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TSE jbECEMBE)i| 3.1911 The tlharlotte News Publifhfd Daliv ,and Sunday bj THIC MEtV* prBLI§HIJIC CO. r. Uowd. Pk"**lde«t and Gen. Msr. 'reU9^onc«i City Editor 277 Susln«M Office Job Offlc# 1 C. PATTOK Editor. MRS. J. P. CALDW15LL. .City Editor. A. W. BUHCH Adv. Mgr. VUBCCRITTIOK RATB9 Til,- ClMirloft* DaUy uid Bvnd&y. One yafcl ••••»*•••»•••••••••••■• • MX moctM ?'|rX Thr«a montaa Oan ffiocth •** Oc» ^ •** •«aOA/ OtUT -0 On# yttBt »»»••«••••••••••••••••* 2/| sit fllOBtbS ,,4.•••••••••••••••*• ‘ka rnrM nontlui nfM^DemMTSt. reur jbIx montlui Thr«« montfes Aaaeu «•«•««. Tb« atMBtloD or Of public is r«- «t^ctfullT mvlted to the w In future Obituary Notices. In eM- merlain 0k«tchM. Card* of Thank*. roaimunlc«tlOD» «aoou8ln« tn« of a privata entorpnae of a political cant^lMt* and like matter, will be char»*d for at me rate of flye cen^ t \l5.^ Tbars wlU b* do deviation ^rom thla ruie. •SUNDAY MORNING, DEC 3, 1911. WHAT WILL CHARLOTTE DO? Two matters of the ^eatest mo ment to the future life of the city are now pending. One is the proposition to bring the Norfolk Southern here I)} meeting the demands set forth; 'he other is to subscribe stocic suffl- rj.-nt to set in operation the recently I roposed Greater Chailotie Invest* inent Company. The next few weeks ^ill decide x\hether or not the city makes the l)€Bt of these two opportunities. If free rights-of-way inside the city limits are granted, along with a passenger and freight depot site, the Norfolk Southern will come to Charlotte. Those in ipoBition to aid in meeting th«ie demandi can render a great ser vice to their city by coming forth and cooperating with the committeo in charge^ The News has great faith in ^h« business men of the city. It knows what they can do, once they are determined ,and it urges that each one weigh this matter carefully, con sider the possiMlities of development It offers, and see If we as a progres sive people can afford to allow a rail- -oad of this kind to pass us by for vant of proper support. As to *he Greater Charlotte Invest ment Company; its fate rests with a committee chosen to solicit stock sub scriptions. or rather it rests with the citizen# of Charlotte, to make this treat new-industries-gtter plan a suc- • ees; each citizen able to take a few shares of stock must oom« forth and • tirry his part. The ends sought after will benefit everj’ one. It is a time for men with an eye to the future, to lay plans for Greater Charlotte. Other cities are watching for the decision on theae two great propoeltlons. Thq Wilmington Star, a paper which has ever taken great pleasure in t)00st- Ing Charlotte stock, writes Interesting- of the propositions now being weighed; “Charlotte has big business on its aands this week in organizing a $500,- 000 rompany wjth a view to Inviting industries, encouraging industries, building factories and aiding manu facturing enterprises by both stock »aking and loans. Crowded into con- eideration with that great plan, are conferences with Mr. J. M. Barr, of Norfolk, and Col. E. C. Duncan, of Raleigh, representing the Norfolk Southern Railroad system, which pro poses to enter its line into Charlotte. The Norfolk Southern people are there to talk business with the Queen Citv.” Speaking more particularly of the Greater Charlotte Investment Com- i'any, the Star says, among other things: "The live business men of Charlotte are on the move and have taken the right step to make the most out of Charlotte’s logical adaptibilities and possibilities as a manufacturing cen tre. Charlotte’s most constructive in dustrial leaders and champions of pro gress held an interesting and earnest meeting in the assembly room of the Selw^n Hotel on Tuesday night, and launched a stronger movement for just such an industrial promotlve scheme as The Star has beea urging for the past three or four years. We were la hopea Wilmington would catch onto tkt plan and be the pioneer •outhem city in that sur© way to se cure Induitriea. but he Queen City has taken the lead and no doubt will carry out the plan to a successful conclusion. There is no reason why it should not do so, for the deep interest, enthusi- atm. co-operation and capital so ne- oeeaary to it seems to be enlisted in the proposition. ‘‘As a result of the meeting of Char, lotte’s city builders on Tuesday night, there will now be a strong committee Of fifteen of Charlotte’s leading busi ness men to push to its conclusion the organization o fthe Greater Charlotte Investment Company. That concern will really be a get-factories, build fac tories and aid Industries company, and It is