North Carolina Newspapers

Bracej ip and irbifr I don't want to bore you, say$- Bill the Builder ? but I would ?4 like to drill this into your mind. Th<fre will never be a better time to build a; house ? a garage ? a store ? a public building ? a barn- ? acfence ? a chicken coop ? and a reputation for having good commoq sense than right now ! And the best way to prove you have the lattef is Id buy your building material from ' Roxboro Lumber Co. ' HOME OF QUALITY LUMBER \ \ \ Cash Specials , No. 2j can . , 10c SAUER KRAUT, No. 2$ can 10c TOMATOES, No. 2\ can 10c TOMATO JUICE, 1 5 oz. can, 2 for 15C OAT MEAL, Quaker, 2 for 15c * ' } ?F ,, PINTO BEANS, 6 lbs. for I WHITE BEANS, 6 lbs. for HOMINY, 3 lbs. for ........... IOC iv ? ? COFFEE, fresK ground, pound . . 14c SERGEANT & CLAYTON THE STA-KLEEN STORK THE STORE THAT LEADS Palace Theatre From Thurs*," Jan. 1 2 To Wednes., jan. 18 Thur.-Fri., Jan. 12?13 Gary Cooper with Wynne Gibson. Geo. Raft in "If I Had A Million" |Mack Sen. Com. "Bine of th<< Night" j m Matinee Friday 3:15 ? 3:45 p. m. ^ Evenings 7:15 ? 9:00 p. m. Saturday, January 1 4 Beglfi Toamey with June Clyde in Strange Adventure" Zasu PUts and Thetana Todd in "ALUM AND EVA" * ON THE STAGE IN PERSON "THE HAWAIIAN- PALS" Victor Recording Artists Matinee 2:30 ? 4:00 p. m. Evening 7:15 ? 8:45 ? 9:15 p. m. <<< Mon. (only) Jan. 16th Tallalah Bankhead with Robert Montgomery in "FAITHLESS? . PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS ON THE STAGE IN PERSON-, Dr. Karr and his Company, present ing "A Night In Spiritland" Matinee 3:15 ? 3:45 p. m. --^- Evenings 7:15--9:00 p. m. Tues. (only) Jan. 1 7th Irene Dunn with Ricardo Cortex in : pannip Hurst's Symphony of 6 Million ON THE STAGE IN PERSON Dr. Karr and his Company, present - tag "A Night in Spiritland" ? Special Ladies Mat. 3:15-3:45 p.m. Nteht 7;15? 9:00 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 8th Slim Smmnerville with Zasu Pitts in "They Just Had To Get Married" Mack Sen. Com. "Finishing Touch" Matinee 2:30 ? 4:00 p. to. _ Night '5r:lJS ? 8:45 ? 9:15 p: m. ? Admissions 10c to everybody. WANT ADS BLOODTESTED, State Certified J Baby Chicks. South Boston Hatch ery, South Boston, Va. '' PLANT BED FERTILIZER? If you want plant bed fertilizer, see me at Mr. T. P. Featherston's old stand. Henry Stewart. ,4ts In . . TEA AND COFFEE ROUTE MEN? Big reliable national company needs 3 more men Immediately. Previous experience unnecessary but must be physically able and willing to service 20Q steady con sumers on regular route and wort - 8 hours a day for about $37.50 weekly. Write Albert Mills, Route Mfgr., 2243 Monmouth, Cincinnati, Ohio. pd I HAVE FOR SALE from the pole hog weighing 175 to 200 pounds. JOE BURCH, Route 3. NOTICE the neat workmanship and the long wear that you get at McBROOM'S SHOE SHOP. MEN WANTED? for Rawleigh City routes of 800 Consumers in and ne&r Cities of Mebane, Hillsboro, Durham and West Durham. Re liable .hustler can start earning $25 weekly and increase rapidly. Write immediately. Rawleigh Co*, Dept. NC-89-V, Richmond, Va. wks jan 11 25 WHEN YOU make a purchase ask your merchant for ballots in the Merchants Popularity Contest. Win one of the beautiful prized? no cost, just a littlft work. DON'T FORGET TO ASK for your ballot when you make a pur chase from any of the merchants who are taking part in our Mer chants Popularity Contest. Vote for your choice among the candi - dates and help her win. Ask for your ballots. DONT FORGET TO ASK for ' ? your ballot, when you make a pur chase from any o{. the merchants who are taking part in our Mer chants Popularity Contest. Vote for your choice among the candi j ' * Held captive by Chinese bandits. Eighteen-year-old English . girl bride reveals 'her frightful experience in the American Weekly, the mag a- ; zine distributed with next Sunday'* BALTIMORE .AMERICAN. On sale at all news stands. t " WATKIN9 & BVtfJOCK. "Kverythlng To BulM With" John R. Dunn and J. Garland Harris Spent a few days last week visiting D. F. Hudson in Clinton. N. C. Accompanied by Misses Mary Bradsher and Janle Hudson, of Clin ton. they s^lso spent a short while] in Smithfleld. Miss Ann Burton, R. N? has re turned to Oxford, after Spending the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bur ton, at Helena. o ? o ? o R. D. Bumpass, who is page at j this session in the House of Repre- 1 sentatives at Raleigh, spent the \ week-end at home, returning Mon- ! day. Hon. Rf. L. Harris and Senator J. j W. Noell, of the Legislature, spent i the week-end at home. <u-n ? Mis<? Fraulein Ashley, of Apex, is visKlng friends and relatives in I Person county. 