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71 “AND RIGHT THE DAY MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOULD BE DISLOYALTY, TO FALTER WOULD BE SIIN.” Vol. MEBANE. N.C., THUBSDAT. APBIL 18 1»12 NO 9 PERSONAL AND LQGAL BRIEFS I'EOPLE WBO COME AND GO Items of interest Gathered by Oar Reno'tPr Miss Besaie Corbett is visiting Mrs. VV. Y. Malone. Mr. Roosevelt will talk in Greensboro cn April 22 or 23. Mrs. Sallie Cooper of Carr, is visiting Mrs. J. N. Warren. Miss Virgie Davis is visiting her brother, Mr. C. F. Davis. Miss riara Compton spent Saturday Snnday with Mrs. Pettigrew. send us in your job woik, we yt it for you right, and thank you. r. Wiley James and two children : Hickory, are visiting Mrs. T. B. i fttigrew. ^Ir. and Mrs. John Burton and chil- (]i eii spent Saturday and Sunday at Mrs. r. B. Pettigrews. The work on the new post office is progressing satisfactory since the weather has become open and fair. We will have a new drug store in a short while, work on the building is being pushed as rapidly as possible. Mrs. J. H. Burton and son Robert, is with Mrs. Burton, her daughter, with whom she will ncake her future home. Messrs. J. S. White, Sam Scott, J. Ed. White, Benjamin Warren, V/alter Malone, Sam Morgan, and William Corbett, went to Greensboro Saturday. Postmaster-General Frank Harris Hitchcock will resign as a member of President I'aft’s Cabinet before July 1 next. He will enter business in New York City. It woHld not hurt if the stumps that were necssary to be blown up during I he street paving were removed fi’om i.ear the side walk and from some of The sqares, they are unsightly. Mebane is throbbing with life and V ‘isjress. the music of the trowel, haivimer and saw, is heard from early morn until dewey eve, Mebane has a fiuur*' do what you can to help make it nfight. Report your personals and any local happenings you have knowledge of to the Leader. Every citizen in Mebane ought to take a pride in making their home paper, the Leader better, and better. Hon Locke-Craig, so far is the only candidate for Governor to succeed Mr. Kitchin. He will likely be nominated hy acclimation at the convention which meets in Raleigh on June 6th. He will stump the state for the entire ticket. We would be glad to hear more fre quently from our correspondences in the country. We are quite sure they could send us much neivs that would be both helpful their section as well as to the Leader. Send them in early in the week so we can handle them for you. There has been an immense amount of fertilizer stored in Mebane during the past few weeks. This wiU be mov ed out to the farms in h short while. Fertilize business in Mebane is a big thing, and the return of product in the fall to Mebane ought to be equally as big. It is to be hoped that the farmers South of here will not forget to put in tillage a good quanity of tobacco. Tobacco will be the money crop in this 'ection this fall. Last years crop sold ■veil and there will be no reason why the next seasons crop will not bring ■ ood prices. "he way to meet the Parcel Post 1 at the rat hole is to push publicity ■«'' '.t your own business in your local i r. The only weapon the depart- rricnt store has to fight you with is ' ters ink. I would seem that you : ould use it just as effective as they can, why not? Poor Economy. It impreses us as a noor economy to sell calves to the butcher, wliy not keep them, and raise beef cattle, thoro would be very much morn money n them. If the farmer wont keep t loni then some one who wants to make a good profit should buy them up raise and fatten them to a point where there is money in them. Notice. As we find that it will be imiiossible •r so many of our patrons to attend the Primary Entertainment Thursday ii.ornipg, we have decided to have this (ntertainmant at 7:30 sharp Thursday ■ ‘-ning. Teachers of Mebane Graded SchoolJ Women voters defeated women can- lutes in mo«t of the recent town ele- t i'n.s in California. That,s a far more ’ 'Vctive way of evening up old giud- s than unkind remarks and the failure to speak when passing by. Right Ine The Front. ^'or spring style. Telling the story - style neat appearance. Service