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I- . ":'-' :.0 '.' . TEffi-CHLAjlljdTTE .EVENING--CimokrOLE,';. TCEDNESDAY,-, OCTOBER 23, 1912. 1 1 .: - Belief :Stagg2fE?iinig-.-. . Asserttiqjnis Made; ILivmg, -BreattMing, -Realiiiesf ' V Crowds Swarm toitlie Lawiiig-Rfas Co's Stcres Became tha VhsSaKT cvki is Singing the -Praises of -the' MOST SPECTACULAR SALf on RECORD. Hurry Before It IS Too tiate ! ! $10.00 FELT MATTRESS, full size ;. . : $4 2 O ODD WASHSTANDS JWith large French -plate mir rors, $12)0 Value; Special Sale Price . . . $3. $8 $8.00 Collapsible go- V CART, complete- v with hpod. ..;;. v 3JJ3.8Ci : i $15.00 BUFFET,i Solid oak ; golden finish, colonial; style. , Special Sale .Price ryy-yy $5,98 .. ; $45.Q0 CHINA- CLOSET, ; sofid quartered oak, gold- ' ' - eh Bhish, ' mirror " bac. : -Special Sale Price. V . V.'. $21.25 $25.00;COUCH, solid quartered oak- frame, upholstered -in genuine Imperial Leather, Special Sale Price . 4 10.85 AXIIINISTER RUGS, . 9x12 feet .:..V, WILTON VELVET RUGS, , 9x3J2 feet;. 'Vl 3.20 BRUSSELS; RUGS,i Wl2 K:;feet: PItO BRUSSELS RUGS ' 9x12 feet; ;v . &&0jX LINOLEUII, per yard, il ls r' v:: '-y-'-.y .48 $25.00 BRASS BED, con yy tinuoiis posts, metal ball- bearing rollers, acid proof finish.; Guaranteed. Spe cial Sale. Price $11.98 LAWING-ROBBINS: COMJPAHY, 24 South College St., Charlotte, N. C: Sale Under Direction of C. LAWRENCE COOK CO., t: 1. Sales Wizards of Pittsburg, Pa. ; ALDERMEN RESCIND I FORMER ACTION Public Gasoline SlatipiiT pi Nol . Be Pot In Front Of The :-: Realty Bnildlng.f"ig Sifford r. moved to ; take up -Montgom ery's . motion. v Finally pn the -motion ..being put, theayes- wonVout, and -the former act of ;the board. granting the. right to es-. tablish the - gasoline . tank or purap at the spot mentioned, was formally, re-- scinded ' ! f '-s l ' tv"y ' ' :' ' . ..nA-',;-?.' . .-. EQUAL PAY FOR TEACHERS -, M yyyMMsmxmtsim The board of aldermen met . last night for the second time in atday to consider the location of a gwsoUne tank under the sidewalk - on : the east side of the Realty building. -rhaving adjourned at the morning session be cause of the fact that there was no body present to openly oppose -t the proposition. -. ; ; Those interested were outin(tull force last night, however, and" the-issue was thoroughly " discussed, -.ilrl Jr. 1L Little said that ' the placing of jjje gasoline tank where v proposed Joudd increase insurance ates op Tjiis and adjoining . property,-.:- this' statement being borne ou by r'tnsur ancemen. . . "''; -"t Dr. J. R. Irwin said that he-Would be afraid to have hfs "office .oyer the place and that he was pppose'd'ov'the location of the fiasoline vending appa ratus at the spot designated. Mr. Dy Parks Hutchison also made protest ; on account of the insurance feature and the danger which it ' appeared - at taches to gasoline. ; ' - The question among the members of the board was also bundled around from one to another ; with consider able parliamentary ': fiinesse. - "Alder man Sifford thought that. his fellow members had expended enough gas to blow up many buildings, - and he was for recalling the board's action. This did not meet with the approval of Alderman Stephens : who replied that the board had a right to gas as it's issue was a public one, to which jCderman Sifford replied that the orn fr member might gas on so ' long as he wished. ' ; ' , Alderman Wilkes .was ot .the view that if the gasoline tank were prop erly built it would do no; harm. . He said that as for .blocking the--street, 2hat had already . been done' 1 by the Jnants Gf the Realty building rwho ad fought the effort to move'' the limits farther from the corner withm which an automobile : Is allowed : ' -to stand. .