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THE GLEANER IBBCED EVEKY THURSDAY. J, D. KERNODLE, Editor. SI.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Entered at ttio Pos'offlc® at G rah am, N. 0., n» Kecoau-olaes,matter. The editor whid'k •"> responsible lor* /lews expressed by correspondents. GRAHAM, N.r.,Dec. 9, 1926. TAXES ON ALL-REBATES FOR SQME ' Of Federal taxes the President said in his annual messago* to the Cfctagress— ~ "It-can not be repeated- tw often that the enormous revenues of this Nation could not be col lected without becoming a charge on all the people whether or not they directly pay taxes." "Every one wh& is paying for the bare necessites of food, shel ter and clothing, without consid ering the better things of, life, is indirectly paying a national tax." A charge "on all the people,"' and *'on every one," if not direfet- 1 ly, then indirectly, is th(Tvvay the President put it. In other words, the tax gets into the price of things the people pay. And, in a vast lot of cases, the tax gets into the price of a marketed article before the tax is paid. Of course, the manufacturer of automobiles, for example, counts a tax as one of the costs of production for which provision must be made. Now afterthe President asserted that every one pays Federal taxes, directly or indirectly, what did he propose in view of a. big sur plus current and in prospect? lie opposed any tax reduction of a "permanent nature" and said— "Meantime, it is possible to grant some real relief by a simple measure making reductions in the payments which accrue on the 15 of March and June, 1927." By ; « 'some" in the foregoing sen tence, the Preskleut surely did not intend that to "some" persona and interests relief could be granted in tlie manner-he sug gested. Yet, that would be the effect of it, according to his own line of argument showing all tho people, directly or indirectly, pay the Federal taxes. How would "all the people" who pay the taxes come out on the .. "reductions" proposed for next March and June 16? A lot of them would get no reduction whatever, though in prices paid in 1926—the year on which pay ments for 1927 would be based— they had borne the tax. Instead, those who had passed the tax on in production costs and sale prices would get the reduction, which would be pret;y much of the na ture of an outright gift from the government at tho expense of "all the people." UTILITY REGULATION. The idea is constantly being stressed thai the greatest function of state regulation of public util ities is to do away with unneces sary duplication of services. Eliminating waste has resulted from state regulation which re duces and prevents useless com petition between water lines, elec tric, Bteam and motor services. Competition that eventuates in good public service is always de sirable—destructive competition that eventuates in ruin to invest ments is never allowable. Some of the leading railroad systems of the East are making use of electric, truck and bus lines for profitable operation of extensions and feeders for larger systems, and asking protection for traffic they have built up by years of service aud investment and expenditure of vast sums of money. To any fair-minded American business man, there can be noth ing wrong in state regulation with these objects in view, "and exist ing transportation systems have a right to be protected against destructive and wasteful com peti tion in any form. VETERANS STILL NEED RED CROSS, ■ 1 Aid to Disabled Men Increases > as Problems and Legislation Bring Complications. " / 20,000 MEN DIE EACH YEAR Many EntitlefJrto Benefits" Still Uninformed of Jnfct Claims to Condensation. .V; f "■ ft Eight years attar the World War finds service to disabled Vfeteransr still * major responsibility of' the Ameri can Red Cross. ' This situation Is due to the increas ing problems involved' and the com plex character of vetfcr&h legislation. There Is also an increase in numbers of "death handled, as com pared with claims for living veterans, though the work ibr/ttfe latter re mains heavy. men are dying each year,'a consider able percentage of these having serv ice-connected disabilities.. In a majority of cases, Red. Cross Chapters find their assistance Is need ed In helping dependents present their claims for death compensation, Insurance payments, bonus, burial'al lowances, and other government ben efits due them. An episode of the past year Illustrates