VOL. X£VIII
Raleigh Writer
Takes Tilt at
Tom Bost
And Incidentally Gives a Little His
* lory of Political Coloring—Gover
nor Goes Cruising in N. C. Fishing
Waters—Gen. Carr Makes Ap
pointments.
almost i,ooo miles mynvA)
CONSTRUCTION FOB lO'i'i.
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
R ileigh, July 11.—As theGreem,
boro News correspondent at Raleigh
the»Rev. Tom Host, has dazed tliiv
writer by chasing himself upahliix 1
alley 7, I take this much pleasure i
helping him to scale the wall. Tin
next issue of the Raleigh Unioi
Herald, I am well informed, wilt
carry the following editorial, as an
easement to Mr. Boat's political per
plexity, which seems to have beei
brought about by earsfull of tli.
spoken word which he h s una-r
--taken to digest (whether h j re! ishef
it or not) uttered by jaw-jaws win
are impotent to do what Bost as
Bumes they may t. v The tditcria
(the Herald being only a one-how
weekly) which that paper will carr)
this week is as follows:
"The fiafcigli correspondent ol
the GreefisboXi News is informed
that the editor of\The Union Herald
is captain of his own soul —by the
grace of God. As a man and as i
writer he has generally been able t
follow his conscience with safety,
and his sense of penetration often hai
enabled him to serve any good causi
he has etood for by guarding it from
pitfalls digged by false or tine-serv
ing "friends" who were properly lefi
in tJie round-up to fill their own
holes.
"As Mr. Dai ley recently character
ized a distinguished brother lawyei
who essayed io put ' ver his candi
date by insulting and inviting the
opposition of labor, so we say to Mr
Bost. whose dislike of Mr. liailey ib
surpassed by no other newspapei
writer in North Carolina —you are
the worst journalistic Jonah in North
Carolina.
The fact that the editor of The
Union Herald, after 40'yearsof hard
work, has been unable to procure
enough sheckels to evm own the
humble home his family lives in
(when he might have owned several
by this time) is presented to critics
us evidence of what it sometimes
costs a man to have piinciples and
foresight and laugh at hurdles. Oi
should it be said, that much have hit
beneficiaries appreciated him?
Having done the editor of The
Union Herald this little favor, it is
in order to say that "Llewxam'B Ua
leigh Letters" have been written by
me and published weekly since
I'JOO, when negro domination in
eastern politics was overthrown and
the Marion Butler element ol the
Populists consigned ,to the scrimp
hi ap.
1 never voted anything but a
straight Democratic ticket and no
man in North Carolina has a better
right to stand up today and say: "1
am a Democrat!''
1 never messed myself up so that
ether true-blue Democrats ever Lad
any difficulty in recognizing me as
one of the tribe —and 1 iicver at
tempted to jump an unwilling racer
that 1 knew was Lound to win with
out my help and claim tliat my spurs
were the cause of his victory. That
is all that, this correspondence need
carry at this time in answer to the
part 1 took aB a citizen and a writer
iu the contest over the aolicitorship
and county officials and members ol
the legislature in the county of
Wake. The fact that 1 am holding
a desk in the State Department of
Hevenue, need , not be emphasized
to the newspaper readers of North
Carolina beyond saying that I am as
much entitled to it as any man in the
employ of the state government —
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
and I do my work there faithfully
and satisfactorily and earn every
cent I receive—tlie first anil only
"job" lever asked for or received at
the hands af my Democratic friends.
I am "free, white, and 21," Mr.
Bost, and f am not asking advice
from men who politically are neither
fish, flesh, fowl— nor even good red
herring!
As to Simmons' friendship.
- To Mr. J. W. Bailey, who furn
ished the press of Monday, a "broad
side" in which he refers to me and
my corresponce, 1 tell him plainly
that Col. Watts has never dictated
to me with reference to my writings;
that 1 was not a "clerk in Watts'
office" when I differed with M..
Bailey in the columns of th# news
papers when he was assaulting the
income tax amendment, then pend
ing for ratification.
As to Seuator Simmons, I date
you to ask him whether he- is my
friend or not, or whether 1 have
been his "unfailing" friend for the
'ast 22 years.
