North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. L THEIR PAST LIFE THEIR OWN AFFAIR "It It n't What You Used to Be" in Wyoming. I cannot pick out and describe, even In a line or twp each, all those first neighbors ot mine In Wyoming; fnirly distant neighbors most of them, living anyhere from five to forty miles away, writes Struthers Burt In the Saturday Evening Post I cannot even give a satisfactory composite picture of the curiously cos mopolitan society, surfaced by com mon desires and common traditions, that distinguishes most cattle coun tries. In the case of my country, not so cosmopolitan as some others I have btftwn. There wu, for Instance, the hand some son of ft great New York family, who had been, sent West because he was thought to be a drunkard, but who developed—unlike most of his fellow remittance men—lnto the shrewdest and most sober of cattlemen; and there was the son of an American admiral the rest of whose family lived In Flor ence; and there was an ex-policeman from Pennsylvania who had shot a man Justifiably but .had decided to emigrate; and there was the illegiti mate offspring of a race famous in New England; and Dodge, the Harvard man; and another man whose talk wu of the roughest, but'who occasion ally let drop a phrase astonishing In Its delicacy and sureness of education; and there was the mysterious heir of a South African official, who had a photograph of two beautiful sisters. These, and mora Ilka them, and then ft score of men whose real names and stories were never known at all. *The heir of the South African official Is still in the country, and will be there forever. He was shot a few years ago by a boy who had worked for us, and the shooting was so neces sary tint the boy was never even ar rested. The Boer, between whom and th? hoy there bad been bad blood for a long while, rode over to th£ boy's ranch, announcing his intention of murdering him; and arriving at tbe door, placed his horse between him and |be cabin and attempted to shoot the boy and his wife through the win dow. ▲ straue fellow this Boer, a charm ing, blue-eyed, curly-headed young man with a alight foreign lisp. He had been • mounted policeman In the Canadian Northwest and a top cowpunchei everywhere, bnt he told me he had once fallen and Injured bis head, and I don't think he had ever got over the Injury, for he was undoubtedly insane at moments. He could never spend a night at a ranch without taking something away the next morning, and then you would tad the bad taken, up the road where he had thrown tt half an hour later, (tee time I was riding with him through the fringe of cotton wood that bounds the ranch on the aouth. Be sniffed the scented alg. "This always reminds me," he saM, In his soft voice, "of ballrooms." One of the Alert Lord Beaverbrook, the multimil lionaire, told a story at a dinner In New York. . "You American business men are ao alert," he said, "that It's easy to believe the anecdote about young Hlg glnaon. "Young Higglnson.called on Banker Eonus and said: " 'Mr. Bonus, I will take up only two minutes of your time. I have come to ask you for your daughter's hand, air.* " 'Young man,' said the wealthy banker, 'do yon—' " Tea, air,' said young Higglnson. 1 do realise that Annette has been reared In the Up of luxury, but this luxury the dear girl la ready to fore go.' ""Cam yen—' " •Tea, air, I can. Ns aa you have done, *f course, hut comfortably and My salary, air, Is a good 'aae f aad toj prospects excellent' j -•WQI yen—' "•Ye*, air, I Will carry a life policy •- grertde for Annfette ((MuMy'la case I abould be taken away.' - a* expect to live with *Us pidatlal home. My aavfap ten enabled me to' purchase In mtm • •**•* tan-room 1J"" j oat hi* hand ear ; mm.' ta as* 1 Mhe y«n* atyl* T*n ca* tmya h* ."Hernlnfc *7* Dateutt Wtrn rr ■ : Too Tram • The way of this world la to pralae pSU. If. Banra THE .ALAMANCE GLEANER. Saved by Roosevelt's Idea of Square Deal When Roosevelt was getting rcudy for his African trip various sportsmen friends, as a matter of course, volun teered suggestions. "When you get to Nairobi," said one —a Mr. Blank, a liappy-go-lucky, care less, prosperous chap, who had dived into the jungle and out again two years before—"whatever you do, don't hire a guide by the name of W . He is capable enough, but not trust worthy." The day Roosevelt reached Nairobi he inquired about this particular guide. He sent for the repudiated guide and got his side of the story, says the Milwaukee Journal, Just as Roosevelt had divined, It was a mountain made out of a inol& hill. The damning word dropped by Mr. • Blank without warrant had left stark misery in Its'wake for the guide. After that he could get no employ ment from any hunter who came to Nairobi. lloosevelt heard all