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“AND RIGHT TME DAV MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOULD BE DISLOYALTY, TO FALTER WOULD BE S N.”
Vol. 3
MEBANE. N. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 2 8 1912
NO 5
PERSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS
‘EDPLE. who come and go
terns of interest GatherM by
One more of the Allen gang has Ken
landed in jail, but there are several
of them still at large. The po?ses in
pursuit have had a hard time. There
are four of the gang in jail to be tried
soon.
Our ReDOTtpr
vour Leader it you
wish it
went down to
Pay 'or ,
continued.
Mr. Pason Nelson
Hillsboro Tuesday.
Miss Jennie White spent Wednesday
ill Durham.
Mrs. W. Y. Malone is visiting her
par-nts.Jn the country.
Mrs. 1. M. Nicholson from Hebron
u ;it . in Mebane.
• iwi Mrs. Henry Nicholson went
tt- . ;am one day last week.
: . :ind Mrs. Brannock spent Fri
da. -ni.i Saturday at Dr. Yorks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Mebane of Gra
ham was in Mebane Tuesday.
Miss Hattie and I.enora Hodge were
in Mebane Saturday.
M rs Pa son Nelson went up to Greens
boro Sunday to visit her sister - who is
a student at the Normal.
Mrs. Ida Walker, son Joseph and
dauirhter, Mary were in Mebane to at-
tei -l the funeral of Capt. Bason.
Mrs. J. H. Lashley and Mrs.Ch:irlie
Las iley went down to Hillsboro Thurs-
dux .
Mr. W. E. White left Monday for
ralifornia in the interest of the White
Furniture Co.
f
The second quarterly conference of
the M. E. Church of this district will
be held at Haw River next Saturday.
IMrs. B, T. Hurley wife of our Min
ister is at”Haw River teaching her
sis er’s class in school, who is indis
posed.
I'.lr. and Mrs. H. W. Bason of Thom-
iSViUe were here Sunday and Monday
attend thd funeral services of Mr.
Father.
' ' .’t Torcet to be on hand Saturday
mi’riiiiig ti) assist in the general clean-
inc u{. Help to make'Mebane shine
Distressing Attair.
That was a distressing affair that
occured at Wadesboro last week when
a building collapsed and three people
killed and a number injured. The
building was used as a drug store re
tail, and wholesale and it was a busy
time of the day. From a distance it
appears that the trouble was due entire
to the ignorance of the contractor
who was arranging to lower the ground
floor in not having a proper support
to the walls, as he was doing his ex
cavating work.
There are two worlds; oi.e where we
live a short time, and w^hich we leave
never to return, the other, which we
must soon enter, never to leave. In
fluence, power, friends, high fame,
great wealth, are of use in the first
world, the contempt of all these things
is far the latter. We must choose be
tween these two..—Bruyere.
See Easter Ad.
N. S. Cardwell places an advertis-
ment in this weeks Leader He car
ries a large, and well selected stock of
Death ot Capt. H. A. Bas
on.
Died at his home in Mebane Sunday
morning March 24th near 6 o’clock
oaptain Henry A. Bason. Capt. Bas-
son had been in failing health for some
time suffering from a heart affection,
although only confined to his bed at
short intervals. Capt. Bason was 66
years of age. He had > spent a por
tion of his life in Florence, S. C.
Twenty-five years of his time was
spent in Charlotte. He went there as
an engineerer on the Southern Rail
way, he waa soon promoted to con
ductor in which capacity he served un
til leaving Charlotte and coming to
Mebane fourteen years ago.
Captain Bason was married Oct. 22
1873 to Miss Francis Bradshaw, an ex-
celent lady who has made for him a
devoted wife, and a faithful campan-
ion, who survives him.
Captain Bason leaves one son, Mr.
F. W. Bason now of Thomas-
ville. He leaves one brother Mr. John
Bason of Haw River and two sisters.
