VOL. XLYIIi
New Lawmakers
Gathering in Raieigh
Only 15 Republicans—3 Senators,
12 Representatives.
Last State Fair Largely in Debt and,
Legislature May Take Action.
(BY MAXWELI, GOJCiAN.)
Rrtleish, N. C., January 2, .
1923. —Members of lV now Leg"
islature have been n. riving in
Raleigh for several days anil at
this writing there is a "quorum'
ready to b trin work in the two
brandies, with Lieutenant Ho\ •
ernor Cooper p.esuliig in t.ie
Senate and with Speaker Dawson
handling the reins in l Li" I louse, i
With only three Uepnliioanl
senators and a dozen Republican
members of the House, 1.01 much
interest attaches to ilie formality
of a show at "organization" oh
tne minority in the General As j
SvMiibly, HaVmoro and Cowles ai-e|
the t«>> outstanding liyu it-.x |
among the Republicans, but lliH
Republican representation (small
est on record) is so insignificant |
that its opposition or advocacy of)
any parti' nlar lino ot legislation
will cut scarcely any figure in
h enactmen of legislation ihis ;
yeur.
Senator Yarser of Robeson and I
Representative Doughton, wh 1j
.so successfully in the
last Legislature as chairmen of
the Finance committees of the
two branches, are at the head of
the same committee again, the
most important of all, although
announcement of all the C9inmit
tee chairmanships are not made 1
formally, as yet.
The session promises to be the
most important and interesting
one of many years, and the work
which will be unfolded as the ,
session advances will verify the
prediction. Ther» is not so ,
much of a rush lor "jobs" as in '
former years, and one reason for
this is that few people can come
to Raleigh and live respectably
(not to say comfo v '.ably) on the
small pay allowed by law—,he
old pay, but with the cost of liv
ing in this city increased any
where from fifty to seventy-five
per cent over that of a few years j
aeo. Still, there are not a few j
who (perhaps froin'force of habit)!
cling t > old places they have held,
-for years, and some new appli
cants Who want to try it out on I
"starvation wages". Those who|
land the "jobs" will have afatj
chance to "reduce" their avoir
dup tis while -here. That much
can be said, anyway.
Opposition is Weak.
Governor Morrison finds the
legislative avm friendly to the ex
ecutive branch of the State gov
ernment from the start, which is
an important condition. For it!
requires co-operation and hearty
co-operation at that between tiie
two to insure smooth and safe leg
islative operation of the machine-'
ry of government.
One does not hear so much of'
the so-called "Bailey program" of
legislation at this time. The rid ]
ieule which his recent "Message
to the Legislatuie" invited andj
provoked plus the "omnipresent|,
ego" o i Josiah William, which al-j
ways stands out in red '.r glit- j
ter in all of Bailey & effusions,
have ii?td a dampening effect, es
pecially since th« Governor pulled
.his lellor to him a;ipon' ! ng for the*
ttppoiutiueut of Col. * atts, who
lias siuce encounteied liniiey'r?'
crude attempt at political dentist-1
ly, because iJaitey lo'ind limit
\Vn jti was not warming up very |
rapi l.'y to support .Jo-hili Willium
ft.r the run lor governor next (
time..
Them is one danger which the'
new Legislature. will have toi
guard against—cock-sureuess.
of its lopsided plilicnl!
complexion ther- is always IIMHIT
' a legislative b-aiy overdoing d
iielf where there hiv I» Ulm J>
majorities. There are ae»eial
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
members who aro loaded with i
I "little bflls" which if allowed to 1
! pass would endanger the repeti-j
I tion of even an 80,000 majority.
But there aro also a number ol'j
safe men on guard, it is comfort-r
! ing to note, and wl en the curtain j
is rung down March sth it isl
I hoped and believed that the rec-|
lord will show tha' this, the most!
overwhelmingly Democratic Leg-,
| islatur of all, was true to thei
best interests of the State and its
11) ople—ALL the people.
Governor Morrison spent New!
