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L , • ■ There are a few ladies in Charlotte who have not been here during this sale- We want them all to come and examine these me flippers; Oxfords and Pumps at $1 the Pair And there’s no shoddy stuff here. We’re closing out our line of women’s and children’s shoes—and to close them out hurriedly, we’re all but giving them away. We couldn’t go back on the mem So all men’s Shoes are thrown into this sale, too, and you can shoe the whole ' family on what you would ordinarly pay for one pair of shoes. Come! True s Sample Shoe Store 32 EAST TRADE CHARLOTTE, N. C. By The Way f Comment and Criticism About Things * in the World. Doing -*U7ELL, it has come to this: the Old Year dies. It’s a simple fact, not new to any one. We knew a year ago that it would happen. Years are about the only things whose span of life is fixed at birth. Calendars proclaim it with nice percision. i To be sure, it was not always so. And, in the past there has been con fusion among the peoples of the earth as to what should be the life of a Year. The Russians used to kill their old Years off quite a way from January 1. And there have been other ideas than theirs in the past as to when Years should dit. Even on our own continent the his tory of the past discloses a different date of demise, before the advent of white men. But we have all pretty well got around to the idea of a world-wide interment and a world-wide,* univer sal birthday for Years. January first seems to have been picked on as the birthday of Years. So, the natural flight of time has brought us to an other Year’s end and by the same token to another Year’s birth. Farewell, and greetings! The Old Year has been a hummer and don’t let anyone fool you about tfafet. ______ ight off the bat the wage cutters the “open shoppers” had to be ded to. They were crazy men h a crazy idea. Wage cutting eant a mild form of throat cutting. DON’T FORGET 1 TO SEE BUSTER KEATON ; at the IMPERIALl —----1 - *1 1-1 j Mon* — Tues.— Wed. j ’ —in— “Hospitality” His Funniest Comedy ADDED FEATURE — A Trip Around the World in the Spee jacks. “Open shop" meant assault and bat tery on the unions. As Cicero might have said, “Away with that stuff"’ And it has pretty much been put away. The fools have not all quit business at the old stand yet, to be sure, but the old stand is indeed wobbly as the Old Year dies. Truth survive* the cycles of time and forever Woflts for human prog ress an<l freedom. * - * * Blazing like a golden star in,the heavens, the American Federation of Labor convention stands out among the Year’s events. It was a wonderful gathering, de voted to high purposes. _ Human kind will long remem ber the declaration there adopted, proclaiming Labor’s i(ujrpose to strive for industrial democracy— its faith in the will of the people, in industry as in politics. If only the political .congress pos essed the wisdom, the courage, and the vision of that Labor congress! There was the Kansas Court, boom ing along with gusto when the Year cam,e among us. Now look at it. The orijly place where it can find fitting surroundings now is in the musty pages of old Joe Miller’s joke book. There may it repose to amuse fu ture generations. The Supreme Court knocked it for a row of oriental hen ALHAMBRA NOW Thelma Booth (Charlotte’s Own Daughter) —AND HER— “American Beauties” Next Week BEN REED and his . “Follies of the Day” MATINEE 3:30 NIGHT 7:30—9 ■141 :Wm coops, and Gov. Allen went into mourning and retirement. For the rest of us, we step on the gas and say, impolitely—and perhaps even impishly—“we told him so.” The day of compulsion and coer cion “has went.” * * * And there was the incident of Bill Dunne—he of communism and the blue shirt. He came to , the American Federation of Labor con vention, boasting of his enmity and his sovietism. 