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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA; Wednesday Evening, January 2A, 1912.
No.4
PROTECTING AMERICAN LABOR.
Whenever the steel trust has
asked for a high tariff tax it
has based its plea on the benevo
lent excuse that its first wish was
to "protect the American, work
ing man." Always, when the
Republicans fixed a high tariff
tax on steel their orators and
leaders shouted that it was done
to "protect the American work-
ingman.
Louis D, Brandeis, citing fig
ures from the Federal Bureau of
Statistics, says: "Under the
$uise of Protecting American
workingmen J. P. ,'ylorgan and
the owners of the steel trust
have subjected the laborer to
grossly excessive toil, and de
prived, him of his liberty. In
England steel laborers work only
:j hours a week, while in this
country they average 72 hours a
week. About a third work more
than 72 hours, and a fourth work
twelve hours a day and seven
d iys a week, with an Occasional
i4 hour day when the shift is
made. To work men this way
not only makes them "old at
forty" but necessarily degene
rates the race, mentally, morally
and physically."
Every Republican who will ask
for votes next summer will base ,
his request on the plea that he ,
wants to "protect the American!
workingman."
Cunningham and Woodbora Notes.
This is 'the -longest -season" of
cold harsh weather that I think I
have ever experienced in this sec-f
tion. The thermometer contin- j
ues below the freezing point day
and night, and it seems there is
little likelihood of growing any
better soon. It has been a bad
January all through.
Mr. Bass has been quite sick
mis week, took cold getting ice
and has been in bed since.
We had a very quiet Christmas,
Mr. Arthur Jores visited his fa
ther J, M. Jones, during the holi
days. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong of
of Gastonia v:sited her fathers
family. Also Mrs. Wade of Dan
ville another daughter and chil
dren were at her fathers home for
Christmas.
Tom Barker takes the cake for
the finest porkers this season, one
weighed $92 and the other 385
lbs. Mr. Nelson one 300 lbs.
Richard Crowder one 238 and
one 240 lbs. other neighbors have
not reported their weights.
There was a scrap of shooting
at Chesnut Grove church with the
colored people, not mucfr dam
age, also near Semora some
shooting also colored. Our laws
are not strict enough as to carry
ing' deadly weapons, two much,
damage is being done by pistol
toaters.
The North and Canada in some
places is 55 degrees below zero,
I aont see how they can get out at
all in such cold weathers.
1 will write more when it gets
better.
Frank.
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5900 Soldiers m Readiness to go to ;
Coba- !
Washington, D. C, Jan. 19.-1-
Despite the statement of Secretary j
of War Stimson at me white
house yesterday that he did not
believe the United States would
have to intervene in Cuba, secret
orders already had been issued
from the war department for
5,000 treops to prepare immedi
ately for - departure. It ..was
learned last night that before
noon yesterday these troops were
ready to start for Cuba at a" min
ute's notice.-; . -f::lz
COL. LUSK GATHERS LIQUOR
FIGURES.
Aiheville Anti-saloon Worker, Who
Has Done Much in the Cause of
Prohibition.
Asheville, N. C, Jan, 21
Col. V. S. Lusk, attorney for the
Asheville Law Enforcement Lea
gue, and thp man who has done
more than any other one person
to rid this city of the illegal retail
era of whiskey, has just finished
the compilation of some rather
interesting statistics, whjch he
took from the police Court re
cords of the citv for the informa
tion of the State Anti-Saloon Lea
gue. The inference to be gather
ed from this information is that
crime has greatly decreased since
the prohibition law was enacted
in 1907.
The statistics have especial re
ference to drunkenness. He
takes for comparison the months
! of December, 1907, and Decern-'
ber, 1911, and, according to this
record, there were 126 "drunks"
and "drunks and disorderlies"
before the court during the month
in 1907, while in the same mon;h
of 19 M, there were only 36.
The general convictions for this
month in 1907 were 374, while in
lne same month of last year there
ere only 200.
Tne month of December was
not chosen for any especial
reason, but was taken at
random for the gathering of the
informati6rf solughV -The result
of the investigation has proved
very gratifying to him for that
reason, and he says that he
thinks it will prove valuable to the
league.
Exploding Range Severely Injured
Durham Lady.
Durham, Jan. 19 Mrs. C. W.
