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lO THE OHAELOTTB NEWS FEBHUARY 13. 19If Trying To Prepaie The United States Foi Wars to Come (By JONATHAN WINFIELD.) W -'i jin- W ! in , in !:t:non. 1P\>lui\vin£: the • oil cf rh(> 'Oi’Oit I'f i^c'cit'tary ''i. U tluii iliis 'ouii'ry . ii!' T('' if ti I'.i.sf class i (I w.'i- «!. cii'v riYorts aro ho- !, ■ -s^'iK^tivos m cDii- ir ':•( !'-.iH i Si;itos in a '>et- !;• . ;i !>r»'ivti>'(lii;'ss for war. . ii 1 K I S (if iiairioilo soi‘1- ^ i’ll li h: rils }\>r.sibly diu'| ’ . . • MM>\♦■iiuMiiin This r*;* j , ! !>' (■ ct: i;\ !llO \:HioUal ! ■ ! w ’.li'h fo; : 'l. l»ast j . a. t' ■■■■ ;■ ; !i^au:e(i in t . ; ■ ii ; ’’a' ii'tv’ Ilf thisi‘ . t .i \ s i.'iM i. . li M> ih»' as , • - i'> I a •; (hr > ->n‘ i) and j . ■ ! iic . !! : 1 \ 1 > '\ it a . •\stor, th(' oxpatriatod Aniprican. has eiven ?r.O,(iOO to forward the work, i.ast yoar Lord Strathoona donated $L’.'>0.('0() {)s an (Mulowinoiit t'nnd. the in|r>r('st of whu-h is m uvonicue t ille iiiaetii’i' in ih> public schools of (’an- ada, Slit'iild the citizens of this country ite M’aino'i iii riHe shooting on the same ratio as in other cotlntries, ihe I'niit'd States would havi' 4,L’S0,000 to ill luMUl ’.!i>on in lime of war. ; V.) 3 :■ r-. ;:i IP'* .t:r, S‘ p. - .1 n ''']i pro V. ■ ^ ;; in nati.'U^ L 1> Koii . oi Si , ':i’\\ ar 1 ! m'- 11 ■' ■ T-. ue. 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T K. >'aii-rioaux. :i Wnitv raan ap-^ i wt fi'it> of are. has! since last Fi'iday th(' victim of i’u> ilnn t’a-' nsiial aaioMn; of u':is‘'o”- tiuu- ‘iCv'»:iit'd a piostu''tivt* iiride- uroiMii. His troubles were ttuiliiitiiod ■'iiii ht'v ended nr-t in the recorder's . .Mirt th''s nu’-niii^ wIut. h;' was lin:'d for lu'in'j; li'uiik. II'' wa.s taken to .\|r;i;!' i ioil\ tiiis afterno;)n. v. hei e. it i" I'p.Mt. I'.o N\ill be uni’-cil in winllock '\iil- r ,'ouns; 1c’.d> ('f that pl:-un. M : l!p.\iu\ 'SNt.'.t I) (iastouia I'cifiay cr Sai nda.'v and sreur^-d a rnariia.^o ’■ i Ill- int 'iiiled iioins; at r.nce to .N'.UMii K 'ily aiui clainun;; liis hiide. 'is’T ti-i-' Vid at the bowl too lon.u:. lie >.■:, rb ' lici'nse, aTid whrn soberness ' 5 e rer'ii^ed he was helpless with- ■mi: r:ec'ss^r\ i>a’.)er. AccordiniT- !• ho w 'in ;\i;ain to .see the dork and cifit p dur-licate licen.'-'o. With tliis .safely fn his pnrse he ! t’le wi-'i’i.’: train. Purse and ■\ i wsf were lost or stden, but his .vliiskey rcriiaiiicd with liini. Into the Iiands of tho police he fell and since ^aturdav he ha^. l..‘n behind ■'ars in tlie police station. He was re- j’funi;’.' t-'d^v ;ind thought;'- of the ]-co]ile in .Mo’;r.t Holl.v filled his brain. Scarcely had he i)een led out of the Ciiurt room this morning before the f.;ri:er of th*- prospective bride ap- P* arcd witii an officer rnd after tiiey liad iiaid t’u- tine and ti e costs, ^srnlli- nciiux accomnanied them outside. They will take him to Mount Holly and It is the presumtion that he will hr ni.irrled this afternoon. •ri-’ar.- (• Eccles Property In New Hands Mr. ?. \\'ittkowsky has paid the pur- fl’.a. c ; r;: c for the Behiiont hotel a'Hl The iirop.erty now stands on the court i. Dooks in his name. Asked what he iiir. r.ded to do with the building. ■Mr. Witti;o'!\ si^> replied: “I want to iiiid si>n)e one who will rent it as a whole and rent the rooms out as has lifen dowe fo!’ several years I have no .-]>(>cial plans, beyond this, in re- iri.i'd io The buiidiniT." Other Property. The TWO brick hon.-es of 13 rooms f.'! ' it: oTif. V Mi;l i:: Ti;e l)\ i a 11 ‘.r I n tl-O' Il M : 1 ■. .M 1 • I a.- ,\' V ■a I'll ■ i wr. ; ranac co },(■ lack of '■■fi' :‘‘i •: 'hf N 'jf (dui.l 'all!,' f,r ' i r! S I V M r ■ t I; ^ VOM. S’!'- > i. lion tf V.:.- ■' -d T-v : ?■ fie*ai y a.;d V. iT. cMef of ' #'afh beloneii's: as did the Belmont I ‘‘3' ' l.