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VOL. XLYII Linney's Attitude On Negro in Politics Delays Confirmation Northern Republicans Fear Disaster in the North Will Follow Confirmation* While Those of the South Say His De feat will Kill 4 'Lily-White" Party in South. MILLIONS TO BE SPENT FOR NEW SCHOOL • BUILDINGS. Telephone Co. Wants More Toll—So Does South ern Power Co.—Number Large Road Contracts Let. (By Max Well Gorman.) Raleigh, May 24.—The Bubject most talked aboat here is the pros pect of the outcome of the Senate Judiciary Committee's fight against the confirmation of State Republican committee chairman, Frank Linney, who has been nominated by President Harding to be U. S. District Attorney for the western district of North Carolina. Meani Life or Death to Party. In the interest of straight news, told in an unprejudiced statement by one who is familiar the facts and present situation, the following extracts therefrom, as recited to me today, are printed purely as news. He said: "If you will ask a given num ber of people, including Demo crats (officeholders excepted), it they believe a strong opposition political party is a good thing for any State to have, an overwhelm ing majority will decisively say 'yees.' Most of them in North Carolina, Tennessee, and other Southern States will add—'pro vided neither Is dominated by or has a monopoly of the negro Votes.' Many will go further and say that it is not feasible or desirable otherwise, in States where the bulk of the negroes line up with either party or against the other. "Now, then, that view of the situation was held by Chairman Linney and other Republican com mittemen in the last campaign, whan the Republicans polled 230,- 000 votes, more than 200,000 of the votes being white men and women. "The demonstration that so many white votes could be polled io a Southern State for the Re publican candidates. State and National, greatly impressed some Republican leaders, including President Harding, who have long been interested in the or ganisation of a millitant and . formidable Republican party in some of the Southern States. . "It had been so repeatedly shown to these leaders in previous cam paigns that no such party could be organised or maintained in North Carolina with the negro - vote forming its basis, that the ' development of a white Republi \ can party wan regarded most fav orably at Washington generally— with the exception of some Sena tors and Congressmen hailing from states in the North and West where there is a considerable ne gro vote, which they fear may be used against them if they openly and officially endorse the 'Lily Whites,' political trimmers and a few who still bate the South. "President Harding appointed Jfr. Linney, knowing about the THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. white party attitude he and his committee maintained in last year's campaign. "If he is confirmed by the Senate, the prospects are that the Republican party will be greatly strengthened in North Carolina, because the people will have posi tive proof that the whfte—domi nation principles now professed by Republican leaders can be practically carried out -with the National administration backing the movement. "If the protests made by the several negro politicians (Bishop This and Professor That) against Mr. Linney's confirmation serve to defeat him, as to cause the withdrawal pf his nomination by the President, it will be a great blow to Republican National pros pects in North Carolina, the chances being that the State could not be reasonably expected to vote for a Republican elector in the future—and that, even if Mr. Linney stands by his gans and insists that his attitude and record were correct and will be maintained." The ««I>efen»e" The above statement, made from a non-partisan standpoint, represents that viewpoint fairly well. As to whether Linney will be confirmed, the following ex tract is taken from a Washington correspondent's story this week: • "Tffat the present idea of the Linney forces is to base the fight to save Linney upon three grounds is evident. First, it will be declared that the only way to build up a decent Republican party in North Carolina is to di vorce it from the negro; second, that the Democrats in 1920 were making use of a statement said to have originated in Republican headquarters in which the negro women were called upon to regis ter so as to offset ther eg nitration of white women; third, that attacks were being made on the ancestry of Senator Harding, Republican nominee for President, and that the anti-negro declaration will be intended to give that matter a black eye. And this last line of defense, it. is rnmored, will be made the strongest." Just when the Senate Commit tee will have the negroes who are fighting the confirmation of Mr. Linney, has not yet beeu an nounced. Mr. Linney, who spent Sunday at his home in this State, will return to Washington and appear before the committee soon. *, Million* Par N. C. School Ha I Ming*. According to information fur nished by the Btate Department of Education, nearly ten million dollars has been voted' by the people of scores of township school districts and towns for the erection of new school buildings so far this year, since the Legis lature passed the enabling acts, and two million doliart more will follow. i Greensboro leads with a million GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 26. 