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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 15, 1921. The Charlotte News Published By THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth and Church Sts. V. C. DflWD Pres. and Gen. Mgr. HLIAN S. MILLER Editor V. M. BELL Advertising Mgr. TELEPHONES: Business Office 115 Circulation Department Cirv Editor 177 Editorial Room 33 Printing House 1530 . , , MEMBER SSOCITF.D PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively ?ntitled to the use for renublication' of ! 1I news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this papr mid also the local news published r:rrin. AH riglit of republication of special j rhsr.atches herein also are reserved. j SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. One year 510.00 iv month ... 5.00 Three months 2.50 One month 8. One Meek 10 By Mail. One year 8.00 months 1.00 Thres months '!M One month .15 Sunday Only. Ono year 2.G0 j months ViO; TIMES-DEMOCRAT. (Semi-Weekly) year months One Siv l.r.o .75 "Entered as second-class matter at 'he post office at Charlotte. N. C, under (he Act of March 3, 18D7." THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1921. CHRISTIAN CONFIDENCE: This h the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ajik any thing according to his will, he heareth us. 1 John 5:11. SOUTH S BUILDING RECORDS. In ns southern buildine records dur ing November. The Manufacturers Fwecord takes into large account the big .-onstruction projects of the Southern l-'ower Company in this viciniey which, it estimates, will add $20,050,000 to the aggregate to be expended throughout the South during the next few months. The Record presents an amazing review of construction activities throughout the South. It is a matetr of doubt n-nether any other section of the coun try can parallel the building record now being met in this part of the country, During November, The Record says, the s.mount of money involved in contracts awarded apd to be awarded approx imates $92,000,000. of which $6S,674.G93 epresents initial announcements, and f.'ij.GOa.SL'S is involved in contracts actu ally awarded. For the week ended No vember 4 the valuation of contracts awarded was $S11D,656. This is the third largest for the year, the record week being that of October 7 when the total for contract awarded was 510,672,996. The figures for the four weeks of Oc tober approximate $'100,500,000. consist- ing of S69.020.265 in contracts to be swarded and Sai..5;;2.165 in contracts actually awarded. Contrary to expectations in some quarters the contemplated projects show no sign of a let-up. although there has been some slackening in contracts swarded largely attributable to seasonal conditions. The toial for this classifica tion is practically the same in November as for October. The average valuation per week of contracts awarded was $5,. 302,457. compared with the average for me je.tr 10 aate oi approximated 400,000. 56,- Each week now many new projects rvf importance are announced and a Urge number of developments involving ;ho expenditure of millions of dollars in :he aggregate which were initially plan ned during the early spring months, seem certain to be well under way be fore the ejid oC this yefu-. A large carry over into next year will thus result. This carry-over from 1920 was lacking in large measure in the early months of 1921, and building activity the first oj this year was tvnified- v,v non- j "vii vuir struction. Building supply men. archi tects and contractors look for big things in their respective lields next year and renditions now seem most hopeful. AS IT IS AT YANDERBILT. Yanderbilt University, with one of the greater medical colleges in the South, iias found it necessary to limit the freshman ciass of this year to 50 matric ulates and no transfers from other in stitutions were accepted in the higher ' lasses. The Yanderbilt Alumnus an nounced in a late issue that 150 appli antst have been turned down this Fall :nd adds that "it would have been easy to have a freshman class of 200 this vear instead of 50 if the University had possessed sufficient equipment to accomodate them". Tn addition to these "animations., the University has refused transfers from other medical schools This situation in Yanderbilt, duplicat d in rraotirllv t-.t -..-.