VOL. XXVIII
TedGhsrs' Assembly
Stirs Up Something
Refusing to Endorse Near East Relief
Campaign and Tabling Study of
Bible in Public Schools—Miss
Kelley Elected President; Fred
Archer, Vice-President Other
Officers Named—High School
Credit Sunday,School Work.
NORTH CAROLINA POETRY
SOCIETY LAUNCHED.
'
Tobacco Growers Celebrating Pros
ptct of 2nd Advance to be Paid
Soon
(l'.v :iax\vi;i 1, i.OKMAN.)
Raleigh,. X- 0., Dec. •">.—Ad
journing afier electing Miss Eliza
both Ke ley president and eon-'
firming 11 jh c!«c*ti>n by the execi-:
live committee of Jflles Warr n >
k * • r
us secretary, the State I ei;c iters .
Assembly left a record Icliincij
that in spots has enured considei
able criticism. Among the mat-!
tors commented ufJbn, pro and;
eon, are the Near East resolution,;
which tho assembly refused to j
adopt, and wine!; U (-it the in-!
hti.nce of Dr. Wright of the Train '
ing School for Teachers) "laid,
upon the table." Another live:
wire that' was feared by all and t
guardedly disposed of in a way 1
that put it to sloop for the time I
being at least, was the resolution
concerning tho "study of the
Bible in the public schools" of the
State.
At tho closing session of the j
assembly, after refusing to change j
the Thanksgiving week date for
the annual-meetings of tho assem- j
bly, the following elections were j
announced:
Tho direct priftiary, Missj
Shotwell for tho committee re- ]
ported, had resulted in 107 votes*
for Miss Elizabeth Kelley and 24!
for Fred Archer for the presi
dency, while 40 vijtes were scat- 1
tered between 21 other persons, j
For vice-president, the primary !
ballots showed 32 for Archer, 16 j
for Miss Ivelley, and tho others!
scattered.
13y acclamation, Miss Kelley
was' elected president, while for j
vice president, E. D* Pusoy of
Durham and Ilarry Harding ,of |
Charlotte were nominated from j
the floor. In the standing vote,
that followed, Fred Archer , re-1
cei vert 136 votes, E. I). Pusey 02,
and Harry Harding 22. Mr.
Archer was declared elected and ,
his e'ection was made unanimous.
Officers elected for the various
grouybs of tho Teachers' Assem
bly at 'final fusions include:
High School Teachers and Prin
cipals: Morris B. Mitchell, Rich
mond county, president; S. E.
Story, Trinity, vice-president, and
Miss - Pearl Briusou, Moreheart
City, secretary.
Association Grammar Grade
Teachers: Miss Nell Armlield,
Statesviile, president; Miss Johu
eie Coit, Greensboro, vice-presi->
dent; Miss l'attie Dowell, Raleigh,
secretary.
City Superintendents' Associa
tion:' W. M. Marr, High 1 'oiut,
president; Frank Ashley, Wash-,
ington, vice-president; il'»y Tay-;
lor, FrAuklinton, secretary.
. l arm Life Section: J. K.
C'oggiu, Cary, president; L. 0.
Armstrong, Stale College, secre
tary.
Credit in High School* lor Sunday
School WorL. _ i
The report of S 15. Underwood,
chairman of the committee ap
pointed to consider-Ui-* plan sub
mitted by the North Caro in t
Sunday School Association pro
viding for high school credit fori
work done in Sunday schools, was
in the main an expression of ac
cord with tho ideas involved in ,
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
' tho proposition and was adop'ed
without dissent.
j "Sunday schools and day
schools," the report stated,"should
j work in tho closest harmony and
| co-operation, and it ought to be
i possible to evolv" some plan by
which this could be done without
serious objection from any
I source."
