THE EBANE' LEADER “AND RIGHT THE DAY MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOULD BE DISLOYALTY, TO FALTER WOULD BE SIN.” Vol. 2 MEBANE, N. C.. THUBSDAY. February S 1012 NO 46 PERSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO Items of interest Gathered by Our ReDo»t‘r Mr. W. F. White after a morths ab- sense on business returned Sunday Miss Tessie Maynard went to Dur ham Satur(5ay to visit friends. Mrs. H. A. Scott and grandchild went to Durham Saturday to visit Mrs T. M. MrCracken. Miss Margaret Golev of Graham was a visitor at the home of Mrs. J. Mcll Thompson the latter t>art of the past w'eek. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bason of Thom- a?ville spent Sunday here with their })eople. Rev. N. R. Richardson of Mt Pleas ant spent Thursday last, with his daughter, Mrs H. B. Slack. Mr. Talcum Harris who is a student at Trinity, came up Wednesday to spend a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. W, Harris. Miss Mary Lou Pitt a member of the musical department at Elon Colleee will sing in the Presbyterian church here Sunday. Mr. J. N. Warren advises us that the ball that was to have been given at the Piedmont Warehouse on Feb. 14 has been posponed to some future date, which will be annnounced. The Club will weet with MrS. B. F. Warren at M.S. S. G. Morgans resi dence on Thursday afternoon at three oclock, all m?mbers are requested to bring their embroidery. The new line of Royal Society Em broidery at Morrow-Bason and Green’s is ver\' attractive, see what their “ad' says about their muslin underwear fale Burlington N. C. A gr^at sale of Hamburg, laces and ir.sertion is now going on at the H. E. Wilkinson and Co. store. Don’t fail to take advantage of this great sale. Siee change of ad. Holmes-Warrcn Co. directs your at tention to their change of advertis- ment in this weeks issue. They ask you to consider well their offerings, and they i:iclude a large line of attrac tive goods. Mr 0. Crowson who on last Sat urday purchased IheDurliam Sun plant and franchise, is the man to make good on the Sun. If the people of Durham gives to Mr. Crowson a fair show there will be no more resale of the Sun. Mr. v^harles H. Dorsett of Greens boro v.'ho keeps an exclusive ladies store full of beautiful things for lad ies to wear has just received a full line of swell spring suits some of the latest cuts for the spring of 1912. Shoes has been as important item in our wear this winter. The weather put them to the test. It is a proud boast of J. M. Hendrix and company of Greensboro that their shoes hav® made good all the time. An elegent spring stock is now arrivmg. The Mebane Post Office. ] To Late for Publication The contest for the appointment of Post Master of Mebane is on. The first intimation that we had that the We received an interesting report of the proceeding of the County CommiE- sioners, but too late for this issue| We term of the present incumbent was haye also some communications that about to expire was petition circulated did not reach us in time to appear. Saturday, asking that the present en cumbent Mr. S. Arthur White be re appointed, this petition was pretcy generally signed, possibly by nearly all the business men in the town. Frozen Rats. Mr. Erastus Cook who runs a water mill a couple of miles North west of Mebane, had a peculuar experience during the recent cold spell. In exam ining some sacks of feed stuff, he found several pecks of frozen rats, now maybe there was not that many but there was a peck at least. Mr. Cook seemed very glad the rodents froze up, for he said posible when he brought Mrs. Cook home they would have went up to his house and been pestering around in her pantry. We regret it and would ask our respondents to mail their letters lie. cor- ear- Haw River Items ‘ The Cow an J the Moon” I In the musical fantasy, “The Cow i and the Moon’,' which Chas. A. Sellon j brings to the Academy of music Dur- j ham N. C. next Friday night the 9th, j two character of exceptional interest . are seen, that of “Littli Innocence,”] played by Miss Hazel Rice, said to be the smallest singing soubrette now on the stage; and the part of great Domo, the k ng of the moon, portrayed by Kev. Y, C. Bocutt preached at the baptist church Sunday morning and night two excellent sermons, he went to Durham Monday on important bus iness. Tha sainted man is always trying to let his Christian light shine. A. W. Parham took a trip to Ox ford Sunday to attend the burial of i his cousin P. C. Parham. He has the j sympathy of our people. The Lord j give th and he taketh away. King winter still holds his throne