°m°open7.ooa.m. t07.00p. m. Snudajr (.00 totLM ji> ~ ♦ The County Commissioners will meet in regular monthly session next Monday. —lt's getting quite dry, and a shower would be quite helpful to growing vegetation. —Mr. Wm. I. Ward is having the interior of his residence remodeled. He will aleo put in a heating plant. —Yesterday and Tuesday were two of the hottest days so far this summer. The thermometer was wall up in the 90's. V —Moon's Quick Transfer is on the job again after a temporary suspen sion on account of an accident about five weekrago. —Regular Communication Thoe. M. Bolt Lodge No. 492, A. F. A A. M.,. Friday night 8;00 p. m. Im portant meeting. Members reqfleet ed to lie present.. —The Epworth League of Gra ham M. E. church gave a picnic Tueeday evening at the Country Club. There were a number of in vited guests. A delightful supper was served and a most enjoyable evening was spent. , —The longest day waa the 22nd of June. Thia ia the 9th day since then. The afternoon is one'minute longer and the forenoon ia four minutes shorter, which makes today three minutes shorter than the long est day. —Rev. F., G. Feezer, who- is sup plying Hocutt Memorial church in Burlington, will preaoh at the Bap tist church Sunday at 11 o'clock. Mr. Feezer is a young man who has won fame aa a speaker. During his fonr years at Wake Forest he was in four intercollegiate debates and waa on the winning side in each of them. Marriage. T. P. Bradshaw, Esq., Justice of the Peace, united in matrimony, Saturday, June 26,1920, at the Reg iater of Deeds office in Graham, ROT Lindon Page and Annie PatiUo, both of Union Ridge. Farmer Nicks Threshes Wheat. Mr. W. J. Nicks threshed hia in dividual crop of wheat on his farm just east of Graham Tuesday. He sowed eleven acres and the yield was 258 buahels or an average of about 23£ bushels per acre. This ia a good yield, but nothing extraordi nary. Revival Services at Baptist Church. A aeries of revival services will begin at the Baptist churoh Sunday night and continue through the week. The preaching will be by Rev, A. Gray Carter of Rosemary, N. C. Everyone ia invited to come and bring hia friend. Services at 7:45 p.m. Still mm 25 Quarts Captured. Deputies H. J. Stockard and Geo. A. Blackmon captured a still Tuee day afternoon in the vicinity of Long's Chapel, it showed signs of recent operation. John Wilson was arrested and bound over in connec tion with the still, and Buck Parker, onjkhoee land the still waa found, has suddenly departed. And on Monday afternoon 25 quarts were found under a grocery a tore at Haw River. The owner of the store dis> covered the over to the officers and- committed to jail. » Communion Services at Presbyterian Chuck. * The regular quarterly communion of the Lord's Supper will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning, July 4th, at 11 o'clock. Rev. Edward N. Caldwell will preach on the them* "The Eucharist." There will be no evening servioee at the Presbyterian church, but along with the other churches, will hold union open air aervicee at the Baptist church at 7 o'clock. Will Live Tarboro. Mr. and Mra. - M. R. Hives, who recently sold their residence on N. Main St. to the M. E church for s parsonage, have decided to make their home in Tarboro. They ship ped their household goods Tuesday and Mr. Riven left yesterday. Mrs Rives and little Mary will remain Aere yet week. They have many friends here whose beet wiahee follow them and who will re gret their leaving Graham. Gold Prizes! Al6 or #lO gold coin would come in mighty handy.. You have a chanoo to get one or the other. If yon give more correct answers to the "Who'a-Who in Graham" ada than any one else vou will get 110.00—if the second highest number of an awers 15.00. Theee prizea are worth trying for. Make the effort. The ada are blocked off with apace under neath each for filling in toe anawers. Read the rules governing the contest and get busy. Stolen from my residence in Gra ham on Monday night, one boy's bicycle, make "Cyoo;" new front tire, Eureka, white with black atripe