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The Charlotte Labor Journal AND DIXIE FARM NEWS lawl fr«ry Aindv (tan thu offlcu of The Chorlotto Labor Journal and DUa hn Naan. ICt South College Street (Upetairo). Charlotte. N. C. Advertising rates made known upon applanation. Subscription prion tt.OO P« rear. It is understood that The Charlotte Labor Jooraal does not Indorse the si aliment of aS soasmunications that appoar in this paper and is at liberty to take issue when it saaa fit. ■ntered os seond-elass matter. Septenwr II. Ittl. at the Post Office at cheriotas. N. C sudor the Aet of Merck S. in*. w. M. WITTER. CLAUDE L. ALBEA W. O. BARRETT—. PHONE 3-3094 CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937 STATE FEDERATION CONVENTION AT SALISBURY JULY 26, 27, 28 _Get set for the State Federation of Labor convention at Salis bury, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26, 27, 28. The convention will be one of the best attended and one of the most im portant meetings, as far as the labor movement is concerned ever held in North Carolina. Convention headquarters will be at the Yadkin Hotel and the delegates may rest assured of courteous treatment by the management, which has been very friendly to the cause of labor. The boys are getting all set for a real meeting, one of much hard work, and with many problems to work out, but the union men of Salisbury-Spencer have realized the fact that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” have provided for re laxation in the way of entertainment—so, get your house in order and be on hand at Salisbury, July 26-27-28, prepared to help make the Labor movement in North Carolina stronger and better than ever before. .Editor an .Aaaociato Editor .Advertising Manager Hotel Workers Get $500,000.00 Wage Increase MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Agreements providing annual wage increases of around $500,000 for more than 1,500 employes of fifteen of Milwalkee’s largest hotels were negotiated here by locals of the Hotel and Restaurant Employes Alliance, Laundry Work ers Union, Operating Engineers, and the Milwalkee Building Trades Coun cil. Wage increases range from 26 to 60 per cent, according to classifi cation. Hours for women are limited to 48 per week and to 54 for men. Laundry workers are put on a 44 hour week and the skilled crafts on a 40-hour basis. The agreement provides for an ar bitration committee to adjust griev ances, and includes provisions against strikes and lockouts. The unions reserve the right to re fuse to go through picket lines in strikes properly authorized but be yond their control. Only half the battle is won, when you bargain collectively. Don’t for i get to BUY collectively. Subscribe for The Journal Ihe Union Label is the greatest ASSURANCE of quality and the best INSURANCE for Trade Unionism, ing conditions for every worker. Combining Beauty }Vith Talen' Maxine Marlowe IF pretty Is as pretty does. Maxine Marlowe, star soloist on Phil Spitalny's “Hour of Charm”. Is a credit to the adage. Although as signed to the role of a radio song stress who Is heard but seldom seen. Maxine, never neglects her make-up Being always perfectly groomed, whether alone with the mike, or in public, is the secret of being exuberant, the vivacious kind of a person people like to have around. and admire. While Maxine never uses heavy make-up for the street, she believes little beauty accents which highlight the eyes and neatly applied lipstick are necessary to a sweet disposition. In tact, nothing makes a woman’s disposition sweet er than to know she Is perfectly groomed and well-turned-out. No body can be responsible for that ex cept yourself, according to Maxine, who Is heard Monday nights at 9:30 (E.D.S.T 1 over the NBC network. ~ WClaren McCLAREN SERVICE 1000 W. PALMER ST. Charlotte, N. C. PHONE 2-3240 i in Washington] | WHAT IS TAKING PLACE BY ftt UNITED STATES SENATOR n * * » * * _ Although there has been no let-up in committee consideration of new farm legislation, labor standards, Federal reorganization and numer ous other matters, in preparation for Congressional action once the pro posal to reorganize the judiciary is out of the way, the latter measure is now the highlignt of widespread in terest. As this is being written, op ponents of court changes are present ing their case. By the time this ia published a vote in the Senate may be near. However, developments are coming so rapid that the subject must be left to the daily press and the radio which are keeping the public inform ed on the more significant trends. This opens the way for timely men tion of a subject of unusual interest to those unfamiliar with the daily movements of their members of Con gress. In other words,' the Senatorial Day. The senator’s day begins at vary ing hours. I have seen members of the senate headed for their offices as early as six in the morning. I have had visitors knocking on my door as early as seven. But by nine o’clock from ten to twenty people are usually awaiting interviews, and the number increases up to noon. Some have appointments and others await their turn. The majority are hopeful of assistance in securing jobs and all feel that their demands can be met. To these daily inter views is added anywhere from one to several hundred letters, post cards, and circulars, the majority requiring immediate attention. As attention is given to visitors and mail, telephone calls add to time required. Many people believe that the pur pose of congress convening at noon is to allow members to have the morning free. Such is not the case. The average member of congress is on several committees. These com mittees meet during the morning hours. It is the time when hearings are held on important legislation and when committee members confer on reports to be made to their respec tive bodies, senate or