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Sell Your TOBACCO In Roxboro "No Better Market In The State" - ? a* . ESTABLISHED 1S81. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAMR MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 TEARS. Sell Person County TOBACCO In Person Coulity And We All WW Be Benefitted J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 1 HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Vol. LI. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA,* WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST ft; 1084. ^ NO. 31. Mr. W. F. Long Succumbs At Home Tuesday Morning < City Manager Of Roxboro For Many Years Succumbs ? To Tuberculosis WAS MEMBER OF MOST PROMINENT FAMILY Mr. William P. Long, 54, suc cumbed to an illness of four months duration at his home on Reams Avenue Tuesday morning at 2 A. M. His death was attributable to tuberculosis. His death, while expected, is a severe blow to the civic and social life of Roxboro. Mr. Long had. made his home here practically all his life, and the en-! ^^Mire town mourned when it was Spumed Sunday that his condition i^Hfas much worse, and Monday when the word went out that the end was, only a few hours away. Mr. Long, a member of one of I Roxboro's oldest and most promi-1 nent families, served his native town . and county in various capacities, i For many years he was cashier of, the Bank of Roxboro until its mer- j ger with the First National Bank about ten years ago. Before that he' served as Treasurer of Person Coun-, ty. In 1929 he was apopinted to the offlce of City Manager of Rox--j boro. He and his family moved back here from Bahama where he had been in the tobacco business. He was serving the town as City Manager when he died. Married twice, first to Miss Mollie Brooks, and to this union there was born one son, Franklin. His first wife1 died many years ago. The second Mrs. Long was formerly Miss Lu cille Umstead. Mrs. Long and Frank lin and two children. Bradley and t Miss Rachel Long, survive; three brothers, Dr. B. R. Long'of Greens boro, and E. G. and H. D. Long of Roxboro. three sisters, Mrs. E. E. Bradsher. Mrs. P. B. Henley and Mrs. R. L. Harris, all of Roxboro also survive. Funeral services were conducted from the home this morning at 10 o'clock and in the absence of Rev. Thomas Hamilton, pastor of the Presbyterian Church and of Mr. Long, the services were in charge of Rev. W. F. West and Rev. James F. Herbert. Interment was made in Burchwood Cemetery. The active pall bearers were: j Messrs. M. R. Long. E. G. Long. R. j L. Harris. E. E. Bardsher, William B. Umstead and John W. Umstead. The honorary pall bearers were: 1 I Messrs. O. B. McBroom, L. K. Wal ker, B. W. Gardner, L. M. Carlton,' M. R. Long, G. J. Cushwa, D. W. j Ledbetter. R. A. Burch, B. G. Clay ton, G. W. Thomas, N. Lunsford, S. G. Winstead. Jack Parham, R. B.J Dawes. M. W. Satterfleld, Hugh j Woods, R. P. Reade, A. P. Reade, O. W. Gentry, J. H. Hughes, B. B. Newell, I. O. Abbttt, O. T, Kirby,1 F. O. Carver, N. V Brooks, T. D.' ? Winstead and W. C. Bullock. R. A. M. DENNY PASSES MONDAY Mr. A. M. Denny, for long one of the most prominent citizens of II Aliensville township and of the county, died at his home in the Cal tolina community Monday night about 9:30. At the time of his death Mr. Denny was 80 years old, and death was attributed to cancew with 'I complications pertinent to old age I His health had been bad for about six months, but it was not necessary I for him to take his bed until about a month ago. Prom that' time he weakened gradually until his death i Monday. He is survived by eight' children, six sons and two daugh ters: Mr. J. A Denny of Leasburg.' H. E. Denny of R. 3 Roxboro, N. T. Denny of Oxford, O. A. Denny of Vtrgllina. Va.. A. R. Denny, Rox boro R. 3. J. W. Denny of Roxboro R. 3. Mrs. Alfred Huff of Oxford, and Mrs. Henry Elliott of Vlrglllna. Va., Also there are .many .grandchildren and great-grandchildren who sur Puneral services were conducted from the old home place yesterday, afternoon at 4 P. M . with Rev. J. B. Currln, his pastor and Rev. E. O., Orsey of Oxford, a former pastor., Following the services the body was laid to rest ill the A. M. Denny fam ily Cemetery. Cataract Removed Mr. E. D. Cheek, who had a cat aract removed from one of his eyes has returned home The oper ation was very successful and af fords him great relief The oost of the World War in rponev his been estimated at ap proximately >186,000,000,000 THINKS GA. OPENING WILL AVERAGE 25c The following' telegram was received here this morning from Tifton, Ga.: "Medium break; opens outrageously high, at least twenty-five cent' average." This sounds almost too good to be true. FIREMEN ATTEND LONG'S FUNERAL The late Mr. W. P. Long was a member of the State Firemen's As sociation, and the following visiting firemen attended his funeral: Chief J. Robt. Wood, V. W. Taylor, Roy Brim, James Powell, all of Oxford: j Chief Prank Bennett, L. E. Poster. D. D. Matthews, L. E. Fields and E. L. Fields of Durham; Dr. Wil liam S. Long, chief of the Graham fire- department. IN HOSPITAL Dr. J. D. Bradsher is confined to Duke Hospital suffering with ap pendicitis. He will undergo an op eration today. NAZIS ACCUSED OF -KILLING DOLLFUSS DIE UPON CALLOWS Holzweber and Planetta Both Shout Loyalty to Hitler as They Face Death PLANETTA REGRETS SLAYING CHANCELLOR Vienna, July 31.?Almost six days to the hour after Chancellor Engel bert Doll fuss died, two Nazis ac cused of implication in killing him were hanged in the prison yard to day. The official account of their execution declared the the Nazis died with the shout "Hell Hitler!"! on their lips. One, Franz Holzweber. convicted of high treason as the leader of the Putsch in which Dollfuss died, also ? shouted "I die for Germany!" the! official account stated. " " Holzweber was followed Oh the gallows by Otto Planetta, former army staff sergeant, who said he killed Dollfuss without intending to do so and begged forgiveness in court. First to Hang. Holzweber and Planetta were the first Nazis to be hanged in Austria, despite numerous acts of terrorism charged against them before they broke into civil war after the Putsch 1 and the killing of Dollfuss last Wednesday. They were two of the 144 men arrested after the raid on the Fed-1 eral chancellery and refused a prom ised safe transit to Germany because Dollfuss was killed. New bombing outrages broke out as the two went on trial before a court martial yesterday as the arm ed revolt in the southern provinces was all but wiped out. At the same time, the govern-! (Continued on page eight) B. B. KNIGHT IS General agent Columbus, O., July 30.?The Ohio State Life Insurance Company of this city, which recently was licens ed to write insurance in the state of North Carolina, has begun the organization of a staff in that state. withjCecil Wilson of Winston-Salem as Eastern supervisor. General agents of the company have Just been named as follows: ? Thomas C. Keston, Jr., Winston- | Salem; Robert W. Henderson, Ashe ville; B. B. Knight.. Roxboro; E. L Morgan. Southern Pines. HAS OPERATION Mrs. Virginia Brandon Penick went to Watts Hospital yesterday with appendicitis. She will undergo an operation today. .' ( 1 . ? SITTINGS TO BE GRANTEDREPREIVE Parole Commissioner Desires More Time To Investigate Person Murder Case TWO HEARINGS ALREADY Emmanuel "Spice" Bittings Per son County Negro scheduled to die August 10 for the murder of his i white landlord, wil be given a re prieve to allow further "udy of hls case, commissioner of Paroles Ed win Gill said yesterday. Mr Gill has conducted an inten sive investigation of Sittings' case and already has granted him one reprieve. His execution date orig inally was July 6. foilowing the Su preme Court decision in his case but he was reprieved until August ^ Two hearings already have beheld in his case and a third is scheduled. Date for the third hearing has not yet been set. Bittings killed T. M. Clayton, white farmer of Person County. The de fense contends that Bittings fired in self defense. Bittings' wife and children were heard at the first hearing and gave testimony which seriously damaged his chances Tor clemency. Their^tes timony, in substance, was that Clay ton did not threaten Bittings j At the second hearing, defense atorneys brought witnesses who tes tified that Clayton was known be a man of violent temper. One of the witnesses. Prank Pettiford, Negro youth, said that Clayton once orTred him from the Clayton farm with a shotgun. ? The defense also contended at the second hearing that Uly Mae Bittings was