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t:. ,;; v .--,. , ,.KUA tJL)ROy .NOR 1 H G A .v -'Wednesdav Evening Tamiv 17x 1017 ;,tv; x ;? tvt t '
SOOD ROAD BILL
FOR PERSON GOUUTY
The General Accembly of North Car
Section 1. That for the purpose of
building, grading and", constructing
of macadam, gravely soil sand " clay
or other material, and tottierwise im
proving and maintaining . the ; public
roads in Person county," the Board of
Commissioners of saicl county is here
by authorized empowered and direct
ed, and it shall be its duty ;io submit
io the voters 'of said county,' as soon J
after the ratification of this .act as
practicable, upon petition made" to it
signed by two hundred fifty qualified
voters of said county,, the question 'of
issuing - bonds to an amount not ex
ceeding three hundred thousand dol
ars. ". ' Av
Section. 2. That the Board -'of Cotih
iy Commissioners shall, fix the date
for holding the . election for. the; pur
pose of voting on said bond issue,' and 1
shall name the registers and - judges
of election for the voting, -precincts
of said ; county, and give , notice of
said election for at leastthurty 4aya
prior to the date thereof in some
newspaper published in Person tptin
ty ; and : that said J election shalfcf be
otherwise conducted in all. respects
as is now provided for holding elc
tions for members of ) the General
Assembly and. other , county onlcers,
and said county commissioners may
ior may not order a. new registratipn
ior said election. The votes shall be
eounted at the close of the: polls and
a return thereof made to the said
Board of Commissioners on Thurs
day next following said election, all
bf which shall be recorded in the
minutes of . the said
Commissioners, and no j&therf read
mg or declaring of the results shall
"be necessary3;rha it saelciion
the voters shall vote a -ticket written
or printed thereon
on "For koadrrlm
prove'ment Bonds1
Hon shall ;lniaVor(thui
jsuer then the Central HighwaiFCom
.mission of Person county, which is
hereinafter provided for, shall sell
Ihe said -bonds-herein authorized, af
ter thirty; days' advertisement, at
public auction. to the highest bidder
at the court-house door in Roxboro,
N. C. ; and in the event the bonds
are not all thus disposed' of, the said
Central Commission v may receive
sealed bids for-the remainder of said
issue or .of such portion thereof as
they may see fit to sell, and shall dis
pose of the said bonds as other bonds
are ordinarily sold. The bonds so. is
sued shall bear interest at the rate
of not to exceed five per cent, payable
the first day of July and January of
each year, and shall Tun for a period
not exceeding forty years from date
of issue. The said Central Highway
Commission may provide; for the. re
tirement of seventy-five thousand dol
lars of said bonds at the end of ten
yars after date of issue, seventy-five
thousand dollars at the end of thirty
years, and the other seventy-five
thousand dollars at the end of forty
years, all of this to be in ths discre
tion of th 2' Central Highway Com
mission. '-.X ' "' '"'x" . '""X
Section 3. The bonds herein pro
vided for shall be signed by the
chairman of the Central Highway
Commission provided for, and coun
tersigned by the register; of deeds of
Person county, and the seal of the
said county of Person shall be plac
ed thereon by the said register of
deeds. The bonds mav, be issued in
denominations ' of bne' hun Jred dollars
or multiples of one ' h-lndred dollars
ypto one thousand dollars toy suit
purchasers. " I lx: -" ' -Section
4. That at 'thetime of the
election hereinbefore provided 'for,i
there shall , also be elected ;4n each
township in Person county 4hree. per
sons to be known as "Township. High
way Commissioners," one of whom
shall hold office until the nast regi
lar election for members-of-the Gen
eral Assembly and .,f or 'county offi
cers, one for. four years and-one -for
ix years ; and -thereafter ."one .Town
ship Highway Commissioner shall be
elected at each " general election; ' by
the voters of 'each township in Per-,
son county. , f :i . J1
Section .1). On the" first Monday af
ter the' election hereinbefore provide
d for, if a majority of the' votes cast
in said coiinly 'shall , beyn iaypr ; of '
the issuing k df i the . said; rai bonds,
the said Toship-Highwayommis-siohers
elected in each- township shall
meet at the cbuH-house in; Roxboro,
andH)shalljbe
vtpmoWS
y.i.v'( Continued OnPare T'. -.)
iv v vwvtiuor .syLit)es ;M:Wr" .
