'J. W.'NOEUL, EDITOR ANO PUBLISHER. . HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
VOL. XLVI. '
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ROXBORQ* NOOTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 27. i&9. NO. 49,
Another Busy Week On
The Local Tobacco Mart
Sties Blocked Several Days,.
But Prices Are Very
? Satisfactory r . ?_
"AVERAGE UOlfc WEEK $23.48
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'. Bales were unusually hqavy last
week, t fie town being full of tobacco
?' *he entire week, to such,?an_ exK&t
^ .that * ?ales were blocked several; day*.
Notwithstanding the rush prices hold
up Remarkably well, aqd the farmers
?elf pleased iom" said wrappers
were.a little off, but ttr may have been
... that the grades werenot quite so good
as the former week.
market sold during the^ week
719,712 pounds to. ?V2 26. making
" an average for the week of $23.48. The
average was a little less tha nfor the
week before.
The market has sold this year, up
to last Friday. 4.183,572 pounds, for
*910.391.89, making the average for the
'season to date S21.M
On acocunt of .Thanksgiving the
- market will close ' with the _ sales
today, Wednesday, and will be open on
.Monday, Decv 2nd.__ ^ .
First Baptist Church
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"A young lawyer, an ihfldel,, boast
ed that he was going out west to
locate in some place where th^re were
no churches. Sunday schools. - or
"Bibles Before a_ year was out' he
.wrote to a classmate, a young minis
ter. begging him to come out where
he was and start a Sunday school and
preach, and 'be sure to "Bring plenty
of Bibles.' dosing the letter Vfith
these words. 'I have become convinced
that a place without Christians and
8abbaths and churchesnqnd Bibles la
too much like hell for any living man
to stay in."?Record of Christian Work.
Do you appreciate the churches in
your community?
. Bible School 10:,SO A M Mr R.
X Wilburn. Supt.
Preaching 11:00 A. M. Subject:
. THfi- LEA VENI NG GOSPEL.
Preafhlng 7:30 p. M. Subject: THE
WAY OP THE CROSS,
B. Y. P. U's. 6:30 P. M. Mr. H. A"
Buckner. General Director.
"Behold the days come, salth the
Lord Ood, that I will send a famine
C in the land, not a famine of bread,
nor a thirst for water, but of hearing
the words < t the Lord?and they shall
winder from sea to sea, and from
? the.; horth even unto the e?st, they
Khali run to and fro*to seek'the word
of the Lord, and shall not find it."?
? Amo^ 8:11-12. r ^, .
A cordial welcome is extended to all.
W. F. WEST. Pastor.
Notice!
The Woman's Club will hold its
regular monthly meeting In the club
rooms Monday afternoon, Dec. 2nd.
at 3 o'clock.' All members arc urged
to be present Visitors are always
welcome
We take this means .of thanking all
those whtf took' part hi the pi??, "See
You- Later," and endeavpred to make
Vt a success. We also J^re Indebted
to Mr. O. C. Davidson "for the use
of the school. Mr. Palt Jar the ( fur
niture u*ed on stage', Clayton Drug
Co.. for handling the sale of tickets,
and to each of the merchant* for the;
advertisements on the programs
We thayk you.?Woman's Olub.
Stop! Lopk! Listen!
What? Dlhner.
ft Where? At the old Reade HoteL
Back of WhltfleM's Serlvce Station
When? Sat. Dec. 7th, from 13 to
? o'clock.
By whom? Ladies o^ the. First Bap
> ttit church.
' Menu" Brunswick stew. 3Sc; chick
en salad course, SOc; ice cream, foe;
neke; toe: pie. loe; cakes, pie? and
randy for-fsale
Boy Scout Notice
The Boy' &duts of" Roxbor" .met
Thursday evening at . 7:30 in the
Basement qf the Baptist, church to
discuss the. aoming Scout 'organisation
We appointed Piitrol I<e?4ers and held
a buslnew mehtlng^ .,
The next'meeting wlU be Hi, the
A'jj Baptist church. Wednesday. ?vsWntf 'at
7:30. AH ol? members of the Roxborn
Scout organization are urged to 'At
tend .
* Harold Duncan, .florlbc
MV?
Alice White m BROADWAY
HMHBJI, sensatiofiftl ? ShWrW/nment
te Way, playing Pal
ay, Nov. 29Ut ?
