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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER X7, 1921. The Charlotte News Published By THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Fourth and Church 6ts. THE WAR'S EFFECT UPON FAR EAST. THE It is manifest that the gravest prob lems which have arisen in connection '" with what is now known as the Far W. C. DO WD... Pres. and Gen. Met. . . .. . JULIAN S. MILLER Editor pastern question have come up out of W. M. BELL. Advertising Mgr. the World War. Whatever of confusion ENTIABLENESS OF OUR POSITION. fcvt' ini a -i 1 wrVf AtrAW ot I s- - wi,cvci &-ta.jr t3 TELEPHONES: Business Office 115 aSEdUor DCP"!?.ent '::" ".22?7 b6en the implications of Japan's in- Editorial Rooms ..;...!!..!.! '. 362 trigrue to rope China 'in and utilize its Printing House 1530 vast dominions and resources for its North Carolina is undoubtedly one of the most favored States in the whole eountry just at this time, if not con sistently so. Men who travel about a great deal and who are interested, in a business way, with the industrial de velopments of other parts of the contry, tpll n that sr far ns ha. vine? f.rirtie. nut there may have been in China prior!.- thft " d of the flenrpssimi is concerned, they found no other State comparable with this. In other sections, the people are despondent and business is halting and hesitant; industry is stagnant and trade is running on a hit-and-miss basis. The farmersi are in mtototr ssfifT ATfrn pwf:5 " ' 0W1 sain, these have bee amplified by J net Associated rress is exclusively - uw oa-pan sidebt; the business houses carrying them. IS or TnTS particfularIy' tlay . one of ,are ,n trouble in some section an(J tne not "ctherwisf created in thiS panr e five greatest powers is due almost instltutions are bein- WOrked an-1 also the local news published ent""ely to the contributions which thejovertime to carry tho load that con(3i. mrern. war made to tnat country. AH risrhts of republication of special dispatches herein also are reserved. From the standpoint of power, Japan became the predominant nation of the SUBSCRIPTION RATES, saw her opportunity to play a master- One year $10.05 ful role in China, because of the tur- Sfv months 5.00 moil, preoccupation and inevitable post- Seeem?nhth!..,!.,.,.'!., s55lwar f Europe, sue imposed One week .."..".".. "...". 11.., I ' !20lhcr wil1 on China by means of many By Mail. "demands" put through by an ultima- Six months ! 400 -tum China waa for tbe un Three months ...".... ".".... 2.00-eclual Same an3 apparently had no in One month 75 ternational friends. Japan from being SnniT.iv Onlv. One year Six months TIMES-DEMOCRAT. (Semi-Weekly) S.60 t.30 1.50 find toav Six months 75 "Entered as second-class matter at the postoffioe at Charlotte, N. C, under the Act of March 3, 1897." SATURDAY, DECE3IBER 17. 1921. FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: Love, joy. peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good ness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Gal. 5:22, Art). A POSTER CAMPAIGN. Under the auspices of the Interna-1 ternal admnistration and natural tional Rotary Clubs, a poster campaign has been instituted for the promotion of a loftier business mental state just now when people are in the dumps and when the outlook is not as roseate as men would like for it to be. The Poster Advertising Associatien is leading its 100,000 boards without a cent of cost; the lithographers are doing their work gratis and thus, without anybody mak ing a cent of profit on such a vast undertaking, throughout the United btate sand Sanada these 100,000 bill boards, "bristling with messages that appeal to common sense and reason, patriotism and fellowship as between man and man," will appear for three months, December, January and Feb ruary, in 8,000 towns and cities. These messages will emphasize "the gospel of team work as the one best thing that can be encouraged and prac tised to relieve the present troubles, both fancied and real". In other words, the whole purpose of this campaign is to produce a more hopeful attitude in the people, to create in them a more virile morale a ?to their business and trade and industry, the whole thought behind it being psychological. or course, it is net to be presumed that the present-day troubles can be totally cured by such an appeal. Today's Ills are not entirely psychological and, therefore, psychic remedies will altogeth er fail to bring things around to normal adjustment, but, after all, a