VOL. XLYIII
Doings of Mm%
At State Capital
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Governor's Ship Eill Will Pass with Some
Changes--Merchants' Garnishment Bill
Pronounced Dead.
BILL TO HELP SMALL FARMERS BUY HOMES
Representative E. S. Parker, Jr., Propounds Bill to
Curb County Boards Spending in Excess of In
come and for Publication of Financial Trans
actions.
(BY MAXWELI. (iOKMAN.)
Raleigh, X. C. Jail. 30th.--
The fifth \\Ts>fc of the Legislature
is fu'i swing with m-st of the
more interesting subjects oi legis
lative action as yet undispo cd of
and some of them not yet broach
ed.
The Governor's plan looking to
the creation of a system of, water
transportation in North Carolina
as the one available means of af
fording relief to ouivpeople^fmm
the high and discriminatory rail
freight rates, after receiving an
unanimously favorable report
from the Senate special commit
tee to which it was referred, has i
been turned over to the Senate
committee on appropriations and
there are suggestions that the
committee make certain changes
in the provisions of the measure.
Jt is understood' that Senator
Giles, a neu man from McDowell
County, "is opposed to the Gov
ernor's'bill." The statement is
made by a Raleigh newspaper.
But even if true, that does not
mean that a majority of the .■ap
propriations committee is "op
posed" to it and that the measure
will be materially changed.
Some f \v memLcrs of this Leg
islature who are temperamentally
"against" Govern m Morrison
have watched the successful mo
tion of the gubernatorial mach
inery and the popularity of the
Morrison administration general
ly with ill-concealed displeasure
and jealousy. Some of these have
lately eagerly seized what they
think is an opportunity to em
barrass the Governor by contrib
uting anything handy to impede
the progress of the proposed
transportation measure,
and the establishment of a de
partment of commerce and ships
and ports industry, ityt it stlit" >
looks like the Governor will clear
all the hurdles and make the cir-|
cuit, a winner.
The garnishment amendment
to the State Constitution, asked
for by the -secretary of the State
-Merchants' Association, is al
ready dead as a salt mackerel —
but it doesn't know it. The last
sad rites will be formally admin
istered the iast of this week or
early next week.
The druggists' measure to pro
hibit ihe sale of medicines
and patent medicines, etc., in gen-,
era! stores or by merchants of
any class, except druggists, where
arc-drug stores, will bo materially
amended and then passed. 'I he
proposition has its merits and
demerits, and the legislative com
mittee has been devoting some
time in distinguishing between
\hem. There has been a well ,
grounded complaint for some
time of the continued high war '
pto tit prices exacted by the pro
prietary medicine manufacturers
—at least the retail druggists say
it is the fault of the wholesalers
—and if the of these pro
prietary (or "patent medicine")
preparations should be confined to
retail druggists, the fear is that
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
the prices would never come
down, and liiight increase to even
rcaier heights.
On the other hand, it is recog
nizcu Mat Ihe indiscriminate sk
ill' "loose" medicines like c.tiui i I,
and mai y other "family" prt >a
ratioiis and "pills" with tar prep- j
ara'ioMs and sometimes opium
among the ingredients, is wrong!
and at times dangerous. So it is
likely that, while a stricter law
governing the dispensing and.4
sale of certain character and;
forms of medicines and medici
nal preparations, will be adopted,,
the bill will not lend itself {JJ any
element of profiteering beyond
that already practiced 011 the
"patents" and consumers —as we ;
all know and- realize from daily i
experience.
Curl) County Exdpeniturc*.
Representative l'arker has pre
sented two local measures for
Alamance County, that will prob
ably be amended almost to the
point of becoming State-wide
lavs. The first provides that'
no board of county commu*4ett--
ers may go beyond the county's |
income in the expenditure of pub- i
lie money, and that all financial 1
transactions of the board must !
be published in such a form as i
to be easily intelligible.
