North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XLVIII Democratic Raleigh Postmaster Ousted Young Duncan, "Son of his Daddy," Gets the Job—A Move to Pacify the Duncan Element. - RALEIGH'S $1,000,000 SCHOOL BOND ISSUE CARRIED State Board of Elections Function ing—Registrants for Office Being Put in Shape. (By Maxwell Gorman.) Raleigh, April 11.—Saturday of next week, April 22, the State Board of Elections, which has been functioning in Raleigh for the past few weeks under the new chairman, Col. Patrick Murphy Pearsall, of New Bern, will close the list of registrants of candidates for public office this year. The entries, so far, are not im posing in number or statute, men tal and otherwise, and most of the aspirants who make the race will come in as eleventh-honi horses. Will Jo»lah William Runt There is an effort being made by some of tho friends of Josiah William Bailey, late U. S. revenue collector, recently relieved by Gilliam Grissom by favor of the "new Republican national admin istration, to pot him in the gub ernatorial fight two years hence against A. W. McLean, of Robeson, for the gubernatorial nomination, and as a precedent to that more important endeavor, run him for the state senate from Wake this summer -so he can fjiaction next winter in the legislature and "«tir up the animals" generally •a'a sort of advance-guard move ment. Bailey is capable of and prone to "stirring up the animals" all right (even after humiliating ex perience in opposing the adoption of the income tax constitutional amendment), but it is not certain that he will be a candidate for state seuator. It is now pretty well assured that Justice Adams and Corpora tion Commissioner Lee will have no opposition, and these are the only state .officials to be votel on. Reports that a candidate to oppose Judge Bond in the first judicial district have not materialized ao yet K but John E. Woodword of Wilson, hap entered as'a candi date for Judge against Geo. W. Connor. Intimations have been coming to Raleigh for gome time back that.) udge Cennor would not re tain his seat without content, but yesterday w&s the first time that Mr Woodard's name has been definitely connected with the second district contest. Judge Connor is completing bis first term on the bench. His friends say that h$ will seek renoinina- tiqu. 'The sixth, fourteenth and six teenth judicial districts have all come xhrough with notices from present judges. Harry E. Faison, one of the half dozen or m.jre probable candidates for Judge Oliver Alleu's place inthenixth, ha* entered. Judge W. F. Hard ing of Charlotte, is out aoain in the fourteenth, and Judge James L. Webb in the sixteenth. Congreesman Homer L. Lyon, who broke thr -ugh the Godwin defences in the sixlh two yean ago, sent in his 150 and notice of his candidacy. He, too, is ap parently to have the nomination without protest. Crap of WouM-fee Holldtorm. From present indications there will be an over-crop of candidates for the solicitorsbip of the seventh jiuiicisl district, composed of the twu counties of Wake and Frank lin. W. F. Evans and J. C. Lit tle and (may be) Bos Beck with of Wake, Ben Holding and Wiley Person of Franklin, are expected THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. to all enter the primaries for the nomination. Solicitor Norris will in all probability make the race for Congress against Congressman Ed Pou of the fourth (Raleigh) district. Mr. Pou will again be a candidate fjr the twelfth con secutive term, and he is a hard man to beat. New School Buildings Raleigh voters having carried the million-dollar school bond issue by 700 majority, the school authorities have boiun arrange ments for the erection of at le> si three new graded school buildings, including a better located and enlarged high school, which have been badly needed for yeare. The school children of the Capital City have been educated most unfavorable conditions for years and years, owing to the cramped quarters in nearly all the build ings, due to tbe natural increase in attendance with the growth of population. Btrt the brighter day is dawning now and we are all re joicing—all except some Raleigh "rent hogs." Raleigli Postmastershlp and How Dun can Got It. The summary "dismissal" of Postmaster Bart Gatliug of Ral eigh last Saturday as the result of "unimportant and petty charges," and the installation of the son of the laie E. Carl Duncan into office, was a piece of fast work for whi?h the public had not been prepared. Mr. Gatling lacked a year of filling out his second term, "but that cut little ice, it seems, with the political considerations which demanded his removal to make way for a Republican. Votes will be needed, for con gressional candidates, especially by the Republicans, if they are to retain hold of congress at the next session—and the civil service never yet made or retained any votes for either political party. If the voters, not alone in this .section but all over the country, who pot Harding and the preseot congress over, are to understand that there are no "spoils" and that the horse that plows stands no show to eat any of the fodder he produces, the aforesaid voters, in a large percentage, would weaken on the "powers that be," so offices for the workers must be substituted for civil service, or the old boat might Bink again in November. As to young Duncan, he is the son of his daddy —and, politically, that is about all he has amounted to in the political equation here abouts, although a man of excel lent character and well thought of tho community. Just why he was given the postmastership, the politicians are explaining, al though some Republicans are greatly disappointed over the ap pointment. One says that it means a scheme by the Morehead element to win back the Duncan Republicans, who have been estranged since 19J5, when Butler and Carl Dun can had their "blowout." That, "deprived of leadersnip, the one time imposing Duncan faction was disintegrating. Would it go with Butler or the 'Big Combine?' Butler had nothing to offer but criticism and abuse. Morehead had the jobs and was dishing them out. Ike Meekins, whose spleen was deadlier than the most around the 1915 duble-cross, got his— special counsel to the alien prop erty custodian. Willis Briggs, chief lieutenant of Duncan in the state capital and former postmas ter, got his —assistant district attorney in the east. Now the son of DuncaD, a likeable young man, who has a war record but no out standing party service to hiß credit, gets one of the Very nicest of postoffice jobs, when there were others, truer to the Morehead faith, who had not followed Dun can off to sulk, wanted the place. Many Raleigh Republicans don't like the choice. The Ward faction that never cared for Duncan are not disposed to throw up their hats. But behiud the scenes, Morehead is pulling more wires, connecting'up broken lines and putting his system in order. But ler and those who rail at the 'hog combine' be hanged!" State Coaveßtknu. It is predicted that Morehead -will resign as national committee man when the state convention meets at W iuston-Salem this week. Bat if he does, bis successor will GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1922 be named by him, and he will not expect him to turn on him (More head) the trick that Duncan turn ed on Butler, after the latter had "created" him committeman in the city auditorium in Raleigh a few years ago, and which ihis writer well remembers as au eye witness to the humiliating and mortifying and utter defeat of Duncan by Butler and the lifting of Morehead into the political saddle in his stead, j Butler did that for Morehead— largely because he hated Duncan, it is true—and when the sbouters called for Morehead he couldn't be found. The late Tom Settle (the most effective convention speaker in Nor:h Carolina) told 'era Morehead had gone to his room in the hotel —and it was even so. He left the crowing to Butler and later extracted the spurs from the Sampson man's fighting* legs—as far m federal patronage was concerned. Alamance Cooperative Creamery Organized On April Ist the Alamance Co operative Creamer\ was organ ized. This matter had been un der discussion for over a year, and was brought to a head in the ofjice of Burlington Chamber of Commerce. The farmers of the county have one of the ablest Board of Direc tors that could be chosen, to direct the manufacturing of cream into butter and other aairy products: Mr. Cad A. Albright of Haw fields section, Fernando Woody of Springs section, and Mr. Alfred Stuart of Snow Camp, Mr. Chad. A. Scott of Graham, Mr. C. V. Sellers, Dr. Spoon, and Mr. Will ■k Graham, of Burlington. The Board of Directors is making arrangements for the im mediate handling of cream. Cream routes will be worked out in the next few days. This marks the beginning of dairy development in this county. There has been a feeling amoDg purebred breeders that they could not go forward with development of their until a permanent market could be established for thtf products of the cow. Instead of shipping grade cattle out of this county by the carload every year to supply the family cow trade, we can look forward to the time when buyers will come in to purchase purebred cattle in car load lots. The Hawflelds, Spring and Snow Camp sections already have over 25 breeders of purebred Jerseys. With a permanent plan of marketing which is cooperative we can look to the future for a more permanent dairy industry. W. KERR SCOTT, County Agent. Southwest Alamance. Cor. of The Gleaner. After so many hindrances the Oakdale school has goue to work again, and is doing better work than before. The school has taken on new life; teachem and pupils are working hard to redeem lost time and soinethiug will be ac complished, if no more stops have to IKS made. Rev. I. P. Frazier filled his regular appointmeut at Mt. Zion on last Sunday. He had a severe attacii of "flu," but is now able to take up his work. - Everyone ig rejoicing over the prospect of a good fruit crop, also small grain crops are looking fine. Farmers are not planning for large cotton and tobacco crops this year. Bad roads and "flu" kept our people away from Educational Day, though the few that got there repoit a good time. Rutted Metal If iron or i«S rusted you can loosen the rust by wrappiug a cloth soaked with paratin around it. If you are all run down, weak and nervous and feel out of sorts with everything and everybody, get back in line by taking Taulac. Sold by Farrell Drug Co., Graham, N. C. When bamboo furniture be comes dingy wash it in water in which a little salt has been put. . EDUCATIONAL DAY PRIZE WINNERS Many !Entries in Various Contests- Fine Reeord Made by Many. Below is a list of in the various contests for Alamance Count}' Educational Day, held in Graham, April 7th: Nroup Siuging—Wood lawn school. Story-Telling —Willard L.iyton, Saxapahaw school Diainatization —Primary chil dren, Ilawfieltls. Recitation —Ruth Forlines, Gra ham. Declamation Wade Roach, Sylvan.' 6th aud 7th Grade Spelling Con test—Lu la Perry, Uuipn Ridge school, Mildred Walters, Burling ton. Both of 1 these contestants made 100 per cent. .Spelling, 4th and sth Grades Eloise Woosley, Woodlawu. High School Essay Cout st — Alice Watson, S'ouy Creek Sul>- jeot of the l£>say, "What AlH mance County .Most Needs." Essay, 7th Grade —George Long, Graham. Essay on Kitchen Cabinet — Selm.t Clapp, Friendship. Jessie Jones of Hawfie'ds, and Eva Smith of Midway were close competitors for this prize. Gih and 7th Grade lleadingCon test—Huth Hall-of Mebane. 4th and sth Grade Heading Con test—Pearl Kiinrey, Hawflelds, Eloise W'oosley of Woodlawn, anil Mildred Lynch of Mebane, all made perfect scores aud had to be given the test for the 6th and 7th grades to deteruiiuo the winner. In this contest, MjJ; dred byiich wou the first prize. All thi'ee, however, were awarded prizes. Athletic prizes to the school scoring the highest uumber of poiuis was won by Burlinglou. The individual winners will be ancouucgd in auother issue of the paper. Biscuit Making Contest for Girls under 14 years of age—Co rinu i Squires of the Hickory Grove school. Mary beth Garrison of the Stony Creek school was a close Competitor for this prize. Biscuit Baking Contest for Girls over 14 —Fannie Gleun Elder ol Glenwood school, at Alamance Factory. Evelyn Davis was a close competitor for the second prize. Parade—Shallowford first, Fair grouud second. It is not yet de termined whether the third prize will be awarded to Graham or Mahan. One of the most interesting con tests held iu counectiou with Alamauce County Educiitional Day was a Standard Reading Test given to 4th and sth grade child ren, aud to G'h and 7th grade children. These tosts are referred to as Standard Tests, because they have been given to hchool children all oVer the United States and thereby standardized. It is known just what score a 4th and sth grade child should make, if he or she if up to the standard of 4th aud sth grade, taking the country over. The average scores for the children taking these examinations was higher than the average scores. This is account ed for, however, on account of our bavint; a.group of selected child ren having the best from each school. Following is the order in which the schools stand according to these reading tests. «th and 7th «;rad«- Te»t 1. Mebane Graded School. 