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THE COURIER, A SEMI - WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PERSON COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME (MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. IF YflU HAVE SOME THING TO SELL, TELL IT THROUGH OUR WANT COLUMN TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HOME FIRST, .ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LII. (Tuesday And Friday) ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 22 SEVENTEEN COUNTIES GET WHISKEY ELECTION LAWS; LEGISLATURE IS THROUGH Governor Takes .Hand At Elev enth Hour But Fails To Se cure Compromise Plan For State Control STATE WONT RECEIVE ANY LIQUOR REVENUES UNDER LOCAL CONTROL Eastern North Carolina Wets Route Drys In Last Hectic Sessions; Governor Criticized For Waiting Until Last Min ute; Pinehurst And Southern Pines May Have Legal Liquor Without County Vote; On slows' Status In Doubt. The Legislature of 1935 finally ad journed yesterday after passing laws which will allow 17 counties and two resort towns to sell liquor if the ma jority of their citizens vote wet. TTiese Hew local liquor laws ? en acted in the last, hectic session de spite the frantic, eleventh hour efforts of Governor Ehrtnghaus and leaders of the Legislature ? are without equal throughout the country. If the local elections are won by the wets, half of Eastern North Carolina will have legal liquor, as result of the acts of the State Legislature, yet the State will have no control over the liquor business and get not one- cent of revenue therefrom. The counties which are to decide whether or not they will have legal liquor are New Hanover, Pasquotank. Carteret, Craven, Pitt, Martin. Beau fort, Halifax, Wilson, Bdgeembe. Le noir, Greene, Warren, Vance, Nash. Rockingham, Franklin and possibly Onslow, the name of which was re moved from one section of the bill but not another, pijiehurst and South ern Pines were the two resorts which alone of all the municipalities in the State were given the right to go wet without county action. Ehringh&us Enters All the counties except New Han over, which got its liquor bill passed Friday, were Included in one bill. It passed the Senate just before 3 o' clock Saturday morning and went through the House later In the day. It was then that Governor Ehringhaus entered openly into the picture. Calling the presiding officers and ? leaders of both wet and dry factions into his office ? along with Cale Burgess of the United Drys. Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell and others? the Gov ernor urged that the patchwork, county laws be scrapped and some sort of a State bill substituted. Whether you like it or not, you have _ got 17 counties that are going to vote on the liquor question, the Governor said. Certainly, If North Carolina is going to have legal liquor It had bet ter be under State control. Wets WOling Some of the wets were willing to" make a partial concession. They were willing to give the State the liquor control and revenue and jjrovide that there be no legal liquor unless as many as 20 counties voted for liquor. But the drys were not willing to accept that. "What da you mean, accept," snorted one wet In an aside to a dry. "We're just offering to give the State the control and the revenue." On and on the conference lasted while the two houses of the Legisla ture waited upstairs, impatient to ad journ. Tempers were on edge despite the Governor's best smiling effort toward cool compromise. . Some of the drys pointed out that it would be un fair to ask the Senate to vote on a State liquor bill, which it plready had killed once, as many members had gone home. Finally the conference broke up, having accomplished noth ing. Net Result- Nil The ret result of Governor Ehring haus' entry into the liquor fight ? at the 11th hour and 59th minute ? was to brin* criticism down on his own head fcr not having taken a. hand be fore. Althpugh the fight has been go ing on for 'months, as far as most of the Legislature knew he had Ignored It. Certainly he had made no public recommendation on the question, one way or the other. Adjournment followed almost im mediately after the Governor's con ference ended in failure. The enroll ing office had completed Its work and all that needed to be done was for the two presiding officers to sign and ratify the last of the bills, Then the dQors of each chamber were open, the speaker (Continued On. Page ?) TO SAIL SOON Mr. Wharton W instead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W instead, left Monday morning for New York City where he will embark in the next few days for Europe. Mr. Winstead expects to be gone about two months and in that time he will visit many places of inter est on the continent. Commencement Sermon Preached By Rev. Porter Presiding Elder Preaches To Graduating Class Of Rox boro High School EXERCISES HELD IN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM) Addressing the graduating class of | the Roxboro High School and assem- i bled friends Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock Rev. H. B. Porter, Presiding Elder of the Durham District of the Methodist Church, took for his text "A Workman That Needeth Not Be Ashamed" and preached a forceful sermon. He brought into his sermon many timely messages, telling the