1 What of Our Character? It Is This Alone Which
Counts in the Long Run
By VICE PRESIDENT DAWES, Address at Boston.
BUT there is one other beacon light which still shines in this
country and of which we may -well speak ip New England in
the Old North Church—the beacon light of the old New England
% character. Great as we are as a people, immense and diversified
as is our population, enormous as is our national wealth, serious as have
been the inroads upon the old standards of discipline upheld in the daily
life of our forbears, amplified and complex as are our problems when
torn pared to those of the days of Paul Revere, we may well lift our eye#
to that old beacon light, and all the more so because the American people,
measured in history, is yet a young people with its character still in the
making.
We know what the power of the American people is and what itTwill
grow to be. We know our great wealth and -what it will grow to be. We
know the material achievements which are ours and which _still lie before
us. But of that incomparably more important thing, the composite moral
character of the coming generations of our people, we can but guess.
History bripgs us example after example of a people who, in suffer
ing and adversity, by self-discipline, frugality and industry have raised
themselves to a position of wealth and material prosperity, only to be
destroyed because their character could hot stand that ultimate and crucial
test which advancement in wealth and material things always brings. And
so today in the United States, above all matters of business and material
advancement, the one thought which should be uppermost in the minds of
us all is: "What of our character ?" It is this alone which counts in the
long run.
American civilization piust meet its highest test—the test of whether
Jor not it has followed those beacon lights of personal character which our
New England forebears lifted on high fyr the guidance of our people.
Preparedness Is a Symptom of International
Non-Cooperation
By MISS RUTH MORGAN, National League of Women Voters.
Why does military and naval preparedness enter into any modern
discussion of foreign policies? For one reason, because it is "the out
standing sympton of international non-co-operation. Every new demand
for increased preparedness, every danger suggested and eveyy suspicion
aroused echoes and re-echoes in other countries. What one nation does
compels the action of another country. What is done on other continents
influences our military and naval plans.
So long as one nation prepares to attack, we must prepare to defend.
But we can restrict ourselves in alarms, in hates, and even in preparations,
not only for the sake of ourselves, but for the sake of the rest of the
world.
We can with consistency prepare to defend ourselves in the remote
contingency of our being attacked and at the same time go ahead to
build a system of world order of which our nation shall be a part. In
this field we have the leadership of great statesmen and responsible heads
of governments the world over and President Coolidge has offered ua the
most emphatic leadership for this double responsibility. We can back his
disarmament plans and we should do so in the most whole-hearted fashion.
Leisure a Microbe-Bed From Which Come
Naturally Disgraceful Conditions
i
By GEORGE W. ALGER, in Atlantic Monthly. \
Why is it that crime in America is wholly out of proportion to crime
in other civilized countries? Why do we have a record which cannot be
equaled even in the most war-wrecked country of Europe? Those who
attribute all these blots on our national escutcheon to defects in our crim
inal law and our courts and the shortcomings of our police are short
sighted indeed. Why are we the greatest consumers of babit-forming
drugs ? Why are our insanity records appalling and getting worse ?
Of course, we cannot ascribe all these disgraceful conditions to any
single cause, but one cause that is among the most fundamental we have
scarcely considered at all. We have never regarded leisure as the microbe
bed from which these diseases come naturally and almost inevitably.
As industry grows less interesting to its participants and creates
continuously less joy in work, we have, as a result, a not inconsiderable
class of our young people seeking a more exciting and hazardous substi
tute for a life of such toil. A dull background of uninteresting work,
moreover, produces or tends to produce, in the leisure of those who work,
reactions to make a balance by excitement, thrill, danger, dope and law
lessness.
"Americanitis" Is Causing 240,000 Preventable
Deaths Annually
By DR. W. S. SADLER, Report to Gorgas Memorial Institute.
is causing 240,000 preventable deaths yearly in this
country. More Americans than any other white people are dying from
heart disease, Brighfs disease, apoplexy and high-blood pressure between
the ages of forty and fifty.
