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4 THE CHARLOTTE NEWS APRIL 8, 1908. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Published every afternoon except Sunday TIIK) NEWS PUBLISHING COHPANV, W. C. DO WD, President and General Manager. Telephone 115. 2. C. PATTON Editor HOWARD A- BANKS City Editor. A. W. BURCH Aav. Manager. X. C. SHERRILL,. .circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year Biz months JTbree month .... One" month One week 16.00 2.50 1.26 45 .10 Give your subscription to your regu lar newspaper carrier or 'phone 115. The columns of The News are open to legitimate advertising. Wo objectional 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. WEDNESDAY. ARRIL 8, 1908. KEEP LIBRARY OPEN SUNDAY. The News is by no means responsi ble for the views of the occasional con tributor who wries under the heading, "This and That." We merely make this announcement lest some might be 'misled. As a matter of fact The News jdoes not agree with the gentleman in quesnon on a great many questions but it recognizes in him a writer of gift, and is willing to give him carte blanche. The News is proud of its staff of local men, special writers and correspondents. They are as good as the best and are making the paper bet ter every day. Realizing that there are two sides to every question The News is willing to give its readers the benefit of both. The author of "This and That" simply adds to the already strong array of talent now striving to make this paper better and stronger each day. Says the New Bern Sun: "We've missed the queries of the Charlotte News the past two weeks Somebody tells us the professor has been tiring things at us: but we've been busy with the grippe and missed il all. Sorry." Had the grippe, have you? Too bad. The News learns that the plan of e had fancied a disposition so full ol keeping the Carnegie library open on poetry and the like would have no Sunday afternoons is under considera-1 room for earthly things like grippe, etc tion. The News has "fired" no "things" at Some weeks ago Dr. Len Broughton you, fond one. Only reminded you that started a fight for opening the public onions were once again on the bill of library of Atlanta for a few hours on fare, and that swimming holes were rip- Sunday afternoon, and in support of ening. Thought you might ring in the Mr. Brouehton's position, the Atlanta tuning fork on one or the other that's Constitution of March 2nd. contained all the following editorial, which presents clearly and forcibly the reasons for such action: "Humane, moral intelligent and in vincible are the arguments for an open ing of the Carnegie ibrary on Sunday afternoons, put forward .by Dr. L. Broughton in his sesrmon last night. His suggestion will be found in detail elsewhere in the Constitution. "We have in theNCarnegie library, as Dr. Broughton shows, a great muni cipal asset for the moral and educa tional uplifting of all classes of the people. One must b? in intimate touch with the actual administration of the library to properly appreciate the part it has played in the disseminating of culture and the spreading of morality and happiness among masses of Atlan ta. "The fact that it is closed all of Sun day operates against the maximum ex tension of its usefulness. On Sunday, of all days, the refining and recrea tional influence of its reading room is needed. As Dr. Broughton emphasizes, hundreds upon hundreds of citizens of every class are without means of relax ation and proper pleasure on Sunday afternoons. This undisputed fact should argue, in the graphic language of this minister, for Atlanta's getting away from "backwoods" enviroment. "Only one library attache can per form the slight labor incident to the plan proposed of opening the reading room for a few hours in the afternoon. TIk iv will be no issuance of books. Tlu' weekday machinery of the library will not be in operation. "A place will simply be provided where people studiously or quietly in clined may go to read, to study or to occupy their time profitably in such manner as is appropriate to the observ ance of the day. The room will be open, on democratic terms, to people in every walk of life. Surely the end sought is commendable. "In Brooklyn, Buffalo, Boston, Cleve land, Detroit, Washington city, Nash ville, St. Louis, Montgomery and count less other northern and southern cities the plan now suggested for Atlanta hasi long been in force with the enthusi astic sanction of business men and clergy, and with the happiest possible results. "If the library, as Dr. Broughton sug gests, tan be broadened in its scope and accessibility, moral Atlanta, the