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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. OCTOBER 29 1914
No 33
THE LEADER GOES INTO N
Now Is An Opportune
rime to Help The Leader.
We wish to r^quest the sub
scribers of The Leader to pay
up, the paper, as you know, has
iiow changed hands and as Mr.
boy, the retiring owner, received
all the accounts due for job work
and advertisments up until Oct.
23, it will be rather hard for us
to make the paper “go” fora
tVw weelvs We believe, however,
that those in the arrears will
rer.pt>nd to our call and pay up.
To operate a newspaper neces
sitates money, and we should
greatly appreciate it if the
friends of the paper will lend us
a little aid right at this period.
We might take the opportunity
of saying again that we shall
?trive faithfully to make this a
better paper—an organ that will boosting the town. There is not a
People Should Patronize
The Moving Picture Show.
Mebane only has one place of public
amusement, and that is the moving
picture show. The young men who
operate this show are good '♦lean young
men, and the pictures which they pre
sent are clean and up-to-date. It
takes money to operate a motion pic
ture show and the people of the town
should show their appreciation by
patronizing it as much as possible.
The pictures would do honor to a
town much larger than Mebane.
8NE- SIDED DIET IS
CAUSE OF PELLAGRIi
Everybody Is Fans When
it Comes to Rooting for
Mebane.
Mebane is indeed “the biggest little
town on earth,” There is no doubt
but that Mebane does not have a par
allel in the South and certainly not in
North Carolina, when it comes to
The War,
It is rather difficult for the average
reader to come to any satisfactory con
clusion as to the real progress of events
in the various localities in which the
i
fighting is taking place. Probably a j ^ ^
hundred battles ranging from mere { DtSeas»e is in No CoH"
skimishep to the fiercest conflicts take j tagioUS Or LllfeCtlOUS^ Re™
place each day along the lines in Wesc-
ern Russia and Austria, and eastern
France and Belgium. This much,
however, can be said; that so long as
the allies hold the Germans in check
as they have done for the past month,
they are gaining substantial advantage.
In other words, France and Russia are
gaining time to get their forces fully
equipped and to enable Great Britain
to marshal her recruits, and to train
them for a time when Germany and
Austria may find their armies worn out
and their resources exhausted.
always stand for the entire
interests of the community and
county.
ports Dr. Uoldberger.
The government’s investigations have
led to definite conclusions that pellagra
comes from living on a one-sided diet,
aiKl that it is no way contagious or
infectious, ” said Dr. Joseph Goldber-
gef", of the United States Public Health
service Savannah, Ga., Oct. 25th. He
is in Savannah for a conference re
lative to twe progress of the studies
I and researches being made at the
! United States marine hospital into the
[ subject.
j “Only those whose diet contains too
I little of certain of proteid foods, such
j?as milk, lean meat or legumes (beans
l*rof. Deese Tells The Peo
ple Not to be Scared.
t here are one or tsvo eases of scarlet
ftrver in town but they have been
qaarantined, hence the people will be
running no risk in sending their children
to school. Every precaution will be
made not to allow this disease to be
come an epidemic. Send your children
on, they will be as safe at school as
aiiywnere else.
We cordially invite all patrons to
visit the schx)l and see what w’e are
djiiig, we now have a full tenth grade
coarse.
Fre I Deese,
Supt. School
Mebane Rfd. 5
ioo late for last issue
Mrs. Sarah Kay, wife of Mr. J. W.
Hay, died last Wednesday evening.
She leaves a husband, and four child
ren, two sons and two daughters and
a great number of friends to mourn
her death. She was in Her 76 year,
she was a good woman and loved by
all who knew^ her, and will be greatly
missed in the community. She was
laid to rest in Cro.*»s Roads cemetery
Friday. A large crowd of friends was
present to pay their last respect to
thi^ good woman,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Tate took in the
fair at Greensboro last week.
Mr. H. L Small of Raleigh spent
r^unday at home.
Mr. Walter Isley was a pleasant
caller at Mr. L. G. Wilkerson one night
last week.
