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FOUNDED BT a. r CALDWELL AND D. A. TOMPKINS. Published by The rwservw Company at No. 13 South Tryon Street. Charlotte, N, (X. every day In tbe year. TELEPHONES: Kdftor-tn-Chlet No. JSJT Manager No. J8 Managing Editor No. 4 City Editor No. 1S4 State News Kditor No 4 But! Ml Office No 7 Ctreulatlon Department No. 281 Prlntlnx House No. 1X1 BCBsrnilTlCTI fTUCE Pavaljle Quarterly. BT MAIL One R'.x Threw One POSTAGE I' A I P. Ya- Moi Dally and SumLav x 00 (i () Dally without Sunday " i Bundar edition only J 00 10 Semi-Weekly l go M Mm. Mo. t? " .It in . F0 - For:i:i'; patts- Str: lly 1:. AO i e. One Tear Dally and Rur..lav. 6mf. Weekly THT'IIndw i.iTuKiJt lftis. big things aiu-:.i. The old l'ns .-v ;rr::t n College whith Is now in prm of transformation into the m -.v Q .' ii- r. ha.i 7. nt been Idle. Pl.t.-is have been mad- and preparations are i:,.-.v about for flnan .tig . ncv l.n j : Myers Pari.-. Tic..- plan-- a prehenslve and pra-:-.. W; next few d:i.- in' I hii.g heard r.f what th..-- In-Muliou omplcte 1 1 1 n'i n iri bin the will In- nt.-nd , to do, and the v ,rk of doing it . M the s-arrie time ! set in mot mn. ENACTMENT (T CAR AWAY. The current y h.ll .Hfeni.H tn be gain- ! ing in lavor. It has rained much ' eince l'reh.'lenl WiN'.n Hino.iinced that he would not lie dogmatic about I changes, prov.ibd the fundamental' principles upon win, h the b.ll ) bus.-d I are preserved. Thesn may be t aid to I be: Tiic issue ,if the money by the' Government Itself; IVdi-ml control by a board of 'be dlsi i o u' :,,n t., t!i- ' country, thiuagl. r. g .)..! m ., i .i-i banks, for the wc J', I Government at 1 (,,r Un people; the fr-,li r -1 i,,r, the gold Maim., , ,1. 'I deposits. Iiatih - i lo n lnerally mn:- n.a! tin fundamental pi ,n--.pi- t tbe bill is baf ,, , ,i i'!,ng i i In -i,--!'t of tb a! I ,i r , i ' .-.,l'i-, . ' - M V. V lb'- hich fere nl havo II ll, t-ources different a rnetllliiu ii 1 1 been suggested. The committee .s now glv.ng 1 1 1 at tention to the inMu'-nies whn h tend to attract gold limn abroad and to onstraln the movement of g ild from this country to E-iropc an, I ot her jiarls of the world Thm 1h a very Import ant subject and iie t- special ac.en tlon. There seeius t. be a :.n a b''t ler spirit b-tween the b.ir.kers and the Government than tlw-n- was n II'. Us while ago. Th (hance of pass ing the currency bill at tics scesion if Congrrss seem better than tney ev el have been, although tin- time is yet short, and particularly so if mess is taken before the regular -t.n.n con venes on December II n xt. WILMINGTON'S It ATI I KAVOKS. It is a novel and fat fntn wholly displeasing experience to ,n- a Noith Carolina point held up h an examplo of favoritism by the la lio.nls. V t Wilmington no bguies In this role. With Chariest fri as tin- .nupluinant. Moreover, she the llvhib.t ,, the Star feature. Not f., Ik n-l Say.inn.ib each receives far mote favorable, ireat. ment from the railroads Ihan Cfiurles tOn does, but with W lnntigton iih a near neighbor, the 'outlast la n,,,jl Ulreme. At . ordiiiirly the ( bar estoti papers print long lits of ihi.-m show ing how hesvv m the 'lis, r ! m mat 'on In favor of Wilni.ngton agninst the-i town, and most Mp, , v ,),, ihey COOTplain of im',i Imiii the .Middle West Charleston foi nil that she has good direct railway conne, lion with this gTeat region and will -non nave much better still. 'ii nun cxpi t to handle any shlinnent whatevtr from there so long a i the present nitei pre vail. ileyond 'iiii,li, n sh,- has I . n pre-eminently in th- bad nr.n oi Ck- railways; whib tb. -,- nottje,j up W il- i mlnglon against h , loia nts i hence nto ! the interior, tl t,..t-i ,l up ciiaiP-s ton In every pn't,!,!e v.-,,:. I'UTTING OUT A EIGHT. Contending ju.-tly tint tic Meck lenburg County 1 'orii!ii.. ;i.i,i i.i iiunot afford to lake mi, h a l,,i, kit.ml siep as the pripos ii n i iiii-.iiiiK n: of sup. port for tountv hk r: ul'u' il iluimn etratlon work :m, i I h . - i i j l Gazette-News Mit. in t,e "i ' -mhciounI -. or unCoriHCioyiHh . Mih O'lli1 oi as I! in combe and .M--. i n -,i,,ii; .u ( looked on as examples 1 -. i.-i'ilm- w)ii h have made sdvan'i iw-nt. and the com- miHSioners t,i m. -.p i.buig should consider the iff', ! s.r b i liei-ib.-n would huve on nen.-ip.oT ng ouuucs and on agrK-ult'ic- in the M it' There ln !;tw is another point, to" the 1 1 pai'm'-nt '"rl''l'n of Agriculture pays ''" .vir., On the salt ry of th .Itnia!.' are some t hirgt no p , ,r 'Do t0 ,., t hese to afford, and cpief an- education. Eur fioni lc-is' inpurtaiit is that irislru' t on uhih enables workers and especially farm work ers, to make th-,r pro,),!- tiv e i (Tortu count for more. If the strongest and richest county In the State has no money to spend In this way. although Its agriculture is decd.-dly not the most advanced, radnul miscalcula tions' have been made. Christy Mathewsori bus appeared a 40-author of a play entitled "The G.rl .