**And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would be Disloyalty, To Falter Would be Sin.’
Vol5
MEBANE, N.C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26 1914
No 2
Marriage Announcemen .
Mr». M. B. ScQtt announcM th« en>
ofh«r daaghUr^ Vargsret
Graham Se»tt t« Mr. John S. Rom of
TbomiifTiUe. N, C. Tbc marri«g«. will
taka place in Apnl th« old faiDilj
baroa “Kalra No cardt.
Mr. lohn HohnM and familj moTad
ta Sigh Point Tueadaj.
Miaa Gartrad* Chandlar haa quite a
«arioaity in a cbicken with faur lege^
Sf. W. G. Mabane who is intereated |
in tf)c Tamxacam of Graensboro I
waa hata Konday.
II ra. Frank Holt who has been ill at I
tlia Rax Ho^tal of Ralaigh haa ao far
lecoTerad at ta ba expected home this I
waak.
Funny Little Tyke.
Marjorie, aged 5, had been given
aome chocolates of variona *si7ea. Pick*
ing up a little qne, she said: This is a
baby chocolate,” ani a large one:
*^hia ia a mamma chocolate.She
then awaBowed ,.the little one, -and
litting the lar^r chocclate to her
mouth to eat that also, she said, “Don’t
cry, baby, your mamma it a*:omin’.’*
— Beaton Tranaeript,
Spelllnff
Tk^ ladies of the Presbyterian Choreh
will conduct a Krely Spelling “S'* at I
the asonie Hall above the Mebane
Suprly Co., on FiWay evening February {
17tk, commencing at about 7*J0 P. tf,
Evetybody, is cordially invited to I
atlwnd and have a |^nd tiroa. Tuu I
naod notape^ if y«o do, not cara to^
just enjoy tka fan. The ibom will be I
varm and eomf»tabla and a good time j
i« in atore foc^tlioM attrading.
k fiae filvardfeHng wiH be received j
•t the door. Salted peantxta and home!
aaade aandy wiR be on sale,
BMiett Prewbytcfian Church.
Att«nt(OR Farmers And
Froft Qrewers.
Carries No Weight
Joe Cannon* stestimony that he sees
no rainbow carries no weight. Be also
saya he doea not know what hia poli-
ti^ future ia ^ing to be, when every
other man sees a big old inevit
ably and everlastingly staring “Uncle
Joe** right in the pbysiognoiny.—
Wilmington Dispatch.
Mr. S. C. Turner, County Farm
fitBionstrator for Alamanee County
has aecured frym the N. C. Depart*
■ant of AgricultuYC the services of two I owned, and th« 83 men, women and chU-
SilkMili at Kinston Has
All Negro Employes And
Conditions Are Ideal.
One experiment in Kioston with
ne^ro labor tends to disprove the
claim of the race’s shiftlessness ad'
▼anc«d by emplojera in this vicinity
when they imported foreigners to take
the places of native blacks. A silk mill
in northeast Kinston which previously
had had a rather turbulent career is
being profitably conducted with negro
management and operatives, and is said
to be a model manufactory. T. W.
Thurston, a negro preacher, is at the
head of the enter{»ri8e which ia locally
Thirteen Hundred M^n,
Women and Children
Slain.
Thirteen hundred men, women and
children were massacred by the bandits
led by “White Wolf," when they
sacked Liuan-Chow, province of Ngan-
Hwei, China., on January 29. On that
j occasion they murdered Father Rich, a
j French Jesuit missionary, and captured
and held two other foreigners for
ransom..
An army of 25,000 Chmese troops is
now converging on White Wolf’s
strongly entrenched position in the
vicinity of Cheng Yang-Kwan, further
to the north i.\ the same province.
“White Wolf” has a force of 6,000
bandits, half of whom are armed with
modem rifles*.
The opinion is expresbed that unless
the opportunity is seized of extermina
ting “White Wolf” and bis followers
they will form another rebellion. , Gov
ernment troojw# however, show a
strong disinclination tx) get close
quarters with the bandits.
piMfttieal demonstrators in sprayu^
orahar^ Hiis ia hf special int^est to j
tke farman of Alaaanca and Orange
Citatias and. every one who poasibly
shouk! eoam.
