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NTNQ- CHRONIOIiE;" MQyPAT. KOVEIBER 10l913 f3HA WE ARB OT: AGAINST.vr ; .WetarV Droken:vwith- Mexico ' now practically" io ;the. point of war and while we' want to ; be as humane .as possible : In our dealing with that troubled ; Republic, some relief would tuhHshd bv The Observer Com- come irora a, aenniie annuunvmv "ptty at No. 32 South Tryon Street, I from Washington as to its future at- i, s AND jx yrf P. CAIjDWEUj Charlotte. II. C. ; i ' . finttenHnHAn Tr4n B Mail PAYABLE STRICT!? CASH Uf . ADVANCE. One Tear.. . . . Six Months. . . . Three Months . . One Month.. .. .S.0 1.50 .75 .25 Uf- Subscription In Greater Charlotte - One Tear. . .. w . .i-.- 18.00 ' Bir Months.. . i. . 2.60 . 1 Three Months -. .... 1.2 "Ob Wk... .... .10 Evening Chronicle and Sunday Observer One Week.. ... . . .is Charlotte subscribers to The Chronicle who fall to set the pa per, are asked to T?hone 2831 or 78 and a copy win be sent them at once. titude. Argument does not appeal to a man of Hnerta's type or to his ante cedents.;: "We doubt if the United States ever expected him to send -in his resignation as leader of that coun try when the demand was forwarded that he resign the presidency of that Republic. Tti alternative was what he courted and it would probably be the answer to his own impassioned nature's desires if the United States will only seek to do by force what it has so signally ' failed to do by sua sion; We are not convinced that the note sent by president Wilson was in the form of a threat. On the other hand the ultimatum was appealing in its spirit rather than ominous in its atti tude for. the Administration knows what it means to arm this country against Mexico. It would require i 0 ' y-5?r;'1 -.Vi.--:-, Wit, . tft'. ssj - vw- Lome Entered as second -lass roatter at years to accomplish anything through , the postoffice at Charlotte, N. C, ' MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1913. military manipulations in Mexico and the tribute in blood and money would be exacting and yet the alter natives to actual war are not appealing I fn iia In -V a mu There is so much in Mexico that " vwvjr. prop- needs cleaning up that we wouia " hardly know where to begin. wnlch would mean the lend1 wunLcnaiiLo ulf me cause 01 me con stitutionalists is nothing more than picking at the wound and besides such a course would entail numerous other issues that would confront us. Some sort of relief might come from this action, but it would be merely for a time. It would not work in the least effective toward restoration of peace rw,r?r fQt ihot rhristmaa I m -uuuuy. 11 wuuiu i. r9nirtiv nnnrn!,rhlnr the urice of furthermore be opposed, or should be cotton has gone on its usual down- 7 xo """ mjwju ward trail. 1 This is good weather to get the hogs off the corn and the Huertas off Mexico. We know some men who carry tVionriRoivAs cn well that thev are a burden to everybody. know of who are mixing things with the currency fight. are in Mexico and who would be en titled to protection at the hands of I f VkAIV m-Vt-a ww -3 1 -X. Intervention may also have to - be . ourm& ine Gangers wnrked nn ahnnt three Senators we I w" up I 18 aPParent that we are not pre pared for a protracted warfare with Mexico or any other country. The We do not believe in fighting on the .oiaiemeni inac w ouia command a I hoi Mm: - a Slightest provocation, still we don't men ai a moment s notice iikft tn hP "MUMed" lust as Huerta is is harily taken as dependable in view doing now. of the fact that tne standing army nxy numoers 100,000 men and the We are keeping John Lind running National 6uard 125,000 which makes around so in Mexico now that it be- ei"e" soioiery at our com srins to look a if he mieht earn his mana only 225,000 in numerical money after alii strength. The remainder would have to come from calls for volunteers and While not a native of Charlotte, our Dast experiences do not justify any Mr. Harding has been living here long enough to make his success on the bench assured from the very, start. - Mr. Edison says he is going to sleep some at night in the future. But for his blamed phonographs the rest of us might have the same privilege. Murphy says he has no notion of retiring which indicates that he has gotten away with enough spoils to keep his crowd fairly comfortable for at least four years. From the way it is starting off, we believe that the Winter of 1913 is not one of those flirty sort of spells that will stand for Summer lingering around in its lap. Mr. Overman may not have had a hand in the appointment of Mr. Jus tice to special service for the Admin istration, but he doubtless believes that he