THE COURIER
t. W. NOELL, Editor.
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Roxboro, N. C. June 4th 1924
POLITICAL BUNCOMBE.
A letter has been, and is being, distributed^
in this County over the signature
of Mr. L. M. Carlton, Manager
PSrson County Headquarters A. -W.
McLean For Governor, in which he
aitsAlrs TV?a fioiiwiai. Ua-?
wuaivi. nC 3B)i; JiUCIl
haa-beeih published in The Courier lor
Mr. Bailey and against Mr. McLean
for the nomination for Governor. Mr.
Bailey seems to be able to control the
1 columns of this paper. Mr. McLean
cannot get this kind of publicity without
paying enormous prices for it.
The law limits campaign expenses,
and he is therefore not able to buy
columns after column of The Courier
at 10c per line."
Mr. Carlton knows that Mr. Bailey
does not control these columns. He
knows that Mr. McLean IS ABLE to
boy all of the space he wants in The
Courier?only last night Mr. Bailey
stated in a speech at Wilmington that
Tie could prove hat ovgr $15,000 has
bee spent by the other side in newspaper
advertising and ill circulnrs."
No, friends, it is not because Mr
McLean is NOT ABLE to pay for
space in this paper that he does not
use our columns, but rather because j
neither Mr. McLean, Mr. Carlton or!
any of Mr. McLean's other managers
can answer a few questions which
this paper put to him concerning his
record as a member of the War Finanoe
Corporation?when through his
- act the farmers cotton, fell from 40.
cents a pound to 10 cents, and your!
tobacco fell from 50 centsa pound to j
about 22 cents. That is the milk in
the cocoa mi I. .[
The time was when a smart lawyer j
could tit dotirn and send a few hun-'
dred sugar-coated letters to leading
farmers and carry an election almost !
any way he desired, but thank God
t;: ) the farmer is reading and thinking
today and can not bo fooled by a few
wise so-called leaders. The farmer
knows Mr. Baiiey is their friend,
and through him are they to get relief
from overburdened taxes. And
that is why ninety per cent of the
farmers of this County are going to
: vote for Mr. Bailey, and they are
wise in so doing.
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The American Exchange National
Bank of Greensboro gave our town
some very desirable publicity in an
advertisement which it ran in the
Greensboro Record recently. This was
very nice of the American Exchange
and we are quite sure will draw our
folks thetr ^'ay. It was headed, Tar
; j' Heel Facts, and said:
1 ROXBORO: County seat of Person
County. Commission form of government.
Threeeotton mills; three banks,
with aggregate resources of three
niiUiori^rftlars; weekly payroll of
*20 ,000.00; tobacco disbursements of
$4,000,000.00 per Feason; county population
of 20,000; distributing point for
about 3,200 Fquare miles. TIas a.Jorge
variety of industries, and' is actively
' aeeidnft more. Only soven deaths occurred
in Roxboro during the year
1922. Has excellent train facilities;
j?- shortest time route to Hew York; has
water supply of 200,000,000 gallons
<i~-: - impounded five miles: away. :
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e For one time we aie in foil agree
ment. with fiir f: ?_?mum
Si the qneation pf hia shipping Iniluotry
submitted to the people for ratiflcai
tion. All right Governor, if the people
<l .. I it tax on themselves for shins and
ly" terminals,.all well. .-j
' Bailey says tho^farmers lands are!
.'| taxed too high and promised-if he
elected Governor to ?ee they get Teff!
1 ' 'li?fri-Mi. McLean is ilciii in mnurr
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languages concerning the matter. Votefor
Bailey, Mr. Farmer.
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Say, Mr. Farmer, are you satisfied
with the taxes you are paying
on your land? If not vote for Bailey.
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FROM ALLENSVILLE.
Yes, gentlemen, I noticed what you
said in regard to Mt. Tirzah and while
I had no intention of mentioning Mr.
Cothran's name in conection with my
letters to The Courier, as I knew he
would carry some votes in his own
township, but my surprise is his workers
in his own'township?Only twelve
to come to his aid. Why, Richard
made a better run than this once in
Allensville for Justice of the Peace,
and then got Igft- But every day in
every way I feel more and more convinced
that I am working for a righteous
cause when working in the interest
of Melvin Long.
I am just in receipt of a letter from
a prominent lawyer which reads like
this: Dear. Mr. Yarbrough?Poor
Richard: I notice you are a strong
advocate for the nomination of J.
Melvin Ldng from your letters to The
Courier, and says he, "I was in Durham
last week and heard Judge N. A.
