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Noell Bros., Proprietor
VOL. XXXII
RQXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening February 24,1915.
Number 8
1
A '
Series of Sermons at
the Baptist Church.
As annbunced in our last issue
the pastor, Rev. D. F. Putnam,
began a series of sermons on the
Life of . Jacob last Sunday -night
The first of the series"- was easily
one of the best sermons Mr. Put
nam has given his congregation.
The second sermon will follow on
next Sunday evening and the pub
lie is cordially invited to hear.it.
Poundings. i0ifi
Poundings seem to be tHomeri
of the' day here just ndw. ''6n last
Friday night the congregation of
the Baptist church gave their pas
tor Rev. D. F. Putnam, a pound
ing, and on Monday night the
Methodist congregation "severely
pounded their pastor, Rev. N. C.
Year by. Considering the high
cost of eatables these acts of
Ihoughtf ulness will doubtless be
appreciated by the pastors. S
Death of Mr. John A. Baird
News was received here Sunday
-evening announcing the death of
Ir. Jno.. A. Baiixl, at his home in
Chase City, Va. He had only
been ill about one week whh
pneumonia.'' Mr. Baird was a na
tive of this County and had been
living in Chase City for the past
few years.
E. D. Cheek Movaf His "S'ore.
Mr. E. D. Cheek, who is well
known as the Undertaker, has
moved his. store and can nowbe
found in -the old' Person ' Dry
Goods Co's store, opposite Hotel
Jones, on Main Street. He car
rics a fulLJtine in the 'cofiin and
casket department , and. is ready to
serve , ou day or night. Read his
In Memory of A Loved One.
On January 22, 1915, the death
angel visited the home of Mr.
John R. Clayton and took "from
mm his wife, Millie Clayton. She
was born Nov. 2J, 1872. She
leaves a husband and five chil
dren, four, boys and one girl. She
was laid to rest at Mill Creek,
"the burial servive being conduct
ed by Mr. Street. Weep not for
lier, dear ones, f r she has gone
to a better place where there is
rest, peace anu comfort. She had
uv. e vt : i i r i- i
i t , . . .
ma Clayton.
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WHEN YOU usfe OUR
WILL COME BACK TO US
THERE IS "STYLES
W ARE ALSO. r , , f . .
;? AND THE PRICE 15 A.liUW;uyvu;o v-A.
N -BB: SOLD FOR: yPr-i ,:v r.V "W
CAN
REMEMBER. OUR HARDWARE STANDS HD
wear;
What Would ibu Take V V
1 for Your Eyesight?
That's a question most of us
would do well to consider - and se
riously. AVhether we wish to ad-
i....-.r.! :v:f . r 1 v , - -y ..-
mit it or not, it is . an undeniable
fact that a very large ' percentage
pf the present-day generation ,ire
afflicted quite early in life, with
the defects of vision. The only
way to protect your eyes, is by
having them examined. In the
event that you need glasses, we
are prepared to fit you with be
coming glasses at a reasonable:
price. ,
Dr. N. Rosensteintlie Optome
trist of Durlianj, wili'be in Rox
boro next Tuesday, March 2nd,
stopping at the 'Hotel. Jones for
the purpose v of examining eyes
and fitting g!asssi? , . ;
On The Norther Mairkets.
Mr. A. M. Burns-f the firm of
Harris & Burns 1 Monday
morning for New York where he
will complete hisrnrpurchas
es. There is nQKte " which
is more up-to-dattror 'which caters
to a better class pf customers ; than
does this well knowS firm, and
Mr. Burns assures us that the war
scare will have' no effect on his
purchases, for he has faith in this
section and believes the people
will have ample money to make
their usual purchases. He was
accompanied by 'Miss Lillian Clay
ton who will look after their mil
lihery department.
Victim Dies of Rabies.
Charlotte, Feb. 22. Simon Mc
Donald, a cotton mill operative at
Huntersville; died ;;vestardayat
the Charlotte sanatorium or'what
the physicians here diagnosed as
rabies. The man was bitten by a
dog last December and developed
symptoms only a fewVday$ago.
Two of his children artdVtwo of his
neighbor's children, wnvwere
bitten at the same time, were tak
en to Raleigh MonHaJfor the
Pasteur treatment. 'This is the
first genuine case of rabies Char
lotte doctors recall ever having,
seen. here.
; Notice, Special!
