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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2, 1921 ' " ' " '" " 1 iii"" " ... , , ' - t i, vm i. .11. ,n.,.i.W..iMii WWPM ' " 1 ' . . 1 I fte Charlotte News Published Ry THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Comer Fourth and Church Sts. jk nown .... Pres. and Gen. Mgr. ll.W S. MILLER Editor M. BELL Advertising Mr. IEMRER ASSOCIATED PRESS, "he Associated Press Is Mclusivelr itled to the use for roub!!eat!on of news dJ snatches credited to It or otherwise credited In this nnner 1 also thu local news mihlfcheil jlll rights of republication of special parcnes Herein also are reserved SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier. Tear 580.00 months 3.0JI ree months 2.30 o month 81 e week 2ft By Mall. e year n.m months inn rre months .(V) r month Minrtay Only. (By Mail or Carrier) A Vonr m a k months"'.".'.'.'.!l'.mi'.'.). 1.35 Telephones. sine Office Ill culatlon Department 2793 v Alitor J77 itorlal Rooms 3G5 ntinsr House 1530 On N. Y. Board of Alder men, Having Been Declar ed Elected by Courts. nip New York, Nov, 2. Two-years' pay fcr two months -work is the reward in store for Algernon Lee and Edward i? Cassidy, Socialists, when they assume their seats in the aldermanic chamber, to which they werj elected in 1919 for a two-year term. The committee on privileges and elections of the Board of Aldermen filed a report yes terday ruling that the two Socialists were entitled to the seats which were held for twenty-two months by $loritz Oraubard and Timothy J. Sullivan, Democrats'. Charges of vote stealing and fraud were made by the Socialists two years ago atter returns niea wun me isoaia or Elections naa snown mem aeteateu. tneir cases tnrougn tne TI.MES-DFMOCRAT. (Semi-WeekM e yr 15e montns 75 rEntered as I - - - - . maiici A I' r DOStofnrp at rimrWA v n .... the Act of March 3. 1897." EDXESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1921. XBLE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. OY FOR WEEPING: His anger tureth but a moment: in his favour ife: weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning. Psalm The policy of The News in running iible quotation at the top of its edi- ial page every day is distinctly pleas- to.me" said Rev. W. B. Lindsay, tor of the First Associate Reform Presbyterian church," and I have rd it favorably commented upon bv ny men of the community who have ,n impressed with this excellent thod of reminding the people of their y toward the Scriptures. Society is ting around to the conclusion, after that the cure of its maladies and end of its disturbances can come y through an application of Divino th to their everyday enterprise. The re, therefore, that people are infill ed to the reading of the Bib even i'gh it be but a verse a day. the re sobering will be their convictions". THE GREATEST ECONOMIC PERIL AHEAD OF US. !QnrT A T TQTQ A PF. That part of the citizenship of Charlotte included within the( rp( A QQTTTVfl? TAT membership of the Charlotte Rotary Club was profoundly stirred 1U AOOUlUri DiHX Tuesday by the address of H. S. Mobley, of the agricultural ex tension service of the International Harvester Company, speaking on the great peril and menace of the boll weevil. It was a dynamic deliverance, the voice of as one crying in the wilderness by way of warning, the echoes of a prophet sending his voice across the valley of inertia and indifference while destruction and bank ruptcy are everywhere in the making abou us. We are wondering what the Rotary Club, the farmers who were the guests of members at the luncheon and what all others who know the truth, propose to do about it. We have no notion that Mr. Mobley ha$ overdrawn the status of things in this community. There is no particular reason that he should give way to excitability and paint spectres for us out of his vivid imagination. He has been fighting the boll weevil for 25 years; he has followed it from the time it flew across the Rio Grande into Texas, from Texas thrnncrh Vip mnrp inland mt.tnn-nrnrlnr- , 0.. I f.f Electi ino ST.flT.PS nas CPPn if proon -mnvo ond mnra l'nn -f-Vi a nnnloi cllmfltol Piirrvfni' -P 4-1 i.i i v j? j .j. ...u ! courts ,the pair were found to have wic nwie uvriiimmy veil, until nnany ne nas luunu ll wiiere feen elected. Lee by a margin of 37 the scientists have said it would never be foundat the very j ?sJr $d to AWerl northern extremity of the