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Knteredatthe Postoffloe at Graham.
N. 0., as second clues matter.
GRAHAM, N. - C., June 17 1915.
Had Mr. Bryan resigned his posi
tion as Secretary of State, as we
staled last week,. and kept his
\iews to himself until all differ
ences and contentions were set
tled between Germany and the
United States, there would haVe
little ground for criticism of his
course. But he goes on talking. In
truth he has already made several
final statements. He is still giving
voice to his opinions. He appears
to be endeavoring to set himself
right—he needs *to set himself
right, for his course has been very
embarrassing to the President, no
doubt.
• In complete contrast to Mr. Bry
an's course, it will be observed that
both ex-Presidents, Taft ana
Roosevelt have approved the Pres
ident's course.
The comment of the Berlin papers
on the, American note shows a gen
eral disposition to recognitfe the
friendly tone of the note, afld the
fact that it makes further nego
tiations possible, the .press is di
vided, roughly,, into two. psrties,
one disposed to enter into nego
tiations looking to a compromise
on a new basis, while the other,,
by implication or expressly, rejects
any departure from the course
heretofore followed.
Some feared that Mr. Bryan s res
ignation would cause a split in
the Democratic ranks, but on the
contrary, the party seems to have
been more firmly cemented and no
prospect of a disruption is appa
rent.
Gon. J. S. Carr has published a
card announcing that he will not
l>e n candidate for Governor. He
has lots of friends throughout the
State who will regret to hear it, for
many of them wanted to vote for
him.
Several weeks probacy will be
allowed to pass before the United
.Stales takes any further steps in tlie
development of its policy towsrd
Mexico as announcod by President
Wilson in his rocentslstemout warn
ing the factional loaders to "accora
modate their differences" and restors
peace. In the meantime replies from
Vills snd Csrranzs will be awaited.
Villa, it is reported, lias agreed to
retire from Mexico if Carranza will
■ajne. jjrhinh is not provable,
About 14,000 street car employes
in Chicsgo are on strike and no street
cam wore operated Monday.
An automobile line has been es
tsblished between lttleigh snd Dur
hsm. Car each way every two
hours.
The State Pharmaceutical Associs
tion met in session in Durhsm Tues
day and closes today. Mr. Geo, 0.
Goodman of Mooresrills is president.
Gen. J. S. Carr, whoee name has
bsen frequently mentioned in con
nection with the Democratic nomina
tion for Governor, announces that he
is not snd will not be a candidate.
- G. L. Kidd, sn insurance man of
Greensboro, snd Milton Silver, s
High Point clothing merchant, dis
puted about the Frank case snd
fought.
State Senator F. P. Hobgood, Jr.,
has been sppointed a special attor
ney of the Department of Juetice at
a salary of 17,600 a year. Be will be
located st Cheyenne, Wyo. Mr.
iiobgood lives at Qrtensboro.
Henry Lemmone, 20 years old,
committed suicide st his home iu
Concord Saturday by drinking car
bolic acid. Domestic trouble. Bis
wife had sworn tat s warrant for
him for abandonment but ths rasgis
trste discharged him.
Mies Elisabeth daughter
of Mrs. Sudie Avery McUee of Char
lotte, and granddaughter of the late
Judge Avery of Morgan ton, and Mr.
C. M. Way nick, ciW editor of the
Greensboro Recordiwill be married
in Charlotte Saturday, 19th.
The United SSlfes Supreme Court,
passing on the oonetitution
ality of the Webb-Kenyon law, hss
affirmed the decision of the Kentucky
court that the law is not applicable
to cases from that State, where liquor
wa shipped into "dry territory' for
personal use.
Bail, wind aad rain badly dam
aged crops in Cleveland county,
north and northwest oi Shelby.
Some farmers will plow up what re
mains of their ootton and plant corn.
Other crops and orchards were badly
damaged and then waa some damage
There is talk of an aviation corps
for the State troops and Adjutant
General Young says if a machine can
be secured, which is improbable, it
will bo used at ftprtirppniffit thi«
Washington News.
Cot. of The Gleaner. .
BRYAN THE TRAITOR.
If Mr. Bryan think* that In re
signing his post aa Secretary of
State and "taking the, stump", in
opposition to President Wilson s
statesmanlike foreign policy, that
he will find a willing audience in
the American people, he ,wlll be
badly mistaken.
