’"HE MEBANE LEADER
And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would!Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.
99
Volumn 7
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY,
jJUNE
24, 1915
Number 18
Dr. .1
uiul ih\ ^ ,
t , left it» an automobile Tues- i
(jiv evening for Wrightsville
where they expect to
spend several days. i
H. Hurdle, of Mebane:Commuted To Life Im*
I. H. Brooks of Bur-! prisonment.
Leo M. Frank’s death senten
ce was commuted • to life im
prisonment Monday by Gover
nor Slaton of Georg'ia. Announ-
W. E. Wilkinson Co. ad. | cement of the governor’s decis-
'l’lit\v are still in the ring with a, icn came several hours after
[,i; line of hats, shoes, etc.! Frank had been secretly taken
l.atiies >ummer dre.^s goods. ! from the jail and hurried to the
Mrs. Lucy King and children iMiiledge-
spentthe week end with Mrs, j viHe. Frank was sentenced to
\ M. Cook. I l^anged Tuesday fo'r the murder
* , ’ ^ XT O ^ 4 • U I Phagan, in April, 1913.
\ ^ A I Iri n^aking his announcement the
Wotnvriftv IV1 vg S Ci -!• i i .
' governor dictated the following
brief statement:
*
Efiand items
Brittain oT (ireenshoro,
iSaturdav to visit old
Colonisl Empires Anij The
War. I
(C’hattaiiooy;H Ne^v^^ )j
! Germany entei-ed the pieisjut war
J. Brown was calkd lo the | i'' cvp«l,ei her
bedaide of her lather Mr. A. J. Joi-j efforts she would have an opp|M*tunity ;
don in Hills'jboro Saturday at't-errioon. i to add territorv to her do^iinions. '
Mr. Jordon is critically ill
Mi.-aes Annie -lordon and Cora Cecilo
spent Wednesday in Hillsooro shopping
Mr. R F.
came down
friends.
Mrs. J.
.spf'nt Saturday with Mrs
Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Miles
spent Sunday in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. S. G.
.s[ieiit Sunday in the country.
Mis. H. S. Manner is spending
il,r^ week out at Cedar Grove
vi'iting-
Mrs. Caroline Keeves of JVlebane
spent the day Wednesday with her
niece Mrs. Fitzpatrick near Efiand.
Mrs. Reeves is eighty seven years of
age. She made the *rip through the
country.
Mr. Carl F. Carroll, tobacco travel
ling n'.an of W i.iston-Salem stopped
I over in Kflaiul a sliort time Thursday
} morning*-.
thfci miiita-
a- GOVERNOR JARVIS
DIED LAST IHURSDAY
NIGHT AT HIS GREEN
VILLE HOME.
VViishington News Letter
President W'^ils(>n’b .second rote to
Consistency.
^ Some one said that consistency was
Gel many on the sinkii:^' of the Lusi- a Jewel, perhaps this is so, but if it
lania levolves around the *enlral idea j is there ai'e lots of people who do not
that existint^ inteinational hiwi! give I value Jewels much, or at any rate this
particular Ui'.d of Jewel. For instance
it is consistent with good common sense
A Shame.
citizens at
The demonstration by a
hoxllams and silly
I li^* home of iGovernor Slaton of 1
(itWkria in the suburbs of At
lanta Monday night because hej
had eoniinuted the sentience of j
Leo Frank, was a decidedly dis-j
i^raceful matter, and one that j
i he people of Georgia ought to |
Ite utterly ashamed of. That thej
l(.vernor should have to call on!
tlie State maliiia to protect him
iVoni a mob in the discharge of a
duty, if he so conceived it,
a’i never help the citizenship
-i' (Georgia.
“All that I ask is that the peo
ple of Georgia read my statement.
1 . T ..1 Mr. Joe Thon.i)son and lilile son
i the reasons why I commuted .. , . , x, ■ > -n t i *
Morgan' i Melvm went to Rfidsvillo lor a short
j Leo M. Frank s death sentence i stay'Sunday,
to life imprisonment, before they j '
pass judgment. j Miss Annie Murray daughter of Mr.
l*eeling as I do about thisi^nfi Murray and Mr. Clyde
^ case 1 would be a murderer if I
1 allowed this man to hang. It may
[mean that I must live in obscur-
jity the rest of my days, but I
^ I would rather be p owing in a
! field than to feel for the rest of
my life that I had that man’s
blood on my hands.”
