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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, ^Vednesday Evening, May 1 9, 1 926.
No. 20.
I
Farmers Are Aroused Over
Possibilities Ot The Cow
Mr. V. W. Levis, Senior Mar
keting Specialist, Spend
Friday Here.
MR. LEWIS MAKES TALK
Mr V, jSV. Lewis,. Senior Market
ing Specialist of the~ Division of t^*e
Markets, spent last Friday in Rox
bord, In the afternoon he spoke to
a group of representative business
men and women", telling of the possi
bilities of marketing the produce of
Person C >unt.v, particularly cream, j
i>ouiir>% iina hoe,*. ? ?
Saturday nvpmlng Mr. Lewis left!
Tor Oxford to arrange for sh'ipoing j
j car load of hogs from that ooint
?t nn early date. He was accom
panied by -ome of our citizens who
trre^ted in this ma^kTT^
work Upci) their arrival hi Oxfonl
they went to the market, where farm
produce is offered "for sale tw ice
each week, under the supervision of.
County afcent and home ajrent.
Then the County ajrent took the
visit irs to two farms to we tlie"W
feeding: demonstrations. On Mr,
Brummitt's farm there were thirty
Buroc- Jersey h?srs in a pasture con
taininjr about a quarter of an acre
At the upper. end of the pasture a|
stable afforded protection from badi
weather. t.arjre pine trees afforded
srenerous shade, and at the foet 6f
pe hill a small stream of water
irave th, lvo*s water anA Bood wal
low
The hoes are beinfr fed aecorJin*!
to the Shay method, under the sup. |
ervwion oif Mr Blackwell. the Coun- ?
ty atfent of .-Granville. Earh bog ,
? ahnu' 175 pound,. The ?
feed consists of Celled corn and ftah
. nieal, .supplemented by sulphur, ealt
?ad ?aW jj'he com and tisfr meal '
are kept- in large self feeders that i
hold enoutrh to .supply the ho^s !
abciit two weeks. The minerals are
? kept m a box that is divided in three .
fn !"??. <>ne U sulphur, j
in another -alt-just ordinary table I
-alt? and in- the third, ashes. ;
These hops weighed abut 10 or:
. W) pounds each on March I Oth. theJ
! "y the* "r p Pni on 'atiOn accord- I
?>r to the shllv lnP(;h(W. At present !
' ' '* 'eainjor just about oi
pounds a .lay In .fcftrt 7,'. days fro? |
he .? me- they were put on this fwl! :
^ 7" **'*" "?? and ^ car'
Oad of h^s wdl be -a hipped to one |
of the -h?r markets. Mr. Brummltt !
W.I 1,ave tlrirty ho*, ready for this I
lh" i:x>eriment Farm 1
M .t.ranvitle County* will have fortV 1
?y- A- minimum car I ad eon
? fM**- 80 hAf?- I" recent I
" S ii) Richmond hoic* fed accord- I
tn jthe "Shav method have !,een ?
Wmsine 12 -1-2 fr> ,4 cents., on fnot. j
'he price continues t^ held ud !
H*?nmitt will prrbabh , -ear!
ahoiit ifrtofl. over and above exoer <-. !
f r his r. days work. And thf re ,
>?"t so mudr, work about it.
tne v.-lf. feeders :?-e (,n the job,
\fier loolsinjr 111 these ho?? -Mr. !
I lai kxv,.!| then carried us to another
Kt wherf there were three hr1?s '
taken from this ba.>ch when re- j
reived, and fed like are used to
r:"e """" f"rf' Nr,?, these three
h->CK were jUst as Kood as the others,
^en ?* lot. hut today!
ever' rf> "f T" we'Kh a pound]
' ? lf eh,,t niuch. And in ad- !
dH.on to the feed which they have
consumed they , llnnine on J
clover field, getting all o, the green I
* ' 'h7 can -??? and vet-well I
you should see them. j
Mr. Blackwell will be glad to eoj
* h a"y County farmers and
their friends t? sep these ho*,. ,.lnd
woV^ H!,"Ur'"i i( wi? he well
, . your """? and effort. It will
??ke just about an hour todr.ve
from Roxbiro to Oxford. Go to the
wen th?r "Hk for Afr B,^k
1 lliii" I,-, ^ WQUltL
? TL't"*?; tZn rnr*n*'K*?
last * tk- '""father abcot the
last of this week V?? ^
- ? fwf??. : You Gan Ko.-to
"~rr^r"[' ">m""""l,on and
h?f|- Hj Ju.xl.oro Wlthin fJ
shiP 'hr v'ri
. Sea ? Uistory's moiL appattius Dii
'-."r-THB .K1HXSTOWV l-l nfflV'
"at Palace "Ehehtro,- Friday May 21st
? ' (One day only)
FORTY YEARS IN\ PRISON
Durham, May 17.? Logan
Meadows. Durham county white
man, who ha* spent approxi
mately 10 of his 56 years in
jail, on the road* or in the
penitentiary, face** another long
term when he will he fried in
superior court this week for
store breaking and larcency
last week. Meadows served
2.i years f?r killing Jailor
Royster in Roxboro about 35
breaking and other terms for
numbers of smaller offenses.