All Persons owing me for fer
tilizer are urgently, requested to
come ;in and pay up. : Give this
your immediate attention, tor I
need the money. ?r J.'H. Pass.
- H AUDVV ARE ONCE, VOU
AGAIN AND,, AGAIN ' ; FOR
IN QUR BUILDERS H ARD-i 1
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RALEIGH IS SADDENED : 5
KT I KAI.lt AI I II It. f I - .
Speaker AVooen Sustained Sev-
. eral Brokea Ribs in the;. AuU:;' In any review' of the military
mobile Crash.' - w - $i lafcliievemeht of the srreat 'nations
Raleigh. --Ove rspeeding is i a;s
ir :., f
cribed as the cause of the' accident ,
abou 1 1 o'clock Friday' on - tfce
Country club road when Engrosiout in advance that'in this period
ing Clerk William T. Aycock,1 $f the great success, conquests, vic-
rremoni, was instantly Kiuea ana
Speaker Emmett R: , Arooten,- of
Kinston, dangerously inju red .and
Senator Johnson, o.of Duplin,
slightly ' injured. The v nego
chauifeur also sustained injuries
none of them serious. . J
The imrty was returning to
Raleigh in the car of Representa
tive Matt W.r Allen, of WayneJ
after a visit to the'Country iclubj
At -the turn of the, road , "near ihe
Cowper place the car was going at
such high speed that it butted in?
to a bank, turned over and rever
ed itself.- Aycock was pinned ufi
der the car and was dead vvhenrasr
sistance arrived. ' ,
Senator Johnson '. was $ble ' to
leave the hospital .today- ahd; yacf
companied the special committee-
to Fremont with the body of Mry
Aycock. Speaker Wopten. Was
not so fortunate and. may - be " laici
up for some while. An examina
tion -showed several ribs fractured
and broken while physicians are
fearing that other internal injuries
may develop. -.'i
From Speaker Wooten's hospit.
al bed the news "tonight is' dis-
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quieting and the - chances fordiis
return to the .chair during this
session are very pborv.:v " v-ire
- Kaleish was" crreatl v exercised
and saddened'today the fright-
ful end of the. "joy ride". The
Senate speedily Adopted a, resolu-
tion of sympathy7, . contributed a
beautiful floral wreatfyand adjourn
ed about noon in honor of the de
ceased engrossing clerk. In the
house a 'resolution of- sympathy
was adopted for Speaker Wooten
and Mr. Aycock. -
The remains of the young man
were taken to Fremont this after
noon where the interment will
took plice Monday. He was
a son of the late B. F. Aycock,
who was a corporation commis
sioner. Young Aycock: --was ..also
a nephew of the late Gov. Chas.
B. Ajrcock and was hjghl3r es
teemed, t '
Public School Notes. x -
' The public schools will . run five
and one-half months.
, The County commencement will
be oh March 13th, ind - will Vnot
have ah exhibit or parade, '? there
fore it will not be . necessary for
each teacher to bring: all her stu-
dents, only those who take 'part
in exercises. Of ; course '1 all. can
cdnie who desire. " County com:
mencementfwill consist of seventh
grade examinations, " recitations,
declamations ahd spelling 'match.
Each school especially Isurged to
tiake part in what eveVsuits. Let
evWy school sendif durTepresenta
tivM forsDellkfir match.; ' .
: 1 Will have rrecitatibns as pre
viously stated in The Coiirieh - r :
Every v whiteteacher in : ihe
County' is urgently requested :rto
be present without fail:
V, Teachers, let me hear tfroni you
atpnee as towhat part ;your stu
dents . will taker J. Aic Beam,
Superintendent.' . -v 1 7
v wA''-
x;4 M;;Wt?nj'Anfcoti
r"".J: ... a... :
J Dr. JS. KosensteiD, tne uptome-
tiist of Durham will be 5 at; Kox -
boro Taesdav, March 2nd .stop-.
ping at the Hotel Jones for the
purpose of .'exannrong fyes ad
" SIX MONTHS OF WAR
lished. Millions of Uves Lxwt-
uviuu i vujvjuu vi nut : eiL tan uavtuiia
who for half a year have . wageilmioyed, "useful and' exquisite prizes
struggle greater than any in wnw
struggle greater than any in wnfr
eh history, it is necessary to poinubeing. Misses' 'Maude 'and" 'Maye
tories have been with the Germans J
Measu red by what they had to do,
by' what, they expected to do, it is
possible to emphasize failuresit
is,.- natural to see the points at which
German military strategy strength
has broken do wni But viewed as a
feat of arms, the .u thing the Ger
man soldiers have "done in the past
six months Js rivaled only what
the French revolutionary soldiers,
did against Europe in arms' - more
then a century ,ago. V - ;.
f ; Provincesxontaiuing at least 12,-
000,000 peopJe,-having at least an
area of at least 30,000 square miles
towns such as Brussels Antwerp,
LiflieVLodz; St. Quentin, I Liege
are now sclidly held by the Ger
mans, who have reached the coast
at Ostend 'and , approached - War
saw at the Bzurav !
