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SECTION B THE SUNDAY OBSERVER, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1920 It 1 ECHOES FROM CLUBDOM BY MRS. GORDON FINGER. (HtlsenaiKp Class to Have Governor Elect Wednesday. The class In eltisenship, being conducted by the civic department for the women of Mecklenburg Bounty, will meet thin week on Wednesday night Instead of the asual time, and the meeting place will be the Alexander Graham high school auditorium at 1:10 o'clock. The publ.c, and specially, the resident of the county outside of Charlotte are Invited; the folk Who most uKually have the honor to be called "people of the county, Meek lenburgers." All theae change In plan and ur gency of Invitation are occasioned by an event unprecedented In the nnals of the county. The enfran chised women of the county are to study "county government" making literal application to this county and th first governor ever elected from this county. Cameron Morri son, will be guest of honor and ad dress tho meet ng at the ooncluslon of the eltisenship program. Miss Comic Fore has the first topic to be presented. "County Oov ernment In North Carolina." Of ficials of the county and their du ties and county Institution are other, topics everybody will be in terested In. Mrs. W. T. Hhore. civic chairman, nvttes every officer of the county I DddgeBrqthbr5 i There la Christmas spirit In Dodge Brothers' motor car. Let your gift ie of value. Nothing could be appre ciated more than a Dodge Brothers' motor car for a Christmas present CALDWELL-TREDENICK & LAMBETH, Inc CHARLOTTE, If. O. 804 S (liureht B izi,: i vviuiy 1 fir Ii rj : lli' Not jjf I 219 S. Tryon. to come and help the people leant ' the extent and the limitation 01 each man's authority. It often hap pens that men In public positions are upbraided for failure to do things, they personally would be vary glad to do but the laws gov erning their office will not permit. With the approaching holidays the Inauguration of Mr. Morrison will make him not leas Mecklen burg's own but more a representa tive of the state as a whole and the spaciousness of the auditorium will permit the people f the city to utilise the occasion as a sort of pub lic gala farewell. The occasion will be enlivened by music and the pres ence of many of Governor Morri son's personal friends, the full membership of the club and the clt lsenshlp class. Sewing Bee Week. The bast week has bn iiMwins bee week with the members of thel olub house committee and the board f directors. There have been morning meaaurlngs and cuttings and afternoon bastings and sewings, getting the curtains end linen ready for hanging for the proposed opening of the new Woman's club at holiday time. Mixing going to housekeeping for a big Institution with family Christ mas and a big shopping list Is a Phone TS4 COULD you suggest a better way to solve the family gift prob lem than to present them with a Piano or Player-Piano on Christmas morn? Of course it must be a STIEFF "The South's Favorite Piano." In order that your family may not he disappointed we suggest that you place your order as early in the week as possible we'll hold the Piano until you are ready to have it delivered. A SMALL CASH DEPOSIT THE BALANCE IN EASY PAYMENTS MAKE YOUR FAMILY A HAPPY ONE Chas. M. Stieff, Inc. test for efficiency and loyalty but under the leadership of Mrs. Eugene Retlley and Mrs. I. W. Kalson the work goes on apace, with the royal assistance of such workers as Mrs. ('. C. Hook and Mrs. Minnie Wrln ton Hmlth. all women who appre ciate the worth of a dollar and have good, excellent taste In the spend ing. The club wumen feel that Char lotte has expressed great apprecla tion and confidence in the work and in the Integrity of the club as an organization and they are making every effort to plan and operate a club worthy of the real Charlotte brand of things, the best with faith in the future, a progressing success. The Heal til MesJa, Double Red Oom. When you know that something like $35,000 is being expended by organization in the city for the succor, prevention, cure of human suffering through the medium of nu Thing and that the germ from which this great work for Charlotte grew was the sale of the Red Cross seal which put on the very first nurse through the Associated Cherltln years ago brings realization of what can grow from a good work faith fully followed up. The double Red Cross Is now a world wide insignia of the flgrrt