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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
REPORT OF
Dr. P. H. Fleming, Public Welfare
Officer.
Graham, N. 0., Jan. 5, 1920.
To the Board of County Com
missioners and County Board
of Education:
Gentlemen: I herewith sub
mit for your information and
for any suggestions that you
may have, my report as Super
intendent of Public Welfare for
Alamance county from July l3t,
1919, to January sth, 1920.
Permit me to say that on ac
count of the very nature of the
work much of it can not be re
ported.
I have gone into the homes of
sickness and sorrow and death;
into the homes of want and pov
erty; into the homes of white
and black; into the jail and the
County Home;, into the school
house and the church; into the
teachers' meetings and the Min
isterial Association; into the-
Stattf and County Council Meet,
and into the Interchurch World
Movement of North America
with messages about the work
of the County Superintendent of
Public Welfare and with help
fulness to those in need.
I attended the State and Coun
ty Council Meet at Chapel Hill,
Sept. 15th-17th at my own ex
pense. I attended the Inter
church World Movement of
North America at Raleigh, N.
C., Dec. 15th-16th at my own
expense except railroad fare
which was paid by another.
I have investigated sevtn cases
of outside poor—three white
men and two old colored men
and their wives. I recommend
ed an increase of $1.50 per
month to one of the old colored
men and his paralytic wife, mak
ing a total of $3.00 per month,
which was allowed by the Board
of County CommissioUers. The
ottier > old colored man and his
wife,. I recommended to the
Board that they be put upon the
list of outside poor which was
done and the Board allowed
them $3.00 per month.
We arranged to take off the
list of outside poor the white
man and have him now out in
the country, cared for without
cost to the county. He is a tu
bercular patienjt and we have an
application in for his admission
to the State Tubercular Bani
torium. He is much improved
and I am hoping to get him
some light out-door work.
Arrangement* were made and
his son of about twelve years
was taken to an orphanage; but
the father heart wanted-his boy
near and so he did not consent
for him to remain. We still
hope to piace the boy in an or
phanage as soon as we can get
the father in the Sanitorium.
The other disabled white man
has been rendered assistance
without calling upon the county.
The other white person,, a lad
of about seventeen years, au
epileptic, a serious.case, I recom
mended that an allowance be
made the family to help them
care for their afflicted son. The
Board ordered an allowance of
$5.00 per month for a short
time. I wrote asking admission
of this case to the Epileptic
Colony at Raleigh, N. C., but
was informed that there was
no room.
I visited and investigated an
other serious case of epilepsy
and endeavored to get the young
man into the Raleigh Colony,
but was informed that there was
no room and that there was a
large waiting list. Application
is on file for his admission.
We have handled eight cases
of delinquent, neglected, or de
pendent children and sixty-two
and a half per cent have been
disposed of satisfactorily or have
made gratifying progress.
We have had two other cases
under advisement —one white
and one colored. The white boy
ran away and the Federal au
thorities took charge of the col
oral boy. We have three cases
now under consideration and
they present some difficult prob
lems to be worked out.
We have tried to get one of
these three into tha Stonewall
Jackson Manual and Training
School, but was informed that
there was no room at present,
and the Superintendent, Mr.
Boyer, says they are swamped
with applications.
We have ministered to three
families who were in need. Two
during sickness and one on ac
count of actions of parents who
left their children unprovided
for at the time. This help was
rendered through the Red Cross
of Burlington and the Red Cross
of Graham and a Thanksgiving
offering from Burlington Grad
ed Schools and Associated Board
of Charities of Burlington and
mends.
.In one of these cases the
father died and nearly all the
family were' sick, For this
family a local purse was provid
ed for a while and then a trained
nurse was secured for a time.
Thanks are due the physicians
for their watchful and careful
attention and the community
for their ministering helpfulness
to the afflicted family.
This work was done without
call or aid from the county.
For this work I have received
from:
The Burlington Red Crooa $ 85.90
The Orabam Bed Crow Ho. 50
Burlington Graded Schools 48.22
A Friend 1.00
Total $115.88
Of above amt. I have paid out... 87.19
Which leave* a balance of I 88.00
which is ih bank to the credit of
Supt. of Public Welfare.
