Hard On Candidates
(News and Observer)
Ti. (ditor cf a Texas country
r, aper. Den H. Biglers, has Un
L.k a himself as a candidate for
L c atc in Texas on a one-plank
kiatii nn. He evidently thinks can
Ll( tor office use the soft pedal
U ,*]„ expect to be elected. Here
Is ’n. • ne plank:
"; !-m a candidate for the United
ttate mate. I do not choose to be
yfCt(;; do not expect to be elected,
and could hardly hope to accomplish
anything should I be elected—but
even at that, I would do as much
as the ether so-called law-makers
are doing. I am, therefore, the only
candidate for the office who can go
before the people and say what I
thin!;, tell the unvarnished truth
just as I see it and have no fear
of consequences. I wilf need no cam
paign headquarters, no campaign
expense fund donations. But I may
need a strong campaign bodyguard
before this campaign is over.”
The chances are that if he,goes
about telling the whole truth, and
saying what he thinks about all
public matters, he will find that his
expectations of defeat will be real
ized. But Texas has sometimes
liked political jokes, as when it
elected the Fergusons. Suppose the
man solely because he wasn’t trying
to win! Dptroit elected a man
Mayer who did not say a word.
Would it have elected him if he had
gone about telling the unadulterated
truth.
Comer East Main and Liberty Streets
“Always Something New to Show You’’
WERE YOU LOOKING FOR GIFT ITEMS ?
IF YOU WERE—here's the place for you. Here are gifts from all over the
world—wherever things of quality .originate. Every girl or woman rejoices to
open Christmas packages and see silk lingerie, negligees or hosiery—among the
many acceptable items are:
Barcnet Satin Costume Slips ______$2.95
Rayon” Gowns, pastel shades__$1,95 tD $2.95
I ure Silk Gowns, Crepe De Chine, Pongee__ $4.50—$16.50
Pure Silk Gowns, heavy quality crepe__*_$8.50—$15.00
•Rayor.” Pajamas, fancy patterned____ $3.00 to $4.95
Pure Silk Pajamas, solid colors, fancy__$8.50—$22.50
Italian Silk Vests, white, pink, peach ___$1.95—$2.50
Italian Siiks Bloomers, white, tinted___$2.95—$5.00
Itaiian Silk Teddies, v.hite, tinted __ $2.90—$3.95
Kaysers Triconese Silk Bloomers ____$2.95
Ktysers Tricenese Silk Vests, pink, peach orchid___ $1.95
Pure Silk Kimonos, Crepe, Georgette___ $5.00—$39.50
Quilted Silk Bath Robes, paste! shades_$10.00—$35.00
Silk Hosiery, best qualities, various styles
Silk Dancing Girdles, flesh, nile__ $2.00—$3.95
Silk Bandettes, lace trimmed_$1.00—$3.50
Visit the store at your earliest convenience and select your gifts at leisure—
before the rush.
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Broughton Experts The Next Legis
lature To Cut Down The
Number Of Justices. I
Raleigh.—The* next state legisla
ture wijl see the cutting down ma
terially of the number of justices of
the peace in North Carolina. in
opinion of the senator from Wake
county. J. M. Broughton, in an in
terview.
The heyday of the J. P. has pass
ed, he believes and wishes furth®1
'bat the office itself could be abol
ished. But that would take ad
amendment to the constitution.
In the meantime Mr. Broughton
and Willis Smith. representative
frojn Wake, are agreed that Wake
county, for instance, should have
ten justices of the peace instead of
its present 60. It was in Wake coun
ty that many justices were indicted
for alleged inactivity and failure to
make returns and a number hastily
resigned when the news of the in
dictments appeared.
“North Carolina has too many
justices, Mr. Broughton said. “They
filled a need of olden days when
transportation was bad. when jus
tices were actually needed. We still
need them until the constitution is
changed and the entire judicial sys
tem of the state is changed." '
The interviewer caught Mr.
