VOL. XLVII
Mumcipal Financial Act
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| Not Correctly Entered
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Attorney General Rules Against It On
Technicality—Extra Session
Wanted to Remedy
Defect.
PRINTING PLANTS SHUT DOWN.
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Highway Prospects Good; Wilkinson of Charlotte
'Succeeds Wood—Reduction in Values
Will Affect Schools—Student Gov
ernment at State College.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, May 3.—The five job
printing and three 'book-binding
establishments in Raleigh are
• practically shut down today be
cause of the refusal of the owners
to comply with the agreement
made two years ago for a 44-hour
week, the terms then Brawn up
stipulating that the change should
be made May 1,1921. The Capital
Printing Company, which pub
lishes the Union Herald, State
Federation of Labor weekly, is
not involved, beccause the owners
are not identified with the "Typo
thetae," the employing printers'
organization, the latter having
refused to grant the demand. The
Capital Pointing Company is op
erating this week on the 44-hour
basis.
The pressmen as well as well as
the printers are involved and no
press work is beingjjpne by union
men. Three of the commercial
printing offices have the contracts
for State printing. Delivery of
the State printing has been-so
slow for years as to incur the dis
pleasure of State officials and the
Legislature. Now ft has stopped
entirely. If an agreement is not
reached soon the State printers
may attempt to have the work
sub-let to offices outside this State,
in which event trouble will be
- likely to follow.
The object of the demand is to
secure A half-day holiday for the
workmen Saturday aftertioon.
Newspaper offices are not includ
ed in th« original agreement and
are not affected now.
No Extra Seiwlon Legislature.
" If Governor Morrison has any
intention of Calling the Legisla
■ tare together in extra session to
help ont the municipalities-whicb
have been in a hole thiongh
the negligence or inefficiency of a
Senate, clerk, whereby the fact
that the municipal finance act
which passed its several readings
'by roll-eall vote, after being re
considered and amended was not
properly entered, he has not so
stated to any one. It does look
like here is another manifestation
of the law's technicalities that
provoke thoughtful people—a case
where there is no sort of doubt
that the law was properly passed,
and the three readings by roll-call
vote being recorded on the bill
itself, yet, because of the remiss
ness or ignorance of a subordinate
clerk, the Attorney-General tells
the Secretary of State the latter
• has no power to remedy the de
feet by supplying the formal entry,
although all the Senators and-
Senate officials and newspaper re
porters know the bill passed with
all the Senators present presum
ably voting for it, as no negative
_ vote was recorded. As the jour
nal aast show the names of Hens
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
tors present on that date the thing
which the Attorney-General as
sumes to be impossible with the
Secretary of State is hardly that,
notwithstanding section two of
Article 14 of the Constitution.
Yet it looks like some cities will
be put to some inconvenience in
raising additional money which
this enabling act had authoMzed
them to do. There may be An
other way out of it as the Gover
nor suggests, and we all hope
there is, for nobody wants an
extra session of the Legislature at
this time.
Fine Highway Work Proipeeta.
With Clifford Older of Illinois
elected State Highway Engineer
and W. F. Wilkinson, Charlotte
banker, appointed to fill the va
cancy on the commission, the
State Highway Commission is do J
ing good business at the sessions
which have been held here for a
week pust and still in progress.
One of the commissioners, El wood
Cox of High Point, enthused
everybody by . predicting that
"within one year" trattic would
be under way from Johnston coun
ty to Charlotte in Mecklenburg
county over the now hard sur
faced State highway. The con
struction is being marked out for
all the nine districts and an esti
mate of the sums to be expended
on each out of the initial sum of
ten million dollars submitted and
approved by the Governor.
Governor Morrison says that
the offering of bonds for Bale was
merely a formality, which had to
be gone through with in compli
ance with the law. Money may
be borrowed if the bonds are not
sold, and the only way to comply
with the law was to offer the bonds
for sale. The money can be Se
cured for the road work and for
all of the other building work the
State has under way or under
consideration. It can and will be
secured when it is needed and in
amounts that are needed.
The work of the State Highway
Commission here the past two
weeks has put the machinery in
motion and road building will be
pushed rapidly all over the State.
Equalization of School Term.
The $600,000 fund set aside by
the State for equalization of the
school terms in North Carolina is
but 15 percent larger than it was
last year, and the counties whi.-h
participated in this fund will not
be able to get more than 15 per
cent over what was sec a red from
this source last year. Coni-equent
»ly any drastic reduction in tax
values will get the school author
ities in trouble with the G months
school law unless the tax rate is
increased somewhat io proportion
to the reduction ot values.