BaoMmber the time and place: Thurs
day Marck wH 1 o’clock p. m. on i
Iba T. Dick plaaa one mila South of
Mebane.
Come and tall your frienda to come. I fCilted By CareleSSneSS*
Tours truly,
W. a Crawford*
dren employed are aU negroes. No lint
very little noise and excellent light is
noticeable in this competently conducted
plant, and efficiency ia attested by the
outpus. Thurston ia a ailk expert. The
labOT IS well-paid and the operatives
say working conditiona are nearly ideal.
Seed Faklrt.
(From The Sanford Ezpresa.)
Fake seed peodlere are sak) to be
eperating in North car(dina among
pom farmers, offering to sell them
«r£nary seed at fancy pricea for
Bpting and FaU planting on the rep-
aaeentation ef miracolosa yiekls. They
have no Hcense to aarrj on this
aafarioaa business, and let ow farm*
an bawava of thea.
THREE BMIDiTS
HELJlPiei
Got $100,000 In Ca:^7*
. •> V
Three bandits beld up and r6bbed
Queen and Crescent train No. 7 a few
miles north of Birmingham last Friday
night and escaped with more than
$100,000.
Loaded with passengers en roi.te to
the Mardi Gras at New Orleans the
flyer was jerked to a sudden stop when
the engineer heard the command,
•‘Thow up your hands,” and turned to
looK into the muzzle of a revolver.
The engine and mail car were de
tached from the rest of the train and
run down the track about a mile
wb'.la two of the mask«d men cooly
arranged the registered mail so as
to make their get away. The long
line of Pullmana were deserted for
more than an hour. In the wild rush
of the locomotive to the suburbs of
that city where the bandits got off A.
A. Merville, chief clerk of the postal
car, was stabbed in the shoulder during
a scuffle.
There are 10 times as manv preach
ers in the State of Iowa as in South
America. At the recent Student Vol
unteer Convention , Bishop Kousogi
said that in South America only two
per cent of students confess allegiancs
to any religion, and 80 per cent of the
people are illiterate.
Four cents a Week from Protestant
Church members will net $50,000,000
needed for fore^ missions this year.
Ross'Scott
Beef at Five Cents
(Knoxville Sentinel.)
Chief Rommell, of the United States
it will be seeii bv ?n announcement
elsewhere where that M’ss Margaret
Grahim Scott of Mebane, N. C. will i bureau of animal husbandry, says the
be married t j Mr. John Ross of Thom- j south can produce beef at five cents r.
j asville, N. C., some time during the j ponnd or less. With prime cattle sel-
White Slave Agitation month of April. Miss Scott is a young j ling on the hoof for nearly ten cents a
Certainly Has Gone J he ! exceptional fine qualities of | pound the invitation to southern farm-
Llmit I head ana heart, who' numoers her | ers co breed beef cattle would
fiiftnds with her acquainta’^ces, an ideal: to be sufficiently pressing,
young lady. Mr, Ross of Thomasvife !
seem
We are accustomed to those periodi
cal spasms of virtuous indignation on
^dl sprtoius Ui Viri>UUU9 illtll^XlcttiUIi UIl ' A f n« « ^
the partot the public which experience i ^' ^n excellent business man who stands AS 2>ne UOCS iYlarcHl'ia on.
teaches us are soon spent and of which ; high among those who know him. We
the present white slave agitation is an i can only predict what the fates have
instance, comments the Detroit Free | decreed the union of two young people
Press, editoriallv'. A wireless S O Sap- , , , , » j
. u u J rarely endowed, and splendidly favored,
pears to have flashed over tne roun- -
try, leaving a species oi’ hysteria in its i -■ —.=
wake, A number of-foolish things have i Efiand Items
been said and done and apparrntly the 1
end is not yet. Some of the “warnings” i
thrust upon us convey the impression
that any man who offers a slight cour-:
Mr. W. H. Booth, operator went to
Raleigh last Wednesday on a short
visit to relatives.
