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THE CHARLOTTE NES, CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 1, 1921. MISS MASON YET FONDOF STAGE Popular and Diminutive Actress Longs for the' Old Footlights BY ADELAIDE CALDWELL. The little girl had on a hat of dark blue velour gracefully trimmed with blue and gray ostrich, the blue em phasizing the lovely color of her eyes, and a big fur coat which emphasized her adorable smallness. She looked like a "flapper" in her first grown:up clothes and not a bit like one of our most famous young movie stars. For Shirley Mason isn't five feet tall, has the cutest brown bobbed hair, wavy, and impresses one as not being "big as a minute." She came to attend the moving pic ture exposition, and will go from here , to Los Angeles, Calif., where she has j her home, and where her studio is. i She is a native New Yorker, and has been on the stage all her life. s- "Even when I was only two-and-a-half, I appeared," said Miss Mason, j "but my first speaking part was with i William Faversham in The Squaw Man,' and I created the role of 'Little Hal.' I adore the stage! Of course I also like the movies better, but for any one who has ever been on the stage, j there's always that little longing to j get back, and I suppose that I, too, I will some day want to go back. My main reason for preferring the movies is that I like the change of roles. You learn a part, act it, and you're through with it, and then there's always a new one equally as interesting to be taken up. Now on the stage, it's the same, old story every night for months, and maybe a year or two. 'The Poor Little Rich Girl. in which I starred was such a success that it ran for two years, and really, towards the end, I knew that play so well that I began to forget my lines!" "But in the movies, don't you miss the applause?" "Why, not at all," said Miss Mason with a giggle, "for you see, when you expect applause and then don't get it, It's so much worse than not ever get- ' Mmfl nriT o all ' "Which are my favorite roles? ; Really, I haven't any. I like each suc ceeding one a little better than the one before, maybe because I feel that with the experience of each my acting improves a little bit. But I don't think that way when I watch myself act on the screen. Oh, I think I'm terrible then!" HER FIRST PICTURE. "My first picture for the Fox Cor poration was 'Her Elephant Man,' a circus story, i joined ox two years ago. Yes, I am married," as the inter-' viewer's eyes fell on her left hand, where she , wore on her fourth finger j a beautiful square diamond set in plat inum and a small hoop of diamonds, j "and have been for four years, to Ber nard Durning, one of Mr. Fox's direc tors. And I am Viola Dana's sister, you know. All movie stars have their hobbies, I guess, and mine is dogs. ; My husband and I have two wonder-! f Ul ones, a Belgian police dog, and the i sweetest Boston bull terrier. "My latest picture, which won't be ! released for about two months, is tak-' en from the book, 'Little Aliens,' and the name has been changed to 'LoveJ Ones.' My last picture to be released ; is an English story, 'Jackie.' " j Miss Mason is just as sweet and cute and girlish as she looks. She wore a frock of navy blue tricotine, ; embroidered, short of skirt. "I know that skirts are getting longer," she said, 'but I simply won't have ."mine lengthened! Long skirts are too un comfortable, and I'd look like ,.a kid playing 'dress-up' in her mother's clothes, anyhow. But in New York, ! one sees skirts almost dragging the ground, and at the horse show, almost nil the gowns were long. But it's the "sason for anything and everything. UNCLE BEN, OLD SLAVEJMISSING Disappeared Off Streets of Charlotte Where He Was in Charge of Team. After a futile search of 24 hours by the local police and other interested parties, the strange disappearance of Uncle Ben, aged servant in the Alli son family, 15 miles out on the Beatty Ford road, is still puzzling the most clever heads. Uncle Ben has been in the Allison family for 67 years. He belonged to the grandfather of W. P. Allison, of Beatty . Ford road, .and. has been re tained in the family by W. P. Allison during his life. He has proven him self the most faithful of servants dur ing the long years of his service. It was Wednesday afternoon that Uncle Ben drove a team of two mules hitched to a wagon into Charlotte from the Allison home. He attended to some business for Mr. Allison and then got his team in readiness for the re turn trip. It was at this point that he met Mr. Allison on the street. He immediately complained to Mr. Allison that he was feeling bad. "Well, take this money and go buy yourself something to eat," advised Mr. Allison, as he gave him some change. Uncle Ben refused the money, de claring that he felt too sick to eat. He left Mr. Allison, however, with the in tention