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well of his nd ad- an in m ar id Mr. ^ou to inl and often s we igtf ra te a life's leans THE i1 “And R^t The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would be Disloyalty, To Falter Would be Sin,’ Vol4 MEBANE, N.C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12 1914 No 108 -I Operated Vpo \ ’’’rank Holt of Mebane who was taken to Rex Hospital some weeks pa>^r. was operated upon Monday with a hope of relieving her condition, wo Warn that her condition was not so cnoonrageing after the operation as it wa? hoped it would be. l^emoving Bad Bone. Kov. W. 0. Sample was at Durham Moiulay. aud witnessed the operation on his son Gilbert at the Watts Hospital umlertaken with a view of removing gome pieces of fractured bone from his ankle. The doctors !>eem very hopeful for a successful and satisfactory issue ,n tl.o final healing of tbe wound. Impersonality In Love. (From the Atlantic Monthly.) Swedenborg says that in its early and elemental forms our love is at tracted by sex, not yet by one of the sex. Even in babyhood girls may show a decided preference for men. Love of a whole sex is already awake* in them, but they are rarely devoted to one man to the exclusion of all others. A newcomer is especially wel comed. This means that their love is at first general and vague, though later it may attach itself to one indi vidual and cleai/e to him, forsaking all others. This lesson we sometimes fail to learn. We then remain impersonal and de^jire the emotions .of love, as many people desire the emotions of music, without any awareness of an ! individual or of the meaning of the piece. To yield to srch a desire is villainy in case we really know better (as we usually do;) but not otherwise. When we listen to good music, we All V' aj s interesting. Nou will always find inierestine. . „ . , , , , I are actually listening to the outpour- J. S. ClaiAii ad, because . ^ » i. i. tt • ' irgs of the composer s heart. He is speaking to us earnestly |and intensely and we are listening to him, not to it. And yet it is often no crime to drink in music merely as a pleasure; indeed for most people ic canno'; be a crime because they know no better. But it is always a gha&tly mistake for it is treating music, which is a bit of a person’s life, as a means of sensual gratification. rc:u i:ig in Mr Mr. I'laik makes it a point to call your attention to how he can save you money, if ytu will look up his ad tisewlKre in this issue you will find ;impie proof of what we say. An Important Sale. An important sale of real estate will be held in Mebane on Saturday ^eb. 21 beginning at 10:30 A. M. It’s a sule of sub-divided lots in the Morgan block, which includes a number of nice business and residence lots. It’s an unusual opportunity for a good invest ment whether for permanent use or speculation. The property is well located. See page ad in this issue. ^ Now that the scientists have pro nounced electrocuti«n to be as repul sive as hanging, no doubt the advo cates of the abolition of capital pun ishment will consider themselves pro vided with an additional argument, ig noring altogether the fact that mur der is also repulsive and that to do away with the death penalty would be inevitably to increase homicide. Hillsboro Items. A very enjoyable intertainment was given by “The Ladies Aid and Mission ary Society” of the Presbyterian t'hurcb, last Friday evening at the Masonic Hall. The most amusing feature of the evening was the spelling match in which Webster’s blue back spelling book was used. The contestants v/ere required to spell and pronounce in sylables. Later in the evening refresh ments consisting of Brunswick Stew, and sand-wiches were sold. Divorce. Miss Be.'^sie Lloyd of Durham spent Sunday in Hillsboro. Mr. C. M. Andrews spent Sunday in Chapel Hill visiting his parents. Miss Lilian Hedgepeth of Greensboro is the guest of Miss Margret Kosemond Mr Homer Andrews of Chapel Hill, spent Sunday in Hillsboro. Mr. Alex Anderson and Mr. J. Dark, were visiting in Hillsboro Sunday Mr. and Mrs. H. Broadwell spent Surday in Durham. A party of young people consisting of Misses Katherine Norfleet, Blanch Anderson, Ida Lloyd, and Rebecca Wall w’ent to Durham Saturday to attend the show “Polly and the Circus” played at the Academy of Music. Mr, L. Mincey of Sly was in Hills boro Monday. Mr. J. Clyde I,’ay spent Sunday in Hillsboro. Mr. B. F. Riley spent Sunday in Efland. There is^no doubt that Congress man Ransdell of Louisiana will secure the attention of Congress with his bill designed to abate the divorce evil. He would have an amendment to the Constitution providing that absolute divorce with privilege of remarriage, be prohibited in the United States. He wants a uniform law for all the States. That there is need for such legislation is manifested in the showing made by the Louisiana |Senator. He is moved by the conditions in New Orlean**, where there