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VOl,. XLVIII CONCERT AND LECTURE COURSE As Announced by Music Lovers' Club to be Given at E!on 1922-'23. Cor. of The Gleaner. Elou College, Sept. ,25.—'Tho Music Lovers' Club announces its Concert aud Lecture Course for the season 1922-'23. Tho high standard set in former years tor tho concert course hero has not only beeu maintaiued in the list of artists secured lor tho present season, but has been surpassed. The artists for the season are Marie Tiffany, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co , Tom Skeyhill, renowned lecturer, the famous Tollefson Trio, and Alfred IS! irovitch, piauist-composor. The seasou opens Oct. 14th with Mfirio Tiffany, soprano. Marie Tiffany is beginning her seventh season with the Metropolitan Opera Company of which sne has been a valuable member for the past six years. Miss Tiffany has created roles iu world premiers of "Sour Angelica," "IU Tabawo" and "Gianni Schicchi" by Puccini and in "Bluebird" by Wolff under tho composer's baton. - Besides her activities in opora Miss Tiffany is widely known as a concert artist and has toured extensively in all parts of the United States and litis also ap peared in both concert and opora in France. x Tho beauty of her voice records with exceptional purity and finish. There is an ever increasing de maud for Tiffany records which may be secured from the Bruns wi k, Edison, and Victor dealers. Tom Skeyhill, tho famous Aus tralian soldier-orator, comes in November, the 15th. Roosevelt said him: "I would rather be on the platform with Torn Skeyhill than any man I know." "The sort of a man worth readiug about," said the Literary Digest. The New York Globe says of him: inspiring speaker that ever appeared at tho Metropolitan Opera House." Skeyhill is a pro found scholar with the soul of the poet; no matter jvhat his theme Skeyhill weaves into his story a charming thread of beautiful ro mance. His every sentence rings with the eloquence of tho true orator. The third number of the course will be the Tollefson Trio in Feb ruary, tho 15th. The Tollefsen Trio is composed of violin, piano, and violin - cello. No chamber music organization iu America can boast of sj long aud so honorable a career as tho Tollefsen Trio. Musical America says, "This or ganization has earned the right to be classed the foremost of its kind in the country." The Tol lefsen Trio has played iu Greens boro and Raleigh. Tho Greens boro Daily News: "One of the most delightful concerts given to music lovers here." Raleigh Times: "Gave a program of rare beauty. The large audience showed their appreciation by en thusiastic and persistent ap plause." Tho Tollefsen Trio makes records for the Victor and. Columbia Grapliophone Com pauies. -». w .. The last number of the course will be Alfred Mirovitoh, tho fa mous piauist-coiilposer, who will come in March." Mirovitch, the great Russian pianist ranks easily with Godowsky, Rachmaninoff, Levitzki, Ornst' in, and Moizei witsch. It will bo readily seen that a rare treat of genuine culture awaits the students and lovers of artistic creation this year. Tho Music Lovers' Club has no desire to realizo a profit from its couree. Evoty dollar that is paid iu for tickets, it is the purpose aud plan of the Music Lovers' Club and guarantors to give back to the public in the form of art ists of the highest reputation. This has certainly been done this year. The price "of the season ticket is $2.50, single admission 81.00. They will be on sale Oc tet er Ist. Mail orders for tickets wi.l be filed and filled according ly. Address E. M, Betts, Elon College, N. C. Ninety-five per cent of all the business done in the United States is transacted by check. Tobacco-growing was forbidden in England for centuries. THE' ALAMANCE. GLEANHR. First Deficiency Bill for 1923 5 hows Up Increas ed Appropriations. Washington Correspondence. With only ninety (lays of the fiscal year of 1923 expired, the Harding administration presents its first 'deficiency bill for 5G35,- 598 00. which gave Representative Byrnes of South Carolina of the Apnropriatious Committee, an op portunity toagrfin expose the false claims of economy in appropria tions and expenditures made by the Harding administration. The figures presented by Mr. Byrnes are unanswerable and show beyond all question that the appropriations for 1923 with deficiencies will exceed those for 1922. While Mr. Byrnes macje the statement 1 hat the deficiencies for 1923 would be more than $200,- 000,000, wo have the statement of President Harding himself in his veto of the Bonus bill that the deficiencies for 1923 will amount to §050,000,000, and in t4*e opin ion of some Senators and Repre sentatives who keep accurate track of fiscal affairs, they will amount to over 81,000,000,000... ... As sh(,wn by Mr. Byrnes theap propriatious and deficiencies for 1922 were $4,00G,310,3GG. Tho total regular appropria tions for 1923, not including de ficiencies, now amount to $3,747,- 000,000. llavin4 stated theso facts, Mr. Byrnes continued "Now we begin to climb, start ing within the first 90 days of the fiscal*year with a deficiency bill. The deficiencies last year amount ed to $200,000,000. Judging from this beginning they are going to amount to more than $200,000,000 for 1923. If they do, then instead of there being any reduction in the total appropriations for 1923 there is going to be an actual in crease in the appropriations for 1923 over those for the year 1922. And that it js jair to say that these deficiency appropriations are going to be made is evident, for wo now have in sight the ap propriation for the Liberian loan, which undoubtedly will be authorized by the Senate and has already been authorized by tho House'. The appropriation to cover the scrappiug of naval ves sels must be supplied, and will require 875,000,000 in the esti mate of the gentleman from Mi chigan (Mr. Kolley), and for roads at least additional. So that any man who considers the financial statement of appro priations at this time must realize that wo now face the certainty that in 1923 this Congress is going to authorize the expenditure of a larger sum than was authorized for the year 1922." During Mr. Byrnes' speech, Re presentative Moore (Dem., Va.), asked this question: "So we have this picture, a mountain of fvppttopriations and at the same time an increase of taxation, due to the imposition of higher tariff dut'esV" m Mr. Byrnes replied: "Yes. I admit always that there has been a reduction in income taxes, be cause the income tax is based on income, and there has been a re duction in the iucouie of nearly every man in America in the last two years, and a consequent re duction in the income tax. But, of course, as to the increase inl his taxation by the Tariff bill, the gentleman is right." ' Veto Shows Opposition to Any Soldier Bonus. Washington Correspondence. President Harding's arguments against tho soldiers' bonus bill which he has just vetoed indicate his opposition ty) any plan of ad justed compensation for the sol diers, sailors and marines who fought in the World War pave those who suffered illness or in jury as a result of their service. In many places in the message which accompanied his veto Presi dent Harding uses language whi-h leaves no doubt that he will dis approve any future bill of like intent. Although the country is grateful to these former service men, the President fays, "it is not to be Raid that a material be stowal is an obligation to those who emerged from »he great con flict not only unharmed bnt pliys GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1922 | ically, mentally and spiritually, I richer for the great; experience." Elsewhere in his message the President recalls the people's wil-j lingness to do anything that could j insure victory in tho war, hut lie adds: "To a war necessity there was but ona answer, but a peace be-j stowed on the former service men,! as though the supreme offering! could be paid for with cash, is a| perversiou of p» .'ic funds, a re-j versal for the policy which exalt | ed patriotic service in the past, and suggests That future defense! is to be inspired by compensation j rather than consciousness of duty j to flag.and country." The President argues against I tho granting of a bonus now as a procedure likely to prejudice the j care of th(f servico men in thel future. On this point ho says: "It is essential'to remember that a more than four-biilion- j dollar pledge to the able-bodied! former service men now will not j diminish the late? obligation! which will have to be met when tho younger veteraijs of 4 today I shall contribute to the rolls of the! aged, indigent and dependent " Mr. liardiug's objections apply j ,not alone to what he considers the inexpediency of tho bill and the methods which ho hftU'dtsapprov ed but to the whole policy of pay ing* a bonus to "able bodied former servico men" who in his own phrase "emerged from the great conflict not only unharmed | but physically, menially and spiritually richer for tho great experience." SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS, TWENTY-ONE TEACHERS. Board Plans High School in Reach of Every Child in County—ln 3 Years Teachers Increase from 4 to 21 and Pupils from 137 to 150. In 1917-18 thfero woro four