North Carolina Newspapers

minrij XlzLjt! LEADER “And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt WouH Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.” VOLUMN 7 MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, ^EPl'EMBCR 30 1915 NUMBER 32 Mr. Cruce Tiite left Monday f,ii’ Florida to spend the winter, Mr. J. F. Terrell has accepted a positionas auctioneer for the leaf tobacco warehouse of Wal- i pf McAdams, Burlington, N. C. Mrs. W. O, Warren will enter- uiin the Thursday afternoon rial) (iCt. 7ta instead of Thurs day of this week. 'rhe brick walls of the new store of the Mebane Supply Co., liMve gone up with reasonable liaste, but the delay in receiving the h’on girders for the front l as caused unnecessary delay in l.iishing the work. Ml’S. Ola Hanner of Wilming- hm (;ame up Saturday to visit ]wv [uirents Mr. and Mrs. Ju!e ( ..nipton and returned Monday Her daughter, Mar- uaivt who has been spending the nmmer with her grand parents enter school Monday. ,l ist to remind you as winter £ij»))io:uhe.>^. and the air becomts i liilly, you need thicker a hi wHi iner clothing, and you n anr that which will make y( u 1 .uk well and feel comfortable. • e" (. S. (Mark, our mens clotheg 'iM-cialisl. The Ladies of the Presbyter ian church are invited to meet at Mrs. S. G. Morgan’s Friday afternoon to spend two hours socially. Bring Us Wood There are a number who are behind on their subscription to the Leader, that can and should pay up. Some who live near by might bring us w’ood, we need wood and ask that you bring us some as early as you can Great Sales j Chapel Mill News The Mebane Leaders estimate j “With the exception of Louisiana of the amount of tobacco sold j and New Mexico, North Carolina has on the market here in the two > largest percentage of native born conclu-! North Carolina,” paid “We boast of our good qu»lities in North Carolina but conceal our faults. ment in Australia on the |)umba inci dent is adverse to the^ ^^bassador. He is said to have been criticised for VVe hide our illiteracy a-? a horse, bringing about the ^itu..tion that the trader does an old sore. The tendency j United States to demand kis recaii. now is to uncover the sore and heal it j An urgent cablegram ba>« been re moonlight schools, ceived at the State Depaitcnent from Washington Newf Letter It is known that the |fficials aie somewhat puzzled over tae delay of Austria-Hungary in actinff on the re- Warehouses last W ednesday was ' illiterates in the United States^” I quest of the United States that Ambas , i.* , *11 . This wikS the declaration made by W. sador Dumba be recalled. ’There is a close estimate, we said about j q Crosby, secretary cf the committee | reason to beJieve that Ambassado- 30,000 pounds, there was 31,600. jon Community Service, iu a i address | Penfield, at Vienna, has advised the Our estimate was made some i at Chapel Hill on “Moonlight Schools! State Department that jiublic senti- time before sales were ded. The average price was $8.85 Eflana Items Mr. Jack Baity went down to Nor- lina last week and opent a few days with his brother Mr, .le.ssa Baity Mr. and Mrs. A. J. (’ates from near Halls old mill visltecJ their sister in law Mrs. J. R. hi ley last Saturday ind Sunday. Mr. T. H. Fitzpatrick went di>wn to Oiirham on business last Tuesday. Mr. Carl t)arroll tobacco travelling salesman of Winston-Salenj steppe*! over in Efland last Saturday. Mr. Gene Stanford of Salisbury stop ped in Efland Monday night on his n - turn from Durham where he had been at the bed side of his mother Mrs. Margaret Stanford who is very ill. JAMES BRADSHAW I with tne salve of 1 In order to futher the campaign j against illiteracy, the month of Novem ; her will be set apart and will be obser- ! vetl throughout North ('arolina as j “Moonlight School Month.” A night ! school will be organized and conducted j three nights a week for at least this I one month in every school district in j the State vdiere such illiterates are to j be found. The day school teachers ■ will, in most cases, teach in these i i night schools. Five thousand teachers have already volunteered tor the Work i The State Department of EMucation i will place in the hands of each these I teachers a little bulletin outlining the j work to be done The school will hold : twelve night sessions during that Mrs. A. Thompson and grand daugh- ; month. Twelve lessons each month in ter Miss Maggie Tapp of Chathani are reading, writing and arithmetic will be visiting Mrs. Thonjpsons «langhter, given. The reading book will not he a Just Helpful I A group of gi» Is sat around a bright j fire. It was the half-hour before the j omnious call, “Lights out,” would sil- ! ence the merry voices. They were 1 discussing . id al9-what they would Wasat rather have, do, and be in Ife. 