proposed to organize it with an authorized capital stock of half a mill ion dollars. •‘Charlotte’f plan is admirable and II sur«iy'wni' do the business for a city that has an unlimited supply of electrically transmitted power for manufacturing' industries, whether they are great or small. The Greater ( h^rlotta Investment Company will have authorized capital stock of $600,- 000, one-tenth of which Is to be paid ta annually, or a lesser proportion as nmy be called for. The money col lected will be Invested in Industries that promise to be profitable, and which only need capital to give them a start. Tliua, the money to be invest- ^'d 1* not a contribution, but is .to be , at into Industries which will return the 8tdoK^^4«ra a dividend while Adding . tadvftrial importance of their city. The Investment Com pany's plan 'Will be to take only one* third of the stock or less of any in dustry that proposes to l^ate in Charlotte. This means that Charlotte will sui')plement outside capital with its own for .the establishment of any industry that has merit ifl- It. After the merltis of an industrial propoel- tlon have been thoroughly Investigat ed, the Greater Charlotte Rivestmeiit Company will be called upon to ap prove or disapprove the proposition to invest its share, and if It decides to invest ,the company will have a board of ten directors to look after Its In terests in a general way in promoting enterprises. The company’s ten di rectors will nominate the directors which are to represent the Greater Charlotte Investment Company !n pi* loting an enterprise, along wtth the directors, representing the other In terests connected with the industry. MEDICAL achievements' IN ENGLAND.' Dr. Arthur Newsholme, chief medi cal officer of the English local gov-' emment board, has iust issued a report which shows what the achievements of medical scientists, have meant to the Engliish peopie. During the decennial period between 1871-1881 the general death rate m England and Wales, town and coun try together, was given at -1-4 per 1,000 of population per annum. Be tween 1901 and 1911 the death rate was but 15.3, or a decline of 30 per cent. And the rate is steadily de creasing. “The average rate for tlie 1901-1910 period, as has been said, was 15.3, but bv 1909 it had got down to 14.5 and by 1910 to 13.5. No doubt average rate for the 1911-19^0 period will be less than 13.5 and by 1919 or 1920 the annual rate may sink to 10, or even less. This will show, in less than half a century, a clear halving of the death rate. The aver age Englishman’s chances of life in 1920 will be just about double what they were in 1875. “Dr. Newsholme points out that it is thep rogress of sanitation, even more than the discovery of new reme dial agents, that has so dramatically lowered the death rate. Thirty years ago typhoid fever was an ever-pres ent plague in England, as it is in Baltimore today, but the construction of sewer*, the puriflcation of water supplies, the inspection of milk and other foods and the prevention of direct Infection have * practically wiped it out. Again, compulsory vac cination has reduced the old smallpox menace to next to nothing, so that there were but 128 cases in the whole of England and Wales last year. Tuberculosis, too, has begun to yield to science. The death rate from that terrible malady declined 14 per cent between 1901 and 1909 in the country in general and 33 per cent in I^ndon: The death rate from diphtheria, by the use of the new en- titoxin, was reduced 50 per cent. All other diseases of childhood, save measles and whooping cough, for which no remedy has yet been found, also declined. Taking the returns for the whole> period 1901-19U9 as a basis, there should have been 139,- 948 deaths of infants uader 1 year old in England and Wales during 1910. But the actual number was only 94,828, or 45,120 less. In brief, the lives of 45,120 babies were saved as a result of the medical progress of a few years.” Commenting on this remarkable record the Baltimore Sun has good ground to remark; “No need, in the presence of such impressive figures, to expatiate upon the enormous value of modern medi cal research. The doctors are con quering one disease after another. The old terrors of diphtheria, men ingitis. tetanus and hydrophobia are gone. The terrors of tuberculjMis and typhoid are going. Cancer and pneu monia, perhaps, will come to terms tomorrow. It is a time of swift and startling advances. The art of heal ing, for ages begirt with pretense and superstition, ia becoming more exact and scientific every day.” That which has been accomplished in England can be brought about