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THE GLEANER GRAHAM, N. C-, APR. 11' 1946 I8SU1JD EVEKY THURSDAY J.1*. KERNODLE, JR., Manager $1 00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE S? ?red at the Pi atotflce at Oruham, N. C.. aa aeccnd-claas matter. WHY! THE FAIRY TALES? A new national wage-price poli cy has been formally announced. It is to provide quicker settlement of wage problems, give price in creases where hardship exists and encourage all-out production. To the person who is paying higher prices and wages today than ever before, and who is eithe not getting goods which have bee> forced off the market by prohibi tively low prices, or who is getting an inferior quality of goods which have to be manufactured down to an artificial price standard, the talk about "holding the line" while announcement is made of new plans for adjusting wages an prices upward, sounds like a play on words and an insult to pifclic intelligence. Why not tell the truth and ad mit that we have inflation and that the only way to control it is to stop Federal deficits, reduce Federal expenditures, and encour age production, with wages to be increased as output per man rises? All the fine-spun theories i? the world will never circumvent these facts any more than-it will ever be possible to raise yourself by your bootstraps. f?\LOOKING\ Bl AHEAD GEORGE & BENSON HAak PtcsiitMt?HirdiMf Ciltlft H Stirtf. jiritttu An Allegory In the midst of ? forest there was a shrewd mouse-trap manufactur er who turned out a- dependable item. His was a home industry. Son Joe worked hard for long hours making steel springs by hand. Moth er kept the books and wrote the letters. Dad did the assembly work and finishing. There were no sales problems. Customers already had beaten a path to his door?and , formed a waiting line. But there was beefing in the line. Deliveries were slow and service was bad. Finally one day, in a stack of third-class mail. Mom found an advertisement for spring - winding machines. It was very timely be cause Joe's work-bench was the bottle-neck. Nobody else could make springs and he was always rushed to keep up with Dad. So Dad bought Joe a spring-winding machine. Industrial Unrest Turning out a better trap than ever, and a lot more per day, busi ness was fine. Prosperity came. Dad was flush, declared Saturday afternoons off, and raised pay all the way around. About the time the general good feeling was at its height, Joe married a cute little communistic viewpoint Then it was that the rodent extermination industry started to undergo com plete reorganization. The little c.v. convinced Joe that he ought to have a half interest in the business, and there wasn't much Dad could do about it After the 50-50 partnership was formed, the c.v. started telling Mom off right regularly, making quips about faked accounts, and gifts from buyers, to shock the F.T.C. Mom had to keep books with the c.v. looking over her shoulder, eating an apple. Industrial Strife At length the Junior partner made bold to demand a apot on the pay roll for the c.v., at Mom's pay, with authority to watch Mom and keep her honest. That was the day the spring - winding machine broke (town. Repairing it seemed quite useless to Dad, what with a shop fun of headaches, padded payrolls, no profits, and aU departments work ing at cross purposes. He'd Just quit! Retiring from active duty (but re taining an interest) Dad pulled out and took Mom on a fishing trip. New people had to be hired at top scale to operate the finishing de partment and run the office. Joe missed a few payments on the new spring-winding machine he'd bought on credit after Junking the old one. Now nobody but little c.v. could think up a way out of the dilemma. 8Mb a Brilliance Here was the solution c.v. worked out: Raise wages again, all along the lino, and boost the price of traps. ; Even Jos favored it, and he was general manager now. It was done. The, very neat buyer showed an un pleasant reaction. Word drifted back alonj the line or ouyers which melted down to a third of its aver age length. Joe ran after the cus tomers but didn't catch many. That was Friday. Early Monday morning a man of few words came in a truck with seme unpaid install ment notes. He took the spring winding machine away, leaving the whole crew wondering where to go to look for a job. Some say the ma chine was offered to Dad, cheap, but he was not interested By this time, old crafty Dad was busy with research on an odorless electronic, destined, in due time, to put mouse traps off the market entirely. Companionship Helps Dull Blue Wash Days Companionship which help brings on wash day is as welcome to the farm woman as the actual reduc tion of work. A survey