VOL, XXXII
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA; Wednesday Evening January : 6, 1915;
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Number l.:
MAYOR RESIGNS , THE AMERICAN NOTE
REPLY TO AMERICAN
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Treatment of America Com
merce and the Warning That The
PRODUCES SENSATION r NOTE BY END OF WEEK
At Meeting of Aldermen Mayor
Winstead Resigns. 4- 1 Pretest From VasnihgtbiGov- Outline of Great Britain's Reply
The Board of Aldermen met last- , ernment - . Against .'British
night in their regulaivnohthl'
meeting. The usual number of ac
counts were audited apd -'Ordered
psid. . ' . j
Mr. C. C. Cuninham. and DiV'
B. E. Love were appointed Street
Light Committee.
31 ay or m. C. instead," who has note protesting against British
served as Mayor for several years, treatment of American co'mmerce
tendered his' resignation, .same to and insisting upon an improve
take effect on-February lst.N The ment caused no surprise in official
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Board accepted the resignation. ..circles,. it was wholly v unexpected
There has has been no Jntima- to the British public as there had
tionto who will succeed ir. Win- been no imitation that, any t fric
stead,
WHAT THE WAR HAS COST
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Vast ;ToIl of Men.and Money to
Carry oh-War Five Months. (
Has Been Submitted To France At Hip pnrl of thpnld vpr fnr.
London, Jan. -4.'-r7:45 " p.-m- eign statisticians . computed that
le British government reply -ttvi live-months of the'greatest wai of
ungiana rivus iviena ner the; American note concerning coii
Ways in This Particular. Re-'trabarid probably will be.' sent be
spect Causes Old John Bull to , fore the end of this week. -An imt- ted .and captured) and $7,000,000.
line of the reply ha been submit- 1000; These figures are subdivide
ted to France, which is greatly inr
ieresiea;oecause' or xqe activity '0
r? : 'k n i . ' t v
Sit Up and Take Notice."
London. While' the American
N
f tion had arisen between the two
governments.
MnrmlicrVif- Sr.hnol ' v
We Rrpcrhiri t knov "that a! ondon newspapeigaye V. the
fioonlight school will baorganized -'American note the largest head:
inRoxboroon tomorrow mgh. "nes tney nave usea. aunng .me
Prof. A. B. ijtalvey has kindly, cW entlre month' nofc even excJudn
sentedto give his time to this no: th-e war news' and ' ifc , has: over:
ble work, and at an informal meet- "Avowed, for the time; being,, in
ing held on jesterday;;eveniife W- British inind the :VS
was elected as SrrperintendentVofVtie batfcle fron- ls to :aHaf.
tM ,rn.f in RnvKmv, . pearances regarded as one of the
most important, occurences of the intercepted by the allies.
whole war. Nothing of the kind
This is exceedingly magnanim
;iifs on the narfc of Pmf Stalvpv.
for it is a work of lore: there be- '.since President Cleveland's; W;
ing no remuneration whatever, flfe" zueIan messae has Pduced such
trust there are others Avho will of- a nsn. , . v V
fer their services andpoiijfco. ihe first impression of thenb
Prof. Stalvey. The school will meet lic is. that note - maL ?f?at
)f
French ships in searching Mediter
raneah cargoes.';"-" a V; r-'i '
A statement' probably wri be is-:
sued shortly showing . that ' Italy
has arrived at; an understanding
"with England and the other allies,
concerning 'contraband, satisac
tory to all the countries affected.
f Jt can be stated authoritatively
tuat only hve cargoes destined jor
us. follows:
- Losses.
Great Britain 800 officers kill
ed'f 4,000 .wounded; men 15,000
killed';" 60,000' wounded, 25,000
missing. "
- France rTotal casualties,!, 1 10,
O00, -'ofwhom 180,000 have been
killed y
5 Russia Total Casualties, 1,180,
000i of whom 250,000 have been
killed;
Italy, have been Stopped at Qibral T Belgium30,000 killed, 58,000
mucty. . iuvtrmuer io,( jlvvooi
these were released within three
days ihd the others as Joon as the
alleged rcqntrabahd . could"- be re
moved. Since December 4 no carr
goes destined for Italy Vhave bVen
twice a week,
needed.
