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Jf. D. KE3WOSJLE, Editor.
SI.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
Entered at ttie Poe'ofßce at Graham.
N. C.. na seeoau-Jlass matter.
The editor win «•». responsible for
/lews expressed b7 correspondents.
GRAH/M.N C., Nov. 25, 1026.
WILL THEY KEEP PROMISES.
State legislatures are or will
soon be in session. Practically
every candidate for ofiice promis
ed the people economy in public
"affairs and tax reduction.
It may bo impossible to actual
ly securfi tax reduction in the
majority of cases. But it is not
impossible to prevent enormous
tax increases. If taxes are not
increased that will virtually mean
a tax reduction, because will)
more taxable property constantly
going on the assessment, rolls, the
per capita tax should be reduced.
llow "ma'hy state legislators,
how many members of Congress
and how many governors will
stand by their pledges to briny
about less government expenses?
There will be thousands of
measures before Congress for
consideration. Hundreds ofjjneas
urea will be brought before the
legislatures of each of the forty
eight states. Pro «ably a majority
of these measurt mean increased
expenses, incre ed numbers of
public employes > nd consequently
iucreased taxes. v '
Now is ttio time >ii2
oflicia's have a chance to make
good on their promises and hold
down government overhead.
UNDERSTANDING BRINGS
RESULTS.
Widespread educational cam
paigns for a just cause bring ro-
RUlts. The postal reports indicate
that this year the earlier Christ
mas shopping, urged and reiterat
ed through a thousand channels,
has brought important results;
the usual Christmas rush was al
most eliminated through earlier
buying and shipping.
The campaign for better fire
habits is bringing resulis. Vfhere
is evidence of a slowly growing
change in public sentiment. The
enforcement of rigid fire laws in
the national forest areas is
ing to millions the need of better
fire precautions in their daily
lives.
Fire-resistant construction,
electric insulation," insulated
steam and furnace pipes and sim
ilar precautious are being volun
tary adopted in building prac
tices.
Every-4iro loss 'is the destruc
tion of what somebody has spent
life and labor to save and build.
It is the loss of life and not
merely the loss of money.
A card to the editor of the ag
ricultural exteusion service at
State College at Raleigh will bring
a copy of Exteusion Circular 163
which gives facts about better
business farming in 1927.
Cotton seed meal is ou of the
best sources -of nitrogen for to
bacco and nitrate of soda comes
next. Sulphate of amonia gives
good results ou limed land.
Vegetables, fruit and milk are
three j>ocd foods to use in keep
ing the body in tip-top shape
during 1927.
Twenty farmers in Columbus
county pre veil ted leaf spot dis
eases in their to »acc>i fields by
treating the seed iast spring.
White Leghorns.
FOR SALE.—White Leghorn
Apply to A. 6. Ansloy,
Graham, N. 0.
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
ewing at homes and want profita
ble spaie time work. Write (En
close stamp) to IIOMAID DRESS
COMPANY, Amsterdam, N. Y.
Spuds Are Scarce Again
: 1921-23 AV.
1926 1925
lmf^ 3 \TjrV/ih
y%>\ BUSHELS BUIH^
* iCAU-ROEBUCK AGRICULTURAL
YOU will not be able to eat so many
potatoes this year and on an aver
age you will have to pay more fOr
what you eat, according to the Sears-
Itoebuck Agricultural Foundation.
While there will be 25,000,000 bush
els more potatoes than last year,
the prospective crop of 352,000,-
000 bushels Is still 50,000,000 short
of the five-year average. Farm
ers devoted 3,202,000 acres to po
tatoes this year, the Foundation finds,
and according, to the latest of
"Feallng His Oat 3" j :
i
%Vf mm
h OATS £/££> 2.3 %
; I'
\ ' HORSES / \ /
\ / \
\ /cattle\ 10b 7° /
/ 13.2% \ y
(Sears-Ilo* i;i k Agricultural Foundation)
Only a foarth of our oats crbp goes
Into porridge and other tftble sup
piles, according to a survey by the
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Founda
tion. The remainder stays >n Jlie
farm where It ,ls fed to as many
Dobbins and I'aldles as are left to
enjoy It. With the coming of the
truck and tractor, a smaller percent
age of oats fed to farm animals goes
to the stable and more finds Its way
into the pigsty. At present horses
consume 07.8% of the oats fed to farm
animals, cattle 13.2% and swity;
10.8%. Oat chops have been found
to be Ideal for producing rapid growth
In young pigs. Poultry consume
5.9% and sheep the remaining 2.3%
of the total amount of oats fed to aid/
mals. / » y
Hogs Get BarTey"T)let .
