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THE CHARLOTTE NEWSAPnlL , J 908. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS PublUho;1. every afternoon except Sunday THE EtVS FL'm.rSJU.'YG COSirANI. W. C. DO WD. President and General Manasrer, Teleffcone 115. 3.C PATTON Editor EfOWATtD A. BANKS City Editor. A. W. BURCH Adv. Manager. E. C SliERTtlLti. .Circulation Manager. SUBSCHIPTION RATES: One year 6.00 4ix months 2.50 TSree months 1.25 One moii fa 45 Oae week 10 liive your subscription to your regu lar newspaper carrier or 'phone 115. The columnn of The New are open to legitimate advertising. Vo objections 1 advertising of any rfind will be accepted by this paper. All unsigned communication will be discarded. Rejected communications will not be returned unless accompanied by stamp. -ft- SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1908. 'THE HOOKWORM MUST GO." "Live and learn,' trite old phrase, but how true! People never lived faster or learned more rapidly than in this ao. And the bell-wether of the herd is the scientist. This be whiskered s eker after the unknown finds no precinct loo sacred to be punctured by his probe. Into the dark and unexplored regions he burrows; anions things dust-begrimed and mil dewed he grovels he leaves no nook unexplored in his life-search for "some thing new under the sun." Not con tent with gathering such sacred things as poetry, love, jealousy and other tender emotions of the human soul, into one large bundle and dissecting them with his instruments of analysis, lie has now swooped down upon not the germ but the worm that produces that most cherished of all virtues laziness. Love, Jealousy and poetry, along with hate, spitework and other cussed ness have been "investigated" and found by the scientist to be due to the presence in the human anatomy of some sort of germ or other. The veil that has covered, for instance, the sentiment, known the world over as love has been rent, and that which has caused two hearts to beat in sym phony since Adam met Eve to the present day, has been shorn of its mys tery, and designated as nothing more nor less than the infernal pernicious activity of the love-germ. Ar no far distant date we look for new v:'s on the apothecary's shelves thi-' labeled "Cure for Love' that Jealousy Salve,"' or another "Grouchi ncss healed with three applications." The battle is over, therefore, and lore and jealousy and poetry have lost to the scientist. One thing remains laziness 'and now the scientists are making wry fares at it. Noted experts have just met in Baltimore and- started a cru sade against the hookworm, which. they declare, is responsible for yawns, lagging steps and lethargy in general. Under the banned "The hookworm must go," they are marshaling their' forces, and it does seem as if laziness is doomed. But what a world of meaning this discovery contains: The lazy man is, then, not responsible for his laziness he is not to bo blamed. He simply can't help it. lie would do better but. the hookworm won't let him. Woe be unto the man or woman who in times past lias heaped maledictions upon the innocent head of him who chose to live in idleness and ease. Bring forth the sackcloth and ashes. Atonement must lie made. Apologies are in order. You have olanicd a man for a condition over which he has no control. Poor, lazy man; how y.n have been ma ligned! How you ' ave suffered. What a martyr you hi e boon. Tar and feathers for Ihe author of such insult ing ditties as "Everybody works but father!" If faiher chose to remain idle while those ni"mbers of his fam ily not innoculnted with the dread post toiled, it was not his fault, but that of the worm. Forty-nine lashes for the wretch who, in years gone by, ever spoke lightly of the station-loafer, the whittler of dry-goods boxes, or the front yew sleeper. Poor fellows! They couldn't help it; but soon their suffer ing will be o'er. One fear, however, gives us worry. Stippose the members of the, hookworm-infected brigade choose not to be cured? Will it be possible, with out a constitutional amendment, to forcibly expel from their anatomies the source of their trouble? The first issue of The Merchants Journal and Commerce, to appear from Charlotte, is just out. It will be re membered that some time ago it was decided to remove the home offices of this most excellent publication from Raleigh to Charlotte. The News heart ily welcomes this new publication to the Queen City, and wishes it a long und successful career. '"Play ball" is heard once again. Sounds good to us. Then cometh the peek-a-boo shirtwaist to tempt them. By ii II means read the first install ment ef ' The Girdle of the Great,' which began today in The News. The iJ ''-- ' " 4 . t i i tin i who linnet ' " lass, a lormer North Carolinian, and)s.iy that if you want a crowu- ot- coun. the interesting plot is laid in this J try folks for any sort of meeting at I slate. Be sure and follow the story ' each day. The Cornelius News Reporter has a line opinion of Charlotte. Hear it: "The ever watchful, never tiring aggressive and progressive city of Charlotte reaches for everything in sight; she has landed the Interstate Y. M. C. A. convention of the Caro linas for 190!)