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2 THE OHABLOTTB EVENOTQ-' CHBONICLS, MONDAY, NOVE1MBEB 25, 1912. a subscription Price By Mail. PAYABLE STRICTLY : CASH STRICTLY ADVANCE. TS One Year.V Three Months One Month. . I... to Ml nntM nm econd-clasi matter at the postofflce at Charlotte. N. C ; TELEPHONES. Ddltor.. .. . . ManaglD? Editor. City Editor. . : Business Office : IS 78 " UnOAUXED GRAFT. r A report of the Postofflce Depart ment shows that the franking privi lege" extended by the government to members of the House and Senate cost that department nearly 20 million dol lars last year. T The deficit of the de partment for the last fiscal year was more than a million and three-quarter dollars.' The cost of hauling political ammunition carried under the frank ing privilege was three and a quarter million, so thai-there could have been quite a neat .profit shown by the de partment if the Senators and Repre sentatives had confined the use of the frank to legitimate purposes. - And this ' does mot take into account the .hrTtoS'S"or.-S5 cost of th. paper .n4 the print! of a week. Charlotte subscribers to Tbe Chronicle who f all to get tbe pa per, are asked to pbooe 2831 and a copy will be sent them at once. ' MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1912. NORTH CAROLINA TEAClutUKS More healthy interest is being man ifested this year in the annual session ot the North Carolina Teachers As sembly, which will be held at Greens boro this week, than was ever shown in any previous cession. The truth of the matter Is that the influence of this organization has. grown to " such an extent that it compels interest. The Hchool teachers of the State have a tremendous responsibility upon their shoulders and it behooves, the officials of State, county and city to aid them In their important work in every man- - ner possible. ' -. .-- ' y:-: It is said that the Teachers' Assem bly this year will recommend certain. legislation of vital (importance to the educational progress of the State, tf this is true. The Chronicle hopes and : believes that the members of the State legislature will give heed, believing In the capacity and patriotism of the teachers. Among other laws which It is said the teachers will recommend will be one for compulsory education. . The State has an excellent child labor law, a law that Is good from every humanitarian and broad economic and social aspect. A law that will com pel all children between the ages of six and 12 or 14 - years to attend school for - four, five six or . ; more months a year could be even more valuable. The child labor law: has met the hearty approval of the peo ple of the State. The Chronicle be lieves that- a compulsory ; education law would be Just as popular as soon as its workings had been dexrionstrat- ; ed;': -:. ;c ; yi, V ' V By . all means give us compulsory education and any other just and equi table laws that will help North Caro lina to develop '. and quicken the In telllgence and Increase the efficiency of her people. '-4: 'r::t:- V."":' ' the tons of this political reading mat ter. , , : - 1 ' The Chronicle would like to : see Representative Robert N. Page ; of North Carolina made chairman of a special committee during the . , next Congress to investigate legalized graft in its several phases. The Democrats have cussed r Republican Administra tions for extravagance and kindred failings. Now is their chance to make good their - talk. ' Congressman Page made himself conspicuous for his fight against the ' big ' mileage ; allowance given members of 1 Congress,- against the free seed graft and against the bill to increase the salaries of Senators and Congressmen. It is" a well known fact that it does not cost 20 cents a mile to travel, even including Pullman and dining car service. ; In the olden days when the allowance was fixed it probably did cost that muchV The seeds distributed by the government are notoriously no-good and there are precious few secretaries of Congress men and Senators who receive i the full 21,200 now allowed to their em ployers as their pay. The aggregate of the legalized graft If it could be - ascertained and pub lished would appall the Nation. The people would fare much better if this vast ; amount of money were put on post-roads and the postal rates were reduced. Penny postage could quick ly become a fact if the Postoffice De partment did not have so much dead stuff to carry. Congressman Page ' has very clear-cut Ideas about this mat ter and with his fearless aggressive