VOL L ;
TOBACCO CO-OPS
MAKE FAST START.
Deliver 700.0Q0 Podnds in East
Members to Divide $2,300,000 in Old
Belt Next Week—Win Important
Cases.
Seven times as much tobacco
was delivered to the 35 ware
houses of the Tobacco Growers'
Cooperative 'Assiciation which
opened las* week in Eastern North
Carolina and several old belt
markets as was received bv the
association in the entir«> Eastern
Belt during its tiwit week of opera
tion last year; the 19'24 deliveries
of the tobacco 00-ops in th« East
havinu already passed seven hun
dred thousand-pounds-.
The satisfaction of associat ion
farmers over the highest advances
ever paid bp their organization is
resulting in large deliveries t > the
cooperative floors where increased
payments on a great majority of
tne grades have broijght larger
returns to the farmers on prac
tically every load- this year. In
addition to this, the tobacco co
ops have now attained their goal
of a 75 per cent cash return for
the tobacco of every member who
desires it, by means of loans to
the members who wish to borrow
half as much money as they re
ceive from their deliveries.
The association will open ten
more markets in Central North
Carolina on Tuesday, September
23, at Burlington, Alebane, Dur
ham, Creedtnoor,T)xford, Hender
son, Norliua, Towusville, Louis
burg and ltoxboro. The opening
date for these markets has been
postponed because of I lie large
deliveries of tobacco now reach
ing the association wareh juses iu
South Carolina and bolder North
Carolina counties, and the associa
tion, iu accordance with its policy
of strict economy iu manning the
markets of several belts with the
same managers, graders and book
kuepers, will leave its workers a
week longer to receive the rich
harvest of tobacco now reaching
the cooperative floors in the Pal
metto State.
The sum of $2,300,1)00 wiii be
paid to members of the Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association
at iis warehouses throughout ilie
"old belt of Virginia and >iorlh
next Monday, September. 15.
This will bring the total receipt*
of all old belt members wliodetiv*
ered flue cured tobacco hist sea
son up to 75 per cent of the
bankers' valuation on the crop of
1923.
Very few cases? of contract
breaking have been brought to
the attention of the association's
legal department tais year, but
the association has been suCcen*
ful in several recent cases where
contract breakers have been r-
quired to pay liquidated damages
for sHlliug their tobacco outside
of their own organization or en
joined from selling their 1924 crop
Ou the auction floors. Three
members of the associatioo in
Surry county who disregarded re
straining orders were lined lust
week for contempt of court l»y
Judge P. A. McElroy in the Sup
erior Court Dobson, N. C., W.
L. Chilton, prominment merchaji;
and fertilizer dealer of Surrey
county, in addition to his fine for
contempt of court, was required
to pay liquidated damages and
attorneys' fees for tobacco of the
1923 crop which he hart sold out-
Bide of ttie association.
McCraken, prominent
lawyer of Whiteville, was restrain
ed from delivering bis tobacco of
the 1924 crop outside of the as
sociation by the order of Judge
Henry A. Grady iu the ease tried
before him in Columbus county
last week. The bauk ol White
ville and a time mei-chanf who
held a mortgage on McCrackcii's
tobacco were also restrained from
selling his 1924 crop at auction.
A twenty-two acre field of
red clover on the farm of H. P.
Robinson near. Granite Falls has
yielded about five tons of hay
per acre in the last two season*.
The third growth for this year
will be tnrned under for soil
improvement. Mr. Robinson used
two tons of lime and 300 pounds
of low grade fertilizer per acre
in preparing the lahd for seeding.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
•- ' - f *• i ; ' • ' k / , , ?■■ ..\ '\
Campaign tor Better Sires
Held in Buncombe County.
Raleigh, K. C., Sept. B.—To im
prove the existing herds of dairy
cattle in Buncombe county a
"Better Sires Campaign" was held
last week by dayry extension
workers of the State College ex
tension division cooperating with
the farm demonstration forces of
that county. A total Jf 68 meet
ings were addressed by the four
teen or more workers assembled
by the extension division. Meet
ings were held during the after-,
noons and evenings, with the
inorpings being devoted to per
sonal visits to farms and dairy
herds. A feature of the campaign
was an exhibit of 12 head of pure
bred sires on tho courthouse
grounds in Asheville.