Good Rules for Right
Mving,
Gentleness and cheerfulness, these
come before all morality—thej’ are
the perfect duties. If your morals
make you dreai^, depend upon it they
are wrong. I do not say “give them
up,” for they may be all you have;
but conceal them^ like a vice, lest they
should spoil the lives of better men.—
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Seventy-one millions ot people dwell j
in Latin America, which includes
Mexico,the countries of South i
America and Central America. Cuba, |
Porto Rico and Philippine Islands.
In the 12 or more Christian schools
throughout Persia are fully 1,000 boys
and girls from Moslem families who
are being brought directly under the
influence of Christian training.
Let Tl|€€k>veniinent Own
Them.
The iKMit amasing ftatef&ent re-
••ntlv nade by a BDnltimillionaire is
•at attribotad to Daniel Guggenheim,
prasident of the Aanerican Smelting
and Beftning Govpany, who declares
that tba Unitad Statea goremment
thoeld own all rallvoads end tdegraph
Atlanta Journal.
In leeonfiiig the psthetie fact that
in the United Slates 300,000 babes less
than a year old died last year, Miss
Julia Lathrop, chief of the federal
bureau of chiki welfare, observes that
half tiie number would doubtless be
hving had due heed been given sim
ple laws of hygiene and sanitation.
Ignorance and neglect, rather baf
fling disease, are chargeable with the
greater part of infant mortality; and
to a marked degree, the community
is responsible. Impure milk leads to
thousands of deaths among babies.
This is a peri! which any city can vir
tually eliminate by a thoroughgoing
ordinance supported with a careful
system of inspection. Wherever such
measure^ have been taken, the infant
death rate has steadily |declined.
Failure to provide such a safeguard is
a municipal crime.
Sanitation In general is a public
matter It conccms all the people all
the time, and demands the keenest
energy ot government. It can not be
left to individual interest, if the com
munity is to be protected. That is
of milk and food sup-
Endorsement.
Gore’s Vlhdlcation.
We do not know \7hether Senator
Gore has been able^o prove to the jury
beyond a reasonable doubt that he is
whiter than snow, but then we imagine
that few of the jurymen would them
selves undertake to set up an absolute
immaculateness. It has been well estat-
lishetl that the bunch of political con
spirators who sought to effect the ruin
of the blind senator are not the sort of
people to go around j>ointing out trans
gressions that may be dassed, in com-
pari«on, an min*^* st» ■ -‘Greensboro
News.
tesy to a woman to whom he has not
been properly introduced, is actuated
by an unworthy motive. A man hardly
dare resign his seat i i a car to a wom
an unless she is old enough to be his
mother or lift his hat in acknowl
edgment of her ^hanks without being
thought “fresh.”
A girl who is dissatisfied with her
home leaves it without mentioning her
intention. Instantly the white slaver
spent
friend
last
Mies
Miss Maie Richmond
Thursday night with her
i Annie Murray.
Miss Bessie Ba ty spent Kst Satur
day afternoon in Efiand with friends. .
Mr. John Clayton went home Sunday
to visit his parents near Cedar Grove.
Mrs. Mary Thompson and Son Mr.
Low Thompson visited Mrs. Thompson
relatives near the X Roads neighbor-
is suspected. In a few days she ia lo
cated with a friend or in a new situ
ation. Mrs. Billington-Greig, a well-
known social worker, has investigated
many cases of alleged abduction with
out discovering a single instance in
which a girl was entrapped against her
will. The world is full of vain, greedy,
lazy, semi-vicious girls who are as
truly and as often a cause of ruin to
boys and A oung men as the latter are
to them and white slaye traders may
easily get their recruits from among
them. Romances of the “My Little Sis
hood Sundaj\
Miss Minnie Murray spent Wednes
day night with her cousin Miss Lettie
Thompson.
Mrs. Vesta Thompf^on spent last
Saturday afternoon with her friend
Mrs. J. B. Baity.
