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yOL. XXXIV
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, November 21st, 1917.
Number 147
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From A Soldier Boy.
Soldier
Sunday, Oct. 28th
Pea
I r.m
Aunt:-
sav
truthfully that I enjoy
ed yur letter as much if not more
than any lever got in my life. Why
don't you write oftener? I had rather
er havt' a letter from you than a day
off to 0 fishing in Juns. Wish I
oould see you and have a good talk
with yu tonight. Do you remember
how E. and I used to come in late
Sunda:' nights, having missed our
upper at "The girls' house and slip
into your pantry about eleven o'clock
and you complained next day that
a carton of uneeda biscuit did not
last any time, how that jar of peach
preserves had mysteriously disap
peared, the cucumber pickles, they
had no show at all.
Why not take aweek or so off
let W. and "The N." go wild if they
A SUCCESSFUL . '
CAMPAIGN
, The Nation Wide Campaign to se-'
cure $35,000,000 for the work of the'
Army Y. M. C. A. was successful.!
The good people of Person county'
gave 568.72 more than their appor
tionment. The following, amounts
have been collected by the township
committees:
LETTER FROM
CAMP TAYLOR
Mr. Bernard Crowell Writes From
Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
ALLENSVILLE
BUSHY FORK
CUNNINGHAM
OLIVE HILL
FLAT RIVER
HOLLOWAYS
MT. TIRZAH -WOODSDALE
ROXBORO
$187.44
$16.00
$225.00
$150.01
$214.56
$26.00
-100.84
-967.56
SCHOOL NEWS
(By Supt. J. A. BEAM)
Night School at Your Home
1 TOTAL $2068.72
1 All of the townships except two
j went over their apportionments. There
I is yet a few dollars to be sent in. If
want to, and come up ana see me , the townships that are not up to thdr
ouite a resort. Here on Signal Mt.
is Old Inn where agood many of the
blue bloods come for grief (?) 'tho
it is Quite gay now at week ends,a'
dance every night and the gallant
young officers and th2 soon to be'
callant ones, swop wives and sweet-;
hearts and try to forget about the!
cruel war. You could spend many ,
pleasant and interesting, hours here!
just observing. Honest new, why can't I
you come a week or so before camp
closes and return with me?
They are trying to work me to
death, but as you know I am a hard
one and it is a difficult task. We
spent last weekout at the rifle range,
sixteen miles from camp. We hiked
back in four hours with full pack
which weighs 70 lbs. in the begin
ning, and more than a sack of fer
tilizer in an hour or so. About oflio
fourth of the company fell out. x
We are not allowed a drop of va
toi.. for. they claim water on a hike
4oes you harm. An Ambulance and
threw m the ones who. fainted by
so desire they may
send in their part this week. The
American people went over the top
and Person County did her part and
even more. Thanks to our co-workers
for their splendid efforts. You have
had a part in a noble work.
J. M. HESTER, Chairman
R. L. HARRIS, SacnJtarjr
Morton Residence Burns
the wayside, cou couldn't stop until
you dropped. All this is simulating j
tual conditions in France. It didn't
get me, so I claim some of my grand
fathers craw sand. I did pretty well
at the rifle range too,qualified for a
6harp shooter, even if that young
-cannon did blacken my shoulder and
almost break my patrician nose.
Spend next week in the trenches, we
go in and stay a whole week with
'Wit sleep and eat in dugouts in shoes
and trouser day and night. This is
the life, with high hopes that we
will get into s action before it is over
and make the Huns bite the dust.
Well, just four more wreeks and
1 will know ray fate. I b3lieve I will
Set a commission. The good Lord
knows I am working harder for it
than I ever did for anything else in
ay life.
I hear that tobacco is high and ev
erything prosperous at home, I am
glad. The people are trying to spend
it all as usual, I suppose. When is I.
and W. going to marry? He should.
1 am going to as soon as practicle, tho
I am going back to school as soon as
&e war is over, the U. M. C. I think
I am learning lots, but just realize
tow much easier things come to the
educated man. I feel now that my
eet are on solid ground, for I have
a purpose in life, a fixed aim, and
nothing can stop me now if I come
ot of this war alright, which I ex
pect to do.
Begin looking about for lots to
eat about the middle of Nov. for I
expect to be home about tha first of
Member and I expeett to b
rather hungry.
Love from your nephew J.
