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ROXBORO, NORTH GARQtlNA, Wednesday Evening January 19, 1916
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SEEKS TO OUST HAMMER
MARION BUTLER FILES GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST
privilege as electors," that he took
possession of ballot boxes unlaw
fully, that he failed to perform
ATTORNEY OF THIS DISTRICT OF POLITICAL n Z Z 771
jjyp ! prosecute persons, and that he
! misconducted himself bv official
Washington Dispatch, Jan. 12. . j action toward a grand juror." ,
Clarion sutler toaay tiled a pe
tition and affidavits from Randolph
county citizens with j President
W i 1 so n , p re f e r r i n g c ll a rges aga inst
V. C. Hammer, United States At
torney for the Western District of
North Carolina, and requesting re
moval. I
The probable course indicated
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would be for the President to sub
mit the petition with affidavits to
the Attorney General, for investi
gation, and in the event an investi
gation is ordered the hearing prob
ably will take place in i Washing
ton. )
There are five charges, which re
late to alleged practicejof fraud in
.connection with the election of No-
Person County Com
ing To The Front.
It has been said that it was
not worth while to raise chick-
r
ens, etc., for this njiarket as you
could not sell them for cash and
get anything for them, but that
is not true any more; one day
last week we saw Mr. , C. H.
Hunter, one of our leading gro
cers, shipping four coops of
hens, 60 in all, which averaged
5 pounds each. He paid fifty
cents each for these hens, and
paid the cash. ,
situation
MEXICO
dominent, subject in
MIHV
mill
AMERICANS
KILLED
CONGRESS
THIS
WEEK
BY
MEXICAN
BANDITS
CONTRACT FOR $35,000,000 .
' WORTH OF MACHINE GUNS
vember 2, 1914, fid alleged non
performance of dntv as district at- vv Y()rk' Tan- 15 Announce
tn,nar it B maA U .nn.i mt tnatthe Russian buyh-gcom
, , . , h . ' mission in the United States has
and advised voters and officers or approved contracts for $35,UO0.00i
election in Richland f township, ! worth of machine guns with four
Randolph county, kito omit and American companies, was made to-
violate their duty by which voters da-v- The contract called for 32,
ATTACKED A TRAIN AND SHOT DOWN AT LEAST
t.rr. vr,m Mr7,rnVrTr,vrNte MOSTLY AMERICANS
SAUA TSfBEl HLRBERS CCKPLETEDfUVEH" ; GREAT ALARM CAUSED IN THIS COUNTRY.
SHADOWS THE WAR "MUST PUNISS- El Paso, (Tex.,) Dispatch, Jan, 12.
BANDITS" MEMBERS OF HOUSE AW,;, The number of fon signers mur
SENATE ARE UNANIMOUS IN THElft, jllSpSJ west of Santa Ysabel Mon-
TENCE ON THIS POINT t day afternoon by Mexican bandits
. . . L ' was placed at 19 late today. It
vashington, Jan. 16.--Tfie-Was autllol.itatively stated that
problem of securing protection ftpnpm, Prt . . , nnpy a Y.
.for American life, and property .'uiftn:n 0nBaU. ..n;'
m Mexico, revived .by the Santa;-era Francisco Villia, ordered the
iMUC1 caicuj,, massacre. About 20
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The Bii Sale
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minant subject in. the proceed
iners of both houses durinsr . the
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coining wft;. issutib arising
from the European war hae,
baen completely overshadowed
bv it and conservative bills a
were prevented from voting at the;
000 machine guns and is said to
A hp
election for. a- representative in by anylligerent since the be -Congress
and deprived of their inn ins: of the war.
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In all Ih V vvdrld there is no
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other dnrtk like Coca-Cola in
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look lil
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thatj is as delightful and re
freshing to your palate as
Gall for it in bottles, inspect
the crown for the name, and. re
fuse substitutes.
other important legislative me
ures under consideration are not
drawing the attention that woud
ordinarily be given them. ,
Members of the house aril
senate are unanimous in their ir-.
sis ten ce that the Santa Ysabel
bandits be punished, but the,
majority oppose any step that
would result in intervention
which might mean the destrucl
tion of the de facto government
the United States and the Pan-
American nations led in estab
lishmg.
Mexico will be the. basis of
formal consideration by the sen?
ate foreign relation committee
beginning Wednesday, when th;e
nomination of Henry Prather
Fletcher as anibassador.to fierier
be taken up. Administration
leaders are hopeful that a report
reccommendi ng (confirmation will
be made to the senate without
delay. Several opposition sena
tors, however, have announced
that they will oppose such a step
vigorously, and it generally is
admitted nothing can be done to-
?rards confirmation until the re
ublicans have been appeased by
an answer from President Wilson
to Senator Falls resolution ask
ing for reasons which led to re
cognition of Carranza.
bandits at-
train, it was said,
while 200.. were grouped as a re-
serve at one side of the right of
way.
