North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XLV wle dandruff mean |jfood-byto : It Hair X & »od Sf-lSoaa mora; KSakDM^Mftmad W kOHM the ICIID «nn «Hnuil«»— jt, m tbc hair to normal. bMltbysnnrth. J ft WUiwrtJjtaMSluuooarWlMnot ' « ■ I TOE HAIR Tome Far nth hat undtr a, *■ tHO/My-bock smranim Graham Drug Co. Hayes Drag Co. PROFESSIONAL CARDS JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney- at-Law SMHAM.N. C. ■IBn «« WHeaal Iwllfl J\ S. OO O 3C~, Attirnsyitt-Law, GRAHAM, .... ». C Offloe Patterson Building Second Tlsor. DR. WILL^.WNfI,JR. . . . DENTIST ; : . grtfeM. - - - - North Carellns OFFICE w SIMMONS BUILDIN( mm A. LOW. J. moat lmw LONG * LONG, A.wnfy—aciini»—iw«Uw DUHAM, K. 0. Jm, H. Rich W. Ernest Thompson Bid Si Thompson Funeral Directors and Embalmers MOTOR AND HORSE DRAWN HEARSES Galls answered anywhere day or night Day 'Phone No. 86W Night 'Phones W. Ernest Thompson 2502 Jas. H. Rich 54tf-W Restorative; M III Up. Not only give* quick, aw rtfitt frtm inJgm. SgwßWnpT.Add Mouth. Siskins net*, etc.* But builds uo appetite and - - - "lTS'"** TOmpcrrnnTT^f] JSif "The Key to ReHst'* f ISI fep^wL'TSS? blak I could get along without It I 1 have tmaaMM It to man? slac* , J It kss done tm so noeh good. i WILLIS TOWNS. Mtasta. No. Car. W»iilisifci t+fim-*mmmmmßACK Few (mil ii i li iII,FACTS, we / HAYEB DRUG COMPANY, GRAHAM, N. C." • • fit) BLANK BOOKS Journals, Ledgers, Day Books, Counter Bootfs, Tally Books, Satan Books, Vest Pocket Mem, Ae. Wmt Sale At The Gleaner PrlaOng OWce Graham, N. C C ASTORIA Far Infanta and Children tat IIM For Ovr 30 YMTS - - - • . «#■ • -V . . THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. r Heads Up! iit i r.. ' ja \at.g~ tjNt BIG ARMY OF WOMEN BATTLES Wrffl H. C. L la All Parts of Dletrlet They Are Fereing the Pigtit te Reduce Costa. * Budget Plan -Popular. Nearly ana thousand women in the riMk redei«l flsaarve District are today acting as chairmen of clubs and croups of women who are plan aisff to flght to a finish the H. C. L. All aver toe states at Virginia, North aad aooth Carolina, Maryland and too District of Columbia, women's or caalsattoss are np In arms against high prices, and are working on defi nite programs for saving in house hold aad living expenditures. In prae tiaally every instance the war-time sloe an of "Buy Only What You Need" has been adopted by these women, aa Is tosss by reports and letters piling ap at headquarters of the Woman's Striatal af the War Loan Organise ties at Richmond, Vs. Savings programs that are popular among these organisations Include discussions of the leaflets issued by the Woman's Division, a series of sheets giving suggestions for saving asatsrials and money by special clean tog, taking care of clothing, thrift In the use of fuel and others. The divi sion has also, distributed a model budget lor regulating household ex penditures that has excited a Vast] deal of Interest. "I thought at fli*st that I could never persuade my husband to try the budget system," one woman reported recently at headquarters, "but I show ed him how thoroughly business It looked, and now he is a more ardent budgeteer. even, than I am. Instead of Merely putting the amounts allotted far food in each column, he Insists en tabulating the different kinds of feod we ought to eat In order to be nourished properly—he's as much In terested as If It were a baseball game." . The Woman's Division has an nounced thst It will be glad to send thrift literature to any sltibs or Indi viduals desiring It. In High Places By Walt Mason. I have bought a grand ?taio and • sumptuous sedan, and a lot of atb,r doodads, en the mdtaihl* pay -meat plan. On each thine I paid a dollar, and I'll pajr ft dentil ljr bone, till I'm laid away and sleep ing underneath a sagging stone It la true, I didn't need thvm, and I harnt coin to bum, but I »ee> my neighbors blowing *v>ry ko peek that they earn, and If tbey 4tt have and fine motors and such (tuff, I will go n (ar as they do though It makea Vie sled ting tough. Every month 111 pay t dollar the Junk I do lot need, till I limp around on crutch** and my whlakers go to *eed; and when I hare ero***d the flT*r to th« ahlning golden shor*. I will itlll be owing money to the Jinx Install ment Store. And I tear the recol lection will dsatroy my peace of ci mind, when 1 hare a harp be fore ms and a pair of wings be hind. But my neighbors, they he*t blowing STSR r rouble, every red. and I'd be a sort of piker If I Ist thsm gst ahead; ao I'm baying sirens 'wagons, and Pm buying cost ly gsms. and my wlfs Is wearing sables and diamond dladsms, and I husglil the wbols caboodle on the loathly payment plan, and Tm rid lag u> the poorhouse In a super tight sedan. (Osrrrtskt. 