VOL. XLVIII
New SGlledule
Freight 1 Rates
Not Put Into Effect as Ordered by
I. C. C. —Nj C. Traffic Association
May Resort to Congress.
LAWYERS AT WRIGHTSVILLE
THIS WEEK.
Result of Second Primary in 7th Ju
dicial and 3rd Congressional
trjets Not Certain.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Ualeigh, JUDO 27. —Well, the
campaign in the Seventh Judicial
District and the Third Congressional
District, according to visitors from
the latter listrict and theideaß, fr-n,
some young and some old, of people
in Raleigh and ther'abouts, is as-
suming some curious twi|ts am.
turns, not to speak of curves, as the
contests run heavily along down
grade to where the bill of lading
calls for,..
The smoke-stack of the overpaid
engineer (would you believe it?) it
making some passengers keep theii
heads inside the windows, and sonit
lovers of the toothsome plug find i
cuspidor anywhere the amber fluio
strikes as the cars dodge the search
light headlights of the auto hill
billies—for they are taking an extra
chaw since the rumor struck a cake
of Ivory soap and spread the stun
ning news tlmt the wimmin' (patdou
the omission in this particular in
stance) would next thing take the
last weed out of the poor man's
mouth.
The issues of the campaign are
therefore "clearly defined," as Josiab
Wilhelm told 'em over in Franklin
county, and as a rumor has jus!
struck town that the "slop-bucket
brigade" ineanß to ride the old his
toric animal of Biblical-fame to th(
pollH Saturday, the situation at this
writing seems to be even more flab
bergasted, with the accent on the
g-a-s. than is at all necessary.
Mr. Hinsdale thinks he will re
ceive a larger proportionate vote in
Wake than in the first primary. Air,
Evans believes he will have a ma
jority in Franklin large enough t>
overcome the Hinsdale majority ii,
Wake —and the result seems to de.
peud upon this contingency —ex-
actly.
. Charles I.aban Abernathy, ol
New Bern, who was a Raletgh visitoi
the past week, lorks to have the
(hancesinhis favor, but Matt Allen,
of Goldsboro, is a runner of lint
metal, and the three-quarters stretch
sometimes leaves the head runner a
nose or so, don'cherknow.
Most people 'round hero will be
glad when the spasm is over, for it
has been taking up too much ol
some people's time —such is the al
legation. Alligators, it is alleged,
live in Florida but at periods change
their habitat as the season suits tlife
cats.
liar Meeting This Week.
Lively ciiacuhsjoiia are expected
at tie annual meeting of the Slate
Bar Association at Wrightsville
Beach this week, The convention
will be called to order by the presi
dent, John A. McUae, ot Charlotte,
at the Oceanic Hotel on Tuesday
and will continue through
Thursday.
The vibitors will be welcomed to
the beach by John D. Bellamy, dean
of Lhe Wilmington bar, on Tuesday
evening, and this will bo followed
by the president's annual address,
which will contain some interesting
sufjgestions.
Wednesday morning there will be
addresses by Governor Morrison and
by Eugene Taylor, of the Asheville
bar. Immediately following this
meeting, the lawyers will be taken
to historic Fort Fisher by automo
bile; Carolina, Wilmington and
Kure beaches will be visited.
A. Mitchell Palmer, former at
torney-general, will deliver an ad
dress on \Vednesday evening. His
address will be followed by the re
port 01 L. P. McGebee, dean of the
University Law on recctiii-
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
mendationa of the American" liar As
sociation as to educational require
m3nta for admission to the har.
Thursday morning's session will
he featured by an address hy Maj.
Jesse I. Miller, of the Washington
City Bar, on Federal Taxation.
The Virginia Cases Fight
Expiration of the !)0-day period
during which the carriers agreed to
put into t-llect a new schedule of
freight rates ordered by the Inter
state Commerce Commission June
7th, 1921, known as the "Virginia
Cities Rates," with no action on the
.part ct the carriers, may result in a
move on the floor of the United
States Senate to have the orders ol
the I. C. C. put into effect.