Notice has already been given'
that a number of counties will
ask to come under the biltT Mr.:
i'. r';er aims at.the evil of piling
up a deficit in county treasuries
and then asking the General As
sembly '> authorize . funding
bonds to cover it. The \>-\ ses
sion authorized more than tliir
leen million dollars in funding
bonds alone to take care of float
ing debts. Alamance is leading
the proccssi-m of living within
income.
The l-'arni Loan mil.
Hearing oil the Mfbstitutje for
•he Giles $->,500,000 farm loan
'u 1. 1 bill, prepared by a group of
fifteen agricultural experts* re
sulted in the Senate committee
ordering the substitute reported
■favorably for the purpose of liav
rmg it printed, with under
standing that thv bill will be re :
referred for ano her hearing be
fore the conn, ittee with the
Hov.se committee sitting jointly.
'lhe bwl-was repeatedly des
cribed bv the experts who ap
peared before the committee as
the most important legislation
that will be'presented to this Gen
eral Assembly, and one, the en
actment of which-will raisT this
session above the level attained
for that of i)2r by the $50,000,-
ouo road bill and the large ap
. propriations for educational and
charitable institutions. All of
he speakers, however, discussed
the need and effect of the bill
rather than the provisions of the
measure itself.
The original • iiles bill provided
for the help of the farmers all
over the State, while the speakers
.n the sub titu'e bilf, which ha
been accepted by Senator Giles,
i.l l stre ,ed the tru king possi
bilities of eastern North Carolina.
I he original bill provided for a
State loan board of five members,
1 the Commissioner of Agriculture
and the State Treasurer being -x
--.fficio members and the otht-r
; three to be appointed by the Gov
t ernor. The substitute proposes
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1923
a hoard of yleven members, to be
.| composed of the agricultural
j economist of the
ty, the agricultural economist of
the North Carolina Slate College,
; a representative of the State
| Board of Agriculture, the State
i l&ologist, and four men and two
women to he named by the flov
• ernor. .
The original bill created county
farm loan boards to be, composed
of county officers, acting ex-of
■ heir, and made no provision to'
colonization of immigrants o
, 1 other settlement ]>!ai)On tin
|; contrary, the substitute disre
: gards the county plan and j,no>
;ol its provisions deal with platis
| lor settlements, tlie bill giving
> the board authority to condemn
.iiand for settlements and putting
it into the real estate business
■ generally.
All ('I the speakers tressed
flu- fact iii 22,000,0 acre - 01
idle farm bind a'ld ba' 45 n- r
cent oi those liyii g on fa n. land
-1 are tenart . St,• it aid was «!e
'.ared to he ne.a ary '.> -el'm
t'lir situat '■»!,. ail"' Ile r-,;■. ,:b cr:
described tin ir n1  a are as de
sirable f:i form bef.au-e ii se.-ri.-j
,to 1 ake advantage 01 se 1 ■ 11 en j
i ' ilai: s tlia. have- wo. vc it:' i> \
t a'ilornia, t anada, Australi-i and;
! New Zealand. t
FORDNEY TARIFF HELPS"
MANY ESCAPE TAXES. I
Over Two Billions of Dollars of 32£
Bcneficiarit s Escape.
Washington t'.jrivspondenee.
fn a list compiled by the led
l ei:a! Irade Commas: ion of '32 X
corporations which during" i;jj
declared slock'div idends aggre-
I gating $2, 140.151 ,425, about a
; .liuiulh'il are among the concerns
that are the large.[ ;.nd most
direct beneficiaries of the I'ord-1
tiev-Mcl umber profiteers' tariff
.law.
Practically every consulners'
1 commodity-—food, clothing, rnedi
'jcines, machinery, utensils, furni
| ture and equipment—is represent
ed in the products of the corpo
■l rations which have been accumu
lating surplus profits while farm
; ers, small business men. wage
workers, and others have, been
feeling the effects of the Republi
can panic.