The hurry, bustle and incessant drive of the American temperament
is responsible for this peculiar and characteristic American mortality
increase during the "dangerous age" period, between forty and fifty years.
This distinctly American phenomenon can be remedied only by teaching
the public that at least 60 per cent of the 400,000 such deaths can be
prevented by proper medical advice in the early stages when these dis
eases are practically symptomless.
Such breakdowns as we read of will continue until men know how to
live. An inordinate ambition to forge ahead has driven many a m«n to
his g"ive years ahead of his time.
Two things are necessary to cope with the situation. The first is a
yearly health audit. A second is a change in living habits of most Amer-
They must slow down their bodies and calm their nerves.
Brig. Gen. A. A. Fries, U. 8. A—ln 1915 on Flanders field the
poisonous fumes of chlorine gas were used as a deadly war weapon to mow
down men by thousands. From killing to curing is the change science
gradually has brought about Modern times furnish no such graphic ex
ample of beating swords into plowshares ss the discovery that chlorine gas,
introduced as a powerful weapon of war, is now an effective treatment of
colds, influenza, whooping cough and other injurious diseases. If the fu
ture vindicates the indications of the present, and we have no cause for
doubt, it is believed that this chlorine gas will save' mors lives each year
than gas destroyed in the entire World war.
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1 Worlds largest locomotive, an electric, made for the Virginian railroad. 2—Coast guard patrol boarding
captured rum-runner after chase off the Atlantic coast. B.—Beautiful monument to war dead unveiled at Ma
genta. Italy, by King Victor Emmanuel.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Business Wearies of Inter
ference by the Various
Federal Commissions.
* By EDWARD W. PICKARD
BUSINESS is very tired of
what - It copslders unnecessary In
terference by governmental agencies,
and in the annual convention of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, in Washington, It gave voice
to that feeling.
"Government Inquisition of the pri
vate citizen and his business, from the
publishing of his Income tax to Innu
merable investigations by specially
constituted commissions is becoming
unpopular," declared the president of
the organization, Richard F. Grant, of
Cleveland.
In the opinion of Robert W. Bing
ham of Louisville, leader In the co-op
prative marketing movement, the leg
islation proposed by "cheap dema
gogue politicians" is dangerous to the
country; and he said any further leg
islation for the relief of agriculturists
would be superfluous.
A. C. Dodson of Bethlehem, Pa., a
coal operator, said that In nine years
of experience with federal and state
supervision of coal production he
could "recall no step which has been
ultimately of value to the consumer,
employee or operator." He expressed
the fear that unless natural conditions
bring about some cure for the present
serious plight of the coal Industry,
"artificial stimulants will be applied
by legislative action, and then no one
will escape and one and all we will
be thrown to the lions."
That the administration sympa
thizes with the views of the business
men to a considerable extent was in
dicated by the address of William E.
Humphrey, a Republican member of
the federal trade commission, when
he explained the recent changes in Its
rules made with the approval of Pres
ident Coolldge. He said these changes
were designed to make the activities
of the commission less obnoxious to
business, and that the opposition fo
them came only from those who
sought to use the commission for po
litical purposes. He declared the
body would no longer be used as a
publicity bureau for socialistic propa
ganda.
In line with this attitude of the gov
ernment was the decision last week of
the special federal court of equity In
the case of the International Harves
ter company. This court, sitting In
St. Paul, Minn., decided that a IDIK
decision divesting the company of
three of Its manufacturing lines has
proved effective In removing any trace
of monopoly. Therefore, the court de
nied the petition for supplemental pro
> visions to the original decree. The
petition contended the International
Harvester company Is still a combina
tion In restraint of trade In violation
of the Sherman anti trust act. But
the special court held that the evi
dence not only failed to support the
charge that since the reorganization
decree the company hns been "unduly
or unreasonably monopolizing Inter
state commerce, but conclusively
proves it has not done and is not do
ing so."