against disease in the form of tu berculoids; the fight for a living chance for every child not armored with a ful share of natural strength by healthy parentage and whole some living conditions; a helping hand to the adult inoculated with the germ that waste. Now that the annual sales In Charlotte have become dependably of an appreciable size, though we have failed to lead the smaller cit ies In amount of sales, a tubercu losis clinic ha been opened for free consultation and treatment for white or black. It 1 located next door to Tryon Street Methodist church and is open Tuesday after noons and Friday afternoons from 2 to i. There Is a nurse on the staff. Mia Kathrlne Ardagh, who devotes all of her time to visiting the af flicted In their homes and helping and instructing them in how to care for themselves and protect other from Infection. Last month IT cases were dis charged but new ones discovered made a total of reported and lo cated cases to reach J00. Every Charlotte person who buy a seal is putting money and Interest to work at home, keeping up what Is begun and extending the work depends on exactly how many seals w buy. TATE FEDKRATION MOTES. Mrs. Henry While of High Point, chairman of the membership com M. D. MANNING, Mgr. Charlotte's Musical Headquarters mittee, write that 15 clubs, repre senting a total membership of 611 new members, have been admitted I to the federation since the Char lotte convention, April 17-10. The new clubs admitted are an j follows: Council of Jewish women, Hal- ( eigh, 24 members; president, Mrs. : Maurice Rosenthal. Mothers' club, Mount (.Ulead. 15 members; president, Mrs. P. H. Rankin. Woman' club, Rockingham. .48 j members; president, Mrs. John L Everett. Fortnightly club, Brevard, 10 members; president, Mrs. C. R. Crabb. Community club, Klnston. 1(0 i members; president. Mrs. 8. C. Bit-1 tersop. j Council of Jewish women. Char-' lotte. 41 members; president, Mrs. j Ralph Malever. Civic league, Waynesvllle, 18 members; president, Mr. Rufus L. Allen. i Twentieth Century Mother' club, j 12 members; president Mrs. R. T. ' Poole. I Adelphlan club. Calypse. II mem bers; president, Mrs. W. Patton. Border Book club. Spray, 17 members; president, Mrs. Lois W. Clark. Civic league, Maysvills, it mem bers; president, Mra F. M. Jenkins. Tuesday Afternoon Book club, Morven, 19 members; president, Mrs. John A. Llles. The Thursday club, Bladenboro, It members; president, Mra E. B. Dunn. Woman's club, Lexington, 56 members; president. Mrs. H. M. Ulmer. Woman' club of Flora Macdon ald college. Red Springs, SO mem ber; president, Mra M. L. Sander eon. Miss Mildred T. Coover, publicity chairman of the Goldsboro Woman's club, has sent In the following list of officers and chairmen of depart ment and standing committees of the club for the coming year: President. Mr. L. V. Otddens; vice president Mra Malcolm Bhuell; treasurer, Mr. B. G. Thompson; corresponding secretary, Mra Rob ert Powell; recording secretary, Mrs. J. A. McLean; chairmen of departments: civic. Mis Gertrude Well; literature. Mia Mary DeVane; education, Mrs. Lionel Wall; music, Mrs. Sam Scott; home economics. Ml Elisabeth Bogle (acting chair man); chairmen of committees: house, Mlas Mary Emma Olddens; social, Mrs. B. D. Harrlmon; pub licity. Miss Mildred Coover; cafe teria, Mra E. M. Land; ways and means, Mra J. N. Johnson. The home economics department of the Rocky Mount Woman's cluo at a recent meeting Instructed a Phone 196. TREASURY DEPARTMENT EXPECTS BETTER TIMES Thinks Conditions Will Improve After the Christmas Holidays. Foreign Demand for Cotton. BY II. U. O. BRYANT. Washington, Dec 11. Treasury department officiate believe that bus iness conditions will Improve when the Christmas holidays are over. They see signs of a return to bet ter times' now. Report from abroad promise Increased demand for raw cotton, and more satisfactory prices. Consul fieneral Oeorge B. Ander Kon, at Rotterdam. The Netherlands, October 26. wrote: "There ha been a coneiderable In crease in the amount of foreign goods going into Oermany and other central powers the past few weeks, this being particularly true of raw cotton from the United Btate There have been less severe fluc tuatloons In the value of the mark, and Oerman manufacturers have been more able to connt upon enough stability In the mark's value to enable them to make purchases of cott6n anad similar supplies from abroad. Practically all of the bus iness has been done on a cash