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THE LEADER And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would be Disloyalty,'To Falter Would be Sin, Vol. 4 MEBANE, N.C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13 1913-^ No 96 A Cenietary Much of thu J. Y. Holt property will be sold Saturday. It a resale of property bid off a short while past, and upon which there was an upset bid or advance price put upon it. Among: the property to be sold is a piece of land about ten acres, South and West of the Presbyterian church, it has been suggested that it would be a wise thins: for the town to secure this pro perty, and use it for a cemetary, or so much of it as might be necessary. It is wfcll located and affords a n-ost ap propriate plot for such a purpose. It need not be necessary hi this time to set aside the entire plot for burrial purposes, but just so much of it as is necessary, and Mebane must have a place. The small graveyard adjoining the Presbyterian church is full, and something must be done. Ofcqurse we all would be glad to do without grave yards if we could, but the laws of na ture have made them an imperative necessity, and that necessity must be met. A town with wise, and far see ing officials meets it as early as pos sible. Mebane is growing, and you can not stop people from dying, and there must be a place provided for their graves. If the town should secure this place, or so much of it aa may be necessary for a cemetary, it can maice of it a more than paying investment by sell ing off burring plots. Something should be done to secure a properly located cemetary and done at once. Will you meet the situation? Mr. Merchant. Tfiere is about se\ en more issues of ihe Leader until Christmas. If you ars going to make a strong pull for the business from this section then it is time, right now to place your ad vertisement with us. Don't wait, if there is a Beason when it is worth while to go after trade it is right now. Mebane Improvements The Mebane Real Estate Co is putting up four, five room houses on 3rd Street, south of Graded School. The Mebone Land Improvement Co. is erecting two, six room cottages. One located on Lee St. and one on Fourth St. Mr. J. W. Nicholson has just com pleted two, two story houses and one cottage, at the north end of Third St. Mr. Will Smith is building a cottage near Mr. John Fowler’s home. Mr. Bob Oakley is building a house near Mr. Joe Rice. Loose Diamonds (From the Boston Herald.) A large proportion of lost precious Stones come from the carelessness of those who wear rings and other pieces of jewelry and do not have them oc casionally examined by experts to see if they are tightly fixed in their set tings. The tiny jewels often insensibly work a little loose, the points wear slightly blunt; then a jar detaches them and away they go and may not be seen again. The insignificant ex pense of having them put into order IS fully justified in view of the far greater loaa which their disappearance causes. It is an excellent custom, therefore, once a year or at even longer intervals to take such orna ments to the “jewelry man" and let him regulate them. The same kind of carelessness works the mischief in typewriting machines. A little oil applied to all the bearings ®ayes immensely in the wear and te^r of the parts. Yet it is safe to say that ®ost persons let their machines go for Weeks without lubrication. One can carry the principle still fur ther and apply it to our mental proc esses. This is undoubtdly one of the strongest arguments in favor of church- 6oing, The weekly examination of the Conscience which is suggested by the sermon, the lubrication which comes rom the change of occupation when ®>^e enters the church, is invaluable for ^'^ery one. Our minds' are delicate *^achines which cannot run steadily Without some attention. Irrigation has been practiced in pain nearly a century, the first canal Slaving been begun in 1814. Chapel Hill News As a distinct contribution to the work of the Bureau of Extension of the University of North Carolina a bul letin has been published containing choice selections ot addr:sse8 by recog- n zed educators of this and other states covering a period of many years It is issued primarly for the use of the pub lic schools of North Carolina in gath ering material for declaiming, essay writing, and reading. This handbook of some one hundred and twenty pages includes extracts from the foremost educational addressed delivered within the past decade and the roster of namea giving utterance to these lasting edu catiqnal ideas bring up the names of many statesmen and educators that have and are exercising a profound influence on the thought of the State d nation. A glance at the typos of addresses deliv^^red and by whom de livered will certify to this statement: “The South Regaining Its Prestige.” Governor Charles B Aycock; “The School and the State,” United States Commissioner of Education, P. P. Claxton; “The Training Camp of thcj Future,” Henry W. Grady; “The .Ach ievement of a Generation,E. A. Ald erman, President of the University of Virginaia; “The Education of Women” Charles Duncan Melver; “The Social Center; A Means of Common Under* standing,” President Woodrow Wilson *.