in America, in North Carolina—in Char lotte—with proper sanitary meas ures, and health policies. “Women wear big hats because fashion has decreed big hats; Wht sup pose fashion should decree big shoes,” impertinently remarks tho Spartan burg Journal. There seems to be no bounds to our contemi)orary’s iqjag- ination. That unanimous vote of thanks to Superintendent Joyner seems to have been in the nature of a slap at Frot. Coon, who had bitterly attacked the school system of which Mr. Joyner is the head. Columbia is entertaining a number of race horses and their • riders. No doubt the “city of square meals” made even the horse laugh. At any rate Brother Coon does not f^l to speak out In meetln’. It is entirely too early to advise, “Do your Christmas shopping early.” Detective Burns will soon b« batting in the Sherlock Holmes class. We are getting It noiw in iiash. FROM the waste BASKET ♦ The world has gone mad on the matter of breaking records. Where for merly a record was an Incident of progress and Invention, It Is now be come an end rather than a means. The past week lias furnished as strik ing an'exhibition as could be desired of the truth of that charge or state ment, as you please. On a race course in Florida, day after day, have been pitted against each other daring men in a desperate trial of nerve «nd skill, in a deadly game of chance. Thtmsl- ands of. people, fascinated by the thrill of speed, have endured bitterly cold weather and rutt risk of llthess to pfick about the course, ■ and hundreds of thousahds of others have hung breath- lessly on the bulletins and extras 6f newspapers all over the country. And to what purposA? A paltry mile or so has been added tp the best aver««e per hour, and & minutes have been clipped off the total elapsed time for the distance. Ft>r this result tho^s* aads of dollars have been invested, ^d scores of human fives played at loe* ing odds. And whftt tuifihle benefit or satisfaction has been achieved? There Is no surety that the result can be repeated, that the comblnatlcm ot olroumstances will ever again be ex* actly such as to permit an eqtuU v.re* cord. True, it Is more than probabM^ that records will be made from time to time; but it must be remembered that what has-been done cmce cannot always be done again. Suppose the record in this partloular department bettered time and time again; the pre ponderance of chance ^ver 'Skill and manufacturing perfection but increas es. The point has already been adn^t- tedly reached “where chance—luck-Ais the determining factor In the time made. The problem is just about this: Here is a car with a reserve power be yond every possible demand upon It, capable of making more miles per hour than natural laws will permit; a dri ver wlth% skill and training to cal culate the nicest margin between the possible and impossible, and nerve to tal^ a risk beyond that calculation. Th« beyond a certain limit, within which there is a maximum of safety, the element of chance runs tip in rapid proportion, until the winner is decided by the simple circumstance of a small stone in the road; by a trifling over sight In valve adjustment; by the rapidity with which tirefe are chang ed, The theory acted on seemingly. Is that the larger the number of entries the greater the probability that one will survive. Out of sixteen entries in fhe great Vanderbilt Cup race only six finished at all. In such a contest, then, neither the skill and bravery of the driver nor the value of the car is accurately demonstrated. No points of general value are determined. This last race, for example, was won by a New Yorl^-^nillionaire who was in it purely for the sport of the thing and the uncertain glory that is accorded the winner. Automobile racing Is but the most recent exhibition of the mad rugh for records. A college student’s achieve ment in kicking a football thirty suc cessive miles without touching it with his hands is chronicled at length by the discriminating Associated Press service. A mountain climber-risks life and limb to gain some hitherto inacces sible pesUc. An aviator is temporarily famous, and his feat is heralded the world over, when he succeeds in add* Ing A few inches to the highest former altitude. The man who ate one hun dred and thirty dough-nuts at one mess was a hero uatll some one came along and ate one hundred and thlrtythree. The point of It all is the foolishness of pursuing a record as an end, rather than as an Incident to real service. At the best, the record as such is a shift ing, indefinite, temporary attainment. One does not have to go far to un derstand this speed mania in its va rious