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VOL XXXIV
ROXBORO, rsjQRTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evehing June; 27,: 1917
;Number;2;
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DRY AJMUIPMEHTS
to .rapiffi
STATE MUST HAVE
ADEQUATE MARKETS
FOR FOOD CROPS
BUSINESS MEN MUST ACT
i(alo Food Commissiwi Points Out
" the Necessity of Establishing JVIar
kots For the Increased Amount of
Food-Stuffs Which is Being Raised
jn the State This Year
quale
Riilcisjh, June 27. If the present
atrtrre.-sive campaign for a 'largely
inaaed acreage and production of
food ami feed-stuffs in North Caro
lina Is to have the permanent success
it lU'Sowes and that is demanded by.
t ncies 01 tne situation tne
s of the State must have ade
markets for corn, small grain,
b.-ans. hay, hogs marKets tnat are
on a iar with cotton and tobacco mar
,tt. The burden and responsibility
of provkiing these markets is upon
thf hul;lers of the business men of
the i
ca.'.'.;i
SENATE FOR DRY BILL
Senator. Simmons Is Already Looking
Around for Sources of Revenue to
Take Place of That Knocked Out
By Anti-Liquor Sections of House
Bill; Dry Sentiment
Co! I.
Ca.:.:
the r:
Washington, June 25. The Lever
food control bill, which passed the
House Saturday, is now. in the Senate
Committee on Agriculture. It was
received by the Senate and-referred
Monday. The Senate will -amend the
food control measure in several im
portant provisions, but it was pre
dicted Tuesdya that the prohibition
amendments added by the House will
not -be materially changed.
Conservative Senators, who thought
Monday that it would be possible to
eliminate drastic features of the anti
liquor section jf the bill, are not so
hopeful after sounding out the senti
ment in the Senate. .
The Tvrohihit.inniats hnva o waiowfiT
1 i. Ctj. i. 1 J -J
ana towns ox int; oiate.
part oi uieir o in ine the use of food, food iat.Priak nd
.niLu iiiLcimcu W u.e feedg in the manufacture of whiskey,
h feed itself. These are the K r, ti,; i--u
anti-prohibitionists of the Senate
have now is that they can confine the
prohibition to distilled, spirits and
save wine and beer 'from the wreck.
"It looks to me," said Senator
Walsh, of Montana, after making in
quiry among his friends, "as; if the
House prohibition amendments would
be retained by theJSenate. ,The talk
that I have heard today indicates that
tte strongest sentiment i nthe Senate
at this time is for prohibition during
the war." - ' ' ; . - '
"I believe that the principles of the
prohibition amendments of the; House
MONK FORETELLS
DOOM SOE KAISER
The Walton Messenger, of York
shire, England under date of August
21, . 1915, ' publishes a" renrliaMe
prophecy, which was published1 "in
paper on January 9, 1915 and jnf
sponse to numerous requests wasyre
published on August 21. ' We reprfiot
the same as follows: -
In response to numerous requists
PERSON COUNTY
SCHOOL NOTES
BQARBlSBF
The Board, of Education meets on
the first Mondgy m July which is next
Monday. ; Thiols the day the Public
School law of N. C. sets apart as the
day for closing the, year's work, also
for laying plans for the work of the
new year's work v
, ' : -
We want the best -teachers for the
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BRITISH ARE CLOSING
IN ON CITY OF LENS ON
THE WESTERN FRONT
IN MILE AND HALF OF TOWN
5r
ins of members of the North
a. Food Coaservation Com
aral other experts and lead
o who have carefully analyzed
union in its mny phases.
A,:::1.' upon these conclusions, Exe
cium Secretary John Paul Lucas of
the Commission has written to the
boai';s of trade, chambers of com
merce, merchants' associations" and
other commercial bodies in the" State
urging them to give consideration .to
the matter of proper markets in their
respective localities "without; delay.
The situation in North Carolina with
regard to markets is described and the
importance of these markets stressed
by Mr. Lucas, who,- in - the course of
his letter says: .
North Carolina is woefully lacking
in the matter of established markets
for corn, small grains, hay, peas,
beans,, etc. Thevabsence of these mar
kets has held back to a gretaer extent
than most realize the movement for
diversified farming and the producing
at home of all of these products
that we consume. We cannot expect
our farmers to produce crops that
they cannot sell readily and at such
a price as the buyer would have to
pay fm- the same product imported
from the West. It is a notorious fact
that ;n the majority of cities and
towns in the State the merchants
havt Wen prone to take advantage
to the utmost of the absence of such
markets, refusing to oav anvthiner
' x v 1 w"
' fair price for products and thus
of January 9, 1915, last:.
