a L^hange
l>->rticular chouo
>nt ill »iur opinio,,
onpht to l)e
lor hiinJs for th..
t-* all know that
age tighta and rh-
it. Uu^s-ridden re
incurrbent, con-
the District art
•nv^. Besides thi>,
n who Republican
iiid the nature oi
oins to make-and
-so why not bo i„i
“trot out a iK-w
u'(h i the pnrty’-
ise ;t trw machine
ut th*' Distri.'t and
cal Judas Iscariots
IS in Greensbor.)
lsv^ e»- -it once, liu,
rt‘;*:,i>n all \vl,v
Iiiiii;-lrd UemDcrat ,
th I'istriet should
k'rt-iii ly thinks not
l(»t !! -n thivu^j-hout
nul l ma.ko able Re
iO td* thi-in should
bi-iore it is too
hl.l.
L Mcvement
uiar
li;o Pills
kitli-V' in lu'althy
body '*f poisons and
rour •• ■tn|;U‘xii)n h\
lul kidll’VS ‘‘1
le bo of Dr. Kin^'
:ui any inedii-ine 1
C. K. Hatfield, ni'
at your Drupff^ist.
■O tlan a c^ntur^
tiu> «arth to th»'
r b;i*k a^ ain, (leori'o
rwich, N, Y., who
I sta^’c ilriver in the
I Bce-innin^ at tht>
Ir'Vt-n ,*m9 840 n:ilo^,
his tune has anuum-
nery
)N Inc.
itters
rrivnb of sum
;he I;- tinctively
tabU' = and
id d>- --^n that
line of Mu.^lin
ibruii.:> i ii-■ and
th.' - , We ap-
■st (laali'.y to bo
Inc.
itfitters
AROI INA.
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THE
EADER.
And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would be Disloyalty To Falter Would be Sin/
VolS
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 14 1914
No 13
liTSFORMEBMillNOie CLEAN UP
Efiand Items.
HE1 STREETS BRILU-
ANTU I IT UP.
MoiuliUV night there was an
...eniin Mebane of unusual in-
unrest, a fact, that will be inter-
in the towns history. It
ihe turning on the electric
ii, lu, converting a dark town,
,i stvming dead town, after i
dark, into a town of light, and I
Into a town of progress, |
ui\(l wearing all the semblance'
,,) prosperity.
Not quite a year ago the town
rmmissioners of Mebane made
:i c ontract with the Piedmont
lir/ilwriv and Electric Co. to
aunlsii lights to Mebane. The
. ..iitract called for lights in the
• arlyFall, but unsurmountable
-i.stacles delayed the work from
time to time until Monday night
MaylUh, 1914.
The Leader from th^ earliest
.lays of its publication persistent-
i , urged the necessity of street
it continued to urge them
•intiI the town was given the
^.roinise of them. But the Lea
der did not do it all, some good
riiizens ga'^e the force of their
1 liluence to the necessity of
treet lights, and among them
f one vvas so active as Mr. W. E.
W Kite, a gentleman, we are glad
t) .^ay will always be found aid
ing and urging in what is best
for Mebane. This statement is
made because it is true, and de-
erved.
in view of the fact that an un-
isual thing was to be done in
the turning on the lights Monday
I igVit, that we should do some-
A GALL TO EVERBODY.
I, W. s. Crawford, Mayor en-
couragred by the splendid rally of April
2, and by the continued support of the
ladies of the Civic League and many
others, do hereby set aside Thursday
May 14, as Clean up Day. Let every
body respond freely. There is a
program elsewhere, look it up, and
encourage the authorities and tlie
Civic League by doing everything you
can to make the down-town section
clean and presentable. Also look tq
your own premises. The health officer
is liable to come to inspect at any time,
be ready to show him that you are not
threatening the health of the whole
community by your neglect. Fight all
breeding places of flies and mosquitoes.
Leave nothing filthy for flies tx> settle
^ on or to hatch in. Your baby may be
I the first to be buried as a penalty for
your neglect.
1 With our splendid lights, and better
streets comin#^, with public squares in
grass, and beautiful flowers being
planted everywhere, we wish to pull off
our hats and salute everybody who is
helping to make this town not only the
“Biggest little town on the Southern
Railway” but the cleanest and pret
tiest town in the whole county. We
can do it. We are doing it by respon
ding to the unselfish efforts of the
Civic League.
W. S. Crawford,
Mayor.
Mrs. Tom Squires f«omnear Mebane
visited her brother Mr John B. Baity
and family last Sunday.
