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“And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.”
VolUiTiJ 7
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1915
Number 6
The Yegmen visited Elon Col'-;
lege Tu sday night and took I
ti'o.n ils Post Office $1000 in
Fiddlers Cciiventioii
Civic Department
The Fiddlers Convention was held at i Now is the time to order c-hrysan-
^ Woodlawii School house Saturday |^‘‘^wer Shov Committee
i,"-!! and bt.unpt^, I e night March 27th The :nnouiicement j has a price of $1.00 a dozen for fine
are th«^onl3^ fellows that get the said that “The countiei most expert j plants, with a pro:«pect of gettinef a
hes of Uncle Sam. I performers on both the violin and banjo j
■ > compete I
THE FOUNTAIN AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
THAT SYMBOLIZES THE BUILDING OF THE PANAMA CANAL
I would be in attendance and
price should the order be large
Welsome Them Back
After an absence of some time
for the 7 prizes offered, Meet me there" j Committee is making a
The expert performers were there and : canvass of the towr, but should any-
everybody tried to obey the injunction * one care to order one, three or more
to “meet me there” i plants who has not been solicited,
: About 24 performers were present,!, . i i ^
we note the smiiinj? faces of H. 'divided into 8 teams ^
1 , Wilkinson Co., in our advt?r-j Prof. J. B. Robertson County Super-
Ur inu' columns. Glad to welcome j acteU us master at ceremon-
I.ii-rii back. Thev have a nice ■‘“'I*' ">>»"«
smoothly when the crowd bepan to as
I ‘phone or send word to anyone
Committee.
'i he following is a list of just what
will bring a premium;
The handsointst si'igle bloom
The handsomest plant, evei\vt'.iing
considered
The fiddlers opened up with such j I he handsomest white, yellow, pink,
stirrinj; tunes that the Superintendents 1 lavender, red chrysanthemum each
of two Sunday Schools were vigorously j The handsomest cluster of three in
patting their feet. Many fine old pieces ont h cdor, making five premiums of-
of hats, and shoes,and a full 1 i . i . ir ■
I semble they were greeted by Uncle i
illit’ ot ladies dress goods, A rep- j Josh on the Phonoj^raph and numerous!
re'.ei)tutive of Schloss Brothers * other selections !
rlu' famous elolhier who will be
l:ul to take your order for a
it of cl'itlies, correct measui-
\ .[ ;j;uaranleed. will be at their
, . IV t'riday and Saturday.
were rentiered, some of which creating
•■he most enthusiasm were ‘‘Tui key in
- - . . i the Straw’’ “Old w«>mans waltz’'
! “Soldieis Joy” “Mississippi Sawyer”
A COni^reSS of tailors has de~ j •( imly” “A little more citior” “Ark-j
I uUvJ tluit o.'ie thousand dollars ! ansas'I'raveler” “Magpie” “l)rui>ken j
a y«‘ar id the minimum a man I ”‘'ver popular “Dixie j
Land,’ 1
siii-uKl speiid on clothes, but the
•I. oia^e man has some dift’iculty ;
fered for clusters
The finest dozi n plants ami blooms
c«)nsidereil
The finet^t halt dozen plants and
blooms consiileretl ( the person receiv
ing the premium for the dozen excluded
'i'he first piize on the violin -^ras |contest)
^ W.'H, Cheek who is j
i I i)UrriUclilin5? his taik>r that he i ai^o an aecompli^hed musician also in j
Vi'iief (h Hie hundred dollarsM lines. 2nd prize to Mr. Ed K. ;
; Wilson. 3rd to Mr. Miiton (.Uipp4th|
_ ! to Mr Wm. T. Wiir.on. ■ Tue prizes on |
I ih * banjo were awarded 1st Mr. J. T {
The finest fern, as a wliole
The finest maiden hair, baby breath,
Boston Sw(>rd, R?o.%evelt Swortl,
Asoaragu^. Plumosus, Spetigerii each.