He had i>een at liberty only
two weeks when he was arrest
ed for the last offense.
Interesting Notes
Around Helena
Prof, and Mrs. Garrison Leave
for Summer-Get-Together
Meeting
Miss Maggie .Hones of Mt Zion |
bisitod relatives here last week.
Mrs. Rosa. Sassar cf Geldsboro is |
x siting at the home 'of Mrs. Annie ?
N'oeU.
Prof, and Mrs. Garrison left last .
Friday for the western part of the)
state and West Virginia to visit j
relative.- during the summer vaci-J
tion. ? I
Mrs. Joe N'oell and daughter, Mi?s |
Mary, of .Mt. ThtaK are visiting
relatives in Jortesberu.
Mrs. A. j. Terry was- in Durham ;
or,, .ay -last week shopping,
A community get-together meet- i
ing Was held at the parsonage last ?
Thursday ov^ng under the auspices
of the third department of the Ep
WortK League, about fifty guests f
were present and enjoyed the vari
ous stunts pulled off, especially the
ones that had Dur genial Cuntyl
Superintendent. Prof. Satterfield; i
the goat. The hostess served "red I
lemonade" and wafers.
People of the community gat' ore i'
together in the early twilight hours,
to the church last Sunday evening
to hear Rev. P. Cary Adams of Hox
tern as he brought to thr-propt- a
message of individual purity as the '
source of community strength. He i
made a very impressive talk and {
the. League feels fortunate that they'
were able to secure him. The pro
gram was in charge of Prof. Satter
field and was interesting and well ?
attended. A magnificent basket of
Pink Pennies and other potted plants
yee re brought in by friends t'i make
beautiful t.he f.eague r:;om.
An epidemic of thi???r*- seems to
hive st-uck our community. The:
.Tones rage has heetK.rn.tej'ed a
number of times and tools taken,
fin Friday night of commencement |
week, hi-yoles belonging to Mr.
Rogers and Helen Lnn?e were stolen
from tlieir homes, five houses have,
been vi-ited and chickens .taken. Mrs
Oakley who lives near the treytle.
reports that even her scare-crow was J
taken from the field. A sharp look
out is being made, and guilty 'parties i
fin- being trailed.
?
WIM. BE AWARDED DIPLOMA
Miss Elizabeth Mpsten, who has!
Wen a student in the Conservatory!
of Music in Durham, -will Be awarded
her diploma at the coming common-..- :
ment M??s Mwsten is the daughter!
of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Masten. and
is one of the popular members ofj
the younger set.
MUSIC RECITAL
Mi.ss Sou t Hall's music- .ct&ss will
'trew-iiffTr- rwtwr o? Friday bikm.'
May 21st, at the High Scfc/yl Audi
tor:um. Lovers of good music will
have an opportunity of hearing, sortie
teal music, and are' cordially invited
t'1 Hii?. ii'ittal.
RAPTI5JT -CHTIMjh VK\T .STXIJAT
Sunday Si'tooI at 8:45, jlr. R. ' L. ]
Wlltmrn* Supt. iservu-Ja at 11 A_
-M_ii ad H P. M." tly tfle Pa?tror
B. Y P. U. at ,7 P. M. ?
i The public cordially invited
ROXBORO INSTALLS
NEW RAE WHISTLE
Town Puts In Fire Whistle
As Per Regulations Of
Underwriters
FIRST SONG SATURDAY
Koxbor seem* determined to meet i
every requirement of the South*
eastern Tariff Association and. se
cure . lowec /insurance ? rate*. tho'usfh
a rise look? to be staring: us !ti the
face, rather than a reduction. . j
The town has just installed a fire
si'-en, which can be heard fpr milefc
and miles around. Last Saturday.
at- noon it was tried out, orwi cer
tainly it was satisfactory a* to nu*k
. in i? noise". ?