Broughton by surprise with his
question as to possibility of press
ing for abolishing of the justice of
peace system and admitted the
matter might be visionary but Mr.
Broughton rejoined that "all good j
comes from visionary* things.”
He pointed to “great hordes of
justices” under the present system
appointed by the legislature at eacK
sitting, by the governor and through
elections.
Mr. Smith held up the news ar
ticle of John A. Livingstone, vet
eran legislative observer for the Ra
leigh News and Observer, as hav
ing done much good leading 1 toj
eventual reform of the judicial sys- j
tern. Mr. Smith had studied the
articles of the expert analyst and
thought much could be done along
these lines in the 1929 session.
The session gave thfe governor
the right to remove Justices of the
peace for certain reasons.
Solicitor Brassfield, a leader in
the recent J. P. cleanup, says he will
Dress strongly for a similar cleanup,
affecting the entire state, when the
next legislature meets.
SAY: ‘if'SAW IT IN THE STAJi"
Pre - CHRISTMAS SALE
A TREMENDOUS OFFERING OF RECORD BREAKING VALUES.
MEN COME TO
NIX & LATTIMORE
Every item'in the store cut from 10 to 50 Per Cent ~ Some even more.
Before you buy you owe it to yourself to see these wonderful values.
- SUITS -
•SI5.00 Suits £t_$11.95
SI8.0ft Suits at_-_$14.50
$20.00 Suits at_$15.95
$22.50 Suits at_$17.95
$25.00 Suits at_$19.95
$27.50 Suits at __$21.95
$30.00 Suits at_$23.95
$32.50 Suits at___ $25.95
$35.00 Suits at_ $27.95
One Lot Of Suits Carried
Over — A Little Off
Styles.
$17.50 Suits at_$4.50
$20.00 Suits at_$5.00
$25.00 Suits at_-— $6.25
$30.00 Suiis at_$7.50
$35.00 Suits a t_- $$-25
$37.50 Suiis at_$9.50
- OVERCOATS -
$12.50 Value at __$10.95
; 15.00 Value at-$12.95
$,6.50 Value at_$14.95
$20.00 Value at_$16.95
• 22.50 Value at_1_$18.95
$27.50 Value at_—$21.95
$4.50 Yellow Slickers-- $3.95
Heavy Fleeced Ribbed Union
Suits___95c
- PANTS —
$2.00 Values at-$1.60
$2.50 Values at-$1.95
$2.75 Values at —- $2.25
$3.00 Values at---$2.40
$3.50 Values at_$2.80
$4.00 Values at--$3.20
$4.50 Values at-$3.60
$5.00 Values at __$3.95
$6.00 Values at__-$4.95
$7.50 Values at_$5.95
One Lot Of Hats
CARRIED OVER — A LITTLE
OFF STYLE.
Worth up to $5.00 at-$1.00
$4.00 Hats at-— $3.20
$4.50 Hats at_$3.60
$5.00 Hats at_$3.95
- SHIRTS -
$1.00 Value at-85c
$1.25 Value at-— 95c
$1.50 Value at -$1.20
$1.75 Value at---$1.40
$2.00 Value at-$1.60
$2.50 Value at-$1.95
$3.00 Value at-$2.40
$3.50 Value at --$2.80
$4.00 Value at---$8.25
$4.50 Value at- $3.65
$5.00 Value at-$3.95
CROSSETT shoes
1-2 PRICE
$5.00 Shoes at_$2.50
$6.00 Shoes at _$3.00
$7.00 Shoes at-$3.50
$7.50 Shoes at---$3.75
$8.50 Shoes at-$4.25
$8.75 Shoes at_-_$4.40
$9._00 Shoes at ..--— $4.50
$9.50 Shoes at -$4.75
$9.75 Shoes at _$4.90
$11.00 Shoes at_$5.50
- LUMBERJACKS -
$2.00 Value at_$1.75
$4.00 Value at-'— $3.50
$4.50 Value at __$3.95
— Not-a-Seme Sox —
25c Value at- 20c
40c Value at-30c
50c Vchie at---40c
75c Value at -—-——- 60c
$1.00 Value at-,-80c
$1.50 Value at —-$1.00
- CAPS -
$1.00 Value at-1 89c
$1.50 Value at_ $1.20
$2.00 Value,at--—• $1.60
$2.50 Value at -— $1.95
Freeman Shoes --$5.00
Freeraah Beddow Shoes-$6.00
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NIX & LA TTIMORE
mm mis of
puns ns
“Tijrr of Carolina Bar" Say* He
Likes Short-Winded One Best.
