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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE. N. 0.. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1921 1 ' 'ill The Charlotte News ' Published By THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth and Church Sts. V. C. DOWD....Pres. and Gen. Mgr. JL'LIAN S. MILLER ..Editor W. M. BELL Advertising Mgr. JUDGE GARY AND WORLD PEACE. Even so practical a business man as Judge Gary', regarded as the apostle In America of Big Business, says that unless there is behind an agreement among the nations to disarm a further and more binding agreement among them to form some sort of an asso ciation to promote peace, the mere ac- , J t ; i. j:nnmnmAnt IXill Tint TFT FPHONES cumyusnmeni ui uisanuaun;." - Rtisiness Office liai serve the purpose wmcn.mc wuim Circulation Department 21 being led to hope it will. EdttoHRmi !'.'.'.'.! 362! We had suppose- .Republican critics Printing House '. '. 1530 ' being our authority, that no practical man would give his endorsement to the THE UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE. .The Sunday editions of The News ire supplied with full leased wire service of both The United Press and The In ternational News Service, two of the three reeogniied world-wide newsgath ering agencies. In this particularas well as in many others The News stands alone among North Carolina a Sunday newspapers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. One year $W-22 Six months Three months '. 2-? One month One week By Mail. ft One year .on Six months 4.00 Three months "-00 One month r'5 Sunday Only. One year ;.... Six months 1-30 TIMES-DEMOCRAT. (SemiAVeekly) One year ' l-SO Six months 5 "Entered as second-class matter at (he postofflce at Charlotte. N. C, under the Act of March 3. 189"." SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1951. BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. Revere The . Creator: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast cre ated all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Revelation 4:11. "Dear Mr. Iverson: "As you are personally acquainted with the editorial staff of The News. I wish you would express my personal appreciation of the Bible texts with which the editorial page is being feat ured each day. "It seems like a very simple thing, but, doubtless, it is all of the Word of God which the great majority of the readers see from day to day and as it is the Living Word, it may confidently be left to do its work in the hearts and consciences of the people. "It is also true that, for a great daily paper to do that thing, it to help migh ily in creating an atmosphere for God and His Truth in the community, which makesSeasier the work of the Christian minister and all who are trying to serve their fellows in the highest things. "Trusting that The News may be en couraged to continue this practice, I am sincerely yours, " "JAMES M. GRAY, "Dean of the Moody Bible Institute." ideal of a league of nations. It is such a fictitious sort of thing, such a dream and a will-o-the-wisp that for a business man to lend his support to it would by the veriest foolhardiness. It has been the proud boast of the Republicans that they constituted a party , of ideas too practical to fall for this kind of an hallucination, that Big Business upon which the party also claims a monopoly, would be solidly against such an absurd proposition and that the future peace of the world could be accomplished only by 'commer cial and economic practises. And yet here comes the head of the most powerful industry in the country, the great steel corporation, the man who is regarded as the spokesman of Big Business, the one man above all others, perhaps, in the whole country whose business acumen is more unchal lenged, and says that the league of na tions ideal at least is the only principle upon which permanent peace can ever be predicated. That's what the Democratic party has believed all the time- That's exactly the theory upon which former Presi dent Wilson acted and that is the gen uine conviction of a large majority of the American people who are earnestly seeking for some process by which war shall be no more. We don't happen to know whether Judge Gary has ever come out openly and boldly and re marked that he is in favor of the pro posed league of nations. Perhaps, he has not, but in his recent interview, he gives his cordial and unlimited endorse ment to the principle underlying it. which is that there must be set up some sort of an organization of au thority and of force to keep the belligerently-inclined powers in the middle of the road. Otherwise, he says, and public opinion supports him, the mere agreement among the larger nations to strip them selves of armament will be largely a snare and a delusion. It may have some immediate effect in restoring confidence among the masses, but by what author ity will such an agreement be enforc ed and who knows how long it will last unless there stands to support such a move an organization, a concert of the powers, to. see to, it that this agree ment is lived up to? That is the unanswerable question to be raised in connection with the rela tion of armament, stripping and the ul timate cause of the peace of the world. Nobody seems to be disposed to venture out into an elaboration on this point. Perhaps, the Republican leaders who are