. i.joriijr.ofeotejs&
STOGKHOLOERS : t mEET
Mr. J.H. CarvRe-Elected
Presidents-
J-
SecreUry; Rea4 Report Showing an
Excellent Condition of the Fair As
.j sociationNew Directors. Ejected
. AW New Vice-Presidents. '
. ! The annual "metingof the 'stock
holders of the - Person3Coun ;M
Association " was heldin f the v direc
torsV room of the Peonies TtanV Iflcf
Saturday afternoon.
The 'meeting was " Salied'biSer'
by, the president; of the Fair Associa
tion Mr. J. H. Carver, promptly at
1:30 p. m. The president requested
M.Xr h. M. Carlton to preside over the
.meeting. ... -..y, .l
i .: Minutes of the last meeting were
disposed of . A roll call of the stock
was ordered by the chairman, and
which showed a majority of the. stock
represented at this meeting. The
secretary was requested to make his
report He read the report to the
stockholders. Same was ordered ap
proved. His report was also submit
ted to th.e directors sometime ago and
published in the Courier. The show
ing was remarkable good and met the
approval of the-stockholders.
; The election of president for the
coming year resulted in the unani
mous re-election of Mr. Joe H. Car
ver.. . .y. .
X- It was decided that the association
should elect at least three vice-presidents.
The following were elected:
Messrs. R. W,(umpton, Tom Jor
dan and T. H. Street
r. J. S. Walker was also re-elected
as secretary without a dissenting
E- G. Long
was unanimously
feelected tiasurier .-X- y V
The following geiitlemen were
elected as directors of the association
fqritjie cominglyear:-' Messrs.Jr,H4
Caryer, t R -W jtmptoomfQr
by some of the negroes of the county
had been made, to see if they could
not rent the fair grounds for a Negro
Fair of person county next year. The
matter of renting the grounds to
them was discussed at length and was
finally decided by a vote -to leave the
matter up to the directors of the as
sociation, giving them full power to
act as they saw best.
It was ordered by the stockholders
that a committee be appointed to
draft new by-laws for the associa
tion and to submit same at the next
meeting of the stockholders.
After attending to all business, the
stockholders adjourned at 3:30 p. m.
Mr. W. K . Medernach to Leave.
Mr. W. R. Medernach, Buyeir on -the
Roxboro market for Ligett " & Myers
Tozacco Company, has, handed in his
resignation to his companjro take
efiect the first of March. Mr. Meder
nach has represented this company on
the local tobacco market for the past
two seasons, and has "made a large
number of friends both in the county
and the town of RoxboTo, who will
learn with regret of his decision to
ieave Roxboro. '
Mr. and Mrs. Merdernach will leave
Roxbord about the first of March and
will make Charleston's. C their fu
ture .home. i
John Pointer FoundDead.
Sunday morning .quite a . great deal
of excitement prevailed when it was
learned that the body of J ohn Point
er had been fouml. in bushes, . near
Roxboro, 'and", near hia home.- The
corner, J)r. W. ;lA.(Bradsher, was
snTniTinnod at - once. 'ana - aner
once,' ana aner a
. t ' 1 'J i.1 U-t-l. 14- -.-.mr, fnivnA
tnoiougn mvesugatn uw-
hv ih rnroner -mat tne ueceaseu
r.-.-". i" :
death waff due .to' apoplexy.
