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CARRANZA CONDITIONS .
MUST IMPROVE.
DEATH OtTHAD
R i MANNING
For Many Yeari Editor of Hen-
More Battleships Will Be Or
dered Toward Mexican Coast Henderson, MarehTI JL
and Entire "Atlantic Fleet IV Manning for Va s -known"
Only Two and :a; Half Dayt - Newspaper ;mair;i)f thisjtate,
ay ! ' . jdied here early today.. He had been
After a conference tonight he- confined to his bed for th fee years,
tween President Wilson and-c-.He'was 58 years' old and, was the
tetar.v of , -the. Navy .Daniels, . iCfounder and up. to four years ago
was. learned on. liiglj authority owner of. the Henderson' Gold
that two or more battleships Leaf. He was)at one' time- presi
woukl be ordered from Guan'taha- dent of the North Carolina Press
mo to Vera Cruz, probably. ; to- Association. '
morrow. The.; entire. .--Atlantic t " . :.':fy':i "
fleet of twenty-one battleships is 1 ' "
. wi . j ! 1 Honor Roll,
at (Tiiantanamo within -two and a -
half days sail atWera Cruz: - For Moriah School, fifth month.
Onlv one war vessel, the battle-! First gradeSa.bre . Bowling
ship Delaware, Is at ' Yera ' Cruz, and Ethel DayiV
but, in addition to any battleships! Secondgrade4Sifu's, Mary
that be sent from Guantanamo, and Palle Mangum, William
:init.v in a few days. The. Dela-.; Third gracie-Peari Day ar
and
Herndon Bowls.
Fourth grade-rBernice Man-
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ware will remain there indefinite
v. the cruiser Tacoma left Port
An Prinrp - Rnii.i' hidrtv fnr Vpm fiTuoi. Charlie. AlnhiVand Rav'Dav.
Cruz: the gunboat Petrel is eri Maiy and NHnnjeSling. .
r mte fr.itn Muih, AiaM hiA the Fifth graded James ,. Newton,
cruiser be MouuVksou tad froih aliie Rigs, Pei viv Gray, Zelnia
I'rogress to Vera Cruz, while the -Mangum and Broxie Meadows,
gunboat Sacramento is at Tampi- Sixth grade Millie. l)ay, Sim
(..). Other available light draft-Clayton, Alphonso feiggs and
vessels, more valuable than ' bat- 'Crawford and Lennie Tewton. -tieships
in tropical waters, are the-1 Seventh grade lola . Day,
gunboats .Wheeling and- Nashville Maude Meadows and Annie Clay
held in readiness with the armor- ton. ' . v
?d cruiser Washington in Haitien Eighth grade Thornton C-)th-
..On Feb. 19th the death ;ahgel-; This act-makes it unlawful"' for
visited'the home of Mr; and Mi any railraad or. express company
Mac Aljen and "claimed their darlr to bring inio fche-State oV deliver
ing little son,,, McGilmer, being 'fnore than one quartof liquor in
about two 'months old.-The ; rv single package andiniakesifun
mains were laid to rest the follo-iavvfu for any person to bring in
"more, than a:tiuart. for any other"
'f 'l- 's'ry t"- ".f
Person oraoruny person stp receive
r linn AjnAvnnf ls.wtw"
ing day -in ther family?1 bury iil
firoiind nenr Snrl. . '. '"' .
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Brooksdale Locals.
"Mrs. J. J. Boone ..and little -
ran. Teachers, Misses Cora and
Vena Meadows.
daughter spent the;, weekend in , ,-;,. ; , . r : ;; - .
IVrtenr?r
. . asfc . hunc av : ''jeveninsr . that- the
writiiur rliMf nnttA n VtiiifniierrF'e" angehli'id visited , the home
Wheen suffering "with rippq f .Alrand Mrs.sT;;R:; Moss of
.:re convalescing.- V ' i Madison,; and taken,, their .little
T) t T -n 1 baby girl, RosareltvMoss, our
val her-e Wednesday, March
home after spending several; -da.fi
with ".relatives! .a.':"';?:';;.