Mrs. Ida Walker and Miss Kate Bas-
son
Capt. Bason was a consistent mem
ber of the Presbyterian church of
Mebane. perhaps none were more
prompt in attendance upon devine ser
vices, always 'prompt at his seat for
Sunday school, or Sunday worship. He
was one of the trustees of the Mebane
Graded school, and took an unusual
TEXTILE SME OFF
Consumer Will Bear Bur
den ot Increased Cost to
Manufacturers.
PRESS ASSOCIATION Will
MEET AT MnREKLAO
CITY YULY 23-25
character. He buys in car load lots
and sells close. Don’t forget Mr Card-
well when in Burlington. He will treat
you ri^ht.
farm implements, vehicles of every interest in everything that would help
for its advancements.
A.n interesting service was conduct
ed at the church by Rev. F, M. Haw
ley from text Job 5-26, “Thou shall
come to thy grave in a fuU age, like
as a shock of corn cometh in his sea
son ” The flower designs were pretty
On Thursday night March 28. at the aporopriate from the offiMrs
Hawfields High School auditorium, I
“Tony The Convict will be presented
“Tony The Convict’'
by horre talent. A full evenings en
joyment for every body so come and
bring vour frtends.
Doors will be opened at 8 o’clock.
Admission 25c.
See ad. of the ® Misses Forrest of
Hillsboro, they all ways carry a very
attractive line of pretty things for
ladies.
The attention of our readers is dir-
rected to the advertisment of Mr. R.
'W. Bright w’ho is offering a nice line of j
millinery just opened by Miss Bright, j
A man who makes politics his sole j
profession, shaping his everj’ act to j
cat( h the popular breeze, and knows ;
no principal in which self is not para- j
mount, is the smallest ever. j
i
V u cj.n put it down that the man |
peals a hundred thousand doi—
' ' r so to get in the United States j
r-nu'e doc-s not do it because of what
^ / liiipes to be able to do for the peo
ple.
A c'tiien of Greensboro compliments \
the progressiveness and advance spirits!
of the merchants of that city as evi-1
den cod by the liberal advertising done'
in the colums of the News. He says |
t hey are live wires. He does not seem
to think that a merchant is much good i
that does not advertise in his home
paper. |
Holmt s-Warren and Company change |
their advertisment in this weeks Lea- i
der. Still loaded down with an at- j
tractive line of spring and summer
goods including all the most popular
weaves in ladies dress goods, a com
plete line of low cut shoes for men,
women and children, a largo line of
: ,icy notions for both ladies and gen-
•n.
Among The Breakers
The play given Friday night at the
Graded school by local talent “Among
the breakers” was well attended. The
play was one that exhibited a high or
der of merit and was much enjoyed by
a large audience. Fifty dollars wa?
taken in, this is to be used in helping
to pay for the handsome j)iano recent
ly bought by the school.
Graded school. He was laid to rest
in the Presbyterian graveyard. Thus,
“after lifes fitful fever he sleeps well.*
The Leader extends its sincere sym
pathy tc the bereaved family.
Cedar Grove items received to late
for todays paper. Polly please get
thjem i n a little earlier.
A Kequesi.
At a meeting of the ladies commit
tee, the honorable Mavor, and a num
ber of gentleman being present, held
Tuesday evening, it was decided that
all the citizens of Mebane in cleaning
up their lo:s on Saturday March 30th !
be especially requested to clean up all
old tin cans, bottles and rubbish of!
every character, and place it in front |
of their residences that it may be re- 1
moved by wagons furnished by the i
town. These wagons are expected to j
begin hauling at 3 o’cK.ck- 1
Dangerously Wounded.
Kemp Long, a bright mulato of some
prominence in elecit whiskey circles
was shot and seriously w'ounded Fri
day a short distance East of Mebane by
a negro by the name '>f Will Crisp.
Crisp immediately burned the wind in
the direction of continuous liberty. Dr.