Expressing the opinion, how
lever, that the co-operation requir
ed careful and export attention,
the committee recommended the
appointment of a commission
j composed of representatives of
tho teacher training agencies in
i tho £jtat a , the departments ot re
ligious training, denominational
j colleges, the State' Department of
[Education, am the Teachers' As
sembly to study the whole ques
tion carefully and to work out a
! schema that can be offered to the
schools of the State.
The c(imiititt ?o suggested, as a
sort of basis, school
teachers, whose work is to be ae
-1 credited by high schools, should
| possess general academic qualifi
jealioi s oil a par with require
ineiits for i certificate; courses of
study should be definitely and
! carefully worked out around the
| .railed lesson series; there si ould
be a- uniform system as to re
! quiromentstandards of work
and the details.
The Near Mast Resolution I neident.
The tabling of the Near East
relief resolution followed a i-tafe
j ment by Dr. Wright, in the
I course of which lie said:
"I don't like to throw cold
| water," began Dr. Wright, "but
; if there's any truth at all in what
I have heard, we ought to go slow
'about this Near East business."
Through an acquaintance, Dr.
Wright said, he had learned of
some facts about actual condi
tions in the Near East that did
no! agree with what, lie termed
I Near East political propaganda
l that is being spread about the
j United States. He did not go in
to details.
"Weil, so far as I am concern
led," lie added, "I am convinced I
am not'going to e>ntribute any
: thing more to the Near East. We
are not being given the truth
about the Near East.
The resolution went ta a vote,
j after a halfhearted championship
jof the Near East, and it was voted
| down 04 to 10.
Immediately the fear of tho iin -
piession this action would convey,
on the public gripped atthe hearts
of seyeral members of the assem-'
bly. Someone wanted to know if
the pap v rs would interpret the
action of the assembly as a blow
at the Near East relief. Dr.
1 Brewer could see it iu no other
light than a refusal to adopt the
resolution, which refusal left the
assembly without defining its
policy.
Mr. Coon wanted to Reconsider, I
declaring that the assembly not
having investigated the question
should take no action one way or
' another, and offered a motion to
this effect.
l "I want to leave the Near East
I Relief severely alone," he de
clared.
Dr. F. P. Ilobgood, with tho
resolution again before the assem- j
bly, "dirt not want to dry up the I
streams of liberality and syin-'
pathy for the unspeakable Turks." :
T did not for one moment in-!
; tend to condemn oiks man living!
iu America," said Dr. Wright, j
coming out in explanation of his I
original remarks. it seemed :
so, 1 apologize, f could not sit. 1
hero knowing what I know .and j
keep silent. 1 think th.e wisest!
thing iu the world is to'lay this j
thing on the table and let it stay I
t here."
This week Mi Armenian living
in Richmond is "challenging" Dr. |
Wright to discuss the subject in '
some "public forum" any where in :
North .Carolina, but Dr. Wright,
probably has other fish to fry.
1,. and 11. Association Mrftiug in
Kalelgh.
Programs for the North Caro- i
lina Literary and Historical As.- j
suci it ton,"which meets nere De
cember 7 and H, are out.
Tta-i first meeting will beheld in i
the Woman's Club at 8 o'clock j
I'hursdiy night, December 7. At I
jthat hour fulfilling President.W. I
K. Boyd's annual address, R«v. |
Dr. John E White, president of]
Anderson College, will address!
the society ou "1890-1000 —The'
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1922
Turn of the Tide for Popular
Education iu North Carolina."
Another announcement of in
terest is made by Secretary R. B*. !
House, who say- of one feature:
"At the session of the Stale
Literary and Historical Assoaia-j
tion there will be orzani • d a!
North Carolina Poetry Society
along t\ ■ .ii. >of the South Caro-,
lina Poetry Society . Mr. Dußose |
I ley ward of Charleston, president'
of the South Carolina
tion, has heen invited to Raleigh
for the morning session, Decern-:
ber S, to assist ill the work of
organic itioii."