‘The Higher EMucation of Women,” Edward K. Graham, Acting President of the University of North CaroUna; “Making Education Fit the Farmers Need”, Editor Clarence Poe, of the Progressive Farmer; “Culture and Religion.” The first church established in North Carolina by the Baptist denomination is still serving as a hou^ie of worship, according to a paper read before the University Historical Society at its regular monthly meeting this week. It is known as Shiloh church, deriving its name from the town in which it was founded and is situated in Posquo- tank county, on the eastern bank of the Posquotank River, five miles below Elizabeth City, The records vouch for its erection 123 years ago and during its lifetime twelve branch churches have been built as the result of its in fluence. A clean town, the covering of one fourth of a mile of one of the principal streets of the village with a layer of gravel six inches deep and nine feet wide, tapering to twelve feet, supplemented by lecturers on good roads, can:e as the result of^ the activi ties of the faculty and students of the University in response to the Gover nor’s good roads’ proclamation. Vol unteers from the student body num bered in close range of 300 and practi cal the entire faculty observed the two days by actually shoveling dirt for the cause of improved highways. Modern Fiction Slightly Exaggerated Gwendolyn Fudge looked out across the lawn that undulated to the crack ed concrete twenty feet away, and her gaze grew trouble, says the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. A one-cylinder outing car uttered a tuberculosis cough as it painfully ne gotiated the nearest corner, a news paper carrier t at on his wares, labori ously carving a monkey face on a horse chestnut, a bibulous man halted a prim maiden lady to ask the shortest way out of the dry district. It was all dull, gray, tiresome. “Why doesn’t he come?” murmured Gwendolyn Fudge. She had been married a short happy year. She thought of it now as she waited in the doorway for the man who was not her husband. And the grass continued to undulate, and the pavement continued to crack, and the bibulous man caught at the fire hydrant as it came round and sat upon it to hold it down. “Why doesn't he come?” whispered Gwendoly Fudge. He had promised over the phone to be there at five; promised on his honor as a gentleman. Pah, a man’s honor! And it was now half past four? "‘This is maddening,” said Gwendolyn with a despairing gesture. “Men are all alike.” i She had met this man but once. He looked truthful. They always do. And then, as she'leaned forward, a light wagon rattled around the corner, a man leaped from it and ran up the winding walk, “At last!” cried Gwendolyn, and met him with outstretched arms. “From Greening’s groceiy,” he said and handed her a package. She was giving a little dinner that evening and needed the extra pound of batter. Orange Grove Items On Saturday evening Nov. 8th about 7 o’clock in the afternoon, when the shades of night had settled down anc called us from our toilings to an earthly home to rest our tired bodies the death angel touched the tired fever wrought I spirit of our friend and relative, Z Vance Cates, and wafted back to the God who gave i*; his immortal soul. About five weeks ago he was stricken with typhoid fever and for the past ten days his condition has been critical, tho’ it was hard for his friends to realize that great stalwart body, the very picture of health and vigorous young manhood, would today be layii^ beneath the sod. “Vance Cates is dead!” The weight of sorrow that this sentence threw athwart our lives, “Shall be lifted, neveimore.” He was kind, full of life, ready to take an active part in every good cause and above and bejiondallhe was a Christian. Well do we remember at a meeting of the male membership of the church held in the School Auditorium during the protracted services last August when the members were confessing their faults and sins, he arose an-i said, “I know I have not liyed like I should and. I want you all to pray that I may be a better boy.” This appeal touched a vibrant cord in the heart of the writer. Vance dead! It seems impossible Can we whose lives, have come in friendly, vee, brotherly contact with his ever fill the aching void that must remain until “the shadows shall be lifted?” Can we who have gone to Sunday School and preaching for so many Sundays and there saw his seat filled look at that vacant chair without a pang of sorrow? But, can we