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VOLUMN 7
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAt, OCTOBER 21 1915
NUMBER 35
A Forger in iVlebane
Efiand Items
See dissolution of tne Mebane I
Siore Company Pay up. j
j Some man made /an effort to
Geo. Iloss of Michigan was in | pass a forced check on the Com-
Mebane one day last week to see; mercial and Farmers Bank of |
Mr. D. A. Wheeler. jthis place last Saturday. The |
Mrs. Alf Mebane has returned i f "I’®®'' I
from Norfolk Va„ where she;^°°'^‘’^ Piedmont Ware-j very ill.
has be«»n visiting her brother {and ^ was made ou. for j Mr. Clyde Mayes of Salisbury spent
Mr Ed Kaucett $98.34, and had the name o^ the^i Sunday in Efiand with hia wife.
■ , , jbool^ ®ie"ed to it, but j Mrs.
Miss Sue Mebane went down, improper initial, but seem-j jack Price have pone to Winston
to Ra'elgh Wednesday. ; ingly with no attempt at im-1 Salem to vfsit Mrs. Baity’s son Mr.
itation of signature. The check | O. L. Baity and family.
Mrs, E, S. Brown and three children
are visited Mrs. Browns mother Mrs
W. M. Noah in High Point.
Mrs. Frank Cecille has returned
from Thomasville where she has been
at the bedside of her father who is
the i
Mr, John Smith attended
the State Fair Wednesday.
Mr. Dave Mebane of Yancey- i once detected something wrong,
ville was in town Tuesday en- j and stepped to the phone to ask
route to Raleigli to attend the an expUnation from Mr. Sharp,
was presented to the cashier of
! the bank, Mr. Morgan, who at
1 once detected
Mrs. H. D. Brown
Hillsboro with her
Claude Bivins.
spent Sunday in
daufjhter' Mrs.
fair.
Miss Jessie White left Tues
day for Red Springs vhere she
will teach.
Misses Verna Cates Ruth and
Thelma Thurston of Burlington
and sister Mrs. R. E. Dalton Jr.
of Greensboro motored down to
Mebape Tuesday evening and.
the book keeper at the ware
house, the man who presented
tiie check, in the mean time had
left the bank, and as no one had
closely observed him his identity
was impossible, and so he pass
ed out of the town
ing caught, much t
of our good people.
were the
Smith.
guest of Mr. Felix | The Business Mens Club
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holt leftj
Saturday to attend the State
Fair at Raleigh.
Mrs. Ed Jobe left Tuesday for
Burlington to visit relatives.
Mr. Ball the auctioneer here
at the tobacco Warehouse is a
pretty quick talker. A few days
ago he sold 727 piles of tobacco
in 2 hours and a half.
H. E. Wilkinson and Co. chan
ges ad in this weeks Leader
callinjf special attention to his
fine ladies shoes the Derotha
Dubb a comfortable wearer and
a pretty shoe, other things in
abundapce.
The suffragist lost out in New
Jersey Monday by fifty thou
sand votes. This shows how
popular the thing is.
Christopher and Long opened
up a new grocery store next to
the Home Furniture Co. They
are putting in a nice stock, and
will appreciate your trade, and
will do all they can to please you
Mr. J. S. Clark our clothing
man who will dress you neat at
moderate cost, has just received
a line of serge suits which he is
offering at greatly reduced
prices. A full stock of nice
things that gentleman wear, and
more coming each week.
The organization of the busi
ness mens club of Mebane was
perfected Monday night, in their
new club room over the Mebane
Drug Store, by the following
confirmation D. A. White Presi
dent, W. S. Crawford Vice Presi
dent, W. W. Corbett Sec. F. F.
Smith Treasure, Dr. F. M Haw
ley corresponding secretary.
The executive committee was
composed of the following gen
tleman W. E. White, S. G. Mor
gan, W. Y. Malone and B. F.
Warren. They have already 30
active members with the list
increasing.
On Monday night there will be
a formal opening of the club
room at which time ladies will
be invited to be present.
The club promises much good
to Mebane, we shall be glad to
cooperate with it to the best of
our ability.
