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FROM CANADV
.Windsor, Canada
Mr. Tom Clayton,
Timherlake, N. C.
Your letter to the Courier has been
sent ma and I am glad you used just
the words you did, as the people who
? pushed the roads of their choice before
the road-commission, as well as
the whole road organization are doc
Mt. Tirzah township an apology. A<
you did not get anything near your
- proportion of roads, or the circulation
of this money in ita foundries,
yet you have always had to come
acress with the tax just like you were
using the roads in your own township.
Havingjlived in Flat River for thirty
> years and traveling every hog path in
Mt. Tirzah, (that's what most of Mt
Tirzah's roads are like) as well as the
other eight townships, I think I am
as familiar with your roads and most
of your troubles, as even those liv__
Ing in the township.
I do not think as some of th; Mt.
Tirzah citizens, "that was the idea
or intention of the Highway. Commission
to divide the money and
roads in such a manner that you would
not get your proportion as did actually
later prove to be a fact.
Every township had its leaders and
their roads mapped out, and put them
before the Commission in such forceful
unanimous manner thev had al
most to grant their demands, while
Mt. Tirzah never did force their plans
and were divided in several sections
for different routes, so the Commission
wA puzzled to locate a road or
assure any plan as they were supposed
to serve, the people, and how
could thpy serve without knowing
what and where was best suited, so
tbey kept waiting for a unanimous
route, and while doing so all the
funds were used up and more had to
be found to finish what was already
started, as prices were very high at
that time, and roads started actually
slid cost much more,than any one expected,
so they found themselves with
j - ~ out funds and you with no roads. Yet
1 iave aiwayit-thouerht the road Com;
* mission always had-the idea to give
.r . you your proportion of roads as other
townships and yet am confident of
E-Y this, that there is, not a man on the
, Commission hoard but what,will give
p; your toWhship; the same proportion
of roads as other townships if you
will use* the same push, unity and
tactics these other townships used
against them,, and as you have been
so patient ill waiting, you deserve
more lhaff your share as not only hav?
your patience and nerves been tried,
but your teams artd autos have sufr
fered with you at your expense, while
other townships have used their roads
and paid no niore tax than you, so
1 feel that you deserve something extra
for your patience, as the county
' must have saved a good bit by the
Waiting, as prices are better and money
is cheaper.
I have been out of the county since
April 7th, and I am not supposed to
be familiar with, the county's financial
Bk / condition, but I can see no possible
reason for not selling bonds or getK
. ting enough money in some way, or
b,in some way giving* Mt. Tirzah its
I' just proportion Tof roads.
. ; Since leaving Flat Riven township
' nn April 7th I have traveled.on a good
. hit of roads in fifteen states. In
Florida I covered 0,000 miles of their
roads and Michigan about the same,
while in Virginia, New York. Penn
sylvhnia and Georgia I traveled over
^ 2500 mites each.
These states have fine roads and
ore yet building now mostly cross
/. . roads, as their main trunk lines are
:v/ L finished, some of them years ago.
These roads have been an important
factor in making these states
what they arc. _For example, take
Michigan, they raise raspberries.
& 1 dewberries, grapes etc., and haul
them by truck or auto, sometimes two
hundred miles tS a city, and land this
'. distance from city instead of being
4 or 5 dollars as you might suppose
is as many hundred per acre, and paying
good dividends on investment. 1
have seen in Pennsylvania, cucumbers
raised by acre in hot house and haulK?
?d for 100 miles to a market bv auto
Had the roads not been built I am
confident that the fruit* or cucumbers
b would have never been planted, and
possibly land not cultivated, and would
f have been worth It to (5 per acre, as
~ - much of it was wapte, worthless
lands in- beginning as many of you
t.- of Person County would have looted
IJ- upon it. J
These roads not only serve to carBy
,. ry away the products but bring back
what they need in return, j
These road trucks -will carry a Jonr,
S. 100 miles for three tiinea what the)
will load and deliver it 100 yards for
B. Does a road pay? They figure th<
Br. roads pay 50 per cent yearly and '
fc_ am sure that many do at best tha
TUBERCULOSIS DEATH
RATE REDUCED IN 1923.
Sanatorium, Jdly 130.?Forty-one
lees persons died of tuberculosis Ini
North Carolina in 1923 than in the
preceding year. In 1922 2,586 persons
in the State died of tuberculosis. In
1923 2,545 persons died of the disease.
Although there are two and a half
times as many white people as there
are negroes in the State, there were
only 27 more victims of this disease
among the white population than
among the colored. The death rate
for the whites per 100,000 was 68.3 j
and that for the colored 155.5.
With 302 white and 68 colored
deaths Buncombe County has the largest
number of deaths from tuberculosis
of any county in the State. This
is explained by the fact that Asheville
and vicinity is a great resort for
the tuberculosis people of the whole
country. Next to Buncombe, Forsyth
County leads in both white and colored,
with 107 deaths, 32 white and
75 colored.
