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PAGE EIGHT Governor Gardner has shown his magnanimity twice. Fir?t, he proved himself great minded enough to dis- • regard the anticipated charge of family favoritism. He flatly de-1 dares that he should have appoint ed Clyde Hoey senator if he had consented to accept the appoint ment. A little man would be afraid to appoint a kinsman to such a position, however worthy that kins-, man might be, simply because of the anticipated charge of favor tism. A judge when once twitted by a friend as to whether he would be big enough to punish him if con victed in his court, replied that he would be bigger than that—-that he would see that he was acquitted if he were being unjust'y prose cuted. Thus by the expressed will ingness to appoint Hoey, Governor Gardner showed himself big enough to do justice to a friend. Next, by the appointment of Morrison, he showed himself big enough to over look all former political rivalries and even possible personal grudges of the past. Truly, there is no truer proof of magnanimity than ability to do a friend justice in the face of inevitable criticism and to do a rival justice despite all former bitterness of spirit toward him. By both these tests Governor Gardner has stamped himself as a real man. 3> Os all the reasons for banks break ing the confessed practice of the late cashier of the Bank of Efland is the silliest. When the rest of the officials would turn down a loan, he was so good-hearted that he would loan to the fellows putting up distressing stories without even a note to show for it. He has gone to the penitentiary, but there has been no crowding of those friends for whom he did such dangerous favors to the front to offer to share his penalties. A banker must be not only honest but somewhat hard-boiled. If Cashier Riley could cover up for years the loss of $40,000 in one of the very smallest banks of the state, despite the frequent visits of the bank examiners, it is very evident that t’ at gentry sda useless appendage to the government of the state and that an poeration for ap pendicitis is needed. $ A letter from the Appalachian State Teachers’ col ege presents a theory of Prof. Down urn’s upon the matter of graviataticn. Very timely, \ since Einstein is over here, and it will be a fine time to let the world know that a Tarheel is his rival for honors in that field. Prof. Dow num explains gravity on the ground "that the earth and all other planets "when thrown off into space and set a-rolling were converted into magnets through the agency of sta tic electricity, and that every parti cle of each is magnetized and therefore, a la Newton’s law, every particle attracts every other parti cle. Easy, isn’t it? Unfortunatdv, | however, all the planets att"act each other, though it is known that simi lar objects magnetized, or objects similarly magnetized, repel instead of attract, not to consider the mat ter of poles and their contrary pulls. No; gravity is not so easily ex plained as that, though we doubt if Mr. Einstein ha? much more satis factorily it. to the dozen who profess to have the abi ity to understand h's reasoning. <♦; There seems something a little ' fishy about the confession of the Russian engineers, who apparently with the greatest freedom confess j their betrayal ; of the trust imposed in them by the soviet government. ' They implicate high officials of France and England in the a leged attempt to discredit and, thereby, overthrow the soviet regime. How- 1 ever, if the government goes ahead and executes the eight self-confessed traitors, it will be evidence of the genuineness of the charges and con- 1 sessions, unless one can conceive of such devotion on the part of the engineers to the soviet an thus to make martyrs of themselves for! the glorification of the regime. It is very evident that the confessed practice of “building wdiat they! ought not where it ought not to fce” was calculated to wreck the celebrated five-year planwhere , by the Russians are peeking to their country with every modern appliance needed to enable the population to ‘ produce all that it needs of agricu’tural and industrial products possible of production in their vast area. If those men are guilty they deserve the worst coming, to them, and if representatives of capitalist governments are guilty of cooperating with them, for the discrediting and disruption -of the five-year plan, they thereby furnish the greatest proof that they fear the ; Russian experiment w\ll prove a success, and also that they are unwilling to see people prosper at the expense of privilege. The trial is one of the most curious the world has ever seen. Even the self-con fessed traitors seemied to take plea sure in broadcast ng to the nation the confession of