VOL. XLIX
WASHINGTON MOURNS
THE DEATH OF HARDING-
Special Correspondence.
Washington, Aug. 13. —The
week just ended has been a week
of sorrow in Washington over the
untimely death of President
Harding. The funeral ceremonies
at the National Capital were con
ducted with a solemnity and
dignity in keeping with the great
office of President of the United
States. The voice of politics was
utterly silenced for the time being.
From the first announcement of
the President's illness to the
moment he was laid at final rest
.there was nothing eveu to suggest
previous political differences.
Former Pfceident Wilson, still
convalescing from his Tlln ss
growing out of the World War,
and Mrs. Wilson were in the fun
eral procession from the White
House to the Capitol. Headquar
ters of the Democratic National
Committee were closed on the d*4'
of the public and of the private
funeral. Po?itical leaders of both
of the great parties, side by side,
paid sorrowful tribute to the man
and the Executive. Sympathy
for President Harding and Mrs.
Harding was universal and sin
cere.
In the national tragedy was
again witnessed that one touch of
nature which makes tho whole
world kin. ,
* * *
No Pre-judgment of President Coc'id^e.
When this is published tbe last
funeral rites for the late Presi
dent Harding will have beeu per
formed. With his i assing, na
tional political interest centers in
President Coolidge. The new
Chief Executive will not be pre
judged by the opposition, but only
in the light of events as they hap
pen. It is incumbent upon him
and the members of his party in
Congress to propose remedies and
enact them into law for the con
ditions of which the country now
justly complains. That will be
the acid test of his ability or in
ability to meet the situation into
'which ,he has been so suddenly
thrust by a great tragic event.
* * *
European t'baoa a Menace to U. it., Say»
John F. Sinclair.
America's peace and prosperity
are menaced by the present in
stability and the prospective
chaos in Europe, accordiug to
John F. Sinclair of Minneapolis,
who has just returned from a five
months' survey of the financial
and economic conditions 4n six
teen European countries. Unless
the situation in Europe is changed
for the better, Mr. Sinclair said,
the United States will suffer the
worst industrial depression ever
experienced.
"Naturally, our export trade is
going to suffer," said Mr. Sinclair
to a representative of the New
York Times, after he had drawn
a gloomy picture of the present
and future of Europe. "The
American manufacturer and the
American farmer are iu for a long
period of stormy weather, es
pecially the grain farmer, whojias
had no chance to recover economic
stability since the war."
Mr. Sinclair suggested that the
United States call an international
conference on war debts and repa
rations as one method of effect
ing an improvement in the Euro
pean situation.
600 Farmers to Leave
Southwestern Kansas.
Six hundred farmers will be
compelled to leave the southwest
section of Kansas next autumn
under pressure of debts and dis
couragement, according to F. A.
Jones, of Wrigbt, Ford County.
Of these farmers and their hard
ships, he says in a letter to a
prominent state official of Kansas:
All are broke and discouraged
All are worthy, industrious and
wi.ling to work as long as they
can find it. If you know of any
poorhouses or other charitable in
stitution unfilled, pat it oat, so
they can get their families housed
before snow flies."
Lambeth palace, in England,
contains examples of every style
fit Architecture since 1170.
THE ALA MA NCR GLEANER.
MEMORIAL ADDRESS
Delivered at Graham in Memory of
the Late President Harding.
The following is the address de
livered by Hon. E. S. W. Dameron
of Burliugton at the memorial ex
ercises at Graham Christian
church for President Hardfhg:
It is eminently fitting and
proper that we should cease from
our usual employments to pay a
tribute of honor and respect to
the life aud character of our falleu
chieftain. In honoring the mem
ory of the good and great we not
only honor ourselves but we also
advance the cause of human civil
ization, by placing a just appre
 iation upon those high qualities
of character and conduct which
mark men for leadership among
their fellows.
It is grnerally qonceded that
Warren G&malial Harding was a
good man; really too good a man
for the ruthless buffetings of the
whirlpool of American politics. So
guileless and sincere was he that
the sleight of-hand tricks of the
ordinary time-serving politician
had no charms for him. He
spurned the base tactics of the
opportunist aud the place-hunting
demagogue. His vision was
broader than any political party
and his generous heart beat in
sympathy with all mankind every
where. While holding the high
est offi e in the world he still
maintained his elbow-touch with
tho great mass and body of the
people. Amid all the honors and
social preferments incident to his
exalted position, he insisted that
everybody should feel at ease in
his presence aud declared that he
aud his wife were after all "just
folks." He took peculiar delight
in shaking hands with people,
after his election as well as be
fore, and thousands have felt the
warmth of his hand-shake within
the last few weeks. No pride of
place or vanity of power ever
chilled the love of his noble heart
for his fellow-men; and he loved
them to the end.
