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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, C.. SUNDAY, DECEMBER ll, 1921. The Charlotte News Published By THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth and Church St. V. C. DOWn. . Pips- and Gen- ?5r -ItLTAN S. MILLER Editor W. M. BELL Advertising Mgr. TELEPHONES: Rusines Office 1: Circulation Department Citv Editor il rtOJ " 1330 Editorial ITooms Printing House WESTERNIZING THE ORIENT. The great students of world-history are assuring us that the crisis-moment has come in the Westernization of the Orient. Japan does not like this philoso phy and resents the thought that the West is taking its civilization to that part of the world. Japan says, the rath er THE 17N1TED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE. Th Sundar editions of The News re supplied with full leased wire rvice of bolh The United Press and The In ternational News Service, two, of the three recognized world-wide newcth ring agencies. In this particularas well as in many othersThe News stands alone among North Carolina Sunday newspapers. THE NEED OF A NEW BIBLE. H. G. -Wells, the brilliant English writer, says a great many smart things, some things that are quite grotesque, others that are . merely laughable. He wrote a series of articles a few weeks ago in The Saturday Evening Post ; in which he sought to set forth the conten tion and that the world is in need of that while the Occidental civilization a new tuoie. max xiTO is moving Eastward, that the Oriental Scriptures have lost power to affect the civilization is also moving Westward, j lives of human beings for the reason indicating, if not by actual statement, that its teachings belong" to another certanly by inference, that the two will' era and are not in keeping with-the de SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. year One Six months Three months One month . One week . . . $10.00 5.M 2.50 .S3 .2 meet somewhere out in the Pacific ocean, collide with one another and no- body be much hurt as a result of the catastrophe. Of course, the West will never be swayed under the civilization of the East. That would be the absurdity of the teacher becoming the taught, the pupil becoming the instructor. Whatever Japan has to say about the critical moments through which the world is passing, ' as these two great segments of it sweep toward each- other, the fact remains that the East is recep tive to whatever the West has in the By Mail. ne year Six months Three months One month Sunday Only. One year Six months velrmmpnts of the m-esent time, we thought the Bible fitted in handsome ly with conditions which prevailed cen turies ago, when civilization was young and when man was somewhats primi tive. We have been growing so rapidly, however, civilization has become so com plex and the demands of the race have become so much more acute that the Bible has gone out of style and some body needs to present humanity with a new one. In trying to be lair with the Bible. Wells admits that both the Jewish and the Christian civilizations have ; ... , . -. s ..- ...... . -lu- -IM 11 fl!!!SSIS!IIiZiSSS ft .., : - ' " " . ,, nmil I I, .75 2.60 t.30 TIMES-DEMOCRAT. (Semi-Weekly) One year Six months . . . , 1.50 .75 "Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Charlotte. X. C, under the Act of March 3, 1897." av- ortvanr-Ari ri viiiit inn A m n largely sprung from it and were main- is coming to this country, to England, tojtained by its teachings. Tt is also credit France, to other countries to learn what(ed by the writer as being "the hand these other countries have known for a I book of life to millions." Wells proposes to assist in the enter prise of writing another Bible and, therefore, we are somewhat spared the chagrin and hopelessness we would nat urally feel if persuaded that we were Hqq ' long time about industry, to see what 2.00 sort of improved cotton mill machinery. to be specific, is now being used, to see how the problem of power is being handled, to set first-hand information on the crude facts of- our material and i not to have any sort of a Bible to take physical prosperity. Japan is bringing j the place of that which, lie says, has nothing from her industrial development become antiquated. It would contain the to hPsr nnon the Western continents be-'history of the whole world: instead mere- cause there is nothing in Japans indus-jly that of the Jewish people. Its scien- j trv that the Western