is one divorce to every four marriages. It has become a common thing for the court in Charlotte to turn out a bunch of divorces. Accor ding to Senator Kansdell’s figures, the total number of divorcss granted in the United States in 1867 was 9,937, oi 27 I per 100,000 population. Forty year* I latfr, in 1906, there were 72,062 oi- ! vorces, or 86 per 100,000. Thus there were more than seven times as many divorces granted in 1906 as in 1867, or. allowing for the increased popula- ^on, divorce had increased 319 per cent. To put it in another way, in 1867 there was one divorce for every 3 666 persons, while in 1906 there was one for every 1,162. Mr. Ransdeil's amendment needs amendment in one particular, how ever. South Carolina should be ex empted. That State has the most ef fective divorce law of all—which is, no law at all. J’he country certainly stands in sore need of reform in its divorce laws.—Charlotte Observer. Endorses Housekeeper. Mr. Editor The article signed “A Housekeeper” which appeared in your paper recently is appropriate at this time. t agree with the ‘/Housekeeper, ” I heard a lady say recently that she saw the driver of the “bread wagon” drive up in front of a store hitch his horse and then reached in the wagon and carried the bread in, and this lady said, “I have not bought any bread since.” If the ladies of the town would organize ^ey could do lots to correct these abuses. This is a good time to begin to clean up, our town it needs it. Look at the fronts of some of the stores, also back ot the stores, if something is not dona to remedy these abuses we are liable to have sickness. I suggest that “A Housekeeper” call a meeting of the housekeepers of the town, organize and appoint committees to wait on tl.e merchants and others and urge them to “clean up.” “A Boader.” —- T—^ Mr. Woodworth Falks Some, Graham, N. C. Feb. 8, 1914 Mr. J. O. Foy, * \ Mebane, N. C. My Dear Mr. Foy, I was pained recently in reading the bilous attack on Pastor Russell and his books in the Leader dipped from “Charity and Children” paper. I would not think of reproducing it or embarrassing you in any way for giving it space in your paper it being a matter of business with you and will help to make your paper more popular with the masses, but I have the greatest sympathy for you and still believe your heart intentions are right, but 1 could readily detect a change in your attitude at the time Mr. W. M. Wisdom lectured in Mebane. You are not the first Editor that has been browbeaten and frightened into sub mission by secterianism. I hope and believe the time will come in the near future when you will able to see things differently. On Feb. 15th we will have with us Pastor D. H. Flontan of Virginia, a Baptist minister who preached the doctrine of damnation for 24 vears in the Baptiit church, this man is not only a very talented man but is fearless absolutely truthful. I would like to have you hear him then judge. I am still at your service as your friend. Geo. C. Woodworth. Mr. Paul Sykes of Mebane was in Hillsboro Sunday visiting his cousin Miss Anna Sykes. .Mr. Marvin Lockhart went to Durham rday. J f Mi?8 Grace Carter of Winston-Salem is visiting her sister Mrs. M. Lockhart. Cheerfulness and content are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks. —Dickens. Hl» Symptoms Surely Sinister. "I am afraid Crlmshaw's mind Is Weakening," regretfully comniented the Erratic Thinker. “When I in- formed him a while ago that Hon. Marvin Mooch is egotistical, arrogant, iiegllgent, extravagant, incompetent, ▼lelonary and totally unfit for the of fice he holds. Instead of remarking v.ith appropriate chuckles, ‘But out- 81*10 of that he is all right, eh?’ he merely said, ‘I think so, too!’ and ■''alked away.”—Kansas City Star. No matter how much time you have wasted, begin today, this very hour, to accomplish. Never think you are too old. Age may indeed mean spectacles and stiff joints, but not a dimming of the mental powers or the capacity fon doing good and enjoying life.—Max. Senate Gives $500,000 To Fight Hog Cholera. The Senate last Thursday pasted a bill providing an emergency fund of $500,000 with which to fight hog cholera, which threatens the country with a pork-famine Senators from the Middle Western States said that if something is not done to stop the ravages of ceolera the loss this year will aggregate $200,000,000. It was pointed out that at >east 90 per cent, of the hog deaths i|^ the United States come from cholera. It is the purpose of the Department of Agriculture, which asked for the pas sage of the bill, to fight the disease when first it breaks out in any place. - “From a practical standpoint,” says experts of the department, “the im portant thing is to recognize hog cholera as soon as possible. Good serum may be depended upon to protect well hogs, and even to cure a large percentage of thosA in the earliest stages of the disease, but it will not be of much avail when used upon hogs that are already visibly sick.” Chapel Hill iMews. The high school activities of the Un iversity for this spring are gathering in interest ar*d momentum, as the time for the approaching State wide con tests draws nearer. First among these comes the Jligh School Debating Union which is carried on under the duspices of the “Di” and “Phi” Literary Soc ieties and the bureau of extension of the University. One hundred and fifty of the le*\ding secondary and high schools of the State have enrolled in the union and have been arranged in triangles. The triangular debates will be held throughout the State on March 20, and the final contest for the Ay- cock Memorial Cup will be held at Chapel Hill on April 3.. The query that will be discussed by afl of these schools is, “Resolved. That the Con- stitut'on of North Carolina should be so amended as to allow the Initiative and Referendum in State-wide legis lation. The second annual inter-scholastic track meet of North Carolina will be held at Chapel Hill on April 3, under the auspices of the Greater Council and the Alumni Vthletic Association of the University. Any secondary school in the Stato is eligible to send repiesen- tatives to compete in this meet Elev en events including the usual field and track features will be held. To the school which wins the highest number of points, a championship cup will be awarded to the team winning the re lay race a cup will be awarded. Every contestant winninjr a first place in any event will be awarded a silver medal, and every contestant winning a second place will be awarded a bronze medal. All who come for the meet will I e en tertained by the students of the Un iversity, through the county clubs. Among the schools that have already enrolled for this meet are: Raleigh, High Point, Gastonia,, Goldsboro, Gatesville, Burlington, E^^ton. '■» The first annual championship contest in baseball foi this year is open to public high schools, city and rural. A.ny team, representing a public high school, city or rural, that shall have played and won, up to and including May 2, as many as four games from teams representing schools of similar rank, and shall not have been defeated, shall be eligible to enter the preliminary contest. The con mittee at Chapel Hilli through this^ elimirru-Jon contest and the preliminary games which shall be arranged, will settle on the two best teams in the State, These two teams will come to Chapel Hill some time in May to play the championship game All exper.ses, including trans portation both ways, hotel bills, enter tainment o)- the •‘Hill,” of the two teams thus selected for the final game will be paid by the Alumni Athletic Association of the University, under whose auspices this contest is being held. The committee in charge of this contest is composed of the follow mem bers: N. V/. Walker, Chairman r. G. Trenchard C. E. Ervin Oscar Leach Nat J. Cartmell and E. R. Rankin, Secretary. - Efland Items Too late for last week Miss Pearl Efland, one of our -r»ost charming and accomplished young lad ies left here last week for ‘ Raleigh where she goes to take a business course in Kings Business College. We wish Miss Efland much success. / Mr. Robert Sharp and Miss Maggie Tapp attended services at the M. P. church Efland Sunday morning. Mr. A. J. Gordon of Hillsboro visi ted his daughter Mrs. J. J. Brown last week. Mrs. George Thompson went to Bur lington last receive medical treatment. Mr. Rober Teer of Hillsboro and Misses Pearl and Maggie Tt^pp spent last Sundsy afternoon with Misses Ethel and Edith Mecham. Mr. lee York spent Sun»*ay with relatives at High Point and returned to his work Monday. Mr. Hary Fitzpatrick operator at Salisbury spent Sunday at home and left Monday for Brown Summit where he goes to relieve a man at that office. Mrs. W,yW. Sm th visited relatives in Graham and Burlington laot week. Miss Cora Cecil gave a birthday party last Wednesday night. Mrs. W. H. Richmonday and Miss Mattie Shanklin spent last Thursday in Durham shopping. Miss Julia Murray spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Henry Smith over at the County Home. Mr. and Mrs. Gittis Horner and lit tle Bessie went down to Hillsboro Sat urday afternoon to visit Mrs. Horner's^ parents. • Mr. W'ill Thompson of Mebane is at the bedside of his father Mr. W. R. Thompson who is expected to die at any moment. Mr. Em Brown of Burlington has moved his famly to Efland, we cordi ally welcome thsse good people to o^ town. Why Pay at TKe Source? New York World. Those who obje^’t to income taxes col lected at the source were duly iiistruc- ted by Congressman Hull, of Tennessee author of tbe new law row under en forcement, in his address before the New York State Bar Assreiation More than $60,000,000,000 of-American wealth consists of personal property. Most of it escapes taxation of every kind. The nation has not heretofore attempted to reach it. The Stateshav^ always failed to uncover