THE ALAMAXCR GLEANER.
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VOL. XLVII
W • N
Legislators Are
Speeding Up.
Only This Week and Another in the
Pay Limit.,
CLARKSON DID THE WORK ON
ROAD BILL
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Imperial Kleagle Tells About Knights
of Ku Klux Kian.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Baleigh, Feb. 21.—With only
this and one other week remain
ing for the State Legislature to
complete its work, within the
sixty days for which pay is pro
vided for the law-makers, b »th
bodies are today planting their
feet on the speedometer of the
legislative machine.'
The holding of night sessions
will begin this week, and there
will be committee meetings galore
—if some of them find U; neces
sary to squat in the middle of the
road som'whar to provide a meet
ing place.
The committee on movie pic
ture censorship bill will likely
dispose of that impracticable
measure today or tomorrow and
the two branches of the Legisla
ture will send it to the unfavora
ble graveyard. Many people
think that there ought to be some
legally established censonßhip
over a certain class of pictures
But every one knows that the bill
that has been proposed to«the
General Assembly and opposed by
Thomas Dixon and a number of
other people interested is not
feasible. The fact also remains
that while a small committee of
more or less cranky "censors"
were essaying to censor the hun
dreds and hundreds of films shown
in the numerous picture theatres
all over the State, thousands of
citizens who find recreation and
enjoyment in seeing the average
picture wouHT resent the long de
lay that would ensue—so long that
by the time the pictures finally
got to the places where they were
originally scheduled to be exhibit
ed they would have grown *so
many grey whiskers on them that
the public could not enjoy the old
out-of-date stuff.
Great Good Roads Prospect.
The State good roads bill that
finally went through the House a
lew days ago, with only-fourteen
votes against it to over one hun
dred for it> will receive its finish
ing touches in the Senate in a day.
or two. "It is a great thing for the
State and, despite the cognomen
placarded on it by some additional
(not to say eleventh hour) trim
ming in the House by Dough ton ,
Connor and one or two others,
the man who deserves the most
credit is he who works on it for
months before the General As
sembly met, namely, Hon. Heriot
Clarkson, of Mecklenburg.
But it seems that it is cointyg
to be not unusual hereabouts that
others shall claim and bo, granted
the credit for work which other
men did when real men and real
work were needed and receive the
reward of neglect. There are men
here \n service of the Sta£e that
didn't have the nerve to stand up
and fight for either of the two
splendid gentlemen who contested
for the gubernatorial office in the
second primary, but went off on
long-distance "vacations" that
kept them out of the State of
North Carolina for a period em
bracing more than that which
constituted the intermin between
the first and second primary, ajpd
at the expense of the State at that.
Yet they have been here since the
inauguration of Morrison attempt
ing to play god-father toliim and
inflict their heroic cowardice upon
him when they think he needs
"advice" or has a favor to bestow.
If the present Governor was as
weak as some of his predecessor
he would have fallen tor the cheat.
Without knowing it, he has been
fooled to some extent. Men have
gone along the streets of Raleigh
saying aloud that they would feel
like kicking themselves for vot
ing for Morrison if- he hooked up
with and took some advice «o me
of the papers here that did noth
ing to Dominate him havs blasen
t*i fort* be intended to do.
But the Governor has not and
will not do what they were falsely
informed he intended to do.
Ku Klux Klan Sentiment.
The initial parade and open
meeting here of the Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan and the ad
dress of the Imperial Kleagle, at
tracted more notice than you
could shake a stick at and caused
some three thousand white citi
zens and a few negsoes to gather
in the city auditorium.
As an advertisement it was a
success for the Klan, but if the
intentions of the KJI Klux of tins
late day amount tog nothing more
practical than somethe organ
izers tell about, it neither a
thing to be feared, or
to be bowed down to.
One of the daily papers of Ral
eigh on the eve of the meeting
charged that one or more of. its
most active solicitors for member*
was a Catholic baiter. That re- (
ligious intolerance was a factor
of the order. All readily recog
nized the individual termed a
Catholic baiter, a man who Jiolds
most radical views as to Catholic
people and church. He was pres
ent at the meeting, conspicuously
present.
But when the Imperial Kleagle
read'an extract from the Raleigh
paper's reference to the subject,
| he disclaimed that any such thing
existed. "Why," said he, with
outstretched arms, "the two best
friends I have iu the world are
Catholics, one of them my busi
ness partner. Ido not subscribe
to some of the tenets of his belief
and he does not concern himself
about my views as ,a n officer in
this order." Our friendship is not
disturbed.