Mayes were married in Greeiisboro
last Snndaj’, Miss Murrays parents op
posed the match “but love laughs at
Lock Smiths’"
Mrs C. C. Smith and mother Mrs.
Coroline Reeves of Mebane spent Sat
urday V ith Mrs. Reeve’s sister Mrs.
Julia Watson near Efiand.
Was Governor of J5tate,
United States Senator and
Minister to BraziL
Thomas J. Jarvis, 79 years
the 18th of last January, died
old on
Thurs-
Trieschzke, Bernhardi, all
rist writers have pointed out ijie need
lor Deutschland to «ecure it» “place
in the sun.” Gerr.ian f3outln\je.=?t Af
rica already has passed into tlje hands
of Great Britain as a i"esult ofjG^neral
Botha’s attacks. Kiauchau hits been
taken by the Jwpaneese. Theieight or
ten arc'llpelagoes scattered ftW)ut the 1 day night, June I7th at his home at
Pasific have been f^ten over |jy British j Greenville after being ill for some
fleets. But the Germans stijl hold in j months.
Central Africa their sphere o^ the east! He was one of North Carolina’s mo.-it
coast, despite the Bfitish attat’ka from I prominent men. governor of the state
the north. ; . 11879 to 1885; United Spates nunister to
But none of these possessions was j Brazil 1885-89; Uuited States senator
worth a war and, in fact, of the un j 1H94-5, having been elected to all the
occupied lands of the world not much vacancy caused by the death of Sena-
I Unit d States citizens i he right to be-
j lieve tlicir lives will not be sacri-
i I'lced at sea. Tiie niost sensational
I
j thing L‘t»nnect#*d with it was
and fore thought to guard against caus-
Bryan’s eing trouble or • making trouble
I resiifnalion as Secretary of State. { for others, such always proves a booni-
i Hard'y anything was talke.i about in j erang, Hying back and hurting the of-
! Washington for three or four days but
is-
is left that would fire the heart of a
conquest-seeking natiot). The/feutonic
vision was in another directfon The
Balkans ami Central Asia vrfere wha*
aroused the nation, and the {war now
being fought down at the '^>ttom is
one between Teuton and Slav for ex
pansion l)y way of tl»e He!lespoj»t into
Mr. Harry Fitzpatrick who has been 1 the heat t of the old ?st contineiit on
off from his work several days on the
account of a toe trouble left Mon
day for Hamlet to resume his
work.
Qei otf The Job
News From The Univer
sity.
The University Summer Scho.l b-i
ginsits twenty-eighth session June 15. IaftenuMm m
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week | automobile.
were registration days,and on Thursday ! Mr. W. E. Thomps^on left Monday
work will begin in earnest. Over 4lX) ( for Durham where he gfur-s on a busi-
teachers and students have signified | ness trip for several days.
their mtention of attending while those I ^ ^ ^
who have made no reservations and' , -^.u u- r -i
. ; days with his family,
others who will enter later, will prob- |
ably bring the number up to 650. There • Mrs. Jones of Thomasville lost a very j its naval superority, risks mor« in the
is every indicatioii of this being the} valuable horse la.=t Sunday, Mr. W. present struggle than does any other
most successful and profitable session 1 VV. Smith was keeping the horse for
earth U was because an »Tmy could
be used in .such a war better than a
navy tiiat the former was orgatiized
and (J lied and was made ready foe the
emergency.
Should t-iie war on land prove to be
indecisive, as may be the c«ae, there
is a bare chanco that by success at sea
the navy may find for the Teutofwi a
place in the »un in some other direction
Unquestionably, Great Britain, despite
tor Zebu Ion Vance
He had been spefker of the house
and lieutenant governor previous to
his election as governor and until very
lately coiuinued the practice of the
law. in which he held hi/h place. He
served in the Confederate army, rising
from private to captain, but his rigl.t
arm Ijfing shattei*ed'in battle, he was
compelled to leave the service in 1864.
He is survived by hi.s widow, for-
n erly Miss Mary Woodson
the resignation The statesments
sued by him since have furnished ad
ditional topics. Speculation has been
rife as to his future course of action,
and its effect upon the Democratic
party. Many were of opinion tnat Mr.
Bryan would again seek the presiden
tial nomination in 1916 in opposition to
Wilr,on, while others believed that he
might become a Senator from Neb
raska, his home State. Some pre
dictions were made that his action
would result in a split in the Demo
cratic party and its ultimate defeat
in 1916; yet taking his announcements
at thfir face value his resignation and
his plans have for their ultimate end
the support of the President and the
good of the Democratic party.
Akhough the United States govern
ment for the last two weeks has beer,
absorbed in the Gi;rman situa*^ion, the
interim of a fortnight or more that
will elapse before a reply comes from
Berlin undoubted'y will draw atten
tion again to political developments in j religion, argue for
in Mexico. Gen. Cnrranza has issued j
a proclamation claiming that having 1
control of a large territory and havmg anything for
instituted civil administration therein
fender. Some time ago a man walking
down the street kicked nine peices of
banana peel off the side walk. Some
thing was said about it and it was
declared that Some one from the coun
try did it, for no one living in town,
knowing the danger of such things,
would be so thoughtless as to throw
banana peels on the concrete side "valk.
There are three things about winch
people seem very inconsistent. The
first is about working public roads and
streets. A hole is found, and in order
to fill full of rocks and dirt a hill is
made. Then the wheel runs over the
hiU and digs a bole out on the other
side opposite the hole. Dirt is throw'n
out of the ditches on the side of the
road or street and dropped on the edge
of the road, some time making the
side higher than the middle, thereby
making a miniture ditch in the middle
of the road. Another thinjj about which
some people show very little consistency
is their religion There are people who
will quarrel for their religion, fight for
their religion
get mad and will not speak to people
about their religion, - in short will do
their religion ex-
British
Gold
Debt?
Or Kritish
If you are serving a corpora- in the history of the School. The en-1 Mrs. Jones curing her stay in Ihomas-
\ion, andare too lazy, or indif-1 lec-jVille. We aie very soirv for Mrs.
. tures by well known authorities, the | Jones in thelo.ss of her pet, slje was
terent to give the public i conferences, the varied entertainments j very much attached to her horse,
and efficient service then get off | ideal surroundings are fea-| “Pat”
the job. It does not matter j tures which will make the term both | -r—-rrrj:---
how many times you have pro- profitable and enjoyable. Since the j
cost to teachers is extremely low— j Efiand Items,
about thirty dollars—there will be an '
opportunity to combine business with j Tqo for last weeks ia.sue.
iVssed religion, it does not help
tiie situation. No corporation
ejijoys the franchise of a town
or city unless that town or city
makes some sacrifice to give it
to it. The Leader is everlasting
I v opposed to a lazy conceited
.^well head treating the public as
if they owned the town, and the
public had no rights, and when
it strikes such a character it
pioposes to show them up. It
is a newspapers duty.
nation. Should von Tirpitz’ fleet sail
forth from the havens about Kiel and
give successful battle to it!? adversari
es, not even ti;v* seven years’ war in
which France lo?l,Can»»la would be as
epoch-makintr, VVilhotit Us .superior
navy Bni^ai'i tould iK»f -%»fli!vtain its
! supreme; y m Australia. India, Egypt
j South Africa or Canada and France
and
Worse Than a Cvclone
vacation; hence teachers will return to, Will Murray and bride have re-i must give up Tonquin,
their work prepared in body and mind . turned from Asheville where they went i Tunis a:ui Morocco.
to serve most effectively the childre.i | on their bridal trip. Mr, and Mrs. j
of the State, [Murray are for the present stopping)
The new athletic field, the gifc of i vvith Mr. Murray’s parents Mr, and
Captain Emerson of Baltimore, is now | Mi s. J. H. Murray in F^fland.
an assured fact. The plans have beef.,
drawn, specilications made, and thej Mrs. S. 0. Forrest and children spent
contract given. It is expected that j Sunday in Hillstoro with Mrs, For-
the field will be ready for use by rail, j rest’s aunt Mrs Mollie I^aws.