cotton-producing territory. I men Graubard and suiiivan, the city The invasion of the weevil, therefore, into this territory is, ! $i"!ooof,of which" $i?,5ooPwliHeteii. as Mr. Mobley says, a reality now instead of an imagination. ItjVemongS must oe aeait witn lust as vicrorousiv. lust as mtellicrentlv. lustitney have oeen -out, or a jod v w s v - w V'V as soulfully as - if this territory had happened to be down in the very heart of the belt. For what it has already done down there, it will do right here it will literally defy the farmers of Meck lenburg county to make any cotton at all until it is conquered. The thing about all this agitation that gives cheer and stimu lation is that the boll weevil CAN BE OVERCOME. It is a big task, but it can be whipped. It calls for the exertion of the most concerted, the most virile, the most resourceful action that any community can produce, but with these it can be whipped. The experts know how. They have told us. It is not a difficult plan they have. Fact is that it is very simple. Plow everything under right now before Winter comes so that the weevil and all of its powerful propagating energies may be put into the depths of the earth and there destroyed during freezing weather. If this information can be taken to every landlord in Meck lenburg county and if every landlord can be made to have self interest enough to do as the scientists admonish him, the fight will not merely have been undertaken along strategic lines, but the first skirmish will have resulted decisively in favor of the adversaries of the weevil. The insect cannot stand treatment of that sort and the more of it applied to him, the sooner will he pick up and leave these surroundings. To disseminate that information, to stir the farmers up to action, to assist in the educational program which must underlie the battle is the work of somebody, some agency, and the business men of Charlotte, as represented in the Rotary Club may have to wait for many years before they discover a finer challenge to their practical action than this. It is a fight that means a great deal more than may be discovered , - - Aiic vcij uca- I tiny ot the cotton crop in this count.v is i the standpoint of dollars ani cents, that means $2,500,000 annual ly at.preyamns prices m lint alone, exclusive of the value of the Council fees for the contesting Social ists, which the city must pay in addition to expenses, incident to the re-count, bring the total to $18,000. RED CROSS DRIVE ' METHODS DISCUSSED Methods of conducting the 'roll call" drive of the American Red Cross which comes No ember 16-19 wr.re discussed at a meeting of the council Tuesday afternoon at thi Mint building, which is the Red Cross heaJqua: .ers. Work will be confined to es-srvici men and thir famili '.s from now on. Supplies will bj sent to Reel Cress workers thorughout the county ami let ters of instruction telling them how to conduct -the coming campaign. In the "roll call" campaign, merch ants will be asked to mention it in their newspaper advertisements, posters wil be distributed and shop owners will be ask?-d to d.H'orat3 their windows in tfcj spirit of the R5l Cross. CHARLESTON BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS Charleston, S. C. Ifov. 2. The doors of the Enterprise Bank, a State fidu oary institution, closed today, the State bank examiner being notified. The board of directors said that the bank was not "able to realize rapidly enough on loans or to secure the use of money through other channels to met the shrinking of deposits." Wilson G. Harvey, Lieutenant Governor,- is president. The bank's capital stock is $50,000 and surplus $25,000. Its published statement of condition Sptember '6 showed deposits of $1,. 309,979.03. SCHOOL POPULATION OF U. S. 33 MILLIONS "Grandma," whispered tiny Mabel, "shoot the dope about that fable of the horses in your day that used to pull ycur ancient shay. Here in 1992 there's or.ly one horse in the zoo." " 'Twas this," began th withered djme when tiny Mabel called htr name. "When I reflect I see line stall that kept my bays when I was small. Sixty-seven years have passed since I rode my old mare last. People swear your grandma lies as she tells of her old mare's size. Great and mighty was that steed. Forsooth, we gave her oats for feed. They tell you that I am insane to say those ancient beasts ate grain; but on my oath I swear it s true.. Go watch that old horse in the zoo. A