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VOL. XXIX
R0XB0R0, NORTH CAROLINA rWednesday Evening; May 22, 1912.
No.21
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
By C. H. Tavenner.
Washington, May 22, When
thieves fall out, just men get
their dues, and when Republi
can presidents and former presi-j
dents fall out the people learn
how they have been misgovern
ed. Since President Taft and for
mer president Roosevelt entered
upon their wild scramble to ob
tain delegates to the next Repub
lican convention, the people have
ome into the possession of the
following information, which
:hev never knew before; except
n it v -dine to tnem tnrougn un-
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)ivn charges or
unverified
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That Mr. Taft by his own ad-"-ission,
has been "a man of
aw
That Mr. Taft, in his advocacy
oi Canadian reciprocity, was not
thinking, primarily, of any. bene
fits that vould come to the
American farmer and wage earn
er, but that he believed recipro
city would make Canada an ' ad
junct'' to the United States,
which ' would transfer her ira
pon.ir.t business to Ne York
and Chicago." By his own con
v '!i the president was think
C: tho big business interest
v; iio was advocating recipro-
T;.:ii George W. Perkins, or-'
. :;. () the harvester trust,
r. -'.embera of the board of
t : ,t j. s of the steel trust, was
"hiih!v leased" with the pros
.'.u i'uiMjinistration's methods of
pi'usi.rMting the trusts.
That there is a close political!
nn e between Mr. rerkinsi
and Theodore Roosevelt, as evi-j
denced by the face that Perkins, !
in u .i lui U .1 LU UC LU C 1 1 I IV IIJVj JKs
cretary of State of New York,
admits he spent $15,000 to help
Roosevelt in the primary election
in New York city this spring,
thus revealed that the big inter
ests would be perfectly satisfied
to have either Taft or Roosevelt
president.
- That Mr. Taft, in the present
campaign, and Mr, Roosevelt, in
his campaign of 1908, made free
and unrestricted use of federal
office holders to obtain the nomi
nation. That Mr. Roosevelt, while
constantly writing messages and
giving out interviews, while he
was president, all professing the
deepest hatred of trusts and ille--ai
corporations, secretlv and
c-landestinely suppressed a report
s-mvmi: that the harvester trust
v : an illegal combination in re
v" lint of trade, and later order
'nit a contemplated suit
that trust be dropped
in Q cirArn of of rtmQI it trt tho Q. I
r la save the word to start
: eh word he never gave.
i: Mr, Roosevelt's trip to
1 "as paid for by Andrew
ie. the greatest benefici
,!' ft Republican .high tariff
er lived.
: t Mr. Roosevelt was so
-ned by the possibility of
puliation during his more
'Ven years of office that in
messages and official -pa-!1'3
never made any mention
except to say, once, that
ould discuss it in a future
sae; which statement he
v. ?
in-
pthdrew from, the message be
t0l't it reached Congress.
If the present scramble for
letyntpo nti - u:i Au
?re, that both Mr. Taft and ! Mr.
.evei at the present rate,
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RICHESON WAS ELECTROCUTED
ATV2;TA. Hf YESTERDAY. U
Boston, Mass., May 21. Riche
son as electrocuted at 12-17
this Tuesday morning.
Richeson spent? much 6f his
time Monday in prayer and in
reading his Bible.
Rev, Herbeit W. Stebbins, the
prison chaplain, the Warden, Dr.
Bridges, and , assistants, made
up the rest b$ those granted ad
mission to the deUth chamber.
Richeson had no supper, saying
that he desired none. After eat
ing a little, fruit, he lighted a
cigar, and he was sitting oil the
edge of his cot, apparently en-
iovin.a his smnb -jjh onufu
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Warden Allen entered his- cell
wiin me DiacK suit ot ciotnes to
be worn during the execution,
Richeson nodded calmly to the
deputy, but said nothing.
He expressed a desire last af
ternoon to see his brother Doug
las Richeson, of Chicago, who is
in the city, The former clergy
man told his spiritual adviser,
Rev. Dr. H. S. Johnson, that he
! could meet his brother withou
fear of collapsing. He ha4 recon
ciled himself to his fate, he ad
ded and felt that he was at peace
with God and the world. Douglas
Richeson decided this afternoon
that he would not go to his bro
ther. The condemned man slept
soundly for four hours this morn
ing after being awake nearly all
night. He was calm and even
cherful at times during the night
occasionally singing a hymn or
repeating his favorite 1 Scriptural
passages,
Returns Indicate Roosevelt Has Car-
ned Ohio over Taft and Wilscn
Wins over Harmon,
rkMo n o n
the face of the early returns in
Ohio's first presidential prefe
rence primary today, Col,' Theo-1
dore Roosevelt led the Republi
can ticket by 3 to 2 over Presi
dent Taft and Governor Wood
row Wilson, of New Jersey, led
Governor Judson Harmon, of
Ohio, on the Democratic ticket by
about the same percentage.