The other contributions made
those helped came from friends
and associated Board of Chari
ties and were made direct, and
so 1 have no record of the
amounts contributed except in
the case of one family helped
which was estimated at $l5O to
$175.
The names of twenty-five chil
dren to whom it was thought
Santa Claus might not come on
Christmas Eve was given to a
gentleman who met me one
night on the streets of Burling
ton and asked if I knew of any
such in my work. He remem
bered them with Christinas gifts.
I have visited the County
Home four times; inspected and
reported as per score card on
file; inquired into the matter of
food and its preparation; saw it
in preparation and when ready
to serve and reported to the
Board of Charities and Public
Welfare.
I have endeavored to arrange
work for the son of an afflicted
widow and inquired into the
treatment and condition of a
young motherless girl whose
treatment and surroundings
were said not to be good.
We have helped an old man
who is poor and partly disabled
to find food and shelter for his
wayward daughter.
I wrote to eight families and
saw one about getting their deaf
children in the Institution for
the deaf.
I wrote to three families and
saw one that the 1918 census
showed as having blind children.
Total number of children
found thus far in the county
that are deaf, dumb, blind, or
partially so, is sixteen. The
records are imperfect and cor
rect information difficult to get.
We hope to make this part of
the work a hundred per cent at
an early date.
I reported to Commissioner
Beasly on county prisoners, Oct.
7th, 1919, as follows: Number
of prinsoners in the county Oct.
Ist, 1919: On the chain gang,
white, none; colored, 3; total, 3.
In jail, white, none; colored, 3;
total, 3. ***/■■
I have visited a home in which
there was a returned soldier,
said to be shell-shocked and
mentally unbalanced. I en
deavored to get him in the
United States Institution for
such. The matter is now in the
hands of the Dist. Supervisor for
North Caroliua, Surgeon Geo.
S. Pitcher.
* I have visited the jail seven
times in the interest of parties
imprisoned.
Oct. 11, I attended teachers'
meeting, white, and spoke about
compulsory school attendance.
On Oct. 25th, I conducted tear li
ens' meeting, colored, and spoke
about compulsory school attend■
ance.
I have visited eight schools in
the interest of compulsory school
attendance and called to see
seven families or individuals
and written quite a number of
letters.
Four parties have appcai ed
before the Juvenile Judge anrl
petitioned the Court regarding
their inability to coinpl.v, with
the compulsory school law re
quiring them to Bend or keep
their children between the ages
of 8 and 14 in school. They
made affidavit and the Court
recommended what it judged to
be a just and lawful allow
ance to keep their children in
school.
I have looked up a number of
age records for Federal authori
ties. I have inspected two
schools to make report on Com
munity Interest. I have in
spected three cotton mills, four
hosiery mills and one coffin com
pany and made report.
1 have attended the Ministerial
Association of Burlington in the
interest of Public Welfare work.
In company with another min
ister and a number of ladies we
GBAHAM, N. C., THUBBDAY. JANUARY 22, 1920
went before the Commissioners
asking as far as in their power
lay they prohibit carnivais and
all such performances in Ala
mance county. The petition
was granted.
We plan to erect a Chapel by
private subscription at the Coun
ty Home for religious services.
We are planning to organize
a County Ministerial Associa
tion. A tentative organization
has already been effected.
We plan to take up at an early
date a Public Health Service
Campaign for High School boys
approximately between the ages
of 14 and 19 by means of ad
dresses and an exhibit entitled,
"Keeping Fit," prepared and
put out by the "United States
Public Health Service."
In closing, I wish to thank
the Board of Charities and Pub
lic Welfare, Col. Eugene Holt,
Mr. J. Harvey White and Miss
Eula Dixon for their hearty
support.
