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VOL. iLix SPECIAL SESSION CONGRESS ? Would Deal With Agricultural Situa tion—No Plans for Actions—Sec retary Wallace Talks Bluntly. Special Correspondence. Washington, Sept. L'o.—There is talk'here now of ;i special ses sion of Congress to deal with the agrienltUi al situation, h it Sen ator Corah, who recently dined with Pi esident Coolidge and dis cussed tiie matter with him, « x- pressed the opinion that. A special session wchild be useless unless a remedy first was found which tiie Congress could apply. Prior to Senator Borah's visit the President' discussed tlu- agricultural situation, but the discussion seems to have siiii mered down to putting the whole matter up to Secretary Wallace to ftnd a remedy. The Secretary of •Agriculture has been some thing of a Philesline in the Cabi net. He has not hesitated to point out the exorbitant prices that the farmer has to pay for things he buys and the low prices of the things he sells. lie has called attention to the low purchasing power of the farmer's dollar, aud he has talked bluntly of the high freightrates which have increased from 1A cents a bushel to 22 cents a bushel on wheat. In other words, he has confirmed every fact concerning the disparity in price between what the farmer buys and what he sells, so fre quently set forth by Democratic spokesmen He has exposed the fallacy of a tariff on agricultural products by saying that we can not expect our farmers will meet any less severe competition in European markets during the coining year than they have met during the last year. A committee of economists, under the direction of Secretary Wallace, made it clear that one cause of the decline in agricul tural prices was the economic breakdown in Europe, and then declared against Republican iso lation in the following strong terms: '"The only possibility for an important increase in purchasing power lies in the ability of Europe to expand her manufactured ex ports. It is of the most vital in terest to American agriculture tha': the United States lend aid in every way possible to the settle ment of the reparation and other European problems." This recommendation has been wholly unheeded by the Republi can administration. The only remedy administration spokes men have suggested is that the farmer produces less wheat, which, by economists, is re garded as no remedy at all. With all of his biunt frankness, Secretary Wallace has not yet proposed the one obvious rem edy: Reduction of the tariff to reduce the price of the articles the farmer has to buy, which, with a revision of transportation charges, would materially in crease the purchasing power of the farmer's products. * So far, there is no indication that the present administration will be any more yielding on the tariff than the Harding adminis tration. The protected special interests are the backbone of the Republican party as at present organized and controlled, and sp long as this continues to be the case, it may be doubted if any thing done by the present ad ministration will amount to any morfe than another attempt to hoodwink the farmers and "jolly" them along until after the next election. "When a farmer pays the higher price demanded for reg istered sheep, he is entitled to everything he for," says G. P. Williams, Sheep Field Agent for the State College and Depart ment of Agriculture. If farmers pay these higher prices and do not get the quality promised, or if the breeder does not send the certificate of registration as he promised to, the transaction should be reported to Mr. Will iams, who will assist iu Rearing lip the matter. THE ALAM ANCE V GLEANER. TOBALiCO GROWERS TAKE FIRM STAND Appeal to Supreme Court Open 31 More Floors in North Carolina. Aftor an almost-unbroken set ies of legal victories, and favorable verdicts for the Tobacco Srowerj' Cooperative Association in three North Carolina courts last week where injunctions restraining members from selling their to bacco on the outside were sus taiui'd. Judges Geo. W. Connor of Wilson, and J. Llovd Ilortou of FaPmville, ruled against the association in its interpretation of the contract as holding the member-growers liable for all to bacco grown upon their land. An immediate appeal to the Supreme Court of North Carolina will bo taken by the Tobacco Association. The Directors of the -ssociatien last Monday reaffirmed their policy to hold all member land lords liable for delivery Of all to bacco grown upon their land, at the mont hly meeting of the board. The elected leaders of the organ ized tobacco farmers of the Caro liuas and Virginia expressed the desire to treat all members in a .fair and uniform manner by sus taining the repeated demands of loyal members to protect thein against the practice of allowing tobacco from farms of members to compete on the auction mar kets against their own. The> also