A Marvel in Low
Only 6 More Shopping Days Until Xmas
RmoIv« yourMlf Into a eommtttee of on# and investigate this great sale before It is to^ i ♦
a more elaborate dismay of merehandlae in any store—you never saw suc»i recidess oric*. r "ever savu
ing>^ueh a tiling would be impossible If we^ h*d bought this merchandise In the reaular wav are do
ous to' maice such prieSs-~4>ut we bought the merchandise way under price and the benefit be ruin
titlon has been Iteen—4hey have watched »ur every move-—still with the Inducements that wlfComn.
we have been able to swesp ailde cortpetition of evry icind with offerings to the DeoDle tharj. to oftep
and positive action, as Is being evldsnced here very day by the bundles that are ooino out VI quick
Increase—as the close of the Holiday season approaches the store^ resembles as vast bee hiveZlK * . ^ crowd-
tremendous business we are handling tha trade well—plenty of help—goods dlsolaved to ®P'te of thi«
on everything—^this makei It easy to do doubio the ordinary business. plain price-
-Once more we caution as to the time limit—Only six more dayrand It's all over. Please h
early in the day af possible—get here ae soon as the doors open if you can—you will be *’"®PPlnn
for th« effort of getting out eaHy, ' ^ a thousand times
Read These Prices.
the Store Daily
DRY GOODS AND 8ILK8
Prices never before known in Char
lotte. Here’s just a few prices on
Wool Dress Goods.
25c kind, 36 inches wide, yard.... 19c
50e and 68c Dress Goods,
yard 39c and 43©
75c and 85e Dress Goods,
yard w''69c
11.00 and $1-25 Dress Goods,
yard• • »-• • • *4, •* •««••• •«.-••• 89o
▲11 $3.00 Wool Blankets...... $2.49
•ILKS AT YOUR OWN PRICE
Men‘a $8.60 and $S.76 Shoes, TUis,
Black, Gun Metal, all new stock,
choice.... .... 12.95
▲U $4.00 and $4.60 Men’s Sho«a $3.79
New Snltings 13 l*le and 16e valnes,
at 7 1>2o yani
76c and 85c Table Damaak $So y«rd
15c and 20e Fleeeed Klmona Ok>th,
at.... .... ... .. 11 1*2c yard
$1.00 and $1.26 Table Damask,
at 89c yard
60c and 60c Umbrellas at 89e
$1.00 and $1.26 Umbrellas at....79o
LACE CURTAINS
$2.00 values at.... 11.39
$1.00 and $1.25 Ttlaes at 7lo
$6.00 Talnea at 88-i8
4 oaaes 86*lnch Percales, lOe value,
at.• •*.# .... .... .. So yard
Men’s and Ladias* Fleeced Underwoir,
Shirts acd Drawers, garment... .48o
lOc and 12 l*2c Teaael Amoskeas Out-
insf...., 8 1*3c yard
2 rases Domino Ginghams. 6c and 6o
rain*. ...... 4c yard
Men’s
5 Big Lots
The Price Tells The Story
Lot 1. Values up to $ 6.00 -
Lot 2. Values up to 8.50 •
Lot 3. Values up to 10.50 •
Lot 4. Values up to 15.00 -
Lots. Values up to 22.50 -
; 3.83
5.95
7.77
9.99
14.95
HOSIERY
25c Hose at 19c
50c Hose at.... .... .... 39o
$1.60 Hose at $1.00
Everything in the Great
Millinery Department
Must Be Sold. Take
Your Choice
Half Price
$1.00 Wright’s Health
Underwear, for Men
garment
\
RUBBER SHOES
from 19c on to 98c. Great values.
Men’s and Boys’ Hats and Caps, at
Sale Prices.
Window Shades, Oil Cloth, etc.„ at
Cut Prices.
7 l>8o and I l*So Ble&dbad pomaatixis,
ftt.. .a .... ... * 6o yard
“Hydetrada** Galataa. fbr Ladies* and
Childra&'s Dresses and Boys' Waists,
Special, yard.
11 1-2c
400 pairs Uu*sa Cotton 6l£skots, $1.00
ralues, pair «... 79c
corsets
50c and 60c values...
$1.00 and $1.25 values gg^
$2.00 values.. _
* .69
$3.00 values...
All sizes.
LADIES’ COAT SUlTG
Muet Go,
New Stylea. N«w Qeods.
$23.00 and $35.00 Suits $19.95
$16.50 and $18.00 Suits $12.95
$12.50 and 15.00 Suits 59.93
Everything In the Rcsdy-to-Wear
Depsrtirifint rtiarkcd for quick selling.
See prica on YELLOW TICKET.
MORROW-BASS CO.
