KUABORQ, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening April 21, 1915; ; Number 16 SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION Criminal Docket Completed Tuesday Afternoon. The April term of Person Coun- i y Superior court commenced Men- preachers of the Baptist denomi i!av morning with Judge Cook nation and the public is cordially presiding. There were only a few cases on the criminal docket, which was v mpleted Tuesday afternoon. The civil docket was taken up Tuesday afternoon, and will prob ably be completed the latter part )i the week. . We will give a complete report vi the cost etc. in our next week's of the finest, mbstpolished, at Wan ted Seed corn, will pay tractive speakers Of the State .00 per bushel in merchandise and those who fail to hear him 11 fert,,,zer J' Garrett- will miss a rare treat. Wanted Who are hard es and skirts. , leu Who are hard to fit We fit the hard to fit. thing for the ladies. PRICES ON NISHINGS.' New Stores Post Morton & Special Tobacco Planters and Axes Beginning Monday April the 5th WE WILL SELL MASTERS TOBACCO PLANTERS AT $3.20 EACH. WE WILL SELL BLUE GRASS AXES AT 65C EACH: . . ' THESE AXES ARE BARGAINS. THE SAME QUALI- . TY YOU HAVE BEEN PPYJNG 85C FOR.. BY, SPECIAL ARRANGEMEKTS ONLY, WE CAN OFFER YOU PlAT ERS AT f HE ABOVE PRICE. AND THESE PRICESiSgr PLY ONLY TO THESTOCK OF PLANTERS AND;;AXE5 WE NOW HAVE IN STOCK. ' ".. V . Mfy DON'T YOU WANT TO SORT OF A PROPOSITION? Infefiradslier;.: L. Johnson Here Next Sunday. On next Sunday, morning and evening, Rev. L. Johnson, D. D., will preach in the Baptist church. Dr. Johnson is one of the strong invited to hear him next Sunday." Commencement Address. The people of Roxboro and the County generally owe Prof. A. B. Stalvey a lasting vote of thanks Jor giving them the privi lege of hearing Mr. F. P. Hob good, Jr., who will deliver the address before the graduating class of the graded school on May 28th. Mr. Hobgood is easily one Ladies to fit inc&es in suits. Every- SPECIAL GEftTS FUR " X , v ' Office Building ; , - Satterfields am DO BU5INfc , wun M.-. IFSO ACT QUICK t .4. V- Gash Sale Go Everybody TalkmAbout Courier's Great Prize Contest. A Lively Race Right! From The Start-Big Special Offer Stirs Contestants Into Action Now is ,The Time 7 To : Enter and Start to Securing Votes. j: c ' This is the accepted time vto send in yourname or thenme of your frie".ibff th a determination to 'win ; one", of the prizes offered'to those SbM ung xne largest numoer oi votes by the close of ;.the contest There is no better timetb enter than today, t The big spiigcial'of I fer does notfclos utttil Saturday, May 8th. Tfiis rives, vou blentv time to profit by this geherousl . offer. " '.IT. WHAT THE SPECUL OFFERJ . MEANS. An unusually and attractive offer is made to the" contestants this week and ends Saturda; May 8th. - Each subscripts turned in by Saturday May 8t will count several thousand ex tra votes, as is shown below bwthem, and you must the scale. x J Reg. Votes Extra Vates Total Votes lyr sub. 5,000 15,000 2 4 44 12,000 31,000 3 44 44 18,000 47,000 4 44 44 25,000 63,000 5 44 44 30,000 80,000 20,000 43, 000 r 65,000 88,000 110,000 From the above it will be seen that each subscription for one year will count 5,000 votes on the regular scale, and 15 000 ex ira votes, maKing a uuu ui,r.,w. -X.nsi yu uui a wuuuii .wm receive lor eacn one year ,uu-; scnption men two year suu- scription will count 12,000jotes on the regular scale and 31,000 extra votes, thus giving a total of 43,000 votes, etc.. Figure it out for yourself, and see just what this Special Offer means to you. Don't forget that this of fer closes Saturday, May 8th. ' LIST OF NOMINATIONS HURDLE MILLS Miss Annie Coleman 4 4 Annie Lee, R. 2 '4 Maude Whitfield, R. 3 ' 44 Nannie Lou Malone, R 3 i i Cora Broach, R 3 Sadie Hawkins, R 1 Selma Malone Fannie Belle Hawkins Mamie