is the man for the place. . We have never understood why Charlotte does not get more football games. The town Is well supplied with splendid hospitals and its corps of surgeons is profound in its Proficiency. The manufacturers of whiskey fear the day when the women get a hold on the ballot and here is at least one instance where the producer and the consumer are together, thoroughly together. Mr. Glynn will likely continue to be . Governor, but he should hold his head aloft for the next impeachment pro ceedings will be started by the peo ple and not by the plutocratic boss. We are now promised an increase In the price of milk. We can't kick. Butter and eggs and ham have been oip so long that we have no right to expect milk to stay down forever. This is an era of come-backs, in- deed, Back to Borneo has gone the '. Colonel. Back to power has gone Sul zer and. back to Matteawan is going ;l Harry Thaw. The State Department may after iall not have sent the ultimatum to ' Huerta, hut from the way it looks mow, it would have been received with ' ; the same silence as he is now main ' tairilng. - : ; We suppose' Mr. Sulzer thinks right ;" - highly of himself today. He has no cause to congratulate himself bo much jjr'es the people who', were more con , cerned. with defeating the Boss than with, promoting the 'impeached Gov- ernor. - " ' The main cause of war at present between Mr. Tillman and Mr. Blease ; ia over the authorship of "To Hell ; 'With the Constitution,'?, which makes .- a. Juicy bone' for those men to contend - over: , ioo mucn taitn in the efficiency of these men. The New Orleans Pic- aynue, whose timings of the trouble in Mexico have been accurate and whose judgment 4n' its utterances as to policy have been rather appealing, makes this conclusion: "The logical course for this coun try xo pursue would be to promptly blockade the Mexican ports which could be easily done with the naval forces we have available and if that does not produce results, to seize an important port on each coast and hold them as a guarantee for the safety of Americans and foreigners residing in Mexico. Such acts would probably bring on a declaration of war but the results would give us a strong strate gical advantage, and would, moreover badly cripple the revenues of Mexico through the loss of her foreign trade." QUININE AND MALARIA. According to the authorities, there can be no infection of malaria during the Winter months which indicates that the Spring breakings out result from the carrying over of the germs of the disease in the human body. It becomes those whose homes are in malarial districts to concentrate their energies during the cold weather to an eradication of those latent germs and an authority gives this advice: "All that is required for the complete eradication of malaria is for every body who had malaria during a warm season to take the proper amount of quinine on each of two consecutive days In each of six consecutive weeks during the following cool season." If this is correct it ought to be com paratively easy to stamp out malaria with quinine by taking sufficient doses of it, The State Health Department advises to start in the middle of No vember, say, and take twenty grains of quinine a day on Saturdays and Sundays of each week until the first of January. There would then be no malaria to start with next Spring. Of course there might be some bad cases that could not be freed from the par asites in twelve treatments, but even if all of these were not cleaned up, the attack upon the disease would be a deadly blow to it. THE TAX DODGERS. Chairman W, W. Watt of the board of education of the county promises the teachers better salaries when the people get conscientious enough to make an hpnest return of their prop erty for taxation. We hope the teach ers have not plunged, themselves in to debt on the assumption that the in crease will ' come next week or next month or next year for if they wait until property is returned at its true valuation, the final shades of their day-life will close about them in their hopeless attitude of waiting. Mr. Watt delivered himself straight from he shoulder and he should have, as -in-, effective as his stinging remarks may be. The belief that the people are going to change fronts so completely on this question is purely a Utopian dream. There is nothing to it. Indi viduals and corporations are not made that way and so long as the avenue is so broad and so easy of travel to provide escape, the present condition 'will remain unchanged un til the last horn blows. It is a serious proposition, how ever, and one that ought to be press ed upon the consciences of the peo ple of this commfinlty and this