-; Dr. Montgomery early in the session moved t0 rescind ' the former action f the board. Alderman Wilkes moved er to table this and then Aldermanf EWyyORk,'; OciSi-eublio schools . of vNew ;;Tprk;Ci'Are tQday face to face ; with one of1 the ref ults of the equal pay" law.rwhich secured like salaries, for men and women teachers. ' This week the : board . :, of ed ucation will , appoint as teachers in the: elementary; schools : 388 -.women and 22. men tand with tliese- appoint ments', the ; eligible"; list," of 4 mail appli cants is exhausted. "It: is" improbable that ; any : more men teachers will be appointed ;formany yeara,' .for "v the waiting list' shows .; 6 8 8 women "and no meiio and the,;reductionin . men's ; salr aries -haaraade it difficult "to get; men to- apply. . : yy.yy yy?yys -yyyx y. Two r years ago-' men's salaries 'werfe a third; greater- than theyare .today. Before .the equal.tpay jaw l"wentz into effect ma1i?rteache rstarted at now ne' Btarts at wg ana-intty to reach. Sl,S90in liyearsit 'y ' 'Treatmestt Ttfat Eftected 'a: Cure.) The ,' good . wife , was very ill, so bad that she, was having a' serious talk with her husband.' . . Z ; . , .. "James." she said , in a low voice, "In case of-of anything happening .to ine, I think a man of your temperament and domestic - nature should:, marry again,' both - for your sake - and . for the sake of our children." . ' James dashed the moisture from his eyes i ere; he .replied:,-"Do you think so, my" dear?" . . -- '-The woman weakly ' nodded. . - "I certainly do," she said. "Of course, after7 a decent 'interval." ... - . . James' face brightened -up. "There, my dear, that relieves my mind of a great - burden!" he said- gleefully.- The little widow next door, has acted very friendly toward' me since you have been ill. She's not such a fine woman as you v are not so strong natured and intelligent but she is a pretty, plump little thing, and I think I'd better give hei a hint," r -t. . . ... ii m. ,: .. .vi. JMext uay ine guuu -w"- was auie tu sit up. The day -after -she came down stairs. Arid on the:third day she went out for a ' walk and' rcut the "little widow next door" dead. - , Kldl fSarsaparilJa Acts directly and peculiarly on the blood; purifies, enriches and revitalizes it, and in . this way builds up the whole sys tem. Take it. Get it today. In usual liquid form or In chocolate coated tablets called Sarsatabs Had Use' for the Bathtub. ' . . t (Christian Herald.) '-' r The ; new 'charity; provides; ' better housing for - the poor.V and - that - is 'Just' as it should : be." But even after that is done, - there will be need for kind oversight. - A friendly visitor went into an apartment . house. One woman was very proud and happy to show her bed rooms, kitchen and . living room. "But where . is your bath room?' -the - visitor, asked.- The visitor : insisted upon, seeing Itf and flnally. when it. was - shown, the bathtub was covered with boards; when the boards were .lifted a pig in brine was discovered. - The; woman-:. explained: "We didn' t need the bathtub and so we thought we'd, keep our Winter' meat in it." - 1 - - v ' '- TWO IHLUON ; ' ' , DOLLARS SPENT FOR 1 Y. m 0. A. HOMES " . " ; " - ... :- . .There ; has been- an ; area .'of build ing .the last, three or r four . years in the; life of the Young -Women's Chris tian Association throughout the-country ;, and in the last two years approx imate'ly ' t wp million 'dollars has been raised1 for buildings' for -young-women inttheli' cities y Yqungstown,; phiov' raised "8183,000 in ; sjx5 days, , having planned- to raise 8 1 5 0;0 0 0 ; in. 1 2 ; dayk' The fact that . 