and
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teachers are,.11 mm soul un:
; f friendly feeling, although ' the
Lieath or ,iwo Agea citizens, cinciaiiy states tnat tne represen
On hist Wednesdav Mr. Samuel tations were made In a friendly
Pointer died at hisr home about spirit. The situation is xompara-
two miles north ot Rxboro..ili ble, to that ; which arose at, the tionsvlnch will prevent American
vaA boon sien lorj so5ie tune otne-buuth Atncail war, shiinnents trefm reaching Germany
time and his d'.iath was .iiot.nnex- w he'll ffcutral shippers began Uy
pected! He was one of the Couh-'send cargoes intended for' the
ties oldest "citizens and was well' Transvaal republic to the neutral
known. I port of Delagoa Bya.
On-last Sunday night at 8:45 .' '
o'clock Mr. John Whitt.died at
his residence on Depot Street.
Mr. WRitt had reached a ripe old
.ige, having passed his TUth birth
day last June. He was a consci
entious Christian gen tlemSn,-"having
been a member of Mill Greek
Baptist Church for about forty
years. He was buried at Mill
Creek burying" grounds, the ser
vices being conducted by Revs.
D. F. Putnam.- J. H. Bass7 and
Mr. T. H. Street. . II i leaves, a.
wife, three sons and two daugh
ters., , y
What About It. .
Many, many of you have for
gotten about those ''little remind
ers' which we sent you a few
weeks ago. Please. give this mat
ter, your attention, for at the pre
sent price of white paper and the
high cost of every t'hing which -it
takes to make a paper we just can
not carry' these matters indefinite
ly'. Call to see us, or if this is
not convenient, ju3t put a one dol
lar bill in an envelope and give it
to your R. F, D. carrier and' we
.will get it all right. . Do it today.
Rubber,' V cargoes destined ; " for
American firms and held in Eng"
lish.ports41robahly.will le releas
ed, soon orV purchased by Great
Britain, whichlheedsWuch rubber
for the manufacture of tires, bed
blankets and boots. J
gress between1 the allies ' and the
n eu tral Eu roiean qou nt ries situat
ed near Germany looking to a
tightening of the- . export ' regula-
wpunded 35,000 captu red .
kServiaTotal , casualties, 170,
000? sard by Austria to have been
captured; 80,000.
;r:Germany50;OoO killed,. 850,
OOOHvounded, 400,000 missing
AustriaTotal casualties, 1,503-000,-
of whom 160,000 have killed.
X&rtSk Expense.
;;,Great BTitain225,000,000 a
month, or: $1,25,000,000 at the
end of the year. ,
; Fince $300,000,000 a month,
a (jbfifof $1,S0Q,000,000.
Moriah News.
The holidays ,were unusually
dull in . this section as . King Cold
reigned-supreme. 1 t - . - -
Mr. D 0,-Oliandrer of the Stein
section has movedto lr. Q: G.
Humphries.---., - '
Mr. Luther Duke and Miss An:
nie Peed were married last second !
Sunday ;p. m.
Mr. Cole Copley and Miss 'Vio
la Hill were married during the
holidays. 1 y ''
'On last Thursday morning Airs.
C. G. Williford breathed her last
at the home of her mother Mrs.
Lucy Meadows. She had'beeri liv
ing in Diuham for ,a niunberyof
years Being -in- declining health
she was carried to her mother's
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last June and was never able to
return to her home. She leaves to
mourn her death a husband, moth
er, brother and sister,'; besides a
host of relatives arid friends. -
a New ear's Gift.to ;
: Bushy Fork High School.
On the first day of the year; Mr.
V. RL Wilkeison": (a vmember of.
Bushy Fork High School Commit-,
tee) tffoiv his wood saw to the school 1
grounds and by aid of other pub-" -lic
spirited patrons, got : together?,. .
and sawed about1 twenty loads of
wood for the Use of tliQ high school.-h:V
Tliis is a Nevv Year Gift ;6:,
which any school should be proud, -because
it means a saving of time
for. the boys and teachers. -Not m- :
y this,' but it inspires the teacher)..
to do tier jevei oest, to snow tnat
such-a cooperative and interested-- V j
oouv oi- uati'ous is .-JjauKiuir nie
school with which slscbrinect-r'
ed. , . - 2-
-Constant negotiatipns are in pro-; ' r?J!j!fc?0,000,000 a month a
n
and Austria through - neighboring'
countries other than Italy.
