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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS JUNE 28, 1915. The CLarlottv News. Something like one hundred mil lions in tourist money will be kept in this country this year because of the war. Which is one of the silvery lin ings for us. There are over seven hundred North Carolina boys enrolled in the Boys' Pig club and we note with pleasure that Mecklenburg county is very near the top of the list. A new drink is on the market call ed the "Wilson-Bryan split. It is said its first effects are "to make one try to talk himself to death. Montreat at least offers .such thirs ty fellows as Cowan and Gonzales a draught of mountain ozone. Publiebrti IjjjUt and Sunday THE E1V S'CBMSHING CO. Corner Fourth and Church St. W. C. CO WD Pre.. & Gen. Mgr. J. C PATTOA Editor. MRS. J. JP. CAr.DWEIX-..Citr Editor. W. M. BE3LL. Adv. Mgr. Telephone. Business Office City Editor "Rriftnrlal Rooms Job Office 1630 115 277 362 SUBSCRIPTION? RATES The Charlotte New. , (Daily and Sunday.) One year Mx months One month One wets , J6.00 3.00 .60 .12 We'll bet Old Whiskers and .ixen. Villa were glad to hear of Huerta's arrest. Things seem to be coming Huerta's way. However, Mr. Bryan has' not resign ed from the chautauqua cabinet. Spain's war role so far has to do principally with bull fighting. OUTSTANDING (Continued From Page One.) i Sunday Only.) One year Six months Three months 2.00 Time-Democrat. One year Sis months . Thre9 months $1.00 .50 .25 MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1915. THE GIRL WHO WORKS. The present century has witnessed many changes in our social and bus iness life. Enter almost any field or activity today and you will find wo men and girls engaged in the various occupations of business. Many have taken up work because the loss of husbands and protectors have made such course necessary. Many are working to make funds suf ficient to make possible the attain ment of some worthy ambition. Many are working because the hum drum of inaction became palling and be cause in this busy old world they did not wish to play the role of fig urehead. But no matter what was the reason which led the girl to the factory or the mill or to the office or the counter, we all love and respect her the more because she is neither ashamed nor afraid to engage in hon est labor. The working girl is the queen or our hearts today. Times have changed materially. Once it was considered be neath the dignity of a gentleman or a lady to engage in honest labor and rcany's the boy, raised with a silver spoon in his mouth, who grew up in idleness and filled the place of hu man nonentity in the social life of lis day and generation. Today work is enthroned .and men or women who choose to do nothing are little thought of. The Raleigh News and Observer has dug up a tribute, of unknown origin, to the working girl which is co good that we want to reproduce it here. It expresses the feelings the present generation holds towards the girl who works. It follows : "God bless the girl who works! She is not too proud to earn her own living, not ashamed to be caught at her daily tasks. She smiles at you from behind the desk, counter or printer's case. There is a sweet mem ory of her in everything she touches. She is like a brave mountaineer, al ready far up the precipice climbing, struggling, rejoicing. The sight is an inspiration. It is an honor to know this girl and be worthy of her es teem. Lift your hat to her, young man, as she passes by. She is a queen in the realm of womanhood. She is a princess among the tailors. Her hands may be stained by dish washing, sweeping, printer's ink, or factory grease, but they are honest hands. They stay misfortune from the home, they are moving, patient shields that protect many a family from the poor house. God bless and pro tect the girl who works." ' It is with the keenest of regret that we learn of the serious illness of Col.' Joe Reese, editor of the Greensboro Record. For many years Mr. Reese has been intimately asso ciated with North Carolina journal ism and his writings have been closely followed. He is a man ot character and of rare force and he has rendered much valuable service to his home city and to the state. We earnestly hope that his fighting spirit may conquer the present ar fliction of the flesh. Serbia by the Austro-Hungarian gov ernment, which Serbia declined to meet. A week later a general mobili zation of Russian troops along the German border was ordered and the following day Germany declared war cn Russia. The news of that event was followed in a few hours by the announcement that a general mobili