VOL. XLIX
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
WINS IN WASHINGTON.
Country Has Face Set Toward Demo
cratic Congress and President.
Special Correspondence.
Washington, D. C., Oct. I.—
The election of Judge Sam 13. Hili;
Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the Fifth District of
Washington, by a majority ap
proximating t,OOO, overturning
Republican majority in 1922 of
2,172, was a distinct shock to the
Republican National organiza
tion mi Washington, D. C., but
omsed no surprise at Democratic
Headquarters, where a substan
tial victory was expacted.
This is the first Democratic vic
tory under the Coolidge adminis
tration and it is significant bo
cause the content was fought oil
National issues with the tariff
predominating, aud the Republi
can candidate, State Senator
Myers, used /is his slogan through
out the campaign, "Stand by
Coolidge."
The Republican National aud
State organizations made a des
perate effort to prevent a repudi -
ation of the National administra
tion, but the voters evidently
wore aware that the recent change
in presidency had brought
about no change in the reaction
ary leadership of the Republican
party; that the present adminis
tration, as in Republican admin
istrations, including the i'aft ad
ministration and since, is in con
trol of the same reactionary
special interest group of hard
boiled Republican politicians.
The sweeping Democratic vic
tory in the Fifth Washington
District is significant also because
it is a continuation of the Demo
cratic victories in local and Con
gressional elections since 1920.
In practically every election that
has been held since the last Na
tional election, the Democratic
candidates have either been elect
ed or Republican majorities have
been greatly reduced.
The Washington District has a
population composed largely of
farmers and wage-workers and is
i typical cross-section of the West,
j.i that the vote there is an index
of Western political sentiment
generally. '
Judge Hill's election with the
tariff as the main issue is another
indication the Western farmers
realize that the present low price
of their products aud the present
highpfTce of everything they have
to buy is due largely to tliq
Forducy McCumber tariff which
costs the popple $4,000,u('0,000 a
year and is rapidly
America's foreign trade not only !
iu agricultural produs's but iu
nearly all commodities.
The Democratic victory in
Washington is heartening to the
friends of honest and economical
government everywhere without
respect to party. Western Re
publican farmers, working men,
aud business men realize that the
high cost of living aud profiteer- (
iug will continue as long as the
Fordney-McCumber tariff bill is
a law; they realize also that there
can be no parity between the
prices of agricultural products
and the prices of commodities
produced or controlled by the
special interests; nor reciprocal
trade relations betweon this coun
try and Europe under this tariff
of isolation aud profiteering.
They realize, therefore, that they
can only get rid of this infamous
measure and other oppressive
Republican legislation for the
benefit of the Bpecial interests by
electing a Democratic President
and a Democratic .Congress iu
1924. The country has its face
set toward the Democratic party,
and the Congressional election in
Washington is only another fore
cast of a National Democratic vic»
tory next year.
Now is the time to get the
winter garden started. Head let
tuce, onion seta, carrots, beets,
turnips, radish, cabbage, collards,
celery, and various greens may all
be planted now.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
COOPS WIN AGAIN—
CONTRACT BINDS
Ooen 55 More Markets Oct 9 in Old
Belt ot Virginia and Western
Carolina.
Members of the Tobacco Grow"
'*js Cooperative Association were
prevented by two courts of East
■ ern North Carolina, last week,
: from so ling their tobacco on the
. auction markets when Judge J.
Lloyd Ilortou at Gre«uville and
. .Judge Frank Daniels at Smitli
fiejd issued restraining orders
1 preventing eight members of the
marketing association from de
livering their tobacco outside of
their own association.
These rulings make it clear
that, the marketing association of
92,000 tobacco farmers will con
tinue its policy and power to pro
tect its contract and punish those
who break their agreement.
Old Belt co-ops are eagerly
awaiting the opening of 55 more
warehouses of *the association
next Tuesday, October 0, in Vir
ginia and Western North Caro
lina when the advances to be
paid this year by their organiza
tion will be posted at every re
ceiving point.
