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m ri .' -v. mi ; a aafc ' tt ' - ' ' - ' . . : H ' T : t .OfRint pf SuDacripUoa mce By Mall. PAYABLE .STRICTIiY CASH i r JC One Tear:, -i- 'n.-' .t2.b Six Months.. ... .U.SO -a area . 4. vne Month.. 28 -. . Entered' iaatoridia postonce at chariotti n.; vj ' J " Mnaefn Editor.. ''. City Editor7.. ... .rli Business ; Of3ee ..' : ' 8 The Eyenlnar Chronicle t rTedjto the lxme by our carriers oenta subscribers to The Chronicle w&b fall to get the pa per, are asked) to pbone 2881 and a copy' will he) them at onoa,- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 1.4,' 19 1 2s M ORE POWER tO THE VOTER . The Chronicle does not , believe that ' tany city in the Country: has a, higher - general average ' of citizenship than ' has Charlotte. Our voters are intel ligent and they are honest and safe - During the past few years the people of the city have been keenly interest ed izi the affairs of the municipality fThey realize that they are bearing the burden of the government and they want to see results? , They have come itov jsee the inefficiency and the inade iQUacythe wastefulness dnd the cum . bersomness of the present system' of government, '; They are ripe for tne commission form and' they "want it. -Under the commission form of gov ernment, with the initiative, referen dum' and recall in operation, the vo ter Js all-powerful. . The commission ers most exercise economy, secure ef ficiency in all departments of the gov ernment and render good-service gen erally or the voter, may recall any who are delinquent in their duties or who can't measure up-to 4 their t responsi bilities. Franchises and other import ant matters are' passed upon by the voters themselves and not ' by their representatives. The voter 'does, not have to. depend upon someone else to judge of the merits of these things. ... In a city with a low order of citi- 'aeriship, where intelligence 4t at a low ebb .'and no interest is manifested in public1 affairs the; commission form might be inferior to some' other form , that would vest all power In the. . hands ; of mayor " and aldermen. In Charlotte the reverse is true. With Intelligent and patriotic and public spirited voters . we t certainly need hare no fear of going ' wrong under Jlh commission -form, ' The richest people on earth per capita-are members of the . Osaj Indian nation. It is stated, "that 'these peoplei are worth ;;n-actual cash and lands $50,000,000 and the census ' showe only 2,200 ,Osages in the nation. The government gave '.each $5,00 f)Jn cash when the lands were segregated .into allotments and also 670 acres of land each, now worth approximately $40. 000,0p0. ; The average income from oil ana gas royalties is a little over $400 a year for each Indian.- besides $1 an acre per Indian ' from grazing land. ' An Osage Indian under cer ta$ conditions may, sell his land,, but the title to-the; oil and-gas resources is - held by the government, arid the - royalties derived from the sale of these products are 'credited to a fund that is periodically distributed among the Indians. ' The lands are held to be worth on " an average $25 an . acre for' agricultural purposes. ' ,75 '.The school board of a town in Pennsylvania has ; issued an order , prohibiting the teachers from dancing - apy night of the school, week and not satisfied witbfthis the 1 board .'went farther, and fixed it so that the young I Vomen could not secure a hall for their Friday night, dances. ' These dances have been conducted by. the Sterling Club, an organization com- . posed, exclusively of teachers, r It is natural that such indignation is ex pressed at the action " of the school board, and threats to strike are being madejby the teachers. ,Iet the teach s ers ; strike and public; sympathy will be with . them. 5 What right has any ; body of men to dictate what a teacher , shall : and shall not do after school hours so long as their , conduct is . above reproach? Schoolteachers, like any other beings t resent interference With their liberties,!. , ' . ' . The city of Charlotte , is paying jwery nearly $100000 -interest- each' year upon a ..boncjed indebtedness 01 more "than - $2,150,000 iWhieh .it has, ben forced to assume to secure paved streets' and other municipal improve ments-The tax-payers of, the City are I i -under, present circumstanoes forced to pay nearly $200,000 annually into itjhe treasury of. Mecklenburg Cpunty, which, of ( course," has . never found Jt Necessary to issue bonds for the pur pose of building - roads -and bridges and making other improvements. . r . Not only, has the city, of Charlotte (largely supported . the government of Mecklenburg' County in the building of roads and . bridges ana . its other activities, but it: has done. 