North Carolina Newspapers

THE GLEANER IBBOBD EVERY THURSDAY. J. P. KERNOPLE, Editor? 91.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ADVKKTISINO RATBS /an square (1 In.) 1 tlm* 11.00, n mcj nob- 1 ' qudnt Insertion 50 cent*. For more im« an I Ir mer tlm*. rate* furnished on ftppltc* a. Local notices 10 at*. • line (or am PtrrMon ; subseqaent Insertions b OU. ft lint transient aSvsrtlsemsnts mult be pal* for l««lTUU rbeedl w not be responsible for views expressed by correspondents. Entered at ttie Postoffloe St Uraham. N. C., fts second class matter. URAHAM, N. C., Oct. 4, 1917. I J, 1 #! The campaign is now on for the second sale of Liberty Ponds to meet the extraordinary expenses-of prose cuting the war. The first Bale ol 92,000,000,(i00 Liberty Loan bonds was a great success and many mii lions over-subscribed. The mini mum for the present issue is three billions, but live billions is the limit. The money from the sale 01 bonds is necessary to carry the war to a successful conclusion. Every 1 human soul in America and the res, of the world is interested in the re- j suit. It takes vast sums of monej | to prosecute a war. and as the re- suit ot the war is a world issue and the success of it means the perpetuation of free government, it 1 becomes the duty of every person 1 who can raise the price to buy a j bond. They will be non-taxable oy ; State, county or town, and afforu 1 the best obtainable security foi money. War news has been scarce, so fai as operations at the front are con cerned, for almost a week. The Allies as well as the Germans gav't out only meagre reports, and the seeding rtorld was getting anxious It was "tho lull before the storm' —the planning for big things, ana the reports of the past two dayi> show wonderful activity and suc cess on tho part of the Allies. Tht losses ot the Germans have :>cen heavy. And submarine operations on the part »bf the Germans have fallen off appreciably—less In the past week than in any week since ruthless submarine warfare was declared. Demands for the expulsion of La Pallet to from the United States Senate seem to be pouring intc Washington. There arc others that aided in hindering the working out of the war policy and preparations ot the administration, but the con duct ot LaPoilette in his public ut terances has intensified the de mand for his removal. Col. Roose velt has been very bitter, but none too much so, In his denunciatl >ns of LaPoilette. Card Index Record of Every Soldier. A card index of all American soldiers at home and abroad ia to be compiled by the War Depart ment. Congreaa lias appropriated money for the purpose in the gen eral deficiency bill. Kvery man in the army, whe ther officer or private, win be In dexed by name and the records filed in alphabetical oryler for Im mediate reference aliould he ap pear in army orders or caaualtj liata. Willi the description ul each soldier will be given the name of hia next of kin aud emergency addreaa. The plan of giving each man a number virtually hits been aban doned and it 4a understood thai each soldier instead will be sup plied with a small aluminum tag bearing hia name aud company. It will be worn around his neck. Plana have been completed for tb creation of a "statistical division* with a branch in Paris, which will employ several hundred clerka to compile records. A dispatch from Peking, China reported the- city of Tien-Tain, China, threatened by flood. Objection to the enactment of an> alien slacker legislation at present voiced by Secretary Lansing befort the House Military Affairs commit tee, resulted In a committee vot to indefinitely postpone ec'l >n. The Brttiah steamship Tanapia formerly the Don of Glamfs. wai torpedoed and stink by a Germai. submarine oft the coast of trelanc a few days ago. .Crew believed t have been saved. Property lost about |1,000,000. The strikers at the Norfolk mvj yard, about 4,000, have all returned to work. The men said they re turned to work upon assurance., from Secretary Danl»is and Assis tant Secretary Roosevelt that th-1 grievance* relative to the present wage scale would be considered si a conference to be held in Wash ington this week. Private John Rogers, negro, sr jrested in El Paso, Texas as a de eerter from the army, made a writ tea Statement to army officers say ing he had deserted from his com pany at Douglas, Ariz, because some of the negroes said they were going to "shoot up the town" and had obtained ammunition secretly |r for that purpose. His statements; || are being Investigated. i UNIVERSITY ENROLLED 1,030. I About 500 Taking Military Training - No Football This Year. Cor. of The Gleaner. Chapel Hill, N. C., Oct. .3.