THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1921.
mprovement in
south is shown
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Arc Gratifying.
S'MATTER POP?
TEN TO ONE IT'S THE CAN.
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Sort. 5. Some improve-
iv.iustrial conditions in the
h -'iovn in the monthly survey
uoloymont service of the De-
: , r Labor for August. The
spot tv t he South appears to
r.,ia. which reports practically
: -:.y.'- nu v.t and a state-wide
, w labor. Of the six cities
imports based on actual count
. v.,:tud. lour show increases in
t for August over July while
,.n decreases. They afe Chat
rease 6 per cent; Birming-
i'vmso o.C per cent: Memohia
cent: Richmond. lnrs
mi': Atlanta, decrease S.27 per
' Now Orleans, decrease 1.6
s.v.ith Atlantic district, includ
:.ia. North Carolina, South
i.;i fi;ia and Florida, gratily
ims !n railroad occupations
,'.o- hive taken place. Fifteen
, iv.r.pnnies report n total em
: -'25.912. an increase of 20.
; 1 textile mills report total
v.t if 9'.,005. an increase of'
l.:::al-er products plants, num-1
v. l'iport employing 8,191, a
- s-o. although operators seem :
ae outlook is not encourag-'
v , : ty-two operators generally
. ::; cod as to the outlook, while
-:vs confidence that conditions
"' in the near future. L'n
:u continues in iron and stent
i ." v' unskilled labor, the outlook
k - o'er class being extremely dis
t .- ...a- Farm labor is abundant.
3. .. active in snots.
flWY TWO ( AKOLIN AS
I -. ...nation in the two Carolinas as
h .1 ry the survey shows:
I Carolina Reports indicate im
V"' ' ' fMiditions generally throughout
y:t textile mills reported
! the payrolls August 15, an
b- : ct uj as compared with Julv
i'- t.'e operators, while not opti--:
expect to be able to continue on
: ''.' 3 lumber products mills
-;- 2 272 on the payrolls August 15.
, : 0 o.--o in the number employed of
m om pared with the previous
Lumber men generally are pes
io .is to the outlook.
South Carolina Seventy-seven textile
report employment of 30.061 on
Au.-"-t 15. an increase of 1.390. Mill
tors s-nerally report full-tir.o op
. bt:t differ in theiiv opinions as,
to :re outlook. A maioritv rn.irt
tory increase in orders' and .m- !
'.oerful in regard to the future. '
oar lumber products concei ns
-I 2.593 in August 15, an ln
of 1S'3 .-nncc? July 16. Vnem
at continues serious in sbinnic
zrA ajncp.g unskilled labor.
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No. 38-The Arms Of Venus Di Milo
Cop-rtjnt 1321, by Tlie Wheeler Sjniticate, snc.
RESUMPTION OF OIL
OPERATIONS RESULT
Mexico City, Sept. 5. (By vthe Asso
ciated Press) Immediate resumption
of oil operations in the Tampico region
by American petroleum companies and
the payment of postponed taxes, with
the lifting of the Government embargo
upon the companies' funds and oil in
storage, will result from the agreement
reached by Government officials and
the heads of five American oil con
cerns, which was reported Saturday
night. There will be an immediate
movement of oil from Mexico and, af
ter minor details have been adjusted,
a settlement will be reached of all th
great petroleum problems which have
vexed the Mexican Government and
American development companies for
years.
The agreement reached in the con
ferences, which terminated late Sat
urday night, has the complete sanction
of President Obregon, who has de
scribed it as a "happy and satisfactoi'y
solution to all concerned." The Amer
ican oil men who participated in th-3
conferences asserted they were contest
ed with results obtained and were pre
pared to leave immediately for thj
United States.
; SEVERAL, BODIES FOUND.
Hull, England, Sept. 5. The body of
William Julius, of Los Angeles, Calif,
one of the members of the American
contingent on board the dirigible. ZR ?.
was found Sunday. The bodies of sev
eral of the British sailors who lo$t
their lives in the disaster also weva
found.
T'ovr.
NEW CHAIR FACTORY
ORGANIZED AT LENOIR
ler.oir. Sept. 5. The Fairfield Chair
rrr.-.pany which will take over the oM
' ::" the Ethel Chair Company, has
-een organized among local business
r..en, and will begin operations withm
:'r. next few weeks. A crew of wot U
r.er. is now cleaning up around tW?
; r--'- and getting everything in shape
1 to begin operations. V. D. Guire iv-.s
accep'.ed the secretaryship of the com
rar.y. and has taken over the manag.. -r-f-n:
:n connection with thevmanago-r.-.er.t
f the Hudson Veneer Company.
