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Vol 3
M£BA]\£, N. C- THUflSOAY, M4Y 23 1912
NO 14
PERSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS
PEOPLE WBO COME AND GO
Items of interest Gathered by
Our ReDO'‘ter
Miss Magfgie Parks of Concord, a
cousin of Mrs. S. G. Morgan, is visiting
her.
Mike Miles says it is not so, he never
told any one he was going to climb a
greasy pole backwards on the 4.
Those in the Leader contest should
report their collection just as fast as
they get them in It is b«?st in every
sense.
Herbert Craig from Bingham school
at Ashville attended tfie Bingham
school commencemenn at Mebane.
The TrolUnger Brick yard began
making bricK Monday. They make an
excelent quality that will find ready
demand.
Miss Lea Lentz who has been at
tending the Bingham school exercises,
is visiting Mrs H. A. Scott.
Mr and Mrs. T. J. Carter of Ridge-
ville, parents of Mr. S. G. Moiijan
visited Mr. Morgan and family Sunday.
The Editors illness for the past four
months has prevented the mterest in
the Leader contest he would have
otherwise taken.
It will be giatifying news to Mrs.
S. G. Morgan’s friends to leam that
she is much improved and is hoped on
the road to permanent health.
Miss Dickson of Durham a trained
nurse is with Mrs. S. G. Morgan, who
has had a nervous break down. It is
hoped she will soon be nursed back to
health.
The majoiitv report of the commit
tee on the Lorimer case establishes
his right to his seat in the senate.
This ought to settle the matter.
Mr. J. N. Warren says he is going
to pull off his midsummer dance, on the
fourth. This will ad a good deal oi
p,.ice to the occasion.
Miss Bessie Foy has just closed her
school at Salem, she arrived in Mebane
on Monday evenings train to visit her
father “and sister during the summer.
Childrens day was observed at the
M. E., church of Mebane Sunday.
There was an interesting program,
and quite a large attendance.
Do you want to see the ablest, the
best and most consciention nian in the
Presidents chair that aspiress to that
seat? then besure and give your vote
and influence to Oscar Underwood,
that’s all.
You will fiind some interesting talks
in this weeks advertisement of Mr.
N. S. Cardwell. He carries a very
large stock, and quite a varied stock
A big line of hardware. Don’t fail to
see him when in Burlington.
Miss Margaret Clegg leading miliner
of Graham changes her ad in this
v/eeks issue, and in adition to a nice
line of hats, she carries some of the
best make of corsetts including the
American Beauty.
Have you bought that piano yet? If
not it will pay you to get busy and
have a little conferencc with the C. B.
Ellis Machine and Piano Co., of Bur
lington. He keeps a nice line of the
best makes, and will always treat you
right. Ellis is a straight fellow.
Holmes-Warren Co. ads still em
phasises the values of Buster Brown
commendation. They are making a
general cut—cutting every thing, all
kinds of goods, cheese is not the only
thing they are cutting.
The cutting down of the embankment
in front of the Mebane house, is adding
a great deal to the appearance of the
town. When both sides are cut down it
will make Mebane louk starchy from
the train, that is if they do not keep
the track b’ocked with freight cars.
The firm of J. D. and L* B. Whitted
of Burlington, N. C., places a nice
advertisement in this weeks Leader.
They are carrying and unusual large
r Lock of dry goods, notions, shoes etc
They have a nice line of milinery their
white goods are selected with great
tare and discriminating tast. Don’t
forget this popular firm when you visit
iiurlington.
There will be a regular communica
lion of Bingham Lodge No. 272, A. F.
and A. M. held on Saturday night May
2.">th, election of officers.
W. W. Corbett, W M.
Roosevelt carried Ohio in the primary,
that almost makes his nomination
absolute.
Underwood will carry North Carolina
in the primary
Walking and Riding Cultivators and
grain cradles at Tyson-Malone Hard
ware Co.
Armour indicted.
Armour and company was indicted
by the Federal grand jury for criminal
violation of the United States meat i.'-
spection laws for alleged interstate
shipment of meats without inspection
by government agents last week. The
indictments were returned before Un
ited State's District Judge Landis.