centre. Rear tfcm' "Vitalic," red centre stripe on rims and fenders. Troxler "Tip-Top" black asst. Any p. one finding or giving information - leading to recovery will get suitable """* ft*** ♦♦♦»»+♦ll» ♦♦♦♦♦ : ♦ PIRBONAL, Mr. John H. Wilkin* of the Stony Creek community is here today on buainesa. MM. Ralph Henderson and chil dren are visiting her sister, Mrs. J. DeWitt frost, in Greensboro ? - Mw. Will Landis (Hiss May Francis, who formerly lived hers) of Oxford is hare visiting Mrs. O. & Hunter. Miss Kathleen Harden, who spent several days here with relatives, re turned to her home in Raleigh the first of the week, Mrs. John Black and little Miss Barbara, who have been here viait ing the former's sister, Mrs. E. D. Scott, left last Friday for their home in New Tork, accompanied by Mrs. Scott. Mrs. A. K. Hardee and Maater Kirk returned laat Friday from Char lotte, where they visited Mra. Jis. V. Pomeroy. Mrs. Pomeroy waa not very well and on that account they shortened their visit. ' Mr. G. W. Whittemore, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Q. S. Whitte more, and his bride, who waa Miss Pearl Winfrey of Oreenaboro, are spending a while at the pretty coun try home of his parenta seat of Gra ham. Mr. Loaaon E. Perry, who lives in Raleigh where he is cashier at the Texas Oil Co., stopped over from yesterday afternoon to thia morning to visit hia parents, Mr. and Mra. W. R. Perry, returning from the marriage of his brother, Mr. June Perry, at Troy yesterday morning. Miss Annie L. Folger, who taught music in Graham Graded School hat session, spent the first of the week here with Mrs. R. L. Holmes and Mrs. Wm. I. Ward on her return to her home at Dobson from attending a marriage at Zebulon, Wake county, Mrs. Eugene F. Knight and little Miss Margaret Ann of Durham ar rived here Sunday to spend some time at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mra. Jaa. P. Smith, while Mr. Knight is in the western part of the State for a rest and re cuperation. Mr. and Mrs. Amatrong Holt and Master Mcßride, Misses Lute Har den and Fannie D. Moore of Graham and Kathleen Harden of Raleigh, re turned Saturday from a week is auto trip to the western part of the State, i In the while they visited Mr. Holt's sister, Mies Martlia Holt, in Aahe ville. Among the Side. Mr. Jamee Cooper, who haa been sick for more than three weeks, is still confined to the home of his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cooper. He has a fever. 1 Undergoes Operation. Mrs. Cbss. W. Causey of Greena boro, daughter of Mr. J.L. Scott, Jr., underwent an operation for appendi citis in Greensboro Tuesday. Mr. 1 Scott spent the da> in Greensboro, as did Dr. and Mrs. J. Mel Thomp son of Mebane, the latter a sister of Mrs. Causey. Dr. Thompson assist ed in the operation. Anderson-Garrison. r —") At 7:30 p. m., Wednesday,. June 23rd, in the Christian churth at Haw River,, Dr. P. H. Fleming offi ciating, Miss Lillian Anderson, the pretty and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Anderson, waa united in marriage with Mr. W. L. Garrison, son. ol Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garrison of Cross Roads community. The bride and groom left on the 9 o'clock train to spend their honey moon in the western part of the State. After their return they will make their home in Burlington where Mr. Garrison is in business. f ■ Union Services Sunday 7 p. m. % Union outdoor evening services for the month of July will be held on the ground pf the Graham Bap tiat church. Theafroutdoor services will he conduoted by the various ministers of the town, and thechanjm of hour from 8 -o'clock to 7 o'clock will suable all to attend. Tbaae services will be just one hour. It is sincerely hoped that all the eangre* gstioos of thia town will hssnily co operate in thia idea, and ahould the services of July prove successful, it is hoped to continue them tbn ugh August. Rev. Edward N. Caldwell will preach Sunday evening, July 4th, st 7 o'clock. Beats aaT hymn booka will be provided lor all. Thia is a community service. Mr. June