The Charlotte Labor Journal AND DIXIE FARM NEWS M2 Birth College tKin( (Oicuud Floor) PHONE S-M94 W. M. WITTER.Editor aad Publisher CLAUDS L. ALBEA...Associate Editor W. M. WITTER.Editor aad PabUahor CLAUDE L. ALBEA...Associate Editor CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940 GET READY FOR WINTER Here comes winter. In a very short space of time a large part of the country will be experiencing rainy days and cold nights. And not far away are the months of snow and sleet and storm. Winter is something to get ready for. That means buying new warm clothes, or repairing and cleaning old ones. It means buying wood and coal and fuel oil. It means fixing that leaky spot in the roof that has been neg lected during the dry summer. And finally, to the wise householder, it means taking special precautions against a destroyer that waits for winter—fire. Have your furnace inspected—and have that inspection done by some body who knows what to look for. It’s no work for an amateur. Have needed repairs effected at once. See that chimneys and flues are properly cleaned. Hard-pressed heating plants in bad order are one of the most prolific sources of home fires. It’s no fun to wake up in the middle of the night and sud denly realise that your house is burning away beneath you. Winter means that you'll use lights oftener. Exposed electric wiring should be checked. Pay special attention to lamp cords under rugs and around baseboards—they fray in time, and when that happens a short circuit may occur. Electricity, mishandled, is one of fire’s potent allies. Go through wour whole house and get rid of any and all accumulations —old clothes, old papers and magaxines, collections of rags, etc. They make a fine starting place for fire—and spontaneous ignition isn’t so rare a phe nomenon as you maythink.” “CASEY AT THE BAT” The death of Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of “Casey at the Bat,” recently called forth a great amount of newspaper comment on that famous basebal Idassic. The ballad was first published in the San Francisco Exam* iner in 1888 and became a national favorite almost immediately. Mellowed by time, it haa taken ita place as a classic of Acerican folk literature. Every village, town and city in the country once had its aspiring young elocutionists who sought local acclaim by reciting “Casey at the Bat.” It was a favorite on programs held in the coal regions. DeWolfe Hopper, the noted actor, has been regarded as the nation’s supreme reciter of the ballad. He once said that he rcited it over 15,000 times. A Lancaster, S. C., man wants to “go over the top” at 67. Most of us have gone over the top (or under) at that age. Baseball fans in Charlotte are due WSOC and “Gillette Blades” a cur tain call for the World Series broadcast. It meant much to those “shut in.” When, and if they do, turn St. Peter’s hospital into an apartment hotel, it will not have many who are superstitiously inclined, to our way of thinking. Hooray! Hooray! and Hooray! The city is going to build a new 30-foot road to the Dog Pound. This will make it easier riding for the captured canines. Patriotic pages commercializing Patriotism and the Flag may be a money maker, but it appears to us a bad form of Patriotism. But if a con cern puts in a new water cooler these days, or a “hot dog” stand is started, you will find an ad from everybody except the hog that furnished the basic foundation for the “hot dog.” ■ . PLAYING THE GAME * Life is a game with a glorious prize, If we can only play it right. It is give and take, build and break, And often it ends in a fight; But he surely wins who honestly tries (Regardless of wealth or fame), He can never despair who plays it fair— How are you playing the game? Do you wilt and whine, if you fail to win In the manner you think you’re due? Do you sneer at the man in case that he can, And does, do better than you? Do you take your rebuffs with a knowing grin? Do you laugh though you pull up lame? Does your faith hold true When the whole world’s blue? How are you playing the game? Get into the thick of it—wade in, boys! Whatever your cherished goal; Brace up your will till your pulses thrill, And you dare—to your very soul! Do something more than make a noise; Let your purpose leap into flame As you plunge with a cry, “I shall do or die,” Then you will be playing the game. —Anonymous. 