The people of this country have
always had the utmost contempt
fOr ap peace at any price Mnan.
That is what William Jennings
Bryan ia. The American people are
through with this cotloasal faker
and coward once and for all.
If Mr. Bryan conscientiously dif
fered from President Wilson who
had the other nine members of his
cabinet solidly at his back together,
with the ninety-five million Ameri
can people, he should have remain
ed silent and followed, the instruc
tions of hid chief. That wA the
manly thing to do. This is no time
quibble over (natters of foreigh
policy, when the country Is unani
mous in the support of Its Great
President of Whom it is particu
larly proud and delights to honor.
What Bryan wsints, is for Ger
many to go on with her assassina
tions of American people while he
keens up the diplomatic argument
until the war is over. In other
words, Bryan wants to arbitrate
with a murderer, while he Is
plunging the dagger in his vitals.
Germany has the right to sink an
enemy Merchant ship, but she has
no right to sink It, until he enter*
that ship, takes off the valuable
papers, and gives the paassengers
and crew time to disembark in the
life boats. Germany did not do
this in sinking the Lusitania, and
she there.ore violates the laws of
ehlllzed nations, laws to which she
has consented, and therefore Ger
many stands to-day as a lawless
and barbarous nation., wd Mr. Bry
an proposes to at|iiiesce in these
barbarities und make the United
States Government the laughing
stock o' the world. The kingdom
o' ancient Poland believed In peace
at any price, and when Rtiscia, Aus
tria and Prussia proposed to carve
it up and divide it among them
selves in 1773 there was nothing
left for poor Poland to do but sub
mit. That is evidently the kind of
country Mr. Bryan thinks he is liv
ing in. He is mistaken; he is liv
ing in the country of Washington,
Patrick Henry, Jefferson, Lincoln,
and Jackson, byt we regret to say
he is an disgrace to it.
Washington, June YVJ.M9.
At Kinston a tobacco warehouse
is being rigged up that will have
5 000 .eet of floor spare s id to be
the largest in the State.
The eighth annual Joint Sunday
School Normal of the Tennessee
Lutheran church will be' held at
Lenoir College, Hickory, July 12-18.
A colored nurse to work among
the colored people of Durham haa
been provided Jointly by the com
missioners of Durham and Durham
countv.
Beecher Williams, 13 years old,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Williams
of Yadkin county was drowned in
a mill pond, Sunday'a week, live
miles north of Yadkinville. lie
and others were in swimming.
A white man in Greensboro gave
a negro money to buy him some
liouor. Instead of returning with
whiskey the negro brought water
which he sold to him. When the
white man found that he had been
duped he Indicted the negro for
false pretence and he wasVonvict
ed.
Haw's This t
We off«r One Hundred Dollars (toward for
•njr MM of Catarrh that oanaot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure,
P. J, CHKttIY * CO., Toledo, O.
jr*. th« aoOeraiKoed. bare known Y. i.
Cheney Mf tae law u mn. sour njiniiw
perfectly honorable in all buatoeee transac
tion! and AaaaetaUr able to carry oat any
obllcatloni maae by bin arm.
Natio al bars or Cos nana*,
11*.11 Ostarrh Cure Is taken Internally!
acting directly upon tht blood and tnuooua
•urfaoM of tha system. TeeUwonlels Mat
t roe. Price 71 cents per bottle. Sold by ail
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
adv
Item of Newt.
St, Augustine, Fla, has adopted
the commission form of government
Dr. Lee Whitfield Staton, a wide
ly known physician of Richmond,
Vs., was driving along the streets
when a wheel of hie carriage came
off. - Dr. Staton was thrown on his
head and almost instantly killed.
Missee Alice Wrigley and Mary
l'earaon, prominent young women or
Macon, us., were killed Monday s
week when sn sutomobile driven by
Miss Pearson was struck by s Cen
tral of Georgia Railroad passsnger
train st a grade crossing 10 mflee
weit of Macon.
The old sloop of wsr Portamouth,
which took possession of San Fran
cisco Bsy for the United States in
1840, destroyed the Chinese fortifica
tions at Csnton in 1860 and later
fought with Admiral Faragut, was
sola Mondsy a week for 18,063 to
John HL Gregory of Perth Amboy,
N. J,
The National American Woman
Suffrage Association Conference at
Chicago went on record as opposed
to attacks by the Congreesional Un
ion on the Democratic party. A
resolution sdopted unanimously also
dec Is red thst the Congreesional Un
ion had failed of benefit in suffrage
Slates snd worked harm in States
where women still wen seeking the
bsllot.
