The Alamance Gleaner 1
VOL. LVI. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MAY 15, 1930. NO. 15.
1?New million dollar buildings for the Brltlsn emonssy In Washington, nearlng completion, to be occupied on .Tune
8, the birthday of King George. 2?Night scene during the conflagration that destroyed hundreds of residences.
In Nashua, N. H. 3?Herman Bernstein, author and Journalist, who Is now American minister to Albania.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
i
Senate Rejects Nomination
of Parker as Supreme
Court Justice.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
^JOMINATION of Judge John J.
' Parker of North Carolina to be
associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States was rejected by
the senate by a margin of two votes.
A like event had not occurred In 30
years.
It was stated In Washington that
President Hoover would seek another
appointee, and the- names most promi
nently mentioned were those of Chief
Justice Fenton Whltlock Booth of the
Court of Claims; John W. Davis, the
Democratic Presidential nominee of
1924, and Newton D. Baker of Ohio,
secretary of war under President Wil
son. Since many of the southern sen
ators voted against Judge Parker It
was rather taken for granted by many
that another Southerner would not
be appointed; Mr. Hoover Is merely
human.
The senate's action was the climax
of ten days of keen debate concerning
Judge Parker's decision In a labor In
junction case, and his personal stand
on the negro question when he was
a nominee for the governorship of
North Carolina and stated that "the
participation of the negro in politics
Is a source of evil and danger to both
races." Political considerations and
antl-admlnlstration sentiment also
were factors In the result. It was
asserted * the President by the ap
pointment was trying to retain for
his party the southern votes It re
ceived in the last Presidential elec
tion. And, of course, the radical Re
publicans?excepting Senator Norbeck
of South Dakota?opposed the nomi
nation, as they have opposed nearly
all administration measures.
Of the 39 who voted for Judge Par
ker's confirmation 29 were Republic
ans and 10 Democrats. The 41 against
Included 17 Republicans, 23 Demo
crats and 1 Farmer-Labor member.
Paired for the nomination were five
Republicans and 3 Democrats, while
paired against were also 5 Republic
ans and 3 Democrats. Counting pairs, 34
Republicans were lined up for Parker
while 22 'Republicans were against
him. There were 13 Democrats for
Parker and 26 against him.
Since the creation of the Supreme
court In 1789, nine men appointed by
the Chief Executive have been reject
ed by the senate. One of these?John
Butledge of Sotfth Carolina?was a
nominee for chief Justice. The last
rejection before that of Judge Parker
was that of Wheeler H. Peckham In
1894.
PRESIDENT HOOVER wag credited
with a decided victory when the
house passed on controversial admin
istrative provisions in the tariff bill.
By a vote of 161 to 231 it defeated a
motion to accept the senate export de
benture amendment to which Ur.
Hoover was so flrmly opposed that its
Inclusion probably would iiave result
ed In a veto. Then the house, by a
vote of 154 to 232, rejected a motion to
accept the senate amendments repeal- I
In* the flexible provisions of the pres
ent law. The President has strongly
advocated retention of power in the
Executive to make emergency changes
In duties on the recommendation of
the tariff commission.
Both bouse and senate sent the tar
iff, measure back to conference, and It
wag erpected the senate would finally
yield on both these points.
CONSTERNATION among home
brewers followed a decision of
the Supreme court, written by Justice
Holmes, upholding the seizure and
forfeiture of kegs, bottles, bottle cap
pers, caps and other apparatus sold
for use in the production of Illegal
beverages. One loophole was seen by
the dealers In these articles. Justice
Holmes referring specifically to ap
pliances offered for sale purposely to
attract persons Intending to use them
for the manufacture of Illegal drink.
Prohibition Commissioner Doran an
nounced he would Instruct his admin
istrators to proceed against commer
cial distributors of brewing apparatus.
F SCOTT McBRIDE, general su
? perintendent of the Anti-Saloon
league, was an Interesting witness be
fore the senate lobby committee. He
said the league now has a deficit, and
that the leadership It formerly pos
sessed has passed to the executive
committee of the defensive alliance
of about thirty dry organizations.