“I’ve got tired being lied about and
held up to the country as having vio
lated every rule of conduct, when I
am not conscious that I have violated
any.” snouted President Taft in a
speech to a crowd that filled every
available seat and blocked the. aisles
of the Toledo auditoriun Friday night
last.
Found Guilty
After a night of deliberation which
at one time threatened a disagreement,
the jury filed into Friday morning last
at Wythville Va , and delivered its ver
dict of guilty. Sentence was deferred,
as Allen may be called as a witness
in the trials of his kinsmen who are
also charged with the five murders in
Carroll county court at Hillsville on
March 14, when the Allen gang swoop
ed down out of the Blue Ridge and all
but wiped out the human faoric of the
institution. Clerk Goad was the only
official who escaped.
The Largest Class Ever.
The largest graduating class that has
ever gone forth from Wake Forest left
the college walls last Friday when the
75 members of the senior class received
their degrees and now out into the
world, to see what it has to bestow
upon them. The orations by the six
members of the class in competition for
the A. D. Ward medal were master
pieces for undergraduate students.
Each speaker delivered his speech in an
excellent style and all gave promise of
becoming excellent speakei*8 in after
years. In the class six men received
the roasters of arts degree; 46 the
bachelor of arts; 12 the bachelor of
sience and 11 the bachelor of law degree.
Prof. Meritt uead
After a serious illness of one week’s
duration. Professor A. H- Meritt, of
Trinity Cnjllege, died last Friday
morning at 11:30 Professor Meritt’s
death wasjthe result of a complication
of diseases, which proved too much for
his constitution, weakened as it was by
the illness he suffered two years ago.
At his bedside when he pasi.>ed away
were his wife, two sons, Benjamin,
aged 13, and Herbert, aged 8, Mrs.
Nellie Judson, his sister-in-law, and
her daughter. Miss Helen Judson, of
Vernon, N. Y.
A (ireat Fourth.
The peopl3 of Mebane propose to do
full honor to the fourth of July. They
will celebrate it as becomes good
citizens, and patriots, a few days ago
Mr. W', W. Corbett issued notices
asking the citizens to meet in the Young
Mens Club Monday night to discuss the
propriety of having a fourth of July
celebration. A large crowd responded
to his call, after Mr. Corbett had ex
plained the object of the meeting Mk
D. A. White was called to the chair,
and Mr J.A. Holmes ask to act as sec’y
Mr While made a lengthy talk discuss
ing the advantages of celebrating the
fourth, etc, then each of the citizens
present was called upon for an ex
pression of an opinion. It was the
unanimous and enthusiastic verdict of
all present that Mebane should have a
fourth of July celebration, and that all
present would do what they could to
make it a grand success. After the
matter had been agreed to unanimously
a committee was appointed to agree to
a general outline of arrangement for
ways, means, and plans. The following
gentleman was appointed upon this
committee; W. W. Corbett, J. A.
Holmes, W. Y. Malone, Sam White,
and Lewis Puryear. It is a good
committee and they will lay some exce-
lent plans for the cele -ation.
All are sure of a t^^mendeous crowd
here that day, and of an all around good
time. The meetirg adjourned to meet
again Thursday night at 8 o’clock
May, 23.
Green and McClure
Have you furnished your house, or
do you wish to ad anything to it to
help make home more comfortable? if
80, remember that Green and McClure
of Graham carry a very compleot line
of all kinds of furniture, chairs, car
pets rugs etc. Just anything you may
want. Don’t forget Green and Mc
Clure of Graham.
We Need The Dollar.
We need the subscription on the
Leader that you are due us, wont you
please remit, we will much appreciate
it I'ust now, make a self case of it, if
some one owed you a dollar treat us as
you would like to be treated.
Baptist Meeting
Rev. T F. King of Raleigh will aid
the Pastor B. V Ferguson in a ser
ies of meetings commencing Wednes
day night before the first Sunday in
June
Elijah Long of Winston-
Salem.