Mr. J. T. McAdams of Swepsonville
has been on R.F. D.l for several days
shaking hands with olfi friends.
Mr. Jim Aulbert took a flying trip
to Graham and Burlington Saturday
viight
Mr. L, E. Gattis is preparing for a
large wheat crop as he has been
dught ploughing, you can’t down a
working man, two of our bachelors
were missing Saturday night and Sun
day, last time they were seen thev
were headed, for Graham.
Mr. .1. A. Holt and son, Alfted, at
tended services at Hawfield Sunday.
single dissenting voice when the chorus
is sung, “Mebane, the biggest little
town on earth.” There is a little town
in the far middle West where the sun
i
1 has never set on a negro, and so we
I have often wondered how long a man
I would live in this town that was a
knocker, we suspect that the at
mosphere would soon become so sul
phurous for him that he would at once
seek his abode elsewhere.
What do we have to boast of? There
are so many things when we come to
think about it, we find them so num-
j ero'js that it is almost impossible to
j name them all. She has great manu
! facturing enterprises, two tremendous
I tobacco warehouses, that cause the
: farmers of the surrounding country to
! bring their tobacco here, and they
i come daily heavily loaded. There can
be found nowhere in North Carolina a
section of more prosperous farmers
They are money making, intelligent,
hardy, god-fearing people. They are
men of great fortitude, men who are
learning the science of airriculture and
its adaptation and application; men
who have good homes, plenty to eat,
abundance of good clothes to wear,
money to send their sons and daughters
away to college. We repeat that these
men are great exponents and patent
factors in making Mebane what it is
to-day. With such substantial, and
patriotic heroes that we have just
mentioned, couuled with the apprecia
tive, thrifty enterprising, progressive
people of Mebane. I exclaim that no
wonder the great Mebane grows; no
wonder that she is known from the
far away Northwest to the gentle
breezes of ihe Southeast,
We say, repeat and emphasize that
there is .lOt a burg, hamlet or city
that can show a more industrious moral
virtuous womanhood than the town of
Mebane. They participate in the
school w’ork, church work. In fact
they take part in everything good.
Did some one ask who all these good
were? “Yes, I did,” Well then my
good sir they are everybody who liye
in and around Mebane.
Should the British navy be able to j and peas) develop the disease,” con-
prevent Germany and Austria from |Dr. Goldberger. “The treat-
getting food supplies from the outside ' prevention
are
therefore
very simple. Those who are sick with
world and also keep them from shipping | abundance of
their manufactures out, while the allies | rnilk, eggs, lean meat and beans or
keep them from advancing further into i peas. If the disease has net gone too
France and Russia, one year would | r^overy is certain. To cure pel-
, . , o • . I Itera «et beans; to prevent pellagra,
probably see the collapse of the magm- \ ,
, _ more beans.
ficent German organization. However, j Goldberger is at the head of
it is a matter of doubt as to whether ' the commission of public health service
the French, English and Belgian lines I ^«rts which has been investigating
can stand the present terriffic strain !peUagra problem.-Greensboro
on their lines in Northern France much
longer. In case their line is broken
Paris will again be Jin danger, and the
campaign of six weeks ago will be
fought over again, with the allies in
better shape both in numbers, and
equipment, than on the fornnr occasion.
When they out maneuvered their foes
and hurled the Germans back to their
present position.
News.
Prof. Walter Crawford
The Staff.
It is Time To Dry.
