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VOL. XLVII LEGISLATURE 1921 ENDS ITS LABORS^ Revaluations to be Reviewed—Some Able Legislators—Varser of Robeson Leader of Senate. (By Maxwell Gorman.) Raleigh, March 8. —Some time after midnight this (Tuesday) night, or more properly speaking early totnorrow (Wednesday) morning, before daylight, the General Assembly of North Caro lina for 1921, will jbe a thing of the past, unless it shall be called into extra session by the Gov ernor before election time in No vember next year. It was less than an average Legislature in point of ability and accomplishments, and it was by far the 'greenest" body that has assembled on the second floor of the State Cftpitol'fn many auno deminis. Lack' of experience in legislative work was mainly re sponsible for its omissions and oc casioned errors of judgment. But t here were some strpng men in the "freshmen legislature," strong by force of native ability and learning. The father of the House, Hon. Rufe Doughton.. who has done more legislative woyk, and done it intelligently and with ability than any other man in North Carolina, talking with this writer recently asked me who was the leader in the Senate. I unhesitatingly said, "Varser of He responded that he "is a lawyer. You know I have been thrown with him in the joint work of the Finance Committees of the two branches." Indeed it came to be generally accepted as a fact that Senator Varser was the greatest lawyer in the Legis lature. Other able working legislators were uot lacking. Senator Taylor of Wayne, Senator Gtfllert of Rutherford, Long of Alamance, Byrd of Harnett, Erwin of Bun combe, Hartsell of Cabarrus, Bur gwyn of Northampton, Cox of Raudolph, McCoin of Vance, Oates of Hender&on, and several " others, including several Repub lican Senators, were apt appren tices and got to handling the job wqll before adjournment. The Lieut.-Governor was uni formly courteous and fair in his work in the chair and ih all rela tions to Senators. There isn't one that will charge to the contrary. Goyernor Cooper, like the ablest Senators on the floor, had to learn the ropes, and he enjoyed the several ludicrous situations which he and a number of Senators got themselves into early in the ses sion. The Lieut.-Governor is a character, the type of men who "grow on you," and when he wields that gavel in the early part of January, 1923, it will have a finished touch which the first . Legislature under his direction did not receive, but which it got through well enough without. It was » fine body in the House, even if the "Representative from Back yonder" did insist on spitting the juice from a pound of tobacco on the carpet every day. HeconslderaUon In Revaluation In Co untie*. One of the pieces of legislation of most interest to the people of the rural districts was that amend ing the revaluation act, intro duced in the Senate early in the session and passed by the House last Saturday. Senator Varser is its author, and while the bill was criticized by some in the early stages of the session, all came to see its'justness and wisdom in the end. Representative Doughton told the House that the bill was a combination of the ideas of him self and Senator L. R. Varser, and retains the services of the men who made the valiiles in 1920 for the making the new values. That portion of the bill handling this revaluation follows: "The board of county commis sioners aod the county board of appraisers and review (heretofore appointed under the old law, of 191W) shall meet jointly in each county on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 1921, as a county board of review to de termine if the value of real prop erty as heretofore appraised and assessed in the county as a whole is in excesss of the fail value of such property at the time of meet ing of such board. The chair- THE ALAMANCE GLEANER • . ' • ' .. . " ' '* ■ * J. V- . ~ ~ v x aif» man of the board of county com missioners shall be the chairman of the county board of review as thus constituted and the clerk of the board of county commission ers shall be secretary of the board. "The said _board shall make proper inquiry and investigation into existing values of real prop erty as compared with theasses.sed and appraised values thereof in the several cities, towns and town ships of the county; and if it shall find that the assessed value of such property is in excess of the actual value it shall find the average per centage of such ex cess in the county as a whole or in the several cities, towns anil townships and shall report its findings so made to the State Tax Commission not later than April 20, 1921. The values so reported shall be the values at which the