>t d .tf» the Keccle.s estate, which -,r \vrt~ a HU-j Hnm^' time the hotel was, ia T that M'-'. , ;}i,so le-sold on the same day as The hotel, broueht on th^ advanced bid caoh. Mr. R. O. Colt bought tlie house immediately in rear of the A. R, P. church, and Mr. O. J. Thles flu- other house, Hoth have a front- on Third street of 110 feet. rf:(Mitfd ^hti'i- he In.srrnPtf'rl. ami taru't and ran"p ! r. S. :ier;a! (lua d oi 1:1: r: d 'he ()lun t 0! • VO If'aL'i]*', ^\'in ' Khoof ;n: t tiiV.'iK’ll inaciiii'' vice ?.-> 5*«*rvi»-' i 1? mnvf-iif-tif i ' ' f lornr i') r;ui:.'* , for Tiif A r I a'iv-.j ' of th'f; of \V^, jr ' h( ( p :■ S. ven I'lr’ii'i'd inj \v-= i. i-: hi;^!: ■! MU' trpiicral '.'•‘s atlileric fii^'ra] W’ fatljr.r ai,^! mid jr. \> pr^'^idrnt ^’'c rloi;a»!':n nil illl;'T:i'ii! .vhira hi atf;;- ' ■ ' 1?!^. M'd V l-U-U he f;i:n M a ndnia-iii.. i;; ; of a hit". Ir; wf.r iiuiiJ ill ! h' of hr,-. '-. il» ent “Fete'' Beautiful On Feb. 27th. .\n;eiic iii nfl' ;iv«n ihf' worl of a rcict i iii--i liaiii-a! ■ d a r«.milaiionj i ! • coi ds ever>’I Ml aimin'.;. It j . I lip exaf t ; !*hiladcl)ihi I, hi'ih sf hoolsl ' iu’pty-iiiree prepriratory fichoias in thf' I'tdtffi Slates are car- n rif'i‘ prai"! ic(' 'i'hii t v-fivo are hich ‘( 'looi , *.iiiriy-*i^hf miH- lools. two ^iiiiiiunar .'Chools and ht |.riv;!>*. sch'.'oi;-;. rylng I'lildu tar V 5^ i:\l Ta fnnd J! io fa.'iv fill this v-ork ar«* raised throiich i.iddK sa the Natkinai Kiih- ,\ pt ion UM? .>ai,n>'i:ii n.i'if .xssofiai ion. Some oiF r!-e rnt-n \vii) ha'/o cont ribnteii are Pfo.-ident 'I’art. »•: F'!«-sidt ni Uoosevell, Ambansadar I’.acon, Scretar;. *>f the Navy .Meyer. Sfcrtrarv of War Diek- in>5on. CJovf-iiior n.nib-y of .Missouri, ex-dovernoi Hucht* !, oT (’olorado, ex- Gov«>riior (luil*!, Jr.. of ^fassachusef I s. ex-iovpinor Miujthw of ,V( w ,|ersey, c3It*. S4-ntit«)rs HriegH. men as (r^*ort?f rtxjot Wemioic, Warren, and Dick, and such bu.-incsK .lohn Drcx'l, |{, ( I'rick, WoKtinghons*'. MoitinuT L, Schig, Clarent** H. M:KKay and \V. Bayvard (’iit)in>r. Among rhf^ members of the army sta- tioMfd in Washington there is a feel ing that this is a wr)rk for wbirh t];e gijvei’uiiient should p'ly and for eij^ht yc-ars Ineffectual I'frorts were mad'' to gain congresHional assistance. A bill however was Introduced in congress at the close of last year provhlinu; for tb« Issuance of rifles and Hmiimnition (o rifle rltihB, and an annual a|)i)ropii- atlon of $100,000 for ih/ piftmotlon of rifle practice among tlie citizens of the United Stat.eH. Tlie bill Is still r4‘|)oslng In the ar'iiiv€B of the house eoinmitt?e on inJlJtary affaire. When this bill he- cooies a law. the governmetii will be In poBifion to give practical assistance to the BchoolK In carrying on rifle prac tice. A Kiatioe at whal other nations are doinK in this respect shows that France in spending over $100,000 a year in leaching ritle shootin:^ in the primary hcIiooIk of that country. Aii- Btralia has forty thousand sehfMd hoys organized into cud*'! corps who ar«! taught to shoot. Kngland holds y'aily conipci iiionH. In addditicu to W. \\. The dare of the “Fete In Flower- land,” a beautiful spectacular play which is being gotten up by Miss-Annie May Moorman, is February 27th. Miss .Moorman will b^' assisted by local tal ent. tully :;o» eiiildren, beside a select easi !)! prim iiials. Of the production ill .\slie', ille, iiie (’iti'^eu .says: •Miss .Moorman deserves great cred it lor the splendid prodtiction which wa=i one of ihe vr ry best amateur pro- dueii(,ns »’ver seen ip .\slieville.” '! h* Richmond Leader endorses Mi.ss .Moorman thii.«: ‘.\ brilliant audience filled tlie Academy iSalurday afternoon and evening to see ihe ‘Fete in Howerland ' Soeif ty was laargely represented at caeii jjeirorniance, f'.reat credit is giv en tf» .Mis.- Anni* May Moorman for her efTiciont training of the various drills and eiioniscs, and the entertain ment was in every respect a success. 