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VOL XXXIV
OXBORO, NORTH 'ROUNA; nfe?day Evening February 28, 1917
ISfumber 9
At
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It NUMBER OF AMERICANS ON
E
10SS OF LIFE CERTAIN
Are Known To Be Missing and.
Some
Consul's Report Says There Is One
Dead. Americans on the Destroy
ed Liner Included Mrs. Caroline
Hubert and Miss Jeari Douglas
Hubert, Both of Richmond, Va.
Queenstown, Feb. 26. The Cunard
line steamship Laconia, of 18,099 tons
gross, which sailed from New York
..February 18 for Liverpool has been
sunk. The survivors, said to number
270, will be landed tonight. " ;
Reason to Believe That All On Board
Are Saved. " '
Liverpool, Feb. y 26. The Cunard
line announces that there is reason
to believe that virtually all on board
the steamer Laconia were saved.
There were between ' 260 and 300
members of the crew' and from "70
io 80 passengers, of whom about
one-half were in the first cabin.
Sunk Without Warning Says Report
From London.
London, Feb. 26. Wesley Frost,
American consul at Queenstown, tele
graphed the American embassy here
today: "Cunarder Laconia torpedoed
10:50 Sunday night.' Two hundred
and seventy eight "survivors landed.
Details lacking but known some mis-,
sing; one dead."
It is stated here authentically the
Laconia was torpedoed without warn
ing. Twenty-Six Americans On $ard the
Liner Laconia. 4
New York, Feb. 26. TvSy-six
Americans, sia ux wiium werc-.caum
passengers and 20 paid members of
the crew, were on board the Cunarcii
liner, Laconia jfortn .'; N.ew SxiV,
ruary 18 for Liverpool with -i 5 pas
sengers and a crew of 216 when the'
vessel was sunk by a German sub
marine Sunday night. One casualty
as yet unidentified, was officially re
ported by the Liverpool office of the
line to officers here.
The names of the American pas
sengers and their addresses as given
by the line here, and confirmed in
part by relatives in the United States,
are as follows:
Floyd P. Gibbons, of the Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. F. E. Harris, wife of Lieut
Col. Frank E. Harris United States
coast artillery corps, stationed at
Fori duPont. near Philadelphia.
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Arthur T. Kirby, Bainbridge, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary E. Hoy, Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth Hoy, Chicago.
The Rev. James Wareing, register-
ed from New York, but said to be
from Norfolk Va
The Amerfeimft amom? the crew I
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others whose terms of service had
evnirprf nr wVm wi fnilpr to annear
wa rpaHv tn sail The
rv, h.a 4-Lr -rrv, cv,iTi.
HIV Will V MM A WMMJ WW I
"iv.ii WC1C 1CUU11CU lllVOkiy liviu own-
Brooklyn as their places of residence,
Thev wpw frVprs coal trimmers.
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wipers, and seamen.
While details of the cargo of the
Laconia are witheld under a recent
rulins: of the customs officials, it was
learned? at the office .'of the company
that the following items were among
the principal commodities carried.
One thousand bars of silver, 40,000
lm.i,.i. f i-.t inn haloi nf rat-
ton, 1,408 boxes of fresh fruit, 3,000
tons of shell casings and other war
supplies and 3,000 tons of provisions
It was postiveiy stated by .officials
of the line that there were no ex
plosives on board.
In addition to the cargo and pas
sengers the Laconia carried 5,000
v Tr: "
mail, 1,300 sacks of which: had been
transferred from the American liner
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iho J4. llJI.aVin,.,,
ner Ryndam returned toort after
being turned back voyage
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DOED AND
SUNK
The LaconU Whe she left hereafterS"
was amed with one defense gun,
-uuniea an. The report uui .uw
ship was torpedoed at night and
wun0Ul warning, indicates mai
ODDortnnittr Woe .Wo iVp use
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of tin a Aaaa rt Aff -
cials of the line.
The Laconia is the secbhd - ship
FROM - ALLENSVILLE
It has been said that'Rfcfiardiinds
out how the majority of hislfownship
are going to vote and their always
votes .with the majority. .While it
is ! said that two of my near' neigh-1
bors. find out . how "the minority oare
going going .to vote and either "vote
this way or else won't' vote at ail.
