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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLlNlA, Wednesday Evening' July 8, 1925.
No. 2 7.
STATE'S REPUBLICANS
TO APPEAL TO GAL:
G. O. CAPERS ON FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION
RILES THEM
Fc?l Keenly Atrait lnre?t Ration Of ,
Alleged Pufair Practices Of
Imperial Company
By R. E. Powell.
.1/ ??"'' 0,8 Republican majority on
the Federal Trad, Commission seems
14 Be-mtln# tn handling the In
vestigation into alleged unfair trade
practices of the Imperial Tobacco
company are fretting good Repub
licans in the rural sections of North
Carolina and the gossip is that the
1 vi? thi" part of the South
is mobilizing to send Mr. Coolidge a
vigorous message about it.
So far, the Republican majority on
the commieskm hasn't done anything
with the investigation unit was order
ed to make upon complaint of the ca
operative growers. But it has. pro
ceeded painfully Slow with the in
quiry into the boycott which the
?oops allege the Imperial ha. es
tablished and apparently, has gone
far afield by probing the internal !
affairs of the cooperatives.
The coops, have been through a i
searching investigation conducted by I
nine officials of Virginia, North Caro- 1
lma and South Carolina and the :
lillljis <Jf hum pupttts in llmse three ?
states. The nine members all held I
responsible and leading positions in
the agricultural world. It was in no
sense a picked committee.. It did
^ not whitewash the association but .
recommended in. the main that it
Rive its members a little more in- '
formation about the business, ghat's
' ""*he fault the Diqe men found. :
Jealous *of Record
The grumbling of the Nort'h Caro
lina Republicans because of the de
lay nnd dilly-dallying on the pact of
the Trade Commission is easy enough
to follow when it is understood that
North ( arolina Republicans have
been very jealous of their political'
record on the whole cooperative
movement. They were among the
first to support the (list cooperative
law and they have been among the :
?t?un;hest defenders of orderly ma'.
Meeting when the association was un
der attacks.
'They feel keenly about the statu'
of the complaint which the tobacco
association has made xgainst the big 1
companies at Washington. Tt if, aU:
leged, among other things, that they
have consistently refused to buy
from the associatio nbut that they
have purchased large quantities of
the same grades of tobacco held by |
the association. They have said that !
the association did not get the grsdes ;
they desired. Instance after in- |
stance has been cited where they !
taught from auction floors grades
identical with those pooled with the
association.
Republicans hbpe' of winning fa- !
vor in North Carolina, and it is no
se.?ret that they have hope of win-'
nmg a few member* of Congress and
a respectable minority in the Gen
eral Assembly f)me of thesp dByg
will be d.immed if the Federal Trade
Commission passes over the com
plaint against the Imperial. The
balk of the 230.000 Republican votes
in North Carolina is in the crural sec
tions of the state. Many ct them are
members of one sort of cooperative
arsociation or the- other.'
They find it hard ta reconcile th'e
Pfeaident s stand on cooperative mar
keting about which they brag ts
their Democratic neighbors, with the
progress of the complaint they have
made with the commission. They do
not want to agree with the assults
which some Democrats have made
bufc kt, the fcamft :
.fimc they want to know what's tin*
matter.
Democratic^ Charge
Political circles away from the
? farms are watching the con^niissjon'g
handling of the tobacco complaint,
too. Democrats quite naturally
"int. 1 '* bui'vic...
ing that the Rep&jKM^iyy.-staiiir
fast ' to its traditional mdoffiig^ At
the same t.ime, they are wondering
what wiU-happcn i{ Mr: CoolMge, r?
commrtted ? to -cooperative
?"viQHs to make
in thi. vjouth. r.atjg his com
and tells it to shake a
this ?investigation.
DEATH OF MRS. SIDNEY MOORE
Mrs. Sidney Moore, a well known
resident of Mt. Tirzah, but who dur
ing the last few yean of her life has
made her home with her daughter,
Mrs. H. L. Carver, died on July 1,
1926. The 7th of March she had . a
serious fall, from which she never |
recovered, being unable to walk un
til the end came. Her suffering was
intense, though she always tried to
greet her friends with' a cheerful
smile and a kind word. She was de- J
voted to her children, grandchildren
and neighbors, never too tired to'
help those who needed her jir - t-ioj
poor to give to those who were in.
want: We feel that her kind deeds]
are so deeply stamped ~In the hearts!
of her loved ones and friends that
they will never be blotted out. She
especially loved little children, and
their presence always caused a
bright smile to pass over her face,
she was ever young and a companion'
for the young as well as the old. I
She was so willing and anxious to go,'
and prayed all through her sickness
that God would soon take her home. ?