A loosening of the regulations
applying to. American cargoes, it
is said 'by British officials, will de
pend largely on the assurances re-
-
ceived from neutral countries that
they will not assist in supplying
Germany, Austria and 'Turkey
with munitions of war. -
Rev. R. C. Beaman Wed- .
ded Miss Mattie Clements.
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Rev. R. Q. Beaman, former
presiding elder of the -Durham"
district, now pastor' "of the First
Methodist church at Henderson,
was married Friday afternoon to
MissJMattie Clements of that city
at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Smith
at Farmville, at 5:30 o'clock. ' ,
Following the marriage,. Rev.
and Mrs. Beaman left for a bridal
tour through Florida. . They, will
beat liome in Henderson after
January 40. .
Mr, Beamanrfived in Durham a
number of years and his marriage
will be quite a -surpusey to irends
here-. - v' ; "
totalof $1,750,000,000.
Gennany-$300,000,00 a month
a4 total of $1,'500,OPO,000 at home,'
in' addition, to payitfg the expenses
AustriarEstimajd to total 51--
000,000,000.
In addition, all !the warring na
tions are said to have lost perhaps
as mUch as they have spent by the
paral.yzati.oh of commerce and in
dustry. Owing to this tremendous
cost, financial Authorities say that
the war must 'end within the next
five months.-
YOU CANNOT HAVE "GOODLUCK" IN FINDING
GOOD TCO'-S UNLESS YOU VSE GOOD JUDGEMENT
AND GO TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM. COME; '
TO US AND YOU WILL MAI1E NO MISTAKE.
OUR TOOL DEPARTMENT, IS A PRIDE. WITHv-USV '
LONG ENPERIENCE IN BUYING HAS GIVEN US; THE r
edg" CN.THE TOOL BUSINESS OF THIS TO WN;U
BUY! YOURS FROM US . -iv'-' C
Mitchells-Monument
';-' Entirely Destroyed.
Asheville, Jan. , 3. TJnknowji
parties dynamited and entirely' de
stroyed the monument to Prof.
Elisha Mitchell, erected ' on, the
top of Mt. Mitchell,; the ; latter
part of last; week, according toad
vices reaching, Asheville today;
PThe monument J "which - was ,com- $
posed af a mixture. of ' bronze tandj
lead, was reduced to a shapeless
Vu in. The ou trage is1 - believed to
have been v the work of foreigners
employed by a k lumber company
working on thp' side of .s Mt. - Mit
chelLv who objectedto the actions
of one of the foremen , and, : think
ing the monument , thVproperty of
the' cotnpany destroyed jt. li-
Carolina Light and Power Co.
For some time the Carolina
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Light & Power Co. have been .at
work installing their line-so as to
furnish power for the cotton mills
and light for the town. This
work has been done at a very lar
ge expense and should, pnd we
hope,-will mean much to the town
for it should enable users to se
cure lights . and power at more
reasonable rates. In the past
light and power has been furnish
ed by. a private 'corporation, po w
er generated by steam, and being
confined to a small business it was
not-expected thai we should have
as good-raters as other larger
towns, but now. th'af we are hook
edon to a large corporation, vsaid
corpo ration :being able to expend
more than one hundred thousand
dollais in getting in touch with
our livejittle burg, we are in a
position to.expect and receive the
same: price as is charged by this
Company in Other towns.
J a 1 1 1 1 " 'i: J t
ot kmaness snown us, aunng tne
illness find death of bur dear hus-1
band and father! We assuie them ',
that, their.kihdnesses will never, be
forgotten.'-. Especially do .we , re- :
member those who sat by his bed - ,
side and" t ministered to v him
Institute-Miss Mattie of BowdenJ through the long anxious hoursof '
the nights. - It was a source of ;
(Yiviii f wn crtl o 5 rn fk'i'C!l fliia carl
. A Card of Thanks.
AVe wish .to express our sincere
toanks to Our friends and heigh-bors-of
Roxboro and surrounding
The remains were laid to rest inJCUmmUnitv for their: many deeV- -
the family burying ground the
following day.