The campus is being enlivened by:
The fall of exchange in this market
to the unparalleled fieure of $4,771-2
on the pound sterling indicates a
closely approaching crisis in Grent
Britain’^ financial relations with the
United States. At this rate a premi
um of approximately two cents ot the
dollar is being paid on purchases of
American gools through sales of ster
ling bills. It is an unprecedented
situation and too burdensome for Eng
land to endure indefinitely.
Nearly all of the gold taken from
New York by the Bank of England at
the outset of the war has come back
but it has had no effect in boosting ex-
chanffo on London. UntoUl millions of
American securties have been sold and
rdturneu to this market, and again
L I without permanent effect. American
I exports of merchandise to England
. continue so far to exceed imports as to
I overcome all these extraordinary coun-
has sent a
favoring President
, . . , . . cept live it in the spirit of religion
he IS entitled to recognition. Gen Villa | teaching
“ '““"y
show a lack of consistency is about
tion of a union ot the Mexican ract.ons l^ty„^ manied. Consistency would
tor peace; and has made overtures to ( ^
Carranza. But the opinion is genera' i
in Washingtoji that the administration
cannot long tolerate the present trend
of affairs in Mexico. Just how long
the the President will wait before ac
ting no one seems to know, as he has
not discussed the Mexican question
for more than a week.
! ter-balances,
Maximilian ilarilen s opinion that i Heavier gold ex|x)rts this way offer
Germany co:rm«itted a political mistake | one remedy, but England is naturally
when it sai.k the Lusitania will be j reluctant to give up gold and we are
shared more and more by hi.s country-1 not eager for it. Our banks are al
men as tin-e passes. Wholly a»ide j ready gorged with gold. They are
from humai it.-iiian reato iS and the ; overflowing with surplus cash reserves
. . ^ Burlington stopped | prejudices fcnu«ed by them, a deed ; and money is a drug in the market in
little improvements preparatory to he | pp^av night with j that drew the attention of the United | spite of expanding trade volume all
Summer School, Tne dormitories Ernest Forrest. Miss j States from Great Britain's sea policy ! over the country.—New York World.
being thoroughly overhauled, walks , and fastened ii upon that of . Germany j
olanned. and every thing put in com- i ■ ui i /' '
fnrtable ahaoe ' Miss Annie Jordan visited Miss Vesta 'excu.'"ujle bluisfler. Germany^
7 7^,' . „ , o ! Bapon near New Sharon Satnrdav ! lost more thai. iife and i.4’operty when
Of what value IS a college education? &naron oaturaay . .
Statistics compiled of the class of 1913 \ night and attended church at Sharon | sent the L'jsi.ania to the bo.tom.
HEALTH WORK REINF0R6ED
Orange County Women
Organize and Pave the
Way.
(Bulletin by the North Carolina
Board of Health)
“What I consider perhaps the great
est force we have at work in Orange
County.” said Dr, L. L, Lumsden of
the United States Public Health Ser
vice the other day. is the Woman’s
Sanitation League. This is an organiz
ation composed of the women of the
county which has for its purpose the
promotion and advancement of all hea
lthy measures in the community.
for
The fury and danger of the
'yclone is nothing compared to j preesnt facts bearing on this hazy sub- | Sunday.
tiie destruction levied by thejject. « the 188 men who entered the | M, Parry Fitzpatrick operaler
mail order business. The havoc Southern R, R. Po. is at home for
1 • ,1 . Ml 1 126 are students, 23 business men, 14 !
caused by this PVll will never be insurance and teal estate men, |,
kriiUVn. It cannot be reckoned in ^re following divers pur- | Miss Lula Pratt spent one day last |
TiKUres. Towns have been wiped j suits, Ninteen of the number are mar j week in Chapel Hill on business. |
o U of exist?nce, land values! ried, whi'e in 18 states there are re- jviisses Annie Murray and
wrecked, farms depopulated and | the^ class. The average, yjgiting friends in
'Old Men As War-Leadeis.
for all
Rear Admiral Cameron McR. Win
slow told the Navy League at its recent
luncheon that the navy should be put
under contorl of navv men, and that
officers more than 50 years jld should
be weeded out of the service.
hn.sinesb brought to a standstill. I.
j salary of 50 men who sent in reports
is $106.13 a month. The highest sala-
ford also Miss
York at Trinity
Murrays sister
Mary
Guil-
Mrs.
