North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XLVIII Republican and Independent Papers Criticize the "No-Nothing" Con gress and the "Shifting" Tactics of the President. Special Correspondence. Washington, May 30th.—Presi dent Harding, apparently, does uot intend to acoopt the verdict ttiat the recent Republican pri maries in Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania, where Old Guard reactionaries and defenders of the administration went down in de feat, were a repudiation of the Executive or his administration, for "the administration organs are boldly charging that the Verdict was a repudiation of the Republi can Congress and not of the ad ministration. The Chicago Tribute, the ad ministration organ of the Middle West, is positively denunciatory of the work of .the present Con gress, in seekiug to shield the Ex ecutive from the consequences of Old Guard defeat. It declares t hat the President's reeordjs clean and constructive, and then s&y>>: "We can hardly say as much of th« present Congress. If repudiatioi. is seen in recent state primaries it is repudiation not of President Harding but of a Congress which has been marked by delays, bick erings, private interests, injustice and lack of construction." The cue given by the Chicago Tribune to place all of the blaun upon Congress and relieve the President of his just share of the "responsibility for the defeat oi the supporters of his administra tion, is taken up by the President's organ and mouthpiece,the Wash ington Post, which editorially in dorses the impassioned utterances of the Tribune to the extent of reprinting them with the added comment that "whether the voters of those states were primarily anxious to rebuke Congress ot not, the effect of their vote seems to be a rebuke which 4 may heed." .After saying that ""the situa tion in the Senate at this moment constitutes an indictment of the good sense of the Republican party," the Post charges the Re publican Senate with "making a record ol' absenteeism aud neglect of public business, which will surely return to plague them.' It points out that with sixty Re licans in the Seuate there has not yet been present/a quorum on any roll call during the tariff discus sion, aud asks: "How can any Republican Senator absent him self from the Senate at this junc ture aud then ask his constituent.- to re-elect him on the theory that he has done and faithful service?" The panicky conditions in Re publican affairs have reached the stage where it is evident that Con gress is to be made the goat if the itduiiuistrat'ou mouthpieces can bring it about, otherwise *.vhy this concerted action on their part in contrasting the record of the President with that of Con gress in a way that eulogizes the Executive and coudeuins the Con gress in language as strong as that used by Democrats or the general public? This attitude upon the part of the administration's organs raises the question whether or not the Republican Congress will silently bear the sole blame for the dis aster which Ifas overtaken the re actionary wing of the party, ai d thus admit that it is uuworthy to be further trusted, aud at the same time permit the Pr-j.M lent to escape his share of the blame. Admittedly this is a Do-Nothing Congress, but might h not have done something if it ha I had ag gressive aud constructive leader ship ou the part of the Presi dent ? Adtnittediy this is no time to try to revise the tariff, buL wai il not President Harding who in sisted that a tariff bill sliou d be passed? Admittedly the bouus issue a id bouus bill iiave been muddled, but IMS not the President's atti tude upon that mea»un» be MI shifting aud uucertaiu from the beginning? Admittedly the tax bill is a sad disappointment, but was it not an administration tax bill, ,aud did not the President plead for the kind of a tax bill the reaction aries voted for? Admittedly the Republican THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. Senate reduced the dignity and standing of that body to its lowest level when it seated Newberry, but was not Newberry the Presi dent's close friend and associate, and was the seating of Newberry any greater offense in morals than the appointment of Nat Goldsteiu or the appointment of men indict ed with Newberry to be Federal district attorneys in the state of Michigan? These are some of the questions that will inevitably arise if the Republican Congress, now repud iated by t he administration organs including the oue* 'supposed al ways to speak the President's .mind, shall decide that the ad ministration must) bear its share of responsibility for the repudia tion of the reactionary Congress and the reactionary admiuistra tion. Vocational Education in « North Caroliona. T. E. Brown, State Director, Vo cational Education. Tt.rough the activities of the State Board of Vocalioual Educa tion, opportunity is offered iu all parts of North Carolina not only to the youth but also to adult men and women for training iu home economics, agriculture, and trades aud industries. In additiou, the physically haudicapped men and women are offered an opportunity for train ing iu the vocation for which they are best suited and are assisted in securing employ ineut through winch they are made productive aud independent members