In each of the counties of Anson,
Clay, Currituck, Gates, Graham,
Jones, Rowan, and Wake, only one
white person "died of tuberculosis.
Haywood, Caldwell, Cherokee, and
j Watauga had only one colored death
each.
No white people died in Alleghany,
Pamlico, and Tyrrell of the disease
In 1923. Alleghany, Ashe, Avery,
Carteret, Clay, Cleveland, Dare, Graham,
Madison, Orange, Rockingham,
Rowan, and Rutherford counties had
! no colored people to die of tubercu,
losis last year, which is accounted for
' lave 4kn Ikal e.n
uy nit ion viiai< iiici c aic ycijt it n
negroes in these counties. .1.
Alleghany County reported no
deaths from tuberculosis. Clay, Gra,
ham, and Rowan had only one death
each; these were white. Two Indians
] died in each of the following counties:
Wilson, Onslow, and Hoke.
Summarizing: One county reported
. no deaths from ' tuberculosis, eight
'counties had only one white death
; each, no colored people died in thtTI
teen counties, in three counties no
I white people died of tuberculosis the
past year. Indians died in three
j counties. Only 27 more whites than
l colored died of tuberculosis in 1923.
Counting each life as worth $5,222,
50, a very low estimate, North Carolina
lost $214422.50 less from tubcrjculosis
in 1923 than in 1922.
TEXTILE DEPARTMENT. NORTH
CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE.
*7? tl? 1 1 ; ^
-The development of the textile inj
dustry in North Carolina and the
South is almost without parallel in
the worlds history. At the present
time the cotton mills of the South
manufacture a large variety of yarns
and fabrics and the future expansion
will be along the lines of finer and
faneieg fabrics, also in the development
of the dyeing and finishing industry.
The Textile Department of the
State Colleee which is the Textile
School of North Carolina has been
helping: to promote these interests by
training young men in textile subjects
so that they may have a comprehensive
knowledge of the textile industiy.
.
Dunng the past year there were
1161 students taking the textile courses
with a graduating class of 28, all of
whom are engaged in some phase of
the textile industry. For fifteen years
the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers* which is composed of
the leading cotton manufacturers of
the United States have awarded the
Students Medal to this textile school.
Graduates of the school are filling
responsible positions in the mill such
as overseers, superintendents, managers,
arid in other official capacities
as well as in Commission Houses.
During the coming year a new and
larger building and equipment will be
added so that textile students will
have at their disposal the most modern
eauii>ment it will he mv*sihle tn
I obtain.
: o
New Davis Manager
if.
? ft|
r Clem L. Shaver, of Weet Vhfinia,
wat the choice of John W. Davit,
1 at the now Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, lo dll-i
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THK ROXBORO COURIER. Aur
BAPTISTS REPORT OH
MONEY DISTRIBUTED
DETAILED STATEMENT AS TO
WHERE 75 MILLION CAMPAIGN
COLLECTIONS HAVE GONE IS
ISSUED
USE DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS
l
; agency Nearest Local Churches Will
| Be Employed in Bringing About
Fuller Development in Future *
Program ^ f
IB
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General Director, 1925 Program,
Southern Baptists.
Indicating the objects to which the
money collected on the Baptist 75
Million Campaign goes, the headquarters
of that movement in Nashville
has Issued the following statement
of the distribution of the $53.377,084.43.
representing the revised
figures on the srtm collected on that
: movement up to May 1, 1924: ^Foreign
| missions $9,898,830.30; home missions
I $5,757,820.09; state and associations!
j missions $9,093,769.27; Christian edu.i
cation $14,849,083.51;. hospitals $2,672,692.43;
orphanage^ $4,464,965.87;
ministerial relief $1,570,356.94; expenses
and fixed charges not otherwise
absorbed $2,091,608.56; special
credits and miscellaneous items $1,590;990.4T;
purchase and operation of
state denominational papers $62.200.38;
foreign relief $67,602.16; undistributed
balance $152,330.77; Home
Mission Board specials $15,340; Foreign
Mips ton Board specials $86,103;
raised by churches on foreign fields
and expended by them in work there
11,003,390.68.
All Work Goes Forward
Every department of the general
missionary, educational and benevolent
work fostered by Southern Baptists
has been greatly enlarged and
strengthened by the campaign, it is
reported, while a suggestion of the
development that has come In the
activities and liberality of the local
churches as a Tesult of this forward
movement Is furnished in the following
statement of progress along general
lines, furnished by the head-*
4uui ici o luin.Q.