The office of the Hudson Veneer Com-rir'-
has been moved to the offices of
Fairfield Chair Company on "West
ri.irper avenue.
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That the Venus di Milo. undoubtedly
the most beautiful statue in the wort 1,
once had arms is apparent from the
most superficial glance, but 'in what o y
sition tney were sculptured and wait
became of them are mysteries wlv.cn
takes vlrst rank among the secrets of
the art world.
Some experts. basing their state
ments upon accurate measurements of
the stumps of the missing arms and.
i" iimnntT in wnicn ine muscles at
pear along the back of the statue,
claim that the right arm was grace
fully posed and attached to the draper
ies around the waist, while the left
arm was raised at the shoulder and
bent at the' elbow suppositions which
are supported by the meager report.-?
concerning the statue when it was fim
discovered on the Island of Melos in
the Mediterranean.
But the first of the mysteries con
cerning the Venu-- is connected wiri
the origin of the statue. Who was ,he
sculptor? It is doubtful if this wil
ever be revealed for, while it has evi
dently been buried for some 2,000 years
and it bears traces of the character.s
tic handiwork of any one of several
famous Greek sculptors, the identify
of the man who made it will renvii
forever a secret unless some unsus
pected evidence is discovered, throw
ing light upon this question.
The modern history of the Ventu
goes back about a century when Vpr-
gos Bottonia. a peasant living on the
Island of Melos, was working, in a
field on the side of a mountain. Bot
tonia was quarrying some stone nl
accidentally came across a species ft
vault. Excavating further, he -vis
amazed to discover the figure of a wo
man, '.arger than nature and radiant
with the beauty of the immortals.
Who had sealed her there? Why, for
some 1:0 centuries, had Uiat marvel
lous form been a captive of the dark,
standing motionless and unhonored?
Had the statue been stolen and secret
ed or had it been hidden in order to
save it from the hands of vandals?
These questions, like the others wh'c l
concern the Venus of Melos, must also
remain unanswered.
When old Yorgos found the status
or so '.he story goes it vas complete
and unharmed. What was more, it
was made of two super-imposed blocks,
joined at the waist, however, a French
vessel stopped at the Island of Meios
and a young ensign started on a tour
of discovery for something out of h-j
ordinary. He heard of the Venus and
at once sought out Yorgos. A bargain
was struck and the status was to pass
into the hands of the ensign as scui
as he could produce the purchase pries
agreed upon -a sum absurdly small
when the real value of the statue is
considered. The French vessel th n
sailed for Constantinople where :he
French ambassador was informed of
the treasure and, in a few days, the
secretary of the embassy was sent to
Melos to' complete the transaction.
. When he arrived he found that ths
primates of the island had arran.-.d
to present the statue to a certain
Greek prince, whom they desired t.)
placate. A French warship had bejn
dispatched to Melos to bring the staruo
away with it but, when she anchored
in the harbcr on May 23, 1829, a Grsek
ship flying the Turkish flag was al
ready at the dock nd a party of Gr;j'v
and Turkish sailors were preparing to
load the statue on the Greek boat.
Both French and Turkish sailors were
landed and fight ensued for possession
of the treasure, the French being Vic
torious. When the melee was over and tae
French vessel sailed for Piraens, it is
raid that the Venus bore irreparable
wounds. But this is part of the secret
which surrounds the statue for, as th-i
story of the affair did not come to
light until nearly a half century later
the details could never be substantia
ted and there is more than a suspicion
that the statue was broken during its
trip on the warship and that the story
of the fight was concocted In order to
explain the mishap. In fact, the only
undisputed points about this famous
statue are that it was discovered on
the Island of Melos and that it now
stands, broken but magnificent, in the
place of honor in the ouvre at Paris.
All the rest is conjecture, rumor and
mystery.
Next "The Death of Lord Dentine' -.
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Faith, Styles, Heat, Etc.
HT CLARA MEDLIN
fc:io-.r T-ho plants turnip seed
in -prn lanes a. uig
r'r n ?hr.t. ifs going to be hot
' "voman who buys AVinter
r.irA the first of September
sure that by and by it will
v.-ith the cold and Christ-
- ':'.'ming on.
' '":. with the thermometer run
'" to a hundred, our Ready-'-'f
P-'irtment was selling, not
"' - and tub blouses, but wool
: '"all suits and heavy furs. It
' fii to .strike anybody as funny,
half the women who were
"" .v-'irbing themselves like Eski
" n'ji violently fan themselves
n,;f; it, and declare It "The hot-
',t,; 'y j vp ffclt thi3 summer."
