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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. FEBRUARY 16, 4 The Charlotte News Publish! Dally n1 Sunday by THE NEWS PCHLISHIXi CO. $V. C. Uotrd, lrsiIUt and Cel. Mgr. Telepboaest Suslness Office City Editor lob Office. 1638 t r pTTON... Editor MRS. J. P. CALWEUI,....Citv Editor. . W. BURCB Adv. Mgr. . SUBSCRIPTION MATES The ChrIote Dally ant SunJey. Ona year - tx month - f-SS Tbre month -?X C-ae month. ....,...... -2 Oae week " t?um5ay nly rneyr 2.00 iix months !t a . nrr dontas ov Tiiaea-Dxmorrst. One yeat '.r-. noaths FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 16, 1912. OF IT IS UP TO THE OFFICERS THE LAW. Who is responsible for the utter failure in the prosecution of clubs and drug stores for the illegal sale of whiskey as disclosed here recently by Rev. R. L. Davis, representing the Anti-Saloon League of the state? This is the question that is now agitating the minds of the law-abiding people of this community. This city is paying more money than ever be fore in its history for the enforce ment of law, and the question peo ple are asking each other is, "are we getting what we are paying tor?"' Certainly we have drawn a blank in the recent prosecution. Where does the blame lie? The statement issued by Mr. Davis covers the case so fully that we are republishing it here in full. We want every citizen of Char lotte to read this statement: Mr. Davis Statement. "Regarding the liquor cases against the three drug stores and five clubs in Charlotte recently exposed, 1 have this to say: Mr. O. Lv Flow, who secured this blind tiger liquor for me, secured it and gave it with the, full understanding that the evidence should be used in any court if I so desired. He was under no temptation to lie to rfte or make any false state ment when he gave me the liquor in the Stonewall Saturday night, Feb ruary 3rd, and I believe he told the truth. 'When the city government, through the recorder, and under the law, called for my evidence and infor mation I gave it. "At the request of Mr. bantu, tn recorder. I arranged a meeting be tween Mr. Flow and the chief of po lice, at which conference, in my pres ence, Mr. Flow passed eacn oottie oi liauor (eight in all) to the chief and told him where, how and by whoa bought, which information the chief wrote down in a little book. He also put his personal mark on every bot tle of the liquor so he could identiiy it hereafter. -Thp chief and witness then left my room. "Hrre mv work and the work of the State Anti-Saloon League ended, except that I kept the whiskey and have it in Charlotte today as cor roborative evidence. "I have no further concern about the matter. It is up to the municipal government. I do not place the re sponsibility on any special depart ment or officer but when law i3 vio lated It is their business to use meth ods to catch the criminals and stop the crime. "If witnesses are spirited away, bribed, or threatened, or both, until they leave, the. loss is theirs and the blame, too, if they don't get them tack or get others to punish the evil doers. "Any city government is weak to lie down before a lot of blind tiger drug stores and clubs, and allow them to run off their witnesses. "Will Charlotte stand for this? "I submit my evidence to the pub lic and urge them to demand en forcement of the prohibition laws at the hands of the city government. "In conclusion, I have the liquor, Flow didn't have it when he came to Charlotte. I got it from him. Some body bought it. Then somebody is selling. "It is the business of your govern ment to find out who, and punish them. "Take the case, citizens of Char lotte. "R. Ij. DAVIS, "Charlotte, Feb. 15, 1912." Now how does the matter stand? Through Mr. Davis' efforts whiskey was purchased illegally from eight places in Charlotte. He exhibited the whiskey,, he gave what information he had, and he turned over to the proper city officials what appears to the public to have been a clear case of violation with all necessary evi dence. And with all this assistance the city is not even able to secure enough evidence to go to trial, and In the meantime loses Its chief wit ness. The city not only did not secure any new evidence, but it lost what had been given it. Law-abiding citizens of all beliefs are crying out against the utter lack of enforcement of the prohibition laws In this city, and if The News does not mistake their temper they are going to demand in no uncertain tones that the law must be enforced, and that, too, by the officials who are paid to enforce the law, and who have taken a solemn oath that-they would. will represent a valuation of over $100,000. Twenty makes of cars "will be on exhibit, as follows: Buick, Mar quette, Corbitt, Stoddard-Dayton, Loz ier, Pullman, Marathon, Chalmers, Packard, Rio, Everett, Oldsmobile, Flanders, Maxwell, E. M. F.. Columbia, Sampson, R. C. II., Hupmobile and Hudson. Two or three lines of electric cars, in addition to the gasoline cars, will be on exhibit also, and have dis plays. In the past year there has been