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Vol. 6
MEBANE, N.C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31 1914
No 42
CONGRESS DECREES DOLLARS IN-
OULGING IN LUXURIES MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax of $105,000,000
Levied—Beer Bears Brunt of
Burden.
CHANGES ARE FEW
AT BAIILE FRONT
ALAMANCE FIRST
SEES ROUTE OF
WHITE PLAQUE! i
' i Tomato Club Girls of Alamance
Lies in Pasteurization of Milk | Lead Counties of the State
The^following report will show some-
Congresa bas levied a war tax of
SlOo,01)0,000 to offBet a similar amount
of loss on import revenue due to the
European disturbances and of this
uinount beer is the heaviest
contributor, having been assessed ap
proximately 150,000,000; a stamp tax on
negotiable instruments, it is estimated.
\vlll yield $31,000,000; a tax on the
capital stock of banks of $4,300,000
and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea
ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder.
Congress haa decreed that the
brewer, the batker and the investor
must shoulder the musket and march
to the front; that milady who would
add to her beauty muiat first tip Uncle
Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleas
ure aud Profit—the twin heroes of
many wars—shall fight the nation’s
battles and by an ingeniously ar
ranged schedule of taxation congress
has shifted the war budget from the
shoulders of Necessity to those of
Choice and Gain, touching in its
various ramifications'almost every line
of business.
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
its country; that bares its breast to
the fortunes of wiir and risks Its life
to preserve the stability and integrity
of the nation’s credit.
The market place iia«i always been
a favorite stand for war rev«nne col
lectors The trader is a great finan
cial patriot. His dollar is the first to
rally around the star-spangled banner
and the last to hear the coo of the
dove of peace. He is called upon to
buy cannon; to feed and clothe the
boys in blu>» and each month cheer
their nearit witu the coin of the
realm. Men can neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition,
and money is as important a factor
in war as blood. Many monuments
have been erected in honor of heroes
slain In battles, poems have been writ
ten eulogizing their noble deeds and
the nation honors its soldiers -while
they live and places a monument upon
their graves when they die, but very
little has been said of the dollar that
bears the burdens of war.
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Burdens of War.
All honor to the dollar that an
swers the call. to arms and, when
the battle is over, bandages the
wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a
wreath upon the graves of fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans.
All honor to the industries that
bend their backs under the burdens
of war; lift the weight from the shoul-
«lers of the poor and build a bulwark
around the nation’s credit.
All honor to those who contribute
to the necessities and administer to
the comforts of the boys who are
marching; cool the fever of afflicted
soldiers and kneel with the cross be
side dying heroes.
A dollar may fight Its competitor in
business, Industries may struggle for
supremacy in trade and occupations
may view each other with envy or
suspicion, but when the bugle calls
^hey bury strife and rally around the
tiag, companions and friends, mesa
mates and chums, all fighting for one
ilag, one cause and one country.
The luxuries in life have always
Ijf-en the great burden-bearers in gov-
f^mment, We will mention a few ol
them giving the annual contributions
to the nation’s treasury: Liquor, $250,-
"00,000; tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar,
000.000; silks, $15,500,000; dia
Dionds. $3,837,000; millinery, $2,479,
000; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles,
5S70000. We collect $665,000,000 oi
internal and custom revenue annually
and $450,000,000 of this amount class!-
as luxuries, and to this amount
've should add the $100,000,000 war tax
uow levied.
The war tax is Immediately effec
tlve. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
and Children’s Preventoria,
Says Nathan Straus.
It is now possible to lift the curse of
the great white plague,” declared
Nathan Straus of New York in a mes
sage received at the opening of the first
North Atlantic Tuberculosis Conference
here.
“What can be done in the way of
prevention of tuberculosis.” he wrote,
“has been demonstrated along the two
lines on which I have worked, namely,
in the pasteurization of milk so as to
cut off this source of infection and in
the establishment of preventoria in
which chidren taken from tuberculous
environments can be fortifted against
the disease.
