Unemployment
Visioned By
Miss Abbott
Washington, D. C. (AFLNS).—
Old age pension laws and unemploy
ment insurance laws are commend
able as far as they go but they do not
provide camplete protection for either
the unemployed or other dependent
persons, Miss Grace Abbott, former
chief of the Fereral Children’s Bu
reau and now with the University of
Chicago, told the national conference
of the American Association of So
cial Workers in session here.
Although the Social Security Act
was a great step forward, she said,
‘•it does not mean that relief will no
longer be necessary,” and that a con
tinuance of Federal aid to the States
for relief work was necessary to
avoid wholesale suffering in all sec
tions of the country.
“It is not now politically possible to
guarantee employment to all those
able to work but who are or will be
unemployed,” she added. “Clearly,
we must still have public assistance
or suffering will be widespread and
acute.”
She declared that ‘constant change
in Federal relief policies has made
the development of a sense of State
responsibility and a permanent State
policy difficult, not to say impossible.”
LABOR VISITORS AT
TH EJOURNAL OFFICE
Mr. Frank J. Bente, vice-president
of the Federation of Silk and Rayon
Dyers and Finishers of America, an
A. F. of L. affiliate, was a Journal
visitor Tuesday, along with Paul R.
Christopher, of the United Textile
Workers. Mr. Benti is in this terri
tory in the interest of his organiza
tion.
Lonely People of World
Found on Small Islands
The loneliest Britons are to be
found among the smalleF islands of the
Hebrides, observes a writer In Pear
son's London Weekly. Many of them
believe In fairies and in ghosts; the
ghosts are always green. Several of
the Isles have less than a dozen in
habitants, some less than half a dozen.
No roads, no motor cars, no cinemas,
no dances, no hospitals.
The world’s loneliest petrol pump is
Bidon Cinq, In the middle of the Sa
hara desert, in Algerian territory. One
Arab looks after it, selling water be
sides petrol. The first Arab put in
charge went out of his mind.
Sailors say the loneliest lighthouse
Is out in the Red sea. off Suakin. It is
known as the Widow’s Tears, because
it was built by the generosity of a
British captain whose ship was
wrecked on the Djebel Ter rock For
a long time no keeper would agree
to dwell there, and its* tending was
entrusted to convicts, who were let oil
part of their sentence as a reward.
Britain's loneliest band Is! that of
tlie bagpipe players of the Isle of
Arranmore, off Donegal,
Night watchmen are the loneliest
workers in cities. Month after month
and year after year, they go their soli
tar.v rounds through stores and ware
'•user, until the pale light of dawn
culls them Imine, to bed.
TsblJ Tenn.s Had Start
in hdia, Authority Says
Table tennis started in India some
time before 11)00. Like most pastimes,
was the outcome of boredom. Eng
lish officers, tired of tinkling their
drinks on the veranda before dinner,
made a ball out of a wad of assorted
feathers packed tightly In a woven
cloth cover and began batting it around
with holllow vellum rackets. They
stacked books across the library table
to serve as a net and made Indoor
tennis of the tiling, writes Kyle Crich
ton in Collier’s Weekly.
Iu the early period, the game was all
patpat, but because the old shuttle
cock was heavy the players learned to
drive It. This went on until the cellu
loid ball was generally adopted. The
next innovation was the bat, which
up to that time had been a plain
wooden paddle. It was In 1902 in
London that a man named flood
walked into an apothecary shop to get
a headache powder and came away
with the rubber mat on which the drug
gist counted out (he change. He
glued the rubber mat to the smooth
wooden paddle and proceeded to make
himself champion of England, spin
ning the ball past the old masters
with the utmost aplomb.
KNOX BROS.
Meats — Groceries
We Deliver
1327 W. Trade Phone 9398
THURSDAY NIGHT
cimi/t/ night <fr
Cafeteria
F. G. CAMPBELL
, Dry Cleaner
(Member Teamsters sad
Chauffeurs Local)
719 Louise Ave. Phone 2-1033
INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS
AGAINST TWO BESSEMER
CITY TEXTILE CONCERNS
Special to Labor Journal
GASTONIA, Feb. 25.—W. Franklin Gaffney, senior inspector of the
North Carolina Department of Labor, is here this week investigating com
plaints filed against two Bessemer City mills alleging violations of a state
labor law which governs the working hoars of females.