Under cross-examination he testified
that the league is an active lobby, that
it still seeks to Influence federal ap
pointments by timely recommenda
tions, that It maintains a surveillance
over federal Judges and makes sure
that federal district attorneys are
kept advised of its desires through the
submission of briefs for the guidance
of the prosecutors In liquor law
prosecutions.
Exasperated by the spreading !
revolt of the Nationalists of India,
the British government decided It
would be best to pnt Mahatma Gandhi
under arrest. The "holy man" was
taken Into custody suddenly at Jalal
pur and conveyed to a Jail at Yeroda,
near Poona, where he was given com
fortable quarters and an ample allow
ance for his personal expenses. La
ter lie was removed to the Purandhar
military sanitarium. Gandhi's wife
and his lieutenants were prompt
to take over the leadership of the
civil disobedience campaign. The
news of the mahatmn's arrest was
carried swiftly over the peninsula and
the Immediate result was renewal of
the riotous demonstrations In many lo
calities. The natives hnd frequent
clashes with the troops and police and
there were numerous casualties. Dis
turbances were especially violent In
Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Chlttagong
and Lahore.
Several leaders of the moderates of
India are In London carrying on peace
negotiations and It was reported that
Wedgwood Benn, secretary of state
for India, was willing to give assur
ance of the determination of the Brit
ish government eventually to grant
dominion status to India.
GOLD star mothers to the num
ber of 233 sailed from New York
on the first of the pilgrimages to the
battlefields of France under the aus
pices of the government and at Its ex
pense. These women whose sons died
In the World war came from many
states. They were given a most hos
pitable reception by New York offi
cials and organizations, and then
started across the ocean on the steam
ship America to visit the graves of
thetr boys.
Earthquake, followed by ? tidal
ware and conflagration, wiped out
Pegu, an old seaport of Bnrtna, *58
miles north of Rangoon, and also did
a lot of damage In the latter city. The
total dead were estimated at 600, of
whom two thirds were inhabitants of
Pegu. Hundreds of others were In
jured. a large section of the Indian
population In Rangoon connected the
disaster with the arrest of Mahatma
Gandhi, leader of fndlafc civil resist
ance campaign, and police and mili
tary forces were diverted from rescue
work to quell a riot, in which persons
wearing foreign cloth were stripped
of their clothing, which was piled
on bonfires.
About the same time heavy earth
quakes occurred in the northwestern
part of I'ersla and It was reported
that 2,000 persons were killed. The
towns of tJrumlya, recently re-named
Rezaleh, and Salmast were destroyed
The former is the reputed birthplace
of Zoroaster.
Fire destroyed a considerable part
of the town of Nashua, N. H., ren
dering a thousand persons homeless
In New Jersey und on Long Island and '
Staten Island forest and brush fires
lasting several days did great damage.
IN CAHTHAGE, tlint ancient city ill
north Africa where thousands of
Christians were martyrized centurie;:
ago, the 3930 Eucharistic congress ot
the Roman Catholic church opened
.last week. Some twenty thousands of
the faithful were there, including
many of the highest dignitaries of the
church, Pope Pius being represented
liy Cardinal Leplcier. The ceremonies
began in the old St. Louis cathedral on
a hill overlooking the ruins and hovels
that now constitute the once mighty
city; and some of the rites during the
five days were performed in Tunis, ten
miles away.
SUPPORTERS of tlie London naval
agreement met a congressional re
buff when the house appropriation
committee deleted an Indorsement of
the pact from the report prepared by
Its naval subcommittee for transmit
tal to the house with the $377,000,000
naval supply bill.
As prepared by the subcommittee,
whose chairman Is Representative
Burton French of Idaho, the report
referred tb the treaty as a "signal ac
complishment" and "an achievement
of Immeasurable Importance" to the
signatory nations. In executive ses
sion the full appropriation committee
ordered all commendatory matter re
garding the pact stricken out. As
finally presented when the naval bill
was Introduced, the report contained
only matter pertinent to the naval bill.
THE senate foreign relations com
mittee arranged to hold open hear
ings on the London treaty beginning
May 12 with Secretary of State Stlm
son as the first witness. The naval
affairs committee of the senate also
made Its plans for hearings on
the pact.
Senator David A. Iteed, last of the
delegates to return from London, ar
rived in Washington and enthusiasti
cally predicted that the treaty would
be ratified.
