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ii 5 I 11 V. r -. ' ■ saii) ^ - ' !■ 1fl • v,hkli ' ‘‘ ■ vMceM boil- ^’' ^ nlieit t‘'-' water ^ t'-‘t tciri' 1 f r •• 'I ■ ‘ I ! . « .. : Ii . ' '0 s ii. and ' * 0 O I’lQ •' nlv.n^'s.” ■•■ u th t r-1 In th^ •■ > ■ r u^-“3 ’’-i Klieve ^1^ up h i. day by day. oij:- rr IN. C. *; ‘x-.- f ^ Lit >. com- c!i act orj'.ns, hcauii. weak, ndeiml a, Ark., fi earth, I was dizzy ell and thing.’* ers. Bi 1' ■_ 5t Mi f-3 llliiOS fK -; J I W*T )Lll low cost. [>Liii(i at low ioir.^hbor}ioo(], and fi-ne tCo. ?THOSE WHO COME AND^ ^’GO, SOME YOU KNOW^ AND SOME YOU DO [not know. i Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith spent part of the holidays in Durham. Mr. Fred Norwood left Saturday to visit his parentb at Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Odale Ferrall spent the holidays in Durham with relatives, • Miss Clapp and sister left Thursday for Siler City to spend the holidays. Mr. Coy Patton is spending Christ mas in Mebane. Mr. W. D. Lay, of Burlington, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city. Miss Grace Amick and brother were visitois in Mebane last week. Miss Pauline ^icholson is visiting .Mis.s Amick in Graham. Miss Lynette Swain is home for the holidays. \ Mr. Will High, of Durham, was a visitor in Mebane Sunday. • Mif?:? Pattie Jobe is visiting her sister rirs Geo. McAdams in the country. Dr. Baynes many friends miss him very much during' Xmas. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Proctor, arrived in Mebane a few days a?:o and will in the future make Mebane their home. Mr. Proc tor has accepted a position with the Mebane Leader as composi tor, and having a good deal of experience in the Northern Print ing establishments, promises the Business houses in Mebane nice work in Job Printing, We felad to have him with us. are Live in One Trench A British soldier relates a remarkable story of how the Eni^lish and Germans hobnobbed in the same trench a few miles south of Ypres. There were a handful of Germans and a fsmaller handful of allied forces THE FARMERS THE CUSTODIANS OF THE NATION'S MORALITY. Co-operation of Church, School and Press Essential to Community, ' Building. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers’' Union. The church, the pres^and the school form a triple alliance of progress that guides th© destiny of every commun ity, state and nation. Without them Trenches Were but a few yards apart | civilization would wither and die and and in these for*more than a week the men ot both sides, have been bored and inactive. They amused themselves as best they could, exchanging messages swapping newspapers and tobacco, hurling^ back and forth greetings and epithets. side received orders either to attack or withdraw. Some sort of cooperation seemed necessary. Accordingly, the through them life may attain its great est blessing, power and knowledge. The farmers of this nation are greatly indebted to this social triumvirate for their uplifting influence, and on behalf of the American plowmen I want to thank those engaged in these high callings for their able and efficient More days passed and still neither service, and I shall offer to the press a series of articles on co-operation between these important influences and the farmers In the hope of in- Germans hoisted a white flag, and ad- ^*'®3.sing the efficiency of all by mu- varcing under this, entered the allied trench for a conference. The result Mr. Hubert Moore is visiting his | agreement was reached that it father, in the country. would be more comfortable for all to live 11'. one trench until one side or the other received orders. The Germans moved over bag and baggage, and for a number of days all! nation’s morality; upon his shoulders rests the “ark of the covenant” and he is more responsive to religious in- I went went well. Many of the German spoke English or French. Under the Mr. and Mrs. Webb Thompson of Durham, spent Xmas with his parents. Mr. and Mrs Jess Oldham, of Char lotte are spending some tim*- with his [ strange circumstances friendship was sprung up. Both factions dreaded the arrival ot a messen^^er. One day a messenger came, and plans for the renewal of hostilities were has tily made. But the messenger proved to be only a bearer of mail and news- tual understanding and organized ef fort. We will take up, first, th© rural church. The Farmers Are Great Church Build ers. The American farmer is the greatest church builder the world has ever known. He is the custodian of the father in the country. Miss EflRc Boone, of Durham, ia spending thD holidays with her parents in Mebane. Mr. Wilber McFarland, a student at fluences than any other class of cit izenship. The farmers of this nation have built 120,000 churches at a cost of $750,000,000, and the annual contribu tion of the nation toward all church Institutions approximates $200,000,000 per annum. The farmers of the Uni- l rinitv College is spending the.holidays j papers for the Germans. All gathered • States build 22 churches per day with his mother. | around while a German began to trans- Miss Grace Amick, of Graham, was latest dispatch from Berlin, the guest of Miss Pauline Nicholson j Unhappily tor the harmony of the gathering, it referred to Ostent by its German Knickname “Kales”; spoke of bomb droppings on various French towns, of contemplated air raids on Great Britian. The English frowned, growled the French grew excited. Both sides bad by agreement laid aside their rifles, but both sides still had their fist^, both used them. A free for all fight fol- 1oWedj*'and the unique compact came to an end. I Cannot Keep Quiet any! i Longer during Christmas. Mr. Charles Patton, of Paugh- keepsie New York, is spending the holidays with his parents. Miss Della Wilson, of David son, is visiting her sister, Mrs. s. G. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs, Paisley Wilson are spending the holidays with relatives at Asheboro. Mr. Shakespear Harris, of Con cord, is visiting his brother, Mr, Chas. Harris. tt 1 TT J. 1 rpu For some time people have been send- Mr. Henlev Hunt left Thurs- day for Lexington to spend the i j.|b, milk, apples, liver pudding and the holidays. i like, and last night while I was busy Mrs. Ned Brammoek and child *ome thine for a neighbor J heard a great stomping on the front ren, of Elon, are spending Xmas p^oi-cb. On opening the door a crowd of with her parents. j atfout a dozen took charge and we sur- Mr. and Mrs. John Moore, of reading and prayer, some time was Richmond, is spending Xmas ^ gpg^^. conservation. When the with relatives and friends. j assailants were gone we proceeded^to Mr T N Warren is soendinff ! inventory of stock. Among other | '.* .II- /? M I things we found fresh meat, coffee, su- the holidays with his family at i butter, ham, canned fruit, dried Mt. Airy. fruit, liver pudding, etc. It was a ,, , -^ir 1 /./■» I sight to see one little chubby fisted Mr. Juhous Mebane. of Graham, is spending the hohdays with his j^^y the father of all mercies bless sister, Mrs. Scott. Mr. Jess Tingen, of Reidsville, spent a few days in Mebane last week en- route to Pages Mill, S. C. where he will spend the holidays. Messrs, John and Geo Wyatt and wives are spending the hslidays with their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. E. Wj'att. Jas. W. Swain, of Danville, Va., spent Christmas with his pirents Rev. and Mrs W. E. Swain. Mr. Swain is connected with the Danville Bee. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Thompson are visiting Mrs. Thompson's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott in Graham. Miss Alice Thompson left Wed nesday for Haw River to spend the winter with her sister. Mrs. Aren Long. Mrs. Joe White who has been teaching at Jamestown, arrived Thursday to spend Xmas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Farrell and children spent Xmas dav with ^Irs. Farrells parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Newlin in Burlington. Mr. and Mis. J. Compton and daugh ter Miss Etta have returned from Rau- (lleman where they attended the funer al of their son Mr. Tom Compton. not only these, but the whole town and help us all to keep the Christmas feast in the spirit of Him whose birth we commemorate. W. E. SWAIN Good Citizenship ' While our country is needing several good things, yet its greatest need is more good citizens. The object of all training should be to prepare the peo ple for efficient citizenship. To be of real service should be the true aim of every life. Yet all of our instititions do not prepare enough efficient citizens to meet the demands of our govern ment. The demand is much greater than the output. We hear of over production in most every line except in good citizenship. A good citizen is one who loves his country with a true ^yd undying love His heart and hands are always ready to obey his country's call. No sacri fice is to great for him to make in her service. A model citizen will serve his couu- try by listing all of his property accord ing to its true violation. He will not list one hundredvdollars worth of pro perty for only seventy-five dollars. And after he has listed his property he will pay all of his taxes promptly in ord6r that all the expen«»e8 of the Gov ernment may be paid. Only Education of Value. Reading and writing are in no sense education, unless they contribute to thiff end by mating us feel kindly to wards all creatures.—Ruskin. was store Might Get It That Way. An altsent-mlnded husband asked by hi.s wife to stop in a on his way downtown and buy her three articles of feminine wear. 0£ course when he reached the store he had forgotten what they were. So Ihe young clerk behind the first counter was amazed to hear: “Excuse me; my wife told me to come in here and get her some things to wear and I’ve for gotten what they are. Would you mind naming over a few things?” Beginning of Great Industry. It is said that the first sawmill in . the United States was at Jamestown, j from which sawed boards were ex ported in June, 1607. A water-power sawmill w'as in use in 1625 near the present site of Richmond. Radiance cf the 3ou!. Carry the radiance of vorr soul ir your face; let tlie vorld h.ave t\i benefit of it.—Fox. Foes and Friends. Vnipn two men are extremely po- > caeli other it is a sign that they don't like each other. But when they say, “Hello, you onery old pup!” and “Flow’s yourself, you porch- climbinsr old liorsethief?” they are good friends.