I'nore will be a price offered each
fool may be known by six 2nd to Mr. A. vv.
Anger without i "■
Ilollin 3rd j for i nibroidory, crochet, tatting, and
i .Mjis; Anger Wltnout cause, ;T":"."' V"T"‘, ■ | drawn work as well as bread, rolls,
. , , Ihe decision of the Judges Messrs' ■ i » u- • ^ j • .u
 I* i t'll vvithont nrofit chance .. . . .. . , l • ; cake, beaten biscuits aiul candy in the
V.ti, O'11 progress, inquiry with-| onmsly applauded as they recommen-
{ : o ijf Ct, puttim^ trust in aided 3rd additional prizea for merit, j \nyone in Mebane or vicini'y is el-
i I ..n^>-tir, and mistaking foes for 1 prizes were given. jligibleto compete for the premiums.
ieiuls, — Arabian Proverb,
Sunday School Conference
in Mebane M, E. Church
27th and 28th
As previously announced the Sunday
Si h»H)l Convention began its sitting in
i he M. E, Church at Mebane Saturday
night at 7:30 P. M .March 27th.
liov. E. C. Durham nastor in charge
announced the opening song, “Oh for
a thousand tongues” This was followed
by prayer from Rev. F Hawley of the
Piv.'^i»yterian Church After this Mr.
tVlen Dillard was elected President
aiul pi-esiding officer of the Convention
H >tl Miss St. Helena Foy was made
't'lTOtarv. The program then included
a .soiig service by the choirs of the
iHiday schools of Mebane, Lebanon
H:i\v River. East Burlington, did not
a: rivo until Sunday morning. At that
hour Rev. M. W. Brabham was intro-
1 he vocal selections accompanied by J the flowers and hand
the banjo created much merriment hs * , , , i . i
work an.! let s have a big S low for the
did also the clog dances given by Mr.
Tincen and Mr. Wilson, especially as
Mr. Wilsons weight is only 245 pounds
fall.
When the plants are received there
After the competition for prizes was will appear in the Leader an article by
over the domestic science also servedreputable florist on “How to grow
refreshmencs and candies, while a num
ber of volunteer musical selection were
given.
The Superintendent tells me that
this is a country school, ground and
building of which any community
should be proud, the building is quite
handsome and commodious being built
from architects plans from the State
Supt. of Public Lnstruction. They also
have a two acre lawn recently graded
and sown and bordered with shrubbery
between the buildings runs the public
road. Quite a large amount of flowers
and shrubbery have been placed in at
tractive beds surrounding the house.
The agricultural claps has a plat, the
work is to be superintended by the
County Demonstrator agent. The
Counties consulting house keeping and
home economies meets at the School cover the lo3S
House every second Friday evening
Chrysanthemums”
Chairman of the Committee.
lured, and delivered a very interesting charge of the lomato
I Club work. They expect to have in use
soon a water system composed of a
deep driven well underground air pres
sure tank and a sanitary drinking
a ; iivss subject, Some elements of a
si'ii'ssful Sunday Sch3ol. After a(
Rev. F. M. Hav/ley dismissed
WiP (’ongrogation with prayer.
Ih.* service was resumed Sunday
ii. ■riling. The Conference and song
' I ' it'es began at eleven o’clock, whe^
ttie Mebane Sunday School Choir was
lir-t to Eiincr, it was followed by a
i|iiHiletL by Messers Jackson, Pender
.1 Mis.-es ('ara and Mary Durham,
Ihe other choirs followed Lebanon,
Ka.'t I'.iulington and Haw River. Mr
Hiafiham wys then introduced and de-
I .ried hi.s address the “Challenge” It
an excellent talk, and we "vould be
;i *.| ta reproduce portions of it, but
i I'^ [):!i’e, Al the conclusion of his
i'lic-s the instalation of officers at.d
t i hers followed.
1 tie afternoon service was begun at
fountain.
