street and side walk to conform to the other areas of improvement in the neighborhood and said the board was called upon , to adopt a definite policy )f city building and beautifying regardless of how it might affect one individual. He declar ed that every member of the board who voted to save the Tryon street trees on the west side of Tryon street between Seventh and Eighth were now ashamed that they had done so and Raid the property owners along there were dissatisfied with it also. The board, he said, ought to take a lesson from that experience to hereafter re fuse to leave a sidewalk or street out of conformity with other parts of streets and sidewalk to please anl indi vidual. After half a dozen motions and sub stitutes had been proposed and, argued ITERESTIIG TALK Rev. James G. Dale, "of Rio Verdi, Mexico, spoke most entertainingly yesterday at the Y. M. C. A. on "The Mexican Revolution.'' Mr. Dale has teen for 15 years a missionary of the A. P. church in Mexico, and was well qualified to speak on the causes of the revolution. The auditorium was not large enough to hold the crowd and extra seats had to be placed in every available place. Rev. Mr. Dale, in a brief way, told of how the present condition, in Mexico started. When Diaz resigned and left Mexico, Madero took his place. He, (Madero) at once summoned Huerta, who had started another revolt, and of fered him ?50,000 if he would go home and behave. Huerta took the money, but when he got home he used it to en large his army. The rebellion was then carried on more actively. iWthin three months Madero was assassinated. Huerta, once in power, found his hands full in putting down a rebellion, incit ed by the friends of Madero. Among the leaders of this rebellion Carranza, Madero's warmest friend, was recog-J nized as the chief. The result of these rebelions on the Mexican people has been most de moralizing. Agriculture has been practi cally abandoned because the peons can earn more money as a soldier. Most of the oil fields have been demolished. There is a spirt of unrest in Mexico, which keeps the natives from fol lowing peaceful occupations. There are several causes to which rebellion may be attributed.. The land condition in Mexico is one of these. The poor people say that the land should be evenl y divided. That may be the cause, for 70,000 men own all the land in Mexico tnat can De cultivated. . Another cause, which is given, is that the rebellion was brought on by the monied men of England . and the United States. The English have used Huerta as the means to protect their interests in Mexico, while tne Americans are backing Carranza for the same Durnose. I have been watching the conditions closely in Mexico, however, and Have a growing conviction that the real cause of -this trouble is due to the Roman Catholic influence. The majon ty of the Mexican people are not in a conidtio nto govern themselves. This is due, in a large measure, to the in fluence of the Roman Catholics in Mexico -They keep the Bible out of the hands of these people. And as the teachings of Christianity are withheld from a race, they will continue to stand still in their civilization. . OF BUSINESS The promised scheme of ' the new style bank proposed for Charlotte on the plan of the Genossenschaften or the Raffeisen and Schulze-Delitzch sys tem, operated in Germany for a hun dred years, is one of business. The men . who are organizing it will be paid fairly for their services and those who take stock in .it will have reasonable assurance of a fair limited profit. Many self-respecting, independr ent people have instinctive' dislike of accepting anything that may seem like alms or of being objects of benevo lence or charity, so the proposed new bank will say to the borrower, "We are not conferring charity on you. You will owe us not even thanks When you have paid your notes. You will pay us for the use of our money and we will let you nave money on terms tnat win enable you to be a free man, independ ent and able to look the world in the face. EditoriallyAlfred B. Williams, of the Roanoke Times, says in regard to the proposed new style bank: "More and more we are coming to realize that wealth and power, busi ness or social power mean serious responsibilities and duties. We are un- standing more and more clearly that the most important and greatest busi ness of the strong in this life is to help the weak; that the heaviest and most pressing debt the rich can owe is to the poor and needy and those who have