Mebane Leader
J. O. rOY, - Editor and Owner.
5 Entered aa second class matter Peb-
uary 8, 1909, at the Post Office at
Mebane, N. C-, under the act of Maich
1807.
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Thursday. July Hf 1912
COME IN FLOCKS.
There may be no specific
reason, but it is peculuar why it
is that disasters come in flocks
like birds. Just now we have
an unusual number of railroad
wrecks, and many fatalities,
some of them the most disas
trous in the railroad history.
Some seasons it is Schools and
Colleges burning, then it is
theaters and a holocaust like
the Iroquois theater of Chicago,
then comes trestles and
bridges breaking in. There are
times when the slightest offense
will provoke a war, and then
there are other times when you
could slap a King in the face
and not offend him.
Astrologist undertake to ex
plain these things by the influ
ence the stars exercise upon the
earth. Certain conjunctions
tending to produce influences
that bring about these disasters.
To the lay mind this is all
folly of the rankest kind. We
do net undertake to give a
reason, but that such is a fact,
observers will not dispute.
Solicitor Gattis of Hillsboro
returning from a mee-Jnpr of the
bar association at Morehead
was asked if the Association had
adopted a suggestion as to the
wisdom of altering or amending
some of our laws. He said they
had, but there was not concurrent
ananimity surficient to go to the
Legislator with the suggestion.
There should be a general revisal
in many respects, but we doubt
there will ever can be a revision,
if a certain class of mercenary
criminial lawyers are expected
to make them.
That the matter of selecting
a jury to try [capital cases, is a
fraud and a sham upon our
criminal laws, but few questions
but they answer the purpose of
big fees, and after all is not that
argely what the states criminal
code was written for?
to be one of the brightest men
in the Republican party, Marion
Butler not excepted. He may
not be the shrewdest and most
tactful man, but the fellow who
meets him on the stump can
reasonable expect a show worth
his money. As a debater he is
as keen as a rapier.
The Monty-hogs Again!
Detroit Free Press.
It must be intensely pleasing to
Orville Wright to be told that he ought
not to fly any more, because it is worth
money to the directors of a $1,000,000
aeroplane building company if he can
be kept alive. The persons who are
telling him this, of course, throw in a
little taffy and talk about the debt he
owes to humanity and the pood he may
do by perfecting the mechanics of his
machine for their |benefit, but under
neath all their phrases the young man
must understand pretty well that he is
face to face with a coldly selfish
proposition. The idea that Orville
Wright owes anything to humanity so
far as the flying machine business is
concerned, is, to use a current slang
phrase, pure bunk. It is humanity
that owes a debt to Orville Wright and
to his dead brother, Wilbur. Humanity
at large admires Orville Wright and
wishes him to live as long as possible.
It is proud of him, and it is grateful
to him for what he has done. But
as to aaking him to make a slave of
himself and deny himself the chief juy
of his lift, that job is left to a few
cold-blooded business men, who appear
to look upon him much as a horse fan-
clee looks on a promising 2-year-old.
The Freedom of the Press.
Pittsbugh Post.
United States Judge Waddill, in an
opinion handed down at Richmond,
says newspapers heve the right to
print testimony as given in court, no
matter how objectionable it may be,
and circulate it through the mails.
The case had been brought by the
government against a Richmond
newspaper for printing and circulating
matter in connection with the Beattie
trial that the district attorney held
was a violation of the postal laws.
The newspaper, however, upheld its
contention that it was within its rights
in reproducing the proceedings of an
open court.
This is affirmed by the federal judge,
and will, as a matter of
grasped by unscrupulous newspapers
as a justification for greater license
than they have yet taken. The better
class of publications, however, will
maintain the dignity and decency that
have governed them in the past. Those
newspapers that abuse the freedom of
the press may gloat over what they
consider a victory, as result of which
persons who object to the unclean and
offensive in print will know where to
look for news that is fit to be read at
the family fireside.
WILL CHIVALRY END.
When tne American Man
Concedes Women^s Ki^ht
to Vote?
According to the opinion of Mrs.
Emmett O’Neal, wife of the Governor
of Alabama, and one of the most
prominent women in the South, woman
8 iffrage is bound to come, but when it
does come it will prove a death blow
to chivalry.
“Yes it is inevitable, of course,” she
said recently in discussing the subject
‘ The American man will give a woman
anything she asks for. But I can
imagine the falling away of little
courtesis that women love when once
the vote is obtained. We all like men
to give us their seats in trolley cars
and will they do it then?
“I can quite imagine men drinkiiig
their toasts, ‘Here’s to won’^n once
our superiors, now our equals!” I can
also believe that the outcome of the
Titanic wreck would have been quite
different if women had obtained their
rights instead of being accorded their
privilege. They would have taken
their chances with the men and the
lifeboats would have told another story
when the Carpathia picked them up.
Would votes for women have meant
boats for women, I wonder?”