Little Miss Lucile Bivins of Hillsboro
is spending some ^ime with her grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. IL D. Brown in
Efland
T. R. Fitzpatrick of Raleigh spent
Saturday night and Sunday at home
with his family and returned to his
work Sunday ni^ht
Mr. Rober Teer of Hi’lsboro and Miss
Peal Tapp, also Mr. Robert Sharpe and
Miss Wellie Strowd attended Jethro
Almond Show laat Wednesday night at
West Hillsboro
HISIOfiy IS FILLED
THREE WHITE MEN
WERE KILLED NEAR
HILLSBORO.
scjreof Towns Have Been
Destroyed and Hundred of I Another Sustained Injury
Thousands Killed.
‘tnountain of
Etna, which was thr*
fire” of iho Saracen.s, is a volcano in j
the northeast of Sicily, near the coast, |
and within a short distance of Catania, j
The base of the mountain covers an |
area of almost ninety miles in circum
ference. It is nearly encireled by the
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thompson of Meb rivers Alcantera and Simeto, the sea
ane visited Mrs. Thompsons brother j marking its limits on the east.
Mr. Robert Sharpe and family lastj History records about eighty erup-
Sunday j tions of this mountain, the earliest be-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Longwell Jr. of [ the year 476 B C., the more re-
Danyille, Va., spent last week with "markable ones of later years being
their aunts Mrs. C. L, Smith and Mrs. I those 1169, when Catania was in great-
D Johnson destroyed, 1527, 1669, 1693,
11792. 1812, 1819, 183^, 1843, 1852, 1865,
Mr. John Miller and son Master CUiid j i879, 1886, and 1892 In the last named
from near Mebane spent Sunday with , eruption a new crater was opened near
his sister Mrs. Fitzpatrick. | Monte Gemellaro.
Whal seems to be the greatest ex-I At the foot of the cone of Mount
citement now is the awful wreck which i Etna, 9,652 feet above the sea, is t e
Casa Etna, or observatory, afford mg;
accomodation to tourists. Consider-
occurred about two miles east of Efland
and one hundred yards West of West
Eno Bridge about 10:30 o’clock Friday
night last. There was no traffic from
the time the wreck happened until 6:30
o’clock Saturday evening. There was
piled up in every direction and shape
twentv three loaled box cars, also
oil tanks and coal cars etc, and about j
fif.;y yards of track torn up. But the i
saddest part was those pocr unfortunate j
able snow rests throughout the vear
on the summit of the volcano, the
slopes of which, to a great altitude,
are covered with pine chestnut, beech
and oak.
MODEKN CAT\NIA A MODEL
TOWN.
Catania, on the east coast of Sicily,
thirty-one miles northwest of Syracuse
b^7th« verrstearing . ride that lost I «
their lives, poor boys they were hurled
—Men Were Riding on
Freight Train When De
railment Uccured.
Three white men were killed an on-
other .sustained an injured back when
22 cars of eastbound freight No. 174
were derailed one mile west of Hills
boro P'riday night last at 10:30 o’clock
All four of the men were said to have
been trespassers on the train Reports
from Hillsboro failed to give the names
of those killed or of the inju.ed man
Engineer Holden and Conductor Wad
dell and the entire train crew escaped
injury. Trains Nos. Ill and 112 were
transferred at the place where the 22
derailed cars blocked the track.
A scientist claims that it is unhealthy
the name of the benefactor wh")
persuaded the sev^n donors to make a
gift of the original thousand acres nf
land for the University site. James
Hogg, a native of Scotland, was the
public-spirited man who used his
influence with the landlords to donate
the site, originally called New Hope
Chapel Hill- Mr. Hogg emigrated to
North Carolina in 1774 and located in
Fayetteville as a merchant. Later he
purchased the plantation now known as
Gen. J. S. Carr’s Occoneechee farm
and called it Poplar Hill. James Hogg
was a leader in his day-pohtician, trus
tee of the University, and among the
number that selected the site for the
state educational institution. Dr.
Battle relates the story that Mr. Hogg’s
aversion for his own name—which
signified a year-old sheep rather than
a swine-led him to induce the General
Assembly to change his name to that
of his wife before marriage—Alves.
A potrait of Dr. Eben Alexander,
who was for 25 years professor of
Greek in the University and for eleven
years dean of the school of liberal arts,
has been painted and will be placed in
the University library. Tho portrait
was fainted by Lloyd Branson, of
Reidsville Plant Robert
Harris and Bro, Is Burned
The Good Men
The men that felt that they were
indebted for the Leader, and kindly
payed for it. The good and true men
who will do to bank upon. The following
‘ hinsi', and so that progressive, ., . . u *•
I parties have paid their subscription
since our last announcement.
littl - iive wire Mrs. C. J.
went out among our business
m^n and soon had pledged a
a sum sufficient to secure a band
The leader of the Oneida Band
»»f Graham was phoned to and
ai’i angement made with them to
furnish the music. The boys
came and they treated us all
right. It was a nice gentlemanly
et, and they made good music
■'hich was appreciated.
