North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XLIX PRESIDENT HARDING AND NATIONAL CHM'N ADAMS REACH BREAKING POINT. Harding and Hughes Contend for World Court; But Adams Says Nay. COMMITTEE ORGAN DEALS IN EPITHETS. Speccial Correspondence. Washington, June 18.—The open warfare between John T. Adams, Chairman Republican Na tional Committee, on one side, and President Harding and Secre tary of State Hughes on the other, s to go on, and the recent confer ence between the Chairman of the Republican National Committee and the President is likely to be the last between them, according to the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Record, whose information seems to be complete in all details. President Harding shows signs of intending to fight for his World Court plan, and Chairman Adams shows no intention of resigning. The Record states that there are no relations now between the White House and the Republican National Committee, not even a direct telephone This is the most amazing situation that ha* ever developed in national poli tics, with the national party or ganization against the foreign policy of the President and Secre tary of State. Already the lead ers of the party are divided, and the split is rapidly spreading to the rank and file. Uepubllcan Committee Paper Calls Crit ics of Adams "Curs." Following his interview with President Harding, Chairman Adams renewed the war in the official organ of the Republican National Committee, the National Republican, edited by George B. Lockwood, secretary of the com mittee. An editorial therein says: "Throw a stone at a collection of curs, even in the dark, and you can tell when the missile has hit the mark by the outburst of yowls. "Because the publicity bureau of the Republican National Com mittee criticized the Allied Com mission for collecting money due the United States, both legally and morally, for the upkeep of the American army on the Rhine, pocketing the cash and refusing to reimburse the United States even on a long-time payments payments from Germany until after the American State Depart ment had vigorously pushed the claim for eighteen months, the pro-European and un-American press of the country burst forth itra chorus of vulgar epithets and coarse abuse." The first person to protest against the statement referred to was Secretary of State Hughes, who compelled the recall of the offensive publicity. Now let us see who were the others stigmatized as "curs" who let out an "outburst of yowls." In another editorial the National Republican named some of them: The New York Times, Philadel phia Public Ledger, New York World and the Indianapolis News. But there were others who emit ted equally loud "yowls" concern ing this publicity, the New York Tribune, among the leading Re publican papers of the nation; the Brooklyn Eagle, the Phila delphia Record, the New York Evening Post, St. Louis Globe- Democrat, Louisville Courier- Jourual, Pittsburgh Post, Balti more Sun, and many other lead ing newspapers. These, then, are the '•curs" as classified by the official organ of the Republican National Committee; these rep resented what the Republican Committee organ calls the "pro- European and un-American press." The sole defender of Chairman Adamß among the loading Repub lican papers of the country is the New York HeraH, which is un alterably opposed to the Presi dent's World Court proposal. No Other great Republican paper THE ALLIANCE GLEANER has lifted its voici in behalf of the Chairman. New Evidence ol Hardl»fj>» Weakness. From statements issued by Chairman Adams it, is evident that he would have the public believe that he and President Harding have agreed to disagree; that he will continue to oppose the World Court plau in his official capacity and that the President will con tinue to advocate it. If this is true it would indicate that the President feels too weak to make a test of strength between himself and the Chairman in an effort to oust Mr. Adams from the chair manship, and that the irrecon cilables supporting Chairman Adams are probably strong enough to defeat the foreign policy of President Harding and Secretary Hughes and humiliate them in the eyes of the country, thus taking the longest step to ward defeating the renomination of President Harding next sum mer. If on the other hand the heretofore friendly intercourse be tween the President and Chair man Adams is to continue it re veals President Harding's weak ness to an extent never before imagined by his severest critic. evidences or Hardlng-Adaus Final Break. One strong confirmation of the re ported final break between President Harding and Chairman Adams over the World Court proposal iB the per sistent report that Adams is to be displaced, or, if he is to remain, to be a mere figure-head, while the ac tivities of the