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I ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. The Family News paper, with some thing for every member of the family. <ss> J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT J1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LI. ' ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11; 1934. ?* NO. 28. CHOOSE DATES FOR OPENING OF THE MARKETS Doors Of E. Carolina Belt To Open Aug. 23; Middle Belt Sept. 13, Old Belt Sept. 25 , White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, July 8.?The Tobacco Association of the United States in convention here today, set auction dates for the tobacco-producing belt and elect ed W. T. Clark, Wilson, N. C., to succeed A,. B. Carrington, of Dan ville, Va., as president of the asso ciation. Other officers and mem bers of the board of governors were also named. Two addresses, by A. B. Oarring and R. J. Baker, of New York, heard by the convention dur-j lng the day and a third speech was delivered in the evening session by Dr. John Dickinson, assistant sec retary in the Department of Com merce at Washington. Dates" for auction markets were set by the sales committee as fol lows: Georgia, August 1; South Carolina, ttlOU te^Tw mt: August 9; Eastern North Carolina, August 23; Middle Belt, September 13; Old Belt, Sept. 25; Dark Vir ginia, November 7. Well Known Tobacco Mem Comes to Roxb'ro It is very gratifying to know that the Planters and Pioneer Ware houses are looking to the coming tobacco crop and have engaged one of the most competent and best known auctioneers for their houses. Mr. S. R. Mincey, who was with the Planters warehouse in South Bos ton last year has been secured by these houses and he will spend his time from now on working for the interest of this market. Mr. Min cey has the reputation of being one of the best, and the market has scored a good hit by securing his services. PHILADELPHIANS RETURNED HERE Their many Irierids will be "glad; to know that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parrell and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Warren and family have returned to Ca-Vel from Philadel phia. These splendid families have lived at Ca-Vel before, but some time since were transferred to Philadelphia, and how that jthey are again stationed here is pleasing news. We trust the move this time is permament Singing and Revival at Bethany Church iJKU m Mr. J. T. High is conducting a ng class at Bethany Baptist ch. Moriah. which began last iday night. On next Monday night. July 16. Rev. Herbert Roberts, assisted by Rev. C. P. Hudson, pas tor, will begin a series of meetings at the same place. Services will be held at 4 and 8 o'clock, p. m. The public is cordially invited to all of these services. TENNIS PLAYERS TOURNAMENT The Roxboro Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs are sponsoring a tennis tour nament on the tennis courts of J. A. Long. The tournament will be gin July 30th and the Registration ?*111 be in charge of H. W. Newell and S?m Byrd Wlnstead. If you are Interested In being the tennis cham piBft'df Person County, please reg ister at once. A champion for sin gles and doubles will be picked and a suitable prize given each. Long Memor. Church Sunday school at 8;45 A. M. W. A. Sergeant, General 8upt. Morning preaching service at 11 o'olock. Sermon by pastor. Young People's meetings 7 P. M. No night service. Union service held at eight, o'clock at the Pres_ byterian church. Garden Club To Meet The Garden Club will meet Mon day, July 16th, at 4:00 P. M., at the home of Mrs. E. V. Boatwrlght, Mrs H. L. Boatwrlght of Danville will b? present snd will talk on .'Plow er decorations for tables." All mem bers are urged to be present. New members "arc welcome, Mrs. J. J. Wlnstead, Sec. pro tern A PUBLIC BLDG. FOR ROXBORO: WHY NOT? Prof. Davidson Raises Ques tion Of Why Roxboro Has No Federal Building Last August as our party was re turning from Chicago we stopped for breakfast one morning In Pal mouth, Ky. Falmouth Is a town of only eighteen hundred people ? considerably less than half the pop ulation of Roxboro. The town had no paved streets and very few busi ness houses, As we drove into Falmouth I no ticed in a desirable location on the main street an attractive, commo dious post office building construct ed of pressed brick, terra cotta, and granite. The interior of the build ing, as I found a little later, had tiled floor and marble walnscdting. and was furnished with the appro priate and substantial furniture and fixtures usaully provided by the fed eral authorities. After we had finished breakfast 1 went to the post office to make in quiry as to how a town of eighteen hundred' people had secured such a creditable public building. Of the assistant postmaster I asked this question: "What did the people of Falmouth and vicinity do to secure tills attractive and highly useful building," His answer: "Nothing except to get behind our member in Congress." My question, number two: "Did the local community have to make any financial contribution toward securing or erecting this building?" His answer: "None at all. We simply kept behind or representa tives till the project was secured." Roxboros question: "Why can't Roxboro get behind her represen tatives in Congress?" G. C. D. 1ST BAP. CHURCH God grant that I may live upon this earth And face the tasks which every morning brings. And never lose the glory and the worth Of humble service and the simple things. ?Edgar A. Guest. Bible school 9:45 A. M.. Dr. H. M. Beam. General Superintendent. Preaching 11:00 A. M. Subjectr "What Is This That 1 Hear Of Thee?" B. Y. P. U.'s 7.00 P. M. Miss Lo rena Wade, General Director. 