4 THE CHARLOTTE NEU'S FEBRUARY 27, 1908 i THAT FREIGHT RATE SUIT. Referring to the recent action of certain irginla cities in becoming ! i.-arty to The suit with the Norfolk & ' Western Railroad against this state, in the matter of freight, rate dis- eliminations.. Mr. Norman Johnson THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Published every afternoon except Sunday THE NEWS PUBUSHIXG COMPANY, W. C. DOWD. President and General TUananer. Telephone 115. i. C. PATTON Editor HOV7ARD A. BANKS City Editor. A. W. BURCII... TAflv. Manager. II. C. SHBRRILL.. .Circulation Manager. Ideal food for children. WHEAT FLMIE OELEBY SUBSCRIPTION KATKS: One year fc'fx months Three months fne month J5.00 2.60 1.25 45 ! says: ; "I :.m glat. to say that the commer- ; eia. facdies of Virginia are not be hind this movement and that it does not have the sanction of the manu facturing and Jobbing interest, nor is it . indorsed generally by the com mercial interest of Virginia, Neither the board of trade of Lynchburg, nor Uu chamber of commerce of Richmond has indorsed the move- I am advised that the Give your subscription to your regu lar newspaper carrier or "phone 115. The columns of The Mewi are open to legitimate advertising. .ii'o objectJonal advertising o any lnd will be accepted by this paper. All unsigned communications wifl be discarded. Rejected communication will not be returned unless accompanied by stamp. THURSDAY, r E3RUARY 27, 190S. wppk ""!' " miment, and ! Richmond chamber has ' taken no action; nor has the Lynchburg board of trade considered it. '"T interviewed many business men in Richmond, Lynchburg and Peters burg, and all were of the opinion that it wag -a fight between the corpora tion commission of North Carolina and the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company solely.' The commercial relations that have existed between North Carolina ana Virginia for many years past have been of the friendliest. Each state has been of inestimable value to the other. And in view of this business friendship through these years it has been hard to understand the attitude of these Virginia cities that hare joined with the railroad in waging a fight for the maintenance of freight rates that are undeniably discrimina tory and far in execess of those charged in Virginia and elsewhere. The fight could in no sense affect the rates prevalent in Virginia, and why that state should assume the atti tude of opposing justice and fairness is, as we have obsrved, difficult to explain. Feeling thus, it is highly satisfac tory to hear that the commercial or ganizations and leading busineei men of Virginia do not approve of the action of these cities that have be come defendants in the suit. We earnestly trust that these or ganizations and business men who have expressed their disapproval will exert their influence, therefore, to discourage any further attempts on the part of these cities towards blocking a just and equitable adjudi cation of the suit which is of such vital concern to the business inter ests of this state. makes the children plump and strong and prevents sour stom ach and constipation. The best food for growing children, in valids and the aged. W cents a package. For saEo hy a31 Grocers 18 i Comments. I CHARLOTTE ON THE BOOM. One of the secretaries attending the meeting, held here this week, paid Charlotte a tribute worthy of wide note. In the opinion of the gentle man in question, there is not another city in the south that has made such a magnificent record in growth dur ing the past year. Citing the facts, which show that last year $1,500,000 in new buildings was contracted for and that during the present year $000,000 worth of buildings have been commenced, this gentleman thinks -this a record of progress of which the entire state should be proud. And this gentleman is right. Char lotte has made a record of progress that should, and we believe, is a source of pride not only to her citi zens but to people of the state who are interested in the advancement of the state. . . . To a very large extent you can judge the financial condition of a city by its building operations. If the contractors are kept busy figuring; if the draftsmen are occupied draw ing plans; things are in fine shape. There . is scarcely any business that reaches .so far as the building indus try. When building is on the boom, lumber manufacturers are busy; there is a demand for steel; the rail roads have good business. Did you ever stop to consider the meaning of the fact that while all over North Carolina lumber mills were? dosing down, those in this city havo never reduced their forces in the slightest degree? It has