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Vol 5
MEBANE, N, C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 19 1914
No 36
Marris-Efland
been
fT,,o I'nlK-wiiH’- invitation has
^ Mebane.
Mi^ iMatleson Lindsay Efland
\jr alil* ■
f cst the ho!ior of your presence at the
viWi'HT c nvmony of their daughter
Alii’o Maude Marie
to
Mr. Norman Crawford Harris
jiu’SilMV, November tweniy'fourth
nine hundred and fourteen
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l’rtsl>yterian Church
Efland, N. C.
Conference Meets hi
Abheville.
htland Items
has
The North Carolina Annunl Confer
ence of rhe Methodiet Protestant church
met in its 89th session with the chureh
in the city of Asheville, N. C. Nov.
18fh. This is the first time the con
ference has mot beyond the Blue
Ridge, and the people there are well
arganized to care for the conference.
Ihe past conference year has, perhaps,
been one of the most successful years
of its history.
The Mebane charge of the Metho
dist Protesta.it cliurch, of which Dr.
Swain has beea pastor for two years,
been ' Conference with a good re-
Box Party
M:„s ^ muoh'im- j especially has the Mebane
church met every obligation and in
.vrii'ii:^lv iH o
wo
\lr. .lohn Kl'land and sisters, Mrs.
.\av'lH Kflaiul and Miss Pearl, spent
i;i.st TIunsday in Hillsboro shopping.
Mr. Kflaiul lakii\g the larties through
ttuM’omitiy in his handsome automobile
retunieil in the afternoon.
Mr Tom Durham who has been |
oritii-ally ili at his home near Efland j
for the pa?t stneral weeks is slowly
i,n[,rovin,ir.
Jesse Haity one of Efland’s
young men whose work is in ,
Norlina, at home shaking hands with '
iiis many friends who are gland to see
l;!m lookinj? so well.
There was a drunken shooting, cutting
foiape in Efland Saturday night which
oi'curetl up at South Side Store, and as
a ri'sult one joung man is in the
hospital in a serious perhaps fatal
wnilition, another seriously cut and a
doctor had to sew up hi=5 throat while
another is painfully cut. Such is the
fruits of strong drink.
Miss Sue Shields assistant teacher at
I, U. Institute is visiting her friend
Miss Sallie Efland who is principal at
ihe above named schoil.
Mr.^. .M. P. Efland attended the
funeral of her aunt Mrs. Ingle at Gra-
h:;ni last Thursday.
some measure gone beyond what it
obligated to do. Those who are in a
position to know say the church is in
the best condition it has ever been and
the out-look is hopeful.
Terrible Shooting Affray
Occurred at Efland Last
Saturday r^ight.
There will be a Box Party given at |
the Hebron school house, Thursday |
evening Nov. 26, 1914, beginning at |
7:30 o'clock. !
The evening will be devoted to the
following contests: Auctioneering of
boxes. Measuring of feet. Bobbing for
apples, Voting for the ugliest man,
voting for the prettiest girl. Guessing
contest. Guessing the name of a Baby
Doll.
Every body come and enjoy the
evening.
Notice to Tax Payers
The taxes for the town of Mebane is
now due since Oct. 1. The town has
spent a great deal this year in the way
of street improvements, and the ex
penses of electric lights, sinking fund
and interest on bonds must come on
time. We would appreciate it if you
would see Mr. Clark at once.
W. S. Crawford, Mayor.
Bun Hearne to Federals
IHE LATmiM F
Miss Maggie Pickard of Burlington
is visiting her friend Miss Myrtle Perry
\Vc regret to learn of the death of
•Mfs. Clayton, mother of our popular
townsman, Mr. John Clayton, which
occurred at her home near Cedar Grove
last Wednesday night. Mrs, Clayton
was ;i cfood woman anj much loyed by
all who knew her. Her husband
preceeil her lo the spirit land a few
m)nths as:o Their .sons and daughters
and other relatives have the sympathy
of the community.
OF ATALETIC
FIELD ON THE HILL
In the quite little country town of
Efland was the scene of one
terrible cutting and shooting
affrays that have been known in this
county for years. The parties that
were participants in this bloody slaugh
tering weie Lewis and Dan Shanklin,
two brethers; and Will Miller. In
telligence has reached Mebane to the
effect that the cause of the fight grew
out of an ol'.i grudge, notwithstanding
the the fi.ct that Lewis Shanklin and which ijidicated that he would go
Will Miller had been apparently tor
some time very good friends, and as
sociated together a good deal.
Will Miller did the shooting and
Lewis Shanklin was the young man
that was shot. The latter is now in
hex hospital in Raleigh, and it is said
that iiis life is in a precarious condi-
dition.
All three of the young men were
drinking.
A Beautiful One and it
Has a Fine Supt. in The
Person of Mr, C. U.
Spencer.
In company with Dr. Baynes, the
Leader m.\n took a trip to the Latham
farm last Thursday afternoon. We
were so favorably impressed with this
ideal farm and superior management
under which it is operated, until we
think it but proper and fitting that we
should in writing up this excellent
farm to use as a preamble Mr. C. G.
Spencer, its efficient supt. Mr. Spencer
is a young man of profound erudition
in agriculture and horticulture. Not
only does he understand the theoretical
phase of modern farming, but one
would readily bs convienced of his
practical a*^ilities. Mr. Spencer is a
Bachelor of Science of the A. and M.
College of this Commonwealth, having
graduated in the class of ’13. There
fore with the above quahfications,
coupled with his indefatigable energy
and his desire to demonstrate to the
people of his State that farming is a
science, makes him a farm supt. of no
mean qualifications.
Mr. Spencer took a peculiar pleasure
International League to the Pittsburg j telling us of his i'arm,what had been
Federals. This confirmation by Hearne
upsets the slate of a few weeks ago
HOSPITIIL
Only Men Are btretcher
Bearers in Parish In
stitution.
(London Dispatch.)
Newspapers correspondence from
Paris tolls of the work which the
Wemen’s Hospital Dorps, establisliod
in Claridge’s Hotel in tho Avenue dest
Champs Elysee, is doing, The hospital | keep our of the insane asylum
IS in charge of English won;en surgeons j like institution of mercy,
was equipped with money raised by i Just the other morning a little one-
English women and is run entirely by | horse Henderson merchant (with due
women in all its departments. I apoligies to ull real merchants sor so
Women doctors bring tho wounded designating him), who keeps a sort
Oh, You, Oid Knocker.
The mconsiderate citizen who in
sists on makine invidious comparisons
between his little home paper ar.d the
great metropolitan dailies, to the de
cided disadvantage of the former,
might go a little further with the game
and see how his liitle business would
stand in comparison with similar lines
in the great cities. But the fellow
who has little enough sense to engage
in comparing institutions and things in
small towns Mce Henderson with simi
lar Institutions and things in the great
cities may be regarded as a privileged
character so long as he can manage to
or some
of
Bun Hearne, a baseball product
Chapel Hill, who began his career on
t ie diamond as a member of a village
nine championing honors from cross-
of the i teams in Orange and Chatham
counties, and who within a few years
has reached the topmost round in Na
tional baseball circles, has signed a
contract to twirl for the Pittsburg
during 1915. Hearine, who is spend
ing his vacation in Chapel Hill, has
confirmed the report that he has made
the jump from the Toronto club in the
to the New York Giants
Chapel Hill News.
back
next year,—
The Farmers’ Pat Purse.
As bearing upon the tremendous in
crease of wealth to the farmers
through the increase in the crops and
the advance in prices obtaining. The
Observer yesterday suggested a calcu
lation of the profit on a crop of 1,139,-
741,000 bushels of oats at five cents a
bushel more than last year’s crop
brought. Our calculating machine be-
l)r. Issac Emerson Who
Gave $25,000 to University
Visits Chapel Hill.
Corbett Notes.
Our regular pastor Mr. Hackney
filled his appointment at Prospect Sun
day. A large congregation wad present.
Mrs. G. E. Smith and sister. Miss
Pearl Warren, visited relatives at Gra
ham and Burlington the latter part of
last week
Mrs. L. A. Miles and baby returned
home Thursday after spending a few
days in Mebane. Mrs. Miles had some
dental work done.
! ing out of order at the time, we did !
not find it expedient to carry the sug- j
done, and what he contemplated doing,
and when he would begin talking of a
new subject in connection with this
farm, he would tell of it in renewed
vigor and enthusasm.
The Latham farm is two miles West
of Mebane, the Southern Railroad
running through it. This farm con
tains about 500 acres of land, of which
150 ar*res are in a state of cultivation.
General farming is done on this
plantation. Horticulture also has a
great deal of attention. We do not
recall just the number of grape vines.
from tha field ambulances to the hos
pital, all the operations are perfei rn-
ed by wonien surgeons, the anesthe
tists are women and all the nurses are
women. The only men in the institu
tion are a few stretcher bearers.
Through the French lied Cross, un
der whose auspices the hospital is con
ducted, the English women obtained
the hotel, whicli had been loaned with
out cost by the proprietors for th« caie
of the wounded. The staiT had scarce
ly unpacked the equipment and install
ed it in the hotel when the wounded
began coming in from the Aisne and
Soisons, and the surgeons have been
busy night and day ever since.
Banquet rooms of the hotel have
been converted into wards and the
lined rooms have been arranged for
surgical and X ray purposes. For
those who die in the hospital there
is a mortuary chapel in
salons of the hotel with
au English military chaplain, a French
j abbe, an Irish priest and a Scotch
I ministers in attendance, Masses of
flowers are sent into the iuspital and
cigarettes and other comforts for the
convalescents are furnished by the
English people in abundance
apple trees, etc. there are but we do j ferings. See ad elsewhere
recall that there is a large quantity and
Mr. Spencer says he is having a decided
success with them. Their appearance
will substantiate his statement. On
this vast plantation can be seen the
finest breed of horses in the State.
LOOKS OVER THE FIELD
l>r. Issue Emerson, of Baltimore,
donor of the new $25,000 athletic field
to the university, accompanied by Mr.
Mr. Parker, arrived in Chapel Hill
yesterday bringing with them plans
■itid blue |»rints for the construction of
the handson;e new athletic field.
The afternoon was spent by Dr.
Emerson and others looking over the
[tresent field, running levels for the
new concrete stands, the track, the
field and the drai nage of the grounds.
Ihe new field will includ all of the pre
sent enclosure and possibly will reach
leet south of the left field fence.
A system of sub-drainage will be used
find alse a proper surface soil will be
put on, since the soil on the field now
is too sandy.
Two large concrete stands that will
all the students and hundreds of
visitors will be constructed on the
side of the field where the wood-
stands now are. These two stands
will be separated by a smaller stand
provided for the president. Under
o^ath one of the stands will be dress-
■'ig rooms and shower baths for the
Carolina players and the visiting play-
too.
is expected that the grading of
field will start after the last foot-
^11 game Thanksgiving day and it i
oped that the woik will be carried
enough to have the field ready
‘Of use when the baseballs seoson
s^tarts rext spring.—Greensboro.
Misses Shellie and Estelle McAams,
Messrs. Sidney Stanfield, Robie Noble
and Hubert McA^dams visited Mr. and
Mr3 F. F. Fitch Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baynes who have
been in Smithfield for some time have
been at home a week visiting relatives.
Miss Mollie Florence is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. E. L.
Dailey.
Quite a number of young people visi-
tad Misses Mary and Daisy Miles Sun
day after-noon, also Miss Dessie Miles
from Burlington, Mrs. Bob Warren and
son Willie visited Mr and Mrs. Arthur
Warren recently.
The meeting closed at Baptist church
Friday, five joined, had a good meet
ing. Rev. Mr. Buck from Burlington
assisted the pastor.
Mr. Walter Vaughn and J. A. Bay
nes returned from Smithfield, S. C.
Sunday where they are in business
Mrs. and Mrs. Wess Bowland of Meb
ane visited Mr., and Mrs. J. f). Bow
land Saturday and Sunday and attend
ed services at Prospect Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dillard visited
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Miles Sunday.
Miss Leah Miles visited in Baynei
neighborhood last week.
“Smarty Green.”
gestion throughout the whole list. But
The Philadelphia Record |has its mind
on the same thing and put its calcul-
atDrs at work. The Record figures it
i out that the corn crop is worth $155, -
i 000,000 more than '.last year. The
wheat crop is worth $371,000,000 more,
for there is an increase in quantity as i They ar3 massive in appearance, and {
well as in price. Oats are worth $59 - j jQgt the kind a real farmer should own. |
000,000 more than last year; barley and | Spencer says that a man canrot;
rye together are worth $11,000,003 i _ , , . , ,
. . 4- fv, afford to have cheap horses. Jhe farm.
more; potatoes are not worth so much, j »
hay is worth $17;000,000 more and | also has some of the very best blooded
apples are worth $20,000,000. The , cattle, in fact it has no stock that is
of shop in a little shack that would be
a discredit to a back alley in China
town, was amusing himself by poking
fun at his town paper because it is not
as large and metropolstan in its ap
pearance and general get up ao the big
dailies from Richmond, Washington,
Baltimore and New York A Hender
son man who really has no more sense
than to take that view of it really de
serves sympathy, and the incident
might Lave been passed by, as similar
ones have been on a thousand different
occas’ons, without notice
One of the industrial curses of Hen-
tlerson today is the gang of chronic
and perennial knockers that infest
this good town. No home enterprise,
institution or individual worth a grain
of salt to the community escapes their
shafts. Just how the good people of a
progressive town and community like
one of the l Henderson has put up with these fel-
an alter, and i lows as long as it has a little puzzling.
