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STARTLING IN BOLDNESS.
Such Gov. Morrison's First Message-
Certain Progressive Measures
Outlined—No Self-Per- *
petuating. Boards.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, Feb. I.—No message
delivered by a governor of North
Carolina in many years attracted
the wrapt attention and held so
closelyjthe attention of the law
making body as that by Governor
MoA-ison Friday. It was start
ling in its boldness and candor,
it appealed to the progressive
spirit of North Carolina, it de
manded certain rights for j&e
governor which he does not now
enjoy, it was devoid of apology
.for saying anything he did, and
it threw additional red blood iute
the constitutions of the legisla
tors who were in sympathy with
the Morrison policy. This brief
criticism Would be fatally incom
plete if I did not add, that it gave
a few of the governor's opponents
a severe case of belly-ache.
The main points of the message
follow:
. The report of the budget com
mission should be considered as
valuab e and suggestive, but not
controlling. Suggests that finance
and appropriations committees
~ get together and "determine now"
North Caroliua's income, "not by
past history."
"We are able to go forward" be
cause we have the smallest debt
of any State when our quick as
sets are deducted. We should nse
the credit of the State.
Create "two new departments,
one to supervise banking and the
other to supervise taxation and
revenue. The corporation com
mission now has more than it can
possibly do well.
Give the governor the right to
remove any appointee at will in
order to get more life in the insti
tutional boards of the State. No
board should be so organized that
a governor would be unable to re
move a member if he failed to
perform his duty.
No ad valorem taxes for State
purposes.
Leave property taxes lor coun
ties, cities and towns.
Raise sufficient revenue for
State purposes from other sources
which the State has a right to
» tax.
We ought not to be bridled by
the recommendations of the
budget commission.
"The man who whispera, 'Go
slow, we haven't got the money,'
is asleep," and does not realize
that we should use the credit of
* the State to take care of our
State.
We must build a system of hard
surfaced roads.
Ad valorem tax ie not necessary
for road building.
Stop maintaining the mud holes
we call dirt roads
Income tax ought not to be
graduated. ■■
Helf-Perpetuating Boards. .
The governor as the law stands
now has on his hands for the first
three years of his official life a lot
of self-perpetuating boards who
have control of the State institu
tions They may not be in sym
pathy with the present adminis
tration and would not co-operate
with the governor in any recom
mendations he might make. Yet
this is a Morrison administration
and not a Bickett or Craig or
Kitchin or Glenn or Aycock ad
ministration, and Morrison is held
responsible for what these boards
(some of which date back to.the
Aycock regime) do, good, bad, or
indifferent, and he is powerless to
remove one of them. When one
dies, the remainder elect his suc
cessor of their own choosing, and
thus they have been self-perpet
uating for the last twenty years.
It is wrong and sometimes rotten,
and a bill has just been presented
in the Senate to change the deal.
It ought to be paaeed unani
mously.
Current Legislative Sotn.
Every newspaper apd the great
majority of the people who ex
press themselves on such snjects
are condemning the "seeret cau
jeub' which the Democrats at
tempted to put through last Thurs
day night, at the behest of a mem
l»er from one of the little western
counties. He bad "promised," it
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
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seems, to have the county treas
urer aboUnhed if the Republican
candidate in his connty should be
elected. The Senate refused to
concur in a House bill that abolish
ed the treasurer of Ashe county,
even if Representative Bowie had
promised it. The officer had been
elected by a good majority and
was sworn into office and is now
performing its duties and there js
no charge against him except th it
he is a Republican. Hence the
"secret caucus" was called to do
something the Democratic party
of North Carolina cannot afford
to do —and had notyetdoile. The
newspaper men were run out of
the hall (first time iu history here)
but the newspapers furnished the
main facts to their readers, all the
same.
The Senate leader, Senator Var
ser, is making a decided impres
sion on his colleagues. Although
a "new man" (they all are this
time except about five or six) lie
is master of the situation uud
works with a force and clearness
that marks him as one of the
ablest men in the Senate in many
years.
• As usual the demagogue is here
and making patent efforts to im
press his constituency, and the
voters of a larger field —with an
eye to windward, Congres or some
other seaport, I have been watch
ing his kind every session for
tweuty years and that kind of ma
terial rarely lands safely.
From how on the proceedings of
the General Assembly will be filled
with interest and many matters
of great importance. Governor
Morrison has started out to keep
some of them exceedingly busy
because a minority here do not
quite "approve" of Morrison
methods and the new governor's
straightforwardness.
Southwest Alamance.
• '
Cbr. of The Gleaner.
