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( .- THE CHARLOTTE EVENING CHRONICLE, : MARCH 27f.1909.y, 10 V- ' i I - f, ' H ( i, .'! i; OAE L UCKY BALDWIN V WAS'A.-QtiEER: Nature "Was Mixture of Parsimony and Open Handed ness Won "$200,000 Building at Faro Bank Of fered to Bet Bold Million on One Race. The late Lucky Baldwin's nature wm a peculiar mixture of parsimony and open handedness. But tnese two trsRs did not crop out or mm syn chronously. He was what might be called a streaky Individual. For months at a. stretch lie would exhibit lartahneas of personal eipen drotre that dazzled, even the top notchers among the high rollers and biff spenders of the' coast. He would respond to .every touch without a irvitiur. Any kind of hard luck story genu inely wounded or framed up would cause Lucky's dig--up haud to seek his I roIL Sometimes he would double the oracmnt named by the toucher. On several occasions he quadrupled It. When the prodigal fits were upon him he would gamble like a Charles .amee Fox, often winding up after continued days and nights of play by walloping Kan Francisco's leading fa ro - banks to a standstill. Although tisrer a heavy drinker, lie would, while thun In the spending mood. stand. at the far end of his famous Baldwin Hotel bar and order basket after bask et c-f champagne to be served to cas ual patrons, men he had never seen before. From uch money-tossing orgies Baldwin would all of a sudden- anJ without notice or warning become a tightwad of the first order, a clOse roB fromwhom a' dollar couldn't be extracted "by any other method ex cept the use of dynamite, it wasn't that his bundle was giving out. It was simply- that It was Lucky's nature to curt up completely after- a high spending fiesta and suddenly turn Into a man wtch the mucilaginous mitt and tho soldered fist. . Win. $2 00,000 at Bank. Exaggerated stories often are writ ten of the .big money wagers of fa xnous gamblers, but 'nobody ever had imch of a chance to overstate the size of Lucky Baldwin's' plunges When the old man had his plunging clothes on. Kearly 30 years ago he won a J 2 00, 080 parcel of "Ksvomer street real 'es tate in San Francisco -on the turn of a card. It-was the building in 'which Fred McGregor, a noted Slope gambler In Ms day, then was running- the lead lng sky-limit faro-bank of San Fran . Cisco. Baldwin had got virtually all of the chips In MtoOregors rack one night, and McGregor went nervous, or reek lew, or something. Perhaps the per sistency, with which -Lueky toad been playfog the -ace to win for five or six tyovre and beating -it nearly all the. tftne fad something to do with Me GrerorB"state of mind. Baldwin was between $0,000 And-- $70,000 winner and about ready, to .ca"h, when Mc Gregor said to him: "Luck, you're a kKtynitch bank wanger all rtg'M. but It isn't figures that yon can do it all the time. That wine tag aca-thlng of yours has got me on the raw, and Fm admitting it. I'll stand a tap that the. ace doesn't win again. "What's the tap?" inquired L.ucky carelessly. . "Mr ballding Ihere," replied Mc Gregor. "Set a figure on it and I'll deal a freeh box for you myself. If the ace wins first out It's your building. If the ace loses I'm in the price that you appraise my building at." "Reckon this building and ground ought tQ be worth -a couple hunded thousand V said Baldwin. "Let it go at that," said -McGregor. "You're on," said Baldwin. "Rattle em." ' McGregor took the dealer's chair, shuffled the box pack and began to ease the cards out. Baldwin leaned hack in his chair with his "hands lu his trousers pocket, the frazzled butt of a cisar In a corner of his mouth. N'o ace showed until more man nan the deck had been l!pped,out. Then th n-re nt diamonds came out on tne winning side. "Building's yours," said McGregor, his hand shaking a bit at that. ' Baldwin got -up and yawned and stretched his arms. . - . "Here, cash these chips and keep your pdece of property, Fred," said Baldwin to McGregor. "I don't want it. Don't need it. "Don't want to trim, you that way. Forget that