Fighting in Belgium on
Christmas Day was
Fiercest of Month
London, Dec 28.—The battle lines in
the east and west have undereone few
changes in the past day. French and
German reports agree that the Germans
have captured a section of trenches
near Hollebeke, south of Ypres, The/
French assert that the Germans gave
«p trenches on the firsc line, to the ex
tent. of about 800 or 900 yards in the
Lens region, farther east, while un
successful demonstrations have been
made from both sides at various points
along the extended lines.
Fierce Fighting In Belgium.
The reports of the numbers of
wounded both armies are sending back
from the lines in Belgium appear to
show that the fighting on Christmas in
that country was the fiercest of the
past month. Correspondents in the
rear say the Belgiums, as a result of
five days sapping, captured nearly 3,-
000 Germans with only small losses to
themselves.
Accerding to Russin reports, German
attempts to capture Warsaw have
failed, while the Berlin official state
ment says there is general confidence
that the German and Austro Hunga
rian forces are making progress along
the great front.
French Newspapers Enthusiastic
French newspapers aie enthusiastic
over the raid by British cruisers and
sea planes on Cuxheaven. They consider
improbable the German statement that,
although ships at Cuxhaven and the gas
works were hit by l>ombs, no damage
was done.
The naval writers speculate on the
most remarkable engagement of twen
tieth century warfare. They conclude
th?t t^German ship» feared to jrive
battk to the British cruisers because
of the uncertainty as to whether the
British battleships were lurking behind
them. The facc that the Zeppelins were Officers of White Furniture Com
thing of the work done.
Last January the County Board of
Education and the County Commiswon-
ers each appropriatad $100.00 for car
rying on the Tomato Club Work in the
County. The State gave $200.00, thus
making $400,00 available for the work
Nine t"otnato Clubs were organized in
the Cttenty with the following agents
in chaiigie. Miss Flora Patton, in charge
of Clubs at Springfield Swepsonville,
salary $150.00, Miss Eunice Homewood
in chinrge>»f Clubs at Friendship and
Oakdaie, "i^lary $50.00; Miss Mabel
Moore, in chajrge of Club at Saxapa-
haw, salary $25.00; Mii^s Mary McVey,
in cliarge of Ciub at Sylvan, salary
$25.Od; Mrs. M. .L McFarland in charge
YOUNG WIFE
COMMITS SUICIDE
Shoots Herself IN the Heart With
A Revolver
\iVashington, N. C., Dec. 23.
With a pistol lying beneath her body,
Mrs. Jodie Harding was found dead
yesterday afternoon near the home of
Mr. Fred Von Eberstein at Chocowinity,
N. C., about sunset by a colord man.
The alarm was immediately given and
her father, Mr. Simpson Talor sent for
He arrived within a short while and car-
red the body to his home.
Upon examination it was found that
she had shot herself in the heart and
that death almost immediately follow'ed
On her breast was pinned a note which
stated that it w’as the desire of the de
ceased to be kept until.Christmas eve.
of ClEb at Mebane, salary $25.00; Miss j as she wanted her brother, who resides
“My practical experience has con-! Mary White in charge of Club at Haw-j hi Tennessee, to be present at the lu-
vinced me that when these methods are i fields^ salary $25,00; Mrs. J. D. Ross, ! neral. When she was shroude1 another
more fully appreciated and more widely j in charge of f^lub at Maywood, salary | note was found pinned to her clothing,
applied tuberculosis will become as rare i salary $25.00; Miss Edna Reinhardt, j The contents of the second note has not
as smallpox instead of holding humanity ! supervisor of all clubs, salary $75.00.
In the nine Clubs 100 members were
enrolled. Ninety per cent of the mem-
.bers enrolled have reported. These re
ports show cans and jars filled for
market and home use to be as follows
Numbers containers filled 551.65
Vegetables sold fresh $226.25
Money value $7,039.65
Cost of cans and labor $1778.25
Profits ■' $5,268.45
Thf Champion Club of the entire
in Its grip.