Year's day in Lumberton, the 1
first visit, there since lie became j
'Governor, and was the guest of >
i Mr. and M rs. A. \Y. McLean, at!
whose home Gover"(?r Morrison!
and daughter, with their nosts,!
held an informal reception Mou-j
day afternoon.
>-a\ Take r The Stale fair.
Mrs. Vatule-hilt's "Ohio ldi>a' : '
in in.f. -r named Walbrro, who so
ruihlo-aly kicked out many ofi
| the Jule Carr and Joe i'ogue ae-!
|cessj/UM that went far iO loot,
the bi 1 ol conducting a State
Fair for many years, fell short by
in making ends meet last
October. Since then thai snoop:
of the Fair comu ittee ha.- irh'd
to issue §1)0,OOd in bonus (wk h :
I mortgage-on .he Lair grounds; to j
pay the deli-it and spend
000 tanre ui discharging, other j
[obligations. iJut they hav ) met
wit.i such opposition that there is
i now a plan making to have the
State "take over", the Fair and
its property and future conduct.!
Mrs. Vanderbilt's* rich name!
dcesn's mean anything to paying!
the bills of the Fair, which mis-:
taken, plus some unpopular at-1
t'tudes assumed by the "Ohio,
Idea", manager's "mismanage-!
North Carolina affairs,!
partly was responsible for.
If the resu finally reached j
will insure a c;.ff rout "manage
ment" next Fair, it would be'
possible yet to restore the third j
week in October- each year, asaj
week of reunion and rejoicing of
thousands of North Caroliniaas
ail over the State. The manage
ment of the last fair is credited :
with the statement that "those j
who do not like that sort of a
Fair can abstain from attending."
But pgople who live in North]
Carolina know that all the peo
ple who come to Raleigh to attend j
and enjoy a State Fair are notj
all alike —and it is a safe bet !
that unless the word goes down
the line in time, that llie next
Fair shall NOT be entirely like
the last one, the deficit will be
greater, and not more than half
the usual number of people com
ing ' « re for years and years >ull
| attend.
And that is something. While
j it is uocess iry to make the Stale
' Fair self-sustaining, it is also im-1
| portant to provide a week of en
joyment in which ALL classes of
j North Carolina folks can enjoya
! bly participate. The Fair can re-1
tain all of its newly acquired;
"respectability" and at the samel
time provide features that the !
| "common people" like to see and
enjoy and spend money on.
Governor May Aik Legislature.
In this connection Mr. W. N.I
Jones, a metrbi ;• of the executive!
iOinmiltee of the N. (!. Agricul-
I tiural Society, and who lias active-'
ly figu.'eu in the conduct of the
St;;te Fair for many years, said:
j"Tlie society through i s proper
'officers has proposed to the State
to ttrn over tins propert , wortn ;
'between two hundred and three
' hundred thousand dollars, subject'
|to the bonded indebtedness and
the unsecured indebtedness, to
! use for a periempn exhibition of'
jour State development, agricul
-11;. rally, industrially and +n inanu
!facturing, a K. ir toji'o operated
'•here one we«k in each-year.- the:
whole con rol to be uud r officers
appointed t>y the Slate, and the;
tgruunds to t« used verv largely j
as an adjunct in the development j
lot the Sln'e by o .r State College. I
! 1 have seen in the papers Hint
[Governor .Morrison says that this
proposition has his approval an I
will tecum mend th'e same to the;
I,e 'l-i.lt 11 e.
1
Four years n > « i!y l«vo cow*
j iii the lixperii ■>.' Station herd
at. Willard prodnc d as much as
>3OO pounds of butler fat ,in one :
»e.ir They did thi«> ouce only..
N'.iw the entire ht d is averaged
over 3b i pounds for the past two
year*.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 4, L 923
'.DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
HELP WOMEN SAVE
MONEY ON CLOTHING.!
Alamance Women Are Savec! $1275
on 425 Hats.
1 —!
