VOL. XLYII
OF ANCIENT DIYS
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Much It Told In Codeotlon of Old
Doouments.
legal' Pbper* Recovered by Inveetl
getoro Reveal Life ef People
Oaring Early Christian Bra.
h
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What Is described **- oso-erf the moat
Important collections, ef. ancient docu
ments yet discovered, consisting 4;
more than 100 legal papers dating
from tha reigns- of tha Roman em
perore Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula
and Claudius, has been brought to Ann
Arbor by Prof. Jfranels W. Kelaey of
the University of Michigan. Professor
Kelsay spent seme time in Egypt In
search of records. The collection is
held to be important because It re
veals' tha hfe of people during the
early Christian era.
Tha records obtained by Professor
Kelsey constitute a part of the files
of a record office In or near Tebtunis,
Egypt, and were discovered four
months ago. They are written on
papyrus and are chiefly In Greek, a
few being Demotic. They are believed
to have been covered with sand soon
after the record office fell and with
few exceptions are preserved per
fectly.
The earliest record Is dated 7 A D.
and bears the signature of a woman
who agreed not to bring claim against
her brothers. Another record, of the
same period, is a contract of common
law marriage.
Among other records are contracts
of sale covering both personal and
real property, Including lands, vine
yards and houses. There also are
leases, agreements regarding loans, a
contract of Indemnity, receipts for
wages, a receipt for dowry, official or
ders, petitions to public officials, tax
receipts, documehts relating to trans
ferring ownership of slsves and part
of a registry of deeds.
What is held to be the most impor
tant record is in the farm of a roll,
more than seven feet long and written
en both sides. It la said to be s per
fect example of an andent book or
scroll of the kind mentioned in the
Bible, particularly In the Book of Bev- '
stations.
The scroll, dated 11 l D, contain." 1
on one side abstracts ef a aamber of
contracts and on the other la a regis I
try ef the eentractot written in Hn
record , office of the second year of Bin j
peror Claudius;
Between ten and fifteen years will
be required to decipher all of the rec i
ords aad to explain them la their rela- j
tlon to Roman history, according to
Professor Kelsey. Tha university pro
fessor ssserted there could be no ques
tion ss to the authenticity of the rec
' ordsi
Another collection brought to the .
university by the professor a
papyrus book of twelve lesves. In j
which are written the Incantations and t
formal** used by a master magician.
There are eharma aad curse* fqr va
rious occasions, one being a love
charm. In the prayers God and the
sngds are invoked as wdl as the pa
gan deities at Egypt.
"Survival ef the Fittest."
Septus! EUot Morlson, author of
"TOe Maritime History of Massnchu- ;
setts," ceases ef New England seafar- ■
lng stock, shout which many deep-sea j
tales Bight be told: According to a
family tradition, two of Mr. Uorlson's
ancestor* war* shliwnntea on * brlgan- ,
Hm which was wrecked la the Ps- j
x nnsen toward the end of the;
Eighteenth century. Ths crew had to ;
row almost s thousand mile* In a small
boat before they reached land, with j
the usual accompaniment of drawing
lots to see who would furnish the,
iwii One of Mr. Morison's ances
tors perished; .the other survived, snd
on reaching home two years later
found that his daughter had married
the victim's son. Ths two families
remained on the brat- of terms, but It
was considered poor form to refer to
the "survival of the Attest" in the
family drdo. Mr. Morison did not
tell this Incident In Ms "Mnritime His
tory," as he did not expect anyone to
believe li
' Oil Cans Used as gtovss.
The divers use to which empty kero
sene cans are put are well known, and
fvea In the most remote pacta ef the ,
wodd these tie containers are In great ;
demand becauae of tha many different
forms Into which they may be made
for further service, says the Kansas
City Sear. The five-gallon alee. It ap
pear* la the most Car arable, becaaaa
It can be worked by the avecage han
dy man with the crudest ef tools.
Along ths great waterways of la
tericr Alaska drums are often foond
doing duty as stoves, but It Is ssMsas
It Is teaad utilised Uks ghls ntoa- |
whore. Travelerft who hwve toasted
their shins la froat of this stove in
the "Oalflsn North" hotel at Skagway,
laaaralsss generator ef beat and s
adsnsilhy example at recreative
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
TO RESTOOCBRITISH FORESTS
Importation* of Plr iirf.lpruM Prom
0«Ml Af* to Be Ma da »cr
tho Purpsss.
