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IF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE PUT IT IN THE COURIER WHICH REACHES MOST OF THE PEOPLE. ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 47 YEARS. Best People on Earth; Good Churches and Schools; Where Optimism Rules. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT V ' ' $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. L. NO. 17. City Officials Nominated at Mass Meeting Last Night c Mayor And Five Councilmen Are Nominated After In teresting Voting R. B. DAWES IS NAMED Present Mayor R. B. Dawes was named to succeed himself for an other two-year term and a board of aldermen consisting of Messrs. Q. J. CuShwa, O. T. Kirby, W. A. Sergeant, C. A. Harris and E. E. Bradsher was selected at the mass meeting of citizens last night in the courthouse. Approximately 450 of the citizens of the town were pres ent "for this meeting, which was called to nominate candidates for town offices for the coming ^^Hnium. Unusual interest ap ^Bared to attach to the voting and scores of ladies were noted in the assembly. Mr. R. P. Burns was named per manent chairman of the conven tion, Mr. J. E. Kirby permament secretary and Messrs. W. W. Woods and Clyde Crowell assistant sec retaries. The chairman in a few well-chosen words congratulated those present on their manifest In terest in civic affairs as evidenced by their presence. He stated that serious consideration should be given to the very important work before the convention in order that the town might have the benefit of the best possible business and exe c u t i v e management. Convention rules were then adopted and the chair without further ado, invited r nominations. The name of Mr. R. B. Dawes was placed in nomination and in the absence of any opposition, was ac cepted by acclamation. Fourteen names were placed in nomination for membership on the town coun cil, but Messrs. B. B. Newell, A. M. Burns and W. R. Woody at their own request had their names with drawn. At the close of the ballot ing which followed, the following results were announced: G. J. Cushwa .......353 . O. T. Kirby ...212 W. A. Sergeant .... 195 C. A. Harris 191 E. E. Bradsher .....190 O. B. McBroom 172 J. J. Woody .......151 R. C. Hall 126 D. R. Taylor ...... 93 R. H. Gates 92 L. T. Cozart 70 The first five above mentioned j were declared the official, nominees of the convention and will be voted ! on in the regular election which j will be held on Tuesday, May 2nd. j at the City Hall. I Orphanage Glee Club at Brocksdale Church! The Glee Club from the Junior Order Orphan's Home, Lexington, N, C? will give . a program at j ? ktfdale church the fifth Sun night in April. The -members their families of the local coun cils in Roxboro and Jalong are cor diallv invited, together with the public to attend this service. Bro. - H. M. Shuford, Supt. of the Lex ington Home, will be with the chil dren. We are fortunate to have this opportunity of seelne some of the children from the Lexington Or phan Home and get an idea of the training they get in this institution. ? o Mr*. Rosa Duncan Dies Sunday P. M. Mrs. Rosa Duncan, 41, died Sun day afternoon at 4:50 o'clock at her home On Route 1, Timber lake. Mrs. Duncan leaves a husband. Mr. Sam Duncan, ten children, and several brothers and sisters. She had be?n ill for several months, be ing confined to her bed. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 4:00 o'clock and I interment was made in the family cemetery of Mr. Gus Duncan. Ser- j vices were in charge of Elder Lex i Chandler. ? J. C. M. o Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Called to Spartanburg r ! Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Harvey left Sunday afternoon for Spartanburg, j 8. C. MrS. Harvey received word a few days ago of the serious ill ness of her mother. Their many friends here wish them a safe "Jour ney and hope they will find mother better. Rev. Clyde Briant will have charge of the services at the Wes ?leyan Tabernacle during their ab sence. Sheriff's Officers Get Still And Men 'f? \ -* V ' * ?V - ? i "i1 f * r Although the ban on the flow of beer may soon be lifted throughout this section, Sheriff M. T. Clayton and his deputies are in no mood to relax their activities against whisky stills. The officers invaded a section of Cunningham township Monday and captured three Negroes along with a 16 gallon capacity still and all other accessories. The Negroes, Cal vin Wade, Ernest Glass and Brodie Williams, took to their heels when the officers rushed the scene where the blockaders were operating the stiU. However they were soon rundown and captured by Sheriff Clayton and Deputies A. L. Watson and C. P. Hatcher. Wade was placed under bond of $250 while Glass and Williams were put under bond of $150 each. Glass was able to furnish bond for his release. The