VOL. XLVII #
Only as Last Resort
Governor Says He Will
Call Out Troops
He Advises Sheriff of Mecklenhurg as to
His Powers and Duties in the
Strike Situation. x
TELEPHONE RATES INCREASED.
Governor Not Inclined to Call Extra Session of
Legislature on Account of Failure to
Properly Record Municipal
Finance Act.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, Jane * 7.—Notwith
standing the fact (and it is a fact)
that Governor Morrison is averse
to calling an extra session of the
Legislature for any purpose if it
can reasonably be avoided, the
decision of the Supreme Court
just handed down which holds the
municipal finance act of the la=?t
session of the General Assembly
to be unconstitutional, because of
the failure of the Senate journal
clerk to properly record the pas
sage of the measure on the Senate
Journal, will cause the executive
committee of the Suite Municipal
Association to make a strenuous
effort this week to induce Gover
nor Morrison to reconvene the
law-making body, ae there is left
no other means whereby the cities
so largely involved can carry out
their financial programs for the
year. ' *
But that does not give assurance
that there will be an extra ses
sion, for the Governor may not
consider the needs of the cities to
warrant such action, and that the
municipalities can contrive meth
ods whereby they cqn get through
till the next regular session. One
reason for not reconvening the
law-makers is the probability that
they would not confine themselves
to the municipal act in hand, but
would probably tackle any other
subject they shonld deem fit and
thus stage a prolonged extra ses
sion that might go the limit.
However, it does not follow that
there will be no extra session be
cause of this feature of the ques
tion, so far as the Governor is
concerned, if the reasons for call
ing an extra session are otherwise
deemed sufficient by him. Bat,
as said at the outset, the chances
are against it. '
The Governor has gone to Ashe
ville for a week of rest and recre
ation.
Up Goes Telephone Bate
The Corporation Commission
having decided the application
of the Bell Telephone Company
for an increase in rates all over
the State the increase will take
effect with the current month.
Twenty-five cents per month is
added for private phones in reel
denees and ten per cent for busi
ness phones, as compared with
the rates in effeet June first. The
blanket increase is not as great
as was asked by the Bell Company.
Chairman Lee of the commission
dissented from the decision, and
would have allowed the full in
crease asked for, bat was out
numbered by Pell and Maxwell.
There has been a "rumor' 1 car
rent the past few days that the
Bell Company would appeal the
ease to the U. 8. Bnprem« Court,
in an effort to get the 22 per cent
increase asked for. But this is
regarded as a "bluff" and no for
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
mal steps have actually been tak
en to perfect an appeal.
No Troops To Be "Called Out"
Unless Actually Needed
Governor .Morrison is not so
quick on the trigger in "calling
out the troops," at the suggestion
of sheriffs, as some of his pred
ecessors in office, and he has in
formed Sheriff Cochran, of Meck
lenburg, that he' must handle or
dinary situations with local
officers. That unless the county
officials exhaust their own re
sources in maintaining order the
Governor says he "cannot con
ceive of any possible condition
that may arise there which would
| make it necessary to send troops
to your aid." ,
It seems that the Mecklenburg
sheriff went up in the air because
of a little mild "trouble" at one
of the cotton mills, where the
strikers tried to induce those of
their number in the same mill
who did not join in the strike to
quit work. No force was used
and when tbe city police force
demanded that the strikers "move
on" they finally did so, uuder
protest, claiming the right- of
peaceable assembly and free
speech, etc., to influence their
fellows among the cotton mill
operatives.
The sheriff wrote Governor
Morrison that the managers of
two mills had demanded "pro
tection" from him when they
should make an effort to start up
their mills this week, and wanted
to know just what the duties and
authorities of a sheriff under
such conditions would be. He
added that he anticipated calling
on the Governor to order troops
to Mecklenburg.
Governor Morrison's Reply.
In his response to the sheriff's
letter, Governor Morrison says:
"I note what you say about the
number of deputies yon have, and
the difficulty with which you will
be confronted in preserving the
peace under contingencies which
may arise. It is your duty to
have sufficient deputies to dis
charge the duties of your office,
and you ean summon for tem
porary service any citizen of your
county, and force him, in the
event of threatened riot, to serve.
I advise that you consult an able
lawyer at once, and fully acquaint
yourself with your duty, aud the
power givsn yon by law to dis
charge it.
"I will not hesitate to nse the
Adjutant General's military forces
to aid in preserving the peace and
protecting the legal rights of the
citizens of any county, but it has
too often occurred in the past in
this State that the local authori
ties in vacillation and weakness
failed to perform their clear duty,
and thereby made use of State
troops necessary.