house, as the case may be. And the congress func tions by committees, the prestige of an individual member being largely based on his rank on committees. The new member begins, always, at the bottom on a committee list and moves upward over a period of years to the coveted chairmanships. Senators, and representatives as well, unless they have some important or pressing appointment in their of fices, go direct from committee rooms to the floor of the senate or house. All endeavor to be present for the roll call. Shortly after twelve, congressional pages bggin the daily trek from re ception rooms to the halls of the sen ate and house, with calls for mem bers. Constituents and even strang ers want time for interviews. Unless the business on the floor is of ex treme importance, the interviews are granted. They result in every con ceivable request. Some are merely friendly calls. When free from duties in the com mittee room or on the floor or of fice, the member must make depart mental calls. Advice is sought on pending federal appointments, con tracts of interest to the Congressional member’s state, and perhaps some particular phase of government ac tivity in which the member is in terested. And while attending to these missions, the member must be in constant communication with his office with regard to telegrams and telephone calls. Not the least of the time-taking demands, is the neces sity for short chats with numerous persons encountered by a member of congress when away from his office. Upon completion of the daily ses sion, then comes the time for roading and signing mail, answering tele grams, dictation to stenographers— always interrupted by telephone calls and visits—sometimes running into darkness. Additional telephone calls and tele grams come well into the night, and start again early the following morn ing. It is all a part of the sena torial day. It' requires patience, en ergy,. and an understanding of peo ple. And the real friend of a con-1 gressional member is the person who | understands the press ..of the daily routine and realizes the strain it im poses on an individual. The time required for writing and making speeches, as well as weigh ing the importance of various invita tions to speak, is another chapter. State Fedeation Convention Dates: July 26, 27, 28—at Salisbury. Be sure and have your delegates present on time. AYLAS DEPARTMENT STORE 121 W. Trade Street — Next to Charlotte Theatre ANNUAL MIDSUMMER Clearance Sale is now in full swing, where Quality and Price go hand in hand . . . Complete outfitters for the entire family—Also many household needs at Raylass Low Prices—Shop and compare. Just one more week to shore these great sav ings — Sale continues through Saturday, July 24th. CREATORS Reasonable Drug Prices 128 North Try on Streot CHARLOTTE Lawson Stanley’s DRUG SUNDRIES 916 S. TRYON ST. CHARLOTTE, N. C. PHONE—3-2083 USE . . . ZOKIC Dry Cleaning DOMESTIC LAUNDRY PkMM 1178 ROSELAND FLORAL CO. i 300 N. Tryon—Corner Try on and Sixth Streets Spacious — Moderaly Appointed Compute PHONES 8191 AND 8192 ANDREWS MUSIC CO. “EVERYTHING MUSICAL" 231 N. Tryon St. Faithful Pilgrims TVek | to Black Virgin Shrine Montserrat, Spain, is the name of a fantastic mountain pass that rises abruptly to a height of 3,000 feet from the rolling foothills of Cata luna. It is also the name of a fa* mous monastery, which clings like a swallow’s nest halfway up the steep slopes of the mountain, about 35 miles northwest of Barcelona. For centuries, states a correspond ent in the St. Louis Globe-Demo crat, this medieval Benedictine monastery has been the nation's most famous shrine, to which thou sands of the Spanish faithful make pilgrimage each year to pay hom age to what is called the Black Vir gin. This wooden image, darkened by age, is not, however, the only source of Montserrat’s fame. Mont serrat, in Catalan tradition, is the Montsalvatsh or Monsalvat of the Middle ages, site of the castle of the Holy Grail. Here Ignatius of Loy ola, a wounded soldier, knelt in prayer, and went away to found the Society of Jesus. According to legend, the Black Virgin was carved by St. Luke and brought to Barcelona A. D. 50 by St. Peter. During the Moorish invasion and occupation it was hidden by Christian monks in one of the caves of Montserrat near the site of the present monastery. An effort was made to bring it down from the mountains, but, although the statue is not quite life-size, the shepherds reported that it could not be moved beyond the ledge where the monas tery stands. The Basilica, accord ingly. was erected to protect it, and the monastery built to care for the pilgrims who climbed the mountain to worship at the virgin’s shrine. Beans Once Considered Unclean Food; Forbidden Although the bean is a very de sirable food it has not always en joyed such a favorable position. More than 2,000 years ago, in fact, some of the Egyptian high priests considered this vegetable unclean and their subjects were forbidden to eat it. The intervening centuries, however, displaced this “boogey” idea and dietitians show that beans deserve an important place in your diet, declares a writer in the Los Angeles Times. The history of the bean is prob ably as lengthy as that of any other vegetable and experts who make a practice of delving into the past inform you that it was known during prehistoric times. It was also fa vored in Switzerland and Northern Italy during the Bronze age. Slight ly later, according to the ancient chronicles, the people of Egypt and certain parts of Europe cultivated the bean. Prior to this time certain vari eties are believed to have grown in the wild state along the southern shore of the Caspian as well as in Northern Africa. From the botanical viewpoint the bean of Great Britain and the con tinent is identified as Vicia faba, sometimes being classified as the broad bean. This