of societv. The number of high schools in North Caroliua iu which agricul tural instruction is offered through this board, increased from 21 in 1919 to 00 at present: the uumber of classes from 35 to 125; and the number of pupils from 323 to 1,750. In additiou to this, and equally important, are the 68 part time classes for adults in which 2,500 adult farm men and women are takiug special training for their vocation* In the field of home economics iustruction is being given at the present time to 1940 pupils as com pared with 100 pupils dnring the tirst year of the work. Evening classes are offered in home eco nomics in 33 communities. Nearly 2500 adults are receiving training in trade and industrial education, 2000 of these being in evening classes and the balance being in part-time classes. There are at present 180 classes with 118 teachers, providing instruc tion for employed persons 16 years of age and over, these classes dealing with practically all dom inant phases of industrial life in North Caroliua. All of these activities are con ducted by'tlie State Board for Vocational Education, co-operat ing with county and city officials. Through them adulls and youths of the state are finding opportu nity for developing their physical and mental resources and increas ing their usefulness to society. Mayhan Demonstration Club. Reported for The Gleaner. On Wednesday* afternoon, May 17, Mayhan Demonstration Club met with Mrs. C. R. McCauley. Miss Reiuhai'dt was with the club. Eleven members were present at thi) roll call.- Making light rolls was enjoyed. A most pleasant hour was spent. At the close of the meeting Mrs. McCauley served a delicious course of ham, salad, aaudwiches, pickles, Eskimo pies aud cake, which was enjoyed by the ladies. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Petti grew on June 19th. Ann Pavlova announces that the world has the flapper to thauk for low heel shoes and simple frocks. Also for Roberted hair. She points out that the flapper has also discarded rouge and that the stylp now is for plainly powdered faces. It gives 'em a languid, helpless look. Fraternal beneficiary societies obiaiu more than 1,000,000 niem bers annually, according to the secretary of the National Fra ternal Congress of America, which hits a membership of nearly 10,- 000,000 persons, and embraces 93 organizations. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 1. 1922 The Profiteers' Tariff Here are the latest utterances of leading Republican and Inde pendent papers on the Fordney- McCumber tariff bill: New York Herald (Rep.)—lt is about a year since Congress passed the emergency tarifl act to protect the American farmer from being undersold in his own home market by a flood of agricultural pro ducts from across the northern border. The results are roughly covered iu the trade between the Dominion and the United States for the twelve months to April 1 last. They show that while the emergency tariff has been in ef fect wo have lost nearly §100,1)00,- 000 more in sales to Canada than Canada IIHS lost in sales to us. And fto that the existing emer gency tariff is a gentle tap coin pared with the blow the Fordney and McCumber schedules could give to our whole foreign trade. ludiauapolis News (Ind.)— For the policy to which it is thought to commit the Republican party —the policy of price-raising—is very dangerous, and especially so iu a year in which a congressional election is to be held. The ques tion presented is difficult — whether to go through with a bad business, or to withdraw from it. The mistake wAs in turning the fortunes of the party over to Ford ney, and men of his school. Prob ably not iu the history of the country has there be n a worse tariff bill than that reported to j the Seuate by Senator McCumber and his committee, unless it be j the one prepared by Mr. Ford ney's committee, and passed by the House of Representatives. Brooklyn Eagle (Ind.) —If the Republican leaders of Congress cannot see what is visible to Re- j publican newspapers of distinc tion all over this country they are iu a sorry plight. Those newspapers protest against the tariff bill not because they wish to make troub'e for the Republi can party, but because they know that persistence in folly by the party itself will inevitably lead to disaster at the polls. Chicago Tribune (Rep.)— A bsolutely no appreciation of a change in international trade re lations brought on by the war was displayed. The tariff makers, led by Fordney aud McCumber, had learned nothing and 'forgotten nothing. . . . Special inter ests appeared before the committee as always, argued their points for protection of their own industries through a prohibitive tariff, aud for the most part got what they wanted. Each interest saw only as far as its own nose and disre garded all those around it. . . The potash interest . . obtain ed a high tariff to keep out im portations of this commodity, thus raising the farmer's cost and reducing any probable advantage to be obtained from a high agri cultural tar'ff And the consumer pays the cost, while trade is de- stroyed. . . . The bill reeks with such errors and injustices. The public is disgusted. Only the many individual interests which have been taken care of are satisfied. Our Navy in the War Charlotte