THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
VOL. XLYII
Penalties on Delinquent
Taxes Due May Ist, Rules
Attorney-Gen'l Manning
Good Roads Congress in Greensboro Big
'Thing on Boards this Week —Gate
City Will Also Have Carolinas
Hardware Association
May 10-13. '
BIGKETT VOLUNTEERS.''DIG" AT K. K. K.
TO NEGRO STUDENTS.
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Scramble for Vacancy Caused by Death of Judge
Pritchard—Raleigh Employing Printers
Opposed to 44-Hour Week
in Job Offices.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, April 19.—The "employ
ing printers of Raleigh, having
bamk**' together and agreed to re-
f u£e to meet the demands of mem- '
bers of the International Typo- '
graphical Union .for the 44-hou,r j
week io job offices, and other com
mercial printing houses, the pros
pects are that on May Ist the
three State printers' establish
ments and all union job offices
which refuse to grant the demand,
will be compelled to shut down
their plants, at least until #n
agreement is reached.
The 44-hour week was agreed on
two years ago, to take effect May
1, 1921, and it was not until re
cently that the Typothetae (em
ploying printers organization) re
pudiated the agreement made with
the closed shop branch of their
organization.
The 44-hour week' means a cut
of four hours a week—B hours a
day with half-day holiday on
Saturdays. The printers here
have long observed th® half-day
Saturday work by working over
time each week day and extend
ing the dinner hour to one o'clock
on Saturday. Every town in
North Carolina and the United
States where union printers are
employed is involved. Newspa
per offices are not included.
Governor and Treasurer Retarn.
With the return from New York
of Governor Morrison and State
Treasurer Lacy, who are due to
be in their offices today, some im
portant road construction develop
ments will follow. These State
officials have been in the Northern
securities markets for ten days
for the purpose of laying the
groundwork for early negotia
tion of the sale of a portion of the
big bond issue authorized by the
General Assembly at its recent
session. Just what success they
have met with will not be known
till they authorize a statement.
The low interest rate to which the
bonds are limited has been some
thing of a barrier in selling the
securities in the present state of
the money market, it is under
stood, and if the Governor and
Treasurer finally arrange for »
satisfactory deal it is all the more
to their credit.
Judge Prttebard'« Stteceisor.
Proceeding on the probably er
roneous assumption that President
Harding might follow the example
of President Taft and appofnt U.
S. District Judge Connor to the
Circuit Court vacancy occasioned
by the death of Judge Pritchard,
the friends of Judge Connor, in-1
eluding the members of Congress
from (bis State, have recommend-
Ed him formally to the President
lor that position.
* tThere is a mad Bcramble for this
judicial plum, regarded as the
juciest of them all in this section.
The latest Republican probablity
is announced to be State Chair
man Linney, whpse boosters are
grooming him for the eoutest.
Judge Bynum of Greensboro, John
Parker, late candidate for gover
nor, J. J. Britt, ex-congressman,
of Asheville, and several others
are in the running now and the
chasfe will be a lively one from
now on. The fact that several of
the Republican aspirants are well
qualified for the appointment on
account of both intellect and
character would seem to trim
drown Judge Connor's chances to
a bare possibility. Mr. Harding
has expressed to prominent men
his gratification and delight upon
learning that the Republicans of
North Carolina cast 280,000 votes
in the recent election, and par
ticularly impressed with thefact
that over 200,000 of these ballots
were cast by white men and wo
men. He evidently thinks there
should be encouragement held out
for an increased Republican vote,
if possible. With several entirely
available men, all fine lawyers, in
his party, and several of them
applying for the position, it does
not stand to reason that the Presi
dent would practically kill the
organization by appointing Judge
Connor or any other Democrat to
the place. This presentation of
ihe situation is made solely to il
lumine the outlook, since some of
the papers the last few days have
been playing up an entirely Im
possible prospect.