Raleigh, N. C. Jan. -. —A very |
Ipooular phase of demonstration j
I work f' r women and girls in Lii'i:. i
I was the clothing schools held in I
the rural communities and at the '
county seats by the Lome agents. I
! From early spring to Christmas!
thesn have been going on along i
; with the gardening, poultry, a'tnl
i food 'work, stats Mrs. Jane S.
' McKiinmoii, in charge of t his work
! for the Agriculture Extension Ser
! vice.
j The Alamance home agent re-
I ports "In March the court rooTTT
• was converted if.to a w-rk s'.ie>
and til" u:e:i ca i •• , ;oi: it
over ' he eonnty i > le • r n .-i'.i
ha's /or tiKunselves atal to natch I
jolliers make t'!ie;.i. l"ii ! 1-
lo'.ved by a '.wo l ij" si-he 1 in 1 ,'-
teen '•Mnrniinities when 11 > vc i
able home-made i.a s v.e.e ui i b . j
it' these liats we.e valji' >' ' t 'iv:|
1 doll a" . oaf 'i and two ibiLars .v».,s
al' »w il for expei.se o.' matirial,)
tlr> Vouiea of cc nit -.1.1 |
i have made a total saving ot .
' $1 27.3,'J0."
From tiie Frankliti agent itites,
this .-?iory. "At ui.e meeting a'
winn iti brought ati ol . s'n.u hatj
tha' was utterly hopeh >s. When i
I told her that it seemon im o>si-|
ble to do anything with it, she
said, 'Wed, U it IUMUS t'.»r nri to
j stay at home all summer, for I j
Ican't buy a it>vv me.' I
j "I slid let's pas ihecro.va ove
!a bucket, giv'eVtlie entire hr.t t w>» j
{coats of polish and see how it |
Hooks." After it wis wired and '
I reshaped the result svas iiube-j
lievable and the woman was de
lighted. A small bunch of pan-'
isies and some cleaned and pressed
ribbon tastily arranged completed
j the transformation at a cost of
seventy-fivo cents.
Mrs. McKimmou says that se
lecting suitable designs and pat
I terns for' dresses, ami making
idress forms for convenience in
fitting were some of the other
I demonstrations that frequently
kept the agent with interested
women for all day meetings. After
'one such meeting a little boy in
Moore county th -uked the agent
i for teaching his women folks how
to make a dress form as formerly
lie hal to serve as the unwilling
model when mother wished to fit
a dress to send to sister wao was
away at school.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ,
1-LOOI) TLL UNIVERSITY.
In Two Years 437 Increase at Uni
versity.
j Cor. of The Gleaner.
Chapel Hill, Jan I'he flood
of s'udetits from the high.schools
of North Carolina is threatening
!to swamp the University •• nd the
colleges of the State.
At the University there aro 'i'-Vd
more students than' Ii year au>
aud -1.17 inure than two years ago.
The most-eo-aservat ive estimates
•place the V.tal at e i I u :e t .
j'ea.'S lienc » a', Tii- !
chances are that .t wi„ be . r • t« r I
than that.
li. C. Brook ■>, >' r u• .
tende.it oi [) ibiie :.,st r.! ,,! 10.1, nr.
the executive cu.iim/ti e i>t t!i
Trustees ii.* ot.lie lay ' ia' 'i
uitinber of gradual slr . .. e- i,
Carolina seh iols m-xt Ju:;e
waa etLpec isd to Ie .j ,!)/. .Moi-e
than half of the, ;.r a ihitious
to g(* on IrjiiftMjh iiiiii. o c...-
ie t e, and tll« higher nisi i:lit H>;IS I
iare hard put l' ii to i"i>, ruom 101 j
them.
I aree uinv ii >rn..i r e.s i >.• n i,
a: tiie chief t'li.H* of the iw>>-
; }"e»r building program which tli"
i University 1 is ees itr - asking
iue legislat.iie lo pwjv. lu for.
i'liey are needod ti, "c »."e of
the .it udents that are sure 'o eo nej
in Wiiliiii the aex two yea.s. (
they a e not built li « re \>i!. either!
tie unhealiliv crowding or npjdi-|
eafiTS will haVe 7o t>e turned *
»lWa_v
Another item mi 1 th * program |
■is a wotnen'rt "Uilding. This was
proposer) to the l')".' 1 legislature, |
but the decision v, as to [lostponej
i:
A Happy and Prosperous New
j Year. I
! LEADS IN HOME OWNERSHIP
T
! According to Population, Canada Is at
the Head of All Nations In
That Respect.