decided to temporarily sus pend penalties against members from whose lauds tobacco has been sold at auction, while-otheis have avoided such penalties for the time being through an appeal to the courts. Deductions will be made against all members who have failed to deliver their entire crop to the association if and when the Su preme Court sustains the opinion of the association directors in their interpretation of the con tract. • T. C. Watkins, Jr., Manager of Warehouses for the Association, has announced the complete list of the association's markets in the Old Belt of North Carolina as follows: Burlington, Creedmoor, Durham, Elkin, Greensboro, Hen derson, Keruersville, Littleton, Leaksville, Louisburg, Malison, Mebane, Mt. Airy» Norlina, Ox ford, Pilot Mountain, Reidsville, Roxboro, Statesville, Stoneville, Townsville, Walnut Cove, Win ston-Salem, Ydungsville, Aber deen, Apex, Fuquay Springs, Hamlet, Raleigh, San ford and Vas>B. The tobacco crop of Eastern North Carolina is proving a dis tinct disappointment to the farm ers and warehousemen Of that section, and was described last week in dispatches from Wilson, North Carolina, as the sorriest crop of tobacco raised in that suc tion for years. Last weeik's aver age on the Wilson auction market dropped below 20 cents a pound. Members of the tobacco associ ation in'the face of declining prices at the auction houses have been elated over the high cash advances, which continue to be paid them on the cooperative doors «»- While averages have run from 12c. to 20c. a pound on various auction floors, some days during the past week individual mem bers of the association at several points have received first cash ad vances that have run over S2O a hundred for their entire loads. Among the members who received over §2O per hundred as a first cash advance for their tobacco were Jesse Keel of Williainston, whose load pounds brought §117.91; C. who a check for on 2,394 pounds, delivered at Warsaw, and Mrs. Florence Ss'obles of Pitt couuty, to whom 876 pounds of tobacco delivered to the associa tion at Ayden, brought an ad vance of $21.06 per hundred. Warehousemen and graders of the association, fresh from their second successful season in South Carolina, will begin reaching the Old Belt markets of Virginia and North Carolina next weeK, when the majority of the cooperative floors close on the South Caro lina Belt. Crimson cJover,, corn, pasture aud 35 cows make H good living for a fanner near Liberty in Guil ford county. GUAM AM, N. ( ~ MITIiSDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1923 BIG INCOME FRHVI DAIR* FARMING Started With $50.00 Twer iy Years Ago; Now Estimated to be WorJh SIOO,OOO. Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 'M. Twenty years ago, Jesse O. Causey, who lives near Liberty about IS milts from Greensboro, bought a poor, rundown gullied, pine thicket — by cou'V.esy calleti a farm. Lie paid BSOU for abou'i 300 acres. His Is«a payment wit 8100 and the balance to be p.,nt in SIOO installments for seven years. Though hi bad o;iiy V*>U to begin with, he soon secured the remaining SSO and was given the place. Mr. C ausey broke away from the accepted idea of far niit;; .n his section and determined to be come a livestock and forage crop man. In spile of all predictions Jts to how tie would fad to mftkc a living, this old run down farm is now one of the iiio.*-', valutydo in Gui ford county nd .Mr. Causey is beginning t ) b'e k n • u over the State as one of.Norlii Carolina's best farmers. County Agent E. I! Garrett of Guilford county says of Mr. Causey, "He is oneot' tliu best ex amples of a successful small fann er that I know of. Mr. Cause) has no interest outside of his farm, yet he has an income of fioin $5,000 to so,uoo per year. His homo is valued at t.)U,UOO, and the whole farm together with equipment is worth close to 8100,- 000 at this time." Mr. Causey made his money by improving liis soil, milking aOout 35 cows per year, and selling his farm produce through cows, poul try and hogs. He grows all the supplies needed on hU own place, and the money from his butler, poultry, eggs and hams is clear cash, lie has used sound methods, worked hard and produced a quality product. This is shown by the fact that he sells about 150 pounds of butter in Greensboro each week at a price 10 cents above the market quutatioli. He has regular customers who.de pend on him to supply them with butter or any other produce thai he may have for market. Mr Causey uses labor-saving equip ment on hi» place and saves his wife and family the drudgery usually associated with farm life Vet this is the man of whom n was said, '"lie will starv'o to dealh on that place." Herbert Hoover Com mends Cooperation Today i tissues* organ ziti 01 is moving strongly toward coopei-a tion. There Are in the coopera tive tfreat hopes that we can even gain in individuality, equality •>! opportunity, and an enlarged ii !d for initiative, and at, in • -ami time r.iduce many "i" th : e.u wastes of over-reel." u >s 1- tion in production and distribu tion. ThoM who tear ttiat co operation is an adv. nee ! >,v, ru socialism need n 11itre' >ice u worry. Cooperation in its current economic sense represents the in- | itiative ot self-interest blended with a sense of service, for no body belongs to t cooperative who is not striving to sell ins pro ducts or services .f >r more or striving to buy from others for less, or striving to make hi* in- I come more secure. Their uiem- , bers are capital tor extension of their activities ju»i as effectively as if they did it.in corporate form and tin,) aro j simply transferring ti.