THE GLEANER
' GRAHAM, N. C., JAN. 11, 1937
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY
J. D. KERNODLE, Editor
$1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
toi?r?d situ* ''Mioflo* tttinbtv.
if (L.uiM??o<ukBtn?r
The Legislature is takiug up
the enactment of financial and
tax legislation early in the ses
sion. This is better than put
ting it off till the last thing and !
rushing through it in a half- !
baked condition.
The new Commissioner o f !
Agriculture is the target for j
numerous thrusts ou account of :
the wholesale dismissal of long
time employees in the depart
ment. It is hoped be is making \
no mistake. He should remem I
ber that while he will make some ?
new friends by new appoint
ments, that those being turned
oat without real good reason
have many friends who will re
member and resent.
The liquor question will fur
nish much material for vocal
pyrotechnics at this session of
the Legislature. Some of it
will be bitter. Several bills
have already been introduced,
some of which contemplate a
state-wide referendum. Nearly
everyone you talk with has a
plan. Some are partly leasable,
while others are wholly unac
ceptable. It was thought a
constitutional amendment
would solve the question. It
was tried and the amendment
was abrogated. After trying
out nearly every suggestion the
matter is about as much at sea
as ever.
Odds V Ends
In the Midwest, where dur
ing the past ten days the mer
cury took a drop as much as 20
degrees below, it has moderated
up lo 20 above and they call it
"comparitively mild" ? then, to
be sure, by comparison only,
but 10 to 20 above in these re
gions is regarded as real win
ter. Another forecast has been
released that carries the chill
ing news that it is to be much
colder.
California now estimates the
loss to the fruit crop, oranges,
lemons and the like, at 12 mil
lions. A week ago it was esti
mated at 2 millions. So rarely
has a cold wave slipped down
the sunny slopes of California,
that they almost consider them
selves immnne.
A suit for slander has been
filed by Ernest Simpson against
an English society matron, the
wife of Lieut Col. A. H. C.
Southerland, for saying that
Simpson received "money, sup
posedly for offering no resistance
to the action against him for
divorce by his former wife,
Wallis Simpson. Too much
talk ? busy-bodies. Sometimes
it is necessary to put a curb in
mouths to make them behave ?
mules and other animals.
Fred and Fl?>tch?r Sliore, two
4-H elnb members of ihe West
Yadkin Club have purchased two
registered Guernsey heifers as a
club project.
Wilaon county farmers have
saved 300 bnsbels of certified cot
ton need and 600 bushels of certi
fied corn seed to ho used by 4-H
Hub members this season.
GRKEN SPOTLIGHT
If yon want to know what is
coins on in the movie and radio
world read THE GREEN SPOT
LIGHT, a breezy new seetion
which comes every week with
ihe mid - week edition of the
BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERI
CAN. Make rare of your copy
Iim yoar local newsdealer.
id.
"Nation's Fair"
Their Objective
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Wintluop W. Aldrich
NEW YORK (Special) .?Mrs. Vincent
Astor, society leader and civic worker,
has been appointed Chairman of a Na
tional Women's Advisory Committee for
the New York World's Fair of 1939. Win
throp W. Aldrich, Chairman of the Chase
National Bank, is heading the men's Na
tional Committee. Together they will en
list more than 10,000 committee workers
in a nationwide campaign to arouse in
terest in and create support for the New
York Fair. Grover Whalen, President of
the Fair Corporation, has announced that
State Chairmen wiirbe named later and
that every state will be brought into ac
tive participation in the New York Fair,
making it truly national.
Dyea Kill Culture*
Minute quantities of aDlllne dye*
known as brilliant green and mala
thlte green will kill cultures of the
parasitic fungus that causes "athlete's
foot"
Twenty- five pounds of blue
stone or copper sulphate to an
acre mixed with the usual fertil
izers caused John Nuckton of
Castle llayne to (jrnw a profitable
crop of fladinli last summer.
The county ag?nt<< of Beaufoid
county have helped to tirade,
plant and beautify the court
house at Washington. More 'han
2,000 tulip bulbs were plant- d.