Long were
last Saturday
The remains of Elijah
brought to Burlington
for burial. He died in Winston-Salem
after a prolonged illness. Mr. Long was
born near Roxboro 55 lyears ago and
came to Alamance in early manhood
He was a prominent man, representing
Alamance in the Legislature of 1901-03
and seived many yeare as county com
missioner, also as magistrate. He mar
ried Miss Lorena Vincent 26 years ago.
She died 10 years ago, leaving 8 child
ren. all of whom survive. Two months
ago he moved his family to Winston-
Salem. The funeral and interment was
at Cross Roads, near Burlington May
18th.
At Morehead This Sum
mer.
Morehead City this summer v ill be
the convention center of North Taro
lina. The State Bankers’ Association,
the State Bar Association, and the
State Prsss Association, all will hold
their annual conventions at the Atlan
tic Hotel in June and July,
The bankers will meet June 26 28
inclusive; the lawyers July 3, 4 and 5,
and the editors July 23, 34 and 25.
Many bankers of national prominence
will attend the bankers’ convention,
and the program will be announced in
a few days.
Efland ilems.
Mr. Herman D. Smith and his charm^
ing young wife of Greensboro spent
Sunday in Efland visiting relatives.
Mr and Mrs. Jack Price of Burling
are visiting Mrs. Price’s parents Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Smith near Efland.
Mr. Thomas Tapp went down to
Oaks Saturday to visit his daughter
Mrs. Ira Lewis, who still continues
critically ill, much to the regret of her
many friends.
Master Ed»vin Murphy of Durham is
spending some time with his grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. Robt Sharp.
Mrs. Jack Smith and Mrs John Baity
returned from Burlington last week
after a pleasant yisit to Mrs. Price.
Mr and Mrs E. C. Thompson spent
Saturday and Sunday at Saxapahaw
visiting relatives.
Mrs Bettie Conklin of Hillsboro left
Monday for Charleston S C to join her
sons there. She will make that city her
future home, we all regret very much
to loose Mrs. Conklin.
Mr. W. E. Thompson spent Monday
in Hillsboro on business.
Mr. B. F. Riley and little son Master
Frank of Hillsboro spent Sunday with
his father Mr. W. P. Riley.
Mr. Roy Allen was a visitor at Mr.
Thomas Tapps Saturday. ^
Miss Bessie Baity was a visitor in
Efland Sunday.
■ Messrs. Robert and Willie Sharp and
Master Edwin Murphy spent Sunday
in Efland.
Mr. J. J. Brown spent several days
in Gie3usboro last week on business
Mr Mac Efland Jr. is at home after
a long Western trip.
Mr. Roy Forrest is all smiles now
it is a boy.
Mrs. John Miller and three children
Sam, Dan, and Eula spent last Thurs
day after/oon with her sister Mrs.
Florence Fitzpatrick.
Mrs. Wade Thompson was taken to
Rex Hospital at Raleigh last week for
treatment, we learn she is improving
rapidly and will be able to mj»ke the
trip home the last of next week.
Well Mr. Editor and readers as we
are not feeling so well we will ring off
and give some other the line.
Aurevoir, -
Pau-Paw-Queese.
eiNGHAM COMMENGMENT.
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Orange Grove Items.
Mr. E. N, Cates has been on the
sfck list, but was able to be out Sunday.
Rev. B. V. Furgeson filled bro.
Baughcom’s appointment Saturday and
Sunday and preached two masterful
sermons.
Miss Maie Reynolds who has been
teaching at Wake Forest during the
past year came home Saturday to spend
her vacation. Here’s the right hand ot j county, the History and Civil
School at Mebane Has
Closed Most Successful
Year.
The commencement exercises, of the
Bingham school, located near here.,
Thursday night the Kalisthenic-Pole-
m:c Literary society contest was held.
President Paul V. Phillips presided and
made a most appropriate opening ad
dress. Secretary David T. Tayloe, of
Beaufort county, hitroduced the follow
ing speakers; namely, Messrs. Charles
McCutchen, of Virginia; George Slover
of Craven county, N C.; Fred Blakley,
of Virginia; Knott Proctor, of Pitt
county, N. C..; T. K. Cobb, of Robeson
county, N. C., and John G. Paul of
Virginia. The judges. Dr. L, Puryear,
Rev, B. T. Hurley and Professor R. A.
