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THE GLEANER I' t GRAHAM. N. C., FEB 6, I!i30. ISSUED EVEMY THUR8DAT. J. D. KERNODLE, Editor. $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Entered at toe Pos'offlce atUmbam. N. 0.. ?? eeou^u-oiaM matter. VOLUME LVI. With this issue Tn ". Ala., mance Gleaner begins the 50th year of its publication. This is No. 1 of Volume LVI. Its publication has been con tinuous since its first issue on February 9tb, 1875, made pos sible by the patronage of loyal friends. With sincere appreciation of all support in the past, it craves | a continuance of the same, in larger measure if possible, in the coming days. TAXES AND TAX RATES Lately a movement originated to have Gov. Gardner call a special session of the Legislature to do something about land valuations for the purpose of lowering taxes on land. An opinion as to the advisibllity of an extra session has been ob tained from a number of the Gen- ' eral Assembly and a large major- ' I I lty of those Interviewed are not favorable to the proposition, accor ding to reports. There could be no relief on ac- 1 count of the taxes already levied 11 and still unpaid. What might or,1 could be done about the next levy 1 that stands to be made in the early 1 summer, is a problem that would,1 be hard to solve. A late survey made by the News Letter of the University Extension 1 Division gives the rate of tax In the various counties for 1929 as ' compared with 1928, which shows that the rate was reduced In 73 counties in 1929, ranging from two cents to 73 cents. The rate was unchanged In 11 counties and in creased in 16 counties. The largest reduction, 73 cents, was m Onslow county, and the smallest, two cents, was In Ala mance and Franklin counties. The increases ranged from two cents In Ouilford and Alleghany counties to 48 cents In Mitchell. The movement for an extra ses sion of the Legislature has loom ed up largest.In Buncombe county. In that county the rate was In creased 42 cents, the la est In crease In any county, save Mitch ell, of any counties Increasing. With the Increase of 48 cents the rate In Buncombe county Is $1.51 for 1929. That Is an increase of about 38 per cent, wl.lch means that the tax-payer in 1929 had his1 burden increased on a $1000 val uation from $10.90 In 1928 to $15. 10 in 1929. That much additional burden Is well calculated to raise a commotion. Even though Buncombe's rate has had that large increase. Its rate Is still less by two cents on $100 than Is the rate In Alamance. In the state there are eight coun ties with a tax rate of $2 or more for 1929, the highest being Clay county which was reduced 58 cents from the 1929 rate. It Is universally desirable on the part of every tax-payer that taxes be low. None at all would meet with objections. But taxes are Inevitable, If a state, county or town Is to have any of the worth-while things that contribute to modern civilization. No sort of government can exist without tribute. One of the chief Items In the tax budget Is that for the main tenance of schools. No forward looking citizen begrudges this phase of the tax levy for it is the source of enlightened citizenship? the surest guarantee of stable gov ernment and the preservation of the best social order. Much of the tax money has been spent for the construction of good. bads, these arteries that link and j ilnd communities together In heir building, large sums, no doubt, | lave been wasted, and the same 13 s true as to the schools, but these b nust carry on and economies, ' vherever possible and practicable c nust be Introduced. Where to pare down the exp<n- t >es, stop the wastes, Is the big piop- J rsition that should have the most a intelligent consideration and an- \ ilysls and at the same time main- c tain efficiency without Impair- " ment of the service. ? In these days big pay is de-; tnanded for every service rendered, 1 almost without regard to tlje kind af service given. % 1 We do not see the way out of the iilemma, but something can be 1 aone in the simplification of ad- 1 ministration that should bring a- ? bout a lessening of the overhead 8 ?xpenses. t The University Extension Dlvi- t don has gathered tons of facts r that enlighten the people along a ;ines that formerly they knew lit- t tie about. Now, if It shall apply 1 tself to finding a remedy for get- t ting along with less expense and freater efficiency, a priceless ser-l dee will be rendered. t ? 