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Thursday. December 21 1911
CLOSING THE YEAR.
With this issue the Leader
closes its work for 1911, and
will permit its mechanical force
to take a brief breathing spell,
some much earned r^t We
hope to greet you again on th«
first Thursday in the New Year.
We wish to take this occasion to
express our sincere Uianks to all
who have in any measure con
tributed to the support of The
Leader, whether as a paid sub
scriber, or an advertiser. We
feel gratefull to you all, and
trust that these enterchanges of
business amenites while of a
practical character has proven
mutually profitable.
The end of the old year is fast
approaching, soon time will toll
its death knell, and it will be
layed to sleep with the millions
that have preceded it since the
worlds creation,
The old year will soon be gone
but he will have left foot prints
upon our lives some where, in
some way, he has taught us more
of this eld w')rld, we have leam*
ed to clinff closer to the good
frienas we have, or to watch
more carefully those who have
proved unworthy by their treach
ery.
Some beautiful girl, noble boy
precious babe or treasured friend
whose smiles gladdened your
home last Christmas, may be
gone and we may have some little
momentothat reminds us of their
once happy presence but we hear
no more their familiar foot fall.
The New Year will soon be
here. We trust to each and all
of the Leader Readers it will be
a year of pleasure and prosperity
It will be a year of good purposes
of splendid resolve. With wishes
for a merry Christmas and a hap
py New Year, The Leader bids
you a brief adieu.
TOBACCO GROWING IN THIS
SECTION.
It might not be out of the way
Some members of the Demo
cratic party can always be count
ed upon to play the fool, and if
they did not do it when a num
ber voted forty million dollars
for the dependant pension bill
last week then they missed their
finest opportunity. Nothing bet
ter was expected of the Republi
can party, it was an other effort
to feed their friends at the pub
lic crib, but that members of a
party pledged to economy in the
administration of public affairs
could lend their support, and en
couragement to a species of pub
lic graft, to a dirty dishonorable
effort to plunder the public crib
for the h(^ of political infiuence
is past understanding.
Those Democratic Congress
men, who have presidential as
piration, who voted for the Sher
wood public plunder bill, mis
named a pension, should hasten
to announce that they do not
want the nomination, would not
have it, if presented on a silver
waiter, because it will' be all the
same, they will not get it.
Yuletide and You.
I
A winter’s sky and stars without.
Pale moon and memories calKmr
Encompass all my world about;
God's blessiiHfs on me falling.
A scent of lilacs through the room,
Like holy incense burning
Awakens through the twilight gloom
A lover's ardent yearning.
Out there the wind sweeps o'er the plain
Within, the glowing embers;
Love weaves shout his crolden chain
The Yuletide yet remembers!
II
Twilight and gloom fill all the room.
Time's prosy things receding.
While Dreams along the hallway bloom
And faces smile in pleading.
As daylight dies from out the skies
And night bestows his blessing
I catch a gleam from Love’s sweet eyes
And feel his soft caressing.
III
Somehow an angel’s touch is laid
Upon the brow of Sorrow,
And every debt of sin is paid
With dawning of tomorrow.
So hang the mistletoe above
The hallway and the landing
That one may kiss the brow of Love
Beside the hallway standing.
IV
Yuletide and you! a sky of blue.
Though winter’s blasts are blowing,
Old love remembers and is true
As yondar embers glowing.
Yuletide and you! the sirens sing
As in the Grecian story
And to the Christmas hearth I cling
With you and all its glory;
For wintry sky and stars without.
Pale moon and memories calling
Encompass all my world about,
God’s blessings on me falling.
-H.IE. HARMAN.
The Pension Steal.
(From The Asheville Citiaen )
Congressman Gudger, of our own
district, was the only North Carolina
Congressman who went on record as
voting for the pension bteal which pro
poses to make the taxpayers of the
country contribute seventy-five millions
of dollars annually to the 676,000 6. A.