She was placed beside her husband, I
in the cemetery at Mt. Tirzah, who
preceded . her to 'the grave more than
five year sago.
The funeral service was conducted ,
by Rev. D. L. Earnhardt, a former
pastor of the deceased, he being as-{
siated by his son, Rev. Ed Earnhardt
pastor of Calvary church, Durham. j
The pall bearers consisted of her
grand-children, Arthur, Willie, Mar
vin Carver and Joe Moore, and rtep
hpws Arthur Raado and Ira Burton, i
The floral bearers were a group of
little ehilrftrrn, amDit; which were
her grand-children, nieces and little
Rougemont friends.
The' deceased is survived by two
sons, C. A. Moore of Rougemont, E.
S. Moore uf _Vjrtan Va- and one
daughter, Mrs. H. L. Carver of
Rougemont. ? Writteji by one wjj?t
ioveiTTier. . ?
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BASS ? f\?SS
Wednesday, July 1, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs.. F. L. Moore, 312 Xorth
Spring street, a beautiful but simp&'i
wedding was solemnized when Mrs.
Moore's niece, Miss Martha Lee
Bass, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J.
H. Bass, of Roxboro,. was married to
Willie Younger Pass, also of Rox
boro. The ceremony was performed
by Dr. J. Clyde Turner,- of .the First
Baptist church, assisted by Rev.
R. E. White, of Roxboro, pastor of
the bride and groom. 1
'^Miss Bass wore an ensemble suit
of dark blue trimmed in tan and ac
cessories to match. She carried a
shower boquet of Bride roses and.
valley li}ies. i
Attending IVIr. Pass as best man
was his brother, Garland Pass, of
Roxboro. ' '|
The living room and dining room
were artistically decorated with quan- .
tities of _pink gladioli and fern while
lighted pink tapers added to the
effect.
{Following & short wedding trip ;
Mr. and Mrs. Pas3 will be at home
in Roxboro where Mr. Pas3 is a (
memher of the* firm o? T. W. Pass'
and Son. Mr. Pass received his ed- '
ucation at Wake Forest college,'
Wake Forest while Mrs. Pass, who !
is a particularly charming young j
woman, is a recent graduate of Aver- '
ette college, Danville, Va. ? Greens
boro News.
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PROGRAM EPHESUS
? CLEMENT FIELD |
. Next Sunday July 12th, series of
meetings will begin at Ephesus
Church. Services at 3:30 and P.
M. Beginning Monday and continu
ing through the week services at 11
A. M. and 1:30 P. M. Let us get a
good ready for this meeting. Invite
your friends and neighbors to come'
gh^n Rev ? ^ 6 ^ j ^ j
L. V. COGGINS, Pastor. |
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POOLE ? ELLERBE
(The following announcement ap- 1
peared in the Durham Morning H*?r
aid: Mrs. T. L. Pool requests the ,
| "Tifcnor "your presence at the mar- {
riage of their daughter Allie Thomas,
to Rev. M. the eleventh
of August, Nineteen Hundred and
TwtnfcyJftveJrt Z:30 0TcJock at Greg
son M^hodfot-Chutch, Dflrhajn, N.
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"If you tell It, Yon seH it."
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DOBS <2,000,000 A YEAR
BUSINESS IN A TOWN
OF 906 PEOPLB
Front the American Press, New York
City ?
The village of Temple is in OklM
homa.
Its population is 906.
fTemple has a newspaper called '
The Tribune.
The Tribone has an editor, named
Charles F. Luja. ''
The editor says the circulation o t
his newspaper is 860.
The paper was founded in' 1902.
The town of Temple has a store.
It is called the B. & O. Cash Stored
The store was founded in 1907, J
The B, & o. Caih Store has a pro-'
prietor, named Bob Mooney.
Bob Mooney does a business olf
$2,000,000 a year in this town of
Temple which has a population of
900 people.
Laugh that off.
