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IVafiMi me to the jingieor taint
! ati.l the rustle of unholy
HHn-.l me to the faults of the
ftho ether fellow, but reveal
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mo mine own.
(iuiile me so
that each night
u'nen 1 look across the dinner ta
ble at my wife, who has been a
blessing to me, I will have noth
ht to conceal. Q
Keep me young enough to laugh
.rirli m- childrpn Jind to lose mv-
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self in their play.
And then when comes the smell
,f flowers, and the tread of soft
:eps. and the crushing of the
'eaise's wheels in the gravel out
;; front of my place, make the
.-nvrnony hort and the epitaph
v:u:.ie: "IIKKK LIES A MAN. "
Mr. 11. ,i
'Mr. JV'Wry
...A iamirr.
i ley and wife, and
Bai! of Apex, are
t Mr. II. A. Walker
To Our Friends:
We extend the Season's Greeting and
hope that 1915 our business may be the
means of making and keeping torus as
many friends as in 1914. Also the same
mutual respect, self-respect and tha same
give and take of confidence. Mav the
experiences of the past year prove a hap
py memory to you, and the incoming year
bring you good health, happiness and
contentment.
THE NEWELI
JEWELERS
RESOLVE TO COME TO OUR STORE FOR ALL
THE HARDWARE YOU NEED. -BECAUSE WE SELL
THE BEST TOOLS AND HARDWARE JUADE.
WE STAND BEHIND EVERY PIECE OF HAKDWARE
WE SELL WITH OUR MONEY AND REPUTATION, AND
make good on every deal.
Long, Brasher
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Prominent Citizen of Yan
cey ville Gone to Reward
Yancey ville.Julius Johnson
died at his homM Yancey yj lie
Monday night atVttO . o'clock in
his 58th year. His illness was of
briof rlninfirvv k,-.; .1 .
--- uvriu in uyq na ,
tureot a sadden attack of acute
indigestion; consequently came as
a great shock to his family and
host of friends.
Mr. Johnson was one of the
most prominent lawyers and wide-
iy Known men in tin
he state of
North Carolina. In his chosen
profession he made for himself a
state-wide reputation by his iden
tification with a large number of
important cases before the courts
and his services were sought b
all classes of people throughout
the state wh ) needed legal ad
vice and counsel. Helwas a man
of strong personalVcnltured in
tellect and sterlingharacter. He
possessed those qualities of dis
position and congeniality of spirit
which made him a man greatly
beloved by all who knew him. He
was a lifelong Democrat and took
a patriotic interest In all that con
cerned the welfare of-Instate and
community. For a number of
years he was member of the
house of representatives and made
the force of his powers greatly
felt for good in this body.
He is survived by his wife and
10 living children.
Read the Tivy 0' Plearts this
week. f
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Home First broaH Next
1NUK1H CAROLINA.
WHY BUY AT HOME f
Because my interests are here
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Because the community that is;
good enough for me to live in is
good enough for me to buy in. ' y
Because I believe ih transacting
business with my friends.
Because I want to see the goods
I am buying.
Because I want to get what I buy
when I pay for it.
Because my home merchant will
take care of me when I run short of
cash. '
Because some part of every dol
lar I spend at home stays at home'
and helps work for the welfare off
the town and the county. d
Because the home merchant ij
buy from stands back of his goods,
thus always giving value received.
Because the merchant I buy fromj
pays his share of the county andl
tovyn taxes.
Because the merchant I buy from!
helps support our poor and needy, !
our schools, our churches, our lodges ?
and homes. '
Because if ill luck, misfortune o
bereavement comes, the merchant I
buy from is here with his kindly ex-'
pression of greeting, his word of,
cheer, and, if needed, his pockei;
book. 5:
Let us make this town a good,,
place in which to work and live.?
It's easy and certain if every
one will do his share.
The dollar sent away seldom re
turns, while the money spent atv,
home is apt to leave a scrapling at
your door.
A Good Man Passes Over.
On Saturday, December 19th al
2 o'clock, at his home near
9?
Tirzah, Mr. J. K. Reade breathe
his last. He was G3 years old an
was born and raised in the CA
munity. About eighteen months
ago he began to decline and grad
ually grew worse. He leaves a
wife, four girls and three boys.