No county can participate in
this equalization fund uotil it has
levied at least 30 cents on the
hundred for school purposes and
finds this not sufficient to ran the
schools of the coanty for a six
monts term. The leugth of the
school term is fix-id by the
constitution of the State and a
penalty is provided fair the county
officials who fail to make provis
ion for this length of school term.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 5, 1921
The counties which make dras
tic redactions in their valnes and
do not have sufficient money to
run the schools six months can
not make up the deficit out of the
State fund, for there is not a suf
ficient amount of money set aside
to take care of all of the deficits
that may be created by a general
redaction of tax values so far be
low what they were last year.
Dr. £. C. Brooks has figured it
oat that the average county which
paid its way last year will be in a
position to do the same thing this
year. Those counties which did
draw from other communities in
the State for the purpose of run
ning its school six. months, can
get about 15 per cent more
money from that fund this year.
County superintendents and
school boards can figure on this
and no more. Dr. Brooks is send
ing out a letter calling attention
to this condition and suggesting
that care be exercised in working
out the school tax for the coming
year.
Self Government of Students
The right to govern themselves
was conferred upon the students
Of State College by the board of
trustees ia a special meeting here,
thus ending a fight of several
years duration. The plan of stu
dent government submitted to
the trustees by E. W. Constable
and W. R. NVearn, represents
tives of * the student body, was
unanimously adopted, aud the
new system will become operative
at the beginning of the college
year next September.
The election of Clarence Poe,
editor of the Progressive Farmer,
of Raleigh, chairman of trustees,
and the appointment of a build
ing commission to supervise the
expenditure of $600,0U0 for uew
buildings was the principal work
of the board after the considera
tion of the petition of the students
to be allowed to regulate their
conduct by self goverumeut. W.
S. Lee of Charlotte, P. S. Boyd of
Mooresville. and T. T. Tiiorae, of
Rocky Mount, were named lor ih e
commission.
The building commission will
go ahead immediately with the
construction of an agricultural
extension completion of the me
chanical engineering building
upon which 1100,000 will be ex
pended.
Other building operations will
be determined upon at the meet
ing of the board the latter part of
May. Dormitories for the accom
modation of 200 students, addi
tions to the dining hall, a laundry
building, extension of the heating
system and general repair* aud
improvement appropriation made
by the last General Assembly.
Institution of student govern
ment at State Collge removes a
cause to which much of the fric
tion between faculty and students
has been attributed during the
last several years. At various
times the students have petition
ed the board of trustees for self
government
PLANS FOR LARGEST
ALUMNI REUNIONS.
High School Baseball Teams to Num
ber of 39 Working for
Championship.
Cor. of The Gleaner.
Chapel Hill, N. C., May 3. —
Thirty-nine high school baseball
teams, more than twice as many
as ever enrolled before, have
entered the high school baseball
championship contest conducted
by the Tnlversity of North Caro
lina and are now fighting it among
themselves to decide which is
the best high school team hi the
State.
Twenty-pne of the teams are
from the western part of the State,
eighteen .from the eastern pirt.
According to plans worked out by
the University committee sec
tional championships will be de
cided in the west and east, and
the two sectional champions meet
on Emerson Field at the Uni
versity probably May 21 to decide
State honors
The teams entered from the
west are Spencer, Salisbury,
Badin, Charlotte, Mount Holly,
Monroe, Asheville, Henderson
ville, Morganton) Hickory, Star
town, Winston-Salem, Guilford
College high school, Leaksville,
Reidsville, Greensboro, Trinity,
Jseeetomn, South Buffalo. Monti
oelk>, and Hawfields. From the
Tobacco Drovers nl Alamance.
The Time is Ripe and Rotten Ripe For a Better
Marketing Plan.
thousands of tobacco growers of" Virginia and the
Carolinas have signed their "Declaration of Independ
ence" in the contract of the Tobacco Growers Co-opera
tive Association.
Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer,
will explain the contract for fair markets at the tobacco
growers mass-meeting at
BURLINGTON OPERA HOUSE, -
SATURDAY, MAY 14, AT 1 P. M.
Do you prefor to tug alone at your own bootstraps or
will you reach out and grasp your neighbor's hand for
marketing and control ©f your own crop 7
Will you let others run your business or will you hire
brains to sell the crop which others hire brains to take
away from you ? '
For every dollar that the consumer pays for tobacco
the grower receives 8 cents and others get 92 cents., Do
you think this fair ?
Will you let others set the standards of living for
North Carolina housewives and children of the country
districts, or will vou demand a voice in their future ?
You and 60,000 tobacco growers of the Carolinas, and
Virginia must sign The Tobacco Growers Marketing Con
tract to make it a success. Are you afraid ?
Don't be a slacker now and regret it through the lean
years of starvation that will follow.
Alamance growers go over the top May 14th.