this. By way of rejoinder lie smashed his itinerary, lie rearranged it over night to Include a ten days' expedition never before' dreamed of in that section of the coun try. He.jhlred the Nairobi guide to take- entire charge of the trip. When the expedition got back iff scheduled time Nairobi's housetops heard from Roosevelt, f lie said: "That guide .is the most intelligent,' the most industrious, the most rella-! ble and the most satisfactory guide I have ever had." I The rehabilitation of the wounded guide duted from this utterance and this act of Roosevelt's: Again the man began to be sought after by hunters. Outlaw Queen Could Be All Feminine at Time 4 Belle Starr, outlaw queen of the old days In Texas and Oklahoma,* wore hen hair short and was particularly sweet to women, soys the Detroit News. She lived for years on tfie proceeds of loot and lined up a gang of the meanest looking, hardest cursing, wildest riding and shooting hard-boiled customers lnr her particular parts of the cow coun try. ~ She used to call at women's houses on her way home from leading her band on a robbery, and she would talk feminine things with them, sing re- llgious songs and tell stories to the children. Several stories are told of the way Belle Starr met her death. The gen erally accepted one Is that she was assassinated hy a man named Edgar A. Watson, who had gone to Okla homa In the 'Bos and started farming near her place. It Is told they bectfine •nemles In a dispute over land rental. Anyway, February 3, 1880, so the ver sion has it, a double-barrcjfd shotgun did the work. Long Pedigrees Royalty, as In the Hatfield chart, which traces Queen Elizabeth's de scent from Adam, Is not alone in claiming long pedigrees. On the tomb of a former town clerk of Burton-on- Trent that worthy, is described as thirty-seventh in descent from Alfred the Great. Again,, a distinguished French family, the Magons (an Ad miral Magon was killed at Trafalgar) shows a pedigree deriving from Mago, the brother Of Hannibal. An Italian nobleman, the Marchess I'orro, traces his line back to I'orus, the Indian monarch who fought against Alexander the preat, while the Samson family who own estates near Lyons claim that their descent is from the strong man of»tbe Bible, and In support of the claim bear on their coat-df-arms the broken column of a temple.—Manchester Guardian. Real "Robinson Crusoe" Alexander Selkirk was m. adven turer, born In Largo, Scotland, In 1676. He was a skilful seaman and made several voyages to the South sea, in one of which, having quarreled with his commander, he was put ashore on the island of Juan Fernan dez with a few supplies. Here he lived alone for four years and four months, when he was rescued by Capt. Woods Rogers. He returned to England in 1711, and is said to havfe given his pa pers to Defoe, who. from them, wrote the story of "Robinson Crusoe." Sel kird died on the ship Weymouth In 1723. Famous the World Over Epsom. England, Is In the county of •urrey, IS miles southw«fat oi London. Epsom was formerly celebrated for a mineral spring, from the water of which the well-known Epsom salts were manufactured. A number of the adtas of medical men are educated at the Royal Medical college, and adjoin ing the school la a. home for aged physicians or their widows. The prin cipal attraction is the grand race meet ing held on the downs, which Is at tended by bfihdreds of thousands of persona * GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 31, L 924 , Big Lips for Beauty Is Idea of Africans The women of the Lake Tchad re gion of Central Africa vie with one another as to who can possess the longest lips. When girls are about four or live years old their future husbands pierce a hole in the center of the upper nnd lower lips with a big thorn or a knife. Through these holes he places thick straws or reeds. In "to few weeks, when the girl has become used to the punctures, wooden pegs the size of a lead pencil are pushed Into the holes, says London Tit-Bits. Three months later, when the lips huve become accustomed to the distension, larger pegs are insert ed. At twenty-five a fashionable ma tron of the Sarus-Djinges tribe Is like ly to have disks seven Inches wide in the lower lip and five Indies wide in the upper. Up to this time the- disks stick straight out like birds' bills, but now they drop down from their weight. After this larger disks are inserted about once a year. It is a mutter of social pride with a woman to go on Increasing her lips as long as pos sible. Raise Fine. Specimens of Butterfly in France j Butterfly culture In the south of France Is rapidly growing In popular ity. Here, under expert scientific guidance, hundreds of beuutiful speci mens are bred. The farms are provid ed with special leafy trees and