of setting out for home. As Mr. Allison was to return home with Uncle Ben, he waited on the sidewalk for the team to arrive. The minutes passed. Finally an hour had gone by Mr. Allison became worried and began to investigate. He searched many parts of the city, but could find no trace of Uncle Ben. He immediately got in touch with his family and learn ed that Uncle Ben had not gone home. Since that time both Mr. Allison and the police department have searched every nook and corner of the city. Not even :i clue as to the whereabouts of Uncle Ben and the team can be found. He did not return home Wednesday night. The Beatty Ford road has been searched for traces of him. Every place that he could possibly be has been visited and the mystery of his disappearance has- not been solved. "Uncle Ben has been in the family 67 years." explained Mr. Allison, "and it is ridiculous to think that he would attempt to steal the mules and wagon. He has driven them into Charlotte scores of times. I would willingly trust him with a wagon load of money to take home. What has become of him is a riddle beyond my comprehen sion. He has simply disappeared off the face of the earth. We have search ed every nook and corner in vain. It seems that we could at least find the mules." Search by the police department continued throughout Thursday morn ing, but the case only became more of a mystery than ever. Has Uncle Ben dropped dead in some out-of-the-way place? Has he been killed? Did the team run away with him? Is he ly ing sick in some dingy place of shelter? Such questions as these have been pouring through the minds of those who have received knowledge of his disappearance. No one has yet been able to offer a solution to the puzzle. Monkey fur continues to be the most popular trimming, and fringe teems to be going out. Black is the predominat ing color one sees it everywhere, in costumes of every sort. Beads are st? I widely used as trimmings, and I h ive even seen some evening frocks which resembled beaded bags, just beads all over." Miss Mason will remain in Chariot' until Friday, when she goes to Wilkes boro, to make a personal appearance in a moving-picture theater there. fj "Have a heart" of luscious fruit-flavored, gf candy-coated chewing gum the daintiest con- 1 y fection you can buy! RAMA CHARTER NULL AND VOID Supreme Court Rules That Community Corporation Was Illegally Obtained. - r The Supreme Court in the case of the State of North Carolina against the Rama Rural Community of this county, not only affirmed the decision of Judge Bis Ray when he lately ruled that the State had a right to bring the action, this point being determined in demur red proceedings, but the higher tribu nal went the full distance in the' case and annulled the charter without fur ther litigations in the minor-courts. Thus is brought to an end the check ered and hectic career of an effort nade on the part of certain citizens in Crab Orchard and Sharon townships to cre ate a community school, district inde pendent of and not subservient to the authority of the county board of educa tion. W. J. Craig has been president of the Rama Rural Community since its inception. The Rama Rural Community was chartered in February 1921 upon rep resentations purporting to be in con formity with a special statute enacted some years ago by which rural com munities embracing in area one or more entire school districts might receive a charter from the secretary of state for various purposes of community better ment, for building of schools, roads, parks, having water systems and var ious other benefits more or less con structed at present to urban life. OPPOSED CONSOLIDATION The movement to get a charter was instituted by a number of citizens liv ing in the &ardis and Oak Grove schools districts as a preventative method to keep the school board from including their territory in a consolidation of the Sardis, Oak Grove and Carrnel schools, the plan of the school board being to create one large seven-teacher school, centrally located, to serve these three districts. Objection being raised as to the location of the proposed school, certain citizens who were leading in th? opposition procured this rural commun ty charter and immediately went into Superior Court and secured a restrain ing order against the school board for bidding it to lay taxes upon their prop erty for the support of the proposed consolidated school. Judge McElroy was on the bench during the hearing and, although stating that in his judgment the charter of the commun ity was illegal, in that it failed to con form to the law, requiring such a com munity to embrace one school district, whereas it was alleged, this commun ity charter took in territory of thr?e different school districts, still the char ter had been granted by the State and until it was abrogated, the court would be forced to recognize it