THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 'WEDNESDAY JULY 25, 1917.
jjVEY'S
INVENTORY IS ALL
OVER
We finished yesterday, and now we have
about gotten our Store back in order again.
Plenty of new lines that were held back till
the counting was done are being put out today.
New Stationery
Right at the front of our Store you will find some late
Writing Paper Novelties. One is a group of pretty
Colored Pound Paper we offer at CCp
a pound UOC
Envelopes to match, per package.
AHewHairNet
"Fashionette" is a new
invisible Hair Net that
sells at each . . J5c
Or 2for..... ..-25c
They are made of real
human hair, processed for
invisibility and strength.
Why Not a
Comfortable,
Stylish
Gossard
For Summer?. Cfeai
We have some special models that sell at
$2-00, $2.50, $3.50 and $5.00.
A Gossard Corset is always satisfactory.
Some "Clever" Shoes
at
Reduced Prices
We offer this week some fine styles of the well
known Laird & Schober Shoes at these reductions:
Laird & Schober White Linen Pumps with black bands
that we sold at $6.00 each, reduced feO (f
price, pair PO.UU
Laird & Schober Patent Leather Pumps with White
Bands, regular $7.50 values, re- (f
duced price Pt.UU
Special White Linen Pumps with tan sole and heel we
sell regularly at $6.00, reduced price, 3 QQ
A good Black Buckskin Pump, popular style, $7.50
value, reduced sale price, per gQ
Laird & Schober Patent Oxfords with light grey quar
ters, $10.00 regularly, reduced price, gQ
Laird & Schober Field Mouse Grey Oxfords, very
dressy and very stylish now, former- C A
ly$10,now vU.UU
Laird & Schober Grey Oxford, a very smart shoe for
any kind of dressy wear, $10 values, Cf
reduced to PU.UU
Half Holiday Thursday
Along with Little-Long Company, Purcell's
and Efird's this Store closes each Thursday at
1 o'clock.
J. B. I vey & Co.
IVEY'S IVEY'S
25c
"Mufri"
Is a dandy "dry clean
er" that is being demon
strated here now. Let the
young lady show you
what it will do.
HIE. OF CHARLOTTE'S GAMP HU.
NOT
BE
Ml UNTIL Tinif
Despite Enormous Prices Demanded for Some of the Land, Op
tions Have Been Obtained on Sufficient Acreage and It Has
Been Placed at the Disposal of the Government Army
Officers Inspect the Site and Will Report to General Wood
in Atlanta Thursday Morning, When it Will Be Known Wheth
er Camp Is to Be Retained.
j- Whether or not Charlotte Is to keep
the national guard training camp or
dered established here and which is
already being prepared, will not be
known until Thursday when official
announcement will be made by Major
General Wood, commander of the de
partment of the southeast.
By herculean efforts, representa-
Uvea of ttye chamber of commerce
and all the business interests' of the
city yesterday raised the mony nec-
, essary 5 to pay the price needed to
lease the additional land required by
reason of the enlargement of Camp
Greene, and it was tendered to rep
resentatives of General Wood during
I the afternoon.
' In the meanwhile. Lieutenant Col
' onel La due and Major Kilbourn, the
latter General Wood's chief of
staff, spent yesterday here inspecting
the property, and they are now pre
paring their report, which will be
submitted to General Wood Thursday
morning, and then Charlotte will get
her answer.
The inspection proved such a large
task that it was not possible for both
officers to go over all the land offered,
so the Job was divided. Colonel La-
due devoted the day to passing on
the land offered for the camp site,
while Major Kilbourn, escorted by 1
Chairman Z. V. Taylor and W. B.
Sullivan, of the local committee, in
an automobile, rode one hundred and
ten miles during the day. searching
fnr u rflninilnt station nnrl for nrtil-ia
lery and small arms target ranges, j
A satisfactory remount station was ,
found. and an artillery range that
can be used, but which is probably
not entirely satisfactory.
Conference ImhI Night.
Last night, from eight o'clock until'
after midnight, the two officers were ,
In conference at the Manufacturers' j
club with members of the committee. ,
Tonight, Major Kilbourn will go to !
Atlanta, where he is to meet General I
00a tomorrow morning, uiu 11 win
then be learned from General Wood
whether Charlotte is to become the
training ground for nearly fifty thou
sand soldiers, or whether some other
city is to be favored. In any event,
Charlotte has made a game fight and
if, as is not now believed will be the
case, the camp should be lost, it may
be known that it has been through
no fault of the committee, which, in
some instances, has had to pay ex-
orbitant and even outrageous prices :
to get leases on land that simply had
to be had for the camp, if a suitable
site was to be obtained.
