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^^5,1911 The Charlotte News Published Daiiy »nd Sunday by THB NEWS PUBLISHING CO. C. Dowd. Pre»Ide*t —* Q^m. Mgr. Telcpkoam jClty Editor ?!2 Bu»inAM Ofltlcc iKSO Job Offlc* J. C PATTON Editor. -A- W. CALDWELL. City Editor. yL. W. BURCH AdvertUlng MMr. iCBSCRfPTIOM RATES Tl»«* Charlotte N»w*. Daily and Sunday. ,On« yaiii * 5(x njonth* * ?•«« 1 hr«« month# ‘g* lOna month 0?» week fiuada/ Oaly »On* yoar •?*®® !fen month* lhr#» montlui • Tteaa>D*ni«cffat* SMai-Woekly. On* y«ar ^^22 »€lz noDth* 'ThrM montbi ABBoaDcmcBt. Tha attaotloa or the public !■ ra- 'apactfully invltad to the foUowlnf: lo future. Obituary Notlcea. In *M- njorlatn Skatchaa. Cards of Thank*. commuaicatloD.* eiooualn® tna cau»® Of » prlvatii ent«rpri*o of a political can(^i£%te and llRo laattar, will b« churfT^d lor at th»* rate of five canta a U-a. Tha*“* wlU be ao deviation from ttbia ruia. SUNDAY MORNING NOV. 4 1911 CHARLOTTE THE HOME CITY Just a glancp at the development work Qow planned and being executed by various real estate and develop ment companies of the city. Perhaps the most gigantic undertak ing is that which embodies th« devel opment. on an elaborate scale, of the large lot of beautifully*spreading acres Included in ^' hat is known aiJ Myers park. It is said by those who have re viewed the plans underway that when completed the Myers Park section will have been transformed into one of the most beautiful suburbs to be found anywhere south of Washington. Hun- lred8 of thousands of dollars are to be spent In beautifying this territory; elegant driveways are to be construct ed: parks are to be laid off and noth ing will be spared to make this sec tion attractive and beautiful. In other parts of the city like ac- tirlty is evidenced in transforming red hlll« into beautifully planned residen tial sections. The Chatham property. Including aoaething like 300 acres, will be de veloped on a big scale. The railway penetrating this favored property will add greatly to the popularity of that part of the city. In western Charlotte the Wads- , worths are planning to open up aixl ^develop something like a thousand ele- igant building lots. At present streets are being built, and all modem im ^rovements added, to make life in that ■promising suburb free of all inconven- riences and hardships. This trac| is ^-vell located, the majority of the lots ^commanding splendid views of the city. Mr. Wilkinson and associates are 'planning to develop one hundred or more acres of land lying just beyond the Chadwick-Hoskins mills. In view of the fact that shortly the interurban railway will be running through that territory this property should be pe culiarly attractive to the investor, and while little has been said publicly of the plans of promoting this property, it is supposed that it will be handled on the same broad lines followed by promoters of other suburban proper ties. The Mecklenburg Farms Company will offer sites from one to* forty (Scree and they are handling a fine •piece of prHi®rty just beyond Myers Park. The Interstate Improvement Com pany is giving special attention to thi^ l^raluable lands located just beyond (Lakewood, and here indeed is a tract |X>ossesslng all the quallflcations of the ^deal suburban site. In North Charlotte the Pegram- iWadesworth Land company is hand- ' llni many acres of fine residence sites I and ^iB of the town la not to be joverlooked. ' News readers are familiar with the >beauties of Colonial Heights, and no (prettier section can be found in the [bounds of the city. The Elizabeth Realty Company Is haodlinK an exceptional!; good batch .of lots and neither pains nor money ;-will be spared in making this property jwhat It should be. At least one hundred acres are in* i eluded in Wilmoore, on South Tryon istreet extension, and here, too, is ^good place for the homeseeker to look |for his home. One of the largest undertakings Is I that of Mr. Latta in carrying out the I'DIlworth Idea In the fair grounds prop- ^erty. and th« lands adjoining thereto. Spedal experts are to be called in here with a view to beautifying that fMCtlon and already, numerous attrac- itlve hopies have been built—a mere fbeginning. This is but a hurried review of some of the more important suburban un dertakings now receiving careful atten- |tlon by expert suburb makers. There ‘are others and we hope at some fu- fture date to cover the ground more lliilly. • I One fact stands out clearly: the idea * |of promoters of these properties is not leolely to make money. All hope to imake a good profit on mbn^ lnvfa^d |Md work expended, and they should, b«t tlM teatuM