-.'f ' v v ,V ft s . fil Hros., ProDrietors. Home 'First: 'Abroad Next. VOL XXXI ROXBORO, NORTH, CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening,' April"; 22, . 1914. N.6.;i6 1 frn'. '. 'iS5vi&. .-... rvfct; ' vvfe, v-v.-v-,?'i -;vv.ftvJ lis. .a.... i;r m . ...... .. : ... - - ... r. . - -v rv- - v .... - iii.i.liabMt8BayEayjRMMR n : I .J. , . - , FOUR AMERICAN MARINES KILLED; 20 WOUNDED; J VERA CRUZ TAKEN. ! First Blood Spilled Yesterday in tht War Between Mexico and the United States When Mex icans opened Fire on the Ma rines, v WASHINGTON, April The American flag tonight flies over Vera Cruz. Four Americans were killed and 20 wounded -when i detachment of bluejackets and marines from the American fleet seized the customs house, raised the American flag, and skirmished with the Mexican garrison. Desultory firing was in progress hue today, according to a dispatch iV.m IJcar Admiral Fletcher, re ceived at (' p. m. At first the gar risMn had appeared to be 'with drawn. American Consul Canada reported this to the state depart ment at o o'clock, but when the American forces reached the cus toms house, the Mexicans opened with riile and artillery'; fire. ' The transport Prairie Immedi ately began shelling the Mexican positions, slowly driving them out The Mexicans fought from house tops nrid along the streets. The American forces have tak en possession of the cable office and hold the American consulate and the part of the city in the vi- ( cinitv of the wharves "Firs' Blood Spilled Hear Admiral Fletcher's dis patch came by cable and reached here at ( p. m. A hurried confer ence was called at the White House, President Wilson summon- ed Secretaries;! Daniels. They were in conference for an' hour, emerging serious fac ed. "TV. ...j. 1.1.. J 1 t ... 1 11 ,1 1 r irsi uiooa ims ueeu spn.eu, , said a White House official First Victims of Mexican War Galveston, Tex., April 21. In formation received at the cable office here confirms the Washing ton renort that United Stl?s mar ines have seized the c;i'. 'o and customs iiouse in era and that four marines were and 2() wounded. office Cruz, killed TiiMo I-VI.'ul r'-:- i Vv'8in ,., , n , TT . Shoemaker, Corporal Hag;;erty ' ' T . ,, n T treat if vou fail to hear him. Ev ttm i ouissett, all or the , . ' . n . . , and Seam t , . . T -t ,p, oattleship rloriaa. lhe name ( t the t'oiuth man could not be (exarn- I WE HAVE MADE OURSTORE THE "BEST" HARD WARE STORE IN "THESE DIGGIN'S," why? ' , . v ' -, - WE'VE RAKED THE BEST MARKERS AND BROUGHT TO OUR STORE THE BEST THERE IS IN HARDWARE. . - ' . " ! WHEN YOU "FORK OVER" YOUR MONEY TO US WE GIVE YOU THE BEST HARDWARE FOR YOUR money. ' -f.i.v :' r- . Long fads ed. ' , More than 200 Mexicans were killed at Vera Cruz today , in the : fighting that followed the "landing of the United States sailors and marines, according to inforniatioii received at the cable office here; v-v i o :-- School Closing. 'The school of Miss Ruth Fulch- cher, who has been teaching the j puonc school near Jjeasburg, clos ed last Friday, and m entertain ment at night, of which a 'much older teacher might be proud. The children showed they had been well trained and reflected credit on themselves and teacher. Miss Ruth doesn't do things by halves anyway. Sometime ago she gave a box party, the proceeds of which were enough to buy for her school a nice library with more than a hundred' 'books. Spectator. Miss Mabel Harris Gives a Re cital. Miss Mabel Harris, a graduate of the School of Music of Greens boro College for Women gave her recital on the 17th. Her father and mother Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harris, and Mrs. II. h. Harris and Miss Mary Harris attended. Miss Harris is one of Roxboro's most popular and charming young ladi es and her friends are much de- lighted to know of her success. , .y-J. -fi - Honor Roil of Bushy Fork High School. The following comprise the honor roll for the sixth month: First Grade Andrew Allen, Robert Wilkersoh. . Second &a& .5," j ; ' -j. . .4 -Nannie j Allen, Alien Wilkerson, Onie Whitfield. Fourth grade Mary Hester. Sixth grade Annie Wiikerson . Seventh grade-Car- rie Lee Wilkerson, Lemuel Allen, Rena AIen." Tenth grade Mol lie Wilkerson. Farmers Meeting. Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president of the Farmers' Union, will ad dress the farmers in the Court house on next Friday at the noon hour. Dr. Alexamfei Dr. Alexander is a talent-k ed speaker and you wdl 1 ; . , 1 Ml miss a erv Tanner is coroiaii.v nivitt-u iu hearhim' QQseeoooo3ooooooeod o e AKE AT THE o o o o o o o o 0 o o o o e o. o o o e o o o o o o e o o o o o -o o o o o o e o o o O Go. o -. 1 her & Editor of Courier: ... i C, H. Hunter States His Position lb is being reported that afty j , on Bond Issue. township which does ; riot: giVrf afMri Editor:- majority', for the,rpad bond issue ; . And the voters of person County will nothave any- part ofthemotfj v-x ociit Mi wiab wnuamp a ,vv sioners l win state wny l am- op whole county gives it as majority;-" p0S to te Bond Issue This seems to me to be a, very uji-1 ' There has not been a vast a reasonable distribution of; thferod-ra0unt.of work doe ot rGads pay its part of the taxes and, ;ye ought to get our part of the mon ey whether our township votesTOr the bonds or not. Can you tell liie about this? Holl ways. vvt (If the county gives a majority for the road bonds your. -township will be entitled to the same coti side ration whether it votes for ,fr against them. If you elect a " good' strong man as road commissioner f ov your township he will ' hlp each elect three Highway Commis sioners who will see that the road funds are fairly and honestly !i vided among the different town ships. Eds.) ' 'jiv For The Bond Issue. J. KS litiyj .A'JKl xiviiiao VVlXlLll l L IjlV , I write to inform your commit tee that I read the good roads bill three times when it was first prin ed in The Courier and I heartily endorse every item of it. hi a been ready and anxious to cast u y vote for it ever since I first re: d i 1 T 1 .1 1 1" ?' " it. we know that good roads are, the next best thing for Person county to have and that they will cost moneys The way to get the money is to issue bonds, sell them for cash and go to work. That Hs the way towns, cities, railrbacfs and nations do. Why hot Peisih iicicuaiicuis. Mr. Bowles, the popular and ef ficient postmaster at Helena is er ecting a building for the Timber lake post office. Everything looks and feels better with a new dress on. A farmer wTas found stuck in a hole a short way west of Helena last Saturday. He had broken the doubletree, a wagon frame and his religious vows and was still in the hole. He had blocked two other , tor Donas. At Roxboro Wednesday April 29th. Dr. S. Rapport, of Durham, will be at Roxboro at the Hotel Jones Wednesday April 29th, for the purpose of examining eyes and fitting glasses. Dr. Rapport will fit you with suitable glasses in any style Gold, Gold filled : or Luminum from $1.00 up including examination. Superior Court. Court is in session here this week, Judge Lyon on" the bench and Solicitor Gattis prosecuting. The usuabcrowd was. here yester day, notwithstanding they were all here Monday attending the circus. Nothing of any- note is to come up at this term, and we will give an account of the proceedings in our next issue. . ' ' Commencement at Bethel Hill. The Bethel Hill High School address will take place Sunday morning April 26th, at 11 o'clock. The entertainment will begin early Monday, night. Don't fail. to attend the- entertainment. The admission will be very small; Sparks Shows. Sparks Shows were here Mbn day and as usual they werie greet - ay ed with a full ?tent.: The' . Sparks Shows give a clean T)erformance, in. fact it is the, cleanest" circus we thipk we have ever seen, and they deserve all of the .success' which they have achieved. . -It will surely.be at 4 'The Grand" As one of your County Commit up to 1913 as we had .a tax levy of. only 15 cents on the 100 dollars whicb gave us 60d0 dollars a year. 