and sways his scepter as he pleases, and keep wood and coal in great de mand. On last Saturday the great archer who garners for the skies passed over the home G. H. Graham in East Trol- linwood and touched the spirit of their son Robert and bid it leave all that was mortal, and enter the great be yond. The family have the sympathy of our people. Prof. Crawford of Mebane gave us a pleasant call last Saturday and seem- who is claimed to | cheerful, come again Prof. Dr. D. McPherson of Durham was in town last Sunday shaking hands hands with his many friends. Mrs. C. G. Wilkinson of Burlington who i? working in the interest of the Mebane Leader, made us a pleasant call Monday and seemed very happy some of oar yOiing people to enter the con test for the automobile. We hope she was successful in her noble work. Come again sister, we hold you in the great esteem Clarence Stearling, be one of the biggest men in extrav aganza. Innocence is the maid who in the pfay has never seen a man, and Domo the king of the moon comes to earth seeking a bride who must meet the rexuirements possessed by Innocence. Her miraculous escapes from his clutches assisted by some 45 I of her work, she wanted to get other aides form a capital plot foi ex- ; 4-K travaganza. Musical numbers of the swinging pleasing s^irt are interpolat- i ed from tim-j to time, which, together j with 16 gorgeous changes of scenery, j makes a delightful entertainment. 1 This is a good opportunity for the ! Mr. L. A. Coawford of Mebane was people of this section to see this splen- I in town and gave us a pleasant call we did musical extravganza, one of the ! were glad to see him. most spectacular on the road. | Clarence Cates and Miss Lo 8 — ! Cates of Burlington spent a few hours A Wonder. i in Haw River with their aunt Mrs. G. It is a wonder to the Leader readers j Cates, that we have puc up such a large list; Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Jones who spent of handsome, and useful premiums in their honeymoon in Tenn. visiting re subscription contest. We have ! latives for several days returned last our several contests, Friday and stopp>ed here with Mrs. contestant, even Burlington Items. Mrs. Jno. Walker is visiting Robert Ferrell of Graham this week. Miss A. Freeland of ?Gfahom will leave for New York this week to pur chase her spring stock of rrhllinery. Mrs. C. R. Driver and son Master Raymond of Smithfield, N. C are vis iting her Bister Mrs. C. G. Wilkinson this week. - Miss Lizzie Cheek spent Sunday with relatives in Gibsonville. Misses Agnes Heritage, Cora Isley, Flossie and Margie Loy^ Mattie, Tom pson, Helon and Jessie Heritage and ilinnie Layton called on Misses Mar> garet and Nell Davis at the M. Pr Par* sonage Monday night. Miss Eunice Snyder will leave for Baltimore today where she will spend some time learning the millinery trade. We wish Miss Snyder much success in her new work. Mrr £}arnest Wilkinson of Mebane spent part of last week with his bro ther Mr. C. G. Wilkinson. DUDHAM SUN SOLD. Bought in by Syndicate of Capitalists at a Low Figure. DOCTOR GOT VERDICT Sued Because He Lett In struments in Body After Operation; The property, good will, and busi ness of The Durham Sun Publishing Company were sold at pubhc auction at the court house last week The purchaser was R. O Everett, repres enting a syndicate of local capitalists* The price paid was $2,240. If the sale is confirmed by the court, an entirely new company will be form ed to take over the business of the ,^mpany and conduct the business on a firm financial basis. Among the bidders at the sale were: R W. Haywood of Richmond, foamer owner of The Greensboro Telegram. 0. F. Crowson of Burlington was also a bidder. Additional Endowment ot $100,000 to Hospital. Motable Anniversaries 1912. of our tried in each of to be liberal to the at the end putting up several valuable prizes, we shall maintain our reouta- tion for generous dealings. Get in the contest early, and take your show. ‘ Jones sister Mrs. W. J. Crutchfield. , They left for their home Saturday. 