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^HAGGARD IS FUNNY THING (Continued From Page One.) in tariff. It simply serves their pur pose,! If they can get the folks to think ing of heaven rather than earth, if they can get the mind of a man on a robe and-crown rather than on a new pair of breeches and hat, get him to thinking more of golden harps which he can’t play and tuneful songs which hecaMt sing than of bacon and,, beans,, they just naturally have his mind off his wages and the house in which he sleeps. It is a splendid arrangement, but it takes a man with the heart of a hyena and the brain of* a buzzard to coin ignorance and superstitution into boodle. The truth is that the manufacturer cares never a rap for religion so far as his..business is "concerned. If an infidel or a heathen can and will ren der good service, the employer would just as lief have him as the saintijest saint who ever uttered an unctious “amen” to the effusions of the pro lixious Haggard. But wherever lib eral ideas begin to spring up the big employers of labor begin to brand them, as infidelity and atheism. They think, that what is contrary to their interests is just naturally contrary to the Almighty. They believe them selves'to be the conservators and de fenders of the faith once delivered to the 'saints. They seem to, think that the interests of the Lord are jeopard ized-if aff^w hungry workers'demand more pa jiff or their toil, and that it is blasphemous for poor people tp get discontented with their lot. Haggard seems to agree. If he is just trying to hblp the mill owners out the work ers ought to let the mill owners make up Ms congregations and pay all off his wages. Gradually the people are waking up. KThey are beginning to see that Big Business is trying to ally itself withjecclesiasticism in order to save its own life. Both are going down in the social re-adjustment which is gradually going on throughout the world. The majority of preachers herein North Carolina simply laugh at such piffle as Haggard bulls, 'the laymen are even more aroused. It wo nit be long until such arrogant ig norance will be tabooed even in Crarfierton and Gaston county. Dave Clark and Haggard had better hasten to make for themselves “friends of th'e mammon of unrighteousness.” NOTHING IN THE PAPERS' I ___ (^Continued From Page One.) tel after attending a motion picture showy -jfe he walked up, a non-union moli^er, lm€!f a 'repiita’tfon -as a wrest ler, .piitned his arms behind him, while’ the policeme n disappeared. Young Lake was thrown into an au tomobile by four men and was taken ninermiles from the city. Youth Threatened With Death. During the ride the men threatened to Bang the youth unless he told them where his father was. Finally he was taken from the car and agaiff threatened with violent death. Then the auto drove off and Lake walked back to Holland. W£ile this was going on, a union molder was assaulted by non-union ists. - A policeman came along but instead of arresting the assailants, he escorted the victim to his ° home. The attempt to terrorize the union molders did not end with the events just told, as homes of some of the new members of the union were vis ited and threats made to- “get” them. The Situation became so serious at one member’s home that shotguns were kept loaded in readiness to re pel attacks from men who wete gath ered in the neighborhood. John P. Frey, editor of the Inter national Holders’ Journal, was at once notified of the attempted reign of terror and arrived in Holland 36 hours afterward. He found the au thorities had made no move to arrest the kidnappers and that two of the kidnapping partty had declared that they were not afraid of arrest be cause the management of the .Holland Furnace company had .promised them protection and said the police depart ment had been “fixed.” Fre^ Visits Police Chief. Mr. Frey visited.the chief of police, who apparently had only a hazy knowledge of the kidnapping, though the story had been featured on the, front page of the Holland papers. He told the chief he had called uppn him.in the capacity of an officer of the molders’ union and as a repre sentative of the International Labor Niews Service. The chief admitted that no arrests had been made and none woifld be made unless the proper information was filed with him. .He also made the surprising statement that while he intended to enforce law and order, public opinion in Holland was very strong against the union and naturally he would be influenced somewhat by local opinion! Mr. Frey then informed thp chief that it was reported that the Holland Furnace company was back of the* | kidnappers and had spread the. re port that the police department had be^h “fixed.” He pointed out that this report was damaging to the chief’s reputation. When he left, the chief was in a very unhappy frame of mind’. Under Mr. Frey’s instructions warrants were sworn out for the arrest of the men suspected of the kidnapping. Every effort will be made to see that they are punished. LABOR DAY AT LAKEWOOD (Continued From Pagffe One.) letic events were: 200 yard race for boys—a Scout knife given by Clark-Wiggins Hard ware company was won by Russell Padgett. 