Bob Mooney draws his trade front'
a radius of 15Q miles. His business]
is exceeded by only two store* in
the entire state. -l-*\
Originally he and hU brother
brought a little general store wit^j
$1,300 borrowed capital. They movto
into the present location in 1908.
In two years they, built another build
ing. In another four years they
built an addition 116 x 140, rein
forced concrete ano equipped with
modern fixtures. Today they^mploy
45 people. How did they accomplish]
their success? Let Bob Mooney tell
the story himself:
"Wt; liud i hi particular reason lor\
starting t business in /Temple, and no;
idea what kind of business We would
build. We started with the intention
of selling about $100 a day. We avM1
aged this amount the first year.
"I believe that direct mail a^v<
tising has h*x>n ad** of the -
portent things we have done, tol&ret
oii: business, its present voluntajgjj
"We use local advertising?* ~ ThS
?uii )soui am jo auo u?aq s?q ssaad
portant factors in getting our busi
ness on the map. They have given
us write-ups in their columns. These
we could not have bought, but
through the gcodness of the pub
lishers, they have put us on the map,
and we are selling merchandise^ in
every* state in the Ignited States to
day. Our business is growing every
day in the mail order linj?.
?"It strike sme that if we have
been able, as country merchants, to
attain our sales volume, -then few
manufacturing and wholesale organi
zations are unable to grow far be
yond their present limits. It is
largely a question of how big an
opportunity the management seas.
At present we cannot see our limit.
"We believe yCu'have first to sell
yourself in any line of .business to
make a success , and to make the
other, fellow see things as you see
them. We have always tried to give
the very best. prices and quality and
service with each article we' sell.
We believe the customer is right in
every case and we make everything
good to the customer that we sell
when thee e#is a complaint. We never
try to describe a piece of goods to
make . it appear in the advertising
other than it really is. We would
rather our customers receive mer
chandise better than they' expected."
Fifteen years ago Bob Mooney was
punching cattle at $15 a month. Otto
Mooney, his partner, was clerking
in a hardware store at $3.50 a week.
Charles F. Luja was editing a news
paper.
Bob and Otto Mconoy are Person
County boys, raised at Surl, about
sevep miles Esst of Roxboro. They
left this County with hardly a dol
lar in their pockets, but with craws
full of sand. ? Ed.
ALL Grades of Pine shingles ju?4 1
received at Roxboro Lumber Co.
, REVIVAL services
CLOSED SUNDAY NIGHT i
The revival services which have
been in progTesa at the Presbyte
rian Church closed Sunday night In
I a union meeting at the Methodist
Church. Dr. Black, who has dona
E- preaching, is a strong man in
pulpit and haa greatly endeared
laelf to the people of Roxboro.
The singing, led by Mr. Smith, was
fa feature of the services. He was
jaided by a choir composed of singers
from all the chutches of the town.
(The meeting was a great success,
quite a number of professions and
many Christians expressing a dusire
4o more " thoroughly consecrate their
ItveaTo the cause.
WINSTEAD ? HESTER
The following announcement re
ceived at this office will be of peculiar
interest to ou(r readdrs, as these
tS'oung people are well and favorbaly
known throughout the County:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meldrum
Winatead
annourrce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Lou
to
Mr. Robert Lewis Hester
|on Sunday, JUne the twenty-first
nineteen hundred and twenty-five
Roxboro, North Carolina
BASS ? PASS
- The following announcement will
[ba of irilorcft to their many friendi
in Ronbora; ? ? ? ? !_
gev. and Mrs. John H. Bass
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Martha Lee
I - to
I Mr. Willie Younger Pass
on Wednesday, July the firs?
nineteen hundred and twenty five
Greensboro, North -Carolina.
JKfe .? . ?; ? , - ' -q ? tC 3
MAJESTIC RANGE
PEMONSTTRATION
To hear the factory expert ex
plain the manufacture and use of the)
Great Majestic Range at the T. W.
tass & Son, one Would imagine the
itchen range was the most impor
tant purchase a woman could make.
He usually has a crowd of interested
women listening to him, indicating
there is still truth in the old adage.