toy Maries Mks Ewin* hi Troy. Miss Sallis Swing of Troy and Mr. J'me C, Perry of Graham were united in marriage at 9a. m, June 30, 1920, at the home of the bride at Troy by Rev. J. B. Boss, while Mrs. J. I. Ewing played the wedding march. The ceremony wss veir quiet and beautiful, attended only by the rela tives of the bride and groom. Thoas attending were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ewing, father and mother of the bride: Miaasa Minnie, Myrtle and Connie Ewing; Mrs. E. 0. Ewing, Mr. and Mra. L. J. Ewing and son Jamee Miller, Mra. Liszie Smitber man, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Tomlinaon, Miaa Sarah Tomlinaon, Mia. A J. Smitherman, Jr., and Mr. L. E. Perry, brother at the groom. Toe bride is one of the moat popu lar young ladiee of .?iOy, ana ner leaving ia vary much regretted, but the very beat wiahee of her many friends go with her toner new home. Oa returning from their honey moon, Mr. and Mra. Perry will make their home in Raleigh, where Mr. Penry ia connected with McDonald A' Edgerton, a well known firm of iW city. Mr. Perry is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Perry of Graham and ha and hia bride have the hearty good ariabaa of hia friende here. if* -L ■ -R £ . - . -.'V' ; [SOME 1200 AT UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL. Number of Instifrtoa for Various Sodaland Chrie Work - to be Held. _ Cor. Of The Gleaner. Chapel Hill, N. C., June 29. With attendance sweeping up to the 1200 mark, a limit fixed only by the oapaeity of the University to accommodate students, the 33rd session of the University of North, Carolina summer school swung Into its aeoond week facing a more varied activity than Chattel' Hill haa ever known In any one an tu rner. In addition to the more than 700 North Carolina teachers who are studying courses in i>ducation and the 400 students taking regu lar college courses, a series of Institutes haa been announced lasting almoet to the very opening of the University for the 126 th session next fall. The public welfare institutes,oondnotod joint ly by the University and the southern division of the Red Cross for -social workers of all klnda, will continue until September 13, the laat two weeks consisting of field work away from Chapel Hill. A special child welfare institute will be conducted July 5-10 under the auspices of the National Child Welfare Association, with Mra. Ira D. Haabroucb. Held secretary of the aaaoclation, in immediate charge. The commercial secre tarles of North Carolina, secre taries of chambers of commerce, boards of trade, and oilier Indus trial and civlo bodies, will hold an institute August 9-1-1, the first of its kiud in this State. ' Overlapping that institute will come another, the community service Institute, at which W. C. Crosby, secretary of the North Carolina community service bu reau, will have his 40 field agents for a conference and discussion of their problems. At the same time the second meeting of the State and county council will be held, August 17-19, with representa tives from many of the State and county departments which are closely connected, present to: A rehashing on lioth sides uf t he dif ficulties of their work. The new public welfare itinti totes, the beginning of the school of public welfare In the University, have attracted a lanre number of social workers. Commissioner Roland F. Beasley has branch t over almost his entire office force, Including Mrs. Clarence Johnpon, director of child welfare work, Mr. Harry G. Newmnn of the State board, and Mrs. Powell, bis own secretary,.all of them attend ing c'asses. Twenty county su perintendents of public welfare are bore now for work and a num ber of social workers from outside the State. A lot of attention is being paid this' summer to .music and dra matic productions in the summer school. Professor Paul J. Weaver, aasistedby Williams Breach, direc tor of community singing in Wlu ston-Salem, will direct the pro duction of a musical cantauta and a chorus, and Professor Frederick Koch, director of the Carolina