whose souls must be harrowed for many days yet by earthly cares and sorrows and at last as he his already done “walked through the valley of the shadow of death” wish him back? There has never been a death in this community that has brought more sadness, and no one but the God omnipotent can heal the wound. This is the third death which has occured m this family within six years. First a sister of the deceased in the prime of young womanhood; about two years ago the father and now a son. The family has the tender and heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in their great loss, and no one could do too much for their lost friend who stands beconing to us just across the tiver. The beautiful flowers that cov' id the handsome casket bore a silent tribute to the esteem felt for him by his friends, and the tears shed were tears of love for one whose manv kindnesses were seared on our minds. He was tenderly laid to rest in Cane Creek Church cemetery and his body was borne to its last resting place by the following, some of whom were members of the Bataca class of which he was President at the time of his death and always a faithful member: E. N. Cates, C. M. Cates. J. C. Lloyd. Ralph Lloyd, A. G. Crawford, W. S. Crawford and R. L. Howard. The funeral was conducted by Rev. R. C, Stubblns pastor of the Chestnut Ridge Church who has known the deceased all his life, they being boy hood neighbors and friends. He is survived by his mother, four brothers and a sister and a host of relatives in this an other states. May his life be a beacon light that shall guide uur footsteps on to that Heavenly Home where we hope to be reunited where partings never come. Disease And Treatment “Mrs. Brown has the kleptomania.” “Indeed; what is she taking for it?” “Anything that looks good to her.” —New York fitnes. Suppresing The Qossiper (New Orleans States.) The anti-gossip law of Wisconsin found u victim at Appleton in the case of a woman who entered a plea of guilty to a charge preieried by her neighbors. The penalty was a fine of $21, and the defendant waa sent forth wiser, even if not cured of the habit.- Gossip is a fault that is underestimated and has been responsible for much trouble and suf fering. A few days ago a story was printed of a girl in New York committing suicide in order to escape this form of persecu tion. In an Ohio town a girl shut her self up in a room and turned on the gas because her name was handled around by gossipers. A habit that leads to tragedy deserves severe treatment, and for this reason the new law of Wisconsin cannot be classed as freak legislation, for it will do good. No doubt its strict enforce ment would glut the cour*^s, for there is no limit to the number of persons who are fond of gossiping, and they indued men as well as women. We Forget. >> This dale live years ago the brilliant Carulack fell, the victim of a con spiracy. The bullet that ended his life hastened the triumph of the cause of temperance and good government, and it freed the people from the mean servitude of the ringters and the insolent domination ^f a corrupt power just as surelv as the bullet hich ended the life of linc(Jn broke the rhackles of human slavery. This appalling Iraeredy, which robbed Tennessee of her gifted and greatest son, so aroused and nerved the people that they went on without the match less--leadership cf the man who had blazed the way for better things in the Volunteer state, and following the cour se he had marked with bis blood they triumphed as they would have triumphed with him as their leader— they triumphed over the forces of evil, and brought nearer tfie day when the people shall rule, "and rule wisely and well. It was Carmack who said with force and truth and prophecy that “the saloon has sinned away its day of grace; it refuses to be controlled, and it must be destroyed.” Who will say tl\at the saloon has not sinned away its day of grace? who will say rhat it has not refused to be con trolled? And at last, who is there amongst us who is dariugjenough to say that the criminal saloon must not be destroyed? Not only Tennessee, but the whole nation wept when Carmack died. His fate was lamented by millions of people, who still remember the manner of his taking off and resent the abased spirit that hovered like a thing of evil over the agency of his destruc tion. Carmack loved his native state and the people among whom he was born and reared. He had consecrated bis life to them and their good, and when he was laid to rest at Columbia, where he now sleeps, the gocd women and the good men of Tenneasee bowed their heads in grief, and through their tears confessed the irreparable loss his death had brought to them, their state and to feood g»fe»*nment, and in their sorrow they pledged themselves to ;h^ish the memors of the man who had maintained the loftiest Ideals in both public and