SoMeiyNews
' RflSS ADELAIDE PEARSON CALDWELL, Sodal Editor. Phone 277
Dance
Called Off.
The Valentine subscription dance
which was announced for featuraay
night at . the Selwyn hotel has been
cancelled, owing the conflicting dates,
the managers forhe occasion state.
Stunt Night At
High School.
An interesting event of Saturday is
the stunt night to take Pce In the
auditorium of the Alexander Graham
high school at 8 o'clock Saturday
night, the proceeds to go to the High
School Parent-Teacher ', Association.
Many interesting, features will be on
the program, and the public is cordial
ly invited. Prizes of the $5 and i
are offered for the' best stunts.
First Philathea '
Class To Meet. ; .
The first Philathea class ot , tho
First Baptist church will meet on Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'cloqfc, in the
studio of Miss Marie -Helen Pay, 510
South Tryon street.
Miss Wearn to Honor Bride
And Bride-Elect.
A delightful social event of Saturdav
will be the afternoon tea to be given
bv Miss Mar jorie Wearn at 'her home
on North Church street in honor ot
Miss Roralie Doey, bride-elect of next
week, and Mrs. Charles DeFoor, a re
cent bride, formerly Miss Julia Mc
Neill of Marietta, Ga., who is making
her home in Charlotte.
Greeting the guests at the door will
be Miss Kloise Doxey and Miss Ado
laide Caldwell. The receiving line will
stand as follows: . Miss Doxey, Mins
Terry Bland, a classmate of Mrs. De
Foor's at the National Cathedral school
In "Washington, Mrs. DeFoor, Mis?
Fannie Furlow. '
Serving in the dining-room will be
Miss Frances Pitts, Miss Adele Cross,
Miss Lois Rogers, Miss Margaret Clark,
Miss Margaret Wearn and Miss Billie
McDonald.
. Over a hundred guests will call dur
ing the afternoon to enjoy Mi33
Wearn's hospitality.
Mrs. Cotten to Speak
At St. Martin's.
Mrs. Lyman A. Cotten of Salisbury
will arrive in the city Sunday after
noon and will be the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Jordan Thomas on Elizabeth ave
nue until the early part of next week.
Mrs. Cotten is coming over for the
purpose of addressing the congregation
of St. Martin's Episcopal church Sun
day evening at ,7:30, on the subject
of missionary work in Japan. She is
extremely well-informed on this sub
ject, having spent several years in To
kio, where her,, husband, Captain
Lyman A. Cotten, U. S. N., wys nava!
attache.
Mrs. Cotten is a delightful speaker
and a charming woman, and is widely
known in Charlotte. She was former
ly Miss Bessie Henderson, of Salisbury,
and . has often . visited- here.
Wedding Rehearsals
Progressing. ' . . -,
Rehearsals for the mock wedding to
be given by the Lillian Shaw circle of
the Tenth Avenue Presbyterian church
. on Monday evening in the lecture room
of the church are,' progressing- splen
didly, and the; affair, promises to b3
a great success, and, a mo.st amusing
affair. - The proceeds' wjk go to the
benevolent fund of the church, and a
silver offering will be taken.
The public, is cordially invited, an J
plenty of fun is promised to those who
attend.
Called Meetine of
Children of Confederacy.
There will be a called meeting of the
Julia .Jackson Chapter, Children of tho
Confederacy Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock at Hanna Hall, Y. M. C. A.
.Master Balsinger
Better.
Master James Balsinger, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Balsinger of North Dav
idson street, is much improved after
a severe illness with grip.
Mrs. Forney Doing .
Nicely.
Mrs. J. A. Forney is getting along
nicely following the removal of her
tonsils at the Charlotte sanitorium on
Thursday.
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Mr. Hargett
Improving..
The friends of Mr. David A. Hargett
will be glad to learn that he is conva
lescing ; after undergoing an operation
for appendicitis recently. ,
Miss - Gertrude : Dickinson left Satur
day for a visit to her cousin, Mr. G.
E. Evans, in Anderson, S. C. From
there she will go to Monroe, Ga., where
she will visit her uncle, Mayor W. H.
Roberts. She expects to be gone f or
some time.
