North Carolina Newspapers

“AND RIGHT THE DAY MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOULD BE DISLOYALTY, TO FALTER WOtJLD BE tsIN.” - Vol. MEBANE. N. C.. THUBSDAT. BIAY 1912 NO 11 PERSGNUL AND LOCAL BRIEFS The Commerc’al and F’armors Hank publish their statement it this weeks Leader. VKOPLE W90 COME AND GO Items of interest Gathered by Our Why would not n canning factory pay in Mebane? Miss Daisy Mile3 is visiting at Mr. M. B. Miles. Mrs. Z. D. Muinford moved Friday to Pikeville.. Mr. L. G. Brooks went up to Greens boro Thursday. Mrs. Ella Pearson returned from Greensboro Thursday. Rev- Mr. Stroud was in Mebane Saturday. Mrs. E. A. Crawford went to Elon College Saturday. Mrs. B. F. Warren is spending a week with her mother. Mr. H C. Sides spent one night at the White House last week. Mr. S. H. Hogland spent Sunday at the White House. Miss Sue Mebane spent Sunday in B'lrlington visiting her parents. Rev. C. R. Ross of Leasburg was a visitor here Thursday. Mrs. Mary Hckard went away Sun day to visit at Cane Creek. Mrs. Mary McFarland and Miss Alice are spending this week at Hillsboro. Rev. F. M. Hawley went down to Bethlehem to enstal Rev. J. W. Good man. Miss Nannie Boon spent Sunday in the country with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Warren and Miss Mary Ed. Scott spent Thursday afternoon in Burlington. Mr. L. S. Franklin of San Antonio, Texas., visited his sister Mrs. B. T. Hurley last week. Mr. Joe Rice’s httle boy Fred while try in g to climb on top of a chicken house fell and broke his arm. Mrs. S. A Vest and Sam Vest Jr., of Haw River visited her sister Mrs. B. T. Hurley Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Franklin and baby of Burlington spent Thursday with Rev. and Mrs. B. T. Hurley. Mrs. R. H. Mason ot Atlanta, Ga., V isited her brother Mr Paul Philips at Bingham, a few days ago. After spending several days in Dur ham with friends Miss Nannie Wilker- son returned home Friday. Dr. H. E. Satterfield of Dur ham came to Mebane Monday to spend a short while with relatives. Dr. R. C, Beaman of Durham stopped ever here Thursday, he was on his way to an appointment in Taswell. Misses Clara Warren, Lois Ham and Frank Warren spent Sunday with Miss Annie Cooper in Graham. Rev. Charles Edwards and family returned from Ashville Friday where he attended the funeral of his father. Mr. B. F. Warren, of the Mebane Bedding Co., left the first of the week for Lynchburg, Va., on a business trip. Mr. H. W. Bason of Thomasville spent Sunday in Mebane visiting his mother Mrs. M. F. Bason. Mr. Lewis, the popular Drug clerk for Mebane Drug Co., spent Sunday in Graham visiting friends and relatives Mr. Jno. A. Holmes returned to Mebane Monday from a very pleasant trip to hifj old home in the country. Mr. Dave Mebane of Samora, is spendingjseveral days in Mebane looking after busiftess interests. Sunday was an ideal day, and there was lots of driving and walking every one seemed to be enjoying the beautiful spring day. Mrs. Settle Dockery, of Rocking ham, who has been visiting Miss Msry Cole, ha? gone to Mebane to visit Miss Margie Scott.^Raleigh Times. See H. E. Wilkinson Co. charge of advertisment, “The last word in low cut shoes. These shoes la&t as long as you want them to last and we recom mend you to Mr. Wilkinson’s (tore where he says you get more. There was a mistake made last week in regard to the Graded school j medals. It should have been. Miss Lenora Jobe received the scholarship medal given by the Junior Order. Miss Sybel Walker also received a junor order medal. The attention of our readers is di rected to the change of advertisment of that popular firm. Holmes-Warren Co. They have a full stock of the most attractive styles of spring and Bummer dress goods, and we are glad to say that they are doing an immence business. They are clever gentlemer, and will treat you right. Watch their ad vertisment in each week’s issue of the Leader, and note what Buster Brown has to tell you. Mrs. R. W. Brieht who has been away for quite awhile visiting hrr daughter is expected to return next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. King of Wake Forest were here last week visiting R W. Bright find family. Explination. The absense of Ihe personality of t?e Eklitor of the Leader will be noted in this weeks issue. He is now at St Leo's Hospital Greensboro, but his rapid improvement gives us hope that he will be with us for next weeks issue. In view of this statement please excuse any discrepancies. cyclone In Oklahoma Mrs. Mary Crooks was killed, sev eral persons were injured, none fatally, and a score or more buildings were de molished by a tornado which struck late Thursday at Porca City Okla. Fourteen derricks in the old field