State- Mr. Watt 'cites one example wherein he portrays how soulless a corporation is on the day when it makes its tax returns. We might pick out other In stances until we had covered the en tire list of the corporations doing bus iness in this county and then take the census of individuals owning prop-! erty and covered it and the lantern of Diogones would still be doing busi ness. Irregular tax return's form the basis of many of our common econo mic ills. It accounts for the noverty of the public purse and from this springs the barren condition of the pay envelopes of our teachers and that of our other servants who are laboring with fidelity and with mark ed and serious concern for the wel fare of the community and getting about half what they are worth. PICAYUNES (New Orleans Picayune.) A play should be Judged by its acts. There are entirely too many people who like to tell bad -news. A person can beat time without having any intention of killing it. The classic part of an education the hardest to get is soonest forgotten. f (Siler City .'Gritl '--'-l - Cold weather brings hog killing and that means genuine hot country. sau? sage and $ouse. meat.. Hot hominy, hot sausage, ,crackin' bread butter and milk is a feast nt for; a' king. J Virtuei, of Salting Com Away. V , .(Loimherton Robesonian.) i r, Dan; H.;,. Britt of Back Swamp was among ytne visitors jn town, yes terday. J Mr. Britt says that to : put a little sale tin' corn - when putting) it in the barn will keep the ; corn ; from getting ; dry; niake the ' shrieks worth more, and also help to keen : away weeyjia. ' 'ci?. y (News and Observer. ) ' Live stock men are to have a meet ing in Raleigh this month. The live stock industry ' In North Carolina is a growing one and the fact is one of the most encouraging signs of the times. It is to be hoped that the coming meeting of men interested in this great and important industry will result in additional impetus for it. - ; iLargest Crops Ever. Websters Weekly) 1 The persimmon and "possum crops are the largest ever known in this section. Mr. Jim McAlister has caught forty-nine of the animals this season. Town folks are also doing some hunt ing, as indicated by'the Jtact that two hunters in one family in South Reids ville have bagged' sixty-seven possums.' Plenty of Corn Good for ; Editor. (Franklin Press.) . Mr. W. C. Smart, of Route 2, was in town Saturday. Mr, Smart says he raised 287 bushels ol corn this year on two and a half acres of land He set his subscription forward two more years and says that if a man can raise corn that way he can afford to keep his subscription paid in advance. Football is the noblest of all out door sports so long as the. heme club wins. The sunshine of lite is made up -of very few beams that are bright -all the time. It ought to give promise .ot rest, to a standing army to be ordered to the seat of war. "Pas as you go" is mighty good advice, but some' tnen do ot save.' enough to come back on. Investing in Roads. (Sanford Exoress.) Lee county is building a system of good roads for which It will pay out 9iuu,uoo of the people's money. In the course of the work some property owned by individuals will be damasr ed." In these cases the county must compensate the owners. Sfome ,other property will be enormously increas ed 1 nvalue. In those cases will the individual owners recompense the the county? No. The added value to individual property along the new roads, if the county could get it would pay the entire cost of the road work. ISC",!: it.. :sr, v-iw!?::sp''.ji THEO. M. VAIL, PRESIPCNT IV VOW AXOovtr -Ot r ' " -ST' IS . THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY MOUTHING ABOUT US A Challenge. (Albemarle Enterprise.) A fair was held at Charlotte last week. We should have mentioned it sooner but it was overshadowed in cur minds b ythe Stanly County Fair. Say, Miss Mecklenburg, you couldn't oeat us in wneat, oats, and chickens. could you? , The grocer can give you choice butter when he has only one kind, but' it will be his choice;;. The Statue of Liberty iti Uew York is becoming corroded and no doubt Is turning green with envy because "she hasn't a split skirt. 