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VOL. No. XL1II ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. Wednesday Evening, August 4, 1926. No. 31.
GOVERNOR MAY SEEK TO
ENTER HIGHEST OFFICE!
Seme of The Politicans See Bid
in McLean's Cancellation
Statement
MAKE GOOD PRESIDENT
Raleigh. July 29.-!-Goverrior Me
rman's recent outspoken declaration
~m the subject of tHe? cancellation
of war debts of the United States
Trris aroused in certain state quarters
suspicion, that the governor - has
ambitions beyond the United States
senate when his term as chief exe- i
? eutive of North Carolina is over. 1
The governor -stated quite plainly
tt?3t he thought the farmers cf the
ijcuth would be benefitted by a can
cellation of the war debts because
such a cancellation would tend to
put Europe's finance* on a firm basis,
5r-reaie the buying power of Europe
ar?<l thereby create a greater demand
a greater market and a greater
price for southern agricultural prod
uct*.
Jn other wards the governor
showed that although a financier he
fas the ability, to divorce Ms mind
from the dollar mark and to deal
in caus <$ and effects of prosperity.
What good does it do -the : sosth.
p.-ks' the governor, for Europe* to
owe us money, if' the fact of Eirope
Vcing indebted to us keep? Europe
fr'nm buying our goods; ?
The governor would have Euiope
?pay the debt off in trade, not to the
government, but to -the producers ?>f 1
t^f* nation, in a fcrm- of . dividend
WOUl,d tend to permeate, .the
tire social fabric .with prosperity,
f :r when , favnicr has . mor.ey
?v 'ryliorl-y ? has m. -.-ney. ?
Some of the folks here in Raleigh
?r ry that .Governor 'McLean ha rs- got
? toi* eye cn the 'presidential nomina
tim. Which' will' bo ?. handed out by
tjfjo ftext Democratic national, coii
? Tfe*nfcipn. , ,
And the perple who say this : ay
. it not iiv. scorn or' belittlement hut
s?> if they think it a good idea.
And yet tV.ere. are those, that 'point
cot that . McLean .'-would make aj
inning. mate .for Al .Smith trut
v.bold /be anythi?Vg but an i'rrcumbus
br?. the New York man. They point
out that McLean is popular outside
m North Carolina, that he know
tr Washiitfrion game, that4 he a
t jdent not only f finance but of
politics. " .. . ' J
The Boss Economist
!STece?sity has f many to iaise|
th?f cheapen' crop of their lives, but]
xv? .Krlif.v^. Raymond : f<ohfr, CoL of
Hrjte 3; jt- the )>;ihjvcr ico'nohSist.
H's h A ?. c \i i ; i v a ? 3 ov, a ml h is
are briifht. iGtj thowi-ui
' fCfb^c'iV" hilh;. ami ty:; .hiH corn c t;c |>"
v.:'!I maict- him J"?0 "bur: with
Other oat-:- ?.? ?? ?.)> ? "h:. ; . hia
' liv'r.p; during tjfte Ainj slier. Ho. hc
..igwitV.t ('-op with $2.hm rjisii in * his 1
,2Kc kef! and of ihif amount .he now
hr a -t icicle *>tv -bur, ). In 9th ef
\\%rks he ha^ -pom $\ u'* in pro*
cjvrinsr this- <?Vop. T'rr- labor tf*'ed
?yta~> _hut w'n, that of t hr tJun-in
Ia.7, who ' ns < r,!y < no arr.\ a ad his
?ve children.
Will any one s .1 > h?- ha- i^ot i-\*ed
rt home? Raymond -av 1 e will I
\ayfc -to have a little help in bous
.}rj* this *<reat crop, and we arc'
cuite |ri*re he v\ll have little trouble
? ;.n securing the necessary help from
cither of our "jfrocd banks..
Dealh Of Mr..
G. C. Wagstaff
Mrs. John Paylor attended the
fmeral services Saturday. July 31,
' i her uncle, Mr. G. C. W'agRtaff of
_P_jtUV a.2 4? C. Mr. .WumtoH is the
of the old set; he was b rn. in
iLuoiWouwly, nnar X.oneord church,
Mai'eh 3hdt 1*47. mn of KritUn Wtng.
hUff, He lea-ves three. ' AaughtOTlT
J. B. Uc of iHuvn. Mrs. M-.
aud Mr*' .Altiiidp,
% rt, ' ?,* *?? W lio
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TWENTY-NINE VIOLENT ?