V the difficulties frequently encountered by the Red Cross experts In rendering such as sistance. A veteran dying from serv ice-connected disease, was trying from his bedside to establish at that late time his claim, tor Government aid'to his familjr, and the necessary proofs were In a "physician's records across .the continent from him. To obtain the needed affidavits before it was toe late, a cross-continent airplane flight | was necessary, then a Red .Cross Chapter in Pennsylvania hurried the Investigation, sending the paper* back to the veteran and his Red Cross helpers In Oregon, by air-mail. It reached there In time. Another discovery In Red Cross as sistance to veterans and their fami lies Is that many dependents of these men unquestionably entitled to Gov ernment aid, have struggled along, ignorant et their rights. ▲proximately 2,CSC Red Cross Chap ters carry on Home Service work,, la assistance to veterans and their dam ines. The Chapetrs also conduct campaign among veterans for re in state meet and conversion of their term insurance.' Among its other da ties, the Red Cross assumed at the request of the Canadian Government the administration of t a -fund-«llo£tejd to the care of. Canadian vdisabled vet- 1 erans living in the United States. In the United States the Rfcd Cross assisted an average of about 80,000 disabled veterans and their families every month in the past fiscal year. Indicating the size of this undertak ing, National Headquarters of the Red Cross expended f1, 641,178.18 on disabled veterans alone, and 1609,- 461.73 on assistance to men on active duty with the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, while Red Cross local Chap ters-expended ..a total of $1,987,000. Red Cross assistance to service men overshadowed every other phase of lis program, even its disaster relief until the Florida hurricane. Help for veterans covers many de mands, from temporary aid until Gov ernment claims are adjusted or until the ex-soldier Is properly hospitalised, to extending capital loans to rehabili tated veterans endeavoring to become self-supporting ln* business. Several such capital loans were to blind vet erans. Contact with veterans in hospitals is maintained by Red Cross personnel which doctors agree influences the veteran's welfare and improvement. The Veterans' Bureau was planned to carry on social work in its hospi tals for mental eases, and in many cases the Government and the Red Cross are co-operating for the welfare of the men suffering war disabilities. The public is invited to assist this work by joining the Red Cross during the Annual Roll Coll, November 11 to tf. ALWAYS AT WORK TO RELIEVE DISTRESS N " Since 1905 the American Red Crow has given relief to 854 disasters in the United States alone, a year sel dom passes without a major calamity due to tornado, earthquake, fire or flood. The Red Cross in each case hae remained on the Job until relief was completed. Last rear the Midwest tornado which struck fire etatea was the oat standing relief operation by the Red Cross. The Florida hurricane la Sep tember created a problem which ex ceeded in proportion* any disaster since the San Francisco fire. By Joining the American Red Cross every American can do his part to make its serrlees continuously affec tive. The Annual Roll Call from No vember 11 to IS. this year, is your op portunity. More tfcav 43,000 nurses are en rolled in the American Red Cross. They are ever ready for emergency duty. Every y American can jfo pit share for humanity by Joining the American Red' Cross during the Tenth Inn—l Roll Call. November 11 to SB. I TEOP ALAMANCE QLEANEB, GRAHAM, ». & Trustee's Sale of Real Property. By authority of the power of jale contained in a certain deed of trust executed to the under signed Trustee by D.W. Brown und wife, Lula Brawn, execut- ' ed on the 25th day of February, ; 1924, and recorded in the office . of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County in Deed of Trust Book No. 95, at page 256, s§id deed of trust having been executed for the purpose of se curing the payment of certain bonds therein „described; and default having been made in the payment of said bonds and interest thereon as set out in said deed of trust, the under signed Trustee will, on SATURDAY, JAN. 8. 