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RAMA WINS CASE
IN SCHOOL FIGHT
County Board, However,
j. Will Appeal from Decis
ion of Judge McElroy.
Judge J. E. McElroy in ' Superior
court Saturday afternoon handed down
a decision in the Rama Rural Com
munity injunction proceedings against
the Mecklenburg county board of edu
cation that was Interpreted generally
as a victory for the Rama people. The
decision recognized and sustained the
charter which the secretary of state
granted some time ago to the rural
community, one of the first of its kind
in the state.
The decision also denies the right of
the board of education to impose a tax
on the school district for the support o.
schools outside of this district; it di
rected the school board to construct a
school house In the Rama district,
though the board is to use its own dis
cretion in the size and elaborateness
of the school house and its own dis
cretion as to what place in the dis
trict it shall be located at.
The school board, it is said, will ap
peal from the decision of Judge McEl
roy. The action brought by the Rama
people was specifically to restrain the
school board from including certain
territory within the proposed consoli
dated district of Carmel, Sardis and
Oak Grove. Although the decision
does not prevent the board from carry
ing out its proposal to consolidate the
schools it is understood that the school
board considers the state law to clear
ly imply that it has the right to create
and maintain school districts at ' its
own discretion without suggestions
from any outside agency. To test this
feature is one of tho reasons for an
appeal by the board of education.
Judge McElroy, commenting on the
case from the bench, expressed the
opinion that the charter granted by the
secretary of state to the Rama commu
nity was an invalid one, so far as giv
ing it authority to create a school dis
rict, but that since the state had
granted the charter he could not rule
otherwise than as he did in recognizing
the charter.
S. P. U. TO CONDUCT
SCHOOL OF COOKING
A cooking school and demonstration
will be conducted at the display room
of the Southern Public Utilities Com
pany on South Church street July 5 to
10. The event will be in charge of
Mrs. S. R. Dull, of Atlanta, Ga., one
of the South's best known authorities
on the culinary art.
In addition to being an expert in
all things that pertain to cooking and
eating, Mrs. Dull is well known as a
writer. She is at present conducting
the household page of The Sunday
Journal of Atlanta.
It will pay you to
have your
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FORD shop with genu
ine FORD parts.
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Authorized Ford Dealers
Our completely equipped shop enables us to repair or retread any
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512 South Tryon Street.
mi
50 Per Cent Reduction on
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made of genuine Red Cedar
only variety of cedar that is
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E- N. RUDISILL,
STORM DAMAGES
ALL PHONE WIRES
Many Homes Go Without
Service Saturday Night
as a Result.
Considerable wire trouble was experi
enced by the Southern Bell Telephone
Company Saturday night owing to elec
trical disturbances and at 10:30 o'clock
connections could not be made with
around 250 telephones, located mostly
in the eastern sections of the city.
The American Telephone and Tele
graph Company and the Western Union
find Postal Telegraph Companies also
reported difficulty in handling messages
to several disatnt points, although trou
ble with long distance wires was not as
irreftt as that which local linemen of the
Southern Bell experienced in maintain
ing connections within the city.
Lightning during the heavy rain of
the late afternoon and evening ground
ed wires in cables of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company cutting off many
telephones and making communication
impossible. Linemen worked through
out the early part of the night in an
effort to restore service and it was ex
pected that all lines would be in work
ing order again before morning.
The American Telephone and Tele
graph Company handles the two spe
cial wires into The Charlotte News office
and it was able to maintain service with
all points, except for slight disturbances
early in the night. Lightning caused
severe wire trouble to wires of this
company between Charlotte and Wil
mington, it was stated at the traffic de
partment. The telegraph companies found it nec
essary .to relay messages in some in
stances owing to the grounding of wires.
Little was thought of the few flashes
of lightning which accompanied tho
heavy showers of the late afternoon and
evening here but all the while it was
playing havoc with wires and piling up
troubles for linemen. These men fol
lowed up the work of the lightning, how
ever, and grounded wires were located
as rapidly as possible.
