CAROLINA AUTO DEALERS. GUESTS OF CHARLOTTE ASSOCIATION TO H EAR HEADS 07 NATIONAL DEALERS
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This Dtcture vu made Tuesday afWnoon oa the grounds of ttM First
marie by P. W. A. Vesper, of St. Louis, and E. E Prato alto of St LouU, president
is Mr. Peaks; to his right is J. T, Bl uldcn, president of Uw Cuariotte coalers
Presbyterian church, end la of the automobile dealer of North and South Carolina, wtx were nests of ths Charlotte J
ildcnt and executive aocretary, ectpectivcty, of the National Automobile Peelers association. Mr. Vesper fa standing In
i; to Hr. Vesper's left Is Secretary Mitchell, of the Charlotte dealers' association; to his left la CC. CwkUngSon, of Charlc
of ths Charlotte Aetomottve Dealera .association at dinner, when addresses were
ins; in u niaaie oi utc rront ranic, nouinx a me case; to oia ricn
Chrlott,e one of the bicccat diatrtbvtors of the CaroUaaa.
M. E. CONFERENCE HAS A
BUSY AND INTERESTING DAY
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that shall determine how much shall
be apportioned to each board out of
the total assented upon ths conference,
was elected upon nomination of the
presiding elders. This boatd. consists
of E. U Bain, W. U Sherrill, O. C.
Brinkman, C. -X. Wood and Z. Paris,
ministers, and the following laymen,
J. B. Ivey, C. W. Brown, D. ,B. Col
trane, Dorman Thompsan and James
A. Gray.
The following visitors were Intro
duced to the conference: Dr. J. 8.
Jenkins, of the North Georgia con
ference; Dr. W. P. Few, president of
Trinity college; Dr. J. W. Kilgo, of the
Upper South Carolina conference; Dr.
J. 8. Hunter, of the publishing house
at Richmand, Vs.. and Dr. Eugene
Blake, president' of Weaver college.
The presiding elders, R. O. Tuttle,
H. K. Boyer, J. H. Barnhardt, H. C.
Sprinkle, T. E. Wagg, J. C. Rowe,
J. F. Kirk. W. A. Newell. J. H. West
and Frank Slier, submitted their
reports, which showed that the past
year has been one of great financial
progress throughout the bounds of the
conference, and a fairly good year In
other respects, reaily a very remark
able year when one considers the
disturbed conditions of the country en
account of ths war.
Several items of especial Interest
appeared in these reports. Among
an opportunity to sxpress your will
aa to the sons of the parsonage.
Brethren of the Western North Caro
lina eonferenoe, it gives me great
pleasure to unfurl this to you In the
?h7.; item. to , br oitathm moth, of
End. Winston, of which R. D. Sher-l" Peonage.
rill Is pastor, had this year raised In aceepttng the flng for the con
$44,000 for all purposes. W. A, Newell 1 ferenee, W. X Sherrill spoke as fol
reported that the Statesvllle -district i lows:
had paid out in full alf assessments of honor to the soldier boys, but
every charge, an entirely new record j t0day we pay special honor to the
for that district If not for all ether j noble 'sons of the parsonsge.'
districts in the conference.. "The ninety and nine stars on this
Dr. J. 8. Chadwlck. asslsltant edl-1 beautiful banner represent the ninety
tor of The Nashville Christian Advo. ' nine brave lads, reared in parsonage
cate, now in the army T. M. C. A. ' homes, whe went forth at the call of
work, was Introduced and add reused : the nation to do or to die for freedom,
the conference upon the subject of ! They went from firesides where holy
service In the army 7. M. C. A.
Dr. J. 8. Jenkins spoke in bshalf of
Lane college, the college at Augusta,
Oa., for colored preachers, and the
conference contributed 11.101.
Presentation of Service Flag. .
The conference Just before adjourn
incense burns and where lessons of
the Prince of Peaoe enriched their
childhood and youth. Being taught
te love peaee they were willing to
fight for It.
"They believed that .lawlessness
must be overcome, even at the peril
of life, so that an abiding peace might
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ment entered into the exercises of : come to the world. When they went
unfurling a service flag which carried forth to war the prayers of godly
99 stars that represented tne sons oi . fathers and the baptism of love from
preachers of the conference who were noble mothers was fresh In their
enlisted in the service of the army and 1 minds and hearts and remained a
navy. The exercises conslstsd of a , constant inspiration and strength
presentation speech by Albert Sherrill, : through all the dark and perilous
a speech or acceptance oy me secre-. aays,
tary of the conference, singing of the
national hymn by the eonferenoe, and
prayer by Bishop Kilgo, who has
son in the service.
In presenting the flag, Albert Sher
rill said In part:
"Wo desire at this time to corner
some little measure of honor espe
cially upon the sons of the parsonage.
'Some of thess lads were privates
and some held commissions but all
were equals and brothers, struggling
for human freedom, evesy man In his
appointed place doing his best to
hurry the arrival of a righteous and
lasting peace. Some of them will re
turn with all the glory which belongs
to the conquering hosts of freedom,
We fathers and mothers (some oft but some of thsm will never come
these mothers are widows) nave setback,
cured this flag and bedecked It with
service stars.