The prophecy o Brother Johannes
wWch.wa:prmtedfn;e;'i)aa'''
on October 22, has probably aroused
greater interest than: anything
similar nature which has been-pif
lished m any newspaper since the war
began.'' ' . :-''":.cif-
The orighVof the amazing documni
is not very clear, but the manuscript,
in Latin, was found among the pas
of the late Adrian Pjeledan, author
work on "Prophecies" and the editor
of a review, "The Annals of the?
pernatural.'- It was found by his
"who had it translated into TrenchV
and was oublished in the Fiearo;
and will not rest until they prohibit According to the, son, M. Paladafc
came into the possession of the mariu?
script through a monk of Saint-Mich
ael de Frigolet near Tarascon, wK4
however . received it from - an Ab.bf
L 1 . 1 A 1 I. 1 L
mac, a learnea priest, wno aiea at a
we give the following, from. our-IIswtrT t T , lZ nexi se5Slon
viiaj, aiv ue.nau me committee
men of each school should do their
best to secure a good teacher. If
good work was done last session, it is
best to get your teacher to return as
it is unwise to change teachers so
often. .
We are, proud of the excellent work
of "the teachers of last session, but
we hope for better next session.
"Progress" is our motto.
I count the revival conducted by
Messrs Browning and Chamberlain a
great success in many ways. We
hope and pray that everyone who
HaigX Men Rapture 400 YardrjoJ
Trenches in Night Raid; British
and German Airplanes Have Battle
Artillery Duels Between French and
Germans; Activity on Russian Line
Gradually the forces of Field Mar
shal Sir Douglas Haig are hemming
in the town of Lens, the center of the
great coal deposits in the Department
of Pas de Calais and from' which, prior
to the war, more than five million
tons of coal were annually exported, j
Successful raids," carried out' Sun
day night by the British, gaye them
TO ORGANIZE AT ONCE
Person Board Composed :" of . Messrs.
J. A. Long, Td; Winstead and Dri
W. A. Bradsher; Acceptance of Ap
pointments Urged Upon "Those :Vs
. Notified;, );fthr?:tri
Members of exemption boards iot? :
the various counties of the State nom
inated by Governor Bickett and ap
pointed by the President were Monday" -
notified of their appointments in tele-
grams, irpm the Governor's office. The;?
telegrams had hardly been dispatched;, .
when acceptances began to pour in.
; . The entire board for Person county,
which was composed of Messrs; J. A, 1
Long, T. D. Winstead and Dr.' W, A,
Bradsherraccepted their appointment ?.
at once.
Members were urged to accept ser-
vice for the appointment of any maa.
Monday's operations brought them
further progress along both banks of
manp a nrnfoscmn miir ho nirol tn hie
5 . , A , , , , the Souchez river on a front of about
jmuession, ana 10 uoa. onouia eacn
ateJmeclared- SenatorTKenyon. who
is fighting for the passage of the food
control bill. "Senators ar& rampant
for the anti-liquor provisions. "
like
hold sacred his -allegiance to Christ
and prove to be a faithful, consecrated
worker in our Master's vineyard, "Per
son county would be saved and safe
mentally and spiritually for-the year's
jto come. Let all Christians i?ray for
this and do all in their powerto bring
it to pass. It seems to me . that now
is, the time for Christians to work and
pray, even more so than when the
.meeting was in progress. May the
good work of the meeting never close.
God be honored and praised for all the
good itTias done and will do.
measure will 'be, accepted by th his'clawsrf
DEATH OF VICTOR G BURCH
On last Wednesday at 12:30, Mr.
Victor C. Burch died after a lingering
illness of several months. Before his
illness he was a rural carrier serving
route No. 4 from this office. He was
a young man, just in the prime of
life when he was stricken with that
fearful disease, tubercolosis, and after
a fierce battle he gave up and was
confined to his bed for several weeks.
He was well known and universally i
popular with all whom he came in
contact. He was buried in the family
burial grounds on Thursday evening
where a large concourse of friends
had gathered to pay their last re-
Unin
tentionally, holding back the ag- spects.
very great age.