other two Negroes were placed in Jail. " JIMMY WALKER ? WEDS ACTRESS * ? Former New York Mayor and Betty Compton Married at ! Cannes; Off To Italy Cannes, Prance, April 18. ? Former Mayor James J. Walker and Miss Betty Compton. an American ac tress, serious and insistent upon complete seclusion, were married in the Cannes city hall today. They left almost immediately by automobile for Lake Como to spend their honeymoon In the Italian lake region. "Oui," said the former mayor of New York in a husky voice in re sponse to the traditional questions, all of which were in French. "Oui," said Miss Compton in turn and the ceremony, which lasted barely ten minutes, was over. Then, with the wishes of Mayor Gazarnaire that he be called back to official life in America, perhaps "as Mayor of New York," ringing in his ears, Walker charged angrily ! through the crowd outside the city hall, his hat pulled down over his ! eyes, and drove off with his bride to her villa, "Beau Geste." From there they departed for Italy. Dapper as usual, but no longer wisecracking. Walker, who gaily of ficiated at so many similar cere monies in New York's own city hall, participated - in one of the simplest weddings that Cannes has ever seen. There were only six spectators, in cluding Miss Compton's mother, in (Continued on last page) o SPEAKER HARRIS OPPOSES SALES TAX Popular Raleigh Writer Com ments On Attitude Of Speaker R. L. Harris There has been some confusion i here among his constituents as to j the position of Mr. Harris on the | sales tax question. In explanation cf his position the writer of "Under The Dome," in the News and Ob server, makes the following com ment: "Speaker Reginald Harris, dyed in-the-wool opponent of sales taxes and without apology therefor, was made to appear as a general sales tax exponent in the official roll call on that question. Speaker Harris made his position clear to the mem bership, but due to the lateness of the hour at which the vote wa3 taken it was not included ih the news report of the event. Speaker Harris voted to sustain the committee appointed by him* self ? not for the general sales tax. Consistently the presiding officer of the House has hewed to the line of not voting against a committee he named. In the case of the appro priations conference report he voted "present" by unanimous consent, explaining at that time that he could not. conscientiously vote for the report, but that he would not vote to reject' the report of the committee. It was realized then that a sales tax would be required to furnish the ?re venue for the re commended appropriations. Compton- Walker Betty Compton, actress, and Jim- I my Walker, former New York City mayor, who were married a few days ago at Cannes, Prance, in a simple ceremony. Hiey are honey mooning in Italy. James Terry Dies Yesterday In S. C. A message was~redefvec[ here yes terday conveying news of the death yesterday morning in Florence, S. C? of Mr. James B. Terry. Mr. Terry was a fdrmer resident of Roxboro, having left the county about 25 years ago.- Since that time he has been employed as a conductor on the Atlantic Coast Line, and at the time of his death was running between Florence and Augusta. Mr. Terry is very well remembered here, where he had several relatives and a great many friends. He is remembered as an unusually fine young man with many sterling qualities. He was a cousin of Mr. W. A. Sergeant and an uncle of Alex Bass, and had several times returned on visits to Roxboro. Up to the time of going to press, details as to his death were unavailable and it was not known exactly what funeral arrange ments; were being made. o Flier Cheats Death In Fall From Airplane Raleigh, April 17. ? Dropping from an airplane he was flying upside down, Percy Hicks, Durham aviator, landed safely in a parachute near the Raleigh airport late today. The plane, which subsequently crashed in a wood, was demolished. Hicks' was making a solo flight in an effort to qualify for a private pilot's license. J. G. Knoll, aviation inspector of the commerce depart ment, was watching him from the ground. As the plane was flying upside down as it came out of a spin, Hicks dropped, his parachute open ing. The aviator said his safety belt came loose during the loop. Unable to fasten it, he said he decided to "bail out." SPECIAL SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH COME TO CLOSE THURSDAY ' V ' - ? ; , Rev. J. C. Canipe Delivers Forceful Messages; Singing Was Inspiring RESULTS OF MEETING The evangelistic services which had been in progress for nearly two weeks at the First Baptist church were brought to a successful close last Thursday night. The results of the series of meetings, both tan gible and. Intangible, were most gratifying. The attendance was unusually large and much interest was manifested. Rev. J. C. Canipe, who came from his home at Siler