STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
COMBAT BROUGHT TO
; BRITIAN'S FRONT DOOR
r.i..-'
Of the Bank . of RoxboroTen
Per Cent Dividend . Declared. British Interests ' and Military
, On last Saturday the s'tockhold-, Activities Have Been," Over
rs of the Bank of Roxboro met
in their eleventh annual meeting.
The stock was largely represented
and they were all gratified at the
magnificent showing made by the
officers.
All of the old directors were re
elected save Mr. W. T. Daniel,
who declined Mr. David Long
was elected to fill his place. All of
the old officers were re-elected, the
stockholders very wisely decided
that they could hardly do better
than to retain the present manage
merit.
A 10 per cent difiderid was de
clared making 120er cent which
had been paid to the original own
ers of this stock since the organ
isation of cii3 b.m'c.
It was very gratifying to the
stockholders to find that the de
posits hid held up so well during
'he year. 7,
This makes $0,oOO.vthe tvo
hanks -here have paid out this year
md shows conclusively that these
two institutions are worthy of
your hearty support. v If you
have any money, laying around in
Ad stockings bring it in and put
it in the bank and let it be doing
itmething for you.
Miss Winstead Enter
tains Embroidery Club.
Miss Cora Winstead charmirfgly
shadowed 1 Temporarily. by
, rThis. Vessels Torpedoed by
Germans Largest That - Have
; et Fallen Victims
. , London, Feb; -1 . Once -. again
British interests and military ac
tivities on the Continents has been
overshadowed momentarily by the
fact that Germany ; has brought
the combat to Great Britian's
front door. What is regarded here
as, the new German Policy of the
submarine blockade of British
ports is temporarily effectual at
least in the case,6f Belfast where
saihrgs ha vebeeh suspended.
Liverpool authorities, however,
announce that no interruption in
trade of that port is contemplated.
. The two British merchant steam
ers torpedoed by i.he Germans off
Havre are the larger tcommercial
Vessels that hiive.Rsei'r'allen .vic
tims' to the German: submarines;
the three ships sunk - in the Irish
sea were small coasters.. ' ,
It is believed the raider is main
taining himself so - far' from his
base by removing food and fuel
from frieght vessels before he
sinks; them.
Reports of Russian operation
over a vast area continues to come
from the Continent. The- Russian
occupation of Tarbnz in Persia
has been confirmed.
In the Carpathians, sharp tightr
ing took place Sunday in the fov-
i -
entertained Friday evening in hon
or of the Idle rsEih broidery Club: " 'e5t, whem tlie, Russians are striv-
The ladies prize, "a; lovely bx' of.
stationary was won byMiss Ruth
Hester. The gentlematis prize, a
pair of silk hose fell to th lot of
Mr. Merrimond Winstead.
After the game was finished a
delicious salad course .was served
followered by cream and cake and
mints. ' i
Several vocal selections by Miss
Winstead and Mr. Joe 1 Pointer
added much to the pleasure of the
evening. More than thirty ; guests
enjoyed Miss Winstead 's hospital
ity. They all voted her a great
ing,tOiretaiipmiuari(J:df thgisisis
Berlin says , the situation in all
parts of, tlie Carpathian ; theatre of"
war is favorable; r ,
Vienna reports' the lesumption
of hostilities in East Prussia after
a period of quiet enforced :by the
floods. In France and Flanders, te
situation show no striking change.
The Allies' armv will be large
ly re-'inforced with new troops in
the next fortnight. ,
German Submarine Seen Off
Southpqrt,' England.
London, Feb. 1. A message re-
' T ' . Society News, ; v
Friday afternoon' the' 23rd Mrs.
B. E. ,Love 'was ; hostess 8 to i the
Friday Afternoon ' Pleasure Club
at her attractive new home"; on
Mam Street s There were twenty1
four pi iVersilrs; W. C; Watkms'
was given the Visitors '.prize and
Mrs. Harry , Winstead woh ' the.
club jprize: Mrs. Love was as
sisted b her mother, - Mrs.- C'ol
and hep aunt, Mrs.Hendersonih f
looking after her 'guests. A deli-;
cious salad and sweet ; 'course : was
served.-' -Mrs..Z;V.; Gwynnwill
bev hostess to' the next meeting of
the club at her home in Duiham.