'nr ■ _ i-« ^ iWork on His harm When Nannette wanted plenty of carnages j and servants at her bidding—dear, ' prttty Niinnette, whose curly head was j Mrs Thomas Tapp and family. primer such as the children use but .. TT TV. 4. • 1 t • 1- ^ V, ' something which contain? simple sent Mr, Harry Fitzpatrick train dispatc h, ^ ^ er f(»r the Southern Ky. at Salisliury I is at home with his parents for ;i few i days vaeatiop. i Miss Nellie Bi.shop of Chapel Hill is ' visiting her aunt Mrs. E. C. Thompson | near Efland. j Misses Hellen and Stell Taylor also | master Johnnie and Efland Forrest attended childrens day in Hillsboro Saturday. * j Mr. John Clarke was painfully huit t last Saturday near Efland. Mr Clarke was riding his motorcycle and Mr i New Auciloneer Mr. James Ball the clever auctioneer who is to conduct sales on our Warehouse floors, seems a man fully equipped for the business. We have no doubt but he m\\ measure up fully to expectations and requirements. eiices and yet wh'ch concerns the movement of people with whom those uttending the schools are acquainted, together with such sentences as would iiispire tnier county pride and awaken the'n rti c(>ntinued effort, we want to get the old people intereiited in this work and get them out to these schools It is a fact little known that one — seventh of the voting population of North Carolina cannot read or sign their names This means that one- seventh of our homes are devoid of books or papers. This means that many J. Rowland of Durham was driving his , homes are without the Bible, and autonrobile and in turning a curve they came in contact with each other. Mr. Bowland carried young Clarke to Hills boro in his auto and Dr. Warren dress ed the wounds. We are sorry to note the death of Mr Will FaucPitt which occurred at the home of bis parents Mr. and Mr«>. John Fancett near Hillsboro Monday afternoon Sept. 20th Mr. Faucftt was 32 year:? of age and leaves father and mother one sister and three brothers to mourn his death. Dr. Jones was constant in attendance at his bedside. But that dreaded disease Typhoid fever eternity is approaching rapidly. The re.-.ponsib'.lity rests on us. Let us" try to clear the stain from our State Let us hope that when the census of 1920 JS taken there will not be a single adult illiterate in North Carolina.’ agents of American importers stating that the situation betweeii the impor ters, and the British goveriiment is in tolerable. The agents of )the, impor ters, who have been deafihg in vain with the British Board ofj Trade and other English authoritiea^ |n their ef forts to get Am&rican offcned goods out of Europe ireists upon prompt action by this govepment. Repre5»entativea of thf Chicago packers, whose cargpes were recently taken over by the British prize cour*^, are in Washington to defpand what this government can do,aboat the con fiscation of their pr*.perty by Great Britain. One of the highest officials of the government said, after a dis cussion of the itermuB plif^ht of the j American imj)orters, that “(t is utterly inconceivable that Grea^ Britain should be assisted with a loin in this country while wholesale oppression of American commerce continues.” Talk of a special session of the Sen ate to consider executive business, pending foreign treaties and cloture has been vigorously revived here, 'I'he arrival of Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, in Washington, helps along the rumor, for It is well known that Senator .Stone is desirous of having tne Senate' take up and dispose of the pending Colmip* bian and Nacaraguan treaties “oiie way or another. They were vigorous ly opposed during the last Congress. It is expected that if an extra session is called for consideration of these trfaties, the administration will also place before the Senate the treaty with Hati, signed last week, providing for a United States protectorate over the negro republic. Miss Bell Vincent Died Suddenly Tuesday The Civic League has post poned its meetings from this Friday to next Friday. Miss Bell Vi neon t died suddenly Tuesday morning at her home on Holt Street. Heart failure was pronounced as the cause of her death. Miss Vin- had taken its dea+hly hold and medi- i ^vis 66 years old and had made cine skill and the untireing devotion of : Mebane her home for twenty five a fond mother and other loved ones ; years. Attesting the love and esteem cotfld not stay the hand of death, vv^ich the deceased was held was Funeral services were conducted at the ^^e large concourse of sorrowing re- Ridge church Tuesday afternoon by j latives and friends who gathered at Rev Ormond of Hillsboro