1 ? SENATORIAL FIGHT The fight for the re-nomlnation )f Senator Simmons is crystalizing. \ meeting of his supporters, called, jy Chas. A. Hlnes of Greensboro, was held in Durham last Friday to which representatives from all Con gressional districts were invited. It appears a search was made for a :ampaign manager, but those men tioned excused themselves on the grounds that their individual busi ness claimed their attention. Another meeting will be held In' Raleigh next week to further con sider organization plans. It seems at first the candidacy of Josiah William Bailey was not tak en seriously by the 8immons sup porters, but they are now looking at it differently. I HUGHES SUCCEEDS TAFT i < William Howard Taft resigned on i Monday as Chief Justice of the Su- i preme Court of the United States. President Hoover accepted at once < the resignation and appointed Chas. Evans Hughes of New York to suc ceed him. Chief Justice Taft had been at, Asheville for three weeks recuperat- j ing from recent illness, but the gravity of his condition was not realized until announcement of his | resignation was made. His physi cians ordered him back to Washing ton and he returned to the capital Monday night, a very sick man. He is 73 years old and is the only man to fill the two highest offices in: America?president and chief Jus tice. He was appointed chief jus tice by President Harding in 1921, during the years since Taft has steadily risen in popularity and es teem throughout the country. The new chief justice is one of the outstanding figures in Ameri can public life. He was twice gov ernor of New York state, was ap pointed to the supreme court in1 1910 by President Taft and resigned in 1916 to accept the Republican nomination for the presidency. He was defeated by Wilson in the clos est presidential election in modern times, a few votes In California turned the trick. Selected by Hard ing as secretary of state he served from 1921 to 1925 rendering valuable service to the cause of world peace. For the past three years he has been a member of th world court of ar bitration. It Is supposed that he will resign to devote all of his time to the supreme court Prohlbtlon enforcement Is about to side-track everything else in Congress. It will be much easier to settle any other question than It is to settle prohibition enforcement. .There are those who make their easy money out of the traffic, and there are those who are temper ance talkers and Intemperate drink ers. Its a complex situation. THINKS AL SMITH PRESIDENT Apropos the hard times which are * , irevatling not only in the South, <ut in other sections of the coun ty, the following story has been opled in numerous newspapers: Senator Wheeler told a story In he course of a Senate debate of a 'oung man in Montana under ex imlnation for citizenship papers, vho answered most of the questions orrectly until the Judge asked him Who is President of the United States?" "A1 Smith," was the prompt re >ly. "What makes you think Mr. Smith s president?" "Well", replied the applicant, "all : know about it is that the Rebub ican orators told us that if A1 Smith was elected we would have a ;encial panic in the country; that nices in Wall Street would drop; hat men would be out of employ nenl; that farmers would go broke md banks would fail. All of these hings have happened, so I think U Smith must be President of the Jnited States." Gov. Gardner left for Washlng on Wednesday and today will pre ent deeds to the Secretary of the nterior for part of the lands that vill compose Smoky Mountain Na ional Park. Gov. Henry H. Horton >f Tennessee is there on a like mis lion. The deeds from both embrace .50,000 acres of the minimum of 127,000 acres that will be required, [t is expected ultimately that the icreage will amount to a million or nore. While in Washington, Gov. Gardner will extend a personal in-j htation to President Hoover to at end the sesqulcentennial celebra ;lon of the Battle of King's Moun :ains on the 7th of next October. In Mexico City, Mexico, Wednes-1 lay, two hours after Pasoual Oritz Ftublo had been Inaugurated presi lent of Mexico, an assassin under took to take his life. Six shots were fired, one of which hit him in the cheek. The wound is not serious. One of the shots grazed the scalp jf Rublo's wife. The would be as-1 sassin was held and is in custody, rhe place of a chief ruler is a pre carious one in Mexico. i Six banks in Rutherford and Rutherford county have closed this week. Good times may have pre vailed or have been in prospect in that bailiwick, but such are not in dicated when so many banks lock their doors. NATION'S EYES ON US Washington N. C. Daily News The senatorial primary and elec tion will mean much to the Dem ocratic Party in this state. We dis agree with a few editors who main tain that party harmony will best be brought about through the re nomination of Senator Simmons. To keep Simmons in harness will party ranks. No one knows where Simmons will stand in 1932. If the choice of the Democratic Party does not mean continued disruption in the suit him, he will, if we can Judge the future by the past, be out rooting for the Republican candi date once more. Cloth him in senatorial power and he will a gain be in a position to switch the party's votes into the opposing ballot box. While it meant sacrifice of the friendship of Simmons in the last presidential campaign. Bailey stood by the party's candidate. He went into the present campaign to hold the Party together and we are quite sure that in 1930 he will be standing by the will of the party. We can see the solidity of the par ty maintained only by a Bailey victory. Over in the Piedmont they talk of a coalition ticket of antl-8mlth Democrats and Republicans. Will H. Hall, retired Charlotte mer chant, made the public statement that it would be an easy matter to elect Simmons if he would run in dependently. He also said that Simmons would be badly beaten in the Democratic primary. Simmons, by his past action, opened himself up to being look ed upon as a coalition candidate to get the support of the antl Did You Ever Stop To Think (Copyright 1928) By Edson R Waite, Shawnee, Okla. J. Edgar Pew, Vice President of the Sun OH Co. says: That the United States Is today producing a total of 2,546,000 bar rels of crude oil in every 24 hours. This is over 900,000,000 barrels a year. In addition to this tremen dous amount, It Is generally agreed among the leading oil producing executives that the dally produc tion could be doubled in a very short time. The difficult problem today is not where to get more oil, but to keep from producing an^ amount largely in excess of requirements. The leaders of the oil Industry, as well as those outside of the In-' dustry, who have given this matter thoughtful consideration from time to time from the standpoint of conservation, are agreed that If the best interests of the' oil industry are to be served there must not be a large over-production of crude oil, as over production inevitably results in waste and improper use. Oil, unlike any other raw mater ial, cannot be be produced if, as, and when needed, unless there is 100 per cent cooperation between the operators in a particular field. If there should be twenty operators in a field any one of them could set the pace for the other nineteen and if the one should drill his acre age intensively or produce his wells to fullest capacity, he forces every other operator to do the same thing. It must be apparent, there fore, that there should be full and complete cooperation among opera tors; voluntary cooperation if pos sible, but compulsory if necessary. The oil industry is today, as nev er before, cooperating with various state agencies in conserving oil and gas by restricting its drilling and producing activities. Without ques tion crude oil is one of the nations most useful and valuable resources. To use it intelligently and abun dantly is right and proper, but to permit its production and use in a wasteful and improper manner is a calamity. To produce our oil in a manner' that will bring about the greatest eventual recovery and to prevent1 tremendous over-production is the true conservation. To maintain a close relationship between produc tion and consumption means prop er use and no waste. When these things are accomplished facts the oil industry as a whole will find its elf in a healthier condition and the public will be assurred of a con stant, plentiful and longer lived supply of crude oil and its pro ducts, and will also have the sat isfaction of knowing that one of the United States greatest resour ces is being utilized in a conserva tive, intelligent and efficient man ner. W. H. HERRING, JR.. RESIGNS AS ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT Assistant County Agent Resigns And Will Take Position at Clem son Agricultural College. I feel sure that the county will be shocked as much as State Col lege was when you hear that W. H. Herring has discontinued his work in this county. Nevertheless he has to go with Clemson Agricultur al College, S. C. Mr. Herring is an honor graduate of Clemson in the class of 1928. He will be as sistant agronomist at Clemson Col lege starting March 1st. This is the report that State College gives to go with the young man. "We feel a pride in knowing that he was once with us. He was in terested in his work, and the boys and girls of Alamance county in to making the best better." "A better people for a better country. If we could get everyone to see life as he did, improve our talents along all lines of useful ness, it would indeed be a mufeh better world in which we live and have our being." "Mr. Herring was always kept Smith men and the Republicans. If such a situation bespeaks for party harmony, we don't know the meaning of the word. We seriously doubt If Simmons would allow his name to go on an Independent ticket. It would open the gap for Judge Meekins to walk Into the United States Senate is the Republican candidate. The nation is wondering If North Carolina is, from last November on, to be considered a doubtful State. The campaigns for the com ing primary and the subsequent election will be followed closely j throughout the country. I OBSERVATION OF GAME LAWS ADDS TO FUR INCOME i E. J. Condon pointing out to MIh Batty Sharldan tha flaws In a fur which has baan Improperly stretched and dried. That more careful observation of the game laws In any given section will result In Increased Income to the trappers Is the basis of a recent state ment made by the Sears-Boebuck Agricultural Foundation. Most of the game laws not only protect wild life during the natural breeding season thereby assuring a supply of pelts for succeeding years, but further operate to the best Interests of ihe trapper by prohibiting the wasteful taking of pelts at a time when fur quality Is at a low point Furs taken from animals during the "unprlme" season have a mangy, flat lusterless appearance and are unfit for making first-class garments. In winter, those same animals will grow new underfur in preparation for the cold weather and their outer guard hair will take on Its finest sheen. I Naturally the market price will be greatly Increased. "Proper preparation of pelts," de clares EL 3. Condon, director of the Foundation, "Is another very Im portant factor In the fnr income. Pelts -vhlch hare been carefully re moved In the approved fashion and properly stretched and dried are al ways lp demand and bring decidedly higher returns which much more than justify the slightly Increased effort It Is the purpose of the First National Fur Show which will take place at Chicago the last two weeks In April to drive home the lesson of trapping within the legal season, and then to further extend the Idea of properly skinning and packing the pelts. In or der that trappers may receive the fullest possible profit from the sale of the furs they catch." busy with the routine of life. The roads never got too muddy or the weather too cold or too hot for him to go when it was his duty to do so. We made a close observa tion of his work here, and it sure ly would have meant a great deal to our county should he have stay ed longer. His purpose was to build up the soil and maintain what we already have. Also, he was striving to beautify conditions for our young folks and thereby trying to keep them satisfied." "There never was a man more interested in the farmer than he was. We shall be glad to do all that we can at any time to get Mr. Her ring to return to our young peoples' projects. May we strive in all things to improve ourselves as he has tried to teach the 4-H Club boys and girls of the county to do." "And with his ability, love of people, earnest sincerity, appre ciation of the efforts of others, de pendability, eagerness to be equip ped for service, readiness to give unselfishly, steadiness of purpose to forge ahead in planning pro gram, a humorous point of ? view, intelligent interest in every angle of rural welfare, personality per sistence and pep, he will prove a very useful man. This is written as our appreciation, admiration, and respect for one who has ex erted every ounce of energy and ability that he possesses for the betterment of North Carolina." W. KERR SCOTT, County Agent. Soil building is a major project with the farmers in Chatham coun ty. During the past week they have bought 10,000 pounds of lespedeza and 1,250 pounds of soybean seed for planting this spring. Seven farmers of Carteret coun ty are fifteen hundred dollars rich er this week through the coopera tive shipment of 78 live hogs. The hogs brought top prices with a to tal of $1551.18. Farmers in Martin county re ceived an average of 21 cents a lb. for their poultry shipments last week. Shipments totalled 100,241 pounds for which they received $2,116.50 in cash. VIRGINIA FARMS For Sale In The Shenandoah Valley Level, Smooth Blue-grow Stock. Dairy, Orchard and Poultry Parma of IO to lOOO Aerea, Highly Im proved, Good home mark eta and Near Large Clttea. 157 acres, splendid 7 room residence, large new bank barn, now tenant house and barn, all needed farm buildings?40 acres bearing orchard-fruit net $4,750 past2 years?well fenced, water ed and timbered?one mile R. R. town. $16,000. 200 acre dairy farm, level and smooth, two houses, one 6 other 5 rooms, new dairy barn, silo and milk house, cost $3,500. An abundance fruit, water and timber, 3 mile3 this city.$6,000. 153 acres, new 6 room resi dence, baru and usual buildings, 12 acres timber, 30 acres creek bottom blue-grass with running water, 3 springs on farm, 400 bearing apple trees?plenty all kin l fruit?40 acres wheat in cluded if sold at once?school and churches near, one mile highway,?5 miles this city. $5,000. 1 100 acres, fertile, smooth and level, new 6 room dwelling, large barn, large family orch ard, 8 acres timber, well fenced and wa,tered, half mile of large school, 3 miles city over good road. $4,000. 50 acre poultry and truck farm, good 7 room house, barn, poultry and hog houses, school, churches, mill and store at farm, 7milee this city over solid road. $2,500. Oar taxes are low?we have no State tax on land?oar Highways are built and paid for. If you want to live where farming DOES pay, investigate these farms. Write for details ?tell me your wants?come see for your self. W. T. BIRMINGHAM, 35 West Water St., Winchester, Va. Notice of Re-Sale! The land hereinafter described having been sold by the under signed Trustee on the 4th day of January, 1930, and an advanced bid of 5 percent having been put qpou said land, the undersigned Trustee in tbatcertain deed of trust executed by John W. Pat terson and wife, Anthea Pallor sou ; George T. Ciapp, (single), and J. L. KernoOUs and wife, Alma Kernodle, i-o-partners, trading and doing business under the firm name and at.\ le of Clapp Patterson-Kernodie Motor Compa ny, dated January 31, 1927, and recorded in the office of the Regis ter of Deeds of Alamance County North Carolina, in deed of trust book 107, page 361, by virtue of the authority given in said deed of trust, and also by the order of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County, and in ac cordance with law, will offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Court. House door in Graham, N. C., the following described land, at 12:00, Noon, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1930: A certaiivtract or parcel of land in Burlington Towbship, Ala mance County, State of North Carolina, adjoining the lands of Sain Street, Fifth Street, Lots os. 3 and 23 and described as follows: Beginning at an iron bolt on Fifth Street and corner with Main Street, rnnniug thence with line of Main Street N 60 deg 27 rain E 66.1 feet to an iron bolt in line of Main Street corner with Lot No. 23; running thence with lines of Lots Nos'. 23 and 3 N 29 deg 36 miu W 201.4 feet to an iron bolt in line of Worth Street and cornt r with Lot No. 3; running thence with line of Worth Street S 60 deg 27 min W 66.1 feet to an iron bolt corner with Fifih Street; running thence with line ot Fifth Street S 29 deg 36 rain E 201 4 feet to the beginning, and being Lots Nos. 1, 2,21 and 22 in Block "B" of the subdivision of the Sellars proper ty, blue print of which is recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County in Plat Book No. 1, Page 96 The bidding will begin ?(? Eigh teen Thousand Nine Hundred (>18,900.00) Dollats, and the terras of sale will be cash. This 25th day of'January, 1930. NORTH CAROLINA TRUST COM PANY, Trustee. I Mortgagee's Salo oi Land! Under and by virtue of the power contained in a certain mortgage deed executed by To ny Jannacone and his wife. Za relda Jannacone, to the under signed mortgagee on the 2nd day of August, 1929, to secure a certain bond therein describ ed, due and payable 2nd day of January, 1930, recorded in Book 113 of mortgages, at page 363, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County, default in the payment of said bond having been made, the un dersigned will, at 12:00 o'clock, M., on the 24th DAY of FEBRUARY, 1930 the same being Monday, sell at the Court House door in Gra ham, to the highest bidder for cash the following real proper ty, to-wit: A certain lot of land in the Town of Burlington, adjoin ing the lands o'f M B. Lindsey, W.S.Sharpe, Washington Street and others, and beginning at a corner with lot No. 2, owned by Henry Eesley, up the line with W. S. Sharpe 60 feet to a stake, corner with M. B. Lindsey; thence N. 166 feet to a stake on Wiishington Street; thence up said street to a corner with lot No. 2; thence up line of said lot 166 feet to the beginning. This is the lot that was conveyed to mortgagors by C. D. Story, see Book No. 82, page 496, and is part c>f lots 1 & 2 of the Ireland property, as shown by plat in Book 36, page 108, and upon which there is a dwelling. The purchaser will be requir ed to pay 10 per cent in cash on day of sale as a guarantee of his compliance with his bid, and advance bids may be made on said sale for ten days after sale as provided by law. This the 21st day of January, 1930. J. 8. COOK, Mortgagee. Magistrate*' Blanks?State Warrants, ' Civil Summons, Transcripts, of Judgments, for sale at Th* Olkamkb office, Graham.