THE MEBANE LEADER
“AND RIGH7 THE DAY MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOULD BE DISLOYALTY, TO PALTER WOULD BE SIN.”
Vol. 2
MEBANE, N. C., THUfiSDAY. JANUARY 18 1913
NO 43
PERSONAL AND LQUAL BRIEFS
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO
Items of interest Gathered by
Our ReDO»“t*r
rhe ligVit that shines
es brightest at home.”
farthest
shi
Mrs. H. E.
honr. e.
Wilkirson is ill at her
R3V. C.
Tuesday.
M. Lance was in Mebane
Miss Masada Malone is visiting her
sister Mrs. Jenkins of Robersonvil’e.
Miss Olga Long spent Saturday
Sunday with her parents here.
and
Ofric ars and Directors of
Mebane Bank are Elected
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Commercial and Farm
ers bank, of Mebane, held last Thurs
day afternoon, the following were
named as directors for the ensuing
year: W. A. Murray, P. Nelson, T.
M. Crutchfield, D. A. Wilkinson, S.
G. Morpran, James F, Lasley, Philip
Cooper, Edward Tate, J. W. Stain-
back.
The directors then met and re-lected
the following officers: W. A. Mun'ay,
president; James H. Lasley, vice-pre
sident; S, G. Morgan, cashier, and
W. S. Harris, assistant cashier. A
dividend of 6 per cent, was declared
and b. nice surplus laid by. The year
1911 was a very profitable one, the
bank is in a flourishing condition.
If j ou need tobacco seed call on Mr.
J. S. Warren of the Piedmont Ware
house.
Dr. R. C. Beaman will preach at the
M. E. Church here Sunday night 21st.
Miss lola Franklen of Haw River,
spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs.
B. F. Hurley.
Mr. Murray Ferguson J went out in
the neighborhood of Mr. E. L. Daileys
Sunday.
Mr. R. H. Norris of Corbett, rem
embered ihe Leader last week for two
years subscription. Thanks Mr. Noiris.
Mr. Felix Graves had the misfortune
to loose a very valuable horse Monday
from illness. The horse was worth
5200.
To get shoes that look good and are
dureable go to J. M. Hendrix Greens
boro See new ad. elsewhere.
Mr. A. P. Long opens up a stock of
goods in the store recently vacated by
the T. A. Church Co. We wish Mr.
Long much success.
Mr, T. A. Church has moved into the
store room formerly occupied by Mr.
W. Smith and will conduct a grocery
store, and lunch counter.
Despite the extreme cold and bad
weather for the past weak several
loads o£ tobacco were brought to our
w'arehouses and was sold for good
prices
Last week when it was so cold, the
water in the tank used for cooling the
gasoline engine in the Leader office,
was foozen solid. This tank is four
feet high, and 17 inches across.
Mrs. Henny McCauley is quite ill.
Her daughter, Mrs. Graham Lloyd of
Ashboro, and Mrs. Cora Morgan of
Rale’gh is with her.
Do not forget Dorsett’s sale of coat
suits, coats and blankets. You will
certainly find some rare bargains at
this store, Greensboro, see change of
ad.
Miss Mabel Ellis, the charming young
daughter of Mr. C. B. Ellis or Burling
ton, passed through Mebane Monday
returning to her school at Hawfield,
where she holds a position as teacher.
Clothingr-something nice and nobby
hats and gloves to match at Sneed-
larkham Taylor Co. Durham, see
their new change of ad. in this weeks
Leader.
Help the poor and while at it don’t
forget the editors needs, and they in
clude cash and wood during this cold
weather, for the paper must continue
to go to the subscribers.
Mr. W. T. Bobbitt will remove his
family to Mebane taking up his resi
dence in the house bought of Dr. N. D.
York. He will op:»n up a stock of
general merchandise in the new store | quittal
bought of Mr. J. N. Warren.
