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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening October 14, 1914.
Number 4L
OFFICER SHOT.
Dr. E. J. Tucker for the Legislature.
PERSON COUNTY FAIR.
A Big Success Ten Thousand
People Here Friday. More
Than Eleven Hundred School
Children.
The first Person County Fair is
Mr. T. D. Winstead Shot Off.- 1 h;lve just had ft cnica
cer Gates m Oiinty Jail rn- tin., from Dr. E. J. Tucker sav in
day of rair Week. 'th.t ho had-acceptor! t,he u,r.:ina
An uniorumaie homing auair tion of the Democratic party for
.,,.,k place in "o'-:b'vo !ite Friday the Legislature and that if he- was
u'uvnoon in wi.ivii Air.- 1. J), elected cue pe.i,-d:stdoit. Now, now a thing of the past, and ev-Winste-id
hot a a I wo.-,:id-d Mr. I mint stv tiu.t th ' .),-. has goN ery one is more than delighted a
K. H. Uitos. i leu ihilii fofi un piai.u::n, aiul the showing made by Person
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wn:" !l! ; " iiarvoy , .- may :e si:v .n. : ;; a' ;i;v (Jountv. We hava said rfinftateriv
own platform, and certainly no , ly, and we expect to continue
less when I find that Dr. Tucker I saying it. that Person Countv l
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'instead, a brother of Mr. T. D.
Winstead, had been arrested and
placed in the lockup for fighting i stands with me, and I think he
md being intoxicated. Later a
neuro was placed in' the same
room and he and Harvey Wins
te:uk it is said became involved in
a tight. Officer gates went to the
jail and used the club on the ne
oto. Pig Pay lor, in order to quiet
him. It is also said he used his
lub on Ha rvejsW instead. Mr.
T. IX Winstead, who had been
-out for came in about this time
:i;id asked Officer Gates not to hit
his brother again.
Mr. J. B. Burnett and others
were nearby and in the alterca
tion which followed Mr. Win
stead shot Mr. Gates, the ball
taking effect near the cheek bone
and ranging around to the back of
his neck. It was first thought
that Mr. Gates was seriously
wounded, but the doctors now say
that he will recover.
At this time no preliminary
trial has been had and Mr. , Wins
tead was admitted to bail Satur
day until Mr. Gates was able to
attend the' trial.
Both men are .wall known and
the unfortunate ntfafr cast a gFaoni
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over the entire town. The pre
liminary trial is set for Saturday
Oct. 24. Mr. Gates is improv
ing rapidly and will no doubt be
out in time for the trial.
proclaims the meaning of true
Democracy. We are tired of rings,
tricks and log-rolling in politics.
I have talked politics with Dr.
Tucker some years ago and found
his motto would be, ''First to raise
those down under foot, and next
to protect him that walketh up
rightly." I feel sure that the good
people of both Democrat and Re
publican parties will render unto
Dr. Tucker such a vote as no man
has ever received in Person County
G. E. Woody.
Dr. Wise Here Last Week.
Dr. J. A. Wise of Hapeviile,
Ga., spent several days here vis
iting friends. He took in the
fair and pronounced it a great
success. Dr. Wise lived here and
practiced his profession for many
years and in his removal the
county lost a most useful citizen.
Few have ever lived here who en
joyed the friendship of a larger
number than did Dr. Wise and
his most estimable wife. Would
that the old love for the old home
might so bui-n.tjmtthey would
decide to return.
Series of Meetings.
On next Sunday morning Kev
Melton Clark of
Greensboro will
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)egin a series of meetings in the
Presbyterian church. At night
le will lecture in the Auditorium,
lis subject being 'The Boy."
The Roxboro Tobacco Board of The oublic is cordially invited to
attend these mnetings. which will
continue through the week.
W. L. Lewis Made President.
Trade met in the offices of the
Hyco Warehouse after sales Mon
day morning and elected the following-
officers for this season:
W. L. Lewis, President; John-B.
Harvie, Vice-Presideait; W. T.
Pass, Secretary.
The 1913 tobacco crop sold on
the Roxboro market amounting to
Announcement
1 hereby announce myself a
candidate for Register of Deeds
! for Person County having receiv
ed the nominotion on the Republi
can ticket. If elected I shall do
! oil in mi n vll'ikl' tl il'llH fllO HOn
7,018,777 pounds at an average of , 1
10 00 pie ot Person County a competent
man. R. . eatlierston.
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decidedly one of the best if ndt
the best, in the State and this fair
only demonstrated that we told
the truth, when wTe asserted it.
With only a short notice the peo
ple of this County got together an
exhibit which would have done
credit to the State fair. Of
course, the exhibits were not is
numerous but they had the quali
ty, in fact we have never seen a
finer exhibit of' canned goods,
preserves, etc., at any state fair
than was exhibited by the ladies
of the County. ,
The exhibits as a whole were
exceptioanally good, and we
would not attempt to say whidh
exhibit was the best in all lines or
who had the best horse, cow, hog
or sheep, but we do not think any
one will take exception when ce
say the exhibit by T. W. Pass
eon was equal to any furnitnre
exhibit we have ever seen any
where. It was to be regretted
that more of the merchants of the
town did not make exhibits. Not
a single exhibit of any kind rom
any hardware dealer. The finuof
ticcemo:;Bro
splendid exhibit on the court
house green, and it was commend
able in them, but not being in the
fair we do not suppose they were
trying for any prizes. However,
every one who attended the fair
was struck with the great number
of exhibits, for the large floor of
the Winstead Warehouse, where
the exhibits were on exhibition,
was pretty well covered.
The attendance was all that
could have ben desired, on Fri
day the crowd was estimated at
ten thousand, and we do not
think that estimate is high. The
oldest citizfens say such a crowd
has never before been seen in the
otown. The public schools of the
County gave holiday and the
teachers and children came to the
fair, and after a parade in which
it looked like a million or more
school children might have been
in line marched to the grounds
and more than eleven hundred en
tered the gates. This was asight
to make the heart of of the' most
crusty bachelorswell with delight.
The fair in every respect, finan
cially, morally, educationally and
in whatever light you look at it
was a grand success. Every man
connected with the' fair deserves
to be congratulated, but to no
one more than the Secretary, Mr.
C. C; Cuningham, the chief mar
shal, Mr. Joe H. Carver and J.
W. Chambers, does special credit
deserve to be ' given. These
Poor Richard Tells About the
Fair.
That the Person County Fair
was a great success no one Can
I deny, and when we take in consid
eration the 'dry year and poor
crops the exhibits were. something
we should be proud of. The exhib
its of com, wheat, oats and tobac
co were good for. any year, and
the parties who exhibited them
should feel proud of naving done
so, whether they drew a blue or
red or not, for it shows they are
working along the right lines in
trying to show what can be done
in Person County. The horses, cat
tle and hogs were scarce, yet there
were some very fine individuals of
both horses and hogs. The poultry
department was nothing to com
pare with what we expect next
year, yet it carried oh1' many blue
ribbons. Richard carried off all
the blue ribbons except one on
Durocs, and young Richard took
that. The displays of canned, goods,
preserves, etc., was the finest 1
think I have ever seen any where
on exhibition. Every lady who
had anything in this display should
certainly be proud, whether she
got any ribbon or not, as it shows
that the ladies or Person cannot be
equalleled or surpassed in this
State or Virginia.
The county people did most ex
cellent considering they we're en
tirely green in regard to prepar
ing exhibits and the Association
really gave them very little time
in which to get them ready. .
, The display Of furniture by T.
W. Pass & Son walsocMnlntb
have made a much larger town
than Roxboro proud of. The dis
play of flowers by Mrs. Pallie
Yancey Pass was most beautiful
to look at, but Mrs. Pallie knows
how to do things, anyway. Mr. R.
A. Spencer was there n all of his
glory with buggies, wagons, cof
fins, burial robes, etc. It seems he
has just reason to be proud of the
very liberal patronage the people
are giving him. Then comes E. D.
Cheek with4iis line of vehicles,
harness, coffins, etc. The auto on
exhibit by Mr. Gus Burch was a
dandy, a machine which any one
should be proud of. In fact we had
a great fair. There were over one
thousand school children in attend
ance on Friday.
This only gives an idea of what
we may expect next yeart for Per
son County Is one of the best in
the State and Allensville one of
the best townships in the County.
So begin right now to prepare for
the fair next year so that you may
be ready on time. Poor Richard.
"Jesus Paid It All"
Refused Notice! " Every editor
has received them, says the Cor
dele Dispatch. The postmaster
sends them to the editor. For in
stance, there is a man by the name
oft John Blank, who refuses to
take his paper out of the postoffice.
He did not want it any longer and
we avondered what was the matter.
Upon investigation of our subscrip
tion book we found that John was
short $1.50. He stopped the paper
as a matter of economy to us. One
evening we went to church and
John's melodious voice rang out
loud and clear in that soul-stirring
song, 4 'Jesus Paid It All." 'We
might have been mistaken but his
earnestness impressed us. The next
day. we sent him a receipt in full,
begging his pardon for not
knowing he had made arrange
ments for his liabilities in that
manner. Ex.
