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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C. SATURDAY APTERNOUN, DECEMBER 10, The Charlotte News Published Br THE EVS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth and Church Sts. W. C. DOVD....Pres. and Gen- Mgr. .1ULIAN S. MILLER Editor W. M. BELL Advertising Mgr. EDUCATIONAL DEFICIT. The educational committees of the General Assembly have given their al most unanimous approval to the work which has been done by the educational department of the State which is com ing before the Legislature to ask that ESCAPE OF CONVICT. It seems a little curious to us that a man who had been sentenced to the chaiitgang for four years should have been given such liberties about the camp premises that he simply choso his own time and walked off. The man the body undertake to wipe out a deficit ' Furr who has been convicted twice of of about $700,000 which has been created j selling whiskey in the county and who there. , jbore the reputation among officers of Superintendent Brooks was called i being somewhat notorious tn tnis re- TELEPHONES: niteltiAfiB Afflna 115 r.lrmlatinn nonartment 293.uron by the committees to explain the(SDect was sentenced to the gang by City Editor ' ! deficit which he did, easily; with msi judge Ray for four years because oi 1330 i explanation the committee were con-' the flagrant character of his offense and & iui . Lent, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paprr and also the local news published herein. - All rights of republication of special dispatches herein also are reserved. Of course, there are some members of the Legislature who will not be dis posed to accept the explanation, but the assembly will make arrangements to care for the deficit on the strength of what the superintendent said the rea son was for its creation. There is really nothing inexplicable about the situation, no sinister, hidden, intriguish designs of the educational de- SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Bv Carrier. One rear $10.00 partment, no casting of the money pro Six months -j-0 t vided for this purpose ruthlessly and Onmth11!." ..'.' .85! recklessly to the winds. It has simply One week ..". '.".'.".". ".'.".".'. ."..."... J50 j been a case of the State requiring more By Mail. I than has been provided for the sort of Six6 months '.!!'.! 400 ' education the State was getting. If Three months"...'.!.."...."!!! 2.00 North Carolina were content to run One month ?5 along today as it did ten years ago. Sunday only. One year 2.60 Six months "t.30 TIMES-DEMOCRAT. (Semi-Weekly) One year Six months 1.50 .75 "Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Charlotte. N. C, under the Act of March 3, 1897." content to have the same sort of teach ers the same sort of institutions, the same sort of policies, without any change or improvement of any sort, then some question might arise as to the reason for the finding of this deficit. Eut anybody who has kept tab on the educational progress of North Carolina knows that the State is not where it was ten years ago, or even five, that its great army of teachers has been better prepared for its work, has qual ified itself more uniformly for draw ing higher salaries, is giving a better grade of teaching and altogether func tioning in more efficient and thorough- RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS RE-'roinrr fashion. Therefore, the State has JOICING: When the righteous are in; been called upon to foot the bill accord authority, the people rejoice: but when ingly, to pay for what it is getting, to SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1921. the wicked bearetli rule, the people mourn. Proverbs 29:2. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. The Community Service is rapidly ex tending its work throughout the coun try. It is planting itself at the rate of about 20 organizations the month, which indicates that there must be something in the institution which is appealing to the school and civic leaders of the cities of the country. The Community Service is trying to do in times of peace what the "War Camp Community service did in time of war. In other words, it is employing the machinery utilized among the soldiers, to create in them a better spirit and morale, among civilians to make them more contented citizens, better workmen and mote forceful in the moral and reli gious efforts of their respective com munities. Charlotte is particularly interested in this organization, although there is not an establishment of this kind here. The city has contributed former Mayor Frank McXinch to the corps of National promoters of Community Service and Robert Lassiter, one of the outstanding industrial leaders of the city, is a mem ber of the National board of directors. Some of these days we hope to see the Community Service launched in Charlotte. It aims to do a work that is not being done by any other organ ization. Although some of these other associations and clubs are touching upon community-development in a some what broad sense, Community Service itself applies its efforts to nothing else. It concentrates on what these others are scattering their shots at and, there fore, becomes not merely useful, but somewhat indispensable in the 'particular field it is devoting itself to. There is no reason that it should not be planted in thi3 city. meet an increased efficiency with an increased pay envelope. That's all there ic to this deficit. "For the first time iri its history," The Raleigh Times aptly comments, "North Carolina has made it pay a teacher to go to summer school, to work at the job as other workmen work, with a view to staying put. The amount of the deficit represents the extent to which the teacher and county school authorities more than justified the confi