The committee in charge of secur-
Ing options on the land worked all ;
day yesterday, as did also the com
mittee from the chamber of com
merce raising funds to pay for the
lands obtained. All the land desired
by the government officers was se-
cured, though at what is considered i
outrageous prices in some Instances, j
It was tendered to the govermnnt
and so far as the land question
tered Into it, the matter was settled.
Both officers were apparently satis
fled with the character of the land,
they being carried over the entire site
yesterday and viewing at first hand
the nature of the soil. The heavy
rains of last week left no bad effects,
and the officers expressed satisfaction
that they found but little mud.
Money is liaised.
Given until Tuesday to get what
the irovernment demanded in the wav
! nf lnnri. and heinfi' short manv thou
sand dollars, the citizens gathered
yesterday morning at ten o'clock at
the chamber of commerce with the
purpos of raisirig the money in a
short time. Hundreds of citizens left
their offices and desks and went to the
chamber of commerce. Within a few
minutes committees had been formed
Cuiicura for Soldiers
Cuticuta Soap and Ointment are the
soldier's ever-ready friends for ecze
mas, rushes, itchings, irritations, cuts,
wound4 bruises, bites and stings of in
sects, shnburn and windburn, the Soap
to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to
soothe 4nd heal. Unrivaled for the toi
let. Far samnle each free bv mail ad
dress prfet-card: "Cuticura, Dept.l4G,
Boston," Sold everywhere and sent'
by mail.! Cuticoca Soap 25c., Ointment
2 and tic
.n ftiui rile.
NUXATED IRON
Incrnasa atrength of
delicate, nervoua. run
down people 100 per
cent In t"n daya In
many Inotanro. 1100
forfeit It It faila aa par
full explanation in larij.j
articlo soon lo appear
in thia paper. Aak your
doctor or druggist about It.
R. H. Jordan & Co. and R. R. Beatty Co.
always carrj It In stock.
4
We kep everything In the Drug
line fronvHair Tonic to Foot Ease.,
Progressive Pharmacy
429 S. Church Phone 437
and they were upon the streets so-
licitVng contributions. The citizens
responded liberally for the most part,
many giving wno nave no idea of
profiting by the coming of the camp. ' put and Insist that his plan be fol-
The Committee whose business it i lowed,
was to get options on the land went ' For the sake of argument and char
out and secured them and paid the ' ''X- 11'8 assume that this was the
price demanded by the land owners. ! fact. While the controversy raged,
and many of them having the advan- the interests of the nation were being
tage In location, reaped a fancy price injured. If it were not possible to ad
for their farms. By early afternoon .lust the matter between these men,
It was known that the land demanded let them both go and put other men
by the government had been secured, in their places.
and the citizens who have been anx-' I feel like congratulating the Presi
iously watching the trend of events dent upon his method of adjustment,
breathed easier. and- believe It's best for the nation
The hard day's work of covering that both men should leave the em
the camp site being completed, the P'oy of the government,
military officers in the city, and the ' Admiral Capps and Mr. Hurley,
committee in charge of the work on wno have been named to take their
the part of the citizens, sat down to places, are men of high type, I un
diriner at the Manufacturers' club, derstand, and I apprehend no more
The business of the day was dispensed suicidal delays In putting the admin
wlth for the time being and several lstratlon plans Into operation,
interesting features added to the The welfare of the nation complete
pleasure of the occasion. .
On behalf of Dr. C. K. Klne Mavnr!
McNinch presented to Mai. C. H.
Greene a picture of a horse, labeled,
"the finest saddlehorse in Charlotte."
Major Greene was informed that the
noise was
It is for his use in rirtl
aoout over the camp and directing
the movement of the men at work
unaer nun. He received the proffer
wim pleasure, thanking the e ver and 1
j expressing his pleasure at having such
fine mOUnt. He showed bnw hinl
work will be greatly facilitated by I
lf,e use of the animal, which is a fine
one. 1
Of considerable interest was the of-1
flcial confirmation by the Associated I
PreSfi of thp Rtnrv Mrripd lnat U'oolr I
bv The Observer in th frrt that I
the Consolidated Engineering oompa- 1
ny 0f Baltimore, hnd been awarded
the contract for building the camp'
here. Charlps v f'nmmins i nli ,iv
on the'ground directing the
nvve-
tiintit . . f 1 1. n . . . C... . I. : . .
,,i UIC llll-ll 1UI HUH I'lllll I1H II . ,
Of Which he is vice president and gen-
eral manager.
There are to be constructed S80
buildings and In addition five Y. M.
