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VOL XXXI
ROXBORO, NORTH, CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening,' April"; 22, . 1914.
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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
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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.
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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
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Shoemaker, Corporal Hag;;erty
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and Seam
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the t'oiuth man could not be (exarn-
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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- .
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, 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;
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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.
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Honor Roil of Bushy Fork High
School.
The following comprise the
honor roll for the sixth month:
First Grade Andrew Allen,
Robert Wilkersoh. . Second
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-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
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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
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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
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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
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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 '
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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
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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
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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",
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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
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