Train Freezes to Rails;
Rare Railroad Incident
A rare incident in the history of
roilroading in Virginia occured on the
Norfolk and Western Railroad at
Lynchburg Sunday, when the Wash-
ingtjn-Chattanooga fas^ train actually
froze to the rails. Stopping in a swag,
the drippling water from the pi pes
caught the wheels and the tempera
ture being below zero, the train was
locked so securely in the ice that it re
quired the use of three enjines to
move it. bumping from the rear being
resorted to.
It was two and a half hours before
the tram could be moved.
Conventions
Greensboro
Secured For
This \ear
Four conventions will be held in
Greensboro during the coming year,
according to a report made to the
chamber of commerce Friday night by
A. M Scales. Others are expected
to come here, the arrangements for
which have not yet been definitely fix
ed. Those booked thus far is as fol
lows;
The Virginia and North Carolina Re
tail Implement, Machinery and Vehicle
Dealers’ association, to meet Febru -
ary 7 and 8; North Carolina Letter
Carriers’ association and Postoffice
Clerk’s association; the Southern Tex
tile association. This association has
over 1,000 members, and will meet the
latter part of June.—Greensboro News
A Valentine Ball
The managers of the Piedmont Waie
house will give a big valentine ba’l, on
valentine night the 14th of February,
you are invited. Come.
SUN TyiSOLD.
Court Orders That the Re
ceivers Sell the Afternoon
Paper.
DoIIar-a-Day Peiisions
The Sherwood Pension bill, if it be
comes law in the form in which it pas
sed the House, will add $75,000,000 a
year *^^o the Government’s pension dis
bursements.
That is, it will impose an additional
annual fixed charge against the Treas
ury revenues amounting to more than
three years’ interest on the public
debt. It will take the proceeds of the
entire wool crop co pay it, oi half
again as much as the fifheries yield.
The year’s earnings of 100,000 opera
tive ; in various industries would only
just discharge this contemplated ad
dition to the country’s pension bur
dens.
And this enormous uncalled-for ex
pense a Congress pledged to economy
and retrenchment proposes to saddle
upon the taxpayers on the specious
plea of doing full justice to the nat
ion’s defenders. The uniform of the
old soldier has not often been used as
a cloak for so flagrant an exhibition of
politicnl profligacy —New York World.
MR. BYNUM CLEARS GASPER
Now Colonel.
Newspaper men, especially, should
read intelligently. We want to again
I emphasize the fact that Doc Wiley
I and this paper are in perfect agree-
: ment on the mince pie question. Let
' the stuff alone.—Greensboro News.
The above sounds to us very much
; as if Col. Phillips has been monkeying
i with the business end of a mince pie.
Formtr Winston Distiller
Pulls Through With Aid
of a Great Lawyer
The Greensboro News says:
Judge W. P Bynum has returned
from Florida, where he went to defend
John L. Casper in a crin^inal case in
the United States courts. As reported
in special dispatches from Jacksonville
Judge Bynum succeeded in securing the
freedom of his client through the aid
of a technicality. Casper was charged
with \iolations of the postal laws, the
specific charge being “using the mails
with intent to defraud.” It was al
leged that he advertised to sell whis
key at $1.25 a ga Ion, the government
contending that such could not be
done without fraud when the license
on whiskey was |1.25 per gallon.
Judge Bynum brought about the dis
charge of Casper without the case
ever going to a jury, the court sus
taining a legal point raised by him.
Casper Is a former Winston distiller
and it seems that he carried memories
of Greensboro lawyers with him to
Florida. Once before he was indicted
by the government and immediately
he made the wires hot wi^h an appeal
to Judge Bynum. The call was an
swered and Judge Bynum pulled him
through on a technicalit'% that case
aa did the last, not being allow'ed to
go to the jury.
BIG FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM
Bell Telephone and Cable
Piano Building Burn-
One Death.
