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VOL. XLIX BRICK CHURCH MEMORIAL CELEBRATION Great Day at Historic Brick Church —Addresses by Judge Win. P. By uum, Dr. Clarence Ciapp, Dr. W. T. Whitsett, &c. Sunday, July 15th, the annual Memorial and Historical Celebra tion was held at old Brick Church on historic grounds, dating from 174-5; the scene of many noted lo cal celobrations. The first org in ized church at this place was in 1770 under the ministry of Rev. SamueH?uther, who was preach inNtere and at Frieden's Church, aikl at many othor places during the stirring days of the Revolu tionary War. In 1835 the first Reformed Classis was organized on these grounds. It was first called Der Klappe Kirche or the Ciapp Church, from a family namo of the early settlers. The large Brick Chuch building was erected in 1814 first, and then en tirely rebuilt in the year 1841. Famous early, ministers were Revs. Samuel Suther, Wm. Bithahn, Andrew Loretz, J. R. Reily, Jas. Rauck, John Ebaugh, John Rudy, John 11. Crawford, and G. Wm. Welker who was in charge from 1841 to 1893, a period of fifty-two years. This is the section first settled by Albrights, Courtners, Mays, Swings, (Scheencks) Greesons, In golds, Ingles, Hoffmans, Fousts, (Fausts) Linebergers, Weitzells, (Wliitesells, Reightsells) Sharps, (Sherbs) and Scaeffers. The first settlers came from Berks county, Penn., in 1745 to 1748 and were descended from settlers from Hesse, Germany, who came to America at the close of the Thirty Years War in Eu rope seeking religious liberty. They played well their part in the War of the Revolution, and were valiant in the Battle of Ala mance only four miles from this church on May 16, 1771. Also at Guilford Court House on March 15,1781. They co-operated close ly with the efforts of Dr. David Caldwell who was the leader of the 1 Scotch-Irish forces rallied from > Alamance and Buffolo Churches only six miles away to the west. Others of their num bers came from Frieden'e Church six miles to the north where an other) hurch had been established by the German settlers under the name of Frieden's Church. Judge Wm. P. Bynum made a magnificent address on the sub ject of Our Early German Settlers. It was replete with important his tory, and was delivered in the speaker's best style without manu script, save for some few import ant notes. Dr. Clarence Ctwpp gave the history of the Klappe, Klapp, or Clapp family from earliest times to the present. He drew freely from notes left by his father, the late Dr. Jacob O. Clapp, a grad uate of Amherst College, and long a noted preacher and teacherin this State. Dr. W. T. Whitsett showed the importance of the early days, and the strategic part played by Brick Church and Frieden's fchurch, and traced their struggles with the problems of church govern ment, civic development, and patriotic demands from the State. He showed how for one hundred years these were the two most im portant i points in# eastern Guil ford, say from the year 1770 down to 1870. Carl J. Clapp was chairman, and Mrs. Eugenia Simmons, sec retary. The grounds were crowd ed with visitors from all over Guilford and Alamance counties; and the church was crowded to its capacity. Music was specially furnished by Mess. C. A. and O. G. Clapp of Greensboro as leaders. The Brick Church Memorial and Historical Association scored a great success, and showed the great importance of the work be ing done to rescue our past his tory from forgetfulness. It is safe to say that the Association's work will grow in importance and interest from year to year. The large number of interested visits ore from various points was a notable feature of the great gathering. They learned much of fhe history of this spot covering THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. FARMERS' AND FARM WOMEN'S CONVENTION Many Phases of Farm Life to be Con sidered by Experts in Their Lines —Dates July 31 to Aug- 2. State College Station, Raleigh, N. C., July 17.—The annual farm ers and farm women's convention to be held at the State College on July 31, August 1 and 2 will be one of the most largely attended' gatherings in the twenty-one years of its history, says J. M. Gray, who is general secretary of the organization this year. Mr. Gray, cooperating with the offi cials of the College and Depart ment, with Dr. J. Y. Joyner of the Tobacco Association, and with Mrs. Lacey McArthur, President of the Women's Section, haa ar ranged a program that will be both instructive and entertain ing. The first day will be largely de voted to the opening exercises with talks by the officials of the organization. Some interesting addresses will also be made by visitors. C. I. Lewis, Editor of the American Fruit Grower, will be one of the leading visitiug speakers on that day. Dr. R. Y. Winters will hold the annual meeting of the North Carolina Seed Breeders' Association on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday, Aug. 1, is Farmers' Business Day. Hon. Asbury F. Lever, formerly of the Federal Farm Loan Board, will speak on this day. The entire program of the joint session will be devoted to financial problems, marketing and other business affairs of the Tarheel farmer. Invitations have been extended to a uumber of prominent men to be present on this day and indications are that many will accept. Thursday, Aug. 2, is 801 l Weevil Day. George A. Maloney of the Delta Laboratory of Tallulah, La., will be a speaker on this day. Practical farmers hud scientists who have heard Mr. Maloney say that he. presents the matter of weevil control in a clearer way than any other speaker in the South. Mr. Maloney has been as sociated with Dr. B. R. Coad at the Government 801 l Weevil Department Station for a number of years. Much time will be given over to problems affecting the rural women of North Carolina. The sessions and reports of the Home Bureau Federation will be of es pecial interest in that they will ■ give reports from the various counties of the State as to just what the women are doing along all lines. Home furnishing, help ing out with the farm income, beautifying the home grounds, how to feed the family and other items will be discussed by some of the best known farm women in the State. Time will also be given for amusement and recreational fea tures. The night programs will be "set aside for this purpose. Mr. Gray states that no pro gressive farmer in North Carolina can afford to miss this convention and that plans should be made now to attend. The dates are July 31, August 1 and 2. The College furnishes rooms in the dormi tories free of charge add meals will be provided at 50 cents each. Guests will have to bring their own linen and toilet articles as these are not furnished by the College. Farmers and their wives who plan to attend but would first rather have more detailed information aboot the meeting should write to Mr. J. M. Gray, Secretary, College Station, Ral eigh, N. C. This comes from a Union coun ty farmer. "I formerly used my muscle and mado 12 bales of cot ton on 23 acres of land. Now I use brain and muscle and make 12 bales on 12 acres and am get ting the value of 12 bales from my cows. My milk checks are now 1200 per month." County Agent T. J. W. Broom says that the boll weevil isu't disturbing this man. more than one hundred and fifty years of the stirring days of old. Such occasions do great good, and those in charge of same deserve our hearty thanks for thfeir la bors. GRAHAM, N. Cm THURSDAY. JULY 19, 1923 HIGH-PRICED COAL AGAIN NEXT WINTER No Chance for Action on Coal Com mission Report in Time to Avert Distress Coming Winter There is no .prospect that the report and recommendations of the U. 8. Coal Commission will result in a iargef or cheaper sup ply of anthracite next winter for the people of the Northern and Northeastern States where there was an acute shortage and much serious suffering during the cold season of 1922-213. Congress is not in s ssion, is not likely to be specially convened by President Harding to enact the program suggested by the.Commission, and can not in the ordinary course legislate for the relief of consum ers before next spring. This means that the price and distribu tion of coal will be left next wiu ter, as it was last winter, to the will of the profiteers. While the President and Con gress are withholding action on the Commission's recommenda tiooi, F. R. Wadleigh, Federal Fuel Distributor, continues to issue pessimistic statements, which, regardless of his motives and wishes, are leading the peo ple in the East and Northeast to fear that they will again suffer at the hands of profiteers iu anthra cite. Mr. Wadleigh declares that notwithstanding any remedy the Coal Commission proposes there is likely to be no more anthracite and no smaller prices for that fuel than there were last year. These lugubrious statements of President Harding's Fuel Dis tributor will, it is feared, be used by the extortioners to justify their gouging of the public at a time when Congress is not in session to legislate against their practices. Notwithstanding Mr. Wad leigh's statements to the contrary, there appears to have been no very considerable underproduc tion of anthracite in the year from June 30, 1922, to July 1, 1923. The output of the mines in the first six months of 1923 was 51,300,000 tons, or about 3,300,- 000 tons less than during the whole calendar year of 1922. It is esti mated that the production for the year ended July 1, 1923, was about 70,000,000 tons. This would be about 19,000,000 tons below the output for the calendar year 1921. Production since January 1, this year, has proceeded at the rate of 1,975,000 tons a week. If this average is maintained for the remainder of the year, the output for 