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VOL. XLIX PRESIDENT HARDING NOT ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED His Speeches' Fall Almost Flat—Mak ing Renomination Canvass. Special Correspondence. Washington, July 2. —President Harding's western speech-making trip has furnished many incidents that are not without interest. The people have received him with the respect due his great office and have listened to him at tentively, but irrthe reports of the trip there is nothing to indicate any enthusiasm on the part of the populace. Both iu street parades "aud in his speeches he has been greeted. with occasional applause and cheers, punctuated by long periods of silence. ' In his speeches he has occasion ally surprised and in some in stances shocked the country, par ticularly in his World Court speech at St. Louis, in which he abandoned Mr. Hughes' plan of selecting judges for the court, which, by the way, In had trans mitted to Congress with his warm approval, and offered a rather startling plau of his own. Iu Kansas he encountered gen uine "dirt farmers," telliSg them in effect that their troubles were about over and also that the Gov ernment had done about all it could for them. But one practi cal wheat farmer with years of experience, despite what the Pres ident had said of all he had done for the farmers, showed Mr. Harding iu detail that the cost of producing wneat per acre was $15.20 aud that the farmer re ceives but $15.30. The same farmer told that the farmers won't make anything this year, and Senator Capper, who poses as a farmer in Kansas and a statesman in Washington, vol unteered the information chat ' they didn't make anything last year either." \_ In Utah he undertook to take credit for a large reduction in taxation, without telling his au dience that ip a reduction of $600,000,000 of internal taxes, more than $500,000,000 was a re duction of the taxes of the multi millionaire and the profiteering classes; nor did he say anything concerning the $4,000,000,000 an nual tax levied upon the Ameri can people by the Forduey- McCumber tariff law, which he signed. The official figures of the Treasury Department show a re duction in expenditures for the current fiscal, year of 1923 of $65,- 000, COO, but when the items of expenditures are analyzed it is found that nearly $200,000,000 of reduced expenditures in 1923 was due to a reduction of the jmny and navy to a peace basis by an act of Congress, to which the ad ministration was opposed. As Cordell Hull, Chairman Democratic National Committee, says concerning President Hard ing's utterances on fiscal affairs: "To say that these statements are grossly misleading is to use the mildest possible language." * Reports of the President's trip indicate rather clearly to observ ers here that President Harding ie not only going to be a candi date lor renomination, but that he is already a candidate and is doing all that in bis power lies through his western speeches to promote that candidacy, despite his previous assertion that he would make the trip as President and not as a candidate. What the Lasker Joy- Riders Talked About. From the Ohio State Journal (Rep.). We suppose Mr. Lasker and his guests gather on tho poop deck of an evening, put their feet on the rail and have a pretty good time talking about the scandalous way in which the Wilson administra tion used to waste the people's money. Tomato plants will grow eight or ten feet high if tied to a stake and the suckers removed weekly. This is the best way to train them, says extension horticulturist R. JF. Payne. THE ALAMANCE GLEAINER EASTERN GROWERS ANGERED BY PLOT. Pitt and Craven County Coops Hold Enthusiastic Meetings Endorsing Association. • DENOUNCE ALL SLACKERS. i Condemning the action which is being taken by some disloyal members of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association, the or ganized tobacco growers of Pitt county in a unamious Resolution passed at Greenville on June 29 ( in their regular monthly meeting, stated that* they proposed to re sist to the nttermost the efforts of 1 the class and character of men who are attempting to disrupt i their association. Following the •statement that "as loyal members, we pledge ourselves to aid and urge our directors to enjoin and prosecute to the uttermost such flagrant contract breakers." The Pitt county members of the to bacco cooperative declared, "We express our confidence in the directors and other officers of the association and our hearty ap proval of their administration of the business of the association. We call upon all loyal members to rally to the support of the as sociation, to fight for our rights, to resent all misrepresentations and slanders of our association and its