-n- t. v.tj.y jncuieai college in tne country, among the larger and more famed institutions especially, '.rgues mightily for the planting of "a medical college of first-class propor tions in North Carolina, to become a part of the University. It would be los ing a luminous opportunity if the thought and agitation already applied to this enterprise should be allowed to dissipate and nothing come of it. Such an institution as this would not merely be practical in that it would1 mean a tine material investment for the State, but it would appear that self-interest alone will compel action. If students of medicine from this and other States are to find no doors open to them elsewhere, ihere will be nothing else left to do but to provide them facilities at home lor accommodating their life-ambitions in this field. Th Ulsters seem to think that Lloyd lieorfif lay down on them. . . . r MARSHAL FOCH'S VISIT. Marshal Foeh has been, perhaps, the most feted guest that America has ever entertained. The country delighted to show and to do him honor. He has gone back toward his homeland with the plaudits of the multitudes ringing in his ears, with a trunk full of Univer sity degrees, with parchments proclaim ing the esteem in which Americans 'hold hina, with souvenirs in gold and ; silve L m w. silver and sapphires and diamonds and a great variety of tokens from high! jand low. rjvidentiy the country lias en- joyed the distinction of entertaining him and the opportunity of acclaiming , him as the greatest living exponent of The addresses delivered by the Mar shal during his long stay here and his swing around the continent were pretty much the same in line of thought, with mere variations of phrase. They rang with praises for the tine spirit of Ameri cans in war and in peace and were pro phetic with hope that the United Siates and France would ever feel the common tie of unity which bound them together :n the great enterprise of sav ing civilization. The Marshal has a hor ror of Avar and warts to see it ended, and yet he had mighty little to say of what is now going on in Washington in the interest of its elimination. In some interviews he seemed to indicate little faith in the mere act of disarm ing, but professed his confi dence in some plan by which the nations might associate themselves to gether for the creation of the peace mind and for the enthronement of the ideals of peace. Marshal Foeh thus indicated that his own notion of peace is that there must first come the kingdom of righteous ness and. after that, the kingdom of peace", as the inspired wriier declared; that disarmament itself is not the end, but merely a means to the end,, just as there are various other processes and instrumentalities which will finally make for the abolition of war. Nations arm themselves either because they are afraid of somebody or because they want to make somebody else afraid of them, and so long as there is such distrust and suspicion and envy and jealousy pervading international thought, we to do in the may expect governments i illiteracy in the State which now rc future pretty much what sides, not in the cities, but in the coun- they have been doing heretofore. They will continue to take no chances so long as there is a possibility of friction un curbed and hatred without some pro cess to check it through a concerted movement of those who are determined that peace shall prevail. Of course. Foch is a militarist and not an idealist. He would be inclined to piu his hopes in force, as all militarists do, but not as all soldiers are now doing, General Pershing, for example. Never theless, the world's greatest living mili try leader and strategist comes almost up to the point of asserting that it is time the world is trying something else beside force to get itself righted and its wrongs abandoned. It begins to look as if the introduc tion of the bill for repealing the State wide primary law may be regarded as a standing feature of the Legislature. At least the nerve of its proponents, however, is commendable when there is n oevidence in sight, that they will ever be successful in getting it through. DEMOCRATS AND THE1" PACT. The Democratic Senators may do as me please jn reference i- , . . .1 to votins fm- U1C ijuaurupje aihance which Senator j.oage nas succeeded ill having: sirlnnr. eel. but il" they wishes of their want to abide by the constituents, thev will cast their v.otes against this mp I he Democratic voters of the countrv understand quite well the inferiorities of this pact and the only basis upon which they would be disposed to accept it at all would be with the hope, if not with the actual understanding, that it may lead to enlargement, that others mo i- l w. , . . . uc uiann mto it later and that at length, it may become an alliance flint win timet ion with the wholesnmpnoac with which the league of nations can be made to function. The main reason for opposition to the proposition centers in its limitations. Of course, it has other defects, but none of