." Germany, the man who sent an in fernal machine to Mr. Caesar Cone re cently, was yesterday sentenced to eight years' service in the penitentiary. The sentence is just. North Carolina has no place for anarchists better than the state prison. Up to the hour of writing there had not been an anarchist assassination anywhere in the country today. "A Clinton county (X. Y.) baby has two tongues," remarks a contempo rary. Another leader-to-be of the suf fragettes. The Albany Journal wants to know "What is the singular for hades?" How about the mosquito? We beg t inform The New Bern Sun that swimming holes are also ripening. The discovery of the hookworm may explain the existence of mollycoddles. An exchange rudely calls him "Con gressman Helfin." Fashion architects are busy on those Easter hats. Bring forth the summer suit and the clothes-brush. Favors C. C. Moore. To the Editor of The News: Charlotte, N. C, April 3. It is most gratifying as a neighbor of Mr. C. C. Moore to see the many endorsements he is receiving by individuals and associations throughout the state for the position to which he aspires. I shall not attempt to eulogise his pre eminence in my mind as to his quali fications and peculiar fitness for com missioner of agriculture, I'm sure that has been conceded by men and asso ciations which are far more capable of determining those things than my self. Mr. Moore is known throughout not only North Carolina, but the entire southland, where he has been seen and heard in behalf of the toiling farmers and today his efforts and tireless labors stand as a monument for unvarnished patriotism. I only wish to speak of him as a neighbor it has been my pleasure to live near him for the past fifteen years, and after all the real man only develops itself as we meet each other as neighbors in private and domestic life, he is ever the same obliging, courteous gentleman and ever willing to render aid to his fellow man. He was in the dairy business for many years, and naturally has an extensive "knowledge of cattle and diseases to which they are subject, and is regarded by those who know him as an authority on cattle and their various diseases. Many are the times I have known him when some neighbor's cow or horse would be sick often in dark hours of the night to get up, go and roll up his sleeves and proceed to do what he could to relieve the suffering ani mal, and he was generally successful. And the only reward he seemed to covet was , the consciousness of be ing helpful. He is and has been public spirited, conservative and identified with the best interests of his community,. For several years he was chairman of the school com mitte. He is a democrat, a farmer and withal a courteous Christian gen tleman, whose life, labors and talents deserve even more than the office of commissioner of agriculture. R. L. HILTON. Fight For the Senate In South Carolina Special to The News. Columbia, S. C, April 4. The can didates for the United States senate are beginning to be seen abroad in the land. Ex-Governor John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, who has been in Chester, York and other counties recently, was in Columbia today. His friends regard; him as one of the lead ing candidates for the senate. Ex Governor D. C. Heyward left this morn ing for Darlington and has been in Or angeburg this week. Supt. of Educa tion Martin was seen making his way to the train yesterday afternoon and is now somewhere in the Pee Dee sec tion, and Hon. E. D. Smith is con tinually on the move, having even been making speeches over in North Carolina for the Southern Cotton as sociation. The other two candidates, Hon. George Johnstone and Hon. D. S. Henderson, are also not idle. Mr. J. H. King, of Raleigh, was in the city today, a guest at the Selwyn. Mr. W. B. Vaught, of Greensboro, is registered at the Selwyn. "Time" taken in eating proper food, slowly, is "money" in the end. The money-making food is Graoe-Nuts "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. ...... THIS AND THAT if ; w mii mic tinner linr wico nifn this time of year, you have to pick a bad day, whereas, if you want a town crowd, you have to hit on a clear one. This being the case, all meetings ought to he held in April, as you can get a crowd no matter what the weath er man does. It would appear that Charlotte has had a sample of everv kind of MOVE MENT, except Woman's Suffrage! Won't some sister start the Suffrage ball a rolling? The writer hereby serves notice on his readers, if he has any, that they can look out for a sermon on the Clean Up text. Every time he sees tin cans and lags and papers and filthy premi ses, it but excites him more and more In our Southern country, clean prem ises are necessary as well as ornamen tal. The great subject of Forestry, so de lightfully treated by Mr. Finney and Mr. Mills at the Greater Charlotte Club meeting last Thursday, is one in which every patriotic American should take a real interest in. A tree famine would be a terrible calamity, but, like the Judgment day for us sinners, so long as it is not actually upon us, we keep hoping that it won't come so soon as the prophets predict. 