Iu the formation and execution
of his policies as President, the
welfare of all the people was
always the first consideration. The
service of humanity was the pole
star *of his existence.
The subtle charms of an engag
ing personality always elude
analysis. That intangible Some
thing we call personality cannot
be defined. This is peculiarly
true in reference to Warren ti.
Harding; but there are certain
outstanding characteristics that
distinguished his character which
one may in a measure classify.
One prominent feature of his
character was his faith in men.
No one knew better he the
weaknesses and short-comings of
human nature, but he always
looked for the best in his fellows.
His appeals were always a chal
lenge to the best in men. Living
as he did above the fogs of preju
dice and envy and jealousy and
revenge, he knew how to drive
his appeals home to the hearts
and bosoms of men. He knew as
few men have known the power of
huuiau sympathy aud brotherly
kindness was a natural habit with
him. He did not set himself up
on a pedestal above his fellows,
but was content to live in a house
by the side of the road and be a
friend of man; and after all, that
is the essence of true greatness.
He inspired men to be better by
evincing such them, and
his whole life was as a leaven in
the body of human society.
Another outstanding character
istic of Harding was his resource
fulness and his ability in over
coming difficulties. Starting as a
poor newspaper man, he "burst
the birs of circumstances" and
grappled with the evil star of
poverty and fought his way to the
highest office in the world. No
other life better represents and
illustrates the possibilities of poor
but aspiring manhood in our
Americau Kepublic. His career
will inspire the hopes of every
ambitious youth who studies it,
by showing that it is yet possible
for a man without uieaus or in
fluence to rise by the might of
merit to posts of highest honor
and trust.
"Lives Of great mend all remind IM
Wu may make our lire* sublime
And departing leave bebibd u«
Footprints on tbe nods of thne."
A uniform and kindly courtesy
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUSr 16.1923
is another trait 'that must be
mentioned in any sketch of the
life of Harding. A genuine po
liteness featured all that he did.
"Let all things be done decently
and in order" was a motto with
him. He urged upon his associ
ates and helpers never to offend
auy oue needlessly. H's political
foes could never truthfully
him of attempting to strike below
the belt. He was always animat
ed by a sense of fair play and a
delicate courtesy forced all to re
spect him. "Thy gentleness hath
made me great" are the words of
Holy Writ oue is inclined to ap
ply to Harding.
I would meution as the choicest
gem in his crown of virtue his un
waveriug faith in God. His re
ligious life was genuiue and deep.
Pious without ostentation and de
vout without bigotry,-he fittingly
represented in life and conduct
the lowly Nazarine who was the
Lord of his life. He applied the
Christian standard to men aud to
measures as the ultimate test.
His religion glowed in his every
day life. There were those within
and without his party who insist
ed upon laxity in the prohibi
tion laws and tried to win his ap
proval of substantial changes in
the Volstead Act, but his reply
was that the law was a good law
and must be inforced. His work
for world-peace was a serious
matter of practical religion with
him, illustrating the spirit of the
Prince of Peace. In all the rela
tions of his public and private life
he carried the spirit of Christian
ity, and his example of fidelity
and kindliness in his homo life is
a treasured legacy of the nation.
Like his Master, he loved childreu
and often stole away from the ex
acting grind of his official duties
to visit his child friends. Above
all things he loved truth and God
is truth.
If, as the poet has declared, to
live in hearts we leave behind is
not to die, then Warren Gamalial
Hardiug will never die. The good
never die. They perish not upon
the earth and live 'forever in
heaven. Moses, the great prime
val lawgiver, although entombed
for forty centuries in that un
known grave prepared by angels
in an obscure vale of Moab, still
legislates in our halls of state aud
preaches in our churches. The
dead Justinian still issues the liv
ing mandates of the law. The
dead Luther still proclaims from
our press tho living oracles of
God. In his imperishable ex
ample of moral rectitude, broad
sympathy, matchless courtesy, in
corruptible statesmanship and
Christian consecratiou Warren G.