Efland Items*
Miss Bessie Baity has returned from
an extended visit to relatives in Bur
lington.
Mr. Robert Sharp J * spent Sunday
in Durham with his s ,er Mrs H. Mur-
pby.
Mr. and Mrs Robt Sharp Sr, attend
ed the funeral of their infant grand
son at Hillsboro Saturday morning.
Mr. Walter Woodard of Efland spent
Monday in the country.
Miss Annie Jordan spent Tuesday of
last w^eek in Hillsboro.
Mr. Frank Carden of ilebane and
Mr. Newton Fitch of Hillsboro spent
at Mr. W. P. Rilejrs.
Mrs. F. R. Brittain, Misses Pearl
and Maud Efland and Annie Jordan at
tended the debate at the E. H. school
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred Cates of Burlington visit
ed her cousin Mrs. W S. Tapp, last
Sunday.
Mr. Oswald Mayes called to see a
“friend” in Burlington Sunday night
Mr. R, S. Thompson of* Burlington
w’as a visitor at Mr. John Baitys Sun
day afternoon
Mr. J. J. Brown is soon to have a
The great Lawrence strike which
brought in its train increased wages
for 275,000 workers in New England
was officially declared off at all the
mills in Lawrence Sunday, having ac
complished its purpose in the opinion
of the leaders.
In this connection it is generally be
lieved, too, that advances in wages or
reduction in hours to paper mill em
ployes, bagging and burlap^ workers,
machinists and operatives in other in
dustries are all traceable, directly or
indirectly, to the movement to which
it had origin in Lawrence.
The total number of persons thus
to be benefited is considerably upward
of 300,000. Advances in the price of
woolen and cotton goods which have
been made or which are in prospect,
will probably place upon the ultimate
consumer much of the burden of the
additional cost to the textile manufact
urers. This will aggregate between
$10,000,000 and $12,000,000 during the
next year, it is estimated. Mill agents
in announcing^dvances in prices, have
frankly said that the upward trend
is the result of wage advances
CONSUMER PAYS FREICHT.
The rise in the price of cotton goods
announced, is comparatively g small, a
fraction of a cent a yard in most cases
but selling agents predict that the
net advance to the retailer may ulti
mately reach two cents a yard. Some
increased prices also have been quoted
on woolen goods and dealers freely pre
dict higher prices for next season.
Executive Committee
Meets at Raleigh and Be
sides* Selecting Meeting
Place and Dates Outlines
Program,
Morehead City was selected as the
place for the next annual meeting of
the North Carolina Press Association
and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, July 23, 24 and 25 as the dates by
the executive commictee.
Mr. W. W. Croxton, general passen
ger agent of the Forfolk Southern
Railroad, extended the invitation to
visit Morehead City, offering the edi
tors attractive special rates and a
royal good time at the famous presort.
The committee also outlined a pro
gram, the chief feature being prac
tical addi^ses from one or more news
paper men of national repute and the
rest confined to discussion of every
day problems by members of the as
sociation. The program will be com
pleted by the president and ratified at
a later meeting.
COURTROOM RIOT DUR
ING TRIAL
All Are Arrested, and La
ter Released.
THE CONTEST.
THE TIME TO POSH IS
NOW.
A Lesson From Bavaria.
“There are so few flies in Bavaria
that they can in no w'ay be regarded
as a pest. This is perhaps due to the
extreme cleanliness of Bavarian, cities.
Courtyards, alleys, vacant lots, etc.,
are kept clean, and the hallways and
entrances to the hou es are as fresh as
soap and water can i :ike them.”
This is an excerpt -om Consular Re-
! ports, and it points moral w'hich
American tities would do well to pon
der. The fly is the pi’oduct of filth and
uncleanliness. The way to eradicate
spring days and choppings are almost j the pest lies not in “s^^atting it”after
oyer and so glad except missing such
good meals prepared by the good lad -
ies in this section.
