4' THE CHARLOTTE NEWS CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 2, 1921. : The Charlotte News Published Wv , THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth-and Church Sts. V. C. DOWD. . . ; . .Pres. anfl Gen. Mr. JULIAN S. MILLER Editor JASPER C. HUTTO., City Editor W. M; BELL Advertising Mist. Telephones. JSnsmess Office US Circulation Department 2798 City Editor 2T7 Editorfai Rooms 362 Printing House ... .... 1520 ifEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ?'he Associated Press is exclusively Itled t the use for republication of all new dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the locM news published herein. A3 rights of republication of special dispatches herein &lso are reserved. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier. One rear ,...$10.00 Six months , . . . 5.00 Three months 2.50 One month M One week JX0 By MalL One year 8.00 eix months 4.0i Three months 2.00 One month ... ; .75 Sunday Only. (By Mail or Carrier.) One year ; 2M Six months ... 1.W TIMES-DEMOCRAT (Semi-Weekly.) One year 1.S0 Six months 71 THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1921. RURAL SCHOOL IDEALS There ought to be one great high school in every township in Mecklen burg county and strong consolidated schools built in about tftern to support them and thus ,to give the rural chil dren of the community, 'first of all, access to good graded schools and fin ally access to as good a high school as is possessed in Charlotte- That is the ideal that, is ahead of many coun ties in North Carolina and not the ideal only, but the actual plan which several of them have undertaken. It has been started in Gaston county in a somewhat feeble way and other coun ties of the State report some such senti ment as that beginning to crystallize. We are aware of what it will entail, not only in the way of community ex penditures, but in the way also of a yielding of community pride, tradition-,! al lines, imaginary differences and var ious and sundry other localized notions that prevail in ruralside communities. About all one has to flc now to start a young war is to mention a, .consoli dated school project for some country districts and the tumult is on in full swing. It would, of course, be only magni fied when the project of erecting town ship high schools is undertaken, but nothing progressive is ever done ex cept over the protest of forces that are satisfied to remain where they are or factors which contend thats their min ority will is of more importance than majority good. It takes time to get anywhere. Civi lization does not ride in an aeroplane. It creeps along on the back of a snail, but it always arrives somehow or other, bringing with it the higher stan dards of, life, the better advantages of physical and material sorts, great er social and moral stimulants and life more abundant. THE STATE'S LIVESTOCK POSSESSIONS The census bureau gives out inter esting figures showing the aggregate number and values of livestock on the farms of North Carolina as was reveal ed by the census of 1920. These figures are enlighteneing as showing, for the most part, a decided increase in these possessions. A remarkable fact, how ever is that the State had 50,000 less sheep in 1920 than in 1910. The number of horses on North Caro lina farms in 1920 was shown .to be 171,435, which included 164,810 horses 2 years old and over, 3,139 colts from 1 to 2. years old, and 3,487 colts under 1 year "old. The value reported for horses was $21,907,650, an average of $127.79 per head. The number ofhorses on April 15, 19H) (excluding spring colts, in order to make a' fair compari son with the figures forJariuary 1, 1J?20) was 162,783. The number of mules in 1920 was 256- 569,' including 3,435 colts under 1 year old, 6,922 colts from 1 to 2 years old, and 246,212 mules 2 years old and over. The total value was $43,670,026,. an av erage of $170.21. The number of mules in 1910 (excluding spring colts), was 173,869. - The total number of cattle in 1920 was 644,779, including 182,702 beef cat tle and 462,077 dairy cattle. Beef cows numbered 58,136 and dairy cows 290,223. The value reported for cattle was $28, 797,982. The number of cattle , in 1910 (excluding spring calves) was 611,795. The 90,556 sheep reported in 120 in cluded 17,549 lambs "under 1 year old, 65,562 ewes, and 7,535 rams and wethers The sheep were valued at $78,668, -an average of $8.65. The number of sheep in 1910 (excluding spring lambs) was 140,070. Of the 1,271,270 swine on farms in 1920, 642,121 "were pigs under 6 months old, 180,954 sows for breeding, 20,653 boars- for breeding, andV 427,542 