8:00 P. M. Union Services. A cordial welcome Is extended to all. W. P. West, Pastor. BILLION DOLLAR GAIN IN REVENUE TAX LOAD Increase In Taxes Seen Over Preceding Year?Tar Heels Pay $260,344,351 ALL STATES INCREASED Washington, July 10.?America's internal revenue tax burden rose more than $1,000,000,000 during the fiscal year ended June 30. last, to a high point of $2,672,318,602.24. com pared with $1.619,839,224.30 collected from the people the preceding fis cal year, according to statistics of the in,temal revenue bureau, re leased by the treasury department today. While the increase In taxation was distributed among all of the states, in volume it fell heaviest upon the industrial stages, partciularly New York, which contributed "$564,321, 812 against $376346,672 the preced ing year. Of the former amount. $38,826,088 was in processing taxes representing substantially a gift to the less successful portions of th country. New York, corporations paid income taxes to the extent of $110, r05.141, while lfidn lduals paid $150 179.668, while in miscellaneous in ternal revenue taxes there was col lected $264,606joi3. North Carolina paid into the treas ury in miscellaneous taxes $217,611. 109, while the processing tax levy amounted to $29,773,189. although to tal tax collections in the state amounted to but $260344,361, which shows that corporations and indi viduals paid income taxes amount ing to $12360071. Total collections in the state the preceding fiscal year were $213,487,789. South Carolina this year paid into the treasury a total of $20,871045.85 where the preceding year the amount was but $1,733,731.99. The Increase Is due to the fact that processing taxes cost $17397361.71. ROXBORO CHOIR COMPLIMENTED The following complimentary no tice concerning four of Roxboro's young men appeared in the last is sue of Charity & Children: Rev. M. O. Alexander Is always glad to share a good thing with his Mills Home friends, especially his young friends. Sunday he had a quartet of men from the First Bap tist church of Roxboro with him for the day. Mr. Montague, Mr. Perkins and Mr. Woodard were the singers and Mrs. Young accompan ied them with the piano. They came jover in the late afternoon and gave sacred concert that was thor oughly enjoyed by every one. - We join Mr. Alexander and the First Baptist church in thanking Rev. W. ,F. West and the First Baptist church of Roxboro for the loan of the quartet for the day. COOKING SCHOOL WAS A SUCCESS Womans' Club And Carolina Light & Power Co. Held Annual School Last Week The Carolina Power and Light Company lor the past several years has given a tree cooking school here I for the benefit of those who pare to come. This school for the current year was held on Monday and Tues day of last week and it was spon sored by the Roxboro Womans' 'Club. These schools tend to show the latest methods of cooking as they have been developed by experts, the model kitchen, the energy and step saving electrical devices, and many other things of interest to the house wife. The Womans' Club is grate ful to the Carolina Power and Light Company for the opportunity given them and also for the Grand Prise of the school, a Master-Mixer, pre sented by the Carolina Power and Light Company. More than fifty other business men of Roxboro con ! tributed to the success of the school, and to them the Womans' Club ex tends its most heartfelt thanks for making possible such an interesting and successful school as was con ducted here this year. Every year the school is gaining in popularity and several of the ladies have been heard to say that they would not miss one for anything, an indication 'that they look forwtard to them every year. But to all, the electrical company, the business men, and to the ladies who attended, the Wo mans' Club is indebted, because without the support of any one of them the .school could not have done the real service that everyone feels that it has done to the community AT LOUISBURCT CONFERENCE The following girls from Long Memorial Intermediate department attended the Christian Adventure Assembly the past week at Louis i burg College: Katherlne Harris, Elizabeth Long, Hazel Warmack, Grace Osborne Clayton, Dorothy Winstead, Frances Winstead. These girls were taken to Louisburg by Mr. R. L. Harris and Mr. Kendall Street. The pastor, Mr. Herbert, brought them back on Monday. Katherlne Harris was honored by being elected the secretary of the assembly, and Elizabeth Long wr likewise honored by appointment