VOL. XLVII
State Sells
$5,000,000 Bonds
at Premium
Officials- Say Could Have Sold 15
Million as Easily—Road Program
Will Go Ahead.
SPECIAL SESSION CONVENES IN
DECEMBER
Board of Pardons Making Little
Headway—Perhaps Nd State Pri
mary Next Year ; Would Apply to
Only Two Offices.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, Nov, B.—The assem
i bling of the Legislature in extra
ordinary session four weeks
hence is "causing renewal of its
purposes and possible legislation
and attempts at legislation, with
in the twenty days to which the
se?sion is limited—with pay. It
is a rare thing for the regular ses
sion of the General Assembly to
continue work beyond the sixty
days for which pay is provided—
except where necessary finishing
touches on bills requiring another
day or two to complete the legality
of their enactment. Even then
only about half, and sometimes
less than a quorum (the point of
"no quorum" not being raised)™*
main to perform that work. So,
it is entirely improbable, thatrtbe
extra sersion will continue beyond
the Christmas holiday.
Pardon Board Doubtftil.
The propaganda started by the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce
for the submission of an amend
ment to the State Constitution
creating a Board of Pardons,with
the Lieatenant-Governor as its
president, and four others to be
selected as the Legislatu re may
stipulate, in framing and present
ing the amendment to be voted on
by the people next November,
does not meet with hearty ab
proval genenrally. No good rea
son is obvious in making the
poorly paid Lieutenant-Governor
chairman, and he obviously would
not relish the job. Besides, the
present Governor, despite his re
cent unpleasant experience in the
Harris case, is opposed to a Par
don Board and he is likewise op
posed to abolishing the death
penalty,
He believes, with many good
citizens, (including ministers of
the Gospel, who have recently
printed communications in Ral
eigh papers) that there are some
crimes which only the prospect of
the death chair will prevent from
becoming more prevalent.
A« to State Primary Next Year.
It ia probable that there may be
no State Democratic primary next
year. It is a costly luxury, at
best, and as there are two
State officials to be elected next
year, and neither of them may
have opposition, there woold
seem to be no need for the pri
mary, and the consequent heavy
tax on the State and each of the
one hundred counties.
It is time that ten congressmen,
nine Superior Court judges, and
twenty Superior Court solicitors
must be elected, but none of these
is subject to a State primary, as
the respective districts nominate
each candidate in district pri
maries.
Justice Adams, of the Supreme
Court, and W. T. Lee, of the Cor
poration Commission, are holding
the only two State offices to which
a State primary would apply. It
is conceded that there will be no
opposition in the party to Justice
Adams, and no one has so far
offered to ran against Chairman
Lee.
CMBKIMioMr of Revenue.
There are some few people who
bave given voice to the suggestion
THE ALAMANCE .GLEANER
that Mr. Watts, named by Gover
uor Morrison last spring for the
new office of Commissioner of
Revenue (and who will be con
firmed by the Senate Vhen it, as
sembles here next month) should
be forced into an off-year primary.
But the suggestion does not meet
with favor, as it was inspired aud
propagated by some newspaper
men here in Raleighwho hav.? been
nagging Governor Morrison ai>d
Col. Watts ever since the d.iy he
went into office. Personal prej
udice, not to say malice, in the
basis of the scheme.
The new State department,
created at the last session of the
Legislature, provides for » four
year term of its hoad, exactly as
in the case of all the other State
departments, .and the only way
the plau of those who would have
it otherwise could be arrived at,
would be to amend the'iaw creat
ing the office, which is one of the
mo st important of all the depart
ments of State government.
Even were the law amended, it
is not probable that any Democrat
would enter the primary ° ne
were held) against the Governor's
nominee, and least of alt Mr Max
well. So the chances continue to
be in favor of one Stale-wide pri
mary next year.
Latest State Bond Male.