no helper. "Nothing is nobler or more urgent than to aid the self-respecting, ambi tious struggling poor, young and old, and to do it without impairing their self respect of afflicting them withv the feeling of obligation or dependence. No better help can be given than de liverance from debt, against which the strength of the strongest man is vain. We do earnestly hope that the present movement for deliverance will riot fail as some others have hereto fore. Our interests as a community and as indiviluals require that we have a prospering and thrifty people; that men shall not be driven to misery, shame, drink, despair and flight by having piled upon them in their time of need burdens they never can es cai.c; that the sweat and lives of our toilers shall go into the building of the homes and the establishment of fami lies rather than into the pockets of remorseless and cruel usurers. "There are real conditions. The pathos of dumb, hopelessness and of labor and labor and ever increasing loads to carry and ever lessening shares from the pay envelope, is all about us. It is for those who can help to give help and do full parts to relieve the distress most heart-crushing of all to proud and honest people. The statistics of institutions like that it is intended to organize here show that 98 per cent of the people are hon est when they are given hope and a chance. To help deliver them from debt, an dto be honest is a good sub ject W consider on a Sunday." The loaning system of the new style bank carries with it entirely new Tea tures in contrast to other banks in this section of the country and in a liberal sense has been designated strictly as a poor man's bank. Its sys tem is a scheme primarily launched as a medium for mutual profit and ac commodation between the ownership of such banks and the small borrower. Money is loaned to the small wage earner at the legal rate of interest and making such loans easy of payment on an installment basis, by the week or month, on loans extending over a pe riod of as long as a year. For instance, a salaried man of a small income, say, negotiates for a loan of $100. This sum is discounted $6, the borrower re ceiving $94, which he pays back at the rate of $2 per week, covering a period of 50 weeks. This plan, as stated, is the same as the Genossenschaften or te Raffeisen and Schulze-Delitzsch System, oper ated in Germany for the past hundred years. The Genossenschaften or the Raffeisen and Schulze-Delitzsch Sys tem in 1910 loaned the tremendous slim of one billion dollars to the Door kage earners of Germany, while in the same year the Peoples' Bank in Italy, through the same system, turned over to the use or tne wage earners, tne sal aried people and the small shop keep ers? the colossal sum of three billion doliars. Statisticians have figured out that the system yielded profitably in the investment, while affording the poor man the same convenience as the man of independent affairs is afforded at the commercial banks. hew Treatment forBionchitis ' Asthma, Catarrh and Head Colds BRIEFS The day we win the cup Wearn Field. Fair throughout today with show ers tomorrow, says the Weather Man. H. M. Atto, the weather man, says that today is the hottest day since the 6th of September. The maximum thermometer marked 86. SOLID YEAR OF MISERY VIRGINIA IS TO READY RESPI Ifll By Associated Press. , Richmond, Va., April 27 Should the punitive expedition now. in Mexico fol lowed by war, Virginia will be ready to respond promptly. Adjutant General Sale has instruct ed officers of the Virginia militia brigade, field artillery battalion, si? nal company and other auxilaries to recruit their commands to war strength. Full field equipment is being assem bled at the state fair grounds here, the" prescribed mobilization camp. Another good 3-reel Warner Fea ture; also a good comedy at the Pr'n cess today. Ladies and children 5c. After a Solid Year of Misery, Bordering on Hopelessness, A Grate Change Comes of a Sudden Monticello, Ga. Miss Tommie Bow den, of this town, says: "I suffered for one long year with serious womanly troubles and it became so bad that I thought no remedy could cure my case. ' I was nervous, at- times, and had a sick headache so bad, that I could hardly bend over. I tried two different kinds of medi cine bat they did me no good. I then began taking Cardui, the woman's tonic, and I hadn't used it but one day before I felt a great change. I continued taking it, and I know it saved my life. I believe it