Cambell gave their decision and the
beautiful gold medal to Mr. John G.
Paul, of Roanoke, Va. The Bingham
Military band rendered delightful
music for the occasion, under the leader
ship of Captain F. B. Spiker, who has
been for several years in charge of the
department ot music.
Friday morning, at 10 o’clock, a de
lightful band concert was given on the
lawn which was followed by various in
teresting military exercises. Cadet-Ad
jutant Dayid T. Tayloe, jr., of Beaufort
county, conducted the “Setting-up-
Exercises” which were beautifully
executed. Senior Captain 0. Glenn
Henkel of Catawba county, conducted
“Butt’s Manual” to the delight of tho
spectators. The cadets went through
the manual of arms so perfectly that
the Commandment stated that he could
not detect a flaw and had never seen it
better done anywhere. This exercise
was followed by the competitive mili
tary drill which was exceedingly
interesting, the contest being very
close and protracted
Friday afternoon, che “Field Day”
was held and another band concert
giyen. The athletic prizes were awarded
as follows: namely. The Hundred Yard
dash, to Mr. John G. Paul; the Hammer
Throw to Mr. Seba Johnson; Putting
the Shot, to Mr. Jas. D. McGill; the
Pole Vault, Mr. Henry McFaden, the
High Jump to Mr. Charleg McCutchen,
and the Broad Jump to Mr. John G. Paul.
Friday night the graduating exercises
were held. A delightful musical pro
gram was rendered by the Bingham
orchestra.
Honors were awarded as follows:
namely, the Penmanship prize to Mr.
George Friese of Virginia., the Com
mercial prize to Mr. Luther Sykes of
Orange county, N. C., the Neatest
cadet to JMr. Willie Gray Lang of Pitt
county, N. C., the Best drilled cadet
to Mr. Wm. B. Compton of Virginia.,
the “Mary P. Gray” essay medal to
Miss Isabella W Gray of Orange jonnty.
The Mathematics medal to Mr. George
Slover of Craven county, the Latin
medal to Mr. George Slover of Craven
Govern-
Train Robbers Secure
$200,000.
The two masked bandits who early
last Friday morning held up the last
New York limited train of the New
Orleans & Northeastern railroad in
Mississippi, made perhaps the richest
haul in the history of train robberies.
It is positively known that from the
safe which was blown open with nitro
glycerine in the Southern Express car
the robbers secured more than thirty
packages of currency, one ot which
contained more than $50,000, repre
senting the monthly pay roll of the
New Orleans & Northeastern and Ala
bama and Vicksbutg railroads at
Meridian and Hattiesburg.
According to passengers on the train,
who returned to New Orleans Saturday
; Express Messenger Grav stated that
one package in the car contained $140,-
000. This the officials of the South
ern Express Company deny, but the
general belief is that the total booty
secured exceeded $200,000.
hear the
mention-
it gives
The Friend ot Plain People
Oscar W. Underwood is the friend
of the man who eats, and who wears
clothes. He is the friend of the man
who toils for his daily bread in the
the sweat of his brow. He is the
champion of the consumer who has to
battle with the elements that cause the
present high cost of living.
His almost twenty years of record in
the Congress of the United States
stands out prominently in this respect.
He could not control legislation he
fought with all the might within him
and with all the effectiveness that was
possible for the relief of the consumer.
When he was placed in a position of
power and could lead his party in the
work of legislation he redoubled his
energies in the interest of the poor
man-not of any one section but of all
sections of the countrj’.
In the Electric Chair Tues
day Morning.
Clarence V. T. Richeson was ele
ctrocuted at 12:17 a. m. Tuesday
morning in Boston.
The current was turned on at 12:10:02
and the prisoner was declared totally
dead at 12:17.
The former Baptist clergyman, con-
fessed'poisoner of Avis Linnell of
Hyannis, was outwardly calm when he
entered the death chamber and he
maintained his composure while the
straps and electrodes were being ad
justed as he sat in the electric chair.
