VOL. XLVIII
"CALAMITY" STATE
MENT REVISED
Chairman Wood (Rep.) Assumes
Responsibility Administration
Unpopular.
Special Correspondence.
Washington, Oct 10—The
statement given out by William
R. Wood, Chairmau of the Repub
lican Congressional Campaign
Committee, to the effect that
„President Harding would regard
the election of a Democratic House
this year as a "calamity," result
ed in so much criticism of the
President for doing what Presi
dent Wilson had been so criticized
for doing by Republicans in 1918
that Chairman Wood has revised
his statement, saying that he was
responsible for the opinion and
not the President, although he
had just come from an interview
with Mr. Hunting in the White
House.
The tank of appealing on behalf
of the President for the election
of a Republican Congress appar
ently has been assigned to Mr.
John T. Adams, Chairman of the
Republican National Committee,
who, in a statement issued at the
Capital of the President's own
stale, makes a plea for an endorse
ment of tho record' of President
Harding and of the Republican
Congress as a whole, with the al
ternative of their being rebuked
as a whole.
The import of Mr. Adams'state
ment is »to substitute President
Harding for the Republican Con
gress and to make his plea for the
re-election of a Republican Con
gress in the form of & personal en
dorsement of the President rather
than upon tho legislative acts of
that body. In other words, Mr.
Adams' statement is only a varia
tion of the plea to "stand by the
President" and forget what the
existing Republican Congress has
done and failed to do. It is Chair
man Adams sayiny what the Pres
ident is reported to have said by
Chairman Wood, without attrib
uting the statement directly to
the President. It is the old story
of weaving a subtle web when we
practice to deceive.
Wh'-ther or not tH%>Republicans
have anything to gain by making
Mr. Harding the issue instead of
the record of tlia Republican Con
gress is doubtful. According to
Chairman Wood, in a speech de
livered on the floor of 1 lie House,,
"everybody is giviug this Con
gress hell. They are doing it be
cause we have done nothing to
stimulate business: because we
have done nothiug to give employ
ment to the unemployed j because
we have done nothing to benefit
the farmer and stimulate the
prices of farm products."
Since that speech was delivered,
the unpopularity of the Harding
administration has constantly in
creased until it is now the con
sensus of opinion that the admin
istration is more unpopular than
the Congress, which is admitted
by Republican organs to be ''the
worst in twenty years." r
f enator Harrison's Obituary on
the Late Session of Congress
Washington Correspondence.
When the second session of the
Sixty-seventh Cohgress lay upou
its deathbed, Senator Pat Harri
son (Dem., Miss.), reflecting the
sadness, the disappointment aud
disgust of the people throughout
the country delivered this obit
uary. summarizing the record of
that body:
"Mr. President, this Congress
clcsi-s in a shroud of disappoint
ment. Its failure to solve vital
and pressing problems is pathetic.
Democrats are not hilarious, be
cause they have the interest of
tin- country at heart. It is a case
of disappointment, sympathy and
chagrin more than delight.
"The Congress ends with a
record of increased taxes on the
already burdened masses.
"It ends with increased costs of
living to the consumers.
"It ends with a failure to carry
out pledges to the valiant soldiers
of the late war. .
"It ends with reorganization
and efficiency in Government un
touched. _ "
"It ends with stronger guaran
ties and broader freedom to the
protected interests to extort in
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
greater degree higher prices to
enslave and rob the many.
"It ends with the assurance to
the laboring man that the Repub
» lican party will continue to favor
I the employer against him, aud to
disregard his every interest with
respect to reasonable hours, fair
wages, aud humane considera
tion.
( "It ends in au orgy of extrava
gance and reckless disregard of
economy.
"It ends with an utter repudia
tion of civil service and prefe
rential rights to the heroes of the
late war.
"It ends as the most reactionary
Congress since the time of Aldrich,
and the most subservient
ecutive dictation since the days
of Roosevelt.
"It has proven itself to be spine
less, leaderless, without couiage,
program, or purpose.
"It ad journs in a blaze of broken
promises, with a silent aud dis
consolate pro"ession of mourners
returning to their respective con
stituents with their morale broken,
their lines divided, aud their
hopes dissipated. A sad recep
tion awaits you—au insurmount
able task of explanation confronts
you."
