THE GLEANER
OBAflAM. N. 0., AUG. 13, 1931.
IMCBD BVBXY THURSDAY.
X. O. KERNODLE, Editor.
$1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
SaUr*4 at tae Portofflo. at Qrataan.
?N O.. aa aaoouu-diaaa matter
Drastic ? Destructive
Seven-cent cotton?and less!
That's what happened a few
days ago when the Department of
Agriculture at Washington sent
out a report estimating this year's
crop at 15,584,000 bales as of Au
gust 1st.
The Federal Farm Board ac
knowledges It cannot cope with the
situation when It makes the sug
gestion that the cotton farmer
plow up and destroy every third
row of his cotton crop.
One has said the proposition Is
asslnlne?that's what most people
would say after thinking about It
soberly.
Why should the cotton farmer
or any other farmer destroy what
be has labored for and gone to the
expense of producing In order to
boost the price?
This year's crop Is made. Har
vest It and save It. Reduce acre
age drastically next year, and the
price will rise. Employ the sur
plus time from next year's crop In
growing feed stuffs.
If the government will and can
help carry the farmer, the surplus
could be used as collateral with the
unequivocal understanding that
next year's crop Is to be material
ly curtailed. Such a procedure
would be more reasonable than
destroying what Is already made.
Cuba has a rebellion on Its
hands, and this morning the news
comes that 52 have been killed.
That sounds like a little war.
The LindbergMi are still in Alas
ka according to latest reports. The
weather has not been favorable
and they are taking no foolish
risks.
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A headline says "Hoover is busy
with studies of business and re
lief prbblme." He Is not alone?
the rest of the country Is practi
cally engaged en the same job.
Hie shortage of former tax ccd
lector, Ed. H. Lee, of Raleigh, has
grown from $30,000 to $40,000 In
the past week, according to news
paper reports, and some of the tax
books have not been found.
Col. Luke Lea's trial Is still on
In Ashevllle. 1$ Is charged that he
conspired to defraud the Central
Bank and Trust Company out of
$1,900,000. That's big money and
the fight Is no tame affair.
Bishop Cannon has lost his light
to restrain further action of the
probe committee Into his political
activities. He may evade prosecu
tion In the event early action Is not
taken, as the statute of limitations
will Intervene In his behalf on
some date In September.
A giant box bush, known to be
more thsm a hundred years old,
was pictured In the papers a few
days ago. The bush Is over 30 feet
high, IS ft feet In diameter. It was
recently moved 18 miles from
Townsvllle to the home of J. P.
Zolllcoffer at Henderson. Six men
worked for five weeks tunneling
under the bush In order to lift
all the dirt about its roots to be
transplanted with It when It was
removed. Ten tons of native soil
was moved with It.
Two girls were arrested In Wil
mington last week In a restaurant
clad in beach pajamas. The war
rent charged "Indecent exposure
' and going around Improperly
dressed."
Dr. D. If. Douglas, president of
the State University of South Car
ollna, died last Saturday and Ber
nard If. Barach, New York finan
cier and native of 8. C., Is among
those mentioned for the vacancy.
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B. P. Powers of McConnell. Moore
&* Ommtfy, produced 9#s weighed
L boabals of wheat on two acses of
i. tqpd-tMkt had been limed aodgnew
JUST ONE THING
AFTER ANOTHER
By Carl Ooerch
Do you know the difference be
tween an optimist and a pessi
mist?
Walt a minute: If you even so
much as think of getting off that
old gag about the doughnut, there's
going to be murder In the family
Funny how folks will hear some
trite remark and then will repeat
It on every occasion.
"An optimist," says Orator John
Smith, "Is the man who sees the
doughnut, but a pessimist sees only
the hole."
And then Mr. Smith pauses to
wait for the applause. Somebody
ought to start throwing the furni
ture at him.
There are a whole lot of remarks
of that type that have been worn
out many years ago. In my line of
work I have to take quite a few
pictures. I'll direct Mr. Jones to
please stand in a certain position
so that I may take a snapshot. He
complies with the request, but be
fore I can take the picture, he
grins from ear to ear and says:
"Better watch out that I don't
break the camera for you."
If I've heard that once, I've
heard It five hundred times. Its
got so that I hold my breath and
strain my ears Just listening for
that senile remark.
Then there's the guy who gets up
to make a talk on some subject or
another and who suddenly takes
a notion that something ought to
be said about diversion and play.
"We need our fun and amuse
ment," he cries, "because all work
and no play makes Jack a dull
boy."
And, he, too, pauses to wait for
(expressions of appreciation from
his audience. He's terribly disap
pointed If folks don't bust a few
suspender buttons laughing.
Solomon took a couple of days
off a long time ago and thought up
a whole gang of bright remarks
such as: "Spare the rod and spoil
the child;'* "A bird In the hand Is
worth two In the bush," and many
others. They were first passed
around about 2000 B. C. They've
been passed around ever since. The
thing that gets me Is the expres
sion of smug satisfaction that
spreads over a person's counte
nance when he makes use of one
of those old saws. As much as to
say: "Listen to that, will you;
ain't I the bright little fellow."
There are some folks In the
world who are original. They
think up a bright remark occas
ionally and turn it loose among
their friends. The friends grab
hold of It and pass It on to their
friends, without bothering to give
the originator credit for It. Those
friends, In turn, keep on spread
ing it and using It on every occa
sion. After a while the thing gets
awfully monotonous.
One of the first expressions of
that kind that I can remember Is
"23, skldoo for you!" How we used
to holler It on all occasions! And
weren't we the saucy little devils!
No matter what was said, no mat
ter what the subject of conversa
tion be, "23?skldoo!" was always
trotted out. Undoubtedly there
are folks still living who use It oc
casionally and think they're get
ting off something original.
"Chees' it!" was another one.
And do you recall when the word
"kid" was first used to designate
something besides a young goat?
It was "hello, kid!" "Oh you kid,"
from morning until night. Every
body was "kid", from the preach
on down to the plumber and the
baby. It was kid here and kid there.
Oh, we were the giddy cut-ups In
those days; what with our bicycles,
stereoptlcan views and other
things.
Conversation is a great thing, but
when a guy gets up to speak and
steals all his remarks from the
Bible, Shakespeare, Milton, and
modern wise-crake rs, it makes his
listeners grow very, very weary. It's
another one of those things that
somebody ought to do something
about
Woodrow Ellington, 18, of High
Point was drowned near Edenton
last Thursday night when he
Jumped overboard to save a girl,
who Is reported an expert swim
mer and leaped out of the boat In
fun.
The average Infestation of boll
weevil in Harnett County it not
over 3 to I percent, though some
farms have an infestation of SO
percent. /
Three lots of hogs have been put
on febd io Johnston County for
ahfement in September.
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Cherokee Camp Close* Pint
Period.
The first period of Camp Cher
okee came to a successful close on
Monday. Scouts from Burlington,
Reidsvllle, Leaksvllle, Madison,
Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Roxboro,
and Graham were In camp during
this session. All specialties?such
as Wilderness camp for the older
Scouts, leather craft, archery, bead
work, metal craft, woodcraft, and
general camp craft?played a large
part In the program of the open
ing period. General Scout ad
vancement also had Its place in
this program, as a total of sixty
eight merit badges were passed oft.
One Scout completed Eagle re
quirements.
The entire camp staff, consisting
of O. B. Gorman, catap director;
Horace Williams ton, director of the
Wilderness camp, assisted by Hll
lls Ellington; Dr. John Thornton,
in eharge of health and sanita
tion; George Koch and Harry Lee
Bowling, craft director; A. L. Has
klns, Jr., beading, archery, rifle
range, and general camp decorat
ing, assisted by Craig Mcintosh
and Nathan Walker; the supply
department, .headed by Almon Mc
Iver and Thomas Sharp; and Billy
Ward, director of all nature work;
all agree that more has been ac
complished than could have- been
hoped for.
The Wilderness camp for older
Scouts, being the only one of its
kind in the entire south, has at
tracted much attention. Several
Scout executives from nearby
councils have visited this project,
and several other have expressed
their desire to do so. This camp
Is located about a mile from the
regular camp. Here the older
Scouts have been living in tents,
while constructing outdoor ovens
and camp kitchens. Adirondack
lean-tos are being built. This re
quires that trees be cut and shap
ed. The sound of axes, cross cut
saws, foot adzes, mauls, and wed
ges, is to be heard during the
morning period, as trees are being
cut and shaped for the structures.
In this camp, afternoons are spent
In Scout craft and Indian lore.
Last Thursday night, the first In
dian pageant ever given at Camp
Cherokee was presented by the
Wilderness campers.
Scout requirements have been
passed off. A number have Advanc
ed from Tenderfoot to Second
class, while Second class advanced
to First class. Don McKee, of
Chapel Hill, completed the Eagle
Scout requirements. Several oth
er Scouts are expecting to receive
this coveted honor during the sec
ond period. A total of sixty-eight
Merit badges have been passed oil
at the sessions of the Court of
Honor, Forestry and Handicraft)
badges taking the lead.
The evening programs have not
been neglected. Treasure hunts,
camp fires, and night games have
added much to the pleasure at
camp. Each Thursday night, a
number of visitors have been on
hand to enjoy stunt night and In
dian war dances.
The food and health at the camp
have been exceptionally good. Sev
eral friends of the Scouts have
made special contributions to the
menu. Mrs. Wm. Bates, Jr., of
Davidson, sent five gallons of ice
cream for Thursday dinner. Sever
al other friends haves gent out
special treats.
During the camp, visitors have
been coming to the camp. Council
officials have been in camp almost
every day. Council President Geo.
H. dark was in' camp opening night.
In the various craft depart
ments, about one hundred and
twenty-five craft articles have
been made, such as bows, mocca
sins, copper trays, etc.
The next period opens today,
with about sixty Scouts and lead
ers, the Scouts coming from
Leaksvllle, Burlington, Graham,
Reldsvllle, Chapel Hill, Hillsboro,
and Roxboro.
Ever; Farm Woman
Desires Pretty Yard.
A beautiful yard is mors a matter
of desire nnd appreciation than it
|s a question of mangy t > inv?t
in the yard. Beautiful -ards may
be built at smifll coit liy j ila,;
native shrabbcqy. properlv placed
'If Orta ean catch a \ i-ion of low I
shrubs growing about the base of
the house and taller shrubs soften
ing the corners. It wifi not o? .a
hardship bo go to tho swamps in
eastern iCarollna or in the hills and
mountains in western Carolina ana
gjM a supply suitable to the needs
of each section," saws Miss Geor
gia Pttand. Tyrrhll County, horn?
agent and expert in yard improve
ment. '*Ourewamps and mountains
abound in native shrubs which are
bdtter suited to our needs -than
manry we can buy and the only
thtng necessary to oeautify th
yard la a little plaanlng and work'
Mies Pifcmd Md special classes
in yard heatitification at-'Wx recent
short course for farm women held
at State College and her 'ee'iivem
were .some of tlie m(js' popular on
the program.
Shp pointpd out tha liniscop'
ing th|a premises means more th '.1
simply planting -the front ;'ard,
There are three areas ':o consil"-.
Each of these calls for special at
tention. There is the :'ron or pu-lc
area, tile private area, and ? the
service area.
Keep the wide expanse o." *h?liwn
undisturbed and plant shrub < at h
haae of tha house, in clumpjuanr
the etrterance gate, or as a oack
grounb aloSig tlx? bar J?,- ta en
hance the richness of flowers, said
Miss Piland. One should also k -ep
in mind the congeniality of plants
Many chprming effects are lost uj'
placing hardy, coarse leafed plants
too neaT th' more delicate vaiir -
tea. A few oerry beuriig shrubs
should be included to add interest
throughout the season.