and •*" re than a half century of Trader* ' he Dorothy Dodd Shoe now on dis- f ’ y at our store in eveiy style. Come in and let us show you. ,H. E. Wilkinson Co. ^‘Ihe store of quality.” Do \ou Want to Be Siiil^ ed. Sneed-Markham, Taylor company of Durham N. C, changes »d. in this weeks Leader. This firm carry a large well selected stock of ciothiaj?. There spring selections embracinsr some ex ceedingly pretty styles and weaves. They carry everything to enable you t) dress well. Don’t fail to see th m when in need of anything in their line. Virginia Wins. Virginia won the opening game with Carolina by 2 to 1 at Greensboro Sat. the game being a closelv waged battle between Pitchers Rixey and Lee, with honors slightly in favor of the former. l*'our thousand people saw the game and cheered wildly at every opportunity of the Tar Heel boys, Gen. Fredrick u. Grant Passes Away iiiNew York Maj. Gen, Fredrick D. Grant, son of the famous General of the civil war, and himself commander of the Depart ment of the East, died at nhe Hotel Buckmgham in New York City April 12 at 12:30 o’clock. Clara Barton Dead. Clara Barton, tounclerof thfe Ameil- can Red Cross Society, died at her home in Glen Echo, Md. Apiil 12. She was 91 years old. She has been identified with relief work ali her life, and car ried relief to sufferers in two w^ars and many calamities. She was a nurse in the Civil War. Graves-Clark Wedding. At the Episcopal church in Weldon, N. C., Monday eveniig April 8 at 9 o’clock, iMiss Mary W. Clark, the pretty and attractive daughter of Mr, Mrs. Edward Clark was united in mar riage to Mr. Felix Graves of Mebane, N. C. Although somewhat of a surprise marriage, the church was filled to over flowing with friends from Weldon and neaiby towns to witness the marriage ceremony. Mr. Graves went down on Sunday, expecting to return Monday night. That evening he proposed to Miss Clark to take their friends by surprise and be married that evening instead of waiting until June, as had been their intention. She consented and he asked her mother and father’s consent,~but they J^oth opposed it, as they hated for her to leave them so unexpectedly, they too were anxious for her to have a wedding. They would not consent to wait, so were married and left on the 1 o’clock train for a bridal trip north for 10 days or more. On their return they w’ill be at home in Mebane, N. C. Miss Clark had a number of friends in Mebane, having been a visitor here for several seasons. We congratulate Mr. Graves upon winning such a charming lady. She is a splendid little woman possessing ail the rare graces of head, and heart that help make an ideal companion, and a social queen. At The Graded School Play ‘‘What’s Next Wednesday even ing April 17, 1912. Commencement Exercises of Mebane Graded School April 18 and 19, 1912. Thursday morning—o’clock Class Day Exercises Primary Entertainment. Thursday night—8 o’clock Declamation and Recitation Contest. Friday morning 10 o’clock Commence ment Exercises Address by Prof. J. B. Robertson Awarding of Deplomas and Medals. Friday night 8 o’clock,—Entertainment by Intermediate Grades. IN THE HOLE An old colored man from the country came into HolmeS'Wavren store a few da^s past Siid said Mr Warren I wa.it some of them “whit you call em ever there for my diarner, Mr. W'arren! could not understand w’hat he wanted, but at last the old man blurted out I want some of them little minnows i^i grease that you got over there in cans and Mr. Warren handed him a box ot sardines. Please Help us Out Give Ub a Change. The people of North Carolina should not overlook the fact that it needs good men to serve in its next general assembly, and if they do not select them before hand, then a packed con vention is likely to select them after hand. Tbe honest yeomanry of ti e State, and the practical business man should be asked to go to Raleigh, we are not inclined to beleive they will become the paid tools rich and power ful coporations 5T would wish to invite the lobbyist to approach them. A New Justicc of the Feace Mr. John Shav/ has b^en appointed a justice of the Peace to succeed Capt. H. A. Bason whose death made the office vacant. Mayor