200 ya(rd foot race—glass dish donated by J. M. Causland company was won by Charles Harkey. 200 yard fat man’s race—belt and silver buckle offered by The Vogue was won lay Manager W. S. Orr. Broad jump—Eversharp pencil given .by ,W. J. Van Ness company was won by Herman Hunt. Relay race—silk socks offered by Belk Brothers was won by Charles Harkey. v Standing broad julhp—a tie. do nated by H. C. Long'company was won by Douglas Kelly. PENN. HAVING BIG TROUBLE _ (Contipued from Page One.) Grachen, who was patroling the Rosedale “beat,” heard the firing and rushed to the boarding house. Observing Yeung standing in the doorway, the officer started for the negro, but Young, pointing his re volver point blank at the officer, shot Grachen through the right side. Sees Shooting of Grachan. An old negro, in a nearby house, heard the shooting and saw Grachan shot when he ran to an upstairs win dow of his home. Terrified by the shooting, the negro ran to a nearby telephone and notified city police headquarters. Captain Fink, Lieutenant Bender You, too, will marvel . —at this dainty PRIMiPREST service Everything washed carefully in rainsoft water, everything individually ironed, every thing returned to you neatly folded, ready to put away or wear; yet the cost compared with washwoman charges, is most reasonable. The perfection of this service will delight " you—ask your laundry about it. j The Charlotte Laundry Model Steam Laundry Sanitary Steam Latindry and John Yoder, plainclothes man, jumped into the city’s automobile and rushed to the scenes. John A. James, county detective, and Joseph Abra hams, assistant city assessor and a private detective, took Abraham’s car and also hurried to Rosedale. Young, after shooting Grachan, boldly strolled to the street and be gan to runi up and down Htckstoii avenue, shooting wildly. Hearing the approaching automobile bringing Captain Fink, Bender and Yoder to the scene, he hid between two negro shanties in the dark. As the auto mobile was driven under the arch light near the negro boarding house, Young opened fire. Captain Fink was shot in the back and Lieut Ben der was shot in the abdomen. Officer Otto Nuken, picked up along the way to Rosedale by the car in which the three officers were riding, was shot in the left arm. Struggled to Arise. James and Abraham arrived on the scene next. They found Grachan in a nearby restaurant. Employes . of the restaurant were roughly dressing the officer’s wound. When they had the clumsy bandages tied into place as best they could, Grachan, pale and weak from loss of blood, strug gled to get up. “Let me have my gun back, I’ll go out and get ’em,” he told Janies and Abraham. With instructions to the restaurant men to keep Grachan in side the building until the ambu lance liould arrise, the two officers went into Hinckstown avenue and go ing to the house where Young had, in the meantime, sought shelter, sought to effect an entrance. They found the door closed. Pressing against it • the officers tried to force the door. Ais they broke into the room Young opened with another -volley of shots and, mortally wound ed, the two officers fell back under the fire of Young’s revolver. Detec tive James fell back against Yoder. Abraham staggered to the street and fell, seriously wounded. Yoder Gets Into Action. It was at this point that Yoder, a plainclothes man, swung into action. Young, after firing the shots that proved 'fatal to James and Abraham, ran through the house and left it by the rear door. Coming around the side of the house he met Yoder. Both started shooting and Young be gan to run. Up and down the ave nue, around the negro shanties and through a house the chase went. Yoder ran out of ammunition and, going ^ack to the wounded officers, secured another gun and again took up the chase. Within a few yards of where James and Abraham were shot, Yoder finally succeeded in shooting the negro through the chest. Young staggered a few feet and fell dead in the yard in the rear of the shanty. By this tijne city police headquar ters was at fever heat. Officers were called in from throughout the city and sent to Rosedale in taxicabs. The riot guns at the police station were taken to the scene. First re ports said that more than a dozen negroes were taking part in a gun battle and that they had ambushed half a dozen police officers and men, killing several. Ambulances were rushed to Rose dale shortly before. 