“1 earnestly hope, therefore, that
the North Atlantic conference will
strongly reaffirm the position taker by
the National association in 1911. when
that body unanimously recognized mi.'k
from tuberculous cattle as ‘the medium
through which the transmission of
bovine tuberculosis to human beings
most commonly takes place, and recom
mended ‘the efficient pasteurization of
milk, MS a safeguard against the
transmission of bovine tuberculosis to
mankind.
“I also hope that the conference will
State is the Maywood Club supervised
by Mrs. J. D. Ross. This Club put up
10,682 No. 3 tin cans, 1,640 glass jars,
100 gallons of vinegar, and sold fre?h
$25.00 woitL of vegetables. These
as yet been divulged.
Mrs. Harding was the wife of Mr.
Jodie Harding and before her marriage
was Miss Fannie Taylor. Dr, Joshua
Tayloe, the county coioner, viewed the
body. Why she should commit suicide
has not been ascertained. Her married
life Was a happy and joyous one and
nothing out of the ordinary has been
noticed by her triencs and relatives re- i identifv.
cently.
FRANKING MAIL MATTER.
indorse and promulgate thf idea embed-: things represent »1,663.00 in cash val-
ied »n the tuberculosis preventorium for :
children which 1 founded at Lakewood, Twenty five counties had exhibits in
N. J in 1908, and which is now show- gia*^g at the State Fair in Raleigh in
ing marvelons results in. its permanent October. Alamance Products won first
home at Farmingdale, N. J.-Charlotte i ho«or on that exhibit. Twelve jars
Observer.
SHOW - APPREUATIOJN
OF FULL TIME WORK
driven off is taken by some as evidence
that the Zeppelins really are untrust
worthy craft, Others think it means
that the Germans are husbanding all
their dirigibles for a grand raid on
England, Some writers argue that if
Cuxhaven can thus be attacked, why
not Helgoland, Wilhelmshaven and
even the Kiel caral.
Commander Hewlett Killed.
The only damage the British expedi
tion fcustaii.ed' was due the loss of
several hydroplanes, while Commander
Hewlett was the only person who lost
his life.
were taken by a representative of the
Washington Department of Agriculture
j Washington to be photographed| for
S bjlk"Sns. Of the^ 12 jsLVs, from
Alamance.
I The round-up meeting of the Tcma-
I to Club Girls was held in the Court
1 House in Graham, Sat. Dec 12th, At
' this meeting the county prizes were
j delivered as follows.
I For largest yields, 1st gold bracelet
i won by Miss Bettie Van Tapscott; 2nd
] trio geese, won by Miss Mary Mc-
When the White Furniture Company ; Culloch; 3rd, club pennant won by Miss
closed Wednesday evening for the Christ: Smith; 4th club pennant won by
mas holidays after running on full | j^igg Julia McCulloch; 5th. box club
time six days a week for the past 12 | stationery. Miss Georgia Isley; 6th box
j months despite the business depression | ^lub stationery won by Miss Novella
following the outbreak of war in Europe. I Isley. 7 th, box club station won by
a pleasant event occurred. Following j j^igg Williams; 8th box club sta-
the blowing of the whistle at 6 o’clock i tionory won by Miss Louise Book,
the men throughout the big plant gather i j^ost profitable yield- 1st
pany at Mebane Presented
with Handsome Gifts.
FATAL ACCIDENT
NEAR VANCEBORO
Chancey Bright Killed By His
Companion.
An accident which cast a gloom over
two families occurred at Vanceboro
yesterday morning a little before eleven
o’clock, when a shot gun in the hands
of Paul Jacobs were discharged into
the body of Chancy Bright resulting
in instant death.
The deceased was the son of J. L.
Bright, a prominent merchant of that
place and was about fifteen years of
age. The Jacobs boy was Jonly twelve
years of age and is the son of W. J.