Democratic Bonus Proposal
Rejected bv Republicans.
Democratic members ot' the
Ways and Means Committee of
the House of Representatives, in
a minority report made on March
20, 1922, recpminended that
"wnatever kind or sort of bonus
or abjusted compensation Con
gress shall deem justly due the
World War veteraus" should be
"paid from taxes levied on excess
profits and great wealth. This
proposal was rejected by" the Re
publican House, which, with the
Republican Senate, had previous
ly voted to repeal excess pf-ofits
taxes amounting to $450,000,000
and high surtaxes aggregating
$01,500,000 a year.
Recalling that many big monop
olistic corporations which have
"profiteered upou the people and
the Government since January*!,
1916, to the extent of more than ;
$40,000,000,000 of uet profits aud
who are continuing their profiteer
ing" would represent one legiti- ,
pi ate source of revenue for the
payment of the bonus, the Demo
cratic minority said:
"For this purpose we favor the
reeuactment of the surtax on the
large incomes of these millionaires
aud multimillionaires which was
repealed by the Republicans in
tlu ir revenue act of 1921, and a
reenactment of the excess profits
tax which was also repealed by
them in said act."
i
Meditations ol a Scrub Bull.
They call me a scrub bull; yet I
have a pedigree. I was sired by
a serub, dam'd by a scrub and
treated tike a scrub, and I some
times think that I am owned by a
d —n scrub. My tribe outnum
bers purebred bulls four to one.
Just why I should exist is a mys
tery even to me. Yet, lam not
responsible for it. I was brought
into the world without my consent
and I shall probably Jeave it j
agaiust my will. In the mean- j
time I am getting the most vicious 1
publicity, principally through'the 1
farm press. They say I ain a
renegade and an abomination and
should be exterminated. Dairy- 1
men passing my owner's farm look J
at me with contempt; even the i
cows show me no respect. My
own daughters seem to hold a 1
grudge against me, saying that I '
am responsible for their low pro
duction. I cannot argue the point, 1
for it is true. But what can I do? 1
My owner must think a lot of me '
personally, or he would not con
tinue to support me, knowing that 1
I can never improve the quality I
of his herd or be a sourceot profit >
to him. These cow-testing asso- I
ciatious are certainly showing me 1
up, amd I can see the handwriting
on the wall. My tribe is doomed.
Under the keen competition and 1
iow priee« of good purebred bulls s
there will soon be no place on the i
farm for me. So, goodbye. I may
be gone, but not forgotten, for I
have retarded the development of -
the dairy industry for raany.years. f
A creamery patron hands this
to us. It is well to pass it on.
W. Kekk Scott, i
County Agent. i
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 192SJ
JjA TEXAS VERDICT AS
( I TO OLu NORTH STATE.
* §
' What a Texas Paper Says, Comparing
Texas and North Carolina.
Houston Chronicle.
Dealing with round numbers
North Carolina is about one-tilth
the size of Texas and has abonl
half the population.
It is a very old state, having
been the seat of- an established
civilization two hundred years
ago. Texas is a new state,
i NOrth Carolina was ravaged and
desolated by the war of 1801-5,
from her Atlantic shore to-her
mountain peaks, from her north
ernmost to her southernmost lines,
and she suffered from the pro
cesses of reconstruction to a far
greater extent than did Texas.
The people of Texas have never
felt or seeu such desolation as
swept North Carol in.-), nor have
her people ever suffered such
hardship and suffering as was the
fate of the people of the Old Norih
State, yet the taxable values of
North Carolina two years ago
were practically the s 11110 us were
those of Texas, and now are not
materially less.
There is more rich land in liin
Valley of the „ Jjra/.os between
Waco and the Gulf ot Mexico than
there is in the whole state of North
Carolina, yet, prosperity is evi
dent everywhere in North Caro
lina. The state levies nO tax at']
all on general property, but her
four and a half per cent bonds
find eager,takers in the New York
market.
A few extracts from recent ap
propriation bills of the legislature
of North Carolina will show that;
her legislators think and legislate
on liberal linos.