continents do not i tine teachings would be brought more Lela Suggs in swell attire was going but the door when Old Man Suggs, her rankled sire, sprang up and stamped the floor. "My Gawd!" he screamed. "Yer must stay here! Forsooth, muh chile, yer can't appear with nothing hidden but yer' ear. Yer' U have ter put on more. Yer seem to nave a shaky screw. Yer simply can't be sane ter wear a dress th' sun shines through while walking in th' lane. There's really little I can't see from shoulder blades down ter yer knee. Yer ear is all that i3 not free. Yer give me quite a pain. Why is it that yer do not care a rap jest what appears as long as everything is bare except yer meas ly ears? Yer cover up yer blooming lobes, but any dern galoot who probes can see yer knees right through yer robes. They shine like chandeliers. Ye're .lest like all th girls in town I see from morn till night, who stroll around in some short gown but hide their cars from sight. They do noz think it vile or rank to show th' folks a shapely shank but they had ratlv.r walk '..h' plank than bring their ars to light." That hit the nail upon the head. Oi l Aran Suggs is wise. The strongest c f us would fall dead if ears shovel strike our eyes. Never do the La.ly Bugs disclose their pink acoustic lug.s. They'll be like modern Lela Suggs un til the fashion dies. Capyi-lsht, 102J, bjr ws PuMish'mg- Co. already have. Japan is borrowing from us and not bartering with us, no matter what its contentions otherwise. So it is with China, except to a much more emphatic degree. China makes no into accord with modern revelations of research. We would have no Genesis, but a treaties on geology, archeology and anthropology. The latest discoveries in medicine and in sociology would be SUNDAY. DECEMBER 11. 193L THE EVERYDAY CONTRAST. One could not pass in and out, ihrough that great crowd of Christmas myers on the streets Saturday, without having a thought for the many in the ihrong who were looking in upon the beauties of the Christmas counters with i. longing that will not be satisfied and j with an admiration that must be con tent with the visual pleasures of the sight. It will be denied them to enjoy the plentitudes of the Christmas posses sions. One could see little boys and girls tugging closely to the side of father and mother, poorly clad and indicating, by their unkemptness, just the sort of homes from which they come and just the sort of conditions, every day, in which they live. The Christmas luxuries seem to have an extra voltage of attrac tion for them as they peeped through the plated windows of the store c:.d peered upon the varieties of toys and trinkets that have been put there for Santa Claus to take to the children of somebody. And their fathers and mothers had the faraway look of hopelessness in their yes. the tragic chagrin of understand ing that these things, were not for their little fellows because fortune tias not dealt kindly enough with them and the times have stricken them viciously. They were bringing the boys and girls their homes up street to give them at k-ast the opportunity and the pleasure of seeing how heavily laden Santa Claus will be in a few nights, even though the patron saint may not find the number on the doors of their homes. And as these unfortunate, here and there, these pale and pulmonary people passed through the streets, they were touched by the fineries from the shoul ders of the rich, luxuriant furs whose -ost ran into the hundreds of dollars and the shimmering gleam of expensive silks. That's the way human beings have been scattered across the earth, of r-ourse, and that's the antithetical con dition of the race that will remain until I he end of the days, perchance, some un speakably rich arid some unspeakably poor, and at any other time of the year, one might not be so poignantly impress ed with the ' varigations in the status .of the family, but at Christmas, to be poor tastes of the pit. boast of having any sort of civilization inserted in place oi Leviticus ana im 1 . - 1 1 1 . - 1 1 -V.. ,in-i that it would like to exchange with us. great nistoncai uooks wuum That sleepy old giant of the centuries BOOSTING THE SOUTH. The Manufacturers Record takes time, between its continued harpings against the policy of deflation inaugurated dur ing the past year or more, to find out that the South is coming right along in its pace back to that period of adjust ment and prosperity and development .