1927, at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the CourtJ»6us; door in Graham, C , ffei for sale at public auc tion "to the last and highest bid der for cash, the following de scribed real property, to-wit: Two certain lots or parcels of 1 nd lying and being situated at Elon Cnllege, Boon Station Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining each other and the lands of Mrs. E. C. Crawford, G. W. Patton, W. S. Tate, B. Cable, L. Tickle, E. Huffines and others, described and defined as follows: FIRST TRACT: Beginning at a stake on Mrs. Crawfori's line, W. W. Staley's N. W. cor ner, running N £ deg E to a stone, corner Mrs. Crawlord's lot; thence N deg W to a stone in Patton's line 6.40 chs; thence N £ deg E 7.53 chs to a stone in Huffines line; thence N 86£ deg "E 14.52 chs to a stone in W. S. Tate's line; thence S 4£ deg W12.31 chs to a stone in edge of said Tate's yard; thence S 84 chs to a stone in middle of Kerr Avenue, projected; thence S 1.97 chs to the middle of the intersection of Kerr and hag gard Avenues; thence W with Haggard Ave. to Staley's cor ner; thence N with Staley's line to his N E corner; thence W with Staley's line to the begin ning, containing fourteen (14) acres, more or less, on which is situated a six-room dwelling, barn and other outhoseS. . SECONJD,TRACT: Beginning at a rock; corner with said Hnf fines; thence S deg W 4.95 chs to an iron bar in said Brown's line; thence S 63£ E 2.05 chs to an iron bar in a road; thence N 87f deg E 5.78 chs to a rock in said Cable's line at a tobacco barn; thence N 4J deg E 18.33 chs to a rock orner with said Cable; thence S 87i deg E (B.S. 84$) 74$ Iks to a rock, corner with said Cable; thence N 4$ deg E 13.35 chs to a rock, corner with said Tickle;.thence N 86 deg W 77 Iks to a dead red oak tree, cor ner with said Tickle; thence N £ deg E 3.06 chs to a rock, cor ner with said Tickle; thence N 84.05 deg W 6.57 chs to a rock, corner with Huffines; thence S 5 dee 55$ min.W 29.75 chs to the Beginning, containing twen ty-six (26) acres,- more or less. " Sale subject to advance bids as provided by law. This the4tlfday of December, 1926. Alamance Ins. & Real iiflta'te Co., Trustee. J. Dolph Long, Attorney. STRAIGHT SALARY: $35.00 per week and expenses Man or woman with rig to introduce EGG PRODUCER. Eureka Mfg. Co., East St. Louis, 111. LADIES, who can do plain owing at homes and want profita ble spaie time work. Write (En close stamp) to HOMAID DRESS COMPANY, Amsterdam, N. Y. MAIL EARLY BUY £©[ IS; fhrkdma* Trustee's Sale of Real Properly. By virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust executed to the under- signed Trustee on the 28th day, of October, 1921, by EL Tillman j and wife, Lenna Tillman, for j the purpose of securing certain j bonds described in said deed of | trust, which said deed of trflst j is duly recorded in the office of! the Register of Deeds for Ala- j mance county, N. C.,in Deed of 1 Trust Book No. *9 F at page 224, j default having been made in J the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon according i to their tenor, the undersigned Trustee will on SATURDAY, JAN. 15th, 1927, | at 12:00 p'clock noon, offer for: sale for cash, at public auction, j to the last and highest bidder, at the Courthouse door in Gra ham, N. C., the follow]ng real property, being the first-of three described tracts in the above stated deed of trust: FIRST TRACT: Adjoining the lands of Ireland Street, G. M. Brooks, Alamance Insurance and Real Estate Company and others, bounded as follows: BEGINNING at a corner on South side of Ireland Street, corner with Alamance Insur ance and Real Estate Company (formerly Dr. J W. Page cor ner); thence with line of said Ireland Street 97 ft to a corner with said G. M. Brooks; thence with line of said Brooks S 55£ aeg W 234 ft to a corner of G. M. Brooks and Alamance Insur ance and Real Estate Company; thence with their line 40-fc ft to an iron bolt: thence N 63 deg E ft to the beginning on Ire land Street, this being the prop erty upon which is now situated a six room dwelling. This sale subject tq vance 1 bids as provided by law. 1 This the 14th day of Decem ber, 1926. v THE ALAMANCE INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. , 1 Trustee. J. DOLPH LONG, Att'y NOTICE! Of Service Of Summons And Warrant Of Attachment. State of *ortU Carolina, County ot Alamance. In tUe Superior Court. Ed Hodge VS. D. W. Brown The defendant in the above en titled action will take notice that, on the 13th day of Decem ber, 1926, summons in th'is action was issued against him by E. H. Murray, Clerk of the Su perior