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Vol. 2
MEBANE. N.C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBEIt 14 1911
NO 40
PEiiSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS
WHO COME AND GO
It. ms of interest Gathered by
Our Report^^r
F in':r spent several days in Mebane
\,r' WOOk.
>.V. voixrct to learn that Mrs. C. M.
1. .1' Hurffaw ia se'iouslv sick.
\ i , L. A. Crawford and Mrs. Fred
s ,os spent Tuesday in Burlington.
,x.\horo ha3 been selected as the
,, I' holn the next Baptist Conven-
r ■,!.
Kate and brother Mr. Luther
j,, , of Carr, visited at Mr. J. R.
Saturday.
a want a splendid automobile, don*t
, i. Well the Leader man is going to
, ; .1 possible for you to get one.
s e 0. Stephens the photographer
:ii ijros for 25 cents. He will do
, work. See him oyer the bank
The Arcade Hotel.
The Arcade Hotel an attractive place
for the accomodation of the public was
opened up at Durham last week. It
adjoins the A^ade Theater. It now
has 24 el^ently furnished rooms with
dining room and cafe. The mattresses
and springs were furnished by the
Mebane Bedding Company, the bed
steads were furnished by the Mebane
Iron Bed Company. This of its self
indicate that the managers of the hotel
have good taste, and have the best
furnishing. Stop at the Arcade when
you go to Durham
At Millers.
At a 124 Blast Main Street, Durham,
ia Millers Store. It is n«ar Church St.
Mr, Miller has recently opened, but, he
has a nice place, and a nice stock. He
has a general line of dry goods, clothing
etc. Ladies coat suits. Mr. Miller is
a clever fellow with a regular Henry
Grady mouth. He will please you if it
IS possible to do so. He has with him
Mr. W. S. Barnwell of near Cross Roads
church. Northern Alamance. Barnwell
is a courteous young man and doing all
he can to help Mr. Miller make good.
V 1 W you we needed some wood.
ri ;;!y do, and we would be glad for
who may owe us on subscription
may wish to pay us in that way
ring us some.
ncou-Markham-Taylor and Co.
nge their advertisement in this
kt= Leader. This reliable and en-
rit^ing firm for the sale of men and
3 Clothing, and a general line of
rs furnishing, have a full hne of
best to wear, Goods are marked
; and you can be assured ot the
courteous treatment. Don’t fail
T ee them when in Durham.
i ir friend Goodman of Burlingtcm,
is V.earintr a smile as broad as thi*t of
To Extend the Line
Eats Eighty Quail.
Springfield (111.) Dispatch to New
York American.
Accepting a wager that he could eat
all the quail a chum could shoot for ten
days, John Fullner of Piasa, 111, spent
nearly all of his time devising ways and
means to make the game provided
palatable. At the conclusion of the
period Fullner declared he consumed 80
quail, served 80 ways.
George Weindell of Alton, who made
the wager with Fullner, said he was
busy trying to shoot enough game to
satisfy Pnllnera appetite. He declared
he trampted more than 150 miles during
the 10 days, and used nearly 200 cartri-
gea. He also lost the amount ot the
wager, which is said to have been $5.
Fullner, however, says he had the
time of his life. Quail on toast, roast
ed fricaoseed and broiled were among
the many ways Fullner had the quail
served. _
Eiland items.
Mr. Herman Smith and bride of
Greensboro, was visitors in Efland Sun
day.
Mrs. Jack Price of Burling^ton, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Smith.
ro!
'hi
Last week there was placed on record
at the register of deed’s office of Wayne
county, by the Mercantile Trust and
Deposit Company, of Baltimore, the
strongest bank in that city, a deed of
trust from the Goldsboro Traction Com
pany, said deed securing an issue of
$100,000 of the traction companinies
first mortgage bonds, this being the
final step in the arrangement between
the traction company and the Baltimore
bank, to dispose of this large amount
of its securities of further extension
and improvements to the street railway
lines of this city.
nd man at a Minstrel Show, The
why, he is clothing a large! I Plays at Durhnn Academy
i hi r of good citizens of Alamance.
1' imans is "the home of good do-|
> : s” See his ad elsewhere in this
.'ks Leader. Don’t forget him.
e ilirect attention to a change in
I . Mebane Store Co. ad which appears
: i his weeks Leader, This firm in ad-1
: liwu to a full line of dry goods, no-1
; .:s, ^^hoes, hats, etc., have in stock a|
i t of frcsh fruits including oranges,
l.ur>ns, apples, raisons, etc. Don’t]
f r;^fet them.