1»1». »r *p««ui psr mleeUa t* the Saving* Division, SsSrr Department.) Sign no armistice with extrava yanta Keep on buying War Savings •tamps and 'the world's cholcsst f tanttas." Übartv Beads. Got the Drop. A certain stingy son of Erin, upon seeing another Irishman Ju*t going to drink a glass of whlaky, exclaimed: "Hould on Pat; let an ould friend have a drop, the lost taste In tbs wurrld." Hl* friend passed the gl***, and the stingy on* emptied If. Pot was naturally annoyed, and said : "Bednd, I thought yon sold you only wanted a drop?" We may sues* hi* feelings when be received the reply: "The drop I wanted waa at the hot- GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1919 CAN REDUCE COST BY WORKING AND SAVING Now Imperatively Necessary If Na tion Is to tip Steered From Shoals of Hardship. "Perhaps at no other time In thla nation's history Is the appeal 'Work and Sara' so necessary as at present. Manufacturers, financiers, economists and many others, including the conser vative labor leaders, realise that un less we work and work hard, and save and save hard, we are headed for a period ot unprecedented hardship. "This Is not the mere mouthing of a Jingo or professional pessimist. It is a fact, sad is supported by innu merable signs everywhere. Every hour wasted and every dollar spent needlessly is like a dagger thrust at the heart of this country. Enough of these dagger thrusts will Anally reach the heart ltaelf. ''The faet that we are extraordinar ily rich furnishes no Immunity from ultimate disaster If we waste these riches. The thing to do is for each and every one of us to pull in the same direction, towards national economy. Without It we are lost. With it we can assure our national future."—Odd Lot Review. Tremendous Food Waste The National Association of Wasts ■ Material Dealers estimates that Ajner» l leans throw away $700,000,000 worth of food each year. If only one ounce of food is wanted or spoiled In each of the 20,000,000 homes of America, the total loss is 1,300,000 pounds a day. As much coal is wasted an nually as all tiie mines of the coun try could produce In two weeks. Thrift and saving Mo needed not only In materials btrt in labor and money. Each added Individual effort will tend toward the increase of pro duction and consequent fall in pries Of necessities, but physical idleness is no less an obstacle to the reduction of living costs than financial Idleness. There are millions of dollars idle in the United States through lack ol proper investment which should bs j working for the common genii. These sums If put to work would Constitute ' the new capital »o urgently Seeded .to j tide over'the period of reconstruction, GHOSTS OF LOST FORTUNES \ IN SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES If the safety deposit boxes of the United States could giro up theto | dead stores of fake securities enough wasted money would be disclosed to | stagger the Imagination. If a man I expects his financial barrel to fill up ! he must stop ths leaks In It. Untold number, of fake schema j promoters and regiments of Invest' | ment sharks, because of this popu lar Ignorance, are pointing out "short I roads" to big fortunes to those whose Libei ty Bonds anil War Savings Stamps they hope to secure In ex change for beautifully embossed bi.t absolutely worthless stock certlfl enter. These fakers know the value of government seciyltte* y.ey ar* anxious to get them, for they fig ure that tbey will scon be selling at par and above. But their victims do not know these facts, and ao they trade the b*at securities In the world Ffor loriie wild-cat proposition Ibat ! promises a high rate of Interest, but j rarely pays/*' . In th* year since the armlstlc* waa signed the Treasury Department has i retired nearly a billion dollars worth of Liberty Bonds Buy mo;-e now. , while prices are favorable, at any j banking Institution. Sign no armistice with waste. High