Study Course lor Commitnlly Schools. »
The North Carolina I'hysical
Education Association, in its t>*i.»t-1
ing here, was asked by t-,e St tte'
Depart ment of Public Welfare to ;
appoint a committee to out lii.o
course of study ill pI.VSIC;' ecu,-,
cation lor lie elementary >.•!. >.i '«
of t lie SI at ■■. Tli .• a*■>•>(•..it ion m•-I ;
in its t-hiri! anoiitl s"s.->e a.: h i
Miss -Mary Coleman, i.. ihe Nor:!. I
Carolina Co!lf*go for m •:t, pre- j
si : i'fig, ii. t !'.■• ab: t :)••■ t ■ >■> i i . I
dent. Sneaker* n a■'■ ■ • X c
Camp, supervisor 01-'o 1 -' p!i\••>' ai i c
e.iiioi! i 11 j 11* 11" teu;:nt. ; . r.
• >lac.» p , supervisor'}:: iiy a!
ed'ieatio.i in Wilson \a:n'y; ~i.>. '
Wellon, of Sain ucaud M..:.0r.
Tobacco Cirowers* Mci l;i
Widespread enta i- '••.> m of •...»'
organized tobacco "gn Aor> in ; ais •'
State following the s»u"i , » , .-».> of in.' |
Tobacco Growe.s' "..'o opi-ra i ive I
Association in winning a so,-oud ,
legal victory, and auaoiiiieeiuoiit
of a second cash advance io gr iw- :
ers, payable iti the near iut lire, I
has resulted in t lie c illing'of Hirel
ings by the ineiubers of the
ciation in a dozen coiia ie.s da.-
ing the nt'.xt ten days.
A mass meeSiug of association
members front Person county w.l
take place aP the court house in
Koxboro next'l.ilesda.\ it J o'eioidc,'
followed by similar novl in ou
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, at Durham, Ox-,
ford, llcnuerson and Raleigh, re- j
spectivelv, while in 'Caster'; Caro
lina members of the tobacco and!
cotton associations j an forces in j
welcoming Dr. Clarence Poe, Dr. j
/Kilgore, J. 11. WorKsof Kentucky , I
and J. E Rogers of Viiginui inl
discussing their connuon problems j
and celebrating tho smaess oi
co-operative during its'
first aud hardest, year in North
Carolina.
The Tragedy of Lodge.
From the Spring, -el Republican. '
With a plurality over 'olonel l
(iaston of ou Us- S, llio, Mr. dge
will be a miwoi ity senalor in t he
sense 'hat he is the choice of a
minor:t> oi ae voters of Mass *
chusetts. Mr. Ne i"ills' vo'o add-j
led to Colonel Gaston's cake a f
I total anti-L idge vote so far in ex-1
Cess of the vote tie- senator re
ceived* that he can no longer pro-,
J fess to represent a majority of the
electorate. The majority of his
own constituents have rejected)
him after he hart made a personal
appeal to th«m for another h-rm. i
He gets the t rut, but me i
seem to him more like a rertn nrt
the house of correction thaa in ie
i LFuited States Senate.
J As the leaded of the RiquibliCan j
party irt this State .i r. Lod ;e j
lean hardly survive the ,
' ing blow his t*r ti_ j has re-i
cei veil. * *
1 Mr. Lodge led ai* party I i a!
; virtual disaster by .ov-sing l.!-" 1
iwn eiuims upon i:. Aip r ,- -h '
n bluii'lt' , his posi',uii - mur*-j
jlllicoin OI ibl", *eV 'lt 111 f I e ij I 1
{ miliat ing, than if wosnd have b. en
i had he been aeta.itly \!ef«*ateii.-
(He retains his office, u»it '.lie sub
j stance of power has left h:ai. He,
has lost tremendously in inllueiici- |
|iu both m t!i* Seriate ,
land at the While House At ;
| home the politicians w ih i,i> li»ng"j-1
lyiehl unquestioning obedieii"eto|
him. They will all begin prompt-j
ly searching the horizon for ihe
| new party leader.