4 We have noticed in the papers where
some people have sought to speak dis
paragingly of Senator Overman for
the soeech he made in the Senate
some daVs ago. Mr. Overman makes
mistakes, it is true, and he may do
I some things that we do not altogether
: approve of, but there is one thing cer-
Qjl • tain he has shown that he is a friend
i to his constituency, and when he made
that patriotic appeal to the goyern-
Prof Walter Crawford, a graduate , jj. ^ magnanimous
of the University of North Carolina, 1 He knew that we needed help;
has been employed on the staff of the knew that the war had caused our
Mebane Leader. Prof. Crawford is a , almost worthless; he knew
man of journalistic instincts and pre-^ farmer was without money;
dilections. He formerly edited | knew that the time merchant need-
a paper in Greensboro. He was once ^ money in order to meet his bills,
professor of Latin in the noted Bir g-1 sornebody to cry for
ham school. His articles will be timely jg f^)J. somebody to offer
and worth while. ' , •
; a solution whereby we may receive
Mr. Edi^ rises to remark tha | instantaneous help.Cotton bringing five
when the war is all over the world will! and six cents and nobody anxious for
be as round as ever. Even so. but its j it at that. Yes the government should
face will be somewhat changed. i come to our rescue. North Carolina
» i does not want the Government to give
A Contest Will be Pulied ^ her anything, all she wants, is to be
j helped out of this crisis and then she
will help her self.
TheRheims Cathedral
(From the New York World.)
Rheims cathedral was already old, as
America recons years, when by the
heroism of Joan of Arc the worthless
Charles VII was there consecrated with
the sacred oil of Clovis. Not many
churches in Europe exceed it in dimen
sions; none of those that remain sur
passes it in beauty and interest as a
harmonious whole. It contained tapes
tries of the time of Francis I, price
less paintings, carvings, vestments.
Few shrines now left to Christendom
have greater claims to veneration, it
did not belong to France, It belonged
to the world.
For seven hundred years the cathe
dral stood scatheless, though “mili
tary necessity” again and again
scourged the town. Henry IV spared it
after Ivry, though Rheims had joined
the League. It outlived the iconoclasts
of the French revolution , and the ex
cesses of the invading allies. The Ger
mans who, in 1870, occupied the town
and exacted a ransom S])ared its an
cient buildings.
The Venevians, who bombarded the
Parthenon in 1787 had a better excuse,
besides that of ignorance and times less
“civilized, ” than the Germans who have
levelled this ancient shrine. For the
Turks had'fortified the \cropolis; ihe
greatest damage was done to the Par-
j thcnon by the explosion of a po\^ der
magazine within its walls. There was
no powder magazine in Rheims cathe
dral; only A few wounded ii.en anti a
Red Cross flag to mark their })lace. The
chantring fashions of warfare had
placed the defeiices of Ihe city five
mi*es away from its civic center. If
reports are true, Prussian militarism
has surpassed in vandalism the record
of centuries. Since the ruin of the
Parthenon no like deed has all'ronted
the world as does this; and of the Par
thenon the grandeur remains.
It is said in Berlin that the bombaril-
ment of Rheims was unavoidable, but
that orders were given to sj>are the
cathedral. It will be well fu* the Ger
man reputation if tnis can be shown to
have been the case. If such orders v/ere
\ given, there should be a court martial
for the commander who disobeyed; and
the widest publicity for its testimony,
its findings and its sente’ice. But that
1TOIHE BELGIAN;
Will Never Sheathe The
Sword Until Belgium Has
Got Back Her Freedom.
Irish nationalists who crowded Central
HaJl London adopted, the following
pledge administered by T. P. O’Connor:
“We will never sheathe the sword un
til Belgium has got back her freedom;
until every inch of her soil is clear;
until a treaty is made, not on a scrap
of paper but on a foundation behind
which stand the millions of the Britisli
race.”
The meeting was called to express
confidence in the leadership of John Rec'-
mond and to indorse action of the Irish
party in supporting “the war of the
allies against Prussian militarism.”
Mr. O’Connor said that for this funda
mental and supreme pnnciple the Brit
ish had fought on hundreds of battle-
fiekls.
A member of the British relief com
mittee, speaking of the situation sai J:
“This business tilone v^ould be suffi
cient to tax the energies of the gov
ernment and the eouutry even if
did not have a war on our hands,” .
Eight hundred Belgians slept on the
floors of public buildings in London one
night last week, m»\ny w'ere people of
refinement.