About One Parson
“1 wculd like to be 'in
terviewed," said Charles W Tillett,
Sr., to a Charlotte News reporter:
“What say you?”
"Sure." replied the reporter at
cnee, expecting something "scrappy’'
from the veteran lawyer who has
been dubbed "The Tiger of the
North Carolina Bar."
“Ml right." said Mr. Tillett, “here
goes:
“Once upon a time, that is. about
30 years ago. there came a Metho
dist mission on the outskirts of
Charlotte a timid young preacher
named McLarty. After he had
been here for a few months, he
was called upon one Sunday r.icrr,
ing to fill the pulpit of the absent
pastor at Tryon Street Methodist
church. He appeared a bit 'skeered,”
but he preached. I heard the ser
mcn. It was fine. One Monday morn
ing. I tcok my pen in hand and
wrote him a letter, substantially
like this: "My young brother: that
was a splendid sermon you preach
ed yesterday. It showed that you
have in you the making of a fine
preacher. I can easily see that
you had prepared that sermon with
great care. I want to tell you that
if you continue to put on ycur ser
mons the work you put on the ser
mon you preached yesterday, you
are destined" to be one of the 'ore
most ministers -of the Methodist
church; but if you allow the dear
wemen of ycur congregation to pat
you on the back and convince you
that ycu are already the biggest
preacher in the land and that you
need notPstudy any mere, then
you'll become a commonplace
preacher and remain so."
McLarty
"Last Sunday,'' continued Mr.
Tillett, I went out to Hawthorne
Lane Methcdist church and heard
a sermon by Reverend E. K. Mc
Lafty, D. D., the same preacher
to whom the aforementioned letter
was addressed. He preached a .mod
ttumon, strong in its simplicity, its
thoughtfulness. Its soul-winning
power. All the time he was preach
ing I was tahinking about that
letter. At the close of the sermon,
I rushed to the chancel and grasp
ed his hand with congratulations.
He said simply 'Brother Tillett I've
get that letter yet.’ I swelled up
with pride, thinking that pernaps
what I had written to him might
have stimulated him to continue in
painstaking preparation of his ser
mons as was shown oy the one
preached Sunday.”
The Mr. Tillett philosophized a
bit: “You see. I am one who be
lieves that the Holy Spirit usually
baptizes a sermon about 1 a. m.
after a preacher has been giving it
Intense, intelligent study for sev
eral hours. It’s all right for the
preacher to ‘wrestle in prayer’ while
preparing a sermon, but I like my
preacher to do some wrestling’ in
intellectual work, also.
“But I must‘net ferget to tell
you another thing Dr. McLarty did
last Sunday. He announced that
during his pastorate, the entire
services would be limited to one
hour and that on Sunday morn
ing when the clock striking
twelve, he expected to ‘chime in’
and pronounce the benediction. I
thought that was fine.”