THE National Live .Stock Marketing
association, the fourth national
commodity marketing concern under
the auspices of the federal farm board,
wa^orgnnlzed In Chicago with a cap
ital of $1,000,000 after being approved
by representatives of 17 live stock co
operatives. The Fanners' union and
the Central Live 8tock Producers' as
sociation declined to join the new
corporation.
THE Farmer*' National Grain cor
poration. through It* president, C.
E. Half, annoanced that plana for re
gional and branch development now
ander way call for the eatabllahment
of Ave branches of the corporation,
at Kansas City, Mo? for southwest
territory; St Paul. Dnluth, or Minne
apolis for the spring wheat area;
Spokane, Wash., or Portland, Ore., for
the Pacific northwest with Henry W.
Collins of Pendleton, Ore., as man
ager; Buffalo for the mill business and
export outlet In the northeast, and
St Loots or Indianapolis, probably,
for the soft wheat territory from Mis
souri eastward to the seaboard.
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Rosalie brandon was home
for a three weeks' vocation, and
as usual her first hours at home
were given over to restoring
order to the doctor's accounts, for her
father was notorious for his neglect *
of the bookkeeping end of his large B
practice, and Ceiia, the general house- "
keeper, bad too much to do to bother
with bookkeeping, even If she bad "
known the meaning of debit and cred- 1
It, which was doubtful. The making a
of featherweight biscuit, velvety cake c
and perfect roasts did not require a 0
knowledge of business efficiency and *
Cella rated several degrees above 100 '
per cent perfect when It came to ceok
Ing. And as Rosalie frowned over the ?
accounts, checked one after another 5
of long, unpaid bills, she kept Ihlnk- t
Ing how very shabby her father's old 1
fur cont was; remembered the pride ?
he had always taken In his personal t
appearance and now, due to his ten- I
derheartedness, he was wearing a
mangy old coat with half the hulr I
worn off It and his suits were sliab- 1
by and frayed at the culfs, despite t
repeated pressings and cleanings I It I
wasn't fair! Surely a few of those
bills could be met, little by little, If I
the debtors tried 1 i
With a coughing, sputtering con
glomeration of foreign noises and 1
sounds a rattle-trap old car drew op I
at the front door of the doctor's house I
and a tall, extremely thin young man I
unwound himself from the steering
wheel and prepared to alight. Just '
dad's luck, thought Rosalie, to be out
when a patient who owned even an 1
apology for a car called! Perhaps <
she could make him wait. I
"Is Doctor Brandon In, ma'am?" !
asked the too-thin owner of Jhe mys
tery of the automotive Industry.
"No. Won't you wait, though? I '
expect him back almost any time, J
now," and Rosalie felt herself warm
ing to the strange young man In spite
of her annoyance over her father's
affairs, and she found herself noticing
how very blue the young man's eyes
were; what a sad, tired, almost weary
droop there was to bis mouth and
wide shoulders as he sat uneasily
awaiting her father's return. Why, he
couldn't be much over twenty-five. Yet
here he was looking for all the world
as If the cares of a nation and a whole
flock of starving' orphans were upon
his lone shoulders! And how posi
tively shabby the man's clothes were,
for all their neat, painful cleanliness
and order! Perhaps it was the car;
It certainly looked as though It might
Impoverish almost any one, and cer
tainly anything as dubious looking as
that mechanical device might cause
Its owner serious worry and thought
and care; might, Rosalie thought, with
a hint of laughter In her fine gray
eyes, even make one III, physically
and otherwise!
But Just then Doctor Brandon came
In, greeting the stranger heartily, and
Rosalie's eyes narrowed at the patent
embarrassment of the young man, even
while her father introduced them, an.l
she discovered that be was the very
young minister newly appointed to the
Sleekport church.
"Who's got the mumps, now, Jefff
bluffly Joked the tired doctor as he
fiddled absently with his rase of medi
cine, "or has some one a new set of
twins or perhaps the measles?"
"Well, you see, sir," began Geof
frey Harrington nervously, "that poor
farmer out at the flats already has
seven?and It seems the youngest Isn't
at all well, and I was wondering If
perhaps yon'd be willing to go out
and?"
