GRAHAM, N. C., Oct 21 1020
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—lt has been almost as warm as
summer time for several days.
—A son came Monday to brighten
the days of Mr. and Mrs. Gladdis
Foster, Congratulations.
—Greensboro had fine weather
for her Fair last week and Raleigh is
being treated just as well this week.
—Let us remind • you that The
Gleatier needs what you owe on sub
scription. You may have forgotten.
—The registration books close
Saturday. It is learned that most
* of the women around Ghrahafai have
registered.
—Mia. R. C. Hunter's daughter,
Mrs. J. DeWitt Foust of Greens
boro, has been carried to St. Leo's
Hospital for treatment.
—Mrs. Mary Settle Sharpe, Re
publican candidate for Supt. of Pub
lic xlnatruction, will speak at the
court house Saturday night.
—Albright Avenue* has been
widened ana a concrete sidewalk is
being put down along the south
side. The other side already has a
concrete walk. ,
—Oswald Stuart of the southern
part of the county, chadded with
making liquor, was arrested Monday
by U. S. Deputy Marshal ,C. F.
Roane of Greensboro.
-.-Mrs. Grant Estelow left Mon
day for the University of Pa, Hos
pital, Philadelphia, for an operation.
* Her daughter, Miss Lenora, and her
physician, Dr. J. N. Taylor, accom
panied her.
, —There have 1 been two good days
*for the Raleigh Fair and there is
promise of more, notwithstanding
the prediction that there would be
i^in— just because "they are having a
big Fair at the capital city. ,
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At the Presbyterian Church- «•
Rev. Edward N. Caldwell will
preach at the Presbyterian church
Sunday, October 24th, at 11 a.m.
Sis theme will be: "Locusts of Inder
cision.," and at 7 o'clock, "A Har
vest Love Story."
From 90 to 71.
It is learned that a few days .hgo
fourteen women in one community
registered whose ages ranged from
71 to 90 - >ears. This sounds like a
Fairy tale, but the truth is vouched
for by reliable people..
Tacky Party.
The Sons and Daughters of Liber
ty will give a "tacky party" Satur
day, 23rd inst., at 8 p. m at the
lodge room in the Patterson building.
A prize will be given to the one who
is dressed the tackiest.
The Last Day.
Next Saturday, 23rd inst., is the
last day on which you can register
for the election to be held on Nov.
2nd. If you want to vote and are
not registered, see that your name
goes on the registration book not
later than Saturday.
Hallowe'en l4rty.
On Saturday evening, October
30th, beginning at 6 o'clock, there
will be given a Hallowe'en Partv in
the, old Graham Trust Co. build
ing next to the "Movie Show."
Everybody is invited io come and
bring their friends and family and
have a "big time Oysters, fried
and stewed, chicken salad, hot rolls,
sandwiches, coffee and candy, will
be on sale. Come take supper
with us. Let the witches tell your
fortune! Get the hallowe'en spirit!
The party will be given under the
auspices of the Philathea Class of'
the Graham Christian church.
Everybody come!
Col. Ike Meekins of Elizabeth
City wants to be Republican can
didate for Governor in 1924. He
has formulated a platform.
TOWN TAX£S—The tax books
for 1920 are in my hands. Prompt
payment requested.
8., R. Trolihoib,
Tax Collector.
Fords for Sale.
1 new Ford With starter. -
1 new Ford without starter.
11917 model—price right
Apply to
Sanaet Furniture Co.,
Phone 026 Burlington, N,C.
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Miss Emzpa Harden spent Sunday
Miss Annie Ben Long spent Sun
day in Stotesville.
Mr. L. E. Klutz of Greensboro
spent Sunday here.
Mr. Stcry spent the week
end at R*pTingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. N. Cook spent
yesterday in High Point.
Miss Ada Denny left Saturday for
High Point to visit relatives.
Mess. Hal Fairell and John Phil
lips spent Sunday in Durham.
Mr. J. D. Lee left for Raleigh yes
terday to attend the State Fair.
Mr. H. L. Cranford of Greensboro
was here Sunday visiting friend?.
Mr. Junius H. Harden spent from
Thursday -till Monday in New Tork
T>n business.
- Mr. John Scott, now living in
Greensboro, spent the week-end ui
his home here.
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Miss Lizzie Pipkard, at work in
Greensboro, spent the week-end at
here.
Mrs. J. J. Barefoot left Monday
tor Raleigh to visit iriends and at
tend the Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Henderson
spent Sunday in Randolph county
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Meadows re
turned Tuesday night from a visit to
friends in Charlotte.
