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VOL. XXIX
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, April 17, 1912.
No: 16
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TITANIC PLUNGES TO BOTTOM
OF SEA.
Fifteen Hundred Go to Watery
Gra?ej Moit Appalling Marine
Disaster in tie. History of the
World.
New York, April 15. More
than 1,500 person,'- it is feared
sank to death early yesterday,
when within four hours after she
cashed into an iceberg, the mam
moth White Star Line steamer
Titanic, bound from Liverpool to
New York, on her maiden voyage
went to the bottom off the New
Foundland banks. Of the approxi
mately 2,200 persons on board
the id ant liner, some of them of
roria-wiue prominence, oniy oo
are known to have been saved.
The While Star Line offices in
New York, while keeping up hope
to the last, were free to admit that
there had been ''horrible loss of
iif,
re.
Accepting the early estimates
of the fatalitv list as accurate, the
disaster is the greatest in the
marine history of the world.
Nearest approaching it in magni
tude were the disaster to the
stealer Atlantic in 1373, T,hen
57 i lives were lost and to La
Bo'jranoe in 1898, with a fatality
'1st of oil.
Nobble persons, traveling on
:!. Titanic, whose fat was in
: ubtinthe lack of definite ad
:.s to the identity of the sur
.; ,'-:. were Mr. and Mrs. John
-o A -or, Maj. Archibald Butt,
.. ;o President Taft, Charles M
K. : s president of the Grand
TrunI; Icinc of Canada, his wife
, V. dinner: W. T. Stead, Ben
Guggenheim. F. D. Millet,
:.ie rtis'. an i J. G. Widener of
Pi s aJe:r;:; Mr. and Mrs. Isidor
Thayer, vice presi
msylvania Railroad,
I s may, Henry B. Har-
lical manager, and Mrs
:. and Col. Washington
in, builder of the Brooklyn
bridge.
New York, April 16, -Only a
faint hope remains tonight that
any of the 1,302 passengers and
crew who have been missing since
the giant Titanic sank have been
picked up by trans-Atlantic liners.
The S68 survivors recued from
life boats by the Cunarder Car
pathia, now on her way to this
city are the only known saved.
1 he brief wireless messages that
came to hand today practically
extinguished hope that some of
the fated passengers mav have
been picked up at sea by the
steamships Virginian and Parisian
of the Allan Line. Both of these
steamers sent word that they had
none of the Titanic's survivors
on board.
J. Bruce
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SPARKS SHOWS.
any kind are permitted. The
clowns are good, yet notning is
said or done which grates son the
nerves of the most sensitive. You
can spend an hour and a half under
this tent with the full assurance
that you will be entertained.
While the managers are all gen
tlemen, we especially want to men
tion the Press Agent, Mr. Fletcher
Smith, for his dealings are so
pleasant that one wishes he might
come in every day. x
If you have an opportunitv to
see Sparks Shows do not fail to
take advantage of it.
rhe Bank of Orange Rifled By Yeg?
men. Hillsboro, April. 12. The
vaults of the Bank of Orange
were blown with nitro-glycerine
and rifled by burglars here last
night and all cash with the ex
ception of some loose change was
taken. ,
The work indicates expert
cracksmen. The loss is
about $5,000, fully covered by
insurance.
The bank resumed business
at the opening hour this morn
ing as though nothing out of the
ordinary had occurred. Payrolls
for the manufacturing plants
here will be furnished as usual.
The robbers entered the
building-through the fronts door
and used picks and sledges taken
from the Southern Railway tool
bouse and a nearby blacksmith
shop with which to batter off the
knobs on the doors of vault and
safe,, and the explosive agent was
poured tii rough the oponings
thus made.
Three strangers, carrying
grips, were seen to get off the
irain No. 131, due here from
Goldsboro at 8:30 last night, and
start toward town afoot. Other
than this there is no clue. A
reward of $100 is offered by
Cashier Collins for the appre
hension of the yeggmen.
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Congressional Convention Called.
The Democratic Congressional
Convention of the Fifth Congres
sional District is hereby called to
meet in the court house in
Booster Week" Ehds
April, 23rd, at 9 II
Tuesday.
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Look over list of candidates a today's paper,
is your name among them?' If mt why riot?
15, 000 Extra votes lor every yearly sdbsciiption turned in
belore Tuesday April 23rd at 9. P. M.
THE PRIZES'
Ford Touring Car,
A High Grade Piano,
Four Gold Watches.
( By Harold A. Dickinson.)
15,000 extra votes during day night to mail in your sub
"Booster Week" are offered to jscriptions so that they will count
on the Booster week offer paper.
Any lettermailed before 9 p. m.
will counjt. Ask your postmaster
when he changes his date stamp,
then beure you get your letter
in on tim.
give the caididates just entering
a chance to get in the lead while
the contest is still young. Thiiigs,
thought just simmering, are be
ginning to get interesting. You
haye an opportunity now to" take
part in the game. You'll find it's
jolly good fun, and interesting Jtoo.
There is that auto or piano wait
ing for you if you will just make
a determined effort to win.
The Courier con test is trie talk
of the county. The political cam
paign has had to take second place
"Who is ahead?" and "Who do
you think is going to win?" is
heard more frequently now than
NAMES OF CONTESTANTS.
1000
1000
poo
EmaWarren
Ura3?ittard s
Cunirgham', N, C.
1 Mrs. Geo. V, Cuningham 3 700
Danripple. Va. v .
Miss Sadie Adams '
HillsDord,
2 600
Miss CIga Wright :
BtssieGordan
Hurdle Mills.
4700
1 000
Mrs. Corinna Hester
WE Phelps
R L Wjlborn
Miss Annie Coleman
2 400
1 000
1000
4 600
Gertrude O'Briant 1 000
Roxboro.
M. S. Whitted
Henry Fields
Miss El ma Featherston
Frankie Woody
Sue Long
Cornelia Cozart
remark? abour the weather. Every I W F Long;
? ! 'n i i i . i
ooay is willing ana anxious iu
help some young lady win one of
the beautiful prizes offered by the
Courier.
Don't you .want an automobUe
or piano?
Of course you do. Well, what's
the answer? The answer is our
15,000 bonus votes for every
yearly subscription turned in be
fore Tuesday April 23rd at 9. p.
m. Obey that impluse" (apoligies
to Life" and start right now.
You have heard, of course,
about the man who said there
were thirty-nine reasons why he
couldn't go on a trip to Europe,
He said the first reason was be
cause he could not I afford it and
after that the other thirty eight
didn't matter There are thirty-
Greensboro, North Carolina, j nine reasons why you should take
May 29th, 1912, at 8 o'clock p. advantage of the bonus offer dur-f
J Lester Clayton
J'H Whitt
H W Winstead
Charles W Long
W A Morton
W R Woody
B G Clayton
Willie Carver
17 400
4 500
'1 000
4 100
1 000
1 ooc
1 000
7 600
1 000
1 000
1.000
1 000
1 000
1 000
7 200
Mary Moore
Rena Rimmer
Cora Long
Bessie Baynes
Leasburg.
Evelyn Clark
Miss Emma Newman
Ruth Stanfield
Mattie Pulliam
Betty Thomas
Bessie Thompson
Mebane.
Miss Susie Clark
Jennie Laster
"Barber Shaw
Mill Creek.
Mrs TH Street
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Item fron Mill Creek lb V
. The farmers ot thissectioh : aro
very busy plowing this beautiful
weather. v
MrW. T. Slaughter was on the V
Jury last week and stayed
town. v .
Miss Mildred Slaughter is -visiting
her sister, Mrs. W, T.
Buchanan dear Trilby this week;
The children of Mr. W. T. ;
Slfliiohtpr Mrs. W T Slaiiohior
Miss Mildred Slaughter, Mrs. Z.
T. Slaughter, Mrs. Robert Whitt,
Mr. Marvin Slaughter, and Mrs.
Walter Gentry celebrated their
father birthday on Saturdav April
6th. They all took him on surprise
each one bringing him a nice
birthday present and also a nice
basket' of chickens, pies, cakes
and eg s etc' to help out the din
ner so they could give him a nice
time when they arrived. " Thev all
2 700 seemed to enjoy the day fine. Be
fore adjourning they sang some of
his favorite hymns, which all
joined in with much pleasure. If
this be the last time iwe all meet
on earth we hope to meet in
Glory to never part again.
Wishing all much happiness in
the future.
v Annie.
3 900
1 000
1000
5 400
1 000
4 200
4 70
3 POO
4 900
2 600
1000
3 800
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One of the Cleanest and Best on the
Road.
Vesterday the town was filled
! people who came to see the
"' :i cus " Sparks Shows were the
attraction, and it was well worth
'he price. The performance was
good throughout. It is decidedly
llie cleanest show we have ever
n. you hnd no Fakers hanging Mr Eugene Clayton spent Sat-
a"ound and no gambling devices of , urday in Durham.'
m., for the purpose of nominat
ing a candidate for Representa
tive ic the Congress of the Unit
ed' States, nominating President
ial Elector and electing delegates
to the National Democratic Con
vention, and for the transaction
of such other business as may
properly come before the said
convention.
