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gpy Boxbaro, N. c7""j'Jr.e 7th, 1922.
BUSINESS MEN TO THE FRONT.
On Moniay -night upon call by Mr.
Barry W Winstead the business men
of Roxboro gathered together to talk
shop for Jbj town of Roxboro. The
meeting was well attended, being op
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forty ox fifty , ct the business roer on
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? %und. Several short talks were ir.aJe,
^ and we are glad to s?y, they were
light to the point.'Naturally, this raj
,",f ' ftagttfo&r the best located town"of I
our knowledge, bat tire citizens (pive i
jy armply been asleep at the switch and ]
V, have allowed -athtr nearby towr.S to
>?'Nwtstrip us. It is not in irood taste to!
call nanu s, but there is mcrre than j
One town withjn_ftfty miles which have 1
= laid us "in fU; Sbide, all 'because they I
the opportunity and grasped it. J
; while we' were toQ busy; trying to
gimcr the co:n in a smllf war to
&tch a vision of big: things; But that.
day: is _ passed, for ere lcr.g..you .are
-fphin|f to see thJpjrs begin to happen
. in this gv-yt burg. rhe iut!'"ile;
world will "Usaar about 5^."
?: hritn gc-cj iia.is.- good schools? :
none better, snd sopiethlftg like fifteen
millions 'ppuiftU' of poole^i to-bacco
rolling into-this town, .with our;
proportionate part of the tobacco j
which is sold the old auction way,
and a live hustling all' time paid secretary
of t**; charpber yaf cccnmerx?e.
~~sai<3, Jest we forget, a live, wide a^
.wake secretary, pushing a successful
buoldir.g and loan association?and.
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ROXBORO.
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, "Politics mako strange bed fellows,"
and in trying to e'nulyze -the results
sfter c-ack election bTiji?s;. this to
- For instance, iajrin'g the past ,
four' .wo&Jcs we ventute that twenty-i
five, possibly fifty jr.er. -have been ir,'
^ our cflke nr,d jy.ade the assertion tiiit j
the fanners of this 'County would
not support a lawyer for the 'legrislatun\
for the farmers were - tired di |
Roxbcro rammer n'l of the candidates, j
Well, let's see what about it There i
were two candidates- thTs time, one
a farm e r?;sure en'oujri? farmor, . not |
a pioftasicnal farmer who lived in
town and owned a farm- in the conn
try, but a mar. who owns his Yarm. \
several of them, ar.i live-.-! a: hc-fris j
\-"j were worked, while the cthLr randi- '<
date was -a town ..lawyer?' When* "be j
returns cam* :n r was foufid that !
the farmer came A Roxboro pr-eject j
with just four majority, while the;
town aided 153 rc.the farrders ma-,!
' . Jc^rity? makifc. it 1^1'So. tlfs time -it J
was net the farmer who defeated the '
town hcwyier. But-the tovi itMll Aad !
ivow. Wo hcpo'we are done With all ot
this pre-election .talk about the town
tryinff tor ha me every officercx?
T^F>~ no? * r-a tVi-.inr.
7? ? W ' i i f ?'*< ' iv I; ' ?
clinaticn on the peft"hf'some to create
a fight on the tobacco maketinp question
ih Roxbcro Go slow, friends, for
it -is of- importance that the farmer !
? P who has joined the co-operative sys- ;
~77; tew firtd n "ynrrn wrier,T^e here, antf'
likewise tHe farmeT who thirties best 1
to kpep cat of the organization:
? ?' ahcutdne* he frowned upon- Rosboro }
? wants the-co opceotivc eteiwew* hod
ahe wants the independent sellers
business, ?o let-.as all poll together.
? If-yon are a fo-Operative adherent and
worker, "When you meet an independ-'
fcnj^armt r who U going to sell the
ainbetion why, te? MS Rhafeero is
going To hav?: aa iriderpehteif warehe
can de ep better than
v
likewise, >oj independent' worker.
Whin you meet a Co-op, -lend an en- I
coaraging wrra fur hiln t? select Rox-'
bojw a* his de)m>ring -point. "To- ''
2ether -wo s;?td,-divi ltyl Hve fall-" jjj.
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~ H'e" fSgyet "to Trsrtl" that another" "
e"Tcrt_f> being staged to a)Iow car- n
r.'vjii tc c:n? to ::;is town. We are
?tj
not opposed to a County fait, bat we ^
arw everiastir.gly opposed to earn;- f,
vs!??if what we have; seen in F.'ex- a
tcro.add x>tl\er towns is fair samp'p. e
They are degr&&"g to a- toxro, and q
the physicians testify to the hurt _t
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they do in nearly every instance. Wo ()
woald ljke to see a (food ccanty fair fi
'here, bat if we can not have thim a
without throwing open the gates to. e
the "clean carnivals"?and did you 5
ever See a'clean carnival, then by all (
means cut cut the fpr. The no si mine ^
oi arte boy for life is too much to.pay .j
fbr the pleasure -cf seeing all of the J
airty, filthy'carnivals in existence. I
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v/n u?^ uis t pjwrt* y?u wiu iina ine j.
