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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 14, 1921. The Charlotte News Published By THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth ' and Church Sts. W C. DQWD Pres. and Gen. Mr. -HLIAN S. MILLER Editor W. M. BELI Advertising Mgr. TELEPHONES: Business Oflire rirculation Department City Editor ill Editorial Booms . ." 363 Pt-irtinff House 1330 115 i ;93 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatcher credited to it or not otherwise credited in this papr and also the local news published ho-ein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein also are reserved. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. One year Sj months Three months One month One week One year . ix months Three months One WHAT A CHILD IS ENTITLED TO. This is the day of the child. The state is throwing- before it advantages of which the men of today never tasted in their young days. There is the better school, the longer term, the more ably qualified teacher, with a great many modern derivatives which are just being introduced. There is also the opportun ity for better health, better teeth, a tonsilless throat and adenoidless nose. straightened: limbs, a whole host of jm-( provements of the body which a child of today may have for the asking. The state wants no mistake made: it want the child to have the best going of thosa things which it is expected to provide. And society in general is also insistent TAXATION TENDENCIES. It would not be sensible to caution the State to skimpiness in the matter of utilizing the wealth of its people, as this flows into the State through the channels of taxation, for the advance ment and higher material interests of the commonwealth. Money spent on schools thai are producing men and women who are economically worth more to the State than they would otherwise be, who make finer citizens and, therefore, construct a better civi lization, is money well spent. There is a sense in which it is economical to spend -whatever it may require to attain this result. And there are other appro priations which are defensible, as these $lfegBfflg Rufus Drake, the grocery man. can Xaap out quite a nifty plan on how to run a diT goods store, lie shoots a mouthful I ""'Slia SOine mni'S A -nrl Ilii-om HonL- the. that, the child have some rights today contribute to the enlargement of the dry goods gink, "can tell you how to that were hardly recognized a genera-! life of the people. fix the sink, while Kucelass Powe, the tion or so ago. We recognize the right. It is noteworthy, nevertheless, thatjj .'oaa suy Witn proper parental surroundings.; nourishing food and comfortable cloth-! $10.00 5.00 2.5ft iis .30 can tell you how to mako t liam . liv an7 lira !nj ing heard about high taxation in North j for business in their own domains. They Carolina. There is criticism of local ..always know the inside dope on how ins and nnpti avenues for mental and! Stat anri WoA,-! 1 - -t. ivmin;.. lto raise a cantaloupe and skillful ways --ct J - - - " uvubv Wl L U A V k! . Wllf OtlllL iO general. The little tax-payer and By Mail. One Six Out Six- 8.00 4.00 ...... ?.00 month 15 Sunday Only. year months .6 1.30 TIMES DEMOCRAT. (Semi-Weekly) year months 1.50 .75 "Entered as second-class matter at he postoffire at Charlotte. N. C, under ( we Act or .March 3. 1897." WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1!)?J INEXPRESSIBLE PEACE: The peace of God. which passetli all under landing, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:7. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON V EN T10. Some oi the leaders of thought in the State are contending that it is time North Carolina is putting on a new ap parel, dressing itself in the new gar ment? of a constitution and strutting forth as among those who are most ad vanced in the styles. It may be that the Constitution under which the State has been living and moving and having its being for these past generations is setting a little tattered in spots Berhaps. a patching up here and there would make it more in consonance -with the needs of the times and the current thought of the people. But when we :ome to discuss the plausibility of dis carding the whole thing and getting an entirely new Constitution, we