THE MEBANE leader.
And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Woul||Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.
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Volumn 7
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915
Number 12
\lessers Bob Dillard, Earl
, a\v, Jlen Satterfield, and Tal
.,irn Jobe went fishing Monday,
ijno.nted good luck and a fine
Aiiss Lelu Florence of Burling
spent Sunday with Mrs. G.
• W'yatte.
Ut'V. H. G, Dorsett and fam-
; \ went to Siler City last Thurs-
;.lr. and Mrs Warren spent
Siiiuiay in the country
Mr nnd Mrs G. E. Wvatte and
N. 1). Jeffris went to Dur-
ii.iiii Sunday afternoon
Mary Miles is visiting her
- l« r iMrs. A. B. Fitch on Holt
si; i tH't
A If. Kd Carr spent Sunday inj^
I -Mthani
THE LUSITtHli SUNK
By _ German Submarine
Friday Last
The Cunard liner Lustiania,
which sailed out of New York
last Saturday the first day of
May with more than 2,000 per
sons aboard, lies at the bottom
of the ocean off the Irish coast.
She was sunk by a German
I submarine, which sent two tor
pedoes crashing into her side
while the passengers were at
luncheon on Friday the 7th.
The Lustania carried a passen
ger list of 1,251 of whom 188
were Americans.and with a crew
i of 816. She sailed in the face of
a warning before her depar-
Resolutlons Of Respect
A.t the annual meeting of the Board |
A Cooking qiasi | Hiled-Up Money
Mrs. Corn>3lia C .MoiTO, Hacher, I a contribiuor to The Bos-
of Trustees of Mebane Graded School.! demonstrator, etc ^emplwei^ t,y the i
which met in the office of the White
brothers last Friday eveninur’ the mo
tion was male by Mr. WilliHm E.
U. S, Agricultural Dept, for lliis coun
try. had a small, but very .enthusiastic I ‘What is the grand total of mcney !
seeking investvnent?” and th»^n pro-!
class at the home of Mrs. W- W. Cor-
White, secon,ded and voted on without, bett last Thursday afternotji where
a dissenting vote, that a committee be j present, with the ttsistance
appointed to draft resolutions of re-1 . ^
spect in honor of our esteemed towns-i P«‘
man, Mr. Tiiomas M. Cheek, who has! P»red and cooked delicious lemon pis,
served in the capacity as chairman of j poins^tia salad and jelly tarts
the Board of Trustees of the Mebane ; 'pjjg only expense attached - to the
Graded ischooi ever since its establish- t, . .... ,
V. u 1 * service of this expert in dom-
j estic sience i«i the materials jsed for
qp- j foods cooked. Th6 ct>unty, State and
,, T»- 1 1- 1 ture by the German embassy,
Ai... P>cka.chs spend-1
me summer with her sister I, -x- i
.itendina: to embark on British
^am Albngnt |ships did so at (Kp risk of the
P. D. Riggs is visiting I ships being destroyed in accor-
liri isior Mrs. S. C. Riggs {dance with the German war zone
A lJni«)n Meeting will be held •
ih ill,' Ware House, beginning! The Lusitania was one of the
27th conducted by Rev. I ^^^8:est of trans-Atlantic liners
\ i,-.r l.ightbourn of Elon Co]-|as well as one of the speediest.
1, jShe was built in Glasgow in 1906
. from M. P. Childrens
w.ll Kivean entertainaienti‘°"™«® "‘‘^32,500 and her net
liu M. P. Church Mebane. Iwas o«nei
, .U.MKlay eveninsf Mav 17th the Cunard Steamship con.-
- Liverpool. Her
‘ ^ captain was W. T. Turner.
