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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4 : I The Charlotte News Published By THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth and Church Sts. MORE PRECIOUS THAN DARY'S STONE LAPI- IT HAS AWAYS COST BLOOD W. C. DOWD Pres. and Gen. M?r. JULIAN S. MILLER Editor W. M. BELL Advertising Mj.t. Telephones. Business Office Circulation Department . City Editor Editorial Rooms Printing House lis 2733 277 362 1530 THE UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE. The Sunday editions of The News in supplied with full leased Mire services Of both Tho United Press and The In ternationai News Service, two of fna three recognized world-wide newsRath ering agencies. In this particular as well as in many others The News stands alone among North Carolina's Sunday newspapers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier. One year $10.0(1 Many a Charlotte father and moth er who would exercise strict prudence and the most rigid . care of their pre cious stones if taking them to the jew eler for repairment of repolishing will not even accompany their young chil dren to the school houses next week to see what sort of conditions will pre vail where their boys and girls are to spend so large a part of their days in the future nor to make a survey of the character of those into whose keep ing these tender and precious fabrics will be entrusted. The diamond that cost so many hun dreds would be entitled to their most discreet judgment, would be fondled as of irrevocable value, would be watched all the way from the home until it reach ed the lapidary and then, when de posited with him, it would be accom panied by explicit instructions as to care and safety. But the child will be dis missed from the home Tuesday morn I ing, sent in the general direction ( or Six month's" "!".!".!!!!"..!'."."!!! '. SM I the ward school and, barring perhaps a Three months 2.50 i word of warning to keep out of the patn On month . .' 81 j of te swift-moving automobile, no other One week 2"!wo.-rl of counsel will be uttered nor One year 8.00 Six months 4M Three months '. 2.01 One month iS Sunday Only. (By Mail cr Carrier) On year 2M Six months 1.3ft T IMES DEMOCRAT. (Semi-Weekly) One year 1.50 Six mouths 75 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1921. WHO SHALL LEAD US ARIGHT? Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered- Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord lm puteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my roar ing all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turn ed into the drouth of summer. Selah. I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said ,1 will confess my transgression unto the Lord, and thou l'orgivest the iniquity of my sin, Selah. For this shall every one that is Godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found; s' urely in the flouds of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance- I will in struct and teach Thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide Thee with mine eye. Be not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; hose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he that trusteth in the Lord, marecy shall compas him about. Be glad in tho Lord and. and rejoice, ye right eous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 32nd Psalm. STIL CARELESS ABOUT IT It is estimated by the Insurance Press that life insurance companies of the country paid $4,500,000 in death claims from automobile fatalities dur ing 1920. It is estimated that mo toring last year killed 12,000 persons, says the New York World. In addition the same paper says that the estimate is that 1,500,000 were injured in the same year by the machines, while pro perty damage to the amount of $1,000, 000,000 resulted. These facts being sustaintiated pres ent a cause for pause and thought, in case the American people are capable of sitting down and thinking a moment. It is a great loss of life and property. The World declares with truth that the railroads at their worst never took such a toll or lite, and it would re quire a good many disastrous train wrecks to effect a property loss of 1,-000,000.000. Why should we run into hysteria over the unspeakable horrors of war and its oxpensiveness so lona as we tolerate Bijch ioss as this from the speed cars of modem life" We are immovable, it would seem, to the tragedy which these statistics bespeak. We pass over them with levity, make ome. light remark at the tinvj and then forget all about them until wc are reminded by another accident. And this condition will con tinue until sentiment is developed which will put swift end to these bulging death lists and these staggering costs of automobile accidents sentiment which will not tolerate one at the steering wheel who has demonstrated