The will of the Isle £lbert Hub
bard and wife, who lost their lives
on the Lusitania, haa bsen filed for
probate. Alt their .property is left
to Elbert Habbard, their son, and
Miriam Hnbbard, a daughter. Chll*
dren by Hnbbard's first marrisn
are not mentioned in tbewill. He
had insurance policies amounting to
more than SIOO,OOO and oonaidsrabls
real wtilii
A WORD FOR MOTHERS
iaSSSSKSSKE
sms and often shortens life,
dtpsmfr. yosshoSdknSrlLt ftaetrs
strengths the tlmci, nourish the nerves
I aad boild strength.
County Commissioners' Proceedings.
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in regular session oh
Jnne 7th, with the following mem
bers present: Geo. T. Williamson,
chairmen, W. H. Turrentine, Ches.
H. Roney, Ches. P. Cstes and M. C.
Mcßiive. '.
Business was transacted as fol
lows#
Mrs. J. J. Foster was relieved of
tax on slßo—overcharge on lot in
Burlington township.
W. M. Matthews was relieved oi,
one dor tax—erroneously listed.
Mr. Bean was relieved of one
poll tax of $2.00 and Ghraded School
tax In Glennhope District—errone •
ously listed
In the mstter Of the petition for
s road across the Isnds of W. A.
Kime, et sj, action was deferred
until next meeting.
®YLVAN DIBXRICT ELECTION.
WhereJf the Board ordered a
special election to be held In cer
rltory, known as Sylvan District,
on the inh of May, 1915, to
vote upon /tjft question of levying
a special tax In said territory for
Hign School purposes, and, where
as, the returns from said election
show that there were 101 legal reg
istered voters, and that 71 votea
were cast for Special Tax and 20
votes were cast -sgainst Special
Tax, and 13 qualified voters not
voting, making a majority of 38
votes for Bpeclal Tax, therefore, It
is ordered that said election be an'i
Is hereby declared carried in favor
of Special Tax. Motion put and
carried.
RAILWAY BOND ELECTIONS.
Whereas, at" a regular meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners
of Alamance county, held in Gra
ham, North Carolina, held on the
7th day of June, 1915, to canvass
the returns and tjeclare the re
sult of the election heretofore or
dered to be held on the Ist day
of June, 1915, in the following
townships in Alamance county, N.
upon the question of subcrib
ing to the preferred eapltsl Stock
of the Alamance, Durham & Or
ange Railway ft Electric Co.„ under
the laws of North Carolina as con
tained in Act of the General As
sembly known as House BiH
No. 1274 and Senate Bill No. 1387,
which said bill is the Charter for
the said Railway & Electric Com
pany, the following is declared to
be the result of th eclection in the
following townships:
Morton township—slo,ooo prefer
red stock.
Number of registered voters, 180.
Number voting for subscription, 87
Nnmber voting against Sub. .. 31
Number not voting ■ 62.
Majority against subscription, 6
Faucette township SIO,OO pre/er
red stock.
Number of registered voters, 147.
Number voting for subscription, 66.
Number voting against sub. ... 14
Number not voting 87
Msjority against sub 15
Bud Hsith, Boon Motion town
ship was relieved pf 'Toad dutv in
said township on account of disa
bilities.
The petition asking for a public
road from W. A. Smith's to the Jas
Home place was filed to be hearu
to the next meeting.
The matter of cartway across the
lands of Mrs, Pattie O. V. White
was laid over for further consider
ation.
BRICK IN OLD JAIL DONATED.
That whereaa, we have been so
licited by the hospltsl committee,
soliciting donations, to s fund to
aid in the (erection of a $30,000
hoipltsl to be erected in Alamance
county, between the towns of Bur
lington and Graham, that we here
by donate to said .hospital fund the
brick of the Old Alamance county
tail building as a free donation
to said hospital committee, said do
nation to be valued st $300.00.
Motion put snd carried.
. P. M. Elder and other cititrns
Were" snowed utrtiu
slong the rosd from Burlington to
Alamance Cotton Mills, with the
understsnding that the petitioners
pay all damages snd place the'
poles outside the rovi orditches.
