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The Charlotte Herald ; = ; (Founded January, 1917.) - * ^ / ^ •V-'. Published Weekly By The Herald Publishing Company of Charlotte util EDITOR _u liLiS- J____L_James F, Barrett — Always boosting for a better commun ity, stronger men, protected •*Yomanhood and unlimited opportunities for childhood. We\ are endeavoring to promote a closer affiliation and a more effective co operation between producers and consum ers for the common good of all. ; Communications on any and all subjects of general interest solicited. No com munications, liowfever. containing a per sonal attack on any man or woman will be published. Words and acts of public men and women may b.e as severely criti cised as the writer may desire, but the line is drawn on personal attacks. Six Months_$1.0t) One Year.— $2.G0 Entered as heconcl class matter at the Pbstoffiee in Charlotte, N. C., under act of Congress, March 3, 1879. >. HOW ABOUT YOU? When Abraham Lincoln was a young man h.e ran for the legislature of Illinois and was badly swamped. He next entered business—failed—and spent 17 years of i his life paying up the debts of a worthless -v partner* — * : ‘ He was in love with a beautiful woman to whom he became engaged—and then ' she died. • Entering politics again he ran for Con >v gross and was badly defeated. He then I tried for an appointment iff the United States Land Office, but failed. After this » . he became a candidate for the United ■ States Senate and was defeated. In 1856 he became a candidate for the vice-presidency, but lost the race. In 1858 was once more defeated, this time by Douglas. In the face of all this, he - eventually became one of the country’s' greatest men, if not the greatest. How would you stand in face of such setbacks? Think it over. i KUESTER’S GREAT SPEECH. A few nights ago it was the pleasure of the- writer to listen to an address de ‘jo^san^j aouajuto a.i0Aii of the Chamber of Commerce, to eleven : young men and women who were leaving for New York City to take training in Salvation Army work.1 The occasion was 2*emarkable in that it denoted such a great advancement of the Salvation Army.. A few years ago the- Salvation Army-was looked upon by the general populace as a kipd of a begging organization, with very little mission and less purpose. Today it is one of the most highly honored organized bodies in the whole country. Wherever the Salvation Army uniform appears, a respect and more generally a cordial welcome is found. Mr. Kuester told why this is true. The organization is. honored because of the fruits of its labors, the sincerity of its laborers, and ' the noble purpose that actuates tlie J& ganization in its work. The tender care administered to those in need of physical co’mforts, combined with the true teach ings of the Master, “places the Salvation Army in a class all to itself, says Mr. Xuesterday. While the great churches have places of worship, and invite those c who desire to worship into these churches, r . roe Salvation Army goes further, and car ries the message of Christ to those mil lions who are not attracted to the church, | until after the Army has carried the mes „ , ; age and the invitation to them. t was a beautiful talk, an inspiring Jecture. The result of Mr. Kuester f-plenrlid address will never be known, un «si! all accounts are finally balanced out yonder in the great future. The eleven young men and women were enthused, and their work will take them into the presence of tens of thousands of people, and those tens of thousands of people, or a portion of them at least, will meet others and -still others, until it- is b^yoijd, tfe© Jiumarf mind to "calculate the good accom plished by Clarence Kuester'a earnest sneech t6 those young Salvation Army workers. _ • _i—.—— DC WORKERS WANT A LABOR PARTY? • Do American laboring 'people want a labor " party of a labor governihent? If' such a party should be organized^ and'all indications point to that event, who would control it? What’ permanency would there be in the principles and platform of such party? For many, many years the Socialists in the United States have been endeavoring to build up a party comprised of working people. Eugene Debs has long asserted that this long looked for labor party is now a certainty, to be budded upon the machinery of the La Follette campaign. ' Some of our friends among the work ers have replied to the above questions in personal conversations. They believe^ it would-be to the best interests of the wage earhers to have a labor'party in the United States. They point to the labor party hy, England as a success, and ask the question: “Why doesn't America have, a labor party?” 