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NOELL BROS., Proprietors. HOT.1E FIHGT: ABROAD NEXT. 01 .00 Per Year in Advanc Vol. XVIIII. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, February 12, 1902. Nd. 7. Rural Free Delivery. 'The post master has received all ttye necessary papers and will start the rural tree delivery routes on the two routes as recommended by the inspector when he was around this way last fall, on March ist. Route No.. i , will go to " Bushy iFork and return by Hester's School House, and, route No '2 will go northi . to wards Bet n el Hill we are not fa miliar with the line, but vwill :ndt reach; Bethel Hill; by about ,4 (miies we"are told. By a late ruling of the Post Master , General all who wish to be served by this ' service will have to purchase a box? as de senbed by the department, and, wiU Have to get these boxes before ttiey can be served. Now don't put this matter off but call on the post mast er here or the contractor ' on the route and make arrangements for your bAx. We understand these boxes will only cost about $1.60, made of iron, and will last many years. Mr. C. T. Willson can give you all the information you. want and will take' pleasure in explaining the matter to you. ; - Do You Want To Ride? The following, have paid for The Courifr and received a ticket for the buggy since our last issue: R. L. Warren, W. Y. Matone, J. M. Blalock. H. T. Rudder, W. S. Dixon, W. R. Seat, J. D, Gravitt, J. T, Dickerson, F. L. Oakley, H. E. Yarboro. Jno. L. Gentry, Jno. T. Moore, F. C. Clayton, D. A. Simpson. W. M. Kirby, J. , R. : Hamlin. V:,;, .. . tJ:.. v , -Aside "from" getting double" the worth of your money out of The Courier you get a draw at a $65 top buggy. Subscribe to day. Make friends of the little boys and when they grow to be men they will remember you,, and that is just what L. T. Bowles is doing. He Nhas just raceived a line ot clothing for the little fellows which will mt equally interesting to the parents, because the prices are decidedly pleasing. Just received a line of trunks on which he says he is in a position to save you money. Price them before buying. Plant bed cloth as low as the lowesf Honor Roll Foxboro Institute for .1.. "C yV win n wrr , , Misses Delma Noell, Myrtle -Harnett, Carrie Pettigrew and Allene Webb, Eugene Webb,4 Ed- Long, Theo. Hester, Earl Newton. ' Primary room: Sue Bradsher, Nannie. Boone, Sue "Long. Huldah Hatnbrick, Bertha Daniels, Ida Winstead, Hassie Sims, Sue Mer ritt, Reginald Harris; Charlie Long, Lawrence Bradsher, Connor Mer- ritt Pliftrvn Wintparl and Pasco Thaxton. r ... . New things for early spring will not only be found in the ad. of Mess. J. A. Long, Son & Co. but will also be found in tdeir tock. Thev in vite you to call and see their line of ginghams and percales suitable for just this season. They talk inter estingly .to you concernig other things, notably shoes. . Read what ' they have to say, may mean" dollars to you if you act on their sugges tion. ' ' . , Married. At the home of Mr H. A. Gen try, near Roxboro, on the 4th of Feb., 1902, Miss Susie , Bennett to Mr. J, Clem Gentry. After . the marriage vows by J. ' L- - Gentry, Esq., the contracting -parties, with relatives and friends left for the home of the. groom v where all did equal 3 ustice to the dining ' room. Attention; Odd Fellowsl . , ' All members of Roxboro Lodge No. 52 are earnestly requested ; to attend the regular meeting Friday, Feb.14.th promptly: at 7 o'clock p. m.j for. work in ist degree and tsjaally for the good of the order; Henry Fikt. 5 Miss .Willie Johnson will resume! her duties at-Mess. Clayton &: T ll M r ' . - , , , ... j-yong s me nrsc ot Mwn, ana' will"- be glad to have her friends call. ;- Miss Ella Slaughter, who .has been running a, millinery store in Graham the past season,, arrived yesterday evening on a visit to rel atives. . . , ' ' . Buist's Prize ivledal garden seed, the kind that grows jist ' 1 received at - Morris' the hustling -druggist. He wants tor see:you today..- , - . It's migtity expensive now feed ing that horse but if you will - see Thos. W, Pass he will sell you any thing in the feed stuff: line mighty close. SAMPSON'S RETIREMENT Sceretary Long: Quotes a Letter the Late President McKinley . of Washington, Feb. 7 .Secretary Long today issued the following order -regarding the retirement of Rear Admiral Sampson. , "Navy Department, Washington, Feb. 7. 