The high advances paid by the
association in the face of falling
prices ou the auction floors of
Eastern North Carolina and the
South Carolina belt have resulted
iu a big gain in membership.
More than ten thousand new
members have joined the asso
ciation daring the past twelve
months and 92,000 have now
signed the five-year contract.
North Carolina leads with over
44,000 tobacco co-ops. Virginia
has 37,000 and South Carolina
over 10,000 members.
The tobacco association whi'ii
has already made a big gain in
the a noußt of tobacco delivered
by its members in SoultJ Caro
lina and Eastern North Carolina,
compared with receipts a year
ago, is expected to gain a ma
jority of the Old Belt crop a 8 was
the case in Virginia last year.
Although twenty markets of
the association close iu South
Carolina and border counties this
week, the larger cooperative cen
ters of the South Carolina Belt
will continue to operate for some
weeks to come.
Virginia co-ops are celebiating
the beginning of their second sea
son marketing with meetings in
every warehouse of the associ
ation which open next Tuesday
wheu John R. Hutcheson, Vir
ginia Director of Extension, Oli
ver J. Sands, Executive Manager
of the Association, T. C. Wat
kins Director of Warehouses,
and nearly every elected director
from the State will meet wita the
members in their warehouses at
23 towns.
Home Owuership.
Greensboro News.
"Civilization," observes Dr.
Brauson, who is a. philosopher,
"is salted unto salvation by the
home-owning, home-loving, home
defending instincts," a statement
which we accept as ex-cathedra,
lie is sure the day is approach
ing," in every land, ivheu the only
effective bulwark against de
strucive socialism "will be the
laud-owniug farmers fu the coun
try regions and the home-owning
wage and salary earners in the
cities and industrial centers." We
believe we could prove that own
ership of land and a home on it
is a good thing for the individual
and for the commonwealth. Home
ownership tends to make a man
cocky.* Cockiness tends to make
a man relish his victuals. The
state of being of those individuals
who relish their victuals is bet
ter than that of those who do
not. Q. E. D.
In season and out of season the
Daily News has been instant in
urgence that the people of Greens
boro buy homes. The percentage
of those .. ho live beneath a roof
tree to which they either have or
are acquiring fee-simple title
must have increased considerably
of latter years. The ideal for a
community to strivo towards con
stantly is 100 percent population
in homes of their own.
Cor testing separates the good
froinAhc poor and lays the founda
tion r?>r a good herd.
* GKAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1923
ANOTHER VOTE FOR
LIME AND CLOVER
Together They Will Product; Aston
ishing Results on Red Clay Land.
Straw, N. C , Oct. I.—Auoihcr
vote for lime aud clover tu im
prove the soils of Carolina hits
be»n cast. This time it in by
that graud old man of the mount
ains, A. G. He ndren, v. ho foi
about twelve years hat worked 111
Wilkes county for tbo extension
division of tlie State l llej." aid
Department of A/riciiiture. iur.
Hendren has always oeeu mi
ardent advocite of so;l i'uorove
ineut aud du .dig the etu.ie time
that he has served iu this county,
he has preached the value of liino
and legumes as active agents in
helping iu this work.
Coming to town recently from
a trip over the county, .Mr. Hen
dren reports, "I have seen one
splendid deinouslrai on this week
of what lime and clover will do
for poor, red clay laud. W. K
Fletcher of Puriear Post Office
has a very poor upland farm.
One of his fields lies along a main
road of the county aud was very,
very poor. I suppose his soil
would average about five or six
bushels of corn per acre. Two
years ago, however, Mr. Fletcher
became interested in the use of
lime and clover. He bought four
tops of ground limestone aud us.jd
it on the four acres, sowing wheat
in October and planting red clover
seed over the wheat tL * next
March. His stand was not so very
good but he let it stay as it was
until the past winter. He then
turned unuer the second crop of
clover aud worked the field in
corn this summer. It is astonish
ing to see this corn as compared
to that on the other land right by
the side of it. This demonstra
tion is in a section where there
has been very lit tie lime used be
fore and I believe it will show
some of our people lh« need for
using lime and legumes.''
