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Vol. 9
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 21st, 1915
45
DOINGS OF THE
LEGISLATURE
I5ill Passed to Allow Wo
men to Become
Notaries.
I hiring the past week the Legisla-
nnv> has been oiling up and is now
ready to get down to real busi-
ih's.;. Few laws have actually been
p:issi-.l, but indications are that some
will bo turned out within the next
v/'-' k. lIo\vever» there has been son:vfi
sfiy important bills prepared. Among
ill! in ('f most importance is the State
• ; iii.jtry bill as introduced by Senator
W'oly i»f Union. There is a good
> a! ( t speculation as to the outcome
I t!:i bill when it comes to the floor
i >r n.'U'^age, It has a good many
luiu li i^npporters in both branches
..lid at the same time many formidable
t A lively debate is anticipated
V. ’.hi^ bill is brought np.
vr.tulier bill that has caused much
. oiinnoiit is the one to prohibit the hir-
iii^r ul the convict force to the roipor-
and the State receiving iii com-
iK r.j ai'un therelor certificates of stock
in such corporations. This bill seems
rt« i,:-ve nuioh sentiment behind it and
:li. u- is a probability of its passage.
A i'i.i iias been introduced to estab-
iis'i :i home for fa’ilen women. This
i.'iil iia.- the heart of most of the mem-
i I rs, )iut whether it will get their vote
in 1 ICO ot the fact that the State will
!i:i\ e to linance it and the State’s finan-
are limited is a question.
)ne of the moit interesting to come
lip the past week was the one allowing
v.tiiaen to become notaries. This bill
has succeeded in passing the Senate in
Iaco of much opposition. It is under
stood that this statue is to be tested
la the courts as soon as one woman is
liiude a notarv. The Governor is to
i.ppoint o.ie for that purpose. This is
:i step toward equal rights for the fair
i-ox, and this law may be the forerun
ner of a bill to grant full suffrage to
v.oman in the State.
The Child Labor problem has come up •
i;gain and it will no doubt get recogni
tion at this session af the Legislature.
Many bills of a local nature has been
introduced—too numerous to mention.
MR. J. W. MURRAY
DROWNED FRIDAY
Prominent Business Man, of Bur
lington, Drowned Near
Beaufort.
Mr. J. W. Murray, of Burlington,
president of the Piedmont Loan and
Trust Co., of that place, was drowned
with otheis of his party while on his
way from Norfolk to Beaufort last
Friday, The oil tank of the yacht in
which they journeyed was ignited by a
lighted match and exploded, thus pre
cipitating the death of Mr. Murray and
his crew, wiih the exception of Mrs
Murray, who was picked up by a fish
erman and carried to shore. Mr. Mur
ray was contemplating the purchase of
the yacht and was out with it on a teat
trip. The news of this misfortune was
a severe blow to his many friends in
Burlington and elsewhere. Mr. Mur
ray has been a leading factor in the in
dustrial life of Burlington for many
years. He was one of her most suc
cessful business men and financiers. He
organized the corporation of which he
was head and made it one ot the ‘rn.ost
successful enterprises in the country of
its kind IBurlington and Alamance
loses one of her roost iufluential citi
zens. Mr. Murray’s body had not been
located at this writing.
NAVY WILL HAVE
GREAT SUBMARINE
Biggest Yet Ordered for
United States.
Liquor And Plant Life |
1
Another strange performance was
i dded this afternoon to the long list of
novel events in the offic3 of the Sec-
i t'tary of State since Mr. Bryan assum
ed the office.
In company with a few officials of
the Deparment Mr. Bryan saw a dem
onstration of the sensitiveness of plants
”^iven by Prof. Jangadis Chundra Bose
.r the Presidency Collage, India. Prof-
Bose is the support of the Brit
ish Government and is giving lectures
ill this country to demonstrate his dis-
^:over.sies regarding plant life.
He has invented various devices for j
registering the emotions of plants.