On Sunday he was buried at the
old home place, the burying place
of this family, services being con
ducted by his pastor, Rev. J. J.
Boone.
Mr. Reade was a splendid man,
a worthy son of worthy forefath
ers. "We doubt if there has been a
family in this County who have
been more illustrious or made
more history than the Reade fami
ly, and in the death of Mr. J. R.
Reade his community will fcadly
miss him.
Tuesday January 5th.
Dr. N. Rosenstein the eye spec
ialist of Durham will make his
regular call to Roxboro next Tues
day Jan. oth for the purpose of
examining eyes and fitting glasses.
Don't forget his good service for
the last 10 years he has given to
the people in this County, and his
prices are, the lowest possible for
the high grade service.
Christmas Tree.
The Baptist Sunday School gave
a Christmas Tree to the scholars'
last Thursday evening, and it is
needless to say that the little tots
were delighted. The addition to
the Baptist church for Sunday
School purposes, is almost com
pleted and will soon be occupied
by the school.
A Happy New Year.
Tt. N. Rosenstein extends his
best wishes to all of his patients
and friends a Happy and Prosper
ous New Year, and he also wishes
to say that in the past as in the
future he will make his regular
First Tuesday calls to Roxboro
every month, stoppings at the
Jones hotel. Dr. Rosenstein, will .
be at Roxboro next Tuesday Jan.
5th 1915, for the purpose of Ex
amining eyes and fitting glasses. f
If your eyes needsthe service of an
Eye-Specialist don't fail to see
him at the Jones hotel, Tuesday
Jan. 5th.
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j'Are you reading Trey
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Wednesday Evening
Sensibly Progressive.
The letter of recommendations
of the state tax commission for
revision of .the tax laws by the
general assembly . is document
that will disappoint only those
who wereN expecting less of the
commission than a comprehen
sive plan - of genuine reform in
our tax methods.
The commission did not make
the mistake of interpreting the
defeat of the tax amendment jis an
expression of complete satisfac
tion with existing administration
of the tax laws, but on the con
trary it insisted that the principle
of uniforn and equal taxation,
which retains its, place in the con
stitution by the recent vote of the
people, should be carried out in
fact as well as in theory. The
recommendations made by the
commission tor enectuating tnis
purpose are, in our opinion, such
as will commend themf elves to
the good judgment of the general
assembly. They may be briefly
summarized:
Valuation of all property for
taxation at its true value.
(1) By levying the gross
amount of revenue to be raised,
instead of the rate of tax to ap
ply, and levying the rate to be
automatically adjusted after the
valuations are made, and the total
amount of tax' valuations are
made,tand the total amount of tax
valuations have been ascertained,
Assessments at full value have
befn4mpossible formerly as the
bdnmission points out, by the. fix
iiig of the tax rate in advance, and
(2) Bv R thorough investiga-
tio l or the relation-ot actual val
ues in every county by ascertain
ingineach county the relation of
sales value to assessed value of all
real estate sold in such connty for
a period of twelve months. This
would furn,sh an index, based on
facts, to the percentage of under
valuation in each county, which
would be of value to the assessing
officers in making their assess
ments, and to the state commission
in making an equalization as be
tween counties.
(3) The creation of the per
manent office of c unty assessor
and auditor in every county, and
having all real estate assessments
made by him, or under his direct
supervision, so that all the real es
tate of a county will be assessed
from the standpoint of one con
ception of values, instead of by a
different' standard in each town
ship. -
(4) Publication of assesments
by furnishing every tax payer a
printed list of all assessments in
his township. ' c
(5) Genuine equalization of as
sessments by a township board for
the township, by a county board
for the county, and the state tax
commission for the state.
(6) The recommendation that
such an assessment be, not made
hurriedly, but that ample time be
given, both from preparation and
i organization and for the work it
self. '
(7) More, stringent methods to
secure listing of intangible person
al property, the present injustice
in taxing this class of property be
ing removed by assessing tangible
property at actual value and at a
proportionately reduced tax rate.
Raleigh Times.
Mr. J. Ivey Wade
And Bride In Town.