Governor Gone t'ishin£
Governor Morrison is doing some
deep-water fishing this week —and
he's doing it not altogether for pleas
ure. The Governor has a hunch
that it is possible to do great things
in propagating anew the fishing in
dustry of North Carolina in our
eastern waters. Dispatches from
Elizabeth City tell of the program
marked out for him this week, as
follows:
The Governor and other guests
leave this city aboard three yachts of
the North Carolina Fisheries Com
mission for a tour of .the sounds.
They will be entertained at Mauteo,
at the Duck Island Club, '2O miles
further south, and at Morehead City,
tho farthest south destination of the
party. On the way, Governor Mor
rieon will be given plenty °f oppor
tunities to try his luck at hook-and
line fishing, under expert direction,
for practically every fisherman-mem*
ber of the local Rotary Club will
accompany the party. The repre
sentatives-elect of all the nearby
counties have been invited to this
city for Monday, in order that they
may become personally acquainted
with Governor Morrison. It is in
dicated that most of them will ac
cept the invitation.
U. C. V. Appointments.
General Julian S. Carr, command
er-in-chief of the United Confederate
Veterans, has re-appointed General
Kdgar D. Taylor, Richmond, adju
tant general and chief of stall, and
General A. A. Both, New Orleans,
assistant adjutant general. General
VV, I,'. Freeman, commander of the
Virginia division, U. C. V., has an
nounced that the state reunion of
Confederate veterans will be held in
Winchester, Va., August 2 I J, M
and 31.
Sew Highway Construction
With the letting scheduled for
July 25th, including 20 projects for
a total of 17'J.00 miles of gravel and
hard-surfaced roads, at an approxi
mate cost of nearly three million
dollars, the North Carolina Highway
Commission will have passed the
2500-mile mark in new construction
iince Frank Page was made high
way commissioner.
Contracts to be awarded on that
day will bring the "1,000 Miles iu
1922" program to within less than
100 miles of achievement, and the
authorized expenditures for construc
tion to approximately $15,000,000,
as compared with an estimated $lB,-
000,0 O for that mileago when the
thousand-mile program was adopted
iu January. Including the July let
ting, the mileage since January 1
will total 901.10 miles.
!IIH> Miles During I UZi.
Of tho total of 2,50'j.1'j miles un
der coustruction, under contract or
completed during the three-year
period, 84-1 7l» miles is hard-surfaced
road aud 1,00-4.54 miles is of other
types. New work let since January
1, 1922, the mileage lor hard-surface
has been 436.31 and lor gravel and
other types 4U4.79. llard-surlaced
contracts for letting in August will
bring the total mileage lor this type
beyond 500 miles for the year.
In addition to this mileage, but
included in the general total of ex
penditure and amounting to about
one-fifth of the total, are several
hundred bridges ranging from small
crossings over ditches to the tremen
dous undertaking at Williameton
costing more than $400,000, and the
Swift Island bridge on the lialeigh-
Charlotte road near Albemarle.
The Williamston bridge will be
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 13. 1922
opened for traffic with much cere
mony on Labor Day.
Two for Malci^li
One of the most important links
in the Central Highway will be let
this month inl'roject 230, extending
from tho Wake County line to Smith
field, and with the completion of
that work it will be possible to ride
from 30 -miles east of Raleigh to
StateaviNn, 105 miles to the west,
without leaving a paved road. .
NO COUNTY SAFE
FROM CATTLE TICK
Reinfestation of Free Areas From
Ouarantined Territory Threatens
Herds in 81 Oilier Counties.
CaHlo ticks in 19 quarantined
coun tjes in North Carolina aro a
con'inual menace to puroared
ibenls in llio other 81 counties of
the state because it is almost im
possible to keep every tick within
the I'J quarantined counties, ac
cording to Dr. Ilartnoll Robbing
inspector in charge of ti.-k eradi
oai ion.