been es timated that something like 200 lum ber mills were forced to close down, partially or totally, in this state because cf the financial stringency and the demoralized market. Many cf these plants are still closed and their employees ara out' TROUBLE OF THE TIMES. We learn with regret that our af ternoon contemporary, the Raleigh Evening Times, has gone into the hands of a receiver. It is not pleas ant to hear of misfortune befalling any one. The Times has had an un fortunate career. The revelation that it had accepted funds of several cor porations tended to throw it into 111 repute, and although the new man agement has striven to lift this oppro brium, the difficulties had reached too serious a degree. Under the receivership of Mr. Wili- of work, or arc working on part time. iam K. race, an efficient young law cr on reduced wages. Not so in yer of Raleigh, it is altogether prob Charlotte. Every lumber concern has: abls fcat the ftffaiw may reor. ccnunuea Dusmc-ss throughout the uraers nave been pouring in and the: -. purchase of raw material has been cut short to .my noticeable de gree, neither have prices been re duced materially. What does this mean? The an swer is written on all hands where preparations are under way for new buildings. To a very large degree the build ing activities of a city measure the condition of that city s growth, and it is not strange that, lacing a stand still of businet," in other places, the record-breaking .-'rides Charlotte is making in this : sp-ct should have attracted attentir It. in something for which we she :li". be proud. ganized and -with the paper placed in why should not continue as one of the ' n&X, i i Hi", i Ul lilt? Diatu. From a news standpoint the Times is an excellent paper. Raleigh is amply capable of supporting a good clean afternoon paper, and it is our hope that the Times may patch up itg affairs, and continue . through a long career, and this is especially true because of the fact that its present manager, Mr. J. Virgil Simmg received his newspaper training in thig office. .The Norfolk Virginia-Pilot is aspir ing to ran among too writers of prose-poetry, it's Utest ambles along in this wise: "Admit we must, that Teddy has cussed many a trust; but where is uie trust mat lie has bust since first ne iussed?" Not guilty, your honor. To the Arkansas Gazette's exulta tion,, "We thank God we are not as lawless as Kentucky," the Louisville Courier-Journal offers thanks that "Kentucky hasn't any 'Jeff' Davis in the United States senate." In our opinion the less either state can say about it the better. Says the New Bern Sun: "The professor of the Charlotte News is acting for all the world like a groundhog that didn't see his shadow." Thus, no doubt uaiatentSsfeal'ly, eur contemporary pay tt a very kiS tribute. The Winston D&iljr Sentinel tells of the decision of a certain sentle man to sell hit interest id a biff whiskey concern at Roanoke, Vfc, and to engage in manufacturing frusin.es at Winston. A fine decision. The optimistic Augusta Chronicle gives us this bit of encouragement: "There's one consolation about the grip; a relapse means death." The Daily Reflector has this to say of Mr.- C. C. Moore's candidacy for the high office of Commissioner cf Agriculture: "The farmers and merchants of Mecklenburg county held a meeting in Charlotte Saturday to launch the candidacy of Mr. C. C. Moore for com missioner of agriculture. Mr. Moore has certainly done enough for the farmers of the state, and paid his own expenses meanwhile, to be en titled to something." A Chicago physician says "A joke a sure cure for the grip." As if any one would have the nerve to try a joke on a person suffering from that dire malady.. Miss Rebekah Glenn, the governor's daughter, who is visiting Miss Kath leen Smith in Columbia, S. C, will return to Charlotte in a. few days in to prolong her visit at the home o Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Wakefield, on Elizabeth Heights. . FOR YOUR SUNDAY DINNER try the following delightful dessert: Vz cup English Walnut meats. 'Yz doz. figs, cut up fine. 1 10c package JELL-O, any flavor. Dissolve the JELLrO in a Dint of boiling water. When cool and - just commencing to thicken stir in the figs and nuts. Srirve with Whipped Cream. Delicious. The walnuts, figs and JELL-O can be bought at any good gro cery. This makes enough dessert for a large family and is very economical. 