made by home economists of the Illinois Ex periment station brings some in teresting facts to light concerning fatigue problems of rural homemak | ers. The study showed that the wom I an who has some help with the laun | dry is more likely to say she likes the work than the woman who has to do it all by herself. In a good many cases, it's the husband who helps. He often pumps and carries the water before he goes into the field. Some farmers definitely plan their work so they can be near the house to do the heavy lifting on . wash day. Those who find it im possible to be on call during the day frequently take on the chore of emptying the washer, rinsing the tubs and cleaning up the washroom at the end of the day. The children help with the wash ing in many farm homes. They hang up the clothes or often they make beds, wash dishes, and put the house in order before they go to school. Elderly persons or semi-invalids often can reduce such interruptions as telephone calls, watching the cooking, and looking after the young er children. New Medicines Effective Treatments for Pneumonia With the advent of the convenient method of treating pneumonia with penicillin by mouth, physicians recall their experiences in treating the disease 20, and even 10 years ago. At that time there was no success ful specific treatment for pneu monia. Many hospitals found that more than one-fourth of all pneu monia patients died. In some types of cases a SO per cent death rate was a common occurrence. Then with the development of the sulfonamides, pneumonia deaths be gan to decline sharply. Along came penicillin, and treatment with both of these drugs cut the mortality to a minimum. During the war, for example, the pneumonia death rate in the army was only 0.7 per cent, compared with 20 per cent during World War I. Seven army doctors reported re cently that in pneumonia, the re sponse from both agents was almost Identical; the only difference being a more abrupt fall in temperature and fewer instances of spreading in fection with penicillin. Yellow River If it flowed in a straight line, the Yellow river would be long enough to extend from New York City to San Francisco, says the National Geo graphic society. It is one of the world's mightiest rivers, and is often referred to as "China's Sorrow" be cause of its severe floods. Through the centuries the flood waters of the Yellow river have de stroyed untold millions of lives. At the same time its floods and shift ing courts have built up much of China's Great Plain, filling in an arm of the YeUow sea with level farm land. Ll]ta the Nile, its floods fer tilize vast areas to create the most productive of China's grain fields, which supply food for 80 million Chinese. As soon as the river covered one section with loess from the inland hills and other silt from as far away as the mountains of Tibet, it shift ed to fill in lower land. The river's silt load at times runs as high as 40 per cent by weight Applyla< Flow Wax Observe a few don'ts In applylnc liquid floor wax to obtain tha beat results, suggest extension econo mists in home management. For in stance: Don't pour wax from the can into puddles on the floor ? the spot will show. Don't apply liquid wax by pour ing it out of the can on the waxing cloth. The wax becomes contam inated in this way and the content of the can may spoil. Pour the wax inte a pan or dish. Don't apply wax with a wadded cloth. Fold the cloth Into a neat pad so tha flat surface comes in contact with the floor. Don't apply wax in Haphazard circles. Apply H in straight even strokes, like paint. Don't polish waxed floors with an oily mop. The oil softens the wax film and causes dust and dirt to accumulate. Evidence of tuberculosis of the bone has been found on the raumified bodies of early Egyp tians. - w ? Experiments Lead to Improving Hog Strains Faster-growing bogs of superior conformation and greater liveability are resulting from experiments of the regional swine breading lab oratory, Ames, Iowa, conducted by the department of agriculture and 13 agricultural experiment stations. The research involves carefully planned systems of matin gs In which inbreeding (the use of closely related parents) has a prominent part. The main purpose of Inbreed ing is to fix desirable characteris tics. Hogmen using their farms as proving grounds, are co-operating with the scientists by testing hoars produced by the various systems of breeding. Thus, far more than 500 boars from the various projects have been released to farmers, for practical testa of breeding excel lence. Five breeds and three lines from crossbred foundations are rep resented in the research, and the degree of inbreeding in most of the I lines ranges between 25 