In an intermission between
ome of the music played. May
or Walter S. Crawford was call
ed on for a little speech, and
responded in his usual happy
style, after which Mr. June
Fhrden of Graham was called
tr jn, and made an interesting
111'It' talk upon the good
ihin-s Mebane has and may
spt. Mr. W. E. White was call-
f*(l upon, but presume Mr. White
was not in tune.
(-arge credit is due Mr. George
Woodworth for the persistent,
and earnest pushing of the me-
1‘hanical work and wiring that
 ventually gave to us the lights.
We are told that the plant
1 Tings to us 5000 horse power of
' in’vent that can be utilized at
the ?afest and cheapest
power possible. The putting in
the electric for furnishing cur-
(>11 i.s a great step onward and
'ti'ward. It is hard to appreciate
'and properly value what it all
means to Mebane. It is the
f'same of progress, and pros-
J’^^'ity, it means a bigger and
t^ettor town, it means all that
V could ask for.
into eternity without a moments
WHrning, and the awful groans and
anguish of the ones that were not killel
that were pinioned under the car loads
of lumber was heart rending to hear.
Two were killed outright and four
badly crippled, one has died since which
makes three killed and one escaped
uninjured which is a mirracle, and
report spys there is yet one missing as
there were said to be eight on the train.
same name and attractively situated
at the foot of Mount Etna in a produc
tive district, it is a handsomely locat
ed city, rather majestic in its appear
ance, and has wide streets payed with
lava.
Many of the buildings are construct
ed of the same material, magnesian
I limestone and marble being used to add
j to their attractiveness The catl.oiral,
j part of which dates from the Norman
I ifmes, and the Church ot San (. arcera
1 are among its most interesting build-
to wear clothes, but the statistics, we . Knoxville, Tenn.,and the funds covering
think, will show that the widows aut- [ ^^e expense of the picture were provided
number the widowers in almost every | classmates of Dr. Alexander of Yale
community in the land. University, alumni ot. the University
of North Carolina and friends of the
Greek professor. The endowment fund
from which funds were drawn for the
portrait was established for the promo-
Fire was discovered in the top story j jion of Greek literature, languages,
of the large tobacco manufacturing j manners and customs. The committee
plant of Robert Harris & Bro. of Reids- j actively in charge of establishing the
ville Friday morning list. The fire fund c»nsists of Acting President E. K
department responded promptly, but, Graham, Dr. L. R. Wilson, librarian of
owing to the big start the flames had University, and Professor W. S.
gained before discovered, it was im- Bernard, of the Greek department. The
S. L. Ray
Lambert Hargis
L. G Wilkerson
Thomas Jeffreys
C. H. Haynes
W. P. Donnell
J. S. Cheek
P. L Cooper
Mrs. M. A. Malone
G. H. Adams
J. V. Jones
F. M. Snipes
J, M. Workman
G. E. Newman
J. W. Simmons.
H. C. Smith.
Poor boy» were oat ^ a good time . , ■ , ^ „
and h.d no thought of death. Our '"g*- The BeI.n, gardens are .,mong
heart aches for the heart brolcen ! attractions of the town,
mothers of those boys that were retur- j
nedtothem mangled corpses. It surely ^ Philadelphia woman is asking for
8>.ould be a great warning to all bop ,,er
who beat rides on freight trams. The ^ teaspoonful of tabasco
writer viewed the brain of one of the
sauce. Enough, we should say, to
make any woman hot.
I dead boys also his hat and anothers
i cap and necktie, and their lifes blood
j which dyed the lumber that crushed
! and mangled their bodies. It is esti- i
mated that more than two thousand
people visited the wreck Saturday and I legged men, but if she ht
Sunday. It was an awful destruction i one she’d as soon take him
of goods besides the horrible doaths of ^
the boys and the crippled ones. Dr. i
Morefield was called from Hillsboro t^ I It is to be observed
dress the wounds of the crippled ones.
It reminds us of the girl who told
her suitor she never could abide bow-
had to marry
m as any.
possible to save the building. Some
tobacco and the office fixtures were
saved. The plant was completely
destroyed including about 150,000 pounds
of leaf and Manufactured tobacco.
