Noell Bros., Proprietors.
Home First:! Abroad Next.
$1.00 Per Year in Advance '
VOL. XXXI
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, March 18, 1914..
No. 11
A GOOD IDEA.
Sand Clay the Streets of the town
is Suggested by a Commis
s,oner' , ! Va- and chairman of the Banking The Purpose of This Plant is as
,lt:issoonasthe weather o- Committee of the House hasac" Follow:
,, so that work can be clone cepted the invitation of the Com- First. To prepare the raw to-
,, ,, ,v,'ts. that is the side walks, mercial Club to deliver an address bacco for storing, that it may' be'
' '"' '"" Z "T f T the n6W MBCy and ljanki k without molding, rotting, or
,,, .,,,-ots. hde there has been law Thursday evening, March 20. being eaten by insects.
!, ,mPlaint a t the time this The club has been sending out a! Second. To enhrance .the in--,!,
has required, or rather the series of letters to the farmers and , trinsic value of the tobacco by be
,,wtlu: contractors have taken to other people in the county telling coming more uniform in flavor
'" ,,,1L !!" are J"st r0llt ,con-; them something about the banking ! and color thus adding to its agree-
vinrrd ti.at it uas tn oest tn.ng
wl,., has over been done for the
Mivii. llmse who have the walks
would not no without them tor any
price ami those who have not got
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,m will never be satisfied until
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they are provided with them. j
n tar so gooil. Hut now, while;
; town is at this kind of work
,.v heartily agree with one of the
umuI..'1-s (.f the Board of Commis-1
sinner- that they ought to go ahead!
about five thousand dol
hii's niiuv and sand clay every
stivct where they have put down
si. , walk-. Certainly the amount
nit'iitii'iiiMl would be ample and
there h nothing the Board could
do which would i)e more appreci
ated. Oh. we know they have not
gt t the money, neither have they
the money to complete the work
mapped out for side walks, but
they are going ahead with it, and
viely we think, knowing the
town has good credit and can get
:dl the money necessary, dust as
well while they are at it spend the
other amount and fix the town
rilit. About throe blocks of Main
Street is in fine condition, but the
remainder is something tierce and
will continue to be so unless some
work of a permannent nature is j buildings in town, and will be one
done. And now is the time to do it, ! of the most desirable store build
while it is all torn up. ings to be had. These stores at
Go ahead and spend this necess-; present are occupied by Mess. T.
ary amount and you will find the ; W. Pass & Son, exclusive furni
peoplo will back you up in it. It is hire dealers and Mess. J. M. (V
not niTOssary to talk about an elec. Briant & Bro., grocers,
tion. you are going to have to issue
hond-to pay orl' the indebtedness
1W work already done, so a add
in thi ot her amount for sand ela v-
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CARPENTERS;
f OR THE BEST TOOLS THAT WILL HOLD THEIR
EDGE. COME TO US.
BUILDERS;
FOR THE BEST FINISHING HARDWARE THAT
WLL LAST AND BE ORNAMENTS TO YOUR BUILD
ING. COME TO US.
EVERYDODY.
WHEN YOU WANT ANYTHING IN HARDWARE.
COME TO THE STORE THAT HAS MADE ITS GOOD
REPUTATION BY SELLING ONLY GOOD GOODS.
I Lone1. Bradshfir & Co;
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uiasslo Speak At Durham on
The New Banking Law.
Durham, March 15. Congress-
man Carter Glass of Lynchburg,
laws and the general convenience
of banking, the object being to en-
courage the farmoi-s toHp.,wit.t1D;,.
I -m..uuuv.!!
money in the local banks.
Th(
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the club also take up the question
of the new currency bill which has
been recent v nnsspd i1im,n.n,o
In order to get this new law before
the business men ot the city in the
best possible way the club asked
L. Foushee. wlm in iwMvnn.,1
friend of Mr. Glass to invite him
to come here and deliver an address
on this new law. Few men in the
count ry are better fitted for speak
ing on this topic, for Mr. Glass is
the author of the House bill, and is
thoroughly acquainted with the
new law as it was amended and
passed by Congress.
Improvements on Depot Street.
Judge J. C. Pass is making ar
rangements to make some changes
to his double store on Depot St.
which will add much to the ap
pearance of that street. He will
tear away the old front and put in
a new one, plate glass, and will
make the building a three story
brick building.:. Whep completed
this wilt forsmf of the handsomest
Biggest of All.
Notwithstanding the prophecy
that there. would be no more snow
on last Wednesday night there
ra.iie tile biggest ot the sea-.on.
Had the. ground been dry it would
have been a snow worth while, as
it was it was something like
or
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THE ROXBORO FARMERS
DRY PRIZERY NEARING
COMPLETION.
; able taste and texture.
i Third. To put the tobacco di-
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j facturers from the famers by the
. uiwl unect Hiiu economic method
! known to the trade.