M. Peladin, the son, a deep student
in all matters pertaining to theology
found the manuscript in 1890 s:on1
the death of his father among a mas
of other papers dealing with the. gift
of prophetic vision. :
Although, even at that time, he was.
startled by the extradrdi nary "vivid
ness of the. picture drawn bv Brother
Johannes; he never thoueht otitis Again, I desire to call the attention
again-until ' the entrance T of lEh&l ef f ersQli lo
into thepresent struirela.recaired JSWp im oum-
are some who - expect to teach next
session -who greatly need the benefit
of a good Summer school. We are
anxious for all our teachers to get the
advantages offered in the Summer
schools. The time has come when
teachers have to equip themselves or
turn the work over to others who have
done so. .
400 "yards of trenches in the :woods
at the western outskirts of the city.' to fill vacancy: would cause a delayx
- -. p: .
ed that the organization must be per , r.;
fected throughout the nation within: . -4
two weeks at the longest.
The provost marshal in a letter to ' " T
Governor Bickett commends this
State heartily for its splendid work
in registration. He says:
f'The necessity, for completing .the
further execution of the selective ser
vice law within the next two weeks
as an outside time, limit is a national
war necessity of the most urgent kind,
The completion of national organiza ' 7t
tio ndepends absolutely , on, the com
plete organization of each State and
a: mile "and a half southwest of the
town. ' - , I
The British troops are harassing
.the Germans at various points alon
the front held by them in Belgium
and France with nightly raiding parj
ties, which have been successful irk
killing many Germans and taking
others prisoners. j
The British and . German . airmen
continue to strive for mastery v$
France and Belgium. Sunday wit-
lessed the destruction of five German
He re-discovered the prophecy and
the wonderful accuracy of the de
scription of the battling nations led
him to translate it.
M. Peladin believes Brother Jo
hannes to have been a French monk
who lived and wrote in the Sixteenth
century.
In deciphering the. allegory it must
be rememberedTthat
France is represented by a Cock.
Engla'nd by a Leopard.
Russia by a White Eagle.
Germany by a Black Eagle.
Austria by the "Other "Eagle."
The Lamb stands for Justice, Mercy
and Truth. . -v
(Continued on page eight.)
Iicuitural nroerpss and nrns-npritv of
1 - X I J
their county and State. This is short
siphted policy. If our merchants will
offer the farmer a just and equitable
Price for his corn, small grain, hay
and other crops we shall see wonder
ful 'ievolopment of our agricultural
ina;..;trv and increased prosperity not
only t-.-t our rural districts but for
ur cities and towns as well, for it
au l more clearly demonstrat
or en our largest cities are
dependent for their prosperi-
evv.opment upon. the farmin
IS IV;,,,-,.
th-
larolv
ty a:. ' ,
distr:
'i
(;ar.
For i. . .
shoui :
corn, -other
;
hand! in:
a lartre-
The death of Victor Bijrch was par
ticularly sad, as his father and mother
had both preceeded hfm to the grave,
leaving three sisters and two brothers
in his care, and he had watched over
them with a tenderness and love akin
to that of a mother. He was a mem
ber of the Methodist. church, and the
funeral services were" conducted" by
his pastor, Rev. J. J. Boone.
Presbyterian Announcements
rf
atter of markets demand
nl mature consideration,
results, the merchant .pur-
products in' question
ave facilities for shelling
ning corn, wheat, oats and
all grain and for the proper
of other products. With
warehouse hnndAd in nnvhpr
V A V V AAA XT A
orn'. the financing of a huge amount
0 Products becomes a comoarativelv
A l
"latter as the National Panic
n 'n the warehouse -certificate for
any Lt;iPle product.
."r merchants should be willing to
the home farmer the same price
torn or any product delivered at
rehouse that he is compelled
l)ay for the same crade of the west-
rn inducts. And this year, he-'is
Jot Komg to be able to get much of
.Western products. The farmer
easv
loa
for
his
to
Prayer meeting tonight 8 o'clock.
Sunday school Sunday al 9:45. A. M.
Preaching at 11 A." M; and 8;00 P,
M.- - ...
Session will meet at 10:45 A. M.
for the reception of any who want to
unite with the church.' All who re
cently joined the church are. urged to
be present to be welcomed by the
congregation. The Public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
Preaching at Hurdles Mill the second-
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
and at Bushy Fork High School in
the afternoon- at 3:30. Rev. S. M.
