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Mebane Leader J. O. FOY,"Editor and "Owner Entered as second class matter Feb ruary 8, 1909, at the Post Office at Mebane, N. C., under the act of J March 1897. Issaed EJvery Thursday Morni ng. SUBSCRIPTION; One Year,'^J- - - $1.00 cJix Months, - - - .50 JJJjJJJjThree Montha, - - .25 PAYABLfcl IN ADVANCE ?end Currency, Postal Money Oi'der or Stamps, CORRESPON DENCE We wish correspondents in all the nearby post'offices. Write at ovw^*. Thursday. July 6, 191 AS TO SUICIDES. A committee of the American Aca demy of Medicine at Los Angeles Cal. thinK they have made an important discovery. Upon a casual investigation they have come to the conclusion that newspapers are were largely responsa- blt: for the frequent suicides in this coun try. This is an other dream, a fantasy, a cloudy chimera and unsustained invention. It is possible that a pub lished accounts of a suicide may sug gest a method, but that would be the limit, and the medical fraternity must draw largely upon their fertile imagi nations, when they exceed this limit. The suicide mania is inherited from parents of a melencholia nature, or certain conditions extremely depressing have forced themselvef» upon some auper-sensative soul, is the cause of suicides, and not the publisht^d accounts in newspapers, of “one more un fortunate. ’ ’ Samson had not read the newspaper when he pulled down the pillars of the Philistine temple, but Samson was a suicide. Abimelech never saw a news paper but he was a suicide. Saul the first King of Israel was a suicide, Mithredates had never read a paper 'vhen he took the fatal poison to avoid falling in the hands of the hated Rom ans. Empedocle threw himself into the burning crater of Vesuvius, more than ten centuries ago, but up to this the closest imitator was an Englishman that jumped into a furnace. Demos- thenese, Cato. Ajax, and thousands of others were suicides, they have been shuffling off this mortal coil with their own hands for time immemorial, pre- fering to fly to ills they knew not of rather than to suffer those of this world. If these Savants of materia-medica are honestly seeking to throw light up- the cause of the growing tendency to suicides of this age let them seek for the reason in the sins of the rich sen sualist, the voluptious winebiber, the absynth fiend, and the beast who has been taught there is no God but gold. Then on the other hand let him seek it among the poor, where starvation con stantly stares a man in the face,where want and penury grasp the hands of so many sufferers. Then go back be hind it all, and read the stained and damned records of our national laws which have fostered and encouraged this condition, and you will find why suicide i.s becoming more preyelent. It mears to ascape the very condition that our benificent Government impos es upon its loyal subjects. This is an extremely strenuous age, made more strenuous by the godless worship of gold, the infatuation, the feverish impatient haste for money get ting. With the rich it is a contine- ous stress to invent some new diver sion, some new pleasure to gratify a morbid, but oft surfeited, restless desire for excitement, and thus the tyrant of unlicensed debauch, the wassail of un restrained dissipation drives on with whip ard spur until the victims feet feels the scorching sands of hell. With the poor there is an anxious, and fruitless struggle for food to feed fam ishing lips, and raiment for naked bodies, and uneven fight to keep back the wolf of want. It ia these unjust, and unnatural extremes that have created conditions, that are driving people down the torturing steeps of an unrelenting desire to free poor struggling souls from their tenement of clay. Why this? the answer, the world has has bent its knee, and bowed its head in abject worship to Baal. From the white robed priest with his pretended piety, and faltering faith in Christ, through the winding sluice gates of desperation, and deso lation, to your expert captains of high finance there runs the putrid sew er of sordid selfishness, of venality, of cruiel imposition. “Am I my brothers keeper”? is echoeing down the cori- dors of time, as it was utt^'red by the first murderer. SelfishsH'ss, .sollit«h- ness every where, coucre^od and iii- carnated into heartless man, these furnish your reasons for suicidef. Mouths famishing for bread are given a stone, hearts hung-'nnt^ and thirsting for a kind word, for n mi:m sympathy are brutaly thrust asiJe with a sneei . AN OTHER WRONG THREAT ENED, When the parcel podt comes, we will have some more evi dence, in fact much more evidence of the benificense of this government in creating laws to aid certain of it citizens who are rich and povverfull, to the predudice and harm of other citizens who are needy and weak. The parcel post bill had its in- cipiency among the mail order stores of the North, and North west that wanted to monopolise the retail trade of this country. The high cost of express, and other imposition permited, pro hibits largely the expansion of the mail order business to the limits, of crushing out the re tail local trade, so they wanted to impose upon the government the extra cost of carrying these parcels to the purchasers in the states at a loss in order that they might enjoy a greater profit. It