12 o’clock. Cap tain Fink, Detective James, 'Officer Abraham and Officer Nukem, all wounded, were rushed to Memorial hospital. Before the ambulance bear ing James and Abraham could reach the hospital, Abraham died James died a few minutes after reaching Memorial hospital. Officer Grachan was taken to Mercy hospital. ALTOONA FOLKS ARE DISGUSTED (Continued from Page One.) to make art irispection of fire hazards and order their removal or repair. It is possible that the inspector was on the ground and pronounced those old shacks in first class condition? Buildings a Fi^-e Menace. We are riot experts on just what constitutes a fire hazard, but we will venture our humble opinion that these buildings, occupied by these negroes will not pass inspection. They are terrible places. A careless ly thrown lighted match might send the whole business up in smoke. In deed, it .would be a good thing if they would burn, provided other property in the neighborhood would not be endangered thereby. And then again, what has become of our board of health, its officers and the laws, rules and regulation? A comniunity such as exists 01/Ninth avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets, is a menace to the health of the entire city. The law requires the tapping of all dwellings and closets into ttye sewers. Any citizen who fails to make proper disposal of the accumu lations of filth is penalized. Hbw about that district? Oh, it is different there. Those people are not connected with the sewers.. They have' “back houses” arid they have no outlets into the sewers. There is a terrible accumulation of filth in the back lots. It is as much a stench to the physical hose as the conduct of the negro tenants is a.stench to the moral probosis. Ward Constable Could /'Act, If the constable over there woultl pull the owners of these properties for leasing them for immoral pur poses; if the fire warden would do his duty and condemn the buildings and require them to be repaired or torn down and if the health officers would requi^a clean up and a tap ping into the sewers, the Ninth ave rtue problem would be well nigh UNPOPULAR, UNDERWOOD (Continued from Page One.) doing yoeipan’s service against Sena tor Underwood. Patriotic agencies like the Advance licked the esteemed gentleman roundly jn Jefferson coun ty the last trip, and we trust they may increase the majority 5,000 to 1*0,000 “next load of poles.”—Coosa River News. HATES TO SEE UNDERWOOD BUTCHERED. It looks to an outsider, like the daily papers have almost forced Mr. Ujnderwood to go before the conven tion. We would be proud to see an Alabama man in the White House, but would regret to see him butcher ed—either in the convention or at the pplls. Alabama is not the place to stimulate for Mr. Underwood’s success. Every other state may have a favorite son and enthusiasm should be cultivated elsewhere first.—Gunt ersville Democrat. WAS IT SPONTANIETY OR CARE FUL PLANNING? Editor Gaston of the Fairhope Courier was among those present when Senator Underwood addressed the Alabama legislature anC Hung his hat into the ring as a candidate for the presidential nomination. Now, be it known, Editor Gaston, like our friend Gump, “wears no man’s collar.” He is as indepndent in his democratic politics as the prov erbial woodchuck—none more free to think and express an opinion in the South. Be it further said, Editor Gaston is an observer. He is a student of men and methods. He can see see through a 10-inch wall of con crete (political) and reach pretty accurate conclusions as to what the manipulators are about on the other side. And Editor Gaston says that the Montgomery meeting was camou flage—it had been planned months ahead and had all the aspects of a shrewd attempt to put something over politically. Of course it did. No one ever accused Senator Underwood or his supporters of political stupidity. They are of the most astute and cunning. There was never a more carefully planned political meeting pulled off in Alabama. It was plan ned by their most trusted and skillful lieutenants. But Editor Gaston explodes the gas bomb. The people of Alabama are wise. Just as Editor Gaston has called the Senator’s hand, so will the public call it.