Blekett Bmlte» K. K. K. to Negroe*.
Dispatches from Hampton, Va ,
where ex-Governor Bickett de
livered an address to the students
of a negro college, Hampton Insti
tute, report Bickett as sa>ing to
the negroes that "the negroes are
entitled to equal rights and the
white man must accord it to them;
the Ku Klux Klan believes in the
whisper,'and that is why I rose up
and bit it in North Carolina with
all my might." The dapper little
delights in Uudinjr
the negro a-coming and a-gwine,
and he is to be felicitated on his
additional opportunty to denounce
the Kti Klux Klan in an address
to an audience of negro students
that probably aas not giving the
kl n a thought, and probably
would never have been seriously
considered if Bickett had not
i forced the subject upon their at
tention.
Meeting of Hardware Men.
The' seventeenth annual con
. veniion of the Hardware Assooia
i tion of the Carolina? will be held
, in Greensboro Aiay 10-13. This
i association comprises the two
i Carolinas and many hardware men
, will be in Greensboro for Ihe COII
• vention. » While the convention
i will not open until May 10th, the
-lannual meeting of the board of
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 21, L 921
directors will be held at 8:30
o'clock Monday night, May 9th.
The delegates will arrive Monday
night and Tuesday morning, They
wnl register and receive badges
Tuesday morning.
Good Road* Meeting.
This week is a red-letter week
with many good-roads enthusiasts
over the State. Greensboro is the
Mecca where thousands of Tar
heels and hundreds from other
States have gathered and at this
writing, the meetings extending
from April Kith to 24th.,
' The government exhibit for the
United States Good Roads show
arrived and road-building ma
chinery and equipment and road
building material arranged by
companies and individual dealers. '
The warehouse, moreover, has
been wired for lighting and has
been decorated with an abund
ance of bunting.
The streets have on gay attire.
Great flags and streamers are
floating from'the store-fronts and
telephone poles on all the main
thoroughfares of the city, and the
decorators are still atwtork. Ap
proximately $2,500, it is said,
was expended for decorations.
The parade, whichi will be held
on Thursday afternoon, begin
ning at the O. Henry Hotel at 2
o'clock, promises to be one of the
outstanding events of the conven
tion, aside from the business ses
sions themselves. The
boro Automotive TradeS\»socia
tion is offering two sffver loving
cups for the two best decorated
automobiles in the parade, and it
is beliflVed there will be lively
competition. Everybody with an
automobile is invited to joiu the
procession. Out-of-town judges
will be appointed.
Penalties and Taxes Due May I.
Attorney-General Manning has,
iu response to a request-from the
State Auditor, given the following
opinion with reference to a seem
ing conflict or an act
passed by the Legislature at its
refcent session concerning the col
lection of penalties by sheriffs
from delinquent taxpayers after
May Ist, which will interest many.
His letter fellows:
"Yon inquire as to whether or
not ypu shall advise the sheriffs
to colltHJt a penalty on the pay
ment of taxes for 1920 after May
1, 1921, and, if so, whether that
penalty shall be one per cent or
four per oenfc.
n "We think there is no peoalty
a*t all proovided for this delayed
payment of the taxes of 1920 for
the following reasons: Section 2,
of chapter 62, Public Laws Extra
Session 1920, provided a discount
of one per cent upon all taxes paid
in the months of October and No
vember, while in the mouths of
December and January the net
amount charged was to be paid
and then, commencing in Feb
ruary with one per cent interest
added, for the succeeding months
an additional one per cent was to
bf* added until the taxes w»re
paid.** This manifestly would re
quire a levy of four ' per ceut ad
ditional if the 1920 taxes were
paid in May, 1921.