assisted by ! home to pay final tribute to this The Burlington Fair The Burlington Fair will open October the 5th and continue open to Friday October 8th.They are offering many free attrac tions, automobile racing, troting, and pony races. Clean it Off The muddy sidewalk crossing maintained just a little west of the Mebane Supply Co. is no credit to any one, and especially those whose duty it might be to see that it is kept deacently pas- ^^able. It would seem that the '^'ivic League might make Rome howl for a nasty place like this. Rev. Burgess and the remains irtered in the quite old church yard. Mr. Faucett was much liked by all who knew him. For Sale-German War Bonds. While members of peaco socities and neutrality leagues financed in Berlin continue to make day and night hide- most lovable character who has enter ed into rest. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Vincent, Mrs. Roney of Haw River and Mrs. Walker of Locust HiU, a number of neices and nephews. The interment was made in Cross Road« cemetery Wednesday. At The Piedmont Costing More TiKtir tt I# W^rth Some of our contemporaries are seemingly inclined to the belief that Germany’s change of tone in consen ting to modification of her submarine warfare on merchant shipping is due, I in some measure at least, to a dawn- I ing recognition on the part of the Ber lin Government that that sort of war fare is costing Germany more than it is worth to her, and who shall say that such may not well be the case? Certanly the Von Tirpitz roH'y of promiscuously attacking merchant ves sels, in utter disregard alike of the recognized principle of naval warfaie and of the dictates of common human ity, has exasperated the humane sen timent of the whole world, and in seme of its re&ults has seriously imperiled ! the relations ot Germany witn neutral nations, particularly with the United States; while its effect on the fortunes of the war has been practically nil. Shipping to the value of tens of mil- already full of the gay doings which, in her limited vocabulary, spelled “Life.” Ruth was not .so particular aboi't mor»ey, but she was planning to be an artist, and paint pictures which would; rival modern artists, Dorothy meant to write bo«;ks. She had always re ceived “excellent” on her themes, and felt sure that if she sank into any ordinary career a great writer would be spoiled. The girl who looked dreamily into the fire had been silent during the gay chatter. “Ttie returns are all in the fourth ward,” prodded Nannette, giving the long braids of the silent one a playtul twist. “I have been hstoning to you all, and thinking,” was the reply. “I am not pretty, and I cannot hope to be a belle; 1 am not intellectual or gifted, and can’t hope to write books or paint pictures. So, while the rest of you are filling your lofty station?, 1 will hunt me some quiet corner and . just try to be helpful.” Looking back through the vista of years, and recalling the varying for tunes of these four room-mates, 1 be lieve the girl who aspired to be “just helpful” has rfaped life’s best reward. Instructions are many, and may be hammered out in the schools, but the helper must drink at a deeper fount. In the school of love, unselfishness and sympathy, the helper must -matri culate, and only in the larger schools of experience are the subtlest lessons learned. It seems such a simple thing io-aay, will be helpftri;” yet adopt this as your creed, go out with wide- open eyes, and see what infinite vistas stretch before you. You never noticed before how many people needed help— not necessarily money help or hand help, though these have u«anifold uses, but the help which comes from simple brotherliness and readiness to “lend a hand.”—-Ex. He Expired James Bradshaw died suddenly Thurs day afternoon near the home of his son on the Lathan farm. He was in the tobacco field helping with the work, apparently as well as usual, when some of the hands noticed him fall Death was due to heart failure, pos sibly brought on by taking too much exercise and getting too warm. He was 77 years old; was a Confederate veteran, and had been a member of Salem Methodist Protestant church for many years. Several months ago he sold his farm near Salem church, and came to live with his son, who is inana- j ger of the Lathan farm. The funeral except from I were conducted by Dr. W. E. Swain, and the interment was in the cemetery, Friday afternoon. Beside Jesse, with whom he lived' Mr. Bradshaw left one son, Charlep, of Greensboro, a single daughter, and a daughter, now Mrs. Jenkins, of Gibsonville. ,.us by their irartic assaults upon the ^ piedmont Warehouse |pro- proposed A„friD French loan, I Mr. J. N. Warren,places not notice that one of these ^ (hjrcj page advertisement is troubled in mind or estate by the;.