The improve.nents in this school
shows that this and other country
schools can if they will equal any of
our city schools. This has been made
possible here by a special tax of 30c
without a dissenting voice. The teach- j stairway by which the roomers reach
ers have taken a leading intere.»t in ‘
the line of improvements. The announce
ment was made that on April the 10th
MEBANE POSTOFFIGE
!)0B6EB
Broken Into Some Tih»e
Thursday Night and the
Cash Drawer Riffled
The postoffice was broken into Thurs
day night last an^ a smaU amount in
cash and stamps were taken from the
cash drawer. Something like $25 wil
The safe was not dis
turbed. The private cabinets of the
several rural route men were not mo
lested. It is thought that possibly the
thieves were frighten away before
their contemptlated work had been
done, else that they were amateurs.
The first suggestion seems more likelv,
as roomers over the office, coming in
late, would doubtless disturb one at
tempting a robbery so close to the
Chapel Hill Nevv5»
Trie visit of former President Wil
liam Howard Taft to the State Un
iversity last week added to the already
long list of celebrities that have been
guests of the institution during the 120
years of its existence, (’oupled with
the visit of Mr.Taft, is the noteworthy
fact that five occupants of the the
White House have addressed Chapel
Hill audiences from the platform in
Gerrard Hall and all with;n the life
time of Ex-President Kemp Plummer
Battle. These Chief Executives were
Andrew Johnson, James K Palk,
James Buchanan, Woodrow Wilson, H.
Taft.
It was 47 years ago in 1897 that An
drew Johnson, then president of the
United States, made his memorable
visit to his alma mater. His gradua
tion from the University many years
preceding that visit made his return
engagement all the more notable. On
the night of his arrival on the “Hill,”
the students formed a processional
march around the home of the Uni
versity president in honor of the dis
tinguished visit. When the serenading
music was over. President Johnson was
called upon for a speech. From the
recollection of the oldest citizens, in
essence he said:
“When I first came to Chapel Hill
many years ago, I came trudging
along this road that leads by the Pres
ident’s home. I was a barefoot boy,
scantly attired in clothing, and with a
budget of old clothes on mv back. To
day, I come back to you as president
of the United States.”
The eloquent lesson spoken by An
drew Johnson has been pronounced bv
educators as one of the most impres
sive ever uttered. His words were
few and well chosen but the wealth of
meaning which they carried was bound
Thfi labor that went into the building of the Panama canal is symbolized in the Fountain of Energy, by A.. in the journey of this North Caro-
Stirllng Calder. This heroic sculpture stands in the center lagoonr of the three lagoons of the South Gardens and boy from the Umvepity student
faces the main entrance gates. The waters were first released on opening day, February 20, coincidently with the j highest office within the gift of
opening of the portals of the exhibit palaces and by the same means: the electric spark transmitted across the con* ! the American people
tinent when President Wpodrow Wilson opened the great exposition at San Francisco by wireless
An Unholy Alliance.
One of the most prominent manu
facturers in the Middle West recently
expressed the opinion that the only ob
stacle to American prosperity was the
seneiess pessimism ot Wall Street.
The Petition for Wilcox.
We believe the state will take the
pardon of James Wilcox, serving a
penitentiary term for the murder of
Nellie CroDsey, as an event to be ex
pected. The pressure on life g«^.»rf»or
is of a character which discounts re
sistance. It is not so much the number
of names signed to the petition for
pardon as the manifest fact that the
prisoner has already undergone puni.sh
ment of a nature that would seem to
satisfy the law and meet the end of
justice. It was as morally certain to
the people of the slate as it was to the
jury that convicted him, that Wilcox
killed the Cropsey girl, yet the fact
was not legally of conclusive proof.
That feature, however, will not figure
in the consideration of circumstances
that will work in Wilcox’s favor.—
Charlotte Observer.
Hillsboro Items
The farmers are very busy prepair
ing their land for another crop. The
tobacco plants are beginning to peep
through and reminds one that there is
hard work near at hand.
