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Vol. 3
MEBANE, N. C., THUBSDAY. MABCH 21 1912
NO
PcKSUNAL ANU LUUAL m\m\ Mr and Mrs Slack spent, one day
! week in Greensboro
t'ms
of
WHO COME AND GO
interest Gathered by
Our Repo»*t»r
i tion of friends that he carry a levolver
I with him while sitting in the case of
Albright was in
•ppiiig.
town Monday
Miss ^'andora Christopher
homo Sunday.
returned
, A Brave and Noble Judge.
j Only the day before his death Jud^e
Mrs E Y Ferrell went to Burlington i Massie refused to yield to the su^ges-
Tuesday
Mr Paul Philipps spent ISunday in ^he judge was fully
Haw River j g^^re of the desperate nature of Al-
Mrs Clark of Burlinglon is visiting ' len •’nd his brothers^ and other rela-
ather father’s home, Mr T M Cheek, j tives, but said: “Rather than indicate
I a fear of lawbreakers by sitting on
j the bench with a weapon in my pocket
II prefer to be killed in the adminis-
Base ball Saturday March 23, 1912
4:00 P. M. Mebane Graded School \s
Graham High School Admission 25c.
Ladies free.
Mr Kitrel of Norfolk was visiting
in Mebane last week
Dr. :.nd Mrs York spent Sunday
ni'li I\lr. and Mrs. Ned Brannock.
l*>ell spent Saturday in Un-
, . > with her mother.
Miss Dove Malone of Burlington will
. nd Friday with Mrs E. Y. Ferrell.
Mr. Bright went down to Wake For-
rt'st Friday to visit his daughter.
Mrn;. J. N. Warren and Mrs. W. Y.
Malone went to Greensboro Monday
Mr;i. J. G. Ferrell of Durham is
pj.ondini: a few days in Mebane with
n i.itivi's.
Miss Lula Miles of Route 5 is spend-
iv:u this week in Mebane visiting re
latives.
Mr. Clarence Miles of Route 5 spent
Sunday here with his brother.
Sorry to note that Mrs. Henry Nich
olson is ill, hope she will soon be out
again.
Mrs. Floid Isley of Cedar Grove re
turned from Burlington Thursday.
Miss Vivian Oakley returned to Meb
ane Thursday after spending a few
days in Burlington.
Mrs. B. F. Warren ruturned to Meb
ane Sunday after spending two weeks
with her mother.
Miss Lillian Rice spent Saturday
iii^ht with Misses Dellie and Felcie
King in Mebane.
Mr. Nelson Miles spent Saturday
ni'j^ht and Sunday in Mebane with
I'nenis a,.d -»-elatives.
Mrs. Arthur Walker and children of
Graham spent Saturday last with Mrs.
G. M. rgan
Miss Curley Kenion spent Saturday
night and Sunday in Mebane with her
sister, Mrs. Newman.
Royal Blue Ware is what Mr. W T.
Bobbitt would direct your attention too
Mebane needs some small five and
six room cottages, and she needs them
bad. Houses built for comfort, with
fire places that will draw, with walls
reasonable high, and rooms reasonable
large, not little goods boxes that burn
you for a few minutes then if you
seek venlitstion you soon >j:hill It
wont hart to make things comfortable
then charge a reasonable rent.
Remember the Base ball g'lme Sat
urday 23rd The Melane Graded school
and the Graham High school will con
test for the honors in Base Ball. Boi b
teams in good condition and a good
game expected Our boys have w n
three games in succession- Come out
and help them win the fourth Rem
ember it is your own schocl Come!
We had a [dryer sumrper last year
than ever remembered by the oldest
inhabitants, and it was a fine crop
year. We have had a more disagree
able winter to follov/ than ever known
by living persons. Not but what some
have experienced as colder weather,
but take the continuous bad w'et cold
sleet sn)w and fiejzes and it takes
rank as the very worst year in history.
t’a*^ion of justice,"
That statement of Judge Massie and
the fearless manner in which he im
posed sentence on Floyd Allen will do
more to advance law and order in the
mountain regions of Virginia than all
the public speeches which were ever
made on the subject. Judge Massie
was a martyr to his duty. There was
no cowardice in his makeup.