What seemed to please Mr. Bryan
most was that when a plant received
alrohol it passed through a brief periad
*1 obvious exhilaration, followed by a
ilecided drooping, indicating that even
{'lants must pay the price of “the
fi'orning after ”
'I hcit plants vibrate in response to
• ausical notes was also demonstrated by
intiiun scientist.-'Washington Dis
patch.
Money in the BanK.
There are in Johnston county eleven
banks, and according to the published
statements of seven of these banks at
the close ot business December 31st,
1914, there were on deposis in them
$384,934 05. The deposits of the other
four banks will run the sum up to more
than half a million dollars. Of course
this is not quite as much as was on de
posit January 1st, 1914. However, it
shows that Johnston county is not en
tirely out of it. and that we are expect
ing to do a nice business for the year
1915. What we need aow is for every
man to set his shoulder to the wheel of
business and, with a smiling face and
renewed courage, try to push abng to
that better day which is not far away.
There is no room or place at this time
for the grumbler and ' ‘down-in-the-
mouth” fellow who hinders the wheels
of progress by seeing only the dark side
and talking about hard times continual
ly. While conditions a.re not ideal by
any means, things might have been
worse. When we are inclined to be
wail our lot let us for the moment turn
our minds to Belgium and Poland where
the people have not only lost all, but
many have lost their lives also. Our
lot is a glorious one beside theirs
Let us take stock ot our opportuni
ties and possibilities and get to work
with a vim and a deterimination to
make this the best year we have eyer
had. Our success for this year is, to a
large extent, in our own hands. So let
us claim it. Let us not be like the fel
low who saw a thorn with every rose,
but like the fellow who saw a rose with
every thorn. Beyond the clouds the
sun is still shining.—Smithfield Herald.
THREE SMALLER ONES
Largest of Quartette to Be Sea-
goinja^ Craft With Displace
ment of 1,000 Tons.
Washington, Jan. 12.—Contracts
were awarded by the navy department
today to the Electric Boat company for
one sea-going submarine to be built at
Quincy, Mass., for $1,350,000, and for
three coast defense submarines to be
built at Seattle, W'ash., at $450,000
each. The Lake Torpedo Boat company
was awarded contracts for four coast
defence submarines to be baiit at
Bridgeport, Conn., for $427,000 each.
The big sea-going submarine of 1,000
tons will be twice as large as any sub
marine now in a foreign navy. Certain
features of American design will make
• this ci*aft unique. She will have^ a rad-
I ius of action of about 3,COO miles, a
j surface speed of 20 knots ane submerg-
I ed speed of 11 knots. By using her
storage batteries alone she will be able
to travel concpletely under water for
more than a whole day. On her deck
will be carried rapid fire guns designed
to be completely inclosed when the ves
sel dives beneath the surface. A val
uable feature s^ill be directablc torpe
do tubes, making it unnecessary to
manoeuvre the ship to aim at the en-
mies and adding enormously to the
craft’s offensive power.
The coast defense submarines are
only one-third the size of the big sea
going type, although they themselves
are quite seaworthy for short voyages.
These boats will have a steaming rad
ius on the surface of about 1,000 miles
and their lighter draft is ivgarded as
essential ti>r operations in comparative-
Id shallow harbors.
MEXICO HAS A NEVV
PRESIUEINT
' pen, Gutierrez has resigned the
presidency of Mexico and gone iu th«
field to fight Villa and the Convention
farces. The convention has selected
Gen. Koque Genzales Garza iii his
stead. The revolution continues and no
indication of its ceasing.
PIMIOF
Silx ■
' Horrible Earthquake.
A terrible earthquake joined with the
war to make the suffering of Europe
nearly universal. Several large towns
in Italy were wiped out and the most
conservative estimate is that about
80,000 persons were killed and wounded
in the catastrophe. Observers of the
e«iiL*th(iuakes of the past say that it was
practically the most destructive earth
quake in history. In places huge
mountains were split asunder, while
cities were swallowed up. Relief is be
ing sent to the refugees as fast as pos-
sii^le.
