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R0XB0R0, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, August 28, 1912.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
y , lyJc 11. Tavenor.
Washington, Aug. 2(3. In the
;.y of Lawrence, Mass.. where
; : hiliiy protected woolen mills
.,v:! Corth; where boys aad girls
for $2, $3 and $i a week.
:m lasers and mothers work
:j; woun for 5, 6 and $7 a
4 , benatorship in This District.
Mr, J. A.( Long, of Roiboro,
was in town Wednesday of this
week and while here took occa
sion to talk with a r.-umber of
our people about, the Sens tor
ship from this district. It appears
that it was told in this county
CONVENTION.
of Persou .county in mass-meeting jf
assembled
ProgressiTC Prtj Holds Ccnvesti 3st: That .we endorse the nom
And Kanies Ccnnty iicket. . inatiorbf Theodore RooseveH for
The Progressive Party of Per- j president, and Hiram Johnson For
son county held its convention on j vice president and pledge them
last Saturday. When the corrven- our svirooYt at the election.
that Person county made no
k tor full .ime, 47 out of 100 1 nominalkm for tbis office afits
s ore those f children under
trsofage! And of these 47
v!r: p, 8 j are under 1 year of
: The doctors declare the- big
! y of these children perish
?hdr mothers labor suen
' hours, under unsanitary
i';:, in tlie woolen mills.
: nv:.rk the percentage of
T;a;hs in Lawrence particu
: : 47 out of every 100 persons
. in Lawrence are children
. 5 yoars of age. Now eom
- -his with Seattle, Wash,
r : uut of every 100 persons
but 19 are children under
..'.; of ap.e.
:-ve:-;ue for the whole
.i' :' 27 children under 5
: i "i-',c instead of 47 as in
and for the whole
: ' 10 out of every 100
T are oi children under 1.
; t c::,e, instead uf 35 as in
people who work in the
mills are "protected."
is the multi-millionaire
: Irust magnates who come
'TTincfon for excessive pro
' ;;iy that the sole reaaon
J ;io iariff rates which give
;! monopoly on American
tion was called to order there v : ;
a fairly good crowd in attendance,
2nd. That ve endorse the Na- 1
tional pktform adopted by the
keeps the stock in good healthy
condition. Disease preventative.
convention, but that the matter
was left to Granville,
From Mr, Long's statement 0f j meelin as tne crowd continued to
the number being 119 by actual f progressive party at its recent I
count, though there was probably
more than this number in the-
eonverij! in Chicago.
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the matter and that made by ! mcrease as ttie meeting proceed
others who were present at theed- 1 he only test vols as to the
convention it appears that this is I number participating was thai
a mistake but that they nominated over tne nomination for Register
Mr. Long and authourizd .the of -Deeds when 57-votes were
delegotes to vote for him at the I cast-
Berea convention. Our infer 1 Mr- - O. Carver called the
mutbn is that of the thirty-rive; meetin- t0 crdGr' and in a speech,
delegates to the Person county i which was we!1 chosen. ; of three
convention twenty-three votes j minutes, stated the reason for
were cast for Mr. Lohp sevr-n ! forming a new party, and at the
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sad a fraction for Mr.
w
! mention of Theodore Roosevelt's
and permit them to charge hr ,- ,0. ,ho r.
Warren -and four anck fraction for! name tbere was loud afid lon
Dr. E. J. Tucker. If th? prece-! cheering. He called R. A. Burch
dents which have obtained in this to the chair as temporary chair
district and the other districts of; man- uP0n JikinK ths chair Mr.
ire State are to follow this year, 'j Burch spoke for about ten mim
this us we underhand the mat-; utes, in his speech paying his res
ter, is equivalent to the nomi- Peers to John H;tley Moorehead
naiion of Mr. Long. If precedent for reading ovk all of the Prog res
is followed, all that die Granville j sives. He ouT. ed the policy of
delegates will have to do at the ; the new party, incidentally stating
Berea convention will be to en-: that they favored good roads, and
dorse the action of the Person ;H necessary t.heissuaree of bonds,
county convention. ! His speech was very good,. con-
It seems that Dr. Tucker is taming nothing radical or bitter
abiding by the action of thePer- j towards either of the old parties,
son county convention, but that j At the close he called T. B. Davis
Mr, Warren is seeking support j to act as secretary. Upon motion
in this county for the nomination the temporary organization was
and that he has ber;n encouraged
don of pft, elective offices by pref
erential primaries regulated by
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4th, That we favor the election
of U. S, Senators by a popular
vote of the people.
