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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA; : Wednesday. Evening,. MarcK "4... 1914.
No:' 9
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JURY LIST FOR APRIL TERM
The Following is the List of
Jurors for the April Term of
Court, Which Convenes on
the 20th of April 1914.
J. E. HorneiJ. H, Zinnemon,
I). L. Oliver, Z. Z. Barnett, Sam
Bhilock, J. R. Welch, L. M.
Clayton, J. C. Wagstaff, R. H.
Bailey, E. T. Chandler, A. M.
n,o Ar f!nrr WaMnn a
Clayton, J. C. Winstead, J. H. oversPread the Atlantic states as
Xowton. R.H. Bowling, Jno. far SOllth as Florida.
D;iv, Sam Cates, Jr., C. B. Brad-' The lowest temperatures ever
slier. C. S. Lof'tis, Jno. Chambers, r'crded inMarch were register
K. S. Long, W. 0. Barton, Jno. ed Charleston, Macon and oth-
I). Winstead, C. M. Winstead, F.
p. Long, Jno. Ragan, R, JC.
Hamlin, Henry Oakley, W. J.
Edwards, J. 8. Woody, A. C.
iile. Monroe Cash, G. E. Mc--luM-ry,
W. L. Blackwell, A. W.
O'Briant. ,
Lyceum Entertainment.
Friday evening, March 13th, the
fourth number of the Lyceum
course will be given in the Rox
horo (iraded School Auditorium.
The entertainers of the evening
will be The Alkahest Artists, a trio
of gifted and charming' Southern
rirls who have become famous in
their special line of talent. Their
rare ability to entertain and charm
an audience has become well
known throughout the South, and
their program always insures a
well-tilled hall and a delighted au
dience. Their program, delightful
ly varied and especially adapted to
Sounhern audiences, will:, consist
in part of piano and violin solos,,
readings, sketches, and monog
ues. Those that really enjoy an e
vening of wholesome and enobling
entertainment cannot afford to
fail to hear The Alkahest Artists. !
Break the routine of life by com
ing out and being inspired with an
inspiration that awakens new joys
in old associations.
Tickets will be on sale at The
Davis Drug Co. Thursday and Fri
day. March 12th and 13th. Call by
and make reservation of seats for
an evening of profitable pleasure.
1 ho County Commissioners met
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in Luv.ni iv.jj;uuii iilfUtill x1UI1U1
monii.Kr ;.. tKo Rnmctn,. nf iu,L
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fHce. The -usual routine of work
was gone through.
Vnn wil l natwadk
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YOU BUY FROM US LIGHT-RUNNING IMPLEMENTS.
t WHEN Voir NEED NEW THINGS FOR THE. FARM,
OR HARDWARE OF ANY KIND. COME TOVS. v
WE SHALL GIVE YOU A
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Long,
3IUKM IN NEW YORK.
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rive Persons Dead SoT Far, Ac-
cording to Reports Received.
Washington, March 2. The
severest storm in a quarter of a
suffer and destmnf inn fmm
0uuC1:ug- a.na destruction trom
Eastport, Maine to Savannah, Ga.
while a cold wave rolled down
IIom tne Cjreat Lakes country
er points in the southeast.
The center was over southern
New England today. The storm
brought heavy snows north of
Maryland and causing shifting
gale all along the Atlantic coast
and far inland.
Traffic everywhere in the storm
area was demoralized and in some
cases interrupted entirely. Hun
dreds of telegraph poles in New
York, New Jersey. rand Pennsyl
vania were carried down.
Eighty-five thousand commu
ters on Long Island were maroon
ed and residents of New Jersey
coming to the city were from one
to five hours late.
With fifty ber cent of the snow
from two previous storms re
maining on the streets, the city's
street cleaning department of
New York faced a new problem
today. .
' Already almost a million dol
lars have been spent in snow re
moval work aitd officials were un-
.iblc. to estimate tljepmbrlde cost
The Last Snow of " the Season.
Last Saturday morning we met
our good friend Mr. H. Field on
our rounds and he informed us
that we had had the last snow for
this winter, except possibly anoth
er small one which was due in
September. Uncle Henry, as all
of his numerous friends know him,
keeps a strict count of the fogs in
August and stands by that count
as to the number of snows we are
I tf liovf rlnrirnr flip priminir vrlntai
lv imiv uiuiii hjv vviuui lull 1
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W e-sincerely trust he is correct
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this time, tor' we think we -have
had our share of snow and bad j
weather.
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PERILOUS WALI4 OF A r; 1 1
I YOUNG LApY.;i
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In Somnambulistic State Miss
Jessie Compton Goes Through
Snow to Ice Pond.
