The Alamance gleaner
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VOL. LVI. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1930. NO. 31.
1?King Feisal of Iraq leaving the presidential palace In Berlin after a call on President Von Hlndenburg.
2?New $4,000,000 Mid-Hudson bridge connecting Poughkeepsie and Highland, N. Y.# which has Just been opened.
3?Judge Edward S. Matthias of Columbus, Ohio, who was elected commauder in chief of the United Spanish War
Veterans.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
r\* * ? r n i
LMctator Leguia or reru is
Ousted by a Military
Revolution.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
C'LEVEN years of dictatorship by
a-' Augusto B. Leguia was enough for
Peru, or at least for its army, so he
has been ousted from the office of
president, together with his entire
government.
The revolutionary movement started
in the province of Arequlpa, where
the troops, led hy Lieut. Col. Sanchez
Cerro, arrested some of their officers
and took control of Arequlpa, third
city of the republic. The revolt spread
rapidly to other provinces and was
easily successful everywhere. Mean
while there was surface tranquility in
Lima, the capital, and President Le
guia attended the races as usual. But
this didn't lost long. A military Junta
got busy in Lima, the cabinet was
forced to resign, and a few hours
later Leguia himself gave up his office
and took refuge on the cruiser Al
mirante Grau. The vessel steamed
away, the intention being to land the
deposed dictator at some foreign port;
but the Junta sent a wireless threat
to have the officers court martialed If
they did not return within 48 hours,
and they yielded. At this writing the
fate of Leguia is uncertain. It was
understood he would be put on trial
for his "misdeeds," this course 'being
insisted on by the students of Lima
and also by Cerro.
A temporary government was set up
In Lima with Gen. Manuel Maria
Ponce at its head. However, Cerro
went to the capital city within a few
days, and his Arequlpa Junta was rec
ognized as the real government or tne
country.
IN A report published by the Treas
ury' department It Is disclosed that
the Internal revenue receipts for the
fiscal year June 30 last, were a little
more than $3,000,000,000. This was
Just about $100,000,000 more than the
receipts of the previous year.
Most of the Increase was registered
in income taxes, which showed a gain
of $78,000,000 over the 1929 fiscal year,
notwithstanding the fact that the 1
per cent tax reduction voted by con
gress last December affected the quar
terly payments of taxes paid In March
and June of the present calendar year.
This Increase was attributed largely to
the exceptional prosperity enjoyed by
corporations and individuals in the
calendar year 1929, against which the
taxes collected In these two quarters
were assessed.
There was diversity of opinion as
to whether or not It would be advis
able or possible to continue the 1 per
cent reduction for another year.
President Hoover wishes this to be
done If It can, and the Repifblican
leaders In congress are ready to sup
port legislation to that effect If the
President recommends it. No definite
statement as to whether business con
ditions will make this continuance
possible has been Issued from the
Treasury department, but Secretary
Mellon and some of the officials under
him are said to be very doubtful as
to Its wisdom, fearing that a deficit
would be created due to reduced cus
toms receipts and shrinkage In cur
rent revenues.
UNLESS belated returns change the
figures materially, Senator Cole
Plea so and James F. Byrne will be the
candidates in a run-off Democratic
primary in South Carolina to choose
the man to fill the seat now held by
Blease. In an eight-cornered race for
the gubernatorial nomination OUn D.
Johnston was well in the lead. In
both cases nomination is considered
equivalent to election.
Democrats of Idaho In state conven
tion nominated Joseph Tyler of Em
mett to oppose Senator Borah. The
Republicans re-nominated Borah and
Representatives Burton L. French and
Addison T. Smith by acclamation.
For the Republican gubernatorial
nomination in California James Rolph,
Jr., mayor of San Francisco, had a
good lead over Gov. C. C. Young and
Buron Fitts, district attorney of Los
Angeles. Young was indorsed by the
California Anti-Saloon league, which
explained that Fitts also was dry, "but
something had to be done to defeat
Rolph." *
Mississippi Democrats re-nominated
Senator Pat Harrison and the eight
sitting representatives in the lower
house.
