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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS FEBRUARY 20, 1908 HE GHARLOTTE NEWS Published every afternoon except Sunday THE NEWS l'UBMSHIIVC; COJIPASV, j W. C. DOWD. President and General Mnnfisrer. Telcphooe 115. 4. C. PATTON Editor HOWARD A. BANKS City Editor. A. W. BUPX'H Adv. Manager. C C. SHERRTLL. .Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year fikc months Three months One month One week $5.00 2.50 1.25 45 .10 Give your subscription to your regu lar newspaper carrier or 'phone 115. 1'hs columns of The News are open to legitimate advertising. aJo objectiona.1 advertising of any ind will be accepted by ihis paper. All unsigned communications will be discarded. Rejected communications will not bo returned unless scompanied by stamp. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM NEEDED. When the individual loses hope becomes discouraged sees things only through a darkened glass, failure is dangerously near at hand. The pes simist cannot succeed for long, for success is merely the realization of one's ambitions, and without high and noble ambition there can be no great success. "What every person needs above all else is a cheerful, optimistic spirit. It is the first requi site, and the most potential, in ac complishing things. And this same spirit of optimism is needed in a community, as well as in the individual. The town or city whose citizens are willing to dis- credit all advances; who are always ready to howl calamity and failure when some one inaugurates some scheme for benefitting that communi ty, will never amount to much. The city that is progressive, that grows, is the city where an air of confidence and hope is prevalent. No city in the country has brighter opportunities for growth than cur own, and nothing will forestall that development unless it be that we lose hope, in our possibilities. Speaking along this line, the Tradesman has this to say anent the importance of this spirit of optimism in a community: "While optimism is. a most valu able asset on the credit side of the accoin-it that stands for the life reccivi nf an individual or a communi ty, pessimism is a distinct debit to that account and one that often over balances all other credits, bringing bankruptcy in the end both in char acter and fianaces. "How many lives are wrecked from the one cause of neglecting to value properly this asset of optimism? How many towns and cities are not only retarded in their progress but actually shorn of most brilliant pros- pects through the pessimism that has been permitted to grow among their j citizens 1 "It is not unusual tn Tipar tVip pv.I pression from some citizen when ap-f pealed to in behalf of his town or city: -What's the use ? I am tired o giving my time and money to wards public advancement with noth ing done and I have therefore de termined to work for No. 1 here after.' This is not only pessimism in concrete form but is the height of selfishness, such as blights all on whom it fails. Nothing is more axiomatic than this, adage: 'Selfish ness always defeats itself,' for no one can live alone or separate himself en tirely from the body of society of which his very existence constitutes him a component part. "It is thus with the south at the present time. There are young men coming into corToi of this section who need the le.vons which the gen eration just pre -2f; ins them has learned so well, shown in the marvelous progre everywhere ap parent, and if t'.. j CcrAlny of this section is to ue what ill -it older gen eration now passing away hoped for and struggled for the young men of the south must be taught the value of optimism and the dangers that lurk in pessimism.'' Probably no class of our citizens have suffered so little from the effects of the recent financial trouble as the cotton farmer. The reason for this is obvfous. Believing in tho nim ,.,. t adage that, "In union there is' Strength," cotton growers have con jointly -demanded of the world a fair price for their cotton, and they have gotten it. It is a pleasure to observe that Congress is planning to have re stored the sacred motto, "In God We Trust" to our coins. This done, one of tha "mistakes of Roosevelt" will have been corrected. Bditor John Temple Graves thinks "women should receive men's wages." Has any one ever heard of their failure to do