THE MEBANE LEADER
“And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would be Disloyalty, To Falter Would be Sin.
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Vol 4r.
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 1913
No 85
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PtfiSOHLS AND LOCAL
PEtr'I.w WHO
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COME
Mrs. Battle and daughter, ^^is3 Bes
sie of Greensboro spent Tuesday at j
the White House. |
Mr. John Trollinger of Haw River'
attended the concert given by the Ox- j
ford orphans in the Mebane Graded
Change In Post Master j The Record To Dat^.
Mr. J. T, Dick, the recently appoint- | This is the 24th of August.^ Every
od Post-master of Mebane assumed j other day since the beginning of this
charge of the office here Tuesday | month, some human being has been
morning August 26th. Mr. S. Arthur | hurled into eternity by yioJen^e in the
i^chool building Monday night.
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INTEREST GATH-
(>UR REPORTER
.oiip: is right sick.
King f-'jit'nt Sunday with
u'l'r.
White, the present uicumbent retiring.
During Mr. Whites incumbency he
Mrs. S. G. Morgan, Miss Lenorah has given so far as we can learn.
ll.’.wli'y lott Thursday
si-vcriil days in Charlotte.
ttiiri’i'w went up to Bur-
Mf. u 'i. 1'
tla. t.
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Mr:..
exiiir.'i
wi'ik.
Miss
a few ‘
sporuiini
,son \v;is in Mebane Sun-
hi> j'l'ujtlo.
( I;u4 rotiirned Sunday
Si>oncer.
I’l'ttigrew went on
Atlantic City, N. J.,
the
last
of Durham
i:li Miss
is spending
Bessie Cor-
Corl'C' i
Miss M
TtwmpS' :
Mr. 1!'.
Saturiia.,
S iniia>
Miss 11
from Ei-
visitir.^'
- Hooker of Durham is
1 low days with Mrs, W. W.
i.rnrct Coley of Graham is
I' week with Mrs. J. Mell
h Smith went up to Spencer
He returned to Mebane
> ning.
:;i I.ong returned Tuesday
(■'lloixe where she has been
Walker, and Miss Emma Harris also
Messrs Charlie Harris and O. D.
Hooker attended the Farmers Insti
tute at Hawfield Monday.
Miss Magada Malone loft Saturd'iy
for Baltimore where she goes to pur
chase the stock of millinery for her
brother-in-law, Mr. Jenk ns ot RoLer-
sonville.
Pritohaid, Bright and Co , are expert
clothiers, having given years to the
study of the trr,de. They nre artist
in their line having a natural adaptation
for acquiring a knovs ledge of the nicest
and b-jst. Tbe line they carry proclaims
this in emphatic terms. If you wish to
dress well and in the latest, see
Pritchard, Bright and Co , of Durham.
Who is it that does not admire high
class jewelry, jewelry h >se intri sic
merit bespeaks its value. There are
so many persons to whom a i)resent ol‘
some jewelry would be approuriate,
would a suitable and an acceptable
gift. It would be difficult if not
impossible to find a place to make a
purchase that would come nearer
pleasing you than at Snider-Wilcox-
Fletcher and Co. Durham.
pretty general satisfaction and made
a good post-master. The opinion is
indulged that Mr. Dick will make
uood and meet the most sanguine ex
pectation of his most ardent friends.
We learn that Post-Master Dick will
continue in his employment Mr. Sam
Thompson, and Miss Maud Holt. They
are both excelent people nnd have
given very satisfactory service in tliC
Mebane Pest Office.
Mr.
in M
with
!>. Lansdell of Samore was
Saturday shaking hands
n.^ry friends here.
Troi li. McKeonn, of Stanly is
in Mcb:; to take charge of the Meb-
aiic ^ru ;-I school this year.
Miss lUuieocott Rickie of Winston-
Salem . .uiic down Thursday last ana
.spent ti' day with Mrs. Hettie Scott.
The I'.aiti'iiig {'arty who left here
ten days vigo it r Lock Lilly near Rox-
boro, r. t. i - ito their homes Friday.
They rcj .ns a grand time.
•Mrs. \V. Hinos and son Robert,
wno h;.N^ l-een spending some time
with Ml . Iictiie Scott left Tuesday
for thv.r ■: in Sanford Fla.
A Watermellon Feast
Through the courtesy of Mr. W E.
