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The charlotte news; February 2S !9is r. The Charlotte News Fublisheu Dally and Sunday by lUE AEWS PUBLISHING CO. VV. C. Dond, Preldknt and Ge. Mr. Telephones I Business Office City Editor Job Oacfr 1630 j c, patton a:; 22! MKS. J. P. CAUJTOa City Editor. A. W. BURCH Adv. Msr. SUBSCUTPTIO MATES Dally ant Sunday. rne year c f :ix TOTitUa ?( .Three montb SX Jna mon',2. 3a"e wceic ?undty Only Die year ..-.........- ?;x months ..-.... ..... Seeal-Itly. Dr. yea Six tenths t vx-,. mcirt?vs ........ 3.00 1.60 .50 -is ... .26 ANNOUNCEMENT. Tho ctlettaa et ti putrflo Is r ipectrully invited to the f ollow- S' Ir. futur. obituary Notice In Me tnortara Slcetchas, Cards of Thanks, rcnn:.un!eation espousing tne cau. cf a private enterprise or a political car-dl&t9 Mid llk matter, will be cStirged tcr tae rate of five cents t iln. T.srs will be no deviation from WEDNESDAY, - FEBRUARY 28, 1912. RECORDER SMITH'S LETTER. Recorder Smith's letter to the Min isters of the city was published yester day. It is a startling document, coming as itdoes from the judicial head of the city. Mr. Smith inferentially arraigns the church-going public of the city, and charges them with the failure of the prohibition laws to prevent illegal liquor selling. A lot of old soaks will read that letter and yell "Hurrah for Smith; he called their bluff; he show ed the church up." A lot of sober minded, thinking -Christian gentlemen will read it and regret that one in authority has taken occasion to thus unfairly' misrepresent the Church. If one accepted Mr. Smith's statements as true church, members are responsi ble for blindigering in Charlotte. That is a 6lander, and none knows it better than the recorder. There may be a few goats in sheep's clothing in the church. There may be a few church members who drink and sell liquor, but even if this Is true, does this warrant a whole sale attack upon the church? Recorder Smith knows, and he knows well, that where one hypocrite is found in the church there are a thousand conscien tious and since men who would starve before they would accept funds gained by violating the laws. ' It is not the first time that the church has been wrongfully attacked. Let a minister stumble and fall from grace, and the enemies of religion shout with glee. They take the remote case and liken the entire ministry thereto. It matters not it where one Judas is found there are thousands of faithful disciples of God who would endure torture and die as martyrs-to their faith. The cynic closes his eyes io all but the horrible example. The trouble which is just now gall ing the recorder is that while the church members of Charlotte voted for prohibition they have failed to see their wishes carried out because of spine less and Inactive officials. The rank Inconsistency of Mr. Smith's po sition Is no where more apparent than In- his unwarranted assault upon the church members of Charlotte. Suppos ing, as he would like to have us infer that the Christians of Charlotte are responsible for the liquor buying, liquor selling and liquor drinking, does that let the recorder out of his plain duty? Can he find immunity from duty "by, -whining over the alleged hypoc risy of the churches? Is it not his duty to have these churtm-going law-breakers brought to account? What was he employed for If not to punish crimin als? And in the eyes of the fair Judge there should be no difference in crim inals. Why has Mr, Smith not had these hypocritical church members hauled before him? .Why has he not ihqwn up the perfidy of the church? He was chosen to enforce the laws, and a- violator Ehould be a violator in his eyes, no matter .whether his name, be written on the church scroll or the club ' record. regret that this misrepresenta tion of the Christian people of Char lotte should be given .publicity. We dtiire to correct the slander and to declare to the world that the recorder cf this city has misrepresented the at titude of the thousands of honest Christians in Charlotte. MONEY IN CHICKENS. A dispatch was sent out recently to - - "yvio i cittiive io tne, money made by a gentleman In Hickory Dn forty hens. The Salisbury Post com ments on it interestingly: 5 "Does it pay to raise chickens? Mr Edgar Yoder, of Hickory, has cleared $44.70 a month the past year from forty White Orpington hens. In balanc ing his books for ono year, Mr. Yoder finds his total sales were $701.40. His feed bill was $165, which leaves him $44.70 a month for the year. He has had eggs every day and raised over one hundred young chickens of which so record was kept. He also has fifty breeders left for this year's business. Does it pay to raise