wUiob mmm t» wtMad out as being of first consideration is that of beautifying the lands in ques tion. We might menUon here, as an example, the work of thf Brown Real Estate Company on Park Drive.. Here is the ideal conception of suburban de- Telopmest. Streets are wide and there has been special ^und set aside for the planting of trees, etc. The work shows up beautifully and one is immediately attracted ^ Charlotte has been termed the home city, and truly so. It is destined to be come more famous under such title We doubt if any city of like size in the country can boast of so much sub stantial work in prospect. And there is a reason for It all. The coming of the interurban means growth. Other in fluences conspire to make secure the future of the city. In a large measure the prosperity of a city may be judged by its teal es tate values. We do not mean th® fluctuating values sometimes evidenc ed in the uncertain locality—values which soar only to fall again. But the substantial basis of operations, fir ed and established, as exists here. One beauty about It all Is that in extending a welcome to settlers the assurance may be offered that each frugal inhabitant will And here an op portunity to own his own house and lot. even though his finances are not sufficient to warrant an outright pur chase. Most, if not all. of the large real estate concerns of the city have arranged attractive terms which they offer to the man of small means. “Buy a home with rent money” has become famous, but this is what hundreds of men are doing today. Not only are the development com panies making easy terms for the man with the small purse, but several large building and loan associations offer the poor man the opportunity to own his own home and to pay for it out of his weekly savings. The future of the city is indee' promising- Its growth is substanti though rapid, and one need not look further for evidences of this growth than to the splendid record of build ing and real estate development just now hurriedly recited. of rttd'4lAT ■ mudi.-'4[^Bd b* precectdv moralise that water is the safest test of fast, true colors. When the last edition is out and you have dragged in at three o’clock a. m., it takes a lot of energy to con sider tha saving in preasli^ blU6 that will result from hanging up your trousers. 1 al The newspaper should keep ahead of Its readers’ tastes; not catfer to them. Dam a girl who will misunder stand an honest handshake. A hand shake is one of the cheapest and most appropriate things you can give a person to remember you by. It is a pity that it should be brought into disrepute by the dlshrag now and lately so much affected. If It Is not worth doing well In any par ticular case, don’t attempt It at all Come to think about it, it’s rather a surprising fact that in all the adver tised attractions of a phonogrojm one, very obvious, has been omitted. With a ponograph, you know, you can flatter your vanity by singing duets with all the famous operatic stars. f]g,ve you ever been affected by the rule that an audience commands attention where an individual is de spised? “But why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?” asked his mother. . “Because the edge of necessity is sharpened by the whet of immediacy, replied little Johnnie. God pity the man who works through the week with only his wage for reward at the end. There are still great works to be done, sonnie. , The test of a musical comedy seems to be whether its score Is whistleable.' Truth is a quality or state for f^ls and philosophers to rave oyer. Yet is anything worth not bring one nearer to the truth ot life? A man’s success is measured In terms of some other man’s failure.^ Happiness is an unknown quanti ty. The science of health is the most neglected side of human develop ment. present Interett in tHe buiiiieif Is hi|^ up in tlie miUens would b* better poeltlon thaa anybody elie to re^ tain or aecure aiiew % oorreep^dlnfly large interest.. It win be « olOcult matter. If not iqi^aiblei. keep it out of their hsA^, but p^cbiMPa tbey may b^ conq^elled to honmr the law, to restore a reasona.ble amount of titibn an4 refrain ttom. Interfering with Indepeiident coneems. existing, .or to be forint. Tl^ey have thus far eluded erUalBai pi^otecQtloa, but they would hardly esci^ if they committed new offenses. Perhaps these oftenses need to be more 8f>ecifldmy deflf^> but hereafter the criminal side of the law can be made more deterrent ^an any civil proceeding to prevent milaw- ful practices including the ‘'attempt to monopolize.”