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Change. “It UFed to be,” declared old Broth er Bombersha.v, “dat when Brudder Mauley and his wife was uh-squabblin’ dey had%t up and down like a see saw, sometimes one of ’em gittin’ de best of it and den de yudder. But now, bless goodness, dey dess goes ’round and 'round like a merry-go- round. and nobody kin prognosticate which is ahead.”—Puck. Pheasants and Turkeys. * Tlie fame of the pheasant in Eng land and western Europe rests upon its qualities as a game fowl, and the species known there are not remark able for beauty. Pheasants are not indigenous to America, and here the ruffed grouse is often mistakenly called a pheasant. Our native turkeys are closely related to the pheasant family. Improvident Zulu. The,Zulu is absolutely without prop erty except the hut wherein he lives. He is a strict apostle of the teach ing ol take no thought of the mor row. He never lays in any store and if he has plenty one da}’^ he eats un til he can hold no more. The next day he may find nothing to eat and he gets along the best he can like a bird. Birds never store up for the future. The Zulu is the bird of man kind. H( decorates his head with plumage and fine colored feathers, but he has not clothing for his body except Qparse \sioven cloth. In Search of Knowledge. “I shall call upon a fortune teller this morning,’' said Mr. Blubb. “Go ing to try to leam something about the future?*’ asked I\Ir. W^aggles. “Yes, I m going to aok him when he expects to pay the arrears of rent for that cot tage of mine ho is occupying as a 'School of Astrology and Institute for Psj'chical Research.’ ” Daily Thought. There are souls in the world who have the gift of finding joy every where, and of l?^avlng it behind them when they go. .Toy gushes from un der their fingers, like-jets of light. Their influence is an inevitable glad dening of the heart. Duty of the Wiser Part. Since the foolish part of mankind Will make wars, from time to time, with each other, not having sense enough otherwise to settle their dif ferences, it certainly becomes the wiser part, who cannot prevent these wars, to alleviate as much as possible the calamities attending them.—Benja min Franklin. The Seven Wonders. The only one of the “Seven Won ders” of the ancient world that re mains is the Pyramids of Egypt, The others were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Pharos of Alexandria and the Temple of Diana at Ephesus. - • Richness of Life. In our friends the richness of life Is proved to us by what we have gained; in the faces, in the street the rich ness of life is proved to us by a hint of what we have lost.—Browning. Modern Business Proposlti^. Lady (returning her husband’s por trait after five years)—“Would you mind exchanging this portrait for a landscape? I am going to divorce my husband.”—^Munich Fliegende Blaet- ter. There are 2d,000,000 rural church com municants on the farm, and 54 per cent of the total membership of all churches reside in the country. The farm is the power-house of all progress and the birthplace of all that is noble. The Garden of Eden was in the country and the man who would get close to God must first get close to nature The Functions of a Rural Church. If the rural churches today are go ing to render a service which this agt demands, there must be co-operatioi. between the religious, social and eco nomic life of the community. The church to attain its fullest meas ure of success must enrich tlie lives of the people in the community it serves; it must build character; devel op thought and increase the efficiency of human life. It must serve the so cial, business and intellectual, as well as the spiritual and moral side of life. If religion does not make a man more capable, more u»eful and more just, what good is It? We want a practical religion, one we can live by and farm by, as well as die by. Fewer and Better Churches. Blessed Is that rural community which has but one place of worship. While competition is the life of trade, it is death to the rural church and moral starvation to the community. Petty sectarianism is a scourge that blights the life, and the church preju dice saps the vitality, of many com munities. An over-churched commun ity is a crime against religion, a seri ous handicap to society and a useless tax upon agriculture While denominations are essentiaj and church pride commendable, the high teaching of universal Christianity must prevail if the rural chunch is to fulfill its mission to agriculture. We frequently have three or four churches in a community which is not able to adequately support one. Small congregations attend services once a month and all fail to perform the re ligious functions of the community. The division of religious forces and the breaking into fragments of moral efforts is ofttimes little less than a calamity and defeats the very purpose i they seek to promote. The evils of too many churches can be minimized by co-operation. The social and economic life of a rural community are respective units and cannot be successfully divided by de nominational lines, and the churches can only occupy this important field by co-operation and co-ordination. The efficient country church will definitely serve its community by lead ing In all worthy efforts at community building, in uniting the people