VV(jodla\vn tteins
Thinking people of all classes: | pajj ^ member of the class is $200|
iarmers, merchants, manufact-| a month; the lowest $50. Fram such| Mr. Will E. Thompson went
Uivrs. are now alive to the dan- [data one may draw interesting concUi- j ham, Tuesday on a business trip,
j^er and have begun wwk to
founteract its effects. Every
T^wn is being urged to wage a
campaign of education to arouse
the thought of the people. The
imaginary, long - distance bar
Excursion
To Asheville, N. C. Tuesday June
29th. 1915 via Southern Railway Pre
mier Carrier of the South. Schedule
gain has nev'er yet nieasured up ! and low round-trip fares as follows: l
lo the standard and value of I Chapel Hill Sta. 820 a m $5.^
I Lv. Burlington 11.18 A.M. 5 00
j Lv. Greensboro 12.30 A. M 4 00
j Lv. Sanford 5.30 A.M. 5 00
I Fares in same proportion from all
i intermediat» stations uj) to and inclu-
jding Lexington, N, C,
Passengers from branch line points
Hhmk bought good?.
Notice Of Meeting Board
hquah'zation.
Mi.ss Bessie Me Dade of Raleigh is
visiting relatives and friends near
Efiand.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Brown’s
mother, Mrs. Mary Thompson near
X roads.
Miss Sallie Tapp is visiting her bro
ther, Mr. Tull Tapp near Cedar Grove
We are glad to note that Mrs. Della
Forrest is much improved {.fter a
severe spell of sickn2ss.
Mrs. Lilly Boggs and children are
visiting Mrs. Falitha Boggs
The w ir narr!;/ in (Jreece have won
by a vo:e of !72, as against 79. They
are ir }'.ivor of joming ihe .•illi^s, and
setting G-’vi:.:in\s b“licriiora!U'V
times.
I
? I The restiyeness of navy men under
the civil control which is necessary to
the Republic is an old story. So is the
a deep well ] call for youth in command. Neither
I bears examinaton. The most conspicu
ous naval figure in the war, von Tirp-
itz, is 66 years old, and recently celeb-
The Sunrtay sohool is pr»Bressing i anniversnry in the
nicely with Mr. Wooslev as superinten- ' . ^ ^ ,
I service. On the British side. Admiral
I Fisher is 74, and there is no more com-
betent officer if he were not politically
; unmanageable. In anctive command of
the British fleet, Admiral Jellicoe is
56. On land, where this w’ar will be
I W’oodlawn lias just had
to Dur- j drilled and will in the ne-jr
future
stall a mod.Mii drinking system which
will be of much l>enelit to the school.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Tate went over
to Belmont Saturday to see Mrs.
so important should be entered into
with great caution and with perfect
understanding and candor. But really,
are young people honest with each
other in their courtship? Maybe they
meet by chance and maybe they do
not, but whether they do or not, it
seem too many throw the whole matter
I over to chance, shut their eyes (except
! to the nonesentials plunge on in a
mad frenzy, believing each is as they
appear on the surface when looking
and acting their very best, never stop
ping to inquire into the family traits,
the blood of ancestry. When a real
sensible uian goes to buy a horse for
family use, one that he may depend on
every day, he woul'd like to know the
' pedigree, but what young man or wo
man wants to know' the pedigree of the
one who is to become a life partner?
