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DEPLORE DEATH OF HARDING JM !*■ .... «; (Continued From Page One;) 'differ though we may among o»t pelves over matters of policy and ^principle, we have'an unfailing re ••gard and respect for the president ‘jhnd the presidency. J,| Those who have sometimes opposed <rthe president out of conviction feel ’•ho less deeply grieved today than those who have been his consis tent supporters. For ourselves, par utisanship has'never been a personal {Question. It has been and must al ways be a matter of conviction and principle—a matter of judgment in delation to issues, but not in rela tion to men. Our hope and effort is jjfor humanity within our republic s*nd for the perpetuity of its insti ututions. l>‘ In this spirit we join with our j^ountrymen in mourning the death ilpf a president who gave his life in (the service of our nation. The bur dens which he bore in a time of na-. Ijfional stress and strain were inordi nate, as were those of the president •Sn whose suffering wake he followed. JjAll Americans hope that the great !3>urden of the presidency may be less exacting and trying for the succes sor to that exalted office. With the passing of President Harding the ,Jpffice devolves upon the vice presi dent and we address ourselves now •9n common .citizenship to the new jjjncumbent, President Coolidge. As (.fo the future the wisest are blind mnd we cannot see what lies ahead. ‘But we proffer to the new president r wholehearted consideration and ^co-operation in all that goes for the (upbuilding of our country and for r$he welfare of our people. HI! In this spirit we bid our welcome «(to the man who comes now to take dp ‘he fallen mantle. We bow in %rief and reverence before the bier; 'jof our fallen president; we offer our (services as citizens our thought and Mfcur strength, to the government Hfahder him who is now called forth $o assume that commanding post of -iduty and service. . II: _ “PIEDMONT SHOP R DECLARED UNFAIR di __ i j,i (Continued Prom Page One.) ^appreciating the value of the Typo graphical Union, are indifferent about jfeeing the secretary and keeping ,-their membership standing in order. In the future such members will be •■very emphatically reminded of their indifference. Following is the recommendation of the chairman of the organization committee concerning the Piedmont Printery: “Fellow Members: “After; about two and one-half hours witk*MV- Brackett of the Pied jlnont Pnntery I have reached the conclusion that it is impossible to ■secure any kind of an agreement with him, as he states that the policy he has outlined for the future of his office will not permit him to sign a Contract that will be to his. advan tage. “I recommend that some action be the meeting tomorrow, for 4n my mind it is useless to enter fur ther negotiations with him. t “I refer you to the other member of the committee who was present at the interview and believe that he "will have the same opinion jthat, I have. “I regret very much that I am un able to be present in order to give a more thorough account of the inter view.” President Gompers, speaking be fore the American Flint Glass Work ers’ Union in Baltimore recently * 42hlls upon labor generally to pro tot the right of free speech. ^ Mj\ Gompers also advises the workers to ^demand <it the coming conference ..with their employers the return of the wages cut during the period of depression that followed the world war. t " Wanted- — SALESMAN for Auto Specialty. Something new. Large returns for hustlers. State your qualities. M. C. JARVIS. 3724 Reistertvnipi Road, Baltimore, Md. USED CARS Biggest .Values in •' Town HUPMOBILES R-Touring (Demstr.)_-$525.60 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) R Coape (Demstr.).-$635.10 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) R-Roadster___$328.50 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Model R Touring_$372.30 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) OTHER MAKES Ford Coupe___$175.20 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Liberty Touring_$219.00 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Dodge Touring_$109.40 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Maxwell Touring_$109.40 Cash (Balance in 10 Months.) Dodge Touring__$213.43 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Essex Touring_$240.90 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Milbourne Electric_$219.00 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Ford Touring __--$164.25 Cash (Balance in €0 months.) Mash Touring---$306.60 Cash (Balance in 10 Months.) AppCrson Touring_$438.00 Cash (Balance in 10 months.) Don’t think of buying a used car elsewhere until you see our "line. Charlotte Motor Car Co. 501 E. Trade St. Phone 961 i THREE WOMEN AND ONE MAN (Continued From Page One.) although the house is owned by the mill company. The discharged man had planted a peach orchard on the premises, and all this, and the place they called home, while giving to the