WAR CONTINUES WITH SUC-
' . CEASED VIGOR.
The Russians completely annihilated
elcjven corps of Turkish soldiers in the
caucasus region a few days ago and are
still holdin;^ the Germans in check in
the Warsaw region. The French and
the English were meeting some re
verses in the region of the Aisne some
days ago, but at this writing they have
regained all lost ground and are still
pressing the Germans hard.
riean Up Your Premises.
'I'he extermination of the winter fly
i' a problem for the individual house-
l:eo}>or. Don’t let one fiy escape you.
Hunt for them and kill them now—for
the winter fly is the most dangerous of
the race—she is the mother of all next
. Liminer’s terrible throng.
Ever stop to think where flies come
i rom ? Every last one of them hatched
fresh from .'some stable, pig pen, ma
nure pile or open privy. What are you
i^eing to do about it? Nip the whole
truitter in the bud by keeping the prem-
so ciean that flies can’t breed.
Gocd Cheap Fiy Poison—2 table
spoonfuls of Formalin to a mixture of
half a pint of water. Drop pieces of
bread in saucers ot this poison, place
conveniently for the flies around the
/'table or milk room, and waceh results.
PUOUDOF BABY AS
ANY GRANDPAFMER
Washington, jan. 18. —Presipent Wil-
011’s talks with callers today centered
niiiinly about the new White House
•rrival, his first grand child, the son of
VIr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre. Thous.
‘1 Ilf Is of congratulatory messages and
Business Improving,
Washington, Jan. 18,--J. P. Morgan
today told President Wilson that there
had been a marked improvement in
general trade conditions as affecting
international exchange and that in
crease in exports to Europe and de
creased greatly American indebtedness
to Europe.
Mr. Morgan mentioned the credit of
$42,000,000 recently estabhshed by the
Russian Government in the United
States through Mr. Morgan’s banking
firm and explained that there was to
be no direct loan of money to the Rus
sian Government. On leaving the
White House he said the arrangements
for the credit loan wt)uld go forward.
Mr. Morgan came to Washington
primarily to attend a meeting of the
Federal reserve council and plans to
remain here until Wednesday. He call-
on Secretary Lane today to give him
figures on the cost of operations and
maintenance of the Copper River and
Northwestern Railroad in Alaska,
which the Morgan-Guggenheim inter
ests have offered to sell to the Gov
ernment as a part of the proposed Fed
eral connecting the coast with the coal
fields.
Expansion of the Cotton
Goods Trade.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan 20.- Great
opportunities for expansion of the cot
ton good.**, trade with the South Amer
ican countries are open now that the
European mills have been curtailed and
a number of Southern cotton mills are
taking active steps to capture a gen
erous share of this trade, declares
Charles Lyou Chandler, South Ameri-
can Agent of Southern Railway, who
calls attention to the following interest
ing figures:
Of the $14,000,000 of cotton goods
imported by Chile in 1912, only $770,-
000 came from this country. Germany
whose trade is now cut off, supplied
$3,400,000, and Great Britian the rest.
In the same year, Argentina bought
$35,700,000 of which $5,527,00(> came
from Germany, over $17,000,000 from
England and only $445,300 from this
country. Of the .$18,000,0(K) ot cotton
goods imported b/ Brazil, $3,800,000
came from Germany, $11,000,000 from
England, and only $329,000 from this
country. Figures in regard to woolen
goods and cutlery into the South Amer
ican countries show similar opportunity.
many presents arrived.
The grave look Mr. Wilson has worn
since his wife’s death was supplanted
by a broad smile.
Dr. C. I. Grasson, the White House
physician, reported tonight that both
Mrs. Sayre and the baby were prog
ressing favorable. The baby was des-
Icribed as being a perfectly proportioned
Cotton Climbs Above
Nine-Cent Position For
July Delivery
New York, Jan. 18.—Cotton went
above nine cents apound here today for
July Jplivery, a new high records for
the season.