"You will not, dad," fiercely Inter
rupted Rosalie. "Yon were np all night
with that new Hennessey baby, and
you know yonll never get so much as
a penny, and I Just won't let yon go
away ont there In this cold?"
"Then," replied the tired yonng man
with an even Sadler, wearier droop
to his shoulders, "I'm afraid the baby
will die. It won't eat and It cries
all the time, and it never sleeps?"
"Just a moment, Jeff," Interrupted
her father brnskly, "and I'll be with
you."
Rosalie heard her father trying to
get the district nurse, and when be
finally came out with the Information
that they'd have to go alone Rosalie
ran for her coat and Jiat and a mo
ment later was shivering over the
cold, flat road with her father shoot
ing questions and answers to the
yonng minister above the roar and
clatter of the rocking, clattering car.
"I'm going to stay and bslp a while,"
shisperad Rodalle whan bar father
ad Jeff came out ready to go. "lou
onto for me later, dad, will yonf"
nd Roealle knew a itrange thrill of
ltdness as Jeff eagerly offered to
ome and get her any time, and the
hought helped her aa she wrestled
rltb soiled dishes, heaped up laandry
nd uncombed, unwashed children,
?ever In all her life had Rosalie
rorked so hard or so gladly, and at A.
rhen the early twilight was dimming
he big old kitchen, now scrubbed and
rderly, and the babies were being
erred a wholesome supper of sauce,
illk, corn cake and cookies, Rosalie
eard the bang, clatter and tunned
hat heralded the approach of Jeff arid
Is auto with unfeigned gladness.
As he held her coat for her Rosulle
elt a tug at her skirt und she beat
own to embrace one of the oldest at
he little girls, who was trying to
ender Rosalie a couple of wont,
habby gl bills with the mother's
dmonltlon that this was to be "on
ccount," nnd turning suddenly,
tosalle looked at Jeff with quivering
Ips; that these people, so poor that
hey had hardly enough to keep body
nd soul together, should make this
Itlful effort to pay a doctor's hill of
iver nine years' standing! And she
iad been grumbling orer her father's
enlency!
. "Take It back to Mummy, darling,
ind tell her to buy you some shoes!
She hasn't any account with us?not
o be paid In money, at least I" And
losalle pulled her hat low over her
?yes and her collar high up, lest Jeff
iee the sudden tears that were streak- '
ng her face. I
"The Hennesseys have twins." gent
y remarked the young minister aa |
ie guided the coughing, sputtering car i
o a standstill and turned to help i
tosalle out I
"Twins!" gasped Rosalie. "But I i
bought they already had one?this i
nornlngI"
"They did, nnd they ..nve, and now |
rour father Is doing tallsplns In the i
Ibrary because Mr. Hennessey tried to i
live him $10 on account?he wouldn't <
ake It!"
"He wouldn't take It?why?" gasped
tosalle stutterlngly.
"Because they haven't a cent and i
vould probably have to run a gro- i
;ery bill to pay him that much! Your |
lather," he continued seriously, "Is the
nost wonderful man I've ever known,
Ulss Brandon!"
"I supose you're the same," falt
ered Rosalie, hopelessly. "I suppose
pou, too, would give away your shoes
and go barefoot!"
"Not any more, 1 wouldn't?on ac
count of somebody else?somebody
who Is more wonderful than her dad."
gently answered the sky pilot as he
took Rosalie's coat from her and went
to hang It up. And Rosalie knew!
Preserving Autographs
To make Indelible autographs that
are written In pencil, the bureau of
standards suggests spraying with the
fixative used by artists for preventing
the smudging of crayon and charcoal
drawings. The fixative is a weak
solution of bleached shellac In alcohol.
The color is so pale and the film of
shellac left on the paper Is so thin
that It cunnot be noticed. Be care
ful not to close the book or turn the
pages before the alcohol evaporates
and the shellac loses its tackiness.
Artists' supply houses sell a cheap
tin sprayer, but an old atomizer for
spraying the throat can be used. The
solution should be well rinsed oat of
the tubes with alcohol If you wish to
use the atomizer again.
Unimaginative
Two miners who had been brought
np In the same Tillage, bat had long
since drifted apart, met the other day.
