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I ' ' -V-' M ' , ; -??; .rati v vv' ll? v'c';A"v A! ' 1 A TV lib ; f 1? X J Noeil Brbs.;Propriet6rs VOL. XXXIV H' FLOOD OF LOCAU BIELS Race Against Time in the Legisla- ture Salary of Governor to be In- creased Probably Other State Of- ficers. ' ; ; ' I i The Legislature has been flooded vith bills for local and private legis ation since it met last .Wednesday. ? Today the constitution ameridmenfi' ratified last fall, which stakes this business out of the handset the Leg-' tv.'.m , : t - is,ature, is effective, hnce ft.W."?? zo iret through as manyMocal bills as possible. . . Among the bills of local interest presented was introduced in the Se nate by Hon. E. J. Tucker to allow apon a good road bond issued fSOO, - ;he people of Person county to vote uu. non, o, v ass iniroaucea a .bill impowering the Board of County Commissioners to sell certain lanls i -ft. 1. r TT T T - f a 1 ' i n KoxDoro .. Another bill was intro, ! :erning the regulation o i iuced concerning barbers in thisv county. Another to :ax dogs in Person county. ; v The Senate yesterday passed a bill to increase the Governor's salary to 57,500. The introduction .of some measures ndicate a probable change in the ynanagement of the State's business. Following the introduction of a reso iution by Oates of Cumberland for -he appointment of a committee of rive to consider the creation of a State purchased board, Brenizer of Mecklenburg offered a supplemental resolution instructing this commit tee to also consider the creation of a State Board ol Appropriations which would pass upon all appropriations of State money. The Brjenjrreso lution empowered the committedto draft such bills as might be nieces sary in the event of favorable ; re ;rt, The resolution was unanimous- Jy passed There was great rejoicing ,n the .pecial'messaWirng drawal of the Cuban bond suit. A resolution of thanks to the republic if Cuba was adopted. The Senate refused to pass a bill passed by the House, repealing the stock law for Pender county, and a bill to allow the people of Washing- j ton county to vote on the removal of the court-house from Plymouth to Roper failed. An attempt to rush through a bill to pay Judge Bond $2000 for investi gating the Greene county lynching was held up and the bill sent to committee. Five Hundred Gallons of Liquor ' Sprinkled on Streets of Phoenix. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 3. Five hun dred gallons of whiskey, wine and beer were poured into a city water vagon here Jast week and the streets . )f the business section sprinkled with the liquor. Two hundred automobiles I thet followed the water wagon. A brass band played a dirge. sprinkler with its cargo, valued at 520,000, was driven by dry advocates. The liquor was confiscated in raids by the sheriff under the new Ari zona prohibition law and its unique disposition ordered by Superior Judge Stanford. SOCIETY NEWS. e $ Mrs. W. T. Long was the gracious Germany get her own, she woalo! ,be hostess to the Twice. Eight .. Club, mistress of Central Europe; from the Friday afternoon. Besides the club ' Engijsh Channel to 'the Blacck Sea. members,, a large number of visi- j On the part of the Allies, England tors were present, and all were re- ;L,hasheenaupremeain .finance .and4 4ip ceived by the hostess, who directed tuwiww.'AA laimched the victorious - j the way to rooms where tables were : placed for Boston .Rook. At the con clusion of the afternoon, an elabor ate course of refreshments was serv7 ed. nonorine her sister. Mrs. Guv iMuatw ....v y - oimpson, of Durham, Mrs. Lillian their counter-offensive against Aus Foreman entertained a few friends j tr jn the neighborhood of Treste. at her home on Saturday afternoon.; Neither side is whipped, though Twelve guests were present and rook th are bleeding at every pore, was the form of amusement for the ; Germany has perhaps reached her afternoon, after which refreshments ; zenith and no nation ever equaled 'ere served. . , I her in the art " of .war but her j strength cannot always endure.. The The Research Club met Wednes- Allies will be ready' when the winter afternoon with Mrs. Mamie Mer: js overL:to deal far heavier, blows jtt as hostess Mrs. W. T. Pass was than ever. What he. end "will b-, or leader for the discussion, which when it will pe, no man can tell 48 German Citjes, items were also ead on the ' ranitnU f Horman and Mrs. J. J. Winstead Save a readinir. After' th 'leskori 2ud social1 hour wiifcti which time delightful refresh- Apply to Singer Sewing' Machine Co. -fteats wi- : i ' - - " r. 1 study, ' i J ' - - - -:, J COilSSjlFflS; IN SESSfOM y-'tv- BoaM Commissioners Meet in Regular Unthly Session Tlitirs- ghiCash ie-electeiffo- m-rGates; Superintendent of vvate Works, - - -The vn; board of commissioners met Regular :inonthly ' ses- sion t Thursday; night m'th Ma-1 or's c over; Sergeant & Clayton's stoi Al members were 'present. ortter at 7:30. . The. minutes of the lasu meeting: were read anrf Messrs, J. A. Noell, Jr., and S, C. Jcott appeared before ho jubmitted an advertising ptoposition :6ncerning; the special edition to be .t ately aftenvards the board went-into executive meeting. A motion was made and carried that the board con- " T T!TTV!n ' ii aisu oruerea mat a prooi De submitted to Messrs.'. F. O. Carver I and C. C. Cunningham, Messrs. L. M. Carlton and W. H. Long were re-elected as members of the board of trustees of the Roxboro Graded Schools for a ,term of three years. Mr. J. F. Cash was re-elected town constable for one year. Mr. R. H. Gates was re-elected superintendent of water works. The following ordinance was adopt ed: "Be it ordained: That if any j yiovii) inui vi tvipuiiiuuil snail U1S- pose of or undertake to dispose of any waste paper or trash or other substance of like kind by dumping same ' on any premises with in the CQjtarate limits of the town, such rsonj firm or corporation Shall e 'fined one dollar, and shall be furth or fined one dollar for each additional i day same is permitted to remain af- r - - n - t : " r -V bond of $200 in the name of the town in the action about to be brought in the superior court of Person coun ty in the matter of J. D. Hart & Co.. A bunch of bills were audited and ordered paid. After which the board adjourned. THE BLOODEST YEAR IN HISTORY. The year of our Lord 1916, was be yond' doubt the bloodiest year in the history of the human race. Fifteen nations in furious death-grapple con tinued to pour out like water their blood and treasure upon the altar of j Mars. We are told that during the second year of the war no fewer than three million men were slain; ' that more than six million men were wounded and disabled for life; that I forty million men stood in arms ' ready for the slaughter-house of the war-god; and that the cost in money amounted to thirty million dollars a day, or more than thirty-six billion dollars for the year. Look at it in the large. ;. Germany accomplished nothing in the naval battle of Jutland, lost ground on the Somme, and failed at I Verdun; but she checked the great Russian offensive in Galicia, kept the Serbs from regaining their king dom, and crushed Aumania, the 'fif teenth nation to enter the war; she also became absolutely dominant r amongst the Central Powers, and, I were the war 'to close today, and ivfiimvv j . 0ffensiVe on the Somme, but did not break the deadlocck on the we front; and she was forced to aban don the disastrous Gallipoli cam paign. The French won immortality by their defense of Verdun, and. the Tniior. liVpwisW earned renown m - Biblicl Recorder. I .WANTED Salesman , , and collec-. Hbme FirstlAbroad Next ROXBORO, NORTHVGARQtlNA, Wednesday. Evening JafelQ, 1917 '.-.;:.' ::fj"'";. fUr-',. ' ',' At Bethel Hill m December-- other to be Arganized at H urdles Mill Soon, -ifv? - " -: , ' Miss Mary Spurgeon returned Roxboro last week and has already. commenced her worfcfor the spring ' At a meeting at Bethel Hill on the, i ui ox j-ecemoer, a vanning .iuo and also i Hdme Bembntsrating Cluh were organized. J At this first meet-" ing "How tdMakeirss'-Cook er" was disciissedifeiigth. fAlso "How to cook chicken ih a .tireless cooker. The' value of chicken cook - ed in a fireless cooker compared:;to the ordinary .. way;" wa discussed by the members' preserrt :at tlie meetingiat source of advertising would be Two more clubs will be orgaaiied j in thecouhty in he!near future; One of which will perhaps be- organized 'first at Hurdles Mill. Mi?s Spurgeon is making great' progress in this work in the county and is receiving much encourage ment from the people.. Board of Health Hold Meetings, According to the wquirements . of the. laws of North. Carolina relative to the public health of ; the county, H. J. Whitt, chairman "ot the Coun ty Board of Commissioners, J.v M. O'Briant, Mayor of the it own of Rox boro and J. A. Beam, Superintendents of the Public Schools of Person coun ty, met one day last week and organs ized in regular form.- The health laws of . North Carolina' were duly considered .. each . member desiring to know the full intent and scope of the law, also the duties and responsibilities devolving the board; Two memjbers were elected to com plete the board, Dr.' 