THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
VOL. XLVII
Commissioner of
Insurance Warns
Against Oil Fakes
Sellers of Oil Stock Fishing for Suckers—
A Question of Discipline When in
Uniform--Gov. Morrison Spoke
Saturday Night at Drum
mers' Banquet.
RALEIGH PRINTERS HOLD OUT FOR 44-HOUR
WEEK.
Equalization Board Considering Horizontal Valua
iton Cuts—Revenue Department Asking
for Corporation and Franchise Taxes
to Save State Borrowing.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, May 17.—Raleigh is all
dressed up in bunting and flags to
day in honor of the Spring Cere-j
monial of Sudan Temple, A. A. 0.l
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, which
event will be pulled off here Wed
nesday and Thursday of this week.
The parade will be the usual spec
tacular feature of such occasions.
At the second meeting of the
State Board of Equalization, which
is being held this week in the office
of the commissioner of revenue, the
matter of horizontal cuts in valua
tion! of property by counties is be
ing taken up. There are forty of
the one hundred counties that have
made such cuts. The equalization
board is making an effort to ascer
tain the market value of this prop
erty under average conditions, and
will order such cuts as are neces
sary to make the values in all the
counties conform to the general
rule of true value in money."
The Department of Revenue is
this week sending out notices to Ihe
various corporations from which
.the State will collect a franchise
tax. The collection of this tax will
begin the present month and the
department is mindful that the
State Treasury will need the funds
to meet general . expenses. Cor
porations are therefore urged to fill
out the blanks and make payments
as early as possible so as to save the
State from making more short-term
notes than is actually necessary.
The strike of union printers and
pressmen and bookbinders for a
half:day off (without pay) Satur
days, is still on in Raleigh, with
four of the largest job offices try
ing to operate without complying
with the demand and running 48
hours per week. They are making
but poor headway, however, and the
fojms admit they are losing money
day. Only a few unskilled
and non-union workers are on duty,
and the union men say there is qpiy
oqe way for the officers to operate
successfully, and that is by adopt
ing the plan asked by the unions.
Three job offices that granted the
half-day Saturday without pay are
operating as usual and one of these
is arranging to put a double force
at work on two shifts.
The Raleigh local Typographical
Union is older than the National
Typographical body, and this is the
first time it has had a serious dif
ference with the printing offices.
The printers assert that the refusal
of the employing printers is based
on the attempt to break up organ
ized labor and labor unions of jfll
kinds, prevalent in some other
cities. There is not moeh chance to
break up the Raleigh Typograph
ical Union, as the printers national
organization is the strongest of aIL
T. P. A. OFFICERS y
Governor Morrison has returned
to his office after two days absence,
one of his engagements having been
With the "drummers" T. P. A. an
nual meeting at Greensboro, where
he delivered an address at the ban
quet of the association Saturday
night. The following officers were
elected, after selecting High Point
as the next place of meeting: Presi
dent, J. S. Bragg, Raleigh; first
vice-president, E. F. Shaw, Hen
derson ; second vice-president, E. I.
Fleming, Rocky Mount; third vice
president, C. L. Mogtelle, Hickory,
secretary-treasurer, D. C. Crutch
field, Winston-Salem; attorney, C. |
G. Lee, Asheville; chaplain, Rev.]
Isaac Huges, Henderson. The four
directors chosen to take the place of
those whose term ended today are!
J. Lester Wolfe, Charlotte; A. T.
Wishart, High Point; C. C. McLean
and 0. W. Patterson, both of
Greensboro. Thirty delegates were
elected trflgo to the National T. P.
A. Convention, to be held in Louis
ville. - *
A CASE OF "UNIFORM" INTEREST
The Adjutant-General's office
was keenly interested in the verdict
given by a Davidson jury last week
against Col. J. T. Gardner, of Shel
by, as damages for humiliation suf
fered by a private named Allen who
was ordered "jugged" during the
riot in Charlotte when President
Wilson went there.
If the case is appealed, and it is
t expected tere that it will be, Attor
ney-General Manning will appear
before the Supreme Court with
Colonel Gardner's counsel. The
view of the department here is that
discipline of uniformed men within
the guard is at stake if the verdict
against Colonel Gardner stands.