officers, as reflections upon' and insults to every loyal mem ber." Other resolutions approving the saleß policy of their association and favoring the orderly Belling of their tobacco at the associa tion's prices, instead of dumping and selling at the buyer's prices, were unanimously passed with an expression of thanks to all busi ness interests who have support ed and helped the organized growers. The fate of Fred A. Elks, the largest tobacco grower of. North Carolina's biggest tobacco grow ing county, who is under a re straining order to show cause why he shonld not deliver his 1923 cop to the cooperative associa tion, and is being sued for $6,000 liquidated damages for tobacco that he is alleged to have sold at auction, may be shared by more than a hundred other Pitt county farmers who brought legal action against the association on the night of Jane 25. According toM. C. Wilson, Sec retary of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association, these growers of Pitt county "by their very suits have invited and laid themselves open to counter-claim and injunction." Like W. T. Jones and Z. A. Harrell, the first contract break ers sued by the association, whose tobacco of the 1922 crop is still under the injunction issued by Judge Daniels more than eight months ago, the Pitt county farm ers who seek to avoid delivery of their 1923 crop to their own or ganization, aregivingtheir fellow farmers with whom they have contracted to deliver, an early notice of their intention to aban don at its very start, the enter prise which Chief Justice Clark of the North CaroliuaSupreme Court called "the most hopeful move ment to obtain justice and im prove the condition of farmers." The effort of a few of the farm ers of Pitt county to avoid de livery oi their 1923 erop of to bacco to their own association has eaused a wave of loyalty through out Eastern North Carolina which has never been equaled ia the history of the association. Several hundred members of the associa tion from Craven county who met in Vanceboro last week held the most enthusiastic meeting of as sociation members which has taken place in that section since the farmers of Eastern North Carolina joiaed hands to improve their system of marketing. Direc tor J. Y. Joyuer, from Raleigh headquarters, Director J. H. Coward of Ayden, R. J. Works of Kentucky, and Archie D. Odum of Nashville, were among the speakers who addressed meetings of Pitt and Cravea county tobacco growers during the past week. The serious crop shortage in Virginia has reached alarming proportions, according to the latest reports of the county chair men and secretaries of the tobacco, association in twenty-four coua- GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JUJ/Y 5, 1923 ties of that State, and a shortage of 35 per cent, as compared to last year's crop, seems certain from the estimate based upon re ports handed in from twenty-four Virginia connties on June 21. Farmer Refused to Vaccinate and Lost Hogs. Due to the prevalence of hog cholera in Harnett county, County Agent H. A. Edge decided to put on a campaign to vaccinate the hogs of the county and called on Dr. F. D. Owen who Ms charge of this work for the State College and Department of Agriculture, to help him out. The ipatter was given much publicity and the farmers were urged tu list their hogs with the agent. A great number took advantage of the event and had their hogs immun ized from the disease by the dou ble treatment given by Dr. Owen. About 1,000 were treated. , Now it costs about 35 c6nts to $1.25 to vaccinate an animal, de pending on its size, but one good hog owner decide! that he wouldn't go to that useless ex pense. About a week after the treatment had been administered ,to the 1,000 hogs, cholera broke out oh the farm of the man who refused to have the work done. He called for help. He went posthaste for the 'county agent, and Mr. Edge being a conscien tious sort of fellow wanted to help his farmer friend out. He used the serum alone treatment and vaccinated the six fine hogs but some of them were already sick and Dr. Owens reports that even tho Edge made six fine shots, only two of the six will be saved. Each of the hogs were worth 820 at the time of being attacked with the disease. Thus $5 would [have saved SBQ or more if the hogs were reckoned in terms of meat this fall and wiuter. Dr. Owens says that the serum treatment is a preventative agent and is uot a curative agent and so it is wise to lock the door be fore the horse is stolen —not after wards. It seems that he is right. 