10 per. cent of Youngs- towns population is foreign and,' tnat 5,000 to ' 6,000 contributions caTme from .the shops, is significant. -' .i -y ' The! meetings held by Mill Sunday several -months previous - to the -campaign ? did a ' great r deal in . advertis ings, the .work, of . the t association and in 'influencing; people to" give to '"the fund..-' '. : ; -v . -f y. Los Angeles, i Cal., has, , recently had a gift of 8150,000 from;, Senator Clark for a. hoarding home, Jand when it is rinlshed? i vwill be i one of ' the .best equipped associations - in 'the- country, with' its 82.25,000 association ; building erected about three years ago. ; ; v. y 4r Cedar Rapids,"" Iowa," -raised October 1 927.T110SS 6;83 3T .The- population iWlbjiVlsC&lolgqtog" to do about . - v. , S-':-"- The 'Phone and the.' Hymn. An admiring r pa,rU5hioner of a young divine in .an Ohio town -recently had' a telephone installed in the clergyman's house. The geod man , was - delighted with - th convenience, -and used . i im mediately before-' going- to church. r "When the 'time ; came'or'; him to-, an nounce the' first- hymn, he. read the-- first lines with ,bis usual impresslveness,- fnd concluded with j j .? a" v . - "Let us all ". unite.' in -f hymn - seven, O three." ' :' ' :. 55 y: . r.'- .'.',- Skillfull)iSfiii Can Transform an tJgly Mouth Into a Pretty One. Don't Let Your : Teeth be a Bar to Yoar Success and Happiness.' -CONSULT DR. BEAM, . THE "DEXTAIj SPECIALIST. y Wlit knows how ; and, advises : more. peop!e ; than any "other Dentist . i" ii ie btate. ..ne gives aavico . jtt re-,ri FREE that is nrtoeless if taken r ' L itfclif uu Drmgs health and inappi- k?. ness as hundreds of pleased ) Patients can testify in this State and her sister States. r 22 K. GOLD CROWN.... . . . ... -' ! BRIDGE WORK OR & A 0 tfr TEETH WITHOUT PLATES - ' ' " i"'.' - lla,f Your Dental Bill Saved. All ' Work Guaranteed' 15 Years nn BALTTMORE DENTAL - PARLOR, : Inc." 22 South Tryon St. PAINLESS DENTISTRY.' ' v J Phone S65. s 2& -AviTHO .Pull Sets of Teeth 5.00 Terms cT; Snit All. . ''?-,'A; Blahatma i from Manhattan k r. r; ; (Christian Herald.)'- ' T'The s first hut' we visited was the homeJ of ' H. P. Clarke, , a curly-headed, bright eyed; young -fellow -of '30 'years of -age, Who looked and spoke as if he -might have just stepped - out of ; a skyscraper office in - lower TBrbadway, New ; York. Indeed, he had but recently left America, for he. told me.he had arrived-' in Ceylon only a week . ago, having - come ' direct from New ;.York City. ' He- had lived in One Hundred and Sixth ." street, some where 'near Central Park. I believe. He had ' not yet taken . the robes, . and ' wore the ' white . : cloth - and jacket of '. an Upasakarala. a religious layman. I spent, a short while in conversation with him, and he was interested In knowing that I had been in. America, but a year ago. I mentioned to him ' among ; other things;, the - conversion ., of a leading Buddhist of the district at '.the age ' of 40, a '' man who - had - - become . a - deeply pious ' and : most earnest Christian. ;?:;v --yy - ' 1 . j -yy- A Profound. Linguist. . There .had been a fatal accident at the railroad crossing in a little Penn sylvania town, . says The, Philadelphia Record, and the coroner, a pompous old . fellow, i who magnified conscien tiously, both: his office, and. its Incum bent, had impanelled a Jury for the inquest. , t . There was only. one witness of, the accident,, an illiterate Slav from the coal mines who could' not understand English; ; With : him the coroner : be gan to struggle. ... . - "Can. you, speak y German?" - he asked. .The man shook his head. "Can you speak Italian?" continued the official. 