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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS MARCH 23, 1908 4 THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Published every afternoon except Sunday VHH NKWS PUBLISHING COMPAXV, W. C. DO WD, President and General Manager. Telephone 115. J. C. PATTON Editor HOWARD A. BANKS City Kill tor. A. W. BURCII Adv. Manager. & C. SIIEKRILLi. .Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year 5.00 Klx months 2.60 Three 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 News are open to legitimate advertising. .Vo objectlonal advertising of any rfliNl will be accepted by this paper. All unsigned communications will be discarded. Rejected communications will not be returned unless accompanied by stamp. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1908. THAT BELHAVEN RIOT. Tress dispatches of Saturday car lied information of the arrest of two more of the alleged "white caps," who, some days ago, made a deadly assault on a colony of Greeks, at Belhaven, in the eastern part of the state. These Greeks were living quietly in homes furnished them by their employers, the Interstate Cooperage Company, which runs a big plant at Belhaven. This brings the number of arrests, growing out of this race riot, to fifteen, and these fifteen, save one who gave bail, are now being held in Washing ton, X. C jail, pending trial. It will be recalled that this riot was one of the bloodiest, as well as one of the most cowardly ever occuring in the state; that Governor Glenn was forc ed to order out the Washington mili tia: that two of the Greeks were kill ed (we believe this report is correct) and that a number were beaten unmer cifully. Late reports from the scene of this race riot are to the effect that all is again quiet. The trouhle which caused this cow ardly attack was the company's action in supplanting negro labor with that of foreign help. Following this ac tion, on the part of the company, a mob of seventy-five masked men, (mostly negroes according to reports) set upon the Greeks in their homes at night, with the results, above de scribed. That, such an occurrence should have taken place in any part of our state- is to be sorely regretted. Mob violence always brings a state into ill repute, and especially where the display is so altogether brutal and 1 cowardly as this. Citizens of Washington and the Eel- haven section lost no time in coming to the aid of the authorities and by their prompt action further trouble was warded off, and the alleged lead ers of the band have been arrested. If evidence is sufficient to connect them with this outrage, no time should! be lost in starting them on the sever est sentence the law provides for vio lations of this case. INCREASE IN WEALTH. The report which has just been is sued by the state tax commission, showing increase in state wealth dur ing the years 1905 and 190G is alto gether encouraging. The increase of 100C over 1903 is shown as being over twenty-seven million dollars. This is a fine showing and this same ratio of growth has kept up through 1907, as the report for 190S will show. Follow ing are the main facts in the report just issued: "The total ass-;sed value of all property in the slate for the year 190G was ? 18,602,568.1 8, against $461,520, CGS.32 for the year 1905, an increase of $27,141,S99.SG. The number of polls listed in 190G was 287,171, as against 281,076 in 1905. The total tax levied on polls and property for municipal purposes for the year 190G was $814, 078.92, which amount $108,009.12 was reported uncollected. The total amount of tax levied for state, county, school and municipal purposes was $5,907, 26.36. To show the increase in the rTsting and assessing of property which has been made in the past few years it is stated that the total as sessment of all property for taxation in 1900 was $300,709,300, as against a total assessment in 190G of $488, GG2.5G8.18, or an increase of $187,953,'- 2G8.18 since the establishment of this state tax commission." There are about 300 insurance com panies doing busi"ess in North Car olina. A large number of these are homo companies, and according to a report just issued by the insurance commissioner, they are all enjoying a healthy business. The News has al ways encouraged home companies, and it is a pleasure to note the success these companies have met with in the past. Our people have at last decid ed that home companies a,re as alto gether reliable as foreign companies; also that it is a great deal better to patronize home enterprises, thereby keeping money at home to build up home business, than to send out mon- ey to foreign parts, where we do not share the benefits of it's use. Char lotte is the home of a number of com panies that are enjoying splendid sue-to.:?. j T K E DEATH OF SENATOR BRYAN. i The death of Senator William J. j Bryan, of Florida, the youngest mem ber of that body, removes a very able liiian for that eminent place to pub lic service. Mr. Bryan was appoint ed to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Mallory and now is cut off after 73 days of service. His death will be keenly regretted here, where Mrs. Bryan's people have come to make their home. Mrs. Bryan was Miss Janet Allan, of Lexington, Va. Her mother and brother have lately become residents of Charlotte. Senator Bryan was in this city on his way to Washington just before he was taken ill. He gave The News a striking interview, which showed that he had