Governor Morrison, Treasurer
Lacy and all the State officials
here are congratulating the two
members of the Council of State,
named above, on tiie splendidly
successful terminaliou *of the
latest sale of N. C. bonds in the
New York market, and in futher
ance of which the Governor and
Treasurer had visited the Metro
polis in the interest of the five
million deal at o per cent and a
premium of $5,021, of which
amount four aud a hall million
will be applied to carrying on the
State road plan, the remaining
half million to be applied to hos
pitals and schools. The bonds
were sold to a New York syndicate
of bankers, through H. J. Van
Ingen & Co.,who bad a representa
tive, F. J. Huffman, when the
deal was closed by the Council of
State. Governor Morrison made
the statement that, the State
could have sold 15 million of
bonds as easily as 5 millions, had
the larger amount been needed "at
present, and declared that N. C.
credit is "gilt edga" on Wall
street at this time—something
that cannot bo said of many
states. • -
Effect Forest Exert Upon Stream Flow
Investigation of the effect of
forests upon stream flow is being
made jointly by the Forest Service
and Wbealher. Bureau of the
United States Department of Agri
culture, at a station in the com
paratively light forests of the
Colorado Rockies. "Wheu com
pleted," says the department,
"this investigation will furnish
information of great value and
significance for this and similar
sections of the United States
where agricultural development
is dependent upon s'>ream flow for
irrigation." 4
Somewhat similar work has
been doue in Europe, notably at
Zurico, Switzerland. Observa
tions, extending over 18 yearn,
were made upon two small water
sheds, one wholly, and the other
one-thir!, for sted.
»"On a proportional basis," the
Forest Service, says, "the total
aunu i! stream discharge was ap
proximately equal •on th-i two
Zurich watersheds. In short
heavy rainfalls the maximum run
off per second hi the forested
watershed was .one-third to
jone-liair 'l»ai on tfie lightly forest
ed watersneds, and the total flood
stage dis hargo usually one-half.
Although, a* a result of very long,
heavy raius, the run-off was the
same after the forest soil had be
come saturated, the forest cover
i appreciably stabilized, the stream
flow and reduced the extremes of
I loth high and low water. The
forest cover was also beneficial iu
.preventing landslides, which were
common ou steep, unforested
slopes daring heavy rains, and in
! preventing erosion, which greatly
1 increases flood damage through
out thr* entire cour»e yt streams.
Taulac, the remarkable remedy
that everybody is talking about,
is sold by Farrell Drug Co., Qra
ham, N. C.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1921
ELON COLLEGE NEWS
Shaw Desmond Brilliant English
Novelist Lecturer Speaks Nov. 15th
—Arrangements for Series of De
bates with Lenoir Collie—Sunday
Services at College—Addresses by
Miss Heller and Dr. Atkinson.
Cor. of the Gleanar. ;•
Elon College, Nov. 7—The sec
ond number in the Elon Concert
Course for the year is tooocure on
the evening of November 15th
when Shaw Desmond, England's
brilliant novelist and renowned
lecturer, will give his famous dis
course on "The Citizens thru the
Ages "
Mr Desmond has written three
great novels, 'all of which are pub
lished by Charles Scribners' Sons.
They are entitled, "Gods," "Pas
sion," and "'Democracy." He ie one
of the world's famous lecturers on
literary, social, and mystical
theines.
The seasou ticket admits to this
event in the course. The charge
at the door for admission is SI.OO.
The lecture will begin at 8 o'clock.
The college has entered into an
arrangement for a series of de
bates for the coming three years
with The first of
these debates is to be held on
Easter Vriday night in the spring
semester. The question to be
discussed iS: "Resolved, that our
Federal Government should own
and operate the railroads."
The preliminaries for the se
lection of speakers for this debate
will come on November 29th at
7:39 p. in. Any student in col
lege is privileged to enter this
contest for the preliminaries.
Eight speakers will then be cho-en
to appear for the final contest
from which the four speakers will
be chosou to meet the teams of
tha other college. This latter
contest will occur ou December
13th.