Fourth. By this method the
manufacturers will pay the farm
ers the same price for the stored
tobacco they nov pay to the buy
ers on the open market.
Fifth. Thousands of buyers
are on the open markets, drawing
salaries of $1,000 and 83 000
a
year. The warehouse method
cost five to ten per cent of the
crop to sell it. All of these will
be eliminated by the farmers -lry-prizeries
and saved to the farmer's
iis all expenses are charged against
the tobacco and cut off of the
farmers' end, but the dryprizeries
add all this to the farmers' end of
the bargain except the actual cost
of the operation, which will never
be over one half of one per cent.
Fifteen such plants are in opera
tion, though they have not done
as well us they might, because the
fai 'mers do not understand the op
eration as they ought, nev.erthe
lesa these few jenterpriseM band
hng less than five per cent of the
tobacco, have had a decidedly
beneficial effect upon the open
market.
The finished goods need not be
any higher, because the manufac
turers will not necessarily have to
pay higher prices than they now
do. One buyer can buy all grad
es and amount he needs for his
trade from any storage plant in a
day. In a month lie can buy all
he wants from twenty-six storages
instead of keeping twenty-six dif
ferent sets of buyers five or six
months. These losses on the crop
iof VM'2 were y74..2S,200 enough
to build and equip 1490 dyprizcri
es, and furnish them an operating
fund to take care of the whole
nisiiiess, but we do not want hut
a few such plants.
Another great benefit the farm
ers will know the price before the
bed is sown. S.
Married Saturday.
Mr. Bennie T. Blount and Miss
Cannon Cooke, both of Halifax
County were united in marriage
by Rev. X. C. Yearby last Satur
day at Hotel Jones.
Mr: Robt. G. Conner and Miss
Carrie Cooke accompanied the
bride and groom from Halifax
County.
Farmers Union Lecturer.
Mr. W. T. Swanson, who will
be so kindly remembered by the
Union people of this County, is
again in the County and will
spend some time here lecturing to
the Unions. He will visit every
Union in the County while here.
Births and Deaths.
Mr. R. E. Cheek, the local res-
j ister, gives us the following re-
nort for the month of Fphnmrv
Roxboro, 4 deaths, 5 births.1
Roxboro township, 3 deaths and 8
births.
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A 200,000 Mile Car. !
The Galveston, Texas, Electric
Co. reports a Studebaker automo-
bile which has been in continuous
service for four years and has ac-
quired a definite record of more
than 200,000 miles.
Caswell County News.
Mr. H. A. Howard, who has
been very ill for some time is
slowly improving, though his con
dition yet is very serious.
Mr. Thomas S. Neal and little
son, Tom, Jr., of Macon, Ga,,
are spending some time with Mr.
T. C. Neal, of Mclver.
Mr. J. B. Matlock, of Leaks-
ville has been in the western part
of our county with a drove of fine
Virginia horses. He says they
are going cheap and fast.
The teachers of our County are
having lots of hnlidnvs tViPCA
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days on account of Mr. Ground
Hog's misfortune. But we often
hear the old and dreaded story of
"I have to make up so many days,
I don't know when I will finish
ray school."
We noticed in one of North
Carolina's papers a few days ago
that we would have to look to the
Editors of the Roxboro Courier
for the truthfulness of the state
ment that we had lightning and
thunder with a snow cloud, I don't
know so much about that case,
but ''we had wind lightning and
loud peals of thunder since seeing
the article in Dear Old Caswell.
-Mi's. Lelia Williamson is visit
ing relatives and friends in Bur
lington. Miss Fannie Williamson,
of Danville, is visiting the home
of Mrs. Williamson.
The prospect of Caswell's wheat
crci is much better than for
Xears. We hope there will be
fewer idle threshing machines
this year than in the past two or
three summers.
j A delightful program was ren
dfiedrat Basra's School house m
Caswell of Friday night the 13
inst. There was a good crowd
present considering the rough
weather. Miss Lula Belle Steph
ens of Leasburg is the teacher.
She has had a very successful
year with the school.
Miss Virginia Bodgett, who
has been teaching at Blanch has
finished her school and returned to
her pretty country home near
Pel ham.
Mr. Henry Turner was through
our part of Caswell with a bunch
of Mr. Tom Hatchett's horses.
He said business was good and
he was placing some nice horses
through the country.
Mr. Geo. W. Daniel of Pelham,
who lost his new home by fire the j
second day of this month has not
commenced to rebuild yet. He
will build near the old site of the
burned house.
Mr. J. B. Turner entertained
quite a number of his friends at a
chopping the past week. His
wife served a dinner fit for Kings,
and My! how those farmers did
eat!
Mr. A. G. Thompson of Leas
burg is making his home at Mc
lver now. Farming at his grand
fathers old place. T. A. G.
Farmers' Union Met Saturday.
A very interesting session of
Person County Farmers' Union
was held here in the court house
last Saturday. A strong and in
structive lecture was given. One
singular feature of the meeting
was the initiation of Dr. E. J.