13,090,000 Farm Workers Labor Without Profit. There are 13,00,000 agricultural workers in the United States it is pointed out in a bulletin issued by the Department of Agriculture a few days ago. Of this number 2,000,000 are women. All to gether, these workers represent 29 per cent of all the persons gainfully employed in this coun try. "the figures were compiled to show that problems concerning agricultural workers affect a larger number than is engaged in manufacturing, mining, lum bering, or commerce," the Depart ment explains. For the last two years these 13,- 000,000 men and women have worked almost without return for their labor, aud they are again facing another period of prac tically resultless effort, duo to the low prices of agricultural products. Preaching Contentment To Discontented Farmers Iu the account which was giveu in the Philadelphia Public Ledger (a Republican newspaper) of President Harding's visit to Hut chison, Kansas, appear these paragraphs: "On the ride through Kansas last night," wrote Correspondent Robert Barry, "such'reactions as were obtainable to his (President Harding's) Hutchison speech were best expressed by a prominent State official—a Republican—who said: " 'No one can come out Itere and preach contentment to these farmers. They are discontented and they don't care who knows it. They are not to be placated by statements of how much worse things might be. They want to hear that.freight rate* are to be lowered and they don't euro to hear much else unless it b> that some form of Government stabil ization of prices is contemplat ed.'" Improvements in feeding and caring for swine must originate in the mind of the owner; if he thinks it is not worth while—then it isn't, says W. W. Shay. Poultry Culling Demonstrations Will Be Held In Alamance County. Forty poultry culling demonstrations are to be given at the places and dates given below. Prof. Lee Cooper of the Alexander Wilson High School, Prof. R. H. Hutehenson of Sylvan, Prof. J. W. Bason of Friendship, Mr. A. U Oliver, Poultry Specialist for the State College and Department of Agriculture, a repre sentative of the Southern Railway Development • Service, the Home and County Agents, will assist at these meetings. Come see how it is done, then go home and cull your flocks. The Alamance Creamery will ship without charge on the 13th of August all cull birds that you bring in at this time. Roosters, cockerels, old hens, pullets and fryers are included. At least one-fourth of your hens are not worth koeping; find out which these are and get.rid of them. Augußt 6th, 10 a. m., Shoffner community, at Mrs. C. 11. Coble's, Burlington, R.F.D. 4 p. m., New Hope " " Mrs. Will Spoon, " " 4 " Bethany " " Mrs. Jim Dixon, Graham, " 4 " ling's Chapel " " Mrs. Walter Johnston, Burlington. 7 " Shallow Ford " " Mrs. Will Walker, Burlington, R.F.D. 7 " Eureka " " Mrs. Geo. Isley, Graham, R.F.D. 7 " Deep Creek " " Mrs. Chas. Roney, Burlington, R.F.D. August 7th, 10 a, m , Isley " " Mr.-. John Cantrell, " 10 " Hawfields " " Mrs Dewey Covington, Mebane. 10 " Mahan " " Mrs. Charlie King, Burlington. 4 p. m., Oakwood " " Mrs. C. L. Lewis, Altamahaw, No. 1. 4 " Swepsonville " " Mrs. Cad Albright, Graham, R.F.D. 4 " Burlington " " Mrs.Will Thornton,Bur{ington,R.F.D. 7 " Haywood " " Miss Mary McCulloch, Burlington. 7 " Woodlawu " " MM. Mose Wilkerson, Mebane. 7 " Highlands " " Mrs. A. K. Sharpe, Burlington. • August Bth, 10 a. M.i Eldermont " " W. A. Thompson, Burlington. 10 " Cedar ClifF " Robert Thompson, Graham. 10 " Center " Will Ivey, Snow Camn, R. F. D. 4p. m., Salem " " Sam Newlin, Graham, R. F. D. 4 " Snow Camp " Milo Pace, Snow Camp. 7 " Green Hill " " Maylon Newlin, Snow Camp. 7 " Bethel " Johnnie Foust, Snow Camp. 7 " Mountain View\ " " Calvin Morton, Mebane. August 9th, 10 a. m , Snow Camp " Murphey Williams, Snow Camp. 10 " Mcßae " Mrs. G. R. Graham, Uuilington. 10 " Manndale " " RR. Richardson, Saxapahaw. 4p. m., Spring , " " Doc Mcßane, " 4 " Pleasant Hill " Gaston Andrews, Siler City, No. 2. 4 " Union Ridge " " Lou McCauley, Union Ridge. 7 " Stony Creek " " Rose Walker, Burlington. 7 " Concord " " Charlie Johnaton, Saxapahaw. August 10th, 10 a. m., Glencoe " Mrs. T. E. Gilliam, Burlington, No. 2. 10 " Friendship " " Joe Islev, Burlington, R. F. D. 4p. m , Hebron " " Dolph Mebane, Mebane, R. F. D. 4 " Friendship " " Guerney Isley,Turlington, 7p. m , Haw River " " J. A. Long, Haw River. 7 " Oakdale " " /.eke Hornaday, Liberty, R. F. D. August 11th, Saturday, 10 a. m., Mr. A. G. Oliver tirill meet with all commercial poultrymen and those especially interested in their flocks at the home of My. Joe Nicholson, Saxapahaw. Mr. Nicholson has about a thousand hens and is making a suc cess of the business. There is nothing fancy about his equip ment. It will pay you to meet with Mr. Oliver at this place aud discuss with him your problems aud at the same time see a prac tical commercial poultry plant in operatioh. Yours truly, EDNA REINHARDT, Home Agent. W. KEKK SCOTT, CO. Agent. News of Whitsett. Cor. of The Gleaner. Whitsett, July 2.