Mrs. Sallle Perry was relieved of
tax on 133 acres o, Und l.i New -
Hn townahlp, valued at $250. for
I*l2 and 1913, same listed twice.
■O. Ab. Fogleman and W. H.
Turrentine were appointed a com
mittee to Investigate the proposed
cartway oysr the Qands of Mrs.
Pattie O. vT White, near J. F. Gar
rison's snd report st next meeting.
iClndy Terrell was admitted to the
County Home.
JAIL BILbING COUMMITEE
REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Alamance coun
ty:
Your committee ordered to buid
s Jail for Alamance county, beg to
report that they hsve completed
ssld Jail, according to plans and
specifications furnished by your
Honorable Board, eonalstlng of one
5-room dwelling with basement ami
two story Jail building with one
bath room cell, one cell tor white
women, one cell for colored women
snd hospital cell In one room, two
Insans cells snd two Juvenile cells,
both cells in one room. On seconrf
floor we hsvs one 3- bunk esge for
white people with showsr .bsthj in
the other room we have «ss 1»-
bunk cage for colored,.4Matss spa
one special csll with bath rtrt>m
room for witnesses; also.oS"Jury
dormitory to accommodate twelve
Jurors; equipped with sfeism heat
and ssctric lights; and two-run
laundry room with boiler sad cost
bunk.
Yoor committee asks your Hon
orable Board to Inspect snd. If
found satisfactory, to accept the
sssss snd discharge your commit
tooe
Respectfully,
W. H. WRRBNTINE.
R. N. COOK,
GEO. T. WILLIAMSON.
Committee.
The Board visited the new Jail
snd investigated it ia a body, and
the report of the committee Wss
accepted and fled and the com
mittee discharged.
The outside poor listwas revis
ed snd the ususl orders msds.
BOND ELECTIONS CALLED.
Bond elections were celled tor
Graham snd Thompson townships
to yote upon the question of issu
ing bonds In said townships for "the
Alamance, Durham * Orange Rail
sjSrsTru.csrs:'.»r
TAX LBVY FOB l«J. .
It wss ordered that the follow
ing taxes be levied for the veer
Taxes
SCHOOL.
A tax of 20 cents on the SIOO val
uation for. State Bch#ol T*x.
jprt GENERAL COONTY. ... 1
A tax of 10 1-6 cent* on the >IOO
valuation for General County Tax.
, COUNTY. KOAD.
A tax of 16 3-3 cent* on the SIOO
valuation for County Road Tax.
CotjNTY DEBT.
A tax of 4 cent* on the SIOO
for a County Debt Tax. i
ROAD BOND.
A tax of 13 Ut cent* on the $l6O
for a Road Bond Tax.
POLL TAX.
A tax of $2.00 on each taxable
poll. $1.48 of which is levied by
State and 47 cent* of which ia to be
devoted to the education of and
the support of the poor, and the
name to be divided a* follows:
Pensions, 12 eta.: School*. $1.50;
Geuersl County Fund, 38 cts.
GRADED SCHOOLS.
The tax Ifvy for the' several
Graded Schools on the SIOO valua
tion is as follows:
Sylvan, 60c on property. $1.60 on
poll.
Friendship, 80c ou property, SOc
on poll.
Hawfields, 33 1-3 cts. on proper
ty, SI,OO on poll.
Ay cock,' 20c on property, 60c on
Hiring. 26c on property, 76c on
Green, 20c on property,. 60c on
poll.
Meiiane, 30c on property. 90c on
p»y.
Oaldale, 20c on property, 60c on
poll.
Oibsonville, 30c on peoperty, 90c
on po|!. f
Maywood, 10c on property, 30c on
poll.
Elon College, 30c on property, 90c
on poll.
Saxapahaw, 15c on property. 45c
o«l poll
Shallowford, 15c on property, 45c
on poll.
Eldermont, 20c on propertv. 30c
on poll.
Fair Ground, 30c, on property,. 90c
on poll.
McCray, SOc on property, 90c on
polL
Glennhope, 26c on property, 75c
on
Elmira, SOc on property, 60c on
poll. v
Ossipee, 10c on property, 30c on
poll.
Altamahaw, 10c on property, 80c
on poll.
Bellemont, 20c on property,, 60c
on poll.
