THE GLEANER j
IBBDKD EVEBY THURSDAY.
J. D. KERNODLE, Editor.
SI.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
The editor will not be responsible for
/lews eqpressed by correspondents.
Bnterel at tno Pos'office at Graham.
N. 0., as «sco«u-olags matter. .
GRAHAM. N. C., Jan. 17.1924.
m
OYER FOUR MILLION
PAID TOBACCO CO-OPS.
Fifty Thousand Members of Market
ing Association at 40 Markets Re
joiced.
Close to fifty thousand farmers
of the old belt of Virginia and
North Carolina shared the benefits
of the third payment on the crop
of 1922 made by the Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association,
it weok, when tfie distribution
of *4, 200,000 began in the asso
ciation warehouses of forty mar
ket towns of Virginia and Western
North Carolina.
General satisfaction over the
size of the third payment by the
; association was expressed by its
1 members, and bankets and mer
chants who have aided tho farm
ers in their effort to organize en
■, joyed what looked Jike a suddon
renewal of the holiday trade.
Members of the, marketing atfto-
ciation did not fail to remind
those who had told'' them that
ever}' payment made by the asso
, Ciation w uhl be its la.st, that lust
week's distribution to them
brought their total receipts on the
1922 crop to a full hundred per
cent of tho bankers valuation on
• their tobacco.
Many members enjoyed pay
ments on the same day from their
1922 crop and from that of 1023,
upon which higher advances con
tinue to be paid at the coopera
tive warehouses.
Large purchases of the associa
tion's 1922 redried tobacco, re
cently made by Liggett & Myers
Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company and the Export
Tobacco Company have now dis
posed of all but a very few million
pounds of the 1922 crop held by
the association, according to
Richard 'R. Patterson, its leaf
inahager. Mr. Patterson predicts
that the small amount of the 1922
tobacco held by the association
will be sold in the near future.
Very satisfactory amounts of
the 1923 crop are being sold in
the green state directly from the
cooperative floors, according to
Mr. Patterson, who states that
the tobaccos of the association
have now been placed in Canada,
Awtralia, France, England, Ja
pan, China, and Germany, good
reports having been recenred on
the grading and quality of the
association's tobaccos from va
rious customers. , - ;
Be Safe This Year,
Says Director Kilgore.
The year 1023 was one of the
moat profitable years for fanners
1 in North Carolina in a long time
and it gives, therefore, an oppor
tunity to do three things which
are now important because of the
presence of the boll weevil, states
Director B. W. Kilgore of the
North Carolina Extension Service.
Dr. Kilgore summarizes these
things as follows;
1. Pay up all possible back
debts. \ —»
2. Put aside enough money to
bny fertilisers for cash. The dif
ference between time and cash
prices ia too great not to do this.
8. Reserve enough cash to buy
- supplies, tools and equipment for
producing crops during the coin
ing season.
• "These three things," says Dr.
\ Kilgore, "will put the farmer
, largely on a cash basis, and if
j food and feed crops, meat, milk
and batter are produced in suffl
f cient quantity for the farm, the
money crops, whether they be
large or small, will be real money
Dr. Kilgore has written a
; special letter to every farm and
* home demonstration agent asking
| them to bring this matter to the
.attention of their cooperating
farmers and endeavor to get the
thought into aotion.- He. says,
"Because it ia the wise thing to do
and because the boll weevil is
now prtsent over all theootton
. growing area and will pio I 'ably
do severe damage this year. It ia
felt that the money received from
the good crops of the past year
; should be made to count in the
largest possible way aa insurance
/or the future. This ia a good
HOME
DEMONSTRATION
CORNER
By Miss Edna Rcinliurdt, County Home
Demonstration A^ent.
tr
Schedule of meetings for week
beginning Monday, Jan. 21:
Monday 3 p. in., Elon.
Tuesday a. m., Stony* Creek
Girls' Club; Tuesday p. in., Wo
mens' Club; Tuesday night,
Elmira.
Wednesday a. m., Elmira Girls'
Club: Wednesday p. in., Kings.
Thursday a. in..Whitney; Thurs
day p. m., Spring.
Friday p. in., Oakdale.
A special club rate on aluminum
steam pressure cookers is being
made just now. These cookers
add much to the efficiency of the
farm kitchen and should be in
every kitchen. Navy and kidney
beans will cook in a steam pres
sure cooker in 30 minutes. Vege
tables and meats may lie cooked
at the same time. In the canning
season these cookers are used for
canning. The club rate on cookers
is as follows: 10 qt. size $14.25;
12 qt. size $16.25; 17 qt. size $lB 25.