In the run-oflf Democratic primary in
Texas Mrs. Miriam Ferguson was de
cisively defeated *by Ross S. Sterling
for the gubernatorial nomination.
PERHAPS a dozen naval yards and
shore properties will be eliminated
as no longer necessary to the efficient
operation of the naval establishment,
or at least drastically cut down in
their activities, as a result of the sur
vey made by Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Jahncke and chiefs of navy
bureaus. Several shore establish
ments probably will be consolidated
and all possible obsolete equipment
Rrrnnnpdr This will be a r?art of the
Navy department's contribution to the
President's retrenchment program, and
naval officers say It will save millions
of dollars.
The navy yard at Charleston, S.
C., the naval plant at New Orleans,
the naval ordnance plant at South
Charleston, W. Va., and the naval tor
pedo plant at Alexandria, Va.. are
shore properties virtually certain to
be affected by the economy survey.
In the past all efforts to close shore
properties along the Atlantic coast
have been blocked ffiy political pres
sure.
NOT more than fifteen hundred
members of the Grand Army of
the Republic were able to attend the
annual encampment that was held in
Cincinnati, and hardly a thousand
could take part in the grand parade
which always Is the feature of the
gathering. AH that could muster the
strength walked In the procession, for
those old boys resent the Infirmities
of age and hate to be carried in auto1
meddles on that occasion.
The United States marine band was
present by special act of congress and
played at all the Important functions
of the encampment.
Annual meetings were held by the
six subsidiary organizations of the
G. A. R.?Army Nurses of the Civil
War. National Women's Relief Corps,
Ladies of the G. A- R., Daughters of
Union Veterans, Sons of Union Vet
erans, and Its auxiliary.
MELVIN A. TRAYLOR of Chicago,
Nicholas Dosker of Louisville
and Morton Prentis of Baltimore were
appointed at a conference with Presi
dent Hoover to prepare recommenda
tions for utilizing available financing
agencies for drought relief. Their
work was based on a broad plan of
setting up state and local credit cor
porations to act as Intermediaries in
handling loans to farmers of the af
fected regions. The results of their
study of the question were submitted
to the financial representatives of IS
states who met In Washington with
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. Henry
M. Robinson of I-os Angeles was made
chairman of this financial committee.
and its meetings continued through
out the week.
Secretary Hyde, who is chairman of
the genera! drought relief committee,
presented a report from the American
Railway association showing that the
railroads already had transported 66T?
carloads of feed and live stock at
special half rates which were put into
effect in the affected areas. Most of
the hauling thus far has been in Vir
ginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and Mary
land.
An optimistic note in the genera!
agricultural picture was seen in the
agriculture department report that
farmers intend seeding 4..r> per cent
less winter wheat this season than
last year. The state Democratic
council of Kansas lined itself up with
Governor Reed, adopting a resolution
opposing the reduction in acreage of
"any crop which can 1)e produced
with profit in this state."
PRESIDENT HOOVER was gradual
ly making up the new federal
tariff board. First he named as Its
chairman Henry P. Fletcher, Pennsyl
vania Republican and former diplomat,
and then he selected for membership
Thomas Walker Page of Virginia, a
Democrat and a widely known
economist. Mr. Page, who is sixty
four years old, served on the original
tariff board under President Taft, and
also on the tariff commission under
Presidents Wilson and Harding.
WHILE excited throngs were wit
nessing the national air races at
Chicago, gasping at the extraordinary
stunt flying and staring at the notable
figures of aviation gathered there,
four aviators from Germany com
pleted a flight from Berlin to New
York in six hops. Some time ago they
had reached Iceland, and after delay
there they flew on to Greenland, then
to Labrador and Halifax, and finally
to New York harbor. Their leader is
Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau and their
plane is a Dornier-Wahl flying boat.
The first fatal accident at the air
races occurred when Lieut. Jack P.
De Shazo, a navy flyer, crashed, kill
ing himself and a concession holder
at the port.
CrMIOTT.TJ nftnrla r?f tlio Afriflift
A on Peshawar have been repulsed,
the danger to the British on the north
west frontier of India Is not removed.
The Waairis to the southwest have
become active and many encounters
are reported. While conferring with
the mullah of one band of tribesmen,
an English captain was shot In the
back and In the ensuing fight eight of
his men and thirty-two of the natives
were killed.
