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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 11, 1921. The Charlotte News Published TTy TIIE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Comer Fourth and Church Sts. V. C. DOWD Pres. anfl Gen. Mgr. JULIAN S. MILLER Editor JASPKR C. HUTTO City Editor W. M. BELL Adverttslns M(rr. Telephones. Puslnew Office 15 Circulation Department 2798 City Editor HI Editorial Rooms 362 Prfatlne House 1539 MR. KELLY'S PROPOSAL Congressman Clyde Kelly commands the respect of as many people In the country as any other representative in the national legislature, perhaps. ME1MDER ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published Jierfln. AD rights of republication of special dispatches herein also are .eserved. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier. One year ,...$10.03 Six months 5.00 Three months 2.60 One montn 85 Ono week .19 By Mall. One year 8.00 S!x months 4.60 Three months . - 2.00 One month 75 Snnday Only. (By Mail or Carrier.) One year 2.60 Six months , 1.10 TIMES DEMOCRAT (SemiWeekly.) One year .. 1.50 Six months 7$ SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1921. 1. TIIE VALUE OF APPEARANCE President T. L. Kirkpatrick of the Chamber of Commerce comes across in The Manufacturers Record an article on municipal cleanliness which he thinks ought to be passed along to the citizens of Charlotte. And with his sentiment we are in entire agree ment. There is no doubt about the fact that the city that remains in a clean and re spectable appearance is the city that will finally attract visitors and lend itself to easy development in the bring ing in of outsiders. The article which Colonel Kirkpatrick submits as timely and pertinent as applying to Char lotte follows: "There are today more than 7,000 cities and towns throughout the coun try who conduct annual clean-up and paint-up campaigns. In Cincinnati alone, insurance premiums were re duced $160,000, a year and fire losses $800,000, according to a statement of the National "Clean Up and Paint Up" Campaign Bureau of St. Louis. The Bureau tells also of the experience of a St- Louis manufacturer with 23 plants several of which were located within a 300 mile radius of that city. It be came necessary for this manufacturer to establish a new factory, and a num ber of cities ranging in population from 10,000 to 25,000 offered inducements. Two of these were particularly con sidered. "In city, number one, the streets and alleys were dirty, the lawns poorly kept, and both the residence and busi ness property sadly in need of paint, and repairs. Although the induce ments otherwise ,were very material, it was decided to turn down this offer for the reason that the citizens were so apparently lacking in self-respect that it was not considered worth while to try to arouse them. "The second city was selected for the location of the new plant, even though the inducements offered were not as great as in some of the other places Investigated. The reason for the favor able choice rested in the city's appear ance. The streets were clean and in good condition. There, was a beautiful park, and throughout the residential ; sections the houses were well kept, even the poorer homes having a clean, tidy appearance, suggesting thrift and self-respect. A striking illustration of . how one community benefitted indus- triallv clmnlii V.,.. - i , j. .j "ctause a, ciean iace was exhibited to the outsider. tT7 ' every city and town in the South might wisely adopt the plan of hav ing regular clean up and paint up per iods, me spring season, of course, is the logical time, but in order for the campaign to be permanently effectiv V . . ' . 6"u vvurK. must oe kept up. The city will be freer from disastrous fires . 'n neaps in alleys and Dack streets, its merchants will be more prosperous, and its people generally will be more receptive toward new ideas tending to raise the community to an even higher plane of development, and visitors will always be attracted by a "spotless town." Ill-kept yards, un painted houses, dirty streets combine to increase sickness and to decrease pros perity and progress- Mr. Kelley is an independent. He was elected to Congress from a wet district ir. Pennsylvania by the drys a3 well as the wets, by the republicans as well as the democrats, because he is one of those exceptional public servants who believe in placing duty above partisan interests and whose ability is so well recognized by all factions and classes and conditions of the electorate that he never has any difficulty in r;1 din ing his seat. v e have just become interested in a proposition he lately made for the purpose of relieving what is regarded as a distrisessing housing shortage in the United States. Mr. Kelly makes the very interesting and, we believe, prac tical point that the government could very well afford to utilize the postal savings for this purpose and his plan is to raise the total of our postal bank savings from one hundred sixty-seven million dollars to five billions or more, (!) by increasing the interest paid de positors from two per cent to four per cent, (2) by making the interest per iods quarterly instead of annual, and (o) by using the grand total of postal savings as a federal loan fund for home builders, upon the building and loan plan. At present the ' postal savings of the United States are less than two hun dred million dollars, after ten years of operation. They are small, says Kelly, because the interest paid is so small as to attract only aliens as