Livestock Growers
to Meet at Hickory
At a conference held in the of
fices of R. S. Curtis, Chief of the
Animal Industry DivisiofT of tho
State College and Department o!
Agriculture, a decision was made
to hold the next annual meeting
of ihe State Livestock Associ
ation at Hickory, N. C, Nov. G, T
and 8. Thr meeting will open on
the night of the sixth for the
transaction of all general 1 si -
ness coming before the associ
ation. The day of Iho seventh
will be devoted to a concentrated
program on various livestock sub
jects given largely by successful
livestock men of tlr- State.
Atier this piogram, the North
Carolina Jersey Calf ) Club will
lake charge of the meeting, hold
ing its. annual banquet on "he
night of the seventh, a'd a sale
of pure bred registered Jersey
cows and bulls i o following day.
ihe associations taking Dart in
the meeting this year ar Tho
Dairymen's Association, of which
Richard S. Tufts of Pinehurst, is
President aud J. A. Any of tho
State College, Secretary; the
Swine' Breeders' Association, if
which 11. Arthur Osborne ; f Can
ton, is President aud W. w Shay
of Raleigh, Secretary; the Beef
Breeders' and Feeders Associ
ation, of which J. E. Latham of
Greensboro, is President and »K.
S. Curtis of the College, Secre
tary; and the Sheep Growers' As
sociation, >/ which It. W. Scott
of Haw River, is President and
George Evans of Mocksville, Sec
retary. The poultry association
will hold its official show at
Greensboro on another date, but
will be officially represented at
Hickory by an educational exhibit
put on by Dr. B. F. Kaiipp and A.
G. Oliver of the College staff.
R. S. Curtis, as general secre
tary of the meetiug, has beguu
preparation of the program, and
states that livestock growers from
every part of the State will be in
terested in the topics to -m dis
cussed. The official program will
be issued .just as soon as final
plans have been made.
Corn yields ipay bo more surely
and easily increased by the use of
good seed thsn in aoy other way.
The way to select this seed is from
the fields in the fall.
BILL BOOSTER SAYS
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GEYSER DISLIKES SOAPSUDS
»
tkey (Save a Dose to the Minute Man
in Vellowttone, With Astonish
ing Results.
The Minute Man, a geyser la Yeli
lowstane park, Uoesn't like soapsuds.
Ikey Elnstelu uiuy have suspected as
much, but, if he did, he wasn't sure,
and he wanted to find out. So Ikey,
says Mr. Lewis it. Freeman, cooked
up a piece of laundry soap In a five
gallon oil can and poured the mess
into the crater. *"I si.w him with an
oil can fussing round in the vicinity
of the crater," says Mr. Freeman.
"Suddenly a succession of heavy re
verberations shook the ground, and
at the same instant Ikey started to
run. He was just In time to avoid the
deluge from a great gush of water
and steam thut shot a hundred l'eet
into the air, but wu not quick
to escape the mountainous discharge
of soapsuds that followed.
"Within a few seconds the five gal
lons of soft soap had been beaten to
perhaps a million times Its original
volume, and for a hundred yards to
leeward It covered the ground in great
white fluflf>, iridescent heaps. Noth
ing was ever seen like the sputtering
little Hebrew wljo finally pawed his
way to air and sunshine from the out
ermost of the sparkling saponaceous
hillocks. For a good half hour the
Minute Man retched and coughed in
desperate efforts to rid Itself of the
nauseous mess that Ikey had poured
down Its throat. Then its efforts be
came scattering and spasmodic and
f , ally ceased. Hut for an hour lunger
gasps and gurgles rattled In IU throat.
At last -ven tha *ound ceased and
dnithllke silence 1 -ipon the forma
tion It re: ~y seem,.'"; that the Minute
Kan would n';ver spout again."—
■ioutn'e Companion.
PEN 1 LUNG STATiONS NOW
P»nny in the Slot Macliino of Chicago
University Gives t'ne Customer
Ouick Action.
r}o ,ou do wj'ejn your fountalm
pen runs dry at the mf>st Inconvenient
possible moment— as if ahvuys does?