I full vote at the primary given fcy 1
townships: Tie vote was a surprise (t
to nearly every ene, for none ha i '
counted on sush a heavy vote. But \
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they faded to tzke info consideration;
the woman vote,- and^hey votfed?an 3
believe me, they workei-for tHsir re- j 1
effective candidates fri the future if *
you want to win you will have to '
count on sd^ie of ycur woTn:n fr: - |
ends; for as workers they p.ut th? men I
.cp the blink, . * ' * P
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We a;re sorely disappointed ct our
?neieh.ber friends in Caswell" 'County,
for we surely thought: they , would be.
gallar.t and "send"*our capable and "C
worthy frienti. Miss Bessie Toomp-.
son, to the Senate. While veturns
frorij t hat way $re -meagre jal! indi- J
ertiens are tTm Miss Thompson-was
defeated. ...
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.
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Having qualified las administratrix.
of the estate of W. 3d* W. Comptoni i
dwmjwi/um m fgfftjn jaunty, .VM-fhl
Carolina, this is to notify all persons!
hiving claims against the estate of
said -deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned, on or before -the 9th day
cf June 1923, or this notice will be
pleaded, in bar of their recovery/ All I
persons in3efee*i-Vo said estate will
please make mn;e-4^te payment.
T^i!* tV?A ftffi rtew oh T' I na
Mrs. Maude Ccmptorf?'
Administratrix of W. M. W. Ccmptori.;
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Cooper A. Hail, Attorney;. ! .
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ERRONEOUS
]H It has coine
;g report that the
jl the Co-opcrativi
3, =>?
solutely untTiie,
? Started.
^ to come out in
-?3 by an ad in" -^The
'"ET" It is possible
' g Mr. W. T. Pass
gv something to do
:)? new waf at all,
1W
_ the; demand tha
way, to take cai
to the new way
S, Bank's position i
it . farmer will find
3- Bank of Rosbor
gj ""v a serve you, call c
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' THE ROXBORP COURIER'
IGNTNG UP " ' J
IN CASWELL
O . . * The
Cootier:?The mass meetihs?
? Yanecyville Sa^urJay of the farera
and "has in ess men waaJarftely
ttervded in spite" of tRy 'unfavorable
'either ipd the primary. The far
iers~a? T11' tf1:?
'.eve oiw'by ? h;*"? majority in <feiance
>? the fa^se "propafn^i that
tie. opposition -are u*in? affairs* rts.
fr. Yhrffii iChapman,, a prryer* and
caitic.^ man: ~f Ken a*rkv. v.*a- the
peakgr cf. the - occasion ar.i .'cvlsr*
Hi had never attended a more en*
husiastic m-eetingr* ard
I fpr an endorsement of . the wove
bout all present stood up. Aged men
echpred that if -was the best speech
hey .ever heard in Yanceyville, and
U went awry more determined than
-ver to press forward for a greater
ifrn up. . .
Srr; CtUpman arrived in North
Carolina Tuesday and left Saturday
laving .made seven speeches, on co>e
native 'marketing, - and predficted
access far hevoni' oiir wildest es
>ectation. H"e also told us tHe type
>f men that ^re 'writing back here
ron* Kentucky saying business was
?ad a& a result *o? "co-operative, mar;eting.
They were men who- lost
heir jobs under the old system, such
is auctioneers and WarehLuse clerks
3ut in the face of all this propagan
1m we are marching op to success.
& P. JONES, .
Orgamaer
ranceyvjlle,. N. C.
o- i ?CARD
OF*'APPRECIAJIpK.
I wish t > express . "my . sinterest
hanks to the gOod people vf this
"c.unty for the liberal support', give:;
DRIP
Qw<?& Rrf
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Cascade ?
Ginger Ale *
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Roxboro Be
iJRTxi .?iJi&5 5JHU- U3 j
5 REPORT.
to our ears that some one is
First National Bank of.Roxboi
? Tobacco Marketing .Associatii
and we~can hoFTmagine how sue
attor of fact,'this Bank Vas the
recognition, of the movement. 1
Courier several months since,
that the fact one of our most vs
, is going to rtnran independi
i with the report. Mr. Pass is n
out is simply running his house
t there should be a house here
re Of the tobacco-which had no
. But-Mr. Fa.-ia'-ttmiuir in~rro v:
as to Co-operation, and,we assui
no friand more true than the
o. In the future, as irf. the past
>n us.
- . Your friends,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BA1
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1 --ope t t huvc t ' :r fnrthe* a up;, r' r"
in the "finei- electraa the-comrcy Nov?-Tr,je^XgSlh
thankinjt you; I am,itu
^^Pirurs very truly, H;
W. T. KIBBY. i\
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NOTICE- j | i
- KutSt._Sor.d?y .;Ter.ii!s_J?ti, 11' at ;
8:00 o'clock. Sunday School, day .will
De obeen*}' ai. Brook?Jal# .MotOydirt I ! ;
church, ' ,
The public ore invited to thfl
(vice. We hope To render b very in- rj
terestinj - progr-?.:jw. The 'Sunday [j.
schdl pupils will do the -prencKinsr io- ';
itead of; tH? pastor.
