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VOL. XXIX
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, February 21, 1912.
No. 8
LAID TO RESI
The Remains of Mr. A. J. Hester
Were Buried Last Sunday.
Mr. A. J, Hester died at his
home about six miles from here
on last Saturday morning- at 6
o'clock. His death was not unex
pected as he had been ill for a
number of months, seriously ill
for several days. In his death the
County suffers a distinct loss, for
he had long been a most useful
ci'izen, 'an invaluable one to his
community, for every one looked
(0 him for advice knowjng that in
him they had a friend who would
lend a helping hand in time of
need.
Pew men of our acquaintance
have lived a more beautiful life
than did Mr, Hester. Never have
we heard a disparaging word of
him, and while a modest man,
never pushing himself to the front
still he was a strong man, always
found on the side of the right bet
ding for all things which were
for the cause of Christianity and
morality.
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Politically he was a strong man
and d;d valiant work for his party
rvver having any desire for office
himself. On many occasions when
the party felt that the strongest
man was needed it turned to Mr.
Hester, but he said no. Still, many
a good man in this County owes
his official career to Mr. Hester.
tt'e doubt if the editors of this
paper ever had a more faithful and
true friend man. they had in Mr,
Hester, and in his death we feel
a distinct loss. With his family we
deeply mourn his departure, yet
we realize that his going was for
his eternal gain.
.Mr. Hester is not dead, he simp
ly fell on sleep to awaken in that
;-nd where there is no more sor
row, sickness or pain. And from
hppy land he will keep a
, itch on those he loved so well
-re on earth, Yes, our loss is his
nd if we follow his footsteps
1 : ;4iall one clay have the pleas
ure of his friendship again,
He leaves ihre-s daughters, four
..,-3. one brother and two sisters
living, to all of whom we extend
our most sincere sympathy, for
heir loss is beyond measure.
University News.
Coach Ulancey of the baseball
team arrived on the Hill a few
days ago and has had the pros
pective battery candidates doing
light indoor practice. As scon as
the weather fairs up he will call
out all the candidates for the
team for general practice on the
utheletic field. There is not
thought to be a great deal of prom
ism? material on hand this year
there bein four of last years
squad back; yet this isn't an
accurate method of forecasting
the strength of a team, especially
when one ! remembers that last
year with only one man back
Coach Clancey turned out one of
the fastest teams in the South.
Dr. Archibald Henderson has
just returned from the Univer
sity of Virginia, where he deliver
ed a series of lectures,
President Venable has just re
turned from Boston vhere he, in
company with Gen, J. S, Carr,
went to lpok into the progress be
ing made on the monument which
the Daughters of the Confederacy
will unveil on the campus at the
coming commencement in honor
of those studeuts oi the Univer
sity who fell in the Civil War.
Dr. Kemp P. Battle delivered a
very interesting series of lectures
last week during chapel period on
famous Bitye characters,'
PATRONAGE POWER WITHDRAWN.
President Taft Withdraws all Nomi
nationsPostmaster Whitt in the
Bunch.
N Washington, D, C, Feb. 19.
President Taft today withdrew
every nomination for Federal
appointment for North Carolina
made in the past two months.
Every man was a Duncan or a
Morehead protege and their
collective withdrawal is the result
of a promise said to have been
made by j the President to
State Chairman John Motley
Morehead that he should be
given an opportunity to redeem
himself in the eyes of the ad
ministration. For the first time in the his
tory of Federal appointments the
head of the administrations has
held before the warring leaders
of a State political organization
his patronage and said by his
action, 'iFight and to the victor
goes the spoils."
The nominations withdrawn
are Christopher D. Jones collec
tor of, customs, Beaufort, the
present in cumbent; John Biddle
collector of Customs, Pamlico;
John M. Cole, postmaster,
Asheboro; William M. Mace,
postmaster, Mount Airy; John J.
Joyce, postmaster, Leaksville;
William S. Sanders, postmaster,
Rcanoke Rapids; Henry J. Whitt,
postmaster, Roxboro; LonnieE.
Pickard, postmaster, West Dur
ham. UNIQUE NAME.
Many People Cannot Pronounce Name
of World's Most Famous Catarrh
Remedy.
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way to pronounce HYOMEI the
old reliable remedy, that has rid
tens of thousands of people of
that vile and disgusting disease.
HYOMEI is made of purest
Australian eucalyptus combined
with thymol and other effective
antiseptics and is guaranteed to
be free trom cocaine or any harm
ful drug.
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the misery of catarrh, asthma,
croup, catarrhal deafness, bron
chitis, coughs or colds, or money
back.-
Breathe it that's all, no dosing
the stomach. Complete outfit,
including indestructible inhaler,
$1.00. Extra bottles of
HYOMEI, if needed, 50 cents at
Hambrick & Austin and druggists
everywhere.
Bushy Fork High School Honor
Roll.
