- THE GLEANER
GRAHAM, N. C.. MAY 6, 1937.
ISSUED EYKRY THURSDAY
J. D. KERNODLE, Editor
Sl.OCKAYEAR, IN ADVANCE
fcnttred at the Poatofflce at Graham.
N. C , aa aecond-claiia matter
A Boomerang ? Grahams's
Election Tuesday
In Graham's town election
Tuesday the Republican ticket
won over the Democratic ticket
by an average of almost two to
one, as will be seen by reference
to the result printed elsewhere
in this paper.
At the outset of the campaign
Democratic workers believed, at
least so pretended, that a Dem
ocratic victory was a cinch.
There is a reasen, maybe
more than one, for the flop, but
it is not purposed here to go in
to all of the reasons or causes
in detail.
For around a dozen years the
Republicans of Graham have
been able to pull -their ticket
through, but not with over
whelming majorities and some
times not the entire ticket.
Back, years ago, Graham was
Democratic. It was rare when
the Democrats were not in con
trol, and, considered from all
angles, the town at this date
Bhould be Democratically con
trolled.
But the Republicans came in
to power sonte years ago and
are holding their grip. Charges
of unfair practices were made,
especially in regard to the ab
sentee vote. Both parties made
charges, but none of them
ever reached the stage of in
vestigation. There may have
been some truth in them and
both parties may not have been
entirely innocent.
While the Republicans were
in power they controlled the
election machinery. Taking
this as the key to the situation,
plans were devised to make a
change and put the Democrats
in charge. Alamance county
being Democratic ? h a d been
for more than fifty years. On
ly once in that long period had
the offices been held by Repub
licans and that was before the
year 1900.
In planning to get control of
the election machinery, the de
vice of legislative enactment
was resorted to ? just a little
amendment to an existing stat
ute that looked quite innocent,
substituting "Board of elec
tions" for "Commissioners."
That little prank took away
from the town of Oraham its
control of its election machinery
and placed it with the County
Board of Elections.
Those who engineered the
scheme, perhaps, believed they
had things fixed for a Demo
cratic victory. This was done
at the Legislature of 1935.
Prior to that it is understood a
similar proposition was made
and was turned down, perhaps
more than once.
The originators of the scheme
may have thought they were
turning a good political trick,
but it did not prove so at the
election held this week
The fact the device was
worked out and passed through
a Democratic Legislature while
the county was represented by
a Democrat, fixed the responsi
bility and gave the Republicans
a mighty handy campaign club,
and they used it effectively.
Not all fair minded Demo
crats in Graham who believe in
square shooting approved the
device. Not a few resented it
who said little about it, except
by their ballots.
The Democrats are not blame
less for the result. Leading
Democratic citizens most show
more interest in their town's
affairs and be willing to
serve it when called upon,
though at some sacrifice, if
they wonld wrest its control
and management from I lie op
posing party.
When the wires ti ished the
news to Edward, former King
t)f Great Britain, that a fin <1
decree of divorce hal bee'i _;i
en Wallis Wartield Si. up* >11 >n
the 4th, he dropped ovenrthi-ig
at his self-imposnl exile in Vus
tria and fled t'> her ueir Pars
They expect to be m ?r:ied eoon
after the coronation of George
VI, on the 13th.
The contention over the pro
posed Court reorg-iniz ?tion is
unabated. Leaders have sug
gested a compromiie. but Mr.
Roosevelt is reported opposing
anything but his plan. That
puts him in the role of dictator
which m*>y arrouse more de
termined opposition, besides
changing supporters to opp >
nents. When men become
greedy and drunk with power,
they become a menace to liber
ty and popular government.
TAX RACKET
By J. E, J one*
Washington, D.C., May 4th ; '37?
Every now and then somebody re -
commends abolishing the forty
eight States, and having only one
Government, This would be acute
and cunning little trick, if it weren't
taken so seriously in Washington,
and elsewhere.