The Bible says: “There are diversity
of gifts” and after about two thous
and more years for the developinent of
other fatuities it may be said there are
diversities of tastes. There are peo-
! pie who have unfortunate noses, eyes,
{ ears and tongues. The deformity of
! these organs can not be discovered in
I their physicial appearance. That per-
Said he. -Women are the best adverti-! f“"°‘’-
sers in the world and what they have tainted .s m a bad way
. . . Always sniffing around trying to find
one in Orange County in creating something not exactly clean. Some
avora e public sentiment for this j pgQpjg have eyes that even a skilled
health campaign is simply marvelous, j „,jght pronounce all right, and
yet that eye is so diseased that it can
see nothing but the w'orst possible
To show you.“ he continued, “that
they are working along the right line
and donig things worth while I will tel!
you sOitiething of how it is done. Every
woman who becomes a member of the aianders,’revilings,
league pledges her efforts to three
things: First, that her own home shall
be provided, as far as she her selfis
able to have it so, and that's a long i
things in life. Again there are those
who have ears that can hear only
insinuations and
such like things. Two people go down
the street On their return one is
I bright aiui smiling, the other scowlinif
and mad. W^hy this difference? They
way, you know, with some safe and | ^oth met the same people, went to
^nitary method for the disposal of all j ^jjg game place and returned the same
human excrement. Second that there | yet the difference,
shall be an unpolluted water supply | jg thig. ^ne had ears to
or er home and family, and third, j grood things, the pleasant things, re-
that her home shall be screened against; ^^at made the heart glad, while
fhes and mosquitoes, “you see they are the other heard only the foul dark
doing the real thing and. furthermore ^^ings that which distresses
they propose to have this Fall a visi
ting nurse or sanitary school inspector
iTate’y mother who is very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holt have a
new baby boy at their hame,
Mr. and Mrs, Gattis spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs, Foster.
Mr. Jim Albert and Miss Ora Holt
attended services at Hawfielda Sunday
• 'lutKe is hereby given that the
Mrs. MoseJWilkerson went to Greens
Mrs. Sallie Hall and daughter. Miss | ^^^end a business
I ^ , .. . ' iiao I'Po-niar trains UD to Junction points I “ —“f, > •> j boro Wednesaav to attend a busii
rrJj 'Ithat win connect with train No. 21 I t)'.rhan. spent Monday wUh tannin? Club.
VHluationof property and to hear any i ^
"'tii()laint,s that any citizen has to j ‘ ^ ♦
inuke in regard to the assentment of ; Returning tic cets wi je imi e ® ! EslanJ.
t- property for the year 19^5, will j leave Ashevil e on all regular trains
"iwt on the SECOND MONDAY IN ! “P including Saturday July 3ro.
1915.
Mrs. Mary Jordan. They are also visit;
'i ting their relative Miss Ara Hail in
fought to a finish, old men are in cha
rge. Kitchener is 65; French and Ian
Hamilton, who command in the west
and east, are 63 and 62 respectively
The three most famous Generals of
France’ Joffre, Pau and Castelnau, are
63, 67 and 70. Gallieni, defender of
for their public school.’
“Then you have no trouble in getting
the co-operation of men?” “None
The se-
hear the
any
Miss Annie Lasley was a pjeasant' P&ris. is 67.
caller in the community recently.
Old age is supreme on the tSerman
an
noys and stirs up the gall. The ex
planation is that each heard that which
was in keeping with the real inner
natural self, because of an uncontcious
, hunger for just the thing heard. There
w a ever, ou see when we get the : gome people who die before their
wives intersted. the husbands come j and that from no fault of theirs,
rig along Especially is this so in hea- j because they are tongue lashed to
1th work.” I death and then the maligner looks
, ! soi'ry as if he would float the casket of
; the dead to the grave in a river of tears
i In conclusion let Robert Burns speak.
{ “0 would some power the gift but
give us
, i To sec ourselves as others see us:
along without his drinks, the following u r ui i r
’ iuiiuwmg , Yvould from many a blunder free us.
And foolish notion.”
Some Sense To This
To the married man who cannot get
Wesinav/.
Misses Maggie Pickard and Myrtle Mr. Hubert Tate spent
Perry of Burlington, drove down Burlington.