The only demonstration of woman
suffrage which she ever witnessed,
Mrs. O’Neal said, was during an elec
tion in the South, when the fate of tne
liquor question w’as at stake. The
women supporting prohibition had
carried on a campaign almost frantic
in its bitterness and during the elec
tion they stormed the polls.
“Whenever a man voted for local
option they would hiss him and abuse
him terribly,” Mrs. O’Neal said. “I
decided then that I wouldn’t want to
jiee women at the polls is they were
going to act that way.”
Now that summer is here and the
gasoline stove with its “Don’ts” for
users of gasoline stoves. Here are
some of the Don’ts:
Don’t spill gasoline.
Don’t fill the tank full.
Don’t use a can of more than two-
gallon capacity.
Don’t use a stove that leaks.
Don’t use a leaky funnel in filling.
Don’t fill a gasoline stove in a closed
room; have plenty of ventilation to
carry away the vapor.
Stubbers says that if housewives fol-
course, be ajvice there will be no more
gasoline stove accidents; that gasolino
stoves are the cau ?e of 99 per cent of
the accidents.
Apples and Discoveries.
Adam had an apple.
Years apo ic’s been.
Made a great discovery,
He discovered sin.
Newton had an apple,
Newton wasn’t slow,
Made a great discovery,
Gravity, you know,
Our kid had an apple,
Crot it by mistake.
What was his discovery?
Merely stomach-ache.
—Washington Herald.
Wanted.
All those in and around Mebane who
want to buy or sell real estate to see
me at once. Those who wish to Bell,
list your farms or town propertv and
get the benefit of our advertising
campaign. Those who wish to buy will
find bargains already listed.
Mebane Real Estate and Trust Co.
VV;\!ter S. Crawfonl, I'ros.
For soreness of the mu.‘?cIo3, whether
i iduced by violent exercise or injury,
t'lere is nothing better than Chamber
lain’s Liniment. This liniment also re
lieves rheumatism pains. For sale by
all Dealers.
Since the nomination of Hon.
Woodrow Wilson all evidences
of discord in the National Dem
ocratic party setms to have
entirely passed. The leading
men, the most influential men
have expressed their intention
of contributing so far as they
could to the success of the
ticket. This is a very gratifying
conditions to face at the begin
ning of a canvass for the
election of a President. It
portends success. Unfortunately
the Democratic party has not
always been a homogenuis body,
after a nomination was made, if
so this time success is assured.
It has been suggested by some
of Mebanes friends that she
make the celebration of the
fourth of July a permanent in
stitution. The success attending
the last one, and the most cer
tain beneficial results would
very much encourage the idea
that Mebane has much perman
ent good to hope for as a result.
Admited it will cost money, but
in a few years people will begin
to flock to Mebane in countless
numi)ers. when the value of the
fourth will become an assett
worth considering. Ofcourse
there will be ample time to con
sider this matter, but realy it
seems to possess merit.
In a Lighter Vein.
*‘A wife's kisses are best,” says a
Chicago judge. In proving this as
sertion always make sure that her
husband isn’t around.-^Washington
Post.
Henley—“How are you getting on
with your writing for the magazine?”
Penley—“Just holding my own.
They send me back as much as I send
them.'*—Boston Transcript.
“The time will come,” thundered
the suffragette orator, “when women
will get a man’s wages!”
“Yes,” sadly muttered a man on the
rear seat; “next Saturday night!”—
London jAnswers.
“Is that picture a genuine work of
art?*' asked the uninstructed observer.
“No,” replied Mr Cumrox frankly,
“but the story the dealer gave me
along with it is.”—Washington Star.
“He's one of our most successful
financiers.”
“That so? I didnt know he wasrich.
“pe isn't. But he’s supporting a
family on $12 a wdek. ’—Detroit Free
Press.
Bryan Won And Lost
Bryan had his way in preventing the
choice of Clark, but he was not able to
rivet the resulting deadlock so that he
himself or Senator Kern should be the
only possible compromises and he
was signally defeated also in the nom
ination of the vice presidential candi
date. His preference was Governor
Burke of North Dakota, and he was
well known to be against the select
ion of Governor Marshall of Indiana.
The Nebraskan had his will in some
cases but in others he was decisively
beaten, and his influence was eventu
ally so pocketed that he could not
have prevented the nomination of Wil
son and the latter secured the honor on
his own- merits, independently of the
dictation of either Bryan or Tammany.
Redeeming Feature.
WIfle—"Do you like those beautiful
suspenders I embroidered for you,
dear?” Hubby—“Yes, darling. They
don’t show when I am dressed.—Mil
waukee News.
Summer Tourist and
Week End Fares to Beau
fort and Morehead By the
Sea.
From
Raleigh
If the Republicans put up Dr.