Possibly it is because everybody un
derstands that these ginks have out
lined the day of their influence and
may therefore be regarded as harm
less. But the newcomer and the
strangers within our gates may not
always be able to "spot” them quite
so easily.
! To hear the knockers tell it (and
they are always ready to tell it) Hen
derson is “bum.” The merchants of
the town are a slow set. and never
take any interest in supplying their
customers with up-to-date goods. The
We wish to call attention to the ad i bankers have very little accomodation
Mr. J. B. Jones of Burlington has in i about them and do not recognize a
We invite your attention to the ad
vertisement of the Mebane Supply Co.
They are making special sales on mil
linery, ribbon, etc. The stock is com
plete, and contains many choice of-
this week’s issue of the Leader He
has on a removal sale, and it will be
worth your while to look his stock over j entjrcly out of date
,, , , service is the worst
See Dr. Rapport at Mebane at the
White House, Wed. Nov 25th. When
you are in need of glasses it is unwise
to “put off” +o-day when you must
wear them. Dr. ;^Rapport will fit you
with suitable glasses in any style gold,
gold filled and Luminium from $1.00
up.
South has been hard hit on cotton, but
behold the other side of the balance
sheet!—Charlotte Observer.
These figures look mighty good, but
the Observer must figure to get the
true state of things, that nine j
tenths of these products are sold to |
the consumer at home. What is the j
advantage, if this increased riches |
comes ou*’ of the pockets of home j
people?
Banks
closed
LOST” Tuesday afternoon cn
the street an Oval shaped gold
dollar pin plain in center and en-
^I’aved around edge. Reward
Riven the finder if they will re-
n pin to Mrs. Pearson.
Obituary
Nancy Miles was born Sept. 22, 1820
about three miles South of Mebane,
N. C., now owned by Geo, McAdams
She died at Eminence, Ind. Nov. 2,
1914, being ninety four years, one
month and ten days old. Sne and her
husband moved to Ind. before the civil
war. She died at the home of her son,
T. J. Miles and was buried at ceme
tery five miles South of Eminence,
Among her immediate decendants are
Mrs. Jack Smith, Mebane, N. C,, Mrs.
W. W Smith, Efland. N. C. and Mrs.
Hayood Coble, Burlington, N. C. who
were her grand daughters.
Notice.
Editor ot the Mebane Leader.
In as much as the Warehouses,
Post office and Schools will be
on Thursday the 26th. (Thanksgiving)
we the undersigned Merchants ask
that you give notice in this weeks issue
of your paper that our places of
business will be closed for this day
also.
This the 16th day of Nov. 1914.
Mebane Supply Co. J. R. Singleton
Sec. and Treas,
Nelson-Ray Co. P. Nelson.
J. S. Clark.
H. E. Wilkinson Co. H. E. Wilkinson
J. D. Hunt.
Home Furniture Co. per. Satterfield.
C. C. Smith.
A. P. Long.
W. T, Hunt and Co.
Tyson-Malone Hardware Co. per. R.
H. Tyson Sec. and Treas.
J. M. Rimmer
J. H. Fowler and Co.
not registered The nogs are of the
excellent berkshire breed, which is the
cheapest breed a man can afford to
raise. It will piy any farmer, or any
man who is interested in better farming
to pay this place a visit. It will give
inspiration, a better conception of what
rural life should be.
■ Supt. Spencer says that it has not
I been his aim and motive to increase
! the acreage of cultivation, but rather
I to show the feasibilty of cultivating
{ properly what you do culti^;ate, and to i
I forever put an end to the old idea of
! skimming over a great deal of land and
i not cultivating any as it shor.id be.
j It takes a great many farmers a long
i time to see that there is no logic in
this sort of farming. It is necessary
that he should study the soil and its
adaptation before the very best of
results can be obtained.
Geographically speaking the Latham
farm has an ideal location. Just a few
rods from the Supt’s. residence, there
is a beautiful pond which contains
about 50 acres, and is supt>lied with an
fish furnished by the Government,
which testifies T;o the superior quality.