Cotton for delivery in other active
moneys was up generally from 30 to 36
points above Saturday’s closing. That
was about $8 a bale more than low
prices of last month. Demand was
active and despite heavy sales all offer
ings were readily absorbed.
Buyers were encouraged by reports
of continued firmness in the Southern
spot movement.
Four cotton exchange memberships
were sold at auction today. The first
two brought $10,000 each, the others
$10,200 and 10,300. The last previous
sale was $2,300.
Ridgeville Items.
We had such a siege of bad weather
that Christmas was rather quiet around
he^’e but the young people have had a
number of parties since.
I Miss Annie Blackwood has returned
II ' her school after a two weeks’ vaca
tion spent at her home near Hillsboro.
I Miss Blackwood has no time for play.
Sho ha^ about fifty pupils enrolled.
Mr. Barnett, from Ceffo, who pur
chased the “Old Jones Place” from Mr.
T. J. Carter has moved. We weksome
him and his family to our neighborUood.
This makes five families from Pen on
county that have bought hom^s and
moved into this neighborhood recently,
all seeking a good country and fine
farms. Hurrah for Ridgeville!
After spending the Christnr.as holi
days at her home near Cedar Grove
Miss Vaughan has returned to take
charge of her school.
The many friends of Mrs. R, V.
James were painfully grieved to hear
of h ^r accident last week at her home
in Mebane. We wish for her a speedy
recovery to health and hapoiness.
Mr. J. P. Smith returned to Elon
College Thursday to resume his studies
after spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. aiid Mrs. J. R. Smith.
Mr. J. W. James spent Thuisday in
l.K bane at the bedside of his mother,
Mrs. R. V. James.
To the delight of her many friends
Miss Clara Compton, who is in training
at the Presbyterian Hospital in Char
lotte, spent several days of Christmas
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. Y. Ccmpton.
Mr. A. Y. Chandler spent Christmas
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Houig, in
Lynchburg, Va.
On Friday night a box party was
given at the Prospect Hill school build
ing for the benefiit of the school. There
was a Icirge crowd present and danced
until the wee small hours ot the night.
The liadies Missionary Society of
Griers Church met hers Saturday after
noon, the subject for the month, “Mid
China,” being a very interesting one.
A contribution was sent to the Belgian
Relief Fund, and a nice, large quilt
was sent to the orphans at Barium
Springs.
boy with blue eyes and light hair.
Maj. Elbert M. Bacon of Huston,
Tex., who waft baptized by the late
Mrs: Wilson’s grandfather, was one of
the first to congratulate the President
today.
A large heap of rattles was sent the
baby by members of the Wilson and
Sayre families and close friends. Several
“Dickensy” Names.
“Dickensy” names are to bo discov
ered in the most unlikely localities, as
those whose travels take them to Bur
gundy may have discovered. In Ma
con there is a Rue Dombey, which,
apart from its name, is worth explor
ing fo)’ the sake of one or two fifteenth
century timber houses with most
quaintly carved fronts. And by a
strange conincidence, on the banks of
the Saone, about seven miles out of
Macon, there is a village called Boz.
baby baskets had also been sent to the
White House, but the one used was
prepared by Mrs. Sayre herself.
A toy Princeton tiger for the Sayre
baby was given to Pre.sident Wilson to
day by a committee from the Princeton
Alumni Associaton.
and
WANTS NO “DEADHEADS” ON
LIST OF EMPLOYES.
A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS
TO PREVENT USELESS TAX
UPON AGRICULTURE.
By Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers’ Union
The farmer is the paymaster ^of
industry and as such he must meet
the nation's payrolL When industry
pays its bill it must make a sight
draft upon agriculture for the amount,
which the farmer is compelled to
honor without protest. This check
drawn upon agriculture may travel to
and fro over the highways of com
merce; may build cities; girdle the
globe with bands of steel; may search
hidden treasures in the eartli or
traverse the skies, but in the end it
will rest upon the soil. No dollar
will remain suspended in midair; it is
as certain to seek the earth’s surface
as an apple that falls from a tree. •
When a farmer buys a plow he pays
the man who mined the xnetal, ihe
woodman who felled the iree, the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material and shaped it into an ar
ticle of usefulness, the railroad that
transported it and the dealer who
sold him the goods. He pays the
wages of labor an4 capital employed
in the' transaction as well a? p-ivs
for the tools, machinery, building^.,
etc., used in the construction of the
commodity and the same applies to
all articles of use and diet of him
self and those engaged in the sub-
6Miar7 lines of indust^.
There is no payroll in civili/zation
that does not rest upon the back
of the farmer. He must pay the bills
—all of them.
The total value of the nation's
annual agricultural products is around
$12,000,000,000, and it is safe to esti
mate that 95 cents on every dollar
goes to meeting the expenses' of sub
sidiary industries. The farmer does
not work more than thirty minutes
per day for himself; the remaining
thirteen hours of the day’s toil he
devotes to meeting the payroll of the
hired hands of agriculture, such as
the manufacturer, railroad, commer
cial and other servants.
Th« Farmer's Payroll and How He
Meets It.
The annual payroll of agriculture
approximates $12,000,000,000. A por
tion of the amount is shifted to for-
©igp countries in exports, but the
total payroll of industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads, $1,252,000,000;
manufacturers, $4,365,000,000; mining,
$655,000,000; banks, $200,000,000;
mercantile $3,500,000,000, and a heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
It takes the corn crop, the most
raluahle in agriculture, which sold
last year for $1,692^000,000, to pay off
the employes of the railroads; the
money derived from our annua^ sales
of livestock of approximately $2,000,-
000,000, the yearly cotton crop, valued
at $920,000,000; the wheat crop,
which is worth $610,000,000, and the
oat crop, that is worth $440,000,000,
are required to meet the annual pay
roll of the manufacturers. The
money derived from the remaining
staple crops is used in meeting the
payroll of the bankers, merchants,
etc. After these obligations are paid,
the farmer has only a few bunches of
vegetables, some fruit and poultry’
which he can sell and call the pro
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays off his help
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous payrolls he has
been forced to mortgage homes, work
women in the field and increase the
hours of his labor. We are, there
fore, compelled to call upon all in
dustries dependent upon the farmers
for subsistence to retrench in their
expenditures and to cut off all un
necessary expenses. This course is
absolutely necessary in Drder to avoid
a reduction in wages, and we want,
ii possible, to retain the-present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in
dustrial employes.
We will devote this article to a
discussion of unnecessary expenses
and whether required by law or per
mitted by the managements of the
concerns, is wholly immaterial. We
want all waste labor and extrava-
saace, of whatever character, cut out.
mention the full crew bill as
; ■ i-ill.
v r-;!-i; regis*
■ . ■ 'rto vV. / t 'i.vacter
• I ’ meet-
' V. xwUgUSt
‘ c^uote,
’ ’‘Hanee
■' t: !. . L. Co ati ade-
system;
- ^ : Til'll funh a system
./e uli-ul \deqi:ato rail
road Ud; iho greatest
amoui'i .r ; \\e least pos-
fcibl2 GO "uu-ijco^nize that
tho i:,':- ci::d prcd':ceio in tlie end
pay cii'-;ra;c'’v,sLo-y 05 i-zur cent oi the
ex^.c;: o:x'l'atin!; tlie ralAroads.
aiju i . .e to int* ^t of
the tiii.t tim of
the n carriers be as snirill as
is Fv;. . ble c: witii vood ser-
viCv: \ V e, tiiyi ci-0i”e,. call
UiiOD ;i r Ir courts and
i. -• L 'C'.i ^ J.CiIq lk cts iix
m:;:,, d die common
aud re do e?pe-
ci^'iy : the t!oo’;vratiuus of
the lucciiVGdtlou o£ our
Stc-^o tue uass^ige of
the I'ird ‘i .il-c/CN'’ bill before
the -■ y-ilil.-I of Texas.”