he ruled. He recommended that the school board in stitute proceedings to have the charter cancelled on the grounds of the illegali ty which he pointed out. STATE BRINGS ACTION The school board immediately asked Attorney General Manning, who must bring all such actions in the name of the State against all chartered con cerns, to move in this direction and this case came up for hearing two months ago before Judge Ray. Attorneys for the rural community immediately fi'-J-d a demurrer, contending that the State had not made out a complaint suffi cient to warrant action from the court. Judge Ray ruled that the attorney gen eral had recited sufficient complaint to justify argument and on this decision, the attorneys for the defense appealed to the Supreme court. This court, handing down its decision Wednesday not only held that the decision of Judge Ray was correct, but went further and without awaiting any other litigation in minor courts, declared the charter null and void. The defense admitted in the demurrer proceedings that the conten tion of the State as to what constitut ed the boundaries of the community was right, that the Rama Rural Com munity did not include one entire school district, but did include parts of three school districts. The State has contended in all of these hearings that if such a charter as this were allowed to stand, the school board would be stripped of its authority in creating school districts and exercising authority over them. What further action, if any, the pro moters of the rural community plan to take is not known and could not be ascertained Thursday from their at torneys who are Clarkson, Taliaferro and Clarkson. T. L. Kirkpatrick and H. L. Taylor. The attorneys for the State were Edgar W. Pharr, John M. Robin son. James A. Bell, attorney for the county board of education, also appear ed in the hearings. ROMAINE COMES IN CONCERT HERE Next in Series of Enter tainments of Oasis Shrine. Patrol December 6. Margaret Romaine,- prima donna so prano of the Metropolitan Opera compa ny, will appear in concert at the city auditorium Tuesday "Dec. 6 in the third concert of a series arranged for tha Fall and Winter by members of the Oasis Shrine patrol and band. Of the young American vingers who have Joined the Metropolitan Opera comany within recent years Margaret Romaine stands, out as one the most successful. Not so many years ago out in Utah a little seven-year old girl was playing the 'cello and singing to her- self, Dreams of being a world renown ed ceinst- iioatea tnrougn tne youtniui musician's mind. But it was by sing ing" that she has become today one of the prides of the Metropolitan company. Margaret Romaine has duplicated Ro sa Ponselle's achievement and is the second world-famous American girl to scale the heights of the Metropolitan. Miss Romaine first studied in London, then in Ptfris where she appeared in the Opera Comique. Returning to Ameri ca her concert appearance and light op era tours brought her. to the attention of Gatti-Casazzi, who realized that America had produced another sensa tional soprano and engaged her for the Metropolitan. Miss Romaine has made a brilliant name for herself outside of the opera house and strings of engagements in concerts stretch across the continent. These concert appearances have really bvought her most fame, for in them she is at her best. Her conecrt repertorie is most diver sified and extensive and she has been hailed by critics and the public alike unvarying raise. Reservations for season tickets can be made at Beatty's Drug Store Mon day and Tuesday, Mrs. Charles Norman, executive secretary of the concert, an nounced Thursday. Quick Relief for All Rheumatics I'll sieian Believes a Genuine Remedy for the Disease Has Been Found. It is an established fact that one teaspoonful of Rheuma taken once & day for a very short time has driven all the pain and agony from thousands of racked, crippled and despairing rheumatics. While powerful, gratifying and quick-acting Rheuma is harmless, and gives lasting and blessed relief almost at once. The magic name has reachel nearly every hamlet, and there are hundreds of druggists who tan tell you of the good it nas done in what seemed to be hopeless cases. Dr. M. C. Lyons, a prominent western physician, says: "I have made a most careful investigation of the formula employed in the manufacture of Rheu ma, and I heartily recommend it as a remedy for all forn-i of rheumatism. I find Rheuma far in advance of the methods generally employed in the I treatment of rheumatism, and alto gether different in composition from the remedies usually prescribed." If you have rheumatism in any form don't delay try Rheuma today. James P. Stowe & Co. will supply you and guarantee money refunded if it does not give quick and blessed relief. PICTURE STARS WILL BE GUESTS Chamber of Commerce Will Be Host to 600 at Ban