HearD
I about
TowN
Somehow those In authority here
heard last Friday morning that an
effort was to be made to capture
the pay roll of Collins & Alkman
Corp., as well as that of the Long
hurst Cotton Mills. Both of these
mills pay off on Friday, one in the
morning and the other in the after
noon. Well, nothing came of It, but
the officers were stationed at con
venient points to the bank, and
when the paymaster, Mr. B. B.
Mangum, came for the pay roll for
Collins & Alkman Corp., he was
well attended by those who were
armed to the teeth, ready to defend
the pay roll. In the afternoon
when Mr. Landon Bradsher started
for Longhurst he was likewise pre
pared to greet any who might de
mand his pay roll. If there was any
Intention of any one to try to get
thede pay rolls he, or they, changed
their minds and nothing came of
the rumor.
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Not only the farmers, but every
merchant, and all others interested
in business, are smiling these days,
for we have been having the most
refreshing showers imaginable; the
tobacco crop is just about made,
and corn is looking fine. Many of
the farmers are priming ? and this
is the thing to do, and have already
cured many barns of . exceptionally
good quality for first curing. "Hie
only thing which can cause worry
Just now is PRICE, but one of the
best known and largest buyers of
this section remarked to us last
week that the farmers of North
Carolina, and Person county espe
cially. need not worry about price,
for they were going to get a good,
honest price this year.
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Prom all appearances the tobacco
market in Roxboro is going to re
ceive a big boost this season, and
It "will be disappointing if there is
not a big increase in sales here; in
fact, we believe. It, U not only pos-.
sible, but probable, that the market
wlil reach the goal of ten million
pounds. ^ ^
My but didn't business look good
in Roxboro last Saturday; the stores
were crowded from morning until
night; one merchant stated to us
that his business was more than
one hundred per cent better than
the Saturday before, and he was
unable to meet the demands of the
buying public. It is reported that
the pay rolls of the mills which
paid off o n Friday afternoon
amounted to thirty thousand dol
lars ? and much of that vast amount
was spent in Roxboro. It really
looked like old times,
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University Man at Ca-Vel Drug
Store: Mr. L. R. Creech, of Smith
field who received his degree in
pharmacy at the University of
North Carolina this year is now
connected with the Morriss Drug
Company at Ca-Vel Village. Dr.;
Morriss says business is on the
jump at this beautiful village.
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Boys Off For Canada: Messrs.
Joe Solomon, Willie White and
Leaman Long left last Saturday
for Canada, where they will be en
gaged in the tobacco business for
the next few months. These young i
men have been going to Canada,
for some time, and have made for
themselves quite a reputation, con
sequently their services are in
great demand.
? ? ?
Those "young bachelors" men
tioned in our last issue says " Taint
so. they are not in the market."
Did you ever hear tell of a flsh
that wanted to be caught?
? ? ?
Esquire Wm. M. Clayton, one of
the most popular and best known
farmers who visits Roxboro, enter
tained a number of his friends at a
bountiful dinner Saturday. Hon. W.
D. Merrltt was the Speaker for the
occasion. It was a most enjoyable (
occasion, and his flrends hope him
many more useful days.
h ? ? ?
Rev. D. C. Stone and family
will move to Asheboro, N. C., In a j
few days to take up his work as
pastor of the Neighbor's Grove and
Central Falls churches. Their many
friends here wish them much suc
cess and happiness In their work
for the Lord.
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Officer Pat Robinson, who for the
past eighteen months has been lo
cated In Roxboro as a member of j
the State Highway Patrol, has been
transferred to Montgomery Coun- j
ty. His address, after the fifteenth
of the month will be Blscoe, N. C.
? ? ?
Rev. Miss Julia Klous, of Rose
Hill N. C.. will preach at the Wes- ,
leyan Methodist Tabernacle Sun-,
day at 11 o'clock, and at 8 p. m. !