Court of Alamance coun ty, North Carolina, and that in this action the plaintiff claims the sum of $404.00 to be due and owing him on account of his having to pay a note which he had endorsed for the defend ant in said amount, which said summons is returnable $t- the office of the Clerk of the Superi or Court of Alamance County on Monday, January 17, 1926. The said D. W.. Brown will further take notice that a war rant of attachment shall issue in this cause on the 13th day of December 1926, against the property of the said D. W. Brown, which warrant is re turnable at the time and place named for the return of the summons. The said D. W. Brown will further take notice that he is required to appear at the office of Jtjie Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County, at the courthouse jp Graham, on or before the 17th day of Jan uary, answer or de-. mur to the Complaint filed, in this cause, or the relief de manded will -be granted. Done this the 13th day of December, 1926. E. H. MURRAY, Clerk Superior Court ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator, e. t. a., of Mr*. Sarah C. Poole, notice i* hereby giv en to all persona having claims against the ■aid estate to present the Mine to the under signed duly authenticated on or before the 10th day" of Aoguit, 1927, or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. AH persons indebted to said esutte are re quested to make prompt settlement. jMs, ue u st OLAPP, Administrator of Modern Home Aided Byrd Pole Dash; Sugar Cane Fought Cold of North j£.- /'A\? -i/fry j s/ •* !!P^ • ■ ■ 1 .f'§ | J the Arctic. '/ . . . A MODERN home built In the Arctic defied the death-dealing cold of the Polar Regions and proved an In valuable aid to Lieutenant Commapder Richard E. Byrd in his successful flight to the North Pole, which he circled three times in a record breaking flight of 1,500 miles In 15 hours and 80 minutes at an average speed of 98.75 miles an >kour. It was at the Spitzbergen base, King's Bay, where this first modern house was constructed amid the snow and Ice of the Arctic immediately upon the arrival of Lieutenant Byrd and his companions, as a permanent home and observation sta- tion for the explorers. The house, which rose up on the horleon of the frigid north in marked con trast to the Igloo ot the eskimo, wu equipped wtth a com plete radio outfit that those who remained at tha base while Lieutenant Byrd made his thrilling to tha Pole In his speeding Fokker might keep In touch with their chief and the outside world, which they kept in formed as to the progress and success of the It was to this same home that he returned after his hazardous trip and from which 'some of the first mes sages were sent to the waiting public, Wl"g t*">ro through the lanes of the air that Byrd had circled tha pole three times and had returned to his Spitsbergen home In safety, adding one of the most memorable pegsa to the history of Arctic exploration. Sugar Can* Fights Polar North. When Lieutenant Byrd left the Brooklyn Nary Yard co the ship Chantler he declared he had tha best and moat scientifically equipped expedition that ever had started tor the North Pole, Special plana were made for tha erection of hie Arctic home. Boards of ceioter insulating lumber made from bagasse (sugar cane fiber after all sugar Juices have been extracted) were carried along with the latest Inventions to aid in polar exploration This building material is very light and is filled with millions of air cells, which give it great insulation value smd resistance to change In temperature, especially the severe cold, One odd circumstance in connection with the use of this material lg that the sugar cane of the south was utilised to fight the cold of the north, Celotex was selected Instead of lumber because tests made by the United States Bureau of Standards and its universal use in building construction all over the world, had demonstrated that this insulating lumber would keep the quarters of the explorers warmer and protect their living conditions more securely than ordi nary building material. It was only after careful Instigation by the scientific men in the expedition that celotex was selected- These authorities pointed out that the' protection afforded by its insulation efficiency was three times as great as ordi nary lumber and nearly twelve times as great as that t of brick and other masonry material. The Chantler wise W s lined with celotex as an