Exchange of' telegrams betweeu
M. B. Beamon, secretary of the North
Carolina Traffic Association, and
members of the North Carolina dele
gation in Congress indicate that such
action may be resorted to in order
to secure obedience to tho commis
sion's ruling in the matter of rates I
to the stato through the Virginia
cities The matter will probably
come to a head during tho week.
The celebrated Virginia cities cast
was apparently settled iu an order
issued by the commission more than
a year ago, but the carriers secured
an extension of time in which to pnt
the new rates into effect. Wearied
of the delay, the North Carolina
Traffic Association on March 25th
asked that an order be issued ex
pressly directing the new fates to
bo put into effect.
Conferences between thij shippers
and the carriers/brought the promise
that something would be done to re
lievo the situation within 90 days.
The period has expired, and still
nothiug has been done to relieve the
situation, and move has been made
by the carriers to carry out the
agreement, or by the commission 10
compel its observance.
STATE-AID TO FARMERS
Univ. News Letter.
If North Carolina ever decides
to lend state-aid to the 100,00u
families who live in other people's
houses in her towns and cities,
and io the 117,000 farmers who
cultivate other people's land, it
behooves her statesmen to know
the practical business details of
such an enterprise. If this policy
is ever begun in North Carolina
it must be firmly based on busi
ness solvency engineered by well
trained business men. It ought
not to be a charity—it is not a
charity in any state of the nation
or in any country of the world;
but it can beadividend-producing
business that turns money into
the state treasury while establish
ing worthy wage-earners and
farmers in homes of their owu.
The proof of the practicability
of stato-aiil to aspiring town aud
country tenants will be found in
Denmark. New Zealand, Australia,
Ireland, England, Scotland and
Canada, where the experiment
has been tried out during the last
forty years; in four states of the
Union— California, Oklahoma,
North Dakota, and South Dakota,
where direct stato-treasury loans
are being made for the purchase
and equipment of farms and
country homes; and in eight states
more—Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Mon
tana, and Oregon, where treasury
funds are being invested in farm
mortgages.
It is easy to fail, it is hard to
succeed. The story of how success
was won in Victoria and New
South Wales, Australia, and iu
Canada was told to the North
Carolina Club at the University
theother night by Mr. W. E. White
of Cleveland county, and Miss
Alma Oi Cato of Gaston county.
Slate-Aid In ,\u»tralia.
Since 1009, said Mr. White,
Australia has been settling farm
ers and farm laborers ou farms
and in homes of their own, on long
term loans at low rates of interest.
Small annual re-payments carry
the interest and cancel the debt
in thirty-odd years. Meantime
these re-payments are less than
the rent would have been. The
plan in Australia allows farmers
of approved character to buy laud
with what in .North Carolina goes
for rent aloue. The land that is
sold by the state is crown land or
laud that the state buys at prices
reckoned at twenty times the net
annual rent income, and it buys
the land not with the taxpayers'
money, but with money borrowed
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 29, 1922
by the stale at low rates of inter-
The annual payments uf the
farmers carry the interest 011 the
bonds, pay the administrative ex
pense, create a sinking fund, re
tiro the bonds at maturity, and
"turn a small profit into tho-statc
I treasury. There have been no
losses to the state during these
twelve years.
No money is Waned, to formers
to buy land wherever they please,
and to settle on separate, indi
vidual holding. Instead, the
money is loaned to farmers to set
tle in colony "groups. It is the
plan later followed so successfully
in California, and by Mr. Hugh
Mcßae in his farm colonies in the
Lower Cape Fear country.
Mr. White j*av6 details of the
Rochester settlement in Victoria,
where the state prepared the land,
cut it into farms, built the farm
houses, bought the livestock, es
tablished and operated ware
houses, butter factories, canning
and drying plants, and conducted
tho cooperative marketing opera
tions, all under a colony superin
tendant who aids the farmers on
the one hand and represents the
business interests of the state on
the other.
It wfts a fascinating story lie
gave tho Club, but the chief value
of it lay in the business details
of the Venture. It is the end of
the problem that wise legislators
will be thinking most about when
Xorth Carolina makes up its mind
that home and farm ownership is
the only safe basis for common
wealth development.