City to do the preaching, seemed to be at his best. His messages were powerful and convincing. Miss Cora Lee Cannon, who was in charge of the perSqnal work, rendered in valuable aid in her daily home visitation and the effect of her work will doubtless prove far-reaching and lasting. The fact that a large proportion of the audience arrived early in time for the musical pro gram proved to how large an ex tent this part of the worship was enjoyed. Mr. J. Howard Young was ip charge of the song service, which daliy proved most inspiring. As a result of the meeting, 27 persons have already been received for church membership, and quite a number more have made a profes sion but have not yet presented themselves for membership. Quite a number of members of the other denominations of the town were regular attendants also and the splendid spirit of cooperation shown by the other churches of the community was very commen dable. 4 Washington Duke To Be Sold Again Judge I. M. Meekins, at a hearing in federal court in Wilson yester day, refused to confirm the sale of ; the Washington Duke hotel which was bid in for $149,000 by the Homeland Investment corporation early last month. He directed that the hotel be sold again within 30 days. The ruling yesterday was in an swer to a petition filed fcy several Atlanta, Ga., men who held bonds on the local hotel, and who for mally objected to the confirmation of the sale. The hotel was built at an approimate cost of $1,800,000. ; Ordered Sold ? The property was ordered sold by ? Judge Meekins early this year. It was placed on the block on March 11 with the Homeland Investment j corporation making the highest bid. No additional offers have been made since that date. J. L. Morehead was appointed receiver for the local hotel corpora I tion several months ago. Since that j time the hotel has continued to be I operated by M. S. Llewellyn, who j has renewed his lease on the build ' ing. LOOKING BACK TEN YEARS ????? The Following Items Were Taken At Random From The Courier Of Ten Years Ago This Week Last Friday evening at about 2 o'clock a tornado of considerable proportions visited the county, com ing across from towaid Leasburg and traveling in a northeasterly direction, crossed a part of Woods dale township doing a vast amount of damage to the Section struck. There was no loss of life from the windstorm, though a negro man by the name of JefTress was struck by lightning at Woodsdale and killed. m ? ? Mr. and .Mrs. L. M. Carlton re turned from Richmond last Thurs day night. Mrs. Carlton has been in Richmond for treatment for the past several weeks and we are glad to know she was greatly benefitted by the treatment. ? ? ? ? Mrs. Lillian Foreman and Misg; Smigelow spent Monday in Durham. * * * Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Long left one 1 day last week, Mr. Long going to! Providence, R. L on bualnass, and Mrs. Long to Loch Haven, where she will visit for a few weeks. We do not believe there is a mill anywhere that is more consid erate of their help than Roxboro Cotton Mills, and as evidence of this fact we were not surprised to hear that on April 1st the wages of all employes were materially in creased to take effect on that date. m n m Money, - Money Money to loan, any amount, on farm lands, long time, easy terms. Address Box 88, Raleigh, N. C. ? ? ? Hats off to Olive Hill High School. We were very much interested in your report last week that the stu dents of Olive Hill High School had killed more than 1800 rats. What about other schools of the county putting on this campaign against 1 rats? TTiey still have time for it. ? ? ? Mr. H. L. Crowell attended the State Sunday School convention in > < Winston-Salem last week. Dr. E. J. picker, a member of < the State Board of Health, is at- ? tending the meeting of the State Medical Association in Asheville. EASIER CANTATA BY PRESBYTERIAN CHOIR Choir, Assisted By Others, Renders "The Thorn . Crowned King" DELIGHTS BIG AUDIENCE Another rare musical treat was afforded the community last Fri day night, when the Easter cantata, "The Thorn Crowned King," was presented at the Presbyterian church by their choir, assisted by Mrs. J. A. Long and Mrs. Wheeler Newell of Edgar Long Memorial church. This composition, dealing with the crucifixion and the glorious resur rection, contains many parts of unusual beauty and its selection by the choir for presentation was well advised. fcvery member of the choir enter ed into the spirit of the music and fully met the demands of their parts. Soprano and contralto solos were taken by Mrs. Long and Mrs. Newell, these two also singing the . beautiful "In the Garden," a so prano-alto duet. Noteworthy alSO were the men's quartette, sung by Messrs. James Kinkaid, tenor, A. J. McKelway, second tenor, William Strange, baritone and W. L. King, bass; the trio by Mesdames Long, Newell