I wish in grateful acknowl
edgement to express my thauks
to the Piedmont Trust
Co.; the Alamance Bank &
Trust Co.; the First National
Bank of Burlington; the. Ala
mance Insurance & Real Estate
Co.; the Standard* Realty &
Security Co.; the Central Loan &
Trust Co.; the First Savings
Bank of Burlington, and to the
individuals thereof who made
the Public Welfare Dinner, given
Oct. Brd, 1919, possible, and
financed the same; and all others
who have in any way aided in
the Public Welfare work. -
We thank Col, Eugene Holt
for a phonograph for the County
Home; and to Miss Nell G. Fur
guson, Welfare Worker for Tra
vora Manufacturing Co., we ex
press our appreciation for help
rendered in the Welfare work.
The work is a great and good
work—but very difficult—and I
earnestly entreat the hearty co
operation of everyone interested
in the uplift of humanity, for
we cannot tell the good done nor
estimate that which may be
done.
Respectfully submitted, this
the sth day of Jan., 1920.
P. H. FLEMING,
County Supt. Public Welfare
Alamance Coufity, N. C.
DECLARE SIZE A HANDICAP
Womoir .CMO'WI "'Miortloil* Bay
Tholr Fragile Slaters Aro Pre
ferred by the Men. *
Suzanne looked tearful, and tears do
not suit Suzanne. You see, she stas\U
six feet iu her silk stockings, weurs *
•even shoe and a seven glove, and Isn't
a bit proud of the fact.
My Amazon had had a big disap
pointment, says a writer In London
Answers. Put In plain words, she had
allowed Juat a little morn of her Inter
est than was wine to center round a
big Dick liurbury, and Suzanne had
dreamed dreams. Now had come the
news that little fluffy Malsle, a doll
like girl of barely live feet, wau wear
ing Dick's ring.
Said Suzanne: , "We big women
haven't a chance. A man always falls
before the tiny woman." do men
prefer little women?"
That query set me thinking. Do
men prefer little women to girls of Hit*
Amazon type? tins size any power
when It comes to a question of fulling
In love?
Undoubtedly women like big tnen. A
gliint catches admiration from the eye
of any and every woman In his vicin
ity. Women love power In their men,
and they imagine that the big man
possesses It. It's n natural supposition,
after all. Isn't It ? Big men Impress,
although they do not always live up to
these drat Impressions.
But turn the subject 'round, and
you'll find that there's a grain of truth
In Suzanne'a wall.
Little bit* of (luff do appeal to the
masculine aex. The wee woman gets
there alt the time. A man likes to feel
that he could pick up hi* girl In hi*
arm* If necessary, carry her mile*
without Ntralnlng his heart, ami have
the nice feeling that she need* hi* pro
tection.
So you will And the big men carry
ing off the little women —lilt* of fem
ininity who reach up to their heart*—
■ml what happen* to Ihe Amazon*?
Nature being contrary —nt leant, hu
man nature —the little man a*plre* to
the big woman, and mart-leu her.
"Like repel*, unlike attract*" all
along the line, you *ee. Maybe. But
tt doean't alwaya happen.
I rather fancy that It'a more a mat
ter of the "come hither" look In the
eye rather than of *lze.
Hat* for Huatoand* Only.
Marriage In Korea divide* (he men
from' the boy* In a way that may be
convenient, but that sometimes I*
amusing. No one but a married man
can wear the peculiar hlgh-crowned
hat that la ao characteristic of Korean
dreaa. One day, writea Mr. Roy C.
Andrewa In the National Geographic
Magazine, I noticed a little fellow who
wore a hat and had Ma hair knotted
on the top of his head. He wa* only
a child, and I aald to the cook, "la that
little boy really married?"
The self-st\ led Red Ambassador
has got to appear in court or else
go to jail. Here is one case where
diplomatic immunity isn't all that
it's cracked up to lye.
We can't recall that any of our
great captains of industry got
theirs by working six hours a day.
'LACES*BLAME ON MERCHANT
According to English Vlaitor, Ha la
Roaponslblo for Extreme Btyloa
Adopted by Woman.
The more Important question un
derneath the clothes question is what
sort of appeal the new "audacious"
styles are Intended to make, or do
make, says the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Beatrice Forbes-Bobertson Halo's
entertaining talk on this question
starts off by saying frankly: "I do not
believe that dress is based on a sex
appeal." She thinks It la rather tho
reflection of a class appeal—the at
tempt to display wealth.