lot of the hardness of the times and bleakness of the outlook right now arises from the pessimism of men, comes about be cause of an unfortunate and unneces sary mental state. TU . . ; , . mo iij-rie firjj,e'l-wn sometimes or a iisaster brings on the disaster whether there is any other source from which It might ari?e or not. A whisper on the streets has broken many a bank, caus ing a run on the institution, and totally wrecked it beyond repair. A sinister sen tence, gnbiy spoken on some corner of the street, has started a stream of con versation about some business or some industry that has driven such to the rocks. We seldom appreciate the power of a suggestion as it relates to our everyday affairs, and that is the reason that men can.maKe times harder by standing around and repeating what they have heard of some specific instance of cal amity. The tale of a catastrophe runs with the swiftness of the wind3. And every time it is repeated, it picks up volume until a teu&th, it has covered the community or the State or the Jiation. and wrought its wreck. That is a species of what is commonly re garded as the phychological basis of business. The Poster campaign instituted by the Rotary clubs of the world is aimed to counteract such impressions by getting the people to thinking about other things, more hopeful things, more en couraging things. The messages which will be flashed forth will be such as to Inspire and animate and set people to talking good times and pondering upon the many constructive bases upon which the American people arc already plant ed. The whole aim of the movement is to appeal to common sencse, to fair ness, to justice, to the sense of patriot ism and fellowship which reside In men and and thus to bring about what, it is hoped, may become a psychological re volution in the business thought of the times. a teacher and a model to bo followed by China, began to be feared and hated as the most ruthless and dangerous of the foreign aggressors. In the vicissitudes of the great Euro pean war, Russian autocracy completely vanished. In anticipation of the Allied victors', Japan secured (early in 1917) assurances from Great Britain, France and Italy that they would support her claims at the Peace Conference to all German rights in Shantung and in the Pacific. Then America entered the war (April 191") and also, reluctantly, China (Sep tember, 1917). While the Allies and America were completely absorbed in the great struggle, Japan was busy consolidating her position and her inter ests in the Far East. Her tradesmer and her merchant ships displaced all others. By large loans to China, made with corrupt Chinese officials, Japan secured a powerful grip on China's in re sources. By her possession of Kiaochow and exclusive control of the customs and postofnee of Shantung, Japanese adventurers were able to flood and de bauch large sections with opium and vice. By her military treaties with China's corrupt generals and viceroys, whether intentionally or not, she foster ed the political turmoil in China. Be cause of these various methods of ag gression, Japan has aroused against herself the suspicions and fears of most patriotic Chinese and the hostility of most foreign traders in China. For they see nothing but disaster and defeat ahead, unless in some way Japan can be forced or led to play the international game on new lines. The collapse of Russia and the pres ence in Siberia of scores of thousands of Russia's prisoners. German and oth ers, created a new tactor or tear m the Occident and led to the Allied mili tary expedition to Siberia (1918). Japan took the lead, but the policies of Japan's General Staff and the character of di plomacy caused serious friction between America and Japanese troops and offi cers in Siberia. Tho strong arti -Japan ese feeling that now pervades the American Legion is due in large part to the experiences of th-' American army in Siberia during those months. Although in 1919 all other forces with drew from Siberia, Japanese troops are still there, a cause of much doubt and suspicion in the Occident and deeply re sented by Rusian residents. Of course, if France is allowed to have ten capital ships, then Italy must have equally as many. Italy won't stand for its neighbor having a better or big ger navy and thus will be opened up another race for naval supremacy amoing the bantamweight class. FRANCE'S NAVAL DEMANDS. The contracts have been let for the building of the great power stations of the Southern Power Compnay on the France