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And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt W^uld be Disloyalty To Falter Would be Sin.
Vol. 5
MEBANE, N.C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17 1914
No 40
The Horner School School has a dis
tinguished history and is now advanc-
■ nu: to great prosperity in its new
tiorne at Charlotte. In the fire at Ox-
fin’d the school records were destroyed
!i(l to restore this loss a list of the
l.irnier students will be published in
tin' next catalogue All the old boys
;iro roiiuested to send to J. C. Horner.
('iiMilotte, N. C. their present address
;,n,i the name of the members of their
• lass and date of attendance.
Ponr Santa
i am a little girl, eight years old,
and in the third grade, and I am learn-
iiiiT fast. I have been reading where
little girls in Durham have been 1
writing to you, and I thought I would j
;,ot the Mobai^e Leader to publish ono |
lor me. So J will tell you what I want:
:i little piano, rain coat and red
A eater, also I want two more things
Miiil they are a little cook stove and a
(loil with a pacifier in her mouth, in-
(liiding some confectioneries, when
v(Hi come you will find a nice piece of
(*ake on the table. Please don’t for-
>;ot mamma and papa, and especially
my intimate fiiend *‘Rubie Scott”
\Vi h lots of love to you dear Santa.
Julia Inez Long.
I'rom Raleigh To Mebane.
bv Air
*‘The Everlasting Trian
gle/’
Ihis was the title of a picture show
of Greensboro last Friday week, which
is the school children’s night for taking
in the moving pictures. This was the
story spread out on the curtain:
A cowboy, a tenderfoot, the girl in
evitable. The cowboy wins and marries
the girl. Disappointed tenderfoot goes
back east. Cowboy stakes a claim and
works it, which takes him from home
for a reason Tenderfoot writes to
the young wife to know if she is lone
some and the answer is ‘‘yes." Tender
foot goes west again. Young wife
leaves home with him and they flee
to the desert, pursued by cowboy.
Results, tragedy, murder, etc., as
usual, and so-called morae exhibitions
of immorality cannot be justified by
any moral deduced.
The place where this exhibition was
given usually shows good pictures. n , ^ .
The other pictures that night were ex- | , ‘*"'5'.
cellent. It was just a mistake in judg- ? “ u J'? f^ ? !
1 November 3rd 1914, presented his of- |
j ficial bond as Sheriff for State Taxes j
■ in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars |
. with Fidelity and Deposit Company of [
Maryland, as surety, and upon motion i
; duly made and seconded the said bond
[ w'as ordered accepted, ap]>roved, re-
ston took and subscribed the oath of
office, administered by J. D. Kernodle,
C. S. C. and entered upon the duties
of said office.
Albert J. Thompsoii, having been
dulv elected County Treasurer of
Alamance County on November 3rd
1914, presented his bond as County
Treasurer for the School Fund in the
sum of Ten Thousand with the Nat
ional Surety Company as surety and
upon motion duly made and seconded,
it is ordered that the same bo accept
ed, approved, ordered recorded and
filed. The following Commissioners
upon roll call voted as follows, viz;
Geo. T. Williamson (aye), W. H.
Turrentine (aye,) Chess H. Roney
(aye) Chas F Cates (aye,) and M C.
McBa.ie (aye), whereupon the said
Albert J. Thompson took and sub
scribed the oath of office administered
by Geo. Williamson, Chairman and
entered upon the duties of said office.
GERMANS FORGE WAY
CLOSE TO POLISH GITY
OF WARSAW.
long 1
From Raleigh to Mebane is a
wav H toy balloon to travel, even
it it was tilled with gas (not hot air)
nearly to the bursting point. But that
was the trip it took, and of course,
ifiere is no telling how many miles it
tinated or drifted or was blown, for its
poregrinatioi's through the atmosphere
may have been very devious as it was
Itorne by the air currents and bobbed
in the pockets that tha aviators talk so
much aboi't.
On Thursday of last fair week,
(October 23, J. W^. Wilson and W. H.
Jones, two members of the circulation
force of The Times, set the little
balloon adrift with a slip of paper
attached to its s'ring, which read:
“Return this Tslip to J. W. Wilson at
Kaleigh Times and receive reward.”
(*n the other aide was the date, Octo
ber 23, and the words, “From Raleigh
'Fimes. ”
I'he slip of paper, still attached to
the string, with a bit of the rubber
balloon still tied in the other end of the
string, has just been received at this
otflce in an envelope through the mail,
arcomnanied by a note saying “Found
I'V H. C. Thornton, Mebane, N. C., R.
n. No. 4, November 30, 1914.