1 There is a vast difference between America and England. -'To begin with, England has traditions, and a past that goes back centuries and centuries, while America is still a* young nation. In Eng land the classes are recognized and fixed. In America, it is each men's opportunity and privilege to climb to the highest rung in the ladder. "Over in England, people of all classes are, first, #last, and all the time, Britishers. In America, the melting pot of the world, there is a conglomera tion of people from every known nation of the univefse.' In England, the leaders in labor thought and progressive advance ment, are English and are for Great Brit ain all the way through. In America, while the real leaders in labor are Amer icans, yet the country is catacombed with organizations pretending to work for the cause of labor, yet- which are closely allied and identified with the old countries from whence they came. 1 Take the Socialist party for instance.! as it hag done more than any other aggre gation to bring about the formation of a distinct party of workers. Its member ship has been largely comprised of foreign born people. Should a labor party be organized, it stands to reason that the Socialist party would, from the very first go, be the dominant influence in the party’s activities. This state of affairs would be inevitable, because of the perma nency of the leadership in the Socialist party. In this great big country of op portunity, the personnel of labor organi zations changes rapidly. The wage earner of today becomes the employer of tomor row. Our railroads are officered and the executive offices filled by men who were water boys, section hands, train men and shop men. So- it is in practically all our big industries and enterprises. Then is it logical to believe that the laboring man today, who is a member of a distinct labor party, would keep his affiliation with that, party after his ascendancy to the post of manager in" the industry where he had been $ laborer. With the ever constant changing brought abou,t through the pro motion and advancement of the wage earners, there would -be no permanency in the leadership of an American Labor Party, except that leadership above men tioned, to wit, the Socialist and allied organizations. v It is a question that, should be thor oughly studied by the workers. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS. It isn’t nice to wish' suffering upon folks, yet for the great good it would do thousands of people, The Herald wishes each member of- the North Carolina legis lature had at least six children t in the public schools, and all the legislators were working, for the time being, for $15 a week and less, and had to buy school books for the 1yds out of that meagre wage. Gf course, we would not want the legislators to have to live like that all the time, yet th&re are thousands of just aa gocd citizens, as those legislators wflo do live tike that from year to year. But it would be good for the' lawmakers to actually face this hardship just one time, each and everyone of them. ^ ' You kn&w what would happen? ^ell, the first thing that would b€ done in the very next session of the legislature would be the enactment- of a law providing free school hooks for the children in the j free l'schools of the statev Fol^sr in: moderately good circumstances haVe no idea" of the hardship faced by the great ainny of low wage workers, when tinte conics to buy new school books—and that time comes with every1 change of fhe moon, or oftenci. GOD LETS THEM LIVE TO INSPIRE OTHERS, There, were many hearts filled to over flowing and eyes swimming in tears in. Charlotte this week, as the men and wom en of-this generation mixed and mingled <with the old soldiers of the South who gathered here in their annual reunion. Varied emotions were depicted on the faces of Charlotte folks as they walked with "and talked #to the Veterans, and a great love surged through the city be cause of the presence of the men who made history a little more than half a century ago. ' Looking upon the remnant of the once brave army, one’s mind naturally went back to the time when they were young men, offering their ail upon the altar of the South. One could picture them, poorly clad, half fed, inadequately armed, going into battle against a fde that had not only ever known jvar equipment, but a foe chat far outnumbered the Southern army. With a courage that was dauntless, with a zeal that on numerous occasions, over whelmed the bigger army, these men we locked upon and entertained this .week battled foi> four long years against tre mendous odds. They were matchless in war, glorious in defeat, and the best citi zens this nation has known throughout the years that peace has reigned supreme. And there is another side of the picture that just naturally came |o one’s mind. Brave as were these men in their youth, line as were their deeds of defense, glo rioi'p as were their accomplishments, no act of theirs overshadowed or outshone the sublime courage of the women of that day and time. Love for husband, son, brother, father and sweetheart wTas given second place to that greater love the women of that day had for their precious Southland. They sent their loved ones to war, and with hearts that knew no fear they kept their homes and tended their babes, and suffered and starved, with never a whimper or whine. So, when it was all over, and those of the soldiers who still lived returned to their homes, finding