Tvsoii-Malone Hardware
Company.
Want to make a house cleaning be-
• • . • ;his and Chi'istmas, and have
,i it c k to the quick in order to do so
' ■ --ir advertisement elsewhere.
of Music.
Dec. 25 County Sheriff
“ 29 Paid in Full
Jan. 5 Along the Kennebeck
“ 23 Finnegins Honey Moon
Fe)>. 5 George Evans Minstrels
“ 6 Get Rich Quick Wellingford
“ 9 Musical Comedy the Cow and
the moon
Feb. 19 The Smart Set.
Mar. 4 Fortune Hunters
“ 12 Lyman Brothers
April 4 Buster Brown
“ 15 The Pickerts one week.
Bmgham Notes.
The crowd that had the usual jolly
time in “Fauton” (which is where
weekly “Come Arourtcis” that the boys
enjoy eo much are heVi) was Saturday
night;- Messrs VCillie Compton, Geor
ge Slover, Will'.e Gray Long, Nelson
Jones, Jim Botts, and Webster Will'
iams The refreshments were served
by the handsome new waiter, Major
Nalle, during the evening, while Miss
Isabella Gray and Miss Tula Yarboro
led the lively games of “Pit” “Up
Jinks” “Blii.d Fold” etc.
Meanwhile, in another parlor of Mid
Lawn, the faculty and orchestra were
being delightfully entertained by Col.
and Mrs. Gray. Manv piano, violin,
cornet and vocal sok?^- were enjoyed
highly, together with duets and chor
uses.
The admiring classes of clever Major
Henderson, the talenipd Professor of
Languages, delight in his wisdom and
wit He knows things, and he knows
he knows em;but the'thing that makes
him such a splendid teacher is his
knack of making you know, you know
em too.
“The Bingham Bugle.”
Mr. and Mrs. John Riley spent Sunday
at Mr. John Faucett’s.
Obituary.
Masonic.
will be a call meej ng of Bli
m Lodge 272, Saturday • ecember
i'lL Work in 32nd degree. Vl«-t-
hr thers in good standing welccme.
W. W. Corbett,
. . S. Harris, Secy. Wm.
1/X)k at The Bank Report.
It is making a splendid showing. It
1 s ttlng close up around the one hun-
boys
bank
by leve
! thousand dollar mark. The
■ whooj)ing up things, Solid
U financed and managed
idfd ckver people.
iiricl^ Warehouse.
tfooker, Thornburg, and Allred pro-
i>! i and managers of the brick
:r liouse, Burhngton, desire to di-
r t the attention of the tobacco far-
ini rs to their advertisement which ap-
p ars in this weeks Leader. They
'• a t your tobacco, and wish to remind
y ' I that they are prepared to give you
i>i ompt and courteous attention.
It Its Jewelry.
It its jewelry you wish from reliable
'' :ders that carry the biggest and best
^^'ock in the state, enough diamonds
t; ransom a kingdom, a profussion of
iriid, the pure rare yellow metal, wrou
i^ht in every fancy that the gifted ar
tist of the day may make it, an im-
Tiseijse stock of silverware and cut
^dnss. Reliable goods, from reliable
i' aiers, then see Snider-Wilcox • and
1 etcher of Durham, They will take
Ivlins to please you.
Still Climbing
Mebane standing at the head of the
following list of tobacco markets, Me
bane, 346 876; Stoneville, 326,419; Apex
332.120; Smithfield, 200,942; Madison,
287,037; CJreedmoor, 266.091; Fuquay
Springs, 264.285; Youngsville, 200.005;
Zebulon, 301,306; Richland, 188,355;
Wendell, 151,124; (Burlington, 165,121
some mistake-but we do not know how
to correct it)
WilUamston, 131,304; SUtesville, 100,
075; Pilot Mountain, 96,107; Leaksville
86,404; Milton. 86,154; GJoldsboro, 70-
794; Warsaw, 51,926; Clinton, 24,842;
Wallace, 10,218.-Raleigh Times.
Now is not this great? The youngest
tobacco market in the state. The Lea
der is proud of this record, and it goes
synommous with the Leaders success.