The seven principal Standard
Oi! companies have released sur
pluses of sHofi,j, ?, 1 1 a- stock
dividends, and subsidiaries of
Standard Oil have done propor
lion: tely well. The makers of
• sewing machines, for whose pto
. ducts the I'ordney-McCumber
• act imjiosed a tax of from 25 to
1 40 per cent' upon the women of
the countiy, set a Tie an aggre
gate.ol 1 '! winch ss>.-
- Mio.ooo was earned by the Singer
1 Company.
f Hundreds of millions in stock
- dividends were divided among the
; 1 stockholders of the corporations
1 engaged in the manufacture of
- cotton and woolen textile.. The
- makers of metal wares, drugs
-!nnd chemicals, ele'trieal appa
' ratu>« and -upplie-. paper and
• nutehit try a >t• . ed to.a re: ;n
of jTospi : t_. o\ .till ho: i/111;
-' 11:: I_v million- k dr. ldend
ihe duty e.f 1  en! - a hi "
s dred-weigbl b . u •i 1 -a t '»v the!
1 rordnev .\b Cuinl.e 1 v. d e it
- I'd tiie financial a - .if the J
J l eri. • dci *..r i. a 1 : 1 .•d> i d
.1 ,■ .;, f» (• «1 : ael 1. 1 1 • 1'.:: ■; ;ar j
• refineries tnr c  -r'p'r >e •if
| $1 ." V 10.00 > T: 1 I ) -toe!, di'. ide'ids.
• William Wbaglev, |r., head of;
I i •i, twelve al . regard da- th-j
I (.hewing ' 1 u!: 1 Trt;.-t, is a big
1; contributor to Iepubhin can
-'p tign funds ai d : powerful in ■
I lluence i:i th • ■ ou* c I* the Ue
! publk'an |•.rt. ,i.b was one of
v the indi.idua s v.a'io benefited j
s largely In m the t-i ea : • f the-ex
' ■ Jt *
cess pnmtH taxe,. .ami nuisance
- taxes and the reduction "of ih j
1. higher surtaxes on m'ornes. \\ il
a li;un \\ rigley. Jr., & Co., had a
surplus of which it
c released as tock ('i/idends.
liy "distributing these huge
■r surpluses as stock dividend.- the
corporations escape taxation up
:s|on \heir surplus earnings. (
SOUTHERN SENATORS
FACED BY A THREAT.
J Shipping Roard Intimates Will Aban
don Southern Ports Unless Sena
tors Vote for Subsidy Bill.
S[ eeial Correspondence.
Washington, Jan. 30 —-Intima-
tions that the L\ S. Shipping
Hoard intends to abandon the
operation of its lines to several
important ports on the Atlantic
and the Cult' .of Mexico unless
Southern senators vote for the
passage of l'residwit Harding's
-hij bonus bill were made the
subject, of caustic rebukes by
Senator Met . her I l)em.. Ma. ) ill
a speech in the Senate. The
statement of the Shipping Hoard's
alleged intention to withdraw its
vessels from the southern trade
after Mar-, h 4, next, and thereby
ha 111 1 x r s'a.piiiem • of cotton were
01:! 1: A i.' «:i article sent
iiri adi a : iy a \'» a limgton cor
fespond..T.i vho : c.r\es many
hading in. \>. spacers.
After reading into the Con
gi ess.on;.l Kecta 1 the correspond
| en! s accorni of the Shipping
I Hi a I'd s .dleg-il des _ 'is, senaioi
1 • b iclier sai. :
ySo we have here the threat
virtu. Ily that the South Atlan
tic a: d (lull lines established by]
the 'shipping Hoard must be
I abain one/) immediately after!
Marcli 1 ii the ship subsidy bill,
is not passed. It seems to me not!
a very creditable thing on the'
: ..M; OF the-Shipping Hoard to
jake that position and give out
nlorniation to be spread over the
ountry and be published as it
ias been published, along the
south Atlantic and iu.lf coasts,
a threat that il the Senators from
those states do not vote for the
shiti subsidy legislation, the
-hips serving the ports of the
iiiiif and South Atlantic will be
withdrawn from that service
after March 4."
Senator Fletcher then showed
that the Shipping Board's vessels
are carrying about 52 per cent
of the tonnage leaving the South
Atlantic and Gulf ports, and that
as this commerce is increasing,
there is no warrant for discontin
ing the several lines mentioned.