thousand times Lve filled the crib to flatten out my old mare's rib. and when she nad consumed her snack I actually got upon her back. Folks doubt me when I reminisce and tell them stories such as this, but onee a beast they dubbed a mule conveyed me back and forth from school. Of course you think my brain id twisted when I say such things existed. But when there came gas hacks to ride, my oid mar soon got sick and died. Back in 1932 they put 200 in the zoo, and now but one sick steed is there to voucft for talea of ray old mare." Tiny Mabel shook her head and said. "I guess I'll go to bed for grand ma, you are off your bat, I don't believe such tales as that!" CopyrlJSkt, 1981. by Xevrs rnbllalilsK Co. Is a bad skin your handicap ? Try the Resinol treatment. 4 It makes red. oily blotchy skins fresher and more attractive .Soothinq &n) Hc&linq ENGLAND AND AMERICA AT A CRISIS. ."one could have read the dissecting ry of David Lawrence in The News Tuesday and not have been stirred founuly with the significance of his larks bearing upon the relations of lerica and England in connection h the disarmament conference. A at deal of what will be the achieve- Jnts of this specific conference and it will be the stability of the future ce of the world depends upon Eng- d's attitude to the United States at ; time and to England's attitude to an as this is involved in the equa i of disarmament. apan has for 20 years had a treaty h Great Britain by which the latter s pledged to assist Japan in any in- hational troubles except such as ,'ht involve England's relation to the ited States as expresed through an itration treaty. That seemed to be enough and, other things being al it, perhaps, would not seriously mir the amicable relations between United States and England, but as Lawrencve points out, that treaty efits Japan materially in times of ice and, further, he calls attention what "benevolent neutrality" really bunts to when war swoops down. The ewal of that pact at this time, there- k would give the United States the ling that the powerful resources of land, especially in all naval devel- nent, are at the disposal of Japan 11 not at the disposal of the United tes, whereas the United States ought e on more intimate terms with Eng- Id than any other great power. Knything of this character that is ly to promote friction or beget sus- fons between the Anglo-Saxon coun s can have but one result it will vent the termination of any sort of a ve toward world peace. The kintr- hs that ought to be hand in hand in h an enterprise are England and United States. They represent the at dominant white race of the world, hice that already is covering two- J-ds of the earth's area and the race, t by all the rights of inheritance and ;gestions of history is intended to the standards of world civilization. s is certainly the view that Ameri- s will have of this matter and it is view that England ought quickly hnd itself accepting. Any other is per ns beyond expression. seed. Looked at from a social and economic standpoint, that means I popK,' uSI&C toaay. or tnis number, comprising cit izens five to 20 years old, more than 21,370,000 were attending school be tween September 1919 and January 1920 when the census was taken. Utah apparently is the most studious State, 73 per cent of her citizens eligible by age being registered in schools. Mass achusetts leads in the 7 to 13 year group, with 96.1 per cent and Louisiana comes last with 75.9 per cent.. , t "v,.wwii,, uiat, means the continuation of contentment and happiness and wellbeinr IT ,V T uiaLlon OI viecKienburg county; it means the difference between prosperity and adversity with Business in terests in Charlotte; it also spells the difference between plenty and penury for the whole citizenry. And if this is not task big enough to compel the exercise of business men's interest and cont cern, then we pass up the job of imagining one such WHAT IT IS COSTING THE AVER. AGE? MAN. The average man, woman and child in me united States pays 12 cents everv year are even greater than last year being $1,422,752,000. Of the amount $771,530,000 went to the army and $851 -222,000 to the navy. ' "H'dl JJritain s nrmi; " "" 11CLV V till' day Of thft 3fin rln tpropriation for j Wi W1C Vcll LU LJlfc; ( "-Ob eddies VltZl,- Federal government and of this amount ! Ill'' Japan's appropriation is $282,- 357,000. The total for twQ tries is approximately $19,000,000 lower than the amount spent by the United he occasion Monday night when the f Chamber of Commerce quarters 1 be opened and dedicated will be an dr notable not merely in the sort a crowd that it will draw together, notable also for the advanced step Signifies in the career of this civic y. The Chamber of Commerce will Vnally open quarters, the like of ch can hardly be boasted by any ilar organization in the South. It is oming, therefore, that the business professional interests of the city bse active support and continued loy- lr to the Chamber have made this pos- e, should come together for. this dls- 'juishing event and enjoy an-evening k of pleasure and of profit 11 cents goes to pay for past and fu ture wars. Each is paying only 5 1-2 mills for the support of the eovernmpnt. i 1-2 mills for all public works and i hteh VJ "T OI ,aDOr another mill ni n i,ai I " ""-e" otaies and it is probable that the actual results thi OCTOBER FAILURES SHOW AN INCREASE OSTEOPA THY Is the science of healing by adjustment. DR. II. F. RAY 313 Realty Bldff. DR. FRANK LANE MILLER 610 Realty Bldg. DR. ARTHUR M. DYE 224 Piedmont Bldg. Osteopaths. Charlotte, N. C. INFORMATION BY REQUEST another mill and a half for fdiinnti nn public health arid research work, mak ing a total of 8 1-2 mills, according to figures compiled by Dr. Sidney L. Gulick secretary of the Commission on Inter national Justice and Goodwill of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Of the 11 cent tax for war, 3 1-2 cents goes for armament. This is more than 4 times as much as is spent for all other governmental departments and work. Giving the figures for the year 1920, the average man, woman and child was taxed by the national government $43-64 as follows: $40.37 for past and future wars, $2.09 for the civil departments including the courts, 61 cents for public works and 57 cents for education, pub lic health, research work and similar developments. Of the $40.37 spent for wars, $27.54 went for past wars and $12.83, or practically one third, went for future wars. The total expenditures of the country last year were $4,582,000,000. Of this amount $2,890,000,000 went for past wars, interest on loans, payment on Ioarj reparations for private property destroyed or taken over by the govern ment, pensions and compensation. At the same time $1,348,000,000 was spent for the army and navy, making a total of $4,238,000,000 for past wars and wars to come. The expenses of all the civil depart ments of the government were $220,000, 000, with another $65,000,000 for public works. For education $59,000,000 was spent- Reducing these figures to percent ages shows that of the total Income of the American government in 1920, 92.5 per cent went for past and future wars, and only 7.5 per cent for all other crov- ernmental charges. To be exact. 63 1 per cent went to pay for past wars and 29.4 per cent for armament. Contrasted with this staggering ex penditure for armament 4.8 per cent was spent for civil departments; 1.4 per cent for public works, and 1.3 per cent for education, development, public health, research and similar projects. These figures show the startling bur den of armament A real reduction in armament by the Conference on Limit'i tion of Armament would lead to tho saving of literally hundreds of millions of dollars annually for the American people. New York, Nov. 2. October failures, reported to Bradstreet's, numbered 1, 806, an increase of 17 per cent over these of September and the second larg est number in any month since March, 1915. Insolvencies last nearly four times those of October, 1913. 1 jjisaoinues aggregated $47,722,203, 31 per cent above September's total, bui States. Of coursp th e v. , ' small?r than in any preceding month kjl course the cost of labor is bank to Nnv.mhPr f iat The biggost increase came in the country has less to show for its arma ment expenditures dollar for dollar than Great Britain or Japan, but the fact remains: The United States is setting the pace in armaments. WATSON'S RAVINGS. It would be well to wait a bit before making up one's mind that the state of things as pictured by Senator Tom Wat son actually existed among the Ameri can, expeditionary soldiers in France. Many horrible stories have from time to time suddenly come to the lips of critics since the war, but none of the reports of deviations of any sort have stood up for any length of time. Charges of colossal graft have fallen down tirades of