The snow closed the schools for
two days, and the mails couldn't
get out, in fact travel was entirely
stopped for several days, it being
Jhe deepest snow for a number of
years. It is now fast getting out
of the road and the mud is just
pimply awful.
I don't think there will be much
objection to the proposed road
law, if there are not too many
high-salaried officers to take up
the money that should be put on
the roads. Our roads are in a
terrible condition and our citizens
are willing to any thin.' reason
able, but they are not willing to
be imposed on.
Some time ago the community
did a little work and very little it
was, and when the county exhibit
was looked over two men got
somewhere about seventy-five dol
lars for work that was understood
to be done free, and was free with
some. If we can get our town
ship tax and use it in the
way, at the right place, and not
pay it all to men that do nothing
but talk and plan and make wrong
plans at the best, onr best farm
ers say Jwe can have fairly good
roads in Patterson township, but
the road system we are having is
an entire failure as all can plain
ly see.
' A MERCILESS JUDGE
One Who Bhows no Favor
A merciless judge is Father Time.
Before him the weak and the wan
ing go to the wall. Only the ti uth
can stand. For years the following
statement from a Graham resident
has withstood this sternest of,all tests
Mrs R. C. Phillips, Guthrie St.,
gave the following statement in De
cember, 1907: "I suffered a great deal
from kidney trouble for several
years, says Mrs. Phillips. I wag
very nervous at times, felt wjiU
and my sight seemed blurred. I f» j
gan using Doan's Kidney P.l s -an 1
was soon feeling better, i hive
gained ajteadily since taking this
remedy. '
On July 11, lSld, Mrs. Philil.jff
added, "Doan's Kidney PilU have
no equel and I dan say th? ■ hav?
done me a world of good i i re
lieving the pains in my btei and
regulating my kidneys. I w ud no
De without a box of this remedy
on hand."
\ Price 60c, at all dealers. Dm 1 !
simply ask for a kidney re lo.ly -
get Doan's Kidney Pills—th' sin
that Mrs. Phillips had. Fostv-M '
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Manufacture of cotton good* is
the very foundation of British
wealth.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3. i 921
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| FACTS ABOUT COTTON |
j
About 60 per cent of i h»- wurhl V j
supply of cotton i'M" mi
America.
Cotton is imlitft'iion - in all!
tropical and semi-(ro|>iMl whim- I
tries.
Sea Islands, >;ro\vn • IV lh«At-j
Ihiil i r coasf. of the United Slates,;
are the finest cottons in tliei
world.
801 l weevil has about destroyed '
the Sea Island cotton industry.
801 l Weevil first appeared in;
the Uniteil States at Brownsville, I
Texas, in 1892.
A sincl" pound of cotton has|
liwn spun into a bingie thread j
more than 1,000 miles in length, j
The prospect is that there will j
be an uiispun of Ameri-1
can cotton at August 1, of 0,607,1
00(1 bales. Before the war the;
average amount of cotton on j
hand at that date was about 1 j
200,000 bales.
The "Visible Supply" of cotton, ]
and the total supply on any given j
date are two entirely different!
things.
There is now enough unspun!
cotton in the world to last
about two years.
The average price of middling
cotton at 10 leading eotton mar
kets in the South Saturday was
14.03 cents.
The Statistical year for cotton
rnfis from August Ist to July I
31st.
U. S. Census Bureau reports
12,010,000 bales ginned to Jan.
16th. The next ginning repoit
will be published March 20th.
• 100 Reward, »100 _ .. [
Tlie readers of tbls paper will be nkased to |
learn that there Is at least one itrended tls- J
eftHe that science haH been able to cine In all
Its BtaveM and that Is catarrh. Catarrh being
greatly Influenced by const!tutMiml condi
tions requires constitutional t lent merit.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken Internally
and acts through the Blood on the Mucous j
surfaces of the System thereby destroying i
the Inundation of the disease, ah lng tlie p«- ]
tlent strength by building up the constllu- j
tlou and assisting nature m doing Its work.
The proprietors have so faith in the |
curative powers of Hall's L'utarrh Medicine |
that they oiler One Hundred Dollars for am
case that It falls to cure Send for list of tes-1
ltmonlals.
Address F. J. Cheney 4C0.. Toledo, Ohio. |
Sold by all Druggist, 75c, adv !
TAKESTOCK j
OF YOUR
HEALTH NOW
Winter Brings Many Ills to Pale,
Overworked People
TAKE PEPTO MANGAN
Fortify Your System-Good Blood
Will Give You New Strength
to Keep Well
If you feel the lea>>t bit run |
down, not necessarily sick, butj
tired and blue anl sort of down |
and out, it shows plainly that your
power of resistance is low.