« profit principle from joint return to in- j dividual return. Their on 1; snc cess lies where they e lint in,. »\! waste either in production or oi». j tribution—and they em do I neither if they destroy individual initiative. Indeed that ita*e of development of oui imlividtmlisni promises to become tin? dominant note of its twentieth century ex pansion. But it w.dl thrive only in so far as it can construct leadei-! ship and a souse of service, and so long as it preserver the initia tive and safeguaul.t the indi viduality of its members. Half tjie value of the North Carol ina*cot toil t-r.jp goes to feed the farm work animals of the State, finds Karl Hosteller of the Experiment Station. BILL BOOSTER SAYS V> 0T WN6 PEPS UP /V TOWU w UKE PA\UT\ FRESH P/MVTf! LOTS OP PA\m\ TMWfe VIHKf VJE N~ED \ WE GOT PEAA.ER.S ! V4HO 9EUU VT AMD PAAUTEPS WHO CAM O-tUG Vf OW \_ETS TELL 'EM TO SO To W! UOVJ\ // S"AVt"TMU "t. (Jss£ \f I So ft FAct k 1 ANO i v /°° Urns! anAf»±£J QSclirHpcC 1 ' ■ ■' NEGLECTING THEIR LANGUAGE Younger Chinese Since tho Revolution Show a Preference for English and French. To judge from tiie numerous arti cles that are being written on China, its literature is not reaping great bene fits from the revolution. In the flrst place, tlie Chinese language Is be ing pushed more anil more into the background. The younger generation no longer receives tiie training it once received in the Chinese "Classics," and band in hand with this goes their preference for foreign languages— English primarily, und then French, with a little German. It Is, of course, impossible' for a country to build up a body of national literature in a for eign language. Intellectually, how ever, China is making reassuring prog ress. Its three greatest political writers, alt of whom have been active now for nearly a quarter of a century —Tschang-Schl-tung, Kung-Yu-wel, and Ltang-Kltschao—are as active us ever in their efforts to save the nation from the fate of India or Burma or Korea °r Egypt or Poland. Fine for the Youngsters. "May us you enter" is the Welcoma sign on the sides of the "Jollytown" trolley ears in Baltimore, Aid., Where the traction company tins set aside several cars foi' the children to play in. They arc complete in evjry de tail except that the power Is turned off and they are anchored to the ground. Instead of the usual adver tising cards, Mother Goose rhymes and pictures are displayed along the sidi>s. The clanging gongs and the loud calling of imaginary and unheard of street names afford noisy proof of the popularity of the piny cars as the crews take them along fancied route*. Melting Sulphur. •Sulphur Is often used to anchor bolts in cement or stoiie floors, but aa It catches lire so easily when melted oyer an open flame, Irs use Is somewhat In convenient. To difficulty can, how ever, be avoid'-1 by first melting some lead, and Ih'i> partly Immersing the sulphur vessel in the molten lead. The sulphur will be melted in a short time, and there It will not catch fire, unless the temperature of the lead is allowed te exceed GiiS degrees Fahrenheit. All Called Up. i!. P reports this sVeonorism; "My brother works in a theater. lies a fituaen ifter. I in.-tin he seen* shifts— that is, he's a sifter of sheens, a seener of shifts. Ob. hang It, lie's a shiftery seener- -a sheenery—a shift st-i-iier —a shlfferj—well, anyhow, my brother works in a theater."- Jloston Transcript. A Hard Blow. Mrs. Hrown—Yer ain't look in' too happy today, Mrs. Jones. What's up? Mrs. Jones—What's up? Jones has been promising ail week to t:ike me und I'illy to see Charlie Chaplin, and this morning, half an hour ago, just as we was getting ready, his strike was declared off, and he had 'to go back tt> work. That's what's up!— The Pathfinder. Eclipse of Sun and Moon. An eclipse of the sun can oril_y occur at the time of new moon and the moon can only be eclipsed when It Is full. Small and Great. It Is a small thing to die, but a great thing to ba depraved.—-Horace. Pointsr for Politicians. Nothing is politically right that U S&oraily wrong.