THE MEBANE LEADER
“AND RIGHT THE DAY MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOULD BE SLOY ALT Y, TO FALTER WOULD BE telN.”
Vol 3
MEBANE, N. Cm THUBSDAY. FEBRUARY 6 1913
NO 56
PERSONALS AND LOCAL
WFS
people who come
AND GO.
HEMS OF INTEREST GATH-
KRED BY OUR REPORTER
^!r. George McCauJey has la prripp.
Mrs. Graham Lloyd of Ashboro is
isitirp iii Mebane.
Vir. T. A, Albright visited at Mr.
j X. Warrens Sunday.
Alurt Whitefield spent Saturday
. • Sunday in High Point.
\lr. Murray Ferguson went up to
. -nsboro Friday evening.
l ush hard foi that hosiery mill, it
ill be a big help to Mebane.
Barbara Shaw visited at Efland
f . Saturday until Mon lay.
:\ir. Clyde Andrews of Hillsboro ppent
V ,,l:u- with Mr. U. S. Ray.
Miss Addie Slade of Yanceyville is
X., :i lur sister Mrs. Vincei.t.
H. \V. Bason of Thomasville
w: ? a visitor in Mebane Sunday.
V;~. I'l'.a Pearfonwent np toGreens-
: r.riay morning to visit friends.
H K. Baldwin arrived in Meb
safjrJay to visit friends for a
w
I, t I n the honor roll. You remem-
1 VMii are behind on your subscrip-
V Elizabeth Copley came up from
Puiiiam Saturday to visit friends in
The N'ethodist purpo:e to giv^ a!
Valentine party Feb. 14. Every oi e
invited. There will be games ai d |
refreshments served. Every one is
requested to bring a piece of silver
money.
Mr. F. .T. Abnerthy of Catawba and
family are stopping at the White House
in Hard Luck.
The firm of
horse traders
against bad luck. Mr. West Warren,
a member of the firm, returned from
the West the first of the past week
with 25 smooth limb, good looking
horses for sale. It seems that the
change of the climate some what ef-
Mr. A'Dnerthy has bought the Currie j fected them, and m a day or two they
j Dividends from the goat farm have j
Vincent and Warren, ‘ off in Wilmington. The goat is
have been hard up {auction for pound fees, j
The important consideration is, does he j
goat?—Greensboro News.
AFTER THE PBFSiDENT.
Faucett place and will move his family
out there. He has a family of 9 and
will be quite a help to the school and
neighborhood We extend the glad
hand to Mr Abnerthy ard family
Mrs. Hettie Scott and grand daughter
little Miss Ruby and also Mrs. S. A.
White Jr., and son William left Monday
evening for Orlando, Fla., where they
will visit Mrs. Wm Lynch and Mrs. D.
C. Thompaon. Mrs. Lynch and daughter
Mrs. Ttiompson formely lived at
Mebane when Maj. Wm. Lynch was
connected with the Bingham School
and are relatives of Mrs. Scott and
family.
were taken with the epizootic or bad
cold from which five of them died in
quick succession. Others were sick,
but recovered. The State Vetarinari-
an sergeon was here to see them, and
prescribed for them. Messrs. Vincent
and Warren have the sympathy of the
community.
The wholesalers of Boston have
raised the price of potatoes because of
a railroad strike up in Maine. The
wonder is that the poor consumer sur
vives to consume. The burden is
wa’ys unloaded onto his shoulders, no
matter who or what is responsible for
its creation.
Congress Would
Him of Some of
Power,
Shear
His
Beware of Stones!
