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I THE CHARLOTTE NEWS MARCH 9, I -08 THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Published every afternoon except Sunday 11113 AEWS rUHLISHIAG COMPANY, W. C. DO WD. President and General Mn miser. w Telephone 115. . C. FATTON Editor HOWARD A. BANKS City Editor. A. "W. BUnCH Adv. Manager. fi. C. SHERRILL. .Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year J5.00 filx months 2.50 'Jiiree months 1.25 .One month 45 One week .10 Give your subscription to your regu lar newspaper carrier or 'phone 115. The columns of The New are open to legitimate advertising. Vo objectional advertising of any Ind will be accepted by thla paper. All unsigned communications will be discarded. Rejected communications will not be returned unless accompanied by stamp. MONDAY, MARCH 3, 190S. WORK FOR WOMEN'S CLUBS. Answering- the complaint that it Is opposed to the women's club idea, the Ladies' Home Journal for March contains this reply which should be carefully read : "If the average woman's club were carried out along sane lines: along lines of actual benefit to the com munity in which its members live, it would be a factor for power and for good which this magazine would oe the first to applaud. Just fancy, for a moment, a state federation of wo man's clubs offering a substantial prize for the prettiest, best-kept and most attractive town or village of a certain size within its state bord ers. Just calculate the valuable and attractive enterprises that such an offer would set in motion: what in teresting expeditions, communions and acquaintanceships, and all on a sane, healthy basis, it would develop and bring about. To make the young people of our small towns in love with their surroundings, an actual I mitted that the bulk of the work of civic improvement and beautification in this city has been initiated and accomplished by the ladies belonging to the women's club of this city. The park commission has done a fine work, and many individuals have ac complished much, but the club. wo Bien have been the prime movers. It is but natural that they should find themselves almost powerless in accomplishing, the monumental task before them, without the co-operation of every one, and our purpose in writing this article is to stir that spirit of co-operation among both club women and others, not mem bers, in this work of so great import ance. Let us take a practical view of the situation; let us swap theories for practice; and with the right sort of co-operation among all organizations, women's clubs, etc., we can accom plish much. The Ladies' Home Journal's article is worthy of close notice because it sizes up the failings of most of us, who find little accomplished because our efforts are misdirected. The News has attempted for some time to stir interest in this work of civic improvement, and believes with the proper co-operation, and the right sort of practical plans, Char lotte could be made one of the pret tiest cities in the south. Surely such a consummation is worth striving for by every public-spirited citizen. You cannot have healthy chil dren by improper feeding. Let them be reared on good, healthy, nourishing: food like WHEAT FLA& LEH One never knows what the mails will bring to a newspaper office. It may be a bristling "kick;" it may be sparkling and perfumed poetry it may be almost anything. Just now we are in receipt of two letters from ladies, desirous of finding in all this world of masculinity some one who is willing to pull in double har ness. One says she has, "blue eyes, fair complexion," and cares "noth ing about money." The other has part of their village life, imbued with j "chestnut brown hair,- gray eyes and the spirit to make their homes more attractive is there a finer spirit, a higher ambition to cultivate? Of what value are papers, copied from ency clopaedias and ill-digested, on Egypt ian art, mediaeval literature and what-not, compared to such a com munity work that would make the face of the earth more beautiful and the people more content? "The main trouble with the woman's club idea is that it is misdirected: it chases the mythical pot of gold at the end o the rainbow and sees not the beauty of the prismatic arch it self. When its members study the Filipino and Filipino history and life it nibses a signal point for instance, that tiie tiniest little Filipino village is fa;- more beautiful than is the perky little railroad town in which the club Members live. If the mem lers saw that fact then their studies would be worth something to the community. The gathering would then break up, not with a confused notion of what it had been discussing, lnitwith a