"We ought not to send troops
into any community exeept where
the loeal authorities are unable
to preserve the peace, and protect
the rights of all. When this in
ability grows out of mere weak
ness and refusal to perform dnty
by local officers, it always aggra
vates the situation, and adds large
[aud unnecessary expense to the
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 9. L 921
State. There is no earthly rea
son why you,and tbe forces which
yon have authority under the law
to summon to your -aid, together
with the police in the city of Char
lotte, when the distwQwnce is
within their territory and juris
diction, cannot preserve order in
Mecklenburg county. I cannot
conceive of any possible condition
that can arise there which would
make it necessary to send State
troops to yonr aid.
Troopi Only As Lait Resort
"Sending troops into any peace
ful county in North Carolina, or
ordering them out when they are
there, is to b% avoided, not onlyi
on account of the heavy expense
involved, but because it always
causes irritation, and arouses
prejudice which frequently ag
gravates instead of helping the
situation in which the peace of
the county is threatened.
"I will not hesitate to call out
troops when necessary, even if
the necessity has arisen on ac
count of the weak and inefficient
manner in which the local au
thorities have discharged their
dnty, but if the necessity should
be caused by their failure to dis
charge their duty, I should use
all the influence of my office to
excite the condemnation of the
people of officers who permitted
unnecessarily such a necessity
to arise.
"The textile workers have a
perfect legal right to strike, and
to use all moral suasion they can
command in their cause, but they
have no right to resort to lawless
ness, or the threat of it; and on
the other hand, their employers
and representatives have no right
to use lawlessness or the threat
of it to prevent the strikers fr
using peaceful moral suasion to
such an extent as they desire to.
But all menace and threat of vio
lence, intimidations, e c , on either
side, should be put down by you
and the other local authorities
promptly, and I urge you as G >v
ernor of the State to discharge
that duty with the independence
and fearlessness of character
which I know you possess.
"In the event conditions arise
in which you are not able, by the
exercise of all your authority and
power, to preserve the peace
and project every man and his
property and human rights, noti
fy me, and I will send all the
power of the State to your sup
port, and with the utmost ikjssW
ble dispatch."
Who Am I?
(From Brazilian Business, pub
lished by the American Cham
ber of Commerce for Brazil.)
I am the foundation of all busi
ness.
I am the source of all pros
perity.
I am the parent of genius
I am the salt that giveS life its
savor.
I have laid the foundation of
every fortune. « '
I can do more to advance youth
than his own pareuts, be they
ever so wealthy.
I must be loved before I can be
stow my greatest blessings, and
achieve my greatest ends.
Loved, I make life sweet, pur
poseful and fruitful.
I am represent d in the hum
blest saviifgs, in the highest stack
of bonds.
All progress springs from me.
Who am 1 ?
I am WORK.
Irrigation and Electricity.
From The Rock Hill Herald.
Fresno County, California,
raised 112,500 tons of raisins last
year, worth $36,750,000. All the
land on which tbe grapes were
grown is irrigated. Before irri
gation the land was noted princi
pally for its crops of jack rabbits,
horned toads and ground owls,
and they had to hustle for a liv
ing.
Nearly all tbe power used in
the factory process—drying, dis
tributing, etc. —is electrical. Tbe
raisin people say the economy is
such that they hope.eventnally to
have the fruit go through from the
vine to the consumer "untouched
by human hand."
Done is the past participle of do
and dun bears out the same rela
tion to doe.
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ELON TO RECEIVE HELP
TO PAY SALARIES.
$5,000 a Year for Two Years Granted
by General Educational Board-
Alumni Speakers Chosen.
Cor. of The Gleaner.
Elou College, June 4.—Word
has just latched the President's
office here that the General Edu
cation Board of New York Cify,
after an investigation of the col
lege on April 30tji by its Held sec
retary, Mr. E C. Sage, has in
cluded Elon College in the list of
its institutions to receive assist
ance in the awarding of funds for
the increase of teachers' salaries.
A grant of $5,000.00 a year for the
next two years has been voted
Elon for the purpose of meet
ing its increase in professors'
salaries. %
At the recent meeting of the
Alumni Association of the College
at the close of commencement,
Mrs. E. A. Crawford, Mebaue, N.
C., was chosen to give the Alumni
Oration at the next commence
ment. Mrs. James D. Proctor,
Lumberton, N. C., was chosen as
I her alternate. At this meeting
also, Dr. G. O. Lank ford, Burling
ton, N. C., was elected as Presi
dent of the Association for the
following year.
Dr. W. C. Wicker gave the
literary address at the Eureka
High S'bool at the commencement
exercises on Friday of last week.
