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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSEliVER, APRIL 27, 1D03. 'A i: 1- cw" rbusb. I. A. TOUI'JUAa very Day in Ike Year , grBscRimox price: . : , Dail - m , On year ...., ,.-,.... bix month .......--" , Jr: lure moo Lbs . v- ksnl-Wccklv , 'On y"-; - I J Six month Three months . pfBLlSHERS AKNOCNCEMENT SV South TryoTrtr'TeWphon .. iimben: BudMM offlc, P Pf1?."? I; city editor' oftlca Bell phone . fcws editor oio. Bell 'phone ' . A subscriber in ordering the of Ms paper changed, will P' '" et. thVYddres to which tt at th tlm b to tb cnaiis .,.....t be made. , ' Advertising rate are furnished on - application. Advertiser may feel eur that through th columns of thl paper tneymay reach all t-1'1!" aad a portion of th bet PP' Ju .th titat and upper South Carolina. , Thl paper rives correspondents i as - wld latitude a It think publlo pol ' r permit, but !t I in no case re i - eponsible for tbelr View. It i mucn fircterred tbat correspondent ica heir name to their article, especial ly In case wbere they attack Prcn or institution, thoucb thl I not," mandcd. Th editor reserve th rlgM to glv the name of correspondent when they are demanded lor th pur ' pes of persoaal sailsf action. To re eelv consideration a communication must tm accompanied - bytut. tru Mm of th correspondent. MONDAY, APKIIjJ, 108. THIS FAVORED REGIOX. Th estimate In " yesterday' dis patches that, th number of death caused by the Inland storm which wept from Texas and Oklahoma to Georgia will reach five hundred may be excessive but it five some Ufa of this disaster' magnitude. States couth and west of the Savannah river . are subject not only to the fierce trop leal storms blowing up from the Gulf ' of Mexico but to the destructive at mospheric disturbances which afflict th treat Interior valley of the Ameri can continent more or less throughout almost it entire length and breadth. They have cyclones and tornadoes -1 without end. This section, on the other hand, while of course, not alto- - gether exempt from hard blows. Is ' probably , about a nearly exempt as any other sizable part of the civilized .. world. Mountains give us a substaa- tlal protection on the west against the " usually weakened remains of levelers reaching so far; we are a safe distance from the Oulf: and we of the pied mont region are well enough removed from the occasional hard gales of the open coast. At the same time we . are exempts between the blizzard belt - to northward and the over-heated fllate of the farther South. Our ad vantageous position between moun tains and coast tempers our climate admirably, giving us, for example, de cidedly later average frost dates than more "southerly points beyond the Al-leghantes- an obviously Important crop factor. Neither are there dls-.-' astrous floods or earthquakes to mo lest and make us afraid. Nature, hereabouts. Is even-tempered and ex tremely little given to violent moods, frequent virago elsewhere, in this , favored region he shows herself a - placid dame. People so situated have a great leal to be thankful for. and ' occurrences like the Texas-Georgia , . storm should make them feel thank ful accordingly. While the decision of numerous of the Carolina cloth mills represented at Spartanburg Saturday to close -down Indefinitely on Jury 1st. or ear lier was Impelled by a feeling of hard ' necessity, It none- the lens gives the operatives a bad prospect. The mill managers, we feel assured , will do everything In their power for the em ployes, and 'e earnestly hope that trade condition will enable them to make the stoppage brief. Huch situa tions pathetically Illustrate the great leed ;Of-seeking foreign market to serve as a safety-valve for the con stantly multiplying productive power cf the country. "With th Tidewater Itallroad head ing toward Norfolk find the Kouth ft WesteTn-fn,rd Vllm'r.trton and Charleston, while Rav.iniah nrt loin; ago coupled up with the I'Unois Cen tral,: all the more Important Soulh .Atlantic ports are loo kin; up consid erably. Speaker Cannon has a rival ruler at the other end of the national cap Itot Senator Aldrleh might almost be termed the Fpeak'T of the Senate an evil state of affairs for the hither to unfettered Senate sn. one which .should be terminated rt the earliest possible moment. ' " Three failure on the New York cotton exchange have occurred within " th? jparireelf-C7acf TndlilSIng" that the all-around bad cotton situation contain hard problems for the spec ulator, a well a for the grower, the grower's banker, the manufacturer and the spot dealer. ' Senator Rayner still does State ' sovereignty reverence, even though It lies most unfortunately low. Consti tutional Interpretation, he think. Is rapidly extinguishing the States. Ill protest against these protest is strong and timely. . , ,P!nc there continue, to be many