an increase of over 150 per cent in the volume of automobile business handled through Charlotte, as the distributing point for the two Carolinas. There are today more than 4,000 cars in North Carolina alone, where a vear aso there were less than 2,500 machines. On October Jotn, un, there were 3.66S cars in operation in the state. An idea is given here of the tremendous popularity of the auto .h;i in v-ortii Carolina during the lllUUHv - nas-t year Today there are several Charlotte alone, and llUllUi t ' during the past year the commercial vehicle has come into great favor in the city. Hotels have provided commer cial vehicles; express companies have added automobile trucks, while num erous department stores and otner business establishments have come to use automobile delivery cars almost exclusively. Charlotte, because of its favorable location, is the logical distributing point of the two Carolinas, and there are at present a number of state agencies held in the city. C. C. Cod dington, agent for the Buick Compa ny for North and South Carolina, has headquarters in Charlotte. He reports that business has steadily increased each year snce he opened offices here. Mr. J. H. Ham, agent in the two states for the Maxwell cars, also has offices in Charlotte, while there 9 tivn nthpr s-eneral aeenices for the two Carolina's In the city, Includ ing those held by Mr. Baringer. Fourteen agencies- in the past year handled over two million dollars worth of business in North and South Caro lina. This amount does not include the volume of business done by five tire concerns, located in the city, ie&e companies did over a half million dol lars worth of business alone during the past year. It will be seen by the figures above that interest in the automobile has increased rapidly during the past few years in this section, and the show which will be held the latter part of the month is attracting great interest throughout both states. Governor W. W. Kitchin, of North Carolina, will be among the notable speakers of the occasion. He will formally open the show. Mr. Osmond L. Barringer, one of the bes-t known automobile men in the South, and other prominent automo bile dealers and enthusiasts are .labor ing strenuously to make the coming show the best ever held in the South. The first automobile ever manufac tured in North Carolina will be on ex hibit at the show. This car was made by the Corbitt Company of Hender son, N. C. Another machine to be displayed is the E. M. F. racer, which won the Tiedman Trophy In Atlanta. Two thousand dollars will be expend ed in decorating the Auditorium. In addition to regular lighting facilities one thousand additional lights are be ing placed. It will pay all who can to not only Watch Charlotte Grow, but to Watch Charlotte Speed. Seven 6 BARON BROUGHAM. If we could return to, say the year 1616, and walk Into the British House of Commons almost any day when that august body was in active ses sion, we might have our interest sud denly aroused by seeing agaunt, un couth figure rise from among the members and launch into a torrent of satirical oratory. And we would be told, if we asked, that this was none other than Baron Brougham, the fa mous Independent. A strange figure indeed he made. His tall, disjointed, bony body, surmounted by a big featured, coarse face, only saved from being positively repellant by its strength. His great ' knotted hands moved constantly as he talked, help ing him to convey his ideas. His elbows jerked about with a peculiar angular motion. Withal, he made a figure so unusually ugly that once seen he could never be forgotten. And yet this man had the Queen of England completely fascinated and under his power, so that he, became, through her, Chancellor of England! Henry Peter Brougham was born In Edinburgh in 1778. He obtained his education at the High School and University in that city, specializing in law. He soon found that Scotland did not offer such a field as he wished for pratice, and went to Lon don. While waiting to be admitted to the bar, he wrote a series of arti cles for the "Edinburgh Review," which brought him such prestige that he became influential with the Whig party. They were not, however, able to give him a seat in Parliament, un til his prominence became so great that it was finally deemed inadvisa ble to longer keep him out. At once Brougham, one of the ug liest men in English history, took up the wort which later Abraham Lin coln, the homeliest President of the United States, later accomplished for his country the emancipation of the slaves. So passionately and faith fully did .Brougham pursue this worthy object, that he lived to see 1 ' j the slaves of all the British colonies set free, mainly through his efforts. Brougham's greatest prominence came after the death of George III It then "became evident that Queen Catherine was absolutely under the Influence of the awkward, unlovely looking man, for the first and only official act which the unfortunate Queen did in her short reign was to make him attorney-general. Im mediately a