'so during ttbe past neverai-yeara without being represented on .the. board of pounty jaommissiopera " - , . ' '. . ' ' . '.' . The jounty 'of;; Mecklenburg out- "bide of ChAriotte' is I in " exactly the pame. relationship. ' with the' city Q Charlotte - that the ''pauper', counties of the iBtate' are "in vwitl ' the other , (counties which help to support them TIDE GOOD OF lilVE STOCK SHOWS The stock-raisers-ofIredelllContjr have 'been1 holding, a live stock show at SUtesvillie ; this week 'and ;a nSost creditable ' exhibit' was " made accord ing "to ah 'reports. During 'the; past few weeks: simUar; shows and poultry shows, have been hf d .m -several ai thelpiedmct"and moujitncgunties of the 3tate and everywhere great ira provemerit has been rioted in. the qual Jty of cattle hogs and other, live stock shown and . also an increase in tno numbier of exhibits.; - : ; ,! A .little more than a decade ago a respectable' live , stock show in any Tfnrfh r-nrntlna fiOUlitV ' "wOttid nave been an impossibility, v Then, a , few, farmers began to realize the ' oppor tunities presented , by the Ulye ' stock tnriiintrv and becran imDortinK . a few pure :"l breed animals; fThe; neighbors of these wer interested, apd other im Dortations f followed; while the herds Were rapidly, increased at home.,laer there was a small live stock show and these exhibits had the. effect of stim ulatin? interest" in the industry; ; In some counties now there are dozens of breeders of pure bred stock who are not only making- good v profits. , from their stock but are helping the gener al cause of stock raising ;by their in fiuence upon others who witness their success and see their ,stock. j - The farmers of the State are begin ning to realize generally that it costs no more to raise a 1,200 to ' -1,600-p'ound ' Hereford "or Shorthorn ster than it does" to raise a scrub steer that will weigh 600 pounds. And it costs no more to raise and feed i dairy cow that will give four and-five gallons of milk a day than - it does to raise and feed a scrub that will return two gal lons of milk a ' day, The live stock shows have had much" to do-with the development of - the k industry and promes to greatly influence "it in the future.,-- rV, PROGRESSIVE IiEGISIATION. The Chronicle is today publishing tux editorial fronx The - Raleigh New and Observer, outlining several meas ures of; progressive legislation which will be , considered .in the approach ing General Assembly. -Several of the measures advocated will undoubtedly become laws.. For instance it seems certain that a law will be passed pro viding for 'a six-months school term Mr over the State and it is' not 'im-' probable that the same law will pro vide for compulsory . education, for which sentiment has been'rapidly ,: de veloping, especially ;: during the past ew ; months. y : ' .v T?? 1 ' ; Some provisions will, probably, be made for State aid in highway work, possiby." to the extent . 'of ', proyiding for theworking.ot State convicts. up on theroadsi ' Secretary of State J.' Bryanrrnes)iaocate convicts - upon: the.roads ,and giving the families.KhQ.Aave been, dependent ipon ? them dm remuoeratloh for their1; labor, Thliis mirifhtiy" 3ust and proper and . will - be done some day, but' we 'fear t;hat North Carolina Is not quitefiynVo. qyite thV far. (However, .there is some probability that the convicts wilt be transferred from, railrpad and other construction Work to the building of State high ways. . ' V' The Legislature ' meets on January 8. ,There is naturally much : interest throughout" the State in " prospective legislation and it is generally believed that -more really important and pro gresslve legislation will be enacted than has been enacted by any past'l Legislature. THE. SPTJg: MOVESCENT. -The. Chronicle is in f uU sympathy with ; the "spug! movement, as Mrs. August Belmont terms the propagan da of the Society ' for the; Prevention of: Useless Giving." The immediate; object of the organization, which has spread to many of the larger cities, is to put an end to the perfunctory feiv ing of Christmas presents. The Christ mastide is a Joyous seasonand none of the pretty customs that make it such : should ' be ' allowed to fall "into disuse.-; But ;the , giving of expensive presents merely because one is afra'd the recipient of , the gift, is going i to do likewise: and when one cannot af ford ' it there should ' be "an : end to this sort of thing.' Frequently, a person who is not troubled by '. the lack' of money embarrass their less fortunate friends by giving .expensive presents, the friends feeling that they must re ciprocate. Of course this Is not al ways the 'ease, but too often it is. Everyone should be as, liberal as they feel - like and should spread joy over as wide a circle, as possible, but, they, should, also exercise ' discretion . and be 'sure that !it 'is Joyv that they brng to " the recipient of every gift they give. - Apropos;, nothing in particular It may be -. remarked that one of ; the Jivest .weekly .papers in' North Caro- ina is edited and managed by . two. ladies,. Misses Euna Clum Atwood and Misa Kate Griswold, . editor and man-, ager respectively . of The Southport Kews, whlcK lives up to its motto,. "Independent In politics, Fearless in Policy."! The 'News is easily one ot Eouthport's most valuable assets; and 4t is what might be termed a "quick' asset, too -v 1 .'..-i.J Harry Lehrt the monkey-of the New York T0Qi''de'cilUMs that he has left Ameriea for all time. Now if we car.t stamp out smallpox and tuberculosis atd pellagra an hookworm we will have an ldjeal, country sure enough Booker, of The Greenvilla Piedmont declare tbav "Girls BhQUia, npt kiss a men . without , reason." No, girls. - be sure to select a' nice fellow with plen ty of gray -matter . 