THE MEBANE LEADER
“And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.
VOLUMN 7
MEBAME, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1915
NUMBER 28
iniKht «»n killing- Arnericaiis at
! pleasure, secure in the knowledge that
the f.rotection of its citizens was a
matter of sniall concern to.tJjc United
States, compared to the avoidarce ( f
trouble with Germany. All this is a
monstrous perveraien of reason and
sentiment. The sort of peace p'lrchas
able by adoption of it fs a lule of ton and (Jraliam on last Saturday, Meb
A new fall Hue of j^oods is
, isc beinj? opened at Nelson-
i: ,y and Co. Something very at-
na;*tive. The best Lion brand
iust proof Cornets, See their
i.ire supply of dry good.
A postal fj’om Mr. Wilbur Me
i riand who has spent his sum-
,iirr vacation in Oklahoma indi-j national conduct w'ViuId be incakulabiy
f;Ut*S that he is on his way back j more costly to the America^ people
nie. than any consequences at nil likely to
MEBANE IND SWEP-
SONVIllE TIE FOR THE
GUP
y\r, Bryan’S Responsibility
This is a poor time for Mr. Bryan to
I Better To Be Sure Than
I To Be Sorry. - |
I /VI XT- I c V i volun*;eer advice on the subject of our
I (New York Sun) ,
! There may be those who eritieise Mr |with Geimany. The respon-
j Wilson for playing golf or taking a j sioility for the crisis that has been
i leisurely automobile rjde in diplomatic j reached rests in a very large part
crises instead of walkine.the floor ;in- ;
Hy taUii!g the games from Burling- | piously at the White Houne; but it
follow upon a bold assertion of their
rights and positive avowal of their re
solve to maintain them. .It is high
time that the manhood of this country
inv-'r-
t'^brate counsels out of its mouth.
ane ties Swepsonville for the Cup.
Swepsimvillc w’on the first half of the
series and Mebane the last, so the tie
atrikes us that the President knows j
keep his |
upon him.
When he informed the Austrian Am-
bUvSEador that the President’s Lusitan-
'J he Alamance Baseball f.,eague has
been altogether a success, and was
composeii of six well matched teams.
The last half of the series was con-
U. E. Wilkinson and Co.
changes their ad in this weeks
1ader. The Cable Corsett and
tliister Brown hose is what they!
v.lsh to especially direct your
e it ion to. They have lots of
,,itier poods, dont fail to see
 \ Smith would take great
in showing you through
i,.' ('.rent purchased seh ct line
( i tdellS and I'oys clothi!lg. He 1 hai'tl'e a I'ew Mexican raidii\i>. binulits i .iiie’s iiilclicr, who was ni;ster of the
ilits to suit you d«-t t for-j w thout calling Uj Oli the army f‘>i’help ! at ali tiinf'.'^. lo.sin«j but two
j Hut tinie.3 seern t > have ohanged down | s in 'In* series. Also every mem-
i there or tiie real Ti xan has disappe ar-| ,.p,.
I Aition^ tlios-,' can be nuntionfii
annonnre-' ———^ i riion.i>..)n. ‘•ritnv” G.iston, and
Huriingion
i-iotiling Co. The fact is j
• iIm- most popular drink on ihei
niiit r ican coJitinent, Try It if I
-!i lijve not done so. I
Silus populi is not to be foun(l by pur-| tested very severely l)y Mebane, Gib-
suing p;iths of si'kly senliinentaiity. — ! soiiville atuJ Hui lintrton, but Mebane,
Va. Pilot. 1 through tiu‘all-round work of every
r_ ! member of her team, copj»ed the iast
'I'here was a tinse when ary Texas ! hall' by a j;o;d margin. A lot of the
enunty would have felt (|u t^ able to j .-riHlit beloi'ps to “Doc” High, Mel-
ha-
.lust Hit I lit bput
OPEN THE COMING MQNOliY
SEPTEMBER UK
Opens shortly
l»i;n't fail to have yonr chiklrens
.\trs exami» ed and have glasses fii ^
iril ti» help them in their school work, i
Dr. S. Rapport will be at Mebane, at teachers for the coininti ye
J). . Hurdle’s Dental Office, Wed. ' follows: Prof. Fred Deese, Supt
j The Mebane Graded Sch(!ol will open j
; her doors again the en.suing M(»ndav t" j
I the youth of this coniniunity. All tin j
1 members of the faculty have been el j
cted and will arrive on Thursdav |
ar as
the way to remain cool and
feet on the ground. j interpeted iiter-
When the Lusitania was tr^rpedoed i ally and that it was sent to placate
and thf American people were specu-{public opinion in the United States,
will be plaved off at (xraham in a ser-1 whether the outrage did not | he opened the way for everything that
ies of five games. , mean war, Mr WUson sought the golf | followed.