is to be hoped that congress may retain surlicient sense of justice to never permit this par cel post bill enacted into a law. Even under the present condit ion the retail local merchant suf fers enough, but with the par cel post law^ created y(^u might say exclusively for the mail or der houses the retail merchant will be struck a staggering blow. If the government wishes to take a hand to help these mono polist let it insist upon a reduc tion in express rates. Companies that can earn 33 per cent on capital and watered stock is evi dently bleeding some one, nor are they scrupulous about the quantity of blood either. NEGLECTED KEFORMS. The state bar Astociation which met at Lake Toxaway last week inspired by the splendid address of its president Mr, C. W. Tillett of Charlotte did not get enthused surficient to record their protest against the present infamous jury system of this state which encourages the employment of the most illiterate ond ignorant juries, men that do not read or think, to try capital cases. They want some reforms but not in the line of expediting criminal business, in sending murderers on an early jaunt to the electric chair, or even on a short term to the state penitentiary. When the state bar Associa tion of New York met some time past, these matters were seriously considered, and a pre amble reciting the wrong done justice, and asking a correction was formulated, but with the North Carolina bar high fees, and more of them was the para mount issue. Cause And Effect. A writer in the Strand magazine says that Great Britian's export trade amounts to 12,000,000,000per annum in value against Germany’s $1,250,000,000 and America's $1,750,000,000 The popu lation of England is about half of that of Germany and less than half that of the United States. England has free trade; Germany and the United States have a protective tariff.—Petersburg Index-Appeal. This is the whole tale in a nutshell Great Britian leads the nations of the world in export trade for the combined reason that it places practically no re- structions upon consumers and that its chief competitors shackle it with tariffs so heavy as in some oases to be ac tually prohibitive. Under conditions similar to those obtaining in Great Britain, the United States, with its in finitely greater resources and advan tage would in a few short years ex pand its foreign trade to a point where it would double not only that it now has, but even that of the United Kingdom. The Protective policy as practiced by the Republican party has had and continues to have, among i others, the effect of upbuilding Bri- ish commerce and that of other Euro pean nations at the expense of our own.—Virginia Pilot, Sprains require carefi'l treatment. Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain’s Liniment freely. It will remove the soreness and quickly restore the parts to a healthy condition. For sale by All Dealers, FOR SALE: Alton factory Building and one three room House. Arthur White. NEW OODS Constantly aiTiving, embracing the latest in spring clothing for men, and boys. SEE OUR SPECIAL CLOTHING DEPARTMENT A nice line of straw hats just in, for men, boys, and girls. A beautiful line of the latent low cut shoes for men, women, boys, and girls. Nice line of dress goods. Rain-coats. Mebane Store, Co. Mebane, N. C. I Can Cover your floor with something neat and pretty. I am now offering a large and well selected stock of Armenian and Turkish rugs, the best and prettiest de signs in Japanese and China matting. My stock of summer suits for ladies is still full and compleet. Prettiest line of lignt weight underwear. DON’T FOBGET THE PLACE. Chas. A. Dorsett, Greensboro, N.C. THAT Spring Suit FOR OR 1W)Y Our Clothing Department is Helpfully Ready to Serve Your I^eeds for the Coming Season at a SAVING INPRICE, : : : Odd Lots of Lew Shoes Tor Men, Women, and Children - all out on our BARGAIN COUNTERS - each pair priced in plain figures. Co melook them over, the Saving in Price is Great. Brown-Belk Co. Cjreensboro, N. C. If You Don^t Trade With Us Both Lose Money. SNEEg-MARKHAM-rAYLOIi> COMPANY ONE PRICE CASH CIOTHIERS, HATTERS AND FURNISHERS We can fit, and give you perfect satisfaction in quality and pricp, Sneed-Markham^Taylor Company. Markhams Corner - Durham N, C. 0: K. A NEW SODA WATER FOUNTAIN One of the prettiest ever seen in this section will be re- received by us in a few days. IT IS A BEAUTY Built by the famous Lippincott Company of Philadelphia es pecially for our order. A high class fountain arranged in every detail for convenience, and sanitation. We want our friends to keep it in mi .’d, and call around and get something delicious to drink as soon as it arrives. Mebane Drug Co. F. L. WHITE, Manager, MEBANE, N. C Don’t be a “Pickle-Face.” Wilmington Star. “Be polite, it costs nothing," is the motto of the 1.100 employes of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction com pany. It is all kinds of an asset; however. Politeness gets business for a business man while the mnn with the cold stare and the nickel clutch is the chief obstacle to the growth of his business. PoUte, affable people in a city give it the reputation of being a “clever city.” An agpregPtion of pickle-faced individuals breed a harvest of knocks for their town. Wear a smile and look like you are