North Carolina Newspapers

i T^ 'k The Alamance gleaner j : hM VOL. LIII. GRAHAM; N, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 27, 1927. NO. 39. -*?^ - _ ' " !k i 1 ? ? HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVINTS v President Is Informed of Good Business Condi tions in Nation. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ECONOMIC conditions In the Unit ed States are fairly good, busi ness seems to be Improving and the nutlook for the future Is encouraging. That Is, In brief, a summary of the reports submitted to President Cool idge by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Secretary of Labor Davis, Secretary of Agriculture Jardine and Secretary of Commerce Hoover. The President was highly pleased with these optimistic reports, and conclud ed the present situation Is satisfac tory. In the reports on business condi tions It was stated that the construc tion program of the country shows no material let-up. While there has been a falling off In receipts of the rail roads, the President Is of the opinion that any diminution In volume of rail road business due to development of motor transportation and the gen eral use of automobiles reflects pros perity rather than otherwise. The amount of coal transportation was not quite so great this year as last, hut the President attributes this to the fact that last year stocks of coal were accumulated In anticipation of a strike. A considerable increase In the pro duction of automobiles is In prospect, the President was advised. The rail roads are to be In the market for a good deal of new equipment. The tex tile Industry is in better shape thnn It was, and the steel Industry Is. show ing progress. \ Exports are keeping up as well as last year, It was stated. Imports have not been quite so large In value as last year, but Secretary Hoover gave as a reason that this was due mainly to the fact that-sAmerlcan consumers are getting British rubber at lower prices. ^ ' Secretary Davis, In commenting on the labor situation, said that at pres ent there were only twenty-severf in dustrial strikes In progress as com pared with fifty at this time last year. Reports presented by Secretary Jardine caused the President to be lieve that agriculture is In a some wliat better condition thnn It has heen, and that this will be reflected In a greater buying power. Crops with the exception of cotton were stated to he fully as good as last year. Despite the encouraging business conditions, President Cooiidge let It he known that In his opinion taxes cannot be reduced by as much as *350,000,000 of $400,000,000, as Is urged by the Chamber of -Commerce of the United States. He has not In dicated that the reduction could amount to even $300,000,000. and in Washington It was believed Secretary Mellon would ., advise congress to make* a cut of between $200,000,000 and $250,000,000. fT WAS understood In Washington I that Henry C. Halt would soon re sign as member of the Interstate t'ommerce commission, and that Amos A. Betts of Phoenix, Ariz., would be rampd to succeed him. Mr. Betts Is * member of the Arizona corporation '?ommission and Is a Democrat. CHICAGO'S 'night life Is on the eve of being dried up completely '* a result of the action of the Su preme court of the United States In 'leellaing to Interfere with the Issu nee of injunctions closing several aha rets in that city because some of tlieir patrons drank liquor on the "remises and were served with the accompanying Ice and soft drinks. And there Is no apparent reason why 'sharets and roadhouses everywhere *'*" should not be In equal peril with '.hose of ,he Chicago district The Prohibition enforcement agents were "aking preparations for great ac ' "vity. ;ind the proprietors of cafes .'ml hotels were In a qunndary, de bating they could not Insult their patron* by searching .them before serving them with soft drinks. O ENATOR NYE of North Dakota. , as spokesman for the radical Re publicans, has called on Frank O. I-owden to make plain his stand on various Issues which are of especial Interest to the West, and Intimated that If he falls to satisfy the radicals in these matters, they will give their support to Senator Nnrris of Nebras ka for the Presidential nomination. "There are such problems as those Involving freight rates, dlscrimlna . tlons In freight rates. Inland water way Improvements, permanent Im provements growing nut of any flood control program, the Conduct of the federal reserve banking system, the administration of the federal, farm laud banks?all of these problems bearing directly upon the measure of prosperity which may accrue (o the agricultural states," said Senator Nye. "Then, too, there are great na tional problems in which the West