Cyrus Thompson of Onslow
county as their candidate for
Governor in this state, the Dem
ocrats can reasonable expect a
real warm fight. We know him
Summer Week End
Tourist Fare
$6 45 $4.50
Rates to Beaufort 20 cents higher
Uian fares to Morehead City.
Summer tourist tidkets sold daily
and good until October 31st.
Week End tickets sold for all trains
Friday and Saturday also Sunday
momins good to return until Tuesday
following date of sale.
For particulars ask any Ticket Agent
W. W. Croxton,
Geueral Passenger Agent.
Norfolk, Va,
Staining Glass.
The art of colored glass has been
lost and refound, guarded and stolen
to many times during the history of
civilization that It seems almost im
possible to say anything new on glass
Staining. Yet a process has been dis
covered for making the stained glass
nsed in windows which is a departure
from anything known to the old
timers.
The glass first receives Its design in
mineral colors, and the whole Is then
fired in a heat so Intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis
solubly fused. The most attractive fea
ture of this method is that the surface
acquires a peculiar pebbled character
In the heat, so that when the glass is
In place the lights are beautifully soff
and mellow.
L'ke our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sundc-
clines —Young.
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tions are tested by experts and g*iiaranteed as
to potency and strength. We pride curse lvt:S
on three things
1 OUR KNOWLEDGE OF DRUGS
2 OUR CARE IN THE SELECTION OF DRUGS
3 ACCURACY IN FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS
Our prescriptions are compouaded by reg
istered Pharmacists and are double checked,
this insuring safety.
Dcrsett’s
THE BEST IN MANY SyMMEhS
Dorsett’s garments are known to be the best. The Under
muslins are all made to order, and they are lacking in nothinjj
to make them perfect garments for women desiring the l>est
kinds.
The prices are rock bottom, being lower than such depeiida-
ble high grade garments are usually sold.
This is our June Undermuslin event. You wiH profit by
coming here to-day.
Chas H. Dorsetl
INSURANCE!
I carrj" a full line o^ Companies, including
Fire, Life, Accident and health Insurance,
In fact, anything In the Insurance line.
When in need of any kind of Insuiance see
me Rates reasnable
S. G. MORGAN
WANTED
200 CORDS 4 FEET
PINE WOOD
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WILL PAY 60 GTS.
CORD. APPLY TO
T. M. Cheek
Greensboro,
‘THE WOMAN’S STORE”
- North Carolina
MILLINERY
At Cost
All hats, trimmed and untrim
med, and flowers ana baby caps.
The stock must go.
Don’t Forget
The American Beauty Corsets and the Madam Grace
a special
MISS MARGARET CLEGG
Graham, N. C.
Next Door to National Bank of Alamance
II Does Not Matter
How nicely you dress, if you have a poor ill fit
ting shoe on, you do not look well. No lady or
gentlemancan afford to wear such shoes.
The Place to Buy a Shoe
that will give comfort, look neat and tasty is at
the Standard shoe house of
J. M. Hendrix 6c Co.
They always give satisfaction.
Greensboro, N. C.
, Trouble Forecast.
“My wife says women ought to
fote,” said Mr. Meekton.
"Well, have you any objection?”
**No. But there’s going to be a ter*
fble row if the women of our com*
Bunity get the.vote and then try to
tote for anybody exo^t heiv”
Incumbrance,
•'No," said Mr. Cumrox; "I don’t tn
tbe least disapprove of my daughter*!
marrying a title."
“But you seem dissatisfied.'*
**I am. What I object to is tbe f^
low that goes with it**
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
for men and boys. Ladies hats at cost. Some shoes away down.
K full line of fresh groceries always on hand, everything a little
lower. Try me, that’s the way to find out.
W .T. Bobbitt
Mebane N. C.
The Piano Business
Must be built upon solid merit,
or it can not Stand. Our increas
ing sales from year to year is
gratifying proof that we give
satlsraction. We have placed a
large numbr of pianos in the homes
ofcritical perchases in the past
few months. A large increase in
sales, we have labored by square
and honest dealings for years to
win the confidence of the people,
that we enjoy, it is one of the
most gratifying fruits of the year
of our labor. If you want a good
piano, drop us a line, we will im
mediately see you -ascertain your
wants and meet them in an honest
manner. Write or call on.
The Ellis Machine 6c Music, Co.
Burlington, N. C.
SOME PREIIY SPAING SUITS
-JUST IN-
The neatest, the nobbiest and best fit
ting it is possible for skilled tailors to
turn out. We carry everything to enable
a gentleman to dress well, and we sell at
such remarKable low figures that all can
afford it. Don^t fail to call on us when
in the city.
Yours to please,
CO.
Durham, N. C,
S. M HOCKFIELD
Dealer In Clotliing. Slioes And Dry Goods.
1 will sell you goods at an attractive
price. Give me an opportunity to con
vince you.
S. H. HOCKFIELD
226 WEST MAIN ST.
DURHAM. N. C.
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