Senators Borah of Idaho and Norrls
of Nebraska gave out statements fa
voring the abolition of the federal
trade commission on the ground that
it has come ander the Influence of fac
tional politics and outside political
pressure and no longer serves the pur
pose for which It was created.
Senator Fess of Ohio. adi!r»*«lng
the International Association of Gar
ment Manufacturers In Chicago, said
what the country needed was fewer
new law's and a closer study of eco
nomics and economic laws. "We are
now nearly a government by rommls
sions," said Mr. Few, "and this
bureaucratic movement of the last 25
years is the product of the demand Mr
increased legislation."
JONATHAN M. DAVIS, former gov
ernor of Kansas. Is not guilty of
conspiracy to solicit bribes in payment
for pardons, according to the verdict
of the Jury that beard the case agalns;
him In Topeka. The Judge's charge
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
to the Jury wns considered favorable
to the defendant and Davis was ac
quitted on the fourth ballot. Another
■-rlmlnal action against Davis and his
son, Russell, Is still pending. The
charge against Carl J. Peterson, bank
exnmlner under Davis and named
jointly with him In the case Just
ended, will be dismissed.
FOR some time a senatorial commit
tee with Couzens of Michigan as
chairman hus been Investigating con
ditions In the Internal revenue bureau
with especial reference to enforce
ment of the prohibition laws, and It
uppeurs that several members of the
committee are not at all pleased with
the way this work has been carried
on. Some of them went so far as to
declare that prohibition enforcement
was a farce and that when It was
made comparatively effective In one
region the conditions grew correspond
ingly worse In other regions.
Senator Watson of Indiana told the
committee that the administration,
from President Coolldge down, was
determined to enforce prohibition to
the limit. He continued: "For the
first time since the dry law was en
acted the people are going to And out
what It means to have the law en
forced to the limit and the country
actually dry. Then, If they are not
satisfied It will be up to them to have
the law modified.
"Tremendous efforts are going to be
made to make the law effective. The
drive against rum runners along the
Atlantic seaboard Is Just the begin
ning and before the administration Is
through every agency at the command
of the government will be enlisted In
the drive." •
Administration leaden say that
though the President wishes the dry
law enforced to the limit, he Insists
nil the bureaus concerned must keep
within the appropriations voted by
congress. Secretary Mellon says no
huge expenditure of money will be
needed to enable the coast guard to
put the Atlantic coast rum-running
ring out of business. Many of the
vessels from "rum row" there have
taken their liquor cargoes to Halifax.
There were two wet developments
last week. Ontario province, dry for
nine years, returned to the restricted
sale of ale, beer and porter limited to
4.4 per cent of alcoholic content, and
the city of Windsor, Just across from
Detroit, accommodated hordes of
thirsty visitors from the United
States. The Wisconsin assembly ap
proved a state-wide referendum In
1926 on the Issue of asking congress
to modify the Volstead act to permit
2.75 per cent beer, with the old-time
saloon barred. The same assembly
adopted a resolution calling upon con
gress to convene a constitutional con
vention to rescind the prohibition
amendment.
GOVERNORB, ex-governors, con
gressmen and other notables rep
resenting 19 states and Ontario, Can
ada, gathered in Michigan City for
the meeting of the Oreat Lakes-Bt.
Lawrence Tidewater association and
discussed plans for furthering the
project of deepening and canalizing.'
the Bt. Ijiwrence river for ocean-going
traffic. An Interesting coincidence
was the arrival, the aame day, at the
Michigan City docks of a steamer
from Cornwall, England, with a cargo
of clay for Kalamazoo, this vessel be
ing the first of a fleet of three ships
chartered by the flchlgan City and
Michigan state chambers of commerce.
PRESIDENT VON FHNDENBCRO'S
government ia atandlng op well
ag&lnat the attacka of the Sortallats.
