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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLIN A, AVednesday Evening- Aug. 12, 1925.
J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
VOL. No. XLI1
CONCRETE FACTS j
TOLD TO PUBLIC'
PUTS BIG CRIMP IN MAIL
ORDERS
Price Mid Quality - lavMtigatiaa, !
FolUirtd by Pnbicitj, GMm
Rnalts, Opens E y? of the
Buying Public
K. H. Shearer, secretary of the
Retail Merchants' Association of
"Westfietd, N. Y., has proved the ef
fectiveness of newspaper advertis
ing in stopping the invasion of the
mail order houses and the house- to
hcuse peddlers.
Mr, Shearer, after (riving the mail
order problem considerable thought,
decided to use the local newspaper,
Ite Republican, to protect the local
trade. He felt sure the problem
could be solved by the use of paid
space, if the space bought was used
intelligently. Naturally the news
paper publisher's sympathy was
with the local merchants. An idea ofl
the type of matter used may be
gathered from the following, clip
ped from the columns of the Re
publican;
"A certain house has for some
time been sending te whst they term
a 'select list' their advertising and
telling of the wonderful values they
offer and how much you can av?
by buying 'direct by mail' and liow
much more the same article wroald
cost you from any merchant.
"One of our local merchants re
ceived some of their advertising
covering a 'special made traveling
bag' at $14.75 and recognized it to
be a bag similar to some sold by
them at $12.85. One of the bags was
ordered from the mail order house
for >14.75, and when received and
compared with the local Arms bags
at $12.85. the consensus of opinion of
amined the bag was that the local
bag was superior aVd worth more
than the mail order bag.
"Set this, now. Direct by mail,
$11.76. Lsoeal merchant, $12.83.
"It Is true that the mat! ordir
houses at times ' put out 'special
leaders' or inducements at liwer
priitf s, but the next time you get
feadjNU) send off a mail order first
take your list to your local mer
chant and ask him for his prices.
And remember these are prices on
goods you see and feel and you
fcnow just what you get beforehand
"Another class of 'direct to you'
firms are those that sell through
canvassers. The latter tell you they
eliminate the middleman's profit
"They don't tell you they are un
der a county or district manager^
and he in turn is responsible to n !
state manager and he to the general
sales- manager. Each one of these '
cHTerent managers gets his share of ,1
the reality there is much'
more expense connected with selling j
direct-to consumer articles than in
selling articles in local retail stores; j
which are classed by pcddlors as ,
U -'middlemen. ' I
"These thirds are well worth con- 1
aidering. Take hosiery, for instance.
Peddlers will show you how yon can
Tun a nail file acress the hose and
not break a thread Then they ask
you to try to break the threads by
polling- the hose with another mm.
These same 'tricks' . can be done
with any pair of socks or stockings.
Don't be fooled by their claims of
euperibr merchandise."
Am editorial showing the value of
tTlflrr with locrfl merchants was
reeently published in the Wrstfteld
Republican and attracted a targe
i moant of attention from mer
chants, business men and editors, as
Well aa kom tb public. It read:
"Who it he? The home merchant.:
Who is he?
. "He is the chap who gives you
credit when you are financially
broke* who carries yoor account un
til you are able to pay.
"He fs the chap who gives you
back yoor money or makes exchan- '
ges when you are not satisfied with
what you hare bought.
"He is the chap who meets you at
the Door with a handshake and lets
you crqt with a message to the 'kids'
and a real 'come again, good -by .' .
?SH? is the chap whose clerks Irrc
in the home town and .spend their
money with you and othir local peo
ple. \
"THHe-the chap who tyclM_support
the churches and charitable organi
and talks for the home town
AFTER LOWER RATES
tyr. Satterfield. "Old and Tried," I*
After Loww Insurance Rates
_ Roiboro, N. C.,
August 12, 1925.
Mr. Paul B. Hulfish, Mirr.
North Carolina Rating and Insp.
. Bureau,
Raleigh. North Carolina.
Re-Roxbero A*pUe* t* be
mad* 2nd. Class Tm.