Patrons seeking telephonic communi
cations with many persons particularly
in the eastern sections of the city were
informed by the operators that the lines
were out of order.
HOTEL GUESTS GET
CHURCH INVITATION
Acting upon the supposition that jn
ounce of interest is worth a pound of
apathy when it comes to dealing with
human nature, St. Peter's Episcopal
church has found that the idea of send
ing church invitations to strangers in
the city is worth its weight in gold, so
to speak.
Last September the church adopted
the plan of sending members of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew to each ho
tel in the city on Saturday night with
a box of invitations. At each hotel a
list of the guests registered Saturday,
who probably will be in the city Sun-
j day morning, is taken and each guest
is sent an invitation. This is place!
in his hotel, mail box to await him.
That the plan has proven successful
has been evidenced by the large num
ber of strangers seen in the congre
gation '.each Sunday. On numerous oc
casions, those receiving the invita
tions have responded with letters of
gratitude.
T. P. Wharton, Y. W. C. A. secre
tary, and a member of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew, is in charge oft.he
work. His assistants are Messrs. Mc
Coy, Anderson and Lindsey, of the
brotherhood.
FIREMEN CONTINUE
FIGHT ON FIBRE FIRE
Firemen were still on duty at the
Buckeye Cotton Oil Mill Saturday night
j late keening a stream of water on "hull
i fibre" which caught Are Friday evening
and wnicn is expected to burn for four
or fire days. It is impossible to extin
guish tho smouldering fire, except
through the soaking of the cheap cot
ton linters in water, a task requiring
several days. The hulls were in a large
galvanized iron buliding which became
red-hot when the fire was at its height
Friday night.
The flames are believed to have start
ed through spontaneous combustion.
Phone 287
(Juniperus Virginiana) the
moth repelling. Direct from
all middlemen's profits Sent
and prices. Manufactured by
Lincolnton, N. C.
ill
Chest
FIRE DESTROYS
CADDIE HOUSE
Golf Equipment is Lost
When Country Club An
nex Burns to Ground.
Fire, said to have started from a
lighted cigarette, burned to the ground
the caddie house at the Charlotte Coun
try club Saturday night around 10
o'clock, entailing a loss estimated at
between $3,000 and $5,000. A consider
able assortment of golf sticks and other
golf equipment which had been stored
in the building was destroyed by the
flames.
Efforts to control the blaze by throw
ing water from buckets proved unavail
ing and the two-roomed frame building
burned to the ground within a short
while. The blaze cast a reflection in tho
sky which attracted many people. The
telephones of the police and fire stations
were ringing constantly while the fire
was in progress because of citizens
wishing to know of the whereabouts of
the blaze.
As the club property is outside the
city limits and water connections would
not be made the city fire companies did
not go out.
Owing to the lack of telephonic com
munications with the club, because of
wire troubles, it was impossible to get
information from there as to the firo.
blaze out in the country, endeavored to
locate it by use of iephone and suc
ceeded, after calling numerous citizens
who lived in the direction of the reflec
tion which appeared in the sky.
One room of the caddie house was
used as a work-room for the golf pro
fessional, who kept a quantity of golf
sticks and other equipment stored in
the building. These were said to have
been burned.
Many golfers kept their supply of
sticks in the house and members of the
club said that a money value could
hardly be placed upon them as they
were the result of years of collecting
by golfers. While the actual value was
estimated at between $3,000 and $5,000,
the loss to golfers of clubs which thev
had collected during several years could
not be represented in money, it was ex
plained.
STRONG FEELING
OPTIMISM SEEN
Progress Towards Settle
ment of Coal Strike is
Generally Forecast.
ijonaon, June zt. There was a
strong feeling of optimism tonight that
progress towards a settlement of the
national coal strike will be made on
Monday when representatives of the
Federation of Miners will confer with
the colliery owners and .with Premier
Lloyd-George at the government board
or trade.