State-Aid in Canada.
Canada has settled -111,000 re
turned soldiers in homes of their
own during the last four years,
and they are now cultivating live
million acres of land, which is
more than halt the entire culti
vated acreage of North Carolina.
In Canada, said .Miss Cato, the
veterans of the World War hive
their minds lixed on homes and
farms; in the Uivited States their
attention is fixed on cash bonuses
Eighteen states have Soldier
Settlement Acts on their books,
North Carolina among the ntini
ber; dut outside California ami
Oregon they seem to have a
inounted to nothing.
Uulike the colony plan of Aus
tralia and California, the Canada
plan is based on liberty to settle
wherever the borrowers please.
Canada deliberately wived aside
ihe demonstrated successes of the
farm-group plan of other coun
tries. And the suites of the Union
are following Canada's noliey —or
all but California. This, go-it
alone,, and go-as-you-please plan
may succeed, but it is most likely
to fail disastrously in the long run,
said Miss Cato.
The papers of Mr. White and
Miss Cato will be given in lull in
the next Club Year-Hook on Home
and Farm Ownership. It will be
ready for interested students in
the early f ill of this year.
Good Alfalfa in Pitt
William McArthur, (Ireenville,
11. F. D., has five acres in alfalfa
that cannot be beat anywhere,
according to W. 15. t'uce, county
agent iu 'Pitt. Mr. McArthur
planted alfalfa on the land several
years ago and had lair success,
but last year on account of weeds
and a poor stand, lie plowed it up
and prepared it again for alfalfa.
He got the ground iu line shape
and caught tlie mois' ur- just ri„ht,
though last fall was very dr\, Jiud
planted it again. He put 10
pounds of seed to the acre a ol
roll .id it smooth, and it avi-raged
1H to 20 inches high all over. Mr
McArthur made one cutting in
April, and expects to cut it live
times this summer.
"This is the best denion.itra on
that I have ever seen," says comi
ty agent Pace.
Although a powerful recon
structive tonic, Fan lac contains
no harmful ingredients, minerals
or opiates, which are so often
found in other medicines. It can
therefore be takau by delicate
children with tplendid res-tilts.
Sold by Farrt-11 Drug Co. Gra
ham N. C.
Among the Congo natives a su
perstitious belief exists that the
appearance 4 of a baby's first tooth
on the upper jaw is an ill omen
to the community, and that the
child must therefore be killed.
An Ideal Investment.
Mr Albert W. Atwood, one of
tho best known writers on the
subj.e, of finance and investment,
has recently written a very im
portant article fur the Saturday
Evening Post, under the title '' Pro
tecting tho Small Investor." Iu
tho course of tha.' article he writes
of Treasury Savings Certificates,
using the sub-title, "An Ideal In
vestment," of which he says:
"It cannot be stated with too
much emphasis that anyone who
really wants a sale investment
with a good i lerest return can
secure the same without the
slightest difficulty. On December
lilteenth last ' !H> wife of the Pres
ident of the United States pur
chased from Mr. Mellon, Secretary
of the Treasury, the first Treasury
Saving# Certificate sold by the
United States (iovernmetit.
These are now uii side at all post
oliiccs, and many banks, and can
i"! had by nr'iil direct fSnn the
Treasury Department. 'They pay
per cent on the m> ney invested
fur a five year period. 'They are
guaranteed l>y tne (lovoriiiiieiii
to pay this figure, and guarait eeM
against any decline in price.
'They are beyond question the
vitest and s(ir.*st investment a-
v.iilaiile to any American citizen,
ami if they are not good, then
notliing in ilie world is.
"There has been a lot of talk
and cheap platitudes about the
necessity and advantages of thrift
and savings, but a man cannot
dig a warden without tools and he
cannot save without a secure
place to [mii his money. A splen
did svork is done by the savings
bunks, but they do not cover the
entire countr> by any means.
There are millions of people whom
they do not reach. Life insur
ance covers au even wider field,
but it is only partially a savings
aud investment proposition. The
Government is the one agency
that can appeal to ever' body, and
at last, after much experimenting
(luring and following the war, it
has devised a permanent form of
small investment which is simple,
convenient, and which meets the
needs of all except the wealthiest
classes.