zation had been ordered by the French cabinet. On August 2 German troops en tered Luxembourg and Germany de manded free passage through Belgi um to the French frontier. This was refused and two days later Great Britain dispatched to Germany an ultimatum demanding that the neu trality of Belgium be maintained. The ultimatum rejected, German forces attacked Liege. On the same day President Wilson issued a proclama tion of neutrality. The following day saw the declara tion by Great Britain of a state of war with Germany, and two days la ter the Germans entered Liege as the French invaded southern Alsace. These events were quickly follow ed by an affirmation on the part of Italy of her neutrality, by an Austrian invasion of Serbia, and, by the sending by Japan of an ultimatum to Germany. This had to do with the German possession of Kiao-Chow of which Tsingtau was the port. By August 17 the first British ex peditionary force had completed its landing in France and on that day there began also a fierce battle on the Jadar between the Austrian and Serbian troops. Victory was with the Serbian arms after five days of fight ing and the Austrians were routed. In the meantime the battle of Lor raine had opened i and the German troops had entered Brussels, the Bel gian capital. A few days later, August 23, the victorious Germans entered Namur and began an attack on Mons, de fended principally by the first Brit ish expeditionary force. The next day the British troops began a retreat from their position and from then on until September 12 the German troops drove through France under the lead ership of General von Kluck. Zeppe lins bombarded Antwerp; the French were forced to evacuate Mulhausen; the Germans took and swept over Longwy and 'reached Senlis, thirty miles from Paris, where the columns swung to the eastward. The French government fled to Bordeaux. In the meanwhile German and Austrian troops had met the Rus sians. A victory at Krasnik was an nounced by the Austrian government on August 23 while on August 2y the German army under General von Hindenburg defeated another Russian force in a battle at Tanneburg, which lasted three days. Louvain was burn ed by the Germans on the same day that the Japanese blockade of Tsing tau gas burned. The blockade was maintained more than two months before Tsingtau surrendered. Two days after the French govern ment moved to Bordeaux the battle of the Marne was begun, a few hours before Russian troops succeed ed in occupying Lemberg, the capital of Galicia. troops, the Germans in France were troops, theGermans in France were forced to retreat as far as the Aisne. Events of the next few days includ ed the bombardment of Rheims by the Germans, and the sinking by a German submarine of the British cruisers, Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue. On the same day the Russian troops attacked Przemysl an dtook Jaros lav. British, troops from India were land ed from transports at Marseilles on September 26 and were immediately dispatched to the northward. Before their arrival at their destination tne Germans had inaugurated a siege of Antwerp, which resulted in the Bel gian government moving from that city to Ostend. Two days later the The Money Speedway Full information at any Western Union OH ice. Big sums or little sums safely and easily sent by . - ..; WESTERN U N IO N The cost is small, the service quick and sure. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. bombardment of Antwerp began. The Belgian government remained at Os tend for about a week and then re moved to Havre, France. Forty-eight hours later the Germans captured Ostend. Meanwhile the allied troops occupied Ypres, and a desperate bat tle had begun on the Vistula river. German assaults upon the allied lines between Ypres and Nieuport contin ued for a week and then weakened. The Germans operating In Russia meantime had been defeated after a ten days' battle before Warsaw. In Africa revolt and mutiny broke out. These disorders were headed by the Boer leader, General de Wet, General Beyers, Colonel Maritz and others. Colonel Maritz was driven from Cape Colony, . General Beyers was killed at Vaal river, and General de Wet was captured after he had been in the field for more than a month. Native troops in the African prov inces belonging to Germany, Great Britain and France were lined up on the borders of the respective pro vinces. Fighting was general. During the latter part of October the British dreadnought Audacious was sunk off the Irish coast; the Russians successfully attacked Lodz and Radom, driving out the invad ing Germans. Turkey joined the war a tthat-juncture by naval