Will you hesitate and hide, or will you fight ? Answer
by coming to the mass-meeting—Burlington Opera House.
east are New Bern, Kinston, Bur
gaw, Wilmington, Edenton, Eliza
beth City, Romioke Rapids, Wil
son, Red Oak, Durham, Raleigh,
Chapel Hi'l Cary, Clayton, Red
Springs, Fayetteville, Carthage,
and Raeford.
The contest has been conduct
ed for the past seven years
Greensboro won lust year by tak
ing the final game from Hurgaw,
champions.
f Flans are being made at the
university for one of the largest
crowds of returning aluinni at the
commencement that ever
swarmed across the campus. Com
mencement this yenr will be June
12-15, and aluuini day proper will
In response to {he inquiry of many telephone
subscribers: "What can I do to help my serv«
ice?" this advertisement is published.
Autoists Destroy
A Pole a Day
In this section of the )
state the telephone com- »
pany loses an average of *
a pole a day, due to automobile and othec
accidents.
Worse still the destruction of a telephone
pole usually means a serious interruption
to service. mm
When there is a cable or a cable fcox on
the pole, the damage is likely to put 200
or more telephones out of order for a day ox;
more.
Substantial as they are the poles cannot
withstand the compact of an automobile
driven at high speed.
We cannot control tte reckless driving,
but we can ask you to bear this in mind
when your service is interrupted by an oc
currence of this kinJ.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
be Tuesday, June 14.
Ten university classes, ranging
from 1801 to 1920, will hold
special reunions and in addition
many alumni from other classes
are expected. The class of 1861
will hold its sixtieth reunion, the
class of 1871 itß fiftieth reunion,
I'Bl will be back for its fortieth
j time, Hi 1 for its thirtieth gather
| ing, '9O for its tweuty-fifth, 'Ol for
I its twentieth, 'OG for its fifteenth,
j'll for its tenth,'lo for its fifth,
| and 1920, last year's class, will
I return for its first reunion. The
central aluinni committee in
charge of all plans is composed of
Dr. H. M. WagstafT, Frank I'. Ora
hatn, aud E. R. Rankin.
DREW ON HIS IMAGINATION
To Put It Mildly, Longfellow was Not
Always Accurate In Hit De
scriptive Poems.
The poet Longfellow has set an ex
ample of Inaccuracy In dealing with
our Pilgrim ancestors which has been
widely followed. His charming poem,
"The Courtship of Myles Standlsh,"
has been read by millions of his coun
trymen and doubtless accepted by
great numbers as gospel truth. Yet
It has no historical basis, says a writ- j
er In the Boston Transcript. There
la not a scintilla of evidence that the
fearless captain, who was small of
stature and red-haired, but every Inch
a soldier—had any desire to win the
affections of Prlscflla Mulllns. He j
was a very busy man during the first
years at Plymouth. And. but for his }
Wisdom, skill and heroic actions, there j
Is little doubt but what they would j
have all been murdered by wild sav-.l
ages, who were not wholly restrained j
by Massasolt. It seems too bad that
so brave and unselfish a man as Stan- |
dish was should now be paraded be
fore his descendants as a rejected
suitor. He and they deserve a better
fete.
The poet Is no more accurate In
dealing with him than he is In de- ;
scribing the marriage of John Alden
and Prlscllla. What a pretty-bit of
Action It was to place Priscilia on a
"milk-white steer." when there was
not a cow, nor a steer, in all New
England I
What Is Art?
The conclusion Is that heaven born
geniuses are a myth. Actors are no
fonder of thinking hard and laboring
hard than any other set of humans.
The manager, seeing that there doesn't
appear to be Very much difference In
the# caliber, has taken td selecting
them by their physical appearance.)
The actor Is the cause, and the man
ager Is the result. The public l»
quick to respond to really fine acting
—that Is what fine acting Is, for If It j
doesn't make the public respond It
Isn't fine acting. You often hear It
said that the public doesn't want art
It would be Just as sensible for a
man to take a broken watch to be-4,
mended, stQte .his wants to the watch j
repairer and then add that he mustn't j
employ skill In the operation! Fot j
what is ar.t In Its practice? It Is |
skill —accomplishment.—John E. Kel
lerd, In the Forum.
Apple Roll.
Ml* together one and one-half cop- j
fuls of flour, one-third of a cup
ful of lard and a teaspoonfnl ofSsalt;
when well blended add Just enough
water to make a paste of the con
Dresses Made of Dope.