Mahatma Gandhi's pence terms were
still under consideration but there
seemed little hope of their acceptance
or their alteration.
DEATH was bnsy among well
known persons during the week.
Among those who passed away were
Lon Chaney, star of the screen; Frank
O. Wetmore, dean of Chicago bank
ers; Thomas Sterling, former senator
from South Dakota; W. It. Kplllmnn.
chief postal Inspector: J. R. Gordon,
president of the Emergency Fleet cor
poration ; Rev. Dr. David G. Wylle,
president of the I-ord's Day alliance;
G. N. Saltigaber. former commissioner
of pensions; Edward P. Morse, New
York capitalist, and Justice E. Ray
Stevens of the Wisconsin Supreme
court.
PREMIER Walery Slawek of Poland
nnd his cabinet resigned because
of disputes with the parliament, and
President Mosclck! called on Marshal
Pllsudski to form a new government.
So that veteran "strong man" Is again
the nominal as well as the virtual boss
of his country.
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| PICNIC AT |
11 SWEETHEART
If CAVE l|
11 LAURA MONTGOMERY |
Ioooooooooooooooooooooooo
(tob? D. J. WaUh.t
((w**nHANKS, Just the same,"
I reiieated Sully.
1 "1 can't see why you ought
to wnDt to go about and
meet all your old friends."
Sally's smile held a touch of wlst
fulness. The young widow had coino
back to her home town to teach school
agalu, and she sometimes found the
well-meant efforts of her neighbors
somewhat of a trial. Edna, for In
stance, seemed to take exception to a
closed door, and so Sally had little
time to herself.
Old Steve put on his best suit for
the holiday and be now sat forward
In his rocker, s great eagerness flush
ing his thin face. "Well. If Sally
doesn't want to go, Martha, that leaves
a vacant seat. Couldn't?wouldn't you
like me to go along? I'll help set out
the lunch and?" he gulped here, his
eyes growing bright with hope as his
daughter made no reply. "I'd certain
ly enjoy bearing the band play and
seeing the flags."
"At your age. Nonsense."
"Oh," said Martha's father sorrow
fully. "I wouldn't have made a mite
of trouble and I do want to hear that
march the town hand has been prac
ticing for the picnic."
Although It was only eight o'clock
the day was Intensely warm. The
heat seemed to hang on the sultry sir
In thick waves that made Sally's eye
balls ache. She smiled over at the
forlorn figure In the rucking chnlr.
"I didn't know you were going to stay
at borne here alone. Mr. Simmons.
I'm glad I stayed because now I'll get
your luncheon for you."
"It wouldn't have hurt Martha to
have taken me." lie turned away his
gaze swiftly and the girl suspected
It was to hide a suspicious dimness.
"I?I sure would enjoy the day out al
Sweetheart's Cuve."
Sally felt a pang or companion,
Poor old Steve still retained a senti
mental feeling for Hint place beside
the Fox river. Sally herself had once
listened to a sweetheart there, listened
and accepted and then had come the
quarrel. lied Blake had left town the
night she gave him hack the cheap lit
tle ring with the lurquoise set with
the pearl and garnet.
"I kissed llellndn there," ninsed
Steve, his chin trembling with the
pathetic disappointment of nn aged
one who welcomes each anniversary
with mingled Joy and fear?fear lesl
It be the last one.
Sally closed the magazine that lay
open In her lap and her brown eyes
grew determined. She thrust back the
thought of the peaceful day she'd
planned and got to her feet. "I'm
going to put up u lunch, Mr. Simmons,
and. If you have an extra flag any
where that the family overlooked, you
| Just And It We're going to the picnic
' at Sweetheart Cave."
Incredulously the dim eyes searched
| the blooming face. "You mean you'll
I go with me? Martha will be mad
she hinted that I ought to take off
this good suit and clean out the chick
en yard. She?she ain't so easy to
i get along with after she's been mad."
"Well chance It," answered Sally
reccJessly, her cheeks growing red. "I
guess we can take onr pleasure as we
like. The chicken yard enn be cleaned
any time."
