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ROXBORO, NORTH dARdBiNA; ' Wdfiesday Evening Dec. 6, 1916
Number 52
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FERENCE
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The Methodist Conference will
meet in Durham today and the?
following ministers left yester
nv morniner to attend Pot?
,1 W. Dowd and Mrs. 6. wl
L)0Wd, Hevs. C. R. Ross an j
00m As none of these mfnis.
xers have been on their field the
aliotteJ four years we sincerely
trust they will be returned,
While their has been man v able
men on these fields we do not be-
Heve there has been a time when
better work was being done than
these godly men are dointr at
the present time.
Mr. Rufe Read of
Cedar Grove Dead.
Mr. Rufe Read, one of the
prosperous and esteemed citizens!
f Cedar Grove died at Watts
Hospital in Durham Monday
night. Mr. J. H. Loy, who gave
us the information concerning i
his death, said he was a fine!
specimen of mankind, but was
suddenly taken ill and died from
the effects of. an operation.
Enrolled in The 500 Club.
Our friend Mr. J. C. Cates
3ud as he is known to all of his
friends, made us a pleasant call
Monday and added his name to the
500 club, v L
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There is
do you see so
ed with QUALITY lumber from our
storage? Why do you hear the people say:
"Get it from the Roxboro Lumber Co.?"
Why has the business of the Roxboro
Lumber Co. increased 100 per cent?
There must be u reason and if you are
not a customer it will pay you to get in
touch with us.
Kiln Dried Lumber
OUR SPECIALTY
Roxboro Lumber Cow
"Home of Quality Lumber.
PRESTON SATTERFIELD, Sect' y. & Manager.
Make Your Christmas
. .' .
Presents Worthwhile
Come to our store and select some
thing that Will be of service.
Garving Sets
Aluminum Ware
Gut Glass
Percolators
Goal Vases
Dinner Sets
Scissors, etc.
Toy Cap Pistols for the smalf
boys. We have only a limited
number of these. Come early.
Come to see us we want your
business.
SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
The services at Bethel Hill last
Saturday and Sunday Were ex
cellent, The church decided 'to !
have Bro. Middleton, our Sunday
School Secretary to hold a Sun
ay School Institute beginning
at 1 ' cloek on Saturday before
the 8rd Sunday in this month.
There wil1 be dmner on - the
&rundsfSunday.
AH are cordially invited to at-
ten1 this meetin and we espe-
cially urge a11 Sundav School
suPerintendents, Sunday School
Teachers and Sunday School
workers ot Person County, re
gardless of denomination, to
come and join us in the work.
We expect this meeting to be
worth while sur 'enough, as
Brother Middleton is well up on
Sunday School Institute work.,
J. A. Beam.
Bazaar and Refreshments.
The Ladies Aid Society of .the
Roxboro Baptist Church will hold
a bazaar in the Crowell Garage on
Tuesday, December 12th, open
ing at 11 o'clock a. m. Refresh
ments, consisting of oysters, stew
ed or fried, and other delicacies
will be served all day and even
ing. This will be a splendid op
portunity to buy that Christmas
present for your wife or sweet
heart. Don't fail to attend.
A Reason.
m any wagons load
j
Guns
Hunting Goats
Leggins
Shells
Razors
Knives
Stoves and Ranges.
SUNDAY
m.
MINUTES OF
TEACHERS
The Person
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Association held
lar meeting for the year 13164$::
in Roxboro Graded School :bui(dAlbnday a Busy Day For New
ing, Saturday No v.-18, 1916. ;t'V
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Mr Beam spoke- ol the advirl-"
tages to be had from attend&i
the Teachers' Assembly and &4
vised all teachers to make art effort
to go Prof. E. W. Pearson was
appointed a committee of onelto
investigate reduced rates froor
Roxboro to Raleigh.
Some complaint of having to at
tend the Association had comeii)
the Su pt. M r. Beam spoke of ile
law regarding attendance of; the
real good that comes from the b
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servance of this law and also the
joy that comes with willing serviced
In concluding his remarks on ttfs
subject he cbmmenoed the teadtjf
ers on the fine spirit that seemslfc
be strong among both teachlrs
and pupils' of the county. . p
After this the Association sep
arated itself into its departments.