The citizens of Louisburg were a
awakened at about 2:45 o'clock Friday
morning by the fire alarm to learn
that the residence of Dr. W. B. Mor
ton, on east Nash street, was in flames
A large number of citizens were on
i
v awuc in a oiiui I muc auu mui tiic
assistance of the fire department
saved a good many of the household
effects and prevented the fire from
spreading to other buildings except
an out house just., to he rear of the
residence. While the fire department
did splendid work and put out the
the en
tire building the damage is iraetically
a total 'toss,' Wfs-Wittlate'datlA-
f eluding the household articles lost,
$5,000.00.
Dr. Morton was formerly pastor of
the Baptist church in Roxboro.
November 10th, 1017
The Courier:
I enclose herewith a Y. M. C.
A. pamphlet which explains the work
such an organization is doing in the
S181 31 y vcunjjfc. i nope you iwm i:nu
Lime xo give it a careiui reading, it
hasbecn a source of pleasure to me to
note the way you have been so admir
ably supporting every worthy agency
involved in the present crisis through
the columns of The Courier.
I am especially glad to see that you
are lending your influence for the cam
paign that is being waged in behalf
of the Y. M. C. A. fund. This is a
worthy movement and deserves the
support of every newspaper as well
as individuals. Since leaving Rox
boro I have been stationed at three
different military posts and have had
the occasion to observe the valuable
services such an organization is ren
dering, in developing and maintaining
a degree of comfort and contentment
among all the soldiers, which would
be otherwise impossible.
I consider the work of the Y. M. C
A. to be the greatest agency at work
during the present crises and sincere
ly hope you will encourage the people
of the county, through your columns
to co-operate with Rev. J. M. Hester
and Mr. Harris in making the cam
paign a success.
I realize that requests are becoming
so multitudeness that people can hard
ly keep them apart but this movement
means more for the direct comfort
and contentment of the soldiers (in
the states) than any other heretofore
launched and should receive the sup
port of every loyal citizen.
With best wishes for the further
success of your work and with sincer
est . personal regards for yourself, I
remain,' ::. :"
Yours sincerely, I
BERNARD CROWELL
Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
STRONG FORGES OF IN
VADER ARE TRYING TO
BE AT BACK ITALIANS
ON NORTHERN LINE
A night school in every home in ALL ENEMY FORCES
Person county, is our motto. We want THAT GOT OVER PIAVE
thege schools organized by the fathers j FORCED TO CROSS IT
and mothers and run by them fori -
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
their children and theirs only. . The
session each of the six nights should
open .about 6 :30 and close at 8 or 8:30.
A recess or a short rest period should
be iven -the children In this time. The
abye- hours . named are simply sug
gestexUas probably the best time for
opening and closing. The parents at
eaciil home Can arrange this matter
as;jey are requested and expected to
rur these schools.
Of course various excuses can be
made for not doing this work and even
ohj$ons raised to the plan; But
surely no true parents can find enough
excises and objections to prevent
thei from having a school in their
hprne six nights in the week, five for
thete school studies, Saturday for
Bible study and reading good religious
literature and Sunday night for rest.
Tjherc need be jio fears about the
chimreh studying too much. As it
noWjs, they are not studying halfi
enough, as a rule, and can never be
educated unless some change is made.
1 Th$ students who depend upon pre
paring his lesson3 in the school room
will surely fall far short of an educa
tion y And the parents who expect
they children to become thoroughly
equmped to cope with the fellows and
to !5e able to meet the responsibilities
of ife. by the few hours school room
each day of the few months thr
m school, will be sadly disap-
ed.
Midle and Lower Reaches of Paive
- Held Successfully
CANDIDATES REALIZE
REAL WORK MUST
BE DONE BY NOV. 27"
it
FIGHTING
IS
DESPERATE
Some important Strongly Fortified
Positions Are Taken By
- The Enemy
CLAIMS OF THE GERMANS
Say They Took 1,100 Prisoners;
Large Numbers of Austrians
Slain in the Repulse by Ital
ians at River Near Zenson. -
AftAT Thsti.nfi.tft Votes Will! Be Great
ly Reduced and Subscriptions Witt
Be Fewer and Harder to uet---
Friends cii Candidates are; all Ing
terested in Their Success and Erory
Candidate Should Not Relax Effort-
DR. ALEXANDER IS
AGAIN RE-ELECTED
BY FARMERS' UNION
The following offer has been re
ceived by County Food Administra
tor, Dr. E. J. Tucker, Roxboro, N. C.
Mr. J. B. Ivey of Charlotte, State
Merchant: Representative ,in v cooifc
Deration with the Food Administra
tion; has offered a prize of $50 Li
berty Loan to the North Carolinian
who submits to him by December 1,
the best article on Food Conserva
tion. This article must be limited to
one fools-cap page of typewritten
matter.
It is hoped that th ' prize will
come to Person County. You per
haps will win. '
It you have not signed d food
Assures Union of Loyalty, Urges the
Purchase of $10,000 of Liberty Bond
Winston-Salem, N, C. Nov. 15.
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of Charlotte, to
day was re-elected president of the
North Carolina Farmers' Union over
T. B. Parker, of Raleigh, by a barge
majority, and the election was later
made unanimous. Dr. Alexander as
sured the union of his loyalty to the
government, and said he heartily fav
ored the resolution that the organisa
tion invest $10,000 of its surplus
funds in the next issue of Liberty
bonds.
Other oxcers elected were as fol
lows: J. M. Tempelton, of Cary, Vice-
e isoard oi Education meets on
thellst M&yJn
sesMoiu All -whos have matters
While the Italians are holding the
middle and lower reaches of the Piave
river successfully against the Teu
tonic allied invaders and even have
thrown back the greater portion of
those who crossed the stream and
gamed the western bank. The enemy
is trying with strong forces in the
north to beat back the troops of Gen
eral Diaz, pierce the line smd force
a retirement westward from' the river
from the region of Vidor to the Ad
riatic sea. ;.
In this endeavor the invaders have
captured several important points of
vantage notably the village of
Quero and Monte Cornelle and have
compelled the Italians, under a heavy
bombardment, to" evacuate their
strongly fortified position ' on Monte
Tomba, almost the last V giironghold
barring the way to the "northtoi
turearerepored:lbllie tjertnan
No candidate mayhope to; win one
of the competitive ballots unless' a
persistent hustle: is kept up from now
until Nov. 27th. ' . f " y :
Candidates aTe face; to face with the -
fact that all real worklmust beicnerjM
by No. 27th, as after that time the;
votes will be greatly reduced, besides
subscriptions will befewer and harder
to get.,
Candidates should be optimistic and.
overcome i all the discouraging ob
stacles thrown in'their way. The op
timist is never rebuffed on account ct
the weather or. rumors of what other
candidates are doing.. Winners will
V
put in every spare moment securing
subscriptions, because they know the
winners' vote will run up in the mil
lions. Winners will npt waste their time
fretting about the other " fellow, nor
will they allow any little matter to
disturb them. ;
The candidates at the head of the
list are those j who have kept up a
persistent ' effort since the starts r No'
candidate can hope to win an automo- '
hile who ; will, make a strenuous effort
for a few days and then allow their
competitors who keep after subscript
tions;to beat jthem, out. r
" ? Ae ybu doing your best to win one
o he prizes ? j: Are you doing yoxrr '
ta win the Grand ConipetittT ?
Bailed t Whenjyour baby; was noinwa
ted yoWfriends did 'so with 'the vfiSt-
belief, in your ability to win the Grasi'
f - :
WOOD DAYS Wodd dys for
schools. All the patrons! of each
school district are requested io be sure
to haul some wood to their school on
next Friday or Friday week the 23rd
or the 30th of this month. Please try
to get plenty on these days for the
session.
Every teacher should have a copy
of the List and Prices of the books
adopted by North Carolina for use in
public schools for the next five year?.
,They can be gotten at the dv-.i-r stors
of Messrs. Hambrick & Austin! Ucris-1 stiffen and bringto an end, the
ter and blank reports can be fonnl roads of the .enemy.
there also. All are free to teachers, j AIL the enemy forces which last
, I week crossed the river Piave near
Colored Teachers' Association ! Zensn have been swept clear of the
had been known for several weeks
they were hurrying ' southward. The
Germans announced also the takins:
of 1,100 prisoners during the fight
ing. -
Nothing as yet has-been heard of
the arrival of British and French re
inforcements to aid the Italians in
holding their line, but the "few days"
that it was announced last week
would have to elapse before they
could reach the front have now pass
ed, and it is not improbablethat soon
the front in the north will perceptibly
in-
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1 rr"v'.! Vrmw?l. Prize. Yori witt ot dinnoint then, A:"'CmilS i
l?for , vipiislbyomef that um Z .mmm 1
c I - . i . , r i msinv ni vour menus are 1 inierenea' 1 . - a i
m seeing tpu win? You steely wot
I not disappoint them by the lack of
little honest effort until the end of the
Competitive Period. , Get busy! Stay
busy while your
many . votes and
later.
efforts amount to
"spare your effort
FOR SALE We offer for immed
iate private sale the dwelling and lot
of E. L. Webb situated on Virginia
avenue. A nice dwelling with all mod
ern conveniences at a reasonable
price. For further information apply
to Cunningham & Long.
meets next Saturday. All the color-
western bank in a brilliant attack
pledge card, sign one toay -mmrHj reUrytreasurer; Jz..Green Marsh;
to Dr. E. J. Tucker, Roxboro, N. CIlnM,a rA.ftr,flT,:f; u, r. m
VJ wHIU(AtVt( VM-A. Vi I Ala
Let everyone do his bit. Save and
help serve the boys who are fighting
your battles.