their abasement and repentance. i i V— GOVERNMENT IN SOCIAL | LIFE (From The Hamlet News-Messenger) The subject of government interference with business has been a live topic fpr a num ber of years. There is no un just interference with business 'when if government can help business. It is only when the entrance of government in business affairs hurts business or hurts government "that it is bad. But there is growing another kind of business in which the government is tak ing some interest, and that is the business of the people's social and recreative' life. We do not assert-.that the government should not assist the people in creating more parks and playgrounds/ more health centers, more social group contracts. For so long as government can point the way to a larger and more J abundant life, that long will government be beneficial. Government i s coming t o mean more than the fact of “governing" people- And there are a few examples of this entry of governipeot Into social life. The great world war (if, indeed, any war can be called great) brought the nation to a relization that contentment and happiness created a favor able state of mind among the people behind the men behind the guns. The great war or ganizations were formed out of existing civic and civil or ganizations, and we saw them functioning among “the boys at the front and among the peo ple at home. The idea never ■ quite lost its force. Out of social and welfare work in the war has come almost a national recognition of the value of play and wholeseome entertainment. Only a few days ago, in a statement pre pared by the physical educa tion committee, for the com ing White House conference on child health, Henry Beck enridge urged a program of play “to enable young people to meet life’s problems with clear vision and strong pur , pose." You can now get from Washington almost anything you want in the way of in formation and material de signed to assist in making life happier. You can get books that tell you what the forests are good for and how to en joy them. Advice on how to have a party at the country school house, how to make a turnip grow or how to hit a baseball over the fence for a home run. * The government certainly is trying to do its best to help us along. So long as it is mere direction of effort it will be good for us. If it ever partakes of compulsion it will be bad for us and likewise bad for government. Any kind of government can go so far and no further in patronizing movements. And may it al ways keep within, proper bounds. ! — <s> UNCLE SAM HAS A HEART (From The Hamlet News-Messenger) j How hard-boiled govern ment officials and departments can be softened in spirit is illustrated by the following ,true story. Recently plans ,were laid for the erection of a new federal building—a post office. The local postmaster noticed that the blue print cov ered the space occupied by a large oak tree, and immediate ly wrote to Washington, D. C., appealing for the sparing of j the life of the tree. An answer came back from the treasury department stating that the (plans would be revised to save {the oak by placing the build ing a few feet away from the spot originally planned. | A few years ago we would have laughed* at such a movfc, for the reason that we were not “sold" on the idea of sav ing. 'a tree. But now,'W,e ap •plaud the action because we have learned that trees bear .‘a direct relation to the -wel fare of everybody. Trees are so necessary to civilization, and have so many uses, that ‘it may fce said that the saving of a tree is the saving of a j life. It is at least the con servation of forces and uses fV, at oro to make life;; more abundant. imr ** * THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO. N. C. PREPAREDNESS AND PEACE (From The Hamlet News-Messenger) Whether adequate prepara tion for defense of a nation will be received and translated by potentially unfriendly pow ers as a challenge to conflict, or whether such preparedness is an antidote for war, has never been fully determined- It is certain that aggressive movements toward the build ing up of great armies and navies is not the most con ducive to friendly relations. Judging from the active inter est taken during the past few years in disarmament confer ences, none of the great na tions wants to court disaster by thus placing a chip on its shoulder. Instead, each has spoken officially for peace and lasting peace. To this end the world now enjoys the tran quility of peace among the larger nations. In turn, these larger powers have worked ef fectively* to settle international disputes among the Ismaller countries. It might be said that comparative peace now exists, notwithstanding the smaller countries. It might be said that comparative peace now exists, notwithstanding