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Sell Your TOBACCO In Roxboro "No Better Market In The State" y^ ESTABLISHED 1SS1. PERSON COUNTY*! OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. Sell Person County TOBACCO In Person County And We All Will Be Benefitted J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LI. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1934. NO. 34. ALEX HESTER KILLED AS 11:55 TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE Body Thrown About Forty Feet And Car Completely Demolished Alex Hester, well-known Person County negro, was instantly killed today when the Southbound Norfolk and Western train hit the car in which he was riding at a crossing about one and a half miles south of the Roxboro station. Apparently Hester did not see the train as he was crossing the track. He was thrown clear of the car and land ed about forty feet from the track, feja hole in the right side of his Brehead. just over the right eye was the Only injury he received ex cept some cuts and lacerations about the head and hands. Eye-witnesSts stated that he was crossing the track from the east and the train crashed into the right side of the car, throwing Hester' through the top. The car was com . pletely demolished. Alex Hester was a familiar sight on the streets of Roxboro, having operated a photographer's outfit here for a good many years. He was also a well-to-do farmer. INTERESTING SCHOOL FACTS According to the reports of the Southern Association, the follow ing figures show for Roxboro High School graduates in college and uni versity: Class '27: 20 students en- ] tered college, 15 were reported, se- | mester hours failed 20.7%; class "28: 22 entered. 21 were reported, hours' failed 29.6%; class '29; 21 entered, 21 reported, hours failed 26.1%; class ^O: no report; class "31: 12 entered. 10 reported, hours failed 16.1%; class -32: 13 entered, 12 re ported. hours failed 17.4%. last re port. Dec. 1933. We see from above authentic reports that college fail ures for Roxboro boys and girls have been reduced from a peak of 29.6% in 1928 to 16.1% in 1932 and 17.4% in 1933. The following have made applica tion for college, university and nursing training for this year: Class of 1934: James Abbitt, James Brooks and Robert Hester at Elon College, Reade Gentry, Mars Hill; Billy Harris. Davidson; Isadore Long, Montine Warmack. Peace Jr. Col lege; Billy Miller, U. N. C.; Helen Pointer, W.C.U.N.C.; Helen Thomp son. Garfield Memorial Hospital Nursing School. Washington, D. C.. Class of 1933: Edwin Hamlin, U. N. C.; Elnora Raiff. W. C. U, N. C.; Cornelia Satterfield, G. C. W. BASEBALL Ca-Vel will play Clarkton, Va.. ^^omorrow. Thursday. Aug. 23 at 4 ^b. M , on the Ca-Vel field, and on ^Saturday. Aug. 25. they will meet WUtcn on the local field at 3:30 P. M. 1 Ca-Vel has made a good record this year in the Central State Loop. At this time they are leading the league. Many of the boys who are playing with Ca-Vel are upholding reputations earned In high schools here In Roxboro and the county a few years back. Nor do they lack an enthusiastic support as there are crowds at every game that is play ed here. The club is composed of a group of good ball players who play fair, fight hard) rejoice in their winning and lose bravely and cour* ageously. ^ CROWD HEARS MR. ADAMS Rev. P. Cary Adams, a former pastor of the Roxboro Presbyterian Church but now the head of Pres byterian Junior College for boys at Maxton. N. C.. spent a few days here visiting friends the first of this week. At. the Sunday evening ser vice he filled'the Presbyterian pul pit and preached an excellent ser mon to a large audience. Mr. Adams was accompanied by his wife. WITH THOMPSON'S INSURANCE AG'CY Mr. Reade Jones Is now connect ed with Thompson's Insurance Agency Mr. Jones has had many years contact with the people of this section and this will be a big help to him In bis new line of work. His many friends wish for him great success in the Insurance field. Tuning Up Challenger For Gold Cup Races NEW YORK . .. The British Gold Cup challenging yacht "Endeavor" (below), is getting her tuning up trials off the Connecticut shores as .. I1 her owner, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith' and wife (above) smile optimistically in the hopes of lifting the famous yachting trophy which the late Sir Thomas Lipton tried so valiantly to take back to England. ... The Inter national races are scheduled to start off Newport. R. I., about September IS. . . . Mrs. Sopwith will sail in the races with her husband, as time keeper, the first woman ever aboard in the historic classic. Roosevelt Raises Loans On Cotton to 12 Cents President Says Loan Priv ilege Will Insure Orderly Marketing Of Crop SAME PROCEDURE AS ON 10-CENT LOANS Washington, Aug. 21.?Another government loan oa- cotton to hel?>_ the Southern farmers?12 cents a pound this time?was authorized to day by President Roosevelt. The announcement was made just before Mr. Roosevelt left Washing ton for the Mid West to attend the funeral of Speaker Henry T. Rainey. The President said In his state ment that he had "requested the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make funds available for the Commodity Credit Corporation that will enable it to increase its lending from 10 to 12 cents a pound on cot ton, classing low middling or bet ter, which is and has been contin uously In the possession of the, producer." ? . May Borrow. This means that any cotton grow er, if he does not wish to sell his staple at this time, may borrow 12 cents a pound from Federal agen cies on the commodity. Detailed regulations were not an-* nounced, although officials said that in all essentials they would follow those governing the 10-cents-a pound loan last year. If the same regulations apply, the government takes the risk should cotton go below 12 cents and stay there. Should the price climb dur ing the season, the grower may re pay the loan, sell his bales and pocket the profit.. Cotton is selling" for more than 13 cents a pound at present, but several factors have caused uneasi ness. One has been the projected general strike in the textile indus try. This would stop mill buying presumably and have a bearish in fluence. , o PACK BARN INSURANCE Tobacco growers have been favor ed In every conceivable way in Per son County. ^The season has been exceptionally good, the quality Is excellent, and prices will unques tionably be good. You missed the drought, hail, and windstorms, but you have one more hazard?fire. With your money so near, dont you think it would be wiser to Invest a few dollars for this protection? We will extend cred it to reliable people. See us today; tomororw may be too late. THOMPSON INSUR. AGENCY Successor to Satterfleld Insurance Agency E. O. Thompson, W. R. Jones, W. O. James. ATTENDS REUNION Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wllburn, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Clayton and Miss Winnie Wllburn of Roxboro. and Mr. and Mrs* carr Ttmberlake of Durham attended a reunion of the Wllburn family at ATta Vista, Va? last Sunday. Mr. R. L. Wllburn and Miss Winnie Wllburn will spend A few days in Alta Vista visiting rel atives. AT VA. BEACH Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Long, Jr., left Saturday for Virginia Beach, Va., where they will spend their honeymoon. This popular couple j were married in Danville, Va., last March, but only announced their marriage this past week. Mrs. Long was formerly Miss Hazel Price, the j well-known and much liked cashier I of the Roxboro branch of the Dur ham Industrial Bank. Banks T? Be Opened All of the building fund family banks of toe First Baptist Church are to be opened next Sunday morn ing at the Sunday School. Be sure to have yours there with a large de posit. RECUPERATING Dr. Dewey Bradsher, who was op erated on for appendicitis last week at Duke hospital, Durham, is re cuperating nicely, ;(<nd it is ex ' pected that he will be able to come home* in a few days. L ? O? REVENUES FROM I LIQUOR INCREASES Post-Repeal Record For July j Reported By Treasury; $38,823,580 Collected OTHER FIGURES GIVEN Washington, Aug. 21.?A five mil lion dollar spurt In liquor tax col lections was reported tonight by the Treasury to have carried July revenues from thl* source to a new post-repeal record of (38.823.580. The Increase, part of a general upward trend In revenue receipts for the first month of the new fiscal year, was due preponderantly to an other big rise In receipts from the tax on beer. Federal lncomg from the brew recorded a gain over June of 82.444.428 to reach a total of 825. 316.018. This was almost double the 812.867.068 of the first repeal month, December, 1833. Distilled liquor taxes, while slight ly above those for June?87.416.475 compared with 87,118336?were still less than the collections of 88.651, 257 recorded for last December. The Treasury unrolled figures to show an Increase In general inter nal revenue collections, except pro cessing taxes, of 82J.OOO.OOO for July as compared with similar receipts for the same month last year.?,The total rose from 8130.722.608 to 8151, 832j055. With these figures, the Treasury lumped receipts from processing j taxes to produce a grand, total of roUeptlons of 8185,582.0ft or 864 - .476368 greater than for July last year. I The processing tax collection? 