already plunged into the study of the momentous questions of the hour, particularly the pending cur rency legislation, and that he had a strong grasp upon these subjects. In Mr. Bryan the senate loses the seventh member by death since the adjournment of the Fifty-ninth con gress on March 4th, a year ago. They were the two late senators from Ala bama, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pettus; Mr. Mallory of Florida; Mr. Latimer, of South Carolina; Mr. Proctor, of Vermont; Mr. Whyte, of Maryland, and Mr. Bryan. The last two were the old est and the youngest members of the body. Mr. White was 84 years old and Mr. Bryan less than 32. MUTUAL PLEASURE. The papers are still expressing pleasure over the decision to hold the democratic convention in Charlotte. The following is taken from one of the exchanges: "Many of our exchanges are most heartily congratulating the city of Charlotte on winning the state dem ocratic convention this year. While all this is well and good, we think that the convention is also to be con gratulated on winning Charlotte as its place of meeting. Charlotte will entertain the convention royally, and all the candidates and their friends will receive a "square deal" so far as the city is concerned. As we und?r stand it, Charlotte wanted the con vention merely for the honor and pleasure of entertaining it, and not for the purpose of furthering the inter ests of any particular candidate." Your understanding, contemporary, is entirely correct; Charlotte wanted the convention for the pleasure of en tertaining it, and had no scheming motives. The extent to which the divorce in fection is spreading is illustrated by the Xew York World. That paper con tained a story yesterday, telling of the action of a woman, aged 87, in bringing suit against her S5-year-old hubby for separation. She was probably figuring on the "better late than never," theory. Those who contend that a woman cannot do one thing at a time over ten minutes, are called upon to read the account of the "Woman's six-day bicy cle race," which started to-day in Kansas. The Jacksonville Times-Union thinks "spring has sprung" "a leak" was no doubt accidentally omitted. The Man And His Position By Herbert J. Ilapgood. Some employers expect a whole lot for little money. A clerk who is working for a petty salary is often responsible for things that should come up before a competent execu tive. An inexperienced man is not capable of handling a high grade selling proposition and you can't hire an expert accountant for $10 a week A young man I know holds a posi tion in a factory, where his duties are to keep the books, fill orders, pack and ship, charge and make out bills, and handle all the correspon dence. Furthermore, at certain sea sons of the year he assumes full charge of the factory and is re sponsible for everything that goes on. For these services he receives only $11 a week. In Jamaica, high school graduates are hired to work in one of the gen eral merchandise stores at the ridicu lously low salary of $5 a month. The other day I heard about a young clerical man who applied for a position in the New York office of a well known import ing house. He asked for $45 a month and said he thought that his experi ence would make him worth it. The manager threw up his hands in hor ror and said he expected to get a good office man for about $25 a month. Good employees cannot be secured at such low prices: The concern that hires cheap men cannot exneet first class work. You can't construct an efficient engine out of rusty wheels and scrap iron, and a profitable busi ness can never be built up by un derpaid employees. Those melancholy persons who are always prepared for the worst seldom get the best of it. What of Our Laws? We would like for some one to ex plain way it is that the frieght train are puffing and snorting and smoking all day on the Sabbath, while the railroads are turning off thousands of hands on account of the scarcity of work. What is the matter with, our laws? OBSERVER. As to Cement Work. Editor of the Kickers Column: I have been kicking for several years to convince engineers and cement workers that the ground will not freeze under any large slab, if it is only two inches thick. I have even challenged the cement workers of the United States to show one yard of cement work, even if it is only three inches thick, that has been bursted up on account of freezing At one time we had a reward of $50 offered to any party that would show one yard that had bursted on account of freezing, not one has been able to show us that yard. It is gratifying after so long a time that all are coming our way. We see in the Concrete, a publica tion published in Detroit, Mich., a full account of the convention just closed, of the National Association of Cement Workers, four hundred strong of the leading cement men. The old time plan of digging out good solid earth from six to ten inches then fill it with trash or cinders was heartily condemned. The proposed standard specifications lor cement sidewalks were from three to six inches, six inches were there is traffic and three to four in the su burbs. You will see by this specifi cation walks can be made much cheaper than to excavate eight to ten inches. I admit there has been bad work here as in other cities, but you will find that where there are defects it is on account of the mechanical work. You will find as good four-inch walks in this city as you will find anywhere, even if they