From reports of the case received
here, a private named Allen went
to Charlotte with the Lexington
company. He had just received a
discharge from the United States
Army and when mistaken fqr a
militia man he was ordered to join
the company. Refusing, Colonel
Gardner ordered his arrest and in
carceration. He brought suit for
damages, alleging and proving that
he had been discharged and was,
not, strictly speaking, amenable to
military regulations. The depart
ment here holds that so long a* he
wore the United States Army uni
form, the natural presumption, and
a reasonable one, was that he was in
service and in service with the Lex-1
ington company since he was loiter
ing with this outfit. The ease is
expected to come to the Supreme I
Court, although the adjutant gen-,
eral has not been advised of Colonel
Gardner's intention to appeal.
CASE OF LIFE OE DEATH
Attorneys. Thomas A. Jones and
Frank Carter, or Asheville, are in
Raleigh to be present wlien the ap
peal in the J. T. Harris ease comes
up before the Supreme Court. Har
ris was tried in the Supfrior Coirrt
upon the charge of having mur
dered F. W. Moonish, a prominent
churchman, the shooting taking
place at Ridgjcrest last summer,
and was convicted and sentenced to
pay the supreme penalty. An ap
peal was taken to the Supreme
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. 19, 1921
Court and the hearing will be hod
this week.
AGAIN: BEWABE OF OIL STOCK
SALESMEN
Commissioner of Insurance
Wade, who has been paying special
attention to saving suckers from
parting with the long green by buy
ing worthless oil stock offered for
sale in North Carolina by former
Tarheels, has spotted another get
rich-quick faker in the mails. Read
and beware, Mr. Wade says that
hotel clerks and, other hotel em
ployes in North Carolina are receiv
ing letters on stationery of the
American Petroleum syndicate of
Texas, Breckenridge, Texas, signed
by one James B. Douglas, Jr.,
pleading with them to follow him
out of the hotel business and into
realms of oily finance, where for
tunes are made overnight and there
is no more slaving at hotel desks for
long hours and small pay. Mr.
Douglas claims to have been a ho
tel clerk at one time in his career
and his letter is couched in terms of
deep interest and friendship.
"Mr. Douglas lays claim to abso
lute frankness and fairness and
poses as one who would not, for al 1
the wealth in the world, deceive any
one. »
"This company is not the only
Texas concern now engaged in fish
ing for suckers in the waters of
North Carolina. They are all us
ing the mails, very wisely avoiding
solicitation by agents, and the State
Insurance Department can only
warn the people against them. That
the people are on the look out and
anxious to help discredit these
wild-catters, is evidenced by the |
large number of letters, circulars
and advertising pamphlets that are
forwarded to the commissioner."
The Insurance Department is ad
vising all inquiries to make no in
vestment in any of these oil con
cerns until after a full and com
plete investigation of their claims
have been made. The United
States Geologic Survey has investi
gated and mapped every known oil
field in the United States, and be
fore anyone purchases an oil lease,
or stock in a company, he shoukl
write to the Geologic Survey, Wash
ington, D. C., for a report on the
field that he fft-oposes to invest in.
In a recent article in the Review
of Reviews an officer of the Geo
logic Survey says that the small in
vestor has no chance whatsoever
against the sharks now operating
in all the Texas oil fields. He says
:hat in every case where there is any
chance of striking oil, there is
plenty of money available to fi
nance operations, and that practic
ally all of the companies offering
stocks at a few cents per share are
fakes. He advises all persons in
terested not to hurry into making
an investment but to ask the United
States Geologic Stfrvev about it
| first.
I
| Better Thsn —
"It Pays To Advertise"
If you rtmembtr " anything about
last yssr"s Chautauqua program you
ha** nit forgottsn how you and
«m;My else ta tha teat laughed,
and laCad and lalt orer tha play. "It
Pays to Advertise." And you aald,
"I wtah I eoutd tea it ovar again."