1 He made a great grand stand play. The convention took him and set him down outside. He went away from there. The soviet propaganda in general, aimed to destroy the American trade union movement and then the Amer ican democracy, has come along in waves throughout the year. The trade union movement has marked out its lines of battle and declared its faith in tones that have rung ’round the world. The soviet terrorism in Russia pulls the strings while puppets in America dance to the tune. Time after time the waves have been beat en bdfck. American labor has stood the test and will continue to defend democracy. The fight does not die with the change of Years, but we know how the fight will end when the end comes. Freedom’s flag is nailed to the mast and we won’t pull out the nails. * * * The ranks of organized labor are stronger with the close of the Year than at its birth. There’s majesty about the impregnable character of this tremendous movement. However it may be buffeted, it moves on with added strength, al ways with the same great purpose, always with greater and ever greater determination. Altogether the Old Year has been a good Year." The balance shows more for which to be grateful than otherwise. Progress has held the ascendancy. Much there has been of evil and of destructiveness. But we have more than held our ground. It is gnod. Welcome, 1924. It has been decreed that your turn is next. MR. KLUTTZ IS VISITOR HERE Mr. E. L. Kluttz, of Salisbury, and son, Ernest, Jr., were in Char lotte New Year’s day, visiting Mr. Kluttz’s brother-in-law, Mr. T. De witt Phillips. Mr. Klutz and his manly young son called at The Her ald office and wished the labor paper well for the coming year. To see two old maids kiss each other is an emblem of Christianity. They are doing unto each other as they would have all men do unto them. All Signs Point To— WENTZ When folks want signs painted. Somehow one just naturally thinks of Wentz when they think of a Sign. WENTZ SIGNS 216 East Fifth St. M U t.WEE.’ S . MUT TfiRINGS This guy had the honor of being in the . council meeting held hi North Charlotte December 29, and it wtas one of the best meetings I have ever attended. It is true that the' fine spirit that was once shown in North Charlotte is gone o some extent and replaced by the fear of old Ander son and the Moseleys, and the An derson preacher, and by hunger t’o some extent. The cause is because most of the lea'ders are gone from there and the crowd that was left there are getting all that i$ coming to them from Anderson, Moseley, the preacher, the deputy sheriffs and other hired birds and pets. Every thing was done by the Anderson Moseley crowd that could be done to make the council meeting a failure but it did no good. They had one Moseley, one preacher, four deputy sheriffs and about 25 other birds parked on the other side of the street to keep anybody from bother ing us whilq we attended to the bus iness of the council meeting. Was not that nice of Mr. Anderson, to look after us so well? I will bet 13 cents there is not another super intendent in the state that would look after a crowd of union people so closely. No wionder the union people love Anderson so well. I have traveled over twelve states, and seen many gatherings of many kinds, but that gang of flat-headed ganders that was parked in front of the union hall Saturday was the dog-gondest sorriest looking gang I ever saw. It was said in the Trail that when Anderson turns off any of the union people, if they will go to his church he will pardon them and give them back their citizenship, but we did not hear of but one family that had accepted his pardon. I guess the Anderson-Moseley gang thought that they would park that mob in front of the hall and scare the people so they w.ould not go in the hall, but they have another think coming, for the meeting was a great success, and there was about all the people that the hall would hold. It is true the mob kept a lot of the North Charlotte people away, for they felt if they went into the hall they would be discharged Monday morning, but they were with us in spirit and there was a very good crowd there from North Charlotte anyway, of the ones that Anderson and Moseley .can’t scare. The Anderson-Moseley club has been spreading the newis that the Njorth Charlotte local is dead. HOT DOG. If it is dead, it is the darnd est liveliest corpse I ever met in my life. I just want to say to Anderson and the Moseleys that they can do all they please to keep the council meet ings from there, but there are going to be more council meetings held in North Charlotte, and when they start spreading their propaganda that the North Charlotte local is dead, they can just add a clause in it that there is going to be a textile local union in North Charlotte just as long as there is a cotton ptill there, and they can put that in their old corn cob pipe and smoke it'. The union and, the council meet ings stand for the right