J. M. Hester, Charirraan,
Publicity Committee.
Notice to My Friends
I wish my friends to know that I
have just returned from a three
weeks trip in Tennessee, .Virginia,
West Virginia, Ohio; and -"Michigan,
going to the largest roller-mills, see-,
ing and learning - what was the best j
T11.. Mill r-nonViinowr fVlPV WpVf UsinP1 ?
. , . i i i m ' cordially invited.
and bought the same kind to make 50, J
barrels in 24 hours run of the best
! grade flour and will get it in our mill
I as soon as we can get thework done
Basis' chinch and we feel sure we will have the best
1 ROLLER MILL, in rerson ouniy
Glover, Rowan county, conductor. G.
M. Luke, Franklin county chaplain.
J. H. Henderson,Wilkes County, dor
keeper. Executive, committee: W B.
Gibson, C. T. Weatherlc, W. H. Moore,
C. C. Wright and R. B. Dixon. Dele
gates to national union: Dr. Clarence
Poe, W. G. Lindsay, Orlan Crews and
M. R. Bailey.
A Box Parey
There will be a box party at Al
lensville Schoolhouse November 28,
1917, at seven o'clock. Everyona is
Announcement First
rrearh Jury 9inn-latrt nrn i r o
choir will no. o cioi WnOTmmp '. when all of the machinery is installed.
Sunday evening at 7:45. Bible school
Sunday morning 9:30. Prayer and
Praise service Wednesday evening
70. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening 6:30.
hu are cordially invited to these
Unices.
CARVER & READE
Notice Saleof Personal Property!
' A Box Party.
A box party will be given at Brook
lyn School Wednesday evening, Nov.
ember 28th. Receipts will go for
school furnishings. The public is in
vited to attend, 7:30 o'clock. Teach
ers Misses Bera and Banner Garrett.
ed teachers of the county are expected tne Italians. Large numbers of
to be present ' them met death along the eastern
bank or were drowned in theirhur-
The North Carolina Teachers' As- ried attempt to ford the stream Oth
sembly meets in Charlotte next Wed-ers were ayonetted or forced to
nesday and closes Friday night. It is . surrender, and it was only a small
hoped that a good number of our!Portion th original force that was
teachers will attend this meeting, j alle to make their way to safety.
Those who ge will not have to make! No infantry actions of importance
up their time. ave taken place along the western
fornt in Belgian and France, but in-
Execntrix Notice dieations piont to another attack by
Having qualified as exe. of the : Field Marshal Haig in Flanders and
estate of T. C. Ellis, deceased, late of possibly by General Petain's forces
Person County, North Carolina, this near Verdun. On both sectors ex
is to notify all persons having claims tremely heavy bombardments are in
against the estate of said deceased progress-that in Flanders extending
to exhilit them to the undersigned from the region of Passchendaele
at Moriah N. C, on or before the 19th ! on past the French positions on the
day of November, 1918, or this notice British left and up to the Belgian
will be pleaded in bar of their recov- coast.
ery. All persons indebted to said While the bolsheviki elements in
estate will please' make 'immediate Russia are threatening to make a
payment. peace on their own terms and thence-
This November 19th, 1&17. ! forth remain neutral in the war, dis-
INDIANNA ELLIS, 'patches form Petrograd are to the
William D. Merritt; Atty. Executrix effect that the. German emperor has
. made it known that he will negotiate
Presbyterian Announcements
..Sunday School Sunday at 9:45 a.
m. Mr. H. L. Crowell, Superintendeat.
The men's Bible Class cordially invite
you to attend the session of Bible
study.
Preaching at 7 o'clock by pastor.
Rev. C. E. White will preach at AI
Tensville High School at 11 a. nr. also
at Caltolina at 3 p. m. next Sunday.