In promoting this campaign,
John A Arey of the dairy exten
sion office stated thpt its purpose
was to make an effort to acquaint
livestock men and dairymen par
ticularly with the ndvantages of
having a pure bred, blooded bull
nt known breeding at the head of
the herd. "Having such a bull,"
said Mr. Arey, "is the cheapest
and most effective way of build
ing up a herd of high producing
cows which will retutu the great
est profit for the same feed and
attention. It is well known that
a bull is half the herd aud if this
bull is from a high-producing dauij
and is a good individual, he will
trausiuit the good qualities of his
mother to the calves and will in
tiiis way build up a good herd.
We have found that the milk pro
duction of a herd may he doubled
by better care, better feeding aud
better breeding. Iu the past we
have stressed the feeding and
care of a herd and now we are
making our first intensive at
tempt to afequaiat our farmers
with the value of good breeding.
"This is the first campaign of
its kind ever held iu the State and'
we belJfrve the results which were
secured last week will show in
future years. We placed a few
good animals on Buncombe coun
ty j>rms and directed the atten
tion of the people to the value of
having a good sire."
Farm Club Boys Will
Compete For Prizes.
Rileigh, N. C. September 9. —
In every count}' iu North Caro
lina where farm and home demon
stration agents are at work, farm
club boys will compete during the
next few weeks in judging con
tests that will Anally take them
to the State Fair in Raleiuh dur
ing the week of October 13 to 17
where the linal state contests will
be held.
This is information coming
from S. J. Kirby, Assistant State
Agent in Farm Demonstration
Work for the State College Exten
sion Divisio.il. Mr. Kirby states
that the agents Will first hold
county contests to select; judging
teams and a demonstration teanr.
These teams will then go to the
.contest from which the
winners will coine to State Fa : r
to participate in tho contests be
iweeu teams from the five district*
into which the State is divided
for agricnltnral extension work.
Only club members will be al
lowed to participate and no one
who has attended an agricultural
college for .one year may enter.
The club members must bo ready
to judge six kinds of livestock,
including mules or horses, beef
cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine,
and poultry. In this contest the
State Fair offers $202 in prizes.
Auother contest is that with seed
and plant identification. Arouud
$57 has been offered as prizes in
this afid $l5O ha:» been offered in
prizes for the best club demontra
tion teams.
In the demonstration contests,
each of the five districts may
nave a teain of two members each
in the following projects: pig,
poultry, calf, coru and special
crops.
" I'lie clob boys who are snc
censful in thvircounty and district
contests will come to Raleigh to
prove to jfrown-ups that they
kiioA' Mimetliing nlioiir farming
and will nhow how woll th«y can
carry the job »o completion,'
s.i) w Mr Ki •bj .
Mr Kirby slates thai these
club boys wjll lie guests of State
'College whitest Kaleigb.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1924
EIGHT TO ONE
Eight of Labor's Proposals in Demo
cratic Platform; Only One in G- 0.
P.'s.
Analysis of Democratic legisla
tion and of the platforms adopted
this year by the Democrats, Re
publicans, and LaFollette group
reveals that of the fifteen proposi
tions submitted to the Resolutions
Committees of three recent party
conventions, 8 are included iu the
Democratic platform, while two
had previously received favoiable
action from a Democratic Con
gress; 7 are to be found iu the
LaFollette platform, one
appears iu the Republican plat
form*^
These l-gislative and constitu
tional proposals were presented to
the conventions by direcliou of
the American Federation of
Labor, whose Executive Council
and Non-Partisan Campaigu Com
mittee prepared them. Those
propositions which the Democrat
ic convention wrote into the
Democratic platfoftn were the fol
lowing:
1. Change in the provision of
the Esch-Cummins transportation
law of 1920 establishing and gov
erning the Railroad Board;
2. Products of convict labor
shippe4 from one state to auother 1
to be subject to the laws of the
fatter state exactly as though they
produced therein;
3. Construction and repairs of
public works to be initiated iu
periods of acute labor unemploy
ment;
4. Adequate provision for full
rehabilitation of all injured tn the
service during the Worlu War;
5. Adequate compensation to
civil service employees upon equi
table classification;
6 Kreedom of speech aDd press
and the right to peaceable assem
blage;
7. Graduated income tax and
abolition of sales tax as well as
all other atteinpa to place exces
sive burdens on those least able
to pay:
8. American identification with
international agencitx- aud con
ferences to promote world peaee,
including membership in the
League of Nations and participa
tion iu the World Court.