Mies Klous will be the pastor lor .
this year at the Tabernacle.
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Miss Katye Harris, who has spent
the past three months in New York
City and Valle Cruel*, N. C., Is at
home for a visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oeo. E. Harris. While
in New York City Miss Harris vis
ited her sister, Mrs. p. A. Grant,
and at Valle Crucis she stayed In
the historical Mast summer home,
with her aunt, Mrs. Dollan Harris,
of Durham.
? ? ?
Miss Mildred Carver of East Rox
boro had a very bad fall last Mon
day afternoon. She suffered cuts
about the head and hand. We all
hope that she soon will recover.
r\? ?
Supplement For Pay
Of Teachers Voted
Durham Citizens Approve Plan To
Make Available Additional
(100,000 For Schools
Durham, Aug. 8. ? By a margin of
115 votes out of registration of 7.000
Durham today became the first city
in the state to approve a special
tax levy to supplement school teach
ers salaries and provide for a nine
months term. The tax rate will be
20 cents on the $100 property valu
ation. The proposal was defeated
in the county by a heavy majority.
The total city vote in favor of
the supplement was A059, which was
115 in excess of one-half of the to
tal registration.
In the county election, returns
from eight of the 10 outlying school
districts indicated a 3 to 1 decision
against the supplement for county j
schools, and officials tonight con
ceded defeat.
Reutrn from height county dis
tricts gave 616 for the supplement I
and 1,511 against.
The county election had no bear- 1
in? on the city election.
The city supplement, which must
be approved by the state school
commission, will make available an|'
additional $100,800 to finance the '
nine months' term. j*
MORE WORKERS PLACED;.
UNDER WINGS OF EAGLE '
BY NRA ADMINISTRATOR
I
(Continued from first page)
sumers' advisory board headed by
Mrs. Mary Rumsey. -
To Aid Husband.
In that position, Mrs. Johnson
will be charged with enforcing the
regulations which her husband has
laid down" as the stepping stones T5
economic stability through increas
ed wages and shortened working
hours.
However, no disciplinary action Is
planned from Washington imme- ,
diately, this being left for the time
being to the force of public opin
ion in each section. J
But, "when the time is ripe," as (
Johnson phrases it, complaints will
be received by Mrs. Johnson, the
alleged violator will be given an op- ;
portunity for explanation, and if
this is not satisfactory his name
will be published in newspapers.
Johnson emphasized to news- '
papermen this would not be a boy
cott, but rather a plea to the nation
to patronize those stores which art
co-operating with the administra- 1
tion by raising purchasing power
and spreading employment.
"I am going to start out after I j '
think the time is right to try and
get people to buy goods," the ad
ministrator said. "Buying should be [
done in support of this movement ;
and not against it, and nobody is
constrained by that in any way :
whatever. It is an obvious thing."
Johnson added that the govern
ment probably would not buy prodr
ucts in the future from industries i
that won't live up to the' code, as
serting "it would be a curious]
thing if it "did."
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Round Trip Fares One <
Cent Mile On N. & W.
Round-trip fares of one cent per
mile traveled between all stations
on the Norfolk and Western Rail
way from Williamson, W. Va., and!
east thereof, are announced by the |
Norfolk and Western Railway for 1
August 4 and 5. On the same dates
the railroad will also sell tickets at
one cent per mile from Williamson i
and east thereof to destinations on
other lines in the southeast.
The tickets, which will be good on
all regular tartns, will have a final
return limit of August 12. In con- i
nection with the one cent rates the
railway announced a 25 per cent
reduction in round-trip Pullman
fares.
Get Rid of
Malaria!
Banish Chills and Fever!
To conquer Malaria, you must do two
things. (1) Destroy the infection in the
blood. (2) Build up the blood to over
come the effects and to fortify against
further attack. There is one medicine that
does these two things and that is Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic! The tasteless qui
nine in Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic de
stroys the malarial infection in the blood
while the iron builds up the blood. Thou
sands of people have conquered Malaria
with the aid of Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic. In addition to being a noted rem
edy for Malaria, it is also an excellent
tonic of general use. Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic is pleasant to take and con
tains nothing harmful. Even children like
it and they can take it. safely. For sak
by all stores.