Cnnnd.i hns n Inruer perrentnpp of
j home owners In Its population thnn
| any other nation, aeoorilinc to recent
ly compiled figures of the census •de
j partniepf?
j —Kemlim, Ontario, lends nmonß Cann
! d'nn cttles with 80 i>or cent of lis In
i hubltnnts owning their own homes.
Hamilton and Calgary have 00 per
! cent heme owners, Toronto 58 per
! cent. Halifax r»1 per cent, •lcouver
45 per cent, lOdinonton 45 per cent,
Winnipeg 14 per cent, Ottawa 40 per
\;nt, .Montreal 5 per cent.
Montreal, the largest city in C'asnda, i
pulls d't.vn the general nverage to :!5
per cent for ihe ten cities. Taking
Into consideration the country dls-
Vtrlcts, It Is hel!evei hy census ex-
V>i f tt t nearly "•(> per n' e ' t'. ■
'p( >!■ • nf i[) ..v i tin : r iv i
' 'a> a l.i is r In Mil of far 1
| o .'i .'»• s ,*her • lie ten if en ier 1,« a- ,
n.f. ii- l;ni» n.
Ti ' 1 n ei'iis ru ( r-d tie ilg re
ran; • i i men!) -r of ri ieences I'ron.
n.noo to 1:;- of "2 • ities in the
| T'ni• "! •shite, with a population of
I 1 to.ei.n 'ii .re. only two. I'e.s Motnes
• • ! ami Hit Ms, il Is ilerlurr I. ha •
I U "O ;ier • >ni *m palatinn o'* heme lavn
| « rs. ' >ps Me t.es te;,s tiie :st with •" 1.1
pi . 1 or,' wh'ie ' • i nt tiupids has urly
' i la • fr I',"- Mit eovernn nt
st e -t.i-n '.l ft • I ail Mm] Stales > low
I ti it T>. : ue cent t tli ,peeple of tins 1
it' ! -'talis nwii t'lelr own homes;
| an.l ..4. ,Pr cent live in rented |tiar- (
| t,,rs - .
i GOT ViniFUATIOU FROM DAD'
| Sn.ll 1 B>y Satisfied That Malachy
W s Rigi.t About the Steering j
Gear of Bulldogs.
An eminent college professor Is tlis
father of a small hoy who Is very oh- I
I servant and ilv|iilsitive, and Is t lie ein- j
' ploy or of a a. ,n who has much Irish j
wit and humor.
One day Alfred, the small hoy, was
playing with a cat In the stable while !
Mnlaehy eh*, tied the harness. •
"Say, Maiarhv," the child
"why do cats always land on their |
feet?"
"They steer thimsllvefl wld their I
tail."
"Well, how do rallies ste»«i them
selves? They haven't long talis, only
a stub."
"Wld their ears; that's phwnt they
have their long ears for."
"How does a bulldog steer himself?
lie doesn't have long ears or a long
tall." m
"Wld his hark."
At this the hoy looked doubtful. |
Presently he ran to tils father's study, |
and In a few minutes came hack to the
stable.
"Malaohy!"
"Yls?"
"That's true what yon fold me abotit
bulldogs. I asked papa, and he read
something to mother out of a bopk
about 'harks that steer against the
wind.' " —Pittsburgh Dtspateh.
Unexpected Candor.
My most embarrassing moment oc
curred one day Inst wfhter, I was at
tending a church bazaar with a friend
of whom I was very fond. "!• went
well until we came to the'pillow booth,
where I made iny horrible break. Quite
confide.-,tially I told her: "Now. some
of those plUouM aren't so bad looking,
and some of them are really f|uit» „■ >od
looking, hut did yoil ever In your life
see one In BS poor taste as that?"