Tho British Ides are .to be refor
eeted with Douglas fir and Sitka
spruca ftotn British Columbia. To ob
tain the necessary seed, a seed ex
tracting plant will be eatabllalie« at
Westminster by. tho dominion fore*try
service.
t . Shipment of green cone* ha* been
found Impracticable. The new plant
I will handle a tea and a half of cones
erery six hour*. The conea will be
dried under hot air blast and as they
open, the need will fall from the dry
ing cylinder of fine mesh Into a hop
i pen Present retirements call for
8,000 pounds each of fir and spruce
seed, annually Cor which It will be
nnnaaaij to father 126 tons of cones.
Sitka vnice cones will be collected
on the Queea> Charlotte lalands where
the tree flourishes In abundance- The
conea oftho Dougiaafln will b» gath
ered on the western slopes ot the
Book/ mountains tributary to the
Fraser river.
This Is fur country of the Hudson's
Bay company, now closing out Its
landa In the prairie provinces to farm
settlers. The company's posts are still
dotted through this region of primeval
wilderness.
Investigations of the British com
mission working out the vast refor
estation scheme have shown Douglas
flr and Sitka spruce best adapted for
the purpose.
Centuries of tree cutting have left
the Islands of the British group de
nuded of forests and reforestation is
necessary to replenish the timber.
COULDNT READ THE 'SIGNALS'
Later, Mystified Newcomers to New
York Were Enlightened, and a
Little ftmbarraaeed.
Newcomers to New York by stoato?
ship begin to learn things about the
city aa seon as their veesel gets hand
ed up the harbor. There vm* a party
*f each on a vessel from Soathero
ports.
From the roof of a high downtown
office bqtldlng they sew what ap
peared to be a atria* of signal Saga
snapping In the btee**> Some were
I white, scene were striped and one big
one was a flaming red.
I "If we only knew the cede we could
| tell what they mean," said a member
of the party. "Perhaps they Indicate
what channel we are to take up tha
rirer."
"Or maybe they are weather wam
| Inge of seme klntfc" guessed another,
"bet's ask one of the office**.*
They did. The officer looked tot
with the nsked eye end then with his
glasses.
"That's the Janitor's waah hong out
I on the roof to dry," he announced; as
, he finished his survey. "The big red
i one Is s tablecloth."—Pittsburgh Din
' patch.
Wkenoe the "Spit Curt."
The curl over the foreheadv as worn
by yofing ladies of today, has s very
leng literary history, having been men
tioned before the time of Shakespeare,
and probably has existed far many
centuriee. A very antique status de
picts Opportunity as having a bald
j head, save for one lock of hair in
1 the center of the forehead. This- was
j to show that there was but on* chance
to take advantage of an opportunity.
Doubtless ths belles of that day, toko
> lng the lesson taught by the marble
! to Heart, began to wear a similar lock.
| The practice has continued to ths
, present day.
The curls are sonde to adhere ts the
I forehead by the application of any
, one of many modern substances made
j expressly for that purpose. These
, curls are called by the commonalty,
; "spit curls," but this is s misnomer
and misleading.
World Prose Exhibit at Prague.
A novel exhibit wes staged recently
st Prague under the auspices of the
Charles Plchal newspapers. ▲ large
hall was set aside for the display of
1 newspapers from all principal cities
of the world. Ot these there were more
I than 4,000, Japan, Pales
| tine, Australia, caarlst and soviet Rus
sia, India, Africa, Turkey and from
erery country of Europe and America.
Mere than 800 papers from France
j were shown. As a matter of fact, the
! exhibit comprised only a minute pro
, portion of the world's newspaper*,
bat, fronr the viewpoint of the OSecbo
! Slovak public. It was very Instructive
aad successful.
Political Strategy.
-After s member of cesffwsi has
1 ttrsd in Washington for a One ha
j acquires the sirs of a statesman."
