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MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 1915
NUMBER 25
little
sister Miss
Hill spent
Mrs. J. R.
Mebane Vs Svvepsonville Aug i EffanU [terns .
ill. The last game of the Ala-} Mrs* Fmley Merritte and
niaiice League to be plaved on i Ruth also her
M u , :ii I «t*ittic* Merntte of Chapel
the Mebane grounds. Inis wili!. ^ ^ .
iiic ^ ;iastweek with their aunt
, Q ori6 of the Dost gdrn0h ot th6 . near Etland.
ason. I Marvie Durham of Durhatn is
Mrs. Sallie Durham and child-1 sister
ren of Burlington are visiting' urray.
her sister, Mrs, E. Y. Farrell, '. last Friday
111 Durnam shopping.
Mr. Clay Murray spent^ S\m-1 Mrs. a. Y. Kelly and children of
day with his sister, Mrs. Ralph j Raleigh ,is visiting her mother Mrs
; Uella Forrest.
Vincent.
Mrs. Charles Lasley returned
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Thompson and
XT r. daughters Misses lettie and Georgie
Monday evening trom New visited Mrs. Thompson’s sis^'er Miss
where she has been visiting her | Jennie Bacon Saturday night and at-
husband. I tended the protracted meeting at N3w
_ ^ , Sharon church Sunday
Mrs. S. G. Morgan and child-j
A II „ J Mr, J. F. Bogga who has been
ren Mary Allen and Ihomas:^ ... ..
r»i 1 »/r , spending some time With his nefihews
llUVe returned trom Jjlack Moun- j Messers Frank and Chas. Bogga re-
tiiiu where they have been for i turned to hi& home in eastern Caroiiiia
^ oaie time. | ‘Sunday.
. , i Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Baity and chil-
Miss Bessie Williams is spend- Jdren left last Saturday for Salisbury to
iilg' some time with her sister, ^ spend a few days with Mrs Baitys
Mi'5. Oda Terrell. ! parents Mr. and Mrs. Newsome, Thev
: will return to their home in Win.ston
There will be no trouble about, salem
the Scllliners finding hot sandj Miss Boona Brown and lidle bro,her
at Morehead city, if that I master Ver'ion are visiting their aunt
anything to do with their cere- ' Mrs. J. Terrall near Mebane.
ni«»nies. | Mrs. Nannie Williams and san,
1/1 u 1 I Havid of Ford Kentucky have return-
I’iie Mebane Supplsr Co. broke.
ground for their new brick store ' to her old home near Efland
on Tuesday 10th. Tne contrac-1 Misses Mary and Cora Strayhorn
tors will push the work as also Messers Cates and Holt from
rapidly as possible at least the, “ear Cedar Grove sp-nt last Sunday
building is expected to be com
pleted and ready for occunancv! Bessie Baity is all smiles
by the middle or
September. : ,J paper where Mrs Becker had inscri-
T>i On her husbands coffin plate
The girls paint, • the mens . j j u ^
^ • i. u 4. i Charles Becker murdered by Gov.
paint and everybodys paint, but^ Whitman July .‘ioth” such a pity that
the most important paint is that | she was not beside him in that coffin,
put on a house with a brush to | Gov. Whitman is a man with a “back
add to its appearance, or preser- i bone" a man that could not be bribed
ve it. The Acme paint sold by
Washington News Letter! County
CommUsioners
Report
Graham, N. C August 2nd. 1915.
The Bo;^rd of County Commissioners
Sentiment has been growing among
American officials that the next step
in the Mexican situation should be oiie
which would m*"et the approval of the
world and should be taken in concert Alamance Countv met ir, court
with the othor nations of the Western: „ , ‘ .
Hemisphere, even it in the last event! ^ ® above ate in regu ar
the trend should be toward military , "'“f’lv meeting at ten o clocli A. M
I With the tollowing members present.
It will be recalled that the Ambassa- j ?f“- illiamaon. Chairman
dors from Argentina, Brazil and Chile i ’ urrenti.ie
were mediators in the Niagara con- j p, ‘ p., *
ferenne in the summer of 1914. Con- j '
certed action of the South and Central I ‘
j . . 1.U *u o.. ^ I Ahe tollowing business was transac-
American powers with the States i ^
I would be in line with President Wil- j '
I son’s plan for closer relationship, and Ordered. That C. 1. Smivh be reliev-
is pladned to show that the United Graded School tax . |h Oak Dale
States considers the Mexican question school for 1914 $1.24 same iii
the common cause of the pan-Ameri- ^***trict.
can group, and that this government Ordered, lhat W. B. Jones, Mebane
entertains no idea of territorial aggres- j ^ authorized to furnish waiter
Siofi, '■jut is acting solely as Mexico's l^urnett and Sidney Burnett in proviai-
n 'arest powerful friend and neighbor. I amount of $1.5U each for
American military control jg about I itemized ac-
to be extended over practically the ^ ^®unt with this order attached.
