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THE GLEANER I GRAHAM. N. 0., JULY 23, 1931. I88UBD EVCKY THUE8D1T. J. D. KERNODLE, Editor. $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ?ntared at tDe Posfoffloe at Oraham, .N 0.. as seoouu-olass matter President Piqued Mr. Hoover has started a little fuss with the reporters about some things which have got Into print without sanction of His Majesty. See here how grave the matters complained of: The President missed his dinner in rushing back to Washington from his Rapldan retreat to attend to an important business matter and ate a sand wich on the way; the wife of Sec retary Newton fell in the creek at the camp; and one of the Presi dent's dogs sampled somebody's ankle and was banished. The promulgation of such inti mate personal matters is grave, indeed, and calls for drastic treat ment! And that sort of reporting is likely to be censored to the limit. Gee?what next? Perhaps a mor atorium will be in order to iron things out. The Mellons ought to stand by the Hoover-Grundy Tariff. They have a monopoly on the manufac ture of aluminum ware in the United States, sell the products at whatever price they choose, and fire now taking the profits to Cana da and are building a plant of 400,000,000 pounds yearly capacity. The U. S. Steel Corporation and Campbell Soup Co. are doing like wise. Here are outstanding exam ples of concerns grown rich and powerful by virtue of governmental protection afforded by a tariff wall ?powerful enough to take their enormous profits and set up bus iness outside the reach of Uncle Sam's ^ustoms officials. Anent the announcement ot Hon. Frank Grist, State Commis sioner of Labor and Printing, as a candidate for the United States 8enate, the Greensboro Dally News alludes to him and expresses the opinion that he would make a "fine dog catcher." Mr. Grist demurs and asks a modification of the statement. The News says it can't. The "dog catcher" may, or may not, start a chase after the donor of the appellation. If he does, then the people and the press will have something to look forward to, and so will the Daily News. It Is worthy of all commendation to go to the help of those In dis tress. Germany was ready to blow up, and had reached the limit In paying reparations under the world-wide depression In business. It had come to the knowledge of the Government at Washington that default ir. payments was im minent, and hence the proposed moratorluqd. If It carries Germany over. henceforth that country should ever be grateful for the kind offices of Uncle Sam. The friends of Hon. A. L. Brooks Ot Greensboro are passing his name around on the sentatorlal platter. This scribe la not ad vised whether Mr. Brooks Is In a receptive mood or not, but he be lieves Mr. Brooks could handle a Job of that size with becoming grace and that he would not look bad clad In the senatorial toga. In the parley being held In Lon don there Is an evident disposition on the part of the national repre sentatives to help Germany ovei her financial trouble. The slow ness of action Is no doubt largelj influenced by the memory of 1! years ago. Senator Cameron Morrison wll have to tighten his grip on the sen atorial handle. Somebody is going to try, it seems, to yank the prist away from him. Avery county farmers sold 18,001 pounds of good quality wool at i cooperative pool held by Count; Agent C. B. Balrd. JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER By Carl Goerch I have yet to find a single indi vidual who takes Frank Grist's can didacy for the senate seriously. However, I learned a long time ago I that it doesn't pay to laugh and Joke much about any political can didate. The outcome of a contest for office is Just about as uncertain , as the meaning and significance of a woman's hand when she sticks it out of the side of an automobile as a signal. I've never been able to get a suit in which the pants and vest would meet while I was wearing a belt. My shirt takes a special de light in rolling itself up into a bulge which always protrudes in the space where the vest and pants are supposed to meet. It gives me the appearance of having stolen some apples and trying to hide them in a blouse. There's nothing wrong about a woman smoking, if she wants to. It's Just a little bit common, like picking one's teeth in public or wiping one's nose on one's sleeve. Any individual who says that there is anything morally wrong about a woman smoking a cigarette, cigar or pipe Just naturally doesn't know what he's talking about. Mrs. Dan Bell, who helps her husband to run the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead City, can make a guest feel at home with more ease and grace than anybody I've ever seen. And it is readily apparent that there is nothing put on about her manner either. She's glad to see you and she doesn't mind letting you know that she feels that way about it. It's been seven months since I've taken a drink. Funny how every body who climbs on the water wagon likes to brag about it. Des pite the fact that the conversation may be about the condition of the alfalfa crop in Australia, the num ber of lions