Only cowards and crimipals carry
weapons.
Amon^ the Breakers
On Friday night March 22, .at the
Graded school Auditorium, “Among
the Breakers” will be presented by
home talent.
A full evenings enjoyment for eve:y
body, so come and bring your friends.
Doors will be opened at 7:30 P. M.
Reserved seats 35c.
Admission adults 25c.
“ children 15c.
Proceens will go towards the new
piano.
Seats on sale at Drug Store.
Clean Up Day.
Editor Leader:
I believe that every citizen of our
town wants to see a cleaner and better
town. I note that our city Fathers
have wisely appointed Saturday March
30th as a general “clean-up" day. I
understand that all of the Factories
w'ill close down for that day, and that
every citizen of the town is urged to
lend his assistance that day, and if
they will do this we will be surprised
at what we can do, howeyer to do
much, we should organize and plan
for this work. I suggest that our
citizens and especially the ladies meet
at the town hall over Holmes-Warren
store on next Saturday afternoon
ikiarch 23rd at 3 o'clock. I know that
the good ladies of our town will par
don me the liberty, but I suggest that
Mrs. F. L. White, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs.
Kee, Mrs. J. S. Cheek and Mrs. W.
A. Murray as a committee. To meet
before Saturday and arrange a pro-
I gramne and plans to organize and
prosecute this work. I can assure
these ladies that every man m Meb
ane stand ready to render all help and
assistance possible.
W. E. White.
Millinery Opening.
Morrow-Bason and Green ot Burling
ton cordially invite you to their spring
Milhnery opening, beginning Thursday
night March 28th at 8 o*clock and con-
tinueing through Friday and Saturday
29th and 30th- Let every body come
)«nd have a good time
Mebane Wins Opener.
In a 12 inning erame of baseball here
Saturday evening, the Mebane high
school won from the Orange Grove
school by the score of 3 to 2. The bat
teries for Mebane were Thompson, J.,
and Smith; for Orange Grove, Carroll
and Cates. The features oi the game
were the pitching of Thompson for
Mebane, who struek out 14 men. and
the batting of Carroll for Orange
Groye.
Col. A. M. VVaddel! Dead.
The death of CoU nel Alfred M, Wad
dell, one of the state’s most distin-
He basin stock a fine line of millinery, J guished citizens , occured a 6 o’clock
also a full stock of shoes. } Sunday evening at his home in Wil-
The Misses Forrest of Hillsboro will j ";>in?ton,has cast a gloom over the en- j ah the regular team didn’t go or there
have their milliner opening the 22nd
and 23rd of March and extends a cor-
Orange Qrove Items
The Farmer’s Union enjoyed anoUier
of their delightful oyster suppers Sat
urday night. They consumed nearly
four gallons of oysters. Now, can you
guess the number of members?
Orange Grove boys made a creditable
showing at Mebane last Saturday
when they were defeated by the Grad
ed school team by the score of 3 to 2
COURT OFFICIALS SLAIN
Judge, Solicitor and Sher
iff Falls Dead Under Out
laws’ Murderous Fus
illade.
Wlli BEAUTIFY DURHAM
Ladies of Civic League
Make Preparations to Be
gin Systematic Cam
paign.
HANDS IN flESIGNAT-
lON.
dial invitation to all to be present
inspect .'tock.
and
Miss Alice Bov/land of Burlington
1 ’ -es an advertisment rn this weeks
Lt;; ;er in which she calls attention to
htr milliner opening March 29. 30.
Misaes Hezeo ^liffox’d and Everette
Kin >: and liobert Minnis of Hillsboro,
pp ;nt S:iturday night and Sunday in
Mebane with friends and relatives.