-At the end of the Hecond week of the fall term, the University of North Carolina has settled dowo to it* normal activities, with hii added zest and discipline given to the work by the new courses in mili tary science. In spite of tne strain made upon the student body the war, the Univeisky en rollment has. been most gralil'y ' inir, and is not very far oHiiod that of last year at this time Already the 1,030 mark, has been • passed, and this week will urlug many additional students. The falling off, might be expected, has been most noticeable in the professional schools, the graduate department and the upper classes. The freshman ai.d ►opliomore classes are about normal. Twenty live women are taking work in tlip University this year. Mrs. Thomas VV. Lingle has come to the Uni versity as special adviser for the women students and assistant iu the exteusiou work of the Uni versity. Nearly 500 students have vol unteered for the new course in military training. From nine to ten hours a week is now lieing de voted to drill, and three hours a week to military lectures. Kinei son Field, the scene of former athletic triumphs and defeats, uow resounds with military com mands and the ordered tread of troops. Four companies have been organized and student offi cers will be apiHiinled this week. I'he work is under the-general direction of Captain J. Stuart Allen of the Canadian Army, who is assisted by Lieutenant Jonathan Leonard of Ihe Harvard Reserve Officers' Training Corps, ami Mr. Viviau WhitfteitL a former Uni versity student and last year com mandant at Horner School. Cap tain Allen has had a wealth of ex perience iu the trenches and is giving the student corps the kind of training, as far as practicable, that is actually given in the regu lar training cuuips. So far the regular class order drill has been followed, but ex tended order maneuvers will be begiln~t*rtff week and very soon regular trenches will bo construct ed by the students in training. Bombing, rille practice, trench storming, bayonet practice ami other special lines of training will be carried out. A signal corps is now being organized and already a band of several pieces has been playing ou the Held each day. Captain Allen's lectures so far have given intimate pictures of actual battle conditions, with special attention to the technical details of modern combat. Cap tain Allen has recounted several of his thrilling experiences as'a member of Princess Pat's Cana dian Llght'lufantry. lie Ims been wounded several times. The effect of the new military life has beeu manifest in all the activitiesof the Uuiversity. There ' is a greater alertness ami prompt ness in classes, early rising has become a pleasant rather than a disagreeable duty, anil there has eeu a corresponding improve ment in bearing aud deportment. The familiar khaki has given a new air to the campus. Three afteriioous are left open for the various sports; however, there • wilt be no vaisity football team this year. Inter-class and inter ' •ompany athletics will be en » ion raged to the fullest. It is ex pected that the usual basketball schedule will be carried out. Turkey For Soldiers Thanksgiving and Christmas. American soldiers aud sailors iii . every part ot the world are to have Thauksgivingaud Christmas turkey, and of the very best , quality. The War Department is aow making arrangements tor the turkeys. The total amount re , quired for the two holidays, it is estimated tor both services, will I not be far from 2,5u0,000, aud more thau 1,000,1)00 pounds must , be ready fur distribution by No vember 5. There are 32 canton ' menta of the National army as . woll us numerous |>oets of the regular army to be supplied by the , A'ar Department, liemdett the lleel . and shore statious of the uavy. Texas Parmeis' Union has declar ed for 30c as the minimum price of cotton during the war. North Carolina farmers, It is understood hold for a minimum of vie. Ever Salivated by Calomel? Horrible! Calomel is Quicksilver and Acts like Dynamite on Your Kidneys. Calomel loses you s day! You know what calomel