Last Friday night or early Sat-:
urda morning, Miss Jessie Comp,
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daUghter f Mr .Andlt J there' ,traiinii baseball. That
! ComPton a " lromin?nt citizenjof (town is-ftlso talking about having
the Cedar Grove section, of, 0JN
ange county, arose from her bed
and while still sleeping, walked
out on the snow and ice. She
made her way to the' frozen pond
of Mr. John T. Hughes, a half
mile distant and sat down on the
ice. The frisrid air. assisted W
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the cold ice, coupled with the
sleeping young lady' soon placed
her in 'practically an unconsciqus
condition Saturday morning
when it was first learned that the
young lady was not at home,4 a
search was begun and she was
found sitting on the ice, with life
nearly extinct. : IV
She was immediately carried (to
her home ;and a physician was
hurriedly summoned. Everything
known to the humaii mind wajs
done for her, with the result that
today she is getting along nicely
and it is not thought that her con
dition is serious. Unless pneu
monia or other complications set
in, it is thought that she will rVr
cover. Saturaay,and yesterday she
was in a critical condition, and at
first it was thought that she .would
be unable to recover from the ef
fects of the severe cold. - ;'k :
Without doubt, the episode' is
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bnethe most extraordinary
auvbo.iuiaa vymPou vviio IS-" a
beautiful young lady and one o
the most popular residents of Or
ange County, knows nothing
whatever of the occurrence. She
does not remember having walked
the distance in the ice and snow
to the ice pond and knows nothing
whatever about the occurrence
that came near to taking her life.
Mr. Compton is one of Orange
county's most prominent citizens
and the family is one of the best
known in the state. The ' voung
lady and her relatives have many
friends in Durham and every
where who will regret greatly to
hear ot the distressing accident.
Durham Sun.
. . A Welcome Visitor.
We", greatly enjoyed a
from F our good friend
call
Mr.
John E. Harris yesterday evening.
Mr. Harris is easily one of the
best farmers in the County and we
always enjoy a chat with him. He
is one of the progressive farmers
and has done much to improve
the condition of this county. He
is greatly interested in the move
ment for rural banks, thus giving
the farmers relief along a line
f roni which they have, suffered
much. A
, Death of Mrs. Rosa Dayfr.
Mrs. Rosa Davis died at tier
homer jjafoxboro,6n Webb's
Street yesterday afternoon about
2:15 o'clock. She, had been in de
clining health for, several years,
but for the past few. months she
had suffered greatly.f, ;
" Mrs. Davis was about ,52 years
old. . SheieaVes two sbnJ -Arthur
and ;WilleJ Davis. 'Tlie funeral
services will be conducted this af-
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terhoori by her. pastor, Jlev. T). F.
ruuuun, ana ine intermeni; will oe
at thctowii cemetary.
Fine HoM.i v.
raises those large' diss, i
just ordered -a pair- from Ohio and
sayyoungetjusomemu
in thiiine fr3ihSSatis
if yoii arowilling to; pay the price.
STATE NEWS.
anna
; , A stock company has been
formed to run an ,up-to-date drug
store in Warsaw. They will open
next week.
.Wilmin'gton -has the Phillies
a horse show.
A dairy school is to be held in
Caldwell county some time in
August, continuing three days.
The people of that county are
wide-awake on ; agricultural mat
ters. , '
, Work on the new Chapel Hill
and Durham road has. been, at
standstill on account of the bad
.weather. ,
Willie Austin, the 10-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Austin,
who lived in ; the manufacturing
suburb known as Diamond Hill, a
mile east of Statesville, fooled
with a loaded revolver. The boy
is dead.
Alonzo Weldon,. keeper of the
bridge at Kinston, walked out on
the ice-covered trestle at 3 a. m.
to open the draw for a boat. He
was blown off into the waters be
low. It is not expected the body
will be found.
The Topic notes that a gentle
man of Caldwell County brought
three country boys to Lenoir to
hear Judge Long's charge and see
something of the workings of a
court. ;
Fuquay Springs, the fastest
growing town ori the new Ime foil
about $10,000,4 also two new brick
warehouses, which will replace,
the ones burned a few weeks ago.
A horse belonging to Fate Ech-
ard, a farmer living two miles
west of Connelly Springs, was
struck by the engine of an east
bound freight train on the South-
em railway, and was carried nine
miles before it fell from the pilot.
John Isenhower, of Conover,
route 1, is the owner of a pair of
shoes, which have done him ser
vice for 20 years and he says
they will last him ten- years lon
ger. These shoes are of Mr. Is
enhower's own manufacture and
are walking relics of days, gone
by.
The Baptist church at .Wilson
has accepted a challenge from the
First Baptist church of Kinston
for a three-months attendance and
offering contest. The churches
and Sunday' schools have about
equal memberships, and competi
tion is expected to be' close and
interesting.
Mrs. J. L. Hartsfield, returning
to her McLewean Street home in
Kinston from a visit, found the
door which she had locked, open.
As she entered the house a bur
glar escaped from a window, car
rying with him a hand bag con
taining a few dollars in cash and
a gold-dollar stickpin."