Sen iors that willingness and hard work were essential to success. Rev. Thomas Hamilton, pastor of the , Presbyterian Church, led the in vocation, and the choir of the Long Memorial Church led the congregation in singing. Rev. Mr. Porter was in troduced by Supt. O. C. Davidson. Announcements concerning the re maining events on the commencement program were made. Monday even ing- Mr. Robert P. Burns addresses the graduates ol the seventh grade, and on Tuesday evening Mr. Robert B. House, Executive Secretary of the University of North Carolina, will ad dress the graduating class, at which time diplomas and other awards will be presented. o RECITAL The piano pupils of Mrs. H. W. Newell will give a recital In the Meth odist church, Thursday at 8 o'clock. May 16th. There will be several violin numbers by the pupils of Mrs. Greenwood of Durham. Everyone is cordially in vited. o MARTIN MICHIE, JR. SPRAINS HIS FOOT Master Martin Michie, Jr. had the misfortune Tuesday to sprain his foot. Although able to be out he re quires the assistance of a cane in walking. o f? ? CARD OF THANKS \ ? I wish to take this method to thai^k each and every one that was so kind to us during the illness and death of my dear sister, Mrs. Caroline C. Long, and those' that took such an interest in conducting the funeral service and for the many nice flowers. May God's rich blessings rest upon each and everyone. R. M. Long 0 ; ? Some face powder is manufactured from apricot stones, ground into dust. Indications That Governor Will Call Special Session To Meet In August To Consider The Liquor Question Which Was So Messed Up Saturday Raleigh, May 12 ? Mountain and coastal statesmen pulling out for home today, left with the- under standing that they will spend Au gust in Raleigh undergoing liquor legislation ratified yesterdajr in the dying moments of the general as sembly. They will have more reason for the return than the rectification of a stupid lot of liquor bills.There will be some presidential matters that need attention. The will of Mr. Roosevelt is to be wVQOght. The legislature yesterday did not have the details on which to Act: It can make a graceful return to Raleigh to do the far bigger thing. While in the capital it can attend to the little details of liquor legis lation. O? ? ? ?-r . Rotary Club Has ] Memorial Program The Rotary meeting Thursday night was featured by a memorial program in honor of the late George A. Dun can, deceased member of the club. Mr. Duncan is the only member lost to the local club by death since its organi zation here in 1924. ? O. B. McBroom, in charge of the program, called on J. A. Timberlake, who gave a brief sketch o | Mr. Dun can's life. Alex Sergeant then talked on him as a Rotarian, his usefulness to the club and his ever willingness to serve others. Rev. W. P. West talked on Mr. Duncan's life as a Chris tian, paying high tribute to the life that he led. Special music was had in the form of a quartet of J. S. Walker, Paul Cash well, Billy Montague and Wallace Woods. Billy Montague also sang a solo. - ? Burke Mewborne, on behalf of the qlub, presented Mrs. W. W. Woods, nfcinist for the club1_with a beautiful silver serving dish as a birthday" pres ent. Guests of the club for the evening were R. B. Griffin, newly appointed county school superintendent and Joe Whitfield of Hurdle Mills. o Mr. James Passes Thursday Morning Death Due To Complication Of Diseases. Funeral Services Friday Froth The Home Mr. John Russell James, 76, passed away at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. J. D. Clayton, in the Plat River Community near Antioch Church Fri day morning at 5:50 a. m. Mr. James had been in ill health since December of last year, being confined to his bed for most of the time since then. His death was due to advancing age and a complication of diseases. Surviving are five daughters: Mrs. C. S. Day, of Timberlake, N. C.; Mrs. J. D. Clayton, of Timberlake; Mrs. S. J. Garrett, of Roxboro; Mrs. R. W. and L. W. Lunsford of this city; three sons: Mr. W. A. James, of Durham; Mr. A. P. James, Roxboro; and Mr. P. L. James of Burlington, N. C. One sister, Mrs. John Moorefield of Danville, Va., and two brothers, Mr. Will James of Timberlake and Mr. C. O. James of Roxboro also survive, as do several grand children and great -grand-child - ren. Puneral services were conducted from his home place at 2:00 p. m. Fri day afternoon with Elder Lex Chand ler in charge. Immediately follow ing the services Mr. James was buried in the James family cemetery. O T? MISS DAVIDSON LEADS HER SENIOR CLASS In the recent state-wide high school senior examination the highest score for the Roxboro senior class was made by Miss Ruth Davidson. Forty-flve seniors took the examination in the local high school. OH! THEM WATERMELONS Our good friend Bob Whitt came in Saturday to tell us he had just planted four hundred hills of watermelons and cantaloupes, and that he was look ing for us when they w;ere ripe. Well, Bob, you can count on us, for we will be there. Seventeen Poultrymen in Clay 'Co. have placed 4,000 baby chicks in brood er houses as & demonstration under the direction of the County Agent. Death (alls A . Good Woman To Her Reward Mrs. C. A. Woodson Dies Fol lowing Long Illness Mrs. C. A. Woodson, 87, widow of Rev. C. A. Woodson and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Callen