Hester, R 3 Bertha Oliver, R 3 PROSPECT HILL 1 1 1 1 t i t i Miss Mary Warren RIDGEVILLE Miss Katie May Crumpton ROUGEMONT Eulalia Turner Julia Carver Effie Glenn TIMBERLAKE Ethel Rogers ? Blanch Gooch Pattie Rhew, R 1 Lorena Lyon; R 2 . v . WOODSDALE t Miss- Nannie Bet Hall Mrs. E. J. Robertson Miss Ophelia Warren, R l 1 1 Hal Barnette Iva Williams, R 1 ' Nellie Montague, R 2 Annie Farley, R 3 : Addie Jones, R2 Bessie Pulliam, R 2 1 1 i t J VIRGIUNA, VA. . Miss JeweLTuck1 ,.4 Je we Chandler CEDAR GROVE Miss Doll Stewart . ""'-Maude Rogers .... , : , , . ALTON, VA.,1 Miss Lucy Green t Nannie Green ; . ;leasburg Miss Evelyn Clark; 44 V Helen Graves . s . moriah , ": ,.. Miss Mamie Meadows' SEMORA Miss Nannie Lansdell Miss Annie Laurie Barnette Elsie Jordan Margaret Bradsher EvieLong.. 4 .Margaret Johnson -KatieNeftoh Fxankie Woody 1 Annie Brooks Ollie Solomon, R 1 ' .Katie Sue Russell, R 1 Ruth Gentry, R 2 Ola Long, R 3 Pearl Herron, R 4 Laura Edwards, R 5 4i ft it. ti ti KEEP YOUR FRIENDS MIND. . IN , Don t overlook any oi your friends. There are plenty of not take a chance' on overlooking any of them. It's a mighiy . feood idea to write down the names of all those whom you think will give you a subscription. You will be surprised at the number of v6t- es that you can figure up jn this way that you should receive from your closest friends and rela tives. - . MANY., INQUIRIES ROLLING My inquirieg are coming jn fom aU spctions of the county. v m- , . rp ceiyed and many contestants . ofoT.. nf nffor -h- TV 111 O HAt-L V VUl d J- X TV VVJ WW the next few days. Don't for get to save the free voting cou pons that appear in issues of The Courier. Cut them out and write . m 111 n the name and address oi. your favorite contestant and send to The Courier office, or else send it to your favorite contestant. DON'T WAIT ANOTHER DAY. If you want one of the prizes that will be given away by The Courier, absolutely free and you have not as yet entered the con test, let us suggest that you send in your name today Send your name on a postal card, or cutout the nomination jboupon printed in the big page adver tisement in this paper. The Contest Manager will be glad to help you get started. The con test is free and fair for all and every contestant will receive a prize there will be no losers in this big contest, so send in your name today and be one of the winners. An Enjoyable Spelling Match. Easter Monday afternoon .at' Pine Grove, where 4 Miss Ruth Fulcheris teaching school, the people of the neighborhood gathr I ered for a 4 'spelling matclf J Every oiie present took a prt. i Miss Ruth Fulcher with half the party on one. side, and Miss Anr na Maye Harris of Jacobville, who has been teaching at t Hyco Ridge on the other side with the other half. Some -good spelling was done on, both sides, even the little boys and' girls 'spelled well. S Now, and then. ; one 1 woud drop;; out until only a few,bf Mfie very best spellers onV each side. were , left; A lively 'rivalry erisdedj'for" Awhile, both sides 'standfegfweli;' but finally MissHarris won the; victory.- Then came the'Easter Egg Hunt-', which the-children. .t - . . . : s enjoy eu very inucn.. - vSend us your orders for prin- Leo Frank Loses In The r. . Highest Court of Land. Washington, April 19. Leo M. 'Lrank, "under death sentence for the, murder of Mary Phagan, an Atlanta factory girl, lost an other step in his fight for life in he supreme court of the United States today. 