Is vastly Interested. "Upon these problems the whole West knows well the position of one like Senator Norris. but It does not yet fully know the position of Gov ernor I.owden, except that he Is a be liever In and an advocate of farm re lief legislation such as Is Involved in the McNary-Haugen bill." Senator Walsh of Montana. Demo crat, prophesies a political "revolu tion" In the Middle West If the Re publicans nominate a man whose views on farm relief are the same as those of President Coolldge. Two other Democratic senators, Copeland of New York and Pomerene of Ohio, have Indorsed the candidacy of Gov. A1 Smith. With the backing and support of the South, said Cope land, Smith's nomination and election are assured. He declared that south ern opposition was "not so strong as It has been represented" and looked hopefully for assistance from Dixie. He believes the Republicans will nominate Charles E. Hughes. Pomerene's Indorsement was In a magazine article in which he praised Smith's accomplishment |n New York and defended his attitude toward pro hibition. He declared, however, that there were so many able leaders thai he did not want to seem unequivocal ly committed to Smith. Mrs. Florence Atkins of Georgia, a leader among Democratic women, said the nomination of Smith would mean "party suicide," since the South would not support him If he were named. TRIAL of Albebt B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair in. Washington on charges of conspiracy to tool the navy's oil reserves got under way before a Jury which included two young women. Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene are handling the case for the government, and the former made the opening statement tor the prosecution. Edward C. Finney, first assistant secretary of the Interior now and during Fall's regime, was the first important witness. He described the unusual secrecy winch distinguished the Teapot Dome lease iransactlon from dozens of others In t lie depart ment, and asserted that the transac tion was taken entirely from the hands ef himself and his associates and conducted personally by Fall. His testimony purported 'to show fur ther that for days the lease Itself lay locked in a drawer of Fall's desk while members of congress and other offi cials asked In vain for information as to whether such a lease had been executed or was in contemplation. EIGHTY thousand soft coal miners of central Germany went ont on strike last week, and many Industries were threatened with disaster be cause of the lack of electrical power. The men had been earning an average of $8 a week and asked that this be increased to $8.64. The ministry of' labor approved the demand but the mine owners would not grant It unless they were permitted to Inct^ase the price of coal accordingly, "this the minister of economics vetoed. Vheeen-, tral German chemical Industry, tha sugar Industry and the paper mills began shutting down, and the beet sugar refiners told the governtneni the Entire Industry would be ruined on less the strike were stopped. Food prices In Berlin and elsewhere began soaring, and the rnblnet spent many hours trying to devise some means of righting the troubles. Southern Colorado also bad-Its coal strike, some 4,000 miners quitting work on tjie order of the Industrial Workers of the World. Members of the state industrial commission warned the strikers that picketing was against the law. and the sheriff at Walsenhurg, center of the afTair. told them every man caught picketing would be arrested. In spite of this the strikers, headed by I. W. W. lead ers, began picketing the mines. These men were not permitted to carry arms but Pnul Seidler, I. W. W. organiser, said: "We Intend to conduct this strike peacefully, but if a striker is killed our men will Jte carrying can non arountl w(th tltenv" Five more mining compunies in Ulilo have obtained from the Federal court In Columbus Injunctions against the United Mine Workers to aid them In operating their mines on a nonunion basis. EAItL, CAItKOI.I.. tile theatrical man of "bath-tub party" fume, came out of the Atlanta prison last week on parole, after paying his One and sign ing a pledge to abstain from Intoxicat ing drinks, avoid bad company and behave himself generally. He had served u little mare than four months of his year and a day sentence. Car roll's thoughtfulness for his former friends among the prisoners caused him to order many of ids personal possessions left for their use. Includ ing an expensive radio set and a sum of mbney he had on deposit at the prison. The latter he ordered used to help his friends as Warden Snook snw fit. Other objects of the federal purola board's clemency during the week were Gaston Means, Notorious In many