—O'Connor. Chairman Durbin's History Of the Democratic Party Mr. W. W. Dui&in, Chairman, of the Democratic Execu tive Committee of Ojhio, has pro duced a piece of valuable political literature in a pamphlet entitled "A History of the Origin, Princi ples and Purposes of the Demo cratic Party." Amoug historical facts he makes clear are that the pl«n of the Con stitution of the United States which whs adopted was proposed by James Madison, a Democrat, the first lieutenant of Thomas Jefferson, known to his genera tion as the Father of the Cou si it ution. That it was basely false that .leH'orson was against Consti tution, bis original objection to it being remedied by the addition of the liill of Rights comprised in •he first amendment. That "government of the peo ple, by the people, for the people" begin in ISO I under Thomas Jefferson. That the most recent biogra phies of Abraham Lincoln—one by Jessie Wcik and one by ProV Stephenson contain the slato nient that the only two men Liu coln was ever heard to praise were George Washington aud Thomas Jefferson. Among some of the great con structive acts of the Democratic party lie sets forth the following: The liill of Rights iu the Con stitution. The Acquisition of Louisiana* Florida and California. Tho Monroe Doctrine. Opening of public lands to set tlers. • Pioneered a fight for »tu income tax. .. The p election of Sena tors. * The creation of the Federal Re sarve System, (the greatest piece of financial legislation in theliis tory of the world) Gave the farmers the Rural Credits Act, (the most helpful financial legislation ever enacted for agriculture). Gave laber t be Magna Charta of its rights. Passed the lirst national act to end child slavery. Under h Democratic adtuinistra tion, directed with brilliant suc cess, the greatest war in history and gave the world an interna tional plan for poace. Mr. Durbin lias compressed a great deal of Democratic party history into small space and has .done it attractively and convinc ingly. Piactically all of the great con structive policies of the nation have emenated from the Demo cratic party. North Carolina Spindles Among Most Active University News Letter. The textile mills of North Caro-j linn fire about the most active iu tfte United Slates. That our mills j are iti healthy condition is shown by the July report of the Depart ment, of Commerce. Although Massachusetts has more than twice as many cotton spindles as we, the active spindle hours in this ."State in July were 80 percent of the total active spindle hours of Massachusetts. The average spindle in our State ran 2071 hours, while in tfie leading textile State, at present, the average spindle rati only 138 hours. The! average in South Carolina was 2'iß hours. « Almost the same conditions exist Vhen the South a d North are compared. The average southern spindle ran 251 hoars! during Julj', while the average' for the North was 111 hours. I The South is the natural home of the textile industry, and "North | Carolina more and bet- Iter advantages than auy other southern State. It is the confes-% sion of northern mill men them selves. Last year where hot lunches were served school children, a big j difference was in their health, say home demonstration j workers of tile State College aud 1 Departinent of Agriculture. V. \V. L'wis is returning to North Carolina to help the farm ers of the State market their live stock more profitably. SHOW NORTH CAROLINA AT THE STATE FAIR. Mrs. Vanderbilt Makes Appeal for Exhibits. Raleigh, Sept. 25. —The object ! of the State Fair is to "show North | Carolina," says Mrs. Edith Van derbilt, president of the North | Carolina Agricultural Society, in a statement today calling alien i tiou to the importance of having all entries in by October Ist aud Oth. "Send 3 our entries to llaleigh today, ' she urges alter calling at tention to t-he fact t hat during the week of October 15th, the pro ducts of tlio State of North Coro liua will be on display at the State Fair. "Some excel eut exhibits have already been arranged," Mrs. Vauderbilr slates, "and are no>' being installed, 'Utters are com ing in Jail)." list of exhibits * i'd range from huge power looms wi-aving cloth down to ladies' handker chiefs made by the busy house ivife," In* vxplaiutt, and adds that there is no limit to what may be ox hit it ed. I "I wish, as president of the State Fair," she continues, "io I urge every person in trie Nta'e to send whatever they may make or produce to the fair at Raleigh, so that it may beexhibited and com pete for the many prizes offered. ''By sending in your exhibit y"u can do more to make the North Carolina State Fair the greatest in the country than by auy other means, it is a public institution for the public good and i it is your duty as a citizen of the Slate to promote tho interest ol such an institution whoso one ob ject and aim is to serve the pub tic for progress and prosperity. "The SUto. Fair belongs to every man, woman aud child of North Caroliua, and I should like to see the day when every one of you takes an active part in its development." One Way to Sell Lambs Information on Butchering Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 26.