It is dangerous to go around j
that way. You don't want to
do it.
Mak« no mistake about it, wkvu
you feel yourself slipping into
lazy habits, getting indifferent u>
the things you naturally like—no
energy, no vigor, always tired —it
is time to look out. It may not
mean that you are sick or that
you wil be. But there are dis
eases that would have an.easy
time of it with your system wheu j
your blood has uo lighting quali
fies.
You want to be well and keep
well aud feel strong. It you build
up the qualify of jour blood by
taking Pepto-Ma g'»" y«u will be
in trim to fitcht off winter ills. It
has just the right ingredients to I
build your blood up with rich, red |
corpuscles.,
Pepto-Mangan gives your blood
the qualities it nee- s to pick you,
up and start you off on a healthy
basis. You will no ic» the differ
ence soon after you start takingj
;t. You will have butler color,
better teeling, and more energy.
You can take it in liquid or
tablet form as you prefe -. itolb
Have the same Hut
be sure yon gettli** \i- iiin«* t -U'le's
Pepto-Maugan. ASK for n t>v that
name—"Uude's l'« pto- Alannatr,"
and be sure the futl name is on
the package.—Advt
MAN GIVEN UNIQUE SENTENCE
« '
English Judge on Record as Ordering
Him to Serve the Precedlnr
; Day In Jail.
One of the most famous members of
the English bench was Judge William
Henry Maule of the common pleas
cotfrt of London. • It Is told of him,
the Detroit News recalls, that one day
when a Jury yaWned through a long
aeries of testimony, and finally when
the majority of the 12 good men and
! true seemed on the verge of going to
Bleep and the rest to have, lost all In
terest In the cuse. be abruptly closed
i the testimony and tbe Jury filed out.
Although the evidence proved* the pris
oner Innocent, and even the prosecut
! lng attorney admitted It, the Jury
brought in a verdict of guilty.
The Judge being thus forced to glv#
; sentence, did so as follows: "Prisoper
j at the bar, your counsel thinks you in
j nocent, the counsel for the prosecution
I thinks you Innocent, 1 think yoti inno
-1 cent. But a Jury of your countrymen
in the exercise of such common sense
; as they possess, which doen not seem
to be much, have found you guilty,
j stupidly enough, and it remains for
| me to pass upon you the sentence of
j the law. The sentence Is that you he
| kept In Imprisonment for one day, and
| that day to be yesterday, therefore you
! may go about your business."
Venice Once Supreme City.
A few ceuturles ago Venice was the
gateway f* the commerce of all cen
tral Europe, particularly to and from
the Near East. It .was here rhat the
merchants -of the earth congregated
and many money lenders piled their
vocation of collecting usury.
The Rlalto bridge, made famous by
Shakespeare's "The Merchant of
Venice," still stands. This structure
once afforded a meeting place for mer
| chant princes to discuss the business
j of the world. In those days Venice
| was amoqg the most Important of sea-
I ports. Its harbor was constantly alive
I with merchant ships, as well as pas
senger vessels. It is still a unique city,
I in that Its streets are chiefly water-
I ways or canals, but although still a
city beautiful, and far famed for Its
line arts, its glory and importance as
a commercial center have passed
away.
. Making Joaa Stick.
! The composition of candles called
I Joss sticks, which are" used In all the
religious ceremonies of Buddhism, has
I long remained a mystery, the prepara
| tlon of the sticks being Intrusted to
certain persons choseh from a limited
class. Not long ago, however, there
i was learned the manner of making
Joss sticks In lado-Chinar* A stem of
bamboo Is rolled In a preparation
containing 14 different odoriferous
( drugs, two of which are significant,
( as showing a knowledge of chemical
and physical properties. These are
aconite, which serves to protect the
sticks against the attacks of rats
and mlee, and camphor, which causes
them to burn steadily without being
periodically extinguished.
'HILL 60' BOUGHT BY BREWER
.Hotel May Bt Erected Ground In
France That Will Hold Immortal '
Memories.
"Hill GO," whose record Is written In
| British hearts with the blood of her
young army, bus been sold to a brew
* r -
| "It Is expected," says the London
| Times, "thnt ,a hotel will be erected
there. From battleground of Immor
i tal memory to"hostelry Is n fate which
' may - be deplored, but It Is possible,
! even probable, that by an enterprise
however foreign to sentiment, all that
Is associated with the place may be
i preserved.
