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Vol 5
MEBANE, N.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBSR 3 1914
No 38
Death of an Infant
Last Friday nijjfht the hoipe of Mr.
aiKl Mrs. E. Y. Farrell was saddened
Is the death of their son Joseph. Just,
,,lie week before the death angel took
l > ne James, the twin brother. May
lit' Heavenly Father comfort these
luii.l parents in their bereavement and
luav they know and feel that their
tiitMuis sympathize with them in their
Ml row.
The War.
Help Your Comm^inity
His Excellency Governor Locke Craig
has designated three days of this week
Community Service week, and
special days have been named for
special and definite work in community
betterment.
From all information thai can be
gained from different parts of the State
there is being taken great interest in
ihe preparations for the observance of
the week.
Thursday, December third, has been
named as “Public Roads, Grounds and
Day;” Friday, December
Woodlawn Items
The Woodlawn school seems to be
progressing nicely. The attendance
c£^e the ushers JameF R. Hindman of
Philadelphia, Pa , ;ijid Pa^l P. Fish of
Fiiquay Springs, Howard M> Lea of
Diirnani and M. P. Efland. They were
for last month was forty two and we i followt d by the matron oi honor, Mrs.
think that it will be better for this! Novella Etlaud gowned in wMte
month. The Industrial work has been ; chaimcuse, carrying white carnations,
started with glowing success. The , Following the matron of honor came
time devoted to this work is two hours! the bridesmaids. Miss Carrie Harris of
on Friday evening. Eleven of the j Oxjord, and Miss Pearl Efland weaiirg
COLE BLEASE mU
EMPTIES THE PRISON
'ix: weeks ago the Germans escaped
utter defeat by a very narrow margin,
i.eavir.g a gap in their center in their
,t .itr«*at from Pans, the English Jand j
: ='iu‘h pu>-hed between the North and j fourth, as “School and Neighborhood
.nth wing of their army. Only the | Improvement Day;” and.Saturday, De-
and heroism of 7000 men under eember
\ Von Qwehl kept the allies in check
till reinforcements came up.
I’fie same thing seems to be happening
ill IViland at the present time. The
Uiis.sians have the Austrian and German
:iriny divided and at the same time
l.ave a larger army of Germans practi-
i :illy surrounded in the center. It is
likely that the Germans will extricate
thtinselves, but their heaviest blows
ii:ive likely been struck, both East and
West until the time when they see
their own country envaded. Then will j
l oine the real fighting is our opinion.
lifth, as “County Progress
Day.” Under the law Friday is also to
be observed in the public schools of the
State as “North Carolina Day.”
There is nothing that a community
can do to create a better stimulus for
progress than to come together on
these days and imbibe the ideas of
others. Every man, woman, boy and
girl should strive to be a leader in his
community on these special occasions.
We have a great State, truly there
I is none better, but we need to wake
} up, we need better schools. We need
better roads, and many other things
toj numerous to mention. The above
two, however are the main ones that
concerns us most now. Let’s do some
thing this week.
larger girls are taking cooking and
showing considerable interest. The
small girls are engaged in sewing.
Of no less importance is the work of
the boy^. On the acre of ground in
front of the house w'e hope to have
some model spring gardens, also corn
potatoes. Mr. Jim Carr is aiding in
the demonstration work. The boys
have already shown their interest- in
work of this kind by part of them
joining the Corn Club. We hope that
several of the girls will join the Toma
to Club—Girls keep up with the boys.
The patrons of the school are invited
to visit the school and see the work
that is being done.
! Miss Fannie Holt has been rather
j sict with sore throat for the last few
; days. We hope that she will soon be
I out again.
I
: Miss Irene Coble spent last week-end
I with her sister, Miss Josephine at
I Guilford College and attended the
play given by the Guilford College
Y. W. C. A.
What Mr. Malone of The
Tar Away West ThinKs of
The Leader,
If our friends will not accuse us of
iieing a “little fresh,” we will publish
:t letter received a few days ago from
Mr. J. S. Malone, a former resident of . ... %.->
. . Ridgeville Wews
AlHinance. but now a prominent busmess ®
m;in of San-Antonio, Texas. The Ladies Home and Foreign Mis-
i HE SOUTHWESTERNTELEGRAPH j sionary Society of Griess^ Church met
and TELEPHONE CO. DIVISION ^ ’
OFFICES
San Antonio, Texas. Nov. 24, 1914.
Mr. Fred Deese, Editor-in-chief,
The Mebane Leader,
Mebane, N. C.