Jacobs, a contractor who moved there
rom Kinston a few months ago. The
boys had started hunting and were going
across the campus of the Farm Life
school when the Jacobs boy in crossing
a ravine fell in such a manner as to
discharge his gun. The entire load of
shot entered Brights back and it is
thought penetrated the heart.
Sheriff Lane was at once notified, the
informer stating that it was purely an
the I accident. As a result of this information
li 'lustries are marching $100,000,000 j sheriff stated that the family of the j
>it' ong and beneath the starry flag j deceased desired that the coroner hold !
ed in the offices of the company and
presented to each of the officers sub
stantial gifts expressir.g their appre
ciation of the company’s efforts to
maintain full time despite unfavorable
conditions in the market.
gold brooch won by Mrs. Parks Moore,
nee Mivss Beaulah Morgan; 2nd club
pennant won by Miss Vear McBane;
3rd box club stationery won by
Rosa Johnson.
For the best history and booklet, 1st
At One Time Soldiers In This Country
Enjoyed the Privilege.
The potitoffice was first established
for the principal and in some countries
for tlie exclusive purpose of carrying
official correspondence by mall. Later
in France, Great Britain and the
United States because of the great ex
pansion and commercialization of the
postal system the free carriage of mail
matter came to be regarded as a privi
lege and this privilege was claiiued by
pi«i*sons iu official position:
In England the house of commons
claimed the privilege as early as 1660.
It was abolished In Great Britaiu, !
however, by the passage of Rowland’s |
cheap postage measure in 1839. In the 1
United States the first appearance of ;
the franking privilege is traceable to !
the action of the Continental congress j
assuming control of the postofiice iu
January, 1776. It is interesting to
leam that It was then granted to all
private sokiiers actually In service for
all letters they might write or that
might be written to them.
In the early years of the United
States government the privil»,-ge was
granted^ widely, but it soon became
necessary to restrict It. An act of
March 3, 1845, limited the privilege to
the president, the vice president, mem*
bers and delegates in congress, the
third assistant postmaster general and
all postmasters. Other offices were di
rected to keep quarterly accounts of
I postage.—Argonaut
MYSTEniOUS MEKRAN,
A Desolate Land, Desiccated by Nature
and Shunned by Man
“A mysterious veil has always hunir
over the laud of Mekran,” says^the
London Times, “^tekran is the name
given to liie long coastal region
stretching almost from the Indus, to
the entrance to the Persian gulf. Sail
ors have coasted along its white shores
from time immemorial, but few in
modern days have ever penetrated the
ranges of hills which lie beyond. Tha
greater part of Meklan is desolate and
forsaken, a land desiccated by nature
aud shunned by man. The few tribes
which linger there are the Jetsam of
history, stray w'reckage -wtilch has
drifted into this obscure comer of the
world in the backwash of great events,
rt is even believed that the Dravidian#
passed through Mekran on their way
to southern India and left stragglers,
whose descendants have dwelt there
ever since. There are patches of Mon
gols from the days of Jenghiz Khan;
colonels of half breed Arabs from the
time when an Arab dynastjpheld Sindi
Uilm^^^itakab^e Rajputs, who werether*
before Alexander; African negroes; tlia
oiTshoots of medieval slavery, and
traces of still older peoples whos«
oiiplns are lost in the mists of 4ime.
“i’et Mekran cannot always have
bee% either so dry or so deserted.
Many of its fcills are closely covered
with little stone houses, mostly square
fit the base, narrowing upward Ilka
truncated pyramids, and with doma
“Liaped interiors. They are tombs, and
fimoag the rubbish found within them
are fragments of light green pottery
of fine quality, which no one seems
Then there are vast
masonry dams, obviously built to catch
the water in the hills, just as engi
neer.-? are making dams In the Indiazi
^hauis to-day.
“Sometimfes the hills are terraced'^
I'or cultivation, after the fushioQ of
hills in sonthern Japan and elsewhere,
H>nly in Helrran the terraces are dry
und bare, and not even a blade ol
grass remains. The crumbling iniius
of whole cities, the very names
which are forgotten, lie concealed be
tween the serrated ridges*^’
fEATHERED POLICE.
