‘And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.
VOLUMN 7
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 1915
NUMBER 42
Miss Msrgaret Clegg changes
her ad in this issue making a
tremenduous reduction in all
hat? trimmed and untrimmed.
Dont fail to see
;ind Graham.
Mrs, George McCauley and
Master Harlen visited her
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. 'I'.
'I’errell last
Washington News Letter, j What is He Fighting For?
With rnary mutterings of trouble; The Hohenzollen cannot, dare not,
the suriace, hot with the conservative ! tell his people the purposes of the' war
Sejiators to keep the peace the Senate i. . . • . , ...
1 A/r u ' u I * j o into which they plunt?ed at his com-
her, Mebane , iJeniocratiP caucus has re-elected Sen-
, ^ 1 mand. He suppresses the newspaper
ator Kern as chairman of the caucus, ’ ^
with Senator Pittman of Nevada, .,g | had the hardihood to den:iand an
secretary. Cloture is the foremost of answer to the question, “What are wa
BLOCKADE IS RMSEO
ON AMERICAN TOBACCO
Longer
ons ol
j the real questions of controversy be-
‘ fore the Senate. The caucus side-
I stepped for the time neirg the ques-
i lion whether Senator Clark, of Ar-
' kansas, who l)olted the President's
iswhatTvson Malono "''''te-'.
, . succeed hiiuselt as President pro lem-
(^O, Ulges JfOll to buy lOl C^hrist-j poi-e oi‘ the Senate.
ma.S. Something that VV'ill do in tho House, the committee on
week.
Something sensible, and useful
and still ornament
See advertisement
you service
your home.
(‘Isevvhere,
Your attention is
the advertisement of Caftees
five and ten cent store of Bui’-
ways and'means is devoting: its efforts
to the v‘xations pioblem of how to
t satisfy every now member with his
! committee a?:s)gnnientf, and how to
directed to 1 acced to the demand of Minority Lea
der Mann that the 1 irgely increased
Republican membership of the House
^ , en*;itled that party to a substantial
lington, Gieat place to get a I membership, it
bargain f 'S apparent that Democratic leaders in
• 1 1 T /i i House, fearing insurgency as a
C-hriStmas is the heading of a 1 |.0gy)t their greatly diminished
display ad for Raiffs Department I majority, do not intend to encourage
store. They carry big general j rebellion by materially endangering
line of diy goods and notions, | their preponderating control of all im-
Dont fail to see them A^hen , port^^t committees.
j ‘‘National preparedness, mintary,
oUl lington. , fi,-jancial and industrial, is to be almost
Those wishing Space in the ad-1
vertisine columns of the j «>
, , , ^ -1 i 1 The message is nearly completed, and
[jeadei should not fail to let j been sent to the public printer,
their wishes be known at the of- I u will be read personally by the Pres-
ftce during Monday, Later in the | ident at a joint session ot the Senate
week crowds us and sometimes i House Tuesday. It is understood
the ad out.
Cut Rate Sale
The Mebane Supply Company
to avoid moving so much of their
present stock to their new store
will inaugurate a special cut rate
sale on all goods beginning next
Friday. It will be an opportunity
to buy in some bargains. Dont
fail to attend this sale.
that there are less than 4,000 words in
the mess?ige. In order to finish it the
President saw no callers, and worked
in his study upon it from the time of
j his return from New York from the
I annual football game between the
i Armv and Navy.
MERCAHTIIi WEDCr
FOUR DEFENDANTS
FOOND GUILTY
fighting for?” Bereft of sense and
reason by his mad ambition or by the
awful guilt that weighs upon him, no
longer taking ihought of motive or of
aim he >s whirled along upon the tor
rent of German blood, of the world’s
blood, poured out in the stupenduous
conflict. He is not the conqueror’s
privilege “to sit and muse upon the
fearfu* ruin he has wrought,” for vic
tory is as yet unwon, not in his powtr
to achieve; nor can he pause to tell
why he fights. He cannot speak the
truth about it, for '•andid confession
w'ould end the war and end him.
See, what the world outside has
from the beginning seen, that Wil
helm 11. is fighting not in the cause
Germany, but for the Hohenzollern
cause, Defense of the Fatherland,
when tfce Fatherland was under no
threat of attack': Freedom and justice
when it was in denial of freedom and
justice that the Emi)eror’s Govern-
ment decreed war and withstood all
appeals for peace? Kultur, a word
become more odious than any other in
all the languages spoken on earth since
the world has learned that its true
meaning is not organized national ef
ficiency in good works, but conquest,
subjugation, the extinction of liberty
and the domitation of Prussian mili
tarism?—N. Y. Times.
jCapt. Boy Ed no
j Acceptable
Further complications in the relati-
the United States and Germany
developed when S3cretary of State
Senator Simmons'Martin, j Lansing announced;
James ana Representative' “Because of what this government
Burns Win Long Fight i activiuo. in miu-
Exporters. i
(BY NIXON S. PLUMMER.) |
What will be welcome information to i
the tobacco growers of the country \
was a cablegram received at the State j
Department from the United States'
I Embassy at L'>ndon to tl»e etfect that j
; American tobacco cannot only be ship- j
ped to neutral countries when intended
^ for neutral consignees therein, but
(that tobacco can be shipped to Hollaiid
[and exported to Germany without the
British Government objecting.
