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Vol.
MEBANE, N. THURSDAY, f APRIL 25 1912
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS
PEOPLE WBO COME AND GO
Items of interest Gathered by
Our ReDorter
Miss Minnie Bright is ill at her home
Mias Jennie While speut Saturday in
Durham.
Mrs. H. C. Nicholson is visitiiig her
father in Ashville.
Mrs. E. A. Crawford and little girl
Ruth went down to Durham Monday.
Mr. W. W. Corbett and Miss Bessie
Corbett went down to Durham Saturday
Don’t forget to pull for Mebane, and
if all pull together it will make a strong
pull
Mr. Charlie Lasley after spending
some time South on business is home
for a while on a visit.
Dr. N. D. York took his little grand
daughter to Durham Monday to have
her tonsils removed.
Col. Roosevelt told them at Little
Hork Ark., they would have to quit
kicking his doq: around.
After spending some time With her
aunt Mrs. A. M. Cook Miss Annie Cook
left for her home at Spencer Wednesday
Mr. Joe Vincent returned last week
from a successiul trip in the interest
of the Iron Bed Factory. Joe is a
hustler, and a clever fellow with it all
all.
If you are indebted to the Leader for
subscription, and it is easy to tell by
refering to the time when you paid up
last, then you should remit us. Dor’t
forget.
The fixtures for the new Drug store
have been purchased and will be ready
to be placed as soon as the building has
been completed
All the ladies of the Presbyterian
church are requested to meet at the
home of Mrs. W. A. Murray Thursday
afternoon 3:30.
Among the corporations permited at
Raleigh during the past week was one
“What Next.”
X
“What Next,” a play given by tl~e
seniors at the Mebane Graded School
Wednesday night was much enjoyed by
the large crowd that was present.
There was a number of good characters
that soemed to possess real talent, ar.d
it might seem invideous to mention one
without all, however we will risk offense
by remarking that if ever a manager
of a good minstrel troop catches on to
Sam Thompson he wiJl have him if he
has to steal him.
It is said that J. P, Morgan came
very near being a passenger on the
Titanic, on her last and fatal trip.
We wonder if he had been on if he
could have gotten a reserved seat in a
life boat with J. Bruce Ismay? As
Captain Smith was going to give up
his position forever and take final leav
of the company we doubt he would
h ive shown him any favor.
The
Hillsboro Bank
berh. _
Rob-
Everett Crouch, the young white
man charged with the robbery ot the
Hillsboro bank the night of April 12,
is in the Durham county jail for safe
keeping. The young man was arrest
ed in Raleigh last week and carried to
Hillsboro. When the case was called
for a preliminary hearing last Friday
rooming he asked fcr a continuance
and was placed under o $5,000 bond for
his appearance at the hearing Friday
morning April 26.
Graded School Notes.
Miss Clara Warren was awarded the
T. M. Cheek medals for English and
recitation.
Sam Thompson was awarded the S.
A. Whito medal for best declimamation
Miss Leonora Jobe made the highest
average^n 7th 8th and grades.
Sibell Walker was awarded medal for
best attendance by Mr. T. M. Cheek.
The war among the Republicans,
with President Taft. Former President
Roosevelt and Senator La f'ollette as
the presidental candidates, is the most
bitter internal party row in years. The
Democrats, in their 15 years of fac
tional troubles, have not seen anything
like tJie conditions that now prevail in
the Republican camp.
A Canning Factory.
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We wish some one would undertake
a fruit, and vegetable canning business
in Mebane. We believe there would
be a good profit in it, the demand for
nice canned fruit, and vegetables seems
unlimited. It would encourage a wider
range of truck farming, and furnish a
at Mebane, “The Mecca Drug companv 1^^^ market for fruits and vegetables,
capital $25,000 authorized and $500
subscribed by S. G. Morgan and others
Do you wish anything in the milinery
line, if so do not fail to see the Misses
Marrow, Bason and Green. They have
a beautiful stock, and have prices
marked down very resonbly. Don't for
get them.
