VOL. XLIX
SENATOR HI JOHNSON
SPEAKS IN NfeW YORK
Takes a Tilt at Prest. Harding and
Intimates He Will be Candidate
for Nomination.
Special Correspondence.
Washington, July 31. —What-
over different interpretations may
be put upon the various utter
ances in the speech of Senator
Iliram Johnson at New York, July
25, there Ts not likely to be any
disagreement*over the view that
it was an anti-administration
speech from start to finish. His
most significant political utter-,
atices may be summarized as fol
lows:
He took direct issue with Presi
dent .Harding on the executive's
World Court proposal, which was
to have been expected.
lie indicts the Harding admin
istration on its national policies
as strongly as he does oil its inter
national policy, when ho says: "I
preach with the same emphasis
abhorrence in our public life, in
our national and international
policies of duplicity, cowardice,
oretense and hypocrisy."
lift accuses Secretaries Hughes
and Hoover of having recanted
their views on the League of Na
tions and fays they would not
otherwise be in the Cubinet. He
strongly intimates that he knows
more about foreign affairsr than
Secretary Ilijghes.
He directly accused the jTardiog
administration of responsibility
for the popular discontent when
he said: "Of course there's.discon
tent. It arises not from dissatis
faction with popular government,
but with the lack of it. When
his (the Common Citizen's) pro
blems, which means not only his
happiness, but the happiness and
very life of his loved ones, are
shunned by those in power . . .
in no uncertain fashion he voices
his discontent and distrust.
He warns against the contiuu
ance of Harding reaction ism,
(which President Harding's re
nomination and election would
insure), and suggests the alterna
tives in this significant sentence:
"I sxiggest to my conservative
brethren that recent events indi
cate they must choose whether
progressive things, shall be done
in a conservative way or in a radi
cal .way. You may have to take
progressivistu (Johnson) or radi
calism will take you."
He freely criticizes both Eng
land and France—the political
significance of which is obvious,
and makes a grund gesture to the
women voters.
Throughout the speech there is
an evident attempt to impart a
Roosevelt flavor which is not very
successful.
It was not expected that Sena
tor Johnson would make any
direct announcement of his can
didacy and actually cast his hat
nto the ring, but the speech as a
whole indicates that when and if
a favorable opportunity presents,
4he hat will be cast.
From now on, according to poli
tical observers here, it may be
expected that the anti-Harding
faction will redouble their efforts
to force the President out of the
race, or failing in this to perfect
their plans to accomplish his de
feat for renomination.
The Harding followers, on the
other hand, point out that the
alleged chief cause of disconteut,
and disgust with the administra
tion is the Fordney-McCumber
tariff, and that Senator Johnson
voted for all the high rates of tbat
bill. There are other causes,
such as Newberryinui and Lasker
ism, but they recall that Senator
Johnson "missed" his train and
was absent when the Newberry
vote was taken, and further tbat
Lasker was one of his principal
supporters at the last Republican
convention.
They seem to regard Senator
Johnson as much of a reactionary
as President Harding, so far as his
acts go, and a progressive only
when he is making a political
stamp speech.
However accurate these opin
ions, it is more or less evident
that the fight for the Republican
Presidential nomination between
President Harding and Senator
Johnson is on, with the President
more in the mood to continue as a
Candidate than ever before.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
HISTORY TOBACCO COOP
MARKETING REPEATS ITSELF.
Carolina-Virginia Farmers Increase
Success Yearly Like Canadians.
The Tobacco Growers' Coopera
tive Association has sold all but
28 million pounds of the 163 mil
lion pounds of tibacco delivered
by its members last season, ac
cording to the recent announce
ment of Richard R. Patterson,
Leaf Manager for the cooperative
association.
Several million pounds were
sold by the association duriug
July and prospects for further
salps ol the association's re-dried
tobaccos are excellent according
to Manager Patterson.
Deliveries to the cooperative
warehouses in South Carolina are
increasing daily, as the organized
growers continue to receive cash
advances which are far in advance
of those paid last year and are
more thau the prices paid fox
many grades on the South Caro
lina auction markets in 1921.