2. Graham Graded »eho.l. 3. New llppe School. 4. Burlington. 5. Sylvan. 6. Union Ridge. 7. Stooy Creek, Klinira, Mountain View, and Gh-nhope. 8. Hawbelds. 9. Spriug 10. Concord. 11. Woodlawn and Saxapali tw. 12. McC'ray. 13. Glen Raven, and Sidney. 14. Friendship. 15. Fairground. fuurtli aud fifth tirade CoitetL Th« represon Natives from Haw tields, Woollavn, and AlwOatie made a perfect »-ore when they were given the advanced tests which were givfu lo Hie sixth and seventh grades; it was found that Mildred Lynch of the Mebane school made exactly the same score as Ruth Ball of the Mebane school, who won the lirst place for the (>th and 7th grade group. Pearl Kiinrey of Hawflelds would placelhat school as seventh from the top, if she had been coiitesling in the Gilt and 7th grade group, aud Eloise Woosley of Woudlawu would place her school betwteu HawtielGs aud Sprinsr, or B.}. In this fourth and fifth iadt contest, the schools are placed in the following order: 1 Me'rnue, 'I llawfields, 3 VVood lawn, 4 Spring and Sidney, 5 Gra biuu, tj Fairground, 7 Eliniraand Burlington, 8 Glen Raven, 9 Mc- Cray, 10 .Union Ridge, 11 Saxa pahaw, 12 New Hope and High land, 18 Friendship, 14 Concord. Get rid i>f tliHt indigestion, stomach trouble and netvousness, build up your system and regain that lost weight. Take Tanlac. Sold by Farrell Drug Co., Graham, N. C. Radio Activity, Men given to the study of radio ac tivity suggest that the electric con ductivity of the atmosphere la largely. If not entirely, lue to the radio ac tive emanations from the cnrth'B crust, says the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele graph. In support of this Idea they mention the fact that In closed cel lars and deep holes and wells the con ductivity of the air la Sometimes fifty tiroes os great as that of the normal air. Another suggestive fact is that op days of low barometer, when the smaller pressure of the atmosphere favors the escape of emanations from fissures In the ground, the conduc tivity of the air increases. It is thought that the startling electric phenomena occurring over an active volcano may be due to a radio active emanation accompanying the escape of the volcanic gases and gspors. , Nothing Really Diss In Vain. M. J.: "What does death mean— the extinction of the Individual, with all his hopes and promises?" you ask. Science asserts that nothing dies In vain. Home good comes of every suf fering and every extinction. It may not be apparent, and may seem un necessary at the time, but when the whole story Is told we can realize that it fulfilled a need as nothing else could do. Every step of our progress upward has been paid for with pain and death. Death is as natural as birth. After our span of life is up we must return to the earth to be re solved. Ail the Instants of our lives, forces are at work whose destiny it Is to destroy us. It is for us, the living, to profit by the deaths we see and avoid similar pitfalls for ourselves.— Exchange. Llttls-Known Islands. The Maldlve archipelago, in the In dian ocean, several hundred miles southwest of the southern polgt of Hindustan, does not frequently see visitors from the civilised world. Such a visitor has recently told of these islands. They number, It appears, not less than 14,000, and are all composed of coral rock. F"ew of them rise more than seven or eight feet above the sea level, although they contain coco nut palms and other vegetation. Hun dreds of little islands, ranged round in a circle, with narrow and shallow channels between, form atolls, or rings, having quiet water within. Occaalon ally an individual Island Is found in the form ot a ring, with a smooth lake Inclosed In its coral embrace. — New York Herald. Brain Alters Position. There is no doubt that the normal brain obeys the law of gravity, and alters its position with varying posi tions of the head. Every organ of the body possesses a degree of mobil ity proportional to the extent to which It Is covered by a serious membrane separating It from the wall of the cav ity which contulna It. Whenever the skull and dura arc widely opened dur ing an operation, movetusnta of the brain can be demonstrated by altering the position of the head, and their extent Is probably exaggerated by reason of the different physical conditions which obtain In the open at compared with the closed skull, there la no reason to suppose that sll move ment Is absent when the skull Is whole.