Shaw has already juridiction in Mebane, but this will extend his power of operation over the country. Mr. Shaw is a good man and will make a good justice. Years before General U. S. Grant died it was remarked that he smoked so many black strong cigars in a day after a while he had a trouble at the root of his tongue. His physician ad vised him to let the cigars alone, he did not. When General Grant died years afterwards to the trouble in his throat was largely attributed the cause of his death. Forty years afterwards his son General Dent Grant is found suffering the same trouble, which may have hastened his death. Was it heridity? Commencment Exercise The Graded School exercises will be held this week, and the indications are that they will prove of interest and pleasure to those who attend them. There will be a play given Wednesday night for which a nominal charge will be made but all of the exercises in connection with the commencement will be free, and to which the public are invited. The Mebane Graded School Athletic Association have endevered to put out a Base Bali Team this spring that would reflect credit to the school and to the town, a team that we all could be proud of, not only have we striven on the field, but we have made every effort possible to defray our own ex penses and up to the present we have done so, but extra games and work on the grounds have increased our expenses more than we expected. On Friday April 19th we play a game with the Burlington High School which will be the last game of the season. So we ask every one who loves a good clean game of the Notional Sport to be on hand and bring your friends and a quarter and help your own team win. Our record is as follows: At Mebane- Orange Grove ScfaooI-2 Mebane Graded School 3 “ Bingham (Scrubs) 7 “ 9 “ Peidmcnt Warehouse 2 5 At Burlington —Burlington High School 6 2 “ Hawfield Hawfield High School 3 ‘*18 “ Mebane Graham High School 1 “14 ** “ Raleigh High School 4 “ 1 “ “ Bingham (1st team) 5 " 10 Please help us Friday. J- Earl Shaw Mgr. C. Hugh Smith Capt. S. C. Thompson Sec. and Treas. Mebane Graded School Atheletic Associ ation. Wanted, Agents in Burlington to represent the Business Mens Mutual Casualty Company, of Winston-Salem, N- C, the only Health and Accident company which issues a $1.00 month policy that pays for each day’s sici^ness, and co/- e ’B all diseases. Pays for one day to fifty-two weeks for a single disability. None but sober men need apply. B. A. Sellars and son of Curliiig.cn changes their advertisment in todays issue. Yot will find it interestii'g read ing, and you will find their store fn attractive place to trade at, Mrs. Vowel I Passes. Mrs. J. E. Vowell, of Haw River, died early Saturday morning at St. Leo’s hospital Greensboro, death resulting from a very serious operation, for which Mrs. Vowell was brought here Wednesday night. The body was carried to Haw River Saturday after noon the funeral was held from the Baptist church, at that place Sunday. The deceased was 26 years of age and was said to have been a woman of charming personality and lovable traits. Deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband, who was present when the end came. Warning was issued by the United States to the Mexican government, as well as to Gen. Pascual Orozoo, chief of the revolutionary forces, that “jt expects and must demand that Ameri- aan life and property, within the republic of Mexico, be justly ard ade quately protected, and that this govern ment must hold Mexico and the Mexi can people responsible for all wanton or illegal acts, sacrificing or endange ring American life or damaging Ameri can interests. The automobile tire output of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Compans at the present time is in the neighborhood of 4,000 tires per day, and machinery has been installed to bring this number to 5,000 per day. This number is exclusive of the output of the Canadian plant at Bowmanvllle. ‘ PROFESSIONIIL YE66 LOOT eANX HI Vault Blo\^n open By Row ertui Explosive and all the fJash Taken— No Clue to Robbers. Hillsboro became feverish with ex citement last Friday morning when it was known that some time durii^y