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A THE CHARLOTTE HEWS FEBRUARY 8. 1913 4 "M"""M'"'''"MM"MM''""''"M"'""'"M""' The Charlotte News PuMIfl&wa Dally nd Sunday toy THE 2?OTVS PUBUSHIXO CO. W. C Dowd Prelt ud Gem. Mfi Telepkoaest .Business Office . .... City Editor Job Offlct. 11S 277 1630 J. C. PATTON Editor. J. P. CALDWELL... City Editor, A. W. BURCH..... i.AdT. Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION KATES The Chariot Dally an Snnday. On year I vr months .... fThree months One month, ..... .. Oae wA Sunday fnr Cne year .... tix months ........ Three raonta. ff.00 S.00 1.50 .60 .12 100 .60 Mj?i-IJt. Seml-refely. One yeaf ..v.. Six months ..... Three months ....... fl.00 .SO .26 ANNOUNCEMENT. The ttteatten ot Use public Is r rctfullT invited to iae follow: In future Obituary Notice fn Me raorlam Sketches. Cards ot Thanks, ceramuE'eat'otis espousing" the cauf' of a pvivata wuterprlse or a political candidate and like matter, will be charged tor a, tae rate of five cents a lin. Thr will tn deviation from this ryle. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912. MEN BEHIND THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN. The ll3t of officers of the NorfolK Southern Railway was published by The News yesterday. A glance at this . list is sufficient to convince one or the brains, ability and experience "Arrayed at the head ' of this great system. Just now we wish to speak of the newly elected first vice-president. The Greensboro News has written. an edi torial in praise of Mr. Duncan, the ame being published below. Mr. Dun can, . as The News says, has made a fine record since first his name began to be connected with large rail way propositions. Some time ago ex- Governpr Aycock publicly acknowl edged the debt lie owed to Mr. Dun can for his services in handling the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad proposition. Later on Mr. Duncan won a national reputation for the magnificent record he made as one cf the receivers for the Seaboard Air Line. His ability has finally at tracted merited attention, and his case goes to show what a man of brains and push can become.. We quote from The News as follows: "All North Carolinians who like to see ability and fitness recognized will find pleasure in the announcement that E. Carl Duncan was yesterday chosen as first vice-president of the Norfolk Southern Railway, a system that is fast becoming one of the most important in the South. Those who have watched Mr. Duncan climb the ladder of success are not surprised at his . preferment for the duties and responsibilities of first vice-president of a great and growing railroad sys tem. He has won every Inch of the .progress he has made. This recogni tion Is the reward of merit. "While Mr. Duncan was yet an ob scure figure in the business world he modestly made himself felt in aid ing Governor Aycock to straighten out and adjust the tangle into which the " Atlantic, and North Carolina Railroad ,had fallen. "It was only recently that Governor Nlycock made public acknowledgement at a banquet in Raleigh of the splen did and valued services then render ed by Mr. Duncan. Later a larger and far more difficult task was undertak en and -mastered by Mr. Duncan as one of the receivers of the Seaboard Air Line-Railway, in which he made a national record. The road was plac ed In fine business shape and turned loose to proceed with its great work of extension and development. "Last year Mr. Duncan was the purchaser for the' Norfolk Southern of the charter of the Raleigh, Char lotte and Southern Railroad, a move ment that led to the purchase of the lines of the Aberdeen & ' Ashboro, the Durham & Charlotte, and the Raleigh & Southport roads by the Norfolk Southern, the most important railroad deal taking place in this state in many years. Mr. Duncan's business sagacity in handling these large and importan deals has had much to do with their successful is sue thus far. In addition, he is presi dent of one of the strongest banks in the, state, an institution that has grown rapidly by good management and won a large place in the confi dence of the public. "The election of Mr. Duncan is, In addition to the honor to himself, an bonor to North Carolina. It gives the state another