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THE OHAJH.OTTE ItfJWS JANUARY. "7 1913 The Charlotte News Publlshea Daily and Sunday by -THE SEWS rCBLISHIXG CO. -AVr C. DoTrd, PreIdnt and Gen. Mgr. ' Telephones - City Editor business OCice Job Office 277 . 116 1530 J. C. PAT TON. . MRS. J. P. CALDWELL. A. W. BURCH Editor. .City Editor. ...Adv. Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Clrlote fv. Daily and Sunday. One year Six months Three months one montlx One weelc Sunday Only One year . Tnxee months tm A T A O T- . . Six months . 1 hree months Tlmen-Drmocrat. Semi-weekly. 6.00 3.00 1.50 .60 .12 $2.00 1.50 .50 1.00 .50 ..26 ANNOUNCEMENT. The attenMcn of the public is re stful" invited to the following: '"to1 future. Obituary Notices, Me- ;S-&te and like matter, will be c?E?ilter o. Vn rate of five cents Hnf There will i no deviation from this rule. SUNDAY MORNING, JAN. 6, 1912. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. When ojeno pays out his- good money e Amir, sucar. etc.. he i3 pe- culiarly desirous of getting full meas ure. Too often the consumer Is cheat ed out of his Just dues by unscrupu lous dealers who apply the short weight system by fraud. New YorK city and many other large cities have taken this matter up and effected great saving to consumers. Atlanta is one Southern city which has created a department to look Into 'the matter of weights and measures. The crea tion of this department was largely at "the Instance of honest dealers who did not desire to, be injured by un scrupulous and hishonest competitors. The good results are told editorially in The Journal in the following: "Observant housekeepers have no ticed, no doubt, that in recent seasons they have received a square deal in pounds that once were conspicuously short. This gratifying difference -i due largely to the vigilant work of a comparatively new department in the city's administration that of weights and measures. "Inspector W. T. Buchanan, the head of this truly important office, has KubmittpH an annual report which shows a deal of substantial good .ac complished during the past year, both for the consumer and the reputable "He cites- a particularly interesting example of one public situation whose mnnthlv ic bill was reduced last sum mer from one hundred and twenty to sixty dollars. The same quality of a tt noofl and the same rate of r.rfpes nirt hut full weischts were giv en and therein lay a saving of a hun-H drd tier cent. To onA degree or anotherthis has teen a comman experience throughout the community. The fact is, oeiore the office of insriector of weights- and measures was created and its super visory powers put into operation, nun dreds and thousands of consumers were victims to a continuous raid of rpttv cheating:. "No one had Juster cause for griev ance against such conditions than the rpnrPsentativA merchants and dealers. They were largely instrumental in se- rnHce the nassaee of the new orain ance, and they have profited richly from its results. In the matter of ice weights, the shortages were to a great extent due to irresponsible drivers from whom employers as- well as cus tomers suffered. , "By his energy and watchfulness, InsDector Buchanan has done much to end these practices. It is- a signifi cant fact that every case he brought into the courts last year . resulted in a conviction and in; punishment either by fine or imprisonment. . - " "Honest weights and measures are amone tho cnme' essentials to a com munitv's business- well -being. Unless - honest dealers are protected against unscrupulous competition- at these points, there Is no limit to the demoral ization that may ensue; in a city of At lanta's size. "Some years ago New .York awoke in the fact that its consumers were lc&ing millions of dollars annually be cause of short weights and measures. The reforms that were instituted In tho metroDlis have been followed by similar investigations .throughout the country. Atlanta s department tor this purpose is of far-reaching public val ve. I makers first pause, but. they ..rarely are (considered at all. The city which will fly into a fit of uncontrollable indignation over the murder of one citizen, will sit supinely and witness the destruction of nun dreds of lives through carelessness in nrTrentinP' the