'ITie operetta was charmingly staged and S'ung and measurfui up artistically to tiie ex))ectation of Ihe most exact ing. • The comedy, which closed the eve ning was jiarticuliirly clover and one of the most tlnished amateur perform ances even given in Richmond.” Dr. McCampbell Wants Duplicate The Charlotte Sanatorium Company Is i)uilding a lab(>ratory immediately in rear of the building. Hunter & Gor don, the well-known architects, have the contract. The building will be one story and lire i»rool. It is to have a full and complete efpiiimient for laboratory wf)rk. 'I'here will be a si)ecial chemis-t in charge. The building of this labora tory gives Ihe Sanatorium a depart ment that, it neded. and makes the Sanatorium now complete in every particular. The News understands that Dr. John Mc('ampbell, superintendent of the state hospital, at Morganton, will ask the state for a similar laboratory at the ho.‘-/’i)ital. — There are 25 prisoners in the county jail todsiy. Of this number , three r! white, tlie rest are colored. ; - Kress &. Co, began moving today. \ 'Ey POSITION ON LORIMER CASE By Associated Press. Washington. Feb. i;{.—By resort ing 10 the bold device of asking his antagonists in the senate to stand nj) and testify. Senator Bailey, of Texas, today developed a dramatic situation in his discussion of the case of Senator Lorimer, of Illinois. Mr. Bailey is a member of the com mittee on j)rivileges and elections and coincided with the report declar ing that nothing invalidatin.g Mr. Lor- inier's title to his seat had been de veloped by the committee's investiga tion. II is argument in support of .Mr, Lorimer has been anticipated with much interest and when pre sented today received tiie thoughtful attention of many senators. The Tex as senator’s remarks were devoted lar.gely to the substantiation of his (oniention that a.sufTlcient number of voles must be shown to have been bought to effect the result unless it is i)roven that the official whose elec tion is challenged jiersonally partic ipated in the oifense. Senators Root, ('umn’ins and Roraii. all oi>ponents of Mr. Lorimer. were each in turn requested ;o ttnnd up and express their opinions as to the legal sound ness of I his proposition. I'lcaling first v.iiii the general as- pecis of t!u‘ ease, Senator Bailey en tered upo.i the consideration of the law involved. He laid down these two proposiiions: “First—If the oflicer whose elec tion is challenged personally partic ipated in or encouraged or sanctioned the hri!)er,^•. then his election is void Vkithout reference to the extent of the l)ribery. • Seconii—If the officer whose elec tion is challen.ged did not personally participate m or encourage or saac- iion the bribery, then his election cannot be voided unless it is shown by sufficient evidence that enough votes were bribed to affect the re sult.” The fight of these propositions were dismissed with the declaration tliat there v.as not a word In the tes timony to show that Mr. Lorimer had iiad any knowledge of any ])ribery in his iiehalf. He asserted that the Chicago Tribune had been compelled through its attorney to exonerate the accus'd senator in this respect not withstanding an unu'uil effort to connect him with it. “True.” the senator said, “in the heat of debate some senators liad sought to connect ]\lr, Lorimer with the alleged wrong ful transaction but he was sure that thej would repent of that course.” Mr. Hailey contended that even if rhe seven votes of White. Brow’ne. Beclcemeyer. Link. Wilson, Holstlaw and Broderick v.^ere not counted, Mr. Lorimer still had been legally and properl.v chosen, “Deducting these seven votes from Mr. Lorimei’s 108 votes would leave him 101 votes, and deducting these seven votes from the total vote of l!(i2 would les’ve 19.