If s>u are a s' vlent at the Unlr ••sity
of Chleniro you 1/at.ronlr.e the nearest
filling station. The campu* Is sup
plied with (ties*- quite u'• f: elv as the
Lincoln highway with filllne stations
tor the tourlat. ,\ penny in the slot
operates the machine and enables the
owne'- of the most voraelous pen to
appease the thirst of h> instrument.
*ays Scientific American.
ThS 1 * machine works with self-filling
pens «nd with the old style that fills
fron/n dropper—provided the user htu-
Ills own dropper. The dropping of a
coin and the turninK of the handle re
)uas«i the Ink from the reservoir, and
the fluid Hows Into the right-hand
well, whence It can be sucked up by
the pen Itself or by the dropper. A
slot In tho upp-r left hand corner of
the outfit contains a wiper with which
any damage done by spilling or slop
ping may bo repaired. If one drink
turns out nnt enough, a second penny
will, of course, juri the trick.
Limits to Generosity.
It Is good to be unselfish and gen
erous; don't carry that too far. It
will not do to give yourself to be
melted down for the benefit of the tal
low trade; you must know where to
And yourself. —Owge Eliot.
•
That's the Difference.
"If a man Is lmprovln' his mind."
said Uncle Kb en, "he looks foh people
dat knows mo' dan he does. When
he's lmprovln' his pocketbook, "he
looks foh people dat knows less."
COOPERATION HAS A
SPIRITUAL QUALITY
Means More Than a Few More Dol
larsin the Farmer's Pocket- Means
Leadership and Capacity to Man
age One's Own Affairs; Self
(lonfidence.
Clarence Poe.
The highest aim of cooperative
marketing must not be merely lo
pur a few more cents or a fe>v
more dollars imo the farmer's
I>uise as the year's cropsaro sold
There is a spiritual quality about
coopenl i>n which wo cannot ne
glect without i nperiliug, devital-j
izing, ami even destroying, the
a hole structure. Cooperation
must aim at developing a 3i»len
did rural democracy capable of
managing ite own affairs aud giv-l
ing this management to "men j
who know iheir rights and dare'
maintain them." It must develop
• i leadership that as time -coes*
on will (ill all the important
places iii our cooperative!
market iug organisations. Those
managers aud offi"ials and em-1
plines who at present have neces
sarily come largely from com
mercial life must iu future years
come from young men trained I
up as local leaders in cooperative j
1 movements —men who have the I
altruistic spiritual qualities of'
| true cooperation as well as »>m
nercial ablity.
Co perative marketing iu the,
long run will inevitably mean j
larger profits for rural people, I
but it will mean something in
finitely more important, in that
there will be developed a new
rural leadership trained iu busi
ness and economics and in a new j
spirit of fellowship and rural;
comradeship such as we have not:
had before. Every local of a-co j
operative organization is a train- j
imr ground in such leadeiship,J
and to strengthen the local or- i
;'.ir r it ion is our tirst grea t need.;
This spiritual quality of co-!
oicrativtf market ing must never j
he overlooked Our ultimate goal
is not merely to make tnoioy but j
to develop men, no' merely to
enrich pocketbooks but to enrich
human existence. We must train j
and develop here iu the Soulh a|
great rural democracy, having ihe 1
spirit of cooperation and human ,
brotherhood and furnishing j
leadership not only for managing i
the larger business alfairs of
modern agriculture but for whole
somely oirectiug all the wiileyj
varied interests of a new rural i
civilization.
It is iu anticipation of that day 1
that we should work on No man j
who lackn that inspiring vision l
can widely lead ;my farmers' co
optT(g.ive organization toward its|
ultimate goal.
Elon Sophomores F,|ect Debaters t
Cor. of The Qloaner.
Lion College, Out. 3. —The eloc- j
tion of the Sophomore Clhss de-;
iinters occurred last evening at aj
ailed meeting of the class. The
■ ctions are: .1. I*. Davis, Bul-j
lock; M. G. Wicker, Greensboro;!