soread - of infections diseases, and through a lack of inter est in policy of preventing death in cases of preventable diseases. Take tuberculosis, for instance, n Is an established fact that the death rate from this dread disease may be .oir in two with Droper precaution arv measures, but in 4he majority qf cities little is. done either to effect a cure in cases of tuberculasis, or to pre vent the spread of the disease. One family infected with the disease moves out of a house and another moves in. The city sits by and seems to take no interest in the matter of proper fumi ration, the compilation of vital eta tistics, etc., and the result that in almost every city in the United States forn- per cent of the deaths reported, as in the case of Chicago, were from diseases which might have been pre vented. In our own city much is being done to check the spread of sickness, but not half enough. One principle reason is that law makers, and citi zens themselves have never become aroused upon the subject, to the point that they will set aside adequate funds to carry on the work. Is the salvation of human lives worth while? That is a question worth considering. If we may judge from the puny and wholly inadequate amounts now being spent by Charlotte in this work we should say that human life is indeed of little consequence. rc talk much, of the need of streets. sewer extensions, school buildings and the like, and all of this is well and eood. But we seem to put little value upon that other, and greater work, the prevention of preventable disease, ana the resultant reduction in the annual death tolls. If Charlotte has less sickness and than many other cities the reason is chiefly because the Lord has blessed us with almost perceci niimota and th record is not due to viiiuakVf - ... any special effort on our part as citi zens to keep down sicKness, ana ot. Vi a loath rate. Ti,a flcrnroe frnm Chicaeo for 1911 X m ii0vv.w . . should cause thinking men to consider what is being done in their own cnj for the preservation or numan me. - FROM OTHER SANCTUMS Th south Desires. - tT haetM th development of their orriniiHiirni and Industrial resources. most of the southern states .have en tered upon an earnest thougn aa,yet rather unorganized, movement to at- tract new settlers, u is uoteui, and gratifying fact that in this effort they are confining themselves to that .1... amlvronto who are native- born Americans or whose racial traits and environment any tnem xo me AT,ri"rt.avnn household. They are looking to the west ' and the north west, not to Europe or to ine, croucu foreign quarters or tne eaax. ir.nr an this remains the stan dard of selection, and there is no doubt that it is to be a permanent poncy, uu south may profitably : encourage immigration movement. There are thousands of -acres, now idle, which may be converted into productive farms tn thfl advantage of both the newcomers and the section at large- The south's industrial expans-ion wm ennn find an increase of competent labor essential to its continuance. A good citizen is the greatest assei nitv can acquire. Every industrious man whom the south can induce to make his home witnm ner borders adds to her wealth and p.os cihimios Tt means much, therefore, that our own and neighboring states have set out to turn soutnwara tne drift of American population. But as Governor Hooper recently said of Tennessee, while we should like the pick of the Old worm immi- - a : It n-nnli carrolV T19T 113 tft pause to separate the heep from the goats." It is well known mat eacn war hundreds and nerhapSi thousands of home-builders are seeking new op portunities across the Canadian Dor der and the progress of the Dominion has been due in large measure to the incoming of these Americans-. That is the class of settlers wnicn me smith needs and which with due and organized efforts she can acquire. Atlanta Journal. EDITORIAL JOTTINGS THE FOOLISH COLUMN. OHORTHTRYON Mr. A - a. DawsonJ 6t 202 West Ldd Ha. I RtrAflt. was nainfully. but notser iously hurt last night in a collision In which he, a gray mule, a buggy and northbound car were invuiv ed. . : Mr. Dawson was driving' alone on firnnl e-nino- toward the square. He was whipping his mule all the time as he passed from Ninth to n;igntn sireei., and attracted attention