Mr. W. A. Harper spoke twice
at the new Christiin church at
Franklinton, N. C., on Sunday.
On last Friday he gave the liter
ary address at the Fremont High
School commencement, and on the
12th he will speak before the
State Christian Endeavor Conven
tion in Wilmington.
Five Deaths From Typhoid In One
Family.
N. C. State Board Health.
Failure to secure immunity
from typhoid fever by vaccina
tion proved unusually disastrous
to a Duplin county family. Nine
members of the family were
stricken with the disease. Five
died.
During tbe Summer of last
year the State Boaid of Health
couducted au anti-typhoid cam
paign in Dupliu county. Vacci
nation was made available to all
tbe citir. -us of the county without
charge. None of the members of
the family in question took ad
vantage of tbe opportunity.
A daughter of the family went
visiting and contracted typhoid.
Other members of the tamily
visited the sick woman and after
returning home were strickeu.
Tbe disease spread until every
one of the nine members of the
family developed typhoid. In
addition a nurse employed in the
stricken family also developed
the disease. Five members of
tbe family died.
According to tbe State Board
of Health this is one of the most
ievi-re "family epidemics'' that
has been brought to the atten
tion of tbe State health authori
ties. The pity of it is that the
ten cases of illness and the five
deaths could have been very
easily prevented.
Aid Teachers Of Agriculture
In Elementary Schools.
Agricultural courses for ele
mentary schools, prepared by the
U. 8. Department of Agriculture,
have been adopted in Wisconsin,
Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and
Arkans.is. These courses are
suitable for use not only for ele
mentary schools but for consoli
dated rural schools and second
ary schools. They have been at
the request of the State authori
ties, aud the department special
ists have cooperated- with the
State Board of Education and the
State agricultural colleges in
their preparation.
In arid tion to pnspariug com
plete 2oursiS in agriculture, the
Federal spec alist* in agricultur
al iducation have series of lels
sons on different phases of agri
culture, which are being u*ed ex
tensively in a number of States.
Topics relai ini to growing hogs,
selecting a d growing cum, po
tatoes, poultry, etc., bavfe been
worked oat, the deparimeul put>-
lications on the various subjects
being used as a basis for the in
formation in these studies.
Leaflet on how teachers mhj
use certain farmers' bulletins
have bee J prepu-ed. These leaf
lets have been widely distributed,
and ihev have been in great de
mand among teachers of agricul
ture.
Southwest Alamance.
Cor. o( The Gleaner. •
Since the mud has dried up and
everybody working h|rd, nothing
is l>eing said abptjt bad roads.' A
little cemrauuity work is done oc
casional!}' which iB all we get on
our roads aud we expect the same
amount of mnd next winter.
Mrs. A. Q. Hackney and chil
dren of Greensboro are visiting
her father near Oakdale.
Fruit in our community is
scarce. The late freeze killed
about all except a few plums.
Harvest is on aud small grain is
fairly good.
Old Uncle Sil Spoon who, in his
ninety-fifth year, is still in good
health aud doing some farming.
He says he owes his long life to
regular eatiug and sleeping and
working
The Moral Obligation.
The Phiindelphia Record.
It can hardly escape attention
that .the President promises that
the United States shall meet all
its obligations to humanity and
civilisation. If these are nqj,
empty we have no
idea that they are—thoy impose a
moral obligation upon the United
States. When the Peace Treaty
was pending in the Senate, Mr.
Taft proposed a substitute for
Article X which would impose
only a moral obligation upon the
United States to act. Ilonry
Cabot Lodge declared that he
would not have even a moral ob
ligation attached to ihe United
States, and a Republican Presi
dent has gone And done it.
Nsw Smelt*. Burning Device.
A Dew water-cooled baffle-plate de
vice for Installation In the firebox of
a conventional up-draft furnace ha*
the effect of converting It Into one
having some of Uie characteristic* of
the down-draft type. It la described
In Popular Mechanics. Its construc
tion Is simple, consisting of two hol
low steel compartments of different
heights, arranged crosswise of the
firebox, at a point somewhat to the
rear of the center, with the higher
one at the back, thua dividing the fire
box Into two dlatlnct combustion
•ones. Aa the two chambers are aep-.
a rated by a few Inchea and the higher
one reaches to the boiler by the
crownsheet. the gases and smoke lib
erated by the forward portion of the
Are are forced to paaa over the top
of the low forward section, down be
tween It and the rear section, under
the latter, and over the hotteat pert
ot the fire, where they are consumed.
* teperante a •ehoel Course.