other hogs. The value reported for swine was $16,006,895. The total production of milk in 1919 was 95,747,638 gallons, as compared with .96,998,996 in 1909. The production of wool in 1919 was 342,302 pounds; of honey, 1,341,002 pounds; of eggs, 24, 841,021 dozen ;and the number of chiclc ens raised was 14,047,006. The value of all dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, was $14,912,137; of eggs, $10,433,229; and" of chickens rais ed in 19J0, $9,937,374. , READY TO BUILD ROADS The county highway - commission, without the blare of trumpets, is get ting ready to begin the construction of hard surfaced roads throughout Mecklenburg county. The commission has only let it be known that it would undertake the building such roads first as seem to stand in the most immediate need of construction. It would be diffi cult to determine which roads ought to have primacy in getting the hard sur face, so distressingly bad are nearly all of them, but the commission has made a thorough survey of the situa tion and has announced that it will act entirely according as it senses the needs and not according as the wires are pull It may reasonably hope to perpetuate itself on this basis. If this county needs any 'one thing above another in road administration, it . needs a discrim mating judgment as to what roads should be improved and it needs, then, the independence -or officials in giving these roads so sorely in need of repair the preference, in spite of any and all other considerations- VACATION DAYS WHAT A DIFFERENCE! A great many people are walking ine streets of this city and of many another city in these times seeking money at six, eight, ten, twelve per cent,' any rate of interest, in fact- in order to get their hands on it, who a few months ago were making it head ovei- heels and spending it the same way. Wouiln't it be quite a different scene today if these thousands had put aside a lot of their earnings when the sunshine was touching every nook and corner of this country and before the rainy day came? If building and loan associations had been visited, it the savings accounts in the banks' had been chosen, if any of thes other meritorious agencies that invite thrift and economy had been patronized, there would be far less personal1 digress In these times and' the', economic body .would not be ailing half so much as it is today. . STAY AT HOME! Hundreds of young men and young women are being graduated from the' State and denominational colleges these days, prepared by collegiate training for active professional engagements. They ought to plant themselves in their na tive State and undertake whatever pur suits they have chosen within the con fines of their own commonwealth. NOfrth Carolina is in need of their cultured leadership, of their virile man hood and womanhood, of the wisdom of their minds, of the strength of, their characters. For the new day that is ahead of North Carolina when it shall at last come into full consciousness of its latent powers and its urtexploit ,ed resources, these young men 'and jf young men and young women will be sorely needed for the responsible tasks of their day and generation. And North Carolina is able to recompense them in keeping with whatever investment they are wining to put Into it. Vacation days days are just around the bend of the way. The annual troop ing of the people of the interior to the seashore and to the mountain resorts will soon begin: motor parties will be forming to make the trips through the Country and the railroads will be an nouncmg special rates and attractive p!aces for the people to spend the sum mer at rest and recreation. Thousands, nevertheless, will be de- hied the pleasure of such an annual excursion. We are rather disposed to think .they are fortunate-, A vacation its one of the finest diversions we have to unfit us for effective work. A fel Icw who thrives been use of his c'ai-y occupation, with all of its grind and monotony and drugery, and then at tempts to run off for a week allegedly to get his breath generally comes back to. his desk or to whatever pursuit he is engaged in so tired that it takes a month to get up steam again. A very good way to spend a vaca tion, if one must be spent, is to draw away from the office for a few days, put on some old clothes and lounge around the house, allowing yourself to be used as a doormat by the 'kiddies cr hoeing the garden or gathering the vegetables. That program is morj pros aic, of course, than the high-sounding mountain trip, but it is also less ex pensive and if it is virtue that is beins fought, it beats the out-ef-town diver sion by