This ends a long fight that has been
waged by Senators Simmons of North
Carolimi, Olhe James of Kentucky,
Martin of Virginia and Representative
Burtvs of Tennessee, who have been
co-operating to the end that the block
ade be raised on tobacco. This situ
ation practically means that American
tobacco has an “open door” through
Holland to all European countries. The
crops for the last two years which had
been stored in warehouses and which
could net be moved except through the
Overseas Trust will now begin rapid
export.
tary and i>aval matters it has ruq'ies-
ted the immediate recall of Capt^iin
Boy-Ed and Cfiptain von Papen, as
they are no longer acceptable to this
government.”
The formal statement marked the
conclusion of ;iii exhaustive investi
gation of the activMics of German
repre.sontativo.s in tliis ('.oiintry con
ducted by the state department ai-d
the department of justice, 'l he sec
retary made it clear that the recall of
these two men was not due to the ver
dict of the New York federal conrt
againts officials of the Haml>u;g-
American line.
1
And now abide faith, hope, chanty,
these three; but the greatest of lluse
is charity.— 1 (>)rinthians. xiii:K5
A Card of Flianks
of
O
I wish t") thank the many friends
Mebane for their kindness siiown
me during the iiliiess and death of my
husband. May the Lord bloss e.ich
and every one. liespectfully,
Miss Alice McCauley.
Maximum Penalty For
,Each Indictment Two
W. P. Henry, representing j Year^ Imprisonment And
the merchant mercantile agency, j $10^000 Fine
has been in Mebane for several
days workmg up interest in or
ganizing a merchant association,
having for its object a credit,
rating of every individual in j ^*®trict
Alamance, Caswell and Orange j
counties. Each person is rated;
according lo the way they pay j
their bills, as “Prompt Pay’^j
“Fair Fay” Slow Pay’’ or “X” ;
Practically every merchant in
Mebane has joined. Associati
ons have just been organized by
Mr. Henry in Graham, Burling
ton, and Greensboro, and so has
the Mebane Leader and we ex
pect to enioy
promises.
Three high officials and a subordi
nate officer of the Hamburg-American
line have been found guilty in Federal
Court of New York having
violated the laws of the United States
in sending coal and other supples to
German cruisers in the South Atlantic
in the first few months of the Euro
pean w'ar. The jury returned a verdict
' of guilty on each of two indictments.
I 1'he specific charge was conspiracy
j to deceive and defraud the United
i States. The maximum penalty for
each indictment is two years’ impris
onment and $10,000 fine. Sentence
Your business, if you have any,, is
your own. Be it large or small, it is
yours. If you choose to conduct it in a
way contrary to all accepted rules, or
if you seera bent on r lining yourself
and winding up in the poor house, or
if you attend it too cjosely or neglect
it too much, that is your business and
yours only. Unless you are a freak,
you do not desire the miscellaneous and
impudent suggestions of your ac
quaintances.
TOBACCO SALES FOR
FLANrERS WAREHOUSE
Morgan and Pavlor
what benefits il!
FATHER 94, WEDS
WOMAN OF 39.
Judgre Stacy.
In selecting Walter P, Stacy of the
Wilmington bar as successor to Judge
Rountree, Governor Craig gave recog
nition to the merits of the younger
generation. Judge Stacy is 31 v^-’ars
of age and assumes his plare on the
Superior Court bench as the youngest
of the Njrth Carolina judges. He
graduated from the State University
in 1908 and has scored a signal success | Plymouth, N. C. Mrs. Mason,
f»s a practicing lawyer. He is a son of
Methodist
Bridegroom’s 192 Children
ot His 41 Children Throng
t^Iymouth, IN, C. Church.
W. D. Davis, ninety-four years old,
the father of forty-one children, thirty
three of whom are living, married last
Rev. Lucius E. Stacy, a
minister who is greatly beloved throu
ghout the State and he made a good
record in the last Legislature as Re
presentative from New Hanover Co.
Governor Craig conferred the honor
upon Mx. Stacy over the claims of
two of the strongest lawyers in the
eastern section of North Carolina. The
appointments is one of which Judge
and his friends have reason to feel
proud.—Charlotte Observer.
thirtv-nine years old.
dren of the bridegroom witnessed
marriage ceremony.
This is Mr. Davis’s fourth venture
in matrimony. He says a man is never
too old to marry, and that old men
should marry young women.
Mr. Davis has 192 grandchildren and
a number of great-grandchildren. Most
of both witnessed the ceremony, and
they almost filled the church to the
exclusion of friends of the principals.