are ap proaching the consideration of a peril ous undertaking. It is perilous largely because it would be difficult to set any bounds and limita tions to what would be written into it. Not all of the men who would doubtless he assigned the task of revising the Constitution are at all times safe to fol low. The majority of them, we may as sume, whoever they may be, we can imagine about the sort of men who would be selected. are entirely honest in their convictions and many of them are profound in their thinking, but some of them are disposed to go out a ilttle too far in front of the crowd, to leap a. little beyond the canacitv of Mio masses to follow and to bring such as ihese men together in a convention to revise the Constitution would undoubt edly become a hazardous venture. They might write into it some ideas that seem good and proper and necessary at this time, but which are far from common aceptance by the people. There is really no telling what sort of a Con stitution might result from the action a convention made up of some 200 or 300 representative men of the State, no matter how ordinarily sound in judg ment they might be or sincere in pur pose. These are days when wild thoughts -tre drifting through the intelligences of people, days when the old is disposed to be laughed at and ridiculed and laid i side and new-fangled governmental no tions written into the laws and into the governments of the masses. And just that might happen in this event. If there are places where the Constitu tion seems to be a little fragile or where it shows the result of wear an J tear or where it is lacking in some i-ssentials of a modern State-basis, wu l ave the machinery for making such repairs. We have been tagging on amendments and we can continue to tag ihcm on. although it is doubtful if even ihis is either wise or expedient. Tt is nevertheless, far les dangerous than hav ing the complete structure taken down, lorn apart and re-assembled by a few representatives of the people. The les ser peril is to let the people vote on the amendments as these seern to be needed. They are less likely to make fatal blun ders than a convention of chosen dele gates, representing every gradient of thought in the State and composed of men who naturally would allow their ac lions to be governed to some extent at least by the excitement and exhilara tion of the mass meeting. physical betterment. The cramped, con stricted child is a care of society; if one in the midst of such indigence and home surroundings which make for a warped manhood and womanhood, sen timent rushes to its aid. These things are common develop ments. a recognition of rights which are admitted and no longer challenged. There are some other things of even greater importance that a child is en titled to in its days of plasticity. One of them, certainly, is the right to faith. He learns by putting his trust in men and in their institutions as he moves into contact with these. In his period of trustful helpfulness, he has a right to find in every man and woman a friend, a helpful, guiding, instructing sort of a friend. He has a right to that fair play which we demand in the elder periods of lite. If he goes into a store to make a purchase, he is entitled to the same consideration that his father would be given were he standing there. If an advantage is taken of him because lie knows no better, as we may think, chances are that the faith of the child will receive a shock that is irrecover able. If he understands, on the other hand, that those maturer than he with whom he has to do are dealing fairly and squarely and honestly with him he will likely grow up in the possession of that faith in humanity so essential to pleasant experience and successful business. There is another right the child has. that of moral safety. These are per ticularly dangerous days for children. We are not disposed to keep back from them so many of the hidden mysteries of life as was once the case. Parental control over them is much more lax and. than formerly. Many of the bovs and girls of today are "farmed out" to nurses. The moral safety of the young sters, has, therefore, become quite a question. Added to the training, or lack of it. which is being given in the home are other institutions in this age which instruct