vice-president of a great railroad system. Like Col. A. B. Andrews, of the' Southern Railway, he is a home product captain of in dustry. And like Col. Andrews, he Is spending M3 abilities and energy In building up vital forces for the de velopment of his -loved native state. Andrews and Duncan will live' In Jiistory long after they give up rail head building and lay down life's activities." "The best method or greatest im provement by carrying or piping, water from the well or spring to the kitchen. "For the home in Forsyth county which shows the most sanitary con ditions about the "house and well. . "For the home which has provid ed the most sanitary method lor caring for and removing garbage, and filth of all kind9. 'For the home which shows the greatest improvement, in building or repairing, and In whitewashing or painting the fences around the home, garden or barn. "For the best kept lawn. For the lawn which shows the greatest improvement by planting shrubbery or trees. "For the home which shows the best general sanitary conditions about the entire premises. "For the home which shows the greatest interior improvements by painting or papering, kalsomining or whitewashing the wall, or painting the floor. "For the home that shows the greatest imDrovement in . providing carpets, mattings or rugs for the floors, the price of which shall not do taken into consideration in award ing the prizes. "To the home that shows the great est Improvement by decorating the walls with pictures, curtains or other wise. "To the home which 6hows the greatest improvement in new f urni ture. "To the kitchen of any country home, which is best equipped with labor-saving methods for the fanners' wife and family. "To the country home which shows the greatest improvement in heating facilities in other rooms than the kitchen. "For the country home which has the best heating and cooking facil ities in the kitchen. "For the home which shows the best method of caring for and dis-; posing of slops from the kitchen. "For the home wnicn snows ine cleanest and most sanitary hog-pen in 'Forsyth county. "In awarding the prizes, the cost of the Improvements will not be takf n into consideration, but on the percentage of improvements, irre spective of cost, so that eacn con testant will be on equal footing with all others." - j Thf urizes offered are for farm ers of Forsyth alone. Commenting upon this plan the Progressive Farm er says: "We commend the example set Dy Winston-Salem to other cities and towns and to rural communities. There is no reason why a county neighborhood cauld not form an as sociation and duplicate many of these prizes or offer others for improve ments especially neeaea m mai community. . "5!ven where no prizes are offered, and where there is no contest or riv alry, it will pay many farm families to keen some of this list of subjects in mind and to make a special effort to Improve along tnose lines mis year." Why can not Charlotte adopt some similar policy for the improvement of homes, not only in Mecklenburg, but In the city? Absolutely Puro TTho only Baking: Powder mado from Royal G rape C ream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE Attend the Law and Order League meeting. Every good citizen, no mat ter what solution of the liquor ques tion he considers best, should be intensely Interested in the strict en forcement of all laws written on the statute!. - iia:riTTrl tions of the principles of gravita tion which he proved to effect vast orbs on high, not les3 than the smallest thing on earth. It was just after the death of Galileo that Newton was born, and even the great fame of the former must, in a way, be relegated to a second place, in comparison with that of philosopher who first ex pounded the true theory, of the universe. The age had become ripe for the advent of the genius of Newton. Keepler had discovered with marvelous penetration the laws which govern the movements of the planets around the sun, and in various directions it had been more or less vaguely felt that the explanation of Kepler's laws must be sought for in the attractive pow er of matter. But the mathemat ical analysis which alone could deal with this subject was wanting; it had to be created. The attraction of gravitation in the falling of