their fields barren and tneii fortnes gone, they would have ac knowledged defeat and lived forever in desolation ands despair, had it not been for tnat matchless display of loyalty and bravery of the women those returned heroes found waiting for them—smiling and undaunted. God is calling the old veterans home. Each year the. line grows thinner—and more impressive. The young men and women of the sixtiets are now grand fathers and grandmothers, great-grand fathers and great-grandmothers. They are aged and worn, bent and wrinkled, feebl^ and tottering, but their usefulness is not ended. While death has thinned the ranks, many of them still live, and God just lets them live that the younger gen erations may be inspired to have pu^er thoughts, to do nobler deeds, and realize greater achievements. ATTEND THE CAROL I NAS EXPO SITION. The Carolinas Exposition opens Septem ber 22, and continues until October 4. The Carolinas Exposition is OF the Carolinas, FOR the Carolinas and BY the Carolinas. * ' The Carolinas Exposition is an ASSET to the Carolinas. The Carolinas Exposition is ONE great movement that has for its indirect object the bringing together of all the Carolina people, irrespective of their position in life, the size of their pocketbpok or their standing on the social ladder. In other words, the Carolinas Exposition is FOR EVERYBODY and not fhe few. As the Carolinas Exposition is FOR EVERYBODY, then everybody should at tend. The Exposition this year is g0ing to be bigger, better and greater than ever before. An energetic ^committee of boost ers lias fteeri huStlih^ and’ ’bustling to keep the CarOliftas onf; the iiiap through the niediuhi -of out4 Exposition. Doubting Thomases may say that the ‘Carolinas Exposition is unnecessary, hut the fact stands out boldly that the Caro linas do want their Exposition—and Caro lina people ffom every walk of life intend to support the Exposition by their attend ance and, their interest. * A little tihie and a little money spent to enter the portals of the Exposition is -well spent, for the ..Carolinas Exposition this year will be educational, interesting and entertaining. The daily programs have been arranged in such a manner as to have features that will please every member of every family—so that the Ex position can be looked upon as a trail blazer for the progress ahead. The best way to .help the Exposition is by ATTENDING—for the Exposition is for YOU and EVERY QNE of you! A GREAT BIG LIAR. Charlotte’s champion liar was standing near the United Cigar store last Tuesday talking to C. G. Myers of North Charlotte and J. U. Whitesides, former president of the Central Labor Union. We/could not ascertain this gent’s-name, and being anx ious to place his cognomen up near the head of the list of the Ananias Club, we would consider it a faVor if someone would give us his name. Perhaps the gent, him self, if he is not too bashful or timid, will call at The Herald office and assist us in Jocatipg $4,000 that he says The Herald received early in the spring. He is a beautiful liar, an up-to-date progres sive liar. Wre would like to meet him. FROM CPUNTEJR-JUMPER TO prominence: i C. G. Worley's Asheville Advocate saw; in Barringer's letter to the editor of The H’erald something that escaped the notice cf others who had read: the letter. The Advocate carried a front page, double column head over the Barringer letter as follows: “Barringer Replies That Barrett Is Liability to Labor Unions." j Possibly so, Bud, possibly, so, but it comes with poor grace for Brother Wor ley to emblazon these thoughts on the front page of the Advocate. It is quite a long step from the position of a coun ter-jumper in a hardware store to the position occupied by Brother Worley to day. The same Barrett that the Advo cate headlines as being a liability to the Labor Union, is also liable and responsible for that distance traversed by the Advo cate owner along life's journey. But such is life in a small town. INFORMATION OBTAINED. Last week The Hierald endeavored to ascertain the name of the Democratic elector in the Ninth District, and that of the Republican elector as well. None of the organization officials, nor highbrows in polities . could tell us the name of the elector of their respective party, so The Herald offered two passes to the Alhambra Theater for information that would dis close the name of the Democratic/ elector, and two passes to the Imperial Theatre to the first one giving us the name of the Republican elector. Hon. T. A. Adams woir the passes to the Alhambra, when he told us that Hon. George W. Wilson, of Gastonia, is the Democratic elector. It remained for Hon. T. A. Hendricks, of Marshall, N. C., Republican candidate for congress, to give us the name of the Republican elector, who is Mr. John Mc Bee, Bakersville, N. C. * It is hoped that the executive committee of the' two old parties will keep this issue of The Herald, so when other interested citizens call for the names of the electors they, will be able to give the desired information.
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