THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921.
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CITY TAX RATE
WILL BEHIGHER
It Will be Fixed When Fin
al Assessment Figures
Are Given.
The city tax rate for 1921-22 will b
f,sod in a few days, or just as soon KB
the county authorities turn over to iiio
,;;v commissioners a certified copy cf
the city's property assessments for this
yen r.
It can not be stated, of course, with
nny degree of accuracy what the new
rate will be, but it will be much high
er than that now obtaining, according
to responsible city officials. The pres
ent rate is 55 cents on the $100 worth
or properiy. jl wouia not be surpris
ing if the new rate will not nec-jj-parily
be as much as 80 or 85 cents in
order to give the city an income in
same degree commensurate with what
ji is now.
The tax levy now obtaining: was fixed
upon a valuation of $93,000,000. Since
tnat time a decrease of 25 per cent
has been ordered which will bring the
issessable property in the city down
to about $75,00d,000. The income from
'he 55 cent rate on the $93,000,000 as
.pppment was approximately $514,000.
In order to get such an income on' tho
reduced assessment of about $75,000.
000, it will be necessary to have a tax
rate much higher than that prevailini
a t present. J
Under the law the city can not order a
tax levy that will produce greater
than 10 per cent of the income as of
1919, under the terms of the act which
bmupht about the 1920 revaluation.
It was to overcome the restrictions
of this clause that th Mti o.c -V.
t v VI ill rj
: State petitioned the Governor to call a
I special session of the Legislature to thi
i end that it might be adjusted. The
SSiH? th? etoature will not meet
SSSLSSS? rtaS' erefore. ma i
necessary for the cities of the Sta'e
Conine "to0 the bts wUhout re
sorting to the methods of relief antic:-
have nSn taturTSSu
The cities, necessarily, it is exrjlam
ed by local administration officios are
f5ct they are being held
comes! an produclnS their in-
Freckle-F
ace
Sun and Wind Rring; Out I'gly Spots.
How to Remove Easily.
Here's a chance, Miss Fre'ckle-face,
to try a remedy for freckles with the
guarantee of a reliable concern that it
will not cost you a penny unless it
removes the freckles; while if it does
rive you a clear comnlexion th ov.
pense is trifling.
dimply get an ounce of Othine
double strength from any druggist
and a few applications should show
you how easy it is to rid yourself of
the homely freckles and get a beauti
ful comnlexion. Rarely is more than
one ounce needed for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine as this
strength is sold under guarantee of
money back if it fails to remove
freckles.
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BAPTISTS TO MEET
AT COUNTRY CHURCH
The Mecklenburg-Cabarrus Baptist
Association will meet with the Pleas
ant Plains Baptist church at 10
o clock next TiiPRriav
lne church is four miles from Mat-
..uewt,, on me Monroe road, and stands
near the countv iin tiiq 1:
. " v, oovn laiiuu
, ?.0W comPse of 33 churches, in-
uuig me west Oaks church, of
Charlotte, which has been organized
this year, and will be properly admit
ted as a member of the body at this
session. These churches have a total
of about 8,000 members, and 32 of them
are located in the counties of Meck
lenburg and Cabarrus. One church,
Rockwell, is located just across the
line in Iredell county. The total con
tributions, for all objects, reported to
the last, session of the association were
$125,138.98. The total figures are not
in hand for the present year .but
some of the churches will report con
tributions very considerably in advance
of last year.
The annual sermon, at the coming
session will be preached by Rev. P. A.
Hicks, or his alternate; Rev. G. "W.
Rollins. Hon. T. D. Maness, of
Concord, is the moderate, and Rev. R.
D. Carroll, of Charlotte, is the clerk.
MAN KILLS WIFE AND
WOUNDS AN ATTORNEY
Boston, Sept. 9. Mrs. Ella Wells was
shrot and killed and A. Louis Altmeyer,
a lawyer, was" seriously wounded in a
street car in the Wetst Roxbury dis- i
trict today. Charles A. Wells, who was j
divorced by his wife within a dav nr
two, was arrested on the car, charged
with the shooting.
Passens-ers said that TtVlls ltdtfTisr
two seats behind his former wife and
her lawyer, drew a pistol, rested it on
the shoulder of a young woman on the
seat between them, then fired five
shots. Mrs. Wells was killed instantly.
CHILDS ROMPERS.