1937 Co-op Essay
Plans Announced
More Than 30,000 Boyi and Girb
Have Participated in Past Ten Years
Raleigh, Jan. 11? Plans for the
10th Annual Cooperative Essay con
test were announced here today by
M.G.Mann, general manager of the
North Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association and of the
Farmers Cooperative Exchange.
Tho general subject of theconcest,
which is open to any rural high
school boy or girl in North Car -
olina, will be "A Woll-rounded Co
operative Program for North Car
olina." Mr. Mann announced. First
prize of a one-year tuition scholar
ship or the equivalent thereof i n
cash will be awarded to the con -
testant who answers best the three
questions that go to make up the
general subject, Mr. Mann continued,
adding that the plan of asking
questions as a lead to the contes
tant was inaugurated last year
and found to be highly successful.
Runner-up and district prizes will
also be awarded.
"During the paat nine years the
contest hat been sponsored, more
than so.oov boy i and girls have par
ticipated. The esaay contest sti
mulates boys and girls to ctudy the
value of cooperation and to sug
gest ideas to further develop and
Improve the cooperative movement
?and it is upon the boys and girls
of today that the ultimate success
of the cooperative program de
pends."
The three questions which goto
make up the subject are :
1. Why should cotton farmers
market their cotton through the
"Re-Purchase Pool" of the Cotton
Co-operative Association?
2. How can more farmers in
North Carolina be made to realize
the advantages of purchasing farm
supplier co-operatively through the
FCX?
S. What can we do to make pie
Carolina Co-operator more readable
and of more value to North Caro
lina agriculture?
Teachers and students interested
entering the contest are Invited to
write M. G. Mann. Raleigh, N. C ;
for complete details.
. - - -- ? " ** - .
A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY
By Lvella Knott
White, frozen tracks upon the gleaming snow
Defy invading rays of God's great sun!
Soft, snowy tods, so cheerless, cold and white,
Gleam in the moon's pale, silver light ?
Their.raeting place, when day is done.
They are so cold, dear Lord ? these little ones!
They weep and shiver on the frozen way,
And know not, in their terror, whence the chill
That Btrikes so deep, and makes their poor souls ill,
This Christmas day!
They are so cold ? these children of Thy heart!
They are so cold, they make no prayer nor plea.
The cold, despairing way, the snowy bed,
Have froze the fibre of their spirits dead,
Till they no longer feel desire for Thee.
Inclement heart and reason, frigid intellect,
Without the temporizing ray
Of faith and inspiration ? these have chilled
The hearts of those Thy Spirit should have filled
This Christmas day!
Like children, they have strayed from home!
Enticed by Learning's philosophic plea;
Ambition to be worldly-wise has led
To rugged, icy paths and snowy bed.
Far, far from light and love and Thee.
0, may the Sun of Righteousness divine
Follow them, Lord, upon the cold, white way,
And melt the icy crust that chill and bind;
Warm Thou their souls anew, until they find
- Thy Christ, this day.
(The above very expressive poem was received too late for our
Christmas issue. It was written by a former Graham girl, Miss
Luella Pugh, now the wife of the Treasurer of the State of
Florida. ? Edr.)
Old Age Security
The Percentage of Persons Over 65
Grows Steadily? Some Figures.
With great numbers of American
workers saving insufficient funds
to provide lor their retirement,
measures such as are contained in
the Social Security Act are essen -
tial, William R Williamson, Actuar
ial Consultant for the Social Secur
ity Board, in an address before the
Virginia Bankers Association, re
cently said; "The problem of old
age dependency is becoming stead
ily more important because of the
growing number of persons who are
65 years of age or older, and be
cause the need of those who are
older and who are economically de
pendent is recognized as more a
cute under prevalent urban condi
tions than in earlier years in a pre
dominantly agricultural society "
He said Bureau of Census figures
revealed that, in 1860, persons 6 5
years or older constituted only 3 7
percent of the total population of
the country By 1910 the percen -
tage was 5 4, By 1980 It is esti
mated the percentage of persons 65
years of age o r older will h ave
reached 11.3,
Citing as a basic assumption in
the past the idea that "each citi
zen has a Job or sufficient income
opportunity to provide for all his
day-by-day needs and, in addition,
to provide income during unem
ployment and to protect his own
old age," Mr Williamson said that
the facta do not bear out his abil
ity to do ao
He quoted figures from a study
by the Brookings Institution in
dicating "an average monthly in
come to the wage earner in 1929
of about $100 This means, he as
serted, "that a large proportion
come below this figure "
Timely Farm Questions
Answered at State College
Question? What ctg I do with
the broody hens in my poultry nock?