depositors- In fact, our postal savings banks are little more than foreign immigrant banks; three-fifths of the depositors are for eign born, and they own three-fourths of all the deposits at present. These banks have done almost nothing outside the great industrial centers of the North and West. "What is happening at present, says Congressman Kelly, is this: the Govern ment pays the postal savings depositors two per cent; the postal banks lend these deposits to 5,211 commercial banks at two and a half per cent; then the Government borrows these funds from the commercial banks on Treasury certi ficates, and pays around six per cent therefor. In other words,- the Govern ment presents 5,211 banks with $4,724, 000 a year as a gracious gift. It appears to Congressman Kelly that the postal savings banks exist for the commercial banks. He proposes to run the deposits of these postal savings banks in to billions and to lend these billions to the home builders of the United States. If the rate were increased to four (per cent for deposits, and the interest periods were quartely instead of an nuai, the United States would stand a fair chance to have as many depositors as France or Italy, which would give us about two billion dollars of postal savings deposits. The postal savings of the United Kingdom are right around five billion dollars. If our ratio of thrifty people were equal to that of New Zealand, we would have around ten billion dollars in our postal savings banks. Congressman Kelly points out a way to assemble the capital needed as a na tional loan fund for home builders. The business ought not to be more difficult in the United States than in England or in Denmark. Any Dane who can find one-tenth of the purchase price can bor row the rest either from a state bank or a cooperative credit union, and have from ten to sixty years in which to pay back the loan on an amortization plan. The monthly payment under Congress man Kelly's plan would be less than the monthly rent at present rates. Our Farm Loan Bank is now lending farmers millions on the amortization plan- The postal savings of the coun try could be managed as a loan sum for home builders in exactly the same way THE CASE OF THE TRUCK MAN. The Graham boys who live out on the Park road and run an up-to-date truck farm, trying to supply the mar kets in Charlotte with fresh vege tables in their season, are among those who believe that the men of this coun ty who raise such things ought to take them direct to the retail grocers of Charlotte and let them sell to the households of the city. Their argument is that it takes too much time to . peddle out vegetables, that all the profit in the game is soon eaten up by having to ran from house to house, with all the time which is involved, the uncertainty and the final risk of not being able to unload daily deliveries at all. Whereas, if arrange ments are perfected with the retail grocers by which these latter take daily consignments of truck from the farmers of Mecklenburg, the producers can the better afford to take a somewhat small er price for their commodities. These men says that the retail gro cer s business is to do the' retailing, that he is prepared to make deliveries at all hours of the dayv, that he runs his business on such a scale as to make it possioie ior mm to deliver at a small profit and that, in the final analy sisi, the producer who arranges to sell through the grocer is the man who can afford to launch into this business with an assurance of a market. What seems to be largely in the"way of the development of the trucking business in this county 'is an uncertain market- Producers of vegetables gen erally discover ' that when one has a certain commodity to sell, everybody else has also and that if he undertakes to peddle out his stuff, it is merely a case of running from house to house without satisfactory results. We have heard of many a farmer of Mecklenburg being forced either to give his stuff away lae in the evenings or take it back home, after having spent a whole day in the city, with the loss of time involved. This is na turally intimidating and disheartenina. Farmers can not be expected to take much interest in the development of markets here so long as such condi tions prevail. Whatever may be said to the con trary, it looks as if the argument sub mitted to this newspaper by the Gra ham boys would stand up, that the producers ought to make engagements with retail grocers to accept a slightly less profit for their commodities, bring them to town early in the mornings', re turn home and utilize the day in doing something else beside running to and fro through the streets of the city hunting up customers. i, V Disappointment is a thorn into day of bliss, but when you find a street car gone you did not want to miss it simply makes you cuss and erful pumps swear and spit upon the thoroughfare and bellow forth in deep despair. You gfit your teeth and hiss. Such disap pointment comes each da yto those who ride down town. You always see it scoot away. Your smile becomesjrown. When yoi hear a car you need no matter what your surplus speed the car will aiways get the lead going up or com ing down. When jrou leave your mor ning meal to catch an inbound car it's futile to take to your heel. The car knows where you are. It's -useless to dash out and try to stop the street car withyour cry raotorman has just sped by. You did not miss it far. If you creep on hands and knees and try to fool the thing you'll see it roll behind the trees and hear the' foot g6ng ring. Just as