THE GLEANER ISSUED EVESY THUB8DAT. J. D. KERNODLE, Editor.? $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Entered at tne Foetoffloe at Grabam. N. 0.. aa eeoond-elaaa matter. GRAHAM. N. 0., DEC. 27, 1928. f PRECAUTION AGAINST FLU. Health authorities are urging the people to exercise caution to prevent the spread of influenza. A statement has been made that the epidemic will reach the peak sometime in January, hence it is as important that caution be observed now as when it first* broke out and began to spread. The health authorities urge peo pie suffering with colds or flu to avoid contact with other people as much as possible. Guard against using unsterilized drink ing and eating utensils. Take precaution to wash hands before eating and to practice ordinary rules of cleanliness. Such prac , ti:es will help in the prevention of other communicable disease and should be generally observed. Dr. David Bancroft Johnson, one of the Nation's educational leaders and the only president Winthrop College, Rock Hill, 8. C., ever had, died Wednesday morning. He would have been 73 years on the 10th of January. He founded the college and later it was taken over by the State and has become to Sou.h Carolina what the N. C. C. W. is to North Carolina. About the same time that Dr. Jnhhson was laboring for an institution for the better education of women in South Carolina, likewise Dr. Melver was laboring along the same line in North Carolina. The institu tions have grown apace and there is no big difference in the attend ance on these great schools. Mr. Hoover is homeward bound from his "geod will" junket to the Latin-American o ountriee. He nor the United States can make any complaint at the royal recep tion accorded. He has talked to and with the peoples visited and has been discreet in what he had to say to them. It is the hope of this country that the common ties have been strengthened and that the visit will not have been in vain. Do the "drys" in Congress want prohibition? A ranking prohibition enforcement officer estimated that it would require $300,000,000 to carry it on effect ively. A bill for $270,000,000 was introduced. It was cut down to $30,000,000, a sum deemed suf ficient te keep the ''noble exper iment" in operation. The Kellogg treaty and Farm Belief will come early after the holidays for consideration. Such progress may be made that Mr. Hoover's promised extra session may not be necessary. Such an event would spoil a grand stand display. King George V of Great Britain is reported as improving, and it seems that his ultimate recovery is now only a question of time. News and Views. There is a prospect of the Slate University getting the ma jor part of $1,006,704.87. It is cotton tax collected by the Fed eral government between 1866 and 1868 illegally from North Carolina The State's attorneys in Raleigh are to appear in Washington before the proper Congressional Committee to pre sent the claim. A lull has been introduced in Congress to allow the payment of the sum, and, if reported favorably, the State will formally sue for the amount. If will mean much to the University to get a big portion cf the sum it fentroversy. Hotchpotch. A 1,500 gallon daily capacity distillery was seized in Washing ton City a few days ago. It was within a stone's throw of the Natioual Prohibition headquar ters, it is said. A nose, eye and ear specialist ought to be em ployed by the prohibition en forcement bureau. "Friday is as lucky day as any," so it reads in Webster's old "blueback"spelling book, but Claiborne Massev! has reason to think otherwise. On Friday two weeks ago he was divorced, eloped with a 19-year-old girl and they were speeding toward Rich mond to spend their honeymoon. | At Wise R. F. King, filling sta tion owner, was hit. They did not stop. King died a few min utes later. Massey and his bride were halted at South Htll and Massey was placed in Warren county jail for the night. \ An itemized statement of ex penditures, also receipts and in debtedness, of the county is re quired to be published by the County Commissioners. This publication covers the period from Dec. 1st to Dec. 1st. This publication, as we are in formed, was not made last year. But the taxpayers have the right, and the law recognizes it, to know for what their tax has been spent, hence provision is made for pub lication of such statement. When the people, who chose the agents to carry on their coun ty affairs, are looking in on what is being done, the agents will move with greater caution aud try to act so as to avoid complaint and criticism, The Boulder dam business is now out of the way of Congress, President Coolidge signed the bill last Friday. It effects seven great States. The enterprise will entail an estimated expendi ture of >165,000,000. Clean Farm Machinery And Oil Before Storing Away. If farm machinery ia to last, is expected to gve good service and ia to pay a return for its cost, it most be stored in some place oth er than along the ditch bank or under trees. "Thete is no known type of farmiug profitable enough to pay divideuds when machinery is al lowed to become rusty and worn, is repaired with hay wire or per mitted to stand in the weather during winter," says A. T. Hol mau, agricultural engineer at State College. "Some good farmers use one set of macbiues for a lifetime, often exceeding 26 to 30 years of servioe, while oth er men add to the junk pile each year. The difference is dhe to management and care. Some men never permit their expensive im plements to remain iu the open wkeu not in use ; others seldom house their equipment The es sential care is to keep the machinery clean, house it proper ly and make repairs wheu need ed." Mr. Bolman says thrt every farm needs an implement house, Such a house must have a good roof and a dry floor. It is beet to build it so that all suface water, including water from the roof will drain away from the build ing." It is also advisable, he says, to locate the house so that the heavier equipment may be pulled in or out with a team. Other desirable features include a smal repair shop at one end, large doors and a convenient ar rangement for storing the ma chinery. Before storing any machine, however, it should be given a thor ough cleaning and oiling. The mad and dirt should be removed to prevent deterioration, says Mr. Holman. If this is not done the agencies of rust and decay will continue even, though the machines are stored. Those 1 parts of the tools which are in the ground especially need oiliog as do the bearings and exposed threads. During idle time in winter re 1 pairs might be made so that the maehines are ready when the ? rush of spring work oomes. , Mr. Corbett is a highly capable acoonntant and a mueh esteemed eitisen, and their host of friends 1 here will regret to loss lfr. Corbet) aa