1902. "Sir: In notifying you of your retirement, the Department recog nizing your services and u deeply srmpathiziug with you in your im paired health, quotes with pleasure the following letter of the late President McKinley: " ' l 'Executive Mansion, " ' Washington, March 13, 1.899. (, . " 'My dear sir; I am in" receipt of your very considerate letter of the 9th inst, in which you express a desire that, without reference to your own interests, the other naval officers who rendered such conspic uous service in the naval campaign in the West Indies may have the advancement which you recommend for' them, and in which you ask nothing' for yourself. Iv Ivighly commend this disinterested action on your part. Let me assure you that I have the highest appreciation of your service as commander-in-chief of .the Atlantic naval forces during the Spanish war. in block ading Cuba, co-operating with the army, directing the movements of the great number 'of vessels uuder 3'our orders, and at last after the most effective preparations, con summating, 'with the gallant officers and men under your command, the destruction of the Spanish fleet It was in recognition of , your ' services and of your great skill that ; -I re commended you to the Senate for the advancement which you had earned. " 'Very truly yours, ' Wiixi am Mckini,ey. ' " 'Very respectfully, , ' . John D. Long, ' "Secretary Admiral Sampson Steadily, Declin inff. Washington, Feb. 7. Alarming rumors were afloat to-day to ' the effect that Admiral Sampson had taken a serious turn for the' worse within the last 24 hours. Inquiries at the Sampson residence and of the naval physicians developed! that there has been no decided ; change in Admiral Sampson's condition, hut that a stead v-' retrogression is in progress, ' which is common to his disease. ; - ; ' Hanna Spoken of to Head This. Washington; Feb. .-Politicians are discussing the reports that Han na is to be the head pf the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor should; the Nelson bill prodding che department, becom' law whir ls probable. EIGHT MILLIONS :" ' V:i , ; . nFnMRFn RV. FIRF, r . WL.f WWIILl.U I V 111-' THE BUSINESS PORTION OP PATTERSON IN ASHES Hundreds are .Homeless and -Thousahdc' are Thrown out - - of Employments' Patierson,:'N.'j., Feb; , 10. The fisree couflagratioa which- burned its way through the business center of Patterson yesterday' has cqm? pletely spent ats force and is . quick-, lv dying out in the ashes and broken bricks of its . ruin, . Conservative opin i on i ncl i ae d today to ? i ut ..; $ 2 , j 000,000 from the aggregate loss - of $io,ooo ooo?agi eed upon yesterday , and $8,000,000" will probably be ac cepted finally "as the actual cost of the fire. No tabulation of. individ ual losses that can be accepted as reliable has been made and it" wiU. be several days before 4 satisfactory figures can be prepared. : Equally incomplete, is the estimate of insurT ance, 1 It was stated' here that the insurance isetween $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, but what v gave basis to the calculation was not , clear. Several of the largest loser : said that they had not yet had an . op portunity to examine their policies, and that meantime they ; cou!d "tnoy tell what amount they ; carnei . Probably no fire of e'qual inagnVfude and widespread destructivens'; ev er produced an "'equally snialL' cas ualty list. Dozens of firemen", and the volunteers who labored ' with them were -slightly inj uredr.yV; fall- ing bricks and timber, burined by flying firebrands or temporarily overcome by smoke but only J a ,few of them needed either ' surgical or medical attention. Tb e. small cas ualty list is explained by ; th fact that the people had a'mpie . wJkrning and time to abandon . their gnomes before the flames came npon them. Negroes Seek Help forl5lrhVTi; ksx- Slaves Washington, Feb.- 5 tion or iNegroes, r.epres National Industrial a Association, called on the President and present ed an address urging his coj-opera- tion in securing an ' appropriation from Congress for disabled jand de crepit ex-slaves jn the SoUtB. ' , Thixty five Taken Alive froin'Mine. Eagle Pass, Tex., Feb: : siThir ty.