I ROXBORO TOBACCO IH
IDllESDAYSf
KET OPENS
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5TH, 1317
LETTER FROM LOCAL
BOARD PERSON COVHTX
Roxboro, N; C., Aug. 21, 1917.
The Courier, . : :f
Roxboro, N. C. :rw
Gentlemen:
Thft Market In Better Shan6 Than Fvpr Rp
; ,fc j Below you will find a list; of those
iore Two Re-Drying Plants More Com- who have called for services who
have no tclaimed exemption or whose
T.ro ImWama J 'TV f!
pdliy uuywto luuiw xuucpcilUCIU OUyerS claims for exemption have been de
-A Complete List Of Warehouse Forces ' and have been certified up
. tne jjismct uoardV These are the
For 1 he L.ommg season.
At a meeting of the warehousemen ;
f Roxboro last week it was decided! MR. A. F. BROWN GOES
to open the Roxboro Tobacco Market
on Wednesday September the 5th,
1917 for the sale of leaf tobacco.
This year will find the Roxboro
market in far better shape to handle
tobacco for farmers on the ware
house floors than ever before.- This
statement is substantiated by the
fact that instead of one redrying
plant, Roxboro will have two running
in full force. Messrs Meade, Harvey
& Co.. with Mr. J. S. Harvey as
buyer, will operate the re-drying plant
of the Person Union Co., having leas
ed this plant from the Person Union
Co. This concern will want more than
a million pounds of tobacco this sea
son. More buyers will be on the
market. R. J. Reynolds will have a
regular buyer here for the coming
season. More independent buyers
will also be on the market this year.
The warehousemen have made and
are 'making perparations for a great
season, a much larger season in
pounds than ever before. With the
record this market has made tri pre
vious years in regard to high aver
ages and with even more keener com
petition assured it is no reason that
they should be disappointed.
TO GREENSBORO
Mr. A. F. Brown, who has had
charge as engineer of .the road work
in this county has accepted a posi
tion with the State Highway Com
mission in the maintainence depart
ment and has left for Greensboro
men who are going to reflect honor
upon Person county. , h
With the posting of this list, the
, exemptions are, as far as the local
I board is concerned, out of their hands.
Any claim for exemption will n$w
have to be made out to the District
xoara, vjoiasDoro, nr u. Or any a-
peal from any decision of the locafr loca board'
board will have to be made at the
same place. The Local Board has in
its possession forms of claims of ap
peal, but affidavits sopporting .these
have to be made out separately, !as
there are no forms for these sent out
boards in regards to persons so call
ed: ' ,
"1 That they, must report in per
son at, 5:30 p. m. to the local board
for retreat roll call.
2 That they are to report in per
son to the local board at a specified
hour on the day of entrainment, which
hour shall be fixed by the local board
atjeast 45 minutes before train time
plus a sufficient time to reach the
railroad station from the office of the
local board. -
; 3 That they are now in the mili-
i tary service of the United States and
that unpunctuality and failure to re
port are grave military'offenses in
time of war.
4 That after they have been con
ducted to the assigned lodging house
they are at liberty until the houfof
retreat roll call, at 5:30 p. m., when
all must be present at the office of
where he will make headquarters,
having eight" counties under his sup-'DV tne government,
ervision. The State Highway Com-j In tne next weeks issue ot the
mission could not have secured a bet- ' Courier we hope to give a complete
ter man, for he is a most affable1 st those who have been exempted
gentleman and decidedly the finest ' f rom military servcie, for the time
road engineer who has been this way.
To him is largely due the great suc
cess of road building here. He knows
oeing,
by the local board, and the
reasons thereof.
The order of mobilization has been
just how to approach" men, knows hu- issued, and calls for 30 per cent of
man nature, and in the building of the 'Person's net quota to be mobilized
fifty or more miles here has not had September 5th, 30 per cent Septem
a single law suit to contend with, ber 19tn 30 Per cent October 3rd,and
every man being entirely satisfied tne remaining 10 per cent to be call
with his judgment before he had com-1 e later.
pleted the work. We had hoped that Persons who are called for ser
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were fixtures vce anc nat exempted or discharged
here and it is with deep regret that'wil De called in their order, unless! a
we see them leave. Greensboro is ' specified request is made to thelocal
to be congratulated that they will board to have their order deferred - to
make their home in tha tsplendid city.' some otner mobilization date. The
local board has authority to defer
PATRIOTIC SERVICES
Planters Warehouse. fc- .
This year Messrs: J; X Winstead,
J. C. WagstafF and T. T. Hester, will
be on the lookout for their farmer
friends at the Planters Warehouse.