Iu addition to these eight pro
posals incorporated in the Demo
cratic platform, two others bad
long since beep embodied in the
Federal Statutes. The Claytou
anti-trust law, generally called
"Labor's Magna Chatter" with
its anti-injunction provisions,
was enacted by a Democratic
Congress in which Johu W. Davis,
Democratic candidate for the
presidency, had an active and
important share; and the child
labor acts twice parsed by
Democratic Congress are the
other propositions of the fifteen
upon which action has been taken.
Both John W. Davis and Gov
ernor Charles W. Bryan, have de
clared tnemselves In favor of the
child tab>r constitutional amend
ment. „
This comparison of the plat
forms shows that the Democratic
party has a better record and
offers a larger program in respect
to legislation advocated by the
American Federation of Labor
than either the LaPollette group
or the Republicans. The Repub
lican party discloses In, its latent
platform its traditional lack of
sympathy with the workers of the
country.
Where Churches Prosper.
Rev. A. J. Mueneb, Wisconsin.
It is futile to. speak of better
homes, better schools and better
churches for the farmer, unless
his economic position is secure.
The rural problem in its religions
aspects cannot be considered apart
from its economic aspects, r Tb£
farmers living othieauy, socially
and religiously can tie in ids wortb>
while only so far firming
has been made worth Prefli
abie farniitftc alee nv*nspe*psr
spiritoal growth The chwrcU
doee nob thrive %mmm> ehweee of
society that bare beoone pauper
ised, just as seeds will tie* thrive
in soil that baa been deptsM* «l
i,ls fertility.
Mr. La Foßette-ess provide the
Bull if somebody will furnish the
Moose.
Ready for 1924 Cotton Crap,
Raleigh, Sept. 9—Announcing,
that everything la ready for the
reception of the 1924 crop, Gen
eral Manager Blalock of the Nort*.
Carol in a, Cotton Growers' Cooper
ative Ass6ciation calls attention
to the fact that the Association
has successfully finished its sec
ond year. With a trained force
of workers and with the most
modern labor saving aud economi
cal office machinery, the associa
tion is prepared to make a con
siderable saving in operating ex
pense the coming season. Lower
insurance rates, lower storage
rates, some concessions iu freight
rates and a substantial reduction
iu interest rates are among tne
features. It is that the
saving to the members ot the As
sociation iu operation expeuse
will be close to $200,000.
The first year of operation the
Association handled over 145,000
ba'es of cotton and averaged for
its members slightly more than 25
Cents a pouud. Approximately
10,000 bales of the cotton received
was old cotton delivered by mem
bers who had joined the Associa
tion. '
Reports for the second year
show that approximately 131,0U0
bales were handled and that the
total operating expense by reason
of selling direct to consumer was
very substantially reduced. The
members received ' 29 cents a
pound net for middling cotton —a
very good price for the season
and' in fact the second highest
average price in a period of over
half a century. Iu the beginning
of the season, the management
mapped out a program and fol
lowed it. A liberal advance pay
ment was made on delivery,
another payment was made iu
December, auother in the early
spring aud the final settlement in
July. By thii program, the
membership received money dipr
ing the season, #as they were in
uee'd of it—the members received
70 per cent of the value of the
cotton before December 25.
Now with the opening of the
third season, and in yiew of the
ract that several thousand new
members have joined during the
summer months, the management
looks forward to a successful sea
son—the Association will make an
advance payment to all members
of f7O on every bale weighing 600
jpounds and over with slightly re
duced advances on lighter bales.