By order of the Democratic
Executive Committee Fifth Con
gressional District.
A. WAYLAND COOKE,
Chairman.
G. H. HASTINGS, Secretary.
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Nominate a Candidate.
NOMINATION BLANK Good lor L000 Votes.
1 The Courier Automobile and Prize, ontest.
St'
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I Nominate.
Address
Signed
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Address
Only the FIRST nomination blank cast for each candidate
will count as 1,000 votes.
mail
, . U to yuisiae tanoioate. i " Hallie Comoton f 3 9UU fr , i t u mr
5 1 ;1t You have until 9 ojfldck (xues-T j 4A: Bessie Corbett ;; i000 ?.&r. t
ing opportunity week. The first
reason is. you want that automo
bile, the second you want that
piano, and after that the other
reasons doVi't count. Call around
and we will tell you about the
other thirty-seven,
The voting limit has been rais
ed to 20,000. this week. Watch
the paper for the standing of your
favorite candidate. DO IT NOW.
Use The Form Letter.
Let it be known that you are in
the contest to win and that you
intend to keep after your friends
until each has done his share in
your campaign. Get some of our
form letters and send them broad
cast among your acquaintances.
you will be agreeably -surprise at
the result. As soon as it appears
that you are likely to Me one of
the Iwinners, everybody will be
anxious to help. It is typhical of
human nature that we all like to
be with the winner, and if pos
sible have some part, however
small, in the winning. This is very!
probably he "raison d'etre" for
the base ball fan.
The Voting Rule.
The voting limithas been raised
20,000 this week. That means
you may vote 20,000 votes more
than the highest i vote yublished
this issue. The vpting limit will be
raised to 40,000 next issue.
To Outside Candidate.
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.. LEDGERS,
DAY BOOKS,
NOTE BOOKS,
ORDER BOOKS,
Stationery of all kinds, and
The Parker Lucky Curve Fountain Pens,
Roxboro R. F. D. No. 1 .
Miss Ruth Harris 1 000
Grace Winstead 4 100
Nellie Hester 1 000
Lucile Newton 1 000
Susie Blalock 1 000
Carrie Russell 1 000
Lelia Russell 2 400
Ina Allen 6 200
Lillian Crumpton " 4 700
Gertrude Wilkerson 1000
. Roxboro, No. 2.
Mrs. Ralph Cole 1 000
Miss Ruth Gentry 6 200
Jule Perkins 5700
Roxboro, No, 3.
Miss Mary Wagstaff 1 000
" Lucile Winstead . 3 700
" Huldah Hester 1000
Erol Morton 1 000
Miss Ola Long 1 000
41 Lillian Farley 5 200
Roxboro, No. 5,
Miss Allie Garrett 1 000
Roxboro, No. 6.
Miss Nannie Lou Malone 9 800
Miss Eula Hester 32 500
1000
1000
2 400
1000
1000
3 100
3 400
6 200
4 700
3 400
1000
1 000
4 800
Drug
Store.
Agents for Whitmans Candy.
Roxboro, N. C.
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I Floor Coverings.
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Eva Hester
Minnie Whitfield
Maude Whitfield
Adie Broach
Cora Broach
' Corrinna Newton
Alton, Va.
Miss Lucy Green
Baskerville, Va.
Gen T E Gordan
Bear Creek, N. C.
Miss Mary S. Tally
Berea.
Miss Annie Currin
Bethel Hill.
Miss Maud Woody
Bessie Humphries
Irene Woody
Bushy Fork.
Miss Mamie Hester .
Howard Hester
Cedar Grove.
8 J Hall
Miss Maude Rogers A
41 Vivian Oakley
" x Doll Stewart
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5 500
1 000
1000
1 000
5 700
6 400
3 900
Its Time for Spring i
House Cleaning.
When you get at it you Nare going to
find out that you need some new floor
coverings. We are prepared to supply
you with just the kind that you wish, be it
Druggets, Rugs or Mattings.
We are showing attractive lines of
Druggets in the popular sizes from $3.00
to $30.00; Rugs from 50cts to $3.50; Mat-'
tings 18 cts to 35 cts a yard
Bssure to see our line of Deltox drug
gets and Rugs. They are similar hut very
superior to the much advertised Crex and
sell at the same prices. For summer use
there is nothing, more popular or service
able. You can't afford to buy your floor cov
ering until you have seen ourtock if you
are inclined to be economical' and want
the best. " - ,
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