Playmakers, will have charge of a production of some of the origi nal North Carolina folk-lore plays written by University Htudents. He will be assisted by Miss Grace Grlswold, director of the Theatre Workshop in Now York. The Anti-Typhoid Campaign. The reports of the anti-typhoid campaign now under way in Ala mance, as received by the Bureau of Epidemiology of the State Hoard of Health are gratifying. Oar citizens have heeded the appeal which haa urged (be stamping out of typhoid fever through the protective treat ments now being given free by licensed physicisns from the Medical Depart mens of Wake Forest College •na the University of North Csro lina. The campaign is under the •tsptces of' the State and County wards of Health. The report of 2,C00 persons hav ing been treated last week ia Ala mance counts-was most cncourag "lib- been planned that the phy-1 sician who administers ibe treatment will make four visits to each dispen sary point advertised in the county at weakly internals. Those pe-sons who tflgnt tnAspre this useful pro tection- shoOW apply at their first opportunity for the treatment. Many persons can still secure the full series of three doses. Tlioee who begin too late can have their own doctors complete the series for them. This is ode of the most commend able campaigns ever organized in our vicinity. Sbsll we not take ad vantage of this, our opportunity ? YOU WOULD'TTRY TOTAMEAWILD CAT Mr. Dstfssa Wars* Against JV— •* Treacher***, Daagcraaa C»l—I. Calomel salivates t IPs mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver. When calomel comes Into contact with sour bile it crash - ee into it causing cramping ana If you (eel bilious, headachv, con stipated and all knocked out, lust go to your drugggtst and get a bottle of DodSons Liver Tone for a few cents, which Is s harmless, vegetable substitute for il»nj«roi« calomel. Take a spoonful ana If it dossal start your liver aid straighten you up better thin met •* calomel ana without inakln/ yoj sick, you Jut go bsefc and *et voir money. V If you take calomel today youll be sick and nabsented tomorrow; besides, it may sallvat* you, while if you take Dodsoak liver Tone you will wake up feeling great,^fuNi Aged Lady Passes Away. Mr*. Minerva Ellen Clapp died about one o'clock jes'.erday after noon at the home of Airs. W K. H. , Clapp in XlraLam. She iras the widow of O. M. R. Clapp, who died aln>ut two years ago in the old Brick church community. After her hus band'* death blie came to n ake her home here** with hi r nitoe, Mrs. Clapp. She had ten I eble for some time and qgite ill for several weeks. Mi*, tilrtp was a daughter of William Foast and was reared at { the old Foust place just soath of the covered bridge south of Graham. She was one of eleten children, ill of whom, save one, lived to advanced ages. She lived in Arkansas about twelve years, Jbat returned some twenty years ago. She wis in her 81af year, having been born April 16, 1840. The burial will be at 2 o'clock today at Springwood Presby terian oh arch some three mi lea south k of Gibsonville. Rev. E, N. Caldwell will conduct the funeral services. Mr. Samuel J. Thompson Dead- Mr. Samuel Joseph Thompson died at his home in Graham about halfpaat four o'clock Wednesday afternoon, June 30, aged 70 years and 2 months. He is survived by his wido.v and four sons and four daughters-E. F. and JA. Thomp son of Burlington, W. A. Thompson of Columbus, Ga , S. I). Thompson o' Columhuss, Mis-)., Mrs. W. .E. CDanlel of Mebane, Mrs J. J. Whitesell of Burlington, Airs Sam T. Johnston and Miss Bessie Thomp son of Graham, and three aisters— Mrs. Cornelia Brown and Mra. J. H. Mebane of Burlingten and Mrs. Jane Crutchfield of Swepsonville. The fnneral and bnrial will take place at Haw fields tomorrow. Baby Cap Found- A baby cap is at The Gleaner office. Owner can get same by prov ing property and paying 40cts. for this ad. Commlssoncr's Re-Sale of Land. Under an order of the Superior Court, made in a Special Proceed ing entitled, "Mrs. W. L. Rumley, Administratis of W. L. Rumley, deceased, Ex