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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, JANUARY 10, 1919. " .. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Published by THE NEWS PUBLISHIXG CO. Cormer Fourth and Chnrch St. 3" C. DOWD Pres. and Gen. Mgr. JOT JAN S. xnLLER .T. .... .Editor. lAllET T. GROOME City Editor. V7. M. BELL. ..Adv. Mgr. Telephone. Business Office Circulation Department City Editor JScl!torfal Rooms ....... Printing1 House 115 277 362 1530 MRMBEB tV nri4TI3D PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of an- news credited to It or nor oiner tvlse credited in. this oaoer and . also th Artful nen-a TnMleifrl herein. All rights of republication of special cespatrnes nerein are aiso reservou. One rear Six months . Three months On month . On week ... SUBSCRIPTION RATES v The., Charlotte ?ir. (Daily and '".r ; - ' fDallywlthout One eai Mx months ., Three months one ..month One week Sunday.) ...... . . . (Sunday Only.) One year Six months Three months Tlmej-Dfmorrat. (Semi-Weekly.) un- year ... Six months . 7.09 2.50 1.75 .60 .15 '56.00 3.00 1.50 .80 1 S2.00 1.00 50 $1.50 75 FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919. THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. ; Every yesterday is talking to, In structing today. . . . We live in, and because of .yesterdays. Their life en ters Into ours. Not only yesterday speaks today, but what yesterday says decides what today is. He lives well end wisely who has the speech of each day as it goes, who hears and heeds the voice it utters. Ware. ? We seldom meet with joy and de light by appointment, but unexpected ly they smile on us their sudden wel come round some old corner of life. Palmer. At dawn everything Is fresh, light, simple. Spiritual truth, like the at mosphere, is more transparent and our organs, like the young leaves, drink in" life more , eagerly. If night and the starry sky "speak to the medi tative soul cf God, of eternity and the infinite, the dawn is the time for proj ects, for reso.utions, for the birth of action. Amiel. CLOSING Or CAMP GREENE. . "Finis!" is the word written over Against the careei of Camp Greene. By an order promulgated by the War Dc I ertmer.t, tre camp is to pass into nisiolution with, the exception of the "base hospital which is to be retained ' to assist in tte; great, national under taking - of rehabilitating those wound--ed in the war. The abandonment of the camp by no means unexpected now that there is no real need for it brings with it raorrt than passing regrets. It has been a distinct virtue in some senses to Lave had the camp "located here and to Lave enabled the citizenry of th:s community to make contact with such a large number of the soldiers of the American army. There have probably been as many as an aggregate ol 150,000 soldiers "who have passed in j and out of .Camp Greene, many oZ .i whom, came to be known personally i by somebody in Charlotte. The social I relaiionsmps, therefore, developed ,; have contributed to a material broad- ?? ng of acquaintanceship for the peo pie nere and by that process their ; horizon has been broadened. : f It is pertinent to speak of the char acter of the soldiers who have been at :' the camp, as to their behaviour, their , general deportment and the sort of manhood represented. And particular- ly noteworthy is the fact that during the entire career of the cajnp there I has arisen no organized unpleasant- ness between the soldiers and civil r ians, no widespread feelings other I than those of - the closest cordiality j have existed.' The men have deport j ed themselves as gentlemen with ! singular uniformity and the civilians j estimate of the character of the new ! American army has been greatly 1 strengthened because. of their knowl- ; eage or the men at Camp Greene.! ; These soldiers have come here from j far and near, many were not American ; citizens, some of them living in' sec j tions remote by thousands of miles j from the South, and yt they have apt i ly- taken up with the ways of the ; South and mingled as -entJamen with the people of the South, t Jt ls a source of regret, therefore, j that these cordial relationships are to be interfered with by the abandon- i ment or the camp, even though I was taken for granted that its disso ! lution would come sooner or later. The people of Charlotte have liked the sol diers and the soldiers have , liked them. They have been entertained in the best of local homes and have been invited to help themselves to anything they' might see. The freedomof the city has' been theirs to enjoy and! it is a high tribute to the character of the multitude of men passing in and out of the camp that these generous offers were not taken-advantage of or abused. The soldiers that-the city has bidden good-bye to in the' past and those whose farewells remain to be said have been gentlemen