Pine Knot Items.
This section has had some pretty
The trial of Annie Crawford, charg
ed with the murder of her sister, El
sie, ended'last Thursday in a near
riot in the packed court room in New
Orleans when Lionel Adams, of coun
sel for the defense, struck District
Attorney St Clair Adams in the face,
after the renewal of a court room
quarrel between the two attorneys
earlier in the afternoon. Dr. Gustave
Mann, a defense ex^rt moved to
wards the district attorney and was
set upon and severely beaten by
Sturges Adams, brother of the dis^
trict attorney, who was a spectator
in the court room.
All four of the participants were
placed under arrest charged with
fighting and disturbing tbe peace, but
later were released on bond.
During the fight on^ woman is said
to have fainted. The Crawford wom
an was shoved and tossed about in
the melee and several men who stood
upon benches were struck tind slightly
hurt b]; the blades of an, electric fan
with which their heads came in con
tact.
The quarrel which led up to the
fight came when Lionol Adams, who
is not related to the district attorney,
also began to question Dr. Charles Yi.
Duval, medical expert for the State,
who was being cross-examined by
Joseph Generally of the defense. Dis
trict Attorney Adams asked the court ble, and Well WOrth eamest
to enforce the rule that “only one at
torney at a time may examine a wit
ness ”
The saw mills are blowing their
whistles around these mornings and
makes us look f/>rward to our new R.
R; now in progress, one brother lost
a whole night of sleep trying to name
the new depot.
Mr. W. L. McDade has beeu right
sick for the last few days with lagrip-
pe.
The farmers in this section have been
busy prepairing plant beds.
The public schools are closing and
the teachers will have more time to
—I will not tell on the boys and girls
this time.
Farmer.
Thompson the physician who attended new residence erected on Broad street
Long, thinks be was shot through the | near Mr. Carl Forrepts beautiful home,
liver and that the womid will more !
than likely prove fatal. |
Later—Long is gradually growing
worse, with no chance for living.
Mr. Joe Thompsons new residence
on Broad street will soon be completed
- Morrow'Bason and
on are inviting your
Green of
attention
^ ' heir t^rand soring millinery opening
ir.niThursJay night and contin-
uc'irig ti) Saturday night. Their milliii-
f r\' tore is a perfect bower of beauty.
If you wish to see the latest, seasons
hapes, in all the most popular styles
.sure to call on them during
'tp'-ning.
Death of Mr. Michael Dod
son.
Died in Rex Hospital in Raleigh
Sunday March 24th Mr. Michael Dod
son of Mebane. Mr. Dodson was in i
the 63rd year of his age. He was a
confederate veterian having served ^ in
the waribetween the States in company
D oi South Carolina, Brown Captain.
This was the Junior reserve guard.
He was married to Miss Addie Clem-
mens in 1869. He leaves t\^ children
two sisters and six grand children. He
church for
their ; been a member of the
35 years.
Wher. A family, or clan have bull
lozed and long over ridden and brow
; at a community as did the Allens of
Mr. Dodson worked as a faithful
mechanic with the W’hite Furniture
Mr. Carl Forrests store has just
bsen completed and all combined adds
greatly to the appearance of our
“city.”
Miss Sallie and Pearl Efland spent
Saturday in Durham shopping.
Miss Julie Trent spent Sunday with
her friends, Misses Pearl, Sallie and
Maud Efland.
Miss Annie Forrest a returned mis
sionary from Japan lectured at the M.
P. church last Wednesday night and
spent several days with Mr. D. E. For
rest and family.
Miss Berta Pratt of Piney Monnt
school is spending her vacation at her
home with her mother, Mrs. A. Pratt.