Fire which raged for several hours
early Sunday morning at Birmingham
Ala., resulted in an estimated loss of
between $250,000 and $300,000 to the
Cabe Piano Company and the Southern
Bell Telephone buildings on Second
avenue, and indirectly was responsible
for the death of one man. The Bell
telephone service in that city is de
moralized.
The fire originated in the Cable
Piano Company building and after hav
ing been gotton apparently urder con
trol burst forth anew, leaping to the
adjoining building of the telephone
company.
F
Court Dimisses All Char
ges Against the Detective.
The Army ot Officeliolders
President Taft has 10,839 jobs ab-
Taft roos-
Messrs. T. M. Gorma’' and W. J.
Griswold, receivers for the Durh;'in
Sun Publishing company were auth
orized to sell the name good will sub
scription list and mechanical equip
ment of the Durham Sun at public
auction the 31 of this month.
The Sun has been in the hands of
receivers for the past month, ami the i hl-’ d'^posal.
sale was agreed upon both by the pre-' These are all filled with
sent management and some of the,
creditors as being the best way out of ^ postmasters alone number 7.956.
their financial difficultios. The liabi. i Under the civil sen,ice the goyern-
lities of the company amovnt to about 262,608 employes, and 411.322
$25 000 ’ under civil service, or a total of
673,930 employes, not including the
army »nd navy.
Presumably, the civil
! and other employes not
: the President are not in
: have no hand in political manipulation,
j But the presumption i>» a ]bit violent.
GLADDEtfIS ACQUITTED
White Man Implicated in
Dixon Murder Goes Free
service men
appointed by
politics, and
Retail Tobacco Dealers
Start Action Against A.T
Retait tobacco dealers of New York
city, asserting that they unable to
complete with the United Cigar Stores
company with its rebate foupon . sys
tem, and because of alleged favors
given to it by the American Tobacco
company, through a bill of review
filed in the United States District
court, w'ill endeavor, to haye the dis
solution and reorganization plan, which
was approved ^by the United States
Circuit court in the case of the Amer
ican Tobacco company, set aside on
the cl-aim that it is not in accordance
with the mandate of the Supreme
court.
Acquited and Complemen
ted
Complimented by tha Federitl Covftrt
for having “rendered a great service
to his country,” William J. Bums, the
detectiye, was released from the
charge of having kidnapped John J.
McNamara, the convicted dynamiter
at Indianapolis last week. All the
charges in the indictnr ents against
Burns for having captured; the labor
leader in Indianapolis last April and
taking him to California for trial were
held to be null and void.
“If I or this court had anything to
do with the arrest of Mr. Burns in
this instance I should certainly no«e
tender him a apology,” said Federal
Judge A. B. Anderson in dismissinn
the indictments broughc by the county
grand jury under which *he detective
had been held in $lu,000 bail. “The
order which the court shall enter will
make it impossible for any prosecution
to be brought under the indictments.”
Complimented by the Federal court
for having “rendered a great service
to his county” William J. Bums, the
detectiYe, was released from the
charge of haying kidnaped Joh \ J. Mc
Namara, the convicted dynamiter. All
the charges in the indictments against
Bums for having captured the labor
leader in Indianapolis last April, and
taking him to California for trial were
held to be null and void.
“If I or this court had had anything
to do with the arrest of Mr. Bums in
this instance I should certainly now
tender him an apology,” said Federal
Judge A. B. Anderson in dismissing
the indictments brought by the county
grand jury under which the dective had
been held in $10,000 bail The order
which the court shall enter will make
it impossible for anv prosecutions to
be brought under the indictments.’'
“Fighting BobV' Widow’s
Pension, $30 a Month.
T
Some people do not like to concede
a man more eminent gifts than one.
They have assumed that because Peary
is manifestly a boor and a hog—an ut
ter hog where  ven his own party con
cerned—he must therefore be a gre»t
explorer. Conversely, that because
Cook talks and writes well he must, as
an explorer, be a fraud. They i.eei to
get their ideas straightened out. Nei
ther Cook nor Peary car. ever proT«
that he reached the Pole unless the
close agreement of their stories shall
be accepted as proof. The Pole has
not yet been discovered, in any auth
entic sense.—Charlotte Observer.