Mr, Robah Teer of Hillsboro called
at Mr. Thomas Tapps last Sunday
afternoon There seems to be some
“attraction” up this wav for Mr, Teer
Mr. Jack Baity who is epmloyed on
ter" type have excited the public, but | ^h^ ^ood Roads spent a few days at
the stories of the abduction of well-1 week-end.
bred, refined girls “on the next street”
are to be taken cum grano sails. The
Miss Maude Brown went up to Bur
lington Saturday night to visit friends.
At a railway station platform ni
London the other day a woman of 24
advanced upon an aged, feeble man and
beat him with a dog whip. The man
was walking along with his wife. The
assailant approached from behind and
her weapon was so heavy and her arm
so sure that at the first blow the old
man fell to the ground.
The assajlt was political The wom
an did not know the man; in fact, she
mistook him for another. The political
organization with which this thug-wom-
anj’s affiliated were “jubilant” when
news of the affair reached them. One
of the leaders declared the act to be
magnificent.”
it was not an isolated affair—merely
an item. We are living, we are mov
ing, in a most eventful time, as the
stareyed goddess of reform goes march
ing on. The day of the ideal must
surely be just beyond the horizon.—
Greensboro News,
In Memoriam
real danger girls invite is that of being
mistaken for the unclassed and adven
turous because of their mode of dress.
It is sad to see a girl who might be
pretty so calcimined as to counte
nance, so frowsy of hair |and so ^
cently bare of neck that she looks as j solemn hush fell oer all.
Thursday morning February 12 1914
as the hour of dawn approached and
inde-1 all nature reposed in quietness, and a
The spiiit of
A Question of Men.
TheXtime of year has arrived when
one hears the voter say he has
voted for a lawyer to go to the
legislature his last time yet when
the election draws near he v/alks up
and votes for the nominee. The ques
tion has two sides to it, if not more.
Too many lawyers or too many laymen
spoil the broth. It is not a question
of profession, but of men. The right
kind of men should be sent to the gen
eral assembly, whether they are law
yers or farmers.—Greensboro Record.
Worth Knowing
and t^ephone linsa. Mr. Guggenheim
says the success of the parcel post has I ^roe not only
I ply bvt also of bousing conditions.
The city that suffers any element of
United SUtas gotemmeflt could op- p.jpuiatiod to be quartered in grime
•rat* oar railroads, telegraph and I and misery, puts the health of all in
* Isphone Mncs better titen they are j jeopardy and keeps its death rate high.
One hundred and fifty thousand
Dear Editor
Please accept my sincere approval
of your editorial in last week’s Leader
on Evelyn Thaw and the Ministerial
Union. Your criticism is exactly just,
but in behalf of the ministers it may be
said that they reahze if they expose j pgnsps, $62 goes as wages,
the sins of their own flocks, especially '
if she had strayed from the re£;ions of
red lights. But when she gets too old
to spank, what can father and mother
do?—Exchange.
the influential and wealthy members,
they might lose their positions, and of
course they adjust their consciences to
the most reasonable attitude and appear
ignorantlof existing conditions. Their
reason for theirjattrck cn the outside
but no less flagrant sinner, is, they
feel obliged to practice their rehgious
teachings and receive their cor;giega-
tions assurances for their insistence of
good moral influences.
The subject ia too lengthy for further
discussion at this writing but in closing
I may say that the true religion of
Jesus Christ is primarily misunder
stood.
Header.
Out of every $100 received by the rail
roads, $40.80 is paid to the omployos
thereof; out of every $100 paid for ex-
If it is con
sidered that practically all of the
remaining $38 of expenses is used in
purchasing material and supplies, and
that a large percentage of the cost of
these represents wages, it is safe to
estimate that not less than 80 per cent
of the expenses of the railroads is
money paid directly or indirectly to
i labor.
•p«tated at present.
prevefitable deaths in a twelvemonth!
A hundred and fifty thousand baby
lives put out through carelessness of
simple hygienic or sanitary laws! The
record challenges earnest thought on
the part of governments, city, Scate
and national. A great deal has been
accomplished in the reduction of |infant
mortality in recent years. JConditions
are incomparably better than a decade
agow But a vast deal more remains to
be done, and communities no less than
individuals must face the responsibility.
Those Food Questions.
