THE COURIER
fiblUitd Every Wednesday Evening
I. VV. NOELL, Editor and Pubilshe
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Wednesday, October 7, 1931
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BOOST THE MARKET
That Is what .one of the ware
housemen said to us the other day.
Another warehouseman jumped on
us with both feet because we gtrire
the facts and figures concerning
the opening of the market here; he
said we should have said the mar
ket averaged about ten cents. Well,
It did not do about any such
thing, it averaged $6.91, and that is
not about ten cents. We very
promptly told these two gentlemen
that The Courier was read by sev
eral thousand people, the majority
of them being fanners, and with
most of them the very first thing
they would look for on last Thurs
day morning when they received
their paper would be the tobacco
market, and they would want to
find, and would find so long as we
ran it, a true and correct report
of the market.
We are just as anxious to see a
large and prosperous growing mar
ket here as any one, but we . know
you can not build anything by mis
representing the facts. We may
be wrong in this, but we will have
to be convinced.
There is one thing we can say
for the market, and that is, we
have heard no one say that tobacco
was selling for more money else
where, and this being true we see
no reason why the farmers of this
and adjoining counties, where it
is more convenient to sell their
tobacco, Should not bring it to Rox
boro, even if it is low.
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SAME HERE
The mayor of 'Raleigh and one
of the city commissioners are at
loggerheads about the administra
tion of the city government. In dis
cussing the affairs the mayor says
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water rates should be adjusted, and
offers the following as evidence:
For instance, I proposed a change
In the water rates whereby certain
business institutions in the city
would at least pay the cost of the
water. The rate at present is such
that the average consumer of water
pays a profit to the city of approx
imately SO per cent of the cost. On
the other hand, the large corporate
user, by virtue of the sliding sched
ule of rates, gets water at from 30
per cent to 40 per cent less than
coat. In that case it actually costs
the city money to furnish the large
user with water from the public re
servoir.
In commenting on this state of
agairs Judge R. R. Clark, in his
daily column of Clark's comments.
In the Oresnsboro Dally News, says:
'And *o the sales tax on water in
the capital city Is so arranged that
the average man is paying a hand
some profit to the city and at the
same time paying for the water of
the corporate Interests, who buy at
less than the cost of production.
Which is the way taxation is often
levied but the average man seems
unaware of the discrimination, or
If he Is he doesiit know -how to
apply the remedy. Come election
time he gets all "het up" about the
party or some particular candidate
ond neglects to use his ballot for
his own benefit.
Of course the corporate Interests
m Raleigh who are furnished water
for less than cost will say they fur
nish employment to labor and are
largely responsible for the cityl.
well beings if any Therefore It Is
meet and proper that they should
haw concession* for service ren
dered; and usually the interests see
to It that the m<Jority of the gov
erning boards of fountiea, cities and
towns and statu are their friends
Raleigh furnishes an example of the
usual, aooepting the mayor's figures
i as aceorata.
In Roxboro the small user of water
is charged $4.50 per quarter for a
minimum of 4.000 gallons, which is
fl.tttt cents per thousand gallons,
while the larger users out of town,
who pay no part of the running
expenses of the town, have been get
ting the same water for flteen cents
per thousand gallons. The town com
missioners have been wo/king on
this schedule and it may have been
chahged in the last few weeks, but
a? to this we have no definite in
formation. |
PAY THE LITTLE 'BILLS
We have seen many solutions ad- 1
vanoed as to the best way to ^end !
this "repression," as Andy says, but
we have seen nothing quite so sim
ple and easy as the following from
the GaStonia Gazette:
The most critical and simple \
means of starting money into circu- 1
lation and so stimulating the re- i
turn of prosperity was put forward
the other day by Alvln Macauley,
president of the Packard Motor |
Car Company. Mr. Macauley point j
ed out that if everybody who owes
money would begin at once to pay ;
his bills, to the extent of his abil
ity to do so, the wheels of commerce
would be instantly speeded up.
And that means the little bills 'in
particular. As pointed out by the.
Valdosta, Ga., Times, everybody has
'a lot of little bills on the desk these
days. Some of us have big ones.
Very few of us can pay them all as
they come in, much as jye would
like to. But why not clean up on
the little ones, anyway?
Why make the florist wait for the
$4 which is your share of the fam
ily piece that went to Aunt Susan's
funeral? What about that horrid
little balance of $6.75 for stuff from {
the neighborhood dry goods store?
And there's the $1.46 to the news
paper for the ad the time you lost
the dog.
If you can't pay them all today,
pay one. Pay another pretty soon.
Keep at it. And don't be ashamed
to pay small sums on the big dry
goods bill, to the grocer, to the
dentist. There's nothing to be
ashamed of in paying $10 when you
owe $50. The store thinks all the l
more of you if you show you are
doing -your best. The dentist needs
the $6 you pay on your bill of $75.
With six here, and three there, and
two and a half somewhere else, and
four ox five more five spots, he can
pay his rent and get one month's
respite from worry on that Score.
It's an enormous comfort to
have the little ones off the slate.