Kendell, the wife of one of Dur
ham's largest dry goods mer
chants, was severely injured
when a tank which was connected
with the cook stove in the kitchen
exploded, and some of the flying
fragments struck her. The wa
ter in the tank had frozen, and
when the fire in the stove was
started both the pipes and. the
tank bursted. The cook stove
was completely wrecked, and
some of the pieces were blown
through the walls of the house.
Mrs. Kendall was standing very
near, and the . wonder was that
she was not more seriously in-
jured.
Banker Morse ii Set Free.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 19.
Charles W. Morse, former
New York banker and ice king,
convicted of misapDropriating the
funds of institutions with which
he Was connected, now is a free
man,
President Taft last-night com-
j mu,ed to expire immediately the
fifteen-year sentence f6r violation
I of the national banking laws, un-
'der which he served two years m
1 nenitentiary at Atlan-
l A. A W S V W w - f "
ta. Ga. The commutation of
sentence, w men .give muioc
hjg complete reedoom, but which
Unlike a pardon, does not restore
niS ciVil rights, was granted upon
rec0mmeridation of Attorney
aonpral Wickersham . and bmv
General fomey.
M
geon
Card of Thinks.
We wish 'io extend to our
friends our sincere thanks tor
the many acts of kindness ; ajid
ht chnwh us during the sick-
and death of Mrs. Isabella,
Pleasants. We deeply appreciate
every thing done for ner oy ucr
friends ana neignuor&
TheTamily.
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Victor Murdock, the Kansas
Insurgent, has been rather quiet
latety. He was aroused, how
ever, when Andrew Carnegie, at
the Stanley steel trust hearing,
dodged (-.very important ques
tion, and sought to amuse the
committee with jokes and sto
ries. Says Murdock:
''Carnegie has offended the
national sense of justice, and no
act would meet with so general
popular applause as one that
would follow a notion to take the
Laird of Skibo by the scruff of
the neck and land him squarely
before the bar of Congress. It is
not always easy to define humor,
but the American people are
pretty certain that paying inter
est on three times the actual val
ue of the Carnegie properties
is not highly amusing. The jes
ter should be made to laugh out
of the other corner of his mouth.
What we need is fewer libraries
and more justice."
The Philadelphia North Ameri
can says of Carnegie: "When
ever men in the coming years
see Carnegie's sculptored name
they will say: 'He preached
peace abroad, after having help
ed to make hell at home."
Democrat Are Ready To Revise
Steel Tariff.
Washington, Jan. 22.--Reductions
of from thirty to fifty to
Ber cent on all items in the "iron
and steel tariff and the placing on
the tariff free list of iron ore,
sewing machines, printing
machinery, cash registers, nails
and many other articles against
which a tariff is now levied, are
proposed in the Democratic steel
revision tariff bill, made public
to-day.
Democratic Leader Under
wood estimated that the bill
would reduce the average tariff
on stepl imports from 34,51 per
cent to 22.42 ad valorem; would
reduce the government tariff re
renues from steel products by
$832,597 from .1911 and by
$4,O0O,OC0 from 1910. Imports of
steel products, he said, would be
increased' by nearly $20,000,000.
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The bill was completed bv the ,
Democratic members of the
ways and means committee on
Saturday After being submitted
to the full committee the bill will
be laid before the Democratic
caucus to-morrow afternoon. If
approved by the caucus, it will be
formally introduced in the
House Wednesday.
Mr. Richeson Senior, Won't
Dii-
own His Son.
T TTnhKnrft Vq Ton 1ft "
it's a lie, and there's not a word
of truth in it.' ' said T. Vj Riche-
son, the condemned and' self-
confessed Boston murderer, this
morning, when a reporter met
the old gentleman on the streets
and asked him if the statement
of some of the papers was true
that, in th- event his son was
found guilty or confessed to the.l
.crime he would dis own him,
Railroad Men Were Killed.
Centralia, 111., Jan. 22. James
T. Harahah, Sr., former presi
dent of the Illinois Central rail
road; Frank O. Melcher, second
vice-president of the Rock Is
land, E. B. Pierce, general
solicitor of the Rock Island, and
Eldridge E. Wright), son of Luke
E. Wright, former secretary of
twar, were killed in colh'sion of
two v Illinois Central railroad
trailroad 5 trains atS Kinmundy,
til., twenty miles rrom nere early
rnrtatr. : ThrAA trainmen iiverpfv in-
jured , ana : tne .passengers were
badly shaken up and ' brnised.' ;
SUCCESS INSTEAD OF FAILURE.