Woodlawn, 30c on property. 90c
on polL .
Glennwood, 20c on property, 75c
on poll.
Sidney, 20c on property, 6600 on
poll.'
Stony Creek, 20c on property. 60c
on poll. .
board adjourned to meet Monday,
June 28, 1915.
Ever Salivated by
Calomel? Horrible!
Calomel is Quicksilver and
, Acts like Dynamite on
Calomel* loses you a day I You
■know what calomel is. It's mer
cury; quicksilver. Calomel is dan-
Serous. It crashes into your bile
ynsmite. cramping ana sickening
you. Calomel attacks the bones
and should never be put ln*o your
system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out.
and feel that you need, a dose of
dangerous calomel, Just remember
that your druggist sells tor 60c a
large bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone, which is entirely vegetable
and pleasant to take and is a per
fect substitute lor calomel.* Ais
guaranteed to start your liver
without stirring ydu' up inside, and
cannot salivate.
Don't take Calomel 1 It makes
you sick next dayj ft loses you a
day's work. Dodson's LHrer Tone
straightens you right up and you
feel great Olve it to the children
because it la perfectly harmless ana
doesnt gripe.
adv.
In Crsen Superior Court last week
Judge Geo. W.Connor, on motion o
counsel for Solicitor Abemethy, or
dered expunged from the records of
the court certain entries made by
order of Judge Carter and which
were considered a reflection on
Aberaf'.fcv's official conduct, these
being made during the Carter
being made during the Carter-
Abernethy war.
Var an I»pelre4 Appetite.
To Improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion try a few
dosfes of Chamberlain's Tablet*. Mr.
JJ/IL'Seitz, of Detroit, Mich* write,
"They restored my appetite when
impaired, relieved me of a bloated
feeling and caused a pleasant and
satisfactory movement of the how
eta." For eala by all dealers,
adv.
Two respectable looking men
tanked up In Charleston, S. C.,
crawled into a box car to sleep
and woke nut day in Raleigh
feeling ysrjr much the worse for
the ride. They were discharged on
payment of coats.
Get 114 sf Year Bheusaatissa.
Now is the time to get rid of
Sour rheumatism. You can do it
: you apply Chamberlain* lini
ment. W; A. Lockhart, Homer Cltjr,
N. Y„ writes, "Last spriag I suf
fered from rheumatism with ter
rible pains in my arms and shoul
ders. I got a bottle of Chamber
lain's Liniment anil the first appli
cation relieved me. By using one
)>ottle of It I was entirely cured.
For sale by all dealers. adv.
Dr. Berfthard Dernberg, former
colonial secretary of the German
.empire, who has been termed Bm-
HICKORY cmw.
Bryan thinks we have no rights
In Germany's ocean any way. .
He that does not fight but runs
swsy, may live to fight another
day—Bryan. i- '
Now is the time for all America
to pull for a great Pan-American
Steamship Line.
t*
As diplomats the Berlin authori
ties are great military men.
It may be necessary for some be
nevolent outsider to help the- Mex
icans take Mexico.
Liberty Bell to America "I've had
a nice trip Hi good company, but
Where's your gun."
Our idea of an enterprising sales;
agent is the man who posts safety
rasor ads. in the vicinity of the
trenches. \ "
Memorial dhy services to direct
attention to circumstances under
which flowers make better decora
tions than a car loid Ok iron
crosses.
Speaking of death as a "beauti
ful adventure," E. Phillips Oppen
heim still. appears willing to give
all the advantages to his unfortu
nate heroes.
Austria continues to Insist thst
she was "surprised" at Italy. N
body at home but the soldiers.
One New York Sleuth who inves
togated the "white way" cabarettes
ultima to have found something to
eat. He should promptlv oe re
moved to Matte wan.
Japan finds that it haa focused
upon itself the resentments toward
the Government that are necessa
rily numerous in so large a coun
try as Chins.
It is feared that some of the di
plomatic communication was not in
harmony with the generous spirit
that now characterises Memorial
Day.
It is also important that those
new seagoing submarines shall be
able to "come back." .
Another industry that the' auto
mobile has killed is that of the old
fashioned .horse thief.
Jtvidently the aeroplane woufo
have helped Hannibal tout little in
his military crossing the Alps.
Free lunches are to coqtine In
Chicago saloons. Muzxles are not
the only menace of the canine race.