Ham a number of his friends enjoyed
a water mellon feast Tuesday afternoon.
The mellon weighed 59J and had be n
cooling in a refrigerator for more than
24 hours. It was a splendid mellon,
sweet and firm. The Editor of the
Leader is indebted to Mr. Ham for tne
pleasuue of particepating in the luxury.
Mr. ]■;.
ton \va:
livered a.
school '
church.
. Dameron of Burling-
.\lLuaiie Sunday, and de-
: before the Sunday
. liun held at the Baptist
Mr. Hi!-:
I’a:4e.' .vlii:.
a leaf t.iiKii- -
Euni.r.er. His
success I
The 'i ov,
ventio!: wS;i
church : ..
lar^^eiy
showi; i:;
Miles
C.,
has returned from
A Lumber Point.
Mebane is getting to be much ot a
lumber distributing point, and it is all
a very superior quality of lumber.
Some of the lumber brought here from
the country is shipped to Scotland,
some to Germany and some to England
The cedar wood industry is also an
important item. It is sawed up here
in large quantities, to make chests for
keeping bed covering in.
The Oxford Orphans
At the entertainment Monday night
given by the Oxford Orphans there
was realized the sum of sixty dollars,
quite a nice little sum. The enter
tainment if possible was above their
That /VIerry Go“Around
The managers of the merry-go*around
who has been giving nightly enter
tainments, Sundays excepted, in Meb
ane for the past three weeks packed up
their ponies and oth6r belongings Mon
day, and left Tuesday, There were a
number of people who thought the
rnerry-go-around business had been
state of North Carolina; evesy other
day somebody has received the stamp of
Cain. As this editorial is written a
I Charlotte policeman is hovering between
life and death; and perhaps by the time
that the paper reaches its readers^ hi?
name will haye been added to the ter
rible list.
Here is what a hasty glance over the
files of the Daily News for the month of
August has revealed, the date in each
case bemg the date of the paper in
which the news appeared.
August 1: Robert Berver, wtiite. shot
by an officer at Lenoir.
August 2; Will Morton, white, found
on a public road near Mount Giload, in
a dying condition. Skull fractured; as
sailant unknown.
August 3: Deputy Sheriff Robert
Bain shot and killed at Pomona, a
subutb of Greensboro, by Jim McClure,
negro.
August 5: Oris Colclough shot by Bill
Smith at Durham. Colclough died in a
over done in Mebane for the past hospital. Both negroes.
three weeks, and that the town could
well afford to have been spared the
noise and racket of its running. Those
in the future who have no regard for
others feeling, or who think a merry-
go-around is next to the kingdom come
should be srre to have the next one
that comes to Mebane located near
their houses, so they may enjoy it to
its fullest. Do that, then the merry-
go-around will become unpopular at once
and
Lidt of Letters Advertised
For the week ending Aug. 23 1913.
1 Letter for Mrs. Marauda Crisp
Card
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These
** Mr. Leondas Clayton
“ Mrs. E. Clark
“ Mr. E. C. Webb
“ Mr. W. M. A. Cully
“ Mr. J. F. Ross
letters will be sent to the
August 10: H. Clay Grubb shot
killed by his wife, near Lexington.
August 11: Dr. W. J Klontz shot and
killed by Alf West, at Alexander.
August 11: Archie Blue white, killed
by Jim Voncannon, negro, near Carth
age.
August 11: Elias Braxton, negro,
killed by a blow in the stomach, dealt
by Will Clarke, negro, at Greenville.
August 11: George Telfair, negro, fat
ally hurt by brick, thrown by another
negro, name unknown, at Greenville.
August 16: George Nance killed his
w.fe by a blow on the head in a hotel
at Hamlet.
A.ugu8t,22: Silas Cogsdeil, negro, shot
and killed as he was driving through the
streets of Goldsboro. Assailant un
known.—Greensboro News.
Dead Letter Office Sept. 6 1913. If net
called for. In calling please give date ! is a posibility
of list. dangerous.
Respt.
S. \rthur White. P. M
Mebane, N. C.
Yon had better watch out while
prowling around an other house, there
of it being extremly
where he conducted average, and mu. h enjoyed by all for-
warehouse
operation
during the
were quite
i.i[; Sunday School Con-
b was held in the Baptist
jaJiu Sunday evening, was
led, a great work was
Sunaay schools.
tunate enough to be present.
Jon.i;:g
lileiil that
is nia!;!;.
issue. A
caps. 1
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l>*jys ;irc i
are i
fantjeiiii:
Mr. .1. !
the Mf!
first of ‘ '■
goods f(.;
K'ood tf
Mr. H:
Thoni;! ; ,
here
come t);
('heek’^-
is *'roin ;
t An iii,.
last to I
store. l..|
not su--, ;,
are i.
made ‘ 0
■ •; \ei\y day is the announce-
.Nelson Dry Goods Co.,
ia their ad in this weeks
■ ' lir.e ot shoes, hats and
t fail to see them.
^ long before the golden
i..- lolling in Mebane. The
; iiiy over the situation and
. make preliminary ar-
ior handling the weed.
'■ '^i.'ij^leton. a member of
Supply company, left the
• vk for the North where
’ Mii iiase a large supply of
liusiness, anticipating a
i - Cheek, a son of Mr.
’ ' k. is spending some time
1 iatives, having orlginaly
■' - 'I iMr. and Mr. Thomas
weddine. Mr. Cheek
Va.
n;pL was made Sunday night
in to tha Mecca Drug
i fortunately the parties did
■ in effecting an entrance.
■I that an other attempt was
oireet an entrance to this
which also failed.
A Beef Market
The Mebane Supply company haye
opened up in the South-east corner of
i their big store, a beef market, where
they propose to carry a supply of the
best beef obtainable on this market.
They have a nice refrigerator, amply
large to take care of their meat sup
ply. Mr. Smith will be in charge, he
is a man cf large experience in the
butcher business.
Sam
chaser.
I’ond
The Piedmont Railway
and Electric Co.
The Piedmont Railwiy and Electric
Co., are enterincr Mebane with the
very best intentions. It ia their purpose
to install as near a perfect power and
lighting plant as the' best and most
advance appliances and machinery will
enable them to install. They propose
asking Mebane to accept nothing but
the best there is made.
In order to meet every possible
contingency, and to exhibit the best of
intentions. The Piedmont Company is
institutmg a subsiduary plant to
especialy take care of the Mebane
Bedding Co., power business until they
can bring and install their full power
and plant here.
Efland Items
Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson and
baby boy of Oaks spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs. Thompsons parents
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tapp
Mr. John B. Baity and son Jesse,
have returned from Wrightsville Beach,
they report a “breezy” time.
Miss Myrtle Jordan of Cedar Grove
visited her cousin Miss Annie Jordan
Friday night and Saturday.
Mr. Jack Baity is spending a few
days in “The Twin City” visiting his
brother Mr. O. L. Baity.
Miss Mattie Stanford is spending
some time in Durham with her uncle
Mr. S. Lashley.
Mrs. Manley Fox and two children of
Durham also her sister Miss Pansy
Caudle of Petersburg, Va., are visiting
Mrs. Joe Mecham near Efland.
Miss Bessie Baity has returned from
Western Carolina accompanied by her
aunt Mrs. Price, who will spend a few
days here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Taylor and
Master Dan Frank have gone to Black
Mountain for a few days outing.
Miss Pearl TJpp has returned from
an extended visit to her grandmas in
Chatham Co.
New Schedule on Norfolk
Southern.
ill Alamance county, in fact
'I o})ot at Haw River, there Sam
■'mpsor. was with the fun
•lat went ever to Bonnett's
i-ock Lilly, and it seems that
am there was an other attrac
tion Sp.l
it
[ound a -svay to fix his cap where he
h.' cdukl look all right.
The (rcoran Hotel of Durham con-
ucti'.'i jiQty, American an
turoji,
of Mr.
StOfi wji
rooms to sleep in and
good to eat is what the
’.or will see that you get. Don't
there.
plan under the management
■ !*hs. K. Pace is a good place to
you are in the Bull City,
fail
large department
' ■ ^'feensboro pl&ces an ad-
|-*tibcment in this weeKs Leader, to
our readers attention is directed;
^'3 r,()ncern has a large double store,
Uiro.s filled to overflow with the
. They want your trade and will
you right. Don’t fail to see them
.V'iti are in Greensboro.