himseif or herself incompetent to drive cars. word of any other step taken to see what is to be the status of that boy or girl in its school environs. Is it not of value to know some thing about these things? Isn't a child as good as the diamond, entitled to as much care and solicitude as the pre cious stone? Would it not be worth something to every right-thinking par ent to know absolutely that the environs of the child in its plastic school days will be .constructive, will "be pleasant, will be conducive to healthfulness, to moral and to normal development? Is it not of some consequence to know, too, that the teacher into whose care it will be entrusted is a teacher of pro per ideals, of good character, of capa city, of ideals dominant enough to be of benefit to the children under her? Of course, these things have all been taken into consideration by the public authorities. The school superintendent would not employ a teacher who is in compentent mentally or otherwise to have these responsible positions. The authorities would not knowingly, of course, put the children in fire-traps or surround them with physical conditions that are likely to impair their health. Duties of such, character will be ade quately attended to by those who have been set up in authority and who will be held responsible for the school ad ministration, but, even so, it ought to be of such concern to parents that they would at least show some personal in terest and energy in finding these things out for themselves, in being absolutely persuaded as to these facts in their own mind, in refusing to take any chance on what might accidentally slip in to become a factor in the moulding of the child's life. Honestly, parental inattention in these times reaches disquieting proportions. The burden of child-training has almost become totally transferred over to the shoulders of the State. Society is be ing asked to do what a generation ago parents would not have dared risk any body else doing. Raising of children is largely by long-distance. Babies are farmed out in the days of thir cradle- hood and nursed in the private and pub lic schools without even so much as a first-hand investigation on the part of fathers and mothers as to the environs of their offspring- There are mothers who are tucking in poodle dogs these nights who have scolded their own babies off to bed to make themselves asc comfortable as possible. There are fathers who are more keenly interest ed in training their bird-dogs in the way they should retrieve than they are in training their boys in the way of vir tue and sobriety and manhood and Chris tian citizenship. now mucn oetter is a man tnan a sheep? Any? An exceedingly ugly situation has developed in West Virginia, a situation suggestive of civil war. The govern ment has been forced to send Federal troops into that State to protect life and property from the mobs and to re store order, to hold the law to be the inevitable basis of our civilization. The West Virginia strike situation is only the usual strike situation except that it has been raised by several magnitudes and .in that also the class of strikers is not quite so American as in the aver age tsrike. The miners are recruited from all the races: thousands of them know nothing of American government and American institutions: large num bers of them are illiterate and unam bitious and disorderly by nature. In everj other essential respect, however, it is simply a development of the spirit which has become somewhat aggravat ingly common as prevailing between bodies of workmen, those who want to work and those who do not want to work, and prevailing also between those who hire and those who are hired. Upon the representation of facts be fore us, we have a right to assume that those who are giving the most trou ble have resorted to disorder to keep the miners who really want to work from appearing at their jobs- It is the system of picketting run to an unusual extreme of drawing guns and using bay onets. The strikers have not stopped short of bloodshed to carry out fheir purposes against their fellow-workmen who are anxious to return to their employment. The business of the troops in the State is merely to bring the law back into repute, to put down these disorders, to restore quiet and give society the right to enjoy The troops can not in acceptable grace lend themselves to any other purpose. What shall ultimately be the relations between the operatives and the opera tors is a matter for these two factions to settle between themslves. What shall be the rights of citizens in the mean time is a matter for the government to guarantee through the presence of its armed forces. It's unfortunate, of course, that such a spectacle as this should be presented of blood being spilled in a nightmare of industrial hate, but the recognition of every principle of government