So It was that the only buggy left
In the livery stable was occupied by
! the pair. Sally had spent the (3 she
had saved for new gloves on the anti
quated rig that brought cheers and
gibes from the motor cars (lying past.
| But, as she saw the thin, erect figure
i at ner siue ana me na|i|>j wi?? mx,
' (be didn't regret the gift of her day
nor the vanishing gloves. Old 8leve
waved grandly to his neighbors and
kept unfurling the Hag he hnd
brought.
"An auto Is all right If you're In a
hurry," he said, quite as though Sally
had begun an argument, "but, for
sheer comfort, give me a nag every
time. Belinda used to like s buggy."
They were Jogging along a country
yoad that was being used as a detour
! while a bridge was being built. 8ally
too, was thinking of other years, and
the reins lay slnckly In her hands.
From behind them came a speeding
car that rocked wildly over the humpy
. road and the horse, startled from bis
somnolent reverie, threw up his head
j and swerved sharply Into the ditch.
Sally's head struck the corner of a
cement culvert and. with a scream,
she drifted off into unconsciousness
Then she dreamed thot she was hack
again In that carefree time wbtn pic
nics meant unalloyed Joy. and a faint
smile trembled on tier mouth as alia j
heard again lied a husky, embarrassed I
voice speaking.
"Bed, while and blue, I love you,"
: he chanted.
"It was a pretty ring," she mur
mured vaguely, then felt a little stnb
of pain as she realized thut the voice
, had been merely a dream. "Why am
I sitting In the dust?" she said, ber
voice coming tlilnly.
"Who'd ever thiol: that old nog had
that much life In hlra?" contributed
Steve, rubbing Ida knee, "Nothing brok
en. I guess. Mow about you. Sally?"
Sally was twisting her head with
some difficulty. She was leaning
against that something that smelled
of tweed and tobacco and was most
comforting.
"Yeah. It's me," grinned Bed, un
grammatically and with much earnest
ness. "Life sure Is funny, ilnvent
been in the Fox river valley for years,
?>,| ly heard that you were married.
..ml I made up my mind I wouldn't
give any of the neighbors a chance 10
laugh at me, so I skirled the luwn.
And, first thing I ttnd on this detour
Is ray old girl. Any especial reason
for curling up In the ditch? tjueer
way to spend a holiday. I'd say."
Sally explained nlaiut the speeding
cur that had continued its way und
then glanced up ut the good looking
sedan drawn up beside the upturned
but -tindamnged buggy. "Is your wife
waiting there?" she hazarded, ashamed
of that cheap method of finding out
what ahe longed to know, hut deter
mined to do *o.
Ited grinned. "First I knew I had
a wife, l'ou were the fuithtess una.
Sally."
SuHy't heart leaped beneath the
dusty white frock, but, as Ited got up
anj righted her equipage, she grew
pale. In o moment more he would
be on Ids way In that stunning car
and she?she would drive Steve to
Sweelhenr, Cave. Site couldn't hang
on to his coat and volunteer the In
formation that her brutal husband hail
died, leaving her with the debts of
his Illness to pay.
"Mighty glad i happened along.
Sally. So long!"
The words were casual but the look
In his bright blue eyes was more than
friendly?the old love shone there min
gled with a longing that she saw be
Intended to keep loyally mute.
He pulled Into first, stepped on the
gas and, with a wave of his hand
slammed the door and the car moved.
Sally hit bark a sob. If only he had
asked. If only he would wait?why
couldn't she think of something that
wouldn't sound too bald. She didn't
know where he was going or where
he lived, even.
Old Steve, who had been gently
helped by Ited into the high, narrow
buggy beside Solly, now looked lip ns
though nroused from deep reverie.
"Walt. Ited." he called, his thin tones
rising amazingly above the purr of
the motor, "wnlt a minute!"
Red paused.
"We're going to the picnic at Sweet
heart ttnve Ited. WliV don't VOU
Join us? Sally tins packed a lilg lunch
and," wisely the dim eyes dwelt on
the man's fuce, "It's n line place to he
on a day like thin with?" tensingly
he paused while Ited's eyes remained
flxed on the lense young Pare at
Steve's shoulder? "a pretly little wid
ow. Sally Is school teaching now, she
hns lo earn her living, fiuess she
might he Induced to give it up, Ihnugh
?" the voice stopped because a pink
palm had closed firmly over Sieve's
lips.