Cooperative marketing of to
bacco by Canadian growers has
been highly successful according
to a letter received this week by
M. 0. Wilson, Secretary of the
organization of the Carolina-Vir
ginia growers from John Maghill,
President of the Canadian Tobac
co Growers' Cooperative Company
of Ontario, Canada. President
Maghill writes: "The priceß re
ceived by the growers of flue to
bacco in the year 1920 through
the company were from 22c. to
38c. per pouud; 1921, from 25c. to
43c. per pound, and 1922, from
27c. to 51c. per pound. The prices
quoted are for the tobacco re
ceived from the farmers on the
inbound weight.
Prices for 1920 and 1921 equal
prices paid to the outside grower
and the 1922 prices are from 3c
to 9c per pound more than was
offered by the buyers for the same
tobacco."
The Kentucky Hurley Growers
according to the latest reports
averaged 9c per pound more in
their first year of organization
than they had received for their
1920 crop when nnorganized. In
1922, despite an increase of nearly
100,000,000 pounds in the yield,
their crop was sold at about 9c
more thau the 1921 crop.
History repeats itself iu coop
erative marketing and the in
creased advances paid by the To
bacco Groweis Cooperative Asso
ciation as it begius its second year
of marketing h s given its mem
bers renewed confidence in the
complete success of their plan.
A list of prices posted in all as
sociation warehouses throughout
the South Carolina Belt, with
comparisons of the 1922-23 ad
vances is as follows:
Wrappers.
1922. 1923.
A-2 122.75 $32.50
A-3 17.50 25.09
Smoking Lugs.
1922. 1923.
E-l 1 8 650 * 9.00
E-2 5.50 8.00
E-3 4.20 6.00
E-4 2.45 4.00
E-5 1.75 3.00
E-C 1.05 2.00
E-7 „ .35 1.00
Primings.
1922. 1923.
F-l . $5.60 SB.OO
F-2 4.55 6.50
F-3 4.20 6.00
F-4 2.45 4.00
F-5 1.75 3.00
F-C 1.05 2.00
F-7 1.00-
Have an Early Fall Garden.
Despite the fact that the dry
weather practically ruined the
home gardens in some sections of
the State, there is still the oppor
tunity to have crops coming along
for the fall garden, says F. E.
McCall, garden specialist for the
State College and Department of
Agriculture. He says, "One can
yet plant beans, beats, Coa let
tuce, corn, and carrots. Tomato
plants, cabbage and celery plants
can be s»t ont, and seeds for early
wiuter cabbage, cauliflower and
sncb caops may now be planted.
A start now will mean an abund
ance of early fall vegetables."
It was Frances Elizabeth Wil
lard who bad for one of her mot
toes:
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 2, 1923
Fanners Are "Rainbow Chasers."
Says Secretary of Agriculture.
Washington Correspondence.
With the farmers of the country
in revolt against Republican re-
the officials of tfce ad
ministration and other Old Guard
spokesmen are now trying to
blame the farmer for the present
distressful coudition of agricul
ture. According to au interview
with Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace iu the Washington pub
lication, the Spotlight, (formerly
the Searchlight), the leaders of the
farmers are called "mushy" and
the farmors themselves are rid i
culed as "rainbow chasers." We
quote from the interview:
"If farmer leaders would stop
shouting about the farmer's
sacred duty to f ed and clothe
the'world, farmers would be bet
ter off." The Secretary indicated
that this sort of talk was pritty
BQft, girly-girly stuff.
"They ought to have more of
the iron that labor leaders have in
their make up," he said.
".Farmers, generally speaking,
are in pretty desperate straits; is
there anything ihey can do, col
lectively, which will help them
out?" I suggested.
"You know them and thoir
leaders, as well as I do," the Sec
retary replied; "they Won't pull
together; they go off chasing
rainbows and get side-tracked too
easily.
"No, the problem is only for the
individual farmer to solvo bv
studying the situation; increasing
his per acre production and de
creasing his unit of cost; hiring
less help, and doifcg everything
aud raising everything that he can
by his own efforts anil that of his
family," he said.