Mr. Pointer had been missing some
feed from,. luV stables, and decided
early Friday morning -W would go
put and seevif . he Jcould detect any
one 'making way with his feed. 1He;
concealed himself in bushes near his
f eed,' -and ; there it is v stated - that the
end ,cameJ;j "Hfr l.had" been1 "missing
since; "j-iday morning.. x'-' v
- The deceased had been in ill -health
for the past three years:. . He7, was the
son of the late Mr. Sam Pointer lie
leaves three sisters and two, brotners.;
The funeral (was held' Monday after-
noon" and was buried in ,tne. lamixy
. - . i. s i v. .t " zi-z
DUnai giuuuua. . 'i '
" . Edgar Long Memorial Church.-.1; ;
.eiiWt npxt Sunday, 11 a.m.,
,-J. i
1 jii u "TVw ethics of: the Pocket
Book." My subject for Sunday night,
5- ."The Twin Brothers."' ve ex-
! tend, you a very cordial welcome to
nttcni r.ll ovr
Fi
KWSM 'come tdrBxhbrd 'to liv-V other friends.; i H Hrw
t?wt-r tnesocial-and "commercial I u;;pcniea pastor or tnerer- x Vr .. -':' ,-.v'.v;
ettoandilla "ytji nf4nvrht' ut they ilbprobaU take
n
1
Between Braila'.and G.
grad Reports JlavVlr:!.: .
: tually yhchangeid;Pc::ticr.,
, t Berlin I Claims :; Have C en c r
plated "Points itof Tantage .ALx
Moldavian Frontier, r . . .
: Field - Marshal von , , Macken:
outposts are now only; similes' f r
Galatz, the importahtRumanian i
on the Danubeiehd,of ith9 Serctli 1"
river itself . on e'railwiy - bet .. .
" . UH41UV''a ft 7'i"iv', - 1 -
Elsewhere along a .heVVRunianhn
front the continuing.' tattle which b
being waged under -unfavorable ;ve a -ther
conditions has resulted ' .recently
in few modifications of the. line.- - 3
Petrograd reports haves, indicat: l a
virtually . unchanged position, v.hil?
Berlin's claims have ben f or r . tho
most part of isolated points ibf vrr.t
age won along the Moldavian L i
tier mountain chains v;.'. r
On the .northern -endof tl; I -sian
front in the; Riga' district t' i
yances: recently scored' sby "the 7 -sians
appear to Have been ir.cir.t '
in the -: ace; of heavy co'unr. r '
by the Qerniahs Twice on su : : .
days Petrograd has Announce J -repulse
of heavy" assaults; ;byvr.:-: :
of troops. ;" .' ' ; ; '
ODeratLons on the Franeo-r i! -' n
froht are confined for' the mc:t r
to artillery;
V
i.i. .. .in if--?
Mr, R." U VHburn, of nurdle nr.i ,
; N. C WiU be Oiie of Us. V .
It afford us. no littleYsens -jleasute
Tto ' chronicle the faci v t
fo.W'L Wilbumland 4iis Jnesti:
arc known.the citizens of thetown
will m spirit feel,v and in one) accord
say, welcome.. x
We unhesitatingly say that "Mr.
Wilburn is one of the most progress
sive and successful business men ;of
our county, and . Roxboro r Always
needs and welcomes such. The .occa
sion of. his coming will be the firm of
Wilhurn '& Satterfield, the junior
member of the firm- being Mr. M. WJ
Satterfield of our town, and you mark
here our prediction, 'Watch them
grow."
They will occupy the stores form
erly occupied by Clayton, Long &
Long, and they will .carry every
thing for the ladies and children in
ready-to-wear dress goods, shoes, etc.,
-and in one of the stores everything
to be found in a gents furnishing
department. ' , -''X-T
; We are informed that the entire
front of -the building will be torn out
and a modern front put in, also radi
cal changes will be., made on the in
side i of the store which will easily
c!ass it one" of rthe best in town and
one of the' prettiest in the. State.'
. We learn that they will opep for
business on or about the first of
March. We again 4repeat, we wel
come such men here, we welcome
such enterprises. ". Merchants playrnq
small part in 'the upbuilding -of our
town and county and we feel safe to
predict that wth prospects we have
before us there will be little : excuse
for foreign buying and wo would re
spectfully point' our. county, with re
spect ,to merchandise to our long
standing motto, l"Home first, abroad
next." -We welcome your enter-
- Messrs. Wil Wn' ' & ' Satfprfirfd
J .' ., . '
V0!i;i.UlSE!!
uie, ieuwnic( pressure; navin rr; ji i ue&uayuioniing r ,N . , i
ed in another train, when" the t - Snow-and ice' coated th sonthem'lf .'ent.
Vadeni was taken. Vladeni i- 1 -! date's from Texas to VirffiniaVmtpr- , the navy ranking
about two' miles 'Soutt-oF -th' V PeriM:witli;trieViimanV nl'aiWt the avaL, organization
I We wifeand family,, will irirtha n. -. ctcewrve as paster., -my N; : , A- ? , .
. v.v v mvc;vvo k " t lidarfa f o : o H Vt 4
Ar-"land bespeak-for you the success-we
f eel, you will merit:. '
, Announcement. . , X
The Methodists are planning an in
teresting, .all day service at" Concord
for , Saturday. ,The .presiding1 elder
wiir,preachat 11 o'clock, immediately
following, the. sermon ithe. pastbr will
install all th?, elective, officers of the
Person "circuit," lunch - served, and in j
the afternoon th e first Quarterly Con
f erence"of the year will be held. The
public is cordially, invited Ho attend.
:.,Miss -Anna Rigsbee Of Durham, -is
the guest" of Mrs.. C. C.: Critcher this
week,V . .-,. f :r-
" ;Mrand''Mrs E"F, .UpchufcK of
Yanpeville, zspent the r nighty (Thurs
day), on .their way from' the. inaugu
ration with Mrs.. L. II. C:.rltr:i, leav
ing, frr
their ho:
; SNOK ANDAICE COATED ,; :THE
SOUTHERN STATES; MON
DAY JNIGHT.;
f A" fiiutherfr States Itli. Excepiioii r-W ? ne
j .: cf Gecria and PlCTida HaVe Cold;; ,:-.Tbu'f '.tlw, Dead;Adjnirl.?
1 T fact VU jr' j. f'-rv. V ' '. ... ..lb ""J"- ' -V-
' Roxboro .Coveredwith : Sleet tanoT ' 'hin0
v SWMondaW.Taey.vSf Jeweyrhero pf the battle of
-Artlni coat; of -ic? coVered'i: the: Wj ttVforemortvtf, officer of .the
streets: of RoxborQ Uonday and : late Vted Statea.died at his Some here
Monday afternoon snow began to fall JAa5r' ?he1 nYaL;hero.went to'Jis
indrTuesday vmorimgr the 1 streets vdue?th iethis hands clasped 'Mn
were covered with- about- twlnrW- A'" demoted -'wife, who ; had
of 'snbw;iroien , ontop by the rain.
..e-Trr" x '. " . '
with' the-heavy
VV 17
oerilojS;1-'' ' ": - - " ' - J
CSictti):' the
vorst rigors6f 'thseaWstseverest1
-inter blast: but nearly-all the other
;ulf : and south -Atlantic- states exper
ienced .snow sleet" :or glaze : acconi
;anied by freezing temperaturesvThe
satherl bureau Selievesthe storms
.'ill continue for a short-time.
At;MemphU theisnow atfeined ilv IYei . 5?enngiy ;.rooust,
Tth otnve inches, interrupting tdr01
t:.r.ct street -car .service. '! At Char-I
.i ircuuft.inaness cisxpressed.
riitor:-
;4i
I-h.to have a word through the
tnlro iffl th mvrVaA linoe rf inir . XV r
, f v . Tr- : X
left a TOyal, loyar people, many of
them, atour going,, in N Durham and
came to Roxboro to reside, to live
in t the midst of a igracious people,
many of whom we ! have personally;
known for many years I have this j
. eot.. V. m f T w.AnnUnw aam f
t oojf ui mem. nu picacuci van j
ever hope to have a finer spirit shown '
X r ' j i i.. ; f . ;
him and family than has been mam-
. . - i -, ,
fest m so many ways toward us by
- j j J.. . y
many inside and outside the town. I
? , . . iT u u 4
must hasten to say 'I have been so j
. . 1
nappy 10 nna nere, ana in me coun-;
.i s ., , T , ,
try near those with whom I attended
school . twenty-seven ' years ago, and
T ' , , .t.,.,
these have ; shown -us special' kind
liesses.-for which I; am profoundly
tiankful. These and many-others
j , . - . , ' .