1 '4iXf .phjthadhad. a,tlvic league.; as live as the Greater. Charlotte Club la it would have - had commission form of government already and' wbuid not iow being paying nearly; $200,000 nuaily" for .the ; building of .roadsj 'arid-bridges in 'the county while is suing bonds for building city -streets and.. bridges or: else,, doing ", without them. - Ma ' i' -fti MlMi&k p Some, Congressmen 'defend the 20 cents mileage allowance : by ..declaring that the a,mountt enables Congressmen to .taice ,tneir, A iamieac;.tQ, w snmgtpn and that the morals ;of 'the members is. best conservedby this course.' Men whose morals require: such protection have'rio business in Congress. ! y Don't try to fight a woman's organ ization unless you have some; women lined up wlth you. (See what happen ed to those Philadelphia egg-dealers who ."tried to buck tq Philadelphia Housekeepers' League. - v .. Those Kansas,. women who-, have been summoned forjury duty are be ginning to learn that there is more to. citizenship thn the right to talk politics and vote: ODDS AND ENDS -- m - London has ;over ninety;' thousand. ueui resiaents. ? v - v "A nw roofing material is . steel coated with lead. . .- 1 . - , a A clothes brush that plays attune wnue peine used is a nove tv. ' .: American vCnewing jrum is now being sold In all large cities' In Oer ' - ' .. -Miss Rosie Keller. : Batesvllle. Ark.. has a' trunk Once 'owned by George Washington. The demand i for. their 4 hides In South Africa is , met by ; matching alligators in incubators. , Clevelandera are talking -of having a roof garden . on .their proposed ,new pity hall building. , . New" Yo k schools ' are warh! ntc. children against the. practice of roller skating in the streets. - . , ."'--Vv .1 i :-.-; -. . ' No ship is allowed to. pass through the Suez Canal without a searchlight of a specified type. - , Grass stalns"may. be removed from washable fabrics' by rubbing with fresh lard "before washing. : v :. ; Wages in Japan have .risen 50 per cent in teri" years; and the cost of living has jumped 33 per cent. - In the first 'seven months this year Genrmany, exported 20,000,000. .fila ment electric lamps.- A mathematical arenius has figured that 25,3 MtOO 0. soap bnbblea., can be made fjrom a pound Of soap. . : Pittsburg women 'rare advocating the opening, of "curbstone markets", to- cut thecoetf Jlltrig -"T RADIA1TT REFLECTIONS BY HENRY BEOtJNT, a Wilson bov has become . insanely In love with a very fat girl who weighs three hundred pounds. We presume he was iu-fat-uated with fiermmni weighs," and yielded to her "soulful size."-; r . . : .- :.vC ;. k ; V;, An old bachelor, upon hearing that a young Wilson boy called on im "ue. girl, the evening nexore ana bt. up until" It o'clock with only one chair in the room, said that Was impossioie unless one of them stood up. upon hwnrina- this -remark a' very brilliant and up-to-date yoong lady said that "the ignorance arid stupidity of old bachelors were indeed most amazing and astonishing." . . ' " ' " " Howard Rowe' hasdonned the offi cial robe of sheriff of .Wilson County. And w know he "will wear it grace- fuly and without a wringle of dishonor and without. the least stain or.orrup lion: for he is the .soul of 'honor, the exponent of honesty and the embodi ment of loftiest integrity. ' ' Wilson-Superior Court for the trial of the criminal docket' will convene on Moriday. the able and learned Judg6 Justice will preside. The most important case and around which the deepest ana: mtensest interest m, ciu terine is that of Mr. Beland for killing his wife by shooting her to death. He will be most ably defended by some legal giants, most prominent 01 wnom is that great criminal lawyer, the Hon. John E. Woodward. , - The prosecution will be in strong and powerful hands, for the able So licitor Ailsbrook wmjoe most emw ently aided hy that brilliant lawyer, Will A.' Lucas; orie of the most thrill ing and electrifying- speawemm tnw State. And so in the trial of tnat case there -will be a battle -rOyal between legal giants. t And f while our tnougnts are upuu legal giants we will, refer to a crown ed king in the realm of eloqeunce and hratorv. and dramatic impressiveness. A highly intellectual .geptleman" with flpe discriminating judgment, and'who had been a superior uourt cierK ior ten years rr. and who had heard the ablest lawyers in i the State, told us tmat the Hon. Frank Spruiil of Rocky. Mount was the greatest lawyer he had ever heard. And recently when weVheard that -he was to-defend the sAtlantie Coast Lin m-a salt for a Barge amount of 'damages we , deterr mined to . near tne "case ana stuay him closely.1" Ahdlnever have we seen a' case managed .with more adVeit tact fulness, and with more high skill and. such masterly ability, "nd in his ar gument we; never heard lortier nignts of sublimest elOquencer Or more elec trifying outbursts of oui-moving ora tory. In his towering intellectual pow-, ers and in the tenderness of his sym pathies he reminds ; ' us of a huge, grand, lofty, giant oak tree the very monarch' of the forest, capable, in its massive strength and titanic power of resisting the most furious sweep of Hhe wildest storms, yet hbldihg'ln the ileafy jrecesses of its nmbrageous bow ers a -nestling place where mother birds cap, safely.brood- her tender young, and teach them their first sweet notes in the minstrelsy of Song: 'And. we, know .this , tribute to - one of the inteilBctual -Slants of the