appearances. It springs from a natural impulse as commendable as it is irresistable. It is the impulse that has done things in the world. And one can even understand its distorted manifestation in racing. There is a sure wild fascination and Ihrill in the rushing air, the careening car, and the danger, which appeals ^o men. But it is in just this'personM/^urpofeeTess diversion that the danger lies. Carried to foolish excess, it diverts a consider able and valuable energy from a more worthy endeavor. FROM OTHER SANCTUM& Good Roads and Low Prices. Secretary Wilson believes that he has found a solution of the high cost of living. He tolnks that if the farmers had better roadSj so that they could get their produce to market more cheaply, there would be closer relations between the producer and the consumer. Speaking to the members of the American Good Roads Congress, now assembled in Richmond, Va., Mr. Wil son asserted that when It is impos sible for farmers to ^ul products long distances over poor roads, they are compelled to raise crops that are not perishable. This, he pointed out, works a double loss, inasmuch as the' farmer cannot deliver milk, fruit, and vegetables to people in neighbor ing towns, and the latter are forced to pay higher prices than would otherwise be the case. Emphasizing these fkcts ast he basis for an enlarg ed interest in the good roads move ment, Mr. Wilson argued that it was a matter of self-interest for the farmers to became strong advocates of road improvement. In localities where the highways have been made passable at all sea sons of the year and under all con ditions, experience has demonstrat ed* the truth of Secretary Wilson’s point of view. In many instants thee ost of delivery has been materi ally decreased, while much has been gained in the saving of time in getting produce to market and in tbe wear and tear upon horses and ve hicles. In order to reach a point, however, where good roads will be so universal as to have an effect upon prices, a large amount of time and money must be e^i^pended. In the meantime, every good road which is built is an advance toward better conditions, and for this reason the movement ought to receive generous encouragement in evefy state.—Wash ington Herald. Golf at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 2.—In pairs as yesterday when the open Southern gold chamiHonship at 72 hole medal play over the M®™phis Country Club links began, Tom McNamara, of Bos ton,, leading with 161, drove off at 9 o’clock today with Fred McLeod, of St. tiouis, and William Kidd, of St. Louis and Tom Mulgrew, of Charleston, following. At intervals ot ten minutes the others got away. It was expected-'thst all contend- -ers would be busy on the course' be» fore noon with the po8«ibiUty that as the last pair left starting^ point McNainira and McLeod would'be In s^ght on the i6-round Of the circular course. . 1 ^ Tom Anderson of in Wood, L. i„ made. .tke,.Arst hole today Ux 37 with Kidd having 38> McLeod fMty and McNamara 41. ^ Many a ma& gets f. criok in his el bow from turnlnv over new leaves. In DevelopmeAi Continued From pate One say, had practidally everything todo with the settlei&e&t of the ^IcNamara OaM,” elyd Attorney DarrOw when in- lormtd of fiisti^iot Attorney Freder icks statement. “I could not act without an open ing. The committee made this open ing possible. I made no proposition to have James ft. McNamara plead guilty until after the committee had begun its work. I could not. “And there has. been no such thing as a standing offer to plead guilty," said Attorney Davis whp was sitting by. “Fredericks* statement concerning Steffens is completely his own conject- .ure,” Darrow continued. “It is not wue.” . • - Darrow said he repeatedly had said to Fredericks that if the district at torney saw "any way o fending the trial he, Darrow, wanted to know about it. Lawrence Sullivan, an inves tigator employed by the defense and credited in some quarters with having been a go-between never, carried any proposition from Darrow, to Fredericks regarding a plea of guilty, Darrow said. ’ V G0MPEIIS1N UGLY E OF Mli FESSION New York, Dec. 2.