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Society Persona Is
Mrs. M. H. Davidson will return to
her home in Cohoes, N. Y., Saturday
evening after spending several weeks
here as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bass Brown, the latter her sister, at
their home in Myers Park. Mrs. Da
vidson has . been honoree Tat a doze'i
or more delightful parties, . and has
been one of the most charming visi
tors of the winter.
Miss Louise Gibbon and Miss Vir
ginia Whitlock, who accompanied the
girls basketball "team of the Alexan
der Graham high school to Greens
boro and Winston-Salem, 'kill remain
ever from Saturday till Monday in the
Twin City as guests of Mr. Mitche.l
Rogers, a kinsman of Miss Gibbon.
Arthur Campbell is improving at the
Presbyterian hospital after undergoing
an operation there several days ago for
appendicitis. v
Colonel C. C. Moore, clerk of the su
perior court, is rapidly regaining his
health after a stay in Miami, Fla.,
where hevwent some days ago following
an attack' off cold. He writes that the
climate is superb and that he expects to
be himself again shortly. He may re
main in the Florida city several weeks
yet. i
. FOUR BURN IN FIRE.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 12. Four per
sons, two of them women and two chil
dren, were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed the upper floor of a
two-story frame dwelling at 675 Ponto
toc avenue here today.
NEW YORK WOMEN
SCORN MORAL GOWN
CLERGY DESIGNED
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Miss Therese McCabe in the
. "moral gown.'
Tne xnoral Rown" showr1 here
"was designed by Philadelphia
clergymen representing 15 'decern!
nations. It is ti-nhed the "inier
denomini-.ional dress" and is btin.
exhibited for the benefit of tht
Nurses' Home Funrt. The mode'
is formed of a non-diaphanous ma
terial. It must reach within three
inches of. the wearer's throat and
may cot be more than seven and
one-half inches from the ground
and shall not be close fitting at nv
point to conform with the regula
tions. New York women have
corned it as "foolish," "silly,"
"preposterous" and "outside the
realm of th- cliurcl.''
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IPp)D(DdI(S
CHAPEL HILL IS
.NEARLY GUT OFF
Bad Roads Leading from:
University KeepA Every
body at Home.
Chapel Hill, Feb. 12. Inhabitants of
Chapel Hill, hard hit by weeks of win
ter snow and rain which have almost
ruined the temporary roads 'to Dur
hamr are suffering from the worst sit
uation4 in transportation they have
faced in 20 'years and are praying
hard for the return of spring and tho
completion of the hard-surfaced high;
way to Durham to bring them back
into communication with the outside
world. . ,
Furthermore, judging by the snail's
progress that has been made in the
building of the new road, they are
groaning at the prospect of another
winter next year of fighting through
the mud, although Engineer Easley of
the state highway commission, who is
in charge of the construction of tho
.Chapel Hill-Durham highway, thinks
hard-surface will be dwon by next
'-nil -
The regular rad to Durham has
been closed since early last fall and
the two 12-mile detours " on countiy
reads are tV only automobile routes
to the outside world through Durham.
At present these roads are well nigh
impassible and have been so for
months, and the only " outlet Chapel
Hill 'has at all is by the short-line
to University Station, . inconvenient at
best and involving long waits ind
much waste of time.
Motor lines to Durham, upon which
the town and the University have de
pended to a large extent for manv
years, are still trying to fight throusn
the mud, but nearly every traveler
brings back tales of being stuck for
hours. The former running time of
little more than half an hour to Dur
ham has been extended to an hour
for the few normal trips and general
ly means several hours and a battle
with mud and, in the end, the expe
rience of being pulled out by farmers
who live along the road.
Heavy truck traffic, which has de
veloped largely in the past few years
with the growing business done by
Chapel Hill through Durham, hag
virtually, ceased. The heavy trucks
simply cannot get- through.
- Meantime work on the regular road
is progressing slowly. A new bride
has been built oyer New Hope
a good part of the heavy grading hat;
been done, concrete headers have been
built along . three-fourths of the twe've
miles and some 600 feet of stone laid,
but no actual paving of any sort has
been done. Approximately 60 convicts,
have been at work, but the winer
weather has been such a handicap that
Engineer Easley said the number
would probably be reduced soon, aud
there is little prospect of additions bj
ing made to the force when spring
comes. He hopes, however, to havo
the road completed before next win
ter. The deplorable condition has led to
talk of trying to have Captain Smith 3
Chapel Hill Special, the speed demon
running between University Station
and Chapel Hill, do seven days' work
a week instead of six. - At present no
train runs on Sunday and for nearly
40 hours the town is virtually cut off
from the .outside world. Week-end
traffic is heavy under normal condi
tions as many students who live close
by like to go home for an occasional
week end. Many inhabitants of th
town think that the Sunday travel
would justify the running of the train.