ness and natural ability he would no doubt get some mighty good results if given an opportunity. If . i 100.000 . Red Cross Christmas seals are disposed of in Charlotte there will be two big results there- will be a more joyous and satisfying Christ mas because - the seals are used, and there will be a! large amount of am munition i tot the local ; fight . against tuberculosis. Says The Spartanburg Journal; ?A girl pickpocket in Atlanta touched a policeman for his 'roll. 4 But there Is no pickpocket in the world that could touch one of Spartanburg's r elegant and corpulent officers.?, What would be the use?.; t Mecklenburg; County . is a sure- enough bridge-builder. Every t new bridge means more back-country trib utary to Charlotte, and every enlarge ment of the trading radius of the city means better things both for the buy er and the merchants of the city. . AFFAIRS IN KDHTfl CAROLINA Dally Incidents, Facts And Ccament Gathered Jrca Th3 , J . Kavspapers 01 The State . NOW on There are many people who think that we ought to change " the legal rate of interest in North Carolina or change the v system of taxation bank stocks. - : Depend upon Lenoir to be in the forefront of progress. Caldwell's live capital Is now agitating for the com mission form of government. The big question with the Metho" dists now is "Who will be our preach er next year?' In one of its bulletins, the United States Geological Survey, at Washing ton' calls attention o the ; fact that it does not make analyses or assays of ores i or metals for ' private parties. Many specimens and samples are re ceived by the Survey, accompanied by requests for such ; treatment," with which it is impossible to comply. The force of chemists employed in the Sur- It is interesting and gratifying to note the volume of capital being at tracted to North Carolina for Invest ments The Southern Aluminum Com pany is spending millions In the de velopment of Its waterpowers and aluminum reduction plants at Whitney and just a few days ago mention was made Pt the fact, that -Pittsburg cap! tallsts are preparing- to invest six mil lions In the development of waterpow ers and enterprises, in the mountain section near AshevUle. Add to this the amount of railroad building and other construction work of a gigantic nature going on in. the State and the aggregate Is almost beyond compre hension. And Just - a few years ago we thought we were -poor and our young men were emigrating to the West and Southwest! . The newspaper men In various places are In a receptive mood In vey is small, and their time is fully 80 distribution of patronage uuwi uo usn jujuui liic auuuuuiUit- occupled by their official duties. The Geological Survey has no facilities at all for making gold and silver assays. The most that can be done Is for the Suhvey ' geologist to give : an off-hand opinion based on a simple examina tion' of the 'specimen. If an assay is, desired the proper course Is to employ a private assay er or to send the spe- tlon Is concerned. ; Sherrill of The Evening Tribune Is said to be pretty ; sure ..of the Concord postofflce. Atkins has a pretty good chance at the office at Gastonia and J. A. Robinson, f 0 merly editor of the old Durham Sun, is hankering after the Durham post- office. : Bivins at Albemarle is In a re- clmen to one of the government assay I , . . , : Sffices, . where a regular charge Is fe he J offices, .where a regular charge made for such work. When" spect mens are sent to the Survey for ex amination applicants should be par ticular to ! state . whether they wish them returned, as otherwise they will be destroyed. Government assay of fices are located at Carson, Nev.; Se attle, Wash.; Boise, ; Idaho; Helena, Mont. ; Salt Lake City, Utah, and Charlotte. part In the recent campaign1 and why should they not have some "pie?" Cleveland moved In quick succes sion front the position of sheriff at Buffalo to that of Governor of New York then to the Presidency, and for his last term was nominated in spite of the bosses of his State.. Wilson mdved In quick succession f rom . the position of (president of Princeton It Is to be hoped that the special youege, to that of Governor of (New committee of the board of aldermen, Jersey, then to the position of Pres ident-elect In spite of the bosses of his State. , v -. - will quickly decide to accept the pro posed agreement arrived at' between th executive board ' and the Southern Power Company for the better lighting of the streets of the city and the in- spallation of a "white, way" in