4Misses Grace Malone, .Cora arid
Vena leadows .attended services
at Mt. Harmony last Siihdaylind
also visited Miss: Annie MooreI;(
Ovyhig to ill healthMiss Mabel
Cothrari has returned. home ; from
Littleton College We wisfi;:herja
speedy recovery and that she may
soon be able to resume herV work
again. . ; : .;
Rev. 0. L. Riggs will preacK at
Bethany next second Sunday arid
Saturday before. C: - V
Prof. 'H. A. Robertson offthe
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege will speak 'at Moriah ..sct poj
March 1 9th, beginning at" 1 :30;p.
in. The public is cordially jnvitedi
to attend. This school is nearing
the completion of4a most - success
ful term of work, much' approved
by' patrons and pupils of the dis
trick " fc":'
Iiss Bettie Copely of -the north
ern part, of Durham county x con
tinues very ilL C. .. .
heart went out in ivmpathy .; to
.the parents. . She was "one year
nml t-'fnrt.PAn Hi .s nhl. nnd had
less. Sam P. Jones and Thom l)een sick just: tu'reV. weeks and
Hamlin of Frog , Hollow spent thr(e davs- : AU tImfc ,uvil tf jiands
i few hours here Monday.-.. -inT1(V skillful nhvsician couta . do
Miss Mary Goodwin is spend-; was done for. her,.but (")d hadai
mg a few days at the home of Mr. better place-fpr her than' they had
nd Mrs. Algie Jackson., , ion earth. She . leaves' .a 'father, -
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brooks and .mother, three sisters, aisd three
little daughter spent the week-end - brothers. Her funeral .was con-
at the home of Mr. and Mrs." P. ducte I by Rev. K. E. Surrate and
S. Rogers. Billy Goat. ;; the body was laid o jest" in: the
n t n ' - cemetery at MadionA True
Ur or Dunloj) Jlour just rc- . . .
ceivedat Hugh U'ood. - Ineud. . - , ; s
Market Will Close March 2G$
At a; meeting -.or the uopacco
Board of Trade! it was decided to
close the market here on the ;;26th
of this month. I you have any.
tobacco on hand you had better
get it m shape and ; bring . it t in.
Ve suppose, - of. course,' if auy
comes. in after the date mentioned
some one will buy it,-hut you will
prooroiy get oeuerr, prices n you
will bring it in before the close ?
The market has been very satis
factory considering the crop,, and
while the prices have tnot been as
o-ood as' the 1 farmer could have
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wished, still there has- been yen
little complaint,1 for ' this , market
has at all times been equato any.
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MRS.:GiDODCOOK:"VtV-
JUST LOOK ; 'AT THE OtD, WORN iCOOKING
UTENSILS YOU HAVE IPf YOUR KITCHEN.( THEN
COME LOOK AT. THE BRAND NEW. ONES WE; HAVE
IN OUR STORE. ; I j: lnn
" : A' L1TTLR MONEY WILL BUY A; BIG LOT , OF
- NEW. IMPROVED KITCHEN TOOLS W HICH WILL
, SAVE YOU MANY, MANY STEPS AND TROUBLES AND
m a kjt rrinKiwri . a nFJllriHT. ?A ; A Vx
Go
Done Much For The County
We doubt if anyYonc; has done
more for this : County v.than 1 the
firm of Viccellio, Abbitt& Harris.
Of course .these .people did not
come here on a philanthropic mis-
siori, but they have; : nevertheless
qoue mucn ior tueyyuub., xuuj
there is more, improved machin
ery here than ever" before," and in
consequence the farmers are ?ao
ing better farming.than previous-
ly.;; Hardly a tarm pnrwnac nas
reiv ine luuueuw oi mia hvir. .- -
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: Backed By Reputation
!;For'nearly twenty .five;, years
Mr.E. D 'Cheek has been doing
the undertaking. 1 business .for
many-of the best, -people -of this
County, and in his new. place, the
fee:v,;B6ys'ACpmr'ciub:
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Mr. and Mrs. D. M.'.Cash soexit more tlianohe aaart of liouor in
last Sunday wi'th; Mrs." Cash's rpar::l daysTwhether Irirone. or more
ents, Mr. andMrs. H. C. Fogle- wa'ysrlt is made unlawful tor any
man, . s -v- -ipei-son to. use .'another's name m
Miss Lillie Bowling, of Faring ordering or foPany uerson to al-J
vine, r. uas reiurnea. to-viier mow. me use or.nis-name- in oruer-
ing uqupr. -it-is , aiso uniavvriu to
serve any. kind; of liquors -with
meals.-where a charge is made for
th.meai or 'for the service; It is
unlawful for i any.drus' store to
sell or dispose of, for, gain, any
liquors. .Therefore,' it ill be seen
that this act coines much ; nearer
to absolute prohibition . than any
aw ever passed' and will go a Jong
way toward stopping blind Higers
from selling', liquor and 3P
iviu lu iortu varoiina iiouj us.