5tn. That" we favor the best
public schools possible and we
believe that the interest of public 1 1
educeticn will be promoted by
the election of 'County Boards of S
Education by a vote of the people J1
Oth. That we favor better roads i
and if found necessary to issue
bonds we favor leaving it to a
vote ef the people; and if bonds
are i; sued, we further favor that
e3c!i township have its equal
allotment and the roads in all the
townships to be worked at the
smie time.
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is a great egg producer ancr dis
ease preventative. Every pack
age guaranteed Sold only at
Roxboro N. C
ir;oovr Sent to the Roads.
Charlotte. Aug. 24. T
EXCURSION TO
Richmond, Va,
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
e the value for wobien'jcloth-
that they are "protecting"
un-
5 i 1 i n to making this plea,
magnates, of course,
ra; contributions of mon-
campaign funds of the
a protection. The result
h bilis as Schedule K of the
j .vldrich law.
: is a plain question for the
:eri:an people to ask them
es: Why should they longer
r a comparative handful of
Tionaires to force them to pay
exorbitant prices for every article
made permanent. r.
F. O. Carver moved (hat a
Tuesday September 1 Oth, 1912.
derstoori the situation as ful'y set i platform committee be appointed
fourth above. It is to be hoped ': and the chair appointed G, D.
t the Granville county dele iNeal, M. W. Satteifield and Thos
gates will take no action thai Grey.
would impair the pleasant feelings VV, A. Bialock moved that the
that have always existed between chair appoint delegates to the va
the tio counties. Two years ago , rious conventions, and the follow
Mr, Long and his friends loyally ing were appointed as delegates
supported both Gen. Roystcr for to the State convention which
Congress and Judge Graham for meets in Greensboro on Sep. 3rd:
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Corporation Commissioner. Per- j W. A. Bialock, M. W. Satterfield,
son has alwaj s endorsed the ac- j G. D. Neal, Thos. Grey and T.
tion of the Granville county con- B. Davis. The chair announced
ventions in nominating Senator 1 that delegates to other conven
Hicks. It is to be hoped tnat our jjtions would be appointed when
people will stand by Person ! the conventions were called,
unj county's action this year in nomi- The chair announced that the
are ''protecting" their ern
es, when these employees
support Mr. Long or Mr, War
ren. That, it seems, is not an open
question. While some might be
disposed to support Mr. Warren
if we had that right, we cannot
woolen clothing they wear, on
v.i. i? .1 j
-k. pieiext or inese nca men mat of;nff Q cQnotr.r :n tha cm?mau kc
: not only not being protected,
r i-o being paid such low
: "v that they are practically
:,i'd to live like cattle?
of A GuesL
Irene Regina Sullivan en
intd in an informal manner
-ior of her guest, Miss Pearl
.is, of Roxboro, N. C last
- ."$day evening,
ne entire lower floor was
ii open !to the guests; in
aiders cards and games were
i,:.d in while in the library
: and dancing held sway. In
eriy part of the evening an
-'j watermelon feast was en-
on the back veranda, while
' in the evening fancy cream
--ikes were served in the
room. -Lynchburg News
As we view the matter it is not naming of County candidates,
a question of whether we would and while on his feet placed in
nomination A. M. Long as one of
the County Commissioners. John
Foushee and J. A. Carver were
also placed in nomination, but Mr.
Carver declined. T- D. Wimtead
afford to attempt to overide the (and G. D. Neal were placed in
action of our sister county in j nomination, both declining. R.
Hoover, former manage r of the
Readers chib, who was found
gniity of' selling whiskey Fri-
day afternoon, jas sentenced p , hi j t orluni!y 0f the season to visit the historic
, r i I nrxlftl fit I llVI
roaas by Judge iH . A. uamis m i pnai ui , . n. i j if J- i- ft
Denorcu:-, here tor.i,ht. ' Two whole days and nights in Richmond, altording ample time
; H-v-r Is a well known resi in which to make the side, trip to Wasmngion, U. U also Bam
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i- AnnH wrv mv -roiina triD rates win uc
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u'ntVt Liiariotte and his cSSe"
has been watched with greut in
terest. Counsel was employed by
church members to a'ssistt the
solicitor in the .prosecution.
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Have Yuu Sent fer Campaiga Eook?