operations in the Black sea. Odessa was attack ed. November opened with a German naval victory over a British squadron off coast of Chile and the Turkish warships bombarded Sebastapol. Two days later German warships ventured near Ypres. For several weeks the ar mies struggled back and fortn losing thousands of men, gaining ground one day and being forced to evacu ate their positions the next, In Gali cia during the first three days of May the German-Austrian forces broke through the Russian lines and forced a retreat. Fifty thousand pris oners, it was recited, were taken. Around Ypres the British forces los ground and were finally forced to evacuate an especially strong posi tion they had gained at -an elevation designated as Hill No. 60. Almost simultaneously the Russians began a retreat from the Carpathian passes and while this was in progress the Cunard liner Lusitania, bound from New York to Liverpool, was sent to the bottom by a torpedo fired by a German submarine. Approximately 1,200 lives were lost in the disas ter. The loss of Americans in the Lusi tania and other vessels which were victims of Germany's submarine war fare resulted in President Wilson pro testing against a continuance of such tactics. - On May 23, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary after having de nounced early in the month the triple alliance treaty. The declaration of war was quickly followed by raids upon the Italian coast cities by Aus trian aeroplanes. The Italian army struck across the border into Aus tria with Triest and Trent as objec tives. During all this time the allied war ships in the Dardanelles had been keeping up practically a continuous from their anchorage behind the na- bombardment of th shore forts. Num- val base at Heligoland and bombard- erous warships of different types were ed the British coast In the vicinity sunk. Transports were hurried to the F. D. A. In a damage suit by the state of Alabama against a savings bank or that state the state wins a verdict of one penny. We trust 'old Alabama will show no profligate extragagance in the expenditure of this money. The saintly Hornets won four games out of seven; last week, which achievement is next only In import ance to the capture of of Lemberg by the Germans. That new baggage law is hard on the fellow who is trying to sneak in trunk full of liquid contraband. Come to Charlotte and live. Its not only a good townxbut a progressive ONE We do not worry about' who pays the CITY HALL we live today AND TEACH the CHILDREN HOW TO PLAY. We give em rope and PLAY TEACHERS TOO with nurses maybe furnished for'a few. We build em parks set thick with trees, as if the ex square miles of forest, swamp and creek within the -town were not sufficient playing ground. We love em 60 we bid em come and would school em in a stairless bungalo BUT DAD poor dad he takes his pill HE PAYS the BILL when BILSIN smiles in DADDY'S face and takes the crust of bread from BABIES plate or sells its KLOZE to pay ITS CITY BILL. ' HO Ye, HOye, out side'rs come in and help us pay the BILL Alexanders F. D. Thos. L. Nothina but FIRE INSURANCE. engagement took place off the Falk Britain and France declared war on Turkey and the forts guarding the entrance to the Dardanelles were bombarded by a fleet of allied Eng lish and French warships. On the north the Russians reoccupied Jaro slav after several days of ferocious fighting, German cruisers which had been stationed in foreign waters at the opening of the war had by that time given a good account of them selves. The Emden operating m the Indian ocean and adjacent waters overtook and sunk more than a score of mercantile ships belonging to the nations allied against Germany before she was finally run down and de stroyed off Cocos Island. In the At lantic the Karlsruhe and a number of auxiliary cruisers, performed sim ilar duties. They too sent to the bot tom more than a score of ships. On land the armies of the belliger ent settled down to hold their posi tions for the winter months. Activi ties from November 11, when the German forces captured Dixmude, resulted in Russian defeats at Vlot- slavek, Lopno and Kutno. The battle In Flanders progressed at intervals, vigorous actions taking place and thousands of men on both sides be ing killed or wounded." Intrenched for the winter, the armies contented themselves principally with holding the positions they had gained. In the Serbian-Austrian campaign there was considerable activity Curing the early winter months. The Austrians occu pied Belgrade, the Serbian capital on December 2, and retained it until December 15, when, after the Ser bians had captured large forces of Austrians, they were driven back into their own territory. In East Prussia during the win ter there was severe fighting.