After democracy had done away
with man's lace cuffs, frills, wigs, vel
vet cloaks and such ostentatious lux*
ttry of attire It became bad form tot
a man to show his class by his clothes,
and so he advertises his prosperity bj
dressing upMils wife.
"The modern American wife," snyi
Mrs. Hale, "is nothing short of a shop
window for her husband; she sliowi
off big success. I speak of the averagi
human critter, of course, not of thi
Intellectual man. The cause of the In
herent snobbishness of overdresi
comes from aping the thoughts of thi
old society system of Europe. Our edi»
cation In dress here In America ha»
come from the merchant who hal
goods to sell; we don't know when
we are today,.trying to wear all th
styles these merchants are willing to
sell us. Wo do not wear flimsy ma
terials because we are trying to maki
a sex appeal, but because It Is to th«
Interest of the merchant to sell u!
something perishable."
What terrible creatures these women
are who think and know how to speak I
The mistake was in letting them learn
the alphabet!
NEVER LET GO OF SUITCASE
Former Congressman, on Visit to
France, Proved Himself Buperlor
to Adverso Circumstances.
Dudley Doollttle, who uSed to be In
congress from Kansas, recently re
turned from Kurope, where he went on
a secret mission for the United States
government.
While In France, Mr. Doollttle had
the unusual experience of roaming
around several hundreds of battlefields
with a seventy-six-pound suitcase
clasped flrinly In his arms. Shortly
after Doollttle landed In I'nrls, and
Just before he started for the battle
fields, the handle broke off his suit;
case, which contained a number of
valuable documents and papers which
were almost as heavy as hardware
samples. There was no porter around
to help Doollttle Into his automobile,
nor wns there any around during the
ensuing ten days of his trip. There
fore, there was nothing for him to do
hut to clasp the sultcnse (irmly to his
chest and get the best view of the bat
tlefields that he could from behind the
obstruction.
Doollttle snys that he got so used to
viewing war scenes from behind the
suitcase that In order to enjoy movlea
of the war now he has to take a min
iature doghouse to the motion picture
theaters with him and hold It on his
lap throughout the [>erfortnance.
Montaigne Had Idea of "Tanks."
While tho court of Inquiry la HO bus
ily engaged In weighing the various
claims to original authorship of tanks,
and while discussion on the subject Is
going on in sundry capitals, a French
writer, brushing aside Wells anil his
"Anticipations," polntx to one of tho
fathers of literature, Michel d» Mon
taigne, as the man to whom medals
and kudos are really due. There is a
prognostication In one of the Kssays
of the entry of combatants Into bntUe
Inclosed In bastions "Just like those
which the ancients caused their ele
pliunts to carry." There Is the germ
of the ,tank Invention right enough,
but thai It should hnve.taken so long
to germinate may not Inconceivably
lie regarded as Invalidating Moti
talgue's claims to the Croix ile Ouerre.
Needed Coaching.
Volumes have been written about
the poor Kngllsh of high school pupils,
bill an eighth grade teacher believes
that another chapter should be added
to one of the volumes. When slic be
gan fo plan for n basketball team-at
her building she aaked the high school
principal to send her a high achool
athlete for coach. Tho principal
promised.
A few day* Inter the new coach
made his first visit to her building,
They talked over plans for tile win
ter'* athletics, and then he made ready
to leave. "I guesa there'* nothing
more to tall you except to have your
canydlct* for the team all lined up by
next Wednesday night," he saldc—lo
dlanapoll* New*.
Much Argentina Wool Bought Her*.
The United States 1s Argentina's best
customer for wool, according to tb*
bureau of markets, United State* de
partment of agriculture. For the weol
season of 101.VK! Argentina ex|*irted
IT,van bales to this country, or fil per
cent of Argentina's entire ex|«irts of
wool. For 1010 17 the United Slate*
took 22-",4'17 bales, or 01 per cent. Fof
the 1017-11 season 'JOttf/JH hales, or 7.1
per cent, were shipped to tu* country.
Tampering With Traffic.