When we reassembled the foil
was called and minutes of ( fitsf
meeting read and approved.; m
Mr. Beam called the aUentjpn
of the teachers to the three qol
umns in rfhe Courier he has ad
reserved for reports and discus
sions from the schools. He asjced
that we make this part of thea
per helpful and inspiring.
Mrs. Beam advised the reading
circles to write to-El&n.CoireciEltp
course we are 'supposed to follow.
Dr. Whicker from Eton, who has
charge of our circle, was expected
to speak to us but was not present.
Plat s for County Commence
ment were briefly discussed. It
was suggested that teachers write
Miss Ethel Xewton a list of things
they desire to enter for prizes.
Miss Newton is to report the re
sult of this and it is to be further
discussed at a later meeting. We
expect a six months session and
this will throw the commencement
in April.
Time for Christmas holidays
was discussed. It was decided to
close Dec. 19th to reassemble again
i Jan. 3rd.
Attention was called to the ob
servance of special days, Arbor
and Bird Day, Good Roads Day,
Sanitation Day and last but not
least Mr. Beam suggested Forgiv
ing Day.
During the a. m. the teachers
grouped themselves in front of the
school building and had a picture
made.
Refreshments of candy and fruits
were served by our thoughtful
Supt.
The meeting adjourned to meet
again Saturday before the third
Sunday in January.
J;, A. Beam, Pres,
Helen Graves, Secy.
iCIElif
Mrs. A. S. deVlaming was
hostes to the Friday Afternoon
Rook Club with 1 other guests,
Monday afternoon at? her hospi
table home on Main Street. Bos
ton Rook which was nlaved at
The opening exercises were cjii i v Next Monday to Complete Un
ducted by Supt. J. A. Beam. V'f finished Business.
five tables was the "form of en:jthat Missouri is the place to buy
: tertainment for a few hours.
Afte,r which delectable refresh
ments were served ; by Misses
Isabel and Marion deVlaming.
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We fcish to thank the people ot
Roxboro for their kindnesses .dor-
mg me recent iuKiic&a aim ucaui
CARD
HANKS
of ourinrife :and tnother.G. S. brhavinghima pistojwith-lbb t- -i ; T fv:
Commissioners Meet ''Again
v " The Board of County ' Commis
sioners met in regular ; monthly!
meeting Monday morning , at ;10
o'chwk, with all members present.
Messrs. R. D. Bailey, Daniel Long
and J R. Whitt compose the
board as it now stands. Theses of
ficers as well as Sheriff N. S.
Thompson and Register of Deeds,
Thos. B. Woody, took the oath of
office shortly after the meeting
hour and were sworn in by Clerk
of Court D. W. Bradsher. The
bonds of Sheriff Thompson and
Register of Deeds Woody were ac
cepted by the board.
The usual routine of work was
taken up and passed upon by the
board. Practically all bills for the
last election were paid at this
meeting The pauper Jist, which
is taken up at the beginning of
the fiscal year, took up quite a lit
tle time of the commissioners. A
good auijunt was allowed paupers
at this meeting. ,
The salary of F. A. Brown was
allowed for November. A letter
from District agent McLean asked
the board to extend the time of
agent until 15th of December as
the new Demonstrator had not
lieeaappojnted as yet. . This; was
Wl're r 7;hiaLsal.hour'of Bereavement. 7.
4 o clock Monday afternoon to
meet agun next Monday to com
plete unfinished business. At this
meeting the question of appoint
ing the banks in Roxboro to handle
the funds for the county will be
passed upon. It is generally un
derstood that the banks will ac
cept these accounts freenf cost.
The road meeting y ill be held
on the third Monday in Decem
ber. Honor Roll Brooklyn School.
Second grade Sail ie Hicks.
Third grade Silas Clayton.
Fourth grade Eliza Hicks.
Fifth grade Larciene Clayton,
Mary Daniel, Robert Daniel, Tal
mage Daniel, Edith Monk, Ray
mond Daniel.
Sixth grade Clara Day, Mary
Clayton, Hettie Lea, Dewey Dan
iel. Capture Stills.
Deputy m. T. Clayton and Kel
vin Long brought in two stills in
the past week. One Thanksgiving
and one Monday They were of
the genuine homemade kind. One
being maHe of a large coffee pot
and the other of an extra large
barrell. The price of copper being
so high, home-made stills are be
coming the fad. However these
are the first captured so far of
that variety. . The parties operstf
in tliem were not 'at home"
when the officers called.