the up town section. With all of the present wooden trolley and electric light poles removed, and" ornamental ' iron' and steel poles placed at intervals of 50 feet along the" sidewalks the streets uptown will present an entirely dif ferent appearance. The only wooden poles ' remaining for a little while would be those of the Western Union Telegraph Company, . ; which Is now preparing to r , put . its wires under ' ground. , , Charlotte Is a busy place. - It has been fortunate in having compara tively "little loafing during the recent years, except among a rather worth less class of; negroes. The ' police de partment, however, should keep ion the heels of this class and thereby aid in . the construction work going oh In the city. ; Much effective work has already been, done ' but the situation demands that they stay on the job all the time. - - " ' ' Dr. F. O.' Hawley' - declares ; that Charlotte Is the healthiest city in the South and the . second ' healthiest in the United States. That's awfuHy good news. , Now If we clean up and keep the town real clean we can practical ly put the 'doctors out of business and confine the drug stores to ; the soda fountain, -and candy trade. The other cities of the State can't understand why Charlotte, the cen ter of the largest . electrical distrib uting system on the Continent if not in the world, has not before now had an adequate and creditable street lighting system. ' No city of more than 10,000 Inhabitants in the Carollnas is more poorly lighted than" . Charlotte. However, even the best of them will not be able to touch" us when the new system is installed. . . Tiie Atlantic Coast Line has just increased its capital stock six million dollars. This is an interesting fact to Charlotte folks when ' the announce ment comes on the heels of various and sundry interesting rumors regard ing the extension of the Coast Line into Charlotte, either from Wadesboro or from Raleigh, which it is expected will soon, have the road through the building of the short gap between that city and Spring Hope. . ' ., i The Lancaster Nws is to be con gratulated upon securing the services of Mr. Luther Beyer as business man. ager. Mr. Boyer Is a young business man of excellent . ability and unusual tact and his past experince has well fitted him for the position he takes. The newsboys and .boetbl&oks might be a tittle less noisy about their wares in the Sunday morning church hour. ' - PICAYUNES ; New Orleans Picayune.) '. A woman can't keep a secret half so well as a man can tell It. : e No more are the warwhoops heard on the outskirts of civilization. ' Ifs beginning to look like there were too many , colleges and not enough education. "Death loves a shining mark." No wonder the' miser desires to take his gold with him. Usually the man who can afford taxicab is not ashamed to go to . dinner in a street car. v Men of Moberly, ; Mo., are hunting for. a coos with a gold tooth. Where we live they wouldn't have to hunt long. . . , A Western paper ends a marriage notice thusly: The bride and groom left, for the East on" the night train, where they will reside." - , ' The trouble with too many people in this world la that they want a reserved ' seat everywhere exoept In the family circle.". It was mean in the preacher after the choir had done its best to an nounce as his. text: "And after the uproar had ceased." x ' -' . .,".- A stylish and ; handsome '.English woman was detained at San Francisco as an undesirable alien. ' If she wore her hatpin too long, hurrah for the inspectors. A' debating society recently ; dis cussed ' the ' question: , "Can a com munity exist ; without women T" It might, - hut : then it . . wouldn't know what was going on. : DISCUSS LEGLSLuVTIOCV. aierchants' Association of AshevUle Interested h in Several' , Important Measures to Be Considered by Next General Assembay. ; ' . (AshevUle Gazette-News.) At last night's meeting of the members of .the AshevUle Merchants' Association the , matter of legislation which the ' merchants contend Is needed was discussed, and it was de cided that , at the meeting ' in - De cember the county members of. the General Assembly should be asked to be present; .. when c thena o ctuestlona wilUbe ; discussed MnformaUyi Some ut me proposed measures of legisla tion which the merchants discussed last; night were the repeal of the homestead exemption law, the -adoption of the Torren3 system . of land registration, the exemption of - mort gages . and other evidences of , debt from taxation and State aid for good roads. , These; questions " have been considered by ; previous Legislatures. Considerable routine buslnees was transacted last nlarht. and the United Grocery Company and the Enterprise jsaacmne company were elected to membership. Charlotte the Bachelor's Bane. : v : iMoore Countv ,Nbwh 1 The Charlotte graded schools have inaugurated a domestic science course and 190 girls are learning to cook under a specialist. Looks like the Hornets' Nest is to be the Bachelor's sane - or the Wife Hunter's Mec ca. we are glad to see imnrove- ment and hone it will do sood locallv ana mat otner towns will follow the leaa, ror ir we do endorsa anv thlnar 11. 