1 Ag?.in the man shook his - "Can you speak Hungarian?" The same response. - "Can you- speak Russian?" finally asked . the - coroner. Again "the man shook' his head. . , vit's no use, gentlemen," i said the coroner, -. turning : to the Jury. . "We can't proceed with the - case. I've spoken' to this man in five different languages and i can't make ihim un derstand -me." , , ' '.v ' ".- : .JUatter and Force Identical. V (Christian Herald.) Until recently; the atom. was -considered the indivisible part : of matter; but ad vances ,in. radio-activity' point to - the' fact ' that atom is a complex - system, consisting-of a positively, charged nucleus around which are grouped numerous negatively . charged particles of inflnl teBlmal dimensions, , called . electrons. A great-, deal has: yet to be learned about the ' eieetron.r Though regarded now - as theunit "of the -material universe, ; it is really1 nothing but electricity, though it possesses the properties of matter mass, momentum;- kinetic energy and probably weight. y - , , " r - ; - - , v -Lucky -Bessie. -.- Having need it some small change, the mistress ot the house stepped to the topof the. back, sairs,. Punch says. "Bessie,'', she called to - the maid below, "have. you. any coppers down there?" . , " - "Yes'm two," faltered Bessie, "but they're both my cousins, please, M'm." - TT "Do ;. you believe thatt all- men are created equal?'" "1 used. to before , I was married." ''And -now?" 'Wow I find that I can't 'begin to compare with other women's husbands." " ; ; ; H j $80i fcl ' Of bys' Aoid Clip's Sits Ail terwis h It Mi yy At 661 feis fti fe Mk ....... r..-. .(.,,- ............ . - . - . ,- .- - ..,.-:'".: -; " Geo. T.-Craddock, Rute, Ark., , says: "I was bothered .with .lumbago for seven years so "bad' I coul not - work. I tried several kinds 'Of kidney medicine which gave m - little or no relief. Two bottles of Foley Kidney Pills cured me and now " I: can: do any kind of: work. I cheerfully" recommend -- them-' to' 'my friendJ." Bowen's Drug Store e-o-d A - cftrlo -fny mww cwr : Vnn pjinnnf. mpntinn a material or model DODular f or fall and . winter that, isn't included in. this immense stock of Boys' Clothing. Hundreds of patterns ' in Grays, Browns, Tans and Blues all sizes, . 2 1-2 years to 18 years. The greatest oppor tunity ever offered right at the beginning of winter to buy best quality Boys' Clothes at ONE . THIRD THEIR VALUE. We will discontinue boys goods and our entire stock wil he closed out as soon as Dossible. So come while the stocks are full and the assortment at. its best and fit your boy out at one third less than you expected, to. pay. ; . ... Hats, Caps; And :FiIiisiilgs!at,. Half. Price; -.'..y, READ THESE PRICES CAREFULLY...; : ; $400 toys' and children's raincoats $2;67 $450 boys' and children's overcoats $300 $500 boys' and children's overcoats $334 $6100 boys' and children's overcoats $4-00 $650 boys' and children's overcoats $434 $700 boys' and "children's overcoats $467 $7;50 boys' and children's overcoats $500 $800 boys' and childreh's overcoats $534 $8.50 boys' and children's overcoats $567 $900 boys' and children's overcoats $600 $ J 000 boys'and children's overcoats $667 $ J ZOOboys' and children's overcoats $800, THE' nTE-BMOWN nrr JL
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