Their force who will assist them:
Auctioneer, W. I. Newton; Bookkeep-
time foj reporting of anyone upoftre-
The public is cordially invited to,a.uest provided:such request is-' made
Uttend e.triotac-ryice-at : the1 Z00 Trreboard will - onil38 Thomas A. Stdne Rox-
Baptist Church here oiv next Sunday ! iider'requests for postponement
morning at 11 o'clock. This service
will be for the boys who have been
camps. It is especially desired th
every young man who has toeen draf-
er, I. T. Stanfield, and R. I. Feather- fed will be present. Bibles have been
upon grounds of actual necessity.
Notices of those called to. report at
drafted and will soon leave for theleacn of the different dates will be
mailed to each person so certified.
Either the mailing of notice or the
posting of the list shall constitute the
stone; assistant bookkeeper, Robert ordered for every one of these young ?iymS of notice to each of the per
Lunsford.
men, white and colored and before
the boys leave these Bibls will be pre
sented. An interesting program has been
Pioneer Warehouse
The Pioneer has added more sell
ing space, and other improvements prepared and every one will enjoy
on the buiding. Messrs. H. W. Win- the exercises. All of the people, not
stea l. Geo. E. Harris, J. D. and C. only of the town but the county, are
31 Winstead, as proprietors, are cordially invited, and it is hoped to
piar.mnu to show the people that even make this a real county meeting.
v:,h this additional floor space, it ;
is to fill it up. with good, high SUBSCRIBE TO THE COURIER
: tobacco. Their force: Auctio-1
sons named on the list. And each
such person shall hold himself in
readiness to report for duty at the
time and place specified in a notice to
be posted in the office of the local
board.
Upon the receipt of notice from the
adjutant general of the state to as
semble a specified number of men at
a convenient point of entrainment at
a specified time, the local board will
make a list of the names of the exact
number of men required by the ad
jutant general, which list shall con-
Any other information wil be glad
ly furnished to the selected men, and
we will be glad to be of service to
them in any way that is inur power.
Yours very truly,
W. A. BRADSHER, Chr.
J. A. LONG, Clerk.
T. D. WINSTEAD,
Local Board for Person County.
Those Who Have Failed to Report.
We hand you the following list of
those who have failed to report for
physical examination at the local
board, and who have now been- certi
fied up to. the District Board, Eastern
Division, North Carolina, Goldsboro,
N. C. Such persons having claims
for exemption must file same with
the district board.
Order - Serial.
4--Haywood Chambers, Rox
boro, N. C, 1095
65 M. H. Bradsher, Ralston, N.
Y. 1103
100 Henry Edgar Thorpe, Rox-,
C- boro, N. Cr 982
!i "...
13& Holbert Foster, Cunning-
ham, N. (X"V .440
' harhe Lee; Bookkeepers, Les- Through the kindness, of the . Clerk
rooks and Tom Boone Davis and to the Board, Mr. J. A. Lpng, we have
manager. Owen Satterfield.
: taining to calling and drafting of thejrePort t0 he local DOarrt lor
winci waanM W Fnr Rmnp time vet there willi taiT duty at the office of the board at
I ' Jllkt.UU T UA W 1 V V Ww---v J -
i i 1 ill 1 j l a.
i 0kin r,kiieV, oil wofovc nor. tain an oraer u) ine seiectea men lo
UCC11 X KJl C jJ JUUX1011 Uti uiuvwvi J jv-j.
boro, N. C. 1054
198 Thomas Johnson, Roxboro,
N. C. 1073
250 Andrew Sutton Sergeant,
Woodsdale, N. C. 1360
267 Haywood N. Jones, Roxboro, ,
N. -C. 1187
291 Elliot Gunninghaln, Spar
row's Point, Md. 1357
325 Nat Thorpe, Coatsville, Pa.
1049
360 Harrison Yancey, Coats
ville, Pa. " 1034
376 Charlie Bullock, Roxboro,
N. C. 1107
405 John Sunday Jones, Roxboro,
N. C. f075
417 Thornton Stone, Virgilina,
Va. 20G
SHARP; DECISIVE BLOWS
GAIN FOR THE FRENCH
ITALIANS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE
They Takeositions Held by the
Germans on a Front of More
Than Eleven Miles , "
THE OFFICIAL LIST- .) v
FOR PERSON COUNfXcs
Some Corrections from List of Naiac5
Given in Last Week's PaperTi'T
Publish List of Exemptions Next y
Week, With , Reasons - Qiven .for
Exempting; Men by Board.