National Committee are to be directed by Charles D. Hilles, of New York, with the pos sible aid of Albert D. Lasker of Shipping Board notoriety, and Will Hays of Hollywood. Mr. H.lies, it will be recalled, as Chairman of the Republican Na tional Committee, carried the States of Utah and Vermont for Mr. Taft, and Mr. Hays was the director if not the author of the "poison gas" cam paign of 1920. Another evidence of the break be tween the President and the chair man of his party organization is to be found in tha fact that the Presi dent will leave within a few day* of this writing on his trip to Alaska, while Mr. Adams is devoting his attention to conferences with Re publican leaders in various parts of the country, indicating that the chairman is not to be a member of the presidential party. While it is understandable that President Harding might tamely submit to the revolt of Chairman Adams, it is not likely that Secre tary Hughes will be so submissive. He has already shown his strength by compelling Chairman Adams to recall one committee statement, and if the chairman gets too gay in the absence ol the President and con tinues his war upon the World Court policy, which by most people is credited to Secretary Hughes, it ia among the probabilities that the Secretary of State may again put the extinguisher upon the chairman. Deep River Coal Field. Natural Resources. Development of the Deep River Coal Field in line with the reason able probabilities held out by the first comprehensive and detailed report of its Extent and content would add to the State's power of self-sustainment several impor tant assets. First, it would secnre for indus trial use something like 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum, out of a total of commercial coal now esti mated at 67,000,000 tons as a minimum. Second, it would add apprecia bly to the sum of hydro-electric power in a district already busy wiih the production of "white coal." Third, it would furnish cheaply an excellent quality of coke for use as a domestic fuel by the peo ple of the State generally. Fourth' it would be capable of producing by-products that in themselves might provide valua ble industries now unknown in the State. All these things areseif-evideat possibilities growing oat of the long delayed analysis af this an cient field, whieh for yetus was practically the only source of North Carolina's coal supply, *but was left by a strange negligence to languish through generations. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 21,1923 TOBACCO FARMERS GAIN $36,000,000 Over 240,000 Tobacco Coops- Organ ized to Market More Than Half This Crop. The first year of cooperative marketing has resulted in an in creased payment of $3G,0(>0,000 to tobacco growers of Virginia and North Carolina alone. According to the recent repoit of the Federal Board, there was a 45 per cent increase in the average price per hundred pounds for bright tobacco in Vir ginia where the growers received 142,000,000 for their crop this past season as compared with $19,000,000 in 1921-22. Final re turns for the North Caroliua growers were approximately $76,- 000,000, an increase of $13,000,- 000 over the preceding year, ac cording to the Federal Reserve Board's statement. I In spite of a decrease of over 84,000,000 pounds in the exports of United States tobacco to for eign countries, reported by the Department of Commerce, aud in spite of increased production in Virginia aud North Caroliua, the first season in which tobacco growers of this section have or ganized for marketing their crop has resulted in raising the price of their product at practically all points in the tobacco areas. With 240,000 farmers now mar keting over 500,000,000 pounds of tobacco through the;r cooperat ive associations, the planters of Keutucky, ludiana, Ohio and Tennessee Lave also experienced the benefit of a steady rise iu prices. From present indications organized tobacco farmers of America will market more than a half of the total crop of the Unit ed States during the season of 1923. The benefits of cooperative marketing to ihe farmers of South Carolina were described by the Commissioner of- Agriculture for that state in his anuual report as follows: "While the 1922 crop of tobacco was practically as large as that of 1921 and the quality was no better, the price was near ly 103 per cent higher, the re sult of cooperation." Care of Pastures in Summer Raleigh, N. C. June 19.