variety contains more than 20 per cent pure nitrog enous matter and, as a foodstuff, the bean is considered to be far more nutritive than wheat. The kid ney bean is known as Phaseolus vul garis, the scarlet runner and the Uma also being members of this group. The Guelph Treasure The Guelph Treasure is a collec tion of ecclesiastical objects includ ing portable altars, crosses, tablets, monstrances and a number of rel iquaries. Its origin and history are closely bound up with the Bruns wick royal lineage of the Guelphs and their predecessors, the Bru nons, according to an authority in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “It is a unique and final witness to the wonderful mentality of the Middle ages, in which we find expressed both the religion and the under standing of art of a mighty German lineage,” states a catalog on the Guelph Treasure, edited by Otto Van Falke, Robert Schmidt and George Swarzenski. PATRONIZE JOURNAL ADVERTISERS *> d'think, FOREMOST MILK 9£iu (HaatithQuL FOREMOST DAIRIES, IHC. (CHARLOTTE DAIRIES) r%mm 711«—7117 “Musk ncum,’’ Old Indian Name for River, County The name “Muskingum,” for a county by that name in Ohio, also for a river well known in Ohio., came from the Delaware Indian word meaning Moose-eye river, so called because of the vast number of moose and elk which inhabited the valley. Some authorities claim they have traced the word back to the Indian Mooskingom or Elk’s Eye, according to a writer in the Cleve land Plain Dealer. In early times the Muskingum and Tuscarawas rivers and their valleys were known only as the Muskingum. When the pioneers came the name Tuscarawas was given to all that portion between the dividing ridges in Summit county and the town of | Coshocton, where the Walhonding river joins the Tuscarawas to form the Muskingum. The origin of the tricky name of Tuscarawas, which now represents a river, county, and village in the same county has long furnished his torians a subject for research. Ac cording to some early writers, this often misspelled and mispronounced name was derived from the Tusca rora tribe of Indians, who originally inhabited North Carolina. They mi grated to New York state to become part of the Six Nations Confedera tion. Afterwards some members of the tribe are said to have wandered west to the Ohio Valley, giving their name from Tuscarawa, the oldest Then pioneers substituted the "a” for the “o” in the spelling of Tusca rawas, and gave the name to the river and the valley. Later the pres ent spelling became most common. Other chroniclers believe the word came from a Delaware Indian title which means “Old Town.” They claim the river receives its name from Tuscarawa, the oldest Indian town in that section of the state and which was situated on the stream’s bank. Plenty of Experience Is Needed in Making Harps “To make a harp that will sound right a man must be a cabinet maker, wood carver, machinist, tool maker, mechanic and musician rolled into one.’’ So asserts a harp manufacturer of long experience, according to a writer in the Wash ington Post. This gilded “instrument of an gels” was the first stringed musical device. Its music has often been thought magic. Fourteenth century feudal lords declared harp music | could cure sickness of mind and body. Troubadors playing harps were paid in gold and jewels. Solomon ordered 4,000 harpists and as many trumpet players to play at his feasts. In Germany and Switzerland small harps are sometimes attached to cottage doors. When the door swings, the harps tinkle s^'-.iy. Tourists returning from the.: coun tries have often made t’.ejr own “door harps” from cigar botes and mandolin strings. Peculiarity of Cactus Family The cactus natural order, known to botanists as cactaceae, ranges in size and form of plants from globular bodies little larger than peas to candelabra-like arboreal growths fifty feet high. In the case of the giant cereus of Arizona, southeastern California and north ern Mexico, shafts of this height are occasionally single or with very few branches, but, in southern Mexico and below, great umbrageous cac taceous giants are mistaken for trees at a distance, for they are of sufficient stature, states a writer in the Los Angeles Times. There is scarcely any form in plant life throughout the world, aside from lofty trees, that some member of the cactus family cannot match. No flower grows whose counterpart in color cannot be found in this inter esting group of more than 5,000 named and published species. Blarney Legend’s Antiquity When the legend of the Blarney Stone began is not historically dated, though the expression “blar ney” is said to date to the Eliza bethan days. It is supposed to de fine a peculiar form of wheedling Irish eloquence, originally ascribed to Lord Clancarthy in his commu nications with the English queen, in which he showed a knack of making wordy excuses. Elizabeth received one of his communications with a sigh of resignation and the com ment: “This is more than blarney.” This exclamation has been regarded as the source of origin for the stone. The contact of the mouth and lips with the stone is supposed to com municate the “blarney,” a form of infection. St. Patrick’s Well in Ireland St. Patrick’s well in Ireland is sit uated near the famous Cellen bridge, founded in 1608 on the Old Coach road, where King Niall Caille was drowned in 846, as a warning to invaders, famed in verse as the “Way to Western Ireland,” and is near the Royal college, which car ries on the work of the original school founded by St. Patrick. How the Tiger Got Its Name The word tiger really means an arrow, and comes to us from the Old Persian. An arrow fired tflrn a BUw travels very swiftly through the air, and as the tiger also travels swiftly it was called by the Ori entals an arrow, or tiger.
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