My friend looked at tne queerly for
a moment and then said: "I'll admit It
j I I; jKN.r tu i•*. In t, t! .n. jon > : e, 7
II at, r ii.i • ■ a ■ in - i. of t.ist i
im,Cn de l I
. :.u..e a !•■' •!." •'"> . I !*' «•>£ |
■ lei i I. I t'.r r,.i; (•.■ • fur - 1• r
.h , !t i» ,II .!»' s ..H i. -.1 '. i. a
Jo,ie f'.'iir i i I'll:': :i
El tc :of A/\r Against Disease.
"Hi .■! i f >'i -ci-ssfiil }»,ir : gal;i-rt
t i.i. I '.eiita 1 - rn mnke life '»' I !
t"• lh li*. lay. There s eo rli.tiht I
i holt- i-iiies u:id even oiujiirlefc I
■ Uavi I.* si u'l a i ■'.» {iijsl' fil level it ,
'\ I e IIG. . ►■J ier IFI II . li. liil lis-
I tri T.s .if tie I lit."* S' te. ;l.e j.-rtl- •
I t i> -x;-n.ii,f . I r >1 in iif>' '.run a
. ffn.r. Lo'.v ilea'li and sl'-krii'Sii
ra;e fii nlly a i n/re exuiier n,t vitality,
rtnil more gftn-ral etijoymi-nt of life,
'ill" pin it'll fi-M iti ii nation which
It-;,!. ■ • t j ife ar- lilnit.'-i.s.—»littH.
i bur;,'.i iJispateii.
r juolt tylli d:r Air Motor.
An ,iir motor, n the order of tlioM
. asf i in pnearnatlo tools, hut of such
j extreme compactness that It Is no
*- t tirger than n sti-fety-»ftateh box,
j Weighs Hirer ounces, und yet tie
i \clop), over in i .1 horsepower, was an
outstanding lecture of a recent model
exposition at Dublin, Ireland. The
j motor, Illustrated and described in
Popular Mechanics Magazine, Js dou
ble-acting, with two opposed cylinders
of three-quarter-inch bore and stroke,
and runs on compressed air at 100 to
I 300 pounds' unaware.
•:EE - ; VIIR.JJJI-I L'IJUSH EYES
I Traveler Declr.rjs American Women
Sp!:ndidly Domesticated and
Versatile to a High Degieo.
An entertaining way fcr tlie Ameri
can woman., to see herself ns she IS
seen Is to follow the comments made
by the Manchester Guardlnn's corre
spondent In America, Muriel Harris:
In her home the American woman Is
doniestli'alniost In tile Germni ense.
Tliere is no handing over the kitchen
entirely to the cook, for Instance.
There Is no hard-and-fast line whlph j
leaves this to the maid and that to I
the mistress. Domestic crises are !
more frequent even thnn In En land, '
' but when they occur It Is no special
i tragedy, because the mistress of the
house Is practically always able to fill
in the cap without shaking the founda
tions of the household. American
women can nearly all of them cook
a'.d s • • i,:/ d i , i.ytl.,p In t'.e h> i e
I", 'i i tna: ilg ' le f,i •. t •• • t . sc -lug
• in: t t' c- | "i! -t ; ir la i rder
i •' «• !■ (tnor ioi .e». !
itc. tei! n 'es el', ei i it I tin 1 Ir. |
' h- Hi.'be r t ,er : ill: . j
li ca'H ■ i He 'lrl g• cs ill .• yt > j
ii . ,v -•' 1 t • he i ;• inv , atid
there :• CM ■ • .r.d 'I.:Y.\ t .-L ilnnt
'he ' T. s|. •• U"■•\;iected flill
ire*. T! c I'' re! 11' r, '• |« ODD to
icr 4-:-.il ; ■ 1,, r _f- nU- • \ -ry j
nice v. Mc s k, b h • .1 y ii d at
''» n .i >e .ly ! aire t i I e .eh
a i •"!11 tin- sniii "nt 11. T
con p.I |ly .\n I • Id i >f tb ■ I
• luxury I v ng. r e.-S v.ota; n LLM: i I
Etc ,k ,1 e i . .Lit: nly rcgatiled us I
! ben K.
