Second
Inagurates New
sses
WENDELL
WILLKIE
(‘HAIff.t>TTK —' St'conU Ward (Brown,'Puintpr, plactd at Wi'i.t
llit;h-Sciiool ^ -v-tjry 4iui>p^' rb-Kipn Comi)aTiy; Andrew AIK*.n,'
aimouncu its s«cceM in beiny; Jae Plffist pla*ed at the Churlbtfi
first Negro »ch*o 1 j'ble to b!!fr,ih]Fibri«t; WilMam Bftxtrr, Hhljip-
tlie active projrrfja knpw» -asjing Clerk, placcd at J, B. Ivuy's,
Diver;ified Occupations. iRichiird Mai*s#y, ttrowry riork,
This, pnoRtalhi, sponBoPed by n«t yet pTa-iHi, Sprirurs R»b.n-i
the Uuitud,St»tei COLViii’nment ia| t)n, Tytn'“ctter, placcd; .lohn
*iHl«r till' supervision, «f. i'har- Freeland, Brick Mason, plared.
Ipttc's one and only Nepro Co-j PlacementA ntenliffl«-*d abov^
ordinator, Mrs. M. M. Adafn^, [that thin is a worthwbilo pro.^ru’tt
and offi'Vs »n ■of^ortun.ity to stu-i which is not only of intcrfcst 'to
di'nts Inttfosted in certain iiclis'thp studctit, bnt which ffffii".* a
of work tf> rec^iv^ their tgrcslth oppoTtunity for students
tminin^ -v^ilir attf-nriiny «whAo*^|^vvho will Ho yn«,ble lo attend
Thp'o ^.tudonts an- Hvcn ‘m'• |collo,"-e immodifttely afttn* pT"«u-
suhjccts in school namely En>.'-ttinp from schciol. Those etiid"i>‘s
li#h and Arithmetic at arc ;>-v- are ^ivon a forty-ive
miitcd to leava at elevcfr for^y-in^inutes eftch prhoor day in wkit'hf
five to ffo on their jobs. 'iVit? In-thinit is done cxoopt the HctuaH
mipiimim juuub(^ of wm'kinf;-' gfudyinp of ov?ry ph)> ■ of the
holirs te throe p?r day and in wh4tib he is. lliicro^d;
minimiijii ‘■■alp.rv i» thrvo dol sirs'XpsijjriitVi^ntn aff piven r-'i ’h *.ay
wCe1. This ,«nl»ry is orly (,,ul this work allows fi'V
gnven so as t'v keep thp" frtnrtentwhich «'■«* ctiu^jdt ied i
n!? w(*ll hift employf*!’ *- ffiiiy wore School workine: 'nn't'*.
cd. Members uf th! class are iK ft ik the- hnptr. of the , vet ’m-
folioWB; Miss lUian GootUvin, jpim.j,,] .siifdt-irts thiU. tlu* 'i'
Tallof, pin"c^ Bertie -Lce'f,p^ and Woiucri f ’( hnf-
Sh^>|>p«; M«» Rosa Leu Gilliard 'nil! sec tBo a«lvniita«j if
and Miss Thelma Tobias, BoRu’^ycoti!^'"'. heed to the f>lc>a
Cwlturest not yot plafed; fiij, ypt nnplnced rtudents and
Glioma Baby Blinded
y?. ■ ^ 4-:
‘1 ask you to send mp to Wash-
Ingtnn nt ^ur tincontrdU«d wpre-
sentafiva wb6 wilj wotk only fof
the pre»«?rv*tiMU our dcmocrntlc
way Ute. But atnoii^? the people
who should not votfc for rne are
those controlled by the comipt and
■nniisoatirv^ ‘pai'ty machines that are
WOMEN ENLIST
IN VOTE DRIVE
FOR WILLKIE
%
Caus:ht in the Machine
dominating some of our major cit
ies. I am proud that these machines
will do their best to defeat me.