priced clothss and food are higher 1 when wr.ate cuts their uae In half, lost your money'a worth and put yotig savings into War Sanngs SUMS. Kind of * Mixture. At the dinner table IMiert was toll ing us that "a new kid rarae to school today." A* I always fake an Interest Ir. hi* school affair* I aak'il "A hoy or girl?" "Well, I don't know, Valine It, wears pant*. Cut It's got curls." —Chi- ' cago Tribune. Tuberculosis Among Chicken*. Two French scientist* contend that t ' 10 per cent of the chicken* In that country have tubercnlosls and that the | I disease run* as high as 28 per cent j among poultry In soma other couo-! An Ordinance. \ An Ordinance Providing for the Issuance of $50,000.00 School Bonds of the Town Graham. He it Ordaiued by the Hoard of Commissioners of the Town of Graham, North Carolina: Section 1. That pursuant to the provisions of the Public Law of North Carolina, known as "A General Act Relating to Munici pal Finance" as provided in Chap ter 138 Public Laws of 1917, and Chapter 178 of Public Laws of 1919, and the several amendments thereto, that the towu of Graham, North Carolina, is*ue and sell it" bonds for the purpose of erecting and equipping new school build ings for the public schools in the town of Graham by building ad ditions to, and remodeling the present public school buildiug for the white race, and equipping the same in a modern and up-to-date manner, and by acquiring a new site and erecting a new building for the public school for the col ored race; the said buildings to be constructed aud remodeled to be non-fire proof buildings, as de fined in sail, law, the outer walls to be hard, incombustible ma terials, aud the probable period of usefulness of the said build ings, for the erection of which the said bonds are to be issued, is de clared to be thirty years. Sec. 2. That -the maximum, aggregate, principal amount of the said bonds be Fifty Thousat.d Dollars ($50,000 00). All details as to issuance of said bonds to bs fixed by resolution by the Hoard of Commissioners of the town of Graham, as provided by said law. Sec. 3. That a tax sufficient to pay the principal aud interest of the said bonds shall be annunlly levied ai d collected by the proper authorities of the town of Gra ham. ' Sec. -U That a statement of the debt of the town of Graham has been fifed with the Clerk of said town pursuant to said Municipal Finance Act, antl is open to pub lic inspection. Sec, 5. The average assessed valuation of property subject to tiixation by the said town of Gra ham for the three fiscal years in which taxes were last levied, as shown by said statemeut, is sl,- 612,377.00. Sec. G. The amount of tLe net debt of the said town of Graham outstanding, authorized, or to be ! authorized, as shown by said state ment, including the proposed ' issue of #50,000.00 school bonds 'is $201,148.33. | Sec. 7. That the foregoing ordi nance shall take effect when ap ' proved by a majority of Unquali fied voters of the town of Graham, North Carolina, at a s lecial elec tion to be held iu said towu for I said purpose, as provided by law, on Tuesday, January 20, 1920. i The foregoing ordinance was passed on the Ist day of Decem ' ber, 1910, and was fin>t published on the lllh day of December, 1 >l9. Any action or proceeding ques tioning the validity of said ordi nance must be commenced within thirty days after its first publi cation. P. A. IIOLT, Towu Clerk. 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C. y ".pounce a.4 Mak-., Sales, etc ) I Gentlemen;-Enclosed find $1.65, for which send me for | lie above subjects are of vital importance to you and alone are worth full year The Gleaner, also The Progreaaive Fanner. . 