a: i. ?. , i F.ST4RI ISIIFn 1*81 PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 48 YEARS. ?D PUBLISHER. "*? /% HOME FIRST, ABROAD NRXT *lio PER YEAR* IN ADVANCE. ROXB0RO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1934. 1 ' '' J'1" ? ?????? iP.ua. 7 ^ ? illed In t Kiiied In nis Stanfleld Hospital Today IDLY INJURED ? i/ at 1:30 A. ii.. driven by 3. E. C ,C. Camp located Va., and a Ford, Crumpton of crashed, at the inter Street and Reams Ick was going south the Ford was. Avenue. BulcV -WefW:' and James C. C. Camp; her daughters, and Mrs. Eth a daughter-in-1 all of Rox-1 the Ford, nis Stan %?' ^ Apparently Mrs J. R. Clayton is hilled outright when the two rs crashed. Dennis Stanfleld and 111 lam Crumpton were the most tjousiy injured. They were rushed Watts Hospital, and upon exam Itlon, it was found that Crump a Rad suffered a severe wound but the head and face. Stanfleld is suffering from a fracturwTskull, ictured spine and several fractur rtbs. From the first his condl >n was described as being serious. nee the time of the accident he d been growing steadily . weaker, hough seeming to rally at times. leumonia set 1ft on Tuesday morn after which little hope was held Jt*e~0Qvay- He died at AoraingC?-C rumpton is recover . from his Ides Mrs. piayton, who ie of the wreck, none of Hhe other carl any extent: Mrs.l being the most ser sh? was earried to her I re sue is recovering from I lately following the wreck was logged in jail pending I hearing. D'Oao accompanied him y j?U. A capiin from the C. C.I amp where t? men are located now arrangiij or bail for Pet Jve. Cl^-ton, almost un ? result of the in-l hid and face, wasl >VfT afternoon at a >w Oxford. She is I her sasband and several fife no funeral arraoge 1 announced lor He Is survfved I. T. Stanfleld I and Mary, and onpl ti- *? tit recurred Mrs. prs "frwe return, nee In South boys In the to their homes Ujf the County you express our sincere | d our profound ap the thoughtfulness bany fronds In the ping which we found ; pantry upon our | we may be worthy 1 that God's bless further mln . W F. West SI The Kiwanian* Hear . Gordon C. Hunter At the regular v,?kiy meeting of the F.oxboro Kiwanis C!Ub in the* Woman's club rooms Monday nfeht, Gordon C. Hunter, active vice-pres ident of the Peoples Bank *ras guest speaker. He very graphically de scribed the workings of a bank an? his remarks was very interesting. - Miss Kathdrine Hatchett/deUghtdB those present with a piano solo. S. Freman Nicks, jr.. 'Raleigh, was also guest and made \ brief talk. . * At n business sessiop president Baxter Mangum gave a report of meetings of ittttetct Kiwanlans in Greensboro. Tte allo^nnounced the nest two- meeting*Afc quite Interests | tog" in that a committee from Ral eigh club will fie present one time whllA a committee of Oxford club win have charge of program at_the , other time'. . I I ? o ? THE AUTOMOBILE ? . ?i Kills ten times a$ many persons each year as die from flwarnss. Has killed more persons in the last fifteen years than were killed defending our flag in all the six major wars in which America has i engaged. WW kill more than 30,000 per sons this year. Will injure almost a million per sons this year. Will cost America this year, through accidents, more than the total enSt'ofour entire public school system. , Is the deadliest machine ever in vented my man. We have a good policy fcrf? lily [tS.OO per annum 7 1 j THOMPSON INS. AGEN^ f E. G. Thompson - W. G. James ? K. L. Street CWA WORK BEING CARRIED ON HERE Some Of The Projects Now Being Carried- On In Person County MUCH MORE REQUESTED Roxboro High School?Gymnasium and jrainting building. Person Co. Training School Grading grounds. Walks. Person Co. Garage?Overhauling Echool buses. ' Roxboro ?? Community swtprming pool and park. Roxboro?Centre^ Graded school. New floors and painting. County Home?Rock wall, fixing yards, painting. City sewer and water lines. Bethel Hill High School?Disposal plant, shop building, class rodms ?and