Miss Florence Mosley, Gordons-1
viile, Va.,and Mi»sllo»> FulghumJ
Candor
The speakers will repr sent the |
Sopliomnre class against t he Fresh- j
men iu the annual Freshman-1
Sophomore (Vreusie contest in thei
spring. The Freshman-Sophomore I
debate is always ati occasion of!
great interest and is looked for
ward to with enthusiasm not only
by the Freshmen and Sophomores)
themselves but also by the eniirej
-I ndent body and community, j
This is duo in great measure to
!he spirit of rivalry which exists!
oelween the tirst and second year.
classes.
Marshals for the occasion, D. j
L. Ilarrell, Jr., chief, J. E Corbitt,
and .Miss Fannie Glenn Klder, j
wer - also elected at this time.
Apple ru»t cannot live without
red celar trees. The moral then
is to cut out the cedars within a
mile of valuable orchards, say
horticultural workers atxhe State
College aud Department of Agri-;
culture.
Without a good local paper,
what channel is there for the news
of tho town and the surrounding
countrv?
"LET THE UNIVER
...... SITY COME TO YOU."
College Courses Available for Ala
mance Tiachers and Citizens.
, The University through its Ex
| tension Department will seud
members, of its faculty 10. Ala-
I m.ince County ru giv> special
courses, which will carry regular
college credits. Some of thw
j courses-which can be odered iu
: Alamance County aro as follows:
Contemporary American Short
jStories. Cou:se to bo conducted
by Dr. Itoyster, Dean of A. B.
I College.
Community Organization. To
I be conducted by Dr. Sieiner.
Social Policy and Education.
By Prof. N. W. Walker, or I)r.
M shor.
The cost per course is £10.0".
Classes will meet once a w« ok for
I It! 'eeks for one hour and 45
!in whites each period. The time
jaud place for the lessons will b«j
arranged according to tha cou
venii nee of those signing up for
the courses. TJie course must be'
organized early iu October. There
I must boat leas' fifteen members
[ for each class.
These courses are vopeu to !
teachers a d citizens of Ala-J
mauco County. Any'ono desir-1
iug to register for one of these j
courses will please address Supt. '
M C. Terrell, Graham, N. C.,'
slatiug the course in which he or*
she is interested ; also, giving the
second choice.
Applications for admission to
these courses should be made iin
med iatelv
Soil Building Work Attracts Attenion
Raleigh, N. C., !S»pr. 17. —T e
several ineetiu s held in ,
different sections ot North Caro
lina by E. 0. Blair,. Extension
Agronomist of the St.ae College
aud Departmen t of Agriculture,,
are now considerable
attention. Mr. Blair hu.? jus', ro-l
turned to t lie College from a series ,
of meetings and states tli t faiiu
ersgeLeral', avo been interested,
in learning now lime and legumes
aro helping bui.d up Ihe worn
out soils on some North Carolina
farms. For instance, a meetiug
wns held at Comfort, iu Jones
couuty, recently, where County
Agent E F. Fletcher had co
operated with ilr. Blair to make
a demonstration iu improving
soil.
The lirst step in planning this;
demonstration was to use vary
ing amounts of limestone on sev i
oral different plots, alter which!
the land was planted to soybeans.
The applications of limestone|
ranged I rum nothing up to two
tons per acre. At the time of Air.
Blair's recent visit, the crop ap- 1
pared lo hive been benefited;
by each application of lime. In ai
few days ih • soybeans "'ill tie,
ready to cut for h.iy, wiieu tlio|
actual inert ise produced Ijy thej
lime will be 'cio'Cked. It is the
plan in this demonstration to eut;
and weigh thu soybeans from one,-
halfof each plot and to turn under
'he other half for soil improve-!
meut. A :iieck will ih -n be had.
oil the resulting crop as in the
benefits of luruiug under thesej
legumes
Mr. Blair fiates th-rt n-llof hi*
tests shuv that u legume crops'
are continually removed and nolii-j
iug turned under, the .soil will
eveiituilly be ruined. On this
particular Held, the owner is plan-!
niug to plant, corn next year to
see just w hat effect he will get i
both from the application of limej
and the turning under of soy-1
beans.