^. of which the 101 votes received by Lorimer would constitute a clear majority and he was therefore duly and legally elect ed.” Senator Bailey insisted. He ridiculed the contention of his opponenets that these votes could be subtracted from Lorimer’s column and still retained in the total vote, declaring that the contrary view- w'as so elementary as to make it almost absurd to present authfrities in sup port of it. “We have the authority of the text books and of the courts for say ing that an illegal vote must be re- .iected for all purposes and that it cannot be considered for any pur pose,” the senator continued. “That is not only the law and logic, but it is the rule best calculated to pro mote political morality. It treats a dishonest vote as if the corrupt leg islator who cfsi it were ciAully dead, at least in that transaction and it leaves the result to be determined by liie votes of honest men.” Mr. Bailey would not admit, as Senators Root, Borah and others had charged, that in demanding the total exclusion of dishonest votes he real ly was giving effect to such votes. On the contrary he undertook to turn thee barge upon his antagonists. Saying that allegations of taint had been made against 11 members of the Illinois legislature he added: “Subtracting these 11 votes from a total of 202, we have an unchal- ien,ged membership of 191 members w’ho. by virtue of their position and of their integrity were qualified to electe a senator. Of this 191 mem bers, 96 would be a majority and af ter deducting every vote against which the suggestion of dishonesty had been made, Lorimer would still have 97 as against 94 votes for his opponents, “Under the circumstances no man could deny that he w'as entitled to his seat in this senate a a matter of law and still less can they deny it a a matter of morals because he had a clear majority of the hon est men in the legislature. Now let us apply the rule proposed by the senator from Idaho, Iowa and New York and what result do we reach? By keeping these 11 men in this equation they prevent 97 honest men from effecting an election over 94 honest men and this makes it plain that they are the gentlemen w'ho are giving effect to the votes of rascals, because by preserving these 11 votes they but prevent an honest majority from working out its will. ” Declaring then that the law as he had propounded it would prove to be “the best protection against the baleful influence of the corruptions inour politics,’’ Mr. Bailey went on: “No matter how honest the gen tleman on the other side, it is still true that in striving to reverse the precedents of the senate and overrule tha court of the country, they are seeking to establish’ a. doctrine that will permit a dishonest faction of a legislature to disable an honest ma jority from choosing a senator to represent their state.” Mr, Asbury in South Ajrica Mr. Brandt Asbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Asbnry, enjoys the distinc tion of being farther away from home than any Charlotte boy. He is at Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Asbury is one of the trusted men of the Brit- IsU-American Tobacco Company. MISS ROBERTSON TO ENTERTAIN Marked lack of lorinality will char- •icterize the live o'eI(Md tea which Miss Julia RobtM’tson will give tomorrow’ afternoon in special compliment to her very attractive gueyt. Miss Helen ANorstall, of Philadelphfa. and Mrs. /. \. Taylor, one of Charlotte’.s rich social gains from “the Gate City.” The tea hour i.s from 5 to G. ARRIVES TOMORROW NIGHT Keen interest centers in the mar- nage Thursda.y evening of Miss Anna Kincaid, of this city, and Mr. Arthur Harris Thompson, of Minneapolis. Mr. Thomj)son accompanied by his j)a- rents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Thomp son. arrives tomorrow' night. The mar riage will be a very quiet affair, but will command