full; time high school teachers in the j rural schools of Alamance. In 1922-23 tuere are twenty-one| full time high school teachers. In 1917 there were enrolled in j tho high school grades only lu7 j pupils, and about one-fourth of j theso woro enrolled in schools in , which the principal who taujjM' them had' two or tlirco other grades besides. In 1922-23 there will bo enrolled j approximately 45tu This remarkable growth is due jto consolidation and trausporta- j tiou. citizen of tho cotiri-j ty pays taxes to support high I schools, and it is tho belief of the I Board of Education that all child ren are entitled to the advantage! of a high bchool. Tho plans of the Board will soon put every! child in reach of a high school, so' they can stay at home under the; protective of their j mothers and faih . .ami secure a! high school education. Tho rural high schools which j aro in operation this year aud the number of teachers for each is asi follows: Schools. No. Teachers. | Haw fields Consolidated, - 5 Bli Whitney, - - - 4 -j Sylvan, - - - 3 Friendship, - - - 3 , Pleasant Grove - - 'J, Altamahaw-Ossipee, - 2 Stonoy Creek, - - - 2 Ten trucks will be used in ! transporting children to these! schools. Southwest Alamance. Cor. of The Gleaner. Grr en Township Sunday School Convention (Guilford county) wasi held with Smithwood Christian j church On last Sunday. The usual program was rendered. The crowd that attended Gray's j Chapel last Sunday report a hot,, dusty time. A large crowd attended tho bap- j tizing at the old Patterson pond on the third Sunday. Much praise has been given the' sermon delivered by Rev. I. I'.j Frazier at Mt. Zion 2nd Sunday.; Every word spoken was to the, point and instructive. Tho congre gation gave undivided attention and everyone seemed to under stand and think they were bene fited by the words spoken in siicii a good and force*.ui way. It is the misunderstandings that cause so much hard feelings aud falsej judgment. PELICAN A NAUGHTY BIRD "Troujt Hog" la Charfle M«do Against Him by Professo; of Univ«roity of Illinois. Excitement Is rll'e In the wild an ! iiuut community of the Yellowstone j National,park since the scandal u Hout | Mr. Pelican received pulfllc attention. ! The ducks are quacking about It, the ; squirrels are chattering ii'and the bob i cuts are scattering it broadcast in j their sin-ill voices. Throughout all the whispers and j nudges of neighbors us he passes, Mr. ! Pelican maintains his stately mien, | seemingly unconscious of the Jibes j of the multitude. Ills actions would j Indicate he still holds his valued place j In the community. Hts trouble started with" the charge by Prof. Harry Is. Ward, head of the j department of zoology of the Unlver j slty #■ Illinois, that be Is a "trout hog" and vii la tor of all the tenets >f good ; sportsmanship. Proof of these charges ! probably will mean that Mr. .Pelican j svill become an outcast ''with every j one's door closed to him and every | one's hand against him. Professor Ward is conducting an exhaustive investigation for the fed j erul bureau of fisheries at Luke Yel ! lowstone in Yellowstone National j park as to the relationship between [ the pelican and the trout supply. Ills | investigation, which has. beeu pro j grossing several weeks, will continue I through the present season. The flock of pelicans that live and | breed on Luke Yellowstone numbers I about 400. They ."summer" aristocrat j Ically at tho. lake, feasting on the | best the laud affords, from spring un til September, .then go to their winter resorts along the Gulf of Mexico. The bird diets almost exclusively on fish, and, so far as the Yellowstone and other llocky mountain lakes anil ] streams are concerned, this means ex -1 clusively on trout. lie estimates that the 400 pelicans consume more trout i than are taken during an entire sea , son by sportsmen. The pelican is no rejecter of size \ limits or open seasons, i rofessor Ward i charges. He declared be had' seen a i platoon of 30 pelicans ranged across ! a stream In regular formation, prey i Ing on the trout as they swam up to | spawn. Hitherto the stream hud | yielded trout eggs by the millions, but ! hatchery men this year could gather ! only a fraction of the normal amount, j The fact Is giUnted that Mr. peli can's home life Is,above reproach. He Is a good provider, a good husband ! and father and Is strictly nionogam ' ous. For the 400 birds In the lake ! flock, tlu're are Just 200 nests, one for each couple and one mate for each ! bird. There'artf-no "triangles" In the j Yellowstone "400." If further Investigations Justify It, I Professor Ward will ask the federal i