'Iynes; of Hurdles Mill, and Dn.'iohn Merritt were elected. .The second, meeting of the bdard was held last Monday in the offices of the county H superintendentJ-c Dr; W." A-. Bradsher-'Waelectexlaif'fiWnty health officer. The members of the board are very euthuiastic over the work and plans are being made for some constructive work. Another meeting will be held soon at which time each member is expected to be present. The health officer will out line his year's work and steps will be taken as far as consistent with the limited funds, to improve the health condition of the people, of Person county. STATE TROOPS WILL BE BACK HOME BY MARCH 1 According, to Edwin Smith Pou, Son of Representative, Who is a Pri vate in District Cavalry Troop. Washing, Jan. 8. ihe North Carolina troops now doing patrol duty on the Mexican border will be home by March 1, according to Ed win Smith Pou, son of Representa tive and Mrs. Pou, who is a private in troop B of the District national guard. Young Pou is here visiting his parents. ' , According to Pou the guardsmen on the border are being sent home as rapidly as cars can be obtained to transport them to their native states. The railroads have not ,been able to furnish equipment to handle more than a couple of regiments every two weeks and at this rate young Pojx . says the North Carolina toys, ac cording to gossip along the front, will reach the state About the 'first -at March. Mrs. Pou and Misses Annie -Ihrie and Margaret Pou reachedWnshing ton today and will be Ai3iShore ham hotel with Congressman Pou-un-lialter-the. inauguration. Representative -Webb has -secured Mitchell county, eectivefarch 1. Presby teriani Announcerotnta. Mid-week' Prayer vSerwceihiid each Wednesday night at theVresbyterian church at 7:30. We shall be glad . to have our friends of the Baptist church worship with us at any of our services while they are without a pastor. Rev. Carlton D. White will preach at the Hurdles Mill School-house Sunday, January 14th, at IX su- m. , Death of Mrs. Solomon. Mrs, Jefferson Solomon, who lived in . JSast Roxboro, died at herhome on Monday! 3Irs. Solomon -was a devoted Christian and. before, iier death called - her loved-ones toi her bedside and -; asked j them, all ; to so live, that " they might t-meetr her in heaven: She'expresrd a. rriliir-r-ess , ' " 1 . . . .'!. GdfMiissroNERs indorse SPECIAL EDITION PROJECT r Already well Represented, but Could f Have More Co-operation Which jWould Extend Better Invitation. jAs further evidence for those who dq not realize that our special edi tiOn. project deserves commendable remarks from that entire community, we give o jt the statement that the project has been highly endorsed by ,the Town Commissioners. At their .meeting Thursday night the plan was '4bmitted to them for their approval. They readily saw that the vast amount of good to be derived from 6f unlimited benefit to the town as 4C;whole. In this article we commend xthe town "Fathers" for their loyal -support in our emieavor. ; -Tor the information of our friends and patrons of this edition, we send forth the statement that the paper isfso well represented of this com munity, that as it stands to lav, it could be published and termed in the . Lfrihest sense a creditable issue. -However, we are of the, opinion that oiir special proposition does offer any suggestion that would be obnoxious ;tothose who do not patronize it For the reason that any fair-mined per son will realize that the plan is at ieast a three-fold one, and, that its main object is to boost the resources of 'the county .and town in which tey live, we are egotistic to think tfxat.we will receive from ecry citi zen 'Iheir life long praise in behalf of the -work. In the meantime our special representative is putting forth every effort to make the ytli t!iri" a "co-operation," it is useless to state that it would appeal to the out sider as a real invitation to visit here if it would represent every business it, tne communuy. Vflt '''' ' ' f V- v- . ' -' . Mrs. vIIenry FielcV died at the home ! of her son-ih-law. Mr: Htich Woods, i last Thursday. The f nueral was held at the Presbyterian church and con ducted by Rev. S. E. White. The re mains were laid to rest in hte town cemetery Friday afternoon. Mrs. Field was born in Southern England, December 19, 1843, and was the daughter of Edward and Eliza Bird. At the time of her death she was- 73 years and 15 days of age. She was married April 2nd, 1866, to H. Field, to which union there were born nine ! childlren of . whom four survive, Mrs. G. L. Thompson, of! Philadelphia; Mrs. . Hugh