"Hill UO," sdcred with the memories
of Loos and of many a subsequent re
' fcurgenee of the tide of battle, conse
crated as few spots of earth
have been by repeated baptisms of
; heroic blood, long leased to be u hill.
It was held, as one commanding offi
cer reported, geographically, though
Its military value-had been utterly de
i stroyed.
"The 'hill' Itself was blunted to diis'.
long before the struggles for Its pos
session had ended. Its name will en
dure as long as British history, und It
Is perhaps as well that a monument
should murk the xlfe of so many
heroisms, even If the. monument pre
sents a-commercial aspect."
I 1 Pueblo-Type Cottages Are Cement
All the quaint chann of the old pn
eblo style of architecture Is preserved
In concrete In a series of little cot
tages now under construction in Mon
rovia. C'al. The one-story buildings
• are most remarkable for their complete
use of cement, woodwork being prac
tically eliminated. Even the ryofs are
concrete, and the doors are made of
magneslte, according to an illustrated
-article to the January Popular Me
chanics Magazine. The poured walla.
Ave Inches thick, Inclose a web of
watMpryfcg pmtmrtmi, while the em-
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HIPPLE CONCERT COMPANY.
Karl H. Hippie, "wizard of the
Xylophone," ts the manager of the
Hippie Concert company. Each of the
other members of the company Is thor
oughly experienced In concert work.
The company's program, as usually
given, Is both classical and popular In
character although a strictly classical
program will be given on request.
The Hippie Concert company have
earned a splendid reputation as enter
tainers and enthusiastic words of com
Will Appear at Montwhite Theatre, Graham,
Saturday Night, Feb. sth.
Admission 50c and 25c.
ment floors are .stained In Spanish
leather effect, waxed and polished. The
little structure* are wholly fireproof,
and easy cleaning Is assured by the ab
sence of moldings, casing and_ base
boards. Inclosed courts off the kltch
an and sleeping chambers, partly
roofed and partly screened, provide
outdoor protection and privacy.
CHESS COMES EASY TO HIM
Youthful Prodigy Declares There ia
Nothing Wonderful About Hla
Mastership ef Game.
Chess Is the easiest game Id the
world to me. During the long dull
day* of the war my father used to
play all the time with his friends. At
first I did not understand what the
chessmen were for, and wondered
why father would sit for hours and
gaze at the board with Its funny-look
ing pieces. One day when I did not
want to go out and play I watched
hlni play his game. I became Inter
ested. I bothered my father *o with
questions that he chased me out of the
game us soon. as he wan through
with his friend. X waited eagerly for
hlin to get through, lie played a
practice game with me, und I under
stood every move after that. The
next game we played, I beat my father,
who Is a very good chess player.
There Is nothing wonderful about my
way of playing the game. My secre
tary, Mr. Azenberg, says that It
comes from reincarnation. A baby
la born with good brains, and they ex
plain It that way. They say that'his
ancestors or some spirits have given
this power to him bccaue so m.uch
ability in one person must have taken
a long time to develop. When I play
chess I can plan my moves six or sev
en moves ahead, and most players
can (»nly go three moves ahead of the
gu:ne. I can't help it at ull. I was
born that way. 1 like to play with
poor players. At West Point, where
I beat 19 gnrnes anil drew one, there
were only nine good players; the oth
ers had no business trying to play
me at ull.
I have played lots of One players In
Chess. During the war I bent the
German governor at Warsaw, nnd he
was an old man and a fine player-
Then I drew a game -with Hubensteln,
the Russian champion, and also drew
with Grlflin In a blindfolded game In
England. I have not played Lasker
yet. but one of the 21 1 beat In Harts
says he drew a game with Lasker. and
another said he beat Capablanca. In
America, toy hardest game so far has
been with Colonel Flebeger. sixty-two
years old, at West Point.—Samuel
Rzeszewskl In I>eslle'g.
Making Picture* Popular.
A circulating library of pictures, In
stead of books, has been opened by
the'Y. W. C A., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Good reproductions of the best pic
tures of today and earlier periods are
kept on hand to be looned out for two
weeks or a month. Accompanying each
picture Is a brief account of the art
ist's life, the significance of the paint
ing and data ' about the school and
period of art to which the artist be
knp. The idea the y*"nn is
mendation have been written concern
ing them by people In all parts of tbe
United States.
The personnel of the company Is as
follows: ,
Earl H. Hippie, manager, xylophone
soloist, trombonist, drums, traps a\nd
novelties. V
Azei A. Osborne, violin soloist Lud
saxophone.
Mrs. Earl H. Hippie, piano soloist,
planologues, xylophone and saxophone.