The hospitality of Folkestone and
Doyer is being taxed to the limit, while
the sea coast town of Daal is swamped
under the wave of refuges coming in
schooners trawles and sailing vessels,
half starved.
London’s streets and parks are filled
with Belgians oflicers and soldiers.
Some arc wounded and others became
lost from their commands and joined
the refugees. rhe Belgian legation
hjis issued instructions to all the able
bodied men to I’ojoin the army.
The principal Brussels newspaper,
the Independance Beige begun publica
tion in London Wednesday. Its editors
says the Belgians fleeing from their
country never w'ill return if it remansi
under German rule. Many exiles ex
will not undo what has been done, pect to make their home in the United
Nothing that the kaiser nor Germany
can ever do will re-erect the glory of
seven centuries, the perfect master
piece of early Gothic art.
off in the Future
All business has been stifled, but
nothing has Deen so crippled as the
cotton industry. What shall be done
to relieve us until business revives?
Love is
Mr. S. E. Tate’sJ new residence is
nearly completed, when finished it
will be one of the finest on our Route.
England s broad Arrow,
The property of the English crown
has been marked with the broad arrow
from times so early that no one can
now tell when it Was first used for
this purpose or what was its meaning.
'rhe queer mark is stamped upon the
king’s poperty of every description,
from castles, ships and big guns, down
to bagging and conviots’ uniforms,
and there is a penalty of 200 for re
moving it. The latter usage reminds
one of the practice in Athens more ^
than 2,000 years ago wliereby captives i busy,
taken in wars were branded with the 1
figure of an owl as a mark of Athen j
ian ownership. In the same manner
Samoa branded her captives with the
figure of an owl as a mark ot Athen
ian ownership, In the same manner
Samoa branded her captives with the
figure of a ship.
Busy at Mebane
Tuesday looked like a revival of
business in the sawrmiil and traction
engine line in Mebane. Messrs, Ben
and Marvin Atwater unloaded a new
Emerson and Brantington steam engine
and sawmill outfit for Meacham Bros.,
who live in the Lambsville section 20
miles South of town. Mr. Lewis warren
of Hightower, unloaded a beautiful
cas3 gasoline tractor and section disc
plo v, and Mr. Jesse Brookr, of North
of town, loarded an old steam tractor
and unloaded a* fine new Emmerson and
Brantington steam outfit for sawmill
use. May they all get busy and stay
The Leader expects to put on a con
test sometime in the future, and when
this contest comes off there will be up
wards of a thousand dollars worth of
prizes given away. We want the
Leader to go into every home in
Alamance county. It is our intention
to make this one of the best weekly | motive and reward. Love is our high-
^ i* i est word. >»nd the synonym of God.
newsDBDers in the Commonwealth of; - . _ , i v.
new»pjpcia j Every promise of the soul has innum-
North Carolina, and we earnestly soli-1 fulfillments; each of its joys
cit the support and co-operation of the ‘ ripens into a new want. Nature, un
good people of Alamance county to j containable, flowing, forelooking, in
make it possible. There is no doubt I the first sentiment of kindness,
be more ' particular
next six
War and The Newspapers
Correcting a popular misunder
standing that a great war, such as
that now being waged in Europe, or
any kind of war, in fact, is profitable
to newspapers because of the increas- | talking about man going forth tc wield
ed number of papers sold in “extras” | power, to carve his own way, to stamp
and otherwise. Frank B. Noyes, his individuality on the world, to com-
States when they can obtain funds to
go there.
Between 300,000 and 400,000 Belgians
have crossed into Holland and equal
numbers have flocekd southward into
France while more than 100,000 hava
arrived on English shores. Thousanr’t
continue to pour across the English
channel daily. *
They say eternally that the the or
dinary woman is always a drudge.
What, in the name of the Nise Gcd'^,
is the ordinary man? They are always
president of the Associated Press, has
written an article for the Nation’s
Business designed to sjjow the effect
of the war on the business of publish
ing newspapers.