J PEAT £OGS TO BE UTILIZED
V ■
j Commercial Value of Immense Deposits
In Northwest Germany Has Not
Hitherto Been Realized.
| The ii'(ire or less succc.-sful Instal
( latlons In northwest Germany for the
I utilization of the Immense peat bog*
j that exist there has led to the sug
| gcstlon In England that the huge bog
of Allen In Ireland may next become
j it great center of Industry. The Ger
. man undertaking has contemplated
! tin; bringing of a large part of the
j bogs under cultivation, together with
I the conversion of the pent Into fuel,
| to be employed In the icvelopment
of electrical energy for agricultural
purposes, as well as f • supplying
light and power to a number of towns
situated within a radius o F fifty miles.
A network of canals Is, It Is reported,
lnjjrocess of formation to drain the
ground, and the peat dredged out Is
to he utilized In the way Just de
scribed. It Is estimated that the gas
I produced from the pent will furnish
work to the amount of 000 horse
wer hours for ench ton, nnd a large
quantity of ammonia will he recovered
for use as fertilizer. — Washington
Star.
Steel Hat Great Cutting Power.
"High-speed steel" for cutting tools
has been well known for years, and an
Improved form of this material has
been Introduced In Sheffield, England.
It is reported that this steel has four
times the cutting power of any other
In use. The composition FS, it SPEARS,
still a secret, but It Is said to he the
first "high-speed steel" that can bo
HARDEST! In cold water without dan
ger. It can also be hardened with oil
or in a cold blast.
Tools made of It wear out much less
rapidly and require much less grinding
thnn those of the older kinds of steel.
They will also go on working at high
temperature longer. Ilut the makers
themselves say that this steel does not
by any means mark the- final develop
ni nt ' h- piod —Washm,>
t :i it
Ir'vier sctlf r at ) ° emium
.I' U T I -t * I lon : v t .at I 'ick
'C on. it' 'I ap.y In . ver se
c.l '.II ... IIC'M JIIT iv\ O* ;I.ide
'j '.■> kw ! th. c ■ r.e rft ,in«' In >
I «.,-!• .1 .nSsi. T . Ul.-.;nrted .art or
!■,I I . IIIU' AI 1 the manufacturers
ere ~..! to DJSJ »s • of !h-M. Put
I iin.'illy A BUILDER WITH .A ,IR he
art! ti • n itlcc ; tl.elf colors, WL.LC I r:U»
!{'it . t ., IN R r- to it. BJVis I
.I 1 net-. L.e e p'-rl- . .t . . A«' J
, foi.l.d TI.-y h." I iii c. -T,' , p iru IC • j
even uhe.l le . . is: L; ut.D, tv.ie.. '
CUP; d Y a .ou,li t. if of of. -colored I
HI..T I . rr.ei! A I.i ,tlm t atmosphere of j
antfi|U As ,I result, strangef, queer
ly itt ici vi '.ones are appearing all
through the country and brick "sec
onds" nre QUOTED far above their per
fect mates. — V all Street Journal.
Eottled Fresh A'r tor City.
With SUMMER all minds turn toward
'S cations, and seek new scenes and
cooler airs than the -city affords. A
German savant !s said to HA'IE found
the incflcs of procuring pure mountain
air inclosed in earthen tubes for hom« I
folks. An English savant Is said to
have discovered the means of convey
ing sea breezes to city homes. All this
is very alee, hut to complete those in
ventionu A third savant would have to
find the means of offering .N tlifc domi
cile the Joys of open air I
LOSE 36 PC. OF CORN
Only 64 Bushels of Every 100
Possible Aro Realized.
One Out of Every Three Acres Planted
Does Not Produce Grain, Agricul
tural Experts Say—Various
Causes Given.