At each of the meetings being
held by Mr Blair, demonstra-j
lions of this kind are being
studied. A series of meotiugs
have been scheduled for the eu-j
tire month of September. A num
ber have already been held, at
which good crowds were in at-|
tendance. Mr. Blair spent the,
three da) s of Septemb* r 7, 8 and j
10 iu Alainauce county, where he
assisted in making some demon
strations with the field selection
of seed corn.
In every case the meetings will
be held iti cooperation with the
County Agent, and thos > who ure
[interested in the matter ahonld
secure from their County Agent
any information desired.
BtbSCHIPh ruii i Uk. ui.KA .u
NO. 35
FERTILIZE THE SMALL GRAIN.
I Usually Pays in Piedmont and Mouia
-! tain Sections.
! _
Contrary to general opinion,
wheat, oats and ryo will deplete
[ the eoil of irs available p*aut
food when both the ((rain and
I £traw aro removed field,
. and f>r that reason it is an eco
, noniical practice to fertilize these
crops wiili commercial fertilizers
.land manure, suggests C. R. Will*
iatns, Chi f of the Division of
Agronomy -of the State College
iind Department of Agriculture.
Sometime> all the fertiliser neces
sary may have been given with
! those crops grown in royitiou with
| the small grains, but usually
j thesß three crops are benefitted
by *.( plications of plant food.
Mr. Williams states that too
I much niti igen snould not be
aided when the crops are planted,
as this may make the grain lodge
the spring. Very little potash
is needed, especially in the west
ern pnrt of the State. Therefore,
| Mr. WMliams suggest* that an ap
plication of from 500 *o 600
pounds of a fertilizer, a alyzmg
HO to 12 percent of available
i phosphoric acid and-1 to 3 per
j cent of nitrogen, be made at the
1 time of seeding. A side dressing
lof 75 to lOU pounds of nitrate of
(soda or sulphate of ammonia may
I bo used in ihe spring, just mh ihe
; plants are oeginniug to send up
stems for the *ced heads.
Mr. Williams believes that when
fall sown grains are sold at a sat
isfactory price, tlie,\ jjrill pay well
for liberal .pplicatiou.s of a ferti
i lizet „f tins kii.d, especially if tne
jlaud h«ts b jen put iu good con
dition, /oyd seed used and the
crops pianiel properly. liei er
liHiy, beat returns from fertiiiai Jg
are secured on the clay soils o£
tb piedmont and mountain »cC
tii is of North Carolina, rather
than on the saudy ami s*iuly
loaui _ Is o the'eaat.
i bob
.is a Prescription for Golds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It's the
most speedy remedy we
know, preventing rn*u
i monia.
PKOFikSSiONAL OARDfI
J. B. BALL, D. C.
cßiHopaacroM
.\ervOtu and Chronic Disease*,
ULiiLJ .\UTOM. N. C.
►
| Otiire: Over Mlm Alive Ko\rlftu«l'a Stare*
|T«lepbulie.VOMoe. wmm. KvUiUucc. 10.
LOVIcK H. KERNODLE, '
Alicrocy-alXtw,
OIAUAU, N. C .
I AMociitfd wiiti Jotku M, UeadVMi.
outre nwr .Null una I Hank of Aiamauc*
TtiOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
AauxUtcd with V. S. Coulter,
No*. 7 ind'B Pint Ntßpiul BaqJi Bid*.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., wTa
' «jru*iam, «. t.
"Tice over Ferreli Daag'Co.
II ur»: '1 to 3 aud 7 to 'i p. m t and
by appoint meut.
i'noue mT
i
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington. N. C.
Office Hours: V to 11 n. ai.
and \>y appointment ■—
Office Over Acine Drujt Co.
Teieglieno*: Office Bexldeaee JS«
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Altoruey-st-Law
GRAHAM, N. C-
Olltcc over Nillooal Bukal AUsmm
a. oo'ojc,
Attorney-at-Lao*
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