of pedestrians 1 JS ' py av uuiug. . A car was coming from the Seaboard depot, going toward the square. Mr, nawRfin vaa hn'the west track.' He kept the right of way until the car was almost upon him, and then drove tAs tha War. The car riassed him. he being on the .east side of the street. When in front of Dr. John R. Irwin s Mr nawsnn turned to the west, driv ing directly In front of ther southbound rar. - There was a '" crash" -which which brought a crowd to the epot. - ,ie mule was ctanding some distance from the car, not hurt, and with his eyes to the south, the direction he naa Kta.rted to eo. . - The. buggy was across the' track with a broken shaft. The occupant of the buggy was lying near the Irwin sidewalk. - Dr. Irwin was called. The man was taknn to the Presbyterian hos- nltal. It was- found that no bones were broken,' but he was hurt in the chest and his left leg was injured. .He was unconscious when picked up. His first words were: "Gentlemen, what does this mean?" Tho nnni- 'ftA o-rnv m'rilo miffht have replied: "Retribution," but he stood, a mute, unhurt witness of a. near-trag edy. - . , TRINITY COLLEGE By The Cub. 1T Vi a- nnl A ' tjtfoa th r1 treTlS Ut). . Will the snow-ball?". Nothing serious, we have hopes of recovering. . ; - iTf hsw' w9';a habV In the mdon, would-the sky-rocket? Jjet's .uit, that's too .rough. It Vi orA was tn h a race between the rail-roads of the country would the Southern train? Horrors! There is no hejp.for him." ! ' ;; ' ... . - whsiinaa ho dav Weak but never fall, The1 night fali-but never break? v TXnxnr Anaa a man crack a smile and never .hurt himself, break into a laugh and not get: sick? - Why does the Sum drop, the ginger or. vhia eAootric lieht. and the fruit stand,-the front , steps but, the house stands - still? : - v v ' . Tha rnvir Rlinfi because the long leaf pines, but they can't find out why the base-balls. . J. Democratic-House Expected To Cut Oft Funds Necessary Vo Keep TattffiBpard Aliu it iiV oc if some one is going to be compelled-to empower Chief Chris- 0hiir wth the -aumority-xo iviw " - . " . s some one to introauce tne yice-iu em- dent of the Annias Club. it -it eat a much -colder Doc. Coolc will have to dig up that woria re nowned fur coat to wear Tuesday. Thera was a ...time " when . the pitiime fnr the-rial were new and Dr PnnVs claimss.' worked passing iair, But Now his friends from worry, feel Tue&day, Doc will claim, only heav en knows what! BOUBLE-HEADER LAST NIGHT Two Good Games Lost by Local Quin tets. M's 30 C's 42.. The Ms Dulled , down their colors lost to theeC team. Both teams put up a good game but M's seemed to lose interest in the game. Ldne up: The world do change. Some of , the gentlemen who evolve from poor boysj intri millionaires finally end in -tne United States pen. Atlanta Journal. a Kansas hurcrlar recently stole a woman's false hair. He probably found her asleep at the switcn. unicagu News. PREVENTABLE DEATHS. Welnsure our Uvea against damage by fire. We carry insurance against accident and against death. Business men consider such insurance a good investment, and it is. . Strange, though, that while society goes out of its way to ward against losses In many directions, it is prone to overlook the greatest dangers these threatening human life Figures made public yesterday show that in the city of Chicago alone 13, 500 persons died last year from pre ventable diseases. This number makes up forty per cent of the total death list of that city. Chicago is not an isolated example of the awful toll of death required each year because of the carelessness and apparent unconcern of law makers and citizens themselves J ; When a man murders his fellow man indignation runs high. A-speedy trial is (arranged, and usually the, destroyer of rhnman life is punished according to ;the gravity of the offense committed. iBut when society murders hundreds of DR. COOK IN SONG. t, harriiettA of The ' Richmond journal gets off a few stanzas of ni- poetry in honor of the esteemed 'Dr. Cook, late discoverer of the -North Pole, and prospective visitor to' Char lotte. For the benefit" of our thousands .of Cook admiring readers " we , quote .the "verse," just as it dripped' from, the fountain of rythmicsighs: -Thft wonderful Dr. Cook am I, Th hizzest man in the public eye; I .journeyed to the top o' the.