1921 dollars for school development daring the present year, designed to provide for complete rehabili tation of its school plants. From that great figure the roster runs downward to the rural communi ties that found $5,000 sufficient to meet their neods. Most of the bonds have been sold already, and the work well under way. J. J. Blair, who has supervision of the building work for the depart ment, is one of the busiest men in the State. Kinston, in the middle of the belt of hard times months back when the bottom fell out of the tobacoo market, takes second place in the list of cities with ♦900,000, Winston-Salem third with SBOO,OOO and High Point fourth with $600,U00 for immedi ate improvements. Wilson has a three hundred thousand project and Elizabeth City is spending $400,000. • Several of the issues were passed upon by the people last fall but defects in the machinery by which thejT weje voted required legisla tive correction, and the'issues were not floated until after the passage of special validating acts. Most of them are new, authorized for the first time by the recent session of the Qeneral Assembly. Telephone Rates DecUlon. _ There was no order filed today by the State Corporation Commis sion in the telephone rate case, which was heard some time ago on the application for an increase in rates bv the Bell Telephone Co., which applies to all towns in North Carolina where Bell ex changes are maintained. The commission was expected to file a decision about this time; when asked about it today the commis sion could not say just.when the decision would be filed. The application of. the South ern Water Power Co., for an in crease, and which is so hotly op posed by a string of cotton mill owners who obtain power from the company in the Piedmont sec tion, is also still hung up. The Carolina Power and Light Co., which the commission order ed to reduce rates from $2 30 to $1.90 over A month ago, is still collecting (he old rate for gas consumed by people here whose cook stoves have slot meters, and thousands of dollars are beiug advanced thereby through these forced loang to the local octopus —if the consumers ever get the excess collections back. Big Road Contract* Let Chairman Frank Page, of the State Highway Commission, an nounces the letting of contracts in the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth construction districts, totaling approximately one million dollarsi work to begin at once." Following are the contracts, the amonnt of road and the amount of the contract: Chapel Hill to Durham county line, four and three-tenths miles, Sanford to Moore county line, four and five-tenths miles, sl6, 580, gravel construction. Troy to Moore couuty line, eleven miles, $48,500, gravel con struction.'' Carthage to Lee county line, eight and three-tenths miles, $36. 000, gravel construction, awarded to W. £. Graham, Salisbury. Marion concrete road, bridge between Yancey and Mitchell, $12,000/ Sparta to £lkin, 15 and niue tenths miles (other suctions let), contract let to W. E. Graham, bituminous macadam, $260,000. W. C. and A., Kut her ford ton to Chimney Ko;k. gravel road, let to Greer aud Wilson, $5G,300. •Cherokee, Andrew** aud Trock ton, eight miles, $84,900, .shale surface, let to lioss Bros. Sylvia to Balsam, seven nnd five-tenths miles, gravel, let to Wright & Nave, $132,000. Macon, 10 inil*«, Franklin aiM Bryson City, gravel, $137,900. All project* include bridges. College Hnlldlng. ' * Two hundred thousand dollars for an agricultural extension building oo the campus of the A. A E. College, will go into that con. sanction by vote of the buildiug commission of the college trustees. _Tbe commission, ronriosed of W. S. Lee of Charlotte, chairman, Pascals Boyd of Muoresville, and J. T. Thome of Rocky Mount, met today and awarded the contract to 6. Murray Nelson and Thomas W. Cooper of Raleigh This build ing is not connected with the State Agricultural Department which will erect its own home on the present sites on Halifax and Eden ton streets. The last chance to get fusion and co-ordination of that work passed in 1919, when the Legislature onlered the State to keep the school and the down town departments separate. Work will begin shortly and the college will get its agricultural "temple" ahead of Major Qraham. OVER 600 RESERVATIONS ALREADY FOR THE UNIV. SUMMER SCHOOL. A Strong Corps of Teachers Gathered Inside and Out of the State — Institutes Along Other Lines to be Held. Cor. of The Oleaner. Chapel Hill, N. C. t May 24. More than 600 reservations have already been made for the Uni versity of North Carolinasummer school, according to Miss Louise Coffey, secretary, aud from every indication the attendance will mount as high >u* last year's re cord of 1,147. "We don't expect any more than last year because we have no place to put any more", said Miss Coffey. "More than 400 applications were refused last year for lack of space aud it is probable that if we had the room there would have been 2,000 stu dents both