Stop overs permited at all points' tlio country Sunday and spent, l. (; willcinson has purchased''
* uj r^niain in s6ssi0n from cfiy to | ^ * i mi • i • • Hrv witH in Rfl^nd . • a . I •
".y until all complai..t8 are heard and I Asheville n.clus.ve, ; day w.b f.tnls tl.and,
complai
li.M.ropertv values equalized as near i 8“"* O’-^ Mrs. J. .J, Brown and Mrs H. n
a iifiv be FIVE DAYS IN THE COOL MOUN-j Brown spent luesday evenmg with
I TAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAR- j Mrs. Boggs.
OLINA -‘THE LAND OF THE SKY” i
For detailed information ask Ticket
Mrs.
Sunday in | dashing Kluck is 69, Heer
j ingen 65, Bissing 71. The hero of the
recapture of Przemyl, GenMackensen,
is only 66, but Hindenburg, the chief
Hill Payne is on the sick li^t 1 ^
Announcement!
This June 21st, 19J5,
C'has. D. Johnston, Clerk to the,
Board County Commissioner.'^.
or write
Mr, Minick Miller of Mebane, spent
last Saturdav night with his aunt Mrs,
Tiie Germans papers claim that the j
* 'f' st aeroplane bombardment of Lon-■
'i’I! was in retaliation for the raid on ,
Kurlsrhue last week by French avia* j
•‘"i*. The truth is that the boxnbard-_
‘Ill-lit of Karlsrhue was in retaliatitn,
'•'1 attacks of the same
Agent, see the large flyers,
to
O, F. York, , , , .
Traveling Passenger Agent, ’ ^'^’son after a pleasant visit
Raleigh, N. C. ; daughter Mrs
Fitzpatrick.
Mrs. Taylor hfis returned to her home
to her
J.
Efiand.
we wish for her a speedy recovery.
Mr. J. A, Holt spent Sunday in
Hawfields.
i Mr. Calvin Gibson is spending some
time in the community,
i Mr. Clem Wilkinson spent Sunday
in Durham.
called to
Keeping Uurmese River In Check. ' xiu
One of the world’s largest retaining 1 Mrs. E^ D, Thompson was
nature pre-1 walls has been built to prevent the | the bedside of her little niece Velma
^ ^ River Rangoon, Burma, from shiftai* | Nicholson who was badly scaldtd last
usly made on French and Enghsh channel. I Friday at her home near New Sharon.
' ities by German air craft. ^
.1 Mr. Lacy Cook of the So. Railway
Miss Besc.ie Baity sp-nt Tuesday in ^
Efiand with friends,
age. So had
also gallantly
Mr. Thornton of Burlington will be
at Woodlawn next Sunday and will
speak to the Sunday school. I
A. B. A. i
and had retired years
Haeseler, 78, but he
returned to the colors.
Great struggle between France and
Germany, and none of its veterans are
available for military service. The war
in Europe is being fought under veter
ans of the war of 18 70-71 by both
I France and Germany; and in the Engl-
i ish and Russian armies by veterans of
! the Boer war and the war with Japan,
j The young men are leading regim
ents, not armies. New, york. world.
is being suggested as a means of free- |
dom from the bondage of the saloons, j
Start a saloon in your own house, j
Be the only customer. You will have *
no license to pay. Go to your wife *
and give her ?2 to buy a gallon of' ^
. , , . 1 Moorehead City, N. C.
whiskey, and remember there are 69 ! jg „ow open
drin^cs in one gallon. | Under the management of Mr. R. P.
Buy your drinks from no one but ’ Foster, who operated the Hotel with
your wife, and by the time the first' "^uch success and to the entire satis-
gallon is gone she will have $8 to put ,
. Mr. Foster is well known to nearly
m the bank ana $2 to start business . ot this state and his pre,
I yjQQg experience in Hotel business in-
Should you live ten years and con- | sures excellent service and courteous
tinue to buy tw)oze from her, and then } attention to all guests.
• L i. L •„ Every Railroad in this territory will
die with snakes in your boots, she will ! „ „ . u ^
, sell Excursion tickets to Moorehead
ave money enough to bury you de- | during the present summer.
cently, educate your children, buy a | CONSULT YOUR TICKET AGENT.
house and lot, man and quit thinking; g Lead, G, P, A, Norfolk, Va.
about you -Progressive Farmer. ‘ j. p. Mitchell, T, P. A, Raleigh, N. C,