have made our sojourn thus far most
v - v' t. , j ,
rieasant. Itrust in some, degree at
liast I may prove myself worthy of
tieir esteem and confidence by ren-
qering a faithful and an unselfish
service unto them all in the Master's
rame. ,
1 have
been able to meet ail the
ii, holy thmggs The people at each
appointment have. received me heartir
r and all have given me a glad hand.
& I K have preached jthe Gospel to
tkem. joyfully, and, I trist, effective -
It.-"The ladies from different sec-
tfons of the circuit met at the par-.
s mage on Thursday afternoon of last
veek and planned. some needed lm -
rovementsx to - be made inside the
p irsonage f to make more coirif oria
lle our dwelling place, and their
rresence and 4 interest made us-, glad,
a; .fine a body of women as we have
sien, gather together Jn many years.
"Bi ay came, not alone and took note
of- needed- comforts, hut they came
drepared:to and give lis a most gen-
etous "Dounamsr." iow, you see tms
I reader is going to both live jrt home
aid abroad this year. ,At different
tW; others . have ; sent ( in -good
tlinsrs ,to-eat. For allthase-expres-
it 3 jthe 'temperature dropped-nnore "5 ?. 01
20 WesAarhing Ja drizihW Ulne W; ; Hd T0lor
-.ymmbrVficur
:;eVa:, becWof half an Jnch:',a' f"
2;-whileeWortNew8''
-many;essas to Jay Wi
' 4bor' n- " i. birthday the day; after Christ-
' rtheriikbsissfcpi eastonVAri' '' anl
aiTusWthe'siiow:)
:,.northand Antral Texs Wiig V5'?1?? p?n&
-avst In history; M5. ph ' condition nd is
.',-" - - -"v- threat capacity ior work V In inforr
IM11 'B ft'rtih' AtiaWMi
holidaysI arrived.with my family to -rTTr-T'
k.i'ltL. u.iiSy , w achievements. He will be buried in
sons of good.wiU we ymyz Martin, of
faand we .earnestly pray .that; our rhJi-X ; - V Z.1 '
I eaven!y; Father - may abundant. Mr 7;. Hesterwere "enter,'
l ess , each, donor., We shall hope toamed larg and sumptuous din-
tfe heipiui.to .as many people as we
c;n throughout th entire commun -
iy..-so'let .us continue- to 'encourage
- - - - t. . .- .
did
help onfe another along, for we
msS; mis .way uut vue onuc-ra.iuc
Cordiallv.K . '.
. , ' -' -
' J A-,?MLEYPast
h ' """ IT: 1
.lr. a. 14. incmpzen, ci L-eaccurg,
fl Ul lilll.il LI.l 1111 & -' bA AA k W . i V . . I 1 A.. " .-Hm i a& 1 . FI A . K
Iiace, prosperity an plenty be-on- Crumptori of near;Roxboro and is bne
2 1 the people, . - , sl ' : tx ' ', ; ' f , mo x QT)ULT :Tu' 0 person
11 r
IRnrnni vnrinni' nrnn
Mil! illnil. IILrlLV IILI1II
-i : m m m m m ..,;;. t 1 v-',:fm
to-rt's' bedside; throughout :his
fatal ilmeIR TP11 Ktton o nraah-n.
ine general
.officer' of
lay:' dying
- vyiison sent to inquire as to how4he
hero wasdoing.;;Sec
Baker ;nd Secretary i of j the
ay5r?amels called at the house and
uiis, xjaiupia bpent- sometjinie - witn
Mrsf Dewey.? V ' VT-; '
Up to , the last we'ek.of his life Ad
.miral -Dewey; had' been -one, ;of the
j commanding, figures -in .Washington.
ly ounce oi . nis; energy
ma; reception vat .hi' bolceeJtQld
Scctetary, Daniels: ;! ' -Ti
: am in rreatJ condition, Tt I am
suSTering frpip what Joha piayea:used
to cal.lthat fincurable t disease 'ano
i Arlinsrton cemeterv on a 'lone of - a
1 w ' - . r .;T'- - -7,
hill,which overlooks the resting place
of the nation, heroes. I " .