Mi.sMableand Clay Christo-i the Lustania was
H,-repent Tuesday m Burhng-j
I other liners built subsequently
Mi.s.s Jennie Reid left Tuesday including the Imperator, Olym-;
i. Al. after visiting relatives for ^ pic and Vaterland, she never
!u r home at Pilot Mountain, j lost her reputation acquired at
N C. I the outset of her career. Her
Miss Nellie Bowling of Cor-1 ^*^xurious accommoda-
I.Kt passed through Tuesday A. i tions make a favorite, and her
,\i- ill i-oute for Burlington to! passengers lists bore the names
visit friend-, and relatives. »"any of the prominent Atlan
i tic wa/farers. She had nine
Mt\s. Tom Pettigrew left for|(jecks, connected with elevators.
] )ui hani Tuesday. j fjer cabins were designed to look
Mrs. L. A. Crawford went to j more like ari elaborate hotel than
I >ui ham Tuesday, i a ship.
The vessel was pronounced by
her builders to be as nearly non
sinkable as any ship could be.
The lower deck was watertight.
The double bottom was so con
structed that should the bilge
! knees be torn away and the huU
Ti,« official pr.ss bureau gave out | entering water wouW
tho idiiowing dispatch, dated May 3, j be confined within the inner and
i K.in Field Marshal Sir John French, j Outer bottoms. The lower por-
ivi arding the employment by the | tion of the hull was divided into
'.u rmf^ns of asph>xmting gases: 1175 water tight Compartments,
■■'i he gases have been ejected from ^
laid into the trenches and also I with commumcatins Ooors so con
U\ the explosion of shells especially j Struct0(i thsit th6y COuIq DG clos-
mu .ufactured. The German troops! ed from the navigation bridge in
N\ .10 attacked under cover of these j
were provided v/ith especially j Every thing about the Lusi-
ment fourteen years ago.
THEREFORE, He it resolved:
First: That we, the committae
pointed to draft these resolucions, ! Dept at Washington are paj^g Mrs.
learn with regret that on account of 1 Morris' salary and expenses $0 teach
age and ill health, Mr. Thomas M. , . . . l '
^,7 , , . , ^ „ wv, i classes in this county, whersver the
Cheek has found it necessary to with- ^
draw as a member of the said board 1 sufficiently intei^sted to
of trustees. We wish to thank Mr. i organize. Why not the ladies ot Meb*
Cheek for his long, continuous and j ane have a share in this great benefit?
arduous work as chairman of said j Wotdlawu has already grwped the
school board. j opportunity ^ind organized a class. Mrs.
Second: That the board keenly re-1 . , .
■ . • • II ; Morris is a very buisv woman and can
alizes that it is sustaining practically | . .
an irreparable loss in the person of j S*ve us her time this summer, but
this devoted man. we, too, have full' has offered to teach a cooking clae.s
cognizanc® that he has not only been
a friend of the school, speaking from
the standpoint of and official capacity,
but that he has manifested always a
high and Christian desire to minister
to the needs of the youth of this town
and community.
two lessons a mouth for six nonths in
the year, comme^icing in the fall,
provided we are sufliciently concerned
to organize a class .
Thoee present at Mrs. Corbett’s
werf>: Mrs. W. A. Murray, Mrs. J. fl.
S. Harris, Mrs. C. F. Caies
(Signed) Mrs. W. S, Hurria
Third: That the remaining board of; gjpgrleton, Misses Jennie La«l?y, Olga
trustees realize fully that they have, l^ottie Long, E. S. Harris, Mrs.
lost one of their most efficient mem- > yV
bers ami tiu'y feel that they owe him
a d'.'bt of gratitude of which they are
incompetent to compensate. Mr. Cheek 5
with his inagnanimons heart and over- j
llowirg love of sympathy for the j
school, and for the promotion of its !
prestige and dignity, has done all that j
A Muble Flagpole
(From the San Francisco Chronicle)
A fitting svmbol of the mighty for-
which is possible for a mar. of the high 1 Astor>'. flaKpole,
It Kills or Makes Invalids
Causes Acute Suffering.
!ii - ignfctl respirators issued in sealed
tania was of colossal dimension.