the night safe cracker^, h^ blown the vaults of the Bank of Orange with nitroglycerin and gotten away with something like $5,000 in cash, all they had on band with tbe exception of some loose change which was left scattered over floor. The job clearly indicated the work of expert yeggmen, the doors of the large safe inside the vault also the door to the burglar chest being litterally blown to pieces so effectively had the powerful explos ive used done its work. The burglars entered the bank by the front door. The tool Wouse of the Southern Railway and a nearby black smith shop were drawn upon for picks, sledges and chisels but it now devel ops that these do not appear to have been used, the combination knobs to the doors being blown off and the nit roglycerine poured into the openings thus made. The bank was not even temporarily embarrassed by the rob bery as the loss Is fully covered by in surance and a source of ready money supply was near at hand. In fact Cashier Collins and Bookkeeper Lock hart were the coolest men in the throng that gathered in the eaiiV mom ing to view the wreck and inquirer were informed that the bank would be open for business upon the ‘stroke of 9 and the pay-rolls of the manu facturing plants furnished as usual. There is no definite clue as to the robbers. Three strange men with grips were seen to get off train No. 131, which arrived from Goldsboro at 8:30 but these have since been ac counted for. Two umbrella menders who have been around town 'f^ some days are missins Saturday and suspi cion naturally points to them but proof of their guilt is larking. The bank offers a reward of $200 for the apprehension of the guilty parties. What a Parcels Post Law Will Do. The enactment of a parcels post law by congress will dev£rt a large part of rural trade to city mail order merchants, thus crippling approximate- 1,00,000 retail dealers of the nation and their employes and families, destroy good home markets for farm products, injure all country newspapers which can only live and give local and gen eral news to their patrons at their low subscription price by the aid of liberal advertising from local merchants. And finally, when the ruthless storm has wrecked, if not bankrupted, the above named classes, the recoil will fall in full f irce^upon tire farmers, in a heavy depreciation of farms and their pro ducts for Want of home markets All told, about 32,0(^,000 or one-third of our population will be damaged and 5,000 or less ¥nll have been profited. He Denounces the Attack Mr. Morrison in speaking before a Democrat club of a thousand members in Charlotte the other night said: *‘He denounced the attack made by (jOvenx>r Kitchin, who said that Sim- mona voted 19 times with the Repub licans. He declared that those votes represented the platforms of the Dem ocrats party. Why did not the Gov ernor state that Simmons had voted 123 times against the Republicans? In his later deliverance he said “the Gov« emor with that mind which is the most finely constructed for sophistry of any this State has ever known.*’ changed the statement to read “voted 19 times against the Democrats.” His Last Act, (From Tit-Bits.) The heavy, fur-coated man owned the gunpowder factory, and the lean, cadaverous person by his side acted as foreman and general factotum., “Yes, sir,” remarked the menial to the master; “poor old Bill is dead, right enough.” “And how did it happen?” asked the employer eadly. “Well, sir,” came the reply “you see, sir, old Bill went into the mixing room and by mistake struck a match.’S The boss looked suprised. “Fancy Bill, of all people, doing that!” he cried. “I should have thought that would have been the last thing he’d do.” “It was, sir!’