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Bradsher Apr. Noell Bros., Proprietors. Home First, Abroad Next. $1.50 Per Fear in Advance ♦ VOL. XXXVi ROXBORO, NORTFl CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening June 4th 1919. No. 23 WORLDS RECORD BEEF CATTLE SALE All Kinds of Records Went by the Boards in an Auction That Was in a Class by Itself—Re peater’s Model to Tennessee at Top of §35,000, With Two Lots Leading Females at $5,- 700—$1,919 Average on 173 Head. Records which were generally be lieved, among Hereford breeders, to be impregnable were overthrown in the annual public sale held by 0. Harris & Sons at Harris, Mo., May 6 and 7. A Hereford bull was sold at auction for $35,000, a new world’s re cord not only for Herefords but for all beef breeds. Fifty head of cattle were sold at auction in one day for a general average of $4,437, another new world’s record—a world’s record not only for the beef breeds, but for all breeds of cattle. Many other new records can be figured out from the sale list of this, one of the most remarkable public auctions in the history of the pure bred livestock business. The general average of $1,919 on 173 lots is in itself a new record for the number of animals sold. This average will be easy to remember from the year in which it was made. There were many features of the event that stamped this auction as being in a class apart from either public sales of pedigreed livestock—in a class by itself. The offering itself was unique in that 153 of the 173 lots sold were females, and practically all of these females were two-and three-year-old heifers, a few of them with their'first calves at side, the remainder carrying their first calves. The top animal of the sale, the highest-yriced animal of .any beef breed ever sold at public auction, was the four-year-old show bull Re peater’s Model. He went to J. R. Smith, proprietor of Elk Valley Farm, Fayetteville, Tenn., at the record price of $35,000. With him went the top female of the sale, the two-year- old Geyjrgia Princess 6th by Repeat er 70th, carrying a, hostage to for tune by Repeater’s Model, at $5,700. Joseph J. Rezac & Sons, Tabor, S. D., put the second top on the sale by paying $26,000 for. Repeater 191st, a Septe^,ber y^arlin^ that consistently headed the’senior bull calf class dur ing the past show season. 0. G. Lee, Kansas City, Mo., paid $20,000 for Repeater 134th, a two-year-old listed as one of the herd bulls and sent into the ring as a substitute. William Gal loway, Waterloo, la., and Dr. Wil liam Shallenberger, Chicago, Ill., went into partnership on the Septem ber yearling Repeater 194th, for which they paid $19,000. Here was an other new record—four bulls in one sale for a total of an even $100»600; and yet again another new record.— four sons of one sire sold by their breeder for an average of $25,000. It depends upon the combinations that are made as to the number of new records that can be figured out of this record-making auction. It was advertised as a two-day auc tion and cattle were sold on both days, but they might easily all have been sold between a late breakfast and an early dinner, allowing plenty of time between for lunch. It was after 1 o’ clock of the first day that the sale opened with a stirring address by Colonel Reppert and a few words of welcome by Overton Harris. Short shrift was made of the20 bulls, which were sold in the order catalogued. When 30 of the females had been sold a severe electrical storm came on, portending a heavy downpour of rain. The crowd became restless and, although it was still early in the af ternoon, the • sale was adjourned for the day with a new record for 50, head of cattle in one sale established, an average of $4,437. One Buyer’s Total $43,050. The second day’s sale opened about 9:30 o’clock with 123 loits to be dis posed of. It was not yet high noon when the last animal was led from the ring, and it was announced that, after lunch, the crowd would go over the farm of A. B. Watson & Sons and dispose of the offering that was 'Scheduled to be sold the next day. The average time consumed in selling the 123 lots was about one and a half minutes to the lot. No crowd ever before bought so many cattle in so short a time for so much money, 'ev ery lot being, sold, singly.. Among the heaviest buyers were the following: August A. Busch, St. Louis, Mo., 21 head.at an average of $2,050,, a total of $43,060. John M.. Gist;,. Odessi', Tex.,;.2i head (Continued on page eight)',; BTr. Rose Gives His Sales I Seasonable Recipes for ! Dishonest Traffic in Force an Outing.' Canning and Preserving, j War-Savings Stamps. , Cherry Preserves. i Washington, May 31, 1919. ' Take four pounds of seeded ch^-' 1. The Secretary of the Treasury ries, three pounds of sugar and one has issued the following statement: cup of cherry juice (left after