On March S, 1921, they autho- !
rized a bond issue of $0,745,0001
for the enlargement ami improve-1
meut of the State's educational
aud charitable institutions, of
which 81,400,000 was applied to
the enlargement and improvement 1
of the State University.
On the same day an act was 1
passed making appropriations for
State institutions, aud under that,)
bill further provision was made;
for the University, it was given
8413,000 for 1921 and for
1922, thus the total appropriations '
for that institute for two years
were $2,415,000, and appropria
tions for a score or more of other
educational institutions were
made on an equally as liberal,
basis.
The sum of $225,000 for each
year was appropriated for main
tenance of the State Board of
Health, and separate appropria
tions were made for the State
Sanatorium find the Stale Lab
oratory of Hygiene.
North Carolina is spending $50,-
000,000 in the construction of
durable permanent highway"s, and
the couuties of the state an equal
amount. One highway has been
carried to a height of 0711 feet.
It may be asked how it is possi
ble to meet such expenditures?
The answer is, the people of
North Carolina live at fymie.
The traveler is rarely out of sight
of a cotton factory or some other
kind of factory—one county has
nearly, if not quite, a hundred
cotton factories. '1 life state spins
more cotton than she grows.
Nearly every running stream
in the state is harnessed to pro- j
duce electric power, which is car- i
ried to manufactories, in home.
instances miles.
Texas can do what North Caro-|
liua does when she re-assesses all j
the property in the state as North j
Carolina did and spins her cotton
as North Carolina does, an 1 es-
teems the value of Stsue institu-j
tions as North Caroliua people do. \
Think of it, with one-litth the;
area of Texas and one-half her
population North Carolina in lead-!
ing Texas in the march of pro
gress, and in the sphere of en-j
lightened legislation.
The fourteenth century armor
was so heavy that many young
soldiers were deformed or per- j
maneutly disabled by its weigh j.
There are n«w approximately
4,000 buffaloes in the Cm led Slates
and G,OOO in Canada.
In Hungary the legal age ftf an
individual dates only from bap
tism.
Compulsory School Attendance
Public Welfare Progress.
_ It is not such a far cry from
8 criminals to school attendance as
; it may appear at first glance. For
the Stato Board of Public Welfare
believes that one of the most ef
fective methods of decreasing the
8 number of criminals in North
ii Carolina is to see that the ehil
l dren of the State aro properly
(educated. The number of inmates
C iof jails and of members of chain
-1 i g.tiiss will be nppreciab.lv lessened
s when, for a period of at least
seven years, all children in the
'jState who are jnentally capable
. spend their time profitably in
■" school instead of idling about the
- haunts where criminals are made.
' I Increase la Enrollment.
Approximately (iO.OoO more chil
dren attended tlio public,schools
. of North Carolina during the
i term 11)21-22 than during 1!);20-~1
, That is to say at a rough estimate,
P something like 4.43,000 children
between the ages of 7 and 14 were
in "public schools.in this State last
year as against 383,000 between
, the ages of 8 and 14 enrolled
, the year preceding. These figures
; are based upon those from 65
j counties reporting to the State
, 1 Superintendent of Public Insti uc-
Jtiou. Iu these (Jo couuties there
1 has been an increase of •10.000
! | children-bundled s.uee the exten
sion of the age limit of the period
,j of compulsory school attendance
from 8 to 7 years.
■ Muperliiteinlcnts of Public Welfare anil
School Attendance.
In enforcement of the Compul
sory School Attendance I.aw in
1 North Carolina, close co-operation
! ; between tin* agents of the Boards
•of Public Welfare and Education
is necessary. Prosecution for
I violation of this law is one of the
! duties of the County Superiutend
[O.nt of Public Welfare, but he
I can not aft until the teacher has
I determined whether or not a
child's absence from school is
.covered by any of the legitimate
j excuses, i. e, .illness of the child
jor iu the home; death in the im
( mediate family; quarantine; ph)>«
i ical or mental incapacity; severe
\ weather; distance from school;
I poverty and demands of work on
the farm. Reports of unex uised
'absences made weekly by teachers
. furnish tho County Superintend
ent of Public Welfare with the
|necessary information oa which
': to proceed iu enforcement of llio
> law. Success in applying the law
U with thoroughness depends about
J 1 equally upon the teacher and the
II Superintendent of Public Welfare.
