VOL. L RECORD DISASTER YEAR KEPT RED CROSS BUSY Iff 192 Places in United States Its Relief Operations ' Cost $737,603. One hundred and ninety-two disas ters resulting In 735 deaths and Injury to 1,!>32 persons, rendering nearly 44,000 homeless and causing property losses/ estimated at more than $44,750,-' 000, established a new record in United States In the year ended lav. June 30, according to reports of the American Red Cross.' In all of those disasters immediately relief activity was applied by tlio Red Cross, which expended $737,603.37 through th? na tional organization and the locai Chapters In assisting stricken com munities. 1 f As the nation's'chief relief agoncy. whose service covers over 43 years, the Red Cross is expected to be on ' duty almost as soon as disaster strikes any locality. This trust ar.d confidence is amply justilled by tho « Increasing equipment of the Red Cross, which recently organized a mo-' bile disaster unit of experienced work ers ready in all parts of the country to respond on the instant to a call for aotlve duty. Tlils unit Is capaUla of operating in several disaster areas under one, general direction, and re cently was at work in seven communi ties In Ave states at the same time. Ability, alertness and Increasing skill of volunteer workers'' In more than 3,500 Chapters are reasons for the preparedness of Red Cross. for disaster operations, be the call for a disturbance In a restricted local area or for millions In r-ellef funds for a staggering catastrophe such as the earthquake 1n Japan. The Red Cross, however, Is far from being self-satisfied, for the or ganization is giving the most serious consideration to measures for pre venting disasters. Its relief adminis tration and rehabilitating policies have won for it nation-wide regard. That this important work c&n .always measure up to every demand needs the continued support of the Amer- , lean people through. Red Cross mem- j bership. The annual enrollment-will begin Armistice Day, November 11, ' and every American is urged to join or renew' membership in the Red Cross. Help yourself by helping with your dollar Red Cross member ship. The dividend in good works is guaranteed. Red Cross Fighting . vFirst Aid Battle To Conserve Life Reliable records establish the fact { that more than 75,000 accidental deaths oceur every the United States. The records show that 206 Amerloan citizens are killed every day; that 38 of these deaths are due to. automobiles, 35 to falls, 19 to drownings, 16 to burns. Facing snch distressing sacrifice of life is the First Aid Service of the American Red Cross, fighting through education and demonstration to Instill a conclousness of safety in the public mind and teaching approved methods which assure that competent hands will care for Injured persons until the arrival of doctors. Trained service In the first few minutes is vital In serious accidents and saves many precious lives. One of the most encouraging signs j of the past year Is the record of the Red Cross First Aid Insurance Car No. 1 which traveled 9,700 miles along trunk lines, stopping at 137 places. The car's staff dt surgeons gave 911 demonstrations to audiences compos ed of 42,150 railroad men, 71,000 high school and college students, 13.000 In dustrial workers, 2.000 members of clubs, and nearly 18,000 policemen, firemen, and other municipal em: ployes, a total of 147,000. Red Cross First Afd certificates were conferred upon 13.865 persons who took the course last year, an in crease of 4,000 over 1923. Telephone,' gas .and electric companies, public service corporations.*"®' '~**e employers of the chun try ■ Red Cross course, and their team contests everywhere were witnessed by huge crowds with aa much interest aa develops at popular athletic games. In the industrial field the growth of First Aid practice to light to reduce, preventable accidents and unneces sary loss of life has received wide recognition. The promise of aa un precedented advance In this fine caase ilea ia the evidence of the great strides systematic Instruction In First Aid baa made throughout the country through the Red Cross Chapters and the the work* of the experts is this service under direction of the national organisation. ' Sign the American-Red Cross roil tills year for hamaalty's sake. • THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. | Fought to Establish