Mr. N. L. Walker was spokesman for 1 by Miss Litsy Isley;
the men and in a few well chosen words | 2nd club pennant won by Miss Eliza-
and happy vein presented the gifts j Scott; 3rd box club stationery won
assuring the management of the hearty Miss Maud Ross,
co-operalion of the men and of their For greatest amount canned product
appreciation of the fact that while many Lj^hej. than tomatoes, 1st, gold neck
furniture factories and other manufac-, chain, won by Mis.s Margaret Hv/me-
turing industries of the country nave | ^vood; 2nd club pennant won by Miss
been forced to close entirely or curtail
the White Furniture Comany has main
tained full time and six days a week.
The incident this evening was an evi
dence of the spirit of good feeling that |
exists between the employes of the
W’^hite Furniture Company and the
employers,
Announcement Baptist.
The Social meeting and Sunday School
treat will take place at the Baptist
church Thursday afternoon, Dec. 31, at
2:30 o’clock. Be sure to come.
* W. S. CRAWFORD, Supt, S. S.
th
T'l every field of human activity the, rt a
Fernand for more competent men and j t;hat he was satisne
The Leader Comes Out
Under Difficulties.
Prof Dees, the Editor has been
Mr. Crawford
be moved Later he communicated with | heen laid Up sick sence Sun-
i the father of the dead boy who stated 1 Miss Scott having left
y will fill the treasury again while \ Tu "inquest he would allow the body to I awav this week,
y shout, “Hurrah for Uncle Sam!"i ^ , I. , 1
Ina Evans; 3rd box club stationery won
by Miss Hattie Evans.
For best Daily Record Hook, 1st $1.
won by Miss Vevia Lewis; 2nd club
pennant won by Miss Swannie Craton
3rd box club stationery, won by Miss
Laura Marlette.
Eyery year Alamance County sends
out of her borders $1,200,000.00 for
food products alone. When we can
surpass others in quantity and quality
why do we not all join the canning
clubs. This $1,200,000.00 belongs to
the farmers ef Alamance if they know
how to claim it.
that the tragedy
Japanese Woman Pearl Divers.
For centuries past one of the cur
ious customs of Japan has been the
employment of woman as divers in
the pearl industry. Pormsrly whole
families became divers, but later the
prerogative became more and more
that of the women until now fully
ninety per cent of Japanese pearls
are gathered by .Tapanese women
divers. A movement begun several
years ago to replace them with men
^'oriien is growing every
daily so in agriculture.
day. Espe* was the result of an accident.
Saturday, all th? work, composit- | Jias been opposed bitterly by the wom
ing and Proof reading has fallen
Home pride is a mighty valuable as>
and the farmer who has none is
carrying a heavy handicap on the
to success.
ubscribe to the
“LEADER’’
rosT-Mackinew Coat, brown, lostjUPon Mr. Proctor our Foreman
at Station in Mebane. Suitable reward ' we Wish to bespeak the interest
If returned to Leader Office. and Patience of our readers, if
in this rush the paper shows
any credetles. However we feel
that he has reflected credit upon
himself ^n getting it out at
all. •
Daily Thought.
“The greatest test of friendship, it
seems to me, is the knowledge that
one may tell the truth to a friend
with the certainty that no offense wW
taken.’*
en.
Had It All Mapped Out.
“You’ll have some explaining to do
when you get home, won’t you?” “No,”
replied the member of congress. “I’m
not going to explain. I’m going to
let my constituents argue matters out
among themselves and then take the
side that seems to have the most ad
vocates.”—Washington Star.
