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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, October 31st, 1917.
Number 44
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PERSON OVER SUBSC
RIBES HER QUOTA
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l ever ci Appreciation From Liberty
Loan Committee.
:he ?ood work of the ladies of the
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee and
.ve attribute the success largely to
ihe active work of this Committee
lere in town and in the different town
-hips of the county. We wish also
to thank first the Board of Trade for
.he time given our speakers on each
warehouse floor during last week, the
warehousemen for the privelege of
jsing; their floor. All the gentlemen
LETTER FROM CAMP COMPETITIVE BALLOT
JACKKSON PERIOD IN SHOWER
, OF GOLD CAMPAIGN
S. P. Jones Writes Interestingly of
Camp Life Urges Person People Ends November 13th at Nine P. M.
Tlu- Spirit of Liberty is just as To' Bu' Liberty, Bonds. ! Twelve Big Ballots to Best Sub-
. ;:v;uv today as it was in '76. The i j scription Getters.
of oid Person responded nobly Dear Mr- Noell: j
;,vi well to the Cause. They did their i Doubtless it will be interesting toj The present period of the campaign
,lt ;n making the Second Liberty Loanjfne PeoPle back home to hear of life! will be known as Competitive Ballot
i success. Person's apportionment ' in camP as we become more used to 'Period and will close November 13th,
va5 $102,900.00, her subscription was j our. surroundings and get better ac.jat nine p. m:
.qs:i. 150.00; $30,250.00 larger than 1 ?uaintea Wltn mil'tary life. Well,
-he maximum required. Vs lots more intesesting to us as we
" The Liberty Loan Committee is 1 ffet down to real business. We had
leeply grateful and appreciative of,WUi reai U11U loaay as now
we win conduct ourselves on the bat
tle front and just exactly how the
machine guns are "handled and sup
ported by the men. Every man has
a particular part and the arrainge
nents are so vivid and accurate that
team work is absolutely necessary,
brt of course I cannot explain it in
detail for to understand it you would
have to know something about the ar
rangement and positions that the
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-.hat gave their time and made the-uns are l)ia?ea m
speeches for us at the different houses Ve11' smce writin to The Courier
and other places, we are very ap- !ast" many chan-" have taken place
oreciative. The fact of the business in Camp Jackson- r-st of the Person
s that we wish to thank everv onJcounty bors have !?one to Greenvilb
hat took a part in making the Second! io the ranks of the National Guard j subscriptions ever count for
Liberty Loan the success it was in the' and more to g0 yet The bys froml votes than now- There is not a
rionda lett us yesterday fr Macon, j worker in tne campaign that can
Ga. Onlv those that have exner- ! stand aside now and let the others win
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the ballots if they are expecting to b?
a vong the winners at the end.
It is a safe bet that the winnssrs
of the prizes will be those who never
toll their standing even to their best
friends as the word often gets to their
iompetitors and then they have a big
advantage.
Keep quiet keep busy win the
biggest ballot be the grand prize
winner at the end ot the campaign.
A PROPHET VINDICATED AT THE hyco warehouse
Ejjuire W. I. Newton's Prediction
That There Would be a Sale Aver
aging Over $40.00 Came True.
S. B. Barnwell
Clayton & Dunn
Wp hnv hppn wntphinp the mar- Lee & Lee
Below we give a few of our large
checks for one load, at the Hyco:.
$600.00
$502.90
$503.90
Seven thousand bonus votes will be
given for each dollar on subscrip
tions in addition to the regular sche
dule of votes, and besides this, there
will be twelve ballots or voting certi
ficates given to twelve babies accord
ing to the amount of subscription
money turned in for them.
At the close of this period all the
subscription money will be totaled and
the baby that has the most to his or
her credit will be given a Competi
tive Ballott good for Three million
votes. The next highest baby will
get a three million ballot also, the
next two babies will each get a two
million ballot and the next eight will
oach get a one million ballott.
Never again after this period will
competitive ballots be given nor will
kets' of this and adjoining States to Smith & John
see if ,; any one was going to beat us W. A. Nelson
to Esquire Newton's prediction, that Warren & J.
there would" be a sale which would Wilson
average more than $40.00 for the en- Wilkins & B.
tire sale, but we did not see it until W. Wilburn
last: Friday, and we saw the perfor- Murphy & H.
marice right here in Roxboro.
On last Friday W. T. Pass, pro
prietor of the Hyco Warehouse, made
the j unheard of average of $41.00 a
hundred for every pound of tobacco
Murphy & H.
Crews & Thomas
Henry Cokley
John McDade
Geo. Vincent
ounty.
Just a word to the dcodIb of the
ounty who did not give a subscrip- iciV:od the life knows vvhat t mean3
nn to this sernnrl Tn tior a soldier to part from his com
rades in time of war. It was a sad
experience when the boys left us yes
terday, but you could see that calm
satisfaction stamped upon their faces
that every soldier must or rather does
soon learn, that of duty while min
gled with that you could see sorrow
stamped there also occasionally a
moistened eye as they expressed their
regrets at parting,' and .many left with
the farewell expression of "Meet me
in France Old Pal " or do your duty
wherever -you go., and here's hoping
that we will celebrate our victory and
!l,neet again and" talk ove rthe ex
periences of the early . days -of ; old
Camp Jackson where we all got our
tjrst, "About .face rv. totherear
uarch, etc"
Well, I want to make an appeal to
every loyal and patriotic citizen of
dear old Person cwanty that are left
at home of course, we know you are
going to do your bit to help win the
war but probably some will think
there's not much that I can do but I
want to say there is. Lots of Person
county's sons made sacrifices to come
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AMERICANS SOLDIERS IN ' d,m lciy tti,me ine,r civilian garo
IN TRENCHES Khaki uniform and
i oner nis upon tne alter oi Iree
;vill be coming and you want to be
n position to do your part, make an
effort now to save your money and
when the Government calls again and
offers you the best collateral security
n the world, be in a position to help
out with your savings.
We expect to next week give a full
list of all who subscribed to the Lib'
erty Loan.
Watch for the Bank adv. in The
Courier giving the dates of payments
ad attend to this promptly, the Banks
ill have to remit, th&e. payments . on
&t day before its iue in .order to meet
the requirements lif the, government
and mtk&s you meet .your payment
promptly it will be confusingopH rr
We wish to express our thanks to
all of you for the work and time given
ip this cause to show you how we felt
stout it; then remember that your
effort waa spent in rendering a service
t the best country on earth and when
we think about that we are fully re
paid for all we have done.
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE
sold on the floor, including bag trash . Moore
ana"; all. It has been considered a - T. Bowes
firood sale when ja farmer averaered ! neips & t
$40.00 a hundred for his load, but the
Hyco averaged $41.00 for the day's
saleand it was far above the average
in quantity.
Notwithstanding that no other mar
ket,; to our knowledge, has made such
art average, there are some who will
tell; you that tobacco is selling for
mote money elsewhere, but figures do
not'lie.
By the way the Hyco has averaged!
over ,$40.00 for everything sold the'
past four days. -So this phenominal
sale of $41.00 was jiot a trumped up
sale, but is of common occurrence in
Roxbcro.
$507.60
' $439.53
$602.60
$574.40
$410.08
$860.38
$430.47
$430.47
$415.33
$631.20
$442.20
$546.40
$463.58
$537.04
$415.70
Lot of others did just as well. We
have not space to mention all. Every
body more than pleased at the HYCO.
You just ought to see how tobacco
sells on our floor. Take one day off
and visit our sale and I am sure you
will brin us your next load. Come to
see us.
Yosr friends,
; - . W. T. PASS & CO.