Make all your arrangements so you
Ciui be out and assist them on clean-up
day. Tliey will be glad to see you
then, and know your service can be
made very valuable.
Miss Annie L. Forrest, a returned
Missionary from Japan will address
the congrigation at the Methodist Pro
testant church next Sunday morning
and evenincr. The public is invited to-
attend these services.
Don’t fail to note change of C. H.
Dorsett’s ad of Greensboro. Mr. Dor-
sett has on white goods as a special
this week at reduced prices, but he car-
a full line of nice things for ladies
ear all the time. Don’t fail to see
him.
IL is no credit to a subseriber to keep
])ostponing the settlement of his sub-
f^eription. When a collector goes out
and ask for a settlement it is a small
matccr to grant it. As we stated it
is no credit to delay the settlement
of tlie i-ubscription to your home paper
Spring is here, and while all nature
will soon be clothing its self in the
gayest of colars. Ellis-Stone and Co.
have already been crowding space |
with the prettiest things for womens
wear. Nothing like it been seen, the
very prettiest ever. Stores in Greens
boro and Durham, you will get treat
ed right in either place.
Holmes-Warren Co. change their ad
vertisement in this weeks Leader.
They announce a first class Tailor at
their store the 22nd who will take
pleasure in'measuring you for a hand
some si>ring suit of clothes. Don’t
fail to see their handsome line of sam-
{)ies. They have suits that will suit
you.
Mr. fjeorge Ray whose home is near
:-fland, fell from the train while going
Hillsboro Monday, and fractured
skull. His condition was regarded
as serious, but Dr. Thompson who took
him to the hospital thinks his case
as hopeful.
tire community. He was one of the
I most prominently and highly esteemed |
I ritizen in that city and none knew him
I but to admire and respect him. He be
came ill about 1:30 o’clock in the after-
' noon and grew steadily worse until the
end. He was in his usual good health
up to that hour and was at his offict
as usual Saturday.
Tliirty-eighc Hundred
dollas Reward.
Governor Mann of Virginia issued
a proclamation Monday, offering le-
wards for the three Allens implicated
in the murder of Judge Massie ai'd
State Solicitor and Sheriff of Corrall
county, for their capture and return
to the officers of the law.
For Sidney Allen $1,000, for Sidney
Edward $1,000, for Claud Allen $800,
for Friel Allen $500, for Wesly Ed
ward $500.
All You Want is Sand.
Just as soon as practical, steps
should be taken to the arrangement
of the paving the streets on one or
more squares in Mebane. You know
how ib is when the mud gets churned
up in the streets and the poor horses
have to strain every musle to the limit
to move even a light load. This con
dition ought not to exist. It can be
overcome and should be, Enterprise
will do it.
As we have previously stated a per
sistant effort with the Southern Rail
road company will secure reasonable
freight rates on sand, and all you
want is sand.
might be a different story to tell-
The Orange Grove commencement
will begin on Saturday night April 6th
with exercises by the primary and in
termediate grades. Sunday *he annual
sermjn by Dr. Smith of Chapel Hill
Baptist church. Monday 8th and Mon
day night will be taken up with the
contests by the young ladies and gen-
tlemen for the reciters and declaimers
medals, and the annual lecture. At
night the drama, “Amonff the Break
ers’’ will be given. This play was
given at this place about ten yea's ago
and the people will be glad to know
that it will be again presented.
Misses Helt n and Thelma Reynolds
spent Saturday night and Sunday with
their parents.
Mr A. A. Perry is building an ad
dition to his home, which he hopes to
have completed soon.
Misses Nannie and Grade Lloyd
spent Saturday night with Miss Recie
Crawford.
A troop of mountain outlaws rode
down out of the Blue Ridge last Thurs
day to Carroll county court house
Hillsville Va. assassinated the judge
upon the bench, the prosecutor before
the bar and the sheriff at the door in
less time than it takes to tell it. while
sentence was being pronounced upon
Floyd Allen, one of their number.