^ Leader. The various borrowings which Germany is j jg better equipped than I dollars has. it is true, been de carrying on in this market. Like traf-1 before for taking care of stroyed, but this loss, beine less than ficin munitions of war. whi.*h was l handling you>* leaf tobacCO one per cent, all told, is trifling in hellish on the part of the allies onrl ac-j comparison with the grand total of and ' British merchant tonnage, which, it is part O. me an.e^ The best and most altogether innocent on the part of the I help, a wide I ho Dumba Scandal. (New York Press) 'I'he most recent developments of the Lumba scandal emphasize the opi.iion wiilely expressed earlier that the only If-respect ing thing in this country can do, eyen at this late day, is to end hn.sita ion and take immediate action I hat will end in America the diplomatic i ii eer of such a man the only way it leserve.s to be ended here. Passpots urely have been prepared by this time 1 l>t*y should be delivered without fur- tlier delay Teutonic powers, it money and credit are same discrimination. Americans lent money to Germany | on two occasions last spring when in j each instance $10,000,000 worth bonds were disposed of in the United States. Some people say that as the now appear., (hat subject to the officlall.v announced, is greater today than at the outbreak of the war. Great Britain today, after eight months of Germany’s submarine warfare, holds i ac comodating, and magnetic au- ationeer, Hm Ball who gets the best prices lor your tobacco. .! Sam Sharp who has that smile ^ that don’t wear off is book keep- | the seas and with it her ability to I er and accountant. j outside world for such I foodstuffs, munitions of war and other I supplies as may be needed by herself land her allies.—Va. Pilot. School Notes There is one thing especially that I wish to call attention to the parents, and that is they should warn their children not to take any risks in at tempting to pass the crossing when a train is nearing. Of course 1 have admonished the pupils relative to this matter, but it cannot be stressed too often. I have heard of some of the children standing near the track when a locomotive was passing, and pushing against each successive car. This you know is dangerous in the exlreme. 1 wish to say that the school is pro gressing nicely and the students in general are doing excellent worK. The Is the World Worse? Is the world growing better or worse? Scholars, thinkers, sbserves and critics are much divided. Many ministers of the gospel in our day declare by the Book that the world grows worse, and I that the only hope of the race is salva tion through some prea^ catastrophe coming all of a sudden. Otheis de clare that the gospel is gradually doing its work and that, like leaven the whole lump is to be leavened not with eyil but with good; that gradually the good triumphs and will ultimately pre vail. Here are some facts that are calcul ated to make one optimistic, if one is inclin^. When William Carey in 1793, went to India as* the first Protestant missionary the whole number of nomi nal Christians in the wf.rld was 200,- 000,0«K). Now according to authenti cated statistics the entire number of nominal Christians is put down at 500,000,000 At the time Carey went out to the benighted world of hearten- dom there were estimated to be one billion souls in all the earth. Now the world’s population is put down at one billion five hundred million. So while the earth’s totaf population has in creased 50 per cent the number of nominal Christians has increased 150 per cent and the ratio ^hows that the cause of Christ has advanced more in the past 25 years than it did in the 75 preceding years. Evil is mighty and the strongholds of sin and satan are many and powerful. Y«t figures at any rate would indicate that our God is marching on and that His Christ constantly and steadily gains in winniner men to his banner. Whether the world grows better or worse we know that King Immanuel A and M College News The A and M. College Press Club I has recently been organized for the j purpose of giving to the people of the j State something of the College news. It is hoped to give some idea of what the College stands for and what it is doing toward building up rural North Carolina in all her different industries. On the 30th of this month students will begin to move into the completed wing of the new Domitory. Students who have been quartered in the wooden domitories, or “shacks,” as they are known on the campus, are looking forward with pleasure to the change. It is hoped that the next Legislature cr some paferiotic citizen will