•IA tac'ful teacher may often ad
' just cases without reference to
■ the Superintendent of Public Wel
• fare, as practically every absence,
•when investigated, discloses* a
family problem, aud in her visits
• to the home the teacher may be
; able to give ad vice that will im
-11 prove condition#.
Parents who lefuso to comply
| with tho Compulsory School At
tendance liaw are guilty of a mis
demeanor and Tire suoject to a
iline of not inoio than §25 or im
prisonment not exceeding 'lO days
in jail. The reports from o0 coun
ties sent in to the office of the
Commissioner of Public Welfare
show that during the year ending
July 31, 1022, itliere had been 24S
negroes and 11G whites prosecuted
by county superintendents of pub
lic welfare in North Carolina for
violation of this law.
I Individual Onsii* Cards.
Individual census cards have
! been issued by the State Board ol
Education by means of which ac
curate information In regard to a
child's ago may be secured by
.teachers and County Superin
tendents ol Public Welfare. These
'cards maybe sent l>y principals
of schools to the liureau of Vital
[Statistics for verification. When
fa child's age h%s been thus estab
lished, convenient reference, to
-fthese cards will be possible iu
lease the child after reaching 14
'may with to apply for a labor
i certilicat e.
r - - -••
Bather than desert the eggs on
I which she w.is sitting, a hen was
jrecently burned to death iu a
poultry-house lire.
The iir.-t piace for the detention
jof juvenile delinquents was iu
New York.
We saw a man who was down
iu the mouth and up iu the air.
SAFETY IN STORM
"Skyscraper" Good Place to Bs
When Lightning Flashes.
Bteet Frame Conduct* Electric Fluid
Harmlessly to Earth—Some Places
That Are Especially Dangerous.
Here's good news for skyscraper
folk. The safest place In a thunder
storm Is a steel frame building. That
Is, It's the safest place accessible to
most of us. There might be a slight
margin In favor or" an underground
cave or a compartment wjpteteiy en
veloped in metal network. But a mod
ern oflice building, hotel or department
store coiries pretty near making Its
occupants lightning proof.
Not that lightning never strikes such
a building. Indeed,-It often shatters
SO" 1 !' woodsi"excrexivnco on it, illce a
flagpole, tljt-re have been thunder
storms iu New "York which have tit
tered downtown streets with such
wreckage.
Hut the modern buildings themselves
are such good conductors that when
they are struck the people Inside them
never know It. Through their steel
skeletons the electric fluid speeds
harmlessly on Its shortest possible
path to the earth.
More, the skyscraper actually plays
a beneficent part in a thunderstorm,
says Dr. Charles V. Steinmetz, chief
consulting engineer of the General
Electric company, since they tend to
relieve by "silent discharges" the ten
sion existing at such times between
earth and sky.
If you are lightning shy, I)r. Stein
metz conclusions will encourage you.
At the same time he utters a few
words of warning. While the sporting
odds, based on lightning fatality sta
tistics, areut 240,000 to 1 against
any particular person being killed liy
lightning. It's just a* well to notlcft
where you're standing while p thun
derstorm Is raging.
It might not be healthy, for Instance,
to take up your station In a direct line
between two good-sized rnetal objects,
such as a steam radiator and nn Iron
sink, or between either of them and
rain spout running up the side of the
house! That would be a reckless Invi
tation to some Hash of lightning, either
direct or Indirect, to do its worst to
you. For lightning prefers metal con
ductors on Its Journey to the ground
mid would rather leap from one me
tallic body to another than take* a
direct course through nonconducting
Tnedluiqs.
"A place of special danger," says
Steinmetz, "I* directly beneath a hang
ing lamp or globe suspended from the
ceiling by a chain. Lightning may fol
low the chain to Its end and then
Jump off. The place where a wire
clothesline enters a house may also be
a danger spot, although I think this
has been overemphasized.
!olf fans will be cheered to learn
that the npetal pieces on their clubs are
too Insignificant to attract the majestic
intentions of a lightning stroke. Golf
ers caught In a thunderstorm have
been known to fall In a panic and
throw away their clubs, but their fears
are pronounced groundless. .