1 But 60 far as our information
goes the rural districts still have
have their local governments. So
, do our towns and cities, counties
and states, In every instance the
democratic system is observed In
the electing of local officials.
The single-government pipe
> dream is argued as advisable slra
s ply because the Federal Govern
. ment has been supplying about
three-fourths of the money for
relief. People of the States and
' local governments are thereby de
1 luded to believe they have escap
ed the cost* Senator Borah broke
out the other day to protest a
gainst Mayors and Goveraors'"trek
king their way to "Washington
about every fortnight" in search
of Government money. They get
what they go after. That's how
these officials are able to feather
their own nests and gain re-elec
tions under the false pretense of
having met their budgets. Some
of them make successful claims that
they thereby relieve their own com
munlties of heavy taxation.
Such" li tie nature of the stage
stuff performances to befog the
minds of the American pwbilc? for
while the Governors and Mayors
Juggle taxation the tax eventually
is hidden and paid by the average
citizen. What the Government spends
i? Just like what a local govern ?
ment spends. In either, or every
esse, it must be paid back.
Not even the most cheerful opti
mist who knows his Washington
ropes has any hope that the bud
gets will he met for years to come.
Its time that the game of "mo
nopoly" was replaced by some sort
of a game of hide and seek with
taxes? parortflarjjr as no one can
successfully contradict the oft-re -
petted claim that the country's
tax collectors eventually take thirty
cents away from every dollar spent
by American housewives and work
THE MISSING PLAYWRIGHT
An unusual story in which is
reported the unMcconntable trHg
eiy of a playwright who, in eve
ning dree'* and \?ith $25,0)0 in
pocket, stepped from a ship into
the ocean, where his body was
found. Read this exciting vtory
in the May 9 iraue of the Amer
aican Weekly, the big mavarine
which cornea regularly with the
BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMER
IOAN. Get your copy from your
favorite newsdealer.
Jenny Liad'i Grave
Jenny Land, the Swedish nightin
gale, is buried in Malvern, England.
NITRATE SAVES
DTING ORCHARD
Elmer E. Page, of Weaverville,
Buncombe County, North Carolina,
owns a 35 year-old apple orchard
on a mountainside over 3,000 feet
above sea level; but neither dis
tance, height nor age could prevent I
him from getting a 200-pound sack |
of Arcadian to his orchard which
he felt was badly In need of the
American Nitrate of Soda. Trans
portation facilities not Immediately
available, he put the heavy sack on
his back and carried it up the
mountain.
Because of lack of fertility and
diseased condition, he was consid
ering cutting the trees down. Relat
ing his experience, Mr. Page says ?
"... I used 7 pounds around each
tree about the time the buds show
ed pink. My results have been 'An
Old Orchard Made Young.' The
trees are free from rust without
spraying and are as fine as they
have ever been. I am looking for
ward to some big apple crops, as a
result of using 'Arcadian' which
has saved my orchard."
First Plows of Tree Branches
The first farm plows were made
of crooked tree branches and
worked by man power.
C. a. ENFIELD
QUOTATIONS
"Eyesight is not enough. We
need insight and foresight."
"One of Ihe ureal difficalti<s in
high-pressure competition is that
the market must lie si i m <i 1 ,i>ed at
th" cost of great etlori.'"
"A bore is a nun who talks
about himself, wlitm you waul to
talk abc.nl your-elf."
"It costs 87,200 a year to ke*p
the White llou.'e white. Thai's
what a pillule coal of paiut for
the structure comes to."
"North Caroliua and South Da
kota are the only stales in the
Union that have never had a
dreadnaught named in their hoti
"A mighty torrent does' not
rush from a six-inch pipe; neither
has the Crea' or yet sent a stu
pendous truth iulo the world
through a trivial irind."
"Homer took a noble vi<*w of
life because of the essential no
bility of his mind."
' I am the way, the truth, and
the life.''
Timely Farm Questions
Answered at State College
Question? Is it a safe practise to
ci oss breed poultry?