Commissioner A. L. Fletcher, of the Department of Labor, is to come
to Gastonia on Thursday of this week to join Inspector Gaffney in the in
vestigation, according to a letter from the commissioner received Monday by
R. C. Thomas, district U. T. W. organiser.
The ocmplaints are against the American Mills No. 1 and the Gam
hriel-Melville mill. It is alleged that the managements have been working
women twelve hours a day in the plants, whereas the state law sets forth
that females shall not work more than eleven hours in one day.
Commissioner Fletcher was originally scheduled to come here last week
to launch the investigation but, according to a communication from him, was
unable to do so because of illness in his family.
“Pursuit” Is a
Happy-Go-Lucky
Story Of Love At
Charlotte Theatre
Comedy, romance and action pack
“Pursuit,” Metro- GoHwyn - Mayer’s
hilarious romance of carefree ad
venture on the open road, which, with
Chester Morris and Sally Eilers, is
now playing at the Charlotte The
atre.
It is the story of the motoring ad
venture of a young couple smuggling
a child out of the state in a guard
ianship fight. Thejr adventures,
some hectic, some humorous, occur in
auto camps and barns, farmyards, a
veterinary hospital and in many, lo
cations alopg the open road between
San Francisco and the Mexican bor
der.
Morris is perfectly cast as the ad
venturing aviator, and Miss Eilers a
beautiful as well as a perfect partner
in adventure for him. Little Scotty
Beckett, of “Our Gang’’ comedies,”
scores heavily as the child fugitive.
C. Henry Gordon plays one of his
rare sympathetic roles, and is con
vincingly clever as the kindly detec
tive, while Henry Travers provides
comedy as the itinerant paperhanger
who turns amateur detective. Doro
thy Peterson, Harold Huber, Gran
ville Bates, Minor Watson and other
clever players are in the cast.
The new picture was deftly direct
ed by Edwin L. Marin, famous for
“Sweetheart of Sigma Chi” and other
hits. The story is by L. G. Bloch
man, with the joyous screen play
adapted from it by Wells Root, sce
narist of “Public Hero.”
By buying non-Union products, the
worker places himself in the same
category as a strike breaker.
SELWYN HIT RATE DRUG STORE
DeMvery Service— Home-Owned and Operated
friend if Organized Labor
129 West Trade St.—Phone 35131
A VALUE EVENT NO SMART SHOPPER
WILL MISS!
COLD STREAM PINK V
SALMON 3 x. 29c
IONA MACARONI OR
SPAGHETTI 3 »10c
A&P TASTY WHOLE MILK
CHEESE - ib. - 19c
Cofflasi, SpadaU.!
8 O’CLOCK =. • 15c
BOKARttO'zl'
Vigorous and Vine;
DEL MONTE SLICED OR CRUSHED
LARGE
CAN
PINEAPPLE
ONE OF THE BEST FOODS
NUCOA - ib. -
CAMPBELL’S
BEANS "■“g’*1"
19c
20c
20c
Staley’s Cuba
Starch, pkg.5c
Gelatin Deeaert
Sparkle 6 **** 25c
RITZ
Crackers 21c
Waldorf
Tissue 4 17e
Scottissue 3 “ 22e
Palmolive
Soap, bar.5c
Octagon Soap or
Powder 2
Hershey's
l,"*“ Cake
Chocolate * “*•
5c
10c
$Acwdmt)ih&Jv&
Rye, Vienna, Raisin,
Cracked Wheat, Cheese
BREAD
MEI. LOAF 9C
Hot Cross
BUNS-10c
Maxwell House COFFEE, lb...M..27c
GRAPE-NUTS, Pk*......lie
Flour, Pkg. .. 29c
Jello, 3 Pkgs. .20c
Six Delicious Flavors
UMn-ntT
Flakes, Pkg. .
POST
Toasties 3
.11c
25c
POPULAR BRANDS
CIGARETTES *12c-«*,1 ^
All IL4M!!i[ & IIMinnie
Charlotte Central Labor Union held
its regular weekly meeting Wednes
day night with an attendance not up
to the average. After the regular
routine of business and good reports
of locals, a talk was made by Brother
Fullerton as to the advisability of
having the State Federation of La
bor put on a full time organiser. A
motion was made that the state ex
ecutive board call for a referendum,
which was carried.
