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. f J O E L L B R O 8 . , P r o p r i e to r s . HOME -FBRSTs ABROAD MEXTw D I ;00 Per Year in Advance - ( V' Vot. XXI; THE ART. EXHIBIT. The Exhibition Will be Open to the Public Next Week in the old Bap tist Church, Opposite the Keade Hotel, in Roxboro. I , ': t . 'tv-' ' ' "V?, .'V- The exhibition of the great mas terpieces of art, I mentioned in last week's Courier will be ready for the public on j next Wednesday, March 2nd. I The pictures can he seen at the old Baptist church, in front of the Reade Hotel. The exhibit will be open to the public Wednesday, Thursday 'and Friday afternoons, beginning at i o'clock each day. On Saturday, March 5th, it will be open all day, beginning at t a.- jn This is a rare opportunity for the people of Roxboro and Person county to see this fine collection of pictures. 1 The admission fee is only ten cents for each visit -" Catalogues explaining the different pictures caa be seen at the exhibit. This will be a fine opportunity to study the history of art in the different periods of the world's history. The owners say it will require 1,800 square feet- of wall space to . ' m, exhibit the pictures. The owners . . , w ... , have given a large $5.00 portrait of - . . . School. -This nlll belong to the .... , , , ... ; pupus m any, rocra ;in scnooi 7110 irybody forget the time and placed . , N. C NswBOi,t,i8upt. Items From Brookland. V If y obligations to yoa compels me to write. We kladly unite with other friends. Mr. Editor, wno hye expressed them-1 selves in congratulations at your I election to the county office which 4 . . . . A im . , , ' . Miss Fred Williams, wno naa been . you nownolu. v The Courier isi well edited, and is very ill of fever, is now improving & success a goodipaper with a var We hope she will sooa be restored riety ot reading matter. It is read, . to her' parents in perfect in part, f 01 the news it conveys. health The news in this locality was scant. , ' . , uar people stay 1 at home pretty Tobacco drummtrs seem to be as closely on account of the inclemency plentiful now as map agenta used to of the weather. The back log is in be. demand for the same reason. Borne Messrs B. T. Wren n and R. T. of the young peoplehavenever icnown Trimm lef t wita a bi oad of fo. jiuch a long spell of nnpleasant r weather running from the 9th of bacco: bouth Boston, of course. last September to te present date. : Miss Cora Iy has returned home Our farmers are marketing tobacco from Graham, Where she spent ee? and nothing is so cheennff, perhaps, eral week89 visiting her sister Mrs. s so eheertog. .as ito , know that the Williali"joa; market is improving. This ?s a mat- , , m . . ter in which all classes arr interest id. The young folks enjoyed a singing Mr. Yarboroagh passed us not long it the home of Mr. Ellis Wrenn last snee, gettimr names to a petition: for Thursday nighty conducted by : Mr. a R. F, D. mail route along our roaib; WHt Simons. . ; - thinsr greatly desired and greatly , 'ftfe f 8fcfit "that jilrs; es la we are not informed.1 We can say, however; that we hope, the petition willC be granted' and the route established. T .G. AVypaniel has been afflicted with painful risings in his hand and wrist for sometime . - , , Mr. Will Hicks shot and killed a :ild duck last week. ' . Mr. Doc Swanson killed a mink and old the skin for 40 cents. Markef priCe,fl.OO. As this is election vear, we would ike lb fiav that the, nnhlin interflfttiuO requires competency or qaaliflcation i as well as character in officials. There is a -proverb which amounts to a , tmism, that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office." " Availability is the-kev note' of the partisan, who can carry,,, while; it should be, rbo is qualified? ; We think this should be the test question, :- especially in regard to Representa tivesin the national Congress. Be- s fTiko r?ov, o.v v. m titp rrtnnTOp f, flf - chapter 'of the prophecy of Hessa. .'.,--.;. ,7 sairas. BOXBORO, NORTH WAR CLOUD SPREADING- Fear is Pelt That Other Powers Will Join In EnlancLS hows M uch Ac i tivity Many More Encounters B;e v tween Outposts May be Expected .Before There is Any : Decisive -sht , London, Feb. 20. Fear' is felt here that the war cloud is spread ing over all Europe. The epoch marking crashes in the for East, are given second im portance tonight in the face of the possibility that England, France and Germany may be drawn into the struggle. , t Russia's hatred and distrust of England are reciprocated by the latter, and so comparatively trifling an iucident as the British expedi tion into, Thibet is being expanded into an importance that may lead to a clash. . Besides, England is the avowed friend of Japan. Russian officials on the continent are openly discussing the possibility of war with England and; on her own part, England is displaying an activity that be speaks a growing fear that she will be forced into the conflict. v - r . Dispatches from all of the great , - e A capitals are filled with references to j . - v t - . the fiTowinsr possibility of a spread J' ? -T 5rfae Pans Fiiraro t Figaro tlls o! an atUtude of Great Britain is discuss Push Paragraphs. Mr.. R, F. Triuim, of Virginia, U at home for a few uaye on busines. The many iriK,ua o" W H. Simons were gUa to hti?e mm iptud a few dajs ol tu piaoc iasi v, c k . -'' ulQ Bdna Hall, wfc; wagltncken . with paralysis at her home m Urange county, near Caldwell Institute on the first jday of this year u: but very Uttltf better if 'any, After three . , ' ; - uuL k- W wka treatment at her home by Dr C. Jordan, she was brought ? to her sonMn-Iaw's, in this neighbora hood. She is now under the care of D J. L Co'eman. BYerytbing i " V. T; n.n UCIUB w " "I 1 f , A neclected cough or -cold may 1 ipn ; tn ? Rftrinn a bronchial or - lung: troubles. Don't take chances when Folev?s Honev and Tar -affords per I fpot nnrifcvf rom serious effects of I a cold, "For sale by W.R. Ham- briCK & COi . -.i. i " ' u, . , V . Sheriff Jordan, of flaUord coonty, has received fifty ring-necked Jing- lish pheasants, with which he will stock his game precarTO at ilancbcs- ts thl3 Btate- - CAROLINA;-,. Vednesday Qp COLLEGElDESTROYED. I 'Vy.--u;- JZ. ' i tutiqh--The SecondJTime That "th College- Has r.Been - BurnedMay . Have Been Set on Fire. . ; . Greensbdroi N;.0. Feb. ioY- The' , Greensboro Female , College buildings were destroyed ' by firea 4 o' clock. this morping. There were ninety inmates; linclndingl? the fa culty, all of whom escaped without injury,-; paving their trunks and wearing apparel,. Most of the r4account- the fact8 stated " the nnure, Deaaiug, etc, wexe saved. The hotels and private -reslden- . z a. ' ' 1. . I 1 r s . - ' I ces of the city opened their doors to the .burned out - students The fire originated; back of the sleeping rooms, in same location where the sHghtfire . started "three weeks ago. Miss EUa Transbn,1 a student, from - A Ashe county-, was awakened Vy smoke and gave the alarm. Tie fire- department found the fire beyond control when it reached .t&e 'college. Only two out of the twenty pianos were saved. The college property t was trans ferred only last week to the two Methodist conferendes of Jthe state. It has a bonded1 indebtedness of $40,060 and was valued at $125,000. There is $40,060 insurance on the buildiufja anduipmenCv; 7 The ctudents;will'go totheir Vrer- sptctive hemes; v pending -rcohsideryj 1 t:on ci Mrzizfor rti-ci t'tjer?; Fh H cpllesefaWStd Vccy, at LizzzJ ua v jmc jitsk coarxerea couege j tor women: m ti: Couth- ; and . was burned forty years ago ; A. 0ood 7cman Dead. Aboutll -o'clock" Tuesday night, while sitting Sy the fire ii her room, some coal fell fcrotu the grate "and in a moment the:ciothing:PoMrfl. naa ou ure. aer screams were Uard oy her son-in-kwilr. Thomas Webo una others- in an adjoining room, and quickly t bey came - to the Rescue and with difficulty extin- guwueu me ntimes, iocwr8 otOTer and Armstrong, who live only a few blocks away, were . sttmmoned, and all that medical skill could do was done-tor her, bo t the. bnrns covered nearly her whole body anu it was early seen that, her condition wai hopeless. Mrs. Slate died at about 10 o'clock Wednesday morn it g. 'The body was i buried at Oak Ridge ceuie tary at 2 "o'clock ' to-day. r large con 20 arse of ptopie were pressnt. hxttl Slate T7C3 about sixty lyeaxs old and was tha widowiof Cthe late Rev Wm. Slate, of the. Baptist church. Deceased leaves : six call. dren; Clem, Sao, and Elijah, lira. Thomas Webb, nod ilises Mary and ilore-than a ytar ao, the writer and a gentleman friend were talk ing about the good - people of the town, whtn, EaddenW he asked: the question who as ths bsst, ther moat christian woman in town. and an swered quick ty , his own vin terraga tory dv ayin!t tnat iira. oiate was the besc woman he ever sav. :, - V' V .- . . . - . ; . ;.