Chapel Hill INews
\
Miss Maie Richmond of R I). 1.
spent last week with her friend Miss
Bessie Baity.
Mrs. Car) Forrest and children visit
ed Mrs. Forrest’ aunt Mrs George
Lewis in Hillsboro last Friday.
Mrs. M. L. Efiand and son Mr. John
Efiand was called to the bed side of
, Mrs. Efland's son-in-law Mr N. C.
without be- I Harris at Fuquay Springs last Tues-
ing caught, much to the regret | day. Mr. Harris has been dangerously
ill but is now slowly improvinflT.
Miss Annie Jordon has been on the
sick list for the past few days. Dr.
Hughes of Cedar Grove was called to
see her last Friday, We hope she Will
soon be well again.
Miss Onie McAdams who has had
such a long and seriou? illness of
Typhoid fever is somewhat improving.
Mr. George Scott who iiven near
Efiand is seriously ill and Dr. Hughes
gives no hopes of his recovery
Little Allen Thompson son of Mr.
and Mrs Wade Thompson is still in a
dangerous condition of son»e bone
trouble of the foot and will ^be taken
to Rex Hospital. *
Miss Pearl Efiand is spending some
time with her sister Mrs. N. C. Har
ris at Fuquay Spnngs
Mr. Harvy Fitzpatrick of Mebane
spent Saturday night with relatives
near Efiand
Miss Coie Pratt teacher near Chapel
Hill 8p>ent last week with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Pratt
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown from
near Oaks spent Saturday with rela
tives near Efiand
Proh Williard of the Efiand Graded
school went home Friday night and
expects to return Monday afternoon
with his wile and children. They will
make Efiand their future home. Mi.
and Mrs. Williard comes from Wes
tern N. C.
Miss Cassidy, Farm ani Rural Dis
trict Demonstrator gave a lecture in
the Efiand Graded School bist Wednes
day afternoon. Quite a large crowd
was in attendance and all seemed to
States'and other American republics.
It has long been understood that the
European nations generally would fol
low'thiiNiead of the United States in
the matter. It is known here that re-
presenti^tives of Carranza laid his case
before the British ambassador some
time ago
It is now admitted that the Panama
Canal will be closed to shipping for
the rest of the present year, and it
may take a considerably longer time
to remove the obstruction cau?ed by
the sliding of 10,000,000 cubic yards of
earth in the GalKard cut. It is under
stood thtfit shipping interests have been
given infortnatiun of the nature of the
situati^, and it is probable that most
of tfi'iS^CO ships now at the Canal
awaiting ^aoage will be ordered to
their destinations by other routeis. '
A huge religious parade took place
in Waahihglon last Sunday when 18,-
000 Catholic men and boys, members
of the Holy Name societies of Mary
land, Virginia and thev District of Col
umbia, marched over Pennsylvania
Avenue from the Capitol to the White
House. Thousands of Washingtonians
stood rows deep along both sides of
that hisV>ric thoroughfare and viewed
thiti impbsirg and awe-inspiring page
ant against blasphemy and profanity.
‘‘The UnspeakaDle Turk
The Aiebane Flower Show
Look in next week’s issue of
the Leader for a complete list of
all premiums to be offered at the
Mebane Flower Sho y to be held
Nov. 10th 1915.
All of Mebane and vicinity
are invited to make the compe
tition keen for the nice prizes
tendered.
An especially attractive fea
ture of the show will be giving
away to the “best guesser” blue
ribbon cake, candy, bread, etc.
Your admission ticket gives you
one opportunity to win these
good things. Refreshments will
be served for the benefit of the
Civic Asso.
Don’t forget the premium list
in next week’s Leader. Mebane
Civic Association.
Proffessor Frederick James Eugene
Woodbridge, of Columbia University,
will deliver che McNair lectures here
February
The first of these McNair lecturers,
established by an endowment in the
will of John Calvin McNair, class of
848, was given in 1908. Their object
is “to show the mutual bearing of
science and religion upon each other
and to prove the existence of attri
butes of God from nature." They have
been given by such distinguished men
as Dr. D. S. Jordon, President of Le-
land Stanford; Professor Henry Van
Dyke; Dr. George Vincent, President
of the University of Minnesota; and
Dr. Arthur T. Hadley, President of
Yale.