Parte," the under signed Commisioner will sell at public auction at the court house door in Graham, on SATURDAY, JULY 24,1920, .it 12 o'clock, noon, the following real property, to-wit: Tract 3—Beginning at a stake on the mountain, Henderson Coble corner, and running thence £ 31.35 chs to pointers, corner of lot No. 0; thence N 0 chs to pointers; thence N 70 deg E 4.75 chs to a stake on the Graham road; thence with said road 16 chs to a sassafras ou the west side of the said road; thence S 64 deg 45 chs to the beginning, and containing 41.50 acres, more or less. Tract s—Adjoinings—Adjoining the lands of Laban Payne, Thomas Gibson, Geo. Thompson and others, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a rock and persim mon tree in Laban Payne's line, corner with said Williams arid running thence S 59$ deg W 6.85 chs to a rock, corner with said P#*yne; thence S CO dog W3 60 chs to a rack, corner with said Payne; thence S 45 deg W to a rock in fence line with John C. Pay ne; thence with the lino of J ohn C. Pay tie to the north side to a rock and corner with said John C. Payne just west of old (ish pond; theuco N £si deg E to a rock, corner with said Williams: thence S 37 2-3 deg E 10.43 chs to the beginninir, and containing 15 acres, more or less. This being tho east one-half of the land conveyed to M. I. and John C. Payne by the- heirs of Patterson Payne by deed dated March 17,1889, reference to which is hereby made. - Tract 6—Adjoining the lands of D. A. Rani ley, M. I. Payne and others and described as follows: Beginning at a rock, D. A. Ruin ley's corner and in the line of the said M. I. Payne and rutin in.' thenoe with the Hue in a norther ly direction to a gum and corner with tbatakd 1> A. Rumley; thence southeasterly with the said Rum ley's line to a brauch, said Payne'* old line; tbeuce with a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the beginning, and containing one-lourth acre, more or less. This being that certain tract of land conveyed to said M I. Payne and D. A. Rumley by deed record ed in the office of the Register of Deeds for v Alamance county iu Book of Deeds No. »;0, at page 558, reference to which is hereby given. Tract 7—Adjoining the lands of S. P. Holt, l'alteraou Payne and others and bounded as follows: Beginning at a rock in said Payne's line and running thence N 28 deg W Mchs to a miple tree in said flip's Une; thence with said Holt's line S 52 deg W 13 60 chs to • rook ; tbonce H 38 deg E 24 ehs 25 Iks to a rock in said Pa/no's line; thengp with said Payne's line N in deg E 13 cbs 50 Iks to tho beginning, and contain ing 33 acres, more or less. This being that certain tract of land heretofore conveyed to Peter Kenney by deed of Wm. 11. llolt and wife and by said Kenney to M. I. Payne, which said deed* Am of record ai:d reference is hereby made thereto Terms of Sale: One-third cash, one-third in three months, and balance in six months. This is a re-sale of these tracts, and bidding on tract No. 3 is to commence at 1087.50, and on tracts 5, 6 and 7, at $1,320.00. Sale subject to the confirmation of Court. This the 30th day of June, 1920. JOHN J. HENDERSON, Commissioner: Mrs W. L Rumley, Adm'x. « K66p Them Groww* • Children who an over-thin. I listless or delicate, should take* regularly every day as anl aid to growth and sturdiness. I Nothing imfkTitli Scott's Z Emulsion as a tonlc-natri-1 mi for a child of any age. 9 ANNOUNCED! EST. To the Democrats of Alamance County: I announce that I am and will be a candidate for the nomination for Senator from this Senatorial District. "My many friends" have not been to me and urged me to become a can didate. I have the "desire to suooeed myself. I am deeply grateful for the sup port I have received in the past. I have represented Alamance county in the Legislature of 1011 and 1013 and in the Senate in 1917. 