1- . m m. - i is sometning good to eat and ho-i can you nave it without aook? High Point's Textile Growth. ... (The Enterprise.) The announcement of the bUildlnc of another mill ' in vesterdavs Issue. brings us to the front in the textile Industry. The output ; of our textUe plants now will surprise you. 1 For 1912 it will be over two million dol larsthe year 1918 will bring it ' to over three millions. - In spite of the unsettled business conditions attend ing jthe month before a presidential election October set a new high mark in the amount of business done by the various textile Dlants here. - Getting Scarce. - ' (Raleigh Times.). There used to be a time when It was ; considered quite the thins: to knock Raleigh, tout the knockers are all out of business, out only any where in the Stated but ! here .too. Sam Jones, that eccentrio but striking revivalist used to . say that "God really only disliked, two sorts of peo ple -the knockers and the quitters." Happy Is the State and the city without theee sort of folk, but show ing the get-together and pull to gether spirit, and this is a prime factor In putting Raleigh where it stands today. ' , :A Square Deal Tor the , State. " (Greensboro News.) The Durham Herald : says: ."The Democratic Congress is not going to give" the country free trade and in making tariff reductions It could not do ' better than to treat all sections allkel" v Our : contemporary has it doped'' out In the proper - form;- and' we may here remind our friend that the "people of North Carolina- have STOiJACII STARVERS EAT ANYTHING f . ' ' ... .-; V.' x rlal the home and - the IiO Indicftinn Tk,. of the sage of Montlcello, " ' Ulge SXlOn, DyspepsJ Dlapepsin" TTSR Wp91' Lawyers Slay Get It i (Springfield Republican.) With the party of Jefferson again in power there . will be renewed Inter est m me enorts to ootain as a na tional memorial : burial place I which his namesake, Jefferson M. Levy, declined to1 sell. Tbe legal opin ion , which is said ; ta have ;been -obtained that Congress can acquire Mon tlcello under the right of eminent do- main, is interesting.1 An . agreeable morsel is offered for the contention United States. England n7 J? of , the constitutional lawyers. take Rape's -.bSSeiSn Canad ' . ' ' " . ' - not only Immediate L f reall Reno to Reform. ; lief.: y , (Chicago Tribune.) T " 4 This harmless preparation win . INV State , will car to take in the rZuVSSf" eat and overeoS: TnMmnnui : x a sour, sassy or ont-nf.. t1 "? wu;?Wuuu ach fl minute at!,"1 m. uuttUBuuy, xne. aivorce Dusmess t . r ."us. returned Mr. Simmons, to the Senate will build flashy: hotels, Increase the (or-what you eat iti m COmfortably ror the reason that he demanaea a fe in grocenea and meats, help the lead in your fitmoAi, iurap tf square deal for North Carolina and liveries, bring certain fees for the heartburn thlt 1 lf J0XL bare the South, and that there should toe courts and fat fees for lawyers and tion. i " 11 slen of Inaie. v -:.. "TT ". " MwMn.ui ooBcnw a towns f : uet irom your pv,,, -J? or it.: but in the end the cent case of pJJe-?11 oiate ia -w u vuufiraiuuMBU uiai. a I lUiKS WUO na.Vfl trt Rtonri fnr- ,- I tn.tr A n Anna. . ,v"u UA w s uts win re Dei. j l!r""f ot unaigested food - Nevada has had tnn a,rtr,,v with: add. nA Btrtv . . : .med Road to Linvllle IJur From Cple- and Reno report, that thLVgi tion. - Will be orzanlxmri Bfn j ZL I stomach. NanMa tkui.5 l laws, which permit the establishment I? Ptezmes or IntesOnaiJ." so. &04 Avery" Vim.) , Much work has been done on the 13 miles of the present county- road from here r to Llnville, which - the new -highway will follow in a general way with - many improvements, in cluding the taking away of a; huge cliff at Altamont to avoid two bridges. This : will require a detour to main tain grade.