Dear Mr. Hoifish:
Our town has just bought a new
standard Fire Truck and aparatus.
We had a man here- in February and
March resurveying the town. I am
advised by the" Sanborn Map of New
York that we will get the new map
by the last of August. Immediately
after we get the map, tte will ask
you to send us a force to rerate the
entire town, giving us credit for the
new Truck and aparatus and for^the
organized Fire Brigade. ^
In this connection, will you kind
ly advise me in detail what Wltl be
necessary to class us as second in
stead of third? We wish to comply
"fully with your boards requirements,
'hence this letter.
Your usual prompt attention
will be appreciated by our property
owners and by this agency.
Very truly yours, y
S. P. SATTERFIELD, Agent.
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ITS HERE ? THE FIRE TRUCK
It / is no news to state that the
long looked for fire truck has ar
rived, for if you have been in town
since the day of Its arrival you have
seen it. But really, it is a thins: of
beauty, and we hope will be a joy
forever, and that our fire laddies
will never tire of it. If it accom
plishes what the City Dads say it
will, and what the fire boy a nromise
to do with it at the very first op
portunity then we old timers >who
have kicked about the cost will take
a back se&t and make due apologies.
It is the very latest in fire fight
ing apparatus, and when the City
Dads decide where they wiU^uild a
house in which to house ft some one
wffl sleep With it every fright and be
ready at any Omergency to start
when the alarm is sounded. Certain
ly it is a great improvement over
the ol4 hand reel which the boys
have been dragging from pillar to
post for the past many years, and
wo can not censure them .for de
siring the change.
O
AN UNUSUALLY FINE SERMON
Dr. J. W. Lynch of Wake "Forest
was scheduled to preach at the Bap
tist church here last Sunday morn
ing, but owing to illness , in his
family he was unable to fill the ap
pointment. In his stead Dr. D. B.
Bryan came* and filled the pulpit at
the morning hour. Keally, we do
not believe we "have ever heard a
more forceful, interesting or en
tertaining sermon than that deliver
ed by Dr. Bryan. He is Dear, of
Wake Forest College and professor
of , Education, and while not an or
dained minister is a man who is do
ing great good with his wonderful
talent. flWe sincerely hope ho will
come this way again.
"Keep telling 'em and you keep
and boosts for it every day in the
year.
"He is the chap who visits you
when you are sick, sends flowers to
your family when you die, and fol
lows your body out among the trees
and tombs, as tar as human feet
may travel with the dead.
"He is the home merchant ? your
neighbor ? your friend ? your helper
in time of need.
"Don't you think you ought to
trade with him, and be his friend
and his helper in the time of his
need.
"Don't you think that every dol
lar you send out of our town for
merchandise is sent to strangers ?
J to men who never spend a dollar
here? You don't save much, fte
I quently * nothing, When you send
| your money put of town. And don't
you know that the growth and pros
perity ?f this town depends very
[ largely upon the success and pros
sepity of the home merchants. . Out
of-town people judge ou' city by
the appearance of our stores ant*
the degree of enterprise shown by
[ our merchants. And our home mer
j chants cannot ? mil! end Julius lmuit
folks give them loyal support."
I MUST LEARN
EBOpiSIAKES
LIKE CEASER'S WIFE. MUST"BE
ABOVE SU3PICION
Let's Get Rid of the Mistake! But
Nat the Association, Says Pre- }
gressive Farmer.
Mr. J. Wade, of Halifax Coun
ty. Virginia, as attorney fer cer
tain farmers has instituted suit to
compel General Manager R. R. Pat
terson and Warehouse Manager T.
C. Watkins of the Tobacco Grower*'
Cooperative Association, and Mr. V.
R. Edmundson to retfern to the mem
bers a half million dollars whioh
he charges that these men have
made as profits on iredrying tobac
co for the association, in addition to
the salaries paid them. Mr. Wade
also asks that a receiver for the
association be appointed to handle
these funfts and conduct its business
from now on.