dencee of their friends in them. "There has been waste in education aforetime. The waste heretofore, how ever, has all been in the children and those who taught them. How ' many children have we wasted by allowing them to grow up in illiteracy? How many teachers have been starved to death spiritually, if not physically, by the wages paid up until the war gave moneyed jobs to the girls and depleted the general reputation which the defend ant bore as a dispenser of whiskey. He had merely begun to serve his sentence, and before spending so much as two weeks of his term, he manages to evade the guards and effect his escape. The immediate circumstances of the escape do not at this moment concern us; what is a matter of public concern, however, is that a man like this should be allowed to remain on the gang -nun- out any semblance of shackles, if the reports of his status are accepted as correct. Why should it be that balls and chains are put around the feet and bodies of some men and not put around the bodies of others? Why is it that one man who may be serving a sentence of only a few months for some insignifi cant offiense will be shackled 'and anoth er man begining a term of four years is allowed to roam unfettered. This is a matter that deserves attention, and an immediate investigation on the part of the officials of the court. Mr. Kohloss, after making a tour of the State, comes back to report that whiskey is more plentiful in the Eastern part of the State than in the Western, indicating that they must be canoeing in it down that way. BITTER FIGHT OVER COURT DAY Lexington City Folks Want it Done Away With But Farmers Object. Lexington Ky., Dec. 10. Kentucky has had its feuds In the mountains and its duels in the Bluegrass and the purchase but not for a century has a more bitter bloodless feud been fought than that now being staged in the courts here between the farmers of Fayette county and the city dwellers of Lexington. For the city dwellers have decreed, that "Court Day" on Cheapside, a block in the center of the city, a;i irstitution of a century's duratiij. must go. And the farmers say mat "Court Day" must stay. The courts have decided in favor of J the city' dwellers once, but a mistake. was made in not including the county in the suit to abolish the custom of formers brinsring their horses and Around town there are parasites against whom we need sharp respites. One of them is J. Poteat, the carpen ter of Goolash street. Poteat is head of one concern that has a world of time to burn. Whenever odd jobs can be found, he sends his carpenters around, who diddle surplus . time away at six or seven bucks a day. In. putting in a small partition you i should see their drone condition. Down m upon the floor they sit and seldom move except to spitr Each time that they saw a plank they sit back down to rest a shank and every time they drive a nail they all go out for ginger ale. One can hear them wag their jaws about the dullness of their saws and watch them looking for their tools and tap ping rotten planks with rules. Now and then they find a ruse to stop the job and tie their shoes, or gaze out through the window pane and cry, "Forsooth, it looks like rain!" About this time old J. Poteat will stick a head in from the street and whisper. "Com-, tS rades, not so fast! Slow down some and F make it last." Thev'll take a day to i fa drive a stoh. Thpv alwavs loaf Oil ev-i 8 aw inh anrf finally otinrt Ufl in SI. hill 1 that would make J. Pierpont ill. We find W trom every ctun they sena tnac mey grow rich from time they spend. If you must even mend a seat sign a contract with Poteat. or he will work upon your chair until your pocketbook j is bare. - "When you pay him' by the day he simnlv throws his time away. It ! M is worth your while to learn the facts j nlvmt Pntpai's wmwn. I 1 I Copyright, 1921, ly Kews Publishing Ce. HIGHWAY BOARD CAN MAKE LOAN Under Terms of Amend ment Senator DeLaney Adds to Original Act. Ability cf th Mecklenburg Highway mules and livestock of ail Kinas vo Cheapside for sale and of the people of the ranks of the teaching profession in i the countryside gatherm in the shad- John Cabell If Georgia sent Tom Watson to the Senate to give him an opportunity to make a gump of himself, it may be sat isfied that the attainment has been reached. WHAT A PAVED ROAD DOES. One can not travel over a hard-surfaced boulevard such as extends south ward from Charlotte toward Monroe without being impressed with the fact that such an improvement brings on any number of other developments in the countryside. People through whose property a road like this runs begin at once to perk up and make their premises look neater, improve their surroundings, tear down old fences and beautify their yards and farms as well. In some instances, land owners who have been content to live far off of the public road, in a dilapi dated home, with shacks for outhouses and barns, move out nearer the paved road, build fine residences and make the appearance of their plantations gen erally neat and trim. That sort of a de velopment is already under way along the road leading from Charlotte to Monroe and it is a direct result of the building of that highway. So it comes about that a good road has a number of other indirect benefits to a country in addition to the increased conveniences of and comforts of travel which it affords. public school teacher has become one of honor and some slight gain, and all because the State had to make it so we can't refrain from grumbling be cause, forsooth, it costs money and some of the teachrs aren's delivering the goods. "They delivered so long without being ! paid for delivery that it isn't surprising that there shouldn't be a sufficient num ber to fill real jobs when these are created. "The teachers and the children old