LEADER
‘And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin.’’
V OLUMN 7
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 1915
NUMBER 37
Mrs. Joe Pickett left Tuesday !
for (jreeiisboro to visit relatives. |
\ he Circus
(Jhapel Hill News Doing splendid. j I^easons For The Loan
j j
Remember tliat the Carl ; RjHy J^ay at Chapel Hill was a great There was sold on the Mebane Fairfax Harrison of the Southern
p^ev. and Mrs. b. C. Durham I Wallace circus, success. Over three hundred persons mark^t at lier two warehouses katlwav and Henry waiters of the ' charged
^pent several days this weak im ^illbe in Burlington Saturday ! from all parts of Orange county flocked j for the month of October a total Atlantic Coast Line are among to defraud the Goyer^^^
,,ape..HiH will relative., | the «th day of November, rhis>~ pounds of tobacco, signers to a p.pe. seuin. fonh the 13"-^'"wha;’Xarer;un:y
Miss Lllhe Fowler who has l ^^•'CUS is said to bo one i residents of Chapel ^ ^ million pounds, reasons for the recent loan to the Al-1 United States i istrict Court at Fort
he^n in Greensboro for some - on lluM'oad. It is worth | Ujn ^nd the University faculty and ; is splendid work for Meb- lies and what it means to this country. | Smith Ark., last Wednesday. Senten-
seeing,'. Per I orrnancos :it 2 p. m. j student body united in giving the vis-! ane, and the beauty of it she is ! The statement is advanced in l.ehalf of | passed. The case against
and at S 11. m. |itorsa .ousing welcome, I Climbing all the time, gfttinff I the Nation’s welfare. An e.-iplanation I ri'fp,,
The size of the crowd, the number 1 u:_u„„ „r-|>io-i- , ,u i, ... defendant, was dismissed, the cases
.ui t-rt :. ^ignei dmong me list Ol DIk >S made ot the reciprocal trade between against the defendants went on trial
1 markets. j the interested countries m normal I yesterday and their action was a
Casper Pleads Guilty
The Moonshine cases end.
seven on
in
tune returned home last week.
Mrs, Ed Oillard who lias been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Warren
:if Rlon came down Tuesday to
visit Mrs. F. A. Dillard.
Mr. Felix Smith was a busi-
Doinj^c iii Graham
I was ill (Jr.'iliam a few days
ago and notf*d a wonderful im-
visitor in H.irlintrton Satnr-iP™'’*'"’'-"'' i'''l' innir 1 learn-
: ed that the business men ol Gra-
ilay evening.
Prof. Forney of the State Nor
mal College Greensboi'o was in
town this week and while here
shov\^ed a cut of his hillside plow
invented.
Mr. (’oble of Julian was In
town first of the week.
Mr. J. B. Wolf of Rural Hall
spent Monday in town,
Messers Eugene Marley of
and variety of the exhibits and the in
terest shown by the country people in
the exhibition these in the opinion of
promoter ot the Rally Day plan, Prof.
M. C. S. Noble, were the significant
features of the day But the day was
also significant in another way—it
marked the al)andonment of an old
custom. Hithi'rto, the Memorial Hall
Greensboro, 8. Hogan of Ciniei-1 to keep their places of business
natti Ohio were at the White!clean. (Jet buisy. Observer.
House Monday,
Mrs. A. P. Long has a nice
line of cloaks and ready to wear
suits to show you. It will be
worth while to see them.
The Mebane Supply places an
ad in this veek. Be sure and
r^^ad it. There is a reason New
goods are in new. New store
will be open soon.
“The right store"' W. T. Hunt
Co. tells you it is sometimes
hard to find. He has invited
vou to come and see for your
self. Big stock of christmas
toys and notions will be in this
week.
At The Flower Show,
A delicious menu of oysters,
fried and stewed, chicken salad,
cake, coffee, and chocolate ice
cream will be served nice and
clean.
W ins The Banner.
The school is doing fine work.
The teachers are capable and
thorough in their work. The
pupils are hard at work and their
work is telling in rapid progress.
For the month ending Oct. 29
Miss Shellem’s room wins the
banner for last month, with Miss
Hoover’s room a close second
and all the rooms look good.
This banner is awarded by the
Jr, Civic League and is strongly
contested for by the different
rooms. The whole town may be
proud of our school.—By the th*.
Civic Com.
Buying an Automobile
Mr. Walter S. Crawford is
now sales agent for the “l^ord”
automobile one of the most popu
lar machines, and its popularity
has been won entirely upon mer
it; If you have the remotest
idea of buying an automobile it
will pay you to see Mr. Craw
ford, it matters not whether you
wish a medium price machine or
the best sold, he can supply
you. If you want to be in it get
a machine.
The Civic League And
the Flower Show
There is no more worthy organiza
tion in the town of Mebane, or one
giving more iniselfish service for the
up-buililing of the tinvn, tlien thn Civie
League. I'lie Flower S^how is only one
of their numerous activities, but is one
of their lu'st. it not only encourages
the peoplt of the town to raise flowers,
but enables th(! people at large to en
joy them un(.J also adls something in
the way of I'luuls ti) tlu' (’ivjc League
treasury to help them push other
worthy enterprises. Among the things
that the tov/n bus to thank these good
ladies for, are the beautifying the lot
next the I’ost. OM’ice, the cleaning up
of the Cemetery, the placing of trash
cans on tlie streets, and work on the
railroad lut. Let us ail try to encour-
afje them all we can, and especially so
by attending the Flower Show,
W\ S. Crawford.
th(‘ public but I
twice a year—on University Day and i
at commencement. To-day it was used
as a place to exhibit Orange county
ham \v(‘rt‘ co-oiioraLlng with
the “worrians ('lull” by k(>eping' , , .
‘ ^ has been t-pened to
their sLor(^^ :iii(l i)!a(*('s of husi-
n'^ss-iu)t only in front but in the
rear of stores ch'aii. 4'he Civic
League of Alebani' are doing a
great worlc and with tlu‘ co
operation of tlu' nieicliants and
bu.-^iness jnt'n of the town. Meb
ane would ht' '•‘talked about.'’
“Mr. Leader” cant you stir up
the m‘n and get them at least
I times anfi of the necessity of permit- i surprise.
T-. I 1 , , Those who pleaded guilty were;
I ting England and France to settle by ; , , ,
I ! John L. Casper, Kansas City, al
! some system .,f deferred credit if we | |eged head of the conspiracy; (ieonf.
One of the most delightful events in | want these couidries to
Commercial Club Meets.
onr best oustomerR. and
continue as. Hartman, Kansas City, employe of
this followed . Casper; Charles Brewbaker, Kansas
oroflucts. And these products included L. * ■ • - x- • ,
1^* ' j ferent kinas ot games were enjoyed
th(* social life of Mebane this fall was
the formal o^pening of the Conmiercial
Club Tuesday evening
tv of ladies and gentlemen
ded »>nly went to prove the saying | being that not a dollar of the $■”>>).X)0,- j City, employe of Casper; S. L
"nothnig succeeds like succes.-’.” There fooo will leave our shores. It is further Williams Winston-Salem. N. C., f.r-
were about twelve tables Kt which dil- i contended that every dollar of it will! revenue agent who resigned from
I j,^y up of the better featu-employe of C^asper; J. Henry
I he large par- Brown, Harrison, Ark., formerly a
iien that, atien-Iloan, le irs , o ^ j gauger; John Farral>e»\
not only farm products, such as corn |
on ear, potatf>es, fruit, and the like.
! go directly or indirectly to some
the Government service to enter busi-
and John ('otley,
The decorations were unusuall\ at - ” ' ' j ness with Casper,
tractive. After the games Sandwiches i larnier, working man, j Smith,
but it al^o inchid ( s.u ip s • served lolloweu by croam and |‘‘hant, or nianulactiirer in cash pay-j The indictment against the men con-
cookmg, am> nea/ e w , . j cake while nuts were passed around ] rnent plnfhimr vq«7 I taJnori /.r.nr.-c Tf
hibits, and antique {>ieces of crockery,
metal, and wood.
The Rally Day exernses were opened
by an automobile parade, the machines
for the occasion being furnished by the
citizens of Chapel Hill. This wps fol
lowed by an entertainment given bv
several University students. At 12
o’clock dinner was ser\ed on the
green below the chapel. The farmers’
wives produced gr.?at, heaping baskets
of chicken, sandwiches, cakes, pies,
and tarts, and the ladies of the town
also contributed to this supply.