: "vets This points to long and me- • i j r
i' lical preparation on a large scale, j Her rudder weighed 65 tons.
the enemy first made use of this j She carried three anchors of 10
rn' thod of covering his advance with , ^ons each. The main frames
. . loud of poisoned air he has repeated , beams, placed end to end,
It i.ir offense and defense wherever i
ilie wil d has been favorable. j
"Tho effect is not merely disabling, j
if fatal, painless, as suggested in j
tilt* (Iirrrian press. The victims do!
'."t -la cumb in the field. They are i
esc spirit of citizenship to do ior the ■ . .
, the tallest in the world,, which floats
cimniunity.
Fourth: Tnat we wish for Mr Cheek j the Stars and Stripes 241 feet above
many more years of life and prosper-; the Panama-Pacific Exposition
ity, and that we feel that ihe great | vvall at the corner of the Oregon build
work that he ta^* done for the school
and Mebane will stand as a high«tow-
ering monument throughout the ages , , . . . , . , .
I., honor and in recognition of his |
faithful and untiring efforts.
mg.
The stick, for it is a sing)«^ stick of
ceeda to answer it. High authorities, ”
he says, “estimate it privately at stu
pendous figures—well up, indeed, in
tho hundreds of millions. No doubt
they are right. Never before was the
country so rich Not in years has the
investment market been so big and
broad. Ntw York Central bonds to
the amount of $100,000,000 are readily
floated and on the Stock Exchange are
bought at rising prices by tens of mil
lions. Baltimore and Ohio notes aggre
gating $40,000,000 are absorbed in a
couple of hours. Foreign Government
borrowing of at least $200,000,000 are
pending and will be easily sold, And
coincidentally confidence is again up
to par and the New York bank surplus
stands at 5178,000,000, Thesi facts
speak for themselves.’' While the
claim is not made that the millennium
is here, “Adams" makes a significant
observation. He says the V/all Street
house cleaning and Stock Exchacge re
forms of the past two years have done
wonders for its business. And the
earnings of our corporations are fo»
the most part published so frequently
that it is no longer po'^sible for insi
ders to trade on them for months tt-
I gether in secrecy. In other words, the
I public has never had so square a deal
Imarketwise as it is getting today.”
Democratic legislation «?as responsible
^ for that. Democratic legislation was
also responsible for the new banking
law. This new law has been a factor
of some importance in the formulation
®^®\of the present financial circumstances
in which the country finds itself.—
Charlotte Observer.
Suicide
Chapel Hill Letter j Washington JNews Letter
Fcrnier Presi.lrnt Kemp Plummer I Gieater anxiety exists in Washing-
Battle. to whom President Edward K. | ton over the toipedoing of the Ameri-
Graham, in his inaugural address, paid : can tank ship Gulflight by a German
the eloqu ;ut and singular tribu-.e—“he i submarine than has been caused by
is the witness of hi-? own immortality” j any previous event growing out of the
—has made provision wherebv the war in Europe. There is no conceal-
articles used in industries and avoca- f ment of the fact that if the circum-
tions in 1965 and those in use in 2015
can be vividly contrasted. The me
thods of preservation of the contem
plated chanees of the two semi- cen
tennial periods as well as the manner
of making provisions for the future
prize are of an unprecedented charac
ter. The self-explanatory letter hand-
—^ —
presentations as well as any pronoun-
of the .>Iorth Carolina Historical So-
ciety, tells the story:
“Sir: \ ask the acceptance by your
Society of a hermetically sealed tin box
containing a copy of the catologua of
one of Americsn’s largest department
stores in which are desciiptions and
pictures of practically all articles used
now in the industries and avocations
of the United States This gift is on
the following conditions:
Thii box is to be opened in 1965, A.
D., and again in 2015, A. D., and a
student designated by the President
of the Society s^’all write a the?is on
the change of the priceding semi-cen-
stances of the case prove to have been
as now understood, a very serious issue
will have been raised between the
United and Germany, which may have
a vast effect upon the relations of the
two nations. Pending an official in
vestigation of the facts, the United
government will defer diplomatic re
cement of policy.
