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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, HARIX)TTE N C? FRIDAY ' AfTO.BNQQNf -yyT n 1921 4 The Charlotte News Published W.t v THE NKVVS PUBLISHING CO. Comer; Fourth and Church Sts. w. c no WD vfs. and Gen- Mux. JTTT.TAK S. MTTXKR . . . . Kdjtor MSPFR C IIITTTO City E1or W. C. DOWD. Jr Manas Editor W. M. BELL. Advertising Mcr. Telephones. r.iisfnesn OfTire rvroulatton Department ... 2793 ntv Editor Rdltorfal Ttocms J" Printlne- TTonsfl Tb AsRoiatd Prens is rfniTelv nf?fled f the ns( for rnnMletlon of nM news dicnatrho credited to it. or not ntherwU credited h paor and also th 'nrl nws nuW,d herein. AH rcht of repnWloation of Knerial dispatches herein also are reserved. SlIBSCRTPTfON RATES By Carrier. one year Pfx months J"S Three months . One month ......... : One week ". By Mail. One year -JJ2 Sir months Three months . . .. ; ....... 2.00 One month ........ . (By Mail or Carrier.) One year Six months - 1-30 Tlvrrs.nnmrnAT (Semi-Weekly.) One year 1.50 Six months -7' J FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1921. LET'S MOVE FOB A NEW CHAR TER NOW. : There is not merely the opportu nity, but an urgent demand that steps he taken immediately to procure for this city a better charter and a new fprm of government. There is time for the proper move to be made and there is certainly sufficient sentiment over the city to make possible tho procurement of a new charter for Char lotte this spring. Information comes from various classes of citizens indicating their dis appointment over the commission form and their eagerness to make a change. Business men, laboring men, profes sional men, the newly-enfranchised wo men voters of the city are all express ing themselves as ; being ready to ustr their influence toward bringing about a change. ? It is not possible for the proper lead ership to develop NOW to carry this important matter to a conclusion? : It does seem that sheer patriotism Jwaepught to be sufficient . to compel . interest in such an undertakings The biggest business In Charlotte is CHAR LOTTE. There is not a man, woman or child within the limits of the city who is not concerned in a very ma terial and vital manner with the well being of this business of managing Charlotte. And when the sentiment is so wide ly diffused that this business can be conducted better and more efficiently on a different plan, it does seem rea sonable to suppose that ttie right sort of leadership would be quickly found and that the movement to bring to the city a more satisfactory form oC government would speedily be rushed along. The time is short, but not too short to bring about the end in view. Let the move be made immediately, between now and Saturday night! Of course there is this to be said about the -3,500,000 unemployed in this country: a lot of them expect to' have jobs after the republicans take control. CLEAR LIGHT BEFORE THEM. If the farmers of this county refuse to cut their acreage In cotton this spring in half, and, for that matter, the farmers of the whole cotton-producing area, they will be sinning against knowledge. X The statement is made by a represen tative of the consumers of cotton that the manufacturers see in sight right now at least 60 per cent of all the cot ton they will need this year if not a pod is produced in 1921. Another esti mate is made that the carry-over from past crops into the 1921 crop will rep resent as much as 12,500,000 bales, which is, of course, better than an average production in the South. That means that if the farmers Of the South go in for another heavy production, or for a crop of as little as 10,000,000 bales, they are automatically decreeing that they won't receive a fair price' for their staple for the next two years. The price will go down and stay down. It is in the face of such facts as thpse that the Southern farmer should make his resolution to go lightly on cotton, this year and develop . other crops. He will be wasting his, own time, spending his owni ' money for naught, if he prepares to make anoth er big crop of cotton to add to the ex cessive surplus which is now On hands and which will have to be moved before the. world will be able to take the 1921 crop. The facts are clear-cut. There is no excuse for believing that the way will be worked out by which hlghr prices for cotton can be commanded, no matter if another big crop will be pro duced. What the Southern farmer ought to do is to cut at least half In two his proposed cotton acreage and concentrate on his own food and feed THE DEMOCRATIC RIFT. I Certain friends of the democratic party and former leaders in its work of organization and campaigning late ly conceived that it would be a be coming idea to get together and re vamp the party organization by elect ing a chairman who would give his whole time to the work, heading an organzation that will stay constantly on the job for the, next four years