THE COURIER
the Piedmont section in which Bro- ' ucl and plant p. bumper crop of corn;
ther Johnson lives there has not been potatoes, peas and other things which
Published Every Wednesday Evening j a lynching within our memory, and ; will sustain the life of man. Remem-
NOELL BROS., Proprietors
J. A. XOELL, JR., Manager
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Entered at the Post Office at Rox
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Roxboro, N. C, April 11, 1917.
TOWN GOVERNMENT
A notice published elsewhere re
minds us that now soon we are to
have an election for mayor and alder
men. This is an important matter
anjj should not be allowed to slip up
on us without having given it some
consideration. The gentlemen who
have charge of the town affairs for
several years are among the very
best, most useful men in the town,
and we doubt if there are any others
,who would have done better than thev
have under like conditions. But you
cannot expect business me nto give
their time and attention to town af
fairs without pay, especially if in so
doing they have to neglect their busi
ness affairs. While Roxboro is not a
city, has never laid claims to any
thing of the kind, still, it is the best
town in North Carolina, and to prop
erly look out for its best interests re
quires more time than can be expect
ed gratis. Whether such a thing is
possible we do not know, but we be
lieve it would be economy if we had
some sort of commission form of gov
ernment, where some individual could
be placed in charge of its affairs, at
a living salary, and required to give
his entire time to its business. We
doubt if the cost would be any greater
than at present, for while the alder
men and mayor do not receive any
salary there are other salaried men
who perform duties that the com
missioner might take in hand.
But whether there is any change in
the style of government there will
necessarily be some changes in the
men at the helm, the Mayor having
expressed to us postively that he will
not be a candidate or accept the nosi-
utnutivu uiiii again, uaviug
served for four years. Think on these
things and see if there is any way
whereby our town affairs may have!
more attention.
Whether you be a pacifist or wheth
er you want to lick the Germans, don't
let your ardor get away with your
judgement and allow that little unruly
member to get you in trouble. Re
member, we are all Americans first,
last and all the time ,and regardless
of the outcome of the great war are
going to remain in this good land of
ours, and will need the friendship of
one another just as much as if this
war had never been.
Since the declaration of war there
has been nothing new in the opera
tions of 'the German submarines, no
more American vessels sunk, in fact,
Germany has not taken any action
on the message. The chances are that
Germany has done her utmost and
as the days go by we shall see less
And less of destruction by submarines.
in the good old county of Person there ber, you can't eat tobacco, neither the
has never been a lynching, yet with- money your tooacco win ormg.
in the past six months there have
been more than five hundred negroes
to leave for the north. Did they
leave their homes many of them
homes which they owned fee simple
because they were afraid for their
lives, or afraid because they feared
their homes would be confiscated?
Not at all, they left because in the
north wages were much better, and
they went to benefit their financial
conditions. It would be just as true
to say that back in '49 the people
of this State went to the west because
of fear as it is to say that the reason
the negroes are leaving now is thru
fear. In '49 they went in search of
gold, and today the negro is doing
the same thing.
The negroes of this County have
gone in the search for money, and
some of them are finding it, for we
happen to know one 6li negro man
,vho lives within hearing distance of
this town who has five sons in the
north, and since the first of the year
they have sent home in real cash more
han five hundred dollars. AU may
not have doni so well, but k fact
that they have succeeded is what is
carrying hordes of others. This old
negro tells us that the lowest wages
?.ny of his boys are making is three
dollars a day, while the best paid is
making more than five dollars a day.
No, it is not through fear of lynch
ing, and Editor Johnson should speed
ily correct this statement. Such a
statement made through the organ of
the most loved branch of the Baptist
host of North Carolina will have
much weight, and we expect to see
it copied through the north by many
of the papers which have none too
much love for this section, and overly
fond of the negro. It was a surprise
and brought a blush to our face, to see
such an article come from such a
source. Had it appeared in the Out
look, or one of the dailies published
jn Chicago, signed by some fire-eat-ing,
south-hating individual we should
have passed it by, but coming from
Charity and Children, from the pen
of Brother Arch Johnson, we were
completely knocked off our feet. Cer
tainly Brother Johnson did not mean
it, and has already repented of his
rash words, though nothing in his
paper has indicated such repentance.