"Oh," said lied, a glorious compre
hension thrilling in his tone. "sure.
Sally, we'll all go to the picnic."
Ingenious Campers
When four Jenklnlown (l'a.) young
women set out to camp letide the
I'ennyhnrk creek, they found so many
"No Trespassing" and "No Camping"
signs that they were on the verge nl
giving up Ihe search for a camp she.
However. I hey found o spot where Ihe
creek was about as wide as a large
tent and about six Inches deep. They
pitched their tent across the brook,
using flat stones for their cots and
stove, and the six Inches of water for
a rtmtr. And when they were que*.
Honed by a policeman why they had
ignored the signs, the fonr finally
made him admit that pitching a tent
across the stream was not trespassing
on the "land."
Indiana' Ancestors
The origin of the North American
Indians Is a question on which au
thorltles are unable to agree. Some
bold that the American Indian Is In
digenous. others that he was dlstlncl
ly Asiatic In origin, while still others
contend that Australia and the South
Sea islands were the base from which
the aboriginal Indians pushed off for
America.
Rowga
Rouge Is prepared from the sat
flower. It is a modern preparation,
but women, for thousands of years,
hare reddened their cheeks and lips
artificially, llollow bones, filled with
red earth, have been found In the
ancient dwellings of the cavemen.
ColoifuljPfe
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Village Bcaue in Hungary.
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Society. Washington. D. C.) ' I
THE gala day of the year in Buda
pest, Hungary, is August 2u. 3
Saint Stephen's Day. when tlie 1
embalmed hand of the country's 1
patron saint is carried with much 1
pomp through the streets in a jeweled
reliquary to the old .Mathias church.
in these days of the rapid modern- '
Izing of the more traveled countries 1
of Europe. the old-fashioned festivals 5
religious fetes, national costumes and {
customs are fast disappearing and
there remain no more novel and en- '
terraining sights than those surround
ing the ancient fete of Saint Stephen
of Hungary.
For who Saint Stephen was and
why he was thus honored we must go
hack some nine hundred and odd years
in Hungarian history, from which 1
| we gather the following information: 1
Vaik came to the throne of the Magyar !
duchy lit the year 997. He applied for
and received the title of Apostolic 1
King from Pope Sylvester II, and was J
crowned in Budapest in the year 1000, '
under the Christian name of Stephen
He did much for Ids countrymen to
bring them Into the established church,
and founded throughout Ids kingdom
churches, schools and convents. His
administration was a wise one. and
so 11 rinly did lie deal with the attempt
ed uprising of the "old Magyar re
ligion" party that when Ids death oc
curred. in 1(130, he left his country
entirely converted to Christianity. So
much had lie done for the advance
ment of tlie Christian faith among
the wild hordes of eastern Europe, and
added to tlie civilisation of his sub
jects. that he was canonized, and glad
ly proclaimed by tlie Hungarians as
their patron saint.
Not to know Budapest is to have
missed one of the loveliest of Euro
pean cities. It lias own distinctive
stateliuess that reflects the cultural
flowering of a race whose kingdom lias
been enthroned on the Danube for a
thousand years. As certain American
o? "t inI*
Italy'* op "Little Germany," reflect
their mother countries in miniature,
so Budapest's topography reflects on
a small scale the lineaments of what,
as a result of the war, is literally
"Little Hungary."
Buda and Pest.
Ancient Iluda. on the Danube's
right hank, rears nloft on rocky crests
that represent the foothills of Hun
gary's mountains, while on the other
hank modem I'est stretches away in
levels that prelude Hungary's plains.
Hilda, with its splendid palace, sym
bolizes Hungary's long succession of
rulers, reaching from Stephen the
Saint, of 10D0 A. IX, down to the lat
ter-day reigns of Maria Theresa and
Franz Josef. Best's parliament houses,
memorable in their river-set majesty,
symbolize the early won liberties of a
people whose forefathers' rights were
established almost contemporaneously
with Kngland's winning of Maguu
Chn rta.