-world Pnlored the Arctic aungie: I ate and slept with Esquimaux On table-lands of ice and snow; I never got cold feet no, no; T nevpr made a bungle. T am the lad that blazed the way, And, though I shouldn't, I must say In thA hist'ry of the world today lm playing the leading role. I am the great explorer, u: who flirted with Aurora Bo- T?ooii3- I'm the man that won the marathon to the Pole. a niche in the Hall of Fame for me; I'm Frappe Fred from the Frozen Sea. I took my observations true with sex tant and with compass, While biting Arctic blasts did blow, Where it was ninety-nine below, And howling packs of gryxioo Were threatening to jump us. For weeks my only bill of fare Was ir.iclea and frozen bear; To hrpath T had to thaw the air Now, wouldn't that chill your soul? I never suffered cold like that Knt. even in mv Brooklyn flat Before I started on my expedition to the Pole. Oh. I was the sneedfest midnight son Up where the nights are &ix months long, - I taught the sporting Esquimaux to . - play a hand at poiser. T won their does and sleds and whales Their skins and furs, their boats and sails: They quit to save their finger nails Now. wasn't I the ioker? The Esauimaidens. too. you see. Just lost their icy hearts to me;- I was the wise owl, you 11 agree, In takinz a southward stroll. I didn't stop to say "goodbye" Just hit the ice to dash or die. And left them all to sigh ana cry tor the man that found the jfoie. With comDlaints of butchery by the Ttoiians in Trinoli and by the Russians in Persia, it looks as if some of the Christian nations had varied some- Hn. from the original idea. Indianapolis News. n.icela la arranrine to CTab Mongo lia and Turkeystan as well as Persia. Emperor Nicholas may not be a great ruler, but he's a great mue grauuw. VonMB Titv Star. The Smith family is about., to cap- v.i-. tho United States Senate, rave oi LUt tMV w-.-.w . : . noma will nrc.nnv seats 111 tnat body as soon as the Arizona .Srnlth gets there. We are glad oi tne cnange. We think the Trust family have been la control long enough. Waxashachie Light. Russia seems -to be ' in peevish, mood." The St. Petersburg -Government i even quarreling . with tne &aivauuu Army. Seattle Post-mtemgenuei. ? Colonel Roosevelt remained" away from the New York peace fnner, which accounts completely for the peace that prevailed at the feast. Houston Post. -ri-. it "Tii-Vr" John D. and "Uncle" Andy on a combination presidential ticket, and let them come fnrmallv into what they , own? Rich mond News-Leader. . SHER1FFF "BOB" HAPPY. V The Times speaks of "Wide Awake Raleigh" as if it were a task to keep it that way. Sixteen above and kiver's scarce! "IRON STRAIN" IN AMERICAN EDUCATION. men and women through negligence 'nothing is said, and when protests are jfiled they create little public interest. Laws touching upon the subject of health conservation 'should "give law New York " Jan. 6. The earl of Tankerville, at the Holland House, to- r!av annftnnrpd that he had iust Plac ed his 14-year-old son, Charles, in a preparatory school at Boston, because of the demoralizing influence of what thA Enelish call th "iron strain." rn. . J . m X II- ino ftTarement or uora lanKervme is especially interesting because of the assertion mane a 'week asro Dy th Marnuia of Oneensburv that he in tended to place his 16-year-oia son, T.nrd Francis Archibald Helhead Doug las, of Hawick, in a public school In Chicago,: as America- is the oniy place where a boy can be educated without, hfromine a snob- The opinion of educational Institu tions in this country expressed by these membera of the British nobility is in striking contrast to the comment or Mrs. William B. Leeds, widow-oi the "tin plate king," who recently took her son to England because " there are no-gentlemen here. . a i I ' 1 After Divorce From cavaiien Says He's Busy, But rree. ct-m Tha New York Tribune.) Chanler. whose j .r t ina r.avalieri. the opera singer, obtained a divorce from him yesterday in Paris, was busy ; at JJ in his studio. orl uramercy r, th iudgment making him a;free man was read in Paris. "Are you going to marry asi" Mr. Chanler was asked. "No," he replied with emphasis, I m free now. I'm happy. im uu. my work to do. corncob pipe, the . artist resumed. -our