Thanks.
I desire to take this method to
return thanks to every one who
so kindly aided me in the work
which I tried to do for the Fair.
To the ladies and marshals who so
kindly aided and took part in the
parades, I especially wish to
thank. No man ever received
mere encouragement orwas more
kirtdly considered than I was dur
in all of my work connected with
the fair. To one and all I return
most sincere thanks. J. H. Carver.
Thanks.
I desire to thank every teacher
in the county for their hearty co
operation in making the Educa
tional Day a grand success. Last
Friday was a great day in the
school life of Person County. It
will long be an incentive to both
teachers and pupils for better ser
vice. This day will be fresh in
the memory of all who' came for
years to come, truly it was a day
of education to the children and
for the good welfare of our coun
ty, yet it Was no easy task for
teachers to get their pupils here.
Indeed it was a difficult problem,
but they solved it beautifully.
Teachers, again I thahk you
and ask that yon send in at once
your enrollment up to that Fri
day and the exact number of
your students who marched ithat
we may award the prizes, give
township and number of district.
Let every teacher send a report at
once.
Now one more request. Teach
ers, please organize a betterment
association in your district at the
earliest possible date.
I begin visiting the schools to
morrow. Then we can talk the
matter over. J. A. Beam.
Motorcycle Race$. ;
Hardly anything contriBlited
more to the fair than the Motor
cycle races, participated in by
Messrs. Ledbetter, Harv,ey and
Doan People Helping The
South.
In order to help conditions in
the South, the makers of Doan's
Kidney Pills, located on the, nor
thern border of the United States,
have decided' to take part in the
!5u.Ta-i5aie : "movement wmcims
being carried put in behalf of the ' "
cotton-raising industry. Accord- '
ingly, they are buying a bale of -
cotton from each of their whoje-
Bennie Clayton, ' Burgh, Allison, I sale customers who do business
Morris and Freeland. The races I below the Mason and Dixie line,
were under control of Mr. D. W. I r
Ledbetter, witnessed by 10,000
Surprise Marriage
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people ana every tning passea on It was quite a surpriSe when the
satisfactorily. j f riends of Mr w A. Sergeant
Notwithstanding the immense : learned that he was married. He
crowd witnessing the races, with j left last night and went to Ruffln
no enclosure, the police were on j where this morning he was mar.
the alert and there was no acci-1 -aj f m; ai,Vo T Whart
dent of any kind.
The Courier extends best wishes.
Horse Runs.
Last Thursday evening as Mas
ter Dewey Winstead was driving
a spirited horse down Main Street
the horse began to run and kick.
Dewew was kicked from the cart
and in falling out hun on the
cart, and to those who' witnessed
the fall, seemed like death was. in
evitable. He was picked up soon
Col. W. L. Lewis spent yester
day dn Durham on business.
Insure with Satterfield.
WE CAN SUn" YOU
with' SHOES
AND HOSE
after he . dropped from the cart
gentlemen- gave largely of their i and medical attention immediately
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APOUND THE GLOWING COALS' ESPECIALLY IF
THEY BE BURNING IN A HANDSOME, HEATING
STOVE? OUR HEATERS WIFL TONE UP THAT ROOM J
AND BE AN ORNAMENT AS WELL AS A COMFORT ;
WHEN YOU BOY YOUR STOVE OR RANGE FROM
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time in trying to induce the peo
ple to come and to make exhibits,
and the fair itself tells of their
wonderful success. They are the
right men in the right place.
With the knowledge that this
was only the beginning and that
next fall there will be another,
will be an incentive to every one
to begin now and prepare for the
exhibit. While the warehouse
wasTarge and spacious there will
have to be more room next year,
and our managers had just as well
: begin to make preparations.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F." Reams left
Saturday morning for; -Washing-
; o tony D. C.v where they will spend
1 L - 1 1 L.
given, r oruinaieiy ne was iioi
seriously hurt and washable to at
tend the fair the next morning.
New Bank for Mebane.
It is with plsasure we note that
Mr. F. F. Smith, a son of Mr.
Jno. IL Smith, of Prospect Hill,
has organized a new bank at Me
bane, to be known as the Mebane
Bank and Trust 3o. The officers
are: J. Archie . Long, president;
Benjamia F. Warren, vice-presi
dent and Felix: Ft Smith, cashier.
With such officers; this new insti
tution will soon be one of the
leading institutions of this live,
hustling town..
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