•'Amccica, in order to be strong,
must bo clean. America, in order
to be strong, must have the full func-
tloniriB of the democratic process,
fro^'from the cbntrtl Of corrupt po
litical machine.';.”
Thelma, Beauty Culturest noti.^,j„.j^ them n ehance
yet placed;'Miss Blanche Watts^^.^jgjjjgpjYQg worthy,
and Miss Venus Sn>ith, Embalm^
t yet placed; Mi‘:s (^jjj^nc
J to
rrs, n,-.
Beatty, Seamstress pieced at the
Charlotte Laundry; Miss Calvcnc
B’incher, Secretary, placed at the
office of Lawyers Bowser and
HArris; Mi^^s Winnaul Boyd, no't
yet placed; William Roberts,
Photographer^ placed; Bei’uafd
Initial Draft May
Take 5,000*6,000
Nortii Carolinians
Carolinsi'uiay bo calic'il
Maklnpr a traffic decision con- j
dcrtmlng' thtir foar-rnonths-old : oii; i
JaniUf'. to a life in the dij-k, Mr. and ?
Mrs. ^elviu 144nsom authoi'ized re-
moval lij ^t of th? baby’s right eye j
th^ft hi!5 toft in an effort to save him
from QL th. The chilu, pictured'
with his mother and now in Spring- '
lield, Mass., Hospital, ia »fllicted
with glioma.
Air Raid Hero
Sanatoriuia
The Sanatoduni SuiuUy Buhocl
met at thj usual hour, t) A. 3,L
Scripture lesson v.’as read I.'y
M'ss Thelma PiAterson. Number
of patients attendinij 43. Total
amount oi couet-tiou |2.0C. The
large.st amount rafsod' during the
13'f September was $0.7.j.
C. E. Broadfoot Ms i\.-
I.,csjs Jhan Half
III 19.10 the .sale of .\mcricaii trtria
product.^ lo foreign countries
amoiuited to >1, i9o,000,001). With
New Deal reciprutal trade treaties
with, sixteen countries io force in
193D, bur sale of Amcrlcaii farm
product^had dropped to $633,000,000
—less than half of the 1930 figure.
Nort,to Vai’Oiin’t uia.n
• uiwn-'^ furnish between .5,000.month
'land ti.OOO in the first draft of| Mr.>^.
;400,000 mcu. tentative, and \inof-’turned from |1it'r vacation and
’'ficial cempilations shovVfd yes-'rep„rts a very pb'a^'ant stay.
terday. I During the’ pa'?t H'mday
N Approxiinatt'Iy 4f)o,0M) of the Jiyj^l was Visitpd by-tnc
Farm Imitorts Increase
In 1937 Uiis country imported G8,-
277.000 pounds more meat than we
exported, while in 1932 we exported
146.192.000 more than we imported.
In 1932 our markets for American
farm products were protected.
Government Guaranteed
Six government corporations have
outstanding bonds amounting to $5,-
410,600,000, all of which is guaran
teed by the government, but is not
considered by the New Deal as jl
part of the government debt.
I'yuical of Xew Pcil.
All insurance inquiry in Massa
chusetts revealed that relief was bc-
Twenty yeari ago American wom
en were preparing for their first
J vote In a presi
dential election.
In Detroit, two
thousand wonrwn
voters from 40
.states, represen
tative of 3,000
clubs luidor the
banner of theNa- ^Coach
■tionpl FedAa tion
of Women’s Re
publican Club*,
ga^e tCL;timonlal
tgi their 1940 po
litical prepared-
nes.s, and their
enthusiasm for
the 1040 magnet-
Ic Reyublican
Miss Martin standard - bi ar-
er, Wendell Willkle.
With Miss Marion E. Martin,
women's d’ivjsion director' Ili’iiubli-
can National Committee os their
Reader, nepublicnn women workers
Wore lined up for an intensive Oc
tober "doorstep drive” to carry the
pl»a for Republican Pari^ eai^di-
datQs to every housuhoia in tlic
country.