things and all the AndersonSi Moseleys, Clarks, and even their friend, the devil’ can’t j stop them. The ■ North Charlotte local is coming to the front nicely now, but they are careful not to let the dirty spies know what they are doing. They have the spies very well spotted nowj so they can keep them in the dark of their proceed mgs. The most fun we had at the coun cil meeting was watching that gang that was parked on the other side of the street when a bunch of delegates would arrive from some of the other locals and start up the steps tt> the hall. That gang would just twist and squirm around like a dog getr ting the lash laid on in some tender spots. I can’t see why any forked he thing—calling himself a man—will hire himself to another forked he thing to do such dirty work as some are doing. I would rather work and make an honest living. There is not an hon est person in the world that has any respect for them. The boss has no respect for them himself, and just as soon as he is through using them for his dirty jobs they will be hunt ing jobs. I have seen many of them put on the bum when the guy that had them hired got through with them. It is in the near future that some of them in Ntorth Charlotte will be the same w|ay. J. A. MULWEE, Belmont, N. 0. P. 0. Box 586. P. S.—I wonder how many of Ahderson’s guns that gang had with them. From all reports, he could furnish them all with a gun and still have enough left at home. HOT DOG! If he wasn’t a Christian and a law-abiding citizen, wtouldn’t he have some guns? MOORESVILLE IS ALWAYS ALERT ♦Those men and women up at M,ooresville are wide awake at all times. There is one of the best local unions there in the south, and it is because the men and women are wide awake. There is a minister in Moores ville who has many friends among the wiorkers, because he preaches real gospel. And the workers did not forget that minister during the holidays. Among the presents given him was a year’s subscription to The Herald. ; The following letter, dated De cember 22, tells the whole story: “Mooresville, N. C. “The Herald, \ Charlotte, N. C. “Gentlemen: “Please send The Herald to Rev. G. W. Fink for one year. Two (dollars enclosed for pay ment. This is donated by Rev. Mr. Finn’s friends, and is a Christmas present to him. “Fraternally, “J. T. Robertson.” BELK BROS. CO. “Better Values For Less” :V Sell It For Less BELK BROS. CO. “Home of Better Values” mmt Dress Gingham 10,000 yards 32-inch best fast colors Dress, Gingham. In all kinds of pretty checks. Nothing better for 25 cents a yard. See this pretty Gingham on our first floor, 25c quality at— 15c a yard > Dress Gingham A good time to bu(y some fine Dress Ginghams for a great deal less. 100 piece beautiful 50c quality in an extra fine ma terial—the colors are guaran teen—none better for 50c, at— I 39c a yard * White, Blue and Pink Outing Things you need now at prices lower than the mills will sell it in case lots today. 5,000 yards White Outing, also Blue and Pink—Worth 20c a yard at— 15c Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear See our big counter of Underwear at about half price. Ask to see these Union Suits, Pants, Vests, Tights — — a 11 greatly reduced. These garments sold from 50c to $1.50. See these on first floor. Prices— • 25c 39c 49c 69c 79c BLANKETS 50 pairs Fine Wool Blankets: 68x80, 72x84, good Heavy Blan kets. $8.00 values— v $6.95 50 pairs fine All-Wool Plaid Blankets — the best $10.95 Wool Blanket made, at— $8.95 Can’t you, use some Fine Cur tain Goods at about Half Price. We have hundreds of Curtain Remnants in going through our stock, 2 to 5-yard pieces. Find these on our big Remnant Coun ters at about Half Price All Sweaters, Furs, Overcoats, both for men and boys, have been radically reduced. 200 pairs pretty Plaid Blankets, 66x80, at, per pair $2.95 “d $3.95 IT WILL PAY YOU TO NOTICE THIS AND WAIT In a very few days we shall put on sale all the goods that were wet during the fire, including— - > Fine Table Linens, Napkins, Long Cloths, Nainsooks, Sheets, j Pillow Cases, Towels, Indian Head Sheeting, Pillow Tubings, and ij at prices that will mean to you a big saving. Watch for the Announcement. You Will Find in All Departments Merchandise of the Kind Yoi| Need Now at Reductions Fully in Accord With Our Usual Custom of cleaning up our Winter Goods. Belk Bros. Company
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