Harding will live and his memory
will be enshrined in the hearts of
a grateful posterity until the last
generation of man
••Shall creation's death behold
As Adam saw her prime."
His fame will grow brighter and
grander as it descends the ages:
and when the human race shall
have finally climbed to the lofty
table-land of universal peace and 1
brotherhood, to which it is inevit
ably destined by the paramount
law of its own development; and
shall look backward with wistful
eryes for those who have led its
weary pilgrimage through passes
the most perilous and over deserts
and wastes the most desolate and
disheartening, they will instinct
ively seek the courtly figure of
our fallen chieftain; and with
reverent and grateful hearts the
ultimate representatives of our
humanity at its best will pour
their choicest frankincense at his
feet, crown with unfading ama
ranth the brow, and by eulogy,
statue, column and obelisk, and
every other aid to enduring re
membrance, commemorate, exalt
and glorify the name of our la
mented martyr to the peoples'
service,—Warreu G. Harding.
Fave.the whey from cottage
cheese, use a small amount of
lemon juice, sweeten to taste and
serve as lemonade. No water is
needed and when this drink is
served with cracked ice, it is very
refreshing, says Miss Flax An
drews of Robeson county.
When one farmer brought the
county agent of Perquimans
county about oue hundred punct
ured cotton squares on July 21,
the agent usedNheae in a demon
stration to explain the life history
of the boll weev ! l and methods
for its control.
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Madden to Favor Mediation
In Europe, is Report.
Washington Correspondence.
Recommendations for American
interest and friendly mediation
in the affairs of Europe are to be
made to President Coolidge by
Representotive Madden of Illinois
on the latter's return from a visit
to England and the Continent,
according to a special' dispatch
sent to tbe Philadelphia Public
Ledger, a Itepublicau newspaper,
by its Loudon correspondent. Mr.
Madden's view, as reported by the
Public Ledger's correspondent, is
that the United States can at once
protect her 9wn interests and
promote European peace and sta
bility--by. proffering her good offi
ces in the adjustment of the tri
angular controversy between
France, England, and Germany.
It is forecast by the correspond
ent that in addition to his repre
sentations to President Coolidge,
Mr. Madden will discus* his pro
posal in an address to the House
and in other public speeches.
Republican isolationists, it is
expected, will resent Mr. Mad
den's suggestion for any sort of
American helpfulness to Europe,
even though it promises a moral
and material advantage to the
United States. These Hepubli*
cau "abstention ists" object to
American membership iu the In
ternational Court or any other
international body aud even re
sent any proposal to let, tbe United
States become an agency in the
stabilizing of Europe that Ameri
ca's foreign trade as well, as
her prestige may be increased
thereby.
Although Mr. Madden is chair
man of the Appropriations Com
mittee of the House and one of
the outstanding leaders of his
party it is predicted that his
recommendations will be rejected
by the irrecoucilables in Congress
aud in the Republican National
Committee.
The Fall Ga'rdtn.
Since August is an important
month in the home gardeu, it de
serves some attention, because
much can be done now to make
the fall garden a success. F. E.
McCall, garden specialist for the
State College and Department of
Agriculture, gives a list of some
vegetables that inay be planted
during this month to start thn
fall garden on its way He says,
"Plant now, stringless green pod
beans, Cos lettuce, head lettuce,
kale, turnips, carrots and ruta
bagas. Seeds may be planted late
this mouth for winter cabbage,
celery, cauliflower and collards.
"Plants of celery, cabbage,
cauliflower may be set out this
month for fall use.
"Plant some vegetable each
month so that a continuous sup
ply will be on hand at a time when
vegetablea begin to get scarce."
Unless this is done, states Mr.
McCall, the family will not have
needed foods for best health at a
time when theee foods are gen
erally lacking.
PROSPECT HILL TO BURLINGTON
Mr. White Suggests Highway From
Prospect Hill via Mebane to Bur
lington.
I note from the "press" that the
Chamber of Commerce of Greens
boro, BurliugtQn and ltoxboro
had a banquet in Roxboro recent
ly, to boost the County Seat to
County Seat Highway from Rox
boro to Graham, aud that it was I
proposed to locate this road from !