My dear sir:-
l am jast in receipt of the first copy
of “I’he Mebane Leader” published
under the new managrement.
1 desire to congratulate you upon
the improved appearance of the paper,
as well as the quality of the news in
general. I am happy to claim the
personal acquaintance of your associate
editor, and it is ne2dless for me to say
that I find your editorials of particular
interest.
Yours very truly,
J. S. Malone.
Mr. Malone is a brother of our
e3te(c‘med townsmen, Mr. Waite
Malone.
Mr. R.
repaired.
W'eather.
E. Tate is having
Getting readv
his house
for cold
We are glad to say that
has recovered from a slight
la grippe.
Wanted tc t5e Like Other
Girls.
in-
with Misses Compton Thanksgiving,
After a very interesting program on
colored evangelizotioe delicious refre
shments were served
Miss Katie May Compton and her
neice, Lois Bjrton, went to Burlington
Friday and back to Mebane to spend
the week-end with relatives j
Mr. Casper Dull of Harrisburg, Pa.,
is at Mr. D A Mebane’s for his annual
bird huht
A very pathetic and touching
cident occured in the northwestern
University Chicago a few days ago,
when a pretty young woman. Miss
Florence Urlas was arrested for petty
theft. Miss Urlas had been j)opulHi
with her fellow’-students and not the
least suspicion had been entertained
that sb3 was not honest and upright
gowns of pink crepe de chine, carrying
boquets of pink carnacions. Next
entered txie groom attended by his best
man, G. W. Harris of Oxford, preceded
by Mast .r Maxie Forrest dressed in
white I aring tJie wedding ring on a
silver tr.iy. LiUb Miss Pullen Belvin
of Rak'igh, as flower girl, daintily ^
attired in a white hand embroideried ]
dress,  arrying a basket of i^mall pink i
flowers came next. Last came the
bride ( ti liic arm of her brother, John
L. Efland who gave her m marriage.
Sne was attired ni a going aw'ay gown
of Kuj.siar Green .Garbadine, with
accessories match, carrying a
bouquet of parma violets. The bridal
party stood before the altar, tastefully
decorated in green and pink stuaded
w’ith many small tapers, while the Rev.
S. M. Rankin of Greensboro, very
impressively pronounced the words
uniting the young couple in marriage,
using the ring ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris left immediately
in an automobile for ‘Durham and will
make an extended trip through Eastern
Carolina and Virginia after which they
will make their home at Fuquay
Springs, N. C.
m i. i The bride is the attractive and
Dr. late , , , ,, , .
attack of i y^^^’^^est daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. M.
I LI. Efland. The groom formerly of
Norfolk, Va., is a popular and rising
young business man of Fuquay Springs.
Among the out of town guests were:
Mrs. C. H. Belvin of Raleigh, Miss
Nellie Conway of Franklinton, N. C.,
artd Mr. Arniistead Henderson, of
Henderson, N. C.
Many handsome gifts attested the
popularity oj: the young couple.
On the evening preceding the marj
riage the brid.-il party and out of town
guests were entertained after the
rehersal, by the brides parents, Mr.
ai:d Mrs. M. L. Efland.
most tempting salad course was
Grants Pardons, Paroles,
Etc. to 101 Prisoners,
Leaving Fewer Than
50 in Jail.
Governor Blease Nov. 25 granted
pardons, paroles or commutations to
101 prisoners now serving sentences in
the South Carolina penitentiary or in
i the county convict squads There will
I be fewer than 50 prisoners left in the
state prison.
Clemency now has bren extended to
11,430 prisoners by the governor since
j he assumed the ofl’ice in January, 1911.
i His second term as the state’s chief
I executive will expire January 12, 1915.
j Included ie the list of prisoners re
leased by action were 16 serving life
sentences f.or murder, 31 sentenced to
from two to 30 years’ imprisonment
for manslaughter and 54 serving terms
for minor offenses. One man, convict
ed of murder and sentenced to be elec
trocuted, wys given a commutation to
five years’ imprisonment.
Fifty four of the number given clem
ency are white men, 46 are negroes
and one an Indian. All were released
with the exception of the prisoner who
was given a commutation. Several of
the pH roles are conditioned on the re
cipients abstaining from the use of
i intoxicants.
One of the most interesting cases
was that of W. T. Jones, wealthy
Union county farmer W’ho was servmg
a life term on the charu'e of killing his
wife by the use of poison several years
ago. Jones’ parole contains the condi
tion that if he ever takes a drink of
intoxicating I'quor or wines, or should
he marry a second time, he be con
victed of maltivating his wife, he is
to be returned to the prison to serve
oat his term.
Harry I)ean, of Sj)artanburg, S- C.
who was among the lifc-termers jjaroi-
ed, escaped from the penitentiary sev
en years ago. He reappeared at the
prison with his brother and was put
to work again. He was convicted of
murder in 1904, wiien he was about 18
School Notes.
Below we publish the names of those
who led their classes in the different
subjects for the past month. The
names given are those from Supt.
Dees’ room.
SEVENTH GRADE:
English
Geography
Latin
Arithmetic
History
Civil Government
Spoiling
EIGHTH
Arithmetic
English History
Spellinjr
Latin
^Algebra
NINTH
Latin
History
Literatu»*e
Rhetoric
Algobra
Geometry
TEN'l'H
Francis Singleton
Francis Singleton
Francis Singleton
Francis Singleton
Pearl Satterfield
Pearl Satterfield
Lottie Long
GRA.DE
Bernard Compiton
Bernard Compton
“Bernard Compton
Lillian V»^imbish
Mary Rimmer
GRADE
Mary Rimmer
GRADE
Lottie Satterfield
Lottie Satterfield
Lottie Satterfield
Sam Long
Sam Long
It is ahvnys right that a man should
be able to render a reason for the
faith that is within him.—Sidney Smith
Best Regards to Science.
“Science attacks the sandwich,” Is
a headline. Here’s hoping it has bet
ter luck with it than we have had
Avith some purchased at railway lunoh
counters.—Boston Transcript.
bfland Items
Miss Nora Pratt of Raleigh is spending
; ome time with her mother Mrs. Alice
Pratt near Efland
Miss Sallie Tapp of Durham is
visiting her parents Mi- and Mrs.
Kichard Tapp.
Miss Jennie Bacon of the New Sharon
neighborhood is spending a few days
with her sister Mrs. Dud Thompson
Mr. John Clayton spent last Sunday
at his home near Cedar Grove
Mr. and Mrs. Charles ^orrest have
sold their old home three miles North
blast of Efland and moved to the
Western part of the State
Mr. Charlie Jackson from near Fair
Field was an Efland visitor Su^.day
Misses Myrtle Perry and Maggie
Pickard made a flying trip to HilUboro
Saturday evening.
Mr. Will E, Thompson w'ent down to
Durham on business last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Forrest are all
-smiles now its a girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Smith and family
moved to Mebane last week
Misses Mary Thompson and EMen
tirown from near Cedar Grjve visited
Mrs. C. C. Taylor last Saturday
Mrs. John Kelly Turner of Durham
spending a few days with her daughter
Mrs, Carl Forrest
Mrs. Henry Freshwater from near
Hawfields church spent last week with
sister Mrs. Mary Jordan also visited
her uncle Mr. E. C. Thompson.
On last Monday evening there occurred
an()ther wreck only a short distance
helow Hazel’s cut. Eleven cars loaded
with flour, shoes, dry goods, coal
lumber etc., all crashed off the road
:u)d teaiing up about fifty yards of
'vack and twisting iron rail like so
much wire, Foitunately no one was
liurt.
“Patz.”
Miss Annie Blackwood left Friday to
spend several days with her parents
near Hillsboro
Mr F F Smith, cashier of Mebane
Bank and Trust Co., [spent the week
end here with his parents, Mr and Mrs
J R Smith
Master Robert Mitchelle of Yancey-
ville,came out Thanksgiving and visited
at the home of his aunt Mrs D A Meb
ane
Misses Mauie Vaughn and Fannie
Lee Burch left Friday morning for
Miss Vaughn’s home at Cedar Grove
and returned Sunday afternoon.
Mr. J. T. Carter who has been on
the sick list for several days is able to
be out again.
Mr. T. P. Featherston and family
left Wednesday for their new home in
Roxboro. The best wishes of their
friends go with them.
The workmen are very busy on the
handsome nine room residence of Mr.
J. D. Burton.
Mr. T. J. Carter’s new home hi^s
been completed and is one the most
convenient in the neighborhood.
One of the bachelors near here is
planning a home but had better not
tell his name yet.
Although the tobacco crop is short
prices low the farmers feel that they
have much to be thankful for in that
they have such an abandant supply of
feed.
ready having been released on parole
Governor Blease has made holidays,
especially Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Year, an occasion for extend
ing clemencjf to prisoners since he was
first elected. —Greenseoro Nev/s.
I served after which the brides cake w’as
in every particular-. W o here reproduce j
her confession: ' Harris the ring. Miss Pullen Belvin the 1 y^ars old.
“My name is Florence Urlas, but in | thimble. Mr. Lea the bachelors button I Absolute pardons were given to only
Omaha, my home, I am known as j and Mr. G. W. Harris the needle. j ^ye of the 101 men. In four of these
Florence Yost, because my foster j Those present besides the bride and I cases the pardon was granted only to
father is Maurice Yost of No. 303 i groom elect were: Miss Carrie Harris I ).0gtore citizenship, the recipients al-
Twenty-third Street, Omaha,” she i and G. W. Harris of Oxford, Paul P.
said. ! Fish of Fuquay Springs, James R.
“There is no wealth in our home, but! Hindman of Philadelphia, Pa., H M.
I wanted to be like 'other girls who j Lea of Durham, Mrs. C. H. Belvin and
could go to schocl and gain an educa- j Miss Pullen Belvin of Raleigh, Mrs. R.
tion. So I worked hard last summer ; C. Stebbins, Mrs Novella Efland, J.
for two physicians in Omaha and made | L. Efland, Maxie Forrest and Misses
$85. I came to Evanston and entered | Sallie and Pearl Efland, of Efland.
the university. I hoped for employ- j
ment there as stenography, but no 1
work was given me. j Death of Prof. Martin Hix j
“I w^s so anxious to remain at .the! Holt ■
university, and to be able to dress like | * j
other girls, that I yielded to ,tempta-1 prof. Martin Hix Holt, co-principal
tion. That was the first time I ever j of the Oakridge Institute, died ;
did anything wroug. It was rather ; his home in Oakridge on the after- l
hard for me at home and I wanted to j noon of the 26th of November. He |
stay here and get an educatian and j had been suffering from a complication j
amount to something. If I had not ] of heart trouble and Bright’s disease !
hadambition I never would have touch- j for sometime, and had just rpcently |
returned from a santarium in the i
West where he went in search of his |
health, but of no success. His con- '
dition became such that he realized 1
further search w»^as useless, and so :
returned to his home to spend his last i
days. Just a few days after his re-1
turn ho succumbed to his diseases. i
Prof. Holt at the time of his death !
QGEKCE A61
Pll\i
Examiner Hubbard
Charge of the Bank
Caswell at Milton
in
of
JNapoleon’s Tax
Tobacco.
on
and
the
(From the London Chronicle.)
Napoleon tried to smoke once,
then, with dire results, instituted
French tobacco monopoly, which the
German government now proposes to j
I adopt, so far as cigarett es are con- j
1 earned. j
At a court reception held early in [
] 1810 the Emperor remarked a lady j
wearing jewels of such magnificence
that he inquired how her husband made
his money. “He is a tobacca mer
chant,” was the reply, which led him
to seek further information as to such
a profitable business. Before the
year expired Napoleon issued a decree
restricting the sale and manufacture
of tobacco exclusively to the state.
It has remained a monopoly ever since,
and for many years past brought in an
annual revenue of over 16,000,000.
ed the things.”
We suspect that there are a great
many young women who stoop to in
famy because they want to bo like
other girls. A great many ^ young
women in the congested cities do things
that their conscience tells them not to
do because they want to make a de
cent appearance, which is natural.
Pitty what there was a law in tae
northern cities, compelling big con
cerns ta pay the poor working girl, at
least enough to buy her something to
eat. The absurdity of paying a young
womau $4 a week in cities like New
York and Chicago. They ought to be
made pay them enough that thay can
not only live creditably, but could, if
they so desired, be able to attend
school and “be like other girls.”
The Corporation Commission was ad
vised that the Bank of Caswell at Mil
ton, Caswell county, had been closed
and was in charge of Stute Bank. Ex
aminer Hubbard, who went to that
place to make an examination of the
bank.
In Mr. Hubbard’s telegram to the
cammission it was stated that the
was one of the most ciedited educators I g Hines, Jr., was missing
Harris-Efland
The first Presbyterian Church at ^
Efland, N. C., was the scene of aj
beautiful wedding on Nov. 24th, when j
Miss Maude EflanJ became the bride i
of Norman C. Harris.
Mrs. R. C. Stebbins presided at the
organ, placing several selections as
the guests assembled. Just prior to the
entrance of the bridal party, Mrs. S.
M. Rankin of Greensboro, sang very
sweetly, l“The Sweetest Story Ever
Told.”
Promptly at 3:30^ o’clock the bridaj
party entered the church to the strains
of Mendleshons’ wedding march. First
of the state. For nearly a half cen
tury he was connected with his broth
er in the well known Oakridge Institute
in which time many young men came
under his instruction and influence.
These constitute the greater pari; of
his large host of friends and admirers
in the state.
The funeral services took place in
the M. P. church at Oakridge, Satur
day morning the 27th of November.
Many gathered to 'pay their last ^
tribute to this great, good man. He j
is survived by a wife, daughter, and j
son. The state joins with the bereaved
in mourning the death of such a man
as Prof Holt.
Not Requlr/^d to Kiss Bible.
The president of the United Statei
1b not required to kiss the Bible on
taking the oath of office. The custom
grew out of the fact that an early law
of Maryland made that ceremony part
of a legal oath, and the custom was
continued In the District of Columbia,
but it is not essential, nor is any par
ticular form of oath. Jews are sworn
on the Pentateuch, keep on their hats
and conclude their oath with “so help
me Jehovah,” and if a Jsw were elect
ed president he would be permitted to
takd the oath of offlca in that form.
and that he had left a note acknowledg
ing that he was short in his acccunts
and naming the amount he was short..
The commission nowever did not give
out the amou-it of the shortage and
will not do so until it can be verified
by Examiner Hubbaad after a full in
spection of the books of the institu
tion.
The last report made to the Corpora-
tion Commission showed that the bank
had a capitol stock of $5,000, assets
and liabilities, $19,513, with deposits
of $8,931, F. B. Jones is president,
and E. Hines, Jr., cashier of the bank.
Hines, the cashier, was bonded in a
security company for $5,000, and as
the stockholders are liable to an as
sessment, to the amount of their stock
the kepositors do not stand to loose
anything by the smash. The bank was
organized in 1915.
Have Externinated Mosquitoes.
In Livingstone, the, capital of the
African territory of that name, the
mosquito problem has been practically
solved. A ceaseless w'ar has been
Waged against these insects, with the
result that they are bow scarcely ctw
seen.
Condemned Man Reiter
ates 11 is Assertion he was
jNot Given a Fair Trial
Leo. M. Frank, under sentence of
death for the murder in April 1913 of
Mary Phagan, gave out a statement
to the public declaring his innocence
of the dime and reviewing the cir
cumstances surrounding his trial and
the legal steps taken to obtain for him
a rehearing or the setting aside of the
verdict.
Flank’s statement was given out
from his cell, in the Fulton County
jail, where he has been confined sinc»?
his arrest following the discovery of
Mary Phagan’s body in the basement
of the pencil factory of j which FVanL
was superintendent. He declared he
has been “prosecuted wrongfully and
grotesquely for a crime of which I
have no knowledge” and mentioned
that in all the steps taken for a new
trial the question of his guilt or inno
cence has never been reviewed by the
higher courts, biit only the legality oi’
the proceedings have been consideref’.
Commenting upon the conditions and
circumstances surrounding his trial ia
Atlanta in July and August, 1913, the
prisoner in his statement says: “The
jurors heard the denionstration both
within and without the court room;
the applause when the prosecuii^a
scored a poin^; the disapproval when
the defense won a point; they saw tli«*
chief of Atlanta police and the colo;. d
of the militia in conference with 1 is
honor, the judge.” Continuing the
statement reads:
“If those conditions which obtairrd
constitute a legal judical trial; if the
issue of life and death could be reason
ably presumbed to be faithfully con-
, sidered in such an atmosphere—then
God htlp all of us. * * * Consider
the twelve jurors; they were on trial
too; their very lives hung in the bal-
nee.”
The statement relates briefly the
actions of Frank'on the day the mur-
was committed and the prisoner
then turns to a vigorous denunciation
of James Conley, a negro, ^who was
employed as^a sweeper at the pencil
factory, and who was the prosecu
tion’s principal witness. Conley now
is serving a year’s sence as an acces
sory after the fact to the Phagan
girl’s murder. “It was not shown.
the statement declares, “that Jim
Conley, v/ho had a long police court
record, had neither the motive to con
ceit e the crime nor opportunity to
I commit it * * * Before you can
! take this negro’s word, he must show
I that he himself is innocent.”
i Frank closes his statement with re-
I iteration of his d[ecIarations of his own*
;innocence and with further charges
j against the veracity of Conley.—Newfi
Observer.