"Why are you so hllent of lateT"
"I'm trying an economic expert*
merit." replied Mr. I'enwlggle, "bu|
I'm afraid It Isn't going to work. I
thought that by limiting the supply
of my extremely valuable thought* I
might crente a more pressing demand
tor them."
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LIVED UP TO HER MOTTO
Indianapolis Woman Had Mad* a Rule
and Jntended to Lot Nothing
Stand In tho Way.
She la one of Indlanapolla' most
successful business women—naturally,
too, one of lta best-natured ones. And
her three small nephews Ideallae her
quite as mnch as do ber business asso
ciates. One afternoon she had prom
ised tbem a party out In the country
and a wiener and marthmallow toast
by tho fireplace of their old country
home. But for two days It rained and
on that afternoon it was raining, too.
The three youngsters piled Into her of
fice, their faces all full of disappoint
ment. But she smiled at them. "Get
your waterproofs," she commanded.
"Why, are wo going?" they asked In
amazement.
"Why, of course," she mimicked
their tone. "My car can get over
worse roads than that."
They rushed away after their coats
and the woman next her began to pro
test against her making this trip. "It'a
something tliat Isn't necessary," she
bfgan.
"But It la something that is neces
sary," tho other Interrupted. "It's the
recreation I'd planned and my recrea
tion Is as necessary as my work. It
keepo up my morale. You know that
a rain like this couldn't keep me away
from my work—neither will I lot It
keep me away from my play. Ttiat'a
the motto I've adopted for life, and
It's a very el'.lclent one, too."—lndian
apolis News.
COWS KNEW THEIR MISTRESS
Woman Who Had Lost Pots Had No
Trouble at all In Proving Owner
ahlp of Thsm.
A happy reunion took place at the
union stockyards, Herr's island, Pitts
burgh, an exchange declares, late the
other evening, when Mrs. P. J. Blley
of Fox Chase road, O'Hara township,
rescued her four stolen cows, awaiting
their doom at the hands of the
cutloner.
During a heavy rainstorm the other
afternoon the animals were stolen
from the pasture and driven to the
stockyards and sold. County detec
tives traced the cows, but among the
hundreds of other "bossies" were un
able to Identify them. Mrs. Blley wns
sent for. As she stepped Into the big
pen a stampede among the animals for
a time threatened serious conse
quences. When It had subsided, tho
detectives who were with Mrs. Blley
were amazed to see four of tho cowa
rushing toward the womnn. Brushing
their heads against her shoulder, the
animals zooed and mooed soft expres
sions of relief. Overjoyed, Mrs. Blley
grasped each around the neck In turn,
stroking their glossy coats and petting
them.
When their mistress left the big
stock pen, the cow* followed her a*
obediently a* well-trained dog*, and
when laat wen were wending thalr
way to their home on Fox C'huse road
with their mistress.
Valuable New M*UI.
A new Invention, cnlled conducting
aluminum, which la sahl to be creat
ing u profound Impreaslon, ha* been
mndn by I)r. (leorgo Olullnl, the moat
famou* expert In the aluminum trade,
■tutea Consul I'hlllp Holland, Basel,
Switzerland, In o recent report. Thla
new metal la produced by putting the
ordinary aluminum through a apcclal
patented process, by which It a ('quirt'*
the aainu mechanical qualities and
capacities aa bronze, cop|ier and braaa
without changing Mat apeclflc weight. It
la aald that the price of tlie new metal
can be kept within very low llmlta,
ao that, even at the pre-war prlcea of
other metal*, It will be able, by rea*on
of Ita smaller apeclflc weight, to com
pete with copper and braaa very favor
ably. The fact that the new metal I*
• conductor will make It especially In
demand In the electrical trade.
Valuable Tool Chart.
War created many Ingenious do
vlcea, developed In the time of atreaa
to aid the fighting itien on the battle
front, hut capable of adaption to the
need* of peaceful Industrial armlea.
One of these I* a mobile tool cheat,
described In Popular Mechanic* Maga
zine. It resemble* a field artillery
caisson, In which are packed Itnple
menta and auppllea In great variety
and quantity, and la recommended for
building contractors, lumbermen, road
builder* and other* who require a
compact, eaally moved tool carrier.