—When IOCHI butchers are iudifTorent about buying lambs, or if they are unreliab!" about paying cash for the animals when takcu "? the farm, then the farmer should canvass his local market and ar range to slaughter the lambs on his farm and deliv 1 the car causes" to consumers who pay cash, in reueral, sel ing to tirst class butchers and stock buyers is the better method, but if a farmer is driven to r his lambs himself, and need? infor matiou on how to prepare the car cass for market, he can secure this information from U. I'. Will iams, .Sheep i«>ld Agent for the State College and bepai lineup of Agriculture. MY. Williams some times visits the farm ael gives a demonstration on how to butcher a lamb in such a way as to meet the approval of the Consumer. Club Members at the State Fair. Oneof the most interesting feat-, ures of the State Fair this year! will be exhibits and demonstra-* tious by club hoys and girls en rolled by workers of the State College itud Department of Agri culture. S. .J. Kirby, in charge of the I3oj S 1 Club Work, aud Miss Maude Wallace, in charge of the girls, have completed arrange niorits for having several Uamsotj club members from each 'of the State. Tho girls will give demonstrations iu clothing, can-i ning, jelly making, and poultry j growing, while the boys will judge I livestock, grains and grasses aud givt> demonstrations with various farm problems. The agricultural club members will be eutertamed by tho State College while hero 1 ®Hnd both boys aud girls will be under l ho close supervision of the j farm aud home agents of the Agricultural Extension Service white in Raleigh. At lease fifty: girls will be iu the teams coming to Raleigh and several hundred boys are ejfpected. Uow would you like to sleep under a blanket made from the wool from y,our own sheep? Many good faruitre of North Carolina are doing so now. NO. 34 Sprinkle Some Glass Seed on the Lawn this Fall. It is always wise to sow HOIII* KOod grass sdd in the lawn unci* t f fii-11 even though there is a fair jstaud of maws. The reason for this is explained by F. E. McCaM, Garden Specialist for the 3tMtor College aud Depari inenb of Agrii ' culture, who sa3's, "S'ome of the 1 | grasses are bicnuials, or 1 ve only two years, and if kept closel> out, i they fail to reseed aid die. Most j annual grasses are green only iu the summer. If lawn grass seed coutaiuiu,: good percentages of | Kentucky Blue grass aud Italian rye grass are sown now, a good greeu be had all winter and next spring. These grasses may bum out during the hot sum mer, so if Bermuda g:iss is also • j ufc-Ited a jiood lawn may be had. whole year through. " i'lie very shady aud wet places '• or even ihe very dry spots in the lawn mar need some different, varieties of grass seeds jo make these spois Wood ITeadpw- Grass, . iieping Beat, HhodtJr Island 8.-iii .h* Fall Puseue all do well UUHT considerable shade;; Dog T.ii tuass, Ked Pescne and \eliow t).ii Grass do Well in the> very dry >ituations aud Canary Grass should be iu use in the wet places." ' Air. Mct'all .states that the new I'iwu should be clipped ofteu bpt uever elo.«er iliau three inches fjud thill all grasses do beaten » moderately heavy clay loain, heavily limed. Leap's l'rolifit, Purple Straw, aud Fulcanter are three varieties of wheat b.-st suited to £«orth Carolina. Kulghuni, Appier and lied Rusl l'ioof are the betu oats and Abru/./i Hye is the best va riety of rye to plaut, finds 0. B. Williams ui the State Co lege. aLitsCKiba fOR rui GI.&A.. 666 is a Prescription for Cok s, Fever anu LaGrippe. It s tfte mo:' speedy ieraedy we know, preventing r'nou monia. FKOJj'ESSIONAL CARDS J. li. BALL, D. C. CUIBOFBACrOii . ervous and Chronic DiaOdbd*. * tiTON, N. C. Office: Over Mm .lice Ko*»laiir* BUr>. Telcptiiiie-: muce. Vtt*. IIMHICUGC, iu. LOVICK H. KFRNODLE, AU.>ruey-at-Law, G ii Atl A M , N. C . j' I ' A*»urlatei uitti John J. Hentloraun. Ollii t mi,' .tauoual Bank ol AUmantt l THOMAS' D. COOPER, Attorney and Counselior-at-Law, BURLINGTON, N. C, with W. S. Coulter, Nm. 7 j ad* 8 Fint National Bank Bldg. jf - ? S. i'. SPOON, Jr., M. D. 1 Graham, IM. C. : ice over Ferrell Drug*'. o. ■.. 11 2 to 3 and ?- to 'J p. m , Had by appoint menu Fhoue U7' GtfAHAM HARDEN, M. O. burllnuton. N.C. V Office Hourti: to' li a. ai. nn'l Ijy appointment. Office Over Acme Drug Co. OUire I It Rmldeuce J tit JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law GRAHAM, N. C. (titles over 1 "- " ar, s. cTo os:, Attor nif-mt- La«* '.RAHAM, .... N. C HUM Pnturnn BuUdlog £«ooad floor. , . i)K. WILL JR. , ... DINTITT C I I jnhiffl, .... Ntrth CanUM OFFICE IN PARI* BUILDIKQ
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