- It Is, the . hope of all concerned that this connection with the Yonahlosee road ? may be com pleted-by a year from now.l That will be doing well. of a residence in six months. ;'A- r ' . -' J-y?; .Y'V.7 . i . Conatilsslon iWm popular. : ; . . (Baltimore Sun.J :New Orleans ' . and St. x Paul, two towns of goodly Blze, have adopted the commission form of government. Buf falo, a city with more than 40,000, has twice ; voted for it. though the corrupt r political machines . of New Tork State have thus far ; been able At present Humpback I to defeat the will of the people there. will be no sour food left over in S! Pape's Dlapepsln Is a certain en. Mountain stands between Llnville and the Crest of the Blue Ridgo Highway. v.-;. ., ,. v. ..... , - r t Hitthisr ait . U-And Not Missing. v:?-:i ( Greensboro : Record.) . , ?y Says The Charlotte Chronicle "Greensboro has : recently enacted a law , against unnecessary noises by automobiles and other ' noise-making agencies. . This is something new In the Gate City, . which has heretofore made all the noise, possible on every occasion, ' and often without any: oc casion at all." Just the same. - you appear to have heard from us. You might hear and imitate more with profit. For Instance, you need a commission form of government al most as bad as Richmond. You have ; , too many ; cooks who : are eternally spoiling the broth. Get up. Progress. Don't be so slow. ' Winston-Salem : Wants It. (Statesvllle Landmark.) ; -Citizens of Winston-Salem ; have been demanding for years that., the office of the collector of internal revenue be located in ' the . Twin-City, on the ground that so " much of ;. the revenue or: the district is conectea there. , The coming of the Wilson administration has revived the hopes of the Winston-Salem epople in . this direction and the board of trade and the tobacco trade have endorsed CoL G. E. - Webb of- Winston for .col lector, with the expectation, of course, that lf he Is appointed the office will be moved to Winston. - A paper recently asked the ques tion: "Do we eat too much ? r in an Incredibly short time 60,000 boarding- house keepers answered in the af firmative. . " . , mi , A Los Angeles maniac threatened to blow up a building unless wages were raised. Sometimes when a man asks for a rajse he Is J'blown up", and fired." ' Isn't it refreshing to listen to Dr. Alexis Carrel, the recent winner or the Nobel prize, acknowledging that the work of others before him made it possible ror nun-to wm me pnwi SPARKLERS LEARN FROM THE DOG. (Exchange.) ;. Alas!" sltrhed Fldb. In the. pound,' 1 hope bv frleaids ',m qulokly found. For preparations here astir Seem to foretell a . massa-cur." (Kind friends, I know this pun'e tetohed But, since this Is a time ot war, , i-t ms.v hA mell for some oz ye To learn the word's not massa-cre.) JNw York Press.) What comtorts a woman le that every gray hair she finds Is the first, one. ? (Chicago News.) .Transient : Ouest I never saw such a crowd of pesslmlBts as In this boarding house. . : Old Boardep xes. ; una you notice that even the mUk is sour? f . , (Galveston News.) -The worst dav in the life of any young man Is the one In "wihich he conceives aa idea that he Is being ; oppressed by capitaltetm because ' he can't make a living ait laying pool. - - (Boston Transcript.) - " (Heard bi an EJovatory Observing Gent Pardon .' me, madam, ; but your hair is coming down. Lady (tunung)--Oune? Observing Gent I , think it is yours madam. . 1 r x (Tatler.) . . Two ,Sflen4thrtfts.1My dear girl you spend all your money getting your hand read." "And ' you spend all yours, old boy. ; In getting - your nose red.",; (Pumdb.) ' In Case of 5 Fire. Oajp4air 9upoelng' the - barracks ' were to oatoh fire, - what oaa would you sound? Trumpeter (new ly . Jotaied)Sure, eorr. Td sound the 'oease fire,"' . ' ' , cpuok.).:' rv';. ; ; '". A Modern WondFOoUege Preeldertt You can't get into our . college, : Yarn aren't qualified in tha entrance require ments w Sanskrit, ! Greek or Calculus, Prospeotlve Btudent-o, but .I am very well rounded - In readlnft. wrltinar nrw? j arithmetic College V . Presldent-Oreat Scott, man,' you don't need a college : eduoatlonl Whv don't von so int htnd. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. t Spartanburg . County Man to Show isntisn How to Grow Cotton. (Spartanburg Herald.) ' When the British Government de cided .to introduce 'cotton growing- In South Africa it selected a Spartan burg County boy, Mr. A. L. Harris, son of Mr. J. W. Harris, to go to the provinces of far away Africa and teach its subjects the art of grow ing cotton. Mr. Harris leaves within the next two weeks for New York, from which point he ; will ' sail - for Africa to be away two years. t A. L. Harris graduated from Clem son College about two years .ago, taking the full agricultural course. Recently he was offered a position by the English Government to - go to South Africa- and introduce . cotton into that country, and he accepted. The position carries with It a large salary and his pay began the day he accepted the position. While at. Clemson College . young Mr. Harris made a special study of growing cotton and in order to bet-' ter equip himself in the field of agri culture, he went to Texas, where he devoted a year to the study of the cotton plant, preparation of soil, etc. and his -work , there attracted . con siderable attention.- He showed great ability . in preparing the ,: soil, select ing seed and - methods of cultivation to produce the best crops. ' ' --i -.,. .: Av '-;;;:'. ; . The Call of Colleton. (Walterboro Press and Standard.) Dr. Daniel ' says ; there is as ; great waterpower in the artesian well basin 400 leet ' below the surface : of upper; Colleton as there' is in the hills of the piedmont.' A pressure at Lodge of 100 pounds to the square inch, If properly applied, : - will generate electricity to run mills, trolleys and light our county." The touch of the husbandman only is . needed. .The call sounds again to Colleton's, sons in other: States come hornet - . 1 ' Publicity is Antiseptic. (Union Progress.), There Is only one "objection to President Wilson making Columbia his winter , capital; it will? draw at tention from all sources to some political (figures - and conditions in South Carolina that already have had enough embarrassing . notoriety.' Some Fine Towns. h " ; ;) . v (Sumter Item.) . The iSouth Carolina Western is Hie a necklace strung with the choicest Jewels in; this part of the .State where can r be found better or more progressive . towns . than Florence, Darlington, Hartsvllle, Blshopville and Sumter? , : k ODDS AND ENDS Designs v have .been completed for the memorial bridge which the ' city of' Augusta,' Ga.,' Is to' erect In honor of Major Archibald W. Butt; who per ished in the Titanic disaster. Work will begin 'In a, few weeks. ltf will be a handsome re-enforced concrete structure In three arches, spanning the Augusta canal. " New records for depth were estab lished by the United States submarine The old idea that commission gov ernment is unsuited for cities of the largest size Is gradually being aban boned. ' - . . Confidence in Wilson. (Philadelphia Ledger.) ; The American people have heartily congratulated themselves that the re sults of the acrimonious and disquiet ing presidential contest is the election of Woodrow Wilson a - scholar, an unassuming, genuine man of ability, a leader of courage and high Ideals and statesmanlike gifts. Governor Wilson when he takes his j?lace in the White House, will be fax a peculiar sense ; a "President of the whole people," rath er than: the representative of a par ty. Inasmuch as great numbers of convinced Republicans who - "never voted the Democratic before in their lives" contributed to the result as a means of averting the perills of Rooee- reltlsm. Governor Wilson's career, his training and experience, his high sense of duty ; to the country," and his cautious," sane attitude was disclosed In the campaign afford gratifying as surance that not only will the country take.no harm" .from his administra tion, but that the tone of political life will be higher; that progresslveness in governmental policies will have a real meaning as descriptive of a genuine and desirable thing, and that the Na tion and the people will continue in their forward march toward prosper ity, sound government and happiness. Again the Common Cup. r r (Indinanapolls JTewa.) -i .,? By an official order, issued by See? retary MacVeagh,f the ban Is put on the common cup; generally ..used i.n railroad cars, ships and other convey ances. The' Secretary's, order offects only those carriers operating in Inter state commerce but as 26 States al ready have passed laws governing the drinking cup all carriers are, now ror soon will be obliged to resort to this restriction. While the campaign Tor sterilization and the running down of germs may be easily carried to a rl ! dlculous extreme, most persons - will 7 x ' "Ul-"er stomachs, betting .T i: "la. Biime as it your oiumacn wasn t mere. Relief In five minutes from all stomach misery is