private life and represented as parfectly the splendid citizenship of Tennessee. Carmack was a typical southerner and an ideal representative of the best impulse, the best sentiment and the best thought of the south, and while a member of the lower house of congress when occassion presented itself for him to speak in defense of the country and the people he loved so ■veil he said: The south is a land that has known sorrows it is a land that has broken the ashen crust and moistened it , with tears; a land scarred and riven by the plowshare of war and bil lowed with the graves of her dead; but a land of legend, a land of song, a land of hallowed and heroic memories. Tu that lard every drop of n y blood, every fiber of my being, every pulsation of my heart, is consecrated forever. I was born of her womb; I was nurtured at her breast; and when mv last hour shall come, I pray God that I may be pillowed upon her bosom and rocked to sleep within her tender and encircling arms.- Nashville Ten nessean. _ Protecting The Birds It is gratifying to note the constant ly growing interest which is being manifested in different sections of the country in the work of the National Association of Audubon Societies. Ac cording to the annual reports of this organization, not only were money do nated during the past year on a gen erous scale, but the additions to mem bership were such as to be distinctly encouraging. Especially significant was the enrolment during the year as junior members of upwards of fifty- two thousand boys and girls, indicat ing, as it does, that the children of the land are beginning to take a healthy interest in this fight for the preserva tion of their feathered friends. Holton Will SticK. Word has been received in Washing ton from District Attorney Seawelland Marshals Dockery and Doran that they are not in a hurry to send in their resignations. Some surprise appears to have been manifested that District Attorney Holton has not been heard from. Holton was never a man of supeiflous performance. When he resigns the other fellow will have had the job signed up and engaged in rear ranging the furniture in the office.— Charlotte Observer. rhe Thaw Curse Of all the sinister aspects of the Thaw case none is more tragic *:han the death of “Dan” O’Reilly. At a time ot life when this brilliant attorney should have been in the full enjoyment of the fame and rewards of which his early years gave promise, he dies broken in spiiit, with the shadow of a prison sentence upon him. Ten years or so ago there were few young men in New York with a brighter outlook in life than O’Reilly. An east- side boy with a college education, he he had made a name for himself as Assistant District-Attorney and was recognized everywhere as a capable ciiminal lawyer. He had troops of friends; he was able, alert and popular. Then came his association with the Thaw case as counsel and a fpw years later the collapse of h*s career upon his conviction as a receiver of stolen goods in connection with the robbery of an aged broker. Must the accused Thaw money taint everything it touches? It has accomp lished no sadder work of dpstiuction than the wreck “Dan” O’Keilly’s life. As against the millionaire found ations for philanthropy and reclams- tion, the Thaw millions have deserved the evil repute of a foundation for the corruption of justice and the degrada tion of character.—New York World. 1 Standardize The New Dances (Brom the New York Evening Post.) Rapidly the tango is becoming a great social issue. Mayor Harrison of Chicago has appointed a committee of the council to frame a tango ordinance, after careful observance of what is ^oingonin various dancel'alls. Judge Anderson in Cleveland, Solomon-like, had the tango performed before him, and then gravely decided that it was a moral dance A clergyman in New Jersey is organizing a dancing school to teach the modern dances properly to the young people of his parish—and so the news runs. Primarilyj, there is a confusion of terms in the public mind. Very few people can, or ever will, dance the tango which being a highly elaborate dance, requires a good deal of practice, grace and skill; but the name “tango” is being applied to “turkey trotting,” which can readily be made highly objectionable. Various forms of this have justly aroused public protests. The parson is on the right track in desiring to have his parishion ers correctly taught The dance craze has taken a great hold in London. Ac cording to a recent cablegram, “dan- ciog-j;rooms are multiplying all oyer London, and ordinary dances are rare ly, if ever seen.” What is called for, both there and here, is not an effort to outlaw these dances, but to stand ardize them, and to have them prop erly taught and properly danced. The statement that the wages of the chauffeurs of the country total more than the wages of the tepchers may be taken