7c, One way to discourage' the liberal tendency of the age creeping into the Church would be for 'the preachers to announce some extra collections. Many a man .who sleeps in an ex pensive bed would trade it for the old feather bed of his youth if that would bring back the slumber of those days. Mr. Justice ought to fit Into his new 'job- like a shoe. ,.He iscaT born fighter ' and when -the trusts are at the other - end-1 of the arena, his belligerent (blood runs all ! .the swifter, e . may snake r a : name for himself,' 'away.;"out , yonder JH.Californiaw -r 4 Called upon for a speech as he passed through Spartanburg on Sun day ; President Wilson replied that it was the Lord's day and this calmed the multitude. TTery few men in high life would have excused themselves on this ground and we are convinced that it was not a makeshift upon which the President was relying. It is time that some of those promoted to power were recognising the dignity and the sancity of a common Sabbath,' and . it is not too much to hope that the has tening of such a time Is by this in cident given a nimpetus. If the Corporation Commission gets as seriously confused as .to whether Charlotte wants and needs a union station as' are the. people and "the; in terests ln'CharJotte.tbatat)ody will go out of office before' it can, get its mind made up,- - - y ' ' ; "" It is not what the 100,000 men who worked the roads last rweek actually did , that is so worth while but what they will encourage 200,000 to do in the future that gives us cause for'en- 1 "a i w - 1 . cpuragement. HIGH-PRICED COTTON RESTING. We may not see any more 14-cent cotton until after Christmas. Unlike the market of last year that took a spurt about this time. The present market his been influenced by the gin ners' report issued Saturday and tak en the other direction. This is not an unexpected turn by any means, indi cating that the factors in control have been preparing to take advantage of the semblance of another mammoth crop. The report, as a matter of fact, does indicate a 14,000,000-bale crop or better, and yet, taking Into consid eration all the issues wrapped ' up in the cause, the question as to whether a r4,000,000-bale crop is not worth 14 cents refused to be downed. The farmers have been greatly benefited by the high prices that have been pre vailing and have sold out that is, they have not with any 'degree of uni formity been holding for still higher figures and it looks now as if it was well enough that they sold for it may be weeks before' the market gets a tonic that will take it back to robustness. SPICY PARAGRAPHS m (Dan Hanna's Cleveland Leader.) The kind of patriots most willing to pay the income tax are those who don't have to. (Kansas City Star.) There are two sides to everything. Even Sulzer has his East Side. (Chicago Record-Herald.) Every little morning has a Mexican crisis of its own. (Washington P"ost.) Some women are such good man agers that if shown they can save $2.98 on the income tax by remain ing married they'll gtv& up the idea of a divorce. The United Missionary Campaign that begins in Charlotte tomorrow is not a whipped cream sort of an affair. Men with red blood in their veins are involved in it and it is for the strong and virile type of manhood that be lieves in the incorporation of some business in Church, methods and Church activities. x As long as. they continue to send out definite - statements about Mexico one day and indefinite denials the next, there seems to be no reason that Mexican news of some sort or another will not be forthcoming for some time yet. - , ' In electing Blair Lee to the Senate, Maryland was voting primarily for President Wilson for Lee was the man tne tsiaent wanted and of course rL there was no other Wy for Maryland ; doheUxer. & wanted: hWornotSH (Cleveland Leader.) It's-getting along toward the usual time for closing the life-saving stations on the Great Lakes just be fore the big storms. (Rochester Herald.) Arkansas will be "dry" after Jan uary 1. The meaning of which is that, beginning with that date, a premium will be put on sneaking. (Chicago Record-Herald.) Spanking is ' to be stopped at the University of Chicago. It sometimes seems as if spanking ought to be continued in certain colleges. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Ships' hulls and household furni ture and even church bells are suc cessfully made of concrete. But the line should be drawn at concrete brains. ' (Chicago News.) TThat disagreement between the German Crown Prince and the Kaiser argiies that the imperial woodshed was not utilized as often as it might have, been. (New York Evening Sun.) The Zulu Prince who is paying his way at Harvard working as a waiter has the right kind of stuff in- him and may, he a Pullman porter some day., ' ' re " ;"v (Chicago News.) -. Fortunately there is a feeling throughout society that the present era of prosperity is founded on bed rock, and not on inflated values. ; ' (Indianapolis News.) i ,": . As the President evidently sees It, he can go to Panama any time, but the time to -pass the currency bill - is right now. And probably Congress men would do well to reconcile them selves to this state of affairs. - '4 Whenever ou Need a - General Tonlo . ' , Take Grove's ,.!.:.