" Operation of the bank deposits
guaranty law in Nebraska has
failed to result in panics, busi
ness choas and bank failures as
its opponents predicted. There
was no 'bank failures in Nebras
ka last year. What the law did
accomplish, on the other hand,
ws more and better business
fat the banks. The money on
dlbosit in the 66$ state banks
wis increased last year over the
ypr before by $2,209,674.35
rae reserve on nana is zy per
cimt, or three per cent more
than a year ago- The law ac
cbfnqlished an increase in the
backs' opportunities for profiit
because of increased deposits,
TJfen it made the banks more im
mune from invasion uion the le
gal reserve, due to the fact that
th&depositors knew their money
wast absolutely safe, and weren't
soanxious to draw it out as here
tofce Last but not least, no de
positor ran the risk of losing a
penny of his savings!
Rich
eson s tounsel Do Not
Expect
Executive Clemency.
Boston, Jan. 18. Death in the
electric chair will be the expira
tiort of C. V. T. Richeson's brutal
murder of his girl sweetheart.
Avis Linnell.
hope, of executive clemency
thabouved up the ministerial
urarderer so that he was able to
wantreaimiy ana listen to juagei
Sanderson's sentence to death
was
abpndoned today by his
counsel and his few
remaining
friend;
lo.
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53 Lives are Lost in Shipwreck.
Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan. 19,-Fifty-three
of the crew of the
British steamer Wistow Hall
were drowned this morning when
the steamer foundered on the
Bullers of Buchan, off the coast
of Aberdeenshire. Only Capt
Stoddart and three of the crew
reached shore.
Don't Fail to See
Dr. Rosenstein, nxt Tuesday
January 30th at the Hotel Jones,
about your Eyes and Glosses. I
You should have them examined
nnnt rind nlaocao UttaA Trrt talrA
""w TTL nuaZTa
very moderate, as low as $2.00
including i examination. When in
Town Tuesday Jan 30th call in
for a Calendar or write for one to
Dr. Rosenstein to Durham.
Embroidery Sale
On Monday and Tues
day, Jan. 29 and 30, I
will show the- best and
cheapest line of Em-
ibroidenes and laces you
will find. Look at these
pnceS:
T . r m . i nl
frj 1 f
is sale tor 0 cents.
Lot of 25 and 50 cent emoroid-
ery at this sale lor 10 cents.
L0t 0 Q cent tancy lace at 5c
0llOcmtval. ace at 5c.
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Come early it you
want to get choice
in these lines for
such values will not
last long.
; Remember my
advertisement in
last issue-look it up.
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Hrdnuts Toilet Water,
Colgates Violet Toilet
Monod Vrolet Toilet
La France Rose Toilet
For the Teeth
Rubifoam
Meade and Bakers Mouth Wash
Sanitol Tooth Paste
Lillys Tooth Paste
Dikes Dentiseptic Cream
Colgates -Ribbon Dental Cream
Colgates Dental Powder.
Lyons Tooth Powder ,
Sanital Tooth Powder
Ongoline
Diamond Nail Polish.
Face Creams
Pompian Massage Cream
Ponds Extract Face Cream
Sanitol Face Cream
Sanital Cold Cream
Ingrams Milkweed Cream
De Witts Toilet Cream
Saxoline Cold Cream
Vaseline Cold Cream
Peroxide Cold Cream
Hines Honey anjd Almond Cream
Benzoin and Almond Cream
FelsmaCold Cream
Palmolive Cream.
Frosiella
And a big lot of Talcum Powdes and
soaps of all kind.
Just' received a bigWot of score cards, and
a fresh supply of Whitmans Candy.
Whittetfs
Roxboro, N. C.
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This is a gingham season; Roxboro is a
gingham town; Person is a gingham
eounty; ours is a gingham store. Never
since it has been a store has it had quite
such-a splendid stock of spring ginghams
as we are now showing. The styles are
prettier this season than you have, ever
seen them and we have the very prettiest
and n6west thatihe factoHes are turnips
out. Then another verv imDbrfcarifc item
is that you will get the best ginghams 3ESr!
your money that you have bought for
some time. We have a big line at 10c a
yard and the quality is much better than
what you bought at 10c last year and the.
same will apply to the better grades.
NEW WHITE GOODS.
Anything you lieed in this line will be -found
right here. Nainsook?, long cloths, -cambric,
bleaching, madras, dimity, pique,
pajama checks, flaxons; etc. -Ana the
prices are low. We have -just gotten in
big lots of these goods all bought since
the decline in prices. V
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