and 50 per cent and in some instances more. This degree of inbreeding is equiva lent to 1 to 3 generations of continu ous brother and sister matings. Experiment station data, together with reports from farmers, indicate that mating boars from good inbred lines to non-inbred sows results in about 100 pounds more weight per litter, when the pigs are six months old, than that of litters sired by non- : inbred boars of the same breeding ! as the sows. Develop Many Use* For Cheap Helium From a laboratory curiosity cost ing $2,000 a cubic foot before World War I, helium has become a regu lated, plentiful commodity costing about one cent a cubic foot to ex tract. Extraction is accomplished by cooling the natural gas to a point more than 300 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, where all constitutents have become liquid or solid except helium, which can then be drawn off and compressed. The weather bureau will continue to use millions of feet of helium an nually in probing the upper air. In creasing amounts will be used in welding and other metal-working processes where the inert gas serves as a blanket to exclude oxy gen and prevent undesired oxida tion. In the same way, it can aid in food preservation. Helium mixed with oxygen forms a synthetic air that doubles the en durance of deep-sea divers and cais son workers, and reduces the painful effect of returning to normal atmos pheric pressure. The same mixture is used by doctors to relieve asthma and other (ever* respiratory oooiS ttcw ! Para Machinery Farm machines of all types an becoming easier to handle through the more general use of hydraulic controls for lifting tools off the ground and adjusting the depth of penetraton. There an many new designs for equipment to be oper ated by one man. One la a field en silage harvester with attached wag on that enables a farmer to put his corn in the silo without help. An other is a field hay chopper which can cut and chop standing hay to be subsequently blown into a silo for the production of grass silage. Or it can be arranged to pick up, chop and load dry hay out of the wind rows at the rate of four to eight tons an hour. Later the hay may be blown into the barn for storage. And allied machine is an automatic pick-up hay bailer which enables one man to bale as much hay as the conventional three to four-man team. A new drier makes it possi ble to put hay into the mow some what greener than is customary. ~ Faulty Sight Children with muscle imbalances of the eyes tend to overcome the difficulty by suppressing the vis ual image of one eye, says the Bet ter Vision institute. When the mus cle imbalance is severe, as in squint or cross-eyes, the shortcoming is ap parent to parents. But frequently the existence of muscle imbalances in eyes of children is not readily evident. Children with eyes whose muscles tail to function properly tend to see in two directions. Be cause the brain cannot fuse into one the two divergent images formed on the retinas of the two eyes, the child at first sees a blurred double image, but with experience and practice tends to suppress the sensations from one eye. While this clears up vision after a fashion, the pen alty may be partial blindness in one eye because of disuse. There are millions of "one-eyed" men and women in the United States. FORGOTTEN TALENT "COVER GIRL" REDISCOVERS Good-looking girl who poeed for magazine covers rediscovers a forgot ten talent. Now she has & high rating as a song-writer in Tin Pan Alley. Read about this unusud) girl in the April 21sc issue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY fattens Favorite Magazine With The Baltimore Sunday American Order From Your Newsdealer SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GLEANER Your New Home Basic Decision In Homebuilding Is Selection of Proper Site By W. WADSWORTH WOOD HOME builders who invest in land without careful consideration of the location make a mistake that is impossible to remedy. In my opin ion the selection of trJrXVQ \ the site is the most tVJvJi \ important decision 1 the prospective .vIwAf 1 builder can make. \Al ITli- An<* y?t. unfor \\ I tunately, mistakes are constantly be ?PTf ing made by per >VUu[jjG sons acting hastily without proper in HBHi vestigation, failing to subject the property to an im partial, practical analysis. Unless a lending institution is con vinced that your site has the prop er attributes, it will hesitate to loan money for residential building on that property. Bad judgment in choosing a site is doubly unfor tunate, since there is an easy for mula for choosing a good location. These eight simple factors are pri marily involved: ? K 1. Physical Characteristics: Are there large trees to be cleared? Must you cope with the problem of major excavating and removing large rock depoeitsT Is the topaoil good? Is the land well drained? 