* replied the lanky one remorsefully. When you go to BurUi^rton stop at the Newlin Hotel, [t is quite conven ient to the depot, and a very nice place. FERTILIZER WILL BE M.lt FROM THE AIR Electro-Chemical Plant at Nitrolee, S. C., Soon to Be Completed and Work Begin. The last sections of ma h’nery for the fertilizer plant of the Southern Electro-Chemical Company at Nitrol^e, S. C., have been received and placed in position and those in charge are nov/ ,^gaged in testing out the several parts of the mechanism. The greater portion of this plant is made of porcelain_,fire-clad brick and glass such as is able to withstand the fiery effects of the nitric acid, and almost all of it is manufactured abroad. _ Two months ago the oxdation tow'ers, cooling chambers, furnaces, tanls, pipes and connections had been finished, but on account of a delay in shipping several of the “blowers,” the trial starting of the plant was postponed until this week. These blowers will force the aid through the clectric arc at high temperature where the oxygen and cardon dioxide will be consumed and the nitrogen precipitated in the form of nitrous oxide. This mtrous oxide is then conveyed to four immense porcelain towers, each 75 feei in height, where it is condensed and allowed to settle in pans of limestone rock, the resultant mixture being nitrate of lime, one of the most valuable constituents of commercial fertilizers. This plant at Nitrolee is largely for experimental purposes. It will utilize 4,000 horsepower of electricity from the Great Lalls plant of the Southern Power Company a mile distant. If this plant is successful, then a second one will be built to utilize 20,000 of elec trical horsepower. This 4,0C3 horse power plant will produce 5 tons of nitric acid every 24 hours whicn will give about 8 tons of nitrate of lime. The price of nitrate of lime is $50 a ton.—NCharlott Observer. Orange Grove Items. Mr. Vance Cptei is now making his in Chapel Hi!!. The Orange Grovc School Co.Timence- ment began Saturday night April 6th ’ with exercises by the primary and ' intermediate departments. This was I greatly enjoyed by a large audience. ! On Sunday April 7 the annual sermon j was preached by the Ee\, J. R. L. j Smith of Chapel Hill, the condition of tbe weather kept those who lived at any distance away, but those who heard this masterful but simple sermon will i remember it for many days. Dr. Smith I held the audience spellbound, and a greater or grander sermon has never been preached at this place. Monday at 11 : A. M., the declaimers contest came off, the, gold medal was won by Mr. Luther G. Cheek, but his victory was over able apponents. In the reciters contest Miss Nannie Lloyd was the victor and the rewird was a beautiful gold medal. Miss Nellie Perry won the prize given in the spelling classes. In the evening Orange Grove was defeated j in a game of baseball by the Sophomore jclassjof the University. Monday night ! the drama “Among the Breakers” was given, every actor winning applause, but ’‘Send,” the burnt cork character, and ‘‘Larry” the Irishman were heartily applauded. A large number of visitors attended the commencement from Hillsboro, Chapel Hill, Efland and Mebane, and their names are too numerous to m«=n- tion. Among the number was Miss Aline Perry and Mr. Forest of Efland, Mr. Chas M. Crawford, wife and son of Greensboro, Miss Inez Reynolds of Raleigh and Mr. Privett of Wake Forest, Prof. West of Hillsboro with a number of school girls from that place. Have you ncticcd that Mr. Hersey Cates is all smiles? Cause? well, its a bouncing baby frirl. Are you interested in a larger and better school next year? If you are next Saturday is a good time to show your colors. Come out and prove that you are a doer a id ftot a talker only. NEW INDUSTRIES Report tor Carolinas Show Number of Enterprises Launched. The list of new industries organized during the past week as reported by The Tradesman includes the following for North Carolina: Asheville, $25,000 amusement and investment company; Burlington, $50,COO construction com pany, Charlotte, $25,000 company for the manufacture of fire appliances; Greensboro, $50,000 construction com pany; Kinston $100,000 lumber company; Lexington, $30,000 lumber company; Maxton $50,000 light and power com pany, Reidsville, $50,0C3 warehouse company; Salisbury, $50,000 cotton mill; Troy, $12,000 roller mill; Tryon, $25,000 water company; Wilmington, $25,000 furniture company and $25,0C0 towing company. For South Carolina there was reported; Bethune, $1,000 telephone company; Columbia, $12,000 company to manufacture railway appliaces; Charleston, $25,000 develop ment