Neither friend nor enemy r> i!>!
| have wished Mr. Lo !g; to fa"« a
|troubled futur*» v-iih his hand-*
j withered and his voice enfeeblwi
i by tho Hay Suite s vote of "no
I confidence."
——
| Earliest Versions o: Roman civil'
|lii>v were essentially religious;
j until 50t) B. C. -
Rio de Janeiro ban one of
i 1 world's finest uatur..; harbors. !
« i
IS MAN'S FRIEND
r
Volcano Wrongly Considered as
an Enemy.
Furnishes Carbon Dioxide, Without
Which There Could Be No Animal
Life Possible.
It illicit ho ii surprise to many to bo
.old that the tire-spitting, luvcvipout
ng, earth-rocking volcano is one of
auiiikind's best friends rat her than his
ij - U ci. any, but such was the surpris
, ;ideclaration to the conference of ,
•leogrupby of the National Kducatiou ;
) issue iation of Boston,
j The most tremendous volcanic erup- |
' Lion of his'ory, tlint of Mount Katmal 1
'in Alaska, in IJH2, described in this
* . I
onnoction by I >r. Itobi . t 11.I 1 . tiriggs, \
j leader of several pnria* sent to the j
si- 'i • of tiie cal n lys ii by the National t
: . i» J-;:' il: i• sm"' t\, alel who discovert' I I
I'l l V i ley of Till Tlim'sind Smokes,
I vain id's neighbor nui.'lrr o( i:n ure. j
Ma .1 fid's ''" Ii! '■> the volcano ha-i
i • ■.) imojv fi.||. r, cgid-ed by ■fsult ■! j
I : ■'"i■ a r i . relies, says a I ullei •>
. ' - ■ ; . ; i: : ' .it- 'ill' ''a' . '
mil Ill's It Is now belie .e , |
rli.T \v• • 1 :.• 1 no oeei.n, and 'o vl- !
•; lii s v e !,!" ■ iudebti i fur eaiben 1
1 I' ni'le, \v i! 111 '; t which life coll Id not
i ?Nl-t.
'J"! i■ ■ ex; •!•> i : .:• K .11 ma I, the confer- 1
eiioi' wa . '"I . 'a-; unnoticed tie- I
• mis-i* it >vn far from the ei n('"-s |
! J.' e;\llls'. I'ioii. Had the eruption «•- J
| ■iirre.r i':« :• ' New York city, tlit? btilie
-I'in i eel. r 'S, the shl fa nes j
would hii \ i.' poi luted the air every- j
ivhere east of the Kooky mountains; j
j the noise v.oulil have reverberated like !
jin artill ay duel across the central I
'■talis. '.I" 111 • lower Hudson, itself would I
' have In eu ttin.ed into u gigantic tomb.
However, due to the lack of popula
tion it that far region, there was no i
loss of i,fe. and the eruption provides
scientists and geographers now one of ,
t Iheir greatest opportunities to study j
tin* ]i!iei:o:uciia of the cataclysm. *
Timugli 'generally unaware of the
eruption until long after, every itibeb- i
itant of tic country, mid almost of the
world, felt Its elToots, one of which
ju as the cobl (lamp summer of I'.iUJ. |
! This was caused lr the Intercept ioli I
1 i
iof sun •..'lit by the lotij,-hanging (inst
cloud in the upper air. liven in cioud
i less Sahara, it was declared, the slty
| was overcast.
j A succession of such mighty explo
sions could plunge the earth into an
[tether Ice age, it is believed.
An ana around K itmal, larger than
the State of was covered
that stiuinier by inoTe than a foot of
i volerinlc ash. which was enough to de
stroy all 4 but. the hardiest of vegetn
j tion. When the e .plosion occurred
! two cubic miles of material were blown
oft the top of the mountain, and the
present whereabouts of the mountain
top is still a mystery to scientists.
1 The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,
1 from which arises virtually millions of
steam jets in a scene of unsurpassed
grandeur and beauty, is believed to
I hav(V been un aftennatii of the cata
i clysm.