—Journal of Commerce. kellf Continued frofB Page Os^ «Wlti Taft’SN Trip a Failure? It is unfortunate for the presi^lent that his speech at the luncheon of the Hamilton Club, in Chicago, will be ac cepted by many as an admission that his party is on the verge of defeat. He hopes that the Democratic victory of last year was only a temporary chas tisement. but ^ds that if the peoiHe want a change he will loyally support the new administration until the repub lican party is again placed in power. Qualified a» this outlook is by the expression of Increased faith in repub lican principles, the impression is nev- ertheless left upon the casual reader that the president is entering upon the campaign for .16s re««Iectlon with a feeling of Insecurity. The speech Ulus- trates hi& temperament. He is more of a judge than a politician. Such a speech could not have been uttered, for Instance, by Theodore Roosevelt. He would have flaunted the banner of vic tory in the face of bis foes, even if he knew that it was soon t6 be trailing in the dust. He would not have conced ed for a moment that there was even a possibility of democratic success. He would have Infused confidence through out his party by po&itlvye declaration and shouted defiance to the last ditch. But Mr. Taft, seeing a crisis, know ing that there Is a large and Influen tial defection in his own party, and, above all, having had occasion to judge the sentiment throughout the country during an unusually lengthy trip, voic es his fear of defeat at the polls. It Is characteristically honest, but, from a purely republican point of view, neith er necessary nor wise.—Washington Herald. Of all our When the -#*r is aver &(id Italy ]>r66eeds to reg ularise her actit^vemmts, sIm i^in have to ask our c^MNn)t to the denun ciation of the tteaty of P^iis by which she, with Ourselves, giUraftteed the iDit^rity ot thit OttMdaA 4iitii^4). T^t oooient; ^iM' iu>t be given uhednditioix* ally, aadl^ foreign olfte^ might hint that It would be Withheld if the var were iadt conducted a6C6fdihg to the recognised rules end dictates of hu manity.” Porte Fermally Protests. The Porte has sent a fOrhial protest to the signatories of the second Hague conference, asserting that the Ital ians are violating “the laws of UumAc- ity and the .dictates of pablic con- In Wealth 0 n s Tiain BOlenc0.’ Tl he Turkish ambassad^r at Londcn denies the allegations of Ualian cot> respohdente of the ftomu i.apetiB. “It is obvious,” he says, “that the sur render of arms could only have been carried on by force and tha^ the Arabs, who could not hava been sulr- inltted to the rule of the invaders, were in their natural right to take up all the arms avaiiable la defend their native ierritory." Kgypt Aroused. Telegrams today frott; Alexandria and Caro state that Kgyot is in a t;tate of unrest and thore is a rising senti ment In favor of aending large expe ditions to Tripoli lo *»ld the Turks. There have been several riots among the students at .Mexandvia, who have adopted a stheir cry: Long live the Sultan. Death to the Italians.” The Charlotte News remarked a few days since that even the angels didn’t knSw what The Dally Piedmont was going to paragraph about next. To this the impudent Wilmington Dispatch responded that probably the imps did, however. The Greensboro News butted In to remark that The Spartanburg Journal did. Now the question Is as to whether or not The Wilmington paper and the Greensboro paper were talking about the one and the same persons.—Greenville Pied mont. Water too deep for us, friend, and the shore looks good. Five weeks have elapsed and engi neers have ascertained the cause of the Austin dam disaster. The Balti more Sun thinks “An opinion on the condition of Aetna in the days of Pom peii may be forthcoming within a few years.” By the way, what has become of the proposition to connect Wilmington with the sea by a thirty foot chan* nel. ‘‘A third crop of Charleston figs la being enjoyed In Charleston,” observes the Charleston Post. Charleston ap pears to be cutting quite a figure all to Itself. em states allied In the fight for a fairer price victory Is bound to follow. Female suffrage may change texture of the campaign cigar. the Good day! FROM OTHER SANCTUMS. How Tobacco Farmers Were Robbed. All the trust apologists tell us that the trust is now paying more for to bacco. Yes, since the trust was de clared guilty and Its dissolution de creed, But none of these organs call attention to the fact shown in the News and Observer some time ago, that during the 19 years prevloi^ to the organization of the American Tobacco Company the farmers who sold their tobacco on the Danville market receiv ed $61,000,000 for 525,000,000 pounds of tobacco, and that during the 19 years following the organization of the Tobacco Trust in round numbffS the farmers who sold their tobacco J^pelv- ed $61,000,000 for 775,000,000 pounds of tobacco—that is the trust compelled the farmers to ■furnish them practicai- ^‘ly 50 per cer.. more tobacco fpr the same money! “In other worde,” as Mr. Holt states the fact, “the farm«^ sur. rounding Danvllle^a., raised and gave to the American ^obacco Company 250,000,000 pounds of tobacco gratis during these halcyon days the Anaer- ican Tobacco Company and the dis tressing years of the small tobacco farmers.’ All papers that think the attomeys- general had no right to take part in the Tobacco Trust case and all papers that criticise the Farmers’ Union for “butting in” when the farmers are thus being rdbbed, and all papers sii Alabama and Texas have joined with South Carolina in the cotton holding movement. With growers of the South:4ent"on iniquities of the Tobacco Trust are respectively requested to copy the above and also to copy the article of ex-Senator Holt, in this is sue.—News and Observer. The International i^ace movement has received new impetus by the oppo sition of Colonel Roosevelt. FROM THE WASTE BASKET. Optimisms With Gravy. Get up in the morning; Eat a bit of breakfast; Hurry down to business. Scarcely time for dinner— Hurry back to business. Just a cup for supper— Got to meet a*fellow! Into bed at midnight. Tired to death and sleepy. Start again tomorrow! Suppose life is just one thing after another. It's a good series, nevertheless. damned danmed Still, to starve and grow fat on it is an exasperating process. When the brain is sluggish, and all the world looka dark and dreary, don’t despair; try this mental Cascar- et on our money-back plan: A man had a dollar to start with. He bought a drum for fifty cents, and twehty- flve cents worth of tobacco; and he got on a street car, and the conduc tor put him off. (Note: Anybody de siring further direction need not ap ply—hopeless case.) Conserve and develop that smile, friend! In this day of extra-utillza- tlon of waste products you will find ready demand for It in the adver tisements of safety raaors, tootn paste, massage creanj,. suspenders, ko daks, hosiery, ad infinitum, according to the particular quality of your fa cial contortloo. The cynic arises at this late time to remark that, though the circus in sunshine is a magical, baffling, alwr- ing fairy world unto itself ? «th^^w3ia In rain.. is a. bedra«{l|id’ '^fali^—e. dream of high skirts, but a nightmare The Tobacco Disintegration Puzzle. The bondholders of the American Tobacco Company are naturally satis fied with the disintegration and w- creatlon plan proposed, since tljielr m*. lerests are made secure. The holders are not complaining, “ it « virtually their own plan and they would still be shareholders In the en tire business in about the same pro portion as before, and the business would not go to pieces. Nobody else seems to be satisfied, but there is far from agreement as to how the puzzle is to- be solved. The attorney general in his brief does not object directly to the new companies to be formed wr a division and distribution of the busi ness, except as It relates to the United Cigar Stores Company. That he would have taken out of the combination al together by sale and placed in enure- ly new hands. He does not complain even of the distribution of the stock of the new companies among holders of the present common stock pro rata, but asks for a blanket, of Injunctions to prevent a recoalescence or new ar rangements for concerted action be tween these companies, and wishes the court to keep hold of the case for five years to make sure that competi tion is established. Counsel for most of the Independent concerns which survive in the busi ness see no salvation for competition so long as the new companies have the same stockholders as the old one. They would have the stock so trans ferred and held that the owners in each company would be an entirely separate group from the rest. How they would be prevented from buying and selling afterwards so as to redis tribute It to suit themselves is not made apparent. Owners of property are supposed to be secured by law in the right to dispose of it at will. This right would hardly be abrogated by the court so long as law Is what it is. Othent see no wa^ out except to have a receiver apopiiat^ the propoiiy sold, the liabilities , paid off and the ''trust” put wholly out of business; but what would prevent the controllins defend ants from, buyi^ up whateTer they wanted and ^^eflfgfcntzinst' , One way ora&other there win hare POLITICIANS BACK TO WASHINGTON. Fence Mending at Home Will Termi nate With Next Week’s Elections and the Influx WHI Begin There after. * . WaShihgto?, IJ. Or, Nov. 4.