2. Adequate Size: Beware of nar row plots; they result in lack of pri vacy and prevent addjpg to the size at your home at a later date. Start out wisely by providing ample front age to build the house you want, set back sufficiently far from the property boundaries 2. Neighborhood: is it zoned for residential purposes only? Is it pro tected by city ordinances from in fluences that can cause value de preciation such as rooming houses, stores or factories? Residential property values can decline sharp ly when certain types of commer cial establishments move in. 4. Development: The consistent development of a community is of primary importance; spotty build ing with many vacancies should of fer reason for questioning. Consid er carefully whether the houses are within a comparable price range, style and state of repair. w* / 5. Convenience: What Is the loca tion of the property? It it well situ ated as regards access to schools, stores, churches and means of transportation? 6. Utilities: Are water and sewer mains installed in the area? Ara gas and electric services closely available? Will it be possible to se cure telephone service without un due cost? Consider well the utili ties, for without them you may be obliged to improvise or to endure considerable inconvenience. T. Assessments: You will And in a mil-developed community that most property improvements of a public nature have already been I installed and paid for. If this has not already been done on your street, you may be liable for later assess ments for street lighting, paving, curbing, installation of storm sew ers, planting of shrubbery, etc. 8. General Appeal: It is impor tant to determine what sort of peo ple already live in the community. Are they the kind of neighbors you would like to have? Then consider the appearance of the district. Are you pleased with the landscaping, street arrangement and archi tectural style of the present homes? Remember the old saying: "You can re-design the house, but you can not change its location." This puts a great extra measure at import ance upon the eight principal points summarized above. It dramatizes the importance of making certain that the home site you have in mind measures up well to all of these as-, aentials. Rationing News SUGAR Sugar Stamp No. 39 became salid for five pounds of sugar January 1, expires Apu) 30. i Make ration applications by mail?save time and effort. I I i Housewives are advised by the Office of Price Admiristration to retain in their possession War Ration Book 4, now used only to' obtain sugar. Although the currently valid stamp 39 is the last stamp in War, I Ration Book 4, that is specifically labeled for purchases of sugar, spare stamps in that b-iok will be designated as sugar stamps from time to time. For this reason.1 War Ration Book i should be re tained even after Sugar Stamp 39 has been used, OPA empha sized. Behind Your Bonds Lies th? Might of America OHIO INDUSTRY Ohio, fourth in manufacturing among the states, leads the Nation for forgings, bolts and nuts, stamped and pressed metal products. It heads the list, too, for rubber tires, clay products and office machinery. The rubber industry dates back 75 years to Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich's activity there. The iron and steel industry dates back to primitive years and spurred the growth of big cities. Peace years will find these factories humming and putting more resources behind War Bonds. U.S.TrtajnrjDepmrtmgii Shoot While Prone in Testing Rifle Accuracy To test a rifle for accuracy, the shooting should be done from the prone position using the sandbag rest. Just put enough sand in an ordinary feed sack so that it will be solid against your wrist and the back of your hand when you are in the prone position. Never rest the rifle barrel across the sandbag, log or any solid object. When you are testing your rifle, you must aim carefully, hold your breath and squeeze the trigger. The only correct way to squeeze the trig ger is to increase the pressure on the trigger so smoothly and steadily that you do not know exactly when the rifle will fire. Shoot from three to five shots for a group; then move your rear sight in the direction you want the shots to hit. If the rear sight is fixed, adjust ment for sidewise errors can be made by moving the front sight. If the rifle is shooting to the right, move to the right The front sight or rear sight can be moved in its notch best by means of a hammer and a small piece of brass or copper rod, say about four inches long and at least one-fourth inch in diameter so as not to