Hillshoro Items*
Mr. Willism Stafford went to Dur-
kssi Sunday*
Miss Anna Sykes ^nt Sondaj in
Durham visiting relatives.
Miss I/ouisa Thomas who ia teaching
at Mount Moriah, spent last week in
Hilhboro.
Mr. Paul Wilson and Misa E\a
Chisenall were married Sunday*
Miss Annia Wilson of Sly, who has
bean attending the Hillsboro Higbi itage dhvers in Yellowstone
Sebool, ntam^ to home Sunday . ^ b„thered considerably by the
•n aceoant of illncM. j questioni aked by their pas-
Mr. and Mrs. JuKan Brown of Efiand I sengers, and often resort to satirical
accompaiiicd by Mr. Browns father I answers. Once a woman tourist who
and motlier, spent Sunday in Hillsboro. | seemed doeply interested in the bot
Mr. Fvank Lediney and Miss Maggie I inqi^ed.
rMf.oi.«m«nit.diam.rrU2e Sun- "I^er do there apnnga freeze over
day, I wmterT'
I “Ob, yes, yes; a lady waa skating
the funeral services of the late Mr. I jast winter and broke through
Overacre father of Mr. George 0ver-Ln^jgothe, foot scalded.”-Everybodvs
i|?re, were conducted at the Episcopal I Magazine.
Church here, Sunday afternoon at two 1 a j * • ^
thirty o’clock, interment being madejLilst of LcttCrS AdVCrtlSed
it) the church yard.
Italy In Tripoli
(Manchestei Union)
What with the Balkan war and the
complications in Mexico, few Ameri
cans have found lime to give any
thought to the progress of affairs in
Tripoli under.the gradual extension of
Italian rule. Yet there has been prog
ress of the most practical and satis-
factoiy sort. The Italians are still in
Tripoli, and they have advanced 600
miles into the interior. Not only this,
but they have found means to induce
the Mohammedans to Join the recruited
force of the Italian invaders. This is,
in essentials, the triumph of Italy. The
Tripolitan ptst holes have been changed
to health resorts. That in itself is a
splendid triumph of science and of gov
ernment But it is not, after all, the
essential thing. That is that the Mo-
hammendan population of Tripoli should
be made to feel that they are to be
recognized as a part of the new terri
tory, the Italian territory, in Tripoli.
The Mohammedan may worship as
he pleases, may ,tum toward Mecca
or any other part of the world in his
prayers, so long as he recognizes the
obvious fact that tbe gouernment of
Italy has established itself on the
southern side of the Mediterranean,
some 24 hours' sail away.
Boy Nature.
Bishop Olmsted was talking about
boy nature.
“Boy nature,” he said, “shows itself
in numberlsss ways. I once said to a
little boy:
“Do you kuow the parables, my
child?”
“Yes, sir,’ he replied.
“And which of the parables,’ said I
'bo you like the best?’
“I like the one', he answered, after
a moment’s thonght, ‘where some-
Dorothy Dix says man demands of j
the woman h^ loves: “She must be a
fool, a sage, a lover, a prude, a cook,
a laiy, a parlor ornament and a kitchen j
utensil.” Comment reserved until it i
can be definitely ascertained
or not Dorothy speaks from personal
experience.
Potato Egg Balls.
Hard boil as many eggs as are de
sired. Remove Shells, cut lengthwise,
remove yolks, mash and add salt, pep
per, t)]t of mustard, melted Outter or
cream, and fill into the white again,
and press the halves together. Heav
ily coat eggs with potatoes prepared
as follows: Mash, add beaten egg (or
6ggs), season and add enough flour to
bind properly. Bake in well-greased
pan until a nice brown Nice served i
with greens, j
The Garden Club,
body loafs and fishes.’
States.
'—New Orleans
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McDade left|
Sunday for Durham^
Mr. John Cates was ia Hillsboro |
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Hal Parrish was in town last!
weak, where he waa called to the bed'
aide of his father Mr. H. L. Parrish,
who has been very ilL
Mr. W. Cmtckfi^of Efiand, attended;
aervieaa at the Billaboro PreabyMan'
1m* IMidagr aioif^
For the week ending Feb. 21 1914.