- and the Pennant." ll is thus In n jnore dignified and appropriate role than James J. ('orbtt. Ditto Jeffries , Tyrus Cobb and other heroes, who. y, although unable to act, personally , Vi butted onto lbs stags. V That Croy-Lelshman affair seems ( .destined to drag on an long jnd as resultlessly as the Abruai-Elklns sf Uit 4i4t . , . CHIEF JUSTICE ISAACS A YD THE WELSH SULIeR. Sir Rufus Isaacs Is now Lord Chief Justice of England, succeeding- our recent visitor, Lord Alverstone. He is the first member of the Jewish race proressing the Jewish religion to hold so exalted a post; for llenjamin Disraeli, who became Earl of Hea eonsfield and Prime Minister, con formed to the Established Church. England had Its first Jewish "Judge in 1873, and 13 years later the first Jew ish peer sat In the Hou.se of I-iords. Supporting a I 1 1 1 to remove the last civil disabilities from Jews In England. IiTd Mnraulay, the historian, pleaded HO years ago that he would Insult the Christian religion if he took the posi tion that it 'cannot stand unaided by intolerant laws" language ns ln struct.ve lor .North Carolina .is for England. At this period the .lew could be a Juryman but not a Judge. Sir Kufus Isaacs' promotion from At torney Gtneral to chief Justice af finals the littcHt evidence how com pletely England has removed civil dis abilities mi ac ount of relig.on (with the continued exception of the Sov ereign) not only in 'aw or In name but al.so if. fact. Chief Justice I.-aa. s aiip' Mix to pos very mm li the sarin- type, of keen I legal mind as did .finish i '. P.cnjam'ri. gent-rally reckoned the ablest man in the i onl'-dcrate Cabinet, who went to England i mini d .atd y after our Civil Win 11 r l 1 1 I, I,, li,,. ,,. ,,i ,.r ,,,. i,..,i bar Hi., conclusions come with the pear. nice of ineyitaidenesi and ap-ar..- i haracterized by an Inflexible i.l- Ity ivhb !i marks the strong Judge. At the same time he has- a personal I fu.iv ity which milk' s him popular I enough. His levation would rt-teivj I iiti'pialified approval but for the mem I'ory of an unfortunate affair in vvhicn I be re, etitly lii'i-iiiiir nr. jived. ThU was the .Matcnni wireless stock . :.n- i dal. Except In the way of sea uila ' to be sure, it did not amount to much Hlr Eufus and Chancellor oi th-i Exchequer liavid Eloyd Ceoig -I bought a number of shares in the j American Mai. onl r'ou.p.iuy. TIuh c't oration vvas not in conf ai tual il.Cion Willi th.- Critiiih ( inv "in rue i-1 . ail)- Ugh 'he lilit:;.h .M.-ircoIl; ('i-ln-pan, was The Male.-UHii well (1- i'ui ' d iii lake H tljrr by f.v i of S : l,fiis' broth-r.. vviio h t.l bc,,m - m :'-ti:.te ;i, Mar-onl ai'-l t.ioiight i' a 'j id thing, .v., i. la- lia.-j -:i..i.;.il ma ti.i y ,i.. -1 lb. ir i.llu i.il uiiiii- IP .:i i'i beh.ir. d recti- oi Indirectly. It I a pp ai s thai they t,:n,ply did tnt real j i.e, until too late, upon what a more than ilcl,ato course they had fin- barked. Then t hcr explanations were lie.tht r m prompt nor so candid as tould have been desired. I! doubtless helped matters that tney lost money Instead of making afti-r the mariner of rahly Ind soreei public men rather than in l.kenets to the really (looked ones. Ml Eloyd George, for his part. Is somewhat of a Sul.i r, anyway. In relation to public problems he has a large, con.ili m live mind, w ha li Mr. Hulzer apparently does not possess. Hut the two men are strikingly alike in the revelation "f them as very un worldly, even child-like, toward per sonal matters of money- too mu h given to thinking in terms of rhetoric to think rationally In terms of poiidt and pence, dollars and cents, where no rhetoric Is concerned. Hir Kufus not only got his advance merit despite this embai rassment but all the more certainly, perhaps, be ta ute of It The wholo Cabinet was hanging together and to withhold a sth'duled promotion from him would have been to u knowledge the matter as sei ions instead of trivial. It may be safely preduii.l that a man of hi temperament will m o r venture inio regions of su h doubtful propriety again. Tlie annual stuckhnl'1' rs' no eilng of the Annrban 1ocomolivc C'onp-i ny was slgnall.ed h violent kicks ami rows, with the action of the officers in discontinuing the automobile brunch of the business lit an alleged loss of two million dollars forming oik of the themes It seems to linvi l ien like the shareholders' meetings of large British corporations, which are turbulent ly democr atic and as oft en as not stormy, rut her than our well oiled, per f li lit tory Amurltitn af- fai, Ex Governor Herbert 8 lladley has turned down a. 1125, o 0 o offi-r to rt p it-sent the r a ill oad syHtems west of the M I its if -i p pi before the I ntei .-.t -it e t'ommeite ( 'tiiumisMion f"i the to aI f.ie jeuls It would Hivohe nln 'poshing in." .MiHouri It IXi-ush - p. and Ibi.'i h is unwill.ng lo do. We have always had J I I i f of ni 1 1 lot i-m u Ni nil 1 and na, but ii.-tu.illv too i!nb of Mr. 1 1 a I ; y 's pa r t ii u hi I btiilul S , lii.il nnu e. A 'ii, i ding to The I 0 v o,,.,. oui'st, si Hi-tin nt :n the dry I I. on goods tr ad'- as pressed by ma n u fa ci m e r and diMributore Is most optuinstlc legardliikj the, effi-.ts ,,r tin new tin There Is i, competition "1,1 in, cut , tear Th. f serious I evidence j ind the this effect have become so ov mi helm i ri..' t hit even the most e i t ur in-. I sou l-i la i now become calm. , """" , l olk of Newberry i Dr .7. W:l;iam County, S c, ban demonstrated that 'the Unci ijce tan be produced in , record uuuntities on up-country lund.i. ' Not that the up country wilG under take rl' e growing on any genaral Kale, trie exp.