that are killed annual ly in Africa or the height of build ings in Paris, I can always manage to change the subject so as to make mention of the fact that it's been seven months since I've had a drink. I even do it when I'm writing about other things. I don't like Norma Shearer. She's a wonderful actress and a beauti ful woman, but she ruins every thing when she starts to laugh. That silly giggle of hers set my nerves on edge every time I hear It, and by the time the show Is about half-way through, the only way I can relieve my feelings Is to kick my wife on the shins, or stick chewing gum on the arms of the seat In which I am sitting. The most appreciative person In the world Is a Jew. Do a favor to a Gentile, and inside of a week, the chances are that he will have for gotten It. Do a favor to a Jew, and he won't forget It as long as he lives. Not only that, but It seems as though he spends the rest of his life trying to do something nice for you. Germany can't pay her debts, so everybody in the world takes a most sympathetic and kindly atti tude toward her. The minute you or I don't pay our bills, all we get Is a swift kick In the pants. One of the grandest sensations In the world Is to load up your car with friends, get all set to take a nice trip somewhere, and then lind out that the startea doesn't work i and you can't get the motor to run. It's one of those foolish feelings that Is well worth experiencing. If you haven't ever gone through with It, you've missed something. Last Friday night an abandoned oil mill, storage warehouse and | 858 bales of cotton were burned at : Henderson. Loss estimated at $40, : 000. The cotton belonged to Mc Fadden commission merchants of Atlanta and was insured. Origin ? of fire unknown. ' Bandits robbed the Bank of Dal las, Gaston county, of about $2,000 " shortly before 2 o'clock Tuesday. ? They beat up the cashier, threw r him In the vault, scooped up the , cash and fled In an automobile. ' The Crawford furniture company of Asheboro Is building an addl * tlon to its plant and will add 40 ? more workers to Its force when the [ addition Is completed. It now , employs more than 80 workers. SherlfT Locke McKenzle of Ro wan county was shot to death last J Thursday by Scott Winders, a shell 1 shocked World War veteran. He 1 was called to the home of Mrs. Winders for protection. News of the Week on Alamance County Farms. Nicholson Bros., Burlington, R. 1, are building a real herd of pure bred Jersey cattle. They now have five female offsprings from one Jersey that was purchased In Vir ginia several years ago. By using good bulls they are rapidly build ing up a high producing herd. Up until a short time ago these broth ers had an unusually well bred bull of eminent breeding purchased from the Pender test farm. The daughters of this bull were higher producers than their dam. Another factor that has had a lot to do with their success In dai rying is good pastures. Each year new acreage has been brought into prepared pasture on this farm. An application of five hundred pounds of lime per acre to soy beans gave a big Increase in yield of soybean hay over soybeans hav ing no lime, according to Dr. J. A. Pickett, Burlington, rfd. Dr. Pick ett Is planning to use additional lime this fall for clover and other legumes. Several serious breaks of fowl ty phoid have been reported in the county during the past two weeks. Mr. W. B. Ector, Burlington, route, reported an outbreak of this dis ease In his flock and his entire flock was vaccinated with the anti typhoid serum. This serum seems to be very effective in controlling this disease provided the entire flock is vaccinated three times dur ing 90 days. Poultrymen should be on the look ; out for this disease and should learn that preventitive measures are always better than attempted cures. Where good flock manage ment Is practiced and sanitary conditions are good there is little chances of poultry becoming effect ed except through spreading from one flock to another. Large yields of wheat are being reported from all sections of the county. Mr. F. J. Hornaday, of _ Liberty, rfd, made 1500 bushels of wheat-this year, averaging approx imately thirty bushels per acre on his entire farm. W. P. Ireland, Elon College, made 270 bushels of wheat on six acres, an average of 45 bushels per acre. W. Kerr Scott, Haw River, has 40 acres of fine alfalfa this year which has already been cut twice. Kerr has a barn with a capacity of 170 tons of hay, but he expects to fill it this summer. Cad Albright, Graham, route 2, seeded four acres of alfalfa last fall with such good success that he is preparing and liming twelve additional acres for alfalfa again this fall. Grange Picnic at Alexander Wilson August 1st. Arrangements have been com pleted for the holding of the Grange picnic at the Alexander Wilson school, Saturday, August 1. Mr. Hon. James C. Farmer, lec turer, National Grange, will speak. Mr. Farmer is a nationally known speaker and will have something of real interest for the farmers who hear him. In addition to this a good program is being arranged consisting of foot races, horse shoe pitching, calling