LOOKING BACK TEN YEARS
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The Following Items Were Taken At Random From The
Courier Of Ten Years Ago This Week
President Harding Dies Suddenly: (
San Francisco, Cal., August 2. ?
Warren G. Harding, President of
the United States, died instantan
eously and without warning Thurs
day at 7:30 o'clock, a victim of a
stroke of apoplexy, which struck
him down in his weakened condi
tion after an illness fo exactly one|
week.
? ? ?
Main Street Dirt Sells for $500 aj
Foot ? On last Monday a new re
cord was set for Main Street prop
erty, when Judge J. C. Pass sold his
vacant lot on Main Street next to
the Foushee building for $500 a
front foot. This piece of property
contained 60 feet frontage and is
easily the most desirable on Main
Street. Messrs. Wilburn & Satter
fleld and Messrs. Kirby Brothers
were the purchassers, the former
buying for the purpose of building
a store, and the Kirby Brothers will
build an up-to-date moving picture
building.
(How things have changed, today
we doubt if a cash purchaser could
be found for the same property,
with magnificent buildings on both
lots, for the price paid for the lots.
-Ed).
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Person County Fair Association:
rhe Person County Fair Associa
tion premium books are being dis- t
iributed and eVery indication points jt
to a most successful occasion. Pres- J f
Ldent Hunter and secretary Burns J t
say they have signed contracts for 1
some of the best free exhibits ever r
seen in the County. ? (Somehow, ! s
notwithstanding the many objec-,r
tions raised, we kinder long to see
the snake eater, and spend a dime
dt two trying to beat the man at
his old game; it sorter appeals to
us, even if the preachers do say we
musn't. ? Ed).
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Memorial Services: Services in
memory of our late President, War
ren O. Harding, will be held in
the Methodist church on Sunday
.light at 8 o'clock. A1 denomina
tions will Join In this service. The
pastor, Rev. J. B. Hurley, has ar
-anged a special program for the
svening, consisting of short talks
ind special music. The tentative
jrogram is as follows:
Organ prelude. Prayer. Scripture
-eading. Puneral march, selected byi
i4rs. W. T. Long. Song, "Lead
Cindly Light." Five minute talks:
'Harding, the Business Man," J. W.
Voell. "Harding, the Man," F, O.
Jarver. Song: "Jesus Lover of My
Soul.' ' Five minute talks: "Hard
ng, the American Citizen," W. D. i
ilerritt. "Harding, the Christian
3entleman," S. G. Winstead. Song,
Nearer My God To Thee."
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County Tax Rate: The Commis
ioners fixed the County tax rate at j
11.08 at their meeting Mondiay. j
)f course, there will be some ? yes, I
nany, who will raise a kick at this
ncrease, and indeed, it did seem
hat taxes were high enough, but,
riends, we can not have the best
hings without paying for them,
[here are two things which right
ninded officers can not afford to
ee suffer, namely, schools and
bM?. : . . ?
TODAY and
FRANK PARKER
STOCKBRID6E
WAGES ? reveaJed
The wage levels fixed by the dif
ferent industries as they file their
codes with the Industrial Recovery
Administration are giving many peo
ple a new idea of what industrial
workers actually earn.
There has been so much talk of
the high wages in the building
trades and other "seasonable"
wcrkerS, who are unemployed part
of each year anyway, that $15 a
week seems like very small pay in
comparison. But that is far more
than the average wage in the best
of times in a great many large in
dustries.
When we hear of $12 a day wages
for artisans, we forget that that is
only for the days they work, and
the ones on that scale never do
have steady work.