These returns, however, were
given on a basis of complete
figures from little more than 2500
precincts out of a total ot 5,192
precincts in the state.
President Taft appeared to
have carried Cincinatti by a large
margin, aad also Toledo and Day
ton, among the larger cities,- This
was more than offset by the votes
given Colonel Roosevelt in Cleve
land, Columbus, and other cities.
The Roosevelt lead in' the north
end of the state, it seemed, would
give the former President an ad
vantage which Mr. Taft could not
overcome by his vote in the south
end of the state including Cin
cinnati, his home, and the rural
districts.
Senator LaFollett received a
larger vote than state ...politicians
had predicted for him, getting a
considerable fraction :.bf the votes
cast in the northern end of the
state including Cleveland.
County Politics. n
The Democratic Primaries
were held in every Township on
last Satutday and delegates elect
ed to the County Convention
which will be held on next Satur
day at 1 o'clock.
Delegates will be elected to the
State, Congressional and Judicial
conventions, and the transaction
of such other matters as, may
come up.
The convention to nominate
County officers has not been caK
led and the convention Saturday:
will have nothing whatever to do
with this matter. - 'V
We have the1 thing tokiIl tobacco
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Contest Closes Sattirday Nigh at 9
P. M. Intense Interest Prevails
Candiates Now .on Home Stretch
Everything Indicates .an Exciting
Finish.
300,000 Extra-Votes For Every $20.00 Turned
in on Subscriptions Until the End of the Contest.
Hustle Hard and You Will Win. "Only Three
Days Left.
Judges in The Courier Contest.
The following well-known RoxWo men have kindly consent
ed to act as Judges in the final canvass of the votes in The
Courier contest, closing Saturday, May 25th, at 9 P. M.
Rev. D. F. Putnam, pastor Baptist Church, Messrs. B. G.
Clayton, Assistant Cashier of The Bank of Roxboro and R. L.
Harris.
THE PRIZES'
Ford Touring Car,
A High Grade Piano,
''Four Gold Watches.
By Harold A. Dickinson.)
The beginning of the end. ing flowers. They simply burst
A gloriious finish to the great- into blporrv.
est newspaper contest ever begun i If you should not hear some
and carried to completion on a very surprising thing this week
weekly paper. The big field of that would be more surprising
candidates is working this week ,than anything you can possibly
with doubled efforts and will con-ihear, Saturday you will be laugh
tinue to do so until 9 o'clock Sat- !ing 'at the reports which the result
unday night. nas Proven untrue.
Don't vou want a prize? They This is the last w6rd. The con-
wn nrnn Vfr. p.if nmp ; test closes at 9 o'clock sharp Sat-
sanfl on the track and go in to
win, You can.
The ballot box has been closed
and will not be opened until the
judges open it at 9 o clock Satur
day night.
A canidate may know what she
has herself, but it is very certain
that nobody else can know.
THE VOTES WILL BE HEAVY,
Everybody is holding back
votes. They are waiting for the
last day. It is almost here. All
week the Contest Department has
been very busv issuing votes on
subscriptions which contestants
have taken home to add to their
reserve fund;
While the vote in the standing
todav seem larsre to some of the
j - i
candidates there are others who
have something up their sleeves
for the last moment, ijsiho realize
that several hundred, thousand
votes will be neccessarv to secure
the prizes, Watch ' The Courier
foi the resultand be prepared for
a surprise inthe size of the vote
required to win.
all of the votes .published.
AH of the votes turned in by
candidates up to Tuesday, night
have been polled and published.
Many of the candidates however,
are holding back a number of
votes and those way down on the
list may take a leap towards the
top of the list at the last moment.
All complaints as to the number
of votes published must be filed
by noon Saturday in order to re
ceive attention. - ;
.THI WEEK OF RUMORS,
In every contest there are a
great number of groundless ru
mors rise, arid experience teach
es 'ohe pretty, much ; to disregard
them. But for tfie ' benefit 'of the'
IT"
urday.