Celebrated Fifteerith
.Wedding Anniversary
i?Mi.'anil Mi.I. D. V, ui)?1?i?iii)it gain
bra ted their .fifteenth wedding anni
versary last night at their beautiful
home on North Main Street. Quite .a
number of friends were enUrtalnea~*t
a slx-tAlrty o'clock dinner. After din
ner the evening was spent around the
card table, bfldge~ "being played for a
number 'of progressions. Mrs. A M.
| Bums won the high score. for the
ladles. wnue,Dr. J. H. HUgnfs Cirrnsr
away the honors for the men. bath
j being presented with prtees.
Mr. and Mrs. Boatwright came here
from. Danville about ten years (ago and
ha\e endeared themselves to the yo
ple of the town By their old time
Virginia hospitality, and their ftrend.?
wish for them a continuance of their
beautiful home life.
.. . Week Of Prayer
Ladles of the FlrJl Baptist church
will meet at the church Sunday. Mon
day and Tuesday afternoons at 3:00
o'clock, Dec. 1st, 2nd and 3rd, -to ob
serve special season of prayer apd
make offering for Foreign missions
Every member la asked to make a per
sonal contribution at this time tor
foreign missions.?-Pres. .
ROXBORO HIGH BOYS
WIN CLOSING GAME
Defeat Bragtown In An Excit
ing Game Here" Last Fri- *,
I " day Afternoon
SCORE OF SIX TO NOTHING"
Rozboro closed the lid on Its 1938
football season' here last Friday by
defeating the strong Bragtowtv eleven
G to 0
. It 'was the coldest day of Oft season
and' game was sOfhewhat slowed by
"the^frigid weather that almost threat
ened to lay a thick blanket of snow
over the city. Despite the cold the
: came turned out to be a real test for
i both sides.
| Under normal conditions, probably
both teams wpuld have made a better
i showing, but nevertheless the 22 play
ers were in the game fighting hard
from the first kick .off to the final and
did not seem to pay much attention
to the low temperature.
There were few sensational plays
dvking the entire game. Kbxbotos
passing attack In the second quarter
stood dut. Davis paissed to Captain
?"mm le Long for a nice gain and then
heaved to Perkins which put the ball
within good scoring distance. Perkins
then carried the ball over on a line
play for the lone score of the contest
From that ttmJf on both teams..put
up a stiff fight to win as the cold
weather was causing the fans on the
side lines to- dance around in ?uielr
own mtfoner la keep warn.. The visi
| tors succeeded In' holding the locals
on several plajrs and forced-them to
punt, but the locals 'showed a little
edge on the visitors to keep them out
of danger territory.
At the final whistle. Roxboro had
the ball on qragtown's is yard line
and was righting ?ard to make It
smother touchdown*
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Postpone Home Coming
The Home Coming meeting which
was scheduled. Ipr last Sunday at
Providence church, has bean post
poned. on account of the very Incle
ment weather last Sundftjs- It will be
held f the third Sunday In December,
and all are cordially lnilted ?o attend
this service, j Many of the former
*?astor? have been Invited, ami a good
Ume Is expected u
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Wanted, Copies Nov. 6
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If ?ny of out subscribers can' ftjr
nish us with a oopjr of The Ourier
of. November ftth. 1029. we wflUap
preciate' it if they will brin?, or tend
It to us. We hat-? rnn short of this
issue and want a copy for a friend
II ynu have a copy rg th*t Issue Tlfl
ymi-kindly let us have It.
U5
, Chlnrt with population nearly -four
i timer. thAt of thfc'tt 8 . hw only
pbout ttrrt^ per oent ? of our railway
mileage , - ,
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Ftoh ftghllng I? % national pasfinv
In ^alay. * V
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Only Screen Beauty??
Ciloria Swanson surprised Chicago,
bv rating then- that Mnne Griffith,
pictured above, is the only beautiful
worn an in the', movies. "The rest of,
us are just types." said glorious Gloria.
MR. AND M R. L
HARRIS ENTERTAIN
LOCAL ROTARY CLUB.
Delightful- Dinner Given Thurs
day Evening, By Club's
President
REV. ADAMS IS SPEAKER
The Rotary club had a delightful
meetMg last Thursday evening when
it was entertained at a turkey din
ner -by Mr. and Mrs R L Harris. Mr.