and McKelway; and a tenor bass duet by Messrs. James Kin kaid and A. J. McKelway. The choruses were all well-rendered and werp deserving of all praise. Mrs. E. E. Bradsher as accompanist, met all demands of the accompaniments in her usual painstaking and sym pathetic manner. She played with imaginative comprehension and true feeling. Mr. and Mrs. McKelway, Mrs. Bradsher, the guest singers and every member of the choir deserve the thanks of the community for this real musical pleasure. It has come to be a generally accepted fact that when any Roxboro choir renders some musical program, the hopes of local music-lovers are never disappointed. o? . TREASURY SEEKING MEANS TO SPEED FLOW OF MONEY Federal Reserve Governors Called To Washington For Conference Tuesday ROOSEVELT STUDIES INFLATION PROBLEM T ? Washington, April 18. ? The ad ministration tonight called in the Federal Reserve bank governors to stimulate exchange of currency and reached out for command of the growing compaign for inflation. Calling off temporarily the drive on Capitol Hill for money expan sion, the President determined to make existing credit facilities more effective as he began discussion of other "reflation" proposals. In announcing the conference here tomorrow of the governors of the 12 Federal Reserve banks. Sec retary Woodin made it cjear that he was looking primarily for means of putting into operation the idle currency now available to the banks and the freeing of four, or five bil lion dollars locked up in closed in stitutions. There is a convection at the treas ury that the demand for capital is Increasing and commodity (prices improving, but that something must be done to pump the millions of available new currency through the banks to industry. Not Receptive. The door was not slammed at the White House upon inflationary steps, but it was emphasized there that no specific administration measure has been drafted. High ad ministration leaders also hinted quite strortgly that there is no thought of forthright currency in flation As for the related silver problem, it is the intention of President Roosevelt to work this out through an international treaty or treaties In iha forthcoming world economic discussions. He feels world action is necessary on the subject of bi metallism. With approximately two billion dollars of new currency available under the recently enacted banking law, the banks had called for only (31,652,381 up to April 15. Only five Federal Reserve districts had used . - i (Continued en last pave) Sales Tax War Flares Again As Two Percent Levy Passes Blue Mold Found In The County Blue mold in tobacco beds made its appearance on the farm of Mr. Flem Clayton of the Olive Hill sec tion of the county on April 14th. Ag long as the weather stays cool | with the temperature around or below fifty degrees we may expect to wake up any morning*' and find blue mold on the tobacco plants. The only suggestions that are being offered for a partial control measure are to take off the plant bed cloth and let it stay off, or to take it off early every morning and put the cloth back on at night, and let the blue mold take its course and begin applying about three pounds of nitrate of soda per hundred yards of bed, dissolved in fifty gallons of water, then sprinkle water over the bed to wash off the soda. Some ap ply granulated nitrate of soda to the beds direct, then take a brush and sweep the soda off the leaves on the ground. Which ever plan is used, it & recommended that an application be made about twice a week. By taking the plant bed cover off during the day will permit the sun to dry off the surplus water from the plants and hold the blue mold in check to that extent. PERSON ALLOTTED 42 FOR FOREST WORK North Carolina Begins Re cruiting 6,500 Men For Forest Project APPLICATIONS MONDAY Although at this writing complete details have not been fully worked out regarding applications for places in the civilian conservation corps, the number allotted to each coun- | ty in the state has been settled. | .Advice from Raleigh states that 42 \ men from Person county will be I accepted by the conservation corps [ leaders. It will do no good to make application for one of these places before next Monday. Relief agencies will begin recruit- | ing the 6.500 employes alloted North | Carolina for the civilian conserva tion corps next Monday, it was de cided Tuesday at a meeting of the 10-state district relief supervisors in Raleigh. The number to be allotted to each of the various counties also was de | termined at the meeting, held un der the direction -of the governor's office of relief. Applications for the jobs will be received by the various county re lief directors at their offices be ginning next Monday. * Between now and that time de tails will be completed and placed in the hands of county relief offices. It was pointed out it