see the great necessity of this building and will provide at once means for its com pletion. The wing just completed cost $20,000; it accommodates 48 stud ents. The section is well lighted, heated, and furnished, nice bath rooms on each floor. It has all the conveni ences of a modern up to date domitory. This building when completed will ac commodate 200 students. Farmers of the State will be inter ested to know that the agricultural students have increased considerably in number this year. Last years en rollment showed 264 agricultural stud ents. This year the enrollment has increased to 300 students of agricul ture, and many more will be i dded be fore the year closes. The textile de partment of this college has increased 31 per cent over last year. As the I textile industry is cne of North Caro- I linas biggest source of income, it is evident that the manufacturers are seeking a better set of trained men. Efficiency has come to have a greater meaning than were as is shown by the steady increase in these different de partments. Dr. W\ C. Ethridge, who graduated in the class of 1906, and who spent some years in the service ol the ex periment station, has recently been elected professor of agronomy in the agricultural department of the Univer sityof Florida. Mr. John E. Coit, of the class of 1903, is now full professor of Citicul- ture in the University of California and is taking an important part in the noted station at Puerside. The Stat^; Fair association is making great preparations for the coming Fair The buildings are being repaired. The Hillsboro road leading from Capitol Square i.s being grafted and concreted to the fair ground gates. Special in terest in the Fair is developing in the A. and M. Poultry Department. The different classes of students now study ing poultry are going to compete with fancier and commercial breeders of the State, for the best quality of eggs ex hibited for the blue ribbon and swep- stakes pigs our boys are working hard. Come to the fair, exhibit your eggs Mr., Mrs., and Miss Parmer: we want to meet our home folks. About fifteen A and M students at tended the Y. M. C. A. Conference at Guilford College. They report a most profitable meeting, E, C. Turner of Hawfields was among the number. school is yours and I wish to cordially .... , , . ... . . invite you to visit us .nd see for your- «•>> self what we are doing. By your manifesting an interest will cause the pupils to take additional courage. I wish to say that there are twenty five in the high schoal department this ye^r and that there will be several in the graduating class next spring, and that those who go to college will proceeds of these transactions were to | be used here for propaganda the loan j was not for war purposes, but no such j “Jolin’ HaS PrOUd Lineage excuse can be offered now in the mat-1 j^est. ter of German war bonds that are j widest. It is found in freely advertised and sold in many j languages, and no matter ^ places. These securities are urged j disguised, from Juan to Johannes, j upon purchasers in two ways—one by jg almost certain to be indentified, the assertion that Germany must have practicaly unimpared her command of ^ matriculated in the Freshman class without examination. Paren*^s are urgently requested to co operate with teachers in causing pupils to work at night. Sincerely, Freed Deese, Supt. School Mr Wilson^s Visitors funds if it is to win, and the other that at the excaedingly low price at (New York Sun) President Wilson cannot be ignorant of the danger to the United States in- The Johns have a magnificent family | volved in a visit to Europe at this time by any notoriouely loose-tongued ' person of meddlesome disposition given tree. It i ! genealogy. instructive to There was an trace apostle South Carolina’s repudiation of the 'H.^.pensary system is not regrettable tnua any point of view. Since its adop- tijM it has been the source of as many ill', to the body politic as Pandora’s i'li.x to the rash mortals who opened it. Of all methods of regulating the tiafl’ic in liquor it was the one that nitiat invited abuse and promoted cor- •■uittion. Statutory prohibition may f>r may not work the social regener ation looked for by its champions, but it does not put the State into active partnership with the distillers and create an army of officials whose in- t?reit it is to stimulate consumption. which they ought aln?ost to attempt an j named John, and also a John the Bap- Anglomaniac. Why talk of German efficiency, then when millions are spent in America to no better purpose than to stimulate tist. There have been 22 Popes and one anti-Pope by the name of John. Three kings of Aragon and Castile, one at least of Bohemia, ntimbers