One among the first things The Lea
der advocated after it was established
here 3 years ago was a tobacco ware
house. Its success is great.
of Ad-
Nearly 600 Inches
vertising.
The Leader is carrying in this issue
nearly six hundred inches of i^id ad
vertising and that is not all, it could
carry if it cared too, for we have re
fused advertising, because we did not
care to trespass further upon our read
ing space. But come to think about
it, all of our advertising is interesting
matter, eapecially so about these
Christmas tidies.
We are carrying a list of r men in
busmess, and there is none better in
the communities in which they live.
Misses Pearl and Maud £Ifland. Messrs
Glenn Kirkpatrick and Ernest Forrest
called to see Miss Julia Trent Sunday
afternoon.
Messrs Edgar Thompson, Ralph Wil
liams, Sherrill Adams, and Misses Bes
sie and (Hytie Hooks visited Mr. Joe
Murray’s Sunday.
Miss Bessie Baity has returned from
an extended visit to relatives in Greens
boro and Burlington.
Mr. Ira Lewis of Oaks, was a vi^r
in our community Sunday.
Mr. Waldo Forrest visited his sister,
Mrs, Henry Jordan in Hillsboro Sunday
night.
Mr. George Compton of Durham, is
at home for a few days with his family.
Mrs. D. S. Mays went to Durham
last week to attrad the funeral of a
relative.
Mrs. Doll Rilley was called to Mebane
last Thursday night to the bedside of
her Grandmother, Mrs. Gerline Carden
who is very sick.
Messrs Charley Boggs and Charley
Brown have returned trom Lime Rock
to spend Christmas at home.
Mrs. Dave Qualls of Mebane, visited
his parents Mr. and Mrs John Qualls
Sunday
Mrs. Sallie Homer spent last week
with her mother in Hillsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hart and two little
girls Frances and Nannie spent Sunday
with Mr. Robert Sharpe’s family.
Mr. E. Thompson spent last Friday
in Durham on business.
Mr. D. S. Mayes came up from
Durham Saturday night 1o spend Sun
day at home.
We are glad to note that Mrs. Joe
Thompson who has been very
improving some.
Mr. ahd Mrs Roy Forrest of Hills
boro, called at Mr. Jack Smith’s Sun
day.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs Low
Thompson still continues very sick.
We are glad to note that Rev. Homer
Casto, is back in Efiand to be with us
another year.
Mr. Frank Thompson visited his aunt
Mrs. Della Forrest Saturday night.
Guess I have chatted long enough so
I’ll ring off and give some one else the
line. ^
P. P. Q.
the
sick is
On October 20th, 1911. The death
angel invaded the home and took there
from, the spirit of William H. Bacon,
(better known as Tip). Mr, Bacon
had been in declining health for some
years, Medicial aid and the loving care
of a devoted daughter could not move
back death, which sooner or later will
claim us all. Mr. Bacon was in the
72nd year of his age. He has gone to
join his companion who preceded him
to that Bright and Golden Shore about
nineteen months ago. For forty-one
years they journeyed through this life
together and God di(5*»ot permit them
to be sepaiated long. Ageod and true
man and one that was highly honored
and esteemed has left us. One whose
place in the community will be hard to
fill. But God knows best. And angels
are shouting over one more redeemed,
and doubtless his voice that will be
heard by us no more untill all appear
at the judgment seat of Chnst is now
joining in the Anthems of the Angelic
host who have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of
Lamb. Then daughters dear.
“Weep not that Ihb ta'Aa are over.
Weep not that his race is run;
Grod grant we may all rest as calmly.
When our work like his is done.
The funeral services were conducted
at the home by his pastor Rev. Mr.
Bost of Durham ond his remains laid to
rest in New Sharon church yard. He
leaves four daughters Mrs. E, P. Wood
Mrs. J. B. Nichols, Mrs. E. D. Thom
pson and Miss Jennie Bacon, besides a
host of ''ther relatives and friends to
mourn their loss. The floral offerings
were numerous and beautiful. One of
especial notice came from Dr. Camer
on’s family of Hillsboro. The old con
federate vetrans are fast falling out of
earth’s ranks, and soon all will have
answered the last roll call and joined
Eternal army. May God comfort the
loved ones left behind, and esp>ecially
the devoted daughter who all these
months so tenderly cared for her father
and watched over him until the end.
Ijonely the house, and sad the house,
Since the dear father has gone;
But oh, a brighter home than ours.
In Heaven is now his own
The echoes of his voice and step are
gone,
There is silence still and deep;
But we know he sings by God’s
throne.
Then why, should we weep?
A friend, F. F.
McNamaras Defense Fund
Said to Have Exceeded
$400,000.
The fund raised by union labor for
the defense of the McNamaras is said
to have exceeded $400,000. Of this,
$170,000 is reported to have been given
by their own union, the International
Asssciation of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers. Up to Oct, 25, when
the last statement was made by Sec
retary Frank Morrison, the American
Federation of Labor had collected $194-
612, 53 from the various international
labor unions. Since then about $35,000
has been collected.
In the statement issued by Secretary
Morrison it was shown how the fund
was distributed and an explanation of
why such a large amount was giyen
Attorney Clarence S. Darrow. The
statement and postscript are as fol
lows:
Expenditures.
Clarence S, Darrow, $170,000,00
Leo M. Rappaport, Indianapolis at
torney 8,500,00
Henry G. Seyfreid, Indianapolis at
torney 2,500,00
Frank L. Mulholland, Toledo attor
ney 259,10
For McNamaiy buttons 1,120,00
Printing McNamara stamps 108.98
Representatives visiting conventions
and meetings 591.00
Printing and mailing literature 1,133,15
Postage 380,00
Expenses incurred relative to McNa
mara films 250,20
16.50
Says Fight is Lost
At the meeting of the National Re-
p jblican C^mn'ittee at Washington Ed
win M. Lee, chairman of the Indiana
Republican State committee, issued a
statement in which he declared his
State would be lost to the Republican
party if Mr, Taft were renominated,
Mr, Taft cannot carry Indiana”
says Mr, Lee, “If he is the Republi
can nominee our fight is lost before the
gun is fired. As one of his original
fiiends who labored for him night and
day, I have been driven to this know
ledge with extreme reluctance,”
Mr, liee adds that his conclusion was
reached only after a searching inquiry
through his precinct committeemen
and in person. What two months ago
was passivily on the part of the voters,
he says, now had been transformed in
to “dissatisfaction,”
Had No Warning.
Emphatic disclaimers were made to
day at the State, War and Navy de
partments of the possession of any in
formation confirmatory of the state-
Refunds
Total
$184,858,93
Summary.
Receipts $194,612,53
Expenditures 184,858,93
Balance on hand Oct. 25, 1911 $9,753,60
“The conference of representatives
of international unions held at Indian
apolis June 29, 1911, decided that mon
ey collected should be forwarded to
Clarence Darrow and he should pay at
torney fees and all expenses incurred-’
The International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
collected its reported fund of $170,000
in assessments from its members.
More than one hundred international
organizations contributed to the fund
collected by the American federation
of Labor. The unions were asked to
give 25 cents per capital to the fund.
ollowing are the contributions up to
Oct. 25 of a few of the larger organiza
tions and what the 25-cent assessments
would have amounted to if paid in full.
Amount at Amount
eighed And Found
Wanting.
The story we told the other day of
the Virginia judge who instructed the
acquittal of a prisoner on the charge
brought in the indictment and his con
viction of an offence not so charged,
was used to iMustrate the loose method
of Roosevelt’s criticism of President
Taft’s anti-Trust campaign. But it
applies equally well, as an example of
of the non-sequitur in pleading to the
defence entered by the President to the
accusation that he has played fast and
loose with the question of revising the
tariff.
Confronted with the condemnatory
facts that he signed the Aldrich bill
while stigmatizing the Wool schedule
as indefensible, that later he eulogized
the measure as the best ever passed by
a republican Congress, that still later
he urged the creation of a Board to en
quire in what degree this excellent
measure ought to be amended, and that
finally he killed with a veto an attempt
of both Houses of Congress to bring
the duties on Wool and its products
within the bounds of defensibility, the
ment of ex-Consul A, C, Brice that he
was warned of the approaching distruc- 1 President answers—that while the A1
tk)n of the Maine two days in advance
by a Cuban sympathizer in Matanzas
Admiral Wainwright, who was execu
tive officer of the Maine when the ship
was destroyed, also says that no warn
ing reached him, It is the opinion of
officials that only through a death-bed
confession, if at all, will the secret be
disclosed.