President Wilson turned aside from
U.e stress of war to make this region
a national monument second to none In
, the world. Willi# the country is so re
mote that the few white men who have
i'li"iei| its wonders have been members
|of the society's expeditions, the edu
cators were told, it Is eusily accessible
i from a sheltered bay christened In
! honor of the society, and a .aO-mllo
! roadway dl some day place It within
the compass of the automobile tourist.
Mason and Dixon Line.
F >r years and years we have heard
| the M son arid TdXoti illle dl«cumed.
; Orator- urn! w rl:er- haw up'.! n of
\ 1 ' ii; on and I'i\ oll !ln" an I th. -
f'.:l.: ti.'i;la,• bo':'..! dU lid ft ■
) North and South wav tin- jra.-t tit r*
-4 n at':. I-o j 1..' I. :.'| Its |, j v.'l -i
. -d •' rnyvhere fro:,. 11: -n-I.■»
; ! i lat'.-noo-"-. The /.'her. day whilo
j ceiling S i !: f.-ora u I,ll' ■* trip I h:ip
-1 pore I to |ovethear a j • ting I c ;;,ec
' fte!.. ; ivoia. n evlted.'y en lalin :
• "Whr; ♦t'nf *!gji can't reirtfy mark
..the Mti«i n , r.-l hiii n line; why, that
{: way down . " Utile did she
P Ppr. i-i-lti- fl l I'll' r that this bo-;, d; ; y
»• 1 - it 'I many a lies north of W.ish-
I Inst ' an ' that he no ires- stat.on
jon flo ed |road l;ne I Ir-a iliii. —■
j Washingt-.ii Star.
Burglars Laugh at Police.
The v. ildes* fbtlon writer would not
hove dare I t > pat It In a story, but
Scotland Yard Itself van visited by
burglars tiie other day. The s.-otih
ranrr homo of erlrnlnni JnKtice, which
no utrangtr un enter without being
| asked ids busineJh at every turn, was
thought to l.e the one place thieves
would • let alone, but eurly morning
visitors entered the lost property
room within a few feet of ;i score
lor more of reserv*s, apparently
I'lng right by a man patrolling outside
j jind got uway with several hundred
j, dollars worth of "valuables.
» C
WOGJ SEASONED BY OZONE
French Scientist Seems >io Have
Solved Problem Which Has Long
Puzzled Furniture Makers.
Oreen wood warps, as* is well known,
and plano-jiiakers are obliged to keep
wood for a period of ten years or
moße before they can convert It into '
| piano frames, and In the building
trade timber often remains In the
| yard for several years before It can |
be fashioned into doors and window
saslics. This is to permit It to dry
thoroughly. I'ntll the sap has ex- i
hausted Itself, the wood Is liable to
warp. The holding up of large stacks
of timber In this way Js expensive j
and eveedlngly tiresome when this
I wood Is required urgently. Some have
j attempted to overcome the difficulty
! by dehydrating or drying the timber
jln specially constructed ovens, but
| without much succ s Now a French
[ .scientist. M. Otto, has discovered that
j all hinds of wood ran be seasoned [
i rapidly an I elilcl 'ntlv by means of
ozone.
j lie I-s 'St.-'iHs'as a fai-'ory In
; Paris a ao- c • ■ .Milan, . i Italy,
j 1' IV i" • . s.n'i a s ul' IVI I a e
be ng i. ■ *'i■ •! hv the i.i . proee-s. la |
j two i fresii y 'ut timber is ready
| fir the cabinet liial.er, and is as dry
as if.it had been exposed to tile air
for years. The timber is laid In spe
cial, iuL) f -'iambi s, through which j
i " "i i' -o '■ to "s i t a uniform
Ihe t. 11 'ir - a r hi lily charge I
I -villi I"1 eh trl ii ell |1
| FISH T! ;.T CARRY |
J Dar.isb Deep-Sea* Expedition Brinfls j
Back N*ws of Pecu'iar Specimens
of Deep-Sea Denizens.