"I come, therefore, at this hoar to
present this service flag to the con
ference in order that you may have
C Ckareeter Is BmMt ef Credit
IT IS WORTH i
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E We firmly believe that the S
jj Morris Plan IS worth knowing S
S about. Who' knows when you
s may have need of anywhere
from 125 to $5,000 QUICKLY f
S Keep in mind that we will ad- s
5 vance you the money on per E
S sonal endorsement and at ,6 per s
E cent. Tou repay the loan In 60 5
E equal weekly Installments. E
E Borrow $100 and return It E
E per week. Borrow $1,000 and -
return $20 per week, etc.
SPECIAL SALE
60c to $125
DOLLS
for Dressing.
These Dolls are
14" to SI Inches
high, unbreak
able heads, some
without elothos
and some with
clothes slightly
damaged but ex
cellent for re
dressing. . SEE
our fine stork of
new American
Dolls some of
them really pretty.
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"The four gold stars represent those
who made the supreme sacrifice.
They died for liberty and their sacred
dust rests In ' the soil of bleeding
. n.th,i v...tt, v i,..,,iii
tllllies of France, God knows where
they rest end will some day bring
them forth to life again.
"Today we pay honor and tribute
te these brave boys living, the brave
ones dead. They have added greater
glory to American heroism and to the
Methodist parsonage, too.
"They have honored their parents
and their church by the splendid
record they have made.
"It affords me peculiar joy and
pleasure now to accept, in the name
of the conference, this handsome serv
ice flag, this beautiful token of love
for the heroic 'sons of the parsonage,'
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Do You Know the
Pathe Folks?
Are the first to record 'all the pop
ular hits being sung along Broad
way, and that we get them Just
g few days later.
Here are some we would like to
have 'you come and hear.
No. J036 Three Wonderful Let
. ters From Home.
No, 2011 Around Her.Neck She
I Wears a' Taller Ribbon. '
No, S0ll Tishomingo Blues;
Somebody's Done Me Wrong. -!
All above records priced 78o.
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2 battleships the choice is nearly E
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r the proven fact that under
S, the most trying conditions of E
roiiRh usage and climatic S
2j changes It keeps in good condl- S
tlon and its rich, brilliant tons E
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Over one hundred Autoplanos S
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3 Can you do better In selecting S
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than follow the example of gov- S
S ernment experts? E
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2 at our store.
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which will be preserved with the most
valuable and sacred relics of the con
ference. We mourn for those who
dlsd and honor both the living and
the dead as we strive to perpetuate ths
record of their noble deeds."
Historical Society Meets.
The conference historical society
met at 4 o'clock In the afternoon,
A. W. Plyler presiding. Bishop Kilgo,
of Charlotte, delivered the annual
address, choosing as his sublect
"Francis Aebury, the Peerless. Prophet
of the American Republlo." Bishop
Kilgo, with an eloquence and effec
tiveness that even he seldom, if ever,
has been able to surpass, presented hts
great subject. For an hour and a half
he held the great audience without
the least sign of weariness with an
increasing Interest to the. end aa he
discussed Bishop Asbury and his work
! -ettA m.aa snaatavn mil. Attn let ! V
ing the .foundation of this mighty
nation.
The following resolutions, presented
by H. M. Blair, were unanimously
adopted:
"Resolved That this society recog
nize the excellent service rendered
by Rev. A. W. Plyler and his brother.
Rev. M. T. Plyler, of the North
Carolina conference, in bringing from
the press, during the past year that
excellent book under the title, The
I Men of the Burning Heart.' This
I book contains the biographical sketch-
i a of Tjiramn Tinw Veter Doub and
George W. Ivey.
"We recommend this book, not only
for its historical and lnsptr-tlonai
value, but also for the reason that
through the generosity of the sons of
Rev. O. W. Ivey, the proceeds of the
sale go to Rutherford college to
establish a loan fund In memory of
O. W. Ivey.".
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FOOD PRICES TO DROP
SO PRODUCER THINK
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Not Through Lowering of Cost
of Labor So Much as by Low
er Raw Materials.
THIRD AMERICAN ARMY
GOING TOWARD GERMANY
Other Units Slowy Making
Their Way Back to Their Old
Training Areas.
. With 'the American Forces In
France, Tuesday, Nov. lt (By the
Associated . Press.) While the third
American army- la making Its way to
ward the German frontier, ether
units are slowly going back, to their
old training areas. A greater portion
of the trotpa atill la In the battle
reached the camps established laatt
year, where there are ample canton-j
menu and .hospitals and where large
supplies of fuel are available.