age will be read with- deep, interest by many people in Charlotte, for his brilUant and accomplished daughter married ft high-toned and elegant citizen of Charlotte, -and .thewlt?hery of -her won drous fascination, and seductive' graces have given her a lumt of ad mirersr in 'hernew home the' Queen City bf ; the South; beautiful - nro- ':grep4ve. fwi4awake. Chariot-., :i r, , t-:rtvvu$irr ttrtn f::: t I Dally ? Inclicnt Rets i Aba A SANATARrDM' FOR PELLAGRA, Dr. E.' H. Bowling Will Erecet a Hoe-' fi'w; w ; Pellagra ; PaUents at '..sv iurnam.s t -; rf. i 4 irl (Diirham'--Siin. v" - J J -. Plans ? for- the building of a' pel lagra. santarium have.;; nearly - been- compietea by Dr. E. H.. Bowling; ana enouia nothimr come un- to inter fere, work on the buildings will begin witmn tne next few . weeks. ' : For several months Dr. Bowling has been iosten,ng a great desne to erect a sanitarium for pellagra patients,: and thinks that : he" now Ihas everything in .: readiness i for the bulletins:, t :;-?A: site for. the hospital has beep picked m the western suburbs of the city, near, the new : Watts Hospital. , . While there has been bat . few pellagra cases . in the; city within the past few weeks, arid only one- or two4 deaths from the. disease, there are cases" being? reported- from other citfes nearby. Up until the; present time tnere are only v a, few f pellagra sanitariums in the country, tne neea ror tnem not oeing Known, ' .xipwever. last, year ? an epidemic -v of . .pellagra. etartea-in tnis-city. ana ior several weeks careful and rigid investigations were, made as. ' to. , its . cause 4, and origination.. --The best that any ;: of the physicians coUM find out . was that it has known in this ) county onlywithin the past few years.' The' peoptev of ; the city with the v physi cians became very anxious over !the situation. r ana witn - nara worx, , ana after many: deaths the epidemic was over.,,'., 1 , s. ' ' ' J A. CHARITY HOSPITAli. The Civic League of Durham.' Raising ' Funds ' to : Build Sanitortpm xr ' Tubercular Patients. 5i,::o- :'.' ' . . (Durham Sun.) ' t : The civic : league met this af ter noon at the home of Mrs. H: A; Fori- shee and discussed waye " and mf ans for the building of a sanitarium for consumption. . in ifa'ce; : the inove ment v was ; launched at the ; riieetmg this afternoon, and thefriiembers are greatly eh thused over the prospects. The . idea .of, the - ladles is to build a hospital, not. to cost"'less than;$10, 0 0 0 In this'city; and let t lbe used for, tubercular . patients orily; ; The hos pital will be a free . Institution and will .be equipped in the. most rhodern and up-to-date jnanner. 1 :r " That 'a sanitarium v for ' the ' con- sumtlvee of the city has been a" need for years is" 'well known,' . ana 'as no others would- launch movement to get it,Vthe " civic league has under taken the task. T The - plans for the. sanitarium ' have -been welt laid, and there seems to be no-reason whythe movement should I drop, should the people of - Durham -respond as. they always do "to a worthy cause. n . 1 n 1 ,1, ----t. WadesborolMan Loses Two Children . ; ,4. .by Gas. V;, , m (Messenger. a,rid , In telHjfencer. J , . - Mrs. . M. J. Copped ge " has just re ceived ' a telegram ' from" her ' son, Mr. P. N." Copped ge "Of Little Rock, Ark.. ' saying that- hls' two - ehildren were 'overeomfeby' gas and? died ; lait night, and .that his wife was In a sert bus 'edndition hrif Is expected toVIlve. Mr; Coppedge ' lef t Wadeeboro wever al years ' ago :and 'married ttr Arkan saa: He-and his wife haVe- visited his relatives' hereand i. were-'"here,""' -if we-f"mistakh notj-less thatr-'two years ago. The little children were "both girls probably three . ana -five' year ot'ege, -' .f 'n-..- w.:.: j'f, 'Cipfrt&ifc. Vv Concord. t'ftv (Concord -Trlburie..) The city health authorities per formed a i good - service i yesterday when ? they started a force - of hands to work cleaning up- the, back; lots or the city., Much; rubbish, and of times filthy garbage collects in such places nd it, is well that the authorltiesj gave the matter, attention ; before ;the real Winter weather- romea . , A - gen eral - cleaning - around ' - all private- premises is advisable- - wh le - the weather is such fas : to '. permit that trash to be hauled- away 'readily. ' - . ;Tbs New Road Into FayrtteviVe. (The Observer.) ', l- ! The Aberdeen & Rockfisti Railroad. is here! Yesterday' the cross-ties jand rails were ' laid down '.Worth street nearly, to the point-where- the track; turns into the. depot lot, and ian. en gine and dump cars were ruri over the? same.:; We understand.? that the; first regular train over: the road from Ab erdeen - to Fayetteville will roll . in here on. December' 23." " : ' - 'r'J . SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. This a Good Time to Observe ConW dition of . Roads York " . County Folks Admonished. - (Rock Hill Herald.) " ... ' During the present Winter-cltteena pf York County" will have' ample op portunity, to.; ascertain. Just how bad. the roads of this county can become It is, not probable that they: will be In worse condition than in ' previous years but. they will be' as had as ever, before, , perhaps, it. is strange that with; this object' lesson before them for . several months in. each year the people of York County have not yet determinedto ; take" some - practical steps . in . permarient road construe tion. Some of the public road mile- age of the county is being improved, it is true, by the chaingarigi but how lpng will it require to build modern roads -throughout the county .by this method ?