The behavior of lightning under vu
rlous conditions has been, studied sym
pathetically by Steinmetz, who was
dubbed "lightning tamer" when he suc
ceeded In producing artificial lightning
in his laboratory.
"If you glory In a thunderstorm as I
do, you will want to stand at a window
or on the front porch and watch It,"
he said. "And there you will he Just
about as safe as anywhere else. For
of all the lightning flashes generated
hy a vivid summer storm, less than 1
per cent strike the earth. The rest ari«
confined to the sky that breeds them.
Your chances of being bitten i>) a mad
dog are probably greater than the
chance that you will be struck dead by
lightning. Only about fiOO persons are
killed by lightning In this country
every year."
As for the human rabbits who seek
"Insulation" in a thunderstorm by
rolling themselves in feather beds, the
lightning tamer has nothing but uilld
ridicule for them.
Russian Writers Organized.
The Dom I.ltteraterov, which was
founded In 1918, )* nn organization of
literary workers which Includes nmny
writers whose names are known out
side of liussla and whose works have
been translated Into several languages.
It maintains Its own club house with
n library of 00,000 volumes and a co
operative kitchen where cheap meals
are served to the members. The latter
number about 800 and are divided Into
two classes. About 550 nre ftill mem
bers, those who make writing their sole
occupation. Two hundred and fjfty
are "candidates," with whom writing
Is a part-time occupation, but «lt of
whom have had something published.
The Dom Lltteratcrov Is receiving reg
ularly each month a number of Amer
ican relief administration food pack,
ages without which the most needy
members would find It very difficult to
support themselves and their famlllea
Jewel Father of Gold Standard.
The evolution of the Jewel wus re
sponsible fof another and highly Im
portant custom—one which has be
come a vital and seemingly Ineradicable
feature of our present-day civilization.
It was the adoption of gold as the
standard medium of exchange. Gold
not only filled the bill, but was con
veniently carried, especially since the
Invention of the serpent ring and
bangle.
Sennacherib'* Will.
One of the earliest will-rankers
known to history was the great King
Sennacherib. He lived and reigned
between 702 and (SBO B. C., and In his
will, which was written upon a tablet
of clay, and which was found In the
ruins of the royal palace, he gives his
sons "certain stores of precious
things," nt that time deposited in the
temple of Nebo.
Difference In Sexes. ,
One thing that still differentiates the
wxes slightly, for all the earnest et
forts to make them Just exactly alike
In every way, shni>e and form, Is the
way u middle-aged wife considers It
a treat to go out for dinner while a
middle-aged husband considers It a
treat to slay hoiudyfor It. —Ohio State
Journal.
Get Habit of Thinking.
Think! Nothing can be gained by
senseless argument and hasty conclu
sions. The unthinking class of peo
ple is too large now. It Includes those
*ho do not know, and therefore can
mot t.'itnk j and also those who do
know, but do not think.
Cure for Unhapplness.
I wilt walk nl>toad;,old griefs shall
be forgotten today; for the nlr is c6ol
snd still, and the hills are high and
stretch away to heaven; and with the
dew I can wnsU the fever from my
forehead; and then I shall be unhappy
no longer.—l)e Qulncy.
"Potential Energy."
Potential energy Is that which exists
by virtue of position as opposed to
motion; that Is, nonactlve energy.
Water stored In an elevated reservolf
represents potential energy, as Its lib
eration to a lower level may be uti
lized to effect work.
Testimony of Debt to Mother.
A New York builder, who says he
owes everything he has to the teach
ings of his mother, has dedicated a
block of houses to her memory. A i
shield suitably inscribed has been at
tached to the cornice.
A(A of Washington's Official Advisers.
The average age of President Wash
ington's cabinet was less than forty
years. Hamilton was thirty-two, Jef
ferson forty-six, Randolph thirty. Cen
tral Knox thirty-nine, and Sumuet Os
good forty-tone.
Qualities Proper for Judges.
Judges ought to be more learned
than witty, more reverent than plausi
ble, more advised than confident.
Above all things. Integrity is their por
tion and proper virtue. —Francis Ba
con.
Defining Papa's Btatus.