In bis investigations, covering the
last tew months, Mr. Wade has rep
resentejKhimself as a friend of coop
erative marketing, bat he now cries
to/lhrow the organization into a
^receivership. If Mr. Wade ? really
an enemy in sheep's clothing, he
should be exposed and any effort to
distroy the association resisted to
the limit.
Ont he other hand, we wish to say
just as emphatically' that no matter
whether official! of the association '
have made $5,000 or $500,000 by re
trying association tob|\cco, the
principle is wrong and it - should
never be premitted to happen agatfj ?
In spite of the extenuating circuit] !
stance's in the particular case, tiijj ?
principle is fundamentally unsound- ;
The laws of the state make it Ju
crime for officials to trade wit>y|
themselves, and even greater cauJB
tion should be observed in' the case r
of cooperative marketing asioci?iM
>tions where the hard-earned sav
ings of the toiling poor are entrus- ?
te<l to .the care of men paid tg ser* ^
?them. i
In thi** respect every cooperative
should be\ike- Ceaser's wife, above
suspicion. \
Over and over again Mr. Sapira
and others have stated it as one of
the fundamental principles of coop
erative marketing that no official of
cooperative could have any "adverse i
interest" to the farmer; each official j
would have no interest except what
was also the membership's interest.
Wh?nefver any oflfcial , begins to
run^any private business on asso
ciation patronage, however, he?
straightway " develops an "adverse
interest" to the membership's inter
est. V.
It . becomes to his interest to see
how much he can make out of the
membership instead of hew much
he can make for the membership ?
and this is an intolerable condition
that should be forever prevented.
Of course, in the case of this re
drying, it is stated that thes? of
ficials , no matter how much money
they made for themselye3# neverthe
less saved money to the members,
because letters had been received
asking for higher prices for redry
ing than these association officials
charged; also that the directors of
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association agreed that these of
ficials might take stock in redryiug
.'?On the other hand, it is as
that the .directors expected
create some competition for
efit of the association, not a
. monopoly of redrying for thf
^Sof ^the offiblals, and that if]
Association had agreed to give
'old established redrying com- 1
ch a bis volume of certain >
as these officials were in a
to give themselves and did
emselves, almost any private
i7 would have given the asso
a? liberal, terms on redrying;
X the Barley Association re
own tobacco for much lass]
ndredweight than these of
charged oar association mem
Let us hope that the suit
lit least bring out all the facts
for all, and if any officials have
wrongly assailed, relieve them
ly unjust suspicion, whereas if
officials have taken advantage
lie association the suit should
clear just who is to blame and
Ii what extent. ?
. When the editor of this paper first
became aware some months ago that
association- offefttls were "redry
ing large quantities of association
tobacco, and were reported as male
ine large profits,' we earnestly urged
them for the sake of the association
to agree to return all profits in ex
' cess of ' their original investment
plus 8 per cent, and certainly not
more than 10 per cent net profits
per annum. We also advocated this |
g'licy in The Progressive Farmer
d elsewhere. ? We still feel that
ch action wobld have done more
ft* restore confidence and loyalty
ginong the membership than any
thing else that could have happened.
?at, anyhow, whatever may be done
it the past, there should be no
re business of this kind; and we
derstand that the management
1 now repeat such positive assur
ces to members all over the Caro
as and Virginia.
ooperative . marketing associa
lilce individuals, must learn
om their mistakes. Unquestionably
mistake has been made here. But
anise a mistake has been made is
ni> reason, for giving up the fight
'for -cooperative marketing of tobac
co. If any officials have been more
anxious to make money for- them
selves tha'n to serve the association,
they ought to retire or be retired,
but the association itself should ga
on and on, and every effort for a
receivership should be fought to a
finish. ? Progressive Farmer.
BETH HILL HIGH
WALLOPS ROXBORO
jLast Saturday afternoon the
Bethel Hill High School (earn came
up and gave the Roxboro bays a
drubbing proper. !Fot the first, five
inning while B. G. Clayton, one of
the old-time players of Roxboro,
was twirling for the town boys it
was a nice game, the score b:ing
tieid most of the time, but Burley,
having been out of the. game for so
npany years, could not hold the pace
and when he retired the Beth?! Hill
boys had things their own way, the
score being 16 to 6 at the conclusion
The Bethel Hill boys form a
strong team, and especially do we
covet their third baseman, Mr. Wil
bon. He is really a star player and
we would be delighted to initiate
him Jnto the Rotary Club, and have
hini with us on next Thursday af
ternoon when the club takes on Ox
ford again.
