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JUNE 25 1914 No 19 big fourth of JULY IN MEBANE,BE SURE AND COME MTbaoe’sBig4tli Aiiui.'tintHts all Day Long I „til I ate At Night. fUEE DINNER TO VETERANS ll!E LEMONADE AND ICE wateh for EVERYBDDY. julv lih i: ali tho ralk of Mebano. Ihiiigsaiv I:., tiinn ahvady and overy- thi„,rp.,irt. t.) a bi^ d-ty. Now is the timof "’ ‘‘ tomako tlu'ir nrr:ingon’.cnts to spend t|,^ jiy ill and have the time of thi'ir liv>'- llu' warehouses will be f.llo.i wiih iiit'-Mvstin!: exhibits, the ientral''ill have seats to rest on while Hit rostin^^ addresses will be iiuute fioni ttie }.latfoini; the tourna- m^ntpromiM ' t" be very entertaining av wvll :is tlu Itall prames and corona tion laii- Oneida Band from Graham will luinish music the entire davaml sh-m.u^s all this there will be a lY'i'.tinuoiis p- rtoiiiiaiico at the Elmo Theativ. Tli«*ro will be places to rest anil pla.vs srot a little lunoh, at a [jjenty of ice cream and by the storekeepers, will be served to all free lemonade and ice to everybody. Mebano ticars the reputation for fcoipitality aiui generosity and she intends to retain this good reputation. On all occasioi in !;he past when she hasextemicJ invitations to neighboring friends to attend a celebration or fair she has always entertained royally giving^ evtrybo'ly a good time as far aa it ii possiL.le t'.a' any town to do. Everybi.i • is cordially invited to attend Metrine^ big 4th, We want d c-njoy yourselves and Engine Whistleh Split the Night Air When we are anxiously looking for a train that we wish to go somewhere on the sound of the whistle in the dis tance is always welcome news, but there is a good deal of difference in a freight engine, with a steam calliope for a w’histle, bav'king up and dtnvn the switches at a dead hour in the Lex Patterson, Miss Willie Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Miss Myrtle Nicholson and Mr, Floyd Nicholson of Burlington. Efland Items Mrs. A. Z. Kelley and baby and Mrs. M. P. Efland and children aptnt last F’riday in Hillsboro visiting relatives. Mrs, Carl Jones and baby Carl Jr., has returned to their home in Greens- I I boro aft''-’visiting relatives in and near night and the engineer, seeming for 1 Efland. pastime, blows his whistle calls and ill! .^a fua'' :tls' foiJ drink Free di;.;.e Vrti-rans aiui *'ree water will I'e serve* you tn .T i=el 'it hi Kve)-ybody come. Lost turns lose a noise equal to the screams of a thousand hyaenas, we say there is a good deal of difference and yet the latter imposes upon the citizens of Mebane without reason or ex2use. If a number of engineers can do their shifting in Mebatie after midnight quietly, then others can do the same and should be made to dp the same. If they have no more respect for peoples’ feelings who have to toil the live long day then a tow'n ordinance should com pel respect. Four years ago Mebane had a similar affliction but it was handled. These observations are made on account of an experience Sunday night June 21st, Mr. F. R. Hrittflin was- in town last week with old friends of Greensboro .shaking hands BRILLIANT WEDDING AT THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH WED. NIGHT cl ^lonkey The niovit.'^' picture show people bought here ■.vhen thev came some weeks past thrt-e monkeys, all quite tame. Tlie rnoi:keys have p^roven pets tor a lartre l utnber of our people and fcspecially the bovs who would ride them ovt r tuwn on the handle bars f't their tiioy les. Last Friday m some 'inaccountabif way a couple of the monkeys tangled up in the chains fasteneil to their neck.s and when dis covered one wa.s quite dead having t'f-en fh(jkeil tf) death, the ether was ■n bad a fix, hut was finally brought around. The monkeys had been al lowed freo r.-iii over town and it was "'^ndered v.liy they were chained. Miss Nannie Koone mar ried to Mr. Charles O, Pickard of Cjreensboro A wedding of unusual beauty and interest was solomized W'edhesday evening at 8:30 p, m at the Methodist Protestant Church, when Miss Nannie Lillian Boone of this place became the bride of Mr.Charles O. Pickard of Greens boro. The bride is a young woman of noble character and sw'eet disposition beloved by a host of friends here and elsewhere and will be greatly missed from this community. The groom, formerly a resident of Mebane but at present of Greensboro, is a youner man ')f esteemable qualities and admirable characteristics and is highly respected and w'ell thought of by all who know him. To the strams of “Lohengrin’s Bridal chorus” the procession entered Messrs U. S. Ray and Marion Nichol son ushers, Miss Sudie Cook, brides maid dressed in blue crepe de chine with chiffon trimmings carrying sweet peas with Mr. Earl Shaw, Miss Carrie Nicholson of Burlington, dressed Mr.