Below we 5are-publishing tha -final
names and address --:
,With the 'British 'troops busily
gaged in epM-rf;,-
viiiian; vuuiibcr mrusia against i,ne ' -r, ' t ' jjj ;
newly won ground m Flanders, , the! , . j )
v , ft 'k-v " i. . -x J called on the first draft. These men.
French and the Italians have. started .. . iiA" A' 0rt " v i-
. - , . -will' be calledtu 30 per cent, on
30 per cent pit October 3rd and the
the Germans- near Verdun and the
Italians against the Austrains from
the region of Plava.to near the head
waters of the Adriatic sea.
Sharp, decisive blows have4 gained
for. the French positions heldMby the
Germans on a , front of more than 11
miles, extending from the Avocourt
wood eastward across the river Meuse
remaining 10 per cent at a later late " 7 ;
Next weekr-we will "publish Jkhe
names of those exempted and the r
grounds uponwhich the person conn- vf;'y
ty Exemption Board found toV ex-. f
empt them. y ; yU-r;
Each week for several weeks ; to -rr :.:v
come the Board has informed us they
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and into the Bois de Chaume, while intetresting m mattelr
xrauans, aiter a oomDaramem 01 n for ug only way to get
intensity never before experienced m correct rts ig to be a robMrifr
that theater, have leveled j.ustramf 0-tjie Courier r
deienses, crossed the ruins and also 3Henry Mack yillines
the IsonSo river and now are at dead-. Roxboro N c Route
ly grips with the enemy along a 8john Renry Bradsher
front of about 37 miles. ; Hurdle Millg N c R L
Nearly 12,000 prisoners already, nSCle john 0Hver
have been counted by the French and! Semora N C -
Italiansand doubtless this number j Matthew M. Fontain,
will be materially augmented when Woodsdale, N. C.
full details of the fighting are at handj i4oSCar fcrowell
In a4dition, 'the Germans and Aus-. Roxborb, N. C.
irams osi. neavuy. m men kiucu aim , igEarnest T. Talley
wounded and m guns and maenme
1 'c A
509
564,
945.:;
596
s Woodsdale. N. C.
guns captured. ( 19 Hueh A. Williams
The new territory taken by the. Roxboro, NC.
French embraces positions that have 22 M. T. Winstead"
literally weltered in French and Ger-j Roxboro, N. C
man blood in battles that 'have wag-t 28 James H Irwin
ed to and fro since the German i crown 1 " SemorN. C.
prince started his most costly enter- 29 Charlie Fi Gentry
prise, the attempt to take Verdun, Rougemont, N. C.
which resulted in utter failure., as a ' 33 Davi(i Moore -
military maneuver and cost the lives; HurdlefMilTs, N. C, R. 3.
of tens of thousands' of his men. 2. Wilburn ;
Notable among thVcaptured posi-f , .Denninston, Va., R. 1.
tiqns are the ;Avocourt wood,:two 37--Willia4larpir :
Corbeaux "wood3 and t!hamp.3euyilie,
all of which werer held notwithstand
ing vicious counter-attacks hy the.
Germans which were broken up by ;
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486'
, 692
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309
41 H: Warren,
- HurdTe Mills, N. C.
48 John Talley,
Roxboro, N. C.
57 Bert Wilson.
420
1045
Hurdle Mills, 1.- C, R. 1.
STILL IN HIS PASTURES
-"ssrs. Thaxton & Burch, propriet- be notices which will be ofx great in-
ors. are always on the alert in the in- terest to our people and if you read
tertst of their customers and see that The Courier you will keep posted as
each pile brings the high dollar, to all of these evens. You will see
Their force this -year will be: Auc- the names of those who have been
tioneer, Charlie Lee; Bookkeeper, J. drafted an dthe notices as to when
S. Walker and floor manager, W. T. they are expected to report. After
Kirhy. you have been accepted by the Board
t you are in reality members of the
Hyco Warehouse army and any failure "on your part to
Mr. Tobe Pass is looking .for the ' respond when called will be' desertion,
hiest season with as high prices' If you see the name of one .of your
cr tven higher than in 1913, ani acquaintances, in these, lists it will be
laims that no one can lead ead- well to notify them that you saw
u -iters in satisfied customers. His their-name.in the list,
'"ice will be: Auctioneer: R. H. Oak- Watch the Courier and keep posted.
lev:
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kkeeper, Geo. Walker; Clerks, Subscribe today.
vv- T. Kirby and Owen Pass; Floor ,
manager, D. D. Satterfield, with
Messrs. Horner and Willie Carver, assistants.