The large horn is located on the
top- of* Jacks: n M tor Co. and can
Ka' T: w a*
lised for the first time in announc?|r?fif
a fire Saturday night at 9 o'clock,
hut the alarm was a call to a small
outhouse in the re^r of farmers
Hardware Company, evidently the
fire be in j? caused, by some one wha
wanten to see how tjKe siren would
sound when giving: a real call.
---AN EXCITING CHASE
Last Thursday night Sheriff
Broks received a tip that a party
was off for a load -of booze, and in
company with Deputy W. R. Gentry
and Chief 'of Police Sam Oliver, they"
followed the trio of 1 iguor hunters.
Ab .ut ten miles out on the Durham
load the car containing the booze
hunters turned to the left where
they proceeded to ga{h?r. their ioad.
When -he men returned from tieir
<ustinati^i. the officers were . wait
ing for them on th? side of the
road. Deputy Gentry narrowly ?si
caned the wheels of the car as
turned towards Rim. Al
jumped to the side of the road as
the car whifczed by. As the car 1
headed for Roxboro. the officers re
sorted to. their pist'oU in an effort '
to Stop the oceapants of the car. and |
tlie result was that several bullet
holes were f >und in the back of the |
car when the .three men were finally
captured, together with about five-,
gallons of moonshine. Deputy Sheriff |
whisky that was ?
Gentry, states that counting' the
whisky that was thrown out by the
men during the chase about 10 gal <
Ions would be the amount' the men
fiad with them.
Felix Wade. driver f the car", wa
placed under a ?5rt() bond for trans
porting liquor, for the purpose of !
sale, and an additional $200 bond for I
attempting to run over an officer.
Iuther Hogg and Oiscar Jordan were j
both placed under a bond of $500 1
eadh Tor transporting liquor.
?? ? ? O? ?
BKOOKSDALE CHIKCH
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
D. $. Brooks. Supt.
Church services at 11:00 A. M.
and 8:00- P. M. FToworth League at
7:.'i0 P. M.
Eleven o'clock -ervice, .
"Our responsibility to the Com- ;
munity."
Kight o'clock service, suhject:'
"I-oyalty to God."
The following members of the!
Sunday School Teacher Training j
Class will be awarded certificates '.of j
credit at the morning service: Mrs.
W. L Loy, Mrs. G. M Fox, Jr., Mrs. .
W. T. Carver, Mrs. Arch Moore. Mrs.
D. S. Brooks and Mrs. E, L. Wilker- !
son.
The public is cordially invited to!
worship with us.
W. L. I.OY.
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FR1GIDA1RE DEMONSTRATION
I<ast week the County Manager,
Mr. Fred Long, gave a demon?tra- j
tion of Hie workings of the Frigidaire j
in the store of Mess T. W. Pass & \
Son. Factory-man was, on hand and !
fhe Targe crowds at each demonstra- i
tion were much interested, the re j
suit being the. clinching of several !
sale*.- These wonderful ^machines
are destined t? become one of. the
hnusonaui necessities an<l IsW Lobg
rroved to_the .satisfaction ?f 'hos?, in
attendance that the "Frigidarie1
wns Ihf manhmo
>?' Sec the thrilling ej>HT I lyi ni l h-j S Pif
-nti the great IHsaMcr .JOHNS'
' i'OWW klOOD" at Police Theatre,
" Friday (only) May 21st.
Mr. Hall Announces His ? |
Candidacy For Solicitor
Every Man and Woman In Per
son County Should Give
. Him Their Vole
TENTH jrpICAL DISTRICT
Every Other County in the District 1
Has Had. The Judge ?r Solicitor ]
TO SUCCEED MA J. McLENPON I
This. announces my candidacy for
: the nbminaty n for Solicitor of the
Tenth Judicial District, to succeed
Major L.. P. Mt-l.endon of l)ufh;.m
; North Carolina, who has ahnoufieeii
that he .will not l>e a candidate to
[succeed himself. So far a* I: know. !
this Ls the first tim^ Person County
has ever had a citizen .tp " annowice.
hinv<olf fr.v gAlW-j^?ir '.f ;h'. rir-'n'ift
Every other county in tv.e district
j has either had the .Judge or Solicitor,
and spme of them both. The. district
dots not we me anything personalty. I
I nor is it under any obligation to
name the? Solicitor from thi* county.
J but from the standpoint of comity.
[ it would seem to We fair and gu*t to
recognize a county, in the district]
who has never had the Judev prl
Solici'ton In view of the many
honors conferred" by the district .up- j
pn one of the counties, by a number^
r of times naming the Solicitor and !
Judge from that county, it wouljl
set-m equitable to the impartial miftd
that the "horidr of having the Solici
tor be conferred upon a rural coun
ty who had not heretofore as keg) .