links as if nothing were on I is mind;i ,,
I This false and foolish statement was
and yesterday he wisked off la an au-;
tomobile to be gone most of the day, | immediately con:nunicated to Berlin,
while the story ot the sinking of the [and it. has infmenred the acrion of tl e
Arabic was still coming in ^nd the i German Government £ver since. The
country was scannliig the last note Pfeajdent’s solemn warning was not
to Germany and asking whether the: ^ , • • u u .
, I taken seriously because Mr. Bryan as
Arabic s destruction were not. an a» - o * * * i * i ..
I Secretary ot State let it be known that
sw?r to it. I .
There are times when thinking hard ‘t was not to be taken seriously, Ihea
is not conductive to clear thinking and . resigned from the Cabinet as a
the forming of sou id conclusions. It i protest against h second w'arning, and
is better, then, to let the mind rehix | Bi;rlin has deluded itself in the belief
land return to the subject later "'il h j rather than President Wilson
faculties fresh and alert. In t^'e last , . , , ^ a ■
. , . , , . , , , I is till- tiue spokesman (»f the Amen-
year Mr. Wilson has had ro do a deal ;
I of hard thinking, and the strain must
I often have been very great. A little! Mr. Bryan’s friendship for peace is
d ubtlesh iii> let.!?, sincere than vocifer-
sympaihetic peison ^ German-, 's murderous sub-
It maketi for calm j
, , . ,, L marine policy linally lotces the United
M,. ,. ^ p ,1 o I and (Jelil>e.a!e ludgniei.* wnen all ihe,
1 tie lii'St games ot ihe Series to be | •’ mio war Mr Mi-vin will
j tacts are in, as in tiie ease of the sink-I v\ai, Air, tJiy.ui wi!i be
plaved between Mebane and SwepSon- Arabic, which puts up mi Mr. m >rc lo bUnie than any other man ex-
ville, will be played at, Gr.iKam, Sept. Wilsfm tht' greatest responsihilily of ' c .pt von Tiroitz — Va. Pilot
4tli;— a flouble— header wjll l)e staged i all in a long and trying seres of events j ____________
riie otiier uames will be scheduled! Take your time, Mr Pre>ident, | «
.! ! $250 00 Offered bov Tree
games ■■ “ ' —'
Dr.
tlie coolident annonnre-! — . j i non.p. ..n. i m.u- v...s.om, a.,., sec-in the ' p**n air, is
th * Huriinu’ion Coco- mmi GRADEB SCHOOL Til ^ "" •«*
I players di'serve a lot of *rt (iit.
wcul 1 deny I’.im.
Washington News Letter
More than a week has passed since a
ijrerman submarine sank the White
Star liner Arabic with the loss of two
Americans lives, and the American
government still is without the detail
ed and official information nece.ssary
to shape its course. In the official
silence which has surrounded the White
House, the only notable development
was a statement given out that “as
soon as facts regardmg the Arabic
are ascertained our course will be de
termined.”
If after a full investigation of the
facts, the Washington administration
is convinced that Gernr.any committed
a “deliberately unfriendly” act in this
instance, diplomatic relations between
the two governments will doubiiess be
i.nmediately severed. But President
Wilson is determined that this govern
ment shall do nothing rashly, and
s »all act only after it his received full
information in regard to the attack
upon the Arabic.
