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THE GREATEST SOCIAL INSTITUTION By RALPH G. SIMERSON (The following splendid article on “The Home,'” one. of the five social institutions how being studied in the Spencer Hi, is filled with splendid logic and bekutiful; tributes to Home, it ought-.to in terest every reader of The Her* aid.—Editor). The one institution, in my opin ion that ranks or should rank first is the home. It is foremost in im portance among our great social institutions. It is the “homes” and not the “houses” that has made America the greatest nation on the face of this en-circling globe. If we were asked by someone to write a theme on . “The person whose life has most influenced mine”, most of us would without hesitation say our mothers as the ones who have had most to do with making us what we are, that is, as far as we are good. But lets remember, we have two parents and twice as many grandparents most surely the first of our great and so on back, and I suspect that we may have inherited some feat ure from almost Any of them. Th§n if this is true, the home is most surely the first of ourgreat social institutions to be considered The majority of us come into mem bership in a home as soon as we are born, and we spend a number of years in it before we fully real ize that there are any othVr social institutions* Is it a fact that we are drifting away from the home and the fire side ideals laid down by our fore fathers ? There is argument here for both sides. Sometimes it looks as if we had forgotten the home, and then we come to the realize ation of what it realy means and we see the home spirit prevailing in our southern homes an’d our hearts are gladdened at the sight I say that we will never drift en tirely away from the ancient ideals of the home, no matter what hap pens we Will eventually realize and |now that,.even*in this so callecf jazz-crazed age, there is nothing so dear to our hearts as home. In looking at the home from the standpoint of society, the chief reason for its existence is that there, children may born and cared for and trained until they are old enough to come into con tact with the social institutions that the older people have formed. Many cf the lower animals set up short livedt homes to care for their young and to train them to look out for themselves. So we see that the home is,a social institut ion that nature itself ♦ ordained. The others men have founded. Mr. R. O. Hughes, head of the Peabody High School of Pittsburg Pa., says “Right thinking people never cease to feel an effection for the home. It is the center of their deepest interests. It is a re fuge when things go wrong in the world outside, A place of rest and refreshment that enables us to meet the toil and strain of the world of labor.. In short it is the .very foundation of society.” There is a big difference be tween the “house” and a “home.” yes! a great difference. Only six languages,besides the English have a word for “home” A house is the place were most people live, a home is the common life of the famil|f who occupy a particular place. The former is material. The latter is spiritual. A house is made of wood or bricks, perhaps —A home, of love. When moving from one place to another the house stays behind, our home goes where wTe go., Then you may say that it makes ne difference wrere we live. Oh! yes it does. Could you enjoy home in a dirty, tumbled-down duelling, surrounded by a court still dirtier? I say no ! The people who own the place where th^r live will natur ally feel a personal interesting pride in the spot. They will take pride in its looks. They will take more interest in its up-keep^ in the plumbing repair, the painting and many other things. It is not' land lord this and landlord that. But instead, it is your own little cozy cottage. Yes, the height of many a newly married couple’s dream. We have been for a while con sidering the good part of a home, its advantages and so on. Now let's consider afid think abou,t the reasons why the home is less often the real center of people’s lives than it used tq be. The world has developed a great many interests and ideas which a century ago few would have dared to dream of, These have made men’s lives much broader and fuller. Many of them we cannot enjoy within our homes we must' go elsewhere for them We must look at the great public demand ior amusement and many other places they can go and pay for it, as well as .some where they can obtain it free. “The social body to which we j belong,” says Uptbn Sinclair, great socialist leader and one of the world's* greatest authorities on American journalism, “is at this moment passing through one of the greatest crises in history, a colossal process, which may be best likened to a birth. We have each of us a share in this pro cess. We are to a‘greater or less extent responsible for its course. To make oUr judgment, we must know what our fellowmen, in all parts of the world, in all classes of society, are suffering, planning, doing. There arise emergencies which require swift decisions, under penalty of frightful waste and suffering. What if the nerves upon which we depend for knowl edge of this social body should fail to give us correct reports of its condition? Then again some families ap pear to set up a low standard of life. Constant quarreling will ruin any family. Liquor used to and does yet do great harm. This liquid vemon wull gradually break up any home, and all of ‘the fam ily does not have to drink it; either. Thjs coroborates the saying that “a house divided within itself can not stand.” It may be that the odium of home-breaking is not so much due to men and women as to the con ditions under which they live and have their being. Thi,s has been proved in many instances, and the reader need but look around and he will readily see an example of what I am speaking of. We must next consider the question of making the home bet ter. To make the next set of homes better, we have nothing to begin with but those now in exis tence. At the very beginning children should show a respect for parents, this is "too seldom seen. In fact the old saying seems to have been reversed in some homes, so that it now runs “Parents should be seen and- not heard.” No institution can last unless somebody has authority and exer cises it with good common sense and judgment. This.. condition must’ prevail in all ofourhom.es. Let’s all start nouQand labor to make our homes anj.somebody else’s home a betted place in which to live, and then^e^can all sing with greater -zeSJ - and re kindled courage, Sweet Home.” ^ ,/gr Read Next Week—School -—Another Great Sq<^1Institu tion. , . “What,” asks a cleric7^?iaa Bir mingham ever done help the church?” It seems ter* have es caped him that Birmingham pro duces over a million bNi#e>ns every week.