—Mr. aud Mrs. John W. Summers have just re turned from a visit of a week to Chimney Rock, Blowing Rock*, Ashevflle, aud other points in western North Carolina. They were accompanied as far as Gas tonia by Mrs. It. K. Davenport who visited relatives at that place. The trip was made by auto by way of Charlotte and they report the roads generally as very good. » A very distressing affair oc curred in Burlington last Satur day when M. L. Shepherd, H popu lar young man >f this community, was struck by au badly injured. O He was kuockeri down and rendered ilnconscious. He was carried at once to Rainey Hospital where trained nurses and doctors have been iu constant at. tendance since. It is not yet kuowu just how serious his con dition tn+y be, as he has been un conscious most of the time since | the injury, lie is a junior at the! State University and a very i bright young man, aud his family i has the deepest sympathy of the; entire community in this sad af-j fair. His sister is with him at' the hospital. Mrs. L. S. Ingle was the leader Suuday evening at a patriotic ser vice held by the Christian Endea- i vor. Several fine addresses were made and special music added much to the occasion. Hon. W. N. Everette, secretary! of state, will speak in Graham on Wednesday.'July 4th, and many will go from here to take part in the exercises of the day. Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Whitsett and family spent Saturday jn Greensboro visiting. Mrs. G. W. Davenport who has not been very well for some weeks is greatly improved at this tiuie. Mrs. T. L. Fitzgera'd was in Greensboro Friday to see a physi cian iu regard to an injury to her foot received some time ago. Clarence Ingle of Red Springs is here with relatives for a few days. R. C. Walker has sold out bis garage and will visit Norfolk, Va., before going into business again. Walter Williams of Nashville is here for a visit with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. M. Clapp. Next Sunday* evening the Chris tian Endeavor will hold a special consecration meeting, with a num ber of new features for the occa sion. Fine raius have fallen here for the past three days greatly to the delight of everybody. It is hoped that t{ie long, hot, dry spell of tho past two weeks is broken. Wheat threshings are now in progress; the farmers report about a half yield this >ear. John Stutts fell from a wagon last Friday aud was severely hurt by a wheel passing over him; the was heavily loaded at the time. Miss Essa Wheeler has returned to Winston-Salem after some time speut here on her vacation with her parents. Mr. Mrs. Holt Hunter of Greensboro have been here for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor for a day or two. They witi both teach next year. The Patriot baseball games in Greeusboro are attended by num bers from here reguUrly. • The good roads make the trip an easy [one. - . CLUB MEMBERS' ENCAMPMENT. Regulations and Requirements for Those Proposing to go—Will go to Morehead City—Each One to Sign Pledge. The time for our encampment is almost here. The County Board of Education has kindly consent ed to our useof tne school trucks again and w«jkwill make Morehead beach our goal. We expect to have the best encampment we have ever had. The' party will leave Graham Friday, July 27th, at 9:00 o'clock. We will reach Morehead Saturday afternoon and stay there till I Thursday. We will come back to ' Raleigh where we will spend a day j studying poultry. Friday p.m. we will reach Graham. A regular' schedule of work and play will be j followed while at Morehead. A reliable driver and chaperon 1 will be in chargo of each truck. Club members will be in charge | of the Farm or Home Agent or! their assistant chaperon from the j time they leave Graham until' they return. Under no conditions shall any club member bo allowed j to leave encampment without per- 1 mission' from the county agent*. A deposit of SIO.OO must be made with the couuty agents or| some authorized person before' leaving Graham. It is hoped that! ! the trip will not cost m much. | ! All money not used will be re-j , funded. Cooked food to" last till Satur- j j day night must bo carried. Bring 'the following raw materials: 1 doz. Irish potatoes, 1 lb. but ter, 1 lb. sugar, one-half cup grits, one-half pint pickle, 1 qt. green beans, 1 pint jelly, jam or pre serves, 1 doz. eggs, 1 lb. ham, one half lb. bac(Hi, 1 small cake, 1 doz. tea cakes/^ One dark blanket, soap, towels, comb, tooth brush, drinking cup, piste* spoon, knife and fork, bathing suit. Each girl should wear dark dress and carry sweater or light] coat, two gingham or lawn| dresses, two changes of