President Wilson on his return from
Williamstown, Mass., communicated
with Secretary Bryan and State De
partment officials, who immediatedly
began an investigation of the law per
taining to the case. Their unanimous
opinion was that, for the reports thus
far received, there was no excuse for
the attack on the vessel, for even if
she could be accused of carrying con-
tradand, the ship should have been
visited and searched, and her crew
transferred to a place of safety before
the cargo could be confiscated.
It is strongly indicated here that of
ficials find it difficult to view the
tennial period. I request Gulflight case by S ^
diinfs fit thrtuci t-n t\oi. (EKrt i. • ^ lUtibeaU Ol
As he serves his relation with us in
an official capacity, we are glad that
we feel that in the person of' Mr.
Cheek -A’e have a friend indeed, and a
friend whom we ran consult and con
fide in at all times, and that he will
continue to lend his help to us, encour
aging us in our efforts to serve the
people whom we represent.
Fifth: That a copy ot the resolutions |
10 feet of the butt is embedded in a
200-ton block of solid concrete, which,
without other s‘’ays, holds the pole up
right against the wind.
The pole was shaped from the trunk
of a Douglas fir, which, as it origi
nally stood in the Oregon forest, tow-
eied 347 feet in the air, and might have
matched Its height, though not in
girth, against any but the loftiest of
be spread on the minutes, a copy furn- {
ished to tho Mebane Leader, and a i California r,equoias.
copy given Mr. Cheek. | Looking up at the great flagstaff it
Committee, W. g. Crawford S. G. j jg hard to realize that it weiehs up-
Morgan.
Effect Or Er^ibargo On |
Arms ;
(The New Republic.) i
There is a catchy reasonableness |
about the German-American argument |
that our neutrality is unreal unless we
ward of 46 tons and that there is lum-
Japan Bent On
Count Okuma told Samuel G. Blythe
that Japan will not fight the United
States because she can’t We believe it
was a Japanese business man who ex
plained the remark by the insinuation
that it was neither the United States
army or its navy that Japan fears, but
the United States treasury. A cam
paign against this country; he pointed
out, would entail a staggering expense
it would be a case of matching pursei^.
with'Japan defeated before she started
Yet news from tho far east indicates
more certanly every day that Japan is
ber enough in it to build five oidinary I determined to have what she has de
eight room houses. iU great height! manded of Chinn. That was pretty
gives it an appearance of slenderness generally conceded from the beginning;
and lightness.
What Uncle Sam Says
“It the comn>anders of German ves
! sels of war should act upon the pre
fori id the export of arms, Germany ^ i. tt • j t xui.iii nai.cxai^ xvrugm.
havinglostcommandof the sea, Amer-|8umptionthatthe flag of ^he United hope will lie in the
ir»nn trnffif* in war snnn'ips helns the . St.fttps was not used in ?ood faith and ! ^
the surprise lies in the fact that China
is reported to be preparing for defense
against the aggressor. If the reports
are well founded, ard the Celestials
really resists, we are apt to see the
strangest form of warefare ever fought
Japanese national debt—Greensboro
would extend 30 miles.
Death OfT W. Blackard
'•'.'.Khl into the hospitals sultenns 1 „ .I'
■■•■'I-Iv, .nul a larRe proportion die «I Bla'kard of Roxboio, was called home
I to his reward. He lived to the ripe old
J age of eighty six, his life was a tower
of strength in his community being al-
j ways bright and cheerful. He served
j as a brave soldier for four years in the
j Civil War. On Nov. 30 1865 he was
I happily married to Miss Sarah F. Teer
of Alamance Co. He leaves a sorrow-
f’^inful, lingering death. Those who
■I!*! ive are little better off The in-
jnfv tu the lungs appears to make
ft ■ III invalids for life.