churches themselves, will be given a tremendous uplift and co-operation of the most practical variety." Following the fight of Dr. Broughton, the Constitution and many others, it was decided to throw open the Atlanta library to the public on Sunday after noons. Folowing this action, the news columns of the Constitution contained the following item: "One hundred and forty-five Atlantians, twenty of whom were ladies, vLited the Carnegie library yesterday afternoon between the hours of 2 a.. 1 C o'clock, the first Sunday the institution has ever been opened to the public, thus attesting the popularity of keeping this reading room open on the Sabbath." The book room of the Atlanta lib rary is not opened on Sunday. Only the magazine room is thrown open, but suitable books for Sunday reading are taken into the open room, and from later reports the plan is meeting with decided success and astonishing pat ronage. The example of Atlanta and numerous other cities, cited by the Constitution as having taken similar action, is worthy of consideration in Charlotte. There are hundreds of young and old people in this city who long for some sort of innocent and profitable diver sion, but to whom the avenues for get ting such are far too few. The esteemed Wilmington Dispatch refers to The News as a paper, "Which stands strongly for the development of the waterways of the country, recogniz ing that through such development greater progress will come to the coun try and greater prosperity." In the opinion of The News there are few questions before the country today of greater importance than the develop ment of our waterways, and especially is this true in North Carolina, where we have had to suffer freight rate abuses because of the lack of that com petition adequate waterways would have opened up. The Dispatch has The News sized up exactly. Politics And Politicians The Maxton Scottish Chief, speaking of the coming press association meet ing in the Queen City, says: "A splen did program has been prepared and Charlotte will do the rest." Charlotte is just itching to begin on the job. The editor of the New Bern Sun, "who Is just up from an attack of grippe, writes: "The grippe is no respecta ble person." Nothing in association then? Spartanburg is raising a Y. M. C. A. building fund. If that city will follow the Charlotte plan it will be wise. With Connors and Murphy in con trol in New York and Col. J. M. Guffey, in Pennsylvania there is be lieved to be little or no chance that the democratic conventions in either of these states will instruct for Bryan for the presidential nomination. Hall Milton, who succeeds the late Senator Bryan, of Florida, in the United States Senate, is a grandson of ex-Governor John Milton of Florida and is 42 years old. He has lived in Florida all his life and is a suc cessful banker and business man. w Managers of Secretary Taft's cam paign believe now that there is a good chance of the delegation from Maine being instructed for him. Sen ator Frye, national committeeman Hill and other of the foremost repub lican leaders of Maine have declared for Taft. Among the half dozen or more men whose names are being mentioned in connection with the republican gu bernatorial nomination in Minnesota is Marion W. Savage, the millionaire stock food manufacturer, and owner of Dan Patch, the famous race horse. Augustus Thomas, the well known playwright, will probably be selected to second the nomination of his friend, William J. Bryan, at the Den ver convention next July. Mr. Tmom as, though a resident of New York, will go to the democratic national convention as a delegate from a Missouri district. Former Congressman Joel P. Heat wole is out for the republican nomi nation for governor of Minnesota. In his announcement Mr. Heatwole sets forth the platform on which he in tends to make the race. He takes advanced ground on the liquor ques tion, and on the subjects of railroad and corporation control. There will be a large gathering of distinguished republicans at the an nual dinner of the League of Repub lican State Clubs in Washington the latter part of this month. Among those who have accepted invitations to attend the function are Vice President Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon, Secretary Root, Senator Foraker, of Ohio, Senator Warner of Missouri and Senator Clark of Wyoming. You cannot have healthy chil dren by improper feeding. Let them be reared on good, healthy, nourishing food like a ift Bi WHEAT FLAKE CELEHf to make them a nation of phys ical and mental workers. Its the best food for growing children. the feeble and the aged. s, 10 cents a package. For sale by all