SOCIETY NEWS.'
-
of much interest to'' the f ' d
... , . i ,
here v will .be, the announcement, of
,il ' i - -. .- ..
the engagement and approaching
. ; n. , i
mamag-of Miss Clyde: Daughtnt'ge
.r- ,r-ii r
to v Mr. Millard F.- Jones, of. Rocky
. . r ,
Mount.. The announcement was made
, . . ,
! last week in ( a , very unique manner at
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I. . - , . . j
twelve of her intimate, friends The
wedding will take ;placel in March. '
. , , - V . 5.
. membered here as having sperit some
.v . r T N
time as the guest of Miss Sue Long:;
t -
j At h-ome.of m,
i, .
was hostess ! to the' Friday af ternoon'
rook vclub ' and additional - guests ' at
vthp Inst ' nhnnmt mppfiTitrr ' Riv - to-
. - i x. . j.
uie& were arraiigeu in uie living-room
layf ,ft Wo course
tim, , - - .,r .
1 , v
; " Pn,a , ' Np . q-
V , entertained' the Girls Club at
ul , i, o4-.;
. , 1. v , - ......
MrsV W H; B;, Neweli. Afer f the
r v x i:':X i
ments was ; served Little Miss Fran-
ces Long assisted m looking after
the pleasures of the guests. -'X
:" Crumpton-Hester. '
- Miss Lillian Crumpton and Mr. R.
A;- Hester were united , in, marriage' at
and.MrS R. W.Crumptonyon Sunday!
- , r. woi ihic -r
, home wa3 actively
w.Vt,0 ft,M;;AT1 .Jrf'W
relates of thQ jrfde and groom were
. 4 i -j-' u.''.
nef, Sunday': evening "directly after
, ge ;&t . ibone
- nareiik Mrlnd Mri G C'
grooms parents, air.ana-mis. u. .
: Ugg;
. - ' XX: "
is .the attractive
Mrs " Htpr"
-mi: .1 ' - vr-- .
j county, l ne ruuI,, xvait. laesutir, js
j the son of:lfrt and Mrs. G. C. Hester,
' end is cfthe most prcrcc:ive
fogs that shroud- i? Washington besieged the house
fr word;of, his condition; -President
''.lst Curing Brings $2C3.C0.
H'Mr.'.J." ffrMoorej oiieof-the vc'
town this, week and favored us v.
t-
alpleasantcall:j.He: had just'
his- last - curing for; which he receive
$268.00;He(had sold his tobacco c:
the RoxDorb -market; and was !
cidedly1 well t pieasedwith his pric; z.
kXXX'- - . - v - ,
, 80 ...Gallon Still CapturVd t
1 Last i Saturday Deputy i Marshall
Lif sey ; an5 "t, sheriff Hobgood v wit!
Chief. Sam Wheeler of Oxford, ccp
tured :, and destroyed an1; 80 ;galh
still, i ,The .still wasbne of the big
gest captured "lately; and 4was of tha
finest material, right ready to begin
oraloiL'estUiyai found in. the
comer of JPerson and Granville "couh
ties.7i '-.'Ol V-'- -
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Commissioners in Session. .
The 'wunty Commissioners met njt
their; regular! monthly road irieetmsr
last . Monday t moming, witii, all',c6m-.
missioners'Cpresent ; with the . except
tion .of Mr." Daniel Long.- ; :
:The general :routine line of lwcrlc
was v passed ? upon, nd new Jjusinecs.
coming before the ' board. X"
i lt was decided ioseUtwo'of tio
county's , road Imdes;; -Further, 'cs
liouncement of . same wil be found fcr
another Column of The Courier, .