in order to intelligently handle the campaign in 1924. Chairman White, given the position of party chairman by Governor Cox has let it be known that while he in tended to give up this office, he pro poses to hold out now . and give the insurgents the fight of their lives. Thus there Is pending what would seme to be a considerable rift in the present democratic organization. If the party leaders are bound to have a scrap, this is as good a time as any and better than it would be to wait for two or three years and then stage a contest that would materially affect the chances xt - the party f 01 success in the next election. It may be said also that the party organization needs to have something done to it and that the most gracious thing for White to do would be to step ( out and let sorriebody else try a nana I at the job. The party owes him nothing any longer. While Mr. Cox may be the nominal leader of the party, he is far from being recognized as the real head of the organization, neither is he popularly- regarded as being the proper man to accept or hold the leadership. He led the democratic party to the most ignominious defeat it has suffered in years. .Any other man would probably have been de feated also in the last election, but the men who were responsible for ithe nomination' of Governor Cox and the men who would continue to direct its affairs if he is to remain even its nominal head through Chairman White are not the sort of leaders that tho democratic party can afford to retain. They are the old self-appointed bosses, they are entirely too friendly with the wet interests, they represent the old body of the party that was dt3 stroyed when Mr. Wilson came into power an'd they are entirely out of harmony with the present progressive purpose and program of the party. It is obvious, therefore, that if the party is to proceed under the inspirit ing leadership of such men as have guided it for the past eight years, it will have to . throw overboard this combination . of bosses, discard Chair man White and give the task of per sonal leadership to some other than Governor Cox, It is difficult to read between the lines of this movement what" Champ Clark and sdme others think they see, namely, an attempt to promote he candidacy of some one man in 1924. Mr. Clark is always looking for such an eventuality and he is shy toward any movement which tte can construe as meaning such a plan as this. What the ousting movement does indicate is that the real leaders of the demo cratic, party want to get their hands back on the organization and if the democracy of the nation is going to amount to anything, it needs their invigorating spirit and the contact with the masses w which can be gained through the personal guidance of such men as are behind this reviving campaign. WELFARE WORK PRESERVED. The general assembly acts with wis dom In retaining the welfare depart ment. It has been preserved in toto with the exception that the smaller counties, those having a ppulatlon of less than 32,000. are given the option of being exempted from its operation if they so desire. In all the other coun ties, the compulsion of the law remains. It is difficult to understand what sen timent should have developed against such a humanitarian enterprise as this. If there is any one thing above another that government ought to do, it is to reach down with a hand of alleviation to rescue the perishing, to succor those Who need a life and to bring an oppor tunity for those in the gutter to get up and "go sin no more." Of course, the welfare work in this state has, perhaps, been a disappointment to many. In some counties, there is probably lack ing the sort of officials who are needed, men who have been trained to the job, men with more than that even, a senti mental sympathy with the -work to which they are applying their hands, and men of such rare judgment and broad vision as would popularize such a movement as this. In time, however, these defections will be curedj the personnel of the work ers will be improved upon in those counties where there may be present dissatisfaction and Just as the capacities of leadership are thus developed will the work be pushed along to such ef ficiency that the people will not want to be without it. OFF THE FRONT PAGE. It is indicated that In a comparative ly short time now, the story of wide spread idleness in the factories and th alarming figures dealing with unemploy ment will have disappeared from the front pages of the newspapers and, be supplanted by stories of prosperity, of factories reopening and of thousands trooping back to their jobs. Fact Is that such is already taking place. Hardly a day passes now that there is not some announcement of big .corporations re suming activities, of cotton mills start ing up again and of industries that have been dormant for weeks, and "some of them for months, getting back to oper ations. The depression Is not going to be as