A Timely Light,
(From Christian HeralJ.)
French minister tells of an incident
during a voyage to India: “One daik
evening I sat in my cabin feeling thor
oughly unwell, as the sea was rising
fast and I was but a poor sailor. Sud
denly the cry of ‘man overboard!’made
me spring to my feet. I heard a tramp
ling overhead, but resolved not to go
on deck lest I should interfere with
the crew in their efforts to save the
poor man.
“What can I do?’ I asked myself,
and, instantly unhooking my lamp, I
held it near the top of mv cabin and
close to my bull’s-eye window, that its
light might shine on the sea, and bo
near the ship as possible. In a half
minute’s time I heard the jojful cry,
‘It’s all right; he’s safe.* upon which I
put my lamp in its place. The next
day, however, I was told that my lit
tle lamp was the safe means ot savii^
the man’s life. It was only by the
timely light which shone i^)on him that
the knotted rope could be thrown so as
to reach him.
Spread
of the
Mania
Pension
Tariff situation
Up in Few Words
Prank Gladden, the white man im-' Dairy Demonstration
plicated in the murder of Mr. and Mrs. | Realizing the need of the Soulh for
John Dixion, at their home in the up- ^ more and better dairies and the large
per part of Cleveland county, Decem- ' profits which can be made in that fav-
ber 13, was Saturday ni^jht declared I orable reigion by dairing who will fill
not guilty of the murder of Mr. Dixon, ; the great demand of the towns and
and of Mrs, Dixon will be nol prossed | cities for dairy products, President
with leave. The jury was out two | Finley of the Southern Railway Com-
Mr. W. T. Bobbit of Chase City Va.
who recently perchased of Mr. J. N.
Warren his new store near Piedmont
Warehouse has just bought of Dr. N.
D. York his private residence and lot
adjoining, quite a handsome piece of
property paying for the same the sum
of $3700. We are not advised of Mr.
Bobbitts intention, but trust he means
to locate hers and engage in business.
hours. Gladden was taken Jback to panyj following the custom of that
jail and was discharged Monday. company in furthering in every way
Jurors in the Gladden case stated | the growth and development of its ter-
after the verdict had been rendered, | ritory, has equipped a Special Dairy
that they could not put enough faith : Car, which, beginning the first of Feb-
in the unsupported testimony of John ! ruary, 1912, will be run over the length
Ross to create in their minds the judg- J and breadth of this great syst m,
ment that Gladden was guilty beyond ! spreading the doctrine of more and
a reasonable doubt. Hence, the ac- j better cows, and by means of lectures,
! demonstrations and exhibits, doing
L- -=-r:r j everything possible to develop and im-
Oklahoma Oil Produciion. P^^ve the dairy industry along its lines
in the Southeastern States.
(From the Daily Oklahoma.) This Dairy Special will be under the
Newspapers published in various parts ; direct supervision of Dr. C. M. Morgan
Royster Guano Co. Plant
at Tarboro is Destroyed.
Fire of unknown origin starting in
one of the engine rooms late Saturday
totally destroyed the plant of the F. S.
Royster Guano company, at Tarboro,
entailing an estimated loss of $100,000,
covered by insurance.
The loss includes 11,000 tons of un
mixed fertilizers in the building.
of the State contain w'eekly informat
ion that drilling is being done, the
purpose being to secure more oil and
gas, that Oklahoma may take first
place among the States famous lor
such production.