'i Long may they live. Congratulation. A Civic League. Editor of I..eader: I read u-ith a good deal of interest your editorial in a recent issue of the Leader on a “Civic League” for Meb ane and assure vou that I quite agree on this matter. Let us have a clean er and more beautiful town. Now is the time to begin work. Let our good ladies take up the question and orga nize, I pledge them the support of the whole town. Begin now. W. E. White. Mr. White has been an enthusinstic advocate of a civic league, and we would be very glad to see his efforts seconded. A town beautiful, is a town attractive, a town clean and sweet is a town most desirable as a home. A Pounding A matter of some interest that seem ed to have escaped our attention was the pounding of the popular Methodist minister Rev. B, T. Hurley a couple of weeks ago Friday las^. The mem bers of Mr. Hurleys churcn at Mebane realizing that he had quite recently brought to our midst a splendid woman as a help meet, and that something would be needed to make house keep ing go easy, gave them a nice pound ing, leaving a large variety of things for the larder. When the crowd got ready to depart, and the preacher looked on and saw how kind his congregation had been to him he became too full for utter ance, and could only say I thank you, and then his heart swelled up and got in his throat. Dr Emory Marvel was awarded the verdict by a jury in the $25.000 damage suit brought against him by Mrs. John Folson, wife of a Baptist clerg- man of Maysville Landing N. J. She alleged that the surgeon left a pair of foceps in her body after the operation at his sanitarium in Atlanta City. Prominent surgeons' testified that it was not customary but quite usual for instruments to be left in the ter operation. This is decidedly startling p)eople are Ufcely through the leness of a surgeon to have instruments sewed up in ^em, then they ought to know it, so tuey can have their friends standing around to watch out for such a contingency. The surgeon who says it is quite usual to sew up instruments in peoples bodies ought to be sit down as a monamental liar. body af- news. If thought- a lot of THE FROSEGOTION OF EXPRESS COMPANISS A Child Burned to Death. On Januaay 30th, the three year old son of Albert Winslow Sykes and Duf fle Lilhiin Sykes was burned. The child leaves a father and mother and a younger brother to mourn their loss, also a grandfather and grand mother who will share almost equally in the grief. “Why God saw fit the second to take Was maybe because we wouldn’t the first forget. Both are gone to the Land of the Blest, He know not why, but God knows best, One consolation—Mother and Sister knows That the Winfreds are free from earthly woe, While we the older sons yet live. They know not what a game we’ll fill. List ot Letters Remainirg unclaimed at this office for the week ending t'eb 3rd. 1912 1 P. C. for Miss Augusta Coble, 1 Letter for Mrs T. J. Dixon 1 Letter for Elija Dixon 1 P. C* for Miss Nettie Hath 1 P. C. for Mr. Horice Murry 1 Letter for Miss Hattie Mebane 1 P. C. for Louis Tilly 1 Letter for Mrs. Callion Walker 1 Letter for Gnat Watson. Dead Letter Office Feb. 13, 1912, if not called for before. In calling for the above please say “Advertised" giving date of ad. list. Respectfully, S. Arthur White, P. M. THE DURHAM SUN IS RESOLD, Recent Price of $2,400 Kai- sea and O. F. Crowson Bids Plant In. The property of the Durham Sun Publishing company was resold at pub lic auction by order of Judge Cook Sat urday afternoon. The purchaser was O. F. Crowson, of Burlington, former owner of the Burlington News. The price paid was $4,000 The sale was con firmed by Judge Cook and Mr. Crow son took charge Monday. The property was sold Wednesday to R. O. Everett, of Durham for $2.- 240. This bid was raised several times before the receivers made their report to the court. In view of the fact that there were still a number of bidders interested in the property, Judge Cook thought the fairest way would be to to order a resale with the understand ing that the bidder would take over the property at once. The crowd went from the courtroom to the lobby of the courthouse and the property was resold. R. W. Haywood, of Richmond former owner of the Greensboro Tele gram, was a bidder against Mr. Crow son and Mr. Everett also bid on the property. The purchaser assumes a mortgage indebtedness of $10,000 on the property, making the purchase price paid by Mr. Crowson in reality S14,000. By an Examination ot the Business of the Express Companies For ^One Day ‘We Find More Than 3000 Overcharges’ (From Leslie’s Weekly.) The year which we have just entered will bring notable centennials and semi centennials of important events and births On June 18, 1812, Congress declared war against England. It was the last of the wars between us and that country. Committees have been appointed in the United States, Eng land and Canada to arrange for the celebration of the hundred years of peace between those csuntries Ob* servanees will cake place in all of them. Some of these will came in 1912. The most important, however, will be in the latter part of 1914, for it was on December 24, 