and of every right basis of life has never been brought about except through the shedding of blood. It will not be other wise in this -instance of a mob assert ing for itself rights superior to those belonging to the majestic squadrons of law and order. Itttcitt CTFFTT A rPTAXT MAY GET WORSE Week-end Finds Britain m the Dumps; Trade Out look Not Promising. The average farmer will soon be up against the annual proposition of wheth er "to hold or not to hold" his cotton if the price continues to soar. Water would seem, from reports, to be about the only drink about Raleigh that is hard to obtain. LABOR DAY The observance of Labor Day Mon day, of which we shall have more to say, perhaps, on that date, reminds us that the annual celebration cames at a time this year when there has possibly never before been such restiveness in the ranks of the working world. We only have to glance at the daily papers to observe the unsteadiness in the status Of labor, the widespread walkouts, the tremendous amount of unemployment, forced and otherwise, with its conse quent turmoil and bittreness, and above all, the situation in West Virginia where the government has found it advisable to send thousands of troops to quelch a growing disorder and increasing blood thed. It is a situation provocative of ober thinking as we come to think on this Labor Day of what the condi tion of the millions of Our people is at ! this moment. ONE FIFTH OF POPUATION IN SCHOOL It is expected that 9,500 children of the city will troop to the various muni cipal school houses this week to begin an annual term of work. That is an enormous number of boys and girls, al most one fifth of the total population of Charlotte that will be moving toward the educational institutions. Prepara tions have been completed for the open ing of the schools in fitting fashion, the buildings put in shape, the teach ers secured and all the machinery for a year's work set in motion. s The beginning of a school period is somewhat proasic and commonplace to the mature citizenry, but to the young sters, it is epochal. With many of them it marks the beginning of a great ex perience, their first tuition, their first step in the direction of an educated manhood and, womanhood. All the glam our of romance is Written into it for them. By GEORGE N. BARNES, M. P. British Parliament leader. Staff Correspondent of The Nevrw. Special WireleHB Dispatch to The JieTfU. Copyright, 1P21, b.v News FiiblishinK London, September 3. There is little fresh to report from Ireland except the flS-hting in Belfast. Sinn Fein spokesmen are provocative and Belfast is disappointing. Eamonn de Valera's deliverances have little practical bearing on the situation and SI? James Craig's utterances are not hopeful. Both must, of course, know that the conditions they adum brate cannot bring fruitful discussion or peace. Meantime, public opinion here is im patient and getting angry. The pros pects of peace are being endangered by the truculent speeches of de Valera and by the dilatoriness asf, well as the pro vocativeness of Sinn Fein. Prime Min ister Lloyd George accurately expresses the general sense of the community when he warns de Valera of the dan gers of delay and appeals for a consid eration of the proposals made free from prejudices. The truce hangs by a slender thread, for the violent Sinn Fein speeches may eventuate in violent deeds. All the well-wishers of Ireland are hoping for an early resumption of the negotiations along the lines of reason and common shense. It i.i the only way to peace between the two islands. IABOR'S ATTITUDE CHANGED Turning from rolitical to industrial considerations, the annual conference of the Miners' Federation has just been held and has reflected a welcome change of mentality on the part of the mining fraternitv. The official statements of the president made it quite clear that the men in the recent dispute had been dragged at the heels of political theor ists againsc the advice of the old and exnerienced leaders. Hp. denounced its sovereign liberties. the hotheads in no unmeasured teims while they remained discreetly silent under the castigation. The British Trades Union Congress opens Monday and its agenda also shows the same appreciation by labor generally of the mistakes of the re cent policy and the need for able and experienced guidance in the days to come. The Congress will face a record of the declining power of trades union ism as well as an unprecedented slump in trade. During the war and for some time after, membership of the unions grew rapidly. Then trade began to lag and the membership to deoPne. There his been ir dustrial conflict which further depressed industry and brought neither credit nor advantage to anyone. Th-? last big strike was that of the ship joiners, which, during its course, threw tens of thousands of other work men out