In Ralei.^h today there are gathered i
some hundreds of men, paid by the j
state of North Carolina, and charged i
iSPITSL FOR
Hillsboro News
I with the solemr duty of providing the
j laws that experience has shown to be
i necessary to advance the material and
A campaign in favor of legislation | welfare of the state, to protect
that will shear the president of power | law-abiding from the lawless and
al- ’ to jump an officer of the army over the | insure to every citizen, m so far as
head of other officers at will has taken i the state may do so, an equal opportu-
definite forrr. It was learned last | ’’^ty with every other citizen to attain
week that this is the secret of Congress-1 the highest happiness that he can. To
man Evans’ bill which demands of the | do this will require every minute of the
war department the records of all | prescribed sixty days; yet we see men,
officers of the active line ^rom the ! halting the
I:
V. t i’eel really sorry for our
,. nen and Vincent for the
■,L '.V horses.
friends
loss of
Ladies Minstrel
The very funniest show ever played
ifi Mebane. There will be plenty of
j(^es, songs, dancing, speeches and
several specialties, all sure to hit.
LADIES ONLY, will take part in
the Minstrel and Mebane’s b^st talent
will be represented.
We expect to present this Minstrel
the middle or latter part of February.
Look for further notices.
M ivor J. T. Shaw went up to Greens-
l.or. Thursday night to attend a meet-
ir.i uf the Masons.
Mrs. A. M. Goodman of Asheville is
several days with her sister
Mra. J. R. Rice.
Mr Jesse Tingen went up to Haw
River Tuesday evening. There seems
to I f some attraction up there for
Jv~6e.
>’r. \V. E V/hite returned home
S /Jay after a two weeks tour in the
W I and North West, in the interest
the White Furniture company.
Dog Tax
There is a number of petitions being
handed around soliciting signatures
praying that a bill be passed to tax
the dogs of Alamance county $1.C0 a
bead. This wouUl seem to be a very
Itroper bilL Representative Long at
Raleigh will be asked to push the mat
ter through the Legislature.
An Interesting bei mon
Presiding Elder, Dr. Beaman prcach-
ed in the Methodist church Sunday
nigh. He took for his text the 27 and
28 verses of the 6 chapter of Proverbs
"Can a man take fire in his bosom and
his clothes not burn. Can one go up
on hot colds and his feet not burn"
He made of his text some very prac
tical and apt every day application.
Can you read the light, lascivious, im
pure, literature of today and not have
your mind poisoned to pure things?
Can you play cards and gamble without
creaUng a lust for the depraved, and
improper and dishonorable way of ac
quiring money. Can you drink whiskey
debauching mind, and body, and not
loose your self respect, and forfeit
that which your neighbor entertains
for you. Can you take the serpent of
sin to your bosom and dare the risk of
befng bitten to your moral and spiritual
death
It was an interesting sermon giyen
the closest attention. At its conclusion
the church held a quarterly conference.
rank of colonel up.
Mr. Evans says he has no special
axe te grind. He is a member of the
military affairs committee, of which
Representative Hay, of Virginia, is
chairman. Kepresentative Hay has
led a fight af/ainst Senator Wood,
, „ ., . ^ chief of staff. The purpose of the
Y. Noel spent Friday .n Dur- resolution, so far as can be learned,
I IS to eret information that can be
used in the house against the rapid
promotion of officers without regard
to service. The v/ar department is
Miss Maggie Williams of Durham,
spent Saturday night and Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mra. A. G. Wil
liams.
Miss Ida Lloyd of Durham spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Hillsboro.
Mr. N.
ham.
Mrs. John Laws spent last Thursday
in Durham.
friends
The
Young Mens Prayer
Meeting.
The prayer meeting of the young
men held in the Methodist church each
Sunday evening is well attended and
seama to be growing in interest. Song
service, and short and interesting talks
comprise chiefly the program.
Efland Items
Rev.
ri;
R. E Powell preached an ex
sermon to a large congregation
baptist church in Mebane Sun-
rning at 11 o'clock.
Du some men a faver, and they will
in or late cancel the debt, with some
Do you know the man?
V ! ,'on’t let him fool you the second
More Deput Room
Railroad agent, H B. Slack tells us
that the Southern officials are serious
ly contemplating the enlargement of
the Mebane depot, ard are holding the
work up principally for the reason that
they want to give better passenger
depot accomodation here. Mr. Slack
is anxious for more freight roonr, and
thinks they should extend the depot
west at least 60 feet.