It is believed that the government
will renew its offer of a 10.000.000
pound subsidy. This money is to ap
ply on wages to enable the mine own
ers to reduce the men's pay more grad-
uauy.
Many strikers are returning to work.
The hardships imposed upon the teo-
pie in the way of body comforts by the
strike are slight as the country is
sweltering in a hot wave and is under
going a record drought. But the hard
ships upon industry are terrific The
strike has now been in effect eighty
six days.
Even in South "Wales, the hotbed of
radicalism in the strike; the opinion is
held that progress will be made towards
a solution on Monday. Evidence that
this opinion is spreading among the
rank and file is indicated by the in
creased number of strikers who are
returning to work. In Warwickshire,
a number of strikers went .back to work
this morning without any molestation
from the strikers who remained loyal
to the union s strike order. Five nun
dred strikers returned to work at the
Pooley Hall colliery.
It is believed that the present week
end marks the turning point in the in
dustrial crisis and that from now on
improvement will be noted. It is prob
able that a settlement of the mine
strike will be followed by a solution of
other labor troubles that are now hang
ing fire.
A great change has taken place in
the labor situation as a result of the
labor conference at Brighton ai
night all likelihood ' of a great general
strike seemed to have disappeared com
pletely.
NEW ATLANTA TRAIN
WILL BE PUT ON
A new train operating between Char
lotte and Atlanta will be put on by
the Southern Railway today, according
to announcement- Saturday by R. A
Graham, division passenger agent,
here.
The new train will leave Charlotte
as a second section of No. 35, and will
follow the regular, or first 35, which
leaves Charlotte at 9:10 p. m. It will
carry a Pullman, in addition to regu
lar day coaches and express and mail
The train will arrive here "from Atlanta
at 6:45 a., m., returning as No. 14.
Southern train No. 36 will resume
its former schedule and will arrive
in Charlotte from the south at 10:05
each morning. ' No. 46 will arrive here
from Westminster and Greenville at
1:35. p. m. and No. 12 will arrive here
from now on at 5:40 p. m. There will
be no change in the time that these
trains leave for the north.
Several other changes in the South
ern schedules on the Asheville and
Greensboro divisions were announced a
few weeks ago and will go into effect
today. Thfse trains are being arrang
ed to care for the tourist and summer
travel in the western North Carolina
resort section.
HORSE DRIVEN BY
G. L. KELLER DEAD
The horse which George L. Keller,
Johnston street grocer, drove on the
night that two negroes shot him to
death from ambush, was killed by po
licemen Saturday night after its leg had
been broken by the kick of another
horse.
The police station received a call for
officers to kill a horse Saturday after
noon and Detecitves Alex West and L,
E Moser put an end to the animal's
life. It had been grazing with another
horse near the compress station in North
Charlotte when ita mate .kicked it,
breaking a leg. 1 w
Mr. Keller was driving from his store
on Johnston street to his home on East
seventh street sAvurai co,..jn
. . uaiuiuaj I11KI1L5
ago, carrying with him the proceeds of
u, aaica wnen two negroes shot
nun from ambush and robbed him De-
SDlte fffnrta r tV.a . .. .
. 7 V- vuiive ana pri
vate detectives no clues have been gain
ed which would lead , to the apprehen
sion of the grocer's assailants.
Mr. Keller hurt ftriimr- v
long time prior to the murder, using it
- :- -.v.j iiuipuscs in connection with
his grocery business and also to trans
fer him from his place of business to
Bis some.
Twentieth Amendment To The
Constitution Being Drafted
Woman's "BUI of Rights" is
Shaped for Introduction
to U. S. Congress.
BY ELIZABETH KING STOKES.
Staff Correspondent of The News
Copyright, 1921, by News Publishing: Co.