DEATHS FOR ONE WEEK!
It Was The Record For The
Year In North Carolina;
Five Were Suicides
SEVEN WERE HOMICIDES
Ralefeh, August 2. ? Twenty-nir.e
violpn't deaths, a record for the year,
took place in North Carolina during
the week ending August 1. adcord- !
ing to statistics tabulated by the
Raleigh Times;
Fourteen of these deaths were due
to railroad or automobile accidents,
sevfen were homicides, five were sui
cides. two were drownings ;and; there
wag one ooiidental electrocution.
The greatest single tragedy of th^"
week .'.took place Sunday aftevnocii
when the lives of five Gaston ia g iris
were snytTed out at a grade crowing
when a locomotive struck and de
molished the automobile truck in
which they had been riding.
Another automobile wreck resuUed
in the death*, of two negroes. Two
cars collided on curve near High
Poi$t.-'
The previous high water mark in
violent deaths in North Carolina was
established during the Christmas hol
idays when there were twenty-eight
violent deaths.
Misses Harris Entertain
.Misses Katv and Corinne Harris
M'lightfully entertained, the mow- ?
bers of the Bp worth League of Lea'?
Chapel Church and a number of in
vited guests lpst Friday evening at
their lovely h;me on Leasburg roral.
The season's flowers wore used at
tractively as decorations and dur
ing the evening a number of clever
Kfld mt'M-ost'rur games Wore played. '
Featuring the pregram was an. en
joyable contest of making the. great
er . possible . number of words with'
the letters u?6d in the spelling of- ,
K ;?worth League, in which Miss Clea ?
? W-gev- und 'Sam Newton were the |
prize winners. Most appetizing re
freshments were served by the host- '
This was the League's first s rial
?of the season and the oeea^nm was
a most successful one.
Field Day And Picnic
I The Fifth Annual Field Day and
Picnic will be held at the Tobacco
Experiment Station in Oxford on
Wednesday, August 5th. There will
be some notable speakers present
and it will repay any one to spend
this day attending this # meeting.
Barbecue lunch will be served by
the Philathea class of the Oxford
Baptist church.
Meeting Of Olive
Hill Patrons
j. - - ? "j ** ' * " '
On Friday, August 6th, at 3 p. hi.;'
' there ia to be an important meeting
| 'ut the .patrons?- of Olive . Hill *ohr;oi.
A! ;ttlU ? IHtfBtlllK' tl Uik il?'i vgf w fur'
the. year Will be discussed* also the
trHT^ymrhinrr of hitfh school students.
_1 g. U.*bt7To, iurdT uttifn ^MUai^-ui imt
port a nee, Prof- ^uilvey ITHd- *$u'pt. ?
fott vi' '(i'ej.d ? **+? ? oxpwtftod to be nrv.
nent. *-.A' fJli attendance cf piUvons
?II ??; rttv rjgvjrH.. * . ? : ? ? ?*-[
Dry Reign Short
Tex*s Bride-to-Be
t
Dan Cupid knocks out Tex Rirk
ard with blow to heart, will be the
newj heaalioes shortly after Sept.
11th, when the premiere fight pro
motor will wed Mis^ Maxine
Jfcdjyes of New York City, shown
here i a photo.
In office only 1Q monts as "Dry
Chief" of California and Wevada
and mentioned as successor to Gen.
Andrews as National Chief, Col.
Ned M. Green, (above) faces trial
on ten counts charged with embez
zlement cf Federal property? ^eiz
liquor he admits he srerved to
his }ruesj:s.
NEVIN CRANFORD IS
ACQUITTED BY JURY
Christian Gentleman of Stan
ley Not Guilty Of The
Charge of Murder
DEFENSE CLAIMED PLOT
Atbermarle, July 29. ? Nevin C.