Both colleges will debate both
sides of this questiou, debating
the affirmative at home and the
negative abroad.
Yesterday was a busy day in
the college community. In addi
tion to the regular Sunday school,
church, and organizotion services
of the day at 6:30 p. in. Miss Hel
ler, Field Secretary of the Y. W.
C. A.,addressed aitoass meeting of
the young women'of the college.
At 8:00 o'clock the Willing
Workers of the village, a mission
ary organization of. the local
church, presented a brief proj,raria"
of songs and recitations.
Following this brief service; an
address on his receut visit to
Porto Rico was given by Dr. J. 0.
Atkinson,Mission Secretary of the
Southern Christian Convention.
Dr. Atkinson spoke of the island
of Porto Rico from the standpoint
of race, natural advantages, edu
cation, and religion.
Quite a number of the women
of the town will attend the meet
ing of the Woman's Missionary
Conference of the Christian
church for this State, which is to
meet in Greensboro on Thursday
of this week.
Farmers Say Picric Acid
Does Efficeiot Work
Many favorable reports are be
ing received by the Bureau of
Public' Roads of the United States
Department of Agriculture from
farmers using the picric acid
which was received from the \Var
Department as.surplus war mat
erial and distributed by the de
partment for land-clearing pur
poses, the only charge I>eing the
actual cost of drying, packing,
and freight. The following are a
few of the comments:
"It is the best btuff on pine
slumps that I have seen"; "A
boon to farmer* of lirnite 1 means
who are straggling to cloar up
land."
There still remains 076,000
pounds of picric aciiL at Sparta,
Wis., and 8,500,000 pounds at
Fort Wingate, N. Mex., to be dis
tributed. Whore possible, distri
bution is made through some co
operating agency in each Htate.
Snipments aro made in carload
lots to groups of farmers.
la line with its plaus to improve
communications in Spain the gov
ernment has ordeml the estab
lishmenr of telephoue exchanges
in 35 towns. .
Tight Windows Cut Down Fuel Bills
Stopping up cracks around
doors and windows is an impor
tant factor in cutting down the
coal bill and keeping the roomtf
cdmfortable, acordingto Fanners'
Bulletin 1104, Operating a Home
Heating Plant, published by the
United States Department of Agri
culture. More fuel invariably is
consumed in a house with losely
fitted windows than in one where
the cracks are protected. In the
windward rooms of some houses
on particular cold, windy days the
leakage about the wiudow and
door framing will be so great Jhat
the rooms cannot be heated to a
comfortable temperture, even by
forcing the furnace to its limit.
Small Crack* Let In Much Air.
Tight-fitting windows, says the
tfulletfn, are essential if leakage
losses are to be kept down. Ordi
nary felt weather stripping is still
better and aids materially in sav
ing fuel Tests have demonstrated
that it is possible, by the use of
metal weather stripping, to reduce
by 88 per cent the leakage
through a 1-32 inch crack when
the wind is blowing 15 miles an
hour and by 83 per cent with a
wind.
The condition of Bhe windows
in a building, whether tight, loose,
or just loose enough to rattle,
plays a very important, part not
only in the comfort derived from
a heating plant but more notice
able in the annual cost of opera
tion. Suitable metal weather
stripping frequently reduces by
15 to 20 per cent the radiation re
quired.
The prevention of window leak
age means a saving of heat and a
lesseuing of dirt blowu into the
house. In a certain apartment
house, says the bulletin, situated
near a railroad statibn in a large
city, during the first season of its
occupancy the heating system
supplied sufficient heat with a
reasonable economy of fuel, but
smoke and dust were a nuisance.
Metal weather stripping was ap
plied before tho next heating sea
son, and as a rvsult the tempera
ture of the rooms was too high.
The radiating surface was reduced
almost one-fourth, and it still sup
plied sufficient heat, while the
flit-1 consumption also showed a
noticeable reduction.