whose con duct has been marked by an unusual courtliness and Charlotte dislikes to jart company with that sort of folks, i THE "WHIRLWIND ON THE WILHELMSTRASSE. There is; a school of philosophy not yet persuaded that the war ended aright when 't&fe feennan armies agreed to put down their arms hundreds of miles from home and yet-stood upon territory they had devastated and. spoliated. Event6 generous-minded, there seems a sense "in which the empire that perpetrated the greatest crime of thefages has been allowd to go unpunished. Justice has not been properly applied. It has miscar ried. The crime? ;Germany committed has incurred no like penalty. The law of retribution. ,has not held the mastery in awarding the final com : pensation. ." ' ' 5 Serious events' in Berlin now set us to wondering if these are not the vehicles in which stern justice is riding! May it not , be that the reign, of terror there now is the actual Nemesis of Germany's hideous evil-doings in the past, punishment in kind for the sort of punishment that empire thrust upon an unoffending world! There is the ancient doc trine that Justice Is attended by the Furies who see to it that no unright eousness is allowed 1 immunity and that no crime goes unchastised. Jus : tice can not go blind: the Furies lend her clear vision. Justice can not . grow callous: theFuries keep her plastic and sensitive. Justice can not become partia: the' Furies relentlessly attend to demand an eye for an eye and a tooth for. a tooth. The law-of compensation which the Furies teach is not a fable, but an eternal verity. It is as powerful in ethics as it is in physics, among states as out in Nature, in the yfe of commonwealths as to the characterise man. ft is inescapable. Conduct i3 like the punch-bag. It carries-its own rebound and the harder it is struck against the wall, the harder it .will hit you back in the face. History is alive with illustrations. Hainan built the gallows for Mordecai and Haman himself was hanged thereupon.-Ajax gave Hector a belt and by the belt AJax him self was dragged overthe fields at the wheels of the car of Achilles: and the sword which Hector gave Ajax was the sword upon the point of which Hector himself felL There is a law- of retributive justice which makes no mistakes nor allows exceptions. It sees to it that he who punishes is him self punished, that he who steals Is himself stolen from, that the traps "men set for their fellows are the traps into which they are snared," that they who live by the' sword shall perish by the sword! This Inevitable process of chastisement has seemed inoperative in the case of Germany who criminally, offended. Germany burned the cities of innocent people, robbed their banks, killed their cattle, looted their treasures, plundered their possessions, stole their merchandise, poisoned their wells, enslaved thejr aged, outraged their women, bayonetted their babes and just as their .enemies became positioned to give them like for like in the name of Right and Justice, Germany abjectly, quit, surrender ing her leviathans of the deep but keeping her lands inviolate, gave up guns and locomotives and material wealth, but saved her people from the sort of punishment cwhich her people had gloated in when suffered by others as innocent as, they. Has grim Justice stood a.' witness to this transaction, silent and unmoved untilwhipped into action by the Furies, she i now returning to do Svhat the Allies refused to do to avenge with dragon's teeth? When Belgium was bleeding, Germany was in revelry. "When France lay torn and. lacerated, Germany was in an orgy of re joicing. The Hun sowed: the fields of the world in tears and the ines capable law of evening-up iseturni.ig to the Him a harvest of blood in the streets of Berlin. Has Justice refused to admit the notable generos ity of spirit among the Allies to pass at its exchequer and is she now come to levy her tribute against that wrong-doing people by spurring them to the throats of one another,; arraying neighbor against neighbor and in spiring brother to spill the'blocd of brother? Erring judgment of men may misinterpret Right but;. Bight itself has a way of rebelling against the verdict of men and refusing to be misread. Human judiciaries may silence the guns of Justice out of a mistaken notion of chivalrous mercy, but Justice can take the sword fromlier own scabbard and fling it flam ing through those who ignore Ther mastery. "What will you have? quoth the Gods: Pay for it and take: it" is a proverb of the ancients. Ger many's investment has been'heavily in innocent blood. She must take the dividends in like currency the dividends are inavertable if the law of the proverb is right. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" is more than a proverb : r it is the immutable law of God. Germany sowed the winds: she must reap the whirlwinds, no matter what counter activity of penance may be offered nor what spirit? of generosity may re main in the fields where the seed of- the winds were scattered. It is changeless, relentless laws! So - in the scenes on the Wilhelnistrasse and in the bloody carnival of the Unter den Linden, we are witnessing Jus tice not only with her train ot vigilant and merciless Furies, but witness ing, too, ; the majestic ; operation of a divine law as old as breath and as grim as death. - ! - -; . CLEARANCE AND SALE: BOYS' jlmumm ii hi n misTrni ' " " " rrrn wmiimwiissmwmwsSmS ALE U OVERGOlfs R MEN'S Men's high class ..Overcoats, made by the very best man I ufacturers such as Schlriss, Hamburger, etc.. re $34.95. ; Men s ; ill oiiedium : and : loner v ; : K lengths ariess than today's manufacturers : cos sale prices $7,95, $8.95, $9.95, 12.95 and $14.95.. ' School boys' Overcoats, sizes ,8 tof $6.95, $8.95 and 12.95. T f Little boys' sizes 2 1-2 to 8 reduced $6.95, $8.95. 7, reduced to $3.95, $2.98, $3.95, $4.48, All men's and boys' Mackinaw Coat; at special prices. Mens Suits at Attractive Prices - !'' -: - 'v; ' 1 . "; Schloss arid hamburger suits made df all wool, fabrics, conservative and. young men's nodels at $25.0!)' $27.50, $29.50, $35.00 and $39.50. Belk Suits, -made of all wool fabric jconservative and young men'smodels including tM new skirt model X -at $15,00, $16.50, $18,50, $22.50,; $.00 and $29,50. Boys' Clothing Department Be sure and visit our boys' clothing ; department on bal cony. . - i . ; We are showing a great line of boys' school suits as well as suits for the little boys, from 2 1-2 to 8 at prices ranging from $2.98 to $16.50. Boys' hats, 25c, 50c, 75c, 98c and $1.50. Boys' wash Suits, $1.50 to $2.98. ' . SHIRTS 100 dozen men's $1.50 Percale Shirts, sale price, 98c. 100 dozen men's $2.00 Percale and -Madras Shirts, our leader, $1.50. One lot men's damaged Shirts, sale price 50c Men's Flannel Shirts at $1.50 to:1$4.95. Men's wool and cashmere spx,: 50c and 98c. Men's wool and cashmere; Gloves; 25c, 50c and 98c. - -. N X SOLID BASIS FOR AGRICULTURE. Agriculturally the war has benefit ted America. It has demanded that first attention be given the soil. It has required initiative and energy in; the application of scientific knowledge to the business of farming, so that the real advantages accruing have been both intensive and extensi- both -for the present and permanently, ftr an address at Baltimore the other day Secretary Houston enlarged upon this point and took it'as an argumenftfor yet greater things that can and must be accomplished by the American producers. Because of a shorter actual participation in the war and-its free dom from such devastation, as in Eu rope, the Secretary said that Amer ica's relative position, industrially, financially, socially, and government ally, is stronger than it was five years ago. He quoted estimates showing that ." the European belligerents, ex clusive of the Balkan States and Tur key, lost more than .7,000,000 men kill ed and 14,000,000 wounded, many of them permanently incapacitated. The Secretary also . stated that the war debt of all the belligerents will range from 175 to 200 billion dollar, of which the share of the "United "States may be 20 billions, only 11 per cent of its wealth, and $200 a person. -iJ r it is incredible," the Secretary said, "that any thinking man can gain satisfaction from the impairment of the capacity of any part of the world to contribute: to the worJd na tional dividend- of goods and services. Our thought should be how in the period of recovery we may properly assist the desperately stricken; people of Europe, rather "than how v?e can take advantage of theni in their pres ent plight. "A league of nations," the Secretary it - said, "seems to me to be prerequisite to disarmament in the necessary de gree, to the interchange of , com modities among nations under ration al and equitable, conditions, to the freedom of the seas, and. to develop ment of the proper attitude and prac tice In reference to the backward territories of the . world." " ii Every possible assistance, said Mr. Houston, will be given to returning soldiers and others who may wish "to begin life, anew in the difficult' busi ness of farming."