waiting for vS at any drug store. ' 701 .These lrge 50-cent cases contain more than sufficient - to thorougS cure almost any case of DyaneniS 1 nnlrPfltlrtTl nr arttr i - . viiiier disorder. stomach CHICAGO GIRL IS , UUAMPION ATHLETEE. .CHICAGO. Her new made friendi in Chicago are claiminer for Miss Tlllla Blumenthal,- formerly of New York merged cruise In San Francisco Bay this xau. ' The boat went down to a depth of 2 8 8 feet. The vessel main tained this depth for ten minutes while traveling at a speed of - six knots ; 1 then, rising to a depth of 1 9 feet, it proceeded at a speed of eight knots. - The previous record was 256 feet. . Last M&v jr. - R. RtelA nl&nte nn acre that had been planted in alfalfa for ten years to Early Rose and Garr field varieties of potatoes. . They were irrigated twice. Last week he started to dig them and found that the hills had run together so that each row was one continuous line of solid spuds. many ox me plants naa enough on Especially is this ' true in ' railway coaches occupied by all sorts of trav elers. Few railroads are as careful about cleanliness as they, should be. Whether the drinking cup carries dis ease or not, It Is not clean. , - ; But some carriers have a way of evading the law. Many travelers do not possess a private drinking cup. Before the order went into the effect the drinking cup used to be In evi dence In some States, but when the train passed into another State where the cup was forbidden, It disappeared, Not for long, however, for the.porter proved most obliging and at each re quest would produce the cup, allowing It to continue in common service." A girl athlete of the Middle West Min Blumenthal has entered a number of all-round athletic contests in the girla gymnasiums here, and has never been excelled in any of the events in which she has competed, the branches of the sport at which she excels 1 ncludlnj running, Jumping (high and broad), gymnastic work and throwing the baseball. V DETENTION SYSTEM For Punishment of Minor Infractions of Navy Laws Proves Satisfactory. : WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. The de tention RvAtem of nunlshment for na- them to fill a five-gallon oU can. Most little quiet search, even when the por- Ival officers which has now been in op of the spuds are a foot long and some ter Is not available, will reveal the r. mcers wnic naa weigh four pounds each. Portland oup in some locker in the washroom. erauon more.. man a year Oregon. . . ... , ; v I The drinking cup in the rail war day Royal, B. and Fuget souna, wwm coach sometimes is the least of the lis credited by Secretary Meyer In hu traveler's concerna American railway J annual report with having produced Since the advent of the "Houn Dawg" song everybody has heard of the v ozarks. But the Ozarks have leng been contributing to letters. The trains are not always clean. . Chair gratifying results. The underlying auu owdjjius vara u e seneraiiy i . . , , , . i.. ..iinn kept Olean. but the day coaones verv prmcxpie is 10 avoia aegrauxxiB world are made from the red cedar of the ozarks. WATER SUPPLY FIGHT .:r-;:;:u--e- rrA San Francisco Wants to Use r Water , from Reservoir in Tellowstone Na tional Park. --"," -. WASHINGTON, Nov. ' 25. The great municipal water supply project of San fFranciso, Involving the right to use the" scenlo Hetch Hetchy" Val ley In. the Tosemlte National Park as a city, reservoir with expenditures pos sibly reaching- up to $50,000,000, hing es on a final hearing begun before Secretary of the Interior Fisher today. A '-: formldabe; array of counsel, city officials, irrigation engineers and In terested individuals for or against the proposed project are on . hand- to pre sent their views, ( The fight Is many sided, including Jj;be Cities '-:pj i San Franoisco and Qakland and the pres ent water supply porporaUon, 'and the county government, ,' ; '. ' , ! . IS THEBE COULD USD A AMTTHINQ PEanre a YOU mi The word ' "chore," generally used in the plural, is not slang, but an English ? word of highly respectable lineage. - In this form it Is found only in America, ' in England the spelling ana r pronunciation being "char," though this is rarely ' used except in combination with 'woman' "char woman.' But In some of the pro vincial dialects, that of Cornwall, for example, the word "chores"- is used precisely as we. use "chores." All these 'forms ' come down to us from the Anglo-Saxon word ran,", to turn : over. the ventilation Is poor. Clean drinic i ing water and clean : drinking . cups I