The ancient desire of the fathers of
the University . to establish the insti
tution at a place where the students
would not find it easy to get away
comes aroui M near oemg reauzea m
tins jrucu oux u.a in euiijr
General William R, Davie and .his con
freres first gazed upon the Davie pop
lar in 1792.
INSPECTOR HALL IS
T TRTR A TPH 'TJV TTTTV' tuuons by exempting them from cer
LulDjMXJLrjU II JUJtVlitain taxes, he said, and told how thev
Manassas, Va., Feb. 12 William C.
Hall, state prohibition inspector, was
freed by the court here today after a
third disagreeinent by a jury in his case
growing out of the killing of Lawrence
Hudson, an alleged whiskey runnner, at
Fisher's Hill, Va., in March, 1919.
The case went to the jury at 3:20
o'clock yesterday afternoon. After re
maining locked up all night the jur
reported at 10 o'clock this morning that
It had been unable to reach ' a ver
dict. . .
On motion of the state. Judge Brent
dismissed the charge against Hall. The
jury was dismissed. .
Hudson and Raymond Shackleford
were killed when they were held up b
a squad of officers to search their au
tomobile for liquor: The officers were
charged with murder but the case
against all but Hall was droped.
The state prohibition commissioner
conducted the defense for Hall at hi3
first two trials but in this instance the
former officer had no assistance from
the authorities.
GERMANY ASKS THAT
WE STUDY CONDITION
Berlin, Feb. 12. 'Representatives of
German export manufacturers at a
meeting here today voted to memorialize
the American governmental bodies deal
ing with tariff matters, setting forth
present conditions among German work
ingmen and the German industries and
supplying: all available data on Ger
man production. This documentary mat
ter is intended as an t-iment not only
that there is no purpose on the part of
Germany to dump cheap wares on the
American market but that it would be
impossible for her to do so.
In speeches at the meeting exporters
declared the workmen were highly paid,
and would- work only six hours a day,
which keeps down production to such
an extent that no country need fear a
flood of cheap German goods. Commit
tees were named to collect data from
every important export industry for
submission to America.
REALTY TRANSFERS
Charlotte Consolidated Construction
Company to H. G. London, for $5,000, a
lot on East Morehead street. .
The C!arnl5riA. Pnmnanv tr nx T
f-- " J . .1. woe,
A for $100 and other . considerations, a
E. L. Gardner to L. A. Ritch, for
$1,175, a lot on Harrell street.
Mrs. Esther A. Kaminer to S. B. Mc
Giniv for $100 and other considerations,
a lot in the city.
Berlin, Feb. 11. Legislation which
would prescribe the manner in which
all civilian guards in Germany are to
be dissolved is now being drafted by
the ministry of the interior. After bal
ing submitted to th cabinet, th mea3
ure .will be presented to the reichsta
for approval.
The action of the Bavarian premier
in., placing responsibility for disarma
ment upon the Berlin government has
created a situation iuite embarrassing
to. the federal ministry. In view of the
prolonged deliberations by the Bava
rian ministers at Munjch. Konstantin
Fehrenbach. the chancellor, had look
ed for a more emphatic, declaration
from Dr. yon Kahr.
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Fashion's Forecast
By Annabel Wertfcington.
LADY'S ONE-PIECE DRESS.
The smart - roll collar and simple,
slender lines of No. 9908 -meet the
requirements of the present mode. Soft
satin would., look very well in this
style and could be"worn for after
noons. The closing-in coat dress ef
fect is a -new idea this season.