Hoon women will be able to dress
themselves entirely In varnish —and
with perfect propriety! The varnish
Is opaque and becomes clear as glass
If rolled into a thin film; but It is still
varnish, for ull that. This new dress
material, In Its liquid days, was called
"dope," and was used to protect air
plane wings from fire and water. Now
It is being spun and woven for wom
en's dresses. The only difference be
tween a film of dope, a sheet of this
magical varnish, and a skein of "silk,"
is that the first Is laid on with a
brush, the second pressed out on a
plate, and the third forced through a
tiny This material can be used
for practically atiy article of wearing
apparel. The articles so made can- .
not be spoiled by water, aud are also
completely fireproof. Dyes of all Shades
are readily absorbed and retained,
and the material waslies beautifully.
*
Oas Warfare on Rats.
The chemical warfare, service has
recently demonstrated that ruts can
be killed wilh poison gas. A mixture
containing :vr per cent of phosgene
and 70 of chlorine was used. This
was allowed to escape over un ares
of 000 square feet. Fifteen rats were
on the area, and they died from
the effect of the deadly poisonous
gases.
They were killed st a cost of 40
cents. Wlthlr. 15 minutes the phos
gene bad dissipated, while the chlor
ine gas required 30 minutes to diffuse
beyond the danger point. In view of
the millions of dollars' loss caused
yearly by these pests, any means of
destroying thein Is welcome.
Airmen Find Volcanic Crater.
Discovery of a huge volcanic crater
surrounded by a great lava lake, in
the Mojave desert, has been made by
D. D. France and John O. Mont I Jo,
aviators end pilots of the plans
known as the Desert Rat. Flying over
the wastes of the desert the two air
men, mapping a region little known to
man, sighted the huge crater not far
from La vie. Although the dry lava
lake Is shown on maps of the desert
the fact ttoat a volcanic crater existed
In tlis region was tjnknown until the
airmen reported their And on theU
mWv.—Loa Ansreies Kxvr-nt.
NO. 13
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington, N. C.
Office Hours: 9 to 11 a. m.
and by appointment
Office Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephone*: Office 146—Residence »64
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
Office over National Bull of Aluw^M
X. S. C ©OXE,
Attorney-at- Law,
iRAHAM, .... *N. 0
Oflloe Patterion Building
Second Fleor. . . , ,
l)R. WILL jil LONG, JR.
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»r«hem. - - • ■ North Carolina
)FFICE INSJMMONS BUILDING
ACOB A. T.ONH. J. EI.IIF.R LOHO
LONG & LONG,
% ttorneya and Coanaelon at Ltw
OK AH AM, N. C.
Dandruff
was killing
my hair"
■ "My head itched unbearably and my *E
Z hair was coming out by the handful.
Z A lew applicationsofWildroot loosened S
- and removed quantities of dandruff- S
£ the itching stopped. Today it is thicker
- and more Deautrful than ever."
2 VVlldroot Liquid Shampoo or Wildroot
- Shampoo Hmp. UHd in connection with
- Wiidroot Hair Tonic, will hasten the 2
Z treatment. ™
"I WILD BOOT 1
= THE GUARANTEED HAIR TONIC =
~S For salt here under a
i money-back guarantee 5
Graham Drug Co.
Hayes Drug Co.
Sale of Real Estate!
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in H cer
tain mortgage deed from E. W.
Lasley to A. 11. Maness, dated
the Oth day of October, 1919, and
recorded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Alauiauce coun
ty, in book of Mortgages No. 82,
[tape 5, and the* bonds secured
thereby having been duly assign
ed, mid the real estate therein
having been duly cnveyed to the
undersigned by the mortgagee, A.
il. Maness, by assignment and
conveyance dated the 25th day of
Noveuuer, 1919, default having
been made in the payment of said
indebtedness, the undersigned
will, on
MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1921, '
at 2 o'clock p. in., at the court
house door in Graham, N. C.,
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash all
that tract or parcel of land in the
County of Alamance, and State of
North Carolina, in Faucette town
ship, and defined and described
-is follows, to-wit : Adjoining the
lands of Martha Adams, A. L.
King, J. M. Crutchfield and
others*, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a rock and post
oak slump, corner with said King
and McAdams, miming thence N
6G4 deg E 18.00 cliaius passing
over a rock on W bank of Boyd
Creek into center of said creek
and said King's lijie corner
said Mayness; theuce up said
creek as it meanders N 2.75 chs
N 14 deg W 1.84 chs iu center of
said creek E of a sycamore tree
on VV bank of said creek, corner
with said Crutchfield; thense S
54$ deg W 13 25 chains to a rock
.u said McAdam's line; theuce 8
55 de»f E 7.43 chains to thebegin
i ning, anil containing 16 acres,
1 more or less.
This 4th day of May, 1921.
W. C. WARREN, •
Assignee of Mortgage,
i \V. S. Coulter, Aity.
J I Graham aud my
, home, screw cap to my tripod.
, Finder please retnrn and get reward.
LEWIS H. HOLT *