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Vol. XXL
ROpQRO, NORTH?.OARO
No 2
JAMES M- WINSTEAD DEAD.
One of Person County's Noblest
' Young Meii Pasfeed Away on! Last
Saturday Night Af er an Illness of
Pneumoqia. a . ? ..
Jimmie is dead!" f
Those were the words that passed
from mouth to mouth last Saturday
night, and caused universal sorrow
and regret among the people of j Rox-
boro. Tne report was oniy too true. ;
The spirit of Mr. J. M. Winstead had
given up its tenement of clay and
gone back to the God who gave it.
Mr. James ledrum Winstead was
born Febrary 9thf 1874, and paeeed
away on Saturday nierht, January
9th, 1904, at the residence ofCol. R.
I. Featheriton, aged 29 yean and"llr
months. A few days ago he wai taktn
with pneumonia, and in spite of the
very best of medical .-.skill, cartful
nursing and sTery thing - thfct loring
hands could do, he continued to grow
worse nmtil death claimed him for its
own. . .': :
Dsceastd was a som ef W. H and
Bettis Win8tsad, both of whoni pre
ceded hint by death. His fathsr vas
one of the best knoirn men in Psrton
county, having been honored by his
countymen with election to the sffice
of Sheriff. .
The Immediate family left to mourn
this noble young nan's death consists
of two brothers and one sister. -These
.are Mr. W. Henry Winstead; of
Goldsboro; Mri Lindsey J. Wiaatead,
of Wiuston, and Uiss Mamie Winteadr
of Roxboro. Besides these quite a
number of other relatives are left.
We don't believe 'tiiere, was ever a
better boy raised in Roxboro than
Jimmie Winstead, nor one who, was
more universally liked, fWheh a pere
j child he had .ihB responsJiiiity , of
looking after a f amily and he met it
like a mau. We have known . him
sinee h wai 12 years old and have
watched his career with a great deal
of interest and much pride. He was
one of our tavorites yes, more; he
was our friend, and in his death we
feel that we have sustained a "great
loss. ; r
- It is so sad to see one so young, just
entering vigorous manhood, whose
life was so full of promise, and one
whom we thought was needed so
much here, be taken by God for His
own. But we know that lie "doeth
all things well," and in the light of
this-thought, we should not com
plain. . !
To the heart-broken sister i and
bereaved brothers we extendi our
deepest sympathy in this hour of
their trouble. .
The funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist church, xoy his pas
ttor, Kev. n. 1. Holmes, who ws
assisted by Key. -G. T. Watkins
Though it wasan awfully cold day
and raining, the church was . filled by
friends who came to pay their re
spects to one whom they loved and
admired.
The floral offerings were beautiful,
some coming from Danville, Rich
mond,Durham and South Boston.
V
Notes Piom Cates.
Mr, 3. W. Briar, the Northern
hunter, has returned to New York.'
Christinua m over, but owing to
the extremely cold weather, "but, little
work is btiug done. The weather
has caused wheat to look oadly. ' .
It- has begunt to be whispered
around that that fhere is goicg to be
a party at R. L. Gates' aoon.. ?? .
We do eirjcerely hope that our
houoiable Commissioners will recon
fciucr their action and- reinstate M r,
R. Moore as supervisor of our
publiCj roads,1 for in our opinion h is
thq right man. Ha hs splendid
judgment as well as eiperience 'as a
road bed builder. I As for ns,. no one
could ran after us '-fait enonrh to
make ns a present 6i either a "nig-
nr or a .mnle if -we - were
allowed to be the bow man,
not
VIOLATING ,JUG' - ,LAW. - - : -
ARoxboVo Man BoundH)ver at Dur-U
ham in Two Cases
for Shipptael
Whiskey to That City. .
Mr. John G. Patterson, of Rox
borohad papers . served on hiin
last Saturday bv Chief of 'Police
Woodall; of Durham, charging' him
with-hippingj whiskey into" Dur
ham. The law1 under which the au
thorities proceeded -upm in this
matter was that in which the place
of delivery is the place of salel This
law until recently was thought to
apply to the counties of Cleveland,
Cabarrus, Gaston and Mitchell, acd
probably suchjmay have been the
inUntion, but the way the -bill is
enrolled, makes the law apply to
the wholerState. i
Ur. Patterson went over to Dur-
ham Monday morning and was
tried in the police court there on
that day, in tiro seperate cases. He
was bound over to the Superior
Court under a bond of $ioo in each
ca8 which he readilj gave. . , .
The defendant is represented by
the law' firm of Winston & Bryant
while the interests of the prosecu
tion are in the hinds of City Attor
ney H. A, Foiishee. It is thought
at this writing s that if Mr. Patter;
son if convicted in the Superior
Court that the matter will be' carried
to tbe Supreme Court, in order to
make a test case as to the validity
of the law. r .