Washington, June 25. Next week, it
Is hoped, Senator Curtis, the republi
can whip, and Congressman Fess, chair
man of the committee on education of
the house, will be presented with a
draft of the first "bill of rights" fram
ed in the United States to wipe out pro
fessional and other disqualifications of
women, for introduction in both houses.
The bill is nearing final form. Prom
inent lawyers and legal experts are
working on it, a few university pro
fessors ar taking a hand, and the
new National Woman's Party, which
has set itself up within a stone's throw
of Congress in new headquarters, is
holding protracted executive meetings
canvassing its proposition and mulling
over suggestions of legal advisers.
The leaders are encouraged at the
outset of this second crusade by the en
terprise of Wisconsin women in obtain
ing within the last few days the pas
sage of a bill removing discriminav
tions against women in a wholesale
manner. This is the first time in
the- history of the United States, they
say, when men and women have been
equal under the common law in any
state. So Congress is now faced with
another campaign, started along the
lines followed in the suffrage fight,
with a constitutional amendment as
the goal. In each state,' this "bill
of rights" legislation is to be intro
duced so that progress can be made
without waiting for the Federal amendment.
Nash prices will be reduced,
effective July 2.
This conforms to our statement
made last October that Nash
prices would be maintained until
at least July 1, 1921.
The reasons were plain. Until
manufacturing costs were lower
we could not cut price without
cutting value, as Nash prices
were not inflated.
We pointed out then that while
the average rise in the price
of motor cars for a four -year
period had been .76 the price
of Nash cars had been raised
but 31.
This 31 included the addition
of cord tires as standard equip
ment and many other additions
and refinements which added ma
terially to the value of Nash cars.
5-passenger touring car I .
2-passenger roadster .
4-passenger sport model
7-passenger touring car
4-passengerxoupe . . ,
7-passenger sedan . .
" o. b. Kenosha
aroLin
500 North
But opposition to this new movement
is expected and preparations to combat
it are on foot. Some of those who
were lukewarmj to the constitutional
amendment enfranchising women and
who voted for it as an expediency, will
now argue, the leaders admit, that, af
ter the ballot was gained, there was
nothing within reason that the women
needed to ,ask for, that "rights" will
come with franchise, anything further
naturally would be a matter of evolu
tion and education rather than revolu
tion. But the suffragists, whose . tac
tics have been demonstrated on Cap
itol Hill time and again as more suc
cessful than demure, have now framed
a program, of attack, campaign and
argument to prove that the ballot was
the mere first step and that American
women are still fettered in their equal
participation of what the country
holds.
When this bill is introduced, it will
be proposed as the twentieth amend
ment to the constitution. The women
headers are now trying to have it so
worded that it will cover all the con
tingencies and yet be a simple amend
ment, which will follow the prohibition
and suffrage amendments without add
ing a maze of complexity. This- in
volves a task for the male experts at
work on it for the "bill of rights" in
its tentative form, in order to meet
the grievances now nursed by the
many factions and groups in the move
ment, mus: somehow cover about
eighteen particulars all explanatory of
the general statement that 'equal rights
with men shall not be denied or abridg
ed to women on account of sex or mar
riage by the United States or by any
state or territory, subject to the juris
diction of the United States."
Grounds for divorce, the women
want equalized; guardianship or con '
Lower Prices
om 'Naslh. Gars
Effective July 2
So we re-af firmed our fixed mten- At the new prices the leadership
tion of rigidly upholding the of Nash cars is even more em
high quality of Nash cars. phatically apparent.
The Nash Motors Company. Kenosha, Wisconsin
Here Are the New Nash Prices
Effective July 2
NASH SIX PRICES
$1545
1525
1695
1695
2395
2695
as
Tryon St
Nash
trol of children; responsibility of
parents for illegitimate children;.,
control, disposition or acquisition
of property, they want simplified
for women, as well as full legal con
. trol of (earnings, and what is more
startling to the conservatives, "rep
resentation in every grade, of ser
vice, except military or naval, main
tained in while or in part by pub
lic monies," this braving again the
retort of the old anti-suffragists
who cried out in the past that, if
women were to, have the privileges
of the ballot, they ought to accept
the responsibilities for military and
naval duties through doing the road
or scrubbing down decks.