"These certificates are always
snid at the sa e price, s2u, SBO
and SBOO. In five years they are
piid off at *25, SIOO and SIOOO,
respectively. This is 4.J per cent
interest compound semi annually.
It is 2.} per cent in five years.
There is no state or local tax on
these certificates and no normal
Federal income tax. Any indivi
dual can buy as much as SSOOO
each year, and tho same amount
is available to any member of his
family. They can be redeemed
at any time before the five vears
are up, at the full amount paid,
plus :>J percent interest, by send
ing them to the Treasury Depart
ment. Sine* the name of the
owner is registered at Washington
I lie loss of the certificate does not
mean the loss of the investment.
There is no risk, depreciation in
value or promoter's or broker's
commission to pay, there is liberal
interest and an immediate cash
withdrawal value."
Saves Throuuh Cooperation
The Onslow I'm chasing Asso
ciation report that they .have
handled about I,Blo t.onsof fertil
izer and materials Mi is year, Ht
aa average saving of %'i.SO per ton
on the purchase price, and about
gli per ton l>y home mixing, mak
ing a total of approximately
$15,840.
Farmer of PuMiuotauk county
have -purchased ten carloads of
fertilizer cooperatively, mixing it
Ihemsel ves, with the aid of G. W.
Falls, county agent. This has
meant a saving of more than sl,-
£.OO they report.
It has been ligur»d out that a
farm woman in the United States
living on the same farm for fifty
years has walked 'j,710 miles to
and from the well and Ints carried
nearly 2,000 tons of water, ac
cording to a report from Ohio ex
tension service. It would have
cost only $lB to extend a pipe
from the well and put a pump in
the kitchen.
Five hundred 'million pounds
of talcum powder (are used an
nually hj the people of the Uni
ted States. "
BIG CAMPAIGN FUND
Raised From Beneficiaries of Tariff
and Other Laws.
Special Correspondence.
Washington, June 24th,—In
defiance and contempt of popular
opinion concerning the huge ex
penditures of money in the New
berry and Piuchot primary cam
paigns, the Republican National
Commit tee recently called togeth
er the "fat-purses and represent
tativesof special interests for the
purpose of raising a huge cam
paign fund, with the sky as the
limit, for the purpose of control
ling the general election this fall.
Tl»» list of those in attendance
comprises big bankers, representa
tives of various trusts, railroad
directors, multi-millionaire manu
facturers and officials of corpora
lions making huge profits and
paying huge dividends.
In the I st wo find Henry Buck
ley Wile ix, the big Maryland
banker; Henry P. Scott, the big
Delaware banker; Oenrge S. Stev
enson, i he big Connecticut banker;
William II.'( rocker, the big Cal
ifornia bank r; E. T. Stotesbury,
the big Philadelphia and New
York banker, and a member of
the firm of J. I'. Morgan & Co.,
Arthur V. Davis, of Pittsburgh,
President of Mr. Mellon'nA lumi-j
uum Trust; Fred b. I'atterson, of
Ohio, President of the National
Cash Register Company; D. H.
Kroger, the Cincinnati multi-mil
lionaire baker and grocer; Roy
Dikeman Ciiapin, of Michigan
motor car manufacturer; William
Wrigley, head of the Chewing-gum
Trust, and Charles D. Hillis, for
mer Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, now identi
fied with big New York corpora
tions.
tu ihe published list of those
present are the names of the fol
lowing Republicen officials:
Vice-President Coolidge (al
though it is not reported that he
gave anything); Secretary Mellon,
Secretary Weeks, Attorney Gene
ral Daugherty and Senator DuPout
of the i'owder Trust family aud
New York hotel magnate.
Of those present William Wrig
ley of Chicago, who is reported
to have given $25,000, just to
start the thing, has already re
ceived substantial benefits by the
taking of the tax ofT chicle from
wh'ch chewing-gum is made, and
Mr. Pktten»ou has beeu benefited
by taking cash registers off the
free list and putting a 25 per cent
tax on them. The Dui'onts have
received incalculable benefits in
thechemical schedule of the pend
ing tariff bill.