1814, that the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent, Belgium. The battle of New Orleans, in which J ackson overwhelmed Paken ham, took Dlace on Januarp 8, 1815, two weeks after the singing of che peace, but several weeks before the news of the singing reached here in the slow-moving sailing vessels of that day. During 1912 will arrive the semi centuries of many important battles of the Civil War. These include, among others. Grant’s capture of Fort Henry on February 6 and Fort Donelson on February 16; the fight beCNveen the Monitor and the Merrimac, March 9: Shiloh and the death of the Confeder ate leader, Albert Sidney Johnston, April 6; the capiture of New Orieans by Farragut and General Benjamin F. Butler, May, 1; Fair Oaks, May 31; the seven days’ battles, in June and July; the second Bull Run, August 29; South Mountain, September 14; Antie- tam, September 17, and Frederick sburg, December 13. An addition of at least $100,000 will be made to the endowment fund of the Watts Hospital by Mr. Geo. W. Watts, who has let the contract for the plans for a large apartment house, the rental from which is to be devoted to the fund foi the maintenance of the hospital The new building to be erected by Mr. Watts is to be three stories in height, of pressed brick and stone and of beautiful architecture. Ten five- room apartments, making more than sixty rooms in all. Each ot the five- room apartments will contain a kitch- in, dinning room, living room and two bed rooms, all furnished with gas and electric fixtures with a gas range in the kitchen. All of the rooms will be outside rooms and each apartment will be provided with a balcony. The entire building will be heated with steam, and will be modern in every re spect. Insulted. A strapping German with big beads of perspiration streaming dov/n h’s face was darting in and out the aisles of a Philadelphia departmerit ?,.ore. His excited actions attracted the at tention of all the salespersons, and ! thing well but he they hardly knew what to rnake of it. A hustling young man of the clothing department walked up to him and asked “Are you looking for something in men’ clothing?” “No,” he roared; “not men’s cloth ing; vimmen’s clothing:. I can’t find my vife!”—Technical World. i Three Tariff Triumphs tor I Labor. I William McKinley has been approv- j i-igly quoted in the House of Repres- ! entatives within a week; “It must be conceded that the protective system has dignified and elevated labor. We observe its triumphs on every hand.” The industries having most attention from the high-tariff policy are steel, wool and cotton manufacturing. The history of these tariff schedules will make up two-thirds of American tariff history. And we observe their trium phs in dignifying and elevating labor on eveiy har.d. The triumphs are to be seen in Lawrerce under the high cotton and woolen tariff, where whole regiments of soldiers are needed to keep order in a strike of operatives whose wages for adult men average $9 a week, and less than $6 when women and children are couuted\in. The triumphs are to be seen under the high steel tariff, where nearly half the workers of the Steel Trust are compelled to labor seventy-two hours a week, as against less than fifty-six hours in the same iadustry of free- trade England. The triumphs are to be seen in th2 country-wide agitation over the em ployment of children, whose dwarfing and stuntiug labor finds its great mar ket in high-tariff industry.—N.Y. World An Aged Minister's >\ork (Wilkesboro Patriot.) Below we give some very remarkable facts from the life of a very extraor dinary man, Rev Samuel Smith Go forth, of Hunting Creek section. He has not contented himself with doing has done many things well, He was born April 25, 1831, and up to December 31, 1911, the following account is given of himself: He has made 170 coffins, married 368 couples, baptized 610 people, attended 540 burials, preached 488 funerals, helped ordain 32 deacons; ministers to come under his labor, 5; has served as pastor 46 years, helped to build three churches and is now 80 years old. The Department of Agriculture re ports that the number of sheep in the United States decreased a million and a quarter last year. This authoritative statement is respectfully directed to the attention of Senators Smoot, Pen rose and their standpat colleagues in the upper chamber of Congress who insist upon construing the encourage- me.it and protection afforded the sheep raising industry as not the least of the many blessings of the Payne-Aldrich law.