has thrown a monkey-wrench into the machinery of the conference at Washington which in these last few days, seemed to have been going along very smoothly. France is now specifical. ly and emphatically demanding a navy of the strength of Japan's although there is no genuine reason why France should insist upon a sizeable navy. So long as it is allowed to keep an army mg enough to whip Germany, the French, it would appear, should be sat isfied with their military resources. Evidently, however, the French states men participating in the conference are seeing things that look red .and: hearing things that do not make for hopefulness as to the future naval strength of their country. The probable truth of the situation is that France is not much interested in the issue of disarmament. She would like to increase rather than decrease her military strength for the reason, we take it, that the World War brought to bear such terrible lessons to that country in respect to its dangers from outside aggression that France would like to become strong enough of Itself for defensive purposes without having to rely so exclusively upon outside aid. In the matter of naval strength. France has been forced to depend in large irieas- strength now being r mo upun urea.t iritain. tier army strength now being retained makes her largely independent of any neighbor for land defense and her ambition is to duplicate such a status in her naval forces. tions have afflicted them with. You don't hear much of such a status as this in North Carolina. It ia a fact, of course, that conditions could be much better than they are, but there is plenty of money in the State; farmers ara still up and doing business; merchants are. finding their stores well filled with CUS' tomers; industrial plants are running every day and throughout the whola at mosphere of business and trade and in dustry, there is sign of life and whole some activity. There are two or three reasons for such a fortunate condition. One of them is that North Carolina, a3 a State, has a diversity of sources from which it can draw its wealth -The Western people are dependent upon an entirely different activity than those of the East for their livelihood, and in the whole commonwealth there is a variety o industries from which the people are able to derive their wealth. They are not entirely bound by cotton. They raise a lot o ftobacco and make a lot of money out of it. And then they pro duce peanuts and grow vegetables and other such commodities in one part of the State, while in the mountain sec tions, there is a diversity of enterprises, quite aside from farming to which they can look for their sustenance. Another reason for North Carolina's prosperity as compared with that of other States, particularly in the South, is that cotton, the basis of a majority of the wealth created in the State, has not yet been destroyed by the boll wee vil as is the case in many other sec tions, notably in parts of South Caro lina and in all of Georgia. One may take the cotton census figures and see what a plight Georgia is in, for instance. A State that has a capacity to produce more than 2,500,000 bales of cotton, as it has done in other years, is this year making only a few hundred thousand bales. The boll weevil has literally laid the farmers of that State out and the effect, coming at this particular time of j financial and business distress the coun try over, is making for a very unfortu nate condition among the people of such cotton-growing States. North Carolina ought to feel singular ly grateful for the favors of Providence which it is enjoying. There is no other State in the South and very few in the country over, if, indeed, any at all, that are comparable with it just now in industrial attainments, in a widely diffused prosperity and in the sort of hopefulness that crowns the portals of the future. KELLY SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PEN VETERANS MEET IN CONFERENCE Second Annual Session Inter-Allied Federation ; McNider Sends Mesage. Paris, Dec. 17.