It makeq a fellow feel he can get a
chance at the big ones. Nobody can
do all he wants to do right now.
The main thing is to keep moving.
The matter of unpaid and neg
lected bills is one of the biggest
drawbacks to business in Gastonia
today. There are scores of unpaid
bills which are not paid because,
forsooth, there is some one in the
creditor organization who owes a
lot of little bills, scattered all over
town. Just resentment is felt by
some of the creditors against the
entire organization, and it suffers
because some of its employes do iiofr
pay their bills promptly.
If some clerk in a store, for in- ;
stance, owes a big gaS and oil bill,
the filling station owner is not go
ing to be very keen about paying
his bills at that store. You could
not blame him. If there were a
wholesale bill paying week inaug- f
urated here, it would help business
a lot.
COMFORTING CREDO j
The editor of The Ladles' Home
Journal Is evidently an optimist.
The "credo" he advances Is a com- j
fortlng Sort of philosophy for these 1
strenuous times.. It Is well enough
to remember that In spite of our j
own sometimes, narrow perspec
tives, the world is growing better.
Editor Schuler says 'that he bellves:
That most people like clean mov
ies better than dirty ones;
And clean books better than dir
ty books;
And clean plays better than dirty
plays;
That college professors who break
down the homespun religion of
their students are as much public
enemies as any other racketeer;
That home-making is the most
dignified of all occupations;
That the elimination of drudgery
In household tables Is the greatest
Job that Industry and Invention ,
have ever done;
Hiat - the so-called wild younger
generation Is. on the whole, a fine,
upstanding bunch of boy* and girls; j
That crime would decrease if It
were less advertised and glorified;
That we shall wake up somr
bright Thursday morning and find
that the depression has quietly
come to an and and business Is
pretiy good again;
That we In America are living In:
est age ttat iqpn has^ ever known
This week is fire prevention week
and we know of nothing which is
more worthwhtile. If the people
would only give this matter a little
serious thought there would not pe
half so man; Ores, and thousands
of dollars and many live* saved.
Rxaminr things around your home,
see that all flues, chinlneys, etc.,
are in good condition, and then
clean up all rubbish in the back
yard. It will be time Well spent,,
and .may mean dollars saved.
In 1928 Mr. Hoover said he was
going to abolish poverty, or vftfrds to'
that eflect, arm we will iqpva it.
with our reader* as to ho# near
he has accomplished his purpose ; I
but there is one thing we will have i
to give him, or his administration
credit- for ? he has gone far towards
abolishing the banks of this coun
try.
No ' word as yet from Messrs. I
r
Daniels, Brummitt or Brooks. Well,
there IK plenty of time between I
now and the first of next June, but
the other boys are sure keeping the |
roads hot, sneaking from one end ?
of the State to the other. If ^the
early bird catches the worm" it
looks like worms will, be mighty
scarce when these gentlemen de
cide to go after them
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Wesley an Tabernacle
Sunday School 10 o'clock.
Preaching at 11 and 7:30 o'clock.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30
The public M cordially Invited to
attend all services.
Rev. D. C." Stone, Pastor.
The number of rows of kernels
of corn ordinarily ranges from eight
to twenty, with numbers sometimes
running as high as twenty-six or
more. .
WANT ADS
THE PIONEER WAREHOUSE IS
open now for the sale of tobicco.
Bring us a load. Hunter, Perkins
St Long.
BE SURE TO READ HARRIS &
Burns' advertisement this week.
Study and compare the prices.
They are money savers for you.
HOUSE FOR RENT? With 11
rooms, two bath rooms, water,
lights, etc., good location. Pos
session given Nov. 1st Apply to
The Courier Office.
FOR RENT? Several good farms ;
to work on shares. If you want
a good farm see me at once. H. j
W. Winstead, Roxboro, N. C.
PRICES JUST AS GOOD AT THE
Pioneer as anywhere. Bring us a
load. Hunter, Perkins & Long.
YOU CANT AFFORD TO* BUY |
blankets until you have seen what i
Haris <5c Burns are offering. You J
haven't seep such blankets at
such low prices as they are offer
ing in their October Sale.
TWO ROOMS FOR RENT? With
water and lights. Apply to The
Courier, Roxboro, N. C. ltp
?
FOR SALE? A No. 1 milk cow,
with small calf. J. I. Brooks,
Roxboro. ltp
JOST RECEIVED ? Car load of fer- !
tillzer. See me for your wheat |
fertilizer. T. P. Featherston, |
Roxboro, N. C. 10-7, 4t j
ROOM AND BOARD? Close in.
Mrs. D. F. Frederick, Roxboro,
N. C.
- "X *;. -? ' -*
LOST ? One dark coat, with white
and blue stripe in the coat. Re
turn to The Courier office. Clar
ence Satterfield.
HARRIS & BURNS ARE PUTTING
on an October Sale which be
gins Friday. They are quoting
priced In their ad. In this Issue
which1 are more than interesting.
They are money savers.