people desirous of voting for Mr, Roosevelt again, why shouldn't the Republican party strengthen Its na tional ticket and yet avoid the third term problem .hTftitlnghlmngs vice-presidential nominee T. Populism may be nearly "Jad all light enough -what g:vc us mot cause for regret is tht th Demo cratic party remains chained to tb corr?" or near-corpse. Silt IIOOSKYIXT8 PROGENITORS. The current7 issue of The American Journal of History' contain an Inter esting and agreeably written article entitled ' The '.Blood " of ' Theodore Roosevelt." by Emma Hamilton Bul loch,: of Wilmington. ' We read" that tha preaident'a first. American ancea tor waa Claes Martzensen van Bosen velt, one of the early Dutch settler of New Amsterdam (New Tor k) nd the ' founder of a family which has held prominent plaee'ia the American metropolis ever since. Through his Southern mother he descends from Archibald Bulloch, Revolutionary Governor of Georgia and a nation builder of much fore. It ta brought out that Jamea Bulloch, father of Archibald and a Scotchman fresh from the heather, made a plantation in South Carolina, living there for awhile. And hereby hangs a boast proceeding from one of our boastful contemporaries. The Columbia State comes to us" swollen-with pride "be cause "thl Is a case la which North Carolina, ever jealous of her gaud and trinkets, dares not Interpose a counter-claim." Counter-claim , to what? The Journal of American His tory writer assigns James Bulloch to South Carolina without any idea that she Is making an Important conces sion, and we follow In her steps. A State having North Carolina's history couldn't be expected to take mor than casual account of such small items 6f possesslon 'or non-possession as Great-great-great-grandpa James Bulloch. ROMR NORTH CAROLINA FACTS. As exemplifying that wonderfuf Southern development "which has not been exceeded In any other quarter of this country" The Wall Street Journal notes that between 1900 and U05, the State of North Carolina's gross Income from property values Increased from $926,144 to S2.7M5, or a lit tle over three-fold. "The growth of the public wealth," remarks this phil osophical economist, continuing Its review, "Is dependent on the Increase of private welfare. Private welfare la usually exhibited In two classes of property under modern conditions. In the one class Is real estate and per sonal property not represented In securities, and In the other claaa Is the standard Investment security such as bank stock, railway stock and bonds, and similar corporate Issues. Taking all these together, the valua tion In this period Increased from $300,709,300 to $461,520.8(1 or 64 per cent. Real estate Increased at the rate of 35 per cent., personal property 52 per cent., bank stock 200 per cent, ami railroad values 100 per cent" This delineation of fscts relating to North Carolina's industrial onrush looks good to ua, aivl The Wall Street Journal has our cordial thanks for making It. 'The Charlotte Observer discusses somewhat extensively, and also some what conceitedly, the new . word, 'gar rallops,' and goes back to -trace Iti origin nnd family history, winding up wltn thla:" Montgomery Advertiser. Never touched us! Th matter quot ed Is from The Observer but the ac companylng shot went wild. Not for nothing have we tolled all these years to build up a reputation for modesty which should be unimpeach able; JUDGE PRrrCHARD SPEAKS. He Makes a Strong Address In Greensboro For Prohibition Mr. John C. Cannon Very III. Observer Bureau, The Bevlll Building, Greensboro, April 25, Before a Crowd of 200 people. In the Grand Opera House this after noon, Judge J. C. Pritchard ttpoke for an hour on the subject of State pro. hlbltlon, making what many of his hearers pronounce the strongest pro hibition speech' made In Greensboro during the present ' campaign. De spite thn fact that he spoke against the distracting noise of a street car nival, he was given a close and at tentive hearing, many point of th speech being received with liberal ap plause. Had the speaking been sched uled for a mor convenient hour than 2:30 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, th attendance- would have been much larger. Mr. E. J. Justice introduced the speaker In fluttering terms and Judge Pritchard entered at one Into a discussion of his subect. Mr. John C. Cannon, an aged and well-known cltlsen of Guilford, la critically 111 of heart i trouble at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. A. C. Kankln, n few mile north of Green boro. His death Is expected at any time. Mr. rannon has relatives In Mecklenburg and Cabarrus. THK MOTHERS. Maurice Krnnel Kuan, In New York Hun. When from the Mount the Virgin went The awful Mount of Calvary llor slender form wus weak and bent, "Thy sorrow Is too great or tbeej Oh, thou -hast tasted- bitter . wine. Gethsemnn Is III and