In the ft rat round • rote of no confl
uence In the Lather cabinet wan de
feated, 125 to 214. Now the labor
unlona hare Joined the Bqdallat* In
fighting the new tariff policy which
propoaea to tax grains and meata. In
creasing the coat of living. The new
tariff schedules provide alao for large
Increaaea all throagh the Import llat.
Higher duties on automobiles and ar
tificial alllc are frankly attributed to
American competition. The German
monarchists are growing bold with
aucceaa. and Herr Rchlele, who repre
sents them on the cabinet, already haa
announced two for chang
ing the Weimar constitution. One
would aubatltute the old flag for the
republican emblem. an{ the other
would define and extend paragraph 48
of the constitution, giving the preaident
dictatorial powers In certain emergen-
cles. Schlele and the other National
ists want a permanent committee on
constitutional revision, and the Social
ists object. The former also seek to
repeal the law "for the protection of
the republic" under which offenders
against the Weimar constitution are
arrested and tried.
Foreign Minister Stresemann told the
relchstag—and the world —that Presi
dent von Hlndenburg Intends faithful
ly to carry out the Dawes plan; that
Oermany will not Join the League of
Nations until the more serious difficul
ties with the allies are settled or un
til the Cologne bridgehead has been
evacuated; that Oermany believes
France has designs on the Rhlneland
and that the security pact proposed by
Berlin was primarily to secure the
western German frontiers; that Oer
many cannot and will not recognise
as eternally binding the eastern
frontier as outlined by the treaty
of Versailles; and that Oermany
considers that the disarmament
problem cannot be a one-sided af
fair and bellavea the only solution
of the question Is universal disarma
ment. Oermany Is In much greater
danger of an attack In Ita helpless
state than are lta neighbors, wbo are
armed to the teeth.
TT IS Anally admitted by Washlng
-1 ton that Informal suggestions have
been made to our debtor nations that
they tnJte some definite steps toward
the funding of the debts. Their atten
tion Is called to the fact that this
question already Is In American poli
tics to an undesirable degree and that
the situation wilt* be worse if some
thing Is not done before congress
meets In December.
DIUMO DE RIVERA, head of the
4 Spanish military directorate, and
his colleagues must feel satisfied that
the danger of labor revolts has passed
and that normal conditions have been
restored, for King Alfonso has signed
a decree abolishing military law
throughout the country. It is pre
sumed that the end of the dictatorship
Is not far distant. It has served Its
purpose In crushing out Industrial dis
orders mercilessly and In driving from
the country about alt the more liberal
leaders who were able to escape Im
prisonment
ANNOUNCEMENT is made by the
French foreign office that Fes
has been saved from the Rlfflans by
gallant bayonet attacks by the French
troops, aided by the good work of the
air service and the artillery. The bat
tle was fought northwest of the big
Moroccan city at which Abd-el-Krim
has been aiming his movement, and It
la believed General Colombat's victory
will force the Rlfflans to retire from
French Morocco entirely. Buch an
outcome will give great satisfaction In
Paris, where the severe campaign was
causing considerable anxiety.
CHANG TSO-LIN, who must al
ways be Identified as "the Man
churlan war lord." has occupied Pe
king with his troops and Feng TU-
Ilslsng, "the Christian general," has
withdrawn to the northwestern fron
tier. Chang's soldiers sre policing the
Chinese Eastern railway across Man
churia and are said to have mulcted
ths railway of 16.000.000 by the sale
of military passes. The soviet Rus
sian ambassador at Peking has pro
tested vigorously against this, and ob
servers believe Moscow Is preparing
to back Feng If he breaks definitely
with Chang. Ho another civil war In
China Is In prospect, with Russia pos
sibly taking an active part
LIErT. OEN. NELSON A. MILES,
who fell dead while attending a
circus In Wssblngton, waa laid to reet
In Arlington after simple service*
which were attended by Preaident
foolldge, General Perahlng and many
other notable persons. Three thou
sand troop* of all services, made up
the escort of the gun carriage that
bore the casket to the cemetery, and
French 75's fired a aalute of 18 guns.