-which is the coveted goal of all the country. The Record is a great believer in the South, although its political teach ing of late have been notably out of ac cord with the dominant convictions in ,th South. It is doing a valuable work, never theless, in keeping the .fact of the South's genius and rising supremacy before the attention of the country and in this respect, it merits the high place it has come to have in the esteem of business and industrial leaders of. this part of the country. Like a great many other mortals, the editor of The Record lets his political passion get . the better of him sometimes. i THEATRE TASTES. The Association of University Women of this city is, to bring a great Shape spearean actor here during the week, AValter Hampden, who is regarded as one of the greatest living interpreters of the ancient bard and dramatist. It the lovers of the stage in this commun ity have admiration for histrionic talent that measures up to the highest in such attainments, they will turn out in greater numbers on this occasion than they usually do when such an actor, depict ing Shakespeare, has appeared here in ,the past. The usual stage-devotee of this community has a decided fondness for things over the footlights which will not give pleasure but for the mo .merit and in times past has indicated but little favor toward the great, seri' rus dramas of the old masters. It is to fce writtaa in condemnation of them. simply says to America that it is barren so far as modern developments are con cerned. It stands at the door of the West and begs to be allowed to come in and get new ideas that China may become Westernized and, therefore, civilized. This development in the history of the nations indicates not merely an oppor- tunitv for such a country as the United States or such a country as England. but a powerful obligation. The Ear East is plastic to the touch of the Western civilization. Its people are looking here for guidance and for leadership. What is the character of the leadership that is being offered? We are reading,- for instance, the other dav that Bertram Russell, of the University of Cambridge, undoubtedly one of the greatest intellects in Eng land, has been touring China, proclaim ing the doctrine of free love, miminiz .. . . , i , ing l lie virtues ot me nome ami me married life, shattering the finer tradi tions of the Anglo-Saxon people and denying the very basis upon which we have erected everything that we cherish an di-egard as vital to our best being. In addition to this sort of tomfoolery which he has been putting into the heads of eager Chinese students who are looking to him and to other great intellects of the West for instruction in the better thought of the age, Russell has been tell ing them that if he was at all religious, he would accept the Buddsit faith, but that none of them are worthy of ac ceptance, that Christianity is an "organ ization of persecuting instincts", un worthy to be followed and that none of the great religions of the world ought to engage the thought of the Chinese in such an enlightened age as this. What must be impressed upon the plastic minds of these young Chinese students of today who will be the Chinese leaders of the morrow such agnoticism as this is producing? Japan sent a delegation of learned men to the United States not so very long ago to investigate for the govern ment what is the status of Christianity and what it is amounting to as a re ligion in this country. The commission went back to report that it was unable to discover any evidences of it in Amer ica. What its members saw was so ini mical to what they had been told were the. cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith that they simply dismissed it as be ing a non-entity in this country. These things point to the seriousness of the obligations facing the "Western continents to have a care what they are holding up before the mental gaze of the Eastern lands that are now s6 pliable to the touch of the Occident and that have become as clay in the hands of the potter to be moulded for destiny. planted by the facts of the world's history during "its 100.000" years and up to the present moment. The books of the Hebrew prophets would be put. aside while the new authors would in sert the grat state papers ot" Clemen ceau, Wilson and Lloyd-George. 