Tne Association has arranged
with the North Carolina Agricul
tural Credit Corporation for mar
keting loans on all cotton of the
members, these loans to be made
at the time of delivery and at a
very low interebt rate. These
marketing loans on bales weigh
ing 600 pounds and over are set
at S2O a bale - by this arrange
ment members can secure f9O on
every SOU pound bale if desired
on delivery.
A'jfcili IHUCMfcw
That Danish far—a, sajre jJtv
£ 5. Dr«vs' live together. The
coiimKhii i* that their look on
life is serial and cooperative In*
stea* of individual hwl coidw
tive. ThM ie the spirit thflrt we
tntia> deeetor it* America audi*
the Booth tbuee next iwse*y*iive
yeaae* The development of aoefc*
unit* ia the country, ciaaeetad
together by . a spirit of - ami*it
is a vit#i necessity. AMI
tbeee nHMit«h» be ou the fame
a aceoloi rural caUure, not a
mere imitation or scee«d*fcaMl
city cuitueepoets, novelists* doMU
lata must write from tboawlw
point otooMtry people ae wetf aa
from that- ot city pee pie.
Country boys and girls most learn
and take pride in the things of
tbe country—the wonders of
plant and animal life, the beau*
ilea of nature, tbv-tibttor? of airi
eultural leadeat aa*- airrlefrlcural
movements-, the liuretnie ot na
ture county lift# Rural
apprte and rural resreaUou must
bo encouraged ia—id of having
; country peopfeMafc lo tbe town
or city fJr plSMnres. Tbe
land muaftboUHi*by men who
| love it ae* ■*»«•!»«»nieg an
art and a sdencoi FaraeCeedo
moot be hands* (le**»frooesire
to sow, seek oodeaeeotagdo leave
i the place more I saoiifnl aad
> more fertile than he fdund It.—>
Clarence Foe.
Pecans Planted Now Ytotf
Profit and Pleasure.
, Three pecan groves in the vicin
ity of Lake WiiccamawtnOolom
' bus County, hold the record for
pecan production In Eastern Caro
lina.
Last year three, four and ten
thousand pounds each were har
vested from these three groves
and one this year promises to
yield over 20 tbbusand pounds of
Stuart and Schley pecans, while
auother will equal or pass its yield
of last year.
Horticulturist C. D.
and Forester H. M. Curran are
pi -Mining a tour of pecan growers
during the harvest season to
bring to the attention of laud
owners in Caroliua this new crop
for farms iu the boll- weevil
zone.
"Ten thousand dollars from 85
acren is a butter cfbp than ootton
at top. prieee yielding a bale per
acre," says Mr. Curran. "pecans
are fast growers, easy to harvest
and have aa few eerious enemies
as any of the horticultural crops.
The trees of ixtr. G. T. Sutton,
the largest grower at Lake Wac
rainaw, have never been sprayed
and pruning is not neoessaty.
Clean cultivation, green manur
ing and winter cover crops are
the secrets of sneeesa in peean
culture once groves of the right
varieties are planted."
Mr. Curran states that a grove
tbout the house of from ten to
twenty treea will lift the tax bur
den of many a farm. A few trees
in the town lot will give pleasure
and profit to the heme owner.
The peean tree is one of Caro
lina's most beautiful shade trees
and is as long lived aa the oak
with a growth that rivals the
maple.
The Departments of Horticul
ture and Farm Forestry of the
BtaLe College Extension Divisiou,
assisted by W. N. Roper, a pecan
expert, are now conduoting a
campaign to bring pecan culture
to the »wib»l of ait law! own
er* in Kuun OMIiM«
An Appeal fee Hft* f * Wtlri
roomer ana viiiiuren.
Ia the rwnf tuberoulceia clinic
held in Alamaaee county, there were
examined 196 individuals. Of those
examined 68 were found to be posi
tive casee-of tubereoleeie; U prob
able, and 14 doubtful. It ie not
probable that all the tuberculosis
cases were fouqfd; but those found
reveal the fact that there ia earnest
and pressiog need that something to
be done very promptly to stay the rat
ages of tuberculosis.
