VOL. L
, DR. WM. S. LONG DEAD.
Founder and Fiist PJesident of Elon
College—Taught More Than 50
Years —Buried at Graham—Funer
al Largely Attended.
Elon College, Aug. 3. —Rev.'
William Samuel Long of Chapel
Hill, N. C., who was injured in
an automobile wreck near San l ord
on Tuesday, died as a re
suit of his injuries in the San ford
Hospital Sunday afternoon.
At first it was thought Dr.
Long's injuries were slight since
only three broken ribs w**re brok
en and he seemed to bo in a perfect
ly rational condition,but some two
chiys after the accident, complica
tions developed from internal in
juries and gradually the life of
the great minister and educator
ebbed away.
A brief funeral service will be
conducted at his late residence at
Chapel Hill at 1:30 Monday after
noon. The body will then be
brought to New Providepee
church, Graham, N. C., where the
burial service will be conducted.
It was in this church that Dr.
Long served as pastor for many
years, building it up to be one of
the great religious centers of Ala
mance county. It is fitting there
fore that his body should rest in
the town of Graham and that the
funeral service should be held for
him in this historic church. The
tuneral services will be in charge
)f Dr. W. W. Staley of Suffolk,
/a., Dr. N. G. Newman, and Dr.
\V. A. Harper of Elon College.
Dr. Long was throughout his
life a man of terrific energy. He
was also a man of unusual fore
sight. His will power when once
he had determined upon a course
of action enabled him to accotn
plish results that seemed impos
sible to his associates. lie waa
also a man cap%ble~of great affect
ion for his friends, and of eliciting
great affection from them.
Dr. Long was fifty years ago in
the very prime of Hie leadership
in the ministry of the Christian
Church when he caught the edu
cational vision. He determined
that Alamance counts should be
tHfc home of an institution of
higher education for the Christian
Church and he set about to erect
such an institution. His first
work along this line was to found
the Graham Normal College. Gra
ham, N. C. This school began
under his leadership in 1805 and
continued in a flourishing condi
tion until 1890 when Graham Col
lege was merged in Elon College,
which Dr. Long had aroused the
people of the Christian Church
to found.
Dr. Long was the first president
and founder of Elou College. He
served as president for four years,
resigning to re-enter the ministry,
still making his home in the resi
dence which he had erected for
him elf just east of the college
campus. The last few years of
his ife he spent at Chapel Hill
in h s home there, and he was on
his way from his residence in
Chapel Hill to Ilamlet via Sanford
when the Accident occurred to the
automobile in which he was riding
with his wife and his step sou and
daughter, Mr. T. Rice Aimes and
Miss Willie Aimes. Dr. and Mrs.
Long sustained injuries but the
other members of the party escap
ed. Mrs. Long has completely
recovered frotn her injuries,
which wereslight. Dr. Long was
internally injured and was unable
to survive the shock to his ner
vous S3'Btem.
Dr. Long was born in Alamance
county October 22, 1839, and re
sided in this county the major
part of his life. addition to
being the founder of Graham
Normal College and Elon College
he was for many years the super
intendent of schools for Alamance
county. Many of the leading
citizens of the county in every
walk of life owe the inspiration
of their carters to him as a mas
ter mind iu the realm of education.
His activity in the educational
world waa equalled only by his
activity as a minister and founder
of chnrchea, many of the churches
of the county being founded by
bim, and one, Long's Chapel,
beefs bis name. He is frequently
referred to by the older citizens
Of the county as the moat distin
guished man that Alamance bad
produced.
Dr. Long considered his work
*t Elon College the outstanding
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
contribution of his life to his gen
eration. When tho Administra
tion bu'ldinir, which ho began
erecting in 188!) and which under
hia leaderphip waa opened for
students on September 2, JB9O,
wont up in flames on January 18,
1923, he said to President Harper
when called over the 'phone that
he must not bo discouraged be
cause of the disaster which had
overtaken the college, because he
knew that friends would arise to
rebuild oven on a larger scale.
On January 24th, six days after
the tiro, when the trustees inot in
iJio midst of cold and snow In a
room all too small for the purpose,
Dr. Loni; was present and offered
prayer. His prayer was character
istic of the man, filled with
faith «and hope and courage
for a e w da y, an d
as the rebuilding program as
s\eadily approached its comple
tion no heart has been more
moved to exf ress its appreciation
than that of Dr. Long. He was
present at the last commencement
and took part in tho graduating
exercises and in the formal
presentation of the Alamance
building to the trustees. All Elon
mourns the death of her distin
guished foumleaud first president
Surviving Dr. Long are Mrs.
Long, Dr. Will S. Long, Jr;
Graham, N. C; Mr. J. Edgar Long,
Graham, Mrs. S. A. Holleman,
High Point, Mrs. 11. F. Franklin,
Richmond, Va; Miss Willie Ames,
step-daughter, Mr. T. Rice Ames
of Wilmington, step-son, and two
brothers Judge B. F. Long, St;Ues
ville,N. C;anl Dr. Daniel Albright
Long, Franklinton, N.C: with
many grand children and great
grand children.
Soil Building With Legumes
Increases Yield of Wheat.
Tl. T. Lenoir of Yadkin Valley,
Caldwell county,has found thai the
proper usi of lime and legulnes
will increase his vf.heat yield from
eight b.ushels to eighteen bushels
per acre, reports County Agent
D. M. Roberts of the State College
extension division.
"It came about this way," says
Mr. Roberts. "In 1921 Mr.
Lenoir had a field of acres that
he planted to wheat. He secured
a yield of eight bushels per acre
the following spring. lie then
planted tho land to corn and re
ceived oidy eleven bushels per
acre as his average yield for this
crop. In 192,'5, therefore, I sug
gested to Mr. Lenoir that he lime
this field, sow it to some legume
and then plant his wheat the fol
lowing fall. This ho did. After
liming the land he planted soj'-
beans and made an excellent crop
The entire bean crop was turned
under in the fall of last year ami
the land then planted to wheat.
"Mr. Lenoir finished his thrash
ing this week and found that this
field was returning him an aver
age ot 18 bushels per acre. Of
course this is no. unufeual yield
but it is good considering the fact
that he made onlv an average of
eight bushels before liming and
plowing under the legumes. Not
only this, but the increased pro
duction secured has more than
paid for all the expense and trou
ble in using the lime and planting
the soybeans. In addition, the
land js in a much higher state of
cultivation for future crops. He
is now planning to run a rotation
of corn, wheat and red clover on
this same land and can do it with
out loss since the soil is now in
condition to begin such a plan."
Because of heavy rainfall much
loss of nitrogen fertilizer has
occurred from the fields of Rich
mond County; only half a crop is
the outlook and so County Agent
W. 11. Barton is pushing his
campaign for plantingsoil improv
ing legumes this fall. The total
orders for vetch seed have now
reached 15,270 pounds.
"Old Mr. Soil Builder" is a
name given improved agricultural
practices in Stanly County by
farm agent O. H. Phillips. This
gentlemen has caused some of the
farmers in that county to produce
from 30 to 35 bushels of wheat per
aero this spring
Klectric lights for -the farm
homes of Cleveland connty in a
new project fostered by the coun
ty farm »K?nt and hiH Bdard of
Agriculture.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 7. 1934
The Best Thine
A. Cherryville school teacher,
some time ago, asked her pupils
what they regarded as the hesD
and most valuable thing in this
community. The children wrink>
led th"ir brows, looked perplexed,
and some of them answered ihe
question. But they were all wide
of the mark.
The teacher indicated tile an
swers were wrong as each pupil
made his or her supreme effort to
find the correct answer to the
knotty problem. Finally the
teacher, when they were all ex
pectant and very much excited
over really was the best
thing in this community, told
them that they themselves were
the and most valuable.
It was somewhat -of a jolt for
little folks, especially those with
a keen imagination, who had con
jured up many wonderful things.
The teacher's answer brought
them back to earth, but, it gave
them a sense of their importance
in the world.
It should also give every person
living in the communit} 7 , regard
less of whether they have chil
dren in the public schools, some-
I thing to think about t when we
think along lines of community
I development.
For we cannot build for the
future any bettor than by mak
ing better boys and girls who wi I
become better men and women
and make this a better community
in the next generation.
[ We can build for the future, not
| alone by teaching children at
home how to live right, but bv
supporting thb teacher, the school
authorities, and the whole public
school system to the best of our
ability and to tho limit of our
means.
Wecannothope for our commu
nity to rise any higher in thefutuie
than our public school system. —
CherryvHle Ea^le.
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Good Pig Feed In Soybean Meal.
Experiments recent ly concluded
by Earl Hoatetler, in charge of
swine investigations for the State
College Experiment Station show
that soybean meal is about as
good a protein feed for young
pigs as is the more expensive fish
meal. The saving from feeding
it is offset however because the
pigs eat more of tho soybean meal
than of the fish meal and also
need more mineral mutter.
Mr. Hosteller placod on test two
tots of 27 pigs each feeding them
with self feeders at the Black land
branch Station farm near Wououa
Tne fir«t lot was given shelled
corn, fish ineal and mineral.