- Nobody is able to an swer the question with texactnessf but it is safe to predlot that few people now iiving will eversee all the roads of the county modernized under the present system. ' r There is but - one ' way to secure, good roads .in this generation ; and, that is to sell a half-million or million dollars worth of . bonds and 't have macadamized roads constructed-.. byj contract Every intelligent and well-, inforttied -citizen knows this to be a fact .Those who take Issue with this fact merely lack information in re gard to. road - building , in these , latter days. However, the ooncrete question is sihiply; shall we' go 'ori for. genera tions enduring ; bad roads or take the necessary and proper, steps to secure, good; roads? Like - every other prob em relating " to the public1 welfare, this question ;is 'up to the people..., . ' Xr-- ;iVr 1- -,:f .J t'Pk: Compulsory, Education . ; . . j it (Spartanbt? Herald. ' After all the thingr most to be de sired :le an ' intelligent 'eitiaehshlpl The "Spartanburg grand Jury 'has dis tinguished" itself .and reflected credit ppori the county by its recent recom mendation 4 in a favor of compulsory5 education as f a 1 means Of reducing crime.! - And .compulsory edupation is not only, a means of reducing crime, but It is a means . of enriching the people, bujlditig up' a' section and de- veloplpg individuals who s may, con nfTirm 'an mm it . Cczuzint k Cfl tcf c3 1 ftcvtt 3 AFTER . THE TIGERS. Detelves V'Rpond Up Bell-Boya , In - 'if 3Kensbpro Hotels, --SJiTi (Greensboro' Record.) ;.-s fc4 4 A detective from the Southern De tective Agency of 4 Raleigh h;-. has worked for the past week in Greens boro on the retailing of whiskey and in a' round-up last night several men were arrested, by the police, in the raid weye ' several : negro employes of local hotels, - frpriirail of whom t the detective alleged -he purchased, whisr; key.. - A large ? quantity- of. the alco--holic goods . was 4 brought into court as ; exhibits in the trlafer held this morning bef ore Judge N. L. Eure. - handling; the casea before him in Which) convictions - were ; secured, the municipal court ; Judge showed that he is. in earnest - in his avowed intention -"Of neiplng to end the .sell--ing of whiskey in . Greensboro, ,-No fines 'were'; allowed, ; his .honor . hold ing that "stiff 'road " sentences to all convicted is r. the Only way that wilt ever be i successful in deterring ? men, from -handling .whiskey: contrary to ..the, law.. ; Defendants today m .every case asked, for fines, Intimating that they ' stood 'prepared to pay, but their pleas were. unavailing. , w-- . Norfolk southern May Be Interested. . ; (Raleigh News and Observer.) , i The - Carolina Railroad Company, chartered 'W the Secretary or State yesterdiy'afterrioori, ; will : take over the lumbers road built by : the "nines Tiros. TJixnhar ;f!nmntnv of Kinaton from"that city to Snow Hill,' Greene county, a distance ox so mnes. rum the personnel of 'the - incorporators the inference is drawn that the: Nor folk .ti Southern ' . hag . acquired the property,'" which was ' built not ' 6'nly as a lumber road, but to do the busi ness of a common carrier. ' The road has .betn Jn; , operation ahout .five years. The authorized capital is $175,000 -and- the incorporators are C. I. Millard: J. C. Helms. Jr., S.' Hawkins; R. :A. -Black' and ; . RV Manly of Norfolk. Va, and iW..:M. Hayes of Kinston. - ' - - v : . A ... i .-. Attempt to. Dynamite Cbnrcb, - Burlington News.) " An ' attempt '. Was made one night last .week to dynamite Frieden'a Lutheran KJhurch near - Glbsonville Ay oung man by the; name of Sum mers happeried : to pass ' tne cnurcn after midnight and noticed two men working under .the - church; rising a flashliRht He ;canea: to tnem - ana thev ran. Securing JielP. he investi Rated -and found - that : a large ' hole had .been, made in the. fonndation: pt the church and it is. . suppose . they were preparing to-use aynaraue. This is "the second attempt; the other attem.pt having been made last Angust There is a story iat were is monev- buried under the rounaa tiori of the hurcharid it is supposed; that these, men were nunting tor tne buried treasure.; The other story ,1s that it -iav suDDosed that 3 there is money in ; the cornerstone and the men w" yn ici . ;:' 1 Trie -Tdwn ' of ; St.;. Paul. - - . YWaarram Correspondent, in Laurinr e'! f. burg xcnange.. Your correspondent returned fvsrc dav isro from a - deilgntnu visit to Bt.i'aui'vne'wno. nu noi -vimiwu .mv eonTnunitv-. for f out yearsvwould 1 be surprteed ftt the marvelouB growth the town has made in tnat snort time. Fromone store, and a population or about SO; It has grown to a. town ot aborit a S stores 1 and a population . of; 608 or TOO inhabitants, a gooa.citin- shlp, a good" hotel, two wen equipped, nhvBieians. -. & 'live newspaper, a good, high school and three Churches led hv 'three orogressive pastors. are some of the factors that helped to make St. Paul the good , town it fs. . Arrested For Setting Cty -Waters (High Point Enterprise.) r? : Jim; Rynum, a, negro man Jlytea on Bencini row, was arrested . by. Patrolman1 McGee ' for ' selling city water. The negro was paying t $1 a month' fiat rate,- and ; is alleged he sold to - about , fifteen ne8fr. families in the vicinity. T This case comes up later. The of-v f ense is a misdemeanor,- punishable only by a fifie of $5 for each offense. ! ''I-.;'.'