- a The .Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonio is equally valuable as a Gen eral Tonic because it contains the .wen known tonic : properties of QUININ3J and unves out s Maiarta.5 enriches Salt in Batter to Make it Weigh? (Mooresville Enterprise.) It will be recalled by many who heard him at a mass meeting here several weeks ago, when Mr. Reed told of how the creameries gained a small profit by adding water and salt tO the butter fat, not to make it weigh heavier, but to season it properly to be palatable. Since then. however, a merchant in a small city in North Carolina was talking with an Enterprise man and told him that recently he had purchased butter yfrom'one of his good customers. The butter was shipped to a neighboring town," but was sent back, having been cut into and found to contain a great Dig cnunk of salt. The maker of the butter was singled out and consulted abou-the, matter, but as yet it has hot been definitely settled as to how that salt got into the butter. It was an accident, of course, as the salt box turned over just as the butter was put Into the print, thus working its way into the heart of it. Or rather that is the explanation given to the news man. Storing Ginseng. (Western Carolina Democrat) Behind carefully guparded doors in the second story of the Peoples Na tional Bank building there's 900 pounds of a strange and valuable herb gathered in the mountains of Hen derson County. There's 900 pounds of it. In drying it will shrink in weight to 300 pounds, when it will be worth almost its weight in silver. It's ginseng (pronounced Jin-seng) the property of Capt. M. C. Toms, who some time ago sold a similar crop for somewhere in the. neighbor hood of $4,000. Eventually the heathen Chinese will consume this product of Henderson County, for the aforesaid heathen believes ginseng has rare medical attributes possessed by no other herb in the wide, wide world. The American doctor laughs at this, but the Chinaman persists in paying a tremendous price for his dope, just the same. Present quotations on the herb are from five to eleven dollars a pound. . So at the top market price the ginseng now in the People's Na tional Bank building is worth $3,300. The roots, which look much like small parsnips, are five years old and would sell readily for twenty-five cents each. It takes seven years for ginseng to reach its full maturity, but the activities of an organized, gang of thieves made it' imperative to gather the Chinaman's cure-all' before the light-fingered gentry descended upon the patch. Ginseng is a crop easily cultivated, j It requires one-third sun and two- thirds shade, and but little care. It grows wild in the mountains of west-r ern North Carolina and Captain Toms started his operations with native roots. The captain believes that $40,000 worth of ginseng could be shipped from Henderson County each year, provided the ginseng thieves were rounded up and put in the pen for to steal the herb is a serious offense. Captain Toms also believes the Greater Hendersonvllle Club is ever lastingly right in its efforts to help develop the latent natural resources of this country. He, and Charles French Toms, are . the owners of the famous Essewah Orchards, which grew $4,000 worth of perfect apples last year. He is enthusiastic about apple growing and is also enthusiastic about ginseng except when he hap pens to think about . 'the ginseng thieves. Then he's -well, he's still enthusiastic, you know, but he ex presses his, enthusiasm a .little bit differently. But he has demonstrated the po8ib:iitie8 of ginseng as a money crop, here, as he has with apples, and really sees great possibilities therein for the farmers' of Henderson County.. Ginseng has a very beautiful dark green foliage. The name is said by Grosier to signify the "resemblance of a man," and -the root does Some times look something like a man an ugly, old man at that. It is valued by the Chinese, as a tonic and a stimulant and to it , they ascribe al most miraculous powers. ( ; ; Surrendered. (Wilmington Star.) The Charlotte Chronicle says it is not afraid because some of the ladles of , its city are joining the movement for equal rights. The Chronicle seems to be tentatively a suffragette for that editorial copied, in The Star in dicates that our esteemed contempo rary has put itself in a position to gracefully surrender if the situation gets to be alarming. Nothing Alarming. (Winston Sentinel.) "We ,are informed that Charlotte is going to have a winning baseball team next year," says The Charlotte cnronicle.. However, in "view of the fact that similar information on the