rig liquor. vThe title; of the ' ;act is
?An Act to .Restrict the Receipt
and Use of Intoxicating Liquors.".
4 Jh addition to, the. antishipping
law, the passage of ani act which
makes it unlawful to manufacture
or to sell maltand which: requires
railroads and ; express, companies
to keep, subject1; to. .inspection a
record of all receipts'of nialt. Since,
blockaders cannot make : whiskey
without malt this act will help to
break .up the. blockade: business in
the State. 'Where they get their
inalt.over. the railroads it, wiH en
able.aiiy, officer to'find'out wlic is
Vt. ? .:. . j i. f it.- ; " "...
as man is usea oniy. ror uie manu-
iacture oriiqnor, cne : omcer wui
Ktunv that the receiver of .the nialt
is either blockading liquor or is,
assisting some other one to do, so.
COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
At The Auditorium Next Satur-
day Morning At JO O'clcch.
) On next . Saturday the hrst v. -County
Commencement . for this s .
County will be held at the Audi
tanumbeginhinisr at 10 o'clock. . '
AlJ'of the Public. vSchools ;of L the : ,
The' following names have beep
sent:us by Miss lola 'Burch,v one
of the progressive school teachers,'
as hfoys' who "have enrolled for the
Boys' Corn GIub Charlie Allen;
Irving! BurchfVjoe Allenl Bluf ord
Wilbom 'and Noble Harris.
lr We are delighted to have ; these! County are expected to take' part
boys join tlns'club Vand ' :ve; ' si h-
cerely; Rope ' the ' fathers" of tliese
toys vyill lend all of 'the aid neces
sary ahd helpAthe '; .boys Vucceed.1
Ifthere--are , any .".others'iiv tjie
County who have'emolled (in'this
club v;e would like to' have their
namesic.v ? t ikiS
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Postponed ?Q " ;
; Owing to the very .'md weather
Relv.'D. F. ,Puthain didf riot preach
the concluding sermon oh the Life
of Jacob :iast - Sunday, evening
This series will be completed "dn
next ounaay evening at :tu ana
in these exercises, r' iand a'igeneral
good. time' is exacted .' ; " .V ; ; :
Dn Hill, -President of the.' A. & . '
M. College jn, Raleigh -has been - -invited
t6 deli ver ah address v on ,
thii occassion, arid' there ; will ; be
speaking, declanlatioris , essays,
etc,' by the pupils of ;the yarlous
schools., The. exeicisesrwill; be in ;
charge;6f County "Superintendent,
Rev; J;,A:;Beam,and this, of it-"
self assures tlie success' of theoc-
casi6n..J t ;; ;i;: Afvv": ; V
Everybody; is cordially ; invited
to. attend these exercises, 'and' w '
are sure thatho one . who avails
Week End at Loch Lilly,
,One of the most enjoyable of
tlie mid-winter affairs was , the
week-end house party at Loch
Lilly 'Lodge given by-; the young
men of the towa. These ''parties
always delightful, were more so
this time, Jbeing'. enlivened" by a
number of out of town 'guests. ,
,Various forms of "amusements
were indulged inland Monday
morning came only- too soon: , '
The fojlowmgere guests of the
club: Mrs. B: R. Long, chaperone,
Misses Lizzie Watkins, Henderson j
Edna Taylor, Gpldsboro, Margar
et McMurray, Shelby; Sue JLOng
Lucille rassand. BretaA JNoell.