First Grade; Alien Wilkerson
and Nannie Allen.
Second Grade: Minnie Oliver.
Third Grade: Jule Smith,
Fourth Grade: Annie Wilker
son, Ola Rice and Clyde Oliver.
Fifth Grade; Luther Whitfield
Carrie Lee Wilkerson and Rena
Allen.
Seventh Grade: James Rog
Eighth Grade: Ranie Rice,
ers.
Ninth Grade; Theo. Clayton.
Horses and Mules For Sale.
We have just received a car
load of extra good brood mares,
weighing from 12 to 1400 pounds,
young and sound They will take
the place of mules and make you
interest on your money. We also
have 50 heads of mules, weighing
from 9 to 1300 pounds. We
rnuldfsuit vou in, any kind of
horse or mule you should want
Give us a call.
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Theo. F. Collins k' Go.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Judge Gary's Speech. Roosevelt
and the Tariff.
By. C. H. Taverner.
Washington, D. C. February
20th, 1912. -Judge Gary, head
of the Steel Trust, attended a
banquet in New York. The food
was excellent: the lights were
bright; the silver shimmered; the
wine sparkled; the cigars added
a final comp'eteness to the hap
piness of all present. When it was
Judge Gary's turn tp speak, his
mind was saturated with bene
volence, and his thoughts turned
to the welfare of the republic,
and the sufferings of working
men. Listen to him:
"Things are being said at the
present time that are closely akin
to the things that were said just
prior to the French Revolution.
Unless capitalists, corporations,
and men of great wealth and
power take a leading part in the
amelioration of conditions, there
will be changes made later by
the mob."
The same newspapers which
told the story of the banquet, and
of Judge Gary's speech, also
chronicled the testimony of wit
nesses before the Stanley com
mittee. These witnesses told how
the Steel Trust forced men to
work 12 hours a day, seven days
a week, for wages which com
pelled them to live like swine a
condition which Judge Gary
could ameliorate with a few
strokes of his pen.
The banquet hall is dark. The
diners are gone. The tables are
stripped of their Damask and
viands. And somewhere in that
deserted room, shrunked so
small that even the servants fail-
! ed to see it when they swept out
ithe cr.umbs, is Judge Gary's
Beautiful Altruism.
Roosevelt and The Tariff.
Once in his life Theodore
Roosevelt almost expressed an
opinion on the tariff question. In
a preliminary draft of one of his
messages, as it came from the
printer, was this sentence:
"'In a later message I shall dis
cuss the tariff."
This document fell into the
i hands of Senators Aldrich and
Lodge and Speaker Cannon, and
immediately thev rushed1 to the
White House. Presto! when the
message finally was submitted
to Congress, it contained no re
ference whatever to the tariff.
Aside from that single sentence,
no living man can quote the for
mer president on the tariff ques
tion. A Standpatters-Wail.
The Senate was discussing the
bill for the establishment of a
Children's Bureau in the De
partment of Commerce and
Labor." Senator Borah, author of
the bill, had gone to great lengths
to explain how the huge corpora
tions were exploiting little chil
dren, crushing them, with hard
labor, while they were yet of ten
der years. He explained that the
bill contemplated no interference
with the proper relations of par
ents toward their own children,
and that its purpose was merely
to provide for the collection of
figures and information on which
the various states and munici
palities could base a proper
solution of the childiwelfare prob
lem. 4 'In the big cities," said Sena
tor Borah, "little children fester
and swelter and steal and starve
and die by the thousands. This
bill is: deiined ad them."
When Mr. Boralfhad finished
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TJdiP Heybnra, acd vis
for two Hours the Senator listen-
ed tohis wails about the un'
constitutionality" of the bill, .His
finl argument was that Abraham
Lincoln was a poor boy.
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Ladies Working the Streets.
bw don't that jar you? Well,
thai is just what was being done on
T . m mm
ourjstreet last Monday morning.
There are three of the. young la
diesfwho teach in the Graded
Schlol here who board on Aca
demy Street, and the street had
got in such a fearful condition
that-they could hardly make, their
way to school, soon Monday mor
ning they employed a man and
putbim to hauling cinders and
placihgthem on the sidewalk. Miss
Sue Noell furnished the cinders
and the teachers paid for having
theift placed.
The Courier takes off its hat to
thesa young ladies for they are of
the tight metal.
Now if some of our men will do
as die young ladies have done
walking will not be so bad after
all. The ladies have set the ex
ample, now let all of us fall in
Iihe.
It is a faot, the streets of Rox
bori are in the worst condition
we ihave ever, known them.
True; the weather has been such
that it would have been impossi
ble to have had good streets, but it
is to no one's crecht that they are
such as thev are. If we are to
keep up our reputation as one of
the best and most progressive
towns, in this entire section of the
State something must be done,
and done quickly.
