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ROXBORO, NQRTH :ey. Evening SeptemKer; 1914. ;.
Number 36-
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ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
IN NEW ORLEANS
Bull Moose Chief Trying to Con
vert Pelicans to His Way of
Thinking.
v Orleans, La., Sept. 7.
',MM,iloiv Roosevelt in a speech at
t';i. Fiviich opera house tonight
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tiniary" policy of the government
in imiuiling the tnritf question,
particularly as it affected Louisi
ina suar interests, reiterated his
halves that paying $25,000,000 to
C iilumbia as a result of the deal
.vh.Mvby the United States obtain
,1. i the Panama canal zone would
!., hhickmail, and left late tonight
f.n-a one-day campaign in the
third Louisiana congressional dis
trict. The third district comprises
i:i hrgest sugar growing section
.:' the State.
Admission to the opera house
,Y:t- gained only by card which had !
tvn issued by the local Progress-
ive committee. Sometime before
the former President began his ad-
dress, the place was tilled and the
doors were closed.
In the afternoon at a Labor Day
picnic he emphasized that labor
unions in principle were all right
and if led by the right sort of men,
worked toward a good end.
'There are little crooks as well
as
big crooks and the Progressive
party is after all of them," he said.
Graded School Begins Work.
On Monday morning the Rox
boro Graded Schools opened for
the fall session, with a large at
tendance. There were several
short addresses and they got right
down to work. The same teachers
are again present, save two, Miss
es Conally and Ward, who take
the places of Miss Clara Wilson
-And Miss Ollie Sherrill, who de
dined, and Prof. Alderman, who
succeeds Prof. Henry as Princi
pal. The school should be the pride
of the town and we are sure the
Superintendent and 'board will be
glad to hear of any suggestion
which will help to better the
school. Let the parents all take
an interest in the school and see if
this is not the best years work in
its history.
Plenty appler oats and clover
seed at Hugh Woods.
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I iN QUALITY j fJ
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MADAM ARE YOU ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH
THE RANGE YOU ARE NOW COOKING ON?
THE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS iO WHOJE
FAMILY DEPEND UPON THEIR HAVING WHOLESOME
COOKING AT BEST IS HARD J7
NOT LIGHTEN YOUR WQRKBY USING A LABOR-SAVING
NEW RAMC RANGE ETERNAL.
WE HAVE THEMCOME SEE. ;
Long,
TURKEY MAY HAVE DE
CLARED WAR.
Mystery Surrounds Reported
Stranding of j British Warship
In the Bosphorus.
. Washington, Sept. 7. The
stranding of the British cruiser
Warrior, reported today to the
German Embassy in a wireless
message from Berlin, tonight re
mained a mystery. The message
read:
"British cruiser Warrior
stranded probably as a result of
fight with cruiser Goeben while
escaping from the Posphorus."
The Goeben is a German vessel
which, with the British escaped
from British pursuers at the time
the war began and sought refuge
iii the Dardanelles. Later the
ships were said to have been sold
to the Turkish government.
Diplomats' were at a loss to ex-
plain the Berlin message. They
believed it impossible that the
Warrior could have been attempt-
ing to escape from the Boshorous,
as Turkey bias mined the straits
and the ships would not have en-
tered. Had the Goeben been al-
lowed to go out and engage the
Warrior, it' was said it . would be
a direct violation of neutrality by
the Turkish government if the
ship still fliejs'the German flag and
virtually a declaration of war on
'the allies'. If Goeben is under
the Turkish flag it would have
been an act of war.
No indication that Turkey hail
declared war was received from
other mree.-A message from
Con-itantnople today to A. Rus
tem Be.v, iTurkish ambassador
contained no mention of the War
rior and the Ambassador said it
conclusively" proved that no de
claration of war had been made
though he did not give out the
text.
Great Bri'tian h is been expect
ing a declaration of war
from Turkey, it was said for
many days. The embassy here,
however, had no official informa
tion as to the Warrior.
Agents Wanted
With farmer acquaintance.
Here is a clean, wholesome, money-making
; opportunity. Write
for particulars, P. O. Box 363,
Savannah, Ga.
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ONE MILLION ; MElENd-! dilated y the British. It was re
ED IN TERRIFIG?AtT LESlported that the Grown Prince was
NOW GOINOlON. " r : ,in their midst. '
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Unconfirmed Report Comes Out
ut London that the German
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imperai uuara nas oeeii nj v
nihilated and That tKe (pfn
Prince Was in Thef
The grefeter jportion ,o the newf
from the seat of war, todays ,
from London and Paris source-
and, of course is strongly an
German. ; Ml
General Engagement Oni,M
.According to official statement
given out in Paris, a general ae
tion of the armies is on, but tlif
Germans are retiring before thl
onslaughts of the
British ahd
French Forces. '
Austrian Army Destroyed. I
in the Austrio-Russian theatrcr
of operations, Paris reports that
twelve divisions of the Austrian:
army has been completely de
stroyedJ ' '
Paris also reports that the Gert
mans have turned their backs oh'
the capital and are being harrassf
ed from the. rear by the French!
army. ; Vl
One Million Men Engaged.