Mebane Real Estate and
Trust Co. sale.
The Saie of the Stroud land next
Monday Dec, 13, will furnish the
people of Mebane the beat opportunity
they ever have had, or probably ever
will haye to acquire a little well-locat
ed farm close to town on a good
macadam road. This land lies close to
the station than half the area of a
town the size of Greensboro or Graham
In other words, half the people of
Greensboro live farther from the
station than the Stroud home. Five
acre plots will projaably sell as cheap
dS a good half acre lot would cost you
in the best residence section. If you
are thinking of building a home,
would’t it be wiser to build cn a five
acre plot out there than on less than
a half an acre in town?. Then too,
this land will sell for about half the
price that it will command in a year or
two where a few more residence have
been built out there. Remember also
that the town in building only in this
Pounds
Price
Total
56
82
S 4.76
184
14.3
27.14
266.
22
58.52
256 r
3:^
84.48
202 "
17.2
35 35
142
12
17.04
1106
Average $20.55
i -
$227.29
Sale for M. W.
Miles
Pounds
Price
Total
78
12
$ 9.36
160
15
24.00
200 ^
19
38.00
56 ^
35
19.60
92
20
18.40
226
14
31.r>4
812
Average $17.36
:jfl41.00
Sales for W. A
Boon
Pounds
Price
Total
92
12
$11.04
1186
25
46.50
192
26
59.12
356
51 -
181.56
262
23
•60.26
318
16
50.88
Stop Right Here
You have gone far enough, if you are seeking
something nice for Christmas we ha'^e it,- and
if y^u don’t see it ask for it.
STOCK COMPLETE
Pretty stylish shoes, the highest class made, for
men. women and children, Men^s hats, Ladies
dress goods, a choice line.
GROCERIES
Something nice for Christmas cooking.
See the old reliable
H. E. WILKINSON CO.
Mebane, N. C.
Twenty-six chil-!
j direction. Land is Selling for One hund
red dollars, or more per acre this dis
tance out, around practically every
town in North Carolina the size of
Mebane. This is a good investment.
I feel certain that no one will fail to
make n’oney by investing out there Go
to the sale, ^nd investigate.
W. S. Crawford.
at the Baptist church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock.
______ I It Was Na
, I It was not for the Fatherland, for
Dr. J. D. Hufham wdl preach | freedom and justice,
; not for the national existence of Ger-
I many that his Imperial Majesty be-
Rev. J. M. Arnette will preach j gan the war and still carries it on, but
at the Baptist church Sunday | for his own existence, for his crown,
night. I for the extension of the dominion of
the Hohenzollern and to mold and use
Germany for the preparation and ag-
im
Average $29.82
Mct.oy Mebane
Pounds
Price
7»
12.2
236
19
112
30
134
39
90
19.2
270
15
920
Avei'age $21
56
Ira Bogers
Pounds
Price
106
14
114
20
230
40
110
20
162
14
722
419.
Total
I 9.7o
44. H4
33 GO
52.26
17 55
40.50
LIOAY GOODS
A large line from which to select from, which
in includes the useful as well as the ornamental.
A nice line of Shoes, Hats, Neckwear, Dry goods
and Notions, Hand Satchels, trunks, etc.
Nice line Christmas Stationery
Full line of Groceries, Fruits, Nuts, Raisins,
Citrons, Something to put in the Cake.
Nelson - Ray Co.
Mebane, N. C
Average $24.14
198.50
Total
$14.84
22.80
92.00 I
22.00!
22.681
$174.22
C. H. Cartee & Co.
5-10- 25c. Stores
Go to Cartee’s for your toys
and Christmas Supplies.
Happiness is a perfume you can not
P”>ur on others without getting a few
drops on yourself.—Selected.
grandizement.
An exchange tells of a certain gen
tleman who, proposing marriage to a
certain lady, consulted her pastor as
to tlie wisdom of his choice." I fear.”
said the clergyman, who had more
than a passing knowledge of the lady’s
imperious temper and dominant disposi
tion “that it would not be harmonious.
I doubt if you would be happy.” “Why
isn’t she a Christian?” was the ques
tion, “Oh, yes, indeed, but the Lord ^
puts up with people that you and I'
can’t,’ eplied the minister.
Christmas Holiday Excur
sion Fares Via iNorfolk
southern
Convenient Schedules Pullman Sleef- '
ing and Parlor Car Service j
Tickets on sale December 17, 18, 20, i
21,22, 28 . 24 and 25th. Final retrrn _
limit January 10th 1916.
Ask nearest Norfolk Southern Tick- j
et Agent for complete informalion or j
write, i
H. S. Leard, G P. A.,
Norfolk, Va. '
“We have everything
for everybody.”
Cartee’s
5- 10- 25 cts. Store
Front Street
BURLINGTON.
The truth
cles.
is always right.—Sopho-