and train and shape destiny. The child is influenced not merely by what its father and mother say and do. i"e siore, me scnooi, tne street corner, the associates on the sidewalk, the movies, the billboards, the thought and conversation of men everywhere are handmaids in the task of "training up a child-' either in the way if should go or in the way it should not go. The child has another right which is being largely denied in these super ficial times and it is the right to com into life prepared to live it with a proper possesson of self-control, self-reliance and self-respect. Here is where a lot of failures are being met today in the edu cation of children. They are entitled tn approach maturity with some under standing of life, to know something of their own selves, their strangth and their weakness, where they are vul nerable and where they are invincible. Jt is a question whether they should be made afraid of evil because of its consequences or should be taught to .. ;t i . ,, . lL neroicauy, mantully and then aided in the conquering of it to the end than in the after-life ahead of them they may approach the dangerous spots with courage and conviction and stamina enough to pass them safe) v. j -. v ' - V& 1 I I. i I . UUOillCQO UL the ;other man. KW-o.-i- ,iar jMi .k ys 1 1 ho I larger are alike in their comment. They Impairs with problems of his own affairs think we are going mighty fast, that if wenns" that ifc is a tax to hold their K.,;. u..s.. un meir back's. But listen to wcnifc ui uviv- j them as ihev ets in big allotments and that govern-1 crowded meet and whisper on the street. "Jones has shown t.h ment has come to be a very expensive ) wonS idea in his cafe the fiscal year, proposition. Not all of this discontent, I He shuld hire some special waiters to . - '.serve his patrons sweet potatoes. If I bs any means, is coming lrom those could take charge of that -joint, vou who have been grumbling fr oni their jbet 1 d make him see the point.'' And youth upward about taxes. The men jvSO thei Point out countless flaws and who are patriotic and progressive, who fnld 7". "m?,"5 '-'ufpsst!aws in shops , ana stoie3 they do not own, while don t mind paying whatever is right j their concerns don't earn a bone. You and just to give the State what it needs, "vvi'1 fiml 'hat every plan will snugly fit are joining- m a somewhat common'1"" 'T- : ,m"y ne'er Fcem to r,ncli? 'A Wa V 111 Winch in mnl.-o I if.!., i-.i.-w 1, . I ir chorus nf nn.tpsr o-ov,-n0t i,,,... .v ...a. i.i.u uuia. . ......... . i.3 lav. ! Before you tell the other guy a bet- J ter way to bake his pie see that you I lO f-. 1 1 r I n ....... . . , l i i ' ,lu luu i iJiui) i) no ii un wans n , shop. W hen Drake and Hank in chats they're only talkinsr hats. If either had a busi- taking too much of their wealth. A farmer says that his taxes are over $1,000 this year and he has not made ! VOm- own anything like $1,000 worth of his farm net. He will need stuff on : engage to consult through their his banker as to where the come from with which to pay his privileges of citizenship. A young ladv whose possession is a little farm must, needs fork up nearly $300 in taxes and she lias an interest in three bales of cotton produced on that land. And then the large corporation com plains to ihe State that the tax levied against it amounts almost to confisca tion. It is unable to figure how it can sell its products, on the present marlet, and make enough to liquidate its ac count with the ingatherers of the tax. And so it goes, here, there and every where. the people are beginning to feel the burden of taxation and, worse than that, they are disposed to feel that they are not getting back in proportion as they are putting in. That is always the more serious phase of protest against taxation. If government always return ed in proportion as it takes away, men oi honest, fair minds and men who be lieve in being progressive and who want their comunity and State and nation to bound along with the rest of them, would have far less to say. t is when there is a general feeling that they are not getting value received that criticism takes on a more serious aspect. These things indicate the clear duty of all those in authority everywhere, no matter whether, it is in the township, in the