Esperanto, the artificial Interna
tional language, has been ordered In
troduced m an elective course In the
commercial schools controlled by the
Paria chamber of commerce.
The language waa studied by a com
mission, whose members reported
favorably upon It after aeveral tests.
One test was the translation of three
complicated documents lnte French
and then translation at the French
texts back Into Esperanto. It was
found there was no change In the
sense.
The Introduction of Esperanto In
all schools was recommended, not as
a substitute for any other language,
bat as a means of communication.
Dogs Vsoclnstsd Now.
Professor Marie Jtemllnger of the
Pasteur Institute, Paris, who is hav
ing wonderful success with the new
aerrlce developed by Professor Balls
of the government veterinary school
at Alfort, promises absolute Immunity
for dog* from rabies. This new vac
cine is s mixture of the old Pasteur
serum for rabies and of the virus of
the disease. It acta quickly, Is easily
applied, Is Inoffensive, snd costs Utile.
It Is curative as welt as preventative.
Eighteen dogs vscclnsted with the new
Me rum two months ago have been ren
dered absolutely immune,
Used to That
ilanon-T-Any startling new fash
ions?
Kissel!— No. As usual, the only real
shock la (be spring feminine fashions
to administered by the price ta*r—
fcißiw Answer*. 4 j
CATCHING OF TURTLE
Guban Natives Rely Upon Inatlnct of
Bpeciea to Bring Them a
Profitable Haul.
In' the neighborhood of Cuba a pe-
I cullar method of securing turtles Is
] pursued. The people train, or at least
l take advantage of the Instincts of a
! certain speciea of fish, called by the
j Spanish reve (meaning reversed), be
, cause its back ia usually taken for its
| stomach.
It has an oval plate attached to Its
1 bead, the surface of which is traversed
by parallel ridges. By this plate It
j can firmly adhere to any solid body ,
j it, may choose. The boats which go j
i in queat of the turtles each carry a
| tub containing a number of these i
revea.
When the sleeping turtles are seen
they are approached, and as soon as
they are Judged near enough a reve is
thrown into the sea. Upon perceiving
the turtle Its instinct teaches It to
awing right toward the turtle and fix
itself firmly upon the creature, by |
meant of Its disk. Sooner would the
| reve allow Itself to be pulled to pieces '
| than give up Its grip.
A ring which Is attached to the tail
of the fish, In which a string Is fastened,
allows the fisherman to pull, in hla
prize. By a peculiar manipulation the ,
reve Is pulled off aad returned to the ]
tub, to be ready for use the next time
a turtle is sighted.
"Measure Up." #
The habit of measuring up now will
save you time and trouble later on.
Life's loads are pot going to get any
easier to carry as population in- i
creases. There will be keener compe
tition and more people to compete.;
The only hope for you will be such
developed skill that you will naturally
lead In the things you attempt. That
means you will make trial of every
talent and so train what you have
that no effort Is spent in vain. This
develops the most determined effort
and fitness In the fellow who is'will
ing to do his best Then as the blggei
problems come with the years you
will be trained in doing your best Un- j
der every circumstance and success Is 1
bound to hover over your efforts. There ;
is no better time than the present to j
begin. Keep going and make every
new idea contribute to your growth
and you are bound to succeed.
Persians Keep Wives Apart.
The most interesting fact I gathered
from the road guard was that had
aevan sons and (many) daughters— 1
he did not bother to count —and two
wives, one at Abadeh and one at
Surmek. I found most Mohammedan
worthit* agreed that, though allowed
four legal wives, one Is generally
enough, and if two are owned they
, are placed In separate localities, as
the saying runs, "Better two tigresses
| In a single den than two brawling
wenches."—National Geographic Maga
alne.
.
Health of Tress.
Just as with folks health is of the
! utmost Importance in shade trees, and
I «o agency Is more potent In marring
' the a£pearaiy:e.of these trees than In- ,
sects, says the American Forestry
Magazine of Washington. A defo
liated or otherwise bedraggled shade
tree Is not only worse than none at
all but, as a result of Insect Injury, It i
I Is a menace to the health or life of
similar trees In the neighborhood.
Value of Ashes,
f There Isn't any fertilizing value In
coal ashes, as there la in wood ashes.
Tat they are often a great help In Ira-,
proving heavy soils. Sift the ashes
and get out the clinkers, and then
spade or plow them Into the ground.
There's practically no danger of get
ting too much. If they contain some
'wood ashes, so much the better. Even ,
a little sand worked Into heavy soil
will do much to make a better garden.
t
Use for Lumbar Refuse.