blocks. MONEY AT HOME A group of North Carolina bankers will either today or within the next few days tender to the Goverpor and coun cil, of State the sum of $10,000,000 to be utilized in permanent road construc tion br in carrying out the State's pK- gram for enlarging its educational plantSJ v muucjf win uc avdiiduie at Six. per cent and will be let on short-term notes without severe restrictions as to leav ing a large balance on desposit with the banks. Thus the State will be spared the trou ble of going to- New York bankers and begging hem, for the money for this purpose. And thus, also, it is indicated that North Carolina financial institu tions have within these late years be come strong enough to enter into finan cial projects of such scoffefulness as fcrmally were handled chiefly by the banks in the larger cities of the coun try. - It is a healthy and encouraging sign, not ohly as showing the faith that North Carolina -bankers have in North Carolina, but as showing also that they are strong enough to assist materially in the financing of the more important projects of their commonwealth. It is time to undertake the building of Charlotte's new hotel. Nothing is apparently to be gained by a continued postponement. There is money enough with which to complete the project: the need for it continues acute and cry ing: laborers are anxious for work and it would do the whole economic struc ture of the city good to have a great enterprise like this put under way. Let's go! ' It drives poor folks distracted to think there was a time when Charlie Chaplin -acted for a nickel or a dime, for it almost makes us holler when we xJish out half a dollar to observe him slide and wallow in a dingy alley's slime. A year or so ago a jit would get you in the shows where you saw a movie nit and many costly clothes. An orchestra of wonted skill was also present on the bill to give the folks an added thrill and take away .their woes. . . But steadily the price arose until it reached the place where all the leading picture shows began to run a race. The price went up by jumps and spurts until we had to pawn our Kshirts. We give until it reallv hurts for moving picture space. And really, if you. want to know. We set no music now like that of several years agoj when orchestras knew how. We see the hero watch . the moon to a HSoleful Organ's tune until we mutter, l m a loon for comins here. I vow." We would not mind inflated prices if tney wuoid look around and purchase one or two devices with a nleasins: sound, but when we pay our wads to view the antics that the actors do We'd like to have some music, too, if any can be found. With prices going up this way, in fifteen years or so the people Will be asked to Dav a fortune for each show. Only jolry millionaires can forget their daily cares by nestling in the movie chairs. Poor people can not go. No wonder Charlie gets a salary which would bust' the mint, for to get in the srallery we must save and stint. We have to nav too big a fee for five cent, shows we used to see. It's too much tax on you and me. Let s hODG thev oatnh the hint Copyright 1921, by w Publishing Co. JOHN NEIHARDT POET LAUREATE NEBRASKA The Spartanburg chamber of com merce has issued a handsome folder showing the territorial advantages of tnat city, its prominent assets and giving a portrayal of reasons for the xaitn tnat is in it for the future. Char lotte extends its felicitations to its sis ter South Carolina city upon its splen did showing and growth within these recent years as is so elegantly set forth in this brochure. The two towns have a great deal in,scommon, not the least of which right at this time is a couple of baseball teams that are in a championship rac for the cellar. WHAT A HAMMER IS FOR - A hammer is a very good thing in its place. If it is utilized to drive nails into boards and thus erect" a hand some building, it is an indispensable asset to progress and development. But the hammer will tear down as well as build up. When utilized for such de- sirucuve purposes, it is a liability. People use the hammer in their at titude toward their home town, toward their heme merchants, toward evcrv- thing vital to their own community's lue. If tney use it to construct, to heir build and put things together that mean progress and better times and great ad vantages, they are instruments of great social and industrial octttrment. But if they use them only to knock thinsrs down, to tear up and to destroy that which the hands of others have sought to put together, then they are instru ments of wicked liability. Criticism that has for its puroose tne correction of an