The second lot was given shell
ed corn, saybeau meal and miner
al. #
At tne end of the f» dby test
extending from January 15 until
March 22, tho following results
were found:
Lot one weighing an average of
94 pounds each at the beginning
of the test gained I. 81 pounds
daily. The pigs iu this lot con
sumed 3-44 pounds of corn, 32
pounds of fish meal and g.4
pounds of mineral or a total of
378.4 pounds of feed for every
hundered pounds gain made.
The cost of this gain per hun
dred was $0.23.
Lot two weighing an average of
89 pounds each at the beginning
of* the lest gained 1.85 pounds
daily. These pigs ate 274 pounds
of corn, 101 pounds of soybean
meal and 3.8 pound* of mineral
or H7B 8 pounds of feed for each
hundered pounds gain The cost
of this gain per hundered |H>unds
was $0.60.
Mr,. Hosteller states that the
pigs in lot two ate more than
three times the amount of protein
feed as those in lot one. They
also consumed more mineral but
the in lot one ate enough
corn to offset the difference in
amount. The lot fed soybean
ineal cost more than the lot fed
fish meal bnt both fowls gave
satisfactory results and the price
of tho feed should determine
which one is to lie used. Mr.
Hostetler has another test now
running on this subject and
hopes to have additional informa
tion la'er in the fall.
Litter frotn the poultry house
will make good fertilizer. This
is a point to remember when
c'eaningoul the poultry house this
mouth. . .
MAINE FISHERMEN
"THINK UP A FEW"
Good - Ones Before Lodg\
Was Called to Order.
The following conversation was
heard at the lodgff at Dnmarlscotta
just before the meeting was called
to order Tuesday night:
"Joe" Hatch asked George W.
Singer how he was getting on with
his cottage at Biscay pond.
"Oh, pretty well," was the reply,
"I got two pickerel out there 'today.
I was Ashing wlts a piece of fish's
nape for a pickerel one day last week
and a monstrous big brute came up
close to the punt and winked at me.
Then he began to push the bait
around, spit on It and do all kinds
of stunts with it, except to bite it.
Then he backed up near the boat. He
had a tall as big as my two hands
and he flipped about a teacupful of
water right In my eye and then
seooted. I got a few live minnows of
Woodle Oliver at the mills yester
day and I've been >vorklng hard all
day to coax him out. I got one that
weighed most four pounds, but I won't
be satisfied till I get that big brute
that Insulted me I"
"They do grow big In that pond,"
said Blue Hitchcock. "One awful hot
day I was sculling across the pond
when a big pickerel grabbed the pad
dle right out of ray hand. I hadn't
a spare paddle and there wasn't any
wind. That was early In the morn
ing and It was roost night before I
drifted ashore In a cove. The first
thing I saw In the pads was my pad
dle with the end all chewed up and
absolutely ruined. It was a white
oak paddle that I valued highly."
"Joe" Hatch then put hla cud In
the stove and started to tall a story,
but Itoy called the lodge to order.—
Lewlaton (Maine) Journal.
CONSUME MUCH MILK
IN COFFEE AND TEA
There are 3,000,000 coffee cows and
750,000 tea cows In the United States,
according to dairy statisticians. That
Is to say, the quantity of milk and
cream used In tea and coffee In the
United States la equivalent to the pro
duction from that many cows.
Coffee consumption la around one
billion pounds annually, or approxi
mately forty billion cups. This re
quires forty billion ounces of cream,
the milk equivalent of which Is twelve
and a half .ytllon pounds, or practi
cally one-eighth the total production
of milk In the United States.
Consumption of tea In the United
States Is practically elghty-flve million
pounds, or approximately twenty-one
billion cups. The quantity of cream
used In tea averages only one-half that
In coffee, or one-half ounce per cup,
o» a total In terms of milk of more
than a billion pounds.
The survey also brings out the fact
that 800,000,000 pounds of sugar a
year, or one-tenth of the sugar con
sumed for all purposes In the United
States, Is used in coffee and tea.
Air Accidents Few
A total of more than 10,000 air
plane flights from Clover field In
twelve months resulted In only three
accidents, according to the reports,
and from this the argument Is ad
vanced that flying Is safer than auto
mobile riding, soya an Associated
Press (Nspatch from Santa Monica,
California.
The reckless aviator and the stunt
flyer are said to be responsible for
the prevailing delusions about the dan
ger of flying.