TliQ r.^'iicrs of i ilib aui in the last
electic-'; by an over', ^.elming ma-
joricy, f.v.i.rt tb^-J aw cil the statute
bc-Dk oi: that stale, and it should
conie o.;f of cill stp.tute books where
it aype rs -md no 'cglslatxire of this
natl . : ’ such a lav/ or
sijniir.i L •' v^ Iiich requires un-
iiecossrry esiven.-iturc.;.
T'‘ ' luie p] s to all regu
late.y vrirvMc,\ increase the
eX; > ; o'" :ndii ^.^rhout giving
cor:- i bcv to the public.
Tl’ov,; 5:' ^ . "y of men as-
ecat and they
h^rvo rt r- Jit to s iarro—who, in
T- -V their fellow-
pr ■ n V:.j^'iiK.'times favor
an i.. r; ,.n i.i t'sc- c::: sases of in-
men
who i j t’*9 summer’s
c" : tr. iliO but these
ce;; •: 'I? n a record
for t’ :ub sfeiu oM the
ehc'v - . ' by urging the
Ic- ■ " : \'::j : ;Ct,bcr burden
r- ■ V nuil^r the
'•T'
to ^ u • ■ L. : e attlie tvncor of civil-
Ld..' - V - cr i.v? r;^y sweat,
I- ^ ; ./c the task. V/hen
I'cr; ' -ut a melon’’ for labor
t’i«: "Ji luo farrnoi- o. lemo»i.
: .r of t’ G U’rlted States
lire T' ' ..r'-?ally r'l-I-) to carry “dead
her/^..“ . ;> :ne:r rayroHs. Our own
hi:'>-‘l . :' ds are r.ot pr;.i unless we
havft ?r.‘: f.-»r them to do and
v,o t'.e rf-'t V. ^lirg to carry the hired
helij Cl dependent industries un)3ss
there is Vv'orlc for them. We must
ther:'"o^f' i. ‘st upon the most rigid
ecoro- :/
Leo'?’''t:ve House-Cleaning Needed.
i]ie war is on and there is a
lull in T want all legisla
tive bodies to take an inventory of
the st?-ute bocks and wipe off all
extravr ^rit and useless laws. A good
housc-c’is ijjcedGcl and econo
mies: c: i he inst’tutei here and there
tli.j.-. v-.i 1 pfitcu the do lies of indigent
, rest tiro-rl mol hers and lift
mort:-i^es d-^pondent homes.
UnnGuv^i?ary work-^-'en taken off and
useleifn expenses chopped down all
along the line will add to the pros
perity of the farmer and encourage
him in his m'^hty effort to feed and
clothe the world.
If any of these inciustries have sur
plus e'-iiployes we can use them on
the frrm. Wo have no regular
BcheSuie of vrages, h'lt we pay good
farm r ; " oa an average of $1.0
per day of thirteen hours when they
bo{’; .. vhernselyes; work usually runs
about r ^ne -r e-^ths of the year and tha
three- r-^oHtns d^ad time, they can do
the chores lOr their board. It they
prefer to farm on their own account,
there are more than 14,000,000,000
acres of idle land on the earth’s sur
face av. Hing the magic touch of the
plow. The compensation is easily ob
tainable from Federal Agricultural
Department statistics. Tho total
average annual sales of a farm in
the continental United States amounts
to $316.00; the cost of operation is
$340.00; leaving the farmer $176 per
annum k> live on and educate hia
family.
There is no occitsion for the legis
latures making a position for surplus
employes of industry. Let them come
“back to the soiT’ and share with us
the prr-operity of the farm.
i When honesty is merely a good.
1 policy it is a poor virtue..
Lazy farmers are just as useless as
dea'l ones and tKl-ie up more room.
When the soul communes with the
spirit of nature the back to the farm
movement prevails.
I There are two kinds of farmers.
One tries to take all the advice he,
I hears and the other won’t take any*
I at alL