In view of the a’t>on of the Euro
pean allies in putting cotton on the
contraband list, Secretary McAdoo an
nounces that he will, if nectssary, de
posit $30,000,000 or more in gold in the
Federal reserve bank.s at Atlanta, Dal
las, and Richmond, without interest,
for the purpose of enabling these banks
to rediscount loans made on cotton by
national and state banks in these dis
tricts. Mr. McAuOo considers it his
The Fate of Poland
It was Thomas Corwin who nearly
70 years ago, warning the United
States senate against alt suggestion of
the annexation of Mexico, referred to
Napoleon as the “blind instrument of
Providence” for that he forced Russia,
Austria and Prassia to atone for their
dismemberment of Poland. He spoke of
the wrath that was past —the uprisings
of the Polish partiots themselves and
predicted a greater wrath to come.
But none of his predictions of a free
Poland, and the preditions of no other
statesman or historian of free poland
as the resuli of strife among the the
three powers that, in the latter half of
the 18th century, united for the
partition of the coveted country and
the subjugation of her brave people.
Thus it is that the climax of the
Austro-Germans’ remarkable drive in
eastern Europe may make history of
the most impressive and significant
character conceivable—the gaining of
people’s independence. It is not to be
believed that the Russians can retake
Warsaw, or ony of the richest portions
of their Polish province, even if their
plan Af war now contemplates another
massing of millons of men toward the
Prussian and Austrain borders. It is to
believed that the Teutonic allies stand
now, in relation lo Poland, where
Napoleon stood 109 years ago --as its
liberator, though, un'^er how different
circmstances are from motives how
duty to use every available means in j different! The governments at Berlin,
,'ept. I5th.
Miss Louise Steel, of Columbia, S. C
assistant in the High School and Music
teacher: Miss Mary Hoover, Monroe,
)n. C. sixth and seventh grades; Miss j
Davidson, N. C. \
The Ladies Aid Society of the
M. P. church ^ill give an auc
tion sale Saturday afternoon in
the new store next lo Smith and I Henderson,
Milps. They will have one hun-1
lifter riu-se games will be the most'
hotly c«)iitested of any games ever
witnesised in Alamance C»unty, Swep-
sonville has a very strong team and
will fight eveiy inch of the ground
But with ”Doc” High on the mound
for Mebane, there is but one guess as
to theoutccmf". No one can miss seeing
these games, if they wish to see great
exhbition of national pastime.
Big Shipment of Gold
Arrived in Safe ly
Nearly ^20,000,000 in gold, and se- i
dred cakes and Mr. J. M. Thomp
son will auction them to the
luRhest bidder. They will give
away four prizes i barrell of
flour for the best cake 48 pounds
for the second best 24 pounds
the third best and 12 f&r the
fourth best. This flour will be
given by Mr. J. G. Rodgers who
represents the Hyco Millii.g Co.
They will have lady judges
who are competent of judging
any class or kind of cooking
lem. Ansonville, N. C second and
third grades; Miss Ella
sity, N. C. advanced
Bell, Univer-
section of the
Storm Is Gathering.
The trunk of the oak tree to which
! l‘'raiik was hanged was covered with
cotton bagging. The tree is guarded
day and night. Mr. Frey, owner of
curties worth $25,00(1000 fhe I the place, reiterated that he had been
largest shipment se.it ironi London to. ^ , , . ,
... . i offered as high as $250 for the tree,
strengthen British credit in this count-, refused to aell.
ry, arrived in New York Saturday on a | „j money,” he said,
special train, guanted by 38 armed phagan’s folks
men. The shipment came direct by
rail from Halifax, N. S., to which port
it was taken on a
don’t want the tree cut down. Several
of her people came out here. They
British warship, | patted that old tree and
Germany is becoming more and more j convoyed by smaller craft. On the j looked upward for
I think they must have
first grade and Miss Lassie Watkins, I di-vided into two Irrge camps and parties jNew York the train was pre time
N
first half of the i on the qtiestion of the fate of Belgium 1 ^ pilot engine and car.