And really it seems 'there must be
some truth in these' assertions, for
at the last bond election Tommie
voted for bonds and also made the
race for commissioner., The bond
issue got,' I think, 22 votes, but I
don't think Tommie got quite that
many for Commissioner. However,
Tommie ..has some good traits of
character and for the' sake of the
good we overlook the bad. Of course
Tommie - knows that he, is in the
wrong in working against the; bond
issue, but he has no doubt found "but
that the majority are in favor of it
and can gain no notoriety by voting
with us so will in order to be heard,,
raise sand and bellow in the oppo
site direction. In a letter .received
from my son, he says that he is glaa
to see in The Courier thai we are to
have good roads in Person county.
In coming thru the county to Abef-
I deen a distance of one hundred and
fifty-two miles, he found good roads
in every county after leaving Per
son. A salesman from a distance j
stopped over with me some, days ago,
and said to me, "Richard you have
a nice place here and a nice county,
with the exception of your roads
which are bad." I explained to him
that we are going to vote bonds on
March the 20th to improve our roads,
and he Said that we have already
done that and are now fast improv
ing our highways. And said 'he,
"If you get good roads you are go
ing to see your county prosper as
never before." Now that we are go
ing to vote bonds I want Allensville
township to come on March 3rd as
Bro.. Slaughter has already suggest
ed and select either three or six
candidates 'for commissioner for Al-
on our seieciion as io wnai we
get done on our roads with the $25,
000 coming to us. Somebody may be
ready to say that Richard is in the
race out ne is not ana postiveiy
wauld not accept if it should be ten
dered him, but I do want three good
men to look after our roads and see
that the roads of the whole town
ship are looked after, giving each
and everyone exact justice as near.
as within their power. So be sure
and be here on March 3rd at one o'
clock and vote for the man you want
to represent your end of the town
ship. Poor Richard.
To Solicit Funds for the Belgiums
Last Sunday evening after the ser
mon Rev. O. W. Dowd appointed the
following committee to receive and
solicit funds for the Methodist offer-
mS to suffering peoples m me war
countries: d. j. L-iayxon, w. xv.nam'
. rvt A, TTT T TT
wishing to contribute can hand their
contributions to either of these gen
tlemen and it will be properly f or-
warded, we learn mat uie ouiiuay
. V 1-
recently - m seven uo" XU1
tnis ooject.
Presbyterian Announcements
No mid-week prayer meeting this
week.
Preachine next Sunday 11 A. M.
and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School 9:45
A. M. You are cordially invrted to
C. E. White
attena mese services.
Pastor
Rabbit and Cat Caught in One Trap.
One day last week when young
Peed, a son of Allen Peed of Mt.
Tirzah section went to his rabbit
trap he found a rabbit and cat both
ft the trap. When liberated tne cai
made lor tan umoe,
navmg .
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sunk Jast wwdi
ean wmie w. me
-w. ' Both, vessels were taten
t. if ... , aiim;MiivnnT,
nvor bv me anuwi ;wHjy.-""
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ia was iur a j o aT1Qnrt
" , mWd to her
ne was -"-7 ;ra
jflrfn,pnt whbwere
the Siewaru a .,
1 . t wprt on ine rra
on tne wwu - , .
conia when she went down.
WILSON ASltS CONGRESS
FOR MORE POWER TO
DEfiL WITH SUBMARINE
TAKES STEP. THAT .
MAY LEAD TO WAR
Bill Immediately Introduced in House
Giving Him Power Asked Repub
licans Disinclined To Grant Blank-
et Authority and May: Undertake
to Interfere Witl President's Plan
Thus Forcing an- Extra Session.' k
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Washington, Feb. 2'6. President
Wilson today took the inevitable step
and asked Congress, for authority toj
use the iorces of, the United States
to protect American ships, and lives
against the. German submarine men
ace to put the nation in 'a -state of
armed neutrality!
The immediate response was the
introduction in the House of a biU
approvef in advance by the PresiV
dent, empowering him to 'furnish'
guns and gunners to American mer
chantmen; to "employ such other
instrumentalities ' and methods" as
may become necessary and providing
for, a $100,000,000 bond issue, to be
used in his discretion for war in
surance to encourage. American com
merce to brave the submarine peril.
The bill may be brought up in the
House tomorrow . with special rules
for its immediate consideration.
A similar bill will.be considered to
morrow by the; Senate committee.
May Force Extra Session. .
The President's , long expected! ac
tion, while received in the main with
expressions of support, threatens to
force an extra session of Congress,
Republicans, disinclined to grant
him blanket authority while Con
gress is in recess, give evidence of
opposing the legislation the Presi
dent asks not .for the purpose of
witholding it, but to force . him .to
have Congress, in . special, session l.tdT'
iTttLa v-xti a ill n. n " -L'-Hfl.
nicy xeei win leau io war. ine
Republicans are receiving passive
support from the Democratic ele
ment classed as pacific.
The President's advisors deplore
this situation for its elfect in Ger
many where they are convinced it
will feed the official impression that
Congress will not support the Presi
dent if he finds it necessary to go
to war, and that he is not speaking
the sentiments of a united country.
The Principal Sticking Point
The President's request for author
ity to use "other instrumentalities"
is the principal sticking point. Even
the Republicans and some of the De
mocrats who hesitate to give him
what he asks for say they would be
willing to give him authprity to arm
American ships or act on a definite
proposal, but are reluctant to "sign
a blank check."
The administration faces this di
vision, in its own ranks in its ef
fort to convince the Kaiser that the
United x States is now preparing to
enforce respect for its rights on the
high seas. Some Democrats point
o the President's own statement in
his address today that he considered
he already had implied authority to
act, and might do so without the
sanction of Congress. Mr. Wilson,
himself, however, said he preferred
not to act on implications, and did
not desire to be left without specific
authority and no Congress to which
to turn. All these things . point to
ward an extra session, although a
way out may develope at the last
moment.
Laconia Incident Lends Weight
Although the President told Con
gress he was not acting because of
the long feared "overt act" news of
the destruction of the Cunard liner
Laconia, with Americans aboard, was
received here as he was entering the
doors of the Capitol and was passed
from mouth to mouth through Con
gress while he was speaking. Lack?
ing details, its' seriousness could not
be estimated, but it was apparent
everywhere that it gave weight to
the President's words, then falling up
on a body of grave, silent legisla
tors, assembled before him in a som
bre , moment of American - history
weighing the declarations which may
lead the United States to war.
But the President made r it clear
that America was asking to exercise
none but the rights of peace, that he
was not4 proposing nor contemplating
war. He was thinking, le said; of
the right of life itself, the rights' of
humanity "without" which there is
(Continued on page ten.):7
, 4ATTHE PRESIDENT
' DLDwTHEn CONGRESS
' " . I ain not now proposing or
' rJteiaplating war or any
l"a fda4 TtaaA lanJ 4t
War can only come by the
-.ituui acts ana aggressions
-vJcf others.
I.siust ask for your sup
" " porting authority in the most
caeYl terms.
; ','3Y;J?ast defend our com
merciTand the lives of our
;Hp?ople. with discretion but
wwvclear and steadfast pur-
,vFoseV -
,ty: Ktequest that vou will
wf. ; tjthorize me to supply our
' i ierchant ships with defen-
Mvr'arms, snouia that be
come " necessary.
7r;JU request also sufficient
'k trcdit' to enable me to pro-
"da adequate means of
btection.
'I- feel that I ought to ob
Jir;from you full and im-.ediate-
assurance of the
ithority which I may, need
t any. moment to exercise.
ov doubt I already posess
..at.' authority 'without spe
hl warrant of law.
7 Our own commerce is suf-
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ricring rather in apprehen-
than in fact.
.i Thia in itself mieht pre-
what'-the new German sub-
.r:itljf accomplish in effect
" tidrinp' orders were meant
to .accomplish so . far as' we
,7' r re concerned.
The case of the Lyman
-u Law disclosed a ruth
.I:ssness of method which
i;,!:serves grave condeinna-
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PROM CALTOLINA
VXst Saturday was my first visit
tooxboro this year but don't ex
pect - nta . again until the roads get
betttr One citizen told me the roads
were:.alvalike now, but I replied that
such,. was .not the case, as Roxboro
fdwr.zhip roads were good even now,
ith , very few exceptions where
drihaser is hardly sufficient, bi
tne z 3 places will be made good by the
r attcrities.
!iile;ii town I saw Roxboro town-
filers snauimst lerwuzers. ,pu
" mers ' ,haulinspt fertilizers, but
ship folks have not dreamed of that
yet. Some our folks are agamst the
bond issue, some even saying Rox
boro township would pay 50c while
all the Other townships would pay
75c per hundred dollars worth of
property, which will net be the case
if the bond issue is carried. Why
circulate such stories when reason
able minded people do not belieye
them.
Our school committee has a plan
by which we can raise additional
funds to help make our school better
and longer next year, nd have re
quested the patrons to meet with
them Tuesday night of this week to
complete the arrangements. .
No public school can do the work
it should do, unless the public funds
are supplemented by the friends and
patrons.
Here is the plan; Caltolina farm
offers as much land as is needed prac
ally ready for cultivation, rent free
and the writer offers to give the fer
tilizer for a tobacco crop, if the pa
trons of the school will do the work,
all proceeds to go to our school.
There is no patents on this idea and
if any other school wants to try it
come along and let us help educate
the boys and girls of Person county,
as fair as the fairest in North Caro
lina Reporter.
THOMAS WINSTEAD
A marriage that came as a sur
prise to the friends of the popular
young couple was that of Mils Bessie
Winstead and Mr. Eugene Thomas,
which was solemnized in Durham on
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Lawrence, a cousin
of the bride. The ceremony was per
formed by Dr. Gaw,' pastor of the
Baptist church. Immediately follow
ing tjie ceremony, the couple left for
Richmond where they spend a lew
days returning to Roxboro, Sunday
evening.
Bushy Fork Honor Roll
The following is the f Honor Roll
for the month ending Feb. 16th,
1917:
"First Grade: Ernest 01iyerr Wal
lace. Pointer, Charlie r Wilkerson.
Pith' fimrfP! Andrw' Aliens Sixth
Grade: Herbert Clayton. Seventh
Grade: Mary . Hester, Etta Hester,
Lex Newton, Jasper Whitfield. Eighth
Grade: , Thelma, Itogers Ruhy Bla
lock. ' Ninth Grader Rena .eivam
Newton. Tenth :Gradei -Inez Boyd.
E. W Pearson, Principal;"
News From Allensville Section
Last Saturday night the general
public were" invited to Black Gum
Corner to Jiear . a discussion in favor
of good roads. Mr. S. T. Slaughter
opened the meeting and spoke very
earnestly at considerable length in
favor of the present road bill and
seemed to hate the fact the people
would criticize him for speaking in
favor of good roads because he has
an automobile. However, he held the
rapt attention of the audience and if
there was anyone opposed to the is
sue he could not be persuaded to ex
press his views in the presence of
Mr. Slaughter. Mr. Slaughter then
introduced r. John Q. Yarborough,
Poor Richard as he is generally
known. Mr. Yarbrough spoke to
them as brethem who should have
the good of the community and coun
ty always at heart and he said men
had always differed, but he felt that
if the people only knew what was
for their best interest they would
every one vote road bonds. He show
ed the man that bought the goods
was the man that paid finally the
mud tax for the consumer, let it be
sugar, coffee, flour or fertilizer, has
to pay that awful mud tax that would
be cut out by having sand clay roads.
He told the young men they could
well afford to pay five dollars in
stead of one-fifty for the sake of
keeping their horse and buggy nice
and clean, instead of both horse, bug
gy, man and sweetheart looking like
they had been in a mud hole. When
he got thru if there were any who
opposed the issue, they did notvhave
the manhood to say so. Mr. Slaught
er explained that Mr. Yarbrough was
now having to send to town on horse
back to get his mail, the roads being
too bad for even a bugjgy until you
reached the sand clay road, to which
Mr. ' Yarbrough said Amen. The
meeting closed with a seeming de
termination on the part of everyone
to do the right thing; TOTE BONDS.
Contributed. ,
High School Debate At County
Coaamencejneht
The query for the high school
debate for the county commencement
is: "Resolved, that the absentee land
lord should pay double tax." Every
school- in the county that does any
high school work is eligible to enter
this debate. Every school that does
any High School work that desires
to enter this debate should notify
W. W. Rogers, Roxboro, at once. A
valuable prize will be given the win
ner of this debate at commencement.
No school can enter more thna one
contestants for the debate.
Good Work and Prompt Attention
I wish to say to the public that I
have opened my shop at Mill Creek
and am prepared to do all kinds of
work in my line. Bring me your
wagons and buggies when they need
repairing. Horse shoeing is one of
my strong points, for shoes I put
on stay on.
My prices are reasonable and my
terms cash. Bring me your work and
I will give you satisfaction.
J. L. MORRIS
Mill Creek, N. C.
ELON SELECTS ORATOR
FOR PEACH CONTEST
The following is a clipping from
the News & Observer of Sunday. It
gives us pleasure to re-print this
item about Mr. J. Laymond Crump
ton, a son Mr. R W. Crumpton of
this county. Mr. Crumpton is a
senior at Elon this year, and for a
number of years he has won this
honor.'
