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THE MEBANE LEADER
‘And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.”
YOLUMN 7
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 1915
NUMBER 36
$10,000.00 given away for par-[ Meeting Closes j An Eventual Certainty
ticulars s(^e back page of this j '^he protricted meeting which j The vitality of the suffrage for wom-
paper j has been conducted by Rev. Mr. i an issue is attested by the way in
Arch Lono- and son of Williams with much success in | which it is dividing lamilies into oppo-
° the M. P. church come to a close | sing if not hostile camps. The line of
Tuesday night. The meeting i division is not exclusively that of sex,
vas well attended and very 1 either, but in many cases is drawn be-
much interest was manifested I tween the elder and youngtr members
active support and co-operation of the
University Faculty, the Chapel Hill
Community Club, and the State De
partment of Education.
Mrs. Arch L*ong ana son
Haw River were visiting friends
ill town Tuesday
Mrs. Jack Scott of Graham/
came down Tuesday to see her
daughter, Mrs. J. M. Thompson.
Little Thomas Pettigrew, son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Pettigrew
is very sick.
Dr. Charles Bradsherof Bushy
Fork was in town Tuesday with
a load of tobacco.
Mr. Quint Morton of Bushy
Fork was in town Tuesday with
a load of tobacco.
Mr. D. B. High proprietor of
the sanitary Barber shop announ
ces in a display advertisement
on the third page of this issue
that he is prepared to do all
kind of cleaning and pressing,
ladies coat suits a specialty.
Phone 98. ,
Mr. C. C. Smith the clothing
man gives notice of some cuts in
the prices of clothing and over
coats in this weeks issue. A ten
per cent cut on shoes.
As you watch Jim Ball, the
auctioneer, going up and down
the Warehouse floors stopping
a moment at each pile of tobacco
you know their is something do
ing, when Jim gets through you
can bet your last fifty cents that
he has got the top limit of the
market.
from the first.
The Thief Caught
Rupert Paylor, a colored boy,
alhg^ to have stolen from Mr.
Hub York a new single barrel
shot gun, and soms wheat was
arrested Monday bv chief of
police, Patillo, and afterwards
turned over to the Orange Co.
officials for a hearing as the
crime was committed just across
the line.
PAINT UP, AND FIX UP.
You do not know what a help
ful change a little fixing up
around your home will make.
Clean up the front and back
yard, repair the fence wherever
it needs it, and if possible paint
your house. You have no idea
how these things will help. It
does not matter whether your
home is in the country or in
to>vn what ever improvement
you make will be noticeable, not
only that but these improve
ments Bnhances the value of
your home. \ou take more
pride in it, and those who pass
your home will feel a greater
interest in it. This suggestion
is worth thinking over.
Washington News Letter
After a lapse of ten years and eight
months, diplomatic relations between
the United States and Mexico have
bean forms^lly renewed by the recog
nition of Carranza as the chief execu
tive of the de facto government of
Mexico. Secretary of the State Lan-
sirg made the announcement of the
representatives from the South Ameri
can republics constituting the pan-
American conference on Mexican af
fairs. Each government will address
to Gen. Carranza a letter or note of
recognition, to be delivered to Bliseo
Arredondo, personal representatives of
Gen. Carranza here. Mr Arredendo,
who is first cousin of Carranza, will
leave here the latter part of this week
to convey in person the letters of rec
ognition from the several governments
I of a household. Age is conservative,
1
looks askance at innovations, is timor
ous of embarkation on untried seas,
while youth is eager for change, avid
of experiment and always ready to
break away from the established order.
Age draws its wisdom from the past;
youth invests its hope in the future.
The dilFenng points ot view of the
senior and junior generations is illus
trated by the following instances; Dr.