Grocers WEBSTER ON TEMPERANCE. Our Diminished Army. From "The Trouble With Our Army," by Lieut. Paul H. Clark, in the April Metropolitan Magazine. The shortage of officers is also very embarrassing, because there are hun dreds of officers detailed away from their regiments to perform other nec essary duties, there being too few offi cers to fill all the positions. Work at good wages is offered men everywhere, therefore, they will not enlist in the army where the pay is so small. Among officers the financial stringency is so great as to cause embarrassment and absolute need, and the great expense to which officers are subjected finds a "vast number of them in debt today. That fact is unfortunate rather than indicative of extravagance. It is almost Impossible for married lieutenants and captains who have children, to make both ends meet. The whole army needs more pay.; their wages have not been increased for over thirty years, though their expenses have increased enormously. The non-commissioned officers should have the largest in crease, the privates, lieutenants, and captains are the next most needy, and the increase should come quickly. The Great Senator's Definition Fits the Present Crisis. Editor The News: Daniel Webster is said to have de fined "Temperance" to be the moderate use of things necessary and total absti nence from all things unneccessary. According to this definition the use of alcohol as a beverage is unneces sary, because it is demonstrated in the rearing of children that in pass ing from childhood to manhood, it is neither necessary for the intellect ual, physical or social advancement. The use is cultivated and generally brought about by bad associations. Sa loons are regarded as evil in their nature and bad in their influence, and a direct foe to the home. It is said out of C4 of the fraternal orders in this country 56 of them excludes sa loon keepers from their membership. Since they are debarred existence near schools and churches, and bring evil and evil only to the community what man with common decency and self-respect wants them in their midst. The fight in this country with the li censed saloon is on to a finish. No man of this generation will live to see any truce in this fight. The manhood of America have raised against it the black flag of extermination, and the fight will never eease until the last licensed saloon is wiped from the face of the earth. Scores and hundreds of men and women have decreed bv all the powers within lliem and the most solemn vows to God to wage an unre lenting war against this foe to human ity until its utter anihilation or ban ishment from our country. The mil lions of money raised by liquor deal ers, and opposition only intensifies the feeling against them. It is no longer a few white ribboned societies of good women weeping and praying seeming ly against the impreganable foe, but, now there is arranyed against them the combined church of God, the best manhood of our statesmanship em bracing governors, senators, congress men, legislators, and an innumerable host of the rank and file of human ity. The fight is no longer local or confined to a few states but the bat tle is being waged in every state in the Union. Victory in one, is only a message of encoragement and hope to the fighters in another. "The saloon must go" is the "Shibboleth" of an ar my as determined and as invincible as the brave Leonidas and his three hundred spartans at Thermopyle. COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. Ready-to-Wear Garments That Deserve Your Attention Q Q Don't put off the purchase of your Easter Suit until the last moment. Let us show you while our stock is brim full of nobby styles. Half a hundred choice Suits ready for your inspection. Styles that possess everything that workmanship and material can have to lend individuality to the wearer. Prices $15.00, $18.50 and $25.00. Separate Skirts. The unusual values that we are sell ing in Voile and Panama Skirts is do ing wonders toward increasing the pop ularity of these departments. Almost every express brines some thing new in Separate Skirts. Pri ces . .$2.98, $5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $12.50 Ladies' New Neckwear and Belts for Easter Wear The popular "Merry Widow" Bows in Nets and Silks 25 and 50c Specials in "Merry Widow" P.elts in Elastic and Leather 25 and 50c Special Sale Ladies' White Lingerie Vaicts $1.25 to $1.50 Waists at 89c. A 100 dozen purchase from a hard-up manufacturer secured this unusual bargain. White Lingerie Waists, made of good quality India Linon, daintily trimmed with beautiful Swiss embroideries; a number of styles, both short and long sleeves; regular 1.25 and $1.50 values. Spe cial 89c Easter Bargains in Dress Goods, White Goods and Silks. 