"Hello, Tom! I.et's 'ave a drink,'*
aald one. ' >.
"No Jack," replied the other, who
had recently come under the Influence
of a revival mission, "I 'ave been born
again."
"What!" exclaimed Jack, looking
down at the other's legs. "Born
again, an' still bow-legged?"?Weekly
Scotsman.
Prtiif el Sileace
Says Carlyle, "Silence Is of eternity.
Thought will not work except In sl
lence. Silence, the great empire of
alienee; higher than the stars, deep
er than the klugdom of death I Silence
and the great silent men! A country
that has none or few of these Is In a
bad way. It la like a forest that has
no roots, which has all turned to
leaves and boughs, which must sooo
wither and be no forest."
CUat KodiaJk Bun
ICndlak Island la off the aouthweat
coast of Alaskn. It la crossed by the
154tb parallel. The Kodlak beer of
North America haa the largest site
of all bears, and Is the roost bulkly
carnivorous specimen. While possibly
It Is not the heaviest. It weighs In the
neighborhood of 1,200 pounds.
All Wrong
Kcw stoat women e?er get weighed
without becoming convinced that the
machine Is out of order.?Dee Uoloea
Trtbnne-CapltaL
jiarms of Malaga j
%HHfe t i&' . - 'i Jl
Turksys Driven to Market Throi
{Prepared by the National Uaograpnlc
Society. Washington. D. C.)
SPAIN Is once again In the world's
news because of Its cliunge of
dictators, but It Is chiefly the *
Spain of Madrid and the well jf
Jeaten path between the easily uc
feasible cities, that most tourists trav- a
si. Most travelers have their first ex- s
perlence with the Spanish cnrabinero .
either at the customhouse of Irun,
south of Biarritz, or at Port Bou. on '
the Mediterranean side. Then they
hasten to San Sebnstian, on one end ,
of the Pyrenees, or to Barcelona, on
the other, and after a brief stay, pro- I'
ceed to Madrid. latter. If there Is
time, to Toledo, and southward to ,
Seville and Granada.
Thus merely the high spots are '
touched, while the unlimited beauty 6
and Interest of Spain lying along the ."
bypaths remain scarcely known?and -
are still waiting to delight the ven- .
turesome traveler.
In seeking little-known Spain one ,
of the best places to start th? quest
Is on the Spanish Riviera, along the
Mediterranean coast from Gibraltar to !
Almerla. The center of this district
Is the seaport of Malaga, a city of J
150,000 Inhabitants, surrounded by a
semicircle of mountains which forms
a natural rampart agnlnst the cold
from the north and gives to this de
lightful spot a mildness of winter
climate nnequaled In all Europe.
As a general description of Malaga
today, one need employ only three
words: clean, modern, charming. Polite
traffic officers?perhaps one should say
"bobbles," because they are dressed
In neat uniforms of British pattern?
direct the stream of automobiles Just
as they do in London. There are broad
avenues, lovely villas, and well-kept
parks, lo which an endless variety
of bright flowers Is always Id bloom.
Indeed, this Andaluslan city, nestling
on the blue Mediterranean, has uni
bltlon and Is exerting effort townrd
Its accomplishment?to attract the
tourists, or at least some of them, who
have grown tired of returning year
after year to the Freof b Itlvleru.
In the Market Place.
( One center of Interest is the market
place, a large covered building built
around .- picturesque Moorish arch
which serves .as Its entrance. There
are aisles of stalls devoted to meat,
fish, vegetables, and fruit: but the
market has overflowed Its banks and
now extends out Into the adjoining
streets, where In open air there are
rows of fruit and vegetable stalls In
charge of peasant men and women.
Apart from the fruit stalls Is a
stand selling earthen water Jugs, of
various sizes, arranged along the side
walk. These are open at the neck,
but have a tiny spout In the side. The
peasants Orlnk by holding the Jug
well above their beads and lettlDg the
tiny stream of water fall Into their
open mouths. A novice at this method
has considerable difficulty not only
with the. aim, but also with swallow
ing against the steady stream of liquid.
The crescent of mountains which
surrounds Malaga Is about 00 miles
from point to point and Is formed of
Ave ranges. They still bear their quaint
Moorish names: Sierra de Mijas. Sier
ra de Abdalagls, Sierra de Albama.