CLOSINfl EXERCISES PERSON
COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL
COLORED
Monday night, May ? 24th. . . High
^School drama, entitled. '"A Kentucky
Belle." ??...??
Tuesday nig:.t>. May 25th. Princi
pal's nrght. assisted by_jiirecto: o.f
Higli School. ?
Wednesday' night. May 20 th.
Gramma-* Grade . Exercises.
We Have arranged our exeri.-l.-es
to occur in the evening because we
realize that this: i> a busy season, .
and we would - Jti.ke for all of the
pa rents, and friends tp witness what
pr misejv t be three enjoyable eve
nings.
^TtT performances begin at H . o%
clock; Monday night, admission 25
cents. All other perfo romances free.
Come and witness the odds and ends
of 10*25 and 192G
C. J. FORD.
"TtfB PATH ACROSS THE HLU/'
At Semora School Building
A Comedy Drama in three acts
will be' given at Senv.ra Graded
School 'Friday evenine May 2Sth at
eight o'clock, under- -the Auspices of
Antioch Baptist Church. - Come and
spend an enjoyable evening; Ad
miss:on. 15 and 25 ??en!
BRUNSWICK STEW
AT LOCH LILY
The ladies of Oak Grove c immunity
will give a brun^wich stew at l,och;
Lily on Monday, May 24th. for live i
benefit of Oak Grove church. Every
one is <?:>rdially invited to patronize
these good women on this occasion,
as *they are engaged in a worthy
effort, and your help will be appre
ciated.
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Something new in Motion Pictures is j
D. W. Griffith's "SALLY OF THE
SAWpUST" with Carol Dempster
and (?.. Field?!, at Palace Theatre,
COOPER HALL
<br Judge. If the voters of the 'dis
trict think it fair to recogniwe Per- ,
.son County. and that 'I am competent
of handling the doties co7yimitte.l t
the 'frands . of a Solicitor. I should
greatly appreciate their support. ?>nd :
assure them of my earnest desire
to give them the best: and m- st- ef
ficient service of which 1 am capable.
Respectfully.
COOPER HALL.
Rotarians Hear
Dr. W. S. Rankin
Shows Importance of Hospital
in .Roxboro; Attended by
Many Professional Men
Dr. W. S. Rankin, wh 3 ha* charge
of the Duke Hospital: Fund, wan ;??
guest of the KojibOro Rotary v'.ub
last. Thursday evening and addrjs-ed
them. sho\vi ig the cr.yfnz need of
i< hospital i'c Rovfioro/ It >j < . v.vd
i'at it was a questi:% ? In
? tercet. ? t'i f'Very mau. vvprnan and
child *n the County, and . v hjle it-:
would he an expense ..in one way. it.
would s-ti-11 be a great saving, both
financially and from the stand-point
of life; ' ? ?. |
Dr. Rankin is easily one of the ,
outstanding men in his profession,
and hi? address was greatly enjoyed
by all ptesont. The club had . as
guests' nearly all of the physicians
in the County; with a good sprink
ling of lawyers and business nien. <
While nothing definite looking to
ward establishing a hospital here
was gone iilto, still, it is believed ;
tat Dr. Rankin's address, vill il- -
Ultimately result in there being a
hospital located in ftixboro.
?DOT. THE MINER'S DAl liHTF.R"
Saturday evening. May 2*2 nd. 1026,
at qight o'clock .in flhc- school audi
torium at Jalbng the play. "Dot, the t
Minor's Daughter, or One Glass of
Wine." will be gievn under the aus
pices of X:rth RG\*b*>ro B. Y. P. U. I
This plav is a drama in four jiJ'ts. !
nine males and five females; .time
about two hours. The plot of this f
play is well planned, and teaches '
this important lesson: "Look rot!
thou upon the wine when it is red. 1
At the last.it biteth like a serj^nt
and stingeth like an adder '* " >? 1
Admission. 15 and 2 JJ cents. The j
public is crrdially inWte* - ^ ?
CONVENTION WEEK AT (? R EKN SBORO. NORTH CAROI.INA
The Annual Convention of the Jefferson Standard Life insurance ;
Company will convene at the Home Office in Greensboro cji Tuesday
?May 18th at 10 A. M . lasting through Wednesday and Thursday of
this week. ? ' I
All the Southern and near Northern states will nynd-deliignh" near
one thousand.