"You know the problem is real
ly solving itself," he continued.
"How? Mr. Secretary," I asked.
Whereupon, Secretary Wallace
explained as follows:
"The marginal farmer, that is,
the farmer who is on the narrow
fringe of solvency, either through
disadvantageous locatiou, climat
ically, with referenco to mar
kets, or the farmer with poor soil,
or the inefficient farmer—farmers
like these are being crowded out
and are g >ing into the cities.
"This means that labor wages
are going to co.i.e down, due to
keener competition, and in this
way a proper ratjo between the
earning capacity of the farmer
and the industrial worker will be
brought about."
There you have the solution of
the agricultural problem from the
highest administration authority.
When enough farmers have been
driven from their farms to the
cities by failure yo make a living,
then farm production will de
crease to the poiut where the sur
viving farmers will get a higher
price for their products and labor
will get lower wages by rersou of
the increased supply of labor pro
vided by the impoverished farm
ers.
What will the farmers think of
this solution by the Cabinet offi
cer of the Harding administration
in charge of their interests, and
how does it barmoui/.e with the
promises of agricultural prosperi
ty made to the farmers 111 the
campaign of 1020 and repeated
in 1922?
Some "Donts" l or Wool.
Raleigli, N. (J., July 30. —"Don't
cut up the clothes line and tie the
wool fleeces with it; don't use old
baling wire; carpet rags, corn
fodder aud hickory whips for th»«
same purpose. Plenty of such
junk and ragged bags of all kinds
came into the North Carolina
wool pools held in several coun
ties this year. Jiujers are wise
and make their prices to fit the
goods offered," says p. P. Wil
liams, Sheep Field Agent for the
Agricultural Extension * Service.
Mr. Williams has been spending
the past several weeks in assist
ing county agents to hold their
cooperative wool pools. lie has
graded aod helped to sell the wool
for the beat market prices l»ut
found difficulty in gettiug the
best classification for the woul on
account of the poor condition in
which some of it was offered
Londoners may soon !>e able to
go to the Swiss A!ps and back in
the same day by a suggested new
line of passenger aeroplanes.
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Retail Price of Food Rises
While Farm Products Decline.
Thirteen articles of food—ali
of them but two produced by
American farmers —increased iu
price at retail in the month from
May 15 to June 15, although prac
tically all agricultural products,
including livestock, wero declin
ing iu value at the farm, accord
ing to the official figures of the
United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics. These articles and the
rato of increase in price for each
were as follows: Potatoes l'J per
cent; round steak, 5 per cent; sir
loin stnak, leg of lamb, and
onions, each 4 per cent; chuck
roast and bananas, each per
cent; rib roast and cheese, each
per cent; ham and fresh eggs,
each 1 per cent, and vegetable
lards'and substitutes and tea,
each about one-half of 1 per c> ul.
By way of comment on this rise
iu the cost of .iving to consumers
it is interesting to reproduce a
paragraph from tho Department
of Agriculture's publication,
"Weather, Crops anil Markets,"
(page 27) for July 14:
"The prices of meat animals -
hogs, cattle, sheep, and chickens
—to producers decreased 5.1 per
cent from May 15 to Juneau,"
says this authoritative bulletin.
"In the past 10 years prices de
creased in like period 1.0 per cent
Ou June 15 the index figure ol
prices for these meat animals was
about 10 3 per cent lower than a
year ago, 4.1 per cent lower than
two years ago, and 28 'I per cent
lower than the average for the
past 10 years "
It is the old familiar story.
The producer is getting 1 ss, the
consumer is paying more.
The Poultry Needs of North Carolina.
Speaking to a roceut gathering
of bankers at Ibe Slate College,
Dr. B. F. Kaupp. he id of the poul
try work of the Col lego and ex
periment station, called "attention
■to some of the vital needs of tne
poultry indu.it ry in this State.
Dr. Kaupp poin'od oil', that the
State is producing ouly bl-H.OTii,- j
1000.00 worth of poultry products i
each year and this is not enough,
fix-the needs of Norfh Carolina.!