(INCORPORATED)
31-33 East Trade Street, Charlotte N. C
4 cases Men’s
50c Fleeced Under
wear, garment
29c
Government Ownership of Rail-
loads Only Alternative Jf
Regulation Proves Ineffective
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By SIDNEY ESPEY.
I Washington, Dec. 16.—^Jnstiee. Knapt>
;Chlef justice ot the commerce court,
|in recent utterances concerning rail
road legialation and control has stat
ed that. If the regulation which is now
■sought to be enforced shall be found
inad^uate, government ownership
'of the railroads is the only alternative.
Apropos of his remarks Is the trend
tlves and senators who have come out
«for government ownership oC railroads
as well as other big business. Although
Judge Knapp does not think that this
^condition will prevail, at least for the
present he does think that r&ilroads
should be regulated under the provis
ions of tha national congress.
In speaking of this subject, he said;
“The regulation of interstate com
an erce la one of the most commanding
end certainly one of the most conspic
uous subjects now before the public
iThe provisions in the Federal const!-
jtution giving to congreps the right to
'regulate commerce with foreign na
tions, between the states and with the
ilndiin tribes has not only stood the
test of time but appears to be ade>
puate for our marvelously changed
modem conditions.”
The history of litigation based on
this constitutional provision Is illum
inating. The first case to come before
the United States supreme court on
this subject was not reached until
1834, one third of a century after the
adoption of the constitution. Until 1840
only four cases were heard. Betwean
1860 and 1880 th^re wara fifty caaes.
In the decade between 1880 and 1890
oeventy-eight. Since 1890 hundreds of
these cases have come before the su
preme court and the number ts increas
ing steadily.
In the first case that waa brought
before the supreme court, an attempt
was made to restrict within narrow
bounds the constitutional rights o( con
gress. Chief Justice John Marshall re
jected the application for such restrict
tion and declared the power to regu
late comnverce fivan to congress
l;nows no limit otfiar than tha consti
tution.
A concurrent opinion by Associate
Justi^ Johnson declared that not only
the articles and subjects of Interstate
commerce may be regulated by con
gress, but all the agencies and facil
ities entering into such commerce are
within the regulating power of con
gress.
*‘Why,’* saya Judge Knapp, “ahould
carriers be reffolated? Tha right goes
back to primeval days. Man, in those
times, had ways of passage from one
hunting field to another from his rude
abode to the placea where ha found
his sport.
“Whtn advanced in civilization, tha
right of way waa one of the first
fixed by ancient custom and finally by
law. Then came the establishment of
the highway and the street. It may well
be said that the street is the founda
tion of the atate.
"C}ovemment has three imporant
functions, to give security to the per*
sjq, protection to proapcrlty aftd U*
surance of equal use ot the higliirajrs.
“Hanry George, tha brilliant think
er, declared *what dtffemica is there
between a man owning all the land
and owning all the people?' I amend
that by aagdnf that tha person who
owns the highways owns botti the land
and tha people.
“There is an Inherent right to equal
use oC the hifliwaya and the right of
the great railway systems not
altered this in. the aUghtest. They
have absolutely replaced the old high
ways for long hauls. With the ancient
uaasa clear it may well be aaid that
the duty of the government to reg
ulate rsilroada and to enforce equal
use of their tadlitles by all the peo>
pie is just as Imperative aa though
the ownership of the railroada was in
the govenunent.
"It is regarded aa settled, therefore^
that the large shippera must not be
favored over the small shipper, that
communitiea may not suffer for dis
crimination in rates, that schedules
may be examined by the government,
that rebating and other practices shall
be punished and that unfair rates may
be charged.
"The power to change rates has
been given by congress to an adminis
trative tribunal. The railroad and the
public are inter4epartment and it is
the function of this tribunal to de
termine the right in all controver
sies. The shipper is not sJways the un-
da^og, so to speak.
”It is my observation,’* continued
Judge Knapp, “tlMt most of the evila
of which complaint haa been made are
the outgrowth of the eoxnpetitive sys
tem. It is my deliberate opinion that
railroads should be permitted by law
to associate for the purpose of making
reasonable uniform ratea and for the
alMlish of destructive competition.
“Our whole future depends on the
solution of these problems of Interstate
commerce. If we are to go forward, the
revenues of the railroads should be
sufllclent to pay such a return upon
honest investment that capital may be
attracted for tha construction ex
tension of railways and the develop-
mant of regions that await us. It may
surprise you to know that in the old
states of Maine thera is a territory
larger than the whole state of Massa
chusetts which haa not one mile of
railroad.
"Our methoda of dealing with the
railroada are s^ in Um experimental
•tage. I see serious daagw^ u the pres
ent condition. Congrsss^ oonaCantly
So ^re the legi^tnrea of all
the atotaa. There is the menace of
stubborn oonttiot between tha railroads
and their two nmiion employea. Final
ly them la the menace of poUtioal In,
floance. If the regulation which is now
sought to be enforced shall be found
Inadequate, government ownership of
the railroada is the only alternative.”