In Missouri Buying
Horses and Mules.
Everybody knows, and no one
better than Mr.
T. D. Winste
good, mules. Mr. Winstead ' left
Sunday morning 'for that State
where he will buy a lot of the best
horses and mules that can be found
j for this market. Hewill return in
a short .while and will have more
tS teltubout them, just watch
The Courier.
TofCap-Pistots,. Sante Clause:
majie.the boy, more Happy tnan
TO P MIT COURT HOUSE
Both Inside and Out Will Be
PaintedPassed at , The Last
Meeting of The Old Board!
At the regular road meeting
the third Monday in November
the last meeting of the old b6ard,
COmpOSeot of Messrs Ji .E. -Mon-
tague, C. H. Hunter And ! Daniel
Long, it was ordered to have the
Court House repainted in all offi
ces and court room as well as the
outside of the building. This
will add much to , the building
and the old board is to be com
mended for their last act as
members of Person County
Board of Commissioners.
LOAD OF TOBACCO
BROUGHT $2,085.00
Henderson, Nov. 24. A single
load of tobacco weighing 7,522
pounds and claimed by local deal
ers to be the largest ever mar
keted -was sold here today for
$2,055, averaging more than 31
cents per $ound. The - tobacco
was grown by I. M. Green a
Vance county farmer.
Resolutions.
We the W. O. W. or Woodmen
of the World. In Gmp Assem
bled. This Wednesday jilrht $ov.
29th, 1916, . wish to extend our
heartfelt sympathy, to ou r es
teemed Soverign G. S. Hall, in
yet she'speaketh. The Woodmen
of the World.
1 Bazaar
The ladies of the4 -M. E. Church
held a bazaar yesterday in the
Newell building on Main Street.
Fancy work and refreshments
were sold, and throughout the
day and evening they were liber
ally patronized.
Mrs. Ruth R. Mitchell former
ly of Reidsville, N. C. Fit and
workmanship warranted - second
to none. Residence opposite city
water tank, Roxboro, N. C. .(4ts)
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DRESSMAKING
t Holiday
Do Your Christmas Shdpping Early.
Our offering of
Goods is now ready for your in
spection. Youill find a nice line to
select from of useful and orna
mental articles. Goods that are
worth buying, worth giving and
worth receiving and all moder-
ai
telv
priced
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We are selling lots of Eurm-
and riouse rurnisnmgs.
goods are
are riht. Let
WE CLOTHE
And we are always
mtfw:
JOIIES-SHERHIlll. - ,
, On Sund morning , Nov. 26t
at ten o' clock there was a beau
tiful marriage solemnized at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Sherman when their daughter, ; , ?
Miss Lillie; became the" bride of
Mr. John R, Jones. ?ev. J. B.
Currin; pastor of both bride;and
crrnnm' nffitintr ' j
The parlor was beautifully, de
corated with fern's and crysan-
v .-
themums.
The only attendant was 'Miss
Jewelle Fogleman and Mr Wil
lie Jones.
1 The bride was attired in a
navy blue suit with hat, ' gloves
and shoes to match. The groom
wearing a blue serge suit.
Immediately after the cere
mony, the bridal party left for
Mt. Harmony church, after
which they went to the home of
the groom's father, Mr. T. K.
Jones, where a sumptuous dinner
had been prepared. Both; bride
and groom were popular among
their many Iriehds. Contribut
ed. A Welcome Visitor.
Rarely have we enjoyed a social
call more than the visit made usr
Monday by our good friend Esq.
W. A. Malone of MOriah. .While
the Squire has reached the shady
side of life he is just as active as"
many of us who are several years
his junior. He is a typical , south-"
em gentleman and his cheering ;
words anjl good wishes are highly ;
orizedin tliis5 office: . Incidentally '
prosperous yar of 0ur lives dor
g the year 19 1 7.. V
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BOX PARTY AT BROOKLYN.
there will be a box party at
Brooklyn school house Saturday
night Dec. 9, given by the pupils
and their teacher, Miss Annie-,
Howard. The public is cordially
invited.
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. '
A oyster supper, candy and
Christmas bazaar will be given
at Alliance Hall School Decem
ber 9, M6.
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