THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1921,
3lR NEIGHBORS, THE GASTOMAXS
It is a privilege for "Charlotte to be
entertaining today so many of it3
friends and neighbors from Gastoiia
and Gaston -.county. They have ccne
over to the exposition in force, showing
that whole-souled enthusiasm anc' en
terpnse that has come t-j be a dom
inant characteristic of those people
uccaMonrlly, somebody is trying to
put a fly in the ointment and make us
believe that Gastonia is estranged from
Charlotte and Charlotte from Gastonia
by that most sinister of human vices,
jealousy. Not a bit of it'. The two
communities are on the beat possible of
terms. YVe know ot no city in the State
o which Chnrlotte people are prouder
than Gastonia. We have never in an
experience of a great many years heard
a single word from the lip of a Char-1
lottean other than in highest praise
and encomium of Gastonia and the. poo
pie who have made that one of the
excellent cities of North Carolina.
Truth is that Charlotte has been so
interested in Gastonia's development
that it has aided materially in its build
ing and there is today a vast lot of
Charlott capital wrapped up in the
vast textile institutions of Gaston
county. We have, therefore, a very
vital material interest in the wellbeJng
of that county and take pleasure to
ourselves in seeing it grow and prosper.
Time is soon to be at hand when the
two towns slmll be even mora neigh
borly than they have been, when the
means of quick communication will put
them in an hour's journey of one an
other and when the distance that separ
ates them will all but be reduced to the
imagination. The completion of i. hard
Kurfaced highway between the two
towns is practically a reality now and
already the two terminals are witness
ing the benefits of this new and quick
means of getting in touch wrth one an
ol her.
The closeness of relations prevailing
between the two cities has again more
recently been emphasized by the co-op-c
rat ion eiven by Gastonia people and the
cotton mills of that county to the ex
position. Among the more popular and
elaborate booths are those of industries
in Gaston county .ind the lenders in
industry over the there have co operat
ed with Charlotte people and those o?
other places in the State to make the
exposition what it ought to be.
It is fitting, therefore, that so large
a delegation of Gaston cuur.ty people
should have a day set part for them
ar.d that they should in such large rep
resentations, take advantage of tni-j oc-
casion, not merely that they may be im-1
mediately profited and have a pleasant
time, but that the ties between us may
be more firmly cemented and that we
may more sensibly -egard ourselves as
neighbors and friends, intimate in the
wHlbeing of one another and ready at
all times to be of service to one another
In all commendable' enterprises.
THE SOUTHERN'S APPEAL
The Southern Railway is the latest
of the corporations to kick the traces
over the assessed valuation of its pro
perty and to take its case to the Fed
eral courts. Editor Josephus .Daniels
of The News and Observer appears to
be very much outraged that the South
ern should refuse to let 'State tri
bunals pass upon the merits of demer
its of its contention. What we are
concerned about more particularly at
the moment is the probable end of these
appeals, from corporations, counties and
Individuals, against the rate of assess
ment which fell upon them under the re
valuation act. -
It begins to look as if, when all of
these protestations are completed, we
will not be able to recognize the revalua
tion assessment when we see it. Unless
that assessment is allowed to stand in
the case of corporations as well as in
the case of individuals, then the whole
genius of the movement becomes shat
tered. There is no more reason that
lan Individual should be forced to submit
to the assessment registered against
!hls property at peak-times than there is
that corporations should be made to
jptajid to the rack as well.
WHAT LABOR WANTS
President Barrett of the North Caro
lina Federation of Labor who was large
ly instrumental in having the con
ference of labor officials held in this
city Thursday for the purpose of laying
a campaign for further organization in
the State and throughout tne South,
assures this newspaper that thorn is no
idea in the minds of Ararrcan Federa
tion leaders to do anything that will
promote a feeling and spirit of hostility
between employers and employees in
the South.
And it is delightful to have that state
ment from him and to accept it as
honest and well-intentioned, as expre:5
sive of the sentiment now existing
among the saner labor leaders of North
Carolina. II r. Barrett declared that
there is no disposition at this tim. to
take any step that will bring on an
acute industrial situation in North Caro
lina and the South, that labor leaders
know well enough that the reforms they
seek can not be accomplished over
night and that to insist, for instance.
upon a 48-hour week to take the place
of a 55-hour week would simply mean an
interminable tisup in the cotton manu
facturing industry.
What the labor elements want in
this State. Mr. Barrett contends, istnat
thev shall be treated with fairness and
squareness in the future and to this
end, they conceive that it will be well
for them to gain greater organized
strength. In other words, they want
to get more members into their or
ganizations so that in the future they
may be able to move en masse in the
accomplishment of their ends.
There is a feeling that Jiving condi
tions may be bettered among the in
elustrial population of the South if the
organizations are strong enough, and
Mr. Eirreit can not be successfully con
tradicted when he asserts that ;he null
workers desire to earn Wi-ges enough
tc live a decent, comfortable life, to
educate their children, to enjoy some rf
the conveniences of modern civilisation,
snd tc get a little more out of life than
merely unbroken toil. Ho is ri:-rht aoout
that and the mill workers are to be
commended for having such high aspir
ations. It is the sincere belief of this news
paper that sentiment throughout the
South will support thes people in that
sort of an ideal. It would not be profi
table for the South to haw i.n i i.l -trial
population harboring ideals any less tx
alted. Ignorance is just as expensive
to wealth as it is to poverty. Unenlighen
ment, unsatisfactory living conditions
among employes, a class of peoplo al
ways kept grinding and allowed none
o the privileges of a com'orta!le life
Ot congeniality of helpful environs takes
money out of the pocket of society. We
do well, therefore, to ir.sis that such
ideals as these which are dormant
among the cotton mill employes and
employes in every other industry will
be realiztd and that we bend our efforts
to their attainment. It will be.- found
to be profitable unto the wh le South
when the labor population t lifted to
tuch heights as these and in a recogni
tion of mutuality of interests, in a close
spirit of cooperation and . be
tween him who hires ini him who is
j hired these things shall c.me to pass.
They will only be delayed when they
ere sought by the instruments o forco
and coercion.
POPULAR UNCONCERN OVER AUTO
FATALITIES
The recitation of figures showing the
amazing loss of life from year to year
caused by the fast-flying automobile
not only stuplfies us because of the
staggering vastness of these statistics,
but greater pain in caused by the
failure of sentiment to be impressed
with this great new peril of the motor.
There is only a momentary remark upon
the occasion of the fatal automobile ac
cident and then the public settles t.selr"
back in its prosaic and commonplace
rut to await the tidings of another.
There is no sign of an awakened, arous
ed and virulent public antagonism to
the cause behind these fatalities, the
reckless speeding for which nearly every
one of such accidents is responsible.
The figures as to deaths caused by auto
mobiles are alarmingly larger and larg
er. The Insurance Press, in discussing
the payment of life insurance .claims
in 1920, says that "the automobile has
superseded every fcrm of disease as
the problem of the day. It is the
greatest controllable yet uncontrolled
menace of this generation."
A statistician, whose figures the In
surance Press accepts, declares that au
tjmobiles in 1920 caused 12,000 deaths
in the United tSates; caused non-fatal
injury to 1,500,000 people, and lesser
injuries to an incalculable number. Com
panies dealing in life insurance exclu
sively last year paid claims totaling
$4,750,000 for deaths caused by the
automobile. This statistician estimates
that the automobile is responsible for
an annual loss of $1,000,000,000 in this
country.
RETIREMENT OF MR. KING
The retirement of J. H. King from
the headship of the institution here and
in Raleigh known as King's Business
n , . . '' .
vuutge mams me unnarnessing o. a
citizen who has been instrumental in
training thousands of young men and
women for the services of professional
business careers. Mr. King was among
the pioneers in the establishment of
this sort of a college and the success
which attended his enterprise is a wit
ness not merely to the need for these
institutions, but also to the technical
genius of their head. Mr. Kinz nut
his life into these institutions and they
have arisen to their present high point
of excellence by reason of his personal
diligence and studiousness. It is pleas
ant to contemplate that the reins of
management lie is delivering up fall into
competent hands in those of E. L. Lay
field, who has for the past year been
associated with Mr. King in the man
agement of these college
SALARIES- OF RESERVE BANK j
OFFICERS j
Governor Harding disposed of the
criticisms of John Skelton Williams and
The Manufacturers Record as to the ex
cessive salaries which are paid officers
of the New York Federal reserv-3 bank,
Aery acceptably in his noon-day ad
dress to Carolina bankers Thurslay ot
the luncheon tendered by the Am-Titian
Trust Company.
Mr. Harding made out as good a case
for the reserve board directors a-i could
I'C-ssiblr' be presented aril cne tha'. oueht
largely to be satisfactory. He did
not deny the quotations as to salaries
furnished by Mr. Williams. H-i said
he was not in position eiti.er to accept
trem as true or to deny them as untrue,
end he chose to accept them rather
than make an attempt to hit in the
ci&rk. As to the salary of $50,0 1 re
ceived by Benjamin Strong, governor of
the New York bank, Governor Haiding
declared that the statement is -rroct-That
official gets this salarv.
His explanation of the i aries being
paid all of the 30 ofRce-s of the Nr.v
York bank was that competition makes
it impossible to get them for any less.
As a matter of fair, member bunks
throughout the cou try, as a whole,
pay higher salaries to their officers than
the rank and file of the reserve bank
officers receive, according to Governor
Harding, and In New York it is exceed
ingly difficult to get such men as are
needed for the admi:tratin of this
important institution because of the
competition for their services.
We shall not dispute that fao'; with
him and are ready to admit the vaiidit
cf his claim that t.lu-j federal reserve
banks, uniformly, are entitled to the
very best banking ability than money
can command. None of the expendi
tures necessary :or the maintenance
of these banks come from the poekets of
the people in the form of appropria
tions by Congress or in the
form of taxes levied against
them for its support. In fact, the -serve
banks have been ran ..t..g money
ar;d Governor Hard:n-r '.cited the fcet
that last year, they iii into the treas
ury millions of dollars as of franchise
t'JX.
We wish very much he had taken
time, in this connection to have ex
pressed himself on the profits which
these banks are making and the profits
out of which these big salaries are eem
n&nded and so easi'' paid. We have
never had the idea that the -.r r:-si.-rve
banks were intended to show great
profits from their business and yet the
statement has been made that last year
they made 200 per cent on the business
they negotiated with member banks. Of
course, institutions, making such a pro
fit as this can well afford to employ
the finest executive talent in the and
and while these banks may not re
quire congressional appropriation to
maintain them or a direct tax for their
.support, their cost of maintenance, just
as the profits they pile up, come from
the pockets of the people, nevertheless,
In the form of money made on leans
through member banks, i'hvj is a phase
of the situation that Governor Harding
did not touch upon in his address here
and a phase, too. in which there is a
great deal of popular interest. It is
pertinent to be discussed in connection
with the debate as to the cost of oper
ation of these banks.
OF PUBLIC CONCERN
The farm bureau of this county is
going to try to have a popular me2tin
next Monday night to start a campaign
in Mecklenburg county in behalf of th;
co-operative marketing b'lsines. We '
ire wondering if anyboiv is roing to
be there except a few farn-rs them-;
selves, the notable speakers and leaders
in this movement who are to be brought
here and perhaps, a reported or two- We i
have known of many another meeting !
called by the farming interests of thi-i
county to which the bankers, business ,
men and merchants of Charlotte, were
invited and they iailed to turn up.
The purpose of the meeting Monday
night to which they are again invited
is one so intimately linked up with .
he destiny of local banking, local mer-;
chandising and local trade and business
and industry of every sort that it ought
to oe noerauy attenciea oy the leaders
in these lines in Charlotte. The farm-:
crs of this county are to be canvat-sed-j
to identify themselves wi'h this move-!
n-.cnt in the outcome of which nothing;
less than "the destiny of So i hern cot- j
ton-raising is involved. It does look as i
if that sort of a meeting, one that has J
such a, purpose as that, might b-2 in
teresting enough to attract to it many j
of the bankers and business men g ner-i
ally of the city. They know they are
elcpendent upon cotton as 'a basis for
their wellbeing. We take it that there j
is not a merchant in Charlotte or a '
banker or any sort of a busiress rann j
who would have the hardihood to say i
that he is not concerned with what be-1
comes of cotton prices. If there is such i
a one as that, neither is he concerned .
about the destiny of his own business,
for whatever happens to cotton here
and in the South will inevitably happen
to his own business.