Jewish Independence Thp Maccabees was the name of a family in Syria, which during the Sec j oud century before Christ, resisted the | persecutions Inflicted upon the Jewish 1 nation tip the Seleucldae. After the death of Mattathlns, the lender of the revolt, In 166 B. C., his son Judas Maccabaeus, defeated the Syrians In three battles, reconquered Jerusalem, purified the temple, and re stored the worship of Jeliovah, says ; the Kansas City Star. He was slain In ambush in 161 B. C., and was suc j ceeded by his brother, Jonathan, wlip | was raised to the dignity of high | priest, but was afterward treacherous j"ly slain tit Ptolemals In 144 B. C., by IjTryphon, Hie guardian of the young I princ# Antlochus Theos. His brother, Simon, then succeeded | to tlio leadership at the common | wealth, and completely established the J independence of the Jews. After seven • i .vars of beneficent rule, he wns mur ; dered, together with his two sons, by | his son in-law, I'tolemy, who vainly hoped to be chosen Ills successor." John Hyrcanux, son of Simon, was the next ruler. the alliance with j Rome,-conqrtored Idumaea, and took tlrs tUle | came a Roman province In 63 B. C. ! r~ ; ~ Palladium in Legend The Palladium was a famous wood en Image of Pallas (Minerva), said to hav{> been hurled from heaven by Zeus, and to have fallen near the tent of Ilus, while he was engaged In build ing iliiuin (Troy). The oracle of Apollo having declared that the city should never be taken so long as Pal ladium was retained within Its wnlls, the statue was placed In a sanctuary I and carefully guarded. It was, how- I ever, finally stolen by Ulysses and Qjomedes about 1184 B. C„ and thus victory was secured to the Greeks. Ac cording to some accounts, Troy con tained two Palladia, *one of which wns Stolen and conveyed to one of the Greek cities, while the other,was taken to Italy by Aereas and secretly guard ed by the Romans In the Temple of Vesta. The word "palladium" is some times used at the present day to sig nify a pledge of security and protec tion. —Kansas City Star. *■ * . Timber Well Protected Outright theft of timber is rare In the national forests. Each year there nre some cases of timber trespass, but usually these trespasses happen through no, Criminal Intent. They are frequentfy due to Imperfect title rec "ords on the part of private operators. The government maintains a corps of rangers and forest guards on the na tional foßests, who in the course of their daily work are constantly travel ing through the forest areas undet their 'Jurisdiction. This patrol pre vents deliberate theft and discovers and corrects unintentional trespass. The .penalty for del'berate trespass Is severe and Is applied rigorously. Everything in Order The name of the prisoner wns Gunn "And.what is the charge?" inquired the magistrate. "That Ounn was loaded with drink, your worship," answered the constable. "I wish to be let off, sir," pleaded the wretelied man. "Gunn. you are discharged," the magistrate told him. And the report was in the papers nexf day.—London Tit-Bits. lie Never Returned Mr. Stnylafe—Really, I must l»e go lng. I must say those saddest words over spoken—goocVby. .Mias Weeric—You might suy some thing sadder than that. mlgbl say "A'i ,re voir."—Boston Transcript Cold Storage Saving"- Cold storage systems have revolu tionized the provision trade" and the clement of waste deplorable In by gone days has largely been eliminated. In Brltnin there is something like twenty-five million cubic cold storage space available, and It Is said that twenty million eggs arid one hun dred anil fifty thousand tons of meat may he found In cold storage In Lon don alone. But eggs and meat are not the only Items which are commonly kept In cold storage for longer or briefer periods. Fubrlcs of all kinds, furs and are kept there. Then vegetables and flowers are kept In cold storage. Flowers and" fruit can be brought from Canada, Australia and Zealand In refrigerating chambers. Ceedit/or Their Service. World war veterans, applying for positions with the government, are allowed five points In the civil service exemir.jfTlons, while disabled ex-serv ice men arc given a credit of ten points t KoPov/ Wrr t* and Empty. Fir?; Ojtle— I'c-i Budd irsists that I p i-r't-f (lit!—-I frotn his |Wi."i I H'tMlil sav they were also aihl'.S r illt an emptj head. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1924 i' It _ Pays to Market H6Gs6rQUAufyT~ JAH. FEB. MAR. APR.MW JUHE JULY AUG. StPT. OCT. NOV. Otc" '59.00 . ■ —— — i *"*~ ~t » ! There Is less price variation due to quality ip hogs than In any other ani mal In the livestock kingdom. Yet, quality speaks, even on tlie hog market, with top prices going to the smooth, plump porkers. According to the Sears j Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, durlng N the past year choice lat-backs In the lightweight class on the Chicago market, averaging from 150 to 200 pounds, brought from 37 cents to $1.50 per hundred over common hogs of the same class. At the beginning of the year choice lightweights were selling 87 cents : a hundred over the commons. Through February highest prices for lights vtere 181 cents over the low price. During March, April, May and June the spread : narrowed only to widen again through July and August. In October top prites | In the lightweight class were hovering around SIO.OO while low quotations were two dollars less per hundred. Butcher and bacon hogs are graded as choice, good and medium In the heavyweights, and choice,, good, medium and common In other weights. For merly there existed a grade known as prime, which possessed the maximum of condition, form and quality. At present it Is extremely difficult to get this gradfe in the desired market weights. Choice hogs have the conformation and quality that are desired in prime hogs, but are not quite so well finished. Good pure bred sires are relatively cheap now and flieir use would Insure higher quality litters next spring. , Primary Factors Affecting Financial Difficulties Of The Farmer. o 101 20* 30% 40X soa Low Farm Prices JHHHHHHHHHIHHH - High Taxes ""-■■■■■HL Wages IhHHI " Freight Rates PBHB High Interest Pates PHH| Reckless Expenditures ~pHB •. Too Much Credit • »M| \ lacAwa-wofCK acwicuctuhai rouwpATtow Forty-two per ctjat of the farmers in the United States blame their finan cial dllliculties on the low prices of farm products, according to the Sears- Itoebuck Agricultural Foundation, which has completed u sttfdy of the pri inary factors affecting the financial difficulties of the farmer based on a sur vey made by the United States Department of Agriculture. Seventeen i»er ctjnt'of the farn^ers ( f|fel tjhat high tares are the direct cause of the farm de pression. eleven per cent blame the high costs for farm labor, ten per cent feel that high freight ri\tes are responsible, ten per cent blame the high Interest:, six per cent credit the depression to reckless expenditures during boom period, and four per cent thlpk It wus too much credit. An Inquiry made by the Dfepartment of Agriculture through both bankers and farmers shows thUL on lin rivet-age 5 per cent of the farm owners In 15 corn and wheut-prodtXHK; states - lolit their farms through foreclosure or bank ruptcy during the Jlltf^opta^^(^ol} , . 'Four and a half per cent more had turned over their farms td creditors without legal process, making a total of about i).!i per cent who hnd lost their farms with or without legal proceedings. An . additional 15vper ceit were really bankrupt, but were holding on through (the V leniency of their creditors.—'By groups of states the percentage of owner fanners who lost their farms since 1020 were as follows: Five East North Central states, nearly 0 per cent; seven North Central states, over 9 per cent', and for the three Mountuln states nearly 20 per cent The percentage of ten ants who lost their property ran materially *higher. ■ Records of the Department of Justice indicate that In the pre-war years, 5 per cent of all the bankruptcy cases were farmers. During the deflation 24 per cent of all bankruptcy cases were farmers. In some of these states where In pre-war years the farmer bankruptcy cases represented about 7 per cent of all such cases, this percentage In 1922 had risen to neafly 80 per cent These losses have not been due to Inefficiency on the part of the farmers, points out the Agricultural Foundation, aa practically all of them wet's In curred by men who had been doing fairly well nntll they entered the period of drastic deflation. fi» j Where U. S. Farm Products Go I'roducts of the American farm go to every, civilized country of the world. Out of the United States each year la seat approximately one-half of the total cotton crop, one-fourth