—Leaning against the bar in the hotel Victoria, where he registered shortly after 6 o’clock to night, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, looked the picture of despair as the result- of the news of the McNamara confessions and his tedious trip up state and back. He was in an ugly frame of mind, looked tired and worn, and as he said, had had nothing to eat since morning and no sleep the night previous. Not alone this but his features were distorted, Si^p circles underlined his eyes and he leaned heavily upon nie cane. When the McNamara case was broached to him by an International News Service reporter, he shifted un easily and declared his intention of not giving'an interview. “I am utterly tireC out,” said Mr. Gompers, “simply exhausted for the want of^r€st and sleep and need both. I am being hounded by every one— newspaper men included—for expres sions of opinions on the outcome of the McNamara affair.” Mr. Gompers was informed that a rumor prevailed he would give out a signed statement for publication as emanating from the American Federa tion of Labor. “I have no facilities now, at this time, for making such a statenint,” said he, “but as soon as I can get the time, the convenience and the facili ties for making such a statement I will give it out.” 'Me. Gompers, however, was ui^ed to make some statement prioi: to hds de» parture lor Washington and reluctant ly andrinr^ vi^ry vehement; - manner, made a t^ly t^ several qiidBtlojas. "Do you knoW,” he was asked\ “who put up the money for the McNamara brothers to travel through the coun try and carry on their work?” “I have not the slightest idea. I cannot conceive of such a thing,” said Gompers, adding with both arms ex tended in the air and head bowed, “I cannot dream of how siuch work could be carried on.” “Now that the McNamara case Is practically ^ settled,” the interviewer asked Mr. * Gompers, “how about the new phase of conditions that is matters affecting the federayon in In dianapolis? Are there any men in that city or elsewhere, behind the Mc Namaras who are liable now to be brought to the front.” /‘If there are any out there they should be ferretted out,”^r. Gompers, replied; “Do you think the federal investiga tion should go on,” was another In quiry. “They should go on, and we welcome federal investigations in Indianpolls as elsewhere,” responded Mr. Gomp ers. and to prosecute the'ld^happers, sin* cerely believed in the Innocence ot the McNamara boyft. ^ “The cottfesiton of the McNamaras ^^s so tf.ueh Of a surprlie and eiiock that I could not bring myself to be* lieve that it wap true unti lit wa,s con firmed by a. teiegrsJb from Clarence S. Darrow.” WYin CDMPABES NeW^ York, Dec. 2.—Calyin Wyatt, general, organizer in charge of the New York office of the American Fed eration of Labor, and right hand man of Samuel Gompers, brands the Mc Namara brothers as even greater trair tors to the cause of humanity than Judas Iscariot or Benedict Arnold. “They are traitors to the cause ol union labor,” said Wyatt. “I will make it broader than that—traitors to hu manity. There is no place In the world for such men. Labor men, and for that matter, a large part of the country, had been duped, deceived, in nocently betrayed,” said Mr. Wyatt. Wyatt saw Gompers iMt night, before the Federation’s head started on his way to Troy. “Gompers was in tears,” said Wyatt, “He was completely broken up. He told us he had visited J. J. McNamara in his cell and had looked into his face when the man reiterated his inno cence. GU>mpers said there was nev er a tremor or a shift of the eye as McNamara told his story. It carnsa such conviction with it that all of us, Mr. Gompers included, felt certain that the two men were telling the absolute truth, that they were being prosecuted.” Wyatt, like Gompers and other la bor leaders, refused to believe the first reports of the confession last night. Later he said he received word of it that had to be believed. BYom absolute professed faith in the broth ers, his feelings changed to the bitter est resentment. “I do not believe in capital punish ments” Wyatt declared today, “but if 1 did, I would gladly pull the rope about the McNamaras myself. I hope they get the limit of the legal pen alty.” One aspect of the confession kept labor men puszling for some time. That was the part played by Clarence Darrow, the man whom they had em ployed as counsel for the two dynami ters. It was Darrow, according to re ports from Los Angeles, who prevailed upon both men to give up the flgnt and plead guilty. “It does look to me as if there might have been some hidden reason for springing the confession just at this time,” said Wyatt. “Tuesday is election day in Los Angeles. The fight is between republicans and socialists, with Harriman, one of the counsel as sociated with Darrow, in defense of the McNamaras, running for mayor on the socialist ticket. “Knowing what the effect of such a thing would be on the socialist can- ;didate’B chances, I cannot under stand why Darrow choose the eVe of election as the time to announce the McNamltras’ confession. Darrow is himself a