to indicate that we rate speed more highly than education. It indicates that those who employ chauffeurs are willing to pay mure for pleasure than the American people are willing to pay for education. A pert paragrapher opines that the income tax will spoil Thanksgiving for the vast majority of those who have to pay it. On the other hand, numbered by the millions are those who would give thanks from the heart up and out for (incomes large enough to be subject to the tax. When Senator Simmons takes hold of the currency bill —and we say this with no intention to reflect on the other senators who hang breathlessly on our words—he will rattle a few dry bones, if vou please. Interpreted this means that currency legislation will progress. That’s Furniford’s way. —Raleigh Times. Hard To Believe, The assertion that fully one-third of all federal offices were filled by democrats when the present adminis tration took charge is extremely dif ficult to believe It no doubt goes much beyond the mark—not so much however, but that we feel a little un generous when we reflect how unpre- cedently small a proportion of publican federal office-holders will left soon.—'Charlotte Observer. The Shame of Tw'o Cities, Philadelphia and Cincinnati rh)wed by the votes cast at tl e el ‘ction last Tuesday that they prefer giaft to honesty, crime to decency. In Philadelphia the issue was clean- cut as between the ru4e of the republi can bosses who have grown enormously wealthy through contracts secured by favor of corrupt officials McNichol and the Vare brothers have for many yoars owned the city council and the heads of many of rhe departments. By means of this they have been able tx) grab the contracts for all public improvements lor themselves or their friends, and it has been notorious that the city has been swindled right and left. Because of their contiol of the public prosecutor, these gang leaders and their followers have escaped the punishment they so richly earned, though one of their tools has been con victed of aiding and abetting them and is ncw out on an appeal bond. Yet, in spite of these proven fcC s, the voters of Philadelphia set the seal of approval on their own spoliation and continued the “gang” in power. It was EUhu Root-—about as uncompro mising H jepublican as one can name — who in a campaign some years ago called Philadelphia “criminal, corrupt and contented.” The McNichol-Vare machine of that city is even worse than Tammany, yet the voters serm to prefer being robbed to exerting them selves in the w^ay of throwing off the rule of as conscienceless a set of horses as ever disgraced any American city, —'Nashville Tennessean, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan have been doing the talking, Huerta has been listening, saying nothing, and doing nothing. That is all there is to it. But really, now, if Gertrude comca out here with her stockings painted on instead of drawn on, or rather, drawn on instead of pulled on, would the traffic s ;uad be justified in pinching her for vio’ating the speed ordinance?-Greens boro News. Mrs. W. M. Ward of Carr spent Saturday with Mrs. Jas. arren. Miss Alice Bolan of Burlington spent Sunday with Mrs. Tom Pettigrew. Mrs. Wiley James and Mrs. Jeffries of Cross Roads went to Burlington»Monday. There is a demand for more houses in Mebane. Pretty, attractive little houses. Think it over. The Mebane Iron Bed Co., has just installed an expensive Bron zing machine made by Bradley and Vrooman Co., of Chicago. Mr. Chas. Rust, the company's representative, has been here for the past week setting it up. After the beds are dipped in Vernis Martin Glaze they are placed inside this machine and the bronze blown on. Heretofore the bronze has had to be put on with a brush by hand, so one can readily comprehend the labor and time saved by the machine operation. Mr. D. A. White, returned last Friday from a trip to Asheville, N. C., where he attended the Appalachean Good Roads meeting Mr. White is very much enthused over Ashevilles progressiveness, and owing to this, he says, it is the foremost city in the State for big conventions. In connec tion with its progress, it has grown more within the past year than any other big town in North Carolina and is a beautiful as well as a very cleanly city. An especially attractive feature about Asheville is, the bouses are all built differently, giving indi- vidvality and distinction to each and every home. He also reports the city is having much A New York woman is asking divorce because her husband would look in her face for long period? without saying a word, but possibly she did not give the poor fellow a chance. j that I evergreen planted, which will i add still more to Asheville’s [baauty. for I The thief who steals mind is meaner than steals your property. your peace of the one who
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