Mrs. M. C. Hoover of Raleigh iB
spending the week here at the home
of Dr. J. J. Barefoot.
Mrs. J. Mel. Thompson of Mebpne
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Scott, Saturday.
Mr. James Freeman, in school at
the University, spent Sunday here at
the home of his aunt, Mrs. Folger.
Mesdames Mcßride Holt and Will
E. White attended the Preßbyterial
at Concord the latter part of" last
week:
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Robertson of
Greensboro spent last Sunday after
noon here at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Scott, Jr. V
Miss Sallie Mackie of Dobson, ar
rived here the latter part of last
week to spend some time with, her
cousin, Mies Annie Folger.
Dr. Graham Harden went to
Chapel 'fiill Saturday to see the foot
ball game between the Universities
of North and South Carolina.
Mra. Don E. Scott and little Miss
Jean Gray, who have bean spending
sometime with Mrs. Scott's -parents
in Winston-Salem, returned Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. L. Holmes
and daughter, Mis" Maxine, and
Misses Conley Albright, and Jessie
Phillips spent last Saturday in
Greensboro.
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Mr. and Mrs. Chss.,, W. Causey
and children of Greensboro spent
last Sunday here at the home of Mrs.
Causey's parents, Mr. and Mra. J.
L. Scott, Jr.
Cs|>t. F. C. Robbins of Lexington
spent lest Saturday and Sunday with
his sister, Mrs. T. O. Foust, near
here. Prof. T. R. Foust of Greens
boro, son of Mrs. Foust, accompanied
him.
Mess. Edgar Long of Graham, R.
VGriffin and W. 8. Vestal on Gra
ham-SwepsonviUe road and J. G.
Braxton of South Alamance repre
sented Alamance at the Farmers'
Unioh meeting at Concord last week.
Mr. and Mra. E. P. MoClure and
son, Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Willie A.
McAdsms, Maj. and Mrs. J.J Hen
derson, and Mr. E. D. Scott went to
Raleigh this morning to attend the
State Fair. Mr. Dewey Farrell went
yesterday.
Tone
is not' that which
depends upon alco
\ holic but upon tonic*
a nutrient virtues.
: SCOTTS
EMULSION
is the purest kind of
nutriment and helps
gJb the system keep
Rpf up with the wear
Ujt and tear upon
ipir strength.
Among the Sick ' y
Capt. Jan. N.' Williamson, who
has not be u very . well lor sun e
months and who suffered A Blight
stroke of paralysi* a few weeks ago,
is now able to rider out.
Mr. L. Banks Holt is still confined
to his Lome. There is very little
change in his condition.
Mr. Ben N. Turner has been sick
nearly six weeks. He spent 10 or
12 days in. a hospital and returned
home, and since then he has not been
able to take up his work-in Tho
Gleaner office, of which he is the
Foreman.  V
Mr. Ralph Hendrrson, who has
been sick ior several days, was car
ried to Asheville yesterday for ex
amination and treatment.
Leg of Member of Field Artillery
Broken.
While passing through Mraham
Inst Saturday afternoon Private
Crouley fell from a gun carriage and
b«fori» he could get out of the Way
auoil'»r carriage, close behind the
one he was riding on, ran over his
anli If arid broke b« th bones. Dr. J.
J. Itarefortt. rendered first aid, con
wyeo him to Itainey Hospital where
the broken bones were i-et, and a
day on two later he was sent to the
Jwse lKifnit i| at Camp Bragg, Pay
etteville. The young a mem
ber the 20th Field Artillery,
which had been to the Winstou-
Salexi F.iii ami was on its way to the
State Fair..
"TOWW TAXES.—'flie tax books
for an* in my hands. Prompt
payment requested.
» .B. R. Tholinoer, *
Tax Collector.
"NOTICE!
All persons are hereby forbidden
to hunt, fish, or trap on the farm
known as the "Old Long Homestead."
I. B. WIIITTEMORE.
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YOUWOULD'TTRY
TOTAMEAWILDCAT
Mr. Dodson Warns Agalnat U«c ot
TreacheroiiH, Dangeroua
Cnlonel.
Calomel salivates! It'a mercury.
Calomel acts like dynmiti on a
sluggish liver. When calf>m-'I co nes
into contact with sour b K- .t crash
es into it causing cramp:ng ana
nausea.
If you feel bilious, halach', con
stipated and all knocks! o it. last
fo to your drugggi-it and ,g*t a
ottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. for
a iew cents, which it a h\r,ni33s,
vegetabl? substitute for danjirdV
calomel. Take a spo >n'-t! aha i f
it doesn't start yojr liver and
straighten yoi up I>etter h'n nist
calomel ami without yo.i
sick, you Just go back nn'l "j-t
money.