" The statement I have quoted
is''simply intended to influence
the commercial bodies, boards of
trade, chambers of commerce,
and merchants along the Atlan
tic and lit 11 coasts to bi ing pres
sure to bear upon tlieir Senators
lo support the ship subsidy bill,
because il they do mil they are
'o understand the ships will be
vithdrawn from those ports. It
is possible- that we have come to
that pass when threats of this
kind must be resorted to and
.v 1.1 en ' promi.-es of immediate
ICIH fit are to be offered in order
o vottjs for thr ship sub
si d \ bill:"
Such threats, Senator l-letclvr
>.' l id, would not only not be > f
.'ective but be resented by
die individuals and. interests to
whom they were addressed.
• If the Shipping Hoard predi
a. 'd i:s withdr.i'va! of sliij.s on
lie j.rund "hi a\y losses," as,
')||' a t cle he quo''(| alleged, Sen
■tor a! cber d el. 'it ed. tin r
' vould b( an investigation of" its
j aCtii 11. .
"1 ad'. i,e tl . se g( utlemen (of
tire si ~pll • iioard» il ibey pur
j - ie the ■ ■ • :r •• as threatened in
i a li' '■ ' he;, v ill ha\ e to
ii th. t a«ioii.
j lb''. \|. i ha e to,furnish books
a'ld ; ijers and, documents and
1 \.eei 1 to *.-«e -atistaetion of a
i|>ro;n investigating committee
j'iiat tbey a r e withdrawing these
esseb in the public interest and
u 1 as a punish: :en! to those com
' 1 .!'! i' es whose representatives
I ',(•: (■ »i; ■ opp-i.sed to -ljip subsidy
I' '
i ii-na'.or Metchtr described the
i l 'ati'iiffnt attributed to the Ship
j; ing Hoard "a • a species of prop-
I vanda and the culmination iS
efforts, bv publicity and other
w'." ..which tbe Shipping Board
lias been putting forth for months
;:i order to gain support for the
'ship subsidy bill."
A drydoek on wheeln t ransporiß
I vessels over hind in EaHt I'rushia.
TOBACCO CO 01'
ONE YEAR OLD.
. To Celebrate Birthday of Largest Co
operative in America Feb. 9.
The thousands v of tobacco
.ers in tbiee states who are mem
bers of the Tobacco Growers Co
operative Association are asked
' to celebrate the birthday of their
association next Friday, Febru- ,
' ary 9th, just one year after its
incorporation.
' Ihe Carolineans ai.nl Virgin
ians who formed their marketing
1 association for tobacco one year
ago have seen it forge to the
front as the largest of all co
-1 operative marketing associations
in America.
Next Friday they will cele
• brate its growth within a year
irom 65,00 > to over 85,000 tobao
-10 farmer ; the acquisition of
the majority 1 f warehouses in (
■• l b 11 i::t : !!,• i,,a' keting o' I
1 i 1 t 1 ;>,*)■ >fx*) 11 11 nds of
tub cco;  t-li payment .to its
j n>i inbcT - «.• close to £_•( >,000,000
■M • I ' ;is-ui':i!!Ci ot l" 1111 re cash
, ynii-;11 s, v.' ici thi
'll mtb in Soulli i .irolnta.
 'rg.'.n , ed tobac o growers of
the > u.th  at ilina belt, who art
now engaged in a successful cam
paign for new members, are be
ing urged to make a special birth
! day present to the association,
which many claim has doubled
their receipts within a year, in the
1 form (if a new member.
George A. Norwood, president
| of the I obacco (irowers Co-opera
tivr Association, in a special
■ birthday message to its members
this week, says: "Millions of dol
• lars added to the incomes of farm
, trs this pa&t year is your work.
Let there be some question as
: to who gets tile most of the bene
■ fits. I believe there is no one
who questions the fact that the
: price of tobacco is higher and
• that you made-it—higher. Busi
ness may in the main be done
1 for gain to the doer, but we must
> take a broader vitAv and see that
the gain of one is the gain of
1 all and the gain of all is the gain
; of each."