enough to understand in North Carolina thank God every day of their lives that there is some centralization in educa tion. It isn't autocratic; the trouble that has so far arisen between counties and the State Department under Dr. Brooks' administration is the result of his determination to carry out his part of the law and to sec ti it that the counties carry their share of the public school tote. "There are a sufficient number of members of the Legislature who under stand the situation. Many of them have sufficient business judgment to realize that it will be mere nearly possible to secure capable teachers by paying for them with cash than with empty ex pressions of love and esteem. " 'The schools are costing a lot of money.' Indeed, they are. They are cost ing nearly enough to enable them to meet their obligations a thing which they have never before been allowed to do." . .. ..inw of the statue of this state; row wnen tne position w . . .,fffl fnrmpr veie-nresident of tlm United States, to discuss the politcial issues of the day. For, it develops, Cheapside has for a hundred and sixteen years been the property of the county. Back in 1790 Cheapside was the center of the city of Lexington, then the metropolis of the West. At that time the city trustees ordered the first market house erected on thr square. The pillory and the stockc, the public well and the courthouse (as at present) stood on Cheapside. There on Wednesdays and Saturdays the country people brought in their produce and the city dweller ard the country dweller met and traded and swapped tales and talked politics. In later years James Lane Allison, a Kentucky writer made Cheapside fa mous with his description of the monthly "Court Day' the last of the ancient institutions of central Ken tucky. In 1805, it develops, the city of Lexington deeded Cheapside to the county of Fayette. Since that time the county has been responsible for it. In late years the Vrick pavement of Cheapside has become pitted and rough. On court days it is crowded with farmers and livestock and wagons loaded with produce this once a month. On other days automobiles filled the places, parked at all angles. For many months there have been complaints of the unsightliness of Cheapside and the apparent lack of authority by the city police. So action was started in Circuit Court to force the city to "abate the nuisance." The Circuit Court ordered the "nui sances" abated. Bt the court did not count on the county. Now the action has been revived through filing of a petition by thfe county declaring it alone has jurisdiction over this plot of ground, containing perhaps a quar ter of an acre, in the heart of the city. What the result will be cannot be told until the Circuit Court again acts and the Court of Appeals has its final say. But one thing is certain, the country folk are going to fight to the last ditch to retain their plot of ground in the city where tney can gather and sell their stock and talk politics. One custom of Cheapside that has long passed but of which James Lane Alien tells in his stot-y was the settling of physical encounters and drinking. Of the latter. Mr. Allen savs: "Another notable recreation of the ! day was the drinking. Indeed the two i pleasures went marvelously well to gether . . . The. merchants kept barrels of whiskey in their cellars for their customers. Bottles of it sat openly on the counter." President Harding pulls the old chest nut that "prosperity is just around the corner" and we are minded to remark that unless his Administration gets down to brass tacks, prosperity is going to stay just where is is now. The tinkling of bells on the streets reminds us already that the representa tives of the Salvation Army are in the field for their regular holiday appeal for gifts for the poor and destitute of the city. This organization reaches a class of people during the Christmas ' have been impressive for its warmth period, and in all of its other endeav-jand depth and earnestness. His re ours, hardly touched by any other marks, of course, were somewhat per agency and the money sent into these ! functory and formal. He spoke to his flelds of need through this channel may . audience through an interpreter which THE FOCH RECEPTION. Monroe's entertainment of Marshal Foch, in behalf of the whole State of North Carolina, was all that could have been desired. Starting with a banquet tendered the distinguished visitors from the State, includinc; Governor Morrison, the series of events from six o'clock until nine went by in kalediscopic fash ion. The occasion drew to Monroe its greatest crowd, withal a crowd that was good-humored and splendidly handled. No disorders of any sort marred the pleasure of the event and the evening was totally without any suggestion of untowardness that might have been ex pected for an occasion of the sort and in a crowd of such proportions. Marshal Foch was given a genuine Carolina greeting and one that must Commission to negotiate loans on au- i thorized bonds and anticipated tax le- i vies will be made possible by the enact-; ment of an amendment to the county ! highway law, which James L. DcLan?y, ; State senator frm this county, r.as : presented to the extra session of the j General Assembly. If the amendment becomes operative. ihe highway commission, according to Ihe explanation of Thomas Griffith, chairman, will be able to borrow money on the fa-e of t'nes. that have iv.en voted by the people of the county. Mr. Griffith made it plain that it is not the purpose of the amendment to give tha commission power to issue bonds, but simply to give the highway body the av. thority to borrow money m the value of road bonds, authorized by the vote of the people. The chairman brought out that if the i commission had been able to borrow money when the firsi