to the chairmanship of the recreation committee. The girls report that they had a wonderful time at the assembly. Mr. Herbert, who attended the com mencement exercises and consecra tion service, reports that the as sembly was a high point of inspira tion for all who attended. These young people are expected to make reports on the coming Sunday at the Sunday school hour and at the League meeting at night. They are likewise e<P*cted to get to +rork earnestly to help carry out the things they have learned at the as sembly. o REVIVAL STARTS CONCORD JULY 15 The first service in the revival for Concord church will be held Sunday, July ll at 11 A. M. On Monday the only service will be at 8 P. M. Following that services will be held at8:30 and 8 P. hi. through out the wee*. j-v ; ^4^ e. B. Craven, Pastor * There are approximately 1S.000, 006 deaf persons id the United States according to governmental estimates. RfSPECTFULLY REFERRED TO THE CITY DADS Mr. Carlton Brings Matter of Importance To Attention Of Reading Public Mrr Editor: It is very seldom that I address any article to a newspaper or get In public print, but I' desire' to discuss briefly a condition which is of gbeat importance to every one. The Town of Roxboro and County of Person and many other localities in this vicinity are infested with mad dogs. In Durham and in Raleigh active measures have been taken to prevent the spread of this most terrible dis ease. I have heard of no step6 be ing taken in this community in an official way to protect citizens, it is too late to kill a rabid dog or cat , after a person has been bitten. When it is a known fact that many dogs with rabies have, been at large in this community day and night for sometime, there is no good reason or excuse why the Town authorities and County Board of Health, un der the power of police and health regulations, should not require every1 dog, either to be confined or wear a safe muzzle. The failure to comply with such an ordinance should mean the death of the dog. I can conceive of nothing more horrible than a person being ex posed to rabies and having to take the Pasteur treatment. It involves not only agony of mind, but excru ciating physical pain, and consider able expense. If the City and coun ty authorities do not exercise their powers in giving this public protec tion .then in my judgement, -the only course to pursue is for the citi-: zens of the Town and County to begin a campaign of extermination of all dogs running at large, not wearing proper muzzles. This may sound radical and rash, but when any one has seen a member of his family or friend take rabies treat ment for twenty-one successive days, with a big needle shot into the abdomen each day, then I think that such pertons will agree that almost any preventative methods are justified. Let's do something. I am not unmindful of the love' that many have tor dogs and cats, but this love and sentiment should not outweigh the safety of men, women and children. L. M. Carlton. o ROTARY INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS The Rotary Club witnessed the installation of new officers at its regular Thursday night meeting at the New Hotel Jones. O. B.Mc Broom, retiring president, instructed the new officers in their line of duty and paid tribute to the retiring officers. The officers for the com ing year are as follows: Jack Hugh .es. president: Howard Strang, vice president; Gene Thompson, secre tary. and Billy Montague, treasurer. J. S. Walker, D. S. Brooks, Howard Strang and' O. B. McBroom were elected as directors. Jack Hughes, nafwly elected pres_ ident, made a brief talk in which he pledged his best efforts for the coming year and asked for the co operation of the club. J. W. Noell, Gordon Hunter and R. L. Harris made brief talks on the "ways and means" by which Rox boro and Person county could be the beneficiary of Federal money and projects now being allocated to respective counties and towns. Nathan Lunsford Introduced S. F Nicks, Jr.. a new member, to the club and instructed him as to the origin and purpose of Rotary. UNION SERVICES FOR THE SUMMER The Baptist. Methodist and Pres byterian churches of Roxboro have entered into a Sunday night union service plan for the rest of the sum mer^ period. The first of these services was held on last Sunday night at Long Memorial church, with Rev. T. H. Hamilton as the preacher. On the coming Sunday night at eight o'clock Rev. J. F. Herbert will preach at the Presbyterian church The program for the rest of the1 summer Sunday evenings will he announced shortly, I 32,509,000 On Farms The farm population in the United States on January 1 of this year, was estimated at 32 rmnoo NO, WE DIDN'T TAKE A RIDE Spencers Funeral Home has Just purchased a new-combination hearse and ambulance. Mr. Spencer, one of our best friends, sent the car around for us to see It the .other day, and while the car Is the very last thing in such cars, still, we did not care to take a ride; he insisted that it was one of the easiest rid ing cars he had ever seen and as sured us we would enjoy it, but we told him when we rode in that car we did not care how It rode, easy or rough, for we would not be in position to know anything about how it was riding. But candidly) it is good to look at, and like everything the Spencers use in their business ^t is up to the minute, and whether the rider en Joys it or not, his patrons appre ciate the fact that when anything better in the funeral line is pro duced Spencers will get it. PRINT MILLIONS IN SILVER BILLS Government Money Presses Turning Out Ten Millions Monthly in Currency Washington. July 10. ? Federal printing presses, carrying out the government's program to expand sil ver money by a billion dollars, are producing $10,000,000 monthly in crisp, new silver bills, it was learn ed tonight. The money was authorized by the last Congress which, in its new sil ver purchase act, stiplated the me tallic silver backing of money should i be increased until it amounts to a third of the metallic gold reserves. On this basis, the Treasury today figured the nation's silver money would be increased to $2,624,940,750. the equivalent of 2.034,842,400 ounce.s Tfcis will necessitate pur chase of 1,279,813,300 ounces in ad- i dition to recent purchases of 100, 000.000 ounces which carried silver reserves to 755,029,100 ounces. Legal problems as well as physi cal difficulties in producing the new silver certificates, have delayed rap Id output of the money. First delivery of certificates, j amounting to $827,000. from the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing to the Treasury Department, already ] has been made. These soon will find their way into circulation. The bills were of one dollar denomination. IS PROMOTED Miss Virginia F. Marshbanks, Superintendent of Nurses at Rex Hospital, Raleigh, announced the first of the week that Dr. W. W. Stanfield had been named to suc ceed Dr. Edward Herring as resident physician at the hospital. Dr. Her ring resigned to enter private prac tice at Raleigh. Dr. Stanfield is the son of Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Stan field of Timberlake. He is a grad uate of Duke University, later en tering the medical school of the University of Richmond. For the past two years he has been serving on the stall of Rex Hospital. William J. Newbold Last rites for William J. Newbold. brother of N. C. Newbold, State Di rector of Negro Education, were held yesterday afternoon at his home tn Bertie county. He died suddenly Sunday in his 54th year. In addition to his brother, Mr. Newbold is survived by his widow and a sister. Mrs. A. M. Cross of Isabella. Tenn. He had been in falling health for sometime, but his death, which fol lowed a heart attack, was unex pected.?News <fc Observer. Visiting In Kentucky Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Woody and children. Mary Seviers and Tom, Jr., left yesterday morning for Somer set, Ky., where they will visit the old home of Mrs. Woody. Uncle Sam's first pearl farm is ated at Kaneohe Bay, Island of ihu, in the Hawaiian group. NOTICE Pay ji?r current inter ac count promptly. Dettnquent water accounts must be paid Pay your jirhtlep tare* and arotd penalty. Action wHU be takmron dcllnteeiitt at one*. W. F. Law. City Manager. Take Unidentified Bodies From Morrisville Wreck KIWANIS CLUB MET MONDAY AT ANTIOCH CH'RCH | Good food, good music, interest ing talks featured the Klwanis pro gram last Monday night at Antloch Church with the ladies of the church furnishing the . eats, Miss : Blount, accompanied by Mrs. Cur tis Oakley, furnishing the music. Preachers "Mac" McGregor and Furman Herbert furnishing the , talks. The supper was voted as being of the best, in fact all the boys wanted to move out in that section to live after they had sam pled the food. After the meal Pres ident Baxter Mangum announced that the business meeting and pro gram would follow in the church, i Miss Blount was Introduced and sang beautifully two selections, and repeated one few an encore number. Rev. Mr. McGregor spoke for a few minutes in welcoming the Kiwan ians out to his church, and also in a brief but inspiring message to the club. Mr. Herbert responded to the words of welcome by telling the folks how much the boys had enjoyed, be ing there. He expressed the senti ment of the whole club in his few but well chosen words . The program was in charge of B. B. Knight. 'Guests for the evening were: Mrs. C. H. Oakley, Miss Lenore Blount, Mrs. R. P. Burns. Mr. W. W. Mor rell. champ Winstead, Jr., and Rev. J. C. McGregor. HAIL Or Barn FIRE Either one is bad. There are pos sibilities of both . We carry insur ance that will cover your losses in any event. Don't run the risk of losing a year's labor when protec tion is so cheap. Don't let a care less fire bum up all the profits for a season. See us today. We will be glad to talk it over with you and advise you as to the best course to take. THOMPSON INSURANCE AOY. Successor To Satterfleld Insurance Agency NEW LOCATION The Corner Barber Shop, for the past several years located at the corner of Main and Depot Streets, has moved across the street to the corner of Main Street and Reams Avenue, the old