Cvanford, former nan? boss charged
with the murder of: two. negro con
victs* was found not guilty he^e to
night. The jury deliberated 40 min
utes.
vettiicfc'wa* returned at'
o'clock i night after a trial la^tinsr
more than two weeks. The c ^ate
alleged. that Janies Taylor and JaMes
Howell, tiegr6;. 'convicts,, died - from
the effects ?of beating administered
by Cvanf :rd.
There was no (ieinonstratiofi when
. file verdict /was returned, hut both
Craijf rd and his wife wept, shook
lianas with defense counsel and then
with jurors;. The court had warned
against a demonstration.
Tb at Nevin C-. Crawford was
framed by six ex-con victs. former
members of the Stanly, gang, was
the charge made today by defense
lawyers- as they made their pleas to
tho jury. "The whole thing is noth
ing but a tissue of lie*,, hatched up
in the 'distorted imaginations of the
states star witnesses.,7' thundered B.
M. Covington, first speaker, .of the
day.- Other defense attorneys con
curred with Mr: Covington.
Peaches Unexcelled
That peaches' of the highest quali
ty, can b? raised here has been derh
nst rated tiv.w llian onre, and; we
.wish ?ome enfer prising farmer would
go into tte .business on a commercial^
:eale. Mr. I. O* A fcbitt placed on
our " desk two <of tho finest peaches.
; we have ever -s?cnj not excepting the
: famous Sand Hill variety.. They
we;e syn ply perfect, in size color and
taste,'. In' fact tKev 1 ked like pic
|- turps. ' . ; '
Ephecus-Clement Field
Lambeth Memorial August fcth:
Sunday School 10 A. M. Preaching
;i t ? 1 1 A. M. Baptising at the church
8 P. M. B. V. P. U. at 7:30.
Lea Bethel Sunday School at
; 2 P. M. Preaching at 3 P. M. Bap
i at 4:30 P. M.
A cordial invitation extended to
, all.? L. V. COGGINS, Pastor.
New Insurance Agency
Mr. Wallace Woods has opened an
insurance office in the .f irst National
Bank . Building. He will represent
; the Bankers Life Insurance Company.
Wallirre "1* decidedly nne of ourrftasr
-popular young business mien arid
; with ..?ueh a worthy and popular com
pany ivill no irUmht maka a smress ?
t : ; m .
Local Registrar's Report
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Mr. W. A. Serjeant, locals regist-'
f rar 'for Roxboro reports ihji ti.ere*
at ffif 11 inrtli.i .-mil 2fi. in thfi
"1o\viv :<jf . Ituximro-: during the- -six
!,#Tnorrths.^-en4tny. ^ftth^ 1 -
FIVE GIRLS ARE DEAD
AS RESDLT OF CRASH
Fast Southern Train Strikes
Truck In Which Six Girls
Were Hiding
SIXTH IS BADLY INJURED
Gastonia. Aug. 1.? Death stalked
at a railroad creasing near, here this
eventing and tonight tV?- ? giil> are
deatf and another is 5*r{?m*ly in
jQ-Btd as the- result of. Southern rail
jjjmy.- train number 4;>, southbound,
drifting a smalt truck.
The dea'l.' all residents F Bossmer
Cfty arer
Miss Bo: tha Wright. t'O.
Miss T aura Wright, 20.
. Miss Tn,ez Jenkins, 20.
Miss 'Wiliar?i Jenkin?, .10.
Miss. Gertrude Cloninger, 13.
With b:th leg's broken , with
braises and possible interna) in
juries, Miss Ida Bess. 17T also of
Bfessemer City, ' sixth occupant of
the ruck, lies in a hospital here t?*
night, Her condition .was regard
ed as serious, but medical attend
ants said that - waj he'd f .r
her recovery.
I .The.- tragedy occurred aloiit six
o'clock at Gamble's crosing, about
| three miles from this city, and .(In
the Bessemer City - road. Tho light
truck, driven by Miss tloninger, was
completely demolished when the
heavy engine, one of the new loco
motives, placed in service- to draw
the Crescent limited between At
linifc and Salisbury! plunged into it.
Death was thought to have been
instantaneous for at least four of
the victims.
Notice
I will change mv days for - col
lecting milk, chlckefts, eggs etc,, from
Tuesday _w Thursday, beginning next
vteek. Please remembeW the change,
my next trip will be Thursday, Aug
12th. ? W. G. Warren.
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Court Next Week
Person County Superior Court will
meet next week, beginning Monday.
August 9th, with Judge Daniel pre
siding. There are about fifty cases
docketed cn the State docket, with
only a -mall docket for the civil
causes.
I o
* Church Notice
Sunday School at Leas Chapel next
Sunday ut ten o'clock, W. Rr WilUer
son, Sqpt. All on time please.
. Preaching at eleven. Reception of
members. Sacrament of Loixl'.s Sup
per.
Pre? hlng it Warrens Grove .at
three-thirty and at eight. Revival
closes. Recepti n of members.
-* ^ j. W. PRAPLEYr
[.; Card Of Thanks
We want to thanlc each and evefy
<.ne ' Ifii ftiwur been *6 km?" frw
since the st?dden of oar be
loved* baby, Virginia,
T.tn. -n.i \iE ; .c. i),
MM wary ^
m MILLION
(ARM El, ?ACT ISATNIOS
FAIL TO STAND IT |
Los Angeles, Aug. 1. ? Dis
trict Attorney Asa A. K?<jes
announced tonight that he con
sidered the Aitnee Semple Mc
pherson ca??e "blown up" as far
as further investigation by his
office was concerned. He stated
he believed the evidence detec
tive Captain Herman Clin e and
Deputy District Attorney Joe
Ryan brought to Los Angelese |
from Carmel was "too vague to
Kuccessfully prosecute anyone
on a perjury charge."
DR. POM 10 RETIRE
FROM THE PRESIDENCY
Witt Give Up labors At Wake
Forest After The Next
Commencement
ANNOUNCEMENT MONDAY
DR POTEAT Lead
'Raleigh, August 2,*? T) r. \V L.
Poteat> president of Wake Forest
-college .Will r?tire from the . active
presidency of the. mstVitfiion. *jftfir
the conripencement next June, he- an
nooneed at a meeting of the execu
tive committee cf. the bo an) of trus
tees hfcre today. Dr. Poteat. a leader
.of . the Evolutionists,. net ; :un'ohg. the
Baptists . ofrthe state but in tho tut
itself, and who has been more or jess
continuously tinker fire .as. ,a result'
wi-.l retire uon. the sfle. considera
tion of my age and not t'ther." he
saicl, ?
% The college . head . has frequently
expressed .to frieniis his desire to re
tire %then his seventieth year is
reached. He will be 70 next October.
"In accordance with a purpose of
some, yea r^' standing" s^id Bt Pr - I
teat. '* at .the convention meeting of I
the Board gjf . T r ci ste<> - . which fol
lows closely upon my 70th birthday
I shall ask to "ne relieved of admin
istrative possibilities at the ariniial
meeting in .June on the sole c?nr,id
| e ration of my age and no other."
?? fW-. " '^_^L
Farmers Convention
The Farmers Convention which met |
in Raleigh last week was an event
worth while. and- we are glad so;]
many from this good Cojifcty attend- :
e<^ [We hope to have tm article,
from one of the ladies -telling about |
\ this v;reat meeting There was en- j
ly ne regret f- r and . j
! our. friend Mr, Lewis H. Dtfmel/had j
a .-ore throat and, could not v-nter.J
the hop: calling contest.
The following represented Per
son:. Mr. and Mrs; J. Burton Sattor
fiehl. Mr, and Mrs. Jno, IX Winstead.
Mr. \i. H. Daniel, Miss Be.^ai^ Heath
Danniel, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gentry,
I' Missies Mary and .Toy Wilkerkon and
| Mr. J. C . Wagstaff.
County Commissioners ?
Met Monday
The Board of County Commission
! ers met in their regular monthly
meetfng Monday, all of the hoard
being present. The tax levy for
1026 was made, $1.25 being the rate,
the same as for the past year. -
1 Mr. J. AJvib Clayton WAS elected
I superintendent of the County Hx>me.
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Death Of Mr.