James Shaw and George Thomp>-
=.!' ieft Mebane Tuesday morning on a
T ' ip tu hunt turkeys. There are several
I- ’kin^ for a turkey to be sent down
I'!!- supper.
1 he property of the estate of the
li Ge irge W. Tate was bid off in
HiiL-boro on Monday and brought good
prices. It is not known how many up-
b ' lids there will be put on it yet.
'• he Nelson Dry Goods Company
i l an^es their advertisment in this
v.fi'ks Loader, directing attention to
liicir stock of trunks, vali:es, and hand
I A nice line of hats and shoes,
crything new.
Mr. C. C. Smith places an advertise
r t in this weeks Leader directing
^eniion to his Skreemer oxford shoes
which he is offering at a great re
oMotion, and other attractive lines to
n. -ke room for new stock.
Holmes-Warren and Co., changes
hf'ir advertisment in this weeks Leader
Ruster-Brown says the time has arrived
v’hen we wish to clean house quickly
•'■f all remaining winter merchandise
the low prices on all regular line. Don
fail to see them.
Don’t fail to attend the Remnant
•lie at H. E. Wilkinson Co., store on
1- ‘bruary 10th, to the 15th. They al-
'• call attention to their beautiful line
laces and embroideries suitable for
y ur spring dresses. Their low cut
shoes will arrive March 1st. Don’t fail
■ • see them.
As to Ice Cream
It may not be generally known, and
yet it is true that the pure food law
has made a standard for ice cream,
and a deviation from that standard is
violation of the pu*'e food law.
Standard ice cream is a frozen product
made cream and sugar with or with
out flavor, and must contain not less
than 14 per cent of milk fat. This
Standard is adopted by the Secretary
of the Agricultural Department and
there is no authority to change it, any
violation of this law will be met with a
prosecution.
And Embrio Jndge.
Mr. Felix Graves is expecting his
wife, and little boy home some time in
March. The boy is a bouncer, he tiped
the beam at ten pounds January 10.
We asked Felix if he expected to learn
him the leaf tobacco trade, he answerd
no, he would let him study law, as "he
expected to make a supreme court
judge out of him. Why he says you
would be suprised to see what a
Judicial expression he |has on his face,
the even takes his baths in a serious
sort of a way, and his discissions in
the family circle carry great weighs
Fix It.
We are glad tr note that Miss Arnie
Jordan who has ien confined to her
room several days with a severe case
r-i measles is able to be up again.
Mr. Charles Boggs who has been at
work in Chapel Hill is at home for a
few days with his mother Mrs, Boggs.
Mr. Tom Fitzpatrick who works in
Durham spent Sunday at home with
bis family.
Mrs. Annie Latta from near Cedar
Grove is spending a lew weeks with
her uncle Mr. W. P. Riley who still
continues seriously ill.
Mrs. James Reeves of Chapel Hill
visited her cousin Mrs. John Riley last
week.
Miss Mary Tapp of Blackwood Sta.
is visiting her cousin Mise Sallie Tapp.
Miss Myrtle Jordan is spending a
few days with her cousin Miss An>iie
Jordan.
Mrs. George Thompson of Mebane
spent last week with her sister Mrs.
E, D. Thompson.
Miss Bessie Baity has returned after
i a pleasant visit to relatives in Greens-
buro.
Miss Bessie Hooks of Mebane is
visiting her friend Miss Gladdys Jones.
Rev. Mr. Wiihelm of Caldwell spent
Saturday i”ght ark Sunday with D. E.
Forrest, P. M.
Mrs. Bettie Ciutchfieldgave a turkey
dinner to some of her fiiends last Sun
day which was very much enjoyed by
all present.
Miss Wellie Strowd of University
Station was a visitor in our town last
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Maud Brown of Burlington has
been spending a few days with relatives
near Efland.
Mr. Gunter of Burlington was in
town Monday looking after the interest
of the new Hosiery Mill that is soon
to be erected in Efland.