-r.ment ts simply one of I those showing how many thing could be done If better things Were) not in the way Caligula wished that all the Ro man people had on neck, which ht might chop off, but our worst wish for Mexico is that she were no larger than Santo Domingo, which we might easily squelch. Just so the State Fair doesn't use up all the Stale's luck in renpect to weather. The cost of living Kill soars. Radium now sails tor IUi.000 a grain. TUSLE OP THREE TOWNfi Like the Lion and the Unicorn fighting for the crown, Tarboro and Nashville are. reared on their hind feet pawing at Rocky Mount. That la to aay, the parties occupy these po sitions, although Rocky Mount Is the object of both the other towns' at tack. The vigorous new town which has the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad shops near by as its chief asset lies partly in Nash County, whereof Nash ville is the capital, and partly in Edgecombe County, whereof Tarboro Is the capital. It 1 now much larger than either of the county scats. It wants a county of it own. If the county-making tendency were not all toward uallmlted subdivision Instead of toward consolidation, it might con tend for the consolidation of the two counties, with Itself, almost exactly pquldlsant between Tarboro and Nash ville, as the capital. It is the main line railroad point, and the others connect both with the main line and with each other through its gates. It wish's, at least, to be delivered from divided membership in counties, Ju dicial and congressional districts. As It ha so strong a case, the two county an. lain manifest eonHidern.hlo feelinir We voce to .-e (his .,ew-m, ntv ' ....... liht grow. The parents of the babies named William Kulzer. of whom there are certainly a good number In New York State and doubtless a few scattered about down here, might call a conten tion to (cnsider what they small do. Adolphus i'.usch of St. Inils left $ I0.0ou.000-- and he did not make it all out of the A nheuser-llusc h song, either Events of the )aq. Observation Gathered News Held. From the The report from Pais is that I'hui h s 'I' llicr. the pioneer of cold storage. Marvcd to death in a garret las. wick. lie was ) ' A Con -onl. N. II.. ii,. match reports; , e'en. i tor Gallirigcr coiivab ricent and; I iai Ling up for hl.f return to WashlnC ; 'on j Faggi. the j tcr. w .' I '- it In , ' hi' a li-i t iiis iimg Florentine sculp- hirst inns dinner :n :tr t t.mmi.-.sions lor, undials take him lliere. i 1 ui. l, ta:ns a nd i King George is killing birds In Nor folkshlre th's wifk Hy repute he Is one of the best -'guns" In the British Empire. There is a iiirnor in Brazil that Can ada Ih the real purchaser of the dreadnought Uio de Janeiro, and that she is going to buy two of Chiles bat it i-iiiip.t me aiinii.iiiir itioiit; aaio noes not. appear irom the current Ihe Almii.inte Cochrane. reports that great damage has yet I" en done to the late cotton. Hut At Binghamton N Y., under the the margin is so slim that we can direi lion of the court, jurors return-not afforj to lose any this year; ed a. verdict of Jl.800 against two, while the low grade of the western New York City milk dealers. Nathan Abrairison and Aaron Fischandler, convii ted of having skimmed the i ream from t8 cans of milk. A Eong Island minister who hail severely criticised gambling found he had raised a row. The poker-players In tils congregation threatened to leave the Church East Sunday he announc ed In his pulpit that he had heard of the movement and had looked the people up. lie found they had alto gether contributed J.tOO to the Church funds during ttie year preceding. If Ihey would kindly ko, as they threat ened, he would giudly cut .KI0 off his salary and be at peace. The Mrs! general meniorn ndum on tin- ( otton crop of India for the season !IH.'!-I4 states 'The provinces dealt' with comprise, on the average of the; live years ending 1 It 1 I -1 2 a total of j IB. 064, 000 acres under cotton This; represents about V." per tent of the! entire reported cotton area of India." The memorandum relates, however, to the early crop The united Prov- luces of Aura and (mdh have fur-; nlshed no definite estimate of the' acreage sown with cotton In these Provinces. They usually bear 6.1 per. cent or the entire reported cotton crop of India. Reports have not Itccn re-' i elved from Ihe northwest frontier! i ro vi nee or imin certain states in Itajputana and Central India The total nrr n reonrled no to n, r ,i I , ., , . ,, , ' county it economic and social life by other Provinces ,-,,l States 1J.-, ,-onsumlng a vear in Its study fuV 744 000 acres, as against 10.7Cfi.000 ,,,..,. an idea to teac hlns acres in tne an.e tiac.s tit 11." u.. date, last year There m thus a net , uici.-ns" oi m.t p.-i i iu iii mi- run- In es and States from which estl mates have been received MIN AKPIXT OF HOME Itl LE. Ireland Attitmlci of Irotcstant Miulo Clear. In (From The Presbyterian of Smith's Correspond' tn c the Th. most vital turl,, n the granting of I lorn.