Might Get Shot
It seems that after all Policeman
Long had some trouble in getting rid
of the merry-go around man. He had
found Mebane such a sweet and juicy
town Mr. Gibbs was not inclined to
leave in accordance with the wishes
of the officials. Mr. Long went to
him Monday and told him it was de
sired that he remove his hobby-horse
machinery, and not operate it Monday
night, Gibbs insisted that he should do
so, threating the town with a suit
in the event it souerht to prevent him,
and telling M r. Long he expected to
run that night irregardless of the
consequence, warning Mr. Long that
he had better be cireful in attemp
ting to stop him, and if he came on
his premises he might get shot, Mr.
Long had just the mettle in him to
meet such an immergency, and it was
not long before Mr. Gibbs was willing
to pull down his merry-go-around and
seek another section.
The people of Mebane feel very
grateful over the riddance ot the thing
They had gotten more than enough in
the merry-go-around business.
Mr. and Mrs. Dud Thompson spent
Sunday in Mebane.
Mrs. Sallie Efland and daughter Miss
Pearl, also Mr. M. P. Efland and little
daughter Elizabeth spent last Tuesday
in Durham shopping.
Miss Maud Thompson of Greensboro
visited her aunt Mrs. Della Forrest
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Cecil and daughter Miss Clara
who have been visiting relatives in
High Pwnt returned home Sunday.
Prof. Bynum and wife of Chapel Hill
have rented Mr. P. R, Brittains resi
dence in Efland and moved in la.*»t
Tuesday. Prof. Bynum is our new Rfd.
carrier.
Mrs Stella Weiseger and children
of Fayettville, also Mrs Maie Cates
and children of Hillsboro spent last
Thursday at Mr. George Crutchfields.
Mrs. Talitha Boggs spent Sunday
with her daughther Mrs. H. D. Brown
at “River side Farnr..”
Last Saturday morning two young
men of Efland had a little disagreement
which came to blows and each came
out with a “black eye.”
W'^e regret to leam of the death of
John Reeves eldest son of the late
Walter Reeves which ocsured in Rich
mond, Va , last Thursday. He died of
typhoid fever, he has many friends in
Orange where he was bom and raised
that will remember little John Reeves.
Mr. Editor, We infer from last
weeks liCader that New York City does
not hold all the “Thugs.” It seems
there are some around Mebane that
will strike down an unarmed man as
well as on the “Bowery” in New York.
“Pat.”
Running time to Norfolk shortened—
freight cars taken off express trains.
Effective Sunday, August 24th the
Norrolk Southern Railroad will put into
effect a new schedule for the night
passenger trains between Raleigh and
Norfolk. The change will shorten the
running time between the two points
approximately forty-five minutes, The j
most important feature of the new
schedule will be that the train leaving
Norfolk at 9:00 o’clock at night and
also train leaving Raleigh at 9:30 p. m.
for Norfolk will not have any freight
cars in their make-up as has been the
case heretofore.
The night train from Norfolk will
arrive 6:30 a. m. instead of 7:15 a. m.
Passengers will be allowed to remain in
sleeper until 7;30 a. m. so they will not
be inconvenienced.
The night train to Norfolk will leave
Raleigh at 9:30 instead of 9:00 o’clock
as at present. The day train will
arrive Raleigh at 7:45 p. m.
The Railway officials consider the
eliminaton of ^he freight cars from the
night express the most important part
of the improved schedule. Beginning
Sunday also the day trains between
Raleigh and Norfolk will make a dinner
stop of fifteen minutes at Edenton
instead of stopping only ten minutes
there as now. As restaurant is close
I to the station passengers will be enabh d
to enjoy a midday meal where now
they have only time to snatch a sand
wich.
i?y I iS
10 BE DEPORIEO
Will Sent BacK to Ver=
mont
Harry K. Thaw this weeK will be
deported from Canada Wednesday
afternoon or Thursday according to in
formation obtained from an official of
the Dominion immigration department.
“He will be taken across the border
into the state of Vermont. Instructions
to such effect have already been sent
to the immigration agents of Sher
brooke,” said the official. “They are
David Reynolds and T. B. Whitlan.
Thaw is not to be discriminated against
He i» to be treated just as hundreds
of undersirable in the past have been
handled by *he immigration authorities
“There will be no c'^remony attached
to his deportation. He will he taken
back over the border and into Ver
mont by the railroad that brought him
into Canada. The law provides that
the railroad shall transport him. It
has done so in other cases and the
authorities see no reason to make an
exception in the case of Thaw. He
can pay the railroad if he wants to
but he does not have to The New
York authorities asked Canada for
for Thaw. They apparently understand
that he will be sent to Vermont and
the question will then be put up to
New York and Vermont.
