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VOL. XXXII
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Wednesday Evening September 29, 1915
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Shooting Frolick.
Last Sunday evening Sheriff
Thompson received a telephone
message that there had xbeen a
shooting frolic- at a negro church
near Ceffo. He, with deputies
and others proceeded to the scene
ot action, but ere they arrived
the smoke of battle had all clear
ed and no one seemed to know
anything about it. However, it
was learned that two negroes had
been shot, but not seriously. It
appears that a certain negro had
imbibed too freely of mean liquor
and was out for fun. He "called
on two of the negroes present to
dance and when they refused he
proceeded to fire into their feet.
Tobacco Sales. ;
There are daily sales at all of
the warehouses, though the offer
ings are light and the quality
poor, with prices low of course,
for this class of -tobacco "never,
sells high. "While it is. our opin
ion that prices are not going to
be high, for conditions are all
against high prices, still, we be
lieve that prices will 1 be, just as
good, and all things considered it
will be decidedly to the interest of
our farmers to sell on the home
market. We do not look for
heavy sales for some tim yet, as
many farmers have not finished
tutting and curing, and very few
have any stripped and, ready for
market. I., , .A
Locate Here.
Dr. B. A. Thaxton, who has
lfaTsheyjlJ& JN. Gfor the past
six months, haydectdedi ix) locate
inRoxboro. Dr. Thaxton was
graduated from Wake Forest
College, also Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia, and has
taken post graduate work in
the Kansas City General Hos
pital, giving special attention to
surgery. His. many friends will
be glad to hear of his decision to
locate here.
Tuesday October
5th at Roxboro.
Dr. X. Rosenstein, the Optorae.
trist of Durham, will be in Rox
boro Tuesday, October oth, stop
ping at the Hotel Jones, for the
purpose of examining eyes and
fitting glasses. If you need th'e
service of a Specialist, be
and see Dr. Rosenstein.
sure
WE hkve just gpt
en in a car of
Oliver
Disc and Si
row's.
to see this
and let us
We
REMEMBER,
the Buck Eye
drill.
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Lon, Bradsher &4G0.
AU In; Readme..
Evfirvthincr ic in hnp. shflriA far
the fair, and when you come you j
will be surprised at what the
President, Mr. JofeH. Carver, and
the Secretary, Mr.: C. C. Cun
ningham, have VaGcpmpIislied
Ample buildings, fine; .race track
and splendid stalls for all of the
cattle which will be5 entered. It
will be worth your while to spend
these days in Roxboro attending
the FAIR, for it will be educa
tional, instructive and pleasant
Come, and bring jdl of the fami
ly. Teachers Association.
The first session of the Teach
ers Association was held here last
Saturday. There was a large
crowd in attendance and the en
thusiasm was great. Superin
tendent Beam says he is sanguine
ly expecting the best years work
ever done by the teachers this
year. As a rule the 'ieachers are
enthused over the Moonlight
Schools and it is hoped thsre will
be a school of this kind in every '
district in the County during the
month of November.
New Department Store.
A new Department store to be
run under the name of "Raiff"
willxpen in the remodeled store
roorn of Mr. A-. Ri "oushee on
Main Street. '
These gentlemen: are owners of
stores in different parts of the
State and are putting in an .up-tQ-date
line of goods, hey will
open for business Friday niorn-
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House Burned: f
On last Saturday morning the
dwelling belonging to Mr. F. C.
Boardman, hear Helena, was de
stroyed by fire. The building was
being repaired but it is not known
how the fire originated. The fire
was so hot that it wns'almost im
possible to save any of the furni
ture, which was stored in the house
at the time. The house and furni-
ture was partly covered by insur
ance. Important Notice.
From this time and on, no one
from outside the corporate limits
of the town of Roxboro , can be
admitted to the eighth grade (first
vour rf flip liicrli rcrlifnl fl t.hft
'classes in that room are already
full. A. B. Stalvey;.Bupt.
line, conie
show you.
we sell
Chilled Bows
pike
Mar
wheat
GREAT OFFENSIVE OF
THE ALLIES AGAINST
TEUTONS CONTINUES
Berlin Maintain That by MeansjoOO bushels, this year 65,253
of Counter Attack,the AHieV.!jjiis.,aii increase of 17,200 bushels '
Drives Have Bera Checked;, In, round numbe'rs., These figures
Doe Not Claim: to RejrafJj
Ground. ; , . Jtricn'of this County by us. In this
London Sept -27.-rThe gre; llppunty were operated twenty
effensive of the French and Britin
iorces against bo tn sides. oL.tL 51
elbow joint of the German. jwsi -
tions on the western front hasifet
slackened, but General . Joffre s
afternoon bulletin reported nol
new outstanding success :f$J.f(-.