the interest of hosts of friends. MR. HOUSTON’S GUEST Mr. Hopinks Houston, a prominent .voung business man of Baltimore, ar rived here this morning and will be the guest for several w’eeks of his brother, Mr. .lames Adden Houston, at his home on North College street. Mr. Houston’s many friends will be glad of this chance to meet his brother. ^ VALENTINE BRIDGE Recherche in every detail will be the aVTentin Bridge luncheon w’hicli ?.Irs. C, E. Platte is to give Tuesday. Valentine cards have been sent to a number of Mrs. Platte’s friends. MISS CHESHIRE TO MARRY. Interesting news from China came to Charlotte yesterday: Miss Eliza beth Pheahire. daughter of Bishop Jo seph Blount Cheshire, of the Euisco- pal church of K'ew York, w^ho is a mis sionary in China, is to be married shorti.v to an Episcopal minister, also a missionary in China. The marria,ge is to take place in the. spring. Miss Cheshire and her fiance are stationed at Wuchang. The letter conveying the intelligence of Miss Cheshire’s marriage did not give the name of the fortunate raan. MR. W'HITE A VISITOR. Mr. William Elliott W'hite, one of Graham.'s most ^ominent young men spent yesterdaj' in the cit.y, the guest of Mr. D. P. Hutchison and family. TO MEET WITH MISS DAVIS The Young W’oman'c Society of the Second Presbyterian church will meet this afternoon with IMiss Mollie Davis. An interesting program w'ill be ren dered. MISS BLAKE TO GO NORTH. Miss Beatrice Blake leaves Monday night next for a trip North. She goes to Washington to visit Miss Edna Ellerbee and from there con tinues her trip to New York, w'here she will spend a fortnight. I;•• Vw .v i MISS BARROW LEAVES. Miss .Julia Barrow, of Concord, who has been the guest of Miss Bea trice Blake, returned to Converse Col lege, where she is at school, this morning. WITH MISS LOWELL. The Friday Afternoon Bridge Club will meet with Miss Martha Rowell tomorrow'. MISS KER TO HAVE PARTY Miss Fannie Ker. the bright, attrac tive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ker, is to have a valentine party to morrow night at S o’clock, at her home, 6 W. 11th street. A number of merry hearts w’ill assemble in honor of St. Valentine. HEARTS ON HEART DAY. Miss Laura Hailey will entertain at Hearts, tomorrow, at her home on North College street. TO GIVE GRIDGE. In compliment to her cliarming sis ter, Mrs. Chas. Jones, of Lancaster, Mrs. J. C. Montgomery wdll entertain at a bridge luncheon tomorrow after noon. Faimets' Implement Receives Chatter The Farmers’ Implement Company received itsi charter today, and will op en up for business in a few days. The company will occupy both floors of the building which has hitherto been occu pied by the Southern Newspaper Un ion, at the corner of College and West Fifth streets. The building is being remodeled on the interior and will be admirably suited to the purpose o which it will be put. An elevator, making easy access to both floors, will be installed. The new* company will deal in im plements and machinery for the farm and a complete stock of such goods will be carried. The incorporators of the company are Messrs. J. A. Russell, M. F. Trot ter and J. Lloyd Ranson. Dr. Ross Stevenson At 10th Ave. Ch. Rev. Dr. Ross Stevenson, one of the most learend and most famous minis ters of the Northern Presbyterian church. He was , for years, the pas tor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church of New York, one of the larg est, wealthiest and most fashionable churches of the city. At present he is pastor of Brown Memorial, Balti more. Dr. Stevenson was heard yesterday by a packed church at both services. His intellect, his spirituality, his force, his greatness commanded the atten tion of Ameirtca's greatest city. Both sermons yesterday were tremendous efforts. Dr. Stevenson returned to Baltimore this morning. ABRAEAM LINCOLN y The North