concrete need in its mind of the beautification of the architec ture of its town: of the cultivation of fair complexion," and wants, "a good husband, one that is just and true, not caring for riches." Money is no object, with our two aspirants. This remarkable fact must attract wide notice among the bachelor element. To this hopeless class we offer cheer. With the right sort of patronage, we might be induced to give the infor mation that would put you on the matrimonial trail. Coming back to the original observation there is no telling what will reach the editor's desk next. . Just now we are consid ered a matrimonial bureau, and we are indignant. to make them a nation of phys ical and mental workers. Its the best food for growing children, the feeble and the aged. s, W cents a package. For sale by all Grocers THIS DATE IN HISTORY. March 9. 1G61 1749- 1773- 179C-1S75- 1891-1S92-1S99-1905- Cardinal Jules Mazarin, prime minister to Louis XVI of France, died in Paris. Born in Naples, July 14, 1602. -Mirabeau, the celebrated French orator and statesman, born. Died April 2, 1791. Isaac Hull, American naval com mander, born. Died Feb. 13, 1S43. Napoleon Bonaparte married to Josephine Beauharnais. Moody and Sankey opened their great revival meetings in Lon don. England and France connected by tele (hone. Business suspended in the north west by a blizzard. Opening of the Great Central Railway of England. William B. Bate, United Stales Senator from Tennessee, died. Born Oct. 7, 1S26. THIS IS MY GOTH BIRTHDAY. Raloh C. Williams. A prominent citizen of Shelby, sending check for his paper, writes: "Thanks for the interest you have taken this year in trying to help the farmers get a better price for cotton." And they got it, didn't they? The trees on its public highways and reason why they w-ere successful in flowers in its home-plots: of the em-; their fight against speculators and bowering of country roads: of the; . laying out of village drives: of the a11 PPsing forces was because they uplifting of the community spirit. To co-operated, and because the press inculcate the love of the beautiful find the pride of home in the mind of the young is far more important to tis in the immediate present than what Caesar did or Rameses stood for." In other words, the Ladies' Home Journal conceives most of the wo men's clubs to be organized for the personal entertainment of their mem bers rather than the tangible good fchey may accomplish in their comumnities. It thinks that papers on mediaeval or antiquated topics are, therefore, while no uoibt inter esting to the individual members, of little value to the community at large. This diagnosis m-v be granted and we should not l.e bringing more serious charges ar tinst the members of the women's clubs than could be lodged against the rest of us who are not members of similar organizations, for certain it' is that most of our endeavors, while probably avowedly good, are fruitful of very little real service to those around us. Proba bly this is because we are not prac tical; perhaps it is because we are interested in subjects other than those around our door be the reason Avhat it may the very fact that so little is being done in most citios and towns of a practical nature proves the assertion that most of us are following bad Tules. The suggestions, therefore, of the Ladies' Home Journal should strike home to every one of us who is at ell interested in bettering of condi tions about us, whether our names are found on some club roll are not. Let us bring the matter closer home. What of a practical nature is being accomplished in Charlotte to wards the improvement of the general appearance of the city? Considerable has been done, we admit, and much praise is due the ones responsible but in comparison with that which remains to be done the work has been small. For this we are all to blame. And none of us are more culpable than the non-members of Clubs. To their credit it must be ad- and other agencies co-operated with them. Not only "this year" but for many years "The News has endeavored to aid the farmers in their fight for a "square deal," and it is gratified over their victory. The 4C's has offered another con tribution to the city of inestimable value, in the form of a new line to Hoskins. Now for the river! It might be advisable to prepare special "examination papers" for cops desirious of doing service on the square. Don't lose signt of those blushing young widows who are going to at tend the summer school. i The local fan is wearing smile that won't rub off. the All together for the state demo cratic convention! BARRY IS AMBITIOUS Wants to Go to England to Fight Burns for $5,000. Chicago, 