843.780.028 compared with 8383.088 a year ago when the system was Just getting started?are earmark ed exclusively for benefit payments to farmers and have no other appli cation to ordinary expenditures of .the government. RANGE OF TOBACCO IS Over Million Dollars Is Paid Out On Fairmont's Market; Lumberton Has Big Day WHITEVILLE REACHES NEW HIGH FOR SEASON Fairmont, Aug. 21.?With today's sales Fairmont had paid out more than $1,000,000 for tobacco sold on this market. Quality today was very poor but prices were as good as Monday when the market averaged $27.32. Today's official figures were 527, 398 pounds for $139,413.72, an aver age of $26.43; for the season, 4.133. 124 pounds for $1,043,422, an aver age for the season of $25.25. Sales were completed today at 3o'clock. MONDAY ONE OF BEST DAYS ON MARKET AT LUMBERTON Lumberton, Aug. 21.?Lumberton's tobacco market experienced Monday the biggest and most satisfactory day of the season; selling one of the largest poundages in the history of the market. Official sales were 644,596 pounds for an average of $27.40. the highest of the season and of several years. One house averaged $28.60. A lot of low quality lugs found their way to the market today on a lighter sale. Sales today were 465 716 pounds for an average of $25.4(1, WHITEVILLE MARKET REACHES NEW HIGH MARK FOR SEASON Whitevllle. Aug. 21.?The White ville market reached a new high mark in prices and poundage yester day when 718.502 pounds sold for an average of $26.54. It is indicated that'around a half million pounds was sold today. The official figures were not available early this afternoon. The general quality of the leaf was not fully in keeping with Monday* offerings. o IS PROMOTED Mr, W. H. Pully, formerly of Bethel Hill, son of Mrs. W. B. I Humphries, for several years was sales manager for the Pender Man ufacturing Co.. Tarboro, and who for the past two years has been locat ed in Raleigh engaged in the sale of agricultural implements through -out the Atlantic coastal states, has recently been promoted to territory manager by the A. B. Farquhar Company, Limited. York. Penna. The Farquhar company, manufac turers of the Farquahar "Iron Age" line of implements are the largest Eastern manufacturers of farm equipment. Mr. Pully's territory consists of the entire state of Virginia and a large part of Delaware and Mary land. his headquarters will be Salis bury. Maryland. ? Mr. Fully is a brother of Mrs. Tom Bowles of this ? city. ? ' ; . . .. NOTICE I wish to let my many friends and i the general public know I. am active ? ly associated with Knight's Insur ance Agency and that an opportun ity to figure with you on your In surance needs will be very much appreciated. Your patronage is also solicited on the following; Bostonian and other high-quality shirts; an excep tionally high class line of Greeting -Cards, and every known magazine and periodical by subscription at guaranteed lowest rates. See me Saturday afternoons at or near Thomas Drug Co. W. Irving OT3 riant. Timberlake, N. C. GOOD RECORD According to a report that has been recently released by the branch office of the Oldsmobile Automobile Co., Dodd Oldsmobile Co. has sold fifty per cent of the automobile business in the price class of the eight cylinder Oldsmobile in Person County for the seven month period ending July 31, 1934. This firm is a resently established concern here, and has shown rapid growth since its opening here about the first of the year. o A Beautiful Edition Brother Manning of the Enter prise, published at Wllliamston, N. i C? did himself proud in a special, tobacco edition which he got out , last week. It was printed on col ored paper, in colors and was full from coyer to cover with interest |lng facts concerning the town. IN FULL SWING ? 