- five men and 85 bodies hajve "been recovered from, the Hondo . mine. Of the 30 few will recover , nd all are radly mangled; ,The l;vlexican authorities ha.ve taken up Ae' mat ter and a're now ejigaged'iuj an ; in vestigation, i t " - 'l T - ' , In No Immediate Darigrer. Washington, . . Feb. S.Advices received early this erening . at the White House" say that jTheodore Roosevelt, Jr., is doing well. He is suffering from a treacherous form of pneumonia, hut is not considered in immedinte danger. - t . : : 14. :.: ,yzr: Negro Taken Away to Avoid Lynch '.. ing. , . ..V'.-" ' . Philadelphia; FeWAlbert West, the negro who, killed Police man Allen in Chester, as, brought here today to escape lynching. Guards Murder Uanyf Women. - , ' r St. Petersburg, Fe,U 5. The story is printed today that T38 guards murdered 1 1 2 female 7 con victs who escaped in the sensation al jail delivery cf thepneca for fe males atSmoler.ri ?ath2 Aiders re volt. Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKtNQ POWDgpf Hester's Store Items . We un3 fil'-d o knovv Vthut Mc. Lafayette Bro'ikswho has , been' qh' the sick list for oihe timej's iuiprov mg. , ' 1 , " Mr. Ohas. Smith is smiling, over a dp w -comer a oov. , ? f . J , Sunday Schoo1 has reopened at Saleni, "Everybody 'cordially ifited to attend; ; ": ; , r' ' - Mr. Hugh Hester, o f :. ate wood was one or our visitors :weeK r8 lspt week. "Miss Josephine -Bradsher is visit ing her sister' at' HigjbflPpint- Hur ry home .Jb! or some one wilb'; be wearing a loog ,fa&', , Sociaoles seerto be tlie order of the dHyroar young people have them every week. Jc;- Several pi oar. young people at tebded va'enkfi walk" at, Mr. Hugh Burchf; Walter Hester, of this place, and 5fiss:Villines? of Bushy Fork, wacf the;priz;, huh ah! v6r them. - - Madam- Rumor things perhaps wedding belles will soonbe ringing, winder who it is? ' If you., give me three guesses I can tell,." or at least tl thinkJI canU,- i - We are afraid one of, our epor ts must ; have go : ten a 1 kicking, us he is not seen wending his " way westward so often.. ,You ought not to desnair if you are young ;in the cause, but spur up and win the black eyed daisy, for we would oe glad : to welcome nei; in our miusr. . : Wonder if a certain young man is not getting impatient to carry some more tobacco way off, so, he can get to see hisbest girl.' 1 . - . Valentine day will soon be k here and should any of you get a real vprettybne don t get angry ,'ioi -sucn ia life you. Know. .".;',..-.... V...-'. -, 2. I will sell on - Monday Febru ary 24tfj, 1902, and .will cbn- tinue until finished, ' ' , ' "; Household and, f . ; . Kitdnen Furniture 'r of the estate of John W Cun ihgham deceased, near Guning hams Store, N. C The people t will, do, well to attend this sale, consisting of beds, warorobes, crackerv, etc. too tedious ;to rnention. Terms cash.; JOHN S. CUNINGHAM, ' Executor. rt- 1(-Ieti-' t ----- -- -fc.... r,.,i., , Honest Goods Stall be. my motto. ? The iowest is not always the cheapest quality; must be considered first then "price. L;shall spare no; effort to give my custo mers the very best values that are to be had. I Shall Keep the Very Best ; - grades and brands of all classes of goods and will guarantee to sell them to you cheaper than oth ers do, I can do it I will do it. Have been ro ceiving lots of goods in all lines and now have ei:: almost entirely new and different stock. "A nov - broom sw;eeps clean" "TRY ME." U -U V V UM U U V CO., NEW YORK : Morgan tch:N;' V, Feb. 6 . on d-Lieu tenant W'tif, has been or dered to Fort Slormn, Nwr ;"Sork, t j prepare recruits wk sire goiDg i I tbePhilippines: j, - " --r - NEW BARBER SHOT I have bought on Hie shop om erlyrun bv.Sr E. ro 'it'. and vrill continue the business at the same ole starfd. - ' . l .1 5ou wilL always- find ; tn v. towel. clean,, inyj razors sliarp sid every- cningfin gOQa-oraei;- l wiv appre ciate, your patronage; u id will do all in my. power .tb-pVMse vou.; When you want first class work give me r. cal 1. , . : ; flours 0 pu ase, , " P.. D , HUTCHINGS; 2s. the- ' LYNGHBU-R G ONE HORSE PL017. Pulls; easier than any, oth ;er one horsefplow on the market 1 Call" and ex amine; it I know you ara bound to be pleased with this plow. CEO. 17. THOLir. AW J" t 1 sj ' ,' -
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