The total loss will probably reach
$70,000, only partially covered by
ineurance.
The firm had lately been reorganized
by Richmond and Reidsville capital
ists and just getting under good head
way. Among the products of the firm
is the well-known “Pride of Reidsville”
brand of smoking tobacco. The com
pany has made arrangements with J
intimate friendship exisMng between
Mr. Branson, who painted the portrait
and Dr. Alexander made possible for
the painter to outline many character
istics representative of the strong
personality of the former University
professor. Sons of Carolina and old
friends of Dean Alexander instantly
recognize the striking likeness between
the portrait and their once teacher and
friend.
Recently there has sprung into
existence at the State University a
Jewish organization, by name The
Menorah Movement, decreeeing as its
Quarterly Conference.
The second quarterly cocference of
North Alamance charge for this year
will be held at the Mebane M. E.
church Saturday May 16st at 5'50 P.M.
This will be Rev. H M. North’s first
visit at Mebane as presiding Elder. He
will also preach in the M. E. church
on Sunday following, at 11 o’clock, the
sermon will be followed by the Lords
Supper Rev. Mr. North is one of the
foremost men in the Methodist church
in point of ability. It is hoped that he
will have a fair day and good size con
gregation.
Are Urged to Unite Efforts
to Clean Up.
The Greensboro News say;
Mrs. Mary T. Petty, chair^nan of
the civic department of the Woman’s
club, yesterday issued the following
announcement regarding the clean-up
campaign which is to be conducted
that the Ohio week:
woman who canfesses to havnt'r started any town or city to do some
We learn that the dead ones names are; i the Chicago fire of ’71 did' not advance ^ ^t the same time for the
Griffin and Stevens of Graham and her claim to distinction until ^^ter j ?s a strong help forward
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow had passed to new j welfare. Indeed, we all
fields and pastures green. j j^now that a clean town means for its
—^ ■ ! inhabitants mare enjoyments, better
Prince of Haw River. We did not
learn all the names of the wounded
ones nor the one that escaped unhurt.
The train men all escaped uninjured.
Mr. Milton Smith Section Boss from
Mebane met with a »rery bad accident
while helping superintend the moving
of the debris at the wreck Monday, a
piece of timber fell across his lower
limbs almost crushing the bones Dr.
Important.
Committees appointed from Junior
Civic League for clean up day, I'hurs-
nay morning at 9 o’clock sharp.
Two ladies from the main league will
be in charge of each committee of boys
H. Burton & Bro. to occupy part of , , . j ^
tuis Arm's large factory temporarily j ‘^e study and advY.cement of
until new buildings can be erected. Jewish culture and ideals It is a
nation-organization having brancn
organizations in most of the American
colleges and universities. Henry
Hurwitx, of Harvard University, in a
speech before the University of North
Carolina branch this week asserted that
Menorah was the symbol of Hebrew
enlightment and that the movement
was an open forum for dis?ussion of
Jewish problems. Professor H. H.
Williams, professor of philosophy S*n
the University made a brief talk at this
meeting and paid a tribute to the
Hebrew people when he said that the
Jews were the only race of people to
contribute three great men to world
history. Then, too, the professor of
philosophy said tnat the Hebrews had
made another notable contribution when
they unfolded a system whereby
religion could be properly related.
Thoirpson of Mebane was called down
on the 11 o’clock train and dressed the I to direct the work of cleaning. T hese
wounds.
Mr. Low
health and more valuable investment
for property holders.
“Therefore, let us clean up next
week. Killing flies comes under this,
and so long as we have the cause for
flies we will have flies. Let each
housekeeper in our city, both white
and colored, take a few moments each
day and hunt down and kill all flies in
given each
Protracted Meeting
There is an interesting protracted
meeting now beifig conducted in the
M. P. church Rev. Mr. Whitaker
took charge of this meeting at the
Monday nigbt servires. So far the
meetings are well attended, and prom
ises much. Rev. Mr. Swain feels very
hopeful about the meetings.
has
time
List of Letters
(Ivortiscd for week ending May
8
. I
' I otter for Mrs, Mame Love,
i.fiter for Mr. Ducan McClelan
liOtter for Mr. Will Oleny
1 l etter for Mr. B. V/alker.
! letters if not called for will be
'•tit to Dead Letter office May 23.
I'l) 1
Respectfully,
I. T. Dick, P. M„ Mebane, N. C.
Civic Beauty
(Clarksville Leaf Chronicle.)