Sinclair say that J. Melvin Long was ]
one of the best, if not the best, sheriff
in North Carolina." Now, you good
people know what Judge Sinclair
stands -for, for he' was with us at our
last term of Court, and you know |
with Melvin Long, Melvin Clayton ,
and a judge like Sinclair the whiskey \
seller stands but a very poor show. (
And a very prominent citizen of Rox- j
bore, a man who owns much property j
in Roxboro and quite a lot of land ,
out in tfie- country says we can not ]
afford to turn Long down, for said ,
he, I am sure he is morally as good (
as any man in the race for sheriff, ,
and better than some Of them. Now j
this man belongs to the Baptist t
church and so far as I know no man j
stands higher in his church than he |
does, and the people of Roxboro respect
him as a gentleman, and we (
must think be knows what he is j
talking about. This being the case (
there is no possible excuse fdr you. ,
Mr. Voter, to vote for some one else :
with the thqught that you are getting j
a better man.
Of course, those twelve men of Mt. ,
Tjrzah will vote for Mr. Cothran j
through courtesy to the man of their ^
township, for they have practically '
admitted this in their letter to The ,
Courier, and not because they think |
or believe he is a better or stronger jj
man than Long, This is very nice of r.
those gentlemen and will no doubt be'
appreciated by him. l(
Now, the only ground you h3vej.
left is that you like Whiskey and hateij
tft a ninn U'tin cA Hiliffont i*, 1
the pursuit of the whiskey seller us!
Melviri Lour and Melvin Clayton. It1
Is generally conceded I thinjf by ev- j"
cry candidate running that if they i
can keep the women away from the
polls they can beat Long, for-they ^
say that the women two years agoj
elected him. If this is true, and no '
doubt it is, then every womaf who
voted for him then must feel under
obligation to vote for him again, forjhe
certainly has filled his office as no
other sheriff has done in my reeol-,
lection, and I am fifty six years old
and been working for prohibition at
every opportunity, since childhood, and
to my certain knowledge no sheriff
has ever made it quite so hard on the
evil doer as Melvin Long, m
Now, I ask you women, who have
the welfare of your County at heart
to do the one smalf favor {hat is [
easily in your power, and that is to '
vote for Melvin Long. 1 know th?.T 1
some may be ready to say, why
Richard, Loup caught one of your
nephews sonic nights ago drunk;
looks like you would vote against him
for that. But such is not the case: I '
am sorry indeed that this young man '
acted in such a way as to get into
trouble, for'if you could keep whis
key out of him ho would he a valued
citizen, and this is why I hate whiskey
so bad, for much of my very best kin
have been ruined by. it and I shall use(
every opportunity to keep it just as
far from my home as possible, and 11
knew of no other mean' quite as ef 1
feetive as Melvin Long and Melvin:
Clayton, for they are ever watchful '
over the good people trying to keen,
our home life pure and our puM*Mghways
free from the drunken :
npniacs running cars into any and
renr-.-'-nHv ?hov happen to meet.
?I liull'.'e 'III till' Kqivs an I Oh-enrer
that one of thnis preacher* in Raleigh .
last Sunday was asking the Ku Kluv
Klrtn to take a hand in trying to.sup-,
cress the evil alonft me qf lhp load.)
ior In l.nJsS rot of * R n IC: I'
Great, is tha pity. that_they haven': i
got officers'Hke'Long and c-f-tyvm
N*o"-, ;hfikia my lastiaDPeat to th? _
prod pennle qf Peron county to holn '
me uohold the _ good, name w\ilW
MQlviu long i-. helping us to eatab-j!
li. )i fm i.iii Cuuiity I liupii. iin.l trni ' ^ i
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"HE ROXBORO COURIER June 4th
that the God who-rules over us will v
not let us make such a grievous mis- t
take as to defeat the most worthy t
Sheriff Persoh county has-ever known, t
so my last appeal is to the good wo- y
men of Person county, and that is to t
be as true to Long by voting for hi,n c
as he has been in protecting you and
your family for the last two years.? c
Poor Richard. ' t
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SIX CANDIDATES FOR SHERIFF.
With the Democratic primary now s
only a few days off, the chief topic t
of conversation, in most of the nine t
townships is "Who will we have for 1
omr-Sheriff". Six Candidates eitfered t
the race and these six will go^into \
the primary Saturday, June 7th. All!
of the candidates have made a -vigor-'t
ous and active campaign and will <j
continue to do so until the eve of tha.r
primary. Not one of the five will drop r
out and say to Sheriff Lon|? "We sur-'t
render to you" as was agvised in t
Poor Richard's Diece. This is to *
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point in their favor. t
"If a task you once begin, never
leave it till its done".
