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1 HE GLEAN FI< GRAHAM. N. 0., DEC. 25, 1930 ISSUED EVEKY THURSDAY. J. D. KERNODLE, flitor. $1.00 A YEAR, IN Al) GE. Entered at tne pt ? hod. ,N C.. in wmi.. January will scon be here, and the legislature, also. Large cash reserves work hard- j ?ship on all business?Headline. [ Seems to us a cash reserve would help business Immensely. North Carolina ranks sixth in value of farm crops. In the past year she has climbed over two states toward the top rung In the ladder. A commission appointed by Gov. Gardner recommends a new prison plant. If inmates continue to in crease as they have in the past year or two, it will have to be a whale of a big one. The three attorneys who helped to put the co-operative tobacco as sociation in the hands of receivers are still tugging at the courts for an allowance of $25,000 each. Their application has been denied atj least twice. But for these the re- ^ ceivers would have already distrlb-, uted $500,000 to the members of | the association, which would have! gone a long way In relieving dis- 1 tress among tobacco growers. Statistics show, for November that the United States lost in for- j ?eign trade $153,254,000 in exports i and $133,772,000 in imports, mak ing a total loss of $287,026,000 in j foreign trade, as compared with November 1929. For the eleven months ending with November, the loss in foreign trade aggregates nearly four and a half bil ion dol lars. Is there any wonder that busi ness is depressed and that unem ployment is rampart? It is proof, too, that a tariff wall is not a pro moter of prosperity, notwithstand ing Republican preachment to the ?contrary. Lack of Co-operation President Hoover's curt letter to the senate in reply to the request of that body for a report o: em ergency commission on u ..ploy ment is cited by the N * York World as an instance of the presi dent's failure to co-operate on un employment legislation. "Mr. Hoover's reply to this re quest," says the World, "is a brus que note in which he states that the commission has made no re port; that he has talked from time to time with the chairman of the commission, Colonel Woods; that he has received certain 'notes and verbal suggestions' from Colonel Woods; but that such notes and suggestions 'represent that confi dential relation of the president with government officers which should be preserved.' "This is an unskillful letter, fir. Hoover could easily have written a better one. He could have told congress that no information which bears in any way on the problem of unemployment can conceivably be regarded as 'confidential' at the present time. He could have offer ed to send to the senate any Infor mation at his disposal, however am ple or however meager. . . . "The president seems to be con "vinced of the Importance of co-op-1 eratlon between the executive and .legislative branches of the govern ment during the short session but consistently falls to co-operate when an opportunity is offered him. Whoever advises him in his cor respondence with the senate con tinues to advise him badly." The mission of the county home and farm agents has been magni fied until now It Is one of the big gest Jobs In the land.?Governor Gardner. Sixteen to eighteen months will probably elapse before there Is an upward trend In the price of farm commodities, said Dr. L H. Bean, of Washington. U. S. Short ?200,000,000 i Canada's trade with the 1/hited1 States fell oft approximately $300, 000,000 for the 12 months ending C- tober 31, according to figure -: ob-i ined from Ottawa by the w rk World The exact de s $297,29 ) 703. Of this r. $"00,000,000 was in imports i tl ? United States and $100,000,000 in exports. Canada's total world trade slumped over $600,000,000 in 1930, according to the figures pub lished, and more than $130,000,000 of this was due to decline in wheat exports. "It is predicted that for the pres ent fiscal year (1931) Canada's un-: favorable trade balance with the United States will show a reduction cf (200.000,000," says the dispatch. Canada has been one of the Unit ed States' best customers. The ex panding trade between the two neighbors was hard hit by the Haw ley-Smoot tariff and the new high tariff imposed by Canada, allegedly in retaliation for the American act. | Farm Relief Wrangle Lack of co-operation between Senator Watson of Indiana, Repub lican leader of the senate, and Sen