of Co lumbia, Ala., died here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Wilburn Friday night at 8:50 o'clock. Mrs. woodson had been in declining health for the past twelve months, critically the past week. For several years it has been the custom of Mrs. Woodson to spend the winter months here, dividing the time between her two daughters, Mrs. de Vlaming and Mrs. Wilburn, and spend the summer months with her children in Virginia. Surviving are three sons, C. W. Woodson of Rustburg, Va.; T. V. and R. M. Woodson of Lynchburg, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. A. S. deVlaming and Mrs. R. L. Wilburn of Roxboro, 17 grandchildren and four great grand children. Also one sister, Miss Margaret Callen of Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Woodson was really one of the most beautiful Christian characters it has ever been our pleasure to know. Just what form that which we call the soul takes after it leaves the earthly body we know not, but this we are persuaded, that when her soul neared the gates to the Heavenly City those gates swung wide to give her an a bundant entrance into that beautiful home. Funeral services were conducted from the home of Mr. R. L. Wilburn on Saturday morning at 9:30, with Rev. W. F. West in charge. Immediately after the services the body was taken to Rustburg for burial. Visited Mother Here Mr. J. A. Scoggins and daughter, Miss Elizabeth of Drake's Branch, Va., and Mr. D. Barton Scoggins of Washing "tOfir Mother s JDay here with the mother of the Messrs^ gins. The two Scoggins boys were born and reared in Roxboro, and are just two more of our boys who have made good. But we are not at all sur prised, because these boys received their training in this office. The el der, J. A., is the owner of a string of newspapers in Virginia and is doing well with them, while Barton, the younger, is a proof reader in the gov ernment printing office in Washing ton, where he is making a name for himself. n An Appreciation The Senior Class of the Roxboro High School wish to publicly express their appreciation to their grade mo thers and grade fathers for all the kind things done for them during the year. If we are not over burdened with intelligence, we were certainly wise in selecting Mrs. E. B. Craven, Mr. G. J. Cushwa, Mrs. A. S. Has san, Mrs. Henry Hester, Dr. B. E. Love, Mr. O. B. McBroom and Mr. Jim Wal ker to be our class guardians. We also appreciate the thoughtfulness of Mrs. J. H. Hughes, the P.-T. A. Pres ident. Bobby Michaels, President, Mrs. A .P. Nichols, Home Room Teacher o SMALL FIRE JUST BEFORE NOON ON MONDAY The Fire Deparment answered a call this morning about 11:30. A small cab in located just off Academy Street and behind the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Jackson had caught afire. The fire had Its origin in a closet of the house but very little damage was done be fore the department was on hand to put It out. Graham Announces For Governorship Lieutenant-Governor Announces Candidacy Just Prior To The Adjournment Of Legislature The long expected announcement of Lieutenant-Governor A. H. "Sandy", Graham's candidacy for the Governor ship In the primary of 1936 came Fri day night just on the eve of the ad journment of this session of the Leg islature. The announcement came as the Lieutenant-Governor was thanking the Senate for the silver goblets which the members had given him in apprecia tion of his work as presiding officer. His statement: "Having virtually completed my duties as presiding of ficer of the 1935 State Senate, I now feel at liberty to announce that I am a candidate for Governor of North Carolina, subject to the Democratic Primary next year. My platform will be announced later, but in accord with my record I shall stand squarely for those policies which are endorsed by the Democratic Party. As my cam paign progresses, I shall make known my views on all issues now confront ing the people of North Carolina, or which may arise during that time, in order that there may be no doubt of my position on any question concern ing the State's welfare." o Seniors Present Excellent Play Friday Evening "Your Uncle Dudley" Is De clared To Be A Very Suc - cessful Performance Lovable, civic-minded Uncle Dudley Oixon and his family troubles, as well &s jits love affairs, and business dif ficulties weir' mr#ck*?lday "W11 by the Seniors of the Roxb?ff?>fiigh school in the annual play presented by tfietifc R. E. Hamlir\, Jr. played the title role. The bachelor of forty who would rather attend to some civic enterprise than to his own business and conse quently -his business was on the down grade. This was Uncle Dudley and R. E. Hamiln, Jr. played it t<J perfection. His mother, Mrs. Janet Dixon, play ed by Miss Helen Day, was another strong part in the performance as was his sister, Mrs. Mabel Dixon Church, played by Miss Evelyn Newman. Both of these actresses carried out their parts in a way that is seldom seen on the amateur stage. > Miss Cftristlne Sederholm,. played by Miss Anna Katherine Love, the sweetheart of Uncle Dudley, was por trayed in an excellent manner, as was the character, Cyril Church, ably play ed by Dick Puckett, who was the younger son of Mrs. Church, a romp ing, wise-cracking, lovable youth of the present generation. The love scenes were portrayed be tween Ethelyn Church, played well by Miss Louise Hassan, and Robert Kir by, ably portrayed by Robert Mich aels, jr. The man about town, Char lie Post was done well by Frank Hes ter, jr. This performance was ably di rected by Mrs. A. F. Nichols and Miss Texys Morris. o BUSHY FORK GRANGE The Grange No. 878 will meet Friday night May 17 at 8 o'clock. There will be a Mothers' Day program given af ter the meeting. We urge every mem ber to be present. Each member is re quested to bring their mother to this program. , Onnie Whitfield, Lec. 