Blessed be Those Who
Vv’ill Know Santa Claus
\mas> and Fity For Those
Whcm Santa will JNot
Visit.
Christinas is almost here and
the little folks have already be-
ii'un to talk about what old Santa
Claus was going- to bring them.
The little child who is so fortu-
note as to have a father who
can make his heart glad on the
(;om>ng Xmas, but the little fel
low who will not know Christ
mas is here only by the letters
‘‘Dec. 25, 1914’’ is to be pited,
He will ask his papa and mama
why thus Santa has treated him
so badly, but heartbroken par
ents will have to say, “We can
not buy you anything this time”
Is it possible that here in
America a great country like
ours with millions and millions
of dollars being in the posession
't‘ those who claim to be Christ
ians going to allow such a thing
as this to happen to the poor
little children who are not re
sponsible for the poverty bv
^yhich they are surrounded. God
i orbid that this may not occur
uny more in the United States.
What pleasure is the rich
:'oing to get out of Xmas unless
t hey make some poor soul hap*
ment. The management is making an '
honest endeavor to exclude objection
able pictures. A little more care is
necessary. The people of Greensboro
do not want their children entertained
with portrayls of marital intidelty, no
matter how the moral pretext may be.
The only purpose which a moral in an
immoral picture serves is an apology
for the exhibition.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENT COM
MITTEE.
The above will apply to Mebane, as
well. Fortunately the manager of the
corded and filed, and upon roll call the
following Commissioners voted as fol
lows viz; Geo. T Williamson (a^»^) W.
K. Turrentine (aye). Chess H, Roney
(aye), Chas F. Cates (..yo), and M.
C. McBane (aye).
Robert N. Cook presented his of
ficial bond as Sheriff for Alamance
County Taxes in the sum of Twenty
Motion Picture Show is a high toned ^
gentleman, and is giving the people of; thousand Dollars, wi ,h fidelity and
,, , , , ' Deposit Company of Maryland as
Mebane a place to while away an . j
; surety, and the.same was upcn motion
hour of each evening in innocent j duly made and seconded, ordered ac
amusement, however there has been a | cepted, approved, recorded and filed,
few pictures that are to say the least j upon roll call the members of the
[ Board of Ccmmissioncis voted as fol-
lows, viz; Geo T. Williamson (aye)
: W. H. Turrentine (aye). Chess H.
trol as the management does not know Roney (aye), Chas. K Cates (aye)
objectionable, and should not have been
shown. I know that it is hard to
con-
himaelf—what the pictures
hand—however he should use great |
care and give us such pictures only—
as he would take into his own family.
Give us only pictures that any man
can take his wife and children to see
them, and the “show" will grow
popularity—and the patronage
crease, and by doing this the people
of Mebane owe it to the management
ta encourage him by their liberal pat
ronage.
Patron.
are before ' and M. C. McBane (aye)
in
m-
County Commissioners’
Report.
We herewith publish a part of the
county commissioners' report. Space
forbids our publishing all of it. ,
Graham, N. C., Dec. 7, 1914
The following named persons lo-wit:
Geo. T. Williamson, W. H. Turren
tine, Chess H. Roney, Chas. F. Cates
an? M. C. McBane having been duly
elected County Commissioners of
Alamance County on the third day of
November 1914, met in the Court
House at 10 o’clock A. M. on Decem
ber 7th 1914, and were duly qualified
as County Commissioners, as above, by
taking and singing the oath of office
adminiptered by J. D. Kernodle, C. S.
C. and upon motion duly made and
seconded the Board proceeded to or
ganize by electing Geo. T. Williamson
Chairman.
The following business was transacted.
Upon motion duly made and second
ed, it is ordered that the bonds of the
County officers be fixed as follows
to-wit-
Co. Treasurer; For School Fund, Ten
Thousands Dollars. For County Funds,
Fifteen Thousand Dollars.
Sheriff: Process Bond, Five Thous
and Dollars. For State Tax Bond,Ten
Thousand DollarV. County and other
Local Taxes, Twenty Thousands Dol
lars.
Clerk of Superior Court; Ten Thous
and Dollars.
Register of Deeds; Five Thousand
Dollars.
Coroner; Two Thousand Dollars.
Surveyor; One Thousand Dollars.
Constables; Five Hundred Dollars.
Robert N. Cook presented his of
ficial Process Bond in the sum of Five
Thousand Dollars, Fidelity and Deposit
Company of Maryland as surety, and *
the same was upon motion duly made j
and seconded, ordered accepted, ap-'
proved, recorded and filed, and upon
roll call the members of Board voted
as follows, viz; Geo. T. Williamson
‘aye’ W. H. Turrentine Chess H.