All are familiar with the names*of
these candidates by now, but right
here I would like to mention J. L. *
Cothran's name, one of our most
worthy candidates. He is a man to
be considered before casting your
vote Saturday. B
Just to remind you of some things a
Mr. Cothran has done for this coun- a
ty. He has served as deputy for fif- ti
teen or more years. I dont believe you d
will find a man that has done mor?
to. make their districts a. better place a
;o live in than hp. He has done muchlH
to help clean up the "boot-leggers" a
in this section. He was always ready ?P
when called, at any hour, day or night, h
[t mattered not how badly he was b
needed at home. I have known him B
to work hard all day and look still* B
til nighb?ever ready to lend a help- B
Ing hand. Mr. Cothran well deserves a
he name of a faithful officer. He ha hi
>een faithful over minor things, wills ti
le not "be faithful over greater? u
Diw4mr~HHi^ears he has served as $
leputy, this is the first time he ap- c<
>ears before the people of the county ^
ind ask for a higher office. Does no'
tfr. Cothran deserve a chance? Is he c
not worthy of the office, he is seek- ai
ng? Before casting your vote for ai
sheriff Saturday let me. urge you to 5!
>top, think and ask yourself, am B
lelping to put that man'in office that u
possesses all the qualities of a tru? *w
iheriff. 1 believe you will, find thenill
in J. L. Cothran. *
May we like the Psalmist of old jhi
before casting our votes Saturday jv:
ift our eyes to the hills, from whonc'.fi
rometh our help and pray?God givejei
is men, the time dnnnands, stron"?f?
nnen, honest men, men which the evil [tl
to-day can not corrupt.?A Vote\|bj
From Mfc. Tirzah Township. j'c<
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ro THE VOTERS OF 11
* PERSON- COUNTY'
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Dear Mr. Courier:
It seems that there is a lot of pro
mganda being sent out from Roxboro
Sly Mr. Me Lean's, force?, saying tha'
Mr. McLean hasn't the money to pay
ten cents a line for advertising to
oush his campaign. As I see it Mr.
McLean is the ring candidate,- all thr
railroads are backing him and wha: p
nore could any one ask Avifh the rinr d
piled on top. e:
Brother Farmer stand to your gun g
[f you do not pull the trigger no on*- p
>lse will pull it for yoO. Look' to you: ?
i\rn interest. a
As I remember Mr. McLean's n
speech of recent date. He, Mr. d
McLean branded every cne as derna- p
gouges that found fault of the pres- fi
?nt Democratic form of Government
and taxation system. J a
He, Mr. McLean sounded the c
trumpet and one Mr McCoin has tak-|a
Dn it up and accusing Mr. Bailey o' c
arraying class against class. >cow i* p
seems to me that one McCoin is doing
that Mr. Bailey's speeches arc ?
just as clean as they can he. T sap- ]pose
every one remembers that the j
ring asked away out of the muddle g
of the taxation system. v,
I do not think they were- sincere; j,
because just as soon as Mr. Bailey w
cave them a way cat,-they (I nicar ^
the ring) commenced to find fault n
ps I see it just as Ion -as Mr. Baile; ,,
would agree- with them he was aj j
iyht, no fault \o find of him, now i' p
fou ram ember one McCoin said tha'
Mr. Bailey received a very high sal- ?J
iry. Just look at our Governor's, sal- J.
'w"r " it .masOn rh-1' |
FOR COMMISSIONER .
Mr. Parker was for several years E
net'- Institutes ana is remembered by
ndjoining, counties on ncemiht of hia-ec
farm mmllt !uwi' Ife. vrrs-T^arcd rh a fa
fdi'nvvvni'Wn tU-i Ui-M . f .c-t.-ii.'i-.CL-. II
vTfd_thhiki Tu? nftual "farm rxpyeiencr;' <
cujture throflghOot the- state, wHit frir.b
influent" in .xrsirliig- his- eloctkm. Vote
1924
re have some of the sam^ dope dianibuted
out in thia County, some of
hem I have been informed are geting
over three thousand dollars a
ear, and now are clamoring for four*
housand, and oh, they want the poor
hildren educated so bad. - i
Now Mr. Voter, if they want to
ducate the poor children so bad let
hem start out by cutting their own [
alaries.
I hear it rumored that they, (The.
ling) are going to lengthen the!
chool term, as I see it around me, j
he parents are not able to send them;
he time which they have already aloted
them. The parents have to stop
he children from school to go to
rork to make bread to eat. .
It is a scanty living for some of
hem to my knowledge, and- not
lecent clothes to wear, and as-1 see
t now, if the present form of goveroaent
succeeds and they lengthen the
erm, I see only two classes that will
ie benefitted and that will be the
eachers and the ethers that handle
he school funds.
A Voter.