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NOTICE ? IMPORTANT
Again ,we want to call the attention of our advertis,
ere and correspondents to the fact that it is imperative
we have all copy in by Tuesday at noon. Our subscrip
tion list is so large that it is impossible for us to catch
the mails on Wednesday evening unless this rule is ad
hered to. We publish Wednesday afternoon and the
paper should reach our subscribers on Thursday, hence
the request for copy by Tuesday noon.
We do not believe it will be Any hardship on our ad
vertisers to furnish us change for their advertisements
by Tuesday at noon, instead of Wednesday morning,
and certainly it will be a great accommodation to as.
To all others who have something they want tfl get in
these columns we say emphatically, unless copy is in our
hands by Tuesday at noon it will not be seen in the issue
of Wednesday. The only exception to this rule will be
in case of death, Are or something equally as exciting
occurring after the hour mentioned.
please Make a note of this.
, J. W. NOELL, Editor.
Mr?. T. B. Woody entertained Fri
day morning in honor of Mrs. J. H.
Hushes, rind Mrs. D. T. Williams of
Durham, who wfll be remembered
here aj Mijs Annie St. Claire. Tar
bert. The bonce was lovely with
many summer flowers arranged in
an artistic manner. Three tables
were placed for the game of bridge.
The hostess served boiled ham, fruit
salad, tomato sandwitches, pickles,
hot rolls nd ice tea. Beautiful
towels were given the guests of
honor.
9MALL BLAZE MONDAY NIGHT
Monday night, just as the town
clock was striking twelve, fire was
discovered in an old frame building
on Lamarr Street, next door to- the
Roxboro Steam Laundry. So, the
boys had an early chance to show
what, the new fire truck woald do,
but in justic to the boys we will
say that the town had not accepted
the truck and it was still in ttfe
hands of the representative who sold
it, and there was considerable time
lost in getting him and the keys to
the building where the truck was
stored. The fire had made consi
derable headway before connect'ona
were made, but after the connec
tions were made the fire was soon '
under control. It worked like a
?harm arid the are all delighted
with it, and all will Admit as a fire
extinguisher it is all to the good. ^
The building belonged to Judge
J. C. Pass, who had some plate
glass and other thing.', stored in it.
The loss on the building was not
great, though there was no insur
ance, as it was Snly a one-story
frame structure. There- was a loss
of several hundred dollars on the
glass, etc.
CHURCH NOTICE FOR CON
CORD AND I.EA'i CHAPEL
Revival meeting on at Ooncord
this week. Rev. J. E. Blalock of
Benson, N. C-, leading in the preach
infe. The hours "for service are three
and five in the afternoon. Dinner on
the ground next Sunday and a great
home-coming day. "There will be no
preaching at Lea's Chapel next Sun
day in the afternoon. Come to the
meeting and let us be mutually help
ful. Pray for some dear friend.
J. W. BRADLEY.
A BEAUTIFUL STORE y
The new stare buildiag which is
being erected by Mess. WiAurn &
Satterfield, located on Main Street,
directly in front of the court house,
is nearing completion. It is easily
one of the most modern and conve
nient store buildings in this section,
and is not only a credit to the own
ers, the town, but also to the con
tractor, Mr. Geo. W. Kane. Mess.
Wilburn and Satterfield expect to
move in the first of September.
WILL CAMP AT IJLOWING ROCK
The Jiunior Baraca's, piloted by
their teacher, Mr. O. B. Crowell, will
leave Friday morning for Blowing
Rock where they will go in camp
for a week cr ten days. This class
of young men, numbering about
twenty-five, is composed of very
faithful Sunday School workers and
we know they will thoroughly en
iav therr outing.