This includes tlieins«t dishes that
make it possible to cook a number
of things at onetime. This is the
best price that the ::flTho agent
has ever seen offered on these
cookers and she does not hesitate
to urge every housekeeper to in
vest in such a time, labor and fuel
saver. Write at once if you wish
your name on the list.
tinie to fjet farming operations in
North Carolina on a cash basis
and the three things outlined
should be done without fail."
Catarrh Medicine
Those who are In a "run down" condi
tion will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are In
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is a local disease, it Is greatly
Influenced by constituuonal conditions.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE con
stats of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which assists
In Improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Tear*.
F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The Citizens Bank
OF GRAHAM.
At Graham In the State of North Carolina,at
tbe olose of business, Dec. 81,1023. -
KEHOURCKS
Loans and discounts $80.8(14.03
Demand loans _ 1,371,34
Overdrafts secured,# unse'd,
♦78.91 78 81
U.S. Bonds and Liberty Bonds. 8,(00.00
All other Stocks. Honds and Mort
gages. 45.00
Furniture and Fixtures $1.881.8( 1,881.64
Cash In vault and net ami due from ,
Hanks, Hankers, and Trust Co.'s 22,878/7
Cash Items held over 24 h0ur5.......... 1,806 84
Checks for clearing 186.03
r Total- 6U2,444 08
LIABILITIES '
Capital stock 10,000X0
Surplus fund 1,000.00
Ondlyldad profits, less our rent ex
penses and taxes paid 4,686 0#
Unearned discount 281.r0
Deposits subject to check . 71.H88 W
Cashlor's Cheaks outstanding 296.64
Time Certificates of Deposit, Duo on
orafterXOdays 3,528.72
Savings Deposits. 18.J60.a6
Accrued interest due depositors....!. 61.46
Total 1112,441.C6
State of North Carolina, County of Ala
mance, Jan, 14,1824.
I, J. H. Cook, Secretary of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
J. H. COOK. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
14th day of Jan., 1934. #
W. K. DASON, Notary Public.
My commission expires Sept. 17, ltcii.
[Notarial SeaL]
Correct—Attest:
J. W- NICKS,
H. N, COOK.
W. 11. ORBBX,
Director*.
Summons by Publication.
North £aroUna,
Alamance CO'infy,
In the Superior Court.
W. r.. Warren
vs. ,
Virginia F. Warren
. The defendant above named
will take notice thCV~ I,.«UUIUIIR in
the abo\e entitled action wag issu
ed against said defendant on
the Oth day of January, 1024, by
D.J.Walker, Clerk of Supeuor
Court of Alamance eounty, North
Carolina, for divorce absolute
under Consolidated Statutes sec
tion 1059, said summons being
returnable before D. J. Walker,
Clerk Superior Court, at his office
at Graham, in said county and
Btate aforesaid, on the 24th day of
January, 1924.
At the above time and place the
deiendant above named is requir
ed _£o appear and answer or demur
to tho complaint, or the relief
demanded will be granted.
This the 9th day of Jan., 1924.
R. N. COOK, Ass't.
I7jan4t C. 8. C.
J. J. Henderson, '
L. B. Bradshaw,
Attorneys.
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
NEGRO FARMER
DEMONSTRATION WORK
Annual Report ot J. W. Jeffries,
Local Agent for Alamance County J
From Dec. 1,1922, to Dec. 1,1923.
In arriving at what should be
the program of work duriag the
year, Dec. 1, 1922, to Dec. 1,1923.
the orginizations with which Iliad
been working and individual
who are leader* were consulted as
to how the Extension work might
best aid all the farmers.
The Co-operative Tobacco
Mark' ting association, the Farm
er j' Union and the officio s of the
Negro Teachers' association were
consulted. I met with them and
discussed the phases of work that
Boemed most important to be done.
In every community where a
special feature of Extension work
was carried on, the co-operation
of the farmer who was already
carrying out that idea as near as
possible was first sought. Then
the other farmers were informed
in this community through meet
ings and circular letters of what
'we were doing and what we
expected to accomplish.