chickens? The best', way to be convinced la to give chicken raising a fair trial." Along comes the Gastonia Gazette, recently reformed from the theory that ducks roost In trees, and on fences, and now a zealous poultry ad vocate, to add Its commendateon to the Industry. The Gazette quotes the Hickory Dispatch and says; -r jEg3very $ay and. young chtck- - . .. ens of which no record was kept! Think of what they would have amounted to ! Repeated mention has been made in these columns about the unqualified success that the promoters of the Hickory Creamery are meeting with such methods of.farmlng as these are more lucrative, more up-to-date, more scientific than any of the old fashioned methods . where x cotton is king and where the farmer looks upon the cows as a mere by-product and if there is any profit from, a few pounds of surplus butter sold every week it went to his wife as her only bit of pin money or where the chickens were dally . anathemized as destroyers of grain crops and gardens. But in these latter days and times, Madame Hen and Dame Cow have come into their own and are to be reckoned with. The rusnntrh further states that Hickory is the center of the poultry industry in Catawba county ana mat eei.v je" thousands of dollars worth, of blooded stock is shipped to breeders in that and other states. The Charlotte News says: . " 'Many progressive farmers are talc ing nr. this nrnfltable branch and are giving it scientific attention. The pre vailing prices offered for chickens and eggs should be sufficient to convince every one that here is a profitable avenue of business. thA calamity howl er. You will find men who will tell -.mi thpw is "no money in cnicicens. They tried it and lost. The fault was their own inattention, diu yuu uoci hear that side mentioned. "For the farmer, or city man, who will give time and attention to the business there is good prom. We know of a number of instances where a much larger profit was made than that recalled. We know of very few failures where needed attention and scientific care was given. Marion Butler is down on the pro gram at the meeting of republicans tonight for a speech on the theme "Principles Will Win." By the force of constant and repeated observation Mr. Butler is eminently endowed to discuss this subject knowingly. He has usually occupied the negative side of the proposition embodying both prin ciples and victories. Roosevelt is the architect of his own inan m rinb. ana also one vl its charter members. President Taft no doubt now appre ciates that song called "Gratitude. Charlotte's Automobile show is worth going many miles to see. Mi. Dowd Replies To Recoider Smith Recorder, the issue Is "enforcement of the laws we already have." You have done beautifully since the meeting of the Law and Order League. I have been glad of an opportunity to commend you, for I have not-; had many heretofore. In conclusion please let me say that this city, I am told,. Is paying more money than ever before for the en forcement of law. At no period in our history, in my opinion, has there been so much and so flagrant violation of law. The peopl are tired of this state of affairs. They demand that their public officials shall discharge the obligations assumed when they took their oath of office. In thisp con nection I am glad to say that I know personally that the mayor and City Attorney stand four-square for the en forcement of the prohibition laws along with all other laws. This leaves the matter squarely up to the Recorder and the police department. They are responsible for past non-enforcement, they are responsible tor "present" en forcement, and they will beheld re sponsible for future enforcement. No personalities, no flings, no charges of hypocrisy, no reflections on church members shall cloud the issue. The eyes of the community are on you, Mr. Recorder, the people know where the responsibility rests and they are ready to uphold your every effort at law en forcement, and are determined that in future the law shall be enforced. Respectfully- submitted, W. C. DOWD. What Goeth On Editor The News:- ' I was profoundly Impressed with one statement in Recorder Smith's rather remarkable letter to the Minis terial Association. It was his state ment that the "ass knoweth his mas ter's crib." 'And' the thing that Im presses me most about this statement is that Mr. Smith Is competent to speak on this subject, both from the stand point of the "ass" as well as that of the "crib." Again. I have been rather startled at the nrst statement in this letter, to-wit "Law enforcement is simply a matter of what the people want." Is that not a remarkable admission, coming from the chief judicial officer of the city? Are we to understand . from this that a judicial' officer considers "what the people want," rather than "what the law, which he is sworn to up hold, prescribes? I make no defense here of church members. We do not live up to our profession, but the reflections cast on church members by the Recorder are in line with' the course usually follow ed by the forces of evil wheiever they wish to cloud an Issue, bolster a weak cause, or bring a righteous cause int6 disrepute, The Recorder says "they do not want prohibition very tight here," and he goes on to say that "if you try to make it very tight they will accuse you of trying to make the law odious and unpopular." Now I have heard the Recorder accused of a good many things, but I have never yet heard him accused of being over-zealous in en forcing the prohibition laws. The Recorder, after advising theJ ministers to take-care of their drink ing members, and club-operating mem bers, now turns upon the Law and Order League and says, "I thought they meant what they had been say ing, but they didn't at all." And if the Recorder is correct the members of the Law and Orderr League are a band of hypocrites. The men who com pose this league do not need any de fense at my hand from any attack that Mr. Smith might make. , Now, summing up the whole matter, what does Mr. Smith's letter amount to? First, a reflection on the church members of this city, and then a charge of hypocrisy against the mem bers of the Law and Order League, sandwiched In with some slurs and veiled insinuations at certain Individ uals. That is all there is to it, and I submit that he does not' come within a mile of the real issue, but every thing he says tends to cloud and . ob scure the main issue. The Recorder knows too well that the main issue is the enforcement of our prohibition laws." Their non-enforcement Is what led the people to band themselves to gether into the Law. and Order League. Their non-enforcement is what led the Ministerial' Association to take up the matter. Their . non-enforcement is what has brought this city Into disre pute throughout the state. No, Mr. TAreYou BITTERS Be persuaded to try the Bitters today. It Improves health. and prevents Poor Appetite, Indigestion, . Costiveness, Colds, Grippe. Impressions Received on The Streets by a Charlotte f News Staff Man. Another Affinity. The troubles of the Upton Sin- rlnirs will nnt rlnwn nnrl nn SnnrlaV the Associated Press reports carried the information that jtfeta Sinclair, who left the "muck-raker because she believed she loved a Kansas performer-poet better, has in turn left Harry Kemp for another affinity. To those who watched the progress of the affair between Mrs. Sinclair and Harry Kep, the leaving of her hus band after all the trials und tribula tions through which they went, the announcement that her, sojounr with the Kansas poet was not entirely satis factory will be received with no aston ishment. The reports are that Mrs.- Sinclair, and she continues to use her hus band's name, telephoned Kemp that she had found some one she loves bet ter and that she would not return to him. That was all. That is all Kemp had a right to ex pect. Probably it is all he did N ex pect. But what about the poor fellow upon whom she now bestwos her "affection"? Dr. Smith's Decision. Presbyterians and Bantlsts. F!niseo- pallans and Methodists, Catholics and Protestants, Jews and Gentiles, join in regretting the decision of Henry Louis Smith to accept the presidency of Washington and Lee University. The cause of education in North Caro lina can ill afford to lose such a man as Dr. Smith at this or any other time. That his sphere of usefulness in the Virginia city will be Iareer an more extensive than it could have been here, yet the intensive work he has accomplished for Christian education nas oeen great, too great to compute Poultry GrOwIna. The Increased interest in poultry growing in this Immediate section Is well pleasing to those who have the real interest of the section at heart; and tne most pleasing feature of the proposition is that high-grade poultry is being secured as. a basis, and that tne strains are being kept pure and untainted. - There was never a profit in the growing of scrub chickens, except ac cidentally, for a short period of time. But with any of the recognized stan dard beeerds It is not an experiment. It is a dead certainty if reasonable care and attention is given t3iem;. Like plant life, chickens cannot be planted anl left and allowed to grow and develop of its own accord, Chick ens must be given attention and when they are given this reasonable atten tion they pay better anfl more satis factory returns than