turn. Bluffed Charlie Fair. There are men now In St. Louis who remember 'how one afternoon at the fair grounds track in 1894 Lucky Baldwin made so high flying a gamb ler as the late Charlie Fair killed In Kranca In an automobile accident some years ago draw In his horns. Baldwin and Fair both had horses entered in a stake race to be run. off at the fair grounds that afternoon. There was a sort of chaffing rivalry as to their horses between Baldwin and Fair. Lucky liked the young man. who at that time was the (main high roller of the sons of Senator Fair. Neither Baldwin nor Fair expected his horse to win In the stake race be cause there was a horse entered for the event that-seemed to outclass the fiela. But Baldwin was dead sure that his horse would beat young Fair's horse, while the latter was equally confident that his nag would beat Baldwin's. Baldwin was mooching around on the lawn half an hour before the race, when Charjle Fair, grinning, walked over to him. "I'm not going to win." I think, but I sure am going to show that skate of yours up," said young Fair to Lucky. Baldwin grinned in His saturnine way and bit into nis unitgmea cigar. Xot a chance, young fellow," he said to Fair. "I'll tell you what I'll do. Charlie. I'll bet you $500,000 my (horse beats yours." A lot of high notch betting folks were standing around. Young Fair's Jaw dropped and his smile faded. Bet you a half million, son, that my nag beats yours." repeated Bald win munching his smoke. Oh. behave that, pop." said young Fair, and he walked away. Baldwin had topped even his limit. Charlie Fair must nave been the sorest man from Janeau to Callao a few minutes after that. He had swal lowed a bolus in front of folks. He had oruit for the first time in any body's knowledge. He had permitted the old man to chase him to the chapparaL . And young Fair's horse not only beat Baldwin's, but won the race by 10 lengths, pulled to a trudge. size lot,. 50x150. Price. . 8 43 North Tryon St.' disturbances Is vast, alth6ugh much smaller thanthat .caused by -wind-sfdrms.' .The 'dreams ' of - a magnetic pole through which the electrical forces of the world can be controlled may or m.t.not be realized,' but It is not too mh to say that when man has finally mastered the nature, prop erties and sources of -, electricity lie will have, made a gigantic step-forward in his march toward mastery of the 1 earth forces. Bulwer Lytton has conceived the idea of a future race which will have, claimed the lightning and which will compel it to do their bidding. That was yesterday and to-morrow, will see the realiza tion of the vision. .. . ;-. Akin to storms and their problems is the question of fo?s. These phe nomena of nature, although devoid of the element of violence, have wrought much havoc to humantly, and -never the year passes but the melancholy tale told of a ship lost at sea while floundering helplessly through a dense fog. The wonder of wireless telegraphy recently saved a great liner a.nd vhe hundreds of souls aboard it,-but even then' the fog would have claimed Its prey . if the ship had been less staunch or more badly damaged. : ; On land, while . the . fog is not so deadly, it still is' responsible- for a large loss annually to commerce. When the famous pall settles down over the city of London it means that for every day . of its duration many hundreds of thousands of dollars are lost while business is brought almost to a 'standstill. That loss is felt and shared by merchants all the world over. While in. general terms fogs are fairly well understood, there Is still much of mystery in their origin, but recently British scientists have assert ed that it was possible to prevent them, or at least dissipate them, and the cheering hope Is held out to Lon doners that the immemorial reproach of their city will be ifted by science in the near future. The weather in any or all of its phases proves a fascinating topic to most mankind, especially to those who have to endure the vagaries of the climate in the. temperate zone. One of the most familiar