Having decided on what phase
of the work was to be undertaken,
further publicity was given occa
sionally through press articles,
made possible througii the kindly
co-operation of the Editors of the
local papers. *
The program of work included
something that would eventually
affect every section of the county,
and all classes of farmers. The
main idea was to bring about a
better condition among Negro
farmers, either directly or indi
rectly, by including things that
will eventually yield resalts, such
as soil improvement, better live
htoke, co-operative marketing, etc.
» Soil Improvement: The use of
lime under legumes and tobacco,
cover crops plowed underasgreen
manure, and recommendations in
the use of commercial fertilizers
on certain crops, along with pro
jects haudled by energetic Demon
strators, constitute the work done
in soil improvement this year.
Through this medium the fact has
been established in the minds of
some of the farmers that they
must first improve the soil to get
good results out of farming. '
Cereals: That better yields can
be made in corn, wheat and oats
has beeu proven through definite
projects of these crops. Good
preparation of seed beds, better
use of farm manures, and a more
liberal use of commercial fertili
zers, were the main factors em
ployed in iloing this.
Legume and Forage Crop*:.. A
number of red clover demonstra
tions have been started and good
stands secured with (he use of lime
on lands that had "qnit" growing
clover. Crimson clovev and rye
have been used as grazing crops,
while a ' number of demonstra
tions In Soy bean and eowpea
growing with an additional acre
age planted to these crops, larger
thau ever before among Negro
farmers, has resulted in at least a
twenty-five per ceut increase in
the production of hay.
Cotton and Tobacco: Several
demonstrations in cotton growing
have resulted in increased yields,
due to better cultivation and a
better use of commercial fertil
izers'. In one plat of Mexican
13ig 801 l cottOn the Beed were se
lected in the field under the super
vision of an Extension Specialist
for next year's planting. This
variety has proven superior to
local varieties, and a larger acre
age will be planted next year.
The chief item of interest in
tobacco growing has been the
introduction of the use ot, more
Llaguesium in the form of "Dolo
mitic lime." In every instance
the tobacco where lime was used
was- superior in quality, and at
leost a yield of twenty-five per
cent pounds was made.
Horticulture: Progress made
in this phase of the -work has
been aloog the line of plauting
"Home Orchards," according to
Extension plans, spraying and
pruning. Good results were se>
I cured on demonstrations. No
stress has beeu laid on proper
fertilization .to any extent, and
because of this a number of trees
have been found with no frdit
buds set. Proper fertilization,
spraying and pruning will be the
main points stressed in next year's
orchard work. „
Gardens received some atten
tion, too, in this year's work. A
campaign for "More and better
gardens" was put on in the spring,
which resulted in a number of
gardens being planted that furn
ished an ample supply of fresh
vegetable* through the hummer
.months. Some have carried the
work farther aud planted winter
gardens.
Livestock:. One ot the main
features of this year's work in
livestock was the purchasing of
one of the best young balls in the
-county by the Ball Association
that was organized more than a
year ago. This bull is now a year
Old and is well grown. He is a
registered Jersey out of Pet's
Noble Queen, the only one in Ala
mance county that, has .the Regis'
ter of Merit degree.
The poultry work covered lect
ures by local successful poultry
men on feeds and housing condi
tions,' and the giving of culling
demonstrations in four sections
of the county. A number of fowls
and eggs of pure breeds have
been secured for farmers also. -
Rural Engineering: The work
along- this line has consisted of
getting one community storage
bouse built 1 for fertilizers* and
lime, aud the furnishing of plaus
and blue points for poultry hbuses,
two being under construction.
Ordera have been placed co
operatively, with white farmers of
the county-for a. carload of soda
tol, a high explosive to be used
in stump blasting. «>
Agricultural Economics; AcV
cording to ntatistics, this county
lost $15,000 on its 1,456 bales of
cotton last year by not selling co
operatively, when prices received,
by the co-operatives are • com
pared with the prices received ou
the open marker. And again a
majority of this cotton hate here
tofore been marketed at points
outside of thq.,county, resulting
in a great deal of the nioney real
ized from this cotton being spent
at points outside of the county
for fertilizers, olothing, etc. At
the request of the business men
of Qrahan) and some of the lead
ing farmers of the connty a cam
paign for the cooperative markets
ing of cotton w.is staged. In a
campaign of seven Weeks 3%
farmers identified themselves with
this new system of marketing, 90
of whom were negro farmers.
In addition to this, Martin Dis
trict Farmers' Union, an organi
zation of ninety, negro farmers,
were assisted in the purchase of
300 tons commercial fertilizers.