A fuel saving of 15 to 25-per
cent appears possible by equip
ping wiodows and doors with
metal stripping. If,, therefore,
metal stripping is pub in when a
bouse is built, it is possible to re
duce the size and cost of the heat
ing plant in proportion to the re
duction in radiation surface made
possible. The cost .of metal
weather stripping may frequently
be offset by the redaction in the
cost of the heating plant.
Copies of the oulletin may be
bad upon request of the depart
ment at Washington, I>. C.
70 Billion Feet of Timber in
Tongass Forest, Alaskt.
The original estimate of 70,000
000,000 feet, board measure, of
merchantable timber in the Ton
gass National Forest, Alaska,
made some years ago, probably
understates the tremendous tim
ber reservation, according to a re
port by E. A. Bherman, associate
forester, of the Oniied States De
partment of Agriculture. The
original estimate was made by
former supervisor whose pioneer
work as a forester in that region
has well stood the test of time.
Six vears ago Mr. Hherman fol
lowed about 1,500 miles of Ton
gass shore line. What he saw on
that cruise satisfied hiiu that the
estimate, which he had previously
regarded as high, was not un
reasonable.
"On my trip to Alaska this
year," Mr. Sherman rej»ortij, "I
visited other parts of the forest
not seen in my previous inspec
tion, with the result thift I am
now fully convinced that the for
est will yield the full esiitnateaud
more." The Ton/M»* i«sr-st alone
under prop**forestry methods, it
is estimated, could furnish the
entire Nation a suply of wood
pulp sufficient to yield approxi
mately 2,(XHj,»JOo I OII» a year per
petually, or enough to manufac
ture one-third of the pulp prod
| ucts now consumed in the United
j State/*. The Tongam forest is one
' of two national forest* in Ala»ka,
! and occupien the ureaier part of
| the southeastern Panhandle.
"Pigs is Pigs"—Whit W. S. Vestal
Did With a Lot of Pigs in 99
Days-
Mr. W. W. Shay gives the fol
lowing account of making bogs
out of pigs ou VV. S. Vestal's farm:
The writer asked a .County
Agent in one of the Eastern
Counties: "Why are your far
mers sufch poor hands at feeding
hogs?"; and his reply was the
best I have ever heard to the
question; he said; "Oar farmers
are used to feeding mules, and
when a.mule is so fed as to' hold
his weight while-working, it is
good feediug—they apply the
same rule to all feeding. .If au
an mal does not loj»e in Weight it
is considered well fed."
But here is t' e result;in the
case of a , hog: If he . does not
gain, the fe'ed he eats is not paid
for; mere age in the case of a hog
can not be cashed in over, the
scales.
Knowing this, Mr. W. S. Vestal
of Graham, who is a decidely
good all round farmer, feeds his
hogs for gain, and he is not satis
fied uuless the gains are suffi
cient to pay a profit on the feed
consumed.
There is only guess work about
the act uil feed c >st of gains in
unless both the hogs and
feed are weighed periodically.
Noons knows this better than W.
K. Scott, the Alamance County
Agent, and when he learned that
Mr, Vestal intended feeding a
bunch of 32. head, he arranged to
have them weighed every thirty
days..
On June Ist, when they were
turned on a clover pasture, they
were weighed in two lots: one
lob of 19 bead averaging (i 6£
pounds eajh, a total of 1265
pounds.
The smaller lot of 13, bejng
younger, only averaging 27 # 1-3
pounds, a total of 355 pounds.
Both lots weighed 1620 pounds.
They were weighed again July
Ist at which time they weighed,
2034 pounds, having gained 1014
pounds iu 30 days.
Ou August Ist they weighed
3760 pounds, a gain of 2140
pouuds in 61 days.
On September Bth they weighed
502£ pounds, having made a gain
of 3405 pouuds at a cost of $104.84
for feed other than pasture. •
Mr. Vestal sold 17 head for
$407.86 and had left on hand 1840
pounds, or 226 pounds more than
the 1620 with which he originally
i started.