Miss Alene Perry spent Sunday at^
home in Orange Grove.
Mr. F. R. Brittain of Greensboro
spent Sunday at home with his family.
Rev. Roland Stubbins took dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Efland Sundny
Misses Pearl and Maud Efland spent
one day last week in Durham shopping.
Mr. M. L. Efland lost a very valuable
cow last Saturday night she was sick
only a short time.
“New Year”
Miss Ruth Holden is visiting
here this week. j
Rev. J. Marwin Culberth of Nashe- i
ville Tenn . gave a very interesting j
lecture in the Methodist church last.
Monday night. j
There was no preaching in the Bap-1
tist church Sunday night on account of !
Rey. Green being sick. j
Mrs. V. L. Kenion who has been
sick for some time do not improve
much.
There will be preaching in the Me
thodist church next Sunday morning
at 11 a. m. and Sunday night at 7:30
p. m.. Sunday school ever> Sunday
morning beginning at 9:30 a. m. Pray
er meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30
p. m.
Epworth League meets FViday eve.
at 7:30. Everybody welcome to all
these services.
fighting against production of the rec- j the people of North
ords which nis resolution now com-! the least interested,
mands. The committee has asked for
the records and they are not forth
coming
progress of legislation and consuming
hours of the time that the tax-payers
have bought with their hard-earned
money, in an attempt to force through
the house some of the'r own pet
schemes—schemes whose only possible
advantage would be to attract the
limelight for the moment to their
originator, and to consume in fruitless
discussion time that belongs to the
state. It is seriously proposed to invite
men to discuss before the legislature
an alleged reform measure in which
Carolina are not
for the good
reason that they have never needed it;
the fact that the men named in the
proposed invitation are great men
' does not alter the fact that the mem-
! bers of the legislature are not sent to
lialeigh to listen to orators. The initia-
: tive and referendum may be a great
j thing, but certainly it is not one of the
Rumor is Afloat in Durham; prime needs of North Carolina and a
decent school law is. Yet we see this
measure, of a purely theoretical value,
given precedence over a measure that
! is a m.atter of life or death to the
I present honor and future greatness of
That the Durham and Southern rail- i qqj. gtate; who wants to pay legislators
I road is making preparations to extend j to listen to Mr. Robert Marion Lafollette
1 their line down into Sampson county I (jiscourse on the initiative and referen-
1 is a well grounded lamor that is talked | while our roguery-riddled system
! in Durham, but the officials of the rail- j assessment stinks to High
1 road in Durham would not verify this . Heaven? What right have our legis-
rumor. The story comes to Durham
i from the eastern part of the state
DURHAM AND SOUTHERN
That the Kailroad Will Be
Extended Into Sampson
County.
an In-
$20,000
Plans Drawn For
stitutlsn to Cost
to $25,000
The chamber of commerce is doing
much good for the upbuilding and ad
vancement along industrial lines for
Burlington. J, Wesley Cates, the
secretary, is having plans drawn for a
hospital to cost from $20,000 to $25,000
and the chamber will endeavor to raise
this amount in stock for erecting and
equipping the institution. The need
of a hospital is sorely felt every week
and it is learned that the proposition is
meeting with much favorable com
ment.
There are several propositions that
the chamber of commerce will brirg
before the people this j’ear for the
material upbuilding of Burlington.
Among them is the matter of orgtniz-
ing a company for the establishment
of a furniture pl.'^nt. Plans are al
ready well under way and the prospects
are favorable for the plans materializ
ing. With the building of the new
railroad from Greensboro to Pittsboro,
via Burlington.
Mail
Boxes to Be
Red.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
issued orders to employees of the Post
Office Department to paint everythinj;'
red. Wine colors and sickly red
will not do, R-E-D is tbs word. Every
delivery wagon, city, parcel post and
rural free delivery vehicle must be
red
It is possible that Mr. Hitchcock
wants to do all the mischief he can be
fore he is displaced by a
successor, or he wants to
= 1 where a Durhamite has recently been.
i He states that the companv is having
Fainted | surveys made in that section and the
! people beyond Dunn, the present
1 terminal of the Durham and Southern,
think that the work is to be started at
an early date.