111., March 9. Jim Barry, the young Chicago heavy weight, is willing to go to London and fight Tonv my Burns for the $5,000 purse so wide ly discussed in the Jack Johnson ne gotiations. Further than this, Barry will pay his own expenses of the trip to London and what it costs him to prepare for the battle. Billy McGee, the Waukegan farmer, who once handled the managerial reins over Tommy Burns, has taken charge of Barry and will attempt to force him into a position where Burns will have to box him. Failing to get a favorable reply to a cablegram to Burns, Gee will match Barry against Jack Johnson for a lim ited number of rounds, six to twenty, or even more, at any place where a suitable purse is offered. The winner of this match could then do business with Burns and the situation simpli fied a bit. Mr. Butt on the Curbing. Editor The News: Dr. Wilder asks: As a citizen and tax payer I would like to know why I am compelled to take up the curbing in front of my residence and replace it with curbing no better?" I cannot answer Dr. Wilder's ques tion, but I know I would be mighty glad to get the curbing, they are tak ing up in front of his residence, to put in front of mine where now the only curbing is of cobble stones. C. N. G. BUTT. SIGN OF SPRING. In Bird! and A Beautiful Sea Picture at The Royal By R. Mark Frazier. Oh, mocking bird, singing up on a waving bough, Dear birdie, I have missed you; pray, tell me, is it thou I thought perhaps you'd frozen upon some lonely tree. And your song of loving springtime forever hushed would he. You have been away all winter from your perch of the summer past; I've missed your cheery singing in the tree over the downy nest, Where the little warbling mockers were each day by their mother fed, Till their tender wings were feathered and from their nest they had fled. N Winter's storms will soon be over the days that were cold and drear For when I hear you singing, I know spring days are near. Sing on, little mocker, joyfully, for your peace do not fear You can have that tree in my garden, if you'll sing your song all year. For as long as you are with me I can not feel alone; Though friends, and even loved ones, from home and threshhold have gone, Your song dispells the pinings of days gone by to me, While in springtime you are singing from my garden apple tree. 8 6 Shatungs, Rajahs, Foulards, Pon gees and all other new things in silks Waist Silks and Dress Silks. 36-Inch Chiffon Taffetas, 98c. These are the real Chiffon Taffetas, new Blues, jarowns and Tans; no better goods made for one dollar a yard, 83c. Black Taffetas. Not since we have sold a black Taf feta has our stock been so complete and well bought. Beginning with a pretty All-Silk 36-inch Black Taf feta at 75c, we show all grades up to $1.50, and to see our line means to buy. The Newest Thing. Just in today, the newest fabric in Shantung Stripe Silks, in Old Rose, Copenhagen Blues, two shades of Tans. You must see these to appre cite them. Nothing like them here, and we only have them in patterns. Come see them $1.25 yd. Foulards and Fancies Beginning at 48c. we show them at different prices up to 98c- White Goods 40-Inch Wash Batiste 25c. This is the Batiste that we started the season on and had such a run on. All the ladies who have been waiting for same can get it now at same price, 25c. J Very Important Notice in Re gard to McCall's Patterns. "I READ THIS. 4. it Miss Mary Frisbie, a special representative of McCall's pat terns from New York, will be at our store on Wednesday and Thursday, March 11th and 12th, and will take great pleasure in explaining to the women of Charlotte and sur rounding cities the great and superior merit of McCall pat terns, the simplest, most eas ily put together and best fitting patterns in the world. We should like every woman who possibly can be present. You will not bo asked to buy. French and Persian Lawns. 46-inch French Lawns ir.. 32-inch Persian LLawn 12 i-2c. 32-inch Persian Lawn 12 1-2" are going rapidly. A New and Novel Fabric French Cot ton Voiles, 25c. This is by far the prettiest Co; ton Dress Goods yet put out and our colors are the new shades. Looks like fine wool voile, 25c. Cosmo Suitings, 12 1-2c. If you want a pretty Easter Dress and want one that will take the place of dollar wool goods, this is it. L.ooks like real fine wool and wears well ioc. Linen Tamise, 25c. All-Linen, sheer quality 25c. 45-Inch Persian Lawn 25c. 45-Inch French Lawn 25c. $1.25 Long Cloth, 12 yards .. .. 