- Rule tn Ireland Is i ti.it of the gn at forces, for and against, of religion. Ireland is. as il always ha.s been, essentially Roman Catholic; but true to their Church and their beli. f. I'loli-stanm of sll denomination!; have entered this land, firm in their determination to tarry on their Hood work amonir their own ,.,, lo who have settle,! then-. They have beiorit" lirmly established In ne particular part of th country iwhlch part It is significant to note Is the most prosperous), happy In the fin-t that they are working under Ihe guardianship of English laws The fear has long been with them, i however, that the day might come when they would no longer -n!oy that guardianship; when. In fact, th Wou it l ruled bv an assembly mainly Roman Catholic, representing the Roman Catholic majority of the country. Against that evil for so tliey regard It thuy have always fought, and now. as the evil grows more ominous they are fighting us they have never done before, and none are so uctlve in tho fight as Presbyterians. The great stronghold of Protestant Ism in Ireland Is the Province of Ulster; the remainder of the country may be said to be Roman Catholic. Tho element of Prefbyterlanlsm here is extremely strong, therefore the great protest which is now being made comes mainly from the Pres byterian population, who ar being backed up hy the remainder, rep resenting all other denominations of the Christian Churches, according- to the attitude . towards the proposed change taken up by each. Rut tak ing everything Into consideration It may safely be said that the entire Protestant population of Ulster, and for that matter, of the whole roun- i try. bitterly opposed to Horns Rule SOUTH CAKOLUTA. v , Occurrenoe in On NeMrtabortnc 8tt Briefly tfurmtmd. Wilson O. Harvey was re-elected president and A. V. Bnell as manarins" secretary of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce at the annual organisa tion meeting of the board of directors. E. I. Iteardon has beeh elected sec retary of the k'umter Chamber of Com merce. In the Summer the secretary, Mr. Waterman resigned, and the va cancy is Just being filled. Mr. Rear don is well known over the State as a publicity man and newspaper cor respondent. Preparatory to the paving with creosoted wood blocks of the section of Meeting street between Wentworth ti nd Mnrket streets the contractors at Charleston, Simons-May rant Com pany, have begun the removal of the granite blocks at the intersection or Wentworth and Meeting streets. William E. Barnett. from January, 1900, to lf.04 thrid vice president ofjBibmty tnat Governor Blease may the New ork. New Haves & Hart-' lao bft nresent In order to corn- ford. wno aeia at pinenurst .n. -.. on October 9. was born on February, i. il, at ( narieston and graauatea, from Yale with the class of 1864 nd later completed a course in the Al bany I. aw School. . '"'ere Is a rumor, coming apparent ii.. -..,... : i y i uiii reliable sources, that the Na y department has under advisement the question of establishing at the Charleston Navy Yard at an early date a first-class naval clothing fac - tory. similar to those ln operation a Philadelphia. l.Ww York and other placi Consequent upon Eexington's first primary for the nomination of muni cipal officers, equivalent to an elec tion, Charles E Taylor will be the next mayor, receiving a majority over his opponents, L. V. Redd and James E. Rawl. The following will compose the council: Rice flarman. W A llarman II. M. Kamlner. C. E. Leap hart, John J. Taylor and R. F. Roberts. FROST IN THE COTTON BELT. One Factor Is stni Product s Ijow Grade This Y'oar. (From The Wall Street Journal.) Frost, running from light to killing, has struck the cotton belt Eaut and West When a crop Is unharvested a frost does not add to the feeling of assurance, but as the reports are not of a general freeze, it Is barely pos sible that the effect has been lnss upon the crop than on the market W hen growth is luxuriant a mod erate frost at this tim does little, if any. harm to the rop. But some s. ttioiiH have reported freezes. That means the death of the tup crop w n I ! has figured in the estimates un( f ,.r, 1 . s o: the Southwest hln- e the Irmight was broki u In that region Not I'll of hc Southwest has suffered a real freeze, and wherever this Is the case the only damage would be that lab cotton would be tinged, and lowered in grade The eastern belt has been making splendid progress, and much of It Is beyond danger of frost. But the part that is still within the danger line is no ded to round out the crop. It product makes it desirable that the East gather its crop with a minimum amount of tinned cotton, Since the Government report of Octob r 2, indicating a crop of 13 000(100 hales. there have been many estimates of larger yields Ex perts have refused to accept the of ficial figures na correct, and have predicted a 'Top variously estimated at H orn i 4 (ion ooo to 1 4 .,00. 