mar either sight or bar rel?the barrel itself to be support ed against a hard block of wood. Expanding Industry No longer Is even the so-called "deep south" a two-crop agricul tural area adjoining an industrial nation. Spurred by the fall in world prices for cotton and tobacco dur ing the depression of the 193ns. the region has increased the productive power of its people and thereby its income by developng its industrial plant. Factory payrolls in this area in 1940 were 12 per cent above the 1929 level while in the rest of the United States they were 7 per cent below the 1929 level. Income in ev ery southeastern state continued to increase during the rearmament and war years from 1940 through 1944 faster than in the other areas of the country. Tuberculosis today is unques ionably a greater public health; jid economic problem to thej jountry than all acute communi cable diseases com' itietl. 1 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified ax Administrate I of the estate of J. O. Garrett, deceased, late of Alamance County. North Caro- ] Una, this In to notify all pel sotta having claims against the estate of said tie ceased to exhibit them to the under signed at 79t Moraheai Bt. Burling ton. N. C., on or before ihe 10th day of March. J047, or t-la notice will be pleaded la bar of tbelr recovery. All persona Indebted to said estate will pleaas make Immediate payment This, he tth da J of Merch, 1946. J. B- GARRETT, Administrator. EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE Having qualified as Ezscuiriz of the estate of Kate Comptoo. deceased, late of Alamance County, North Caro lina. this U to notify ail persons hav ing claims against the suit estate to erhlblt them duly verified, to the un dersigned at 121 Parker street. Gra ham, N. C., on or before the Bth day of April, 1247, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persona indebted to eald estate will make prompt payment. This, the 2?th day March. 1946. | MISS FLORENCE FOWLER, Executrix of the estate of Kae | Compton. deceased. ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE Having qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Otho Fiau? HaTley. | this is to notify all persons having' claims sgainst said estate to present' the same duly verified to the under-1 signed before the 5th day of April, 1947, or this notice will be pleaded^ in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate ? ) please metre i* ? <- pay rent i This, the Is: day of April, 1946, EVELYN M HATLEY. Administratrix J. S. Cook, Aiiy. EXECUTORS' NOTICE Having qualified as Executor and Executrix of the estate of Jos, F. Crawford, notice is hereby given all persons having a claim against t'^e es tate of 3aid testator to p esent the 3anie duly verified before the tth day of April, 1947, or this will be pleaded in bar of the'r recovery. All persons indebted to said estata will please make immediate payment This, the 1st day of April, 1946. CLARENCE MANN, Executor MYRTLE MANN, Executrix. J. S. Cook, Atty. NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA. ALAMANPE COUNTY. rN THE GENERAL, COUNTY COURT Mrs. Estelle Brown . va - Haward Brown The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the General County Court of Alamance (bounty, North Carolina, for divorce;, anlfl the said defendant will further take notice that he is required to ap pear before the Clerk of the General County Court of Alamance County, at his office In Graham, North Carolina, before the 30th day of May, 1946, and answer or demur to the complaint In said action or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This, the 9th day of April, 1946. SARA MURRAY, Asst. Clerk of General County Court. .1. J. Henderson, V'y Notice of Sale! By virtue of a judgment made and entered in an action in the Superior Court of Alamance County, North Carolina entitled Alamaince County, Plaintiff vs. Lee Neally and wife, lone Neally, the undersigned Commissioner will, on SatiiPriuw Mqv 1th mil! at 11 o'clock, a. m., at the Courthouse door in Graham, North Carolina, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the prop erty described as follows: A tract of parcel of land in the Coun ty of Alamanfce, and in State of North Carolina, in Burlington Townahip, ad jolnBng the lands of Dock Nix. Eddie Evans, and John Crisp ahd others, and bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at an iron stake, a cor ner with Sylvester Murray, in Dock Nix line; thenfce North 83% deg. W. 50 feet to an iron stake, cornier with Eddie Evans; thence South 3K deg. E. 95 feet to an iron stake in Jonn Crisp line, thence South 83 deg, E. 50 feet to an iron) stake in Charlie Cook line, a corner with Sylvester Murray ; thence North 3% deg. W 95 feet to the begin ning, containing 4,750 square feet. The purchaser will be required to de posit teni per cent of his bid whem the same is knocked down to him. and the balance upoi. confirmation. This, the 29th day of March. 