them are to be considered w possible good that can come out of it if only it was broadened so as to make greater international concert of action possible. As it stands now. its narrow ness is its own undoing. It will tend to create rather than to heal friction. If it allays trouble between the United States and Japan, it makes trouble for both with other countries and so it does with all the four included in it. Its second article is in such notable correspondence with the far-famed Article Ten of the original league of na tions that il actually does create be tween the signatories of this alliance practically everything which Articl Ten would have created among all Sig natory to that document, so that it retains many of the virtues of the league which this nation, through Sen atorial spite, has discarded, and then. unfortunately, it reaches out and assim ilates some vices which the other did not possess. As it stands, however, it is unac ceptable to Democratic thought and sup port; it is being severely castigated by the independent press of the country which is largely for the league of na tions .and it is being unanimously sup ported only by those politicians and that element of the public press that is hidebound and partisan and hostile to ward former President Wilson. That iiv.i. aiune reus tne story of this liance. al- The letters which the children writing, through The. News, to Santa Claus indicate that, in their estima tion, the old patron saint lives in a dime far removed from such a terres trial disturbance as a financial denres- sion and the glorious fact is that he I does. . Judge Uandis has given the Yankees a rather ruthless dctil. WHERE OUR PEOPLE LIVE. Seventy-one per cent of the people of North Carolina live in the country. Not all of them are farmers for the reason that the census includes in this number all classes of country people living in the urban districts as well as in the unincorporated towns, and when these are detached from the number who are actually engaged in farming, the total number of farmers and their families ; is reduced to 1,376.000 of the aggregate of 1.828,000 dwelling in the countryside. seven out or every ten people in iorth Carolina live in the rural sections. There is a great significance to these statistics. They prove that North Car olina is at least seven-tenths rural and only three-tenths urban. They indi cate that the serious concern which should take hold of those who are set up in the high places, who are influ ential in education, in social uplift, in moral betterment and in any other en deavour for the benefaction of the citi zens of North 'Carolina is to give seven tenths of their labors to the country side. The rural problem is the problem Joi North Carolina. It may not be the ; problem locally, for here the majority of the people are city-dwellers. More people live in Charlotte than live in the remainder of the county. This, therefore, so far as mere numerics is concerned, is an industrial rather than an agricultural center, but not so throughout the State as a unit. Its prob lems are overwhelmingly rural and, therefore, its legislative enterprises, its public benefactions, its social efforts, its health endeavours, all of its multiplied services are being called for in the countryside at the ratio of seven to three. Where the majority of the peo ple of any commonwealth are, there the commonwealth ought to be ministering unto them and aiding them in their developments of every sort. That is one of the reasons at least that the great educational program which the State is trying to foster ought to be stimulated. This program is calling for a renaissance in the rural school; it is trying to put educational advant ages in the ruralside commensurate with those in the cities: it is trying to wipe out the nine-tenths of the white tryside. The cities are only furnishing one per cent of the whole of white illiteracy while the country regions are furnishing the remainder. If there are any notable reforms which North Carolina needs, these sta tistics irrefutably point the way to the countryside. Rural reformation is our task so long as we remain so pre-eminently rural in population. NOT SURPRISING. It is not at all surprising to learn that the Associated Charities is in finan cial trouble, that is, unable to carry on its work on the present extensive scale with the limited funds at its command. It has always been a thing to marvel at how it could prosecute such a com prehensive program of activities with the small amount of pocket change it could get its hands on. The people of tms community evidently nave no con ception of the vast amount of work it is