Thaw is exceedingly interested in
the movements of his wife, Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw. He asked the reporter
about her latest movements and where
she was living, but showed no interest
in her little son, Russel. The prisoner
denied having sent his wife a telegram
in which she was warned to take her
name off the sign of the theatre in
j which she is playing.
In his quarters at the jail Thaw has
the constant service of a stenographer
to whom he dicates for several hours
daily. His lawyers refuse to discuss
his confliciting orders to them, con
tending themselves by saying that “he
is of great assistance to us.”
Their number was increased lo six
by the arrival of Attorney Harry Hir-
schbert, of Newburg, N. Y, The five
other lawyers are Canadians and all
were seleoted on the advice of Geo. L.
McLeish, a friend of the Thaw family,
with particular reference to their poli
tical affiliation.
rHE GREAT STATE FAP.M
At Bonnett’s Pond
WOBLD’S IllLLEST
Mebane Rfd. 1
Miss Mvrtle Moser of Burlington is
visiting her sister Mrs. D. M. Garrett
Miss Eula Holt is improving rapidly
from a spell of fever.
Mrs. D. L. Boone of Durham re
turned home Saturday after spending
a week with her father Mr. C. G.
Maynard.
Glad to see Frank Murray able to be
out in the tobacco patch after being
confined a couple of weeks with sick
ness
Miss Nettie Murray went to Burling
ton Saturdap to visit relatives.
We are sorry to report Mrs. Geo.
W. Cheek to be very low no hopes for
her recovery.
Farmers are rushed these days with
their tobacco, all report good curing.
Mr. S. E. Tate took some water
melons to Mebane Saturday the largest
weighed 59 lbs., h'e says would like to
hear from Mr. J. M.” Thompson on No.
2. Mr. Tates melons are as fine as
grows, think Mrs. Tate works them is
whv they grow so large.
On the morning of August the 14
as the rays of ’.ay were just begin-
ii g to Hf.-ht up the sky, a happy frowd
of young people of Mebane in a cover
ed wagvn, for Bonnett’s Bond, torty
miles away. The young men of the
town had planned this camping trip,
thinking that the camp would not be
complete without the girls, they in-
the “girlies” to accompany
them, chaperoned by Mrs. Jas. Cheek,
The party consisted of Mi. and Mrs.
Jas. Cheek, Mr. and Mrs. F. C Davis*
Misses Leynette Swain, Etta Compton
Mary Cooper, Clara Warren, Eula and
Deane Graham, and Messrs Silas
I Compton, Sam and Jack Thompson,
1 Glenn Scott, Sam Satterfield, Frank
^ I Warren, Percy Amick, Henry John
ston, and the
Holt.
Congeniality prevailed through out
the trip. The boys enjoyed the water,
as swimming was the fsivorite sport
Has 7300 Acres in It—Six
Thousand Acres in Culti=
vation=-WiII Make 100,000
Bushels of Ccrn.
Mr. H. B. Varner, Chairman of the
state prison board, made inspection j
of^the state’s farm in Halifax county
last week, and he was very much
pleased with what he saw. He said
this farm contains 7300 acres and that
it is probably the finest farm in North
Carolina. There are soniething like i
6,000 acres in cultivation There are i
nine miles of dikes on the farm, sev- [
en and a half miles on the Roanoke
river. These dikes are built to pre . .. ^
. . , « - , , ston, and the mascot “Master Tom
vent the river from overflowing and!
destroying the crops on the farm.
They are 100 feet at the base and
about 20 feet on top, from 30 to 40
feet high. Sometimes the rains be
come so heavy and the river gets so
high that it breaks throuah the dikes, j
When it does, the crops are destroyed.
Capt. C. N. Christian, a native of
Stokes county, and Capt Rheam, of
eastern North Carolina, are in charge
of this farm. They are most excel
lent farmers and they say that the
prospects this are the finest they haye
ever seen. They h ivo 2400 acres in
corn, which will produce 100,000 bushels;
they have 1800 acres in cotton, which
will produce a bale to the acre; 350
acres in peanuts, which will produce
from 40 to 50 bushels to the acre; and i
400 acres of cow peas and soja beans.