movement was set on foot by the Lords to accomplish her overthrow through evidence they had been secretly gathering for some time. But Brougham took up her defence, and defended her so ably with a burst of oratory, that for the present the movement had to be abandoned, which was virtually a triumph for the Queen. He now became so im mensely popular that the likeness of his unpressessing countenance ap peared in the shop windows. When at length the Liberals came into pow ,er his influence was so great that they were forced to give him the chancellorship. The great seal was turned over to him, and he wras created by George IV. Baron of Brougham and Vaux. In the height of his glory he had qualities of the man, hidden by his strength, just as his homeliness was hidden by his strength of face, leap ed to the top. He became extreme ly egotistical, and took to drinking absolutely recklessly he wrote letters to the king which shocked the en tire court. And when his chancellor ship was over, the Whigs in their reorganization left him completely out, since he had become so eccen tric as to be more dangerous as a friend than an enemy. Beyond his work in emancipating the slaves, Brougham did nothing of permanence in his spectacular ca reer. His wonderful vocabulary, his audacity, together with the strange influence he wielded over Catherine, are the means by which this uncouth character forced his way into the an nals of history. To-morrow Potemkin. Boys9 On Sale This W Next Week eek a nd All of IS THE FLOW RUMOR TRUE? There Is a report afloat that Flow, the witness in alleged blind tiger cases, was paid to leave the city, and was also given to understand that It would be better for him it he did leave. Ia this report true? If so, here is a Job for authorities. If Flow was paid to leave, who paid him? If he was frightened away, who tried to intimidate him? it is a serious matter to tamper with witnesses. It Is even more se rious to bribe or bluff. That kind of business doesn't go In this communi- Perhaps the report is unfounded, but it should be probed to the very bottom, and if either of these charges be true the limit of the law is too light for those guilty of getting a star witness out of town. much advertised nostrums. F. O. HAWLEY, M. D. Superintendent of Health. Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 15, 1912. FROM OTHER SANCTUMS The Day Is Young The Charlotte News is running presidential straw election. No votes have been cast for the Rev, R. L. Davis as yet. Greenville Pled mont. ANNOUNCEMENT. The News is glad to announce that Mr. J. L. Carraway, recently of Little Rock, Ark., has become a member of its local staff. Mr. Carraway is a native of North Carolina, being a member of the well known Carraway family, and received his education In this state. Some ten years ago he went to Lit tle Rock, Ark., and entered the field of journalism. In time he became assis tant managing editor and later man aging editor of the Arkansas Gazeette. . u-uu, i managing ; The firgt automobile show to be euuor ana eaitor-in-chiel of the Ar- given in the Carolinas will be given kansas Democrat. in the Auditorium at Charlotte on Mr. Carraway comes back fn his f Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, native state well qualified by experi-1 F?5ary 26' " nd ?8-. No expense r, vi , . will be spared, it is said, in making the ence and ability for a place in The snow tn equal of those that have .ews family. He is glad to get back 'been given in the larger cities. The home, and The News is glad to have sum of $2,000 will be spent in arrang- him, and commends him to its many ,lns and decorating the big Auditor rdprQ nfl Mno Jium for the s-how and a high-class mus- ical program will be rendered each afternoon and evening. It is planned, with the co-operation of automobile dealers of other cities in the two states to make the show an annual affair, making it larger and better every year. Salisbury Post. 100 Boys' all-wool, Blue Serge and Brown and (W Cashmere Suits, made with peg-top Pants. Si7P? 7 7 17; $4 to $5 values. While thly last ZGS 7 to Ch oice Men's Pants $1.98 Another lot of Men's Cashmere and Worsted Pants ; $2.50 to $3 values. Special S61 or g.i, viMiitmiji -tr j Men's and Yo t ecia utns rices Suits at 1 P TEMPERANCE DAY WAS OBSERVED. By Associated Press. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 16. In com pliance with a state law, the public schools throughout Alabama observ ed today as temperance day. An hour was set aside by the teachers for reading of articles on the evils of intemperance. WHY ? ? Ml COMING AUTOMOBILE SHOW. The first automobile show ever held In the Carolinas will take place in the Auditorium in this city February 26-28. The' Auditorium Is one of the largest I In the state and practically all floor space has teen contracted for.