socialist. He defended Moyer and Haywood for us, and was our counsel in the coal cases in Penn sylvania. Was there politics in the McNamaras’ confession?” Carnival Closea Last Night Big Crowd^at 7he Round Up '-'Drill, Dance, Raffles, Con tests and General Melee oj Fm-^The Winners. Suggestions Relative To The Subject Or Public Hea id Editor The Newet some of the profession, as well as • ia^ty, do not realize that the P^de, and they ar^?? h of the public is as it should be should force to the 1 greatest care of the city. “San- soon filthy-lookine Z vanity” it the problem, (and borhoods will be the headth the greatest care of the ity” not - - ^ the key to ss^ne should be tv law in safe- ting on airs. The lanHi pm’ l^eepiagr) Efficiency and responslbill- more rent, the J' ty in public health is too often ignor- more fo rtheir wi. ■ 1 ' allround good cheer The health department deplores the these conditions rtheir ^111 in® uonaitions win anj dUficuity to be encountered in railroad our people, and health ^ tl sanitation, theatres, picture shows, ness and happiness liam school bnlldings, and in fact most ship, and good citizen^H ! places where the public crowd togeth- laws, and we will “mn, ’ 8ooj happier, which will ■No one knows better than the real gious, but it will not npc/ estate holder,- the value of watchful because all the fomaltHh care of property. He knows that wide Phur in the world coniH ^ streets and alleys, kept free from all ambition to make homp ^ I filth; fences and out-bulldlngs standing roundings more pleasant erect and on alignment, paint applied Too mauv of when necessary, all cost less than they the butchefs havrcoT^^f "irih. health department have to deal with contagion and infection, we less of the rpfncio regard hope that the whole citv will become Irsuch tas bfc infected with the idea or a “beautiful ' city” and assist the health depart- a he merchant may advertise ment to bring health and happiness at goods that have the same time. ' must S'Sli One of the duties of the health board bargains in fruits, meats vi? ' -"’Bs, etc. It is a riB.,. fflen is to see to it that pure, wholesome ables, etc. It is a clear fraud milk be #umishe4. the city by dairy- sell Impiere goods and nn, men and more espe?!!ally the milH fur-, Prosecution of thj who 0o so. The'baker must show his nished to feed our babies. We believe in the theory that no - ;,“;v ^orkshnn man can render more valuable ser-, ingredients he puts into Ws vice to the city than the honest dairy- “read; and his |ruit pies must pasaii, pe^edpniBd u»w eajqj, -Suiujora , ith a cojj. man who sees to it that only pure, Po^nd of colored jellies, does not clean milk from well fed cows be fur- ® cnerry pie. nished from his dairy. j The proper time to get busy is The public is shamefully abused by | .f comes, and v.e mav the serving of bad milk and cream prevent it. W ith clean streets andai when dishonest persons have the , f°°ds for every one. tie handling of it, and are more particu- peatest task set by the ?ood peopi, lar in collecting their bills than in fur-, l^ave beeu accom. nishing pure, dean, unadulerated. Piisher. milk. I The public seem to have no fear of We need the assistance of all good I many contagious diseases, more fatal cilizens in giving better health condi-1 continualily. Measles, tions, and more beautiful streets and , according to statistics, should be fear* alleys and help bring about civic pride. | ’ tuberculosis, that truly dreadful Politics should be eliminated from the disease, is rarely ever quarantined, board of health and I bespeak for the found in every locality, Why assistance of the public in furthering such fear of scar this plan and let all strive In harmony for the betterment of the sanitation and health an dbeauty of our city. It. is a lamentable fact that more money is expended in, destroying ticks on cattle, the beetle In sheep. let fever, diphtheria, smallpox and n« into into the very presence of nwai. lea, typhoid fever and tuberculosl*. li one of the gravest questions that con front the medical fraternity. It seemi | that no amount of warning, nor anji hog cholera, vermin on fowls, spday- Wnd Proot does any good. II to. ing flower and fruit trees and many | maldehlyde, the great germicide, other comparatively less. Important deordorant were used more treely uj matten thM ane being spent upon the frequenOy in the home, great gon proper and thorough treatment ot might be expected. The goveraM smSlox, scarlet fever, beasles. ty- recognizes the boiling oi fomjlM* ^d feVer and tuberculosis. hyde as necessary, and m this-« i Our medical colleges and medical supported