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Her Qaby. ' h
"Tve left ray babe in there to-die!** "
shrieked a frantic woman who 'wjii . :
rescued from the harping building. |2
Policemen were asking the number w
of her room when a 21-stone man In ;
pajamas pd'n Jaunty hat appeared
on a balcony and called down: "Don't
worry. Lou: I'm saffc.**
I "My baby!** gasped the woman,
thankfully; _ -H
Soap and Water.
! Margaret, little rapre than two
! years old, is very much ; Interested in ' j
the moon. She had been watching it j
; for ?ome time one clear evening in
: tlie fail, wbett suddenly a light tV-ans'narent
rtnnrt nnssed It* siirfnce t?!v.
irtg it e streaky appearhncv.
j "Qh, madder. madder,'' >lu? rried,
"moon dirty?mu-kier wash rno'>ii."
Sunday at the Zoo.'
It vvas Sunday at tiie *<*>. "VThat's
the trhp&ie with tho fe!lo*v?37 inqiiUasrl
(. the aruug-Otttjuig. of them l??k_ j
as if ti*y'd'?eeTi\a ghosts [|
f "It's this fcconoavv stunt." explained-1
: I the. r.io?Mc >y. "They*ve deckled . t?? I"
; r trans?*:? the keeper ofr the elVphauts j
J'tO. tlie Insect hon**'and they >! .n't H
f-ojv jo hresit the t? 'hint"1' j
s'K | ^
icious I *-| threshing
j|||
:n in
Bottles
ke the _ Mh
I n 1^1
_: I
>ttling Works
I . v fif
circulating the ..... '^.
ro is' opposing ^ ,
an. This is ab- 1 * . jgj!
:Ti' a report tvas " " ? ?* ;i
very first one a j
rhis is verified |l j
iluableoflicers, o S,
ent house had tgi
ot fighting the , |1'
in response id gjij
selling the old
3,1 .
t been pledged
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ay affects the
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e yoiHthat the
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First National, H,
when we can
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?$ ma*' .iwos' <-*c
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^thebestrea.son""! .;
I For Trading m Ro^boro |
. t^ot bikiaule'of pride in~yoaf"Rbnie^oyn and;eounty;.not. 9.
[because you. want to keep your money at home and help ij '
to build up your own Surroundings; not because you can
-. get Credit here when you have to pay cash elsewhere; not ?
,i because you owe. Roxboro merchants your allegiance nor ;;3
?, to show your loyalty to kom.e and home enterprises.. These g
?' are all pood reasons, but the.best reasons are because g
I Roxboro. .is filled with good-stores that are "filled with js
? good merchandise in .all lines, that are sold at as-low or
v lower prices as-'you can buy the tame goods anywhere. J
% TOE BEST REASONS - ;
| FOR TRADING WITH US. I '
Recausetwe .b-ave one of the'best stores in Roxboro filled
! with thfe highest class merchandise, all of which are sold j|
55 afas low or lower prices than the same goods can be J J
tM bought in any store >n Roxboro. Besides ybugefthfebes? * . .8
service from an experienced and well trained force of sales
' people and merchants who have mad.e their business a ?
iffedo'ng study and work. Still there are good citizens here
35 whp go to Durham and buy their shoes without even ^
looKing ai a pair, m any siore m noxooro. .*vnu we miow jg
for a fact often pay from M to .$1.50 a pair more for the a
- identical shoes than we -charge. Are yoa one of tfcese. p
uur. stocks are complete our priced Ike lowest. Trade ; ?
? with'ns because you get the,best gjoods and-save money
^ by it. We are afwayspleased to- serve' you.
I Harris & Burns f
1? ' ROXBORO'S BEST STORE. : J ..
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Safety Depoits
Boxes for Rent
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SMALL BOX-PER .YEAR $1W
SlEtfVM. POX PER Yi?AR SJ-50 ~ '
LARGE DON PER YEAR 52-00. ! *
T.E. AUSTIN. PRESIDENT. W. F. LONG CASHIER. ' t '
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He banked bis Mdn.^r; ~ "
He became a Partner.
. 3ig -business men are always on the lookoiifpfo.r
young merrwho have the qualifications for big positibns.
The main thing they want to know is: "has he MONEY
SENSE?" That question can only be anSWered tp oneway:
by a Pass Book showing REGULAR deposits.The
routine of ttje business "a man can be taught, but the
value o7~money he must learn for himself .with his own
.?money ~? :? , ?
If you haven't yet started to regularly deposit some'
of your money, come in and open an account and start.J -?
You wjfl be on-tbe road to prosperity when you do. "
^ r^*? We will Welcome you.
. JtOXBOBft K. c. _J
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