—Va. Pilot. Shame on Georgia! With a record of 17 lynchings for 1911, and five fcr January 1912, the account becomes ap palling. That state should spend less time in swapping governors and more in enforcement of law. The Prosecution of express companies for overcharging shippers on the tran sportation of their goods is indicated by Commissioner Lane, at the express rate to be the intention or the inter state commerce commission. W. A* Ryan, one ot the investigators for the con.missioa, presented in tabu lated form the examination of ore month’s business of the Adams £2x- press company, showing that $67,000 in overcharges had been turned into the company’s treasury. T. B. Har rison counsel for the company, ex plained what are krown as “over payments,” and asserted that he would be able to show that not more than 20 per cent, of the $67,000 actually remained in the company’s treasury. He added that positive instructions were given by the company to all its representatives to make refunds on all discoverable oyer-charges- For 30 Days $4 Skreemer shoes $2.E0 at C. C.Smith. $2 I adies shoes at C.C. Smith ^1,48. $2;i0 Udiis shoes at C.C. Smith $L84. Clothing cut to bottom prices at C. C, Smiths to make room for stock. Sales at the Piedmont Warehouse Murry and Vaugh sold 465 Ihg of tobacco for $118.46. G. S. Wilson sold 1520 at $330.65. W. A. Shary sold 1232 for $234,24. B. C. Corbett sold 1016 for $256-44. Warren and Wilson 944 lbs for $225.48 W. B. Strayhorn 562 lbs for $125.49 Bynum Jeffrey sold 1078 lbs for $216- 90. Joe Moore sold 1020 lbs for $195.48. Rich Cashett sold 1174 lbs for $287.- 25. . Warren and Haithcock sold 562 lbs for $120.47. Brice Warren sold 862 lbs for $98.31. Bring your tobacco to*^tilie Piedmont Warehouse. Editor Sanders has the following to say in the Elizabeth City. Independ ent: And so I believe the contest will lie between Ki tchin and Simmons. And yet, I believe the chances are in favor of Kitchin because it is going to be shov/n before the campaign is over that Simmons is no longer a man of the people, but one of the henchmen of the criminal rich of Wall Street.” Whose henchmen will be the crowd who will fight Mr. Simmons because some one else wants his place,yes who? Simmons has made good, can you gua- arantee that your man will make bet ter? W iiat is yojr obligation spring! gecr^t order? worth in a Thirty Years Maximum Penalty. The maximum penalty that could be imposed on Darrow for conviction on all counts is thirty years’ imprisonment and fines aggregating $lo,000. He is under $20,030 ball. Pine Knot Items. There were service at Walnut Grove Sunday morning by Rev. Ormond. Mr. Jim Sharp are moving to his new home, also Mr. ^‘Arthur Wright is moving out to his self. It seems as if they like batching unless they mean to get them a cook. Mr. W. A. Jordan went to Hillsboro Monday on business. Mr. Walker Wilkerson gave a party to the young people of this community It was enjoyed by a large crowd. Mr. Henry McDade are still on the sick list we are sorry to say. Surveyors for the new railroad from Durham to Danville are getting along fine. They were at the Sam Wilker son old place Saturday. Miss Anna Me Broom returned from Virginia Saturday to spend a few weeks with her parents. Misses Mary Whitterker and Ger trude Newman came home with Miss Fannie Jordan Friday from Hillsboro and returned Monday. We h^ they will come again. Lonesome toy. Bir. L. A. Wilson from Roxboro are yisiting Mr. George Smith. Touch* me-cot. OIL LANDS WITHDRAWN FROM m\. Pending the enactment of legislation for properly disposing of oil and gas deposits on the public domain, and be cause it seems desirable to retain cer tain of these deposits lor use as fuel by the American Navy, all public lands known or thought to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas are withdrawn from all forms of disposal. During the fiscal year 1910-1911, on the recommendation of the United States G^logical Survey 640,604 acres of possible oil land in California and Wyoming were withdrawn from entry, and 1,232,719 acres in the same States, shown by field examination to be non oil lands, wer& restored. All oil lands in Alaska, comprismg an unknown area were withdrawn during the year In the early part of the year the out standing withdrawals, which had been made by the Secretary of the Interior, were ratified, confirmed, and contin ued in full force and effect by the President under the act of June 25, 1910. Just Taiking, Leading republicans are convinced that the nomination of Roosevelt to a third term would bring disaster to their party. We ar£ convinced that his election to another term would be gin the end of constitutional