Little Myy Jane's father had Just !
refused her request for u nickel. Turn- i
Ing to her mother, she exclaimed:
"Mamma, you are the nearest relative '
I've got, but papa is the closest."
Chance for a Two-Hour Nap.
English thenter notice "Patrons
should be In their neats before the rise
ef the curtain, as the Interest of the
play commences with the epilogue."—
Boston Transcript.
• The Long Beard.
A Nebraska man Is proud because
tils whiskers are so long he can step !
on them. How does he keep Joy riders j
from running over them? —Detroit
Tree Pr^ps.
Seek Knowledge.
To hear always, to think always, to j
learn always, It Is thus we live truly.
He who aspires to nothing, who learns 1
nothing. Is not worthy of living.-*
Helps.
Women and State Capitals.
Angusta, Maine, one of the four i
statu bearing the names of )
women, was named In honor of the '
daughter of Gen. Henry Dearborn.
Ancients Had Game Like Hockey.
Marble carvings in Athens, dutlng
from 500 B. C„ depict young men play- j
tng a game like onr modern hockey, j
Ancient Calendars.
The Egyptian calendar was Instb
tuted about the year 2782 B. C., anO
the Chinese about 2037 B, C.
Alphabets Long In Use.
Nearly 200 alphabets, ancient and
modern, ore known, jf which 50 are
now Is use.
Dally Thought
Man's best possession 13 a iympa>
the tie wife.- Euripides.
NO. 36
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Beveridge vs. Harding in
"Keynote" Ohio Speech.
Washington Correspondence.
Abolition of the Railroad Labor
Board, whose creation is claimed
as one of the Republican "achieve
ments," is being urged by Albert
J. Beveridge, Senatorial candi- *
| date in notwithstanding
President Harding's recent recom
mendation to Congress that the
powers of this body be enlarged.
transportation must
Ibe freed from the iron hand of
artificial and arbitrary govern
mental direction and placed once
more under the control of eco
nomic law," declared Beveridge
in the speech which he delivered
in Columbus, Ohio, (President
Hardiug's State), a few days ago.
It was announced that Beveridge's
address was made at the "invita
| tiou of President Harding."
In President Hardiug's addreaa
| to Cougress on»the "Strike Crisis,"
I August 18, last, lie stid:
j "The Railroad Labor Board
was created by Congress for the
express purpose of hearing and
.deciding disputes botweeu the \ 1
[carriers aud their employes, so
filial uo controversy need lead to
au iuterruptious of interstate
I transportation."
Then President Harding de
clared that the Republican ad
ministration "held that the Labor
| Board was the lawful agency if
the Government to hear and de
oido disputes," and that "its au
thority must be sustained." Still
later in the same address Mr.
Harding coutended that "the de
cisions of the board must be made
enforceable aud effective against
carriers aud employes alike."
If Beveridge is right in deem
ing the Railroad Labor Board a
failure, President Harding was
wrong in pressing the Republican
Congress to perpetuate aud mag
nify the failure. Should the Re
publican voters approve Beveridge
they can do so only by repudiat
ing the President.
Due explauatiou of this contra- *
\ dictory counsel is that Beveridge
has been so long out of the com
pany and confidence of the Old
Guard that he is not, like the
President, familiar with its plans
and purposes.
Every man starts .ife as a baby.
It is best to outgrow it.
j Truck For Hire.
Let us do your hauling of every
kind, moving, etc. Have a new
! truck. Terms reasonable.
BRAbsium & FULLER,
I Phone 650 Graham, N. C
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
; LOVICK H. KERNODLE,
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM, N. C.
! Associated with John J. Henderson.
Office over National Hank ot Alamauae
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, '
BURLINGTON, N. Q
Associated with W. S. Coulter,
No*. 7 and S First National Bank BUg.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D.
Graham, N. G.
Office over Ferrell Drug Co.
Hours: 12 to 3 aud 7 to 'J p. m., and
by appointment,
j Phone 97
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington. N. C.
Oflicc Hours: 9 to 11 a. m.
and by appointment
Ofliv Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephones: Office I tki— He»idence 64
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
Otllcc over National Baak AIUMM
T . S. C OQIC,
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