The Alamance gleaner 1 ? ?j. i ?? ?? ?? i.? i ..I ? ? ??? ????? . ? i . m, ?. i i ???. , m, i^ ..... . __ ^ ^ VOL. LIV. GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER], 1928. NO. 39. 1 DOINGS OF THE WEEK MEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Politics Grows Hot as the Presidential Campaign Draws to a Close. By EDWARD W. PICKARD WITH the end of the campaign In sight, politics was sizzling and all other news was subordinated to that relating to the race for the Presidency. Candidate Hoover Invaded Candidate Smith's territory In a speech In New York city and sharply denounced the Smith policies; and he was ably sec onded by Charles Evans Hughes In speeches In St. Joseph, Ho., and Chi cago. Candidate Smith came right back at them with a lively address before a wildly enthusiastic audience In Boston. The Democratic cause was bolstered'by the action of Sena tor George W. Norrls of Nebraska, who announced that he was support ing Smith and began a series of speeches In his behalf. Unprejudiced observers were In tensely Interested In the nonpartisan post-card poll conducted by the Lit erary Digest Almost complete re turns announced by that publication showed Hoover holding a strong lead ever Smith "with Impressive Indica tions that the Bepubllcans may cap ture several states In the 'Solid South' that have been Democratic for more than fifty years." Of a grand total of over 2,700,000 votes tabulated Hoover had 1,717,041 and Smith polled 071,356, a ratio of approximate ly 63 to 36. These returns showed Hoover ahqgd In every state except Georgia, Loui siana, Mississippi and South Carolina, which Smith was carrying with ample reserves. The Republican plurality shown In Alabama and Arkansas was so slight that the Literary Digest classed the outcome In both states as doubtful. In Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, called doubtful by many political authorities, this poll showed Hoover leading by odds as high as 2H to L In a separate section of the poll In which the entire electorate of several large cities was polled Smith had a decided advantage In New York city with 139,020 votes to Hoover's 103,847, while Hoover led In Chicago, by 98, 863 to 70,760, and In Philadelphia by 68,494 to 48,172. TN HIS new York speech Hoover de voted much attention to Smith's proposals concerning liquor traffic, agricultural relief and hydro-electric power, asserting that, If adopted, they would be "a long step toward the abandonment of our American sys tem and a surrender to the destructive operation of governmental conduct of commercial business." He said the "bureaucratlzlng of the business of our country" Is a false liberalism, and the Democratic proposals be de nounced as only a step toward state' socialism. A1 Smith's retort to this was most vigorous and highly pleased the de lirious 14,000 who heard him in Bos ton and cheered as be denounced the Republicans as reactionaries. 'The dry of socialism," he said, "has been patented by the powerful Inter ests that desire to put a damper on progressive legislation. Falling to meet the arguments fairly and square ly, special Interest falls back on the old stock phrase of 'socialism.' The people of New York state are tired of the stock argument, have discovered that It means nothing, that It la sim ply subterfuge and camouflage, and I am satisfied that the people of the nation In their wisdom will to ap praise It "As Car as all these problems are concerned, I have certainly used words to convey my meaning, and I have not attempted to conceal It, and it made no difference In what part of the country I was talking. "To refer to the remedies -for all these evils as state socialism Is not constructive statesmanship. It Is not leadership, and leadership is what this, country Is hungry for today. It has not bad It In the last eight years, and It has little prospect of It in the tour to come In the erent of Hepub llcen success." ^AANY political wiseacres Ago red f toat Hoover lost votee In Wit con^n and perhapa In Minnesota and the Dakotas by fall attack on Smith's proposals as stpte socialism, (or those propositions are practically Identical with the Ideas of the lute Senator La Follette and Ills son, the present sen ator. The LaFoUette vote, it was as serted, was now almost consolidated against Hoover. Callfornlans. too, objected to the Republican candidate's reiterated views on water power as they applied to the Boulder dam proj ect The effect of Senator Norris' coming out for Smith was uncertain, though ho has a large personal fol lowing. Though Charles Evans Hughes In his addresses scored what he called Smith's "claptrap," he con ceded to A1 most of the good qualities md achievements claimed for him by die Democrats, but he then Ret forth it length the reasons why he pre 'erred Hoover aa President. He de lounced religious Intolerance, and as lerted that the prohibition question iffered only a sham battle. A OCOBDING to an announcement by Secretary of War Davis, op rations on the government project or controlling the flood waters of the llsalssippl river are proceeding so apldly that It la now almost certain I le entire appropriation of $24,000,000 >r work this year will be expended r obligated before June 80, 1929. "To date," Mr. Davis said, "slxty ve contracts have been let for levee ork Involving the movement of 16, >4,600 cubic yards of material. In idltlon, work Involving placement of 769,000 cubic yards Is being dona Is proposed to undertake still more vee work this year which will bring ? total expenditures for this class work from the current approprla >n up to about $10,000,000." JAVING completed Its Inquiry Into * the publicity phases of the opaganda methods of public utility mpanles, the federal trade coramla >n ran up against a snag and Its restlgatlon was baited. It proposed scrutinize the books of the con ma, but the officials, of the Electric nd and Share company of New rk refused to testify as witnesses, was then up to the commission to ik aid In the federal courts, with i prospect of many months of lltl lon. Che right of the commission to corn Industries to open their books i-been challenged several times In ent years, and the probability that t such a controversy as that pre Itated -by the Electric Bond and ire company would develop to block inquiry led Senator Walsh to b that a special senate committee created to conduct the power be. SCAB F. GRAB, founder of the women's wear Arm of O. F. Grab k>., of New York, will become vice ddent of a new bank at the end die year and announced that at time he will transfer.the entire ness of the company, amounting 11,000,900, as a gift to 14 persons have been In his employ for from to eighteen years. Mr. Grab came i Vienna to the United States and began work at $8 a week. AS THIS climax of a conference on major Industrlea at Columbia university, New York, some two thou sand persons gathered at a banquet la the Hotel Astor paid tribute to seven pioneers of American Industry. The honored guests were Henry Ford, rep resenting the automobile Industry - Orvllle Wright, aviation; Thomas a! Edison, Invention; Charles M. Schwab, Iron and steel; Julius Rosenwald! merchandising; George Eastman, photography, and Harvey & Fire stone, rubber. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, publisher, and Gleen H. Curtisa, air plane manufacturer, were kept away by Illness. Dr. Nicholas Murray But lerpreslded and introduced the guests, and the principal speaker was Lord Melchett of England, chairman of Im perial Chemical Industries. Ltd, Charles ft. Mitchell, president of the National City bank, told the audi ence that danger In the current finan cial situation seemed to be "largely psychological." "I do not think ws I , mj bare need et the moment to be teal* ful," eald Mr. Mitchell. "I cannot see what la folnf to disturb the situa tion. 1 believe that we are more like ly to more out of the troublesome times that are agen by many at the moment Into comparatively clear waters, because this country. In Its present state of prosperity. Is piling up savings so fast and those savings are flowing so rapidly Into the secur ity account that the loan account should come down even tf the price level advance to some extent" PUBLICATION by the British for * elgn ofllce of the text of the An glo-French naval limitation agreement that caused so much unfavorable com ment revealed little new, but aroused the London newspapers to fresh de nunciations of the stupidity of those who negotiated the deal which was killed by the opposition of the United States and Italy. The published cor respondence shows that, as was sup posed, England sold Its opposition to France's trained military reserves on the army problem, despite almost solid opposition from the rest of the continental powers, and France In ex change threw overboard Its demand for global tonnage limitation for navies, and slid over to the support of the London admiralty's demand for restriction by categories. French minister of justice Barthou la putting the brakes on tho American divorce Industry In France. At the opening of the courts where Americans present their pleas for divorce he warned the Judges and lawyers to give the strictest surveil lance to all petitions filed by foreign ers. Regulations have been so tight ened that there la talk of transferring the base of American divorce opera tions to another country where the requirements are not so severe. Switz erland may be selected. nESUMPTION of anti-Semitic riots * In Budapest last week were so serious that the authorities closed four universities Students and work men fought fierce street battles, and there was a hot debute In parliament that ended In a challenge to a duel. The ontbreaks among the students started several weeks ago, when they alleged that the government was foist ing upon the Institutions a greater proportion of Jewish students than was allowed by law. George baur mccutcheon, one of the most popular and suc cessful of American novelists of I he day, died suddenly In New York while a guest at a luncheon. He had been under treatment for heart disease for 18 months. Mr. McCutcbeon, who was born In Indiana 62 years ago, made his first big bit with the ro mance "Qraustark" In 1901. Tills was followed by many other stories which won him fame and a large fortune. Another notable who passed away last week was Adolf -Kraus of Chica go. who for 80 years was a leader of the Jewish race In this country. He was also well known as a lawyer and a public offldaL Gaetano, Cardinal de l-ai, died In Rome after a long lllnesa With bis demise, tor the first time In the an nals of the Catholic church the for eign cardinals outnumber the Italians In the sacred organization. This pre ponderance of foreigners may be pro longed by the new appointments and might conceivably result In the elec tion of a non-Italian pope on the death of Plus XL . Charles A. Towne, former United 8tates senator from Minnesota, died In Tucson, Ariz., while on a speaking tour for Smith and Robinson. IN THE house of bishops at the gen eral convention of Episcopalians In Washington the following resolution. Introduced by the blsbop of Erie, was adopted: * - ? "Resolved, That, facing the danger of the spirit of lawlessness in Ameri can life, we welcome the renewed ef forts of the government of the United States to enforce strlstty and Impar tially the prohibition laws end the ontlnarcotlc laws, which are so wide ly and cynically disregarded. And we call upon the people of our church to set a good example of that obedi ence to law without which no democ racy can endure." Increased Demand for Moat From Argentina in lean than dz montha out of the rear Argentina ahlpe abroad 4,000,000 beef quarter* and a million and a half mutton carcaaaea. Argentina baa gone Car atnce the day* of the dona, when cattle roamed the pampaa by the tena of tbouaanda and gancbo and Indian alike bnnted them only Cor their hide. The tranter*, moch Uke tha Indiana 9t tha Halted ttgtag In fetUf X / 1 ? > ? ? buffalo herds, rode amonc the fright ened. stampeding cattle, bametnmg them at a gallop and later rdde hack to kill and akin them. ^ The bides, aalted, were shipped In email tailing ' Teeeela to Europe?a practice that had aomethlng of a counterpart In Dana'a deecrlpthm of (towing hi dee on the California coast la ha storj entitled "Two Teara Be fore the Mast" The last half century bag changed alt that, an la democst rated at tte Ill Bnati Aire*. Increasing numbers of blooded animals are entered In the show each rear. The Judges, usually British experts, are brought 8.000 miles from England, perhaps to spend as ranch as sn hour judging a single (Use.) More than once "top" animals have been paraded several times be fore the Judges could make a final decision. , This year's grand champion short born was net put up fun sals. A prad ^nesBor -Ji b fn/m twa^a wa