George B. McClellan, ex-mayor of
New York and one time strongly en
dorsed as Democratic candidate for
President of the United States, will
deliver the “Well Lectures in Ameri
can Citizenship” at the University of
North Carolina March 29, 30, 3L M. j
McClellen is now professor of econ- j
omic history in Princeton University; ■
and, for several years, has been voted |
the most popular professor there. He j
served the Denocratic party in the Nat r
-tional Congiess for eight years and ■
for two as Mayor of New York City [
which is the busiest post in the United
States with :jhe exception ot that of
President.
At the third meeting of the North Gar
olina Club M. H. Randolph, of
Mecklenburg county, read an interes
ing paper on “Mhe variety and Adap
tability of the Soil and Seasons in
enjoy Miss Cfissidy’s
talk very much.
*‘Patz”
Our Honor Roll
The following good and true citizens
have paid their subscription to the
Mebane Leader, for which we extend
our sincere thanks:
W. B. Williams
E. H. Ward
L. W« McAdams
J. C. Carden
E. C. Durham
Capt. S. H. Webb
J, Archie Long
J. G. Rogers
Walter Stainback
L, E. SyKes"*
’ W. P. Ward
Nelson Wright
C. T. Maynard
Miss Ora Holt
Col. J. S. Cunningham
J, D. Malone, Texas
J. W. Wright
J. A. Shanklin
R. B. Lynch.
D. A. Mebane
Washington News Letter
It is said in some quarters that the
It Pays.
There are printers away from
Mebane that try to fool, and
sometimes do fool our people, in
to biting at there cheap job stuff.
There letter heads with careful
test shows up but little better
than the wood pulp paper we
print the Leader on. It pays to
get your job work at the Leader
office, they always keep good
stock and treat you right.
North Carolina.” This was followed by I
a paper on ’’North Carolina’s Promi- decision to recognize Carranza was in
nence in Manufacture.” read by H. M. I absolute reversal of the policy that
Smith, of Henderson county. These ! ‘he Bdministration had in mind at the
papers on North Carolina topics belong i pan-American conferen-
to a series ot papers coming under the I ce. This change In attitude, it is said,
general head-” Advertising North j "W.'h ‘he administration
Carolina.” Besides the two topics
above mentioned. J. H. Allred, Iredell • e
county has read a paper on -Mineral | unconditional viclory; in fact.
Resources in North Carolina,” and J» [
H. Lassiter, of Northampton ‘
on “Timber Resources." The North
Carolina Club will spend several
months on the general subject of “Ad
vertising North Carolina.” Two or
three papers are to be read at each
meeting, which comes fortnight.
underwent
duriner the course of these conferences
confirms th^ claim that Carranza won
that
he bluffed the administration with en-
county, 'tire success.
The recognition of the Carranza
government by Great Britain and
other European nations as the de fac
to government of Mexico is expected
to follow closely upon the heels of
Carranza's recognition by tha United
Reelect Officers
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of Southern Railway Company
at Richmond, Va., October 12, a large
number of individual stockholders at
tending in person and a great major*
ity of the total capitalization of the
Company being represented either
person or by proxy, Fairfax Harrison,
President of the Company, Robert M.
Gallaway, Banker of New York, ancf
John W. Grant, Capitalist of Atlanta,
Ga«,'whose terras as Directors expiied,
were re-elected and Henry B. Spencer,
Vice President of the C^pany, who
was elected by the Board to fill the
unexpfred term of the late Col. A, B.
Andrews, wiifr' Jilso elected tirector
for a full term of three years.
Folk»fXrin*g the policy inaugurate fast
year, the meetmg was open to the
public and tbere was full and frank
discussion of the report covering the
operations ot the Company for the
fiscal year, ended June 30th, which
was submitted to the stockholders at
thiiJ meeting, and of the plans and
prospects for the coming year. Presi
dent Harrison presided and a number
of the Vice Presidents and other prin
cipal officers were in attendance and
all questions asked by stockholders in
regard to the management of the
property were fully answered and tull
information given concerning the af
fairs of the Company and conditions
in the territory it serves.
loaT^eement
SIGNED.