- ,- -ii . - i' 'vi: -No New Discovery. . . v ' j. . ' i (Durham Herald. )' . ' ' The Legislature has" -beeto Demo cratie for severalj years anC: every body of v course undersunds that , if the ' party i had wanted an antl-tmst law with teeth 'if eould have had it tribute to the1 isum.of human, happi ness and achievement. , ; " " Compilsory education is coming in South Carolina and those men .who take- the Jead to bring: about this great reform ? will make for . themselves-' permanent places in the hie tory of the . State. f VSPABKLBRS (Charleston News and. Courier.) c r -.-A lovely, woman is dangerous.. bui not so dangerous as ner hatpin. , K ; . . . - r l ' -, - I" " 'iNew York Sun.) -"First ' LUtle' Suftragette-Don't v you want a little dolly that - talks? Second Little 5ufrra-gettenNo, I want one that breaks windows. ' ' ' " ' 1 (Judge.) - , . 1 ' Mrs. Justwed Just tftnk of lt deare'st one Twenty-five -years from day before. yesterday will (be our sHver anniversary, v v -(Baltimore American.) .. " ? Has tyour friend . any blBtrionic aspi rations?' : "Oh, jhe .doh't bother any about history. "He ' wants .to"' b n an actor.'- - - ' " r '.;' "i-'t -:flK-;k: (Baltimore American.) - ' ; New MinisterHow did you like my sermon -thi "' morning? Bnthu$iaao Paishiorieitswaavslmplys: graridlio Quent . pi;?Sf: '.':. v.. JxiVyJ-i,' , (Puck.) fl'I'M. ' - V ' Lawyer-Mj retaining ifeeftwttl) be: 000. Prioner (in cell for -murder) Gee, It costs a . lot to live , nowadays. ' ItHant and Pigmy. , , (Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.) I' They called him Punny Pepper, e cause he was, besides being . one; of the smallest one of the most peppery officers, Iri the regiment. Tor see. htm throwing out ftiis $2 -in ch "chest was to be reminded; ot'the fro . One" day, in -a.- particularly r troptcaif temper, the accosted : the regimental giant, and began to abuse him, For a while the huge private listened in si lenee.tHe' was used ;h such scenes and took hern with philosophic 'calm; But at;1ast he grew" weary, and called to a brother private:- , . T "'R1I1. en -and' futr.K- n. "1i1Hr .'m jou T ; I believe, he wants to box my ears; - - -ii :S -V ? - CV-BY: J. P.: .;; V .. That- was' a good 'and Tgracious rul ing of v Postmaster Hitchcock iq .'r'e gVird v to the ' dispositioh' of letters; written to 'Santa Claus, and while It will accomplish much it must fall far 'short of the beneficent : purpose in "view, . If . the ; charitable and benevo lent societies of . a city - would ' avail themselves of a simple -device the Cht elaine once saw in a lArge department store tf would prove a very'-easy; and effective method of -.reaching tnot only the tittle ones and making, them" hap py, bat the'-; parents- as- well,': whose identity and ', needs - could- be ascer, tained. no other way, : - . . This arrangement was a" little place ;cut off arid supplied with a sham tele phone . fixture ;, over the ; - entrance . to. which in large letters was tie legend: "Children's Direct Telephone to Santa ;Claus; come in and -.'jphone. early . for This . should . be 'largely . advertised in the local " papers.;.. iThe benevolent so cieties have St. keeper of the telephone boothr - o'tt hand to - take ' ) down : the names and- adresses of , the poorer children as . well as the - articles they desire.CThe Chatelairie observed that the mothers of the well-todo children were always ,on" hand. 'and made a note of what, the little-tots asked for, so that there would be. nd disappoint taenf Christmas, morning, but- if the idea once got abroad In the city, that free telephonic .communication : could be had with Santa Claus, lots of poor people" rbo proud to be gandr yet- too. tenderhearted to. have their, children denied a; simple pleasure which, other. ikina hearts i were ready . ana, anxious to bestow . would ,moet- gladly let their. -in tie ones avait tnemseivea - or- mis meaH8-of gratifying'? their ''wishes.- It might be emphasized that those who wanted : elothes r and f ood wuld be as- tenderly cared for by Santa Claus as those who wished for only toys. Any of .the- stores .would be glad of the free advertising and - would doubtless supply the keeper of the telephone booth provided a : fair proportion of the ' articles ; bought for. . the children were . purchased, there . ' -r. : It seems a great pity that the pride of -life and the lust of the .eye should have mad, the -visitations - of Santa Clause such costly ; and -sumptuous oc casions, but the pace has been set, the standard has been fixed, and there -is no, possioiiivy -ox- returning o simpler conditions when a rag doll' with inked features brought as much rapture, to' the childish , heart as the -most beautiful:-German oll . that; ever lisped,- "mamma . and papa"," to a , skilfully administered, pressure uriori the solar plexus. It must cost the good 'Old saint a deal . of., deep ; thinking .and many summings up of his resources to . en able him to adjust the contents of his pack to the demands whidfcH ever In creasing sumptuovsness and extrava gance are making upon him. One can almost see. him tugging at his beard or scratching his bald ' head, under ' the edges of' his fur - cap-: trying all - he knows how , to , make - Marie Jane Hanks! ' Christmas presents seem as nice and desirable to her as' little Edith - Gwendolen .'Farintleroy"s gifts appear to. her.'