city, in the countv. in the Slate or in the nation. The first obligation has to do with-an economical adminis tration ot an public monies, a holding down of expenses, a general policy of retrenchment. The second obligation has to do with an efficient public serv ice. Give the people fruits meet for their taxation and in keeping with what they are being forced to lay into tha lap of the government. monev will', ,v -ueu- uusmess wouiu not lag tci.viiSlil. ifti, ,v Xcn, .Publishing- tu. AMERfCA MARINES SLIGHTLY WOUNDED Washington. Dec. 14. Three Amer ican Marines Sergeant Lee Henry, of Louisville, Ky Corporal Jiay Frcy, of Carthage, Mo., and Private Arthur wen, of Spokane, Wat.ii. were slight ly wounded in the "fiesta day brawl" of last Thursday in Managua. Nicara gua, reports to the Xavy Department today said. The clash also resulted in the kill ing or' three native police and the wounding of lour others, the dispatch said. Sergeant Jitiiry was reported "graz ed on left flank, and Corporal Frey and Private Owen shot in the leg. The latter enlisted in the Marine Corps at San Francisco Orers were issued following the clash restricting the members of the Marine guard to camp and the dispatch said quiet nad followed. The various social and civic nmni. zations of the city are already making their plans to remember the poor and the friendless on Christmas and there is the indication that, by reason cf so many activities directed toward the same objective, the unfortunate among the city's population will be especially well looked after this vear, SETTING THE STATE RIGHT. Hon. Pete Murphy wants no mistake made as to where North Carolina stands on the four-cornered affair that the Re publicans are trying to put over. He has introduced a measure in the General Assembly that would voice that body's protest against this "un-American plan." His resolution will be honored because it expresses the conviction .of the mass es of this State who still believe that the League of Nations is right, not be cause it was fathered largely by Mr. Wilson, but because it is builded upon a principle of justice and! fairness and the basic formula of the Golden Rure. And you can't beat that for a found ation. i WHAT'S AHEAD? There is a general disposition among all classes of the people to pause long enough to meditate on the probabilities of the future in respect to business. Somehow or other things have not turn- ed cut, just as had been generally ex pected so far Euid there annr k therefore, more than mere speculative interest in what is just around the bend of the days for men in their nnrsnit. and professions, trades and industries. Of course, there is no ready answer. ivuuws. jll is an guess-work of the veriest sort for the reason that period of bad times, just as periods of good times, have no iron-clad limi tations to them. They are as variable in their extent and duration as a weather vane. They come upon us overnight and they may depart the same way, or they may linger around much longer than expected. Whatever may be ahead, however, the only worthy and rational attitude to take is to believe. We have been mak ing considerable headway lately on nothing much more than faith and that has been one of the feTsic reasons that this continent has not been pitched into the throes: of its most calamitous debacle Men believed that conditions were essen tially good and that business was essen tially sound, that the distemper through which we have ben passing was re flected and that it would be dispelled as soon as some artificial circumstances were removed. That was largely a fact and is largely true even yet. And so long as faith resides in men', it is going' to be mighty difficult to down them.