THE MEftANE LKADEg^lfOVEMBER 9, l9ll
m
WE ARE VERY GLAD
To inforn you that all grades of bright Tobacco are sel
ling higher on the Mebane market than any tinie since the
market opened up. A trial load will prove to you that you
can get the best price at the PLANTERS WAREHOUSE,
Mebane N. C. being the best lighted House in this sec
tion. We have plenty room and Buyers, and good or-
ders for all grades of tobacco, and will pay you the high
est market prices. When you get a load ready, drive to
the Planters Warehouse—We want two million pounds.
E. W. Harris, Prop.
Mebane, N. C,
TO GOODMAN
FOR GOOD CLOTHES
The leader in quality and low prices. Strouse Brother Clothing, always in
fit, finish and style, the best. I carry the leading makes of Hats and Shoes,
Ready-to-wear ladies tailored Suits, Jackets, etc. A full line of dry goods.
Will always treat you right. Call on.
B. Goodman
Burlington,
North Carolina
YEGGMEN SERVE “SOUP.”
Its Queer Recipe I* In Possescion
the Secret Service.
Here is a recipe for soup served only
after nighlfall, preferably in the early
mornmj' boiirs.
"First take about ten or a dozen
impwri hz sug, crumble It up fine and
put it in a pan or washbowl, then pour
over it enough uswhohs (either chhx or
laljy) to cover it well. Stir it up with
your bands, being careful to break all
the lumps; leave it set a few minutes;
tben get a few yards of cheesecloth
aud tenr if in pleoea and strain the
mixture through the cloth Into another
vessel, wring the sawdust dry and
tlirow it away. The remains will be
the lhai ugx uswhohs mixed. Next
take the same amount of water as you
used of uswhohs and pour it in; leavd
the whole set for a few mlnutea."
This is the “soup” employed by
yeggmeu, aud a single portion of It is
guaranteed to open the door of the
stoutest safe, provided an aperture!
can be made suiliclently large to pour ,
in the stuff. The names of the in
gredients are written In a crude sort
of cipher commonly used for preserv
ing such secrets. This and dosena
more of the same transparency of
meaning are in the possession of the
United States secret service men, the
police, detective agencies and others
who tleal with the cooks of such
aishes. By a substitution of letter for
letter—the flrst six for the last six of
the alphabet, the second six for the
third six. with G and N taken out of
turn aud made Interchaugeable—th®
cipher Is easily read. “Impwri hz
xug,” translated, is “sticks of dan"
(short for dynamite). “Uswhohs, either
chhx ;r iaicy”—alcohol, either wood or
pure—may be used.
The directions for serving this soup
require considerable attention and the
best of trained service. After the
“gay cat.” or advance agent of the
bund, has leai-ned all that can be found
out about the bank, store or post-
offlce, its lighting, protection and the
mean^t ot escape by freight train, ve
hicle or on f x‘t, his companion or com-
jpanio:M4 ci)ica on, avoiding notice as
far cu; v*^ v;:p!e. “Stickuim,” or look
outs, tuard the place while the “in-
Bide raen” break Into the safe. SeaU
Ing the crat 1:3 about the safe or vault
door vi'ith soap, the yeggmen pour in
the soup through a small hole left
open at the top. The liquid flows
down by locks, hinges and bolts and
is set off by fuse or detonator. Blan
kets aud covers of any kind are used
to muflp the sound of the explosion
and the fall of the door. Perhaps the
“stickuMs” are forced to create a di
version outside and to frighten the cit
izens (;• misiend them while the “in
side men’* pick out the valuable papers
escape. Wiio pay.s the cU^ck for the
Bonp then depends upon the IngenuitA
of !res.—New York Po'^1
He Does.
“ o consumer u'timately pays the
bills,” savs . Nelson W. Aldrich.
does: even the bill of tariff abom-
i lati i.i ^ '■ bears the name of the
f rill •: : lor from Rhode Island.
The j'.'i f, l.owevir, will no doubt be
news to Hr.n. Henry Cabot Lods;e, of
Ma^s . ' I . . Its, who persists in instst-
i.i4 th . Ml timate consumer is or.ly
b “ivr llt'
Why They Grew Beards.
A medico tells of two physicians in
a certain town, the one elderly with a
long record of cures, the other young
with hid record still to make. The
older doctor, it appears, was inclined
to surrender some of hii night work
to the younger man.