000 hales. The outlook for the past two weeks has fav.red their optimism. This frost must necessarily reduce th yield to some extent, but unless there are reports of a more serious character, the crop Is far from de nt roved. COUNTY CLUB STUDIES. Effort to IN-mln an Well as Create; .More Wealth. (Prom The Macon Telegraph.) Prof. E. c. Branson of the State Agricultural College has Just returned from North Carolina, visiting while in i run r-itate ' liapel Hill. He found the students engaged in county club studies, directed by Act ing President Graham and ins fac ulty The results, he says, are far ahead of those yet achieved by the , Georgia club for Georgia. The idea I of county-study chibs among the j thoughtful people of the various coun- ties is an enlargement of the original . (InnriMj ..li.l. i.l.. L,.. . . .' T" .'. . 1 '""lory OI a 1 1 Is the s,ne old story in North Carolina us In Georgta. Professor iiranson snvs: "The wealth-ervnt inir power In the cotton and tobacco belts of North Carolina is immense, but the wealth-hold. ng power Is feeble. "North Carolina every year creates un amazing wealth, and retains but a bare pin's fee of it. The e f elevating abilities of North Carolina and Georgia alike de pend upon whet tier the left-over mon ey In the varium counties al tho end of the year Is much or little. "Schools i hurches, improved pub lic high was, greater attention to pub lic liisith nnd sanitation all depend upon the communities' nest-egg." All of whlih Interpreted means that our progris.H depends not upon what is made, but upon w hat is saved. $1,000,000 IV THO WEEKS. V. M. c. . ml Y. . O A. Decide They Nurd Now Buildings. ( From The New York Sun. ) Ahyiit ion young men held a meet ing nt the Hotel Manhattan last night and decided that they should take two weeks off beginning November 10 and try to raise 14,000,000 by sub scription. J J . 0 o 0 000 to be used on new buildings for the Young Women's Chrlslan Association and 11 000 000 for the Voiiiiir Men's Christian Ahso clatlon. A few New Vorkers who have loan ed their names to the undertaking are George W Perkins. Henry P. Davi son William Fellowes Morgan. Mr Morgan. Miss Grace H. Dodge and t Mts James H. Cushman. The Young Women's Christian As sociation has planned to use Its share of the 14,0110.000 for a building on the East Side above Twenty-third street, another in Harlem and branch buildings at various points in the city whore It 1 believed they are needed. The Young Men's Christian Associa tion wants to erect branch buildings ln the Bowerv district. In the Bronx and in West Fifty-third street. Helps Anywhere. (From The Greenville Piedmont.) They are going to hsve a brass bund at the Charlotte, fair nest week. This Insures the success of the fair, for North Carolina people sure will ea our. iA.ixs.ujir4fiiiJtftnd. ffar Xeel ffrtnts. 1 I Notes and Opinions From tbe Pa pers of th State, Orerpowered, (Prom Charity and Children.) One brother wrote u the other day and honored us with both "Rev." and "D. D." That Is going some. Going Rather Far. (From The Oreensboro News.) Of course anything goes at a coun try fair, but the limit was about reached this week when the "only original, genuine pardon granted Rev. r. L. Davis by Governor Craig was made a sideshow attraction. Newborn's Anticipations. (From The Sun.) Editor Saunders will be in New- bern fair week. There Is a bare pos- the hinn. fnmltv th fair an. soclatlon should make 'strenuous ef- forts to obtain a visit from Mrs. Pankhuret. Oxford's Postoftlc Under Way. (From The Public Ledger.) The everlasting foundation of the new Oxford postofflce having reach ed a uniform height of 12 feet, the huge white granite cornerstone was placed ln position last Friday. The Btone rMtJ , thf nortnWest corner of the structure about four feet above the ground and on a level with the first floor of the building. New IMrextor for Y. V. O. A. (From The Ashevllle Citizen.) Miss Edith L. Deadrlck has been elected physical director of the local Young Women's Christian Association to succeed Miss Florence A. Foster and will enter upon her new duties the first of the nnmlnir month Mima Deadrlck is highly recommended as a physical director having received her training at Columbia University Miirx-n to the Commissioner. (From The Winston-Salem Journal. ) VV fll 1 1 tr Baa nrki, CAAnl 0.h,.n should worry over these appoint ments. It would be only fair to the Collectors to accept their recommen dations and let It go at that. If the Commissioner undertakes to pick all of the deputy collectors himself, he will have a job on his hands. He should turn all this over to Messrs. Watts and Bailey. A Stew Backward. (From The Wilmington Star ) T. (.. K .l.i -1 ' the five members of City Council ye-j-Urday threw down the bars for the obstruction of the streets by mer- , n,.mK, ..