1 shall do my best in the future. Truly yours, J. ELMER LONG. March 22, 1920. Salesmen Wanted. Lubricating Oil, Grass*, Paint, specialtiea. Whole or part time. Commission basis. Samples free. Men with car or rig. Write for the attractive terms Riverside Refining Co., Cleveland, Ohio. ljulvlt Wood WHS not nominated to make the race, hut we shall prob ably And that there's plenty more colli where those other millions eUineTfom to buy Harding's elec tion. Fords lor Salt 1 new Ford with starter. 1 new Ford without starter. 1 1917 model—price right. Apply to Samet Furniture Co., Phone 626 Burlington, N.C. Bee Hives For Sale ! We now have ready "Modern Hives", made of Yellow Poplar, painted. Starters In both brood and super metal tops. Get our prices—we can save yon money. We guarantee our hives |o be su perior to any you can buy for the money F. H. THOMPSON. M'f'r, Haw River,|N. C. Which Would You Rather Do? Pay cash and carry your groceries and fresh meats home and save 10 to 15 per cent., or have them charged, deliver ed and give it to some one else. On and after July Ist I WILL SELL FOR CASH and MAKE NO DELIVERIES—in other words a CASH and CARRY STORE. Do you know what you are paying for groceries and fresh meats ? Lots of people don't, just get it and charge it. You should know what you are paying and BUY WHERE YOU CAN BUY CHEAPEST. I pay cash and sell for cash—save extra clerk hire, truck and delivery man—that's why I can save you money. If I can't save you money I don't expect your business. Get my prices and see for yourself. Don't be afraid to send the children or servants to my store. I will give them as nice cuts of meat as you would get yourself. ' As soon as our cash register comes you will get a re ceipt and correct change with each purchase. j. w. HOLT Fresh Meats—Groceries PAYCASH CASH PAYS If your property ia advertised for sale for town taxes* don't blame the tax collector. Boy D R. Tboliooeb, Tax Collector. Thousands are sick every year with aome form of Dowel Complaint. Thousands are by taking Dr. SETfI ARNOLD'S BALSAM. War ranted by Farrell-Hayes Drug Co., Graham, N. C. Johnson and Wood found the Roosevelt mantle for which they nave been scrapping, nothing hnt a shroud. * Hides are reported Helling at •bout four-sevenths of 1919 prices. When the prloe of paper tails, we may have cheaper shoes. War m / wcatherSr^^jj^N will soon be W—^ here and A Lapel Chains will be in vogue among \r/ / well dressed \U / men. Wheth- y/I er you discard . I / your vest or / or not, you will want a watch chain to suit your summer attire. Drop In and tot us show you our tasteful new patterns In SIMOOMS CMrtl/IS Simmons Chaipe an noted for their waning qualltiee aa well u for their exquieite design and Bnlah. They are not waehed or plated goods— the surface of eeeh chain is a heavy rolled tube of mUJ gold. Cone In early and make roar choice while our newaaeortmmtte complete. Z. T. HADLE\ Jeweler and Optician GRAHAM, N. C. Real Estate! Arc Yoii Interested? Banking on our faith in the future of this com* munity, we have acquired, in fee simple, anat£ tractive list of real estate, both farm and city property. We are in a position to offer attract ive prices and the very Best of terms on any of our holdings. It is easy to do business with WE BUY, SELL, SWOP What is your proposition ? Think about it and see. | R. N. COOK or LP. McCLUHEj Graham, N. C. Pride in Ownership With Goodyear Tires on your car you know you have the best—your friends know it —the whole world knows GOODYEAR IS THE BEST These famous quality tires are ob taioabie iu the 30x3—30x3^ —31x4 jG\JrfWM Clincher sizes by you owners of the IQQfl 'jHb smaller cars. nf\/\ rn Other sizes in stock. WOQ I I They Cost No More and Our Ex? wA/C I I pert service is free ! * M I MOOD Motor Car Co. Kjj II Graham, N. C, JBBM // Phone 558 H hey Make Voar Tires UK Loager—ftewljaer Heavy Teariet Tabea East Carolina Teachers' Training School A State school to train teachers for public schools of North Carolina. Every energy is directed to this one purpose. Tui tion fre! to all who agree to teach. Fall Term begins Septanu bor 20. 1022. For catalog ami other information address ROB'T H. WRIGHT, Prest., - - - - - Greenville, N. C.

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