Records of reiufestat ion ol
formerly tick-freo counties show
that within recent months Ran
dolph, Nash and Lenoir counties
nave been reinfested and many
farms in these counties are now
under quarantine
Owners of cattle in these rein
fested counties may lose upwards
of 830,000 worth of cows as. a re
sult of the re-entry of cattle ticks,
while estimates of the eost oi
again eradicating ticks in these
counties place the money neces
sary at more than 84,000. This
amount will be spent by county,
state and federal governments for
clean-up work in these counties
before owners of purebred stock
in tins territory can sleep soundly
at night.
Cattlo in sections once freed
from cattlo tick are very sus
ceptible to tick fever and do not
possess the immunity of the scrub
cattle in areas where ticks have
long been present.
Alamance Farmers to Tour
Fastern Carolina July-24-29
Letters by tho dozens from
Eastern Carolina assure us that
they will.be prepared lo welcome
the Alamance Farmers vs ith bar
becue, watermelon, peaches, fish
fry, grapes (no juice), and gene
rous hospitality.
A typical letter reads in part
as follows:
"I have already had some con
versation with our good friend,
M. T. D. McLean, and 1 am stfre
that ho is planning some good
entertainment for you fellows
while here. The writer w ill be in
his own crop of peaches all day
long on July 28, so fnr as 1 know.
Please consider this a direct per
sonal invitation for all you fellows
to come out to my orchard and
help yourself to peaches. 1 hope
you can find it convenient to be
with some of our folks, who will
bo delighted to show you over at
least a part of our rapidly devel
oping section. You can count on
all of us to give as cordial a re
ception as possible.
Anticipating the pleasure of
meeting you and your parly per
sonally, and hoping that you will
have a delightful trip all ihe way
through, 1 am,
Yours very 1 ruly,
L. L. J on.v -.ON', '
'l'ho delegation of farmers will
leave Mebaue on July 24th at'J
a. in. We will to tlie Oxford
Experiment Station farm, Oxford,
N. C,, for the first stop. ThoM
who fail to reach the ■ tarting
place in time will find the road by
way of Alebiiue, llillsboro, bur
ham and Oxford. Parties, from
the extreme southern or northern
end of the county can find, per
haps, a more direct route.
Hans for each day's trip will be
given out the night before, firing
a blanket by all means, aUo rah.
coat and whatever you may need
in the way of toilet art id s. \uu
have worked hard —you are en
titled to a rest.
Be certain that your best tiddler
is going. Carry about two days'
rations with you if you want to
save some expense. Let us know
if you aro going. Truly,
W. KERK SCOTT,
County Agent
There are 101,707 licensed mo
tor drivera iu the London area.
County Council Meeting July 21st
There will be a meeting of the
County Council ol .Home Demon
stration Workers in Graham, July
21st at 11 :Q0 o'clock A. M. Lunch
eon will bo served in the Home
Demonstration oflice. Each club
should have its representatives
present.
The following letter is sent out
by Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon. The
farm women of Alamance County
wijl please take notice.
My Dear North Carolina Farm
Women:
I should lilie'to see every one
of you present at the Farmer's and
Farm Women's Convention which
is held in Kaleigh August 1, 2,
and u. Come with your husbands
and brothers and make a rousing
meeting of at le»st o-ne thousand
women. Wo can do it if you will
'ell your neighbors of the good
times to bo had and the good
things to be seen and heard.
'I iie rooms at the. State College
of Agriculture and Engineering
aro free and the meals are only
fifty cents each. To bo comfort
able you should bring along sheets,
towels, etc., and do not forget a
mirror as the rooms are furnished
for that sex which is not supposed
to use one. '
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Charles
Schutler, oiie of the best speakers
of the west, herself a farm, wo
man, will talk to us of what or
ganization has meant to the farm
women of her section and what it
can mean to other woiftrn. In
her speech before thi National
Home Bureau she carried the con
vention by storm as she did also
at the Country Life Meeting iu
Atlanta last fall,
There are few who would not
enjoy the other part of the Tues
day afternoon program. A dem
onstration anil talk on what
good lines and harmonious color
ings in dress can do for a woman.
Live models will be used to dem
onstrate the good and bad points,
and the fat and thin woman can
"see herself as others see her"
while she is learning how to be
well dressed on a modest incone.