so ? ) In measuring up the worth of most Counts it is well enough to remem tsr the prefix "dis." "Persistent rumor" did all it could to have the Shah of Persia killed, ,Jmt be still lives. MILL CONDITIONS IMPROVING. The Avork of improving conditions affecting laborers in our cotton mills ether manufactories, mines, etc., i- not confined to the United States. The spirit of humanity is being heard the world over and during recent months much has been done to make the life of the day laborer freer of hardships. From the daily Consular and Trade Reports of the 18th we take the fol lowing, which is significant of the work being done along this line in other countries: "The German textile newspaper, Textilarbeiter Zeitung, devotes con siderable space to a review of recent legislation of Germany. The new regulations 'provide for improved sanitation of workshops, the use of wage books, compulsory instruction of female workers in schools of do mestic economy until they have reached IS years of age, the prohibi tion cf female night work, the ten hour day for women (all of these with a few exceptions to come into opera tion in 1!)10), together with regula tions for controlling home industries. The Manchester Guardian says: 'Though this is a material ad vance in the right direction, there is as yet no legislation for the ten-hour workday for men, and no provision for the co-operation of the workers with the factory inspectors. It is also a matter for some regret that there is still no prohibition of female labor in mining and smelting works. In all these and other matters the English factory code maintains a good lead of the Continental." It cannot be expected to remedy all the evils affecting operatives in the factories, mines, and foundries at ence. There is much to be done yet, but from indications of recent months the next few years will find many ot the hardships now endured by labor ers removed. The work is gradual but it is in the right direction and will not end till great good has been accomplished. THE UNDESIRA3LE CITIZEN. Says the New Bern Sun: "One good turn deserves another, so will the Charlotte News please answer this question: 'What is an undesirable citizen ?' " An undesirable citizen, inquisitive contemporary, is the person who ob jects to bull fights in the White House; who refuses to say "me tco" when the president expresses himself; who fails to call his brother a liar at least once a month; who puts accent o nthe last syllable when pro nouncing dee-lighted; who uses his knife with his left hand; or asks too many foolish questions. These are only a few of the at tributes that combine to make an undesirable citizen. There are many others, but we are in a hurry. Congress appears to be longing for another injection of special message dope. Maj. A. G. Brenizer has so far re covered from his recent illness to be at nis Pst again. ''y & a. fftYITtlmi' t v-rf 'I B 13 1 lIZi llO v A Small Business. The Wadesboro Messenger and In telligenoer says: "About this time every four years certain papers in this state that pre tend t be democratic, but that never lose an opportunity to stab the party in the back, commence to bewail the fact that the party is going to pieces; that its leaders are bent on ruining the state; that if the 'conservatives' are not put in charge and the 'radi cals' relegated to the rear, the busi ness interests of the state will suffer irreparable injury and the entire body politic will go to deminition bow wows." The particular form of this activ ity just now is a studied and con tinuous attempt to belittle Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kitchin, the latter a candi date for governor. These flings at these men are unworthy some of the men who make them, being in many cases unfair statements, unreason able deductions or downright dishon est arguments. They are belittling to the men who employ them. The same methods, perhaps, with less venom, have been used against every man who lays himself liable by antagonizing the interests in whose service these meth ods are constantly used, whether con scious to the agents themselves. It . . 1 is a small business, too small for some ot the men engaged in it. Of course, nothing better could be expected of professional toadies. Monroe Journal. WHEAT FLMIE &ELEBY By recent scientific experi ments, Dr. Price, the famous food expert, has .recently pro duced a Wheat Flake Celery Food, which is highly nutritious, easy of digestion, and a most delicious every day food for all classes. 