Here the men will be made as com
fortable aa possible tn Well-heated
huts. ,
General March's announcement re
garding the demobilisation of some
units and the return of oonvalescent
sick and wounded la causing quiet
speculation. It la thought probable
tbat tnen may be returned home who
are now making arrangements for
Thanksgiving day and Christmas eel
ebratlona. . , '
INCREASES IN EXPRESS
" RATES ARE ANNOUNCED
Advance About 16 and 17 Cents
a Hundred Pounds in South
eastern Territory.
Washington, Nov. 10. General In
creases tn express rates were an
nounced today by Director General
McAdoo of the railroad administra
tion. .
East of the Mississippi and north
of the Ohio and Potomao rivers the
new rates on merchandise will be
about II and 17 cents a hundred
pounds more than at present The
Inorease on food rates will be about
7S per cent as much.
For the remainder of the country
the merchandise rate will be increased
about 10 to . II cents a hundred
pounds ever the present scale and the
incrsaae in food rates wilt be ptupor
tlonately 76 per cent The increases,
it was announced, , are due to In
creases In wagea, and beaorae effec
tive January 1.
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MOST WAR CAMPS WILL
SOON CO INTO SCRAP HEAP
BY II. E. a BRYANT.
Washington, Nov. 20. B. C. Dun
can, A. L. Mahler, A. F. Baker and M.
R. Beeman, of Raleigh, are here to
save Camp Polk, If they can. Most
war camps will go in the ecraphead
now.
Set tne Genuln-gwfv)Y
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4frt5y'n Every Cake
SPRINrTJ
FIREMEN EVERY fEft
SET
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They've raised your
insurance rates
So you're not getting at much
protection for your money aa
you did a year ago. Globe
Sprinklers are still giving the
same protection, offsetting the
higher insurance rate and pay
ing for themselves out of re
duced premium. Telephone
for appointment,
GLOBE AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER CO.
Ill N. Church 8t Boll 1421
Cleveland. Nov. 20. Food prices
will drop, not through the lowering
of the cost of labor so much as by
lower markets for raw material.
This was agreed upon by some of
the largest food producers In America,
who aro attending the annual con
vention of the American Specialty
ManufactQrers' association, which
opened a two-day session here today.
tin fnrinni wBji made when the
! lower prices would come, but it was
predicted 1110 nuuvuun nvwtu v..vw
ths purchase of raw material on a
lower market after present high prjoe
stocks ars exhausted.
THOSE OPPOSING LIQUOR
TRAFFIC ARE BOYCOTTED?
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United States Brewers' association was
writing German propa3anda, dosen't
it?" asked Major Humes.
"I do not recall anything about
it," Mr. Fox replied.
"Mr. Fetgenspan was then chairman
of the publications' committee at the
time this article was written and .sent
to him, was he notT"
"Yes," Fox replied and he added:
"That bears an Indication that some
one prepared it In the office of our
association."
"darn-inn nrnnaesnda." he OOn-
, tinu'ed, "was by common consent dis
cussed very little witn us. i oo
not know whether tbat was because
I am an Englishman."
SOUTHERN RED CROSS
UNIT IS COMMENDED
By Keeping Up Its Quality
Coca-Cola Keeps Faith
With Its Friends
QUR quantity only is qut down, because
the Government needed half of our tugar.
Our war-shortage caused imitators to offer cheap
concoctiom colored to look like Coca-Cola, but the
task of Coca-Cola can't be counterfeited ita flavor
It Indicative of itt quality.
When you order Coca-Cola, if ybu are served
with tomething that doesn't taste true put the
question squarely up to the dealer.
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
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CHARLOTTE, N. C. .
Washlnston. NOV. JO. A southern
Red Cross unit, assisted by men of,
the University ot Virginia, and SO Vlr-1
glnla physicians, is commended in a '
dUpatch to Red Cross' headquarters!
here, for its work In caring for Amer-1
loan wounded during a recent drive. I
The hospital was made ready In two
; weeks with funds partly provided by;
the Order of Elks, through Fred Har-
' per, of Lynchburg, Va., former grand
exalted ruler. When the flrst de
tachment of 200 men was sent to the
hospital they were cared for by 100i
nurses irom soutnern states.
CUBA NEARLY DOUBLED
HER LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA
New York, Nov, 20. Cuba, with a
voluntary quota ot $6,000,000 sub
scribed $10,753,660 to the fourth Lib
erty loan, according to a oaoie mes-
fsage received here tonight from,!
Chairman Merchant, or tne cuoan
liberty loan committee- The number :
of individual subscribers on the ts-1
land totalled 23.000. '
President Menocal, it was an-1
nounced, subscribed' $12,000.- , !
An honor nag will be forwarded to
the Amerlaan minister In Cuba to be
nrttant.il tn BranM An t rnnr.al All '
Thanksgiving day. '
ARKANSAS NEORO TO SEND
ONE TO PEACE CONFERENCE
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'' Helena, Ark., Nov. 20. The Arkan
sas Negro Baptist association In an
aual convention her today voted to
send the association president, Dr. B.
C. Morris, of Helena, to attend the
world peace onfeTenee"-p'whereve
and whenever it is held, to look after,1
the interests of the negro race.". The I
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