7" "*• * nd r * n « mbe , r The ProgrsufeS E»nner carrie. many Have both papers start with next week', issue. d otktt b,^" ,ur " ' N>m,! Post Office ______ | * Raleigh, N. C. Route No State f J An Ordinance. An Ordinance Providing for the Issuance of $100,000.00 Sewer Bonds of the Town of Graham. He it Ordained by the Hoard of Commissioners of the Town of Graham, North Carolina:. Section 1. That pursuant to the provisions of the Public Law of North Carolina known as "A Gen eral Act Relating to Municipal Finance," as provided in Chapter 138 Public Laws of 1917, and Chapter 178 of Public Lawn of 1919, and the several amendments thereto, that the town of Graham, North Carolina, issue and Bell its bonds for the purpose of laying out, locating, constructing, build ing, and equipping a sanitary sewer system for the town of Gra ham, North Carolina, and acquir ing all property rights and prop erty, and paying for same, to gether with all labor and equip ment necessary to construct such a system, all of which is hereby deemed and declared to be a uecessary expense for the said town. SeO. 2. That the maximum, ag gregate priucipal amount of the said bonds be One Hundred Thousand Dollars (SIOO,OOO 00). All details as to issuance of said bonds to be fixed by resolution by the Hoard of Commissioners of the town of Graham, as provided by said law. Sec. 3. That a tax sufficient to | pay the priucipal and interest of the said bonds shall be annually levied and collected by the proper authorities of the town of Gra ham. Sec. 4. That a statement of the debt of the town of Graham has been filed with the Clerk of said town pursuant to said Municipal Finance Act, and is open to pub lic inspection. Sec. 5. The average assessed valuation of property subject to taxation by the said town of Gra ham for the three fiscal years in which taxes were last levied, as shown by said statement, is sl,- 012,377.00. Sec. i. The amouut of the net of the town of Graham, North Carolina, outstanding, authorized, or to be authorized, as shown by said statemeut, including the pro posed issue of $100,000.00 sewer bonds is $201,148.33. Sec. 7. That the governing body of the town of Graham deeming it advisable to obtain the assent of the voters of the said town be fore issuing the said bonds, the said ordinance shall take, effect when approved by thd majority of the voters town of Ora liam, North Carolina, at a special election to bo held in said town "as provided forth said Municipal Finance Act, on Tuesday, Janu ary 20, 1920. The foregoing ordiuance was passed on the Ist day of Decem ber, 1919, and was first published on the 11th day of December, 1919. Any action or proceeding ques tioning the validity of said ordi nance must bt» commenced within thirty days after its first publi cation. P. A. HOLT, Town Clerk. BUY TMHIPT STAMPS. Four Thousand Kansans Dig Coal. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 28.—Four thousand men are ready to go to work in the Kansas coal fields in reeponae to Oov.-H. J. Allen'a ap peal for volunteers to dig coal and prevent Buffering among citizens of the State, according to re porta in the Governor's office tonight. It ia probable that the first con tingent of 1,000 will be aent to the ooal fields Monday, it waa stated. Aa plana looking toward the operation of the strip mines go forward the State's fuel supply ia shrinking fast aa a result of a severe sleet atorm and extremely low temperature. The State la oovered with icy anow, and conditions were made wone in the eaatern section to night by rain which froze aa it fell. Local weather officials Rave no promise of early relief. from die atorm. Tonight Governor AUen and Adjutant General Martin are in Kanaas City, Mo., for a confer ence with Major General Leonard Wood, commander of the central department of the array.J , & from your fertilizer if you ROYSTER'S « *v 4. TRADE MARK " HS.R RMUTHUO The fertilizer Fish Scrap Famous F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Washington, N.C Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Go. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Baltimore, Md. Toledo, Ohio VjWHw I jgvjj V Itll soon be in Museums Calomel loses you a day! You know what calomel is. It's mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system* Take "Dodson's Liver Tone" Instead I When you (eel bilious, sluggish, constipated end *ll knocked oat mnd believe you need a dote of dangerous calomel, J ujt remember that your druggist sells for s few cents a large bottle of Dodaon's Liver Tone, which ia entirely vegetable and pleaaaat to take and ia a perfect anbetitate for NO. 44 calomel. It ia guaranteed to atait your liver without stirring you op inside, and can not aalivate. e- Don't tske calomel I It makes you sick the next day; it loses you a dsy's work. Dodaon's Liver Tone straight* ens you right up and you feel gnat. Give it to the children because it is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe*