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J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Ah
.VOL. XL
A MODEL SPIN- V
NING Mia,
KOXBORO COTTON MILL DOU-;
BLES irS CAPACITY
In Company With the President and
Secretary and Treasurer We
Visited This Splendid MilL
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On last Thursday evening we accepted
an invitation from Mr. J: A.
Long, president, and Mr. R. L. Harris,
secretary and treasurer, and went
over the RoXboro Cotton Mill. They
. are just completing and installing
the new machinery In the addition,
which gives about double the output
of the old mill. The dimension of the
k building now is five hundred feet in
|p length and seventy five feet wide,
rnf ' two floors. r-v,
We doubt if there is a more modem
V mill.in all particulars than this mill,]
in fact it might well be called the
model mil!. Everything is system,
frcm the time a bale of cotton is cut
open until it comes out in the finished
product it never travels over the
aame routd, but mores continuously
forward in its journey to completion.
No lost motion, but everything working
tfl its proper end. This mill has a
wide reputation for it# product, which*
Is a fine grade of yarn, and if there
ia a. market for yarns at all the Roxbo.ro
gets a goodly portion of it. J
Not ejily the mill and machinery,:
<*9 but everything connected with the
mill is of the model crdcr. The Company
provides houses for its hands
which is creditable to any town, and
at such prices as would make a real
estate man go crary. They also furn
lsh a nine month# graded school with
vv. teachers who are- intensely interests'
ed not only in th# education of the
boys and girls, but in the general
sanitary condition of everything on
ih?wn.
Trtifv tlie line* of these operatives
have fallen in fcood hands.
FAMILY REUNION.
On Sunday August 26th the family
of 7*fr. and Mrs. J. D. Harris all
grathered at his old home place near
Loasburg for a family reunion. This
being the 79th bipthday of.Mr. HarKV
ris made it a most fitting day.
Mr. Harris was born on August
20, 1844. He served throughout the
Ci.vil War. In I860 he was married
to Miss Anna Thomas' Brooks. To
this union there were .born seven
children all of whom are living and
were present on this occasion. They
are a? follows: G. E. Harris, Roxbo-o.
X. C., Mrs. Lotl Snipes, Rich-'
mord. Va., Mrs. X. A. Wrenn. Danville;
Ya., A. J. Harris. Roxbcro, X.
C.. Polian Harris, Durham. X. C.t
h- Mrs. Stan field Roy ster, Caswell Co..
Mrs* Ivey Pleasants, Leas burg. X. C.
A A mrst bountiful dinner was ?erved
from a lone table out on the !nwn.
After . inner there was a watermelon
B&f. feast which was greatly enioyed by
f all.
Mr. Harris received many nice and
K;useful presents.
^ * The photographer* was en hand
and made pictures of Mr. and Mrs.
jfe > Harris and the seven children,, then
j. "ir group was made of rhildron, grandg.s
children and great-grandchildren. One
Li ;' ' was also made of the f ur generations.
There were 51 grand children and
Bp^v- 27 great grandchildren.
All left wishing Mr. Harris many
more birthdays and reunions like this.
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MISS WHITE SUFFERS
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
frr: -?dHiss
Helen White, daughter of
r Rev. R. E. White, came near having
. ? very sfrion.t accident Monday. She
was doing a little whitewashing in
e the parsonage when in some manner
opte of the whitewash got in one ol
her eyes. Fortunately a physican was
near arid rushed In and removed the
whitewash from the eye, otherwise
she would probably have suffered a
Pff- wary sertoue iniury.
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CANTAJArtjPES
In the laet leaue of The Courier Mr
rp Jivet cantalonpes Tn Roxbbro every
-Tsrorning, and on hie round he left an
~ 7 ngmfaTSl this officer lirey were do
Hdhras and we return thanks for hh
"7 thoufeKtHllHHI. ??I
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ROXBORC
TOBACCO MLARKET *
OPENED IN THE EAST.
-Four Auction Houses Sold 350.000
Pounds At An Average of 23 to
25 Cents.
Wilson, N. C., Aug. 28.?The tobacco
board -here tonight announced
that 43ft 000 nftnnda of Irihuvn >1*4
been sold here today, .'at an average
price of 21 1-2 cents.
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Raleigh, Aug. 28.?Auction warehouses
-in the eastern Carolina bright
leaf tobacco belt opened today for
1923-21 season.
Reports received here tonight from
various markets indicate that the
commbfl grades of tobacco were in
greatest demand, with the' unofficial
average price ranging from 19 to 25c
per pound.
While official figures have not been
compiled, the sales on the Wilson
market are estimated at 450,000, the
'bnofficial average price being slightly
more than 20c per pound for the
lqfwer grades, which seemed to be in
better demand.
j The four auction houses at Kin
dton sold 350.000 pounds of the golden
weed at an estimated average
price of 23 to 25c. The common grades
told higher than in years, it was said,
i(nd warehousemen declare the farmers
seemed well pleased with opening
prices.
i At Greenville, 247,747 pounds were
sold at an average of 19.85. Hie offerings
were said to have insisted
of primings and very common grades.
STAG SUTTER. V
Last Friday night Mr. W. G. Miller.
proprietor of the Jones Hotel,
gave a supper to a party of stags as
follows: Drs. E. J. Tucker and J. H.
Hughes, R. P. Bums, I. G. Lore, H.
J. Whitt, Richard Bullock and J. W;
Jseell. After the party had done Just
SBBfegtea-awg
they enjoyed a game of bridge for a
couple of hours.
MOTORED OVER FROM GRAHAM.
Misses Kate Mebane, and Sue Noell
of Graham, and Mies Catherine Nbrcrcss
of Atlanta, Mrs. Smith of
Charlotte Courthouse, Va.. and Mr.
Bunn Mebane of Richmond, Va., motored
here from Graham Monday
and spent the day visiting relatives.
Mr. Mebane, father of Mrs. J. L.
McCrary, and Mrs. Smith remained
and \yill spend -some time visiting
Mrs. McCraty.
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COMMISSIONERS WILL
PAY RAILROAD FARE.
The Board of County Commissioners
will pay the railroad fare cf any
eld Confederate soldier who wishes
to attend the reunion in WinstonSalem
from September 4th to 6th
Any who are contemplating *"nis irijj
will please notify Col. John H. Bur eh
Commander, so that arrangements
may be made for the trip.
VFA'T SI N DAY AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
| Next Monday being Lab'or bay the
i occasion will be appropriately observ
J c-d at the Edgar Long Memorial vr
j fhe evening service. The PnBtor wil:
j preach a sermon suitable to the laboi
i question. The public is cordially in
vited, especially those who labor.
J. B. Hurley." pastor.
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[MR. JAMES P.
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I Mr. C. A. Harris has just returner
from a stay in Ashevijle and hi
1 brings the good news that Mr. Jame:
jC. Yancey, the popular assistanl
! cashier of the Peoples Bank, is rapid
ily improving. Mr. Yancey has beet
'in Asheville for several weeks ant
jhig stay has wonderfully improvec
ihis health.
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THANKS ARE DUE
MR. MARION CARVER
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Uaift Friday our "good friend Mr
Marion Carver presented us with i
fine watermelon. He says prospect!
|for tobacco are very bright, in fae
Jit is curing up remarkably well. Mr
' l Carver is one of the good farmer
i who livpswat home and whether to
, bacon sells high or low his fimlb
i will have their own smokehouse an.
com crib on the premises. . .
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HOME FIRST,
J^NORTH CAROLINA
PITMAN LOSSES ~
' uc prdcdatiue
IU UUI LlinillL
HIS CONTRACT .WILL STAND
Court Rules in Favor of the Co-operatives
and Assesses Costs
Against the Defendant.
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I Greenville, Aug. 25.-?A verdict in
favor of the plaintiff, G. H. Pittman,
in his suit against the Tobacco Growlers'
Co-operative association, as to
'his signing the contract of the as'
sociation, but in favor of the assoeia'.tion
on the fraud issue, was returned
here this afternoon by a jury af'ter
two honrs deliberation.
Judge Lloyd Horton immediately
ruled that the verdict was contra'dictory,
and the case must be decided
'solely on the fraud issue. He theroupjon
set aside the verdict insofar a? It
was in favor of Plttmah, ruled iii fart
1 or of the association and ordered
I judgment in the amount of costs of
' trial entered against Pittman. |
Much more than the veTdict tf the
jury in the Pittman case is at stake
'in today's victory of the organized
tobacco farmers, as more than a hundred
similar suits by farmers of eastern
Carotina have been instituted,and
the vindication of the methods
and management of the big co-opevativg.
Judge Horton gave the case to the
jirty today on two counts, namely,
;4s to whether the tobacco associa>
; tiop had signed up 50 per cent of the
tcbaeco growers of the Carotinas nnd
Virginia by January, 1922, and teccndly,
as to whether the contract ot
the plaintiff had been fraudukntly
obtained. The jury, in vindicating
the association' of the charges o*
fraud, gave its opinion that the ???
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of the tobaccr prv!,-.at.-> t ,
three states ' January. 19?-?. .Tuage
Horton set aside this verdict, howlever,
doing so on a point of Hw.
The plaintiff gave notice-of an appeal
to the supreme vcourt, where the
1 case will come up next February,* although
the association has already
won on the point of constitutiohalitv,
which was submitted to the supreme
court some months ago, and it* members
are confident that Judge Hjt(ton's
judgment tcday will be sustain:
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LAW ENFORCEMENT DIALOGUE
y Rev. Arthur Kale and R. L. Davis,
Jr.. will hold a law enforcement dialogue
in the Sunday School room at
. the Edgar Long Memorial Church on
Thursday, September 6th, at 7:30 P.
M. These young men have been constantly
going since July 1st and many
1 complimentary things have been said
about them. Mrs. N. Bucknor, Gen
oral Secretary of the Barnca-Phila?
thea" Convention, says:
"It wn* a pleasure to help the boys
1, out in Asheville. and we feel that
much good was accomplished. They
CTRTVi us n firiA riinlrurfiA. Thp audi
cnce was splendid. They arc .fine
boys. Everybody was enthusiastic and
(complimentary over the rrfeeting. Col.
! Fred Olds, of Raleigh, was present
and heard the boys, and has spoken
' of it in the highest terms several
' times since."
The public is cordially invited to
hear this dialogue.
COMING SEPTEMBER lJth.
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The marriage of the Midgets 01
".Tom Thumb Weld inc. A novel home
talent play that delights everybody.
Over 60 bright, beautiful children oi
" Roxhoro from 3 to 10 years_of age
' will give a complete imitation of e
'"Society Wedding". A director is
coming to train the children and
| will furnish beautiful costumes fot
; the wedding. You cannot afford t<
miss this cyclorap of mirth. 100 laughs
in 100 minutes.
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REV. C. T. PLYBORN
RESIGNS PASTORATE
* Rev. C. T. Plybom, who has beer
> pastor of Lakewood Baptist church
1 Durham, for the paMelghteenmonths
has tendered his resignation, same
- Ply-bom has had a wonderfully suet
eessful?pastorate .at Lakewood and
1 his congregation were loathe to eo.
cept his resignation.
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ABROAD NEXT
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PINCHOT CALLS FOR
AN AGREEMENT
Insists That Public Interest Is Paraij
mount, and That Production
Must Not Cease.
Harrisburg. Pa., Aug. 27 (United
Press).?Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania
today served notice on the
anthracite miners and operators that
their differences must be settled and
the threatened coal strike averted.
.Unless this is done, hd told them,
the state of Pennsylvania would use
every means to protect the public's
interest.
!, Samuel ,D. Warriner, chairman of
the anthracite operators' delegation,
immediately accepted Pinchot's offer,
jr. Philip Murray, first vice-president
'et the United Mine Workers, acting
leader in the absence of John L.
I.Lewis, also formally agreed.
I' Pinchot did not advance any plan
rfor breaking the existing deadlock beftweeii
the two parties. He only askIdd
that they agree to_ confer with
ihim. privately?the miners this after!
noon and the operafors tomorrow
[morning.
| The governor, sneaking to the four
representatives of the miners ana
four of the operators in the big gold
reception room of the capitol, stressed
the need of the public,
w The rights of the miners to a fair
Wage must be accepted, he pointed
out. The rights of the operators to a
fair profit cannot be violated.
"Bnt the general public is a party
to this controversy," he said. "And
its rights as. well as the rights of the
. other two parties must be represented
and recognized.
baON. M. L. SHIPMAN ~ V
VISITS ROXBORO.
, s Hon. M. L. Shipman, Iaibor Coms^eloncr.
visited Roxboro last SatvtRsj.
and expressed .surprise at
finding such a hustling, wide awake
town. But he assured us it would not
be his last visit.
ELDER HERN DON" TO BE
AT WARREN'S GROVE.
Elder J. A. Herndon will preach at
I Warrens Grove on the fir3t Sunday
in September at 3 P. M. All are corJ
dually invited to hear him.
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PRESBTTERIAN" SERVICES.
N'ext Sunday at the usual. hours
11 A. M. and 8 P. M. A cordial inj
vitaticn is extended to all.
I W. O. Sample, Pastor.
Mrs.- A. E. Horn of High Shoals
j Ga., who was called heme to nurse
her mother, Mrs, J. M. Slaughter
left Wednesday for the mountains
; taking her mother with her. Mrs
( Hern was for ten year3 superintend;
ent of 'Athens. Ga., hospital. We fco
| sure Mrs. Slaughter will be well
, cared for.
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!'? Mr. Herbert Barnett, who has beer
j spending the summer here with hit
| parents, left last -night for New
i York.
3 PERSONS KILLED
AND BIG PROPERTY
DAMAGE IN INDIANA
j Indianapolis, In<t, Ajje. 27.? Thres
] persons are dead and property dam'age
estimated at more than $100,001
| was done Inst night and early todnv
. by a heavy rain storm, accompanied
, by lightning, throughout the state.
Robert White of Madison, Indiana
I and Miss Jessie Wells of Indianapolis
, were killed at Madison when light
; biing struck a ledge of rock undei
I which they sought refuge from th<
[ storm. George L. Novinger, of Gar
. rett, Ind., engineer of a Baltimore
, and Ohio passenger train wag kiilcc
, when his train was derailed becausi
of a washout near Gary, Ind., Y
Miller, fireman of the train, wai
thrown from the cab and escaped in
jW. ,
Telephone and telegraph wirei
were down and trtany bridges wen
i washed out by the heavy rains neai
t Valpariso. Several buildings on th<
J. W. Dond dafry farm were blow*
i down and damage was estimated a
140,000.
I If you want all the County new<
L read ?bn Oinuies. Pounn fminly'i
etrotigest advocate.
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ugust 29th 1923
MECHANICAL
nrrnmrniriAii
fltmibtMllUN
MOORE BROTHERS SANITARY
PLANT
Modern Refrigeration Plant, the
Equal of Any City Plant.
If you have never been through a
nfodern refrigeration plant you want
to go and visit the Moore Brothers
Sanitary Market and see just how it
is done. All meats are kept in this
plant in a sanitary up to date manner
and the patrons are assured that, they
will always get the beat. In this plant
everything is frosen with cold air
and. is not dependent on icef which
leaves the matter in a damp sweat,
but is kept in a dry sanitary condition.
They have two apartments, one
where the atmosphere is always below
freezing and the other where it is
best only to keep the contents cool.
Last fall they placed a dressed turkey
in the refrigerator and kept it
for four months and when taken out
it was as nice and fresh as the day
| it was placed in the refrigerator.
This was simply a test, and the test
proved entirely .satisfactory.
Of course, this plant is a very expensive
proposition, but the proprietors,
Moore Brothers, say nothing is
j too good for their customers and exI
pensive fixtures does not frighten
I them, for they have found out that
j Roxbcro wants the best, and here
) they., get it. Von will find no more
jcqgiplete plant in any city than thej'
Jtave, and their continued patronage
1 has proven to them they made nc
mistake when they Invested theii
money in this plant.
MYSTERY SOLVED
Mr. Ung's VUit to Hagerstown Ex
plained.
When Mr. M. R.~ Long stated to u
last week that he had beei) in Hag
ertown, Md.. our curiosity was arous
edr-but he -did not seem inclined t<
want to satisfy our curiosity. How
' ever, when we read the following dis
.patch in the paper Monday morninj
' it was all explained:
Hagerstown, Md., Aug. 26.?Witl
the assertion today of Lee House!
a 28 year old farmer living near here
that the box he dug up last week oi
the Brownsville-Weaverton road cor.
tained between $100,000 and $110,
000 in bills, besides approximated
$10,000 in gold coin, speculation gre\
today as to whether the money is taa
buried by Grover C. Beredoll. drnf
dodger, before his flight to Germanv
Complicating the situation was th
J assertion of C. S. Wheeler, a farmei
that he wouhi lav claim to the for
tune. Wheeler said his 10 year ol
I son Howard is entitled to the mone;
I since he was the first to find it
Wheeler said bis son was seated o!
a bank beside the road when Houser'
, pick exposed the box containing th
. money. Wheeler says Houser tore th
, box from the boy's hands and mad
off with it.
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NOTICE
* II We were unable to secure !
r i print on "Bluebeard's 8th Wife"
I ' for Sept. 6-7th, from Charlotte,
1 Atlanta Or Washington, Bot we
. have secured print direct from j
I Mew York for play dates, Thurs- I
day and Friday, August 30-31 at.
f !: which makes it the South's Pre'
|| Release showing.