;" Only Russia Advances.
A As against this achievement on
ly .'Russia has actually made pro
gress in invasion, i The armies of
the czar today hold at least 30,000
square 'milesof Austrian territory
with a population of 9,000,000 and
East Prussian lands having an area
of 5,000 square miles and a popu
lation of perliaps 500,000. Lem-
berg Czernowitz, Tarnow, n these
-amongRassian.rconquests,'
nvhich far overbalance the lost dis-
bets of-Poland. j : '
v;It is only abroad that Germany
has suffered, but there her loss
hs een heavy In Asia her great
port has been taken by Anglo-Japanese
armies. In the " Pacific her
island holdings have vanished.5 In
Africa the slow but sure extinc-
tion of her empire goes forwards
Her Jag has disappeared from the
sea. Her one fleet which kept the
sea went down, off ( the Falkland
Islands. But the fate of these col-
onies about the Seven Seas remain
to be decided in Europe, to be lost
or won in Flanders, in Belgium,
in Champagne, and in Poland. ' :
To the N historian who , writes in
the distant future it is inconceiv
able that this first six months will
hot appear as belonging , to the
Germans,1 .whatever ;may "be "the
outcome of the war. :
German Offensive Halted
It is only when German necesi
ty is '.weighed against;, German
achie vements that it f becomes ap
parent v"what Francev England and
Russia have so ; far accomplished.
Air the German strategy vas based
upon, a sudden, I overwhelming
thrust at Kraric"e, the oye'rthrovv
of that nationbefore -Russia came
up; the defeat of Russia; in her
tu rh, and the ; . final 'reckoning' '
with England Put (Cthe Marne
France savedlhecself and, Europe
From the terrjbl ordeal . of JAu
giist and September she emerged
upright f enable The ,U0U, square
miles of het territory that uremain
in German; hainas arei an .incentive
to - rifcw 'efforts; '.not ,a wound
through which she may 1 bleed to
death. ,.rr! 1 4f;; :
; j Meantime, Austria has . steadily
lost strength and - confidence. I De
feat afterdefeat : has shaken !the
fabric of the empire Austrian pro-
lands: raraged'rd threatea'ed
Twice little Serbia,' prime:; .cause
, -n. . . - - .-Hblv
,. ,- , r1 f . - ahi
stcoM Austrian . pres:
, Balkans! Russian vic-
, i..Bttkosin!, . toohas brougl
'Randleman, N. C. ; .
On 'Satura evening! Feb. 13,
Miss'Mattie ; McGeV 'charmingly
entertained a number; of "her
friends ; witlr a ; valentine party.
Many interestinsr srames were v en-
.were given the, successful nlavers1
Wopdy and Messrs; Nuland -Hod-gins
'and -Herbert Otnell After
the' games,. of , keen . competition
and-enjoyment, the guests, were
dshejfedt to the dining room where
lajhty? refreshments were v served
the table'being-beaufeifullysind r
istically decorated with -Vcumiing
formed jan effective ' centre piece.
. 1 nose-present were . as follows:'
Misses Rohamia ' Goletraine 4of
f 4 1 V 4, t
Level Cross; Elsie RochellMattie
Anthony; MyrtlelMcGee, Maude
and May e Woody of Randlenian;
Mr. Edwin . Rockell, : of Pleasant
Garden; Messrs. Herbert Otneil
and Nuland Hodgins Of James:
to wncott Hodgins of - Glenooya
DeeVitt " RichardsonViV Wayland
and -Bob Wdody . 6t Randleman.
During these "sunny days, .the
farmers here are .rpibgressing;ra
pidly with their workV1 lK 1 ,
Misses Nera Gertrude and Haz
el Richardson of Pleasant Garden
High School spent . Saturday and '
Sunday with their parents near
here. -,.'.; j; "--Ui1
Mrs. Fannie Woody v has been
visiting her daughter, " Mrsfr W.