Hast *f my eellaajsss do," said
! Senator Snortswerthy, "hat peraeoal
> Yf I prefer to leek Ithe a small town
business man. I any net Impreee fer
! eign visiters se ranch, bet It makao
me stronger with the folks back hssss
' when a constituent of mine returns
from a rtstt to Wssklsgisa and tolls
' ths hs>» thssa sas nedrtMs sheUlto
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1922
Snorisworthy. "He's Just as much s
friend of the plain people as bs erst
was." —Birmingham Age-Hsrald.
Reeerd Telephone Conversation.
A telephone conversation was re
cently held between a ship 100 miles
off the Atlantic coast of the United
States and Oatalina Island, 80 miles
off the coast of California, wireless
telephony being used over the water
and wire telephony over the land. This
is the first time the voice of man has
been carried across a continent and
stretches of two adjacent oceans.
' Ape. of Sheep Told by Teeth.
The approximate age of sheep can
be told by the teeth. All the baby
teeth are present seen after the birth
of a lamb. The two permanent front
teeth appear when the lamb Is twelve
tp fourteen months old. The next
pair, one on each side of the front
ones, comes at about twentr-two to
twenty-four months. The third pair
Appears a year later, and at the end
of the fourth year the sheep has a full
month with all permanent teeth pres
ent. As the animal grows old ths
teeth spread and show wear and final-
Income out.
Sheep Brought to America.
No domesticated sheep were found
In America. The big horn or wild
tocky mountain sheep were known to
tha first settlers, but efforts to domesti
cate them and croas them with domes
ticated sheep have proven failures.
The early Introductions were made by
the Spanish dlscovsrers and the Eng
lish settlers. Columbus brought Span
ish sheep to America In 1488. In 1060
Spanish sheep were Introduced into
Florida and in 1778 Into California. •In
1009 sheep were Introduced into Vir
ginia from England.
Little Dlsasrtatlen on Qeedp.
Western Paper—Goeslp Is. a hum
ming bird with eagle wings and a
voice like a foghorn. It can be heard
from Dan to Beersheha and has
caused mors trouhls than all the tee*,
ticks, mosquitoes, coyotes, rattle
snakes, eydonee, earthquakes, bllz
narda, geut and Indigestion that this
United States has known or will know
when- the universe shnts up shop and
begins the final inventory. In other
words, it has got both war and hell
backed up In a coraer yelling for ice
water. —Boeton Transcript
The First fiscasstonlet ,
The first person to suggest secession
in congress la- saapossd to havs bean
Joslah Qulnoy of Massachusetts, in
lAU he told his colleaguea that If
Louisiana vers admitted to the Onion
"It will be the right of all and duty
of soma (at the state*) definitely to
prepare for a separation; amicably
tt they can, violently If they must"
Qulncy waa called,to order for his
remarks by ths speaker, but on appeal
ths spsaksr*s decision wss reversed.
/Old Court Has Much Psw*r,
In Liverpool (Bag.) there still exists
one of the very few remaining medi
eval borough courts at record. At one
time there were 215 in various pants
ot the kingdom. The Liverpool court
of passage, as it Is called, has prac
tically unlimited Jurisdiction In caus
es of action arising within ths city,
aad has mora power than hsa the City
of Uondon eeurt which has jurisdic
tion only when ths defendant Is ai»
ployed In the city itself.
•he Guffawed Then.
Sam—l never sse you with Miss
Ohidings say mere.
Lou-—No; I couldn't staad hsr vul
gar laughing.
Sam—So t I hadn't noticed Ik
Lou—No, you snsft around whan
I proposed to hsr.
Preventable Posset Plassi ,
Mora than 160,000 forest fins have
occurred to tho United States torta«
the part Ave years. Of theee, 80 per
cent were due to human agendee aad
ware therefore preventable.
Restlessness s Universal Trait.
Life la the sea I* so much easier
than on land, and yet all creatures
seem to want to Invade the earth.
Through millions and millions of
y*ar* animals have been trying to get
out ef tho see in order to laed mora
Interacting liv*s sshore. Our g*a*rsl
aquatic ancestry Is Indicated by the
fact that our blood has aim oat the
same degree of aaltness as ths sea.