Christ Knudson, flute soloist and
cornetlst.
to familiarize the subscribers with
some of the best exnmples of art,
which they might not otherwise ob
tain and which they may eventually
wish to own, after having lived with
thein a short time.
GIANT TREES OF AUSTRALIA
Exceed In Height, Though Net In Cle
oumfertnee, the Famous Grand
Conifers ef California.
In the book, 'iUnder the Southeva
Cross," written by Maturtn M. Ballon,
an American traveler, In the 'Bos of
the last century, we read of hla esti
mate of the great trees of Australia,
according to the Christian Bcienca
Monitor.
"It Is In this colony of Austr&Uu that
the traveler finds the giant trees, con
sidered to be one of the great won
ders of our times, and which exceed
In dimensions those grand conifers of
California In which Americans feel
such pride. These big trees of Victoria
are called the mountain ash, though
why so named we do not understand,
as they are not of that family. But
they are certainly the tallest trees In
the known world, often measuring 400
feet and more In height, and from
fifty to sixty feet In glrtli a couplp of
yards from the ground. When we say
that these trees exceed In dimensions
those of California we refer especial
ly to their heigh! Inasmuch as the
American trees equalOhem, If they
do not In some instances surpass them
In circumference. The Australian
tree# rise a hundred feet more or less
from the roots without putting forth a
lateral branch. On beholding them
one is not at first impressed by their
exceptional size or moiutrchllke ap
pearance, but they grow upon one by
further observation. A trip of a hun
dred miles from Melbourne due east to
Half-—a remarkably pleasant town, of
between 3,000 and 4,000 Inhabitants,
situated on the (Hppsland railroad
takes one to tbe region where these
Immense forest giants are to be seen,
and at the same time Introduces the
traveler to some of the finest scenery
In the mountain range of this district,"
Threaten American Industry.
Spain Is one of the greatest- Iron
ore centers of the world, shipping ->re
heavily to other European countries,
as well as to the United States, and
wfdle it bas some large Iron and steel
works, Its output of the finished prod
net has never been commensurate with
Its ore developments. Now, however,
there'ls" a well-defined project of the
Krup|ia to set up a great branch at
Bllboa, Spain, to manufacture agricul
tural machinery for the purpose of
driving out of the market American
companies who nlv have a large share
of this business. J
The 157 Varlatlaa.
Rtf the 157 viirtPilpH of passenger
ram made In the United States, thir
ty-Ave come from Michigan. Indiana
la next Willi twenty-three. Ohio has
twenty two. New York fifteen and
Pennsylvania and Illinois are tied at
ten eart. There are 122 automobile
manufacturing cwtwiu outside of
Michigan.
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PROFESSIONAL HARDS
GRAHAM HARDEN, ML D.
Burlington, N. C.
Oftice Hours: a to 11 a. in.
and by appointment
Ollice Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephone*: Office Itl—Residence 364
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-a t-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
•HI" over National Bank of Alaauct .
S3. COOK,
Attorney-at - Lata,
A M. - . - - N. c
Office Patterson Building
Pi«nr.
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I>ONG A LONG,
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OKAHAM, N. C.
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personal uttenlion.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Graham Drug Co.
Hayes Drug Co.
Summons by Publication.
NORTH CAROLINA,
Alamance C'ountv.
11l the Huperior Court.
Gertrude Watson Mills
VB
Claude Mills.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action eutilled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Alamancu county
to obtain an annullment of tli« mar
riage between plain'ifl and defend
ant as provided by Sec. 15itL Chap- v
ter 31 111 the Revisal of»/TyO">, en
titled Divorce and Alimony, and
Sec 2mH3 of said Revisal, lor that
defendant had a wife livit.or at tbe
time of the marriage between jilain
tift and defendant; and the *aid de
fendant will further take notice that
he is required to appear at the term
of the Superior Court of said county
to be held 011 the first Monday in
March, 15)21, ut the court house of
said county, in Graham, N. I'., and
answer or demur to the eouiplaint of
; the plaintiff in said action, or the
plaiutill" will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in said com
. plaint
This 12th day of Jan , 1021
1). J WALKER, C. S. O.
Coulter iV King, Att'vs. )>jan4t
Truck For Hire.
•
Iet us do your hauling of every
kind, moving, etc. Have a new
truck. Terms reasonable.
BRADSIIAW & .JFL" LI.KR,
Phone USO. Graham, N. C.
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TOWN TAXES. —The tax books
for 1920 are in mv hands. Prompt
payment requested.
B. R. Tbolingib,
Tax Collector.
Break your Cold or LtGrippe with
ew doses of 666
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