you reach its stop ping place you'll find it gone in ev ery case.A Its folly when you try to iace and catch it with a spring. No matter how or what you do to head it off each day you'll find it very hard for you to hold the thing at bay. It matters not how fast you go and makes TRYING TO SALVAGE FORTUNE UNDER SEA London, June 11- The Admiralty sal vage vessel Racer and her tender, the j Canadian drifter No. 1, are under or ders to leave Portsmouth to renew op erations for salving the remainder of the gold bullion from the wreck of tha armed liner Laurentic, Bunk off the north coast of Ireland in January, 1917. About 12 million in gld was in the Laurentic. of which fefir million has been recovered. It is hoped to reeover the remainder. She lies in 20 fathoms off one of the wildest parts of the Irish coast. She is practically covered with sand and silt, wmch has to be removed by pow- The plates and girders of the wreck have to be blasted away by explosives, making the task of the div ers difficult and dangerous. HOME METHOD THAT ft REMOVES DANDRUFF AND STOPS ITCHING SCALP An itching scalp is caused by dand ruff, and dandruff comes from neglect of the head, which leads to dead, brit tle, falling hair. Keep your scalp properly cleansed and you will not be bothered with dandruff or itching head and falling hair.f . The best way to rid your head of dandruff and itching, prevent your hair from falling out and make it retain its full beauty and splendor, is to frequently give the head a thorough cleansing and. brisk rubbing with Am proco Medicated Cocoanut Oil Sham poo, a combination shampoo and hair tonic. no difference how. slow, it's just as Amproca thoroughly cleanses the wall -..si,. 1 . . 1 J 1 I cnaln irira 4 rf AnvAw,tf 1 well that you should know the car has rolled away. But when you do not want a car it's very aggravating to find it ' ev erywhere you are. They always keep one waiting. But the moment that you dash for it the motorman will fling a nt, close the door and hit the grit. You did not miss it far. Copyright, 1931 by Xews Publishing Co. CLAXTON IS ONE OF WISEST MEN scalp, rids it of dandruff and brings renewed lite and lustre to your hair. Use 'Amproco and you won't 4iave to use a tonic afterwards, as Amproco has all the tonic qualities found iii any good hair tonic, including quin ine. As there are numerous cocoa nut oil shampoos, be sure to get the genuine medicate shampoo and tonic combined by specifying "Amproco" and accept no substitute. Amproco is guaranteed. 50c at best toiiet counters. He Actually Thinks That He Can Pass on Edison Quiz. The back-yard gardeners are having a mighty poor time of it this year. After having suffered the loss nf sev eral early plantings because of the continued cold weather which hung over from the past winter, they are now watching their vegetables burn up for the lack of rain and with the blasts of the biting winds. A BOOMERANG President Harding as being quoted as having shown some irritability over the growing evidence that the people think "the government can cure all business ills". He shouldn't get sore about it. Re publicans orators flew north, south, east and west in the campaign last year telling the people that the repub lican party was the only party of brains and statesmanship in this country and that if it was enthroned, the country and with the same safety. International News Service. Washington, June 11. Boy, pasre Thomas Edison for Philander Priestley Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education and the owner of a whole string of college degrees. Mr. Claxton is willing to claim the distinction of being- the only man so far -found who thinks he can pass the famous Edison test for bright minds. Confronted today by the list of questions which is said to have had remarkable results in crushintr the ambitions of colege youths who yearn 1 to work in Edison s factory, Mr. Clax ton said with delightful confidence: "Oh, I can answer most of these." After he had gone over the ques tions one by one he said: "I ought to pass. I can answer about 9? per cent of them." Before Mr. Edison goes to the ex pense of coming to Washington to grab Mr. Claxton for his factory it should be stated that the reporter who conducted the Commissioner of Education through the test cannot conscientiously vouch for his claim. Accurate reporting demands the fol lowing revelation: Answers to some of the auestinns Mr. Claxton said right out loud. An swers to others many others he con- naea only to himself. When Mr. Claxton came to the mo mentous questions concerning domestic sardines, he said: row, where do we get domes tic, d.ruinesr i aon t Know Italy, I sup pose." tie was hard nut hv the river in tha world?" "Now, what is it?" he said, appeal ing to the reporter. j.ne Amazon." reniiprf the HrferV. ... IQUt Washington lets us know that Blair is demanding prompt payment of the income tax. Hoity-toity! That fellow's hardly got his seat warm and here he is getting disagreeable already. ARE THEY UNAVOIDABLE? views f Jurymen assembled by the coroners to investigate deaths re sulting in automobile accidents usually lT "cK.irom viewing the premises ana me remains with the somewhat laconic statement that the accidents are unavoidable. We wonder if they uimvoiaaDie or not? The vast ma jority of them are caused by care!. ness and carelessness is always avoid- aoie. borne of them are caused by in hibition and that, certainly, is avoidable Others happen because of reckless driv ing and that, too, is avoidable. There is altogether too great a dis