From an insignificant position of a
few years ago Oklahoma has reached
second place among the States in the
of Washington, D. C.. the Southern
Railway’s Dairy Agent. Dr. Morgan
will be astisted by two regular dairy
men in conducting the work, and from
time to time the car will ke occupied
by dairy experts from the United
States Department of agricultur*, the
Statn Board of Agriculture and trom
the Agricultural Stations of the var-
proc’uction of oil, the foutpat at thi^ j ious States along the Southern Rail
time being about 1,000,000 barrels each j way, the plan being to have the utmost
week. Just what the production will j co operation of ail forces for the cam-
amount to in 1912 is problematical, but paign which will inevitably result in
with the number of new wells being
brought in it seems safe to announce
that before the end of the year just
started Oklahoma will be the leading
oil State in the Union.
What North Carolina needs is a leg
islature that no man can carry around
in bis vest pocket.—Greensboro News*
List ot Letters
Remaining unclaimed at this office
for the week ending Jan 13 1912.
1 P. C. for Miss Addie Day
1 P, C, for Mrs Mary Howard
1 Letter for J. R. Holt, Esq.
1 P. C. for Miss N. Thomis
1 Letter for H. A, Thompson
1 P. C. for Mr. Pender Vaughn
1 P. C. Miss Della Wilson
It wont hurt you in tie new year to
try to be a bit more civil, and try to
discourage the back biting, and sland
ers in your community. There is a
clais of guttersnipes that can not help iJead Letter Office Jan. 27 th 1912,
it, but gentleman can, wont you try to
be one among the gentleman. You
miy miss a morsel of filth, but you
will have less for a pure conscience to
battle with.
if
not called for before.
In calling for the above please say
“Advertised” giving date of ad. list.
Respectfully,
S. Arthur White, P. M.
larger profits and increased prosperity
for Southern Dairymen through a bet
ter knowledge of their especial pro
blems and how to meet them.
Advance schedules of the stops will
be prepared and full advertisement
given the train in the towns at which
lectures and demonstrations are to take
place. The press along the route will
be kept informed in advance and all
possibl? publicity secured for the bene
fit of the dairymen It is expected
that large crowds will be present at
these stops and everything is being
done to give thorough attention to
every detail of the work.
Every man interested in dairying In
any way should by all means be pre
sent at thes3 free lectun ra and demon
strations, to listen to the talks, to see
the improved machinery and labor-sav-
ing devices and to secure advice on
any problem connected with the dairy
industry.
With respect to the tariff it is as
true now as it was when Mr. Cleve
land first said it, that it is a condition,
not a theory, that confronts us.
Whatever may be said for free trade
theoreticalls—and it is much—in point
of tact we are so enmeshed in a com
plexity of protection and millions of
people are so dependent on it for ex
istence, or think they are that tariff
reform must be handled with care.
But there is no good excuse for
dilatory and mincing measures in cas
es where protection is clearly unnec
essary and serves no better purpose
than that of shielding monopoly and
extortion.
Where it is shown that a protected
American product is continually and
increasingly sold abroad at a lower
price than is exacted at home, the
proof that peotection is no longer
needed Is conclusive.
There is no need of waiting for a
board to find out the comparative
cost of f roduction here and elsewhere
No wrong will be done by withdraw
ing all protection in any such case.
But here the condition that confronts
us calls for prompt and decisive action.
The industries concerned have become
the most powerful and arrogant of all.
They influence the greatest number
of voters—employes and others. They
fill party campaign treasuries. They
own party bosses.
It is an inevitable condition where
protection hag been^too long continued,
and the protected have grown unscru
pulous as well as strong. The victims
must meet it by a preemptory demand
for the immediate rescinding of a
tariff privileges enjoyed by the ex
tortioners. They must insist that they
shall no longer be robbed by those to
whose enormous wealth they have
been forced to contribute.—Chicago
Journal.
Mrs. Robley D. Evans, “Fighting
Bob” Evan’s widow, will draw a pen
sion of $30 a month from a grateful
county. Rear Admiral Evans lost the
little money he had in in the plunges
in Califomia oil he made late in his
life. He left his widow not a penny.