Above all. Budapest Is a city of
beautiful vistas. One's admiration is
divided between its stately public
buildings and the carefully appor
tioned squares, parks, and boulevards
that lend to the picture an archi
tectural airiness, a spaciousness un
defaced by an Industrialism whose
chimneys loom in adjacent suburbs.
Few cities over the million mark,
with as many as 72.0U0 factory work
er*. can boast. like Budapest, of an
nnindustrialized aspect, of un island
plcasance lying in midriver at its
doors, of delightful riverside prom
enades, where one lounges or lunches
and where motor cars are strictly
taboo.
The people of Budapest love pleas
ure and for miles along the river
there are bathing places where young
and old mass cc the sands or paddle
i'est rise rounded hills dotted with
iinaJI villages and summer villas from
IT hid I one has lovely views of the
eerning city, the wide plain and the
winding river.
Certain (met-war changes reveal
a itli what ingenuity Hungary has met
Iter reconstruction problem. -How
aiany crowns for a dollar?" yon may
isk a Budapest foreign'-exchange
lerk. He will reply. ?I'll give you
he rate in peng?w.~ You may be fa
miliar with most European currencies
ind have literary acquaintances with
doubloons. ducats, and moidores; but
what, in the name of coins ancient
and modern, you ask. is a pengo?
Krone Is Now Pengo.
The answer, as suggested by the
word's tinkling sound, is "Money that
rings like gold." When post-war Hun
gary's currency crashed, the phrase
"Hungarian krone" (crown) became
a synonym of worthlessness, and so,
along with her financial reconstruc
tion under the auspices of the League
of Nations, a national coin-naming
competition was inaugurated. As a
result, the discredited "kCone" was
replaced by the onomatopoeic "pengo."
to reinforce faith in the stabilised cur
rency.
Side trips from Budapest will con
vince She traveler that, contrary to
first impressions, the Hungarian plain
is far from being either monotonous or
lacking in color. One need not travel
for more than a few boon east of
the capital in order to see all the
colors of the rainbow, or gypey camps,
or a Wild West roundup, or a first
rate f ata Morgana, with illusive seas
and cities rising across the plain.
The colors will assail your eyes
at the villuce of Mezokoveed any Sun
day morning. In the church square
seething with folk. Their black gar
ments merely serve as background
for superimposed stripes, aprons, hod
Ices, woven In mixed patterns of or
ange, green, yellow and purple.
A fringed apron, kaleidoscopic In
effect, l angs from the waist of each
maiden or yonth. The former's full
pleated skirt sways rhythmically as
she walks. The latter. In his short,
retvet-collured Jacket, his tall, flat
hriinmed derby, and that Indescrib
ably coquettish spron. would inspire
any fraternal order of the So-and-Soa
with hints for a striking lodge cos
tume.
Great Hungarian Plain.
Krom the northward-rising TokaJ
llegynlja mountains, whence comes
the sweet ami heady Tokay wine, and
to southward, along the Tisza's en
tire course, stretches the larger Al
fold, or Great Hungarian plain, sep
arated from the smaller Alfold by
two mountain ranges. Inundation Is
Its aneient enemy. Government engi
neers assert that the fall of a single
dike on the Tlsza would put one-sixth
of Hungary under water.
The Al fold's grassy expanses, where
sky meets circling horizon like a blue.
Inverted bowl, has the poetry of time
less calm. At times its distant clouds
seem so low, so solid, that you al
most fancy a cowboy could lasso one
and haul It to earth. Itnylong noth
ing is heard bnt sheep hells atlnkle
or the lulling pastoral of some
shepherd's flute.
The Alfold's gypsies may be found
amid crazy hovels adjoining the
raveled-out ends of some village
street. Aguinst a background of dirt
floors, paneless windows, filth inde
scribable. out wlU rush a gang of
wild-eyed children, swarthy men. slip
shod women, to see what they can sell
passing tourists. They proffer music,
hut whatever be the tnne, your true
Tslgane musician seems temperament
ally unable to perform it except in
wild and wavelike strains of abysmal
despair. _ _