Tuesday afternoon " the,-; 9 ih
Mrs. H. S. Morton was hostess to
tlie Twice Eight Club and' 'a'D um
ber of other friends. ' Places were
found by attractive score cardsV
After an interesting period of
rook playing cards were'put .aside
and the hostess,' assisted, by -Slss
Myrtle Barhett, served a delicious
salad course, block '.cream and
cake. Each guest was presented
with a pink carnation...- t -
, tr. and Mrs ME, Long
tertained the i Bridge Club"- on
Tuesday' evening tbe 19thnVAll;of
the members, were present except
one. Tliere were ho visitors.
After many interesting games Mr.
ana Mrs. long, assisteajoy-lurs
Teague, ser red cream with fresh
strawberries and .cake. ,
SUPERIOR COURT
IN SESSION
Judge : Daniel Presiding Many
Cases Disposed of. : -
rvThesFebruary term "of Superior
Court convened Monday; -.morning
wlth;JudgeFrank A." Daniel . pre
sidmgand Sol. Sam M. Gattis pros'5
ecutihgl Judge C.M.Cbok, whVis
presiding over courts in this - dis
trict,', was unable1 to come to Rox
boro on accohht of - illness v in his
family. . ... v;. ;.
"Judge' Daniel's charge to the
grand 'jurr was of an unusualsort,
but "most interesting,- and fc was
heard, by a large crowd. He called
tile attention of the . jury to the
necessity ; 9f the; enforcement of
the; prohibition law. i 4 - . A
'Mr; R. Hi Bailey was made fore
men. of the grand jury, i v ' Tr
J A good mahy minor cases and
submission have been tried during
the first two days. . t ; 1
r-'-Luthef "McOain' was- indicted
r Tuesday for perj u ry and wds
found tnbt guilty.'1" He was. later
found guilty of carrying a conceal-
. ' Married.
' . ; On . last ' Thursday evening; at
6:30,.p; m., Mr. N:C. Ciissell add
MissTrene, Murray were married,
Eev.p,' ;F. vPu tnamf pe r f o rmirig
the1, marriage ; they lef t oh.tlie north
bound train for Roanoke, Ta., the
hbinq of, tKe grodmyhese young
people' are'promloent in Roxboro
sociarci'rcles and" ; have "the best
wishes of their irjends. r
Yesterday Ground : Hogi Day.
. . i esterday was "ground hog (J ay
and according to tradition he saw
his shadow and;, retreated ,to - His
winter quarters andl will . remam
there Vf ore- f ortr-, . days: during
which time there will be mo re Veal
wiuter weather-; It your coal piie
is running-low jqu had justa wfill
see Mr. Pass, the coal inan,- and
; Mr. Freeland in Charge;
"As .will be noted ;n; another col-"-
umn Mr. r. I. r reeiana nas caKen
oyer the repair,, business of the
Long Motor Car Co.vahd. will have
pnt.ifA rinntrni nf this-Artd s of the.
business. Hethoroughly- ;iinder-r-
sfandc t.hicnKncinpcs ji.nHv-vn ."will
receive prompt and satisfactory v
ifttehtion when" voii : carrv vour .
vaiatiu JJtUVCl OCU?-v ilttu ;ju "
and have your car overhauled while
it is idle,-"for when the sun: shines "a
few,days;ydu will waJitogetitout '
ed Lweapom'A fine of $lo.00 being
lmposed on, him Messrs. Carver
and -Winstead4 arid m. C Winstead
represented. the defendant. : .
Henry Jones,' indicted for sell
ing whiskey . .Jury'; took "case 4
o'clock'Tiiesda afternoon and up
untif-late last night had not'' ren-
r i .it .-
uoreu verdict:-;;
f uis Bradsher was .-given two
year v and' six months in r the peni
lei.t iry,'beingrfounb! guilty of
ct t assaaltAvith intent' to. kill
Wednesday afternoon herRe-'
search Club metith Mrs!?p.