When Richeson reflected that he
probably had less than twelve hours
to live, he expressed a desire to see his
brother, Douglas Richeson of Chicago,
who was in the city. The former
clergyman told his spiritual adviser,
Rev. Dr. H. S. Johnson, that he could
meet his brother without fear of
collapsing. He had reconciled himself
to his fate, he added, and felt that he
was at peace with God and the world.
Douglas Richeson decided that he
would not go to his brother.
welcome.
Among the visitors at Cane Creek
Sunday we noticed the following; Mi.
Hendricks Johnso.; of Durham, Mr. U.
S. Ray and Robert Smith and wife of
Mebane, Miss Ella Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs.
ililton Pickard and family, Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Bynum and family and Miss
Lottie Booker.
Elm Grove and White Cross played
ball on the Orange Grove diamond
Saturday evening. Elm Grove winning
bji a score of 9 to 5.
The Baraca and Philatha class rooms
were well filled Sjjnday, we hope all
visitors will become members of the
Sunday School.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Crawford and
Master Frank of Mebane visited Mrs.
Crawfords father Mr. William
near Chapel Hill, and Mrs. D. F. Craw
ford Saturday night and Sunday.
We are still pleading for the boys
and girls of this and all other communi-
ties If you wish to aid them in
securing an education you have an
opportimity that is fast passing, give
them a chance
With strawberries blushing in the
grass; cherries looking red and rosy,
harvest coming on, chickens waiting to
be fried, fish plentiful and hungry,
watermellons and peaches coming on-
well the outlook is promising.
Bigger Than the Titanic
The Imperator measures 900 feet in
length and is 96 feet in width. It has
a tomiage of 50,000 and a displacement
of 72,000 tons and will have a speed of
22 1- 2 knots an hour. The vessel has
nine decks above the water line, and
will carry 4,250 passengers and a ship's
crew of 1,000, a total of 5,220 persons.
Coarse and Cruil.
A Wall Street^ man offers to bet
$5,000 to $15,000 that neither President
Taft nor Roosevelt will get the Re
publican nomination.
The other was $5,000 to $20,000 that
William J. Bryan will be the next
President.
It is related that these bets were of
fered in all seriousness, but that
neither was taken.
List of Letters
Remaining unclaimed at this office
or the w«ek ending May. 81. 1912
1 Letter for John Barringer
1 P C for Miss Fannie Hightower
1 P C for Miss Bearittis Hayes
1P C for Miss Mebane
1 Letter for Miss Bessie Rogers
1 Letter for Mr D M Thompson
1 P C for Miss Modie Warn
1 Letter for Mr George Wilson
These letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office June 1 1912, if
In calling for the above please say
‘Advertiaed” giving date of ad. list.
Respectfully,
S. Arthur White, P. M.
The Durham Herald says: “For the
benefit of the Greensboro News we will
say that the story we got off of the
Laughinghouse letter was that it wag
written sometime before Mr. Ay cock’s
death, but was not used as a campaign
document. Sometime after his death
friends of Mr. Simmons got hold of it
and issued it in circular form, but saw
their mistake before it had been given
general circulation. The News perhaps
saw Mr. Simmons’ denial of having
anything to do with the matter.”
Frankly, we know nothing about whose
friends put the letter in circular form;
! but we do know whose friends wrote
the letter in the first place, and for
what purpose it waa written. It was
a coarse^ cruel, and a despicable cam
paign trick; and we have not seen Mr.^
Kitchin’s denial of having anything to
do with it.—Greensboro News.
ment medal to Mr. Wm. Bingham Gray
of Orange county.
The English medal to Mr. Luther
Sykes of Orange county, the Science
medal to Mr. George Slover of Craven
county, the Schollarship medal to Mr.
George Slover of Craven county, the
medal in the department of Bible to
Mr. Wilbur McFarland of Alamance
county.
Diplomas of graduation were awarded
to Mr. David Thomas Tayloe, Jr., of
Beaufort county; Mr. Wm Bingham
Gray of Oranga county, Mr. Jas. D.
McGill of Cleveland county, Mr. Paul
Vernon Phillips of Wayne county and
Mr. Orange Glenn Henkel of Catawba
county.
