* HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT . - ? ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLIN A, AVednesday Evening- Aug. 12, 1925. J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER VOL. No. XLI1 CONCRETE FACTS j TOLD TO PUBLIC' PUTS BIG CRIMP IN MAIL ORDERS Price Mid Quality - lavMtigatiaa, ! FolUirtd by Pnbicitj, GMm Rnalts, Opens E y? of the Buying Public K. H. Shearer, secretary of the Retail Merchants' Association of "Westfietd, N. Y., has proved the ef fectiveness of newspaper advertis ing in stopping the invasion of the mail order houses and the house- to hcuse peddlers. Mr, Shearer, after (riving the mail order problem considerable thought, decided to use the local newspaper, Ite Republican, to protect the local trade. He felt sure the problem could be solved by the use of paid space, if the space bought was used intelligently. Naturally the news paper publisher's sympathy was with the local merchants. An idea ofl the type of matter used may be gathered from the following, clip ped from the columns of the Re publican; "A certain house has for some time been sending te whst they term a 'select list' their advertising and telling of the wonderful values they offer and how much you can av? by buying 'direct by mail' and liow much more the same article wroald cost you from any merchant. "One of our local merchants re ceived some of their advertising covering a 'special made traveling bag' at $14.75 and recognized it to be a bag similar to some sold by them at $12.85. One of the bags was ordered from the mail order house for >14.75, and when received and compared with the local Arms bags at $12.85. the consensus of opinion of amined the bag was that the local bag was superior aVd worth more than the mail order bag. "Set this, now. Direct by mail, $11.76. Lsoeal merchant, $12.83. "It Is true that the mat! ordir houses at times ' put out 'special leaders' or inducements at liwer priitf s, but the next time you get feadjNU) send off a mail order first take your list to your local mer chant and ask him for his prices. And remember these are prices on goods you see and feel and you fcnow just what you get beforehand "Another class of 'direct to you' firms are those that sell through canvassers. The latter tell you they eliminate the middleman's profit "They don't tell you they are un der a county or district manager^ and he in turn is responsible to n ! state manager and he to the general sales- manager. Each one of these ' cHTerent managers gets his share of ,1 the reality there is much' more expense connected with selling j direct-to consumer articles than in selling articles in local retail stores; j which are classed by pcddlors as , U -'middlemen. ' I "These thirds are well worth con- 1 aidering. Take hosiery, for instance. Peddlers will show you how yon can Tun a nail file acress the hose and not break a thread Then they ask you to try to break the threads by polling- the hose with another mm. These same 'tricks' . can be done with any pair of socks or stockings. Don't be fooled by their claims of euperibr merchandise." Am editorial showing the value of tTlflrr with locrfl merchants was reeently published in the Wrstfteld Republican and attracted a targe i moant of attention from mer chants, business men and editors, as Well aa kom tb public. It read: "Who it he? The home merchant.: Who is he? . "He is the chap who gives you credit when you are financially broke* who carries yoor account un til you are able to pay. "He fs the chap who gives you back yoor money or makes exchan- ' ges when you are not satisfied with what you hare bought. "He is the chap who meets you at the Door with a handshake and lets you crqt with a message to the 'kids' and a real 'come again, good -by .' . ?SH? is the chap whose clerks Irrc in the home town and .spend their money with you and othir local peo ple. \ "THHe-the chap who tyclM_support the churches and charitable organi and talks for the home town AFTER LOWER RATES tyr. Satterfield. "Old and Tried," I* After Loww Insurance Rates _ Roiboro, N. C., August 12, 1925. Mr. Paul B. Hulfish, Mirr. North Carolina Rating and Insp. . Bureau, Raleigh. North Carolina. Re-Roxbero A*pUe* t* be mad* 2nd. Class Tm. Dear Mr. Hoifish: Our town has just bought a new standard Fire Truck and aparatus. We had a man here- in February and March resurveying the town. I am advised by the" Sanborn Map of New York that we will get the new map by the last of August. Immediately after we get the map, tte will ask you to send us a force to rerate the entire town, giving us credit for the new Truck and aparatus and for^the organized Fire Brigade. ^ In this connection, will you kind ly advise me in detail what Wltl be necessary to class us as second in stead of third? We wish to comply "fully with your boards requirements, 'hence this letter. Your usual prompt attention will be appreciated by our property owners and by this agency. Very truly yours, y S. P. SATTERFIELD, Agent. 