doing and the extent of its opera tions, otherwise, they would not stand by and see it suffer for the want of an ampler financial budget. The organization is splendidly main tained and running along smoothly and efficiently. Its personnel is doing a work at salaries which are inferior to those which its member could easily com mand if they chose to enter some other pursuit. But because of their interest in this work and their desire to engage in such a ministry, they are willing to make some self-denials and to suffer inadequate support to the end that the program of alleviation may itself be un affected by the parsimonious financial supply to which they have access. If there was a more general under standing of the character of work being done, both as to its extent and as to its vital relation to the social and civic wellbeing of the city, it would never find itself cramped; or, if those who ac tually know of these things were dis posed to lend it their interest and finan cial support in accordance with their own knowledge of the work and its needs, there would be no trouble about finding money enough to carry out the program. The community is going to have to make some arrange ments by' which the Associated Charities can continue to function, not on a less expansive scale, but on a gradually increasing scope- and it may as well make up its mind to this effect now. DR. CURRELL RESIGNS AS UNIVERSITY HEAD Columbia, S. C, Dec. 15. William Spencer Currell, president of th Uni versity of South Carolina, has tendered his resignation to the board of trus tees, to become effective May. 13, 1923, on the day when the president reach es he age of 61 years. The trustees met yesterday but in view of the fact that the full mem bership was not present, consideration was deferred to a later date. Dr. Cur rell has been head of the University since July, 1914. Another matter decided upon was the establishment of a graduate school at the University. John E. Swearin gen, State Superintendent of Educa tion, and ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees, was appointed chair ma n of a committee to prepare a cur riculum of the. graduate school. HAYES GIVEN LIFE TERM IN THE PEN Snowhill. Dec. 15. Thomas Hav yesterday was sentenced to life im prisonment for his part in the killing of William Whitley, farmer of Greene county last August. Sentence was passed on Hayes, last of three defend ants lo be tried for the killing, when' counsel in Greene county superior ' court entered a plea of guilty. Hayes received the same sentence impose.! on Mrs. Sarah Whitley, widow of the victim, who is now serving her term. Wright Rouse, the negro en gaged by Mrs. Whitley and Haves to do the killing, is now awaiting electro- breath she cries, 'Tm really bored to P I' ll II (l (( J) lvf ( It death. Oh, for excitement of some H f fif f f gff VJ Vr J lJi f kind! Forsooth, I think I'll lose my ' mind." j about this female Jane is that she long since went insane. All her life her one great greed has been to hit high spots with speed. She went to this and went to that with Tom, Dick Harry, Ned and Pat until she could not ' stand a lull. Life to Jane is bleak and dull when she is not at high-brow fetes where joy is spread at rapid rates. Excite ment is her middle name. She withers when the day is tame. Take her to a picture show and she will sigh, "It's very slow. Is there not another place where we can set a faster pace?" And so unless you swim in kale your company to Jane is staie. She " can only feel sublime when hitting hign snots all the time. The moment that her fun is through the poor girl knows not what to do. She often weeps in blank despair and wildly tears her golden hair. That's the end fate has in store for those who hit Irish soots salore. Th moments that they spend between ars I never pjeasant and serene. Fate makes grcucnes of them all. Thev only smile when at a ball. You can only outwit fate by cutting down your rapid gait. Cepjrrieht, 1921. bj- .Ytt Publishing t o- SCHOOL BILLS (Continued From race One.) for the public schools in the various counties of the State where complaint is registered as to whether the county commissioners have exceeded their au thority in fixing the school tax rate. Another effort was made bv th House to bring about adjournment Saturday night when a joint resolutiois, introduced bv Representative Grant of Davie county, fixing Wednesday as th-j final-date on which bills could 'be intro duced was passed and sent to the Sen ate for consideration. Representative Ross introduced a bill seeking to have the daisv made the of ficial flower. The rules were suspend ed, the bill put on its immediate pis