evil is meritorious No sensible man will run from it no matter how sensitive he may be. ' 'But wnen criticism is indulged just to grati fy a grouchy disposition and when it is not intended to be helpful br corrective, then it, too, like the destroying ham mer, is a blighting, blasting withering influence that upsets and demoralizes and ultimately destroys- IT NEVER DOES It didn't take very much to convert Tulsa into Gehenna. Somebody got mad and exploded and that explosion set off another and on and, on until a whole populace was enraged, firing be came indiscriminte, racial iiatred be came inflamed and death and destruc tion staged a carnival. It re quired very little to start . trouble . therp and it requires very little to start trou ble anywhere, any. time. The the loss of temper on the part of a single individual has often been responsible for the inflam motion of thousands. Some little act of an obscure country somewhere on the map has frequently set the- nations m arms. No wonder the holy coun sel was given to "let not the sun go down upon thy wrath" ' FRUITS OF WRONG LEADERSHIP The fruits of wrong leadership among the negroes are being reaped inTulsa, Oklahoma, where one of the most dis astrous race i'euds on record has been staged. Negroes sought to give, undue protection to a member of their race who had been arrested for maltreating a young white woman and then the trouble started. In every community where the" right sort of sentiment prevails among the colore.d population, such premises would have been removed. Right-thinking ne groes do not approve, first of all, of such crimes as the Tulsa negro was arrested for anJ, in the second place, they have a higher regard for the ma jesty of the law than to try . a popu lar arising in sympathy with such outlawry. In places like Charlotte where there are colored men, who believe in th law and in , the courts and who do not condone lawlessness in ' any shane Of fOTlTl HO OHrVl . . . , lousing wuuia nave re sulted from the arrest of one of their race. They have come nearer helping the officials of the law in putting the criminal m his proper place. And if the South could develop just such leaders as these and place them in all the communities, throughly satur ate society with them, race riots would cecome a. thing of the dark past. Lincoln, Neb., June 2--Offlcial rec ognition of an American poet by a law making body came during the recent session of the Nebraska legis lature when the Senate v and House of Representatives passed ' a joint and concurrent resolution naming John G. Neihardt poet laureate f Nc-aska. This official action on the part of the state was taken by way of recog nizing the significance of the American Epic Cycle . upon which Neihardt has been working steadily for seven years, and which William Stanley Braith waite, literary critic of. The Boston Transcript, has. characterized as "one of the profoundly notable and one of the few original things in the develop ment of American noetrv." Two pieces of the Epic, "The Song or ugh Glass," and the "The Song of. Three Friends," have already ap- pearea, tne latter having won the prize of the Poetry Society for the best volume of verse published by an American in 1919. The author is now working - upon the third section of the Epic, "The Song of the Indian Wars," which will be completed in 1923. ' - . ; -, AUTO LICENSE IS DUE NEXT MONTH i Applications Are Being lYianea uut, ana uxcai jto lice Station Has Cards. . , Application . blanks for automobile licenses have been mailed out from the office of Secretary of State J. Bry an Grimes at Raleigh. All persons who have purchased a license for the operation of a car during the last year should receive blanks through the mails. The licenses now in force expire June 30, and motorists will be expect ed to obtain their- new licenses by that date, according toi announcement en closed with the blanks. An increase in the minimum license rate of from $10 to $12.50, with proportionate in creases for higher rate licenses, has been ordered by the state. In addition to the state license a city fee of $1 "is required for the operation of an automobile or truck in Charlotte. The city tax expired" June 1, but C M. I oreswell, city tax collector, announced tnat new tags will not arrive before June 15. - - V For the convenience of automobile owners who may not receive applica tion blanks from the secretary of state officj, cards will be supplied at police heedquarters, they being in charge of J. C. Mayson, chief clerk of the department., ' The following rates for automobile are announced on the back of the ap plication card lurnished motorists:. 