ways, and Colonel Forbes, once head of the veterans' bureau." OVER In China the struggle for Peking 1 goes merrily on After retreating some distance, the Shansl troops slipped back past Chang's forces and for a rime seriousl.v threat ened the city again. ' But at last re ports they were being pushed hack, owing to their inability to reinforce their positions. The fighting was ex ceedingly fierce and Woody and the casualties heavy. The Nationalist government suc ceeded In floating a domestic loan of IIM,000.000 In Shanghai for the pur pose of flnanclug a new campaign against Marshal Chang, and an nounced plans for the drive north ward in full co-operation with Gen. Feng Tu-hslang and the tnpan of Shsnsl province. LITHUANIA has formally applied to the League of Nations for in tervention in Its quarrel with Poland, and the matter will be placed on the agenda for the December meeting of the council. The note from Kovno complains especially of the suppree sion of Lithuanian schools In Vllna by the Polish government, and It points out that a state of war exlsta between the two countries, the fron tiers having been closed for years and all relations prohibited. France liaa been frankly supporting Poland, and England has hoen unfriendly to Lith uania because of Its Russian connec tions; but It Is believed Germany will warmly espouse Lithuania'* cause la December. COSTES and l.e Brlx French avia tors. successfully made lie- night from Senegal to Port Natal I'.rsxtl, being Hie first to fly across iln- south ern Atlantic wlihotil a stop They continued their Journey down to Buenos Aires with several slops Mrs. Frances Grayson and her fel low aviators of the plane Dawn msda one start from Old Orrhard. Maine, on their projected flight to Denmark, hut were forced hack because the plane waa Improperly loaded and nose heavy. Then they waited day after day for favorable weether for another take-off. LARGE numbers of Alabama tians men have been Indicted for the floggings that hare disgraced that ?rate, and the trials will begin In Jan uary. Attorney General McCaR. who was elected on a ktan ticket, hes re signed from the society and denounce* It scathingly. IU'C-s States Be Given Boulder Dam Profit? Organization of ? corporation repre wnting California. Nevada and Arl J*a to sell water power developed at ???lder dam and divide profits be l?*en Miese states, was recommended Setiaior Iioyal S. Copeland (Dem.) * York. .^nator Cupeiaiyd has Just returned an Inspection of the proposed "?"?'opuient on the Color?<lo river 1 the levee system along the Colo rado river In Mexico. California and Arizona can get together on allocation of water from the Colorado river for domestic and Irrigation purposes. Sen ator Copeland believes. The chief difficulty to be orercouie at present relates to the division of hydroelectric power. With a view to effecting a settle ment of that problem. Senator Cope land recommended the Immediate for mation of a Colorado river water au thority. After the federal government has hftn reimbursed for Its outlay to build the dam. Copeland would bare 1 the whole project transferred to tlie proposed corporation. This authority would consist of an equal number of persons, perhaps three, from each of the states of Ve- I rada. Arizona and California. The i chief function of the nuthority would I be to sell or dispose of all water I power at Boulder dmn. It might also < control ril?trlhutlon of water from the I basin to the lower reaches of the river.. ' I ? i.J? Cs.? THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE ii l? kr D. J. W?1U.? THE governor wee to visit the little town of Bluffs. Every where the word went aroond? the governor wai coming I it waa the flrst visit of audi a high offi cial in many years and It meant a great deal! The chief executive was scheduled to speak In the park at noon and attend a luncheon as guest of the Rotary dub .Immediately after. The governor's wife was to be the guest of honor at the borne of the major's wife, Mrs. Sanfftrd. All the leading women of Bluffs were Invited to the Sanford home to receive the state's leading lady. That Is, all but Mllllcent Tunford. fust why the coveted Invitation should have failed to reach the modest lit tle bungalow on the outskirts of the village Mllllcent could not nnderstand. And she was grieved. To be Ignored by the women of her town at the year's most Important social fete was to ber disgrace?almost disaster. It meant everything. There would be gossip?small-town gossip?and above all, isolation. And there was her boy and her husband?the postal clerk. When Mrs. Courtley called Mrs. Tunford on the phone and asked the sort of dress she planned to wear at the banquet Mrs. Tunford could only swallow hard