,Mr. .Edwin Cothran of Durham
and Miss Mabel 'Cothtan of Little
ton , College spent the ..'holidays
with home folks. -
Mr. Gorman. Rigs of JVhitsett
, " " " . - , v ; ;
hour. Mrs. Mary' Pointer and
Daughters
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tjrau andlMissiEffie of the Eastern
part of the state, s spent "the holi
days with parents Mr. . and Mrs.
B. V. Riggs.'
Miss Eula Turner has returned 1
to. rimbei'lake' where slwilfoiTen I"' . Moved'To Town. , . !;
her school agajn. And- Miss " Hat j . J..K- Harris and family bf Hur
tie left for the Teacher Traini lg i die Mills, have leased the residence- .
Cdljege at Greenville "C. where on'orth Main Street belonging tos.-:
she ,wll resume her studies.';-' L.;DV.eaz and have ;moyed',in.A ,
these f'gqddV
and "know.".'
Miss Odel Nelmsof Stem snent 0Lir : wm accpra em
several days with friends around hearty welcome., '
Monau. Mrs. C. M. Clavtonr - I ' . -
I Mr. W. T. Clayton of Route
Mnjama Pixley spent Sunday Jas ? voJcome caller at this .
with his parents at Woodsdale.
-
uurnam spent several days . vis it- (m;tfl wnnlp totown
1ri( M.mni,, t t v.v" good people to .-town,
m i'U'Ji II Jl . bUll. .
office Monday.
MttmmsmmmmmmwBssm
EasSBQGfiiJEES
SUPCESSFUL.
CLOTHES-
REMEMBER
OUR HARDWARE ; STANDS HARD
A.'
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; : Surprise . Marriage. ;
: On last Thursday evening at the
home of the bride's parents In the
riresence of . the immediate' famil v
MissInez Cheet became ..the wife
of Mn D. W.iLedbetter, Rev. 0.
F. Pu tnam v performing '. tlie . cere-f
mo'ny., The1 happy couple left on
S. C; and other points south.
. The brideis 'the-daughter of Mr.
and MrsVE.,1). Cheek," and is one
of the most popular': of the: young
set,cwhile the groom is . a : Very.
IJiomismg young ousmess man,
being themanager ptthe Morris-
Telephone QoJ They, have 4 the
;i best wishes of a large , concourse
Mob Lynched Two- ,
. Negroes Last right.
Montgomery, 'Ala,-yJan.' 4 Ed
and WjlLSmithvngroes, arrested
arid accused of implication in the
assassination of -.R." ,.A, Stillwell, l Qff nendsl
hnlFInrinrA' rmnrV 1 farmpr- ln;ti '
Thursday,- were lynched near We- j - K: Merdenack and wife
.tumpaa'eariMQnday.momifig-by-hospentthe.holjdaysJnCharles
a mob of IS dr'more mrsrd mpn ton, S.' C, diave returned home,
vfcHELP- MAKE A MAN
SUCCESSFUL-
VO0 WANT-TO BE A SUGCESS. DON'T VOU?
WELL. YOU HAUE NO CHOICE ABOUT .'.ITS YOU.
MUST PUT ON A fGOOD FRONT" TO SUCCEED!
r TROUSERS WORN AT THE BOTTOM. LAST
WINTER'S ' OUERCOAT, A FRAYED NECKTIE, A
, A TORN COLLAR OR . A "SEEDY" HAT HAS KEPT
: MANY A GOOD MAN DOWN. JUST BECAUSE HE
NEUER THOUGHT ABOUT, HOW NECESSARY IT IS
fo dress well" ; , f - V -.C i'f. ;r;- C;
A THE MAN YOU WORK FOR OR THE MAN YOU
; ASK FOR A JOB DOESEE HOW YOU LOOK. : ;
BUY OUR CLOTHES: YOU. WILL GET "UP-
RIGHT 1 CLOTHES -f OR , . "DOWN-RIGHT' LOW
fRICES. - C :.; L';v '?:''-. ' :T
: MR. ALBERT RODEMAN WILL BE HERE NEXT
SATURDAY . MONDAY: AND" if UESD AY . WITH
STRAUSE AND BROS.. SPRING LINE; OF SAMPLES
TO TAKE YOUR MEASURE FOR SPRING SUITS. :
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