not Bittings' daughter and that her reputation was not ? ?The Witnesses at the first and second hearings will be made to. ? confront each other with their tes timony at the third hearing. pettiford, it has been reported to Mr. Gill's office, is now under in dictment on one or more charges in Person County and was sentenced in Person County Court to a long road term. , Information coming to Mr. G.iis office recently also was to the ef fect that Bittings was a man of violent temper when aroused. That had not been alleged prior to this * in addition to the hearings, Com misisoner Gill has gone to Person County to make an investigation of the case. ^ . , Bittings' case first attracted a tention when Paul Green_ noted playwright, became Interested in ?News & Observer. __ . I -<y?--?n OPPORTUNITY A few days ago about eight of our public-spirited citizens called ?n Mr. E. B. jeffress. chairman of the State Highway Commission, and had up with him some much need ed road and street improvement. The foundation was laid for these improvements, however calls a,nd petitions are continually coming in to this office of the Commisisoner. on Aug 7 and 8 the entire com mission will be in session, and to make the work effective that has already been done it is almost tm perative that the town and county have some one to appear for them before the entire commission on Aug. 8 to press the dire need of our claims Act for this opportunity will be gone, did you , July 31, 1934. -o??? VACCINATIONS DURING JULY ????? - * ' Mrs Ruth McOoUum CBriant. County Health Nurse, has been wag ing a campaign against typhoid fever, diphtheria, and smallpox this past month. This will be indicated mr the-Jact that she has vaccinated 949 grown-ups for typhoid. 248 chil dren for diphtheria, and 74 children for smallpox This brings the total number of vaccines to more than twelve hundred and that Is not counting the fact that all the ty photd and diphtheria vaccines had to be tripled, which meant three doses, three days, and three trips. , class" STEW 1 The Kolnonlan class of the First Baptist Sunday School will give a brunswlck stew at King's Cabin August 7. at 8:30 P. M. This occa sion will be in celebration of the membership driyp - just closed. All members and v?tors during contest are welcome. ~ i Mr. Long Proposes That Citizens Give A Day's Labor July 30th, 1931. Mr. J. W. Noell, Editor, The Roxboro Courier, Dear Mr. Noell: Like Brother Carlton I hesitate to write anything for publication, but it does seem to me this matter is very necessary and should be done somehow, our tar and gravel streets are in a deplorable condition. They represent quite a large amount in dollars and on account of general conditions they are being allowed to go to waste. A moderate sum now would place these streets in good condition and allow them to be in good shape for this winter. My suggestion is this: that.every citizen who is ablebodied, possessing pride in the town and those who are patriotic, give one day's labor to a worthy cause, rebuiding our streets. There is at present three capable engineers in our midst and I believe they can be depended upon to give a little of their time. The Town can furnish the ma terials, the engineers can supervise the work, and its citizens the labor. These streets that are full of holes can be repaired very easily under1 such a method and what is the dif-' ference?we give the labor and save 1 the taxes. If such a plan can be perfected, I will be more than glad to get out there with a bunch of fellows and do an honest day's work for the' good of Roxboro and its future. It would be just like a picnic and everybody would enjoy the fun. Let's' get together and do it, now. Very truly yours, E. G. Long. TOO MUCH GAS Saturday morning, the week's work about done, some of the fellows were sitting around at the Lime-Cola Bottling Works. One of these gas1 tubes that is used for carbonated water and ihtlie serving of certain oter kinds of drinks was sitting close1 by. It had jost been filled with gas. All at once there was a loudj explosion. Messrs. Preston Horner. and Lester Clayton were hurled against the wall of the building and hnrt slightly* and, if We can be lieve all reports, scared a great deal. All the folks in the Roxboro Laundry, plant, next door, found that they had business on the out side in a hurry. The tube was to tally destroyed, but no one was in jured seriously, although Preston Horner got an injury on the hand and another one on the face, and| Mr. Lester Clayton had a quantity of metal picked out of his face. But they are getting on all right at this time. The boys had tried to put too much gas into that tube. ROXBORO DELEGATION VISITS MR. JEFFRES Prospects Looks Bright For Completion Of Route 144 At An Earlv Date STREET PROBLEM AIRED Last Thursday a delegation com posed of the following visited Mr. Jeflress, State Highway Commis sioner in Raleigh: Mr. Plem. D. Long, chairman of the board of County Commissioners; Hon. R. L. Harris and Messrs. Gordon Hunter, P. O. Carver, R. A. Burch, Dr. B. A. Thaxton and Mayor R. B. Dawes. This delegation was joined by the chairman of the boaiH of County Commissioners from Hiftsboro, Mr. Berry, and several other gentlemen from Hillsboro, Mr. Ketchum, sec re-' tary of the Greensboro chamber of commerce and Mr. Mitchell, secre tary of Burlington chamber of commerce. The first matter considered was the completion of Route 144 from Greensboro to Richmond, via Rox boro. There is a gap of long stand ing between Route 62 and the bridge over Hyco just Inside the Person county line, as well as the broken link between Roxboro and Virgilina. This is a through route, which will save something like thirty miles in going from Greensboro to Rich mond, hence the interest being taken by Greensboro and Burling ton. Mr. Jeffress was thoroughly acquainted with this route and gave the delegation much hope that It will be completed Just as early as funds can be found. The next item taken up was a road from Hillsboro to Roxboro? county-seat-to-county-seat?by way of Hurdle Mills. Hillsboro and Rox boro are both interested in this road and it looks as if it would be built in the near future. Following this the Roxboro delegation took up some purely local matter, streets in the town. Altogether It was a very satisfac tory meeting and wo feel that we are going to see some much needed roads in the County. o 'I ( WITH PENDER'S Mr. M. B. Overby of Durham has ( moved here to take charge of the . meat department at Pender's Gro cery Store. He succeeds Mr. Art ; Schulhcffer who has been manager | of that department here for some ! years. While here Mr. and Mrs. Schulhofier have endeared them selves to a wide circle of friends who will hear that they are leaving 1 with regret. 'An Old Man Sits And Ponders" Were The Words Written By A Correspondent Of One Of Our State Dailies Last Week Now let us take you back Into the flies of history and get the story of that man's life. Imagine that you are in the court-room of the Person County Courthouse on the day of April 18. 1894. In the judge's seat is the presiding officer. Judge George A. Shuford. At the prosecutor's desk sits Capt. E. S. Parker. Solicitor, and Victor S. Bryant. On the other side, at the defendant's desk sits Aubrey L. Brooks and Wra. D. Mer=* ritt, 'two young lawyers Just (ju^ofl college. Mr. Brooks having received his license to practice law at the August examination of the previous year and Mr. Merritt having re ceived his at the. February meeting o fthe same year. 1894. The defend ants in this case are Messrs. Logan Meadows and Jasper Roberson. The charge Is murder In the flrst degree. Here Is the Story: In 1889 Logan Meadows appeared before the bar of Justice In Person County Indicted for larceny and was sentenced to the State Penitentiary for a period of five year? At the fall term of 1893 he was arraigned before the same court for a similar offense. The trial of this action was postponed on account of the absence of some of the state's wit nesses. In the meantime, the court ordered that the defendant. Logan Meadows, be placed In the custody of the Sheriff of Durham County for trial on a "graver offense." on the 31st of January, 1894. he, with Jasper Roberson. was still In the Person County Jatf. This day was a dark and cloudy Sunday, Mr. Willis Royster, the Jailer, went to feed his proteges that morn ling. After he had been In the jail for a few minutes, his wife, who was iln the jailer's house nearby, heard 'a cry from the Jail. Going to Inves tigate she found her. husband dead | on the floor of the Jail and these .two