1"r,
''ts fluttering gaily around for
'!.; ,
"' :' '- weeks, show signs of set
' It distinctly is a pretty
woman's season, for the new things
seem to accentuate an ugly woman's
uglinescs as much as they do a prtty
woman's prettinesd. For that matter,
every season, since the race ran wild
4
in the woods, has been more or less
nke mac.
About the best of the new garments
ire. the coats bJg, loose and wrappy.
of the softest and heaviest of materials,
and often trimmed with fur. Then there
is the "clever" Canton crepe chemise,
which shp's over the head, and is built
to play a rather- merciless role with
the angular or fat, but does all 'sorts
of nice things to the girl whe's just
right from the hips down for Fashion
says that nothing much must be worn
undtrneath.
Well, so much for what Fashion
aayr. The beauty Df the whole cl -thes
business is that you, Dear Reader, can-
tell the old damt to go. hang and come
up town in a kimono if you want to!
Personals
BY CLARA MEDLIN
Miss Irene Patterson left Friday night
for Washington, where she will spend
several days.
Mr. C. S. Byers, of this city, is now
associated with our Shoe Department.
Mr. Byers has been with Gilmer-Moore
Company for several years, and is an
expert in his line. ,
Miss Ina. Harrison, who spent hr
vacation in Banner Elk, N. C, re
turns to the Store this morning.
Miss Bessie Hunsuck is away on a
two-week vacation. She will return
next week.
Miss Margaret Southworth comes
back to the Store this morning, af
ter an absence' of two weeks or more.
Mr. Ed Gresham returned last week
from Lake Junaluska, where he spent
two months
Surely You '
Wouldn't
Of course, Honest Reader, you
wouldn't gamble but just look how
rich you'd be now if you'd bought
eotton " on margin 10 days ago.
There must be several thousand folks
standing around kicking themselves be
cause they did not play it long enough
to get a Rolls-Royce, or a railroad ticket
to the world's series it was so easy.
Ad now we may expect business
moderately to pick up. Certainly it
looks better for North Carolina, with her
half -million bale cotton crop, and the
price flirting with 20 cents. '
It does look like, when we get the
strikes over and the ,mills running,
and the farmers getting a good price
for their products, that times ought
to be good in old' Charlotte.
The
Exposition ,
When we wrote a couple of weeks
ago that we didn't know whether there
were one hundred thousand folks com
ing to the Carolinas Exposition or not,
Secretary Patton told us that we were
lukewarm on the proposition.
Now, while we think that the show
is going to be a big affair, still we
don't know about the hundred thou
sand crowd
Last week's reports indicate a grow
ing interest in the event all 'over the
Carolinas. . "
Pay Day Tenth
Here's a reminder that Saturday's
the Tenth', and that you have five more
days in which to pay the Ivey bill and
still maintain one hundred per cent' fi
nancial integrity with the Store's book
jkeejpera-
Can't Kill It
When the thermometer crawled up
to 97 last week, it turned our Clover
Day into a half-way fire sale. Certainly,
everything inflammable, except our
naturally Ivey enthusiasm, got burned
in the conflagration.
Glover Day wasn't anything much,
and the weather did it, for certainly
t
"we're never to blame for nothing"
i
Just when some bad guessers were
predicting the early Fall, . last week,
with its mean sort of end-of -August
heat, came along and upset the whole
business, including our . idea of selling
a whole lot of Fall things.
Any store that says it did a lot of
business last week either has a liar
for a statistician,- or else it gave things
away which probably is worse.
September heat is the merchant's
boll weevil, and there isn't anything we
.know of to kill the lest. ,
He Looks
Tired
Saturday, as we were deep 1q th
task of embalming a few inspired
thoughts for preservation in The Stor
News, Governor Cam Morrison dropped
in to see us.
After we'd said howdy and Inquir
ed after "Josephus" and the Concord
sheriff, we had leisure to observe that
the Governor does not look as well ag
he used to.
This job of running a State must
not be as easy as one would think from
the efforts the candidates make to se
cure it.
By the way, we sort-a like the way
Mr- Morrison has been doing lately,
and told him so. His Cabarrus speech
contained a sound doctrine, and his
ideas about using the soldier boys in
more or less continuous police duty also
appeal to us as being eminently wise
and sensible.
As we lay, Mr. Morrison looks tired
and somewhat older than he did in
the old, carefree days when he used to
tell the boys around the Law Build
ing exactly "how it ought to be done."
As for us, we don't want to be Gov
ernor if it would make us die about
10 years before our time, as even with
the heat, prohibition and hookworm,
this world is not wholly a bad place to