'In June 1913 the ;Board of County Commissioners raised "the tax levy for road work to 25c which we are now collecting. This will give us over 10,000 dollars. We have already bought" three new graders, two fine mules, two two-horse scrapers and we expect t ) do a lot of good work this year. . It is the'idea of the Board -to get the Legislatu re to allow us to raise our tax levy to 40 cents on the 100 dollars, for eight years which Would give us 16,000 dollars a year Eight years would make a grand total -of 128,000 dollars. A direct tax from the people to the road work. At the end of eight years we should have good roads and n debt. We .could then cut our tax levy down to just enough for the upi keep, of the roads. - The old injunction 4 'Pay as you go" is better read Pay before i you go. The one great mistake we have been making is our roads are too flat and are not properly ditch- ed. I am sure if we'd itch our roads properly and make them high in the middle so the water will not stand on them it will be a very short time before we;, will ' liave gootVvrjaUs ino1d' Person: .3ountyi and that without a bond indebt edness. : Give us a direct tax of ' 16,000 dollais a year and we will then do work that will count. Now suppose the bond election is carried. Your tax will be 35c. on the 100 dollars, which will be 14,000 dollars not counting the poll tax. Of this amount, 9,000 dollars goes for interest on SBonds and a sinking fund. That will leave a balance of 5,000 dollars for road work: maintaining a chaingang paying a road superintendent, road commissioners, feeding prisoners, i mules and other expenses. The road commissioners can not work all the roads in the county with the 150,000 dollars, so there will be hundreds of miles of' roads that will not be worked so much as they were on the 15c. tax levy. The Bond Issue would work about two hundred miles of road. If you should happen to be on one of the gdod roads you are lucky, but if on the ones not worked , you can readily see you will be spaying your tax with but little benefit. My idea is that one man should not be taxed to benefit another set of men. ... . ' - 1 Have you vthought how much the tax payers of Person r County will have to pay if the Bond Elec tion be. carried? We borrow ,1150, 000 dollars for which we pay $300, 000 dollars interest. We could well afford to raise our tax levy to 40p. ;and keep it there for eight years which would give us 128,000 dollars and no in terest. 1 The County Commissioners have tried to treat everybody right inj regard to the road work. Now friends, read the1 law, and if you think the Bonds will be . a help to you and others-vote for Bonds. But if you think they 1 will 1 work a hardship onyou and others Vote against Bonds. v ' ' - Tours "Truly, : , : 9"'??? n?.r ' -, -' 4 T ' . . ' I - Sometliing Good! -Something Funnvl Six ReelsL Also thirty scenes of the 'DurhaorFre at ,The Grand Theatre' Friday. You Will Get That All v Satisfying Satisfaction that lin gers if you have your eyes exam ined, glassesKmade, and; adjusted by Dr, S. Rapport, at Roxboro at the Hotel Jones, Wednesday April eoooooooooooooooooooooooootoooooooococpoooooooocoooo o. o o e o . 49 o e o o o o o o o o o a o G o G i) 0 o o The People Who Feed , - ' ' V- : - ; Are Entitled to the Ml c In past years the insurance business has remindeel us of the iong cow her head in the South and her tail in the Noith. We have been feeding her and the North :; has been milking her.' ' : But the Jellerson Standard hasturned the old cow around by writing more busing in the. State than 'any rnmnanv PVPr rlirl wrifp in 1 1 11 . ' . 1 . and every dollar invested in Jellerson otanaara policies is returned to the section from whice it comes, ' ' We now have a-,,Specia,, policy we want you to; see it doesn't cost you a cent to look and learn. Ask us about it. SATTERFIELD INS., AGENCY. "Old and Tried", 0S00000e06000C0S000C0QQ9 AHSWE Do you buy your life cause it is represented to be the best," or do pou make ' an intelligenVand Unbiased investigation of the:" merit of ; the contract and the company writing it?v Turn the tull : ; lighs of your jnvestigatiorivupon the policies and record of The Southern Life and Trust Dompany. If it fails to measure up to the highest standard bf a solid, sound and successfull life insurance company, we make no claim for your business. Qver one-tenth of the entire business of this company for 1913 was written , upon the lives of people who already held its policies. Yes, its a record any companywould.be proud of . Let us figure with you on that next life insurance policy. Cunmngliaiii We write all kinds of Insurance Office Entrance, Bank of Roxboro Build- ing. ' " . ""; ; ; 0000000090000000OOP63OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOO o o o o o o o o o o o Iverytlung AND o o o e o o o D o o o o o o o In AT ROXBORO'S BEST STORE. 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