Just what point in Sampson county
will be made the terminal of ihe new
extension is not knowi!, but dame
rumor has it that Newton Grove will
possibly be the objective point. This
is one of the finest farming sections of
the s'-ate ai.d the extension of the i
Durham and Southern into this terri-
latorsto take the time that their con
stituents have paid good money for to
listen to constitutional authorities, no
matter how great, draw fine-spun
theories and hair-splitting distinctions
when the people are crying out for
relief from a thousand oppressive
burdens that the General Assembly
could lift if it would? We are proud to
believe that the majority of the mem
bers are sensible of the responsibility
that rests upon them to do the things
that they were sent there f'^r, wasting
no time on demagogic vaporings; but
already hours of precious time hav3
been wasted through the pestiferous
persistence of the selfseekers. It is a
Democratic j tory. The gentleman who has just | ^his crew that the recall
flaunt his returned from this section of the state
red where he think it will make
one mad.
which is part of the “progressive
some says that people in that section have j program is not now in working order,
been unable to find out a great deal | exasperating thing, when
■ about the proposed extension, >^ut are } people are calling for bread to
The Wilmington Star is of the opin-1 gathering their information and draw- j stupidly hand them a stone -Lexington
ion that -if Southern men think half i '"K ‘he.r conclusions from the tact that | Dispatch.
engineers said to be in the em.ploy ot j
as much of the South’s women as is
credited up to their gallantry, they
can show it better by paying women
teachers good salaries and seeing to it
that all Southern f?irls shall have a
chance to attend comfortable schools.
The women would prefer to have us
do that than to stand with hats off and
let our noggins get cold A woman
who knows as much and does as
much as a man is entitled to a man’s
pay.” Sound logic. The State should j
get out of the old-time notion that a
woman who is as capable as a man
should not have a man’s pay. Wom
an works cheaper simply because it
has been the custom for her to do so.
—Charlotte Observer.
the Durham and Southern are making
the surveys in Sampson county.
Children Are Full Of
Unconscious Poetry
Mebane Rid 5
1 here is no trouble to get people to
talk about judges being overworked
itiid solicitors undupaid, but a judge
’'Vould regard it as contempt of court
; i Some of those dependant upon his
price should complain about his
•1 lavs in opening court on proper time,
ami keeping a hundred farmers idle for
a day or more around the court house,
riio men who dodge the support
their home newspaper, because
they suffers from the big head are the
f you will have a hard time wring-
anything from , for your com
munities support. We know of some
*^0 small you could rattle their con
science in a mustard seed. They may
he pushed up for reisonp, but thy
Will never help a community.
The Southern railroad officials did a
good thing when they had broken nek
placed at the crossings on the East
and West side of the depot, but they
would do a better thing if they would
have those rocks covered with some
fine pulverized substance to smooth off
the surface. The improvement is but
little batter tjian mud as it is left. It
is like crossing a rough corduroy road,
nor do pedestrian have much better
show. We learn that agent, H. B.
Slack has been making an effor'; to
have these places covered with pul
verized rock,
in a plea to have these places fixed at
once.
The Statesville Landmark thinks cer
tain judges should be required to stay
in their own districts just as a punish
ment to the districts responsible for
their being on the bench. No doubt
punishment should be meted cut to
them in some way.
This is an excelent suggestion, and
should be adopted. The law is wrong,
no district has a right to inflict its
old hum bugs on any other portion of
the state. If such a law had heen in
The citizen7shouid join operation it is more than possible that
old Judge Peebles would have left the
bmch long years ago.
Senator Simmon? has introduced an
amendment to the rivers and harbor
bill making an appropriation of $1,-
100,000, for the continuation of work
o:i Cape I^kout Harbor for a year.
Well I guess the ground hog seen
his shadow and you may look for more
colJ weather.