Continuing, Che Imperial Klea
gle (who was representing the
Imperial Wizard, Colonel Sim
mons, detained at home by illness)
said that if any such person iu
the Raleigh aggregation of the Ku
Klux was guilty of this thing, and
any reputable citizen would make
affidavit to that effect, the alleged
'baiter' would be instantly dis
charged and expelled from the
order." So somebody is probably
in an unpleasant position at the
first shot. Not. only did the Im
perial Kleag.'e say all that (I
heard it with my own ears), but
he assured the good class of ne
groes who had representatives
present, that the Klan was not
their enemy as a negro, but that
the Ku Klux were the enemies of
"evil doers of every race."
This writer holds no brief for
anybody more intimately concern
ed than himself, as a white man,
but he is bound to conclude with
the morning paper here, that if,
as supposed, the primary object
here is to tackle the whiskey sell
ers and makers it is a laudable*
undertaking if they can add any
thing (under the law) to decrease
the. infamy that has made thiS
city and county odious for the last
year or thereabouts. Men who
will debauch their own private
homes into bar-rooms where even
th§ stranger is invited to call and
pay ten dollars a quart for deadly
poison, ought to be "dealt with"
by some method. The law now
such a thing to exist in this
city. It even allows murd'-r to
be committed by murder gangs of
bootleggers who peddle poison
that has killed outright more than
one person in this city and county.
Others have been burned ont by
poison sold them and are ruined
for iife, though walking the
streets of Raleigh today.
The new-comer white president,
Mr. Peacock of the negro "Shaw
University" hero, and the alleged
"editor" of a Raleigh negro paper,
and some other negroes who are
constantly baiting race prejudice,
..waited on the Mayor aud City
Board of Commissioners aud de
manded that the Klan be not al
lowed to hold their meetings,
open to the public. The order,
in my opinion, has been mali
ciously lied about. Social equal
ly Yankee-Negro clubs fear the
Ktf Klux, The good and general
run of negroes here do not ex
press either their fears or enmity.
After the BolshevUU.
Some fellow in the audience,
commenting on the statement that
the Klan was confined tp no sec
tion, that its habitations extend
ed from Maine to California, and
adverting to the "yellow race
menace," up and said, he did: "I
believe these here fellers are
really after the Bolshevists,"
GRAHAM, N. C„ THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1921
whereupon several in immediate
range shied'at the remark visibly.
Americanism stands first said the
Impetrial "Kleagle. There are
things gping on covertly against
the government that yon know
nothing ftbout. There are secret
societies in existence today with
negro memberships that are the
property body and soul of a Jap
scheme in the United States.
Without knowing who I was, one
of these agents bragged'of it to
me in a rrcent Southern tour, and
impressively added, "But the nig
gers don't know it, not yet."
So, some may observe the warn
ing—"Look out, * for the Ku
Klux will find you out," Others
will not care a kitty if they do.
But on the "dead quiet." if we
were selling poison liquor to boys
from my private residence, or
carrying it to them over to a
school lot across the street, we
wouldn't be supprised any blue
lightqiug uight to get thirty lash
es if not a coat of tar and feath
ers. The Ky Klux will probably
not thank us for saying this
much, but it may be considerable
of a favor to several durn scoun
dtels in the city of Raleigh and
elsewhere. *
University Produces Successful Play-
Writers.
Cor. of The Gleaner.
Chapel Hill, N. 0., Feb. 23.
Dramatic enthusiasts af the Uni
vereity of North Carolina who
have pouring heart and sonl
into the work of the Carolina
Playmakers iu producing North
Carolina folk lore plays and in
promoting dramatic interests in
the generally are rejoicing
at the success of two young uni
versity alumni who have made
successful starts in dramatic work
in New York and at Harvard
University.
Harvey Hatcher Hughes, fprm-j
erly of Cleveland County, whose
play, "Wake Up, Jonathan!" is
now running successfully in New
York, with Mrs. Minnie Maddern
Fiske as the star, is the universi
ty's first notable playwright iu
many years. Hughes was a mem
ber of the class of 1907 at the uni
versity, received his M. A. degree
in ISIOB and was instructor in
English two years. Kor several
years he has taught dramatic com
position at Columbia University.
His new-play is the joiut work
of himself aud Elmer Rice, whose
piny "On Trial" attracted wide
spread attention several years
ago. After trial performances in
Baltimore it was produced iu
New York and has uiet with
marked success. It deals with a
successful business" mau who had
neglected his wife and children
for his business interests and
who, when he would regain their,
love, finds himself facinig the most;
difficult light of his career.