The bloomers of this cunning little
style are gathered to a short waist,
which fastens at center back. The
sleeves are also cut in one with the
latter. Chambray, gingham and kin
dergarten cloth are materials that wash
very well, so are adapted to garments
of this type.
, The childs rompers, No. 9461, are
cut in sizes 1, 2 and 4 years. Size 4
requires 1 7-8 yards 27-inch material,
with 1-4 yard 18-inch contrasting and
2 5-8 yards binding. Price 15 cento.
CONTRACT TO LOCAL CONCERN.
The Goode Construction Company of
this city has been awarded contract far
erecting the new hotel which citizens of
Morganton have formed a company to
build. The hotel will be modern in ev
ery particular, constructed of red tap
estry brick and contain 60 rooms. The
local contracting company plans to be
gin work within 30 days on the proja.it.
Every woman who wants to dress
styliph and economically should order
at once the latest issue of our new
Fashion Magazine, which is three times
as large as the fashion monthly we for.
merely issued, contains over 300 styles
Postage prepaid and safe delivery guar
anteed. Send 25c, for a pattern ana
Fashion Magazine.
Order patterns from The Pattern De-
mrtment. The Charlotte News, Char
otte, N. C.
COLORED TEAMS TO PLAY.
The Royal Giants of Asheville and
the Pond Giants of Winston-Salem are
cohilntp.r! tn nlav three erames at
LWearn Field, beginning Monday. A
fone-armed pitcher is slated to twirl in
! one of the games for the Asheville
j team. A reserved section' of the stand
will be available for white patrons.
NIGHT SCHOOLS
EAGERLY SOUGHT
Miss Matthews Has Re
quests from Many Com
munities for Assistance.
One unexpected and rather singular
result of the strike among textile em
ployes here, which has now come to a
close, is a surprising increase of inter
est in education, according to several
people who are familiar with life in the
mill villages and who study these com
mittees with sympathetic interest. Find
ing themselves for some weeks the cen
tral figures in news about the city, they
have developed an interest in what is
reported dally in the papers and are
eager to read the papers themselves
or know their contents.
One of the direct evidences of inter
est in education is a request for addi
tional night schools to be conducted in
the mill villages. Miss Mary Mat
thews, superintendent of night schools
in Mecklenburg county, who has super
intendened night schools in several mill
villages during the past two winters,
is being eagerly besought tJ open, other
schools. Many mill operatives who
have left or who will leave the mills
they have been working in to take up
work in other mills have asked Miss
Matthews to open the night schools as
soon as possible in the mills to which
they are going.
So successful have the night schools
proven that many adults who could
not read or write when they first began
study seeral months ago can now not
only read well but have even mastered
writing well enough to compose- intel
ligible and interesting letters.
"If anybody things they are lacking
in mental alertness in the mill settle
ments around here they are much mis
taken, Miss Matthews said. "The peo
ple there may have lacked adventages
of education but in many cases they
have mmd of extraordinary vigor. I
have in mind one mother of a family, a
woman past middle life, who has learn
ed both to read and write well in a! few
months. I hope shortly to arrange a
display of work done by these people
showing how rapidly they learn and in
dicating what capable citizens they
will make with the proper education.
One man I am acquainted with, a very
high type of man in every respect, toid
ma he' could be making $x,000 a year if
he had only had the opportunity of a
common school education. It is a real
pleasure and an inspiration to go
.jmonr these people, observe their stal
wart character and their innate possi
bilities. They are of the best Anglo
Saxon stock and their education is a
matter of importance to the state and
community."
Dear Mrs. Thompson I m a middle
aged widower vith two school boys.
I have lived alcne for nine years. I
own my own home and am a good pro
vider for the right woman. I nave had
several housekeepers, but I wasn't
lucky enough to get one permanently.
Now I hae one whom I am positively
sure I can get to be my wife after she
gets her divorce. Her children object.
What do you think I ought to do?
Marry anyway or wait longer? I think
a lot of this lady and she sav3 she is
fond of me. LONE. SPARROW.
You have not told chough of the
circumstances of your case. If yi-u
are the cause of divorce between the
woman and her husband, it would be
wrong to take her as your vife. Eut
if her husband was cruel to her and
she was forced to leave him and do
housework, I think divorce would be
justifiable.
I would advise you to make more of
her children and delay marriage until
the children have learned to like you
tnd favor the marriage. Marriage may
bring about very unhappy conditions.
Of course the woman will expect you to
do as much for her children as you
do for your own, and your own are apt
to resent sveh a. condition.