The important decisions arrived
at were to take off the limit of
81,000 on contributions alleged to
have been imposed by former
Chairman Hays, and to raise
$500,000 for educational purposes,
which in the opinion of many
here would not be enough to edu
cate one orthodox Republican;
"educational," in this respect, j
however, is merely a camouflaged
term. The amount of money to
be raised for other purposes was
limited by the sky.
The reactionary leadership of
the Republican party, with noth
ing in the record of the adminis
tration to attract or hold voters,
has initiated the campaign of
by adhering to the policy of
Ilauuahm and Newberryism of
rallying around the dollar mark.
Lambs wero substituted for pea
cocks as part of the scenery of
"When Kniylilood Wn» in Flower"
because superstitious members, of
the cast believed peafowls brought
bad luck. Ain't that Hiitiilhin'.
"I would not take SI,OOO tor
what that wonderful Tanlac
medicine has done for uie," said
Mrs. Mattie Lutes, of Lexington,
Kentucky. Sold by Farrell Drug
Co., Graham, N. C.
Several hundred farmers started
one of the first temperance move
ments iu America when they-met
at Litchfield, Conn., iu 1789 and
pledged themselves not to use iu
toxicmits in doing farm work the
following year.
In chucking up our personal
budget how difficult it is to cut
down the "luxuries."
Woud ashes will remove flower
pot stains from window sills.
Gen. Carr Lauds Veterans.
Just before leaving Richmond
for his home in Durham, iast Fri
day, General Julian S. Carr,
Commander-in-Chief ot the United
Confederate Veterans, issued a
public statement iu which he
said:
"My thanks go up to the Com
mander-iu-Chief of the Universe
for the spirit of fraternity now
recognized everywhere throughout
North and South, and. on behalf
of my comrades of the United
Confederate Veterans, I send
word of greeting and 'Qod bless
you' to the veterans in blue. No
word of reassurance is needed to
express the devotion of Confed
erate Veterans and* their children
to the ideals of a reunited coun
try."
General Carr's statement added:
"The world has recognized that
the men of the Confederacy are
those whom power could not cor
rupt, whom death could not
borify, whom defeat could not dis
honor.
"Proud of tho high honor to be
chosen leader of so noble an army
of stalwart men, I speak for them
in voicing the gratitude of our
hearts to themeu and wouie.i who
have PO cheered our lives and
strengthened our hopes and trust
for the fast assembling eternal
reunion.
"In saying words of farewell to
my comrades and their official
ladies, I wish for all a safe return
to their homes and the utmost
happiness fintil we meet again in
New Orleans in annual reunion."
G. 0 P. Gems
Ohio Stato Journal (Hep.)
attract oppoaites aud
perhaps the fact now pointed out
by Senator Lodge, that President
Harding has never misinterpreted
his relationss to the universe, ex
plains why dear Cabot seems to
like to go to the White House par
ties so well.
The consciouceless Democrat#
accuse our towering Republican
leaders of not daring to take a
firm stand, and here within the
space of a week our great Presi
dent has indorsed George Wash
ington aud Francis Scott Key in
the boldest aud most unequivocal
terms, aud we noticed the other
day that our great Ohio captain,
Hon. (Jarmi Thompson, has plac
ed the stamp of his unqualified
approval on the Ohio river and
its possibilities, let the chips fall
where they migh.
Success involves its penalties
and we have our momenta of de
pression when we almost wish
that we Republicans were iu the
minority, so the fool things we do
wouldn't be so uoticea le aud
those the Democrats would do if
they had the chance, would show
to good advantage in this critical
hour.
Well the Old Guard candidates
are taking the stump aud our pre
diction is that the abolishment of
human slavery is going to come
in for some very warm indorse
ments between now and election.
A difficult job postponed be
comes imiKissible lat»-r.
WHY WOMEN SUFFER.
Many (.raliam Women ari* I/ a nil fig
t!i* t a ii">•••
Women often hiilfer, not knowing
1 the caune.