of employment and then ended in ignomin'-us failure. The Congress wii! attempt to curb this aggressive sec tionalism which at last has come to be recognized as the bane of trades unionism and a contributory cause to the present trade depression. Under enlarged powers, the Congress will es tablish councils which will have the power to adjust disputes between un ions ?.nd to veto sectional strikes. There is, in short, a chastened mood and growing sense of responsibility in the ranks of organized labor. If there is reciprocity on the part of the employ ers, then the result will be a. working together for th common good and the opening of a mw era of prosperity for British industry. Already yince the coal strike the output of coal per mSi has increased to a point higher than for many months. i TRADE OUTLOOIv-POOR But the state of British: trade gener ally is such as to cause some disquiet ude for the immediate future. There are still 1,600.000 unemployed work men . True, this shows considerable decrease as compared with two months ago. The peak figure was at the end of June when there were 2,278,000 work less workers. But that was the last week of the coal stoppage and there lore abnormal. From that peak, the descent has been slow.. The prices of goods are still so high as to be beyond the reach of our erstwhile customers abroad and normal overseas trrde shews little nigu of early recovery. On the whole, the prospects here for the coming winter are not cheerful DISARMING UC OF HOPl.rS The spokesmen of the Administration are already beginning to warn the peo ple of this country and of the whole world not to become too optimistic about the favorable results of the coming dis armament conference. There is evidently a reason that these officials should be trying at this mo ment to disarm the people of their hope fulness. They probably know some in side facts which have not as yet been revealed to the public, know of some demands which some of the powers will make through their representatives and know, also, of some of the demands which the American government pro poses to insist upon. Of course, if it is to be determined prior to the conference that the purpose for which it is being called shall not be allowed to prevail, there is hardly any need holding it. It will become a travesty if the scores of high officials come to Washington and eat up $20,000 worth of American food, have a good time socially and then regard the meet ing as merely perfunctory and as im possible of fruit. A saner attitude would be to seek to establish a substantial basis for the hope that is in the hearts of 4he right-thinking people of the world instead of try ing at this early moment to take the edge off of their keen anticipations- The conference has great possibilities, . all of them subject, however, to the nega tion of-either listlessness or determined opposition beforehand. Hiram,' Hank is back in town. A hundred folks have pushed him fown. Every time he walks the streth steps on everybody's feet He never keeps his eyes ahead to safely guide his clumsy, tread. "., Watch him as he strolls along, ev erything he does is wrong. . He ees a man come down the walk. Hiram Hank is sure to balk. Instead of walking to the right, toe hugs the left hand byway tight. The man then takes ihe other side. Hiram jumps back with a slide. The man likewise will dart that way. And so they both are held at bay. One jumps here, the otn er thf-re. They block the whole wide thoroughfare. In efforts to affect a pass, they slip and slide as if on glass. They ere long do a final glide, and both rubes frown ss they collide. They Fay, "Excuse me!" when they meet, thon ,m iintr down the street. The oeople laugh and say, "Such jacks should travel on the street car tracks. If you stick close to the right, you won't knock down the folks in Bight. kr tho whole sidewalk, v,ri 7iJn inn see a toerson balk hug tight to the right hand side and ten to one you won t cumue. a. hj horns in the town who always knock the people down. .,, Copyright, 1921, bySewj PubllshinB Co CAMP BRAGG WILL NOT BE DISMANTLED BY PARKER ANDERSON. Staff Correspondent of The News. Washington. Sept. 3. Secretary Weeks officially announced today thac Camp Bragg will not be sold. All the troops are to be taken away but the camp, buildings, roads, streets, etc., will be held intact for future war use. It is a wise move to have a confer ence of the mayors and city managers of North Carolina to come together at Chapel Hill the latter part of the month for a discussion of their relative prob lems and for an interchange of opinion as to what steps ought to be taken to have the Legislature pass such enact ments as will meet the uniform needs of the cities- It is planned to have ex perts in city government address the conference to the end that the city officials may be benefitted by scientific