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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, 1921. sF.N. HARRISON IH Jl THEIR BANK ROLL MUST LOOK RATHER klCK THESE DAYS. V. MUTT AND JEFF BBB WISHER if PRAISE OF , DAVIS Lauds Confederate Consti tution and Wishes it ft'ere Still Alive. ' f JEFF, we've ONLY GOTTrF PFnce f -UlKfcV A.ND SHV k (Vo-JR A Vgs! ff A OAtM(Mb&A I ATTA &oy,JActel A : . ' OF OMeADMissuMTee SerweeM '. AN GGT INT "WsJ U J FATWefc So t kNOCK BLOCK V . Fo fziv.r- g j scKeMe THAf w.lu ENte Iwu. pass as ijCT ?T S ' AWfllHCR on His ofmuc. j Bcrr o us to see j,kc.c . V son AY 6 LIS BefK',t MoT '-JLtt . M S -W! ,. -oi;e C ...(1 1 viiat , TFti ' i.V - IV t'"' vrott'i'-1 , ,.ivo I P. Ala... Juna 4. Amend. the Feaerai constitution 10 soma of the principles s:t the constitution of the Con- states would bring many .t-forms, Senator Pat Harrison, .1-:5ippi, declared here Mondav ceremonies concluding tha re :md dedication, of the first p.. use of the Confederacy, a needed reform, would b-s said Senator Harrison. .-ress and the Statca would to Mil the Federal constitutioi ; ,iw the principles enunciated Confederate constitution extend- ;-.i ineligible for re-election. economy it would ettect ana --.ving to the taxpayers bf tho :" that part of the Confederate v.:;,.ii could be adopted by tho -ovcrnmen requiring a two- .,irrif! M'tc of tne congress, to mane rr,i.'-.r. ippropriations. ' .. v,ri oh: that some of . our present s-its who in tneir semsh do rich a few at the expense cf . protect one section to th (if another, who have joined : ni' those who believe 4n ft tariff, would read and mem- t p:ut of the Confederate co:v th.it c ondemned in the strong- . U language a protective t&:' . anit.iously laid down the rules passage of any such law wan prohibited by the Confederate i'i -j an.l ;'nat th ''fvcv'11-' Con?''0 DAMS ?or.a IS LAID ED. Harrison, who made the prhv ,nl ... Itiss ai me aeuicauon as a ir-.n l f' '' the old South of the Mtn I','.',' i ur.kii Jefferson Davis lived dur- S'MATTER POP? . h xh tribute to JDavis. asserting ,iat .'(fferson Davis is truly the1 (ipvtr Cromwell of America." So American has been so little u.v. ifPtci i and so maliciously misrepie 4fntpd Jefferson Davis." Senator iarri.i n continued, adding that the spiisonment of Davis at Fortreas lonroe "is only exceeded in debasod by one incident in the anna's history and that the crucifixion of 'r. lowly Xazarane." The Mississippi senator described as , fatal blunder" the removal of tho opiui of the Confederacy from Mont vinei'v to Fachmond." " 'Left in ilontgomery." he added, "it L-uld have compelled the enemy to op-v-ato from a distance base of supplies. r:?r. line? of communication 800 milt ? Yn?. while it would have liberated to lv "isert as the occasion demanded, a niagninccnt army which was constant- roauired for the defense of Rich- HIS HORNS HAVEN'T GROWN YET. VETERANS HONORED. BY C M. PAYNE ITJTTTT TTDrr OXGGTniVI A Til B-i A Si A A f A I Rich tribute also was paid by th3 eaker to the survivors of the Con dcrate army gathered here to honor :hoir leader ous legacy with which the South is en dowed." "I never want to see the glories i-t the South forgotten in the maelstrom, of industrial strife," said Senator Har rison. "I never want to see the prin tuples for which our Sathers sacrificed, supplanted by a yielding to the com mercial exigencies of the hour. I never want to see the shrine that was ouiL.t-1 ed bv our sDlendid men and noble vo- !t-ir leader. men torn down and in itstead one erect- Men of the gray and women of tha to fy,a nf nr9mm(m. tvp sn-' ment of the South is too dear, its -heritage too priceless, its sacrificea too great, its principles too precious and enduring to be bartered, however lare and alluring the price. The conviction of the men for the right who moulded the destinies of the South is dyed in blood 1 oo pure to ever fade. th-a cause for which they suffered was too just and too righteous for its children ever to suggest excuse or otter apol ogy." ;. xties." said Senator Harrison ad "rrSJir.g them, "by 5'our magnificent .samples of devotion and bravery and acrifice, you mide humanity better. Bv the qualities and virtues you ex hibited in that great struggle, patriot :n was made more sublime, and let r say to you' fear not that in this Ht-rialiFtic age the children of the :..uth will never forget the principles f r which you suffered and the prica itss heritage that you have given us. We and our children will revere the pint of your service and devotion. We wi-l remember that your .marvelous jt'-abnecation. heroic sacrifice, and m vieidir; "patriotism js the