Carolina division of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of A.merica will have its head quarters in Charlotte. An order to this effect has been si.gned by the executive committee of the state organization, and Mr. E. C. Faires. secretary and treasurer, who has made his headquarters in Kings Mountain since 1908, has already mov ed to Charlotte. His offices are in the Observer building on South Tryon street. That Kings Mountain has been headquarters heretofore, lies in the fact that the union gained its first foot-hold in the state at that place in 1907. and the territory adjacent to Kings Mountain, was the first section of the state organized. From this point the w'ork branched out, coming lo Gaston, and later into aCtawba, and then into other coun+ies of the state. Mr. G. W'. Fant, of Texas, who had charge of the organization in the state before the state division w'as formed, made Kings Mountain his headquarters for the greater part of the time. “When the state unio^was organized in 190S and Mr. Faire^was elected secretary and treasurer, Kings Mountain was selected as state head quarters for the state organization and has remained so until the present time. At the recent state meeting held at Greensboro, a resolution w'as adopted asking for the removal to Charlotte, but very little attention was given to the matter at the time. Those who opposed the removal of the state offi- ,ces had hoped to make a fight against the removal, when the matter came before the executive committee on the ground that the expenses of maintaln- ning the offices would be greatly in creased and this w'ould cause the offi ces to remain at Kings Mountain. However, the executive committee held a meeting at a time and place unexpected by the opponents of re moval, and decided that the offices should be moved, regardless of the expense necessary to mantaining same. Mr. Faires will continue to reside in Kings Mountain, but wall be in his office at Charlotte the greater part of his time. Barrel Of Booze Taken From A Box Car A barrel of booze was stolen from a box car on the freight yards of the Southern Railroad some .time Sunday night, and tw'o negroes w'ere bursting the head from it w'hen they w'ere chased away by a negro employe of the road w'ho afterwards notified the police. Along w'ith the barrel of booze were several cases of whis key." These were stolen from the car and have not as yet been located. Officer McKnight learned of the robbery, through the negro employe of the road, and ’ went to the scene. He found the whiskey barrel about half a square from the box car and notified the officials of the Southern. A special officer was assigned to the robbery and is Working upon a clue that he thinks w^ill land the guilty persons 'behind the bars. Board of Trustees Will Meet. The board of trustees of Charlotte township Vvill meet in the county commissioners’ room at the cournt house this afternoon at four o’clock in monthly session. It is probable that the board will gi^■e an order for the placing of a new' kind ol road material as an ex- i periinent. ■ The decision has been made that something w’ill have to be secured to take the place of ordin ary macadam, since the wearing of ! steel tires on hard rode, aided by the disturbing eftect on the roadbed of ai'ito tires, has demonstrated' that something of the nature of bitulithic will have to be resorted to. The board has in mind a sub stance of about the same nature as bitulithic, but which is much cheap er than ditiililhic. As soon as si;ring opens three miles of the Camden road w'ill be laid in the new' material. The county will also lay three miles making a road six miles in length for experiment. It is pointed out that two hard substances grinding against eath other w'ear each other out, and, on that principle the bitulithic, or some thing of an elastic