4 to cents a package. For sale by all Grocers A Woman's Back Has many aches and pains caused by weaknesses and falling, or other displace ment, of the pelvic organs. Other symp toms of female weakness are frequent headache, dizziness, imaginary specks or dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw ing sensation in stomach, dragging or bearing down in lower abdominal or pel vie region, disagreeable drains from pelvic organs,faint spells with general weakness. If any considerable number of the above symptoms are present there is no remedy that wgive quicker relief or a more per manent ?fcKthan Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre2$t)iJt has a record of over forty years of cure It is the, most potent Invigorating, t.on,ic and-stxengthenin.;oiffi vine known t-o medicascience. It is made offlie glyceric ex tract3"o? '"native medici nal roots found in our forests and con tains not a drop of alcohol or harmful, or habit-forming drugs. Its ingredients are all printed on the bottle-wrapper and at tested under oath as correct. Every ingredient entering Into "Fa vorite Prescription " has the written en dorsement of the most eminent medical writers of all the several schools of prac tice more valuable than any amount of non-professional testimonials though the latter are not lacking, having been con tributed voluntarily by grateful patients In numbers to exceed the endorsements given to any other medicine extant for the cure of woman's ills. You cannot afford to accept any medicine of unknown composition as a substitute for this well proven remedy ok kxowh composition, even though the dealer may make a little more profit thereby. Your interest in regaining health is paramount to any selfish interest of his and it is an insult to your intelligence for him to try to palm off upon you a substitute. You know what you want and it is his busi ness to supply the article called for. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets aro tha original "Little Liver Pills" first put up by old Dr. Pierce over forty years ago, much imitated bnt never equaled. Little sugar-coated granules easy to take aa candy. SHAKY CREDENTIALS Chaldeans or Armenians Ought to ' Have Their Cause Well Certified. Editor The News: Periodically there comes to Char lotte and to other towns in the state, Turkish, Chaldaic and Armenian minis ters, seeking help for the spread of the gospel in their country, and they cause many people to think along cer tain lines that cause doubts to arise. They always bring credentials writ ten Chaldaic or kindred languages, with what seems to be an English translation, but who knows if either are what they purport to be? Our people endorse, these credentials by saying: "We have examined and suppose they are correct; have given them something, and ethers can do so, too." This is equal, on final analysis, to no real endorsement and does not prove that they are gathering funds for any authorized work. I would not be understood as say ing these men are impostors; far from it. But I do submit that if they are doing a legitimate work, their creden tials ought to come from some known mission board. What account are credentials, the language of which and the signers to which no one in this country knows? I hope you will give this place, just as a precaution. C. W. H. City Should Remedy Evil. p"rlitrr TCirlrprs' Column: I have noticed the different kicks in your column and don't think there has been one that is not worthy of nftAnfinn rtt-nnAiQllTr tllD fin1 1T1 rpfpV- ence to the school, which appeared in ! last week s issue. Little children's lives should not he imperilled and mothers made misera ble when "Queen Charlotte" can sway her magic wand and make ((thingb bright and beautiful for all; but these good people are not the only law-abiding tax-paying people that have been a long-enduring suffering citizen, for it has come to my notice that there are no less than six families in Ward One on Ninth street, from the railroad crossing down, that have and are still suffering from the flooding" of their lots by the bursting of the city water pipes. The sufferers appealed to the city for help, but the city continues deaf to all appeals. And, by the way, what