Lieut,-Gov. Newland is making a
spcial effort to induce Governor Kitchin
to grant a pardon for T. B. Whitson,
who thirty ye^ ago was charged with
th"* murder of a man named Kitburg,
was later convicted and is now serving
sentence under remarkable circumstan
ces, With the Lieutenant-Governor are
Samuel Whitson and Mrs, Nelson, daugh
ter of the convicted man.
25 (3ents. Paid
Brewery Workmen $11,250.00 $12,766,00
Barbers 7.212.99 a053,90
Bakers and Confectioners 3.430,00 1,508,10
Bridgre and Structural Iron
Workers 2,500,00
Carpenters 48.450,00
Cigar Makers 10,783.50
Electricians 4.750.00
Garment Workers (Ladies) 13,423.00
Hotel and Restaurant
Employees 11,071.00
Miners (Coa» 58.889.50
Miners (Western Federation 12,825,00
Moulders 12,500.00
Plumbers 5,000.00
Painters 17,172,00
Printers 12,999,00
Street Railway Employees 10,000,00
Staere Emplorees 2,500,00
Teamsters 9,319,00
White Rats (Actors) 2,000 00
American Federation of
Labor (Local Unions) 6,968,25
The fund was the largest ever raised
by organized labor for the defense of
any of its leaders.
white
31.094,79
12,444,90
2,439,95
73
238.50
6,820,50
6,626,77
9.825,00
448,96
3,549,10
2,745,26
10,792,49
3,293.70
1.749,25
3,026,45
410,10
a 281.30
Attacked by Big Bear.
Mr. Solomon Kester, son of Mr. Buck
Kester, a prominent farmer near Spen
cer, had a harrowing experience with
what he believes to be a black bear late
Tuesday night. He was returning from
the home of a friend in Spenccr, where
he had made a social call, and in pass
ing through B piece of woods near his
home, 2 miles from town, the animal
apparently five feet long and with the
appeaiance of a bear, sprang from the
thick underbrush and showed fight. Mr
Kester shot four times at his assailant
which fled to the woods. A bear has
been seen in other sections of Rowan
during the past few months. Mr. Kes
ter is a model young man and not
en to seeing things at night, and
is a real bear story.
giv
this
I am prepared to have all
hauling done at short notice.
kinds
Call
oi’
on
F. W. Graves.
How About Your Eyes.
Mine Explosion
A dust explosion imprisonad two hun-
dre 1 men in the coal mine of the Knox-
Viilc Iron Company, at Briceville,
taircy-four miles north of Knoxville
Teiin., Saturday morning at seven-thir
ty o’clock. The explosion was two
iniles from the mine entrance. The
I fjcleral mine rescue crew has been sum
rnont.d. It is not yet possible to ascer-
'ain the number killed* It li feared
the loss of life will be heavy.
Tony Notes.
Mr. W. P. Hurdle qt Danville, Va.,
visited Mb parents Satitfday and Sunday.
Miss Mollie Florance visited Miss
Bera Motley Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Daisy Miles returned home Sun-
honest clever fellows that will give you j Mebane accompanied by her
full value for every dollar you spend jjiend, Mr. John Gibson.
with them. , Mrs. Monroe Ward and daughter.
They have stown by jjelia and CapUin Jaek Miles visit-
menU in Tbe Leader, your home
try paper that they want your trade 1 ^ * rt u
2d ^appealing for it through the Mr. T. E. Smith went to Greensboro
most correct channel, not im ulting one day last week on business,
vourintelegencewithalof of cheap Mr. and Mrs. L. A. MUes went to
John hand bills, which, are alright in Burlington Friday. Mrs. Miles had some
their way, l)ut were never intended to 1 dental work done,
take tho place of an ad. in your home j Brice Harrelson visited Mr. T.
W. Smith Sunday.
Morrow-Bason aBd Green.
liiK bargains in trimmed hats for
1,00.
All t rimmed hats at just half price.
We all are interested in Christmaa
Wo have handmade jabots and fancy
unifies, also the Royal Society Em-
•'Tuidery and Muslin Underware.
Morrow-Bason and Green, Inc.
Burlington. N. C.
saper,
JUst ot Letters.
Remidning unclaimed at
for the week ending Dec. 9th 1911.
1 Letter for E3. B. Herdd.
1 «* “ Mr. Lester Pennix*
1 *» “ Misa Daisy Smith.
1 1 «« “ LilUe M. Warren.
1 Poet-Card for Mias Katie Ronie
These letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office Dec. 23rd 1911, if
not called for before.