ator McNary of Oregon, assistant Republican leader, was in evidence recently in the debate on the drought relief bill. Senator Watson, who was defending President Hoo ver's recommendation of $25,000,000 for farm relief, deplored the criti cism of the president, and stated that the agricultural committee had seen fit to increase that amount. Senator McNary quickly interpos ed, saying: "It is not fair to say that the senate committee increas ed the appropriation to $60,000,000., The Joint resolution which I intro duced was sent to me by the de partment of agriculture two weeks before action was taken. It called for $60,000,000, and I had reason to believe that the president knew what his right hand (Secretary of Agriculture Hyde) was doing." When Senator Watson complain ed that there was a lack of co-op eration by the Democrats on this bill. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, I Democratic leader, gave the Indi- ' a a senator another "call down" to J effect that the special c - ( tee set up by the preside: i ...ke the drought survey had' on.mended $60,000,000. 1 An explosion in the senate fol- , lowed a day later when Senator , Watson attempted to insert in the i Record a letter from Secretary of > Agriculture Hyde denying that he 1 had sponsored the $60,000,000 bill with the provision for loans to farmers with which to buy food. Senator McNary declared he would | not be "put on a spot" to relieve 1 the embarrassment of the adminis tration and threatened to tell the "inside story" of this bill. Senator | Watson announced later that he ' had torn up the Hyde letter, so that "inside story" of how this bill first had administrative support and then opposition has not been re vealed. The conference committee finally agreed to appropriate $45,000,000 when Democratic leaders announc ed there would be no holiday recess until the bill was passed. Efland Woman Commits Suicide Efland, Dec. 23.?Mrs. T. R. Fltz patrlck committed suicide at her home east of Efland about noon to day. Death was Instantaneous. She placed a shotgun on a table and as she sat upon a bed in the east room of her home sprang the trigger with a walking cane. The deceased was a highly respected citizen of Efland and Orange county, having taught school In the county for a number of years. Surviving are here only son. Har ry Fltzpartlck. of Delray Beach, Fla.; her husband, T. R. Fltzpat rlck; one brother, John Miller, of Mebane, and three grandchildren. The deceased had been in very poor health for several weeks. Definite funeral arrangements had not been made pending the ar rival of her son, Harry, from Flori da. Demonstration poultry kocks in Caldwell county paid their owners $2.51 a bird above all feed costs lasi year. * rr '? i r One Million Dejicit Probable Raleigh, Dec. Zl.?North Carolina will probably face n deficit of one million dollars when the present fiscal year ends and the 1931 gen eral assembly must launch a state wide program of retrenchment, the biennial report of the state tax commission says. Despite reductions in a $3,125,000 curtailment of maximum appropri ations made by the 1929 general as semply, it is said, "it is now quite apparent that at the end of this fiscal year we shall not only have absorbed a two-million dollar sur plus brought over from the previous biennium but in addition shall have a substantial deficit. The amount of this deficit cannot be closely proxi mated at this time on account of the uncertainty as to income tax payments next March, but we shall be fortunate if it does not exceed a million dollars." Ail lines of state revenue, the re port says, are showing a falling off. It is pointed out that "even the, highway fund," which in all pre vious years has shown progressive increases, will yield a million dol lars less of revenue this year than last. The report points out that of the $100,000,000 tax burden on North Carolinians, a total of 75 per cent of each tax dollar is spent by and through local county governments. "If, as a part of a universal pol icy of retrenchment," the report sets forth, "there can be a substan tial reduction of costs throughout this whole structure, we can effect a substantial relief for local tax payers. "The tax commission recom mended this general policy two years ago when even in prosperity the weight of our tax burden seem ed unbearable. "If a policy of retrenchment seemed advisable two years ago when