R, vetrans who *'saved the Union” fif
ty years ago. While the friends of Mr
Gudger will regret that he should have
voted for a measure which adds to the
burdens of the South, he himself can
not complain of publication if he went
on record that way, while his NcHrth
to suggest to the tobacco farm-1 Carolina brethren, Doughton, Godwin,
Training an Elephant.
In training the elephant to perform
tricks advantage is taken of the fact
that the feet of the animal are pecul
iarly seuitlTe and he dreads any ia-
jury to them. Many of his tricks
are based upon this principle. Thus
he is t(^ place one foot upon a
low pedestal; then the othw foot Is
tapped gently, and he raises this and
places It beside the other—to get it out
of harm’s way. The hlad feet are
treated similar^ la tom, the front
feet being hit evMy time they are
placed m the gfound. In tWa way all
tout feet are finally placed upon the
tub. The trick of induclxkg an ele
phant to partake of a meal is very
simple. Animals wtU naturally eat
anything placed before them, and it is
only necessary to open a bottle of
“pop” onee or twlee and present it by
hand when the may be tRMted
to find out for himself how to get at
its contents. In all such cases the
essence of the training consists in infi-
idte patience, kindness and constant
repetition, sliowlng the animal ever
and over agliin how a thing Is done in
precisely tlie same way and then forc
ing Wm to do it hims^.-*H3dHXtiflc
American.
The Old Man's Plea.
He got eight years in Sing Sin^ bttt
nevertheless the plea for mercy of Jo
seph Amos Washington Bmen was oue
of the fineat prose poems ever uttered
In the general sessions of New York.
The old man addreeeed the eonrt as
follows:
** 'Deed, yo^ hoaall, X eu*t wmj much.
Mah rec^ am sure agatest bm. I
hab served meh time than itzteso
years in prison fer de same offense.
All I hare to remark (an* I lMH>e yo’
honah will not be too stera) Is dat I
jost simply can*t keep away from a
hencoop nohew when t heah d«n pul
lets calMn’.”
Bndyard KlpUng ftxprseaed the very
same idea when be wrote those two
familiar lines:
For th* wind la la the pafan tNM, an* tb«
tempi* b«na tb«7 sar:
"Com* you ba«k, yon Brltlah ■okll«r; eom«
rou b»ck to Mandalay t**
The chicken habit once formed is as
tenacious and irresistible as the Burma
glri habit—Boston Globe.
Can*t Bmmt th* Head
“You can’t get ahead of a head wait-
er,** said a man who spends a great
deal of time at one of the New York
hotels. “Of course the tips at a hotel
like this mount up, and, as there are
several restaurants, if yon give flS or
$20 to the head waiter of each one of
them it is too much. I sweertened one
head waiter, but neglected to give the
autocrat of anothor restaurant any
thing. Soon I found that it was rtrj
difflcnlt for me to get a table !n that
restaurant. ’Fhe head waiter would
always be looking another way or
a table that I fancied had been en
gaged. I got even by giving ray wait
ers extra big tips, and It soon got so
that when I entered the restaurant
half a dosen upraised fingers would
beckon me. But soon the head waiter
was on to my game, and it got so that
almost every table oflfered me was
3aiined by the head waiter on the
ground that it was roserved.’*—Kew
York Sun.
Pullman's Little Joke.
8. S. Beman, the architect, had the
most to do with the building of the
town of Pullman, although acting on
eertain suggestions from the founder
of the colony. When plans had^bew
completed and the pe^nctory worii
of execution was under way the archi
tect said to the car company chief:
“Now that we are well started, Mr.
Pullman, I want to ask yon if yon
have given any thought to naming ths
town.’'
**A great deal,” said Mr. Pullman.
**X think it la only fair that yon should
have recognition, and I have decided
upon a composite name that will Im
mortaliae you and myself at the same
time. We will do this by taking the
first syllable of my name and the last
syllable of yours.”—Chicago Poet.
ers of this section that it is get
ting time to look after their to
bacco plant beds. There is no
question but what the tobacco
raised in this section is of super
ior quality, and the tobacco
manufacture are beginning to fu!
ly appreciate this fact. The gi^de
of tobacco raised in Northern
Alamance, and Oranice and Cas
well Counties will command sti-
perior prices right along. It is
not such a bright tobacco, nor is
it the black strong kind, bat it
is a rich mahogany that in the
future will go in a filler for the
better grades of chewing tobac
co There is no posibility of
this section retrograding in the
quality of tobacco raised, but the
farmers will raise more and a
better grade.