Among the article* packed In the bo*
aro shovela, mattock*, mallets, sledg*
kammera, pllera. wrenchea, extra han
dle* for axe* and picks, ro;>e*, pub
leya and wire, besides many other*.
Naughty Arthur.
David and Arthur shared a bed to
gether, but dill riot get along well lu
doing so, (t*r nearly every night there
was some disturbance between them.
**\V«fll. what la the matter now?"
mother called from Jhe foot of tb*
rtalra one evening on hearing loud
talking In their chamber.
A little voice floated down to her:
"I can't get Into bed, 'cause Arthur't
kicked around In It till he's all un
made It."
Anlmatad Conferene*.
"What'a going on In the parlorf
asked the old friend who bad come In
the back w«y.
"Meeting of our own foreign rela
tion* committee," anawered Mr. Com
rot. "Mather and the glrta are talking
over t*S family affair* of my oldest
daughter, who married one of thos*
•verncfta notx lmeo."
to D. Swift & Co., Patent Attor
neys, Washington, {). C. It con
tain* valuable information about
past presidential elections, show
ing how each State voted in each
presidential election during the
last forty yearn. It also shows
the population of each State dur
ing the census of 1890, 1000 and
1010. Stales the amount of corn,
NAVY LIBRARY WORTH VISIT
Apartment in State*, War anil Navy
Building at Washington Should
Appeal to Tourist*.
The navy library, In the 'state, waf
and navy building, Is a lovely place to
soak up atmosphere. Like the build
ing Itself, Irlsthlrty-three years old.
When It was built England, Frances
Spain and Italy presented the marbles
tf porphyry, sienna and malachite with
which the walls are paneled. Mexico
sent the pieces of onyx which encrust
the gallery. The round stone over the
door came from the ruins of Pompeii.
The connoisseur In marble who visits
Washington will enjoy a cull here.
In the center of the large room, lined
with shelves of weighty tomes on na
val matters, there Is a large snd Im
portant green-topped table. Around
this table sat the strategic board ot
the Spanish-American war. Here also
the naval advisory board for the great
war made their secret plans and ex
periments. Edison, Maxim, Miller and
many others conferred over it, with
the windows carefully darkened and a
guard before the door.
Thero Is a quaint side to the library,
too. A little white-halrfed lady can be
seen any time, flitting about the
•helves of dark, heavy books, or cut
ting and pasting busily In her corner
by the window. This Is Mlw» Muson,
daughter of a former secretary of the
navy. She has been In the library
26 years. If you happen ln„near noon
she may give you a cup of tea on one
corner of her desk.
And of nil charming places to have
an unexpected cub with •
aweet llttlo lady, this quiet nook
among the books is recommended.
TWO TRAVELERS CAME BACK
According to Army Captain, Mules Re
turned From That Dim and
Undiscovered Shore.
The regimental morning report is a
foursome document. On it appear all
the changes In status of men and ani
mals for each preceding 24 hours. It
happened In an Ohio regiment once
that two mules fell 111 one night. The
veterlnarlii n guve his verdict of hope
less, and the captain of the supply
company accordingly made the proper
entry on the morning report: "Two
uiules, from duty to detid."
But under the care of the grizzled
old stable sergeant the mules recov
ered and next morning the captain
found lliem alive and kicking. Now,
entries made on the morning report
can never he erased, which made the
situation embarrassing for the cap
tajn. However, he was n man of re
source, and the next day's report car
ried the startling entry: "Two mules,
from dead to duty."
Shrub May Provo Valuable
Two yean before tho war, us the
itory IH told, two German chemists
applied for perm Union to experiment
Willi tlie plant life on a greut semi-arid
rani'h In central Mexico. Their re
quest wu* granted, with the under
standing that they furnish a complete
report of their findings. Tho two
chemists worked feverishly, and chletly
on a squat, odorous shrub called "go*
bernadora," IOIIR reputed to posses*
medicinal' properties. Suddenly they
disappeared; what they had discover
ed was never known. Now, after ex
periments with same desert
shrub which they have found In drier
parts of New Mexico, chemists of tho
United Hlates department of agricul
ture believe that they have discovered
another alkaloid to add -to the list
which already Includes morphine,
quinine and cocaine. Its chemical and
pharmaceutical properties are now un
der Investigation.—Popular Mechanic*
Magazine.