in all co-operative endeavors for the gen eral welfare of the community and in arousing a real love for country life and loyalty to the country home and these results can only be successfully accomplished by the united effort of the press, the school,.the church and organized farmers. Proper Care of the Eye. According to Dr. Woods Hutchin son, the common cause of homeliness or unattractiveness in the eye is red ness, either of the eyeballs themselves or of the lids. This is what biolo gists call an acquired, not an inherit ed, condition, and is caused either by the presence of disease and filth germs or by eye strain. The trouble can be prevented by absolute cleanliness and by fitting the eyes with proper glasses. “Does Pulsations of the Blood. A grown-up person has ordinarily twenty-eight pounds of blood, and at'^°^ hen you each pulsation of the heart ten ounces i j! are sent through the arteries and veins. The pulsations average 120 per minute in infancy, 80 in manhood and 60 in old age, and are rather more rapid in women than in men. Never in Doubt, your wife ever doubt what et home late?” “Never,” replied the fJrouch. “She knows I am lying.” Test of Spiritual Life. If we may take one test or sign by which to judge of advance in the spir itual life, it would be this—whether more and more calmness Is being maintained in the midst of all the disturbances and troubles which are wont to come, which may ever be looked for in some form or other— whether there be peacefulness of mind, and order of thought in the midst of all that once too much distracted and agitated the soul.—T. T. Carter. Relieving Headache. Headaches caused by worry or ex haustion may be relieved by very simple means. If possible, put on loose clothing, loosen the hair and supply yourself with a bowl of hot w^ater and several towels. W^et the towels in the hot water and apply hack of the ears and to the base of the brain. Change these often and you nvill soon find relief. A hot foot hath hastens the process. Iron Ore in the Antipodes. All of the Australian states are well supplied with iron ore. New South Wales having the r{c^les^ de- Dosits. Copying Mother. "Did your playmate enjoy her visit?” said a mother to her small daughter, who had just bidden adieu to a little friend. “Why, yes, mother; I think she did,” replied the child. “I called her ‘my dear’ very often in that dressy tone you use when you have com pany.”—Youth's Companion. The Apricot. The apricot did not originate in Mexico. It was introduced from Asia into Europe in the time of Alexander the Great and was taken from Greece to the other European coimtries, and after 1492 to the two Americas. Self-Deception. Another pathetic little feature of everyday life is the way every bullet- headed old cuss in the audience will prick up his ears and look keenly in terested when the candidate an nounces that he now wishes to ad dress a few remarks to thinking men. —Columbus (Ohio) Journal. Worthy Comparison. “As near as I can figure it,” com mented Judge Pettingill of Chanut© “a treaty and a married man’s promise to his wife to water the plants and to spend the evenings at home, when he sends her away to see the folks, have many strong points in common.”— Kansas City Star. The Oldest Handicraft. The toy industry is one of the old est industries in the world. The Brit ish museum can show us a doll (with strings of mud beads for hair) and others with movable arms, "with which the children of ancient Egypi played on the banks of the Nile. Jointed dolls and dolls' furniture have come down to us from the days of Greece and Rome, and w’^e know that balls, tops and toy animals were fa vorite playthings at an even earlier date. Beyond Her Understanding. A woman can never understand why her husband has to vrork so hard in order to make both ends meet, when he is so much smarter than other men. Path to Complete Success. Man is the most successful creatuie so far, because he has kept his bal ance, but the worst thing about him is the size of his brain, for it indi cates that he has let himself grow too much in one direction. Biology teaches us that success is attained by keeping the power to improve; by going out and struggling; by not looking around for a snap, but princi pally by not permitting oneself to grow into a rut. Mr. M. D. Creeh who holds a position with the State at Thur man N. C. and who has been visiting his parents at Angier spent P’riday in Mebane. visitiig his sister Mrs. ~ W. C. Proctor, he left on the after noon train for Greensboro, Optlnhistic Thought. A true-bred merchant is the best {entleman of the nation. - SHOE BARGAINS For the next 15 days beginning Thursday 10th rny entire stock of shoes will be placed on sale at 10 per cent, less than the regular selling price. This stock embraces one of the most complete and up-to-date line of / solid leather goods ever shown in this sec tion of the country. .We will also issue coupons for every pair of shoes sold and on December 24th w ill give as first prize 1 pr. Edwin Clapp ■ $6.50 shoes, second prize 1 pr. Queen Quality $4.00 shoes. Don’t forget that we always carry a full line of Clothing and furnishings at money saving prices. J. k- — ^ Mebane, s. CLARK North Carolina
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