sponsors for the present conference in Washington are fearful lest such a dis cussion might attract attention to the necessity of a league of nations and this would: give Mr. Wilson undue prom inence. And "anything to beat Wilson" is still the dominant motif behind all KepuDiican strategy. is the Idea that a person's time is worth so much an hour. "That is a big mistake. "A fallacy and delusion. "Hoary-headed but false, widespread but misleading, pernicious in its plaus ibility, disastrous in its effects, it pos sesses not a particle of truth. "Our time is not worth fifty cents, seventy-five cents or a dollar an hour. "One hour of your time ory my time in itself is simply worth nothing. "Forty-eight hours of your time or my time is worth no more. "Onevhour of your service, one hour of my service that's a different pro position. "Ringing a time clock is necessary, but a time clock is merely a measur ing device. "If it measures an hour's time only, it measures time wasted. "If it measures an hour's service, that's good. "It it measures half a months service, that earns the pay check." II X I RECKLESS WALKING. i ! WHY BUSINESS IS NOT BETTER. Business is better than it was, of course, but why is it that business is lot much better, just as good as every body had hoped it might be by this lime? This is the season of the year when it generally touches top, from now onrun iil Christmas- Ordinarily, we would . ex pect a veritable boom to be on and nobody complaining, but for some rea son or another, as marked as. the ad vance has been, it has not come quite ;o decisively as was hoped for. Perhaps, one baic reason is that prices are not yet acceptable to the people. It has been demonstrated by lepeuted instances that if the tags on toods show a price that is popular, the people have found the money with which to move these commodities. There has never been an absence of money when the people saw an article they wanted and believed was worth the noney' asked for it, whatever such ar ticle may have been. They have dem anstrated with equal obviousness, how ever, that if they think the prices are not right, they are not going to be come purchasers. This leads -naturally to the conclu sion that the sooner everybody marks down goods to the lowest possible level and trims the profits just as closely as is consistent with livable business, the sooner will come the revival in trade that is so universally desired. And- in this particular territory, what perhaps is more important, is -that when the price. of cotton gets right, we will find i a flood of new money pouring through local channels ot traae. That is one thing that continues to have a depres sing influence the farmers . who have the raw material out of which we get our new wealth are unable to dispose of it at such a. price as will give, them a reasonable profit. They are holding in the hope that such a price is around the corner and so long as they" hold, back their cotton, they hold up eyerythhing else. Business can't flow unobetructedly when there is a congestion in the move ment of this trade-making and business Setting staple in the South. Something like a million people in this country were hurt last year by automo biles and from the way some people drive and some others walk the wonder Is that the. number was not ten times that. Reckless driving is not being curbed as it should- As a matter of fact, it' seems to be more common than formerly. Of course, .the mere multi plication both of people and of automo biles furnishes a natural cause for an increase from year to year in accidents, but 'the ratio of increase, despite this logical conclusion, indicates that the public needs yet to be educated' to the perils of the fast-moving automobile. Train accidents have been reduced al most to a non-entity by reason of the propaganda spread before the people in the way of teaching them to be careful and counselling them toward caution. The same can be accomplished in re spect to the automobile. There is, however, contributing to the increasing automobile accidents and their fatalities another factor about which little is being said and written. It is reckless walking. People passing across the streets appear to be totally unconcerned about their own safety, and unmindful of the dangers attend ant upon them. They walk along busily occupied either with their own thoughts or in conversations with companions and in this heedless state of mentality, they get knocked down by an automo bile. Reckless driving is the verdict, and it is a proper verdict, too,, but along with it goes the accompaniment of reck less walking. TEXTILE INDUSTRY HERE. Elsewhere in this issue of The News is a statement in regard to the expected development of the textile industry in the Piedmolnt Carolinas, with Charlotte as "The Center". The story is based upon what cotton mill owners of this community and of this general section have to say about the outlook for the development of the industry in this part of the country. And figuring prominently in their forecasts is the fact that the Southern Power Company seems to be disposed to be ready to keep up with any development fchat may be contemplated by furnish ing whatever electric current may be essential for this upbuilding. There is no longer any speculation as to where the cotton manufacturing business in the future of the United States is going to be. The New England States have enjoyed the distinction of being pre-eminent in this industry since the Civil -War, but the day of that su periority has passed. Hereafter it is go ing to be centered in the two Carolinas. And there is every reason to believe that Charlotte will continue to be the center of it. This distinction is already claimed by other communities, but when a strict analysis is adhered toA it is found that the honor belongs here and that the outlook is for it to stay here. Charlote is the logical and geo graphical center of the two Carolinas, taken conjointly and so long as the de velopment in these States, whether in dustrial or otherwise, is uniform through their territory, the mere fact of Charlotte's location will make this the hub of such art outspreading. Aside from this, however, quite apart from any purely local pride that may be felt in this situation, the larg er fact is that the South is coming into its own in this respect, that it is soon to be what it has been destined to become in a manufacturing sense, and notably in the cotton manufacturing business. , It stands to reason that the manufac ture of cotton ought to be chiefly con centrated in the particular locality of the country where the cotton is grown. It is vastly cheaper to complete the manufacturing, process right by the fields where the raw product is grown than in the far-away New England States where a stalk, of cotton would be as a stranger in a strange land. . Only the - fact that financial condi tions in the South since the Civil War have militated against this as well as all other industrial developments ac counts for the shift of the center of this industry to the New England States where, immediately after the war that section took up this important line of nnufacture and ever since has grown immeasurably rich at the ex pense of the South's producers.. The immediate prospect for the avail ibility of an abundance of cheap electric power, coupled with the climate and la bor conditions generally prevalent throughout the South, lends emphasis to the claim that in the rivalry for textile supremacy in the future, the odds lie decidedly in favor of this South ern country. Joshua Jupes has seen the evil de stined by the fierce boll weevil and he has simply ruined his farm by hasty acts in sheer alarm. Now when he nnwed hi oroDS last Spring he said that he would kill the I thing, and so he learned a thousand i ways to rout the pest in 13 days. First ; he heard that gasoline would make the weevil have gangrene, but all his cotton bolls broke loose the moment that he sprayed the juice. Next he heard that weevils scoot when Turkey Gobblers show their snoot. But when he turned aloose his flock, poor Joshua got a morbid shock to see them fly in hungry packs and plunge into his peanut stacks. Then he got his Pyrenfe out and charged the weevils with a shout. The weevils dodged him with a hop. He trampled down his cotton crop. In de spair he get- his cow, hooked her to his trusty plow, and worked in flying undershirt to cover up his cyop with dirt. But weevils are extremely clever. Next year they'll be fat as ever. And thus it is throughout the land. The weevils have the upper hand. Some have a way to bring them woe but kill their crops in doing so. A bet ter plan than gasoline or futilei puffs of some Pyrene must be discovered ere the pest will go to his eternal rest. If We intend to ruin the crop, it's no use for the bugs to stop. Before you charge in with a spray let your neighbor try that. way. Copyright, 1021, by News Publishing Co. DEPUTY IS SHOT AND KILLED BY A TRAMP Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 19 Deputy Sher iff Evans, of Clinch county, was shot and killed today by an unidentified tramp, who had been arrested at Fargo and placed in the town jail. Other tramps had broken open the door to release the prisoner and, when Deputy Evans went to the scene, the prisoner shot him twice, causing death. All the members of the gang escaped and a posse is in pursuit. HARGETT FIRM INCORPORATED. The Secretary of State has granted a charter of incorporation to D. A. Hargett & Company, Inc., whose of fice will be at 213 Latta Arcade and -who will engage in a general broker age business. A copy of the charter was filed in the clerk of the court's office Saturday. The authorized capi talization is $25,000. The incorporators are D. A. Hargett, Vera Hargett and H. S. Cushman. Mr. Hargett has been engaged in the brokerage business in Charlotte for some time. l ll ttV 9 The new monthly publication issued 1 by the Chamber of Commerce, marking the resumption of the appearance of I this bulletin, is a creditable piece of work and it ought to be maintained consistently in the future. It serves as a medium between the detailed operation of the executives of the organization and the subscribing members which no pther agency can accomplish quite so TIME OR SERVICE, WHICH? Postmaster General Will Hays is not only a very adroit politician, the inner engineer of the mechanism of the Re publican organization and, as such, en joying the reputation of. being very shrewd and successful, but seems like wise to become something of a states man and an analyst. And he has been trying lately to put a little humanism into the crude, prosaic, metallic bus iness of running the postoffice depart ment of the nation. One of the results of