extensive in this section as THE SORT OF THRIFT WE NEED TO FKEAUIl, We are not so sure but that the sort of thrift the people need to be intro duced to is that form of it which en courages the spending of their money. We confess that this is soniewnat of an apostate opinion of thrift: It does not meet the traditional definition of what thrift constitutes, but we must suit ab stract terms to concrete conditions. The country today is in the grip ot a suspended business. We need not dis cuss the cause or philqsophy of it so much as do we need to confront the fact that the condition exists. People have quit buying: enterprise of every sort has stopped: business is stagnant: fac-J tories are shu up: public works are si lent and the whole, range of our com mercial and industrial life has suffered a paralysis. The reason of it is that the money which the people own has gone into retirement. It has quit func tioning and when money is idle, men are also. There is no more appropriate gospel of thrift to preach, therefore, in a time like this than that of money-spending. That's what money is for. It was in tended to be kept in circulation so that this man today and that man tomorrow may provide himself with tha things that he needs and the things, also, that he WANTS. If -weispend money only for that which .we need, we wouldn't have much of a civilization: we would have advanced only a parasang from the crude old standards of living, but in this country we have attained to our state of civilization largely because we spend "for that which is not bread." We have developed our tastes and our ideals up to that high degree which makes it imperative that we spend a lot of money. Lower tastes and Jess ad vanced ideals would necessitate the use of a smaller amount of money, but where would we get if we bought only the clothes that we need to cover tho body or the victuals that we need to keep us going? What sort .of homes would we have, what sort of a society, if our residences were only shells with no c-pets on them, no suitable furnish ings, no pianos or phonographs, but simply places in which (we eat and sleep? The distinguishing fact about the American of today is that he has pushed his ideals of living far to the front and if these are to be kept to the front, it requires the spending of a lot of money. The question is this, therefore: Is it greater economy to practise that form of 1 thrift which suggests hearding and locking up our earnings and correspond ingly. makes it necessary to go without such possessions as conform to our standards of living, or that other form of thrift which suggests that we should make our money bring us the posses sions which satisfy our-ideals of ma terial life? It is the . spending proclivity of the people which -has brought us to the present period of our social development in this country. If it is to be brooked, if there is to be concentrated instruction given them to withhold themselves from the markets, we must suffer a relapse in civilization. The livery stabla will come back to supplant the. garage, the day's journey on horseback , will take the place of the fast-moving mail train, calico will take silk from the throne, and corn-bread will drive the baker's loaf from the table. We don't believe folks want things to be like ,that. XVltL SOON BE BACK. The baseball writers are breaking back into the newspapers and it is comely to welcome them again. The time of the year is approaching when the great American sport will have do minion again, to the great delight of the small boy and to the sedate citizen as well. There is no pastime that in vites such massive interest as baseball. J It is institutionalized in America, as vitally interwoven with American life as any 01 our umer nouioie possessions, 1 as inherent with us as popular govern ment. During the latter part of this month the big league teams will tropp south ward to begin their limbering' up and then in about a month more, the small er leagues willassemble their players and another season of play will be an nounced. In this particular locality, new in terest is being awakened by the an nouncement that whereas we formerly had to be satisfied with the lowest of classifications ia organized baseball, we have been moved up . several notches and now take rank as belonging to a Class B, outfit, meaning that a better brand of baseball is to he displayfed,bet ter players will be -hired and higher salaries paid which is the custom as a league moves on up toward the elite. The circuit of which Charlotte is a part remains intact so far as cities are concerned but new faces and a new de gree of interest are promised when the curtain for 1921 is drawn back and the pennant march is' begun again. MARKED BY OPTIMISM.. Roanoke, Va Feb,. 