Tucker into the order that he
might be in the convention. His
memborship was transferred to
Brooksdale Local.
U. S. Cars For Export.
-A anadian steamer,
which recently cleared from St.
John carried 214 Studebaker au-
tnmobiles for distribution bv the
Corporation's London branch.
During February Studebaker
shipped an aveaage of 40 cars
daily to foreign ports.
Imperial Silver Polish, 25 cents
a bottle at The Newells.
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Farmers Union.
W. T. Swanson is in Person
County to review and revive the
Farmers' Union work here. He
is a proficient and successful . or
ganizer and reconstructor. He
is one of the two men who bsought
this great order to North Carolina
in 1907. He" has organized about
one eighth of this state and has
been m the work seven years. A
systematic campaign is now going
on here for the uplift of the rural
population of this county, which
means the uplift of everybody.
The lectures are full df interest
and information, and all who miss
them will miss a rare treat. Ev
erybody, and especially the ladies
are invited to attend these lectures
as follows; each at 7:30 p. m. un
less otherwise ordered by the local
Union to be served:
Longs March
19th.
20th.
21st.
23rd.
24th.
25th.
26th.
27th.
28th.
30th.
1st.
2nd.
3rd.
Hester's
Bushy Fork
Hurdle Mills
Warrens Grove
Alliance Hall
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Ceffo
Bethel Hill
Olive Branch
Providence
Allensville
Center Grove
Tingen 5 Forks
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Rogers-Crumpton.
On Tuesday evening, Feb. 3rd,
at 6 o'clock, in the presence of the
family and a few friends Mr. Roy
Rogers and Miss Carrie Crumpton
were married, at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
W. Cramptt Rev.-D.-F. Putnam
was- officfeing
diately after the vows were taken
the happy couple came, in an auto
mobile, to Roxboro where they
boarded the 7:06 train for Wash
ington and other northern cities
on a ten day bridal trip. Upon
their return they went to the home
of the groom where they will re
side for the next year.
These are most excellent young
people who begin life together
with bright prospects. We extend
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congratulations and join their host
of friends in wishing for them a farmers have been tired out set
happy and prosperous journey ?mg inUe house by tlie fire dur-
through life.
The above mentioned event was
a very quiet affair, so -quiet that! who lived a short distance west of
the! news reporter failed to learn 1 Bni-Vs store un(l a n-in-law of
of it until last week; hence the de-P "klefoixl killed, himself.
lay ui inning same :n ui
of The Courier. Ed.
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
20th and 21st.
The Spring Pattern Hats will be dis
played by our Millinery Department next
Friday and Saturday, day and evening,
March 20th and 21st.
You are cordially invited to attend this
event with the assurance that you will see
the best display of Spring Millinery that
will be shown in the county.
Our Milliners are after your business
and have gotten together by far the larg
est and. most attractive stock that they
have had.
They are always pleased to serve you
and want YOU to be sure to attend their
display.
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Cunningham and Woodland
Notes.
Messrs. Editors: Sickness has
prevented me from writing some
- 1 notes through January and Feb.
and I am thankful that my health
is restored again, and I will write
some notes for next week. The
weather to use a familiar word has
been just awful, but we are very
glad to see a favorable change for
the better since last Monday. If I
ever experienced a worse day than
the second of March. I don't now
recall it. My brother and I walked
over to Brays to pay our taxes and
had no idea of seeing so many tax
payers as were present, but found
the store full and left it full. We
ran upon Col. J. S. Cunningham
over there, our old time warm
personal friend who was looking
as young as a boy, and was lively
and cheerful as he always is. His
daughter Miss Helen has been re
cently afflicted and was in the hos
pital for several weeks and an op
eration was necessary. We are glad
to know she is now at home get
ting along nicely. All who usually
gather ice in our section have filled
their houses with fine ice. I notice
since the Tango, the latest dance
now is called the "Fish Wiggle"
well if they became contorted and
twisted like a certain fish called an
eel, it will take a Philadelphia (
lawyer with several assistants to
disentangle and straiten them out
again.
We can only exclaim "Oh! tem
pora oh! moses."
Miss Clyde Armstrong who has
been visiting her mother Mrs. Bass
for several weeks has returned
The Mexican n u estion "seems ' to
be still vexing our President and
Mr. Bryan, 1 hope our Govern
ment will not have to interfere in
their troubles. The Constitutionists
seems to be giving as much trouble
as Huerta's Government.
Rev. S. F. Nicks was to preach
a sermon to young men on last
Sabbath the first, out on account
of the rough weather postponed it
until the 5th, Sabbath in this
month.
. J. M. B ray has been confined
to his room for several weeks, with
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! gnp is up and around in the house.
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iu4 iui sumi; i;uuu weiuuei now.
A man by the name of Hinton
, wiui a iiim u su w 1 1 uuie since, ins
:inmd w;ls
1 Frank.
crazed bv
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