nature is neces sary as an offset to steel tires. The experiment will be watched with profound interest by the public, because it is realized that, besides b^ing very costly, macadam wears out quickly and is very expensive to repair. Something cheaper and more lasting is needed, and the board of trustees think they have found it. Incidentally it may be stated that the board of trustees of Charlotte tow'nship exemplify the commissioii form of givernment. They however, labored efficiently for the public a long time before that fact was dis covered. The affiairs of the township are supposed to be administered by the magistrates of the township, but as there is no pay connected with the trust, the magistrates are natur- all,v neglegent, to some degree in attending meetings. They finally said “Wh.v not delegate the w’ork to three of our number and let us sanction their w'ork?” The idea was an appealing one to the magistrates. They put their ideas into operation and had the legisla ture grant the right to the board of road trustees to administer road building and road superintendence in Charlotte tow^nship. It is due to the sagacity and fore sight of this board, to a large ex tent, that Charlotte township has such a fine system of roads. The belt lines of excellent road that gird the city and that have opened up practically every suburb of Char lotte to rapid development owe 'Jieir existence largely to the board of road trustees, the remuneration for which, by the way, is a w'ere pittance. In view of these facts the experi ment in road building w'ith. a new material will be v/atched w'ith interest Threw at Ca It h Webb IMartin, a -v w'hoi'a tlie ohair'.e ■ t ■ p street oar ! ■ !■ last July, ■ was ir; mcrnin.g lo ansvr The ca!-:e was c. . ' vow in ordei’ to ■ prosecufio'i jiiiio Hovton k-fi 1: -.0 ; leged ojYen-e v,a*- his 1;0i"jd r'liMi wi' ■ ' bail boi.d. Under a rece:,' prenie coiirt. tlTf- (; ■ rocks ai a pi re- : demeaiior, or " ; defined. ;-‘ai -t" that the o:Ter:;;e but added lh.,i tlie . be a term in (Le ne:y ly felonv laiL-f.ners penitenitar' , the lav flictin.a: and tl? ' sni'r pass upon it. Trie was the intenti':fn c make the ori:'cii>‘ a that iherrT'-'re tlw' ' • could not ')e •; •■vrii •: i Two Killed by Explosion. By Associated Press. Pompton, N. J., Feb. 13.—The ex plosion of blasting powder at the E.^ I. Dupont mill here today cost the lives of two w'orkmen, Charles Howard and John Demarest. “Would that I could sip the nectar from thy lips,” rapturously exclaimed the poet. “Nix,” replied the slangy girl. “You don’t drink any nectar from ray mug.” PILE& CLREr TN 6 TO 14 DAY3 Your druggist will refund money it PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case ui Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro trading Piles ia 6 to 14 days. 50c. i ne Mexic By Associated P El Paso. Tex., to Torreon (M' ” this morniii.j’:. ti-. val, near the Mexican >'a; been destro";'d traffic to I'ie.vir.: reon is tied ner, on ihe road, also v.a?j '''i” on that line. A carload of r” hundred Iroo;'' ’ v' and .luarez i-; ^ • last V\’edncsdr. Chicago I Chicago. F.ii. creameries Ef;'gs weal:, r. - mark, eas' s firsts 15; iiri’';c - Cheese sie-'ai. Twins 13 3-4ain, Lor;, i'^- Potatoes . 50, fair to :J>- ■■■ Poultry ea.'■ chickens liv ■ i !. eVal pt;;ai;.. 1-2, '3 K'. ' 110 Tlj. we!:;::' Cri;ds Cote; Atlanta. !•'..■■ eeed oil ?.n L. r j. .nri ; Charkttc ( Rye Corn Oats Cotton Seed London, F;'-. ' ties weie ii'i-^ Prices ''’o-'-d 1-'- ' closing e-i S.r- • issues v. er'- r'a ■ • - bill. MexiC'in'.- n '' Too Laie Foi ^ FOR SAIJv_—I' dim. ’ cylinder, inipr"' '' ? neto ignition, c ) ■" condition. J'tii.'*' Gray Sloop. AIo'''''''' hatching Wednesday. Von c: Hunt, 50a V.'. i‘--i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 13, 1911, edition 1
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