1923 will be about 100,000,000 tons, exceeding by 10,500,000 tone the total for 1921. As the opera tors and dealers have it in their power to control the supply as well as the price, iu default of any interference from Congress, many are saying that Mr. Wad leigh may be correct in his pre diction of another season of scarcity and ' skinning." Shadows of Shasta. A land that man hat* newly trod, Aland that only God has known, Through all the soundless cycles flown, Yet perfect blossoms bleaa the sod, And perfect birds illume the trees And perfect unheard harmonies Pour out eternally of God. A thousand miles of mighty wood Where thunder-storm* stride fl re-shod; A thousand flowers every rod, A stately tree on every rood; Ten thousand leaves on every tree, And each a miracle to me; And yet there be meu who Ques tion Qod! —Joaquin Miller. Eight-hundred and sixty-one head of hogs were iuocu ated" by farmers in Halifax county in one week at the suggestion of Farm Agent C. K. Littlejohn. Indica tions are that bog chblera is now under better control than ever be fore in the history of the State. In Serbia it is the custom to build the partition walls of bouses quite thick, and set stoves in the walla half way through, so that they do daty in warming two rooms. BILL BOOSTER SAYS OWOV ' N*V MMAE'S bhjl aooerftft and m COME M6R.C TO UVt BECAUSE » UKE TV* LOOKS OF TVAE TOVJU AMD "TWL PEOPLE I SEE ON STREETS* FOR "MVS TOWM STRONG AMD VIA BOOSTU4G \T UEA\N\ IAANBE I CAM DO SOME GOOD \ NOOft. EDITOR SANS, *GO TO \T, feMU* The President and the Wheat Farmer. The following is an extract from an Associated Press report of President Harding's visit to a wheat field in Kansas near Hut chinson : Before going into the field the President had a long talk with Mr. O'Neil, a practical wheat farmer of years' experience iu the Kausas district, who summed up the farmers' trouble®. The ex planation was invited by the Chief Executive when he inquired whether tho wheat growers of the Kansas belt were making money. •'We won't make anything this year," Mr. O'Neil said. Senator Capper added: "They didn't make any last year either." "What's the matter?" the Presi dent asked. "Well," Mr. O'Neil continued in response, "I'll give you the figures its near as wo can make them out. "The land investment costs $5 a year in interest on each acre. Pfowing cists $1.50 an acre a year; harrowing, 25 cents; drill ing, 33 cents; cutting, $2.50; threshing, $2.25; hauling, 72 cents, and seed, 85 cents an acre." The total cost for the yield an acre was added by the President and shown to be $13.40. Then Mr. O'Neil said taxes had not been counted with the other factors and should be tak*-n into account at SI.BO an acre, bringing th-> total cost to $15.20. "What is your return?" Ihe President inquired. "We yet 85 cents a bushel now," 1 lie farmer replied, adding that eighteen bushels was a high estimate for the acre yield this summer. The n&t result was tabulated to show 'that against a cost $15,20 the farmer received sls SO, or a profit of 10 cents an acre. "And,". Mr. O'Neil. concluded, "the 10 cents won't feed us." Heavy Losses of Wheat Farmers, Pressure from creditors is com pelling farmers of Nebraska, lowa, Oklahoma, Ami iu certain districts of the Middle West to sell their wheat at prices ranging from 70 to 90 cents a bushel, al though this figure is we.'l below the cost of production. As the farmer's dollar is worth only (0 cents, compared with 1913, the loss to the producer of wheat, is even larger than it appears to be at first glapce. Recent reports of the Depart ment of Labor and the Depart ment of Commerce reveal no de cline in the prices of commodities the farmers have to buy—sugar, groceries, clothing, furniture, paitits, hardware, implements, equipment, efc. On the contrar*, these necessaries arts growing costlier and in the case of many —notably all the articles compre hended in the phrase "buillioß materials" —have risen two and three times higher than agricul tural products. An Arkanas man canvassed his hometown the other day for funds with which to push a suit for di vorce for his wife. COL. ROBERT L. HOLT Prest. Harper Pays Deserved Tribute to This Prince of Men and Loyal and Helpful Friend of Elon. Elon College, July 16. —I do not know when I have been more shocked in my life than when I heard of the death of Col. Robert L 11mt. In his sudden taking away in the prime of manhood and ijisefulnesM this county lias sustained an irreparable loss. Col. Holt was the highest type of business man, clean, courage ous, and forward looking His employees respected and loved him, and those who knew him best valued him most highly. Elon College in his death has lost a benevolent benefactor and a sympathetic friend. Years ago his liberality to Elon began, and he was never sought for assistance but that ready response was forthcoming. In this