men. Meadows and Roberson, I gone. Sheriff Jim Carver was sum moned. Hastily he organized a I searching party and the man hunt was on. On reconstructing the cir cumstances of the killing It was [thought that the two men, who I were confined in the same cell, had [ . asked the jailer to open the door ; for some reason and had then pro ceeded to knock him down, killing ? him, and taking1 his keys for their get-away. The search -for these men finally culminated in their Capture. It Is sgld'that they were found lying up In a brush pile not so far away from the town. That is the story as It [was told there In the court that day. On the following day. April ' . 19, the Jury took the case under ad visement On April 24 they pro- : fessed to the court that they were ! unable to agree on a verdict, and .they were dismissed. The prisoners were ordered remanded to Jail and [court adjourned until the next, cr fall, Msslon. Sometime between the spring and fall there was what has Jheen termed a "Jail-delivery," and I these two got away again I Now the drama moves at a swifter pace. Roberson was never .recaptured. Meadows was Anally ' apprehended. As the State depend ed on the aestfmony of Roberson for ja conviction, the defense rflnally 1 agreed to plead guilty to a charge 1 ? (Continued on page eight) i WOULD-BE THIEVES CAUGHT RED-H A N D E D It seems that the Coca-Cola Bot-| tling Works is the destined prey of most of the folks around these parts who like to make a living -off the other man. Anyway two ne groes broke Into the place on Mon day night of this week, making away with a half-dozen cases of coca cola. However, our faithful chief of police happened to be somewhere in the neighborhood and seeing spine suspicious goings-on, he went to in vestigate and found one of the men there- at the scene. He arrested this man and made him tell the name of his associate. Now both are in the custody of the law. awaiting to tell their sad tale to the courts. ALL UNEMPLOYED MUST REREGISTER Mr. Harry C. Evans, district re presentative of the National Reem ployment service was in town last Monday to re-register all unemploy ed. He will be at the courthouse on each last Monday of every month from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. to reregister, renew or make new ap plications for all unemployed in Person County. Those seeking em ployment will be interviewed on these dates. Any changes will be noted in the local news agencies. Anyone desiring further informa tion about this service'can get same by writing to Mr. Harry C. Evans, District Represeifbrtive, National Reemployment Service, Durham, N. C. o AGED GERMAN PRESIDENT NOW BATTLING FOR LIFE All Germany Fearful That Von Hindenburg's Career Is Nearing End Berlin, July 31.?President Paul ton Hindenburg, sturdy idol of the Herman people, was under the con stant care of physicians today, and he public was warned by an offi :ial of his palace here that it may 'fear the worst." Medical bulletins from the bed side of the 86-year-old field mar shal in Neudeck, his East Prussian atate, were not greatly alarming in tone, but the fact that formal bul letins were coming frequently, the palace official pointed out, "indi sates his condition must be regard id as critical." The physicians made no predic tions as to how much longer the rugged constitution of the old sol lier can hold out against a bladder illment and a prostrate gland trou jle. together with other complica tions of age. Some Improvement. Later' in the evening; however. :he official German news agency said no bulletins regarding the con lition of the President wpuld be Is sued during the night. Indicating lis condition was somewhat' im proved. Hail, Curing Barn, and Pack Barn Insurance Wonderful rains have materially penefltted the tobacco crops. The tcreage reduction and the improved ; juality insures you a good price. Will you be careless or indifferent uid lose your year's work by hall or Ire? The answer should be "no." [ We furnish this protection at a small cost. See us today; tomorrow nay be too late. 1 THOMPSON INSURANCE AGY. Successor to ?Satterfleld Insurance Agency. HAS OPERATION Mr. Numa Edwards, who has been . n Watts Hospital for the past sev ral weeks, underwent an operation resterday morning. He is recuper iting nicely and will probably be tome some time In the near future. BUSY TIME AT TONSIL qLINIC Dr. B. W. Fassett of Durham leld a tonsil clinic at Hotel Jones ast Friday. It was a busy day for Jr. Fassett, as we understand he ; iperated on 37 patients. i Q i ?Hie treaty providing for the ?anama Canal was signed Nov. 18. 