subject has been handed cut to an anxious public almost every year, the other cities in the Carolina Leasrue have no particular cause for worry jusc at tnis stage or the proceedings Also Missing. (Henderson old Leaf.) The Charlotte Chronicle wants to Know wnat has become of the old saying tnat "three white frosts al ways bring a rain?" The Chrnnirts oeciares tnat there have been a doz en or so white frosts In Mecklenburg county, one ngnt alter another, and no , sign of - rain yet. And i mirh- also, be asked what has - become - of many other old and "infallible weatner signs that were so familiar io me oiaer people T - . i . The Way to Do It. (Lenoir Topic.) The pistol "toting" habit ia rasnnn. sible for a large per cent of the homi cides which are on the increase ev ery year. The cause would be great ly helped by making: the nuniah- ment for carrying concealed weapons much more severe than the usual fine or suspending judgment on payment of costs. The municipal 1ud Charlotte has announced that road sentences will be his method of pun ishing the offense in the future and his example should be widely follow ed. Treatment of that kind is pos sibly the only way to curb, this grow ing: evil. Good Roads Days. (Baltimore Sun.) , North Carolina has followed Mis souri's example in establishing "good roads days," and Governor Craig, in overalls, led the embattled farmers with picks and spades on Wednesday in improving a stretch of highway near Asheville. Returns from vari ous points estimate the value of the road work done by volunteers in western North Carolina Wednesday at $25,000, and possibly as much more was accomplished yesterday the second day. These are paper fig' ures, and perhaps an engineering survey might not sustain them. But if the volunteer army does not build up permanent roads, it at least helps to build up permanent good roads sentiment. And that, after all, is the real thing. For where there's a will there's sure to be a (high) way. There's a Difference. (Winston Journal.) The Charlotte Chronicle says it is not afraid of the women of Char lotte who oragnized the equal suf frage league of that city. So said the London police when the equal suffrage movement was started in that city. But you'd scarcely find a cop- in London town now who'd lotn The Chronicle in its proud boast. The Result. (Greensboro Record ) We find this in The Charlotte Chronicle "We fail to see where there is any great evidence of inter est and enthusiasm in the good roads work days. One traveling through the country yesterday could see noth ing unusual and while there was a little skirmishing with the trash and weeds around the premises of the city people, it was hardly so noticeable as to make one sit up and inquire the cause of such 'activity. The people have lost an oportunity to accomplish something worth while if they have entirely passed up this proposition. While the call to weapons did not need to be heeded here with anything like the uniform response and inter est as in some parts of the State and good . roads is still wrapped in swad dling clothes, still there is work to be done right at home and it is re grettable -if we have spent the two days in idleness that amounts practi cally to absolute inertia" Something like this was apparent down this way, but further facts show that in some localities tha men turned out and did good work, while in others, no one worked. It was noticeable, ho wever, that In those sec tions in the country where the most work was done was where good roads haVe been built some time and are yet in very good shape. Where mac- adam nad been put down years ago and is going to rack, very little was done, but there Was a reason for this. Without adequate" knowledge of how to work and with no machinery, lit tle' cauld be accomplished, though one mighty good thing could hove been done, even on these roa'ds o pen ing up the ditches so the water could run off. The main point in the desienation of good roads days was the fact that attention is sharply drawn to better roads and the effect will be of benefit hereatfer. fiHICHESTER S PILLS i Mtmmwmt .am yr vnitut tot i ChWehM-tor I)tuin7llrulA ruia to Rod tad timid netUleVi boxos aoled with Rlua felhhn. W Tk tkp. Bar mf tmp liirts. Ask for C 1I1.C tfES-TEK BIAMOSO BRAND VILLA, for SS Twn known u Best, Safwt, Always RelUbl Siood, BuGdss snwltsys Rifle and pistoz, CARTRIDGES Winchester Cartridges are made in all calibers for all kinds of rifles, revolvers and pistols. They are loaded with smokeless and black powder and various kinds, of bullets. From the tiny 22 to the big .50 caliber they shoot uniformly and .accurately. 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