I you take calomel to-day you II
be sick at\d nauseated t imirr;
besides, it mav salivatj to i, wh'ie
if you take Dodson's Liver Tone
you will wake up feelin? great, full
of ambition and ready for wi-k or
play. It's harmless, pleasant ana
safe to give to children; they like
it.
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Big Ben
should be in every
farmer's home
You men who live on the turn
, have got to be heavy workers.
And if you are heavy worker*
you require heavy sleep and lots
of it.
For heavy sleep is heavy work's
reaction and it's not always easy
for the heavy sleeper to get up
without help.
That's where Big Ben comes
In. He makes it easy every
morning.
Big Ben is a truth-telling and
reliable alarm clock. .
He gets you op, be never fails.
Ypu're always up on the dot if
he's in the sleeping room.
See him in my window neat time
yon come to town. Hear him
greet you Good Morning. He is
wall worth meeting, indeed.
Z.T.HADLEI
Jeweler mad Optician
eftAHAM, N.C.
: IRWIOIDS
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E£L INDIGESTION
T«k« dry on ton«u« or
I with hot or cold water.
QUICK
Prtoe, M-50-75/
MAD* BY »COTT * MOWHC
MAKERS OF
SCOTT'S EMULSION u
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' Tipck For Hire. >
Let us do your hauling of every
kind, moving, etc. Have a new
truck. Terme reasonable.
BRADBHAW & FULLER.
Phone 65(». Graham, N. C.
' Sale ol Land Under
/Mortgage.
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[ Under and by Virtue of the
' power of side contained in a cer-*
1 tain mortgage deed„froni J. L.
1 Keck and wife, Katie Keek,
to H. N. Albright, registered in
| the office of the Register of Deeds
| for Alamance county in Book of
| Mortgage Deeds No. 45, page
350, default having been made in
the payment of the4ndebtednesa
secured thereby, the undersign
ed, as administrator of ths said
H. N. Albright, now deceased,
( will, on
MONDAY, NOV. 22, 1920,
at 12 o'clock, noon, at the court
house door in Graham. N. C.,
offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash,
certain parcels or tracts of land
lying add being in Alamance
county," State aforesaid, in Bur
lington township, and described
and defined as follows, to-wit:
Adjoining the lands of W. H.
Conkiin, G. A. Clendenin, heirs
of Dr. T. 0. Lutterloh, dee'd,
and beginning at an iron bar or
rock, corner with said Conkiin
and Lutterloh's heirs, running
thence N Cf.E 109 feet to a
white Qint rock, cofner with
t said Conkiin: thence NB3 2-3 W
IJP> feet to an iron pipe, corner
with said Clendenin; thence S
deg W 146J feet to an iron
. pipe, corner with said Lutter
( loh's hers; thence NBO deg E
! 139 feet to the beginning, con
i taiuing forty one-htfbdredths
(40-100) of an acre, more or less.
Adjoining the lands of R. M.
\ Stockard (now George Clen
[ denin), R. M. Thompson, and a
' cartway eight feet wide, bound
' ed as follows: Beginning at a
stake 8 feet of J. W. Holt's line;
; running thence S 122 feet to R.
M. Btockard (now Geo. Clen-
I denin) line; thence EB7 feet to
[ R. N. Thompson's corner: thence
. N 122 feet to a cartway; thence
l WB7 feet to the beginning,
j containing one-fourth (1-4) of
> an acre, more or less.
This 21st day of Oct., 1920.
D. A. ALBRIGHT,
Adm'r of H. N. Albright.
Receiver's Sale of Per*
sonal Property.
Under an Order of the Su
perior Court made in the mat
ter of Florence B. MacConnell
vs. The MacConnell Electrical
Supply & Construction Com
pany, the undersigned Receiver
will, on
SATURDAY, OCT. 30,1920,
at 10 o'clock a- m., in the store
room occupied by the MacCon
nell Electrical Supply & Con
struction Company, in the City
of Burlington. North Carolina,
sell all the personal property be
r longing to the said Electrical
" Supply Company.
Among Baid property is the
following;
Electric Sewing Machine,
Vacuum Cleaner, Electric Iron,
Urns, Percolators, Lamps, Elec
tric Fans, Insulator, Bells,
Bulbs, Switches, and other elec
trical implements, machines, fix
tures', etc.; also one Wall Case,
one Typewriter, and other office
supplies and fixtures.