You didn't xnaan that; you meant, "1
wtah 1 could aaa another on* just U
good."
p Wall. ItV coming I* -Nothing But
MM Truth" la just aa funny aa "It
Pays to Advertise," and tha plot la
Just to got raady for tha fun,
you try for a day to taH absolutely
"Nothing Bat tha Troth" to-everyooe
you moat. Whan your neighbor fteks
you what jrom think of the paint on
hi* houaa tall him tha truth; don't
•ay. "Why, that looks flae." Whan
you na aakad about your opinion on
a carta I a aaa, ha honest aow, don't
hig« nnl after yon hare triad that
for a few hours (yoa won't last a
fall day), than yo«H be really ready
to enjoy this play, which has been
each a great sueoess everywhere.
▲ cast etf ntaa will preeeat it. Spe
cial inaifT aad eoetumee will add the
rfrttetlo trachea. Hare yotor plaaa
made not to miaa It. If a the feature
of the entire week's prograai a Chan'
Is it merely for protection that
BO many waists go armed on joy
ride* at night f
Another highway that needs con
siderable improvement is the road
to better understanding.
Gov. Morrison to
- Speak at Elon
. Tuesday 24th.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
' 22ND- 24TH.
Sermon Sunday at 11 O'clock—Mon
. day Class Day—Graduating
Exercises Tuesday.
C».r. ot The Gleaner. ,
Elou College, May 17.—Hegiu
ning ou Sunday morning, May
22nd, at 11:00 o'clock, the com
rnencement exercises at Elou Col
lege' will continue throughout
Monday and Tuesday, being con
cluded Tuesday night, May 24th,
by the Aluinni Address.
A great commencement is look
ed forward to this yew, and a
large attendance is anticipated.
Arrangements are being made to
care for the visiting friends, and
the general atmosphere of com
mencement prevails on the
campus.
The Baccalaureate Sermon,
which item will open the com-'
rnencement on Sunday morning,
will be preached by Herman Eld
redge of Erie, Pa. The Bacca
laureate Address follows on Sun
day night, arid as usual this ad
dress will be made by President
W. A. Harper.
Monday, May 23rd, The Clans
Day exercises will be conducted
by" the members of the Senior
Class at 10:00 o'clock in the morn
ing, and the aCXeruoou will be
given over to the literary society
representatives, who will ,spak at
-3:00 p. in., and to the society re
unions.
A mo*t pleasing feat ure of the
commencement will occur Monday
night wheu the Choral Society
Celebration will be presented by
the Music Department of the Col
lege. Those who have been pres
ent at the Choral Society Celebra
tion in former  ears know the tine
quality of this production, and
Prof. Betts, who is in charge,
promises a performance this year
that will eclipse all previous per
formances.
The outstanding event of the
commencement exercises will oc
cur Tuesday morning when Gov
ernor Cameron Morrison will de
liver the Literary Address. Pre
ceding the literary address the
graduating exercises will tak»-
place. There are thirty-five sen
iors this year to receive their
degrees, and also a number of stu
dents will receive diplomas and
certificates from the special de-,
part men ts.
The afternoon of the last day
will be given over to the Alumni
Association meeting and the Art
Exhibits in west dormitory annex.
The final event of the com
mencement, the Alurnui Address,
will be Kiven this year by Prof,
iJ. C. Davidson of Henderson,
N. C.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the citizens of Alamance county
to aitend the comux ncement.
Atlantic Coast Inventors
The following patents were
just issued to Atlantic Coast
clients, reported by I). Swift A
Co, Patent Lawyers, Washington,
D. U., who will furnish copies of
any patent for ten cents apiece to
onr readers:
Virginia—Walter O. Borcherdt,
Uistinville, froth-breaking de
vice: AVilburn A. Oallemore, South
Clinchfield, reborin* machine.
North Carolina—Francis M.
Comstock, Newbern, tobacco look
er; Columbus F. Denny, Wilson,
reel for • yeglass chains.
Ever notice you always have to
wail to get a haircut in the chair
of a good barber? Most people
who do their jobs well have all the
work they can do.
Two mysteries to the average
iriau: a telephone switchboard
and how bis wife-an find so many
new places to bide his belongings.
Like the foundation of a build
in^ r Moy philosophy can be uuder
uiined it we dig deep enough.