0 y/ ITS HERE ? THE FIRE TRUCK It / is no news to state that the long looked for fire truck has ar rived, for if you have been in town since the day of Its arrival you have seen it. But really, it is a thins: of beauty, and we hope will be a joy forever, and that our fire laddies will never tire of it. If it accom plishes what the City Dads say it will, and what the fire boy a nromise to do with it at the very first op portunity then we old timers >who have kicked about the cost will take a back se&t and make due apologies. It is the very latest in fire fight ing apparatus, and when the City Dads decide where they wiU^uild a house in which to house ft some one wffl sleep With it every fright and be ready at any Omergency to start when the alarm is sounded. Certain ly it is a great improvement over the ol4 hand reel which the boys have been dragging from pillar to post for the past many years, and wo can not censure them .for de siring the change. O AN UNUSUALLY FINE SERMON Dr. J. W. Lynch of Wake "Forest was scheduled to preach at the Bap tist church here last Sunday morn ing, but owing to illness , in his family he was unable to fill the ap pointment. In his stead Dr. D. B. Bryan came* and filled the pulpit at the morning hour. Keally, we do not believe we "have ever heard a more forceful, interesting or en tertaining sermon than that deliver ed by Dr. Bryan. He is Dear, of Wake Forest College and professor of , Education, and while not an or dained minister is a man who is do ing great good with his wonderful talent. flWe sincerely hope ho will come this way again. "Keep telling 'em and you keep and boosts for it every day in the year. "He is the chap who visits you when you are sick, sends flowers to your family when you die, and fol lows your body out among the trees and tombs, as tar as human feet may travel with the dead. "He is the home merchant ? your neighbor ? your friend ? your helper in time of need. "Don't you think you ought to trade with him, and be his friend and his helper in the time of his need. "Don't you think that every dol lar you send out of our town for merchandise is sent to strangers ? J to men who never spend a dollar here? You don't save much, fte I quently * nothing, When you send | your money put of town. And don't you know that the growth and pros perity ?f this town depends very [ largely upon the success and pros sepity of the home merchants. . Out of-town people judge ou' city by the appearance of our stores ant* the degree of enterprise shown by [ our merchants. And our home mer j chants cannot ? mil! end Julius lmuit folks give them loyal support." I MUST LEARN EBOpiSIAKES LIKE CEASER'S WIFE. MUST"BE ABOVE SU3PICION Let's Get Rid of the Mistake! But Nat the Association, Says Pre- } gressive Farmer. Mr. J. Wade, of Halifax Coun ty. Virginia, as attorney fer cer tain farmers has instituted suit to compel General Manager R. R. Pat terson and Warehouse Manager T. C. Watkins of the Tobacco Grower*' Cooperative Association, and Mr. V. R. Edmundson to retfern to the mem bers a half million dollars whioh he charges that these men have made as profits on iredrying tobac co for the association, in addition to the salaries paid them. Mr. Wade also asks that a receiver for the association be appointed to handle these funfts and conduct its business from now on. In bis investigations, covering the last tew months, Mr. Wade has rep resentejKhimself as a friend of coop erative marketing, bat he now cries to/lhrow the organization into a ^receivership. If Mr. Wade ? really an enemy in sheep's clothing, he should be exposed and any effort to distroy the association resisted to the limit. Ont he other hand, we wish to say just as emphatically' that no matter whether official! of the association ' have made $5,000 or $500,000 by re trying association tob|\cco, the principle is wrong and it - should never be premitted to happen agatfj ? In spite of the extenuating circuit] ! stance's in the particular case, tiijj ? principle is fundamentally unsound- ; The laws of the state make it Ju crime for officials to trade wit>y| themselves, and even greater cauJB tion should be observed in' the case r of cooperative marketing asioci?iM >tions where the hard-earned sav ings of the toiling poor are entrus- ? te as these officials were in a to give themselves and did emselves, almost any private i7 would have given the asso a? liberal, terms on redrying; X the Barley Association re own tobacco for much lass] ndredweight than these of charged oar association mem Let us hope that the suit lit least bring out all the facts for all, and if any officials have wrongly assailed, relieve them ly unjust suspicion, whereas if officials have taken advantage lie association the suit should clear just who is to blame and Ii what extent. ? . When the editor of this paper first became aware some months ago that association- offefttls were "redry ing large quantities of association tobacco, and were reported as male ine large profits,' we earnestly urged them for the sake of the association to agree to return all profits in ex ' cess of ' their original investment plus 8 per cent, and certainly not more than 10 per cent net profits per annum. We also advocated this | g'licy in The Progressive Farmer d elsewhere. ? We still feel that ch action wobld have done more ft* restore confidence and loyalty ginong the membership than any thing else that could have happened. ?at, anyhow, whatever may be done it the past, there should be no re business of this kind; and we derstand that the management 1 now repeat such positive assur ces to members all over the Caro as and Virginia. ooperative . marketing associa lilce individuals, must learn om their mistakes. Unquestionably mistake has been made here. But anise a mistake has been made is ni> reason, for giving up the fight 'for -cooperative marketing of tobac co. If any officials have been more anxious to make money for- them selves tha'n to serve the association, they ought to retire or be retired, but the association itself should ga on and on, and every effort for a receivership should be fought to a finish. ? Progressive Farmer. BETH HILL HIGH WALLOPS ROXBORO jLast Saturday afternoon the Bethel Hill High School (earn came up and gave the Roxboro bays a drubbing proper. !Fot the first, five inning while B. G. Clayton, one of the old-time players of Roxboro, was twirling for the town boys it was a nice game, the score b:ing tieid most of the time, but Burley, having been out of the. game for so npany years, could not hold the pace and when he retired the Beth?! Hill boys had things their own way, the score being 16 to 6 at the conclusion The Bethel Hill boys form a strong team, and especially do we covet their third baseman, Mr. Wil bon. He is really a star player and we would be delighted to initiate him Jnto the Rotary Club, and have hini with us on next Thursday af ternoon when the club takes on Ox ford again. ^ NOTICE ? IMPORTANT Again ,we want to call the attention of our advertis, ere and correspondents to the fact that it is imperative we have all copy in by Tuesday at noon. Our subscrip tion list is so large that it is impossible for us to catch the mails on Wednesday evening unless this rule is ad hered to. We publish Wednesday afternoon and the paper should reach our subscribers on Thursday, hence the request for copy by Tuesday noon. We do not believe it will be Any hardship on our ad vertisers to furnish us change for their advertisements by Tuesday at noon, instead of Wednesday morning, and certainly it will be a great accommodation to as. To all others who have something they want tfl get in these columns we say emphatically, unless copy is in our hands by Tuesday at noon it will not be seen in the issue of Wednesday. The only exception to this rule will be in case of death, Are or something equally as exciting occurring after the hour mentioned. please Make a note of this. , J. W. NOELL, Editor. Mr?. T. B. Woody entertained Fri day morning in honor of Mrs. J. H. Hushes, rind Mrs. D. T. Williams of Durham, who wfll be remembered here aj Mijs Annie St. Claire. Tar bert. The bonce was lovely with many summer flowers arranged in an artistic manner. Three tables were placed for the game of bridge. The hostess served boiled ham, fruit salad, tomato sandwitches, pickles, hot rolls nd ice tea. Beautiful towels were given the guests of honor. 