Observer. One of the most entertaining contributions to American history in the World War is contained in the pages of the book written by former Secretary Daniels, and which is just issued from the presses of the George 11. Doraii Company, of New V'ork. It tells the story from the day "when the war call Game," to the rounding up of the whole affair, when re port was made that ,l all is well with the fleet." Mr Daniels wastes no time in prefatory re marks or preliminaries, .but be gins his history five minutes after President Wilson signed the War resolution, and by use of official documents and personal narration carries the reader through 374 pages of fact and iucideut in which there is not a dull line. The book is a complete record of naval operations during the war and is admittedly a work of great historical value. The facts are assembled in intelligent manner. The former Secretary's book on the naval operations is one which will be in great demand for Aihericau libraries. It is a pride-arouser. ELON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. Reported for THE GLEANEK Elon College, May 31. —The thirty-second annual commencement exercises began here Sunday morn ing at 11:30 with the baccalaureate sermon by Dr. R. C. llelfenstein, Dover, Del., pastor of the People's Church of that city. . , Dr. .. G. Newman, pastor of the college church, was in charge of the exercises and introduced the speaker. Professor G. P. Alexander, head of the Voice Department of the college, in ihe opening servicee rendered a solo, "O God, Have Mercy," by MendeKssohu. llaccalaureate Sermon. Dr. llelfenstein spoke on "The Challenge of Opportunity," taking his text from Esther 4:14 — "Who knoweth whether thou are not peme to the Kingdom for such a time as this?" Speakiug to the graduating mem bers of the Senior Class in particular and to the large audience in general Di. Ilelfenßtein declared that "the world in whicii we live today is a different world from that of six years ago." Oont nuing lie said: "I do not contend that it is a better world than it was in the spring of 1914. But it is a different world, and it is our supremo privilege and a heaven im posed obligation resting upon us to help make it a better world. To be perfectly candid, I am willing to admit that at present, though not in all, yet iu many respects, the New World, ou the threshold of which we now find ourselves, is not so good a world as was the old the world before the war. "There has been a perilous letting down of our moral, our civil and our social standards. We have been drilling with the tide. The alarm ing and demoralizing social reactions following the war, to which the present day has fallen heir; the ec onomic unrest in every department of life; the industrial conflict; and tlic divisions of the cause of religion, make the present Lour of momentouß significance to the future history of the world. Th» response that the present generation makes to its op portunities of service and advance ment will determine the world's progress for all time to come. And if we fail humanity in this crucial hour, 'so shall our judgment be fore ver.' "There is no one thing of which the world stands in such need today as it does of a genuine and powerful love — love for the truth—love for one's task—love for God, and love for mankind. We have tried to conquer and subdue the world with big ships, big guns, big armies, big navies, and with the biggest war of all times. But where are we? We have been beating against the air. We have failed with big armies and big navies. It is time we were try ing big love. That is Christ's way. If we had been trying Christ's way even the past two generations, the white-winged dove of peace would now be nesting above all the parlia ments of the world; the nations would long since have beaten their swords into plowshares and their bayonets into pruning hooks; nation would no longer lift up sword against nation, neither would they learn war any more; men and nations would trust each other instead of casting toward all the eye of suspicion; em ployer aud employee would ait in harmonious council; capital and la bor would cooperate with each other —aud 'righteousness would cover the earth as the waters cover the aea ' IK, IF. "The enthronement of love i the personal, the social, the educational, the commercial aud the industrial life; and in the ua'ional and inter national life would speedily us jer in the millennium of peace, pros perity and happiness which all right minded men and women desire. It must be done sometime. But how IB it going to be done? That is the problem? And who knows but that you young men and women of this graduating class have come to the Kingdom for such a time and such a task as thic?" ' «« » * * * *. Upon the college and university graduates rest the.great responsibilities today. The salvation of the world is largely in thur hands* If- they fail to carry on, the God pity the world !" llarca laureate t«ldrti» As Las been the custom from year to year Dr. VV. A. Ilirper, president of the college, delivered bis final word to the graduating class at the ereaing exercises Sunday night in hiß baccalaureate address. A vocal solo by Miss Florence Fisher of the voice department of the college was the feature of the