-Tn a messaee to th Inter-Allied Veterans" Federation which ' opened its second annual conference i here today, Hanford MacNider, national I commander of the American Lsgion, de- i clared tho Federation "will be a strong er factor toward the prevention of fu ture war than any limitation of arma ments conference or any international agreements." The Federation is a union of veter ans' societies which are made up of men who fought in the armies and na vies of seven of the Allied countries durin the World war. Pelegates are present from the United States, the British Empire, including overeeas do- imriMws, r-ince, Belgium, Italy, Ru mania and Czehosiovakia. The Ameri can member of the Federation is the American Legion. Commander MacNider's message was presented by William B. Follett, of Eu gene, Ore., former national vice-commander of the Legion, and chairman of the American delegation of five. Mr. Follett also extended an invitation on behalf of the American Legion to the Federation to hold its next world meet ing in New Orleans in October. 1922, in connection with the fourth national convention of the American Legion. MacNIDER'S MESSAGE. Commander MacNider's message fol lows: "The American Lesion sends vn greetings with the earnest hope that! this meeting and the year ahead may be ' filled with great achievements for the I .a.uoc ui an ex-service men. tor the countries for which we. fought and for the civilized world. "Our Union is sealed and the strength of our friendship and comradeship is a guarantee to the world of hanniv and a future pregnant with oportunities to bind even closer thex strongest ties men can have those of serving side by side in battle asainst the foes of iviii. zation. It is our belief that thfi time 5 nai. , - - -w M v.4. iy ripe for concerted action toward the great ends to which we are nledtred in gpint. The Intar-Allied Veterans' Fed eration composed of men who i what war means and who with open eyes and vivid memories of those ex periences which only can be gained up cn the field of battle, will be a strcme-P.- factor toward the prevention of future war than any limitation of armaments conference or any interantional agreements. "We pledge to you in memory of nur comrades who did not come back, and with constant thousrht of blind, maimed and broken must live the war forever that the people of the world shall have the opportunity to say that such things must never come again. We must build Ur our Iflcinns Dig ana nne and stroner. nnrl tio tii nto our national existences hv enoii firm bonds of service, that our ereat nations will stand behind tho men whn offered their lives for the defense of liberty. That is our first task. "Our next task stands clearly before us., and for this great service to hu manity, we pledge ourselves to you our comrades of yesterday, today and tomorrow," BAPTISTS SHOW IMMENSE GAINS Church in North Carolina and South Has Had Re markable Growth. Rleieii, Dec. 17 There aro a t nt u 1 nf j 533.722 Baptists in the State of North i Carolina according to a survey that has Raleigh, Dec. 17.--C. J. Kelly. San-! just been completed bv rr. Fl. T ah. ford automobile dealer, was sentenced : dredge, secretary of Survey. Statistics to five years in the Atlanta peniten-i and Information of the Eaptist Sunday tiary and fined $5,000 in United States j School Board, district court Fridav for intersJa.te traf- His nc m stoien automooiles, when the jury, jwith the Baptist development from after four hours' deliberation, brought to 1921. He finds that durinsr that members 716,563 or the gain in same in the Baptists have a. vuuh,l ui 6uiiLjf igaui&i. iveuy ana iwniury .tne .Baptist gain m A. W. Koff man, major in the New York j in the United States was 7, ianuudi ru3.ru, ana narry craigr, oris.yoT pe rcent, whereas v-......v, , x cv., niLKJ wcic uifu joint- population ior tne countrv for the V With 1-1 T 1-n licrii.mn C- . - , - . v ...m -jwec own., BusiqQea i ptrioa was Via per cent. It is uic-niuj. ui lii tvv iuriv auTomonue couth hrra.-sve,- 1-.. vA squad, and Frank Moran, of Xew Yorfc. other defendants in the case, were ac quitted. District Attorney Aydlett re served pnayer for judgment against Hotfman and Craig. made their greatest strides, and rf thf total strength of that denomination in ! tnis country, ts.162,500 members reside within the territory of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1S21 there were only 204 Baptist T?T?VrXT mi? . - r-umcues m tne state with 141 minis- 1I It r4 rV RFIAT. ters and 11.335 members, this M A I I? I MfllVT A T DDAn i"eBe. cuurcnes reported a total UAAttIlUUJtrJL FriOr, of l.OSl baptisms that year. By 1921,1 wuwevr, toe number ot white churches naa increased to 2,192 with 353,722 mem bers, and they reported for the past year 15,274 baptisms. The churches co operating with the Southern Baptist vn,.iiuiiii report ior tne past year -,j.u jsunaay schools with an enroll ment of 220,018 pupils. The same church es uvq cnurcn property valued at is.- loo.