The five hundred million dollars loan
agreement between American bankers
and commissioners of the French and
British governments was signed in the
oak paneled east room of J. P, Mor
gan and Co.’s magnificent offices last
week, Friday 15 in the City of New
York. Present at the ceremony were
j iVlr. Morgan, the Anglo-French loan
1 commissioners headed by Lord Read
! ing, chairman, and about three-score
i
I of the most noted fiinanciers in the
i United States.
1
Confirmation of this contract for
mally put the greatest financial inter
est in American on record as allies of
France and England against Germany.
Wrong: Ideal
“So you want to marry my daugh
ter?” said Mr. Cumrox, thoughtfully
“Yes,” replied the confident youth
“I shall devote iny life to trying to
make her happy."
“If that’s your idea I dunno's I want
to take chances on such a triffing
son-in-law. You’d have to put in all
your time taking Ethelinda to moving
picture shows and tango parties.” —
Washington Star, .
(From Louisville Courier-Journal)
“While Wilhelm 11. has been play
ing the Hun 'in Central Europe the
Turks, emboldened by an alliance in
which th‘.y rest more confident than
the strength of the Teutonic Allies and
the temper of Chrisendom warrant,
have been playing their old role in Ar
menia.
“The alliance between Germany and
Turkey has bred the worst conditions
that have existed in that benighted and
barbarous empire during the last cen
tury. When it is borne in mind that
German military officers, educators,
even prelates have been actively en
gaged for a number of years in culti-
vatfnpf the Inm^ Relationship which
now exists between the Turk and the
German, it is not unreasonble to charge
to German “kultur”—in other words
Prussian militarism—the unrestraine't
activities of the Turkish proteses of
the Kaiser.”
Of all the horrors and cruelties of
the war, the turks have committed the
foulest. One shudders to read of their
brutal atrocities against Christians,
their ferocious treatment of women
and children.
Continuing, the Courier-Journal says;
“Without a European ally to counte
nance them they would not dare the
atrocities in which they have indulged
since they joined Germany in the war.
“In the*ro**king of civilization
the German Kaiser the reign of terror
for which he is responsible in Turkey
will not be forgotten. As to Turkey
itself, enough evidence of its unfitness
jj, to continue in existence as an empire,
exercising authority over others than
Mohammedans, will be in hand by the
time the principal issues of the Euro
pean war shall have been settled fin
ally.”
Germany, under kaiserism, may be
the most advanced in the sciences, but
in the fundamental priiiclples of Chris
tianity the empire is lacking. Ger
many—that is, the imperial
s ricken people, and from which they
have not yet recovered.
As the last cup of bitterness to be
pressed to her lips, 400,000 Germans
and Austrians, reinforced by several
hundred thousand vindictive Bulgari
ans, are now marching against the un
happy little nation, whose army can
not possibly number more than 250,000
or 300,000. Even with aid from the
allies she is bound to suffer terribly.
Doubtless that toughness of fibre which
enable Servia and Montenegro to keep
the torch of liberty burning, even
though feebly, though centuries of
Turkish tyranny will preserve the peas
int nation through the present trou
bles. The world of the heart, outside
the Teutonic countries and their aUiea.
will go out to the brave little people
now battling for the preservation.of its
integrity and freedom.
Wilbon or Mr.
President
Brvan
Mr. Bryan resigned from the office
of Secretary of State because he be
lieved that the President's foreign
policy would lead to war with Germany.
Instead of leading to war, the Presi
dent’s policy led straight to peace and
with I to one of the most brilliant diplomatic
victories ever gained by the United
States.
Mr. Bryan is now out against the
President’s policy of national defense,
and his reasons are juett as convincing
as were his reasons for resigning from
the Cabinet.
The World believes that in this mat
ter the American people will follow
President Wilson’s leadership in pref-
I erence to Mr. Bryan’s leadership,
I just as they follow the President
govern- j lather than Mr. Bryan in the negotia-
N. Y. World.
ment^seeks the mastery of the world. | tions with Germany,
If Christianity is to be saved to man- I
kind it is to be hoped the destiny of
Germany is not to rule over the na
tions.