and say she did not know. She mentioned to ber the fact that the invitation bad not arrived. She merely laughed and told ber It did not matter?that perhaps anyway It was just a mistake. But down In her heart Mllllcent knew that Mrs. Sanford had Intentionally omitted ber from the list of gnesta. The days passed and the time for the governor's arrival drew near. The weekly newspaper of the town carried a long story about tbe reception planned for his wife, Mrs. Leonards, as well as tbe function to be held by tbe Rotarlans for tbe chief executive. Tbe name of Mrs. Tunford was still missing from tbe published list Mll llcent grew morose and was too hurt even to go to the stores for her shop nlna. Mr. Tnnford wu called on the tele phone a few days before the affair and requested to eenre on a commit tee to receive the governor. The hon or, of conrae, waa email, bat it meant a great deal to Mrs. Tnnford. It meant that abe waa not keeping pace with her haaband-*that abe did not mean to the women of the town what her hatband meant to the men. She wept on Mr. Tonford'a ahoolder at the told b'im again and again how terry abe waa that abe bad failed to miserably to keep her place among the eoclal tet of the tillage. Mr. Tan ford laughed and patted her aoft black hair. "Why, you're a* good aa a dozen Mra. Sanfords," he told her. "What If Mra. 8anforid doea try to be catty? The governor's wife didn't tend the latitat font." She looked op at blm through tear ailed eye*. "But?bat?what will the neighbor* think?" the sobbed. Mr. Tnnford dismissed the neigh bors with a smile and a light ware of bis hand. "It doesn't matter. I lore you Juat a* much. And I'm tore Robert doe*, don't you, ton?" ff okwet olaaatw *n It la motliae'a A MA** ??u"v? i viuu? iv ui* iuuiiici m uicga and smiled his acqalesceoce. The afternoon before the arrival of the governor's party Mrs. Tunford re solved to tblok no more of the Inci dent 8be would forget the banqnet and go on J net as before. If the neighbors talked?well. Just let them talk. As long at she bad her bnsband and Robert what else contd matter? 8he spent the afternoon cleaning the house and getting things In order. At least sbe could And some joy In having her lawn and porch In a per fect state of tldlneas when the party passed on the main highway to the center of town. They were coming from the state capital by auto and would peas the Tunford bungalow. And then It rained. Clouds bad been settling over the little valley all tbe afternoon, and at Ave the down pour started. It poured Incessantly for twe boors and the soil roads of tbe county became great, splashy mudpuddles. Reports came la that many automobiles were stalled In tbe sticky mod gumbo between tbe town and tbe state capital. By morning tbe roads would be Impassable. Mrs. Tunford was a little sorry be cause of the disappointment of ber I own In case the governor could not come. Be would very probably have no other open dates for months. However. It wooM mean ber social Miration to some extent. 8he would not be Ignored by tbe reception for Mrs. Leonards because the receptloo would, of course, be Impossible. "1 guess the big doings tomorrow will be celled off," Mr. Ttlnford re marked. There U no train In the morning on which the governor'e part; conld possibly arrive In time for the event. The only chance would be for hli arrival on the Oyer at mid night. Be very probably won't do that" He resumed readln. the eve ning paper published at the capital. It carried a long ttory about the gov ernor's prospective visit to the neigh boring village, the Rotarlan luncheon and the reception for Governor Leon ards' wife at the Sanford home. The list pf \ Invited guests was published. Mllllcent's name was not Included. It was near bedtime when the door bell rang. It was a Western Cnlon boy. "Day letter for Mrs. Tunford." The boy tiniled a knowing sudle as he signed for the message. Be had evidently read the confidential note, the case usually In all small towns. "I bear Oie governor's wife Is a friend of yours," he said. Mrs. Tunford turned red. She thought the boy had heard of her absence from the llet invited to the reception. She closed the door In a rage and tore open the telegram. An she read, her husband noticed her gasp slightly and the color in her cheeks deepened noticeably. When she finished she conld only look at Mr. Tunford and gasp. "Read. It, Ralph I" She run to the divan and fell across It sobbing. Mr. Tunford had forebodings that the mes sage carried disastrous news. He read aloud: "Mrs. Ralph Tunford, Bluffs, Wyo. My good friAd, Mrs. Leonards and the governor arriving tonight on the flyer. Told them you could entertain ns. Mrs. Leonards wants to^meet you again. If yon remember, she wtr