last year and this com iug summer''. Prof. N. W. Walker, director of the summer school for the past fourteen years will a ain have charge of the summer's work. For the past year he has been at Harvard University on a leave of absence but his return is expected before the beginning of JLhe session, June 21. This school will run six weeks, closing Au gust 4. Teachers for the summer ses sion nave been drawu from the uuiversity faculty, from the schools and colleges of North Carolina, and from many schools and institutions of other States. More than thirty members of the universitv • faculty will direct study during the summer. In addition the summer faculty will include such North Carolina teachers as Ray Armstrong, of the Qoldsboro schools, William Breach, supervisor of music at the Winston-Salem schools, L. C. Brogden, State supervisor of State elementary schools, Miss Lily Nelson Jones, supervisor of writ ing at the Durham schools, Hen ry B. Marrow, superintendent of schoo.'s at Smithfield, £. D. Pusey, superintendent of the city schools of Durham, Mrs. Mamie S. Sense, supervisor of writing at Durham, and Samuel L. Sheep, superintendent at Elizabeth City. - Institutes for welfare workers, started last year with marked Success, will again b« fciven this summer under the direction of the university schools of public welfare. These courses are de signed for county superintendents of public welfare; for community leaders and social workers in mill villages and other centers; for teachers; and for all other inter ested persons Among the special features ar ranged for the summer are per formances by the Carolina Play makers, whose recent tour through the State attracted wide spread attention; a musical feati val under direction of Paul John Weaver, university director of music; a series of plays by the Shakespeare Playhouse players led by Frank McEntee; au athle tic field day directed by the phy sical education department; and a number of notable lectures, amoug them Prof. Henry W. Hol mes, dean of the graduate school of education at Harvard; Prof. Lee Driver, director of the bu reau of rural education ot Penn sylvania, Superintendent A. O. Thomas, of Maine, and Dr Adolph Coblenz, of the Jewish Chautauqua Society. It is understood that the nevA, Indiana law against flirting is in fact an effort to make the Hoocier constables work themselves to death. Grand ( J Entire - Closing I I Evening Program y Program / Dunbar \ Last / Male Last Night I Qua D rt ?' 1 Night I and Bell 1 J• Ringers \ ; v 3 5 - a t . AT pHAUTAUQUA Tenth Anniversary Program AA 1912—1921 SEASON TICKETS - - - $2.50 Graham, June 1-6 Money Value of Education- Frem The T. M. Magazine. If any reader of this has a mil lion dollars which he would like! to upend in a way to do the most good, I suggest that he devote it to an advertising campaign direct ed at boys and girls and their pa rents. Teach them the value of going to school—staying in school. Pat the emphasis on the money value q£ going to school, not )>e cause an increased earning capa city is necessarily the most import ant product of an education, but because money-value makes the strongest appeal. I have before me an advertise ment bearing the headline: "$95 an Hour!" A former student of a correspondence school says every hour he spent with his course has been worth $95 to him. The correspondence schools know bow to advertise. The writer vividly recalls a statement made by a teacher, more than twenty years ago, to this ef fect: "Every day you spend in •ohool will be worth $5 to you la ter In life." At the time I didn't understand the meaning, but I never forgot the words and they stuok with me through many years of schooling. The United States Bureau of Education some time ago issued a bulletin bearing the title, "The Money-value of Education." Thia bulletin contains theee fig nres: With no schooling at all 31 per sons out of 5 million attained dis tinction ; With elementary schooling 808 ont of 3 million achieved a like level; With high-school education 1,- 245 emerged out of a groupe of 2 million; And with college education 6,- 768 arrived at this point out of a groupe of one million. The bulletin also shows that iu the New York City bridge depart ment the average salaries for posi tions demanding only reading, writing and nrithuidtic are $982, while for positions demanding high sehool and two or three years of college or a technical education the average salary is $2,400. Another statement is that a large coal and iron company has on its payroll more than 17,000 men, and that of this number 300 receive $3,00u a year or more, and that of theee three hundred 28C are college xraduates. The theory of the writer is that beyond a certain point the money value of an education increases iu geometrical ratio. In most states an elementary education la compulsory. We do not get ahead by doing what everyone else does. The man or woman who aohievee distinction does mofb than tfie average. The reader with the million | dollars, therefore, must plan hit campaign in such a way that more j boys and girls will be induced to i complete their high school courts, and then he must convince them : and their parents that a college I education is