Manufacture of Industrial alcohol
1s about the only feasible method of,
utilising lumber mill refuse on a large
scale, says the American Forestry
Magazine. An. alcohol plant with a
dally supply of 180 tons of wood can
produce 3,600 gallons of alcohol at a
cost, under present conditions, of ap
pi#klmately 25 centa a gallon.
Perfect Poems.
I The rhyme and uniformity of per
fect poems show the free growth of
;metrlcal laws, and bud from them as
unerringly and loosely as lilacs and
rosea on a busb, and take shapes as
icompact as tha shape* of*chestnuts
and oranges, and melons and pears,
'and shed the perfume impalpable to
-form.—Walt Whitman.
•
Playing Safe.
! Amelia—"l understand that Mr.
Henry and hla sweetheart haije had
'a quarrel." Jane—"Yes, but It is noth
ing serious. She Is a prudent girl,
'and wants to make sure that she can
imaaage him when he la angry."—
[ftoair Stories. _
NO. 18
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington, N. C.
Office Hours: 9 to 11 a. m.
and by appointment
Office Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephones: Office 4 lO—Residence 264
I JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
>ll lee over National Bank ol AlaaaaM
T. S. C ©OIC,
Attorney-at- Law,
'R\H AM, .... N. C
j, Office Patterson Building
Second Floor. . . .
j . • f " w s ;
M. WILL LONG, JR.
• • • PENTIBT ' 5 8
■ rahafii - North CaraHna
>FFICK in SJMMONB BUILDING
|  108 A. LONG. J. KLMF.R LON3
LONG & LONG,
1 lornejra and (Jounaclora at JUaw
GRAHAM, N. 0.
MEXICO HAS DIAMOND FIELB
Precious Stonca Said to Exist In Qua*
titiea That Will Maka Their Mln.
ing Profltabla.
Encouragement will be offered by the
Mexican government for the develop
-1 mi'Ht of the diamond field in the state
or Ouerro by private capital, it is au
thoritatively announced. The existence
-of diamonds in a mountainous district
of that southern state has long been
known, but the remoteness of the local
ity and the difficulty of getting in and
out of the district have heretofore pre
vented anything being done toward
mining the gems. >.
It was fifty years ago that
; the discovery of diamonds there was
| made by an officer of the Mexican
I army. A collection of the diamonds
: wus taken to the City of Mexico and
5 after being cut they found their way
into the channels of commerce. Effort*
j to relocate the diamond field proved fu
tile and It was not until many yeara
later that a mining prospector. came v
upon the formation in which the dia
monds were found. He collected a
large number of them in the rough and
1 took them bock to the capital, where
they were placed on exhibition. Noth
ing was done, however, toward the de
velopments the field.
Not long ago the department of com- ~
| rnerce and Industry of the Mexican gov
ernment sent an expedition in charge
of Antonio Lopez, an engineer, to the
locality. Mr. Lopez reported that hla
research had been entirely successfuL
Among the diamonds he brought back
with him was one of enormous size la
the rough which he turned over to the
department of commerce and Industry.
He made a report to the effect that dla
| monds in large quantities are to be
found and that the mining can be done
at comparatively little cost.
FIJI Islands.
FIJI comprises a group of over 20t
islands (about 80 Inhabited), lylnf
between degree 15 and degree 20
south latitude, and between meridian*
177 and 178 west longitude In thi
south Pacific. The largest island !i
Vltl Levu, area 4,053 square miles
The total area of the Fiji group It
• 7,083 square miles. According to th«
latest census taken (n April, 1911, th»
population was 139,541, the Europeani
! numbering 8.707. There are 2,144 Easl
' Indians on the islands. The remalndet
of the population consists of natives
! The coital is Suva, on the sou til
coast of Vltl Levu. The Europeai
• population of the town is about 1,400
Fads Hygienic Necessity.
, As Walter Dill Scott suggeota,
every business youth, on beginning
his or her business life, should adopt
an avocation, u fad, some outside in
terest, only less absorbing than hla
business, and should continuously cul
tivate It as a foil, a rest, a saving
grace to his business. Provided thiß
fad or unbusinesslike Interest be ona
not too narrow ifml one not too diffi
cult and fatiguing, the recipe is funda
mentally an important one for thla
matter of business hours as welf aa
for personal hygiene In general.—G.
V. N. Dearborn. M. D., In the Scieo
:lflc American Monthly.
L, The Firat Thing.
"Started jour garden yet?"
» '.lnven t located the neighbon
srbo own the tools I'll want to boa*
"--m-tioit Frue i'resa.
Each day Das Its special privileged
aa well as Its special duties.
I The size of trouble dependa «a
Mwttter It ia coming or gulag.
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