One bitter ni^ht in winter the vet
eran was aroused by two farmers
from a hamlet eight miles away, the
wife of one of whom was seriously ill.
The do«‘tor at tuice referred them to
h»8 youiig colleague; but they refused
the latter’s services.
“Very well.” replied the doctor,
thinking to put a convincing argument
before them, “In that case my fee
is two guineas, payable now.”
Wnereupon there ensued a remon
strance on the part of the farmers,
but the doctor was obduri>ie. Finally
o »e of the men asked the other:
“Well, what do you think 1 ought
to do?”
”1 thiiik you’d better pay him the
two guineas,” said the other. ‘ The
funeral would cost you more.”—Tit-
Bits,
Woman Suffr ge Aids
Lgs Angeles Socialists.
Woman suffrage may give tl e city
of Ia>3 Angeles a socialist mayor. This
view is taken by many politicians after
a study of the primaries in which Job
Harriman, the eocialist candidate aiui
attorney for the McNamaras, received
more votes than any other candidate,
but did not get a majority. Accok!-
ing to city charter Harriman and hi.«;
nearest opponent. Mayor Alexando
niuat fight it out again in December.
The success of Harriman is due large
ly to the aid of the suffrsgettes. And
these are the clapsof wonien the suf
fragist propose to make the world bet
ter by premitting to vote.
Primogeniture.
The law of primogeniture sends back
its roots to the most ancient times
Away back in tfie patriarchal ages the
iirst bjrn son had a superiority over
all his brethern, a»»d in the absence ot
his father was in every important sen
se the head of th house. Up«>n the
death of tiie father he became, by the
unwritten law which could not be ques-
tionel, the priest und lord of ih?' fam
ily, and niiturally to him fell the pro
perty as well as the honors of the
household. Friniog.'*niture, wherever
it is found, is the lingering remnant
of the ancient custom—a custom which
common sense and justice pronounce
11 be as unfair as it is supersitions.
Mineral Products Yield
Third of Billion Dollars
According to figures recently made
public by the Geological Survey, nearly
a third of a billion dollars was added
to Liie we.ilth of the Uiiited States
from the mineral production of her
Western States during the year 19i0.
This includes ahf»ut $66,(MX>,(K)0 wo th
of cr«nl. '»’hc total firures of Western
rnir.eriil pro-^Mcl.ioi. us coatpilrd hy tbf-
!jui vrfv. jifo 31'.18 911,881 This is alxiut
.>c.e f* •,ii of iiir total tt; rirntturul j»ro-
»1ur!-V* 1 -I tt! ■ .1 arei. the pr.-p-r-
tioM l}. :wtvn miiteral and agricultural
pr » t. . 1 f.ci g rtSd ut the same for
the eiiiire Statt-s The a^-riciil
u:-.l M • . .. i.r the Western ^>tates
Jiitv ; i.. 3 0: the. Depart-
rf.-fi' •' A • .' .v approximat-
. ly 'Ihe area consider*
eduiciuMid the belt fr(»m the Dakotas
^uuiii to Texas ami llu- territory west*
waid.
you- money buying
B " • plasters. Chamberlain's
L,inimen5 is che ] er ani better. Dam
pen H piece of flannel wit ii and bind
it over the affected patt^ and it will
relieve the pain and eoreness, For
»ale b/ Ail Deftlers,
' Friendship Council No 51
l>. Of L.
M«*ft« every S •turdi y night in Wil
I kinsons Hall, visiting members of the
order welcomed.
G. E. Newman, Council,
J. M. Rimmer, R)
A Father’s Vengeance.
would have fallen on any one who at
tacked the son of Peter Bondy. of South
Itockwood, Mich., but he was pow r
less before attacks of Kidney trouble.
“Doctors could not help him, ” he wrote
‘‘so at last wega/e him Electric Bit
ters and he improved wonderfully from
taking six b titles. Its the best Kidm y
medicine I ever saw.*’ Backache,
Tired feeling. Nervousness. Loa*j )f Ap
petite, warn of Kidney trouble that may
end in dropsy, diabetes or Bright’s dis
ease. Beware: Take Electric bitter.'*
and be safe. Every bottle guaranteo^.
50c at Mebane Drug Co.