3 Gov. Fort of New Jersey like his name is warlike. Some ministers of the Methodist Conference criticised his high license views on the liquor question. At the next Annual Confer ence, the Governor craved admittance to the meeting, jumped on his critics, sang a number of hymns, praised the Methodist church, got the brethren all won over to his side and now they are all for him for Vice-President along with little Willie Taft. Truly, Govern or Fort is a game bird. So D. Jayne Hill is really going to be Ambassador, extraordinary and all the other things to Germany. How much difference does it make to us ordinary folks, whether he is or wheth er he isn't. And now hath the Spring hat joke in all its many varieties, succeed unto the spring weather, as a topic for the paragrapher; the Easter chestnuts are nearly upon us. The Lord help the poor long-suffering readers. j sfc 4f ;S Well! WellJ It is too bad! The poor Johnsonites in this neck of the woods will have to mend their lick. According to the Washington Times: Gov. "Yohn son'' will create his campaign thunder by appealing to every state, whose laws have been overturned by a Feder al Judge (i. e. Jeter P.) Down this way the "Yohnsomtes have been sort er taking up for Jeter P. and weren't half way sorry when the Supreme Court of the United States sustained his interference with the state law, but it looks like a CHANGE of heart was en route for them. Speaking of the Railroad rate de cision, it is interesting to note how much it "hope up" the spirits of all persons in any way connected with the railroads. They had been having a mighty poor time in the Southern states the last year or so, and had come in for large jolts of popular dis favor; when the Supreme Court up held Judge Pritchard the reactionists were in their glory? Some learned gen tleman broke into print with long wind ed articles in defense of the Supreme Court, while other less learned, but no less violent anti-rate reduction fellows contented themselves with saying that sweetest of all sentences "I told you so." Then continuing, wrould usually remark: "Just look how the Supreme Court has sat down on those fool radi cals" who were trying to ruin the BUSINESS INTERESTS. Just about a year ago, Mr. Justice and his so-called Radicals, were in Ifull swing, however misguided they uaru uccu, uit;ii mviLivtia ot;t:ui lu have been good, their hatred of rail roads was caused by long years of railroad tyranny and they were deter mined to give the people a fair pas-; senger rate. The main difficulty which j the legislature of 1907 had to contend with was as what constituted a fair) rate. That matter is now happily set-! tied to the satisfaction of all concerned so that the business-interest-men needn't be glorying too much over the Republican Supreme Court (i. e. a ma jority being Republicans) standing by a Republican Ancient Judge. One of the most interesting ques tions growing out of the Rate decision, is how far a lawyer or state official ought to criticise the opinion of the court. Gov. Glenn, Mr. Justice, Mr. Josephus Daniels and others interest ed in reform legislation went for the Supreme Court in a dignified but stren uous fashion, whereupon at least one distinguished citizen wrote a piece, in wdiich he went for all those who 'had went for' for the Court. Recently, Mr. Justice has come back at him, and so it goes. As for us, we are with Gov. Glenn and his folks on this criticism matter. There is nothing sacred about a few printed pages called an opinion) It is neither a part of the scriptures nor directly inspired of God. Any American citizen ought to be allowed to cut loose and have his say about whether the Court decided right or not. It might be well to remember that neyrer? the? s".ch worshinPers ,of u,. nuxuwiLy were me locnues ctuu ruanses; any tuea vi re formation or change in custom was abhorent to them, and never were there such narrow minded unprogres sive bigots. Just as soon as we Ameri cans get to worshipping any estab lished authority (for example the Su preme Court)' just so soon will the rights of the average man be subordi nated to those of the great corporation. Of course, we have great respect for any court, especially the highest one, but thatdoesn't force us to keep our mouthes shut when its decision is a menace to states rights. Mrs. J. Harvey Wilson, of Norfolk, Va., is visiting Mrs. L. B. Wilson on East Seventh stret. O o v 11 II sZ Opeeial values in New Spring Cloth ing for Saturday and Monday. While our Buyers were on the market they closed out several lots of clothing at a very low price. We mention a few of the values. Men's Two-Piece Suits worth $8.50. To go at