thine." Said Magdalene with heart pang rant Then came a woman through the gloom. tier eyea dread horrors In th light Of torches on Ihe Mount of doom- She seemed a loat ghost In th night. ' Her white hair hung unkempt and dank. From her the Magdalen, ecornfut, shrank LAone who ee a lothely eight., --- . Then Mary, Mother, sped as fast A mother go when young babe cry (O gentle heart! O love so vast!) And kissed the woman eyelid cry; O thou to my eye raise thy fsc!'' "Not I most cursed of a IT the race I In whose soul all bop Is pat," - - To thine my sorrow la aa naught." The M in her aald. Th woman wept. "Tou Judas bor!" Th soldiers caught h words and spat, "Ye, him I -kept Kale In my arm, heart to my heart. Ills shame and deatb ar all my part In Hie." He shrieks o'er all sound Swept.- The gracloua John looked stern and cold. He tried to psrt the ce-llnked pair. But artltl the Mother would enfold . .. Th woman of tlve wild despair; "My Son la Mercy thou abalt see Tb boy that iaushed upon thy knee." Said. Magdalen. ".. .tat. h who sold-T" "HuiihTiiagdalen. he was ber ion; . Iv sl.loea upon my own Son's head, .' And I will ask my thorn-crowned One For the, that when thou aeemest dead Thou rem t wo ahalt Had release, Th torture of tsy heat shall cease. ' . lilni thou shalt meat," . f Is It well . done." SaJd )igdtca, lo giv him peace f .. CRU1SB KUBTH CABOUEA WIIX GO TO. UNCLE BAJd TO-DAY Splendid New War Vessel . to . Bo Formally Torned Over to the Covemroent by j Her Builder Sbe Will Be Then Commissioned - and Eaulpped CoL V. A. Olds Pays a Vbtit to the' Warship and is Shown Over Her by Her Com mander - Saw " Many Interesting Sight and Describe Them Will . Soon Be Ready For the . Bute's ;. Gift. ; , ,;.-,. : ;.:w.-'.v.j . BY, COL. F. A. OLDS. Raleigh.- April IS. Very great in terest Is naturally felt all over North Carolina In that splendid -war vessel, a giant cruiser, which Is the name sake of our State. I had the great pleasure of ' spending half a day aboard the North Carolina a week ago, as she lay In the great shipyard at Newport News, and. of being shown all over the vessel and other wise entertained by Capt-W. Marshall' and Lieut Victor Blue, her captain and navigating officer, rt spectlvely. The day was a splendid - one, fol lowing a morning on which there had been frost at Norfolk, and as we entered tha' vast shipyard tha scene, for It was a little past the noon hour and work had been - re sumed, was one of what may be called thrilling activity. More than 7,000 men were at work, and the din was tremendous: the ring of steel upon steel, the incessant rattle of the steam riveting machinea and no end of other noises, and as --"we walked between the enormoua ves sols which were upon the ways in various stages of construction. In eluding war vessels and those for th merchant service, everything seemed -titanic except the laborers themselves, who were but pigmies amid the vast constructions to which they were bending air their energies, and they seemed like ants at the foot or on top of the vast hills which those patient Insects contrive to construct. The Texas, a great mer chant vessel, was almost done' and closel by. was the barely begun Dela ware, which Is to be a twenty thousand-ton battleship, the largest ever built In these yards and one of the greatest in the world; a floating fort. In fact AN INTERESTING WORK. A visit to this yard, which '.is made by very few North Carolinian Is full of the keenest Interest. New Impressions are to be had on every side. We observed all the work and watched the outer and Inner "con struction of vessels, nothing but steel being used. Wood no longer cut a figure In this form of con structlon. In the days of the war of the revolution and those of the war of 1812 it was quite frequently three months or less between the time when white oak trees stood In the forest and the date when In the shape of war vessels they carried Uncle Sam's flag and plenty of sea' men and guna and were ready for active business against England or any other foe. But now in this changed world of ours, when steel and steam and electricity and all sorts of other things have come In, It takes years to build a vessel, and where once a few hundred thousand dollars was the limit of cost, now It runs up Into the millions, and warnhlp has become, as I remarked to Captain Marshall and Mr. I? hi. a sorfbf a combination of " fort blacksmith shop, factory and apart ment house. We went down the " long Jlne of vessels under construction until we came to-the finished North Caro Una, very spick and span in whits and yellow, and looked at her from stem to stern. In the next slip was her sister ship, the Montana, which had had her trial trip for speed but which did not make quite as good a record as the North Caro lina. The contrast between the two vessels was marked. Captain Mar shall told me that the North Caro