of to advertising himself as the repre sentative of a powerful faction of his fellow counrymen. This dangen, serious in any case, will be immeasurably increased if the trav eler bears the indorsement, express or implied, of the administration; such an the reptile press, promote strikes and i Portugal, France and England have | indorsement, for example, as might organize counterfeit peace societies and bourne the name of John. There was j easily be deduced from a cordial re neutrality leagues? A good manyof John Sobeiski, the greatest of Polef.,” I ception of the vovager at the White our people have this money in their [ There was John, pockets at this moment. Instead of j who was forc^^d to sign wasting their energiea unlawfully and j Charta. There was foolishly, why do they not turn in and Running down the make the new German loan as much of a success in the United States as the Anglo-French loan promises to be? N. y. World. surnamed the Magna John the Good, famous list we Lackland * House immediately befoie his depart ure from America. T u .u , There is perhaps no truer sign find also John the Fortunate, Jo n e ^ really advancing Perfect, John the Fearless, John the} Constant. John? Was there ever an ignoble than that he is learning to for get himself. J. C. Shairp. MAKES LIIR6EST LOAN IN WORLD’S HISTORY Him shaM be conquerors and more than conquerors.—Christian Sun. Dr. Karl Holfferich, secretary, de clares that the German war loan of three billions raised September 21 was the largest financial operation in the world’s history exceeding England’s [ Ustwar loan. Kngland, hitherto, hel "»«»"»">oner” that it challenged said, liad raised $4,062,000 and Ger many $6,250,000 in long term loanp, whereas England’s expenditures to the present have been hardly less than Germany’s. He said that Germany is financially able to continue the war indefinitely, In speaking of the Anglo-French loan in the United States he said that America could not class Germany as a poor relation. The British passed credit last week bringing their war total to 16,310,000. Peace Through Poltroonery Mr. Bryan says the nation can avoid war by simply refusing to fight. If our forefathers had only percaiyed this great truth, we should all be subjects of the British crown now.—Charleston News-Courier. A nugget of truth like that is worth a whole balloon full of silly vaporings about the wickedness of all wars and the blessings of any sort of a peace. A war of wanton aggression is a crime; one waged in maintenance of God- given rights is the discharge of a sacred duty. Peace which is purchased by submission to wrong is a condition of insecurity based on cowardice and the price for its continuance is contin' uaUsurrende of all that makes it worth [having. It is Mr. Bryan’s “ideal of by I hostile acts of either of the “mad pow- I ers of Europe, ” we should refuse to “wallow with them in the mud of war” The alternative would be to wallow in the mud of subjection to the dictates of a foe whose demands would certain ly grow greater with every concession. In our view it would be better for a nation to perish from the face of the earth than to debase itself to the cring ing and suppliant attitude of a slave beseeching mercy from an arrc^ant master.—Va. Pilot. $600,000,000 Gold Resterve in Berlin Economic condition in Germanj’ after one year of war are described in a report compiled by the American Association of Trade and Commerce in Berlin and received at the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. It says the financial lecord has shown “the results of rigid organization and discipline.” and draws particular attention to the fact that Germany has raised $2,250,000, in war loans, and the imperial Reichsbank has accumulated gold reserve of $600,000,000. Cary Wants Its Laws Enforced Representative citizens of Cary at a meeting held took the position that only regular cafes shall be allowed to be open on Sunday. Under the deci sion of the citizens in mass meeting assembled, places that style themselves cafes and do not serve regular meals just as any well regulated cafe is sup posed to serve, should be under the ban. The mass meeting went on record for a strict observance of the law and it is believed that the town commis sioners will heed the wishes of the citizens who attended the meeting and make and enforce town ordinances ac cordingly.—News and Observer. The above will apply to Mebane as well. We have very stringent Sunday laws but they are not enforced, they are violated every Sunday. A law that is not enforced or respected should be repealed. Citizen. Come, ye blessed of My Father, in herit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.— New Testament.