I think that if every worker In
the United States could be assured
of $15 a week the year around it
would bring about a degree of pro6- i
perity such as we have never en- ;
Joyed.
GREED? de&pite depression
The man who don't work at any
thing unless he can get his old scale
of union wages is entitled to no j
sympathy and certainly not to any.
contributions from charity or re
lief funds. But there are a lot of
them.
A friend told me of one typical
instance. One of his tenants had
paid no rent for several months. He
called at the house and told the i
man. a carpenter, had been out of"
work for nearly a year. He was a
healthy, able-bodied young man,
and my friend spoke to the owners
of a large garage about him. The
garage man needed someone and
offered to employ the man at $20
a week. My friend sent word to his
tenant that the Job was waiting j
for him.
A month later he thought It was
time he was getting something on
account of rent. He called again,
and was told the man was still out
of work.
"But I got him a job," my friend
protested. The man and his wife
were indignant. "Call that a job.
only twenty a week? I won't work
for less than $8 a day!" the man
replied.
Honest men and men with a
sense of personal pride aren't quib
blers about the size of their pay
envelopes these days.
HOOVER ? happy
One citizen who isn't saying any
thing these days but is enjoying a
well-earned recreation period is
named Herbert Hoover. I heard the
other day from a friend who has
recently visited Mr. Hoover at* his
home in Palo Alto that Mr. Hoover
is just having a good time, making
no plans for the future, trying to
do what he can to help his old
Stanford University, and going fish
ing whenever he feels like it.
"You ought to hear Mr. Hoover
laugh!" my friend writes. "He is
Watch For
THE
BIG
GOLD
DAY
IT STARTS NEXT WEEK. FULL
DETAILS IN NEXT WEEK'S
PAPER.
the happiest man I have ever
known. Not a care in the world."
Eventually, my friend thinks, Mr.
Hoover will engage In some sort of
business enterprise, perhaps in his
old activity of mining, but he has '
no definite plans ahead except to 1
take life easy. <
TRANSMUTATION? fold
The ancient alchemists nought for '
the "philosophers' stone" which had
the power of transmuting base
meals into gold.
The discovery that uranium
changes into radium, and that lead
lean be made from radium emana- <
tlons was made in 1913 by Profes- j
: sor Soddy of Manchester. Since
then great discoveries have been
made by other scientists about the
nature of matter and the composi
tion of the atom. And the other
day Lord Rutherford, one of the
world's greatest men of science, told
a scientific meeting that "the dreams
of the old alchemists may some day 1
actually come true." |l
Not that it would do much good 1
to be able to produoe gold from '
lead, however. Once gold were as '
plentiful as lead, It would have no I
more value. <
RELICS? of holy nature i
There is a great revival of in- j
terest everywhere, not only in re- '
ligiond itself but in relics and tra
ditions associated with religion. In
Trier, Germany, one of the mo6t '
precious relics of the Catholic church
has been exhibited lately for the
first time since 1891. It Is the seam- j
lesfc coat said to have been worn
by Christ Himself on his way to 1
Calvary.
At the Chicago World Pair there
is being shown a gold cup which is (
known only as the "Antioch Cha- ,
lice." It certainly Is very old, and (
was made to hold a common clay (
drinking cup which many people ]
bfelieve to be the actual "Holy ,
Grail," of legend and story. The ,
Grail, which Galahad in the leg- ,
ends of King Arthur and Parsifal in j
Wagner's opera, devoted their lives ,
to rescuing from the heathens, was ^
the cup from which Christ drank ' ,
at the Last Supper. (
I have personally never believed I
in the authenticity of such relics, i
nor of the mlrcales said to have i
been worked by other holy objects. ;
But I have only the deepest respect
for the faith of those who do be- i
lieve in them. ]
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Humanity's Earliest Art. Why Did
the PrehJsforic Man Learn to Draw 1
Excellent Pictures Before Making [
Proper Clothes? See the Article II- '
lustra ted in Color in The Ameri- 1
can Weeiky, the Magazine Dtstrt- 1
bated With Next Sunday's BaHi- 1
more American. But It from your
favorite newsdealer ?r newsboy. |
WANT ADS
NOTICE ? We are doing our part to
make better times for every one
who lives and loves to eat that
Best Burr Ground and Whole
Wheat Flour. Send us your wheat
and be glad you done your part.j
or send your orders for Flour, to
Yours truly,
H. L. &W. A. Carver. )
HAIR CUT 16c or 20c; shave 15c;
straight razors sharpened .15c;
open day and night. Raw vege
tables. meat, etc., may be ex
changed for barber work. H. G., |
under Kriby's Theatre, Main St. |
GRAPES for jelly or grape Juice,
pd MRS. ABBITT. j
FOR SALE ? Several good Electric
Ranges. Cheap. See thexn-.before
buying.
MORRIS 6c LEDBETTER.
PIANO. Want someone to take ;
practically new Piano and finish
payments on unpaid balance ow
ing. Cash or terms. Prices are
advancing and to save money on
your purchase quick action ne
cessary. Address Lee Piano Co., ;
Lynchburg, Va. 8-9, 3t
j 1 1 |
: WATER ? Have your well drilled and
be sure of pure and lasting water.
7-26, 5ts-pd E. A. Ingold,
Stem, N. C.
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SALESMEN WANTED? Times are
better ? business Increasing? Con
ditions improving. Start selling
I now. A real opportunity is open
for you, distributing direct to the
farrif trade a full line of home
remedies and household products.
Many make $30 weekly or more
at start. Write quickly for free
catalogue.
G. C. HEBERLING CO. Dept.
'1823, Bloomington, Illinois. 2t
PIANO ? We have a beautiful up
right piano in this community
that will be returned to us. We
will transfer this account to some
responsible party, allowing all that
has been paid on same. Terms if
desired. Quick action necessary, i
Address Box 478, Concord, N. C.
8-2-3ts
LOST ? Four-man ths-old black and
white spotted beagle hound pup
' py. If found please return to
Richard Holeman, Star route,
Timberlake, and receive reward. I
SPECIAL ? Fresh watermelons daily
via truck. Vegetables of all va
rieties. These are also fresh. This
is the last week to. get those
. Sandhill peaches. Hobgood Fruit
8tore.
H. G. Wells Writes
of Lfie In 2106 A. D.
No skyscrapers will be standing
two centuries hence, prophesies H.
G. Wells, British historian and nov
elist. They will have been demol
ished to make way for larger, finer,
more livable citieat. Social life will
be organized around public clubs in
which will be grouped sports halls,
perpetual news cinemas; studios,
and social cepters. In the current
Rotarian maqaslne, Mr. We 1 Id
sketches a gr^hic pre- view of the
world of 2106 A. D. as he will give
it in a history written as of that
year.
"The twenty-first century," he
says, "re-discovered an experience
of the nineteenth century and the
first centuries of the Christian era.
a discovery also made by Alexander
the Great, that it is much easier
to build great modern cities in new
places than to modernize the old
centers of activity. And the more
iltal these old centers remained, the
more difficult was their reconstruc
tion. . , . New York was typical of
this lag in rebuilding. Up to quite
recently, Lower New York was the
world's most old fashioned city, un
que in its gloomy antiquity. The
ast of the ancient skyscrapers, the
Empire State building, is even now
jnder demolition in 2106!"
Mr. Wells forsees a new era of
homes, quickly erected and even
nore quickly demolished. "We no
onger think it meet" he writes, "to
wear another man's abandoned
louSte than to wear the old clothes
5f the dead."