is worth its weight in gold. I hope every, lady, who suffers from womanly trouble, will try 'Cardui. I praise it to every ladyl meet, and my sister also recommends it as the best of medicines for women." ., Do you'suffer from any of .the nu merous ailments so common to wo men, such as headache, backache, side ache, nervousness, sleeplessness, etc.? Have you that tired, weak, . worn-out feeling? If so, we urge you to take Cardui, the woman's tonic. ' It has not only relieved thousands of women suf fering from serious womanly ailments, but has also been found an excellent tonic for t that tired-out 'feeling. Get a bottle of Cardui today. BOX PARTY FOR THE BALL TEAMS AT ACADEMY TONIGHT Entirely "within the law" of hospi tality will be the box party which Man ager Crovo of the Academy of Music, Manager John J. Dillon, of the "Within the Law" company, a great, nay, al most supreme attraction will give at the Academy to night. Guests cf the managerial hosts will be the Greensboro ball team and the Charlotte ball team. They will occupy .the- boxes (not the pitch er's box alone) and will be a drawing card in themselves to the great dra matic feast of the evening. EUROPEAN POWERS AD T VISE PRES. HUER- T Vick's Vap-O-Rub and Pneumonia Salve Relieves by Inhalation A and Absorption. No Dosing. " When Vick's "Vap-O-Rub" Croup and Pneumonia? Salves, is applied ex ternally, the body warmth releases va pors of .Pine -Tar,-Camphor, Thymol, Menthol and Eucalptol. These vapors are inhaled direct to the lungs and air passages where internal medicines cannot go. .They loosen the phlegm, open the air , passages and., stimulate the mucous mem orane ao ; tnrow on the disease germs. For catarrh and head colds melt a little in a spoon and inhale the vapors, also apply well up the nostrils. For asthma and hay fever follow the y instructions given above and also rub Vick's well over re- tho spinal column, thus relaxir,- nervous tension. Vick's is not be for these diseases, but it ha$ ViUre the merit of containing no hL?t habit forming drugs, anl it is l ul all druggists on thirty daVs trili I it fails to relieve in your case ll " funded. mediately For sore threat, tonsilif a colds,- bronchial troubles, anoU- K wet towels over the chest anT vJ2 to open the pores of the s-m tV rub Vick's well in and cover ' Jt warm flannel cloth. The next n! a ing the phlegm is loosened h4K clear and in addition the absorption 2 to open the pores of the skin Thl out that tightness and soren'p- It all dealers 25c, 50c and V niT" DEMONSTRATION OF TARVIA BINDING MA TERIAL BEING MADE Mr. Li. J. Burleigh, representing the Barrett Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, is today engaged in plac ing a sample of Tarvia-B binding oh Tryon street in front of the city hall as a demonstration to the city authori ties of the efficacy of this material as a street repairing agency. It is not claimed for it that- it is a permanent surfacing material but that it will last two or three years and that in proportion to its cost it is the cheapest material in the world for re pairing bitulithic and asphaltic paved streets. In case the city authorities are -pleased with the demonstration it i3 likely that the material will be used in repairing worn places in the bitu lithic and asphalt in many places in the city where the original has been worn into holes. By Associated Press. - Germany, England and France have advised Provisional President Huerta through their ministers in Mexico City to accede to the demands of the United States. This announcement was made here today. - Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, informed Secretary Bry an that Tiis government would exers its influence through its embassy in Mexico City to have General Huerta accept the proposed mediation of the controversy, between the United States and Mexico. Count von Bernstorff call ed at the state department and held a brief conference with Secretary Bryan. CHAUTAUQUA PRIV ILEGES TO GO TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS The managers of .the Old Ladies' Home at a meeting at Mrs. E. "C. Register's this morning voted to allow the refreshment privileges during the Chautauqua to the highest bidders, the latter to put their bids in the hands of Mrs. B. D. Springs, president of the board of managers. The managers are compelled to sell 750 tickets before receiving their per centage of the gate' receipts. So far they have only sold 175.