And the human ear, with its delicate
chain ot bones, corresponds with the
organs of the fidh.
Proud South Amorloos Cttlea.
If Caracas datass the title at "The
Paris at tha New W odd"—and se they
called the Tseesiielae capital to the
eeatury past—we ought to resMasber
that Bogota. OdeaabWs capital, was
eariy In the Sixteenth eeatury faased
bs "The Athens at tenth America."
This dty. founded to IMS. was a eon
tor at cnltara. before Harvard aal
vanity had boon thought at. Carta
gena Colombia, Is fondly known ss
"The Heroic City," or The Cradle ef
South American Liberty."—New Tork
Sv sntof PesL
BRIDE SET 0* EXHIBITION
la Menaces, Olrl About to Be Is
Compelled to Paea Seven teng
Msnetenoue Dsya.
It la a curious thlag that la a land
se caVeful la the public appearance
of women ss la Moroceo, a girl shoal d
be compelled to sit la private exhibi
tion for her women friends for seven
long days before ahe departs to the
home of the man who is to be her hus
band, writes Temple Manning In ths
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In one very Important detail of the
Moroccan marriage customs, how
ever, Is evidenced the complete sep
aration of the sexes which Is so much
a part of Moroccan life. Net even the
bridegroom la in the home of the
bride when the marriage party is given
there. Nor is the bride present at the
celebration given at the brldegroom'a
home. Both bride and bridegroom en
tertain their frienda of their own sex
In thdr own homes.
For fovea days the marriage rejoic
ings go on, to the accompaniment of
the beating of druma and the blowing
of pipes and flutes. But while the
bridegroom Joins his friends In cele
brating the event, the bride must sit
motlodle ; ss, with downcast eyes, on a
throne of cushions in the center of the
chief room In her own house. SHe Is
not supposed even to see the various
persons about her. Bift she knows
they are ail her own girlhood friends
or the women friends of her mother.
Each of the principal guests Is cos
tumed aud "adorned" much as Is the
bride. Their faces are painted red,
their eyelids and the skin under their
eyes, their under-llps, the palms of
their hands and the fingers up to the
first Joint are stained brown. Thumb
rings and anklets, as well ss many
bracelets, are prominent The feet of
these guests are dyed the color of io
dine and gaudy with multi-colored
dippers.
It Is the seventh day that the bride
says farewell to her parents and th*
home from which aba may never be
fore have stirred.
Finding Buried Shell*
An old problem which la being en
cou*tor*4 aU thseugh the territory la
whisk fighting occurred during th*
war, to that of guarding against th*
•xplodlng ot shells which burled them
sslvss Is the ground without having
exploded. In the section of France
along the Mams, where the fighting
waa. particularly Sere*, the ueaaant
far mess has* found this danger to be
v«r> seel. A plowman may at nay
moment strike a shall that will ex
plode with suAdsht torea to kill hito
and his testo.
Various solutions have, been suggest
ed, but tha msst promising to ens
worked, out by a F*ench scientist snd
considered by tha Academy of Science.
The plsn la to IP all over the terms
with an electrical instrument that will
give warning when a mass of metal
Is nesr.** Such an Instrument Is an
dd AjMrioaa Invention frequently
need to laboratory work. Some mod
ification* of It were adopted by tha
French sdentlst to fit It for Odd use,
Mid hie apparatus require* the serv
leee of two men.
Ia practical teeto on the dd battle-
Balds it hsa been feu ad possible for
two men to explore as acr* thorough
ly In abont on* hour, and to locate
every buried shell near enough to the
surface to do any harm.
"•udP Pldds snd Sdses*
Equipped with "dust" shoottag pla
ids to bring down high-flying insects
thst cannot be netted, J**a* H. Wil
liamson and John W. Stsoius, s r*
tto*d sn*f captain. saUed from Now
T«k en tha steamship Pelycsrp for
the Jungles of Brazil. They plan to
penetrate beyond toe river ef doubt,
the Rie Tadore, In their huat for
hitherto uncaptured zoological aped
assna for the University of Michigan
sad othw college*.
The expedition is expected to last
six months up ths Amazon to Porto
Velho, thence along the Madeira-Mn
more railroad 200 mile* Into the Ser
rs Dos Pared* mountains.