, Backache, headache, dizziness,
nervousness.
1 Irregular urinary passages, weak-j
nesses, languor
Each a torturo of itself.
) Together hint at weakened kid
neys.
Strike at the root —get to the cause,
j No other remedy more highly en-
Idorsad than Doan's Kidney Pills.
Itec jmmended by thousands —
Endorsed at home,
j Here's convincing testimony from
a Graham citizen.
Mr#. C. K. Moore, E. Harden St.,
;says: "Some time ago an operation
1 left me with weak kidneys. I suffered
| with weak kidneys. I suffered with
j dull headaches,, was very nervous
I and was annoyed by my kidneys
| acting irregularly. After I took
; Poan's Kidney Pills m.v kideys
' kidneys were regulated and the
• other troubles all disappeared."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Dont
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
Mrs. Moore had. Poster-Milourn
Co., Mfgm, Buffalo, .N Y,
NO. 21
SOUTHERN ADOPTS 100-lb.
RAIL FOR MAIN LINE.'
Also to Have Rail and Water Service
From Philadelphia to the South.
One hundred-pound rail has
l>een adopted by the Southern
Railway System as the standard
for its main lines in place of 85-
! pouud rail, the heaviest used on
the Southern up to this time, Vice
: President 11. \V. Miller, in charge
:of operation, announces. •
Tne first stretch to be laid with
the heavier steel will be on the
Washington-Atlanta double track
line and will give the Southern
lUQ-pound rail "from Washington
to Manassas, Va., a distance of 33
miles. The rail and fastenings
are already on the grouud and
will be put in the track as soon as
the heavy traffic movement of the
peach and watermelon season is
over.- The 1' ( pound rail will be
laid ou extra heavy tie plates,
giving added strength and safety.
Tho 85-pound rail released as
the laying «>f 100-pound rail pro
ceeds on iho liiaiu lines will be
used to replace lighter rail on
branch liues where iho volume of
Ira flic is sneh as to justify heavier ■>
rail than that now in use.
Tho term "100-pouud" rail
means that tho rait weighs 100
pounds to the yard.
Itall anil Water freight Io South.
Tho Southern also announces
the establishment of rail and water
freight service between Philadel
phia and the South in connection
with the Inland Steamship Com
pany via Pinner's Point, tho South
ern's terminal opposite N >rfolk.
Rates with the usual differen
tials under the "til-fail rates will
apply on traffic moving via this
route between Philadelphia and
contiguous territory on the one
hand and points in the Carolina,
Southeastern aud Mississippi Val
ley territories on the other.
The Inland Steamship Company
has a line of self-propelled harges
with daily service between Phila
delphia and Norfolk. Freight
leaving Philadelphia one day will
be delivered at Pinner's Point the
following morning iu time for
forwardiug to the South on the
Southern's fast manifest freight
traiu, No. 53.
tiUt) is a peescription for Colds,
Fever and LaQrippe. It's the
most speedy remedy we know.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LOVICK H. KERNODLE,
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM, N. C.
»Aswirlatril with John J. Hemic
 Hlire over National Hank of Alamance
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law f
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with W. S. Coulter,
Noa. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D.
Graham, N. C.
Office over Ferrell Drug Co.
Hours: 2 to 3 and 7 to 'J p. in., and
by appoint ment.
Phone 'J7
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burllajtors, N. C.
i lillre Hours: 1) to 11 a. m.
and Uy appointment
Ollice Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephones: (Mice I Hi—Hesidenre tifi l
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attora)ey-at-Law
GKAHAM. N. C.
Jlllce over Malloual Bank ol Alaaantc
T, S. COOK,
Attorney-at- Law
"It AM. .... N. C
omce Pattoraon Building
Sooond Floor. . •
DR. WILLS.LOW,JI
i . DENTIST : ! e
•rakan .... Narth Carallna
FKICK IN PARIS BUILDING
J. EI.HKR !.'»>; LOUIBC.AUEN
Durliani. \. C. (iraham, Si, C.
LONG & ALLEN,
attorneys and Counaelora a*
GRAHAM, X. C.