-P011tlCal activity will characterize the return members of the senate and house tb Washit^on during the early part of November. Elections In several ^states next week wil terminate congresslon anl and sliHte contests, and many con gressibnal leaders are expected to reach Washington before November 17th. Important committee wOrk will be gin on that date, when the senate committee on interstate commerce will-Jbegln hearings on trust legisla tion. The so-called ^teel Trust mvestl- gatlpns; tlie inquil^ into state depart- ent matters; anA th^ wetk of other special committees will be in full swing two weeks before congress opens. t Members bf the house committee On appropriationB sail November 9th for Panama, to investigate'the needs of the can^. ^ Members of the sen ate appropriations committee are al ready in Panama. The congressional employers’" liability and workmen’s compensation committee "Will resume hearings here next Monday. The na tional monetary clmmlttee will meet within a month to . consider Its final report to congress’, which must be made by January 8th. ^ The first formal conference on the forthcomihg political campaign is to be held al>out the time congress Opens, December 4th. Charles HU les, secfetai? to Prebldent Taft and a possible chOi»e for the chairmanship of the national republican committee; Vice-president?. Sherman, Representa tive McKinley, of llllnoiSr chalfman of the natic^ congresional com mittee, ?®d other republican leaders will idiscuss; r'epublicatr campaign matters before the- meeting of the national committee, which is sched uled for December 12, in Washington. The democratic national committee will meet January 8th. The Democratic and republican congressional com mittees will not meet until later on. TRINITY GOLLECE OUTPUT OF PRECIOUS STONES. Valued at $295,797 In 1910, Against $S34,880 In 1909. Washington, D. C., Nov. 4.—It may perhaps be surprising to many people to learn that the United States produc es almost every variety of precious stone—from diamonds down.. The pre cious stones produced in try last year had a value'of $295,797, against $534,380 In 1909, according to an advance chapter from “Mineral Re sources of the United States” on the production of gems and precious stones in 1910. just published by the Unwd States geological survey. The large de crease in the output of a. few of the more Important g^m minerals—tour maline, turquoise, chrysoprase, «tc.— readily accounted for the fall in the value of production. AS an inst^ce o fthls decrease in production, about 8 1-2 tons of rough turquoise were pro duced in 1910, as compared with more than 17 tens In 1909. Al Ithe diamonds produced in this country ih 1910 came from Arkansas and California, the outlput of Arkansas amounting to about 200 stones. Several diamonds were found in California last year, one of which weighs abOut half a carat and another between 1 3-4 and 2 carats. The lattfer is a brilliant, clear, flawless stone, with a tinge of yel low. Colorado yields some very pretty agates and some are being successful ly handled in the tpurist trade, but a number of these stoites sold each year at the summer resort* Of the state are imported from Germany, where they nave hfien polished. Others are native stones polished atnroad. although some are polished jn the United States, In Montan« a sapphire weighing er 4 1-2 carats has been found. . Theatriosl people are>|te^ sldftless. but you can say that of the Scentc shifter. Special, to The News. Trinity College, Durham, Nov. 4.— Students At Trinity College are now receiving their mall direct from the hands of Uncle Sam’s right on the campus. The postofflce sub-station was formally opened last Wednes day, and the first delivery was made at noon on that day, in the presence of Postmaster J. A. Giles, of the Dur ham city oflice, and Postofflce In spector W. F. Chester, of Washing ton. The oflSice is in charge of Jesse B. Bristow, formerly of the city post- ofilce force. The college authoritlei decided that they did not want a college student to have charge of the office On account of the great inter ference that it would cause with his studies, though Postmaster Giles was rather inclined to put It in the hands Of a student. The' ofl&ce is located in the book room of the academic build ing, and will remain there until the completion of the w^t dormitory Some time next year when it will be given a permanent location in that building. The sub-station opened with about eighty' lock boxes, and