Talks were made by Organisers
Lick and Dooley on “Affairs and
conditions,” which were greatly en
joyed.
President Barr presided and Secre
tary Amyx filled two jobs as sec
retary, Recording Secretary Holton
being absent.
Perry-Mincey
Furniture Co.
Redecorates
The interior of the Perry-Mincey
Furniture Co., 123-125 South College
street, has been redecorated, with
installation of a better lighting
system, all of which tends to make
more attractive the disply of their
“spring styles” in housefumishings,
along with the usual line of durable
bedroom, living room and kitchen
furniture. They carry a “stork”
line for the baby and specializes in
Atwater-Kent radios.
This concern was founded in 1922,'
fourteen years ago, by Mr. O. S.'
Perry and L. E. Mincey, their first
store being located at 115 South
Tryon, from there moving to 122
South Tryon street, and three years
ago locating in their present quar
ters, each time the change being
made necessary by increased busi
ness and a demand for increased
floor space. The display area cover's
30,000 square feet.
Mr. Mincey reports an excellent
business, which has been built upon
quality of merchandise and fair
dealing, coupled with courtesy and
service. This concern has always
shown a decidedly friendly attitude
toward labor and reecives a goodly
share of the trade of the workers
both in and around Charlotte.
If Union workers will prevai. upon
the buying public to purchase only
Union Label products, they will have
the best assurance of prevailing
wages.
Better Than Whiskey
for Coughs and Colds
COLDEX
Quickest Relief Known for
Colds and Flu.
Now—35c
Ice
Cream
m West Fifth Street
CHARI OTTE, N. C
Telephone 3*1164
USE . . .
ZORIC
Dry Cleaning,
Phone 5173
Pender Stores
Answer Yoer Problem! of
ECONOMY
AND
QUALITY
| SOME OF THE THINGS I
I WE LEND MONET ON
Rifla
AO Business Strictly Confi
dential. When in Need of
Money We Never Fail
Ton
Reliable Loan Co.
20* But Trade Strut
See U> fee Barfeiae ia Dtanead*
Watches, Jewelry, Cbtklaf. etc.
!
President Thrift
And Organizers
Dooley-Thomas
Visit In The East
President E. A. Thrift, of the North
Carolina Textile Council, spent Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday: in the
eastern part of the stated making:
talks in meetings at Irving Satur
day night to a large mass meeting of
textile workers, going from there to
Goldsboro, where he addressed a
joint meeting of textile and highway
workers. From there he went to
Fayetteville on business, during the
trip attending many committee meet
ings and conferences. Mr. Thrift
was accompanied by Organisers
Dooley and Thomas.
Self-preservation is the first law of
man. Buying Union-made goods and
Union services is the first law of a
Union man.
k REMEMBER • . . You Always Save at Belk Bros.!
Work
Shirts
and Pants to Match
Shirts 95*
Pants »1'«
t
:
! Shirts and pants tailor
ed for real service!
Made from a hard
finish cotton material
resembling a light twill.
Full cut and vat dyed.
The colors include light
blive, slate and sand.
Just the right weight
for spring and summer!
Men’s Work Shoes
Plain - toe work shoes
made from tough, long
wearing black leather *
with durable leather soles.
Also work oxfords with
leather or raw cord soles.
Sizes 6 to 12.
Belk’s Bargain Basement
The Union Label is the O. K. stamp
of quality!
QUALITY JEWELRY
M.B. SMITH
Jewelers
105 E. Trade St.
MAY WE SERVE TOUT
ORDER
Avant’s
j High—Hea.
Low—Ash
COAL
Wood and Coke
I j Phone 8184
Mecklenburg Hotel
Home of Station WSOC
Radi* and Electric Faa in Ever*
Room
*
B. & M. OIL CO.
534 S. TRYON ST.
It Pays to Trade With
Doggett
Lumber Co.
Phone 4288-2-1848
Shaw-Horton
Tire Co.
8th and College. Phone 7111
Call Tour Nearest Dealer
Kale-La wing Co.
EVERYTHING FOR THE
OFFICE
225 SO. TRYON ST.
CHARLOTTE, N. C
..... L _. . !'■ ■ 1
AMERICAN SHOE SHOP
104 East Fourth Street
ALL WORK DONE BY UNION SCALE LABOR
Guaranteed Satisfaction
For Service Dial 9122 C. L. DETTER, Prop.