The lady's one-piece dress No. 9908
Is cut in sizes 36 to "44 inches bust
measure. Size 36 requires 4 yards
36-inch material or 3 3-8 yards 44-inch
material. Price 15 cents. '
Every woman who wants to dress
stylishly and economically should
order at once the Springs issue of our
new Fashion Quartely, which is threo
times as large as the fashion monthly
we formerly issued and contains over
300 styles, dressmaking lessons, etc.,
Price 10c. Postage prepaid and safe
delivery guaranteed. Send 25c for a
pattern and Fashion Quarterly.
HOME BUILDING IS
CLUB'S SUBJECT
Women Hear Talks on Need
for Houses and How to
Build Them.
Methods of acquiring and maintaining
a home were . discussed Friday night
by several , Charlotte business men be
fore the hOme economics class Of the
Charlotte Woman's Club, at ; the club
house on Elizabeth avenue. They after
ward answered questions put to them
by those in the audience who wanted
tr lrnftw mnr-o in Hotoil ohrnit ftn tnroc
of tne subject they had discussed.
E. L. Keesler explained the building
and loan methods Of acquiring a home,
telling how such organizations financed
many homes in Charlotte, making it
distinctly a "home owning city." State
flaws recognize, the value of such insti-
were allowed to lend a larger percent
age on property than were other organ
izations. .
J. P. Quarles 'read a brief article by
Giff ord Pinchot on the greater value
of a citizen who is a home owner than
one who is not and explained the in
surance method of assisting people of
small means in acquiring homes. He
called attention to the fight made years
ago by the late D. A. Tompkins ofi
Charlotte for a plan to make assistance1
in an insurance company feasible.
The housing situation in Charlotte
was reported upon by V. J. Guthery,
chairman of the housing committee of
the Chamber "bf Commerce. Sixty-one
inquiries from people who Want to build
homes in Charlotte have been received
at the Chamber of Commerce in the last
week, he explained. A twenty-six - per
cent reduction In the price of building,
materials of certain classes has been re
corded, he said, while in other lines of
materials the price still remains high.
TABLET UNVEILED IN
MEMORY OF MITCHELL
New York, Feb. 12. Unveiling of a
memorial tablet to Major John Pur
roy. Mitchell, a former mayor of New
York, who was killed when his air
plane foil at Gerstner Field, Louisiana,
on July 6, 1918. was included at Co
lumbia University alumni day exer
cises here today. He was a member
of the class of 1899.
The list of speakers included Presi
dent Nicholas Murray Butler of t'he
university, Major General Robert L.
Bullard, and Colonel Arthur Woods,
whp served as police commissioner un
der the former mayor. ' .
The tablet is placed in Hamilton
Hall.
UseCuticuraTalcum
To Powder and Perfinns
An ideal face,kin, baby and dusting
powder. Convenient and economi
cal, it takes the place of iother per
fumes. A few grains sufficient
lueU Sttk Ttm kr VtO. Aiirmt: "Catttro
LkrttorUiapt SJF.HfclMjttau." Slderry
whw. 8oa Sc. Omtacst 4 Oe. Talem Se.
CiiTXuticur Sp mhrnr rithmyt muf.
WOULD PROTECT
USERS OF POWER
Bill to be Introduced in Leg
islature for Benefit of
Electric Consumers.
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Raleigh, Fen. 12. Consumers of
Southern Power's ' current are prepar
ing .themselves for any jolt or shock
that the corporation commission may
give by hearkening to the petition of
that corporation to. raise its hydro
electric rates.
The consumers have prepared a bill,;
which has not been introduced, and it
is designed to protect consumers pend
ing final settlement of an appeal from
the commission's ruling. The corpora
tion commission has not taken the
Southern Power's case under advise
ment. Evidence for the eompany has
been given and the consumers have
declined to introduce any testimony of
their own;., but the stenographers have
not finished their drafts of the testi
mony and argument is deferred for
weeks yet.