C. A. huts for every 5,000 guardsmen :
located here. As it begins to look as
11 sometning like 50,000 men are to
be stationed in Camp Greene, it will
mean something like ten Y. M. C.
A. huts. Several carloads of equip
ment for these huts have already been
received by Secretary D. L. Probert,
of the local association. In addition
there will he other smaller buildings
erected. Among the large buildings
will Je the hospital, which Is planned
by the government to be able to take
care of one man In every thirty-Blx.
laborers Kind Employment.
Hundreds of laborers and artisans
flocked into Charlotte all day yester
day and they were immediately given
work at the camp. There is plenty
of work for anyone canable of ner-
1 forming it, and the prices paid are
en-'liheral. Hundreds of teams have been
hired and all day yesterday wagons
and men streamed to the camp.
Mr. Cummins has moved his head
quarters to the camp site and is dl- I
recting the forces as they are clean- j
Ing out the underbrush and prepar- j
Ing for the army of carpenters. Even j
the artisans themselves are making j
high wages by working as laborers i
until their carpentry work, plumb- j
Ing, or whatever kind of skilled labor ;
Is needed, shall be needed by the con-:
tractors. I
The city has received and opened '
bids for the construction of the big 1
ditch leading along the Tuckaseege
road to the camp site and by the time !
the pipe gets here it will be opened '
and ready to receive the water main.
In the meantime, the city is hauling i
water to the laborers in the street i
sprinklers, to be used for drinking !
purposes. This water Is being taken
from a fire hydrant near the Eliza- i
beth cotton mill.
Those who knew the conditions re-!
garding the cantonment were decld-1
edly relieved last night when they i
learned that the attitude of the offl- .
cers sent here by General Wood was
favorable. These officers commented
on the fine spirit shown by the Char
lotte people, stating that while things
were not ideal for the camp, referring
to some of the details, that the spirit
of the Charlotte citizens counted for
much and they left those who camel
lo contact with them hopeful that i
their report to General Wood would !
be favorable.
Of considerable Interest is the de
sire of these officers to use the unoc
cupied part of Myers park as a place,
for maneuvering and playing the war
game. The extensive stretches of
woodland and meadows, winding
roads and the creek, appealed to the
officers strongly as a fine place for
training the men, especially since
the terrain with the scattering houses
and winding roads is not unlike the
thickly populated parts of France and
Germany where the men will have to
play the game In earnest.
Will Report to Gen. Wood.
Major Kilbourn will leave today
for Atlanta to renort to denem!
1 YWw-ir? Pnlnnal Tano ...111 JBn.nin
,. v..... v. .... mi , i jim icumiii in
Charlotte and will have charge of the
entire cantonment. He will direct
all movements of a larger nature.
The work here must be rushed, for
the national guardsmen mobilize to
day and within a few weeks they must
proceed to their training camps. It
will not be many days now before the
first train loads of engineers from the
New England states will begin to come
into Charlotte and begin their work
of preparing the camp for the 37,700
national guai dsmen from that divis-
i0" of ,he arm'-
. v.L.m.. I- u- . i
The probability Is that the troop
movement to Charlotte will be one of
the last to begin, for this camp will
likely be one of the last to be com
pleted. When the damps at Spartan
burg, Greenville and Columbia are
completed,- however, workmen from
those three cities can be rushed to
Charlotte and the camp can be com
pleted within a short time.
It is believed that the New Eng
landers will begjn to come into Char
lotte along about August 15. some ten
days later than they will likejy re
port at other camps in this depart
ments WIRE-HUNSCCKER.
Newton.' Julv 24. 3. R Wikn nn
of Mr. and Mrs. I). L. Wike, and Miss
.Helen. Hunsucker daughter of p. A.
Huhsucker, were united in""marriage
yesterday evening at. the residence of
Rev. M. A.' Abernelhy, Mr. Aber
nethy performing the ceremony
Among those attending the wedding
were Mrs. W. 8. Smith and daughter,
Miss Bernice Smith, of Johnson City
Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Wlke will reside
near Catawba.
OBSERVATIONS
By the Junior
The Shipping Board Row.
I have been hoping for some daya
that President Wilson would Anally
"settle" the shipping board row by
accepting the resignation of General
Goethals and asking Chairman Den
man for his resignation, and on Tues
day when I learned that he had done
Just that very thing, I felt like "send
ing him a wire."