Home. Health and Sanitation':
Since we have no Home' Demon
stration Agent in this county for
negroesi the local agent has super
vised-".this work t6 some extent.
With the assistance of the County
Homti Agent, some demonstra
tions wete ! given in „the canning
and preserving of fruits.
CHib Worir: The'club work
for this year was conducted in
growing corn, pigs, poultry and
gardenß in si* coibmunitiea. This
being our first year, the most that
was done was to mail bulletins
and circular letters to the mem
bers, and to make two rounds of
visits. Somp; good was secured
in some instances in corn growing
aud poultry work, but we feel to
get the res nits we should, more
time will have to be spent in this
phase of extension "Work.
Excursion Trip: • Fourteen
farmers were taken on a tour of
the upper eastern counties of the
State to study crop-'production,
better livestock, fend the proper
way to handle brcttartts, in July
ofthis year. The'average total
cost to each farmer who made this
trip was 1G.50. .
The mauy inquiries about the
use of lime for tobacco, where
pure breeds of poultry,and where
better dairy cons can be secured,
and information asked concern
ing the planting, spraying and
pruning of orchards, assure that
some good was accomplished in
taking thiß trip.
Fairs: Twtf community fairs
with good- exhibits were held in
the county. Thd Negro farmers
made the best exhibit ever at the
Mebane Four-County Faii; this
year. Many blue ribbons were
awarded their exhibits.
The extension work of this
county was represented in the
exhibits of Local Agents at the
State Negro Fair this year. First
premium was awarded, to this
county. '
The program for next year's
work will be largely follow-up
work *•** already under
way.
In carrying out this program of
work 11,369 miles were traveled
572 farm visits were made, 1,067
conferences were held, 238 days
wete spent in field work and 02
days were spent in office work,
180 letters were written, • 3,220
circulars were mailed, and 10
articles for publication were pre
pared. ' . j
Respectfully submitted. ;
J. W. J&FFKIKS,
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"Do Rats TA to Eaob ti&vl*
Aaha Mr. M. Batty, R. L
feSfSSSRE
ANVdHoa onaa JIVHYHO
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
the South
1 I*">ECAUSE of the remark- A great responsibility rests
IT V T jn | | I able development of its upon the shoulders of the
| 1 rtatural resources, the South teachers of the South —in the
/* Trr f (wLjo today is taking a new leader- pulpit and in the class-room.
14-%re-iili9r '" P t intl " !eCO,,omiCPr ° greßß . Vthe compensation ao
hiT ' corded the great majority of
w lr; t;I. /T \ But this leadership, if it is them is inadequate.
V to be maintained, must have a
more enduring foundation than I The Southern Railway Sys
" iff the possession and exploitation tem > which ree mi " lo °
'A of material things. dollar 9 *** annum in 8cho(>1 1
> 11 taxes; voices not only its own
U The South of tomorrow will best interest but the ambition
be made by the children of to- of itß 60i000 employees in re-
*^ ie toys now in school spect to the future of their
.. . and attending the churches children and their section, ,
* wDI be the captains of industry when it expresses the view that
• and t^ie leaders in the profes- greater rewards should be of
■ * sions a few years hence. " fered the men and women who—
'• , , Citizenship is in the making are building Southern citizen
•J* farthe schools and the churches. ship of tomorrow. >->
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Mortgagee's Sale of
Land.
By virtue of the powers con
tained in a certain mortgage
deed executed on . the 17th day
of June, 1921 pby> F. M, Hol
land and wife, Dora Holland,
to the undersigned J. 8./ Mc-
Vey, mortgagee, and duly re
corded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Alamance
county in Book No. 82 of mort
gage Deeds, at fiag6 406, de
fault having been made in the
payment of the notes secured
by said mortgage deed and the
interest thereon.' the Undersign
ed mortgagee will, on
SATURDAY, FEB. 16th, 1924,
at 12 o'clock, noon, at the court
house door in Graham, Ala
mance county, North Carolina,
offer for sale to the highest bid
der, for cash, the following
tract of land {situate in Albright
township, in the county and
State aforesaid, adjoining the
landsof D. H. Bivins and others,
and defined and described as
follows: , ' - -
Beginning at a stone, A. G.
