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VOL XXXI
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA; Wednesday Evening, June 10, 1914.
No. 23
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RUSSELL-LACY
tlce J. S I THOMPSON IN AUTO C
One important question said to j !; WRECK. K fc "
have been raised at Niagara Falls f I : The following article was taken
was whether the United States Is In Mercy Hospital With Brok ifrom a Virginia paper and will
constructed the mediation agree-1 en Ribs and Number of Other - be of interest to many of our
ment to obligate it to prevent! Injuries Tf readers,
arms entering. nni-iUm ictu
automobile accident which hapJie Lacy were married at the home
pened early this morninsr, Mr. J. V)t the bride near Scottsburg on
The Reunion.
On last Wednesday the old sol-'S. Thompson, of Creedmoor, is in
FEARS OVER NEW CRISIS
DISPELLED; HUERTA'S .
ORDER.
Suspended Prior Oorder to
Blockade Tampico Against
Delivery of Ammunition,
president Wilson and Cabinet
Much Relieved.
)';isiiin.u't(Ui, June. General
H-jertu s order Monday suspend- j uieib mei nere m tneir annual , the Mercy Hospital with two
eA the ci-der. to blockade Tampico ; meeting, and while the crowd was ! broken ribs and a number of oth-
lusiinst the delivery of ammuni- not so large as the previous year, er injuries, while, his car is almost
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t or. Dv tne steuuifr Aiituia. io uie ORU tucic a uuui. numuer a complete wrecK on one or tne
Constitutionalists served to dispel present. Owing to business engage
appivhsnsion over a new crisis ment which could not be broken
between the United-States and the tne speaker was unable to be pres
Haerta government which had ent and there was no address. Af
threatened mediation of Mexican ter tlie business meeting the old
atfairs. Though Washington of- soldiers adjourned and had their
ficiuls expressed satisfaction over photographs taken in a body and
Huerta's action, it was persistent- thren proceeded to the Pioneer
ly suggested unofficially that the Warehouse where, the Daughters
blockade had been suspended only had prepared a sumptuous dinner
for them, which was greatly en
joyed by both old soldiers and in-
Old Soldiers" to Raleigh.
Quite a number of old soldiers
left tttis morning for Raleigh to
attend the Reunion. They were
given the trip by those owning
automobiles, nearly 'every automo
bile in the County was' tendered
Sanitary and Up to the Minute,
We hear a great deal these days ,
about sanitation, and too much can -A
not be said on the subject. Mess.
L. G. Stanfield & Co. have caught
the idea and have fitted up thehv;
fancy grocery store with the most
the committee and all old soldiers I modern sanitary counter that , has
who cared to make the trip "were! been brought to town. It is ashow
conditionally as a result of con
ference between the South Ameri
can
meditators and the .Maxican vited guests.
and American delegates at Niaga-' These armuai meetings are look-
ra Falls. It also was said the ed -forward to with much pleasure
Antilla might be diverted in her b? tne oId soldiers and we are
course through an agreement with sure the Daughters do no act which
officials of the Ward Line, her is more appreciated, or which
owners, and an American corpora- hrnSs them more pleasure than
t-on the preparation of this dinner.
Present and Cabinet Officer. What MakcTarnw. Poor.
Relieved.
The farmer gets up early-at the
President Wilson, Secretary alarm of a Connecticut . alarm
Bryan and Secretary Daniels gave cIockf bufctons his Chicag0 sus.
evidence of great relief over the penderg to Massachusetts overallSi
late developments which te upor m a pair of boots in
arily at least, have averted oth: 0hio wash iri a Rttsburg basin,
er clash at arms. From no office u3es Cincinnatti s4p aM wipes
al source was their confirmation 0weU he rgets from SeaVs
of the reports that M
not understanding ?!c
tors or the United States , whchUntieapfe fot,V wUhafisas'
would assure him that the Antil- city bacon and Indianapolis grits
la's cargo would not be delivered. fried in 0maha lard He buys
Meanwhile, nothing has been Irish p()tatoeS gr0Wn, Michigan
heard from the Antilla which is nnnnat ,nit f nn tu Pa.ifin
due to arrive off Tampico Wed
nesday morning.
Secretary Bryan was first in
formed of Huerta's suspension of
the blockade order by Mr. Riano,
the Sp.inish Amb.issa lur, e irly in
the d:iy. T!io s.esretary declined
to dismiss reports from Niagara
Falls that General Hu;;rta merely
Coast and seasoned with Rhode
Island spices, the meal over, he
claps on an old hat made in Phila
delphia, harnesses up a Missouri
mule fed with Iowa corn and
plows a mortgage covered farm
with an Indiana plow, at night he
crawles under a New Jersey blan
ket and is kept awake by a North
side streets of the city.
Mr. Thompson and a party of
friends had been in Durham for
the week end, and were returning
home- Sunday morning before
day light. They were in the
northern section of the city and
working their way out towards
the Creedmoor road, had to use
Markham street, the lower end of
which makes a horseshoe curve.
Mr. Thompson, who was driv
ing, did not know of this clorve
and instead of taking it went
straight ahead into an unused part
of the Street. '
Hiscar had riot gone far beforte
it ran into a stump in the roadt
and broke the front axle and did
other damage which will necessi
tate new parts in the fixing. Mr.
Thompcon was thrown out and the
other members, of his party were
greatly shaken up but they were
not very seriously.. injured. -
"JYednesday afternoon: Rev. J. H. provided a seat. This was. a kind-
Bins, of Roxboro, N. C, perform
'fed the ceremony in the presence
f a few friends and relatives. The
fi'ide is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Lacy, and the groom
Is iv prominent farmer of Roxboro.
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ha : suspended his blockade order Carolina dog the only home pro-
:it tne request ot the bouth Amen- duct the pSace
caii mediators pending settlement
of nuestion relating to an am: is- Insure with Satrerfield.
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Buys.Moyins Picture Busine?
Messrs. M. R. Long and R,
Teague have purchased the inteft
est of' Messrs Poweilfcl& Reade
and have taken charge f of , .Thet
vxrana.i nea ire, . ,
wr. Long reports that they will
add more electric fans and also
have a ventilating fan which will
bring in fresh air every 10 min
utes. They have also changed com
panies and are now showing the
Universal films.
Messrs. Powell & Reade open
ed The Grand, sometime last fall
and have given the people of
Roxboro a good clean show, and
the people have shown their ap
preciation by the patronage they
have .given them.
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LET'S START NEXT WEEK "RIGHT. OUR MODERN
WASH TUB, PATENT WRINGER AND OTHER WASH
DAY NECESSITIES, LIBHTEN THE BURDEN OF BLUE
MONDAY.
EVEKV HOUSEKEEPER SHOULD COME TO C)VR
STORE ANO LOCK AT OUR LINE OF WASH-DAY
YO J WILL FEEL BETTER WE'LL FEEL BETTER
AVJ THE DRUDGERIES OF WASH-DAY
CHANGE J fO PLEASURES, '
WE SE.L.L 2VERY THING IN HARDWARE.
BE
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Mr.Gwynn Entertains the Bridge
Club.
The Bridge Club, which has
been meeting every other week
during the winter and entertained
by the ladies, held its last meeting
in Mav. It was decided at that
meeting that the gentlemen would
in turn entertain the ladies during
the summer, and on last Friday
night Mr. Z. V. Gwynn held the
first reception. The meeting was
held in the club room, where five
tables were arranged. After a most
interesting period refreshments
were served, which, according to
the program was limited to ice
cream. This is a diversion which
was very much enjoyed by. the
ladies; The next meeting will be
givea by Mr. A. m. Burns.
Mrs. Richmond Entertain.
Mrk J. D. K. Richmond de
lightfully entertained about twen
ty four guests onv last Friday af
ternoon, progressive rook was the
game; and Miss Alice Hester won
the prize- silk hose, for making
the highest score; Misses Sue and
Iildred Bradsher served punch
and assisted the hostess in serving
cream, cake, mints andv salted al-moncU.
Negro War.
s One of the largest trials before
m Justice of Peace that was pro
bk ply ever tried in this county
ws tried on last Friday before
Justices of Peace J. M. O'Briant
ahdYW. I. Newton.
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The case grew out of a fight
which occured on Sunday May
3lst at Young's Chapel, a colored
church in Flat Jfciver Township,
where there were about 1500 ne-
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groes assembled. It being a min
isters convention and the preach
ing-of a well known negro funer
al, jf?
1 Ihe trouble occured during the
afternoon session. It appeared
tpat a negro Graham Pettiford in
dctying thru the church ; grounds
ith two negro girls in. buggy
with him,ran his buggy against a
ne&ro,' Doss Rogers. Wor4s and
tjlSws ensiled, the Rogers fighting
6hthe one side and the Pettifords
oft the othen In .' this mix up it
appeared that the mother of some
fiht and dii very elective ' worK
with a knife and stick.