The Pan-American Cyiference has
established sn acquaintanceship
with good feeling which should
represent an important step to
ward close trade relations.
China's enormous population may
require sometime to enable itJto,
come unanlmoua in ftpproving'of
the supervision Jspsn has underts
ker -
The submarine .challenges the
safety of everything In sight,
even while Its own right to exist
is in question.
None of the Mexican generals ap
prove of charity from this country.
They are not among those who
The air raid, through terror to
to civilians, has not.gone far to
ward incapacitating armies.
The straw hat came in and went
out with unprecedented rapidity,
Switzerland has become a place
of refuge Instead of a summer re
sort.
It must be admitted that the
German government is more tactful ,
in outlining its position than Dr. .
Dernberg was. (
Arbitration always pleases the |
the public which eventually has to ,
pay the cost of all strikes.
Now that the Mexican situation
has again become critical Huerta
may decide to let bygones 1M by
end give the Washington sdminis
tration the benefit of his advice.
Those of us who dil not get la
on the a|& sent to Belgium can
participate in the feeding of Mexi
co, which will be one of the good
deeds which Illuminate a naughty
world.
sl60 —Dr. B. Detchoa'a Anti-Diu
retic may be worth morn to you
—more to you than slo* if you
have n child who soils the bed
ding from incontinence of water
ooce. SLN. Bold by Graham Dreg
Company. air.
Ten sections «i California od lands
near the to.ro o. MitKtHek,. Kara
county, valuort at have
fc«*n deriared fraudulently |-at*-et •
ed ty the out hern Pacific Rail
road Company In a decision by
Judge Bean, of theV nlted States
District Court of Oregon. Thir
means the lands revert to the Gov
ernment, If the decision is snstaia
ed.
ladlgsUsa «uU OasMpattsa.
"About fivs years ago I began
taking Chsmhartaials Whists after
suffering from constipation and in
kM «• It OtMM
and by wing thaaa for several
weeks I was cored of the coss
piaint," thus writes Mrs. Mary B.
McMullen, Phelps, N. Y. Far sale
by all dealers. adv.
The hosiery mills of the State are
stitute for the Oerman dyes. The
MuT" have e a tT lf mo'nths
The Sofl Match.
J. K. Plummer, Soil Chemist. '
The average annual rainfall in
North Caroliina is amply sufficient
for the production of a maximum
crop. Yet in many sections of the
State thf> distribution of this rainfall
lis such as to cause severe drouths
[at some time during the growing
ceason—the time when water is
most needed. It is then extremely
{necessary for our farmers to adopt
'methods of soil management which
will conserve their waSsr in time of
plenty snd give it to the plant When
the supply becomes limited.
I One of the greatest losses of wa
ter from the soil is from surface
evaporation. Water is constantly
being pumped to the surface by
the forces of capillary attraction
and is thus passed to the atmos
phere.
The most effective way of etoriog
soil Water is ay uae of the soil
mulch. Many people have a vague
idea as to what a mulch really is.
Any protective covering which pre
vents surface evaporation is a mulch,
' Leaves, straw, oarnyard manure,
etc., may be used to form the mulch,
but their spplication Is limited, due
to the lack of material-and the ex
pense involved. The soil mulch is
slmost universal in its application.
Practically any soil may be con-
Pverted into an efficient mulch toy
proper treatment. It is simply an
air dry layer of the natural soil
covering the moist soil below, sod
should be as loose and friable as
possible.
The thickness of this superficial
layer of soil should be from 2to 3
inches even a 1 Inch mulch has
proven efficient in preventing ex
cessive evaporation in some sandy
soils. The depth should never 6e
greater than is necessary to per
form its functions, for the top lay
er is ususlly richest In plant food
from which the roota are excluded
by tillage. Its depth should be
deeper for clay soils than for sands,
due to the difference s Tn the physi
cal properties of the two soils. The
mulch should be formed quickly af
ter each rain, and in the of
days oft- II impair its efficiency cr.
completely destroy its effect.
The implements used in forming
the soil mulch are the disk harrow,
straight tooth harrow or AJiV sur
face ullage implement. The use of
this soil blanket is not confined to
intertilled crops like cotton, corn,
tec.,'tout may under certain condi
tion* be applied to grain crops
with god remits. In some sections
of the country it is not nnc -inmon,
to drag i.a n fields with a sharp
tooth haivow tne" tseth pointing
slightly backwa d. Tl,«« i« hug .in
when th»- pl.iptsArc- *mill and may
to kept >i|4 until th* plan's i*e
large enough to shade tne grounn
sufficiently to cut down surface
evaporation.