TEUTONS WIPE OUT
ONE TALIAN ARMY
ITALIANS ARE RETREATING
Units of the Second Army Allow En
emy to Smash Left Wing Austri
ans and Germans Force Their Way
to Plains of Northern Italy.
Savj, llelu Savo and Be Saved
Think
who war
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
Here are Babies Entered to Date. If
Your Favorites Name is Not Among
Them Send it in Now.
and
Person
by the meeting of the Teachers Asso
eiation on last Saturday. ' We had a
large : crowd and a profitable sessiin.
; ,The colored . people had ah enthu
siastic meeting in their association
in their graded school building.
Examination for second and third
grode certificates will be held on next
Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 5th and 6.
No examinations for first grade tea
chers. I do hope that every teacher in oir
county will do all in her power to
advance the Food Conservation work
this week. It is a great work and de
serves the hearty co-operation of all
our citizens. I want each teacher to
Ba'by Parent or Guardian
Address and Number of Votes.
Lois Irene Black, W. A. Black
Woodsdale G,150
Erasmus Clapton, M. T. Clay-
tpri, Roxboro, R. 2 7'2M
Patrick Henry Clay, Jr., Pat,
.mCltyrtEoyhorov-. 6,400
l the millions of young men
formerly producers who are
now censu Tiers, and save in crder that
h-y v,ay have to cat. Th3 U. S.
must Jeed her own soldiers as well as
many others. This is a great pro
Mem. The people must help. You
ought to do your bit. Are yQU doing
it? Sign the pledge and send it in
to the County Food Administrator,
Dr. E. J. tusker. Then see ;jiow lit
tle you can get along withsMal(f
London, Oct. 28. News
American troops have fired their first
-hot of the war on the western front
took the place of honor in the Sunday
papers with the first American official
statement from Paris. The an
nouncement was received with great
pnthusiasm by the American con
Jressmen who are here. They said
t would carry profound satisfaction
that the'"0-1 and tney did not stP at that butlhave a Fodd Conservation meeting at
ar? going a step farther and buying
Liberty Bonds to help equip them
selves and bear Uncle Sam's burden of
.var, and all of the people can readily
see that a man getting only thirty
dollars per month can't buy many
io the home people ought to show
"heir loyalty t othe boys and do their
p?.rt and invest their surplus money
her school on next Friday afternoon,
2:30 and get all cards signed and send
them in to Dr. E. J. Tucker, Roxboro,
N. C.
Surely this will be a great week for
Person. J. A. BEAM.
.600
M00
o the people of America. Telling of! rA Government bonds for 'tis a good
"he event the weekly dispatch says:
"Thp allies are extremely fortunate
n having American troops take a
place in the line at a comparaivly
quiet time of the year. During the
winter they will have ample oppor
tunity of mastering the intricacies of
rnch warfare which never can be
teUtfht satisfactorily behind the lines.
Within four or five months thev should
become seasoned troops and the allies
'onfidently look to a great display
vhen they "g0 over the top.' "
Paris Papers Play It
Paris, Oct. 28.The first American
oramunication announcing the pre
ence of American troops in the
'-rencfies or. battle front, to which
Foreign Minister Barthoa made ref
erence Thursday night, is printed
Prominently in all the morning news
papers today. The newspapers in
editorial articles express joy over the
announcement.
afe investment. This cantonment
Iras already subscribed almost a pu'ar
tcr of a million dollars, the campaign
just gotten to the point where the
RED CROSS NOTES
Presbyterian Announcements
boys are getting interested in them.
That goes to prove that this army
means business and I just want to ap
peal to home people to back us boys
ip and we'll do the fighting for you.
Car captain told us today that the ma
chinevgun battalion were liable to be
;noved within the next week or two.
Don't know where we will go to, but
Tuess it will be some where that we
can get a gun range and do real prac
tice. Will stop for this time and
if it does not get into the waste bas
ket probably will write again some
times.
SAMUEL P. JONES
Co. A. 31G M. G. B, Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. C.
October) 18th, 1917.
The ladies who are kniting for the
Red Cross will please meet at th?
Crowell Garage next Tuesday at 9:30.
This change is made on acorn t of
next week being the Methodist jad
ies' ceek of prayer.
Contributions to the Red Cross
Dr. B. R. Long $5.00; Mr. C. L. Broogs
$5.00, Mrs. Mamie Bradshcr $1.00,
Mr. W. R. Hambrick $50.00.
'Wfflie Gray Clayton, O. Y.
Clayton, Stem, N. C.
Ljacile Gladys Clayton, C. M.
'Clayton Rougemont
Nannie May Daniel. Hubert
Daniel, Roxboro, k. 3 10,600
Arch Boone Gentry, A. H.
Gentry, Roxboro, R. 2 10,400
Cora Jane Howard, Roy How
ard. Jalong. N. C. 5,330
Mabel Hobgood, Lagna Hob
good, Roxboro, R. 2 5000
Lillian Claric Jones. Mrs.
.'Lillian T. Jones, Timber
lake, N. C. 8,150
Luease King, J. W. King,
Roxboro, N. C. 5,000
Maxine King, J. C. King.
Jalong, N. C. j.
Charlie Ellis Lec, Jim Lee,
Roxboro. N. C. R. 3.
Harvey Montague, Joe Mon
tague, Roxboro, N. C, R. 2
Wavn? Knox Moore. W. K.
Moore, Hurdles Mill
Clyde Murphy, B W. Murphy,
Roxboro : f
Newton Twins, R. D. Newton
Hurdles Mill, N. C. R. 3 7,500
Little Elizabeth Pulliam, G. W.
Pull i am, Roxboro G,000
Willie Riley, Avs-t'n Riley,
Rougemont, N. C. 7,250
Maggie Regan, Thomas Re
gan. Semora, N. C.
Abie J. Slaughter, Mrs. Lula
Slaughter, Timbrlake
Larry Ennis Tillcy, Grover
evercthing count. To waste ts cHine
against humanity. If yoa.iave 'you
will help to win the victory jfoir an en
during peace. But if you $j not :you
and the trenches; Sot for their own
good, bat orthe! sake of mankind
eveywliere. They1' are preparing and
fighting the battles for us to save us
from ruin. We will help! We will
not enly save but sacrifice for the
sake of those who, have , gfven them
selves to make the world safe for democracy.
J. M. HESTER,
Chairman Publicity Committee.
Rome, Oct. 28. Units of the Ital
ian army surrendered or retreated
without fighting, permitting the Abs
tro-German forces to break the Ital
Iian left wing on the Julien front aaTT
invade Italy, says today's official re
port. The Itajians now are retreat
ing in accordance with thp plan pre
pared. The announcement follows:
"The faliure to resist on the port
of , some units . forming our second
army, which i ncowardice retired with
out fighting or surrendered to the
nemy, allowed the Austro-Germaas
forces to break into our left wing on
the Julien front. The valient ecarta
of other troops did not enable them
to prevent the enemy from advancing:
into the sacred soil of our fatherjaxkL
We now are withdrawing our line ac
cording to the plans prepared. All
stores and depots in the evacuated
places were destroyed.
s Army Wil ldo Its Duty
"The record with many memorable
battles fought with success by our
brave soldiers during two and one
hajf years of war is sufficient to as
sure the commander-in-chief that tibe
ary to wHic hthe honor and safety of
the country are Confided will know
how to fullfill its. duty."
(Gorizp wac captured by the Ital
ians August 9, 19 JL6, at the time of the
synchronous offensive of the allies of
the French, Galican and Itajian fronts
The" Italians took about 20,000 pris
oners in the city. The capture of
Goriza was one of the most import
ant successes of Italy's carnpaign;
aggQist Ausia,?: -It As .a -: toWf of
31000, injiabitanta ini'the; Isorfzo, lialf
wky mml
front of attacks betweeVoiminoa ; ,:
the sea.. It is atr&ffy situated aniofi: ; '
hills of great defensive value in whieh
thre was heavy fighting before thr
ItaTi ans reached the city itself. Gcr-
izia is 22 miles northwest of Triesto,
Austria's big seaport at the head of ',
the Adriatic, th capture of whkh- is
one of the principal Italian aspira
tions in th-, war.)