Mr Deese says that in | A veritable storm is gathering around I The gold and securities were consign
ed to J. P. Morgan and company, for
account of the British government.
The first large shipment of gold and
$30,(X)0,000 in securities.
If you w^ant accommodation
matter in the Leader it must
reach the office in time.
Henderson,
first grade.
selecting the new teachers that he j the Government over this problem, m
and the Board sought to get the best j an agitation which is still largely
prepared teachers available, and conse- j private and because discussion in the
quently they secured only graduates of [ press and in public speeches prohibited
the leading colleges of the country.but which suppression oi ly makes
Eyery parent should have their chil- ■ more intense.
dren register the first day and keep ^ ~ ""
them in school the entire session. A j LlSt 01 Letters
, new teacher has been added to the I List of advertised letters for week Two workmen were killed and con-
I faculty-a very accomplished one too, ' en ling August 28 1915. siderable property damage was done by
, , I . A. u ■ 1 I^etter for Miss Nancy A. Jones an explosion of two black powder mills
thus the school ought to be in a better ^ j r. . •
j 2 “ Mr. B. A. Wmte. of the duPont company in the upper
I position than ever before to serve th»* ^ John W. Webster j Hagley yards in Wilmington Del. Sun-
I people. The new tcacher. Miss Steel, j . «« (3^ Hauck ! day.
1 “ “ Noah Richmond!
been praying.’
Russian Smoker.
(From The Wall Street Journal)
Some years ago an American busi
aecurties received here August 12, in- i ness man, wishing to get freight
eluding about $19,500,000 in gold and |‘trough a Russian port, approached
the Government agent with a request
j for expedition. He was told delivery
■ ‘ might be made in some weeks. The
Explosion in dePont Mills j American protested#that he must have
those goods immediately.
“Have a cigar,” said the Russian
ofTicia), pushing a box toward the
American and leaving the room. The
American opened the box, found it
empty and dropped in 50 roubles.
Russian came back, looked at the box.
power to help the cotton producer of
the South in thf* circumstances, and
that it is a matter of economic impor
tance to the entire iiation that those
who have produced the cotton crop
shall have a fair opportunity to dispose
of it gradually and not be forced to
sell it at a sacrifice.
Details of the present situation in
Mexico were laid before the Secretary
of State by Senor Jose Oliviera Car
doso, the Brazilian Minister to Mexico,
who is now in Washington, and who
acted for the United States in Mexico
since this government’s break with
Huerta in 1914. Considerable impor
tance is attached to the talk between
Mr. Lansing and Senor Cardoso, be
cause of the present critical relations
of this government with Carranza.
Complaint is being made by railroads
of the recent change in the transpor
tation of public moneys between the
Treasury here, the subtreasunes and
the banks by registered mail, instead
of by express. Both the railroads and
express companies will be deprived of
Vienna and Petrograd have vied one
with another in promises of polish
autonomy, soliciting the aid and loyalty
of the people whose cities they seized
through two centuries, whose lands
they have laid waste and whose homes
they have ruined.
Yei lor all this anmoaly history and
all this paradox of promised benevolence
it would appear that the fate of Poland
is about to be determined as the poles
have fought and pleaded that it be
determined. It has become commonplace
to perdict that this war will achieve
the universal triumph of democray—
quite as gradually, perhaps, as has
been the spread ot popular govern
ment since the American revolution,
but nevtrtheless surely, and with the
causes and catastrophes and royalist-
ordered barbarities of this war as the
underlying motive. And whether or not
any of these promises of Polish auton
omy shall be kept, certain it is that in
the day of greatest triumph of de
mocray no powers of Ei'rope will find
it desirable to hold the territory as a
the revenues from transporting these | province and its liberty-loving men as
funds, but the railroads, like the ex
press companies, will by no means be
relieved of the service, since, they
must carry the moneys whether they
are sent by mail or express, and the
railroads are used in either case. For
carrying the money and securtities the
railroads will receive no compensation
whatever until another government
weigh of the mail is made to deter
mine the tonnage t eing carried.
subjects! If liberty is not soon granted
by reason of a royal promise it will be
forced by reason of the people’s-
passion for it at a time when resistance
will be most difficult.—San Antonia
Express.