98c. $1.39 Long Cloth, 12 yards $1.25 Limited quantity of these goods. Come fast and get them. Remember this: When :,rou are out to buy anything in White Goods, no matter whether Linen or Cotton, you make a mistake when you buy be fore seeing headquarters. We are away ahead. Ralph Champneys Williams, who some months ago was appointed gov ernor of the Wiuward Isles, was born on the Island of Anglesey, March 9, 1S4S. He has had a long and notable career in the British colonial service. He has explored Patagonia and Cen tral Africa; was head of the civil in telligence department in the Bechuan aland expedition of 1S84, ami has held the offices of British consular officer and first British agent to the South African Republic, colonial treasurer of Gibraltar, and colonial secretary of Barbados. At the time of his appoint ment to the Windward Isles he was resident commissioner of the Bechuan land Protectorate. In 1S91 Mr. Wil liams received from the Italian Gov ernment, a medal for heroic services ) rendered in connection with the wreck of the steamship Utopia. TBMITT COLLEGE TES 1 SPRING IS NEAR at hand, and if you're wise you will help Nature get rid of the impurities collected in the system during the Winter months by taking a short course of the Bitters. It is wonderful the amount of good it can do at this particular season. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS will purify the blood, make sleep rest ful and cure Spring Fever, Colds, Grippe, Dyspepsia, Indigestion. Cos tiveness and Malaria, Fever and Ague. We guarantee the genuine to be ab solutely pure. Special to The News. Trinity College, Durham, N. C, March 9. Friday Mr. Ray Stannard Baker, of the American Magazine, of New York City, was a, visitor on the campus, the guest of Dr. Edwin Mims, of the department of English literature. In the afternoon in the hall of the Hesperian Literary Society, Mr. Baker, at the request of Dr. Mims, ' addressed the Trinity Fortnightly Club. Mr. Baker is touring the south and contributing stories on the problems of this section of the country, especially the racial question. His talk to the Fortnightly Club Friday was purely along literary lines, and he encouraged those who have ambitions to make! good in the magazines and newspa-j pers, but told them that they mustj serve an apprenticeship in writing be fore they could hope to make a reputa tion. Registrar D . W. Newsom entertain ed at supper Friday evening his office assistants. Those who partook of the excellent hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Newsom were Messrs. Wade H. San ders, Russell D. Korner and Edgar W. Knight. During the evening Mrs. New som favored the party with some excel lent music, and the evening was thor oughly enjoyed. Mr. J. M. Watkins, of Powhatan county, Virginia,, who has been here several months with his brother, Mr. McD. Watkins, returned home this mnvninsr. HiHs health was very much improved by his stay in Charlotte. GEE! But this is good news. Suits tailored in the latest style for such moderate prices. Let us make you a better suit for less money. A. D. NEAL High Art Tailor 3 1 S. Tryon Street Suits to Order from $15.00 to $50.00 ZSSe J & P. Coats SpooiCotton Scents per Spool Creamed Salmon Put into a stewpan two tablesnnons Golden Glory Cook- I ing Oil, two tablespoons flour I and 1-4 teaspoon salt and dash of red pepper. Cook and stir until smooth and bubbling. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and the yolk of one egg. Cook until it thickens. Add 1-2 lb. can of salmon, carefully minced. Blend it thor oughly into the boiling cream. SAVE BUTTER use Golden Glory Cooking Oil Brannon Carbonating Go. ALL KINDS BEST QUALITY. Want a Brush? Well just come around and see us. Any Brush you may ask for Hair Brush, Tooth Brush, Nail Brush, Clothes Brush, etc. We have them all in endless variety. Qual ity the very best. Prices as low as can be found anywhere. 4 Woodall & Sheppard L. J Y Always the Best. Fresh shipments of Huyler's Candy continually arriving. Don't you want a box to-day? JORDAN'S ON THE SQUARE 'Phone 7. "WE NEVER CLOSE." NURSES' REGISTER. y 'Phone 835. U Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Subsc ripti ons Now Due Send Checks to A. G. BRENIZER, Treas. 40 inch White Lawn, nice Sheer quality, IOC Yard. New Dimities and Madras for Shirt Waists, 10c Yard. Dotted Swiss 12 1-2 and 15 cents 10c Yard. 10c Yard. quality, 45 inch Linen Law, India Linen Lawn nice Sheer quality, Short lengths, 10c Yard, Linen finish Waisting, full yard wide at 12 12 and I5c Yard. 40 inch Mercerized French Batist at . si i5e 1 ercL New Lot Bed Spreads Fine Loti Full Sizes Special, 98 Gents. TfT iMiiinirrrri" 1 i! 64 inch Mercerized Table Linen j eautiful Fattern for 25c Yard. I NEW GOODS COMING EVERY DAY AT Stores Also Concord, IS. C. c. . Cor. Trade and College
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