Woods and Mrs. L. T. Bowles, of Roxboro, and W. E. Field of Atlanta, Ga. She came with her family to America to live, first living at Phila- delphia, and later coming to Roxboro j where she has lived since She numbered her friends wherever she lived by her acquaintances, and this was broad for wherever she was, she was anxious to know people that she might help them. Her life has been a benediction to many, whether it be in the home, in the school room, church, Sunday-school, of wherever she met them. Mrs. Thompson of Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. F. K. Thomas and woods Morton, of Danville, Va., Misses Pet ty and Singleton, of Durham, were among the out of town people who came to attend the fuheral. Resolutions of the Rock Grpre Baptiat Church. Where as:? Our beloved pastor, D. F. Putman, leaves Us to accept work on another fieli" we, the.;itoek. Grove Baptist church, adopt the following resolutions: 1st. We recommend him to the field to which he goes. 2nd. We commend; him to our Heavenly Fath er. 3rd. May his ministry be suc cessful, in winning -souls to Christ and the uplift of His Kingdom. 4th. That a copy o f these resolutions be sent to The Biblical Recorder and one to The Roxboro Courier for publica tion, and recorded in minutes of the church. A Sad Death. The deat.angel visltedHhe hortie of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rogers Sat urday,' December the second, and claimed as ! its - victim , heir precious little Charlielthe only child, He was iflt about twff1 weeks, suffer ing with pne.uniomay wljich' terminat ed into 'meniagetis. , His sufferings, were- intense - until the end. . He jwas about eight I niantiis old) tHe v was layed 'at rest in-rirry'sGrove cem- pa $1.00 CGNTRAOT LET TUESDAY Messrs. Pass, Woody and Long to Rebuild Post Office Building Work to Tiegin at OnceTo be Cojiprleted by May 15, 1917. The contract to re-build the post office building was awarded to Messrs. Wilkerson and Bowles of Durham, Tuesday afternoon. The work on the building will begin at once and the contractors promise to have , the building completed by May 15, 1917. The building will have practically the same appearance on the outside as before the fire. But the inside will be changed considerable on all floors. It will be finished up much finer than the building destroyed by fire. The government has already ac cepted the bid "of Messrs. Pass, Woody & Long, thereby assuring the people of Roxboro as good a post office or even more convenient than ever before. This part of the build ing will be completed- by the first of Mav- DEATH OF G. G. MOORE. Mr. G. G. Moore, formerly of Ml. Tirzah, Person county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. E. Al len, on Lamond Ave., on December 29, 1916, at 7 o'clock in the morning:. Mr. Moore has been afflicted with paralysis for five years. Until that time he was a very active citizenvof Person county. He was a success ful farmer. Mr. Moore was the only surviving son of Rev. Junius P. Moore;; deceas ed, of the North Carolina J4ethodist.fi - Conference, and grandson of the late General Paucius Moore, of the Revo lutionary war. Heassbprn; near 'Mt. Tirzah " in years old,' in -185g hV was; married, io iyv?' Virjma;v; born nine children; by wife and" four W. Reade, Messrs, J. P. jMoore, M. B. Moore and Mrs. T. E. Allen, all of i Durham, and one sister, Mrs. A. Web Vof Warren Plain, N. C. The fnneral services wis held at the home of Mr. T. E. Allen, on La mond Avenue, Durham, N. C, at 2 o'clock p. m.. and ipterment was mada in Maplewood cemetery, De cember 30, 1916. ? Concerning the Purchasing of Ground Limestone and Marl. To the County Agents: You will generally find it possible to save your farmers considerable sums of money on their purchases of ground limestone and marl by get ting prices from the State Depart ment of Agriculture, which has state contracts with the leading lime grinding companies that are located near enough to North Carolina ter ritory to do business in this state. Resnectfully, W. A. GkAHAM, Commissioner oi" Agriculture- Surl News. Mr. Jess Chandler, of Stem, vis ited .home folk in the Surl section Christmas. Mr. Sid Vaughan says he killed 38 squirrels Wednesday and Thursday in Christmas. Messrs Charlie Wilson and E. G. Thompson passed thorugh the Surl section dur ing Christmas. It makes no differ ence what your occupation may be, let your management be got?d, that's a good New Year resolution. The following farmers have tobacco on hand: Messrs, Joe Bowling, 5 cur ings; O. G. Frazier, 2 curings; John