The attitude of President Wilson in
dealing with Germany has been admir
able. His exercise of tolerance and
his refusal to pursue the Roosevelt
policy is a matter of congratulation.
The strength of his position has been
enhanced, not impaired, by the dispas
sionateness and friendliness of his con
duct In this struggle between dem
ocracy and authocracy he has been
true to the American ideals. He has
kept before our peope the difference
between a government subject to the
will of the people and imperialism
founded on force. %And he has made
vigorous protest against the murder of
Christians by the Turks, who were
emboldened in so doing by German
protection.
Dr. s. Rapport
DR. s. Rapport of Durham, will be at
Mebane, at Dr. Hurdle’s Dental Office
Thurs. Nov. 4th. for the purpose of ex
amining eyes and fitting glasses. Rem
ember that you pay nothing for the
examination of your eyes in buying
glasses of me and I furnish only the
best quality at a moderate price.
Unhappy Serbia
(Philadelphia Record)
When the imperial historian of the
future writes the story of the wars of
the present decade he will note with
sympathetic interest and pity the
seemingly interminable misfortunes
and woes of heroic little Servia. It is
a tiny nation, Jjust about the size of
Maine, and before the present war be
gan its population numbered only 4,-
600,000, almost all peasants, for the
country has no manufactures worth
speaking of. In the first' Balkan war
its peasant soldiers acquitted themsel
ves splendidly against the Turks, and
in the second war they ana the Greeks
inflicted a crushing defeat upon the
truculent Bulgarians.
It was while Servia was bleeding
trom the wounds of these two contests
that generous Austria, a country with
12 times the population and 100 times
the wealth, made known to Italy in
August, 1913, her plans for attacking
her little, but plucky neighbor and
utterly destroying her. For a time
the dastardly project was halted, but
last year the assassination by an Aus
trian subject of the Austrian grand
duke in Austrian territory furnished
the flimsy pretext for the assult upon
Servia. It is one of the glories of the
present war that Servi»», despite the
disparity in size of the two combatants
twice gained sweeping victories over
superior forces and finally expelled the
invaders from her soil. Then came the
dreadful visitation of typhus, which is
said to have carried off 1^5,000 of the
. Marriage at Hawflekkk
On last W^nesday afternoon Oct,
15th. at 3.30 P. M. Mr. James H. Phil
lips and Miss Mona Covington was
made man |and wife. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. J. W. Good
man pastor of the Hawfields church.
Mrs. Phillips is the lovely daughter
of Mr. and Mrs James Covington, a
former student of the State Normal
and more recently a teacher in tjhe
public schools of Alamance, while Mr.
Phillips is a mechanic and farmer, and
both of them are much appreciated for
their fine character and sterling worth
as was shown by the large number of
useful and valuable wedding presents
ranging all the way from silver and
cutglass and elegant linens and woolens
to things for the pantry and the barn
yard,
The Cost High of Living.
Hello, hello—is this Brown’s gro
cery?”
. “Yes”
“Well, Mr. Brown, this is Mrs. Smith
Have you any real nice sweet potatoes?
” “Yes, some just in this morning.”
“Well, Mr Brown, .send me up five
cents worth right away—f want them
for dinner —please hurry up.”
“All right madam."
And Mr. Brown hung up the tele
phone that costs hirt about four dollars
a month; said to his clerk who costa
him about $75 a month to get five
cents worth of sweet potatoes ready.
And the clerk took a paper sack and
put the nickel’s worth of sweet pota
toes in it.
Then he called up a beliyery boy who
cobcs $6 a week and told him to hurry
out to Mr. Smith’s on steentysteen
street, just a mile from the court house
and get hei the sweet potatoes for
dinner. And the six dollar a week
delivery clerk look a two hundred dol
lar horse and wagon and stared out and
was gone nearly an hour.
He came back and the thre^ Strong
Men and the Horse and the Wagon had
delivered, safely, to Mrs. Smith five
cents worth of sweet "potatoes which
had cost Brown four cents in
cash.
And so runs the world away!—Ev
erything,