■ rtiese effects are known to the
'•►•iiiian scientists who devised the new
•■'‘apoii and the military- authorities
ican tritffic in war supplies helps the , States was not used in good faith and
allies. If the position were reversed, j should destroy on the high seas an i „
our neutrality would still be impugned, I Americnn vessel or the lives of Ameri- ^
but not by the German-Americans, cilizens it would be difficult for Letters received by the Literary Di-
we shouU be written down as the part, it ^ j i. - j-i. i- i j-
ner of “Ttutonic” millitarism. • the government of the United States! gest from editors of the leading jour-
Partisans aside, there is, we believe, j.to view the act in any other light than nals throughout the European war
a growing body of pacifist opinion rep | as an indefensible violation of neutral zone do not encourage the hope ot tn
resented by men of the ability and i rights which it would be very hard in- early peace, the Germans, French, En»
character of Dr. Edward Devine, whicli j reconcile with the friendly re- j glish and Russian editors each and all
lations now happily subsisting between
the two governments."
.... u„,„oned Its use Ian. of the| j^^ghters and three
..«»S»Hes ,s to be the ne;ma| pro-1
• thee^^ bless and comfort the dear wife and
. .. ! children who faithfully and pa'ient'.y
r , i served through the aflfllctions and after
V ..1 blate for W«r,5announeed .u M|„we-I the body to church and
..• l ..u«. of ( ommons th>s afternoon :
' ,,r,.at Kntain has under consiJer- ^ j j conducted j
„uestion of { t^e Lrvice and many witnessed the'
iiiiii;!!-expedients” again the use by | g^ene,
‘•' I iiian.s troops on the battleship of ; .
'^P^lVxiat.lng gases
insists that American manfacturers
are “captilazing carnagae” making
profits out of murder, and that in
decency and in humanity this nation |
ought to have nothing to do with the i
European crime.
But what would be the consequences
of so pure a stand? It would “atop the
war,
Germany in pjssession of Belgium and
The Quns
The guns of the BIG CITY have been
we are told, but where? With country with deadly fire
for more than forty years. The gtins
the richest part of France. And the j are Bussed by the mail order kings
lesson to England and Franc? It would ^he bombs are the catalogs. Many a
be that militarism pays, that God is .. ^
on the side of the big ready battalions. I'“■"n.unlty, many a thriving town
that a nation which dreams, plans and j been ruined by this constant ham-
organizes war can impose its will on j mering. But deadly as this catalog
the less nriilitary nations. | gi^e is, WE have the weapons in our
Such an embargo would be regarded j able to beat
by the allies as the most desperate
treachery, as an arbitrary reversal of
all international law, not in time of
j peace, but in the midst of a terrible
crisisj. We should, by the embargo
declaring that the end will come only
when the “enemy" has been beaten to
his knees. Certanly there is little in
the situation as it now stands to in
dicate that that eventuality will come
to pass in the near future.—Va. Pilot
dants of those dates to pay $50 (fifty
dollars) to the writer of the thesis.
1 haye no dcubt that payment will be
duly made, as I have seven children
and grandchildren, married and doing
well, who agree to this proposal As
I have also four great-grandchildren,
it is almost certain that my descen-
da nts will be numerous fifty and one
h indred years hence.
“That the changes will be great and
important in the articles in use in 1965
and 2015 may he gathered from the
fact that the railroad system, telegra
phs, telephones, the machine*) worked j
being an insolated case, it seems to be
regarded more as the culinating in
cident of a series, each successively
manifesting if not a deliberate intent
to affront the United States, at least
an alarming disregard due the Ameri
can government. But this government
is not thrown off its balance by the
incident, and all citizens would do well
to patern their behavior after the de
meanor of the government. When the
facts are all known—facts and not
mere speculation- appropriate action
can and will be taken.
Almost as soon as the treal of Wm.
VIX VV III*
b« ele-tricity air craft, sabmarine's; | ‘'bel suit against former Presi-
aid hmdreds of other inventions, have i nent Roosevelt disappears from the
been made practical since I was born. ] f-ont Pages of the newspapers through
, . - ‘ out the country its place will be taken
by accounts of a legal battle here in
Washington that promises development
of more absorbing interest. The suit
of the Riggs National Bank agaicst
the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Comptroller of the Currency must in
evitably abound in politics,—of the
present day and hour,, involving the
administration no«r in control. Seldom
has any action in court been so widely
advertised in advance,, and it will be a
prime attraction from the nioment the
j court opens.
Administration officials, painfully
aware of the unfortunate political ef
fect of the controversy as in now
frames up, aie extremely anxious to
have the injunction suit brought by
i the Riggs officials confined simple to
an interpretation of the law defining
the powers of the Comptroller of the
Currency. This is with a view of
purging Treasury officials of the
charge of persecution! brought by the
bank officials.
It is understood that resentment was
expressed in banking circles in differ-
and most of them within fifty years
The Young Men’s Christian Associ
ation of the University will be presi
ded over bv the following officers
during the next college year: J. Mer-
rel Parker, of Florida, president; Fran
cis Clarkson, of Charlootte, vice- pres
ident; F. F. Bradshaw, of Hillsboro,
secretary, and Lee Edwards, of Wake
County, treasurer. The Association
puts itself on record as having accom-
pHshed the following work of a distinc
tive sort during the present year: A
boy scout camp was formed among the j
boys of the community, work carried l
on among the mill boys of Carrboro,
and the continuation of night schools
for negro boys.
A Chakige on Stocks.
The southern hosiery manufacturers
ought to be interested in the reports
floating around New York to the effect
that agents of Great Britain and
Frs*nce are casting about for a supply i - , . , °
. . 1 r * T4- ■ i parts of the country at the further
of spring socks for the troops. It is j -
understood that one order has been
placed for 93,000 dozen pairs at $1.75
a dozen, but there are rumors that
orders are in the air for millions of
pairs. It IS quite likely that the hosi
ery mills obtaining th.^se orders will
be forced to do as the steel
distribute the job between
torius, and there should be
why the south should not
demands for detailed information of
national bank transactions which it
was announced would be made in the
next call for condition by the Comp
troller of the Currency, The ire of the
bankers was aroused not so much by
the character of the information asked,
as by the impression received that in
making these general demands upon all
I banks in the country, the Treasury
reason' ®®P*^^tment was seeking to bolster up
its case the Riggs National Bank.
mills did—
other fac-
no
capture
part of it.—Charlotte Observer.
il;o War Office was informed i HK
l-ack as April 6, Mr. Tennant said, !
board Were Saved
' *iat ftart of The
li h explicitly forbids the use of such
'!i it the Germans were preparing to
"i:ike ui^eof a.sphyxiating gases, but!
I'l" .'luthorities hesitated to believe the ! The names of 73 survivors of the
' l'''it, Germany being a signatory of igg Amgricars aboard the Lusitania
Hague convention ' reported to the State Depart
ment when the task of comparing lists
j was suspended. Consul Frost at
> line Ks a lot“of"foorta!k going on! Q^eentown said there was virtually no
.tnong people otherwise sensible j would be found alive,
til a \ievv of finding an excuse for j ^ cable to the State Departn:ent
''eanifiiiys murderous attack on the' Consul Frost at Queenstown
* ‘ and the drowning of over ^ pjg^.gg sarvivors of the Lusi-
' - ' l»eoplp. Some newspapers ought' 045^ Probably 1,200 babies
'" he ashame of themselves for the recovered. The persons
•litorial they write in defense of Ger- department, he re-
some former good editors would “almost to a certainty
have done it. 1 dead."