lina would pass from the con structora, the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company, of which Mr. William A. Post Is the president Into the hands of the government April 27th, going Into commission then at the Norfolk navy yard, and that the Montana would Lbe ready. for service about July 1st. The Montana was grimy and had not received her final coat of paint. ABOARD THE NORTH CAROLINA After we had viewed all the ves sels, great and small, and had gone through th shops and seen the wonderful machines, steam and electric, and shears, which handle wondeiful machinea, steam and e trie cranes and shears, which handle vast weight as If they were toys, we went baek to ..the, office In order ta -get thenessary-permit to go aboard' the North Carolina. This could only be given. by "Mr. Post or by Captain Marshall or Mr. Blue. It was obtained, thanks to tha courtesy of Mr. Post and we went then dl rertly to the North Carolina. Up thn gangway w went and stepping on the deck found there the gentle men, noted officers both, whom we so much desired to se. They were a tjp of the modern American, of ficer In his hours of' employment. Both were In cltlsen s clothes, as they were notion regular duty of the usual kind, and each wore a suit of workmen's overalls, light blue and high cut ' rough gloves being upon their hands, a to be sure there waa plenty of grease everywehere, aa Is necessary In the final pre para tions for turning over vessels... Both men looked At and fine. There was about them nothing of -th dandy, but from head to foot they , were exactly what you would1 have them to be. Fine specimens of men they are. Captain Marshall has many a year of sea service back of him and I a kind of connecting link between the last day of the old navy and tha new. For years he commanded TB cfu I aer Ralelghvm n d wht lrhe has only seen North Carolina from car windows, yet he has naturally felt and feels a great Interest In this State. His pride in the North Caro lina, the splendid ship which he has been named to command, la that of a mother for a child, lot us y. and In this his associate officer and friend. Victor Blue, fully share. The comradeship between these two gentlemen and officers waa .very fine to me. It had been Intimated that Mr. Blue would be th executive of ficer of the vessel, but this duty was assigned to Lieutenant Commander Brown, and ao Mr. Blue. who ts a thoroughly Informed man In all de partment of his work, win look after the navigation. - IN THE. CONNING TOWER. After some very hearty hand shaking and a mot hospitable re ception In every way, I was taken tirst of all to the conning tower. tha4 -ItUleortrcas. of , steeU-vec a foot -thick. In the bow of the vessel,' where : In battle-time the . rapterfn stands, with two or three trusty men around him. and fights the ship. Aa Captain Marshall stood there, look ing out through the narrow - slits through which perhaps some day. If Hod so wins, ne will be gasmg at an enemy, hi face lighted up and h told, with the easy grace and self- possession which so -mark the true American sailor, how this or ' that would" be doae, ' seaming - to . think nothing of the doing. There was the ship to b steered, . all sorts of di rections to ' be given through- the' peaking tubes about the training and firing of the guns, etc.; in fact a thousand and 'one things.' . Little button were here and there, and there waa a, score of speaking tubes. a telephone, all sorts of modern ap pliances, in fact - The lid was lifted from th floor and wa looked down 60 feet into the hold of the vessel. Then wa went outside and the of flees showed how arrangements had Deen mad to guard against every possible, disaster. If thia steering wheel were damaged another would go Into use, and if the latter were disabled then the ship . could b steered far below by means of the dynamo for that purpose, and if the latter were put out of action, then th hand-steering device could be put at us in a moment Looking over the side of the mighty vessel there ' waa , th long atrip of " thick armor, for It -la a protected' cruiser. which marked a space of. several feet above and below th water line. Captain Marshall remarked that the vessel was so constructed that If both ends -were swept away-by the nre or an nemy yet tne ship would float and fight for signals are given foe closing such and such a com partment jfnd upon these signals the men are warned in this to get. out ana iown . come : the steel doors, which " remind - one of Rider, Hag gard's terrible stone in. his novel. "She," which dropped and barred forever the entrance - to the hidden chamber in the mountain. If water floods a compartment or even sev' eral of them, the ship is not hurt, Everything Is lethal; that Is, designed to take the life, of aame.bady . els while trying to protect that of the ship's own company. We stood around