basement. Approx. $20,000. Allensvtlle High ScITOOl?Sewers, water plant, basement, gymnasium, playgrounds. Approximately $23,000. Olive' Hill White Schopl?Gym nasium and painting. Hurdle Mills High School?Gym nasium and yards, painting and re pair. Approximately $10,000. Helena High School?Gymnasium, water plant and repair. Mt. Harmony High School?Walls and yards, repair to light and water plants. Providence Community ?' Club house. ? Bushy Fork High School?Paint ing and repairing. OBryant Colored School?Well, painting arid repairing. Bethdl Hill Colored School ?Well, painting and repairing'. Indian School ? Well, bidding work shop, painting and repairing Lea Clay Colored School?Well, pa'ntlng and repairing. , ? Cedar tjrdVg Colored School?Well. St James Colored School?'W(W1.; Lee Jeffries Colored School?Well.' grounds and painting In addition to this we have SS road protects now bejj on, and approximately^ .Person County project/'iMOt "*r3td;_ ? < ! " " *'?'? PrincesI, Zelda, who will drive blindfold through "the sreets ot Roxl?ro. , -7il ??: NewChevrolets l To Be Displayed Here T omorrow Griffin joyner,/L'hevroIet Deal ers Will Display Long Lookqft For Cars ANTICIPATE GOOt) SALES About thijf happteat man we have seen in so#16, time was Mr. joyner, of the , Return From Florida Mr. and Mrs. A. M Burns, who hate been visiting in Florida for the past two weeks, have returned heme. Looks l:ke they left -Florida at thejyrong time ^ust Teachers' Meeting The S. S. teachers of Long Mc mortal Church will have fc regular teachers' meeting hereafter on the first Tuesday night in each month. The meeting for next Tuesday night of Mr. and Mrs 20. Every teach ing :iub Business Census For Pftrson Co. Begins Wednesday, Jan.-31 Representatives of Department, of Commerce were in Boxboro Tuesday for the purpose of appointing enu- ; merators foe business census w begins today. . *. k ? to. "bi&g ? The information to be*, gathered, witt be held ft strict Confidence from all other departments of the goyemmeiH or from any individual pscept those employed by the "de partment of commerce. ' The cooperation and- assistance from those called upon will be ap pgeciated by the department. The enumerators appointed for Person County are: Mr. C. C. Win Stead for city of Roxboro, and Mr. Fred Davis the other part of county. These enumerators are working under the supervision of the Ral lgh office. Birthday Ball For President 9t - ' * . * A Big Success D. R. Taylor," Chairman, And His Associates, To He Congratulated RECEIPTS ABOtJT $140.00 " 'J& The Birthday Ball for the Presi dent here last night was decidedly one of the mo6t successful events of the season. The ball was under the supervision of Mr. D. R. (Jake) Taylor, and wiyj the splendid co operation of his committees, went over big. The attendance -was good and there was not the slightest "sem blance of rowdyism, a? is sometimes the case where so many young peo Dancing started at 9:30, opening with a Buck dance, by Mrs. Horace Cheek, Katherlne Wifistead, Re becca Hunter and Esther Walker, with Mrs. Mary punter Long at the piano. This dance was greatly en Joyed, the repeated encore almost dancing these ladles out jrf breath. Theh followed the Grand Alarch. led by Jake Taylor and Miss Winnie WUburn . After the march .the or chestra played the "Star Sprangled Banner," which was sung bV the audience. At 11:20, through the courtesy of Morris & Ledbetter, the audience had the pleasure of listening in on the President's speech. Mr Wm. Thomds had the distinc tion of buying the .first ticket sold, paying $5,000 for. the privilege. Mrs. Wallace Harris, who won the prize for selling the largest number of tickets, when presented with the prize very magnanimously request ed that the money go to the warm Springs Fund also. The Charlie Price Orchestra fur nished music for the occasion, and this feature alone was well worth the price of admission. Mr. Chas. A. Harris, reasuier, reported receipts amounting , to $140.00 We congratulate the man