contest, games, etc. All farmers and their fami lies, whether members of the Grange or not, are invited to at tend this picnic. Come! Bring your basket and enjoy a real farm er's picnic with your friends and neighbors. N. C. Farmers and Farm Women's Convention. The North Carolina Farmers and Farm Women's convention will be held at Raleigh, July 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st. A real instruc tive program has been arranged for the farmers convention at Ral eigh htls year. The program will consist of talks which will be made by H. G. Ashcraft of Mecklenburg county. Pres. N. C. Farmers con vention; Dean I. O. Schaub, direc tor of extension; Wheeler McMil lan. associate editor of the Country Home; U. B. Blalock, of the N. C. Cotton Co-operative association, and others. A program consisting of music, tours, speaking, classes, have been arranged for each day. This pro gram will consist of talks, discus sions led by agricultural leaders in North Carolina and covering all phases of the agricultural work. Especial effort has been made this year to put on a real constructive program and it will pay every farmer to attend this convention. It is hoped that Alamance county will send a large delegation to Ral eigh. Tobacco curing is well under way in Columbus county with the crop apparently of better qtyUlty than last season. -/ W. LEVI BURKE By DR. W. T. WHITSETT The sudden death of W. Levi Burke will come as a shock to hun dreds of friends. I have 'known him well since his boyhood. For some years he was a high school student with me; always kind, faithful to his duties, and courte ous to all. He made friends read ily, and kept them by his many fine qualities. He has made for himself a large place in the com munity in which he passed his life, and his passing will cause an scho of sorrow in many hearts. His own father died rather un expectedly, and I recall that he was called upon to take up mat ters of business at ,an early age. He carried forward all matters en trusted to him with faithfulness, and success. In hundreds of homes In Alamance, Guilford and sur rounding counties he came In an hour of sorrow to bring that fine attention to details and that fine sympathy that Is so appropriate in hours of sadness. Called to go In the full strength of manhood, it seems all the sad der. His cheerful greeting, his genuine kindness of heart, many of us shall miss as the days go by, but his memory will be held se cure in our hearts. The seasons pass, and all things on earth must fade away; farewell, good friend, we shall long hold in kindly re membrance your life on earth, and shall wish for you that Peace that we all dream of as awaiting those who are faithful to life's best Ideals. News of the Week Among Negri Farmers. (By J. W. Jeffries, Local Agt.) A Good Pasture Pays. Mr. J. B. Whitmore, Mebane, route 4, has a very fine pasture of white clover, lespedeza and carpet grass. Farmers that have low lands would do well to visit this pasture and see how well this mixture is providing good grazing. Messrs. Lucian and Brooks Ker nodle of Altamahaw, route 2, are doing some very creditable farm I ml 1 1_ 1 I * il.. mg. i iiLii urcuaru is uue ui Lilt best to be seen in the county. They have so many nice peaches ripen ing that the local agent could not get around tasting while on a vis They also have good tobacco that it to their farm a few days ago. is being grown on fertilizer recom mended by Mr. E. Y. Floyd, tobac co specialist. Farmer 80 Years Old Joins in the Live-At-Home Program Mr. Isaac Wilson, Burlington, route 6, is eighty years old and still makes a living at home. He made enough wheat this year to supply his needs and cut it him self with an old fashion cradle. A Farming Parson Mr. Willson's neighbor, Rev. T. S. Marsh, could well be called the farming parson. He is growing some good crops on the parsonage (and and is very enthusiastic about the people in the community grow ing their food and feed crops. Rev. Marsh says, that he wants his con gregation to enjoy good food while here on earth, that the milk and honey may make them sick when they get to heaven. The new eastern Carolina cream ery at Washington is expected to open on July 20. Formal exercises celebrating the establishment of the creamery will be held about August 1st. Boll weevils are appearing in large numbers In Halifax county cotton fields. Some growers have begun the fight by mopping and dusting. Others say they cannot a fiord to poison. Columbus county tobacco grow ers are pulling off and throwing away the ground leaves of their tobacco to get rid of low quality material. A heavy hailstorm in Duplin county damaged crops over an area about one-half mile wide and 12 miles long. Tobacco was so badly damaged that It is a total loss on some farms. Once again the royal garden party, culmination of London's season. Is del aged by rain. Our deluded British cousins will persist In holding those things outdoors and there Is a fortune awaiting the loyal subject who caa design formal afternoon attire, both masculine and feminine, made entirely of rubber. Seventy-three per cent of those whe crashed the covers of