- They ask the public to "Come over into Mace donia and help us." The season ticket for a week of rare attractions is only $2. STEEL CREEK CONGRE GATION FINISHES HANDSOME MANSE The congregation of Steel Creek Presbyterian church, which has the distinction of being one of the largest country churches in the country in point of numbers, has just completed a handsome new two-story, nine-room manse for its pastor, Rev. J. W. Orr. The building is one of the handsomest of its kind in the county and is mod ern and up to date in all its appoint ments. The painting, which is a fea ture of "the building, was completed only Saturday by Mr. C. J. Chick of this , city. Change of Offices Of Interest and Note Dr. E. C. Register has leased his building on South Tryon street, used by him for years as an office, to Mr. C. E. Mason. Mr. Mason at present contemplates using the first floor for his real estate office and lease the up per floors, "but" said Mr. Mason to day, "I may" lease the whole building to other parties." Dr. Register wi41 move' his office and the plant of the Charlotte Medical Journal to South Church street, to the building he formerly owned but which he sold to Dr. C. L. Alexander. PISTOL CARRIERS GET SENTENCE POLICE HAVE LITTLE TO DO Dave James, colored, was sentenced by Recorder Jones thi,s morning to four months on the roads for carry ing concealed weapons, while John Holmes, colored, was fined $15 aud the costs for the same offense. Hardv Ayers was sentenced to five days ia jail for assault. The past week or ten davs, ac cording to Chief of Police Moore', has been one of the quietest periods the' police department has had in months For a period of twenty-four hours last week there were no arrests made, an ususual occurrence. The explanation Chief Moore makes of the fact is that the department has waged relentless war on the idle and loafing element; and either put them to work cr sent them to the roads. On Saturday night a few drunks were picked up, but outside of these and the pictol-carriers before the court this morning, there was little for the officers to direct their atten tion to, other than the patrolling ot their beats. -Mr. Cromwell Fullerton, who has been desperately ill at. the Presbyter Ian hospital was considered a little better about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Heiad peritonitis and underwent an operation. He is now suffering from blood poisoning. . Fear God and keep His command ments; for this is the' whole duty of man. Another good 3-reel Warner Fea ture; also a good comedy at the Pr'n cess today. Ladies and. children 5c. MR. BELK DRAWING v CROWDS TO TENTH AVENUE SERVICES Much interest is being manifested in the protracted meeting which Rev. George W. Belk, former pastor of Tenth Avenue Presbyterian church is conducting in this church. Both Sun day services, morning and evening, he preached two splendid sermone. The meeting will continue through out this week and through next Sun day. Mr. Thomas Justice, a student from the Moody Bible school, has charge of the music. Services each day at 3:30 in the afternoon and at 8 o'clock at night. Bid FLAG HOW FLOATS OB V E R A CRUZ Vera Cruz, April 27. The Ameri can flag was hoisted at noon today with appropriate ceremonies over the headquarters of Rear Admiral Fletcher. Martial law was declared here yesterday. Another good 3-reel Warner Fea ture; also a good comedy at tne Pr'n cess today. Ladles and children 5c. They Couldn't Improve The Cabinet So They Improved The Manner Of Opening It The McDougall manuf acturers couldn't improve on the McDougall Cabinet itself so they improved on the opening of it made it with a "front". that "disappears" down under the bottom of the cupboard it closes, enabling you to open and close the Cabinet without moving a single thing from the table top making it the mosfc wonderfully convenient cabinet in the world. We Couldn't Offer A Better Value," So We Sell It On The Club Plan 7 i If there is any Cabinet better than a McDougall we don't know it. .We simply couldn't offer a better value if we tried. But, by organizing a Mc Dougall Club, we can sell them on the Club Plan ;' ' It's not like haying to spare the whole price of a McDougall at once when you buy on our Club Plan you can easily save enough out of your weekly expense money to pay for it it's an investment paying life-long dividends. Any economical woman can afford to buy on this plan. $2.00 Places It In Your Home $1.00 A Week Pays For It , Parker Gardner Company
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