-^-The Birming ham Advance. .. ,, DUAL PURPOSE. Isn’t it a fact that Senator Un derwood’s candidacy fpr President is for .dual purposes —• first, remote chance for lightning to hit him from a turbulent sky; second, and more purposeful, to sustain an organiza tion to control Alabama much as it pleases?—Center News. (From Birmingham Advance.) “The public actions and declara tions of Senator. Underwood stamp him as a reactionary . . . We do de clare that no further honors should be given or extended to Senator Underwood and ... he should be eliminated from public life.” This is the attitude of organized labor in the Birmingham district to ward the candidacy (>f Senator Os car W. Underwood for the Demo cratic presidential nomination. The above passage is from resolutions unanimously adopted yesterday af ternoon by the committee of allied labor organizations. Labor is opposed to Underwood for his support of the Esch-Cummins act and his attitude on questions in volving labor. The meeting yesterday was exe cutive, but Archie B. Warner, secre tary-treasurer, today gave out the resolutions, which were also signed by Robert R. Moore. The resolution follows: “BE IT RESOLVED, That we re ceive the announcement of Senator Underwood With hearty disapproval and opposition. “AND FURTHER, That his career as a public man has been character ized by his lack of sympathy with the great masses of the people, and by subserviency • to the selfish big business and financial interests. “That a carefully planned and comprehensive effort on the part of the ‘interests’ to force him down the unwilling throats of the people of Alabama as a supposed presiden tial candidate'is now in full swing, and they have as usual secured edi torial and news columns of big daily newspapers to further their work. “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the publications and declara tions of Senator Underwood stamp him as a reactionary and a creature of Wall Street, and demonstrate that that he has in no sense been or is in touch, sympathy and harmony with the democratic masses of the people of our country. jl “That his public attitude is illumi nated by the fact that he was the favored champion of the Esch-Cum mings Act—and a bitter opponent of the soldiers just compensation. ' I “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That as men and women who love our Country, we do declare that no further honors should be given 01* extended to Senator Underwood— and that he should be eliminated from public life. “Adopted at a regular meeting of the Committee of Allied Labor Or ganizations Sunday, August 5, 1923, at Birmingham, Ala.” PRINTERS INVEST IN B. & L STOCK Members of the Charlotte Typo graphical U*nion voted last Sunday to invest their surplus money in Char lotte Building and Loan certificates, and the financial officers were in structed as to the' future policy of the union. Whenever the surplus amounts to another one hundred dol lars that, too, is to be invested in Building and Loan certificates. • ■ Reports of local conditions were made, and some of them were not as rosy as the printers Would like for them to be. - The new section to the by-laws governing the member ship is now effective, and it is hoped that this will prove of great benefit to the local and to .the membership. The meeting was enlivened by the presence of G. W. Gibbons, former ly secretary of the local, but now of Bryan Printing company, Raleigh. Mr. Gibbons is very popular with the Charlotte typos, and they listened with rapt attention to the report MCr. Gibbons made concerning the state printing contracts recently awarded in Raleigh. The Edwards & Broughton shop, which is rat through and through, re ceived 60 per cent of the state print ing. Last yaar that concern had only 25 per cent, and it is said that work for last £ear has not been delivered yet. This new contract, which gives Edwards & Brpughton 60 per cent of the state work, is an iron clad contract and the printing company is under a $30,000 bond to deliver the work, and that work well done; The printers are wondering how that con cern which couldn't deliver £5 per cent last year is to deliver 60 per cent this year. Some there are who say it cannot be done—with rat printers. WILLIAM T. ROBINSON (By Dr. H. Q. Alexander.) William T. Robinson, aged 