A Fall Suit? , . ^ ^ n n
is a graduate of Granada College,
Mr. *T. s. Clark has in stock j^iss, both in tne academic and music
and is offering to the trade, at department. She took post graduate be sent to Dead Letter -office Sept 11 windows in nearby houses were broken
. „ J , 1 uv-Hnn-iiicui,. f I, imr, Severalliundred pounds of powder ex-
very nice Ime of men and boys j ^^o^k in ihe Kansos city Mo. college. I ‘ plwled, completely destroying the mills
uitS. fit and make guaranteed j Jj, a graduate of the conserva-, j^chane N. C. P- M.
ihe best. Dont fail to see adonltory of music of Philadelphia. She I - —
toiirth page. j taught as substitute in the State Nor- Spain is about as likely to join in the
igialof Texas, an"d for the past two j of Germany as it I been determined, but ofiicials say it j
The two retorts were heard more
,an a dozen miles away. Hundreds of remarked, “Have
another cigar.”
The American dropped 5C more
, . , I roubles in the box, the Russian off;-
The first to eo was a m'". which | cigar box
set off the second plant. | politely remarked, “Your goods
The causo ot the explosion has not: jjjg delivered tomorrow. Sir.”
Qrows Commoner
years* she has been teaching in the | commit suicide. If there were any
American School South America. | f,j_rong inducement to tempt it, the
Mr. Bryan’, organ grows f^ommoner | tuition for music will be two dollars | Government knows that very
with eve,y issue. Its last number, in | P***" ^' ; few Britsh, French or Italian sh ) s
an article over the signature of the j
editor and owner, deals with the ques- j
tions arising out ot the sacrifice of i
American lives through Germany’s 1
or
would suffice to make an end t-f
j Sp.inish commerce and blockade tlu>
! Spanish coast*?. It is not credible that
^ even Berlin diplomacy delutles itself
with any such wild theories in regard j
I to Spain.
Jury List
Sometimes when someone whom we
love has quit the grind and push and
shove of life, and closed the little door
which shuts him out for everymore
from things trom this mundane sphere
we pause to drop a selfish tear. But
when we think that narrow door shall
open to those he loved ot yore that he
will wander hand in hand with those
TOMWAISON IS NOI
OlED OF
L'
Neither is He Ashamed of
the Charge That He Is To
Blame For Franks Death.
Thomas E. Watson is not ashamed
of the fact that northern and eastern
editors are charging that he is to blame
for the lynching of Leo M. Frank.
barbarous methods ot submarines war
fare as though the victims were the i
real culprits in the case. This is an
exhibition of menial obliquity and
inoral cmasculacy which should de-
■^trriy the last vestige of public ccn-
tiUence in Mr. Bryan’s judgment or
respect for the quality of his patriot-
i ’tn. He admits “The right of Ameri-
‘ an citizens, under international law,
lo travel through the danger zone on !
Hie merchant ships of belligerent
'lation^, ” but claims that they should
waive that right in consideration for
I heir own safety and their country’s] His weekly “Jeffersonian,” which
welfare, and that, if in exercise of j made its appearance'on [.the streets of
that ri^ht they should suffer death, | Atlanta last Thursday morning, and 1
fhe government should not permit their j which the newsboys sold like hot cakes, |
unlawful killing to “drag it” into hos- ' ig devoted principally to a defense of j
tile relations with the country com-1 the lynching, which Mr. Watson who ej
fnitting the crime. Under what stress ! heartedly commends. j
'»r necessity the American passengers! Mr. Watson has the distinction of be-j
*>n the Arabic were seeking by the | jng the only man who has* dared to
Illy route open to them a return from ‘ come out in print and actually ccm-
exile to their own laiid Mr. Bryan | mend a lynching and praise the lynch-
floes not stop to enquire. He takes for j ers.