Wednesday morning everybody
should be present when the Home
Bureau through its delegates will
tell how the rural women of North
Carolina are organized and just
what they find of interest to bring
them out to the monthly or fort
nightly meetings. What demon
strations and lectures on nutrition
have done for the family health;
what the rearrangement of the
kitchen as a convenient workshop
means iu time saving; what they
did, in the classes in the way of
making dress forms; learning to
alter patterns; planning, selecting
and making a dress and.how tliey
can beautify and make comforta
able a home.
The garden, canning, jelly-mak
ing, together with the family cow
and the backyard (lock como in
nut only-'in the report of what
they do in nutrition, but for their
income-earning value also. It is
the butter, egg, and canned goods
money that enables many farm
women to come to the convention,
improve their homes, and ao the
thousand and one other things
they could not do without it.
Community winging will beheld
each night when men niil women
are gathered together in i'ulleu
Hull lor ii social hour, and a very
amiiHiiig play, "The liou and the
Lady'' >vili be given by the llaleigh
Community I'layeis on one night
of I he Convention.
The joint programs* for men unci
women vviU include discussions
on country life; the home; the
cli u rrh; and thecchool when home
distinguished speakers will take
part in the discussions.
J ASK. S. MCKimmon
Sec. Farm Woman's Con ventiori
Several automobiles of women
will leave Graham early Tuesday
morning and will spend Tuesday
aud'Weduesdny in attend
ing th" i''«r.ii Women's Conven
tion. If you want to join this
purty notify ) our Home Demon
stration Agent
The following is a program of
the meetings:
Farm Woniaii'* Cotiveutluii,
.%U£u«t I. I. .'I, HrZ'Z.
President, Mrs It. K. Daven
port; Secretary, Mr*. Jane Me-
Kiiumom;Auditorium V. M. C. A.
Joint Sessions —i'ulloii Halt,
State College of Agriculture and
Engineering.
•* TUE» DAY
11:00 a. m., 1:U0 p. in. —Joint
meeting men and women. See
program, page .
1:00 p. m., 2:00 p. m. —Lunch.
2:00 p. m , 4:00 p. in.—Mrs. R.
K. Davenport presiding.
Demonstration and Lecture
Good taste in Dress; Live Models.
What getting together means to
the Farm Women—Address, Mrs.
Chas. Schutler.
8:00 p. m, 8:15 p. in. —Com-
munity Singing.
8.15 p. m.. 0:00 p. m.—Address.
0:00 —Social Hour—Get-together
meeting.
WEDNESDAY
7:00 a.m., 12:00 m.—-Meeting i
of North Carolina Home Bureau j
Report of work of Home Demon-1
stration Clubs and County II inoi
Bureaus "Everybody invited.
12:00 in., 1:00 p. in. Busi- |
ness meeting.
1 oj p. in., 2:00 p.'in. — Lunch
2.00 p m., 4:00 p. in. —Joint ses
sion. Country Life discussion.
The Home—-Congressman Lever.
The Church—Dr. EugeuO Bran
son. The School —Dr. E. C.
Brooks. Eroding the Family—
Mrs- .Jane S. McKimmon. Short
courses for farmers—Mr. Roy
Thomas.
8:00 p. m., 8:15 p. in. —Com-
munity Singiug
8:15 p. m , 'J.-00 p. ui. —Address
-Mrs. Clias! Schutler.
•J-.00 p. m., 9:45 p. in. —Play:
"The Lady and the Lion"—Ral
eigh Community Players.
THURSDAY
The morning will be given over
to cooperative marketing and
every woman will wish to attend
the meetings and hear the dis
cussions.
Miss EDNA RBINHARDT,
County Home Dem. Agent.
Carolina's Foreign Trade.
A. W. McLean.
It may sound mechanical to re
peat that North Carolina business
men should take more interest in
the development of foreign trade.