are eight inches thick. We need more study on this sub ject of concrete, our city is getting far behind in this line, everybody (in their own minds) knows how it should be done, but still there are on ly a few who can do the work. There is the drawback in the use of con crete block, if you go to an architect and ask him to draw you the plans for a nice house built of blocks he will put on a long face, look wise, shake his head and tell you "you had better go slow." Mr. Jones, in Kalamazoo built a house of blocks and it fell down, we cannot blame them for they have a reputation to sustain, and if they should draw a plan they have no one to execute it. Let us work up on this line, get in the front ranks. Concrete is all right if we can only get men who will do the work. Yours truly, J. C. HERRING. Nell--"I admit that she is homely, but she is good." Bell--"Yes, I have frequently noticed that the girl who looks good is seldom good looking." REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR GIRL. By Helen Rowland. A man's shoulders are not always as broad as they're pad- ed. You'd think every man was a beauty show from the critical way in which he sizes up the wo- men. Men say they hate anything loud about a woman; it must be disgust that makes them always turn around to stare after a per- oxide blonde. The saddest sight on earth is an old bachelor trying to sew on a button with a blunt needle and piece of string. There are some men who, be- fore marriage, will risk their lives to pick up your parasol from in front of awhizzing auto- mobile who wouldn't get off the sofa after marriage to pick up anything you might drop, from a hint to the baby. A husband gets so used to his wife's conversation that after a while it doesn't interrupt his reading of the newspaper any more than the punking in the steam pipes. Of course men admire a cir- cumspect woman above all things, but they seldom invite her out to supper. . Nothing, bores a man worse than the devotion of the girl be- fore the last. Love ' letters lead to all sorts of complications, but post cards " tell no tales. STOMACH ILLS WILL DISAPPEAR Very quickly if you will only resort to the Bitters as soon as you notice the first symptoms of distress. Thous ands of persons, similarly afflicted, can tell you of its wonderful merit. But try it yourself and save a lot of unnecessary suffering. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS is unequalled in cases of Spring Fever, General Weakness, Colds, Grippe, In digestion, Dyspepsia, Costiveness and Malaria. Refuse all substitutes. odd m m m o o Don't Miss This Golden Opportunity Remember it Only Occurs Twice a Year. Hundreds attend Sale Today notwithstanding the bad weather. Tomorrow we expect a record breaker as the good news will spread all along the line. A Most Cordial Welcome is Extended to all to Come and Enjoy tKe New Things that will be Shown. A Strong List of Special 5c Counter Yard-Wide Bleach. Beautiful quality White Lawns. Standard Calicoes. Dress Ginghams. Best Grade Gingham Checks. Bleached Cambric. Bed Ticking. Yard-wide Percales. Fine light Shirting Goods and a variety of other 7 1-2 and 12 1-2-cent Goods in Short Lengths, all to go at 5 Cents a Yard Embroideries Wednesday The largest and Finest lot ever put on Sale here at one time, will go on Sale Wednesday morning. Beautiful quality Swiss, Nainsook, and Muslin Edges, and Insertions to match, at 10 Cents a Yard. 50c Real Lisle Thread Gauze Hose, 23c Our Buyer picked up a Case of Genuine Lisle Thread Hose, Thin, Summer Weight, the best made. They will go on sale Wednesday morning at 23 Cents a Pair, 2 Pair 45 Cents. Charlotte's Under Price and Spot Cash Store Stores Also Concord, N. C. Cor. Trade and College Sts, WHOLESALE Specials Has Been Arranged for Wednesday and Thursday in Every Department in the Store. Long; Silk Gloves 150 Dozens, 16-Button length. Pure Silk Gloves, in Blacks, "Whites, Beautiful Browns, Tans, Copen hagen Blues, etc. All sizes. Gloves worth $1.50 to $2. a pair, all piled out on counter for Wednesday and Thursday, at 69 Cents. Ladies' Ready-Made Wrappers The best Percale Wrappers, nice assortment of colors, all sizes, Regular $1 Wrappers. Special Wednesday and Thursday 59 Cents. Boys' Knickerbocker Suits The latest out in Boys' Suits, Belts on the Coats, Buckles on the Pants. Right up-to-date in Cut. The Newest and Prettiest Pat terns out. $1.98 a Suit. AND RETAIL jg Lonsdale Cambric and Bleach The Genuine Lonsdale, the origi nal tickets on every bolt, full yard wide. Special 10 Cents a Yard. Big Special in New Summer Hose Ladies' Fine Lisle Thread Gauze Hose. Also Lace Hose. Lace all the way up and Boot Lace style. The very best Blacks and Tans, regular 20 and 25 Cent Hose. Special Wednesday and Thurs day, 12 1-2 Cents a Pair Yard-Wide Chins Silk 25c a Yard Full Yard-Wide Pure Silk, China Silk. China Natural Cream. Ac tually 40 to 50 Cent Selling Silk, Special Wednesday, 25 Cents a Yard. I n Fruit Loom Bleach Special Wednesday and Thurs day, Full Yard Wide Ticketed Goods. Efird's Special Price Wednesday and Thursday, 7 1-2 Cents a Yard Big Special in Sliks For The Opening Days Yard-Wide Guaranteed Bla'k Taf feta Silk at a Record Price Wed nesday morning. Positively "'-' Greatest Bargain Ever S"H here. Full ard-Wide, Every Fi bre Pure Silk. Colored Sel vedges,. No better Silk sold. Special in stores we 1"'J'V at $1 a yard. Efird's Price Wednesday,.. 59 Cts.
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