'Hej would call a great conference of all the learned men of the age in order to glean from them their best works and their best thoughts foor the new Bible. The theory of Mr. Wells as to the antiqualedness of the Bible and the de mands for a new treatie of some sort for the moral and spritual guidance of humanity would hardly seem to be borne out by the facts. If the Bible is obsolete, the call for it would be obsolete along with it and yet, the fact is that the demand for the old Bible was never so widespread as it is today. It is being printed in 700 languages. 160 of which have been added since the present cen tury began. The gospels are being trans lated into 40 more languages. Last-year nearly 9,000,000 copies of the whole or part of the Scriptures were "sold, this being the greatest number ever sold during any one year. Japan. Korea, India and Ceylon are asking for 500,000 more copies of the entire Bible this year than they did last and 3,000.000 copies of the Gospels alone. Assuredly these actual statistics would not indicate that the Bible "has lost its hold upon men" or that there has sprung up all of a sudden a need and a demand for some sort of a substi tute, one that would more nearly fit in with the developments and discov eries of the times and one that hu manity would find more acceptable and more safe as a vehicle to guide its way ward feet toward destiny. The truth of the situation is that in stead of having overtaken the teachings of the Bible, the world has not yet caught up with them. If the social dic tums alone were put into everyday prac tise in the world today, if society had moved up to the high plane of its social ethics alone, we would find many of the gravest problems of the generation eliminated. The tragedy of earth is that we are away back behind the goal which is set within" its lids. RATIFICATION OF PACT EXPECTED Lloyd-George True to Pre election Promises in Terms of Settlement. SELF-BENEFIT IN EARLY PING. SHOP- It is as beneficial to he purchasers of Christmas goods to get their shop ping behind them, as much as it is to the advantage of the sales people and the proprietors of the stores, more so, perhaps, in the mere matter of money. The buyer who makes his transaction over the counter when he has plenty of lime and the opportunity to be discrim inating and to be painstaking, stands the better chance of getting the real worth of his money. Hurried shopping makes for indis criminate buying, for the purchasing of a lot of things that many a man can not afford and realizes he Can not afford just as soon as he gets outside the throng and wipes the perspiration off his face .He was in the surging multi tude, however, at the counter; he had no opportunity to think calmly and de- hiberately;. he had to do his shopping in such a hurry that he had no time to take serious thought of the cost, the result being that he failed to be, dutiful to his dollar. V It, of course, is a great boon to the salespeople to be relieved of the terrible rush of the last two or three days be fore Christmas, but if a man will think soberly of the advantage to himself of getting this matter behind him, he will conclude that not all the benefits accrue to the sellers. THE PERSONAL EXEMPTION BILL. Senator Burgwyn is coming in for some sharp criticism for the introduc tion of his bill in the upper house by which the personal property exemption will be reduced from $300 to $100. It Is being contended that the ultimate pur pose of this measure is to benefit the wealthy landlords from the eastern sec tion of the State while the times are somewhat against them, making the favor thus shown to them react all the more viciously against the tenant classes. If we believe the criticisms of some, this bill will have the effect of "making the rich richer and making the poor poorer", and if such should be its mis sion, the House would do well to nail in on the head, as it understood the House will do. That is not the sort of legislation North Carolina can afford to write into its books. The only laws that will stand the test in such a democracy as is ours are such as will make the burden of taxation fall proportionately and not with discrimination. BY GEORGE N. BARNES, British Parliamentary Leaden Staff Correspondent of The New. Special Wireless .Dispatch to The News. CopyriBht, 1921, by News Publishing C o. . London, Dec. 10. Lloyd-George has! been more fortunate than Lincoln. lie has ben able to maintain the unity of i the British Empir? without a devastat-i ing war and, in achieving peace with i Ireland. hf lind vhe Inval liHfL-ino- ' of many statesmen who have sacrificed i old party