PATRIOTIC SERVICE
The First Baptist Church.
1. ' Songi Battle Hymn of the Re
public. -
2. Scripture Reading: Psalm 37.,
Invocation.
Song: The Star Spangled Ban-
Announcements.
Special Music,
Addresses: The Great World
Person Union
This vear the Pprsnn Union ware- 3.
house will be under the management j 4.
of Mr. T. P. Featherstone again. Mr. ntv.
Featherstone has added a great deal 5.
to the market here since his arrival I 6.
an dexpects to do even more for the! 7.
market as well as for Person Union War. (1) Those who stay at home.
rehouse. He will be assisted by; L. M. Carlton. (2 -Those who o to
Secretary, R. N. Featherstone; Auc- the front. B. M. Watkins. (Srwhy
oneer, W. I.. Newton; Clerks, R. Jthe U. S. is in the war and what it
Buchanan and R. I. Featherstone. I will mean for Americamsm.-J. M.
during the month of September the Hester.
Jes will begin at 10-o'clock a. m.,
after September 9:30.
CALLED TO BEDSIDE t)F FATHER
v. 0. W. Dowd, receivedtele.
Sjfom Monday night advising hihi oi ,
we serious illness jofjhis , father," He
ieft yesterday morning" for" his old
8. Song: America.,
0. Remarks , . -10.
Benediction rrf
'E. J. TUCKER,
L, M. CARLTON,
E. E. BRADSHER
Committee..
Menlahd ; Little vM : w??1?
VHrr' to pet - tneir iuuum6?-
an hour and a date .specified by the
board, not more than 24 hours nor
less than 12 hours in advance of the
hour of entrainment. The local board
shall at the same time mail to the
addresses on the registration cards,
of the men so ordered to report,
notices that he is so ordered to re
port to the local board for military
duty at the time and place specified
in the list "posted. From the time
specified for reporting to the local
board for military duty each man in
respect of whom notice to report has
been posted or mailed shall be in the
military service of the United States.
Either the posting at the office of
the local board of notice of orders to
report for military duty to the local
board or the mailing of such notice as
stated above shall constitute the giv
ing of notice and shall charge every
person so named with notice that he
is in. the military service of the Unit
ed States from the time specified for
repotring to the' Local Board for
military service. -
Since thS tibove regulations were
sent out the attorney general of the
United States has ruled that the fai
lure to report by those calleCwill bz
considered desertion from the United
.States army, which is punishable by
the' military laws of the country. .
'When persons o called shall re
port they will be taken care of fcy the
local board, and . arrangements fori
their subsistence and lodging will be
in the hands of the local board, -.
f Permission to spend the period of
time between mobilization and actual
entrainment will be given by the local
board upon request ;c - - -
; Attention also called -,to the: fol
lowing specific oroers .issued, br the
r rrsrcV: MsrsMl-'Geiieral to the local
Two Stills Captured Past Wtek by
Revenue Officers
. . Last week Messrs. Lifsey and Mor
ris, aided by deputies, were very ac
tive and succeeded in rounding up two
blockaders. On Saturday they cap
tured a still near Olive Branch church,
the still was found in the home of
Joe Robertson, along with some
brandy. Robertson was absent and his
wife said she would send one of the
children for him, but he deemed it
best not to return with the child.
Assisting Messrs. Lifsey and Morris
were Messrs. E. A. Hughes and Mel
vin Clayton.
Zack Oakley, a well-to-do citizen of
this county, was -arrested at his home
six miles of Roxboro Sunday on the
charge of distilling. The arrest was
made by Deputy Collector J. F. Lifsey,-
of Norlina, assisted by Deputy
Sheriffs R. W. Morris and J. M. Long
Oakley, who is is reputed to be worth
the French fire with heavy casualties
to the enemy: French airmen materi
ally aided the infantry in the press . 58 Lex Calvin Brown,-
forward swoping forces and empty-j Timberiake, N. C.
ing their machine guns into the 60-ohn H. Garrett
ranks, and in fights in the air with j Roxboror N. C.