—''The pasture of tame grasses, usually i its owner's delight in the spring J month, is likely to become a severe disappointment during the! summer, unless carefully hau-| died," says E. C. Blair, Extension \ Agronomist for the State College and Department of Agriculture. | Mr. Blair states that orchard i grass, redtop, alsike clover, white clover, and others in that class are natives of a climate much colder than ours. In Eastern North Carolina these grasses will thrive in the spring and fall, and at these times will carry a large amount of livestock. But in the summer growth is retarded, and in hot dry weather ceases alto gether. In suggesting ho.w these grasses should be handled during the Bummer Mr. Blair says, "If grazed too heavily at this time of the year the pasture will be perma nently damaged, or killed out right. A pasture less than one year old is most apt to suffer most in this way, since its toot system is not fully developed. "Of great importance in pre serving any pasture is to give it alternate periods of grazing and rest. This is doubly true if there is a small pasture for a number of livestock. In such cases a fence shonld be built across the pasture dividing it in halves. Each half should have two weeks of complete rest while the animals graze the other half, if the wea ther is t(K> dry, or the number of animals large, they should be al lowed in the pasture for ouly a short while each day. "Another practice worth fol lowing is to clip the pasture >u» often as necessary to keep weeds from going to seed. Thin will tend to make fewer weeds e*»h year; instead of more as ip the case when they are neglected. "The expense of starting a tame grass pasture can be justified only by the fact that it should last for live years or more. Malty a pas ture has bad a promising start, only to be lost by improper care | during its first summer. PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN For Protection Against Typhoid Fever And Diphtheria—Days, Stations, and Hours. The county of Alamance is co operating with the State Board of health to pat on a public health campaign for ° protection against typhoid fever and diphtheria which will begin July 9th and last for four The expense of this campaign is l>orne jointly by the State Boaru of Health iu the county so that there will be no cost to the individual getting the beuefit uf th* treatment. The fact that there have been two campaigns previously in this county assures the success of this one. One campaign' against ty phoid fever was carried on six years ago and another one three years ago, something like 40C0 people having been vacciuated during each campaign. As a re sult of these campaigus there is hardly ever a case bf typhoid fever reported in the county. But if we expect to keep up this fiue re cord and not hav" typhoid iu the county, everybody who has not re cently been vacciuated for typhoid should be vacciuated during this campaign. Iu addition to vaccina tion against typhoid, preventive treatment will also be given agaiust diphtheria without auy additional cost to the couuty. There has beeu so many cases of diphtheria in the county thi- past winter and spring and so many deaths that surely the people will take advantage of this opportuni ty to take treatment against diphtheria. Alamance county is very for tunate in having Dr. Chas. Man gum, head of the Medical Depart ment of the University of N. C., to do this work. Dr. Mangnm will be in the county one week before the openiug of the cam paign to get the work thoroughly organized. The itinerary for this campaign, stations, dates and hours are as follows: Monday, July 9th, lGth, 23rd And 30th: 8:M) a. in. to 12:00, Graham Courthouse. 1:00 p. m., Travora. 2:15 p. in., Sidney. 3:30 p. m., Oneida. 4:30 p. ni.too:oCj p. m., Midway Store. Tuesday, July 10th, 17th, 24th and. 31st: 8:00 a. m.-l:00 p. m., Haw River (3 mills). 1:00 p. m.-2:00 p. m., Trollin wood. 2:30 p. m.-6-30 p. ni., Mebaue. Wedneuday, July 11th, 14th, 25th and Aug. Ist: . . 8:00 a. m.-9:30 a. m., Swepson- ville. 10:00 a. m.-l:00 p. in., Saxapa- haw. 2:00 p. m.-3:30 p. m., Sutphin Mill. 4:30 p. m.-6:00 p. m., Holmes' Store. Thursday, July 12th, 19th, 26th and Aug. 2nd. 8:00 a. in., Gldncoe. 9:00 a. m., Carolina. 10:00 a. m., Hopedale. 11:30 a. m.-l:00 p. in., Pleasant Grove High School. 1:30 p. m.-2:30 p. m., Aldridge's Store. 3:00 p. m.-4:00 p. m., Stoney Creek School House. 4:30 p. u)., Altamahaw. 5:30 p. ni , Ossipee. Friday, July 13th, 20th, 27th and Aug. 3rd. 8:00 a. in.-9:00 a. in., Elon. 10:00 a. m., Alamance. 11:00 ii. m., Bellemont. 12:30 p. m.-l:30 p. m., Friend- ship. 2:00 p. in.-3:00 p. m., Oakdale. 4:00 p. in.-6:00 p. m., / Snow Camp (Sylvan H. S.) Saturday, July 14th, 21st, 28th and Aug. 4th. 8:00 a. m.-12:00, Mills, 1:00 D. in.