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niton rob riano
Miss Barrett V on Second Victrola; Misses Dor
man and Coxe Wins Elgin Watches Judges
Handled Hard Task Painstakingly, and all-
Candidates Were Fairly Treated Contest Adds!
Several hundred New Names to Courier List.
With 2,570,525 votes as her fin- ly were careful and paiustakin
ai grand total, Miss Lizzie Bur 'in the work, carefully checking
ton, of Roxboro won the $300 and verifying the votes as cast,
piano offered by The Courier in The'Courier takes this method of
its Piano Contest. This young ! publiciy thanking the gentlemen
lady certainly made a grand raw for handling a task that is not
of it working unaided, and it is . what everybody would call the
safetosav that, rain or shine, most pleasant one, for being a
she was out every day, and her judge of anything is no juke,
winning seemed to give general j To Candidates
satisfaction. j Besides winning the Piano Miss
Bushy Fork Righ school w!Barnonwon $2i).in cash, while
well represented by Mi?s Mollie ! Miss wtvMm won $.') in cash,
Wilkerson. a voun? ladv studeJi. ! b"es the $75 Victrola. Every
The girls of the school, backed bv j candidate i" the r ice vo5n sorae
the patrons got into the race af j thing.
ter it had been about threp wks! We wish t0 thank tho c3ndi"
along, and pprtinlv made a dales one and ail for bringing The
whirlwind finish Considorina tb-.Courier int0 se,al hundred new
school work -th eirh had to do! homes where lt vas a st-anger 8
during the content, their 1.290.
, : .weeks ago.
First Grand Prize Piano
Miss Lizzie Burton 2570525
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500 vOtPS wss a demonstration of j gauges ivepori
what united p forte will accnm I The judes report is 0,1 flle at
relish. The S75 Victrob is r fin. is offlce, and the fiinal stand-
addition to the equipment of . ihe.f?. 'e as follows:
school, and in it, the studehts
mcv oninv tba hpf in;trn mpnta.
music, bands, vocal mriic. and SscPnd Grand Prize -Victrola
the treat sin2er and spelters of j Miss Molli? Wllke- son
the day can nerform on Bushj v,,- ;. , a r.
Fork's Victrola ; Pjc.2g2naJa
Third priZP. a $40 Vicfrola, ' "Jf Barret. 0,3100
won by Miss Sadie Rarrett. who , Eourth Grnadtch Pnze"Elg,n
represented School No. 4, Hollo-! Miss RoSsie Dorman 343500
ways Township. Fifth Grand Prize2nd Elgin
Pourlh pnz", a $25 Elein GolJ Watch
watch was -ron hv M:ss Rossii' Mjss Ellen Coxe 324650
Dorman, of MorUh j o
Fifth prize, a $10 EWn !Stockholders Meeting.
Watch was won bv Miss Ellen: Tu .
',,,.., , , I The annual meeting or the
Cox, of Bethel Hiph school. i stockholders of the Peoples Bank
Thank the Judges I wju te held at the bank on Satur-
Messrs. I Newton, O. C. ! day, .knuary 24th 1914, at U
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Cunningham, and B. G Cln ton
acted as judges, and they certain-
o'd ck a. m.
This Dec 15tn, 1913.
When Chrtetmaif dnie comes round it seetna
As ihough'th l3n, long.ycars .
Roll back kr3 ta6e away our cares
And dry u'S all otir tears ; - '
don't knowwliy itis,' bat when
The greaV da3f comes along v y
I ge't to fft-iin" young.agairi;
And kind of turi ta-song'1
And whistla ftntf go on just like" '' "
A boy woudl I'iJ b bound,-"'
The old vold seems to brighten up
When'Christmas time comes rounl
I'm tickled at tn Jumpin' Jack
And all iKerrildnd of things; '
) like to watch the toys that play;
Ey windin? up the" springs,
And sornehow-don't know why it fa
Love seerfts to fill the air, '
And I foreU'veenemies '
Or troubles anywhere; ' ' . '. ;S -And
evsryjiitle While. I sort
Cf listen -for fi sound ,
Of voices tKat hayeJong been still,
When Christmis tirne comes round. L
1 wish t'rat I was Santa Claus
And had-a-magic sleigh,
To visit a! thp children who
. Lool; ivr-zijj'h&tzy
Tl". 3 orphans -and. Jh.e cripples and "
The coor,-(cl.s:ftverywheres
All chi'drefi.thst'sre good and kind
Arc' don't fot-gft their prayers; 'i
)'ll bet ycu thai they'd all be glad
When ti.3y go'tp jid found
Their sjock-ln's tfirty bustin out,
Vhcn Christmas' tirne come round.