-.7.,. " , r:. " i chandlse, displays on the sidewalks It I is rofre-shln to U now how, .tor ih n tho mayor is to proceed against vio lators under the State law prohibiting obstructions and here is strength to his arm. Road Sentences or Plstol-Toters. (From The Raleigh News and Ob server ) The municipal Judge in Charlotte is an exception. He announces that road sentences will be his method of punishing the offense in the future. His exnple should be widely follow ed And unless the number- of in- -5hi)?R ta "antially reduced, the situation may reach tho degree of seriousness where the pro hibition of the sale of pistols wlil be necessary. Interested In Sulzer. (From The Salisbury Poet ) Judge Kluttz. of the Rowan Court, has been watching the Sulzer cae with deep Interest. Judge Kluttz was In Congress several terms with Sul zer and confesses a likins for the Impeached Governor of the Empire mate, juage tvluitz was in Congress when Sulzer arrived, and he recalls , . ..I. . ... . I the attitude of the man and the ten- i flAnrV T " nn Ira run n VI nency to poke fun at him for his ways of pose and endeavor to attract attention, but also allows for the abil ity of the man. The Picture Kliowings. (From The Salisbury Post.) The Charlotte Observer fn noting the fact that a Charlotte made picture by a Charlotte concern was shown there the other night take.s occasion to refer to some of the possibilities of the picture. We believe, like The Observer, that the moving picture has Just begun to reveal Its possibilities and this being true It is highly Im portant that the worst features of these pictures be eliminated. A great many of the pictures that are sent out by the organized picture concerns are not worthv to be shown Asbovlllo Short of Cars. (From The Gazette-News.) Ashevllle shippers are authority for the statement that they are again having considerable trouble securing cars for the handling of their prod ucts, and that where products are shipped ln from points on the South. f m ern Railway system the scarcity of cars Is equally pronounced. One man stated that the shortage of cars Is at least 60 per cent, and that there Is no immediate prospect of Improve ment in those conditions. One man explains the situation by the state ment that a short time ago the cars of the Southern were sent on long hauls to the South to handle the cotton crop and that they have not yet been bought back into local ser vice FOR, THE LIVING. (Edgar A. Guest, In Detroit Free Prtw.) If you like a brother here Tell him so; If you hold his friendship dear. Eet him know; All the roses that you spread On his bier when he is dead Are not worth one kind word said Years ago. You can help a brother now If you will Smooth the furrow from his brow, You can kill The despair that's in his heart With a word, and ease his heart So. -why stand vou now apart, Keeping still? You can help a brother when He It here; He would hold your promise then Very dear. But am u redly you Stay And withhold what you would say That would cheer hlrqjon his way For his blsr. What, I wonder, If the dead Saw and heard What is done and what Is said Afterward. Would they utter in reply, Would they smile and ask ua why. When the time to help la nigh. No one stirred? "Keep your rosea for the living," They would say, "Waste no thus In praises giving ' ITs today; Strew some living brother's way so. If you Ilk another say so, For the this tha sow you praise so GWLmJOTm-ABHXmiAJBl ROAM, Mayor Bland's - Reoonunendatlons. Two Good Routes Being Developed. Dr. Joseph Hyds Pratt, Ashevllle, N. C, Dear Sir: , In response to your request "that I present a report of the Ashevllle to Charlotte Highway route, and as cannot be present (which I regret very mucn indeed) I herewith en close my report. Tou will notice that I have outlined two proposed routes wnicn I think available. I think the one by Marlon preferable. However, that is a matter for you to aeciae. , I trust that the meeting will be successful, and that great interest will be aroused ln the construction of routes throughout this State: oar tlcularly the one from Ashevllle via Charlotte which could be constructed to Wilmington, making a route from the mountains to the sea through the most interesting part of North Carolina. 1 see that you are to .be at the State Drainage Association Conven tion to be held in this city on the 16th and 19th of November, and at that time. I trust. I shall have the pleasure of seeing you personally and laining over tne proposed highways. With kindest personal regards, 1 am, Yours very truly, CHARLES A. BLAND, Mayor. Charlotte. Oct. 22.. There are two routes that are be ing rapidly developed between Char lotte ana Ashevllle. These routes would make it possible to connect this industrial section with the beau tiful scenic mountains The most available and quickest route now is to Rutherfordton, and from Ruther fordton there will be two ways which are being rapidly pushed, so that automobiles can reach Ashevllle. One after leaving Rutherfordton to come through Hickory Nut Gap, then on to Ashevllle; the other to Marlon, and then from Marion up Turkey Cove to Liuue Switzerland. At Little Swltzer j lann tno Oest of the Blue Ridge Is reached, and by another season this I roa1 wl" Ko to Alta Pass. Llnvllle. RIowing Rock, on the Crest of the Rltle RMs-A and If ham liun inni.nj i it,h.,,l 'IZ . . v, J . '""Vi'r: nrKtheaf.1 .f. Munt . I" " survev from Little Switzerland through the Blue mage on a 4 p r cent grade has been made by Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, and his able engineers. This Is known as the Crest of the Blue Ridge, and the beauty