-9:00 p. in., Burlington Chamber of Commerce. According to a survey of the Illinois Committee on Public Util ily Information, expansion of elec tric light and power industry of the Middle West during the pres ent year is expected to exceed greatly that of any other section of the United Btates. Total esti mated expenditures for the whole United States in extensiona and additions are 1602,143,000 while of this sum $206,180,000 will be ispent in the Middle Weft. BILL BOOSTER SAYS Vvhom ftiocM oowr etuo V THAT ©OAAfc AMJUM \ rri ecsu woftKtuG EAmwui CNtAM OAS, PANIV4& &\U,t, »vjM\v4a FOR PtttKWO TV* WkVAUN. RNiIMQ -TW» fttMTT. BUMma *©* tut CAR, PftNtua OUR. VMS; CMC G«LT AUOUk UiVtttOUrr tVUkt OLO PAHWUL oou.Kß\ ©OU* 4CUO Yt AMJKMX " TO INVESTIGATE DEEP RIVER AS WATER POWER UNIT. Engineering Party Sent Out From University to Make Survey. Cor. of The Gleaner Chapel Hill, N. C., J tine 19,1923. —The party sent out uuder the direction of the hydraulic engi neer of the Survey to make an investigation of Deep River as an industrial wator power unit has taken the field following the com mencement at the Universitv- - Iu charge of the field party is Oscar E. Martin of East Beud, senior in the Engineering School of the University. Assisting him are G. A. Ausband of High Point, soph more in engineering, W. E. Cox of Goldaboro, a graduate of State College, and N. Andrew of Graham, of Elon College. The purpose of the investiga tion is to consider Deep Kiver as a unit to be developed into a self sustaining and coordinating power area uuique in iudustrial North Okirolina. Headwaters are to be studied in connection with estab lishment of storage reservoirs aud undeveloped sites which wduld be of benefit to the power needs of the river as a whole. The investi gation will include consideration Of plaus for erection of transmis sion lines between existing plants now maintaining separate power systems and a central steam plant as a means of economically sup plementing the water power when necessary. The investigation will also include means of economic removal of the silt which now lessens the water power, and its commercial utilization. The investigation and survey, decided upon months ago, is of special interest at this time on account of the recent report upon the Deep River Coal Field, ad jaceut to the existing industrial development aloug this river. In 1922 the State Had 1227 Forest Fires—Alamance County None The report on forest fires in North Carolina lor the year 1922, in most counties based chiefly on informa tion from voluntary correspondents, has recently been made public by the Geological and Economic Survey. The nature of the replies sent in precludes the possibility of any great accuracy, but the results are at least conservative. They show a total for the State of 1,227 fires which burned 190,737 acres and caused a damage of $042,442.80. Reports from Alamance county show that in 1922 this coontv had no forest fires during the year. If these reports were true the county was indeed fortumvte, but it is very probable that the voluntary corres pondents did not notice any fires although a number of them may have occurred. America has always preferred to take her great men from the ■oil. Karely has she bestowed her cho'ce on those nourished where city pavement* separate them from the mother of us all.— Calvin Coolidge. To Begin Forestry Experiments Raleigh, N. C., June 19.—"Co operation of all forces \v*afckihg for the care of North Carolina forests was secured at a recent conference in Raleigh. The offer of Dr. B. W. Kilgore to permit the use of the woodlands ou the Biauch Ex periment Station farms as areas for fores' demonstrations was ac cepted by Director E. H. Broth inghatn of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station. Work of this branch of the U. S. Forest Service will now be extended to the different sections of North Carolina in which these f rms are located as soon as funds are avail able. State Forester J. S. Holmes promises fire protection to areas where experi r.ents are to be made and to those areas where we plan to start intensive manament of farm forests aud the coqperat ive marketing of their products," says H. M. Cuirau, Extension Farm Forester of the State College aud Department of Agriculture. Mi. Currau states that Mr. Holmes' office in spending $25,000 of State and Federal funds for fire protection. Michigan upends $400,000. North Carolina cut lj billion feet of lumber in i !)2U, while Michigan cut only j ui a billion. The forest areas of the two States are about equa , but the value of the timber crops, the time to produce them aud the ease of protection are all in favor of Notth Carolina. "With proper care and protection, our forests will annually briug lbO million dollars worth of new wealth to tfie State/' says Mr. Currau. "The work of State Forester Holmes, of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station and of the Agriculture Extension Service, all merit the approval pt every timber laud owner iu North Caro lina. Their advice and assistance is to be had for the asking aud they should be liberally support ed with State and Federal funds. •'We spend on our forests less thau $2.00 for each square mile of timber