'SEND -A- DAME' IDEA TIES CO-EDS INTO DATED KNOTS Berkeley, Calif., May 12? It's enough to make a girl chew up pencils and pencils ? this "Send-a-Dame" chain let ter idea at the University of Califor nia. "I can't see where it's going to end," said Miss Mary Kirk, pretty fresh man co-ed, as she contemplated to day the prospect of being "dated up for years and years and years." Miss Kirk's name appeared on the "Send-A-Dame" letters at the top of a -list of five. Men students receiving the letters were directed to make a date with the top girl, scratch her name from the list, add a new one and send copies along to five friends." "There wont be a dame to spare pret ty quick," predicated Eldon Grimm. *9 ? senior In the College 1 of Commerce who wae'ffredited by the Daily Cali fornia, student newspaper, with or iginating the idea. He figured each of the 6,000 co-eds at the university would be "dated" approximately 36,000 times if each of the 10,000 men students co-operated by seeing that no link was broken. There would be something like 156, 250,000 "dates" altogether in the one chain. "It looks like we might be chained for life," said Miss Kirk, a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She thought, just off-hand, that she might manage 26,000 dates, at the rate of one a day, in about 70 years. n Memorial Day Exercises Held Here Friday Only" Two Person County Mem bers Of Camp Jones Now Living According to custom of long stand ing the Daughters of tha Confederacy entertained the members of Camp Jones here Friday morning. Just a short while back and on Memorial Day there were many of the Old Vets in town, but today there are only two Person , County citizens living who are mem bers of Camp 'Jones, these being Mr. W. P. Reade and Mr. R. H. Oakley; Mr. Sam Barnwell of Caswell County, we believe is a member of Camp Jones; these three were present at the last meeting. The exercises consisted of an in vocation by Rev. E. B. Craven, a se lection with Mrs. Wallace Woods at the piano and Rev. Hamilton with the violin, three songs by the following quartette, Messrs. Howard Young, Kendall Street, Billy Montague and Harry Lee Perkins. Mrs. R. H. Gates, president of the Daughters, then in troduced the speaker, Mr. S. P. Nicks, Jr. who paid a beautiful tribute to the Old Veterans, and those who had gone on before. Dinner, which had been prepared by the Daughters, was served to all pres ent, and of course, it was a real din ner. While the attendance was small, and the number of Old Vets only two, 'the Daughters say they will keep up the custom so lon^r as there is one Veteran living. HOTEL JONES HAS BEEN RE - NAMED HOTEL ROXBORO The New Hotel Jones which in the past few days has changed manage ment will also change its name. Prom this time on it will be known as Hotel Roxboro. Mrs. B. W. Gardner has been busy since the first of the month when she "asstTnVE&charge in getting everything ship-shape! 1|V "!'? ifTriW opened a boarding house on South Main Street some years since, has es tablished a reputation for a first-class hostelry and it is expected that she will maintain this high standard in the hotel. o A Visit We Regretted To Miss While we- were knocking about town Friday our good and much esteemed friend, Mr. W. F. Reade. made us a call. It is always a pleasure to chat with Mr. Reade, for he is easily one of the best posted and wisest counse lors coming our way. Mr. Reade, one of the two living Confederate Veter ans, has been not so well for the past several months, but we are glad to know he is very much Improved, in fact he says he is feeling better than for some time. We regret we were out but trust he will be coming this way again soon and will favor us with another visit. SAYS JACK rt-Lf New "SJork, May .12,? Expectant mothers were advised tonight by Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champ Ion, to go into training. In a Mother's Day address before the Maternity Center Association, Dempsey said a woman preparing for motherhood should have the same care as a man receives when he goes into a big fight. "When a woman prepares for child birth," he said, "she prepares for a tough battle." Former Governor Alfred E. Smith also spoke. Miss Frances Perkins, Sec retary of Labor, was a guest of hon or. o Baptismal Service At First Baptist Church Sunday night the pastor, Rev. W. F. West held a baptismal service at the Roxboro First Baptist Church, about twenty-five candidates were baptized. There are quite a number of candi dates who were received for baptism at the close of the revival^ who will be baptized at some future service. : O ? A net profit of $38 a head over feed cost is reported by C. A. Brown of Cleveland, Rowan County, who has fed and sold one lot of 50 steers.
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