DOINGS OF THE
over practically
entire area of Haiti the capital of
which, Port an Prince, is “already in
possession of American marines and
bluejackets under command of Real
Admiral, who has sent word to the j an i emizem accouit with this
Ordered, That J. U. Hunt be author
ized to furnish Mr. Brooks in provisi
ons to the amount of five dollars per
month for July and August and pre
with Miss Annie Jordon
occupancy | Bessie
]-ltter Dart of i days wonder whats the cause?,
I Mr. Editor, we noticed recently in
to
Navy Department that he is sending
a mixed commission, including an
American naval affi^er to the city of
Cape llaitien, second in importance to
Port au P. ince. This commission is
to bring about the disarmanent of all
pleasant Visit the troops in that part of the country,
government and rebel, and to bring
the chief lead^'rs to Port au Prinz for
a conference.
After asking for and receiving the
permission of the United States govern-
meni, the commander of a French
crusier has been allowed to land a
detachment of f’rench Marines as a
guard for the French legation in Port
au Prince, Haiti. This development is
viewed here as indicating not ouly
order attached.
Ordered. That W. H. Foglenian be
authorized to furnish Micajah Bunton
in provisions to the amount of $1.50 I English language.
Mr. George L. Kackney
Sees Thikigs in Virginia-
Two Big Towns Esta-
Diished
Geo. L. Hackney has just returned
from a trip to Virerinia, where he went
in the interest of the Chair Company.
While away he visited City Point and
Hopewell, where the Cuonts have put
I up a six million dollar plant for the
manufacture of munitions of war. He
says that the developments of this
company are nothing short of wonder
ful.
“Hopewell had a population one
year ago of 150, while today it is a
city of 30,000. Well, no. not a city,
because it is not incorporated and can
not be until the Virginia legislature
meets next January,” said Mr. Haek-
ney. “All nationalities are represen
ted there,” he continued. “There are
hundreds of men who cannot speak the
Th«‘ place has been
and 1 laid off for a town. On many of the
this [ streets the corn rows are still observa
ble. The three main streets are all
torn up preparatory to the layirg of
per months for one month
present an itemized account with
order attached.
Whereas at a regular meeting of the
Board of County C iiuraissioners of
Alamance County, Sta^e of North j water and sewer lines. Big business is
Carolina, held in Graham on the 2nd, I done in one story shacks, Hotels, res-
day of August 1915, to canvass the j tau^ants, ca^es, soft'drink places, and
returns and declare tne results of the • i ..i i '
, , . I rooming houses compose the larger i
election ht-retoforo ordered to be held •
on the 20th, day of July 1915, in the' °f the business section. The
following townships in Alamance Coun | place is wide open Sundays and every
ty, North Carolina, upon the question i day alike Pool rooms, beer gardens
of subscribing to the preferred Capital j anj like are doing a land office
of the Alamance Dnrham and
A REPORT MADE ON 6ARRIEL HANOTAOX
French Court Finds That
the Worst Crime is The
Killing of Wounded
Nelson-Cooper
list. See ad
Leader.
Co. . leads the
in this weeks
by Bocker’s graft money. How we
wish we had men like him In the South
If Becker had been in the South he
would never served a day in prison
^ and if Leo Frank had been in New
I York he would have gone to the Elec-
j trie chair just what he deserved. But
I we are glad to know that they are
I some honorable men, men that money
i cannot bribe even if they are in north-
erp States. It is most deplorable to
Tho Baraca class of the M. E. I think about wbat money does do in
church will play the Baraca • our “Fair South land” No justice
class of the Presbyterian church | when money is plentiful.
Friday afternoon at the Mebane
Base ball park. Admission lOcts.
Ladies free.
Base Bail Friday After
noon at 3 O’clock.