And speaking of clothes, he re
calls the filthy twentieth century,
ivhen "men would wear their under
jlothes for years, having them pain
fully washed out, dried, ironed, and
returned weekly, and they would
wear their complex outer garments
with all the old fastenings, buttons,
straps, bucples. and so. forth, some
times for years. They had to be
nade of dark fabrics with broken
patterns to conceal their grimi
ness." But in the new day, he goes
in, clothes are scanty and health
ful, and are replaced at least every
hree days by new garments. Noth
ng is washed. .Laundries are for
gotten. Cobblers are unknown.
And in the world of 2106, travel |
becomes the simplest of matters.!
Mr. Wells sees the ordinary man of i
:hat day arranging overnight for a j
vacation to the ends of the earth, j
he goes in the clothes he wears, j
irmed with only his wallet, his ]
dentification papers, and perhaps j
nemorandum book or something he j
nay desire to read. Whatever else
fie is likely to need he is likely to
?
find on his way. Everyone moves
about freely? and poverty is some'
thing about which one reads in his
tory books.? Ro tartan Magazine.
O M,
You cant obtain sucectt by the
sweat of your brow if you're forever
planning how to get your neigh
bor's best cow.
Renew Your Health
By Purification
Any physician will tell you that
"Perfect Purification of the Sys
tem is Nature's Foundation of
Perfect Health." Why not rid
yourself of chronic ailments that
are undermining your vitality!
Purify your entire system by tak
ing a thorough course of Calotabs,
? once or twice a week for several
weeks ? and see how Nature re
wards you with health.
Calotabs purify the blood by ac
tivating the liver, kidneys, stomach
and bowels. In 10 cts. and 35 cts.
fk?ces. ^11 dealers. (Adv.^
was
CLEANED)
ONLY 50 c
Fall is on the way!
And h o w about
that comfortable
old hat that you
know you'd rather
wear than the most
| exp e n s i v e new
one? ? Bring it in.
Let us clean it and
: reblock it. It'll be
as good as new.
ROXBORO
LAUNDRY Co.
Kirby Bros., Props.
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M DO ova ??
We want to do our part ?
and we will do our part.
Since much of our trade is work on the front
(fountain and curb service) we do not feel that
we can afford to adopt the code as worked out by
the other local druggists, so we have worked out
one for ourselves, which we trust will meet with
the approval of our fellow druggists and all of our
friends and patrons. - "*
This will be our schedule effective today:
Daily: Open 8:00 A. M. Close 10:30 P. M.
Our Sunday hours will remain unchanged. We
will be open from 8:30 A. M. until 10:30 P. M., ex
cept when we are closed for church services.
$1.00 Wine of Cardui $0.79 |
$1.25 Creomulsion $1.10 |
$1.10 Peruna $0.93
$1.25 S. S. S. $1.09 |
$0.40 Castoria, Fletcher's $0.27 |
$0.50 Vick's Nose Drops $0.43 |
$0135 Vick's Vaporub $0.29 I
$0.30 6 6 6 $0.21 |
$0.25 Kleenex $0.19 |
$0.25 Kotex $0.19 *
$0.75 Rubbing Alcohol $0.39 f
$2.25 Insulin 10 ccu 40 $2.00 |
$0.25 Black Draught $0.19 |
$1.25 Syringes $0.69 |
$3.00 Combinations $1.39 |
$2.25 Drvco (large) $2.15 '?
$0.65 Drvco (small) $0.59 |
$0.50 Mek. Milk of Magnesia (large) $0.39 |
$0.25 Mek. Milk of Magnesia (small) $0.19 ?
$0.75 Mineral Oil $0.49 ?
$0.25 Shwnilk , $0.21 |
$0.60 Listerine ? $0.49 |
$1.00 Listerine . ? $0.89 |
$0.60 Syrup of Pepsin 50.49 |
$1.00 Coty's Face Powder $0.93 |
$1.00 Ambrosia Sets $0.79 f
tn'nila pncffir arc "ght. Give us a trial. We trv
?BS Pre"
Boxboro Drug Co.
M^G. Johnson, Mgrr.
Main Street
'Phone 114 j