—l'ercy Sargent In "Brat:.." Japanese Form of Qrsetlng. If a man in an American city met an old friend from the country and pro ceeded to double himself up Into the form of a Jackknlfe and then sit down on the pnvement, he would probably be removed without delay to the near est asylum. Hut If a man In Japan failed to observe this ceremonial in greeting a friend he would be -re garded not only as unfriendly but posi tively lacking In courtesy. This form of greeting Is one of the oldest cus toms of Japan. In this respect Japan ese politeness exceeds even that of the French, and the "bowing and scrap ing" habit Is not confined to any par ticular claaa. DRINK HOT BLOOD African Natives Take Vital Fluid From Oxen. i Operation Causes No Permanent Iru jury to the Animal, and May Be Many Times Repeated. ; In the ,heart of East Africa tt has been my "tat recently to spend severul j mouths among the Masui, writes & M. Q., In a London paper. Familiar to the readers of Kidei [ Haggard's early romances, these are ! the only natives of the l>urk continent J who possess any considerable poien. j tlal wealth. Their riches consist in the number- | less herds of oxen belonging to this | tribe which graze on the steppes of I Kenya colony aud Tanganyika terrl- j tory. Great nomads, the Masai wander ! hundreds of miles every year In search j of water and pasturage for their cat- I tie. They toll not, neither do they spin, , und, as they never cultivate any crops, they neither plant nor reap. At one time they were greatly dreaded for their warlike prowess. 1 Nowadays, however, they confine theiu- | selves to raiding, cattle-thieving, and | bickering among themselves over water I and gruzlng rights. Half u dozen Masai braves promised one day to show me how they drink j the blood of bulls without harming the animals. The majority of these young men were over six feet In height. All car- | rled enormously long assegais with . heavy heads (the assegais Is a spear j they use for throwing). Many had a - sword and a bufTulo-hlde shield as well. As they strode past my tent It was j Impossible not to admire the superb i dignity of their carriage, their finely I chiseled features, und the -.haughty glance of their hawk-like eyes. A couple of grimy, grey army blank ets, affixed to the shoulders of each j 1 man, hung down loose, fore and aft, j revealing, when they walked, their | | shapely limbs and lissom torso. The bullock was soon caught and j | flung on Its side. One man took an ! arrow and twisted a cloth guard round : the barb, So that, when fired, It should j not penetrate more than an inch. An-, other fastened a cloth tourniquet , round ftie animal's neck. The archer took his stand n foot j , distant from the ox and shot the shaft ' he had prepared from the bow Into ! the Jugular. A steady trickle of blood, j I regulated by the tourniquet, started |to flow; and the nearest Masai, ap- i j plying his mouth to the neck, drank I the flowing fluid, warm ! When It Is thought that enough ' blood has been withdrawn, the tourni | quet Is removed, the puncture in the artery closes automatically by natural | elastic pressure, and the ox Is free to go. Until, perhaps a month or two later, I It 1* decided by his owner that he ought to be bled again. Don't Look a Gift Horse— The Woman und the teacher were walking along together when they j came to a corner where a pushcart 1 idled high with oranges was attracting many customers. "Oranges always remind me of Jim -1 my," said the teacher. "He was a I wide-awake youngster who came to j me late In the term, having been trans- I ferred from another school. About a week after he'd been in my class he presented me with an orange one day at lunch time. The next day us he went to his j lunch, a well-stuffed paper bug