Men's Three-Piece Suits double-breasted and worth $8.00, as a leader Extra good values in Tan, Brown Suits at $12.50 and $15.00. As to Mai! Service. Editor Charlotte News: Being a new comer to Charlotte, I find two things about your hustling city that I am unable to comprehend. First, I find that mail is not deliver ed on West Fourth street beyond the railroad and yet it is only six min utes walk from the nostoffice. On all letters addressed to my street num ber, I find in calling at the general delivery the word, "Outside" marked on them. Outside of what? Not the city surely, for its only one block off West Trade street and the only infor mation I can obtain at general delivery is "Its outside." Second, on going to the general de livery, I frequently have to wait an unreasonable length of time before any one shows up at the window to give out mail. For example, a few days ago (on my may to dinner), I dropped in to ask for my mail. I found one man patiently Avaiting by the window. No one seem ed to be anywhere near to wait on us. Being in a hurry T knocked on the window ledge. Saill on one came. Thinking I would have better luck on my way back I passed on. But on my return I found two men (very patiently waiting) and yet no general delivery clerk. Soon two ladies came in., and a,s the men stepped aside, cn of them knocked on the ledge of the window. No one answered. Two other men here entered and took up their stand with the rest of us, and yet no cail clerk. Being on my employer's time I could wait no longer. I left six people wait ing for their mail and no one to serve them. Why is this? Is it for lack of sufficient help? Or is the clerk allow ed an hour for lunch? Will some one please enlighten me. Verv truly, A NEW COMER. Elks' Annual Reunion. Both the Southern and Seaboard Air Line Railroads are advertising the Elks' annual reunion and grand lodge meeting in Dallas, Texas, July 11th to 17th. Mr. Eugene Graham, past exalted ruler, will represent the Charlotte lodge at the reunion. Mr. John F. Yorke has returned to the city after a business trip to Phila delphia. As a rule it is a safe practice not to put into the stomach any thing that is not nourishing and easy of digestion. WHEAT FLAKE GELEfSY is easily converted by the diges tive organs and supplies the nu tritive wants of all parts of the Doay. 30 IO cents a package. For sale by all Grocers 8 ij We have a Big line of Boys' School Suits with Plain and Bloomer Pants at $1.93 to $6.50 Sizes 5 to 17. Russian Blouse Suits in Blue. Brown and Tan. sizes 3 to 8 at Special prices. $7.50 to $5.00 Just received big line Children's Wash Suits in all the newest styles.. 50c to $1.98. Satin-lined, round cut, at $5.00 Gray and $10.00, Big Road Makes Announcement By Associated Press. Chicago. 111., April L The Illinois Central Railroad lias announced the opening of ihe Birmingham line from Jackson, Tcnn., to Birmingham, Ala., and the inauguration of through freight traffic for Sunday, April 0th. The Central will connect with the Central of Georgia, recently bought by E. H. Harriman, the Southern, Sea board Air Line, Alabama Great South ern and Louisville and Nashville Rail roads to southeastern points in Florida and the Carolinas. 'THIS DATE IN HISTORY' April, 4. 1771 Oliver Goldsmith, Born 172S. poet, died. 1793 Thaddeus statesman 18GS. 1 838 Lawrence tragedian, Stevens, American born. Died Aug. 11, Barrett, born. Died celebrated March 21, 1891. 1811 William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the U. S., died at Washington, D. C. Born in Vir ginia, Feb. 9, 1773. 1858 British force under Sir Hugh Rose defeated the Indian mutin eers and took the city of Jhansi. 1883 Peter Cooper, philanthropist, died. Born Feb. 12, 1791. 1905 Explosion in a cartridge factory at Bribgeport, Conn., resulted in a number of deaths. "THIS IS MY 62ND BIRTHDAY" Charles G. Burton. Charles G. Burton, of Missouri, Com mandcr-in-chief of the Grand Army of i the Republic, was born April 4, 1840. in Cleveland, Ohio, but spent his boy-' hood in the town of Warren in the same State. When fifteen years old he enlist ed in the 19th Ohio infantry, but was obliged to ask for his discharge for dis ability six months later. In 1864 he served 100 days m the national guard of his state. He was admitted to the jury bar in 1867, and a year later re moved to Missouri, where he has since lived, save for a while when he was in Kansas. He became a prominent law yer and later a circuit, judge and a member of Congress. He lias been de partment commander of the G. A. R. of Missouri and chairman of the pension committee of the national G. A. R., in which capacity he became very pop ular among his comrades throughout the country by reason of the more lib eral pension legislation he brought about a few years ago. His election as Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army took place at the national encampment in Saratoga last fall. "LOOKING FORWARD. Wash Pants 18c to 50c For Men, Women and Children; all (tpll) styles, colors