Elon College, Feb. 22. Last even
ing at 8 o'clock the annual inter
collegiate peace contest, Elon Chap
ter, was held in the college auditor
ium. The auditorium was packed to
the overflowing and the contestants
were cheered to an echo.
The following young men partici
pated: Henry Terrie Floyd, Roa
noke, Ala.; John - Laymond Cfrump-
ton, Roxboro; Havliah Babcock, Ap
pomattox, Va.; William Carson King,
Seagrove. The judges were Rev. J.
W. Harrell, D. R. Fonville and Supt,
C 4). Johnson. r".
J. L. Crumpton won the, orator's
medal - and commissioned j by Pres
ident Harper to represent the col
lege in the mtereellegiate-sontest to
be held in the near future. W. C.
King was named as Mr. Xrumpton's
alternate.
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Mr. Harvey Turnage of Farmville,
N. C. was a Roxboro visitor Sunday.
h i oil m. is
M VIOLATIONS OF
ERIGAN RIGHTS
TWO AMERICAN
WOMEN KILLED
Little Progress Made During The
Day in Enacting Legislation Ask
ed By President. Outlook in Both
House and Senate Through LaFoI
lette May Force Extra Session.
Washington, Feb. 27. The admin
istration waits upon Congress to give
the answer of ' the1 United States to
the German campaign of ruthlessness
which has reached a climax in the
sinking of the liner Laconia and the
killing of two American women.
Official accounts of the unwarned"
nght attack on the Cunarder, re
garded as the first clear cut case of
violation of American rights since
the severance of relations with Ger
many, were laid before President
Wilson and the cabinet today by
Secretary Lansing. It was decided
that no steps would be taken until
Congress had time to grant the re
quest for additional authority to pro
tect the lives and rights of Ameri
cans. In Congress little progress was
made Hurine' the riav toward pn act
ing the legislation for which the
President asked in his address yes-
t.prnv TVip SpTisifp -frvroloti TelfinTi
committee by a divided vote report
ed out a bill similar to the one intro
duced in the House, to authorize the
President to arm merchant ships and
employ "such other instrumentali
ties as he may deem necessary." The
formality of referring the measure
back to the committee was blocked
by Senator Lafollette, and as the
Senate is working under an agree
ment to consider nothing except by
unanimous consent until the revenue
bill has been voted on tomorrow night
further action is .delayed until urs-
No Vote By House Committee
On the Hoase sid,e the foreign
affairs committee talked through two
sessions over phraseology, those op
posing action objecting chiefly to the
words" other instrumentalities." The
committee finally adjourned until
tomorrow without taking a vote.
The administration leaders are not
disturbed over the situation in the
House, however, as it is well under
stood that action under a special
rule can be forced, whenever it 'is
regarded as necessary. Moreover,
while there is some real opposition
in the, committee and among the pa
cifist group in the House, both Re-,,
publican and Democrat leaders inti- .
mate mat it is uccuicu wise cu uciajr
putting through a bill until it is clear
what the Senate will do so, as to pre
vent confusion. '
Even in the Senate the administra
tion spokesmen profess full confi
dence thatHa measure satisfactory to
the President will be passed later
in the week. Although most of the ,
Republicans favor stronger action
than has been proposed, it is believ
ed they will vote for the committee
bill when the roll call comes.
The Misses Hesters Entertain
Misses Addie and Bessie Hester
entertained last Friday night Feb
ruary 23rd, in honor of Miss Blanche
Hester and Mr. Jerry Hester. The
evening was pleasantly spent in gam
es and contest. Prizes were. given to
the wisest and most foolish in the
contest. Miss ' Corina Newton and
Mr. Frank Bradsher won the prize
for the wisestt which was; dainty
silk handkerchief, and Miss Pauline
Hester and Mr. Jack Snipes won the
prize for the moos't foolish, which
was a doll After the contest deli
cious refreshments and candies were
served. .
Among those who enjoyed the
evening were: Misses Blanch, Mary
and Pauline Hester, Ruth Blalock,"
Ome O'Briant, Corina Newton and
Lee' Snipes. Messrs Jerry Hester,
Edgar Newton, , Robal Baynes, Iin
wood and Frank Bradsher and Jack
Snipes. A. Guest. rV, ; ,
Uiirgea mm mercer -
ored, is being held Jiere t or "attempt
ed niurder of t,Garf ield leachum, a
whitefarmer. of t, this sectioiu"; The
negro fired at Jhe ,wWte;:man,one
ouiiet irom a revolver uuong enew
in latters breast. . ,
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