added precaution to keep the ship warp} while the explorers used It In the preliminary stages of the expedition. In practically every other way this expedition Was more sclenUfically prepared than any of its predeces sors. These included inventions of Commander Byrd himself. A simple sun compass conceived by Byrd and developed by Mr. Bumstead of the National Geographic Sp.clety, superseded the complicated German device, de veloped threp years ago for Amundsen The drift in dicator also wis Byrd'» invention, the bubble sextant by which the navigator obtains bis hearings while in flight was another one of his inventions, Still another * scientlc development was a quick method of telling when one is at the North Pole. This has been worked out by G. W. Llttlehales, the navy's hydrographic engineer. Device Locates the Pole. Byrd and others contributed to a chart of the mag netftf lines flowing toward the magnetic North Pole, which Is lp Beftbie Land, 1,200 miles south on the Pole. Between Bolthla i*nd and the Pole tha ciwppsss points south instead Vf north and over much 0 1 the Arctic It Is badly Curbed by the discrepancy ot position be» tween the geographical North Pole and the magnetic North Pole. This chart of the magnetic lines, Sowing to the mag netic North Pole, although it was far from complete, was puch as to enable the navigator to tell In what direction the efijnpass should point from any spot in the Arctic. With this knojfrjttjge, tha erratic behavior of the com pass becomes orderly afi} ft tyncp again Useful instru ment. A third type of compass used a device ol infinite sensitiveness —a revolving electrical coll, Whlph is ad justed to a given relation with the magnetism of the earth. This, tha SUB BWp«a, *nd the magnetic com pass were each used to correct tfe* other, Lieutenant Byrd In his flight used a quia* method of telling when he was actually at the Pole, This was the Invention worked out by Mr, Llttlehales, the U 8, Navy hydrographic engineer. It shows the sun's posi tion from the North Pole at tvery how of tha dgy and every dsy of the year. When the flyer Is near the Pole he can, by ascertaining the exact position of the son. prove that he Is near the Pole. Plies 3,000 lUn Over Arctic. The expedition, backed by such men as John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. and Theodora Roosevelt, Jr. had three pals objects. *' —~ "«*o«P6j c^ for all time by Admiral Peary. Probably no one knows store about Arctic flying than Commander Byrd. From the. Greenland.,£aae of the MacMlllan ex pedition at Etah last year he flew B.OOQ miles over the Arctic, studying the b* bavlor of oil, motors, compasses and other navigation Instruments «t great Altitudes over the Polar sea. aiuiuaeo uver uie romr With him this-time Commander Byrd took a noted fuel expert, who t» Flying Oommaader Q. a Noble, as it requires great akUJ, and pains to prevent the freezlnf Of lubricating oil and stiffened action of the motors, If forced to work on the plane in the open at frea* altitudes with the thermometer at 00 to 70 belw *ero, The points which favored the month of May were tint the Arctic fog had not begun to rise arid heavy snows still covered the land and afforded many good landing places. A factor of safety pointed out by Commander Byrd ln wmnection with the use of the Fokker machine is that tt carries a reserve engine. It has three engines. With a light load one Is expected to be sufficient to maintain tlft plane In flight With a normal load, two engines wIU the work. If two engines break down at one tiwft, wto* the plane la not too heavily loaded, it may fly with the use of one engine. The Fokker mftcklae has a wing, spread of slightly more than 64 feet It Is said, to, t* a marvel of airship eenstroction, The other airplane—the Curtis Oriole —was to htri been used chiefly in finding landing field* so that If the fliers found their main landing place covered with « fog they might go elsewhere, The Chancer was equipped with a Powerful radio trans mitter to send back the news of the expedition. Tin Fokker also is equipped with a receiving and tm*> mlttlng set Commander Byrd not only kept the world Informed of the progress of the expedition, but received through the-Chantler wefltfcer warnings to guide Wn> la m mgut, How Expedition Wm Eq«tppt4 Forty-five hundred pounds of whole beef were Included In the rations of the Byrd crew of forty-seven fliers, seamen and technicians. Also four hundred