the new "Who's Who" are college graduates. That la almost as Interesting as It would be to know what percentage of college grad uates fall to make the "Who's Who" grade. BANKERS SUGGEST I BANKING REFORMS Economic Policy Commission of American Bankers Association Recommends Aids to Prog ress in Banking Business. pOLLOWING a nation-wide survey * ol banking conditions and opinion among bankers, the Economic Policy Commission ot the American Bankers Association has made the following recommendations for banking better ment: "Under the category of improved bank management specific improve ments we might summarize are: "(1) Liquidation or consolidation of banks where changed local economic conditions render this desirable; "(2) Wider aflillation among state banks with the Federal Reserve Sys tem; "(3) Development of limited branch banking where economic conditions and legal authority make this expedi ent; "(4) A more general practice, espe I daily lacking among country banks, to analyze the cost of carrying accounts and other operating details and the establishment of proper service charges to make all classes of function profit able; "(5) A more general application of the theory and practice of secondary reserves; "(6) Avoidance by banks of undue borrowing merely to increase their own profits by relending at higher rates, or to over-expand credit to local business in order to increase their own busi ness; "(7) Cooperation among bankers in local communities through city, county or regional clearinghouses so as to promote mutually beneficial conditions and practices; "(8) The insistence upon higher educational effort and qualifications among employees, especially those to be trusted with executive duties. Legislative Measures Proposed "There are some external measures, along moderate legislative and super visory lines, that we also believe would help strengthen banking. Among these are: "(1) The broadening in the states of branch banking laws where condi tions warrant an extension of this type of banking service to the public; "(2) The establishment of sound minimum capital funds "under "v^nicn banks will be allowed to operate, which should be materially higher th'an now prevails in most states; specifically, we believe that the minimum capital with which any new bank shall he chartered, whether state or national, should be at least $50,000; "(3) The provision of funds and regulations to keeft the official staffs of all supervisory departments up to a level of ability and integrity that will universally inspire confidence among bankers whose activities they are empowered to review, and will sup ply real added defenses to the public interests they are appointed to protect. "(4) In connection with the policies of bank chartering departments, we would recommend that, even to a greater extent than is now the prac tice, the greatest care and moderation should be exercised in granting new charters, so as to guard against over banking or the launching of new banks by unqualified persons, which have doubtless been serious factors in the bank failure situation in the past. "(5) Also, referring to Federal Re serve practice not requiring legisla tion, we believe that the Federal Re serve Banks should exercise more free ly their rights to examine banks and use their discretionary power to refuse rediscount facilities to banks indulging in objectionable banking methods." Banker-Farmer Plan An editorial in Southern Cultivator rays: "Favorable comment is being made upon the wisdom and promised results of the farmer-banker agricultu ral program in Georgia. Industrial leaders and publicists, noting that 115 of the 161 'counties in the state have pledged prosecution of the 'live-at home' farm reform, are regarding the working out of the plan this year as of more interest to American farmers than any developments of the Soviet five-year plan in Russia. Agricultural actuaries are of the opinion that If Georgia farmers, hacked by our coop erating bankers and supply men, dem onstrate the expected economies and profits of this home-support plan, it will qjilckly become a contagious cus tom all over the agricultural areas of the nation. It will be the writing of a new 'declaration of independence' for the individualist farmers of the coun try, putting them upon solid terms oi credit and prosperity without need ol recourse to federal or state financial re lief measures. The man of the soli who lives year in and year out 'on his own' will stand up in his community as an economic freeman, making his own terms with the world of finance and trade." A meeting of farmers, bankers, and newspaper men of St. Croix County, Wisconsin, recently organized a drive to promote the growing of alfalfa In such quantity as to save the dairy man the expense of commercial feed and insure greater dairy profits. II is planned in this campaign to have within the next three years, at least one acre of alfalfa produced for each dairy cow in the county, or a tola j of about 40,000 ansa Farm Leaders Urge Step That Cuts Cost Asl;ed whether side-dreasing wiH pay this year, prominent farm leaders in all parts of the South have gone