Mebane Leader
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CORRESPOiNJENCE
We wish correspondents in »U the
nearby post offices. Write at onr^.
Thursday. November 9. 1911
ed. These pictares will make a
run of the State for the coming
two veeks. If you have a fMend
who is using his mouth entirely
too much. Send him down or
up, or to some place where these
pictures are on exhibition, that
he may see where he is goin«f too
before long.
A LITTLE EFPACEMENr.
It won’t hurt you a bit, to
loose sight of self occasionally.
Turn from the enchanting v&fite-
ant of your own personality, and
see if it is not possible to obser
ve something  I ve in the world
worthy of your attention, your
worship, your homage, your
honor. It may be a little difi -
cult to efface the ego, but it is
worth while.
BREAKING THROUGH ITS
CRISELIP.
Chi a 3 undergoing a state of
evo’ui-ioii. From century bound;
d 'spotism it is breaking its cris-'
e is and immerging to a libeial
minarcl.y with strong republ'-
can tendencies. Red handed re-
behon with its banners of flames
and its streams of blood is
sweeping like a tornado of wiath
pnd ruin over the old tottering
denasty, the oldest it is claimed
in existence, but in its sweep it
is breaking down centuries of
predudice. Tenturies back in
its beginiking, its forms and
codes may have been suited to
the conditions of its people, but
material development, science
and arts, ha'^e relegated it as a
back I.umber, and it to-day
meets in no sense the demands
of advanced ideas and civiliza
tion,
China is immense in area, and
population, and once that vast
mass of people are taught to
utilize their strength and oppor
tunities, they will become
oneoflht* worlds great pow
ers to bo 1*.^ oned with bv the
Arian rare.
We remember an editorial re
mark made by Mr. Joe ('aldwell
in the C»bserver at the begin
ning of’ the Chinese-Japanese
war \vhn*h was aptly illustrated
at the buttle of Weihaiwai, \ hen
tht^T.i Hungt^liang administra-
tiuri \VL*i‘e s ooting ielay cannon
I alls at liie Japanese. He said
China remitide i riira of an old
bij^ sea turth* turned on its h.ack
and so it was, a blundering
sensek'si lK)dy. A revolution
wMll do mtjch to arouse tl e lat-
tent tti'.'^rgies of this ancient
p 'op'e.
Supreme Court Justice, Char
les E. Hughes of New York is
l)eing spoken of in strong terms
as a possible presidential candi
date to succe^ Mr. Taft. Mr.
Hughes is a very able man, and
a seeming honest one, hut he
has never blazed in the lime
light of popular sentiment as a
justice that he did as Governor
of New York. Mr. Hughes is
however a good man,
POVERTY OF CHINA
Misery of the Millions That Are
Always Hungry.
GRIM STRUGGLES FOR FOOD.
Darrc w is doing his best to
m ike the tr al of the McNama
ras at Los / ngeles a contest be
tween capital and labor, conceal
ing so far as possible the real
issue of murder. It is to be
hoped in the interest of justice,
that he will not succeed. Labor
c(»ispire81) b’ow up a man’s
business, killing twenty or more
people and then excuses its self
upon the grounds that it is fight
ing capital. We sympathize
with labor in its every struggle,
but cut throats and murderers
does not come in that class.
HersMf Donktfya, Mules and Camsis
Wh«n No Leng«r Fit For Work Aro
Turnod Into Buteher's Msat—The
Qloanors on th* auaac Wharfs.
Writing of tbe miUioiui and millions
ot Inland China, 'whoM Ures are spent
faca to faca wtth starvation, Edward
Atewortb Rosa tn tbe Century says:
**No natisrat rsaource is too trifling
to be turned to account by the teem-
ins population. Tbe sea ia raked and
akraioad for edible plonder. Seaweed
and kelp bava a pla«e in tbe larger.