Oh, happy tlma.bf jinglinf' bells
And hllls-al: t&& with' snow;
Oh, joyful day ijiat 'takes us back
To careiree pn'g "agJ,; v -. .
I wonder if up there gbovo
Where hppy Angels roam
They do net gitttt.thi&kJ'of
The Kippt times et'home;: - ..
And, turn , in f angy,5 back once mora
To listen tp the sounds
Of voices ihit have long been still,
Vvhen CKstmas time comes round? ??
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Office over Garrett, StanHeld Company.
BE A TIME
OF JOY FOR HIM
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This Little Story Sbows Just What
a Lot of Good Things the
Bachelor Misses at Merry
Christmas! Time
"My wife has been questioning me
for the past three weeks about what
I would like lor Christmas."
"Well, I suppose you told her?"
"Yes. The first thing I thought of
was an umbrella. I really need an
umbrella, because -it is quite a dis
tance from my house to the train,
and I have to walk it. A nice umbrel
la would come in handy on rainy
days. Then there are some books I
would like Tery much. I gave her a
list of them as nearly as I could at the
start, and have been adding to it day
by day as I happened to think of .
something else in that line. I men
tioned cuff-buttons and studs for full
dress occasions, and I gave her to un
derstand that if she didn't feel like
troubling herself over the matter I ,
would be glad to take the money she
had set aside for me and buy myself
some cigars. Last night I had , occa
sion to look into a closet we don't use
much, and there I found my-present
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"What did your mistress give youi 2
for Christmas?"
"A box of cheap handkerchiefs."
- "What did you give her?"
"A week's notice."
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A Lucky Man.
He sees the sun through spreading rifts,
He heirs the wind sing songs of cheer;
His wife will buy no Christmas gifts
And have them charged to him this
year.
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2 WHY THE HARDWARE STORE IS JUST THEPLACE
TO BUY SENSIBLE. USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
S SILVERWARE. CARVING SETS, TABLE CUTLERY, g
2 POCKET KNIVES. RANGES. AND ATHOUSAND AND ONL
2 OTHER THINGS WILL MAKE PRESENTS YOUR FAMILY O
2 no vmiD irmiriwn.c; wil.l. LIKE. O
2 DON'T THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY BUYING SOME
TRASHY PRESENT, BUT COME TOUS AND BUY A SEN- g
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Christmas morning."
v ;"Of ,;jcoU.rser; then; she hadn't adopt
"ed your suggestion as to th cigars."
"No. I'm going to be made . glad
with a beautifully worked sofa pillow."
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BAD FOR ANIMALS AND PLANTS.
The injury to plants and animals
of the grpat deposits -of soot washed J
aown irom tne air or iactory town9
has been traced by Dry B. C. Beriner
chiefly to the tar and free' acid,cboth
of whichr are 'corrosive while the'ad
hesiveness of the tar prevents plant
transpiration.' - v
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ished at dnce:'after the erection' of
8s factory near, and vegetables in)
smoKy towns snowea jeancea growta,
Lessened sunlight and increased fog
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FAIR WARNING TO SANTA CLAUS.
There ain't no Santa Claus, I guess, or if
' there is, why he
Don't know so very
t XUUWl ttUUUL DUUK-
keepin', seems to
me;,;
I ast him fer some
rabbits and a
oalT of skates
one year,
ffc Ana au ne left was
notnin' out a nt
. tie sister here.
And last year' when
I wrote -to him I
said I'd ' like a
sled - - ;
And one of these
here spaniel dogs
that's kind . of
brownish" red;
But blame, the luck,
v I didn't git "a soli-
, -, . tary thing; .'ii
Except a cap and overcoat and plated 4
napkin ring. . , ; v f
I've wrote him this year that I want a
hook-and-ladder truck
And magic , lantern
and a goat that I
can train to
buck, .
And mebbe a four
bladed knife, If
he has . one to
-spare.
But I've told him
plain and honest
that I don't want:
things to "wear.
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Til try to keep be-.
UeVltf till he
conies around
once more,
But he's got to do
much better than
he ever done before:
Ifhe. brings another sister in the place
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A Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
TO
ALL
We are rounding, up the
best years business that we have
ever had. Much onms is ui
to the loyalty of our-fnends. J
each and every oneWhphasspej
n ri me with us. or
a
W nrt word about us we
return biir sincere thanks; We
trust that we: -will be ; favored
with your continued patronage
and assure you that we will . be
pleased to serve you to the very
best of our ability.. ;
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