are good, but fresh air is also neces 1 sary. , '- H greater part of the lead pencils of theioften are not. And in manv trainJ. who have been guilty of merely tech- including the finest on some systems nical military offenses not invomn moral turpitude or the violation of the general laws of the country, Thli is accompulshed by . confining thU class of offenders in disciplinary bar racks, -which are really correctional schools; where the men are allowed o wear the navy uniform and find their punishment principally in the severe routine of drills and useful work. .' .Aside from the help given the in dividual, the detention system, which naval offenaeri CONVICT GAVE UP cerr," ar rcer- The "sandwich men" of ' London have been in difficulties owing to some provisions in the new insurance laws of Great Britain. One would be sor ry to hear of any misfortune to these "piquant slices of humanity.". In no other city have they been so conspicu ous as In .London, , where the occupa tion has been an unfailing resourse of the ; "out-of works." ; : A", line a of these men olad in bathrobes recently spread the fame of a Turkish bath- nouse in inac oixy, ana otners dressed as aviators .called . attention to a' hlg aero meet. - , N Little Tommy, at - the 'Imovles," saw a, tribe of Indians painting their faces an4 asked his mother, the sig nificance of this, according .to . The San Francisco Chronicle, .; v "Indians," his mother answered, always paint their faces before going on 2 the warpathbefore scalping and tomahawking and murdering." -' The next evening after . dinner,' as the . mother entertained In the par lor 1 her daughter's younar f man. Tommy rushed downstairs wide-eyed witn ingnt,, , t . - r '- ( "Come on mother. hie eriedi "let'a get out of this quiekt ; Sister Is going on ine warpatni" - . . - After Riding 00 Miles Under Guard - jmsoner lianas Over Weapon. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.,Nov. 25 Dick Riley, an escaped life-term con vict from the Michigan State prison at Jackaon. wIia Aonti.4 1 onerates to reform . vwmi n n i VI An- days ago at Bakersfield, Col., passed who formerly were dishonoraDiy our throncVi hera laaf v4o-v v!- leha.rfired. accomnlishes a financial - .Bm uu uio vtu.y " ' . . back to prison in the custody of a n .to " the government, which is guard. Riley's captor , said Jiis prls- to considerable expense to enlist ana oner, . after riding with him six hun- equip recruits. dred miles, reached Into ; his shirt front, drew a loaded automatic pistol and handed it over with the remark:, "I guess I won't need this any more. Riley said he had beeome tired bf dodging, officers since July 2S last when he escaped. . ; He was sentenced to prison for highway ry robbery, 'X: in which he shot his victim. . ' . . (Harper's -Weekly.) rm - tvp umhai "See here. said Tompkins, angrily, to the car agen "you toia me tnat it aa-xar -7. A T JtiArt' cad V It WUS A U4U w oar ten years beet on the market youTd eSvo me onher." "So I did,- so I did' the agent. "Well, it's a bunon at the end of six months," said Twnp- klns, aod Td lUte the other car. Ah txut the contract (was that you en,l the contract.' RIEDEIBACHS EECOBD wraZZJZL -gfc -. " 1 -, ; f 1 jusv nine .ywtra buu cla. uivuw. Los Angeles Police :'. Frtghtener i Is; Found to be Former Counterfeiter, i LOS ANGELES, Cat, Nov. 25.-The poHoe have learned that Carl ' Ried elbach who was arrested last Tues day : after holding possession of the central police station with an infernal Is your? husband cross t;n Irritable. fault fWdlng ; disposition Is often due to a disordered stomach, A man with good dlgeetioa is nearly always oed natuped. A great saany have been nermaasntly eured of - stoaaaeh ; trouble bv - taklna Rheumatism la a constitutional Disease. machine for an hour and a half, had It manifests itself in local aches ao been arrested In .lMl in San Luis patoSr-teflamed Joints and stiff Ofatsno. OaL. charsed with des, but it cannot be cured by counterfeit dollars: but-was released JSjues Constitutional treatment after a month In Jaa under the name and the best is a eourse of the e1 of George Wilson. . " - . - , . Wood purifying and tonio medicine ; iuedsihacn today Mnnd'o SaroaDariH on a charge ot deputing dynamite t ZjaHon X S ooouuastS1 f yesterday his threats to commit sul- Qet u today h usual liquid form' cldfl tfjBfin.tffTioeja. to tha penJtnntlary.lxhocelaUd tablets called Sarvatab
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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