COSMOPOLITAN DAMASCUS, I
The Oldest City on Earth, It Show j
All the World's Peoples. j
At last we are set down in the midst;
of • Damascus, a city that can claim j
life without a break from Its founding |
back in the dim dawn of the world’s j
history. When Abram crossed the des*
ert from Haran 4,000 years ago thisj
city was standing (Genesis xiv, 15, and
XV, 2). She dates back to the time of j
the Pharaohs in Egypt In fact, she!
was old when Greece and Rome were j
striplings in years. Rome may be
termed the Eternal City, but Damas
cus is twice as old, and though her
streets have run red with blood of
battle and rapine many times, she
has not been overthrown.
“Babylon is an heap in the desert
and Tyre a ruin on the shore,” but
Damascus remains.
Was there ever such a place to see
the nations of the earth parading to
gether? Here in the market place are
Birds Do a Wonderful Amount of
i.10
, Birds work more in conjunction with
man to hejp him tlian does any other
form of outdoor life, according to an
article in Success Magazine. They
police the earni and air, and without
tiicir sorviccri the farmer would be
helpless. Larks, wrens and thrushes
search the ground for grabs and In
sects. The food of the meadow lark
con-sists of lo per cent of injurious
insects and 12 per cent of weed seed,
sliowing it to be a bird of great eco
nomic value. Sparrows, finches and
quail eat a large amount of weed seed.
Practically all the food of the tre^
sparroAV consists of seed. Examina
tions by Professor F. E. L. Beal of the
biological survey of tne department of
agriculture show that a single tree
sparrow will eat a quarter of an ounce
of weed seed daily. In a state the
size of Iowa tree sparrows alone will
consume more than 800 tons of weed
seed annually. This, with the work
of other seed eating birds, saves the
farmer an immense amount of work. *
Nuthatches and chickadees scan
oveiy part of the trunks and limbs of
trees for insect eggs. In a day’s time
a chickadee has been known to eat
huiulrods of insect eggs and worms
that are very harmful to our trees
and vegetables. Warblers and vireos
hunt tlae leaves and buds for moths
and millers. Flycatchers, swallows and
night hawks are busy day and night
catciiiag- ^flies that bother man and
b«*a9t, riawks aud ow'ls are working
Bilently iu daylight and darkness to
catch moles, mice, gophers and squir
rels.
Insulted. 1
A trarf'ler relates a story illustratlT*
of life in Spain. Alighting at the door
of an inn. a man extended his hand,
and. naturally supposing him to be a
porter, the traveler offered him hla va
lise.
The man stepped back, tossed
head aud frowned scornfully.
“Do von take me for a porter?** ht
motley crowds of Persians, Moors. Af-] demanded. -‘I would have you uader^
fhans, Indians, Egyptians, Sudanese,
Jews, Bedouins, Druses, Turks, Euro
peans. The streets—so crooked, so nar-
Btand that I am no porter.'
“IndeedI” said the traveler apologet
ically. ‘“Then may I ask, senor, what
row, 80 dirty, so full of life, with thati you ariJV”
strange spell of the desert upon them! I “I am a
The residences as seen from the street! fjr alms!”
are ugly and disappointing enough, j
yet like old barns and tumbledown ;
mills at home are fascinating and pic
turesque.—Christian Elerald.
beggar, sir, and asked JFOO
Careful Worker. |
City Editor—“For a beginner, that !
new reporter seems very particular ,
not to make any mistakes.” Assist- |
ant—“Yes; I told him to write on j
one side of the paper, and he wanted ;
to know which side!”—Judge. j
Making Sure.
An electric wire had fallen under it*
heavy weiglit of snow. The linemea
found a crowd around the grounded
copper and au inquisitive Irishmaa
lifting one end from the ground.
“Man, alive, don’t you know what
a risk you’re taking? That might be
a live wire!” he ejaculated.
“Sure an’ Oi thought of that meself,
an’ Oi filt of the w’ire good before 01
picked it up at all.”—Every body’1.
Kangaroo’s Voracious Appetite.
The kangaroo which is noted for its
enormous appetite, is said to be able
to eat ae much grass as six shef^p.
When Friendship Fall*.
The more friends a man thinks
has the greater will be his disappoint*
ment if he tries to prove it by putting
them to the financial