PLEASE COME EARLY.
All canidates are urged not to
wajt until the luit minute before
turning in their business Satur
day night. Promptly at 9 o'clock
Saturday night the Contest, De
partment will be closed, .
Votes and subscriptions will be
received in the Department
until 9 o'clock p, m., May 25lh.
but it must be borne in mind that
there will be many crowding in,
all with the same idea, that they
can be waited upon immediately.
If you put off until evening to
bring in your subscriptions you
will have to do a lot of waiting,
and the announcement of the de
cision of the committee4 will be
materially delayed. ;
ONLY CERTIFIED CHECK.
During the remainder of the j
contest only cash money-orders
or certified, checks will be accept
ed in payment for subscriptions.
A SPECIAL OFFER 'THE LAST
THREE DAYS.
A special ballot good for 300,
000 extra votes will be given for
every twenty dollars turned in on
subscriptions. T his offer closes
Saturday night at 9 o'clock. You
may secure as many of these
special ballots as. you desire. If
vou turn in $20 you will get one
ballot good for .300.000, if you
turn in $100.00' you will
get five ballots each good for
300,000, These ballots will be
given in addition to the regular
scale of votes. .
This offer gives those wtio are
behind a chance to capture' the
lead. If you want mat auto or
piano you cannot afford to Jet this
offer go by without , securing at;
least one of these ballots. There:
ate' only three ; deys before . t the
A PJeaunt Li cninj;.
That ras a most agreeable as
smblyxwhicaatbeB Cthe
homebf
ittan& Mrs. 17. ,,V;
Gwynn on last Monday night'
Mr and Mrs. Gwynn, are 'Sum
mering on "the Mouhtain,"
just a mile East of town,
and Monday evening at 70
they sent in for a few friends
and carried them out jn an auto
to spend the evening to meet
Iheir visitors, Mrs. James A
BickfordVMr. W. P. Packer and
wife, Mrs. Faye Sloan and Miss
Annie Bickford. of Rockhaven,
Penn., relatives of Mrs. Gwynn.
The invited guests were: Mr,
n.ntl Mrs A X HpV kmintr Mr
and Mrs. J, W. Noell Misses
Sue Long and Elma .Featherston,
Dr. E. '.L Tucker and Messrs.
Charlie Long, W. R. Woody and
V. C. Bullock.
Bridgewas the game for the
evening, and after playing a round
Of four hands it was found that
Miss Elma Featherston had made
Che highest score, and to her was
presented the prize. After the
garde refreshments were served,
when the gay party left for town,
reaching home just before the
hour cf midnight.
There are few more beautiful
homes than the country home of
Mr. and Mrs. Gwynn and noi
more cha'rming hostess than Mrs
Gwynn.
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We carry nothing but the best.
Fountain Syringes
Bulb Syringes
Hot Water Bottles . .
Ear Syringes
And Every thing in rubber goods carried
in a first class up to date drug store.
Weed's
Roxboro, N. C.
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We are showing a great line 0f these
justly popular chairs. Thfey are-comfortable,
sightly and durable. Wehave them
in both low and high backs,
The prices range from $2.00 to $3.50-
Furnish your porch with -these com
fortable chairs and get what is owingto
you this summer in cooling breezes , and
fresh air. . ,
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tdoQenceae&t oi Koxbcro ocnocu. T . .
x The coiencemefitl&ercisesV
of tl RoxiK
wiU be Alield on ? the evenings of:
ThnrlamrMail 30th '
and 31st,finst., be?inn1np at 8.15 1
eacn evening.
Ort Thursday evening, the
30th, the exercises will consist otV
drills, songs, and plays by the
pupils of the schools. A small
admission to these exercises wilf
be charged, to meet the expenses
incident to the commencement;
These charges will be as Jollows:
Reserved seats, fifteen cents for
children and twentj-five cents for
adults; general admission, ten
cents for children and twenty
cents for adults.
On Friday evening, the 31st,
Hon. W. J. Brogden, of Durham,
will deliver, the literary address.
At this, time diplomas will be
given to those who have complet
ed the course in the high school.
Announcement of winners of
of medals and prizes will also be
awarded.
A. B. Stalvey.
Wanted.
250 cords of dog wood tim
ber. Dimensions, not less than
5 inches at little end. From
2to 8feetlonq. Will pay $8
a cord delivered at Roxboro and
Picks. Clear ofKnots.
J. A. Rosemond.
Drug Store
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