is. it's mer cury; quicksilver. Calomel Is dan -seroua. it crashes Into your bUe ynamite. cramping and aickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put in'o your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out, md feel that you need a dose of dangerous calomel, Just remember that your druggist sells for 50c a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which is entirely vegetable snd pleasant to take and Is a per fect substitute for calomel. R is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, and cannot salivate. Dont take Calomel I It makes you sick next day; It loses you a day's work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightens you right up and you teel great. Give if to the children because it 1s perfectly harmless ana doesnt gripe. - , I 1; sde. • A CHINESE SOLDIER * • Infantryman In Full Field Equip- J • ment. • • _ • •eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee BRITAIN IMPROVING LOT OF THE BUND Many Reforms Under Way Through Creation of Special Commission. London. —A great Improvement !■ ( being made by Oreat Britain in her methods of caring for the blind. This not only applies to the care of blinded soldiers but to all classes of sightless persona throughout England and Wale*, Scotland and Ireland. More than three years ago a com-1 mlttee waa appointed by Herbert Sam uel, then president of the local gov ernment board, to study the situation of the blind and recommend methods for Improving their training and em- 1 ployment. In the first place It was found that the government should establish a cen-! tral control organization for all exist- j Ing agencies of Voluntary help, which i could be far better utilized If centrally ! controlled. It la proposed to set up ! a separate department In the ministry of health which will be devoted ex clusively to the general care and super vision of the blind. The crux of BrltalVs problem la the Inadequacy of workshops, which the ' committee recommends should be ' doubled, first by extension of the pres ent sflops and second by the construc tion of new and modern establish ments. Even the sale of the hnndl jwork of blind persons hns been neg lected, and a plan of co-operative sell ing Is to be formed, augmented by a co-operative plan of buying and dis tributing raw material. | At present there are not sufficient funds available, and In due time fur ther grants from the government are to be placed at the dlsposnl of the cen tral authority. The employment of blind teachers In the elementary schools Is to be ef fected whenever possible on account of their-adoptability to such an occupa tion and also because It Is necessary to give preference to blinded teachers over those with sight or partial sight. A detailed reglater of blind children Is to bo started In order to establish "a careful system of following up each case through the medium of paid visit ors. Wherever a blind person enters upon n professional life the govern ment Intends to sec that there Is no lack of financial assistance at the start. NEW SLACKER TRICK FAILS Man Ties Himself In Knot to Escape Army Service. He ambled, hump-shouldered, Into the headquarters of board 83 at Den ver. "I'm Ellis London, and I claim ex emption," he announced. "WhyT" inquired the chairman. | "Because I'm only 4 feet 11 Inches tall." I But when the doctor* compelled El lis to unwind himself they decided he must have used bis own feet as a . measuring unit, for London had length ened himself until he crowded the six-foot mark. "Anyway, I got plenty of people de pending on me, and I can prove It," he flung back when be had been accepted. •mall Potato Patch. If everybody followed the example of A. Lamoe of Two Harbors, Minn., potatoes would not b* selling now at K per bushel. In front of Lamoe's home, between the sidewalk and tho street, there Is Such a nice patch of potatoes that a gentleman named Hoo ver would be much delighted If he saw Itjr. The patch la 4 by 24 feet and will yield about four bushels of spuds. Haa Romance Died? Haa war killed romance! Willie Norman of Duffy, W. Vs., wrota his name on an egg shipped from his father's farm a few days ago aiong with the Information that he desired "a nice little wife." The only answer received was from a heartless woman, who wrote: "You pour boob.'