--P '- -. -. ' . -. - ; .W.: In early life she joined : the Bap tist church. She fought.a good fight, sue kept the faith " and has joined the redeemed in Heaven. May ' God temper the wind to the shorn lambs.? South Boston Gazette. ' . Monro Journal' f There, were but nineteen bale3 of cotton weighed here last- week anb the sales of the week aniciinted to only five bnks. Folks vho hive c:ttcn evidently h-TO izith in tho r.'.i Evening, Fe Drnafy 24, ;1904.: White Casagain i?nt Off . homicide ;Case aainst ; the ;hite brothers, df jCbnctrd; ;.for,killirg Russell Sherriil, of this county wjll nJt be tried until September, i'pracr I tiuaixy a year aner , jne . .irageay. This is adeciJed surprise,-as it had been generally expected that the trial would feidd air this term -of court, . wnen tne case, was caued a ' c 'r. 1-' t -.'"? - r 1 . . . ' I ' motion was made by counsel for the defense foi; a jdiscontinuance on .- . . - .: . . t- ; T following affidavit, the St&te having previously announced' its read iness foririah - " "The defendants (T. j; and White) being sworn, say, : each for himself, that they 'cannot safely come to trial at this term of the court for the reason . that. Annie 7hite, for whose absence this cause waslcontinued at the : last term of this court,! is unable' to be' present at this term, owing to' weakness and illness of 'herself and her child, the latter being only about five wees old: that said A nnie . White was in Lynchburg, Va., when she gave birth to said child, and that defen dants sent to Xynchbiirg : and had her brought here for the purpose of testifying in this cause in their behalf, and that upon her arrival she is so ' Prostrated ahd vyeak . from her retht. confinement' ahd from the latius the journey,, cn child n;ver:luyins been oat bz forts is sici from theexposurctc., incettoriHe ioitme'ficnda-cauno jie-bro)iinto:Oouvsixdthatior these reasons she is" unable, f-"phy sic?lly and mentally , tu" appear in court arid testify. The; defendants expect to prove by said witness the same facts and .circumstances al . leged in their affidavit filed at the last term of this courti which is on file in the papers and which ; defen dants, re adopt ancl ask that it .be taken as a part t f this r affidavit! That defendants, expect to have the benefit of thiswitness, testimony ai the next terufof this coui U or at such subsequent term: as may; be fiyed for the trial of , thisCausei That this affidavit' is not made for delay; but Is for the; causes ' herein set frth.' - f, ,--C.- S InVrder to revenge himsslf bnJiia wife, with : whom he- bad been : vio ieritiy quarrelm WiHitfa llcKny, a negro employed at Navt::a Guano i or kbv near w umingcon, arencnea his jnfant with come powerful cor rosive acid, from which- the sufferer died in a fett houra. - , 5 -f7? " h'f?- OTP Beyoni the 1 shadow of a doubt we have uot ryeceived byfar the prettiest ; line of White Goods for early opring wear that we have ever had. ; 'e--.': ::V:" --,'-- -fWe offer one lot which was bougnt in snort lengths, for 15 cents, that would not be a bad value at 25 cents. Our 25 and 30 cent num bers don't look like they could be beat until you.Bee the 40 and 50 cent ones, which are ."just too pretty for anything," as ja taoty lady expressed it. No, -8 Mas-nus -News ; ;t ' 1 We have had another 'sno-' but not quite so good as the otherV one to hunt; therefore, , we. boys have not Vnjdyed ' hunting so 'much before arid also; there was not as"" much to hunt for.. auii luovut wa; luu, iiuui near Chase City, is visiting her sister, r liis. S. R,. Xhsmibeis,; at :v Mag.- nus. ,;Mrs..Lricy Chandler who sbme 'months ago had a stroke of paraly sis, we regret to learn, was not any better the last report; Mrs'. . Cban dler is the mother-in-law of Mr. W. j0. .Yarborough. - Irwould like t6ay that our;wor thy mail carrier on R F. D. 2 has had a rough time owing to so muck cold weather this winter. l -" - 4 -' - Ta . f Goldsboro Argus: The truckers: of this vicinity have been; very much retarded in their' planting operations by the spells of bad weatherwe have been exptriencirig of late, and ;arfi still undergoing. , . :v . Magazine &2-6a Vo ffer: i:-r' J-rV Cosmopolitant ;v Price CI y 4; Court, .,; rrKVgularce: One For - - -S2.C0 -oo- Ladies' Home Journal For Saturday -Evening Post, f Q2.25 .Regular Price4 . Get bur catalogue lor ; 'phone f or ; prices of anything jou i ... - ' ' want. ---"r 1- -5 . PlibnoiCOe Ml A Year , 5 ' 1. -!: s 1 " 1 r: iv -
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