.Arrivals from Chihuahua Citv
aid that a troop train of 20 cars
conveyed between 500 and 1,000
rGarranza troops, had preceded the
mining company special by about
15.minutes. The engine and two
cars of this train were said to have
Been derailed by the bandits in or-
der-ib stop the passenger train of
leans. What became of the
AT
.Harris & Burns
Roxboro Bottling Works
We have a Sanitary plant, open at all times
for your inspection.
Garrfjza soldiers if they were in
the--military train could not be
Tearried'here.
'JJTlJomiis B. Holmes, the sole for-
eignyiitvivor of the massacre,
racbedthe border here about
jiootiVin a state of collapse.
i-fhe:Twice Eight Club with ad
ditionaI:Kuests met with Mrs.
SYZqI Bullock Friday afternoon.
e 'Used in the parlor L and hv
in room. Rook was enthusias
tically played at seven tables.
Concluding the afternoon a re
past in two courses was served
by the hostess and Miss Eliza
beth Noell.
Mrs. O. W. Roberts was tht
honor-guest at a delightful rook
party given by Miss May Wilson
Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5
u'clock. The guests were re
ceived by Miss Louise Thomp
son, who assisted the hostess
in s irving a tempting collation
at thj close of the afternoon. To
FIRE IN 30URI HOUSE. I Mrs. Roberts, the hostess pre-
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On last Saturday at 1 o'clock sentea a aainty silver lemon
the fire alarm was sounded when
Friday and Saturday were
record days. Monday and Tues
day were fine. But don't get
the idea that because we are
having big sales, that all the
good things are gone. This is
an immense stock and it will
.take lots of heavy selling tomake
an impression on it. There are
just as good bargains and just as
many of tbein af there was on
the first day New one. are put
!eout: daily? 1 The sale ;CoritiiTep
there Will' be more and better
bargains every day until the
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last. Remember, too, that
WITH EVERY DOL:
LAR SPENT OR
PAID ON ACCOUNT
You are given a chance to get;
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We have a good stock
of Oliver Chilled, Bay
Dixie and Farmer's
Friend Plows and cast-
the tire was found to be in the
Sheriff's office at the Court House.
While the sheriff and deputy were
at dinner it is supposed the fire
rolled down and set fire to the
floor, which, had it not been dis
covered promptly, might have had
a serious ending. As it was little
damage was done, and the fire was
soon extinguished.
ings.
This class of goods, the
chances are will advance
and we believe it will be
good business and will
pay the farmers to lay in
their supply immediate
ly at the old price.
COTTOS KILL OFFICE FORGE COW UPTOWN
The Roxboro Cotton Mills have
leased four rooms in the Postof
ffice building and are fitting 'them
up preparatory to moving the of
ffice foice up town. Heretofore
the offi .es of this company have
been at the mill near the depot
and this new arrangement will be
very convenient for the managers.
Long, Bradher -&
ll 5. H. PAGE DIES SUDDENLY
On last Saturday Mrs. M. R.
Long received a telegram bearing
the sad news that her father, Mr.
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o. n. rage ot mrtow, i.ia., was
dead. Mr. aud Mrs. - Lon j? left
immediately for Raleigh in their
car where they caught the even
ing train for Florida.
Meeting of the Business
Men's Association.
fork, while to Miss Jane Harvie,
the holder of the highest score
was given a lovely piece of hand
embroidered lingerie.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Noell en
tertained the Bridge Club Tues
day night. When the hour ar
rived for discarding, the cards
the hostess assisted by Miss Bre
ta Noell, served a turkey course
with accessories and coffee.
Mrs. W. T. Pass was the gra'
cious hostess to the Research
Club Wednesday afternoon at
her handsome home on Main St.
from 3 to 5 o'clock. The parlors
were attractive with quantities
of narcissus and potted plants.
The subject for the afternoon
was, "An Hour in a German
city," and was led in an inter
esting manner by Mrs., A. M.
Burns and followed by an enjoy
able reading by Mrs. W. A.
Sergeant. After the study hour
the hostess, assisted by Mrs. R.
N. Featherstone, served a de
lightful course of refreshments
consisting of sliced tomatoes
with pineapple salad, fried oys
ters, potato chips, hot rolls, fol
lowed by cake and coffee. '
D. ANDREWS COMPLETES HIS TERM.
On last Saturday, evening Mr.
The Business Men's AsSocia- D. M. Andrews finished his term
tion wilfhold a meeting , in the of six months imprisonment in the
Club Rooms, Friday Jan. 21, County jail. He had been in jail
1916 at 7:30 p. ;m. sharp. . Ad-; just five months; having been sen-
dress, 'Civic Improvements' ' by tenced on the 16th day' of August,
Mr. L. Mi Carlton.. Ladies'- inr but was given one months time for
Cash
I Absolutely
FREE!
There are bargains in every
department all over the store.
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You can get
lYin-BOR FURNISH YOUR HOI
at exceedingly low prices.
To appreciate what a great sav
ing of money this sale is to the
the buying, public you will have
to come and see. No matter
what you may be in need of,
you will find it here at money
saving prices.
Come and let us Show
You
"Roxboro's
Store"
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