"The way to a man's heart is through
bis stomach." To encourage callers
to buy a Majestic Range during the
demonstration, each purchaser is
given a choice of two fine sets of
cooking utensils absolutely free with
each range. -
ALMOST A HALF CENTl'RY
Our good friend Mr. H. T. Clay
ton has been reading The Courier
for almost a* half century, having
been a subscriber for 42 years. He
says he tliinks when he rounds out
the half century, which he expects
to do, we should place him on the
honorary list and send it to him for
the remainder of his life. This is
quite a record, but we believe we
have several ^aiH^ean boast just
such a record, for we know of several
who have been regular subscribers
ever since the paper was started
here ? leng before it came into cur
possession; which was in 1885.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES ' I
PICNIC IN OXFORD
Last Thursday the Sunday School
classes of Mrs. Margaret Teague,
Miss Mattie Morton and Mr. F. O.
Carver, cf the Methodist Church, en
joyed the day on a picnic to the
neighboring city of Oxford. Dinner
was spread on the grounds at the
Oxford Orphanage, and a general
good time was enjoyed by . all. '
COURIER WANT ADS PAY ? USE THEM
.A small Ad of rina of the local Drug Stores regard
ing a Patent preparation recently brought in an order
from the other side of Kinston, in Lenoir County, so we
are informed bjr-The drugl{i?l. ?
APPROXIMAtELY 15,000 PEOPLE REAP THjE
CaUfilER_WANT ADS, IT WTLL PAY YOU TO USE '
THEM; THE COST IS VERY LOW.
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! AUTOMOBILE AND
BIOfCLE t'OLIDE
There came near being a serious
accident on laat Sunday morning
when an automobile driven by Mr.
Sam Barnett and a bicycle ridden by
iilwin Foushee ran together at the
corner of .Main and Reams Ave.
Edwin was knocked down and -wa?
carried home in an unconscious state,
but he soon rallied and it was found
he was not seriously hurt.
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LONG HURST COUJNCIL
? JR. O. IT. A. M. NO. 57#.
All members are hereby notified
to be- present Friday evening, July
Bthf 7:30 o'clock. Purpose of in
stalling officers for coming year.
?Tiring your wives or mothers. Let's
have a good time together.
(GEO. F. COLE. Councillor,
O. J. BLUB, Rec. Sec.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT
I wish to cat! the attention of
every member of the Tobacco Grow
ers Cooperative Association to the
fact that our regular County meet
ing has been changed from the sec
ond Saturday to tlie third Saturday.
Therefore, no meeting will he held
off Saturday, July 11th, but we will
yfeet on, the third Saturday, July 18,
'and this will be our regular meeting
date from now on. All locals are
urged to have a delegation present
at cur next meeting, the 18th.
? G. M. CROWDER.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
- I want* to take this opportunity |
t& thank the Christian pe:ple of-Kox
boro for their friendly cooperation
in the rertval-.-thnt -has just-dnsed.
We had a" fine meeting, with 32 pro
fessions, 15 givins preference to
Baptist, 5 to Methodfst,' 5 to the
Christian and 7 to the Presbyterian
churches. The ..collection for Dr.
Black was $150.0b, and to Mr. Smith
$75.00.
, Weekly Prayer Meeting will be I
held at 8 P.' M. All that wish to I
join our Church will pleaei? meet j
with the Session at that time.
Sunday School 9i45 A. M? Mr. I
H. L. Crewel! Supt.- Preachin? at |
11 A.- M. by the Pastor. '?
All churches will . unite with the J
Methodist in the evening service."
l.et me thank you again for ;*our '
cooperation, your homes .and your !
voices during our meeting.
P. CARY ADAMS, Pastor.
A FINE MORA!. PICTURE
For three days last week the.
Palate . Theatre was showing1 that,
wonderful picture, "The Ten Com*
mand m en t We wish that, every
man and woman in the County could
ha Ye seen it, for it was ihdeed a rare,
beautiful and impressive film story.
We regret the public did not show
the appreciation deserved. Mess.
Kirby Bros, were among the very
first in the State Ao put on this great
picture, and went to extra expense
to present it. They deserved a full |
house at each showing.
AUTOMOBILE CARDS WANTED
/ " v.. j. r ?
The party who purchased license
No. 89,825, Ford-car, and license No.
25,862," truck, will please return tp
me the card for same. This card is
the only record I have of th transac
tion and without it I can not have
the re<?ord completed in Raleigh.