Answer? Where only an occasion
al bird in the flock is broody this
can be remedied by using this bird
on the home table, but if there i?
a large number of broody birds
then the best thing to do is to dis
pose of the entire flock. These
birdsshould not be used for breed
ing purposes as broodiness is an
inherited trait and It will be best
to start a new flock with baby
chicks from a breeder whose flock
show high production which is nec
essarily linked with little broodi
ness.
Question? How can 1 keep my
dairy cows from eating dirt and
chewing wood on the stalls?
Answer? This habit is a sure sign
that the ration is deficient in min
eral matter and It should be i m -
mediately checked and feeds hi^h
in mineral constituent* added. It wfli
also do no harm to allow the ani?
mala free access to a simple min
eral mixture composed of one part
salt and lour parts steamed bone
meal. Extension Circular No. 193
on Feeding and Care of the Dairy
Cow gives various formulas for feed
ing mixtures and copies may be ob
tained free upon application to the
Agricultural Editor at State college
Question? How much tobacco bed
spacer should I seed to produce
plants for six acres?
Answer? A plant bed containing
100 square yards will normally pro
duce sufficient plants for setting
two acres which would mean tha,t
you should seed 300 square yards of
bed. However, It is best .to have
several small beds widely separat
ed on the farm rather than one
large bed as the chances for some
of the beds escaping blue mold may
be greatly increased. One level
fteaspoonful of seed, if properly
cleaned, will cover 100 square yards
of bed space and to insure an ade
quate supply of plants an excess of
bed space should be seeded.
HOW LOVE AFFECTS PEOPLE
A well known psychologist dis
closes science's explanation that
tells why some people acfqaeer"
when they fall in love Read this
revealing artitcle in theJannary 17
issue of the American Weekly, the
bigmagazine which comes regular
ly with the Baltimore American.
Your newsdealer will snpply you
EXECUTORS' NOTICE
Having qualified as Biecutora of tbc eatate
Of D. M. Elder, deceased, late of Alamance
county, N. Carolina, this 1b to notify all pei
tons having claims against the estate of the
said deceased to exhibit them the under
signed at Burlington. North Carolina, on or
before the 15th day of January. 1838. or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their reoov
0lXil persons indebted to said Estate will .
please make Immediate payment.
This the 11th day of Jauuvry, 1987,
W. C. ELDER aud W. T. ELDER,
Executors.
John R. HoffmafT, Atty.
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix ot the es
tate of J. t ;. Wicker, deceased, late of
Alamance County. North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned at Uraham. North Car
olina, on or before the 24th day of December,
1937, or this notice will be pleaded In bar
of their recovery. Ail persona Indebted
to said estate will please make Immediate
payment
This the 12th day of December. 193fi.
MRS. J HNN1E D. WICKER.
Executrix.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE.
Having ruallfled as admiDlatrmtrtx of the
estate of Lora Jones Whltsker. deceased
late of Alamance County. North Carolina'
this Is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or before the
17th day of December. 1987. or this notice will
be pleaded In bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate will
please make Immediate payment.
This the 10th day of December. 19C8.
EARL JONES,
Administratrix of the Batata
of Lora Jones Whltuker.
Long t Ross, Attrs
Notice of Sale of Land
Under and by virtue of the auth -
ority conveyed by that certain deed
of trust signed by J. Carter Black,
aad wife, Lillian Black, dated the 34
day ol April, 1931, and recorded
in book 116 at *> in the Of -
flee of the Register of Deeds for
Alamance County, the undersigned
trustee will, at
' at II AG o'clock, <faooa.