for merly Gladys Flnley, our girl friend in college. Hope we are not Incon veniencing you "HELEN CLIFFORD." "Gladys Flnley 1" Mrs. Tunford managed to gasp between sobs. "Gladys Flnley, the governor's wife I And I hadn't beard of ber In years. Good old Gladys?why I remember when?" But her husband Interrupted her. It was time to meet the train. The town would have heard of the gov ernor's night arrival and would turn out to meet him. It was Mllllcent's turn now. Oil of the Scripture* Of all the numerous substances, both animal and vegetable, yielding oil and known to tbe ancients, the olive-berry la the one of which most frequent mention is made In the Scriptures. In gathering the fruit great care was necessary In order that neither the olive-berry nor the young branches of the tree be bruised. The berries were therefore gathered by hand or gently shaken off with a light reed or stick. The oil was extracted by bruising the fruit with a mortar, by crushing In a press, or grinding In a mill. Olive oil was devoted to six chief uses. As a food It was used to garnish vegetables. Dried wheat was boiled in oil ant) eaten and this Is still a com mon dish In Syria. "Seven Agee"?Revived Here are the modern seven ages of man: From one to ten be thinks his parents know everything; from ten to twenty he discovers that they don't know so much; from twenty to thirty he learns that tbey do know a few things, after that, except abont modern life; from thirty to forty be learns that, with?all their faults, they prob ably know nearly as mocb as he does; from forty to flfty be Is startled by discovery that they knew more than be ever did before: from flfty to sixty be wonders If he ever can be as wise as tbey were and after sixty he begins to believe again that tbey knew every thing.?Los Angeles Times. J a wish Burial Custom The ancient Jew* of Palestine burled their dead by placing the chrpae either In the earth or In pave* hewn out of the rock. Sometime* the aepulcher was dug in the ground In the neigh borhood of the family dwelling. More frequently, however, rocka were ex cavated *o as to form compartments or galleries, with aa many vaults as de sired. These vaults were known as "koklm." The burial place waa often In a garden situated at least .10 cubits distant from the city. The site waa usually marked by a whitewashed stone. Clash of Whs While Horace Mann, the famous ed ucator, waa sitting In his study one day an Insane man rushed Into the room and challenged him to fight. "My dear fellow." replied MP. Mann, "It would give roe great pleasure to accommodate you but I can't do It, the odda are unfair. I am a Mann by name and a man by nature?that's two against one." "Oh, come ahead!" the Insane man answered. "I am a man and a roan Iteslde myself. Let us four hare a fight."?Boston Transcript IDEM) (MBS: ofWMMB Ruins of ths Tempi# of Tanit. . ? irrcparcu by tht National Ueofrapble Society. Washington. D. C.) FEW sites of antiquity have n more illustrious history than the peninsula on which lie the ac cumulated ruins of the dead cities of Carthage. Phoenicians, Ber bers, N'umidinns, Romans, Vandals. Byzantine crusaders, and, lastly, the Arabs have all left their traces, and today In the strata of thirty centuries lie the mute evidences of long racial warfare and the dethronement of past splendors. Here, where peace now reigns over the marble dust. Is a natural beauty and grandeur equal to any of the fa mous scenes along the Mediterranean shores and the panorama viewed from Cape Carthage explains Queen Dido's selection of the site. In the Ninth cen tury B. C? fo- the flrst Punic city of Carthage. From the summit of the ancient hill called Byrsa (meaning "hide," and reminiscent of the Dido story of the bull slcln). Is unfolded the landscape which was once the scene of the great tragedy of the Mediterranean. To the east lies the magnificent Gulf of Tnnls. of azure blue shading off Inlo emerald green near the shores. On the opposite bans arise the ma jestic twin summits of the sacred mountain of the Carthaginians, the Bou-Korneln. There stood the temple dedicated to lianl, but only a few stones mark the spot where the flames of votive offerings once paid homage to the Insatiable Phoenician gods. I To the south, In nn amphitheater ?urrounded by purple mountain*. It* hundred minarets reflected In the Tunis laicooD. lies "the White Mantle 1 of the Prophet," as the Arabs call the city of Tunis today. The picturesque village of Sldl-bou Sald crowns the northern promontory of Cape Carthage. It looks somewhat I like a white dove, the sacred symbol I of the Carthaginians, for Its roofs and , domes spread out like wings above I the blood-red precipices that stand j like sentinels above the entrance