She owns the house in Indiana avenue
in which she lives. It came to her
from her father, bjt it is encumbered,
j Besides her pension, Mrs Eyans must
Summed I rely for her maintenance on whatever
financial assistance mav be given her
by her two married daughters and her
son. Commander Frank Tayloi Evans
U. S. N.
Admiral Evans’s friends declare they
will urge Congress to grant her a lar-
pension than $30 a month.
Admiral Evans fought throughout
the civil war and was wounded severe
ly at the battle of Fort Fisher. For
these wounds he received no pension,
and his widow cannot get one now.
There is an idea abroad among moral
people that they should make their
neighbors good. One person I have
to make good—myself. But my duty
to my neighbor is much more nearly
expressed by saying that I have to
make him happy—if I may.—Steven
son.
Tar Heel Hallucination
(From The Mancaster News.)
The Monroe Journal laboring to the
Tar Heels, in view of the celebration
to take place in Washington on the 8,
instant, in honor of the birthday of
Andrew Jackson, suggests that “Col
J. L. Rodman,” who claims that Andy
was born on his place, in Union county
in that State, go on and attend the
meeting and make a speech. We ven
ture the assertion that is Tom Secrest
will take his compass and Rodman, he
will locate that birthplace on the Craw
ford plantation, now owned by Col, T.
Y. Williams in this county Bnd we are
satisfied that our Colonel would make
a more eloquent and convincing spe«ch
than the orator from North Carolina
and is necessary to substantiate his
claim, could quote the utterances #f
so high autherity as Deacon Hemphill
of The Charlotte Observer, the erst
while editor of The News and Courier.
SALES IN^EGEMBEII
NEARL\ FIFTEEN MILLION
POUNDS IN STATE.
One Who Instruct the
Public.
(From Boston Globe)
A listener interrupted a lecturer and
was granted permission to ask a ques
tion.
‘You have given us,” said he, “a lot
of statistics about immigration, in
crease of wealth, the growth of trusts
and all that. Let’s see what you know
about figuring yourself. How do you
find the greatest common divisor?”
Slowly the orator drank a glass of
water and then replied in a voice that
made the gas jets quiver:
‘Advertise for it.”
The passsage of the Sherwood pen
sion bill by the House of Representa
tives, providing for an annual increase
of $75,000,000 for pensions, indicates
to some extent the spread of the pen
sion mania. It shows hew the people
of this country are becoming more and
more dependent on paternal govern
ment support. It shows a disposition
to turn to the gove.nment for aid, and
all this comes of the policy of voting
bounties to individual interests. Every
body wants Federal aid. “The Infant
Industries” have cried long and lustily
to be made richer and more powerful
The ship-builders have never ceased to
claim a government bounty. Every
body seems to want help from the
government.
I The producers in this country have
had a burden to carry in their cease
less labor to make enough above the
enormous expenditures by the govern
ment to clothe, house and feed them
selves, for as nothing exists except
that which is produced, it follows that
the government can have nothing to
expend except that which it collects
from the producer. The army and
navy produce nothing. The ship
builders, with their government sub
sidies, produce nothing. The manu
facturers, with their government pro
tection, produce nothing. The trusts,
with their enormous holdings, produce
nothing, for they merely comer and
benefit by that which has already been
produced. The rapidly increasing ex
penditures of the Federal government.
therefore are rapidly increasing bur^
dens to the producer.
When the Sherwood pension monst
rosity was introduced, Representive
Beiger, the lone Socialist member of
Congress, rose to the exigency ot the
occasion, when in fine scorn he intro
duced a bill to pension all American
citizens, based solely on age qualifi
cations.
And the House, which had passed
the Sherwood bill, ought not to have
shuddered in anticipation of a day
when the Berger bill would pass, for
the growing pension mania, exempli
fied in the latest treasury raid, is
leading rapidly toward the policy of
nation-wide pensions.—Va. Pilot
He Knows Better.