11. W. C. Smil ey, of Roanoke courty, Thursday was elected president of the "Virginia Can' ners Association at its twelfth annual convention here. The convention was marked by optimism over marketings prospecis ior xszi. j The Great Trading Public Knows Where to Get Its Money's Worth. This Clothing Sale is Another Evidence of Their Confidence. - - " - Consider Values and Our Prices ' Are Always Less For This Special Clothing Sale Prices Are a Great Peal Less. ;Ray Mors If You' WapS; 11 o member Ycnut Bttt Re Bni -Have 1 a This is a message to men who want to save money the close buyers tKe economical Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings are all included in this sale. High grade mer chandise bought at the new low prices, FOR BELOW THE LEVEL NOW ON HIGH CLASS CLOTHING F. D. A. THE SINKING SHIP The hopeless despair of Autocratic State Bosses, account' of BACK FIRE of BACK HOMERS with leverage ot Independents and aid of G. O. Pi in Legislative session inspires hope and spells progress in N. C. Long be stowed confidence , In , the autocratic ring withdrawn. "Constituents" composed of 'RING HEADS and dominated largely by the BAR-ITES probably 80 per cent of which profession constitute each LEGISLATIVE BODY and THEYi TAX EVERYBODY BUT THEM. SELVES. ' ALEXANDER'S A Genuine All Wool Suit newest models, sin- -f Q J5 gle and double breasted models, $40.00 SuitPXtJ ; . '. . ... y MEN'S ALL WOOL EXTRA FINE SUITS These are Young Men's Models, extremely nobby and up to date in pattern, styles, etc.. $50.00 QK 00 Suits .. .......... . ip&Os men's All wool suits That were good values few weeks ago at $20.00. In this sale I?V WE WILL WARN YOU NOW You will not get these prices again soon believe it or not as you please Here's . . . . ... One lot Men's Fine Pure Worsted Suits, French -Back, 'Few Suits as good any good for. $50.00 (JJOQ.50 In this sale for few days only at Dv $20 MEN'S FINE SHIRTS X 100 dozen Purchased recently ; at a great sacrifice to the maker. Splendid Values in fine Madras jjj a J$5 and Shirting Sateen, $2.50 value at. .... . THE THING HAS BEEN DONE . .... - - . ? . i SECOND NATURE WITH US IT'S NOT HOW MUCH WE CAN GET BUT HOW CHEAP CAN WE SELL IT. ' ''" . " ' 100 dozen Men's $2.00 value large size heavy Indigo Blue Overalls e large size heavy Cjjg 100 Pairs Men's $5.00 Worsted Pants $2 100 dozen, Men's Elastic Seam Drawers, made of good quality Pepperell. $1.00 value ETA at : . . . . . ........ ... OllC Men's $1.00 and $1.39 Fine Percale Shirts. Exceptional value, t as long as we have any 50 C Men's Fancy $1.50 to $1,75 value Fine Shirts QQ Sale price . . .s. ... L ....... . .-. . , . . . . ' XjU C 200 Men's Fine Dress Shirts. $2.50 values ts, $2.50 values jj.35 Beautiful patterns. Sale price 50c Socks, good ones , - 1 A Sale price . . . . ; ... t .... tt 9 ) C You need not pay 75cto;$1.00'fory Drawers. Here for this sale we have $1.00 A O Ribbed S. & D. at; . . . . . . . .. .. . 40C Men's $2.00 Egyptian Ribbed Union Suits A n at ... ....... ... ... . . . ......... ... vOt Men's $4.00 Fine Shirts; -Ji 95 Men's $6.00 value Fine Shirts at $2m NECESSARY ACCESSORIES FOR MEN'S WEAR LOOK AT THIS LIST AT THE SAVINGS Lion Brand Collars X9(J Men's Hose Supporters . . . . .10c, 19c, 25c and 39c Men's 10c Cambric Handkerchiefs at-. ........ . . ......... ; .v. i . . . DC Men's $1.00 tfeekwear en's $1.00 Neckwear 55f 98c Lot Men's Fine $2.00 Neckwear at .......... Men's $1.50 Fine Cambric Nightshirts 4 Q Men's $3.00 Outing Pajamas C 1 .69 at ...... . . ............... .... ... . . Men's 2.00 Outing Nightshirts . Qgg Men's 50c value Lisle Hose X9c Men's $1.00 Silk Socks, slightly imperfect 45(J Many other values in. Furnishings at Radical Reductions. BIG SAVING IN OUR BOYS' DEPARTMENT Bays Khaki Pants at ... ... .................. ' - . ... . V- ' . Boys' all wool Serge Pants- ' 7 v .. at ......... . ...... 50c 90c 95c 75c 50c 48 c 98c 69c 18c . ... 50c 10c Extra Good 50c quality jn nearly all stores. Af Sale price ............................. DC BOlTSr CLOTHING Boys' Wool Mixed Suits, all sizes, up to 17 98 years, $5.00. Suits Boys' $7.00 Suits; all sizes, including large &Q 95 Sizes ...... w. . . . mTtm 1 Boys extra heavy $1.50 Overalls at .......... Uoys.$1.0O Overalls ; at . . . .-. .. .". '. .'.'. . . . . t Boys' 75c Overalls , ' ; at ... Boys 75c and $1.00 Percale Blouses -; at- ; . . . . . r . v, :t- , , . i , Boys' $1.50 Percale. Blouses at ........ Boys' $1.00 Work Shirts- . at . .... ...... .. ......... . . Boys' Hose 25c value at Three pairs for Bibbed Hose, the pair ft at , Boy's' Extra Good $10,00 Suits 1.95 at , i . . . . . . . ....... .... . . ... ... . , . tpx Boys' Juvenile. Suits $2.48, $2.98, $3.95, $4.95 : At these prices they are nnmatchable. Boys' Union Suits; jq at ..... ........... ... ...... ... 4:0 C $1.00 ta $15 Union Suits nt Sale price . . . , . f . . , r. . ."-. 5" C If Ht CaJis SPecial Sale Prices 25c, 48c, 89c 98c, $1.25. REMEMBER, THIS SALE IS FOR 10 DAYS ONLY AT THESE PRICES wMfmmmm .mi. .... ' a 21 A WW it has been intensive. W D. Thoa. JU
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