site of the Durham Industrial Bank. , o MASONS GUESTS AT j SPECIAL SERVICES Person County Masons And Eastern Star Members Hear Special Sermon The members of Masonic Lodge No. 113 of Person County were the honor guests at the eleven o'clock service of Edgar Long Memorial Church last Sunday. All the mem-1 bers of the lodge and the members of the Eastern Star Order assemb led in front of the Masonic Lodge at 10:30 A. M. and marched from there to the church In time for the eleven o'clock service. Special seats had been reserved for them In the center of the auditorium. Rev. Her bert chose the subject, "God and The Square." preaching directly to the Masons about the ideals of Ma sonry. but also encompassing In his remarks many bits of wisdom that were meant for the others of his hearers. It was a stirring msesage. enjoyed and appreciated by all who heard it. Music for the occasion was furnished by the choir of the church, and they performed In their usual fine style. LEAVES FOR GA. ? tin H. W. W Instead left last Satdrday morning for Tlfton, Qa? where she will spend several weeks with her husband, who has been J down in Georgia looking after the tobacco down in that section. Mr ' Wlnstead reports the crop down there as only medium. ; , o Here On Thursdays T. M. Tull, of "the Prudential Life Insurance Go. of America, now lo cated in Oxford, will be In Roxbom every Thursday, to serve pollcyhold ertrs and write new policies. Hoboes Die In Flaming Wreckage as 36 Freight Cars Are Derailed TAKE FOUR INJURED TO DURHAM HOSPITAL Morrisville, July 10.?Charred and dismembered beyond possible iden tification or even recognition, the remains of two, three or more ho boes were taken late this afternoon from the still flaming wreckage of a Southern Railway freight train in which an unknown number met death by fire here this morning. Without doubt-the names or num ber of those whose bodies lie scat tered among the misshapen frames and scattered ashes of 31 freight cars will never be determnled. Pour Negroes, two of them pain fully hurt, were taken to a Durham hospital. Only one member of the train crew was injured and he only slightly. Twenty-six cars of another freight train were derailed here on April 28, 1933. One hobo was bruised slightly. Others escaped the flames started by a single tank car. Thirty-six of the 61 cars in Train 67, proceeding west from Selma to Spencer, were derailed here, 12 miles from Raleigh at 7:10 o'clock this morning. Gas Feeds Flames. Flames leaping almost instan ? taneously from approximately 50, 000 gallons of gasoline and oil in six of the eight tank cars in the train converted the- splintered mass of wreckage into an inferno, de stroying the comibnatio nhome and store of R. s. Dodd, and burning out all telephone and telegraph wires running beside and over the I tracks. Two young men. Bill Mitchell and Larry Lynn, of Durham, seeing the precarious tottering of the cars, fled from the Moss Baking Company truck in which they were sitting on the south side of the crossing They had just passed Dodd s store. Caught and swept away by the wild cars, the truck was demolished. Only its contorted frame was left by the fire. Clean Tracks. Wrecking crews working at each end of the smouldering pile of de bris, succeeded in clearing the tracks late last night, leaving wheels, gir ders and burned out tankers lying beside the rails. Communication lines were being replaced. Coroner L. M. Waring, of Raleigh, ordered the remains of bodies found yesterday afternoon to be turned over to an undertaker. He super vised recovery of the remains until late tonight. "All we know is that it was de railed." was the statement of M. C. Glenn, of Greensboro, assistant di vision superintendent, who directed the clearing process. "What caused the derailment we don't know." Guriou s Crowd. A curious crowd from nearby towns streamed into this Iitlte vil lage yesterday afternoon. Thousands of pairs of feet trampled the dust into fine-blown powder. Traffic was clogged on the highway and back into the town, a drink and candy stand wa? set up by the side of the road. Hundreds gathered around the smoking ashes and stark chimney of Dodd's store as the scarcely rec ognizable torso of a man was haul ed out there. Two Negroes took the remains away in a basket. Others edged as near as possible to the heat of the wreckage t<v catch glimpses of white bones lying there.' Members of the wrecking crew said that 11 hoboes wen# reported to have caught the train in Raleigh. Train Crew Escapes. No one in the train crew, with the exception of the brakeman, J. A. Fowler, who received a slight cut on his forehead, was injured by the accident. * At Carolina Beach Miss Helen Stanfleld left the first of the week for Carolina Beach where she will be located for the summer she has accepted a po sition with the Atlantic Cottage there as assistant office manager and hostess. Fell And Broke Arm Mrs. H. H. Mas ten had the mis fortune to fall and break her arm Monday morning. While the bones near the wrist were broken, she is resting comfortably and no serious trouble is anticipated.