"Your directors feel that the
acquirement of the-warehouses
for yon 011 easy terms, the financ-
I ing and sale of a large part of
• the crop already is a success.
More uniform and profitable
, prices are now sure. Nearly
■ everybody will get more good
»ut of their income if it is in in
; stallments rather than all at once.
, Co-operative marketing makes
; for thrift."
, Harding's Non-Interference
, Promise Violated 11 Times.
j Washington Correspondence.
Fleven important instances in
~ which President Harding has
used his great executive influence
to coinpel the Republican ma
iojity in Congress to abdicate
11> views and prerogatives and
, accept his dictation were enum
. jifHled by Senator Pat Harrison
Serrate. Senator Harrison quoted
J President Harding's declaimers
of ,1 de-.re o'ii u-rfere .vilh C'on
' grc-.s and tli n ,a\e of the
•arti' ulars m «'iich executive
re» 'Jic ha : be« 11 everted.
e following C.'lse- v. ere 1 ited
. by Sen.'it >r H.vnson
"i h'- i'revie; 1 wr t" a let
,jt'i and cut e: .i> arie- 10 ( 011-
I i'CSS to prevent li e 1 b.use of
Kepie-entati . e from changing
tlie jo:nt re olutic.il declaring the
j war with Germany at an end.
t 2. Interposed to force COll
- gress to redue'e the surtaxes on
. large incomes fn»rn 65 to 40 per
t j cent, but succeeded in getting a
decrease to only 50 per cent.
J Threatened a veto of the
, j Packers' Control Bill if it were
made a> stringent as certain Dem
, ocratic and progressive Republi
• tan Senators Wished it jto be;'
and finally frightened the Kepub-
( * lican Congressmen into emascu
lating it.
j 4. Fxerted powerful influence
s to include in the Fordney-Mc
„ Cumber law a provision giving
the President authority fix
the rates of duty on imports, thus
H u urping the taxing power con
stitutionally vested in Congress.
HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK
Has Helped Many Women Save
Money and Aided in Other Ways.
Correppoudeu' e.
Since the homo demonstration
work has been under discussion,
it might be well to place a few
facts before the citizens of our
county. Alamance county has a
population of something over
30,000. The value of the property
is. $33,000,00°. Last year the tax
was $1.20 on every SIOO worth
of property. One fifth of a cent
or less on every SIOO worth of
property was appropriated by the
commissioners for the Home
Demonstration work —the value
ol a 2-cent stamp per person per
year. And yet it has been sug
gested that the commissioners do
away with the work.
* From October 1921 to Decem
ber K/22 the billowing amounts
1! i\ c been brought into the coqji
i'airs —1921 and 19 22 (one half
county premiums . S 500.00
. omen  ruling Ex
hibit 10.00
Individual Canning Ex
hibit, 1922 40.00
Sales (outside of county
Dolls 75*>
Fancy preserves .... 15.00
Total S 640.(50
Saved by women:
Hats, 425 hats, saving
of $3 per hat .......Si 275.00
Toys, dolls and furpiture. - 150.00
Candy, 200 lbs. at saving
of 25 c per lb. .!.. 50.00
Total .. .■ '... .$1475.00
This does not include the
amount of home canning done,
nor the large amount of com
mercial canning done as a direct
result of the Home Agent's work,
nor the saving 011 home made
dress forms, nor the amount of
chickens and eggs sold as a re
sult of Poultry Club work, not
to speak of the many other things.
Beside this, sixty-two people,
5. Forced Congress to amend
the Smoot bill creating a Con
gressional committee On reor
ganization of Government de
partments so that the President
might appoint as a member and
chairman of the body a man who
was neither a Senator nor a Rep
resentative.
(1. Injected himself into the
consideration of the soldiers'
bonus bill Avhen it was on the
verge of passage and compelled
its recommitment against the
. wishes of its advocates.