The British official stateirient
told briefly of heavy losses inflict
ed on the Germans northwest? ft
Hulluch, where heavy, .Gefnach
counter attacks were carried oht
a u ring tne ( a v.
Berlin maintains that by means
of counter attacks, the alliesrdriys
have been checked with heavv,
loss, but as the Germans makeuio
claim of- having recovered tH.e"
ground taken fmra, them the indU
cation's are tliat the allied gains on
Saturday and Sunday have, been
generally maintained, and at some
points, improved, and that the-'
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lighting has reached the stage of
Uuciuiis attacks.and counterattacks
which may persist for weeks, j.'
it is estimated vM tne prison- l
ers captured b.v tlie allies durn g
the Rush will reach a total of more
than 23.000, but this is' offset to
some extent by the German claims
that nearly 7,000 French and Bri
tish fell into their hands. h- ;
Further news -of the great'Vbat
'i',n
eagerness not equalled since tperAOu sno'iia sow nerus grass wnn
critical days when the Germans
fell hack from the gates of Paris,
In the meantime th,e public is
warned to exiect iheityy losses and
that the Germanaairea4yv2,004,
000 strong from the coast to the
Swiss frontier, t may throw rein
fprceuients in to the lineior a strn
gle, the like of which even - this
bloody war has noVyet seen. ;
Optimists are also reminded
that the Germans are likely to put
the most dependence on their sec
ond and thiid line defenses, rely
ing upon machine guns and com
paratively few men to hold the
front line, which means that a dif
ficult tusk is betore the allies.
The fighting in the eastern thea
ter has brought no important
change, but England regards the
pqsition of the Russian . armies as
improving daily,which strength
ens the hope here that Germany
dare not weaken her 700 mile fronp
in order to fill the gaps' in . the
West. " Tj
The Bulgarian situation remains
obscure, resting as it did last week,
on the oft-repeat assurance of So
fia that the country intends mere
to maintain an armed neutrality.
Chest of Silver To. .'
Be Given Away.
A clever guessing contest is be
ing held by The Ne wells on:Alvin
Silver. You will nntice the picture!
iivtnemippearuon i
page ia.this issue. .The.vbest an-
swer to this picture; given byApar-!
ties in thi community will receive 1
a handsome chest . of Alvin Silver. 1
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To the bet guess of the U.S. a
handsome $250.00 chest will.be
awarded. See the Newells and ,
make your guess.
Bad Eyes BringBad Health.
EJyestraip in manycases is the
main cause of headaches, mer-
vousness, inability, v neurasthenia,uprice' $1000(D. W . lLedbetter,
dency and many other diseaseases; r
Dr. Rosenstein will be at Rox
boro Tuesday October th, stop-'
ping at the Hotel Jones, for I the
, purpose of examining, eyes and
fitting vglasses.'v4 Charges7-Pvery
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1915 Wheat Crop.
This years crop of wheat is
something to be proud of. The 1913 are requested to meet in the Per
cip of wheat in' this County was son Uniou Warehouse on Satur-
fight threshing outfits. The quan
we$ turesiied oy these vanes
frtm 150 to 4,990 bushels. These
ures arc astonishing to some of
t JTliis County having always
been. considered good fr tobacco
iinfy. Very naturally after reading
usb. above statements, you win
wimder how this came about, some
will say that on account of the un
certainty of the price etc.- of the
tobacco market, some wll say the
season not having been favorable
to tobacco crop, others will say
and rightly say that the wheat
Und are being better prepared.
WJieat seeded at the proper time
ahdseed carefully selected. The
writer.. as a late comes into your
section wishes' to state after care
ful-study and observation that he
firmly believes that cultivation
a'pcl proper seed bed making has
done most to bring about this
change.
'"We do not advocate curtailing
yoir crop of tobacco, corn, oats
br hay. You should grow wheat a
plenty and some to spare on lands
that are not needed to grow your
good tobacco. When you sow
wleat or oats you leave your lands
lyihgiin shape that they will in
sure whether or not you sow. to
f-fty meihs'inthisNsectiotl
your wheat. Herds grass on good
land will 'yield good and profitable
hay crop, for tobacco and corn
there is nothing better as a follow.