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Notss From Hurdle Mills.
In my letter last week I failed to
mention a few notes that I fully in
tended mentioning, ' " 1
Ur. and Mrs. Krnest Long ga've
the: young people a dance at their
home Wednesday of Chrstmas.
llr. Alex . Wilkerson,- of Gresns
boro, visited Ur. W. T. Hawkins'
family Christmas. -
Eddie and Walter Horner and sU-
ter, Miss Jessie j of .Gordon ton, spent
a part of the holidays visiting io
this section.
Ur. F. M. Daniel, sub-agent fop
the Golden Belt Manufacturing Co.j
hauled out tobacco sacks in tha year
1903, arid had them strung, which
amounted to $1,093. Stringing
sacks seems very s o w, and ready it
is a slow way to make money, but
what else could the ladies of Hur
dle Mills have done and realized
over $ijOOo foriit last year?
The wood and blacksmith shopvd
are now ope at this place, and the
popular Mr. Dave Smith will . be
very much pleased to do your wood
and iron work. ;
Mrs. R. L. Wilburn and little'
daughter, Mildred; -.spent Christmas
witb Mrs Wilmirns. relatives in
Virginia.
... A. PV Dan 1 si.'
' Valuable Pej)lar Tree- ' ; .
The great value of timber . is
shown in the case cf a.tree recently J
cut near Waynesviller. :This giant
of j he Alleg a any Mountains -was a
curly poplar eo large that twelve
horses were retired to haul . away
the butt cut, -which was twelve feet
long. The lowest limb was eighty
feet jfrom the ground. This single
tree contained 25,000 feet of; first-
class lumber, most of it useful 1 as
veneering and its value was ji,5
The single .tree was worth-more
than entire mountain farm . upon
which it stood. - " . 1
Th fircf. aan rif the Bnrlinffton
INewe ainceit was, -burned "out Dec.
FOR
DtAtH,:OF; GENEBALf.'G"ORbON't
. z-:: ;
f V - - a 8?eral of:theC?n-
an . Attack
- of Acute Indigestion at His Home
"TltrPiorida.."' . - V r . .
Mum, Fia:, Jan. - Lieutenant
General J ohn B; Gordon, the last' of
the re'ttt Paladins, who fought under
Robert E. Le; died, at his home 'near
here tonight at 10: 05. ' r 1
; All members ot his. family, were
present when the illustrious soldier
finally surrendered to death. ' .The
end was apparently without pain, tha
General paesing awaj peacerullj, as
though he ,waavfalliag into a rtfreah
ing slwmber. c,
At 7 o'clock Drs, Grambling and
Jackson, - the , attanding phyiioiana
announced that thera was no hope
and fron that-hour General Gordoi
rapidly, sank.; The imtiediata Tcanaa
of death was. uraemfc poisoning
following a chill, accompanied by
thigh fever, wbich: attacked General
Gordon last Thursday.
Sketch of W. JL Barton's Life and
; ; Deatlir" " '"-
Mr. W. A. Barton was born in
CSswell county, OctobeVi 8th, 1820,
and died in place at his. home iu
Personjcounty on December j i 903 .
Jle was a consisteat member of An
tioch church, for 45 "years. In i860
he married ;-:Mi':FannieD.;RogersJ
He lived to.be 83 , years, ' 1 . month
and 14 days old,
Deceased, came pf ,a, high Atoned
farniiy;iiathrnot
Maryland to this Stated There are
but few. of that name in this part of
the country;., ; As his forefathers
were sound to the core in everything
that went to make up makliness, to
it was natural for him to inherit
the spiritof truth and honesty-: He
would not. stoop to do- a degraded
thing; he showed himself a man..
Mr. Elarton possessed a strong in
veritive mind,- and successfully car
ried to completion whatever he set
his hand to. By trade he wai a
millwright, and was successful un
til his health tailed or would not
admit of his working at his trade.
The work of his hands have stood
the test of many years. He planned
and built severar "mills in Rocking
ham. Caswell, Person, and other
counties.jSome of them are yet do-
Qg gooa woric.i ile built his own
mill about fifty years ago,' " and it
is better than some of the new ones.
After he. became disabled so tht
iic coma not wors. ms minn nevet
grew dim as. to his occupation. In
repairing liis mill after he was old;
his plans were the -best, and" the
very thing to go by. He kept his
mill forsDme-y ears, and a customer
aid that he would not ta,kea- grain
of wheat or corn that did hot be
lorg to him, ;if he knew itr . - v
W hen his health would no longer
admit of his working "at the mill
bri siries's; he partly turned his , at
mention to his farm. ? He could do
and kept his farming . utensils in
good, repair aud in 1 their proper
places.. He did not like to see things
scattered aroundMr, Barton kept
scine hands oh his farm, and under
his; wtse management they : made
fine crops of corn and some very
good tobacco "One of his hands said
that he was anxious toN see him
come to the field; that his eyes and
mind were far better , soma strcng--harided
men- v.'