The farm bureau, in instituting the
co-operative marketing issue in tins
county, is aiming not merely to better
the future of local farmer:.! by putting
them in position to comn and a profit
giving price for their staple, but to bene
fit the city and all the businesses of the
crij And for that ca.'.se thoy are en
titled to friedly sympathy and co-opera
tion and actual support. They ought to
have it generously.
If It's for the office you can get it
at Pound & Moore Co. Phone 454::.
23-tf
OSTEOPATHY
Is the science of healing by
adjustment.
DR. H. F. RAY
313 Realty Bldg.
DR. FRANK LANE MILLER
610 Realty Bldg.
DR. ARTHUR M. DYE
224 Piedmont Bldg.
Osteopaths, Charlotte, N. C.
INFORMATION . BY REQUEST
Attention during time cne spends in
company with nagging friends is oft
the root of mental wreck. People like
to jeer and peck. Unless such bipeds
are Ignored one's peaee of mind will
soon be floored.
That's why old man Snodgrass Keates
spends all his time, between the
sheets. He used to be quite gay and
shy and strong of limb a perfect guy.
But nagging friends jeered'' him so
much that Snodgrass thought himself
in dutch, and inch by inch, and step by
step he lost his good physique and pep.
Every time seme old hag said, "Why
Snodgrass, you should be in bed!" he
really thought he had a pain and sniffed
a tablet of cocaine. When some friend
whispered in his ears.. "Your clothes
would make a tramp shed tears!" poor
Snodgrass sneaked off to his room'and
brushed all night with his whisk broom
It always made his whole head swim
when some one said his eyes were dim.
He listened long to brainless saps who
harped upon his slight mishaps. In
stead of fleeing from such thugs, he
lent them his acoustic lugs. At last
they upset Snodgrass so that ill health
laid the old man low.
There are some who take. great pains
to tell you of your weaker strains.
They hoot and flout with every breath
until they nag a friend to death. You
never will survive their jeers without a
"closed" sign on your ears.
Copyright. 1921, by AeTrs Fnblishins Co.
DR. ORR HOME AGAIN
AFTER GOOD MEETING
Dr. W. W. Orr, pastor of The Taber
nacle, has returned from Rives, Tenn.,
where he has been engaged for the
past two weeks in holding a union tent
meeting. Some of the visible results of
the meeting were the addition of 60 to
church memberships, many of wfcom
were of middle or old age, and mny
signing up as tithers.
Dr. Orr has preached 75 times since
July 1 in evangelistic meetings over
the country and at his own pulpit here,
which he will again occupy twice next
Sunday.
TODD & M'CULLOUGH
LEASES NEW PLACE
The firm of Tood and MeCullough is
the first lessee for new quarters in the
building on South Church street, adja
cent to The News Publishing Company,
now being constructed by Gaston G.
Galloway. The firm is composed of
John W. Tood and Derrill H. MeCul
lough. public accountants, and has been
located in the Piedmont building-. The
now- fnm-pn crocit hucinf-QC Vnilr1 in r !
which is being erected by the Southeast
ern Construction Company is expected
to e ready for occupancy within the
next 60 days.
vers
for
FRIDAY and
SATURDAY
Few women's Shoes
and Oxfords at $1 per pr.
Men's Shirts sold up
to $3.95 at $1 and $1.50
Regular $1 Neckties at
two for $1.00
Other special values.
LONG
33 EAST TRADE
t The
Greatest Play in Charlotte
9
Next Week is ;
"THE CHILD THOU
GAYEST ME"
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday .
THE BROADWAY
Price 15c 30c )
Left
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EARLY SETTLEMENT
MANDATES DESIRED
Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 23. (By
The Associated Press). Debate on the
resolution urging the council of the
League of Nations to work for an early
settlement as to the terms of the man
dates for former German colonies be
tween the mandatory powers and the
United t Sates was opened in the League
assembly today by Madame Bugge-Wiek
cell, of Sweden. She expressed satis
faction with the offers of Frr.nce, Great
Britain and Belgium to allow the com
mission on mondates to examine into
the administration of the territories in
their charge, and urged the passage of
the resolution.
Lord Robert Cecil, representee South
Africa, expressed regret that the pro
posed class B mandates were not more
explicit on the prohibition of slavery
and not more stringent as regarded
regulation of the liquor traffic. He
thougnt the council might have defined
the B mandates at its oresent session,
but added that, in view of the obstacles,
the commission had obta n ,-d the next
best thing the consent of the manda
tories to open their administrations to
investigation-
HOW TO GET RID
OF ATARRH
A Simple, Safe, Inexpensive
Method That Clears Out
j the Head, Nose and
Throat.
There is no disease more offensive
or disagreeable, or no disease that will
lead to as much serious trouble as
catarrh. You can now get rid of it by
a simple, safe, pleasant home remedy
discovered by Dr. Blosser, a catarrh
specialist.
Dr. Blosser's Remedy is composed of
medicinal herbs, flowers and berries,
which you smoke in a dainty pipe or
cigarette. The smoke vapor is Inhaled
into all the air passages of the head,
nose, throat and lungs and carries med
icine where sprays, douches and oint
ments cannot possibly reach. Its ef
fect is soothing and healing and is en
tirely harmless. It contains no cubebs
or tobateo, is not sickening to those
who have nevsr smoked, and may be
used by women and children as well
as men.
If you suffer from catarrh, asthma,
catarrhal deafness, or if subject, to fre
quent colds, vou should try this reme
dv. Satisfactory results guaranteed.
Any weil-stockea drug store can supply
Dr. Blosser's Remedy.
A trial package will be mailed to
anv sufferer for ten cents (coin or
stamps) by The Blosser Co., 25 DD
Atlanta. Ga., to prove its beneficial
and pleasant effect. Adv.
Wrist
Watches
Our displays are large,
including a wide variety in
designs, in silver, gold and
piatinum, with movements
made by the best known
makers.
F. ROARK
Diamond Merchant,
Silversmith, Jeweler
10 North Tryon St.
A. E. F. MEMBERS KNOW
W. L. Douglas
Army Shoes
WEAR LIKE IRON
Now, these men, back in civil
life, cannot find a more serv
iceable, comfortable, attrac
tive work shoe than that
bearing the -W. L. Douglas
brand.
UNION MADE
FOR EVERY MAN
IN THE UNION
We also have a full stock of
ladies, misses and children's
shoes.
PLEASING PRICES
Nathan
38 East Trade Street.
! .
Men Who Want Extra
Va'u2S Are Going To
Buy These Things
For there is not one item 4n the list which
is not an unusual buy at the price asked.
Schloss, Hamburger, Styleplus Suits
$2m t0 $39-2
BELK SUITS
Every tone an extra value
$145 to $2
Shirts
: New Patterns Percale or
Madras
98c t0 $2 98c t0 $m
Are You Getting Your Fall and Winter
UNDERWEAR?
These prices are so compelling you cannot
afford to miss them
75c to $m
WORK SHIRTS
For Men
69cand98c
Can You Buy
Ml
Ili.l&.JBTSiS
The New
Felt Hats
are here, very moderately
priced from
Sox
The kind that wear like
iron.
IN COTTON
10c 15c
IN LISLE
25c 35c
Should you want an extra
pair of pants, be sure to
see these at
$3it0$8ii
We have a lot of new Silk
and Knit Ties priced
- 50c to$ia
Caps
For Men New Shapes and
Colors
WORK PANTS
That WTear
$liit0$2-l
Better Clothes
Than - These
For Boys?
No not at These Prices.
Suits With Two Pairs of
Pants
$9iit0$14l
SCHOOL SUITS
Sizes 8 to 18 years
and up.
SWEATERS
For Boys
$11 t0 $4M