Lawn Party at Efland
On Saturday night August 14th,
Lhat the United States considers itself I stock
in sole charge of tl situation at the ; Orange Railway and Electric Company
Haitian capital, but also an implication j Issuing the 5 per cent thirty year
that the French holds the United I bonds of the townships votirg the
States solely responsible for the pres-1 amounts hereinafter set out under the
ert situation there. Laws of North Carolina as contained
The lull text of the Austrian note | in act of General assembly of North
to this government protesting against | Carolina as oontained known as house
the export of munitions of war, just | bill 1274 ard Senate bill ioo wiucn^
j business.”
I Wheti asked about the developments
j and business of the DuPoint works,
: Mr. Hackney said that their business
j is hard to comprehend by most people
j because it deals in millions. A recent
1387 which ' as published in the papers.
published, reveals its extraordinary i said bill i'J the charter for the said ! made with the Russian government is
character. It continously asserts that | Railway and Electric Company the j far over sixty million dollars, while it
the munitions exports of this country ' following is declared t»- b« the result | jg ^renorally believed that they have
are a violations of neutrality and vag- of the election in the following town- our own government
ships.
Graham Township subscribing ta the
preferred stock in the sum of $35,000
and issuing bonds of said township in
there will be a Lawn party at the
Methodist Protestant church at Efland
Ice cream. Cake and other refresh-
: ments will be served proceeds benefit
1 ^ .e 1 i church, you are inyited to come
a deligrhttur
What Kind of Fuel Shall
We Use?
Surprise Party Given
Friday evening a number
young people gave ,
surprise party to Miss Frances i
Singleton and her house guest. |
iMisses Virginia Davis, Annie
and Mary Macon at her home on | So with the human engine, what
5th street. During the evening l kind of fuel shall we put under the
the popular game of rook was l boiler? Shall it be fuel of high com-
played, after which delicious re- | bustion with energizing power, or shall
fresh ments were served. ; it be slate or the ordinary screenings
I from the coal bin? Shall it be the
j highly nitrogenous foods, such as meat
ll Its Feed or Flour and eggs, or the starchy f(.ods (car-
, bohydrates), such as potatoes and car-
if its feed or flour go to Smith- rots? Shall it be a well-balanced food
Miles and Co. They make these , nke wheat, oats, rice and barley? Pota-
a specialty. A full line of fam- tQgg Jire ^ good example of an incom-
ily groceries, and farm produce, ’ piete, poorly-balanced ration. Persons
uely refers to international law in sup
port of this contention, while it offers
no sound basis for the assertion that
the United States in permitting this
traffic is stultifying its position before j like amount.
the world. 1 Number of voters registered 346
Tnree notes from the British govern-1 Number voting for subscription 262
ment and one fr.im the Berlin foreign , Number voting against subscription 4
office, all dealing with the commercial j Thompson township subscribing to
rights of neutral nations in war time, i the prefered stock in the sum of $20,
came before Secretary Lansing almost 000 and issuing bonds of said town-
at once. In the British notes, En- i ship in like amount,
gland’s course is stopping shipments
to America of. manufacturers from
countries in Germany’s possession or
under her control is vigoroUily defend
ed. So far as the German note is'
concerned, which relates lo the de-{
struction of the steamship Frye, there ^
appears to be no question of the pay- ;
eggs etc.
Store Broken Into
! fed entirely on potatoes and other
I starchy foods will soon become flabby
I and weakminded. On the other hand,
} persons whose diet consists largely of
parties un- ' other high-protein foods are
the Mebane ! suffer from derangements
Thompson precinct.
Nnmber of votes registered 84
Number voting for subscription 71
Number voting against subscription 13
Swep.-^onville precinct.
Number Registered Voters 66
Number for Subscription 55
Number against Subscription 6
ment of reparation by Germany, but | Ordered: That G Ab Fogleman,
there is a quibble whether it Shall be j Supt, of Ror.ds, be authorized to in
paid directly by diplomatic excharges vestigate the cart-way across the
or shall go through a prize court. , latids of Sarah A. Kime, W. A. Kime,
That Germany is endeavoring to. and report to this Board at its next
avoid unnecessary harm to our .“hip- meeting.
ping is snown by advices from Am-j Ordered: That W. A Ivey, et al, in
I bassador Gerard at Ber'in to the ef- Newlin's T wnship be authorized to
I feet that the German admiralty had spend Fifty Dollars ($50.o0) on Public
i informed him the neutral makings on road beyond Sutphin’s? Mill.