government to bar the pelican as suin | mer visitors from the park. Meteors. I Meteors ordinarily become visible at a height of 100 miles above the ; earth, but are generally dissipated be fore reaching 25 miles from the sur i fuce. About one-third of the number ! of elemental substances which go to 1 mukc up the earth's crust are found as constituents of meteors, among these beinfe-iiron, sulphur, sodium cal ! cium, ehlorin, carbon, etc. Usuully ! the bulk Is stone, but often there is a mixture of stone and iron, and In a few Instances Iron predominates. A j meteor failing through the air is ae j com pun led by a peculiar sound and j frequently It explodes after striking the earth, Those which strike the i earth comprise only a small propor | tion of the total number that full. Meteors always seem to be falling , dowr vari because when they come wltln i rnnge at tlie earth's attraction they are drawn toward it and are set j afire* by friction with the atmos j phere. Individual particles of a me- I tenrie stream ure too small to be ! seen with most telescopes, as they { move in an Interplanetary space, and ! It Is only when they approach earth | and become luminous that we ure aware of their existence. Oklahoma. Oklahoma had it- beginning H8 years j ugo, when Indhm territory was formed • :M a permanent home for the redskins. I The Cherokee* were removed to the ! Vuture prosperous state In 1835, and j were goon followed by the CJioctaws, j Creeks, ?blckasaws and .Seminole*, j These constituted the five civilized j tribes. Many of their descendants ! have become wealthy and Influential ! citizens. In addition to the "five civilized : tribes" other Indians were given lands In the territory In 180.5 tha t Creeks ended the Western part of . their territory, and the Seminoles all of theirs to the United States, and i .hese were incorporated with No ! Man's Lund Into the of Ok lahoma. Indian territory maintained a sep arate government under its original j 'onn until 1900, when It was Incor i oorated with Oklahoma and admitted i 'S a state of the Union. American Sparrow Litt'e Known. White the English sparrow Is nbisy and obtrusive, the American' specie# are onobtruslvik both In Hang and ac tion. These nattre sparrows, although so seldom noticed by tho majority of people, mny probably be found In nearly every part' of our country, al though not more than a half dozen forms are generally known In any onq. locality. Embalmed Bodies as Medicine. Six or seven hundred years ago our doctors held firmly to x frio belief that there was great medicinal value In ground mummies, anil many a nasty dose given ailing youngsters contained a bit of the embalmed body of a man or woman who mny have known Jo seph, or seen, the miracles of Moses. Chines® Wall. The exact length of the Chinese wall Is not known—the Chinese call It the "10,000 it wall," 'which would mean that it was something over 3,.'150 mlles*loiig. Some modern authorities range, In giv ing its length, from 1,200 to 1,700 miles. It .is from 25 to 30 feet high and about 20 feet thick at the base. Many Plants High in Lif» Scalo. I'iants are really animate things. They lack the power of locomotion such as most animals have, but they are capable of movement. Some of them hre a great deal higher In the scale of life than some of the low-order organisms classified as animal. JHard to Escape Mosquitoes. So' iiumcrous are mosquitoes! In Some localities In South America that the wretched Inhabitants sleep with their bodies covered with sand three or four inches deep, the head only being left out, which they cover with a handkerchief. Real Grievance. "After sending your son to college It must be disappointing to have him run off with a chorus girl." "I should say It was disappointing," replied the old millionaire. "I expected to marry that little dame myself."—New York Sun. , Baby's Request. The first li4 summer day had come, and tlie children on the farm were all delightedly running barefooted. The t baby saw them Jor. the first time and cunie trotting ih to the house to beg: "Mudder, caJ|lLl wear my feet?" The Grand Canyon. The term ,orand Canyon npplles to that part of the Colorado river which lies In northern Arizona. It Is a gorge 217 miles long, 4,000 to 0,000 feet deep and from one to fifteen miles wide at the top. ' "Pwarf of Language." In the old Norse the echo Is called the dwarf language, probably because It was thought to be produced by dwarfs within the mountains Imitating the sounds fjom without which they heard. Mississippi Longest River. The Mississippi river has a total length of 2,804 miles. The Missouri, affluent, with the lower