The "dust" shot to be used In gath
ering winged denizens of the fever-In
fested Jungle I* so (in* that th* no*t
delicate specimens would net b* ir
reparably injured, the explorers a* 14.
Osark Efflciaecy.
"Howdy, Gap!" saluted an acquaint
ance. "I don't aim to mind nobodjr'a
buetaeee, nor nut'n' thet-a-way. bet If
Ifs s fair question, what was turning
off at yors piece yeetcrday T As I was
angling along pest I beered you yell
lag 'Who*!' sorter like yon saeent It
snd I seed you yeeklng yore brother
ln-iaw aroaad by the none. It 'peered
Oka,, at th* whiakeca. or *omsthlag.
and cussing hist right sharply while
yon dene so. Kccdlectlag thet It wss
a't aous of my bualn*** 1 went on,
hat Pas tdlabia *h»r* I ob**rv*d yea
heal edT end hick the g*at s Usse ev
two."
"Aw, ne'd druak op a hettle at ssg
he*** liniment" replied dap Johnson
of Rampus Ridge. Ark., "and thst wss
the only wsy to handle bla*."—Kaasas
CUjr Star.
OLDER THAN NEW ORLEANS
Ancient Record* Show That sf
Natohiteohes Haa a Right to Claim
Bsrllsst Settlement.
Early in the history of Loulslsns
there was a spirited rivalry between
the French and Spaniards aa to which
nation should occupy the region be
tween the Red and Sabine rivera.
About the cloae of the Seventeenth
century the Spaniards established a
post at Adayes (or Adalse), on the
east side of the Sabine, aud In 1714
Governor Cadlllas sent Juchereau de
St. Denis to establish a post at some
point on the Red river. Martin, the
historian, says that the expedition of
St. Denla was "for the double purpose
of finding a vent for Crozat'a goods
and checking the advancea of the
Spaniards, who were preparing to
form settlemnnta In the neighborhood
of Natchitoches." Bt. Denis left a few
settlers at Natchitoches, but It was
not until 1717 that a permanent fort
was erected there, which makea Nat
chitoches a little older than New Or
leans. Dumont describes this fort as
"a square palisade, where a little gar
rison was kept as a barrier against the
Spunlards." A Catholic mission was
established about the same time. The
People, few In numbers, were not able
to employ a resident priest, and for
some years they were attended by
Father Margll and other missionaries.
Father Stanislaus came In 1765, and
the humble mission developed Into the
cathedral church of St. Francis, which
today Is one of the historical Catho
lic landmarks of the nation. During
the French and Spanish domination
Natchitoches was an Important trad
ing post. The Spaniards from the west
of the Sabine would come back with
pack mules heavily laden with pel
trlea, dried buffalo tonguea, silver
from the Mexican mines, etc., to ex
change for dry goods and other neces
saries. In 1824 Isaac Wright began
running a steamboat between Natchi
toches and the settlementa further
down the river, and thla added to the
Importance of the town as a commer
cial center. With the eetabllabment
of Sbreveport and the advent of the
railroads some of the trade waa divert
ed from Natchitoches, but being lo
cated la cue of the richest sections of
the state the town has continued to
prosper.
When In 1884, the general assembly
provided for the establishment of a
State Normal school, the locution of
the school waa thrown open to general
competition, and the most liberal In
ducements were offered by Natchi
toches. The pariah and city ot Natchi
toches purchased aad donated to the
atate 100 acrea of land. Including a
good building which had formerly bo
longed to tha nuns of the Sacred
HeerL
i
Splendid Memorial.
A living memorial, distinctive and
majeetlt. and different from any other
that baa been dedicated since the
World war, was unveiled recently In
Yoeemlte National park, saya Popu
lar Mechanics Magazine. It Is a tab
let of bronse set at the baso of one
of California's famous big trees. This
giant of the forest, towering above
the ordinary timber that surrounds
it, stands hsnceforth as "a memorial
to the unknown dead" who gave their
lives In ths great war. A peculiarly
fitting ceremony marked the unveil
ing of this tablet Water from the
crystal-clear stream of the Merced that
flows through the park was sprinkled
upon the tree, and the tablet, to sym
bolise the purity of the devotloo of
the men who died In the war and the
rock st the foot of the tree on which
the tablet was placed waa token as
a symbol ot the permanence and
strength of the p-lndplce for which
the men fought, and the tree, which
It Is bopsd will llvs through gener
ations, waa cited aa emblematic of
the living and growing gratitude of
the nation for the supreme sacrifice
made by Its sons In the war.