- i.ne coamissioners j aajcumca c.
noon;.
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5
4'
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fMonday, wis a disarecalli df f;r
alinbs.t! any kind of bus:r.tb?'l:oT:;v;r:
JUeputy Marshajjs FtlAlzzy tzZ E.
Morris t, and J Mr Pun; ;IIcErc:r,
Succeeded '; in ' capturing three ctrj.v 1
ijl "wit&n; about ' o'n mile"-cf c::!;
Other; -The 'stillsrWreswithln -C:
yards of Oliyee; Branch church
'prte.fprep'kred, toVdo' a large tzzi-
at the ;thieV' ufcapture the 'c.C:c: i Z
found about jOOO'gallons. of fescr' tr I
sqven bags' 61 meal; ' . -
v J ...vj:uu.a ,
. - tThe RoxL ordTobacco" mairket'epe-.
-All .-graded are selling, as ."well and
some .better than theydid' ' before.
Christmas. f ; All the buyers were : on ;
hand for the-first sales and all. seemeoV'
eager for1, the weed. - Not; asrbig . a '
proportion of: good? tobaccos were on
the. sales as before ; the u first of the -year,
but the;" market; madea higher "
average than the close of December.
Sales1 forlast week averaged! $21.61.
, The annual meeting of the t stock-'
holders of the Roxboro Cotton Mills
was held last. Saturday. Asatisfac-
jtory, report of the past year's work
watt cnhmifoil fft -Vi!l ertiHrklflo'ro vTf
y3uc. vawic uesi years, unanciaiir
these, mills, have , enjoyed.; "The old .
officei's Were' re-elected. k4 quarterly
dividend of : 2, per cent' was 'declared.
The management bf the Roxboro Cot
ton J Mills,- which includes I the ' Long-
hursts mill, , have; made improvements '
in tne two miiis as - weu as.: in tne
mill villages in the'past twelve mon
ths. ' " They have also ' increased the ;
pay of their .employee during this .
time;- And above all tnia ;'tli :m11T-.
'nave Deen; paying a-yeany aiviaena
of 8 per cent for the six "months.; r,
1 . .i" ' t- ,.',-
- , Lewis-Clayton.
Miss Lillian ;Clayton' and Mr; Yohn -Lewis,
of FarmvilleV Va.,- were marr ;
ried Thursday . ', evening. at;. ' 6:30
"o'clock at the' home of . the. ' bride'a
parents,, Mr. and Mrs: A. P, v Clayton, ,
on niar stree t.,The;ceremony was:
impressively performed by - Rev.;: O.
W.-Dowd in the presence of 'only the
immediate relatives and a" few close
friends.: , I "
The .parlor in which the vowj were
assumed : was made . very .. attractive
with ' decorations of pink ' carnations,
ferns and candles, the . ceremony tak
ing place before an improvised altar.
M?Missi,Hattie , Clayton played Men-1'
delssohn's'1 wedding' "march f or - the
processional , The bride wore atrav
eling" suiV.of.navy VbluebroadcIoth
with accessories to s match v and car
ried - a shower boquet of sweet peas
and lillips of tiie valley .f She was at-
tended, by Mrs. R.-G; Brooks as dame
W wfte uoe ewis;. as
accomp;?ied groom '
C' immiafptf Wm.p Vpt.
mon Tr and Mrs.- Lewis left on the
. A , . . - . ,r
. .noixifvwnu irain ior rrospeci.,, va.,
where they will visit, the .parents cf
Mr .Lewis. "The bride byher lovabb
taisposmonrnas enaearea nerssir o
many firerlds and will be ccitl
missed in herhcrr.e tevrn.- Tho r:;:.
is ccr.r':t:J
'ed troi:;aftcrr4he holidays,' r-V
prices have; be$n. high, .all: the weclb-1