But our principal money-crops,
cotton and tjbacco, are exported
iu large quantities; while there
are a number of concerns in allied
industries that enjoy a large fo
reign patronage. Of our raw cot
ton over sixty percent is shipped
abroad. .North Carolina tobacco
is used in many foreign blends of
the finished product, and the qual
ity is so much appreciated that
the fact that Carolina tobacco is
used is almost invariably adver
tisecLon the outer wrapper. Vet
this demand has grown naturally
without very much concert *d
effort on the part of our business
interests. Our place in foreign
markets has now become so secure,
however, wo can look beyoud New
York and the larger financial cen
ters and begin vigorously to es
tablish direct marketing arrange
ments between grower and foreign
merchant.
To this eud, North Carolina
banks in time should be able to
take care of the local grower or
dealer who wunta to export his
product at a cost commensurate
with sound business practkus.
J it the same way too, local growers
should ory uiize for the protection
mid furtherance of their interests.
Koreign trade —its possibilities,
dangers and eccentricities —
should b" studied as thoroughly
as our homo markets. Expert
advice, right organization, and
development of a growing monu
ment conducive to export activi
ties, are all factors thatconlribute
to foreign exploitation. And in
doing all this we should try to
look not always to Federal aid,
but to local individual iuitiati ve
for our needs. In this way, we
are not only promoting a sturdier
foreign bus!UMis'but we are also
contributing to oar own domestic
we 11 being. More than that we
are helpiug to restore what is now
so greatly needed —economic equi
librium throughout til# world.
The Roman women often curled
their hair and sprinkled it with
gold dusl.
.More people have taken Tanlnc
and praised it than auy other
medicine in the world. There's
one reason*only—merit. Sold l>y
Knrrell Drug Co., Graham, N. C.
Our Greatest Fault
Leonard Tufts, l'inehurst, N. C,
When one hears what other sec
tions are facing, we North Caro
linians should be well satisfied.
In order that we may not b& too
complacent I suggest, however,
that discuss what is perhaps
our greatest fault naim Jy, the
wasteful habit of allowing our
property to deteriorate for want
of cleaning and care.
Our livestock feed too many
lice for want of cleaning and care.
Our Fords and other automo
biles last but a season or two for
want of cleaning and care.
Our fields that we have cleared
Mid fertilized are allowed to wash.
Our buildings get 1 irty, are al
lowed to decay, and the painting
is neglected
Lot mo paint you a picture. In
a growing city the largest hotel is
thirty years old. Its replacement
value i $200,0)0. It needs paint
ing inside and ou'i, liie steps and
porch are out of plumb, the car
pets are worn, the furniture tie ds
repair and varnishing, and the
only cleaning that it has rece ved
since this hotel was built is an
occasional "wiping over", some
times a dry wiping, sometimes a
a wet one, but there is no favori -
ism shown A uirty spot receives i o
more attention than a clean one.
Theu comes the demand for a
modern hotel. Tin- S2X),OOO in
vestment is scrapped and a $3tX),-
jUOO building of about the same
'size is substituted. The cost is
therefore 151)0,000, not ¥300,U00,
I but until it has time to get dirty
laud show wear, everyone is hap
py in spite of the fact that the
I hotels are stil overcrowded.
What was needed were new
l rugs, more bathrooms, some paint,
| varnish, plaster, and lumber, but
above all, about twelve,, well-
| supervised scrub brushes and an
l other hotel.
In another town the cry is for a
court house or a bank, with the
same resulting waste, duo largely
to lack of scrub-brushes aud
paint.
The most popular lio'el in Maine
is one hundred and fifty years old,
has its origins! furniture and the
people are justly proud of it.
In North Carolina there is a
lack of love, care, and rospect for
the old, and, remember, every
year adds beauty to a building, a
beauty that cannot be duplicated
by the greatest artist.
In this state we have built roads
and condemned them because they
wore ont from lack of care, and
have been sold a more expensive
construction instead of maintain
ing what we had. The old Ro
man roads are still excellent but
they would not Jiave lasted ten
years without repairs.
We are a wonderfully successful
people, but aren't we a bit credu
lous —easily convinced that a new
thing will he more perfect, more
permanent, or more beautiful than
the old?
It is a pleasure to sell Taulac,
because those who buy it come
back ami praise it. For sale by
Farrell Drug Co., Graham, N. C
The Indian of t!e Brazilian
wilds appeases his hunger with
rats, makes, aligators and par
rots.