Thiere is some talk that Lafollette 'is
coming to North Carolina. Not if he
knows which side of his bread is but
tered A progressive who would buck
up against the republicans in this
state with any idea of gaining recruits
would mdeed be brave. Lafollette
ought to know that the republicans of
the south are always for the man who
has the disposition of the fodder. He
has no fodder; he is not likely to have
any and he would stand no chance on
earth. He is woefully ignorant on
many matters. Perhaps he might
learn something, towit: that Taft told
the truth in his Greensboro speech
about the republicans in this state. —
Greensboro Record.
In Slight Decrease From
Same Month In Previous
Year — Winston-Salem
Leads All Competitors.—
W hat Was Done on Mar
kets ot State Told in
Figures.
Nearly 15,000,000 pounds of leaf to
bacco were sold on the markets of
North Carolina during the month of
December, according to statistics gat
hered by the department of agricul
ture and made public. This was about
a million pounds less than for the
month of December in 1910. Winston-
Salem, as usual, led the other towns.
The “first hand” and total sales are
as follows:
A Communication to Mr.
Walter Malone, Mebane
N. C.
Towns
First Hand
Total
W. Salem
2,487,142
2,806,332
Wilson
1,158,781
1,270,754
Durham
710,324
837,468
Kinston
689,410
778,133
Reidsville
653,768
660,365
Burlington
358,853
358,493
Warren ton
294,137
294.137
La Grange
252,507
287,630
Creedmoor
245,680
268,320
Mebane
184,104
190,106
Rober’ville
95,138
106,286
Zebulon
68,828
74,311
Milton
52,227
56,892
Leaksville
47,929-
50,464
Wendell
47,637
49,073
Warsaw
2,116
2,116
Losing a Fortune
(From the Ohio State Journal)
In a talk in Chicago, last Friday
night, Thomas A. Edison said;
“Don’t worry over lost money. It
plays a very small part in our lives
I’ve made a couple of millions several
times and lost it. Keep doing some
thing worth while and your life will be
happy ”
That is good adviced, especially to a
roan like EJdis'«n, whose genius is a
gold mine out in the backyard, to
which he can go and replenish at any
time he wishes. But even if a man
doesn,t get it back; doesn’t get a
glimpse of the lost fortune again, the
advice to “keep doing something worth
while” is wise; for one will get back
his fortune in the doing, even if it
never comes to him in cash.
There was once a man who broke up
and lost all he had. He went to work
hopefully and diligently, but he never
recovered his fortune. It was the
general remark, however, that he was
happier and nobler at work than he
was when he didn’t have to work- Two
virtues improved him visibly—humility
and courtesy, which are the realest
graces-of manhood.
Many Skaters Drowned.
Thirty, seven persons are known to
have been drowned and several others
are missing as the result of the break
ing of ice on the Ems riyer at Emden,
Germany, Monday last, while several
hundred young people were skating.
At the beginning of our Association
as coworkers, I wish to congratulate
you on the encouraging conditions un
der which we start. While the CJom-
pany is* new, the business is old. The
brands which we are to make and sell
are well established and favorably
known, and the name “Liggett and
Myers brings with it the best asso
ciations and traditions of the trade.
It stands for quality and enterprise
and it should be the ambition of each
and all of us to maintain this high re
putation and by the sale of all goods
on a basis of best value for the money,
promptness and accuracy in business
and straight-forwardness in all mat
ters, keep and increase the confidence
of the public.
The work of getting the business
under way in so short a time has tax
ed those charged with that duty to the
utmost. Further details will be ar
ranged as the occasion requires. It is
hoped and believed that they will in
terfere in any material way with the
great volum of the Company’s busi
ness.
I believe the personnel of those who
have been entrusted with this under
taking IS all that could be desired and
I trust to the future to prove the ac
curacy of this conclusion. I feel as
sured of abundant success if one and
all will pursue the several parts as
signed him diligently, honestly, court
eously, courageously and with that loy
alty to the business and one another
as the members of one great family
working for a common end.
Very truly yours,
C. C. DULA, President.