'Trees about the housa are o ir
best friends," sa.vt Miss Piind. 'If
fc?ou do not bivs th?m sis, get
them and protect then."
Need More Livestock
To Balance Agriculture.
Thc|?robli m of a suce. s'iul south
ern agriculture will never be solv
ed until there is an adeiuata live
stock industry to balance crop pro -
duction aud help to equably dis
tifbute labor on the farm through
out the year. *>
'This is generally admitted by all
who '-i- iliar will oui' farms,
say* a. C. Kimrey. dairy specialist
at State College. 'However, few
eastern farmers have been willing,
so far, to accept this tru'h andpro
seedte the idea as a farm practice.
Insofar aa dairying 1s concerned,
this failure to develop his been
due Jti part to a lack of general
markets. This 'objection is being
roet'by the establishment of cream
eries located so as to nrva the
largest possible territony.*'
Mr. Kimrey says if dairying is to
lielp tdrmcrs of eastern Carolina
produce a farm income, they must
study the cow as a me ins of con
verting larrc ficds into cash. The
good d. iry cow can make a higher
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George R- Stockard, 81-Yean
Old, Cultivates His Farm.
(Greensboro News) ,
George R. Stockard, promineni
farmer of southern Alamance coun
ty, is one who has demonstratec
that happiness and success botl
may be attained by common-sens<
methods of tilling the soil. H<
has followed farming all his life
and still finds profit and content
ment on the place where he wai
born more than gl years ago.
Mr. Stockard, who lives neai
Saxapahaw,' spent the week-end lr
Greensboro on one of his occas
ional visits to his daughter, Mrs
W. R. Hlnton, 810 Olive street. He
was accompanied by his youn{
granddaughter, Miss Vlrginis
Stockard, daughter of Dr. anc
Mrs. Robert M. Stockard, of Gra
ham.
Mr. Stockard Is a "hog and hom
iny" farmer. Low prices for to
bacco do not necessarily worry hln
because long ago he learned tc
discard those things in which
there is no profit. "It requires Ux
much extra labor to get tobaccc
ready for the market," Mr. Stock
ard told a Dally News man a fev
days ago. He commepted that
with the exception of cotton, farir
produce this year is bringing the
lowest figure he has ever known
He recalled a time years ago wher
cotton sold at four cents a pound.
But he does not estimate his
crop In dollars and cents. He grows
an abundance of those things call
ed the necessities of life. He is
especially enthusiastic about his
prospects for a large corn yield
this year and remarked that lr
one of his fields there Is a spot
formerly a meadow, on which he
believed he would harvest at the
rate of 100 bushels an acre. Indi
cations are for a bumper yield 11
the proper amount of rain falls, he
said.
Mr. Stockard gloHes In fine live
stock, hogs and chickens. And he
always has an abundance of grain
on which to feed them.
His 81 years rest lightly on Mr
Stockard. His farm work this yeai
has fallen largely on his own
shoulders, but he has carried the
load as If he were still In his more
youthful days. He mounts and
rides a horse with agility, follows
the plow hour after hour, does his
own milking and performs man;
other chores that a fullfledged
farmer has to attend in rounding
out the day's work.
Mr. Stockard has never seen anj
profit In buying gasoline to fuel a
tractor on his farm. He grows his
own "fuel" for his horsepower
which Is supplied by sleek horses
Even In this modern age, old Dob
bin still holds his place on the
farm. He can marth down a corn
row and never break a stalk?but a
tractor can't.
3 ca?h return foi afl classes of farm
feeds, including grass pastor tiiin
can any other clasi of domosti?
livestock.
t Even with the prevail n{ o v
- prices for but'erfat, a cow hat w !.'