Then Mr. Tillett proceeded to
philosophize again:
“Ycu know, the automobile chauf
feur is the symbol of our present
day civilization. Everything in our
business, social and religious life,
/evolves around the auto as- the
center. This is particularly true of
preaching. When it took a man an
hour to drive six miles to church
in his buggy, he would listen with
complacency to a sermon cf an
hour’s length, but now when the
man travels the same six miles in
his auto in ten minutes, he gets
restless after the sermon goes be
yond twenty-five minutes. The
length cf sermons nowadays should
be in inverse ratio to the speed
cf the auto and since we now havg
a Ford car that can travel sixty
five miles per hour, every preacher
in the United States ought to lop
eff at least five minutes from every
sermon.”
As the reporter started off Mr.
Tillett called cut: "Hold on! Here’s
something else. You know I’m a
member of that great Methodist
cathedral which Dr. Whisnant and
Julian Little have built for us. We
have a preacher there who is a
‘corker,’ Rev. W. W. Peele. When
it ‘went on the air’ that Bishop
Mcuzon was going to send him to
our church, I was in Raleigh and
asked Honorable Josephus Daniels
about Mr. Peele. Joe told me he
had preached in Raleigh five years,
was fine, preached splendid sermons
and ‘the best of all,’ said Joe, ‘he
never preaches beyond twenty min
utes.’ That's been his limit here
in Charlotte and if you want to
be shown that a complete, first
class sermon can be preached in
twenty minutes, come to the First
Methodist church next Sunlay.
Also, if yourVpreachen is one of the
long-winded variety, persuade him
to suspend services in his own
church next Sunday and hear
Brother Peele.”
We are in hearty accord with the
proposal to have the heavy truck
ing done at night. It is an outrage
for noisy trucks to be lumbering
around in the daytime when typical
New Yorkers are trying to sleep.—
New Yorker.
ONLY 15 SHOPPING
OAYS UNTIL
lit
CHRISTMAS
Mil Shop now whiie stocks are fiesh. Don t
I I
wail. Shop now. You always benefit by
making your selections early—
GIFTS FOR THE FAMILY
STATIONERY
Attractive gift boxes of
stationery priced from—
23CTO?1.98
CHINAWARE
21 piece tea set of high
grrde glazed china, in blue
or tan. Chojce
Per set „ __
5.95
j
TOILET SETS
Attractive boxed in silk
lined boxes for gifts. Priced
from—
2.98T014.98
PERFUME SETS
Packed in dainty gift boxes
—Priced frcVi
1.50T0 9.95
LINENS FOR CHRISTMAS
| GIFTS
] Hand Worked guest size towels--— 40c
Hemstitched hand-embroidered pillow cases, large
size, per pair--------$2.00
> Hemstitched pure linen Napkins in size 14k14,
6 for only--- —--$1.00
? Hemstitched pure linen Napkins in size 17x17,
same as above quality, 6 for -- $4.50
} Pure linen Breakfast sets from_$1.25 to $3.08
f All linen luncheon sets from.-$2.79 to $3.49
i -
HAT BOXES
i A complete line of hat
[ boxes in attractive colors I
i i nd linings. A fine gift,
i Priced from
i 2.48T0 6.95
MEN'S BATH
j ROBES
Men’s Beacon blanket
bath robes in attractive
colorings and patterns.
Silk belt cords and braid
pockets. Priced—
$5.95
AND
$6.95
vn.iftrv s'Vrmup*. v ■
HANDKERCHIEFS
FOR GIFTS
Women handkerchiefs in gift boxes.
All kinds of fancy work, designs and
colorings. Per box—
25c — 29c — 39c — 49c — 59c
BATH
SETS
In C h r i s l m a s
boxes from
79c
TO
$2.48
EACH
Single
Handker
chiefs
A big variety of
! separate hand
j kerchiefs priced
upward from
5c
Bring the “Tots” up to Toyland
and see all the sights of this
wonderland.
DOLLS
Hundreds of ’em-All want
ed sizes to select from and
prices as
low as . .
25c
Use Our ‘Lav-Away’
System
Select any toy. Make a small down pay*
i ment and the balance weekly. This is con
| venient and assures you the first choice of
j any item—