E. Morgan of Stem, N C- for the
past feysweeks ' ' - v.'
6n;Jet 20th Jiearmersr Urii-
otf pLCdncord Mill gavea'public-.,
aepaue ac.tne scnoor, uouse. . .ine
question being: "Should Women
be 'Allotted to Vote. "Birdie".
LAND FOR SALE .. i
Please let it be known' - through ;e comes before them; he will give j ; ,
' 4-u 1 1 ' K ' n them something worth while; His .
your paper that I have some Cas- Jf.? n -
in - wc.r -'H- , sermon Sunday morning ;was , an
well land that I will sell for much exceptionally.strong one; , , f , -Js.
than even last r years prices. ' ?' ' , r Z', ' . ' ; -Also
that I will be in Roxboro in1 'Last Monday was a general . '
aliout a month and prospective holiday,; Washington's . Birthday': .
,. .--.f i , . . . though it was not . generally -1 ob--".
buyers canlsee methere re and
to terms,' prices, : etc. John E.- Q postofiice taking note j of; the ; '
Tuckers Yancey villeN. A occasion.. . ' 1 ; 'f'''S
I14'..' Hv
vAVfr
ft.
Owing to a general lowering of prices
of all staple cottop
ers i we e enabfed to ma pur
prices on tHese! ods; ;ei are selling the;
'same' grade of vide x sheeting for 25c which
before Christmas was sold at 30c, the same;
gracle 6f bleaching and
at 12 l-2c Jpr 10c, a fair grade dfyard wide
brown sheeting at 5c,
vat5cv-and other staples at justas;lowf
a.'
i We hay e already
t these ; goods ias; weU as
:na1ateasJMadf
!? !lmdvwe;dmly.iBxpcting another big; ship-
menc mciuamg some, spieiiuiuYuiucb in ou
to 0 ini Nainsooks at ISc to 25c a yd. ; ; ;
; v Our buyers will visit the Ndtthern
markets next week and you may ; rest as
tsured that ourstock aviII ias heretofore bo
;be tfife best in Roxboro, 'tudwhat-'ttie.: peo
rpletEinti !;Ir.will payvyou ds well as jus for
you to trade with
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! nOIICCO'S
Wedding Near Roxboro.
V- A very quiet but pretty wedding f.
was solemnized atthe hbme:6f Mr;
and MrsW;'" E Farley. ia "few ,.
miles - from' Roxboro Thursday -
wjh'en their daughter, Miss Lillian J , ,
(.Farley became ' the bride ' "of J j, ? f
Verne Smith of Green S.C. Only i".
the immediate' members Vof the
family and a few close friends. of
the bride were' present' ,";' ;' '
, Miss Mary Shore rendered Jp- v , .
propViate music,' and" her sister,
Miss Lucille hofe.sahg -beauti- '
fully. After the ceremony ' which
was performed at-. 4:30, ; by ;.;Rev; s
JH. Shore, fr. and Mrs. Smith; 1
left on' an extended, trip to New f -York
and other, northern" -cities,' r
after wjajch the,V will be"at hhmel.: : ,
in Greer, South Carolina.. -
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Last Services as Presiding Elder ,.
On JaSst Thursday evening Rev,J ' v : r
H.:M; Xorth; Presiding. Elder for ' -this
District,', held his last service t
here in that capacity. Mri North ' -is
a'prime favorite with lour peo- 4.
pie,! regardless of denominational
lines andlhis leaving this : district
will be a keen loss to : our people ;
generally. Wherever he goes and ,v
whatever his work he will', alway . V"1
carry (thefbest wishes and prayers '
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ot tne gooa people or Koxooro.
Oak Grove , School. "
f 1 -1
The seventh grade will present" . t ..
the play "Suzette'',. Friday even-, "
Tng MarclflSth.; Admission free. ' '
There will be a box party at the '
Oak Grqve. school Friday evening, ;
Blarch 5th; Public cordially invit- 1 ':
Notwithstanding ithere . ! were '
services 'at all of the -churches last i :
Sunday the congregation; at 'the ;;: ;
Methodist. chuiGh. was , a large one. ,
Rp,v.1 Mr. -Yeafbv has ffrown UDon
his neonle and they :- know - when h-
good apron ginghams
good assortments of
Ginghams,
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