The "Old and Tried" Satterfield Insurance Agency, who is a merri
her of Um>- *l.riftf>QOOO i lub will be represented ?by Mr A. O. Gentry,,
the field man. A, great namt>?r_ of the North Carolina policy holders
will look in- on this convention with special state pride. Eirer* North
?Ciii-alini... ... prtlif it in tl.ic orrr.it tlnm>Tf.iripliny
j' ~ See . Satterfield Insurance Agency, District Managers, ' AND
PGNT OHLAY." 7~r . - ,
? ? SATTERKIELD INS. Af?ENrfyt
" . ' "Old and TrM"
: ?
flit REPUBLICANS
NAME COUNTY TICKET
Republican Ex. Committee uiet
last Saturday and named
Full County Ticket
O. G. HAMS. LEGISLATURE
At a meeting: of tJhe Republican
Giurity Executive Committee laat
Saturday the following County tick
.et was named: - ?
Legislature: Dr 0. G. Davis.
Sheriff: Tom Boone Davis,
Clerk .Superior Court; ?L G. jC ham
pers. : - , ' '
Register of Deeds^ J." ,T- 'Woody.
Treasurer: W. F. Long.
C -unty Commissioners: .R. H. ?.>.
Bailey, C; H. Hunter, E. J. Clayton.,
Surveyors .W. T. Buchanan.
Coroner: M. T. Carver.
T 1 1 " ??? ?. ?
0;
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
FOR MISS ETHEL NEWTON"
! At,, three o'clock next Sunday af
ternoon, May 23rd, Memorial Exer
ciser win be. held for Miss Ethel
Newton in the auditorium of the
'graded school building,. The pro
gram wili.be as follows:
Song by th?' audience.
Deyoti.nai, by Rev. F M. Sham
burger .
Song, by the third grado.
Appreciation as a teacher, b/ Mr,
A. 8. Stalvey.
Appreciation as a friend and neigh
. bor. by IVf r. F.- Q. Carver;
. The Ethel Newton Memoriai Li
brary, by Mr.. S. G. Winstead; .
Song,, by Mrs. Wheeler NeweU.
Appreciati ri "as an Kpworth
League worker, bv Miss Mildred. Sat
tejpfiehf. ?
"Appreciation as a Sunday School
worker, by Mrs -R. G. Clayt'n.
Closing, with Benediction, by Mr.
Sh-a-.m Hurler.- ..??
M A R RI AL E A \ NOL N ( ' F>WsNT
. Mr. anil Mrs. D'Arcy William T^vad
>Her ri ?\uest the hdiior of your 'pres
ence, at the marriage of their
daughter ?'.? - .
? Edna Eari:
* 1
Mr.- Richard Austin Bullock
r>n the aftenlP^niJ i Thursday the
third of. -fui!f; nineteen Hundred
twenty six
at five o'clock :
First Baptist Cliurch
RoXboro. North Carolina
No invitations wilt be sent in town
or* County. Friends cf both fami
lies are invited. .
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FOl RT BEN C '( ) NT EST A NTS
Cue anion? -the many ^ood things
the WonYan's club have established'
"n. the awarding f a $>">.00 prize to
the best , reader and. $">.00 to the beat
reclaimer. F'ridafy. vveninjr fourteen;
of the high school student? contested
f t>r these prizes or rather the rfeht
to ervti'r tu?; t:nii|s f-?>r thorn, the
chosen hut of five fourteen were:
MisSes Rac'hel Bradsher, Winnie
Withum, Elizabeth Barneite, Kathe
ritie Wiristead and Neva Lunsf.;rd.
The filial contest will be held iti the
graded school auditorium May gSfrfcvj
VISITING PREACHERS
LAST SUNDAY
Owinp ttv the absence of pastor
W. F. West, who was attending the
Southern Baptist** Oonvention in
Houston, Tex., last Suttday^his pal- ?
pit was filled at the mornijr sorvicc
by Rev. Mr. Roberts of Wake Forest
College. At -the evening: service
JRev. P C'ary Adams, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church here, occupied
the pulpit. * They were greeted by
large congjegraticns and brought mes
sages of real worth.
PRESBVTERIAN CHURCH
- -Stmd^v* School at 9:45, H. L. Cro
welt, Supt. Come on time and bring
Pa" friend. Morning service at 11. 'W
A. M. Sermon by the Pastor.
t Sunday ?ch<w4- at Sp^ftTf
[.el at-'J M... Preaching at Buslvy^
| Fork scfiool house at 8:3$ P. M.
Bventn?-sawriPA *t 8:00 P. M.
j DjW. (Griffith's supreme- masterpiece
'/SALLY JEZlHE SAWPggr'
with Carol Deippttor- oaS, ? ? C^_
; i*'jeJ?K at raiace Theatre, Hbaflaj^ ?
j Tuesday Miry 2?~4frtlu.