of the yield of the wheat fields, one-fifth of the porkers and huge quantities of corn and tobacco, dried fruits and other products of field and feed lot The accompanying chart, prepared by the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, shows where the principal exports go. In the United Kingdom more of America's farm exports are consumed than In any other nntloa The United Klnfriom uses more American cotton than uny other ccuiitry, her annual consumption averaging bales. Germany Is In the market for almost aa much cotton, using 1,011,814 , txiunds last year. The United Kingdom la the first market for American wheat and flour, tobacco, com sirup and condensed milk. Bhe also largeqquan t tides of dried frulie. oil cake, meat, meat products and corn. j #?«/*r*nc« in Adotmea The prospective maid of all work was itittif hir terms r' "f want (15 a week paid la- advance, and. I don't wash no* scnb. floors, nor—." . "But," he ran the mistress of the bouse t eebiy. "Or work after alx o'clock," went on tbe woman steadily, "and I want every evening off and trflne reference, * and—• "Bat suMy tbe reference can wait till yon leave usT" broke In tbe mis tress, nervously. "No, I want tbe letter now," re turned tbe domestic firmly. "I've tried letting tbem when I leave, and I've never got a good one yet"—Minne apolis Tribune. English at Horn* "When -I was cycling through Eng land." writes H. B, W., !'I started off one morning to ride from Clacton to f 8t Osyth. After a while I became un ' certain about tbe road and meeting a laborer I Inquired, 'Am I right for 8t Osyth T The man looked puxzled and ' said he never beard of any each place. "A second wayfarer whom I asked waa equally Ignorant Then came a . third. Tbls fellow scratched his head, but presently a look of comprehension dawned upon his face. 'Ay, to be sure. I have It now—tt'a Snosey ye mean I'" —New Bsven Register. 0 • w . , Collet* and Vnivmrnty 9 The college has sbout the same re ] latlon to a university that a state bat j to tbe federal government—that Is, r as a rule, many colleges go to makt a university. The term university . however, hss been used loosely In tbe United States, sometimes applied t« ' an Institution offering non-professional Instruction beyond tbe bachelor's de gree and having affiliated professional schools. ■ > i The Babylike Cemmunlet General Secretary Mott of the Inter national Y. M. C. A. was condemning communism. "The communist," he said, "pro poses that we should all loaf and en joy life, while our Rockefellers and Henry Fords and Charlie Schwabs run things for us, working ten er twenty hours a day as they have always done, without salary or reward of any kind. "The communist reminds me of the baby. • -* r ,y '* t - 'What's tbe nutter with the baby?, a young mother ecreamed from an up stairs windows ghat's he .bowling and bawling about oowt - f 'Oh, he's terrible, ma'am,'., thai nursemaid called back. 'He's dag a big hols down here In tbe garden, andi be insists on bringtn' It Ibto the house."' / i" . ■ '■ " Bfcmethlng en Aecount Two Yankees were In Cook's office at Cannes for tbe purpose -of turning some dollar checks Into franc*, > « "Weil,- gentlemen," said the clerk,. "If you wtH give' me SO f«ntt»ms (tw» .pence) I can cash your checks in full without say small change being fcec**- *'■ 1 A Scotchman who overheard the con versation and saw thst tbe tourists were somswliat perplexed, neither of them having 00 centimes at the mo ment, stepped forward and produced the coin, saying politely: • "Oreat Britain owes America £OOO,- 000,000 and here 1 'Sad two Americans In want of a Mttle noney. Please al low a Scotsman to 1 make a contribu tion toward the liquidation of oar debt"—Perls Dally Mall. , . i Good Casus*. The recent discussion of the severe 1 burden placed upon president* has re- i called the old story of Lincoln, who I when told he looked tired und worn I from Ills«lutl«« remarked.tu a friend: I "Yes, I feel very much like the Irish- I man .who, after being ridden on a rail, .vtuarkeil. 'lf It was not for the honor I of the thing. I'd rather walk.'"— i K«r York Mall i * , Oettsr Animsls In Canada. I There have been large Increaaes In , the number of pure bred animals Is 4 Canada during the decade between lbs \ last twa censuses. The In creese In j tbe number of pore bred horses be- j tween 1911 and 1021 Was 44 per cent; , of est tie, 180' per cent; of sheep, 75 per cent, snd of swine, nearly 44 per , c ..e number of pure bred horses , ft. .