24 horse power or less, $12.50 the year; over 24 horse power and not more than 30, $20 the year: more than 39 and not over 35 horse power, $30; 35 horse pow er or more, $40. The secretary of state has compiled a list, showing the exact license tax on all of popular makes of automobiles. Persons receiving an application blank through the mails will find one of these lists enclosed. Others may obtain a list if they write the secretary of state's office, or full information can be secured from J. C. Mayson at the po lice station. Th-j state will again use the single license tag, one being required only for the rear of the car. Some years ago it was customary in this state, and it is still the rule ir mahy other states, to place tagrs on both the . front and rear of machines. The city license tag, which this year will be a plate about eight inches in length and bearing the name "Char lotte" in bold letters, may be placed on the front of the car. i 3 v d mm j m m. mm ma u& mm w a, . ELIZABETH HOME IS BOUGHT FOR RECTOR A 9-room residence at Clement ave nue and Bay street was purchased Wed nesday by St. Peter's Episcopal church to be used as a rectory while plans aro underway for the erection of a new I rectory. Rev. E. . A. Penick, Jr., rector of tha cnurcn, win move , into his new hom as soon as possible. His present, home is on East Morehead street. The residence purchased will serve only as a temporary rectory, it was. announced, vv ithm a year or two the new rectory will be erected. THE PROPER CALL FOR HARVEY In response to the sentiments express ed by President Harding on Decoration Day, Colonel George Harvey can not be decent and remain in the Court St. James, The Greenville News, believes. It presents a strong case against him when his remarks are held up alongside those of the President. Said Mr. Hard 'America fought to preserve thA rights of this republic and to maintain the civilization which we had such a part in making. In that - service w have rendered tribute, not only to that cause, but also to the higher ideals of humanity . we unsheathed tho word in behalf ; of suffering humanitv and were brought into a supreme and sublime efforfto save the civilization of tne world." The Greenville News forthwith de v,iiCa luut xr tne president holds those views and we have no right to say he did not speak sincerely, it is up to Ambassador Harvey to cable in ins resignation or declare that all the reporters who quoted his first official address in London are liars. There is nothing in common between the am bassador and-the president as far as the war is concerned, if vthey.are to be uuten at tneir word, publicly spoken. The, News believes .that it was a mis- take to entrust .the British ambassador ship to a man of Colonel Harvey's tem perament, education and training. He is an iconoclast of the. most pronoun ced type and he is not in accord with the sentiment , of the rank and file of the people of this nation, not only f about the . world-war, but in many other im portant," matters of opinion: . Anyhow, the president is not in accord with the sentiment that we played the laggard and that our boys went . into the battle zdne for selfish r- reasons. That helps some." - . SUIT IN CARBURETOR GOES TO U. S. COURT The ..suit which the Southern . Auto matic Stam Carburetor Co., entered -ftome weeks ago against tlu Automatic steam carburetor company, of Chica go, will be held in the federal court of Western North Carolina, according to a decision handed down by Judge James E. Boyd, federal judge, and dat ed May 30. The case came up first in superior court here and was- moved by the de fendant to the federal jurisdiction. O. C. Brewer, vice president and sales iranager of the Chicago concern, came to this city to confer about a contract taken over by ; the plaintiff and which ihe Southern Automatic Steam Carbu- rator had made with the Poe Dee Mo tor company of Bennettsville, S. C. Under the terms of the contract the plaintiff as to have tha state rights to sell a patented carburator to the defend ant. The carburator was heralded as a device that would greatly increase the efficiency of automobiles. Later the plaintiff became dissatis fied with the carburetors and complain ed to the defendant, the complaint be ing made to Mr. Brewer when he was here and formal notice of complaint served upon him at that time. W ARK EN STONE DRAWS $23,000. Cleveland. Ohio. June 2. Wa Stone became one of the highest paid national labor executives of the coun try Wednesday when the triennial con vention of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers voted him a