John Y. Stokes Drops Liberty Loan
Posters Over Cities in Ohio
Announcement
5,000
7,800
.6,000
. 9,100
6,300
The Red Cross will meet at the
usual hour on Thursday at the Crow
ell Garage.
5,000
6000
Tilley, Rougemont,
7,300
Knit For the Red Cross
Prayer meeting tonight at 7:30.
Followed by choir practice. Sunday
School next Sunday 9:45 a. m., Mr.
H. L. Crowell, Supt. Preaching at
U a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The Lord's
Supper will be partaken of at the
framing service and pastor and ses-
n desire to have all members pre-
fat The Ladies Missionary So
ctj, will meet at the home of Miss
Hattie Bnrcb on Academy street
ext Monday at 4 o'clock. Th eMers
(Jeaccms will meet at Crowell 6ar
St Monday night at 8 o'clock.
Mfcs EUzdbsth returned to
Att CoilegeDahvillS'
a ,daya, withih
Mrs. 3: WcNoell
The wool for the Red Cross has ar
r those that will knit will
livcu
please meet at the Cromell Garage on
each Tuesday ofternoon at two o'
clock. It is earnestly desired that
many willl enroll for the knitting as
there is great demand now for knitted
articles., Instructions and full di
rections will be siven.
Gravitt-Lonc
Onlast Sunday eveniat; Mrs. Min
nie Urns became the bride of Mr. Beit
nie L. Gravitt, both of AllensviUe
township. Mr. Graviti is a pros-
Inrous farmer. Mrt. Long s ine
vsndc i of Mr. Mose ong. t ;eir
New Members of the Red Cress Chap
ter Mrs. Henry Winstead, Miss. Annie
Lou Thomas, Miss Odell Thomas, Mr.
W. A. Warren, Mr. Lewis Bradsher,
Mrs. Lewis Bradsher, Mr. Ira O'
Briant, Mr: Daniel Long. Mr. W. A.
Stephens, Rev. Paul Hartsell, Mrs. J.J
H. Newton, Miss Erne Baynes, Mr.
James Rogers, Mrs. James Rogers,
Miss Fannie Kirby and Miss Ruth
Whitfield.
7,150
Harrison Tillman. Mrs. H. G.
Tillman, Woodsdale, N. C.
Virginia Ann Timberlake, J.
Frank Timberlake, Timber-
lake, N. C. 10,100
Felix Wilkerson. Fletcher
Wilkerson. Timborlake. R. 6850
Edgar
Loni- Memorial Methodist
Church Announcements
John Y. Stokes, Jr., of Reidsville,
ind who spent two winters in Roxboro
as bookkeeper for Liggett & MyersJ
Tobacco Co., has received his com
mission as first lieutenant in the avia
tion corp.
From a letter recently received by
his father, J. Y. Stokes of Reidsville,
the following is an extract:
"We had a right xciting trip to
day. I, with nine others, flew to
Columbus, Ohio, about 130 miles, scat
tering iib rty cards over the city. Be
sides sending these nine ships to Ccl
umbu: four went to Dayton, two to
Indianapolis. Each ship carried about
5,000 cards, and threw them overboard
when wo flew over the cities. They
read liki this, "Suppose these were
hostile aeroplanes now flying over
your heads, dropping bombs over your
city. This may be what will happen
if you don't subscribe to the Liberty
Loan.' It must have had good effect
for Columbus wired in tonight $3,
800,000 worth of bonds. When you
would throw a package of these cards
over the -wind from th propeller
would catch them and scatter them for
miles. We passed over Columbus at
about 5,000 feet, circled the town and
landed at the fair grouncte."