ST. MARK'S- CHURCH
NOTICES AUG. 16TH
Sunday cbool at 10 a. m. Morn
ing Prayer and Sermon at 11 a. m.
Union Service at W5 p. m.
There will be special music by the
vested choir from St. Phillip's
Church of Durham, Everybody is
cordially invited to attend fhi-t ser
vice.
W. A. LILLYCBOP, Rector.
SERVICES AT BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. R. L. Shrity will conduct ser
vices af the Roxtoro BapUnt Chnrcli
next Sunday, morning and evening.
Mr. Shrily is recommended to the
Baptist* as being an untwvufclfa
strong preacher, and the public is
?j -cordially invited to hear him.
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ROTARY CLUR AT ALLEN8VILUB
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A Most Interesting Meeting and
A Feast for the
Ainother Kfc>t?xy meeting in tba,
country was held last Thursday af
ternoon at AUensville High School,
i and it was decidedly a success. The
people of. AUensville turned oat im
large numbers and had prepared ?
feast for the Club which has 'Dot
been excelled anywhere. The Club
had its usual business meeting,
which consisted of tajks, songs, etc.,
and while the AUensville folks had
not prepared any program they,
showed by every possible way their
appreciation of the Club and eordS
afly invited them to come again, in
sisting that at least one more mat
ing be held with them beore the
close of the year. ,
These meetings have been plan
ned for tha^sole purpose of getting
acquainted with the people, and we
are glad to say that at each place
so far the very best of fellowship
has prevailed and we believe much
good is being done in uniting into
closer bonds the fellowship of the
co|g?ry and town.
The next meeting of the Club
will be with OxforjJ, where the Club
gees for a joint meeting and for
another try out at base ball. The
Oxford team seemed" to be much
chargrinned at the result of the
first game and are clamoring for
-revenge. It has not been decided
where the next meeting in the coun
try will be held, Helena, Moriah and
Cuningham are on the list and it is
hoped a meeting will be possible
^jrith each of these communities.
DEATH OF BABY
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Little James Clayton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Teague Kirby, died 'ast
Tuesday evening at the home of his
parents in South Roxboro. James ,
was only ftve months old, bat h6 '
was loved by all, and was the pet of
th<? neitrnoornood. The littl 1 bSfy
was laid to rest in the town ceme
tery Wednesday afternoon.
FINE HOME GROWN PEACHES
We have seen sample baskets of
the Sandhill peaches, but we have
seen none which were mere attrac
tive than some Mr. D. W. Oakley
were exhibiting last week. These
were grown on his little farm
North of Roxboro a?d they were
indeed^beauties.
P. U. CAMPING TRIP
W
The Junior and Intermediate B.
Yj P U's. of Roxboro Baptist Church
will leave Wednesday on a camp
ing: trip of several days to Franklin
Springs. Miss Edna Bradsher is
leader of the Intermediate and Mis?_
Mollie Strum leader of the Junior.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilburn will
chaperone the classes.
CAKE SALE ON
COURT HOUSE SQUARE
^^he ladies, of Salem Methodist
l^hurch will have a cake sale on
coqrt he use square Saturday morn
ing, August 15th. Come and boy
your Sunday cake. Sale for bene
fit of the church.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
The ladies of Salem Methodist
Church will give a brunswick stew
.and ice cream supper at Bushy Fork
high school Saturday evening, Aug,
15th from 5 to 9 p. m., for the bene
nt of the cnurcn.
COMING THIS WEEK. AUG. 15th.
The young people of Hurdle Mills
will present the play, "Mammy's Lil*
Wild Rose," on Friday evening, Aug.
14 at 8 o'clock in the Hurdle Mills
school auditorium. Don't fail to see
it. Admission 20 and 30 cents.
NOTICE
The Mt. Zion Epworth League has
planned a lawn party at Wilkeryon
school house Saturday evening from
seven to ten o'clock. Everybody
come and bring a friend.
| PICNIC AT E&ANKUN SPRINGS
The Roxboro Baptist Sunday.
School Will picnic at Franklin
Springs on Wednesday, August 19th
A larpre rrpwd l^iajipcCledT
'ItrumUwl.