HALF-INCH OF RAIN
FALLS SATURDAY
With a cool rain falling on the city
late Saturday afternoon, Charlottear.d
were able to shake off some of the
inertia caused by the heat in the
earVsr part of the day and take a new
hold on life. And the farmer wears a
smile, for it is he who really needed
the deluge. '' '
"It was a nice rain for crops," said
G. S. Lindgren, of the local weather
lureau. "It was needed badly and will
have good effect on them. About a
half an inch had fallen in the city
up' until 9 p m."
From a temperature of 93 degrees in
the early afternoon, the mercury too'c
ar: unusually rapid drop to 73 degrees
in an hour or so. Streets that had
been sizzling, with heat at 3:30 o'clock
in the afternoon were suddenly trans
formed into avenues for cool breezes,
which came m steady gusts before low
hanging black clouds. In a space of
a few minutes weather that had. been
uncomfortable began to feel pleasant,
and before nightfall an ideal tempera
ture prevailed.
Sunday probably will be hot again,
according to Mr. Lindgren. Consolation
may be had in the probability for more
thundershowers during the afternoon,
however, said Mr. Lindgren.
Since then every effort of the
Nash organization has been cen
tered on effecting sound manu
facturing economies.
New labor-saving devices were
added and production practice
so perfected that every process
of Nash manufacture is a model
of efficiency and economy.
The savings have been substan
tial. And they demonstrate as
nothing else could demonstrate
the remarkable Nash ability to
produce fine cars at the lowest
possible cefst.
Even while working production
costs downward we were im
proving Nash cars still further.
Now we can announce for July 2
a greater Nash value than ever at
a reduced purchase price.
NASH FOUR PRICES
5-passenger touring car .
2-passenger roadster ,
4- passenger coupe . V
5- passenger sedan . ,
f.o.b. Milwaukee
Altlsiaih models, both open and dosed, have cord tirm
as standard equipment
Motors
Company
Phone 3201
Distributors
DOKIESPLANNi
FOR SOCIAL CLUB
Khorassans Will Dkr
Matters at a Meeting
for Monday Night
Plans for the establishing ...
kie club in Charlotte a Do-
- , a.
social
ftation. in which momv. . .
organi.
, .... . -"vii'jfisin I,
restricted to members of tv.
tic Order Kniehts nf T.'u raRU-
mui o-oScln i
inaugurated at
the Pythian Castle temple pLt
building, Monday night. ' flniont
The meeting was called bv Ra .
Hunter Marshall, Jr., 0f Suez T
following the decision of a h plc'
Dokies to form the cluh. Offio y of
expected to be elected at the catv? are
and plans formulated for onenin n
rooms for the use of members Clllb
The Charlotte Dokie cluh "wm ,
somewhat similar in organization 1 5
Red Fez club, membership in
restricted to Shriners. The RPrt Vs
club has proven one of the most '
lar oreanizations in the. .u,. . PPu
large membershin. "as a
Dokie clubs exist in mam- .
Charlotte Khorassans a,- TS-and
incr nap nf motVinrlo- '
v nirrp v w .i
, "lis
-wvo iucn nave v.
in effect in Dokie temnw ,le bei
time. These clubs have always nr'
popular among the "votaries'' 3
Arrangements are pvn"n,.'j .
made for securing a club room in 1 e
r.ftTi trail v Inra.teri nlar.. " sHl?
. .v- hi p jT
which all members will have an
While membership will be restriotM.''
Dokies all members of the temple
not be taken as an organization
fested in plans for tho ni, ni
LChar? f """omenta are look
,U1 Uis aiirauaiice iuondav n,v;
all Dnkips in th oit,r v... ... Bls tfit
w luesent.
$1195
1175
1735
1935