southwest of Ponca. City w’ere wrecked. Fifth Anniversary. Ruby the small daughter of Mr. A. N, Scott invited several of her little friends Saturday April 27th to help her celebrate her fifth anniversary. After having a good time playing games, nice refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. She received a number of lovely presents. Those invited were; Mary Allen Morgan, Marian and Elizabeth White, Grace Cheek, Emma and Ethel Kee and William Anthony. Plans Are Being Drawn For Winston’s $200,000 Building James Knox Taylor, the government archiLect who has supervision of the plans for Winston-Salem's new $200,- 00) postoffice building, was in the city Monday looking over the lands recently purchased by the government on which the building will be erected. Fourth Attempt To Free Harry Thaw. A fourth attempt through the agenc7 of the law to liberate Harry K. Thaw from the Matteawan State Hospital, where he has been imprisoned for the slaying of Stanford White six years ago “because of insanity,” was made Saturday before Justice Keogh, of the Supreme Court, in New Rochelle, N. Y. After a brief preliminary discussion Justice Keogh adjourned the hearing until May 6 and Thaw started back for Matteawan. It Is Said Burlington is to Have a New Hotel. It was announced last Saturday that Burlington is to have a new and modern hotel. Certain High Point parties have leased the Piedmont building and will enlarge and convert it into a ho*^^el. It is understood that this new hotel will be an up-to-date one in every respect. Funeral of General Grant Men prominent in public and private life gathered in New York April 26, to pay th2 l ist honors to Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, who died April 11. Funeral services were deferred until Friday to aw ait the arrival of his daughter. Princess Cantacuzene, from Russia. President Taft was among those attending. Bishop ‘Fallows officiated. Hays’ Body Found. The body of Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk line, and a Titanic visitor, has been picked up by cable ship, Miria, according to a wireless received Friday. The Miria reached the scene of the disaster and the Mack&y Bennette ship about midnight Friday. Old North State News Durham is to have a new $100,000 hotel. O, S. Woody, of Roxboro, was a miil clerk on the Titanic and it is be lieved that he was drowned in the j sinking of the ship j Mr. 0. L. Huff, owner of the Gib- ; sonville Roller Mill, died at Burlington ' April 21st, aged 60 years. He was a native of Davidson county. Bank Holt Mebane, son of Dr. Gee. A. Mebane, of Spray, won the Carr medal at the State University, in the original oration contest. His subject was “Democracy and Education.” Cicero Stevens and G. T. Terry, two young white men, were .arreated at Greensboro, April 18th ai^ taken to Graham to answer the charge of bur glarizing a store at that place one night the past week. Appeal Made in The Riche- son Murder Case* Attorneys for Rev. Clarence V, T. Richeson, the betrayer and murderer ot his girl sweetheart, Alvis Linnell, appealed to Gov. Foss to recommend to the executive council commutation of the death sentence to life imprison ment, on the basis of insanity. Riche son is fearful of electrocution. Popular sentiment is against commutation. Fiercest Battle ot Mexican Revolution is in Progress. The fiercost battle of the revolution on the west coast is now raging at Tepic, Mex., whore 2,000 rebels, sty ling themselves Zapatistas, are engaged in a determined effort to take the town. Olympic Failed to Sail. The upshot of the strike of firemen and seamen on tne White Star line steamer Olympic, is that the Olympic is back in her tberth at Southampton, and for the first time in the history of modern trans-Atpantic passeriger traffic more than 50 deserters are in the custory of the police charged with mutiny. Train Blown From Track Twenty-Nine are Injured. Twenty-nine persons injured, one of them, James Davis, perhaps fatally, when a windstorm struck Union Pac ific passenger train No- 35 a mile west of North Loup, Neb., Friday after noon. The entire train, the engine excepted, was blown from the track and«ll the cars overturned. A mile of telegraph line was blown down cutting off direct communica tion with larger outside cities for sev eral hours. A correopondent wishes to be in formed where he should address a let ter to Hon. W. J. Bryan to make sure of its prompt receipt. We can only reply in a general way: Find out where is being baked the biggest political pie into which an ob trusive nose can be poked, and Mr. Bryan will be found dose by. Just now we believe that he is meddling specially with politics in Florida. Viaginia Pilot. Two Negro Children Dead Two negro children are dead and two more are at the point ot death as the result of taking strychnine by mistake Saturday in Burlington. Just how the children came to get hold of the poison is not clearly known. W hen discovered, they were in paroxysms of pain and an investigation showed that they had taken the deadly poison and in a short while two were dead and two more were in such a conditi'^n that there is entertained little hope of their recovery. Gov. Qlenn Will Deliver at Elon College Commen cement The literarj’ address at the approa ching commencement is to be delivered by Hon.