All ye old wi iters where
>{othmg Noteworthy
It is not at all easy to understand
why the New York newspapers should
be making so much miration over the
reported fact that a waiter in the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel struck the market
in Wall Street the other day and
cleaned up sixty-five hundred dollars
on a single turn. Had it been the
proprietor there might be occasion for
wonder, but what is sixty-five hun
dred dollars to a waiter in a fashion
able metropolitan hostelry! No more
that it would be to a Pullman porter.
it has been brought into being, but in
removing its every breeding place. The
former method means only so much
time and labor lost; the latter is ef
fective of the end sought, as the ex
perience and Bavaria convincingly dem
onstrates. There is not a city in all
the country which could not, if it
would, convert itself into a practically
flyless town. All that is necessary is
proper co-operation on the part of the
authorities and the citizenship in keep
ing the community clean. Va. Pilot.
The weather is brighten
ing up now, and our contes
tants, will have a better
show for their work, and we
can notur^e them too strong
ly to push a head now, and
make hay while the sun
shines.
The handsome prizes of
fered you should be ample
stimulous to induce you to
put forward your best ef
fort. A handsome $850.00
automobile of t^e most ap
proved make. Think of it,
it would take $850.00 hard
cash to btiy, while upon
your part not a great deal
of effort might win it. It
is not money, but it is a lit
tle effort upon your part.
Don^t you know it will pay
you. The other prizes are
also handsome and desira-
Governor Sends Armed
Vessel to Enforce Fish
ers Laws.
Thomas A. Edison issues a predic
tion to the effect that woman will not
be man’s equal for three thousand
years to come. The even figures will
not appeal to the suffragettes, who,
after all, are feminine. He should
have made it 2d98.
A Missouri woman has been awarded
two dollars for the loss of her hus
band’s affection, but even at that it
is altogether possible that the verdict
may have been exorbitant.
An order was made by Governor
Kitchin for the Elfreida, the cruising
vessel of the North Carolina Naval
Brigade, stationed at Newbern, to pro
ceed fully armed with a complement
of twentv-eight men to the waters of
Albemarie sound and rubject to the
orders of State Fish Commissioner
C. S. V^nr. in enforcervent of the
State fishers laws The commander of
the Elfreida is to report at Edenton
for service. The order went to Com
mander T. C. Daniels of Newbern, who
will draw ^n the Newbern or other
divisions of the brigade tor tlie twenty
eight men. The boat carries one and
three-pound guns.
Says Leg Grew In Prayer
(Erom the Philadelphia Recowl.)
Charles E. Marlis, son of Rev. W.
F. Martis of Reading, Pa., says he has
been healed in a miraculous manner.
He was suffering with diseases which
puzzled the best physicians and caused
the hopital authorities to gravely
shake their heads; but today he is as
spry as a rooster.
He says that the pow-wow man did
not have a thing to do with his heal
ing, bat that the Lord did the work.
“I have been in the St. Joseph Hos
pital thirty-one days, in the Readin^e
Hospital three times and in the Home
opathic Hospital on two occasions,"
he said to a reporter, “but I could not
get any relief until the Lord opened
my eyes.” ^
Young Mr. Martis says the glory of
God came upon him ki the People’s
mission. One leg was shorter by
nearly three inches, and he says he
had four extra pieces of heavy leather
ii his shoe.
He went to the alter and began
praying, and after praying for about
five minutes the Lord spoke to them,
he says, and there was 'a feeling as if
his left leg was being pulled. When
he got up it was a long as the right
leg, ani the old leather was thrown
out of the shoe.
effort to win. Any enter
prising and pushing young
lady ought to be able to do
splendid work and can if
she pushes with the right
force. Any assistance we
can render, or any informa
tion we can give w\ll be
gladly given. We want to
help you and hope you will
permit ms to do so. Send in
your reports weekly.
In The LeaJer Contest
The following young ladies have
been nominated to enter the Leader
contest, for the several valuable
prizes offered, and are entitled to the
votes placed opposite their names:
An exchange expresses the opinion
that Captain Amundsen took-‘chances’
when he borrowed $18,000 to discover
the pole. On the contrary, it was the
man who loaned the money that really
took them.
ral Co. Va., they get the idea that|"evening,
y m.iy rule by devine right, and j
I none dispute their sway. It is | bless the gooci-natured.