and sizes. Biggest line Boys' Blouse and Knickerbocker Pants of Low Cut Shoes in the city. No trou- jiSlN at 50c to $1.25 bie to make a selection. ;elr 1 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL American Textile Manufacturer. We find the following under the above title in the current issue of the Farmers' Union Guide, and ive it to our readers, just as it is comments would be entirely, superflous: TThe bulk of 1907 crop has been sold at an average of 11 cents or less. Last year the world's spindles called for 5,400,000 bales of American cotton from March 1 to September 1. March 1 this year there were 2,250,000 bales or less in America. This demnant, if held off the market until the spinner has to bid for it, would bring 15 cents at least. Part of it would sell for 20 cents. The difference is 4 cents a pound $20 a bale. This means $50,000,000 for the grow ers and holders of cotton in the South. It's all profit. Is this worth fighting for, or not? This sum would build 50 of those million dollar factories, and cotton raisers would own them. Some day the cotton planters of the South will raise just as much cotton as they haul direct in their own wag ons to the nearest cotton mill in which they own most of the stock. They'll get. good juices for the cot ton and good dividends on their stock in the mills. The farmers' sons can be trained to manage and operate these mills. But you'll never see this day until all cotton growers are enrolled in one army, under one command, and act unitedly in all things for this end. It cannot bo done unless all contribute equal loyalty. It cannot be done where each man is a law unto himself, regardless of his neighbor. Portuguese Elections. Lisbon, April 4. Elections for the Chamber of Deputies, the first to be held since King Manuel ascended the throne, are to hake place throughout Portugal tomorrow. Though the elec tions have excited muh interest throughout the country the political at mosphere remains calm to all appear ances. The new chamber will assemble for its first session the latter part of this month. oom or Dawn Herbert C. Alleman wrote to some of the greatest busi ness men in America, asking them if the Golden Rule is practicable in the business world if any commercial methods sanctioned by trade are at variance with the teach ings of Christianity if the standards are higher or lower than they used to be. The answers to these questions by such men as T. Coleman Du Pont, of the Du Pont Powder Company; John Wanamaker, John D. Arch bold, of the Standard Oil Company; John H. Converse, of the Baldwin Locomotive Works; Russell Colgate, of Colgate & Company, and sev eral others, are worth reading. They throw light on the question which is vexing our generation, "Are we honest or not?" The article is called "The Golden Rule in Business," and is in this week's issue of THE Saturday Evening Post. At the Nevs-staiidrf5 cents. $1.50 the year )6y mail. The Curtis Pi-bushing Company philadelphia Our Boys Are Everywhere Special lot All-Wool Blue Serge Pants' line, worth $1.50 at $1.25 New line Fancy Shirts 38c, 50c and 98c. Our stock of Summer Underwear, Ho siery, Collars, Ties, etc., is complete. Come, will be glad to show you. HI) Big line Straw and Panama Hats just &y in at Special Prices. NEW SPRING SHOES. &&) io Begin Work on Piedmont Line Monday. The construction force of the 1 C s Company will begin work Monday morning on the Piedmont line cx( eli sion The work will be pushed to com pletion as rapidly as possible. This ex tension will serve the people o!" Bel mont and a part of Villa Heights. igais Worth Smoking You will find the cream of the world's product at our stove. We have been in business long enough to know the good cigars and we have there. JORDAN'S ON THE SQUARE 'Phone 7. "WE NEVER CLOSE." r Jap a-Lac Jap-a-Lac Jap-a-Lac THE HOME BEAUTIFIER. All Colors, All Sizes, 15c to $2.50 Free sample can to any lady who wishes to try it. Woodail & Sheppard Si of tl lie Tffe Girdle Great A Book That is Attracting Wide Attention. "A Book that You Must Read Sooner or Later." "From the point of'view of the por traing of conditions and of the senti ments and character of the people in this State in its period, the book has interest and considerable value. As a story it will be found entertaining, full of action and plenty of love." Colum bia State, (Columbia, S. C). "The author of this intensely dra matic and intensely interesting little volume is a South Carolinian. His style is particularly good. There is nothing better in the romantic litera ture of the present day than manv of the descriptive passages in this boo'.i, and all his "situations" are of com pelling interest. "The Girdle of the Great" might be readily dramatized, it is so full of the genius of the play wright, and would yield as readily i dramatic treatment as that best of all the newer plays, "The Liou and tho Mouse' News and Courier, (Charles ton, S. C). The Disease Is Curable
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