of this road will be unsur passed by any In western North Carolina. Now from Charlotte, one could start In an automoblis in the Spring of 1914 and then to Gastonia. Kings Mountain, Shelby. CUftside, Henrietta, Caroleen. Forest City. Rutherfordton, i ' ' 'ireen mil. otter Creek and from there through McDowell County to Marion. Of this road the entire Una from Charlotte to Green Hill, six miles north of Rutherfordton. is now completed and In use. the other six miles in Ruther'ord Countv. from Green Hill to Otter Creek, will be completed in the early Spring, from otter ( reek to Marion, a distance of about 4 miles (ln McDowell Counts seven miles of this part is already grauea ana l am reliably informed mat me commissioners of McDowell ounty have commenced or will commence within the next few days in- construction of this seven- mile gap. McDowell County is now ""' " 'tu . B"?. can " ouiia a road I doing an sne can to build a road ! ZtXr Little Switzerland along the Crest of tne Hiue nidge to Ashevllle is al ready surveyed, and every effort be Ing made to build it. THE ILLINOIS ELECTIONS. Candidate Opposed by the Women is uaaiy Beaten. (From a Peoria. 111., Dispatch.) Democrats swept all before them at the election in the Fifth Supreme court District today, electing Col ' " , n v.. v-iaai ui vjtwcBUUI I, a. member of Governor Dunne's staff, to naries c craig of Galesburg. a the State 8upreme bench Judge Leslie Puterhaugh of this county, Republican, who was opposed by woman suffragists headed by Mrs. Medill MoCormlck of Chicago, ran sec ond to Craig, polling approximately 1 4.000 votes to the 18,000 given to his victorious rival. Arthur H. Shay, for whom a hot campaign was waged by the progressive State organization, got less than 9 000 votes in the 10 coun ties of the district, in which Roose velt a year ago polled 3,20C and Funk, the Progressive candidate for Governor. 28,647. In spite of the fact that the vote was light the Democratic State organ ization got 65 per cent of its vote out for Craig. This was In the face of Democratic disaffection in Peoria County where Harry M Pindell, slat ed for Ambassador to Russia by Pres ident Wilson, was supporting Puter baugh. The Republicans got out for their candidate 85 per cent of the vote cast for Taft Only one county ln the dis trht, where seven had gone for Roose velt, went for Shay. That was Henry, where he led Craig by less than 400 votes. Stridtnc Rapidly. They were speaking of the wonder tul march of progression, In the lob by of a Washington hotel, the other night when a smile fluttered over the features of Congressman Caleb Pow ers, of Kentucky, relates The Phila delphia Telegraph. He said, it re minded him of a recent case In a Southern town." Some time ago, ao related the Con gressman, a woman who had a lot of Imaginary Ills and no real ones called on her physician, saying that she felt ecy wretched. "Let me see," reflectively remarked the doctor, going througn the usual preliminaries, "have you been eating cnythlng before going to bed." "No. doctor." weakly responded the patient, not a single thing. "That's the trouble," returned the physician. "Just keep a glass of milk and some crackers ln your room, and every night just before retiring make a light meal." "Why, doctor!" exclaimed the pa tient in a surprised vaice. "Tou told me never under any circumstances to eat anything just before retiring!" "I know I d!d. Mrs. Smith," rejoin ed the physician. "But that was two weeks ago. Medical science has made enormous strides since then." The Doxotogy ln Ootoglot Bone. (From The Biblical Recorder.) We are accustomed to the fact that many polyglot peoples have come to our shores. There Is not a city ln all America where a resident or stranger cannot hear other languages than his own. It Is, however, a unique and interesting experlenoo to hear the well-known doxology In octoglot song, Tet this Is what happened In New Tork City at a Converts' Rally held under the auspices of the Evan gelistic Committee. The Christian Herald states that during th service the doxology was sung at first in English, then In Hungarian, then In Bohemian, then In Italian, then tn German, then ln Spanish, tn Chinese, in French, and In English! It was a beautiful Incident, showing that the ejtds of the earth are met together In praising Us itxX. Editorial Sketches on' Varied Minor Subjects. A story which, according to the journal publishing it, "made some of the apple men of the country open their eyes," has been contributed to The New Tork Packer by Mr. J. Frank Fooshe, assistant manager of The Progressive Farmer. Mr. Fooshe Justly looks upon the apple Industry as one of the great possibilities of North Carolina. He is to be con gratulated upon obtaining access in the cause of this Industry to a trade publication of The Packer's pre eminent standing. Moreover, he has been invited to come again and will do so. Below Is the article con tributed by him. I was very much disappointed to find so little mention in your "Big Apple Special" of North Carolina ap ples, and more so to note ln the very next Issue that no mention of North Carolina apples was made In the In ternational Apple