2 "Some Consolation." Referring to the fact that Cannon was born in North Carolina, the Char lotte News says: "It might have been worse think of Foraker." This is some consolation. News and Observer. The Greatest Test. Dear Charlotte News: We intended, but forgot to ask you Saturday, if you propose henceforth to make application of the moral attached to George Wash ington's hatchet-cherry-tree experience, when you deal with alleged undesirable citizens. Do you? Salisbury Post. Not Quite So Bad. . Can it be true that if a Charlotte street car motonnan stops his car on Independence Square long enough to drive from the track a wandering cow, leisurely taking her way homeward at evening milking time, he is hauled up before the city court for loafing on the square? Wilmington Messenger. Not ao "Needy" as Some. Charlotte must be a needy city in deed. The last issue of The News con tains six editorial paragraphs setting forth the needs of that little Mecklenburg-county-size bug. Wilmington Messenger. They Are in Debt to Him. The farmers and business men of Mecklenburg county in a public meet ing held in Charlotte last Saturday made comon cause in the interest of Mr. C. C. Moore for commissioner of agriculture. Mr. Moore is entirely com petent to fill this office with conspicu ous ability. He would reflect credit up on himself and would advance the agri cultural interests of the state. And more than this: the farmers and busi ness men of this state literally owe the late president of the cotton association special recognition at their hands. Lib erally Mr. Moore has spent of his per sonal funds, of his time and of his energy for the cause of North Carolina's great cotton industry. And he has not received bare justice. Kinston Free Frss. A.s Regards Knocking. A number of business men who hap pened to meet the other day fell to discussing the matter of "knocking," and one cf them said: "There are two kinds cf people who knock their town, the professional knockers -and the thoughtless ones. Both do harm, but I think of the two the thoughtless one is the worst. The chronic or professional knocker is known to most people. He makes his own repu tation and it travels fast and far. He receives little attention except from those cf his kind and his influence is small. But when a man known for his fair-mindedness, thoughtlessly draws his hammers and knocks, it hurts. Every city, like every individ ual, has shortcomings. We all have faults, and we all have relatives that have faults. But we do not stand on the corners and tell the. gaping throng about the skeletons in our closets, nor do we proclaim the stories from the housetops. The prosperity of the city, its institutions and its business enterprises means the prosperity of its inhabitants, and it is our duty to do what we can to help build up not tear down. By knocking we hurt our selves." I hope the thoughtless knockers will take a tip from this line of talk, overheard by the Man About Town. Rome Sentinel. MOW MANY INSTITUTES? President d C. Moore Asks Committee to Meet With Him Saturday. Editor The Kews. It "Would he impossible to calculate tke good effects resulting from the various farmers' institutes held in Meckleaburg county, from the first one, when he bad but five farmers present to hear five able teachers speak on farm topics, up to the four institutes held last summer, with an attendance of from three to four hundred farmers and their wives. Di Butler writes me to know how many institutes we will want in Mecklenburg this summer. I therefore call the county farmers' institute com mittee and all other farmers whoare interested in this important education al work to meet me at the court house at 12 o'clock on Saturday, March 1st. The committee will be glad to hear from any part of the county as to where the most good can be accom plished through an Institute. I hope the progressive farmers will attend the meeting Saturday and aid the committee in planning for the sum mer's work and let us prepare to reach the largest number of farmers possi ble. C. C. MOORE, Chm. Mecklenburg Co. Farmers' Institute Committee. Somehow or other the necessaries of life seem to unimportant compared with, the luxuries. mdW - -- , I v-jj, ; " " 36-inch Black Taffeta . .98c CHIFFON TAFFETA s 36-inch wide, real Chiffon Black Taffeta, a splendid weave. Special 75c NEW RAJAH SILKS In Blues, Tims. Blacks'. Special price 75c 50-inch Sicilian just in. Colors: Black, Navy, Gray, Red, Brown; 50 inches .'. 48c "WHITE GOODS." 46-inch French Batiste, worth 75c. Special 43c 46-inch French Batiste, real 50c quality 38c 46-inch French Lawn, washes like linen 15C 50-inch Cream Tamise, also Light Blue for evening dresses at'-- 48c Mercerized Plaids for waists ir Checked Dimities 15 and isc NEW LINE SHEETS AT NEW PRICES. 81x90 Hemstitched 75c 90x90 Hemstitched '. : 89c 81x90 Hemmed 69c 90x90 Hemmed . 