Oraat quantities of abeUflsb no bigger
oaa'a finger naU are opened and
to yield a iood that finds its
way flar Inlaad. Tba fungus that
•pcinga nc> to ttie graaa after a rain is
aaten. Pried sweat poUto Tinea fur-
ntoh tbe poor man’s table. Tbe road
side ditches ara balled out for tbe
sake ot fishes ne k>ngsr than one’s
finger. Qrsat panniers of strawber
ries, of MiU graen. are col
lected in tbe mountain raTlnes and i
in tbe marii^s. No weed or j
caoapea the bamboo rake of the i
ttutumnal fuel gatherer. Tbe grass
tufts on tbe reugb alopes are dug up :
txj tbe roots. Tbe sickle reai« the |
grain cloee to tbe ground, for straw i
and cbafl ara needed to bum under |
Che rtea kattla. Tbe leaves of tha
trees are a crop to be carefully gatb-
«red. One never sees a rotting stump
or a OMMsy lo|^ Bundles of brush car
ried miles on tbe buman back beat
tbe brkk kiln and tbe potter's fur
nace. Aftar tbe las* treea have been
taken tbe far and forbidding heights
HPQ BCttled by lads with ax and mat
tock to cut down or dig up tbe seed-
ttnga that if ieft alone would reclothe
Um devastated rldgea.
•Tlia cuisine of Cblna is one of the
g*ea* toothsome cuisines of tbe world,
btit tor the common people tbe stom
ach not tbe palate decides what
shall ba food. Tbe silkworms are eat-
aftar tbe rocoon has been unwound
fwwn them. After their work Is done
tiorseB, donkeys, mules and camels be
come butcher's meat. Tbe cow or pig
that baa died a natural death is not
disdained. In Canton dressed rats and
cats are exposed for sale. Scenting a
possible opening for a tannery, tbe
governor of Hongkong onea set on foot
an Inquiry aa to what became of tbe
akina of tbe Innumerable pigs slaugb-
tared in tbe colony. He learned that
they wwe ail made up aa ‘marine deli
cacy’ and aold ameng the Chinese.
**Aix>ther time he was on the point
of ordering tbe extermination of the
mangy curs that infeet the villages In
tbe Kowloon district because they ha
rassed the Sikh p^emec in the i>er-
formance of their duties. He found
Just In time that such an act would
•interfere with the food of the people,
something a Brltisb eoloolal governor
must nerer do.
“Though the farmer thriftily combs
his harvest field, every foot of the
abort stubble Is gone over again by
poor women and children, who arecon-
If in a day’s gleaning they
gath«r a handful of whe«t
Goods!
New
Goods!
New
Fall and winter stock of fall line
dry goods, shoes, hats, caps, and no
tions now constantly arriving. Don't
fail to call and see stock.
Brand ncck wear just received.
A nice line of Owl
mebane
Mebane, N. C.
Panacea Spring Co.
Littleton N. C.
Have you tried PANACEA MINERAL
SPRING WATER yet for NAGGING cases
of INDIGESTION?
If you wish to eat an old-time satisfact-
orymeal and feel no discomfort thereafter
get a case of this water, drink it according
to directions and gladly tell your neighbor
of your good fortune.
Ladies’ Apparel of The
Highest Merit
Our reputation for displaying: the most dependable and
the most stylish garments for ladies is splendidly sudtuin-
ed in this noble fall gathering of smartly and correctly
tailored suits and coats. Certainly you cannot come hvre
and go out dissatisfied if it is the belter kind of ga. u-.
that is wanted—the hand tailored sort—and you p;. r ry
little more for the better kind here than the cbar^. s lur
the usual run of goods that invariably do not ctirry i he
stamp of exclusiveneaa and the approval of uk well
dressed element.
HANDSOMELT TAILORED SUITS, $8 rp
THE NEW STYUSH LONG COATS $6.5. I 1>.
Chas. H. Dorsott,
Greensboro, N.C.
beads
While this is r^^ided as an ofT year
national interest centres in Massaeha-
settea, where the Democratic and Re-
Dttblican parses have named full State
tickets. E. N, Foss, who was elected
as Democratic governor last year, is a
candidate for re-election. The Repub*
lican ticket is headed by L, A. Froth-
ingham, pre&ent Republican lieutenant-
governor.
. u >i.L J . , In New York State a new Assem ly
treaties upon health, and ^anl- elected, as well as several judg
es of the Supreme Court and city
The : lie sc ol system o
t‘ is State is failing n one im
portant feature when it neglects
to add to its curicalum some
tation, an 1 this will be the case
until there is diffused among the
masses mare general informa
tion bearinsr upon these nattjrs.