it. As Mr. Hull explains, the State ot Kentucky has a larger revenue from its dog tax than from the levy that it makes upon bank deposits known lo exceed $133,- 000,000. There are thousands of Americans residing abroad who receive great in comes from investments here upon which they formerly paid no direct taxes. Payment at the source subjects an of this property owned by residents and non-residents to equitable taxation for the first time. Furthermore, by this system public burdens which in the past have rested very largely upon elements cf the population least able to bear them have now been transferred to some extent to those who by every consideration of . right and justice should lend a hand The Supreme .Court of the United States has just affirmed a verdict of J5,000 ip favor of the estate of a Ken tucky woman who was kiiled^by a train seven years ago. This ought to' oe good news for the att(^eys for the plaintiflf whose fees have no doubt lon^ since swallowed up their clients' pec uniary inter^t jn th^case. Saving the Birds (Knoxyille Sentinel.) But the value of the birds that are gone is not as great as the value of the birds that we still have, if we go on killing them off until there are few or none left, we shall starve to death. That is the law of biology. Without birds to eat insects, agriculture is wholly impossible and our land will be a desert if we do not save the birds. Lest We Forget. It is a favorite cry nowadays of re publican organs that “the democrats have not yet reduced the cost of liv ing. No! The doctor’s most efficacious medicine can not cure in an hour ail ments whose causes have been at work for years; nor can the democrats at one session of Congress redeem the country from the consequences of fifty years of vicious republican policies. But they have prescribed and admin istered the dose which v/ill restore the public health after a fair trial. It is well to remember that every public evil which President Wilson and a democratic Congress are now labor ing to remove is of republican origin a»d nursing. The authors and perpe trators of wrong are the last persons on earth to accuse of inefficiency the curative treatment applied by others. The magnitude of the tasks devolving on the democratic administration pro ceeds directly from the past criminal neglect of republican administrations to do their duty by the people or. to do otherwise than to foster the cancerous growths which at last threatened the very life of the body politic. -Va. Pilot. a writer no place Australia, we are told by from the little continent, is for a poor man.. No more is an\ other place this side of heaven. Why Spain Lags Behind. i In thousands of Tillages and fmalll to ;'n3 in the interior of Spain no one; knows how to read or write. There are In Spain 30,000 rural villages with-, out schools of any kind and many [ thousands which can be reached only In The Path of Fame. (New Orleans Picayune.) A North Louisiana woman claims to have worn one pair of earrings for forty years. There is nothing credita ble in this. If she really wants to be come better known to the ladies of the community, let her wear tlie sarpe hat for the same number of years. A Suspicious Mind. (Washington Star.) “A gfeat many of the neighbors have called to see us since we moved out here,” said Mr. Crosslots. “They didn't call to see -us,” re plied his wife. “The report has gone out that we have a good cook, and they are tying to get acquainted with her.” Senate’s ^'Morning Hour.** The first two hours of each fl»y*s session of the United States sexiAte^ beginning at twelve o’clock noon, are ^ given to preliminary proceedings, such by a bridle path, there being no high | as debates on senate resolutions, flwt roEdb or railway communication of and second readings of bills, motioM for reference, consideration of m»tr ters coming over from a previous day, tiiiy kind. Attendance at board sciioolB Ik voluntary, not obligatory. Seventy- The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him, and whk:h worthily used, will be a gilt also to his race forr ever.—Ruskin. IS A htrange Birds of The Desert. (From the New York Sun.) Does the road runner or chaparral cock snare the rattlesnake by building a fence of chollo spikes around him and then despatch the reptile at leisure? The story, received with scepticism, has often been told about this bird of the Southwest. Mr. .John Feeney of Elmira recently went to Arizona to learn the truth. He learned from some of the pioneers that they were ready to make affidavits that they had wit nessed the capture and death of rattle snakes it the aforesaid fashion. Mr. Sipney De Long of Bisbee affimed that he had seen a pair of road runners evidently mates, do the trick. Cattle men were prolific in experiences of the kind, but the Arizona Historical Society had no data. A Cemetery. Mr. Editor:- What about the cemetery? It agreed that the town must provide one The opportunity is now