Lyman Abbott is convinced that votes
for women spells political confusion
and social demoralization, while his son
regards it as a long step towards the
purification of politics and iMeal dom
estic conditions. Hamilton Mabie
vigorously opposes and his daughter
enthusiasticallv champions the enfran
chisement of women. Mr. Taft takes
the negotative and Miss Taft the af
firmative side ot the proposition. Mrs
Grover Cleveland is President of the
Anti-Suffrage League at Princeton,
while both her daughters are active
workers for the propaganda of political
equality between the sexes. It is the
old story of conservatism against pro
gress, of the conflict between the old
fogies who prefer the ills they have to
venturing on those they know not of
and the confident empyrics who set a
radiant bow of promise in every depar-
ture^from what is. The cause which is
intrenched behind precedent dies hard,
but in the nature of things it is always
on the defensive and there is no source
f.om which its adherents can be re
cruited and therefore time is invaria
bly the ally ot the assailants and it is
rare that victory does not finally perch
on their banners. Right or wrong, the
October Total Exports ot
INew York $76,184,169
A re«^ord export business is shown by
foreign trade figures for the week en
ded October 16, made public by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, Exports for the week were
$73,694,653, as against $67,744,921 the
week before. Imports were ?29,782,-
0.55, giving a favorable trade balance
of $43,912,598 for the week.
New Orleans Will Lend
Ten
/Vlillon Dollars to Mexico
New Orlearns bankers have announ
ced that as a result of the recognition
of the Carranza Government they have
closed contracts to lend $10,000, 000
in gold to the Mexican Admistration
It was also announced that arrange
ments had been made to handle the
entire Mexican sisal crop through New
Orleans; that the sisal operators of
Yucatan and Campeche were to erect
a million-dollar manufacturing plant
here for,the purpose of handling their
raw product and that Mexican capital
ist were to establish a new transpor
tation line operating six steamships
between ‘ New Orleans and Mexico
gulf ports.
of the best things to
and 9 o’clock in the
A Tragedy at Carthage
in
Official reports show that a material,
change for the better has taken p ace j positive crusade is never more than
in Mexico since recognition was decid
ed upon.
One of the most deplorable tragedies
the histopy of Carthage occurred
Saturday night at 11 o’clock when
James ;V. Larkm shot and killed his
son-in4aw,'‘Dr. D. Fred Watson, after
the lalter had forced an entrance into
the LArkin home. The sensational af
fair the culmination of a long series
of strained domestic relations which
haye on several occasions come n ar a
fatal crisis.
Rice-Patterson
Mr. Lee Kice and Miss Lydia
Patterson were quietly married
in Hillsboro October 6th 1915 by
Squire Scott. Mrs, Rice is the I
attractive daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. William Patterson, and has
many friends. Mr. Rice is well
known here in Mebane where
he has made h^s home for many
years and the Leader joins their
many friends in wishing much
happiness.
Improvement.
The town of Mebane has
started to fix the street crossings
and let us hope they will not let
the good work cease until each
crossing is cleaned and improved
so when we have another rain
the people can cross from one to
the other without wading
through the mud.
Among those mentioned for ambas
sadorship to Mexico is John Lind, for
mer governor of Minnesota, who was
President Wilscn’s representative in
the southern republic. The represen
tatives of ithis country in Brazil,
Argentina and Chile are other promi
nently mentioned diplomats as likely
to get the post. Each is well known
for his familiarity with Latin Ameri
can affairs.
Qood Tobacco Sales
There was sold on the floors
of our tobacco warehouses, the
Piedmont and Planters, Tuesday
of this week over 52,000 pounds
of leaf tDbacco all of good grade
and more than half of it averag- Ford
ing $12.50 per 100 lbs.
A national defense program means
an expenditure on the army and navy
of upward of $1,000,000,000 in the next
six years will be laid before the peo
ple by President Wilson November 4,
when he goes to New York to make
his first public address since the scope
of the policy upon which his administra j
tion has embarked become known. The 1
plan briefly summarized covers half a |
billion dollars for the navy, an in
crease of about one hundred and fifty
millions dollars for the army, a like
sum for coast defenses and moderni
zation of old forts, together with ap
propriations for the militia, a continen
tal army, and reserves.
As a fore runner of the coming ses
sion of Congress, the Congressional in
vestigating committee of the long
standing controversy regarding the
equality of the existing half-and-half
fiscal arrangements between the Dis
trict and the Federal government, will
soon begin to hold its meeting. The
joint citizens’ committee of the Dis-
trict“vigorously advocate the retention
of the presention of the present fiscal
relations between the District and Na
tional government whereunder one-
half of these expenses of municipality
is paid from the Federal Treasury.
temporarily halted by negation. When
a struggle resolves itss'lf into one over
the perpetuation of hoary landmarks
and is waged between the passing and
the rising generations, the end may be
postponed, but it can not be prevented.