Trapper's Tomb a Log Cabin
A humble log cabin which stauds In
a truckles* forest near Lake Atha
basca, [fi western Canada, was once
the home of a fur trapper. Its builder.
Now It Is a tomb, sheltering the frozen
body of Its former occupant, who died
there, alone and unaided, nearly two
years ago. To Investigate the cause of
the trapper's death, a fearless mem
ber of the royal northwest mounted
police Journeyed to the desolate scene
In midwinter, braving the terrors of
the wilderness for months before
reaching his objective, situated miles
from railroads awl civilization. The
corpse was In a perfect state of pres
ervation, due to the cold, dry air, and
wa* not moved from the bunk on
which the trapper passed uwuy.—l'op
ulur Mechanics Mugnzlne.
Last Resort.
An eminent engineer said In our
hearing yesterday that In Italy tlx
workers are giving two hours of their
time an s free gift to the State. They
realize that Increased production means
ultimately Increased wealth. In tier
many there sre signs of the same spirit
among the colliers. Itut In old Eng
land the following story admirably
Illustrates the Industrial situation:
Two miners were discussing the mini
mum wage. "Hay, Hill." said the first,
"what's this 'ere minimum wageT
Rill spat. "The mliflmum wageThat'i
what we gets for Roln' down; an' II
we wants ter make any more brass. w«
goes ai,d does aotne work tot It."—lxn
don Morning Post.
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NO. 50
Do You Need Plans for a
West Raleigh, N. C. t Jan.— J
Plans for a central hog lioose salt* '
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and may be had free of cost,
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These plans take full advantage
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A post card request addressed
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And now it's the packers who
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Trustee's Re-Sale.
Under and by virtue of il»t
powor of pale contained in n w r
tuin deed of trust executed 10 t!.>
undersigned trustee on Jan inn
2fitli, 1918, by Mm. Salliet m -
titers Harmon mid husband, It. .1
IluiriHon, for the pur|>6se of H * j;
cuiing the paymentof fourceitai
bonds of even date therenitl.
which deed of trust is recorded in
tho Public Registry of Alamance
county in Hook of Mortgages and
Deeds of Trust No. 73, at pit; •
20-1, default having been made i ■
the payment of said bonds aid
the interest thereon, the und' r.
signed trustee will, ou
MONDAY, FEB. 2, 1920,
at twelve o'clock, noou, offer for
sale at public auction to the high
est bidder, for cash, at tho cout'
house door of Alamance com.l \.
in Uraham, N. C , a certain trn .
or parcel of land lying iu 801 L
Station township, Alamance eon: - v
ty, North Carolina, ou tlie sotjt!,,-
west side of Haw river, at 1 ,
bounded as follows:
Beginning at a locust tree at t r
near Haw river at the biidge, .
corner between Peter and Georj. ■
.Summers, and running theii(
north 07 J (leg \V 9 chs to a atom ;
thence N 87 deg W 35 chs to t%
cherry tree; thence in a direct 1 in•
to a whiteoak ; thence N S7j dtp
G Hi chs and 7 links to a stake in
the big road; thence S J deg li 11
chs and 4(1 links to a stake; tlience
87 J deg K 22 cits to a gum ou
Haw river, a corner on .Mary.
(formerly Abner James'
corner); thence up said river Vs
it meanders to tho begin bio;;,
making by estimate one hundred
acres, more or less.
Under tho advanced bid placed
upon said laud as allowed by law
since the last sale, biddiug will „
begin thereon at 847.25 per acre;
said laud having been previously
sold December Ist, 11)19. The
trustee reserves the right to sell
only a part of said land sufficient
to satisfy said deed of trust.
.This Ist day of Jan., 1920.
Alamance Ins. & Heal Estate Co.,
Trustee. .
K. S. \V. Dameron, A U>
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