-^. Jack Price of Burlington is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith near E^fland. Mrs. Talitha Boggs has been quite sick at her home near Efland for the ! past several days. We hope this good j woman will soon be well. Mr. Harry Fitzpatrick went to Greensboro and Durham Sunday. Mr. Sam Walker operator at Lone Oak, Va , came home Saturday to see his mother Mrs. Walker and returned to his work Monday. Mr. Willie Sharpe one of the Good Roadsmen spent Sunday at home with his parents Mr. and Mrs, Robert Sharpe Miss Annie Jordan visited her aunt Mrs. Ann Forrest last Saturday near Cedar Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Byimm and children visited fiiends at Orange Grove Satur day night and Sunday. Mr. W. E. Thompson left here Sun day eve for Greensboro Mrs. D. E. Forrest and tw’o little boys Masters Efland and Max, also I Misses Pearl and Maud Efland spent the day Monday in Durham shopping. We had a line rain Monday afternoon which was much needed. Hie was intense before the rain came up Orange Grove Items. Generally the drought has been broken but in some sections this has not been a g'od season. Misses Rachel and Ollie Howard and . _ Thelma iteynolds are at home after I .. ^ spending the year at the Teacher’s Training School at Greenville. Miss Ava Crawford and Miss Nannie Llovt'd are attending the sumrrjer school for teachers at the State University and the State Normal respectively. Mr. Carl M. Cates of Spcncer is spending a day or two with his family. Mr. James Hovi'ard of Raleigh spent the week end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Howard. On the second Sunday in July at eleven o’clock Rev. Thomas Strowd will preach a special sermon to the members of the Junior Order. The public and members of other councils are cordially invited, Mr. E. N. Cates of Mebano spent a few days last w'eek V7ith relatives and i friends. Hillsboro News Mr. Will Murray of Efland w'as a visitor in the neighborhood Sunday. Miss Anice Thornton has been elec ted principal of the school for next year with Miss Estelle Lloyd as assist ant. We wish for them a pleasant and profitable year Mr. and Mrs S. W. Bynum and children heard Bro. Dixon preach Sun- dciy and visited Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Lloyd. I Misses Emma Lloyd of White Cross The Methodists of Hillsboro are taking very active steps toward getting ready to entertain the Durham District Conference. In this conference are counties of Durham, Orange, Alamance, Person, Caswell and a part of Rockingham, The dele gates will be here June 24-26. The conicrence will be presided over by Rev. H, M. North, Presiding Elder of the district. The opening sermon will be Wednesday morning, June 24ih, at 11 oMock. The Methodist Church building is now undergoing extensive repairs. The enterior of the building is being made over in addition to considerable out side repairs, and the appearance of the whole is greatly improved. The con tractors say that they will be ready to turn the building over to the conference in time. Rev. J. M. Ormond, the local Methodist minister, is putting life into the conterence and already has the whole town co-operating with him Besides the 23 regular pastors in the district, there are a numbf^r of local ministers and a host of lay representa tives expected. The Hillsboro charge of the North Carolina Epworth League, of the Metnodist Church which is holding its State Convention in Wilmington sent the following representatives: Miss Mamie Brown, Miss Bettie Finley, Miss Vira Dark, and Miss Lina Compton. Mr. Ormond, pastor of the Hillsboro circuit, is Vice President ot the State j League. During the convention he will hold a 45 minute institute on social service. As social service is one of A Good Thing. The experiment