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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, June 21 1911,
No. 25
TERRIFIC STORM VISITS DANVILLE
Damage Will Amount h Between $100,
000 to $250,000.
T T T H r A
Danville, va., June y. a cy-l
clonic wind, rain and electrical
storm swept over the city yester
dav afternoon from 4;30 to 5:30
inflicting damage estimated at
$100,000 to $250,000, chiefly in
the unrooting and flooding of cot
ton mills tobacco factories, stor
age plants, destruction of trees
and shrubbery, chimneys, awn
in. porches telegraph and elec
trii- transmission poles and
wires. The tolley service of the
city was suspended and was tied
ui; for twenty four hours. The en
tire telephone service of the city
vas out of commission and the !
jjity was isolated.
The heaviest damage to build- i
inns was in the business section. I
Tli
storm broke suddenly from !
i-west. Main street, noted
aot'-d for its heavy shade of old
tsfiis and maples, some of
f gigantic dimensions, was
. of desolotion. The broad
:e-C";ivO thoroughfares was
cj. eked at many points by pros
trated trees, the telephone and
iioiley wires and poles. Hundred
of the oldest and largest shade
trees, of the city, were delimb
ed. torn and up-rooted and filled
lawns and streets with wreckage.
This heavy shade, however,saved
the best resident section by the
resistance they offered to the
storm.
The White mill of the Riverside
Cotton Mill company was unroof
edanJ the automatic sprinklers
set going, flooding the building
and inflicting heavy loss of stock
and machinery.
The tobacco factory of John E.
Hughes and company was un
roofed and the stock badly dam
aged. The factory of E. K. Jones
and company, leaf tobacco, was
unroofed and heSvy damage done
to (he stock.
The Danville Wagon company
plant on Craighead street was
unroofed and partly wrecked.
A brick tower on Acree's to-
j'Ar
warehouse was hurled into
feet.
of the factories of Dibrell
rs, leaf tobacco, was par
proofed, as was a portion
plant of the Im
Ti ;l);iceo company.
Mit of the Riverside
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Freezers.
Stone
Flower Pots,
LONG- BRADSHEH
Overalls company and Milam
Medicine company on Floyd and
High streets were unroofed and
many smaller buildings in var
ious sections were similarly dam-
aged
IN THE DARK.
We are just as much in the
dark as to what the outcome of
the recent Supreme Court tobac-i
co decision will be as ever, and
we presume we know as much as
any one outside of the officials of
the American Tobacco Company.
No one knows. It will take time, j
hard work and brains to worki
out a plan that will be satisfac
tory to the government. After
it is all arrged and the matter
made pubftc, it will no doubt be
a simple thing,. and the machin
ery of the great company will
move along, and the great tobac
co industry will not be injured.
The new York Tobacco Leaf,
in its last issue, says: "While it
is impossible to forecast accu
rate v what the method of pro
ceedniv will bo t achieve the
situation demanded by the Su
preme Court, there seems good
reason for believing that the
first step in the matter of rehab
ilitation must be taken by the
American Tobacco Company. "
That concern will in all probabili
ty decide upon a plan of opera
tion that will be submitted to the
Circuit Court and to the Attorn
ey General's office. Should there
be no objection to the method on .
the part of the government or
the court, the matter will be laid
before the Supreme Court for
approval. If there should be dis
agreement between the company
and the governmental officials,
evidence will be taken, and the
matter will be submitted to the
Supreme Court for discussion,
pretty much as any suit or liti
gation is passed upon by that
tribunal. "It is said," continues
the Tobacco Leaf, "the American
Tobacco Company officials are
highly pleased that the reorgan
ization, since it must be made
with the assistance of the Court,
as the form of operation that is
decided uponunder such auspices
will necessarily have official and
governmental sanction. " South
ern Tobacco Journal. .
Brins your job work to The Cou
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DOWN ON THE SIDEWALKS.
Mr. Editor:
I'm only a stranger here and
don't suppose I have any real!
right to ask for space in your
paper. But as The Courier is the
only paper In Roxboro also in
all Pei son and as 1 have some
thing to say that may interest
your readers, I'll just ?sk you
for a few lines so that I may
make myself heard and then lis
ten for the echoes.
Roxboro has one of the best
locations in all North Carolina. It
lis the center of a thriving agri-
cultural district; pays out many
thousands of dollars each year co
the farmers and sells them goods
in turn, has some of the best
looking women in the State and
the worst sidewalks of any city
of its size in th entire country.
No one who is half-way decent
cares to kick against a thing when
I its down, but your sidewalks
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are eitner not ciown at an else in
a number of cases, have been so
broken up that they are fit only
for kindling wood or making ma
cadamized roadway. One day in
a winning town out West, I locat
ed a mule's ears sticking out
from the mud in the main street
and if I'm here next Fall and if
it rains as hrd as on last Sunday ,
I expect to find another pair
right here in Roxboro, unless
the streets are plasted over in
the meantime with something
"more substantial than mud.
But just now I am more con
cerned over those sidewalks.
They look like an "army" of Cen
tral American revolutionists,
without a presentable front,
lacking in uniformity and ready
to fall to pieces. The other night
I stubbed an off tee ' against a
scantling supposed to be a part
of a sidewalk and was compelled
to consult a drug store for repairs.
As the matter now stands, I have
a good legal claim againt the city
on the ground of mental anguish
and damage to my footwear, but
if I had broken my neck I could
sue the city for a large amount
and get' a verdict, especially if
the jury were made up from peo
ple who come here occasionally
and suffer as I did and do. Even
the judge wouftt sympathize with
i the jury and the plaintiff and if
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! the grand jury were m sessiojii
j he might order an indictment
, against the city for maintaining
j a public nuisance.
No, Mr. Editor, I'm not joking,
j Far from it, as Dr. Cook - said to
the rsortn Jroie. in tact, i m m
deadly earnest and if I ruin any
more feet on those alleged side
walks I'll present a bill to the
cityand make it even larger than
the bump on my off toe which is
now bigger than the foot itself
and is growing bigger every
minute. It may grow so big in
fact, that I can't find room to get
out of town, when I'd become a
charge on the city and cost it
more money than would be need
ed to lay a line of self-respecting
sidewalks.
Hopefully yours,
A. S. Tranger.
Roxboro, June 19, 1911.
Roxboro Real Estate & Trust Co.
Roxboro, N. C.
Gentlemen:
1 beg to acknowledge receipt
of draft for $39.28 in payment of
loss of time for recent sickness,
under Policy issued by the Mary
land Casualty Company.
I wish to thank both you, and
the Company for your prompt
and liberal settlement and I wiU
I take great pleasure' in reccom
' mending ycur Company to any
who desire an accident or health
Policy.
Jno. A. NOell.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
Roanoke, Va., June 13, 1911.
Special. There are many millions
of idle land in the South, but
there is really no need why we al-J
low it is simply a question of get
ting people in to the South. Why
that's the veriest platitude, you
say. Of course it is. It is one of
hose certain lies which, by oft re
petition, grows trite, until we go
into action.
Getting neople into the South
ern States has grown into a
question because we have been
speculating, instaed of working to
settle it.
We have tried itf make it a pub
He matters when, it is, in fact, a
work for us as individuals. We
know absolutely that no great
work is accomplished in any other
way, but somehow we have made
immigration a matter of mystery.
For years past we have seen an
annual inflow of millions of forei
gners into the unhed States. Some
of them we have desired to bring
into the Southern States, but have
not proceeded very far in doing!
it. Now how come the' foreigners'
to set out for our shores? What
was the beginning point of his
wish to come to this country? Just
this; some individual already here
wr0re him a letter, that's all, Some
one personally advertised this
country to his friends and relatives
in his home country, and they
came. Anything eaiserto be under
stood than thai ? Do you not be
gin to "catch the point" of the
'Back Homer movements If the
Italians, Hungarians, Poles,
Greeks, Armians anc Russians
can, by prsonal letters, bring hun
dreds of thousands of their contry
men to this country every year,
can we not take the trouble of
writing to our acquaintances in
the north, west and northwest
about present conditions and op
portunities here in the South? It
is useless to debate whtth'er it will
do any good or not, just DO IT.
Not A Dead Letter.
i
. Recent seizures of whiskey in
Mooresville, Asheville and Hen
dersonville, in particular would
seem to indicate a belief has gone
abroad that the prohibition law in
this state is a thing that can now
be defied and little or no attention
ipaid to the defiance. Tnat, or
there is a general and almost an
open movement in contempt of
the law. Again, it has been pub
lished that some of the near-beer
dealers will take out government
!icenseard continue business, re
placing near-beer with a new ar
ticle manufactured for tie pur
pose. Jheir protestations that they
will handle nothing contrary to
the law, is plainly negatived in i
their application for Federal ,re
venue license. If they intend to
operate within the prohibition law,
they have no need of a revenue
I license. But we were going to say
that those who think they may
see a laxity in the enforcement of
the prohibition law of the state are
going to find themselves mistaken.
The very boldness of recent ope
rations will tend to a crusade that
will result in a general clean-up
in the state. The prohibition law
in North Carolina is by no means
a dead letter. True, the penalty
does not amount to much more
than confiscation and a fine, but
continued violations will have but
one result, and that will be the
imposition of penalties of suffcient
severity to put a stop to the blind
tiger traffic Charlotte Chronicle.
We give special tttention to job
'work. Prices right,
We desire to call attention to
the advertisement of the State Nor
mal and Industrial College which
appears in this issue. Every year
shows a steady growth in this in
stitution devoted to the higher
education of the women ofJNcrth
Carolina.
The College last year had a to
Jal enrollment of 909. students.
Eightv-seven of the ninety-eight
counties of the Stfte had repre
sentative :n the student body.'
Nine-tenths of all the graduates)
of this institution have taught or
are now teaching in the schools of
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In velvel pumps we have a very larqe stock of the new
est and neatest cut styles on the
we dan give you nice shoes for,
54.UU. In golden brown velvet our prices range from
$3.00 to $3,75 Gun Metal pumps $2 50 to $3.50 Tan
russia calf $3.00 to $4.00, '
These shoes are made by the best and most reliable mfgs.
in Cincinnati, Rochester, Boston & etc. And are Guaranteed
to Give Satisfaction A Call from you will be Appreciated.
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What shall it profit a -merchant if he sell
his entire stock! but fail to retain his custom
ers because of unreliable, unguaranteed
goods?
Mr. Dissatisfied Customer will meet Mr.
Prospective Buyer and say: "Pros old fel
low, don'tbuy anything there; the stuff they
handle is unreliable. Go over to W. E.
Backitup's; they handle only reliable goods
and guarantee satisfaction, so you are pro
tected. We work just as hard to retain your good
opinion as we do to gain it. We want to get
you started to trading with us and are going
to do our best to keep you afe4t. We believe
that the best way to do this-is to sell you the
best goods and if anything is not satisfac
tory to make it so.
Trade with us, it will pay you.
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North Carolina.
v The dormitories are furnished
by the State and board is provided
at actual cost. Two hundred ap
poimments with free tuttion, ap
portioned amofig the several
counties according to school po
pulation, will be awarded to ap
plicants about the middle of July.
Student who wish to attend this
institution next year should make
application as early as possible, as
the capacity $f the dormitories is
limited.
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lumber, for sale by
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