by most bacteriologists If soSSie“^e coXltly rending us boiled by chemical reaction due allc S this but it seems that our concep- ance for loss of gas must be made, «on of a health board has always fall- The government says: If 10 ounces en below the standard set by profes-^of _^ 40 per cent liquid formaldebyda sional men who know ^d realize the boiled without loss is sufficient to dlj- f matter infect 1,000 cubic feet under normal importance of thlR matter. ^ >conditions; 20 ounces should be useil The enforcement of the U hen permanganate potassium Is used law should be d^anded, because of the loss from reaction, S» meat markets ' it takes double the quantity of for worn eggs, trace It back to nim j ^aldehyde when used with purman- bring him before the court®* " ganate potassium as when it is boiled Let us teach the people that no man ® generator the right to sell them 8poiW|i^^seneratoi. has Tooiair ho«7es at.er slcbn«., and f^auch men have violated the law one family moves out, and defied the public, “watch such cat- moves in. would advise the disinfecting of 3SS. and whes before another OUTRUED Washington, Dec. Secretary Mor rison of the American Federation of Labor, today made public the first of ficial statement of that organization, relative to the confession of the Mc Namara brothers. The statement is as follows: “The McNamaras have outraged the confidence that organized labor bad in him, and have deceived the thou sands Of workmen who rallied to their support with financial assistance. The use of violence of any kind 18 con trary to tbe principles of unionism, and Is repulsive to the entire mass of our membership. \ “The criminal acts of which the Mc Namaras stand self-confessed merit the condemnation of every memoer of organized labor, and society .as a whole. The American Federation ot Labor stands for government by law, and will not be relniss in even an im plied attempt to condone unlawful acts. The McNamaras, bearing wit ness against themselves, should re-. ^v« punishment commensurate with the crime which they committed. “Organized labor stands for law and order. It has always . stood for ilaw and order. Every effort that the .rep resentatives of international unions have put forth to -raise money for the defense, was predicated on the be lief that they were the victims of out rageous persecution, were being mad the scapegoats on whom. w(M loaded the venom pf the hitter ene mies of .trade’s unionism- ,“The teivesentattvea Of the Intema. tional u^one that xpet in Indianapolis June 39, to devfae ways and means to raise money to seeure for Uie He- a *^ir and ln»pam*a trW. The ShrinersS great carnical closed last night with brilliant eclat. The big auditorium- was thronged with a merry, gaily bedecked crowd of men and women, many of whom had been there night in and night out during the week, and who came laft night jto be part of the merry wind up and to see who won in the various con tests. The home stretch was exciting. The friends of each contestant fought val iantly. The race was dose in several instances, and the knowledge that It was so added zest to the game. The Interest of the children center ed in the doll. They watched the C9unt on this almost with bated breath. While the ballots were being count ed the Shriners undertook to present Mr. Jim Walker with a handsome cut-glass water set. It was intrusted to Mr. Robert Keesler. In going up the steps he fell, breaking the cut- glass from the 10-cent store, in pieces For a minute—until the joke was appreciated—the crowd stood aghast. A gift to Mr. Walker %whlch was not dropped and broken was an elegant gold watch fob set with gems showing the Shriners’ emblems. This was handsomely prefORted, and as handsomely received. A drill in which the drum corps and the Shriners took part was cme of the features of the_ evening. It was fol lowed by a dance. Hilarity w'as the keynote of the evening.. Contests. / The popularity contest for the Knights Templar uniformvwas so dose between Mr. John A. Parker and Mr. J. H. Morrison that the ballot boxee were sealed and left to be recounted tomorrow. There were three candidates for the honor of thirty-second degree ma sonry. Mr. Fred Cochrane won by 1.