The play has attracted unusnal j
inteiest from dramatic critics,
both because it Is'Hughes'first
work to be produc d iu Now York
and because of its merit. It is!
understood in Chapel Hill that!
this young alumnus has another j
play coming out later iu the
spring, written solely by him-:
self.
Thomas C. Wolfe of Asheville,
a member of' last year's graduat
ing claf'S and a leadiug ihember of
the Carolina Playmakers, has also
made a promising start in dra
matic work at Harvard where he
is a member of the famous class
in dramatic composition working
under Prof. George Pierce Baker.
Tom Wdlfe is a product of the
hill-country and in plays written
at the university he always cent
ered his work among the peop e
he himself had knowu iu imately.
His most recent play, entitled
"The Monntaius," was one of four
selected out of eighty written by
members of tho class for trial per->
formance before the class. Its
local production at Harvard at
tracted much comineut among the
members of the class, many of
whom have done successful dra
matic work.
"The Mountains" deals with a
North Carolina mountain boy * ho
had beeu away to college aud who
returned to his family at a mo
ment when an old feud breaks
out afresh. At college and in
bis travels be had come to scorn
the cut-off life iu the hill country
which he and his family had al
ways led. Between his fresh
, ideals and the old call of l&e blood
lies the dramatic struggle ol the
play. It could have been writ
ten only by one who knew the
country and the people.
Forest Fires.
What shall North Carolina do
about the great loss by fo.-est fires?
This is a real live question and
one on whose answer much de
pends. During the five-year period
from 190'J to 1913 th« average
number of fires reported per year
iu North Carolina was 533. These
fires burned each )ear about 415,-
000 acres, at an average loss of
8650,000, aud two lives.
The cost each year "to private
individuals of fighting these fires
was abouf $30,000. The losses
and costs should be stopped,, if
possible, or at least gt-eatly re
duced. This can be done by the
exercise of ordinary care, es
pecially at this season of the year,
when fires are so likely to get out
aud spread. - „ " • a
The Insurance Commissioner
appeals to all citizens not to start
outside fires on windy d ys or
leave theui to be fauned into
fl lines or spread by wiuds ris ng
during the night. Fire is used
too promiscuously and carelessly
for burning off new| ands being
opened, as well as other lands
covered with vegetation. Hunt
£k»*u tiiQmutnpj und uinnlrami in nut
! What shall North Carolina do
about the great loss by fo.-est fires?
This is a real live question and
I one on whose answer much de
' peuds. During the five-year period
I from 1909 to 1913 th« average
i number of flies reported per year
iu North Carolina was 633. These
fires burned each jear about 415,-
1 000 acres, at an average loss of
18650,000, aud two lives.
The cost each year "to private
> individuals of fighting these fires
| was abouf $20,000. The losses
and costs should be stopped,,if
I possible, or at least gt-eatly re
| duced. This can be done by the
! exercise of ordinary care, es
pecially at this season of the year,
when fires are so likely to get out
aud spread. - „ " • a
The Insurance Commissioner
appeals to all citizens not to start
outside fires on windy d ys or
leave theui to be fauned into
fl lines or spread by wiuds ris-ng
during the night. Fire is used
too promiscuously and carelessly
for burning off new| ands being
opened, as well as other lands
covered with vegetation. Hunt
ers, teamsters, and smokers must
exercise more care with their fires
and matches.
All cases of careless as well as
intentional starting of fires that
damage lands aud forests should
be reported to the Insurance Com
missioner, so that they may he
investigated and, where the evi
dence justifies it, vigorous prose
cutions instituted.
The loss from tßese causes since
'913 has been even greater each
year.
College coaches are missing a
good bet when they do not train
football players in the scrim
nages at bargain counters in onr
big cities.
Sale of Land.