In calling for the above please say
“Advertised" giving date of ad. list,
Respectfully,
S. Arthur White, P. M.
Masters Clyde Stanfield, Clyde Har
relson and Macon Baynes visited Charlie
Vaughn Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R- Baynes and
daughter, Mattie Bet visited at the
home of L. A. Miles Sunday.
Mr. Murray Ferguson of Mebane,
called on Miss Mollie Ftorance Sunday.
Mr. W. P. Florance called on Misses
Mary and Daisy BiUes Sunday after-
no(»i.
Mr. T. E. Smith is wearing the broad
est smiles these days all on account of
a little boy coming to make his home
with him.
Brown Eyes.
Judge Bordweii Analyzes
Trial and Tells Its Les
son.
The public can rely on it that the de
velopments of last week as to the bri
bery and attempted bribery of jurors
in the James B. McNamara case were
the efficient cause of the change of
pleas.
The District-Attorney could have had
jlesB. MeNan.ara-s"plea of guilty
long ago if he had been willing to dis
miss the cases against his brother.
The notion broached in the Steffens
article that the McNamaras, in the
commission of the crimes as confessed
by them, are “two heroes" is offen
sive to common intelligence and repel
lent to the conscience of all just men.
The lesson taught by the cases is
that the law must be rigorously enforc
ed against all offenders-^whether they
be rich or poor, high or low, capitalists
or laborers—and that only by obedience
to the law can society be maintained
or its blessings enjoyed.—From Judge
Walter Bordwell’s statement to the
public.
“If the Obseaver map, in the provi
dence of God, say anything that will
encourage men to throw the shackles
off their reason and to stand forth un
fettered, the chattels of no man or par
ty, but carrying their sovereignty un
der their hats, it will have done some
thing for the people whom it loves and
serves and for whom it wishes nothing
except the greatest good.—Joseph
Pearson Caldwell, in an editorial in the
Charlotte Observer, 1903, under the
caption;,,Toleration and Fre edom,"
The Spineless Crowd.
Congresman Martin Dies of Texas
rubbed it into the spineless crowd now
occupying the national capital last
Friday, He characterized his associa
tes in congress as “political cowards"
on the subject of pension legislation
and declaring that the Sherwood pen
sion bill is a $50,000,000 campaign con
tribution, Repeesentative Martin Dies,
a Texas Democrat, swung the pension
debate in the house of representatives
out of its routine channels for a half
hour.
Mr. Dies declared that members were
not voting their convictions on the pen
an
increase of pensions for fear of losing
their seats. “Flannel mouthed oratory
on the tariff question," said Mr. Dies,
“will not save Democrats from the
charge of having increased the federal
appropriations by passing the Sher
wood pension bill.
Both are Afraid.
“The Democratic party abounds in
just as much cowardice on tWs ques
tion as does the Republican party,"
said Mr. Dies. “Some of my friends
say that if we do not give the soldiers
this money we will not be returned to
congress. There has been a rivalry be
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties ever since the war as to who
should give the most to the soldiers.
It has not been a question of giving
them what they wanted but of seeing
how much they would take."
Bepresentative Dies said he appre
ciated the fact that “4,000 or 5,000
pension holders after a scared congress
man leaves no room for argument."
Listen to such rot, it is said that
strenuous objection was made to the
provision that an income of $1,000
should make a veteran ineligible for a
pension. Those opposed to It declared
it would *‘penalize thrift.**
AT BURLINGTON TUESDAY &
WEDNESDAY, and at MEBANE
THURSDAY.
Dr. N. Rosenstein will be at the Bur
lington Drug Co. Tuesday and Wednes
day, December the 19th and 20th, for
two days only, and at Mebane at the
WHITE house, Thursday Dec. 21
Those who wish to see Dr. Rosenstein
had better remember the date and
places;-At the BURLINGTON DRUG
CO. Tuesday and Wednesday, and at
the White house Thursday, Dr. Rosen
stein is too well known to the people in
this section and need no further recom
mendation. If you need glasses or
spectacles don't fail to see him.
DON'T ABUSE YOUR EYES.
Reading at close range, as nearsight
ed persons must, is productive of the
most serious cases of weakened vision
that the Optometrist is called upon to
correct. If you can’t read with ease at
arms length, but must draw the type
close to your eyes to see properly, you
need glasses and need them AT ONCE.