1 Letter for Mrs. M. A. Peace
1 •* ** Mrs. Delic Jones
1 “ “ Mr. McUnderhill
1 “ “ Mr. Will Sloam
1 ** Mr. Robbie Roberts.
These letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office Mar. 7 1914. If not
called for. In calling please give date
of liat.
Respt.
J. T. Dick, P. M.
Melsaiia, C
It Is almost 100 years since Ameri-
cansjt>egan Christian work in India,
China and other foreign fields. Up
to the present time the total mem
bership of all Protestant Churches in
thoee fields is 1,366,551. There are
many more adherents, the Christian
population reaching 5,000,000 to 7,000,-
OOO. There are 1,044,000 children in all
Sabbath schools, and 378,000 children
in the dsiy schools. The number of
American missionaries at work in all of
these foreign fields is 10,000, with 48,-
000 native workers.^
Virginia’s Battle Against
Liquor.
The Virginia legislature, after a haid
struggle, has passed an enabling act
providing for an election for vutine on
state-wide prohibition.
Here are briefly the provisions of the
measure: 2
The e’ection is to take place on the
fourth Tuesday in September, 1914, the
ballot for which will read “For State
wide Prohibition” and “Against State
wide Prohibition.”
The electoiate will be the voters
qualified for the general election held
in November, 1913 and those who qualify
for the spring election in June, 1914.
The eleetion is to be called by Gover
nor Stuart upon receipt of petitions
bearing the names of 25 per cent of
the qualified voters of the state. In
event the majority of the votes cast
are for “state-wide prohibition” the
act becomes effective November 1 1916
Under the terms of the measure,
beer, wine and cider may be manufac
tured provided it contains less than
1-2 per cent of alcohol, and provided it
is shipped outside the state and not into
“dry territory.”—Nashville Tennessean
The watching and wailing policy of
the U. S. Government in regard to
what to do in a Mexican contingency
has lost much of its interest. It is the
impression in some quarters that the
Secretary of State is more carefully
watching his cbances to succeed -Mr,
Wilson than he is Mexican affairs.
William R. Thompson winged its flight
back to the God who gAve it. He was
surrounded by a wife, daughter, sons,
and other loved ones who bade the
“Grim Monster” flee away and the
comforting Angel come.
Mr. Thompson had been in declining
health several years and had been
confined to his room three months. He
suffered iiost intensely, but bore his
whether' suffering patiently and calmly waited
for the end, which he realized was not
far distant. He was perfectly resigned
and ready to die.
I Mr. Thompson ^ nian t^t al
I ways* had a kind word and a warm hand
I clasp for each and every one, and was
I well liked by all who knew him. He is
} survived by his second wife one daugh-
ter and six^sons who were with him
I during his sickness and faithfully and
j tenderly watched by his bed side and
I patientlv cared for him and attended
his every want until God called him
home. Mr. Thompson was in his
seventieth year, and besides his wife,
daughter and sons he is survived by an
aged sister and a host of other relatives
and friends who all moum the loss of a
dear one.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Rcland Stubbins in the M. P.
a member)
at Efiand Friday at 12 o’clock, and as
the snow flakes silently drifted down
his remains "vere laid to rest in the
What Farmers Did
ue in Chatfield, Minn, saya an ex
change a group of progressive farmers
did so well with a co-operative cream
ery that when $2,000 of dividends had
been acciimulatec^^
ing” or banking the money they de
cided to do something for the benefit
of the women.
They knew the women had helped a
lot to make the dairy a success and
they wanted to show their appreciation
in the way they liked best.
So they voted to build an addition to
the creamery and put in the lixins for
a first Icla^s steam launbry. Today
this “co-op” wash house doas over
5,000 family washings a week at an
average cost of ^85 cents, while Ma sits
in the parlor and reads ’the magazines.
Winston Sentinel.
(Charlotte Observer.)