N MEMORY OF JOE
L. BUCHANAN.
On Sunday May" 18, 1924 Joe L
Inchanan was hurt by an automobile
nd was carried to Watts Hospital
nd found" in a very serious condiion
and Monday 26th day of May, he
ied.
He was 34 years 8 months of age,
nd leaves a wife and three children,
le had been married nine year. He
lso leaves an aged mother; Mrs. J.
._ Buchanan, his father." preceded
im three years ago. He leaves six
rothers and three sisters;. L. K.
uchanan, W-. T. Buchanan, G. C.
uchanan, J. R. Buchanan, E. W.
uchanan, C. O. Buchanan. Sisters
re Mrs. Jesse Walker, Mrs. Watins
Gentry and Mrs. J. Larkin Genry.
He was laid to await the resrrection
morn-in the cemetery at
[ill "Creek church, Rev. N. J. Todd
mducted the funeral the 28th day of
[ay.
The pall bearer? were his broth
rs: W. T., Buchanan, J. R. Buchrian,
C. O. Buchanan, G. C. Buehann,
E. W. Buchanan and Mr. Terrell
[angum, the son-in-law of L. K.
iuchanan took his place, he Being
nable to serve. The floral bearers
fare his nieces.
This was an unusual accident, there
ere seven people on the car. His
rcther- E. W. Buchanan was driving
hen the car skided and one of the
ront wheels smashed down. It turn-il
over an embankment about two
?et high and he was caught under
le car. breaking his collar bone, and
oth hips, it seemed that nothing
auld bo done to save his life, no one
Ise was hurt.
iearest loved one thou hast, left uf.
Our sorrows we deeply feel, _
ut tis* God who has bereft us.
He alone can our sorrows heal.
A Brother.
JALONG NEWS ITEMS.
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A very interesting game of ball was
layed Friday afternoon on Longhurst
iamond between Jalong's rapid twirl
rs and Rougemont. The score beiiur
and 2 in favor of Jalong. Batteries:
lixon and Suitt for Jalong, Tilly and
arver for Rougemont. On Saturday
ftcrnoon the* boys met on Rouge
lont's diamond where our boys me*
efeat, the score being 6 and 10 -in
lougemont's favcr. This being the
rst game Jalong's team has lost thisi
1 I'cftn 4/\v linwl P.atnrdnv I
fternoon. next, you may hear the
heers of husky throats at the field
gain. Quite a number of Roxboro'itizsns
Waited the game aV falonz
riday afternoon, \ _ s.
The revival meatiest now going o"
t the Baptist vhuvch is drswirc j
irtre crowds at every -ervice. Rev. |
Ir. Stutenbrok preaching the old i
ospel story. We trust much (toad may j
e accomplished durinjt thesd meetigs.
If you have not heard him youl
'ill do well to atteniV one or move of j
tese services and receive a great I
lessage. from God's word. Hour of j
?rvice,'7t30 p. m. The public is cor-!
ially invited to worship with these
cople during these i..eet:ng?,
JIr."R. G. Cold of I.onghurat Merantile
Company went over to Our-,
am Monday on business.
A SaiaarnprS ,,
OF AGRICULTURES
lirector of Farmers ,nnd Farm Wb- i!
malty of the fanHHTt-ftt I'Jipaah dfifl ,
tivju'p-, in ondeayoriitg to - Improve j
:fnj itiid re-etved his firyf iortons in'.
. --rvyr.1- :-nd tuiewtga nu fanu^
tettplrvl whh hip kno-.v'edRe~ot' aigri!e
,Mm tc -*}ve the farmers , of the
b them. He solicits your votes and
tax htm :.t ;r ..y. . ya..t?(!4?.' j
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I Slashing Reductions I
IN MILLINERY PRICES
Miss Chilcote will close her Spring season fe
with us on the 14th. From now until then p
fc V &
she will make every effort to reduce the p
;|Sj stock in this department to the lowest pos- &
| sible point. She still has a splendid assort- |
$ ment of Spring and Summer hats, many of |
j them just received last week. All of these |
? will be offered at remarkable reductions! g
Come in early and let Miss Chilcote fix you |
up with a stylish and becoming hat for a |
mighty little money.
IOne third off all Coats and Coat Suits.
One fourth off all Dresses. ^
II Harris & Burns | d
jg koxboro's best store | *jj
Deposit1
Money Earners:? .
It is not the money you earn but-the money you
SAVE which really counts.
Have a SYSTEM for saving and deposit a part of .your
earnings every time you get paid.
This is the sure way to get ahead and some day have
a business of YOyRjOJk^- .
VVc will welcome your account. S
THE Peoples Bank
The Bank of The People"
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