7. Wrote a letter and applied
pressure to compel changes in
the Debt Funding bill to suit his
own views. *
X. Sought to- dragoon Con
gress into passing the ship bonus
bill after its repudiation by the
people and in the face of strong
disinclination on the part of Re
publican Senators.
9, Opposed Senator Borah's
resolution calling a conference
on disarmament, arrayed Repub
lican Senators against it, and
caused it to be pigeon-holed un
til public .sentiment forced its
adoption.
10, Fought Senator Borah's
resolution looking to an inter
national economic conference and
succeeded i:i killing it by inti
matin;; thai a similar undertak
j ing was in contemplation on the
F'resident's part —and then let
the whole proposition rjie.
11, Resisted the Robinson
resolution authorizing the ap
pointment of an American 011 the
Reparation Commission and
wrote a letter urging its rejec
tion.
Senator Harrison quoted from
Mr. Harding's speech of Decem
ber (>, 1920 (a month after his
election,) the following:
"When my responsibilities be
gin in the Executive capacity I
shall be as mindful of the Sen
ate's responsibilities as I have
been jealous for them as a Mem
ber. . . , Our governmental
good fortune does not lie in any
surrender at either end of the
Avenue, .but in the co-ordination
and which becomes
'the two in a great and truly rep-
Ire-entative popular Government."
NO. 52
club boys and girls, with a few
chaperons had a wonderful trip
to the western part of the state
covering 700 miles at a cost of
less than $lO per person. Think
of the educational value of such
a trip to our county boys and
girls.
Should this work not be car
ried on this year taxes .will not
be lowered—a statement made by
one in authority. And so much
has been said about the need of
good roads. No one wants good
roads more than the country wo
men. But for every one hundred
and twenty-five cents put into
good roads one cent is put into
the woman's work. Why take
that one cent away? And will
that one cent be put into good
roads? Besides the women help
to make the money that pays
taxes. Should it not be their
privilege to say that some of the
money should go into making >
home life better?
Is the work worth wjiile?
*1 hink what the neutrijtion cam
paign wiil mean to our children.
There are cases on record of
children whose lives have been
>avel by the faithful work of
Home Agents along this line. *
Think what the Roon. Beautify
ing Contest will mean to the
young sisters and daughters and
to future homes. Are we not
crying, "Keep the boys and girls
i>n the farm." Who can help do
this better than those who come
and assist us in solving our per
plexing problems. Doesn't .our
HonfeAgent assist in solving
financial problems, and the best
methods of keeping a sufficient
food supply. Doesn t she help
us develop stronger children
through the food campaign, and
bv persona! work. We all need
some help along these lines and
we realize that by meeting to
gether and discussing things with
our agent we gain much informa
tion.
Jdsephus Daniels says: "No
ioullt there are inefficient Farm
ind Home Agents. But when
these agents are efficient they
better earn their pay than any
other officials we have. Main
taining an efficient Farm and
Home Agent is a wise investment
for any county. It will bring in
for the county much more than
the county pays in agents' sal
aries."
666 quickly relieves Colds
and LaGrippe, Constipation,
Biliousness and Headaches.
-—-• . jm
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LOVICK H. KERNODLE,
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM. N. C.
AasocUtcd with John I. Henderson.
Office over N'at/onai Bank of Alamance
THOMAS D. COOPER*
Attorney and Couoscllor-at-L&w,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with W. S. Coulter,
Nos. 7 aai 8 First Nation*! Bank Bldg.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D.
Graham, N. C.
over Furrell Drug Co.
Uours: 2 to 3 aud 7 to a p. in., and
by appoint ment.
Phone #7*
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington, N. C.
Office Hours: U to 11 a. m.
unci by appointment
Office Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephones: Office 146—Ke-idenre 2S-I
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
01 lie e over National Bank ol H—a—
T, 3. cook:,
A Harney-at- Last
• GRAHAM, - N. C
Offloa Patterson Bulldlnx
Seoond Floor. . . .
• OR. WILLUOKJK.
i ... DiNTisT : : s
s Graham, . . - . North Carolina
" OFFICE IN PARIS BUILDING