The feed cost (other than pas
ture) was $5.32 per hundred
pounds gain; they were sbld for
$17.00 per hundred pounds, dres
sed weight, or the equivalent of
$12.88 on foot.
The point is, if Mr. Vestal had
maintained them without gain, h>
would have missed getting $241.01
over and' al>ove feed cost as pay
for labor and pasture during a
period of 99 days—as a matter of
fact, would have received no
pay whatever, for either labor or
pasture.
To putiialliteratively: Pushing
Pigs Fays.
Melody of "The Star Spangled
Bauner" is that of an English
drinking song of the 18th century.
F'AIR EXCHANGE
A Sow Hark for u Old One. How It
Un be Done In Graham.
The back aches at limes witn a
dull, indescribable feeble, tuak
lug you weary ami resUess; pierc
ing pains shoot across the region
of the kidneys, and the
loins are so lame that to stoop is
agony. No use to rub or app y a
planter to the b4ck if th« kidneys
are weak. You cannot reach the
cause. Graham residents would
do well to profit by the following
example.
W. T. Jeffreys, Burlington, N. C.,
H. Nt>. 9, nays">Jy worlt
ihird on the i>acic and kidneys
urnl sometimes I. was so miserable
I ciuld not bend over. The pains
in my back were »> severe tnst I
had to stop work. . I heard a lot
about Doan's Kidney Pilts, so I got
a box and took them according to
'directions. Tbey relieved the mis
eryand It pleases me to give this
recommendation.'* \
Price Mc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
pet Doan'st Kidney same
ri»at Mr. Jeffreys bad. Poster-Mil
burn Co., Mfgrs., Uuffalo, V. Y.
J-
Strtyfixh can #mw now arms,
lobsters new CIAWH nud lizards'
new tails. *■
Gardens in Japan are laid out
so as to sugest famous scenes in
Japanese* h'istory.
A dry artesian well in Newark,
N. J , has emitted a steady blast
of cold dry air for thela«t 25 years.
Half of. all the women employed
in gainful occupations are school
teachers.
Catarrhal l>eati*e*s '-Cannot He Cured
by local application**- aa they cannot reach
the diseased portlftn of the ear. There ktonly
one way to cure cataYrhal djafne**, and that
la by a constitutional rcrprdy. Catarrhal
De-ifne** I* paused toy An Inflamed qondltlon
nf the rouoouk llolnir of the BustachlinTube.
When this tube la Inflarasd you have a fum
bling sound or Imperlect and >\hen
It la entirely oloaed. Deafneaa la the result
Unless the Inflamatlon can be reduaed hnd
till* tube restored u> It* normal condition,
hearlnv will be deatroyed forevr. Many
caaea of deafneaa are caused by, cntnrrh,
which laan Intlam d condition of the mucous:
turfneea. HatVa Cat I+h Medicine »cU thru
*he blood on the mucous aurfacfta of the aya
tem.
We will give One Hundred Dollar* for any
cane of Catarrhal U-afneas that cannot be
cured by tlnli'aratarrh Medicine. (Irculars
freo. All Drumrtsta.
K f. OHKNEV 4 CO.. Toledo. O.
Land Sale.
Pursuant to an order of the
Superior Court made in a
special proceeding therein pend
ing, entitled "R. P. Braxton
and others vs. Kate Braxton
and others," whereto-all thfc de
visees of the late J. W.' Braxton
and owners and tenants in com
mon of the real property here
inafter described aire 'duly con
stituted parties,.tlie undersigned
Commissioner will offer for n«4e
to the highest bidder at public
auction at the courthouse door
in Otaham, on
MONDAY, NOV. 14, 1921,
at 12:00 o'clock, noon, all of
the following described real
property, to-wit:
Two certain tracts or parcels
of land in Alamance county,
North Carolina, adjoining the
lands of 'Witi. Hadley, J. W.
Whitehead, and others, and
fully described by metes and
bounds. The. first .tract con
taining 38 acres and the second
43 acres, motfe of less. There
has been sold off from the 43
acre tract a one-half acre lot to
the Trustei*s of Center School.