—Punch (Londoii^v . j_.vv. TO VOTE ON HOSPITAL PLAN In December tjbe citizens of Mecklenburg county will have an opportunity of voting far. or against the proposition of a hu,n for the erection ana maintenance of a tubercular hospital. It is no%expec$£& that much opposition will be encountered for this great humane movement, as practically all citizens are agreed upon the urgent necessity of such an insti tution. It is said that there are more than half a thousand tubercular victims in the county at present, and this constitutes such a wast age of manhood and womanhood and entails so much suffering and misery, that ^botli economic and humane reasoning prompt all citi zens to support the proposition. NAVAL OIL SUITS BEEN POSTPONED The government special counsel in the oil cases have had fheir civil action against the Sinclair properties postponed until the early part of January. It is un derstood that the criminal prose cutions will be pressed for early attention^ The' government and the oil interests are contesting every inch of the disputed ground. DO YOU WANT _ JOB WITH U. S.? On October 18, a Civil Service examination will be held in Char lotte for the purpose of securing clerks and carriers for the Char lotte post office. Salaries for these positions run from $1,400 to $1,800 a year. The examination will be held in Charlotte and all information can be secured by applying at the post office. ' * GOVERNOR WILL STOP MINERS BEING ROBBED Denver, Colo., Oct. 9.—Gover nor Sweet has notified irrespon sible lessees of coal mines that they must cease robbing miners. These parties lease mines, sell the coal and' leave the country with out paying the miners. A concern in Routt county started to operate under ^this sys tem, and the miners threatened to prevent the operation of the mines unless they were paid. In stead of paying the miners the company appealed to the governor to protect their property. The state executive called on the men to obey the law and notified the company that they will save themselves “much annoyance” by the prompt payment of wages. “It is unfair to sell coal men' have just mined and then fail to pay them their wage,” the gov ernor said. - | “The wages should be the first I lien prior to. everything elfce on every ton of coal mined by you, and I wish to assure you that in sofar as the law permits, I shall protect the men in this right.” Governor Sweet notified the owners of the mine that they can not evade a moral responsibility when they receive royalties on coal lands they lease. JAPAN SCRAPPY; U. S. CONCERNED It is all right to loll in the lap | of national security regarding for eign affairs, but advices reaching Washington continue to show the deep resentment of Japan towards the United States, growing out of the exclusion act passed re cently by congress. The admin istration is doubtless deeply con cerned about the matter, and our own state department continues in its most conciliatory attitude towards Japan. There has been an attempt to gloss over the speeches of Secre tary of th4 Navy Wilbur, but there is no denying the fact that J official Washington Considered hi? references to Japan as very in discreet^ and therefore welcomed his recall to ' Washington. The Washington Post, a leading Cool idge newspaper, commented that the Democrats were anxious that Secretary Wilbur should continue his. speeches in |heir behalf. West Virginia Miners Are . Again Enjoined -"m Morgantown, W. Ya., Oct. 0.— A score of union-miners have been cited by Judge- Lazelle to prove why they should not be punished for violating an > in junction issued by his honer. They are forbidden from, “soliciting, inducing or per suading” strikebreakers- from quit ting their employment. According to the injunction, the miners can’t resist eviction of their families in civil court, as Judge Lazelle commands them “from any manner obstructing, opposing or interfering with the plaintiff in re-entering upon and taking possession of its said~dwel LOOK! LOOK! See Our Used Gars Be fore Buying Elsewhere J. H. HAM 7 W. Eighth St. Phone 352 AUSTIN'S MARKET The Up-to-Date Market with a frutl line of all kinds of Meats, Fish arid Other Good Things^ to Eat Prices Reasonable and Service Complete. AUSTIN’S MARKET 305 WEST TRADE STREET ling -houses and each of them' re moving the goods of said defend- ; ants therefrom. . * v “ ^ The injunction orders the min- C! ers not to come in the vicinity of §2 the company’s property, thoughts the union headquarters is within a jig few feet of company land. I FUR WORKERS GAIN. Philadelphia, Oct. 9,—-Follow ing an energetic organizing cam-g paign, fur workers in this city ip have secured a new wage agree- % ment. Practically every local fe employer has signed. Wages are || Advanced 10 per cent, provision^ is made fof unemployment insur vC ance and better working 6ondi- lo tions are assured. * M 2 Means 4 Service And that’s exactly what you expect ai\fl always get when you call a YELLOW CAB , The real Yellow Cabs have black tops and all you need do, is—7 : IPhone 24 Ky hour of the 24 ? \ ■: . ' - v Yours, LANCE f PACKING CO Invites Exposition Visitors to Their Booths, Nos. 88 and 89 Where the line of Lance Quality Products will be on ; display. Courteous attendants will be on hand and samples of the Lance line distributed as heretofore. LANCE PACKING COMPANY Charlotte, N. C. (Correspondence of the Trade Solicited) - § ■> 4 % We have the best assortment of USED CARS == limilHl.HIDlIM". ■ v - IN CHARLOTTE ■Prices and Terms to Suit the Purchaser USED CAR DEPARTMENT ; Rust JVIc^or Company ' 514-16 S. Tryon St. Charlotte, N. C. BUILDING & LOAN No better plMi ever discovered for saving money. The easiest way to buyia home. OU* NEW SERIES BEGAN SATURDAY, SEP. TEMBER 6TH;? but shades may be taken any time now. Mecklenburg Building & Loan Association ! C, H. Robinson, P/es. „• 36 W. Fifth St. A. G. Craifc &c;-J^
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