cher-j “The Treasury has been greatly ries are seeded). Boil the juice and concernfed by the receipt of reports sugar together for about five min-' of dishonest traffic in war-savings Mr. Geo. E. Rose, of Roses’ 5 and 10 Cent Store, gave his sales force a delightful outing on last Friday. It being a national holiday Mr. Rose took advantage of the occasion and closed his, store so that his clerks might have a much needed and well earned rest, and securing a truck carried them on a picnic to Oxford ^and Henderson. The following were din the party: Mr. Geo. E. Rose, Clyde Swartz and Lawrence Hall and Misses Scott, Nellie Swartz, Ruby Hall, Alma Day, Mary Willie Hall, Banna Day, Alma Hall, Pearl Buchanan, Elma and Rosa Thomas, Mary Bell Hall, Velma McBroom and Connie Day. This jolly party left Roxboro at 5 o’clock in the morning and first went to Oxford where they inspected one of the chain of stores belonging to the Rose’ chain, and after a few hours spent in this delightful little city *they. proceeded to Henderson, the headquarters for this big store. Here they were given d royal recep tion by the owner and all were made to feel at home. The sales force frdm here no doubt came home with a broader view of the big business this concern is doing, and naturally with a more exalted opinion of the busi ness they are daily helping to build, for the headquarters is no small con cern and is worthy the most excel lent force Mr. Rose has as his help ers at the Roxboro link. At 6 o’clock the party drove out from Henderson bound for home, and when it is remembered they were routed via Durham, a distance of 60 miles and in a Ford touring truck, with a capacity of about 10 miles an hour you can figure on when they ex pected to land at home, but these jolly girls did not care and were hap py over the thought of the journey homeward bound. But, as usual, things did not go altogether smooth and before reaching Person county soil they were having auliomobile trouble. Just at this point they had some thrilling experiences which they had not staged for the trip. While trying to persuade their John Henry that he should run, having no especial ; reason for not running^, : John Henry should, looking auto raced by—and remem ber this was* now well past 1 o’clock in the morning, and left them, but after a reasonable time the truck decided to do business and the picnic kers again started on their way. They had not gone far before they came up on the aforementioned auto and it was backed up against another car transfering a part of its load, but they made themselves scare and did not hail the Roxboro crowd with much joy. A little farther on the road some one ^dressed in white with a black cap over his head came out of j the woods and took a peep at the home comers, but this time our jolly crowd did not care to waste time with such objects and hurried on as fast as their truck would bring them. Along about this time one of the young ladies, who had worked her self into a pretty nervous condtion fainted, and Mr. Rose says of all jobs he has ever tackled the worst is try ing to find a well, branch or any other hole where water could be secured on a pitch dark night, without either lantern or matches. But the ladies spell was not serious and after many other trials and tribulations^ with with that John Henry they reached home at 3:30 A. M. The ladies declare they simply had a lovely trip and shall ever feel under obligations to Mr. Rose for same. This is only a sample of the many reasons why the Roses’ 5 and 10 Cent Stores are popular, not only with their sal.es force, but with the ' public, for they are ever on the alert looking after the interests of their customers and helpers. * * >)t Jf: * 5f£ FARM NOTE.S' BY MURRY G. JAMES Farm Demonstrator , “Wildcats” to Land at New- I port News June Seventh. I believe,that one of the best ways utes until sugar is completely d^solv-1 certificates and stamps. These secur- I can be of benefit to the people of ed, cool the syrup and add the.^cher- j ities were not intended to be nego- fhe county is as a medium through ries. Cook very rapidly until the cher- tiable and, for the protection of the which they may exchange their .pro- ries are clear and transparent, and ' owners in case their necessities re- ducts. When one man 'has something the syrup is of the density of pre-1 quired, provision was made for re- for sale, very often there is another serves. Put in cans and seal air tight.! demption of war-savings certificates ii'-an in the same county who wants (All preserves, jams and jellies are' at post office upon ten days’ notice, at. to buy that very thing. By bringing kept bright by rapid cooking). Canned Cherries. Seed the cherries with a seeder by a fixed price, representing the origi-' those two people together, I do them nal purcahse price with an addition' both a favor. So