Another tract described as
follows: Two certain tracts ox
parcels of land Chatham
Alamance)county.and ad
joining the lands of J. M.'kind
ley, the waters of Cane Creek
and others, containing l'(>| acres,
more or less.
Also that lot of land in Cll^t-1
ham (now Alamance;count/on;
the waters of Cane CVdek, ad- L
joining the land# of * John 'r
Wright and containing 18 acres, j
more or less. , .
Another lot or parcel' of land!
lying in said county of Chatham
(now on the waters
of Cane Creek, adjoinifig the,
lands J. M. Lindley and others
and containing -22 i acres, mote
or less. , •
The above descril>ed tracts of
land go to make up and consti
tute the real property owned by
the late J. W. Hraxton at the J
time of his death, and includes[
his homo phu-e. This real prop
erty will be offered for sale free i
and clear of the dowery estate
|of Kate Braxtop, the widow of
j J. W. Braxton.
• This property will be offered
for sale first in separate lots as
above described and thep its a
whole, and the bid or bids
will be reported to'tHe' Coiirt
which nets -tile larger amount.
Terms of Sale—The purchaser
will be - required to pay one
third of U$ bid in date
of sale and the other two thirds
in equaj installments wjthin six
and twelve! deferred
payments to bear interest from
date of s;Ue untill paid. Sale
made subject to advance bids
and confirmation by the Court,
and the title, to l>e reserved
until the purchase price is fully
paid.
This 11th day of Oct., 1921.
J. DO'LI'II LONG,
Commissioner.
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f NO. 40
Advertising Will Help
Restore Normai Business
By William 11. Rankin
Advertising is more necessary
today to Manufacturers and Re
tailers than ever before. It can
l)e used to help restore the proper
balance of trade, produce more
work through emptying t!ie
dealers' shelves. The sooner any
business —and especially tne re
tail business— fprice their present
inventories si that the public will
rush ib aud buy, the sooner sales
men who now have goods to sell
wilUhave an opportunity to get
real substantial orders from the
Retailers.
• Orders from Retailers will help
the Manufacturers make up their
minds ro help sell their goods to
the Consumer through advertis
ing. Snch advertising—pro
vided the price and the quality of
the merchandise are right—will
help the Retailer Hell. the Con
sumer at less cost than through
any other means.
When you stop to consider that
an advertiser may use a National
or local newspaper campaign at a
cost of 1-10 of a cent per home
reached, you can readily under
stand wily newspaper advertising
pays so-well.
if advertising cau be used to
restore proper buying by the Con
sumer —and I know it can if prop
erly used—then automatically the
unemployment problem will bo
solved aud solved quickly.
So let us all set about to see
what we can do to help solve this
unemployment problem by get
ting behind a "Every American
build a home" campaigu—sind
also through our'efforts to help
the Retailers clear their shelves
through energetic aud persistent '
advertising and salesmanship.
ga
Origiual language of the New
Testament was Greek,
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Auociated with W. S. Coulter,,
Not. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D.
Graham, N. C.
Office over Ferrell Drug Co.
(lours: 2to 3 aud 7to'J p. m., and •
by appointment.
\ I'hone 97 "■ t
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington, N. C.
Office Hours: 9tolla. m. ** j
and by appointment
Office Over Acme Drug Co. ' j
Telephones: Office 440—Ke*ldenee 264
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
. * GRAHAM. N. C.
Mile* over National lull • "iT-aiT
t, s. icooz:,'
Attorney-wt-La«,
• HAHAM, . . . N. C
Office Patterson Building
He ootid riaor. . • , .
IIIL. Will UtoUR.
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".raham .... NaHh Caratlaa
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4. KI.MEH LONG I.Otlk C, ALLIEN
Durham, N. Craham, C.
LONG & ALLEN,
•. »nd Counwlon at L>iw
liKAHAM, N. C.
PATENTS
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J pereoual retention.
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