*
/CATTLE \ HORSES \
/\U.9% \ \7.Tfr
/ \ // \
| 10.5 %
(Seora-Itocbuck Agricultural Foundation)
Approximately 50,000,000 bushels of
barley will be fed to farm animals In
the United States this year If the
present crop outlook Is fulfilled. Of
this amount a trifle over one-half, or
50.9%, according to the figures com
piled by the Sears-Roebuck Agricul
tural Foundation, Is consumed by
hogs. Next to them, horses "eat the
most barley, or 17.7% of all barley fed
to farm animals. Then 11.9% Is fed
to cattle, mostly to dairy cows In the
form of barley chop. Farm poultry
flocks get away with another 10.5%,
leaving 9% to be fed to sheep and
used for miscellaneous feed purposes.
Barley Is the chief competitor of corn
as live-stock feed and is especially
Important in the northern corn belt
and Pacific coast states, according to
the Foundation's experts.
Pheaaart at Prophet
The pheasant Is the best earth
quake predictor known, the bird crow
ing before or during every slight
shock, according to a Japanese writer.
Origin of Word "tiubia"
The name of Nubia, the Jand from
which the Egyptians obtained their
gold. Is derived from "nub," the Egyp.
tlan word for gold.
Crave Purpose Behind
Writing of Fiction
Universal nature, too strong for the
petty fiber of the bard, jJta on his neck
and writes throufh hl*iand; so that
when he seems to vent a mere caprice
and wild romance the issue is an exact
allegory. Hence Plato said that "poets
otter great and wise things which
they do not themselves understand."
All the fictions of the Middle ages ex
plain themselves as a masked or frolic
expression of that which In grave
earnest the mind of that period tolled
to achieve. Magic, and all that Is
ascribed to It, Is a deep presentment
of the powers of science. The shoes
of swiftness, the sword of sharpness,
the power of subduing the elements,
of using the secret virtues of min
erals, of understanding the voices of
..birds, are the obscure gropings of the
mind in a right direction. The pre
ternatural prowess of the hero, the
1 gift of perpetual youth and the like
are but the endeavor of the human
spirit "to bend the shows of things
to the desires of the mind."—Ralph
; Waldo Emerson in "Essay on His
tory."
# THE AT.AMAWCE GLEANEE, GRAHAM, N. 0.
flcial reports, these should yield on
the average 110 bushels per acre. In
1925 the yield was only 103.9, while
in 1924 it was 127 bushels. The pres
ent prospects are for a crop 15 per
cent below normal. Based on studies
over a period of 23 years, the Depart
ment of Agriculture indicated that
prices will be about 37.5 per cent above
normal, and while prices are expected
to be higher, the extreme high prices
of a year ago are not likely.
Cattle Eat Our Mill Feeds j
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Ax. 41.5J* \
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44.2 %
(Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation)
Tvjro-flfths of our enormous-wlie.it
crop is annually left on the farm to
be fed to farm animals, according to
the findings of the Sears-Roebuck
Agricultural Foundation. In addition,
25% of the wheat that is shipped off
or 17% of the total wheat crop comes
back to the farm as mill feeds, where
it is made into human food in the
form of meat.
' Mill feeds are a valuable and \im
portant feed item, especially In the
dairy section. Cattle consume on an
average 44.2% of all mill feed*. Thrae
are rich in protein and used in com
nfectlon with corn and tankage make
/a balanced hog ration. Swine
next greatest consumer of mill feeds,
with 41.5%. Besides, 5.0% goes to
horses, 5% to poultry and 3.7% to
sheep.
Colors Have Varying
Effect on Surface»
Considering the large Influence col
ors exert upon U8 and the fact that
we cannot afford to redecorate every
few days If we do not care for a color
scene, certain facts about colors
should be well considered before any
paint is purchased. On this subject
an authority has said:
"Color materially affects the ap
pearance of surfaces, according to the
speed at which the light rays travel
reflective ability, that is. Red Is an
aggressive color, irritating to some.