If you wish to buy for interest. -No'obstacles have at I anything,' or sell anything, stop me hand if preferred, pack in sterilized ^ any time been placed by the Treas- i when I am passing and let me know, jars. Make a sypup by boiling for • ury in the way of the redemption of|Or write me, telling me your needs, five minutes. One cup of cherry juice j these war-savings certificates and it ’ and I will serve you as best I can. to one cup; of sugar for sour cherries should be generally understood that and three fourths of a cup of sugar j the owner of a certificate has an ab- to one cup of juice for sweet cher-1 -solute right to redeem it in accord- ries. (Enough cherry juice will be j ance with its terms. Any case of a found in the vessel in which the cher- ■ refusal to make such redemption, if ries are seeded for this purpose. Cov-1 brought to the attention of tse Treas- er the cherries'in the jar with this j ury, will result in prompt action, syrup while the syrup is still hot. j “The Government needs the money Screw the lids down loose. Process i and hopes the holders of war-savings the jars, at boiling temperature for twenty five minutes if quarts, for ithirty five if half gallons. Sake out of canner and seal. If the cherries are canned whole, blanch fifteen minutes to prevent splitting and to keep them from rising from the bot tom. Cherry Jelly. Since cherries are lacking in pec tin, the quality which makes jelly jell, pectin must be added. Take one cup of cherry juice to one cup of apple juice or one cup of | demption at certificates will' retain them, but it will place no obstacle in the way of those bona fide holders who request repayment. On the other hand, the Secretary will exercise every means At present I have a list of several grade dairy cattle, and pigs, that are for sale. If you wish to buy anything along that line, let me know. We have a Drainage Engineer in Raleigh who’s business is to assist farmers n draining their land. If there is anyone who contemplates putting in a system of tile drainage, I shall be glad to visit his farm, and give him my judgement as to whether or not he is justified in using tile and the approximate cost, and if he de cides to use it when he gets ready Washington, May 29.—The first units of the 81st (Wildcat) division to return home from France, the war department announced today, are due at Newport News June 7 on the bat tleship Missouri, which brings com panies, E. F and G of the 30th am- ' munition -train. The vessel also has j aboard the third corps artillery park j aijd three casual companies. 'The 317 field artillery of the “Wild cat” division is due also at New port News June 9 on the battleship South Carolina. Two casual com panies are included among troops on. the ship. The Hurden, due at Newport News June 7 and the Kentuckian, due at New York the same day, are bring ing troops largely of the 90 division. The Susquehanna with convales cents is due at Newport News June 9. The Federal New YYork, June 9, is bringing a few casuals. within the power of the Treasury, ‘ we will secure the services, without and has asked the cooperation of the ; cost of the engineer in Raleigh to Post Office Department, to prevent I lay off the drain, giving it the proper payment being made to those rascals uniform fall. ■who are buying the certificates and Jn addition, I shall be glad to do stamps for less than their redemp-' terracing for those who request it tion value and promptly turning | whenever their land is in proper con- them in to the Government for re- dition and they have the time. profit, and serves no orange peatin. (For direction for making orange pectin, see bulletin 'No. 11, Canning and Preserving with receipes, which may be secured from this office.) Bring the fruit juices to boiling point, add for each cup of -li quid used, three fourths of a cup of •sugar. Boil rapidly until a little cool-, ed on a spoon for a moment flakes' off in a jelly-like sheet. Directions for using cherries by M^ss Miss Mattie M. Henley. One pound cherries—remove stones tice upon those people who are en gaging in this disreputable business that this is the settled policy of the Treasury. “In this connection attention is in cited to the following extract from the instructions issued to postmasters by the Post Office Department, under date of January 23, 1919, with re spect to the redemption of war-sav ings certificates presented by per sons or firms known to be buying or Keep The Dollars Growing. The Government’s plan for making interest will again be put into opera tion on Jude 15th when $36,638,060 will be paid to holders of the First Liberty Loan Bonds. June 15th is In terest Day and the Treasury Depart ment has arranged for the exchange of interest coupons for Thrift and War Savings Starnes -in any post of fice or bank. “Keep the Dollars Growing” is the —drain. Cover with one cup vinegar. Let stand 24 hours, stirring/oi-rcasian-] ewna^'s; ally. Drain away vinegar and use fori “Postmasters are further instruct- some other purpose. Weigh fruit and I ed not to pay any war-savings certi- suspicious quantity of sugar.. Stir | fioates presented by persons or firms publicly offering to buy war-savings I stamps or certificates ' from their Mr. Paylor Will Move to Town. Judge J. C. Pass and Mr. Geo. W. Thomas sold a residence in Reams- town one day last week to Mr. John Paylor, of the Concord section, who will move in early in the fall. Our farmer friends are finding it very advantageous to live in town and en-. joy the pleasures of town Ifie, and s^till remain in charge of their farms a few miles from town—in fact, with our good roads leading out in every direction from the town' a few miles now is nothing, and-the faraiers can live here and educate their children and still enjoy the benefits of their farms. Miss Sallie W. Hatcl^tt left Sun day night for DurhanV; • where ' she has ac^ep.ted,..a frequently until sugar dissolves, con tinue this about two days. Seal in small preserve jars or pint jars. Re quires no cooking. Blackberry Jam (For use of Club Girls. Cook the berries until soft; take half of them and remove the seeds with a colander; put with the un seeded berries and weigh; for every pound of fruit add 3-4 of a pound of sugar; cook all very rapidly until a small quantity held on a spoon and cooled for a moment flakes off in a sheet like jelly. (While cooking keep the jam stirred continually with a wooden spoon to prevent sticking.) Garden Peas. Use No. 2 cans or pint jars for peas, as it is very difficult to sterilize them in larger jars. Grade the peas, keeping the young and tender small peas in a different vessel from the larger and older peas. This grading is necessa’ry to prevent spoilage. Large peas require a much longer boiling than young and tender Place small peas in sack and plunge into boiling water for 3 minutes, then into cold. (This is called blanching.) Large peas must be blanched 5 min utes. ' Pack peas in No. 2 can, fill with brine and add 1 teaspoonful of sugar. Exhaust 3 minutes and process 1 hour and 15 minutes after water is boiling furiously. For older peas pro cess 1 1-2 hour. Peas must be processed or boiled the same length of time on each of three days. Remove from the canner after first day’s processing and set aside until next day. Return to the canner on second day, boil tender peas 1 hour, larger peas 1 1-2 hour. Remove from canner and set aside until the third day, when the last processing or boil ing is done. Boil tender peas 1 hour and larger peas 1 1-2 hour. When canning peas in glass, process pint jars of tender peas 1 1-2 hour. Process pint jars of older peas 2 hours. Death of Little Wallace Clark Buchanan. On last Friday nigKt Wallace Clark Buchanan, infant son.:of. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. B,uchanan died. He was 19 Months old, and was the pride and joy of the family, being .an. unusually attractive* and' wirtabme ht*4e fellow. the United States Treasury at Wash ington. -36,000,000 in Liberty Bond I-Atere^t ^bupons if invested iti War SavingV stamps wilt' pay 'four per cent and is automatically compound- known to be buying, or publicly offer- j Children are being urged to car ing to buy, war-savings stamps or certificates • from the owners, unless positive evidence is submitted that the certificates were originally issued .to' the persons or firms' presenting them for payment.” “I urge all patriotic holders of war- savings certificates to hold their cer tificates if they can and, if they can not, to avoid all dealers in war-sav ings certificates and redeem the cer tificates through post offices.” A. M. DOCKERY, Third Ass’t P. M. Gen’l, ry the Thrift message from their schools -to their parents. The Treas ury is asking children to draw illus trating the* slogan and the plan is to have these posters scattered broad cast ■ throughout the country. The The posters may be drawn, painted or made of out-outs. The slogan “Keep the Dollars Growing” should appear on every poster. Brest, May 20.—All the troops of the 81st (Wildcat) division now are homeward bound. The last conting ents sailed this morning on the steam ers Von Stueben and Finistere. Ma jor General C. J. Bailey, commander of the division, is on board the form er vessel. , Before sailing General Bailey waa decorated with the French war cross with palm and made an officer of the legion of honor. These two steamers are bound for Newport News. The steamer President Grant left here last evening for Boston, carry ing 6,000 men and officers of the ser vice of supply. American troops to the number of 1 0,000 were repatriated through the port of Brest during the month of May. School News. 