before the town to acquire property, adjoining the Presbyterian Cemetery and it should not be allowed to slip But if the matter is postponed too long it may be too late to get this property, now is the time to act. Don’t postpone it, act now. “Mebane.” Worth Knowing The Swiss nation is without a lan guage. The official languages are German, French and ^ Italian, these three being the recogrnized “mother- tongue” of the majority of the inhabi tants. About three*fourths of the peo ple speak German while the remainder divide four other languages among them-mainly French and Italian. Public documents and notices are printed in both the French and German languages. In the Swiss national par liament the members make their speeches either in ^French or German, for nearly all the members 'undetstand both these languages. 1 ip For 'Young Husbands The younger man had been com plaining that he could not get his wife to mend his clothes, according to the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. “I asked her to sew a button on this vest last night and bhe hasn’t touched he said. At this the older man assumed the air of a patriarch. “Never ask a woman to mend any thing,” he said. “You haven’t been married very long and I think I can give you some serviceable suggestions. When I want a shirt mended I take it to my wife and flourish it around a little and say “Where’s that rag bag?” “What do you want of the ragbag, ask the wite. Her suspicions are aroused at once. “I want to throw this shirt away. It's worn out.’ I say, with a few more flourishes. “Let me see that shirt,” my_ wife says, then, “Now, John, hand it to me at once. ” “Of course, I pass it oyer and she examines it. “Why, it only needs—;’ and then she mends' it.” six per cent, of the children in Spain | etc. This so-call^ morning hour illiterate, and this is especially noticeable in the capital. Strides Made In Surgery. i 'f aanks to the assiduous study and i teroietent experiment of medical en-! thualasts, surgical science has reached j a level where none dare dogmatize 1 'ipou its limits. It has, next to the I laloratory, made a new ere exalting really covers two hours and at two o’clock p. m. the presiding officer lays before the senate the unfinished busi ness, if there be any, and if not the regular calendar Is in order. Habits of Flowers. The common "four o’clock” almost always closes its flowers at that hour and so many plants have that instinct that Linnaeus made a floral clock of Qiedical lore and research among the; had Its inlghtieBt excellencies of a marvelous flowering plan , _ , Sufferers whose desperate plight W88 once Judged hopeless have the Sreateet reason to rejoice over the vlo- torlea of surgical research and experi ment. time of closing. The wood sorrel not only drops its leaves and shuts its purple veined flowers when it rains, but does the same if the ground near by is struck with a stick. The family of the oxalls has the same habit Whatever you are, be that; Whatever you say, be true; Steadily act, be honest— Se nobody else but you. —“The Parson. We roust not stint Our necessary actions, in the fear To cope malicious censurers. —Shakespeare. Senator Penr jse says the enactment of the new tariff law was not a “logi • cal performance,” but there is nc shadow of room for doubt that the presence of Penrose in the United States Senate iathe “logical outcome” of long standing political conditions in POTnsylvania. How Opinion has ‘Cleared’ (S*^. Louis Post-Dispatch. Public opinion seems to be clearing about us with singular rapidity. In the ) mattei* of the currency, it cleared sud denly and happily after the much-de- bated act was passed.—President Wil son’s message. ^ It cleared so rapidly that more than half of the 7,400 national banks of the country have already asked to be in cluded in the new system Even Wall street has to admit that the new sys tem is scientific and practicable. A Michigan dispatch recites v that a woman out there, who is a “college graduate, ’ ’ is the mother of three sets of twins. Another demonstration of the dangers attendant upon the higher education of women? Jury List. God would not fOold me with blessings leaving me only to pine Amid all the bounties and beauties He pours upon me and mine; Therefore will I be grateful, and therefore will I rejoice; My heart is singing within me! Sing on, O heart, and voice. r—Proctor. J‘lt is har^tiful,” a religious journal tells us, “to get rich too rapidly. "Like wise, it is altogether impossible for the average newspaper man to get rich in any way, slowly or rapidly J Her Reason • A little girl of 7 or 8 years stood one day before a closed gate A gentle man passed slowly. The little girl turned and said to him. “Will you please open the gate for me?” The gentleman did so. Then he said kindly: “Why, my child, couldn’t yoil open the gate yourself? ^ ri ,'. s “Because,” Oldthfi little girl,“ the paint’s not dry yet.” ' Jury list as