It is estimated that at least
1,4
000,000 men are engaged in the
terrific fighting which is going off.
to the east of Paris.
Petrograd reports the Austrian
army in retreat with enormous
losses, and' that there is evidence
oj a possible famine in Austria.
The Russians are reported to
have entered the capital of Bucko
wina, ' A'ustH-HfirigkfdppoV
ed.
British Cruiser Stranded.
The German Embassy at Wash
ington gives out a wireless re
port from Berlin saying the Brit
ish cruiser Warrier has been
stranded as a result of a fight
with the German cruiser Goeben,
while trying to escape from the
the Bosphorus.
Imperial Guard Annihilated
An unconfirmed message from
London states that the allied for
ces under General Pau have won
a victory' over the Germans at
Precy Sur Oise, twenty-five miles
north of Paris,. The report
states that Imperial Guard under
the German Crown Prince was an
nihilated and that the future Ger
man Emperor was in their midst.
Many people have been ordered
to leave their homes, in range of
the guns of the forts at Paris,
which city is evidently preparing
for the oncoming of the German
hordes.
Turkey May Declare War.
Turkey seems to be on the ver
ge of declaring war against Great
Britian.
Germans Marching On Ghent.
. The Germans have repulsed the
Belgians at Melle and Quatrecht,
and are marching on Ghent.
German Imperial Guard Annihi
lated.
London, September 7. The
Evening News Dispatch says: "A
telegram has been received from
General rau announcing a vie- j
tory by the allied forces under
Field Marshallir John .French,
commanding the British, i and
D'Ammade at Precy Sur Oise,
about twenty Tfive miles north of
Paris. .:
"The allies were drawn across
the northern line with the center
at Precy. ' The English troops
were on the left and the French
on the fight. The former had in
front of them the imperial guard
under Crown Prince; Frederick
William.-
i -'On both wings, tit is reported
the allies were succussf ul. - The
German? deft was held ,by the
French and retired, to the north.
.. , , ,Was Crown Prince Killed? ,
brdered't6 surrender, - were anni
The British official bureau has
received no confirmation of this
message.
eath of J. R. Andrews.
o'clock
Aug. 27, the death angel entered
the home of Mr. and .Mrs. D. U:
Andrews, and claimed their son
the pride and joy of vtheir home.
h jnPi Difk n Via WQd tnmnn in
his loved ones and friends was a
Iboy of fine qualities, sincere and
honest in his dealings with his
fellow men, and made friends
with all who knew him, for to
know him ivas to love him. His
health has never been very good,
he has had several hard spells of
sickness since reaching manhood,
but through all his sickness his
sweet sunny disposition has been
a bright ray of sun light to cheep
and brighten the home made ad
so often by deaths, as he had three
brotheJs and two sisters; to pre
cede him in the great and. un
known beyond. One sweet sister
died three years ago in August.
Joe;Dick made a sweet profes
sion of religion three weeks be
fore his death, he said he was
willing, ready and not afraid Nto
die if the Lord so willed.
It seemeji hard to give him up,
in the prime of life, with his new
found faith, leaving his hdme and
hearts of his loved ones so broken
and desolate, but the one who
called Ijim knewa what . was best
antl never errs ahd w all - feel it
is .well with him.' . ,
He was in his twenty-sixth
year, and most all of those years
were spent in ill health.- Now he
js where he can spend time and
eternity without pain.
He leaves to deeply Y mourn, a
father and mother, one-sister,
Mrs. C. G. Royster; one brother,
Mr. R. T. Andrews; who hope to
meet him in a home of no separa
tion. "A dear one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still,,
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
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Birthday Dinner,
On last Friday Mr. H. J. Whitt
gave a birthday dinner to a num
ber.of his friends. It was not only
his birthday but also the birthday
of hison, Mr. Walter F. Whitt,
his daughter, Mrs. Maggie Per
kins and his brother, Mr. John T.
Whitt.
It was our pleasure to be pres
ent and we can truthfully say we
have never seen such a bountiful
repast offered as was served to the
friends present. There were about
seventy five present and everyone
seemed to do full justice to the
occasion.
Mr. Whitt was for about five
years postmaster here, and a more
affable, popular gentleman never
lived in the town. May his tribe
never grow less.
To the Voters of Person County.
Believing as I do, that we need
a commissioner from the Southern
part of the County for the Demo
cratic Party. I hereby respectful
ly ask people of Person County to
Support Mr. J. L. Timberlake for
that office.
i Mr; Timberlake, has been a life
loig Democrat and has stood by
our party through its most trying
hours.
He is a ley el-heade clear think
ing man. I honestly believe he
will make as good a commissioner
as any man. I certainly hopethat
the delegates 'will see fit , to sup
port MrTimberlake, of plat Riv-
inn -': t " . il ' - J . .
: er XQwnsmp, in uie coining cuu-
- ;;vention. - - o. - r o ones.
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MOTHER SHEPTONS PRO-PHECY;
, (Published X485)
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents .fill the world with woe;
Around the world thoughts shall fly,
In the twinkling of an ,eye.
Nature shall yet more wonders do,
Now strange, yet ball be true;
The world upside down shall be,
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And gold be found at root of tree. "
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse nor ass be at his side; '
Under water man shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. ,
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In the air man shall be seen,
In white, in .black, in green;
From in the water hall float,
As easy as a wooden boat- -n-
Gold shall be found !mid store,
In a land, thats now unknown;
Fife and water shall wonder too,
England shall at last admit a Jew.
And this world to an end. shall come,
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.'
County Fair.
On October.8, 9 and 10 the Per:
son County Fair will be held. This
is the first year of this fair and
everybody intends to see that it is
a success. Let all try to have some
thing to exhibit-every farmer and
every .farmer's wife, has' some
thing they can .place on exhibi
tion, and by this method help make
it a great success. The'.-v-mapagers
rve spent time anil money to se
cure attractions which will be en
tertaining:: and interesting andj
clean; Rememberyt negates I -and
make your plans, ' take-in the
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In Honor of Visitors.
Mr, Geo. W. Thomas enter
tained a number of young people
at Loch Lily Club house last
Thursday evening in honor of her
guests, Misses Emily Walker, of
Raleigh, Helen Dover, of Shelby
and Lelia Marcus, of Florence S.
C.
The party left- Roxboro about
six o'clock and immediately upon
their arrival at the Club House a
delicious dinner was served.
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Our buyers have returned from the
Northern markets and the new fall and,
winter goods are coming in on every
freight and express. As tho country pro
gresses sq have we and we will show you
a stock this season season ahead of any
thing that we have ever Md. Already
many goods have been-, received arid, be
foie another week our stock wilPbe prac
tically complete.
-You have he&rd a lot about the War
in Europe causing prices to advanced
There is no question that prices of many,
lines will have to ;beadvanced in the near
future lay the wholesalers buVwe will as
sure you that you will not find half doz:
t
i , en articles in our'stock that - are. a penny
higher than they have
are making ;prparatibtis7 ?
ood business and will be pleased toiserye t
you to the best;,of out lability; from fthe ,4,:
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Market .Will Open Next Tuesday'. y
' Everything is in readiness., and "
the. tobacco market will tpeh in v '-
Roxboro on next Tuesday. Tobac- -
co has been selling fairly well in
tie East and there 'is 'no treason .
why fair prices should, nof prevail
here. Much of the tobacco has not A .
been cured yet and, consequently ' - ;
the breaks will be light, but when
you are ready to sell drive to Rox-- '
boro and our warehousemen ahd -1
buyers will look after your inter-
est and see that you get the very '
highest market price. y' ...
County Superintendent.
- At a meetings of the Qounty
Board o'f Education lev. ' J. -A.' '
Beam was elected County Super-;."
intendent to succeed; Prof. HoP ;
lo way, who tendered his- resigna-
tion on account of, ill health. Mr. ' ;
Beam is a school teacher of re- 1
nown and will give to the : work 1
his very, best efforts", which is va,
guarantee that the school work in,
this County will not .suffer. ,
Flood in Missouri.
Kansas City, Mo. , Sept. ' 7. . .
Night fell on Kansas City with" "
many sections under water because
of?. the . overflow ing of Turkey, f
Creek Three thousand homes, it
is estimated, were flooded andsev
eral hundred families driven from -'
I their homes. .The, water was ieced-
ing but there was mucn aanger
from collapsing buildings. .Two (
men were killed .when, they - came;
in contact with av, broken . trolley
wire, a number were.ininrepVilhe
totalToss is estimated at about $1,"-
500,600.
Turkey Creek, a drainage stream
nlwavs treacherous, was a harm-
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less thread of murky water when - y
thenen and women who live in
the valley southwest of the ciy . " .
went to bed last night. Thencairie -rain
which continued ten hours t
and fifty minutes , with a fall of . ; -6.94
inches, the biggest rainstorm;;;
ever recorded in Kansas City.
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