Co. every since the factory was started Come again and let us have
His remains were laid to rest Monday “social chat.’
their sway.
10 times then they commit
rt act that brings a rude awaken-
pnd ruin and disaster follows. It
: he t to put a check rein on your
L-mpe”, it will pay in the long, and
"ort run. Anv attempt at a usurpa
tion O'" individual rights is sure to lead
to ruin. But they say the Allens were
built that way, well it was their mis-
-‘rtu-;p.
J omato catsup confiscated by the
: e iood authorities at Buffalo is said
t iv> contained sixty millirn bac-
Lo the cubic millimeter. Not eytn
i.ilcroscope, was able to dis-
the presf.*nce of tomato. There
Wasn’t room for it.
It
some I jjiggg everybody else. He whose dis
position is cheerful, imagi/.ative and
numorous has a summer of the soul,
and in that summer atmosphere reason
will act more clearly, conscience will
be sounder, fidelity will act better than
if they are exercised in a frigid zone
or in chills and peltings of a morose
disposition. —Beecher.
art thou?
one more
All this world is heavy with the pro
mise of greater things, and a day will
come-—a day in the unending succes-
sim of days—when beings, beings who
are now latent in our thoughts and
hidden in our loins, will stand upon
this ear,th as one stands upon a foot
stool and laugh and reach out their
hands amidst the stars.—H. G. Wells.
“Pat,"
Easter Flowers.
Easter flowers, design for weddings,
or funeral. Orders given prompt at
tention. Write or phone J. H. Lashley
agent for J. Van Lindly, Greensboro,
N. C.
To be calm when others about you
are troubled; to dream dreames and
yet not to be mastered by them; to
think and yet not make thoughts an
end; to meet triumph without pride
and disaster without being embittered;
to walk with many and keep virtuous;
to hold converse with the mighty and
yet not loose the common touch; to be
influenced neither by the criticism of
of foes nor the flattery of friends; to
endeavor to be service and helpfulness
to others; to beep in mind the transet-
ions of life,s experiences, to love
humanity and to trust in God. These
are the guideposts on the highway to
happiness.—By T.W.T,
Will Meet In Raleigh
The Stats Democratic executive com
mittee selected Raleigh as the place,
and June 6, as the date for the Statie
convention, and Saturday, May 18,
for the precinct meeting and prim
aries, and May 25 for the county con
ventions to name delegates to the
State convention and for other pur
poses.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee after long argument adop
ted resolutions ordering a Senatorial
primary instead of recommending this
to the State convention, and providing
that the new State Executive ''Com
mittee shall at its first meeting after
the State convention make details,
rules and regulations for holding the
primary on general election day.
The greatest economic event of the
last hundred years for Norfolk and the
States of Virginia and North Carolina
was the adoption Wednesday in the
House of Representatives of the riv
ers and harbor bill, in which Congress
commits itself to an appropriation of
$5,400,000 for an inter-costal waterway
between Norfolk and Beaufort and ap
propriates for immediate use $500,000
for the purchase and improvrment of
the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal
as the first se(ftion of the course.
This was the statement made by
Congressman John H. Small of the
First North Carolina district.
JNOt Just A “Good Cook”
Many^ew York hotels pay from
$10,000 to $15,000 a year for their
chef§. A man to be a competent chef
must be a naturalist, an economist,
disciplinarian, a butcher, a hygienist,
a chemist, an artist, a sculptor and
an epicure.
He is a naturalist because of his in
timate knowledge of all kinds of meat
animals; birds, both wild and domes
tic; fish, crustaceous and shell; of
fruits, vegetables, spices and condi
ments.
As To Chewing
V/e are inclined*to agree with Dr.