plain un- j derwear. Leave your fancy j clothes at home. , If you wish to go on this trip write us a letter staling exactly!; what farm or homo work you have done this spring aud summer and tell*how you think boys aud girls club work could be made stronger j in Alamance county. Sigu the followiug agreement and return with your letter. If you have at tended either of the vocational | ischools in the county, a statement from your teacher saying you I | have done creditable work will j admit you without the above let-1 ter to the farm and home agents. Very Si net rely, W. K. Scott, County Agent. Edna Reinhardt, j Home Agent. I have read the above rules aud j I pledge myself to obey them strictly aud cheerfully. I seeK j the advantages offered by this en campment iu order that I may doj better club work and be a more! useful member of my community. Signed: Name. Food Prices Rise; Farm Products Decline 1 While the price of food was ris ing tn most of tb? large cities be-: tween April 15 and May 15, as re-; ported by the Bureau of Labor, Statistics of the Department of Labor, the prices of most of the I principal agricultural products , were steadily declining. Thei farmer was reaping no benefit from ; the upward range of prices fori what in large part ho had pro- j duced. 111 the middle of the present month (June) hogs sold for less money than they had brought to the producer since 1912, when the Taft (Republican) administration was in power. Wheat and other crops have been dropping in price for two years—ever since the "special agricultural tariff" was enacted by the Republican Con gress in 1921. year's potatoes sold at the farm for an average of 60 cents a bushel, according to the Depart ment of Agriculture, but the con sumer in the cities had to pay never less than twice that much | for them. NO. 22 Already Getting Ready For Fair Next Fall. Raleigh, July 2.—"Tentin' To night" is expected to be one of the 1 popular songs of the sixty-second I North Carolina State Fair, which will be held October 15-19. General Manager E. V. Walborn is making preparations to have a tented city for automobilists, who have camping outfits. By bring ing along their tents, autoists will be assured of ample accommoda tions for.tljeir needs while they are here. The tented city will be located I within the Fair Grounds and there will be am; le room for all. This new feature of the Fair promises to attract many .ardent outdoor enthusiasts. Raleigh homes will be thrown ;open to Fair visitors as usual and will be increased hbtel ac commodations, and it is expected that the large majority of the merry throngs will want indoor accommodations. But there will be parking space at the Fair Grounds tor all who desire it though application should be made beforehand. This will bo just one of the many new features that will be put on this fall. Mrs. Edith Van derbilt, the enterprisiug president of the State Fair, is determined to make the North Carolina institu tion second to none in the South and equal to the best in the na liou. She is already actively at work lining up exhibits that will adequately represent the vast re sources, agricultural, industrial, and commercial, to be found iu the Old North State. Mrs. Vanderbilt expects to have something of iuterest at the Fair for every member of the family. It is her aim to make the very best fair anywhere. She is re ceiving assurances of hearty co- Operation from her fellow Tar Heels. 41 HULKiHK FOR THB GLiJAJSBB 6 6 6 is a Prescription for Col(|h, Fever and LaGnppe. It's the most speedy remedy we know, preventing Pneu monia. PROFESSIONAL CARDS J. B. BALL, D. C. . CHIROPRACTOR Nervous and Chronic Diseases, • BURLINGTON, N. C. | Office: Over Miss Alice Ron laud's Store. Telephones: ornce. u«i. Kcsldence. 10. LOVICK H. K£RNODLEr~ Atiorney-at-Law, GRAHAM. N. C. Associated Willi John J. Henderson. Office over .\alional Hank ol Alamance THOMAS D. COOPER, Attorney and Counsetlor-at-Law, BURLINGTON, N. C, Aaiociated with V. S. Coulter, Not. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg. S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D. Graham, N. C. » Office over Ferrell Drug Co. Hours: 2 to 3 and 1 to y p. m., and by appoint inent. Phone 97* GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D. Burlington, N. C. OAkc Hours: yto 11 a. ill. and by uppointuumt Office Over Acme Drug Co. Telephone*: Office I lO—Hesldence 264 JOHN J. HENDERSON ; Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM. N. C. Office over Nilloaal Baakol AlawwM S. C OOIEC, Attorney-at r L»«f- KAHAM, .... N. 0 OCtco Patteraon Building second Floor. • . DR. WILL Uoi\G, JR. . : DENTIST : e 1 Graham, .... NcrtkCarilln OFFICE IN PARIS BUILDING V
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