peek -1 ing out from under his arm, lie uguin gave me an orange. I was ufrald the boy might be depriving himself of part I of his lunch In order to make un Im pression on his teacher, so I called j him hack anil asked him if It was perfectly all ri„'lit for me to have the fruit and if he was sure he wasn't taking It f rou i hitiitffir. "Oh, it's all right," Jimmy told me. "My father gets plenty of oranges. He!s nr. .Ice man." —Chicago Journal. Canada Pushing Honey Industry. It la. ex|x*cted that Ontario's honey crop next season will be marketed largely on the fb-opohttlve system, as a result "f the activities of the committee appointed recently by the Ontario lice Keepers' association, and with the assistance of the ..Ontario government. The honey will he graded j and have a registered hrund for the protection of consumers. Kach pack ! age will have a distinguishing number, by which It can be traced back to the | producer. The Youngest Boldler Killed. Kepresentailve Isijac Slega!, of New • York, recently made claim in the house of representatives that Albert Cohen, whose parents now live in Memphis, Tenn., was the youngest soldier to be killed In action In France. He was killed 'n action on October 5, 1818, while serving with the 20th Infantry. At the time of his enlistment he was thirteen years and six Months aid. NO. 10 Hogs in North Carolina. W. VV. Shay, Swine Division, State Farm Extension Service. Students now in school willlive I to see solid (rain loads of hogs iu 1 North Carolina going to market. This business will belong lo I North Carolina, not necessarily | because of the boll weevil inva sion, but by right of conquest. As compared with the corn-belt fanner, the North Carolina farmer can produce pork cheaper. He has a belter market, lit? cau hit the high market before the corn-belt farmer t'luts it. Immediately someone will ques tion the first advantage stated j above; he will say, what about j that cheap corn? I can only an swer: he raises it in North Caro lina. If a low price for farm 1 products is a„!i advantage, the cotton belt should be rolling in | wealth. J. We are all aware I hat a high | order of intelligence is Lot neces sary to grow cottyi.; it is of a sort with that which attempts to starve {Cheap gains on a hog, and sells oily hogs out of the peanut fields lon the lowest market of the year. ! Profits from such hogs are, as King W. Lardner would put it, about as conspicuous as a dirty I finger nail in the third grade. Profitable pork production is a man's game, and it is worth his best effort. There is nothing in |it for the man who is too indif ferent to study the rules, or .too i indolent to mix and feed proper rations. When the possibilities of pork production are properly under stood throughout the cotton belt, the uupainted shack will give ; plaje to the modern comfortable home, aud happy smiles will re place care worn expressions. The total production of electric power by public utility com panies iu the United States is 39,- i (X)o,(XX),000 kilowatt hours a year. liub-My-Tisin, anticeptic and pain killer, for infected sores, tetter, sprains, neuralgia .rheu matism, —ad. Gem cutting has been one of Amsterdam's leading industries ! for nearly ;"RK) years. . PROFESSIONAL CARDS LOVICK H. KERNODLE, Attorney-at-Law, GRAHAM, N. C. Associated w ith John I. Henderson. Office over National Hank of Alamance THOMAS D. COOPER, ""Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, BURLINGTON, N. C, Associated with W. S. Coulter, | Not. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg. S. C. SPOON, Jr., ML D. Graham, N. C. Office over Ferrell Drug Co. 1 ] Hours: 'I to 3 aud 7 to 'J p. m., aud by appoiuttnent. mtm Phone 'J7j GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D. Burlington, N. C. Olli c Hours: I) to 11 a. m. and by appointment Ollli;i: Over Acme Drug Co. Telephones: Office t lO Residence 261 JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM. N. C. 1 llllcc aver National Bankol Alamaaea j'T. ■ 3. C ©OIC, Attorney-at-Law >HVM. ... - N. 0 j offloo Patterson Buildlnx Socond Flaor. . . . "K. WIIIUOM.JR. . . DENTIST ; ! ! .... Narth Carallaa r e .rviCK IN PARIS BUILDING '• , '• J. i :i. I1»;K I. INC. LOt'lM l. ALLEN e Durham, N. C. Craham, N^C. > H LONG & ALLEN, r. 8 itiornefs and Couasalors si Law GRAHAM, N. C.