- The nutomobilea and accessories on exhibit 1 1 1 m kMM should you suffer from Heart burn, Belching, Bloating, Nau sea, Indigestion, Costiveness, Headache? Hostetter s Stomach Bitters tones and strengthens the en tire digestive system and pre vents Stomach Ills. Try t today. As to Disinfect- ing -Of Rooms Editor The News: Disinfecting with permanganate of pottassium is undesirable and more costly. Permanganate of potassium i3 not the disinfectant, but is used to produce combustion or chemical reac tion oh formaldehyde which is the disinfectant, and the mixing of formaldehyde with permanganate of potassium decreases the power of the formaldehyde by chemical reaction. Ten ounces of 40 per cent formaline U. S. P. standard, will disinfect 1,000 cubic feet of space when boiled while while it will require twice this amount if permanganate of potassium is- used, as 50 per cent of the disinfecting pow er is lost by the chemical reaction. The use of the permangati of potas sium wil lelave a fine dust all over the room and is injurious to gilt mould ings, oil paintings and fine drapery. While the boiling of 40 per cent form aldehyde solution U. S. P. injures none of these articles. Houses must be thoroughly sealed, all cracks stopped and left closed 10 or 12 hours which secures positive dis infection if enough formaldehyde is used under proper temperature and humidity conditions-. There is no reason why formalde hyde should be liberated into gras3 quickly for bacteriological tests show that some bacteria can withstand strong formaldehyde gas from 2 to 6 hours, therefore keep room closed a sufficient time, 10 to 12 hours. , The use of the permanganate of po tassium is the most expensive and the least reliable in fumigating. Water should always be left in the room when being fumigated. Old newspapers sat urated In water and scattered around the room on the floor is a very easy and convenient way to get the neces sary moisture. Always secure the liquid formalde hyde which bears the U. S. P. stamp, which should prove the desired strength required. Beware of these 4- t t A Problem in Piano Perfection Add Together A delicately refined TONE, A liht and responsive A perfectly balanced An artistic The world's record for Sum total: TOUCH, ACTION, CASE, DURABILITY, Stieff SOUTHERN WAREROO.M 5 West Trade Street, CHARLOTTE - N. C H. WILMOTH. t 4- 4 -4- X t t n to zz 3r c .1 g srrs- o It Is Worth $10 to Get Relief From M A Thanks for your recommending WOODALL & SHEP PARD'S CORN REMEDY. It took out my corns in less than one week. It's worth $10.00 to be rid of them. Anybody ought to suffer with CORNS who wont pay 15c to get rid of them. T A T? A TJ TT T71 V- tit m - f ' vv. araue St., Charlotte, N. C. Price 15c, mailed anywhere for 17c in stamps. t -' ii JV I Men's and Boys' Rubber Coats at Special Prices. '-ubber and Slicker Coats, $1.98, $2.25, $3.00 and 3j4.75. Men's .Light Weight Rubber Coats, $2.75, $4.75 $6.75 and up. Boys' Light Weight Rubber Coats $2.48, $3 and $3.50 Boys' Black Rubber Coats $2.25. Rubber Hats 50 cents. Umbrellas 50c, 98c and $1.25. i P CD TcD THE DYING HICKORY TREES THE CAUSE AND REMEDY On account of the value of the hick ory for shade, nuts, and many com merclai wood products, Circular 144 of the bureau of entomology, TJ. S department of agriculture, by A. D. Hopkins, is of -special interest to the people of any community, county or state within the natural range of this valuable tree. It appears that although there have been several and sometimes compli cated causes for the death, within the last 10 years, of a large percentag of th hickory trees, investigations have proved that the hickory barkbeetle is by far the most destructive insect enemy, and is, therefore, m the ma jority of cases, the cause of the pres ent extensive dying of th trees. The simple and practical methods recommended in this circular will, if put into practice between October 1st and May 1st, enable those interested to protect heir trees. BLAKE'S DRUG SHOP On the Square. Prescriptions Filled Day and Night. SPECIAL We are selling a regular 10c Cigar for 5c on Saturday. Don't forget to lay in your Sunday Smoking Goods from us. John S. Blake Drug Co. Phone 41. On the Square. Registered Nurses' Directory. 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. The Sale of N0RR1S CANDIES Justifies our Always Having it Fresh. Reese & Alexander Cor. 4th and So. Tryon St DRUGGISTS. Job Phone Hand-P ainte China. Adds to the be?'ity of any Dining Room. Pickards Is by far the most artistic line on the market. We have just opened a full assortmemnt of the newest shapes and designs which we are dis playing in -ur cases. Will be glad to show anyone interested. Garabaldi, Bruns & Dixon JEWELERS AND SILVERSMITHS - - . TO- When you think of Shirts that a gentleman can wear With pride, com fort and satisfaction that conform to the most exacting demands of criti cal taste and embody every carefully thought-out feature that makes for quality, the chances are that you will have in your mind such a shirt as bears the E & W Manhattan or Eclipse brands. These are the shirts we have found best suited to our trade and of which we have just received sev eral thousand of the spring styles and patterns. .. - n ' Ed Mellon Co.
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