open ing exercises. The theme of President Harper,s address was "Faith and Progress." lie insisted that men and women are promotive of the vital enterprises of life acc >rding to their faith. There can be noprogr ss without faith and no genuine / laith without progress according to Dr. Harper's view of faith as ''the baßis of that moral, spiritual, religious hope which issues in fi uits oHove" and which is "more than an instinct," being "an innate, origiual soul quality." He distinquished faith from su perstition, from credulity, from the fatalistic attitude growing out of a false reverence. He showed that faith and doubt are not in antithesis as is commonly supposed and agreed with Tennyson that there lives in honest doubt more faith than in half the creeds. Touching upon authority in relig ion or orthodoxy the speaker insist ed that "according to the new Test ament view every individual is king aud priest uuto God. That is to say no man has the right to enslave anothe in body or in thought. Itiii lliv KtercUtN The Class Day program opened Moudav morniug at 10:30, the exercises being held by the mem bers of the Class of '22. This year the Senior Ciaas numbers forty-two members and associate members, one of the largest graduating classes Elon has ever produced. After the welcome address by Mr. W. H. Garrison, president of the clasß, the following program was rendered: Class History, Mary Miller t/'lass Poem, Bessie Holmes Class Prophesy, Fannie D. Reitzel Last Will and Testement, Margaret Corbitt Delivery of Trophies, Banks Carman Delivery of Mantle, Sula Patterson The delivery of trophies by Mr. Carman was the amusing feature of these exercises. The many articles which he delivered were in keeping with some oddity or peculiarity of the senior to whom they were pre sented, or stood for some character istic, and brought merriment and laugbtar to the audience. Mocletv Representative* At 3:00 P. M. two representatives from each of the three Literary Soci. ties of the college, one for young women, and two for the men, deliv ered orations and essays—the young men orations and the women essays. The Psipbelian, Mrs. Grace M. Ruiuey, subject:"Our Contemporary Ancestors," and Miss Minnie Edge, subject "The Bane and Boon of [ Superstition." The Philologian—Mr. W. G. Stoner, subject: "The Future De mands of American Manhood," and Mr. W. E. Marlette, subject: "Lead ership." Clio —Mr. R. S. Holmes and Mr. E. Carl White using the subjects of " The Lust for Power," and "Christ ian Education," respectively. The college band furnished music for the occasion. AIUBII Oration. Mrs. E. A. Crawford of Mebsne, N. C., delivered the alumni address this year. She is a member of the Class of 1916, and. used as her theme: "The IdealB>of Christian Nurture as Related to Women." Graduation Kterclwn The graduation exercises began at 10:00 o'clock Wednesday morning, aud after the invocation by 'Dr. W W. Slaley, Suffolk, Va., former president of Elon College, the salut atory address waa given by Mr. I. O Hauser, Shoals, N. C. Six repre sentatives of the Senior class Chen spoke in competition for honors. Miss Mary Miller used for her easay subject "The' Our Father.'" MIBS Margaret Corbitt's .theme was "Butterflies at "Some Gord ion Knots of Today," was the title of Miss Eunice Rich's essay. Mr. K. «. llainey spoke on "A Great Heart," portrayiug the life of former Governor Uickett of North Carolina. The oration "More than conquerors," was delivered by Mr. W, M. Clem. L.ir. 11. G. Self spoke ou "From Slavery to Democracy." Literary AUrrta Fallowing the speeches of the Senior*. Dr. ileury F. Cope, General Secretary of the Religious Education Association, Chicago, 111., delivered the Literary Address. President Harper introduced the speaker. Speaking «>n "The Challenge of Democracy"Dr. Cope said: MDemi»c racy calls oi us to change our minds. To live in freedom is to be free from the bondage of serfdom to the life that lives for things alone. For any man to be free all men must be free. For any man to realize full human values he must live so that all men may find those values. Qur world stands at the forks oi the road. Either it will go on in its present individnalistic struggle, each man for himself, intensifying the means and the scope of warfare until it ends in the suicideof such a struggle, or it must find a new way. It must find ne.v motives for men, motives that will be as powerful as the present acquisitive ones, that will afford greater satisfaction and will work piratically. We have come to our present world impasse because we have not believed in democracy; we have not lived for common human values. We have, individuals and nations, each sought our own. Clas-i has beeu set against class, man against man and nation against nation iu u common strugg e to possess the property of the ear h. The war has taught us little if it has not taught us that the current mo tives must lead to a disaster beyond our language to depict." The report of the exercises will be concluded next week. Old North State Leads the Nation. News and Observer. That North Carolina, of all the agricultural and livestock states, stands at the top of the list iu its ability to meet obligations, and in the promptness with which it does this is shown by some facts