J. D. Brooks
Mr.- .1. 6. Brooks, died at his home
in Oxford- last Friday afternoon.
W?n'iH ? few hours.
' Brooks was one of .the prominent'
\ merchants ?t' f>xford, Hnd a promin
ent worker in his church.
Hrooli'i was a iult foe at this
County, a brother ,-c.f Mess. T. C. and
Phil II' , uk - . T.Trr nTTil hfni livinur m
iTsTnr.i" fv.:' ::fr. *
More Than 150 Persons Are
Drowned With Sponge Fish
ing Fleet off Bahama
FLORIDA BADLY DAMAGED
With an unofficial estimate of 200
to 215 dead and ever ten million
dollars or property damage attribut
ed to its fury,, the West Indian
hicane. which lashed the East Coast
of Florida for two days before it
passed into (Georgia, tonight, had
spent its strength and was moving:
slowly westward carrying but a cap
ful of wind and a misty rain .
Weather bureau officials .expected
the storm to pass into Alabama dar
ing the night and spend the last
remnant of its strength . in rains.
More than cne hundred and fifty
| persons were believed drowned ancfr
I $8, 000,000 damage caused When more
than To boats. belonging to the sponge
fleet were sunk 4i the Bahama iw
lands. '
iFifty-four bodies washed ashore
at- Sanoa after the linking of the
Kchocner> Faueyme, Peaceful , and
Barcoris off Sanoa Island. ?anta
Domingo,], eiffht . persons killed at
N'assau. and five other dead in
Georg-ia, and FJ rid a was the <*torm
ton in lives.
From four io. ' fiv?v^ millions at
Nassau. $1 00,000. at -.'Mi ami. two and
JL hajf million dollars damage in rhfr
Palm Beach aTOK- to water
front property at Stuaft, Fla . arid~~
other thou^and& at; Stuart, Fla.. and
Indian river section was itV. assess- .
mem .f property.
Two f the deaths attributed to
the storm .in Georgia nad Florida
were reported today. A . boatman
was crushed between his h^n^bAat
and- a w;?ij .'jilon tl.j! .i'i;Vr e of.
Lake Wot th, ;h ea r palm Beach, and
? 'raUri ad engineer in south Gecrr
gia was killed when his locomotive
.went into a ? i]ijfch from rails under
mines by rains and 'high water!
The =-torm passed up through
southern Georgia, today, passing
Maeon. diminishing in -Intensity and
acconipanied by rairt.
Charleston', Savannah and Bruris
\yick,'.the farmer but lightly touched
by i he hurricane, were resuming
n:rmal activities and through out
the eastern peninsula section linemen
wore" bi^yf in .repairing the damage
vrovi->ht Jto Florida lines of com
mu nidation. ? ' ? ? . .? ?
Four Serious Wrecks
Near Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem, Aug. 1.-? Three
persons are in hospitals, two with
br./k(,n Jbones and three other persons
jftered unknown injuries as fc'ce re
sult ftt* .four auto accidents in Or
rifcir this city torav.
The known injured are: N'ellie
Savage, negro. broken i'iffht ankle;
James Wilson, negro' bov, broken
right ankle; Vadry Turner,. Injuries
undertermined but not thought t > be
serious,
Tw. arrest- were made. Tom
Brook?, negro,, was arrested on a
:eek!e s driving charge and J. F.
. Matthews, who lives here was ar
rested charged with the same of
fense*.
There ' was only one collision.
Nellie Savage was hit while expos
ing a street intersection by Mat
hews' car. James Wilson was in
jured in the same way. Vadry Tur
I ner was said to have been playing
i in a street when he was struck by
jn ear drfven by Charles Ingram,
who lives here. The unknown per
sons were in a car which was hit
by Tcm Brooks' automobile a3 he
was. backing it out of a failing sta
tion, . ? .
1 Presbyterian Church
well. Sunt. Morning -service*- ai-U
A." M. ? 'Mpniiun hy tHr Pawtor.
Mitchell's <Wap#l Sunday School
?t*2 P. M. I'reachinu at 3 ' P. M.
? -Preaching at Busier FYrk school
house at 8 P. M,
; ? 1'. < A K ^ AUAM.%, fUllar
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