Mr. J. C. McDade is building a new
residence on Route 2, We gladly wel
come Mr. McDade and frmily to
Hillsboro.
Misses Bonnie and Hallie Parker and
Master Thomas Chandler spent Monday
p. m. with Mrs R. W. Anderson.
Miss Helen Bolton is spendiog the
week with Mrs J. F. Anderson of
Cedar Grove.
Mrs. C. A. McDade is on the sick
list. We hope to f.ee her out again
soon.
Miss Daisy Wright is very ill at her
home. We wish for her a speedy
recover.
Washington JNews Letter
Detectives, wearing the plain clothes
of household attendants, armed with
automatic rapid fire revolvers, were
assigned last week to guard the English
French, Ru.'ssia and German Embassies ,
and protect the lives of the Ambassa-L senseless this pessimism is may
dors against men stirrdcT'ttf'TSriilti'clstnT^ iiifcfred froffl a statement erediteH
by the war and whose letters threat- to President Thomas of the Lehigh
ening bomi- throwing have alarmed of
ficials of the State Department. Sec
retary, almost impenetrable, surrounds
Vally Railroad, who was reported last
week to have said:
at 7:30 p, m. a play would te given
entitled “Not a Man in the House”
‘meet rre there.’’ — Visitor,
the floor above.
The
Licensed Washer
woman
To
The Feople of
Town of Mebane
By order of the Commissoners, 1
have appointed the week following
l>. M. with song and prayer, Mr. Easter as CLEAN Up WEEK in the
illiililiam thon delivered an other ad-
li'- on “Method,” after some conclu-
■I n.K ."'uggestions. Haw River Sunday
• II »1 asked that the next Conference
I’ 'K'iij there, “Song Guide Me O Thou
' :it Jehova” and the Conference was
Mil .sod by the Rey. E. C. Durham.
i he Twice-a-Month Check
(I'rorn I’he Spencer Crescent.)
T.'.c plan of the Southern Railway to
' I- off its shop employes twice a
■ " itli it i^ believed will be approved
‘^11 nigh all the men in the service.
' ' I'Ian has been in effect in some
' cIkt Stales for several years and it
i ■ u nit rstood worked well. It has been
hopo in Spencer, not only of the
‘ inployes but also of the business men,
I la* men would receive their pay
ill every tw'o weeks. It is under-
"1 ‘.hat the check will be handed
" ' "II the 5th and 20th of each month.
town of Mebane. Let all people under
stand that the Commissioners and the
j (From The Lurcberton Robersonian.)
j If the ladies of the Lumberton Civic
I Assoi'iation can find time with their
The i duties to bring about that wash-
j erwoman shall be licensed before they
I shall take clothes to wash to their
homes, they will accomplish a great
good. You, don’t know where your
clothes go or what diseases they come
in contact with. The idea of licening
I washerwomen means no hardship for
people are with me in this "movement,' expenses
and we desire everybody’s hearty co
operation.
Let the cleaning include every
business lot, back and front, the
premises of every manufacturing es
tablishment, and every home lot, back
and front. It is expected also that in
cleaning the rear premises, that this
work be done thoroughly, to include
and means protection to the people for
whom the washing is done. The person
who first sprung that idea hit upon a
very practical one.
In the case of the Victor Talking
Machine Company against R. H. Micy
and Co., Judge Hand of the United
Rev J. M. Ormond filled his regular
appointment at Cedar Crove M. E.
Church Sunday.
Mr. John Lee of Durham returned
The Besit Judge j to his home Tuesday after spending a
^ , few days with relatives and friends.
Its a cinch f >r the readers of the
newshapers to tell just what the Unit- the death angle
. ] Visited our midst and took from it the
ed States should do in this war, as they j ^ Wright. On Thurs-
are torn by different emotions and | day night he had a stroke of paralysis
prompted by different sympathies, ; and was never able to speak or move
while those who want the coin, regard-! again. The funeral was conducted
less of the shedding of blcod- other! from the home Sunoay P. M. by Rev.