194?. * LOUIS C. ALLEN. Commissioner. NOTICE SI MMONS BY PUBLICATIO?1 NORTH CAROLINA. ALAMANCE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COUNTY COURT Aubrey Wlllela Robinson by her next friend. Maud. WiileU. plaintiff. I Lilian a. Roblnaon. Defendant. The defendant. Julian 8. Robinaon. Kill take notice that an action entitle! as above has been commenced In the 'ler.eral County Court of Alamance bounty. North Carolina, to annul the marriage between the ettld Aubrey Wli lets Robinson and Julian S. Roblnson tnd the: aid defendant will further .ake notice that he Is leuoired* to ap pear at the Office of tin. Clerk of the General County Couit in the Court house ir Graham, North Carolina, within twenty daye after Ihe 25th day of April, 1546, and answer or demur to the complaint in the sold action, o the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In raid complaint. This, the 25th day of March. 1946. SARA MURRY Ass't Clerk of the General County Court of Alamance County Barnle P. Jones, Atty, NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLIC ATION NORTH CAROLINA >. ALAMANCE COUNTY ' IN THE SUPERIOR COURT ' Lewis Scots, Plaintiff ^ - VB - Georgia Watscn Soots, Deiendant. The above named defendant, Georgia; Watscm Soots, will tak j no'ice that an action entitled as abov; has been com menced >n the Superior court of Ala mance County. North Carolina, by the plaintiff to secure an absolute divorce from the dexendant upon statutory grounds; anc the defendant will furth er take notice that she is required to appear at "the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County, North Carolina in the Courthouse in Graham, North Carolina within twen ty days after the 25th day of April, 1946, a*id answer or de?nt.<* to the complaint in caid action or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the reltef demanded In said coinpia'nt. j This, the 27th day of March, 194?. SARA MURRY Asst. Clerk Superior Court A. M. Carroll, Atty. NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA. ALAMANCE COUNT! IN THE SUPERIOR vX>UR'i Mrs. M. TV. McPherson and R. L. Bunch, as Executors of Miss Susie F. Stafford, Deceased, et a Is, Plaintiff? - v? - Edward J. Bunch and. wife, Anne Bunch. Melvin C. Stafford; Thomas Thompson and wife, Mrs. Thoma3 Thompson, et als, . Defendants. The defendants. Melvin C .Stafford. Thomas Thompson and wife, Mrs. Thomas Thompson, will take notice that an action entitled as above 'has been commenced against them in the Superior Court of Alamance County, Nodth Carolina, and tl at the purpose of said action is to secure (< ccfnstifuQ tion and interpretation of the will of the late Miss Susie F> Staiford, and t? secure a judgment of the Court direct ing the Executors off the said will tof sell a portion of the real estate be longing to the said estate and direct ing the Executors in making disburse ment of the funds derwod from said sale and other funds belonging to the estate, the said defendants, being heirs at law and having some interest in the said estate and bein,? necessary and proper parties. v The said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear at the Office oi the Clerk of the Su perior Court for Alamance Coun.y;, North Carolina, and 7-r?w<T or demur to the complaint in sai-1 anion, on the 19th day of April, 194S, or the plain tiffs will apply to the Covri for the re lief demanded in said complaint. This, the 22nd day tf M *rch, 1946. P. L. WILLIAMSON Clerk of the Superior Court. i>ouis C. Allen. Atty. NOTICE SERVICE' BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA ALAMANCE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COUNTY COURT E. D. Badd, Jl., Plaintiff, ? VN Louise Wooten Budd, Defendant. The defendant, Louise Wooten Budd will take notice that an a-lion entitled as above has been commenced in the {General County Court of Alamance ! County, North Carolina, for an abso i lute divorce on the urouuds of two I iyears separation; and the said defen ! dant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the Office of ! the Clerk of the General County Court in the Courthouse in Graham, North Carolina, within twenty days after the 19th day of April, 1946, end answer or . demur to the complaint in the said ac tion. or the plaintiff will rpply to the Court for the relief demanded in sfiid complaint. This, the 21st day *.( klcrch, 1946. SARA MURRAY , Ajrt. Clark General County Court Eocene A. Gordon, Atty.
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