- i VIGILANCE OF COUNTY OFFICERS. We had a word to say the other day about the exceptional law-abiding tone of the citizenry of Charlotte and how that this community is especially clear of the hoodlums and outlaws who are making life miserable and wretched in many other cities of the country during these days, giving due credit to the local police force for having an upper hand on the situation. Equally as impressive is the splendid work which is being done by the county officers along this same line. With the prevalence of the automobile as an aid to evil-doing, much of the mischief which was formerly an urban problem has now been converted into a rural problem, shifting a large share of the burden of law-enforcement over upon the shoulders of the officers of the county. How well the officers of Mecklenburg are coping with the situation is a matter of public comment and knowledge. Th. sheriff's office has become notably active in the apprehension of the most common type of wrong-doing now. which is rum running. Deputy Sheriff Fesperman has been leading fellow-officers into some effective , raids within these last few weeks and it must by this time be no longer regarded as safe for the hoot !-- - . . gers to infest the highways of the coun ty and for the moonshiners to hide themselves in some dismal swamp along densely-wooded creek banks. The frequent apprehension of such evil-doing, the speedy conventions which are following, the practice of the judges to sentence a majority of the defendants to the roads and the loss of some per fectly good automobiles in the transac tions, witness to the belief that Sheriff Fesperman and his forces are doing all that is humanly possible to make this county clean and law-abiding in, this respect. They have certainly put the fear of the law into the hearts of some men recently by these alert activities and their vigils. The community is the better off for their conscientious devo tion to duty and for their fearless execu tion of the law. CONTRACTING FORCE MOVING TO HIGHWAYS The State Highway Commission, through contractors to whom were giv en the jobs of hard-surfacing the States ville road, and the mile and a half on the Monroe road lying between the city and township limits, is moving upon these two stretches of highway this week, planting themselves for a be ginning of operations. It is the purpose of the State com mission to prosecute both of these con tracts with all reasonable rapidity. Tho contractors are getting- their forces lined up, their equipment placed and other incidental details out of the way in preparation for starting the con struction on these highways. MOTHER! Move Child's Bowels with ."California Fig Syrup" F.i-sn . sick child love the "fruitv" tiste of ."California Fig Syrup." 'if the!i:tie tongue is coated, or if your child is listless, cross, feverish full o; cold, or has colic, a teaspoonful will never fail to open the bowels. In a fs-w hours you c:n ' pe for yoursei T hew Thoroughly it. works all the co:i xtipatinn poison, sour bile and' was'.' from the Tender, lur;v bowels and giv vs you a wll. -playful child again. Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea spoon ful today saves a sick child to morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-, inr- "California Fig Syrup" which lias directions for babies and children of all agre printed on botne. Mother! You must say "California" or you may t:etwan imitation fig syrup. PRINTED IN GREEN INK. New- York, Dec. 14. Circulars print ed in green ink yesterday announced sailings between New York and the "Irish Free State" by a fleet of five passenger ships owned by the Shipping Board and operated by the United States Line. OSTEOPATHY Is the science of healing by adjustment. DR. II. F. RAY 313 Realty BIdg. DR. FRANK LANE MILLER 610 Realty Bids. DR. ARTHUR M. DYE 324 Piedmont Bids;. Osteopaths, Charlotte. N. C. INFORMATION BY REQUEST SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Aslviville, Dec. j 4. Theodore Taylor, 26, son of a prominent farmer of this section, Avas shot from ambush and in stantly killed on the edge of, the city limits at 9:45 o'clock last, night while returning home, ficm a church service vim jus cousin and a girt mobile. in an auto- Braswell & Crichton All Kinds INSURANCE Nothing Else. Phone 1697 803 Commercial Dank Dhig. Charlotte, N. V. ELK BKOT SELL if fOB InleBpHiujIl Ladies' Gloves Christmas line Kid Gloves in all sizes1 and colors, $1.69, $1.98, $2.50, $3.00 Chamoisette Gloves, 59c, "85c, 98c, S2.00 Ladies' Silk Gauntlet Gloves $2.50 Ladies Short Silk Gloves in all colors at 85c, $1.00, $1.50, $1.98 Ladies' Handkerchiefs 3 in box plain wtte with embroidery corners 39c, 48c, 69c, 75c 85c Ladies' colored bordered Handkerchiefs 3 in box -. . 