The public invited to all these services.
fiazaar in the Newell Building
New Members of the Red Cross Chap
ter: Miss Helen Graves, Miss Eugenia
Ponder, Mrs. I. O. Abbitt, Miss Mary
Hoyle, Mrs. R. P. Brooks, Miss Vivian
: On Saturday December 1st, 1917 at
10 o'clock a.m. I will offer for sale my
farming equipment, consisting of hor
ses, harness, wagon, plows, harrows,
The Ladies Aid Society of the Rox- feed, corn, household furniture, cooipa lo; Mi Cq r Misg Begsie
baptist church will have a rJa- ing utensns, e. oc Daniel, Miss Ruby Paul, Miss Annie
irvthe Newell Building on. Dec. farm I now live, located one. mile and claytoh
K 1917. The Bazaar will be open, at half west of Roseville on roadleading
iWiu oclofk T?frABVmPTits will be-out to aquire okk nvW r.v.. . . rmm ru
m.ws.m. Ktm. - - , m fwrntu j I UU I.. 1 Vf IIA 111 llir IkrU m ,w KM U W
for peace only with the cuccessors to ' the sweet thought is they cannot come
the imperial Russian government or j to you but you can go to them. Loch-
with the Russian constituent assem- ie Regan.
bly.
Thieves of Stolen Car Captured
'rved both noon and evening.
Sacred Song Recital
Remember time and place.
ROBT. L. PERKINS
ter:
Mr. S. R. Wade $1.00; Mr. H. X.
300 sacks IVORY PLAR, 130 ;MHchelL $1,00; Mrs. W A Hunt 50c.
. -- , rt,otT timp K7 flEM- me ea uross vnapter wm meet
Vnurch will give a sacrea pos rn
ng recital Sunday evening Novem- ENT, 2i,000, LATHS, 12.0W HAKiJ
25th, 1917 at 7:45 p. m. A collec- BRICK. Do your pUsteyig and, ay . '
win De taken for the org?n luno. , M?cK,f 'r- iCA(XTXiAmiVmimi
mtemting programi consisting pt . WATKIXS .& BULLQCK , A'(jiffmniSSaSSi:
Executrix's Notice
j Having qualified as executrix of
i the estate of J, H. Rogers, deceased,
late of Person County, North Caro
lina, this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the under-
siggned on or before the 20th day of Mr. W. T. Kirby had the. misfor
November, 1918, orjhis notice will be tune to have his car stolen from him
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All one night last week in Durham. While
persons indebted to said estate will attending a performance at ''a "local
please make immediate payment. j theatre the car was left on the street
This November 20th, 1917. ! and when they came out to claim th j
MRS. S. E. ROGERS, car, it had disappeared, IJriday two
Executrix youths, going under the names of Ce-
cil Craabtree and Cornelius Gregory
Notice were arrested in Charlotte for steal-
public is cordially invited to ing the car. Mr. Kirby accompanied
a box porty at- the Wilkerson by. Sergeant Alvin Perry went to
Death
By the request of her mother I feel
it my duty to ehroniele the death of
little Egeline Shotwell, daughter f
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Shotwell. She
was born May 21st, 1916 and died
October 19th, 1917. Little Egeline
was first taken with infantile paraly
sis, and she began to get better for
awhile but soon several diseases took
place and the Lord saw fit to call the
little darling home, but.so much better
to be with Jesus than in this world of
trouble. Little Egeline had been in the
home long enough to win her way
deep down in the hearts of mother and
father, but I say to mother and father
do not weep for those little ones that
are. gone, for they are so much better
off than those that are left behind and
The
attend
School
Saturday evening; Nov. 24thu Charlotte to claim the car and bring
The proceeds will be for the benefit of ' the prisoners to Durham.
the school. ; Lillian Barch, Principal. , v I , ' ' .
Person Circuit Announcements
Since the Methodist Orphanage at
Raleigh is in urgent need of funds to
make comfortable as well as to keep
alive the large number of dependant
children in the institution I will hold
Thanksgiving services at the severar"
preaching places on the charge and
take an offering "speciaL" I shall
preach1 Thanksgiving jsermons at Oak ,
Grove, Sunday at 11 a. m. At Wood
sdale in the afternoon at 3 o'clock and
at Warren's Grove schoo) house in
the evening at 7 o'clock. On Thanks
giving day, Thursday of next week, I
will preach at Concord church at 11 '
a. m. andat Lea? JQhapel at 5 30 .
p. m. The public is cordially invited
to attend and urged to brrng a libtriJ '
ill.
cfTerte.'
A. DAITY.
(llHt)