“Get every vote in box---
Ir; the rallying slogan, adopt^d by
over one million workers irv tiw
"Wjimen for Wiltkie" c.imppnf{n.
It! Ihdl, Detroit nKcIln^ vis ffic
nucJrus of the great Hrtiiy of work
ers, none of whyse namts evinced
more intortst and acclaim than a
group of five distinguished wives—
Mrs. Wendell Willkie, Mrs. Ciutrles
L. McNary, Mrs. Robert A. Taft.
Lira. Arthur H. Vandenbcrg and
Mrs. Frank Gannett.
Second Ward Tigers *^‘ldass
Lincoln Acadetny‘s bieven
When Tijsfcr rtuc t T - • r f ■
;riJiemUy fliea; : uoh wr ti
case when the blue anil
rlad Tljfers of Secijnd Wanl m
' even
Cost of 'New riLal
At the assessed valiratimi, it would
take all the property of Illinois, In-
diana and two-thirds of Wisconsin—
farms, buildings, mines, crops, rail
roads, utilities, automobiles, stocks,
M?Oennon’s Ti:rf'rB of
Lincoln Afi^lemy at ihe I, e un
StndlHln last Fridrsy cvenint
Fro m the initial kick off to
the last quarter, the eame wan
ovenly fought with both siih-
mi».«!»intr several «i'«rine chiti 
due to fumblinjr. During 5he f> :
half, the lino drivinir !>f Iin' Ir,
.Aei^ldniy'g Di.'ion, and the ' nHi
(acklin-..- of ripht end, Hr*»wii
kept the Sf-cohd W’ard fan?- nr,
their toe*.
Boeinninsf the fourth porii?!,
the local Ti'r; I S i-n.'tied tiieu
'f.>inpl running a*t: k-^. Aff".' at;
ojkchsjiarr of nunt whicit lefi. '
hall in »>-iiiid W''tvd';- nos:’"
jpn rt’e sti’iWl
_tute half bark. Rtit.t- puf f’’’ a
fdr':-/1incr exhibition , of ti'o!.-1
field ruiminjr t(» advan; tl'.e bi-tl
o tht fi\e vjikI linr ft l.iii «*!:i
Apnd*’tny w h > r»* quflrtert':»' •?
Wond^ on a%i off-tackle
took it aci'O-.^ th'- ifial f"v th>-
th^' games initial senrr. TH^.* «*-
tra noint was irarneii’d by full
hark, T-\vlor on-» drivi.-.
Lircdln Aeadeiny. scekin" t-»:
fMf Dnv — H.
! Ta lor
f-B ■ A — — C,
HB M.-on* — —
P;'*" «■ e, lIi»tiTi, fj. C.
IV ad Llr - mi“n. .Malone,
Umpiit*, Her'' .
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AAA Sets December
7 For Cotti)K Vote
(tot-tii,; 1 io%v r i N. t
inri of th ■ ,Sou'.h y^ill v ,
>olls l)rr"mb 'r 7 t.i
I her A.\A tn rki tinjj
will Ih‘ in u-ffl on
!•:. Y. Klovd, .AAA
t‘> 'h
-■ Wh
jUO'
h.- I‘>H crop.
f’olb
an-
Motorists Must Heed
Highway Safety Sign
Saying Men Working
th
of
c score tmloosed
passen in the last fev.’
minutes of the ^am! which Rti-
ranccd them trt the loe.al Ti,r’r-;
ii’or o
lOUIH'i il.
The !’. H rk* Un,‘;
(luotH .lil t announced by Sccr
• 1 ry of g-fTPtrittirtr-, Wk*karf-4,
will mak* J.- : :bl« th mark» t-
inK nf I'al* t'luing
tht! iit-xt ft,*•>.•>11 v^a,- ht-.ginninif
Aujrti.'u I.