Blue, a receding color, is soothing. A
dull red does not bring a surface, ap
parently, as near the eye as a bril
liant red. Green is considered a static
color, while gray, as well as green,
unless Influenced either by yellow or
blue, retains the apparent position.
Yellow appears to enlarge the size of
an object or surface without changing
Its position. For this reason orange
can make a surface appear smaller,
depending upon the amount of red it
contains, or larger If the yellow pre
dominates. Violet can be either ag
gressive or receding, depending upon
the amount of red or blue It contains.
Light violet, like gray, Is static unless
it leans more to the red."
Famous Delhi Gardens
Laid Out by Monarch
The Kudsla Bagh or the Kudsla gar
dens Im Delhi, India, where tennis
tournaments are held, were originally
laid out In 1748 by Qucki Bengam, the
mother Of Ahmed SJTah, emperor of
Delhi.
They have been well looked after,
and although they cannot compare
with the more ambitions pleasure
grounds of the earlier Muanals, are
well worth a visit No wall adorned
with serrated battlements encircles
the grounds, nor is there any Impos
ing entrance gateway which Is a great
feature of the larger pleasancea.
In the center of the gardens, how
ever, there is *in old gateway. Notf
but a picturesque ruin, It was, a
writer in the Montreal Family Herald
understands, the gateway to oQudsl
Begum's palace, of which nothing now
remains. To the southeast of this
gateway there Is another picturesque
ruin—an old mosque which, though at
tached to the palace, was not In
cluded In it In many ways the mosque
Is the more Interesting of the two
structures which give the gardens an
air of bygone times.
Restoring a Lost Art
The radio and the movies hare been
of tremendous benefit in acquainting a
hysterical world with the benefits of
the process known as "slowing down.**
They have taught people to sit quietly
for hours at ft time, relaxed and silent
Listening was a lost art In this conn*
try until the radio came along.—New
York Telegraph.
China's Great Population
China's population is about four
times that of the United States, accord
lag to latest estimates.
iP'UVE
WSTOCK
EDUCATIONAL FACTS
ABOUT LIVE STOCK
It Is a well-known fact that at least
90 per cent of the breeders of pure
bred live stock make failures. These
are due to many factors, such as high
prices of foundation stock, expense of
high-priced feeds, expense of keeping
animals registered, lack of experience,
and the small demand for pure-bred
live stock. Since so many make fall
ares in the pure-bred business we
would recommend only a few men who
know bloodlines, hav6 had experience
and understand the fundamentals of
breeding, feeding ao*3 management—
to try it, advises Starkey, chief
of the animal husbandry division of
Clemson college.
Next let us consider crossbreeding.
The first generation In this system
does very nicely, but if the crossbreds
are kept for breeding purposes they
are unsatisfactory. Their offspring
sliow lack of uniformity and marked
inferiority In many respects.
Now let us consider the scrub.
Scrubs are usually unprofitable. They
are responsible in a large measure for
live stock selling for such a low price.
We do not think that they should have
a place In southern agriculture.
All that remains for the mass of
live-stock producers Is to produce
high grades by making use of pure
bred sires. VVe need a few good breed
ers of pure-bred live stock eo that
pure-Bred sires may be furnished for
those interested in raising high grades.
The following definitions taken from
"Types and Market Classes of Live
Stock," by Vaughan, will help farmers
to better understand the breeding end
of the live-stock business:
"A pure-bred animal Is a member
of a breed, and is registered or eligible
to registry in the herd book of that
breed.
"A crossbred animal Is one whose
sire and dam were both pure bred, but
belonged to different breeds. A cross
between a Poland-China boar and a
Duroc-Jersey sow produces crossbred
Pigs.
"A grade animal is one produced by
mating a scrub female with a pure
bred male. If this grade as a result
of the above cross is a female and is
In turn mated to a pure-bred male of
the same type (and preferably of the
same breed) as its own pure-bred par
ent the result will be a grade. Grade
animals possess from 50 to 75 per cent
of pure breeding.
"A high-grade animal is one pro
duced from a scrub foundation by
three or more successive crosses of
pure-bred sires of the same type and
perferably of the same breed. High
grades possess 87% per cent or more
of pure breeding.