At the present time. Judge Kniq;>p
itatea, the problem of the “hour” is
that the revenuaa of the railroada
should be large enough to pay all
«mploye'a wagea which will nMte far
national progress. The fundamental
aoclal problem confronting this coun
try, he declares, is the more equitable
distribution of wealth. This, he says,
must come from a general increase in
the wages of railroad employes. Like
wise. he argues, there should be an
increase in the revenue of railroads
that there shall be a betterment of ex-
iating lines without Ithe need for in-
oreased capitalization. Such methods,
he continues, mortgage the future and
Impose burdens upon the generations
to come.
Judge Knapp, who has made a long
study of the r^road question in the
country, has been chairman of the
interstate c(Uumeroe commission and
latar orgaised the new commerce court
sums up by saying that the method
of dealing with the railrpads is still
in Hn embroyo condition, hut that out
of it all probably will arise the neces-
sit]!’ of extended government regula
tion or government ownership.
**Cyeione” Thompson Defeated.
Spacial Cable.
Sydney, N. S. W., Dec. 16.—“Cy
clone” Johnny Thompson, the Ameri
can middleweight boxer, waa defeated
on points here today in a twenty
roimd fight by a middleweight named
Rioe.
ROBERT W. CHANDLER
lle^ert Winthrop Chanier who re-
eerttly arrived In Naw York from Paris
where he had been with his attorney
to put the flnlshlnfl touches to his suit
for dlvoree he Instituted against Lina
Cavalleri to whom he waa married on
Juf^e 18th, 1910. ^‘Sheriff Bob'’ as he is
knawn said that hereafter he will de
vela haraalf to art and will hereafter
keip away from international mar-
rials.
0^ Noifolk Anthem
Raleigh |hould deal justly with the through tie cupidity, of two or
Norfolk Southern Railway. Ita com* [three of its citizens, that It will be
ing to Raleigih, by opening up to the
city direct and through communica-'
tion with the eastern part of the state,
has assisted in no small way in the
development and growth of this city.,
Its extension from Raleigh to the west ^
me{^ns communication with xnore ter-
ritoi^, a large part of which will be
great deal of its trading with Raleigh
and with all of which we have large
dealings in one way and another and
with which we will have much more
business when the road is put through
to Charlotte. The extension of the
road will mean great things for Raleigh
in many ways. j
Besides the business we are sure
of there is a possibility that Raleigh
may get the shops of the road. And
to get them to bring the shops here
we ought to give them every induce
ment possible. Are we doing that?
Not only are we not doing it, but we |
are not treating them fairly. We have.
Or think we have, them hemmed up, in
Raleigh. We know they ar^e going
through, that they have to go through
to ma^e connection between their lines
on opposite sides of the city. We know
that they want to come into the union
depot on their own tracls; and, armed
with this knowledge, we are holding
them up and gouging them for every
cent we can get out of them.
The Norfolk Southern is willing to
pay a fair or even a fancy price for
the property necessary to a right-of-
way into the union staticm and out of
the city on the south. It has paid well
for so much of the right-of-way as it
has secured. But It doesn’t like to be
robbed and probably doesn’t intend to
be robbed. The men who own land
that is desired for enterprises of this
kind have rights that must ^ respect-
ed. For various reasons a ^ man may
not want to part with his hold^gs and
it is nothing but right that he be paid
a S'UfHcient valuation over the worth of
the land to induce him to do so. 'The
proposed route of the Norfolk Southern
is necessarily through one of the most
valuable sections of the city. Real
^tate is higir and constantly advanc
ing because the city is building that
way. Under these circumstances we
can understand why the man who owns
property in that section and is able to
hold It wants a good price for it if he
with it now. But the man Who la
willing to sell, but because he thinks
he has the advantage and can dictate
terms, and therefore place the prlco
beyond reach, is guilty of a hold-up
valuation higher th&n
the land will be worth in a hundred
years and accept It because the road
is helpless, is near related to robery,
tor Mr. Good Citisen who is doing that
is forcibly taking money out of another
man s pocket without giving an equiv
alent for It and putting the money
into his own pocket. Yet, jiust now the
road is blocked in Raleigh because
of work of this kind* We hope tliose
who are standing in the way will re
alize that they are making a mistake.