on yecord as regarding it as one of the main essentials for making a profit with cotton and corn under present conditions. Their replies to the question submit ted by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau indicate that it would be poor economy to omit side dressing on cotton and corn this sea son. Such a step they say would mean lower acre yields and higher unit costs of a pound of cotton or a bushel of horn. Since there has been a drastic reduction in the fertilizer customarily used at planting time, they feel it is ail the more important that these crops be liberally side-dressed with quick-acting nitrogen. Dr. Clarence Poe, noted editor of the Progressive Farmer, summarized the whole question as follows: "I believe every farmer should ar range to do this (side-dress) this year as usual, but so reduce his cotton acre age that his total cotton production will be less than last year. Our cot ton farmers can not find relief in low production per acre. We must find it in higher yields per acre but with fewer acres given to cotton and more acres in food, feed, and fertility crops." You're Late, Mr. Weevil I i jjlWBWgpWMHjWWWMWMWMWWBt >* i This shows how Southern farmers have outsmarted one of their worst enemies, the boll weevil. Notice that the cotton bolls have opened on the lower branches of these stalks. They are out of danger, safe from the rav ages of the weevil. In sections where weevil infestation is heavy it is always difficult to ma ture the bolls on the upper half of the stalks. Growers have discovered, however, that a full crop of cotton may still be grown by spacing the stalks closer together, leaving two stalks in each hill instead of one. A side-dressing of quick-acting nitro gen is used to speed up the devel opment of the bolls. In this way two stalks produce as large a crop in about half the time as was formerly made on one stalk during a longer unmo lested fruiting period. The side-dressing is applied after chopping and before squaring begins. The common application is 100 to 200 pounds of Chilean nitrate of soda per acre. This quick-acting plant food speeds up the development of the bolls so that the cotton on tho lower branches is safely out of danger when the weevil puts in its appearance. REPORT OF CONDITION OF The Citizens Bank OF GRAHAM. At Graham In the State of North Carolina, to the Commissioner of Hanks at the close of business, on the 80th day of June, 1931. / RESOURCES Loans and discounts... *56,248.64 Overdrafts 70.85 U. 8. Bonds - 900.00 North Carolina Bonds 1,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures !,000.00 Cash in vault and amounts due from Apprdved Depository Banks 8,017 79 Checks for clearing and transit items 00.02 Due from Banks Not Approved De positories Cash items held over 24 hours 245.78 Other Real Estate 2,840.05 Total f05,988.93 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 10,000.00 Surplus fund. 5,243.21 Undivided profits, net amount 207.58 Reserved lor Interest Unearned Interest 168.10 Demand Deposits Due Banks Other Deposits subject to check 31,954.27 Cashier's checks outstanding 346.00 Time Certificates of Dep sit, Due on or after 30 days 1,084.49 Savings Deposits. Due on or after 30 days 16,984.62 Bills payable. Collection Due Banks Total .165,988.93 State of North Carolina. ) >-88 County of Alamance, ) W. J. Nicks. President, J. 8. Cook, Dl. rector, and W. S. Vestal, Director of the Citizens Bank, each personally appeared he me this day. and being duly sworn, each for himself, says that the foregoing report is j true to the best of his knowledge and belief. W. J. Nicks, President, J. 8. Cook, Director, W. 8. Vestal, Director, ! Sworn to and subscribed before rae, this the 16th day of July, 1931. T. M. Hadley, Notary Public. My commission expires 2-7-33. 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in 80 minutes, checks a Cold the first day, and checks Malaria in three days. 66 6 Salve for Baby's Cold. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having qualified as Administrator, of the I estate of George A. Kernodle, Jr., deceased, | thi9 is to notify all persons holding claims against the said estate to tile tnem, duly veri ! fled, with the underslgne I Adra'r on or be i foie the 20th da.v of June, 1932. or this notice j will be pleaded in bar of their recovery, j All persons Indebted to said estate will l please make Immediate sett lement. This the 12th day of June, 1931. D L. KERNODLE, Adin'r. J. Dolph Long-, Atty'. CASTOR IA For ftfants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years ! Always bears J I ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ! Having qualified as Administrator, C. t. a of the estate of Willis Tseley. deceased, late of Alamance county. North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said Willis Iseley to present therat I to the undersigned on or before the 20th day June, 1932. or this notice will bo pleaded In bar ot their recovery. ! This the 17th day of June, 1031. W. Ernest Thompson, Admr. c. t. a. Willis Iseiey. deceased, Louis 0. Allen, Atty, Graham, N. 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