sage and Avas forthwith defeated on :i viva voce vote. -Representatives Fountain and Mur phy admonished the House to speed up its work in order to "get away from here" by Saturady night. The Senate, it was pointed out. was well up with its calendar while the House was not. They asked for less delay in the consideration of all measures. SENATE SESSION" Ratification is aj! that is now needed to make the $710,000 school deficit bill a part of the laws of North Carolina, for the senate repeated its performanc? of Tuesday in voting unaninouslv and without discussion or demand for ex planation for the passage of the bill in its third reading. The measure uhov rizes the State Treasurer to issue bonds for $710,000 the proceeds from the sa?c of which will be used in reimbursing the counties and cities which have ad vanced money that was supposed to have come from the State for the pav- ment of one half of the expense of running' schools six months in every county. The fact that the bin has been very throughly discussed in the lows" nouse and in committees prevented the nec essity" for discussion and explanation in the upper house. This was the only matter of State-wide importance and significance that was handled at the morning session of the Senate, which completed the roll call and other 'coal bills on its schedule for the day by 12:30 and recessed until 'Wednesday night at S o'clock in order to take up the public bills. Senator Elmer Uone, author of the bill colling for publicity in connection with tax rebates, announced on Wed nesday that despite the action of the Senate in sending- his bill bad- lo joint judiciary committee for consideration. he was goin to ask for a vote on the. measure on the floor of tha "eiato. He has no idea what kind cf i veport the bill will get from joirt judicw"-, but even if it comes up on untavorybls report, the measure can placed te fore the Senate. Senator Harry Stubbs has net decid ed when he will bring up his bill pro viding the call for a. constitution.il con vention. He asked that 't oo postponed when it first carrfs up. DYE THAT FADED DRESS YOURSELF Package of 'Diamond Dyes' Makes Any Garment or Drapery Like New. For fifty-one years millions of women have been using "Diamond Dj-es" lo add years of wear to worn, faded skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweat ers, coverings, hangings, everything. Tou too can put new, rich, fadeless colors into your worn garments or draperies even if j-ou have never dyed before. Just buy Diamond Dyes no other kind than your material will come out right, because Diamond Dyes are guaranteed not to streak, spot, ade, or run. Tell your druggist wheth er the material you wish to. dye is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. OSTEOPATHY Is the science of healing by adjustment. DR. H. F. RAY 313 Realty Bid?. FRANK LANE MILLER DR. 610 Realty Bldg. DR. ARTHUR M. DYE 224 Piedmont Bld. Osteopaths. Charlotte, N. C. INFOR31ATION BY REQUEST BrasweSI & Crichton All Kinds INSURANCE Nothing Else. Phone 1697 Commercial Bank Charlotte, N. C. 80.J Rldg. ' I !! llOTIlHWIf HOLIDA Y GIFTS Christmas giving may be as generous as one wishes, hut the better spirit of the times frowns upon frivolous expendi tures. Let your gift to her be one of beauty, surely, but let it be useful beauty. An opportune time for buying Christmas Gifts as well as things for personal wear. For today and Wednesday these lovely Suits, Coats and Wraps bear special prices as a pre-Holiday offering. Second floor. ft 4 Goats Wra They are all Coats of the better kind. Some with rich, Fur Collar and Cuffs, others in belted or semi-fitted models, developed in Bo livia, Pollyanna, Veldyne and Normandy. Formerly $39.50 to ?75.00 $24Ht0$4M Bath ELK BROS "THE HOME OP BETTEH VAUJESTr Suits Small lot of Coat Suits, in this season's la- j- test styles, fur trimmed and plain tailored models, in Suede Velour, Duvetyne and Ve lour; colors, Navy and Brown. These Suit? were formerly priced $59.50 to 89.50. Now S39J8 and $49 and U Capes am Something the children will surely enjoy, not only for Christmas, but for a long time. Some of them with school bag. In colors Navy and Brick. Sizes 6 to 14 m m m GOBS Of fine Blanket Cloth. A Robe is a practical gift which a woman values when styled and finished as well as these are. Satin trimmed and tailored styles in a variety of attractive color.s $2i t0 $7M Robes Lounging Robes of fine Corduroy and Wool Eiderdown; Pink, Blue, Rose and Tan. Braid and Satin trimmed. Long tie sash. Nothing more appropriate for Her $& ' $12J2 mi HI rV 7 K tijf WE SELL IT FOR UBS 3 " ) - ' " . . ... : -
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