When the crack of the rifles died
away only one member of the human
fabric of the court—Dexter Goad, the
clerks—was alive and he had been
wounded.
Three jurors, Fowler, . Faddis and
Kane were seriously wounded, and A.
T. Hewlett, Bruce Marshall and Stuart
Worrell, bystanders were more or less
seriously wounded, ^loyd Allen, the
prisoner at the bar, was shot several
times, probably not fattaly, Sidney
Allen, ins brother, who killed Judge
Massie, was wounded, but left town
with his friends.
Sheriff Webb’s deputy, with county
people, are guarding Floyd Allen.
OUTLAWLS HAVE GOOD START.
The outlaws with a good day's start,
are up in the mountain bush with
citizen posse, little organized, making
a sembla.ice of a pursuit. Sheriffs
and deputies from neighboring coun
ties cannot reach there before the next
morning. A special train from Roan
oke brought twenty detectives to Gal
ax, the nearest railroad station, nine
miles away. It will be midnight be
fore these can get over the mountain
roads, hub-deep in spring mud. It
probably will be daylight before for
ces can be assembled.
Governor Mann has offered a $3,000
reward for the capture of the assas
sins and holds State troops under arms
for orders at Lynchburge and Roan-
The Durham civic league is making
preparations to begin the work of
beautifying tho city and bettering the
health conditions. A celebrated land
scape architect of Hartiford, Conn.,
has been employed by the league to
draw a plan for a city beautiful. This
plan will be carried out as far af' pos
sible by the league- Grass plots will
be established around ail of the public
buildings of the city: flowers will be
planted on the vaca.it lots and unused
spots about the city, which serve as
dumping grounds for refuse; a num
ber of small parks with shrubbei'y,
flowers and green grass will be es
tablished.
Special efforts will be made by the
ladies to free the city of flies and mos
quitoes during the summer months.
This breeding places of these pests
will be climated as far as possible
along with the breeding places of oth
er disease-producing germs. A strenu
ous effort will be made by the league
to have the telephone, telepraph and
light wires in the main section of the
city placed under ground.
The ladies of the c'vic league will
he assisted in their work by the civic
committee composed of the most pro
minent citizens and which was formed
several weeks ago.
On* Account ot Friction,
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
Quits Bureau of
Uhemistry.
THE MAD STONE.
Some Sensible Advice A-
bout a well Known Fake.
Mrs. J. J. Crawford and daugher
Miss Orpah spent Saturday night and
Sunday with relatives in Chapel Hill.
Mr. Will Pickard of Durham, and an
old student of Orange Groye spent a
few days with his parents last week.
Cedar Grove Items.
They Will Do It After all.
The Allens, before shooting up the
court at Hillsville,Va., in which Judge,
Soiititor, Sheriff and others were killed
seems to have made their boast that
they would never wear stripes, or go
to prison. The chances are now ab
solutely certain that sorre of them
will wear stripes, and others for a
brief period will wear wristlets with
wire attachments, commonly known as
electrodes for an electric hair. The
crime of the Allens is one of a most
infernal character, diabolic to the ex
treme. It was not only murder, wil
ful and deliberate, but it was tramp
ling under foot the laws and courts of
lands. It was anarchy riding rough
shod over one most sacred institution.
Cedar Groye items have been
ed under for some time.
snow-
Mr. C F. Oakley spent . last week in
town, we are always glad to have him
around.
Recorders court was held last Thurs
day morning, one man was caught
playing —d, and was sentenced to the
woods to chop one day.
We have one rogue in
haven’t been arrested yet.
town but
FOR altera ting, repairing, pressing
and cleaning, go to A. H. Whitted, up
stairs over C. C. Smith’s store.
S. W. Huges and Gaston Mitchel
champion draft players.
Mr. C. F. Oakley has been practing
riding on his motor cycle in the house.