How^vor, ” betor*'
production proBr.uii c'n 'O I .t»
effect, two-third;; oj: inp,p of tti- ther
cotton Ki'iwcr.-^ voiin:r niU't ap- , .
jimve allotm.>ni :. TT-.Ts ve:irV^f«n activity,
n forendum rum- luo Uay ^ill nccL afSt.* of
onrftt^r thfm that -U-M b’ln- a. wun-. daily on
\v!icn ‘.)1 percept of tin nation’.^ ■'’•iroe hi.'.liwaji vvsitc.. utin-
WiJth --V -al hny ..r.d ■
work on NofXt i- ■  • - h-
;v^^ th: f-li fh’ H ’ ’V i, .i:.:
:-ty rH"i'ion th: w^ j’k --'kf! -
t,ent="n of all Tat H = I n.-ttr.
■o lOii,. •>£ tht' dansers ien''
to hTg'b«r»%- ronsf rw;«iwi
mairi'-'ria joi--'-,
Th*» repairing: of hiarhw'iy da
maged hy the rec »nt floods*, toge-
with thr- nnrraal con+tr'*lc-
everything that has value—to have'ihirty-oiprht yard lino. This de^-
paid the cost of the New Deal gov- Lpfate attempt by the K n*.r
erumeut for 1939. iMountaneers \vrk ' repulsed ly
Little Left II’*’ TlVthe
Out of each dollar earned in Amor- whistle, sisrnallini' the ent
lea, 54c is spent for foud, shelter- pame.
and clotliing. Taxos, eil'aor hiddsn, i
Starting Line-up
Second Ward Lincoln Ac.-ule' .y
Mcl.'fitijlil-
Tar
Mcsdanies
Bertram do N. Cruger, American
liaison officer for the Chase National
Bank, is cited as a hero in London
after his heroic action duriiig an air
raid. When two bomba fell in front
of his house, Cruger extinguished
them with buckets of sand, then
aided a neighbor extinguish a third..
i-[eelP bet\^-#'en 'the ftres of pejsimss,
21 and 35, incluBiva, XviU register
in their h^ne precincts Walker, twp childvon,
16. Pinal ^etails '’'f™;'navl.l Jr.. »»! OW. Wdk-r Bo-
tration .first stei),iof the liist , »] T-tvlnr !■
peacetime con.sc-ription, are now nice Dockery, Almcda ^aylo ,
IUk worked out. . . „ . ,Mk, a.rnc, and Alo„» I ,he-
1 Under a strict percentaga ba-;dte Byrd all of buim Level, N.
sis, -’•North Carolina wottjd l>e C
called upon to furnish ftpproxi-j Mrs. Carrie B. Staten was v.'s-
niately 13,000 men in a nation-jnf,! Sund^iy by her husN-iul,
'wide draft of 400,000, but eachgtaten, father, Neal No-
state will be given credit'f'->^ its some friands, Clifton
• citizens already in the armed' ’
forces. Mora than 4,000 North,
Carolina National Guardsmen
from this State already are in
service and the number of vpl-
unteers for'the Army find Ma
rine Corp.s in North Carolina
has been among the highest in
the nation. Thosa factors will
tend to reduce te number of Tar
Heels to be called to between
5,000 and 6,000.
her daughlerj ing given to some ramilirs having
f ■BicomeS iip to $4,000.
direct or both, lake another 27c. The
remaining you in.iy spend for
church contributions, recreatifin, or
what you will. In 1910 taxes look
only 5c of each dolkir.
pro-
(luula
have af>-
' coUon protiuccrs votlnj^-
od the marketing
.trrani for !!>I0.
Floyd s.nid {rrowers
nroved th? cotton proKram fo
thrtie consccutive yei)0,, votint
control on them.solves in
1!WJ, and lOSN. During the years
the quotas have been in
dr*»d.-! of thuu-.nnd.; of motor vc-
hiclo.'; will \m- otK^rattngr. .\iid un-
hs.s niotori^st.s emph>y courtt-ay,
caution ami common.frn,-*: an«l
.slow ik'wn when th* y at* a f* sg-
man or a “Men Woi' kmg'’ riisiU,
.s*mie of these higliwtty-workers
may killed or injured, the
et^ ct. safety director stated.
cotton farmers. a .irroup, have higrhwav construction and
piante.l w.dl within the nation- work .loes not nre-
al ricn.'aye allotment. „
The AAA executive ulficcr ex-
e^nt hazard?! to the workmen a-
Househok! Hin
To r-3storc a Sise polish to nn old
marble table top, get Ecma s>’.;tty
pawrler at a -.non’.'nient yai-J-. r”.?re-
pcn this with water., Usp a pioja c*
soft leather F.nd apply to nil'r’ij'*
Bt:rface.