"A scrub animal is one that bears
no evidence of good breeding—one
without any pure-bred ancestors, or
at most very few and very distant
ones."
Much Lamb Loss Is Due
to Mistakes in Feeds
Latnb losses in this state are largely
due to errors In feeding, and mostly
by the lack of appropriate feeds for
the ewe before lambing and for both
the ewe and lamb after lambing.
"Ewes that come through the winter
in poof flesh can't raise a strong
thrifty lamb. This Is too evident to
need data to certify it," says G. P.
Williams, sheep extension specialist
for the North Carolina State College
of Agriculture. "This condition Is
proved beyond doubt by the fact that
lambs arriving after grass starts grow
off promptly. Ewes that eke out the
winter on hays of the meanest kinds
and on cottonseed hulls or that graze
the stnrk, weatherbeaten landscape
can score no success at lambing time.
"Much of the lamb losses attributed
to cold weather Is In fact due to a
badly nourished and thin ewe and to
a /veak lamb that can't help being
weak and flimsy under such circum
stances. The. foundation of success
with ewes at lambing time rests on
proper feeding through the winter
coupled with outside exercise on range
sufficient to keep the bodily processes
strong and vigorous."
Scarcity of Hog Feed
The probability of a great Scarcity
of hog feed in the summer of 1925 is
now troubling many farmers. One
way out of the difficulty is early seed
ed and early threshed barley. If ev
erything goes well, it should be pos
sible over a large part of the corn
belt to have barley ready to feed to
hogs by the last week In Jnly. Of
course the barley should be ground,
but even after the expense of grind
ing, the barley should keep the spring
pigs growing much rriore cheaply than
the exceedingly scarce and high-priced
corn of the crop of 1924.
1
Feeding Oats to Hogs
rThe bulk of past experiments indicate
that for fattening hogs a bushel of
oats has only about 40 per cent as
much value as a bushel of corn. For
growing hogs and for breeding stock,
they may be worth about half as much
per bushel as corn. Grinding oats
helps a little, but it is doubtful If it
helps enough to pay for the cost of
grinding, \ftth fall pigs weighing 100
pounds, feed about one-half to •
pound of oats per head dally for ■
month or so.
Keeping up with the South
i . • „ • , * ■
rr-»HE growth of the South in recent years is one of the
JL outstanding developments of the nation. It is seen by the
♦ w . • following facts: " ,
In the IJ-year period, 1910-1925, the coal mined in the states at the
South served by the Southern Railway System has increased 05
i per cent; the pig iron production increased 14 per c«nt; active cotton
spindles increased 53 per cent; and the total value of mineral pro.
duction increased 205 per cent
hi the two decades, 1900|-1920, the value of farm property in thaae
states increased from approximately $2,500,000,000 to more than
$10,000,000,000.
And in the 20-year period, 1904-1923, the value of all manufacture®
produced in these states increased from aboot to
almost $5,000,000,000. X
Such has been the growth of the South. The growth of
the Southern Railway System in the same period also is
impressive.
Railway System has increased about $375,000,900—fr0m $400,000,-
000 in 1900 to $775,000,000 in 1925.
r The total freight traffic handled by the Southern baa Increased jf 1
about 250 per cent. J \
The ability of the Southern Railway Systenj to supply ade- C J
quate transportation to the growing South has been a vital ) jS
factor in the healthy economic development of the states CjJVv\
SOUTHERN
RAILWA S YSTEM
%e Southern the South
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The Bank of Haw River,
At Haw River, in the Stale of North Carolina
at the close of business, Dec. 31, 1928.
iHESOUHUES
Loans and discounts. . f . $83,572 03
Overdrafts,' secured, $ ; unse
cured, 165 82
U. 8. Bonds and Liberty Bonds 600.00
All other stocks, bonds, and mort
gages...* 2,800.00
Furniture and Fixtures 4,686.72
Cash in vault and net amounts due
from Banks, Bankers and Trust
' Companies 9,586.95
Cash items held over 24 hours...- 805 68
Checks for clearing 418 a#
. Total ...99,635.69
LIABILITIES
Capital stock $10,000.00
Surplus fund 6,200,00
Undivided profits, less current ex
penses and paid 692.37
Unearned discount. 400.00
Deposits subject to check,lndividual, 33,892.26
Demand Certificates of Deposit 3,463.09
Cashier's Checks outstanding 272.70
Savings Deposits... 41,715.17
Total ..—..599,635.59
State of North Carolina, County of Ala
mance, January 10,1927.