Harris is president of the chibi and
same of the members said he was
[setting a precedent which would put
It up to presidents. 1$ was easily one
of the most r delightful- meetings the
flub -has enjoy M. and ever felt un
l^sttpg obligations to Mr. and
M J^Harris.,
After the dinner hour Rev. P. Cary
Attains spoke on Thankagiviqe. and
it -was a moat sensihle and lnterwtlng
adctnejw>-He regretted the fa?t that
the .old idea of "Thanksgiving" had
been" forgotten and the day given
over to sports and hunting. After thb.
address Mr. Wallace Woods read a
poetic toast to Mr. and Mrs. Harris.
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
GOES ON DESPITE
CHINESE APPEALS
China Calls Foi- International
Help In Stopping Red
Army's Offensive ,
RAILWAY- DISPJJTE CAUSE
China appealed for International
help Tuesday In getting the Soviet
army to atop Invading Manchuria.
While other countries, notably the
United States, debated what to do.
th?re. was no Indication that Moscow
had changed its policy.
An Exchange TMegraph Dispatch
from Riga quoting Moscow source?
said the Soviet Council of Defence had
decided to Ignore the Chinese plea and
had sanctioned the Red army's ad
vance toward Harbin with a view to
speedy occupation of the Chinese East
ern Railway. The dispatch added that
the council was determined to reject
any attempted intervention by the
United States or any other dountry.
Russia has Insisted she will not
talk peaoe until the Chinese restore
the railway to joint control and re
establish the Russian officials ousted
SB charge? of sptMdlng. Soviet propa
gand* in Manchuria Her present
mllitiry opertaions may be designed to
force 'restoration of the status quo. ,
Wild Report?.
Wild reports flew concerning the
ex'aat of the military activity. Some
sr. d the Matfchurlan city Of Hailar
hud been occupied and set aflre by the
RussUns-But the latest news from
Harbin wastlut the Soviet force? had
not1 entered Hailar and were merely
dropping occasional bombs from air-J
plaqa. Chinese Eastern Railway of
-lals denied Hailar wAs In flames. ' j
The SferMn dispatches said the 80
from the western end of
had sapped Trt -lifwan
staling so?? 40 milt* east of dsn
chnHI.on the bprde^ ?on?e well-hi
| formed "PersoK*Ttj:^Hsr&tQ be He ved the
Soviet^. - Jiavln^ (Mterft Opiiu* the
; need of peace, would slowly withdraw.
vOfterlng Mukden, the Manctyorlafl cap
i-ttjU, a chance to initiate negotiations
foreign Commissioner T*?1 Y^ig
shenfc. leaving Hribin of Mukden,
(Continued. <$> pMte seven)
TOWN&END QUITS A S EXECUTIVE
COUNSEL TO GOVERNOR; MULL IS
1 MMEDIATELY NAMED SUCCESSOR
Raleigh, Nov. 25 -Jud? N. A.
Tomwnd today, tendered his resig
nation as executive counsel and It was
accepted by Governor Gardner *f
teetive December 1&. When Judge
TowTwend accepted the appoiiTlment
he made' Wvkwu "his indention of re
tiring early In Uie summer to. resume
the practice of law, but the labor- sit
uation .beiam'e so acute and his ser
vice^ so IndUspehsable that he ?-as
prevailed upon to Tetaaiir at his post
a wh)le longer. ...
"1 do not think the' \alue stnd alg
nlflc4nce of Joudge .Townsend's ser
vices can be over-eattinated," Qover-1
nor Oardner" stated In aceeplnc the
resignation. "He has' handled many
Sale Of Auto Taga
Over Half Million
rirjt Time State Pfcwfd Half
Million Mark
Raleiffh. Nor. 25.?The sale of
Mtemobflt UccoK platei In
North Carolina durinx 1929 to
day pair d the CM,900 >maiV
marking tne. first time In the
. history ofths state that license
plates hare been bettered a half
the dally report of 8pn|w
BUrer. head of the motor vehicle
division of the department of
revenue, this afternoon showed
that 500,426 plates had been
sold ap to today, tart ye*r on
the same date sales totalled
178,986, and total lleehse
sales' in 19>S were 413,719.
BASKETBALL
COACHES
IN DURHAM
Two Sections, The Winners To
Play For .Champion
ship Cup . ^
12 GAMES ri*i> BE PLAYED
Mr. B. B. Knight chairman of dis
trict No. 3, including nine counties
surrounding this territory, called a
meeting o f the ooaches of girls - at
Durham last Friday night.
It was decided at1 ttl'la meeting to
divide the"*district into two. sections
in order to save teams the expense
?nd. trouble of taking long rips.