of working convicts on public roads in Illinois has proven more than a success, and its scope may be widered in future. The work was voluntary on the part of the prisoners. It is a pjlicy which might be follow ed to advantage in many other states, and for two very obvious reasons: 1st. When convicts are worked with in penitentiary walls the articles they manufacture are sold to the public and therefore that much work is removed from the ranks of honest labor 2d. When convicts are worked on public roads their labors are of benefit to every citizen of a community with out at the same time being a detriment to some honest man Who is in need of bread for himself and family. There is every reason why convicts should be worked on the pubbc high ways of this country. America is notorious for having the worst roads of any civilized country on earth, and yet if every convict was put to work in road improvement it would be only a question of time when the highways of this country would be the best in' the world.—Oxford Public Ledger. $5,000,000,000 Pensions. For and jVliss Berta Kay took dinner Mis3 Estelle Lloyd Sunday. Miss Annabel Crawford who recent ly graduated at the Womans Hospital of Pliiladelphia spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. D. F. Crawford last with ! Mr. Ormonds hobbies, this is expected I to ue one of the features of the con vention. To the relief of the anxiety 6f his friends. Sheriff Bain appeared Wednes day at his post of duty. He has for the last six weeks, been undei^oing a cek, but is now in Greensboro where , _ , , . ^ J L ‘ernfic attack of sciatica and IS decidely f.puf fshe exppCi.s to focate and practice her i,, , Mhe worse for the experience. His Ba.seball EveryhiMly Hkoa a nice baU game, 'fs good to ■ but we must not lose ''i?ht of the faot that the Ba.«ieball Asso ciation has to meet its obligations "hioh anrioui't to a neat little sum every t'lTio they have a game This fact *^ot properly recognizer’, as a fome to the games P^^’^d t(i pay their part, thi' is nej^ligence and i.s not fof‘1 that you have pay aru'i pay it. 13 great unpre- Of course not right, your f art New • ng New Ground. ihoso tulks who are contending ^t thk. (iornocratic state convention ‘"t endorse the constitutional ^ffi^ndinents because it was not so di- i;,,r didn’t care to “break new are indeed chiidi.sh and are •'"oh-poohed. It was not a case simply one of doing ■'**- was thought right. Not “breaking new (Ip ^^^'oun(^’ is ahsurd, unless the ^^•Tiociatic party is so wedfied to custom dt it can’t move a {)eg, but which sition is contradicted bv the reforms in the nation by the the ^ same doctrine applies to primary.—Wilmington pink crepe dechine with chiffon trim ming carrying sweet peas with Mr. V/. 0. Smith of Greensboro, Miss Effie Boone, maid of honor, gowned in white shadow lace with green chiffon over dress carrying pink carnations, little Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, a cousin of the bride, dressed in white silk with net overdre'^s touched up with blue ribbons carrying a beautiful basket of sweet peas with Master Robert Boone, dressed in white linen with blue trim mings carrying the ring in a lilly, ani lastly the bride dressed in a handsome traveling suit of green with hat and gloves to match carrying a lovely shower bouquet of brides roses and lillies of the valley, on the arm of her father, Mr. John R. Boone, and the groom with the best man Mr. William Pickard of Durham,his brother. While the marriage vows were being taken, the Flow'er Song was softly played on the organ by Miss Buena Hurley of Wadeville, dressed in blue messaline with shadow lace overdress. Dr W. E. Swain, the popular pastor of the church performed the ceremony. The church was beautifully decorated with potted plants and white flowers and was crowded to its fullest capacity. Mendelsohn’s March was used for the recessional. The gifts to the bride were numer ous and beautiful. Mr. and Mrs. Pick ard were conveyed to the depot in an automobile where they boarded the 8.45 train for Asheville and will spend some time there, after which they ex pect to be at home in Greensboro. Out of town guests wer? Miss Lennie Coltrain, of Greensboro, Messrs June and Ernest Pickard, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Nicholson and Miss Lillie Taylor of Durham, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Fos ter. W. D. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward R. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Amick, Miss Olivie Smith, Miss Addie Ray, Mr. Green A. Nichol son and Miss Addie Nicholson, Mr. Bryan, The Imperialist. It is difficult to recognize in the William J. Bryan who is seeking to establish a protectorate over Nicaragua the William J. Bryan who insists upon independence and constitutionalism for Mexico. Can a Gracchus be a Caesar, or a Washington a Bonaparte, or a Bryan a Philander C. Knox? Two years ago Mr. Bryan’s democratic sensibilities wera outraged by his predecessor’s ass.iults upon the integrity of the Nicaraguan republic. When Mr. Knox landed troops at Managua they were used tirst in support of the Government and then in behalf of the rebels, and always, as charged, in the i interest of American concessionaires. pr«)fession as a trained nurse. Mule Has Bad Habit Mr. Dick Sikes has a mule that chews tobacco. The man w ho sw’apped him to Mr. Sikes said that he and that mule had made many crops and chewed many a plug of tobacco. To prove it, tlie mule W'as given a half plug and proceeded to chew it just like a man the only difference being that the mule swallow'ed his “ambeer. ”— Monroe Journal. worse recoverv is gradual, but his physician thinks he is on the way to a complete restoration His appearance again on the street is a source of delight to the whole county. Just now there is a Government in Nicaragua which Secretary Bryan wishes to sustain, which he has undci- taken to subsidize in the sum of $3,000,- 000, which is willing to give the United States a perpetual and exclusive right to construct a canal through its territory and which, in view of the money pay ment, agrees to submit its foreign relations to our supervision and control forever. A treaty to this effect, presented a year ago and withdrawn, is again under consideration. It means empire. —New York World. The World thinks it possibl that after all it may not have known Bryan, There are a great many pecpie who will reach that opinion before two Keeping At It (Greenville Reflector ) A merchant had about as w’ell close his store for a time to save expenses as to quit advertising for that rea'^on. The absence of an advertisement in a deeply read paper is as noticeable as a closed store and carries the same impression of “out of business.” years. Are Insult to Citizenship. In the matter of the Australian bal lot, North Carolina is twenty years be hind many other states, and yet the professional politician insults the citi zenship of the state by declaring that our people are “not yet ready for this reform.’’--Asheville Citizen. Simmon’s Public Honors. Senator Simmons w’as singled out for a signal honor when President W'il- son addressed to him a personal note of thanks for the efficient part the North Carolina Senator had played in the engineering of the canal tolls ex emption bill. The servicps which Mr. Simmons rendered the Administration in connection with the passage of this bill must have been ot more than or dinary value to have drawn so sincere a note of praise from Mr. Wilson. Similar success had attended Senator Simmons’ management of the tariff law. That he should have been pub licly honored for this displav of ability is an agreeable circumstance to his friends in North Carolina and through the State. He Found It (Greensboro Record,) Ungodly men —sometimes women too-^as yet to be found. A gentleman out driving in his automobile last night, in an effort to get cooled out, gave it up and came back to town. He drove out in the country. He was aiming for a low, meadow-Uke place to get cool He found it, but declares positively that little streaks of hell hit him in the face every few feet, alternating wi^’b cool air. This hot air he describes absourning, scorching, like you read about in the books descriptive of the desert of Sahara. The Money Well Spent. (From The Christi?n Sun.) Brother Johnson of Charity and Children thinks that the late lamented Col. Ashley Horne could have put money to a better use than investing in the monument OP capital square, Raleigh. his that of to w-omen We doubt it. The monument is