There were co better, if. ;cnyr in
their fanili:rf than he vrw. He crd
M tiTrftg&crhppUy Act
...
l43 years. Jhey had rseyenM children
to them-xour Hvingf and
tnree aeaa. ne did all he could to
make hisoying j cpmpamonl' and
children comfortable andx pleasant.
Among" the children ; he . had no
pets; they - .were .all , obedient 'and
ail bccupiedTthe same place ,in his
affections. ; - :V - '
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- As he was honest ' and true, he
looked; apon al others as being the
same, but he found that mil were
not true; and honest, as one "or two
foreign sharpers' took advantage of
him financially, causing nim itp lose
some of his hard earnings!: -Atn tha
same tiiae, he did not say a harm
f ul word or wish them' any ,down
fall. the spirit he? manifested -ii was
Christ-like, and he!ieft:.wtkr td
raete out justice and'to bring down
fails upon Such people. - , :Tr
Notice some" of the following good
things that his friends said about
him: , j : - -v - -..- a.. -j. r
. "I never heard any fault iound
of him;'!";:-' v;rilrU
'He was a model of a 'man.'.
' -' 1 Whatever hsi could not e do Tf ras
not .worth 'doing: ' . r 3 - . -1 ;
lie was " so rioble and , large
i hearted tkathie could riot 'say no
to any one if . he believed ,that he
vv as in, need. ' V , , . . ; 1
- ' 4 k i f i -i..:,.:'. i-,. a'
He. wiU ibe '. misd in .fniany
places.'! - h L w;Of :
As a christian no fone .doubted his
religion.. He was asmaroffew
words, -but - still a. Jiving epistle
known and read of all meni At his
church he would often weep for joy
and lie Paul,;he warned -the'peo'
pie with tars. -The fountain oil His
tears were nor uriea p on . account
sin. They iowed freely; ; 'indicating
taathe had a 4ieart of flech, - and
not of stone ; ! "
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In his afHiction' he received every
attention that friends, relatives and
the physician could render. He was
sick about ten days 1 with bronchtai
pneumonia. In paesing, through all
that intense suffering, he -awas: not
htard to murmur or. complain,' or
show an itl disposition to any one.
Of course, when he wis so ; racked
with pain, 'he would make some
exclamations' in response to his suf-r,
fering. In the midst of. it all he was
resigned and patient Itis, rare
thiner to see one retain much con"
scibusness as he did ! unto the last.
-
On the morning juat before he pas
sed away,, he closed his I eyes and
crossed his hands and at 5 minutes
before -3 o'clock he ; fell asleep i in
Jesus,, seemingly without? a strug
gle, and Tiis blood-bought spirit was
wafted y a convoy of angels back:
to God who gave iti; there ;tO iever
Embtdider
:For two seasons we have demonstrated to you. that
we were .leaders in these lines. We are , better prepared
than ever to sustain thattrputation this - season. We
have the; prettiest, best and cheapest line in Roxboro, C
and in all grades; - " ' : . ; : . ' :
? ; EMBROIDERIES, 2V2c: to 25c. yard. ;r
TORCHON, real linen, 10c: to 15ci yard.
IMITATION TORCHON,. 5c. td 10c. yard,
Which wears and looks like linen. It is the very thing for
pillpw cases, underwear, etc., so much, better the old
time cotton lace. - ; -
We want every lady in the land to see this line and
will take pleasure in showing it to you whether you buy
. -. .: a - rf ' pirTPT.TH ,;
bask in :
Gbi-'v
the; light ofX his triune
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. R! Hi JONlfS,
Arr N; C.
Store No. 57
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PHONE No. 57-S;
For 3Beefarid
L;::':'-CMeats.v't'':
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Administrators Notice.
' Having qualified as Administrators
the estate of the late W. A! Barton,
we hereby notify all persons owing
said estate to come forward and make
Immediate payment; anO all persons
holding claims against the estate are
hereby notified to - present them for
payment on or before the 23rd day of
.December, iyu4, or cms noticewiu u
pleaa in bar of their, recovery;
- This 23rd dav of December, 1903
- : 'Wi-A. BARTON, Jr., ;
.. ' " Adin'rs o" W. A. Barton dec! J'
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I Ball Bearing;
I ; 0 ver 200in the . county, ; !
; -and all giving satisfaefcidn. . v
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