No eggs and poultry liould in
imported into thoSlate when con
ditions are 'so avorable to pro
ducing these pioducts at home
and the bankers could help in en
couraging the movement for more
and better poultry.
Large hatcheries for supplying
day-old chicks could be etablish
ed successfully iu North Carolina,
stated Dr. Kaupp, and money now
sent out of the State could be used
for buying eggs from the farmers
for use in these hatcheries and
day old chicks turned out for the
use of both rural and urban
dwellers. ,
lie said further j "Wo need
county poultry associations for
standardizing tho farm flocks, for
standardizing and grading eggs
and table fowls, for culling birds
and for shipping in carlots the
surplus poultry from the farms.
' The bankers occupy a strategic
' position in this state-wide pou 'ry
development scheme and can help
' if they only would."
ALAMANCE NEGRO FARMERS
MAKE 350 MILE TOUR
Negro Farmers of Alamance County
Make an Agricultural Tour of 350
Miles Through Twelve Counties,
Under the Leadership of Local
Agent, J. W^Jeffries.
A three hundred and fifly mile
agricultural tour by J. W. Jeffries,
LOCH) Ageut of Alamance county,
with a party oj negro farmers uu
der lii.s supervision, is reported to
be very helpful. They loured
twelve cou ties, nam* ly: Ala
mance, Oraug", Caswell, Person,
Granville, Dubinin, Wake, Chat
ham, Lee, Moore, Montgomery
and Randolph. They made some
very important observations, par
-1 i'-ulari, - at iho State Test Farm
'i; Urair ale ci 'inty, the ( en
ttul lisp- viment Station and State |
K.inn hi il ilcigh and Mr. Leonard |
Tuft's i tii• s at Pinehurst.
At Pie ' hitH Tests.. Farm near I
'Jxlorl in (iraiivillo count)', I
anion.; tlie umny interesting
Ihiiit.s pointed out to them liy tliej
Manfmer, Mr 10. (4. Moss, wis the
effect ol Dolomitic li-ine on "sand
drown" and the effect of a liberal
use of potash in producing a good j
qualify of tobacco.
At Central Experiment Station:
in Kaleigh and State Farm they'
received valuable information j
about the use of legumes for soil I
improvement, the formula to use t
in fertilizing corn, cotton and]
soybeans, llie meaning of a good j
pasture, "not barbed wire around ;
a pi no thicket," as Local Agent
Jeffries puts it, "but a good grass j
inixturo sown on a field and fenc
ed in." Ou these pastures werei
found grazing some of the finistj
Jersey cows in the South. The
dairv barn and dairy were typical j
examples of cleanliness and mod
ern dairy work.
They were also impressed with i
the modern poultry plant, the Alio)
breeds* of poultry, swine and I
many other features ot the work j
that were infoiiuing and inspir
ing.
From Italeigh they went to j
Pinehurst, at which point Mr. It. I
L Taylor, a negro school teacher,
and li s friends with the assist-1
am r o of Mr. [Leonard Tuft had ,
prepared for their reception
sumptuous barbecue and plenty
of red meat watermelon. After
partaking of the hospitality of
these kind friends they were
shown by Mr. Leonard Tuft him
self over their fine farm at Pine
hurst.
They wero greatly impressed
with Mr. Tuft's fine herd of Berk
shiro hogs which is possibly the
finest in the south, but they were
probably more impressed with the
fact that it is more profitable to
pasture hogs on rape, chufas,
corn and soy beans and keep them
in sanitary houses, than to feed
on hard corn, red dog, shipstuff,
and other mixtures in a piuu polej
or rail pen or lot in a patch of
woods or pine thickets. This one
lesson was worth the whole trip
if they will make use of it.