the apple to the earth led Newton to believe that such gravi tation must extend to all among the planets. That the ' power which makes an apple fall to the earth's surface is the power which guides the moon in its orbit. . Once Newton had taken this step the whole scheme of the universe might almost be said to have be come unrolled before the eye of the philosopher. Step by step he . advan ed' until he had completely account ed for all phenomena. The resources of his genius seemed, however, to prove equal to almost -any demand that could be made upon it. All of his discoveries were brought togeth er in that immortal work, Newton's "Principia." Down to the year 1687. when the "Principia" was publish ed, Newton had lived the life of a re cluse at Cambridge being ' entire ly occupied with those transcendent researches to which references have been made. Notwithstanding New ton's fame the state had not as yet taken any notice -whatever of the most illustrious man of science that England or any other country had produced. Finally he was elected president of the Royal Society, and in this position was brought into close contact with Prince George of Denmark through whom he was final ly introduced into court. Though Newton lived long enough to receive the honor that his aston ishing discoveries so greatly merited, .and though for years of his life his renown was much greater than that of any of his - contemporaries, yet it is not too much to say that, in they ears which have since elapsed his fame has been ever, steadily ad vancing, so that it never stood high er than it does at this moment. It is hard to decide whether to admire more the sublime discoveries at which he arrived; or the extraordi nary character of the intellectual processes by which these discover ies were reached. Viewed from either standpoint, Newton's "Principia" is incomparably the greatest work on science that has yet been produced. -Tomorrow William Herschel. About time for the Wilson haters to launch another tirade of misrepresentation. South Carolina never heard of Charles Dickens. ' IMPROVING THE HOME. Winston-Salem is progressive. Lead ers In the municipal life of that city are constantly on the alert for new Ideas, new plans, new policies. Any scheme which holds promise of im proving any phase of civic life is Teadlly taken up. y One of the latest moves made by the chamber of commerce of that city is to offer a series of prizes for best kept premises in Forsyth. The list Is unusually Interesting: "For the country home in Forsyth county which shows the greatest Im provement by painting the1 house and Improving the general outside condi tions of the home. "For the greatest Improvement, in eluding whitewashing or painting out buildings, about any rural home in Forsyth county NO. 5 SIR ISAAC NEWTON. The Latin epitaph on the monu ment of Sir Isaac Newton, In West minister -Abbey, where he was Inter red on March 20th, 1727, may be thus translated: "Here lies Isaac Newton, who, by vigor of ' mind al most supernatural, first demonstrat ted the motions and figures of the planets, the paths of the comets, and the tides of the ocean. He dis covered, ' what before his time no one had even suspected, that rays of light are differently refrangible, and that this is the cause of colors. An assiduous, sagacious and faith ful interpreter of nature,1 antiquity, and the Holy Scriptures, he asserted in his philosophy the majesty ot God, and exhibited in his conduct the simplicity of the gospel. Let mortals rejoice that there has ex isted such and : so great an orna ment of human nature." Sir Isaac Newton - accomplished wonders in his study of astronomy, and -equally so in natural philoso phy. He was born in Llcolnshire, England, In 1642, and in early youth evinced a great fondness for mathe matical pursuits and a remarkable aptitude for drawing and construc ting machinery. One day while reclining in the field under a tree the fall of -an apple led him to a train of reflec tions which resulted in his elucida- YTAPlaMe-Pla ; lSdi fife The' Artistic Straff ALL WEEK ri WOW Winter Ready or a OF ALL WOMEN'S -to Wear G arments. This Merciless Slaughter Begins 200 WOMEN'S SUITS TO BE SOLD AT A MERE FORMER SELLING PRICE FRACTION OF Suits that formerly sold up to $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 (hot this season'?) reduced .to .... .... .... $2.49 Another lot of Suits (not this season's) that sold up to - $35.00, reduced to y i t '. . $41195 Suits that were $12.50, $15.00 to $17.50, this season's newest styles, reduced to .... . . . .... .... .... ........ .... ...... $4.95 Suits formerly sold at $15.00 to $22.50, this season's newest styles," reduced to .... .... .... $6.95 Many beautiful new, this season's Suits formerly sold at $22.50, $25.00 to $35.00, reduced to ... . .... i ..... U $8.95 and $9.95 CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL SILK CREPE KIMONAS AND FLANNELETTE $5.00 Silk Kimonas, reduced to $6.50 to $8.50 Silk Kimonas, reduced to'. ... $1.50 Crepe Kimonas, reduced to ... . . . $1.50 Flannelette Kimonas, reduced to.... .... .... .... .... $2.95 to $3.95 $3.95 to $4.95 $ 1 1 9 ..... $1.19 A- A CLEARANCE OF SILK WAISTS These are piled on one. counter and each markedat the reduced price on a yellow sale ticket. - Silk and Net Waists, formerly sold up to $5.00, reduced to $1.98 Silk and Net Waists, formerly sold at-$5.00 to $7.50, reduced to. . ...... $2.95 Silk Waists, formerly sold at $8.50, $10.00 to $15.00, reduced to. ...... .$3.95 INNER PLAYER PIANOS. The Greatest of All Inner Players The Inner Player That Plays. OH AS. I TIEFF Southern Wareroom 5 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. C. H. W I L M O T H, Monagre Gires V wo . Corns Loss of Appetite Is loss of vitality, vigor or tone," and is often a forerunner of prostrating dis ease. It is serious and especially so to people that must keep up and doing or get behindhand. .The best medicine to take for it Is the great constitutional remedy Hood's Sarsapanlla Which purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called 6arsatabS. IN 3 DAYS Your advertisement In The News induced me to buy j i . oodall & Sheppard's NEW SPRING TRADE ATTRACTION WEAR. IN WOMEN'S READY-TO- Pretty, new fast color Gingham Dresses, price. . . . .... .... ... . $1,98 Specials in hew Spring Skirts, $7.50 values, at. . . . ............ . $495 200 New Spring Coat Suits, special values at $12.50,x $15.00, $22.50 $24.50 Id) p1 IB M O So NO APPROVALS ON SALE , SUITS ' - NO REDUCED WINTER SUITS ON APPROVAL Feather Beds and Pillows. v PILLOWS FREE Mail us $10. for 86-pound Feather Bed and receive 6-pound pair pillows Free Freight-prspaid. New feathers, best ticking, satisfaction guaranteed AGENTS WANTED. . TURNER & CORN WELL,' Feather Dealers, Char. lotte, North Carolina. PAINFUL BURNS Are Healed Without a Scar By THIES' SALVE John Jr. Cigars The Best 5c Cigar. Fresh lot just received. Try one and be convinced. ' Tryon Drug Company 11 N. Tryon. . Phone 21 and 1043. It removed corns from each of my little toes in three days with out pain. ortADY WTNTHROW, Hollis, N. C. The price is 15c; mailed anywhere for 17c in stamps. DsllTsrsd to any part of city, just phone 69 or 163. '. BLAKS DRUG SHOP On the Square. Prescriptions Filled Day - : and Night ; Cream Benzpin and Almonds Vou may be able to get through the winter " without it, but you'll never look, the same. If the fingers of the wind have been rough with your complex ion, Tis it. ' . ..- ... . ' ' - 35 Cents. . John S. Blake Drug Co. Phone 41. V On the Square. Registered Nurses' Directory, A Fresh Stock of Roger & Gallet PERFUMES Just Received ' i Reese & Alexander DRUGGISTS. Cor. 4th and So. Tryon St Haind-Painted China. 1 Adds to the bea-ity of any Dining Room. Pickard's Is by far the most artistic line on the market. We have just opened a full assdrtmemnt. of the newest shapes and designs which we are dis playing in "ur caes. Will be glad to show anyone interested. Garabaldi, Brans & Dixon JEWELERS AND SILVERSMITHS -v ks ew 11 ruin " '.-.:-, ' and Leather Goods Traveling Bags, ' Tan, Russet, and. Black, all sizes, from 14 inchei up. Prices .... .. $3.50to27.W ' ;;' '. -: SUIT CASES The swellest: line or Suit Cases that we have ever "vBgJ; Tan and Black, Price $5.00 to SZ5.W TRUNKS Everything in Trunks from a jBoys' Steamer at $4.50 to a first QuaMg Wardrobe at ... . .... AUTO TRUNKS tructed. heavy brass trimmings, Inside properly con" $12i5o ........... ED M ELLON CO. v
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