the conning tower, T2 feet aoove tne water line, ana yet nigner up was the bridge. . Back of the tower was . the -navigating. -room. where Lieutenant - Commander Blue wilt have his headquarters. In each of the balanced turrets, two in nam ber, were a pair ef big ten-inch guns. The rear of the turrets overhangs. this being t6 counterpoise the wejght of the guns, which, of course, pro ject far forward. Ths earlier tur rets were-simply a circle - through which the guns projected, the circle being In line with the bed upon which It revolved, but In the new form of construction the. turret ex tends backward, with its greatest weight to the rear. The reason for this Is that If the guna are swung to one side this turret mass which overhanga will be on the reverse side, so that it exactly counter balances the weight of the guns and ao keepa the vessel upon an even keeL THE GUN TURRETS. I was shown the ammunlalon hoists and all the arrangements made for protecting the gunners in the turrets against the dreaded "nareback,,' and of also protecting the ammunition hoists, which ere rather like dumb waiters, only Instead of food for peo ple the deadly ammunition comes up and Into the eruns. It must be a dreadful thing to be In a gun turret during a fight, though of course there Is greater protection than there 1 at the smaller . guns which are strung along the side of a vessel. Everywhere 'a g-un can be put you may be sure there Is one, great or small. Tne cruiser nas a telephone exchange and I made Capt Marshall laugh very heartily by ask ing him how many "Hello girla" there would be In at. He did not seem to think girls would relleh that sort of work, though to be sure the I ex change" is very far down. There are 76 dynamos, big and little, on the ship and these can do pretty nearly everything lexcept think. This lit tle deficiency Is supplied by Capt Marshall, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue, who will be ably a Belated by the 14 people in the crew, for the North Carolina will carry well on towards 1,000 officers and men. Of course this it not a battleship though it can put up a stiff right, but Hint com merce-deetroyer, designed to make swift dashea and make things lively for transports containing troops. A battleship is always ready for stand up fight while a cruiser slips here and there, as its name Implies. But a week before I was aboard the North Carolina I had been at Port Caswell, at the mouth of the Cap "Fear river, and the artillery officers there .told to that as between-the Are of a Xort and a fleet, that of ths fort was something Ilk S to 1. Bat tleships of course fight forts but their ehlAf 'Una At htmlnAsM ta flrhl. log ships of their own kind and of course if they get along-side or any where within rang of a cruiser wviy so. much the bexier for them and ao much the Korse for the cruiser, Then Is the tlm when the latter has to show Ita heels and get out of the excitement. TAR HEELS OOOD SAILORS. " ' I put in over two hours going over the North Carolina and can say con scientiously that nobody except Cap tain Marshall and Air. Blue and Mr, Brown, the- construction force, have sen so muah of the vessel. Cap tain Marshall, by -the-way,-thinks a lot of North - Carolinians, and .like Mr. Blue would be very glad to have a crew made up of them. He can not tell as yet how many of them will be aboard his vessel. He says they ar popular and valuable as sailors; always full of fight have judgement and are dependable .men. He said that while he wa command- tner the third-class cruiser Dolphin, perhaps a scow or years ego, tnere was a sailor aboard named Jackson, from the mountain section of North Carolina, -who waa- a-- coal-passer, One day Jackson asked to be allowed to Are one of th sruns and was given the opportunity; He made good and in a Jiffy showet) that he was the best marksman on the vessel. He very coolly told Capt Marshall that he waa. a rood squirrel shot and had been able to pMc oft squirrels with a rifle since his early boyhood. ' Capt. Marshall added that good rifle shots were "good" nnTsand Trere thrt kind of men he wanted on his ship wherever he might be. Ha said that on the old Pensacoka. on whioh ho waa on duty several years after the civil war, thera "were six North Car olina squirrel hunters and these were the beet shots on the ship . At the gangways near the stern of the vessel are beautifully caryed sides, on ths one hand being the arms of tm United tttatee and on the other those of North Carolina, all In high relief and very handsomely done.. ' :--..'