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W. A. Fries Committed Suicide This 1 Jackson-Garrett,
Morflin- I A beautiful marriage was ol-
Raleigh, Dec. 16. W. A.
Fries, a well known contractor
and builder of Greensboro, com
mitted suicide here, early this
morning in the Hotel Giersch by
cutting the jugular vein on his
left side with a dull pen knife, the
blade used being less than an
inch and a half in length. He
was in the employ of the state
building commission as secretary
and expert builder, having super
vision of the work' of construc
tion of the quarter-million-dollar
fire-proof state building which is
now nearing completion. Fries
leaves a wife and children at
Greensboro and left the following
unsigned note to Mrs. Pries:
"To my dear wife: I am ac
cused of ugly charges that I can
not entirely disprove, therefore
gooa-oye love, l taice my own
emnized on Tuesday evening at
Dr. Pratt to Speak,
Dr. J. Hyde Pratt, who is fee
best posted man on good roads in
seven fifteen o'clock, at ihe. home the State, will speak on this sab
ot the bride's parents, Mr. and j ject in Roxboro on Jan.6th, 19 13.
Mrs. J. L. Garrett, when their j It is earnestly hotted that every
charming daughter, Miss Dora farmer, in the County will come
Leigh became the bride of Mr. A. ! and hear this address, as it is
E. Jackson of Roxboro. hoped at this time to put the road
The ceremony was performed question in some definhe shape
by Rev. E. M. Snipes. and work for results. Hear'hirn.
The parlor was appropriately
decorated in a profusion of white aj" Jack Barnetk Married
chrysanthemums and potted On last Thursday evening in1
plants. St. Louis Maj. Jack W. C. Bar-
Tne marriage, though a quiet nett and Miss Dorothy David
home affair was one of the most Warfield were married. The Maj.
beautiful ever solemnized here. is 39 inches tall and weighs 34
The bride was becomingly at- pounds, while Mrs! Barnett is 5
tired in a brovn cloth suit with feet 8 inches tall and weighs 126
accessories to match, and carried Pounds,
a shower bouquet of brides roses Announcements have been re
and lilies of the valley. ceived stating that the Maj. and
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson left on nis Dride will be at home in Rox
the south bound train for Florida, boro after Jan. 1 5th.
Pellagra has Spread Rapidly in United
States in Six Years.
Washington, Dec. 13. Pallagra
Sept.' County Home Elected.
The Board ot Commissioners
met Monday and after receiving
the many applications for Superin is spreading in the United States
di v tmn ro it Vino Ktfan
vw.w. v. UUU 1U 111 W D1A JTOllO 11 HOiO, -Will . . , OAft ' t
!ectedMr. Hughey Gentry, who known to medical authorities ha8;Loms,?na- cases. b70; deaths, 296;:,,
was waII rommmpnllfld not Onlv nlai'mori nm Iacc than 3ft ftftH vin rate Per Ccni.
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Kentucky, cases, 513; deathSi320;;
rate, 43 per cent. Alabama, cases,
2,314; deaths, 859; rate, B7 per .
cent. Mississippi, cases, 2,895;-
deaths, 1,250; rate, 43 per cemV
lire, hoping that you collect the ejre they wtll spend their honey
insurance as it runs for some D00n
time. I have one in the Security At home after January 1st 1913,
Life Annuity for $3,QQ0, one in Mt. lirzah, N. C
the Mutual Life of New York ' -
Mrs. Henderson Entertains.
Mrs. T. W. Henderson charm
ingly entertained the Pleasure
Club at her beautiful home ' on
Main Street Friday afternoon.
kook was oiayea at seven taoies
for $5,000. There are amounts mQwy Society Oraniaed.
lifr rrt AOVk nna1 V,rtVi -mill tj '
uuc uii cavu unt wiatvii win I p it q . , . , 1 .
duce this some. Good-bye lovo. " J' " 'H r.mhwi11? ,he and at the clos of a numbw of
1 have nevcr been what I ought t enthusiastic games it was found
to you. I hope you and the chil- wilt Mifl , Tl ,hat 'he W8keSt SCOre m9de
dren wiU ye. be happy." Z'JET' a -mber
devlaming to a prize, ' while Mrs
This note was unsigned and
was written on his business -letter
heads as "W. A, Prirs, contractor
and builder, Greensboro, N. C."
and was Open on his dresser and
iot severed from the pad.