First Baptist Church The pastor
will preach Sunday morning and
evening. The topic for the morning
servicp: "A Door to the Human
Heart." The evening service will be
eveangelistic.
Bible School Sunday morning at
9:30, J. W. Noell, Superintendent.
mediately after the Sunday evening
service. The Business Men's Bible
Class continues to grow. Why not
join ?
B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 6:30
Miss Edna Bradsher, President. De
votinal meeting. The quiz on the
daily Bible reading will be conducted
by the pastor.
We were delighted to have you at
the morning service last Sunday and
the B. Y. P. U. cordiajly welcomed
you to the service in the evening.
Come again, bring your friends with
you.
Entire Merckem Peninsula is Ca
tsred by the Allies.
London, Oct. 28 The entire Mer
ckeu peninsula, near Dixmude, has
bsen captured by the entente forces,
according to the British official com
munication issued this evening. Hie
communication adds that additional
prisoners also have been taken.
Orphanage Singing Class Coming
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class will ffive their annual Concert
inthe Graded Srhool Auditorium in
Roiboif& on Thursday," November the
22nd, 1917. The Masons desire to
give- the iDrphanare the largest crowd
possibLfc to hear the concert Fmv
ther announcement toII be made: later
in the Courier fcy Mr. C H. Huhter.
If -joa-are reflcfingoT -repairing it
will pay-yotrtoee ourtocknd gel
Census of German Population 'Allies May Co-operate on Italian Front
Rev. H. M. North will conduct our
prayermeeting Thursday night, 7:30,
November 1st, and will hold our fourth
quarterly conference at the close of
the service. The church oxcials, the
membership of the church and the
public are cordially invited to be pre
sent at these services.
Next Sunday 11 a. m. our commun
ion service will be held, and at 7:00
p. m. the Woman's Missionary Soeiety
will conduct the service. All are in
vited to .come.
O: W. IJOWIh
Rio Janerio, Oct. 28. A general
census of the German population of
Brazil now is in progress of prepara
tion. Hereafter it will be necessary '
for the German residents to carry iden
tification cards.
Paris, Oct. 28. The cabinet met
this evening to deternine upon co
operation of the allies on the Italian
front. President Poincare presided.
Honor Roll Ai School
The following is the Honor Roll of
the Ai School, for the month ending
October, 29th:
SECONCf . GRADE: Victoria Gar
rett and'Pmdie Clayton.
Fifth Grade-Lila Allen.
SEVENTH' GRADE-Jer.nie Moore
"Giant Naval Prwaaof
Is Mostly WtM&':
.AsteTdam5ct:v 2SA: o3sptehr
Garrett and Fannie Mae'Wilmoth.
Jmahr EAKLfc TLMBERLAKE,
"Teacher.'
received from 'Yieaix& says that vt. The- treasury department notified
our pxic'i 5;(.w4);;-i he
worerf!ar
t-oav5 wbs ?Kwmr u v v' A!TcrTin t nes'irraini? : isoveraner is. 1 1 ,
Dumba, former Attstronnrian. M?JTrs Telephone Co:, that an
U. S, MARINES
Sergeant George A. Musick, who is
in charge of the U. S. Marine recruit
ing station in Durham, was a Rox
boro visitor yesterday. Young men
between the ages of . 18 and 32 are
wanted for this service, and there is
orobabl v ; no ' branch of the service
which ogers superior advantages ia
the way of promotions and sight,iee-
ing, than this branch. The .opptr-,
tunity for : promotion is Iarge9. all .
promottons being made from the rsxbi
besides an opportunity for traveCrj
over a goodly portion of the glss. .
Sergelfosiekl.iefty sonie 4rtex!pti ;
concerning ssetvice with'tHe Ptttr,
''ilyujtm by csXZzz
at the Pest C!ice. v . ' "
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