9 ,ffrliss Fraulein Ashley, of Apex, was the week-end guest of Misses] Frankie and Lloyd Clayton. o ? o ? o \ l Miss Troxler of Glbonville, is ivis iting Miss. Jane Carver here r' o ? o ? o - V Miss Shirley Goodman was oper ated on for appendicitis at Wash ineton. D. C.. Thursday j She is get ting along fine and hjtpes i to re turn to college soon. o ? o ? o Rev. and Mrs. E. G. USry of Ox ford, spent Sunday here with I friends. . Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Long of Bur- j lington, spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lawson. \j Miss Mary Hatchett has returned to Yanceyville, where she will re sume teaching school, after visiting relatives. Miss Janie Burns is spending this week in Goldsboro with friends. Mrs. R. L. Harris and son, R. L. Harris. Jr., spent last week in , Raleigh with Mr. Harris. * Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Burns and | Mrs. E. V. Boatwright attended a dance ! at country club in Danville Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Harris, Mr. i and Mrs. Wallace Harris and Mrs. Martin Michie spent last Tuesday in Raleigh. ? ? ? MrS. I. O. Wilkerson, of Durham, I spent several days here last week ! with friends. Mr. W. H. Harris spent last Tues day in Raleigh. Miss Ruth Day has returned to her home in Greenville, S. C., after spending several weeks here with Miss Lizzie Day. Miss Elva Wade, of Durham, is spending some time here witft her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T, Wa<fe. Mr. G. L. Allen Spent Saturday in Richmond. ? Miss Jennie Stephens, of Mary Elizabeth Hospital. Raleigh, is spending this week here with her mother, Mrs. Ruth Stephens. Mr. aqd Mrs. B. B. Strum spent the week-end in Apex with relatives. , Mr. Ruffln White, Jr., is a patient at McPherson hospital, Durham. Miss Sue Merritt Richmond, of South Boston, spent the- week-end here with relatives. Little Elmer Beam Rogers, son of Mr .and Mrs. J. J. Rogers, of this city, who was scalded by hot j water during the Christmas holi days, is still confined to his bed. His condition is slowlv improving, and it is hoped that he will soon be much better. . . Born to Mr. ami Mrs. Irving Brooks a son, at Rainey Hospital, Burlington, Tuesday, Jan. 10. Weight ten pounds. Both mother and baby are getting alone fine. v n ? o? o Mr. Clyde Cr Long, of Ocala, Fla? former resident of Roxboro. is here for several days this week on a visit to relatives. Reginald Harris, ' Jr., left last week for Davidson . College, where he will resume hirf studies. * Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Thaxtoh have returned to their home in Charlotte, after attending the funeral _ here j Sunday of Mrs. Thaxton's father, Mr. J. L. Garrett. Mrs. A. M. Burns has as her guest her mother, Mrs. J. T. Paschal, of Golds ton. Baxter Wade to in Charlotte for a few days on a business trip. O ' Mrs. P. T. Read and son of War renton. are visiting Mrs. Read's sifter, Mrs. W. C. Bullock. o ? o?o -. Miss Louise Pulllam has return fed home after spending last -week in Durham with friends. Mr. Tom Street, of Kernersvllle, was operated on for appendicitis in Winston-Salem this week. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Street are spending several days in KernerS ville with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Street. Mr. H. L. Cooley has returned to his home in High Pqint. ? o 4- ' U. D. C's ] The U. I noon at the home of Mrs. George A. Duncanr" Mrtf. Preston Batter- 1 field gavte a .pretty "solo, while the j remainder of the program was of a business nature. Mrs i. A. W. Clay- ] ton was elected to fill out the term as secretary. A splendid attendance | was present, and at the close of the afternoon, light refreshments were ! 