903, between .the United States ind Panama. . i PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR ORDAINED AND INSTALLED Rev. Thomas Hamilton Now Regular Pastor Of Roxboro Presbyterian Church FORMER PASTOR PRESENT j Rev. Thomas Hamilton, the newly called pastor of the Roxboro Pres byterian Church, was formally In stalled in his new office at the evening services last Sunday. At the same time he was ordanied, having just completed his course of train ing a few years ago. and this being his first independent charge. Up to the time that he was called here as pastor he had been serving as as sistant pastor in Sykesvllle, Md. Rev. George M. Math is was intro duced to the congregation by Rev. J. W. Lacy of Oxford, Moderator of the meeting. Taking his text from the book of Acts, "Son, go today and work in my vineyard," Rev. Mr. Matjiis preached a powerful sermon to the congregation gathered to hear him. At the conclusion of the sermon the Moderator introduced Rev. C. W. Cummlngs who charged the pastor and Mr. Balrd of Oxford who charged the congregation. After all the formalities in connection with the installation services, the pastor was formally ordained by the Commission of Presbytery, ap pointed to conduct this service. This commission was composed of the following: Rev. J. W. Lacy, Oxford, Moderator, Rev. George M. Mathis, Durham, Rev. C. M. Cummings, Henderson. Rev. E. D. Curtis, Dur ham, Mr. Bairty and Mr. Richard Taylor of Oxford, and H. L. Crowell of Roxboro. Most of the living, for mer pastors of the Roxboro Church since 1915 were present. Rev. N. R. Claytor of Milton, N. C., who preach ed here from 1915 to I9IT. Rev. C. E. White of Chase City. Va.. who preached here from 1917 to 1920 ond Rev. A. J. McKelway who came here in 1930 and left in April of this year. The other living pastor. Rev. P. Cary Adams, was unable to be present. In spite of the inclement weather there was a nice crowd out to these services, the house being nearly full. o? RICH IN ROMANCE Plot Of "Rothschild," New Arliss Film, Boasts Four Distinct Types Of Devotion Four types of love are depicted In "The House of Rothschild." George Arliss' first starring vehicle under his new contract with Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck's 20th Century picture company, which plays at Princess Theatre, South Boston. Va? Thursday and Friday, Aug. 2-3rd, matinee 3: Kit rfght 7:30 and 9:15. There is, first of all, the devotion of the Rothschilds to each other? the loyalty and unity which was the secret of the family's sensation al rise to wealth and (ame. Then there Is the love of Nathan Rothschild, and his wife Hannah, portrayed Ly George Arliss and his wife, Florence Arliss. For those who demand a taste of sweet, young romance, there Is the love between Julie, Nathan's beau tiful daughter, played by Loretta Young, and Fltzroy, Wellington's dashing aide, portrayed by Robert Young. Another powerful form of devo tion is exemplified In the patriotism of Nathan, whose love of England leads to the placing of the entire Rothschild fortune In the war against Napoleon. The film, which Introduces the leading historical figures of the per iod, was directed by Alfred Werker, assisted by Maude T. Howell, from a script prepared by Nunnally John son. Also Included In the cast of this United Artists release which has been hailed as the finest film to be made In Hollywood this season, are Boris Karloff, Helen Westley, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen. Alan Mow oray, Oeorges Rene-ent, Murray Klnnell, Holmes Herbert, Florence Arllse, Arthur Byron. Paul Harvey, (van Simpson. Neal Madison and others. There are more than seven ty speaking parts lr. this spectacu ar production, and the final scene, n the great coronation room of St. ? _ Tames Palace. In which NatMfi ? " Rothschild la publicly honored, was he first set of its size to be photo graphed in the newly developed hree-color Technicolor proceas.-Adv ' ' wk All Job Printing done by ?at The Courier shop. workmen?at