j which Bartholdi and other propose,
Americans A* | "^^trallze at one stioke a large part
of British naval superiority; we should
be doing as much for Germany as if
we es*^ablished a fairly good blockade
in the Atlantic. And if ever we our
selves faced a life-and-death struggle,
we should have estnblished a precedent
which might prove fatal
back the siege guns. The trouble is
we DON’T USE these weapons. We
We have allowed ourselves to be bom
barded without relating. Yet OUR
weapons, if USED, means victory to
US. Reason, Knowledge, Common
Piracy On A vast SScale
Says Colonel Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, former Pres
ident of the United States, after learn
ing details of the sinking Lustiania
made this stateme»'.t:
“This represents not merely piracy
but piracy on a vaster scale of mur
der than any old-tilre pirate ever prac
ticed. This is the warfare which de-
stioyed Louvain and Dinant and hun
dreds of men, women and children in
Belgium. It is warfare against inno
cent men, women and children, travel-
Sense, Community Pride, Co-Operation j ling on the ocean, and to our fellow
—THESE are our weapons. OUR} country women, who are among th«
town can beat back any siege from the -sufferers.
outside. But it is up to each one of | “It seems almost inconceivable that
I US to KNOW this, to USE this know- j we can refrain from taking action in
The proposal is a piece of thoughtless | l€^ge. And having learned it, we must
morality, a bit of good intention with
unconsiderate consequeces. As a meth
od of warning against war it belongs
with incantations, spells and the sacri
ficing of goats.
work at it^ Then, let every man,
woman and child ENLIST in this Trade
-at home campaign. Let us beat back
the siege guns.—Wmston Journal.
Keep thy shop and thy shop will j
keep thee; light gains make heavy
purses; ’tis good to be merry and wise
—Chapman.
NOTICE
Look out for rooted plants different
kinds at Nelson Ray, J. Jl- Fowler
and a few at the Continental office at
5c and 10 each to be sold for the bene
fit of the Mebane Civic Asspciation.
this matter, for we owe it not only to
humanity, but to our own national
self-respect.”
For Rent
Two brick stores, two ftories each
28 by 60 feet, well finished situated
on Warehouse Street, For further in-
forroation apply to Mebane Bank and
Trust Company Mebane or to
Robert S. Barbour.
South Boston.
Hoarding Money.
The chief of the department of mines
of a western state points out that
when an Italian, Hungdrian, Slav or
Pole is injured a sum of money, ran
ging from fifty to five hundred or
even one thousand dollars, is almost
always tound on his person.
It is a lesson we need to learn in the
south. New Hampshire had more
money in her savings banks in 1913!
than our southern states all put to
gether.
If all the hoarded money was put in
bankfi and thereby put into circulation |
the currency could be used to promote
industries and give employment to
people at good wages. The shortsight-
edest policy ever is that which hoards,
for hoarding is injurious to every man
and woman and child in the land.—
Salisbury Post.
That is an old maid is it? well 1 guess
that is it. Can she not get a husband;
no she has had plenty of opportunities
to get a man, out she has wanted a
husband and no oppertunities has ever
offered for her to get a real husband,
so she is still single, and that is the
real reason why you will occasionlly see
an old maid. The young woman with
a baby in one arm and looking after
[\he cook pot with the other is much
worse off than if she had let the hus
band alone.
The Milk Business in XNew
York City.
Commercially, milk is still bought In
a number of ways, 100 pounds some
times being the unit, while other prices
are quoted per pound of butter fat,
per gallon, or per can of 8i, 32, or 40
quarts. Some dealers offer premiums
for milk richer than tho ordinary or a
higher sanitary.
Milk was higher in December, when
the average price for the entire coun
try was 4 2-8 cents a quart, and lowest
in last June, when it fell to 2 1-2 cents.
The accompanying table shows the
average prices in the various geogra
phical divisions of the country as de
fined in the census.
From this table it appears that milk
was at its highest in New England
when the average price for November
was 5.049 cents, a little over 5 cts per.
qt. The lowest was in June in the
Middle Atfantic States, when the aver
age price was only 2.841 cents or a
little over 2 cts per qt. One dealer in
the Middle Atlanta States reported
that he paid only 90 cents a hundred
for milk in the month of June.
This is not prices for any kind of
milk, but it is prices for pure milk up
to standard grade.
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