Mauy towns have increased their taxa
ble property by the simple and inexpen
sive expedietit of cleaning out unsightly
buildings around the railroad station and
planting trees and shrubbery. Thus
beauty has its distict commercial value.
A street with trees and fhwers makes
every hoMS"* mori' salnKle at higher
prices. Other things being equal,
prospective residents will pay more
money to live in a town where a con
sistent attempt is made toward beauti
fying the place.
Thompson went down to
Raleigh Saturday to spend the day
with his wife who is still in the Rex
Hospital. 
LitI le Gilbert Smith who has been
very ill from a wound on his hand
caused by a cat bite is reported
better.
Mr. Robert Sharpe, Sr., who
been on the sick list for some
does not improve.
Well Mr. Editor we think most every
body in the State and lots of others
visited the awful wreck Saturday and
Sunday. The wrecking train crew has
been there at work three days and it
looks like it will take a long time to
remove all the wreckage. We heard a
R R. man say he had been at work
on the railroad for seventeen years
and that was the worst wreck he ever
!seen.
., J 4^ u • ' her house. Three minutes
ladies are respectfully urged to be ,n
their places at tho appointed time. Of breeding n>ore. Now is the spring
course the boys can be depended upon ; jp, the time to fight. So all our swat-
to be on hand and to do the work. j ting is in vain unless wc do that swat
ting soon, in May time and in early
Committee for Main Street North of
Railroad.
Mrs. J. S. White and Miss Gertrude
Chandler in charge.
Ralph Stuart, William Anthony,
Glenn Clark, Geitner White, Brodie
Murdock and Tyson Smith.
Committee for Clay Street
Miss Jennie White and
Shaw in charge.
Theron Wilkerson, Hurley Riggs,
Murray Vincent, Edgar Ferrell, Jack
Long and Charley Smith.
Committee for Railway Station and
! Square.
i Mrs. W. A. Murr-iy and Miss Alice
j Fowler in charge,
' Thomas Mebane. Vlfred Mebane, Paul
{ Fowler, Johnnie Dollar, Jimmie Dollar,
Walker has opened up i Homer Fitch and Wayne Smith.
j Committee for Fourth and Main
I Streets South of Railroad.
I Mrs. C. J. Kee and Miss Lillie *^owler
i
in charge.
William Ham, Clay Wilson, Janrie
Stuart, Robt Dick, William Ferrell,
James Long and Durant Newman.
Crime, Courts, and Juries.
In one day two criminal cases of
country-wide notoriety took new turns.
One was that of Lieutenant Becker,
j once convicted of having hired four
I gunmen, since executed, to kill a
I gambler who had threatened to “squeal”
j concerning the way of the police with
i crime.
i The other was the refusal of a
1 June.
I -Let us all pull together for a |g j„jge to entertain a motion
tow.., free from fhes. Kill betore they ^ ^ ^
lay eggs in some corner to give us
trouble later. I wish, as chairman of
the civic department of the woman’s
club, to indorse all Mr. Wharton has
said and done and to assure the health
department we are doing all we can
Mrs., J. T. to help in the work.
Health Notes For Mebane.
Now is the time to clean up Mebane,
Don’t fail to have the Lawn mower
sharpened for clean up day. Have a
new rake.
Get a can of paint and paint.
Sewing Wanted
Mrs. N. H.
a sewing department over A. P. Long’s
store. Work guaranteed.
The esteemed Louisville Courier-
Journal tells of a tpyewriter that may
be carried in the pocket, but we haye
heard of men who prefer one that will
sit on the knee
“Science,” says a contemporary,
“reveals the fact that women are gen
erally knock-kneed,” thereby robbing
the slit sKirt and hobble of their just
dues.
Chapel flill News.
Ex-President Kemp P. Battle has
tdded another bit of historical material
to his storehouse of University of North
Carolina history. He has unearthed
for a new trial for newly discovered
evidence in the case_^of Frank, of At
lanta, convicted of having brutally
murdered one of his helpless girl em
ployes.
Frank, by some sort of legerdemain
of law, will have the opportunity to
appeal again to the Supreme Court,
after it has refused to intervene, be
cause of the refusal of a particular
judge to say that his new evidence was
competent to found a new trial.
Becker, eyen if convicted once more,
may go the long route through the
death house, into the Court of Appeals,
and back again—possibly--for another
trial.
If they keep it up long enough, the
witnesses will die, and crime will go
unpunished. That is the long and short
of it.
It must be said, however, that New
York seems to have the edge on the
country in the matter of the juries
selected to try, on the evidence, the
cases of these criminals who have the
money to spin the baffling spider-web
of detense in which to entrap justice,
—Raleigh Times,