But little is known of the very
crudest elements of sanitation,
and less of the ordinary raies of
health. People go blundering
along utterly ignorant of the
simplest rales governing good
health, ofclmes incuring aecute,
or chronic troubles that do per
manent harm. If there is ore
thing that should be taught
above any o' he.* it is how to con
serve unimpaired to (Id age the
vital forces of th j body. If
strong, hoalthy men are Worth
anythins: to a nation, and they
art its chief concern, then any
iafoi’m vtion that would enable
them t ) keep strong and healthy
should be sought at any cost.
and
It seems that t m licilians have
just begun to awaken the Turks
If reports from Tripoli are true
the Italian army of occupation is
in a serious con ition. Hordsof
Arabs and Turks are constant
ly pressing in and narrowing
the circle. Once those wild
fanatical people are thoroughly
aroused, it may in’e3i be cifii-
c It to assuage their appetite for
human Tney will come
near waging a war of extemii na
tion.
ELEGTIS III 14
JIAIES,
But Only Three WiUhlect
Governors November 7
(From tbe Philadelphia Ledger.)
Although the elections to be ht^ld in
a number of States November 7 will be
quiet, compareJ with the presidential
struggle a y^ar hevce, interest is never
theless, keen.
States which will elect governors or
oher Siate ofikerd are Rhode Inland,
Mr>8.auehu8etts, Maryland. Kentuckey, j tent
Mistii^ippt, Lousiara and New Mexico. ,
• ^ ..L o keen th(W aMve on the morrow
n other .'tates justices of the Supre- tum.
^ ^ t - 1 • 1 * A ' Hongkong water front the path of the
me Court, members of legislatures and, carrj in* produce between ware-
mayora will be chosen. Several con- is lined with tattered
gressional vacancies are to be fl led. [ ^^^nen. most of them with a baby on
the back. Where bags of beans or rice
are In tranirtt a dosen wait with basket
and brush to sweep up the grains
dropped from tbe sacks. On « wharf
where crude sufrar Is being repacked
squat sixty women scraping tbe Inside
I of tbe discarded sacks, while others
> run by tbe bearer, if hla sack leaks a
I little, to catch tbe particles as they
I falL When sucar ts being unloaded a
> mob of gleaners swarm upon the
lighter the moment the last sack leaves
and eagerly scrape from the gangplank
and tbe det*k tbe sugar mixed with
dirt that for two boura bos been tram
pled Into a mui'k by the bare feet of
twoaeore eooMes trotting back and
forth acToss a dusty road.
•‘There are a number of miscellane
ous facta that hint how close tbe
masses live to tbe edge of subsistence.
9iie brass cash, tbe most popular
coin la Cblna, is worth the twentieth
of a cent; but, as this has been found
too valuable to meet all tbe needa of
the people, oblong bits of bamboo sir^
eulata tn some prevtnces at tbe value
ot half a eaali.
•‘Incredibly sm*U are the portions
pr^;>ared for sale by tbe huckster. Two
eublc Inches ef bean card, four wal
nuts. llvt peanuts, ftftasQ roasted
l>eaiMi, twanty matoo seeds, make a
portion. Ilie meita vtfidar's stand ia
dedced out wHb wedges of ixu^ld
melon tlie slae of two fiDgera. Tbe
,tMmseho)der leaves tb«( tmt^ier'8 stall
with a morsel of portt, tbe i^uok of a
fowl and a strip of flsb aa as a
MtrdlBe, tted together wSdi m t)lada of
grass. Cartful ebservaiis say that four-
flltha ef ^ ecmversatlon asMmg com
mon CItifMae r^tes to food.
•*Oomfert is acasoe aa w^l aa food,
dty eeoUe irteepa oo a plank in
wi alrlesa kennel ia a flUby lane with
» btocSc for a pillow acid a qaOt for a
«QTer. Wbee ta ft wttCIi OhinA hos-
1^1 Uie beds were provided with
nKlngi and mattreaaea, soiipliad by a
Miflaiitteo^ Amerlean, all the pa-
itlselB were feund o4xt morning sle^
ecr tbe fioer. After Iwliig used to
M iMttffd covered with a mat they
ioMld not get tbeir proper alumber on
a toft bad.**
Panacea Spring Co
Littleton, N. C.