Where Woman is Sterner
Sex,
From the New York Fress
Japan controverts some of ihe Ori
ental ideas regarding woman’s sphere,
for in the puuvii.ce of Shima, on the
South coast of the li^land Empire, the
women are of the sterner sex and not
only do nine-tenths of the field work,
but also received regular employment
dS divers. They enter the water in
the coldest mouths of winter to dive
for shelfish and tengusa, a kind of sea
weed, which they place in small nets
carried by the divers at their girdles.
Often they remain under water more
than a minute. The women divers are
unusally hardy, but constant exposure
a^d the trying lives they lead cause
them to age quickly and to become l s
hard and roughened in feature as an
American longhhoremen.
HIT BY 0AMA6E SUITS.
BUDDHIST CREMATION.
Railroads of Texas Last
Vear Paid Out $i,505»0S4
in Damage Suitt^.
Statf itics for lijt.’ C - .vo of the lead
ing ruilra.tds of txao thit c-jinpii^e
alxtut 93 per cent of ihe miu age »-f
th© State and do ab t 97 per cent, of
the I usiness -.iiow the abnormal grow
th ol' the d tma^e suit industry in Tex
as doling the past fiscal year.
The svkorn reooids of thes^ luads
that the en nmous sum of lp2,5 5.’81
was paia out i t settlement of personal
i jury c se .
This is an average of $181 for each
mile of road operated by the roads
fro II which the statistics are taken.
Thi suiTi ijaivl out on these suits was
3.40 per cent, of the total operating
revenue of the roads and was 3U0
per cent, of the tptal.
Drop us a Line
Just diop us a line if
you are thinking of buy
ing a piano, and we will
ascertain your wishes,
and do what we can
X to meet them. We
have had years exper
ience in the piano busi
ness and are quite sure
we can help you to dis
tinguish between a good
and an inferior instrument.
We are not far from you
and will make good any
representation. We have
in stock a ni:e line of
pianos, and will be glad
to show you what we
have, we feel sure we
can please you.
The Funeral Pyre and the Disposition
of the Ashes.
A Buddhist cremation is a strange
And uncanny event, and it is not often
that a foreigner is given to witness
one. I saw some of the preliminary
ceremonies at a temple in south China,
but found myself apparently becoming
pensona non grata as the time for the
cremation proper approached and did
not care enough about seeing it to In
trude. 1 have since heard and read
several descriptions of the grewsome
ceremony.
The priests are dressed In white sack
cloth, similar to that worn by the
mourners at the funerals of the lay
men, and their brows are bound with
white bandages. The corpse, dressed
in a cowl and with the hands fixed in
an attitude of prayer, Is placed In a
sitting position In a bamboo chair and
carried to the funeral pyre by some of
his fellow monks, all the other monks
of the monastery following in a dou
ble line. As the procession advances
the walls of the monastery echo with
the chanting of prayers and the tin
kling of cymbals.
When the pyre Is reached the bearers
place the corpse upon it, and the fag
ots are kindled by the head priest,
and while the flames are mounting the
others prostrate themselves In obei
sance to the ashes of their departed
brother. When the fire is burned out
the attendants collect the charred
bones and place them in a cinerary
um, which Is often deposited in a
small shrine within the precincts of
the monastery, to remain there until
the ninth day of the ninth month,
when the ashes are sewed up in a bag
of red cloth and thrown into a sort of
ossuary or monastery mausoleum.—
Lewis R. Freeman in Los Angeles
Times.
&
MUSIC CO.
THE FIRST SOAP.
TaxNotite for 1911.
Taxes for the year 1911 are now due;
and for the purpose of collecting same
I will attend in person, or be repre-
sentwl by deputy, at the folio..ing
places, on the dates named.
Pleasant Grove Township, Stain-
back's store, Tuesday, Nov. I4th. 10 to
II a. in. Dailey’s Store, Tueslay Nov
14th. 11 to 2 p, m. E. C. Murray’s
Stoie, Tuesday Nov., 14th. 3 to 5 p. m.
Faucette Township, Levi Aldriugea
Store, Wednesday, Nov,. 15th, 9 to 2. I
E Longs Store, Nov. 15th, 3 to o.
Coble’s Township, Alam tiue Fac
tory, Thursday Nov., 16th, 10 to 1.
PaiieVsoiis Mill, Thuis«iay Nov. ItJth,
1 to 3. Uehnoht, I'lmraday Nov. 16th,
1 to 6.
Boon Station Town.ship, El n ('ol
iege, t'tiiiay Nov., .7tli, U to 2. Osai-
pee Mills, Friu.iy Nov. IVlli, to G.