German protecting mahines, 11 of 61 Arthur F. Perkins"
which were sent hurtling to the Roxboro, N. C, R. 1.
ground. - . 62 Arthur Mason
Likewise ftie Italian fliers are giv- Denninston, Va R. 1.
ing their infantry valuable support, 65 M. H. Bradsher,
more than, 200 of them being engag- Ralston, N. Y.
ed in attacking with bombs and mac- 67 Hester Brown,
hine gun lire Austrain troop forma- Roxboro, N. C., R. 2.
tioris behind the lines. At last ac-8 John H. Rudder,
counts, theltalian. guns were energe-j Woodsdale, N. C.
tically proceeding with the work of j 73 Wm. -White Rogers
destruction of the new positions tak-j Timberiake, N. C.
en up by the Austrians, endeavoring 75 Thomas J. Oliver,
to blast theroad through the defenses Hurdlei Mills, N. C.
in order to make more easy the march 76 Dyar C. Blalock
of the Italian troops toward Triest,; Timberiake, N. C.
Austria's principal seaport, lying at; 78 Ben S. Peed, :
432
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927
739.
60L
noa
182".
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513
the head of trie Adriatic.
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390 -
r .
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721 .t; -
Moriah, N. C.
The situation in Flanders and in 81 Buster faylor,
northern France is virtually calm, Woodsdale,. N. C.
as compared with last week, but both -f 88 Edward Aee Long,
the British and French continue, to! Hurdle Mills, N. C, R.
make sallies at various points and i 90 Crawford G. 'Yancey,
Virgilina, Va., Rrl.
92- j-Samuel h. Jones,
Chester, Pa.
93 Albert Oby,
. V Woodsdale; N. C.
100 Henry Edgar Thorpe
-Roxboro, N. C.
101 Simpson Vaughn
Mo?iah, N. C.
103 Richard Oakley
Roxboro, N. C.
1292
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379
2.
fifty thousand dollars, admitted that them.
the still which the officeis found in
. i j-.
his pasture was ms and that he had
been distilling apple brandy. When
brought before United States i Com
missioner Cunningham; here last Monr
day he was placed unde a three hun
dred dollar bond for his appearance at
Federal -court m Raleigh.; . " --The
still was-.of 68 gallon capacity.
The officers destroyed 200 gallons of
cider and a like- amount of pomace
wine. - ; . "
! to strengthen the positions won in the
recent fighting. The Canadians around
Lens daily are biting further into' the
German "line and now Jjave the. coal
center virtually, surrounded, except on
the east." Even on this sector the
Canadian gunshave the range and are
making almost impossible any move
ments of the enemy from or into the
town. " The entente allied airmen still
are -carrying out raids on, German)
positions in Belgium, many tons of 1 109
bombs again having been dropped byf
194 r
In Rumania - the Austro-Ger-
manS- have forced back the Rumani
ans on both sides bf the Oituz and
Trotus valleys, , accorning ti the" Ber
lin official communication. - . '
In the 'former " sector , more than
1,100 Rumanians and 30 machine guns
fell into v the 1 hands of , the : invaders
COUNTY DEMONSTRATOR TO:
SPBND TWO WEES IN RALEIGH
Mr. W. a Warren, -County . Te
mohstrator, requested us to announce
that, he would not be in the county
f orthe next two weeks, on account' of
(taking the .short. course atA. J5s E.
College; Raleigh
Empty molasses barrel r for sale,
price $2.00. C H. Hunter I,; - :
Monroe; Crisp,
Leasbiirg, N.. C.
112 WmHiandis O'Brien
Timberiake, N. jC., R. 1.
115 John-Di Lowery,
Virgilina, Va-, R. 4.
118-Will Tucker,; 1 -'
.Roxboro, N. Cn
123 Wm. T. Day
; Roxboro, N. C.
125-WiUie E. .Wilkerson
, " Roxboro, N. C. " . -
552
1300
982
726
905
809
218
550
,981
.-!
1211
760
white in 'fiehtin on the Sereth river,
2.000 additional prisoners were taken; iisiJJtaosner - isz .
Smashiiiff.Freach. VictorV 6n;.VerdunRobert lister: BhckwelL -f;Zfr:f
- Front Reocrted. V Hurdle :Wfc:X:;&JL-
Parisvrug20 isliing 136olbertP6s!r
Pnchctorvii the Verdun front Is ?'r Cunningham, fN fC.
TrorAA & the ofScial reoort: issued lhnie H..Paylbr t
by ; the 1 war onjce rtomghL l The
French -have' captoredthe: enemy; de
fenses 1 on both sides of the ' Meuse
over a front of more than eleven miles.
th Carman line at divers . Moriaft, Sii
f - ''-,-'1-1
741
Boxboro,N.
138 Thbs Stone
;i Roxboro, N." C.-r
140 Calahan Mangum rf
4..
5;
points to ra depthof a mile-ahd
quarter! ' .More tian?'4,000" unwound
ed.GermanlprisoneH have been takenLv;
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144 John Robert-Burton
Roxboro'NCv;.S
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