I produce two and bne-half gallons
l of milk each dtfy test'n*? percent
i butterfat, or 8000 pounds a ^:ur.
J will return to har ownar .*2.1? a
, bushel for cov*nf?2) a ton for hay
- .*po a ton for cottonseed meal. and
i a sejisoa for pasture grazing.
Thl/s is based on a price of 'iocefits
r a pound Tor butterfat and 38 ccnta
i a hundred po ind i f).* t'i? l'cl i ?
. milk left. Th?re is/also an add t
i. ional return from th> cilvsi an I
? the fertili/. ng value of th ? man '.re.
, When these facts are appelate I
^ Mr. Kimrey says mor; coW3 wi!'
I necessarily be placed in v ie great
. feed-producing section of eastern
Carolina. The result will b- a
brighter da}' for firming ia th it
territory.
j Re-Sale of Real Estate
1 Under Deed of Trust.
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> Under and by virtue of the
? power of sale contained in that
'? certain deed of trust executed by
? S. G. Walker and wife, Pauline
J Walker, to John S. Thomas, Trus
' tee,dated August 2nd, 1929, and
[ duly recorded in the office of
Register of Deeds, Alamance
, County, in Book of Deeds of
! Trust No. 113, pages 355-356,
. default having been made in the
i payment of the indebtedness
i thereby secured as therein pro
l vided,and the holder of the note
> having demanded a sale of the
. property hereinafter and in said
! deed of trust described, . the un
! dersigned will, on
. MONDAY, AUG. 24th, 1931
> at 12:00 o'clock, noon,
offer for sale at the Courthouse
door of Alamance County, in
! Graham, N.C., to the highest bid
1 der for cash all that certain
tract or parcel of land situate in
! Alamance County, North Caro
, lina, defined and described as
i follows:
Beginning at an iron stake:
I running thence S. 88| deg. East
1 219 ft. to a stake; thence N.28?
1 deg.W. 87 ft. to a qtake; thence
' N. 88i deg.W. 175 ft. to a stake
on said Glencoe Road; thence
with said Glencoe Road 75 ft. to
. the point of beginning, upon
which is situated a dwelling,
i Bidding will begin at $530.25.
This sale will be held open for
' ten days from date of sale for
increased bids, as provided by
| ' JOHN 8. THOMAS,
Trustee.
NOTICE!
, Mortgagee's Re-Sale erf Real
Estate.
Under and pursuant to the
power of sale contained in that
certain mortgage deed from
Mrs. Nettie Sutton to Mrs.T.L.
Fitzgerald, dated August 12th,
1921, and recorded in the- office
of the Register of Deeds of Ala
mance County, in Mortgage '
Deed Book 81, page 143,default '
having been made in the pay
ment of the debt secured there
by, I will sell at public auction,
for cash, at the courthouse door
in Graham, on
SATURDAY, AUG. 29th, 1931,
at 12:00 o'clock, noon,
the following described real
property, to-wit:
A tract or parcel of land in the
County of Alamance, and State
of North Carolina, in Burlington
Township, adjoining the lands
of Tucker St., Alamance Ins. &
Real Estate Co., and others,
bounded as follows:
Beginning at corner Brown's
lot on Tucker St. ;runmng thence
with said Brown's dot South
east 178 ft. to corner of Ala
mance Ins. & Real Estate Co.;
thence with line of said Real
Estate Co. 90 ft.; thence with
line of said Real Estate Com
pany Northwest 178 ft. to a cor
ner on Tucker St.; thence with
line of Tucker St. 90 ft. to the
beginning, containing .40 of an
acre, and being one-half of Ijot
No. 49} in plan of the City of
Burlington. N. C., on which is
situated a five-room cottage.
This sale will be made in all
respects as provided by law for
mortgagee's sales.
This is a re-sale aqd bidding
will start at $1050.00.
This the 11th day of August,
1931.
MRS. T. L. FITZGERALD,
Mortgagee.
S. Dalph iMf, Atty.
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