* Catarrhal Deafneaa Cannot He Cured l.» lucal apjliraikma, u tlwy cannot n«ch u r UllraavO |iurtl»u ul Ihr ruf. Tbrra laonly oop »»> u> cure catarrhal ricalDtaa. and that i» by a cO'•tuuil.iiiai numly. Catarrhal l» Inioi.iwiKO b> an lu lasted uunoltlun ol llw tnuouu» liiilnsot lop Kiuiachlan Tube. K a«n thli tuncU lUiUiowl >Oll liavan rum bling aiMiiiU or IniTttrvt baailug, and >Uu h la entirely m»j, I* ar>.•»>> u UN mult. ' Coles* titv inllamaUun can bo reduce*) awl tain tula n-MoiaU to |u normal muuluou, i isarlua will l»> diair.iyed turavr. M«oy , «'«ar« of tkatueaa aiv caused ly oalarrh, wuii h la an n.tUm. 1 (-•ndlunnot tae tauuoua > sultan* Hail's Oil rrh Madiclnr . eta ihm . ibe biuod oil turn mu(xius uuiain ul its If* I'm. Me will five One Hundred Dollar a lot any , caaaot taiatrhai i>«a(nsas Ihat cannut be cured by Haifa t atari I, Madtciua. Oreulnr* I 'rw> All IJr UKtata.Ua. V f. t rt I*l* A CO.. Toledo, a At Wendell, Wake coanty. Will McLean, negro, about H years old. 1 wis shot by J. M. Wallace at h? | was in the act of entering the Wal . lace home. Twelve 22-calibcr bui i lets fired from a shot gnn enterea the negro's body. He ran aboui 1 104 yards and fell tlcaii. The cor oner's Jury returned a verdict oi Justifiable horn idle. Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke at the fair in Winston-Salem Tuesday af ternoon. COOL HEMS SAVED LIVES OF MANY PERSONS Copl heads an' a little common ! sense probably wired the lives end limbs of several hundred persons, M usual mostly women and children. In Raleigh recently when burning Inf lation on electric wlrei lllled a mo tion picture theatre with smoke, , The theatre baa a eeating capacity of about 80Q and it waa crowded. When there were lndlcatlona of lire nobody got excited and the theatre waa emp tied without Incident. Concerning the Incident The Ralelgfe Times car ried the following editorial: '] •"An unpleaaant Incident which marred the flrat exhibition of the Red Cross Aims. the tanka In action. Mon day afternoon nevertheless served to display a quality In Raleigh people that Is deserving of the highest praise. "The Strand Theatre was crowded, practically every eeat on floor and In pallory, when a pungent smell -was succeeded by wisps of vapor creeping along the celling. Some few rose from their seata and made for the door. The audience as a whole, — very largely composed of Women and children, —remained In their aeata. Those who had started to leave re turned. The pictures continued to be flashed upon the ecreen. The piano accompaniment never hesitated. The crowd smiled at lta temporary ner vousness. Then H came! The Bmell Increased In pungency, rlbbona of smoke became darker clouds that commenced to fIU the theatres and to make the air stlflllng. It waa only then that the crowd began to move— hut without suggestion of fright. In order, without undue pushing or crowa- In*. It waa aa If the program were complete and the audience filing out after uninterrupted entertainment. CLEAN UP (LI THE SCHOOL HOO3ES Schools will open shortly, but now that they" are Idle an excellent Oppor tunity Is afforded to have them thor oughly Inspected and plies of old pa pers, rubbish and other litter cleared out and all Are hazards removed or properly safeguarded. Stove pipes and furnace equipments should be In vestigated and all defects corrected, and every method adopted 'which spells protection against and preven tion of fires. The annual average of GtO tchool houses damaged or de- Observe Fire Prevention Day October 9th. According to law the Governor of North Carolina has designated Tuesday, October 9, as Fire Prevention, Day. He has issued a proclamation calling upon every citizen of the State to observe Fire Prevention Day. Insist that your city officials have all premises in your town inspected and cleaned up on or before that date. See that the matter receives the proper atten tion in your schools. The children when properly instructed, can do a wonderful work toward the prevention of waste by fire. See, first of all, that your own prem ises are properly cleaned up, that rubbish heaps are eliminated from basements, at tics, storage rooms, outhouses and fence corners. Leave nothing about the place that could nourish a flying spark or encour age spontaneous combustion. After you have seen to it that your premises are clean and free from hazard, keep them so and learn to make every day Fire Prevention day. Start it