Roney ‘aye’ Chas ‘aye’ aad M. C.
McBane ’aye’ Whereupon the said
Robert N. Cook took and subscribed
the oath of office administered by Geo.
T. Williamson, Chairman and entered
upon the duties of said office.
Albert J. Thompson presented his
bond as County Treasurer in the sum
of Fifteen Thousand Dollars as Treas
urer of Alamance County Funds, with
National Surety Company, surety, a'jd
I the same was upon-motion duly made j
and seconded, accepted, approved and
ordered recorded and filed.
A vulgar man is captious and jeal-
mis; eager and impetuous about trifles
suspects himself to be slighted,
• iiinks everything that is said is meant
■'t him; if the company happens to laugh
lie is persuaded they laugh at him; he
’-irovvs angry and teasty, says something
^Piy impertinent, and draws himself
*‘ito a scrape, by showing what he calls
proper spirit and asserting
i.im.self._chesterfield.
I o abstain that we may enjoy is the
epicurianism of reason,—Rousseau.
Two Hundred Dollars Re
ward Offered for Unknown
Murderers
A reward of $200 has been offered by
the Forsyth county commissioners for
the arrest and conviction of the party
or parties who are responsible for the
murder of the unknown man found in
Muddy creek about August 25th. it
is probable that the State will be as
ked to offer an additional reward so
that the amount offered may have
some influence in bringing to light the
greatest mystery in the history of the
county. I
It will be recalled that the body of |
the unknown man was found in Muddy j
creek by a party of fishermenn. It
was about 200 yards’below the South
ern Railway trestle and weighted
down by heavy iron weights, one tide
about the neck and the other about
the knee. How long the body had
been in the water could not be ascer
tained, but it had been in long enough
for decomposition to set in. And this
had gone so far in the face that identi
fication was impossible.
The officers made diligent search for
some clue leading to a solution of the
mystery. But not the slightest one
Chas. D. Johnston, having been duly ■ was ever ^ound, notwithstanding the
elected Register of Deeds of Alamance | fact that widespread interest was
County on November the 3rd 1914, 1 created in the affair and many parties
presented his bond in the sum of Five j from far and near came to view the
Thousand Dollars with Fidelity and [ body or wrote with a view to identify-
Deposit Company of Baltimore as j jng it. Some of them were wives
surety, and tlie same was upon motion looking for disappeared husbands and
duly made and seconded, accepted. I others were fathers and brothers.
Three of Five Columns, of
Teutons, However. Have
Suffered Repulse.
g'.Of the five Austro-German columns
which for some days appeared tcT^'be
making steady progress in their in-
vxfeion of Poland, three have suffered
chiecks^ according to tonight’s official
r?port from Russian headquarters.
The column making a downward
stroke from Miawa on the East Prus
sian frontier, reported in one dispatch
from Petrograd to be within 15 miles
of Warsaw, was repulsed after an
energetic offensive and under counter
attacks from the Russians was com
pelled to rt tire at some points.
The attacks of the main German
column which had its fronts on the
line between Lodz and l^owicz and
which came down diagonally from
Thorn, were delivered with great
force, but accordihg to the Russian
accounts were repulsed with heavy
losses to the in vaders. That the Ger
mans attached great importance to the
success of their attack is shown by
the fact that durinsr the two days th^y
faced the Russians trenches seven
times and were driven back by a mur
derous fire.
The other columns which has suffer
ed is that composed of German and
Austrian troops, which had been try
ing to outflank the Russian left south
of Cracow. In this case the Russians
assumed the offensive and they claim
that after a tenacious resistance they
defeated the Germans, taking several
guns and 2,000 prisoners.
LITTLE CHANGE.
Of the German column operating in
the region of Piotrkow and that ad
vancing from Czenstochown there is no
news except the Russian statement
that “on other parts of the front there
have been no substantial changes.”
A check or repulse of any one of
the columns, however, in the opinion
of military critics must affect the
whole German plan which was a for
midable conversion movement aiming
at the capture of Warsaw and the
relief of Cracow. For this'^ purpose
large reinforcement were sent from
the West and operations were pushed
with great resolution against a deter
mined opposition. It probably will
take some days to determine, however,
wheter the checks have upset this
plain.
The Servian victory over the Aus
trians appears fnllv confirmed by the
occupation of Ushitza and Valjevo.
The Servians have regained most of
thoir territory toward the Bosnian
frontier and they also have defeated
the Austrains advancing from the
North.