It seems that Mr. Ismay is willing
to have provided all the safety ap
pliances possible for his steamship now,
but its an expensive experience that
Mr. Ismay suffers before he is driven
to a knowlege of its importance.
Miss Margrett Clegg leading miliner
of Graham changes ad in' this weeks
issue. She has a number of pattern
hats which she will sell for one
third off. If you wish to save money
on the purchase of a nice hat see them.
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt a
candidate for president payed Greens
boro an honor call Monday. He was
greeted by the people with great en
thusiasm . Although it was rather dis
agreeable day, yet quite a number
turned out to greet the ex President.
The attention of our readers is
directed to the change of advertisment
of that popular shoe house of Greens
boro, J. M. Hendrix and Co. They have
a full stock of the most attractive
styles of spring and summer foot wear
and the beauty of it they are going.
Mr. Clyde Compton, Mr. and Mrs. P.
L. Cooper and family and Mrs. Ross
Cooper of Carr, Miss Long and Miss
Cooper of Graham, Miss Ethel Warren
of Hightower and Miss Ema Warren
of Corbett visited Mrs. J, N. Warren
during commencement exercises of the
Graded SchooL
A Tornado.
Thirty-two persons are known to be
dead, half a score were so severely
injured they may die, and 150 others
were hurt in two tornadoes, one of
which swept over southern Illinois and
i the other across-northern Illinois into
Indiana just before sunset Sunday night.
Twelve were killed at Bush 111., five
at Willisville, names not obtainable;
three at Reddick, 111., three near
Murphysboro, 111., and nine at Morocco,
Ind.
liltland Items
Miss Olive R?eves of Chapel Hill
spent a few days last week visiting her
aged grandma Mrs. Reeves and Mrs.
John R, Riley.
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of
Guilford spent Satuiday and Sunday
a week ago visiting their daughter
Mrs. W. S. Tapp.
Miss Sudie Miller and Mr. Oley AuU
bert of Mebane spent Sunday week ago
at Mrs. T. R. Fitzpatricks.
Mrs. Odar L. Baity left here Tuesday
week ago to join Her husband at
Winston-Salem, her sister Miss Bessie
Baity accompanied her as far as Bur
lington.
Mr. C. L. Boggs of Limerock came
down Monday to attend his mothers
birthday dinner which he seemed much
to enjov.
Mr. C. C, Brown of Limerock spent
a few days at home during his grand
ma’s birthday dinner.
The birthday party given to Mrs,
Talitha Boggs Monday 15th of this
months, by her children, relatives and
friends will be one event long to be
remembered. About 10 o’clock A. M.
the guests commenced arriving—nor
did they stop until more than two
hundred people had gathered to make
merry at the birthday dinner of this
good and lovabH old lady, who had
all ready passed the three score and
ten mark. Her age being 76 years.
How the tables did groan loaded with
good things spread out under those
“grand old oaks.” The little birds
seemed to sing more sweetly and nod
their wise little heads and enjoy the
occasion wounderfully. The music
was rendered by the beautiful and ac
complished young bride of Mr. Odar L
Baity assisted by the charming and
vivacious sister. Miss Bessie Baity,
who looked very sweet in her white
Taffetta silk. After dinner had been
served, then Mrs. Bogga was shown
her beautful display of presents which
were numerous and useful. All pre
sent enjoyed the occassion imensely,
and left wishing for their “Hostess,
many more birthdays to-come.
Efland Graded school will give a
play Saturday April 27 1912 “Cabbage
Hill School” Every body
comical.
Another of the old Guard
To Go.
Representative John DaizeH of Pitts
burgh, Pa., belongs to the generation
of Republicans of whom Gen. Qrosvenor
was a fair type. His defeat for reno
mination at the primaries last week
creates another vacancy in the ranks of
the Old Guard, of whom ex^Speaker
Cannon and Representative Payne are
the piincipal survivors.