-wesult-ing in the loss of many men, dead, wounded and captured. The German armies operating in East Prussia held off and dispatched a Russian army of vast proportions, finally driving it back well into its own ter ritory. On the sea, a British squadron sig nally defeated the German squadron which was victorious off Chile. This engagement tookplace off the Falk land islands. German cruisers bom barded Hartlepool and Scarborough, and the German armored cruiser Bluecher was sunk in the North sea by a section of the British fleet oper ating there. German submarines be came especially active during the winter months, inking many war ships and merchantmen. March opened with an announce ment . of British reprisal measures against the Germans for the subma rine warfare and the develpoment of battle in, France. British troops in France again be came active, making a notable ad vance at Neuve Chapelle. By the end of March the Russian troops had pen etrated the Dukla Pass and entered Hungary. April saw thebeginning ot violent assaults upon the German lines by the French east of Verdun and the Meuse. The French stormed the German position at Les Eparges and about the same time it was offi cially announced that the total or British casualties to that date were 139,347. By the middle of April the Russians had penetrated Hungary to a point twenty miles over the border, and the Germans had begun a suc cessful assault upon the allied lines' i scene and troops were landed. On June 3 the Austro-German forces re occupied Przemysl. s During June the Serbians inaugu rated a campaign to secure a seaport on the Adriatic. Troops were sent across the border into Albania, with the seaport of Durazzo as an objec tive. Montenegro also dispatched troops into Albania, an independent nation recognized by the chief powers at the close of the second Balkan war. Dirigible airships and aeroplanes made numerous raids during the win ter and spring. London and War saw were the objectives ot a iumber of trips made by Zeppelin airships, while Paris was visited by hostile aeroplanes. French and British air craft attacked various points in Ger many, dropping explosive and fire bombs. M AN UNHEARD OF INCI DENT IN INSURANCE Don C. Whitley Estate Gets $1,003 After Policy Had Lapsed Only One Payment Made, Phoenix Life Insurance Co., Insurers, A. B. Wingfield, State Manager, 503 Realty Building, Charlotte, N. C. Albemarle, N. C, June 18, 1915. A. B. Wingfield, State Manager, Charlotte, N. C. Dear Sir: On June 2, I wrote you that Don C. Whitley, my brother, in sured under policy, No. 293,878, on February 9, 1914, - was dead. This was in answer to your letter to Don asking him to go before your examin er and be reinstated, as his policy had lapsed for non-payment of the second year's premium on February 9. wrote you out of courtesy to you, and on account of the memory due my brother, as the policy was lapsed and, of course, I expected nothing out of it. You can imagine my surprise when you walked into our bank the other day and presented proofs of death to be signed by Don's administrator; and now Mr. T. H. Pegram, your agent, presents me with a New York draft for $1,003, in settlement of this claim, $1,000 face of policy and $3 additions The oldest and most experienced lawyers and citizens say they never heard of such a thing as this. In any other company except the Phoenix Mu tual of Hartford, Conn., the policy would have, been without value. Your liberal policy contract kept the insur ance in iuu iorce Dy me auiomauc Extended Insurance purchased by a dividend of $2.72 payable on the first year's premium, which belongs to the policy holder, and in' the Phoenix Mu tual policies buys automatic extended insurance. This dividend of' $2.72 pur chased four months extended insur ance, so Don's policy just lacked ten days of running out. The . premium was three months r and twenty days past due. . It is needless to say that all Don's family appreciate this settlement, as you looked us up and told us that the money was due. We did not know anything was due, but thought it had lapsed. Mr. Robert Lee Smith, attorney at law, Albemarle, N. C, who has been appointed administrator of Don C. Whitley, joins me in this letter of thanks to 3'du and the Phoenix Mu tual Life Insurance Company. Yours sincerely, ' W. H. WHITLEY, j R. L, SMITH. Admr. . adv.1 NONE CHARGED. ORDER BY MAIL. - r- Worth of Fine Rugs Bought at the Recent "Smith" and "Sahford" Auction on Special Sale This Week at Tremendously Reduced prices. A few of the