'served by the hostess and Mrs. Evie Newman. } RESEARCH CLUB MET AT HOME OF MRS. deVLAMING | The Research club met Wednes day afternoon with Mrs. A. S. de Vlaming. The club has been study ing American history for the year, and three very interesting papers were presented for the program. The first subject was "Trails of the West," given by Mrs. W. P. West. Then Mrs. L. M. Carlton had pre pared a paper on the "Discovery and Mining of Gold." The program was concluded with a talk by Mrs. G. C.I Davidson on "The People's Art." A delightful s&lad course followed by fruit cake was served by the hostess. O? o? c BROOKS -LONG NUPTIALS SOLEMNIZED TUESDAY Miss Marie Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brpoks, became the bride of Mr. D. Lacy Long, of Hurdle Mills, Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock. The ceremony was per formed in Halifax, Va? by Rev. Bragwell, the ring Service being used. "Hie attractive young bride was attired in a blue suit, trimmed in gray, with accessories to match. The young people were accompan ied to Halifax by Miss Millie Jane Brooks and Mr. H. L. Cooley, who witnessed the marriage. Mr. Long is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Long of Hurdle Mills, and will be at home there with Bis bride Feb. 1st, after a bridal trip to points in western North Carolina. METHODIST MINISTERS GUESTS OF THE HERBERTS Methodists ministers of the city were guests at a dinner served at the home of Rev. and MrS. James F. Herbert at their home on North Main Street Sunday evening. Rev. H. C. Smith of Durham was also among the guests. Rev. S. F. Nicks, Rev. E. B. Cra.ven and Rev. D. ?T. Whitsett attended the dinner which was served by Mrs. Herbert. Dr. Smith, who is presiding elder of the Durham district, Spoke at Edgar Long Mefhodist church that night -at which time the fl^st quar terly conference was held.. MRS. BURCH ENTEfeTAINS BRIDGE CLUB ON TUESDAY Mrs. Robert Burch entertained her bridge cTub on Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. G. I. Prilliman. Several tables were arranged for the interesting game and Scores were added, and Miss Janie Bu*ns was presented with a dainty gift. The hostess served a delicious sweet course. JL_ MISS HESTER HOSTESS TO HER CLUB ON WEDNESDAY On Wednesday evening Miss Mary Hester was hostess to her club and other guests at a lovely bridge par ty. The home was attractive with potted plants for decoration. The , delightful game of contract was ; played at three tables. Tallies were counted and Mrs. Sam Merritt was given a pencil for club prize, Mrs. j Elizabeth Noell Masten was pre- 1 sented with a pencil for guest prize. The hostess, assisted by Misses Janie Burns and Claire Harris served a sweet course. n ? Route Three New# Misses" Anna and Mary Slaughter visited their sister, Mrs. W. A. Por terfleld Saturday afternoon. Mrs. A. C. Slaughter spent the week-end visiting friends at Provi dence. We are glad to learn that Mrs. Estelle Glasgow is improving after being risrht ill for some time. MISs Ethel Whitfield visiMd Miss Anna Slaughter Saturday evening. Mrs. Jim Gregory and children spent Tuesday night with her sis ter, Mrs. A. C. Slaughter. Mr. Thomas Slaughter spent the week-end visiting his brother and friends at Mebane. Mr. A. C. Slaughter spent Tues day night with his brother-in-law^ ! Mr: R. E. Hicks, of Rougemont. Among those visiting at Mr. A. C. I Slaughter'! Sunday were Miss Mag gie Lou Clayton, Mr. Ernest and I Clifton Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. I Solomon, Mrs. Oeorgfc Shambley, Vance Wynn and Herbert rtltch, of Mebane. ROUGEMONT MAN FATALLY SHOT IN HUNTING MISHAP Frank Miller Kflled By Roy Sykes While Stalking Squirrels Funeral services for Frank Miller, 28-vear-old son of Mrs. R. L. Miller, Rcueemont, wer? held Sunday af ternoon at 2 o'clock at New Bethel church. Rev. B. E. Stanfleld offi ciated. Burial was in the church yard cemetery. The funeral party left the home at' 1:30 o'clock. Mr. Miller was accidentally kill ed by Roy Sykes while sqhirrel hunting Friday afternoon. Frank Miller and his two brothers. Milton and Lee Miller, together with Roy Sykes had been hunting. Roy Sykes had not-shot any game during the afternoon, so when Frank spied a CuJrrel up a tree he called to,Sykes. $ykes thereupon came a-runnins;, fbked his gun and prepared /to kill the squirrel, which, in the mean time, had raced around the tree. In the excitement Sykes' tcun was dis charged, the load lodging in Frank Miller's back, on the left side of the TTra^wounded man's* companions "put him in a car and raced for the wotinded man's hour*, but he died within 10 minutes. The sheriff aftd coroner of Orange county after an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting, pro nounced the killing as accidental. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. R. L. Miller; three brothers, C. S. Mil ler, Lee Miller, and Milton Miller; two sisters. Miss Eva Miller, of Wades bo ro, and Mrs. F.,M. Laws, of Durham. Pallbearers were: Baxter Miller, Sam Miller, Harvey Miller, Victor Miller, Henry Oates and William Gates. The first cousins of the de ceased acted as floral bearers. ? ? ? o ? I N. & W. Relief Fund Aids Many Employees More than one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars ? $185, 244 25 ? was oaid in benefits to em ployees of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company and members of their families during the third quar ter of 1932 by the employees' Re lief Fund, according to the quarter ly report of J. C. Snavely. superin tendent of the railroad's Relief and Pension Department. Receipts of the Fund during the third ? quarter totaled $190.891 .01. The total credit balance to the fund was $2,581,343.33, a gain of $5,646.76 ov*r the previous quarter. The report revealed that the membership of the Relief Fund on September 30 wa< 17,718. This is equivalent to 96.13 per cent of the total number of employees. . Since its organization in 1917, re ceipts have totaled $10,228,347.60, and benefits p%id have amounted to $7,647,004.27. During' the period July 1917 to September 30, 1932, the Nor folk and Western has expended $1, 777,073.16 for the administration of the Fund and the operation of the department. J BETHEL HILL NOTES Our School, after the long holi days. opened again Monday. Jan uary the 9th. All the facmty and most of tha students are bick. The roads have improved wonderfully frcm what thev have been, Btlll they are far from being in a good con-, dition, ? ""XJ j From all reports it seems that everybody enjoyed Christinas. The reads being 50 rough, therf was not as much traveling as the^e usually is for. Christmas. We feel very grateful to| the Fed eral aid for "the great improvement that is being made on our school grounds. It is indeed appreciated. We ask the patrons to come and see it. We feel sure they will realize this is a worth-while project when they note how much this great im provement adds to the looks of our school surroundings. . There will be two basket ball games here January 10th, between our teams and Helena's teams. These games begin around 7:30 o'clock P. M. a North Roxboro Senior B. Y. P. U. Subject: Sin. Group No. 3 in charge of program. Introduction by Group Captain, Mr. I. T. Dickerson. Discussion No. 1. Where did sin come from? by Mrs. W. W. Morrell. Discussion No. 2. What is the na ture of sin? by Miss Nellie Flynn. Discuss ipn No. 3. Some words for sin. by Mr. L. B. Brown. Discussion No. 4. The real na ture of sin. Miss Maude Lacks. Discussion No. 5. What are the efforts of sin? Mrs. Minnie Jordan. Discussion No. 6. A break between man and God, Miss Carrie Riley. You are cordicflly invited to come to our B. Y. P. U? A hearty welcome awaits you. J. B. Dunn, Cor. Sec: > There Is Quality In Every Range We have the cheaper articles of merchandise as) well as the best. We boast of the valued in the lower ranges as well as the high, because in no price range will we sacrifice quality for price. If we do not feel it is a value in that particular range, we steer clear of it. That is why we have satisfied customers and our customers are our best boosters. * ? Good Shoes for .ihe whole family __98c, $1.98,- $5.75 Excellent values Young Mens Suits ? ? $11.75, $12.50, $19.75 It Will Pay You To Trade With ife. Tty It. WlLBURN &. SATTERFIELD ' In the heart of town in front the courthouse. E Add Porches ? Add Rooms ? Add dd Beauty ? at Low Cost. ,/;V Space Add Beauty ? Add Value ! Watkins & Bullock | "Everything to Build With" BOY SCOUT NEWS j The continued and growing inter- I