in prosperity we had a two million dollar surplus, it seems ab solutely imperative now with a de ficit and adversity." Pointing out the unbearableness, even in good times, of the combin ed tax burden for state and county purposes of $100,000,000, the report states "we should first give place in our thinking to a re-adjustment of the size and weight of this bur den. Forest Insects Thrive in Wake of Big Drought Drought has weakened forest trees in many parts of the country .his year and the United States de partment of agriculture reports irmies of bark beetles following in its wake and preying on weakened trees. The beetles are not only kill ing many trees, but they are re-en forcing their ranks for a threat a gainst timber next year. Damage by drought and beetles together is particularly severe throughout the southern Appalach ian mountains. An appreciable per centage of the pine timber through out most of the region near the junction of Tennessee, North Caro lina, and Virginia is dying. Large patches on mountain sides, normal ly green with pine at this time of year, are now red or brown. Many hickory trees likewise suffered from the drought and beetles have at tacked them. Reports from Ohio and other North Central states show that drought and insects to gether have killed many hardwoods there. Drought alone killed some trees, but in most cases beetles have add ed the finishing touches. Bark bee tles do not attack vigorous trees when there aje enough weakened ones to satisfy their appetites. Entomologists of the Division of Forest Insects, department of agri culture, suggest that unless sub zero, killing temperatures occur during this winter precautionary measures should be undertaken in order to prevent the development and possible spread of the beetles next spring and summer. These measures consist of destroying, by burning, the developing beetles pre sent in and under the bark of in fested trees left in the woods, or present in slabs left at the saw mill. Dying trees should be cut first to get the beetles. Dead trees can wait, for the tree-killing insects have already left them. There was a difference in income per acre of $90.71 where the new tobacco fertilizer formula 10-4-6 was used over where the old 8-3-3 formula was used In demonstra tions conducted In Person county by farm agents H. K. Sanders last season. Ned Johnson told D. H. Osborne county agent of Alexander county that he was going to start right lr 4-H dairy calg club work so he sole a grade cow and calf to secure ad ditional funds needed to buy a reg istered heifer. [...SUCCESSFUL HOMEMAKING ? y GRACE VlALl GIAY HAPPY BREAKFASTS To start the day properly, breakfast should by rights be the happiest nietfl of all. In too many households, how ever, it Is a mad scramble and dash as the different members of the family swallow their food quickly and streak off to school or to the duties of the day, leaving mother behind feeling ex hausted and flurried to start with! I Most of this Is due to mismanage- I merit and bad training. Inflexible sys tem, order und regularity will over come much of this early morning con- j fusion. Well-planned, Interesting and tastefully served breakfasts will do i the rest. Don't always serve the same | thing for breakfast and show the fam- ( ily, at leas* two or three times a week. < that It is worth a little effort to give j the day a good send-off by serving a | delicious hot bread, fresh from the ! oven. How about a quick coffee cake, for example? This Is how it Is made: 2 tbsp. fat 1 egg 2 cups self-rising 3 tbsp. sugar flour % cup milk Cut or rub the fat into the floor; beat the egg with the sugar and rul) it, add it to the milk. Add this liquid to the flour, spread the batter in a greased pan until one-half inch thipk, cover with a top mixture and#bako in a hot oven (400 degrees F.) for fif teen minutes. The'top mixture consists of four tablespoonfuls butter, one tablespoon l ful self-rising flour, one-half cupful j confectioners' sugar, one teaspooqful cinnamon, two dozen raisins or cur | rents. Rub the butler into the flour, I sugar and cinnamon. Press the raisins into the coffee cake batter at regular intervals, and sprinkle this | mixture over the top. The aroma of this delicious hreak I fast bread floating upstairs is better 1 ~xr * To start the day right, breakfast should be a happy meal. A delicious hot coffee cake, fresh from the oven, wiJI