salary of $2o,000 aj year as grand chief, of the i brotherhocd and president of its co- j operative national bank, buildinsr as- sociation and pension association. I N. Y. CLOTHING STRIKE ENDS. New York, June 2. The clothing strike in New York, which has involv ed approximately 65,000 men and wom en workers since last December, was settled Wednesday night on a basis of a fifteen per cent wage reduction and an agreement as to a union policy and an impartial board of arbitration. REALTY TRANSFERS P. O. INSPECTORS TRANSFERRED. ! Washington, June 2. G. Riddiford, j inspector in cnarge or the Atlanta pos tal division, has been transferred to the Spokane, Wash., division and "will be succeeded at Atlanta by Louis A. Johnson, of the New York division, the jostomcc- Department announced Wed nesday night. J. K. Wolfe to Delia Goohue Vat- ter, for $650, a lot on the Park road. H. C. Sherrill Company to Portia Bay Yancey for $100 and other con siderations, a lot on Pecan avenue. J W. Saddler to Luke Query, for $o50, a tract of land in Berryhill township. . Willie M. Wilcox to Mrs. J. C. Pick- ard for $11 and other considerations, a lot on West Trade street. B. W. Curley to Mrs. Mollie A. Thomas, for" $100 and other considera tions, a lot on .Heriot avenue. C. G. Hewlett to A. C. Hewlett, for $10 and other considerations, a tract of 101 acres of land in Mallard Creek township. North Charlotte Realty ,Compar to S. A. Mangum, for $1 and other con siderations, a lot in North Charlotte. J. K Wolfe to J. E. Schaffner. for $5,500, a tract of 3.3 acres on the Park road. . PHYSICIANS WILL GATHER. Boston, Mass., June S2. Between 4, 000 anjj 6,000 physivians will invade this city on next Monday to attend the seventy-second annual session of the American Medical Association which begins, a five-day convention. The house of delegates will convene Monday morning and the meetings of sixteen scientific sections will take place during Wednesday, Thursday J ana Friday. For the accommodation of these meetings and section head quarters more than twenty halls and buildings are utilized. - "GETS-IT ENDS ALL CORNS Jnt A Good For Calluses. Money Thirty seconds after vmi 'tmi. corn with this Uouid mm TA;,Vi ! for &iWtime' stabbinsr pain of jt stops. Simple A A, B. C inn ,j11Z.Y' 4 j . '"'--. 13 too old or1 iwwtcu io resist Gets-Tf T "r, ; l?5 i""5. nestt and " "c ii ngnz off with ylnr nafll" " parnlesslr f you trim Don't coddle corn pests. Don't nurs and Damner them TW,' ..4. ,"use them: R E MO VE them with ' 'GETS - IT " Costs a trifle at any druj? store. Mfd by. E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago INGROWN NAIL Toe Nail Turns Out Itself if You Toughen Skin. A noted authority says that a few drops of "Outgro upon the skin surrounding- the ingrowing nail reduces inflammation and Dain and so toush- ens the tender, sensitive kin under neath the toe nail, that it can not penetrate the flesh, and the nail turns naturally outward almost over night. "Outgro" Is a harmless, antiseptic manufactured for chiropodists. How ever, anyone can buy from the drug store a . tiny bottle containing direc tions. . F., D. A. STOPLOOKLISTEN The "slogan of the ages. The Bible full of it. Path of" life lined with It. . Humanity in living contempt of it. THE SURE PENALTY. Hell's overtaxed quarers. Wreckage of character and body. Orphans-Asylums-Prisons-Almshouses all point back to disregarded S. L. Li. Meantime yet once again Warned IS YOUR INSURANCE ' ' ' , O. K.? ALEXANDER'S . Georgette Canton Crepe and Taffeta Frocks A new lot of Georgette C ton, Crepe and Taffeta DreS -purchased from a big ? York manufacturer at CTeatf reduced prices and We off t them to you the same. All Z made of splendid materia? Braided, Beaded and S trimmed, and this season's W styles. In Navy, Brown, Grav and Black. Dresses in this lJ Were made to sell $ abvaluesVhey m $2m Jersey Sports Coats Ladies' and Misses' -Jersey Sport Coats, an smart tuxedo models, with large patch pock- ets enabling you to achieve a smart costume when worn with a contrasting color skirt. Colors are Navy, Red, Black, Brown and Copen. Now Priced $8 .95 to i ml A Small Group of Georgette Frocks Small lot of Georgette Frocks, in good styles and materials, all in light shades, slightly soiled, beaded and ribbon trimmed. Values to $29.50. To close out at $12Jfiand$15i New Blouses New assortment of Voile Blouses. The favored styles of the season are included. ' The over-blouse, the tuck-in, the blouse with short sleeves, and that with long sleeves, the blouse with a bit of fine lace of handwork for its charm. Also the more tailored and plain, models. Priced V 7