Tree* on Roadtide
In the vicinity of some cities and
towns In Oregon systematic efforta In
tree planting have been Inaugurated
along the highways, says Nature Mag
azine. A good example of this Is
near The Dalles, where the Klwanls
club has planted about two miles of
trees Just approaching the city.
Firet Speedway in Franc*
The first motor speedway ever con
structed In France Is now being built
near Marseilles, and will be one of
the most thrill-full courses In the
world. Several hairpin turns will
have to be negotiated, and sharp
curves are the rule rather than the
exception.
Dig Up Ancient Synagogue
The Punish scholar and excavator.
Doctor Sommerfleld, found In the FaW
tatlne village of Kapernaum the ruins
of an old synagogue. It was In thin vil
lage that Christ first preached to the
Jews. On the walla of the synagogue
was found tKe swaetlka emblem.
Hotel Built in Clouds
.On top of Jungfranpoch, In Switzer
land, a hotel Is being built at aa eleva-,
tlon of 11,480 feet The workmen have
to brave elements that would ordi
narily dismay those of wanner climes.
The hotel when finished will literally
be among the clouds frequently.
WHY IT PAYS TO PRODUCE FOWLS Of QUALITY
price Pin JAN. res ma* am. mat junk | juiv im oct sou one.
POUND AT -»
N£W YORK
ZIZZ~ZtX~ZZZZ
vt_ [ Vw
I iPR CIS IM9 TO 1923 1
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It's the extra pound of flesh on the fowl that cheapens production co*t«
and commands a premium price for the poultryman. According to the Sears-
Roebud: Agricultural Foundation the extra pound can be put on for from 5 to
» cents, which Increases the value of each pound to the ccnsumer by making
the entire curcass more plump and attractive, so It commands a fancy price
over tighter birds. Heavy hens sell from sto 11 cents more than light hems.
It's true all down the line—turkeys, ducks, capons, hens anA young frys—the
extra pound brings the extra dollar.
0\ er a period of three years the New York market shows heavy fresh-killed
milk-fed fowls or hens weighing 5 pounds or over to average from 4 to 11 cents
higher per pound than the light fowls weighing 3 pounds. The five-year aver
age for the month of September shows the heavy fowls to average 9. cents over
the light weight, the margin broadening during October and November, reach
ing Its height In December, when the heavy fowls range' to 11 cents a pound
over the light weights.
The average weight of the ordinary fowl as It comes from the farm Is 3H
to 4 pounds. The poultryman with the eye for business will add an extra pound
or no and receive the top prices. The fanner who takes thin, nnderfleshed
poultry to market Is beatlilfe himself.
WHY IT PAYS TO PRODUCE EGGS OF QUALITY
PRICI PIS JAN. Ins. HAH I AM. I MAY IjUM [*AV AU* I SIM [OCT. InOK [MC.
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NIW YORK
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That everything with a shell on goes. Isn't the'rule any longer. On the mar
ket today. It still goes, but at a price below a first-class egg. Opportunity for
'he greatest success In egg production lies In producing an srttde that.la better
than the average, then selling It ss such. It Isn't hard to find a msrket wllltpg
to pay a premium of 6 to 7 cents a doxen over firsts and from 9 to 13 cents s
dozen over seconds, according to the Sesrs-lUebnck Agricultural Foundation.
\ The premium on fresh-gathered firsts st New York City during a three-year
period over fresh-gathered seconds wss substantial as shown by fhe accompany
ing-chart. During February, March and April, when practically all eggs are
good, the prices of extra firsts average only from 1 to 4 cents higher than tor
seconds. In Kay the spread begins to widen. In August the margin on extra
firsts Is aronnd 0 cents. It continues to widen untli In November, when the
high peak Is reached, with extras at 62 cents a dozen and seconds at 41 cents.
It costs a little more and It takes s lot of extrs effort to market high qualltf
eggs. Yet the gsln Is ample return for the extra expense snd labor.
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PER CAPITA PRODUCTION OF EG gs 1 _
NUHIIR Of
DOOM
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Ho rapidly Is the poultry Industry expanding that wlfhla a short tttoe over
production may cut the farmer's poultry dollar unless prodattka can be natS l
talncd at a lower cost, according to the Sears-Itoebuek Agricultural Foundation.
A recent survey shows that more than 5,000,000 farms In this country pro
duce poultry and eggs. It Is estimated that there were 461.000,000 chlcksfts am
farms before the hatching season started. This is an Increase of over 50,000.-'
000, or nearly 12 per cent over figures of a year ago and 121,000,000, or over 33
per cent increase since January 1, 1930.