Sidna Allen Gets 35 Years: Wesley
Edwards 27 Years.
with the following officers:
President, Mrs. R. A. Allen.
Vice-President, Mrs. R. Wilker
s on. Treasurer, Mrs. W. T.
Carver. Recording Secretary,
Mrs. K L. Wilkerson. Press
Superintendent, , Miss Ruth
Brook,-'."'-
Eugene Webb captured the visi
tors prize. The hostess served
delightful refreshments.
Tobacco Markets Close Friday.
The Roxboro, tobacco market
will close on Friday Dec. 20th
.lan.j
as a good farmer but as a good, tims with a fatality rate in excess
kindhearted man, and it is believ- of 40 per cent, according a report
ed he will make a most acceptable of the public health service today,
superintendent. "It has reached," the report
On Tuesday morning Mess. E. contends, ''the dignity of a public
B. Reade and C. H. Hunter, j health question of national import
members of the Board of County ; ance. ' '
Commissioners, went over the
farm and took an inventory of
everything belonging to the
'County, It is their intention to
The, report gives these figures
by states for the period of 1907-1011:
Virginia, total cases, 628; deaths
give more attention to the Home 349. deatn rale per 100 cases 55
These figures show, pallagra
either prevalent or sporadic in the;
greater part of the United States,
particularly serious in the South
in tne future, for it is believed
that it can, as it should, be made
self supporting. There are only
about a half dozen inmatss and
witjh one of the best farms in the
Cfounty certainly should produce
enough for the support of the
inmates.
The organization reported and will open again on
thirteen member?., with addition- j Monday the 6th, 1913.
Wythville, Va., Dec. ll.-lal members since, lhe next The market has probably been
Thirty-five years in the peniten-: meeting will be with Mrs W. T. more satisfactory this year than
tiarv is the penalty Sidna Al'eii
will pay for the part he played in
the shooting up of Caroll county
court house, on the 4th of March
last when five persons, including
the presiding judge, the sheriff
and the commonwealth, s attor
ney, were killed by members of
the Allen clan, and a number of
others wounded.' Allen's nepeew,
Wesley Edwards, will spend 27
years in the penitentiary.
These tvo sentences were the
result of a compromise this after
noon following a verdict of volun
tary. manfiUughter in tha case of
Sidna Allen for the murder of
Commonwealth's Attorney Wm.
M. Foster, the jury fixing the
penally in that case at 5 years imprisonment.
Uoriib Iteme.
Quite a orowd gathered at Mr
Z.HiClayton's Sunday, as usurl.
Sattire .1. S. Colaman was at!
Monah Saturday on business.
.. Tje: children of the Moriah
6cho0l are preparing for a Christ
matree, Misses Dorman and
Turner are the teachers.
Mr. George Willif ord and Miss
Carrie Satterfield were married
Saturday, Nov. 30th. Their many
f rieiids.wish them a bright and
successf ul life.
per cent. North Carolina, cases,
2,412: deaths, 1,167; rate, 44 per
cent. South Carolina, cases, 1,
880; deaths, 582; rale. 31 per
cent. Georgia, cases, 5,55$; '
Mac Davis, Colored, Killed. .
On last Satuaday Mae Davisi
colored, who lived on one of Mr. "
T. W. Pass' farm was hauling. I. ' -wood
when the load slipped down J
on the mules and frightened thenr .
! with the result that they ran
away and threw the driver ouUy
killing him. Our informant tells 7
us that the colored man, Mac
Davis, was an ; especially good
hand and a peaceable citizen. He .
was well liked by all of the whit&
deaths, l,582;Tate, 34 per cent, people of the, neighborhood.
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Carver Saturday afternoon Dec.
21st, at 2 o'clock. All members
are requested to be present.
Ruth Brooks.
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Whitelaw Reid Dies at His Lond(B
Home.