The corn clubs and the canning
clubs have, received an impetus that Church (of which he was
will carry them along with an ever
increasing degree of success, and the
next thing that, should be introduced
id the garden club. This is of course I cold dark tomb by the side of his wife
work for women and children and it gone before him.
does not mean necessarily work in the
garden alone. These clubs are being
organized in the schools in many cities
and one of the objects is the elimination
of the unattractive conditions pro
verbially prevailing in vacant lots and
back lots In cities where the garden
clubs operated last summer, vacant
lots, lawns and park strips were culti
vated and made attractive with grass
and flowers, school teachers as a
general thing, having volunteered as
leaders in the work.
“The dear father has been laid
In the peaceful grave’s embrace
But thy memory will be cherished'
Until we meet thee face to face.
■ A Friend.
Wood Wanted
^We have subscribers who are behind
on their subscription who might bring
us some wood, for the present we will
be glad to have several loads. Please
bring us the wood.
A Stock Boom on Booze.
(Washington Post.)
Herace White of New York, ^vho*
was chairman of the Hughes commis
sion "and investigated the stock ex
change of that strt^ a few years ago,
yesterday denied before the senate
committee on banking and currency,
that there exists at present stock man
ipulation as thats. term ordniarily is
used.
“Manipulation of stocks in the sense
that word is used,” said Mr. White
is very rare.” He created something
of a commotion when he declared that
the boom some time aero in Rock Island
was due, not to premeditated manipula
tion but to thejdrunkenness of a great
New York financidr.
“One of the richest men in New
York.” said^Mr. White, “went to a
banquet one night and got drunk.
While in that condition he met and
ordered his broker to buy 40,000 shares
of Rock Island. This v/as done. The
stock went up 50 points and then fell
back. The man furnished the money
himself without borrowing a cent and
he still has that stock. ”
Karl Kitchen, who is just back from
Europe, says that while he was in
Paris, Jack Johnson, ^the pugilist,
visited the tomb of Napoleon. Johnson engine, ^bran ^
gazed thoughtfully down on the great
sarcophagus for a few moments and
then remarked:
“Yes, sah, he, too, was a great
conqueror ”
For Sale
One five horse power Peerless gasc-
quick
buyer will sell at a big sacrafice. Ap
ply to A. M. COOK, Mebane, N. C.
Rising to Task
(New York Herald)
This was a good day’s |work. Men>
bers of the house showed that they
were able to lay aside partisanship and
rise equal to a problem, which in no
sense is one of party polities. The
defeat of these amendments insures to
the President a free hand in the dip
lomatic negotiations With Japan. It
goes further, for the overwhelming
The JSirigle-Barreled Man.
The ruling of Attorney General Mc-
Reynolds that an official in the ser
vice of the federal' government has
no right to be riding about on a pass
which he may hold as a railroad ser
vant, or to hold office undei a railroad
is in line with the equities of the case
When a man accepts an office under the
government he con'es under^the literal
injunction aboat serving two masters.
Uncle Sam thinks a man should be
satisfied with one ' office. When he
emplovs an official he employs him for
his whole time and is in the habit of
vote against the Baker amendment is i n-t. • i i-
the bJt of evidence to Japanese that: ■'“'■"e
the people of the United States are
not in sympathy with these Pacifie
coast agitators.
is not bom of selfishness, but with an
eye to efficiency of service.—Charlotte
Observer.
The Luck of The Sea
New York Tribune.
If any one is inclined to wonder at
the fatalism which inhabits- seafaring
folk, the lot of the Fabre liner Roma
might be cited as an item in explana
tion, Here a ship with over 500 men,
women and children abroad^, strike
bottom on a forlorn coast in blizzar.^
weather. The chances of eudden de
struction are too ugly and ntimeroua
to mention. Yet by a sudden shift in
the wind and with every 'hazard favor
ing, the ship pulls free and makes port
with hardly a searn started.
Such an utterly providential escape
from the jaws of disaster is anything
but frequent at sea. Day by cay, sail-
ormen eome slap against ju5t such oc
casions where the last ingeniousness
of man is a rope flapping in the wind
and the tig hand of the sea crushes
as it wills. ‘ '
' When the perfect bulkhead has been
built above an impenetrable double
bottom in a ship armed with the last
infaliable contraptions, the luck of
the sea will still remain the master of
U3 all.
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