Mississippi,' gives a total length of 4,.182 miles and forms the longest river on thefllobe. Principles and Sentiments. I have all reverence for principles which grow out of sentiments; but as to sentiments which grow out of prin ciples, you shall scarcely build a house of cards thereon. —Jacobl. Description That Was Apt. Whistler once described hlm&l# as "an artist whose work Is without the pale of gross popularity rfnd whose purse Is consequently not heavy with 111-gotten gold." Quality That Win*. It Is not the man who reaches the corner first that wins, bnt the man who knows exactly what lie Is going to do when he reaches the corner. Refutes Evolutionary Theory. In every man there Is n certain feel ing that lie lias been what he Is from* nil eternity, and by no means became such In time. —Schilling. « Look to the - , Creation lies before us like a glor ious rainbow; but the sun that made It lies behind ns, hidden from us.— Jean Paul Itlchter. Affected With Myopia. I am nearsighted, and as a conse quence often get Into embarrassing sit uations. One in particular greatly mortified me. I had started out bravely to sell books, and It was my first attempt at salesmanship. As- I stepped onto a shaded porch out of the bright sun light, I stood for a second waiting, somewhat dazzled. A diminutive figure appeared on the opposite side of the screen door. Thinking the person a child, I asked: "Is your mother In?" Imagine my confusion when I dis covered the person to be a man about seventy years of age.—Exchange. HELPED OUT MOTHER NATURE Venetian Women Went to Some Pains to Acquire Hair of Tint Greatly Admired. Some ungutlant bookworm has du„ - tip a scandal that Sappho was bald. There are not wanting grounds for the suspicion that Queen Elizabeth's red wtg concealed a nude scalp. As for the thrice lovely Mary Queen of Scots, she actually wore a wtg when she went to have tier head cut off, and she left a suspiciously large col lection of wigs behind her. The lovely and naughty Queen Mar got, wife of Henry IV, kept a train of pages with yellow hair for the re plenishment of lier wigs. llow much trouble the Venetian women took to acquire the reddish hirsute tint that Is admired in the pictures of Titian may be Judged from this account written by nn Italian chronicler In 1580: "Tho houses of Venice are common ly crowned with little constructions In wood, resembllno a turret without a roof.. At the base these lodges or boxes are formed of masonry and cov ered with a cement of sand and llnfe to protect them from the rain. It is in these that the Venetian women may tie seen as often as, and Indeed oi'ten er than, in their chambers; It Is there that, with their heads exposed to the full ardor of the sun, during whole days they strain every nerve to aug-j men I their charms. "Seat • I there, they keep on wetting their bar with a sponge dipped In ! some elixir of youth. They wear on j their heads a straw hat without a crown so thut the hair, drawn through the opening, may be spread upon the borders; this hat doing double duty as I a drying line for the hair and a para-1 sol to protect the head and face." And consider the Roman matrons; who used to btondlne their "crowning glory" with a mess of decomposed leeches. The Rural Appeal. To be out of doors Is the normal condition of the naturnl man. At some period of our ancestral life, so dim In our thought but so po tential in our temper, disposition and physique, we have ull lived, so to speak, In the open air; and although city-horn and city-bred we turn to the country with an Instinctive feeling that we belong there. There are a few cockneys to whom the sound of How Hells Is sweeter than the note of ,tlie bluebird, the resftiant clarion of chanticleer or the fur-off bleating of sheep; but to the Immense majority of men these nj'lsejj are like sounds j that were famlllnr In childhood. I have sometimes thought that the deep est charm of the country lies In the fact that It was the home and play ground of the childhood Of the race, and, however long some of us have been departed from It, It stirs within us rare memories and associations 'which are imperishable. The lowing of the cattle coming home at night fall ; the bleating of sheep on the hill side pastures; the crowing of the cock, ■ure older than any human speech now exists. They were ancient Sounds before our oldest histories were written. I know of nothing swee'er to the tnnn who comes out of the h at and noise and dust of the city In mid summer.