most glori- JEFFERSON'S FACE FLASHED IN FIRE CRAVER'S ;roadwa LAST TIME TODAY A storj' that speaks of sister love in a way you'll all enjoy. hu3 On Same Program CHARLIE CHAPLIN In His Famous Comedy "HIS NIGHT OUT" THE BROADWAY A Charlotte Institution rvinrir.ttpgvilla. Va.. June 4. Flash- "tit n flrn hlch abova the heads Sof tan thousand people gathered on th& lawn of tho university o: Virginia inert- appeared Friday night tne race anu figure of Thomas Jefferson, father and founder of the Institution, which Is hi in everything but - name, ana . wmcn brought to a enmax me eine:iHic.i i celebration wmcn since lass. iueo'.u has brought edncators from both sides of the Atlantic to the historical city of Charlottesville. . Participating in tfre final event of the celebration, two thousand alumni of rho institution paraded through arcs of blazing of Roman candies ana on either side of the big quadrangle col ored fountains of fireworks played. Lanes of red and green burning pow der ran for a. hundred yaras on eii-.ei side of the rotunda and across one side v., lawn n hntrfi sefBiece aepicic-u Niagara Falls. The faculty and. otn- " j-.i.ii HATTinnm. i Vl t. cers of the insiuuuon in.cu ma marchers from the steps of the ro tunda. Earlier in, the evening the alum ni attended a barbecue served by ante bellum negroes whose ancestors had prepaid similar leasts iut ric-m.i Madison and Monroe. . Graduating exercises oi me tidM Vi .no. ,r-'. noli.- in the amnhitheatsr. President Alderman conferring 193 de grees. Dean Datmei receiveu.ine eift. a bronze tamet to niitt. n n gymna3ium to De ereitu uwi, j a -cost of $300,000. WOULD REMOVE STATUS. ' Birmingham, Ala., June 4. A move- i. i--i,?n- to thp removal ot a " A.. ..--... .t Trnv. Ala.. .lUSt -t- ter thee CivU wr to" John. Wilkes Booth, slayer of Abraham Lincoln oas been launched by Mrs. Cal D. BrooK president of the' Woman's League of Republican voters MANCHESTER MILLS , LIKELY TO CLOSE fqnpVipot. r. 'Rnerland. June 3. (By i The AsEobicxted Press) Practically five ' hundred thousand operatives m tne spinning and weavipg sections of the cotton mills will cease work Saturday because of failure to reach an agree ment with the cotton spinners' ana manufacturers' association over a pro posed reduction of thirty per cent in wages. , The committee which has been, try ing to adjust the wage dispute announ ced today its failure to bring about an agreement. Therefore, all the cot ton mills will close when, the present wage agreement terminates. The employers had made a conces sion of a twenty five per cent redac tion, instead of thirty per cent as an nounced May 11, but the operatives de clined to agree .to a cut of more than twelve and a. nan per cent. The operatives declare v reduction of twenty five per cent would bring their standard of living below, the pro war scale, and that the present depres sion In the cotton cloth Industry Is only temporary and largely due to the stHke of tho coal miners, and other unuBual circumstances-- Tho operatives announced that they were willing to ac cent the cut of twelve and a half cent if the mil! owners would review tne waso scale three months from now. PELTER APPOINTED NORFOLK-SOUTHERN Macon, Ga., June U. F. P.. Pelter, who came here from Memphis, Tenn-, on February 2. 1919, as general su perintendent of the Georgia, Southern and Florida, later being promoted to general superintendeVit and last Dec m ber transferred to Chattanooga, has been appointed general manager of the Norfolk : Southern Railroad, according to information irv railroad circles here today. The appointment is"; effective June 6. His headquarters will be in Norfolk. U. C. T's ELECT NEW OFFICERS FOR YEAR CANTELOUPES SHIPPED - Valdosta,' Ga., June 4. The first ship ., r- --r'-VM"-'' of th season was made from here Friday. Two carloads Wilmington, June 4. The convention of United Commercial Travelers for North and South Carolina here selected Spartanburg, as the meeting? place for 1922, elected officers and adopted reso lutions favoring a reduction in rail road passenger fares and strongly op posing proposed Increase in telephone tolls in North Carolina,. E. C. Caldwell. Greensboro, was elect ed grand counsellor for the ensuing year. Other officers elected were: t... Simms McDowell, Charleston, grand junior counselor, H. A. Snider, Salis bury, grand secretary and S. T. Reid, Spartanburg grand treasurer. Medina Guild, Bagman of Bagdad, initiated 40 candidates at the cere monial Friday and elected as grand ruler S. V- Dawson of Greensboro. V? AJJL CJLVVIjVJ -JA-kJJ--Vvr j. OF GENERALASSEMBLY Asheville, June 4 Mayor qalliu- Roberts, .president of the