Thompson's corner, thence N
87 deg. W 29.60 chs. to a hick
ory; {hence N 44 deg. W 10.12
chs to a stump on branch;
thence with said branch to Baid
Bivins'line; thence S 1£ chs to a
stone; thence East 2 chs to a
stone; thence IV 3 "* 12.98
to a gum; thence b W
5.97 chs to a stone in road;
thence West 16 chs to a stone;
thence with his line S 1$ deg £
13.55 chs to P. 0.; thence N 1'
deg £l3 chs to stone heap;
thence 2 N 6 deg £ 15.62 chs to
stake; thence N 89 deg £ 29.50
chs to stone on W side of old
road; thence North 9.20 chs to
the beginning, containing 91}
Acreq, more or leas.
The Bind sale will remain open
for ten days for advanced bids
as provided by law.
This January 9th, 1924.
J. B. McVEY, Mortgagee.
666 quickly relieves Colds, Fever
and LaGrippe. Constipation, Bil
iousness and Headaches.
Notice of Summons By
Publication.
NORTH CAROLINA—
- ALAMANCE COUNTY.
In the Superior Court,
S. M. Bason, Keceiver of A. A.
Harrelson,
vs.
Mrs. Frances Harrelson Hen
-drix and husband, J. T. Hen- ,
drix; andT. T. Harrelson and ,
• wife, Minnie Harrelson, H. W.
Harrelson and wife, Eliza
- Harrelson, Apnie Harrelson,
. ' ' Collie Harrelson, Fannie Pas
chal, Nancy Foster; the de
scendants of Peter Harrelson,
deceased, names and residen
ces unknown, the descendants
of William Harrelson, deceas
ed, names and residences un
known,
The defendants above named,
and especially the descendants
of Peter Harrelson, deceased,
who died a citizen and 4 resident
of the State of Missouri, and
whose names, ages and present
places of residence are now un
known, and the descendants of
William Harrelson, who died a
citizen and resident of the State
of Tennessee, whose names, ages
and present places of residence
are now unknown, will taks
notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced and
is now pending in the Superior
Court of Alamance County,
North Carolina, the said action
having bt-* 7 : originally brought
in Caswell County and by order
of the Court removed to Ala
mance County for trial, and all
of the above named parties de
fendant, other than Frances
Harrelson Hendrix, and hus
band, J. T. Hendrix, having
been made parties to this action
by order of T. B. Finley, Judge
presiding, at December Special
Term said Superior Court, Ala
mance County, upon the sugges
tion of the death of A. A. Har
relson. The said action being
brought for the purpose ot deter
mining, settling and fixing the>
title to the property, real and
personal, formerly belonging td
A. A. Hairelson,late of Caswell
County, Nforth Carolina. )
The said defendants, and es
pecially the descendants of Peter
Harrelson and William Harrel
son, deceased, will take notice*
that they are required to appear
at the Office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Alamance
County, at the Court House in %
Graham, North Carolina, on or
before Monday, the 28th day of
January, 1924 K and answer- or
to the complaint and
filed in said ac-
the relief demanded
theroiu rtill be granted as the
rights of the respective parties
hereinbefore set out may appear
to tlie Court; and the said defen
dants will further take notice
that unless they appear on or
before the 28th day of • January
1924, and answer or demur to
the pleadings, or file their plead
ings in said cause, setting forth
any affirmative rights they may
claim as heirs at law of A. A.
Harrelson, that Frances Hari el
son Hendrix and husband J. T. '
Hendrix and the other parties •
to said action who. filed
pleadings will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in their
said pleadings, and the Court
will proceed to hear the said
cause and adjudge the rights of
the respective parties above set
forth in and to the said property,
real and personal, formerly be
longing to A. A Harrelson, now
deceased.
Done by order of T. B. Finley, . '
Judge, holding December special
term, 1923, Alamande
Superior Court. This December
24th, 1923.
D. J. WALKER,
Clerk Superior Court.
"Rat Snap Kflb 48 Rats"
Writ— Irria Net hood. PwnTtraiil
Henri: "After Bain* one laraa packaca,
w* eoontad a dead tats." BAT-SNAP
Una '«m. MM op the famaaa. and IMI—
no ■«»n Cats and doga won't tooeh it.
Oamaa in eon teuton atiecakaa: no mtidas
with other food. Get a package today.
Three aiaaa: .He for kitchen or cedar: Ka
for chicken hooae or can crib: fa*
barm outbuildings. Yoormcncyteck
if RAT-SNAP cioesn't do the work*
> THE OSMARMRWR