Mr. W. D. Wilson went to Etland
last Friday a week, he joined the bird
gang while he was gore.
Lots of talk in town over the good
roads but I had rather see them than
to hear tell of them.
We had a speaking in town Satur
day night on good roads it was very
good.
Miss Hobble Skirt.
Just a word about that master fake,
the “mad stone,” if a man wants to
risk his life, after he has been bitten
by a rabid animal, fooling with a lit
tle old porous stone that has ^ no more
viiture than has a slate rock, why that
is a matter between him and his own
folly, but to see a little child who has
been bitten by a rabid dog or other
rabid animal taken to the “mad stone”
and denied sensible treatment, that
is pathetic beyond the power of words
to express it. “But the mad stone
stuck,” says the fellow who believes
in it. Yes it stuck to the wound, that
“mad stone” did, stuck for a long
time, and so would many another por
ous stone have done had an application
of .them been made to the wound. And
the owner of the stone “stuck” the
father of the child for a five dollar
bill, too, and right there is where some
Uw is needed, for if_a man was to let
his child die of any disease, except hy
drophobia, and did nothing more for
its cure than putting some old relic
of a rock or stick to its body the law
would handle him for neglect, and
wop Id hold him responsible for the
death of his child. The man with the
‘*mad stone" fake has been allowed
to get easy money too long.—Monroe
Enquire.
NEARLY TWO
SAND MINERS GO ON STRIKE
MARCH 31.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley left the labor
atories of the bureau of chemistry at
Washington Friday night, where, for
nearly twenty-nine years he had been
chief chemist, no longer a government
official, but determined to champion
the cause of pure food from the ranks
of the people.
Friction with his superiors and ir
reconcilable differences of opinion as
to the enforcement of the pure fcoi
andMrugs act were the reasons given
by Dr. Wiley for handing his resigna
tion to Secretary Wilson of- the De
partment of Agriculture.
LONG CONFERENCE WITH SEC
RETARY WILSON,'
Dr. Wiley’s resignatioh came as a
dramastic climax Secretary .Wilson in
the latter’s private office. The Sec
retary would make no statement of
the case otherwise than that Dr, Wiley
had handed In his resignation. 5
Dr. Wiley will devote the remainder
of his life, according to a statement
issned by him, to the “promotion of
principles of civic righteousness and
industrial intergrity which underlie the
food and drugs act, in the hope that it
may be administered in the interest of
the people at large instead of that
of a comparatively few mercenary
manufacturers and dealers.”
Mebane M. E. Church,
South.
Rev. B. T. Hurley, Pastor.
N. H. Walker. Supt. S. S.
Preaching every 3rd Sunday at 11:00
A. M. and at 7:30 P. M.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7:30 and a union prayer
meeting ever Sunday after noon at
3:00 o’clock conducted by the young
men of the town.
Sunday school every Sunday begin
ning at 9:45 a. m.
Everybody welcome to all these ser
vices.
liNT
E.
Awakening in China A No
table Ethnological Hap
pening.
Negotiations Ended In
Deadlock.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
ica and the committee of 10 anthracite
coal operators ended negotiations at
New York Saturday in a deadlock.
Both sides declare they are standing
film "the miners for their demands of
20 per cent increase in wages, recog
nition of the union, a shorter work day
and other concession; the operators
for a three year renewal of the present
agreement which terminates at mid
night March 31. Unless an agreement
is reached by that date, it is estimated
180,000 hard coal miners in Pennsyl
vania will cease work.
Subtle Logic.
Bridget and Pat were seated in a
hammock, reading an article on “The
Law of Compensation ”
**Just fancy!” exclaimed Bridget,
“accordin’ to this, whin a mon loses
wan av 'is sinces, another gets more
developed. For instance, a blind mon
gits more sinse av bearin’ an' tuch
an—”
“Sure, an’ it’s quite true,” inter
rupted Pat. “Oi’ve noticed it myself.