questions in connection with the subject is, whether or not the climate is chang ing. There seems to te a prevalent Idea .that thk winters are becoming milder in thf northern latitudes of Europe and America. It is interesting to learn the views of an expert on this subject. . "I know of no reason," said Prof Cox, head of the United States Me teorological Bureau in Chicago, "to believe that there is any change In our climate. It is true that the winters for the last few years have been mtfd, but It is usual to find a series of wint ers which may be followed by a series ef severe ones. People are fond of talking of the hard winters they re member when ther were children, but they forget easily what the weather Marlboro Cotton Mills was like last year or the year before. Manchester Mills.. They also overlook the fact that a snowstorm In childhood is a much more remarkable and formidable af fair than it is to the adult. Snow a few feet deep seams to a child moun tains high, When he grows up he thinks nothing of it. "There is nothing In the records to show that any definite , change is taking place in our climate, and the average temperature for each year Olympia Mills, . pfd remains rainy stationary. Personally M-rr.... I do not believe that ther ha hn Ozark- much difference in climatic conditions in the world since the end of the ice age." i - . r ., :- ..jl.- .:.-.-. , 'Nil 1 1 v ww mm . m mm . a r cabinet mantels. With five- rooms," perfectly new, nicely; papered. electric lights, and' city water on rear porch. tie. home and is offered at a low-price; shady side of street on good This is a neat lit- J; E. MURPHY. & COMPANY 'Phone 842 Bug ome m Dilw 4- -- - ' ... . . -y Cheswell, S. C... ... .. -r. .. Clara.r..... .... ... U0 .121 Clifton.. .. .... .. .. .... 101 104 Clifton, com.. .. .... 105 107 Cliffslde. . . . . 165 . Chiquola Cotton Mills, .... ".. 132 - Courtney.. .. ...... .. 85 98. Converse Mfg. Co.. .. ; .. .. Columbus Mlg. Co.. ,. 95 Cotsu. .. . 125 130 Coxe .. .. .. "s. ..... .p ' ...... . . 86 Darlington.. .. v ,i 83 Dallas Mfg.jCo.. .. .. .." .. .. 95 98 Drayton.. . ...... .... ." Dillon.. ..... .. 65 68 Eagle and Phoenix. ;. .. .i.... 121 Eflrd, . N. .. C. ', . . . .... 128 Erwin, pfd... i. .,. ... .... ..100 102 Easley.. ..... .. .... .. .... 150 155 Edenton ..-.. i. Eneree.. .. I. .. ...... .. .. . 70 Enoree, pfd.. .. , 93 97 Eureka. ... s ...... - .. 100 Exposition .. .. " 240 Fairfield., t." .. -.. .. .. . F'Jorcnc 131 Gaffney Mfg. Co.. .. ... ...... 74 - 76 Gaston., .i .. .. ...... .. . 316 Gluck.. .. .. .... T 96 Glen wood.. .. 120 126 Glen Lwry, pfd. ..... 98 GranlteviUe, S. C... .. .. 155 168 Gray Mfg Co.j, '. 126 Grendle..' .. .. .. 118 Greenwood... 71 Highland Park.. .. ..V... .... '165 Highland Park, pfd 100 Hartsvllle.s .. ...... ... Henrietta Mills.. ... .. .. .. 166 Inman Mills, S..C 103 Imperial.. .. .. 107" John P. King Mfg.' Co.. 92 Keesler.. 135 King's Mountain, par 50 51 Knoxvllle Cotton' Mills , Lancaster Cotton Mills , Lancaster Cotton Mills, pfd.., Lanet .... .. .... Langley Mfg. Co... . Laurens.. .. j. .. .. Linden, N.- C. , Libortx 125 100 Lockhart, S. C... Loray Mills, pfd.. Lowell.. .. .. ... Lumberton. ..... Mills Mfg. Co. Mills Mfg. Co., pfd.. . Modena Cotton Mills.. Mollohon.. .. .. .. , Monoghan ... .. I Monarch, S C. ., .. Mooresville, N. C... .. Newberry.. .. ..... iNokomls.. .. .i Norrls Mills .... '.. .. a Pacolet Mfg Co...i .... . Pacolet MfgrCo. pfd.. .... Patterson.. ...... Pee Dee.. .. .-. .. .. ; Pelzer Mfg. Co .'.'.. Piedmont Wagon Works.. WILL SCIENCE CONTROL STORMS? GrIRL READ LETTERS: THEN KILLED SELF pledmont ceil vnjr, AiaM Asked Roommate to Return Letters V "" to Chicago Man After Which She Roanelnz. ' ":: Raleig-h.. .. .. .. , Dying . 94 97 . 90 $6 138 97 140 77 81 93 96 196 226 " 75 81 100 104 1M - 115 96 105 112 115 99 110 142 156 116 71 86 , ' 106 125 150 - 120 126 i 100 118 125 175 193 72 ' K 144 151 72 We . have just re ceived a big shipment of Eatpn-Hurlbut's f '. . . - i . - . !