Up to December 8 the Servians had
captured about 25,000 prisoners. 115
guns of ixll kinds and great quantities
of war rrtaterial. The Servians claim
victory was due entirely to brilliant
leadership and the morale of their
troops, most of whom were veterans
fighting in their third war. These
qualities, they say, overcome the
greatest numbers the Austrians had
on their side.
conflictiing claims.
In the West, both the
the Germans claim they
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT
TALKS ON STATE LAW
Congress iShouid Prevent
The fiditor Was Drunk.
a Missouri editor got drunk on mear.
corn whisky^ and got a wedding account
and a sale mixed. He handed to his
readers the following dope:
William Smith, the only son of Mr.
States From Violating Un Josiah smith, was disposed at
I'tAfl I fiution to Lucy Anderson on my farm,
Iteu states ireaties. ^ presence of 7(»
Assumption by Congress of authority ' including the following, to-
to prevent states from violating Un
ited States treaties would do more to
prevent war between this nation and
another than increasing the army and
navy, former President Tatt declared
in an address before the Heptorean
club of Somerville, Mass.
“Tbs only real possibility of a war
that I can foresee is the wanton, reck-
I'wit; Two “mules, 12 head, of cattle.
I The Rev. Jakson tied the nuptial, the
least weighing 1,250 pounds on the
! hoof. The beautiful homo of the brioe
I was tastefully decorated with a sec-
; wash calf, a spade, a sulky rake, one
: feed grinder; one set double harness,
; almost new, and just before the cere-
I mony was pronounced Mendelssohn’s
less, wicked willingness on the part of ! inarch was played by one
a narrow section of the country to i cow, five years; one Jersey cow,
gratify racial prejudice and class hat- j fresh next April, carrying a
red by flagrant breach of treaty rights ; of flowers in her ^hand and look-
in the form of state law, or by law- -haiming in a gown made of light
less violence,” he said. “Congress; wagon, two boxes of apples.
should at once assume authority for
the national government to see to it
that it cannot be dragged into inter
national difficulties through such blind
selfishness and this step would be quit^
two
tv,?o racks of hay, one grindstone,
mouseiine deori trimmed with about
180 bushels of spuds. The groom is
well known and popular young man
and has always stood well among
of 12 Berkshire
possibi-
defen.'e.
more effective to prevent thj
lity of war.”
Congress could deletrate pov;er to the
national goverment, to the President'
and federal courts, Mr. Taft said, which
as effective as improving our military j circles of 12 Berkshire hogs.
Indeed I think it would be accomplished and
talented school teacher of a splendid
drove of Poland-China pedigrees if
desired. Among the beautiful presents
were two sets of knives and forks one
spring harrow one wheel-barrow one
, . , . , 1 go-cart; other articles too numerous to
which insure aliens peaceiul residence ‘
and the right to do business in tins
country. ■ months time, extended to rejpon-
I sible parties otherwise spot cash lun-
■ cheon will be served at the table. After
i this Mr. and Mrs. Smith will go to
housekeeping in a cozy home at the
corner of Main and Doctor R. L.
Granby, adctioneer.—National Monthly
I mention. The bridal couple left
yesterdiy on an extended trip term of
While deprecating the “mild hystera”
regarding this country’s defenses Mr.
Taft said the army should be increased
from 25 to 50 per cent; the navy in- |
sured of enough men to man the re- i
serve vessels and new artillery, chiefly I
for coast aefenses, provided. i
“There is no necessity for great!
excitement,” he said, “What should i
be done can be done in a short time '
and with n3 excessive expenditures, j
“Were we to be called into a war in an ;
emergency we wou’d not have a stand- i
ing army of the size of the standing !
armies of the nations of Europe
Japan, but we don’t need it to
The Passing of the Wood
en Passenger Coach.
Some three years ago a series of
or j railway disasters, the proportions of
resist j v/hich wore greatly augmented by thje
their attack if we have a good navy
and good coast defenses.”
President Clarence Poe
fact that the wrecked trains were all
composed, in great ;neasure, of flimsy,
wooden coaches, brought the agitation
for steel cars to such a head as to
elicit from more than one quarter an
insistent demand for legislation com-
The North Carolina Historical and polling all the railroads in the land im-
Literary Association has already done j mediately to displace the wooden coach
a great service in behalf of literature \ with the car of all-steel constructors
and in the increasing attention which | in the handling of passenger traffic,
its work is having in bringing forth While sti-essing the urgent importance
more of North uaroiina history. The | of effecting such a substitution with all
The organization has been most for- possible speed, the Virginian-Pilot,
tunate in the years of its history in i along with other newspapers in differ-
having had as its presidents f»'om time 1 ent sections of the country, directed
to time men who were imbued with j attention to the impracticability of
the spirit of seening the best for the [ the proposed requirement, pointing out
State in its literature, and in pressing j that the financial resources of the
forward in the work of historical re- j railroads were insufficient to meet the
riearch.