. "At the recent session of the
Legislature the following act be
came a law:
" 'Section 1. That section 2, of
chapter 62, of the Public L*Ws of
Extra Session of 1920 be amended
by striking out section two and
inserting: 'All taxes shall be doe
on the first Monday of Oetoblr of
each year and on all lax»«s paid iu
the mouth of October and Novem
ber a discount shall l*e given to
the tax-payer of one per cent. All
taxes paid in the mouths of De
cember, January, February, March
and April shall be paid at the net
amount charged and the sheriff
or tax collector shall settle at the
net amount charge! for said
months. That this ait shall only
apply to tjie collection of taxes
levied for the year 19*0."'
President Harding proclaims a
new the fundamentals of the MonJ
roe doctrine in an address at the
unveiling in New York Taefcday
of a statue of Simon BoHva?, the
Latin-American "liberator,"
The United States Good Roads
association, in convention at
Greensboro, adop's resolutions
urging Congress to the
present system of federal and
Siatec o-operativo program in
financing road building.
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The College for Alamance.
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Below is mentioned some 9f the things
worthy of the consideration of the committee
men charged with the location of the M. P. Col
lege on the 30-acre free site offered:
Health:
High elevation.
Best water in the State.
1 case typhoid fever in 20 years.
Recreation:
' Adjoining the public park of many
acres.
Good baseball park.
ride to Riverside. Park.
Advantages:
Low tax rate, outside of town.
5-minute car ride to Burlington,
' Graham and Haw River.
Water and Lights for 5 yrs. free.
4 M. P. Churches in 5 minutes ride
' on street car.-
, 23 M.-P. Churches in a radius; ,of
15 miles.
All property adjacent and near this
site owned and controlled by
white people.
One-half car fare for the college.
Special arrangements for delivery
of building material..
One-eighth mile to R. R. Station.
One-eighth mile to large hospital.
Beautiful building sites all around
the college site that can be pur
chased at a moderate price.
In response to the inquiry of many telephone
subscribers: "What can I do to help my serv
ice?" this advertisement is published. .
"Central" Cannot
Answer Questions
The duty of the \)
switchboard operator Vp
consists of answering
your number calls and getting connections
for you. s
If she stopped to answer questions, the
number calls would pile up and the service
would be delayed, which would be an in*
justice to the other subscribers.
If you cannot find the information you
want in the telephone directory, ask the
operator for "Information" and she jwil!
connect you with the Information 'deslc,
where your question will be promptly an-*
swerecl.
„■ You* can help your service by calling
''lnformation" instead of questioning youfl
line operator.
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SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND COMPANY
Notice of Sale,
Pursuant to the power of sale 1
contained in a certain deed of
trust executed by Dr. J. J. Bare
foot and wife, Octavia W.
Barefoot, to the undersigned •
trustee, dated December 7,1920,
and recorded in the offioe of the ,
Register of Deeds for Alamance
county in Deed of Trust Book
No. 85, at page 60, given to se
cure the payment of a certain
bond of even date therewith in 1
the sum of $6,000.00, and inter
est thereon, payable to Graham
Home Building Company, the
said undersigned trustee will
sell at public auction to tha
highest bidder, for cash, at tw ,
court housfe door in Graham, op
SATURDAY, APRIL 80, 192#,
at 12:00 o'clock, noon, the fol-
lowing described real property,
to-wit:
A lot or parcel of land in the
Town of Graham, Alamance
county, North Carolina, adjoin
ing the lands of R. L. Holmes,
O. J. Paris, N. Main Street of
the said town, and others, and
bounded as follows: 1
Beginning at an iron bolt,
corner with said Holmes' lot
bought of 0. J. Paris, on north
east edge of said street, at north
east side of concrete walk, run
ning thence S 32 deg 16' E 91
ft to an iron bolt at northeast
edge of said walk; thence N 56
deg E 214 ft 8 inches to an iron
bolt in said Paris' line; thence N
26 deg 30' 91 ft to an iron bolt
in said Paris' line, 2 ft 6 in S of
said Paris and Young's corner;,
thence S 56 deg W (B. S.) 224
ft 10 in. to the beginning, con
taining .45 of an acre, more or
less.