- 500 votes. The other contests were Mr. B. C. Frank and Mr. Leonard Shradw. The most importan raffles eft the week were decided last night. Mrs. Dr. Moore; the dentist, won the range. The doll, given by Mrs. a: J. Cramp> ton, was won by Mr. John D. Jackson. The revolver was won by Ray mond Hood.. P. H- Willtaisie won the barrel of flouf. - ' - ' Mr. R. A. Lee w6n the Bllliken. The hai]48omest of all the prlz^, a large cut«^w and silver candelabra, iraa won birtok P. H. Ayera. tie” and report all euch cases to the recorder or city attorney for prompt F. 0. HAWLEY, Superintendent of Health. Conference To Consider Growing Evils Of Inter- State Liquor Traffic^ It is a well-eetablisher principle that tfie'liquor traffic is not only a proper subject for legislation, but the several states under their police pow'ers may regulate, restrict, and even prohibit this traffic within their borders. The proposition will hardly be (jues- tioned that, in the exercise of these police powers over the liquor traffic the states should In no wise be ham pered in the enforcement of their pol icies by federal regulations. So long as those who care to take the Visk of conducting an illegal traf fic can be supplied with liquors under the interstate commerce laws of the federal government, the states are called upon to ineet not only grave abuses but practicil difficulties in law enforcement, which otherwise would not exist. , . When also under federal regulations the citizens of “dry” territory may^pur- chase from citizens of other states that which their own state has declared hurtful to the public welfare, and which they may neittier manufacture for their own use nor purchase from citizens of their own state, and when, as a result of these regulations an in terstate traffic has been developed which is wellnigh as harmful to hun dreds of communities throughout we country as the old domestic traffic when Uie saloon existed in their midst, the heed ot substantial and speedy re lief is greatly emphasized. We cannot believe that it was con templated in the adoption of the fed eral conatitution that no substantial relief oottld be afforded the citizens of the soyerign states who are compelled to sutler the evil consequences of in terstate commercial transactions in ar ticles ot trade which have been out lawed from the domestic tfafflc of these states. - Wtth eijSit states having prohibited the liquor tmfflc a^ a state-wide poli cy, with practicaly every other state having lailre amounts of\;^ “dry”'terri tory secu]|9d under local option, so that fully onerhalf of the people of the United States are now tree from, the leg^ iaioon, w® believe the time has come, to secure some practical solu tion o .tthis Interstate liquor problem. Believing that this is a subject jocal Y. hereby join in calling a °at °nal cw ference to consider this ’ to be held in the city of ^^fshinpon. District of Columbia, Dec. 12, U • ^Ve herebV Invite governors governors, attorne,'" generals, ney generals, members of and of the various legislatures, other officials in national, staj® ^ municipal governments, business men, citizens, pas churches, and others who are > to reach a satisfactory solution of t problem, to arrange their tp be in attendance at this conf 4ich is to consider a question vital to the highest mtereas o whole people. As it is not contemplated tlm ^ permanent or new organizati be effected, but only an open ence of those who tti* relief should be afforded along lines indicated in this call. ., deemed best to provide for an} sp rules of representation in the ence other than those alrea , j Set forth. It- is suggested, that in order to secure pioi^ sentation, the different zations, denominational it other societies specially m the question may name to five of their officers join others as indicated ab egates in the conference. by As this call has been in the Anti-Saloon l^eague _ ^jjg it is agreed that the raak g program and the selection of meeting shall be left to of that organization, and this call has been is 0 than fifty persons th s ^ thorized to proceed ith gj. of the progi-am an dthe pr nouncements relative tn • List of petitioners include of (governors Kitchin. ex- ^ and many other wel-kno^vn Basketball Season jb- Mobile, Ala., Dec. nounced here to day that ball season m the Soutn ^ at Mobile December 28 god : between Vanderbilt who - M. C. A. wWch calls for speedy and careful in-1 champions for last vestifation I the season without^a^ tlon ,may be oonfidiired *fijlly and free ly from eve.ry pofwible Jungle, sad be-’,jot yet been lieving further tiiat the tem- Christian has peranoe reform and prohibition will Vanderbilt, Mercer jomtinvm to be seriously until some. coagr^ional relief of a lege «at:!^)actory chjuacter If afforded, we, of Missouri. i’holTgh the complete f made “p. ilO#» momuu W4U vanderDiit, ,jgntrai ' handicapped, Cpiumbus, Ga.. ctan.P' relief of a lece of Missouri, "no
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 3, 1911, edition 1
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