The Durham p’ay houses are
giving the people hell this week
li >th the Arcade and the Aca-
d^iiiy Niiisic will put on Dante
liifeiiu). fi.e weired ghostly
picture^ of the abode of the dam-
county officials.
New Mexico votes for the first time
in its history as a State, for a full set
of State officers, members of Congress
and for a Supreme Court and other'
judges. U also will vote on a proposed
amendment to make the Constitution
more easily amendMble. Ohio will vote
for municipal officers and delegates to
the constitutional convention.
Pennsylvania elects mayors m near
ly alj cities.
Munioip^ officers also will be voted
for, among other States, in Tennessee.
Georgia yrjll hold a primnry to nom
inate ^ >|upd^te to succeed Governor
Koke Sjpiith^ who becomes United
States senator.
Maryland, besides electing a gover
nor, will choose a State Comptroller,
Attorney-General, judge of the Court
of Appeals, the full membership of
the House of Delegates and hajf of the
Senate. Arthur P. Gorman, Jr., iatbe
choice of the Democrats for governor,
while the Republicmis have named
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
New Jersey elects a legislature.
Five parties, also in Rhode Island^
where a full State ticket is to be elect
ed, have nominated candidates. A le^i
slature will also be chosen.
Mississippi wiH vote for  1 State
officers; in Kentuckey a governor, lieu
tenant-governor and rafhx>ad commiss-
iow rs wiH be t-!e e 1, a d Virginia will
vote ff»r leaislative and county officers.
I
0»»rright
n™
W. k. SUTER CO.
DEALERS IN THE BEST
mXES OF
CLOTHING
IK jig Schioss Bros.
Hart Schafner
uni M ;rks make. Those
A’ho !iav ■ ever worn them
know that they are best.
We also carry Sam Pecks
Boy> clothing and there is
none belter, Manhatten
Shirts and Stetsons hats.
You get the best and
cheapest from us
If you can /each Durham
trade with
W. A. SLATER GO.
Durham N. C.
New Separate Skirls
Made of Panamas and Voiles that
are all wool. Special vaiues at $4.95 |
and $5.95.
BATIi lOWELS Ai MATS.
Large Bleached Turkish Towels,
10c. Extra large and Heavy Turkish
Towels, 25c. Bath mats, 48c, 98c and
$1.19.
Brown-Belk Co..
THC BfcST PLACK IN
GREENSBORO
To get tl e BEST TO EAT
at tii«
HENKSSEE C(FE
Onen im^il nidiiiffht.
CQHTe KL.M STKttKT t
Near paMKA^wriiepot.
J. It I’on cU, Prop.
F. NASH
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PRXeTKS HI MIMTS
HILLSBORO. N. C.
We have seventy-five cords of two
foot wood for sale at
TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS A CORD
This wood was cut last winter and
is well seasoned. Give your orders
to W. C. CLARK
Lan(i& Imp. Co.
Mebane N. C.
Hurry Up! Hurry Up!
GooJ people the Superior Drills are going fast, sold
(4) four one day L^st week, while my competitors were
talki dull time?. Saw one man who said he had drill
ed 1100 hundred acres with his Superior Drill, and it was
now good for ^ hundred more days. Don^t wait for you
may be too late. The Harrows are going fast, also tbe
Chilled Plows, Big stock harness, Long bridles for $1.00
why pay some small dealer $L50 and not get so good?
Ohio Cutters, Wood Saws, Engines, Tobacco Orderers,
Clbvei and Grass See. See
N. s. CARDWELL
THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE.
BURLINGTON.
THE PUREST AND THE
I have recently inatslled in my Drag Store one of the latest
hnproved Lippeneott Soda Fountains, ita sanatary arrangement
oan not be excelled. 1 oarry constantly a well selected atock of
up>to-dale pure Dnijifa. Ify fall atoek of notions and faacy goods
wiH be tbe lai^eat and beat aelected I have every carried. Per-
scriptions filled with accuracj and prompnesa
Mebane Drug Co.
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