K«anted that “the few persons” thus I Mr. Watson also makes no bones of
''ucrifieed have for mere reasons of j claiming to know more than the pub-
I'leasure and convenience encountered j blic knows about the events of the
t iie risk of losing their lives and there- j night of the lynching.
i"ie he concludes that settlement of | Without saying where he got the in- j
the issues provoked by their unhappv j formation, Mr. Watson gives alleged
fate shall be postponed until the res- i intormation which will be new to the
rat ion of peace and this would mean, j public and which has not appeared in
of course, that in the interval Germany ' any of the newspaper accounts
possibly was due to a spark or to grit 1
in the powder.
iirniur ll^rnyroniv OLD ! September! he loved through Glory land, that he,
MuuANt WtUNtuUAT 8tr— i Term superior Court beginning Sep-. ‘yond the arching blue, will be with
d r±L I tember 13th and continuing for two | friends he used to know, that he, be-
I tmutn 1 jin I weeks, for the Trial of Civil Cases.
j FIRST WEEK.
Dr. S. Rapport, of Durham, will be ^ Vestal No, 2, A. M. Sharpe
at Mebane, at Dr. Hurdle’s Dental 2, J. W. Sharpe No, 12, A..T.
Office, Wed. Sept. 15th. for the pur | gpoon No. 1, J. W. Pegg No. 6, S.
I The Honor Roll
I The following good citizens have
i paid their subscription since our last
published list.
J. F. Terrell
L. E. Sykes
L. R. Thomas
R. Y. Mebane
Highfill Jobe
Dr. W. T. Ralph
S. C. Riggs
Alex Tinni/i
George C. Woodworth
J. M. Workman
W. J. Smith
H. D. Scarboro
i C. E. Johnson
J. L, Patillo
C. S. Harris
r. M. Crutchfield
H. Lohengel
Dave Qualls
H. G. Dorsett
G. W. Williams
L. G. Wilkerson
Mrs. M. F. Winners
Rob Smith
A, W. Sykes
W. A. Shanklin
J. C. Faucet*;
Ernest Shanklin
Clay King
R. M. Kenlon
There are a
j pose of examining eyes and fitting | ^ee Bradshaw No. 9, Caud Cates No.
glasses. Eye-strain and headache re- j ^2, J. H. Gilliam No. 4, W. R. De-
lieved by my correctly fitting glasses. Bauler No. 11, J. A. Holt No. 10, E.
1 L. Rus^ll No 8, R. tW. Fitch No. 5,
i A. A. Teague No. 9, E. W. Pritchett
Physical perfection, or even 1 No. 4, W. H. Ho»t No. 6, L. E. At-
approaching perfection is a de- j water No. 12, J. G. Braxton N0.8
j sirable thing, but for a youngr*
1. 1 J I.-^ I James Jones No.3, Louis H. bharpe
. man to have the only, and chief. 7 ottis Murray No. 5, Albert Dick-
I thing to recommend him he that | gy no.4, W. H. Councilman No 5,
! he resembles a human bull in his | E. P. Troiiinger No. 12, W. T. Perry
I behavior. Oh well let him go at 1 R* Hensley N0.3 Claud F. Coble
I that. Good manners are expensi-1
j ve, and it requires good blood to i
i appreciate them i
yond the arching blue, will be with
those forever true, that never ache
and never pain will come to visit him
egain, that he will put his years aside
as a worn garment and will ‘bide for
ever in the ways of youth, when we
can realize that truth, then still with
tears our eyes are dim; but all for us,
and not for him.—Judd Mortimer
Lewis.
A Corrupt and Seditious
Popaganda
No fault can be found with German
purchases of munitions of v’ar in this
country. No fault can be found with
the secret methods used by Genman
agents to evade the Bitish blockade.