ager and his able assistants for the great success which they achieved, and feel that the event was well worth while, for It will hep in a good "cause. GOOD NEWS The most welcome news our peo ple have had In some time is that contained in a private letter from Mrs. J. A. Long, stating that Mr J. A. Long Is very much improved, and is now able to stroll around in the hospital where he is resting up We hope he will continue to Improve and -will soon be able to return home. Returns To Florida ? , ' " 4?. Mr. R. E. Gibbons who-has been"' connected with Collins & Alkman Corp. for some time, and Mrs. Gib bons have returned to Florida. They were accompanied by Mrs. A. J. McKelway, who will visit friends for several weeks. Bethel Hill To Plav J Chapef Hill Friday On n'St FYldayi, night. Feb 2. ? Bethel Hilj pill etidarfe Ch?,* i HiU ?i! a double-header baSkctbajfcfiniB?: games!/will be played in tlv Hill dymnastum at *7 30' ir wish to see * goqd boya' and , -? -&? - ? --e these.' YOU'LL FIND. IT PAY5 To tell other people if you have lost someth&g,' or want something, or have rooms to rent. This is the experience of Mr. E. E. Bradsh?r, and others. . . ? , 1 LOST ? Half grown kitten. Left home Monday night. If found notitv tL E. Bradsher. ? Within two hours after The Courier was on the streets the kitten wa^ returned. You can reach your prospects with Want Ads in-a moist economi cal manner. May we start yours in our next issue? Phone 39 For Service* Terra Cotta Pipe Causes Near Disaster Mrs. Margaret L. Critcher, accom panied by Meadames A. W. Clayton and P.O.Carver, was returning late last Wednesday afternoon from Sal isbury, when she ran over a piece I of terra cotta piping, that had been dropped in the road from a passing truck, breaking the steering gear, causing Mrs. Critcher to lose control of the automobile. It running up an embankment' on the side of ' *the ' road. The accident was unavoidable, and fortunately no one was injured beyond a general shake-up. The damage to the car was not serious. Mr. James, local transfer man, load ed the damaged- car on his truck ,and brought it to town; the ladiee came on with Mr. A. W. Clayton, who had gone to the scene of the accident as soon as he heard of it. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TRADE DAYS HERE Princess Zelda To Drive New 1934 Chevrolet Completely Blindfolded MANY SPECIALS OFFERED Thursday and Friday, Feb. 1 and 12. will be Trade Days in Roxboro ."?teres advertised in this week's Courier. Special values of mer chandise are being offered to shop pers in Roxboro those two days; in many instances merchandise that ; in today's -market would cost the retailer more than he is charging the consumer at advertised prices. As an added attraction Princess Zelda will drive the' new 1934 Chev rolet on Friday. She will start her drive from the Palace Theatre ! promptly at 2.00 P. M. This new Chevrolet, which is Just on the market, will' be .driven by" Princess Zella while she is completely blind folded. This bindfold marvel wjjl demonstrate to the crowd the su perior qualities of the new Chevro let. as she drives through the traffic laden streets of Roxboro. Several stops will be made to allow her to give demonstrations of her art as well as to give a performance for each of the merchants represented in this issue of the Courier. Salient fca- i tures of Zelda's successful operation ?f her car while her ordinary vision j is checked, according to those who have witnessed her performance, in otner cities, have been the careful ness and prudence exercised by'her. When she appeared In Chicago two years ago it happened that her theatrical engagement coincided with a State-wide, safety-first "campaign 1 ?poniored by the Chicago Automo- 1 bile Club. Public spirited parties 1 and other officials adopted the 1 phrase; "If Princess Zelda can operate a i car with her eyes closed, why can't 1 ether motorists do It with thetr's 1 open?" ? .Princess Zelda will appear on the j! stajfc of the Palaee Theatre