Mr. Nelson Wright spent Saturday
nd Sunday with his uncle Mr. Sam
Browning.
Miss Lillie Ward of Burlington spent
several days at home last week.
M. Robin William spent one day last
week with his cousin M. J. M. Miller.
Mr. Lee Shanklin spent Sunday at
home.
Little El^ie Miller met with a very
serious accident Sunday morning when
she fell in the fire and was burned
very bad.
Mr. M. Shanklin spent Saturday and
Sunday at home.
Mr. John M. Miller spent Monday in
Hillsboro on business.
There was a large crowd attended
the sale at Mr. T, B. Tates Saturday,"
Mrs. Joe Newman and Mrs. Perry
spent Saturday at Mr. Jim Squires.
Mrs. W. A. Shankin is still very
sick, but we are glad to say she is ^
improving. |
Mrs, Ed Westbrooks spent several j
days last we*»! with Mr. Lee West
brook and familv,
Mr. Oley Albeit called at Mr. J. M.
, Millers Sunday evening.
Miss Pearl Browning is spending
some time at Mrs. T J Brownings.
Mr. B. S. Smith spent last Friday
mmi IN KENTUCKY.
Band of Men Burns 7,000
Pounds of Tobacco For
American »nuff Co.
Violence which has been threatened
for some time in central Kentucky as
the result of the tobacco controversy
is reported to have broken out at Cobb
near Princ town, where a band of
men burned a box car containing about
7,000 pounds of tobacco consigned to
the American Snuff company at Clarks
! ville Tenn.
There has been some fear of an out
break at Hopinsville, where growers
and buyers are in conference. Differ
ences among growers as to when and
at what price they should sell their
holdings are the basis of the contro
versy.
Take Adrlanople by Storm
It is believed tha^ the Bulgarian and
Servian troops besieging the fortress
of Adnanople purpose to take the place
by storm regardless of the sacrifice of
life that such an attack would entail.
Bulgarian army headquarters an
nounced that no foroign military at
taches or newspaper coi’respondents
would be all'jwed to follow the forth-
commg operations, and this is taken
as an idication that such an attack is
contemplated.
Adrianople is still supplied with plen
ty of provisions and ammunition, ac
cording to soldiers who deserted last
week. ^
Mebane M. E. Church
South.
A Chicago scientist wants to figM
crime in the laboratory. Certainly the |
fight against it m the courts can not i ®
be said to have been attended withj Oloy Albeit spent Saturday
any great degree of success. | Sunday at home.
1 Papa girl
Rev. F. B. Noblitt, Pastor.
Walter Lynch, Supt, S. S.
N. H. Walker. Assist. Supt. DR.
j Preaching every 3rd Sunday at ll:0o
A. M. and second Sunday night at 7:30
I P. M.
1 Prayer meeting every Wednesday
I evening at 7:30 and a union prayer^
meeting ever Sunday after noon at | If you have
3:00 o’clock conducted by the young j eyes s6e me
men of the town.
Sunday school every Sunday begin
ning at 9:45 a. m.
Everybody welcome to all these ser
vices.
(From the Standard.)
Children are born with a taste for
knowledge. They want to know, and j
they want to know the right thiners.
They ask questions, and are not easily
satisfied They are fond of imitating
what they see around them. They are
highly imagirrative. They clothe their
ideas in concrete forms. There was
a time when they were regarded as
immature adults; we have learned that
the main aim of a teacher must be to
give the right tone to the feelingy—
goodness in the abstract is of little
avail; the imagination must be stirred.
We are accustomed to believe that
there is little reflection on the part of
children, and yet one cannot but see
now and again gleam? of thought
which suggest a hidden mental power
working almost unconsciously. The
little girl who “gathered sunlight in
her hand&and put it on her face” knew
something of the effects of heat. And
how full of humor are some of the
sayings of children. It was Punch,
we believe, who depicted Tommy after
he had been severely corrected, as ex
claiming: ‘-I fink I’ll go back to heav
en, where I came from.” And what a
fund of suggestion was conyeyed by
the little girl who, on hearing a run
ning tap, said that “the water was
coughing.”