months ago i neara .. eral sources that it was being gos siped about that I was to , be married again, and that the weaums take place as soon as I got my divorce I even heard the name mentioned of A nrnanopHVA bHde. XJUt my ayyvcu "rrwi " TM1 rumors are witnoui wuuuau. - -never marry again. I've had enough of it." - . u.ri The log fire at one ena oiwB ums room was crackling merrily In an open gate. The artist went to a table, and getting a box or cigaiss, to-"L J1?;.! in mv big studio and see what I'm doing," he said You can see whether ra worwus and working in dead earnest. Mr Chanler wore a paining buh khaki, daubed in a hundred places where he Had wiped h e, brush . ; Red fell- slippers covered nis crisp curly hair was unkempt. .; His studio was a very busy looking rr,r. assistants were at work. The walls were covered with paint-- ings. On tha soutn wan w canvass that at first glance looked to be a Chi- ese embroidery, done in gold and colors. ; ' Special to The News. . Trinity College, Durham, Jan. 6. Work- was begun after the holiday Te cess on last Wednesday, ,and every thihsr lis movine alonsr as usual at this time. According to the regular cus tom each year the mid-year examina tions will begin January 19th, and will last until January 31. The greater part of the time after the holidays is taken up in" reviewing for the exam inations. The spring term begins Feb ruarv 1st. During the Christmas holidays Pro- fssftr William 1-T ninssnn nf the department of economics was .in at tendance at the" annual meeting ot the Amp.rican THcnnnmic Assnciatinn at. Washington, D. -C.:This year the Ecp nomic Association' met in : joint ses sions with the American- Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association for Labor Lesi lation, the American Statistical Society On Thurdayvening, , December 28th, the American Eeconomic Association and the American Statistical Society held a joint meeting for the discussion of "Rural Conditions in-'the South." Ther leading paper was a statistical one bv Dr. John Tj Coulter, of the United States Census Bureau. Pro. fessor Glasson was also one of the speakers en the program of the even ing. Besides a discussion ofthe ad vance -census statistics" showing an increase in negro farmers .and farm owners' in the south during the last decade, Dr. Glassbn gave an account of three new lines of work conducted by the Rockefeller Sanitary Commis sion during the year, with some of the results thus 1 far obtained. The new work now consists of inauguration of and infected survey of the school children of. the south by counties, a sanitary survey of the homes of the Krtnt.h.-hv ftiiiTitips and tho nnpriin of free county dispensaries for the treat? ment of the hookworm disease' in North Carolina and other states. , r The January, number of the -".Review of Reviews" contains a page and a -half from the last issue of the "Soutif At- lantic-Quarterly" in its department -"Leading Articles of the Mouth." The article selected for comment and 'quo- TRTinns is mar. ot linmanei Kraninrn. Jr., oh . "Lee After the War.'.' Under the head of "General Robert E. Lee as a. College, President," the Review of Reviews present an abstract ot,part of the Quarterly article, illustrated by a portrait of General Lee. 7 The basket ball team is now getting down to hard practice for the coining season. i ne series or class.,, games was completed bef ore the holidays, and the attention of the student body is now turned upon the team that is to represent the - colleg in the field this -year. Many games have been scheduled by Manager Rarid, and he has his program about ready to-be giv en out. The first game-'will; come, it is thought, between thfs time and the oegmning or the mid-year examina tions, and It is being looked forward .to with a great deal of interest. ; : C,arr( Cant." C Averett (Capt.) Rrad field ' ' F- - . Player Hiii F wuey ivTocnn O Templeton Probst QJ DeAamand Player starred for the C's with n,v- rttt second. For the M's urauneia starred with Carrsegond. Who Will Succeed Rev Di. Law? Proshvrerians of the city, and state are conjecturing as to who will suc ceed thel ate Rev,. Dr.. p. n. iw, - editor of The Presbyterian Standard, Two able men are being talked or as possible successors -to Dr. Law, viz- Rev. Dr. R. C. Reid, associate