pounds of pemmlcan (meat fats and raisins), huge quantities of bacon, dried milk, erbswurst (pea fcoup) and other sup plies in proportion were carried along. Cod liver oil was Included for Its healthful properties. Herbert Grigs*, wfco had chgj-ge of provisioning Peary*# e*peflltl«i to W famous dash te the Pole, worked out the rations for the Byrd explorers. Two pounds per man per day was the allowance to take care of all emergencies. No amount of clothing Is really sufficient when flying 1,000 or more feet In the air In the Polar regions, but every possible precaution*was taken by Commander Byrd against exposure. The men were equipped with the warmest and lighted Qf reindeer Ifllts &Pd with fw parkas, a garment that reaches to the knees and has a hood covering the head. Plenty of goggles were found to be an absolute necessity to protect them against the glare of the snoW. •' • In spite of all the precautions the undertaking wu full of unseen danger. None of this equipment would be ofl the slightest ayall against some unexpected and ug? precedented situation which might arise. the ganger qt exhaustion, freeing. »ma mishap to the engine, .Lieutenant Byrd and his conn panlons, however, were particularly fortunate In escaping with practically no 111 effects except the exhaustion due to such a perilous trip. 1 " Pick Up lie# PBo*. The ship Chan tier's first stop was at Tromso, Norway, where an Ice skipper was taken on to pilot the Chan and its crew through'the Ice-filled waters around §p«* and the various ell mixtures used In connection witn altshlp tests, were Carefully examined and tested, i> tenant Byrd's original plans called for six flights as folio . I—A 400-mile flight from Spltzbergen to Peary tQ unload oil, provislqns and equipment at a P luce looks promising for a landing. 2—A 400-mile flight back to Spltibergen. B—A second 400-mlle flight from Spitsbergen to r««Ti base with further food, fuel and eqiUnmeflt -4^-4n flight tfi rod wwwtf w* m tq the Peary base. frr-An 800-mil? POuna trip flight to the northwest om unexplored areas in search of new lands. 6-a 4oa-mii§ flight from the P«W M plan to h|a second flight te attempt to dj* cover new land, hut when he received the W®* flight of Amundsen In his dirigible, in which it was s that the Norfe had failed to find W s£! L land, Uey tenant Byrd decided to abandon father and the trip over land on sleds he had P l ®" n *7 h search tor new land In unexplored areas. Now decided to try to accomplish by airship »* Pole what he did at the North. As be left the bergen base he stated that ha wwld have Just a» an equipped expedition tor his southern flight as la Ate recent adventure in the North. Pick Up Im PBo*. The ship Chan tier's first stop was at Tromso, Norway, where an Ice skipper was taken on to pilot the Chan and its crew through'the ice-fllled waters around §p«* and the various ell mixtures wed In connection wita airship testa, were Carefully examined and tested. ' u tenant Byrd'a original plana called tor alx flights as folio . I—A 400-mlle flight from Spltzbergen to Peary tQ nnload oil, provisions and equipment at a place looks promising for a landing. 2—A 400-mlle flight back to Spitsbergen. B— A second 400-mlle flight from Spitsbergen to rearj Irfftnd base with further food, fuel and equlproefl(. tq the Peary baao. w . S—An 800-mile pound t|4p flight to the northwest om unexplored areas In search of new land*. fr-A 400-«4i e aifht frow m mnr M gpl&dWfc M „ mnt to It Wfta hla plan in h|a second flight to attempt t povw new land, hut wfcen he received the flight of Amundsen in his dirigible, to which it w«i«w that the Norge bad failed to (tod W £"«• •* land, Lieutenant Byrd deeded to abandon tort*« r mm) the trio #w land on sleds he had Pk®®r h search for new land In unexplored areas. Now w decided to try to accomplish by airship at tn Pol# what he did at the North. As be left thei bergen base he stated that he wqnld have Jim 8 an equipped expedition tor his southern flight 88 In Ala recent adventure in the North. I—To prove that air navU gation In the Arctic 1b feas ible and that freight and mes senger travel over the top of the world Is certain to come, 2—To hunt for new land In the unexplored areas of the Arctic. B—To conquer the North Polo from the air as a sport tug adventure and as a dem onstration of what a plana can do—not a geographical study, as the Pole was bagged
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