I have no way of knowing any
thing about the merits of the contro
versy between Chairman Penman and
General Goethals, and would not un
dertake to place the blame. It is en
tirely possible that both these gentle
men were acting from the purest mo
tives, each convinced, so thoroughly
that he could not change, that his par-
tlcular method of procedure was the
only way, and In that case there -was
notning lor euner 10 ao nui 10 -siay
THE WEATHER
Washington, July 24. Weather
forecast:
North Carolina and ' South Caro
lina Local thundershowers Wednes-
day an probably Thursday,
Loral Office Tnlted 8tate Weather Rurean.
Charlotte. July 24.
Sunrise... (:2a.m.' 8unst.... 7:32p.m.
Temperature (In degrees.)
8 a. m 76 i p. m 15
Noon SO I p. m 78
Hlgheit temperature 16
Lowest temperature.
Mean temperature.
4 k
: Mean temperature this date 'last" year'. 70
j Precipitation (In Inches.)
-Total for 24 hours ending S p. m 0
I To,al for ln" monlh to d i ll
Exces for month !
i HZ LTiX.;;i" xt V
O. O. ATTO.
Meteorologist.
SOHRVM-MOOSE.
Newtoh, July 24. A very pretty
wedding was celebrated at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus R. Moose
last evening when their daughter,
Miss Nellie, became the bride of Earl
M. Schrum, of Aberdeen. The cere
mony was performed at eight o'clock
by Rev. J. Abner Snow, pastor of the
First Baptist church, ln the presence
of only a few invited relatives and
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Schrum left to
day for a visit to the relatives of the
groom ln Lincoln county.
J-
We can make that time the present, and -help
you own a home in
Myers Park
The Stephens Company
Owner
lones
Observer.
ly overshadow the differences of In
dividuals. Watch Tonr Step.
The attorney general of the United
States has ruled that the bringing of
Intoxicating liquor into dry territory
by any means la a violation of the
"bone dry" act
It has been generally understood
that this act prohibits the shipping
of liquors from one atate Into another
when the latter state forbids the sale
of liquor within that state. It has
been understood to prevent the ship
ping of whiskey or beer Into dry ter
ritory, and that where the individual
carries his whiskey in a package, or
in his baggage, or otherwise, so long
as he does not carry more than the
internal revenue act allows to be in
the possession of one man in dry ter
ritory, he can "get by."
But recently, according to Informa
tion from high authority, the attor
ney general handed down an opinion
that the transporting of whiskey In
any way, shape or manner Into "dry"
territory would be a violation of the
act.
This means that when a man goes
to territory where liquors are sold he
will not be allowed to return to North
Carolina, or any of tne other "dry"
states carrying "booae" of any sort
or kind, except what he may have
j Imbibed. And if he has taken aboard
more than his share of tonnage It
means that he may be sent to the
rock pile for being drunk and disor
derly or Just plain drunk, as the case
may be.
It appears to the Junior Observer
that the days of boozing in North Car
olina are at an end.
MAMMOTH BEET RAISED
BY OLD NEGRO GARDENER
That Charlotte is accustomed to do- 1
ing things on a big scale Is again j
proven in the case of the mammoth I
beet which was grown this season j
in the private garden of Benjamin F.
Withers, at 712 East Fifth street
Verly Neal, colored, gardener for
Mr. Withers, raised the beet Which
he was displaying on the streets of
Charlotte Tuesday with great pride.
He called at The Observer office early
Tuesday morning with his prize beet
In his arms. It measured thirty
Inches In length and weighed six and
a half pounds, and was tender as the
younger and smaller vaTlety.
During the course of the morning,
several hnudred persons had oppor
tunity to view the beet which W. M.
Mitchell bought from Neal as a cu
rioRlty. He had It displayed on the
front of his automobile. Mr. Mitchell
was extending a general invitation to
his friends to a "beet stew." The veg-
etable would easily serve fifteen or
twenty people.
MISS HAYWOOD DIES.
Raleigh, July 24. Miss Sallle
Blount Haywood, probably Raleigh's
oldest inhabitant, died today at the
advanced age of ninety-five years.
Her birthday would have been on Fri
day of this week, making her ninety-
fifth year. She was a daughter of
Stephen Haywood, one of Raleigh'
first settlers. She is connected with
many of the best families ln this sec
tion and a most estimable woman.
The funeral will be held Thursday
from Christ church.
look forward to the
time when they can
own their own
home.
Testaments
j- ' 1--- -.. -Some
of the boys will be
leaving soon for amp. Yoa
will be wanting to jive them
something before they go.
The best thing we can sug
gest is a New Testament
We have any size or any
priced Testament you could
want, and we have just re
ceived another big shipment
of those regular soldier Tes
taments, bound in Khaki,
printed on India paper anc
with the American -flag
stamped on the back at
, 50c EACH.
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