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VOL. XXXII
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening Pecember, 1, 1915
Number. 48
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Tobacco men rieasea a Detll
With Martin's Labors r a m m -j i
I i On April 13, 1914, the home of
The tobacco men were very much Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Daniel was
rejoiced yesterday morning to read made happy by the birth of a lit
in the papers that through the fcf-j tie son William Davis, but joy
forts of Senator Martin the way was not hmg for on Nov. 13, 1915,
is nov opened for the shipment of the death angel bore his spirit
the dark weed and the bright weed, j back to Heaven.
;ini all the other kinds of weed, to He was the delight of his par
(ionnany and Austria. The Ger- ents and will bp sadly missed. He
ul:in and Austrian ports have been is waiting at the gates of heaven
,mn1 to Virginia trade ever since for those left behind. Weep not,
tV Kuropean war commenced, deai loved ones, for he is safe in
:IIU1.-as a result, the shippers to the arms of the Savior who said,
tho (ierman and Austrian markets "suffer little children to come un
have had their stock tied up for to me for of such is the kingdom
about two years. If the reports be of Heaven."
true, their money is now released, Burial service was conducted by
they can dc.all the shipping the Rev. J. J. Boone their pastor, and
inerjr.v calls for, and they will . his little body laid to rest in the
have all the more money to turn
loose on the local markets.
The information comes from
Danville, Farmville, Petersburg,
Chase City, South Boston, Clarks-
ville. South Hill, Lynchburg and'
several other markets that the
good news is truly good and that
with new money turned loose ail
of these markets are expected to
-advance right along. Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Roxboro Averages $14.43
$12.86 Averagedr for Entire Week.
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The seventh grade of the Stor
ies Creek School will present the
play: "Miss Topsy Turvey" or
The Courtship of The 0630011' '
on Friday evening December 10.
The public is invited. Admisr
sion 15 cents. ?
family burying ground, God bless
the sorrowing ones. A Friend. .
,
Notice.
1 have asked you to come in and
pay your account, and you have
promised me time after time to do
it, but you have not. I am com
pelled to have my money to pay
my creditors and if you do not
come in and pay up I will be forc
ed to collect according to law. J.
L. Garrett.
The sales on the Roxboro Market for the past week
averaged $12.86, and the. i sales oh yesterday averaged
$14.43 for everything on the floor, trash and all.
Have you seen any statement from any market either
in North -Carolina or Virginia which 'will surpass these
figures? Candidly, we have not and we read the papers pret
ty closely. No starvation prices here, bring your tobacco to
ROXBORO.
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KERN IS RE ELECTED - ' - Bob Seat's Letter
SENATE FLOOR LEADER! , to Mr. S. Satterfield.
Virgilina, Va. R; F,U)-.4
Nov; u -1915?. '
THE HOLIDAY TRADE.
If You are Ready Tell the Peo
pie to Come.
The average merchant when he
sees his trade falling off or is not
purchases about the first thing he
Communications Crowded Out.
Owing to the fact that we are
short of help in our printining de
partment this week we have sev
eral interesting communications
which we were forced to leave out
until our next issue, i -
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You have the greatest op
portunity ever y,et offerad the
people of Person County, at
thisjseason of the year of get
ting Coats and Coat Suits at
almost your own price.
Our entire lot of Coats
and Coat Suits are this Fall
Styles and we have made such
tremendous reduction, you
lPip, would be almost persuaded to
buy even if you had made up
your mind to the contrary.
Gome and let us
show you. We will al
so save you money
on Dress Goods.
MORION & SATTERFIELDS
' New Stores jn Post Office Building ,
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When it comes to
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are H E A fQUlR-
TERS.
Guns, anyloadlii 'S
the U. M. C. Brand.
doing the amount of "businesshe
expected after having made hisicommon at midnight. He was bori-
y From Allensville.
Between 12 and 4 o'clock on Fri
day, morning, November U9th,
Bro. David R. Clayton passed
from time to eternity. He was at
aneighbors spending the night
and soar as knwn was well as
ed on the Saturday following,
begins to abuse is the mail orderpro. Johnie Peed performing the
houses. If the Average merchant burial service. Seldom if ever
was as wise as the mail order Haye I seen so large a crowd at a
houses he would adopt some of burying in the country, which
their tactics and begin to tell the shows the great esteem in which
Democratic " Caucus Held . At
V Washington Today... The New
, Senators Are Presented.,
Washington, Nov..29.f-Senator
. Kern was reelected! Chairmanf
; the Democratic Senate caucus and
floor leader by a unanimous - Vote
today at the conference of the sen
ate Democrats. Senator 'Putnam,'
of Nevada, wasvelected-secretary. y
Previous to the caucus today,
an informal reception to the new
Democratic senators was Jield. All
unitiated senators were present ex
cept Senator Broussard, of Louis"
ana. Senator UnderwDod,: of Ala
bama, needed no introduction."
Other new senators present were:
Beckham, of Kentucky; Husting,
of Wisconsin; Johnson; of South
Dak ota, and Phelan , o f Cali f 9 rnia.
Other absentees were Bryan, of
Florida; Culberson, of Texas;
Lane, Oregon; . Lea, Tennessee;
Lewis, Illinois; Martine, New Jer
sey; Shively, Indiana, and Smith,
of South Carolina, alj of whom are
expected tomorrow. . .v -;
Forty-seven of the 56 Democrats
were present when Senator Kern
called the caucus. to--- order. The
proceedings were executive. ' The
provisions of the rules to provide
for cloture of debate was ;brie of
the most important matters before
its- . ,
Mr. S.- P. Satterfield, :;
. 'Koxporo, JN U.
DearSir: : " i , :
- This acknowledges receipt bf
your Company's, check .for $1,-.
500.00, infufl settlement of my;
Less of House, and Furniture. I'
thanbyou sincerely for the nice
and courteous treatment, ana en- ,
tirely ; satisfactory ettlement.I
thank you especially, because I';
carried the Policy back to you
with the; intention of having it
cancelled on account of monfey
j stringency. " Your " persuasion and
kind indulgence' induced ;me'to
teep it, for which I feel grateful.
It will be my pleasure at all times
to recommend you to'any who de-;
sire any kinds x)f. Insurance and
Bonding ' t. - y
t With best wishes for your con
tinued success in the business,' w.e ".
are . ,
" Very truly yours,
. A . Mrs. Mary H. Seat,
. W.R.Seat
people what he has and what great
bargains he has to show them. If
you are a merchant and you have
made purchases for the Holiday
trade the very best thing you eaiv
do is to take larger space in your
County paper and tell the people
of the many things whichjW
have prepared for them. Oh, but
you say,jJLwjlIcosk top, much;.
lesnercordnveather camexra
it was necessary, for you to buy
Coal so as to make your customers
comfortable. Did you cut out the
coal because it cost too much?
Which will be the cheapest, td
double your advertising space and
sell these Christmas goods or to
he was held, .He had been a mem
ber of the Primitive Baptist Church
for a number of years and I guess
there was no . member of, Surl
Church who stdpd higher among
bis bretliren than lie. He had made
quite a reputation in, the County
as a horse doctor and was seniVfor
far and wide to apply Nhis skill to
tfje 9dmb beasts and Consequently,
masikiiowD to a vast number of
friends who will regret to hear of
hisdeath.
Thanksgkving Day at Trinity
Church was a day long to he re
membered, the attendance was
large. Bro. William Davis being
absent on account of sickness of
keep the fact that you have them j his wife, Bro. Boone offered such
a prayer as is seldom heard, which
I think must have impressed his
hearers' that truly he was a man
of God. After singing by Trinity
!, class Bro. Early gave us an ad
dress of weleome such as only a
man of his talent could do. Bro.
T. B. Davis responded, after which
iBro. Boone gave us a fine Thanks
giving sermon, after which he an
nounced that dinner would be on
the ground for all, and so it was,
to'yourself and have the same
goods on your shelves after the
season is over
Think about these things and
then come in and see what a page
ad will cost you. An ad in The
Courier will do wonders in mov
ing things.
Mr. M. U. Daniel spent a few
days here with bis home folks." .
:WenWi$h'to-ahnouiide that:wenhave K
Winstead Bradsher.
On Nov. 16, Miss Emma Brad
sher was married to Mr. Raymond
Thompson Winstead; in a quiet j a dinner as only country people
but most attractive ceremony at, know how to make. Instead of
the handsome home of the bride's jbrunswick stewand such we had;
will hereafter represent oiirijency in , ;
writing an Kinas or ; insurance: fiyir
Whitt has had seven years experience'
in the insurance, business andjwith
his assistance we are better ble than
ever to solicit your business ori'the basis
of courteous treatment and accuracy in
every detail.
Cunningham & Long,
All Kinds of Insurance.
Roxboro, - - North Carolina
B
urns
mother, Mrs. W. G. Bradsher
This marriage marked the culmin
ation Of a delightful romance ex-
boiled hams, fried chickens, tur
key, etc., for meat, with pes,
cakes, pickles', etc., for desert. To
sting since the school-dayv child-1 say we had the greatest plenty
hood of this couple. - would be saying no more than can
Miss Bradsher is the only daugh- always be said for Trinity. In the
ter of the late William Graham 'afternoon we had singing by both
Bradsher, in whose , hospitable Allensville and Trinity classes and
country home she has grown to it would take an expert to tell who
excelled, after winch we had
speaking by some of the home tal
ent, Bro: J. W. Noell being ab
sent. Tha; meeting closed with
good will to alLand a God bless.
Poor Richard.
All
kinds
of
hells
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Long, Bracisher &
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womanhood of that effectual sort
which finds its expression in com
munity service as well as social
leadership. Mr. Winsteads a dis
ciple of the theory that the best
talent and mental equipment have1
an ample field for dignified ex-j
pression in the scientific cultiva
tion of his ancestral acres.
The bride was most charmingly
attired in a traveling suit of field
mouse clothv with fur trimmings,
and carried a shower bouquet of
bride's roses and lilies of the val
ley. , .
.A pleasing musical program was
beautifully rendered by Miss Hel
p.n Graves while theguests assem
bled in the1 east parlor where,
amid tasty decorations of ferns
and chrysanthemums,; the vows
were said .' 1 After the ceremony,
which ; was', performed . by the
ij'ride.'s pastor, the hapy couple
ft-on.-the evening train for an 1 ex-
ItendeH honeymoon, leaving, no
single intimation of a forwarding
address.. - 4 -: . "
Sunday morning at the Me?
thodist1 Church the Bright Jewels
will give an entertainment dur
ing the regular preaching hour,
upon, the absence of the pastor.
.Mr. and Mrs. Clem Gentry
arid grandaughter, spent several
days in Durham' last week, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. :
Hughes. ; .
Kev. S. M. Rankin of Greens
boro will preach at the Presby
terian Church next Sunday at 11
o'clock,-a. m. and 7-p. m. Ev
erybody invited to v attend these
services. . . . ;
. Thanksgiving.; was generally .,
observed" here as a holiday, near
ly all the mercantile houses , be
ing closed: The " attractions at
the fair grounds, were ; liberally;
attended and some splendid rac
es pulled off. ; - . ' ' j.
THE store that has the goods you want.
THE store that wants your trade.
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THE" store that sells Everything to Wear,
AND burnishes the Home' at the - most
reasonable prices
THE store that is always pleased to give
you the Best Service.
IT will pay you a well as us for you to
trade here. , . :
WE thank you heartily for the liberal
r: share of trade that ybu have given
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