For every funeral will weaken the for
ces whose motto is “Let well enough
alone,” and every birth will reinforce
the column which has “Change” for
its watchward and battle cry. Let us
hope that the revolution will fulfil the
expectations of those who have for
warded it and that in the acquisition of
a coveted right the women of Ameri
can may not forfeit priyileges more
valuable to themselves and the com
munity.—Va. Pilot,
If the British Government should be
forced to resort to conscription, as
now seems to be altogether imrpobable
the eternal fitness of things would ap
pear to demand that the conscripting
begin with that Englishman who is im
ploring his countrymen to bring about
immediate peace by abolishing the
army and navy. The quicker and the
further he is sent to the front, the
better it will be for his countrv-
One Billion Dollars.
The Mebane Flower Show
' Wednesday November 10th, 1915
From 9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
Hall on 2nd Floor of Post Office Bldg.
GIVEN AWAY - to the “Kest Guesser” a Tray full
eat between 12 and 1 o’clock in the afternoon and 8
evening.
All wno compote for prizes must enter their exhibite Tuesday, November 9th,
with the exee|)tion of the Cooking, which may be brought in early Wednesday
morning.
Following is a list of premiums oflored, all donated by the different mer
chants, manufacturers, banks, real estate companies and Civic Association
of our town.
The handsomest chrysanthoinum collection of one half dozen blooms, $2.50
given by Civic Asso. sjnd can of Asparagus Tips donated by J.M.Rimmer
The second handsomest collection of one half dozen blooms, $1.00 given by
Civic Asso. The handsomest chrysanthemum, single bloom, $2.00 given by the
Commercial & Farmers Bank and Mebane Bank and Trust Company - and a
bottle of Chile Sauce donated by Mr. J. M. Rimmer. The 2nd Handsomest
single bloom, $1,00 given by the Civic Asso. The Finest Plant as a whole,
everything considered, $1.00, given by Civic Asso. The handsomest single
white bloom, 50c. The handsomest single yellow bloom, 50c. donated by Meb
ane Land & Imp. Co. The handsomest single pink bloom, 50c.
The handsomest single lavender bloom, 50c donated by Mebane
Real Estate & Trust Co The handsomest single red bloom, 50c. The hand
somest single bronze bloom, 50c. donated by Planters Warehouse. The hand
somest cluster of three white blooms, 50c The handsomest cluster of three yel
low blooms 50c, donated by Piedmont W^arehouse. The handsomest cluster of
three pink blooms, 50c The handsomest cluster of three lavender blooms, 50c
given by Civic Asso, The handsomest cluster of three red blooms, 50c. The
handsomest cluster of three bronze blooms, 50c, given by Civic Asso. The
handsomest Fern, one year’s subscription to the Mebane Leader. I’he pret
tiest Maiden Hair Fern, fine hand bag donated by Mebane Drug Co. The
prettiest Sword Fern, nice counterpane, donated by Mebane Supply Co. The
prettiest Roosevelt'Fern, Can of furniture Varnish for any wood desired, dona
ted by Nelson-Cooper Lbr. Co The prettiest Sprengerii Fern, Organdie col
lar and Cuff Set, donated by Mrs. A. P. Long. The prettiest Asparagus Fern,
3 cans Salmon, P. jars of French mustard donated by Jobe Brothers.
COOKING DEPARTMENT
The best Pound Cake, nice rocker, donated by Continental Chair Mfg. Co.