Rankin, Supt. of Home Missions will
be with the Pastor' and preach very
probably at both places. T
' He comes to preach at Roxboro for
several days beginning at night- July
8th. r' ' . - V v r
find
x . " j"ou ao caaj tu get t
slr and stable price for his corn,
L:la J?rain' hay etc., as he v does for
1415 cotton
Or tohawo anA ami Rtato
not going to prosper as it-should
m he does. -
. It is none too early to begin work
J upon the marketing proposition
Rn iu am sendinS;iou this reminder cause itldoes.
you.wm;have amnleTtime:to'
The
Girl
I Who lad
5
5
A story of the
J Tedeijiptionof the
5 daughter of a
1; cunning despera
; do, raised without
i law or religion.
5
Examinations of teachers comes off
on the second Thursday in July. ' It
is exceedingly important that all who
expect to teach next year heed this
warning. All First Grade certificates
will be renewed for a year.
-
I fully meant to have said some
thing soon after court relative to Jhe
fine work of the Grand Jury of last
airpiaues m-uaxues ui uie air, aiiu axit - . . -
other, by anti-aircraft guns, while fivej slowest Sate. The splendid showing . f-v. "
others were: sent to eaHh ojit bf cont j U 7? M ior-Av
troiThe Brifehiowe - ":
tochliurintheera
Mighty: artillery duels bOT--ty:t 'Hp??5S?i and TT
Frencfi" and Germans are still jn pro, beheved that the expenence there r C - :. -gress
on several sectors of the front gainedlljm
between Soissons and Rheims, Api! more omptly r fee selection. Jr ; ;;
parently the Germans, after their ex'' e work that istobe done af- f.
perience of last week, when they "suffl ! te. Won complete will re. 4
ered heavy casualties in attacks and V "- .
gained only slight advantages, W Aamcal execution that an urgent ap- v .
ceased, for the moment at least, their pealf fr Ped.t.on m orgamzatiou
. - AL- , . J i must be made now." Z,
?,nfantry operations, as the latest v
French official communication makes. cTTnnT7TT? iirAn t nnn t
not mention of fresh thrusts By the UrKlSMl AVAR LUKD lb V
Crown Prince. The sadly battered . PLEASED. KAISER SAYS '
city of Rheims continues to be a tar-! - r7r"Bi t, . ;i - : ,
get for the German shells, 1,200 of " " . ?V
thenr having been' dropped there dur-l
ing Monday.
The fighting activity along the
Russian front has again extended in-j
to the Carpathians around Kirlibaba,
on the Bukowina frontier. In Galacia,
between the Ziota and Narayuvka
Peace Is Gained,'
dress to Troops
He Says in AdT
t vM '
court, but somehow I neglected it.' rivers and alonjr the upper gtripa.
Eighteen of Person county's choice the fighting between the Austro-Ger-!!
is needed. I. will: appreciate it if you
win'keVthisofiPice,:informe-as
anv Dlans you may formulate and any
oroff ress you may? make along, this
line Anyh service whichrwe:my-be
able" to rrender you: will be -offered J:
gladly.:' - . t
Yours in' the .interest , of : greater
North Carolina; 'raising jfe'O.food.
ana" iooumiiwa ." . z-
Our New
Serial
-One of the latest
and best stories
"bV-ttiat"::weIL--
7- - ' .Vr ,w 'J v - t--"- ' -
. known no velist:
Roberto
men composed the number. They re
presented the different sections of our
County. Mr. Ivey Stephens was the
excellent foreman. These gentlemen
showed their deep interst in allmat
trs committed to them for considera
tion and manifested their wisdom in
the work they submitted to the court.
They were anxious to" discharge their
duty in all matters pertaining to, the
uplift of our people. In this desire,
surely, they succeeded exceedingly
well as was shown intheir fine report
to Judge Kerr was highly complimen
ted it. But I want you to hayehis ex
act .ords.
He 'said:-"Gentlemen of the .Grand
Jury. This is the most intelligent re
port I ever heard read from any grand
jury in all my experience.1 Gentlemen
I congratulate you and most heartily
thank you for your splendid work."
Judge Kerr in his intelligent im
pressive, charge set forth Jin strong
terms the duties and heavy responsi
bilities of a grand-jury also stressed
the blessing to any county in Waving
men who would do faithful service Jn
this capacity. He spoke 'of them as
the guardians of ' the county.