land. A farmer can ex pect but >1 poor"crop if he sp -nds less thau his taxes to obtain a harvest and in addition allows his own and his neighbor's stock iu bis field many tiines between seediug and maturity. This is what happens to our woodlands. Fire in a woodlaud is like a stock in a field of growing grain. The trees are ilamagad and the yield reduced. A definite expenditure annually for fire protection and the intelligent thinning and cut ting of mature timber will in crease many fold the returns from forest and woodland," says Mr. Curran. Future Timber Supply in Farmers' Woodlots For its future supply of timber the South must look to the farm ers' woodlots, says Ito and Turner, general agricultural agent of the Southern Ilailway System, calling attention to the problem and the opportunity which "our vanishing forests" present to the Southern farmer. The farmer's wood lot can be made to yield a steady cash in come as well as to furnish the lumber needed,for the farm, says Mr. Turner, in urging careful management of woodlands which are on soil too rough or infertile for tillage but which can be made to pay a profitable dividend by cutting out the mature timber and protecting the )oung growth from iujury by lire and other causes. What can bo done tu make I lie wood lot pay is shown l>y ttao fact that in lU2I the farm woodlots of Maryland, where advanced fores try methods have been adopted, Showed an average income of $2.75 per acre and each tract was cut over in such a manner that, a new crop will follow the old. As the South's largest consum ers of wood as well,as the owners of a large part of its present tim ber supply, farmers have a*vital interest iu f >rest preservation on their own farms and can make their wooded lands pay an income as well as to ke»p down their lum ber bill, Mr. Turner concludes. Name the farm, place a sign over the gate, use printed station ery and develop a reputatiou for your produce says extent ion workers of the State College and Department of Agriculture. NO. 20 Alamance Farmers' Trip j Postponed to July 16th. Dtie to conference of all County Ageing at Monroe, N. C., during week 9tl», we were forced to change date of trip to July lGtli. Wo will leave Burlington at 9:30 a. in., July 10th, and re turn Saturday of the same week. Alr.fF. It. Farnham, Dairy Specialist, of Boone, N. says: ' I consider Pulaski,Wythe, Smith, and Washington counties of Vir ginia the best farming section in the South, and if you can plan come through those counties I feel sure your farmers will be well pleased." J. E. Delpb, County Agent, Wytheville, Va., Bays: "Through tlieoe counties 3011 will liud the cream of Southwest Virginia's livestock, and also a beautiful Blue Grass country traversed by* an excellent .State road from Roan oke to Abingtou." John 13. Steele, Connty Agent, liooue, C., says "KeceiVtd your letter and was glad to know that you were thinking of journey ing this way while "the cool breez es blow," and the snow oirds are building their nests. Will do what 1 can io make it pleasaut for yjur folks." Read that last seutence again, boys. Don't it souud good'/ You are entitled to a few days off for wholesome fuu, recreation, and education. I'lau to join us. This triji will beat them all. Truly, W. Kerk Scott, Co. Agent. For the purpose of expediting car movement throughout the na tion, American railways will ex pend 81i7t3,0(X),U00 for new rolling stock. Of this sum S4IS,UUU,uUU will be expended for new freight cars and SI'J7,OUO,O(X) t'or new locomotives. The greater per centage of this vast sum will go to labor. :l bMUibt k'UH THIS GLEAN BE t 6 6% is a Prescription for Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know, preventing Pneu monia. PRpFESSIONAL CARDS B. BALL, D* C. CHIROPRACTOR Nervous and Chronic Diseases, BURLUSQTON, X. C. Oliice: Over Mis* Alice Holland's Store. Telephone*: olllce, UH'j. Residence, 10. LOVICK H. KERNODLEr Attorney-a tLaw, GRAHAM, N. C. Associated with John t. Henderson, oflice over National Hank ol .llauiauce THOMAS D. COOPER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, BURLINGTON, N. C, Associated with W. S. Coulter, Nos. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg. S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D. Oraham, N. C. Office over Ferrell Drug Co. Hours: 2 to 3 and 7 to 9 p. in., and by appoint went. Phone 07' GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D. (turliiiyton, N. C. Otttcc" Hours: 'J to 11 a. w. ami by uppoiutmcul _ Ollieu Over Acinc Drug Co. Telephones: Olhcc I 111 liesidcncfe SOI JOHN J. HENDERSON Altorney-at-Law GRAHAM, \. C. Olllce over National Bank ol *l«Wf« X, s. c 002 c, Attorney-at- La« : .RAHAM, N. o^_ omce Patterson Building Second Floor. . . Oil. WILLUOM. : DENTIST : B B Sraham. - - - - North Carolina * OFFICE IN PARIS BUILDING