The fight continued for several
minutes and until some one fired
a pistol in the crowd, then there
was a temporary cessation of hos
tilities, until the warriors could
arm themselves and return to bat
tle. The two warring factors
then went back together and 40
or 50 negroes were evidently en
gaged in the fight for half an
hour. All three Rogers boys
were cut and man3' of the Petti
fords scared and wounded. It
was apparent that there was liqu
or nearby and that some of the
fighters had had their dose.
About 50 witnesses wTere exam
ined before the court for the de
fense "and state.
.The defendants were as follows:
Doss Rogers, Joe Rogers, Alex
Rogers, Will Moore, Graham,
Pettiford, Robert Pettiford, Seely
Pettiford, Lula Pettiford, Cook
Pearce, Luther Pettiford, Lewis
Oakley, Bessie Pettiford and Sid
ney Pettiford.
Att'y L. M. Carlton was em
ployed by the church crowd to
prosecute all the defendants and
warrants were drawn against each
for assault and disturbing religi
ous worship.
Messrs. W. D. Merritt, Carver
& Winstead and M. C. Winstead
represented the various defend-
a
ants.
Fully five hundred people at
tended the trial which was not
finished until eleven o'clock Fri
day night.
The court bound each of the de
fendants over for the .next term
of the Superior court in 2 cases.
Many of these negroes will bear
the scars of this battle for years
to come. It looked like a small
edition of Mexico fighting in this
county.
ness which will be duly appreciat
ed by the Old Vets. These Veter
ans, the noblest of God's creation,
are fast answering the last roll call
and nothing we can do for them
is too good for them. We delight
in seeing bouquets handed them
now rather than wait until they
are laid in their graves.
Mr. J. A. ' Long left ' Monday
for Durham where he goes to at
tend Trinity Commencement,
Monday and Tuesday. From
Durham he will go to --Raleigh
Wednesday to the Cenfederate 1 at Raleigh.
Reunion.
case which shows the goods on dis
play with drawers to hold the goods
which are absoutely out of reach
of all dust and flies. In fact these
people are running a grocery store
which every lady will take pride
in investigating, for the entire"
store is kept in such condition that ' ,
the ladies are invited at all times -to
visit and inspect.
Deputy Marshall R. W. Morris
returned Monday evening from
Atlanta, Ga., where he went last
week with the federal prisoners
convicted at the last term of court
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We have farm lands listed in
pbell, Appomatiax, ChaHotte t and Lun
enburg Counties,. Virginia, All pf which
has some of tH'es finest --itobacco lands in;
thetworid ' '' ;
As these are her' tobacco Gpunties;
and .we hWe been able;to list these -lands
in the old tobacco counties.
These Counties have the BEST
ROADS, Lands, Water, People, Schools
and Churches, of any we know.
Write us what you want, we have it
near railroads, schools and churches.
Irookneal Land Company
BROOKNEAL, VA.
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: Brook-Whitfield.
Mr. J. E. Brooks of Brooksdale
and Miss Lena Whitfield of Bushy
Fork) were., - married yesterday
evening at the home of the bride.
They I have . the best "wishes of
Meeting At The Baptist Church i
Rev. J. VV. Suttle, of Shelby,
K. C. is preaching daily at 10 a.
m. and 8 p. m.
Rev. Suttle will : preach tp men
i only at 3:30 next bunday. X ou
many friends for a long and hap- are invited and .will5 ' be'-welcfomed
py life.
- to all these services. The Pastor..
Dm ing the past week , we have receiv
ed good shipments of
. Black Chiffon Taffeta Silks at $1.00
and $1.25 yd. J
Plain Mesbalines in all colors at $1.00
yd.
Printed Silk Crepes at $1.00 yd.
Printed Silk Poplins at 60c yd.
Shadow, Oriental and Val. Laces.
Lots of beautiful, sheer wash goods
in Crepes and other popular fabrics.
Big lot of hosiery 10c up to $1.00.
Thompson's Glove . Fitting Corsets
$1.00 to $3.00. ; v
v Our stock is in better shape to supply
, your needs than it has, been : for some
time. . You will find it full of the. popular
mid-summer wearables ; which help to
. make ycu comfortable and tfiehotweath-
er bearable. ' . ; ; !
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