the most profitable investment they can make. The rapid growth of the corres pondence schools is cenclusive testimony that education can be; sold, apd that it can b» sold us readily as any other commodity. ,1 When this million-dollar reader 1 has filled high schools and colleges to overflowing and has succeeded | in forcing this inany-piillion-dol lar equipment to be used day and | night, he can then devote himself to persuadiug some of our great j universities like Yale; Harvard ] and Princeton to establish correal pondence divisions. Educatian is at the root of all' national progress. The public school is the corner- j stone of American democracy, a fact which is proved by the liber- j ality of the people in voting tax ; assessments for schools. More power to our millionaires who give so liberally to the cause ' of education Now let us have one who will! gather the data on the monoy-j value of education and preseut it j in simple form so that all may : know and heed. This Is For You Y on have, no doubt, heard a great many U-turen given by good apeak er*. Of on* you aaid, "That'a all mighty interesting, but where doe* it affect me?" Of another you *akl, "Thoae facta will kelp tome of the people here, but I can't uae them in f% my buainesa." Of a third yon thought, "Wall, tome people aeemed thrilled, but not me." Now when you hear Chancellor George Henry Bradford give hie lec ture, Thl* Way at the coming Chautauqua, you'll not aay any of tfcoee thing* You'll say, "That meana met" You'll aay, "Ha haa ahown me the how, when, and where of my torn way up." If you don't, yooll be, —well, you'll be different from anyone In any of the thouaandi of audiencea which have, heard him g*»e hi* eympathetic, forceful, inapir lag, and thrilling measage. Bradford la a man'* man, be like* to be outdoor*, to hunt, to flah, to ride, be like* to rougfc it ia the open, fiad and cook hi* own meal*. Thw life broaden* him, It give* him via ioa and patience. He haa thought oat your problem and hall tell yotf bow to aohta It, a* he aolved hi*. Baaf kirn— or you will alway* re pt k. . . Some of this optimism sounds Who hnjtiminm NO. 16 PROFESSIONAL CARDS GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D. Burlington, N. C. * Office Hour*: -9 to 11 a. m. and by appointment [«• Office Over Acme Drug Co. Telephone*: Office 1 10—Residence 'Kit JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at;Law GRAHAM, N. C. Office over National Bank of /Uamaaec X. S. C OOK, Attorney- nt- Lew, f A HAM, .... N. C Offlco Patterson Building Second Floor. . . , '/K. WILL S. IMG, JE. • • • D * NTIBT . " : .rohom . - - - North Carolina is SJ M MONH BUILDING WIOB A. I.ONO. J, El MKR fcONG LONG a long, • ttornnyi und Coun««lon at Law GRAHAM N. C. Little dandruff mean |good-by to* | f. Hair It (J. Dandruff literally (mothers the J I >«.* life out of the hair roots and U I'/'li eventually brings, baldness. w Ii IV Wildroot is guaranteed to clean "K fill up dandruff and remove It-but it fi til » does more; it cleaiues, softens and *;| I 'if vJtxMiens the scalp and stimulates fA 'JI The hair to normal, healthy growth. J * Wildroot Liquid Shampooor Wildroot 'A Whami* Hi tiaed in connection M with Wildroot Hair Tonic, will butea * the treatment. J WILDROOT I~HE GUARANTEED HAIR TONIC | For sale here under a 1 money-back guarantee a Graham Drug Co. » • Hayes Drug Co. Sale of Real Estate! t Under and by virtue of the ! power of sale contained in a cer tain mortgage deed from E- W. j l,a*ley to A. 11. Mini ess, dated the 'Jth day nt October, 1919, and ! recorded in theoflice of the Reg ister of Deeds for AMtinance coun- I ty, in book of Mortgages No. 82, 1 pape 5, and th( bonds secured I thereby having been duly assign led, and the real estate therein ! having been duly enveyed to the undersigned by the mortgagee, A. \H. Maness, by assignment and J conveyance dated the 25th day of ; November, 1919, default having been made in the payment of said I indebtedness, the undersigned ! will, ou . * MONDAY, JUNE 0, 1021, at 2 o'clock p. m., at tiie court house door .in Graham, N. C., offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for eaa!i all I that tract or parcel of land in the ; County of Alamance, and State of i N'oith Carolina, in Fancette town ship, tud defined and described follows, to-wit : Adj jiuing the lauds of Martha Adams, A. L. King, J. M. Crutchtield and i others, and bounded as follows: at a rock and port oak Mump, corner with said King ( and Mc Adams, running thence N '66 J deg E 18.00 chains psssiug over a rock on \V bank .of Boyd Creek into center of said creek and said King's line corner with said Mayness; thence up said creek as it meanders N 2.75 chs Nil deg W 1.84 chs iu center of said creek E> of a sycamore tree ou W bank of said creek, corner with said Crutchlield; thense S dog W 13 25 chains to a rock liu said McAdain's line*; theuce S 55 deg E 7.43 chains to the begin ning, and containing 16 acres, more or less. I'his 4th day of May, 1921. W. C. WARREN,. Assignee of Mortgage. W. SI Coulter, Aity. ; LOS T—Between Graham and my home, Screw cap to my tripod. ; Finder please return and get reward. Lswis H. HOLT.
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