editor of The Standard, and Rev. Dr. J. R. Bridgers, former president of the Presbyterian College.. Dt. Kennedy's Class Some Who Attend Rev. Dr. J. G. Kenney's teacher trotninir class ts nroving interesting, helpful and instrnctiyej; mose m at tendance so far are Misses Lois Neal, Louise Ervin, Sallie Jamison, Grace and Ada -Pearson," Ella Henderson, Ella Dowd, Julia Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. D. Probert, ..Mrs. J. A. Lawing, Mrs. J. A. Brown5, Mrs. Mattie Stew art, Mrs. Baxter Henderson, The class is undenominational. Wouldn't Arrest Him. (London' Correspondence New York Sun) Justice Sir William Grantham, of the er' nonch "Division, who has just died in London, was a good deal of a character. He was noted ior wnax w us regarded as too great freedom oi speech in his judicial opinions, j' A : story about Sir William was that after: pro-? sting vainly to a man who was smoking in a non-smoking railway carriage he sought to impress the of-tA-n Tvu- tiandine him his card, with a threat to have the man arrested at the -next station. But the-man left the :' compartment quickly when the train stopped and took a seat in an other compartment. Juitice Grantham sent the guard to get the man's name and address so tnat ne coma uB ecuted. When the guard returned he t "tirAnidn't have him arrested, sir. I asked i his name and he gave me this card, toil see, he is Mr. Justice Gran tham;v ,sir" ": ' .; (By JONATHAN WINFI ELD), Washington, Jan. 6. Is the tariff board to die-a naural death for lack of sufficient funds? It appears now that the democratic house will give an affirmative answer to the question, and that within a few months tne hard-working tariff boar d - will be ; with us no more. ,. v, - ThA hoard had hardly begun Its nop of acting as first aid-to the injured.tar- iff tinkers of the house oeiore tnere ai-nsfl a 2reafl clamor for its' abolition. The house, ordained by the constitu tion, as the originator or an Dins ai fecting the revenues of the govern is rather iealons of its right to investigate, report upon ajid legislate tariff tills. In the' creation of the tariff hAarii Rmrifl members saw a usurpation of the time honored" prerogatives" of the House. A tariff board, snouted me jealous one, is about as useful., as. a man's appendix, and some of the lead ing democrats served notice tnat sueu. a hnnrd would never be :made perma nent if the democratic party could pre- In the closing days of the Sixty-first congress an eleventh-hour filibuster, led by Representative Fitzgerald or New York, prevented the passage of a bill which would have mad the. tariff board a permanent institution. The gavel adjourning that congress fell at the close of the Fitzgerald filibuster, which, had been conducted against time. ' ' The tariff board, of course, had. been anthnrid hut it was nrovided for in annual appropriations and there was nothing permanent about it.,; men came the democratic victories at the polls in 1910, and as soon as the dem ocrats camft into cower in the house the tariff board began to quake in its !-(- a v Thft hoard - which is composed of five members has just presented a vo liiminnns rpimrt. oh the woolen indus trv. Karlv in January it will follow with. a report on the cotton industry Then it must begin to prepare ior tue ond ; lTnTM . the democratic viewpoint changes, for the current appropriation lasts - only, ntn tne end oi tne ubwi vpar. . Unless - the present congress cVinnld nnrohriate.. an additional $225, 000, the tariff board will not have the wherewithal o proceed with its la bors during the latter part of 1912 and thP.nrlvnart of 191J. President TaTt wants congress to make tbe tariff board a permanent in stitution. He so recommended m a recent message to congress, reiterating the request made, in tormer communi cations. In this desire the president Kac " the -snnnort. of many of the re- rtnhlican leaders. Who See notmng in the jilan to have a board that shall r furnish the president witn m- formation on which may De Dasea m& recommendation and the republican m'nw -is ' that - the - exneriment. now about two years old has completely Mistifiod -the outlav in money. Rniihlic.ah "members of the. house, who j will make an effort to bring about a permanent " existence tor tne -tarm