Montgomery,^ of New York, that'Chew
ing gum is not a particularly manly
habit, occupation or pastime, but we
none the less venture to suggest to the
reverend gentleman that there are
worse things—chewing the rag, for
instance.
The wife of a Massachusetts minis
ter says that her husband is “a dog, a
hypocrite, rat, snake and skunk-’’ Out.
side of that, we take it, he is all right.
Leap \ear
‘Tis leap year, girls, and don’t forget
The privilege of the suffragette.
With bashful, hesitating beaux,
Plu?k up your courage and propose.
Untie old Precedent’s red tape
And let no guilty man escape.
She who hesitates is lost.
So land your man at any cost.
If you have youth as well as beauty,
The leap year cry is, “Do your duty’’
“Say Horace, dear, will you be mine?
Of all mankind for you I pine,”
If he a happy year should wish you
And slyly try to dodge the issue,
Just get a grip upon his coat
And put the question to a vote.
If he votes “No" and you vote “Yes,”
Throw out no signal of distress,
“Hip, hip, hurrah, it is a tie—
Blest be the tie that binds," you cry.
—New York Herald.
The Houston Posts boasts that two
thousand babies were born in the Tex
an town in which it is domiciled during
the last fiscal year. Yes, but we de
cline to hold it against the infants;
they couldn’t help it.
Miss Lena Philips
2,000
V
Nettiek)le
2,000
Carrie May
3,000
€4
Rachel f^stlow
2,000
tt
G«ner Harris *
4,500
tt
Helen Warren
4,500
tt
Elizabeth Cheek
2,000
tt
Mattie Thompson
2,000
tt
Sudie Miller
5,000
tt
Lillian McCracken
2,000
ti
Delia McAdams
2,000
ft
Daisy Ray
4,000
tt
Maggie Fletcher
2,000
tt
Nettie Oliver.
2,000
Mrs Della Wilkerson
14,850*
Miss Vivian Cheek
2;000
May Carter
2,000
tt
Ida Lloyd
2,000
tg
Gladys Scott
2,000
tt
Luda Roach
2,000
11
Georgia Stutts
2,000
tt
Nannie Turner
2,000
Snodie Cole
2,000
Mrs. Florence Fitzpatrick
6,100
Miss Emma Brewer
2,000
Miss Luna Breeze
2,500
Misa Dorsie K. King
2000
John’s Explanation.
John returned home at a very ques
tionable hour, and among other ^uve-
nirs of a special eveinng he carried
considerable gash on his forehead. His
wife demanded an explanation of the
wound.
“Nothin’ be ‘larmed ‘bout, m’ dear,
Jes’ bit m’self.’
“John Brown! How could you bite
yourself on the forehead?" exclaimed
his irritated helpmate.
This hJ»d presented no difficulties to
the versatile John, if it had taxed the
credulity of his spouse.
“I stood on chair, y’know," he ex
plained glibly.—Garoyle.
Alarmed by the anarchistic tenden
cies of sundry of the Democratic lead
ers, The Albany Herald warns the par
ty of the danger of giving its support
to the initiative, referendum and re
call and those who favor so radical a
departure in well ordered represent*
ative government, and The Savannah
Press, which seems to have lost all of
its old-time, savor, charges The Herald
The Real Cost.
It is printed out that South Caro
lina pays her Governor less than any
State in the Union, with the excep
tion of Vermont and Nebraska.
In actual money, yes; but what the
present Chief Executive is costing the
Palmetto Commonwealth in shame and
di^race is above and beyond estima
tion in dollars and cents.—Va. Pilot.
A Brooklyn man gave a jackass
three teaspoonfuls of Tobacco saace
just to see what the animal would do.
The man himself hasn’t been seen
with being hysterical. Time was
when one could follow The Press safely 1
but it has developed in the present | ' • '
crisis into one of the least dependable p^je gold does not feax the fire,
of the Populist pi^pers of the country. I —Chinese
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