It should'be borue In mlrid that
the efficiency Of the mulch depends
upon its fineness snd dryness. San
dy soils are more easily maintain
ed as mulches than clays. From
2 to 3 Inches is usually most ef
fective, and sfter each .. raii> the
mulch must be renewed by tillage
pa quickly as it Is possible to per
form.
While the apple crop In Western
North Carolina was damaged to the
amount of $1,000,000 by the outbreak
of the blight which was recently
discovered among the trees, an in
vestigation of the peach trees of
Buncombe county,, which has Just
been conducted by demonstrator E.
D. Weaver, shows that the fruit
will not be hurt.
The stream of automobile license
requests continue to g ointo The
office of Ithe Secretary. of State.
Secretary Grimes haa found it nec
essary to increase the force of the
office msterislly during the renew
sl period. It is estimated by Chief
Sawyer that the total number of li
censes issued this year will be 30,-
000 or more. In three days 2,000
were received.
John Strando arrested in ' John
ston City, 111., in connection with
the murder of Edward Chapman, a
*»U by. «
mob and hanged. Several persons
were Injured in a fight' that re
sulted when Strando's countrymen,
members of a foreign colony tried
to rescue him sfter he had been
suspended several minutes. Two
men arrested with Strando and the
leader of a rescue party, were tak
en to Jail in another county for
safe keeping. It is charged that
the foreigners at Johnston City
are guilty of a series of murders
snd thst Strando confessed.
It is reported from Alleghany that
John U. Wagner, an attorney of that
county, chairman of the Republican
executive committee and a former
State Senator, hss disappeared leav
ing a large amount of indebtedness.
The North Wilkeaboro Hustler hears
that the amount is SIO,OOO and that
forgery is also alleged.
Theft's a Right Way
Ta Do Everytfciig.
Napoleon Knew This
»r mo—.
• MB. BUBINBM
J9% MAN, don't
Va* ditch this. BEAD
f Advertising con
\ _J>dslsts of HAM
JL kt MBEING AWAX
rnt. |L_ st the ssme point
mm until tks inert cov
ering of the public mind Is psa
"ZtrertMsg Ii the BTfcraM
ATIO sowing ot sssd, net the
scattering of salt oa the desert
Advertising is the STEADY
Plying ot the sx of publicity
apea the tree of obscurity until
the tree Is cat leva.
Perhaps you ars the kind ot
■ swims I or maasfhcturar who
hss hsrstofore bougM spaes for
oas Insertion of sa sdl sad then
resisted all sflsrts sC ear soiici
tar. to gst you ts tsiiow It a*,
or you hare followed it ap whsa
toe Is to
Oas tap at ths hammsr. one
Wow o ths ax. Is net saoaah.
Scatter! n« s hsadful ot seeds
aevsr raisss a crop te rows.
Too cast CONVINCE peopls
thst year goods SN luUsbie if
year advertising Is DNkEUA
BLH.
Napoleon iierpr votild have
bssa Nspoissa if he hsd set
|j pslgusr st the sgs.
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SUBBCBIBB VOR THB GLRANBK,
-IH I 7D a VIV?..-
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jaßf 'jjH _t^H
' Qtcvv^^
sc. the packet or two "Bobs** for a
cent at alLthe better stands and stores.
"DOBS"are the
D candy gum
all right—
You're on! —heart
shaped bits of chewing
gum all coated over with
peppermint candy; Some
flavor—and some pep.
Youll llke the "Bobs'*
■ " " —* ' 1 1 ■ _
St. John's Day, Masonic Celebration,
OXFORD, N. C.,
Thursday, June 24th, 1915.
USUAL LOW ROUND TRIP FARES
via Southern Railway,
Premier Carrier of the. South.
TWO SPECIAL TRAINS FROM RALEIGH AND DURHAM.
Schedule and round trip fares aa follows:
* Leava Raleigh 7:30 a.m. fi.oo
i " Durham 8:25 a. m. 1.00
Arrive Oxford 9 50 a. m.
Leave Oxford, returning 5:30 p. m.