present cri sis it was he who headed the Ala maupo county committee as gene ral chairman aud who made the first subscription to the Alamance Building Fund. On that stormy night on the 19th of January fol lowing our disaster hero when a group of interested friends met iu the city hall to express their sorrow aud sympathy it was he who rose to his feet and in simple language declared he was sorry for Elon, and that lie was sorry $5,0U0 worth. From that day to this he has not spared himself to help this college iu its crisis. When the Board of Trustees met to appoint a building com mittee they had no choice in their judgment but to ask Col. Holt to serve on this cofiamittee. He ac ce; ted the appointment with readiness aud has attended every meeting of the building commit tee to which he has been sum monsed. His rare business in- d sight and excellent judgment have been worth many thousand* of dollars to the college in the con tracts for the new buildii.g pro grain. Elon College has suffered iu his death a deep aud abidiug heart wound, aud personally tli6 writei lias lost oue of his most valued and sympathetic friends. It will bo a long day In Alamance before an ither arises to take the place of this splendid Christian gentle man who has in the providence of (iod fallen in life's battle at the point where it seemed that his splendid life was most useful to his fellow-citizens aud the cause of righteousness in our county. W. A. HARPER. Annapolis Elects Democratic Mayor, Ousting Republican. One more concrete illustration that the entire country is turning to the Democratic party for a 1924 victory. Annapolis, Maryland, until re cently under Republican rule, is now in charge of a Democratic Ma) or and a city council com posed of eight Democrats aud two Republicans. This is the outcome of the municipal election of July 9. Smith, Democrat, de feated his Republican opponent, who was seeking re-election, by a plurality of 08, the largest re ceived by any cand'date for the mayoralty of Annapolis in many years. The only Republicans chosen to any office at this elec tion were two negroes. They rep resent a colored ward iu the city council. Annapolis is the capital of Mary lauil aud the fourth largest city in the State. The city is situated Jlj Anne Aruudel county, which normally returns Republican ma jorities in presidential and con gressional elections. In the Sena torial election of last fall, William Cabell Bruce, Democrat, carried the congressional district of which Anuapolis and Anne Arundel county are a part, by 261. The bivK*»t gatherings of farm era in Piedmont North Carolina will be held at the lirancb Station Farm near Stwtesville on July 19. County Agent R. W. Graeber and Superintendent F. T. Meachaui are in charge of the picuic. County agents employed by the State College and Department of Agriculture are holding their summer conferences during July. Group meetings are being held at Monroe, Beaufort and Newlands. A FRIEND OF MINK Win r»u are happy, friend et mine, And kit your skies »t*» Mttt, *»U ma jrour luck, your fortune tine, Ahd let me I&VIgU with |T4tt» Tall the hope* that spur you en, The deeds you tnc&n to do, fh* frnld you're strudW, tha fame you'*# wwti, And let me be yout When you are and and heart a-oold, And alt your skleft are dark, Tall me the dreams that blocked your hold. The shaft that mtaaad tha mark. h Am I not youra for weal or woeT How else can friends prove true? T»U ma what breoks and brines you low, And lat me stand with yout Bo when tha night falls tremulous, when tha last |amp burns low, And one of us or both of us Tha lon# tone road must so. took with your dear old eyes In mine, OWe me a handshake true l Whatever fate our souls await, Let me be there with you I —Andrew Chapman, In Kansas City •tar, HAVE PURE DRINKING WATER •aoterla Can Be Destroyed by Adding Taateleaa Tincture, Says Major Hltohens, Medloal Corp*. 1 During your vacation this year don't feel that you have to get typhoid fever because you may have to drink from a polluted stream. It la not stylish any more. The Army Medical school at Washington has perfected a rapid and easy way of purifying drinking water white you wait. Here's how: Hold your quant thermoe bottle la one hand and fill It with water. Add one drop—two will do no damage—of tincture of lodine, the ordinary-"? per cent kind that you buy at the corner drug store. Shake the water up a bit, and that's alt. in twenty or thirty minutes all the hannfnl bacteria that are likely to bo there will be killed, Bays Major A. P. Hltchons, of the med ial corps. Tho amount of lodine added Is too slight even to be tasted. Bactorlologtsts used to think that all the bacteria In water had to be killed before ft would be fit to drink. It has. however, been found that It Is seldom that any harmful bacteria will be present that cannot be rather easily destroyed. The greatest danger In drinking water of unknown purity Is from diseases of the typhoid fejer and cholera group, that are caused by non-epore-fortnlng organisms and can be easily killed as compared to many entirely harmless bacteria. It Is for this reason that the simple lodine treatment Is so effective.