. . W. S. Wilhelm and the interment was
people s blood, however- are certain , . ^ ^
^ .1 made in Cedar Grove cemetery.
that the flag, should follow their in- leaves a wife and nine children
clination and the navy and army should to mourn their loss. We exteml to them
follow the flag, of course. our deepest sympathy in this sad hour
But in Washington there is a man of bereavement.
who has studied the situation, who is
keeping cfose tab on it, who is a pat
riot, and a man of scholarly attain- Pyphoid AntitOXUl,
ment. as well as the possesor of com- The announcement that typhoid is
mon sense, and he should know. Yet epidemic in Przemsyl, the great Gali-
some people rant that he does not. cian stronghold recently surrendered
—Washington Dispatch to the Russians, is not at all surprising.
The condit4ons under which war is being
waged in Europe are highly conducive
to the development and spread of this
If to the final yielding to hunger of disease. Where men in enormous num-
the garrison of Przemysi could be ad- i bers are crowded into relatively small
ded news of renewed progress of the 1 areas and have to live in the midst of
allies at the Dardanelles, they would) extraordinary exigencies, opportunities
indeed feel that the war had entered ^ dissemination of the typhoid germ
Przemysl’s FalL
The continued prosperity of the Un-
the detailing of the detectives, but it i ited States depends almost entirely up^
is thought tha^t the order^ ^or^ police j on what is done in Washington.
I would authorize an expenditure of
$10,000,000 to-morrow if the situation
in Washington was clear.
But the uncertainty of which I speak
means that we must withhold this $10,-
000,000 expenditure for an indefinite
period.
At the very time that Mr. Thomag
was pouring forth this tale of woe, the
Lehigh Vally Railroad was advertising
quarterly dividend of 2 1-2 per cent, on
its common stock and 2 1-2 per cent,
on its preferred stock. A railroad that
is paying 10 per cent, dividends is not
protection of th^ threatened Embassies
came in a roundabout way from Presi
dent Wilson.
At the White House, e.mphauc denial
has been given to reports that Preside
nt Wilson contempoiates recognizing
Gen. Villa as the head of a legal gov
ernment in Mexico. It is said ihe policy
of “wactdhful waiting” is to be con
tinued until a stable government has
been set up in Mexico.
The assertion of constitutional ex
perts that many ot the acts passed in
the closing days of the recent Congress
may be invalid because of the failure
of President Wilson to siqrn them until
after Congress technically adjourned ! to death, whatever “the sit
has brought to light the interesting
fact that this is not the first time such
a situation has arisen. .At the end of
the Thirty Seven Congress, March 3,
1863, a bill was passed providing for
the collection of abandoned property
and for the prevention of ftaad in
nation in Washington” may be.
There is no situation in Washingtoa
that is hosttile to business. Therg
has been no other time in ten years irt
which there was so little crusading
against business or in which business
insurrectionary district?, which was! had so little to fear from politics.
not approved by President Lincoln until
March 12, eight days after the final
adjournment of Congress. The validity
of the statue was not questioned, and
the business of the government was
satisfactorily transacted under its au
thority.
That recommendation as to railway
mail pay legislation which he say^
caused the defeat of the three-hundred
million-dollar appropriation bill in the
last hours of the Sixty-third Congress
will be renewed betore the new Con
gress, is announced in a statement
made oublic by Postmaster Genral
Burleson. The statement charges that
There has been no time in ten years iit
which legi.mate business could face the
future with so little uncertainty. Yet
Wall Street continues to talk calamity,
think calamity and dream calamity.
When it might be making New York
the linancial centre of the world, it
spends its time in conspiring against
an Administration that cannot b(J
bought or bullied.