board?, declare that its report on the nrooi itidnstry." .id"-: the most compre- hensrveandf air document ever "pre- sented to . any . legisiitLive wuj. nrAstdPfht thinks the same way. The democrats, however, have other ideas. since whh demand the democrats, did the'nowerfui ways and means com mittee -of the house come to suck a pass that it must have outside assist ance in ; framing tiriff bills? Has hot the committee' its own experts and are not tne memDers tnereoi. raiutji expert themselves? These questions are hurled at those who would maKe tne tariff board permanent at a cost of about $200,000 per year. Democratic opposition to the tariff board also comes from -the fact that it in ordered tn renort to the president of the United States " rather" than to congress. After spending several months collecting data concerning any one schedule of the tariff, tne ooara mmbers carefully compile their report, held frequent confabs with the prpSj. ueui iiuu LiLLany luimsu me executiv wi r n ii i i u i f i v a rT r -i o .. v wi uaia Vm0i the president may in turn traiW to congress. The house demn... maintain, that if there is to be such a thing as a tariff board, it should b aiihnrflinatn to tho honoa UcU subordinate to the house itself, Recognition In Heaven. Philadelphia Ledger.) "Patricif. the widow Malone tells me that you stole one of her finest pigs. It is correct?" i; - - "Yis, your rlverence. "What have you done with it?', ' 'K-iiioi it and a.te it. your riverence." nv. Patrick. Patrick!. When you are brought face to face With the wld- nnA ViA nier on th STeat ludgmeht O. LAV. ' -GJ - - . -T day, what account will you be-able to give of yourseir wnen tne viuuw cuse's of stealing ?'' -' . ; ; "Did 'yon say ,; the . pig wouiu - joe there, yonr rlverence?" "To be sure, l did. "Well. then, your rlverence. Yd say 'Mrs. Malone, there's your pig." "" - - " A COVEY OF PUNSiK -fr (Compiled by an Elizabeth'.' City Genius.) If pedestrians used rolling chairs, woiild"the ide walkl- - - If the lobster saw the salad dressing. wouia tne cow nidex '; If the polls were cut down, where would the electric light? ' " If a, lady driver fell from herauto, would the tire rubber ? If the dog saw a squirrel should the tree, oar kt If a sufregette: barber shop should open wouia tne ice snaver r If there - was a Ha Vote "in a drv territory what would Adams Express? . it tne pone pacKerg nad no trust whpra would tho hntr maof If there was a woman prize fighter in Texas would the jcow puncher; ... If the Amer. Tob Co. use short fillers for cigars why should the tobacco crop? v... 1:If the hens should stop; laying would ho." corset' ' V'- ' N If there were no. laundry -wagon for a week would the wash stand? v ., If you had trouble gettlng shed of an Ir -the. roosters were caught in a storm. would the. hens . lay. to? - ; ir tne errocerv. s stores carrier . na accts ; would :ttie . beef trust ?-br . why snoma ; tne Deer trust?:1 .-f ; ; v ;'' S5train not vnnr hnw ivond its strength, -lest It- break. Dutch. - " - .u.pijii-.--- . , -" , . I 4. ...Wi 4 ; -v LADY HENRY NW YftrW : Jan. fi I ariv Utnru a" leader -jn work among the poor of LOnuon is in : xnis city acquainting herself with he.'cncial cnnHltinn anH sttlme-nt' work a ernriiic.trt hv tho various charitable -fnstitutlone. After' maKing a tour of the different settle- iNciu i.ciiici.a,, Luujr ncni &cllCI ; Xliat she was amazed : at , the progress made In behalf of the bettering, of tH: con ditions of the" poor At oiie 'of the settlement halls Lady Henry helped wash' dishe. - uemocrats " a. mat cue liguica ui cue uuarfl StlOulfl conie direct to the house, instead of in the president, who has nothing to vyith legislation. It " is the president's right to veto tariff bills if he does not like them say the house democrats, but they de' ly the right of the executive to "take x report of his tariff board and re , -ommend to the house what u do in the wav of brinsifl? out uu, v o "mv Ullls affecting the revenues of tho nn 0 . uui; v Considerable jealousy, therefore, seems to hinge about the tariff board and the ixiiijj.ij.ci in wmcu it euaii iransact Its :. The report of the board on the wool industry occunies more thnn v 7 Lncii ty-five hundred trpewritten pages and the d6cument as it came frnm w tut; goyernmeat printing office is one of tne most vuiuujiuuus ever issuea. The data collected by the board was' sent to the house in seven big packages, nciguius ii tuc a5sic6aw nearly one hundred pounds. That gives some idea of how busy. the board has been sinoo it . begua to. probe into the- differ- ence.in the cost of production at home and abroad. It was never intended that the board- should actually -.cecom- mend tariff rates., . . M.nis. would he es pecially resented by the house, which even now does not want .