-R. B. Gle-an, of Winston-Sal- em. Gov. Glenn is distinguished in the history of North Carolina statesman ship as the prohioition governor. The address will occur on Tuesday morn ing, June 4, 11 a. m. Governor Glenn comes at the invitation of the Clic Lit erary society. Tar Heels Body Recovered The bodies of Col. John Jocob Astor and Isador Straus, the millionaire merchant of New York city, who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster, have been recovered and are on board the cable ship Mackay-Bennett. News of the recovery of the bodies was com municated in a dispatch to the White Star line company Friday The body of 0. S. Woody, of Rox boro, N. C., was also recovered. The wireless dispatch which came to the compacy from the cable ship Mac kay-Bennett, gives additional identifi cations of 49 of th*- heretofore unknown recovered dead on the cable ship. Among others the bodies of Col. John J,'\cob Astor and Isador Straus have been embalmed. Of the 205 dead on board the Mckay-Bennett names of 91 have been sent ashore by wireless. Who Would Not Garden. Have a Won’t Abandon Search Thinking aj apparent relaxation of the search might cause Sidna Allen and his nephew, Wesley Edwards, to venture from their bidding places, the small detachment of detectives feinted a withdrawal from the mountains in the last tew days, but dashed into the Blue Ridge again Monday. The homes of several Allen kinsmen were searched, but no clue obtained to the whereabouts of the two outlaws. The roses are in bloom and the fields ar2 covered with a golden carpet of buttercups. The woods are beautiful, the fishing tacklo looks very inviting and the balmy air invokes the real spring feeling. The windows of the hardware stores are full of garden tools and it is not too late to plant flowers and vegetable. One quarter of an acre if pitoperly fertilized and cared for will supply an average fam ily with many varieties of vegetables. Most town and suburban dwellers have ample space for the purpose as a large farm is not necessary in order to have a profitable vegetable garden. Flower more than repay the trouble spent up on them and the healthful outdoor ex ercise brings its own reward. A Monster Suffragette Parade In New York Saturday Most Spectacular Ever. Those in charge of the great suffrage parade scheduled for next Saturday, May 4, predicted Monday that all past performances of the equal rights ad vocates will be surpassed, and that the coming pageant will go down in history as the most spectacular and forceful demonstration ever staged by suffra gettes. At the local headquarters of the Woman’s Political Union in New York, under whose auspices the regi ments of women will assemble, rumors of the parade’s immensity are confir med by the unprecedented preparations already made and by the enthusiasm with which women- throughout the United States have come to the support of their eastern sisters. There will be white, colored and Chinese suffragetts, carrying baiiners— also a su&agette fife and drum corps- chariots full of those too old to walk. List of Letters Remaining unclaimed at this office or the week ending April. 27. 1912 1 P. C. for Mrs. Rosy Auent 1 Letter for Mr. John Cherry P. C. for E. S. Catlen 1 Letter for Miss Ruthie Hones 1 P. C. for Master Chas & Geo Kelley 1 Letter for Miss Labenia Long 1 P. C. for Marvin Ray 1 Letter for Mrs. Fannie Smith 1 Letter for Miss Piar Ward, These letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office May 11 1912, if In calling for the above please say ‘Advertised” giving date of ad. list. Respectfully, S. Arthur White, P. M. These lines from an old and uni dentified poem seem to fit the case of the passengers and crew of the Titanic who were lost at sea: “No mound, no stone, no violets, A blue sea overhead, A sobbing wind that ne’er forgets Its chanting for the dead; Beneath the stars on Summer nights That deep blue grave how fair. The. while upon the shore the waves Beat low as it in prayer.” The Queer Shapes of Icebergs. Not only is the huge mass of an ice berg a source of danger, but its eccen tric shape as well. The weird remind one of castles fashioned by some genius for the pleasure of some wWmsical fairy princess, find their counterpart in un seen, outlying spurs that project under water ai.d that are fully as dangerous as any reef. The United States Hydro- graphic Office has called attention to the accident sustained by the British steamship ..“Nessmore,” which ran into a bei^ and stove in her bows. When she was docked a long score was found extending from abreast her fore rigging all the way aft, just above the keel. Four frames were broken, and the plates were ‘ almost cut through. As ttere was clear water between the ship and the berg after the first collision, it was evident that the ship bad struck a projectieg spur aftea her helm had been put over. Make The Sea Safe In the dull, gray aftermath of the Titanic tragedy two conclusions are inevitable, that trans-Ailantic liners should be debari*ed from the short northern course with the fogs and ice- nergs, and that maritime laws should be made which would compel steam ships to cary lifeboats sufficient to accommodate every person on board. Had either of these salutary provisions been in force last week thousands would not now be mourning for the hundreds who lie at the bottom of the ocean. The big liners do not object so much to the expenses involved in the in stallation of a great array of lifeboats, it is the disfigurement that causes the chief protest. Unqustionably the promenade deck of a big ship looks far better when the larger part of the rail space is left free for lounging, but if each inch of the rail must be obscured in order to provide a sufficiency of saving apparatus, beauty must g«. Human life is the paramount conside ration.—Va. Pilot. New Illumination. W. H Burton, foreman painter for the Southern Railway Company at Spancer, N. C., is working on a pre paration which he hopes to have pat ented, that he claims will so illuminate the face of a watch or clock in the dark that the time of night may be ascertained without the use of a light. The preparation, which is in the nature of a paint, he claims can also be applied to the walls of a room and that the room will be reasonably well lighted at night by the brilliancy of the coating It is said the preparation will not be noticeable in day time althotgh trans formed to a bright phosphorous charac ter at night.—Union Republican. Tragedy of Double Lite. Jos. Diamond, a child of one of the quiet, comfortably well-to-do families of upper New York City, appeared to his family in every regard as an ideal, son. He wrote them regularly, and made them visits at their home with the greatest loyalty and delight. He told his parents he had a prosperous huckstering business, and they be lieved him. The other Friday night he wrote them he would be home and spend the Sabbath with them as he often did. On Sunday the parents got word that their boy had been killed as a burglar by a policeman in Philadel phia, and that his body was in the mor gue awaiting directions. The young man was a professional burglar, with a record of crime in many of the cities of the country.—Christian Herald. 15,000 ARE HOMELESS AND 1,000,000 ACRES COVERED BY FLOOD Two Hundred Miles ot the Railways Buried Beneath the FloooS and the Less is Enormous. Three-fourths of Northeast Louisiana within the boundaries of Arkansas on the north, the Ouachita river on the west, the Mississippi river on the east and Red river on the south, comprising eleven parishes, all or part is under water. Not one life has been sacrificed in this entire flooded territory so far as is known, and for this the people are happy. More than 35,000 persons in the eleven parishes are homeless, however, and with perhaps one million acres of land ruined, so far as cultiva tion this season is concerned, the suf fering will be greater than this section ever experienced in any past flood. In Interest of Oscar Un derwood for President. Gov. O’Neal of Alabama accepted an invitation of the Underwood cam paign committee of Georgia, to deliver speeches in Georgia on Friday, Satur day and Monday next in the interest of OscaJ Underwood for President. The executive will leave Thursday evening for Atlanta, when he will receive his assignment. The democrats of Geor gia have a primary May 1, The race for presidential indorsement is between Underwood and Wilson. rates in competition with water lines 40 per cent instead of by the paltry $1 to $1.25 a ton which will be the amount of the canal tolls? That would be something worth while. We can do this by admitting to the coastwise trade foreign-built ships owned and operated by Americans. It wouW be in accordance with the principle which is now fast gaining favor, of letting every tub stand on its own bottom. The free tolls advocates are simj^ the ship subsidy men in a new guise. They have developed a sudden interest in the welfare of the consumer. If they love the comsumer so dearly, let them fall in line for free ships in both foreign and coastwise trade and give him the benefit of a 40 per cent re duction in coastwise freight. An Eye to Economy. “Now, remember, Ikey, that vos a goot glass eye you’ve got. Always take it out and put it in your pocket when you ain’t looking at nodings.” Nothiner lovely ever dies. But passes into other loveliness. Star-dust or sea-foam, flower or wing ed air. If this befall our poor, unworthy flesh. Think too! what destiny awaits the soul! « —Anonymous. It is not God’s fault that you are not happy all the day long. It is just as easy to be happy as miserable. We know, having tried both. Revolt of Moors. Streets in the JewislT quarter of Fez Morocco, last Monday was littered with corpses of persons slain by the rampaging Moors. Of all recent revolts of soldiery and populace, this was most terrifying. Of the seven thousand Jewish resi dents deprived of their homes m the pillaging, hundreds, now have taken refuge in dserted animal cages, in the garden of the Sultan’s palace. Animals in nearby cages, insane with the stench of devayed flesh, roar continuously, the garden reverbrating with the terrifying sound. When the revolting soldiers swept through the Jewish quarter, they aim ed at pillage. But where they were stayed, they killed, and, invariably they burned places they looted. There have been many arrests. Some of the prisoners assert the revolt was precipitated by the women. From Paris to London* Aviator Gustav Hamel, who started out from Issy, France, Thursday to fly to London, carrying Miss Elizabeth Davies as a passenger, passed over Dover, Eng., Thursday after crossing the English channel. Hamel and his passenger were flying swiftly at a great height, headed in the direction of London. Auction Sale* I, having been appointed trusteein a proceeding before the Clerk, of the . Court entitled; “T. A. Church trading as Church Gro cery Company, Insolvent”, will sell the entire stock of goods and fixtures, con sisting of groceries, package goods, j tinware, scales, lamps, oil stoves, a coal stove and all other articles and things in the store belonging to and conducted by the said T. A» Church, at public auction on Saturday May the 4th, 1912, beginning at 2:^ p. m. The sale will be at the store house of J. T. Dick where the stock of goods is now located. Terms of sale cash. This 26th April, 1912. J. Adolph Long, Trustee Death Levels All. The loss of the Titanic shows that death is no respecter of persons. On board the great steamer were multi millionaire—men who could have bought a fleet of steamships—and down in the steerage were people so poor that they could not have bought a bateau, and yet the rich and poor alike lie at the bottom of the sea or float on the sur face, no line “marking their bounds in the place where they have gone, as they did on the great ship.—NMonroe Enquiier. The above calls to mind one of the prettiest God’s Acres we have ever sean. It is that of the Moravians, in Salem, where a simple slab of marble is used to mark the last resting place of the departed. No monuments are allowed, for the simple and indispu table fact that death brings all to an equal level Prince and pauper alike pay the debt of nature and no one brings anything into the world or takes anything away with them. It is well to th'nk of these things occasionally, when earthly distinctions become apparent and things seem so unequal. Woman First. The rule of women and children first in cases where the question of rescue from danger arises, is not a rule of law or of philosophy. It is a rule which is the outgrowth of a sentiment that is very creditable to mankind, for its ob servance absolutely ignores the fact that self perservation is the first law of nature. Nor is it a rule that is ob served only by so-called civilized man, for being based on the gospel of love, it is more or less universal. As the result of a shipwreck in Hawaitan waters a kanaka, or native, was in the ocean for more than twenty* four hours before finally reaching the shore Dur ing the greater part of the time he supported his wife on his back and it was not until she died that he released her to the grasp of the sea. This man was not civilized according to accepted standards, but he observed the rule of risking his life in an effort to save that of the woman. The Chinese rule which is logical, philosophical and utilitarian, is to save the woman last. It is based on the as sumption that men are most valuable to the State, that adoptive parents can be found for children and that women without husbands are destitute. It is but just to the Chinese to remember that the rule is a purely academic one and is more honored in the breach than the observance. No one can imagine a situation in which Dr. Wu Ting-Fang would enter a boat to saye his life while a woman or child was left in jeopardy- The rule of women and childr'^n first is based primarily on love and second arily on the view that the first and best chance should be given to the feeblest things. It is not any particul ar women or child that commands the first I lace, but all women and children owing to knowledge of the fact they are not so well equipped to meet dan ger as men and that men must deal with danger on its own merits. High- minded, gentle and considerate men apply the rule to every creature that is weak and helpless. — Va. Pilot, Class Distinction. “Did ye see as Jim got tea years’ penal] fjr stealing that ’oss?” “Serve ’im right too. Why did n’t 'e buy the 'oss and not pay for ’im like any other gentleman?” Ship Subsidy in New Guise (Portland Oregonial.) The minority of the House commit tee on interstate and foreign commerce has made a report in favor of exempt ing American vessels in coastwise trade from Panama Canal tolle, which makes a good case for the validity of such action, but a poor case for its wisdom. It revives the argument that because on tolls charged on improved rivers and harbors, none should be charged oa the Panama Canal, ignoring the fact that the canal is in a class by itself. It also contends that the tolls will ul timately be paid by the consumer and will benefit the railroads by enabling them to charge proportionately higher rates. It is in accordance with strict equity that the comsumers should pay the interest on the cost of construction of the canal and its operating expenses, each in proportion to the benefit he derives from it. By paying a treight rate high enough to cover the tolls, the comsumers will certainly enable the railrcads to charge rates proportionately higher, but if we are going at club down rail road rates, why stop here? The rail roads which compete with coastwise vessels now enjoy protection equal to toe income on the difierence in cost c f construction between American and foreign-built ships, which is 40 per cent. Why not force down railroads R. J. Reynolds Co. Toba cco Hant at Winston Burned; Loss $500,- ooo. Three and a half million pounds of leaf tobacco were burned Monday night in Winston when a large tobacco ware house of the R. J. Reynolds company was destroyed by fire. The value of the tobacco was between $375,000 and $400,000 and with the damage toad- joining buildings, the total loss will run close to $500,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is thought to be fully covered by insurance. Salisbury Woodmen At tend Unveiling at Burling ton. A number of Woodmen of the World from Salisbury attended an unveiling ceremony at the grave of the late Sovereign W. A. Clarke, of Salisbury, at Burlington Sunday. The ceremony was in charge of White Oak camp, of Gieensboro, whose degree team Satur day night instituted a new camp at Burlington. Cedar Grove Hems. We have been'having some very pretty weather tor the past few days guess the people are very busy plant ing. Miss Mary Breeze returned home yesterday after spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. F. C. Wilson near Gormand. Miss Annie Knox Scott returned home Saturday afternoon where she has been spending a couple of weeks with her uncle Mr. Henry McDade. Mr. and Mrs. Jim *Blalock were the guest of Mr. Jdhn Blalock and family Saturday night. Mr, and Mrs. Ed Scott were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Blalock Sunday afternoon. Miss Minnie Daniels and Lessie Par ker were the guests of Miss Lessie Webster Sunday, Rey. R. D. Daniels and family are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs. Leonard Daniel near Hurdle Mills. Misses Emma and Pearl Weddings were the guest of Misses Bessie and Beulah Berry Saturday and Sunday. We are real glad to leam that Mrs. Fannie Long who hat been real sick is somewhat improving. Mr. John Dunn and family were the guests of Mr. Henry McDade Sunday. Mr. Garland Phelph and Miss Bessie Allen were married Saturday afternoon in Hillsboro, they took their bridal trip to Durham and back Miss Doll Steward returned to her home yesterday after spending a few weeks ir. Durham. Mr. Isaac Rimmer happened to a very bad Occident Sunday as he got his buggy broke. Mr. and Mrs. John Horton and their little grand daughter Myrtice Carver were the guests of Mr. Jim Rimmer and family Sunday. We are getting along fine in the contest every body ought to take the Mebane Leader for it is a real good paper, with best wishes to the Mebane Leader. Blue Eyes.