Every Democrat who is work
ing for the success of the ticket
should send some money to
Hon. James T. Lloyd, Chairman,
National Congres?ion Committee,
Washington, D. C. for a copy of
the new Democratic campaign
book. Whatover amount is sent
for the book will be used toward
carrying on the work of the cam
paign, without the aid of trusts or
special privilege. The committee
is in need of funds.
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Congress Adjourns.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 26.
Sobered by the embarrassments
of Saturday's all night session of
filibusters, Congress adjusted its
differences today, invited Presi
dent Taft up to the capitol once
more and at -4:30 o'clock this af
ternoon wrote finls" after the
proceedings of the second session
of ihe Sixty-second Congress.
"Tarmxands-
FOR SALE
To Close an Estate October the 1st.
Four adjoining tracts, 74, 76, 80
and 106 acres, in eastern edge of
Chatham Connty, 15 miles south
of Durham the fine tobacco sec
tion. Splendid tobacco and corn
land. Will sell separately or to
gether. Some improvements.
All Bargains. Write
A. M. YATES,
Lexington, N. C.
Party,
v'v D. Yarborough gave a
: "-si Saturday night which
--in enjoyable affair,
.'. -i'c about
nominating its candidates as she
had the right to do. Oxford
Public Ledger.
(The above is not entirely just
to Dr. fucker, as he was not a
candidate, his frtends voting for
him notwithstanding he had stated
he was not a candidate. Eds,)
Entertained.
Saturday evening, August 24th
Miss Margaret Cotter of Lynch
burg, Va., entertained with a de
lightful lawn party in honor of
Miss Pearl Lewis, of Roxboro, N.
C. the attractive guest of -Miss
Irene Sullivan on Clay Street.
During the evening fruits and
delightful ices were served.
in Lizzie Barton Entertained.
one hundred; Mjss Lizzie Burton entertained
at the supper table, and ist Saturday nightin honor of
7 instead, says he never jn;jiss Ruth Doughlin. After games
--i life sat down to such a-refreshments were served, the.
- . Tom says he really " got "; jarge gathering voting Miss Bur
: for "Joe Billy" but was) ton a most charming hostess.
ee him able to be out i
'tiday. i Shingles, Shingles'
A. Burch was placed in nomina
tion, and the following wtre nom
inated: A. M. Long, R. D. Bailey
and R. A. Burch.
James C. Wrenn was nominat
ed by acclamation for Coroner.
T. B Davis was likewise nomi
nated for Surveyor.
For Register of Deeds .the
names of C. G. Mitchell, J. S.
Bradsher and G. D. Neal were
placed before the convention the
result being as follows: Bradsher
48, Mitchell 6 and Neal 3. (Mr.
Bradsher was not a candidate and
his name was used without his
knowledge or consent. Eds.
O. L. Satterfield was nominated
by acclamation for sheriff.
For the House W. D. Merritt
and T. A. Noell were placed in
nomination, but Mr. Merritt asked
that his name be'withdrawn as he
was not a candidate and woulcl
not accept if nominated. Mr.
Noell was then nominated, by ac
clamation. .
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ows.
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Leave Raleieh
Gibsonville
Burlington
Graham
Mebane
Hiilsboro
Cnapel Hill
Durham
Oxford
Keysville
8:'35 a. m.
7;55
8;12
8;17
8;35
8;55
8;20
10;00
11;45
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$3 00
3 50
3 50
3 50
3 50
3 25
3 25
3 00
2 50
2 50
Rates and schedules same proportions irom an uui...Cuxre
stations.
Returning special train will leave Richmond 8;00 p. m.
Thursday, September, 12th, 1912. Separate coaches for
colored people,
For detailed information, ask your agent, or write
J. O. JONES,
Traveling Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. C.
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HTttdolUr Singles! The platform committee report-
FOR SALE
331 Acres of ihe Best Land
on Dan River, immediately across
the river from Milton, N. C.
Good dwelhng and out houses,
and young orchard in full bear
ing. 131 river bottoms, balance
up-land.
. For price &c, write,
W.-C. CLAIBORNE,
Kinestree, S. C.
We are celling all our low shoes, straw
hats, printed lawns and other colored
!U1 summer wash fabrics, millinery, cloth--
ing, skirts etc. at greatly reduced prices.
We are getting ready for fall stocks and
want these out of the way so you ' will
find many real good bargains here.
We have a splendid line of trunks and
-cases. If you are going to take a trip
or are going off to school and need one
of these it will pay you to see what we
have;
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