9MALL BLAZE MONDAY NIGHT Monday night, just as the town clock was striking twelve, fire was discovered in an old frame building on Lamarr Street, next door to- the Roxboro Steam Laundry. So, the boys had an early chance to show what, the new fire truck woald do, but in justic to the boys we will say that the town had not accepted the truck and it was still in ttfe hands of the representative who sold it, and there was considerable time lost in getting him and the keys to the building where the truck was stored. The fire had made consi derable headway before connect'ona were made, but after the connec tions were made the fire was soon ' under control. It worked like a ?harm arid the are all delighted with it, and all will Admit as a fire extinguisher it is all to the good. ^ The building belonged to Judge J. C. Pass, who had some plate glass and other thing.', stored in it. The loss on the building was not great, though there was no insur ance, as it was Snly a one-story frame structure. There- was a loss of several hundred dollars on the glass, etc. CHURCH NOTICE FOR CON CORD AND I.EA'i CHAPEL Revival meeting on at Ooncord this week. Rev. J. E. Blalock of Benson, N. C-, leading in the preach infe. The hours "for service are three and five in the afternoon. Dinner on the ground next Sunday and a great home-coming day. "There will be no preaching at Lea's Chapel next Sun day in the afternoon. Come to the meeting and let us be mutually help ful. Pray for some dear friend. J. W. BRADLEY. A BEAUTIFUL STORE y The new stare buildiag which is being erected by Mess. WiAurn & Satterfield, located on Main Street, directly in front of the court house, is nearing completion. It is easily one of the most modern and conve nient store buildings in this section, and is not only a credit to the own ers, the town, but also to the con tractor, Mr. Geo. W. Kane. Mess. Wilburn and Satterfield expect to move in the first of September. WILL CAMP AT IJLOWING ROCK The Jiunior Baraca's, piloted by their teacher, Mr. O. B. Crowell, will leave Friday morning for Blowing Rock where they will go in camp for a week cr ten days. This class of young men, numbering about twenty-five, is composed of very faithful Sunday School workers and we know they will thoroughly en iav therr outing. ST. MARK'S- CHURCH NOTICES AUG. 16TH Sunday cbool at 10 a. m. Morn ing Prayer and Sermon at 11 a. m. Union Service at W5 p. m. There will be special music by the vested choir from St. Phillip's Church of Durham, Everybody is cordially invited to attend fhi-t ser vice. W. A. LILLYCBOP, Rector. SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY Rev. R. L. Shrity will conduct ser vices af the Roxtoro BapUnt Chnrcli next Sunday, morning and evening. Mr. Shrily is recommended to the Baptist* as being an untwvufclfa strong preacher, and the public is ?j -cordially invited to hear him. ? ? ROTARY CLUR AT ALLEN8VILUB _ A Most Interesting Meeting and A Feast for the Ainother Kfc>t?xy meeting in tba, country was held last Thursday af ternoon at AUensville High School, i and it was decidedly a success. The people of. AUensville turned oat im large numbers and had prepared ? feast for the Club which has 'Dot been excelled anywhere. The Club had its usual business meeting, which consisted of tajks, songs, etc., and while the AUensville folks had not prepared any program they, showed by every possible way their appreciation of the Club and eordS afly invited them to come again, in sisting that at least one more mat ing be held with them beore the close of the year. , These meetings have been plan ned for tha^sole purpose of getting acquainted with the people, and we are glad to say that at each place so far the very best of fellowship has prevailed and we believe much good is being done in uniting into closer bonds the fellowship of the co|g?ry and town. The next meeting of the Club will be with OxforjJ, where the Club gees for a joint meeting and for another try out at base ball. The Oxford team seemed" to be much chargrinned at the result of the first game and are clamoring for -revenge. It has not been decided where the next meeting in the coun try will be held, Helena, Moriah and Cuningham are on the list and it is hoped a meeting will be possible ^jrith each of these communities. DEATH OF BABY l/ Little James Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Teague Kirby, died 'ast Tuesday evening at the home of his parents in South Roxboro. James , was only ftve months old, bat h6 ' was loved by all, and was the pet of th