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It ' PRINCESS THEATRE;
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t Hon. J. W. Bailey, who is promin
- ewtly mentioned a* a- candidate fo
> the nomination for Governor honor
1 ed lis with a call last Friday evening
Mr. Bailey,was heiie on some lega
rftiaters. It he should decide te.ente
? the race .for Governor he has man:
i atrnhg friands in thia OnTinty trh
will give hhn their hearty" support.
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0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
No. 34
A delightful affair of Friday was
t >10 P nn L' norfi* mIiiah V. . . If 1 T f
.... svuvn J/01 vj f, i ?111 uy 1QI99 LiUUJSC
Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mr*.
N. 8. Thompson, at her home on
South Main Street, complimenting
Mist Elisabeth Mc Ailister of Wallace,
N. C., the house guest of Miss Helen
Hurley. Garden flowers in their earring
hues were arranged about the
hall and living room. Several progressions
were played following
which a delightful luncheon wag served.
Those present on this occasion
were: Misses I .aura Newton, Louise
Stalvey, Annie Walker, Annie Burch,
Mary Lee Crowell, Lillian and Bess
Sample, Clara Harris, Helen Hurley,
Elizabeth McAlister guest of honor,
Marion and Isabel deVlaming, Elizabeth
Xoell, Helen White, Elizabeth
Harvie, Sue and Eglantine Merritt,
Blanch Coleman, Mary Hester and
Edna Bradsher.
Wednesday evening Miss Flora
Huff was hostess at her home on
Reams avenue, when she entertained
at a rook party for her house guest.
Miss Allie Gentry, of Fayette ville.
Ferns and summer flowers were used
in decoration, and four tables were
arranged for the game. After playing
for several professions the hostess
served, block cream and cake.
The guests were Mesdame3 R. H.
Oakley, Johp Moore, Roy Catesr,
Misses Virginia and Helen Wilkersbn,
1 Eva Xewtnn, Mary and Mattie Hatchi
ett. Bertha Pavlor, Judith Moore,
i Willie Chambers. and Kenneth and
Cledith Oakley, Eiwin Featherstone,
Victor Satterfield, Lawrence and
Clyde Hall, and Eldridge Day.
H^tVKlN^pASS. i
On last Friday, August 21th, in a
ceremony of quiet simplicity and
5 charm, Miss Francis Bass 'and Mr.
. Guy Hopkins Han-kins were married
- at the home of the bride's parents
5 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bass, in South
. Boston, Va., with only close friends
. and relatives of the two young peo,
pie. Rev. J, W. Wlldman, pastor of
the bride, officiated using the ring
3 ceremony.
. Ju?t .preceding the ceremony Mrs.
i J. F. Stephens sang "At Dawning."
? Then followed Mendelssehns Wedding
. March. Mrs. Stephens' scftly played
J "To A Wild Rose," by McDowell
v during the ceremony The bride came
v down the stairs on the arm of her
t .only attendants "Mrs? W. C. Pulliam,
I her matron of honor, and was met
K? by the groom and. his be*f man, Mr.
e C. H. Vernon of Blanch, X. C., who
a. came in from the living room.
The Bass home was beautifully dej
corated with ferns, polder, rol and
v, potted plants. The color s heme of
green and orange beincr c ::ed out.
n- Mis* Bass, better know i to her
51 man.v friends as "Fan" lohed lovelv
p in her going away suit of blue Poiret
Q twill with grey accessories. She. It
e a young woman of winsome personality
and ha? ifiWiy friends throughout
Virginia and North Carolina. She
will be missed, especially- at church
where she ha? been organist since
she was a little girl. Since her graduation
at Turhervillc High School
and Teachers Training School at
i/Ftarmville, Via., she has given her"
j time to teaching school and piano,
and her many friends regret that her
marriage takes her away.
Dr. Hawkins is the. sbn of Mr. and
Mts. Eugene Hawkins, Richmond. Va.f
and is a promising young business
man ef that city.
Just after the ceremony a salad
and ice course was served, they then
left immediately by motor for Danville,
Vs., where they were met by
Mr nTtd Mn. Harrol Carter who
I' were married at the same time in.
j Charlotte, Va. They all boarded the
I train for Washington D. C. After
Sept. 10th Ma. and Mrs. Hawkins , .
home in- Richmond, Va.?
i>BSTHOYTOBAfXX>. r
Greenaboto, N. C., Aug. 27.?Under
r cover of darkness, two unknown per
sons, armed with corn knives, destrcyed.
about: an acre and a halt. 0C
il tobacco,-the property of Henley Balr
lard, a white farmer who re^He? near
y Colfax, and who haa been actively *
thla seetton for some* time.
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