comparative price reductions : REDUCED SALE PRICES FOR STANDARD GRADES OF AXMINSTER RUGS $1.00 18 by 34 inch, Sale Price 69c '$1.50 27 by 54 inch, Sale Price.... .... .... .... $1.19 $3.00 36 by 63 inch, Sale" Price , . . . . .. $1.89 $4.00 36 by 72 inch, " Saie Price $2.69 $20.00 9 by 12 feet, Sale Price $13.95 SALE PRICES ON SAN FORD'S FAMOUS SEAMLESS BEAUVAIS AXMINSTERS $2.50 27 by 54 Beauvais, Sale Price $1.69 $4.50 36 by 72 Beauvais, Sale Price. $2.95 $10.00 4 feet by 6 feet 6 Beau vais, Sale Price. $6.95 $16.50 6 by 9 feet Beauvais Ax minster, Sale Price.... $12.45 $8.50 36-inch by 9 feet Beauvais Axminster, Sale Price . . $5.95 $3.00 36 inch by 36 inch Beauvais Axminster, Sale Price.. $1.95 $30.00 9 by 12 feet Beauvais Ax minster, Sale Price.. $22.45 $25.00 9 by 12 feet Best San ford Axminster Rugs, Sale Price $15.95 THE BEST BRUSSELS RUGS AT REDUCED SALE PRICES. Sanford's Double X 9 by 12 Seamless Brussels Rugs, Regu lar price $16.50. Sale Price .... .. $11.95 Sanford's triple X 9 by 12 seam less Brussels' Rugs, Regular price $20.00. Sale Price $12.95 Smith's Famous 9x12 Nepper- ham Seamless Brussels Rugs. Value $20.00. Sale Price $12.95 $8.50 6 by 9 feet Seamless Brus sels Rugs, Sale Price $5.95 $10.00 7 feet 6 inch by 9 feet Seamless Brussels Rugs, Sale Price $6.95 $12.50 8 feet 3 inch by 9 feet N Seamless Brussels Rugs, Sale Price $8.95 WILTONS AND FINE VELVET RUGS AT REDUCED SALE PRICES. Sanford's 9x12 feet fine Seam less Cashmere Wilion, value $35.00, Sale Price . . . .$23.95 Smith's fine 9 by 12 feet Colo nial Velvet Rugs, regular price $25.00. Sale Price.. .. $17.95 $40.00 9 by 12 feet Wilton Rugs, Sale Price .... $31.95 $60.00 9 by 12 feet Wilton Rugs, Sale Price.... .... .. $42.95 A CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL RAG AND WILLOW GRASS RUGS Best 9 by 12 Rag Rugi, Sal rlce $5.40 18 by 36 inch Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price 25c 27 by 54 inch Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price 59c 36 by 72 inch Stenciled Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price.... 9SC 54 by 90 inch Stenciled Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price-. $2.49 54 by 90 inch Plain Warp Bor der Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price $195 6 by 9 feet Blain Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price...... $2.95 6 by 9 feet Stenciled Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price $3.69 9 by 12 feet Plain Warp Willow Grass Rugs, Sale Price $5.89 9 by 12 feet Stencil Border Wil low Grass Rugs. Sale Price $6.69 Ten Retail Stores. Ten Retail Stores. These Sale Prices are less Beautiful Small Figures and No Rugs Charged at These than ever offered before in Char- New Oriental Patterns to select Sale Prices, lotte. from. Order by mail. Play "Old Black Joe" oh THE STIEFF PLAYER PIANO. Play it by In stinct! As You Feel It! Those old songs have an added charm wjhen you play them yourself on the Stieff Player Piano! You can put the expression in it to suit yourself. You are really playing it! We'll be glad to play any of your favorites on the Stieff Player Piano, and show you exactly what a "treat" you have in store when you own one. ; ' Will you accept this invitation -to-day? Ask About Our Direct Selling Plan. i 219 S. Tryon St. Charlotte, N. G. f -.t -, w . - .- : r f ;(; J $ DENTISTS. tt & & DR GEO. E. DENNIS, DENTIST 702 Commercial Building. Phone 3002. 0 PNEUMATIC TIRES AND TUBES SOLID TRUCK TIRES SEAT COVERS TOP COVERS AND CURTAINS PAINTING Vehicle Rubber Tiring and Repairing a Specialty. : Pleasure Car and Truck Wheel Building. Charlotte Wagon & Auto Co. 26 E. 6th St. Phone 2683 Mi CE FOR SALE. UPTOWN ICE HOUSE East 4th Street and South ern Railway, Two Blocks from "SQUARE." ' STANDARD ICE & FUEL COMPANY Dr. H. C Henderson. Dr. R. B. GaddJ HENDERSON & GADDY DENTIST Office, Hunt Bldg., 202 1-2 N. Tryon St Phone 216, I. W. JAMISON, DENTISTS Office 'Ptiona 326. Residence 962-J. wr. v. .. .jf- jio jtf, w, o'- ifc -w w w w w uc 4f 3rr -w ip -r -r -r -w "if k 'a k r ROOFING Docs Your Roof Leak? Let us make It rainproof and put your gutters and conductor pipes In good order. We are specialists in building and repairing tin, iron or slt3 roofs. Furnace work promptly done. C. F. SHUMAN. Built, Repaired and Guaranteed. R. S. GARMON & BRO. 36 Howell Arcado. Phone 992 ARCHITECTS. F. L. BONFGEY, ARCHITECT Supervision of Construction. 215 North Tryon St. Now Is The 1 ime to paper your house. "W6 have a large stock of beautiful patterns that we will be pleased to you. Charlotte Paint & Glass Company 3-5-7 West 4th St. Phone 175.
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