is that pipe doing there anyway? It should be on the city property out in the street, or else the city should repair it when it becomes a nuisance to the property-holders. One of the sufferers, a gentleman who owns property and deals in real estate, has had his back lot knee-deep in mud all winter, and another has his back yard flooded, water even ris ing io his dining room; and another, a lady whose only maintenance is the renting of her house, has had two large nlaces washed out in her lot. The first wash-out occurred in the summer, the city then promising her that the matter would be attended to at once: the second occurred during the heavy rains this winter and carried off two of the brick pillars under the dining room, the shock of which cracked the wall from top to bottom. And still the city contends this worn-out, bursted pipe is an improvement to these suffer ing citizens and continues to send in thpir tnx notice for damaged property. . wTint rio the citizens wish to nay taxes for if their wishes are disregard ed and set aside as of no consequence? The iady, for instance, will have to con sume about three months of her rent on the taxes and still the city does not adhere to the promise made her in good faith in tne summer. The oth er three families also are sufferers. This reminds me; I saw in your paper a few weeks ago Charlotte on crutches, old and decrepit, and now I am sorry that she is suffering from Bright's dis ease in the First Ward; and, poor thing, she is not able to buy her medi cine and have her doctors remedy the evil. "God save the Queen!" .SYMPATHIZER. 1 $4.00 Ralston Shoes for Metf, now $3.48 I COUNTER OF WOMEN'S SHOES I I r' Wm) I I I I f$$ 5gv i $3.50 Fellowcraft Shoes for Men $2.93 At 48c, 69c, 75c, 98c, $1.13, $1.33, jj mSm ! ' $1.75 and $1.92. ' g ; $3.50 Mens Shoes now $2.68 jj ( ' -A- Ht of these Shoes are worth to- j ifeSii) I $2.50 Men's Shoes, now $1.98 day from $2.50 to $3.00 ah g I $3.00 Men's Shoes $2.68 PROSPERITY RUBBER SALE. j j ' 11111 Counters of Men's Shoes at 98c, 91 . ,, , . ,. . , ll iSVv $1.19, S1.39, $1.48, $1.75 and $1.98. g'nn ?C, "" il Sg. $1-00 Men's Rolled Edged Ruboers 83c l $ ffl) Seme in this lot are worth $2.50 to c n's torm Rubbers .. . 43o I vjfc 0 3 00 7oc 'omen s Rolled Edged Rub- I j fS i . hers 6?c 8 i vy $1 I BOYS', PASSES' AND CHILDREN'S 50c Women's Storm Rubbers 3So f y SHOES Misses and Children's Rubbers I I All Go at Cut-Prices. from 25c to 35s iV 4.00 Regina Shoes for Women.. $3.43 (Wik S" !?Pir- o, v. c-o qo You had better "urry if you expect O jjgfcV !p'J-d0 ile3ma --Loes nov $2-98 to buy any shoes for the next six X KMJ -n en . months. Remember these nrices are 8 i?M $.,,0 Shoes now. $1.93 j only for this week, Saturday night W pv j 13.00 Regina Shoes, now $2.63 J closes the sale. Ee quick. J J 1 T""" T J-jr- f Tr I Jfgjs. nmm0 nmW AaminfAk. JL jLmmm A. !k 'naa ss,-,s$ WHOLALE NI RETA. J WRITING MORE INSURANCE IN 1908 Mutual Life's Head Speaks of Big Im provement Over Last Year. (From New York Tribune, Feb. 15, 190Sj Charles A. Peabody, President of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, in commenting, yesterday upon the company's business for 1907 and the prospects for the coming year, said: "The new insurance written so far this year greatlyexceeds that of any corresponding period of 1907, and the ratio of increase is advancing every week. This is owing to several causes, chief among them being the increase in the agency force which the company has built up. The cash and loan val ues of the company's policies have also been largely increased, y "Not the least of the changes con tributing to the return of confidence is the improvement of the annual div idends of the company. In 1907 the Mutual Life paid out for dividends the sum of $4,321,493.34, while $8,311,002.02 had been appropriated for the purpose of 1908. The increase in this item is the case of the Mutual Life is due, among other causes, to a material ad vance in the dividend scale, to a larger number of maturing twenty-year dis tribution policies, etc. x ' "In respect to the dividends paid in 1907, it is noteworthy that the sum of $2,822,429.66, or more than 65 per cent, was applied to the purehase of paid-up insurance, indicating the confidence of policy-holders in the company. To the same effect may be mentioned the circumstance that one-fourth of the new