I, 8. A. Vest, Pres. of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. _L>
3 8. A. VEST, Prest.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
10th day of January, 1927.
J. Archie Long, Notary Publio.
My commission expires Dec. 7.1927.
Corrqot—Attest:
J. A. ALDRIDGB,
W. M. MTRICK,
Directors.
Why Hair Stands on End
Our skins are supplied with a nan*
b«r of very tiny pits, each fitted wltk
a minute muscular fiber. These
muscles, under the Influence either of
cold In the body or soma strong
emotion (such as fright), will con
tract and so alter the whole angle
of the pita to our akin. As It Is In
these pita that the hair crows, this
changing of angle produces the con
dition that we refer to as our hair
"standing on end," but even without
the effect on \he hair, the whole di
rection of each tiny little pit la al
tered and gives something
of the appearance that we nnactste
with a plucked gooa*
Not Too Old for Work
Mlchaelangelo waa nearly «ltty
years old when the supervision of work
on St Peter's, Borne, was Intrusted
to him. He labored on the hnge edl
flee for seventeen years before he be-
I gut the coaa&roc&a of the Some.
Charter No. 8844 v Reserve District No. S
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The National Bank of Alamance
At Graham, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of
business on December 31, 1926. /
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, Including rediscounts, acceptances of other
banks, and foreign bills of exchange or drafts sold with indorse
ment of this bank (exoept those shown in b and e)„ $479,106.66
Total loans „.... , 579.ica.08.
Overdrafts, secured, $ ; unsecured, $84.80...- B4BO
U. B. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value). 135,000.00
All other United States Government securities 1,850.00
Total U. 8. Government Securities.
Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc —• '
Banking House, Furniture and fixtures, $3,000.00
lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank-
Cash in vault and due from national banks*. 105
Amount duefTom banks, bankers, and trust companies in the U. S,
. (other than included in Items 8,9, and 10) '
Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank
[other than Item 12]
Total of Items 9,10.11,12, and 13 $1*8,270.07
Miscellaneous cash items 7,968 83 I'oso cO
Redemption fund with U. 8, Treasurer and due from U. 8. Treasurer *
Total. W®
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. - '
Surplus fund- ! 2W#aw
Undivided profits. .-. $28,021,64 26 021^4
Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid. YSOMO
Reserved for interest and taxes accrued
Circulating notes outstanding- S 48.7(
Cashier's checks outstanding......
Total of Items 22, 23, 84,25, and 88- _ 3,402.76
Individual deposits sublect to cheek . $
Dividends unpaid „
Total of demand deposits, other than bank deposits, subject to ■
Reserve, Items W, 28,29.30,31 and, 32 288,698 .1
Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) ••• jjg o»
Other time deposits... Jf.
Total of time deposits subject tp Reserve, it^s3B,34, 35 and 36 : 38,927.99
Liabilities other than those above stated __
ToUI . - 5 930410*
State ot North Carolina, County of Alamance, ss: . ve iU t*.
1, Ch3s. As Scott, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that t le a
rnent is true to the best of my knowledge and belier. rM hier.
? j CHAS. A. SCOO, -»»»
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 7th day oi January, 1927.
J. 8. COOK, Notary Public.
My Commission expires 4-25-1927.
(Notarial Seal) , 1]
Correct—Attest; V-t 5
- H.'W. BCpTT.,,-. .
SAII'T."JOHNSTON. - #
J. DOLPH LONG.
Directors- _
Tom Tarheel says if it pays
other business men to keep books
it also pays him.
CASTOR IA
For Infanta and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The well prepared b° tbed
makes early gardening eas).
Haulers make S4O to SIC
selling Whitmer's w d
of loilet articles, soap®, « l w
medicines. Alamance Cou .
open. Team or car nß bip
perience unnecessary. ®r
taught FREE.
THE H. C. WHITMEB COMPA
Dept. 26. Columbus, Indi