This season will open after Christ
mas when p. series of twelve games
will be played. The winner of th^-taco
sections will play for^TIJ?' "champion
ship." "
It was furthur 'decided to hold a
nother meeting In Durham on the
night of, December 0, and at tha'
time to a lap hold a referee school lp
order to give an examffiktlon to^.all
who wish to officiate In the cham
pionship games.'"* "? ~ ?
This school will be sponsored by
the National officials of girls Basket
BiH. All schools will have to decide
py this time wheteher they wish to
enter or not.
'There will be at)' entrance fee of
Five dollars payable \p Mr. B. B.
Knight or to the .secretary upon en
tering the Leacufe. ?
The advantage of the league U to
give the ffria the right kind of sport*,
jit- will enable teams to get games.
All the coachei present agreed not
lo make ?ny.plaus for their boys un
til after Christmas, when the schedule
for the girls will be handed out; then
play the boys and girls on the same
nl^ht. < "j ^ . ? '?
He appeals" to. all of the schools to
| loin the league so a Monogram won
rby a High qctipoj glH will -Jiave ' the
stamped approval not only by the
North Carolina League but also' by
the* National ? League *8 well
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Hunters Notice
Buy your hunter* ^tf~tlfcpper* li
cense at,Central nervine Station. Rox
'boro. " -All gamb laws are now open,
j ?o ha\?~*?6ur.41cen?e whei^jrarden or
deputies demand thorn' In th? field
iind avtiid. Uiepenslty. which Is costly:
jv -^Krrol D. Morion. 'Warden
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, TMnsday Thanksgiving, Nov . 38th.
Kvef n Brent lit FAftfc. COMPANY.
?. > i 11 Jack oak It. plftyipf Palace Thca
tr?. , Matinee 3 ao-4:0Q*P. M. Eiw
ln^ t: 15-8:00 R HI. '&T'~
delicate and. difficult situations with
remarkable tact, patience - and' devo<
tlon to' duty and my administration
owes a large measure of whatever
iuillsj inaj liiin attended Ito tffarta
*t working out.many difficult prob
lems to his Untiring efforts- arid abil
ity. He. leaves with the sincere affec
tion- and. deep regret ol. my, entire,
official family.'- ?_
At the came Ume he accepted-Judjfi.
Townsend's resignation, Oo ve r iT6"r
Gardner announced the appointment"
and acceptance of Q. M. Mull, - of
Sheifey, as-big successor Mr. Mull
and the governor have been friends
and assipciatees. from early, youth.
TWEHTY-WNE HEAD
Of REGISTERED
HEIFERS COMING
The Peoples Bank Sponsoring
Movement for Better And
More Cattle
SEE BANK OR COUNTY AGT.
Twenty-nine head of .registered
calve? and tielfers will arrive' some
time next wee* and ' are expected to
be- raady Dec. 7th If
everything moves along all right.
Farmers interested in registered .foun
dation stock should take advantage-of
this opportunity and select one as
"the supply in this couptry is not as
large as "it has-been due to the fact
that farriers are buying as fast as
they can b^ located.
These heifers,and calves will be found
to be reasonable in price, consistent
with tfic blood lines in their pedigree,
and the performance of their dams at
the pail; This will likely be the only
carload US be shipped in soon, and
those desiring a foundation heifer will
not make a mistake In selecting any
of the group as they are all from the
best herds in the Valley of Virginia
and Orange County has the banner
herds of the state.
These pure bred registered heifers
and calves were brought in by ,The
Peoples i Bank who are sponsoring a
movement for better cattle as a side'
Hne to tobacco firming. And those ln
tfrested In securing one should see
the bank or (he county agent who Is
assisting in- placing them with farm
ers who want them.;
Notice To The Public
The ladles of the First Baptist
church will serve dinner oh Saturday,.
Dec. 7th*_'rom 12 to 2 o'clock. The!
place is the old Read? Hotel build
ing. back ot^ Whitfield's Service Sta
tion. This dinner, tdgfether with cakes,
pips, and sandles for tele will take
place ol the annual bazaar.. Come eat
with- ua. We will serve you a good
dinner, ttreh buy your cake foi Sun
day dlnner.-^Chalrman - ?
Revival Meeting
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The big revival meeting Is now'go-I
Ing on at.the new Weslayan M?tho-|
dist Tabernacle between Roxboro and j
Jalong.' The public is cordially in
vited to every service. Services every
night "at 7: JO o'clock.