After dinner moving pictures v/ere
for foodstufls, clothing, raw I tained 33 counts. It charged the de
material, la nor, and
products that the English and French
in a m!St unique way by Mr. Dave
Wbite.
The (^lub expects to entertain their
wives and lady friends real often. 'jeopleneed; also that there will be
i established in this country a commer-
1
i cial credit just as important to us as to
AniOTnfOOIkin ' Fugland and France because it will be
Utw I llkwvlrlu AUUl j permit
! the outflow of our surplus products.
DENT
One among the most distressing
maiiufactured ; fendants with carrying on a business
of distilling at Fort Smith with intent
to defraud the United States Govern
ment of the tax imposed on distilleil
spirits.
Three counts in the indictment char
ged the defendants ha1 in their pos
session cancelled internal revenue
stamps. Casper alone pleaded guilcy
to these courts.
j Finally, this country recognizes that,
1 in order lo further American trade, it
must become a creditor Nation, giving
cre»Iit lo any solvent and friendly Na
tion tliat may be entitled to it. The
security for this loan is the income
and property of the two reichest Na
tions of Europe. The combined wealth
of England and France is estimated at
one hundred and rhirty-five billion dol-
Mebane Graded School
Honor Rool
Below is the names of those who
made an avecage of H") per cent.
First grade, Sarah bh'vin, Blanche
Tally, T hcmas Morgan and Mary
Crutchfield.
Adyanci'tl First (riade, liuby Scott
and ElizabetJi Nicholson.
Second Grade, Martha Oawford and
James ijong.
Third Grade, Ivatie Jackson, Mildred
Jobe and Vernon Walker.
Fourth Grade
Fifth (Jrade
Sixth Grade, Katherine McIntyre,
William Anttioney, Hughes Wilkinson
and Hubert Sykes.
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade, Lottie Long, Itacht 1
Ham, Mabel ('raig, Tear! Sattertield
and Bessie Nicholson.
Ninth (Jrade
Tenth (irade, Leonora .lobe.
Eleventh («rade, P.onnie Sykes,
accidents that happened to one of .Meb-•
shown free of charge. These pictures ' ane’s citizens in a long lorg time was |
dealt largely with the various aspects , that sulFerel by Mr. Ralph Vincent,
of rural life and were furnished by the | Oct. Mr. Vincent was then at
Department of Agriculture. At ^Qjty where he had gone
p. m. prizes were presented to the | . . •
winners in the exhibit contest. Fol- i ipurchase horses for hi« Mebane
lowing this was a ainging contest by ' sales business. Mr. Vincent had driven
the vrrious rural Sunday Schools. The ^ couple of Texas ponies a short dis
J > o oorJoc j»f i . 1 I lars—two hundred and seventy times
day closed with a series or tance in tiie country to attend a sale |
nnnte?ts i - t • ' the amount of this loan. The popula-
i of horses on a farm. It raining the • • , .
I „ , . . , tion of the two countries is almost one
Wa^hinirton News Letter i ponies were unhitched from the vehicle '
vv hundred miIhons. The proposed loan is)
I and tied with a halter under a shelter. . „ . , ^ , l,- '
Misterious movements of small crafts , preparing to »"'y obligation
in America.! waters, coupled with the ^ | of the two Nations; such a loan being
departure, without the permission of leave he went to the ponies to unfas-,
this government of German commis- ten them, when one jumped “Samst |
sioned and warrant oiricers interned i tiJm, and knocked him down then whir- I i
at Norfolk, is furnishing a perplexing, continued to kick him. bat for! !
problem to officials here. It has ser-' , . , ... - • j u a i considerably under twenty bilhon
' • ..I 4- I the timelv aid of a friend who dragged | , , ,
ved tc set in motion the secret in/es-1 * •, , , (dollars, and is less than one year s in-
tigating machinery of three branches j him out of the way he would have been '
I come of the people of these two Na-
of slIt^rNavr ana the lorce of the blow cuting | This loan will increase their
cret agents have been working on the j ^bove the eye and knock,ng oat two indebteness only two and a half per
problem for seveial weeks, but £o far j supposed at the time to |“Having thu« no question as
they have been unable to fathom the j ,omTiietelv Hestroved the siffht of i and prompt ded on to raise a crop that will keep
ooeraticns oi the small sea-gomg i " , i^on ” tVio oifmor-c t.he mill.c; simnlied. From wav back.
Peanut Oil.
What The Observer regards as an
important venture in the Southern in
dustrial field is the production of pea
nut oil by the Royster Mills at Tar-
boro. The plant of this company has
been equipped with machinery especi
ally designed for the handling of pea
nuts and the company has bought 20U
tons of raw material from which it will
extract the oil. This is regarded as
the beginning of Southern industry
that may assume proporaons of a lit
tle less importance than that of the
cotton seed oil mill. The peanut is
found to produce from 50 to 60 gallons
of oil to the ton, while the average
from cotton seed is 47 gallons. Fur
thermore, peanut oil sells higher than
the cotton seed product and never
finds a glutted market. The peanut
can be grown commercially in any
part of the cotton belt and the esta
blishment of peanut oil mills will no
doubt be followed by considerably in
creased attention to peanut growing.
When the farmers find that there is
money in peanuts, they may be depen-
operaticns
craft. :
Two theories have suggested them- i After remaining in a hospital in
selves to those directing the investiga- | j^iigsouria until Oct. 29, he was broughi;
tions. One i.s that the vessels are i Mebane. Since his return here
being mobolized for the institution or a j ^ * 4.1 ■ u*- e
I- ; I „ ! there is a taint hope that the sight ot
new commerce raiding campaign by 1
Germany in the Carribean sea, and the ' this eye may be restored.
other that they wi'l be used in a series j Mr. Vintent is in truth one of the
of filibustering expeditions against j cleverest, and most popular young men i
payment of the loan,” the signers
1 concluded, “we have each subscribed
to it; believing, moreover, that every
American citizen who participates in
the loan will be contributing substan
tially to the commercial prosperity of
the whole Nation.”—Charlotte Obser
ver.
Mexifo. The operations have also |
; of this section. Everybody that knows !
the British; . , ,
commerce 1 Ralph likes him, and is distressed be-1
A Good c>ale.
Th(' following shows sales ol leal to
bacco inadr lor L:iws and Lee ol Pros
pect Hill, N. C., at I he IMaiiters Ware
house in Mebane Nov. lind. It is line
sales;
“Killed Dy Idle Gossip.’’
Oct. 26.—More than a year ago Mr?.
Ida Bodman, with her husband ai d
daughter Priscilla, came to Western
Springs, 111. where everybody knows
everybody else. Three months later
the Bodman home was made happy
when the stork brought the little Pris
cilla a baby brother. Then Mrs. Bod-
ihan began to receive “poisoned”
telephone* rails
Saturday she could stand it no long
er. She tucked her children in bed,
kissed them goodnight and then shot
heraelf. The jury’s verdict, as it ap
pears on the record, was “killed by
idle goasip.” Mrs. Bodman was for
merly Miss Ida Stevens of Boston.
Pounds
Price
'I’otal
KS
4.08
!(»:{
l::5
14.04
1:50
ir,
19.50
ISt
20
36.80
180
22
39.60
lit;
40
58.40
l(jO
42
67.20
;;oi
21
63.84
411
ir>
62.10
1
;',65.56
—-r=—r
■—
his Halifax
speech Mr.
Bryan
baffled the agents of
government, who fear a . . 1
raiding campaign is about to be begun cause of this misfortion that has be- j
against the tank steamejs which carry , fallen him, we with a larg‘ number I
oil from Mexican ports for use in the | f„,, the best, and sj^pie j„ more ways than one
British navv. , .u • i that is for his ultimate and entire re-
Administration officials are enthusi- !
astic over the success of the Presi-! t'overy.
dent’s plan of smoothing the way tor j
national detense program by confer- j
encas with the chairman of the House 1
and Senate Committees on Military 1
and Naval affairs. Officials declare
the President is now assured of the
support of the chairman of all four of |
these committees and they believe 1
The Enemy's Country
Mr. Bryan’s plan of national defense
If
we are challenged by a belligerent
neighbor he hopes we will refuse to
take offense, and say: “We have 100,-
the mills supplied. From way back,
when the peanut was first put on the
market, the tin cup was the measure
and five cents the price. Later came
along the whistle of the tin roaster
with its song of ’‘five-a-bag, ” but
that has been the only change.
Through war and panic the price of
the peanut has ever been five cents a
pint, but the coming of the peanut oil
mill will very Hkely bring about what
will be regarded as one of the most
notable of all historical events—a
break in the standard pi ice of peanuts.
—^Charlolte Observer.
“CARELESS WITH THEIR
Confessed Openly
ideals of liberty and righteousness 10
save.” If perchance all these lives
and priceless ideals, with no army and
Sarford Kxpress: “A younff lady of |''■"’y t>-'■iffffuard therr, should tempt
...«; ™». - ™ j::
direction of securing Congressional nnen lor slander and a lew days ago a j
approval for the administration’s ideas. ! ^^ke county jury decided she was en-1 course, but only -is amateurs.
Chairman Hay, of the House Military : Thedefam-j France and Belgium had
Committee, who gave out an interview I ^ I ^ priceless
several weeks ago counceling caution! - the words 1 >^^eals, and France had a large standing
with respect to increasing the army, 1 made no effort to justify the words j ^ ^ ...
said after an interview with the Presi- , which were declared to be slander but, ® ^ ’
dent, that he would give the proposed ; them. They testified to 1 »"ade so swiftly that within one month
administration army measures liis | ! Belgium had been devastated and a
hearty support. i nothing of any charges against her | great German force was almost at the
Rumor has ii that Dr. Cary Grayson. 1 her i e:ates of Paris. No doubt if President
passed assistant surgeon of the army, ^ , 1 • 1 1 • 4-u I Princare on learning that the Ger-
and naval aid to the President, and re- ! re.,timonv, however, and decided in the Poincare, learning
mans were coming, had made a speech
farred to as the “Gupid in the Presi- sum mentioned,
dent’s romance with Mrs. Galt, is
said his father had once said to him:
*‘You can afford to be iii the minority,
you can not afford to be wrong.
Rather surprising that such goodly
coU'.isel should have had so small effect
on the conduct of its recipent. Seems
t3 us that the greater part of Mr.
Bryan’s ])ubiic life has been spent in
striving for popularity on the wrong
side of some j^olitical issue.
romance
himself a victim of Cupid, and an an
nouncement of his engagement to Miss
Gertrude Gordon, one of the wealthiest j
young women in Washington, and a I
ward of Mrs. Galt’s the President’s,
finance, is expected.
Lieutenant Robert Fay of the six
teenth regiment of Prussians, who,
1000,000 lives to protect and priceless with his brother-in-law, Walter Scholz,
was arrested by the New
Jersey police, acting on the initiave of
the New York police department, has
confessed that he had been sent to
this country by the German secret
police, to whom he had been recom
mended by the colonel of his regiment,
i for the purpose of interferring with
shipments of arms and ammunitions to
the allies.
He asserted that he had taken his
idea of a mine bomb to be attached to
a stern of single-screw steam
ships and set off by the action of the
swirling water from these screws on
a clock-work mechanism to Captain
von Papen, the German military at
tache to this country, and to Captain
Boy-Ed, the German naval attache,
but he insisted that they had refused
to lend him aid unless he agreed to go
to Canada and operate from the other
side of the border.
Not All One Way.
(From The Old Fort Sentinel.)
Employes expect a
I on the subject of nghteou!=ness instead
j of rushing every available man and
j gun against them, the invaders would
j have had Paris in about two weeks.
■ Mr. Bryan once referred to the
hundred j states east of the Alleghanies as “the
of their j enemy’s country. ” Unler his plan of
I cents In every dollar
I wages, and they should there-! national defense they would be the
fore be certain that the boss gets | enemy’s country all right, as Belgium
and Northern France are to-day.—N.
She Heard Anyway
Do you tell your wife everything' 60 minuteS WOrk in everj^ houl
you do while she is away?
No; the neighbors attend to that.
he pays for. Honesty is not one
sided.
Y. World.
For let a man once show the World
that he feels
Afraid of its bark, and ’twill fly at his
heels;
Let him fearlessly face—’twill leave
him alone;
But 'twill fawn at his feet—if he
flings it a bone. —Lytton.