Washington.—Of every 100 bushels
I of corn that farmeeg jset out to grow,
only (W bushels are realized, according
I to llgureg compiled by the United
j States Department of Agriculture over
u period of 13 yenrs. The difference
I between the potential crop and the
quantity harvested la due to weather
conditions, defective seed, plunt dis
eases nnd Insect and animal pests. For
every bushel of corn harvested, some
what over one-half bushel falls to
; rttf u lull es'.
1 cr ii' ,'or lie ■leiuents tint
j ! -* t" r ;i he si .» . ; t!;. ; crop, tl.e
ii' er. : e o] or (...• i:i-yt»ur period
I V ill : hi. • Iti'cn about 4,;iT4,000,(' K)
I !>'• )he!'i, .ste:i,J of tins -,505,s J*K),OC')
I l> .shels n tu'.ii.v harvested, provided
l!i" same aesi-age had been planted.
The department points out, however,
that If (lies le iients !i 1 not exist i.nd
• |* - n :;r-'\ve s we»e eertnin of 100 ner
i out result . the i' ri acivujrt' | r ial»ly
wnuli' hi • 11 eat reduced, so
!' :tt the ii..nl «»ti!ti ii i ig'it not have ]
I ii'-ou a i:i _er ei up J.an t.i it actually
| harvi/.ti;ii. it would mean simply that
i Hi" farine. cmiid ;"-t front two uerea
tile crop he now harvests from three.
The largest potential corn crop wus
| one of about 5,000,000,000 bushels lu
1017, tilthough the actual harvest of 3,-
ofis.oon.ono bushels 111 that year was ex
ceeded in the three years 1912, 1020
and 1921, the largest harvested crop be
ing 3,209,000,000 bushels In 1920.
A large crop of corn Is due to a rela
tively low prevention of production by
the many causes by which It la limited,
but of course production Is also relat
ed to acreage, the department records
show.
During the 13 years the lowest de
gree of prevention was 28.5 per cent of
" potential crop In 1920, and the high
est was 'U.S per cent In 1913. \Vltliln
the period covered, from about one
fourth to nearly one-half of a potential
production has failed to be reallz-ed.
The average Is a little more than one
thlrcj.
BELT CLASP STOPS BULLET,
Baves Father's Life and Lear* to Rec
onciliation of Family Long
Estranged.
Louisville. —A family row at the
home of Thomas L. Howe, Jr., twenty
four year* 'd, 320 West Lee street,
ended wheu ilowe fired two shots from
a tevolver at Ms father, Thomas L.
Howe, Sr., forty-nine.
The lather collapaed, and It wai
supposed thut he had been seriously
wounded until the police arrived and
found rtfct one bullet had lodged In
tho wall and the elder Howe's belt
buckle stopped the other.
The shock of his narrow escape wa»
the only 111 effect the father suffered
and the turn of events resulted In thi
apparent reconciliation of the family
CITIZENS AND DIDN'T KNOW IT
Michigan Man Makes Application for
Alien's License and Discovers
He Is Naturalized.
Kilnmnr.oo, Mich.—An application
for nn alien's bunting permit revealed
to Michael Schmidt of Augurs thai
lie had ! ion 'i cfilzen Mr 'four years
\ itiil .1 • b-1 leveil, were his first pa
per \eli,(l • r ivere'l *h * thf"countt
m U to • :,r nati al' :ation pnjiers
Tif ap -i '. re Ik uhl to Hchraldi
f!> -1j,,• I: >v:ir. bis service In tin
i,. ay at. Iln«* hlni to iinme'lliite nat
u nllzatloi. It bout tiie cuitoiaarj
lu].se of time.
.H d Help.
>\n ill.ii. a f was helping I
In the reci it dr'Vi: >ra e ino.j 'y for
J:1• It id' l ndown ent fund by sell
| lr.g so..;i, si.h ihe liii'tiuia io!ls News.
I em >1 >yed two small boys to take
tie soap tu tln houses , r some of ner
j frlenC.K. Little .1 unaie, with the
j boxes under each ami. marched up to
one door and knocked
"Why are you selling tl e "oap," In
quired the lady of the house.
