r lii it - I Hi fli. UN EVER. VS features ANIMALS laJk. ttLEBRITHN LD WEST :g RACEfj i(*yland> i- • t.N *T t *Nt> f Oi -r CN I ^ 5 ' M O N 5^ P. iv*- NE I And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would be Disloyalty To Falter Would be Sin.' 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 (Die ni'Hi .»> . •it three thirty 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.