Wil
, JiVii'’.' a ,A.-kinson and La-j ]\([oney spent for non-essentials
Ea'j'-'t of ?’eens%'ille, iN. ' •|jg an expenss, whereas funds
Mr?. J*ilirr;:d Pm vis i‘" ''nv,u*o-1Q^e’s domicile
ii;c',dy nrd liopiii" to TotuTn|jn a livable condition arc an in-
Jvestmeht that is economically
T'onjamin Perry, Jas. sound.
Pol-
YOU
CAN
WEAR
Free
If Drafted
And in Service by Jart. 311941
“HIGH QUALITY”
Tailored to
your order ■
Wife Preservers.
Why “puddle" things by hand in the
washbowl? Put everything washable—
even silk stockings and undies—in the
washing nnachine.
\-w
J i.mo soon
I’ayiH', Ivy Cnrr and Vernon
k-.rtl ive doiiii? fine.
We li'itened to a very impixs-
^ivo fcniion !3undav durinu’ the
hour fi’om G to 7 P- M. deliver-1
o,T by-the Rev. Warren €-,. fwiKiS
p..st, r of the Freedom- Prosbv
toiian church of Kaeford, X.C.
Ho was assi.sted by R4v. O. J.
H’)wh!!’‘« who is our preaont P'i*-
toi- at the Sanatorium. The num
ber of new patients reported f-r
th- ^yeok was '21. It was the
Inr'vest number since the open
ing- of the institution.
The followi|ig persons ivei'o
discharpted. Miss Thelma P..'tf‘:-
son, Durham;' Otis Butts, Guii-
berry; Theo. Howard, Litth-ton;
I
Daisy’s Variety
Shoppe
RESPECETED
CITIZEN PASSES
DURHAM Mrs. Mary E.
ifaycs, age 63, died at her heme,
11 Op (jlciin Street Sunday, Sep-.
20, ;\fter an illness , of several
montfis. She was born in Wake
County, Dee. 11, 1876, the daugn
ter of Hinton and Clandis green
Blake. In 1'1)03 she was married
to the late Lonnie Hayes, who
died in 1918.
She is survived by one dauo'h-
ter, Willie E. Hs^es of this city,
me brother, Gaston S. Blake f
Homnstead, LohV Island, and'
numerous nieces and nephews. i
The funeral was coudiicted
Outer and Under Garments for from -the home Tuesday after-
iic.on at 2 o’clock' witii Roy. ,1.
Morrow -
ln"ri I’ll
MaA«is
i-auni
Harris
Ma«sey
l^eters
—Brown
ptetned thnf- it was hj cc^-*arv JoQC. he point, d out. for th*‘re
to call for a liniitod production are c.-ertam danirer.'S incident to
in lyil beciuiso of the treinen- thi^: work ^vhich will confroat
ilou.-j surplus which .stili hangs the motorist. Drivers on the
-t. u- ll-l- road .\t night should be alert for
was due to the record crop of warning signs and flares mark-
19:57, which glultetl the market ing t'le approach to road con-
and forced prices down sharply. struc,tion and r.;pair projects,
and particularly the approach
to temporary wooden bridges
where new bridges are under
construction or old ones are be
ing widened. A driver wh^ is
Ed. Mellon Co.
* bin
SUIT
TOPCOAT
OR
O’COAT
You Get a “Money Back”
Draft Certificate, which is
redeemable, if you are called
into service before Jan. 31,
1941 and garments have been
retuined.