For several courts the" judges seem
to be especially struck with the fine
type of men Person county Jias on
the grand jury. - May this continue
and-Person lead all the comities in N.
C-in having, alaw-abiding. and high
toned citizenship - - ' .
" Personally I desire .to thank- these
eighteen men ?. for? their- sympathetic
interest: in the school "work of the
county: and for-the assurance of their
hearty
cause
blessing
mans Tind- Russians is -described by
Berlin as lively. .
The operations in the. Austro-Ital-
ian theater have again lost their in
tensity! T?he artillery duels have died
down to almost nothing, while the in
fantry encounters are merely recon-
noissances.
A similar condition prevails in
Macedonia, although- the artillery
duels are somewhat violent in the
region of Monastir.
By the narrow margin of less than
20 feet, and American trans-Atlantic
liner, proceeding from an American
to an English port, escaped being
struck by .a torpedo, aimed at her by
a German; submarine. American gun
ners on board the liner sighted and
fired upon the U-boat, but whether
their shells reaehed the target could
not be ascertained..- Only the quick
and skillful maneuvering, of the liner
saved her from destruction;
- Another South . American neutral
steamer has been, sent to the bottom
by a Teutonic allied submarine; , The
steamer, the -Toro," was torpedoed off
Gibraltar while bound for, Genoa with
a: cargojof Argentine products.
Amsterdam, June 26.- Emperor;
William on June 21 in -reviewing:
troops on the western front made a1
speech in which, according to a Berr
lin telegram Monday, he said:
"I express to the troop gathered? v
here my fullest ; appreciation of-their .T
conduct and my firm confidence that C
they as hitherto, whenever they may
be employed, will, trusting to God, do V
their duty and succeed in gaining the
peace for the fatherland which we :
need.for its further development."
In conclusion the, emperor is quoted ;
as saying:
"I am especially delighted to be 1
able once more to congratulate the
well fried dragoon regiment of Bay- .
reuth of Hohenfriederg jfame. Whenyr
;in the late summer of ,1916 I sent the ,
Borecki; squadron to" Rumainia I gave -
at on the way my order to maintain at
'all costs the id tradition wherever it
knight be and to gain fresh laurels if '
possible. The regiment fulfilled the
Expectations of its supreme war lord-
and accomplished deeds "which ' will
please "OW Fritz'' ,up3 there in: the V
jEfysiah fields- May" it keep this up.V
We shall not let loose our hotd until -j
a happy peace is gained' ; " -
Servicfest " First .Baptist Church: -"Predching
- Sunday "morning and
evening, by the .pastor, J M. Hester.
Bible schooL913(J;W. Noell, supt
B. Y P. tl.onday evening: 8.P. M:
ong and "praise service: Wednes
day evening 8 o'clock' Topic : 4,Prayer
as ComnTunion vnh God."
A cordiaKinvitation Jis 'extended to
,co-6peratiori in. advancing -the .you to -De present ai au oi. tnese ser:
v"of eucation. Ourr Father's " -r f.-v I "ri
be-on each of tnem- -4 ' K' ' - -t-n "
-EevJ; A::Be;am wiltspeakat Beth
el F;11, E'dsy'cnTTcr-r-d t1;- R:d
'We iwisfr tot thank 'our -fiTendll and
neighbors-? for-; theirs kindness ?showri
during thesickness: and death of our
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Card of Thanks .
We wish-to thank the kind friends
and neighbors who? wereso good to- vv
us during the sickness and ' death of '
bur dear wife and ciotherv : E.-A: Ful-
cher andjchjldrenr ri ? e V
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FLOO0.OF APPLICATIONS ;
FOR NEXTJTRAINING CAMP ;
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f .
t
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many - -
Washington,?: June 26.rSo
have already 'applied for - admission ;
w ine secona series oi omcers ram- v;
mg campsoninginiAugust fthat the -z
war Jderartmeiit : officials : expect , -totaj
Applications to beyastiy greater T ;
than iC000,"the number tobeadmitV',V ,
IsfA' statement issued througtthe pub-
lie - inf ormationt "-coinmitteeT empha- ; . ;
sizes: that fitness alonewiir count in ':
thetelection'of .th6se To 'be-accepted"' V
NORTH" CAROLINA FOOD : CON-
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