vThe bill prepared does not contem
plate taking from th corporation com
mission any of its prerogatives. It
does give the consuming public sonio
4-sort of protection. The Southern Pow
er Company has not admitted that it
has any purpose to break contracts al
ready made; but the consumers con
cede that, granting the petition - o
raise rates will carry with, it the rignt
of abrogation. The . following bill la
therefore offered: v -
"Section 1. That Section 1097 of the
consolidated statutes of North Caro
lina be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following:
" 'That pending the final decision
upon any appeal taken from any order
or judgment of the corporation com
mission filing .grates, that said rates
shall be suspended, and the rates in
force before the order or judgment of
said commission was entered shall be
collected; provided ,that if the order
of said commission increases the rates,
the interested parties shall give bohd
in such amount and with such secur
ity as shall be approved by the corn
mission, condition for the payment of
all sums which it shall not pay be
cause of such increase , in rates bemg
.o suspended, together with interest
thereon from the time such sums
would have been due if -said rates had
not been suspended pending said ap
peal, which bond shall be discharged
upon the payment of' such sums or tho
reversal of the order . of judgment of
said commission granting such in
crease in rates; and, provided further,
that if said rates shall . be decreased,
the Interested parties shall give bond
with such security and for such' sum
as shall be approved by the commis
sion to repay to any interested party
any sums collected with interest there
on from the time of . their payment to
the time of their repayment which
should not hav"e been collected if upon
appeal the order of said commissi to
shall be reversed, which' bond shall oe
discharged if the order of said com
mission shall be sustained upon appear
or if such sums and interest shall be
repaid if such order shall be reversed.
" 'Section .2. That all laws or pares
of laws in conflict therewith are here
by repealed.
"'Section 3. That this act shall be
in force from and after its ratifica
tion.' "
HARBORS AND RIVERS BILL OUT.
Washington, Feb. 12. The rivers and
harbors bill carrying a lump sum ap
propriation of $15,250,000 was favorably
reported to the senate today by the com
merce, committee without, amendment
as passed by the house. . The bill pro
vides that $250,000 of the total sum
shall be used for- examination and sur
veys of waterways and the remainder
shall be for construction, . repair and
general improvement of rivers and har
bors. One out of every 100 peor
ple -in Qharlotte can play the
piano.
The
Autopiano
Can be played by every man,
woman and child in Charlotte.
The
lano
is a player piano of prestige
and character.
U ANDREWS
Music Store, Inc.
Carolinas Oldest
Music Store
213 N. Tryon St;
Phone 3626.
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FOUR DAYS
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Commencing Monday
Cecil B.
De Mille's
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PurcelFs Women's Garments of Quality Purceli'.
You
Now
No need to stint yourself on Silk Hosiery now. No need
to toil over the darning basket. No reason why you
shouldn't have twice as many pairs, rnow that we have
t cut prices like this :
$3.00 Pure Thread Black
Regular $3.00 and. $3.50
Hose reduced to
Beautiful heavy $5,00 quality lace clock', black ClOf)(l
Silk Hose, now
Kayser's $6.50 lace stripe,
dressy, now
Principal-Safe
Interest Safe
The' assurance that your income will be paid promptly when
and that your, principal will be returned intact whenever you want it
Is of more importance than the premise often unfulfilled of an un
ustial interest return on yotlr money.
If you seek to .avoid the possibility of loss and to assure the abso
lute safety of both principal ami income, deposit the money in Ue
Interest Department of this strong bank where it will earn the salt
interest ra.te of 4 per cent, compounded quarterly.
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The Commercial National Bank
Capital, Surplus, Etc., Over A Million Dollars.
R. A. DUNN, President, '
D. H.' ANDERSON, Vice Pres.
C. W. Johnston, Vie-Prest.
"DISTfNCTIFY
This is a, new. W'ord we have coined to describe the pui'P05
of our Picture and Framing Departments. ip
Homes and offices look very much alike until they are decorai
to individual taste. v Hl.
Our showing of unframed pictures v permits unrestrained mat
riduality of taste in carrying: out decorative plans. . .ort
Our Framing Department ia equipped to handle any sm
exactly as you wish it framed.
The service is intelligent-ji-and prompt. The prices are as rea
enable as possible quality. aid .workmanship considered.
!10 South Tryon Street.
V Bookstorft
Childrens Day
; Saturday and Monday will
3ren's days at our store.
be
69c. to $3.00
. iuuuKB want siJ0
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Slippers see us we can "fix
em."
Thompson's
Fhims 23,
Can Afford
Twice as Many
Silk Stockings
Silk Hose reduced J,6o
Van Raalte black Silk CJO.OO
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Black Silk Hose, very (19.50
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A. T. SUMMEr, Cashier
I." W. STEWART, Asst. Ctfb"J
T. S. McPheeters, Asst. Casluf
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