certainly a work of art, the face of the woman in bronze being one of the strongest and most motherly we haye ever seen in statue, and never a dime invested in such portrayal of heroism and self-sacrific is wasted, or spent to poor purpose. List of Jurors List of Jurors as drawn for Term beginning on the 24th August 1914. H. H. Buckner 12 W. Graham Crawford 9 W. H. Isley, 1 T. M. Crutchfield, 10 A. K. Mebane, 10 W. E. Fayne, 13 S, C. Spoon, 13 J. G. Tickle, 12 L. W. Morrow, 9 D. W Patterson,? John M. Fogleman, 5 J. M. Fogleman, 12 W. (^. Kirkpatrick, 12 E. A. Henseley, 12 J. A. Vanderford, 12 J W. Tate, 12 G. R. Summers, 3 J. W. Cates, 12 Jerry A. Whitesell, 3 W. L. Barnett, 5 A. A. Sharpe, 7 R. C. Dickey, No 5 C. M. Tyson No 5 R. Lasley No 9 Ed L. Hughes No 5 O. N. McPherson No 12 J. H. Moore No 8 (j. A King No. 13 J. E. Story No 5 R. D. Hargis No 12 Chas F. Kauhut No 6 J. C. Braxton No 8 A. N. Cole No. 12 W. R. Sellars No 12 J. A, Wagoner No 4 John W. Stuart No 1 J. A. Easeley No 12 C. H. Johnson No 12 J. J. Sutton No 12 A Lacy Holt No 6 L. C. Chrismon No 12 D. B. Hailey No. 13 J. T. Moore No 4 W. O. Carter No 1 August day of For the first time in many years pension appropriations have taken a strong dowriward turn, owing in most part to death among the survivors of the civil war. Between June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, the number of veterans of the war fell from 497,263 to 462,379. During the first ten months of the present fiscal year 27,190 died. In cutting the appropriations from $180,000,000 for 1914 to $169,000,000 for the coming year, Congress is only making allowance for mortality. From 1865 to 1913 the total cost of the pension system-w^s $5,586,966,346, and, including the appropriations for the present and coming year, in fifty years it will cost the Government only a little short of $5,000,000,000. How rapidly disbursements have increased ia shown in a comparison by decades. The year after the civil war ended, the payments were $15,857,714, and there were only 126,722 pensioners. In 1876 tqe disbursements were $28,951,288, 232,137Bpensioners; in 1886, $67,336,159, for 365,783 pensioners; in 1896, $142,- 211,080, for 970,678 pensioners; in 1906, $142,523,557, for 985,971 pensioners. The highest number of pensioners ever on the rolls was 999,446, in 1902, but although the number fell below 800,000 last year, the total pension appropria tions for the present fiscal year were $180,000,000, the largest in the history of the country.r-New York World. Four-Mile, Eight -= Oared Race Greatest Struggle in History of Rowing. By a margin of four inches, Yale won the ’varsity four mile eight oared race on the Thames river at New Lon don, Conn, June 19ch, after a struggle that will stand out in rowing history when the competing oarsmen are for gotten. Through a four mile lane of yachts and motor boats, the 16 crewmen toil ed at the crimson and blue tipped oars as no galley slaves ever labored under the lash, while thousands of spectators on shore and on observation trains shrieked hysterically. Lesson for The Ringsters From the press report it would seem that the platform adopted by the dem ocratic state convention was not very well received. The time is near at hand when the people are going to have to be considered in matters poli tical. This seems to be a hard lesson Cut prices on all ladies and mens jgarn it, for low cut shoes. Boys and mens suits Uhey are going to be heard.—Roxboro at C, C. Smiths. [ Courier. Teacher Had Mexico Sized Up Just About Right. In the State examination for teachers in the public schools held Saturday in Gumming, Ga., the following question appeared in the subject of geography: “Locate Mexico, give its climate, principal imports, exports, and form of government.” To this question one of the applicants answered; “Mexico is located south west of the United States. Its climate is very unhealthy at present. Its chief imports are powder and lead. Its chief exports are dead Americans. Nobody but God and Bill Bryan knows its form of government.” The superintendent says he thinks this applicant should be-graded 100 per cent, in geography. The Mebane Supply Co. has just instaUed a large six drawer National Cash Register. This progressive firm is always for ging to the front.