Saturday, January 16th, 1937 ,
at the Courthouse door of Ala- t
mance County, Graham, N. C. aell j
at public auction for caah to the j
highest bidder, the following land, j
to- wit : j
A certain lot or parcel of land {
in Graham Township, Alamance Co- ,
unty, State of North Carolina, ad- ,
joining the lands of L. Banks Holt, |
Rachel May, John Stout and others^
and bounded as follows : ,
Beginning at a rock, corner with |
Rachel May with said Holts line;
thence N 1 1-4 deg W 83 Iks to
s? rock, corner with S. C. Shoe;)
thence S. 89 1-4 deg B 3 chs. 3 Iks
to a rock, corner with said Shoe ;
thence S. 1 1-4 deg E 83 Iks to a
rock; thence N 89 1-4 deg W 3
chs 3 Iks to the beginning: c on
taining .25 of an acre, more or lea*.
The above Is the same lot that
was conveyed to Sylvana Tinnin
by John F. Shoe and wife, deed re
corded in office of Register of
Deeds, Alamance County, in Deed
Book 3S, page 1.
This sale is made on account of
default in payment of the indebted
ness secured by said deed of trust ,
and a tea percent (10 percent) cash
deposit will be required by the
highest bidder at the sale, said sale
to remain open for advance bids as
provided by law.
This the 8th' day OF Dec, 1936.
J. DOLPH LONG,
Trustee.
Long, Long & Barrett, Attorneys.
NOTICE!
NORTH CAROLINA.
ALAMANCE COUNTS.
In Ihe General County Court
Dorothy Mansfield Cooper.
PlahftUt
vs.
Lance Cooper,
Defendant
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the General County Court of Ala
mance County, Nort Carolina, for an
absolute divorce upon statutory
grounds, and said defendant will
further take notice that he is re
quired to appearbeforeE.H. Murray
Clerk of said Court, at his office in
Graham. North Carolina, on the 18th
day of January, 1937, and answer
or demur to the complaint in said
action, or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demand
ed in said complaint.
This 18th day of December, 1936.
E. H. MURRAY.
Clerk General County Court
Coulter & Allen, Attys. -
Notice of Sale of Real
Estate.
NORTH CAROLINA.
ALAMANCE COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in that cer
tain deed of trust executed by Jerry
Budson Ratliff, to the undersigned
trustee, which deed of tru^t is dated
the first day of December, 1935, and
recorded in Book 125-D.T., at page
50-53, of the Alamance County Reg
istry, default having been made in
the payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured and in the condit
ions therein secured, the undersigned
trustee will, on
Tuesday, January 19th, 1937
at or about twelve o'clock, M.
at the Courthouse door at Graham,
North Carolina, offer for sale and aetf
to the highest bidder for cash the
following 'described property :
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land containing ninety (90)
acre*, to be the same, more or less,
situate, lying and being on the
Graham-Pittsboro road, about ten
miles Southeast from the town of
Graham, in Newlin's Township, Ala
mance County, State of North Caro
lina, having such shapes^ metes ;
courses and distances as will more
fully appear by reference to a plat
thereof made by R. G. Thompson,
surveyor, on the 16th day of Sep- ,
tembcr, 1926, and attached to the .
abstract now on file with the Atlan
tic Joint Stock I .and Bank of Raleigh
the same being bounded on the North ,
by the lands of Baalam Stafford ; on <
the* East by the lands of John Newlin s
and Baalam Stafford ; on the South ,
by the lands of John Pugh, Hiram
Braxton (William Thompson); and
on the West by the lands of Lewie ;
Stafford, and described as follows : ,
Beginning at a blach oak, John ] ,
Pugh and Hiram Braxton's corner, I
in Lewis Stafford's line near the fork j i
of the New-Salem and Raleigh road ; |
thence along said Stafford's line
North IS degree* Bast 13 chains to ?
links to a stake; thence North 8ft .