Such activities involve no violation
of neutrality. On the contrary, they
are in accord with the American inter
pretation of neutrality and with the
historic practices of the United States.
The indictment against Germany lies
in a corrupt and seditious propaganda
directed against the peace and welfare
of the United States and supported by
hypocrisy and falsehood. In view of
the German purchases of military sup
plies, as proved by The World, the
German campaign for an embargo on
munitions of war is probably the most
impudent and shameless piece of men
dacity of which a great nation was
ever offically guilty.
‘•Compulsory” Diversifica
tion
(From The Newbern Sun.)
now comes first and cotto>i second.
SECOND WEEK
H. H. Simpson Nol5 J. L. Cnriato-
! pher NolO G. L. Amick Nol2, J. L.
i Davis N0I2 A. C. Neese Nol2 J. B.
j RogersNolS W. J. Florence No6 A. G.
Porterfield No5 Nathan Stuart N08
W. R. Andress NoS D. L. Simpson
, *,o4 J. H. Rascoe NoS S. A. Lewis
! No4 Jos. Erwiu Cant No4 Adalphus
I Nol J. G. Rogers Nol2 John Sutton
Cotton has at last been dethroned: No4 George Morgan Nog W. J. Bar-
and for the first time in many years | kar No4 J. F Baldwin Nol2 J. G.
another crop has taken its place. Corn \ Pik® Nol W. C. McAdams No6 (J. C.)
'j. F. Lynch Nol2 H. E. Wilkerstn
NolO J. Thompson Nol3 W. W. Davis
None of us liveth to himself, and no
man dieth to himself. For whether
we live, we live unto the Lord; and
whether we die, we die unto the Lord;
whether we live therefore, or die, we
are the Lord’s, For to this end Christ
died, and rose, and revived, that He
might be Lord both of the dead and
living.-^Romans, xiv:7, 9.
: This change in the crops of the South | co^jn ^08 J R. Loy N08.
can be traced directly to crop diversifi-
' cation and the war in Europe. The
diversification has |
, oi.u — r-- j “Long, cold winter due, say Indian
I doctrine of crop diversification has ^prophets,” with the old, story of trees
J been preached for many years w*^l’out 1 squirrels lay-
j t)eing heeded but thanKs to other things j guyiier stores and birds already
j that helped to a certain extent the g^gg^ng southward—a regular killjoy
number of subscribers ’ bein^ learned. The fanners
who are amply able to settle for fine later that their being com-
*1 i. I ■ pelled to dieversify was the best thing
Leader that are neglecting an honest.
, that ever happened to them,
obligation. 1 ‘
No Random Talk.
Mr. Victor S. Bryant, of Durham,
who addressed the State Firemen’s
association at New Bern this week,
paid his respects to the Southeastern
Underwirters’ associaton which con
trols insurance rates in this state, and
told how it has discriminated against
the state, chaining what rates it
pleases, and treezing out competition.
Mr. Bryant, who is of the ablest
lawyers in the state, wasn’t talking
atj*andom. He got his facts first hand European war began, has been wor-
when he as a member of the legislative I to capacity, Dlew up early Sunday
committee, investigated the insurance
companies and learned of their high
handed methods of doing dusiness. But
any attempt to tjuch the insurance
combination has failed. When the efort
is made the large interests it controls
directly and indirectly begin to cry out
that the insurance companies will leave
the state, and that puerile bluff
Powder Plant Blown Up
With a shock that was felt for 40
miles, the glazing mill of the American
Powder company, which, since the
assemblage of bad-weather signs But
the prophets might have waited until frightens the weak kneed. A pitiful
after Labor Day and the last
Saturday half'holidays.
of the
exhibition of cowardice when it isn't
corruption.—Statesville Landmark,
near Acton Mass., So far as known
nobody was killed.
The actual money loss was not heavy
but it was stated that work on large
orders possibly would be held up
several weeks. In surrounding towne,
particularly in Maryland, many win
dows were shattered.
The mill has been closed down since
Saturday afternoon, and the police be
lieve the explosion was caused with
intent to cripple the plant.