October 9. The services of the State Insurance De partment are at the command of the pub lic for information concerning the proper observance of Fire Prevention Day, Oct. 9. Insurance Commissioner. Any pullet that does not begin lay ing before the first extremely cold weather will seldom lay many eggs during December and January. ' 1 On the farm where pullets have plenty of range, hopper feeding gives "'y satisfactory results; that is, cer tain food Is put %to a eelf-f reding hop per where It la always available. There la no economy In giving only one kind of feed, because fowls and chicks need a variety In order to get the required amount of the different kinds of nourishment. A dirty water dish offers a good chance for the distribution of disease germs, snd all dishes should be cleaned and scalded with boiling water fre quently during hot weather, _ SOCR STOMACH. HBt slowly, masticate your food thoroughly, abstain from rn-nt for a few days and in most cases the sour stomach will disarmed'*. If if does not, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets immediately after supper. Red meats are most likely to cause sour stomach and you may flncj it best to cut them out. "On* wondered what might have been the consequence of a single fear ridden person. Suppose there had been the fool, —once Inevitable in such a gathering,—to yell 'Fire!' Noth ing of the sort happened, but that It did not was not remotely connected with the fact that the "fire" was the burning of a small piece of Insulation, —« big smoke, and a mighty stink! "The happy Veue of this Incident waa due, no doubt, in part, to tbo years of steady education from.offi cial sources and through the presa as to the obligation of keeping one's head in the threat of fire in public places. The very school children knew the fire drill. 4 Older members of the audience had mental pictures ol the holocausts of human life of which they had read, and knew that they had been caused almost invariably not so much by fire as by the pania that goes with It. But we wondered If this efficient calm did not represent, also, something of tfye effect which war Is having upon the people. Did M not mean that there sunk Into the mass consciousness a duty of preser vation that is not so much naturally selfish as it Is nationally economic? Did it not mean that, even to the minds of small children, the sufferings of humanity, even then reflected in part upon the screen, hare breught a new courage, a sensible fatalism? j "However that may be, It was a pretty sight to stand In the theatre and watch the filled aisles empty I themselves slowly and without flutter, | while the brown smoke eddied ovei their heads! ' "So looking, one could imagine. what an American army will be In j action, —drum-fire, charge, or gas at tack,—as the case may ba." stroyed by fire can easily be lowered it a little foresight 'and caution arc exercised in a thorough cleaning up and inspection campaign before the school term opens. It is to bo remem bered that the lives of children are Involved in the necessity of careful ness In this Important item, and ao amount of expense or caution should be spared in protecting those litlle ones against danger or lnjnry by Are. A hint to school officials and Janitors ought to be sufficient. —Fire Fact*. Vtiless there M plenty of" gravel or other grit which the fowls can pick up about the place, they should always have a box of commercial grit where Ithey can reach it at any time, for grit is necessary for perfect digestion. Oeese do not need shelter except dur ing cold winter weather, when open sheds may be provided. As the weather changes In the fall | It Is poor policy to let the pullets roost outside. Frosts and cbllUng winds retard their development and cause a serious setback from which | they are slow to recover. If your flock Is penned up. do not neglect the meat constituent of the . ration. The chief danger In feeding oats lies in the hulls. It Is too expensive to buy hulled oats, and about the only way to eliminate the trouble Is to soak the oats, or, still better, sprout them. Poultry uses feed more economical ly probably than any other class of farm animals when it Is carefully han dled. Mites can easily be eradicated by .spraying with common kerosene plus 16 per cent crude carbolic add (00 to 96 per cent). M'GRAW STILL HOPES JIM THORPE MAY LEARN TO