FOR RENT? Nice 6 room apart
ment, Steam heat, water and
lights, conveniently located. See !
J. E.' Klrby. or H. W. Newell.
Roxboro, N. C.
FOR RENT ? Two. nice stow rooms. I
in good location. Just a whisper;
from Main Street. See J. E. Klr
by, or H. W. Newell. RoxbOTD.
FOR SALE ? Oats, Virginia Oray , '
75c; Fulghum 00c per bushel.
Seed wheat, recleaned. $1.00 per
bushel. Joe Burch, Roxboro N.
O.. R. S. 10-1. 2t
TABLE BOARDERS WANTED?
Conveniently located, on Soutfe:
Main 8treet, opposite Baptist
church. See me for partlcluars.
Mrs. B. W Gardner. 4toxboro.
SEE ME FOR SEED WHEAT?
Guaranteed free of cockerel and
onions. B. A. Thaxton. Roxboro.
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All Faces Turn To
This Store For The
Values of the Season
Our October Sale
While lower prices have been in effect this fall there is that added incentive of coming here at this
time. Further reductions have been made, bringing to you values that haven't been approached in years.
This Sale Begins Friday Morning, October 9th
Those who do not remember pre-war days have never seen such low prices on good merchandise.
COTTONS
Fair quality yard wide domestic, yard 5c
By the bolt, yard 4&c
Pride of Dixie Domestic 6c, by the bolt 5'/jC
This grade pold a year ago at 10c.
Fair quality 81 x 90 seamless sheets ^69c
Fair quality 9-4 unbleached sheeting 23c
Heavy weight 36 in. Outing, light colors, yd. 10c
' Extra heavy 36 in. Gingham shirting, yd. 10c
Somerset Turkish Towels as low as L_ 19c
BLANKETS
Buy Blankets Now
You never saw such nice blankets at such low prices.
We bought them in case lots direct from the mills
and now pass the savins right on to you.
Single cotton Blankets as low as 65c
Double Cotton Blankets as low as $1.35
Single Cotton and Wool Mixed at $1.25
Double Cotton and Wool Mixed, pair $1.95
Same grade sold last year for $3.50.
70 x 80 Cotton and Wool Mixed for, pair $2.95
Sold a year ago for $5.00 a pair. '
iFull Size 100% Virgin Wool, for pair $5.95
These blankets are all full weight, fluffy and downy.
They will bring sweet sleep and rest through
many a cold night.
FLOOR COVERINGS
9 x 12 Pabco Heavy Felt Base Rugs for $6.95
This identical rug is sold by a large mail order
house for $8.75.
8 x 10 grass rugs i $3.95
9 x 12 grass rugs 1 $4.95
We have a good line of large and small grass and
wool rugs in better grades as well as linoleum and
congoleum by the yard.
HOSIERY
One lot of regular $1.00 grade Rollins Full Fash
ioned Silk Hose, while they last for pair 69c
One lot of the most beautiful "Nomend" Full
Fashioned Silk Hose that you have (ver seen $1.00
Other grades of Van Raalte and Humming Bird
at $1.25, $1.50 and $1.95
SILKS
One Lot Regular $1.00 yd. Rayon Flat Crepe, yd 69c
One Lot of Extra Quality Washable Silk Flat
- Crepe for 89c
This grade sold a year ago at $1.50 yard.
A wonderful quality 40 in. Canton Crepe, yd. $1.25
A full line of the latest fall colors in all of these.
READY-TO-WEAR
Beautiful Rayon Printed Crepe Dresses for $3.95
Smart Knit Sport Dresses for $4.95
Snort and Dressy Silk Dresses ?
$5.95, $8.95, $9.95 and $16.85
Good Looking Ladies Coats as, low as $5.95
Wonderful Values and beautiful Styles of Ladies
Coats at $9.9?, $lfr.8& and up to $3$.5fl
RAINCOATS
Ladies Warm Leatherette Raincoats at $2.95
Ladies Elephant Hide Raincoats at $3.95
Ladies Jersey Raincoats (can be used for Sport
Wear) at $3.50
Girls Jersey Raincoat Sets for ? $3.50
BARGAINS IN THE MENS
DEPARTMENT
Mens Full Cut Heavy Overalls for 79c
Mens Extra Quality "Red Arrow' Overalls 95c
Mens 220 N. & W. Overalls $1.25
Heavy Defiance Chambray Full Cut Work Shirts 69c
One Lot Regular $1.00 Grade Dress Shirts for 79c
On Lot Good Weight Mens Ribbed Union Suits 69c
SHOES FOR ALL THE FAMILY
One Lot Mens Shoes for ? $1.95
Worth $150
One Lot Women* Shoes $1.95
Wor^h $2.50 to $3.50
100 pairs Newest Styles Womens Shoes at __$2.95
You can't afford to paaa these but ?lth0?o"h"ptic^ Vth"abo?'a Httle money
ro-.'^^^S PtoSUS prices an^about matcbSl. Com. and let ? .e,v.
HARRIS & BURNS
i , J ROXBORO'S BEST STORE