Ughland Park mill services that mus«ha’$e been satisfactory, else Mr. Voung couldn’t have remained on t* job for 34 years, is to be "takeiF away now, unless the courts rule otherwise. Mr. Young never went to school a day in his life. He is a product of the Carolina cotton mill. He’s been in one ever since he was nine years old. In all that long service in one industry and one firm, Mr. Young’s income has not reached the 50 cents an hour wage as yet, ex cept possibly during the peak “wages of war time. The case • of Miss Carrie Parker is even more pathetic than that of Mir. Young. She is an orphan, and the only support her widowed mother has, and there vis also a little sister whose only support comes from the wages earned by Miss Parker. She is a splendid young woman. She is 23 years old, and has worked for Mr. Johnston for the past 11 years. She is a beautiful young woman, bru nette, and her chief characteristic is that sweet modesty' so dear to Southern womanhood. Miss Parker is one of the most popular girls of the North Charlotte section, and her splendid struggle against adversity, in battling hunger and poverty away from the door of her widowed mother and little sister had made her a greatly admired young woman among all the citizens who knew of her struggles, and her brave fight in the battle of life. She was discharged by Jim Os borne, who wouldn’t give her any reasons for the discharge. Mr. Os borne is said to have told Miss Parker that in the event he' ever de cided to tell her why she was fired, he would write it down and give the written document to her. Mfes Annie Langley, another dis charged young woman, is Miss Parker’s closest rival in the hearts of the people of North Charlotte. Miss Parker • and Miss Langley are close personal friends, and had worked together in securing money for the erection of a union hail in North Charlotte. They were in friendly contest, a prize to be given to the one who secured the greatest amount of money for the building fund. Both young ladies were deeply interested in the main object—that of the erection of the hall—much more than in the prize to be re ceived. M5ss Langley, younger than Miss Parker, has been in the mills for seven years. On Mbnday Mrs. Langley, Miss Annie’s mother, received her “walk ing^ papers.” It seems Mrs. Lang ley’s discharge was made necessary by that damnable system prevailing in the textile industry, where the company owns the house in which the workers live. W,hen any one member of the family is discharged, then it means that the whole family must be fired, and moved out -of the company-owned* housef. Lang ley’s only offense seems to be that she happened to be Miss Annie Lang ley’s mother, so when Miss Annie was discharged, the mother, too, r must go. Many efforts have been made to secure the re-instatement of these discharged people, to the end that no trouble would ensue. As to the ef forts that have been made Dy splen did men who are deeply interested in Charlotte’s peaceful progress, the article in the adjoining column gives all the details. T STATE MEETING AT GREENSBORO (Continued From Page One.) the safety of health and prevention of accidents are concerned. A 48-hour law for women and children in the industries. Bringing government pay in the South up to that paid in the North. To stop hiring out convicts to pri vate employers. Tq incorporate towns of certain minimum population within a cer tain radius. Repeal of the law that provides for a penalty of one per cent per month on past due taxes. Repeal of that antiquated, ungod ly and unholy law that places a tax on “labor agents.” Repeal of the law that gives to cities and towns the right to spend tax money for Chamber of Com merce purposes. A call upon the state to lessen ap propriations to institutions of higher learning, and devote more to the public school system. A call upon the state to assist in making it possible for the children in the homes of the textile workers to finish high school courses. To make county or city calling for stajte troops pay all expenses incident thereto. Endorsement of the proposed fed eral child labor law. Closer affiliation with the farmers of the state in non-partisan political matters. Plans to keep the North Carolina unions safe from the invasions of European radicalism under its va rious guises. It is also expected that the con vention will take some action on the recent utterances of Governor Mor rison cncerning Commissioner of Labor Shipman, and the further as sertion of the governor that the mer chants and manufacturers pay more taxes than the farmers and working peple combined. It is expected that the convention will call the attention of the governor to the fact that the ultimate consumer, which in North Carolina means the farmer and the wage-earner, pays every cent of the taxes for which the merchants and the manufacturers hold receipts. The State Carpenters Council will meet on Saturday "preceding the Federation convention, and deal with the problems peculiar to that particular craft. C. L. U. FAILS IN SETTLEMENT (Continued From Page One.) and Miss Parker, the same mill fired Miss Annie Langley. This, of course, happening at the very time when ■the ohter cases were being discussed, served to make, the workers ef North Charlotte all the more resentful. Yet the committee of the C. L. U., and those interested citizens helping them, did not stop in their efforts to obtain a peaceable settlement. Meetings were held at intervals, and then on Monday of''this week Mrs. Langley, mother of Miss Annie Langley, was fired. Then it was that the workers were at the break ing point. The Central Labor Union com mittee and the splendid men of Charlotte who have worked faithful ly with them have failed so far to make any headway toward a peace able settlement. The Central com mittee will report on its work and efforts to the North Charlotte Tex tile Union Friday evening. It is not known, of course;-, what action that organization will take. It is a matter for the local. The Central body and the committee and the citizens who advised with the committee feel they have done ev erything in their power to bring about a peaceable and just settle ment of the trouble. It was the earnest desire of the Central body, the North Charlotte Local and the citizens who have worked with these committees and workers that the mill officials would at least give a hearing to the discharged man and* three women, This, it seems, the mill officials are unwilling to do. It is safe to say that the Central Labor Union will stand by the tex tile workers in their every lawful and honest effort to win their fight against indiscriminate, unjust and arbitrary discharge of the workers. It is also safe to assume that a fair public, an American public, will also sympathize with a group of citizens in this state who are battling for this right in a free democracy. HANG A MAN WHO SPITS ON WALKS “Speaking of joint buildings, new mills, new industries, mor# banks, bigger banks, more churches, better pay for school teachers, more cops and fire laddies and more money for the both of them, there should be found time to do Something with the guy who is always spitting on the sidewalks in Charlotte,” said an irate citizen yesterday. He Was parked on the sidewalk in front of Belks’ big store, waiting for his women folks to spend all the money he had in the world, getting some of those pretty dresses he had been promising them for the last* two years, and he had ample oppor tunity to watch the throngs passing along the way. He went on to say: “I’ve been standing here about an hour, and no less than two dozen men have spit on the sidewalk right along this block. It makes me mad as the dick ens. Some were chewing tobacco and emptied their agibier right on the sidewalk, wlifle others had coughs-, and sent their phlegm right onto the sidewalk. “Gosh! It’s disgusting. It’s sick ening. W!hy don’t the city pass a law, making it a ten dollar fine for men to endanger the lives of other people in this manner. Dirty habit, it is.” Patient—What shall I do for in somnia, Doctor? Physician—Every morning keep repeating to yourself: “I am a night watchman, I am a night watchman, I am a night watchman.” TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Under and by virtue of/ the power contained in that certain deed of trust, executed, by W/ill Davidson and his wife, Gerrtude Davidson, to the undersigned Trustee, on the 16th day of July, 1921, and recorded in the public registry of Mecklenburg County, book 452 at page 262, and default having been made in the pay ment of the note and debt therein described and thereby secured, and demand having been made upon the undersigned, by the owner and hold er thereof, the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the Court House door, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, at noon on the 3rd day of September, 1923, the same being the first Monday in Sep tember, the following described real estate: “All that certain lot of land lying and being in Charlotte Township, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and more particularly described and defined as follows: In Ward two in the city of Charlotte beginning at a stake on the south side of Old Boun dry street, forty three (43) feet East from its intersection with South Myers Street, the northeast corner of Annie Maxwell’s lot (or what was formerly Annie Maxwell’s lot), and runs thence with the line of said Maxwell lot in a southerly direc tion one hundred and nine feet to a point in Lizzie Summer’s line; thence with said Summer’s line in an easter ly direction thirty seven and one-half (37 1-2) feet to a post, Lee Ardery’s southwest corner; thence in a north erly direction with said Ardery’s line one hundred and nine (109) feet to a stake in Old Boundary street; thence with Old Boundary Street forty three (43) feet to the begin ning corner, and being in all respects the same land described in and con veyed by a deed from Morris' E. Trotter and wife recorded in book 256 at page 56 in the public registry of Mecklenburg County, to which record reference is hereby made.’’ Purchaser will take subject to any unpaid taxes, and street assessments. The sale will not be closed under ten (10) days, being subject to in crease bids, under the statute. This the first day (1st) of^August, 1923. J. F. FLOWiERS, Trustee. A3-10-17-24. GO, DO LIKEWISE,' SAYS SEN. JOHNSON Mjagnus Gives Good Advice to Poorly Paid Clerks—Stop Cussing Utiions, and Get in Yourselves. Magnus Johnson, United States Senator-elect from Minnesota, offers the soundest kind of advice to ‘‘white collar” workers who complain because common labor is getting better pay than they do. Johnson’s advice is summed up by “Go and do likewise.” In answer to an inquiry from a Chicago news paper, he urged workers in all trades and professions to take a leaf from the book of organized labor and or ganize to better their conditions as workers in many trades have done. He said: “There is much resentment, 1 find, amongst the poorly paid 'Store clerks, the small professional, man and the unsuccessful merehani ex pressed in these words: ‘The common laborer gets more than I do.’ In other words, the laborer of 1923, due to his persistent efforts to reach' a well-defined goal of the American standard of living, has succeeded in getting his one dollar p6r hour whereas the clerk and the profession al man has not been able to do as well. ^ “Now here is my theory: Instead of the clerk and the professional man finding fault with the carpenter and the plumber and the brick mason for his wages and thus joining the hue and cry of organized capital, let them go and do likewise; let them work hand in hand with organized labor to get their own incomes in creased, rather than try to get Labor’s reduced. “Let all workers stick together, the white collar worker in the office and the brain workers in the professions and work hand in hand with organ ized carpenters and bricklayers to raise the wages of all. Capital is hl ways sure of its own, regardless of how high wages may go. It means only a fairer division of the pro ducts of labor.” There’s nothing new in Johnson’s advice but it is just as good now as when it was first given, perhap: thousands of years ago. The unor ganized worker may complain until Doomsday, but it won’t get him any where. His only salvation is in or ganization. The more this is em phasized the better off his chances of his acting instead of merely talking. And for stressing this truth and again bringing it before the public, Minne sota’s new Senator-elect deserves the thanks of organized labor. The Angler—Ii this a public lake, my man? '*< ■" $ The Inhabitant—Aye. The Angler—Then it won’t be a crime if I land a fish? The Inhabitant—No, it’ll be a mir acle.—Edinburg Scotchman. LEAGUE OF NATIONS HELP THE FAR EAST Progress Shown in Lives of^Worlcers as Result of 'International Libor Conferences. By International Labor Newt Service. Washington, Aug. 8.—Great prog ress has been made in improving working conditions in backward Eastern countries as a result of the international labor >> conferenfces of ] the League of Nations, says W, A. Appleton, secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Great Britain. In the annual report of the Feder ation, just received here, Mr. Apple top directs attention to a statement in_tfce Treaty of Versailles, which emphasizes the fact that “the failure of any nation to adopt humane con ditions of labor is an obstacle in the way of other nations which desire to improve the conditions in their Own countries.” He continues: “It is worthy of notice that great progress has been made in Eastern countries, where working conditions are admittedly much below Western standards. India has, as a result of the international labor conferences, reduced her statutory working hours in industry from 72 a week to 80, and in mines to 54. She has also taken measures to prevent the exploi tation of women and child labor by prohibiting the employment of wo men and children at night and by raising the minimum age for employ ment of children from 9 to 12. “Japan, whose hours of labor in some industries, such as the silk in dustry, exceed 99 hours a week, has just passed acts regulating the em- j ployment of women and children in industry, including the prohibition of the labor of children under 14, and has in preparation .similar measures for the reduction of hours of labor. Sweeping reforms in factory condi tions are also proposed in China.” Mr. Appleton reviews briefly what has been accomplished by the four annual conferences held to date, ex plaining that the decisions of the con ferences take the form of treaties on labor conditions to be ratified by each state or of recommendatic/ns, which lay down the broad lines that the legislation of each state should fol low on a particular question affecting labor conditions. The latest figures show that 73 ratifications of treaties have been formally registered with the League of Nations. Twelve countries have adhered to the Berne Convention of 1906 regarding the prohibition of the* use of white phosphorus in match making. Ninety-four measures have been finally adopted by legislative1 authorities to give effect partially pr wholly to the provisions of treaties and recommendations, while 96 have been proposed and are before differ ent parliaments. The next conference will open at Geneva, Switzerland, October 22. CAROLINA DAYS AT MADE-K-CAROUNA Those in Position To Know Say this Year’s Exposition Will Be Best in Historjr of Organization. “North Carolina Home-Day” Tues day, Octoer 2nd, and “South Caro lina Day” Wednesday, September 26th, will be feature days at the M|ade-In-Carolinas Exposition in Charlotte, September 25th to Octo ber 6th, according to a tentative ar rangement of the program for the exposition adopted at a meeting of directors of the Made-In-Carolinas Exposition . Company. The North Carolina South Carolina Days will be the biggest days of the expo sition periodic on which Will be cen tered most of the great attractions that are being engaged for this period. Invitations to Governor Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina, to be at th6 exposition on North Carolina Day, October 2nd, and to Governor Thomas B. McLeod, of South Caro-, lina, to attend the . exposition on South Carolina Day, Wednesday,; September 26th, have been extended by the exposition board of directors. Senator Simmons and Senator Over man, of North Carolina, and a num ber of other distinguished North Car olinians have also been invited to at tend the exposition with Governor Morrison, and invitations to the two South Carolina senators and to oth er distinguished Palmetto state citi zens have gone forward for South Carolina Bay. Civic clubs in the larger cities of the two sister states have been asked to send out invitations to friends and relatives of the members to “come home” to Charlotte on the two big days of the exposition. The North Carolina Day especially will be in the Pature of a great home coming of the sons of the state to view what has been accomplished commercially and in manufacturing industries of North Carolina, as ex hibited at the exposition. ^ The board of directors of the Made-In-Carolinas Exposition Com pany has been advised by a number of cities iri the Carolinas that dele gations from these towns are being formed to come to Charlotte on Sep tember 26th and on October_2nd, and many of these dleegations will be accompanied by bands of busic and other boosting paraphernalia to advertise these communities. At the meeting of the board of di The main subject will be the general principles for the organization of factory inspection. Factory inspection is declared by the Treaty of Versailles to be of spe regulation of it being held all countries cial importance for the the conditions of labor, very important that should possess organizations which are approximately equal in effective ness. rectors of the Made-ln-Carolmas Ex position here i. C. Patton was elect ed secretary and general manager of , the Exposition; J. C. Robinson was elected field manager for the Expo sition Company, and arrangements made to carry on the preliminary work of the great exposition rapidly from now on until the opening of the show. The meeting was presided over by H. L, MfcLaren, president of the Made-In-Carolinas Exposition Company, of Charlotte: The exhibition in the big building in Charletta^p Park Avenue has been rapidfesspjd, and preparations are being rabicraV made to place the manufacthmif^and commercial ex hibits in order. It wa^ announced by the directors that a full schedule of the musical program incidental to the exposition will be announced in a few days. Some of the greatest artists of the country havSfc been engaged for the week of tlgsfpxpositidn, it is stated, and a fulfe#Hfi‘ram for each day of the big s#w ik being worked out by a commit^®-.?yj|pointed for that pur pose. .1 ' " m A lady -who kept a little curly poodle lost her pet and called on the police to tiwtm The next day one of the force q3ie with the dog very wet and dirtyj|t The lady wj§B overjoyed, and ask ed a number Spl silly questions, one being: j|| - “Wfiere^Ppm find my darling?” “Why, ma’am,” said the officer, "a fellow had him on a pole and was washing windows with him!” “I hope you are not afraid of mi crobes?” apologized the paying teller as he cas**d the school teachers check withii^soiled currency. “Don’t $i>rry,” said the young lady. “A %icMbe couldn’t live on my salaryl| —-j|Tlje Seamen’s Jour nal. ! 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We hope to have these ranges in hand before the end of the yfeek. i i i If you are not among those wdio have already done so, w;e urge you to place your order imme diately ana take advantage of this unusual offer. ^ Visit our display rooms if you can. If you cannot Phone 2700, and we will have one of our / ‘ \ ' 5 : ' | 1 ( \ ' \ salesmen call on you. Southern Public Utilities Co, 1111 PHONE 2700 PHONE 2700