practi- caliy all have been rented, and more are to be Ihstalled as soon as they arrive. All the business of the regular poSiofftce will be carried on at the college station including the registra tion of letters, and the issuance of money orders. , The establishment' of the postoffice on the campus will afford a great con-f venlenCe to the students, for hereto fore many of them have been renting boxes in the city office and have been greatly inconvenienced by having to •go about a mile two or three times a day for their mail. The lock boxes rent for twehty-five cents a quarter. The establishment of the sub-station is* the culmination of a long fight on the part of the college for better service, and the .announcement last September by the department at Washington brought great relief to the minds of the students. Prof. B. C. Brooks, of the depart ment of education, is the joint auth or with Prof. W. D. Carmichael, of the Durham city schOols, of a book on the geography of North Carolina, recently issued from the presses oi Rand McNally & Company, of cago. While containing only a pages, the book is gotten up m an attractive form, and presents the t^ pographlcal features of the state with fidelity and thoroughness. The book is entitled, “Doge’s Geography of North Carolina.” Pro*-,if® presented to the c®ij®se library copies of his book on the ®tory ot Cotton,” and also an arithmetic that was revised under his direction some ^^r? A. M. Tra.wlck, of Nashville, Tenn., lectured at the college lasit Tuesday night under the auspice of the CdHege Y. M. C. A. His subject was “Social Conditions m the South, with especial treatment^of the ten^ ment districts, and of the life of t^ negro. His lecture was Illustrated with lantern slides, and structive. A class of about 150 youni, Chl- few New Yerk, Nor. 4.—A new record Im transportation will be set next week when the richest train in the history of this country->wor rather five of them each ma^ u( of nine cars new from the shops—pull out from this city cary- rying one thousand bankers and suests to the tl^rty-sixth convention of the Americaii Bankers’ Association to be held in New Orleans. At the same time similar trains will leave from many other cities throughout the country r Those trains will be the richest in more senses than one. The wealtJI. which will be represented by thw^^flHNIigers at a conservative es timateamount to more than $2,- OOO.OOdfHO. In richness , of equipment they MU far surpass anything ever attemi^ted in the line of luxurious trav el. practically every feature of the most modem hotel will be present, There will be barber shops and baths, valets and niaids, stenographic, tele phone and telegraphic service, and of cour^ tickers, which will not only keep the travelers In touch with, the financial world but carry the returns from football games and news of the world in general. Banquets and en tertainments and concerts wlU be fea» tures and the train will be equipped with pianos and talking machines. In spite of the luxurious appointments the trip is by no means a pleasure jaunt since the convention will devote Itself to one of the most important subjects before the country today, that is, the most desirable reform of the country’s banking system for the purpose of providing a more elastic currency in the place of the present panlc-breedlng system. This is to be the only subject considered by the convention and it will be discussed from all angles by expert authorities from all parts of the country. Accord ing to the statement made at the headquarters of the bankers’ associa tion here, its members are anxious to bring about an improvement in the country’s banking system that will make it more usef^ to the general body of customers and from the inter est which business men aH over tl^ country are taking in this matter it is likely that the deliberations at New Orleans will be closely watched. After the convention many of the bankers win visit the Panama canal on foor brand new steamships. Alto gether it is not likely that such an example of luxurious travel will be seen for some time to come. That the readents of New York are r^idly devdc^ing into a new species of homaa beings equipped with metal lungs is the startling statement just made by experts on air and sanitation. Mwe than 300 tons of puverized steel and fron they assert is ground off every month by the swiftly moving vehicles of transportation and by Iron workers, the greater part of which is drawn into the lungs of the city’s in habitants to remain there permanent ly. Tnvpstigation shows that the ele vated r^roads and the subwaj^s wear away irdn at the enormous rate