'Jbe County Board of Commission ers and County Board of Education are called to have joint session on next Monday, June 9th. These Boards are to consider son?'? very important matters and it is urg ed that each member of e^^ch Boat4 b?'present-if RpssfWe.^=*^;'A. 36^^* ' Colored of Person go to Durham Summer School next Monc^y. $14.00 will cover your expenses for the full four weeks.—J. A. Beam. Porch Party. In a unique, and interesting man ner, with all details complete, the faculty of the high school, comprised of Misses Mabel Goode, Grace Os borne and Bess Finley, entertained the members of the graduating class last Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. J. M. Pass. The event was in the nature of a porch party. The wide verandah had been attractively arranged in booth effect, each one be ing screened with lovely ferns. The glow of many Japanese lanterns lent much beauty to the scene. In each booth, tables had been placed for rook, and after enjoying this pastime, cream and cake was served, which was made in class colors. The mem bers of the class included Misses An nie Burch, Eva Harris, Hildah Mitch ell, Lorena Tingen, Messrs Merrimon Burns, Archie Stalvey- and Clarence Warren, Dr. Wooten in Town Last Thursday Night. On last Thursday night Dr. Woot en, Presiding Elder for this District, preached at the Presbyterian church to the Methodist congregation. Dr. Wooten is always welcome in Rox boro and was heard, as usual, by a large and appreciative audience. Mr. Davis Improving. The friends of Mr. S. B. Davis,, who has been at Hot Springs, Ark., for the past several- weeks, will be glad to hear that he is improving and hopes to be able to return hpme ; ■within the next 30 days. Person Circuit Announcements. The pastor will fill his regular ap pointment at Lea’s Chapel Sunday. Sunday School at 10:30 and preach ing at 11:30, new time. We will have a service of interest to the entire community at Warren’s Grove at 3:30. On account of two lengthy services at the Concord and the Oak Grove churches last Sunday, made so because of the Communion celebrated at both, the pastor was unable to reach Warren’s Grove in the afternoon to meet the congrega tion before it disposed. So the matter of the new church proposition there will be considered this Sunday P. M. The pastor has a rather flattering proposition to of fer and hence he would urge all to come out at the hour named.—J. A. Dailey. Presbyterian Announcement,^. 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. there will be preaching at the Presbyterian church by Dr. Rankin. We trust the Metho dist as well as the Presbyterian will turn out to hear this great servant of God. 'The Methodist Sunday school will be held in the school auditorium, 9:45 A. M. W. R. Hambrick superintend ent.—O. W. Dowd. Helena Dtfeats Jalong. in a very close and interesting game betwe«i H^ena and. Jalong the former was victorious by a score of 16 to 14, Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield Thompson announce the marriage of their dau ghter Virginia Permelia to ■ ■ Mr. 'WiliiaM Ed-war'd 'Walker •on Wednesday, May the twenty-first nineti^n hundred and nineteen South Boston, Virginia.. At',Home '• lafter June the first Henderson, North Carolina , I ■yv'ish to urge all our white teach ers to attend our Summer school in Durham at Trinity College. W'e ex pect it to be of great value to all who attend. Please do’t miss it: Remember that it opens next Mbn- • day week.—J. A. Beam. Person County Colored Teachers. All off for the Summer school in Durham' at the National Training School. Next Monday, June the 9th is the day. Don’t forget it, but go on that day. Arrangements are made for you and you are expected to go* Monday without fail. All will have an opportunity to go down to Raleigh to the great colored Educational meeting which opens on next Tuesday. Again, I say be sure to go.—J. A. Beam. Fire Destroys Barn and Three Mules. The fire alarm sounded yesterday morning when it was discovered that the barn of Mr. S. G. Winstead was in flames. When discovered the ba?n was ablaze from top to bottom and nothing could be done. Besides a lot of feed stuff three mules were burned, So far as known there is no clue as to how the fire originated. Wake Forest College Commencement. We beg to acknowledge with thanks an 'invitation to attend the Wake For est College Commencement which takes place June 11th to 13th, sent us by our young friend, Mr. Robert P, Burns. Robert takes his degree this year, and our prediction is that you will , hear from him before many years pass by. Ladies Tailoring Dejiartment, Mr. A. Lipshitz has opened a ladies tailoring department in his store. for the benefit and pleasure oLthe ladies. This department is in charge of .Mi»v Addje May Gentry,, a c.a^able and exr perienced dressmaker and the ladie» are cordially iftvited- to patrbniii^ • this department.