ba sis, 1. e., the German importer has paid cash to the Netherlands middle man or American agent In Holland, buying guilders with marks The Netherlands middleman or the agent special committee to draw up reso lutions asking the farmers of the county to turn their attention to the dairy industry in order to increase the milk supply of the Rocky Mount market. An Inadequate milk sup ply is the cause of an acute milk shortage In the town and some of the civic organization are taking up the matter to see If the situa tion cannot be remedied and the city's supply increased. , An enthusiastic meeting of the Greensboro Woman's club was re cently held at which a fund was started for a new Woman's club house. Seventy new members were taken Into the club at this meeting. Mrs. Roland Taylor is president of the organization with Mrs. W. A. Bivens as secretary. Mra At Fair brother was present and gave a few of her impressions of California, stressing the cleanliness of the western cltlea Mrs. Fairbrother would like to see a boulevard sys tem and better parks for Greensboro. I of 'American cotton concerns has bought dollars with guilders either on eight or to days' light basis. The purchase of these supplies In Ger many, therefore, represents a trans action based upon two variable ex- , change rates as well a varying . prli'Mi for cotton or other goods trotn abroad. Purchase direct from the I'nltcd 8tates Is difficult because of the element of time in the matter I of exchange and deliveries. At best ! the business Is difficult, but the j need for raw materials in Central ! Europe is imperative. "It may bo well to again call the I attention of American business men j u tie fact that no Improvement In 1 buslnexs in Central Europe can be ' i xperti .l until some comprehensive I credit s)atem Is arranged which will I enable central European manufae ' Hirers to secure raw materials and i fuel Any aggressive campaigning ' li: belwlf of American products is j entirely loxt until a workable flnanc- lng arrangement nan been estab . lished." I Leonard B. Oary. writing about j the state of the cotton trade at Lan cashire said: ' "Manufacturer!! and merchants in ' Mamlirsler. Kngland, are more . hopeful for Improved business con ; dltions, despite the continued de 1 preaslon (which has lasted for three 1 months) and the fact that huge I Htocks of cloth and yarn are accu I mutating In warehouses In Manches ter and vicinity. Many of them ln ; stead of viewing the coal strike with ) alarm rather welcomed it believing that It would to some extent remove the feeling of uncertainty that hoa pervaded the business community for some time pant. Some also have I taken plantK and thus stop the pro duction of cloth and yarn, thereby easing the situation and probably helping to clear off the glut of good In the market. "While undoubtedly the strike ha had a tendency to help move eome goods, It has Increased unemploy ment in the textile trades, where un employment was already serious. Jut after the strike was called there were more Inquiries from In dia and China, and some of these in quiries resulted in business. The threatened stoppage of Industry, i wltn the consequent scarcity of good that would result from a stop page of machinery, has checked the falling price and In some cases has brought about an advance. "Many causes have contributed to the depression that has prevailed In the Lancashire cotton trade for the past three month. Among these may be mentioned, first, the lack of demand from China and India Great Britain's two largest market for , cotton textile The slow up of orders from these oountrle was due to the fall In silver and the business deepression In Japan, which caused Japanese merchant to dis pose of their holdings of cloth and yarn at rate below the ooet et pro duction in Japan and much below the price quoted by Manchester houses; and also to- the slackening of the temporary ' business prosperity, brought to these countries by the war, which had Increased the pur chasing power of the populace. "Second, the Instability of raw cot ton prioea The wide fluctuation in the price of raw ootton ha made It difficult for the Lancashire mer chant and manufacturer to quote a firm price. The steadily declining markets and lndlcatloons of a large crop In the United States and Egypt, with a large carry-over of American cotton, made buyers feel that the market would go much lower, and of coarse they did not care to stock up on high-priced goods on a falling market This unsteadiness of raw ootton reacted on the price of yarn and cloth, and confidence In values was destroyed. It goes without say ing that this lack of confidence ha been one of the most serious deter rent sto business. 