—!!. W. Mable. Credulochemlstry. Of all the "scientific" titbits dished tip by otir newspaper chefs, none en- Joys more i*rennlnl popularity than the discovery of the 'lost art" of hard ening copper. Only mtely our fore most Journals were devoting columns to the World war veteran who, finding In an ashcan some leaves of an old en cyclopedia dealing with an ancient metallurgist and Ids success In hard ening copper, fell to experimenting on his own account. with the result that bis process was bought by Judge Gary for $1,000,000 in eusli plus '£ cents per pound royalty. A modest and retiring denial subsequently appeared. For. such newspaper crookery Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering suggests the apt name of credulochemlstry, while the Engineering and Mining Journal Intimates that the press might vary Its menu by creating unbreakable glass for milk bottles and petrified wood for -construction purposes. Certainly these would prove no less digestible than copper— ven hardened copper.—Scien tific American. Had Good Reason for Bmlle. John K. Milllgan, chief clerk of the public utilities commission, breezed Into his office Monday In high spirits. A broad smile.adorned bis face and he went about bis work with the alac rity of a man who lias Just Inherited a fortune. Ills fellow-workers began to confer with one another as to the prob able cause of the chief clerk's Ju bilation.' "I'll bet he Just got a ton of coal," suggested one young statistician. "Maybe lie struck a gold mine out In hts Maryland farm," another said. Later in the day the truth leaked out. Milllgan had become the papa of an eigbt-pound baby boy.—Wash ington Star. NO. 34 New Tafiff a Coffin for Corpse of Prosperity. I Special Correspondence. Washington, Sept. 26.—The j Fordtiey-VlcCumber ProGteera' Tariff bill, which is estimated to double the taxation of the Ameri j can people; that is to say, to add* ' another $4,000,000;000 in the Way of taxes, but of which only a few hundred millions will go into the Treasury, tho balance into the pockets of iho special privilege | class, lifts been signed by the Presi dent and is now a law. This Tariff bill, aptly termed "ihe cofiin for the corpse of pros perity," will fall heaviest upon farmers and vorkinp men, by rea son of the fact tha") it will still further curtail the farmers foreign marke's, and .by destroying what little is left of our foreign trade wil! ?roa'ly reduce production in manufacturing Hues us well as in natural industries. In a f-peech .just prior to the passage of the bill Senator Under wood, tho Democratic leader of tho Senate, called attention to eotfle of tho outrageous rates of the bill, particularly t > tho wool schedule, in which h» showed that tho tax levied on raw wool would collect out of the pockets of the American people $200,000,000, only $20,000,000 of which would go into tho treasury of tao United States and the balance tho pockets of tho special interests. Senator Under.vood excoriated that feature of the bill winih , transfers the taxing power fr iu Congress to tho President, and said; "1 do not think it will last long, as a law. If it should last long, tho terms of the bill were to stay on the statute books for two decades, I would predict the rjt tenest tilth and corruption that could grow out/ of such a'bureauoc racy, that would be a stench in tl(e nostrils of all good, people. But Ido not think it will last. I think before that day comet, the American people will take the size of what this Congress has done, will realize that tho Congress has laid down a great responsibility that was given to them which the Constitution of the United States 4 has placed in thoir hands, that they have surrendered a great trust, and the American people will rebuke any party and any Ret of men who have been guilty of abandoning a trust like this given to their safe-keeping." Yellow has been for generations tho,favorite color of tiie high offi cials of China. PROFESSIONAL CARDS LOVICK H. KERNODLE, Attorney-at-Law, GRAIIAIM, N. C. Associated Mill) Julin J. Henderson. j; Office over National Hank of Alamance THOMAS D. COtfPER, Attorney and Counseilor-at-Law, BURLINGTON, N. C, Associated with V. S. Coulter, Nos. 7 and 8 First Natloaa! Bank BlJg. S. C. SPOON, Jr„ M.l>! Graham, N. C. Offico over Ferrell Drug Co. [lours: B to 3 and 7 to!) p. m., and by appointment. Phone !»7 GRAHAM HARDEN, ML D. Burlington, N. C. Office Hours: B to 11a.m. unit by appointment Office Over Acinc Drag Co. Telephone*)! Office 110 Residence lot JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM, N. C. O (lea over National Bank ol Alaaau jo 0\ S. COOK, Attorney-at- L««r TRAHAM, .... N. C Offlco Patterson Building t Second Floor. . . , ML WILL S. LOR JR. . . . DENTIST I « 5 Graham .... North Carolina )FFICE IN PARIS BUILDING