The entire stock of goods in
cluded in this stile will inventory
approximately $1,800.00.
An inventory of these goods
may be seen at the office of the
Piedmont TrusrCompany, with
W.» J. Graham, Receiver, or at
the office of John J. Henderson,
Graham, N, C.
Terms of Sale: CASH.
This 30th day of Sept., 1920.
W, J. GRAHAM,
Receiver,
Jobs J. Henderson, Att'y.
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! TOWN TAXES.—The tax book.
! Tor 15)20 are in my hands. Prompt'
i payment lvguesreri.
0. R. TItOLINGEK, ;
ioct2Uf Tax Collector.
Commlssoner's Re-Sale
of Land.
Under an order of the Superior
Court, made in a Special Proceed
ing entitled, "Mrs. W. L. Ramley,
AMiniiiistratix of \V. L. Rumley,
deceased, Ex Parte, 1 " the under
signed Commisioner will sell as
public auction at the conrt house
door in Graham, on
FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1920,
.it 12 o'clock, noon, the following
real property, to-wlt:
. Tract 3—Beginning at a Btake
on the mountain, Henderson Coble
corner,and running thernce £ 31.35
chs to pointers, corner of lot No.
6; thence N 9 chs to pointers;
thence N 70 deg E 4.76 chs to a
stake ou the Graham road; thence
with said road 16 chs to a sassafras
ou the west side of the said road;
thence S 54 deg 46 chs to the
beginning, apd containing 41.60
acres, more or lew.
Terms of Sale: One-third eaahy
6ne-third In three months, and
balanoe in six ponths. .
This is a re-sale of this tract,
and bidding on said tract is to
commence at $813.25. ' Sale sub
ject to the confirmation of Court.
This the lSth day of Oct., 1920.
JOHN J. HENDERSON,
Commissioner.
•Mrs. W. L. Rumley. AdmVx.
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The Facts of the Telephone , j
Situation in North Carolina
My 4. Epps Brown, Preeldsnt.
SOUTHERN BBLL TELEPHONE Ac TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Investment, Expense, Revenue
The mi I>l6 «u the best year in the history of thia Company. Hi* Company earned daitog Stat yeer
more In the SUM of North Carolina thin ever before, or atoce. 1 M
' The following figuree .peek for the**elv«s: » 4
Statement .of Investment, Revenue and Expenses, State of North Carolina. «
1916 ' I*l7 ins IMS »
Investment - $!.*",1M40 IMIMIUI U.58U14.11 |U»l.ttUf
Gross Revenae M6.7M.W 1,011,717.05 1.100.W4.M t4MjMU9
Eft>enaea 780.6 M.70 , 874,998.29 I;OSS.TTOJS
N«t Revenue 161.215.90 ' 147,718.76 76,2*444 14SJMJS
Per cent of net earnings to Investment— 6.01 4.M US  lit t -jjfflL
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Contrast that with the *er cent of profit figures represent the original to at of the
earned in your business! actual physical property of the Company. »
This Company has never earned a profit «** ** the P ab » c "J* 0 ?* Cmzx3^,^*.
l.Bal rata of interest to the "Peases Incurred In operating that
State ot Norti' no ~
excess earnings during the past. Thsee fig- g more and nothing less.
ures show the actual operations to this StaU. _ This property Is worth more than the ft* , 4
The investment shown is all physical prop- «re representing its original coat. To icpao , &Xjg
erty, and is what it. originally cost the Com- dnce this property today would coat attlMs
pany. There la not one dollar tor franchise, than 10S per emit more than It ortgtoaOy
"going value"' or-any so-called Intangible coat , ■
property. If the Company's net earnings wws isna J
There ls-no question of stocks or bopds or nrad hy today's value of the property, (hay . I m
\ capitalisation of any kind Involved. These would not exceed S per cent
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Sate of Personal Property
And Residence Lot!
Saturday, Nov. 6th, J 920, 2 p. m.
As administrator j)f the estate of Jesse M.
Bradshaw, dec'd, at his late residence in Graham, i
at the time and on the date above mentioned, I
will sell for CASH, at public outcry to the high
est bidder, a Jot. of Household and Kitchen Fur
niture, a good Set of Carpenter's Tools, Paper
Hanger's Outfit, and a good Five Passenger
Automobile.
At same time I will off for sale, on terms,
a very desirable residence lot on .North Main St.,
next to J. B. Montgomery's; the bid, however, , 1
subject to rejection by the owners of the lot.
. JAMES E. "BLACK,
Adm'r of Jesse M.' Bradshaw.
This Oct. 12, 1920.
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