quet Thursday Evening. r Pretty movie stars and prominent directors and officials . of f ilmdom will be eruests of honor at the Chamber of Commerce dinner Thursday night at o'clock in the Chamber's assembly room. Mrs. Mary Carr. portrayer of "mo ther" roles and Miss Shirley Mason, pretty Fox Film star, will occupy seats of honors at the tables when the diners gather for the banquet, which is being given by the Chamber of Commerce in compliment to visitors and officials of the Southern Motion Picture Exposi tion now in progress here. The 27 most popular young ladies of North and South Carolina, winners in the beauty contests conducted by thea ters in the two states, will also be guests at the dinner, occupying tables together. Short talks will be made by Miss Ma son and Mrs. Carr and exposition visi tors including the following: V. Moses, director of advertising and publicity for Fox Film corporation; S. Cohen, president of Motion Picture Tneater owners of America; J. J. Walker. New York state senator, counsel of the M. P. T. O. A., and Monte W. So'nn, edi- tor of The Exhibitors Trale Review. Unique movie stunts will 'oo- the ( rder , of the evening, it was announced, ana manyMnteresting features will be stag ed to the delierht and astonishment ! the diners. A motion picture will be; taken of the banquet to "e woven imo the icture which is being made here with the young ladies taking part. In addition to the speakers he other guests will include the following: Aiiss Luella Carr, daughter of Mrs. Mary Carr; Miss Freeda Minden, who is with Miss Mason: Mr. and Mrs. Kalbfieid, Master Louis and Miss Clarice Kalb fieid; L. Boynton owner and publiner of The Exhibitors' Trade Review; Free man H. Owens, director of the motion picture being made here; E. o. Smith, of "Philadelphia, district manager of the Universal Film corporation; Samuel Morris, general manager of .elznicl: Pictures; E. M. Saunders, New York City, special representative of the Me tro Film cororation; E. T. ",eter3. Dal las Texas, director of M. P. T. O. A.; H. C. Wales, secretary of the Motion Picture Exposition; H. B. Varner, Lex ington, director of the M. P. T. O. A.; and A. F. Sams, of Winston-Saiem, North Carolina state senator. Tickets to the dinner were being of fered to the general public Thursday morning and indications point to one of the most elaborate and interesting dinner meetings held by the Chamber of Commerce. Nearly 600 persons are expected to attend. HIGH SCHOOL CLASS VISITS COURT ROOM The Small and, Large Depositors get -the same courteous attention in this bank. You will Always find the officers and employes of this ha, courteous and ready to extend every assistance in your personal financial problems, no matter how small your account. . Many of our large depositors and customers began in a small way. The smallest account always has the possibility of growing into a large one. Only $1.00 as an initial deposit will start a savings account jn this bank. That first dollar will grow to ($1.04) by the end of a year. Commercial National Bank Corner Tryon and Fourth Streets. Capital, Surplus, etc., Over $1,100,000.00 OFFICERS: R. A. Dunn, President A. Summey, Cashier I). If. Anderson, Vice President I. VV. Stewart, Asst. Cashier, .. C. W. Johnston, Vice President T. S. McPheeter. Asst. Cashier. Ivey's Ivey's Our Millinery Department Offers For Friday The Second Day of the Big December Sale One Hundred Hats At $2.00 Regular $5.00 Values We Also Continue Our Sale on Smart Mid-winter Hats at $5.00 J. B. Ivey & Co, NEGRO BRAKEMAN IS KILLED ON TRACKS Lester Phillips, negro, brakeman of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, was instantly killed at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Seaboard station yard when he missed his footing' in mounting a shifting engine. He fell in such a way as to land in front of the engine, which passed over his body. Cornoner Frank Hovis made inquiry as to the facts surrounding the man's death but found it unnecessary to hold an inquest. There were several eye witnesses to the accident, all of whom testified that the negro lost his footing as he starhed to n;ount the "cow catch er" of the engino to ride up the track a little way. .The ian had beet? em ployed by the Ssabnrd for soma years and: was a resident of Charlotte. NEGRO IS PLAINTIFF VS.FOUNDRY CONCERN Civil court, over which Judge J. Kis Ray is presiding here, has been engaged since Tuesday on the suit of Lawrence Mayo, negro, against the Charlotr ? I'ipe & Foundry Company, in which tin plaintiff is seeking alleged damages cf $10,000 claiming that an injury he re ceived while in the employ of the com pany was due to the company's negli gence. Both sides to the case hae rested, with na more evidence to lie in troduced than a few character witness es. There was no session of the court Wednesday becaue of illness hvJudga Tlav's family. 