Fl h and "sea devils" which carry
.l:\ntirns and eleetrlc-like lamps with
| which to find their way In the coal-
I black depths of the ocean are among
the hitherto unknown curiosities of na
ture brought hack by the Danish deep
sea expedition under Dr. Johannes
j Schmidt, the well-known ocean ex
plorer. _
His ship, the steamer Dana, has Just
j returned to Copenhagen with a vnst
amount of new data of greatest inter-1
est to natural scientists and a col lee
j Hon of deep-sea Inhabitants never be-
I fore seen.
The expedition was particularly
equipped with Instruments' and appar
atus for deep-sea explorations and rec
ords. The greatest depth reached was
about four mile?. Out of the styglan
depths of lli.ofiO feet, or three miles,
where eternal Egyptian darkness
reigns, a "sea devil" was brought up
which, on a wire-like tentacle project
ing I'rom his head, had a small spheri
cal ball electric-like lamp. Tills bail
gives a red light when the fish swims.
Other fish out of the ocean darkness
had lantern like bulbs giving light.
One of the discoveries of the expe
dition is that the Bermuda Islands are
the central breeding places of the. eel,
uml It Is claimed that Ihiropean eels
cross the ocean from the Bermudas.
Was That Possibility.
A little girl of six cat looking
thoughtfully out of the window of her
home the other day. Her mother ques
tioned her as to the cause of tier seri
ousness,
"Ob," she replied, "I was Just think
ing that when I grow up to lie u big
' lady I'm going to get married and
have three children."
Her mother, although very much
fTurj/rfscd, was also amused.
"Vou will tie very fortunate Indeed,"
refilled the fond parent.
"The little Tnlss g+ew silent and
thoughtful again. -K'tattly she *nld :
"I!t:t, of course, y ill can never tell,
Inother, I might ai. rry a I,join lor."
Slifl'tly f 1 .»e I.
Ama •'•■ti to M i i •k.r, ■nd her |
1 r -I , i i tii i. nan .we t
j . -,. "M l ■ ,II re 1 ,'fi '.l t tl: hou
; ■ 'r
•"A Ii! ■ nat ,e, le ' ii d the J
j an.
'.'I.H ' I'm l:i r," I;:.s U'lel the older
• C'ofl 'i»r, I'M'" J'iSnwl in tJx*
' nl" ■ h :rr'. ' v.
a' r - ..ii t' ■' t an * ' plu-h aad
; but - lis ;.. led t lie -.i\ ii .' - l in door
: V. !I'| a ! '!)• 'II a f •' I profe
!.' !•.; , i« i . I tl t i ii t . . ■ ■ Id t . f
! (-•aiij ay. with th* cot vul hg an
! i.ou".—fin t: "Miss Cooker and Miss
( '>' II * 'Ht
Not From Mars.
j The mysterious radio messages,
,' wlilc'i Marconi thought might lie from
Mars, are traced to 4lo:lr source. Tliey
".ere gent out by I >r, Irving Langmulr
from the General Fleetric laboratories
ut K(lanectiidy, X. X, , wave
length was l.Vt/KlO meters.
It Is human nature to look for an ex
plahntlou far "IT, Instead of cl/ise at
band. We seldom See things right un
) dc r our nose.
i The Martlon radio fllrver, however,
. dots nat prove that people do cot lire
, 'on Marx. After talking to us awhile
I ind getting a line on present eondi
j tions on earlti, they'd probably "hang
uy tiie receiver" with a bung.
NEW YORKERS BURNING WOOD
Builders, It I* Said, Arc Being Bo- •
sieged by Householder* Asking
for Old Lumber.
Householders In all parts of New i
York, according to the observations ot |
policemen, are collecting a grea't deal j;
of firewood this fall. This Is taken to
indicate that many of them are an
ticipating a coal shortage during the
coming winter.