- - - - Kara lenen Paper that retails Tegularly at 35c per pound. r Monday we will sell 500 pounds at. s 20cnper pound. x Envelopes to match 10c. per package.. Pound & Moore Co. The Office Outfitters. 205-207 S. Tryon St. 'PHONE 40. Rent Money" Pour-room tenement liouse, lot 40x140, room for another house on lot, price ?700. Rents for $78.00. or 11.1 per cent on investme lent. PhnilD 177 kv Secretary r rilUilL ji W. 1. CHAMBERS, Treasarer Office Basement Realty Building. CHARLOTTE TRUST & REALTY CO. mm Sa Is the beginning of a New Interest Quarter in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. If you already have a Savings Account with this barik,vincrease your balance, and if you have not yet opened an account, do so at once. GET THE SAVING HABIT. If Problem Can be Solved it Will Save Millions of . Lives and Much Property- Instances of .Great De x . struction Progress Being Made. Chicago Tribune. " Every year "terrific storms sweep owe certain doomed portions of the earth and sea, destroying thousands of uvea nd cautions of dollars' -worth of property. -Usually oznher&Kled and of f rbcure or trnknovrn origin, these cat acylsma of natre present a baffling problem -wTilch scientists of the. world riarre setbemselFes to solve, but so far Hrflh little success. . 72m typhoons nrhJcb, carry death, and TdB throuxh the South Pacific and roquatorial rerlons, the . tornadoea- fwtricJi MMerae entire towns in Amer-f-loa, the burrlcaae whioh send count- I' ealpB and their crews t 4cy graves t to northern latitudes, the simoon of 'the deeK and the fogs and blizzards : which add so much to the sum of human supertax ail these foea of t mankind wreak their havoc in a man ner as mysterious as deadly. Is these any way In which science fcan successfully fight the storm fiend? If not. Is It possible for the ingenuity or man to foretell with reasonable accuracy the scope, duration and pe riods of tempests? Those are tho two questions which scientists seek to an swer: To the second query at. least a partial solution has be en. given, with every promise of a complete answer - la. a -cot distant future. Ubfter normal conditions the mete- orctogiet can forecast the weather in a given neighborhood for a limited pe rhxl with fair accuracy. The time for which the forecast can be made is be ,1ns expanded gradually but surely wren . the increasing, perfection of cif ntinc Instruments and the world wide .collaboration of scientific ob servers. The prediction already has hYk made by expert meteorologists that the time Is approaching when a forecast will be made for a period of months and perhaps for an entire f year. Where abnormal conditions prevail. as during cyclonic periods. It Is not possible to observe the same accura cy, but the approach of a storm can be known several hours In advance of its appearanoe and the approximate area that it will cover can be told. '(However, so many causes, some of kfoem but little understood, contrib Uiate to the altering of (the course and 'the moderating of the violence of a i storm that It is Impossible at present tto be exact, as to the particulars of a coming cyclone or hurricane. . , When the science of -meteorology is brought to the degree of perfection which Is confidently predicted for It by the sasvants. It will mean -a boon to which hardly can be overestimated. Ho figures are available as to the loss of life and property for which atmos pheric disturbances are responsible .yearly, but it is safe to say that the storm fiend collects as annual toll ithowands of Uvea and millions of dol lars' worth of treasure. If this loss can not be entirely prevented there Is vcry 5?son kope that It can be knrUgated considerably. 