of nearly ♦wo tons a mile a month. The trolleys chip off steel and Iron at the rate^^ of about one ton for eVi^rj’ ten miles of road, the citizens,' through the wear and tear on their shoes, leave nearly twenty tons of metal in the streets, while the 100,000 horses which it is figured are at work daily lose about sixty tons from their 400,- 000 shoes that are pounding and scrap ing on the pavement all day long. More than 50,000 wagons and private vehicles, having 200,000 iron-tired wheels add about five tons to the dust storm, while the workings of the iron foundries all around the city will con tribute about twenty tons more. Twenty tons is contributed to this cloud of metallic dust by the 21,000,- 000 nails which wear out every month In ^e heels of the shoes worn by Father Knickerl^cker’s family. At present, therefore. New Yorkers are taking into their lungs nearly 4,000 tons of metal annually, and rapidly developing a breathing apparatus which is actually steel-lined. centre of horse tsealing that the conn- try has known. So active are the horse thieves here and so comman the thefts that there Is angry talk of a return to the punishment which was meted out in the western states for this of fense half a century ago. Not only are horses taken in broad daylight but also the vehicles to which they are attached.' There are apparently organ- ized bands of horses and wagon steal, ers and there seems to be little risk once this property comes into their possession. One local grocer has had horses and wagons stolen eight times within the last few months involving in each case a loss of from $400 to $500. Recently a horse fastened in front of a store in a crowded street was taken by a thief who simply led him for a few blocks before making off In sight of hundreds of persons. There' Is little difficulty In disposing of the horses and wagons, most of th^m being driven either to New Jersey or Long Island. There the wagons are repainted and sold, while the horses ^re disguised preparatory to their dis posal. So cleveriy is this work done that one dealer recently actually pur chased-a team and wagon which had been stolen from him. The horses had been cleverly dyed, but certain pe- culiarlities led to a closer investigation which proved that the purchaser had re-bought his own property. The Irate Owner and purchaser is now attempt- ing to organize vigilance committees. Vermilya Woman (Continued From Page One.) men are studying the negro problem in the South this year under the f=ud ance of Prof. E- C. Brooks, of the ed ucation department. President Few has received notice from Mr. Leon Waller Page, in charge of the good roads movement for the government, that he will sead here early next spring to treat the campus driveways with special roa-i bindings. The college has made every effort to build roads as good as an be made on the campus, and the long system is now almost complete!, but the good roads experts are to come to make any improvement that can be made. . , At the regular meeting of the Cli^ sical Club last Thursday evening set- eral new men were t^Hen in, and much business business was transact ed After the business meeting, an intormal spread was gj^^a jn of the new men. Those admitted w membership were: Messrs. a. W. Ruark, R. G. Murray, James Cai^i^ Jr., B. M. Carter, J. H. LotepeicH, C. F. Starnes, H. Wilson, B. J. Hsr- bison. and W. A. Cade. The Hesperian Literary Society has elects officers for the present term as follows: Prfesident—J. N. Aiken, Cleveland, Tenn. -k. Vice«president—W. L. Scott,, River- *^^ritic—W. G.* Sheppard, FarmvUle. Secretary—W. A. Cade, Kipling. Marshall—R. T. Lucas, Charlotte. Chaplain—C. P. Stam^ Candler. Chairman of the Bacecutive Cowr mittee—‘W*. B. Bllei^ Cfliton. but ^th /a New Yorkers this week have been staring curously at the first migratory factory which has ever been seen here, or for that matter anywhere else in this country which at present is an- chored in the bay having just arrived threatened and for that reason have occurred in her immediate vi cinity. Efforts to gain admittance to th« Vermilya house today, especially after Mrs. Vermilya was taken so seriously ill, proved unavailing. It was known early in the day that she was suffering from a bad cold. Dr. Van Arsdale, who has been attending her, declared that she at first app^red to be threat ened with pneumonia but was much better and she w'as believed to be on the high road to recovery. Mrs. Vermilya had already retained Joseph M. Burress, the attorney who defended Dr. Haldane Clemlnson to defend her and so long as the author ities had knowledge of the presence of arsenic in the