research as it will be revealed to them by such speakers. TIMELY APPRECIATION The Monroe Journal has a very ap propriate editorial tribute to Mr. R. B Babington of Gastonia, who was the moving spirit in the institution now known as the North Carolina Orthopedic hospital and to whose unwavering ef forts the people of the State are in debted for this great hospital. Mr. Babington deserves such encomiums as are pronounced by The Journal in this tribute and deserves them while he is living fund can get the satisfaction of knowing that his worthy work is so genuinely appreciated by his fellow-citizens. If the democrats follow the precedent of the republicans, they will watch the West Virginia war with only that in terest which will pick out the mistakes to criticise later on. KOHLOSS ASKS FOR MORE MEN Wants to Increase the Pro hibition Force in the State. By PARKER ANDERSON, Staff Correspondent of Th N;wi Washington, Sept. 3. State Prohibi tion Director Kohloss who is here to confer with Commissioners Blair atui Haynes said today that he has asked for an additional sixty men to help enforce the prohibition laws in North Carolina. If this number is granted it will bring the force up to 100 men. Kohloss said that he is making prog ress in North Carolina but that his pres ent fores of some forty men Is inade quate and that he needs sixty more men to carry on the work, as it should be. More than a dozen moonshine distillers Were captured last week, he said. Kohloss is looking for a good field man to look after the work at Wilming ton. Information has come to the state director that the port of Wilmington is being freely used to smuggle in whiskey and he intends to have it stoo ped. There are 1,572 postoffices in North Carolina, including 14 first class, 64 second class, 219 third class and 1.275 fourth class offices. JOHN M. SCOTT TO GIVE $80 IN PRIZES Eighty dollars in prizes will be given away by John M. Scott through Meck lenburg covin ty community fairs this fall. Ten dollars will be given for the best gingham dress made bv a girl under 20 years of age and displayed at each of the seven fairs. A ten dollar additional prize will be given -or the best gingham dress of all those on display at the fairs. In order for a prize to be awarded, however, as many as eight dresses must be display ed at each fair. This is for the pur pose of insuring a large display and thereby creating greater interest in dress-making among the young women of the county. DUNN COMPANY MOYES. The A. JX. Dunn company, interior decorators, is moving from its East Fourth street store to new" quarters in the Brown Building on North Tryon street. The company will increase its display of wall papers and interior dec orating materials and extend the busi ness considerably, Mr. Dunn announced. LOST AIRPLANE LOCATED. Mexico City. Sept. 3. An airplane, which had disappeared while making a flight from Tampico to this city with tvo passengers, was located today in an isolated mountain district, far from the railroad. The machine had ben forced to descend because of motor trouble. Typewriters of -all makes sold, rent ed, exchanged or repaired. Pound & Moore Co. Phone 4542. 23-tf OSTEOPA THY Is the science -of healing by adjustment. DR. II. F. RAY 313 Realty Bids. DR. FRANK LANE MILLER 610 Realty Bldg. DR. ARTHUR M. DYE 224 Piedmont Bldg. . Osteopaths, Charlotte, N. C. INFORMATION BY REQUEST J Reduction IN PRICE OF ALL s White Canvas Oxfords and Pumps We intend to close out these lines and are making pur prices so attractive that quick sale will . be as sured. Our stock still is almost complete, and we can sup ply the individual preference. ALL NEW MODELS FOR THIS SEASON SPECIALLY PRICED. No white canvas Oxfords and Pumps reserved. Urn am 36 East Trade St. Custom Service Ready to put on. You owe yourself a look at our clothes. Never was such value for the money. No trouble to fit you. Grey and Brown Mix tures, Pencil Stripes, etc. 34 South Tryon. The Men's Shop. Have Them Ready When Needed Haven't you noticed that how many times you plan to have your winter's bedding renovated and put in sweet, clean condition, ready f or use when chilly' nights arrive, you invariably put it off until the last minute? Why not send them to the laun dry now? They will renew the life of your beautiful blankets, re store their fine, soft fleeciness; and they'll be ready for service when you need them. Send It The Gray Shop The Fifth Avenue Shop of the Carolinas Custodians of Quality in every city there is one store which, by the high and un changing character of its mer chandise, comes to be regarded as a cus todian of quality and the authority on SL in,t?e Vm and achievement of this and rtrv n111 is Uality style, get it manufacturer bribe us to for- Come in and take a look at them. M ellon s Third Floor.
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