4 'In a decision, to which Justic- es Holmes and Hughes dissented 1 tiiS'cdurt dismissed Frank's zap-' peal from the federal court.', of Georgia which refused to release . him on a writ of habeas corpus. Frank contended that alleged lmob; yidlenceM at -his - trial and uic, Awu uiav ne was ausennrum the1 courtroom when the jury re turned Its erdictjad removed feinfromt courjts!of;Georgia. -The majority opinion, t of the supreme court today rejected-all those Contentions and declared Frankhad enjoyed all his legal rights in fthe Georgia courts. . . Seemingly, no other avenue of escape f rom the death penalty is ope'n''to; Frank through the coriurts. The state pardon offi cials might relieve him. Hauling Fertilizer At one time it looked like the farmers of this County were go ing to curtail the use of fertilizer this year, which meant a cutting down in the tobacco crop, . but from indications during the U past few days there seems to be littll hopes of any decrease. Well, of course the farmers know their business, nevertheless, we regret 4 to see'tliis vast amount of- fertili- - i :v ..." zer being-hauled pnV forpros- pects; for high priced tobacco are migimvsimi, as we see it. oetter raise more corn, clover and hogs. The Most Charming Hats of The Season. Our millinery department is again in the lead with the pretty estj and the most stylish hats in ilie. city, at the regular Kaplon prices; t which mean fully a third less, than 'elsewhere. We cater to those,wjVp want an up-to-date hat at a popular price and you can al- ways find here a suitable and pleasing;hat at any price from 00 to $10. 00. Ida H. Kaplon. A: GOOD y,Vyyj ny.- Mr ... 4k . i ... V iVTTr. ... ..... . :' m mimiih I I - , lbjf V JTT," i 1 U !. 1 1 mi Trm r s . , , r j s- r j m if v w in UNDERBUYING ENABLES US TO DO' UNDER-" ; SECLINC. WE BUY IN BIG QUANTITIES AND, GET Tfe LITTLE PRICE.. WE G1UE A LITTLE PRICE. OUR HLMY. BEAUTIFUL UNDERMUSLitlS WILL PLEASE YOU IN DESIGN QUALITY AND PRICE. OUR FURNISHING ; GOODS: DEPARTKEtlTS. TOR - BOTH Men and women. ARE STRONG ONES WITH. i USA JUST COME IN AND SEE WHAT OUR 'GOOD STORE SELLS: YOU WILL BUY. v " v TT TT " ' s v. 'i : noiiBORO's .From Allensville. . : . I have read very, carefully the ? law in regard to the bond 'issue for Roxboro and such other town ships as may wish to vote it, and while I worked and fought v hard ' against the bond issue, of oneTear r ago I would be willing to .work and fight equally. hard for a fifty; thousand dollar bond issue i- for " Allensville township. According to my way of seeing ft one year ', ago-we were promised worse than . nothing if the issue r was carried. I and I know many of pur best men saw it in the same, way, - becauo ' the amount was too Small: to ' famount to any good' towards per-i maneot nmg, improvexzienw pu with a fifty thousand bond issue for each . township, except Rox " boroand seven ty. five thousand dollars for her, it would sound more like getting good roads; and the tax to pay these bonds would 4 be nothing like what most of us y waste each year for trifles. Noth- ing outside of a bond issue, I don't think, will ever give us good roadsV r . Nearly every one admits our road money is now wasted and will continue to "be as long as our i present system lasts, so the soon er we make a change the better, ' provided that change is a wise one. The increase tax for the average farmer I think would not be more than from two to five dollars per year. Of course, some would ? pay Jess and some more according to poverty or wealth, and this is not much compared with hauling-over . good and bad roads. f i With the bond issue of one year ago there was nothing - certain as to where or- when:we ""Would bev benefitted if the act was' passed, but under the present act " our money would be used just where we had voted it to be used and no where else, andjf we should be successful in selling these bonds ' the work would commence at once and within two years we should -have many, if not all, our roads in Allensville township worked. I believe Roxbor township is going to vote these bonds, then why not Allensville do the same thing an(j gve us a 0od road from Roxboro to Oxford, as Gran-" (Continued on page eight) UNDER GARMENTS AT UNDER PRICES 5 best store.

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