"To raise $.5,000,000 for Itadcliff."
"Three million dollars! And are you
trying to raise it all by yourself?"
"No," came the quick response,
I "there's another little boy helping me."
I
Hard-Flsted Fielder.
I 'An outfielder of the Los Angeles
i In a recent game with San Fran
j Cisco collided with the fence In raak
, lng a wonderful catch and was
knocked unconscious, and when be
i was carried to the clubhouse the ball
was Jn his hand In a viselike grip,
i Most managers would be satisfied if i
> their players would clutch the ball !
j like that when they are conscious. j
NO. 48
Now Possible to Have
Year 'Round Garden.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 30.—"Tho
home garden should bo an all year
garden, not a few rows of lettuce «•
and radishes in the spring and a
collard patch in the fall, bat an * •'
area from which some iuscioaa
health-giving vegetab.'e is served
fresh every day iu the year", say a
F. E. McCall, home garden special*
ist of the Agricultural Extenaioa
Service.
At this time of the year every
(rarden could have from six to a
dozen varieties of fi-oat hardy
vegetables, he reports. Parsqipa
and salsify can remain in tbd
ground all winter as freezing ia
not injurious to them. With soina
covering at least a half dozen of
the loaf Vegetables in# \ be grown
through the winter, liy the use
of hot b ds and fold frames,
many other varie ties may be
grown. The vege' ibles in the
.spring g irdfti may be'increased
m at least iweuty-five and the
stunni -r and fall gardens will add
still other 4 to this li* ~
.Mr. Medal I siat(>s-hat the. j are
0 'er •Mf.-'ity difTei-t.it kind* of
vog ia!>hs all of which are worthy
of j p.a : i(i iht) home garden. i
However, ne sfvys thai he seldom
finds more than tn sorts of vege
tables in lhe average garden, and
off-Mituo bost varieties of "heso
are not selected.
Sjinc v getabks will develop
'o eating stage in three weeks,
.iiile oiners require over two
hundred days. Somo are best
grown in spring and fall, while
others require the hot reason for
best development. To secure tne
best for the season the all year
garden must be planned in ad
vance and since this is the >l>re
to make the plans, the Division of
Horticulture will bo glad to ren*
dor assistance to thosu v> ho want
in formation about gardens.
Feeding iisL meal to pigs will
not trausmit a lisliy flavor to tho
meat, fiuud Earl liostetler of tl.o
North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion.
It cost $4.07 to raiae a pig to the
weaning ago of ten weeks old, ac
cording to teats made at tho Edge
combe Branch station farm by
Earl liostetler.
666 quickly relieves Colds
and iJaGrippe, Constipation,
Biliousness and Headaches.
Ihick For Hire.
Let us do your hauling of every
kind, moving, etc. Have a new
truck. Terms reasonable.
Bkadbuaw & Fullbs,
Phone 650 Graham, N. Of
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
CoVICK H. KERNODLC,
Attorney-al-Law,
GRAHAM. N. C.
Associated with John J. Heodersoß.
office over National Haak of Alauauae
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counscllor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
with W.S. Coulter,
Noi. 7 and o Firit National Bank Bldg.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. d 7
tiiai am, N. C.
'tli c over Ferrell Drug do.
Hours: 2 to .'1 and 7 to y p. m., and
by appotnim.nt.
l'hono 'JT'
GR kUAJI HARDEN, M. D.
E J .ington, N. C.
Oilleo ilours: U to 11 a. m.
unci by uppoiutuicot
' '.Hi i; O.vei Aciui L)i ag Co.
1 eli ,ilio.it.: Office I to— itei- tlence 464
JOUN J. HENDERSON
Attorney- a t-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
Olllcc over Nulloul Bukol ALuusm
t, s. co"ok:,
Attarnay-at- .-aw
GIiAHAM, .... N. O
Omoe Pkttarion Building
bdeoud Vtaor. . . .
UK. WILL UM,J&
. . : DENTIST 3 11
Graham .... Narth Carallr.a
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