Passengers from Goldeboro and intermediate points to Durhnm uae
rsgtua* wain ap. 2i, auu awn - SmUiUiv p~~is.ii;-- '
eluding Chapel Hill will use regular train No. 100, connecting at Durham
with apeoial train leaving Durham at 10: a. m., arrive Oxford 11-.00 a. m.,
returning this train will leave Oxford 4:45 p. m. t connecting at Durham
with regular trains East and West for all points.
Round trip fares aa follows: "
Goldsboro 41.50 Greensboro $1.75
Selma 1.25 Burlington 1.25
Clayton 1.25 Chapel Hill 1.00 a
Fares froln all other intermediate points on same basis.
This is a great opportunity to visit the Orphanage and enjoy the Cele
bration Exercises.
For full and complete information aak nearest Agent and secure large
flyera, ox write -
O. F. YORY, T. P. A. r Raleigh, N. C.
Notice ol Special Bond
Election In Thomp
son's Township.
Notice I* hereby given, that the-Board of
Pniii—l**lnim i or flamanaa county, purau
aat to the power la them veetod by ail Act of
yjFSte 7 '^^
aaaPh Ibwaahip on tha BNb day of July,
1814, for tha punioaa of submlUlngto the qual
lAaa voter*of theeUd townabipUiequestion
of voting the sum of Twenty Thousand bollars
ihouaand Dollar* oi the «va paroeot. ymtn I
red«to*hot *ndln the Alamanre.Durham and
Orange Ball way and Kleoulo CompanyT That
aald eleettoa will ha held fa aald township at
thaaa«M^^i^«a^ B* wJD be
MfWrnftaffriiliiSSi*Slid lowaaSp for
a parted of not Ma* thaa twenty day*, Sunday*
Oaly OM Katlrely Satlsfkelorj-.
1 hm tried various coUc ana
diarrhoea WIIMII, bat the only
MM that haa fives entire aatiafac-
wiawwto I
my frfend* lit aU'times!" writes 8.
H. Galloway. Stewart, 8. C. *or
Mia by all dealera. adv.
A number of cittaras of China'
Grove township, Rowan county,
have aaked to be relieved ol their
ltU tmxea becauae a atorm damag
ed their oat aad wheat crops,
▲hoot one-fourth of the townahip
vaa devastated by the atorm. The
WMIWIMMI have defert* (taction
on the Hatter.
bOwiOU taoae Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
TaMeta. AO druggiata refund the
JBOMjr if It fails to core. B. ,W.
Grove's signature is on each box.
.. •«*.
Notice ot Special Bond
Election In Graham
Township.
*
Hollo# 1« hereby given, that Ibo Board of
Commlaaloners of Alamanoe county, pur
suant to the power, In them.veated bran Act
of tbe General Aiaembty of North Carolina
at Ita id—lon, I#l6, aame being House
Bill No. 1 *74 and Bill No. 1,387,
baa oTdeied an election to be beld In Gra
ham Township on tbe 20tb day of July, Hit,
far tbe purpose of submitting to the quali
fied voter* ot the Mid tow nihil tbe question
of Totfaff M» mm of Thirty-live Thouaand
Dollar* of Ave per eant. (5 per oent)
thirty war toad* of the aald townahip,'
to fire in exehaan for Thirty-live Thou*-
U»^ihuwo?i'* leet lotT an 'm-
Mrely new registration of voter# of aald
tabr and V. M. Eullss an the duly
ape# nted roU bolder* and )M(M (or saM
oaea the resMnuiua booh* for the raglatm
tha seoood Haturdayb-
Clark to Board Oounty Offlaialo—n.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
«SsTsfastisv*
signed hereby notttaa ail peraoo* holding
claim, again* (aid eetale to present tha ant
duly authenticated, oa or before the Kth day
afMay.lMa, or this aodoc wlll be nleadatf la
bar of OMtr reoovery. Ail parao .1 Indebted
tojiu Mtat* an rsqmtad to BakaUk-
WaAa*-M.MM.
J. H. Tarson, Att'y, Borllngton, N. 0.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
jagyra's^sirs.-'aa
efaata *galaj aald aetata tt> craatat tha mmm
Store For Rot
Oneida Store building. Tha beat
•tore room and the beat location
town. Poraeeaion given at once.
i For further information cadi at
One** Office, Graham, N. C,