Answer? There arc su\ eral angles
to this question. A first genera
tion cross,, if carefully planned ,
should give a higher liv ability and
an increased egg production over
that of the parent line. In broilers,
there should be produced a hybrid
vigor which makes for lower mor
tality and rapid jrrowth. After this
firat cross any additional cross
breeding does not do ao well and
if practised year after year, the
desirable qualities of the stock 1 ?
gradually lost.
Question? What treatment is ne
cessary for sweet potato plants
when set on soils infected with
stem rot.
Answer? The stem and roots of
aft plants should be dipped in a
20-20-50 Bordeaux mixture or dust
ed with a mixture composed of
2j percent monohydrated copper
sulphate apd 75 percent lime just
before planting. This treatment
also applies to soils infected with
the wilt organism. Where roots
and stems are infected with scurf,
they should be treated with ground
sulphur immediately before trans -
planting . Treated plants may be
set in moist but not water log
ged aofl.
Question? What is the formula
recommended for home-mixed fer
tilizer to be used under corn in
the piedmont section?
Answer? The best mixture is made
by using 243 pounds of 16 percent
superphosphate, 43 pounds of cot
ten seed meal, 66 pounds of sul -
phate of ammonia, and 31 pounds
of muriate of potash. This gives
a mixture containing 4 percent ni
trogen, 10 percent phosphoric acid,
and 4 percent potash. The fertiliz
er should be applied in the dri'l
at planting time. A nitrate of
soda mixture may be prepared b y
using 85 pounds of nitrate of soda
| instead of the sulphate of ammon
Question? What can I use for
natural skim-milk in feeding a
young calf?
Answer? Fresh powdered skim
milk, \then properly mixed with
water makes a good substitute for
the natural skim milk. It can a' so
be used in the dry form in call
meal mixtures. One pound of pow
dered skim-milk to nine pounds of
water will give a good mixture.
Make a paste by first mixing the
skim-milk p owder with a small
quantity of water and then add a
sufficient quantity of water to
give the proper solution. The wa
ter should bo heated to a tempera
ture of 100 degrees before mixing
and the reconstructed milk fed im
mediately. The calf should b e
changed from whole milk to the
reconstructed milk the same a9
when natural skim-milk is used.
Question? How much corn should
I plant to provide silage for ten
dairy cows?
Answer? This depends upon the
fertility of the soil and the breed
of the cows. On the average corn
w ill yield one ton of silage to each
five bushels of grain produced and
the required acreage must be esti
mated on this basis. The average
| Jersey or Guernsey cow will con
sume from 30 to 35 pounds <fcf
silage a day which will mean that
each animal should be provided
from three to three and one-half
tons for a six months feeding
For your herd of ten cows about
33 tons will be needed and to get
this you should seed enough acre
age to produce approximately 165
bushels of grain.
Nation-Wide Audience
To Hear Aceievements
of State Institution
N. C. State College Goes on Air Over
National Broadcasting Company
Microphones of the National
! Broadcasting Company will be set
1 up in Raleigh April 21 as N. C.
State College Joins the parade o f
Land Grant Colleges in bringing to
listeners a story of how the insti
tution has aided In meeting chang
ing conditions.
The program, to be heard on
the National Farm and Home Hour
from 12 :30 to 1 :30 p. m? will
feature State College musical organ
izations, agricultural specialists ; and
students, according to John W.
Harrelson, dean of administration.
The program win be the 14th in a
[ series of broadcasts from the cam
puses of Land Grant Institutions.
The broadcasts are a monthly fea
ture of the Farm and Home Hour.
Dean Harrelson will present to
the nation-wide audience a brief ac
count of the history and purposes
i of State College.
I Dean 1. 0. Schaub, director of the
Extension Service, is also featured
on the hook-up of 60 stations. He
will summarize agriculture as it )
exists in North Carolina at present.
Sklta depicting changing condi
tions in horticulture, cotton , tobac
1 co, home demonstration work , and
the dairy industry are also schedul- '
ed. Specialist* and students wilt i
take the character parts in these
sklta.