. ; By his arithmetio as well as . according to his bank ac count he knows there rnust'.be a vast difference in , the cost of the two sets of gifts arid; he' shafles his head in sad acceptance of the fact but being a philosopher as well as a saint he is comforted In .'the thought, that rtwixt Marie Jane and Edith, Gwendolen fate and fashion hath fixed an impassable, gulf and noither-wiil ever know'what the other Teceivfed so - he -.goes ,on his. smiling, way,' doing as did .'the poor benighted Hindoo, the very' best he' k!tt'do.V ; :- ' ''"' ' .- So far. the old Congress, so soon to ba numbered with the things that were, shows no alarming signs of se nility in its ' legislation ; on the - con trary' a wholesome discrimination and an enlightened conservatism mark its actions especially in declining to cre ate another paUper class by pension ing future, ex-Presidents to the tune of 125,000 per annum and in. refusing to allow Mrs. Martin Littleton's fiery seal and patriotic fervor to hold- up Mr. Jefferson Levy on the National highway for the possession of Mon tlcello. : The .woman's v monumental effrontery worild be laughable ' if she did not take: herself and her- patriot Ism . so . seriously. What the Nation and the State of Virginia owe Mr. Levy wr we restoration ana preservation m m- . 1 1 ' . . . . : - . . ' -- - m , . oi- xaomiceiio cannot v w aaequateiy estimated. Had; it fallen r into .' the hands of a .less enlightened and pa triotic man of large means, there is no telling in What f Orm of vandalism his ea're of it might have found - ex pression. As - It is. r Monticello is as nearly as it .was in Mr. , Jefferson's day as it is possible for ft to be. That it will eventuallv come into the nr- I manentv posacesslon. of . the - State:, ox. Virginia to be preserved t by her as a saored trust .whither every citisen who. reveres . the name and work of Jef ferson may oome; seems A foregone Conclusion, r In the . meantime,; it is to be desired that the general, govern ment or the State Of . Virginia shall take steps to ; preserve Jefferson's last resting' place-and the : monument, thac marks the spot from further mutila tion, for -that it has; suffered at. the hdnds of studentr hero worshipers is . : ' i i f .i TAXESllTAXESI It is absolutely " necessary that I should collect the State and , Countv taxes promptly, in order, that I' may make the required settlement' with the State and be able to .. pay; to the county funds,- with "which to carry pn L- tJrptoHi'ki;-.notltlAkt 'all taxes must be .paid on" or' .before Jan uary 1st. 19 15, as", circumstances will require that after -that date, I shall enforce such collections by'process of 1 hope my friends will pay up and enable me to avoid Xhi disagreeable necessity. -;-.-, .. . v : . :- ir In. ' W. WALLACE. Sheriff ' Mecklenburg; County. . N. C. t Nov. 23, .1913. -. h 22-4sat - AIIEIJDED NOTICE $65d,00ff Stato yof - North .Carolina Refunding Sonds, - bated January 1st. 1913. Payable January 1st. 1952, without prior op tion. --. Interest ' four.1 per eentum " per annum, payable semi-annually - Janu ary 1st and July. 1st Both principal and , interest payable at the National ark; Bank, New Tor fc City; J The un' dr signed-State Treasurer will receive sealed ? bids' at his office in Raleigh, NOrthv CafroMria, .for said -bonda "until U o'clock M. Tuesday, - December , 17, 118,, on blank forms which will be furriished together with full , infor matldn, by the undersigned' or? Cald well, Masslleh ft Reed, attorneys, 100 Broadway, New York,- whose favor able opinion will he furnished to the purchaser witnout cnarge, ..?..- : These ,bonds 4are ,tax - .exempt, in North .Caroiihaj and umwst he deduct ed in appraising shares in banks or taxation tp 'the- extent that the apr Plus bf "tlxeatiBi IslriVested therein. ' TK-.-'ij.-.f.f, . r;-4-: attested by the bit of it datin, tr the Chatelaine's childhood which I? yet be found stowed away sbmewWT in the Ancient -demesne.. W1"ewhrft- . :;1'-. -v- . .... , The Chatelaine spends So happy, j symDathetle hour. 1, .3" feathered friends that the approach a5 Khe festive season when .Z tne restive season when human hlV1 y"1' a:thr fObbllng fortnemefe ner wn a aina or awesome dread ai deprecation. As she strokes the kiJ plumage of the great irreedv that fall overdone aotwble 1g to aa, wicked as ;Guy ' Fawkes or other Wofild-be murderer, ev. her chief consolation in knowing J2C v i "wn xurKeys, and at odd : times, she- is further consoled S inditing elegies - which run rath? plagiaristicallyt after this fashion: Why" should the spirit of a turkey h proud,. 1 . . ' -; y 09 ' Oh whyt why ehould he gobble vri As if Thanksgiving and Christmas ! i only a dream :'- V Or, a, joy - season he longed to see? ' Why should he follow the grasshoimer'. ; . flight . , . . O'er the meadow's bright tangle 1 ; green,: - ' . . : Or,; rest at noon In the shade of t,l I trees , , , -v His sand-rulfled plumage to preen r" --'- , v ...v. . . ' . . . . Why should he search for the . - ripened sheaf l That gleams golden in the sunset i Or why should, he linger by the dog! - -v wuutt iree.; . . ,. 