-the board to even hint at the justice or injustice oi - tariff legislation. ',: . The democrats , nave a plan for the quiet chloroforming of the board. The House does not necessarily have to legislate the , board out oi existence, or to vote down a bill to make it per manent,,: The appropriations corariiit tee of. the . house can effectually squelch the board by just forgetting to appropriate for it when the legisla tive, executive and judicial appropria tion bill rolls : around. That " the' appropriations committee will be. forgetful, already is indicate! The demdcratic ways and means com mittee Js not willing to accept the re port, of the tariff board on wool until that committee, has. itself cnecKed uy" the board's 'figures. This determina tion to "check up" shows the-e is considerable lack of democratic faith in thel board, and the next step Till be to abolish ;the. board altogether. It matters '"not that the president and the senate, may want the board to continue in its present shape or in permanent form. If the house, where in aH appropriations originate, shall refuse to set aside anything for the salaries and expenses of the board, it naturally must die a. qu'.et and pain less death,. . V The five members of' the board ie ceive -$7,500 each annually. In addi tion there are scores of clerks and field agents on the pay rolls and these men probably will not caro to continue working for Uncle Sam; j the Jieuse is so unkind as to cut' off the salary check. During the investigation cf the -'wopl "industry, - the board sent a ererf'ts to Australia and a number; of foreign countries and the western wool growing states were dotted with the special investigators of the board. The beard also had representatives in the factories of New England; Germany, England and numerous other countries, each representative' being charged v illi the duty of ascertaining the difference in cost of production at home and abroad, as it related to the' wool 'in dustry. , - : Similar investigations now aie in progress with respect to the cotton schedule,- and other' schedules-nf the tariff will have the same study if the board is permitted to live. The pres ent indications are, however that the board will pass out of existence oa June 30, when , it will have used all its appropriation for the "present fiscal year. . "" v-: -: - One eight-room house No. 11 South t a 'tsi'--'-"' ' ' ' Wiliai ot. t i uei iBkMrr. 1 - -. i 0 w r-iii we. -.. (: $24.00 Mo. We have three Home Companies! insure ' wltfr - us ooitt in the State. ': ." - - . ;.; ': We have tied the bull outside and this is a" fact Come and see u3 TRADERS "IklMM Real Estate and insurance, ivlr.v'" "' ''! ";i;r22. .East Fifth' St. it raiiri 1 8 15 P P Jill Would You ; Lilce to Have Pearly White Teeth ? . i Our Patent Suction Teeth, $5 A SET. i -'"-They Never Slip.or Drop. Crowns and Bridgework,1 $3, $4, ' $5. ' ' ' . Fillings In Gold,, Sliver and Porcelain, 50c to $1. r Consult Dr. Beam, a dentist Of known ahilltv and skill. If you would have beautiful teeth. No matter how bad a condition vour teeth are in our corps of competent dentists will put them in perfect condition at a smau cost. , Consult us and get our prices and. terms for guaranteed worn. . We keen ooen until 8:30 P. m. for the accommodation of those whft - cannot cOtne duriPfl the day. Sunday 10 to 3. Visit the Baltimore Dental Parlor, Inc, and see what mod ern . dentistry has done to re lieye the dread of a dentist's chair. " . Lady attendant. .. Work Guarantee d for 15 .Years Dental Parlors Baltimore INCORPORATED , PAINLESS DENTISTRY 22 South Tryon Street. Reference First National Bank, Our Work and Union National Bank. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 7, 1912, edition 1
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