body of Bissonette only, the chances for a bitter legal fight were bright. But Mrs. Vermilya has been per mitted to read all of the newspapers and consequently learned this morn ing that Cook county officials had al ready started to exhume the body of Richard Smith, who died in her home after an illness of two days. Incidentally, it was prominently mentioned that Dr. Van Arsdale, who has been attending Mrs. Vermilya. is largely responsible for the investiea- tion into the death of Arthur Bisson- ette — If Mrs. Vermilya Is guilty of the crimes of which she is suspected, and for. one of which she has been accus ed, it is believed that both of the above items of information would have a depressing effect upon her. Mysterious. Bottles Found. Three mysterious bottles were to day found in a closet in the room for merly occupied by Arthur Bissonette. One of them Is declared to have con tained chloroform and all thi*ee were turned over to Coroner Hoffman’s of fice for examination- This discovery was immediately seiz ed upon by Mrs. Vermilya’s, family and other defenders as an indication that Bissonette had committed suicide, not withstanding the fact that his illness extended over a known period of at least three weeks. Body Exhumed. The body of Richard Smith, the Illi nois Cehtral conductor who died in Mrs. Vermilya’s home March 11, 1911, was exhwned at North Henderson, III, this afternoon and will be examined for traces of poison. In'v^stigation of the circumstances of Smith’s.death has been made by J. E. Deets, a brother in law of the dead man. Deets told M. A. Murphy, Chi cago detective in North Henderson to day that two weeks before his death Smith told relatives that his life had from eastern waters. This unique plant is a floating flsh oil factory, the only one of its kind in the world and represents, an investment of nearly $1,- 000,000. Its existence is due to the belief of one man that it is more eco nomical to move the plant to the raw product than to bring the raw product; to the plant, at least in this particular field. Accordingly instead of greeting a factory on land for the reduction of fish to oil and fish scrap, a sea-going factory was built which follows the flsh up and down the coast. The nov el factory which steams under its own power is equipped with immense screw presses, great steam cooking vats and on each side a huge electrical convey or to scoOp the flsh out of the holds of the ft»hl«g steamers to th^ travel ing belt that takes them on until the process is completed. All of the ma- chinei7 is operated by electricity, fur nished by three generators. There are aboard that will hold 760,000 gallons, of flsh oil. The holds will ac commodate 4,000 harries of flsh await ing treatment, and the plant will care for 10,000 barrels of flsh in a. day. So far this'Strange factory, which pays no rent, has proved a great success. r While horse thieves now are gen erally supposed to live only in fiction and the early history of the west, the fact has just been brought to light here that New York is the greatest It won’t always :.d»^"*way bluff. he had bought a revolver. i"I accused Mrs. Vermilya of poison ing Dick at the time of his death,” said Peets. He also implicated a relative of Mrs. Vermilya. He was corroborat ed in all Ms accustations by James T. Smith, father of the dead man, and by Oscar Smith, the dead man’s brother. The Peculiar Chinese A sightseeing visitor recently went aboard a tramp steamer in the har bor.^ Noting that the deck hands were Chinete, she approached one of them and said: “You no speak English?" The Chinaman looked bored and an swered nothing. The woman conti’i- ued: "Me go your country soon. M« leam speak Chinese, teach little tJhlnese boy and girl. You savvy ‘mis sionary?’ ” The Chinaman looked at her a min ute and answered; “Madam, if you are not more successwul in mastering our language than you appear to have been tvith your own I fear that your attempt to enlighten our race prove anything but satisfactory. Good afternoon.” The Chinaman sought the other side of the ship and the womaa sought oblivion. She had been aa- dressing a Yale graduate who working his passage back to China — San Francisco Argonaut. COUPON 8«vw eojisecutive eoupohs, which appear In The News each day. When brought to The Nf.wa office, ac^n^anied by 95 cents, will an- Utle any rei^r of the Newa^to Rand-McNally> 1910 Census Atlas of the World, as advertised. Out-of-toi^ readers must ad0 25c to cover transportation chargea Value of the Atlas $5.00. ''V- NOVEAfBElt 3 '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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