Mr Btitt Won't4 Make Race For
Congress.
Washington March 2; J. j,
Britt, of Ashville, former third as
sistant postmaster general under
President Taf t, does not now ex
pect to run for Congress againstj
Representative Uudger. lo the
Daily News ' correspondent : Mr.'
Britt said that he is doing, well with
Ws law practice and that politics
is not in his mind. f
Mefiiuisrof Fanrors-Umon.
i ATe ai requested, to announce
tliat tteirsIibri i will hold
aAmeeting on Saturday March 14;
atl-ojoct;
S wanson will. ; be with them on
members att tbis:meeting.' The
meeting will beheld in the . Court,
Ex-Governor Glenn Took' His
Office Yesterday .
. Washington, March 3. Former
Governor Robert -B. Glenn was
sworn in as a member of the inter
national boundry commission yes
terday. Governor Glenn says, his
first work will be at Detroit. He
declared .that the commission fron;
now on. is-to be a working bodjr'
and that if his lecture engagements
interfere with his work he is going
to quit lecturing. He thinks,
though,; he will have an opportun
ity to lectureduring his vacation
this summer.
4 4 You can $ay for me, 5 ' said the
former Governor, "that I shall not
let lecture engagements or any
thing else interef ere with my du
ties. Under the new arrangement
at least one member of the commis
sion is to be in Washington at all
times. My first Vork will be at De
troit, where I will make an inves
tigation of . some international
questions which have arisen there. ' '
THE
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BANK
If you do not believe that Rox
boro is on the map and is doing
things in a manner becoming . 4
hustling, bustling, live town jiist
take a walk down Main Street any
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evenmg.and you will notice ;the
large and attractive; igncbh.$ the
teen feet high and; six ;feet
and can;be:seen t lmost the: full
length of the street.
This is one of the most progres
sive institutions of the town and
the Cashier, Mr. E.G. Long, is
ever alive to the interest of the
bank. He is a firm believer in
avertising in all of its varied
lines and the w o n d e r f u 1
growth of the bank has shown the
wisdom of his course.
The sale of E, C. Brooks land
near here in the Concord section
was held Saturday, as advertised; was drunk and probably just prow- '
in ine Courier, ine tarm which n , , .. y ,
contained 129 acres brought lm- around ut Jt s cather a :
$8,900. Mr. Brooks called in the dangerous preceedmg, for -he -bid.
.f. - might have been loaded full of shot. -
Furniture
We have just gotten in :our eligent
line ;bf furniture; Bed Room Suits, Odd
Dresses," Beds, chairs and Mattresses.
And a beautiful line of Berenstn 3 preia.
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we have the best that
boys suits. A nice line
maae uy-s&iueu wurKiimn, ctnu ?as xins is .
reai rougn wmier weainer, iei;,u3 sen ( you
wHatyou want here
ready :to-serve you.
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Junior-Senior Reception
On Friday ' evening,. Feb.'i20,
the . Juniors of the Roxboro High - .
School-" delightfully entertained .
the Seniors lhtlie' 1 Commercial i-
Club roomi.Theaffair was', of 'J
the nature of a Washington's
Birthday Party, , Th "colors, red
TVhitc and blue, were .beautifully;
carried outr Notwithstanding, tfie V
cold and snow on the outside' ev
erything was merry and bright r
on the inside. - 5l
When the guests had. arrived, .-- ,
Miss Ruby Hair and Mr. - Howard ; : ,
Swartz servedpunch. Then after : X
much fun and laughter in finding
their partners; each was given a. '
naper hatchet for a score carjd.-"''
The couples then gathered around :
ten tables and' played several i"
games of Progressive Rook. Miss V
Mamie Pleasants made the highest" ;:
score, and was presented a hand-
some prize. Following the Rook ?
contest, a History Contest' was.
given. Each guest was given two : A;
hearts, containing the questions. Vj
Much excitement arose. Miss,
Huldah Harris was the successfulV
contestant, and was presented a V V
dainty prize. Next all the guests
were told to hunt for flags hidden .
in the room, This excitement had ( ;
scarcely ceased when each one
was given a hert on which the- s
name "Washington" was written.
Jo the one who first made "fifteen
words out of this word was given
a prize., -Miss Louise Stalvey
was tne successful one. ,
AfterHhe games were played;'
u-i Zfvhm
was the successful one.
seryeiaftehich each V one was
piented;witHa daintyTittle 'fav- 1
arranged program- was carried out
admirably and those that ( braved
the Veather ; to atteiid thfe;- recep- s ?
tion were well repaid -for - their
tro u ble and inconvenience. i
Huldah Harris. r
Negro Found On Porch. ' '
Mr. W. A. Sergeant had a rath
er thrilling experience last, night ,
with a supposed burglar. He heard ;
some one on his side porch andup
on investigation found a negro
man, William Lawrence. He" took m
him in charge, and delivered him
nvor iho town nnthnritip TTa '
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