., ' THE STATE'S GIFTS. W talked about th gift which Is to be presented by North Carolina and a group of her liberal cltiiens who have added aomethtn; like a thousand dollars to the State appro priation of fS.000 for a splendid sil ver service. The tsauethters or th Revolution. I believe, will present a vkw handnom xorth Carolina nag to-jth-cruir..at, tha-aam . lmeth l - State's gift Is presented. The ones. tton Is where the presentation will be made. Can the North Carolina go IMo what Is known as "tha hook of the cape" at cape Lookout as she draws nearly 10 feet of water, or will she have to lie out at sea near that placer She cannot vet Into South- port If tnr - should be : rough weather and ahe could ot- get into the hook of the cape It 'would be rather heavy work to get to her and perhaps dangeroaa : Capt - (MaBha.ll observed, .with much of a eea on, tor while the big- cruiser would not mind the roll at ail It would be very hard. on the little vessels. All this will be settled later. Of eourse it is- -very natural that th desire, should be to Slave the presentation made, in North Carolina waters, out it it u round that there will be any trouble about this matter the Norfolk wiU be the beat place for the ceremony, aa will be found upon a .dispassionate view of th situation. ' - - , A LEVIATHAN1 IN SIZE. ' It Is hardly worth while to apeak of the stso of the (North Carolina which 1 much longer than any city block, a high as a church, . cost fb.nethlny like four millions of dol lar and has about 10.009 horse-pow- er. ; Big as is th vessel, it 1 as graceful a a pleasure yacht. Ia foot Amen lean war vessels genreauy com bine tr.i useini mil to agreeable; utility with beauty.- It may be said of the North Carolina that ahe la what is known a the "last word in crulsera" Cant (Marshall and Mr. Blue will asure you. of this fact with their hands upon their respective hearts and you will b very aure o believe them after you nave been over th vessel, and you will be equally sure that your trusty and well- Deioved uneie earn oaa put ne cruis er In exactly the right hands, "flood luck and long Mfe to her and her of fleers and men." will be tha wish Of eveiy North. Careiinlan. ; I am Impressed bv the fact that the business men. the' laboring poo pln, everybody In fact stands for a a'rohg- navy. Ia our tarry vm a banker, a very Quiet , gentleman. whom one would not suspect of look ing at that, side of . things exactly, Wt he, came, .put .strong and. , clear ror a nig navy, plenty or men ana plenty of money, end declared he was willing to go the limit. This is tno American spirit In this year of grace 1908, and I tell you it mean a whole lot. . THE FORE8T, QrE8TIOX. Meaning of the Appalachian Reserve 1 Misunderstood by Many, and It is Therefore Clearly Set Forth. To the Editor of Th Observer: .. . - Many have misunderstood ' the meaning of the Appalachian forest question. False and misleading state-t menu have been scattered broadcast It haa been said that the government would drive the people from their home. Nothing could be more un true. The government plans to buy tlmberland of those who wish to sell at a fair, price. Instead of de stroying homes and turning the region Into a wilderness, it will bring business Into the section. . It will encourage the farming of land more suited to farming than to other uses. It will permit - grazing so long aa thla does not hurt the range and the forests. It will permit the cutting of timber where that does not dam age the forests. It will permit min ing, where minerals exist as it does In the Western national foresta The government will help pay ths local taxes, 10 per cent, of the gross receipts from timber sales and other forest -uses going to the county.-The government -will protect the forests against fire. It will check the' ap proach of the timber famine. It will make floods less common and dangerous. In selling timber the government will give the preference to people living In and near the woods rather than to outsiders. Oood roads will be built into the woods and these will be open to the public. More or leas work with wagea will be furnished In building roads, getting out timber and pro tecting the forests. Some will be needed to help In planting trees like poplar and oak, which are grow ing scarce. The measure will .aid directly the Interests of the lecal community, the State, the section and the nation. It Is a part of a great movement which seeks to con serve, for the highest use of all the people, our great natural resources and to prevent the turning of the country Into a desert as has already been done In large sections of the old world. FOREST. PLEA FOR COMMON SENSE. Dr. J. J. Molt Ararnea That State Prohibition Is Not Desirable From . a' Common Senne and Business Point of View HI Argument Dr. J. J. Mott of States vllle, I spending a- day or two in the city, stopping at the Selwyn. Dr. Mott when seen by an Observer man last night hail the following to say on the prohibition question, with which great subject he haa had to do for th past many yeara: It ia- an astonishing thing that purely business man, who think about cause and effect in everything appertaining to business, do