'tSUS?1?1 of. what Possible ' ZZZJlX tornado which swpt" rtaroy h the Sontaem States might be taken as an example. While the scien tists were Able to forecast fhf slnrm generally the time was not sufficient I n Texaa Committed Suicide. ALBANY, N. T. March 27. from a self-inflicted bullet wound over the heart, (Miss Edna Male Handy, a young woman, whispered to her room mate to send a number of letters which she had carefully tied up in packages last night, to James Thomp son, a clerk in tha Ffcher building; Chicago, from whom they had been received. She also requested that a bracelet she wore be sent to hr Tucapau. S. C i uscarura. I'occoa, Ga... 135 100 200 Roberdalel. .. Hichmond Spinning Co Riverside Mf& Co 95 RocJry llount.. .. .. Saxon.. ; ( 122 Sibley, Ga. .. o Social Circle 89 Sprlngstein.. Statesville Cotton Mills 107 Salisbury.. jgo Toxaway . .. 90 Trenton, N. C... .. Tryon, N. C... .. .. .... Tucapau, S. C .. .... .... 218 pfd 100 170 87 128 1 Silver and wmm& mm . - - i 35 East Trade Street elalks por the predictions accurate enough to give adequate warning to the in habitants of the devastated region The result -was that whole villages and even towns .were swept out of ex istence and the cost of human life. to say nothing- of the destruction of property, reached figures which were appalling. If at that time the science of Mete orology. had reached the perfection found (Miss Handv. ivinir n a. I Woodslde ;wnn is iironuseu ior 11 uiere can De wu Q 1 no dnilbt t.at tV. trnan'a terHMa I ct uean ana a toll would-have been far less than it revoiver nearDy. ine young woman actually was. Under Ideal conditions I died a few minutes later. (Miss Handy who roomed with a girl Unlon-Baffalo, 1st pfd;. . friend in North Pearl street, spent J Unlon-BufTalo, 2d pfd.. , the evening reading over about 200 C',V,, -"e "'" letters which she tied up in small Walhalla. S.' C.. V.' .. .' packages. Warren Mfg. Co., pfd.. This morning her room mate step- fnL:;,'' " j - - . nBiuuiwu mills .. ped out of the room or a moment. Washington Mills, pfd.. "o neara a snot; ana returning watts.. 60 17 103 82 28 108 the storm would have been foretold at least several days before its advent. It wocld have been known what Its ap proximate strength would ,be and the area which it would cover. The peo ple Irving In that area would have been forewarned and precautions would have been taken which under the ex isting circumstances were impossi ble. Miss Handy came to Albany in January and was manager of the Na tional L,oan Company. Ross Helm, the Peach. Augusta Chronicle, Ross Helm, who is so well known to Sallie League fans, expects to have Scottish .. Similarly exact knowledge of thela 8Teat season in Columbus this year. approach of a typfhon in the Pacific "os is a good pitcher all right wouia mean an incalculable saving of o"sn ana 11 is -a wonder that he lives and property and all he piteous P13 not stuck in the Southern League consequences that such losses involve. I "r iwo iriais. N The sailor, knowing absolutely that a Woodslde, pfd.. .. Williamson.. .. .. ' Ware Shoals.. .. .. Whitney.. Wlscassett.. '.. .. , Woodruff. .. .. .. , -INSURANCE SHOCKS. GreensDoro ire .. . North State Fire.. Dixie Fire.. .. .. ., Piedmont Fire.... Southeastern.. .. .. Southern Life.. .. 95 106 70 125 124 91 1W 5 102 125 74 93 30 108 92 103 97 108 V typhoon was due at such an hour SOUTHERN COTw SIILL STOCKS or such a day, that it would cover a certain fixed area, and that its dura tion would be of a fixed extent, either would leave the path of -the ap proaching storm or would seek safetv in a secure harbor until Its force had been spent. The . meteorologist also would be able to give timely warning to the coast, dwellers in the fated dis trict, - and they could abandon their homes and villages until the danger naa passed. or course, in dealinsr with such tremendous forces of nature as those engaged in a typhoon man must sub mit to a certain measure of defeat. No power that he yet has or even dreams of could baffle the height of a tidal wave such as follows a typhoon and at periodic intervals, sweeps out Brandon.. v.1 eiiaicutc v tncies. naroors ana shipping as a man night obliterate the figures on a slate with a sweep of his hand. The battle between man and nature always has. been an -unequal one, but it becomes less so year by year, and signs are not wanting that the day Is coming when human Drains 'will . prove the master of in animate fbrces. Meteorology