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And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would be Disloyalty To Falter Would be Sin.
Vol 5
MEBANE, N.C., THURSDAY. 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.