The poetry of life is frequently seen
in childhood. We have this illustrated
in the description of butterflies as
“pansiefc flying.” “A star is a cinder
from God’s great star” has a wealth
of unconscious meaning. But perhaps
the finest approach to poetry was made
by a tiny tot who defined dew as “the
grass crying.” “Oh auntie” said a
little girl, “I’ve just seen a pencil
walking.” The nurse, who had grown
out of fairyland, explained that it was
I only an ordinary worm.
Orange Grove Items
Mr. John F, Crawford who has been
working at Mebane for sometime spent
several days at home recently with the
grippe, but returned Saturday.
Miss Aline Perry of Efland spent
Sunday at home with her parents.
Messrs. Luther Cheek and Marshal
Cates and Miss Jones and Miss Alma
Lloyd visiced at Mr. .J. C. Rays Satur
day nighU
Mrs. Chas. M. Crrwfor l and Miss
Pearl l)a\is of Greensboro are visiting
rtlalivos near the Grov3, and passing
part oL the time fishii g. Iney really
say iV.oy will bito now.
Mr. J. J. Cra'AlDrd spent a few days
in Baili M,ton last week visiting his
sistef, Coi'kiin, who is very sick.
Tne work on the chu»'ch is prc^ressirg
r'cely, tjianks to the Building Com-
miiteo id the hearty cooperation of
the inenibers. The new seats will soon
be bou;ht, a>:l ‘ilLer beir-jr pamted
inside and out, our cliurch will not be
pointed out as the worst look’ ig house
in the co.xmunity.
The young men and young ladies of
thj Baraca and Philathea classes are
planning to give a play at the audi
torium about Easter,
Mr. Grahaij' Crawford and Miss Pearl
Crawfore went to Graham and Burling
ton the first of the week.
We are glad to learn that there are
bright prospects of having the academy
painted at an early date. Come and
see us then, wont you?
We are glad to hear good reports
from our boys at Whitsett-Messrs
Chandler Cates and Hiram Cheek. The
latch string is on the out side boys.
Purge The Courts, Cries
A Judge.
Revolution of the courts impends
unless the courts purge themselves of
outworn methods and thus quell the
merited impatience of the masses. In
a broadside levelled at antiquated laws
and the “timidity of Judges,” Justice
Wesley O. Howard of the Appellate
Division of the Supreme Court of New
York so declared before the alumni of
La Salle Institute. The recall of
Judges and judicial decisions promises
no cure, Justice Howard said, but
anarchy instead.
“All men are supposed to be equal
before our laws, ” he said, “but that
seems not to be so. The road to jus
tice should be straight, short and sim
ple. There should be no toll-gates on
the wai% no brigands, no false guide
boards.” The suitors traveling in auto
mobiles should have no precedence
over those on foot. It is not W3ll to
seoff at the mutterings of the people;
there is rruch reason for it
“Revolutionary measures are to be
avoided. The movement should begin
I from within; it is well for the great
Jurists of the land, the Judges of last
resort, to take heed of thh temper of
the times, unbend from their conserva
tism and work out the reform them
selves. Let us not deceive ourselves.
Something will happen. Unless the
Judgdes act the people will act; if tney
do not resort to the recall they will re
vise the Constitution and create new
courts. ’ ’ -
MEBANE METHODIST PRO-
i TESTANT CHURCH.
I Preaching eich 2nd and 4th Sunday
j at 11 a, m, and every Sunday night,
any trouble with ycur Sunday school 9:45. Prayer meeting
Thursday night at 7:30.
free, ■ W. E. Swain, Pastor.
’ I J. L. Amick, Supt. of Sunday School.
The public cor.iially invited to all
these services. Brirg a friend with
Tou.
B. P. MEWBORN
OTOMETRIST
Remember I examine the eyes
fit glasses at reasonable prices.
I will be at Mebane at the Mebane
House Monday Feb, 10th and Tuesday
Feb. 11th.