Shippers' Associa tion estimate of the crop of 1918. It is true that this State has not figured very largely ln the commercial grow ing of apples, yet at the same time I do not see why It should be left out altogether, for there are other States growing fewer apples than North Car olina that received considerable at tention. While, of course. It is well known to you, yet It msy be Interesting to recall that at the exhibit at Council Bluffs in 1910 this State won the silver trophy and the big apple special: and that of St Joseph, Missouri, in 1911, It again won the trophy for the best live boxes of five varieties. At both expositions this State came ln for a very large number of first and second prizes on Individual exhibits. These winnings clearly point to the un limited possibilities of North Caro lina ln the growing of apples. But winnings in the show room are one thing and going out on the mar kets is another. This State has done much ln the past ln the way of show room winnings, but It has seriously neglected the marketing side, due ln no small measure to tho relatively small output. But a great chanee Is now taking place and soon North Carolina will regularly be rated as a commercial apple growing State. The North Carolina Department of Agri culture estimates that the crop of 1912 was considerably above the half million bushel mark. Not only was the crop large, but marked advance was shown in the handling of the same. The apple section of this State is confined to the mountains, which would represent all the territory west of a line drawn from the northeastern corner of Stokes County through Statesvllle, in Iredell County, to the South Carolina line. This belt is about 200 miles wide and varies ln depth from north to south from 50 to 100 mil.es. There are now two dis tinct apple-growing sections within this territory. The center of one is North Wllkesboro, where Is located the United Fruit Growers' Associa tion, with Dr. M. L. Townsend as active manager. The other is at Waynesville in Haywood County, where the Haywood Fruit Exchange operated the past year. The association at North Wllkes boro had such marked success ln 1912 that on their entire crop they netted to the growers $1.13 a bushel ThU splendid record speaks volumes for the high character for the apples grown ln this State. In my active experlenco on the markets, covering a period of several months. I saw North Carolina apples time and again com mand the very highest market price, ln competition with apples from Vir- Klnia, New York and the far West. More progress has been made In apple growing lrt this State within the past five years than in all the previous history of the State. Take for instance at Waynesville, where I lived previous to coming hereTTTve years ago there was not a single power spray; now there are not leas man a doren. Two years ago there had not been a box of apples shipped from that point; last year there were several carloads of boxed apples, that commanded the very highest prices ln competition with apples from all over the country. There have been even more marked changes ln the belt around North Wilkesboro, which represents a much larger acreage than the one at Waynesville. The explanation of these marked changes is the fact that a number of orchards have changed hands within the past few years. It would be safe to say that more than 50 per cent of all the apple orchards in this State havo passed into new hands. Many of these new owners aro from other sections and have been attracted here by the superior quality of the apples of this State, and have come to grow them for commercial purposes, and they are applying up-to-date methods. There is no State In the Union that offers finer opportunities for apple growing than this. The lands here, too. are cheap and they are wonder- fully productive and all that Is needed is men with push snd money to de velop the business. The Department of Agriculture at Raleigh will supply any prospective comers with a bul letin giving full Information In re gard to the apple lands of this State. Just one word ln conclusion: I be lieve that one of the greatest mistakes on the part of growers of fruits and" truck, not only in this State, but ln almost every section. Is the fact that they fail to give the proper atten tion to the commercial side. They will tke paper aftor paper telling how to grow more and better fruit and they will not spend a single dol Isr for a paper that deals with the commercial side of marketing. No Results. (Prom The Houston Post.) A North Carolina man sent Presi dent Wilson a sweet potato weighing seven pounds. If a seven-pound tat.r could fstch a poetofBce, Teias might iui uown vauinrt jods ana Ambas sadorships. We believe a Tar Heel patriot has simply lost a tater. Win Relieve Nervous Depression and Low finirlta The Old Standard general strengthen. Ing tonic, O ROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, arouses the liver, drives out Malaria and builds up the -system. A sure Appetiser and aid to digestion. lc Advertlstsnent. . 6 i . 'ft. , I.,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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