They wero also captivated with
Mr. Tuft's fine herd of Ayroidiire
cattle, his modern dairy, and the
deadlines with which it was han
dled. • 1 made th m a little more'
appetizing for milk. Hut pos
sibly th" most striking thing
was the K"'at peach orchards,
in Moore eounty. The farmers j
say ? hey now understand that if
it is profitable to prune, spray,
fertilize and cultivate the thous-j
ands'of acres in Moore county set!
to (peaches, it is profitable and
wise to do the same thing with a
home orchard. This is another
valuablo lesson, if they will take
it home and put it into prac
tice.
This trip will not only help the;
farmers who enjoyed the three!
hundred and fifty miles outing,]
but will t>e an inspiration and an
incentive to those in their various
communities to watch with inter-!
est the introduction of this knowl-j
edge into their fanning industry,
and tho results they obtain.
J.vo. D. WKAY,
Farm Makers' Club Agent.
.Soft bodied ho«s sell for $1 less
and oily hogs for t'i less than hard
hons, finds W. W. Shay. With
the tremendous possibilities for
corn production in North Carolina
i no fanner should be compelled to
'sell soft l ogs.
MEN WANTED
Scout Master Thompson Tells What
Scouting is; Its Aims and What it
• Stands for.
"God giyc us men A time like this
demands
11 Strong minds, great heaitp, true
faith and ready hands.
Men whom the lust of office does not
kill;
j Men whom the spoils of office can'
not buy; *
j Men who possess opinions and a
will;"
i Men who hive honor;
| Men w.io will not lie."
The question has been asked,
"Why become a Boy Scout?"j
| While the above poem seems to sat-;
i isfactorily answer the question, yet j
! I desire to nay a Tew words to the}
| parents of the bovs of Graham:)
(Since men are "Wan'ed," boys are
j wanted that the wanted men may j
jbe found, iioys are wanted, fori
| they will be the men of the next!
j generation
i If it is a fjiiestion with you, "Why
should my i>oy become a scout?" let |
me tell you some of the purples of 1
! Scouting:
It is learning by doing.
It provides a boy with happy and f
i healthy outlet for his superabundant
! energies
It supplies worth while activities,
1 for his out-of school hours.
It gives him something he likes
!to do and something worth doing. '
It offers incentive for progress and j
, makes achievement desirable in the
i boys own eyes.
j It is positive, constructive, all do- ;
I ing no "dou'ting."
I It makes use of universal, ele
! mental boy instincts, gang loyalty, j
[hero worship, pride of physical (
I prowess, love of adventure and the'
' great outdoors.
The method of scouting is not ab-j
jatract book pedagogy.
It is sound, vital, practical.
The spirit of scouting is (.he spirit
of fair pla3', cheerfulness, good com-*
Jradeship, loyalty. Above all, it isi
j the spirit of service. * ' To be help
i ful to all people at all times" is the
oath the scout takes, aud let no one
think it is an easy pledgo to keep,
i for such helpfulness means not only
[the will to serve, to forget yourself, '
lif need be, in another's need; it!
means, also, the trained mind, quick |
aud clear in action, the trained body |
I ready to respond at the instant dial- i
'lengo of the commanding brain.)
The Good Turn is not only in act —j
it is an attitude of mind. Like no-!
| bility, it obliges. Dedicated to this
|Good Turn, tho scout can not be'
j blind or deaf to the needs of others.
! He has U> be on the watch for oppor- j
tunities for service.
The spirit of scouting is an in-;
I tangible thing, but it is not less sig
nificant or pervasive, because it can
| not be taught ks one teaches knot
j tying or a semaphore code. Under
[the right sort of training it goes
deep into the soil of the boy's heart, i
vitalizing his life, making it fruitful
j beyond any power of reckoning.
Tho spirit of scouting is com-i
I municable. It is caught by one boy J
land then another, until by and by j
i the whole in ass is leavened.
The late Theodore Roosevelt said, j
I "If you are going to do something j
j permaneut for the average nun, you j
| have got to begin before lie is a man.
The chance of success lies in woik j
j ing with the boy."
j Wo have an interesting Conclave I
|in Graham. We do not have any |
I secrets from the boy's parents
Will you let us help your boy?