At the tomb the regnlar troops flred
three volleys, a bugler played tape,
and the remalna tit one of America's
most distinguished military command
ers were consigned to the grave.
Among the mourners were men who
fought under General Miles In the
Civil war, the Indian wars and the
Spanish-American war, and delega
tions from the nyiny socletlea to which
he belonged.
STATE FIRE LOSS
' DROPSJSISO 000
APRIL LOSS IN STATE FALLS BE
LOW 1924 WHILE NATIONAL
TOTAL INCREASES.
Raleigh.
Fire losses in North Carolina for
.tprll totaled $437,995, according to the
official report of State Insurance
Commissioner Stacey W. Wade, made
public. This is a decrease of $150,000
from April, 1924, although the national
Are loss for April shows an increase of
nearly six million dollars over the
same period in 1924.
There were 203 fires during the
month in which property at risk was
valued at $7,689,835 and Involving
$4 ,489,710 in insurance.
Of the total loss. $362,112 resulted
for 21 fires. The principal fires dur
ing the month were: Highway Shops
near Raleigh, $50,000; department
■tore at Fuquay Springs, $33,000; chair
factory at Thomasville, $30,000; lum
ber in Nash county, $30,000; Camp
Green garage near Charlotte, $30,000;
Ice and power plant at Chadbourn, $25,-
000; store at Chapel Hill, $25„000;
business block at Dunn, $18,000; flour
mill at New London. SII,OOO, and flour
mill In Surry County SIO,OOO.
The report shows that the 18 lar
gest cities In the State had 133 flres
with property values of 15,301.685. with
a total loss of but $34,350. The only
fire in these cities where the loss
reached $5,000 was in Wilmington
where two dwellings burned at a loss
of $5,021. In the smaller towns there
were 34 fires, with a loss of $227,230
with property values of $1,943,775 at
risk. In the rural sections there were
36 flres with a loss of $176,415 with
property valued at $444,475 at risk.
There #ere 91 flres in town dwellings
with a loss of $43 350 and 17 rural
dwellings with a loss of $21,750. Other
principal classes of property damaged
or destroyed were: Seventeen lnd&a
trial plants, 14 stores, nine barnes.
eight garages, six cafes, and tour lum
ber plants and business buildings.
The chief causes of flres weret
Shingle roofs and defective flues. 67;
unknown, 67; carelessness, 11; oil
stoves. 7; smoking, 6; adjoining build
ings. 5.
The following towns reported ilo
flres and no flre resulting in loss ot
over four dollars: New Bern. States
vllle, Selma, Jefferson. Zebulon, Hill#-
boro, Waynesvllle, Mount Airy. Frank-
Union, Mooresvllle, Sanford, Mount
Olive. Aberdeen. Fairmont, Bryson
City, Middlesex. Huntersvllle. Pine
tops, Randleman and Kernersvllle.
Governor Must Pass Contracts.
No contract can be let for any build
ings to be erected out of the 1925 bond
Issue of about four millions of doltiars
for permanent Improvements at Stats
Institutions until each contract has
been submitted to and approved by the
Governor, according to Budget Memor
andum No. 10 Issued by Governor M*
Lean as Director of the Budget.
The memorandum which was ao
companled by a ten page booklet con
taining Instructions for filling out the
fourteen forms required by the budget
bureau follows:
"To the Heads of all Stats lnstlt»
lions:
"Under Section 2 of the Executive
Budget Act *» amended, eafh But#
Institution receiving appropratlone for
permanent Improvements under the
Act of 1925, shall budget their re
quirements and present same to the
Director of the Budget before any of
such appropriations shall become
available.
'ln accordance with these provis
ions, there are herewith submitted the
necessary estimate forms which you
will please use In preparing your per
manent Improvement requests.