Terms of Sale: This sale will
remain open for ten days for ad
vance bids as provided by law
under mortgage sales, and the
bidder will be required to pay
lif per cent of his bid on date of
sale, balance to be paid in cash
after the expiration of said ten
days, and upon execution and
delivery of deed by the Trustee
conveying the said property to
the purchaser at said sale.
This 31st day of March, 1921.
K, S. PARKER, JRj) ,
Trustee.
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Mortgagee's LaAd Sale.
By virtue of the power of
sale contained in a certain
mortgage deed executed on 17 th
day of Mafah, 1920, by Craw
ford Johnston and his . wife for
the purpose of securing pay
ment of a bond of even date
therewith and the interest
thereon, said mortgage deed
being duly reoorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds for
Alamance county in Book No.
82 of Mortgage Deeds and
Deeds of Trtpt at page 131,
and delault having been made
ia the payment bond
and interest, the /undersigned
mortgagee will, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1921,
at 12 O'clock, noon, at the eourt
house door Mi* Graham, Ala
manoe county. N. C., offer for
sale at public outcry to the
Ingest bidder, for cash, the fol
lowing defined and described
tracts of land in Pattenon
Township, said county and
State, to wit:
First—Adjoining and bound
ed on the north and east by the
lands of Jackey Noah, on the
south by J. Graves, on the
west by Dan Alexander, and
supposed to contain aboat ten
acres.
Second—Adjoining and bound
ed ,on the north by the above
described tract, On the east by
said Alexander and lalton Holt,
on the south by Talton Holt, on
the west by Jackey Noah, and
supposed to contain ten seres.
This March 38, 1921.
„.D. H. THOMPSON,
Mortgagee.
Wm. I. Ward, Att'y. Btochtds
NO. 11
PROFESSIONAL OABD6
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
BuHDfllOB, N. C.
, Office Hours: 9 to 11 a. m.
and by appointment
Office .Over Acme Drug Co.
Telepfreaeei oflec 446—Realdeaca M 4
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Altera*jr-al-Leev
GRAHAM. N. C,
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Haye* Drug Co.
Mortgagee's Sale of
Land.
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain mortgage
deed executed on Dec. 20th,
1915, by Charlie Harvey and
wife for the purpose of securing
payment of a bond of even date
therewith and interest thereon,
said mortgage deed being duly
recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Alamance
county in Book No. 60 of Mort
gages and Deeds of Trust, at
page 568, and default having
been made in tIA payment of
said bond and interest, the
undersigned mortgagee will, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1921,
at 12 o'clock, noon, at the court
house door in Graham, Ala
mance county, N. C., sell at pub
lic outcry to the highest bidder,
forc&sh, the following described
tract of land, to-wit:
A tract of land lying and be
ing in Alamance county, State
of N. C., in Newlin township,
adjoining Luther Cheeks and
' others and known as part of the
William Moser place and bound
'ed as follows: Beginning at a
' stone on Jos. Harper's line,
| thence N 1 deg E 2 cha and 60
1 Iks to a stone; thence W L.socha
1 to a stone; thenoe N 67.17 chs to
1 a stake; thence 66 deg £ 13.15
chs to a stake; thence S 63.72
chs to a blackoak; thence E 5.30
1 chs (q a maple; thence 8 1 deg
' W 11 chs and 50 Iks to a stake;
' tnence N deg W 16.80 chs
1 to the containing 96
' acres more or less, and being lot
No. 1 in the division of the John
G. Moser lands.
* -This March 23, 1921.
r '~ D.H.THOMPSON,
If- Mortgagee.
| Wo. L Ward, Att'y. 24mchtds
TOWN TAXES.—The tax books
Cor 1920 sre in mx.hands. Prompt
payment requested.
B. ft. ThOUNGM,
ij Tax Collector,