the civil war in China and the revolution in Brazil. One thing is sure, America is at peace. America will re main at peace so long as the militaristic idea does not get the upper hand of the civil and social forces of the na tion. We should look upon ev ery proposal for the increase of national armaments with suspicion. Yet there may be sound reasons at times for an increase. We who are not en gaged in the study of this question may not be very good judges of just what is needed. However, it is always safe to first investigate the need of a larger army or - navy before deciding that such is needed. Nine times out of ten “war scares" are the cause behind such movements, and behind the movements are propa gandists who make money out of arms and ammunition. There is, of course, another side to this question. Until peace on earth and good will toward men becomes a fact and not a theory, there is going to be dispute, and dis pute will arise from misunder standing, and misunderstand ing will cause the breach of relations, and war will follow. When we consider that both our standing army and our national guard forces are re spectively under 200,000 men, it can be realized how possi bly inadequate such armed strength would be in case of unforseen difficulty. The Unit ed States certainly can not be called a militaristic nation. Its citizens do not want war, they do not think war, and they are determined not to have war if it can be avoided- On the whole this is true. But there are a few jingoists that will have to be watched. It is the busiiieSs of the 'citizen who wants continued peace to help do the watching. A DIFFERENCE (From The ‘Hamlet News-Messenger) Three hundred alleged com munists were battled by the police in Boston when they waded in front of the head quarters of the national con vention of the American Fed eration of Labor. This incident strongly suggests the great difference between radicalism of the political type, and or ganized effort for economic betterment. The labor conven tion, which represented proba bly the most conservative gath ering ~in the history of or ganized labor, was Peeking economic and social advance ment through existing methods and under an existing form of government. The communist group, on the other hand, was seeking and always is seeking its end by the overturning of :he present political system and instituting instead a dif ferent form of government. In comparing various types and classes of organized forces, it is well r to make this great distinction; else one is likely to unjustly classify the inno cent. In the 15th Century, Mother shipton predicted that “car riages without horses will do," but she did not. predict'* that sometimes men without brains would drive them.. • * ~ ■ r •' ( As the, home gets smaller the garage gets larger. Interesting News from Over State The Advisory Budget Comission, composed of Governor Gardner as chairman and of the fi nance and appropriations committees of the House and Senate and two other citizens, is going over this; week the requests of the State s J departments, institutions and agen cies for maintenance and per manent improvement for the next two years, which, after being pared and out, will be presented to the 1931 General Assemblv in January. The requests total approximately $73,000,000 for the next two years, which includes highway funds of $17,563 365 for maintenance and $5,896,122 for road construction, and $544,157 for 1931-32 and $546,- 582 for 1932-33 for the Department, of Agriculture, both of which funds come from special taxes raised by these departments. The other institutions, , agencies and departments are asking for $43,976,522 for maintenance for the two years, or about $21,000,000 for the first and about $22,000,000 for the second year of the biennium, while the requests for bonds for ermanent improvements for the two year period total $4,201,769, which does not include requests that may be made for State’s Prison. Four years ago $400,000 was appropriated for additional farm acerage for the prison and has not been used. This sum may be utilized in reorganizing the prison on the basis of recom mendations to be made by Governor Gardner’s special committee, which may suggest abandoning Central pri son here. The State agencies were appro priated $19,333,825 for 1929-30 and spent $17,909,315, due to Governor Gardner’s cut in appropriations, and the amount appropriated for the present year, $19,384,617, will be; cut sti 1 more. The institutions asked for more than $11,000,000 for per manent improvements two years ago, but were granted only $1,970,000. Os the 32 counties which had Republican administrations during the past two years, between 20 and 25 are now manned by Democrats, leaving less than a dozen with all or a