We have hospitals scattered here
and there, in eaay access, for the
treatment of other diaoases; why not
have hospitals within eaay reach of
tuberculosis patieats, and at such
coat aa to make it possible for the
poor to have hospital treatment.
■Of the casee examined, 43 were
advised to take sanatorium treat
ment, and 20 of these filed applica
tions for admieaiuo to the sanato
rium. No hope was held oat to
while applicants for admission under
six or eight weeks on account of
the crowded condition at the sana
torium. Aa vacancies occur appli
cations will be taken up and patients
admitted.
Some of tbese applicants are un
able to meet the expenses. ' I have
in mind a widowed mother with five
children, whosfc physician stopped
her from work some time ago on ac
count of her health. Sbe appealed
to me to place her children in an
orphanage. 1 have tried to do so
vsry earnestly, but to date I have
not placed tbem. At the tuberculpsis
clinic, sbe was examined and found
to have tuberculosis. Her life could
probably be saved if she could go to
the sanatorium at a Bhe
is comparatively a ybtm» *»uman.
Her children range in age from
•bout 18 mouths to 11 years. It
esetaa* to t*e> that she ban nearly
nuuw!!iWrtf,y fetch try log u
care lot her chfllim tti kfcep .their
n»ihw,
Nol Uaiiog tb* rnoMf Md no
Mh>l - »WMa %rnnfo far it, uo
•••■by pMngt on hei
ptaee wliieb I (in (aU is valued si
wml S6OO, ike tW**~ file an ap
plication far admifaitM* the aana-
UtfinmUjL I aUxiatffctoto dft eo;
SfeSSfrC«s"'ld
trr*»%alp her g» fa the «Mftto«um
«4 ihM «Im tjy to Ml»«aN of
' the •ebildwtr: Site-filed an applica
tion. WiU Mre-4tefa'bM, or sit idly
Old Hickory Chips
Mr. Coolidge comes out strong
for "honest" and common sense
Government, but how does he
expeot to give the country
honest government with his
administration full of "grafters."
Do tell us Mr. Coolidge. You never
turned a single cabinet officer
out until the searchlight of
democratic in vestigatiou made it
"so hot"I hat certain menbers of
your cabinet had to "get out.*'
Most republicans believe Mr.
Coolidge himself is an honest and
upright patriot, but he is too
small a personality and so lacking
in force of character that he"
cannot rid the government of
either big or small grafters. They
are more powerful than he is.
Under the administration of
the great Woodrow Wilson, whose
fame is as imperishable as his
tory itself, no grafter dared to poke
hie head inside the White House
or any of the departments. John
W. Davis is another Woodrow Wil
son. Come, on boys, lets put an
other Woodrow Wilson in the
White House.
Those who knew John W.
Davis, were well aware that his
speech accepting the democratic
nomination for president would
be a creditable one. His indict
ment of the republican party as
dishonest and corrupt was unsur
passed. in eloquence and classical
language, and he drew republican
blood from every vein and artery.
It was a masterpiece unsurpassed
by even the great Wood row
Wilson or Thomas Jefferson oar
patron saint.
It will be a glorious day for this
pountry when John W. Davis
takes reins of our govern
ment. It will remind us of that
part or the scripture which nar
rates the entering of Christ into
the Temple and driving th* mon
ey changers out. Said he "my
fathers house is a house of prayer;
but you have made it a den of
thieves."
there ever before any oue
so thoroughly and scientifically
ignored by the republicans as
Senator Lodge?
John W. Davis is>good-looklng
but, "handsome is that handsome
does," aod we expect him to do
handsome on Novemder 4.
Ministers in the Connecticut val
ley prayed for rain last Sunday that
i the tobacco crop might be saved.
But that, of couiee, need not pre
vent the preaching of sermons
I against smoking and chewing.
Report that the time 1s coming
When booses will be built of syn
thetic lumber made of sugarcane
would seem to be suggestive of a
sweet by and by.
The Kin/of Bulgaria is learning
to drive » railway locomotive.
Well, you never know when you
may need one in the King busi
ness. They run taster than an
atlto.