Dr. Clarence Poe, elecced as presi
dent of the association at the annual
meeting held in Raleigh last week,
will prove a worthy successor of the
men who haye preceded him in that
high position. Young in years, he
has shown in his career that he is
worthy of the high honor which has
come to him, and he has that ability
and aggressiveness which will prove
valuable assets to the association in its
work north Carolina. The Historical
and Literary Association is to be most
heartily congratulated on its selection
of Dr. Poe as president, and Dr. Poe
French and ^ congratulated in being* called
have made i ^ position in which he has oppor-
progress in the Argonne region aud in [ tunity to render so much of service to
Flanders. It is evident that Germans j State.
in an effort to stop the Allies’ advance i
in Flanders attempted an offensive in
the vicinity of Ypres and took one
trench from the French. The latest j c t tt. i
French official communication saysl *^1^® Fran .,
this trench was recaptured. Else- i "ith murdering a srirl m the
where along the front there have b^n
Leo Frank
 of his factory, at first of but local
approved, ordered recorded and filed.
The following Commissioners upon roll
call voted in favor of said motion, viz:
Geo T. Williamson (aye,) W. H. Tur
rentine (aye,) Chese H. Roney (aye,)
Chas. F. Cates (aye), and M. C. Mc
Bane (aye). Thereupon Chas. D. John-
The body, was embalmed and placed
in a steel casket in the morgue of
Frank Vogler and Sons, where it re
mained for many days. Identification
not being made and inquiries having
ceased to come in, the body was bur
ied.
artillery duels with occasional imtantry
attacks by first one side and then the
other.
Vice Admiral Sturdee reports to the
Admirality that the British suffered a
remarkably small loss in the naval
engagement off the Falkland Islands
Only seven men were killed and four
wounded, according to his report.
This indicates, officials believe, that
the Germans were completely out
ranged and. possibly not more than one
shot reached the British ships.
Winston Spencer Churchill. First
Lord of the Admiralty, replying to a
cablegram of congratulation from
Japan regarding the naval victory,
shows that Japanese and Australian
ships are co-operrting in the Pacific
and declares tnat the defeat of Ad
miral von Spee completes the expul
sion of Germans from the East,
charged
employ
in
terest, has become one in which the
entire country has felt concern. The
I final passing of the death sentence up
on the accused man brings it acutely
to the front. It appeares that Frank
is doomed to death, the utmost efforts
of his lawyers having been exhausted.
The justice of Frank’s execution will
be always in doubt by a large section
of the country. Some people will nev
er be convinced that a guilty man has
been punished. Belief in his innocence] the assumption is reasonably safe that
enormous outlay that would be entaiU
ed and that, even if such were not
the case, the country lacked establish-
monts capabl-^ of turning out tens of
thousands of steel cars on short order.
At the same time, we voiced the opin
ion that the railways could be safely
relied on. without the spur of com
pulsory legislation, to push a reform
so generally demanded by public senti
ment and so conclusively demonstrated
to be in the interest alike of economy
and humanitv-
That the event is abundantly justi
fying that judgment is shown by the
rapidity with which the wooden coach
is passing, as indicated by the tables
of thfe Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. At the beginning of the present
year, we are told, there were in use
on the railroads of the country 44,560
wooden passeriger cars, as compared
w^ith 9,482 all-steel coaches and 4,608
with steel underframes; while the vast
majority of the 44,560 wooden cars are
of old manufacture and are capable of
doing service only a few more years at
best. That they will be substituted
by cars of steel construction as fast as
they were out is a logical deduction
from the Commission’s statement that
only fifteen wooden cars were in pro
cess of construction at the beginning
of 1914, and of these only two were in
tended for passenger use. Of all the
cars built this year 86.9 per cent, have
been of steel and 12.6 per cent, of the
steel underframe tpye. At this rate.
is firmly established in the minds of
many who followed the various phases
of the trial.
Rich men are indeed but the treasur
ers, the stewards, the caterers of God
for the rest of men, having a strict
charge to ‘’dispense unto everyone his
meat in due season.”—Barrow.
a wooden passenger coach will soon
bebome a rarity and that the next few
yerrs will witness full completion of
the change now taking place in the
characters of passenger rolling stock
throughout the United States. Verily,
’tis a consummation devoutly to be
wished, and one that will make large
ly for the promotion of safety ot travel
by rail in this country.—Virginia Pilot,
-1
mumm