There is a large bridge suspended over
i this pond. An automobile way leads to
I this attractive pool of water
f nature has so beautifully placed.
Richmond,
Southern Railway
Premier (^errier of the South Wed
nesday, November 25, 1914 Account
Annual Thanksgiving Football (lamo
University of North Carohna and
Virginia.
meritorious individual when they see
him. The lawyers and the doctors are
The telephone
ever. The rail-
read men have absolutely no accomo
dation about them, and it is 3 pity
some great system does not come in
and put them out of business. All thf
public service corpoiations of the town
are “punk.” A man can’t get a de
cent shave or hair-cut at the barber
shops. The town government oughi,
not to be tolerated. The church ser
vices--well, they are very uninterest
ing, to say the least. The schools are
badly ma>'aged and poorly conductcd.
children never would learn anything
in such schools and under such teach
ers.
All of Vv’hich makes it self-evident
that there are a whole lot of people in
this community who owe it to them
selves either to move or shut up talk
ing such rot. We have always heard
i it said that it is a mighty sorry frog
j that will not croak for its own pond,
and likewise he is a sorry or citisc'n
a booster for his own
$3.00 ROUND TRIP $3.00
From all points Gibsonville to Oxford | _
j inclusive, Chapel Hi lanci, an . j^g institu-
; Raleigh to Durham, inclusive. ; tions. If he cannot conscientiously
Special train trom Gi )sonvi e i (,Qyg|-all will certainly agree
that
Notice
The time has come that when a ftl-
Concert by the Singing Class of the j premeditates murder and kills his
7:30
Oxford Orphanage at Junior Hall, ..ovi with the slightest provoca-
P. M^ Mebane, Saturday, November j
under Auspices Bingham Lodge, tionr lie will be allowed
21,
No. 272, A. F. and A. M.
The Oxford Orphan Asylum was
organized in 1872 by the Masons of
North Carolina to Aid Destitute chil
dren of the State-A great and noble
work. An enjoyable evening for all.
to go free.
On the other hand if it is circumstan
tial evidence, he will almost invariably
go to the scaffold. There is something
radically wrong with our present ad*
1 ministration of justice. What is it?
follows:
Lv Gibsonville 9:00 P. M.
Lv BurUngton 9:17 P. M. |
Lv Hillsboro 10:05 P. M. :
Lv Durham 10:40 P. M. |
Lv Oxford 11:50 P- M. |
Ar Richmond 4:45 A. M., Nov. 25th j
Returning, spe-iial train leave Rich-
mond 11:45 P. M. Nov. 25th. 1
Passengers from Raleigh and | ^
intermediate points to Durham will use >
regular train No. 131 to Durham, j is necessary
connecting there with special train |
This train will consist of coaches and
pullman sleeping cars. Sleeping cars
will be open at Durham for occupancy
at 9:30 P. M. M. Make your reservation
at once with ticket agents.
Special train from Chapel Hill, N. C.
consisting of nice sleeping cars and
coaches:
Lv Chapel Hill, N. C. 11:00 P. M.
Ar Richmond, Va , 5;40 A. M.
Returning special train leave Rich
mond 12:30 A. M. Nov. 27th
Note this tri^in will not make any
stops to pick up passengers. Sleepers
open for occupancy 9:30 P. M. Make
your reservations at once in sleeping
cars befoie *hty are filled.
For Pullman reservation and .infor
mation, ask your agont, write or wire,
0. F. York,
that he ought to move to some town
that he can boost or at least speak
well of to strangers —Henderson Gold
Leaf.
If Editor Way would send some of
those old knockers over to Mebane,
we would fix them for him. Editor
Way make them shut up or send them
over to us, we will do the thing that
iMebane Wed. Nov. 25th.
Dr. S. Rapport of Durham will be at
Mebane, at the White House, Wed.
Nov. 25th. for the purpose of examing
eyes and fitting glasses. If you are in
nefd of glasses for the good ot your
eves don’t fail to see him on that date
The Herald regrets to note that
owing to ill health, Mr. J. O. Foy hai
disposed of his paper, the Mebane
Leader, to Mr. and Mrs. L. S-
Straughan, who will continue the
paper. Mr. Foy is an able, fearlesi
newspaper man and w'e hope for hit
early and conrplete recovery.—Madi^
Travehng Passenger Agent} Herald,
Raleigh, N. C.