A;yrtoi'*H To.vnship, Altamahaw
Mills, Tuesday Nov. 21st, 9 to 2. Mor
ion's StortigNUii.sday Nov, iJlst, 3 to 5.
Albrinht’a i»)wnahip, Eurokn School
Huuse, Wednesday, Nov.. 22nd, 10 to 2
Mt'lville Township, Mebane, VY. A.
Murray’s Stoje, Thursday JMov. ^rd,
10 toG.
Thompson Township. Saxapahav,
Friday Nov., 24th, 10 to 2. Swepaot;-
ville, Friday Nov’., 24th, 3 to 6.
Huilingt«>n Township, Freeman’s
Drugstore, Saturday Nov., 25th,
Uaw Uiver Township, Anderson &
Simp.son’s Store, Monday Nov., 27th,
10 to 2. Tix>llinwood. Msnday Nov. 27
3 to 5.
Patterson’s Township, iiufus Fes
ters Store, Tues lay Nov. 28th, 10 to 1.
J. E. Stroud’s Store, Tuesday Nov. 2S
2 to 5.
Newlin’s Township, Snow Camp,
Wednesday Nov., 29th, 9 to 1. Hol
man’s Mills, Wediifsilay Nov., 29th, 2
to 5. Sutphin's Mill Thursday Nuv.,
3iith 9 to 3.
The jooks areojwn now, and will be
found open at the Court Itousj? at alii
According to Pliny, It Was In Uao
Among the Gauls.
Who invented soap? According to
Pliny, soap was an Invention of the
Gauls, who used it for giving a bright
hue to the hair. He also states that
it was employed by the Oermans
both as a medicinal and as a cleansing
agent, two kinds being used—hard and
soft There Is reason to believe that
it was -Introduced into Germany by the
Romans, though on this point there is
Rome difference of opinion.
Ilomer tells us in the “Odyssey” that
Nausicaa. daughter of Alcinous, king
of the Phaecians, and her attendants
washed clothes by treading upon
them with their feet in pits of water.
GO tnat api»areutly she and her serv
ants >\ere nuacguainted with the use
of soap.
'Hie fact th'it soap was obtainable
by boiling together oily or fatty sub
'''tances and alkalis was known at an
early period of history, but it must
Ue borne lu mlud that the substance
referred to in the Old Testament and
translated “soap” (Jeremiah ii, 22,
“For though thou wash thee with
niter—properly, natron-soda—and take
thee much soap,” and Malachl iv, 2
“For he Is like n refiner’s fire and
like fuller’s soap”) refer to the alkali
Itself and not to the substances pre
pared fi*ora oily bodies aud these alka
Hue matters.
The French word for «ioap (saron)
is supjxised to have been derived
from the fact of its having been manu
factured at Savomi. near Genoa.
Tht* manufacture of soap began in
London in 1524, before which time It
was supplied by Bristol at a penny
jK‘r pouiid. A duty was impost on
.soHp In 1711. Imt after several reduc
tions was totally repealed in 1853.—
—Loudon Journal. ^
times
Under the new law this call is thirty
days later than in I'onner year.s. and
in vi^-w of this fact ycu .shoulti l;* pre
pared to meet these appointments.
Ttiese tax are due, and now is the
best and easiest time to pay, and it is
your duty as a good citizen to discharge
this obligation promptly.
Respectfully,
R. N. Cook, Sheriff,
THE TilCE- A-WEEK
EDIIiOHOFTIIE
New York World.
PlMCTiGALLY A DAILY AT THE PRICE OF
A WEEtLY.
The great political campaigns ai'e
now at hand, and you want the news
a.HUJr.stt-*ly and promptly The World
li'iig since established a record for im
partiality, and anybody can afford its
Thr»c.e-a-Wt*ek edition, which comes
e-.-er‘’ other dav in the week except
Sunday. ItwiIlt)eof particular value
to yo^ r^w. The Thrice-a-Week World
al.so‘ab .un l.-i in o^r strong features,
Seri 11 stories, humor, markets, car
toons; in fact, everything that is to be
found ii,v first class d; iley.
The Thrice-a-Week World’s regular
subFcrJption price only $1.00 per year,
and ; ''pays fot 156 papers. We offer
this unequalled newspaper -and the
Mebane Leader together for one year
fur $1.50. The regular subscription
pric^of the two papers is 12.00.
Washington Monument Bent by Heat.