Blalock,' about 1,000 pounds; Enoch Oakley, Luther Fogleman and S. E. Peed were all striping ' tobacco last Thursdays Idraand Tom Blalocek also have sortie tobacco on hand. The majority of the tobacco will be sold on the Roxboro market. Mr. R. L. Clark, of Bera, died the first vday of ' the Christmas. Mr. Clark , was - a ' good otd jolly gentle man and will .bev. missed by a good many peojteMri G. G. Moore, who made his iorrjit Surl for a long time, died on ' Friday in Christmas'. t About 35 years , ago he waspne of SurPs biggest farmers. His pepple have the, sympathy of this communi ty. Mrl -Ausey Day died on the 28th of December.' Pneumonia was the cause;. of , his 'death: He was eighteen years; of age. His folk have .the sympathy of their community. - ; ' THOS; FRAZIER , , Surl, January 6th, 1917 . Miss' Jane Harvie has. returned, io j:iis union: veraui. --. ... , - i - . . 1 Per Yearin Advance Number 2 ROXBORO MARKET RbOPEHS 30,000 LBS. SOLD MONDAY Good Sales Monday, Tuesday and " Today at all Five Warehouses Prices Equally as Good as Before . The Holidays. The Roxboro Tobacco market re opened Monday morning, after a holi day, of a period of two weeks. Mon day, Tuesday and today brought a-: good deal more tobacco to the local market. The prices are equally as good on all grades as they were be fore Christmas. All the buyers have returned and are now ready and eager to buy the remainder of thcrop to besold in Roxboro. There is no indication at present" that the price will be any lower, if not a little higher, than it was before Christmas. About 20 per cent of the crop in this county remains to be sold, acl cording to the estimate by the ware houses. Of this amount the Roxboro market will sell practically the en tire amount, as the warehousemen Jhave shown that in .getting the best pricce for the 'weed, Roxboro leads all surrounding markets in averages. . There remains only a short time to sell, the Roxboro market will per haps eclose on or about the last of x?u C Tailoring Opening. Mr. J. H. Rosenburger, represent ing ScMoss Bros & Co., will bewith' us January 11th, 12th and 13th, with, a new line of samples for spring si, etc. We extend you a cordial auoii to can ana see ine new styles. Woody, Long & Morton. Stockholders Meeting. The stockholders ofthe Peoples -This the 8th day of January, 1917. j E. J. LONG, Cashier. Edgar Lang Memorial Church. , My subject next Sunday 11 a. m.f will bei Some essentials for an effic-' ient ana victorious church. We shall have the installation of the church officers at this service. We trust therefore to see all Hhe steawards, trustees, Sunday-school superinten dents, charge lay leaders" present at this service. My subject Sunday night w21 be: Jesus the Light of the World. I expect to show njt only the power hut also the glory of this LighL We welcome everybody to these services. O. W. DO WD. Pastor. Our Crops Worth Nearly Three Hundred Millions. Rakigh, Jan. 8. In the crop report I just distributed by the national de partment, North Carolina ranks in1 the value of crops No. 11, value $27442&.000. She is first in quantity of . sweet potatoes, ja the, amount of cotton per acre, and second in the value of tobacco crop: She is 16th in corn; 21st, in wheat; 16th, in rye; 25th, in oats; 11th in buckwheat; 3&th, m hay; 27th in Irish poUtoes; 10th in rice; 9th in apples; 14th iff peaches. The corn crop of this year is .53,650,000 bushels; last year it was 64,050,000. Death of lora Walters. About five o'clock on the morning of the .first day of the New YetJ our friend, Dora Walters fell slee in Jesus. Loving hearts and gentle friends did all that could be done to keep the little spark alive the- tired body gave away. God saw best to take her but of this troublesome world. We should not wish her back but strive to meet her in a better land. She, was eighteen years, six months old. ' Leaves a grandmother, father, motherj three pothers-and four sisters, with a host! of other re latives and friends' to mourn her death. She bore her sickness of about twelve days patiently and war conscious; to the encL The ,tmriar took place Tuesday afternoon at Ber ry's Grove church of which she was a member.- Conbrfbuted. Mr. J. L. Stanfield has returned to Greensboro and rill again be with .ArmourV C04 this spring. Mr. - S to- . .field; made good witH thw company "? last' season vand . his abih'ty was rec- (cni2ea"byr this company. ' Roxboro ii Bank; will meet; on Saturday, Janu- ary ?o; f op the ' purpose ? of I . - He ismve4 v.v , w?.w; ; children, Mrs. E, Ui" " w t'v J . 'I 8 i hi J 3 1. i vt i 4 1 A,- . y- -it: 'J V J , e- k 1: