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VOL. XXXII; ; :
THE MASS MEETING
WAS HELD SATURDAY.
On Last Saturday Evening The 1
Mass Meeting . Was Largely 1
Attended and Favor Ah Hec Regtom7fW.X
tion for Bonds. : V ; -WashingtonrD; C.', eb 15. -Pursuant
to the'" call - published 'Details oC.the Panama carnival
in these columns last ' week ;the rriot in which a Panama policemah
citizens of Roxboro townsh1p'
auiereu in nie court -uuuse cn
last Saturday evening for the. pur -
pose of taking steps 'to1 secure
some good roads legislation'. There
was a good crowd present and
great enthusiasm shown,v and
when a vote was taken;-to. see what
the sense of the-meetitig was as ta
calling, an election to Vote on the
-question of seventy.T?fiv:thou$ftnd
dollar bond issufey there' was
hardly a dissentingote.r: X,.
The meeting was called to order
by mRking r. C. B.5 Bfrooks
chairman. He took charge of : the
meeting, stating the object, etc.'
hort.talks were made by.lseerifl
who were interested ingodd roads'
and if the' cnthusiasmmahifested
is any sign there!, is little doubt
that this township will vote the
:asuc When it. is remembered
that this township voted, for the
previous 'issue by lOSfmajority 'it
does seem that there should not
be even a possibility .of a failure
it this time in fact there ; is ho.
t'oubt in the minds of any one
ave those who voted' against it
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before, and we are glad to; r say a
goodly number of those hava seen
their error and will vote ';for. the
'-sue at,tenext:ejeny t
Xow altogether J and lets : . take
iViis irood old County put.ot that
list which shows not a. Jtoile: ufi
)od roads in'the County 'We
cm do it and we believe the farm
ers are going to fall, in line and
cee that it is done.
Series Of Sermons.
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Rev. D. F. Putnam, pastor of
the Baptist Church, announced
last Sunday.night 'that he would
preach here every Sunday nights
Heretofore he has been, preaching
the second ai.d fourth- Sundays,
morning and night, but in tliefujone thousand pbiinds, one 280, 340
tare he will preach every'- night', land 412.1-2. He is one , who ac
Beginning next Sunday night he Itually liVes at home, ;.' Raising" His
-vvill commence a series f ermons 'owi meat. and ' bread, ;feed stuff
on the life of Jacob. All are cor- (for his cattle and Some to'seli. We
dially invited to hear these ser'
mons.
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WE HAVE BUILT UP OUR, BUSINESS BY, NEVER ,
RUNNING DOWtf THE QUALITY OF OUR HARDWARE
AND BY ALWAYS CHOPIG TE PRICES OWN AS
LOW AS THE BEST STUFFC AN UNSOLD FORiJ-V'
WE ; DO NOT; MISREPRESENT: ANYATHINGWE
SELL; OUR HARDWARE TAND$ HARD-WEAR AND
MAKES GOODWHEN, YOU BU ' Wrfy&'g?
' WE ASK YOU :j6 DEAL : iyiTH US JUST ONCE?
OUR VALUE WILL BRING YOU BACK vAGrAIN: AND
. AGAIN.! v 8 -V
PANAMANS FIREPW i ; ;
: . ' OPON -MgRlCANS
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Soldfers Were Unarmed When
Mob and Police Began to Use
was killed and twenty-five persons,
.cweucy - uiree. American -soldiers
and civilians, were wounded Sat-
urdayvcame to the Department to
day in, a report from Krig. Gen.
Clarencei Edwards, commanding
the Canal Zone garrison. . '
; ll the, wounded are expected to
recoyervthe Veneral said, and no
f uie:troubIels;e):pected. He ex-
plained that the1 Americans, all un
armid,'. were fired on by police and
a mob after individual altercations
had precipitated a general row
!The Voldiers were'witliout arms
tlians, were fired1 oii by th0-Pana-mnx
police ,an$ mbb.withr Reming
ton refles, .with bayonets fixed,
and with high powered, cartridges
and pistols A few soldiers took
small 22-calibre target rifles from
"a nearby shooting :galleryj:in the
tenderloin and. fired a few;" snots,
hev were immediately - disarmed
by -.Lieutenant Edge Hy, who turn
ed them oyer; to theV polfce and
then summoned all hon:commis
sioned officers, and with : a'small
provost guard, Jockedarms and
pushed .all soldiers, and - American's J
pacK:-iiie pqiice ana movuioyeq
ing. ana, trrc wing rocKS, v . tnougn
there ;weie no arfswering shots
from the unarmed Americans, I
have forbidden soldiers during the
remaining days of tiie 'Giirnival to
Visit the, city of Panama; !; Proba
bly alf wounde1 . soldiers"vill get
we'll. Do not anticipate : further
trouble." " ' ' ' - -
Living At Home.
;;)Y"e enjoyed a : pleasant calF
fiom.Mr. V. R. .Blalock of Route
1. , He says ,. he ;has. just .kiHed
three hogs' which' weighed .oyer
since rely.wish tVere were moxe of
of ..any l$nd, " WieY rjj po rt says.
"AmeriMUis, bliieiVand ci v-
r...7nis type ui tne wouuiy.; ' , . .
war zone cont in yEs;
TO BE THE BIG TOPIC
The Report That American Am
bassador Gerard Has h Been
Requested to Meet;:Empefor
William 8t .Once on the East1
ern Battlefront is Taken Here
. That BerKn Wil;Make k
:;:PromptRepiy;
" London, Feb, --Germany's jde
claration of a -war zone aboit ihe
British Isle still is . an absorbi ng
topic, for the English v hews,papei
and public '. and ' dispatches - 'from,
the continent "indicate - that7. Ger
many is equally interestd;: : j
; The report that American Am
bassador, - Gerard ihad ;been:Vre
quested to meet.Einpferor Wiljiami
ai. once on ine eastern Dawie ironi
A".
should jpreveh t ttieuse; o the: Am
erican flag' by Great Britain indi
strict observationpf,the declara
tion of London as the best- guar
aniee ror me saiety or American
shipping. At the samex"; time tte
Germans argue that submarThes
cannot be" expected to search hos
tile merchantmen bef oredestrof 7
ingthem.;';. v"' -vy' r?? v
The English press ihsista"on re
garding the note to Germany' aTa
.virtual ultimatum. it rdoesnot
attempt to forecast Great Britain's
reply- to; theWash,ilgtbn; com
munication regarding the use", . 6f.
clare that Great Britain ;cannot
forego her claim to the right ; to
use neutral flags, in case' of, neces
sity. '
An. indication that, England re
gards the German threat as some
thing more than a bluff . is found
in; the fact that liners: are coming
to British ports with -their life
boats flung out, watered and pro-
visioned. No disposition has
been made of the cargo of ,theJ
American steamer. WilhelmeniJ
which uow claims' to be under
voluntary joint guardianship of
the British foreign office and the
American Ambassador.
Unusual heavy artillery duels,
according tb reports front both
sides are proceeding in Belgium
but definite new-s is lacking: : r
In East Prussia the Germans
'are still advancing except at Lyck
where the Russians '. claim advan
tage. Vienna, reports that v the
Austrians are ' still advancing in
Bukowina; 'In the center, of i the
long eastern battle ffront . quiet,
apparently,- prevails with no chan
ge in the;relatve, position. ; ' ;
Death of Two Good Women.
On last Wednesday Mrs. James
Yancey died at the home of 1 her
husband near Flat River Church;
She was, buriedAat. Antioch; on
Thursday. , Mrs. ' Yancey , had
been afflicted for many years, un
able to walk, but . for the past
vpar shft had been verv much im
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provea. ,a- snort. xime .since
"v0 " , T ; -
nnrca wnipn cno nrae -nnuinir run:
away and threw her , but of the
ouggy, ana irom tins acciaeni sne
never recovered, -r V Vs .
Oh last Friday night, Mrs.-S.
A. Clayton died at her home;, and
was buried at Mill ; Cree,k on Sun
day evening. .; MrsClayton was
over 70 years old, and was a most
loving and loveable character; and
will be sadly missed in hercom-
munity.'?: She was an especial
f riehd;bf The Courier and we shall
mis her cheerful' visits. ': ;
-For the Second Tim:
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v - Mr A. -Xipshiiz. will ' leaveythe
latter part of this .week for the
Northern- markets to purchase
I goods for his j store this making
the second tin: 3 this season, owing
is" taken ; here that Berjiwil!
promptly: makef;a' , repl,y:f the
AmencahnoiVAA
' CKlanS'.Dlentjtg.' pti the
situation, insist' that1 : Waslungton
AEROPLANE IN
MAIDEN COMBAT
Two f French 1 Aeroplanes and
German Armored Monoplane.
' ;Dunkirk, France. " Feb. 9.' A
fight between two French " aero
planes and one 6f J the new .."ar
v;.
mored" German .monoplanes.-, a
type which has" only . -recently -be
gun. to appear on the northwestern
front, is described in a letter from'
a French officer. He writes:
"For half aq hour the black
Taube.had been describing infern
al circles over mir lines, while our
men crouclied in their trenches,
covering w Lth their bo( i es Jjiay 0
nets, mess-tins and Everything else
whose; glittering surface might be
tray their positions.1 1 alone stood
up, observing the enemy , through
my field glasses. 4 . l .
Suddenly a French airman era
erged. from ,a cloud above the
Taube; The dry bark ot a mitraif
leuse announced thai the' i'i'encij
iras attacking. The Taube turned
tail without 'replying, but only to
return to the battle. - ! ; .
. , "Then the two great birds charg
ed Kead-ohvFrom below it seemed
that they must meet in a terrible
shock. Nothing of the sort; the
i3erman passed a little above tlk
t? : u" ' ii, ' " '
H I'fltiflh m n - fha mnn una . mine
Frenchman, the machine guns
spoke. Carried apart by the.speed
of their charge, like knights in. a
tourney, they swept about m great
circles to renew the combat. '
"The: French man ."hovered and
waited;, . the v adversary ' returned
quickly
aiekly wtbtevermiadevies?"
ying1- above, then 'below,vthe
fl.v
Frenchman,-firing when he' could;
while the ' Frenchman seemingt&
remain almost 'stationary, repjied
with energy. " .. . , ' -f
"In the trendies our red-pajta-
looned soldhrs and the spike-hel-
meted Germans alike, suspended;
swiping operations and' followed
that death struggle with equal'-em
otion: An involuntary' 4AhI' broke
from a thousand; throats as a bi
plane emerged " from the same
cloud that had hidden ithe French
mon oplane, , and the Taube tu rned
to flee.
"But the: :FrehCh mononlane
pursued, and it had, the advantage
here, for the German aeroplane,
being armored, was too heavy for
high spfeed. The , French, machine
quickly passed the fugitive, forc
ed it to turn and come again to
ward the. French line, where the
biplane was awaiting. .it. It passed
near the latter ( and again - there
was the bark of guhs,.but appar
ently, without decisive result;'.'-". ;
' 'Again the French monoplane
returned to1 the. charge. ' Flying
high over its adversary, it sudden
ly dived tyeadlong.upon it, seemed
to touch it and then mounted
again gracefully in the air. V.
. "At a dizzy speed the Taube,
mortally wounded, fell almost ver
tically into the- German . lines. "
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Dpenc ine yy eeK cna. r.
Henry Jones; who was if puhd
guilty of retailing and; sentenced
tome roaas ror seven montns las
.1 - - . ' , .1 t i1
week, was carried, out to the cham1
gang and turned over to Superin
tendent Moore last Friday-even-in,:
On .Monday he took his de-
parture ana leit np aaaress, nence
Mr;; Moore is unable to communi
cate vvith i himV Don't: know
whether it, was the fare, the, hours
or the confinement but evidently.
things w'erelnot ' to his: liking as
he only spent the week-end. -;. ,
War Will Keep Laird ;;
I .1 ,T"-iV .otSHbo. in America;
.NW.Yoriebl 9-lFor the first
time in: mary summers Andrew
Carnegift will not spend his vaca
tion at Sybo Cactle his : Scotland
estate. Ho said tcdr.y that" because
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. Valentine Party
. Miss ' Eglantine Merritt was
hostess last Saturday.evening at a
pretty Valentine part3;.J given , at
VJL'- L I:-- it ;V U-v v-
ubij nome on xuain street. . - j, -.
v Qn 'entering the guests were
niet ahd introduced by the hostess
a$ftedNby Uss -'Louise Thonlp -
spn,r and delicious punch was serv
ea .by 'Miss Marion deVlamingarid
Master Sam Merrjtt..
The ; decorations and program f
arranged Tvcre especially attractive
and interesting, carrying 'ttut the
v aienune iaea in every way.
; At the.close of thegamesthe
guests wera invited tO; the dining
room where cake,' cream and
mints were served.; The table was
laid with a.handsome cover deco-
i-ated with hearts "nd Cupids 'and
centered with a silver Vase filled
with Mgraht spring "flowers Ajfe
each cornier of the table' were sit
ver candlesticks with pink candles,
thisf . casting a : very' pretty glow
Iyer the room. ; . . " f "
Tlifayorslwere cupids and
tiny pink baskets filled with mints
Prjzes wire awarded to M iv . Lan-
doh Bardsher and Misses Christine
Walker and Esther Thompson and
My. Lawerence Woods.'1
jljuc ouu oi.iowti guests were,
Mis : ???ff Stephens,, Lillian
Harris, Mildredr , Younger, , and
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Miss - Annie "Thompson Bradsher
and Mr. Francis pradsher, of Ox
fafd, NfC. . '"'v. '".'K-;;
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vital otatisncs Report.
r. in. ,T-'r .:-
i The following ,repart! fori- the
month of January M has .been made
J3,
tohe,Burean "v Vitals Statistics
by local Registrar,? CT..-C, Cunning-
ham: ":;7
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ROXBORO v!
Births 9: - - ' , Deaths1 3
, C ROXBORO TOWNSHIP, r
Birth's 10.- . 0 ' Deaths 11.
: WOODSDALE TOWNSHIP;;
Births 6 - ' Deaths ).
V! Miss Lillian Clay ton, will hare
charge, of the , Millinery" Depart
ment, it Harris & Burns this sea
son; 'She will visit the northern
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3i..i, ' ' L i: :u. -
lueas ana .mane opnu purcuaey. , -
We. venture -the prediction that "bated. The, question .was decided
;thi&tafehted and. skillful young: jn fayp'rpf the negative which was .
lady, will, make a big success with ably represented by Jemmie Allen ;
thls'department of, this popular,, "'WaRpr Ravnes.l-N' P.; V , ,
store..
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A , j . n . - - , ''Tin
m: JLower x
V - "V .,...1 t ' V- ."-. l' n' l . . ' Jtt I'V,.. a-"- .-..( . .
H
O wing to a general lowenrig i of prices
'2
d all staple cotton; goods ;by manufactur
ers weaie enabled M materially lowiet; our
; pnces;onftliese good's. We 'are selling the i
"sanie'grkde o
before Ghnstmas was sold at 30c, the same I
grade of bleaching and ; cambric which sold
at 12 for Obiaigrade of yard wide ?
fbronsheed ginghams
lat 6c i &iid Q at just as - low v
: assortmehts'of '
thes6 goods as vyeU Percals, ;
Galaieasj Ma& Gloth, etc.,
and 'are f daily expectirigyanother: big ';diip-
iment including some splendid values in 36
to 40 inNairis66ks at 15c to 25c a yd. V
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markets ngxt week and you may rest is
isured that owl stock'; will asV heretofore be
be the best iii Roxboro aiid what the peo
;ple want: It will pay ou is well as u for
t, you, to trade vith us.
vol- '"-v,rt-!-
To Board cf Education. -
Mr.: Editor: , . A ; . : .
: As yet we are some what puz-
zledc therefore we would be pleas-1 , t
ed to ; submit ,to. the , honorable . 1
County. Board of ; 'Education'one' t
'more question. , " ' :. t K ;
.'.Upon examination, of your
statement of receipts'-and dis-.
bursements of the school fund we:
find in . . the disbursements . three
items that will not have to be, paid .
this year, which will more 'than '
counterbalance the overdrafts - to-
Wit: , 4:'; t ' -
Painting $554.74, Desk $400.00,
ahd jnsurance $295.84 making; a ;
total bt $124.84; ' Less the over
drafts $633.70itthereViH remain a , .
surplus of $616.14. Now allowing
theryecepts te be the same as last ' ,
year, why cant we have at least a ski;
months School as we had last year :
andstill have a surplus of. $616.14.
Bushy "Fork High School News.
tl ThePreliminary, contest for the
Recitators and; Declamation . con- ..
tests, , at. County., commencement .
We Jheld , Friday, night V at the ,
High School. Twelve girls contest-
ed.:; The successful contestant is f
Miss Ola Rice. , The successful de-
claimeris Master Lemuel Allen; : r
, On th'e same night a Populari
ty," contest was held for the pur-;
.pose of buying a new basketball..
Miss Susie Blalock", one of. the .
High School, girls, was voted the
i i . i 1 , i -mi
most, popular ?in tne nouse. ine.
and "passed around,". to the, de
light ofmany a youthful;'! swain's y
palate.' $8.24 was raised. r 1 '
"5 k Mr., Hunter tirompton has been
seriously ill for the past week,! we
are sorry to note. , ; 1 : ' , ; ,
r Miss' Mae Broach fias been ill -.
for a few clays. t ' t . , . 1
ThVjiiterary Society4; will hive. . ;
a debate next' Friday night oh the-,
uB6nd Issue for good roads". J
p naay a weeit ago- . xue iuer- .
chant Manne" question was de-
nme.
i. to the steely increnso in 1
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