The feeling is growing that Wall
Street wants no prosperity unless it
can hog it all, and that the typical
States Court decides that the makers .
stables, cow lots, pig pens, cess pools, patented articles may not undertake! phase whether or not the I are, ,of course, greatly multiplied,
and any other unsanitary place. i to control the sale or price after leav-j so often predicted of late. | But, while this is all true, it by no
“certain of the railroaders” engineered , Wall Street banker’s idea of prosperity
the sight against the appropriation bill ] is 6 per cent, for loans, with 5 per cent
and financed a propaganda designed j commission and 51 per cent, of the
“to mislead and wrongfully influence | . i .
• J • J common stock as a bonus,
the public mmd into an attitude ol I
antagonism to the department. ” j Wall Street s days of exploitation
— 1 and gambling prosperity are done for.
The Commissoners have instructed'
me to make inspection myself, or have j
someone else do so, immediately fol- j
date of the cleaning up
ing their hands. This is in clear con
formity to the de»;isi(Mi of the United
States Supreme Court in the “Sana-
The fall of the Balician stronghold
although long since generally dii.coun-
ted, is having its sentimental and psj'-
lowing the date of the clearing "P | patent medidre ca^e of two chologlcal weight, doubtless upon both
years ago. The patent gets his price. | “des. It clears the way to Cracow,
Those owning vacant lot, m thet , ^ fortress-
Should look to the cleaning of them
also.
W S. Crawford
coJcernhim. If the buyers wants to I«'=
sell the article at cost or less than cost I >»»narchy, around of
the northward of the Carpathians,
means follows that the resultant
situation is one which can not be more
Weighed nearly 400
Pounds
Willis Brickhouse, the largest man in
There will be no return to the period
when the New York bankers could
take the cream and leave the rest of
the country drinking skim-milk. The
than measurably controlled. On the I Eastern North C;*rolina. and probably I j ^ i r rx • .
' * dream of a revival of Hannaism, which
contrary, timely precaution, as conclu- j the largest in the Stale, has just died
sively shown by the British experience, j at his home in Columbia, Tyrell cour-
will avail to reduce to a minimum the ; ty. He weighed nearly four hundred
Mayor of The Town of Meban^'that is bis affair. This is in line with
1 recent decisions in a
danger from typh*.id to troops in the
field, no matter how large their num
ber or how limited the areas in which
copyright book ^ passes have been the scenes of they may be congested. —Norfolk Va
i’ic.^idiiit Wilson has again taken
! i charge of the Mexican situat-
'"ii as a result of the failure to the
’'t'* Department to compel Villa to
ihe murderers of John B. Me
'iiu'.i;.-; and to apologize f^r the dese-
’ ion of the Stars and Stripes.
“ case affecting the same New York j
.Notice. -mercantile concen. It is in harmony j
Having leased the Tate Mill Pond |*>th the principles laid down
and land of the pond trac«^, 1 hereby j in the Clayton Anti-Trust Law •
forbid all persons to fish or tresspass [ ——————
on said pond and land. | When we are old we perceive it is
C. C. Smith too late to live as we proposed.—Pope.
! shifts of fortune between i.ivader and
defender. It releases the inviting
army for operations elsewhere. Where
as before the Russians could, and did,
advance, they are now enabled to ad
vance with nothing behind them.
—Greensboro News.
Pilot.
He must have a long spoon that
must eat with the devil.- Shakesphere.
He pares his apple that would-clean
\y feed,—Herbert.
pounds. He was for ten years cleark of
I
the court of Tyrell county. j
is noted by the Washington correspop-
dent of Th3 World, is only a dream. It
i will never materialize.—N. Y. World.
■ - ■ j It seems that the United States
A German statesn en says that at I ® ^ob on its hands in
the end cf the war Germany and her
ally, Austria, will demand $30,000,000,-
000 indemnity, besides territorial and
other considerations The Allies haye
yet to make known what their de
mands will be.
trying to make the Eitel behave her
self and obey the neutrality laws. The
Eitel may try to slip out of the bar at
any time of night, but Uncle Sam will
do his best to prevent her sailing until
he says go.