sale, $600,000 of j the $2,000,000 bond issue, took place, the county wou;d have been saved be tween $12.,000 and $15,000, if the money could have been secured by means oth er than by the sale of the bonds. Mr. Griffith explained that he would not have sold the bonds at that particular time but would have waited until a more auspicious time and in so doing would have found the bond market im proved and money would have been kept in the coffers of the commission. I This saving device will be added to ' the legal equipment of the highway j commission through the passage of the j pending bin. Again, the amendment provides that the commission may borow money on anticipated tax levies. If the money at the disposal of Ihe commission runs out in, say May, instead of waiting for the tax returns toward the end of the year, the commission may borrow funds to carry on construction work and set tle up when the tax money is available. This was Mr. Griffith's added explana tion of the amendment. Anoiher change in the present law, embodied in the amendment, is the au thorization 4o construct roads within the limits of any town, when the high way commissioners deem it wise. Un der the law now controlling thehigh way commission, tho .commission does not have the power to construct roads within the limits of any town. In some instar.ces the small towns in the county do not construct roads and pave them or improve them all to the way to the town limits. In some i cases that leaves a stretch of unpaved ' or unimproved road on a well-built highway. The amendment will allow the com missioners to go within the town itself and complete a road if necessary and if in the judgment of the commissioners' such procedure is advisable. Mr. Grif fith explained that this policy will be followed, if the amendment is accepted, only on main highways throughout the county. In the opinion of the highway chair man these chanjees will add greatly to the efficiency of the highway eommiss sion and will be a strengthening factor jn the carrying out of the commission's road building program in Mecklenburg j county. be regarded as well invested. The employment bureau here and in other cities of the State seems to be doing an effectual work, not only in placing men in positions who are need ing work, but also in finding men for firms that want some particular class of skilled labor. It is a sort of clearing house between the man and the job and is functioning with an efficiency that makes it a valuable innovation. naturally, lost the edge by such a pro ces sof translation, but it was not to hear so much as to see him that the crowd was bent and the arrangements of the program made it possible for everybody to get a satisfactory glimpse of him. "Tokio is threatened by a severe earth quake", .reads a despatch, the beginning of which will probably be in the confer en.ee at Washington. FOUR NEW CONCERNS TO OPEN IN HAMLET Hamlet, Dec. 10. Concrete evidence of the return of business confidence is most noticeable in Hamlet. The estab lishment of four manufacturing con cerns in the city within the past 45 days seems to be a good indication that the business men here are op timistic concerning the near futuref Ihe Hamlet Medicine Company was organized with a $10,000 capital s-took to manufacture patent medicine; the ': Hamlet Steam Bakery is installing equipment to turn out high-grade prod- ucts and will ship bread and cake i throughout a large territory; the Ham-! let Candy Manufacturing Company wyi make fancy confections; the Carolina Grocery Company will Job groceries, produce, tobaccos, etc. Hamlet took on a normal appearance Thursday after the return of those who attended the Shrine ceremonial in Charlotte Tuesday and Wednesday. There are a large number of Shriners in Hamlet and big portion of them attended the Fall ceremonial and -report it up to expectations in everv Appetite To sharpen it and make food taste good, take Hood's Sarsaparilla The one great family Medicine V OSTEOPATHY Is the science of healing by adjustment. DR. H. F. RAY 313 Realty Bldg. DR. FRANK LANE MILLER 610 Realty BIdg. DR. ARTHUR M. DYE 234 Piedmont BIdg. Osteopaths, Charlotte, N. C. INFORMATION BY REQUEST Brasweli & Criditcn All Kinds INSURANCE Nothing Else. Phone 1697 803 Commercial Bank Dkig. , Charlotte, N. C. IBELK BROTHERS! Give Him Somethm He Like r There Are All Kinds Of Attractive Gift Offerings In Our Men's Store Which Will Be Acceptable Shirts In colors (that is, stripes) or plain white. Just lots of them, in a va riety of patterns which insure a choice selection. Don't overlook a bet like this, when it is so easy to satisfy a man with a good shirt. Priced 89c to $2.95 House Slippers If you will recall any picture of a man or a group of men in postures denoting comfort, you will also remember that they had slippers on their feet. Slip pers make attractive gifts. We have them priced from 98c to $3.75 Hats New Felt Hats in new shapes and col ors. A hat is always ap acceptable gift, especially between men. ,Give a man a good hat and you are bound to "tickle" hm. We have them priced from $1.95 to $7.00 Scarfs Desirable for many different occasions as well as for every day wear. And men like them because they add to ap pearances in addition to keeping a man warmer. We have them priced from $1.50 to $3.50. Boys9 Sweaters Big heavy Wool Sweaters. Excellent Cot ton Sweaters. The kind of Sweaters boys like. In blue, brown and grey. At prices most moderate from 98c to $3.95 Neckwear New patterns and styles in Men's Neck wear are coming in daily: Gve a man a Tie, when he has everything else, for he never has too many ties ... .... 50c to $2.00 Beginning this Saturday, December 10, our Stores will remain open every Saturday evening. We do this to accom modate our trade who cannot do their shopping during the day. r -V