75c These are all new goods, made of first class Sheetings and the prices are down. Come before all gone. Big line Check and Fancy Ginghams, worth 7 i-2C. Now .5c New goods coming in daily and all at lower prices come along. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL THIS DATE IN HISTORY. When a man has a weak constitu tion and bis energies begin to flag does his constitution follow the flag? February 27. 1765 British House of Commons passed the Stamp Act. 1777 South Carolina militia defeat ed a large force of American roy alists. 1792 Baldomero Espartero, celebrated general and agent of Spain, born. Died Jan. 9, 1879. 1836 General Russell A. Alger born. Died Jan. 4, 1907. 1871 A ' joint commission met' in Washington to settle disputes be tween the United States and Great Britain. 1873 Committee on the Credit Mo bilier scandal recommended the expulsion of one of the United States senators implicated. 1881 Boers defeated the British at Majuba Hill. 1891 Yuma, Arizona, nearly destroy ed by flood. 1900 Gen. Cronje and the Boer for ces surrendered to the British. THIS IS MY 49TH BIRTHDAY. Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice. Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, the pres ent British representative in Persia and who is talked of as the probable successor of the Rt. Hon. James Bryce when the latter retires from his post as British ambassador to the United States, was born Feb. 27, 1859, and was educated at Eton and Ox ford. He became a clerk first m the British war office and then in the foreign office, and for a time was assistant secretary to Earl Granville and also an assistant to Earl Rose bery. Since entering the diplomatic service he has been consecutively at Brussels, Washington ,Tokio, Berlin and Constantinople, and was charge d'affaires at Teheran in 1900. In the following year he was appointed Brit ish commissioner cf the public debt at Cairo. Two years later he suc ceeded Sir A. H. Hardings as Brit ish minister to Persia. Mr. Spring Rice is a comparatively young man for the post at Washington. If he succeeds Ambassador Bryce his pro motion will be due, in some "part at least, to the fact that he is on ex ceedingly friendly terms with many of the leading : public men of the United States, whose acquaintance he made while serving as secretary of the embassy in Washington. Will Attend United States League oi B. & L. Asso. Special to The News. Salisbury, N. C, Feb. 27. Mr. L. Ed ward Heilig, president of the Citizens' Co-operative B. & L. Association, left yesterday for New Orleans to attend the annual meeting of the United States League of B. & L. Associations. BALDWIN TO BUILD BALLOON. New York Man Expected to Get Con tract for Government Dirigible. Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Brigadier-General James Allen, Chief of the Signal Corps, has practically de cided to award the contract for the construction of the first dirgible bal loon to Thomas S. Baldwin of New York. The balloon will cost $6,700. It wiu be guaranteed to carry 350 pounds, plus 100 pounds cf ballast, to travel) at least 20 miles an hour and other-1 wise to carry out the specifications laid down by the Signal Corps. When a woman says a thing she doesn't always mean it, unless she has red hair. When a scion of aristocracy mar ries an heiress he becomes one of the heires-stocracy. To Save Life of Man Who Took Drug. Roanoke, Va., Feb. 27. W. W. Docker, of Fayetteville, N. C, was picked up on the street by a police-.n- thnii(rht he a. drunk. Later his wife appeared at the police sta- tion and said ne naa V 7J about being out of work and had J taken laudanum, rnysuuo called in and the police force are at tempting to keep him alive with slight hope of success. All the Best Varieties. Buists', Ferry's, Manderville and King's, Crossman's and May's Nastur tium and Sweet Peas in bulk. Woodall & Sheppard 21 So. Tryon St. 'Phone 69. Cigars Worth Smoking You will find the cream of the world's product at our store. We have been in business long enough to know the good cigars and we have them. JORDAN'S ON THE SQUARE 'Phone 7. 'WE NEVER CLOSE." NURSES' REGISTER. 1 SASH - DOORS - BLINDS Sash Weights and Cord Prices Always Right. . P Withers Distributer and Jobber. , BUILDERS' SUPPLIES - Charlotte, N. C. - The Greatest Value Ever Offered 111 Towels We bought a little lot of 800 Dozen, some slightly damaged by water, we must sell them quick Made Two Lots One Lot the High Grade Towels I ii EMU" Baa C u ii One Lot Dozon Now Goods Roiling in Every Bay AT Charlotte's Spot Gash and -Under Ffiee Store Cor. Trade asid College Streets Stores Also Concord- P'. C i-'ftf.-.W'-fr

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