This section was visited by the
heaviest sleet of the winter on
t?it "ThursdaY. The trees were
loaded md looked as if the weight
of the sleet would bring many of
tnem to tne ground, out veryi
little damage was done. The
Power Company did not run
Thursday night owing to the con
dition of the wires, fearing a break
and further damage.
John R. Early, whose name has
been known as "the North Caro
Una leper, " is again a centre of
interest. He has been located at
Summit, State of Washington ,
and is to be fenced in on an acre
of land, on property he has pur
chased. His wife and three small
children are with him. Early has
been hunted from place to place,
and is becoming the twentieth
century type of the "Wandering
Jew." His fate is a crul one
LdSt Monday was moving day
the Post Office moved into their
new quarters in the Pass-Long &
Woody building on Main and
Depot Streets. Whitted's Drug
Store also moved into their hand
some new quarters on the corner
in this same building, giving them
decidedly the most handsome
store room ia the town. '
Mr. J. T. Woody gave us a
call last Fridav, Jessie,, notwith
standing he is a close friend to
The Courier, is one of the Coun
ty's leading republican's and, we
are sorry to say, is "sot" in his
ways. However he is always a
welcome visitor at this office.
Mr, E. M. Long of Burlington,
but a native of this County, was
in town last Thursday and hon
ored us with a call. He is in the
milling business now, and we are
glad to know is meeting with
great success.
Mess. Berman & Lipshitz have
just put out about the hand
somest sign in the town- It is an
electric sign of a boot about four
feet night and when lighted
shows for quite a distance.
' Mr. Charles Oakley, a house
mover of renown, has been mov
ing some houses in town for the
past week. He knows his busi
ness and if it is moveable he will
move it.
Frank Pettiford col. sold at
the Pioneer this week and got .the
following prices Xtps 20. Third
Grades30, Seconds 45, Best 55,
Cutters 30. Sand lugs 21.50.
Mr. J. H. Day called in last
Saturday have his name eni
cd on our honor iUttd roif ttm
future willreceive our ' weekly
Visits. - a-
Only Two Left.
At a largely attended meeting
of the citizens to nominate City
Aldermen nearly a year ago the
following were named, and duly
elected: Messrs. J. A. Long, R.
A. Spencer, A. M. Burns. W. D.
Merritt and W. F. Long. Shortly j
after the election Mr. J. A.. Long
resigned, and pretty soon" there
after Mr. R. A. Spencer resigned,
and now Mr. A. M. Burns has
resigned. Just what the trouble is
we do not know, but anyway
there are now only two of the
men named by the citizens on the
Board, the others having been
named by the Board. The Board
at present stands as follows:
Mess. W. D. Merritt, W. F. Long,
E. E. JBradsher, R O. Carver.
Mr. Bums' place not havincr been
filled. .
The Board as it stfhds today is
composed entirely , of young men,
progressive men, but the town
hasnot progressed as some think
it should have done7 during their
administration and have been
very freeand severe in their criti
cisms. We have no comment to
make, but will let their works
speak for them. However, this is
possibly the cause of so many re
signations. Averaged $24,62.
Mess. J. E, Brooks and Walker
sold a load of tobacco at the
Hyco last Monday as follows;
190 at 15.50, 280 at 26, 276 at
40, 350 at 22, 182 at 16, 128 at
9.50 and 50 at 55, making an
average of $24.62. These young
men are both good farmers and
are making, a success in raising
fine tobacco. I
WHITTED'S
Moved to' Hew
is in new Post Office Building now
ready for business.
Roxboro, N. C.
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Harris
Dry Goods,
Clothin
And Furniture.
High grade merchandise at rea
sonable prices.
Best stoek and best attention.;
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Last Call for 1911
Taxes.
I will attend at the places named .
below on the days mentioned for-,
the purpose of collecting the bal-
jance of the taxes due for the year
1911, viz.: '
At J, M. Bray's Store, in Cun
ingham Township on March 1.
At Winsteads Mill, in. Olive Hill
Township on March 2.
At Bushy Fork in Bushy Fork
Township on Marches.
At Hurdle Mills in Bushy Fork
Township on March 6.
At Helena in Flat Riyer Town
ship on March 7.
At Mt. Tirzah in Mt. Tirzah
Township on March 8.
AJ; -Allensville in Allensville
Township on March 9.
At G. D. Neal's Store in Hollo
ways Township on March 11.
At W. A. Woody's Store; in
Holbways Township on March
12. -
At Woodsdale in Woodsdale
Township on March 13.
At Roxboro in Roxboro Town-
ship on March 14 and 15'.
All taxes not paid by the 15th
of March, 1912, will have to be
collected immediately thereafter
by distraint. Please meet me
promptly, or come to my office,
before the time expires and settle
your taxes and oblige.
Your obedient servant,
W. I. Newton,
Sheriff of Person County,
1 The Roxboro Hdw. Co., wants
VOUr trade. Go to them fnr nripps
and quality, .
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