In backyard sections everywhere It
Is a common sight to see the male |
members of the family busily engaged
In splitting hoards and lumber into
kindling wood. This firewood, as a ]
householder expressed It, Is not In- ;
tended to supplant coal, but to help i
save it. 11
"At this time last year," a builder"
sold, "I used to give wood away occa
sionally when I was tearing down or
repairing old buildings. I used to j
hang out a slim reading, 'Wood given I
I away fr;c for the usking.' My only j
stipulation VMS that persnr.« applying
, for it, HIHUIM curt It ;R : or tl
selvs. I; i: ay urprt • i wh
tell you 11i;it my wo 1 «. vent I
I ting. It 1.-. (|uiti- tllfferi 'lis \
I (Ui not liiivi; to hang oil :i tn;
every day I am b-i'.;i>»l hy men,
wotiit'n and children soliciting old lus
her for firewood. There are so many
of the-e .in*' ii'ants flint I hi: *e to turn
; n.osi i f 11 . i i ;i\vii£.
"1 ii .i sure that tin's demand f- *.fire
wood :.ie n> Th.it nu:■ h more wo . ( | Is
going to l.e luiriii I iii fires this winter
than It: tiie pa>t."
PUTTING IT UP TO INSMITH j
Mr. Fijjit Wnnts to Know Why Stove
pipe Is Always Adjust-d to
Such Small Dimensions.
One of the unsolved mysteries of
everyday life Is why a stovepipe man
will always make u stovepipe too
small. Give him the old pipe as a
pattern and he will send a new piece
that can't he put on even with a shoe
horn, remarks a New York Sun writer.
FlJJlt had a bandage ground his
finger when he got to the office the
other morning and explained that Ij#
had vainly tried to adjunt a piece of
stovepipe that was too small.
"If It had been an Inch too large
It would have been all right," he said,
"for It rested on the stovo and could
not come off. Hut that tUismlth be
lieved In a snug fit, and he made the
pipe so small that I hart to send It
hack after working with It tor half
an hour and cutting my finger."
Two other men In the office said
they had similar experiences the last
week and no one could offer an ex
planation of the thusness of the
stovepipe. . |
Irrigation In South Africa.
The biggest irrigation works In
South Africa and second only In the
whole of Africa to the Assuan dam on i
the Nile, has Just been completed. The I
works, known us the Lake Mentz con
servation works, are located In the
Sunday's Hlver valley near Port Kllzu
beth. The union government financed
the undertaking to the extent of over
.rj.MKM'iOO In the Interest of land set
tlement and to further the develop
ment of the agricultural resources of !
the unions- The dam Impounds 25,700,- j
«> m >.«mmt gallons of water and the area I
submerged is 4.5 MM) acres. Subsidiary j
works lower down the Sunday's river, j
I I n*t rncted by private enterprise at a
. i -t of s:s,*lo,ooo consist of three dl
' version weirs and canals extending
over -I'M• miles. The scheme alms at
intensive cultivation, under a perma
i i nt water xffpply, of an area of over
•jo.OnO Mcrufti'
"Rebuildln'j" Carth'^e.
'!! ov. r the rn't- an'
:_-e .11.. Hi • tig h ;
in hi-torj, Is a i i city
. .1 ~1 vi l, ( >. An lie _ -ts t
.• .i .it if tids building ,s ,ierin ii**l
.n'iiiue, tl.elr e avii': ion work
he seriously hampered, as the
proprietors object to Invasions of
nils hy workmen, ro mutter.
1 • •; of 1 Ntory may lie uti
le 'l s . o Kri*neh goverrment
i i. i of line depart; lent of Vujlis
a ple>» nf ground on
' ■ r the old city, and iiefore
• tit; • n.eir house started to find
i. i' "v!i ,t i.as und'-rneath the fttrfaee.
.! patient digging they discovered
•eiaple of Tanlt. Unless the French
nove.'iiment stops the sale, rent estate
ngents will shortly put on th.j market
some 210 acres of the site (if Carthage
at a total sale prleo of $200,000.
"White Slavery."
White slave traffic wa- formerly ex
tensive in Europe, America, parts of
Asia, Africa and Australia. The sup
pression "of the tmflic was agreed
upon hy an.lnternational treaty signed
May, 1904, by representatives of
France, Germany, Great Hrltaln, Italy,
Hussla, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium,
Holland, Spain, Portugal, Norway and
Switzerland. The United States sig
nified Its adherence to the treaty la
1008.
NO. 44
BIG POULTRY SHOW
To be Held at Mebane December
27 to 29.
The biggest county event of the
' holiday season will be the Poultry
! Show at Mebane December 27, 28
and 29. There is not a farmer in
tho county that should fait to
either exhibit or, at le.st, spend
one day at the show studying the
characteristics of the different
breeds. Po fry raising on a
small scale, through llie Pied
mont territory at least, is becom
ing a main crop on tho farms, in
stead of a side line as' often
spoken of.
The eggs and culls from the
main flock, and buitcrfat from a
few cows are fast becoming the
main source of income on many
well managed farms.
Successful farming in this ter
ntiryis not that yfrried on by
ho r fanners. If the real truth
«er • known, i belie, o we would
I id that the big farm has been a
I .udrance to sucuefc* instead of
an asset.
That farmer who constantly
se-»-> tl at a :ew shoa s are raised
and ai e mat koted well, selling the
butterl'at from a ft .v well-fed
cows, feeding the si;im-milk to
pigs, ca!v it- or chickens, selling
llio surplus iruits and vegetables
when market affords it, selling
perhaps a fewjcort'.s of wood rais-
a. plenty ot rough feeu and
some to hell; who keep* 50 to 100
well-cared-lor hens; who alw.tya
makes it a practice tfl carry a load
to the market for hale when gong
to town —ttiat man and wife v. ill . J
raise his family well, will have tho
average comforts of life, aud will
be a desirable citizen in auy com
munity. • ...
Come lo the Poultry Show and
study one of the main sources of
income iroin the farm.
W. KEKK SCOTT,
County Agent.
Home helps: Having company
drop in is an easy matter. All you
Have to do is need a shave.
»6 quickly relieves Colds
and LaGrippe, Constipation,
Biliousness and Headaches.
No point iu Scotlaud is more
than 4M miles from sea water.
j Truck For Hire.
Let us do your hauling of every
kind, moving, etc. Have a new
truck. Terms reasonable.
BKAPSIUW & FULLEI,
Phone 650 Graham, S. CJ
PROFESSIONAL CARDS •
LOVICK H. KERNODLE,
Attorncy-at-Law,
GKAH/iM, N. C.
' A*soclated with John J. Henderson.
Office over National Hank oi Alamtuii
THOMAS D. COOPER*
Attorney and Counsdlor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with W. S. Coulter,
No:. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg.
S. C. SI'OON, Jr., M. D.
urabam, N. C.
Ollice over i'eireli Drug Co.
I jurs: 2 to 3 and 7 to a p. in., and
by appointment.
Phone 'J7
GRAHAM HARDEN, M.D.
Burlington, N.C.
Ollice Hours: it to it a.m.
1 1 »n«l liy ippointnnnt
11 Ollice Over Acme l>rug Co.
' I Telfiiliones; Ollice I Hi—Ket-ldciice 'i64
i I
; JOHN J. U£Nls£R .ON
Attorney-at-Law
| CRAHAM, N. t.
Qlllcc over National Banko! AlaouiM
: T, S. COO
Attornay -at- La«r
■ i RAH AM. .... N. 0
unco Patterson Building
Second Floor. . . .
| DR. WILLUOMUK.
. . . DENTIST . : :
. SrihiHi, .... North Carolina
L I OFFICE IN PARIS BUILSIUTI