It is proposed to enlist men for
the army of producers, that is far
mers, and in lieu of carrying a gun
have them carry the hoe. If you are
opposed to fighting you may be al
lowed to take your hoe and go out anu
fight the grass in the corn and potatoes.
READ THIS-LETTER
Timberlake, N. C, April 3, 1917.
Mr. S. P. Satterfield, itoxboro, N. C,
Dear Mr. Satterfield:
I lam in receipt of your check for
$1005.29 in full and satisfactory set
tlement for policy on the life of my
husband, Ira L. Jones. Please ac
cept my sincere thanks for your
prompt settlement and very cour
teous treatment in the performance
of this service. This is only a repe
tition of what one Tiears oh any oc
cassion when Insurance is the pro
gram. A Satterfield Policy means
Safety and Satisfaction.
With best wishes for your health
and continuous successful business, I
am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Lillian Jones
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Want Ads.
WANTED To buy yearlings . seven
to ten months iold. M. R. Long.
3-21-2t
FOR SALE A good bay horse cheap.
Sound, work anywhere, weigh 1000
pounds. Apply to Dr. Vickers. pd.
We have just received a car load of Cort
right Metal Shingles. "Cortright" is the
best, it is a tin shingle.
If you are going to need any roofing, we
can save you money.
.
Come to see us for. your lime, cement and
general hardware. We can make it to your
advantage and we want your business.
FOR SALE Good family
to 7 years old, work any-
HORSE
horse, 6
where. W. J, Pettigrew.
are
From the way some of the pacifists
talking you would think they
were having a nightmare but they
will wake up and find things are just
about as when they went to sleep.
Are you ready for war? Yes, we
are, if there is some place where
Uncle Sam needs us worse than he
does here, we are at his service.
LOST 20 dollar bill between Bank
of Roxboro and G. W. Thomas Hdwe.
Finder return to A. L. Moore or this
office and receive reward. H pd.
i
.Bradblhieir
& Compaey
NOTICE I will stand my Spanish
Jack at my home near Concord. For
prices, etc., see or write C. H. Dun
can, Roxboro, N. C, Route 3. 4-ll-4ts
WAR DECLARED
A GRAVE CHARGE NOT SUBSTANTIATED
On",JMarch 29th there appeared in
Charity and Children an article by the
Editor Which gave us more sorrow
than anything we have read in many
a day.'' 'Knowing. Brother Johnson to
be a .high-minded- . Chrdistian gentle
man, a man who would not intention
ally do his-country a wrong, we are
at loss to understand'' how he could
make such broad charges against this
fair land of ours. The article in ques
tion was headed, "Our Negroes Go
nig," a part of the first paragraph
follows: .-.:
"WVhave seen the amazing state
ment that within the past few months
a quarter of a million negroes from
the South ftaye gone' nor
ployment:' ; The negro does "hot want
to live in - the- north ; he would . much
rather stay here. - The climate of the
South suits; hihv and 'his-' ifeal friends
are better and' kinder than he will
ever find elsewhere,. But, he! is leav
ing his home, and we ijon't blame him:
The reason for-it-is-to-be-foand in
the fear that ;he:6'f sSrmPof his fam
ily will be lynched;" ' '- - -:'
We" do not believe Brother John
son believes one 'word of that, for i
-he knows tht.;in.,the- gox?d. .state of
-Nprthv Carolina ;toatHlynchings are" so
; few and far betweenrthat thete isot
, a negr6'"m'rtbis ' State Who is' ! leaving'
-for any: sucfe'eause.' ijf we mistake
!.- .i.''5 iH'-JiJj r.:
not there was not a r s.ingJe lynching.
. under the-tj-trfti oAGowenior
Kitchin, and onlv- ono or-
Governor CW-gA.
knowtnat m some of .the other, south,-
: j i " ii . 5
em ses?ngF!bhjiYe jgf&rftfft thn
this, notably in one, but he doesoiBt
, confine his chage-4ethb state- but
SCHOOL NOTES
Please do not get uneasy about
your prize. It will reach you some
of these days. I cannot get the ad
dress for a many who won prizes.
Hie Board of Education will meet
in called session on the 23rd of this
month.
I want fifty-five boys of our Coun
ty to join the boys Corn Club at once.
The schools are out now at least
nearly all of them, and the boys are
ready to hustle on the farm, now. I
plead also for our girls to join the
Girl's Canning Club without delay.