The best Prince of Wales cake, fine alluminum kettle, donated by Tyaon-
Malone Hdw. Co. The best Chocolate Layer Cake, 1 pr. $1.00 silk hose, dona
ted by H. E. Wilkinson Co. The best White Layer Cake, 1 pr. nice pillows,
donated by Mebane Bed. Co. The best Collection of Candy, not less than
three kinds. Parlor Table donated by V/hite Furniture Co. The best Mints,
not less than 1-2 pound face veil, donated by Miss Margaret Clegg. The beat
Fudge, not less than 1-2 pound gallon can of Syrup, donated by J. H. Fowler
& Co. The best Sea Foam not less than 1-2 pound Frame and Picture, dona
ted by L. T. Johnston. The best Nut Candy, not less than 1-2 pound. I pr,
silk hose, donated by J. S Clark. The best Loaf of Bread, pretty underskirt
donated by W. T. HunV & Co. The best pan of Rolls, fine Umbrella, donated
by Nelson-Ray Co. The best plate Beaten Biscuit, gallon can of enamel, any
color desired, donated by Mebane Iron Bed Co.
NEEDLE WORK DEPARTMENT
The finest pie^e of Embroirdery, 1 lb. good coffee, donated by A. H. Mebane.
The handsomest piece of crochet, Japanese Rug, donated by Home Furn. Co.
The handsomest piece of Drawn Work, 1-2 dozen cans of Tomatoes, donated
by Smith & Miles, The handsomest piece of Tatting, 1 pr. silk hose, donated
by J. S. Clark.
The above prizes offered only for work and cooking done by the citizens of
Mebane and vicinity; no outside work will be accepted for exhibition. The
bread, cake, rolls, biscuit aud candy are requested to be donated to be sold for
the benefit of Civic Assd. after the prizes have been awarded. The “Com
mittee,” speaking in behalf of the Civic Asso. wishes to sincerely thank the
business houses of Mebane for their assistance and co-operation. The Mebane
Fiower Show stands for the Four Big “B’s” Beauty, Benefit, Best dinner.
Better Mebane.
General Admission 10c Children 5c
Mrs. W, S. Harris, Chairman of the Committee will gladly answer any
questions or give any information in reference to the Flower Show.
Official figures of the navy’s part in
the administration’s billion dollar nat- JNotlCe of jVlortgagee S Sale
ional defense program have been made
public by Secretary Daniels. They
show that within five years it is pro
posed to spend $502,482,214 on con
struction of new ships, development
of aircraft and creation of a huge re
serve of ammunition and guns.
Chapel Hill Mews
What the State Department of Edu
cation is doing to eradicate what illiter
acy in North Carolina on a large scale,
the University Y M. C. A. is doing
for the eradication of white illiteracy
in and aronnd Chapel Hill township.
Two or three weeks ago Mr. W. C, i
Crosby, who has charge ot the State I Tiny Blood-Sweatillg Be-
illiteracy campaiKn. ^^^e in Peabody 1
Hall on the plans for Moonlight School i
Month. After the lecture a few mem-
SMALLEST HIPP.
Mebane.
Charlotte seems the only city |
that is in the circuit of North
Carolina Fairs that is destined to
have fair weather for fair week.
Winston, Greensboro, Raleigh,
Burlington and New Bern were
struck hard with very disagree
able and rainy weather. Win
ston will have a little consola
tion in. having a pretty day for
Barnum and Bailys circus, or in
fact that is the way it looks at
this writing.
Agency at
Mr. W. S. Crawford has taken
the Ford agency for this place
and surrounding territory. It is
bers of the Y. M. C. A. Cabinet met
and decided to co-operate with the
State Department by opening several
moonlight schools in the vicinity of
Chapel Hill. Last week, Francis Brad
shaw, of Hillsboro, who is at the head
of the rural Sunday School workers of
the Y, M. C. A. made an appeal to the
assembled student body for volunteers
in the moonlight school campaign. He
informed the students tha*^^ within the
narrow limits of Chapel Hill township—
the home of the University-there were
150 white persons who could neither
read nor write. He then outlined the
campaign to be carried on by the Y. M,
his purpose to keep cars in stock j C. A. Seven schools, he said, were to
a little later. Notice
nouncement next week.
his an-
Learned Fast
“Well, Dinah, how are you and your
new husband getting along?"
“Fiist-rate, Miss Betty I
‘greeably ‘sprised in dat man.”
“Does he treat you all right.?”
“Yessum. He sho’ do, and I ain’t
had ter hit him but one time. I never
seed er nigger learn as quick as he
do.”—Birmingham Agc-Herald.