make the breakfast the happiest occasion. The homemaker using ready prepared or self-rising flour can have such a coffee cake for her breakfasts. than a dozen gongs or shoutings to get the family down to breakfast on time! And not only coffee cake, but all sorts of delicious hot breakfast breads, such as waffles, griddle cakes, dough* nuts and hot rplls are easily and quickly mjide by the use of self-rising soft wheat flour. And in addition, it saves from 25 to 40 per cent of one's time in mixing them when time is the essence of success with the morning meal. Self-rising flour is only soft wheat flour to which the miller has added pure mono-calcium phosphate and bi carbonate of soda, which is really bak ing powder, and salt for seasoning. So It Is after all a ready prepared pre-leavened flour, ideal for breakfast use. Big Income Tax Refund is Favor of James N. Williamson, Jr. More than $108,000, the largest Income tax refund on record In United States court at Greensboro, will be recovered by James N. Wil liamson, Jr., of Burlington, under the terms of a judgment signed by Federal Judge Johnson J. Hayes last Friday evening. Of this amount, $87,615.60 was sought as a refund of actual taxes paid in to Gilliam Gressom, collec tor of Internal revenue. Interest on this amount from October 20, 1926, was also asked and obtained in the judgment filed In the federal clerk's office. ? The defendant, Collector Gris som, represented In the matter by District Attorney E. L. Gavin, filed exception to the Judgment, the ex ception being allowed. However, the attorney general must pass on the matter of an appeal by the govern ment. The proceeding was started more than a year ago by the plaintiff who alleged that the government had wrongfully collected the sum ol $87,615.60 from him as Income taj for the year 1919. A motion to strike out certain stipulations was started by the defendant, and the hearing Friday resulted In Judge Hayes ov erruling the motion and signing the judgment. A total assessment of $92,269.8' was made against Mr. Williamsor on his 1929 tax return, the assess ment being taxable net gain re ceived by the plaintiff as the resul of the sale of stock in James N Williamson and Sons company , This was wrongfully and illegall; , levied, the plaintiff contended, i The government had already re I funded the plaintiff $5,173.12 prln . clpal and interest subsequent to th . levy In controversy, and the judg ment Is for the balance. I I "School Facts" Give Causes of Increase In School Expenses j Raleigh?Presenting a table showing that the wrent operating ( ^ expense of the public schools lias ? Increased from $4,215,178.28 In 1914-15, .ourteen years ago, to 027,- . 961,531.85 in 1928-20, this month's J issue of state school facts In Its new box feature gives several reas- 1 ons "Why school costs have in- * creased." 1 "Largely due to the following rea- ? sons," the educational publication ( points out, "the cost of public edu- i cation has increased in this state." t 1. "The cost of living as a whole , has increased, j 2. "The purchasing power of the j dollar has decreased, 3. "The kind, quantity and quality J of educational service has Increas ed as follows: ^ (a) Enrollment. "There are 250,000 ' more school children to educate to- c day than there were in 1914-15. ? (b) Attendance. Children attend I school much better now than they g did years ago. i (c) Length of term. "The average , term in 1914-15 was 123.0 days and now it is 152.9 days. (d) High school enrollment. "High school costs are approxl- c mately two and a half times ele- s mentary costs. In 1914-15 there j were 16,783 pupils enrolled in pub- ( lie high schools; today (1928-29) there are 109,506. (e) Training of teachers. "The . best teachers are paid the highest salaries. More than a year has been 1 added to the average training of 1 North Carolina teachers within the ? past few years. I (f) Curricula. "The curricula of- 1 fered in many schools have beea ; broadened and enriched: Courses in ' vocational, industrial and fine arts, j as well as other subjects, have been ? added in "many large schools." ( Craven county growers increased their corn crop by 117,405 bushels in 1930. This was done by Increas ing the acreage, using some land ' idle in 1929 and by better methods, says C. B. Faris, county agent. i Receiver's Re-sale of Real Estate Under and by virtue of the 1 power of sale contained in a cer tain mortgage deed of trust duly executed by R. B. Thomas and wife, Mabel B. Thomas, in favor Piedmont Trust Company, Trus tee,on the 6th day of April, 1920. and securing the payment of a series of bonds numbered from 1 to 7, both inclusive, bearing even date with said mortgage deed of trust and payable to bearer, each in the sum ot $400.00, default having beeu made in the payment of said in debtedness as in said mortgage deed ot trust provided, and by the further authority of an or ,der of the Superior Court, of Al j aina'hce 'county in an action therein pending, and 'being No. 3682 upon the civil issue docket, j the undersigned Receiver of | Piedmont Trust Company will, Ion the S'cond Monday in Jan., 1931, at 10 o'clock, a. m., the same b dug the 12th DAY OF JAN., 1931, at the courthouse door in Ala mance county, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real property, to-wi': A certain tract or parcel of laud in Alamance Cou North Carolina, being lot 43 iu block C, in what is kn as the Ireland property, describ ied as follows: Beginning at an iron stake on Grace street, adjoining No. 42, C. B. Thomas' lot; running thence with said lot 170$ f. with the line of C. B. Thomas to an iron stake; thence with the line of Jim Hayes 50 ft to an iron stake; thence parallel with the line of C. B. Thomas 1 back to Grace street 17u$ ft to an irou stake; theuce with the ! line of Grace street 50 ft to the I point of beginning. \ II Said mortgage deed ? f trust ; is recorded in the office of the ? Register of Deeds for Alamance : County in Book 87 at page 10. The term* of the -ate will be cash ' upon lilt* (late of the sale and (he l purchaser will be b unshed with al - certificate hy said Receiver certify-] *-ing the amount of his bid and t receipt of the purchase price, and '. the sale will be left ?open ten days '. thereaf.er for the placing of ad vane y ed bids as required by law. This is a re sale and bidding will - begin at 4ft68 22. This the 24th dsv of Dec . 1ft30 e THOMAS D. COOPER, Receiver Piedmont Trust Co i J. Dolp.. Ally. NOTICE! ale of Real Estate Under Mortgage. tJhder and by virtue of jfche >ower of sale contained in, a ertain mortgage deed executed ind delivered by Willie High ower and wife, Sophronia iightower, to Dr. J. L. Ker lodle, under date of January Ith, 1926, which note and nortgage deed were transferred ind assigned to the Bank of Jibsonvilieand which mortgage s duly recorded in the office of he Register of D^eds for Ala nance County in Book 9b 01 Mortgage Deeds, page 277, de ault having been made in the >ayment of principal and in- ? erest at maturity of the inort fage thereby secured and the iolder of said note having lemanded sale of the said prop irty hereinafter and in said dortgage Deed described and ubject to the conditions here nafter stated, the undersigned vill on MONDAY, JAN. 26, 1931, at 12:00, noon, >ffer for sale at public auction it the courthouse door in Gra-j lam, Alamance Couuty, North Carolina, the following described val estate, to-wit: A certain piece or tract of and lying and being in Ala nance County, State aforesaid, n Pleasant Grove Township, ind delined and described as xllows, to-wit: the following iract or parcel of laud lying j ind being in Pleasant Grove Township in said County and State, bounded and described as follows; BEGINNING at point 3rs on Stagg Creek, the N. E. 3orner of Turner Moore's land; thence with his line N. 83J W 16 chs. 15 Iks. to a stake, Moore's N: W. coiner on the public road; thence up said road N. 28i E. 2 chs. to a stake, a corner of lot No. 5, B. S. Benson: thence with his line S. 89? 'El 51 chs. 20 Iks to pointers on Stagg Creek; thence down said creek as it meanders to the first station. Contain ing 23 8-10 (Twenty three and eight tenths) acers moro or less. The same being a part of the Gri fis lands, being lot No. 4 in subdivision of J. H. McLeod. Increased bids may be placed, as provided by law, ouly within ten dajs from,'date of sale. This the 19th day or Decem ber, 1$0. J Dr. J. L. Kernodle, Mortgagee. Bank of Gihsonville, Assignee. Thomas & Madry, Atty's Bladder Weakness 7* If Getting: Up Nlfffrts, Backaehe^ frequent day calls, Leg Pains, Nerv-* ousness, or Burning, due to function* al Bladder Irritation, in acid condi tions. makes you feel tired, depressed and discouraged, try the Cystex Test. 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