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained iu a cer
tain deed of trust wherein the
undersigned AWmance Insurance
& Real Estate Company is trus
tee, the said deed of trust bearing
dale of the 18th day of December,
1919, and being recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds fot-
Alamance county in Book Nff. 84
of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
at page 140, default having been
made in the payment of the in
debtedness secured thereby as
therein provided, the undersigned
trustee will, on
MONQAY, MARCH 14, 1921,
at 12 o'clock, noon, at th* court
house door .in Graham, N. C.,
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder, for cash, the
following described property,
to-wit:
Two certain tracts or parcels of
land in Graham township, Ala
mance county and State of North
Carolina, described as follows:
First Tract: Near the boundary
of the town of Graham, bounded
as follows: Beginning at a stake
at a point in the Glen Alpine.road
or Mebane street extended, 1390
feet west of the intersection of
the north line of said Glen Alpine
road aud the center of the Big Falls
road; running thence N 16 deg
23' E 449 ft. to a stake; thence S
88 deg 15' E 1258 feet to a stake
in the center of Big Falls road;
I theuce S 3 deg IQJ W 451 ft. to a
stake in the middle of the Big
Falls road; thonce N 87 deg 21' W
1390 ft to the point of beginning,
and* containing 13 acres, more
or less.
Second Tract: Adjoining the
lands of Robt. L. Walker, Mrs.
"Pomeroy, Millie E. Long and
others, and bounded as follows:
It being the northwest end of the
Casper Long tract, the same be
ing bouuded as follows: On the
north by the lands of Robt. L.
i Walk r, Mrs. Pomeroy and E.
Freelaud; on the south by the
j lauda of Mrs. John W. Long; on
i the east by the lauds of E. Free
-1 land, and on the west by the lands
of Robt. L Walker, the same con
taining by estimation about 38
acres, more or less.
Tnts Bth day of Feb , 1921.
Alamance Ins. & Real Estate Co.,
Trustee.
W. 8. Coulter, Att'y.
Sale of Land
Upder and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in a cer
tain deed of trust wherein the
undersigned, Alamapce Insur
ance & Real Estate Company,
is Trustee, the said deed of trust
bearing date of the 18th day of
December, 1919, and being re
corded in the bffice of the Regis
ter of Deeds for Alamance coun
ty, in Book No, 84 of Mortgages
and Deeds of Trust, at page 139,
default having been made in the
payment of the indebtednes se
secured thereby, as therein pro
vided, the undersigned Trustee
will, on
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1921,
at 12 o'clock, noon, at the court
houße door,- in Graham, North
Carolina, offer for sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash, the following desribed
property, to-wit:
- A certain tract or parcel of
land in Burlington township,
Alamance county. North Caro
lina, adjoining the lands of Main
Street, R. A. Sharpe and others,
bounded as follows:
Beginning at corner on Main
St., running thence N. 35 deg.
10 mjn.-W. 90 ft. to corner of
alley way; thence N. 54 deg.
39 uiin. E. parallel with Main
St. 15 ft. co corner with R. A.
Sharpe; thence with line of R.
A. Sharpe S. 35 deg. 10 min. E.
90 ft. to cor. with Main St.;
thence with line of Main St. S.
54 deg. 40 min. W. 15 ft to the
beginning, and being lot No. 4
in the Survey of the tract of
land lying between Andrews St.
and Southern Railway Co.
This February 8, 1921.
Alamance Ins. & Real Estate Co.
trustees. ... '
W". S. Coulter, Atty.
NOTICE
To Creditors of the Gra
ham Loan & Trust
Company.
•.
Having been appointed per
manent Receiver of the Graham
Loan & Trust Company by J.
Lloyd Horton in an action pend
ing the Superior Court of Ala
mance county, by an order dated
January 28, 1921, and having
qualified as Receiver, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the said Graluim Loan
& Trust Company,. to exhibit
them to the undersigned Re
ceiver, at his office in Graham,
North Carolina, on or before the
Ist day of April, 1921, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons holding bonds or
notes of other parties guaran
teed by the Graliam Loan &
Trust Company, are notified to
exhibit them to the undersigned
Receiver on or before the date
mentioned above, giving the
name of the maker, the date of
the bond, the series number, and
the serial number of said bond
or note, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery
on said guarantee. All persons
indebted to said Graham Loan
& Trust Company will im
mediate payment.
This the 3rd day of Feb., 1921.
WM. I. WARD,
Receiver of Graham Loan &
10feb4t Trust Company.
Fords for Sale.
1 new Ford with starter.
1 new Ford without starter.
11917 model—price right.
Apply to
Samet Furniture Co.,
Phone 626 Burlington, N.C,
TOWN TAXES.—The tax books
for 1920 are.in my hands. Prompt
payment requested.
B. R. TBOUKUKR,
Tax Collector.
Notice of Sale.
Pursuant to power/>f sale con
tained in a certain deed of trust
executed by C. M. Gant and wife,
Loreqa Gant, to the undersigned
Trustee, dated May 24th, 1919,
and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Alamance
county in Deed of Trust Book No.