-ju, report contributions to home purpoees of $2,020,522.00 last year and lu missions ana benevolences of $131, 935, makinsr. the total the year to all purposes $3,152,457. iNortn Carolina stands among the. very first in its subscrrntions to and miw. tions on the Baptist 75 million campaign. ASSERTS ADMIRAL Those who want to do a kind, gen erous Christian act during the holidays Catawba, one at Mountain Island in ofthTwtor, Z Z7U T fv.;0 4.. . ..or ttle letters to Santa Claus as thev are appearing from day to day in The mis county and the other at Great Falls, S. C. The construction of these plants, including machinery cost, is ex pected to run in excess of $10,000,000 and the fact that such a vast amount of new wealth is to be diffused in this immediate vicinity is one of the bases for hopefulness of better times within J.he next year hereabouts. rvews. Some of these letters indicate need and destitution in homes where there are either no mothers or no fath ers and homes so7 obscurely situated that Santa Claus may not find his way there unless some kindly-hearted, thoughtful man or woman shows him the way. A Admiral Asai Tinff-K.au. etoHtAs2LTinS-Kau senior adviser to the Chinese arms confer ence delegation, handed out some sag, advice on matrimony in a re cent address in Boston on women's emancipation. "Never permit your husband to learn to cook or mend his clothes. It makes him inde pendent of you and that is fatal -was cue of the admiral hints. ' KrrmL,MSM ESDI u ii WIS. . METHan,Rwt,Su',, Mrw TE INHALANT METHOD CO. 6W U.k Lew. OSTEOPATHY Is the science of healing by adjustment. DR. U. F. RAY 313 Realty Bldg. DR. FRANK LANE MILLER 610 Realty Bldg. DR. ARTHUR M. DYE n t 224 Piedmont Bldg. Osteopaths, flharlntf v. r INFORMATION BY REQUEST 1 Triangle Music Co. PIAN06-PH0N0GRAPHS- MUSIC ROLLS - BfcCpWD SO WEST 312 ST. PHON1 i 3 Braswell & Crichton All Kinds INSURANCE Nothing Else. Phone 1697 803 Commercial Bank Bias. Charlotte, N. C. Men Like Things Made For en, Coming From A M Real M an s Store Look Down These Columns and Read of the Possible Gifts Which Men Like. For Instance - SUITS Schloss, Hamburger and Style plus hand tailored Suits made of All Wool Serge, blue and Brown. Pin stripe; made in Men's and Young Men's models. All hand tailored and the very newest mod els $25.00, $29.50, $35.00, $39.50, Men's and Young Men's Suits, made of All Wool Serge, Blue and Brown Mixtures. Made of the new models, single and double breasted $14.95, $19.95, $25.00, $29.50. OVERCOATS Big lot new Overcoats made of the new materials and models $9.95, $12.50, $14.95, $19.95, $25.00, $29.50, $35.00 HATS A new Hat makes a nice Christ mas gift for father or brother; our stock is complete All new shapes and colors $1.95, $2.50, $3.95, $4.95, $7.00. MEN'S PANTS Men's Dress Pants of Serge and Fancy Mixtures. Sizes 28 to 54s $2.98, $3.95, $4.95, $6.95, $8.95. Men's Caps, all the new shapes and colors, including the well known Sure-fit Cap $1.50, $1.98, $2.50. MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS Men's Dress Shirts, made of line Percale and Madras; plain and fancy patterns $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00. MEN'S SILK SHIRTS Men's Silk Shirts, made of fine grade Silk and neat patterns- $3.05, $4,95, $5.95, $6.95. MEN'S TIES Men's new Silk Ties, new shapes and styles 25c, 50c, 75c, 98c, $1.50 1 special lot Men's Silk Knit Ties, regular $1.00 value. Special 50c. BATHROBES good grade, all sizes $3.95 to $9.95. MEN'S UMBRELLAS Give him a nice Umbrella for Christmas. Big stock to select from $1.00 to $5.00. MEN'S HOSIERY $1.50 value Men's Silk and Wool Socks. Special 98c. Men's fine Cashmere Socks, col ors Black and Oxfords, Grey 50c Men's fine Fiber Silk Socks, col ors Black, Navy, Cordovan 50c pair, or 6 pair m box, $2.75. Men's 50c Mercerized Socks, all colors 35c, or 6 pair in box, $1.75 Men's 50c Mercerized Socks, all colors. Special 35c. Phoenix and Cheney and other standard makes of Men's fine Silk Hose, at 50c, 75c, 98c. MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS 1 lot Men's 10c Cotton Handker chiefs, per dozen 75c. . Men's White Cotton Handker chiefs, full size, at 5c, 8 l-3c, and 12 l-2e. Men's All Pure Linen Handker chiefs 25c, 50c, 98c. . Paris, Brighton and other makes of Men's Supporters 10c, 15c, 25c, 35c, 39c, 50c. MEN'S GLOVES 1 Special lot Men's Kid Glove?, values up to $4.00. Special $2.50 Men's Auto Driving Gloves $1.50, $2.50, $2.98, $3.50, $5.00, $5.95, $6.95, $8.95. y
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