London, Dec. 15. Whitelaw
Reid, the American ambassador
to Great Britain since 1905 died
at his London rdsictnee, Dorches
ter house, shortly after noon to
day from pulmonary oedema.
The end was quite peaceful. Mrs.
Reid and their daughter, Mrs.
John Hubert Ward, were at the
bedside.
The ambassador had been un
conscious since 9 o'clock in the
morning ard at intervals -during
the previous 24 hours he had
bev n slightly delirious as a re-
I suit of the drugs administered to
i induce sleeo.
ever and our farmers have been
universally satisfied with prices.
After Christmas let's see if we
can't all do more for the market
and thus help the farmer, help
the town and help etfery one in
terested in seeing Roxboro and
Person countv come into their
own,
Honor Roll,
Honor roll of Bushy Fork
High School, first month:
Eighth grade James Broach
and Earl Hester.
Sixth gradeLuther Whitfield.
Fit grade Elmore Massey.
Second Month:
Eighth grade Rosa Whit' eld
land Jamie Broach.
Seventh grade Robert Wnit
field and George Solomon.
Sixth grade Luther Whitfield.
Fifth grade --Joseph Oliver. 1
First grade Elmore Massey
and Bradsher Massey.
rPOmp Day visited -his
parents near Roxboro Sunday.
Mr. C. M. Clayton killed two
hogs on Nov. 25th that weighed
near 800.
Christmas being so near makes
glad the hearts of. many around
Moriah because of the expecta
tion of the home coming of many
absent loved ones.
Alpha Cement
Blinds
Boxing
Brick
Cahill grates
Casings
Ceiling
Church pews
Colonial columns
Cypress siding
Door frames
Felt roofing.
Gable ornaments
Gable sash s
Gav'cl roofing
Glass
Hearth tiling
Heart flooring
Inside flooring
Ivory wall plaster
Laths
Lime
Locks & hinges
Mouldings
liitelSf
Pine manfels
Plastering hair
Plaster of Paris
Porch balusters .,
Porch brackets;
Porch rail
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Pulpits.,
Rough lumber
bash ,
Sash cords
Sash weights
Screen doors
Screen "windows
Shingles
Stair balusters
Stair rewels
Stair rails
Rnhingesi ;
Ventilators: -4
: WeatherBoardinE
Wood & glass cloofs
Honor Roll.
Honor roll of Bethel Hill High
School for November:
First grade Gertrude Whitt,
Bryce Day and Nellie -Ranes. .
Second grade Musette Moita
gue, Dorothy Fontaine Lorena
Woody arid Lucile Woody.
Sixth grade Tommie Cratch
fleld.' High School Department
Elizabeth Woody, Addie Jones, t
Norman Long, Christine Lucas,!
Gladys Beam, Mary Montague, '
Mary Sue Wooody and Jack
Woody.
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is spending today in town.
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What is nicer or more useful for a
Christmas present than a nice China
Dinner set, a Rochester Percolator, an
Oil stove, a Range or Cooking stove,
ouns, Leggins, Razors, Pocket Knives
r Carving Sets ?
If you are going to give your mother,
father, sister or brother a present come 1
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to see us and get sometning mat will
be useful and a
CHRISTlfAS GOODS.
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find here a splendid assortment of articles suitable lor
gilts tor any one. Sensible serviceable and pleasing
gifts such as will be appreciated. Let us help you
with your Christmas buying.
COAT SUITS AND CLOAKS.
We still have a good stock of coat suits and cloaks
on hand for ladies and misses and from now on will
make some mighty attractive prices on -them.
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Men and young men, you can t buy a better, more
stylish or cheaper suit or overcoat anywhere than we
will sell you. Toil cant afford td buy until you have
seen ours,
FURNITURE.
All furniture manufacturers have sent put notices of
an advance of 10 per cent in furniture. That vvorft
affect your purchases a penny if yqu' buy from usl
We have the bt stock in the bbuntyiidi :lwugKt;"-l)ebMEts'
any advance and we will guarantee ' notx'only; to .give
you the best goods but to save you j good moneyf .
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