There are on the farm 200 head of
cattle; 3000 hdgs, 240 horses and mules;
1000 chickens, 150 turkeys, and about
2500 pigeons.
There are 450 convicts doing t he
work on the farm. Of course, it takes
a considerable number of guards and
overseers to look after these convicts.
It is a little world all to itself and is a
very interesting place to visit. No
North Carolinian would regret spending
the time and money sufficient to visit
this wonderful farm and see these
wonderful products.
A Rainless Shore.
(From The Providence Journal.)
For 2,000 miles of coast, as more
Americans than are at present in
formed will doubtless discover as soon
as the Panama Canal develops more
neighborliness betwsen the North At
lantic and the South Pacific, one need
not carry an umbrella except to keep
off the sun. In Peru, on the sea s,ide
of the Andes, they build out of mud
what seems to be magnificent marble
palaces, and clapboard effects are
popular also, though wood is worth
its weight in gold. Stucco, a paint
brush and a lively fancy serve for
this stagey decoration, but there is
not even a pretense of cultivating
lawns, though that might be indulged,
too, with the help of a pot of green
paint. Rain enough would not fall in
a generation to wash the green off the
front yard, or the patio.
That stretch of coast is one of the
most remarkable of all nature’s dem
onstrations of waterless desolation. It
is an elongated Sahara. B'rom Co-
quimbo, one-third of the length of
Chile below the Peruvian border, to
Quayaquil in Ecuador vegetation is
unknown. An agreeable effeci is to
relieve the equatorial heat along the
coast and the s*ope of the Andes of
humidity.
for them, while boating brought much
pleasure to the girls. The weather
was ideal, only one little rain during
the stay at the pond. The moon-light
nights were lovely for a boat ride up
the pond. Eaily in the morning, one
could see the boats gliding up the
pond to the lily bed which covtrcd
about ten acres, and a -magnificent
sight it was, to see the beautiful lillies
and to get the fragrant odor as it was
wafted to you, by the wind.
The most important part of the trip
was “grub” lime, and a funny sight
it was, when the whistle sounded for
j the meals, to see the boys and girls
j scampering for a place at the table,
] and ray! how that crov/d did eat There
j was always an abundance of good
I things on the table, and Heny Johnston
I Siid he could just eat those fine bifaciuts
all day long if only Frank Davis would
agree to stay by him, ano this crowd
j did not forget to observe ^the Sabbath,
for it was indeed a noble sight to see
them arrayed in their Sunday clothes,
marching to the Club House where
they had been invited, lo gather with
two ether camping parties, when it
was learned that the Mebane camp had
Bible quarterlies, and song books,
preparing before leaving home to
remember and bear in mind, God’s
great command as it is given in the
fourth commandment.
The ten days came to a close only too
rapidly, the merry party was reluctant
to leave dear old Bonnetts. They
resolved to return next year and spend
at least two weeks. The crowd
reached Mebane Aug. 22nd safe and
sound; not a thing had happened on the
trip to mar the pleasure of one, may
that same crowd live to make many
trips to Bornetts Pond.
A girl
KABRY K. I
WHAT FAMOUS SIEGES COST.
Pan-American States As
sociation Plans Great Sky
scraper For New York
A skyscraper whose tcpmost tower
will rise 901 feet above the curb is
i planned by the Pan-American Stats ,
Association of New York. Unless plans I Second eek of The Hook-
miscarry, it will be built in that city,
Cocaine Negroes
The latest shooting of a Charlotte
policeman bears further witness to
the danger in which officers of the
law continually live at the hands of
bad negroes and to the well-grounded
nature of their apprehensions concern
ing the cocaine. In this case the of
ficer fell into a virtual ambush. It
only remains to urge strict"^r enforce
ment of the stringent anti-cocaine
legislation now on the statute-books
af the State.—Charlotte Observer.
constructed wholly of materials from
the Latin-American republics, will
wrest from the Wool worth building the
distinction of being the world’s tallest
habitable structure and will be ready
for occupancy with the opening of the
the Panama-Pacific Exposition in CpU-
fornia in 1815.