79 at page 329, the said deed of
trust was given to secure the pay
ment of a certain bond of even
date therewith in J,he suin of
$1300.00 and interest thereon pay
able to Graham Home Building
Company. The said liond has
been assigned and transferred to
S. C. Spoon and default having
been made in the pavment of said
bond and interest thereon, ac
cording to its terms, the under
signed trustee will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, for
cash, at the court house door in
Graham, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 12,1921,
at 12 o'clock, noon, the following
described real property, to-wit:
A tract or parcel of land situate
in the town of Graham, Alamance
county, North Carolina, adjoining
the lands of Mrs. T. C, Mont
gomery aud others, and be : ng on
the south side of Long Avenue, in
the town of Graham and bounded
as follows:
Beginning at a stake on the
south side of Long Avenue and
corner of Mrs. T. C. Montgomery,
lot No. 7, and running S 2 deg W
125 ft. to a stake, corner of l«s
Nos. 3, 4 and 8; thenceS 87.10deg
E 90 ft. to a Btakn, corner of lots
Nos. 4, 5 and 6; thence N 2 2-3 deg
E 125 ft. to a stake on south side
of Long Avenue and corner of lot
No. 6; thence N 87 deg 10' W9O
ft. to the beginning, containing
1-4 of an acre, more or less.
Terms of Sale: This sale will
remain open for ten days for ad
vance bids as provided by law
undei/ Mortgagee's sales, and the
bidder will be required to pay 10
per cent of his bid on date of sale,
balance to be paid in cash at the
expiration of ten days and upon
execution at}d delivery of deed by.
the Trustee, conveying to pur
chaser the said property.
This the 10th day of Feb., 1921.
E. S. PARKER, JR.,
Trustee.
Administrator's Sale
ol Land *
Under and by virtue of a
judgment of the Superior Court
in a special proceedings wherein
J. H. Braxton, Administrator j
of Mary A*. Braxton, deceased, j
is petitioner, and Hiram Brax-;
ton, J. G. Braxton and others j
are defendants, the undersign- {
ed administrator will, on
SATURDAY. MARCH 19, 1921,
at 12 o'clock, noon, at the court
home door in Graham, N. C.,
sell the following described real
property, to-wit:
Being lot No. 3 as allotted by
J. M. Lindley, James Zachary
and Daniel Mcßane to Ira Barx
ton, and bounded as follows, to
wit : Beginning at a stone in
Hiram Braxton's line and cor
ner of lot No. 4, and running
thence E. 25 chs. to a hickory
in Guthrie's line; thence N. 8.51
chs. to pointers, corner with lot
No. 2; thence W. 25 chs. to a
stone in liae of lot No. 4; thence
S. 8.50 chaius to the beginning,
and containing 23 acres, more
or less. The same being that
certain tract or parcel of land
of which Mary A. Braxton, de
ceased, died possessed. , 1
Terms of sale: One- third cash,
ene-third in three months and
one-thjrd in six months. Sale
subject to confirmation by the
court.
This February 16, 1921.
J.H.BRAXTON, Adm'r.
J. J. Henderson, Atty.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified M Administrator of tb.
•on* boMlnc claims «*M M
tat« to present lb* Mm., duly aatheM
tlcaUd, on or be fur. the IMb It; of yt b.
»or tbt* notice will be pleaded Id bar or
r recovery. All pertooa ladebted toaakl
estate are rsqurtted to make immediate s«t
tlT?r."Kebru»ra.»«L
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NOTICE
To Creditors ol the Gra
ham Land Company.
Having been appointed per
manent Receiver of the Graham'
Lani Company by J. Lloyd
Horton in an action pending in
the Superior Court of Alamance
county, by an order dated Janu
ary 28, 1921, and having quali
fied as Receiver, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the said Graham Land Company
to exhibit them to the under
signed Receiver at his*office in
Graham, North Carolina, on or
before the Ist day of April,
1921, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
Graham Laud Company will
make immediate payment.
This the 3rd day of Feb., 1921.
WM. I. WARD,
Receiver of Graham Larfd
10feb4t Company.
iTrock For Hire. "
Let us do your hauling of ererj
kind, moving, etc. Hare a new
track. Terms reasonable.
Bbadsjiaw A Fuller,
Phone 050. Graham, N. C.
TOWN TAXES—The tax books
for 1920 are in mv hands. Prompt
payment requested.
B. R. Tkolinokk,
TSX Collector,
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