«w Dominion In 1021 wss 47.782; | cattle, aaSep, « J, and of swliJl 81.143. r ■ ■ ' Qrewth of Bank Depeslta. I A single Mew York dty bsnk of to- I day csrries deposits equaling more , I than 21 time* tbe total deposits In I all thei city's banks In 1843. The de- I posits I a New York banks-in tbe year ' 1847 totaled SSBjOQOjOOO. These banks > ce tried $11,000,000 of specie snd ba4 I a circulation of about |7.00&00a « » v * * • • a Naturally. Hicks—l bear Hardy Upton to pay tug his debts St last. a Wicks—Yss. He sold Vs nutomo- ( bile and that put him en his feat— ■ Washington Star. • ».» I *»***■ «•"} ,n *\ . 4V a | y»m ■ \ BpJMEr' Red Cross Invites All Into Neutral Army of Service There are 3,089 counties in the United States and more than 3,500 Chapters of the American Red Cross. The Chapter Is the local unit of the national organisation, formed to carry out the program, services and policies of the Red Cross. The Industry of these 3.500 local nnlta la a voluntary and steady outpouring ot well-doing and sympathy which softens human suffering and distress wherever It arises. This work Is absolutely neu tral, for the Red Cross knows no race, no creed, no color. The strength of the American Red Cross being In its Chapters, the or ganisation annually Invites the peo ple to join or renew their member ship during a Roll Call which always begins on Armlstloe Day, November 1L "It Is this annual enlistment of mil-, lions of Americans under the banner of the American Red Cross which makes possible the continued work of this great and democratic legion ot mercy," says Judge John Barton Payne, head of, the national organisa tion. "Membership in the Red Cross la a privilege within the reach ot everyone. The need for service grows more Insistent each year. To keep pace with the demands which come from every section of our country,, we must have the people's loyal sup port Oar capacity for service In the year to come will be limited only by the extent to which ww'receive sup port for our work in the coming Ron CalL" The Invitation of the American Red Cross Is unlimited. The enrollment period. Armistice Day to Thanksgiv ing, Is everyone's opportunity to join. Annual Summons to Service The annual natloa-wlde RolfeCall of the Americaa Red Cross to enroll members for IMS will open on Nov. 11. the anniversary of that tense and aever-to-be-forgoten Armistice Day six years ago, which silenced the crashing arms of the Worlf War. The enrollment will continue, for 17 days, through Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 2?. Preliminary to the Roll Call period will come Red Cross Sundsy, Nov. t. During tho 17 days set aside for the enrollment more than 3,500 Chapters of the Red Crols and their thousands of branches will Invite the people to Join the Red Cross or renew their membership. Lady Nicotine's Btsr Part. Why leave Lady Nicotine out of the dramatis peraonae of the modern drama, when she playa such an im portant role? She figures lsrge la the action and situations ot comedy and tragedy, of farce and melodrama. Sha la the silent herald of deep thought to be uttered, ot an epigram to be de livered. She gives away the villain In the manner In which she goes up in smoke from bis sneering Ilpa. She helpa the comedian put across bis "stuff." ghe Alls In gape In action and in lines. She labels the beautiful women who holds a cigarette between her pink Angara or red. lips as a vamp or an adven turess. The male trlfier would be notblnjg without her help, and the flspper might be mistaken for a sen sible girl. * y Lady Nicotine Identlflea them aIL In some plays she has the star part Why not put her name In the cast?