Mr. J. Ivey Wade and Miss
Florence Howard were married in
South Boston on last ".Wednesday
evening and have been spending
several days here visiting Mr.
I Wade's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Wade. They returned to their
. home in South Boston, .last night.
$1.00
December 30. 1914.
Government to Issue
1:
-J: Commercial Daily Paper
Washington, 1). !CATo pro
mote the foreign commerce of the
United States the government will
go into the newspaper businesc
January 2, next, when the first
number of "The Daily Commer
cial Report' will be issued by the
Department of Commerce. In it
will be carried all important com-
mercial cablegrams received from
theattaches at the various embas
sies, abroad and from coniular offi
ees thioughoutthe world,1. It also-'
will contain brief abstracts of
the findings of investigatoiWof the
department in many lines of Am
erican enterprise, and will pre
sent to the business world each
day the gist of the business of 'thej
Department of Commerce for the
proceeding day.
The plan for a commercial daily
was worked out bv Dr. E. E.
Pratt, chief of thelBureaii of For
eign and Domestic Commence.
The new publication will take the
place of the daily consular reiDorts
now i sued.
E. A. Brand, assistant chief of
thp hnrpnn. who rptnrnpfl frr!nv
from an extended tour ot inspec-
tion of the eight new branch offi-
cesofthe bureau, reportetf .that saw have failed; while the Berlin
the branches were meeting with a ' official statement-says thereis gen
cordial reception from' business' eral confidence that the, German,
houses and were working to full ' and Austro-IIungarian forces are ;
capacity in co-operation vvith mer;
r,hants and manufacturei-s.
r,. y n T wio tJ P,r.l-t lrench nevvphpersre;entliusi- v.
Mount spent the Christmas-holistic .OT6
days with hismrents, Mr.- and'sers? ati'sea.pljanesVonj Cuxlxaveh.. ' -,
Mi-s. L Lewis. r He returned ta:TliWOQWd&
Lvnjit imniiii A.xuuuat uiuiuiii;. .
A HAPPY
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Time in it's rapid flight has brought us to
the end of another year, and we pause for
the pleasure of extending the Seasons
Greetings to our many friends and custo
mers. c While the past year has not been the best
from a standpoint of business gain that
most of us have seen, we have been blessed'
in almost every other way and are today
one of the most favored people on earth
and have much to be thankful for.
In our review of the business accorded
us, we are pleasantly reminded of the
valued favors received from you, which are
deeply appreciated and for which accept
our sincerest thanks.
With eager anticipation we turn our atten
tion to 1915, and earnestly solicit your cor
dial co-operation and continued friendship.
We shall continually to strive to merit this
by having your dealings with us character
ized by liberality and an unswerving aim
to please, and hope to increase the efficien
cy of our organization, thereby adding to
the excellence of our service and our offer
ings; We trust that you, with our good friends
and customers, have enjoyed the bright side
of the past year and that the coming year
will be a bountiful one for you. ;
Wishing you a most happy as well as
prosperous New Year, we are, always
pleased to serve you, , '-t v
.Harris
ROXBORO'S
Per Year in Advance
Number 52. : :
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AT BATTLE FRONT
Fighting in Belgium Oaf Christ
mas Day Was Fiercest of
Month.
London The battle lines in the
east and west have undergone few
changes in the jast day. French ;
and German reports agree tliat thef? ,
Germans have capturediV section t
of trenches near, JJoJlebeke,- south,
of Yprps. The French assret that
the")Grermans gave up trencher on
the'hrst line, to the extent or anout
800 or 900 yardtn the Lens -re
gion, farther east, .while unsuc
cessful -demonstrations have - been ?
made from both sides at various;
points along the ex.tendect lines.
rierce rignnng Ain oeigium.
The reports of . the numbei's of
wounded both armies are sending ;
, bak from the lines in Belgium apt
1 Pear 10 show tnat the Jignting on.
Christmas in that country was the
fiercest of the pastionth. Corre ;
spondents in the rear say the Bel-
gains, asa result otfive days $ap-
r .
I ping, captured nearly. 3,000; Ger-,
-'mans witfi only small losses
themselves.
According to Russian reports,
German attempts to capture War-'
making progress alon - the great-
French Newspapers Enthusiastic ivf
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