would be im possible to receive applications be fore complete details have been worked out. The number to be allotted to each county was arrived at on a basis of* both population and the percentage of destitution. Card Of Thanks We, the undersigned, desire to ex tend our grateful thanks to those who Supported us in the mass meet ing last night: for nomination to the Town Board of Commissioners. We appreciate each and every vote accorded us, and assure the newly named board of our continued co operation in all matters concerning the welfare of the town and citizens. J. J. Woody, D. R. Taylor. o ! Celebrates Birthday Mr. J. R. Lee celebrated hi? eighty-third birthday last Sunday, April 15th at his home about five miles east of Roxboro. Those pres ent partaking of the bountiful din her served and wishing Mr. Lee many happy birthdays were: Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Lee and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Lee, Mr. J. A. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Whitfield ind family, Mrs. Uphemia Clayton and Mr. and Mrs. Q rover Lee and son, G rover Lee, Jr.. of Durham. Harvey Newlin of Saxapahaw ] tanned 75 pounds of leather at 1 home this winter. He made two Bets of lines for his teams and two t collars at a cost of not over $2. 1 Committee Report, Returning: Sales Levy To Revalue Bill Pushed Past First Barrier CLIMAXES BITTER FIGHT Raleigh, April 18.? By two vote margin, committee forces to niarht thrust a two percent general sales tax through the house on first reading. The vote was 51 to 49. The bill must pass two more read ings on separate days for it to reach the senate. \ Personalities were hurled during part of the two -hour debate on the sales tax, as a crowded gallery ap plauded sales tax forces. Twice Speaker Harris had to threaten to clear the galleries if further demon strations were forthcoming. The two percent levy was the fruit of three days of work by a special finance committee which was appointed last Friday after the house had defeated both forms of a sales tax ? a three percent and a selected commodity. Bowie, Cherry Clash Representative Bowie of Ashe, leader of the anti-sales taxers, and Rep. Cherry of Gaston, Bowie's run ning mate in the battle for lower appropriations, clashed in one of the hottest verbal exchanges of the present session to feature the de bate. Cherry, as chairman of the special committee, led the fight for adoption of the two percent tax. o i $60,000 Worth Of Lectures Free! Tune in on your radio and lis ten to some of the greatest men In America talk on insurance. I{ you had to pay for the time of the speakers, and for other expenses it would cost '60, 006. They are talking in behalf of all companies. The theme of the insurance program for this week is to help educate the public on Insurance. The speakers are not going to try to sell you a policy. They want to sell you on what you already have. Tune in and hear sortie of the following programs: Thursday, 2:30 to 2:45 p. m., Wil- , bur L. Cross, Governor of Connec ticut: 6:30 to 6:35, John B. Ken dey, Editorial writer of Collier^. Friday ? 2:00 to 2:15 p. m.. Sena tor Arthur Capper, of Kansas. Sat urday ? 7:15 to 7:30, Merle Thorpe, Editor, Nation's Business; 7:30 to 7:45, Hon. Frances Perkins. Secre tary of > Labor. Sunday ? 3:00 to 3:30 p. m., Dr. Parks Cadman will answer vuestions of about one hun dreds words: concerning life insur ance during his program, and from 4:30 to 5:00 p. m. Dr. Daniel A. Poling will answer questions of about one hundred words concern ing life insurance during his regu lar program. KNIGHT'S INSURANCE AGENCY 0 POULTRY SALE The next poultry sale will be held Thursday morning, April 27th, and will be held every other Thursday morning thereafter until such a time that it appears that all of the r.urplus poultry has been removed from the county. The Durham Farmers Mutual Ex change of Durham, Person, Gran ville, Caswell, Wake and Orange counties are holding these sales every other week in each of the counties mentioned above, and are not only buying poultry, but have at last made arrangements to buy hams and eggs from those offering same for sale. o . Proposes Name For A Beautiful Road Prom Roxboro to Hyco Bridge is a stretch of winding road through a beautiful forest. Now, it is ablaze with red, as the "Red Bud" shrubs are in full bloom. In a short time the "Dogwood" will be in bloom, all white and the wild cherry. Why not call that little stretch of 10 miles "The Dogwood Trail." and put up a marker? It will attract interest. An admirer of the beautiful. ? o? ? ? Commencement At Olive Hill School On Sunday afternoon, April 30, it 3 :30 o'clock. Rev. J. Herbert. >f the Long Memorial Church of Roxboro. will preach the commence ment sermon of Olive Hill School. Patrons and friends of the school ire invited to attend this service. Its