not take Immediate hold of this liquor ques tion shortly to be voted on. X4quoris- bemgr consumed in lust about the same proportion .as tt ever waa. The distilleries in operation. the express books and railroad freight books prove thla and the twenty millions of dollars this year in - government -collections - on liquor over last year make it certain. As distilling has been abolished In one State the-principal men engaged In It have (one to other States. Those who have not gone are counted by those who did go, and the business enlarged to meet the demand. "Now, how Is It In North Caro lina? The money won by day labor over and abov ' the - demands of dally life and - existence is going out of the State to pay for liquor at a higher price than formerly paid for the home manufactured article, and the express rates added. The poli ticians say, nd producer statistics to prove it that the -amount ' yearly consumed In the State la many mil lions. r - Business In this case argues, if It continues to be used .to this ex tent in dry territory, why continue to pull this excess of cost out of the regular channels of trade T It largely goes to the express com panies none of the8tpckholderS- Ja these companies living maids the State, and most of them living be yond the sea. - It runs up Into many millions, which before this prohi bition scheme was enlarged went to the support of the churches, the newspapers, merchants, etc - . "in the presence or this state or panic which is on us, this loss if calculated would count for a dif ference In th coming election. Ther Is another thing going to work to the great disadvantage of North Ckrollna. The enlargement of distilleries makes government ex- pet.se in the collection of taxes much lighter, and' ours becoming a dry State there will be no liquor taxes here to collect The' tobacco tax can be collected In North and South Carolina as easily from Richmond. Ther will be a consolidation of col lection district. This will throw a large number of fsmrernment officers out of - employment and the Stat ott - iiUUlona xif jmonifVJheoviL, ertiment must havethe-Mvenue. and It will get It out Of the enlarged dis tilleries In other parts of ths coun try. The distillers will charge the tax up to the consumer and our State will continue to do 'Its portion in support of the government though tt haa no share In the profits of th business."- . ThfcTpart of our big business "has made"ttW5hderfuln growth and gained a ' wide reputation. "We ship Mil-"" linery all over North and South Carolina and into other States', and not long since made and shipped a Hat to a lady in South America, "We equip ourselves with the best and most. artistic designers to be had; in the " metropolis and the - public has long since : learned that what they get - at ' Little-Long V "Is "Right." No less can be said of our Coat Sui Department, for every season shoppers from towns far and near coiae to us for the season's latest productions of .smart Tailored Suits. - - Monday morning in our Suit Department will be a pretty showing of Lingerie Dresses, made Princess effect, in White, Pink and Light Blue Batiste . elaborately trimmed in bands of tucking put together with Val insertion and edging. " Prices $l00, $15.00 Special sale in Voile Skirts, man Voile, newest designs, trimmed in taffeta; Skirt worth $15.00. Monday only ........ ..... . . $10.00 Coat Suits special values in Black, Copenhagen and Brown; also Cream Serge, $30.00 and $35.00 Suits. Monday special .....$20.00 SILKS 36-inch best quality Black This is the genuine $1.50' quality. Monday you can buy this for the yard .-. ... . . . ; . .$1.19 - WATERPROOF SILK 27-inch Oriental Waterproof all the leadingshades.iiMonday thej yard . A t 47c. DRESS Brocaded Shantung, Motora,' Tussorah, Pagoda and all . . . i. .- ' - . otner new. weaves Drougnt out byjne jnanufaeturcrs this season. Price the yard. . . ; .88c. to $1.50 "r r ' " r'; SILK BATISTE Evening shades in thi9 popular fabric. - yard.... DRESS Plain and Figured Filet and waists and dresses, bands NEW- DRESS Beautiful line Motifs, Medallions, Braided Net Bands, Edges and Insertions.' . DRESS Brown, Copenhagen, Reseda shades of Linen Pongee. WHITE . - :( - . : -" : ;" The most magnificent line ings, Waistings, Linen Lawn, Linen Cambric, Sheet ing, etc. Price the yard ..... . . ... c . .25c. to $1.50 )) tttf M '. ' - - i TO1 nt handsome Skirts in ' Alt- Novelty Panamas in Navy, Guarantee Swiss Taffeta. Silk White, Black-, and SILKS Price the - 50Ci- NETS. ' ' ' Round - Mesh Nets for to match. Price the yard ;.50c. to $L50 TRIMMINGS Price the yard 25c. to $5.00 LINENS and all other popular Price the yfcrd 25 and 35c. GOODS ' ' of Dimities Batiste, Shirt salMix. mi :g0. -"Vx 9:. ,w VI
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 27, 1908, edition 1
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