75 years, died at his home in Providence township last Monday evening, after an illness of several days. The de ceased was one of the best citizens of this county and this state. There was no better man than William T. Robinson. H)e was indeed one of Nature’s noblemen. He was a gem in the rough. He was a natural born, inherent, unselfish, big-hearted man, who never turned a deaf ear to an appeal for assistance. The remains were buried in the Harrison Methodist church cemetery. He had been a member pi that church for more than half a- century,' and he was a genuine, all the time Chris tian. H5s death has caused sorrow to every citizen of his section of the county, for all will miss him more than ajny one can tell. The widow and one son survive, besides many relatives ‘and thousands of friends. * , governorIays ORGANIZATION IS THE ONLY RELIEF For Farmers—Old Method of Taking What Other Fellow Offered Is Foolish. Raleigh, Sept. 5.—“There -is no doubt in the world that Cooperative Marketing Associations made the price of both cotton and tobacco bet ter the last season,” said Thomas G. McLeod, of South Carolina, in a forceful address delivered before a' great .crowd of mertand womerigatlfc. red from four counties at a monster! picinic given on the Court Bouse lawn at Jackson. In opening his address Governor McLeod told his audience that, he was a farmer—a “cotton coopera tive” farmer and that he had actually gone to Mississippi to join the Co operative Association before South Carolina was organized. • Be believed in “orderly marketing” arid was glad to have the opportunity to preaching the same doctrine in North Carolina which he was preaching to his own people. Hie said he believed in co operative marketing because therein was the salvation of the, farmer, who was entitled to a fair profit on the product of his farm in addition to the cost of production. “The farmer has a right to more than a mere living,” said Mr. Mc Leod, “some people, narrow-riiinded, have been heard to say that wheit'the farmer did have soriie extra money during the days following the world war, that he spent it foolishly. Sup pose he did, the poor fellow had never had any surplus tnoney before and surly he had a right to have a bit of fun.” ( The farmer has a right to the best schools for his children, the best re ligious advantages, the comforts of life for his family and some of the luuries, too* Cooperative market ing offers him an opportunity to sell the products of his farm in an order ly way, and according to the law qf supply and demand. In the old way it was “disorderly” marketing, driv ing the load of cotton up the street and taking what you can get. Every farmer was in direct competition with every other farmer. This was wrong. .. <———--*-£— POPULAR PRINTER MEETS TRAGIC END John M. Graham, one of the oldest and best known membersof the Charlotte typographical Union, was filled Tupsdaym oming of this week* in an automobile accident that also snuffed out the life of John Clem mer of Bessemer City- Mr. Graham was f>9 years of age, and was em ployed in the composing room of the Charlotte Observer. Monday night was his “night .off,” ps printers term the one day’s rest iin seven they get. About midnight he joined a party composed of Clemmer, Crawford Phifer, J..T- McGhee and C. B. Car penter. Hearing that there was a fire somewhere about Lakewood Park, the five men went out that way, and it was on the return trip that the accident happened that cause the death of two, and seriously injuring the three other occupants of the car. Crawford Phifer was driving the car, and is being held for reckless driving, which, it is said, means that he will face the charge of causing the death of the two, and the injury to the others. Phifer himself is serious ly hurt, and is still in the hospital. John Graham was a typical “old time” printer. * Big-hearted, he was generous to-all. Be worked .at the trade during the years that' the or ganization was struggling to bring the printing trade into -just recogni tion. All through his life he had learned the lesson pf doing all he could for his fellow-workers, and no one can say that John Graham ever turned a deaf ear to an appeal for help. He lpved his friends and fel low-workers much more than he loved himself, for he always did more for others than he_ did for himself. John Graham will be missed by those with whom he labored. All this week there has been a sadness among the printers of Charlotte—caused by the tragic death of their friend. Funeral services for Mr. Graham were held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock from the residence, 24 West Park avenue. Rey. W. B. Mc Ilwaine, pastor of Westminster Pres byterian church, assisted by Rev. C. M. Short, pastor of Calvary Methodist church, officiated. Following the ser vices, interment was made in Elm wood cemetery. / Fellow workman of Mr. Graham on The Observer and The News acted as pall bearers. They were: C. L. Granger, W. E. Adams, B. L. Green, H. L. Harris, K. A. Duke and G. S. Coble. Mb*. Graham, who has been on The Observer mechanical staff for several years, was composing room foreman at: The N)ews offiie f&r many years. He Is a native of Anson county. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Jenkins, of Charlotte, and Mrs. William Kerr, of Denver, Colorado. One brother and two sisters also survive Mr. Graham. They are W. W. Graham, of Neyr York, ahd Mrs. W. L. Wallace and Mrs. W. L. Gilbert, of Charlotte. EDUCATORS ALARMED OVER CHILD LABOR Statistic* Distressing to Friends of School Children. Washington, Sept. 5.—(Capital News Service).—-The Stipreme Court decision which voided the anti-child labor legislation, has resulted in an increase in child Iaboi^ according to statistics compiled by the Govern ment. These show that one million child ren between the ages of 10 and 16 were employed in January; 1920, of which one-third were from 10 to 13 years old. Owing to industrial de pression in 1921, the number dimin ished, but since then reports from 20 cities out of ,31 reporting indicate in creases, five cities reporting 100 per cent increases. -' «•', _> - /. sJi]t-the first. quaT^er^f^1923 in Bal ■tihrbre, 'firid^'e^ort, Detroit, Hart ford, Indianapolis, Jersey City, Man chester, New Britain, Newark, New Haven, New York, Patterson, St. Louis and Waterbury, the percent age of increase over 1922 is given as 24. June of the present year saw sensational increases in child labor especially in Connecticut, where in Waterbury 800 per cent more were given work permits than in June, 1922, and a general increase of 57 per cent was reported to the child ren’s bureau. The farmer has the biggest contract in the United States. Only one-thi^d of the populationJ is engaged in farming—the bueiaess of producing the food and raw 'material for the clothing of .the entire population—a tremendous contract. 3?oes he get a profit’ On the contrary he haS to ; take what he can gefi^-less than cost in many instances because of his own blunder in disorderly riiarketing —the dumping of his product on a i market regardless of the demand. In an address to the Cotton Man ufacturers at Richmond, I told the manufacturers that they should con sider the cotton farmer as a part ner and that if they did not do sorpe thing of this sort, they would find when it was too late that the farmers would desert the farm and go where ihey could make—not a living mere ly but a profit on their labor. In conclusion, Governor McLeod urged the Coopreative Association members that they always secure the best .possible men for the manage ment of the Association—not cheap men but men of brain and ability— the men who are worth something to yff #£aRd or< ■WWW OUR - - Y BUNDLE? HAVE EC Your will be 85 , cent firiislfed'i on our wonderful new machine. , There Is None So Good Tor ’the Money Ca|l us'tS^'Bslt' our driver abo.ut this labor saving bundle Phone 3008 mr T -tFtF ; 'V> i im ; A. D. LAJOIE --t #; —I Instructor of VIOLIN Studio: 6 Davidson Building. Phone 1318-W 1 Mon. — Tiles. — Wed. THE BIGGEST LAUGH : PICTURE OF THE YEAR BUSTER KEATON --in— ‘‘Three Ages’ F His First Full Length Feature Comedy Adults, 30c-=—Children, 10c. V i . 55*14 ■' . ; ' ; - V WHY GO HUNGRY? Regular Dinner Like Mother Used To Cook \ , ONLY 40 CENTS Long’s Cafe 12 South College St. ■. U% -L> hi 1 ■ i I1 . .1 BARBJXUEI Yes! At Crawford’s Corner Thi|d add College Streets Best Barbecue in the World Everything Good To Eat—-COME! - 7 ' ' ".'i MATINEE DAILY NIGHT* 3:30 7:30-9 ONE VOTER OUT OF 20 HOLDS GOVERNMENT JOB, HE SAYS By International Labor News Service. New York, , Sept. 6.—Warning against the growth of bureaucracy in the. UnitedH^tes Wjis .given jb$ Lewis Li (Mike? president of the1 American Exchange National Batik, in commenting on general conditions. M*r. Clark pointed out that the politicians and their satellites have attached themselves to the govern ment payrolls-to such an extent that every nineteen voters must now sup port one government job holder. V
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