Consider, the matter very carefully be
fore you take the Ftep.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
eighteen years old and go with a man
of twenty-fKe who has a promising ca
reer's a lawyer. My folks say he is
too old for me. He says he loves me,
and I love him dearly. He wishes me
to elope with him. Shall I stay home
or go with my heart's desi-e?
I have finished high school and my
folks want me to attend college. Please ;
MM inc. X Allb V i ' .
I would not advise an elopement. If
your love is real it will last. Ask the!
young man to wait a year and see how
you feel at the end of that time. A
year at college will do you a world of
good and will be something that you
will never regret..
FIRST-AID ADVICE
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Designed by artists of superior skill and genuine creative ability, the
new McCall pattern is in every way ijp to the minute as to style-exclusive-ness,
and is so clearly explained by the printed directions that even the
most amateur dressmaker cannot fail to understand it.
Nowadays when so many women are beginning to realize the econ-
omy of home dressmaking, patterns are taking on an unusual amount of
importance. . ' "
If your knowledge of sewing is somewhat scanty, a pattern with such
clear directions as this new McCall printed pattern, is sure to make it easy
for you to cut and make even complicated garments without any other as
sistance. The directions have the advantage of being printed right on the pat
tern, so that you cannot fail to see them and take advantage of them.
The new McCall patterns for October are now on sale in our Pattern
Department,' and the October McCall's Magazine goes on sale tomorrow,
September 10th. ;
A first-aid room, fully equipped, will
be fitted up at the city hall for use
by Charlotte firemen and policemen.
Following a three weeks course in
first-aid to be given by Dr. R. M. Kim
brough, city clinician, every member
of these two departments is expected to
be able to render first-aid treatment to
an injured person.
Dr. Kimbrough will undertake the in
struction of classes upon recommenda
tion of Mayor Walker, who believes
ihat e"very fireman and policeman
should have knowledge of methods of
rendering assistance to persons who
have been injured.
Two first-aid kits have been ordered
by the city for assignment to the police
and fire departments. These are ex
pected to arrive within the next two" or
three days. As soon as they are re
ceived, Dr. Kimbrough will organize '
his classes and begin instruction in
first-aid.
An operating table, bandages, nee
dles, and all other necessary equipment
will be stationed in the first-aid room,
together with knives and operating
equipment for use by physicians in
handling emergency cases which fre
quently ar.e brought into police head
quarters. Hardly a week passes but
someone who has been injured or
wounded is brought to police station.
! It has been customary to call in a Dhv-
sicir :i to render first-aid after which
the patient is removed to a. hospital.
Three or four first-aid classes will
be held daily under the direction of Dr.
Kimbrough. Three weeks will be nec
essary' to complete the courses, and the
physician plans to impart sufficient
knowledge of medical work to police
men and firemen to enable them to
render assistance to an5 person in need
of immediate attention before being
removed to a hospital.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
of eighteen. Last fall about this time
a sailor got my' address somewhere. I
don't know where he got it, but he told
me that a girl friend gave it to him
and I don't know who she could be.
Anyhow, I wrote to him, as he wrote
to me first, and he said he was lone
some to write to some girl.
I wrote to this young man until April
and then I did not hear frtmi him until
last Saturday. I received a card from
him saying he was home now and would
like very much to have me write to
him still.
; I do not know whether to write to
him or not, s I am writing to two other
sailor boys and I think to write to him
would bo too many.
This boy does not write Vfry good let
ters and thcy are love letters asking me
to come to California. He says he
would meet me there and then get mar
ried. He says he loves me and how in
the world does he know if he has never
seen me? He has several of my pic
tures and 1 have several of his. If I
don't write to him, should I send him
back his pictures and ask for mine?
BLUE EYES.
You should not have written to the
young man when he refused to tell you
who gave him your address. But since
you did write, your question concerns a
different matter.
I would advise you to drop the cor
respondence. His love, since he has
not seen "and talked to you does not
amount to much. It is altogether too
bold to ask you to go to California with
the prospect of irarfying him. I doubt
if ho would carry out his promise. Send
back his pictures and ask him to return
yours.
PHILLIPS IS BOUGHT
BY CLARKE GRIFFITH
vvashington, Sept. 9. Purchase of
Tom Phillips, premier pitcher of the
Southern Association, from the New Or
leans club of that league, was announc
ed today by President Griffith, of the
Washington Americans. Phillips, who
has won 25 and lost 6 games for the
New Orleans club this season, will re
port Monday to the Washington club.
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