The gray lands of this section
for tobacco raising have no su
perior in this state, and there is
a great deal of land South of
M »bane that will produce a fine
grade of tobacco. There are
great areas of tobacco land in
which the cultivation of tobacco
will cease, because it will become
less and less profitable, but this
is an ideal tobacco section,
the grades raised in and around
here will always command good
prices.
If you have not tobacco ffeed
then call on Mr. J. S. Warren of
the Piedmont Warehou^ or Mr.
W. E. Harris of the Planters,
they will see that you teX seed.
Kitchen, Page, Small and Stedman had
the courage to vote against the steal.
This nconstrous bill, which no Southern
Congressman riiould have supported,
proposes to tax every family in the
United States (that's the way it fig
ures out) to pay additional pensions,
rai^ng /rom |15 to $30 a month to the
soldiers of the Union armies who fought
againat the South. They are to get it,
regardless of the fact that they wef«
already getting good pensions. Such
irAs the bill for which Congressman
Gudger voted.
A Terrible Blunder,
to neglect liver trouble. Never do it.
Take Dr. King's New Life Pills on the
first sign of constipatian, biliousness
or inactive bowels and prevent virulent
indigebtion, jaundice or gall stones
They ungulate li/er, stomach and bow
els and build up your health. Only !£5c
at Mebane Drug Co.
Pull Together.
PuU together, brethren. We are all
here for the same purpose. Then tive
and let live. The best way to butki up
your town is for eaeh and every man to
pull together and not strive to raid
and tear down. All rasidents of a town
are partners, and not opponents. In
all likelihood, the inore ^siness done
and.byyott*' rival the more you will do.
Every man who treats his customers
honestly and fairly will get his share,
and the more basiness that can be se-
evred united efifort, the better it
will foe for all.—Exdang«.
I preparcd to have ail IHnds Of
hauling done at riwrt^iotiee. Call
F, W. Graves.
Brewning and a CahmafK
The gondoliers of Venice are aup-
l^osed to know their Taaso aikd Ariosto.
The following little Incident leads to
the supposition that Brownlng*8 “Ride
to Qhent” may possibly be found in
the poetic repertory of the London
cabman: A neighbor one day saw Mr.
Browning alight from a hansom. Ths
cabby looked at the fare in his open
palm with an air of dlssatlsfaetion
and, wheeling round, delivered himsdf
of ^la parting shot: “You may be a
good poet, but you’re a bad pay
master.”—Mrs. Andrew Crosse lu “Bed
Lett^ Days of My Life.”
Hie Calling.
**What are you doing now, Wlggl*-
tborper*
“Settlement woA.“
**8ettlement work? You ^n’t loek
depart.”
*7hafa what I’m doing, jost ^
same; I’m collecting bills fer old Spot-
cash.”—fixchange.
An Teak.
Lover (monmfullyV—Have yon learn
ed to love another? Flirt (who had
Just broken off her engagement with
hbn)—Oh, no, Oeorge. I didn’t have
to leam. The man la very, y^ry
wealthy, and the love came spontane-
iosly.
*nMu*le Hath Charma.**
**What on earth d’yoti keep clapping
for? That last i^ger was awful!”
"I k»ow, bo* I liked the style of her
elothes, and I want to Inve anothei
look at them."—London Opinion.
Diplomats get more profit by lislen-
taV than by talking even wheA
talk weiL—Baaotaux. _ .
Pure Demagogy.
(From The Nashville Banner.)