various kinds against the way the soldiers were treated in the camps have generally turned out to be exaggerated and wild, fanciful state ments have in the long run proven to have emerged from the Imagination of somebody who was either actually ag grieved or thought themselves to be Senator Watson, it must be remem bered in this instance, was violently opposed to the war and to those in au thority at the time this country was committed to war. It is not likely therefore, that he would be entirely unbiased in his latter-day estimates of how., things were run In the army. Be sides all of .that, he is a man of in tensely vivid Imagination and some times of vicious judgment. Tt risky to pin one's faith to what he says m a moment of excitability. The country. nwortiioToce tv. titled to know the truth about wW he is saying and t0 sift the affair thor oughly. Even to imagine that v. practices aa he descrihri i wu.u nave prevailed Is sickening and shocking, and the mind of the country oue-ht t'rt u relieved of ahy suggestion of a misgiv ing about it. The people are entitle absolute assurance about it, to know the xrutn, and if it Is found that the state- ments are merely such as Watson has frequently made in the nast. have is sued from a nrinriioB4 - merely the echoes of tome disgruntled army men, the reaction in sentiment win be South, which had about two and nnn half times the failures and liabilities of October, 1920. In ten months of 1921, there have been 15.535 failures Involving liabili ties of $591,105,741. A THREE DAY'S COUGH IS YOUEf DANGER SIGNAL Chronic Coughs and Persist ent Colds Lead to Serious Lung Trouble. You Can Stop Them Now With Creomulsion, an Emulsi fied Creosote That is Pleasant to Take. A New Medical Discovery With Twofold Action. Soothes and Heals the In flamed Surface and Kills the Germ. Endorsed Rv Highest Authorities. Money Refunded If Afty ougn or Cold, No Matter of How Long Standing, is Not Relieved After Tak ing According to Directions. B. E ROAM Jeweler, Silversmith, Dia mond Merchant. 10 N. Tryon St. I DOn tho TvrTra- - ... . I f-iciouii ana lie appropriations for armament this persons to be censured J FINE FOR BUILDING UP THE SYSTEM AFTER COLDS. Of all known drugs Cfosote Is recognized by the medical fraternity as the greatest healing agency for the treatment of chronic coughs and colds and other forms of throat and lung troubles. Creomulsion :. contains. In addition to creosote, other healing elements which soothe and heal the in flamed membrane and stop the irrita tion and inflammation while the creo sote goes on to the stomach, is ab sorbed into the blood, attacks the seat of the trouble, and destroy a the germs that lead to Consumption ow trifclT suaranteea satisfac rJ he treatment of chronic coughs v v.i.i aims, catarrhal bronchitis and other forms of Throat tL Uns disease. and is excellent ?S the "tP thG System after 5S S Lht ireaSe8 aPPetite and body- 3 Remarkable Values In High' Quality Footwear for Women Black kid three-strap buckle pump, with straight 1-inch heel, a very pretty and serviceable number, at, Pair $500 LaPrance brown calf oxford, with low heel. Enough piping to make it a snappy model. Per pair. .$8.00 Light calf, wing tip brogue oxford with regular walking heel. Bunt on a comfortable, attractive las:. per pair MllA S6 East Trade St School Shoes Cold weather will soon be here you'll want good strong snoes for the kiddles we have them $2.00 to $5.00 When you want children's shoes re member that we have the best line ever take a look. Thompson's Phone 23. Tie Gray Slop 1 4f The Fifth Avenue Shop of the Caxolinas j I J f EH til 1 &3 New Dresses Direct from the Avenue, of Picquetine, Tricotine, Duvetyne, Pan Velvet, Crepe and Velvetine. For street, semi-dress, evening and dinner wear. $35.00 and up to $150.00. m I3 m Elf til lion f3 THIRD FLOOR ere's -November And Your Heater Uninstalled However, you can take your pick here of the BEST in Heaters the Torrid HotN Blast, Mars Cast Iron, Tabasco Coal Heat ers and good Sheet Iron Heaters. Our trained "setting up" man will install it for you and, after all, you'll be fixed and fixed right for November's rawest days. Fixed, v too, for years to come. t P. S. If you're needing a Laundry Heater, this is to say we carry the Spruce. Glad to show you. SMITH WADS WORTH Hardware Company Ane quality Hardware Store" 29 E. Trade St. Phones 64-65 r
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