ties and. prejudices. lie has in fact voiced a great com mon effort fcr the common good, which is to be crowned with success. And. as peace begets peace, so the; ii'isn ueace may nave a. great effect upon world psychology and hasten the consummation of those ideals of which Washington today is the outward sign and expression. The successful conclusion of the ne gotiations with Sinn Fein have been hailed here with feeiings of intens? re lief and gratification. The Sinn F'n representatives showed at last, real in sight and courage, for it was realized even tjefore the announced diasens:on of De Valera and two members of the Irish Cabinet, that there were many men in Ireland who would rather ivhx and keep the old sores open than to settle on the facts with which thty were confronted. Mr. JDe Valera has been known for some '.ime to be at odds with . some of his strongest supporters and. while there is no doubt that the fight to be made by him on the treaty will be spec tacular and vitriolic, there is a whole some opinion coming from Ireland to dav which makes one believe that iho Dail EIrsann will in due course of ! time ratify the pact. I On our side, there is little to fear il I the ordeal of parliamentary examina tion of the pact. The split in the Dail may have the effect, of strengthening the opposition of Ulster, but, despite the fact that ratification is still a thing cf the future, I believe that the settlement of this age-old controversy is actually at hand. REGRETTABLE .FEATURES. There are two features to the peaci document, however, which, to my mind, are regrettable, namely, a divid ed Ireland and an Irish army and navy. The first is for: the moment inevita ble, b?cause divisions are inherent in the very facts of the ' situation. We must trust to, emergence . of good-will as time brings on its wings a healing of the old sores and the lure of seil interest. tends to, a fusion. Moreover, Belfast wTill swing into the orbit .of those democratic influences which in the political world are everywhere blotting out religious divisions and po litical party traditions. The second unfortunate feature, separate military and . naval forces for Ireland, constituting a, multiplication of the fighting forces, is a part of the pries the world is paying for so-called "self-determination." It will be a heavy price until all of the newly-enfranchised nations and peoples realize their interdependence and exercise restraint accordingly. So what the world needs today is self-resti-aint of its self determined peoples. On the whole the settlement is no! less creditable to the union members j of the Government than to Lloyd-- George himself. For Mr. Chamberlain and others it means renunciation and courago in facing new facts. The conditions of the Irish pact ar in accord with the manifesto upon which Lloyd-George won, the election which placed him in power again, lie then p'edged himself to explore every possible avente to peace on a basis of home rule, subject to the two rcesrva tions of non-separation and non-coercion of Ulster He has been true to these conditions. Ulster is free and Sinn ;'ein has accepted that condition as well as inclusion in the. Empire. THE ALVIN YORK FARM. The, News and Observer is authority for the statement that The New York World is -fathering a public fund to life a debt from the farm of the famous Alvin York, the Tennessee hero of the World War,- who was bequeathed a plantation with a heavy debt attached .to it. The debt is due and he is about to suffer the loss of his farm by fore Closure. : ' ''.;-';.:..: It was the understanding of this newapaper that: this--matter was first inaroduced by a Rotary Club and that these clubs throughout the country have now the proposition before them of liquidating the debt. If makes no particular difference, however, whether the Rotary Club or whether The World is promoting the" movement, 'it would be a worthy thing if the public should take this load off the back of the re- OSTEOPATHY Is the science of healing by adjustment. DR. H. F. RAY 31S Realty Bids. DR. FRANK LANE MILLER 610 Realty Bid. DR. ARTHUR Sf. DYE 224 Piedmont Bldg. Osteopaths, Charlotte. N. C. INFORMATION BY REQUEST Braswell & Crichton All Kinds INSURANCE Nothing ..Else. ' Phone 1697 803 Commercial Bank Ulug. . ..... ..Charlotte, N". C. Helpful Suggestions For Christmas Shoppers all LADIES' GLOVES Christmas line Kid Gloves m sizes nd colors $1.69, $1.98, $2.50, $3.00 Chamoisette Gloves ' 59c, 85c, 