Sierra de Tejeda. and the Sierra de
Almijara which drops suddenly into
the sea near Almunecar.
The old word "sierra" jneans, In
Spanish, a "saw," and It is vividly
descriptive of these Irregular saw
tooth mountain lines along the sky.
Each range 1* In Itself cut and scarred
Into Jagged peaks and precipitous
chasms, the tops being of barren and
forbidding rock. Then, lower down,
la a covering of palmetto grass, thick
ly Interspersed with aromatic herbs
thyme. rosemary, and lavender?and
on the lower slopes. In symmetrical
rows, like soldiers, thousands upon
thousands of stiver-green oil re trees, j
ugh the Street* of Malaga.
tie re nnd there, on steeper slopes,
le olives give place to nlifioads. sod
1 January their pink and white blos
oms, which appear before any of the
reen leaves, make a little picture of
[llryland. The valleys are all yellows
nd greens?orange trees, lemon trees,
rapevines. nnd sugar canes
Artists who see this lovely country
or the first time exclaim that every
lilng Is "paintable"?evory tree, every
ulldlng. every mountain top.
Malaga has a dully paper. La Colon
lercantll, of which In nil Justice It
nay be exceedingly proud. A large
double-deck" press of Trench make
urns out its 12 to 10 (Ages every
lay. In the composing room four lino- .
ypes dlch busily all night long. Mod- '
rnit v In tlye extreme Is the keynote
it Its production; yet in every Issue
here Is a quarter column headed "On
rhls Same Date." Thereunder appear
terns that have happened in tbe prov
nce on the date of issue, but in pcer
ous years. Generally, there are six or
tight years picked at random by tbe
veil-informed chronolqgfsr. but often
hese go back before the discovery M
America nnd refer to family namus
ttlll existing in the city!
One reads in quite a matter-of-fact
way;
December 9. I486.?King Henry IV ]
conferred the title of "Very Noble" up- ;
on the cHy of Antequera. Provtnc* of
Malaga, showing proof of his affectiou
and consideration for the heroic aerr
ices rendered by its inhabitants.
December. 1618.?After more than a
whole year of drought, it rained to
day In Antequera. but it was only a
little shower, so the hunger and diffi
culties still continue.
And these little pictnres themselves,
sometimes gay. bnt more often grave,
bring the distant centuries, with their
odd customs and strange superstitions
very near lo us. The narrow streets
in Malaga's renter which one passes
every day are mentioned often.
Where Phoenicians Lived.
la the very center of the city is the
Gihralfaro, r miniature inountaia,
which rises straight out of Malaga's
principal streets to a height of flflO
feet. Halfway up the npproacb is ths
Alcnzaha. which was the site of ths
original Phoenician settlement. It
passed through the hands of Komans.
Visigoth*, and Moors, the latter cap- i
luring it in the year 711. They made
this vantage spot bait palace and half
citadel, and it wraa not ontll August
IS. 1187, that the Spanish standard
was flown over its battlements. Ths
Alcuzaba was one of the very last of
the Moorish strongholds on European
soil.
Today there are a few tortwoos
streets, steep and narrow, leading be
tween old houses, many In ruins, and
a group of gypsy huts. At one or two
places the streets pass through arch
ways with the houses built over them.
formerly this part of Malaga, which
is the most picturesque and Interest
ing. was so dirty and the gypsies so
menacing in their demands for "One
penny, please," tbgt tourists were ad
vised to leave It out of their itinerary.
Now It has been cleaned up to some
extent and the Inhabitants are leas Im
portunate.
In Malaga, as elsewhere in Spain,
one aees many apprentice boys at
twelve to fourteen years. Every plumb
er, carpenter, and electrician baa a
small boy to carry his tools and belg
with the job.
In many cases taxi drivers bard a
boy to do the cranking and PthSg
onerous tasks. The hairdresser's bq
accompanies hMa to the bouse, cany*
lug a little beg, and gits on the stapd
while Madame la being marcelled. 1st
fact, even for the ordinary civilian. M ..
carry a small parcel of any Bart IS
not quite the proper thing A boy ?'
should tag along behind, beating the
burden, "towever small. -