' be established, which were to run
three nights out of the week during
the month of November; but, he ad
ded, if enough students volunteered
for the work each student would not
haye to go out over four or five times
i during the month and thus, would not
get behind in his work. As a result
of this appeal eighty-four students
volunteered to devote a part of their
time during the month of November
to this work. The campaign to be
waged by the Y. M. C. A. has the
Deck-Wallace Circus
Blood-sweating behemoths of Holy i
Writ were once quite popular with}
showmen. The tall, slender gentle
men in shiny top boots, who cracked
their long whips behind the rosin-backs
were once quite enthusiastic in their
praise ot the animals who, according
to the Prophet Jobe, diank up a river
and tasted not.
George is the smallest hippopotamus
in the world—as far as can be learned.
He is worth $17,000, with no discount
for cash.
George has been in the United States
only two weeks, but from his joyful
demeanor his trainers have concluded
that he thoroughly approves of us as a
nation.
But George is only a part of the Carl
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. There are
clowns and bareback riders and acro
bat who can turn a double somersault
in the aii.
The circus will give two performan
ces in Burlington Saturday Nov. 6th.
The doors of the big menagerie tent
will be thrown open at 1 and 7 o’clock,
an hour before the big performance
begins in the main tent.
The parade is at 10 a. m.
of Land.
Under and by virture of the power j
of sale contained in a certain mortgage
deed executed by Johnson H. Holt and
wife, Delia Holt, dated March 18, 1915
and recorded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Alamance county,
in Mortgage deed book No. 60, at page
411, to the undersigned, securing the
p lyment of the note of the mortgagors
to the undersigned in the sum of $139,-
59, due and payable six months after
date, default having been made in the
pa.vment of ^he said note, the under
signed mortgagee will offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, at pub
lic auction, at the Court House door
in Graham, Alamance county. North
Carolina, at 12 o’clock, noon, on MON
DAY, NOVEMBER 15th, 1915, the
following described real property, to-
wt:
A certain piece or tract of land lying
and being in Alamance county. State
of North Carolina, in Melville town
ship, and defined and described as fol
lows: Adjoining the lands of John
Mebane, Vinie Murray and others, be
ginning at a rock on the North side of
a branch, corner with said Vinnie
Murray; thence N. 1-3 deg. E. 9 chains
to a rock corner with said John Meb
ane; thence West 8 chains to a rock
corner with said Mebane; thence South
13 chains to a rock corner with said
Mebane; thence South 60-1-4 deg. West
1.03 chains to a rock on North side of
said branch corner with said Mebane;
thence up said branch as it meanders
as follows: N. 64 deg. E. 3.70 chains
to a bend; N. 55 1-2 deg. E. 1.90 chains
to a bend; N. 65 1-2 deg. E. 4.20 chains
to the beginning, containing 8.9 acres,
more or less.
Excepting from the operation of this
deed is a tract of three acres sold to
John Mebane bv said John H, Hole
from the South side of the above de
scribed lands.
This 13th day of October, 1915.
J. D. HUNT, Mortgagee,
J. Dolph Long, Attorney.
Dr. S. Rapport
DR. S. Rapport of Durham, will be at
Mebane, at Dr. Hurdle’s Dental Office
Thurs. Nov. 4th, for the purpose of ex
amining eyes and fitting glasses. Rem
ember that you pay nothing for the
examination of your eyes in buying
glasses of me and I furnish only the
beat quality at a moderate price.
Announcement.
Those interested in the Ford
car, will be interested to learn
that Mr W S Crawford has the
local agency at this place. Those
who wish to buy this fall had
best put in their application to
him at once, as they are extreme*
ly hard to get.
FINED $33,000
John L. Casper, formerly of Winston
Salem alleged head of the “moon
shine” of Fort Smith Ark,, conspiracy,
who pleaded guilty in the United
States District court last week was
sentenced Thursday last to nine years
and three days in the Leavenworth
penitentiary and ordered to pay a fine
of $33,000.
He who would not frustrate of his
hope to write well hereafter in lauda
ble things ought himself to be a true
poem. —Milton.