company; Ridgeland, $5,000 tele phone company, and Sumter, $10,000 lumber company. Watts To Open Simmons Headquarters in Raleigh. A. W. Watts, who has been clerk to Senator Simmons’ committee, has re signed and v 111 go to Raleigh, where he w’ill be coiii’.scted w^ith Senator Sim mons’ headquarters. He will open headqua'rters immediately and be in charge v it’’! the senator’s manager, who has already been selected, and whose appointment will be announced in a week, take charje. Capt. S. A. Ashe ht’s been appointed clerk to the ommictee in place of Mr. WaUs, a. J C. K. (;ook, o2 Louisburg, Fraiikli 1 ^.ou ity, has been appointed to the position vacated by Captain Ashe? Important Supreme Court Decision. Holding that it is a wholesome prin ciple that the voter should not be re- quirred to specify his decisions on two or more distinct propositions, the sup reme court in a batch of opinions hart- dcd down reversed the judgment of the lower court in the case of the city of Winston against the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company^ and thereby in validated bonds to the value of $350,- 000. The bank had agreed to take $160,000 worth of municipal improve ment bonds, but later declined on the gi’ound that the bonds could not be collected, since in the election prop osition several items were carried on a single ballot,, when they should have been placed on seperate bollots. A voter should not be required to specify his decision on two or more distinct propositions, the court held, and that where, as this state, this is a matter of legislative control an act of the legislQture should not be interpreted as violating this-very wholesome prin ciple unless it does so in clear and un mistaken terms. ^ A North Carolina Catfish (From The Philadelphia Press.) A yellow catfish, which traveled more than 1,000 miles frozen in a cake of ice and is still a live to tell the tale was placcd on exhibition at the public aquarium in Fairmont park. This fish was packed in ice along with a num ber of others ir. North Carolina five days ago. It was then shipped to the Philadelphia fish markets, and when it arrived on Saturday was given the usu>l bath in cold water. - Much to the sui prise of the merchants, this par ticular :,atfish, ins'cead of be^;'^' stiff and deau, as v.'ere the others, b':gL''.ii to wiggle about ::i'd show sirns of life It was t.'kea in charge by Willip.m E. Meeham, superinteudeut of ;the ?qua- rium, ? id revived. IIIMTER The Titanic The Largest Steamer a Float Goes to The Bottom of The Sea Carrying 1800 Souls. The worst marine disaster known to history occured off St. John, New Founland Monday morning when that biggest steamer a float the Titanic of the White Star line sank after striking and immense iceburg. She carried 2270 passengers, J.800 of which is sup posed to have drowned, these do not include the 800 that would constitute the sailing crew. Untold wealth was represented among the passengers of the Titanic, there be- inj^ on board at least six men, each of whose f rtines might be reconed in tens of millions of dollars. A rough estimate of the total jwealth represented in the first class passenger list would reach over a half billion dollars. Benjamin Guggenheim, probably first in financial importance, is the fifth of the seven sons of Meyer Guggen heim who founded the American Smel ting and Refining company, the great miring corporation, and is a director of muny corporations, including the Inter national Pump company, 6T which he is also president. His fortune is estima ted at $95,000,000. His wife, whose name does not appear on the^ passenger list is a daughter of James Seligman, the New York banker. George D. Widener, is the son of P. A. B. Widener, the Philadelphia “trac tion king” whose fortune is estimated $50,000,000. Isador Straus, one of New York’s most prominent dry goods merchants, and notable for his philanthropies, has a fortune also estimated to be worth $50,000,000. He is a director in various banks, trust companies and charitable institution. J. Bruce Ismay, president and one of the founders of the International Mer cantile Marine, whs has alway made it a custom to be a passenger on the