drawn for March Term Superior Court which convenes on the 23rd, day of March 1914. Geo. W. Fogleman No. 12 C. V. Sellais No. 12 J. M. Bradshaw No. 6 Dennis F. Williams No. 9 D. D. Sutton No. 4 W. E. Way No 1 J. M. Foust No. 8 Gurney Wright No. 12 Jas. Whitesell No. 12 W T Moody No. 1 Chas. 0 Walker No. 12 E P Cook No. 10 W. J. Allen No. 8 J Brice Cates No. 12 John Holt No. 1 J T Robertson No. 1 J L Fowler No. 10 J C Barker No. 3 J L Teal'No. 6 v R. D. Tillman No. 11. S A Steele Nc. 12 R L Foust No. 8 A T Spoon No. 1 Bofs Wrenn No. 5 J C Howell No. 12 K T Kemodle No. 5 H. A. Simpson No. 13 Ed J Ross No. 4 I I Henderson No. 6 C A Albright No. 10 County Commissioners Report. Graham, N. C. February 2nd, 1914. The Board of County Commissioners of Alamance County met in the Court House on the above date with the following membersi present. Geo. T. Williamson, Chairman W. H. Turrentine Chess H. Roney Chas. F. Cates W- H. Fogleman. The following business was trans acted. ' Ordered. That Holt) Gant and Holt je authorized to furnish Caroline Foster in provisions to the amount of $2.00 per month for one month. Wheres. this Board elected G. Ab. Fogle.nan Superintendant of the Public Roads in Alamance County for a term of one year and he presents his official Bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars It is ordered that same be accepted approved and ordered recorded and filed. Ordered, that the petition of citizens in Albright township asking for a public road to be opened from Clen- denin's Shop to the macadam load across the lands of Jerome Tompson be advertised and heal’d at the next meeting of this Board. Ordered. That G Ab. Fogleman be^ authorized to investigate the road leading from Ossipee to the Guilford County line leading on to the Summers mill and see if the bridge is built with in the limits of the Road. Ordered. That W. B. Daffon and other citizens in Patterson’s township be allowed to run a Telephone line along the public Roads in said township with the understanding that the poles are to be so planted so as not to interfere with the Road or ditches in any way. Ordered, That Holt-Gant apd Holt Mfg. Co., be authorized to furnish Wm. Johnson in provisions to the amount of $2.00 per month for one. month. Ordered. That John M. Fouat and others be- authorized to run a telephone line along tbe public Roads in Patter son and Newlin townships with the understanding that the poles for said line are to be so_planU.d so as not to interfere with the 'Road or ditches in any way. Ordered, that the petition of citizens Pattemson township asking for a publid Road beginning at the forks of the Road on M. F. Cul’ers land and running around the Buckingham mountain yia J. M. Garretts, S. B. Albright, Chas. Patterson, cros&ing the old Fayetteville road at a point near the Colored peoples church thence by Peter Pattersons, E. A Gaaves, Albert Smiths and intersect with ‘ the Road leading from Liberty, N. C, to the Spanish Oak Ridge at a point fcn the land of Stroud heirs, be accepted adver tised and heard at next meeting of this Board. Ordered. That the Superintendant of I Roads be instructed to widen and put (in good condition tha Bellemont Road I from the little Alamance crtek to I Burlington in no place exceeding the limit as prescribed by law for Branch Roads 30 feet, making the center of . the survey by Mr. IJickerson the center of the road. Ordered. That this Board set aside one Thousand Dollars for the sinking fund for the Bond Issue of 1909. Ordered. That J. W'. Simmons of Haw Rivef~be authorized to furnish Mrs. Malissa Chatam in provisions to the amount of $3.00 per month for one month. Ordered. That C, N. Horner be authorized to furnish Mrs. Susan Daw son in provisions to the amount of $1.50 per month for one month. Ordered. That *a Pedlers license be granted Geo. Thorny free of tax to peddle in Alamance County on account of disabilities. Ordered. That the report of Geo. W. Long be accepted ard filed. Ordersd. That the report of Chas. D. Johnston, Register Qf Deeds in and for Alamance County be accepted and filed. Ordered That tbe report of G. Ab. Fogleman Supt. of Roads be accepted and filed. Ordered. That the report of A. B. McKeel, Supt. of the County home be be accepted and filed- There being no further business the Board adjourned to meet the first Monday in March. ‘‘HalCPound of Tango Tea.” I and an aged woman met in thQ grocer’s shop, ^5efore the counter, where we were buying the ordinary commodities, as we imagined. (I was buying dates.) But I gave way to her,, as she asked for half a pound of tea, and the atteddant put the question: “Oh, I’ve seen It so much advertised’* she answered, “and I want to try it— that tango tea; half a patind. please.’* —London Chronicle. I’o giye alms is nothing unless you give thoughc alsq.-^-J. M. Jamison. One thing ajoout the simple life is that those who preach it have usually reached a point where they do not dare lead any other. n