Prospect Hill, (where there is al-|
ready a class "A" sand clay road !
to Roxboro) via Carr, Glencoe to j
Burlingtou, then over tbe Centra'
Highway to Graham, a distance
from Prospect Hill via Glencoe to
Burlington about twenty-two
miles, all sand clay and to be
maintained by the State. I want
to call attention to the fact that
from Prospect Hill, via Carr to
Mebane, is only thirteen miles,
and from Mebaue to Graham eight
and one-half miles, and from |
there to Burliugton two miles,!
making a distance of about tweu- 1
ty-three and one-half nrles to;
Burlington, and from Mebane to,
Graham, Burlingtou aud Greens
boro over the Central Highway
already built.
About two years ago there wasj
a very enthusiastic road meeting j
at Prospect Hill, aud Mr. J. El
wood Cox, Commissioner, and Mr.
John D. Waldrop, were present, i
Mr. Cox discussed tbe different'
roads very fully, and after Mr. ■
Cox was through with his talk it
was suggested that every one
preseut that favored this highway
from Prospect Hill, via Glencoe
to Burlington, to hold up their
bands. Not one band went up.
It was then anggested that all iu
favor of building this road from
Prospect Hill, via Carr to Mebane,
connecting there with the pro
posed hard surface road to Gra
ham, Burlington and the west, to
hold np their hands, and one
hundred and fifty hands went up
—so every one there was unani
mous for the Mebane route.
I agrOo with tne banqueters
that this ro .d should be built, aa
it means alfcvlng in distance from
all pointt West of here to the Vir
ginia cities of aboat thirty miles, '
also it would connect np connty
to county, aud iu addition to this
it would open up the finest tobac
co section in North Carolina to
all points west of Mebane also to 1
Durham.
I suggest that Graham, Meb- '
ane, and the other towns join
Greensboro, Burlington and Rox- '
boro, and ask that this road be
built from Prospect Hill to Meb- |
ane, the shortest and most direct
route to connect all towns men- ,
tioned, also the cheapest, as there
is already ten miles of this asphalt '
road already built, the Ceutral
Highway. '
Mebane stands ready to join
these other toWns in asking for
this road, and we trust that the
other torus mentioned will make
it unanimous.
W. E. WHITE. 1
HIGHWAY FROM PROSPECT HILL
Graham Chamber of Commerce Gets
Into Discussion.
The following letter is in reply
to a letter from Mr. W. K. White
Of Mebane in the Burlington News
of 14th inst. (Mr. White ad
dressed the same letter to THE
GLEANER and it appears in this
issue) and tbe comments on the
letter by tbe News. Graham
Chamber of Commerce writes as 1
follows to the News:
The voice of Mebane through'
Mr. W. E. White has been heard
through your paper, bearing date
of August 14th, in regard to the
propoaed road called tbe Prospect
Ilill-Burlington Road, and Bur
lington at tbe same time through
your paper of the same date has
added its comments on the letter
written by Mr. White. Graham
desires to have its voice heard,
about this controversy and I trust |
that you will give our views pub- ;
licity.
I note in yonr answer to Mr. j
White's letter that yon say, "We
are sure that a few people maj
want to come to Burlington aud
while the 150 people present at
the meeting referred to might all
I bars wanted to go to Mebane,
! perhaps aa the years go by we
1 may find a few at ieaat who may
want to come to Burlington. At
least we propose to give them an
equal chance and make it possible
for those who want to go to Bur
lington cau do so without having
to go several miles out of the way
simply for the sake of having the
honor to go through Mebane." I
am glad that Burlington has ex
pressed that sentiment. I am
glad that '1 -urlington has taken
that position, because I feel that
Burlington in these road matters
must be consistent.
Now, tlieu, there is not a section
I in Alamance county that needs a
| road worse than the northern part
| of the county needs a road to
I Graham without having to detour
several miles out of tho way by
Burlington. The town of Graham
has appealed to every Board of
County CoinmissioiUMs for 25
years to build a road north from
Graham to what is known as Big
Falls. Tho people couiiug from
that section of the county can
save severahiniles travel, it thej
have this road fruiu Big Falls di
rectly into Graham. In fact it
would save those people one-half
the distance to be able to travel
a good road from Big Falls direct
ly into Graham, and Graham can
not help feeling that Burlington
has thrown its influence against
this direct road into Graham.