'yZheh ; its , luscious red berries han Why should he hasten with a lovePi c- speed - : . ' Where., the. frost-kissed first fall, -i - Persimmons Why should be:. gambol, all. the days of ' r- his .lifet , s: - ph why, why. should h gobble at aH Echo answers why;-proud birj 0f m ' 'Wild; i we .ov ur.;uwn greeay game .beaten, - : ' you're You. gobbled -and grew 'your whole" Iff. "through . For, one single purpose-to be eaten. Xi ' j2: i Jather - Queer coincidence that President-Elect: Wilson 8Sou3 nae, ,e,ft academic shades for active political and official life and that the outgoing .President should return -af. ter his political career is practiS closed,.; to the7 classic shades ofhtt alma inater to instruct the risin young statesmen of the Nation in con-stltutional-and international law and this, . too, when his recent understand, ing and interpretation of the terms of the Hay-Pauncef ote treaty have placed" our National honor in suoh jeopardy and temporary . eclipse. Jt seems awfully bard and very unjust that after all the expense and trouble' of building-the Panama Canal Ameri can, vessels should-be made to pay toll, Just as other Nations must do, but Just as we cannot have our pie and eat it too, - neither cah we retain onr toll and our honor - too. . It is ai4 reflection on the mentaU acumen iaa, statesmanship of Mr. Hay as well-as on the President and Congress tha approved the treaty in question that a clause involving so muoh should hrv i I passed unchallenged. Our Britten. coUsins have simply sotten the bettw of us- by their supe.lor statecraft and; diplomacy and. all there is for us to do is either to stand by the treaty as accepted by us -and pay our tolls as other jvatlons will do, or. reopen the question and submit the matter to arbitration. .The Chatelaine doesn't like to croak. 'l told you so." but she is sorely tempted to do so, for the files of -The Observer in the year, of grace 1904 will show how strongly ash disapproved and,1 protested ssahw Roosevelt's unjust but highly applaud, ed coup d' etat In the acquisition pf the canal zone. This toll business, however it may be settled, is going to cost , us something, maybe in shek els, maybe, in honor, but that won't end our trouble for our sister Jtepub. lie the United 'States of Colombia, U clamoring for. indemnification for the loss : entailed - on her by Roosevelt s brilliant coup d etat. This, even if arbitrated by the Hague Tribunal, will not fall far short of the hundred mil lion demanded by Colombia. Verily, the way, of the transgressor is nara.-. - And how Miss Jane Addams (one cannot help wondering why she spejlj 1 with : two d's) has gone and, tied her solidity and strength to the tall of ROosevelt's kite ' and is sailing, sail im?. saline, no one knows whither. If he annexed 'Miss Addams for ballast it was ;Very well, nothing could ne4 it r"more than that new.- unseasoned steam or ;hot air launch in which he is cavorting once again into noioneiy, , but It is going - to do her own work great harm and make her a ,me cat's paw. Her work' needed not the boofltinr i.nd fnintiort she fondly be lieved affiliation' with Roosevelt would give it, and she has made a great mis take to try what honestly seemertf her a short- cut to success. ', She will see -' this later,' but at the parting or the ways her sad song will be, '"Twai ever thus, "etc. ; . ';"; 1 7; ' : - - - ' Wrong Answer. ' ' ; (Tit Bits.) : A' Sunday 'school superintendent determined. - in the kindness of n heart, to srlve.a j&ig treat to all tn boys arid; girls in the Sunday school. His garden was ai large une, and tn, year . the strawberry crop was near and ' abundant ; so . he told the CWJ dreri that if.-they cajne to. the Bchoor room on the following evening (Mon day), ach of therii would be riven a, plate" of ;ripe strawberries, with an abundance trif. sugar ana cream. J Of course every boy and girl was there, - When . they had finished tne. superintendent saidY -f . "Have you all had a good time. r :"yes, I kit, thank 'you!; came from a. hundred, grateful,; happy lads ana lasses.. -'7r ). t.' ' 1aJ' s crcould you-eat any, more?" asue& Mr. Grayson.vi - ri "No, .thank you, eirr" , replied J5 ficliol&rs ' j -Now' said thej genial superitt tendeat,,-"suppose you had 9ne-ni my garden and taicen' those straw berries without my leave. woui a yori have-enjoyed them so mucn. f ''Oh, no,5 -air!" shouted all tno bairns at once. '"' ' ."Why not?" asked Mr. Grayson. , No reply. So he put the fluJ?- again,, but still there was no repijn At last one -dear little chappie put g. his hand. thinHlng -; he knew tna right answer, f -h . ; -"Well?" said Mr. Grayson, looH?!5 hard at 3eorgie Marsden. v .Then Georgie replied so winsome - l'Plea'se, teacher, we shouldn't av ad any sugar arid cream wi' e"1 A Ds Moines mkn had an sttartj? muscular rheumatism, in his sboom t A - friend - ftdvlsed - him to . go to -finHnb. That meant - an expense 1150.00 or .more. -He sought for ' aod 'eheaber way. to cure it and t! in ;.Cbamberain's ,. WiUwwti days after the'-nrl-applleation liniment he was well, or -'--r - ; 4 . 1 'rf
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