Messrs.' Charilie .IQng, J B. Al
derman, C. rC. Curiingham; I AV Cr.'
Lowell, r, r). vv nitenead ana J . A
JNoeli.Jr;
the public is cordially invited , to himself of; this oppirtum : .
hear this sermon. ',. - " s: regret the time'spent. " ; ,
Work on Movie BuildinV. V 1 Sari Francisco.--To inspect a
- The 'work on the buildingV for 'little posfofficejn far-away Guam, :
1 -Lr C.-.1 - aXa wV-.ieh navs' itq . nostmaster only
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uie movies is going ,; -rig no ,ucau - r .7"- 7 . ,
iWS f lio 1 m.nN i All -i" nV. : thov 12o a year,: is the object of ,a; 25,-;
hope to be able to move in; withiri 00 mile Journey, which vPostoffice
ten days or two.weeks;" Inspector EP Smith is making.
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;s; ; Notice to Teachers!;
jTeachersby.all means :be here
nex t Saturday ior the Qdmniericei
ment j. Bring your, spellersrdeT,
ciaimers,veciters, sxand - all who
take the 'seventh - grade examina-
tion; Will, have certificates for
tnem; r.cijet me nave . ineir graues
made on examination.; Have your,
register in good; shape. :tHvelall
ever to serve you in this. capacity
When it becomes your sad duty
to buy a coffin or casket . he in-
TMfac ifnn tn oriVA him A 'Tall COI-
fins and Saskets ready af. a" ; nio: County; : Commencement J in Per-
the members of the " Boys' Corn
Club and the GirlsToriiatp Club;
Get your committee to cbmo, We
want, to make at least a . start f for
v ; : Mrs. T, H. Street 111 ; ,
Exercises will -begin" Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock ;n the audi
. -Last Sunday night Mi. T.. H. torium of the graded school. All
Street of MiU Creek was - taKen t are cordially invited. uome ex-
. J 1 1 ' 111 nMT -Cm 4rn nrt'irf ' " "il 1 ' -j.. J J ' T ' fT-iinY
5r oUo ic'cAmpwKatimnrnved arid-.
her friends, and that includes all a he new bpnng gooas are ar
who know, her, . hope 1 for her a riving dailylat Harris Burns
, Vt Auiu' In a few days the' stock will be
speedy recovery. -; Her children complete and ; as tusuaI you will
were telegraphed for and some of gnd the best and biggest stock of
them have arrived arid are at her new goods at this store that is in
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y in just.a rew more ,aays DrigiiLun-fsbirie:-aiiil.bkl'm
chasaavayA(
Jthe cloiids arid
; plants and trees will yie with each other
to takeoij tbe most beautiful Spring garbs ; .
arid Mother Earth will be robed in the
'most harmonious bleridingsl ; of color.
Even the, animals will- 'throw; off their; f,
winter ;qbats. arid: take; on rlightei: ones: ;
With neW lustre. With all riatiire making :
.these changes, is it any wonder we all r
yelcome this most beautiful season of the y
"yeaf andjoin in this casting off the i sombre .v;
:and donning the bright, comfortab
pretty Spring garments? y;r r O :
i m Ready to Supply j
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with "an outfit to pleasey6urtMte"andJto
your pursef- "knfcof the new goods are , ; ;
, already here' Others are arriving daily ;
and the nev .'stock Will soon be complete. '
You will find more, man morff1 'ISEW v
mnns hfire than in anv otner store in
RoxboroiWe ;have been at this business
for years. We icriow tnel needs ; of; , the
i people We know. do0y,
values. We handle only dependable gobdc ;
We discount every, bill.we, buy which en-
'ablesusto demand the very lowest prices. . j
We'selllat as low, prices; as anybodydoes ;
' the same Srade of d.d'ds.'We.saskvyow
: patronage simply on i i the vnlrits 6 'fJ bur; J
goods, prices and service. ; f; 1
r ; You ae corldiaUy.jnvite'i and urged
to visit our
You are always welcome and we are al-
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ways please to serve you ine. very , vi
we know
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'a6i::onb,s"oEST-;$Tdii&'- ' -tr 'vf
bedside. . . . th3 county.