plants on which the eggs are hutched. Di rectly the young appear the branches ure token to a well-ventilated room, where they are placed In jars of water. As soon as the. caterpillars have eatfti 'up this first supply of leaves fresh branches are provided. Having been in an even temperuture for about two weeks, the young caterplllurs are taken out Into the open, where Jhey are placed on plants protected from birds by nets. When fully grown this pro tective net Is removed and soon they retire Into cocoons or roll themselves up Into leaves. These are collected and stored In boxes, where In a very short time butterflies of wonderful Jiues are evolved. Cross-breering has tjevn tried and numerous experiments are con ducted to obtain brilliant and original markings on the wings of these Insects, which-are afterward sold to collectors or for the ndornment of women's hats and dresses. Fable of the Four Men "I got oIT a street car this morning," snid a doctor, "uiid being in 110 hurry I began moralizing on the actions and probable character of three men who had alighted just ahead of me. '|'he first one was even then halfway down the block and was going on with such rapid strides that he had already put a couple of hundred yards between himself and the next man. 'There,' thought I, 'goes a hustler —a man who's bound to succeed in life.' The second man was walking ruther slow ly nnd Impressed me us one who would do fairly well, perhaps, in this world, lint the last fellow was Just duwdllng along In the most shiftless sort of way. I very quickly set him down as n loafer/ "Just then another Idea came home to me. All three were ahead of me I" —Pathfinder Magazine. Perfume a la Mode "And there was an odor that lurked about her. It was rich and comforting. Once, when he leaned toward her, he thought, she smelled sweetly of new milk and fresh young onions and clean-turned sod."—From a Story in the Saturday Evening Post. Poet at Eight Mrs. Felicia Hemans, the English poetess, who died in 1881, wrote poetry of some worth when she was only Sight years old. At the age of four teen she wrote a book of Juvenile poems. Always in Order Some one remark* that the greatest memory tent of all la to meet a man. a year later and remember hla pet ali ment. Why not try the politician'* standard opener, "How's the old com plaint V Farragut's Father Spanish Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, whose exploits. In the Civil war made him famous, was the son of George Farragut. a Spaniard who came to America In 1770 and fought with the Continental army. Stray Bit of Wisdom I would desire for a friend the son !who never resisted the tears of bis imother.—Lacretelle. Add to Weight of Wrong i To persist In doing wrong extenu ates not the wrong, bnt makea it much more heavy.—3hakeapeam BILL BOOSTER SAYS Out CfcttW* to tWEQcOOO CKYKM VJWO cuts T*e VUEEOS AROOUO Utt AU-EM, -02.IVAS THE OrOASS AMD ftMOV&IS -TVAE SUOW, MAULS A\UM ASVAES AVIO T\U CAUS>, waurrs H\S HOUSE xuo «Etßf UVi 9UAC6 MEAT, POR. UE*S A &CAI BOOSTER. IM*> A CJRKXT TO THE TtWKM # WISE REMARKS Hatred Is self-punishment. Great joys, like grief, are silent All men naturally desire to know. Childhood la the sleep of reason.— Rousseau. Truths and roses have thorns about them. —Proverbs of Spain. An epigram can usually be an awered by another epigram. A man who pans what ha calls his "friends" never had real ones. Every one la as God made him, and often a great deal worse.—Cervantes. Easiest awkwardness to forgive Is that exhibited In doing you a favor. Will feet ever declar# their Inde pendence or will they go on suffer ing forever? Can conscience become morbidly sensitive and trouble you more than la justifiable? Men can sew, but most of them make a mended rip look like a welt raised by a horsewhip. Note what happens when "charges •re preferred." Aren't they forgotten, nine times out of ten? To make a living by knowing about books, one has to know.tons and tona of Information about them. Tennis courts made of rubber hare been suggested by English experts and a demonstration rubber court la aoon to be made. Nearly 200 women carpenters, as ahown by the latest United States census, give the lie to the myth that a woman cannot drive a nail. Clock of Death Seema to Deter ve Its Name By the stopping of the famous as tronomical clock of Ilenry VIII at Hampton court palace, I»ndon, and the death within a few hours of one of the palace Inmates the ancient legend surrounding the "clock of death" has once more been fulfilled. Tradition runs that the stopping of the clock portends the Imminent death of a palace resident . These days, for Jlie first time for many years, the clock stopped, and, the same night an elderly woman— Miss Jane Cuppage, do lighter of Oen. Sir Burke Cunpuge, who fought at Wa terloo—was found dead In her'apart ments, says the Cincinnati Kn|ulrer. An official of the palace said that twice within his personal knowledge aome one had died a few hours after the clock stopped. Made In 1540, the clock registers the hour of the day, day of the month, position of the sun, number of days alnce the beginning of the year and high-water mork at London bridge. Charactera of History Ilazi or Ithazes was an Arabian pirynlclun who lived from Hs'2 to 032. He Is noteworthy as Ix-lng tbe first lunn to describe smallpox and measles In an uccurale manner. ITugliald or Ilucbald was a Benedictine monk and writer of music. lie was born at Tour nal. France, about 640. He later started a school uf music and other arts at Never*. He was tbe Inventor of the sumut. Tbe only woilc poel tlvelj ascribed to blm l» the HaVmonl ca Inciltute. He died in 030- Farm Production Falling-Off 34YFAW OF TOTAL CROP PRODUCTION COMPARED WITH PER CAPITA PRODUCTION no i| Jj -AY IRAi j' JJJ ! J i!£ A--XlSSft aN A ' >V VT T V R ir/ r —• _ro _ XI :_ ! »i I ■ "~»I I - Population is gaining on crop production, according to a study made over a period of thirty-four years by tlio Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, based on figures of tlio United States Department of Agriculture. The ac companying chart shows crop production per capita Is falling Taking the average of 1010 «s 100. total crop production in the last three years averaged 100.3. Owing to rhe growth of population, per capita produc tion has been only 92.3 when 100 represents the 1010-101 1 avert) "e The chart sltows Index numbers of both total and per crplta production of crops frcm 1890 to 1023. The production record is based on the total vleld of 10 crops—corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye. buckwheat, potatoes, hnv tobacco in.l cotton, which Include more than 05 per cent of the total ncreage of ~11 crops Since yields are expressed In various units, bushels, hales, tons and pounds. : the crops are combined by applying a constant average price to the yearly ductlon of each crop. I Prospects Bright for Better Horses COMPARISON OF THE NUMBER AND VALUE OF FARM HORSES I «70 «7S mo »M •» MfS MOO 1905 »K> ISIS TS2O *( ..." oca ""|""| |Hiiiiiii|iiii|iiii|iin|inijiiii|ni NUMBER •® , wr "» nooaoog. r m jwoaooo W?4~ — so. **••*'' r \ wjooaooo _SL_ J"- L - 75. J \ / \ 13.001X000 * to / ii.000.000 45. (_ . 9.000.000 30 / . 7.000.000 IS. MUW RAY" *NOM 5.Q00.Q30 Both farm and city are demanding more and better horses, according to j the Sears-Hoebuck Agricultural Foundation. Despite the 15,281,200. automobiles and trucks In the United States, there are* 18,203,600 head of horses and mules on farms today and 2,300,000 In.rse/ j pulling loads In city streets. The coming of this auto atlA trucks reduced tin I equine workers In cities by 2,0K),000 between 1010 and 1020, a reduction 3ti per cent But during the last three years tliure has been a decided trend in the opposite direction. . Between 1010 and 1920 the horse population on farms decreased 10 per cent. On January 1, 1924, there was 18,203,000 horses, compared with 21,.153,■■ 000 six yeurs before. This was the smallest number since 1905. Still, 97 per cfnt of all field work is done by hqrses abd mules. Around 1015,..under-the Influence of stimulated war production and replace ment by mechanical power, horse prices began to decline. By January of thii ye#r average values per head were the lowest since 1!X)3. Jlulo prices, unlike horses, advanced during the war, reaching their pent in 1020. In 1923 there was n third more horses and mules sold than during the previous year. Good mores and stallions are scarce. I>tiri:;g the war lmr- • l>re -ding lan gulshed. The numlier of colts produced failed to k p pace with the ' -i'* by death. Between 1910 and 1020 liorse and mule colt- combined c ' 22 per cent. The largest percentage of the horse population Is out. I.ow prices will continue to discourage horse and inula production and cause still further decrease In the population until (in* n ra::e price turns up-, "■vard. Unless breeding operations an- Increased, deiuutii viil • be greater than the supply. How soon the market turning p/ i:it u •n .n >1 fir the rank and file of horses is uncertain. Prices have i.-l: u:y i. .proved f- r i i; bet ter than medium grades. The constantly Increase g '■ in i .brig with ' e lira* Med supply Is Indicative that the turning point : •.■ What MaKesThe Price of Butter • • 1 -njnm* l * '*'* 1920 922 '923 N'lxiOM# ■ -J— rtHts I ' J j I 00 * y I * , - ■—_ f N*** Vbrk Qvotutu *2 Jcor* * ~~~I "T 1 4/M " Ti ----r, to 0 I s . r r- ,-jo 1 > Evidently production, consumption and for.! prl, , ill ..lay nn important part In regulating butter price* m a tarlff-pror i,! r ':. t );:?«• r, i StaWs The cost of feed may regulate.ln the l-m-j . •. I.i.t uwr periods a/ « t*W years It ha* little to do wltu the selling pjk.- 1 butter. Hi* Suspicion* "Well, *lr," began Constable Slack potter, tbe guardian of the peace and dignity of Petunia. "IH» swear I d'know what to make of them fellers that loaf In the public square. You know bow thejr whittled all to pieces with their Jackknlves the wooden benches we put In there, till we drug away the scrap* and put In Iron benches Instead T "Tea," replied the mayor. "They ain't tore up the Iron benches, have theyr "Not exactly, but they're already narking and acratcblng them up ao that I believe tliey are using files on '•m."—Kansas City Star. Ea.iy fJIrIH with Batumi t>«ii-li-bloora eoiu ploxioh* who criticize their on Mow sis ter* for routing urc i>_'ht *j>or!s—nny body rouhl win with u tr.'Ughf Hush. —Norfolk Virginia I'llnt. • Saving Postage Stamps If pontage mumps have become Clued together, lay a thin paper over them and. run a hot Iron over them. The mueillage will not bo hurt. Only Lightly Held Friend* who allele to you bec>iui>e they are under obligation* .ire likely I to drift pretty rapidly when released] NO. 26 Turf Natural Filter France's experiments with natural turf have shown that It la an excel lent material from which to form beds for the filtering of sewage. A volume of between three and, four cubic meters of sr-wage can be purified every day for every square meter at. the surface of the turf. An experi mental turf filter that has been In use for more than seven months shows diminution of efficiency. If a larger proportion of sewage than that men tioned is employed the filter proves less effective, hut It recovers Its pow er when the amount of sewage Is re duced to the proper proportion. Chem ical analysis nnd the effects upon fish put Into the filtered water unite In tes tifying to the efficiency of.the process. French Butter Market* . During (lie months of June, July find August the butter markets of Nor mandy uro an Interesting night to the visitors. Tho peasants assemble In the market squares of the various towns, almost In military formation, with their baskets filled with large pats of butti'r, each done up In the whitest of cloths. The buyers walk along the lines and bargain for the wares, tasting samples before deciding. If tho prospective buyer Is satisfied with the flavor of gne morsel he knows he nmy rely on the rest of it being equally gooil, for the Fron i law regarding the adulteration of*fo od Is very strict, and a fraudulent self Is severely dealt with. Poor Henry I A Baltimore man, who was former ly a resident of a town on the eastern shore, recently revisited his old home town after an absence of many years. One day! he was talking with an old friend wuit various people he for merly knew. "What .became of the ITall family?" he Inquired. "Oh," sjiid the latter, "Tom Hall did very well. Got to be an actor on.t on the I'aclflc coast. Bill, the other broth er is something of an artist In New York, and Lucy, the sister, Is doing literary work.- But Henry never ..mounted to much. It took all he coald lay Ms linnds on to support the' oth ers." Philadelphia Ledger. Automatic Booking Clerk An electrically operated automatic passifjieter Is now In use nt several of the Ixin'lon underground railway stations. When the passenger has Inserten the proper number of coins, the de vlap Ispvrj; a dated ticket, releases the turiiiitile, registers the passenger on ri recorder, and locks the tnmrtile after he I'd* passed through. Mrs. Crnndall (Iowa) Telia-How She Stopped Chicken Losses "l*aat spring. nUkilWdlflurbtbycfiKlv Wish IM luiown about Ral-Snat before. With just ana UtjtrpmckaKc we killed swarms o( rat*. They won't get this year's hatches* 111 bet.* Rat-Soap is cuas anteed ami sells for Jsc, 65c, It 25. Sold and guaranteed by GRAHAM DBUU COMPANY, PROFESSIONAL CARDS J. B. fIALL, D. C ciiiropractoh and Chronic 1 )is«iji.seß, N. (J. Ollicc: Over MIsiAIIm Rowland'*Mtore. Tilt-phone*: Office. 902. Itesidenrr. 10. LOVItK H. KERXODLE, At loru cy-at-La w. (iRAHAM, N. C. S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. I). (irabanV, N. C. : 'mm ov«»r FWrell llni# Co. 11. nr.*: '2 to 3 and 7 to!t p. mi , and by appoint njent. Phono 07*5 GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D. Karllngton, N. C. • nil- o I lout 9toll U. HI. nti'l hj-appointment — OlHcu Uvur Acme Drug Co. ivn-j I oiich: • w .i 1 • .JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney at-Law GRAHAM. N. C. Dllter over National Rankol Alaum T. SL O OOK. Attorney -«t- Lao* " \HAM. - - - - N. C •>n-« Pstte'aon Building far-nul Floor. . . »!!. Will S. f,ovq. JR. : DC^ ,T tsT : ? 1-«h»rn North Carolina j )FKICK IN PARIS BUILDIN'J