Preaching Services
At Hurdle Mill?
fclder C M. Adams of Durham, will
pruch IB the auditorium of the >lur
die Mftts lilgh school next Sunday
afternoon at two-thirty o'clock, Dec
1st. The public Is Invited.
Only 22 More Shopping
Day* Until Christmas
PILOT UFE INSURANCE
CO. HONORS MR. B. B.
KNIGHT WITH BANQUET
Turkey Diimei'.Served Jo Nubi
her Of lusted Gueota At
Jones Hote! .
GETS TRIP TO SEDGEFIKLD
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3^ The Pilot Life Insurance Company
did atttctdely' nice thing for Mr. B.
B. Knight, district agent for thi*
County, last. Thursday evening wjien
if. gave a banquet at Hotel Jones In
honor of his. splendid seccess In writ- .
I rtt; new business for the Company:
Mr. Knight Won the . distinction of
writing more new business In. this di
vision for his Company than any
other agency., and In "recognition of
this splendid, record the. ^Company
tendered the banquet. "K addition to
this victory Mr. Rhight has" won. a
trip to Sedgefield. and becomes a
i memJjer of the Upper Ten. This la ?
an honor coveted by every insurant?
man -and is highly prised by them,
and is especially complimentary to Mr. .
Knight, as he Is one of the young
est--^ point lof service?of; the a
gents In this- section. ~
The bangSet. which was servad by
Mr. W. O. Miller," of the' Joiaes Hotel,
was a royal turkey dinner, with all
accessories, and was pronounced ona
of the best the Company's reprint n
tfttves hftye- served. Mr. B. B. Knigtit
acted as toast mas ter, and was equal
following were present: H. L. Raw
lins. Max Rawlins, Dewy Townr.
Williams Snow, Campen, Philip?,
Johnson. Halthcock.. Prank. T"ar
brough. D. R. Taylor,"J. S.'Merritt and
B. B. Knight; ?
I The Courier was .represented by
Mr. D. R. Taylor, ind he pronounced
the occasion one 4ong to be
be red.
Edgar Long Memorial
There will be a Thanksgiving Kr
ivice In the Edgar Long Memorial
! Church, on Thursday morning it 9:30;
j The public la cordially Invited to
{worship with us. Let us come to
1 gether and" render thanks unto our
! Qod tor His Abundant mercies to u*
I during, the year that Is past. Try t&
[ count your blessings and sec what Ood
has done for ?you.
! The regular services illl be held
[Sunday: Sunday schol at 9:45; ser
mon and communion 11 and 7:30. Ep
I worth League 6:45.
^iMtors arid strangers are invited to
l-worsmp with us-, and they will receive
! a warnV welcome. , . _
Is It,, tob much to expect every mem
i ber of the church who possibly can
do so, to. be present next Sunday?
Certainly Ood "will be pleased If you
are in your place at all the services.
"Come with tuf and we will do the*
good" ' *
? T. A. SIKE8, Pastor.
P. T. A. Meetnig
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Roxboro schools held Its. regular
meeting at the graded school on Fri
day night. Nov! 22nd,- with Mrs. B.
O. Clayton presiding. The meeting
was opened with singing America The
Beautiful, followed by a prayei.by Rev.
W. F. West. The_ minutes of the
October meeting were read and ap
proved. A' prize of (<me dollar
given the rf>om ; Having the '
number of parents ? present, and oat
of the large number pmsent about one
hundred and fifty, the prize was von
by Miss Barnes' room. The priae for
the night was' donated by Mr. 8. B,
Davis, gr, ? ? -- g
It was decided H> change the boor
Tor meeting to "We afternoon Of the
third Monday ^ln each month", and. to
have two Father's nights during the
year. -
An interesting program was then
given by a group of children from
the grades an?_ was .njoyed by aO
'present. " ?
, Prygram:
SOrtg: America", The BeaBtMWi - - <_?
Play:/ Profosyr Knowll^lt's Radio, 6th
grade.
Thanksgiving, by 2nd
Reading: Thanksgiving. Ruth DsT
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Poet?: What - Thanksgiving
A. f, James. . ' _. ? ~j
Grandpa's ' Farm", Pearl
Mrs. O. d. Davidson,
Lionel B anymore VlthAoyd ]
in TrfE^VSTERrpUg tSLA^TD (
r<L in nature's 'owh
Thnattr ri?
Dec. f!-Srd. Matinee Monday 3 p. m.
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