BACK GIVES OUT
Plenty ol (•rilum H«*adt-r« llavcyrTTli
r.kpcrltnre.
You tax tlio kiineys—ovortvork
tiiem —
'J hey can't keep up the continual
strain.
The kack may give out —it may,
|ache and pain;
Urinary troubles may net in.
D-jfi't wait longer—take Doan'e
| Kidnoy l'ills.
Graham people tell you how they
act.
Mrs. J. B. Farrell, V. Maple St.,
! Graham, navj. "'I can recommend
j Doan's Kidney Pills highly, aB they
| certainly are a fine kidney med
t icine. / was troubled with severe
■ pains across the »malt of my oack
and jny kidneys acted irregularly.
; Doan's'Plll-t me wonderful re
lief from the backache and regu
lated my kidneys. I tell my friends
' who— are troubled with kidney
! complaint to use Doan's."
j Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
i simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan"s Kidney Pills—the
kind Mrs. Farrell had. Foster-Mil
buro Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. T.
NO. 23|
Harding, Roosevelt, Wilson
and the Coal Strifl
Washington Correspondence.
The most surprising feature I
the coal situation, without enuH
ing upon any discussion ot tfl
merits of the controversey is thfl
With the average household!
not kuowing whefe or how he I
going to obtain his winter supplfl
witli various industries not knoifl
ing how they will obtain fuel fl
, keep their plauts in operatiol
•luring the winter, with the sittl
atiou deadlocked between opera
tors and miners, with a conference
in session to try to arrive at a sol
I ution, President Hat ding deliver!
a characteristic milk and wate
speech to the conference and re
H nines his vocational diversions.
No one would deny Presidea
Harding the boyish delight he ap
patently experiences iu freeing
hi'itself front the arduous caret
of It 's high office w hen opportunity
offers. But there is a time for!
work and a time for play. When
the general interests of the public'
are threatened it is time to sup*
press the playboy instinct and to*
ileal pr imp !y with ihe matter at
first baud.
I'he surprise comes, therefore,
when Presi ieut Harding's method
of dealing with the acute coal
situation IH contrasted with those
of former Presidents Roosevelt
aud Wilson. The question natur
ally arises would either of them
in such a critical situation have
delayed so long and then dealt
with the matter in a temporizing
manner and have left Washington
at such a time? Wonld they
virtually have said, "Let Herbert
aud Jim do it," or would they
have takeiv command of the situv
tion themselves and pressed it .o
a solution? We know what they
did under simitar circumstances.
President Harding owes a duty
to the public in effecting a just
settlement of this coal contro
versy—in any event to protect the
public interest. The coal situa
tion is another test of his admin
istration. As the boston Herald
(Rep.), says:
"The coaj operators are uot on
trial; the United Mine Workers
are not on trial; Warren Q. Hard
ing, President of the United
States, is on trial in this con
ference."
•iCti is a prescription for Colds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It's the
I most si>eedy remedy we know.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LOVICK H. KERNODLE,
Attorney-at Law,
GRAHAM, N. C.
1 Associated with John J. Heinle
I OlHre over National Hank ot Alamance
THOMAS D. COOPERT
Attorney and Counsdlor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with W. S. Coulter,
Nos. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg.
S. C SPOON, Jr., M 7D.
Graham, N. C.
Office over Ferrell Drug Co.
Hours: 2 to 3 and 7 to 'J p. in., and
by appointment,
l'hone 07
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Uurlinglon, N. C.
Otftru Hours: tt to 11 H. m.
Un i by appointment
j Otlice Drug Co.
Telephone*: oilice I 1(1 lte«idenre 264
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law i
|
UKAIIAM, N. C.
I
9 llc« over Nilional Bankol Al«maact
IT, STCOOK"
Attorn#/-nt- La«
\II\-Si. • • • N. C
Office Patterson Building i
Socoud Fleor. . . . *
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. - - North CirsHia
- 'ffP!- IN PARIS R' T ILDINQ
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4. L'XMlilt L'l>'G LOUIS I\ALLEN
Durham, C. Graham, JI.C.
■ LONG & ALLEN,
. i inraojri and (,'ounaelora at Ls«
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