est in Boy Scout work in this com- > munity was further evidenced yes terday afternoon when a delegation, composed of the following members of the Roxboro Boy Scout Council went to Burlington to attend the I District Meeting of Cherokee Coun cil; President George W. Kane, Secretary J. Anderson Timberlake, Charlie Harris, Reade Jones', B. B. Mangum, J. Sam Merritt, Eugene Thompson, George Currier, Rev. J. P. Herbert, H. N. Brown, III, K. C- 1 O'Bryan, G. C. Davidson, Banks Berry, W. W. Woods, and Mrs. W. W. Woods, who was accompanist for the musical numbers rendered at the meeting. This was the largest single delegation present for the meeting, outside of the Burlington group itself. The District Meeting at Burling ton was attended by about one hundred and fifty men who are di rectly interested in carrying on the Srout u ip n t in c Ghc roko o Council. The area ol this council includes the following counties: Alamanqg, .Caswell, Orange. PerSOn, and Rockingham: and all the local groups were well represented last night. Paul Schenck, of Greensbflro, Reg ional Director, was the principal guest of the evening, and though his talk to the gathering was very brief he made Some very pertinent state ments concerning the Scout move ment and ite results. The principal Speech of the even ing session was made by R. R. Saunders of Reidsville in present ing to President J. E. McLean, our district president, the award known as the Silver Beaver, given to the person who has rendered the most outstanding service to scouting in this district.' Mr. Saunders was es pecially apt in his expressions and delightfully choice in his discourse. Mr. McLean, evdently with much deep feeling and an appreciation that was virtually beyond words, ac cepted the atf&Fd with expressed gratitude and the statement that he would endeavor to do more for Scouting than he had been able to do Dreviously. The following officers of Cherokee Council were elected for the com tag- year: President, J. E. McLean,1 Reidsville; vice president. George W. Kane, Roxboro; vice president. George H. Clark; vice president. G. Somecs; treasurer, Scott Tillman f secretary. H. E. Latham; scout exe- i rutive, O. B. Gorman; idelegate to the National Council, Geotge H.'{ Clark. Gorman wa% given an en thusiastic vote of appreciotion for his splendid work during the past year. The following commissioners were elected: Deputy Commissioner, W. B. King, Leaksville; Lon G. Turner, Joe Coble, E. M. Cheek, all of Bur lington; G. Minor Gwynn, Chapel Hill; J. Sam Merritt, Roxboro; Henry N. Brown, III, Roxboro; G. Warren Taylor, Reidsville. Scouting in the Cherokee Coun cil is on the upward move, and 1933 gives promise of being the best year in the work since it was Started in this area. ?. G. C. D. o MORIAH NEWS Mrs. Ella Moore of Kington, spent the we^Jc-end with L. P. Gray. Miss Eunice Mangum, student of Watt's hospital of Durham, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Mangum. Miss Lucille Meadows has . re turned home after spending several weeks with her sister Mrs. Marian Mr. Melvin Clayton, of Morris ville, spent Saturday night with his cousin, Mr. Wilburn Clayton. Mr. Loy Meadows left la?t week for Texas where he will locate for a while. ? Mrs. W. C. Clayton, of Morris ville, passed through Moriah last Thursday enroute to. see her sick grandson at Mr. and Mrs. Nelius Eakes of Harmony. Miss Alice Clayton, of Morrisville, spent last week-end with her sister, Mrs. Nelius Eakes1 of Mt. Harmony. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sherman and family, of near Harmony, spent last Saturday in the home of Mrs. Sherman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Day. Mr. Wade Copley, of Durham, was a Moriah . visitor an last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Jane Newton is very 111 at this writing. Her many friends wish her a rapid recovery. Miss Rena Allen spent last Sat urday night with Miss Purely Clay ? ? ' ? - O Wesley an Tabernacle ????? m Services at Wesleyan Methodist Tabernacle. North Main Street, atf follows: Sunday school 9:45. James M. Johnson. Supt. Morning Worship 11:00. -! ^ , Y. M. W. b: program ?:15. Evening Worship 7:00. - , Rev. Lorezno A. Harvey, Pastor, - TRY OUR WANT ADS.