'I More Than 1800 Quarts Were Reported As Being Canned Last Week INFORMATION WILL BE FURNISHED ANY ONE The canning program Is on in earnest, and housewives seem to be vieing with one another to see who can have the greatest number of filled Jars for winter use. Most of the late gardens are fur nishing large quantities of nice vege- I tables and where there is a surplus most families are thrifty and ener getic enough to be saving it for win ter use by canning. Public demonstrations have been given in many of the communities with very gratifying attendance in the majority of cases. Canning leaders have been work ing throughout the county and are glad to assist those who need infor mation about their canning. If any one needs instruction in this work please report it to the Belief Office and you will receive such'aid as is needed. Splendid reports of the vegetables ant fruits that have been canned are being sent in each week. More than eighteen hundred quarts being re ported last week. There should be approximately fifty-seven pints of vegetables and forty-five pints of fruit per member of your family for winter consump tion. Do you own checking up to see Just how well you are providing for your family. Lets see that no can remains empty on our pantry shelves and that we work in earnest for the next few weeks while we have the oppor tunity to conserve what we have for future use. Redecorating Church The Long Memorial Methodist Church will be closed for the next two weeks undergoing some repairs in the main auditoriupi. The north wall is being torn out and rebuilt. It is this wall that has been so much damaged by rains in recent years and it is expected that the re pairs will restore it to its former beauty. Visiting Grandmother Miss Belle McGhee Lipscomb, of New Orleans. La., and Miss Mimi Shleb of Richmond, Va., are spend ing some time visiting their grand mother, Mrs. R. S. Phifer at her hole, Burleigh, on the Roxboro Semora highway. SPECIAL NUMBERS WILL BE FEATURED AT FASHION SHOW Fashion Show To Be Present ed Thursday Night At Palace Theatre SPECIAL FEATURES ON THE PROGRAM Miss Mlary Worley will be pre sented Thursday night In connection with the fashidh show to be staged at the Palace Theatre, sponsored by the Lester Blackwell Post of the American Legion. Miss Worley Is an accomplished dancer of Raleigh. N. C., and she- will do acrobatic dancing, toe. and tap dancing and many other special features. The Legion and their assistants have been working hard and every Indi cation points to a very successful pageant with many beautiful girls repeesentlng the local business firms. V- o LAWN PARTY The ladies of the Missionary So ciety of the First Baptist Church of Roxboro will give a lawn party on the church lawn on next Monday night, August ,23rd, at 7:30 o'clock. IOe cream and cake will be served and the public Is cordially Invited to giye the ladles a liberal patronage. Comey-and have a good time. omey-ai Wal atermedon Slicing On Tuesday evening at his apart ment on Depot 8treet Mr W. D Yarboro. genial young man about town, was hoat at a watermelon Slicing. About twenty-five of his friends were present. Fruit and can-! dies were also served. Direct* 'Booze' Drive KANSAS CITY ... A. J. Mellott (above), of this place, is the man selected by the government to head the army of 3,298 operatives in the new drive now launched to elimi nate the illicit liquor business and round up all bootleggers. DEATH CLAIMS MR. GEORGE A. DUNCAN Died At His Home On Thurs day Morning At Eleven O'clock WAS N. & W STATION AGENT MANY YEARS Mr. George A. Duncan, age 64, one of Roxboro's most prominent citi zens, died at his home on North Lamar street Thursday morning at li o'cloek, after an illness of about , two months, having returned from the hospital recently where he un derwent an operation. Mr. Duncan was a native of Vir ginia, but has been makipg his home here for about ten years, being sta tion agent for the Norfolk & west ern Railway Company, and was one of the most popular men of the town; he was always ready to lend a helping hand to any one in time of trouble, and numbered his friends by-fais acquaintance; he was a faith ful member of the Edgar Long Me morial Methodist church, and a member of Roxboro Rotary club. Mr. Duncan is survived by his widow, four sons, Robert A. Doncan of Wakefield, Va.; G. C., Howard and Malcolm Duncan, of Roxboro; three daughters: Mrs. E. W. Tuck er, South Boston, Va.; "Mrs. H. L. Woods and Mrs. W. P. Long, of Roxboro; two brothers; Robert H. Duncan, of Washington, and A. A. Duncan, of Lynchburg; Va.; and one sister: Mrs. W. I. Jones, of Ellerson, Va. Funeral services were conducted from the home at 4 o'clock -Friday afternoon by Rev. W. F. West and Rev. Thomas Hamilton, in the ab sence of his pastor, Rev. J. F. Her bert, who was away on his vacation, i Burial followed in Burchwood cem-! etery. Active pallbearers: Clyde Bowen, Clyde Swartz, W. W. Woods, Edwin Bowles, Kenneth Oakley and J. B. Riggsbee. Members of the Roxboro Rotary club acted as honorary pall bearers while members of the