—By Science Service. LIKED IT BOILED DOWN Wlfle —Let me read you tills artlda OS milk. Hubby—-You may. If lt'» condensed. Honor Among Thlavas. The old-timers In Wyoming tell a ■tory of two young horse thieves who fell out and decided to settle the mat ter with their forty-fives, Frederick R Bechdolt writes In Adventure Maga tlne. 7"hey went Into the hills to gether and made their own rules for the duel. They were to stand back to back and at a given word start walk ing away from each other. When each man had gone 20 paces he was to turn. If his opponent had not faced about he was to wait. Then, when they con fronted each other, they were to beglr firing. If you study for a moment ovet the opportunities for cheating and con slder the temptation you will realize the caliber of the contestants, for when their companions found them both were dead, one with four bullets and tte other with five la his body. Chlntzea Long Celebrated. The chintzes of the Coromandel | coast were celebrated In the time of Marco Polo, In the Thirteenth cen tury. They are mentioned also by Barbosa, a Portuguese, who visited India soon after the passage of the Gape of Good Hope by Vasco de Oama. Chintz, the name of a cotton cloth gaily printed with designs of flowers, etc., In Ave or six different colors, was originally applied to a Stained or painted cloth made In In dia. It was a favorite In the time of Queen Anne, long before cotton prints became cheap. The name be ing highly resectable, has since been applied to goods lacking the graceful and artistic character of the -genu&M article. NO. U Home Seed Potatoes Are Best. Seed Irish potatoes secured from | growers in the mountains of west lern North Carolina demonstrated j their/superiority over those from I Canadian and Maine sources in a test recently concluded by County Agent (i. \V. Falls of Pasquotank county. Mr. Falls put out a demonstration with M. B. Sample of this county early la the spring in an effort to liud out whether the N. C. grown seed would do an well as the Northern grown seed. Mr. Sample reported that the yield on the three plots was prac ticially the same, being at the rate of 209 bushels ot marketable potatoeg per acre. The seed from Western Carolina, however, pro duced the earlier plants and yield ed a few more No. 2 stockthan the others., The Canadian stock showed a tendency to be later but were well fruited. Siuce easi ness is an important matter in getting best prices for new pota toes, it would seem from Mr. Sample's results that the home grown seed had an ad vantage over the Northern grown. According to Director B. W. Kilgore of the Extension Service this test is in line with similar re sults secared by the specialists of the College and Department of Agriculture. There is now no need for North Carolina farmers to buy their seed stock from Maiue or any other Northern point be cause, now that seed inspection work has been put on in the mountains and tests show that healthy seed from this source is better than imported seed, east ern farmers may look to the west ern growers for their seed to the mutual advautage of both. Wool pools in which thfe mate rial was graded and sold coopera tively increased the farmers' share of the dollar in Carolina last year. l»M KIBE FOR THK ULBA^EB 666 is a Prescription for Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know, preventing Pneu monia. PROFESSIONAL CARDS J. B. BALL, D. C. CHIROPRACTOR Nervous and Chronic Diseases, BURLINGTON, N. C. Office: Over Mis* Alice Kovv land's Store. Telephone*: Oltice. IMt'i. Keitideiice, 10. LOVICK H. KERNODLE,' Attoruey-atLaw. GRAHAM, N. C. Associated witti John J. Henderson. Office over Mational Hank of Alamance THOMAS D. COOPER, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, BURLINGTON, N. C, Associated with W. S. Coulter, Not. 7 and 8 First National Bank Bldg. S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D. Graham, N. C. Ofltic« over Ferrell Drug Co. Hours:/. to 3 and 7 to'J p. in., and by appoint meat. , Flioue U7" GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D. BuHington, N. C. OUke liours: U to 11 a. in. and by uppoiutincnt Office Over aciuu Drug Co. ■ Telephone*: Oflire 11(1 -Ke*ldenee 26 I JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-a t-Law GRAHAM, N. C. Jlf lee over Natloaal Baak ol Muatact T, S- COOK, Attorney -*t- La* 1 tiAHAM, .... N. 0 office Patterson Building Vj, eouond Floor. • . jii. WILL JLLOM, JR. • : ptWT>B T ' 9 • ! irahem, . • - ■ North Carallaa j JFFICK IN PARIS BUILDING
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