Dunhp.'.. Out of the sixteen mrii-;
bersall were present except ..ona.
MrsrW; -CrBflltoek? vas ine'fest
ihg leaderfor 'th' lesson stuy
Roll call was! answered by I cu r-7
rent events .on Mexico, Mrs.
Dunlap, assisted by Miss Alma
Owen, served a., salad- and sweet
course. Little Miss Mary Mar
shall Dunlap served'?- delightful
home made mints. '''
ma iarcncy. :
-cA srood liianv-cason dth&Msivil
docket will 'be tried this week. We
will publish a complete . list Jof
cases tned.in our next issue.
. Visiting attorneys this week are;
Judge Graham; jasper Turner and
i.'Cl Winstead. . ' '
success as a hostess and hope sho. . Southport says that a German sub
will entertain again real soon. .'marine, supposedly UV21, was seen
Roxboro, Jan. 30. .. - : off there early tuts morning.
Southport is a seaside resort, 18
miles from Liverpool.
Six more weeks of winter ;
weather, f t
Mrs. Lillian' Foreman enterT
tained the I'wice-Eight' Club and
many other guests on Friday !f af
ternoon. Mrs, Guy ..Simpson of
Durham was guest of honor. There
were five tables of six' handed
rook: The hostess : assisted , by-
M r. Carlton, Mr.:Tai madge Long
and AIi-s. Lunsford served1 a salad
course, cream Vand-J cake. Little
crochet baskets filled with -mints
were given as'souveneirs..
tTwT Go?. T?S
m --. . . v- -r--. ,r- -.. un it ; t Uiar ..'a - - av
-it
CARPENTERS;
, WHEN YOU BUY OUR TOOLS ONCE. YQU. WILL
TRY NO.' OTHERs YOU WILL FIND OURS GOOD: t
, Saturday afternooe Mrst R. J.
Teague: entertained a few friends
at her home in v honor ."of Mrs
Sloan of Xock Haven, Pa. Bridge
was played at three, tables,- those
playing were JMesdanies Sloan, de
VlamingV Dunla'p, ;Love, : Burns,
Thomas,; Earl Bradsher," B. R;
Long, J. A;,Ldrig;"Jrii and J ;W.
Noell. The . hostess '-served grape
1' i' Z V.. V - '
iruic .ana a saiau course. ,f ' r
' - - - s
One sof the parties occurred
oaturaay .aiternoon . wnen viurs.
Lillian-! Foreman;5, entertained sa
number of " young ladies, of t the
town'. Rok " was - played - atv.six
tables and . several ..hours -were
ell proved most 'skillful and. was
awarded the prize; lovely ; pink'
roses . " The cloWof the afternoon
was marked .by the serving :'6f an
elegant; two-course lunch.'; , Dainty
little . Violet baskets filled with
.mints were given as souveneirs
MrPixley With AYcidy, Long
J ?-, ' ' & ' ' Morton!! t , , '
j Mr. Elmar.PixIe7 has accepted a
position ith aiess Woody :Lohg
& Mj6rton:and cordial jy.f invftes his
friends to come", to the exclusive
.clothing and gents furnishirig.store
when you want anything' gen
tleme'rfs attire. - d-
Items From Mill Creek, Route 1.
.-t (The weather nasbeeh, so rough '
ror tne past rour weess tnat iarm
ers can't do much' work; 'I ,.think
they wiil thrive betteh if they .will
plant more corn rand less tobacco j
and raise more wheat, I then they ,
can live at nome ana ooara ai me .
same piace., 1 ,
rl The many friends 1 of ' Mr. - "WV .
i.: oiaugnter, wno nas oeeu cnu-
caiiyimor ine pabi four weeKs, ..
fVof lit l'e i'm:. :
p'Voying. AVe hope he ili- socn
be up and well again.1. 'V;"" ; - ,
The young people of ;this sec-,
tion seem to t. he Shaving-, a oolly
time this rough bad weather. ; -
sm...V-.r;x!.'vI;lIu.v,laav4ctuI-
edto her' work aVlaytoh;f 'Long;
&. Long5s ' after Spending ; a. few
weeks' at the bedside of her father,
Mr,"W.-T. Slaughter. Daisy.'- ;
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IJL.MUni'ilf Li'H' Jf't.J U.'JH. ..jmi
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. A Busy Man.