The broadcait from N.C. State
College will go out over the Blue
Network of the National Broadcast
ing Company through the facilities
of Station WPTF, Raleigh.
LIKE SHORT STORIES?
The beat of aerial and short fic
t ion appears regularly in the
American Weekly, the big m?ga
zine which <"omef with the Balti
more Sunday Ameri<*H'i Be a
reuular resder of the Balliin?r?
American Your newsdealer wil.
reserve your copy.
Trustees' Sale of Heal
Estate
Pursuant to the power and auth
ority contained in a certain deed
of trust dated the first day o f
April, i932, executed by J. p.
Barbour, W. R. Massey and wife,
Mary Massey, T. L. Stanford and
wife, Alice Stanford, to E.B. Thoma
son apd L. O. Lohmann , Trustees ,
which deed of trust is duly regis -
tered in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Alamance County, N.
C., in Book ot Deeds of Trust,
No. 116, page 138, securing the
payment of certain notes more par
ticularly described therein, default
having been made in the payment
of said indebtedness, and
demand of foreclosure having been
made by the holder of said indebt
edness, the undersigned Trustees
will offer for sale at puhlic auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash
at the Courthouse door in Graham,
North Carolina, on
Monday, May 31st, 1937;
at 12:00 o'clock, hood.
the following described real es
tate, to-wit:
All that certain tract or parcoi
of land in Burlington Township,
Alamance County, State of North
Carolina, and more particularly de
cribed aa follows !
Beginning at a point on the
Northwestern line of South Worth
Street, which point is distant s.
55 1-2 deg. W. 100 feet from the
intersection of the Northwestern
line of South Worth street with
the Western line of Fifth Street;
thence along a line dividing the
lot herein conveyed and lots num
bers 2,3 and 4, N. 34 1-2 deg,
W. 145 feet to the southern line
of lot No. 1? thence along the line
of lot No. 1 S. 55 1-2 deg. W. 45
feet to a point; thence S. 34 1-2
deg. E. 115 feet to a point on the
Northwestern line of South Worth
Street ; thence along said line o 1
South Worth street N. 55 1-2 deg
E. 45 feet to the point of begin
ning, and known an d Sesign ed ai
as lot No. 5, as shown on plat
made by A. C. Linberg, Engi -
neer, dated January 2T, 1932; and
being the same property conveyed
to J. P. Barbour, W. R. Massej
and T. L. Stanford, by south Atlan
tic Investment Corporation, bj
deed dated April 1, 1932,
The purchaser at this sale will bf
required to make a cash deposit ol
ten percent of the purchase price
to show go*d faitB.
This the 30th day Df April, 1937.
E. B. Thomason,
L. O. Lohmann,
Trustees,
W. D. Madry, Attorney.
Trustees' Sale of Real
Estate
J Pursuant to the power and auth
ority contained in a certain deed
of trust dated the first day o f
April, j 1932, executed by J. P,
I Barbour, W. R. Massey and wife
? Mary Massey, T. L. Stanford and
wife, Alice Stanford, to E. B. Thoma
son and L. O. Lohmann , Trustees ,
which deed of trust is duly regis -
tered in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Alamance County, N,
C., in Book of Deeds of Trust,
No. 116, page 139, securing the
payment of certftin notes more par
ticularly described therein, default
having been made in the payment
of said indebtedness, and
demand of foreclosure having be'en
made by the holder of said indebt
edness, the undersigned Trustees
will offer for sale at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash
at the Courthouse door in Oraham,
North Carolina, on
Monday, May 3lst, 1937;
at 12 :00 o'clock, noon,
the following described real es
tate, to- wit;
All that certain tract or parcel
of land in Burlington Township,
Alamance County, State of North
Carolina, and more particularly de
scribed as follows;
Beginning: at a point on the
Northwestern line of South Worth
8treet, which point la distant s.