Production of eggs Increased 38.8 per cent between 1930 and 1923 wine the
population Increased only 83 per cent In the past lUe years the estimates of.
egg production have shown a close correlation with the estimated namfcer of i
chickens on hand at the beginning of the year, the rttlo befttg 4.0 doSe«s per
fowl. If the same ratio holds good, egg production la 1924 wtTI gala HI to 13
per cent over 1928 when It showed a gain of 38 per cent over four years Sko.
I'rofltsble poultry production at the present stage of expansion Is flrprfsml
upon the present high level of detnsnd. Up to dste consumption has kept pace *
with production. In 1928 enough eggs were produced to furnish 20 dories tor
every man. woman and child In the United State* This would mean too iklia
fur the average family of flva
Tom Tarheel says the boll weevil
can't eat ham and butter and eggs
and corn bread tod garden truck
ao the folks at hia house will be
well fed this winter even if they
don't make mush cotton.
Three-fourth* of the mistake**
• man makes are made because
he does not really know the thing
he thinks he knows.
Now the savory perfume of the
preserving kettle, the sdft ettffcle
of the boiling eanner, ami the
dappled whiteness of the drvin?
screen should be foretelling of good
things to eat this winter
Sale* on the Hentformh nnrh
market now amount to *♦©'.- #4OO
each week. About, forfy ferrrtere
are gelling: regularly there now.
NO. 27
Italy a Many Tenguee
Same candidates at the Italian |»
•ral election find a knowledge'of laik I
guages useful. ' • • \
In the towns ef Lecco and Reggto d) t
Calabria a majority Of the Inhabitant!
•peak only Greek, white In other parti i
of «o«thera Italy and Sicily ,
ta the prevailing tongae. .
French ta the mother-toague of otm
100,000 nattyea of the districts ©1
Aoeta, Plfnerol and Wmmt, and Germas '
of soma 11,000-ta Plstaont and Venn
tla, while Catatan Is largely spoksn hi
Sardinia.
German, Serbian, Slovenian an
other Slav dialects prevail in the pro*
laces annexed since the war, when -
(ha Inhabitants nambered 1,564,001 at
the time of the 1021 census.
Great Idea
Charles Doertag, chief ctark ta the
street and bridge department discov
ered ta a magazine the other day that
a form of rubber paving Is bjtng tried
oat ta London. A friend of Mr. Doer
tag's Immediately urged him to ran for
street and ( bridge commissioner of
Houston on the rubber paring ticket
"Why, think of the saving that eonld
be made," • argued the friend. In
eonld lay a blpck of rubber pavement,
and then hook a tractor to it and
■tretch It out for three er four blocks."
—Houston Post.
Foreign Birds in America
English starlings, SO of which were
measqd In Central park. New Yock,
ta lflOQ, are now common ta all the
Northeastern states; but until the last
two or three years they have not gone
Sooth ta any, considerable numbers.
They have spent their winters In the .
North, as the English sparrows do.
»Nt last autumn huge flocks went
Sooth; so it may be that they hato
learned ta migrate ta Ame#lc« as they
•anally do In-Europe.
Gross Extravagance
Little Cart was asked If he would
i rather have a little alster er a little
brother. He asked for a dog. Ton
can't have one," said his father.
Dogs cost money and the money .'
mast •» far the baby."
A few days Ister a little brother
waa presented to Carl. "Look at him."
he eald to his grandmother? "til our
money wasted on that I"—FUgsnde
Blatter (Munich).
Friendly Tip
1i Mrs. Gabble at homeF naked
the caOas.
"Be good inck, ma'am, she's not,"
replied the Irish msld; *t>ut If ysTto
wise yell lnve yer card an' akse-,
dad die etr o" here, for she'* likely te
ho bask most sny minute mv.'U
Beaton trahaoriirt.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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CHItorMCTOB \
Nervous and Chronic Diseased,;
BURLINGTON, N. C. i
Oiw: liver Mlu Alice Kowland's Alare.l
Telephone*: office. »•*. Residence. Mlu !
LOVICK H. KERNOPLE.
Attorney-at-Lnw,
GRAHAM, N. C.
Is. C SPOON, Jr„ M. D.
Grshsm, N. C.
Office over Ferrell Drng Co.
Iloura: 2 to 3 and 1 totf p. in , and
by appoint meat.
Phone 97^
GRAHAM HARDEN, ML D.
BsrUsftoa, N. C.
Oflk-e Hours: 0 to 11 a. m.
and by appointment
Offlc* Over Acme Drug Co. M
Telephones: Office I»©—Ketldence SS I
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
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Attorney-at • Law*
GRAHAM, • - - a N. C
Offioa Pattaraoa BulMlac
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