—Waab fegtoQ Po«V ; impeettien UpCM Invalids. The health board of Now York hu discovered that la several instance* bakers hare been turning out bread labeled "Genuine Gist en, (or Dla-. betlcs," which has bona found to con tain a high percentage of starch and which bad been colored to giro the appearance of the genuine article, it has bow ordered that gluten bread asst. be TOO par seat glnten or the offending halters will be prosccntefl Materials ffr Strainer*, filter doth and absorbent cottoa are eOdent materials for strainers. Cheesecloth and wir* gsuxe ars 1M effective NO- 41 Long and Short Live* , in Scheme of Nature One of the most wonderful things in Nature Is the manner In which thing# are balanced up. The long-lived things propagate their species slowly; the short-lived, rapidly. For instance, ele phants, whales, tortoises and carp have been credited with lives of any thing from four hundred years down ward. And at the other end of the scale we find Insects which have a life of hours only. Many theories have been put forward to account for these remarkable distinctions, but the one now most commonly accepted is that the slower thT> creature Is in reaching full maturity and the less Its powers of reproduction, the great er will be its average longevity or length of natural life. Nature's object In such an arrangement Is fairly plate even to our limited human intelli gence. For if. such creatures as locusts, breeding with Incredible rapid ity. had themselves a life of centuries, the world would be within a little while Impossible for other existence. And the same result would occur did an Hepharit With a life of perhaps a couple of hundred years, breed like a locust. In some way, which as yet we may not fully understand, the princi ple of Nature is to maintain a bal ance of power in our world. In Something of a Hurry Every trade has Its stopc of well known yams, but occasionally a new one does occur, only, alas, in time to become a classic. A certain well know newspaper man wa* holding forth to a group of writers, among whom was a rather famous novelist. The Journalist was saying that he had recently been engaged in revising the obituaries held in readiness by his paper. Turning to the novelist, he add ed Jocosely: "I've Just been writing you up." But the novelist, apparently, had not been following very closely, and waking up with a start, he asked eagerly: "When Is it going to be pub lish edr Engelmann Spruee Valuable In its fullest development, Engd* mann spruce becomes a large tree, a hundred feet or more in height and three feet or more in diameter; with a amooth, straight and only slightly tapned trunk. Great quantities of Engelmann spruce are cot for lumber The wood is soft and straight-grained and Is used for various construction purposes, as telegraph and telephone poles, as mine timbers, for the con struction of log buildings, and to some extent as lumber for Interior finish. In contrast with the only other spruce In Rocky Mountain National park, Engelmann spruce is of considerable importance commercially. Wants Dele Receivers to Werk. The British government, finding the system ef doles for unemployed per sons becoming more sad more burden some and demoralizing, Is considering warp and means for getting some work done in return' for the help that the unemployed classes need. Gratuity merely subsidizes unemployment. In creases Idleness and lowers the self respect and the morale of the com munity. The government Is now urg ing railways to electrify, farmers to drain and Improve land, towns to ex tend their public service enterprises, mills and factories to repair and re new equipment, the government will lend its credit to encourage all such work and use public money If neces sary to finance It The Idea Is to deal with unemployment by making employ ment rather than by distributing charity. French Villages Ware Wiped Out. It is sometimes forgotten that parts of France are really destroyed. One wss reminded of this fact by a notice la the Journal Officio] the other day, which sets out that the village of Allies, Beaulne-Etchlvny, M>ussy-sur- Alsne. Courts con and Ornndela-et- Blalval In the canton of Craonne, are merged in otlter communes. This means that they no longer exist. They are'completely wiped out. It is not another Carthage, which is obliterated, but nevertheless one should remember that many French communes have been as utterly lost as Carthage. That Was Different. • (i nknu.u. , " * "*-*» %ottagp shooting: "Lena me a spent;- fend me a spate!" T "What for?" asked the owner ofthe cabin. i "To dig my friend out of the bog," ) replied O'Helloran. "He's Just fallen and he's up to his ankles!" "Up to his ankles!" replied the other. | "Then yon don't need a spade HI lend yon a rope." "Begorrah, but a rope's no good," re plied the would-be rescuer. "He couldn't catch hold of it!" "Why not?" "For several reasons,'* replied l O'Halloran; "but the chief one is that he went in head first."— Onwim-THnwnk