Such at least are the tentative plans
of the promoters. Plans and specifi
cations for the structure haye been
drafted and will be given to a building
committee of the association Tues
day for review and acceptance. Fran
cis H. Kimball, designers of notable
downtown skyscrapers, madie the plane
The estimated cos^i of the structure is
$9,000,(KM). The site has not yet been
selected. It is intended to erect the
bulling as an enduring monument to
Pan-American industry.
The Woolwortfa building, now the
tallest in the word, is 750 feet high;
the Metropolitan, its nearest rival, 700
feet
worm Camgaign.
Reduction of Fortified
Places Stubbornly Defen
ded, Means Fearful Loss
of Human Life.
No details are yet available of the
losses incurred in the reduction of
Adrianople by the Balkan nations, but
they are bound to be enormous. The
capture of Port Arthur* cost Jspan
34,000 wounded and 58,000 dead. In
the France-German war the loss of
the besiegers was very small in all
cases. But that v as because the
French garrison surrendered quickly.
The Escaped Convict
“Extradition proceedings in Thaw
case are now before court. This depart
ment cannot deal with him until court
has decided in extradition application.
Mr. Glynn was visibly disappointed
when informed that dispatches from
Canada announced that Thaw’s at
torneys were successful in deferring
the court hearing until this week, also
that Washington di«patches reppresen-
ted the Federal officials as being in
doubt respecting the proper steps for
them €o take.
BRYAN SAYS HE IS HELPLESS.
Without authority to make a formal
request in the name of the United
States Government for the delivery of
I Hariy K. Thaw by the Canadian au-
I thorities. Secretary Bryan rebponded
to Acting Governor Glynn’s appeal for
assistance in the effort to bring the
Matteawan fugitive back into New
York by sending the followirg personal
telegram to the British Ambassador,
Sir Cecial Arthur Spring-Rice, now at
Dublin, New Hampshire:
“We are informed that Harry K.
Thaw, who lately escaped from an
insane asylum in New York in which
he was confined after acquittal of
murder on the ground of insanity, is
in custody in the Providence of
Quebec with a view to his deporta
tion under the Canadian immigration
laws. The Department, while not in
a position to make a request in the
matter, which in its present aspect is
not within our extradition treaties.
or where the French held the Ger-1 brings it to your notice with a view to
During the past week more than 1000
people attended the free hookworm
dispensaries now being held in Alamance
County. Of these, 423 were examined
for intestinal parasites and 119 were
found to be infected. During the time
the dispensaries have been conducted
in the county 900 people have been
examined for intestinal parasites and
257 found infected, and received treat
ment. The attendance and infection
at the different dispensary points is I
shown below. 1
Place. No. Examined. No
Burlington
Hub
Midway
Daileys Store
Elon Col«ege
213
42
319
104
239
74
68
24
61
13
mans did not attempt an assault.
I Strasburg was taken with a loss of
866 men. Belfort cost the Germans
2,100 men. At Paris Metx, and the
other places the loss was insignifi
cant.
In 1877 the Russians besieged two
fortified places held by the Turkish
troops. Kars was carried by a sur
prise night attack, at which the Rus
sians lost 2,3000 men. Plevna showed
a very different result. Here the Rus
sians carried out three assaults, all ot
which failed, and their total loss in
killed and wounded amounted to the
Infected 1 iro*^ense number of 27,700 officers
" I and men, or nearly
one-third of the
{ besieging army.
' The great
siege of Sabastopol in
1855 was a desperate affair. It lasted
11 months and in that period the
Russians had 84,000 men killed and
wounded while the French lost 60,000.
. In this case, however, the Russians
Highest price paid for all beef cattle j were able to get reinforcements to
at the Mebsne Supply Beef Market. j the end.
Beef Cattte
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such action as the Canadian authorities
may find +hemselves justified in
taking.”
THE MODERN WOOD
MEN OF AMERICA
Organized A Camp in
Mebane.
On last Monday night, Mebane Camp
No. 14195, Modern Woodmen of
America was organized by District
Deputy, B. W. Ray.
The following officers were elected:
Consul, H. E. Wilkinson; Advirsci,
C. A. Newman; Banker, R. M. Dillard;,
Clerk, U. S. Ray; Escort, W. G.
Satterfield; Watchman, I. D. Ham;
Sentry, Banks Stewart; Past Consul,
J. W. Freeman; Trustees, H. E.
Wilkinson, B. F. Warren, and B. M.
Miles, Camp Physician, Dr. J. M.
Thompson.
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