Wes ley Merritt Bible class served as floral bearers. PURCHASES NEW AMBULANCE Mr. J. J. Woody went to Ohio last week and came back with a new ambulance to be used in con nection with his funeral home thAt is under construction on South Main street. It is a very beautiful combination ambulance and hearse, and is the last word in luxury of in terior, riding ease, and speed, which is of vital necessity since we have no hospital facilities here. Entertains Employees On last Wednesday night at 6:30 Mr. J. D. Mangum entertained about forty employees of the local j Leggett's Dept. Store at Loch Lilly with a chicken supper. Mr, Mangum Is the resident manager of the Leg gett's Dept. Store here. Many good things to eat were spread for the guests and they did full Justice to them. o IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Mary Hunter Long was car- 1 rled to Durham Monsay for an ex- ' animation. It was found that an operation would be necessary,'so she was sent to the hospital, where she | is expected to be operated on light' away. - PRESIDENT TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO - RECOVERY POLICY Personally Charts Course For Reorganization of Blue , Eagle Machinery GENERAL JOHNSON TO REMAIN AS DIRECTOR Washington, Aug. 21.?President Roosevelt, In a-series of conferences, today charted a reorganization of the National Recovery Administra tion that will be completed early In September. Definite indications of the Presi dential plans were coupled wtih his sudden decision to return to Wash ington immediately after the fu neral of Speaker Henry T. Rainey at Carrollton, HI., instead of going directly to Hyde Park, N. Y. Administration advisors are hop ing for .a sharp upturn "in business this fall and every effort will be made to accelerate the expected increase with more simplified and stabilized NRA code machinery. A blueprint or plans for revamp ing the Blue Eagle's roost has been prepared, one version of which calls for a form of military organ ization. with a five-man board to direct the activities of five "sectors" or groups of industries. Just One Phase. This reorganization of NRA to give business a fuller opportunity of self-government is but one phase of President Roosevelt's intensifica tion of recovery plans before winter sets in. The national emergency and exe cutive councils wfcre directed by the President upon his return from his Hawaiian cruise to write special reports on the progress of the en tire recovery program and to sub mit suggestions as to how it could be improved and speeded. During the afternoon, Donald R. Richberg, director of both the exe cutive council and the industrial emergency committee, presented the first of these reports at a meeting of the council with the Chief Exe cutive. ? Richberg described his report to newspapermen as "very hearten ing," and added a series of reports dealing with his general summary would be prepared soon. They will be "purely factual," he said, and ?obviously the basis for continuing the activities of the administration." Bankers To Help. A report encouraging to Mr. Roosevelt came today from officials of the American Bankers' Associa tion, who stated at the White House that bankers "Were ready to cooper ate in making loans to industry-and loans for modernization of homes as a means of stimulating employment. Francis M. Law, president of the Bankers' Association conferred, with (Continued on page eight) o Rotary Club Served By Concord Ladies The Rotary club held its regu lar meeting Thursday afternoon at Olive Hill high school, and was served by the ladies of the Concord Methodist church. The supper was all that could have been desired by even the most fastidious, and was enjoyed by every Rotarian. Owing to the death of one of the club members, Mr. George Duncan, the program was dispensed with, ? BUI West making a few concerning the death of Uhs beloved mTh^next meeting will be with the ladies of Mill Creek Baptist church. ON VACATION, Rev. J. P. Herbert left last week to spend two weeks visiting In Washington. D. C, New York City, and points of interest in Virginia. He expects to be back here by the first Sunday in September. Of Interest To Ladies Have Just returned from New York. New garments arriving daily. Knlttedwear, wool dresses, satin and silk dresses of all Uie new styles. New undies, purses and hosiery. ? CARNEY'S MILLINERY. SCHOOL OPENING ?) The Roxboro City Schools win open on Thursday. September 13 to commence the fall's work. AT BUFFALO Dr. W R. Hambrlck Li spending this week at Buffalo Springs, Vs.