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The Thursday morning session of the court was enlivened by an unusual pro- cedure, the visit of a class in civil gov- .'I Illlltlll. 11UU1 VIlttllUlLC lllfell ovhuwi, The class came to the court room un der the guidance of Miss Cora Annette Harris, its teacher, to study the pro cedure in court. Attorney D. E. Henderson, during an interval of the morning session, ex.. plained to the class -the main principles governing the operation of civil court and Judge Ray later talked to the class on the same subject. Gut the Coupon p rmte d B eiow It Will Save You 35c on the Purchase of a Bottle of Hiawatha Indian Herb Tonic, Hiawatha Indian Herb Tonic has be come the leading tonic sold in this city. It has won through merit Vonly Every body is talking about its marvelous results. Through ks action on the liver, kidneys and stomach it not only cleans and clears the body of poisons bur strengthens it and builds it up. Keep a bottle of Hiawatha Indian Herb Tonic in your medicine chest al ways. Cut the coupon and save 35c. For sale hy John S. Blake Drug Co. --I f 35c COUPON WORTH 35c This coupon, together with only 65c in cash, is good for a full-sized $1.00 bottle of HIAWATHA INDIAN" HERB TONIC. If, after using it ac cording to directions, you do not feel that it is worth ten times the price, bring back the empty bottle i and we will cheerfully refund your money. In case you are not able to get HIAWATHA INDIAN HERB TONIC from your druggist, send this coupon with 65c postage to us. We will send it to you postpaid. Hiawatha Medicine Co., Atlanta, Ga. PurcelFs Women's Garments of quality rurcells Small Furs Of Great Distinction -r' ' ' ' I Royal For Gifts Round Scarfs that may be used as chokers. Flat ones in small animal shape Veriest aristocrats of the Fox family light and dark brqwn and black fine, soft, silky peltries that will more .than delight her on Christmas morning and add an air of real distinction to her costume for win ters to come. There is so much in getting Furs where you know thy are right. Too, these being bargained for months ago, are really re markable values, particularly those priced $22M $sm $392 and $501 ecember Victor Records Are Mere Today Swingin' Vine Song of the Volga Boatmen Canzoneita (D'Ambrosio) Violin Les Pecheurs de Perles Comme autrefois (As in Former Times) Louise Depuis longtemps j habitais cette chambre Have I Occupied This Room) Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) The Last Hour , Patrie Cantahile de Rvsoor fSnno f rt vsnnfi W. V W VW M Uh Come, All le f aithtul (For a Long: Time (Adeste JFideleal carmen Aragonaise (Prelude to Act 4) Nazareth Darky Stories Irish Stories The Virgin's Lullaby An Old Sacred Lullaby You're Just the Type for a Bungalow Don't Throw Me Down My Sunny Tennessee Ain't You Coming Out, Malinda ? Sally, Won't You Come Back ? Bring Back My Blushing Rose Ross' Dog Trot Banjo Ross' Reel . Banjo F Sal-O-May Fox Trot Why, Dear? Fox Trot . Second -Hand Rose Fox Trot Have You Forgotten? Medley Fox Trot My Sunny Tennessee Fox Trot Ma! Une atep Arturo Toscaniniand La Scala Orchestra Reinald Werrenrath Walter C. Kelly Walter C KVllv Merle Alcock Olive Kline and Lambert Murphy Irvinsr Kaufman Irving Kaufman Peerless Quartet Peerless Quartet John Steel John Steel "Black Face" Eddie Ross "Black Face" Eddie Ross Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra raul Whiteman and His Orchestra Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra The Benson Orchestra of Chit, The Benson Orchestra of Chicago Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old Tucky Home Fox Trot The Benson Orchestra f IJ71 Dl E- T 1. r. , " "v ine censon urcnestra ot Chicago Henry Burr and Peerless Ouartet ' "Arthur Fields lhe Benson Orchestra of Chicago The Benson Orchestra of Chicago Paul Whiteman and H; rWk.. The Benson Orchestra of Chicago ouDerc airard Gilbert Girard Trinity Choir Wabash Blues Fox Trot Kentucky Home Who'll Be the Next One to Cry Over You On'e Kiss Fox Trot . Just Like a Rainbow Fox Trot Canadian Capers Fox Trot Bimini BayFox Trot Santa Claus Visits the Children Part I Santa Claus Visits the ChildrenPart II Christmas Hymns and CarolsNo. l Christmas Hymns and Carols No. 2 Number Size Price i 64996 10 $1.25 . 64997 10 1.25 i 66008 , 10 1.25 i 74718 12 1.75 74716 12 1.75 : 74519 12 1.75 87576 10 1.50 88643 12 1.75 87330 10 1.25 64999 10 1.25 74719 12 1.75 ) 45255 10 1.00 45257 10 l.OO 18811 10 .85 18812 10 .85 '18813 10 .85 18815 10 .85 '18816 10 .85 18818 10 .85 ) 18819 10 .85 18820 10 .85 18821 10 .85 18823 10 .85 18824 10 .85 35711 12 1.35 '35712 12 1.35 Trinity Choir Come Hear Them We Are More Than Glad to Play Them. THE ANDREWS' MUSIC STORE BMC. The Oldest Music Store in the Carolinas. ... , Charlotte, N. C 211-213 North Tryon St.
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