Tha Handicap.
All politicians agree that one Im
provement could me made in the hu
man body. It ought to be possible
to get both ears to the ground at
once. —Chicago New*.
Tolerable.
"Boston's Rank us a City" head
lines the Springfield Republlcsn. Not
so awfully rank, neighbor. We've
lived In worse.—Boston Transcript.
Honey Bee Is Prolific.
The honey bee has been so prolific
In Australia thst It would be possible
/to gather honey la tons If tt were
profitable.
Hans High Bleed Temperature*.
Meal animals hsve higher blood tem
persturse than mas. while th* tem
perature of birds runs higher yet.
Odd Effect ef Prsesw Air.
A beefsteak frozen la liquid air be
come* *o brittle that It I* shsttorod
Itks chins If struck s light blow.
Msrrew** Down—
Prejudice* ate meraly other people's
iiplalsnsl—Wayside Thla*
Th* Denarius.
The word penny occurs a number
of tlmea In our English version of the
New Testament, especially In the four
Gospels; for Instance, Mstthew 20:2,
"And when lie had agreed with the
labourers for a penny a day. be sent
them Into his vineyard." The coin to
which the name penny Is given, was
the denarius, a Roman silver coin In
circulation In the time of Our Lord
and the Apoetles. It was the principal
silver coin then In use throughout the
Roman Empire. From the parable
of the laborers In the vineyard tt
would seem that a denarius wus then
the ordinary pay for a day's labor.
Arkansas Rlvsr Frozen Ovsr.
The weather bureau at Little Rock,
Ark., advises that the Arkansas river
at that point has several times been
frosen to a depth that would allow
teams to cross on the Ice between
Little Rock and Notlh Little Rock, the
municipality Just across the river.
From January 11 to January 27, 1918,
the river was frozen, the Ice on
Jsnuary 21 being five and oWe-hulf
Inches thick. From February 7 to
February 17, 1805, the river was
frozen over at Little Rock and teams
crossed on the Ice.
Admiral of tha Navy.
The position of the admiral of the
navy he-.s never been held by any one .
except Admiral Dewey, according to \
the navy department. At t"he present
time no one holds the permanent rank
of admiral. The runk of admiral Is
held during tenure of their respecilve
positions by Robert E. Koontz, chief
of navaLoperatlons; Hugh Rodman. In
command of the Pacific fleet; Henry
11. Wilson, In command of the Atlantic
fleet; and James Strauss, In command
of the Asiatic fleet. It is a rule of the
navy that an officer holding any of
these positions must have the rank of
admiral during bis tenure of office.
Ask*d For.
During a dinner party the conver
sation turned to good looking people.
One lady *ald: "I think all the
good looking men have stayed irora
this dinner psrty."
The gentleman to whom this re
mark had been made said: "Well, I"
think all the good looking ladles are
with us tonight."
Then the lady thinking a compli
ment lrad been paid her added: "Of
course, I should have said 'present
company excepted.'"
Whereupon the gentleman said:
"Oh! of course that's what I meant
to say I" —London Telegraph.
Pecan Crop In Mexloe.
The pecan crop of the Nuevo Laredo
dlstrid of Mexico for the 1821 season
Is estimated roughly at between 250
and M 0 short tons, aa against 000
short tons In 1020. A msrked falling
off In value, as well ss production, Is
also expected, due to the large crops
In Terms. The Texas crop will be
drawn on first, no doubt, before the
Mexican production Is touched.
Now Organ of Balanoe.
Dr. O. Vltall, the Italian naturalist,
has discovered that birds and bats
have a email sense organ or vesicle
situated on the middle wall of the
tympenlc (drum) cavity of thdr ears.