Consult Dr. Rosenstein at the BUR
LINGTON DRUG CO. Tuesday and
Wednesday December the 19th and 20th,
and at Mebane Thursday Dec. 21st at
the WHITE HOUSE, about your eyes.
He will fit your eyes with the best
glasses at the lowest prices.
Elon College, N. C.,
Dec. 1st 1911.
Dr. N. Rosenstein,
Durham, N. C.
De«r Dr.
I have rec'd my glasses all O. K.
and can see so much better with the
glasses. I do not have the headache as
bad now as I did before.
Thanking you for all you have done
for me.
Sincerely,
(Miss) Fannie Paschall.
Burlington, N. C.,
November 29th, *11.
Dr. N. Rosenstein,
Durham, N. C.
Dear Sir;—
I am very much pleased with my
glasses, I wouldn't be without them for
anything, they are a gpfeat help to me.
Wishii^ you much success in your
good work, I am
Yours very resp.
(Mrs ) C. D. Sahnon.
drich bill was yet in the hands of the
Senate Committee, he gave notice to
that gentleman and his colaborers for
high protectior. that, should they fix a
duty on lumber exceeding $1.25 per
thousand his official disapproval of the
bill would follow. Let us assume that
this declaration, sincere at the moment,
would have been carried into effect had
the warning not been heeded. What
has that got to do with the case as
actually presented? An impost tax on
lumber above the figure stated, though
excessive from the standpoint of all
except the immediate beneficiaries,
could not have been more extortionate,
if as much so, as the duties which were
levied on Wool and its products, and
which, despite their indefensibility,
were by his signature endowed with the
force of law. How does he escape the
censure which the people Jiave visited
on this flat failure to protect from the
major wrong by asserting that, had the
minor outrage been attempted, he would
have interposed to prevent its consum
mation.
The truth is that in every speech de
livered by Taft the candidate in 1908 he
pledged himself, if elected, to see to it
that the tariff should be revised in “the
interest of the masses of the American
consumers;" and that, if his party fell
short of such a redemption of its cam
paign promise, the people of the country
would deprive it of power. After com
ing into office the substance of these of
these utterances was repeated, and
when the republican majority in Con
gress sent up the President a scheme
of revision which raised, instead of low
ering, the scale of protection on many
of the necessanes of life, he became an
accessory to an act of bad faith, and
sacrificed to a mistaken idea of party
interest of duty he owed the country,
when he made effective a measure in
all respects at variance with the popular
expectation founded on his own deliber-
ixte and reiterated assurances. Haying
taken this backward step, which was
worse than a blunder, his subsequent
vacillations ensued as a matter of
course. Haying taken on his own
shoulders responsibility for the Aldrich
abomination, on him devolved the bur
den of vindicating the justice of its
provisions. Hence the fatal deliverance
at Winoua; hence his fraternization with
the reactionary wing of the republican
leadership; hence his arraingment as
“Insurgents" of his natural allies, the
men whose only offence had been that
they had ptood manfully by the pro
gramme of reform which he had mark
ed out and then deserted. The result
of the elections in 1910 proved the
correctness of the prediction he ventur
ed in 1908 but he did not take the lesson
to himself, or if he did, was still to much
under the influences which first tecuced
him from the straight path to profit by
its teachings. The logical sequence of
signing the A.ldrich bill was the veto of
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the bill of this year, reducing the “in
defensible*’ tariffs on wool. That round
ed up the record and hardened into
conviction the public impression that
President Taft has not the will power,
if he has the wish, to fight the battle
for the people to a just conclusion
against the interests, financial and
political, which have succeeded in mould
ing him to their purposes in every crisis
which has arisen since his inauguration.
The Jewelry Opening.
Hundreds of people attended the re
ception of the Snyder, Wiicox, Fletcher
jewelry company of Durham, which
was held in the store Wednesday night
last from 7:30 to 10, all were delighted
with the hospitality of the proprietors
of the store, the music of the orchestra
and th^'beautiful holiday decorations.
Many hours of work of the past few
days was required to get the store so
handsomely decorated for the opening.
However, the result of the labor, was
a genuine delight to any person with
an eye for the beautiful. Holly sprigs
and streamers decorated the bordera
and windows and many colored electric
lights festooned from the side walls to
the centar of the store i^m lent an ad
ded charm to the decorations. All of
the beautiful goods of the company
were displayed to the best possible ad
vantage.—Durham Herald.