predominating part of the county administrations in the hands of Republicans, as a result of the chnges made Monday, following the election last month. While only six of the 100 counties have Republican representatives in the General As sembly next time, some of the counties which elected Democratic representatives, elected some or a 1 of their county officers from among the Republicans. Fewer counties are now in charge of Republicans than at any previous time in the history of the State. Gordon Watkins, Wake county chain gang official, was found guilty of assault and sentenced to jail for a term of six months by Judge H. Hoyle Sink in connec tion with the death of Willie Bel lamy, neg’O convict, in Wake’s much heralded “sweat box” case. Bellamy died while sti I uncon scious after 'being placed in a “sweat box” on a ’hot day last summer. Watkins gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court. Vance Mangum, truck driver, and J Swannie Council, guard, were found not guilty toy the jury in the same case. Make Your CHRISTMAS SHOPPING a Pleasure. ' Make Your List Early and Visit THE GIFT SHOP SANFORD, N. C. Next Door to Lee Drug Company Popular Prices NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE ■ Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust, dated February Ist, 1926, and executed to the under . signed trustee by Simon Alston and Angeline Alston, his wife, which appears on record in the Registry of Chatham County in Book GL. of Deeds, at Page 347-8 default hav ing been made in the payment of the indebtedness therein ' secured, and upon the'breach of the trust there in created by said Simon Alston and Angeline Alston, and demand having been made upon the under signed for this foroclosute, the .un dersigned trustee will offer for sale, to the highest bidder for ca«h, on Saturday, the lOth day of January, 1931,': at twe’ve o’clock, moon, in front of the court house door in Pitts boro, N. C., all the property con veyed in the said deed of trust and which is described as follows: The same being lot No. 1, in the division of the lands of the late M. A: Ihrie, Bounded as follows: BEGINNING at a h.icko v *v stump and pointers in IDeGraffenreit’s line, f DeGraffr nreidt’s thence north 2° east, DeGraf fenredit’s line 192 moles to a stake and point ers, Adolphus Taylor’s corner; thence south .87° east 67 poles to a stope pile and pointers; thence south 2° west 192 poles tp a stone pi e and pointers in Griffin’s line; thence north 87° west with •said line to the beginning, estimated to contain 80 acres, more or less. Reference j is made ;to conveyance of- Peter * Ih«v s e, registered in the office of the Register of -Deeds sos Chatham County, Book EB, Page 439. Save and expect ffom/the opera tions .of this cofivCyance "forty acres deeded by Simon - Alston • and wife to Adolphus Taylor, described as follows: * BEGINNING at A. J. Taylor’s corner, in Mrs. DeGraf fenred it's line; thence south with said line 96 poles to stone, white oak pointers; thence south 87%° east 67 poles to a small cedar and pointers in Harry line; thence north 2° east with said line 95 po es to a stone pile and pointers, Susie Tay jlor’s line, ‘Harry Ehirie’s corner; ! thence west with isaid Taylor and A. J. “ Taylor’s line to the begin ning, containing 40 acres, more or less. Reference deed from Simon Als ton and wife to Adolphus Taylor, registered lin the office of the ( Register .of Deeds for Chatham . county in Book EB, Page 441. This property is sold subject to a prior mortgage favor Federal Land Bank of Columbia. This the 9th day of December, ! ’1930. W. W. LANGLEY, Admin istrator of A. C. RAY, Trustee. Siilcir & Barber, Attorneys. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qua lified as administra tor of the estate of J. G. Daniel, late j Chatham county, I hereby warn all j perorns holding claims against the j estate to 'present them duly proven •on or before Dec. 18, 1931, or this | notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons owing the estate will please make early settlement. This the 12th, day of December, 1930. VANCE DANIEL, Administrator. Chapel Hill, N. C. Rt. 1 ' dec 18, 6t. pd j EXECUTOR'S NOTICE j Having qualified as executrix of the last will and testament of the j I late James L. Griffin, of Chat- 1 jham County, I hereby warn all per- j I sons holding claims against the - estate to persent them duly prov en on or before the Bth day of December 1931 or this notice will . be pleaded in bar of their recov- j ery. AF persons owing the estate ! will please make early payment. | This the Bth day of December 1930. Mrs. Hettie Griffin, Executrix. NOTICE ! ♦ I Re-Sale of Real Estate Under Deed of Trust Under and by virtue of a cer tain deed of trust executed and de- j livered by