Possibly they will line their own pock
ets, but We doubt it. 'There is such a
thing as “killing the goose thiU lays
tje g(4den egg.” Pu&hed to the wall
the railroad will make some other ar
rangement a^ In the meantime will
uave acquir(
adverse to • bringinjg the .shops here
Or doing any of the other things it will
have the power to do to help Raleigh
grow. ^
Greeni^orp yesterday offered the
road $100,000 to go to that city. Char-
lott'e also is dealing liberally ^th the
road and Raleigh—is trying to bleed
it to death. Stop it, gentlemen, not
only stop it Jnit get bus^ and offer ii
some inducement to bring its shops
here. Offer it a free site out |iear
Pamlico Junction, or some other suita.
ble place, if it will bjlng them here.
That will help the city and help every
body in it^ Robbing the road because
we can will help nobody and it doesn’t
keep it from being robbei^ by calling
it some other ns^e.—Raleigh Times.
HARD LUCK.
Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
I’m settin’ here
With nothin’ at all to do.
And under the sun
There’s naught to be done
That’s novel, or strange, or new.
The things wuth while.
That’s got some style.
It’s a fact that can’t hid«
From A to
On land or sea.
Has every one been did.
They’ve got the Pole,
Discovered coal.
Invented the telephone; ^
And Colum-bus
Has discovered us.
And there ain’t no lands unknown.
The famous goems
Of hearts and homes
Somebody’s already writ.
And al Ithe fights
For human rights
Somebody’s already fit.
Bill Shakespeare’s wrote
His plays of note.
And Dickens his wondrous tales;
And pioneers
For years and years
Have finished the untold trails.
And I—Oh, dear!
I’m settin’ here
With nothin’ at all to do
To win me name
And wealth and fama^
With suthln’ that’s really new!
—John Kendrick Bangs, in Harper’s
Weekly.
Society for Advance
ment of Education
Chatt^ooga, Tenn., Dec. 16.-r-H. E.
Bierly of this city, secretary, has is
sued a call for the anual meeting of
the society for the advancement of
education in the couth to be held in
Atlanta December 27, 28 and 29.
The Southern Educational Society
embraces the following sixteen
stateii:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia,
Louisiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mis
souri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ok
lahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Ten
nessee, Virginia altid West Virginia.
An attractive program is being ar
ranged for the occasion and the sec
retary reports that he epects a large
attendance.
FOR SALE OR RENT—Crown Hosiery
Mill property on R. Road, close in.
Possession January 1st. J. M. Oates.
14-tf-eod
— t ■
steel Trust Commit
tee Costs Monet,
Washington, Dsc. 16.—The house
‘'steel trust” invtstigating coHimittee
,is costing congress $2,700 a month
while extra stenograpliic work for tie
I various house comniittees at this ses-
jion i costing $2,000 a month acco;d-
jing to statements made in a speeck
in the house today by Mr.Fitzgerald.
Charges that the eecutive heads of
the government pruned the apropria-
tion estimates last year belovv- the
actujil needs of the government service
also marked the speech of Mr. Fitz
gerald when the house took up the
urgent deficiency bill.
"If this keeps on, the house will
not be devoting its efforts to reducing
th» burdens of taxation but must find
new methods of raising revenue,” be
said.
such a disi^st of Ral-Mon Opinion.
8tung^ .
The husband arrived 'home moch
later than usual “from the ojoe.” He
took his boots and stole into the J>ed-
room; but, vain precaution! His wife
began to stir. Quickly tbe panic-
stricken man went to the cradle of his
first-born and began to rock it vigor
ously.
■^at are you doing t^ere Robert’”
queried, his wife.
“Fve been sitting here for nearly
two hws trying to get t|i!s baby
asleep,” he growled. ^
my, Robert, I’ve got him here tn
' me,” aaid Ills spowe.-Hboft.
bed with
Give Your Wife a Set
of Teeth for Xmas
OUR $5.00 TEETH ARE BEAUTIFUL, AND PAINLESS EXTRACT-
ING FREES
Teeth Without Plates and Alvelor Denturea f9r Those WI10 Do Not
Wish to Wear False Teeth.
Everything modern is waiting
for you at prices and terms you
can afford.
Our work is guaranteed for 15
years.
Sets of Teeth $5 up
Gold Fiiiing $1 up.
Silver Fillings 50c up
Gold Crowns and
Bridge Work $3, $4, $3 a ToOth
No charge for Painless Extrac
tion where other woric is being
done.
Dr. C. M. Beam of 310-311
Realty BIdg. Is associatsd with
the Baltimore Dental Parlor
(1^) and has supervision of tlie
work.
NEVER SUP OR DROP
. $5.00 A SET $5
Terms, well don't worry;
these are arranged to tuit.
Ot»en daily 8:30 a. m. to 8 p.
m., Sundays 10 to 3. Appoint
ment can be made by Phone 335.
Beat service for least money.
Laiy Attendant.
Bdtimore Dental Parlors
2 South iTryon Street,
INCORPORATED
PAINLESS DENTISTRY
Reference—First National Bank, Our
work and Union National Bank.