degrees Knt si chains to the center J,
jf the Alamance road near a post I
jak, marked aa corner for BaaUm
Stafford; thence along aaid road
South 7 degree* Eaat 16 chain* 76
links to ? atone near the Artie
Spring corner ; thence North 87 de
gree* West 6 chain* to a stone,
John Newlin's corner on Southaide
3t Ormham-Flttaboro road; thence
South 7 degrees Ba*t along aaid
road 108 pole* to where said road
croaae* the New Salem and Raleigh
road; thence North 63degrees West
188 pole* to Hiram Braxton'* corner
(in William Thompaon's line), and
to the firat station, containing ninety
(90)acrea,to be the same, more or
lea*, this being the ideqtical tracts
of l*?d aa conveyed by J.W.Thomp
son and wife Jane Thompion, bear
ing date of February 20, 1909, aa re
corded in book of deed* 49, at page
278; alio deed from the heir* of
Sarah C. Emerson, bearing date of
February 22, 1927, and recorded in
deed book 86, at page 563, in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
Alamance County.
Terms of sale cash and trustee will
require deposit of 10 percent of the
amount of the bid as his evidence
of good faith.
This 19th day of December, 1936.
H. B. STACY,
Trustee.
Sale of Land
By virtue of a mortgage Deed,
executed on the 29th day of July,
1930, by C. O. Jordan (unmarried)
of Guilford County, to J. R. Kenion,
I will sell to the highest bidder,
at the Court House door in Ala
mance County, on
Saturday, January 30th, 1937;
( at 19:00 o'clock, 'noon,
the fallowing lots, in the Town o f
Mebane, Alamance County, N. C.
Said lota being No. 3 & 4 of the
plot, plan and survey of J. W.
Nicholson property in Mebane, N.
C., made by Lewis H. Holt Nov.
27 & 28, 1917. Said lots are bound
ed by third Street, each fronting
on said third Street 25 feet each, and
extending back 150 feet, and by
lota 2 and 5 of the aforesaid plan
and survey, and being the identical
lots conveyed by J. W. Nicholson
and wife to C. O. Jordan by deed
dated Aug. 9, 1919, and recorded In
the office of the Register of Deeds
of Alamance County, In book 72, a*,
page 571.
The sale of this land is made
subject to the taxes thereon.
This, -December 23rd, 1936.
J. R. KENION,
Mortgagee.
Hurdle Mill*, N.C.
Notice of Ke-Sale
Under authority of a Judgment of
the Superior Court of Alamance
County In an action entitled "Charles
Beckom. Walter Beckom, et aL;
Petitioners, vs. John Beckom, min
or, et al.. Respondents the same
being No. on the Special Pro
ceeding Docket of said Court, the
undersigned Commissioner will, on
Monday, January 18th, 1937;
Kt 13 AO o'clock, noon.
at the courthouse door in Graham, N.
C? offer for aale to the highest
bidder for cash, the following de
scribed real property situate in
Morton Township, Alamance Coun
ty:
Beginning at a stone W. P. Ire
land's corner, running thenc S. 1
1-2 W. 8 cha. to a atone, thence
S. 83 1-4 X. T cha. and 43 Iks. to
a atone, thence N. M & 4 chs.
and IT lka. to a poplar, thence S.
M 1-1 K. II ah* and M lka. to a
stooe, thence & ? V. ? chs. toa
K. Hl-4( M< ? a atone on
B. It ek aad M lka. to a stone
Junes B. Tktnsa' ami, thence N.
17 M V.M cha. and It lka. to a
stone, thence S. 14 1-4 W. 16 chs.
to a poplar, thence N. U 3-4 W. t
cha. and 1* lka. to the beginning ;
containing thirty-five (35) acrea of
land more or less.
Beginning on a rock in the line
of aaid Ireland and said Beckom
earner; thence north with said
Beckom's line to a rock aaid Beck
om's corner 331 feet; 'thence west
with said Black's line ISO feet to
Jerome Iaeley'a corner; thence 8.
East with Iseley's line and Public
Road 345 to center of road (3 feet
opposite to the beginning ; thence
with Ireland's line to the beginn
ing, containing one acre more orl
lean,
Beginning at a poplar J. 3.
Mathews' corner, running thence
with his line Ha 5 ?.11 cha. and
ft lka. to a itofs on HUH Fan
cette's line, thence with hi* line S.
85 S-4 E. 6 cha. and 79 Iks. to a
poplar at the fork of a branch,
thence S. 10 1-2 W, 10 cha. and
8 lka. to a atone pile John D. Fau
cette'a corner, thence with hia line
S. 87 1-2 E. 16 cha. and jg lka.
to a stone Nathan Gant'g corner,
theoce with his line S. 32 3-4 \V.
78 Iks. to a stake on said line,
thence N. 87 1-2 W. 24 cha. and iO
lk?. tg a stone, thence S. 2 1 1-4 W.
10 chs. to the beginning, contain
ing nine and eight tenths (9 8-10)
acres of land more or leas.
Purchaser will be required to
deposit ten percent (10) of the bid
w hen knocked down to him and
balance on confirmation.
This is a re-sale, and bidding will
begin at eight hundred and thirty
five dollars, ($835.00)
This 29th day of December, 1936.
JOHN W. BECKOM,
Commissioner,
Coulter & Allen, Attorneys.
NOTICE!
Commissioners' Re
Sale of Valuable
Real Estate in
Burlingrton
Township
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of ? lamance County made in t h e
special proceeding No
entitled "In the matter of D. n.
Mitchell and wife, Ida Mitchel'.,
Mrs. Daisy Perry and husband, B.
A. Perry, F.mma Murray and hus -
baad, George Murray, Lola L.
Cameron and husband, E. S. W.
Dameron, Petitioners, Ex Parte";
the undersigned Commissioners will,
on
Monday, January 18th, 1937 ,
at 12 rOO o'clock, noon,
at the Courthouse door of Ala
mance County offer for sale at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder,
upon the terms hereinafter set out,
the following described real estate,
to- wit .
A certain tract or parcel of land,
lying and being in Burlington
Township, Alamance County, North
Carolina, near the Northwest cor
porate limits of the city of Bur -
lington,- adjoining the landsof Jes
sie Vaughn, Orbin Hopkins, Old
Left Hand Ossipee Road, Ben Smith,
Mayfair Mills Property, Cameron
Tew, and others, and containing 1 1
acres, more or less; the same being
the land owned and occupied by
Mrs. M. C. Mitchell up until lb
time of her death and upon which
her surviving husband, Austin Mit
chell, lived until the time of his
death in July, 1936, upon which is
located the dwelling house in which
the said Austin Mitchell and wife
lived, and familiarly known as
the Austin Mitchell Homeplace.
This property is located very near
the corporate limits of the City
of Burlington, and is an ideal 1 o -
cation for all persons seeking to
build and establish a home in t he
City.
Terms of sale : This property
will be sold subject to the confirma
tion of Court as in other special
proceedings for the sale of real
estate for division, and the sale will
be held open for twenty days af
ter report of sale for the reception
of advanced bids or other ob
jections to the confirmation of
sale. The purchaser will be r e -
quired to deposit 10 percent o f
his bid on the date of sale, and to
pay one-third of the purchase price
upon confirmation of sale; one
third within six months from the
confirmation of the sale, and the
balance of the purchase price with
in twelve monthB from the date of
the confirmation of sale ; deferred
payments to bear interest at the
rate of six percent per annum and
title to be reserved until th ?
purchase price is fully paid ; thi?
property to be sold free and clear
?f any existing valid liens. H p
Commissioners have authority to
sell the said real estate in par
cels and then as a whole, or as a
whole and then in parcels, or in
any manner as to size of lots
that they may deem most likely
to obtain the beat price for ? aid
property.
Date of sale : Moadsy, January
18th, 1937, at 12 o'clock neo?.
Place of sale : Courthouse door
of Alamance County In Graham,
North Carolina.
Bidding will begin at |550.00.
This, 28th day of December, 1936.
B. 8. W. Dameron.
D. H. Mitchell,
QmnJlilODerB.
,ii Vt ?' \ BurlinfftoD, N.C
i ? * - - ? ? * - w mmamsa*