clothed n your right mind. A Remarkable Showing. The government edict against far ther propagation of the poppy plant in China was issued three years ago. During the period which has since elap sed production, as officially establish ed by careful investigation, has de creased from sixty to seventy per cent. At this rate complete eradication of poppy culture will be effected within the next two years. English observers consider as nothing less than a miiacle this response on part of three hund- dred million Chinese to restrictive re erulation of the Government; and wel they may, when it is considered how firmly fixed the opium habit had be-’ come in the Celestial Kingdom —the yearly output being valued at $115,000,- jK)0 arid even at that, insufficient for home consumption. The result speaks volumes both for the efficiency of Chinese enforcement of law and of the capacity of self-restrant possessed by China’s population. It is certain that the United States, under similiar con ditions, would not have been able to make half as good a showing, and it is more than doubtfull that any of the nations of Europe could. There are many things which we of the enlight ened Occident might well learn of the j “Heathen Chinee” if we would only abandon the supercilious superiority with which we are wont to regard the little yellow man of the Orient.—Vir ginia Pilot. Never leave nome on journey with out a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed and cannot be obtained when on board the cnrs or steamships. For sale by All Dealers. Mortgage Sale, Under and by virtue of a certain mortgage deed executed by David atz and wife Fannie Katz on September 1st. 1910 and duly recorded in office of Register of Deeds of Alamance Co. in Book No. 50 of M. D. on page 213 to 218 default having been made in the payment of the notea securel thereby j and R. W. Vincent the mortgage] having assigned the notes and security to C. B, Smith on the 5th day of Nov. 1910 I will as such assigner offer for sale to the higeest bidder for cash at the court house door Tn Graham N. C. on 17th day of July 1911 at twelve M. the following lot or parcel of land to wit: Lying in the town of Mebane in Al amance County N. C. adjoining the lands of J. H. Lashley, J. T. Dick and hers on 4th stree t containing 1600 square feet upon which there is an agreement concej-ning a party wall existing’ between H. E. Wilkinson and the grantors as apF>ears from deed re gistered in Deed Book No. 38 on page 342. C. B. Smith, Assignee. This .lune 8th, 1911. THE BEST PLACE IN GREENSBORO Toget the BEST TO EAP is at the ^ HENNESSEE CAFE Open until midnig^ht. «l«COSTII 12I.M STRKKT W. C. SMITH. JR. MGH- SELECT What is fit for your feet to y;ive com fort and good looks is made an easy un dertaking when you vl?it our store, be cause we carry the right stock, and have expert salesmen to fit you. We will demonstrate our ability to give you a perfect fit and satisfactory shoe. See us and be convinced. J. M. Greensboro. Company, North Carolina ELLIS-STON£& COMPANY We Had ."1 r ,s last week, we will have another this week, and next week, and next. We are throw ing on our counters now a large lot of ex- quisitly figured summer goods for a song, let us make melody in your home by put ting some of these extremely facinating goods there. We suit the fastidious and economical buyer. You come and see us, we pay your railroad fare from any point between Haw River and Durham, when you perchase $15 worth of goods. Ellls-Stone & Co. Durham, N. C. I WILL REDUC The prices of all clothing and Oxford shoes, to and below cost. They Must Go if price will make them. Don’t fail to see theni. C. C. SMITH, xVIEBANE, N.C. Wante^. Old tKK>ks, stan)p8, fupnitufe, gold, silver, pewter, lead, copper and iron relics, etc., for cash. Good Second Hand School Books Furnished At IJalf Price. Old Bqpk Store. Balrigh, N. C. 2 0 3 H ■0 3 0 2 n 0 > •0 3 0 2 ffl > § o* O § ^ f o CD ^ •3 CO TO a i Is 3 ® 2, 'a* g s o so Cft n> 3 B rf- CO l> *— a- 50 3 o ct> 0 1 3 orq p- o g n o 35 3 Ui II 3P cn P 3 P- P ? IF YOU ARE GOING NORTH. TRAVEL VIA. THE CHESAPEAKE LINE DAILY SERVICES INCLUDING SUNDAY The new Steamers just placed in service the “CITY OF NORFOLK” the “CITY OF BALTIMORE” are the most elegant and up-to-date Steamers between Norfolk and Baltimore. EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS-TELEPHONE IN EACH ROOM. DELICIOUS MEALS ON BOARD - EVERYTHIN6 FOR COMFORT AND CONVENIFNCE Steamer.s Lv. Norfolk (Jackson St) (i:lf> PM Lv. Old Point Comfort 7:15 PM “ Ar. Baltimore PM Connegctinat Baltimore for all points North, North- East and West. Cheap Excui^sion Tickets on sale to Maryland Resorts, Atlantic City and other New Jersey Resorts and Niagara Falls. Resers^atjons made and information cl^eerfully furnish ed by W. H. PARNELL, ,T. P. A. Norfolk, Va. Baptist Church Services Preaching the first Sunday at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M„ by Rev. B. V. Fei^uson Pastor. Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock the public is cordialy invited to attend each service. HATS REDUCED I will sell from now on to the end of the season all pattern hats, and untrim- iTied hats at cost. I have a nice line, and can please you. Miss Margaret Clegg, Graham N. C.
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