The University Schollarsh’pa were
awarded as follows; namely. The
University of North Carolina scolar-
Lloyd ship to Mr. David Thomas Tayloe, Jr.
of Beaufort county whose average on
all studies was 94.
The Washington and Lee University
schollarship to Mr. Wm. Bingham Gray
of Orange county whose average was
93-55
The University of Tennessee scholiar-
ship to Mr. Jas. D. McGill of Cleveland
county whose average was 91.05.
TheJTulane University schollarship to
Mr. Paul Vernon Philips of Wayne
county.
The Herbert Bingham schollarship to
Mr. Luther Sykes of Orange county,
Mr. Sykes average on all studies for
three years past was 93.
President Gray stated that the
session just closed has been thoroughly
satisfactory and one of the best for
many years ift point of the matter of
discipline, health conditions, scholar
ship, deportment, able and high grade
faculty and moral and excellent boys in
attendance. Affecting scenes were
wicnessed at the school and at the
station in the parting of the boys and
teachers, evidencing the warm attach
ment which has been formed during
the year.
The prosi ects for the session of 1912-
13 are fine for a large enrollment,
nearly every one of this years boys
signifying his intention of returning to
Bingham. .
A Visit to Mebane the
Town ot Promise.
BY J. B. VERNOR.
The following taken from the Bur
lington News:
Alamance county is a leader of coun
ties in having within het borders so
many towns of promise. No one would
dare call Burlington the only town
after visiting that prosperous and con
genial place called Mebane. A visitor
to that place is struck by its recent
improvements in the matters of side
walks. The people there have already
awakened to the necessity of this part
of a town's growth by having an im
mense length of granolithic pavement
which leads to almost every house.
Other towns of large proportion than
Mebane do well to appoint a commis
sioner to visit this place to
people say how it pays, not
ing the high sense of beauty
to itsmake~up.
City pride is a healthy form of pride
What takes more to beautify any city
than to see its houses neatly trimmed
with a fresh coat of paint. There
seems to be an opidemic of this in
Mebane, many houses now undergoing
this change.
What adds more to the business por
tion of a town than so see the stores
with their fronts, particularly their
backs, neatly kept which is the surest
inducement to invite business. The
merchants here are the most agreeble
and congenial of men making it
pleasure for any visitor who may stop
by to rest.
What makes Mebane a distinct place
of notoriety is her manufacturing in
terest. There are establishments
there that have world-wide notoriery.
The White Furniture Compeny, The
Mebane Bedding Company. Continental
Chair Factory and the Mebane Iron
Bed Co., are all ably superinteded
and well kaown by a wide patronage.
The surest index to any community's
growth is its system of schools. Mr,
Cooper a recent graduate of the Un
iversity of North^Carolina, directs this
work and nothing but words of praise
come from his first years efforts. One
distinct satisfaction is had in seeing no
children loitering on the streets except
on business which implies wise care on
the part of home and schooL
There are four churches that greet
large audiences: the M. P M. E.,
Presbyterian and Baptist. Much could
be said of the noble work of the Y. M.
C. A. as an outlet to all the young
men in Christian service- There is a
marked interest in this work that is
peculiarly gratifying on seeing the
young men train themselves for ser
vice.
Much more could be said of Mebane.
Teere is a large capitalized bank, a
clean and well edited paper by Mr. J.
O. Foy, many well kept hostelries by
good women. There is the Bingham
School an institution of dignity that is
a valuable asset to that comniunity.
The people of Mebane have ample
cause to be proud of their town and
let us indulge in the hope that they
wiil continue to pull together in this
j' town of promise.
Open Invitation For Buy
ing and Selling.
The New York World says:
The primary laws as they now stand
are an open invitation to the buying
and selling cf the Presidency.
The Republican Presidential primaries
m Pennsylvania cost $2,000,000. In
Allegheny County alone the Taft mana
gers spent $67,283 and the Roosevelt
people $31,344, a total of $98,627. This
sum represents nearly a dollar and a
half apiece for every Republican vote
in the country.