When a mon has one leg shorter than
the other, begorra the other’s longer.
—From Norman E. Mack’s National
Monthly.
Orphan Children’s Con
cert.
We have the pleasing information
that the Singing Class from the Ox
ford Orphanage will begin a tour of
the State Monday, March"i8, 1912.
We understand, on account of *;he
growing demands for visits from the
Class, already many most cordial in
vitations havir.g been received from
Masonic Lodges in North Carolina, the
management of the Institution has
deemed it wise to divide the tour into
three trips, in order to give the chil
dren of the Class a rest between each
trip-
The first of these trips will be
through the Northeastern portion of
the State. The second will cover a
portion of the Piedmont and Western,
and the third trip will take the Class
through a portion of the Piedmont and
Southeastern section. The Class never
gives a concert in a town except by
invitations and the dates are fixed con
siderably in advance of the entertain
ments whic must be very necessary
in such a continuous tour.
The Class Is composed of ten girls
and four boys the teacher and gentle
man in charge.
Our people have learned to look for
ward and expect an entertainment of
unusual attractiveness and excellence,
given by the bright and well-trained
girls and boys of this noble Institution,
the concerts last year were largely at
tended and reports of a delightful and
most enjoyable hour spent at the con
cert exercises were received. Besides
The pleasure, no cau^e appeals to us
more strongly than the cause of the or
phan child.
Peary’s Smallness
If further evidence were needed that
Commander Peary, alleged discoverer
of the North pole, is an extremely
little fellow, full of noise and conceit,
and a sort of all round forerflusher,
he has just furnished such - additional
evidence. Instead of congratulating
Amundsen on his attainment of the
south pole. Peary used the pi ess in
an effect to show that even if Amun
dsen had reached the south pole, he
had faced no such difficulties as he,
“Peary,” had in his mythical march
north. Peary has demonstrated his
smallness about every time he has
opened his mouth.—Charlotte News.
The Fress Convention.
The executive committee of the
North Carolina Press association will
meet in Raleigh next Wednesday to
fix the time and place for the coming
annual convention. It is understood
that several invitations will be present
ed and urged before the committee. It
is well to remember that the hands of
the committee are partially tied by a
resolution adopted by the last conven
tion at Lenoir, accepting the invita
tion to meet at the Atlantic hotel,
Morehead City, conditioned on the suc
cess of the committee in making suit
able rates with the management. Fail
ing in that, the committee, as we un
derstand it, will be as liberty to con
sider other invitations.— Greensboro
News.
What They Deserve.
(From the Rock Hill Record.)
Those South Carolina towns where
editors are attacked and printing of
fices are burned should be left to their
fate without newspapers. Without
newspapers not one of them would
ever have been conspicious on the map;
without newspapers all of them would
be forgotten by the outside world in
six months if you take them away.
There are but few newspapers pub
lished in small towns that are ever
partialy appreciated. There is too
n^uch tendency to listen to the pin
headed yokels, who appears to have
something they want to tell, and be
cause it is about a newspaper therfe
is usual a simpering crowd that is
always ready to listen.
Binder for the Roads.
The absolute necessity of treating
the macadam roads with the binder is
demonstrated on the Yorkville road
out of' Charlotte. In Charlotte the
macadam streets are as muddy as the criminal law might take
old-time dirt roads. Just outside the
city, but within Charlotte township
the road is treated with taryira. Thence
for some distance in the country the
bituminous binder is used. The tar-
vira is a rather thin preparation and
is inclined to wear into holes, but these
are easy of repair. The bituminous
binder is heavier and holds the sur
face of the road like a rubber blanket.
There is no mud on either stretch of
these loads that have been treated
with the binder, while the untreated
macadam is full of mud and ruts. The
bituminous bound road, furthermore,
, makes as pretty a - drive way as an
I asphalt street.—Charlotta Chronicle.
Concerning the Latest
Fiasco at Newbem.