50c, 69c, 75c Ladies' colored Linen Handkerchiefs at 25c Ladies' White Linen Handkerchiefs,' at 15c, 25c, 50c Madeira Linen Handkerchiefs 30c, 75c and 9Sc Exquisite Hand Embroid ered Philippine Under wear IN GOWNS AND TEDDIES Gowns, in beautiful hand-embroidery work, formerly sold for $5.95. at $3.95 Gowns sold for $8.95, this week at S5.95 Hand-embroidered Teddies $3.95, $5.95 Pretty All-Silk Teddies In Crepe cle Chine or Satin $2.00 $2.48 and $2.95 Fme quality Silk Teddies in Kayser Italian Silk , $6.95 New holiday line of all silk Camisoles at $1.19, $1-48, $1.98, $2.48, $2.98 Fillet Scarfs and Table Covers All sizes 29c, 48c, 75c, 98c, $1.39, $1.48 Pretty line of Fillet Centerpieces $1.98 $2.48, $2.98. Japanese Lunch Cloths, all sizes, 98c $1.25, $1.48, $2.48, $2-98. Japanese 13-piece Luncheon Sets $1.25 and : . $2.48 1847 Rogers Bros. Table Silverware How could you show your apprecia tion for Mother or Sister better? This Silverware has been the familv pride 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 children. Holiday Sales On Silk Umbrellas KTew line All Silk Umbrellas in all col ors. The new handles,, in rings, cords and leather $4.95, $595, $6.95, $7.95 an( $8.95 Special New Line of Toi let Articles In Combination Sets. Melba, Jergen's, Hudnut's, Djer Kiss, Colgate's, Babcock's Brown's,. These come in sets Face Powder, Toilet Water, Perfume, Sachet, Rouge, etc., from $1.50 to $6-95 the set. Sample Hand Bags In fine quality. We were fortunate in securing these Hand Bags can give you a very special Christmas bargain in these samples. No two alike $1.98 $2 48, $2.98, $3.48, $3.98, $4.95. All these worth one-third and one naif more regularly. Other pretty Hangbags for Children and Ladies . . . . 48c, .98c, $1.48, $1.98 50 PAIR 70x80 The Purest Ail-Wool Blankets Blue, pink and grey plaids. These came m for this week's Holiday trade Large Block Plaids. A regular $12.00 value, for this week. ; ' 8y5 New Line Baby Blankets, 50c, 75c 98i $1.50, $1.98, $2.95. ' ' . C 'man STOF Children's and Misses' Gloves Children's Mittens, all colors 25c, 39c and tsc Children's Finger Gloves Children's Knitted Bootees 39c, 50c, 6lc Misses' and Children's Handkerchief'! -pretty colored borders for children ..in 'boxes of 3 ...25c, 39c 50c Gift Suggestions in - All Silk Hosiery Ladies' fancy Silk Hose, in dropstitch or embroidery, all colors $1.50, $2.30. $2-95, $3.95. Ladies' Pure Thread Silk Hose, in pljn colors, all colors 95c, $1.50, S2.00 $2.50, $2.95, $3.95. Ladies' Sport Hose in Cotton and . .95c, $1.39, $1.50, $2.00, $2-50. Ladies' Sport Hose in a very fine i ui i- er sui) In Our Art Department First Floor Rear Pretty Ribbons for Christmas fijrur?c! or stripes. All silk or Satin. Ho'lkiav colors 39c, 50c, $1.00, $1.39 All kinds of narrow Ribbons for brim ming Satins, 4c, 5c, 7c, 8c, 10c, 12V,C, 15c. Fancy Stamped Towels. . . .25c and 1 in Fancy Martex Towels 48c, 59c, 69c, 7!c Look at our Stamped Goods. Center pieces, Scarfs 39c, 60c, 7V Pretty Card Table Covers 75c Solid white Linen and Fillet Luncheon Sets, 13 pieces ,$2-98 Madeira Tea Napkins, $8.95, $9.95, $10.95, $11.95. All Linen Table Napkins, $4.95, S6 50, $7.50, $8.95, $9-95. ; All Linen Pattern Table Cloths, all slzes $5.95 to $19.95 All Linen Lunch Cloths with Napkins to match: VlUlUS Napkins . S'i.95 . . $7.95 Pretty quality hemstitched Tea Nap kins ,s!oi Madeira Tray Covers $1.25, $1.98, $2.50 All Linen Towels, hemstitched S1..R !1.98, $2.25. All Linen hemstitched Pillow Casrs each . $1.50, $1.98, $2.25 New Box Paper f or Christmas 39c, 48c, 69c, 75c Very Fancy Boxes fine Hoiidav Paper 98c, $1.50 $2.00, $2.25 ,$2.9S. Correspondence Cards, box 25c, 48c, 85c Holiday Specialties In Perfumes and Toilet Waters Individual boxes 25c, 40c, 4Sc, 75c. 9?c and SIM lnese are standard high grade crood New line Stamped Pillow Cases, in Art Department, pair si .48 How About a Pair of "Real Blankets" for "Mother" One lot 72x84 finest Lamb's Woo! Blankets, finest made. A lifetime Blanket. The largest and best beautiful colorings. Come see these F5-d m boxes, pair $19.95 and $24.9). You Will Probably Need New Table Napkins for Xmas See our new kind the Nik-Pan Nap kin. Guaranteed not to rub oil" your clothes. Looks and wears real Linen, dozen $1.25, $1.48, $1.9 $2.48. Sizes 16, 18, 20, 22 inches. Good quality Table Damask, yard 69c 79c. 85c. 1 1
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