Such men as Daizell had little business
as leaders of their party when it took
up tariff revision as a fixed policy.
They were out of sympathy with the
spirit cf the times. The McKinley and
Dingley tariffs, whose schedules were
written by the protected interests,
renresented their ideals.—Hew Yoik
World.
In Memoriam.
Capt. Henry A. Baoon died
morning, March 24th, 1912.
been a ruling elder in Mebatie
Sabbath
He had
Presby-
Sang “Nearer My God, to
Thee.”
With heads uncovered, nearly 5,000
persons assembled in Union Square
sang through all the verses of “Nearer
My God, to Thee,” Saturday after
leaders of the open air meeting had
spoken of the hymn as that with which
the victims of the Titanic disaster
went to their death.
terian church for a number of years.
Therefore be it resolved:
1st. That in the death of Brother
Bason Mebane church has lost a faith
ful elder, the Sabbath school a devot
ed teacher, and the session a helpful
member; the community a public*
spirited and upright citizen; and all
the people of our village a good neigh
bor.
2nd. That though we sorrow bn ac
count of our loss, and sympathize with
the family and friends who mourn, yet
we submit to the will of our God, con
fident that He doeth all things
well.
3rd. That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of our ses
sion, a copy be sent to the bereaved
family, and copies be sent the' Presby
terian Standard and to the Mebane
Leader for publication.
By order of the Session.
F. M. Hawley, Mod.
J. S. White, Cler.f.
J. T Dein
H. O. Jobe
Thos. M. Cheek.
Elders,
A. N. Scott, Deacon.
Boilers Exploded From Ef
fect of Cold Walter Rush
ing m After She Struck
SEU’S TAX IW HOm LIFE
Terrible Diasters of the Past Include La Bourgogne,
the Maine, Atlantic, Eutopia, Norge, General
Slocum and Liberte.
is told
Death of An Orange Co.
Man in Greensboro.
D. N. Wilkerson, Sr., a prominent
citizen of Greensboro, died April I4th,
at his home on Lewis street. Mr.
Wilkerson was 69 years of age, an ex-
Confederate soldier and a native of
Orange county. Surviving are six
children: Mrs. A. M. Wilkerson of
Cedar Grove, Mrs. J. J. Brooks of
Roanoke, Va., Mrs. Fred Hodgin, Mrs,
F. P. Beachman and C. B. Wilkerson
invited, very j of Greensboro and D. \. Wilkerson, Jr.
' of Goldsboro. The funeral services
*Pat.”
A Nation! Problem.
The control of the Mississippi is a
national problem. Its annual ravages
in flood season fall heavily on the gov
ernment, the railways, the steamship
lines and great manufacturing concerns
as well as upon the landowners within
the flooded areas.
Uncle Sam will be compelled to spend
many millions in feeding the refugees
and the stock driven to the highlands
by the present floods. This expenditure
will be necessary every time the levees
break.
Buster Brown Hosiery.
The Buster Brown darnless hosiery
is offered by H. E. Wilkinson and Co.,
in a display advertismert appearing in
this weeks Leader. These hose are
guaranteed to wear well, to sahpe well,
and not stretch or tear. Try them and
you will be sure and like them.
An Other Flood Disaster.
The break in the main line levee of
the Mississippi river last Friday four
miles below Rosedale and another in
Arkansas rivgr added 25,000 persons to
the list of flood sufferers in Muthern
Arkansas, northeastern Louisiana and
northwestern Mississippi, the yellow
flood pouring over the richest land in
the country and inundating an area
almost as large as the "New England
States. The plight of thousands of
homeless people is pitiable, hundreds
are marooned in isolated places,
patiently waiting to be carried to higher
ground. Many have been without food
for days and in dire distress for the
want of clothing, food and bedding.
Teddy in Greensboro, N. C.
We clip the following from the
Greensboro News in refference to the
visit of Ex President Roosevelt to
Greensboro Monday. Teddy and his
friends seem to have had a great time.