He points out that
fund of $400,000 which
mand and to be obeyed. The ladies and
gentlemen of the smart set are quite
free for the higher culture, which
consists chiefly ot automobiling and
bridge. But the ordinsiry man who
an emergency typifies and constitutes the milliims
had been ac- I that make up our civilization is no more
omnipresent in nature as
Love is our
cumulated by the Associated Press has j tree for the higher culture than his
been eaten into at an appalling rate in i wife is. Indeed, he is not so free. For
consequence of extraordinary expen-! the average woman is at the head of
ses occasioned by the war, and says j something with which she can do as
that individual great newspapers are she likes; th^i average man has to obey
The Lord is my rock, and my fort
res3, and my deliverer; the God of my
rock; in Him will I trust: He is my
shield, and the horn of my salvation;
my high tower, and my refuge, my
Saviour.-—II Samuel, xxii:23.
but that the circulation will
than doubled within the
months, hence the business
make no better investment
vertising in our columns.
This is going to be a clean newspaper,
free from any petty politics and such;
defamed reading matter as is found in
some of the newspapers of the country.
Help us snd we will reciprocate the
favor.
which
regards in its
i general light. The introduction of this
! felicity is in a private and tender rela-
men can j ^.jon of one to one, which is the en-
than ad-i chantment of human life; which, like
a certain divine rage and enthusiasm,
seizes on man at one period, and works
a revolution in his mind, and body;
unites him to his race, pledges him
Health Notes For Mebane
Dirt and filth accumulate, cleanliness
does not. It requires eternal vigiience
and labor to maintain clean and healthy
surroundings. But it pays
Keep the windows open and drive
away colds and pneumonia.
Clean up the back yard. Sprinkle
lime around your premises.
What shall it profit a child if he gains
the whole curriculum and lose his health
to the domestic and civil relations, car
ries him with new sympathy into na
ture, enhances the power of the senses,
opens the imagination, adds to his
character heroic and sacred attributes,
establishes marriage and gives perma
nence to human society.—Emerson.
Each passing year robs us of some
possession,—Horace.
By great effort obtain great trifles
—Terrence.
Man is but a reed, the weakest in
nature, but he is a thinking reed.—
Pascal.
suffering under an expense because of
the war that is “simply staggeiing,” |
“There is perhaps no popular mis- i
understanding more widespread than |
is found in the current belief that a |
great war or other important hap
pening that causes an increased sale
of newspapers is profitable to news
paper owners, ” Mr. Noyes writes.
“The fundamental error is so gro
tesque to a newepapcr publisher as
to cause the humor of it to afford
some solace to him if the hard ac
tualities trouble him sorely.
“The simple fact is that the news
paper is probably a heavier financial
sufferer in the business world through
war than any save those whose prop
erty is physically destroyed by it.
“On this side of the water ihe bur
den of the present European war is
laid heaviest on newspaper publish
ers of all our business men,
“The usual business concern, when
trade is bad, whether from war or
whatever the cause of the depression
may be, trims its sails for the storm,
curtails the working force, reduces the
output. War means to the newspaper,
on the contrary, an immediate and tre
mendous increase to its cost and pro
duction.
orders and
Chesterton
do nothing else.—'G. K.
A Thing To Be Done.
The constitution of North Carolina
must be amended in respect to its pro
visions as to taxation. The imperative
necessity of this is shown by the fact
that about 99 of 100 thinking men of
the state, who have studied the matter,
are urging the adoption of the amend
ment now pending. In the event there
fore, that the amendment should fail
at the coming election—an improbable
one, but a possibility nevertheless,
I which must be borne in mind-the
i necessity for amendment would be just
j as imperative as it is now, or as it was
when the amendments were proposed.
Therefore, with a light vote, it would
be clearly the duty of the le|islature
immediately to resubmit the tax amend
ment regardless of the fact that it
would be at a cost of much time and
money.
Every advocate of the amendments,
then, sliould do all that hes within h\%
power to forestall all this by insuring
theadoption of this amendment now.
It is not enough to vote for it. Maks
it a point to try and deliver some votes
beside your own.—Greensboro News,