It was pure demagogy paraded in the
name of patriotism and was influenced
not TO much by the soldier vote now
growing much smaller than the pension
paid by the government would indicate,
but by a mewish aeatimentatity that
needs correcting and, what is worse,
the array of pen«on oilicials mnd the
pension attorneys, for whom the dis-
birsement of so raaeh money affords
rich bounty and large annual incomes.
What Is
Christmas
Without fruits, (bandies, etc? We have a nice
line of apples, oranges, lemons, raisons and
other nice things to eat.
We have clothing, shoes, hats etc. We sell
everything close. We have what will please
you, and will take'pleasure in filling your or
ders. Don’t forget u;?.
Mebane Store, Co.
Mebane, N. C.
WHEN
You are thinking as to the best place to pur
chase anything la ladies dressing material, in
Coat Suits, from substanialy made for wear
np to the finest creation, the best the most
artistic lady tailors can produce, or wraps
for comfort, the swellest affairs worn by so
cieties elite, or any Kind of ladies dress good
material, then call, or write to us. Remem
ber we pay your railroad fare from any point
East of Haw Ri r to Durham when you pur
chase goods to amount of U5, or mare.
Ellis-Stone, & Co
mm FOR GHRiSTiS AT
GOODMAN’S
ClothiRg Store, Burlington N. c.
The Christmas season of good
cheer demands that every man
be well-dressed and Jock his best
GOODMAN can flt y.„ Z
head to frot, and ut the sp«hl
prices he is now making no man hu
any excuse for not being well dreised
His immense stock is of the very
latest styles and patcems. In Furn
ishiUgs he has everythi^f you need
-collars, cuffs, tics, okderwear.
Also a big line of Suit»
and Furnishing- All at Bpe«ial
prices from now until Christmas.
The Home cf Good i;lothes
The biggest Clothier in
the County.
, Burlington, N C
Stores
Durham* N. C.
Greensboro
SEyENTY-FiyE COBDSOF WOOD
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
Mebane Land& Imp. Co.
Mebane N. C.
A Grand Exhibit
of Furs from
America’s Leading Furries, Wm, Jackson’s Sons
Overshadowing anything of the kind ever shown
in Greensboro. The display will include every
thing that is dependable and strictly fashionable,
comes just in time to choose Christmas gifts for
the ladies.
Among the more stylish Furs will be neck
pieces, Muffs and Coats in French Black Coney,
Black Lynx Hare, Blue Bear, Australian Chin
chilla, Alaska Sable, Beaver, Russian Mink, Black
Fox, Japanese Mink, Black Lynx.
Chas. H. Dorsett,
THE WOMAN’S STORE.
Greensboro, N. C.
una
I
Wamamesmma
DELIVERED FREE.
$175.00 Will Buy a Very Nice Upright.
PIANO.
CHRISTMAS
CAKE
If yon want a pure white flour, as light and as
white as drifting snow flakes with which to make
your CmOBTMLAS CAKE call for Cooks de
light. You do not find its equal on tae market-
It will please you-
COOK MILIING COMPANY
Mefoane, N. C.
ELtlS MACHINE & ISIG CO.
(Easy terms—if you want them.)
Burlington, - - North Carolina.
24 PICTURES FOR ONLY U.
Just Think Of M
cheaper than steaUng if you nerer eaught. Monday Dee.
llth I wiH open penny Photos and Post Card Btiidio over the Bank.
Its only a shott time until Christmas so if you care for any Photos
of any kind Don’t wait, come early and avoid nMdi. Piatures most
^be paid for at time of sitting.
Tours for busidsia,
L D STEVENS,
raOTOGRAPHEB.
I
Wyriigk Bw Wnftf ft Itais
from us^'-too,—but take
our advice and don't get one
TOO CHEAP!
For 225-250-275-^300-
350, you can buy a Piafio
that will be a pleasure for a
life time from
W. A. SLATER CO.
DRESS WEU.
And the world admires
you. Dress shabby and
it lets you along. Wear
good clothes and you are
a hero. Wear poor ones
and your credit is'gone.
I We handle the kind for
ttet, finish and price that
has no superior and but
few equals.
W. A. SUTER CO.
Durfaafn N.C.