55 1-2 degrees W. 145 feet from
tfie Intersection of the Northwea
tern line of South Worth street
with the Western line of Fifth St;
thence along a tine dividing: the
lot herein conveyed and lot num
ber 5 adjoining It on the East, N.
34 1-2 deg. W. 145 feet to the
Southern line of lot No. 1 ; thence
along said line of lot No. 1, S,
55 1-2 deg. W. 45 feet to a point ;
thence S. 34 1-2 deg. E. 145 feet
to a point on the Northwestern
line of Bout? Worth street ; thence
along said line of South Worth st,
N. 55 1-2 deg. E. 45 feet to the
point of beginning, and kn own an d
designated as lot No. 6, as shown
on plat made by A.C. Llnberg,
Engineer, dated January 27, 193 2;
and being the same property' con -
v eyed to J. P. Barbour, W. R. Masse y
?SU0T. L. Stanford, by south Atlan
tic Investment Corporation, by
deed dated April 1, -1932,
The purchaser at this sale will be
required to make a cash deposit of
ten percent of the purchase price
to show good faith.
This the 30th day of April, 1937.
E, B. Thomason,
, L. O. Lohmann,
Trustees.
W. D. Madry, Attorney.
Notice ot'Sale of Land
Under and by virtue o f the
authority conveyed by that cer
tain deed of trust signed by E.
E. Pennington and wife, Min ervia
Fennington, dated the 23 day o f
March, 1935, and recorded in Book
122 at pages 164, 165, in th? of
fice of the Register of Deeds for
Alamance County, the undersigned
trustee, will,
at 12 :00 o'clock, noon,
Tuesday, May 25th, 1937,
at the courthouse door in Ala
mance County, Graham, N. C. , Bell
at public auction for cash to the
highest bidder, the following land,
to-wit :
Two certain lots or parcels of
land lying arid being in Burlin gtop
Township. Alamance County, North
Carolina, and being more fully de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
"Being lots Nos. 70 and 71 in Block
'"J" of the property known as
Piedmont Estates, map of which
made by A, C. Linb'erg, C. E., is
recorded in Book No. 2, page 43,
' office of Register of Deeds for Ala
. mance County. Block '"J" being a
? part of Block No. 17 of old survey
> of Piedmont Estates, plat of which
is recorded in Book No 1, page
30, Alamance County."
I This sale is made on account of
I default in payment of the indebt
? edness secured by said deeo of
? trust, and a ten (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 20th day of April, 19S7.
William C. Purdue,
Trustee.
Notice of Foreclosure
Sale
DCA-4553-M. B. A. Smith
Under and oy virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain
deed of trust executed by B. A.
? Smith and wife, Joy Belle smith ,
to Carolina Mortgage Company,
, Trustee, dated November 15,1531,
, filed for record in the Registry
, of Alamance County, North Caro
lina, on December 15 , 1931 , and
recorded in Book 116 Deeds of
Trust on page 89, the undersigned
as the duly appointed substituted
' trustee (see Book 114, page 80-82
, of said Registry) will offer for sale
at public auction, at the Courthouse
door in said county, in the City
of Graham,
at 13 :00 o'clock, 4noon.
Monday, May 17 , 193" ,
and will sell to the highest bid
der for cash the property describ
ed in said deed of trust as fol
lows;
A certain tract or parcel of land
in Burlington Township, Alamance
County, State of North Carolina;
adjoining the lands of Main Street,
Summit Ave., Lots Nos. 15, 16 and
17, and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron bolt on
Main St. and corner with summit
Avenue, running thence with line
of Summit Avenue, N. 39 deg.
15 min. W. 80 ft. to an iron
bolt in line of Summit Avenue,
and corner with Lot No. 16 ; running
thence with line of Lot No. 16, N.
1 56 deg. E. 133.8 feet to an iron
bolt corner with Lots NoSw 15 a n d
17; running thence with line of
I Lot No. 17, S. 41 deg. 10 min. E.