Teddy is popular in North Carolina-
“Colonel Theodoro Roosevelt came
into North Carolina Monday and to the
thousands of people gathered along the
route of his train from Asheville to
Greensboro and to thousands in tliis
city, he spoke boldly in behalf of the
principles which he had outlined and
advocated in his Columbus and Carnegie
Hall speeches. There was nothing about
his speech in Greensboro to verify the
accusations that Colonel Roosevelt is a
demagogue; nothing to sustain the
charge of his opponents that he is a
dictator. It was rather an appeal to
the people to dictate, to rise up in their
power and demand legislation which
would give equal rights to the whole j
Simmons in First Primary
The con^iBisus of opinion seems to be
that the removal of Governor Aycock
by death from the senatorial race
operates to render certain Senator
Simmons’ renomination, for the United
States Senate in the first Primary.
This is the opinion expressed by shrewd
and observant Democrats from all
sections of the state, and especially
from Wayne County and the third con
gressional district, and from the west.
Aycock was the only man who could
possibly have divided the West seriously
with Simmons, and with the great Ex-
Govornor out of the race, the &tate
west of Raleigh is practically a unit
for the Senator. Men from Greensboro,
who take part in politics say that Mr,
Simmons will even carry Guilford county
and the fifth district, Kitchin’s old
congressional district. Kitchin’s speech
at Gi'eensbore seems to have operated
against him in a great degree. And
the great majority of the Aycock vote
will naturally go to the Senator who
was his warm personal friend, and who
stood shoulder to shoulder with the
Ex-Govemor, and led the whole people
of the state in the most serious crisis
since the civil war. Aycock and Sim
mons led in the same period and were
associated with the same political
leaders and organization, and it follows
that the Senator shall fall heir to the
Ex-Governor’s strength. The warm
bands of friendship between them wei©
never broken, and would not have been
had the Ex-Gover/ior lived to make
his campaign this year.—Rocky Mt Echo
were conducted April 15, at 8 o’clock
from the late residence and the re
mains takan to Cedar Grove in Orange
county, for interment.
Brave Archie Butt
people, rather than special rights to
the privileged class. It was clear,
forceful and apparently effectively
appealing to a great percentage of his
audience.”
To Take Care ot the Or“
phane.
The shilling federation has donated
$10,500 to the Mayor of Southampton’s h e ”
fund. Some public institutions are of- ° ,
fering to care for orphaned children of
the crew. Large firms are contribut
ing liberally to the various relief funds
while leading theatres are preparing
special performonces, to aid in the re
lief work.
Why Did Not Henry Go
Duwn.
Henry Seigel of Newark, N. J., in
remarking to a reporter in New York,
says there were fools in the life boats
that he had “a clear recollection that
when the lifeboat in which he came off
wa^ leaving the Titanic a band was
playing aboard the big ship.
“We suffered dreadfully. There was
no food, no water and no light aboard
any of the lifeboats and from what I
could see none of the lifeboats was in
“The last person to whom I spoke
on board the Titanic said Miss Young
of New York, was Archie Butt, and his
good, brave face, smiling at me from
the deck of the Titanic was the last I
could distinguish, as the boat 1 was in
pulled away from the steamer’s side.
“Archie himself put me in the boat,
wrapped blankets around me, and
tucked me in as carefully as if we
were sterting on a motor ride. He
himself entered the boat with me, per
forming the little courtesies as calnr/ly
and with as smiling a face as if death
was far away, instead of being but a
few woments removed from him.
“When he had carefully wrapped me
up, he stepped upon' the gunwale of
the boat, and lifting his hat, smiled
down at me.
“Goodbye, Miss Young,’ he said,
bravely and smilingly. ‘Luck is with
you. Will you kindly
to all the folks back home?