The towering Washington monu
ment, solid as it is, cannot resist the
heat of the sun i>oured on its southern
side on a midsummer’s day without a
slight beuding of the gigantic shaft,
w’hich is rendered perceptible by
means of a copper wire 174 feet long
hamming in the ceuter of the structure
and carrj'liig a plummet suspended in
a vessel of w.Mter. At noon in symmer
the npox of the monument, 550 feet
above the ground, is shifted by ex
pansion of the stone a few hundredths
of an Inch toward the north. High
winds cause i>erceptible motlous of the
plummet, and lu still weather delicate
vibrations of the crust of the earth
otherwise unporceived are registered
by it.
Blood Thicker Than Some Water.
“Bloo1 is thicker than water”—
though not much thicker—and not so
thick as sea water. The water of the
ocean contains thirty-five parts of sa
line material a thousand, while the
vital fluid of the human body contains
but seven parts a thousand or one-
fifth as much. In the human body
each of its myriads of cells is bathed
with this seven-tenths per cent saline
fluid.—Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette.
The Comeback.
“You used to say,” she complained,
“that you counted that day lost when
you did 'not hear the sound of my
voice.”
“Yes, I know,” he replied, “and I
shall never cease to long for those dear
lost days.”—I.iondon Answers.
Identification.
“I shall try to leave footprints on the
sands of time,” said the man who is
earnest, but not original.
“Very good,” replied the absentmlnd-
ed criminologist, “but thum > prints are
now considered more re 'lable.”—Ex
change.
The beautiful is beauty seen with
the eye of the soul.—Jonbert
Balked at Co'd Steel.
‘*1 wouldn’t let a doctor cut my foot
off.” si^id H. D. Ely, Bantam, Ohio,
*falthough a horrible ulcer had been the
plague of my I’fe for ft ur years. In
stead 1 used Bucklen's Arnica i alve,
aikl my foot was Boon completely cur
ed.” Heals Burns, Boils, Sores, Brui>
. e 1, Eczema, Pimples, corns. Surest
Pile cure 25c at «Iebane Drug Co.
RESTAURANT
I have opened in the reer of my store a nice restaurant
where meals will be served at all hours of the day. Food
will be properly prepared and served in good ord^r.
Fresh Family
Groceries
A nice line of fresh fancy family groceries constant])^ on
hand. Call on the
CHURCH GROCERY CO.
Next door to Mebane Post-office.
DO NOT HEhiTATE
to safeguard your nicom^-*. Our bank
is ready and fuMy i-i|a;pj ed u) tran
sact a general h.i;iking ! usiness. In
dividuals and businessb ci.n ern.'t will
get profjer treatment and every fac
ility consistent with safe banking
methods.
Commercial & Farmers Bank.
Mebane N. C.
We Strive to Please
And our carefully selected stock bought under personal
supervision by our experienced buyer wliile in Northern cities
will enablejus to do so more satisfactory this season than ever
before.
Ready-T o-Wear
Ladies Suits, Skirts, and Waists, and a rich profusion of the
most fasiiionable cloths, of the prettiest weaves. A large
and well selected stock of shoes, constitute a portion of our
general line.
Our Millinery Department
is coinpleet and unsurpassed. We only ask an iiispectitn of
stock to convince you that we can please you in price and
quality.
Sincerely,
J. D. & L. B. Whitted,
Burlington, N. C.
Snider,Wilcoi,FletcherC(^
JEWELERS
Carry the bigfirest and best stock of jewelry in cen-
tml North Carolina. It is useless to attempt to de
scribe our stock, it includes everything found in a first
class jewelry store. Diamonds and precious stones set
in gold. Gold traced and wove in the highest and
prettiest it ik posible to conceive of. !Jut glass and
silvc r w’are in great profusion.
Write to us or call where you will have the Inrg-
est and most varied stock to select from. Don’t for
get
Snider-Wilcox-Fletcliar
Company
Durham, N. C*
-tKPIVmHPPMHi
GOOD
ICE CREAM
DRINKS
Table Groceries,
Ice Service
L. T. Johnston,
‘*On the corner” , Phone 22
A^nt for Model Sieam Laundry ^
INSURANCE
I carrj* a full line of Companies, iiicludiiijj
Fire, Life, Accident and health Insur.ance
In fact, anything in the Insurance line.
When in need of any kind of Insurance see
me. Rates reasnable
S. G. MORGAN