'Third, general labor unrest In Industries closely allied to the cotton-textile Industry or Industries upon which the cotton trade 1 de pendent for some of Its suppliea" Other reasons were given but them are the essential ones. "There Is now (the 1st of No vember) much unemployment In the textile Industrie It 1 stated that of the (00,000 loom In Lancashire more than 260,000 are idle and un less trade Improves to a great extent In the next few weeks this Inevlta- i bly means that other workers will be Idle and there will be much unreat and discontent. During the war a better feeling had been created be tween employer and operative than had been known for a quater of a century. These relations continued for i some time, but with rlslns; price and ever-increasing 'demand for I shortr hours and more wages much of the good will created ha been de stroyed. "Before the war a RT-hour week was generally worked throughout the textile Industry. This has now been reduced to 41 hours; and In the spring, when the present agreement comes to an end the trade-unions will endeavor to have this reduced to 44 hours. The feeling at present la that there will orobably be a strike before this question is settled. Roughly speaking, wages are three times as high In the cotton textile Industry as 'they were before the war. In 1914 weavers earned from 1 Ito II shillings per week while now they are receiving from 05 to 70 shillings; spinner earned from 36 to 40 shillings per eek, while the average earning is now between 140 and 140 shillings.' "Dexplte labor condition there 1 a feeling In thre trade that between now and spring there will be a great improvement in the textile situation; and manufacturers think that from this time on prices will rise Instead of declining. However, it is not be lieved that prces will approach those prevailing between February and April of thlsjrear," YORK FARMERS TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY Rock Hill, S. C. Dec. 11. Chair man J. B. Johnson, of the York CoU ton association has called meetings of the farmers of York, to be held at York and Rock Hill on next Tues day morning and afternoon, respec tively. The object of the meetings Is to discuss reduction of acreage and the financing of the next year cotton crop; also some means of bringing about a higher price for th Blapln now being held. The merchants of the city have voted to take the usual two-day Chrintmu holiday this year, the stores being closed on Christmas day and the Monday following. Ac tion wns taken Thursday night at a special meeting, at which time the Inadequate freight facilities were considered and the secretary In structed to ascertain IC the rail road planned to give early relief. The merchants went on record as endorsing the plan to reduce cotton acreage next year. News was received this morning of the death In MoConnellsvllIo. of I Mis bulls Ashe, assistant state J home demonstration agent, with offl ; pes at W'inthrop. Miss Ashe was a ! daughter of J. Frank Ashe and is : well known throughout the county. ' For a lime she was assistant oounty home demonstration agent. The news of her passing will be received with regret throughout the entire county. Good News From McCoy's We have just unloaded Sell 66 Kikkeueed Cabinets and we have them at the new low prices. We are starting our Christmas "Kitchen Cabinet Club" tomorrow. Just think of buying the best Kitch-; en Cabinet on the market terms, too. We are selling a genuine "Sellers Kitcheneed", with porcelain work table, flour bin ant-proof casters and the fine Sellers construc tion throughout at $55.00 for $5.00 initial payment and $1. 50 per week. jl; The Sellers '"Special" matic flour bin. sliding base perfect Kitchen Cabinet ever produced is only $67.50' :in.1 fm npr wfrk nave fnr t .. r - For Wife or Mother, that can equal one of these exceptional Cabinets and our low prices and convenient terms put them within.;' reach of the masses. W. T. & 4. a solid car of the celebrated en at a lower price and on easy roller curtain front, tiltlnj .1? T shown above with auto-", extender the most nearly v it .'' there is no Christmas present . . McCoy Co. I - ft 1 i 1 ' Al ,f
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