property shall be assessed for tax ation unless and until the same have been changed and revised by the Slate Tax Commission and certified to the board of county comtoissioners of such county whicli shall be done uot later than the first day of July, 1921." Specific complaints will be han dled by application to the board, and provision is made for a gen eral board of review, which will have the right to adjust values in different counties and townships if there exist such differences that a horizontal cut will not work out au equitable valuation on all property. ItpglslaUve Notes , The Legislature in its closing days adopted the recommenda tion of Governor Morrison in his message last month, and created the office of tax commiss oner, as it did previously the bank commissioner, and it is under stood here that Corporation Com missioner A. J. Maxwell, by far the most effective and ablest member of that body, will be ap pointed to be tax commissioner, a work for which he is peculiarly fitted. A new State Prison Board has also been named by the GoverUor, Chairman H. B. Varner being succeeded by J. A. Leake of Anson. Only one member of the old board is retained, W. M. Saunders, of Smithfield. The other new members of the board are E. D. FickliO of Pitt, A. L. Bullock of Robeson and Richard M. Chatham of Surry. Senator Elmer Long of Alamance made a record his county should be proud of. Sfenator Varser. Standing out prominently as the best lawyer in the Senate, the ma jority leader, Senator Varser of Robeson, was easily the "Sir Hubert" of the upper branch of the General Assembler. Not only as Senate leader did Senator Var- Ser distinguish himself on numer ous eccasions on the floor of the Senate, but as* chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, he was associated with Representative Rufus A. Doughton of Alleghany, the Bouse veteran and probably the best equipped legislator in the State by reason of long experi ence in that body. Talking with this writer a few days ago, Gov ernor Doughton said, "He is a magnificent lawyer, as I can say by reason of my experience and association with him in the joint meetings of the finance commit tees." v He was the best lawyer iu the Legislature and it was a strik ing feature of sefsions of the Se nate when "deep water" was struck, to witness the deference paid the opinion of the Senator from Robeson. We hope he will come back next time. Such men are needed. HIATB or OHIO CITY or TOLEDO I . . Lccii C«u°Tr. I ■ Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be I* senior partner ef the Mm of F. J. rbeney A 1o„ doing business In the city of Toledo, county and etate aioresald,and that said nrm will pay the sum or One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use or Hall's catarrh Cure, FKANK J. UHKNKY. Sworn to before be and subscribed In my presence, this #th day of peceuiher, A. D., lHfltf. A. W. OLEA-OS, IHeall Noutty Public. Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken inlcrnsfly and act through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. S«nl lor testimo nials free. j CHBNB y kco To | e j 0i a Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills lor constipation Track For Hire. Let os do your hauliiig of every kind, moving, etc. Have a new , truck.' Terms reasonable. BRADSUAW tic FCLLEB, 1 Phone 650. _ Graham, N. C. GRAHAM, N. C M THURSDAY. MARCH 10. i 921 State College News. West Raleigh, March B.—Fol-, lowing the remarkable evangelis ticTcampaign, held on the Bth, 9th and 10th of last December, under the leadership of Mr. Fred B. ! Smith, Vice-president of the Johns-Manville Company, the work of the State College Y..M. C. A. has been progressing steadi ly. Reinforcemonts have been added to the Promotion Force and the Friendship Council, and a va cancy in the cabinet filled. It was decided tbatfthe best way I to conserve the results of the evangelistic campaign was to get the students to studying the Bible. ! Consequently, thirteen additional Bible classes were organized im mediately after the holidays, mak ing a total of twenty classes. These groups are under student' leadership. They are studying the life of Christ, and they meet right in the dormitory sections. Much interest is being manifested in these classes which have an average enrollment of twenty-five Some of the classes have an un broken record of attendance so ; far. When the course has been completed, a Bible study banquet will be held, to which every man who has not missed a meeting will 1 be entitled to come. The Pulleu and Leazpr Literary Societies at State College announce ' the following queries and dates for the inter-society class debates 1 to be held during the remainder I -of .Jhe term: Marsh 8 (Junior) ' Resolved, That Our National ! Highways and Good Roads Should be Built and Maintained by Our • National .JJjgtrtray Government Rather than by the State, audi I County—affirmative, Leazar; ueg-j 1 ative, Pulleu. April 6 (Soph-1 omore) Resolved, That linuiigra- : tiou lo the United States Should be Absolutely Prohibited for a 1 Period of Five Years —affirmative, Pullen; negative, Leazar. April > 19 (Freshman) Resolved, That J 1 the Congress of the Uuited States I Should Adopt a Policy for Corn- M pulsory Arbitration of Indu«trial j 1 Disputes —affirmative, Le aza r; ' negative, Pullen. The Senior de bate was held February 32, and j • the Pullen Society, championing! the negative side of the following! query, was declared winner: Re- 1 solved, That the Federal Reserve Bank Should be Converted into a Central Government Bank. Victor Frederick Orlando 01-1 livier and Petrus Ferreira van der Watt, natives of South Africa, have entered tho Senior class at State College and during the, spring term will specialize in the I production and handling of cotton and tobacco. Mr. Ollivier comes: from the Transvaal and Mr. Watt' I rom the Orange Fr»'e State. These young men, both college gradu ates, hr.ve been sent to the college by the Colonial Government in order to learn about two of North Carolina's staple crops. When their work here is completed, they will go to Mesopotamia and Turkey to study Turkish tobacco. ! CHAWS •* • 1 1 • • Better co-operate and hire brains to sell your crop than to let others hire brains to take your tobacco away from you. Have you signed your own "Declaration of Independence"— the Tobacco Growers' Co opera- 1 tive Marketing Agreemeut ? Co-operative marketing keep* California farmers prosperous —; the hit and rniss system of selling tohacco keeps North Carolina growers from being prosperous. "If you don't think co-opera" tion is necessary watch what hap-; pens to a wagon if one wheel comes off." You owe it to yourself, your' family, your neighbor, your coun ty and State, to sign up with the tobacco growers who are co operate ing to sell their tobacco. W. KERK SCOTT, County Agent. TOWN TAXE$.—The tax books for 1920 are in my hands. Prompt payment requested. B. R. TkouhOEß, Tax Collector. IN THE SPRING YOUR BLOOD NEEDS A TONIC Winter Weakens Blood, Makes Faces Pale. Take Gude's Pepto-Mangan THE BEST KNOWN BL001) TONIC Drowsy Spring-Fever Feeling That Comes From Sluggish Blood > Will Soon Leave You . As all growing things on earth shoot into uew life in Springtime, |so do the billions of cells that i make up each pirt of the body I renew tlieit vigor. As you open the windows, bre ithe the Spring air, and let in the sunshiwe, the red corpuscles in your blood should carry more o*:yen to the tiny cells. The red corpuscles are tiny disc shaped particles, swimming iu enormous numbers in the blood. They carry oxygen to cells in HII parts of th«J body, and they carry away worn-out waste matter. Sometimes, especially iu tho Spring, after the winter indoors and more or less sickness, tbe red corpuscles themselves need re building. Gude's Pepto-Mangan contains just the ingredients to give the n greater power to absorb oxygen and to distribute it throughout the body. That is why it is such a good Spring tonic. I\ helps so much to bring back color to cheeks made pale and wan by the necessary in door winter life. It adds to the number of rod corpuscles. With fine Spying days and Gude's Pei>to- Mangan you gain in*v%or aud at tain good health. Don't go around drowsy this Spriug. Take that #ood touic, Gude's Pepto-Mangan. . You can get it in tablet form or iu liquid form at your druggist's. Both forms have the fame medicinal value. Insist upon genuine Gude's Pepto-Mangan.—Ad vt. . HEPORT OF CONDITION OF The Citizens Bank OF GRAHAM. At Qraiiam In Uie State of a North Carolina, at tbe close of business. Felv 21, 1021. KBMOUttCKS 1 Loans and discounts Demand loans 11.632.M1 Overdrafts secured, $ unse'd, *437 15 437.45 U.S. Bonds and Liberty ttondn 10,250 00 All other Stocks. Bonds and Mort- KBKeS. 61.00 Furniture and Fixtures t1.2H1.44...... 1,281.44 Cash In vault and net am't due from Banks, Bankers, and Trust Co.'s H.07C.22 Cash Items held over 84 hours 512.80 Checks for clearing 457.0# Total .4 • 08,000.74 LIABILITIES Capital stock 4 10,000.00 Surplus fund 1,000.00 ; Undivided profit*, less" uurreqtex -penses and taxes paid I,KIO TO Unearned dlsoounl 310.00 Hills payable 7.SOUJO : Deposits subject to check.......... . 61.7W1.01 Time Certificates of Deposit... 