“Then he stepped to the deck of the
steamer, and the boat I was in was
lowered to the water. It was the last
boat to leave the ship; of this I am
perfectly certain. And I know that I
was the last, of those who were saved
to whom Archie Butt spoke.
How the Titenic sank
Charles F. Hurd, a staff correspond-
dent of The Evening World, who \jjiis
a passenger on the Carpathia, who
furnished that newspaper with his ac
count.
He gives the number of lives lost 'as
1,700. He praises highly the courage
of the crew, hun'^reds o^whom gave
their lives with a heroism which equal
led, but could not exceed, the account
says, that of John Jacob Astor, Henry
B. Harris, Jacques Futrelle and others
in the long list of first cabin passen
gers.
It was the explosion of the boilers
according to Mr. Hurd’s account
which finally finished the Titanic’s
career. The bulkhead system, though
probably working, prevailed only to
delay the ship’s sinking. The posi
tion of the ship’s wound, on the star
board quarter, admitted icy water, ac
cording to Hurd’s story, which caused
the boilers to explode and these ex
plosions broke the ship in two.
BAND PLAYING.
The ship’s string band gathered in
the saloon near the end, the narrative
says, and played “Nearer My God to
Thee.” The account continues:
“The crash against the iceberg
which had been sighted at only a
quarter mile distance, came almost
simultaneously, with the click of the
levers operated from the bridge which
stopped the engines and closed the
Wuter-tight doors. Captain Smith
was on the bridge a moment later,
summoned all on board to put on life
preservers and ordered the lifeboats
lowered.
“The first boats had more male pas
sengers as the men were the first to
reach the deck. When the rush of
of frighten men and women and cry
ing children to the decks began, »the
‘women first’ rule was rigidly^nforced
“Officers drew revolvers, but in
most eases there was no use for thenr
Revolver shots heard shortly before
the Titanic went down caused mixny j
rumors, one that Captain Smith had !
shot himself, another that First Of- \
ficer Murdock had ended his life, but
members of the crew discredit this
rumor.
“Captain Smith was last seen on the
bridge, just before the ship sank,
leaping only after the decks had been
washed away. W hat [became of the
men with the life preservers was a
question asked by many since the dis
aster.
DEAD BODIES FLOATED.
“Many of these, with life preserv
ers, were seen to go down, despite the
preservers, and dead bodies floated on
the surfac3, as the life boats moved
away from the sinking Titmic.
“Mrs. Isidor Straus refused to leave
her husbond’s side and both perished
together.
“Harold Cotton, Marconi operator on
the Carpathia did not go to bed at his
usual time Sunday night and as a re
sult caught the first message of the
Titanic’s plight, which was responsible
for saving the hundreds of rescued who
were landed in New York Friday. It
was testified to by several survivors
that the Titanic was going 23 knots an
hour when she crashed into the ice
berg ”
Among the important marine dis
asters recorded are:
1866, January 11—Steamer London
on her way to Melbourne foundered in
the Bay of Biscay; 220 lives lost.
1867, October 29—Royal Mail stea
mers Rhone and Wye and about 50
other vessels driven ashore and wrecked
at St. Thomas, West Indies, by a
hurricane: about 1,000 lives lost.
1878, March 24—British training
Northfleet sunk in collision off Dun-
geness; 300 lives lost,
1873, November 23—White Star At
lantic wrecked off Nova Scotia. ,547
lives lost.
1874, December 26—vEmigrant vessel
took fire and sank off Auckland; 476
lives lost.
1873, March 24—British training
ship Eurydice, a frigate, foundered
near the Isle of Wight; 300 lives Ijst.
1878, September 3—British iron stea
mer Princess Alice sunk in collision in
the Thames river; 700 lives lost.
1878, December 17—French steamer
Byzantine in collision with the British
steamer Rinaldo in the Dardanelles;
210 lives lost.
188o, January 31—British training
ship Atlanta left Bermuda with 290
men and was ne ,’er heard from,
1887, January 29—Steamer Kapunda
in collision with bark Ada Melore off
coast of Brazil; 300 lives lost.
1887. November 15—British steamer
Wah'Young caeghtfire between Canton
and HoTig Kong; 400 lives lost.
1890, February 17—British steamer
Duburg wrecked in the China sea; 400
lives lost.
1890, September 19—Turkish frigate
Ertogrul foundered off Japan; 540
lives lost.
1891, March 17—'Anchor liner Eu
topia sunk in collision with British
steamer Anson off Gibraltar; 574 lives
lost.
1892, January 13—Steamer Name
How wrecked in China sea; 414 lives
lost.
I 18?4, June 25—Steamer Norge
wrecked on Rock J ail reef in North
Atlantic; 600 lives lost.
1895, January 30—German steamer
Elbe sunk in collision with British
steamer Crathie in North sea; 335 lives
lost.
1895, March 11—Spanish ciuiser Reina
Regenta foundered in the Atlantic at
entrance to mediterranean; 400 lives
lost.
1898,, July 4—French line steamer La
Bourgogne in collision with British
sailing vessel Cromartyshire; 571 liyes
lost.
1898, February 15-United States
battleship Maine blown up in Habana
harbor; 260 lives lost.
1909, August 1—British steamer
Wartah from Sydney via Port Natal
on July 26; 300 lives? lost.
1904, June 15—General Slocum, ex
cursion steamer, took fire going through
Hell Gate, East river; more that 1,000
lives lost.
-1006, January 21—Biazilian batteship
Aquidaban sunk near Rio Janeiro by an
explosion of the powder magazines; 222
lives lost.
1906, August 4—Italian emigrant
ship Sirio struck a rocK off Cape Palos;
350 lives lost.
1907, July 20—American steamers
Columbia and San Pedro collied on the
California coast; 100 lives lost.
1908, March 23—Japanese steamer
Mutsu Maru sunk in collision rear
Hakadato; 300 lives lost.
1908, April 30-^Japanese training
cruiser Matsu Shima sunk off the Pes
Cadores owing to an explosion; 200 lives
lost.
1909, January 14^—Collision between
the Italian steamer Florida and the
White Star Republic about 170 miles
east of New York during a fog; a large
number of lives were saved by the ar
rival of the steamer Baltic which recei
ved the wireless distress signal sent
out by the Republic operator; January
22; the Republic sank while being towed
six lives lost.
1911, January 7—French battleship
Liberte sunk by explosion in Toulon
harbor; 233 lives lest.
THE ONLY WAY.
Capital Punishment A-
one Keeps Criminals in
Terror of Law.
BERRY SEASON IS AT HANO
Shipment of Fruit in Car
Lots Will Begin this Week
“Hanging is the only way in which
murder can be stopped.” Th^t is the
emphatic statement of a Chicago judge
who goes on to say: “In the countries
where hanging almost invariably fol
lows, assassination, there is not much
of a desire for killing. Compare, for
instance, the figures of Canada and
Chicago. Last year there were 202
killings. In Canada there were only
13 murders to the million people There
is the difference.
“Last year there were 103 excut-
ons in tlie United States for 9,000
murders. Fifty-three of these per
sons who were executed were white
men. In "other countries murderers
are punished, >*ut in the United
States, as pointed out by a recent mag
azine writer, the chances are four to
one that the men never will be appre
hended, ten to one that they never
will be convicted, twenty to one that
they never will go to the that they
never will go to the penitentiary, and
eighty to one that they will not be
executed.
NOT TOO LATE.
It is None too Late to Join
In The Leader Contest
List of Letters
Remaining unclaimed at this
or the week ending Api!!. 20.
1 Letter for Mrs. H. A. Byrd
“ J. A. Long
“ Peicy D. McCauley
*' J. H. McDemerson
“ Lizzie Trolinger
“ G. H. Vincent -
“ Miss Gabella C. Wilson
1 P. C. “ Jone Christ
1 “ *• Mr. R. E. Gilman
1 “ “ Miss Shelie McAdams
These letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office May 4 1912, if
In calling for the above please say
‘Advertised” giving date of ad. list.