"How would you classify a tele
phone uirl? Ih hem a businers
or a profession?" "Neither. It'J
a calling'"
"Saxophooe-playera are born,
not mad»*,"declares a musical crit
ic. Those who bewail our de
clining birth rate should find
consolati »u in this icreat thought.
by and let her die? It will take
money to tend her Yo the sanatorium
and to care for her children, if we
cannot get tbera in an orphanage.
Bat what is money compared with a
life? Who will make it possible
for thia woman to go lo 'be sana
torium ?
I think Alamance county ought to
have a tuberculosis ward at some
hospital, or build a county tubercu
losis hospital, or if tbst is too ex
pensive, then let two, three or four
coonties go together and build a
hospital.
I am not advocating that this be
done by taxation; but by tboae with
means who want to help humanity
and render service to God and man.
P. H. Fucmso,
Sapt. of Public Welfare.
NO. 32
Two Noted Nergro Leaders for Dsvif.'
Defections of negrO leaders
from the Republican party are
giving much concern to President
Coolidge's managers in Northern
States where negro voters numbei|g
many thousands. Within tbtofj
last few weeks several prominent!!
negroes have announced their in-%
tention of supporting John W.;|
Davis. Word of these desertions v
from the Republican ranks has#
beeu passed along to thousands of 3
negroes by newspapers published f
in the interests of their race.
% One of thie most. Outstanding of
these defections was that of Wil- \
liam H. Lewis, former Assistant
Attorney General of the United f
States, now living in New York.
Lewis has declared his purpose of
voting and'working for ,Davis.
Lewis issued a public statement
indicating his preference. He
attended Amherst College, from
which President Coolidge was
graduated, and comepleted his law
studies in Harvard.
lie vol Henry Fooks of Phila
delphia, former editor of an in
fluential newspaper devoted to
the welfare of the negro people,
has also given notice that be will
support John W. Davis. For
many years Mr* Fooks was a mem- j
ber of the Citizens' Republican
Club of Philadelphia.
"I have lost ray respect for
the Republican party by reason
of its moral cowardice and its
predatory use of its powers," said
Mr. Fooks in aa interview. "I
have no interest iu politics as a "
negro except as an American. r
To my way of thinking Mr. Cooi
idge is just a figurehead for party
symbols. He does not merit the
vote of an intelligent negro.
Thousands of negroes are think- "
log along the same lines and will
vote accordingly in November."
The State Beekeepers Assoeia* :
tiou will meet at Winston Salem "
Wednesday, Septemder 10.
Prominent beekeeners from
over the State will tell their ex
perience with bees And honry.
Lands wasting their energy in
idleness may be pat to work by
growing timber, advbtes an agri
cultural worker in another State.
Many waste acres in North Caro
lina could thuqjbe profitably em
ployed.
Mi». Crandtll (Iowa) Tall* How She
Stopped rhlflitfi Lomh
"Lwtvrtw. ratakflW allourUby chicU. Wl*
I'd kmcmn about fet-Saal before. With jaU oaa
Urf« iwckace w«kiUcdmnaol rata. Their mat
get thli year's hatches. IHI bet." W«t^a«pli—.
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GRAHAM DRUG COMPANY,
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
J. a BALL, D. C
CHIROPRACTOR
Nervous find Chronic Diseases,
BURLINGTON, N. C.
Office: Over Mian Alice Holland's Store.
Telephone.: omre. »«*. Keaideuee, IU.
LOVICK H. KERNODLE,"
Atlorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM, N. C.
S. C SPOON, Jr., M. D.
' Graham, N. C. '
Office over Kerrell Drug Co.
(lout*: 2 to 3 and 7 to j p. in , »nd
by appoiui ment.
Phone 97^
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington, N. C.
Office Hour*: 9tolla. m. j
and by appointment
Olttce Over Auue Drug Co.
Telephones: Office 4IO— ReaWenee *64
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attoracy-al-Law
GRAHAM, N. C
(Mttca avar Natloaal Baakol r~
X. S. C 0 0 3EI.
Attarnay-at- Laar*
tRAHAM. .... N. 0
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