his efforts has been to get an inter pretation of what service means and he hasxCulled from a carrier in Alliance, Ohio, what he especially contends is such a happy analysis of service he thinks it could become a national in dustrial creed- It Is, in fact, well thought out artd cryptically presented, deserving of the commendation not only of Mr. Hays, but of every other right-thinking man. Here it Is, "this carrier's interpre tation of "Time or Service, Which?": "One of the greatest hindrances to the Iffmonlh ovotutina xf th Industrial wheel BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT. More interest in the Boy Scout move ment is rife today in the city of Char lotte than there has been at any time since the first troop of Scouts was es tablished here. This is the result of the preliminary developments in the plans for a campaign through which it is proposed to put the movement here upon a sound financial foundation such a foundation as will enable the executive and leaders of the movement to extend it into every community in the city and its environs. If the cam paign is successful, and it will be, in stead of having 600 active Scouts, Charlotte will boast an organization comprising 1,500 to 2,000. , To appreciate what a force this move ment canbe in the development of the character of the future citizen, in estab lishring the quantity of the citizens or the citizenship of the Charlotte of a decade and of two decades from today, one must know something of the ideals and precepts that obtain in the Scout organization. Every, boy, when he becomes a Scout, must take the Scout oath, and this oath is repeated by all Scouts at the open ing of every jneeting. In this oath the boy promises: "On my honor I will do my best: "To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law 2. "To help other people at all times, 3. "To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight." The scout is required to familiarize himself with the Scout law, and to practise it in his daily condwet this law being . constituted by an" even; dozen tenets. They embody trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfulness, friendliness, cour tesy, kindliness, obedience, cheerful ness, thrift, bravery, cleanliness and rev erence, the great virtues in manhood that stand out most conspicuously and which, if rigidly observed,, make for an enduring - character ' "C Quality and Style In Men's HATS Those are the paramount fea tures of our Hats. When a man comes here for a Hat he knows he will get Quality. We guarantee it. He wants style and we give him that too as we are always getting the latest there is to be had on the market. What more could you ask for and get your headdress at such prices as we are asking. OSTEOPATHY Is the science of healing by , adjustment. DR. H. F. RAY 313 Realty Bids. DR. FRANK LANE MILLER 610 Realty Bids DR. ARTHUR M. DYE 224 Piedmont Bldg. Osteopaths, Charlotte, N. C. INFORMATION BY REQUEST 3 More Days Only of This Linen Sale White Goods and Cotton Piece Goods In the Linen Sale MOR EDAY Of Our Thanksgivi ng Lin en Sale MONDAY-TUESDAY -WEDNESDAY Notice Also the Special Values In Wash Goods, Towels, Sheets, Quilts, Etc In Our Leading Domestic and Cotton Piece Goods Department FOB, THE THREE DAYS Long Cloth, Bleaching, Middy Suitings, Extra Values 10-yard bolt good English Long Cloth ... .. ...$1.39 Yard wide 20c r Pajama Checks, yard. . . . . . .15c Duvetta Cloth for middies, nurses suits, etc. The best one made 29c yard Sea Islands, Wide Sheetings For 3 days 2 yards wide Bed . Sheeting unbleached.. 25c yard 36-inch Sea Island, limited quan tity. . .... . . . . . . . ,10c yard 25c value 36-inch light Flannelette or Outing. ... 15c yard For 3 days, 1 case good 36-inch Bleachings, 20c value 15c yard Table Napkins, the kind that will ' not rub off the Nikpan Nap kin $1.19, $1.39, $1.79, $2.39, doz 72-inch Table Damask 59 and 69c Ask to see our special 'in Union Linen Huck Towels at.. ..50c They are hemstitched, one-half linen and for this sale. .. ...50c Extra Size Bed Sheets So hard to get. 72x90.. ; .. ..$1.50 72x99.. ...$1.98 81x108.. .. .. . $1.98 90x108.. ....$2.39 We want you to see our special 25c Towels. - Extra sizes 20x40, in colored bor der Bath Towels and 20x40 pret ty quality Huck Towels 25c New Line of Dimity Quilts 81x90 NjDimity.. .. .. .. ...$1.95 72x90 Dimity. . .... . . $1.75 Me are, showing already for Holi day trade a pretty line of col ored border Towels, 48c, 69c, 79c All Linen Napkins, size 17x17. Sale price. ,r .$2.19 dozen $7.50 value good quality Linen Napkins, size 22x22. Sale price $5.95 dozen One lot extra good quality Linen Napkins, size 22x22. - Sale price.. .. .. .. ..$8.69 dozen $5.00 plain hemstitched Tea Nap kins made of pure round thread Linen, size 13x13. Sale price $3.95 $3.00 value Lunch Cloth to match the above napkins, size 36x36. Sale price $2.69 each .50 value Union Linen Table Damask, 72 in. wide. Sale price 98c yd. $2.25 value , all Linen Table Dam ask, 72 in. wide Sale price $1.89 yard $3.00 value very heavy quality all Linen Damask, 72 in. wide. Sale price.. .. .. .. . $2.69 Good heavy mercerized Table Napkins, size 18x18. Sale price : : $1.39 dozen 20x35 Model Village Towels. Sale price ..$1.29 each 3 More Days of the Linen Sale Send Us Your Mail Orders. We Send in Time for Thanksgiving li!
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