G. M. Brooks and wife, Vallie Brooks to Alamance Insurance & Real Estate Company, as Trustee, dated the Ist day of August 1924, and duly recorded in the office of Register of Deeds for Chatham County in Books of Deeds of Trust No. G. H., at page 463-4-5, default having been made in the payment at maturity of the bonds and inter est thereby secured and the holders of said bonds having demanded sale of the property hereinafter. and in said Deed lof Trust described; and under and by virtue of an order of Hon. Johnson J. Hayes, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Middle District for North Carolina, in the cause entitled Mrs. Jessie P. Roberts, com plainant, against Alamance Insur i anee and Real Estate Company et al, defendants, which order has been duly entered by the Clerk of the said District Court at Greens boro, N. C., and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County in book of deeds GALVANIZED ROOFING WE GUARANTEE “AJAX BRAND” Super Coated Galvanized Roofing 1. To carry an average uniform coating of lIAl l A once pure zinc per square foot. 2. That every sheet will be 100 per cent perfect. 3. That every AJAX BRAND roof will give last ing service. Price $4.25 per square. Leakproof Nails, 1 pound to Square FREE, j See that you get the Sharp 5-V Crimp Roofing. Barb Wire $3.50 per 80 rod spool Heavy Cattle See Us for : Lime, Cement, and all Building Materials. GOLDSTON HDWE. CO. Phone 371 ~ Goldston, N. C. *. •>. - V i .. • . g, I * K lmDßEffs Wagons*! Guaranteed to Carry 500 Pounds. H Have Solid Rubber Tires $ Something that will make your boy happy || and that will often come in as a great help|| about the home. | USUALLY SELL FOR $5.00 | QUR PRICE TILL CHRISTMAS I ' $3.69 | Beat it if you can. ' ’ j| | C. E. DURHAM I BYNUM, THURSDAY, DECEMBER No. 94, at page 393; and by virtue of the w S Carolina; and subject to Nor th ditions hereinafter stated «T e c °n* signed John M. Coble Und «r. Alamance Insurance & Real f ° r Company (and National R ea , Est *te Company), will on ea E *tate Monday, December 29th at 12;00 O’clock n’ 1930 ’ offer for sale at public ami the highest bidder for casW 11 to Court-House dootr of p, a t the County, at Pittsboro, N r han * fol owing described real estate the wit: i Le > to i Tw <> certain tracts or n land, bounded as follows-- C6:s °* FIRST TRACT: In Hbv*,. , Township, Chatham County of North Carolina. j tends of W. H. Jones*, Ge » ‘ « tCook and L. A. Brooks- L ; KING at a gum. G. W ner and running N. with L a Brooks line 81 poles to a post'J/ thence N. 72 poles to a J' themce S. 40-: poles to the La Brooks spring branch; thence L*; the various courses of said brsZJ j to an elm on the N. Bank the head | of a email cleared bottom on the v Side of said, branch; thence north ward a straight line to a wabi oak or a willow oak on the S bank of Vardnel’s Creek Southeast of the Tox Mill House; thence dov n the various courses of Vardneh’ to two hack-berries on the S Bant of said Creek, W. H. Jones copier thence S. 5° E. 6 rods to a stom’ thence S. 88V 2 ° E. 294 pole? tn the BEGINNING, containing One (Hundred and Twenty (120) acres ■ more or less. SECOND TRACT: In Hickory Mt j Township, Chatham County ‘ a n( j State of North Carolina, adjoining j the lands of W. D. Teague, L. A i Brooks, M. H. Dark and other? | BEGINNING at M. N. Dark’s sec- I ond corner a post oak and running W. 72 poles to a stone, Dark’s other corner; thence S. 40 poles to a stone formerly an ash on the N. (Bank of the Spiting branch; thence ' down said branch its various courses 1103 poles to a stone formerly an em; thence N. W. 63 V 5 j poles toa water oak on the S. hank 'of Varmell’s Creek; thence up said [Creek with its various courses 41% | po’es to Teague’s line; thence E. ! 150 poles to a Black Jack in L. A. i Brooks line; thence S. with L. A. Brooks line 30 poles to the BE ! GINNING containing 60 acres, be the same more or less, i Increased bids may be placed, as provided by law, only within ten days from date of sale. If, within twenty 'days from date of sale, the successful bidder shows to the Receiver that there are liens super ior to said deed of trust under which this sale is made (exclusive of taxes and special assessments) other than as stated below, he wi 1 not be re quired to complete the purchase, and all money’s paid will be refunded. The Receiver is informed, but does not represent or guarantee, that said deed of trust is a first lien. Bonds secured by this deed of trust bear Serial No. 2466. This is a fourth re-sale. Bidding will begin at $1785.00. This the 13th day of December, 1930. . ■ JOHN M. COBLE, Receiver of Alamance Insurance & Real Estate Company. W. S. Coulter, E. S. W. Dameron, John S. Thomas, Attorneys.
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