overlaps the etm science of electricity, and It is safe 10 say that the perfection of the one must mean the perfection of the oth er. Electricity is at present the great est known force In the world and the one about which least is known. In spite of the innumerable wave in wnich it Is utilized In everyday life its nature, origin and functions are but dimly comprehended. Some scientists nave gone so far as to maintain' that t.Sr fiT?" le Principle of life Itself, and it Is at lAigt .i. there cannot be life without electric- Quotations by Jr. C Abbott & Company Abbeville.. .. '. ...... - Aiken Mfg. Co.. 73 American Spinning Co.. .. 140 Am. Warehouse pfd. Spray, Anderson Mills.. .. Arcade.. .. .. .. .. .... Arcadia.. .. .. Arista Arkwright Mills Arlington Atherton, N. C ..." Avon.. Avondaie.. .. Augusta, Ga. Belton Bibb. Bonnie 62 90 100 106 166 100 105 U5 -m . Brogon Cotton Mills iirooKside.. .. .. .. .. Broomfleld.. . .. .."" Cannon Cabarrus.. .. .. .. Chadwick.Hoskins... Chadwick-Hosklns.- Dfd ' unerryviue.;. . Cheswell. S. C, pfd.. 121 121 145 . 36tf 150 120 103 118 135 91 m 100 An Ideal Cough Medicine. -As an ideal cough mediclnn t . gard Chamberlain's .Cough Remedy In a class by Itself" savs nr. t a Wiltshire, of Gwynneville, ind. "i take great pleasure in . testJfvin the results of Chamberlain's rno-, Medicine. In fact, i know of .no oth er preparation that mPt an the expectations of the most opt ing in cases of cronn n.nd Knnrh. cb ldren. As it contains no opium, chloroform or morphine it certainly makes a most safe, pleasant and effl- VV y wr tte ills it is in Th. awtrmtfoa caused h, ,i,t....i l,?nS- JOT R. U. Jordan EONU&. N. C. 6s, 1919.. 4 N. C. 4s. 1910.. .. .. . .. N. C. 4s, 1913 N. C. R.. R. Stock.. .. Cit yf Charlotte 6s, 1929 & In. BANK STOCK. Bittery Park, Ashevllie.. .. Citizens' National, Gastonia.. Charlotte National BanlP...... Commercial National .... .... Cabarrus Savings Bank (par 60) .... .. .... .... .. Ilrst National, Charlotte ..... First National. Morganton .. Merchants & Farmers Char lotte.. .. .. .... ..- National Bank, Gaffney... .... Palmetto Bank and wTrust Co American Trust Company.. W Southern Loan and Savines ; Bank.. . 90 126 200 101 , -'96 100 120 - 100 1014 101 - 1024 164 U9 J04V4 aoevi 100 191 135 Z 153 155 " ' 62 ." - - 165 - 170 i 140 - 165 174 1274 125. V. . Special exhibition sale at our store Thursday Friday and Saturday - oucn articles as Candle Sticks, Jew elry Boxes, Fruit Dashes, Trays, Bowls and Por- rengeris A collection of rare Antiques worth having; C H. Robinson 12 N. Tryon St We are now abundantly able to supply your needs In the Dining Room Table line. . Our Specials at $8.50, $13.50 and $16.00 will open your eyes when you see them. No ; one need have : a poorly furnished dining room while our present prices and terms prevail. We are complete housrefurnishers. Come in and see us help you out in your furnishing problems. I STANDARD COAL i Is what you want Standard Ice " Is the Best v " ' , 'Phone 19 or 72. ptandardl ceJS TFuel 0a. vll. A. Bland, Vice President and Sales Agent." CASH OR EASY TERMS. McCoy & Co. CASH OR EASY TERMS - In medium and high eTade Desks our stock is o- second t onone in the Caro- linas and in cheap Desks we have a few that are great yalues for the price asked; TO REDUCE STOCK as much as possible in this line before1 'taking our an annual ' inventory next month, we "are offering a substantial discountoff the regular "prices for the next ten days. " '.''.- K Stone & Barringer Co Th ree rgains In '.Real Estate 1- That lot 50x145 at foot of South Tryon street, suitable for home or tor good store. 2.' A modern 6-room residence on fine corner lot at Piedmont, fronting car line, for $2,850. This place U easily worth 53,200 but Is offered for quick sale by non-resident owner. 3. Two remaining lots 60x226 on East avenue extended at -.i iin on one DloeK irom iLzucin high terrace above the street, at bar gain prices. F. C.Abbott & Co. Of&ce : Outfitters, Everything in Real Estate,
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