It seems almost impossible under
our present system to get the crimi
nal law enforced against murderers
and it may be that the damage suit
will have to be resorted to checK hom
icides in North Carolina. Damage suits
are somewhat popular in this State
and it may be that one who is wilbng
to kill another and take chances on
second
would
■States-
thought if he realized that he
have to face a damage suit.-
yille Landmark.
Etland ltems>
Mr. Gene McCadams recently took*
a flying trip to JacJcsonyille, Fla. He
nid not like “The Land of Flowers” as
well as he does old Efland N. C
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Iiewis left here
Tuesday for Oaks, they will make that
village their future home.
Mrs. Falitha Boggs who has been
confined to her room for several dayi
with griope and pneumonia is improv
ing some we are glad to know.
(From the Los Angeles Tribune.)
The awakening of China’s 400,000,000
to democratic nationalty, after cen
turies of a torpor that has made Or
iental lethargy proverbial, fixes the
year 1912 as one of the most important
in all the histor3\ Viewed both as to
ethnology and numbers, its like has
paralled in the records of man. It is
so monumental an event that its pot
ential importance will be fully realized
only in the perspective that time will
provide.
Will the republic endure? If there
are in the race the seeds to revitalize
it. what will be the affect of the stu
pendous new homogeneous power on
the preseut racial adjustment? As to
the first question the wonderful pati
ence of the Chinese may answer. A
people who could wait 300 years for
the opportune moment to strike off
the shackles of a hated foreign con
trol are likely to give the new form
of government time to work out its
destiny. There is absent the mercur
ial character of, let us say the Latin
Americans. i
There are other attributes of suc
cess. China has never lacked indivi
dual genius in statecraft and business,
even in the years of its drowsiest nat
ionality. Its Sun Yat Sens and Wu
Ting Faugs are typers of abundant
constructive virility. It has long had
in the city of Tokys alone 6,000 Chin
ese students yearly, and in America
and Europe ^ thousands more, schooling
themselves in the modern arts of the
East. Within the past decade news
papers have sprung up all over the
country, and they have learned their
power.
Such a i>eople can probably be count
ed on to make a success of democracy.
And if they succeed, what will they do
to other races? That may depend on
how the others hold up under the
conervating effects of wealth. Luxury
is working a visible deterioration in
the Caucasian fabric. History is a
record of race succeeding race in dom
inance, Is the Chinaman destined to
to be the dominant factor in a new
cycle of civilization?
A Corrupt Practices Act.
With a corrupt practices act in each
State, and a Federal statute to match,
limiting the expenditures of each can
didate in all elections and making it
mandatory that expenses be specified
in detail and made public, elections
would then be free from corruption.
Laws of this kind strengthened by
legalized primaries, the initiative, re
ferendum and recall would not only
purge the elections of fraud but they
would give the people a better chance
to put into the public service more ef
ficient and worthy men.
The manner in which national elec
tions in the past have been carried, as
indicated by Senator Culberson in
placing before the Senate some per
tinent facts as to campaign funds,
should move all fair-minded men to
give their assent to the passage of
drastic, measures that will do away
with corrupt election funds altogether.
A bare statement of the facts is a
sad commentary on our free institu^
tions and our boasted Jiopular govern
ment.
In 1896 the Republican campaign
fund was $6,000,000; the Democratic
fund, $700,000.
In 1900 the Republicans again had
$6,000,000.
In 1908 the Republicans collected
from 1,330 contributors $1,665,518,
while the Democrats received from
50,000 contributors only $620,644.
The largest single contribution to
the Republican fund was $110,000.
while the largest one to the Democrat
ic fund was only $5,000.
In 1904 the Republicans had a cam
paign fund of $11,000,000, and the
Democrats $900,000. Harriman raised
$260,000 in the campaign, and subse
quently Slid that it controlled 60,000
votes. —Nashville Tennessean.
Last year France produced about
forty -five million quintals of wine and
sold about tfvice t^t quantity in the
United States alHie«