Union Made
300 Wool Worsted
FABRICS
On Display At
PREVA,TX‘S CIX)THES SHOP
^ J. b. J*iQvatt V
■ 32lE. Trade-St.
lALc OF TWO CITIES?
(•(HirtK
CALI1EP
UOtiOOH
(-f»4(NKlT
WASCAlttP
BciPtia*,
•ri
Men, Women and Children
Also Baeuty Supplies
Mrs. A. E. Spears, Prop.
Phone 2-3975
505 E. 7th Street
Charlotte, N, C.
Lane, Gold;l>oro
H. Thoiti-fli, r^s'ior of Mount!
Vernon;'Baptist Church officiatin'i',!
Interment was in Beechwood |
Cemetery. j
I'nd Vanderbilt
North Carolina.
Household Hint
If baby’s little flannels are
shrunken and stilf through incor
rect laundering, try washing them
in fluflfy soapsuds to which a tea-
l spoonful of glycerine has been
added. Rinse in water of the same
temperature in which there is a
little borax and hang to dry with
out wringing. _
* m: ■ I'.'- > tkl
going too fast and is not watch
ing the roadway closely could
sasily smash into a barricade at
such a point and have a serious
smash-up.
“The state does all it can by
pu'.*: ■ x.arning signs- and
_ ..res for the pro
tect; :t.^ workmen but also
of ti.. . ra , s. 'ng public,” said Di
rector Hocutt. “It squarely up
to tho motorists of this state to
, hs:ed thiJse warning device*."
I The writers of many books
amaze their readers, who won-
!der why in. the h the tomes
are published.
Convention Walker
Night Football Game . .
JOHNSON C. SMITH
vs.
VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE
(1939 CIAA Champions)
LEGION MEiMORIAL STADIUM
Charlotte, N. C.
Saturday October 12,1940
Admission $1.00 Kickoff 8 p. m.
HOME SCHEDULE ^
Octobcr . -Virginia State (8 prni.)
October Homecoming Shaw Univlirsity (8 p. m.)
November J) Bluefield State (2 i m.)
November 23 A. & T. Col!^ (S i ni )
November 28 (Turkey Day Classic) Living-ilon cjllege
AH ^ames to be played in Legion Memorial Stadium
unless otherwise announced
KfSnSnMMMHHMHMEBMB
CLOTHING OF DISTINCT
for Men and Boys for Fall
At McUon’s” one can always be sure of
getting only the best, and it really tosts
no more to have the sati.^faction of Mel-
lon’s labc'l. Why not come to Mullon’s
for your Fall outfits, and get the smart-
e.st StyleK, the finest Materials ahtl ' r
Workman.ship, tho best Service.
Suits $25 to $85
Top Coats $25 to $110
StctHon ami Knox Hat:?, Edwin Claj'p and Flor^heim Sliues
Arrow Siiirts, Hartiuana Liigg-a^e
ManlKitii
lu ana
M>e!!c3ii C
'■ n Assuntncc of Carr_-ctnes3
Sincc 18
WheQ In Charlotte
VISIT
j Julius Kovak, of Post 93, San IVan-
11 cisco, registers at the AiaericaiB L»
gioilf headquarters in Boston mftei
wa^ng 1,300 miles of the trip*front
the West coast. Kovak started iui
joumer east' oa April It.
SUSIE’S GRILL
AT
227 S. Brevard Street
SPECIAL HOME-COOKED MEALS
BEER-SANDWICHES-MU$1C
“In The Heart of Charlotte”
' C. M. WITHERS, Manager
Household .Hifit
If brown sugar bccomes ter«l,
place ia air-Ught coQtainer witik
a slice of fresh bread and teal.
The sugar -will soften, and cdaFb*
kept indefinitely by remwiB^
bread when, it beeomcs too ‘
Household Hint
Playing card^'will tet Iq
and look b*ttcr if
As soon as any spots ur si
pear, wife them
cloth dipped in wai
dry with a claao i
aBs^BBa