Comparing the growth of the denomination
during the five years preceding
the Campaign with the five
years since that program was projected
it is shown that during the
last five years the following advances
were recorded over the previous corresponding
period: 1562 more new
churches organized, a gain of 229
per cent; 241.966 more new members
gained, an advance of 66 per cent;
209,002 more baptisms administered,
a gain of 27 per cent; 1,603 more I
new Sunday schools organized, a
gain of 118 per -cent; .354,727 more
new Sunday school pupils enrolled,
a gain of 132 per cent; $ 35,086,970.83 '
more reported in gifts- to. rptssions j
and benevolences, a gain of 187 per
cent; $51,153,873.88 more ncied in j
gifts to local church purposes, a gain !
of 95 per cent; $84,417,361.55 mors I
reported in gifts to all causes, a gain 1
of 117 per cent; and $57,147,004 ad
vance shown in the value of local
church property, a gain of 81 per ]
cent.
Complete Collections Now
In the hope of completing the col- I
lection of all Campaign subscriptions I
by the close of this year and securing
cash offerings from those Bap- j
lists who did not subscribe to the '
five-year program an intensive effort
during the remainder of the summer
and fall will h a
| the South under tbe general leadership
of Or. L. R Scarborough, general
director, with the co-operation of
the various state mission 'offices and
the officers and workers In the nearly
1,000 district associations. It is
planned that the Interests of the d?
nomlnatfon shall be adequately set
forth at all of these associations In
their annual meetings in the hope
that the delegates to the associations
will In turn carry the message back
to their local chnrches and secure
tbe co-operation of these chnrches In
fully completing the Campaign program
so as to clear tbe way for the
arxt forward program, beginning January
1, 1925.
Dr, C- K. Barta. farmer general
secretary of the Baptist work In
Booth Carolina, has assumed his dtt
mm m gsnsrai airawur ot the im
program and announces that he believes
the program for next year
can ba most successfully launched
by the satisfactory completion ot the
75 Million Campaign during the remaining
month* of 1914. While making
bit plells for the projection of
the new program, he Is cooperating
fully with Dr. Scarborough In the
completion ot tbe okl one.
A14. GRADES OF SHTNCXKS?
SEE WATKINS 4 BUXOCK.
J?AX> J<
Whan head phones give off an
vneven eound it means that one of
he phones have changed In some
way. The most common cause of
this trouble is a loose diaphragm
(which is the small metal disc) due
to a loose ear cap. Tighten the
saps.
A few small-sired clamp screws
will be found mighty handy around
the home workshop. They are invaluable
for holding down a panel
while It is bBftrg drilled.' Nice assortments
can be found tn the terncent
stores.
^ Small metres, such es used for
i TALK WITH A *
ROXBOKO MAN
At. S. A. Paylor, farmer of Reams ''
Ave. Tells His Experience. 01
b;
There is nothing like a talk with ^
ine of our own citizens for giving
lope and encouragement to the anx- u
0U3 sufferer from the dread kidney
liaease. We therefore, give here an a<
For
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teaching them to
just as much pru
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' And, -afs soon as
youngster will b<
he or she can sav
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THE Firsi
Mr. Businesi
I paid at par.
p * H i
tasting "B" batteries, are delicate
devices. Watch out against jarring
the needle, which Is set in tiny
bearings.
A joint in your aerial or ground
lead may be the reason why your
set picks up so much "static." Remember
that a joint which has
been out in the air for six months
or more will become bad'y corroded
and a faulty contact will follow.
To avoid this difficulty soldeb the
joint. In the city a joint becomes
oxidized quickly.
Never try to test a storage battery
by connecting a piece of wire
iterview with a Roxboro man:
"When I farmed steadily I got1
tells with ray kidneys which put me
it of fix," says Mr. Paylor. "My;
irk was sore and lame and morn-'
igs I felt.stiff across the small of
ly back It was hard for me to get
p after sitting as sharp pains stabed
through my kidneys, "bfy kidneys'
cted too freely and I had to get up
We- e
an liivigoratii
the real old-fc
r, try . . .
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tart Then
n Young
duty of parents in bringir
be ? THRIFTY. Once tat
le in Saving as a grown-u
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milt lor mc youngster v
he or she is able to ur
; happy for it and eager t<
'e.
,s over with us 16-day.
t National
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sj^jsrx ft Hid ii u^liX a)Iir
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pr;'
directly across ths terminals. The"
size of ths resulting spark is little
it any indication of the battery's
condition, and tha short circuit that
it causes is harmful. If this treatment
is persisted in, the battery
wOI be totally ruined. A hydrom>
eter is the only testing instrument
that should be used.
One stage of audio frequency
will seldom make much difference*
It is that second stage which tan
the tremendous amplification jumut
several times during the night to pas3
the secretions which burned in passage.
Doan's Pills cured this weakness
and put me in good condition
again. I procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at Hamlbriek & Austin Drug
Store and whenever I feel a symptom
of kidney weakness, Doan's relieve ~~
Ma."
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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