HIT Qlant Leader Seems Obsessed With Idea That Big'lndian May Yst Become Great Ball Player. Therw Is something about Jim Thorpe that John McGraw can't re sist. The Giant leader has sent Thorpe on his way .several times since be signed him In 1818, but hag always brought him back to the' Giant fold for another trial. McGraw appears to be obsessed with the Jdea that some day Thorpe Is go ing to make a wonderful ball player, lie has made Thorpe a sort of a bobby nnd nothing would please him better than being able to teach the big In dian how to bit major league pitching consistently. When Thorpe was sent to the .Reds early in the season everyone thought It was a final farewell Insofar, as the Giants were concerned. But when Mathewson finally turned him back to the New York club, in August, Mc- Graw decided to keep him on the pay roll, and as a result Jim became one of the ellglbles for the world's series. Lucky for Thorpe? Well, rather. Any other manager In the two big leagues would have turned Jim over to some minor league club without a moment's /hesitation, and he would haye watched the world's series from the outside. In everything but hitting Jim Thorpe Is a very capable boll player. He fields well and runs the bases well. Jim Thorpe. He can cover outlleld territory with less effort than the average fielder, and he is by no means the slowest thinker 1 In the big leagues today. But when It comes to walloping the ball Jim Is lacking. A curve ball will cause Jim to tie himself into a bow knot, and every pitcher in the National league Is Jerry to his weakness. Now and then Thorpe gets hold of a fast one, and when ho. does it is tough on the.fences, for he is a long-fly hitter.' But the trouble Is that Jim doesn't hit 'em often enough fo Be of much use as a regular, for the outfielder who falls to hit has no business in the line up of a major league club. Thorpe Is one of the most 'wonder fully developed athletes in the game today. He is big, powerful, and fast on his feet. His fame as a star on track and field and on the gridiron Is well-known, but his fame as a ball player Is a minus quantity. Thorpe is twenty-seven years old. He was born at Tucson, Ariz., In 1880, and he stands 5 feet 11 Inches in height and weighs 185 pounds. Ho got his A. B. C.'s in baseball at Car lisle, and before signing with the Giants he played with Wilmington, N. C.; Rocky Mount, Fayette and Beaumont. Since he first came to the New Tork club ho has played with Jersey City, Harrisburg and. Milwau kee, and although he always hits well In the minor leagues his-bat fails him when he faces big league slabbers. Lucky Jim Thorpe? Yea, 80l A Good Creed. You can't make a real success with out making real enemies. You can't hold a strong position without strong opposition. You can't seem right to any If you don't seem wrong to many. A'useful life can't bo entirely peace ful and carefree. Every earnest man in every genera tion has paid the price of individuality. You can't dodge. The greater you are, the greater the penalty of your progress. The further you go, the wider your range of con tact with which you must reckon, and therefore, you multiply your battles against misconception and slander and envy and malice. You can't avoid or evade your al lotted destiny—you can only hold down your share of troubles by holding back. In every sphere men gibe and sneer —even the peaco of the ditch-digger Is threatened by the unemployed laborer who covets his job. So long as you aspire, others will conspire—so long as you try others will vie. YouH have hostility to face in every place and at every pace. Go straight ahead to your gval. So long as your conscience lsnt ashamed to acknowledge yon as a friend, don't giv* a rap for your ene mies. For Animals. I 1 In London there is an Immense vet erinary hospital where over 5,000 ani mal* are treated every year. It looks like a palace and It la provided with Turkish and electric baths, an ope rat ine room and a ward that will accom modate 80 patients at a time. Horaes with broken legs are swui e op In a' sort of hammock, so that the weight la taken off the Injured limb, which Is put up In spUnts and fastened up with , leather straps. A poor man may have advice without paying for It, concerning his dog or donkey or goat, and cows are also treated. One of these, a valuable Al derney, was kicked by a vicious