position, in instances of this kind to pass the buck to Providence, to set it down in one's mind that it was pedes tined for men to meet death in some such peculiar manner and that, having been so foreordained, they could not iiave avoided it. It is a dangerous theory to be meddling with. i h ' The elimination of grade crossings in connection with the rebuilding of roads in Mecklenburg county and in the whole State, for that matter, is being wisely agitated- The railroad companies which are having a hard time making a liv ing will probably fail to see how they can afford the expense of, such tear- ings up as will be necessary, but what we fail to see is how they can afford not to eliminate all "the possibilities of tragedies on the grade crossings It looks as if they would be regarded as prohibitively high. GOOD ROADS AND THE COUNTRYSIDE One has to make a trip over some of the fine roads which have been built in certain parts of the State recently to get an accurate idea of just what they are meaning to the sections through which they run and what they are going to mean increasingly in the future. Take the good roads which have just been completed through Guilford county, some of the finest stretches to be seen anywhere. Along the country through which they are running:, one can see how thf land-owners are beginning to "shape up ' Vl T- ninnoUa a 1 jk "iici uco, uuiiuvb Liie appear ance of their farms and homes and oth erwise brighten things up so that they will be in keeping with the natural enhancement which the hard-surfaced roads bring. And what is being done is being done everywhere that good roads are being resorted to. The same thing will hap pen in Mecklenburg county when at length we shall have completed what la expected to be as fine a system of hard-surfaced roads as can be boasted anywhere in the South. Mecklenburg farmers are progressive, financially able to improve their properties and when these roads shall have been built, we will find them, like their brethren else where, making elaborate improvements on their abutting properties, cleaning up their premises, painting their barns and outhouses and giving their lands a new raiment.. Roads are the hand-maidens of pro gress and development of the right scrt. would swiftlv rptnrn to Q .tot. I ..tiAT- T " . u . L"e query . Hui- v Hdi is ine longest river Now that the republican party has failed to demonstrate that it has either brains or diplomacy or statesmanship reporter, or anything else to the utter exclusion , 1 ne Amazon the Nile, one of the of the democratic party, the people are ir' sia.-air- Claxton with triumph, opening their pvps a hit r,x k-. admitted cheerfully he couldn't - . - - mCOuuS Douna west virsrin'a offhand snrf cneir , impatience. . hadn't the "lowd Own" on rrrT-n - I - 1 via. vi nie xne government, as the President I t,1 uiac-ure of window glass. cut sun iur. Claxton was not i cllned to ridicule Mr. TCdi Ron's teie-t -iii cure very lew "i imae-inp Mr -Evuenn ko i uy icgismuon, as a matter of tt to snow the ability of applicants fact, but the imrirps&ion nni.i. -,T-v 5v 1 1 think quicklv the people have been laboring has been itv L.!?-nowiedse' vsatil- . ,. . - nreuumwa ul memory.- ho w-v mj vyihi;ii me repuDiican leaders saia. sought to disseminate. They wanted "Would you give such a test to an the votes and they told the voters that pPllcant fr a position in your office?" the republican party was omnipotent, or WP i w , . words to that ftwt Th. tl,; . I t 'I', on wnat nmi5 is ue-i a.iii.cu nun Ior ne answered dinlo very correctly says, can not cure all business ills. It coming a boomerang. matically. LOCAL B. & L. MEN TO ATTEND MEETING Several local buildiner and loan rriAn jesty doesn't suit you during the course are .exPecte(l to attend the annual con of the nine innings, lure him into a In3 t f Jhe North Carolina Building . iuu& is iicitie, set tne cops on I . is secretary ot the associa- J .3: xiic mu uiscovery or an "umps" and five ball-players in a crap game up in Winston suggests a brand new way of getting back at these czars. If his ma lum. OHIO STUDENTS SEND WEEK'S WASH HOME Columbus, Ohio. June 11 of students ta Ohio State University ncie fcena ineir washings home. xnese students include n. numhai- . . wnu resiae m distant parts of Ohio. a canvas-covered box is used in aeiiuing me soiled Unen home and back. L,aundry bills are cut consider-' ably through this practice of letting! inumcis. uu me worn, inese students Day. Soon learning the necessary amount of postage, the bova stamn tvo. v,-,. and pile them about mail boxes in the uuivcisny district. V.T,r,- i , "unc., uu lainy aays wnen ram futhS '"e Doxes, the weight is regis tered at home postofflces means "post age due" for dad. . The largest consignments are mail- cu u" ounaays. At one mail box near High street and Eleventh .J the southeast corner of the university .f ao ucveanai-y io use a wafircn i-ui j v nit Lite ih rjfp Tiiim rwiv vf ioi dry boxes which, sometimes, are piled "'si iiijtu me man dox. WHEN BIRTHS OCCUR. Paris, June 11. Throughout the whole civilized wo?ld the greatest num. !0 thlldren are born in the months of October and November, according to Dr. E Apert, of the French Children's Hospital, who has just completed a study of birth statistics of all civilize ! countries. Dr. Apert observes that In these two months are born also the aandetSh-,rtmel ' "fctfWniate children and that the greatest number of emi- iJ"en ave birtbays in October and November. 1 tion. 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