When this Is removed they seem to
have no sense of bslsnce. Vital! con
cludes that this organ, which reacts to
variations of pressure, within the
middle-ear, thus ensblss the bird to
determine th* density of the air
through which it is moving, and regu
lates Its muscular movements accord
ingly.
Public Opinion.
Public opinion la often wrong in the
beginning; It la always right In the
end. And the reason Is that, at first,
It Is formed by the passions of the un
thinking many, ignorant of mankind,
but Interested In passing events: at
last, on the reason of the thinking
few, whose Judgment had been en
lightened by experience to whom alone
the past Is an object of Interest snd
by whom the verdict of posterity li
formed. —Alison.
Desth In a Rose.
A native'of Lancashire. England, a
member of a Arm of cotton manufac
turers, died recently, from the effects
of a prick by a rose'lhom. One day
he pricked his hand when In his garden.
Next day he complained of pain, but
an examination revealed nothing. Later
his hand swelled and a doctor told him
he was suffering from septic poisoning.
This caused his death.
Cudom Many Centuriee Old.
The ancient ceremony of collecting
wroth diver at daybreak on Martln
mas eve due to the duke of Buccleuth
as Lord of the Hundred was observed
at Knlghtlow Hill, near Coventry,
England. The custom baa endured for
more than 1,000 years, and 24 par
ishes psy the nominal tax which orig
inated in certain privileges granted
to the andent residents. Before sun
rise went to the spot to pay
their toll, and afterward they were en
tertained at breakfast
NO. 50
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counscllor-ajt-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with V. S. Coulter,
No*. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg.
S. C. SPOON, M D.
Graham, N. \^y
| Office over Ferrell Drug 00.
j Uoura: 2 to 3 and 7 to a p. m., aud
by appoint uient.
Phone 97
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington. N. C.
Office Hours: 9 to 11 a. m.
and by appointment
Office Over Acme Drag Co.-
Telephones: Office 4*•— Residence 864
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorneyat-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
mice over Natloaal Btak ol AIiSMSM
T , s. COOK:.
Attorn ay-at- Law
IUHAM. .... H. 0
Offlce Patterson Building
-tooorid Floor. , . .
>K. WILU JR.
. . DENTIST I X t
i jHham .... Nsrtk Carallaa
>mCKiNRJMMONB BUILDING
J. KI.MI.K LONG LOUIS C. ALLEI
Durham, SI. C. firs ham, W. C.
LONG & ALLEN,
I icuiruafs unil Oiunselors at law
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PATENTS
; OBTAINED. If you hove an invention
to patent please send us a model or sketchr
with a letter of brief explanation for pre
liminary examination and advice, Your
disclosure and all business is strictly con
tidcntial, and will receive our prompt and
personal attention.
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PATENT nUAWTERS.
WASHINGTON. D. O.
Re-Sale ol Land.
Pursuant to an order of the
Superior Court made in a
special proceeding therein pend
ing, entitled "R. P. Braxton
and others vs. Kate Braxton
and others," whereto all thede
viseej of the late J. W. Braxton
aud owners and tenants in com
mon of the real property here
inafter described are duly con
stituted parties, the undersigned
: Commissioner will offer for sale
to the highest bidder at public
auction at the courthouse door
j in Graham, on
| SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1922,
at 12:00 o'clock, noon, all of
the following described real
! property, to-wit:
Two certain tracts or parcels
of land in Alamance county,
North Carolina, adjoining the
lands of Wm, Hadley, J. W.
Whitehead and others, and
fully described by metes and
hounds in the petition in said
.special proceeding. The first
tract containing 38 acres and
the second 43 acres, more or
less. This property is known
as the Dark Place. There
has been sold off from the 43
acre tract a one-half acre lot to
| the Trustees of Center School.
Terms of Sale—The purchaser
will be required to pay one
third of his bid in cash on date
of sale and the other two thirds
in equal installments within six
and twelve months, deferred
payments to bear interest from
date of sale uutil paid. Sale
made subject to advance bids
and confirmation by the Court,
and the title to be reserved
until the purchase price is fully
paid.
This is a re sale on account of
an advance hid and bidding will
start at $1,501.50.
This 10th day of Jan., 1922.
J, DOLPH LONG,
Commissioner,