govern ment in this county. So we heartily join with our republican contemporar ies in opposing his nomination, hoping should that misfortune occur, that they will make common cause with us in opposing his election. Hoping, but but not believing. The Baltimore Am erican indeed declares that: “Party lines would be disregarded to a large degree were the third-term principle to be made an issue, and that with out regard to the wishes of that party managements as such.” But should the improbable happen and Roosevelt be placed at the head of the ticket by the Chicago convention, the odds are a thousand to one that the next morn ing’s American would be tooting its horn among the loudest for four more years of Teddy the irrespressible, the incomparable, the invincible,—Va. I Pilot. Facts “Let us get down to facts!” ex claimed Mr. Taft in his Columbus challenge to the Republican Progres sive The facts are not difficult to find in so far as they relat^ to the Taft Ad-* ministration and the self-styled Pro gressive Republicans. The insurgent movement in the Re publican party originated in a demand for tariff revision, and reached its culmination when Mr. Taft delivered his absurd Winona speech describing the Payne-Aldrich act as the best tariff ever enacted. The insurgent movement is ending in a Rooseuelt third-term boom. Most ot the insurgents are identified either directly or indirectly with the Roose velt candidacy- Some of them may profess to favor La Follette or Cum mins, but all of them know that the defeat of Taft in the convention means Roosevelt’s nomination. So far as the tariff is concerned Roosevelt i3 as much of a stand-patter as Aldrich or Cannon During all the years he was in the White House he never lifted a finger to bring about a reduction of the extortionate Dingley duties He was the intimate political associate of Aldrich and Cannon and he played their tariff game. Since the Payne-Aldrich bill passed, Roosevelt has indorsed Tariff Board scheme gf revision, in the New York State Convention at Saratoga in 1910, which he bossed, the platform declared that “advances in the cost of living are only the local re flection of a tendency that is wide and cannot be truthfully said be due to the present tariff.” Leader Subscription Contest. It is decidedly encourage- ing to note the interest ex hibited so far in our subscri ption contest. The liberal display of magnificent, and valuable presents and pre miums offered by us is cre ating a seven days wonder Thore who have known of our previous contest, rem ember that we have always done much more than we promised. We have given valuable rings, gold watches and even a handsome rubber tired buggy, in excess of what we have priveously pro mised, and starting out as we do with such a grand display of premiums, it is essentially exciting deep in terest. Contestants should get right in the start, and then pull with all their might for the biggest premiums. Your chances are as bright to win as any ones. Don’t argue that you can’t, have courage aiid bravely say you will, and then work to win. To he who says he will the battle is half won. Let world-1 friends know that you to-are in the race and in it to • u ..i win and they will help you Could Cannon or Aldrich have said j . , n i. more? ^ to Win. It just as Well be In spite of all his blunders Taft has you aS anyone tO win the done more to reform the tariff than wItit- nnf i-*- its Roosevelt ever did. He has done more ^^tOmODlle, Wny nOt, lo IS to enforce the Sherman Anti-Trust with yOU tO make it pOSSlble law than Roosevelt ever did. He has | ^ Splendid done more to curb Wall street and the ; % i j? corporations than Roosevelt ever did. report from yOU bClOre OUT He has done more to destroy the cor-' neXt isSUe. Please get tO rupt partnership between politics and I l,„„g :f Big Business than Roosevelt ever did. j WOrK SO We may HdVe lU He has done more to purify the civil ; Send yOUr COllectlOnS tO the service than Roosevelt ever did. He , Lg^der office aS fast aS JrOU has done more to strengthen and ele-j , ‘ii vate the Federal judiciary than Roose- j make them and We Will mail velt ever did. He has done more to you a receipt at 0nC6. encourage a sane, economical adminis- j p „ 3 xUp ad onfourth tration of government than Roosevelt; tne large aa ORIOUTtn ever did. He has been a better Pre-' page, yOU will 566 hOW many sident and more truly progressive Pre-, ^oteS for eSCh SUbscriber sident than Rooseyeft ever was. His record will more than bear comparison ; yOU Will be entitled tOOy was the and line by World. line, Roosevelt’s record.- With best wisheS.