I ask that father lay off and acre
of land for his son and 1-10 of an acre
for tomatoes for his daughter. Let
us make this the educational summer
for all our children in agriculture.
The times and prices demand it. J.
A. BEAM.
A
Through an act of Congress Presi
dent Wilson has declared that a state
of war exists between this country
and Germany, and every day there is
going on efforts on the most stu
pendous scale for preparation for
war. We do not see in the declara
tion anything to cause one to become
unduly alarmed, for we hardly think
it probable that any one will be con
scripted and sent across the waters.
Now, do not misunderstand us, for
probably there will be some con
scripting for preparation, and we hon
estly believe it is the thing t odo. Our
boys need just the discipline they will
get in the army. They need it for
several reasons, but especially for
their physicial condition and for obed
ience. Too many of our boys are
growing up stooped, soft in body, and
their minds strengthened at the ex
pense of the body, while large num
bers of them are growing up with
little or no respect for law and order,
not knowing what obedience means.
This is' a grave charge, but we believe
the most of you will agree that it is
true to ' an alarming extent.
We heartily approve of the idea of
giving every young man at least one
or two years. of, army training, mili-r$Win&-.Jy
a,Jew short years
we shoulu '-see it;nationf of young men
who WouW'be' the f6f-6f every man's !
hearf,'fo aft the loVfea a MAN
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is 'taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
WANTED. Young women of good
character oyer 16 years of age to
work in our Cigarette Factory. Good
clean work. Good wages paid. A
limited number of young men also
needed. W. Duke Sons & Co., Branch,
Durham, N, C. 2-14-10ts.
I
FOR SALE Cabbage, tomato, pep
per and potato plants. Ready now.
$2.00 per thousand. Good strong
plants, Prompt shipment. Special
price in large lots. Oaklin Farm,
Salisbury, N. C. 4-4-3ts pd
ANNOUNCE FORMATION
OF MUNITIONS BOARD
WANTED Cedar poles in the follow
ing lengths, delivered in Roxboro, at
prices quoted below:
48 feet 5 inch top 50c.
20 feet 5 inch top 60c.
25 feet 4 inch top 75c.
25 feet 5 inch top 1.00.
30 feet 5 inch top 1.25.
30 feet 6 inch top 1.50.
If you have any cedar from 18 ft.
on hp we can use some Call or write
us. Morris Telephone Co.
The lands in the great Mattamus-
keet Drainage District in Hyde county
are now opened for sale. Here are
some of the richest and most produc
tive lands in the tSate. There are
many men in every County of this
State who -will buy these lands as
soon as they know what they are like.
We want men everywhere to take up
the sale of these lands. You can earn
one of these farms for yourself or se
cure a liberal cash commission by in
teresting others in these lands. Let
us tell you all about it. Enclose this
advertisement with your letter and
address: B-27 New Holland Farms,
line, New Holland, Hyde County,
North Carolina.
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Washington, April 9. Creation of
a general munitions board was an
nounced Tuesilay by the Council of
National Defense, it will be headed
by Frank A. Scott, a Cleveland manu
facturer, and will be charged with
supplying the army and navy with
munitions and equipment. One of its
chief functions .will be to decide be
tween the country's military and in
dustrial needs.
The board's establishment puts into
the hands of a group of army and
industrial leaders virtually the same
task given the British minister of
munitions. It creates machinery for
a government department of muni
tions, with its head a cabinet minis
ter if conduct of the war brings the
need.
The board will be expected to equip
and arm forces called into service,
said the defense council's announce
ment, with the least possible disar
rangement of normal industrial con
ditions or interference with shipments
ta. the entente allies. Its immediate
efforts - will be directed towards co
ordinating army and navy purchases
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ROXBORO, N. C.
A World in Need of
Food
. . Never within the memory of any man has
the weal or woe of the world been so depen
dent upon food production and distribution.
No one denies that there is a food shortage
at present and there are a number of reasons
to expect a continuance in this shortage.
Whether war continues or peace comes
quickly, in either event there will be a hun
gry world short of food. This country will
have even greater demands made upon its
food supplies. Foodstuffs will be the money
crops.
What will it profit a farmer to raise a
4 'money crop' if the money has to go for
food and other necessities made more cost
ly by high prices for food?
We urge every farmer in the County to
raise all his food and food to sell.
CAPITAL STOCK. $40,000 -SURPLUS $4,5.000
A ROLL OF HONOR BANK
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