In New York County the Roosevelt
people spent nearly $5 for every vote
they polled. Nobody knows what they
spent in Maryland, but the Taft
managers have charged that the negro
vote in Baltimore was purchased for
Roosevelt-
What will be spent by the Taft and
Roosevelt forces in Ohio there is no
means of estimating, and the total
corruption fund will nevei Be known.
We know what money can do in the
way of debauching an electorate.
Adams County, O., with 2,000 voters
disfranchised for taking bribes, is an
eloquent testirronial, and the preferen
tial primary threatens to turn every
debatable State into an Adams County.
In the name of progressive government
we are re-establishing Hannaism in its
most venal and dangerous form.—New
York Worid.
If it is true as the World alleges that
there is so much corruption in the
presidential primary, can we hope for
any less in the senatoral primary it\
fact in any other primary, the '•hances
for buying votes in a primary is decid-
ely superior to those in a general
election. There is much less legal
safeguards thrown around the prin?ary,
and yet it is known and recognized in
North Carolina that the verdict of a
Democratic primary was e’qual to an
election.
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The Way to Put It.
Speaking with warm approvial
Oscar Underwood’s candidacy
President, our esteemed contemporary.
The Evening Chronicle, said very trUly
the other day that Underwood’s can
didacy does not rest in any degree upon
the mere fact that he is a Southern
man, but it does rest in some degree
upon the fact that, being absolutely
first class Presidential timber, he should
have the more support from Southern
people who take the broad&st national
view.” That is remarkably well put.
‘ It is to the entire country’s interest,
added The Evening Chronicle, “that
the South should have its proper place
in National affairs again; that the
White House is a goal that should be
opened to the fond imagining of every
Southern parent of a Southern boy.”
It is a remarkable thing, as we have
already noted, that the objection to
Underwood on the ground that he is a
Southern man has boen made only by
Southern newspapers and politicians.—
Charlotte Obseryer.
EGGS — Pure strain Black Mimorca’s
15 for $1.50, F. W. GRAVES
Mebane .N .C
“Gee WhIzI I Like Them
Kind.”
“Certified sweethearts” is the policy
of the Bethany Club for Girls of Chicago,
III., Moral, social and financial condi
tions are to be certified by Mrs.
William A. Patei*son, Chairman of the
Executive Committee.
Af^er she “certifies” the young man
the girls can go as far as they like.
The beau, to pass, must be devoid of
the tendencies that keep girls gussing.
He must be like an open book, easy to
read and understand. There are 1,000
girls in the club.
“Gee whiz! I like them kind that
you never can tell,” said Miss Beulah
Stinson. “The others are liable to be
dull.”
Pensions and Public Men
It is estimated that Germany’s great
military machine, the most powerful
fighting force in the world, with 650,-
000 men in constant readiness for war
and an elaborate system of reserves,
fortifications and supplief, costs only
one-ninth more than we pay to Union
veterans or alleged Union veterans or
to persons who can make any sort of
claim in right of any Union veteran,
real or the reverse. We pay this sum
in addition to our outlay upon an army
for present defence, and it will soon be
nerrly twice that oiitlay. Americans
used to congratulate themselves that
the citizen here did not carry a soldier
upon his back, as the European did.
As a matter of fact, he does carry
upon hia back a soldier or pretended
soldier—with the difference that this
soldier’s services or pretended services
ended fifty years ago. And the fewer
of these soldiers or pretended soldiers
who remain as the years go by, the
heavier tribute does he pay. The few
are greedier than the many were; they
are more cohesive; they are more
concious of their political power; they
make up for dwindling numbers by
increased assertiveness and cowardice
grown habitual on the part of public
men.
We shall soon be paying our pension
element a greater sunr. than Germany’s
immense military preparation costs.
We shall pay this sum in secret, no one
except the pension-owned Pension
Office officials knowing to what persons
it goes.—Charlotte Observer.
REPUES TO RALEIGH
PAPER
The sufficiency of my merit is to
know that my merit is not sufficient.—
Augustine.
H. B. Varner Gives out
Open Letter to the News
and Observer.
H. B. Vamer, in charge of the Under
wood campaign in the state has given
out the following open letter addressed
to the Raleigh News and Observer:
“To the Editor of the News and Ot -
server:
“On the first page of your issue of
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