horse ■ and the fracture was so serious that ' the leg Was amputated and a wooden ; one substituted, the latter being kept i In place by broad straps around the body. Itch relieved in 20 minutea by Woodford's Sanitary Lotion. Nevu fails. Bold by Graham Drug Co, SUBSCRIBE FOR THE C,LEANER I H.M A YBAR | To Whom it May Concern: This is to notify all users of automobile, bicycle and motor cycle casings and* tubes that they are doing their tt bank account a fearfnl injustice in not using Pennsyl vania Rubber Company's goods. The best—no others sold here equal to them. A written guarantee., Should one go bad, then the most liberal settlement. Ask those using Pennsylvania Rubber Company's goods. See me or waste your money. r Very truly, W. C. THURSTON, Burlington, • . . N. C I Promise Ev§ry accommodation consistent with Safe Merchandising. I Want Your Business The proper service will retain it. Your Dollar Will- buy as much frdm me as the other fellows. FULL LINE OF DRY GOODS, NOTIONS AND GROCERIES. J. W. HOLT, - Graham, N. C. MULES FOR SALE. Always from 100 to 300 Head of Horses and Mules of all description For Sale at my Stables in YORK, Pa. 6s P 26t j oc Kindig, Safest Druggist Sells E-RU-SA Pile Cure Because It con talus no opiates, >lO lead, DO belladonna, no poisonous drug. ,*AII other Pile medicine containing Injurous narcotic and other poisons cause constipation and damage all who use them, E-HU-eiA cures or |SO paid. Hayes Drug Co., Sole Agents, Graham, N. C. Summons by Publication North Carolina—Alamance County. In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk. Adolnhus Cheek, Executor, and J, C. btaley, Administrator with the will annexed, of Levi P. Shep herd, H. E. Greeson and wife, Emma Belle Greeson, E. H. Ne'eae and wile lie onette Neese, and C. P. Shepherd and wife, Mattie Shepherd, ana Robert Shepherd. The defendants, C. P. Shephera and Mattie Shepherd, above nam «d Will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Alamance county, North Carolina,, to exclude said defendants from any lien or interest in certain real estate situate in said county and State upon a sale thereof,, said de fendants being proper parties to the aforesaid. action; and the said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance county, North Carolina, on Friday the 19th day of October, 1917, at the court house of said county and answer or demur to the petition in said action, or the plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said petition. This 19th day of September, 1917. J. D. KERNODLE, 20sep4t Cletk Superior Court. Ancients Fumigated Much As Modem Physicians Do Today. That the ancient* knew the microbes of diseases is impossible to Imagine, yet It Is certain that many of them understood that there were such things. Dr. Jonathan Wright of Pleas antville, N. X., quotes in the Scientific Monthly from many Roman, Arabian and other writers extracts that prove this. That many of them called the unseen offenders "demons" does not alt6r the fact. Varro and Columella, In the first cen tury after Christ, ascribed the diseases of Rome to little animals which live In the swamps and are breathed by men. jThls Is coming verjr close to the mod ern conception. i And the Egyptian and Assyrian 'censers, thousands of years before .Christ, burned resinous drugs and let 'loose the smoke of ethereal oils to ex orcise the little demons of disease, pre cisely as our board of health doctors juntll very recently fumigated our houses to kill the germs of contagion. llow efficacious either method may be is neither here nor there, the essential fact being that the ancients, without microscopes, had discovered the great truth upon which modern science Is based. Clever Scientists Have Often Proved Hopelessly Wrong in Their Conclusions. Sir Humphrey Davy's dogmatic pro nouncement against gasllghtlng Is not the only Instance of a clever scientist being hoplessly wrong. The early his tory of submarine cabling furnishes two striking example*. Consulted on the scientific side of the project, Farraday asserted that the first cables were made too small. Then he said that "the larger wire the more electricity would be required to charge It," and in this quite Incorrect opinion he was supported by other emi nent scientists. As a result of this dictum the current was increased until the operation "electrocuted" the wire and