- He spoke in favor of hastening the process from ten ancy to farm, ownership; -the'- ''im provement of ruraLfinance; establish ment of state systems of personal credit unions! immediate resumption of road construction " under the Fed eral Aid Road Act;, proper regula tion of the stockyards and packing houses; reduction of diseases and provision of adequate medical facili ties in rural communities; continua tion of the enlarged activities of the agricultural extension forces; the De panment or Agriculture's farm-labor work, and its enlarged market news services; Federal and State co-opera tion to assure reliable information on the cost of: farm production; and leg islation to enable State departments of agriculture to co-operate with the Federal Department in regulatory ac tivities in the same way that the agri cultural colleges are now able to co operate in research and experimental work. Mr. Keesler's suggestion as to plans to encourage the building of homes is " jx, viic aticuuuu n is to rer ceive from the officials of the govern mem. me nrooositlon . la fn upon common sense and undoubtedly, f put into operation, it would become ,,4 . X I 4 ' sti sumuiant to the important business of home construction in the uuu, o.u. cixLti prists inat is going through a stage of unnecessary timid ity just now. '' Europe is now said to be jealous of the functioning of America in the peace deliberations, desiring to put the name and superscription ' of ' her own over the. peace parchments. In insisting upon a high place at the table, however, American v statesmen are merely ela"imihg the only reward this republic can get from the victory it so speedily hastened by its enter prise and sacrifice. -. ' Before Mr. Burleson proceeds furth er with the task of controlling the telephone and' telegraph wires, we would like to knnw rr .t... "vu uuu vuy it i. is that it takes a naner from to,, I to Thursday to come from Wilming ton to Charlotte? . 1 i Postoffice receipts at the Charlotte office ran up to a half a million dni. lars last year or $200,000 more than tne receiuts for UNDERWEAR AND SWEATER DEPARTMENT Big reduction on all army Sweaters, sale price $1.95, $2.95, $3.95 and $4.95. Men'i and boys' civilian Sweaters, 98c to . $7.50. ' Just received several 'cases men's and- boys' underwear which-should have been de livered last August. These go in sale at old prices. Splendid values in shirts and . urawers at yc. w - 'Union suits, $1.95. if ' . ;w Boys' union suits, 98c! and $1.25. Lion Collars, 20c, $2.i2o Per Dozen. AIL Military Goods Special Prices 5ELL IT FOR LESS WILL ORR TELLS OF EXPERIENCE Tells How He Spent Thanks giving DayHe is a Mem ber of the 81st Division. Mrs. Grover S. Hawkins, of 311 South Mint street, whose husband is in the Thirtieth division in France and whose brother, Private William L. Orr is in the Eighty-first division, has received a letter from her broth er telling something of his recent experiences, including .how he spent inanKsgiving aay. He was employed at the Jarrell Machine shop here before- entering the service. In part it reads: "Thought we were going to go to town for Thanksgiving services but in our ward some of the boys discov ered "cooties" (now shiver if you know what they are and I expect you have heard about them) the day be fore, so it wate take a bath and dis WHEN LIVER IS TORPID or sluggish all the other vital organs of 3'our body are. affected you have u "ilu uwwei trouoies, your head achev ycur skin loses its clearnej, !n?0U h:tye "th Waes." Take liooi's v-4'7"entIand thorough. r0 ,iot irnta.e por grtpek Price .,ct all drtlg4 gists or: C, .1. Hcod Co., Loweil, Mas. ' F. D. A. card our clothes and back in pajamas for us and We had to spend Thanks giving in pajamas. Guess you all can have a big laugh over it, so go ahead. "That-reminds me, I have been in tending to give you- a , description of another little visit I made to a little church up near the front. We first went through the little grave yard around the church; it had all grown up in weeds, the tombstones were knocked this way and every way by shells, some wooden crosses ; ,were still standing, but in every one were bullet holes and several shells had torn up the graves. It was certain ly a dilapidated and pitiful sight to see and, the scenery all around was most beautiful among the hills and they were in autumn dress so you see it was a sad sight among beautiful sur roundings... Next we went into the little church which had been hit at least a half dozen times or more, big shell holes in the roof and sides, in fact all shojt to pieces, the most of the wooden seats were still intact, but full of shrapnel holes, i Around the pulpit was still the remains of dead flowers in vases where they had been left by hands that 1 perhaps were no I more. The beautiful windows were shot up. On the right was a statue of an old Bible warrior with a spear m one nana ana olive twig in the other, the hand that held the olive twig, had been shot off, was in keep ing witn tne other conditions as it had not been peaceful there for four long years, am tne strangest of all, in the eenter of the rear wall stood a statue of Christ which looked out on that scene . with a peaceful look on His face, and although all around was all city has shown any previous vwir which is about the same percentage or . improvement the in all directions. Fear of ;t influenza mav lobbyists from coming near the Leg- .iture. we are told. Who said th lafluenta scourge was entirely with out its accompanying virtues? . ' , lf it is true that the former czar of Russia is yet alive, we would like to see a few copies of the Willie-Nick correspondence now, .''