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A Special Opening Program
Mendelssohn
Orchestral
2—CONCERTS
|Jfm , LECTURE
J j M "The Magic Circle"
By Walfred Lindstrom
q
OPENING THE
Tenth Anniversary Program
OF
CHAUTAUQUA \
Season Tickets : : $2.50
Graham, May 28 - June 3
RAILWAY INQUIRY.
IN WASHINGTON
Excessive Labor Costs and Work
ing Conditions Chief Causes
of Trouble.
NO CONTROL OVER EXPENSE
Price* and Wag** Fixed by Qovenv
mervt L*avs Llttl* Scop* for
Management.
Washington, D. C.— ln testifying be
fore the Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce In the general Inves
tigation Into the railroad situation,
witnessed for the railroads contended
that:
(1) The costs of operation are ab
normal, owing chiefly to wage scales
established by the government which
exceed wuges paid for similar work In
other Industries, and to wasteful labor
costs, often for work not done, en
forced upon the railroads by the so
called "National Agreements."
(2) That 97 H cents out of every
dollar of operutlng expenses In 1020
were at price* fixed directly by the
government, or by general market con
ditions and over which the railroad
managements had no control.
(8) That the general business de
pression was not due to the high
freight rates, but to the lack of buy
ing both here and abroad.
On* of the most striking facts
brought out In the testimony present
ed by the first witness, Julius Krutt
sehnltt, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Southern Pacific, was
the following, In explanation of the
chief reason for the Increase ID op
erating expenses since 1910:
"The labor bill of the carriers In
1010 (which was before the Adacnaon
law took effect) stood at $1,408,570,384.
In l(i2o It was $3,«98.210,351, an In
crease of $2,229,839,937.
The Increase by years since 1910
has been as follows:
Increase In 1917 $270,908,748
Increase In 1918 «... 874,131.209
Increase In 1919 229,319,081
Increase In 1920 855,087,919
or an aggregate Increase
since 1910 of $2,229,839,037
Kxhlblts were placed before the
committee showing that for the rail
roads of the whole country. Increased
expenses In 1920 over 1919 were as
follows:
Actual expenses far 1020.98,183,138,341
Actual expenses for 1910. 4,887,774,131
Inc. for 1920 over 1919*1,495,384,210
Mr. Kruttschnltt, In showing how
little control the railroads had over
necessary expenditures, said:
"Sixty-four cents out of every dol
lar of operating expenses were. In
1930, paid out to labor, and the wages
of labor are fixed by the government.
"Fifteen cents out of ev»y dollar
of operating expenses wu paid for
materials and supplies at prices fixed
by the government.
"Three and one-half cents out of
every dollar was paid for other ex
pense* Incurred by the government la
the tat t— ■nOi «f UML
"A total, therefore, of B'JV6 cents out ,
„of every dollar of operating expenses
for 1920 wuh paid oat nt prices direct
ly fixed by the government.
"The remainder, up to 97% cents,
was for material* and supplies, pur
chased at prices fixed by general mar- !
ket condition* and beyond the power
of the railroads to control."
To Illustrate how labor costs wers
Inflated by the "National Agreements"
entered Into during federal control,
fixing rules and working conditions,
the following examples were cited:
1. The Pere Marquette Hallway was
oompelled to pay 19,364 In back pay
to four employer* bmic their titles
under these agreements were changed
by a decision of the Director General, 1
while the nature of their dutiee and
the volume of their work remained
the same.
2. A car repairer on the Virginian
Railway waa paid SI,OOO for work he
never did. He waa laid oft with other
employees becauae there waa no work
for him to do. When he became en
titled under hla "aentorlty rights" to i
be re-employed, he received back pay
and overtime. $
1. The Shop Crafty Agreement pro
vides that when employees are re
quired to check In and out on their
own time they will be paid for one
hour extra at the close of each week,
no matter how few hours they may
have worked. This rule In the first
six montha of 1920 cost the railways
$4.(04,000, or at rate of $13,000,000 a
year.
4. On the Chesapeake A Ohio Rail
road piecework car repairers decreas
ed 41.4 per cent and airbrake repair
ers $3 4 per cent In efficiency under a
guarantee of a fixed minimum rat*
per hour.