We Are glad to see so much in
terest taken at this time by the
farmer in wheat culture. How
ever, we sinc?rely-hbpe this fall
our farmer friends will not over
look the importance of preparing
their wheat land thoroughly. What
wheat you sow be careful to pre
pare every post of your land thor.
oughly remembering not to work
to the end of sowing so many bush
els or so many acres but first and
last what you do sow put it in
right, every time you plow or
drag vour land you are well
paid for the work. Wheat does
not, require deep seed bed but the
oftener you stir the shallow seed
bed before seeding the wheat the
more .wheat you will receive in re
turn for your labor. Wheat land
should be plowed once during the
year deep. This deep plowing
furnish proper drainage beneath
the seed bed to prevent wheat from
drowning by heavy winter rains;
There is a great complaint some
season, among us about wheat not
coming up. There may be three
good reasons , for this namely,
sown poor seed not sowing enough
and after sowing leaving the land
too loose.
Wheat berries are very small
if Jefi u loose land ere the
air can circulate around it
aDSOrb an moisture the smtli
sprouts and roots will perish for
want of moisture. The land should
be jwd firmly about this small
seed that the moisture may be
landaIsothafc the,snall
r6Qts may be near moist and well
prepared soil.
For Sale!
.power, twin Jlarley-
8 horse
DavtdsonMotdrcycle, price $1.25.
'One rlndian? T-norse, power,
DRl Ai. THAXTON '
: Practicing Physician
Offers hi prof essioal service to
Vthe. people of Roxboro and; t
EersoirCJounty.',
Frrmcrs Union Meeting
Members of, the Farmers Union
day Oct. 2, at 10 6'clock. C. B.
Brooks, president.
M isS Ella Thompson of Leas
burg passed through here last
Saturday on her way to Raleigh.
'vMiss;Ruth Xedbetter of States
ville returned to her' home last
Saturday aftef -a visit to her
brother, Mr. D. W.Ledbetter.
Mr. W. K. Medernach, buyer
for the Leggett & Meyers Tobac
co Coj -returned last week and is
now on the market, ''
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Mess. Robert Hambrick and
Elmer.Claytoh, studerits pt Tri
nity College, spent last .Sunday
here' with home folks.
Mr E. G. Long, the very po
pular and efficient cashier of the
Peoples Bank, is in the hospital
at Durham for treatment.
"Several good-, farms have been
placed in my hands . to sell at
prices from one fourth- to ; one
half of prices one ; year ago.
$12 50 per acre up. Write T. L.
O'Briant, Sanford, K. C. 3ts
The premium list for the Per
son County Fair will be out in a
few days and will be ready for
distribution. You want to call for
one of these booklets and see what
great things they have arranged
for you.
Qur Millinery Qpeh-
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Success.
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Seventy five percent of the hats dis-
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" many orders taken. ; The ladies were ney
er so lavish in their praises of the fine
showing made. If you want a stylish, be
coming and well made hat at a reasonable
price you can't afford to pass our Millinery
V Department.
-New Sport Coats
We sold every one received in our first
shipment and immediately wired tor more
which have already arrived.
f lir Sales of IDressfes
was a great surprise to us. We hid a big
stock, but they went so quickly that we
fojtihd pur stock badly
days. More are on the way and expected
dail r Be sure to see thfem.
Our stock of silk and wooleln piece?
goods is Complete with the wanted $tyles
and the' popular and most used trimmings.
SHoe for
good; ones. We have shoes for every'inerii-
ber of the family from the tiny tots o a;
number 14. And they are good .shoes
bought direct from the manufacturers. It;
will pay you to buy shoes here and be sure
ryou are, getting the best. " i ; v
r , We are after your business with " two
two long poles, the best goods and; the best
v prices,;and -we are always pleased to ''"served
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All members and former mem-, x.
bers of Clement baptist Church :
are invited -to be; present the :
tnircf Sunda Oct. ; 1715; : AI-1 .
so all former pastors. ; : " -
J. M. Williams,
IF. JHester, j;
: C. F. Harris; : 1. r:'
Mrs F. j. Hester, -
Mi WlA. Whitfield, ;
Miss Annie Villines, J
v v Committee. "
U. FrHODGESv Pastor. K -
a number of Roxboro '
people attended the Fair in Jur-'
ham last week. "
Miss Emily. Jones of Milton ar
rived Saturday, imd, opened her
school at Jalop Monday morn
ing, n .
Mrs. George Craig returned to
her home in Wadesboro last .
Saturday after visiting 1 her,
sister, Mrs. N. Lunsford.
Rev. N. C. Yearby held reviv
al services over at the cotton mill
section last week, and reports
very great interest. ;
Mrs. Joe Swartz, Miss Nellie,
Howard andClyde Swartz have
returned from an extensive visit
toVirginia. ' . :
Mr. Guy Winstead, a very
popular young man of the Con
cord section, is in the hospital in
Richmond. He, had an operation
for appendicitis. and we are glad
to know is getting along nicely.
and
broken in just a few
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