the cable broke down. It was Lord Kelvin who by sending messages through heavy cables with Incredibly weak electric current proved that Faraday was mistaken, says the Behoboth Sunday Herald. Airy submitted the project to mathe matics and arrived at the conclusion that a cable could not be submerged to the necessary depth and that If it could no recognizable signal could ever travel from Ireland to Nova Scotia. In aviation the late Doctor New comb, one of the most distinguished mathematicians the world has ever produced, declared that he had mathe matically Investigated an the condi tions operating against the beavler than-alr machine and was convinced that the airplane would never be any' more than a scientific toy, and the pos sibility of an airplane motor being re liable In the reduced atmospheric pres sure above 8,000 feet was by several experts said to be oat of the qpestloa. Sale of Valuable Land Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Alamance county, made in a special pro ceeding, entitled James Ruffin Mur ray versus Marshall Murray, alias Murray Hill, the undersigned com missioner will, on SATURDAY. OCTOBER, 6, 1917, in the court house door in Gra ham, N. C, at 12 o'clock M., offer for sale the following real estate, to-wit: > A tract or parcel ot land, lying and being in Melville township, Al amance county, N. C„ adjoining the lands of White Brothers, and the old Mebane-Hawfields road, and be ing the old home place of Wright Murray, deceased* and contains 3% acres, more or leBS. This parcel' of land lies About X of a mile from the town of Mebane, southeast from the station. TERMS, CASH. For further information write the undersigned. • THOMAS C. CARTER, Commissioner, Summons by Publication. North Carolina—Alamance County. In tbe Superior Court, Before tbe Clerk. J. G. Holt and his wife, Minnie &. Holt, Vv. A. Patterson and his wife, Julia K. Pattersoiv J. ,W. iiißiiop and nis wile, jaliia J. xusnop, Charles A. ttussell and his Mia 1 , iiessie L.. Kuaseti, Joan w. JNoau and his wile, rtuth JNoah, A. J. Cappa and nis wne, riannan j. Lappa, ana Keoecca A. Cheek, petitioners, vs Bettie Boggs, Pouy Campbell and her husband, Will Campbelfc iSweil A. is oali, Margaret M. isoah. and Alice .Noah, the daugnter of Alar ma Noah and her huaDand, whose name and ner residence are un known, and the lieirs-at-law of Leonard t ox, names ana residen ces unknown, respondents. Polly Campbell and her husband, Will Campbell, .Noah, daugn ter 01 Martha .Noah, ana her nun band, wnose name and residence are unknown, and tne heira-it-law of, .Leonard tox, whose names and res idences are unknown, will take no tice cnat an action entitled as above nas been commenced in the Superior Court of Alamance coun ty by the petitioners, xor tne pur pose of selling that real property situate in said county and State known as the Jeny JNoah place, of which the late George M. Moan died seized and possessed, said sale being for the purpose of division among the several devisees there of of the said Ueorge M. Aoah;ana in said proceeding it is denied ttuu Alice .Noah, daughter of Martha Noah, is entitled to any interest in said land. And the said respondents will further take notice that they are required .to appear at the office of. the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance county, in Graham, on Saturday, October tith. I#M„ and answer or demur to the petition which will be filed in this cause within ten days irom the issuing of the summons herein, or the peti tioners will apply to tbe Court for th? relief demanded in said petl- tion. C)Done this the Ist day of Septem ber* w y; D . KERNODLB, C. 8. C. Alamance County. Bep-6-5t Catawba's sweet potato crop is estimated at 60,000 bushels, a 25 percent increase over last year. The date of the State meeting of the Farmers' Union at Winston-Sa lem has been changed to Novem ber 7-8. The Ashevilie lodge of Elks haa gone into the hands of a receiver, with indebtedness of about and a sets not half that much. Portions of Goldsboro were flood ed Saturday as a result of heavy rains— the second time recently a part of the city has been under wa ter. John Long, charged with shooting and seriously wounding Miss Nellie Ball of the Bahama section of Dur ham county, walked into Durham Friday and surrendered. He is In laiL Armed men had searched for [Long for a week without results.