-". - ' - . ' ' ' , Be ye ready. ' '. ; ; Stand prepared against that ; day. FIRE INSURANCE that carries : you safely "over the top" in that . awful day when flame tested your Valuables are swept away ' :- ' . It's the part of wisdom ; V, - General or specific infdrmatidh rates etcpromptly freely furnish- ed by - , - . . ; ALEXANDER'S v F.D. THOSL. Expert on Fire Insurance. : FOR FEEBLE OLD PEOPLE to John Devitt recommends Vino! Great Strength and Vltalitv. Marlton N. , J. "I am 69 years of age and after a severe sickness, was in a weak, run-down jcondition. Vinol has built me up and made me strong, so now A feeUreal. well again; and I can recommend it to others fnv Rn,ii i conditions." John M, Devitt. , : The reason Vinol was so successful m Mr. Devitt's case, is because it contains beef and cod liver oil pep tones, iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates, the very ele ments needed to build up a weakened, run-down system, make rich, red blood, and create strength. It l3 per fectly wonderful what it does for old ?.e0 P's-Jordan Drug Store. R- Beattys 3 stores and druggists everywhere. 00 torn and shot up not one scratch was to be seen oh the statue of Christ; it certainly impressed me sreatlv. Next we went up in the belfry and saw the chimes and clock which also naa not been hit, the clock was then running. We then came out in the main street of the'villase rwhere-wP. could hear great French shells pass ing- nign overhead on - their rway to create destruction , and death like lay al Iaround us) which itself had not a Dunamg or house that had not been hit, not a soul was living in. the town but soldiers. I have since seen a picture of the same street before the war with children playing in. the street and everything looked prosper ous, neat and good, but not so today. I have often imagined the peoples' feeling on coming back to their for mer homes after the war and finding nothing but ruins. This little descrip tion is only one of the hundreds in the same condition. j Well, Little Sis, I hope you have re ceived good news from Graver, and wish you a merry Christmas and hau- py new year. Give everybody niy best wisnes. lour brother, PVT. WILLIAM L. ORR. , Co. F, S06 Engineers, American E. j)., a. f. o. 971, France, TWO PHYSICIANS HERE A. A. ICNEE IS HEAD OF AUTO DEALERS v Knee, ; automobile . dealer of this city, hag. been' named to head the association nt automobile dealers of this city, announcement of his elec- ?n;be,in by Secretary T. J. Mitchell. - ; -; -Mr. Knee succeeds J. T. Madden as president of the:, local dealers, other officials being A. H. Burwell, vice-president and A: A. Knee, directors Of the association-. . s , . The selection of "Mr. Knee to the presidency of the association, has proven -highly accentihiA tn. th innni dealers. ' The Charlotte organization includes dealers in automobiles, mo torcycles and bicycles, and nil lines of motor vehicles. ; ARRESTED Dr. H. M. Wilder and Dr. W. W. Pharr Bonded .for Next Federal Court. Dr. H. M. Wilder and Dr. W. W. Pharr, prominent physicians of the city, were arrested yesterday by Dep. Uty U. S. Marshal E. S.' Williams nnnn grand jury warrants, returned t- fh recent . term of United States district court, charged with violating tw War. rison anti-narcotic law. Both physicians immediately posted bond v in the. sum of $500 each for their appearance beforo the ttu States district court at the next ses sion. ;.'- sr : -4 Evidence against the two physicians was worked up by Revenue Agent Thomas H. Vanderford of Salisbury. uu ms aeputy narcotic inspector. j r.v , wno spent some time CHILDREN FREE TO SHOW. School -'children will Tia - admitted free his afternoon and evening to the poultry show now being exhibited at the Alexander garage on the corner of Fourth and Poplar streets. Pre?:re m Mmes A Vondrful Influence For xpctul have to Charlotte, checking over the files at I.nfi varinnc Artiv , VariOUS drtiar RfAroa . anrl . o v -wuu luau checking up the various physicians' prescriptions on the filpa ir, tv,, I VUVQU -.,othe.1:? ro? over-half a centurv usea witn tne utmost regularity the 1' rlend. hefnrn th anin.i' l v.. ilere is a truly wnnrtprfni nAnatTatinsr . h?SiSUo?- o5 the abdomen and j readily yield to nature's Wemand for; P-33101 By Its use the anxious f nrt X' 0i-Fesnancy are i made com-21--T6-U8J,al renclilns strain, bearingr-down and atretchinff pains are f ohl63; ' The systenfs prepared i?rthc,cm,n eyent, and i the use of ShKlUle?.d. brlPs rettful nights a?f J??py.ant,c,patlon' for the nerves strain n upon with ; the usual i5yAIts r8TUlar application- the mus fhtSfpaf d, eas"y when baby arrives; I ii;S?e 18 .less at the crlsls and natur- itr,vi J and, anger la less. 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