38c Wool Cashmere, 25c. The well-known quality F. Cashmere 36 inches wide, in Black, Brown, Navy, Garnet, Gray, Green and Cream; always retails at 35 and 3Sc. yard. Our special price 25c yd 50 inch Wool Batiste, all shades, Black and Cream. Price 48c yd Fine lustrous quality 50-inch Sicilian in all shades and Black; regular 75c. quality; at 48c yd 40-Inch White Lawn, Worth Double, SDecial Price 5c Yard. Linen Bargains. Yard-wide sheer Linen Lawn, regular 35c value; at 25c Regular 50c quality yard-wide sheer Linen Lawn, at 38c yd. Special values in All-Linen 36-inch Cambrics, at 25, 38 and 43c yd. Whits Silks Underpriced. 50c - quality yard-wide Jap Silk, if 39c yd 05c qiuility yard-wide .lap Silk. Spe cial price 50c yd $1.00 quality extra heavy yard-wide White Jap Silk, at 89c yd la S5SK2SE222Z2 ESS RFlf I 1211 J ) I A l. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOO OOOOODMOXQX0XOXOXOXOXOm OOi Robert E. Lee in His. Home. From "West Point Before the War," by Gen. S. W. Ferguson, Fitzhugh Lee's room mate, in the April Metro politan Magazine. Soon afterward, Colonel Lee was re lieved from duty at the Military Acad emy, and took command of a regiment of cavalry of which he was made col onel. We were truly sorry when he left, for his almost perfect character could not fail to impress all who came in con tact with him. I saw him but once after he left West Point. I will digress a little to tell of it. I was at home in Charleston on furlough during the winter of 1859, when I received from his son, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, an invitation to be one of his grooms men at his marriage to Miss Carter, at Shirley, on the James River. Most of the wedding party went together by steamer from Richmond two or three days before the ceremony and were all entertained in true Virginia style at the plantation mansion. The young men were lodged in several outbuild ings. I had a rare opportunity of see ing the great soldier in his home life among relatives and friends. One thing which I noted particularly was his extreme modesty I might also say bashfulness. His older brother, Mr. Carter Lee, told a capital story, sang a good song and was the life of any party of which he happened to be a member. After dinner, when the cloth had been removed and the old Madeira brought on, the ladies did not retire, as the custom was, but remained to hear Mr. Carter Lee's songs and stor ies. He would invariably toast the army and call upon Colonel Lee, the senior officer present, to respond, and everyone would "repeat the call. The colonel would raise his glass of Ma deira, bow to the company and take a sip of the wine, but never a toast would he give. I watched him closely, and upon my word he blushed like a girl, yet there was no one present but relatives, except a few young officers, who had been under him at West Point. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 1C05-1663-1732- 1795-1808-1854- 1861- 1898-1907- April 8. -King Philip IV. of Spain born. Died Sept. 17, 1665. -Drury Lane Theatre, London, first opened. -David Rittenhouse, noted as tronomer, born. Died June 26, 1796. -Marriage of George IV. of Eng land and Caroline of Brunswick -Roman Catholic archdiocese of Baltimore Established. -English vessel Furius, with a flag of truce fired on at Odessa, one of the first hostile acts of the Crimean war. -Outbreak of the last great in surrection in Poland. -Battle of the Atbara. -U. S. Supreme Court decided the Isle of Pines was not Amer ican territory. THE MAN AND HIS JOB. "What is untold wealth, pa?" "The property you keep out of the tax list. Harper's Weekly. The Cynical Bachelor rises to re mark that marriage is always a tie, and sometimes a chain. THERE'S BUT ONE "BEST REMEDY" for a bad stomach, a torpid liver or constipated bowels, and that is Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters. For abso lute proof of this assertion, it is only necessary for every sufferer to get one bottle and give it a fair trial. In this way thousands have been cured and thus convinced that HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS is the best for curing Poor Appetite, Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Colds, Grippe and Spring Fever. By Herbert J. Hapgood. I know a young man who seems to have a natural capacity for knowing how to go about things. He graduat ed from a college of pharmacy only last June and was pufin charge of the laboratory of a perfumery house in New York at a salary of twenty dollars a week. Before he was on