I American ships entering the European | Ordered; That the report be
war zofie was too small. It will not ed and filed. (
be surprising, however, to this govern-. Ordered: That the Court Stenograph-j
ment if the German reply to our last ’ er shall present all bills for transcript!
note regarding the Lusitania involves j of evidence to parties ordering same'
a long delay. j unless said oi’der be made by the *
• Trial Judge. |
Dora
for fabulous amounts. “They employ
seventeen thousand men." he continu-
; ed, and their pay roll is over a million
j dollars a month. A large part of this
j is spent in Petersburg, and it has
j given that old burg new life. It is
1 one of the most prosperous places in
! the United States today. I was told
j by one business man that his turnover
I last month was $22,000 while his nor-
, mal July business would be about
; $7,000.”
AEPORT MADE PUBUC
The final report of the commission
presided over by George Payet of the
French court of accounts to inquire
into acts of barbarity and violation of
international law charged against Ger
man troops has been presented to
Premier Viviana, and was made pub
lic According to this report the find
ings of which are based on the testi
mony of German prisoners and French
and Belgian victims, German troops
have been guilty of thefo lowings acts:
Civilian prisoners including w^omep
and children were used as shields
against the fire of the allied troops.
Wounded prisoners were put to
death by order of ^the German com
manding officer. In one case wounded
were pitched with bayonets into a
burniiig building. Orders were given
to make no more prisoners.
Cartridges were reversed, split or
cut to cause more s‘rious wounds. Bay
onets with teeth like a saw were used.
Ambulances were bombarded,stretch
er bearers fired on and taken prison
ers 
The worst charges in the report re
late to an order alleged to have been
Declares Nation Prepared
For .Precipitating Present
Gigantic European
Struggle
ENSLAVEMENT OF
WORLD THE OBJECT
Under the* caption “After One
Year,” Gabriel Hanotaux, former
minister, in the Figaro Paris, reviews
the cause of the war and the “his
torical stages leading Germany logical
ly to cast the die for the gigantic con
flict in an attempt to impose domina
tion on the world.”
“Germany prepared for this war.”
says M. Hanotaux, with a long hand
as an enterprise of universal domina
tion, Once ready she chose her hour
and dragged along her accomplice,
Austria-Hungary and her other accom
plice, Turkey.”
This is proved by historic documents
M. Hanotaux says, and he reviews the
growth of the German “welt politiK”
idea, born at a meeting aboard the im
perial yacht Hohenzollerh in 1897,
through fifteen years of military and
navy preparation to 1912, when “the
work of preparation was accomplished
and Germany was ready to profit from
the first favorable circumstances.”
Tp the.se historic evidences of Ger
many’s intentions, M. Hanotaux offers
what he terms furthe;’ material and
moral proofs of Germany’s “fell pur-
given by General Stenger commander pose.”
of the 59th German brigade directing
his troops not to take any more prison
ers and to kill all falling into their
hands even if already wounded.
“From that day,” says the report,
“big groups of prisoners were put to
the wall and shot with infinite refine
ment.
HARO TO BELIEVE
THE FIGURES
DROWNED III THE
CUPEp
Three Men Lose Their
Lives
—The treacherous Cape Fear river
added another tragedy to its long list
I shortly after midnight Sun. when Dr.
accept-! Morris M. Caldwell, his brother, Clell
Caldwell, of New York, who was visiting
him; Dr. J. H Bornemann and Chief
Engineer Harwell, of the German
steamer Nicaria, interned were drowned
I The small motor boat in which they
Jones be ! were crossing the river at to Wilmington
combined, pre'
are
world
having “voltage.”—
Other Things Than Rab
bits.
Some party, or
known broke in to
Supply Companies store Tuesday j of the liver and kidneys. Persons eat
nieht and stole therefrom a I these properlv combined,
1 J} • Kocf i pared and in balanced proportion
number of pairs of their bestj^’ ^
shoes, and perhaps other „,er-'‘h*
chandise. The entrance was af- i
fected by breaking the glass'
out of the west front door, j
There was a heavy plate glass j
in this door and it seems a lit-'
. ,T_ , 1 . r; (From The Siler City Grit.)
tie surprising in the breaking of, s„ has been said of late re-
the glass that sufficient noise ^ girding Chatham’s side-issue-the rab-
had not been made to have bit industry—that an outsider might
awakened some one, or attracted ' be led to believe that the county is
attmtinn good for nothing else. Far from it.