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While the “Boom” part does not sound so hot, the bigger pay rolls and better prices sets well. Where and when decent wages are paid, and reason able hours are worked so as more employment may be made the order of the day, no “boom” is necessary. The eternal triangle works itself out: The more men at work at decent wages the more gods will be bought; the more goods bought the more will have to be manufactured, causing producers to expand, employ more help, etc., and there you have the “problem solved!” It can’t be done on a low-wage, long-hours, unemployment basis, as some statesmen and “big business" executives would have you believe. A. F. OF L. WILL NEVER SURRENDER PRINCIPLE OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL “The American Federation of Labor will never surrender the principle of democratic control or yield to minority force and domination. It will ever ding to Democratic ideals and will most jealously guard and protect the principles of De mocracy and Democratic procedure. It will never accept a dictator or submit to autocratic control. It is upon that sound and solid American basis it has taken its stand and there it will ever remain."—WILLIAM GREEN, President American Federation of Labor. Changes In Wage Hour Set Up Due On October 24th The Federal Wage and Hour Law again will come definitely to the attention of Carolina in dustrial executives and their many thousands of employes on , Oct. 24, when two hours will be chopped off the regular work week. This act requires the reduction, beginning on that date of the regular work week from 42 hours to 40 hours and that time and a half be paid for overtime work. State Federation Of Labor Exec. Council Meets SALISBURY, Oct. 8.—The execu tive committee of the North Carolina State Federation of Labor met here Sunday and instructed its legislative committee to prepare the Federation’s legislative program and send copies to all nominees to the general assem bly. Copies will also be sent to all bodies throughout the state. President C. A. Fink, of this city, H, L. Kiser, of Charlotte, and M. F. Johnson, of Durham, here named members of the committee to prepare the program. Emphasis will be placed on enact ment of a wage-hour state law, the committee announced. In the last leg islature, efforts along this line were non-productive. Other committeemen attending the meeting were: H. G. Fisher, Salis bury, secretary-treasurer; W. L. Causey, of Greensboro, K. J. Smith, of Raleigh, C. H. Bringle, of Salis bury, G. D. Sexton, of Winston-Salem, C. B. Kornegay, of Wilmington, Stough Campbell, of Charlotte, and R. W. Ingle, of Asheville. ONE TOO MANY First Drunk: “Shay, who’s follow ing me?” Second Drunk: “No one. That’s your shadow.” First Drunk: “Well—what do they want?” CUTS OFF "LIMBS" Harry: Believe me, girlie, I know my oaks. Judith: Ah, but you mean your “oats,” don’t you? Harry: No, I’m a tree surgeon. STATEMENT OP THE OWNERSHIP. MAN AGEMENT. CIRCULATION. ETC.. RE QUIRED BY THE ACT OP CONCRE8S OP MARCH 1. IMS Of The Charlotte Labor Journal and Dixie Farm New*, publish*! weekly at Charlotte, N. C., SSI 8. Callage St.. !er Oet. I. IMS. State of North Carolina. County of Mecklenburg—as. Before me. a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared W. M. Witter, who, haring been duly sworn according to law. deposes and says tied be is the publisher of. the Charlotte La bor Journal and Dixia Farm Nesrs and that the following is. to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August St. ISIS, embodied in section 411. Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the pub lisher. editor, managing editor, and business man inn are: Publisher. W. M. Witter, SOS S. College St. Editor. W. M. Witter. SOS 8. 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P. {Uj owning apart* Jaaiaty U, im# Jobs For 5,000,000 Is Predicted By Labor Departm’t WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—The Labor department estimated yes terday that 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 persons would find jobs as a re sult of the national rearmament effort. In a statement. Secretary Per kins said defense orders would provide “at least three and possi bly four million” jobs in the next year. The Increased purchasing power of these workers, she add ed, should bring an increase in employment in other industries of approximately 2,000,000. PATRONIZE JOURNAL ADVERTISERS (>H£o£ OuX msern Ideal everyday shoe built to give growing feet style, support, and maximum long wear. Sizes to Big 31 Many other styles l KINNEY/ 107 E. TRADE STREET Just Below the Square ZORIC Dry Cleaning DOMESTIC LAUNDRY Phone 517S ROSELAND FLORAL CO. PHONB8 8191 AM Hit MO N. Trym—Corner Trywi ud Sixth Street* mmmmmammmmwmmmmw It Pays to Trade With Doggett Lumber Co. Ill B. Park At*. Phon* 8179 PRES. C. M. FOX U. T. W. OF A. 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