6. On the abolition of piece work
on the Union Pacific Kallroad In the
wheel shop at Omaha, Nebr., the time
required for the same work was In
creased 31 9 per cent and the output
waa cut down 24 per cent: and In a
coach-cleaning yard at Denver the
tlaae required was Increased 38 $ per
eent and the output decreaaed 21 per
cent.
(. Southern Pacific employees,
whose sole duty was to keep wa'ch
on stationary engines and to stop lh«
engine In caae anything went wrong,
were reclassified by Director General
aa "electrical workers." one man on
the Salt Lake diyialon being given
back pay of $2,311, another $2,091,
another $2,009, another $2,003, and six
others amount* varying from SI,SOO
tc $1,900.
T. Under the present classification
rulss of the shop crafts, In order to
change a nosale tip in lh« front end
of a locomotive It Is necessary to call
a boiler maker and his helper to open
the door, because that la boiler mak
ers' work; to call a pipoman and his
helper to remove the blower pipe,
because that la pipemen's work; anl
call a machlnlat and hia helper to re
move the tip, because that Is ma
chinists' work; also for the same force
to be employed for putting in the new
tip-
Questioned by Senator I'olndexter,
Mr. Kruttschnltt stated that these In
stances uilght be Increased Indefinite
ly and w*re characteristic on railroads
of the country, as a result of the
"Agreements" left over from federal
control.
Atmosphere'* Height.
Some time ago the old question stf
the height of the atmosphere was re
vived, and a gentleman attached to
I ,tlie naval observatory at Washington
suggested a unique method of solv
ing It by observing with the naked
eye the gradual disappea ranee of th
blue color of the sky aa darkness
comes on. According to Uaylelgh's
1 theory, this color v ls due to reflection
1 from minute particles In the upper
layers of the sunset, and hence known
as the depression atmosphere. Having
noted the time of the sun below tba
1 horizon at the time the blue disap
pears, the observer can. It Is thought.
• ralculate the height of the Ufciinlnatsd
particles overhead. From the mean of
1 tills scientist's observations this height
' cmhW 130 talis*.
NO. 15
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Burlington, N. C.
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and by appointment
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Sale of Real Estate!
| Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained In a cer
tain mortgage deed from E. W.
I Lasley to A. 11. Maness, dated
the llili day of October, 1919, and
j recorded in the office of the Reg
| ister of Deeds for Alamance coun-
I ty, in book of Mortgages No. 82,
pape 5, and th* bonds secured
| thereby having been duly assign
ed, and t'ie real estate therein
having been duly cruveyed to the
undersigned by yhe mortgagee, A.
11. Maness, by Assignment and
conveyance dated the 25th day of
Xoveuieer, 1919, default having
been made in the payment of said
| indebtedness, the undersigned
will, on;
MONDAY, JUNE G, 1921,
jat 2 o'clock p. m., at the court
house door in Graham, N. C.,
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash all
i that t or parcel of laud iu the
County of Alamauce, and State of
Vu th Carolina, iu Faucette town
ship, and defined and described
follows, to-wit: Adjoining the
: lauds of Martha Adams, A. L.
King, J. M. Crutch field a.id
others, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a rock and pot*
oak stump, corner with said King
laud McAdams, running thence N
MiGJ deg E 18.00 chains passing
! over a rock on W Dank of Boyd
j Creek into center of said creek
laud said King's line corner with
said Mayness; thence up said
creek HS it meanders N 2.75 chs
N 14 deg W 1.84 chs in center of
said creek Eof a sycamore tree
on W b.mk of said creek, corner
wiilr said Crutehfield; thense S
51 J deg W 11 25 chains to a rock
iu said McAdam's line; theuce S
! 5o ilex K " .43 chains to the begin
uing, and containing 16 acres,
more or less.
This 4th day of May, 1921.
\Y. C. WARREN,
Assignee of Mortgage.
W. S. Coulter, Atty, _ ,
j
LOST —Between Grahatn and my
home, 8c ew cap to my tripod.
Finder please return and get reward.
LKWIS H. HOLT.