Respectfully,
S. Arthur White, P. M.
The strawberry season has practically
arrived and shipment of berries in car
remember me will begin in dead earnest this week.
The first ripe Carolina berries were on
the Wilmington market Saturday. They
came from Long Creek, Pender county,
and readily brought 35 [cents a quart
Z. W. Whitehead, editor of the Carolina
Fruit and Truckers’ Journal, estimates
that the total crop will reach from 1,500
to 1,600 car loads, the best in seven
years. Under the very favorable
weather of the past few weeks, the
berries have developed wonderfully,
and now the vines are richly laden
with the luscious fruit. i;abor con
ditions are about normal all over the
belt, and very little difficulty is anti
cipated from this source.
LAW OF SEA WRONG.
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From the above it would'seem that
there •vas a number that went down
with the Titanic that might have better
filled Henrys place in the lifeboat,
than Henry seems to have filled it.
Henry was a fraud.
For Sale.
Soy Beans, try them, they are better
than peas. See.
W. S. Harris.
Major Archibald Butt, who was lost
on the Titanic, was beaiing a letter
from King Emmanuel of Italy to Pre
sident Taft accepting the suggestion ]
of Mr. Taft that a peace commission j
meet in the United States to settle j
the war in Tripoli. The importan mis-'
sion of Major Butt came to an untime
ly end, but his death was a noble one,
A gallant officer, he answered the
final summons while working in the
interest of peace and |?ravely stood
aside that women and ’children might
first leave the doomed ship. His alma
mater, the University of the South,
and the thousands of friends he had in
Tennesse, find comfort in the courag
eous manner in which he met death.
So Says a Prominent Bal
timore Society Leader.
Mrs. Alexander Custer, Baltimore
society leader and an anti-suffragette,
does not believe in the unwritten law
of the sea, “women and children first.”
“A man is more valuable to a community
or a nation than a woman.” she said
“Why should a man like Major Butt
have to die with the Titanic to save an
immigrant woman? President Hayes, of
the Grand Trunk railroad, was one of
the ablest men of the thousands who
worked for his road. He was worth
more than some of |the women saved.
Colonel Astor was a man of p>ower. I
believe every man on the boat did
what he thought best.' They were
heroes and obeyed the law of the sea,
but the law is wrong.”
So far there has been a
lag of interest. If you will
start in, and push hard, you
can soon catch up. The
premiums are well worth
working for, and should en
list the interest ot any young
lady who has ambition to
win something nice for her
self. The trouble is less
than you think, the prince-
pal thing is the will to give
some little time and labor,
and it should be pleasant
work, and results will be
satisfactory.
May Have Been a Victim
J. M. Woody, chief clcrk at ^the
Southern railway depot in Greens
boro has gone to Roxboro to be with
his mother, who is prostrated because
of the fact that her son, O.vS. Woody
Roxboro, is thought to have been on
the ill-fated ship. Titanic. He was a
miil clerk on the vessel, and as no
news has been received
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:
Miss.ljena 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
k “ 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 Vivian Cheek 2,00q
“ May Carter 2,000
“ Ida Lloyd 2,000
“ Gladys Scott 2,000
“ Luda Roach 2,000
“ Georgia Stutts 2,000
“ Nannie Turner 2,000
Snodie Cole 2,000
Mrs. Florence Fitzpatrick 10,900
Miss Emma Brewer 2,000
Miss Luna Breeze 4,000
Miss Dorsie K. King 2000
Trouble Forecast.
"My wife says women ought to
rote,” said Mr. Meekton.
"Well, have you any objection?”
“No. But there’s going to be^a ter*
ible row if the women of our com-,
indicating his'jiunity get the vote and then try to
rescue, it is thought that he lost his [tote for anybody except her.”
1 life when the ship went down.