3.423 M Savin** Deposits. K/nSi 42 : Cashier's Checks outstanding 1,791 58 Certified Checks 5U0.00 Due't» National Banks 200 00 Accrued interest due depositors HV.TI Total - f 881100.74 State ol North Carolina, County of Ala mance, March 8, IKI, , I, J. S. Cook, Secretary of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to tha best of my kuowledge aud belief. J. ». COOK. Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before ine, this 7th day ol March, 1«1. W. K. BASON. Notary Public. My commission expires Sept. 17, l»2! ; [Notarial Seal.] 1 Correct—Attest; W. /. MICKS. H. J. STOCK A UD, W. B. UHBEN, Directors. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.^ Havlnk qualified as Administrator of tbe estate of Dr. J. J, Harefuot«ueoeasul. ute . I Alam.tnce oounty, N. V., this la to oollly all persons having clulme «trains I tbe estate o« said deceased to exuloit them to the under signed ou or lieiurv the .Oib day of Murcb, I us. or this notice will be pleaded in bar ul their recovery. All peraous In debted to said esta e will please make Im mediate payment. This February n. iici. K. L. » OLMBM. Adm'r of Or. J. J. liaieloot, dae'd. i Parker A Long, Att'ya. tachti Sale of Land Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a cer tain deed of trust wherein the undersigned, Alamance Insur ance & Real Estate Company, is Trustee, the said deed of trust liearing date of the 18th day of December, 1919, and being re corded in the office 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 11 o'clock, noon, at the court house door, in Graham, North Carolina, offer for sale at public cjuction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the fallowing desribed property, to-wit: A certain tract or parcel of land in Burlington township, Alamance oounty, North Caro lina, adjoining the lands of Msin Street, R. A. Sharpe and others, bounded as follows : Beginning at corner on Main St., running thence N. 35 deg. 10 min. W. 90 ft. to corner of alley way; thence N. 54 deg. 39 mill. E. parallel with Main St. 15 ft. co corner with R. A. Sharpe; thence with line of R. A. Sharpe S. 35 deg. 10 irlin. 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. W. S. Coulter, Atty. Sale of Land. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a cer tain deed of trust wherein the undersigned Alamance Insurance Real Estate Company is trus tee, the said deed of trust bearing date of the 18th day of December, 1919, aud being recorded in the oflice of the Register of Deeds for Alamance county iu Book No. 84 of Mortgaxes and Deeds of Trust at page 140, default having been made iu the payment of the in debtedness secured thereby as therein provided, the undersigned trustee will, on MONDAY, MARCH 14, at 12 o'clock, noon, at the court house door iu Graham, N. C., offer for sale at public auctiou 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 ami State of North Carolina, described as follows: First Tract: Near tho 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 Gleu Alpine road and the center of the Big Falls road; runniuK thence N 16 deg 23' E 449 ft. to a stake; thence S 88 deg 15'E 1258 feet to a stake iu the center of Big Falls road; thence S 3 deg 19' W 451 ft. to a stake in the uiitidle of the Biu Falls road ; tbouoe N 87 dejj 21' W 1390 ft. to the point of begiuuiug, and containing 13 acres, more or less. Second Tract: Adjoining the lauds of Robt. L. Walker, Mrs. Pouieroy, Millie E. Long aud others, and bounded as follows: It being the northwest end of the Casper Long tract, the name, be ing bounded as follows: On the north by ihe lands of Robt. L. Walk»r, Mrs. Pomeroy and E. F reel and; on the south by the lauds of Mrs. John W. Long; on the east by the lairds of E. Free land, and on tbe west by the lauds of Kobt. L. Walker, the same con taining by estimation about 34 acres, more or less. Tnis Bth day of Feb, 1921. Alamance Ins. & Real Estate Co., Trustee. W. S. Coulter, Att'y. Notice of Sale. Pursuant to power of sale con tained in a certain deed of trust executed by C. M. Gant and wife, Lorena Gant, to the undersigned Trustee, dated May 24th, 1919, and recorded in the office of the RegisteMf 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 the sum of $1300.00 and interest thereon pay able to Graham Home Building Company. The Baid bond 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, uooii, the following described real property, to-wit: A tract or parcel of land situate in the town of Graham, Alamance county, North Carolina, adjoiniug the lauds of Mrs. T. C. Mont gomery and 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 sido of LOUK Avenue and ' corner of Mrs. T. C. Montgomery, ' lot No. 7, and running S 2 deg W ' 125 ft. to a stake, corner of lots 1 Nos. 3,4 and 8; t hence S 87.10 deg E 90 ft. to a stake, corner of lots Nos. 4, 6 and R; thence N 2 2-3 