maiden trip of every new ship built by the company, is said to be worth $40,000,000. It was said Mr. Ismay who with J. P. Morgan consolidated American and British steamship lines under the International Merchantile Marine control. Colonel Washington Roebling, build er of the Brooklyn bridge', passenger and director of John A Roebling’s sons company, is credited with a fortune ot $25,000,000. The Titanic gross register 46328 tons length 882 feet breath 92 feet depth from bottom of ship- to 'top captain cabbin 105 feet. The Titanic cost ten million of dollars and was not only the the largest but the finest passenger steamer afloat, just making her maided trip across the Atlantic. • Cannot Some One Tell. Can not some one tell us what Gover nor Kitchen did when he was in Cong ress? He had his opportunity for demonstrating what else ho could do, besides talk.| The people of this State are interested in knowing what it was he did, did he make good in the House, this should be known before he is permited the chance to abuse ^n op - portonity in the Senate. High Praise. If you are looking for that which is best in the men r id womeu with whom you come in contact; if you are seeking also to g,ive them that which is best in yourself, if you are looking for friendship which shall help you to know j your self as you are and to fulfil yourself as you ought to be; if you are looking for a love which shall not be a flattering c ream a.id a madness of desire, but a t^ je comradeship and | a mutal inspirv’tiOii to all nobility of 1»V Ing—^then you P 'e surely on the as cending path,—Heniy van Dyke. She was a pretu/, dai ity, i^ifth ave nue manicure; he a gay old bachelor, noted at the Metropolitr> .'. club for his pleasantries. As she added the fin ishing touches one moniii’g she looked up with limped eyes, sayaig: “We are always so glad to have testimonials from our customers. Do you mind?” “No, indeed; lam delighted.” Where upon he wrote upon his card and hand ed her the following. “There is a divinity that shapes our ends.”—Hampton Magazine. List of JLetters Remaining unclaimed at this office or the we^ ending April. 31. 1912 1 Letter for Mr, Thomas Crisp 1 “ “ Miss Allene Moffitt 1 “ “ Mr. C. G McCauley 1 P. C. “ “ Davie Hlfe 1 “ “ Gean Tate 1 “ “ Mr. Euge Warren Thege letters will be sent to tbe De^d Letter Office April 27 1912, if In calling for the abo^ please say ‘Advertised” giving date of ad. list. Respectfully, S. Arthur White, P. M. A Human Salamander. (From the London Chronicle.) Chalbei t the Fire King, who was a popular favorite in Loiidon 80 years a^’O, claimed to be able to swallow arsenic ?.id oiher poisoiis wiLh impunity. Visitors to hia entei cainments were requested to come provided with phos phor as, piussic acid, arsenic and oxalic acid, which he proceeded to consume be Cove their eyes, tal.ing an antidote afterward wh’ch was supposed to neutralize their effects. I hen, to show that he was as impevvious to heat as to poisoxi, he would take a raw leg of lamb into an oven heated to 220 degrees and remain inside v.itll the joint v/as choked, v/hea it was cr.rved and handed i aroii.id tO the andie ce. The perform ance concluded bv Chaberc ;abbi-ig a^ red hot shovel oj his head and fa^e and allov/ing any one who wished to drop moile.i sea’in"-we:c on his tongue and hands. In The LeaJer Contest The follov^ikig young ladies have been nominated to enter the Leader contest, for the several valuable prizes offered, ard are entitled to the votes placed opposite their names: Miss Lena Philips 2,000 “ Nettie Cole 2,000 “ Carrie May 3,000 “ Rachel Estlow^ 2,000 “ Gener Harris 4,500 “ Helen Warren 4,500 “ Elizabeth Cheek 2,000 “ Mattie Thompson 2,000 “ Sudie Miller 5,000 “ Lillian McCracken 2,000 “ Delia McAdams 2,000 “ Daisy Ray 4,000 “ Maggie Fletcher 2,000 “ Nettie Oliver. 2,000 Mrs Della Wilkerson 26,350 Miss Vi'-ian Cheek 2,00o “ May Cavi;er 2,000 “ Ida Lloyd 2,000 “ Gladys Scott 2,CD0 “ Luda Roach 2,000 “ Georgia Stutts 2,000 “ Nannie Tui.ier 2,000 Snodie Cole 2,000 Mrs. Florence Fitzpatrick 9,400 Miss Emma Brewer 2,000 Miss Luna Breeze 2,500 Miss Dorsie K. King 2000
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