\xr 4-u’ 1 4.U- *o ^he county is one of the largest in the
We think this is the fourth despite the fact that tho Legis-
time in a year or so this store 15 years ago sliced off a part
has been broken into, and goods i for Alamance and a few years kter
taken from it. From this and | another part for Lee. The eastern
other places that have been j half of the county pnxiuces thousands
. . . ,, , -4. of pounds of the finest ot bright to-
broken in toin Mebane it wou d , county produces yearly
appear that thieves think this q^qqq bales of cotton produces nearly
place an easy mark. yield runs into the hundreds of thous-
It’s a shame, with all of the anda of bushels wheat R.S. Clark on a
robberies around here that no one' ^7
raised 166 bushels, this being an aver
ts apprehended or made sorter ^ bushels the acre, and he
for it. We need something, j 200 pounds of I6 per cent
acid to the acre. Anyway one looks
at it, our county literally has the
i visit the two interned German steamers
Ordered; That Miss
A of riou/ FJv- relieved of tax on Seven Hundred
Annual rilteen Day Ex Dollars-same having been;
CUrsionTo Atlantic City, i erroneously listed I the Nicaria and the Kiel, capsized m
N. Y. Via Southern ! Ordered: ThatE 0. Smith be reliev-j midstream opposite the foot of Grace
Road Duty for 1915 , street. Chief Engineer Reimers, of the
^be account of inabilities. I t/-- 1
I J J ri,u 4. / u c. u 1 i steamer Kiel, the fifth member the
Premier Carrier of the South, Tuer-I Ordered; lhat G. H. Sartin be al-1 , „
day August 17, 1915, $U.OO ROUND lowed to peddle in Alamance County j the party, was the only one to be
TRIP $11.00 from all stations Selma to i free off license tax on account of dis-' saved. He is a good swimmer and
Grten.-;boro inclusive. Special Train j abilities. | reached some Piling which he clung to
Standard Coaches and Sleeping Cars | Ordered. That the Report of Dr. j yptjj Captain Hollasnh, of the Nicaria,
Special sleeper for colored people. ' W. Long Superin^tenant of health be ; to calls for help went to his
Have your pullman reservation made' rccepted and filed. i • n u ^
' J H I o yij I ' assistauce lu a small boat,
in advance in order to secure com for-1 Whereas, L»r. ueo. w. i-iong, buper-j
table quarters. i intenant of health on account of feeble j — ^
Stop overs permitted at Pniladelphia | health and not being able to alttend to
Baltimore and Washington returning' the duties of the office tendered his
j W ith British submarines reappearing
by depositi ig tickets. [ resignicion as supercenaanc o£ neaicn ! in the Sea of Marmora and again at-
In addition to the above, very low | and it was ordered that same be ac-1 tacking German ships of commerce
round trip tickets will be on sale from | cepted with the thanks of the Board^be Baltic, the honors in
There is no occasion for any politi
cian or any newspaper editor in the
South to tear passion to tatters over
the cotton situation, so long as the
growers of the staple continue to pay
so little deference either in the matter
o^ reducing the acreage seeded or in
that of increasing production of food
stuffs, to the conditions brought about
by the war in Europe It is true that
figures recently made public by the
Census Bureau at Washington show a
falling off in the aggregate area plan
ted in cotton this year of approximate
ly 13 per cent, and that a correspond
ing advance is indicatf’d in the pros
pective acreage of foodstuffs for men
and of forage for work animals This
showing is hardly entitled to be class
ed as nnore than encouraging, but in
the light of it statistics contained in a
news letters from the University of
North Carolina, published a few days
ago in the Raleigh News and Observer
become all the more remarkable:
It is hard to believe that 76,800 farm
ers in North Carolida in the census
year bought feed for their farm ani-
From the material viewpoint.” he
says, the far-sighted and formidable
preparations of the twin empires with
a view to war cannot be denied. With
the most savage resolution, in abso
lute secrecy with fists clenched and
lips closed, two empires, armed to the
death, constructed monstrous cannon,
filled arsenals with arms and ammu
nition and conceived the prodigious
niechunism for adopting the arts of
peace to the art of war. The whole
country was regulated like a barracks,
very slightest resource was catalogued
that nothing might be lost and all with
the purpose of offensive action. There
were inventoried in advance the means
of defense exploitable and the riches
of the countries coveted. Universal
espionage prepared the way for
world conquest.”
“The Germa.is are fighting for the
enslavement not for the liberation of
the world,” continues M. Hanotaux.
“Were things not in their conclusion
as in their origin, the prodigious events
would be unmeaning, but never since
the birth of the world have there been
events more significant. We have
gone about our task and know what
that task is.
“France, especially, is in her tradi
tional role, nor will she let herself be
turned aside. She struggles for ideals
which are hers; justice is greater than
force; right protects the weak; every
man and every people has a right to
dispose of his own. These mottoes are
opposed to those of Germany's
“German theories, German doctrines
and German morality are irreparably
lost, They appear now for what they
are and themselves have demonstrated
what they are: Frightful materialistic
heresies. First of all, we have saved
the truth.
“Now it is the- turn of justice and of
right. Already Germany, by the fail-
mals; that three in every ten of our ure of her campaign of conquest, over-
what is it? Is it a night watch
man, well attention has been
called to it enough.
•goods,” and is the stuff!
Selma, Raleigh, Durha.n,
Henderson to Baltimore,
Richmond and Norfolk.
Schedule as follows:
Lv. Chapel Hill
Lv. Raleigh
Lv. Durham
Lv. Hillsboro
Lv., Mebane
Lv. Haw River
Lv, Burlington
Lv. Graham
For pullman reservation^ detailed
information, etc., ask your agent, or
write.
0. F. York,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. C.
Oxford and i for the faithful service he had render-
Superintendant
: unders3a warfare pramise to be more
Washington, ’ ed to ^the country as , ir
j of health. i evenily distributed among the beiliger-
I Ordered. That A. B. McKeel be el-1 ents. But for many months neither i
4:00 P. M I ected Superintendant of the county | Germarr naval vessels nor British naval
7:00 P. M I Home for one year at a salary of $30.- j wherever they may be in
m W. H. Turrentine,
8 MPM ^hess H. Roney and G. Ah Fogleman | ?reat danger of being torpedoed. The
9-02 P M be appointed to accept bids for a 110 } impression gains ground that the sub-
9-17 P M ! span of steel bridges on Stoney j marine is a cautious opponent and care
creek at Hopedale cotton mill, and | considers the risks,
bids wili be received at the oridge |
sight on the 10th day of August at 3 T ' '
o clock P* M. Recently a vessel in the China Sea
Ordered. That when this board ad- ,, . - , -j
journs that it adjourns to meet on the "P
16th day of August 1915 in the Russo-Japanese war tea years
ago.
farmers spent in cold cash for this
purpose cn an average $41 apiece, and
all told, $3,151,000.
In 56 counties, the per cent, of farm
ers buying farm feed was btyond the
State average (30 per cent.) in 36
counties more than a third of the
farmers bought stock feed; in five,
more than half of them, and in one
country, nearly three- fourths of them.
In 24 counties more than a thousand
farmers bought farm feed. In six
counties, around 1,500 farmers were
supplying deficiencies in this way. In
Robeson the farmers buying farm food
numbered 1,739; in Wilkes, 1,875, and
in Wake, 7,%5.
The ratios ranged from 9 per cent,
in Dare to 73 per cent, in New Han
over; and the sums spent for farm
feed averaged all the way from $23.15
in Yancey to $121.90 per farm in New
Hanover.
In the 1910 census, it appears that
184,000 farms in North Carolina grew
no hay and forage; that 25,393 farms,
or one in every ten, grew no com;
that nearly 200,000 farms grew no oats
and more than 200,000 grew no wheat.
whelmed by the immense losses which
are draining her, conscious of the utter
ruin which grips her, seeks to escape
the consequences of her own theories
and would be content with the white
peace of a stalemate—counting herself
well off to be able to preserve herse
for the future. But not even this neg
ative result will she obtain. The two
theories of life are radicalfy opposed.
One or the other must succumb, Fol
lowing in the wake of the German doc
trine, Germanys force is now likewise
is on the decline. Ona more effort,
through it requires another year,
and both will be '^ast into the abyss.”
9:08 P. M.
Whatever your occupation may be,
and however crowded your hours with
affairs, don’t fail to secure at least a
few minutes each tlay for the refresh
ment of your inner life with a bit of
poetry.—Charles Eliot Norton.
The Last Half
We are now, ladies and gentlemen,
starting out in August—the last half
of the year 1915. It isn’t going to be
long now until we reach the other
shore and stand on the 1916 bank. And
the question is: Have you done any
thing this year worth while? Have
you stopped to talk too long about the
the war? Have you concluded to wait
until the war ends before doing the
chore you ought to do and which you
thought you would do? Only five more
months of the 1915 dope, so if you have
anything to do before the next yea?
get busy.“Everything.”