North. Caro. Una Municipal Aaociation, announcad SMday night that he would confer with other members of the association and that he felt certain an early meet ing would be called at which leading .iniiinii flnatiM authorities would ile- .UW.V.r - ,-. . . .. cide to urge uovernor morribon iu a special session or ice enwai o oamhlv ' The Supreme Court's decision de claring the municipal finance act vf 1921 invalid --demands immediate action by the legislative body to correct tne error of the recording clerk at the re cent special session in failing to rec ord the ayes and n?iys on the last roll call on the finance act, declared th? head of the' State organization of mu nicipal finance, experts. " ' ' ' CLASH WITH TRAIN Winston-Salem, June 4 Ellis A. Tesh and Walter L. Tesh, brothers, and Shirley Summers, negro, were tn (Etantly killed here" Friday afternoon at 5:20 p. m., by an incoming .Norfolk anj Western passenger train at the Inver ness Mills crossing in the northern part of the city. Tom Tesh, a brother of the two white men, is in a local hospital seri ously injured as a result of the acci dent. - The car, which was demolished, WU3 thrown about 30 feet. The occupants were thrown out of the car when it struck the ground, the wounded man having been thrown against a hog pen with such force that a thick board was broken from the compact., MAY MAKE PAPER OF SOUTH'S PINES """ ' -fifi' fl ''! I II i i i i -- " """"'''"""" I TODAY Academy lhgtfre TONIGHT . MATINEE TODAY mm "wit..- 1 m I II III fc. 1 - J- mm r New York, June 4. Experts in the manufacture of newsprint are at work in the government laboratory at Mad ison, Wis., developing a new process whereby it may be possible to use j pine trees of the South in making bleached pulp, Dr. Sidney C. Wells, of the United States Forest Products Lac- oratory, declared Friday. He epoKe i here at the annual convention of tha American Pulp and Paper Mills Super intendents. He explained tnat de velopment of the, vast forests or tn-.. South would materially neip in solv ing of an increased supply of news print. Dr. Wells advocated Duiiamg pa. yen-ills close to the pine forests in Southern states. Bleached pUlp from pine, he. said, would release for news print paper sulphite now . needed n other grades. , ' Robert B. Woolf, an efficiency engi neer, urged employers to stimulate an ambition in their woricers to uo uci'.-.r work, instead of "dangling a bonus bait before them." GERMANS AND POLES CONTINUE FIGHTING Oppeln, Silesia, June 4. (By tne Associated Press.) Fighting between Germans and Poles continues m the vicinitv of Schimischow, about' five : it..t ..f rirnss-Strehlitz. -The Hint; 5 uuiuin-o' ' . ... castle owned by Count Stahwaitz has been burned. .. . The British are gradually reuiforcmg their troops in the plebiscite, bringing in fresh soldiers and many tanks. The inter-allied commission for Silesia is reported to be considering the disposi tion of allied troops here so that clashes between the Pole's and British may, im possible, be avoided. NOTED POLISH FLIER SUFFERS "EXECUTION i Warsaw, June 4. (By the Associated t..c . T.ifii tenant 'Henry - Iwanicki, of the Polish flying corporations, con victed by court martial of high treason in disposing of military secrets to British agents, was executed Friday by a firing squad at the famous Warsaw citadel. WIFE Present "ANOTHER MAN'S A Quaint Rural Comedy Dramd NEXT WEE.K, NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK The Biggest Play o e l-,,, "TURN TO THE RIGHT" "".lllsf M." ' - P- .M' BOX OFFICE OPEN 1 P- M. A" Furnhnre used on stage furnished by the Banner Furniture Co., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 5th 9;30 O'CLOCK SHARP OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Opening New Class Room-Carnegie LngBuild EntraflCC North Side of Rev. Luther Little, D. D. WILL TEACH THE LESSON revest: ea io oe PresRANGERS AND VISITORS ESPECIALLY WELCOME. n - Come and Bring a. Friend. . THE POOR FRESHMAN. Hanover, N. H., June 4. A study of the health of members of the freshman class, to be - used as the basis of . regulating their diet and activities, will be inaugurated by Dart mouth College next fall. The plan will be associated with the freshman com pulsory athletic course. .' rPOPUUAf FPU QSNaRATION A TMin-T-atton. erf COMPOUND COPAIBA d CUSEBS K-r YOUR DRUGGIST j Space Of r i wr s f '- ' il - -N :. , ' -. ' '.-' 1 ' . . . ' ' 'V "' "'-''' '': ; ' "Out 'of tne itign ivcfi- -iTnrrriT " tk- - - - i , . v I m.. .mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwnw'm'''m - i i iiiiiMiiirr r" -t rr . t .
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