deg E 125 ft tr& rtake on south hide of Long Avenue and corner df lot No. G; thence N 87 deg 10' W9O ft. to the beginning, containing 1-4 of an acre, more or less. Tewis of Sale: This sale will remain open for ten days for ad vance bids as provided by law under Mortgagee's sales, and the bidder will be required to pay 101 per cent of his bid on date of sale, balance to be paid in cash at the expiration of ten days and upoui execution and delivery of deed by! the Trustee, conveying to pur chaser the said property. This the 10th day of Feb.,(9921.! E. S. PARKER, JK., Trustee. Administrator's Sale of Land Under avid by virtue of a' judgment of the Superior Court in a special proceedings wherein J. H. Braxton, Administrator' of Mar}' A. Braxton, deceased, is petitioner, and Hiram Brax ton, J. O. Braxton and others 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.,j Hell the following deficrilied real property, to-wit: Being lot No. 9 UH allotted by J. M. Lindley, James Zachary and Daniel Mcßane to Ira Barx ton, and bounded its follows, to wit : Beginning at a stone in Hiram Braxton's line and cor ner of lot No. 4, and runniu£, thence E. 25 CIIH. to a hickory j in Guthrie's line; thence N. 8.51; clis. to pointers, corner with lot No. 2; thence W. 25 chs. to a stone in line of lot No. 4; thence! S. 8.50 chains to the beginning, and containing 23 acres, more or lestf. The mine being that) certain tract or parcel qf land of which Mary A. Braxton, de- : ceased, died possessed. Terms of sale: Gne- third caeh, ene-third in three months and one-third in six months. Sale : subject to confirmation by the' court. k This February 10, 1921. J. H. BRAXTON, Adm'r. J.J. Henderson, Atty. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Ha rime qualified as Administrator of tbe estate of Henry H. Ireland, deceased, the undersigned hereby DO titles all per son* holding claims against said es tate to present the same, duly authen ticated, on or before tbe lsth day of Feb. . He, or tMs notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. All periona Initalitcd to said estate are requested to make immediate aet t lenient. This Februar 8. littl. L. A. IHBLAND. Admlr of Henry K. Irela- d, dee'd. j Burllufton, N. G. K. 8. W. Dameron, Att'y. lOfebtt NO. 5 Hold on to Your Heas Under, the heading, "Hold ou to Your Hens," Dr. B. F. K&app, professor of poultry husbandry at State Co'lege, offers the following bit of advice to poultry raisers: During the World War there was much disturbance in cost of production and selling price of eggs. Many poultrymen "went into the hole," some being foteed out of the business entirely. This WHS in the summer of 11117. In 1915, two year before the war, eggs ranged from 18c per dozen, during the summer months, to 30c during the month of Decem ber. These were prices paid by stores to farmers. In 1919 there was a big difference, eggs started off in January at 55c and gradual ly dropped to 35c by Maroii. May opened up on a rise and the price gradually climbed up until December when eggs were selling for 65c at stores. By shipping to Northern markets one was able to get from 75c' >to SI.OO per JQZ en. Today eggs are selling for 60c to 65c at country stores and 75c to 80c on city markets. At this rate one can balance the loss of 1015 in a short period of time. It was found that on an average it takes about 20 per cent of the flock to lay eggs enough to pay the feed bill for the whole floe)(. Poultry products are naturally going to drop in price to a certain degree, but owing to the great decrease in liens caused by the disaster of 1917, there can't be any marked drop in prioes poultry products. Ke«-p your flock, feed them economically, cull out the and breed up the others. Try thfs and see who comes out ou top. PROFESSIONAL CARDS GRAHAM HARDEN, ML D. Bar ling lon, N. C. Office Hours: 9 to 11 ft. m. and by appointment Office Over Acme Drug Co. Telephone*: Office 446 Residence 204 JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-ot-La%v GRAHAM. N. C. Oilier over Nalloul Bash •! T, S. O OOK, Attorney-at- Lt«, > FIAHA M; .... N. c Uffloe Patterson Building Second Floor ML WILL S. LOKfi, JH. . . DENTIST . : ; ■raham . » . Nortfc Carolina 'FFICK » M MONri BUILDING \OOB A. LtiSM. J. KI KU LONO l-OXG A LONO, tiomnjra find Counaelors at Law GRAHAM, It. C. PATENTS OBTAINED. If you have an invention to patent pliiiac iienii us a model or aketchr with a letter of brief explanation for pre liminary examination and advice, You, disclosure and all business la strictly COD fldential, and will receive our prompt and personal uitention. D. SWIFT & CO., PATENT bAWTERS. - WASHIItOTON. D. 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