concerning the situation through out these states as shown in sta tistics having to do with the War Finance Corporation. North Carolina has the distinction of having made the repayment of the largest sum of advances made by the r War Finance Corporation to the various states. With over $8,000,000 having been advanced to the banks of North Carolina for loans for agricultural pur poses, these loans have been re paid iu such amounts that there has been returned to the War Finance Corporation above sl,- 500,000. Here is an evidence that con* ditious in North Carolina are bet* ter financially than in the other states to which advances have been made. The iuformatiou of this gratify ing Btate ot affairs was obtained today from Angus W. McLean of Lumberton, Director of the War Fiuance Corporation, whose of office as a member of the board expires next week, having been made a member of the board on May 17, 1918, by the appointment of President Wilson. Mr. Mc- Lean says that he is gratified by the flue showing made by North Carolina and that while depres sion exists, it is more largely con fined to the eastern section of the State, and to the c itton growing section, but that despite this de pression conditions in North Carolina are comparatively betted than in the other Btates. Proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof. Thousands praise Tanlac. So will you. Sold by Farrell Drug Co., Graham, N. C. The sun is approximately 1,- 309,000 times larger than the earth. A WAY OUT A Hcildrut of (iraliam Mliow. ttie Way. There's one flet live way to re lieve kidney backache Liniment ahd plasteis may re lieve it: But they seldom reach the cause, i Backache M cause to suspct the! kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills are for dia- j ordered kidneys. Graham |>eoplo back them up. i Read a ca-e of it Mrs. W. T. Ezell, X. Maple Btreet, Hays.: "I was almost disabled "With rains in the small of my back, ana suffered all the time, f was so nervous and had such headaches f could hardly endure the misery. On® ot our family had used Doan's Kidney Pills with good results find told me to trv them. I took this remedy and the pains and all other troubles disappeared." Price 60c, at all dealers. Dont .simply ask for a kidney remedy-r get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same itaatMra. Ktell had. Foster-Mil burn ' Co* MfrtL, Buffalo. N. T. NO. 17 Down In The Sandhills. Qreoneboro Daily News. In the Sandhills, said Robert N. Page to the State Bankets at Pinehurst the other day, we have cultivated a receptive attitude. Much of the progress we now en joy is attributable to this. We have entertained a great many distinguished gatherings in the past few years through the gene rosity of the owuer of Pinehurst, but we extend to the bankers a peculiar welcome. Within the lifetime of thisj generation this whole section, of acres of peach trees now laden with the promise of an abundant yield, was a primeval'forest. Within a period dating back 25 years the agricul ture of Moore county was nil. Less than 20 years ago the bank ing capital was negligible and 10 years ago the total deposits of the Moore couuty banks did not reach the sum of $250,000. Today the resources of the banks of Moore possibly exceed by the same amount $5,000,000. This has come about not eo tuuch through the initiative of those of us who were uatives as of those who.came bere and helped us to develop it. I am going to confide to you the secret which lies under this pros perity. We learued some 25 years ago in this particular sec tion of North Carolina that "damn yankees" was not one word and we have with open arms welcomed them i»to this community. We have become tolerant enough even to allow our brethren from the north, particularly if they would spend several thousand dollars ou a peach orchard or a few millions developing a tourist resort, to vote the Republican ticket without censure. We are holding out both hands to the strauger who comes within our gates. No one can charge us of beiug slow in taking in any one who comes. If you feel tired, worn oat, nervous and all uiutrung, take Taulac. It will straighten you out. Sold by Farrell Drug Co., tirahatn, N. 0. Rub-My-Tism, anticeptic and pain killer, for infected soree, tetter, sprains, neuralgia ,rheu matism, —ad. PROFESSIONAL CARDS LOVICK H. KERNODLE, Attorney-at-Law, GRAHAM. N. C. Auoclated with John t. Henderson. Office over National Bank of Alamance THOMAS D. COOPER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, BURLINGTON, N. C, Aiaoclatoi with V. S. Coulter, No*. 7 and 8 Fint National Bank Bldg. S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D. Graham, N. C. Office over Ferrell Drag Co. Hours: 2 to 3 aud 7 to y p. m., and by appoint ment. Phone 97 GRAHAM HARDEN,*!* D. Burlington, N. C. Office Hours: 9 to 11a.m. mi l by appointment Office Over Acmu I>rug Co. Teiepliouei: Office IMI Kexldence B4 JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM, N. C. mice over Natloaal Baakal AlaawM r. sT o o ok:, Attorney-at- Lmm H\M. - • - N. C jmoo Patterson Building jioooad Floor. . . , WIIIUOMUH • • PKWT '«T • • eohoxi North C«r*Ua« • FFICK IN PARIS BUILDING J. GIVER LONG LOUIS C. AULBW Durham, N. ('. Graham, M. C. LONG & ALLEN. V uud UoanMlonaUaw GRAHAM, N. C.