T.'ie rii'out Oath :
lie fore he becomes a Scout t boy j
! must promise:
Ou my honor I will do my best—
To do my duty to Cod and my j
country, and to obey the Scout law,
To help other people at all times; j
To k'e«P myself physically strong, 1
| mentally awake, and morally
straight.
Jas. K Russell, Dean, TVacher's 1
jCollege, Columbia University, says:
j "The BdJ Scout movement is the
most significant educational contri
bution of our time."
CIIAS. C. THOMPSON,
Scout Master, Graham Troop No. 1.
The great steamship Leviathan
can carry passengers enough to
fill a good-sized country town,
nearly 5,000 in all. But this
number is nothing to her actual
carrying capacity, for during the
war as a transport, she once car
ried 13,548 crew and soldiers—
| easily the world's record in ocean
! travel.
NO. 26
Negro Farmers Convention
Aug. 9 and 10.
The State Negro Farmers con- A
venlion will be held at the A. & |
T. College, Groensboro, N. C., on
Thursday and Friday, August 9th
md 10th. A very interesting
program has been arranged, with
Home very prominent men a;id
women of theV Agricultural iield
I scheduled to speak. Sash men
ns Dr. C. C. Taylor, Dr. Clarence %
I' >e, and Prof. C. It. Hudson are
on program to speak to tho men,
while .Mrs. T. W. Bickett, Mrs.
Jane McKimmon, Mrs. B. T.
' Washington and others will Bpo*k .
to the farm women. lam espe
cially asking the negro farmers
of Alamance county to attend this
meeting and carry with them
their wives. The information you
will receive tit this meeting will
be well worth while and no doubt
will menu much to you in your
future farmiug. Free board and
lodging will be furnished to all
who attend and pay one dollar as
registration fee. .A big barbecue fj
dinner will be served ou Frid iy.
So, lei's take 'wo Ur»ys off, ir )et
our frit he con eulion .1
at the ssmo g»t .=o:ne p:-?as
ure and recrtation out of the ir p. j
If you decida to attend this .rat
ing, please notifj me by Augn-t ,J|
4lh, so I can have reservations
made tor your lodging.
J. W. JEKFHIES, LOCA; Agent,
Slebaue, N. C.
Because his daughter is a mem
ber of the llutaff l'ouitry Club in a
Now Hanover, oae father decided
that he would put in pure tred ;
poultry and build i\ modern house
for handling them, says .Miss
Florence Jeffresi, Home agent in
that country.
A common superstition at one
time was that magnetic moun
tains caused ships tb fall to pieces
by drawing from them their irou
nails.
s. fr-K lUbti full ThJi ULiAMiti
6 66
is a Prescription for Colds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It's the
most speedy remedy we
know, preventing Pneu
monia.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
J. B. BALL, D. C.
. CUIROPMACTOR
Nervous and Chrouia DISEASES,
BURLINGTON, N. C.
(•dice: Over MUK Alice tiowlaud's St ire.
Ttliplluiie-.: office, WU'i. Kol ience, lU.
LOVICK H. K£RNODLE,~
Atlorney-alLaw.
GRAHAM, N . C.
A»»uclated uitb John J. llcutltr»oU.
Ollice aver Xaliuual liauk of Aiamautc
THOMAS D. COOFiiR,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with V. S. Coulter,
Nos. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D.
(irdbam, N. C.
Oil ice over Ferrell Drug Co.
Hours: 2 to S and 7 to 'J p. m., and
by appoint ment.
l'tione 97"
GRAHAM K ARDEN, M. J.
Kib linijton, l'«. C.
Ollkc Hours: 'J to 11 a. tii.
uutl Ijy appoiuttueui
OlUtc Over Acme Drug
: Trle|>li»iie«: Ollice 110— Residence 1
JOHN J. HENDERSON '
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
I *
Jlllcc over National Baukol Altnuace
jr. s. COOK:,
Attorney-•»- La *•
kaHAM, ... - N. C
tiMov Patterson Building
swoud Floor. • .
iR. WILL S. LOAfi, JR.
DENTIST 111
*rm Mim, - - - - North Carolina
'OFFICE IN PARIS BUILDING