"On form 212 (Approved Alloca
tion) list by project your building and
Improvement program, and all other
undertakings which are to be financed
by your permanent Improvement ap
propriation for the 1928-27 blennlum.
Please note that this form mnst be
signed by every member of your board
present at the meeting authorising tha
several projects and allocation appear-
Ing thereon.
"This estimate or allomatlon con
stitutes your proposed building pro
gram and should be complete in aa far
as the projects are concerned. But
before any contract Is awarded or any
actual construction Is undertaken, tha
Director of the Budget must be sent a
copy of such contract and such other
Information as he may require before
final approval will be granted.
•On fonn 213, (Budget Explanation
Sheet, you will please net forth any
explanatory matter an ddetails con
nected with your porpoeed allocation
of permanent improvement funds.
Use aa many sheets as may be neces
sary.
New Corporation*.
The following certlflcates of Incor
poration were Issued from the office of
W, N. Everett. Secretary of State:
Hare and Chase of Charlotte. Incor
porated, lease and deal In automobiles
and trucks and accessories. Insurance
iimti and brokers, with authorised
capital $15,000 and 13,000 subscribed
by C. R. Jones. Cynwyd. Pa., H. W.
Ford, Baltimore, Mr., and J. R. Cherry.
Charlotte.
Shelby Electric Company, Shelby,
with authorised capital $60,000 and
$4,100 subscribed.
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lon a* lovely as a youni girl's by siring a
little attention toyonr Mood. Raaanhr,
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Physiciana apw that sulphur isooeof
tha moat effective blood puriflera knows
to aclence. Hancock Sulphur Compound
ia an old. reliable, scientific remedy. that
purcee tha blood of irapuritiee. Taken
Internally a few drop* in • ylaae of
water, it geta at tha root of the trouble.
Aa a lotion. It »othee and haala.
80e and 11.20 tha bottle at your drug-
Sfiat'a. If be can't anppty you. send hia
name and tha price in stampe and we
will aend yoa a bottle direct.
Hamcock Liquid BDiAvi.Coarm
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Hancock Sulphur Compound CHntmmt— torn
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Asking the Impossible
Betty and Petey had been playing
hard alt day and were worn out when
evening came. They were nearly it
"■words' points" when Betty said a
few cross words that "broke the cam
el's back."
"Betty," said Petey, very much put
out "Can't you be a 11*1 gentleman?"*
Betty stopped, put her finger Into
her mouth and from then on played
by herself.
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i CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP IS i
| CHILD'S BEST LAXATIVEJ
''lip
HURRY MOTHER! Even a fretful,
peevish child loves the pleasant taste
of "California Pig Syrup" and it never
tails to open the bowels. ▲ teaspoon
ful today may prevent a sick child to
morrow.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
for babies and children of all ages
printed on the bottle. Mother! Ton
must say "California" or yoa may get
an Imitation fig syrup.
Thousands of Sightless
The latest figures of the number of
blind persons In the United States give
a total of 52,967 of whom 30,100 were
males and 22,407 females; 45,737 were
white; 6,302 negroes, 488 Indians, and
49 Chinese or Japanese. These figures
are for the enumerated blind, but the
census bureau estimates the actual
number at about from 74,000 to 78,000.
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>
To* naturally feel secure when yoa
know that the medicine yoa tie a boat to
*»)>» is abeolutely pure and contains as
harmful or habit producing drags.
Such a medicine ia Dr. Kilmers Swamp-
Root, kidney, liver and bladder medicine.
The same (tandard of parity, strength
and excellence ia maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
It is icientifioaDy compounded from
vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and ia taken in
tcaapoonful doses.
It is not recommended for everything.
It is nature's great helper ia relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity* ia with
rrery bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root.
If yon need a medicine, yoa ahoold
have the beet. On sa'j at all drag stores
ia bottlee of two sixes, medium and large.
However, if yoa wish first try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y., far s
sample bottle. When writing be mm
and mention this paper.
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on demand, and meals are served in
the guests' rooms.
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