Please return these cards and re- 1
ceive reward for same. Kindly at
tend to this at once.
p. M. LONG.
YOUNG PEOPLES COUNCIL
The Young Peoples Council of
Beulah Association will meet" with
Providence, Caswell, Baptist Church
July 14. Every one cordially invited?
There will be several visiting speak
er*. Miss Dorothy Kellpne, our
State Young Peoples Leader, will h e
with us. Come out and give her a
hearty welcome to our Association.
BURCH ft E- UNION ?M
Col. John H. Bureti attended a
i family reunion of the Burch's at
^Pedar Cww-I??t Saturday, He *ay?
he met more thaw wna hundrad-oi
hf*' klnspcople, and they ware all
just n? handsome n? hr.
"If you tell it, "You' sell it"
BARAGA GLASS
ENJOY BANQUET
PLATES LAID FOR FIFTY AT
HOIfBL JONES
Barmra Boyi Have Big Tim? Friday
Night ? Rev. N. J. Todd
Delirra Add ran*
The Baptist Baraca Class has had
a wonderful growth daring the past
few months. In March a few of the
young men got together and de
cided something ought to be done to
put new~life in H\e ~class, and tiny
got busy. At that time they h'aJ an
attendance of 7, today the clas?
numbers more than 70, and a more
enthusiastic bunch of young 'men
we have not seen.
On Friday evening the class gave
a banquet at Jones Hotel and there
were 49 present. Dr. G. A. Beam,
president of the class, acted as toast- ,
master, and Rev. N. J. Todd wis in
vited to address the class. Mr. Todd
is a fluent after-dinner speaker, and
right well 'did he maintain his repu
tation. His subject was "Social Mo
rality." He was followed by Rev.
R. E. White. J. W. Noell and J. S.
Walker with short talks.
Aside from the smgbig, with Mr.
W. S. Clary Jr.,, at the piano, which
was a most enjoyable part of the
ceremony. Mess. Arthur Tingen,
Charlie Slaughter, Jeff O'Briant and
{Stub Perkins^ tKe fSiflOUS <lUurU?Le ? ?
of the County, favored us with seve
ral of their best selections. A vote
of thanks was tendered theie young
men and the proprietor of Jones
Hotel- for the splendid feast. "
Before adjourning officers for the
-next si* months were elected.
HOW EDITORS GET RICH
I have just learned of an editor
who started poor 20 years ago and
retii'-ed with a comfortable fortune
of $50,000. This was ' acquired
through industry, economy, con
scientious effort, indomitable preae
verance. and the death of an uncle
who left him $49.090.? Santa Fe
Magazine. J
LAWN PARTY AT
HURDLE MILLS
I" The ladies of Hurdle Mills will
givtf a lawn party at ihe :-chool
building Friday night for the benefit
of the piano fund. Everybody is
cordially invited.
UNION SERVICES
SUNDAY NIGHT
All of the churches of the town
wilt unite in a union service on next
Sunday night at 8 o'clock, in tho
Methodist church. These union ser
vices will continue through the
month of July.
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SOME COTTON AFFECTED
WITH GROWTH TROUBLE
Raleigh, N. C., July 6. ? Rickets
and scurvey in human beings be
cause of improper nourishment or
lack of food find a counterpart irk
plants, states Dr. F. A. Wolf, plant '
pathologist at State College, who
has recently received several speci
mens of cotton plants affected with
a growth trouble known as Tomosis.
Tomisis seems to be prevalent
this year in* the territory extending
from Stanly to Franklin County and *
in some fields of this section over
half the plants are affected. They
appear to be dwarfed and there is
a crumpling and distortion of the
leaves and branches much' as rick
ets affects the human being.
Dr. Wolf states that this trouble
was discovered first about twelve
years ago and since that time it ^as
been found, at times, over tho en
tire cotton growing districts of tfia *
World. The worst injury usually
occurs at the seedling stage though
a few injured leaves may be found
later. The badly affected and nor
mal plants may occur side by side
on the row and there, is no 'evidence
to show that the fertilizer -wlfll have
any effWt. Whert -tHa Injury 11 se
vere, the. terminal bud is thrown off
and several branches are formed In
its stead so that the plant Is crip
pled or deformed. Such- plaint*, wift- ==
not recover and' will produce fewer
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