82 ft. to an iron bolt in Ine o I
Main St.; running thence with
line of Main git. south M deg. 15
mln. W. 140.5 ft. to the Beginning,
and being Lot No. IS in Block"'I*
of the subdivision of Central
Height*, a blue print of which la
recorded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Alamance Coun
ty, In Book No. 2, page No. 47.
Being the same land conveyed to
Mebane Real Rstate & Trust Co.,
by deed from John H. Clapp, (wi
dower) dated October 1, 1917 , and
recorded in Book No. 62, Page No.
193-195.
Being the same land conveyed
to Central Loan & Trust Company
by deed from Mebane Real Es
tate & Trust Company, dated 15th
Sept. 1926, and filed for regis
tration 10 A. M. Sept. 22, 1926 ,
in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Alamance County in Book
87, Page 56-67 ; and the same prop
erty conveyed to Central Invest -
ment Corporation by Trustees i n
Bankruptcy for Central Loan &
Trust Company, Burlington , by
Trustees' deed dated April 6, 1929 ,
filled for registration on the 3rd
day of May, 1929; record ? 1 in
Book 45, pages 216 and 218.
Being the same property this day
conveyed by Central Investment
Corporation to B. A. Smith by deed
delivered contemporaneously with
the delivery of this deed of trust,
the deliveries being parts of one
and the same transaction, and the
money hereby secured being a
part of the purchase money for
said land.
This sale will be made subject to
all outstanding and unpaid taxes
and other assessments, if any.
This sale is to be made on ac
count of default In the payment
of the indebtedness secured by the
aforesaid deed of trust and is
made pursuant to demand made
upon the undersigned by the hold
er of said indebtedness.
Keswick Corporation,
Substituted Trtlsiee.
Notice of Service
by Publication. '
NORTH CAROUWi
ALAMANCE COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Before the Clerk
William R. Capps, Ellen Capps Holt
aDd husband, H. DoraCapp*
Manr v,idow, Bettie Capps Martin
aud hustand, Sorruel B. Martin,
Et'a Capps Moser and husband. W.
L. Moser, Klsio Ctppif Sykes and
husband, A. Eugene Sykes, Alice
Capps Shepherd and husband,
Charles P. Shepherd.
Josie Capps, widow of H. J. Capps,
Norman K. Capps, Helen Capps
Standfleld and husband, James
Stand held, H.J. Capps, Jr. Mark
Andrews Capps and Dorothy Jane
Capps, children of H. J.Capps, de
ceased, the last three being minors
Louise Capps, Thorean Capps and
wife, Mrs, Thorean CappB, Earsley
Capps, and J. J. Kef f and wife,
Ethel Neff, and Security National
Bank of Greensboro, Trustee.
The defendants above named and
more particularly Louise Capps, J. J.
Neff and wife, Ethel Neff, and Tho
rean Capps and wife,Mrs. Thorean
Capps, will take notice that an action
and Special Proceedings entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Alamance County,
North Carolina, for the purpose of
obtaining an order of the Superior
Court of Alamance County, directing
the sale for division and for divid
ing the* real property and the person
al property left intrust, all under
and pursuant to the Last Will and
Testament of the late Andy J. Capps,
inr. for the farther purpose of de -
termining what Interest, if any, the
said respondents take in and to the
said real property and personal prop
erty of the said Andy J. Capps un
der and pursuant to the terms of his
said Will.
The said defendants and respon
dents will further take notice that
they are required to appear at the
Office of the Clerk of the Super
ior Court of said County In the Court
house In Graham, North Carolina, on
or before ten (10) days after the 10th
day of May, the aarae being the
20th day of May, 1937^nd answer or
demur to the petition and complaint
filed in said action, or the petitioners
win apply to the Court for the relief
demanded la said petition.
Done this the 15th day of April,
1987.
B. p. MURRAY,
Clerk Superior Court.
Alamance County.
Long, Lvoi * Barrett, Attya.