insurance written in 1907 was applied for by existing policyholders. "The new premiums received last year amounted to $6,362,380.62, and the renewal premiums to $50,276,819.58, making the total premium income $56,639,200.20. The commissions to agents were $992,285.26. This item amounts to less than 2 per cent, of the total renewals premiums collected." A letter received by friends today stated that Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ross, who have been spending some time in Cuba, have arrived in Miami, Fla., where they will spend some time before returning home. CATARRH A GERM DISEASE. Success of Hyomei Guaranteed by R. H. Jordan & Co. Catarrh is not a blood disease, but is caused by germs that lodge and grow in the air passages, causing ir ritation with poisonous and offensive mucous discharges. It is an insidious disease of most destructive tenden cy. Its approaches are unalarming and its victims are well on the road to a chronic state or to dread consump tion before they realize their danger. Stomach dosing is ineffective in the treatment of catarrh. The only heal ing agent is Hyomei, which is inhaled with the air you breathe, killing all catarrhal germs and driving them from the system. The sooner you use, Hyomei the soon er you' will be free of catarrh. R. H. Jordan & Co. will sell you a dollar outfit with the understanding that if it does not give satisfaction your mon ey will be refunded. 'Phone 1037. Hours- 9 to 4. DR. A. D. GLASCOCK, OSTEOPATH. Graduate of the American School, Kirksville, Mo. All acute and chronic diseases success fully treated. Office No. 1 Carnegie Court. By the Library. ' DR. JOHN R. IRWIN, Office: 21 South Tryon St. Wocdal! & Shepoard's. 'Phones: Office 63. Residence 125 Leads them ail PI TVS -ITI?C E is, kJ I JUL 1 JS.V O Always the Best. Fresh shipments of Hurler's Candy continually arriving. Don't you want a box to-day? ON THE SQUARE 'Phone 7. "WE NEVER CLOSE." NURSES' REGISTER. ALLAN'S Magnetic Cough Syrup 1 Is one that cures. It cures coughs and colds quickly and thoroughly. If it fails ask for your money back. Price 25 Cents. AT Woodail & Sheppard 21 South Trycn St. 'Phone 59. i ! a 8IICI0US Creamed Potatoes Pare two white potatoes and cut into cubes, dropping them into cold water as cut. Put the pieces into boiling salt water and cook until ten der, but not broken up. Drain off the water and replace on the stove a moment to dry out remaining water. Make a cream as follows: Boil 1 cup milk with 2 tablespoons GOLDEN GLORY COOKING OIL, 1-2 teaspoon minced onion and 1-2 teaspoon salt and pinch of red pepper. Mix 2 teaspoons flour in a lit .tle cold water until smooth. Slowly stir this into the boiling milk until well thickened. Then add the pieces of cooked pota toes, carefully stirring them in without breaking. Golden Glory Cooking Oil SAVE BUTTER BY USING Brannon Garbonating Go. Distributors. 'Phone 835. i i;8 Covering entire blocfe front on Broadway, GCth to CTth Sts.. X. j$ Y. City. Within easy reach from Grand Central Station, via g-j!v way and surface lines and iu direct connection by Subway ssij Sj surface cars to the stations of all trunk lines, steam boat !a:J- l ings, etc. Particularly desirable for permanent and transitu: ' guests seek the perfection of comfort, service and rvfinstaeii I Ideally located in the heart of the metropolis and the fashlcna- able upper west side and beyond the disturbances of city t5t Within one .-block of Central Park and of quick access to all jf 1 1 r as tres, shopping section, principal ' attractions and cars and k to nearby seaside day resorts. Subway station at corner ci a betel. Elevnted TJnicn Hotel, Sartoga Springs, N. Y. and Ifoti Iroquoise, Buffalo, N. Y. Same management. Booklet on Request. WfmwMr M,h life wlmmMmxml site VvXCfe-' Xy vi A V 'r V ' i- i r c jusi in reaay for op 2 in g wear igm v sigai Shades, Slate and London Smoke, sVom ''pent. ? -s famous English Glove maker .utorrn .t.: urivmg and We have .iust bought and m,m' j a Art Squares QUALITY, DESIGNS and Prices cannot be duplicate in tl'.o l : All these goods are this season's designs and patterns- ' , , to see our line whether you buy or not, for it is a iM-dt-1-1 to show you. Hc 811 111 16 N.Coile-e Street. f 1 i in tfc 2. r.- -:- ..V "Of V i . T : .iavr iviamg u.ovc r 3 received a large shipment
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