Since .'the resignation of Mr. M;
0.:Winstead Mr., J.; Melvin 0'-
Briant has been 'actings yMr. Ov
B riant might well be called a busy
man for, aside from - making his
daily bread as clerk in a hardware
store, -he is' Couhty Coroner, mem
ber of the Board of Town Com-
missioners, chief of tfie fire depart
ment, State tire inspector.for Koxf
bord, member of several commit
tees for looking after the 'interests
of the town, and lastly; though by
no means least, acting Mayor; Yes
he is -a busy man.-
' Window Display; - 1
The shbw windows at th store '
of M r. A; Li pshitz iwe re beau ti f ul-
ly decorated .'this week , for his ,
white goods saIe.:JRarely, ;af ever,
have" we'-seen. a . window v here so
' i I- ' , ' , v
beautifully t arranged, -l , while the
stbre onlie inside: had the . every
appearance of Vthe . . city stores.
This special sale is something nevv
with our. merchants ana the man
ner in which ihe sale yyas patron-
ized ,by the ladies is evidence con
clusive ,ftiat the' Jadies ot - Rox-
t boro appreciate;ru p-to-date meth-
i'.Th'e . Schumann Ouintetl 4 rA
C high classlDrchestra : concert..
musical eiitertainment that the
, average man or woman can : eh-'
Joy. The Only entertainment of
: - the year for Roxboro! ;Tf you :
f dori!t hear itj3you
lvyheii you :jh;;yoluneiighbpr.
telling about it'V
.
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AT THE: AUDITORIUM
5.iPeopleEia6H"mAirti8S!
1,1 t i r
4 V
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EVERYBODY:
WHEN YOU BUY OUR HARDWARE ONCENO
MATTER WHAT IT MAY BE.. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE
OUR CUSTOMER; J OUR HIGH-GRADE HARDWARE
AND LOW PRICES BRING CUSTOMERS 3ACTO US
EmyBfedslier;' Goo
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5 ' ir
Miss Ireta Noell ;was iiostess to
the Girls Embroicery Cluf Mon
day evening in honor of her house
guest, vMiss : Margaret :Ivey. of
Nashville, Tenh. J: . -
Important;
'All parties owing me will please
come up at once and settle. All
who can conveniently do so will
please' meet me on Saturday the
- :Two Splendid Sermons.'
f 'Last Sunday Rev.' y. W.: Peele,
Headmaster .of Trihty Park vHigh
School j of .oDurham ' preached in
the Methodist church here. -Rarely
hav -we heard vtwov, sermons
1 t I l-- j 1 ill
more .nigniy compnmeniea inan
the sermorisi preached rby .him on
lalst Sunday He was greeted by a
large congregation at the -morning
service; and at; the evening service
all, who heard him in the morning
.were on hand with their friends to
hear him. He will always be greet-
? -e "
ed by a large . audience ; when he
comes this way. ,- " ':
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I- rEXAMINE-.0UR?f;? ; r - ' ?v; K -;
. . rf?-- RUGS';-, :iiL. S i
When yoii want anything : in
the grocerylihe, don't fail to see
Hugh Woods. Everything to cat
for man c.rA ber.st.
ALL RUGS-THAT LOOK ALIKE ? DOtJ'T IVEAR
ALIKE; OR HOLD THEIR COLOR. THE RUGS WE
SELL'ARE THE UEIIV BEST OF THEIR lUIJD. : ; :;
WE HAUE A BIG STOCK OF RUGS WHICH WE
ARE OFFERING. AT CUT PRICES. : .
JC"V $30 RUGS FOR $22.50. .?? i -ViA
$25 RUGS FOR $20. : . ,
17 RUGS FOR 14. . ' :
o nnre erin a V''
u iwuwi i wi y -
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.To L :S i
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6th, Mrs. Pallia Yanr-y IV