98c, $2.00 Ladies' Silk Gauntlet Gloves $2.50 Ladies' Short Silk Gloves in all colors- 85c, $1.00, $1.50, $1.98 CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' GLOVES Childen's Mittens, all colors 25c, 39c, 48c Children's Finger Gloves 59c Children's Knitted Bootees 39c, 50c, 69c LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS Three in box. Plain white . with embroidered corners 39c, 48c, 69c, 75c, 85c Ladies' Colored Bordered Hand kerchiefs 50c, 69c, 75c Ladies' Colored Linen Handker chiefs 25c Ladies' White Linen Handker chiefs 15c, 25c, 50c Madeiria Linen Handkerchiefs 50c 75c 98c EXQUISITE HAND EMBROID ERY PHILIPPINE UNDER WEAR IN GOWNS AND TEDDIES v Gowns in beautiful hand embroid ery work, formerly sold for $5.95 at $3.95 Gowns that sold for $8.95 this week at $5.95 Fancy Embroidery Teddies . ' $3.95, $5.95 GIFT SUGGESTIONS IN ALL SILK HOSIERY Ladies' Fancy Silk Hose in drop stitch or embroidery, all colors $1.50, $2.50, $2.95, $3.95' Ladies' Pure Thread Silk Hose in plain colors all colors 95c, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $2.95, $3.95 Ladies' Sport Hose in cotton and Silk 95c, $1.39, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 Ladies' Sport Hose in a very fine number $4.50 SILK UNDERWEAR OF THE BETTER VALUE KIND , FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS Crepe de Chine Gowns, beautiful ly made, fine quality $3.95, $4.95, $7.95. Pretty all Silk Teddies in Crepe de Chine or Satin $2.00, $2.48, $2.95 Fine quality Silk Teddies in Kay ser Italian Silk $6.95 New Holiday line of all Silk Cami soles $1.19, $1.48, $1.98, $2.48, $2.98 FILET SCARFS AND TABLE COVEftS All sizes 29c, 48c, 75c, 98c, $1.39, $1.48 Pretty line of Filet Center Pieces $1.98, $2.48, $2.98 Japanese Lunch Cloths, all sizes 98c, $1.25, $1.48, $2.48, $2.98 Japanese 13-piece Lunch Sets $1.25 and $2.48 IN OUR ART DEPARTMENT FIRST FLOOR, REAR ' PRETTY RIBBONS FOR CHRISTMAS Figured or stripes, all silk or satin Holiday colors 39c, 50c, $1.00, $1.39 All kinds of narrow Ribbons for trimmings Satins 4c, 5c, 7c, 8c, 10c, 12 l-2c, 15c Fancy Stamped Towels 25c and 48c Fancy Martex Towels 48c, 59c, 69c, 79c LOOK AT OUR STAMPED GOODS Center Pieces, Scarfs 39c, 60c, 75c Pretty Cool Table Covers 75c Solid white Linen and Filet Lunch eon Sets, 13 pieces $2.98 1847 ROGERS BROS. TABLE SILVERWARE How could you show your appre ciation for mother or sister bet ter? This Silverware has been the family ware for generations. We' carry this in sets or singles. Come in let us show you the best Rogers Bros Tableware. Knives and Forks, Spoons for the chil-1 dren. Maderia Table Napkins $8.95, $9.95, $10.95, $11.95 All Linen Table Napkins - $4.95, $6.50, $7.50, $8.95, $9.93 All Linen Pattern Table Cloths, all sizes--- $5.95 to $19.95 All Linen Lunch Cloths with nap kins to match Cloths .$6.95 Napkins $7.95 Pretty quality hemstitched Tea Napkins $4.50 , Maderia Tray Covers $1.25, $1.98, $2.50 All Linen Towels Hemstitched $1.48, $1.98, $2.25 Each All Linen Hemstitched Pillow Cases $1.50, $1.98, $2.25 Each HOLIDAY SALES ON SILK UMBRELLAS New line all, Silk Umbrellas in all colors the newest handles in rings, cones and leather $4.95, $5.95, $6.95, $7.95, $8.95 SPECIAL NEW LINE OF TOI LET ARTICLES IN COM BINATION SETS . Melba, .Jergens, Hudnuts, D-jer Kiss, s. Colgates, Babcocks, Brown's. These come in sets. Face Powder, Toilet Water, Perfumes, Sachet, Rouges, etc., from $1.50 to $6.95 the Set NEW BOX PAPER FOR CHRISTMAS 39c, 48c, 69c, 75c Very fancy boxes for Holiday pa per 98c, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $2.98 Correspondence Cards-box 25c, 48c, 85c Holiday specialties in Perfume? and Toilet Waters individual boxes 25c, 40c, 48c 75c, 98c, $1.50 These are all standard high grade goods. SAMPLE HAND BAGS IN FINE QUALITY We were fortunate in securing these Hand Sags. Can give you a very special Xmas Bargain in these samples. No two alike $1.98, $2.48, $2.98, $3.48, $3.98 $4.95 All these worth 1-3 and 1-2 more regularly. Other pretty Hand Bags children and ladies, at 48c, 98c, $1.48, $1.98 New line Stamped Pillow Cases in Art Department $1.48 pair HOW ABOUT A PAIR OF REAL BLANKETS FOR MOTHER One lot 72x84 finest Lambs Wool Blankets finesj: made a life time Blanket, the largest and best, beautiful colorings. Come see them. Packed in boxes $19.95 and $24.95 Pair New line Baby Blankets 50c, 75c, 98c, $1.50, $1.98, $2.95 BEUL MOTHERS SELL i nowned hero.
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