The road after reaching Big Falls
should be built on up the river,
on one side or the other, so that
the people at tne other cotton mill
villages and the farmers through
out the nottnerii part of the counts
could get into Graham without
going arouud by Burliugton.
We are also sure that a few
people may want to come to Gra
ham, and we certainly would like
to give them an equally good
nhance and make it possible for
those who want to go to Graham,
to do so, thoj-e who want to go to
Mebane to do so, and those who
want to go to Burlington may tfo
so. It appears to me that Mel-aue
in opposing this proposed Pros-;
pect Hill-Burlington Road is at
tempting to feed Burlington out {
of the same spoon that Burlington
has been feeding Graham out of
for so long, that the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary. 1
The court house is in Graham
and people from all over the coun
ty frequently have occasion to
visit tbe court house. Then,
further, Graham is taking its;
rightful place as a commercial;
center. Iu the last few years it
has made rapid strides in growth
aud is now rivaling Burlington as
th«j tradiug center of Alamance
county. The people who are able;
to get to Graham with as much
ease as they cau get to Burling
ton, have learned that it pays
them to do their shopping in Gra
ham. Graham has not become
inflated to such an extent that in-j
flatiou of prices on merchandise
sold must be made.
So, Alamance county people—
those in the Southern, Eastern
and Western, as well as those iu
the Northern part, should have a
direct road to Graham. They
should uot be forced.in orderget to j
to Graham, to make a circuitous
route by Burlington or Mebane.
Since Burliugton has taken this
stand, that the people in Ala
mance eouuty should have roads
to go to auy town in the county i
they desire to visit without being
switched through some other
town, I feel thas Burlington will
join hands with the town-of (ii, -
ham and appear iu their custom
ary large and insistent bo lies be
fore the County Commissioners of
Alamance c /unty, and iu the same
way that they have influenced the
County Commissioners of Ala-|
mance county to build roads at
almost every angle into Burliug
ton, also influence the Board of
County Commissioners to build
this loug needed road iuto Gra
ham from the northern part of the
county. The people in the north
ern part of the county have joined
with Graham frequently iu ask
ing for this road, but we still
have to travel through Burliug
ton or Mebane or Haw River to
reach the northern part of the
county. We are calling upon
Burlington to be consistent in this
matter, and while they demand
the chance for the people to go to
Burlington without having to go
through Mebaue, also demand
that the people have a chance to
come to Graham without going
through Burlingtou. "O, con
sistency, tbon art a jewel. '
Yours very truly,
GRAHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
NO. 28
n Regimental Band to Play at State Fair.
-i Raleigh, Aug. 13.—Music by
the regimental band of the 120 th
' North Carolina infantry will be
1 one of the big attractions at the
1, State Fair in October, according !
- to General Manager E. V. Wal
-1! born.
1 Clean amusement is one of Mrs.
' Edith Vanderbilt's hobbies, and
*ja contract has beeu made with
one of the leading show companies
'jof America to bring their entire
1 outfit of four hundred people and
a trainload of equipment to the
»j midway tof the fair.
Another popular amusement
feature Will be the racing every
\ day of the Fair. Already 142 en
tries have been me»de in this one
' department, and the races this
season promise to be one of the
' star attractions.
It is announced that thei>- will
be at least a acore of amusement
features on the midway. Georgia .
' minstrels, a big water circus with
•living beauties, a menagerie of
wild animals, a bevy of acrob. 10
performers, trained horses, freaks
from all parts of the world and
jothei attractions that go to m;.ke
up a first class midway will l»e
provided.
For those who like thrills, it i«i
annouuced that there will be } alf
a dozen or more rides on vari us
kinds of devices that the modern
show world has perfected. There
wil. be the big Ferris wheel, the
aerial swings, the whip, the cater
pillar, the butterfly and "Over
j the Falls." .
The "Autodrome," where dare
devils race and drive on the "Wall
iof Death" never fail to attract
and fo thrill the crowds, and it
will be at the Fair as usual this
year.
The Fair management aims to
be strictly up To date, and has ar
ranged also for Kiug Tut's Art
Gallery, where all sorts of inter
esting things can be seen.
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Nervous and Chronic Diseases,
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GRAHAM. N. C.
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THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
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Nos. 7 and S First National Bank bi-g,
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Graham, N. C.
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Burllugton. N. C.
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Attoruey-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
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