at all performsmce* on Thursday and Fri day iflth the exception of the mld nlghtjibow on Fr day night. At the theatre shi$ grill dftpliur her slmOet ' imbellevaWe pQVfers of Hyoii^lon. (1 from yip ' < and surround- t ftHiea sue fx- i ivo on each i in i Judge Devia Sentenced Him ' To Die In The Electric Chair BETS DATE AS MARCH 30 4 Emanuel Spice Biddings ? as plac ed -on trial Wednesday morning for tt\em under of J*r. T. N. Clayton. MM broHit This trial brc^Jht a large crowd and the ctyirt .r^em was crowded ' throughout the day. The. two principal witnesses were Mrs. T. W. Clayton and tl)e prisoner, Being the only eye witnesses to the deed. Mrs. Clayton testified that on the moiling of the 7th of Sept. her husband found Biddings removing some tobacco from the tobacco barq[ to his house, and be went to the house of the tenant to forbl^i him moving any more,- and ordered ; him to return it. After giving these orders her husband turned to leave', saytna I have no more to my about ft. When Mf. Clayton had gone about 20 feet from the pprch she saw Biddings take a shot gun from .. above the door and lire on her hus band. " >r f "-1 Biddings 4n his testimony said in the main what Mrs. Clayton said ? was true, but. that she did not te|t ft all. He said she did not teil"t}f another encounter he had with Mr. Clayton at the packhouse that morning. He said Mr. Clyaton or dered him to remove it to the pack- ' house. When the two went bach to the packhouse.he asked Mr. Clay ton to move his part of the tobacco so the children would not damage It when they carried the tobacco back to the house. To this v Mr. , Clayton replied that he would get his gun and.stand gugrd ary! see that no damage was Hon<> tw ftlS' tobacco. Biddings testifled further that a short while later, around 8:30 o'clock, while he was upstairs In his house, Clayton came to his house and snatched some tobacco away from his boy and began beating him,, when his wife called to" him to route down stairs as Clayton was beating the children. Thereupon he came down and Ordered Clayton to leave. At this juncture Biddings declared that Clayton went a few feet from the house and called to his wife* who was standing near by. and said, "Sally, come here. I watft you to hear the last words I tell this negro before I blow his trains out" As Clayton spoke these words, said Biddings he put his hand tn his hip poeket as If draw a gun. Then it was. he'tes tified, that he reached up over the door, got his gun and fired The Jpry was out for some time, but at about 11:30 brought In a .ver-? diet of gufity.* Judge Devin sen tenced him to die In the electric chair ?n March 30th, 1884 The jury, selected after examining m 52 men, were as folios#;"#. A. An derson, p. E. White, Hubert Shot well Clyde McSherry, Sam Oreen, H. E. Barnette. JV A. Wiley, "Henry Ramsay, Hester Long S W. Mel ton. R. O. Ford, Roy Coats, and O. W. Dickson. Dicksoh was the 13th jurbr and did not participate In the deliberations. Will Mcve To Town Mr. and Mrs. J. D. 03riant will move Into the Brooksdale commun ity some time in the near future. They have been making thetr home with the parents of the groom at Hurdle tolls since their marriage =cmo months ago Mrs. OTJriaht was ' Miss Ruth McCollum before her mar riage She is the County Health Nurse. ? Still Old Fashioned Every bow and then Roxboro puts ? >n a few city airs, but she Just can't get away from har^old and cherished country way. As evidenced by the fact that last week the mem bers of the First Baptist church, gave their pastor, and wife, a good pounding Mr. and Mrs. West were ibaent, visiting In Florida, but when hey returned they found- a goodly mpply Of things fer the table Light Sale This Week Ligh Owing veather Owing to the excessive cold ??? this week sales "have been lght with the' warehouses. Prices untljjjie to hold strong, and when * he Wig the r moderates the market * ?ill likely he lively There fa'only > small portion oi tobacre unsold - farmer, -vlB adon igtn ' pteni beds,