to tbe Gulf of Tunis. , This I* the scene lo often gased . upon *by Dido. Pyrrhus, Husdrubal, i Uanlclar, Hannibal, Sclplo, Caesar | Cyprian, Augustine. Genserlc, and St. Louis. and Its history Is made still ' more eloquent by the resurrection of ' Its burled ruins. Under Earth and Water. The excavation of Cartilage is dlffl i ?ult because of the great topograph! ' ral changes that have taken place . since Punic days. For these changes | the Medjerda river Is responsible to a I considerable degree, as Its alluvial de | posits have encroached npon a large part of tbe peninsula, completely cov ering a portion of land which In all probability was once occupied by the dty. Today the Arabs still call these 1 marshes Bahar el Azrag, meaning "the Bine Sea." From motion picture III ma taken by airplane It In qult? evident that there are vast submarine walls at Cape Kamart, to the northwest of the peninsula. Excavatlona at this point. It Is believed, will throw some light on the' old baffling mystery as to the site of the Punic ports, where the mighty merchant fleets of the Cm naanltes plied to and fro. (As may be remembered, the Phoenician, whose Roman name was "Punlcus," was a native of Canaan, In the lowlands of Palestine, prior to the Invasion of the ,'^wa.) According to the descriptions of Applan and other Roman historians, we know tbe ports to have been cir cular at one time, with the admiral's | military palace la the center, end at another period quadrilateral. It Is said that aa many as 220 galleys could be anchored at one lime In the har bor. Actually a series of harbors, they were of imposing architecture and were market) off hy gigantic col umns. between which the ships were moored. Carthage a Great City. The sen has risen three and one half yards since Itoman days, and there are many ruins under water Jn the gulf and at l.n Mnrsa, north of the rebuilt city. The question of when the Egyp tians may have occupied this terri tory can be solved only by the most laborious and prolonged research, since Camlie, the city of the Sidon ians, was founded by them six cen turies before Dido (really Elissar, daughter of King Malhan of Tyre) settled there v-lth her fugitive Phoeni cians. prior to 800 B. C. C'amhe was merely a ruin at this time, and his tory affords nothing heyou! the fact of Its existence and origin Sldon had been the principal Phoenician seaport; so the Carthaginian people held iheir section of what is now Tunis as far back as their African history has been revealed. I'nder the Barcas fnmily (llasdru bal, Hamilcar, Hannibal, etc) Car- . tliage was u great center of wealth LUd commerce, with a population which has been estimated variously be tween 700,000 and 1.000.000. The buildings of Carthsge prior to ' * its destruction by the Romans, In 140 B. C, were in some cases seven stories high. inruljr, Itfnj, ana MKJ I?[ oeiOW the surface have been unearthed the t vestiges of the Byzantine, lioman and Phoenician occupations. In this work have been engaged the explorers Cauckler, Merlin and Poinssot. of the Service dea Antlquites, hut the moat notable efforts have been those of Pere Dellnttre, who. with exceedingly meager resources, has labored over the ruins for fifty years. He has dis covered four of the earliest Christian basilicas, Roman and Punic necropo lises, an amphitheater, and many priceless relics, but during this long period of arduous search he has ac tually explored only one-tenth of Ro man and Christian Carthage. Lately, under Count de Pro rot. remains pre viously located by Pere Delattre have been completely excavated. Temple of Tanlt Uncovered. The most sensational discovery lately was the Temple of Tanlt by the amateur archeologist. SI. Icart, where human sacrifices were offered by the Carthaginians to the goddess of that name and to Baal Amman. Literally hundreds of urns were found containing the bones of chil dren from four to twelve years of age who had been burned alive. The clew which led to this Impor tant discovery was supplied by ao Arab, who was seen digging for stone Inscriptions near the location of the Punic porta for the purpose of selling them to tourists. Operations were un dertaken near by and inscriptions were found to the deities mentioned and ? large field of stiles bearing the pagan symbol of fertility, a crescent reversed over a disk or triangle. Below this site were the urns, wblcb were about twelve inches high, of red or white terra cotta. with han dles and wide mouths sealed with yel low clay. Besides the bones of chil dren were those of lambs and birds here and there. The name of the child sacrificed appeared on the stOu Immediately above. The altars unearthed at the toss** level were undoubtedly at EgyptM^^) origin. . -V 3