the job a month he discovered a val uable formula and asked for an in crease in salary of five dollars a week. No sooner was this granted than he distinguished himself again' and asked to have his salary raised to thirty dollars a week. "Look here," said the boss. "Ev ery time you do something clever, you pat yourself on the back and strike for a raise. Now, I'll give you five dollars more than you ask if you will sign a contract for two years." My friend signed the contract but the assurance of two years employ ment at a high salary didn't lessen his willingness to make good. As 1 said he possesses a peculiar char acteristic of knowing how to go about things and last week something hap pened that called into play every latent power in his makeup. At three o'clock in the morning a telephone message told him that their building was afire. Everything was wrecked except the safe containing the books and formu las. The manager and office force completely lost their nerve and found solace by plunging into a state of intoxication which lasted unbroken lor several days. The young chem ist, however, knew how to go about things. He waited at the scene of the fire and secured the addresses of all the employees. Then he borrowed somebody's office, sent a form letter to all their customers, and attended to infinite detail which previously he knew nothing whatsoever about. After a half day's search he suc ceeded in finding a suitable loft and placed orders for material and fixtures all of which was done with such promptitude that within three days they were doing business as usual. It is in a time like that when all the ability which lies dormant within a man come out and he can showj his employers that he knows how to go about things. I our Pi3fl WILL NEED ITS THIS SPRING If you live out of Charlotte get up a club of eight or ten who will have their pianos tuned at one time, and have our tuner do the work. It. will please you and the most exacting musiciau, and we guarantee 1.1 work. eady Aeot FOR Big Sat GHAS. M. STIEFF Manufacturer of The Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and Stieff Self-Player Piano. Southern Wareroom: 5 W. Trade St. CHARLOTTE, N. C. C. H. Wilmoth, Mgr. 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." r Insurance Men at Augusta. Augusta, Ga., April 8. There was a large attendance today at the opening of the annual meeting of the Western Fire Insurance Union in this city. The union is composed of many of the leading general agents of lire insurance companies located in the territory west of Chicago. The pres ent meeting will be in session several days and will be occupied with re ports, papers and discussions on vari ous subjects of interest to the insur ance men. i EASTER CARDS We have the largest and pret tiest line of Easter Post Cards in the city. See our Big Win dow Display. urday and Monday Here are nonie of the Bargains that will be advertised for Saturday. EMBROIDERY A new lot entirely different from anything we have had this season. Veiv line cualitie:; wide Edges and , Insertions, Match Sets, etc 10 Cents SAMPLES FINE SUMMER HOSE Ladhv,' fine Gauze Lisle Thread Hose, actually worth 25 cents a pair. Fine Lace Hose. Lace al! the way up, also Boot Lace Etvle absolutely Fast Mark .... 12 1-2 Cents a pair SHOES Ladies' and Misses' Oxfords, etc. Big Counter full of Special Values for " 93 Cents a Pair MEN'S FINE SUITS Handsome Two-Piece Suits of the prettiest Patterns, all Wool Goods nicelv tailored Suits, worth $15 to $1C50. Special Saturday 10.00 DIG LACE SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY Extra fine lot beautiful Val Linen Finish Torchon Lace, F.'h'ea and Inser tions to mach 7 1-2 to 10 cent Lace 5c a yard; 50c a dozen LADIES' SAMPLE UNDERWEAR New Summer Underwear Samples, the finest Gauze Balbriggan, Light weu-ht Pviboed, etc. in Corset Covers. Pants, light weight Union Suits, Vests with Long Short, and no-sleeves, Garments worth up to 25 cents each, all at Oue Puce Saturday 10 Cents LONG LISLE. THREAD GLOVES New lot like the one sold out last Saturday and Monday, Blades, Whites, 1-ns, Li;owns, etc., all sizes; special 49 Cents a Pair SPECIAL IN MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Ladies' Mack, and White Sailors, Plain and Rough Straw, Ribbed Band.. 25 Cents Girls' and Children's Sample Hats, and Caps, 50 cent Sailors ..25 Cents BABY CAPS New lot fine Summer Baby Caps in Swiss, Embroidery, Silk, etc 25 and S3c HUMAN HAIR GOODS Full line all kinds reasonably Priced. Woodall & Shsppard 21 S. Tryon. Cor. Trade and College Streets Stores Also Concord, IN. C
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