any other live stock into which the same amount of money and time and energy is put. Buy a few pure blood chickens of standard breed, give them the samel attention and care that would be given high bred hogs, and watch the bal ance turn in favor of the poultry. Guesses Versus Facts. "You can't always sometimes tell by looking over a piece of ground how it will pan out under the surveyor's instruments," said "Chief" Orr yes terday afternoon as he stood discuss ing with a number of kindred spirits the proposition of the Mecklenburg County Fair the coming fall. Continuing Chief X)rr told how a number of men visited a parcel of land beyond Lakewood recently, and looked it over with the view of locat ing the fair there. It looked to some that there would not be a great deal of cost attached to the work of build ing a race track. Then we sent a sur veyor into the property - with the re sult that we learned that not less thanv$5,600 would be needed to put a track into shape. "Another site was also surveyed and more than $7,000 would be needed to build the race track there." The promoters of the Mecklenburg Fair insist they will pull off a fair if there is any way in the world to ac complish it. That London Fog. - "Tioks like a bloominer T fog, 'phone my word," Remarked an FnsHshman as he walked from the entrance of the Selwyn hotel Mrmrtav morning and encountered the worst log tne ciiy uao pwojuij- ever seen, es- peciany uurms uier. For more than an hour traffic too a delayed by the presence of this ' ex- a ; j x cessive visiDie uuimuny, ana people stopped in their work and pleasure nnd taiVed of the peculiar innHiHnn Qjie could not see across the street in many instances, uu iui a. iew minutes at a time it was difficult to see 10 feet aneaa, on iiie Biuenom. . It la entirely out -of the nrfiinar , - --.uijt LU experience such a fog here. And tin . vimj a was neara another peculiar condition. Italians Defeat TuiHish Forces By Associated Press. ) Rome, Feb. 28. A severe battle in which the Italian troops defeated the Turkish forces and their Arab allies with great loss is reported in official dispatches received here today from Horns (which is also known as Lebda) about 70 miles to the east of the city of Tripoli, on the Medeterranean coast. The engagement occurred at Mount Mergheba, some distance behind the town. ' ; The loss of the Turks and Arabs is described in the report as very, heavy. The Italian's loss 11 killed and 82 wounded. THE COLONEL RETURNS. By Associated Press. Boston, Feb. 28. Colonel Roosevelt's soujourn in Boston comes to an end today. He expected to depart for New York at 3 p. m. More Evidence of Profit In Poultry. North Carolina farmers who desire to engage in the profiable business of poultry raising could probably get some valuable-pointers by consulting some of their brother farmers in Tennessee, who, it would , seem, are meeting with remarkable success raising and ship ping poultry and eggs to the northern markets. Five more solid carloads of Tennessee chickens was yesterday's record to pass through Salisbury. Salisbury Post. 'V. More Kind Words. Our esteemed contemporary, The Charlotte News, has arranged for a home of its own. The Gazette extends its happiest felicitations on this step. May it be the beginning of an even greater period of usefulness than i has over enioved before. The News is one of the safest, sanest and sound est papers in North Carolina Gasto nia Gazette. Think This Over This Offer Should Gain the Confidence of the Most Skeptical. We pay for all the medicine used during the trial, if our remedy fails to completely relieve you of constipa tion. We take all the risk. You are not obligated to us in any way what ever, if you accept our offer. That's a mighty broad statement, but we mean every word of it. Could any thing be more fair to you? A most scientific, common-sense treatment is Rexall Orderlies, which are eaten like candy. Their active principle is a recent scientific discov ery that is odorless, colorless, and tasteless; very - pronounced, gentle, and pleasant in action, and particular ly agreeable in every way. This in gredient does not cause diarrhoea, nausea, flatulence, griping, or other inconvenience. Rexall Orderlies are particularly good for children, aged and delicate persons. If you suffer from chronic or habit ual constipation, or the associate or . dependent chronic ailments, we urge you to try Rexall Orderlies at our risk. Remember, you can get them in Char lotte only, at our store, 12 tablets, 10 cents; 36 tablets, 25 cents; 80 tablets, 50 cents. ' Sold only at our store The Rexall Store. R. H. Jordan & Co. ! 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