THE COURIER, A SEMI - WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PERSON COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE. )t Itaboro Courier ESTABL.SHED lttl. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER, UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSH.P FOR M PEARS. IF YOU HAVE SOME THING TO SELL, TELL IT THROUGH OUR WANT COLUMN MONDAY AND THURSDAY J. W. NOELL, EDITOR HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LII. (Monday and Thursday) ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 49 Roxboro Is Approved For Postoffice Building APPROPRIATION SECURED fOR SITE AND P.O. BOM Congressman Hancock Wires Approval For Local Proj ect By Interdepartmental Committee This Is the best news we have had in many days and all Roxboro is proud of Mr. Hancock's efforts; he has as sured us for some time that he intend ed Roxboro should have a suitable post office building, and he has been on the Job faithfully. While no men The following telegram was re ceived yesterday morning: Washington, D. C. Aug. 13, 1935 J. W. Noell, Roxboro, N. C. Roxboro approved today for site and postoffice building. Frank Hancock, M. C. tion was made in the telegram we imagine under the present condition, with the Government seeking to put every unemployed man to work, that the matter will be rushed and that ere many months pass we shall see the building under way. Of course, there is one more hurdle to pass, that being the selection of a site, and this may cause trouble and delay; while there are many suitable sites too often the owners try to hold up things by asking unreasonable prices. However, as there are sever al already offered we are anticipating no trouble along this line, and ex pect to see things take shape rapidly. 351 Building Projects Selected The treasury and postoffice depart ments have announced the selection (Continued On Page 5) n ? Will Attend Bar Ass'n Meet In Nova Scotia Mr. S. P. Nicks, Jr., will leave here Friday morning for Norfolk, Va. He will Join members of the North Caro lina Bar Association for a trip to Nova Scotia. The association will hold its annual convention on board a boat while en route to Nova Scotia. They will ar rive there Monday for a few hours stay, re-embarking for Norfolk late in the afternoon. They wiil make the southern port on Wednesday. Attorney General and Mrs. A. A. F. Seawell passed through here yester day on their way through the Valley of Virginia and New York. They will meet the North Carolina Bar Associa tion in New York and go with them to Nova Scotia. They stopped here to visit their son, Billy, who is spending a few days with R. D. Bumpass. . . f\ Tobacco Committee 1 Mel Yesterday Sawyer Named Chairman And Several Motions Adopted At recent meetings of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs committees were ap pointed to see if something could not be done looking to an increase in sales of tobacco on this market. " At the meeting yesterday afternoon the following members of the committee were present: H. A. Sawyer, E. E. Bradsher, Will Price, Sam Merritt, H. W. Newell, C. H. Joyner, Freeman Nicks and Joe -Kirby. Mr. H. A. Sawyer was named as chairman of the committee, and after considerable dis cussion the following resolutions were adopted : 1st: That local club members who raise tobacco, or have tenants, be in vited to a social meeting. 2nd: That every member of Rotary and Kiwanis band together' and call on EVERY farmer in Person county 14 1 the interest of the tobacco market. 3rd: That a combined meeting of Rotary and Kiwanis be held at Frank Whitfield's Store and a barbeque and brunswick stew be served, with all warehousemen and buyers on the Rox boro market as guests. Mr. S. G. Wins te ad was Invited as speaker for the occasion. ANNUAL TOBACCO EDITION WE will begin work on our Annual Tobacco Edition next week. This is a worth while proposition which enables our merchants, and our warehousemen to get in touch with every family in the County, as this edition goes to practic ally ever farmer m the County. Our advertising men will see you soon and we hope no firm in the town will be left out. Let's boost the market and show the farmers we appre ciate their business. ECONOMY TO BE KEYNOTE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF TOWN AFFAIRS Brother Of Local Man Reported Killed In Pittsburgh Wreck Word was received here yester day that Belt Chandler, brother to Mr. Robert Chandler, resident of Chub Lake Avenue, had been fatally injured in an automobile wreck in Pittsburgh, Pa. Further details of the accident were not available. Mrs. Ivey Gillis Injured When Car Turns Over Wed. She And Husband, Driving Home Front Work, Turn Over On Roxboro-Virg ilia Highway Mrs. Ivey Gillis was rushed to Watts hospital late yesterday afternoon and was found to be suffering with a fractured skull as a result of an auto mobile accident a short time before. Mrs. Gillis and her husband were going home from their work in one of the local mills. Mrs. Gillis was at the wheel of the Chevrolet coach when suddenly the car apparently got out of control, turning over three times before finally stopping. The ac cident occurred on the Roxboro-Vir gilina highway about one mile east of Mr. Albert Wrenn's store, more fa miliarly known as Street's Store. Mr. Wrenn brought Mr. and Mrs. Gillis to town, an ambulance was summoned at once and they were rushed to the hospital. Superficial ex amination showed that Mr. Gillis was suffering more from shock than any thing else, but that Mrs. Gillis had a fractured skull and other minor in juries. The latest report of ner condition was at 4:00 a. m. this morning. She was reported to be resting comfortably. Mr. Gillis returned home after an ex amination by the hospital doctors. He was described as suffering from shock and a slight injury in his chest. o One Other Case Of Polio Reported In Co. This Week ? ? Six Year Old Son Of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Coble In Hospital With In fantile Paralysis Roy Coble, Jr., six-year -old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Coble was carried to Watts hospital Sunday with In fantile Paralysis. His condition is not known at this writing. This is the only case that has been reported in the county for the past several days and indications would point to the fact that the dread di sease is on the wane. Little Daphne Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harris, who has been confined to the hospital for sev eral weeks suffering with a like mal ady, has returned home and is report ed to be getting along nicely. o Mr. London Harvey 1 1 n/i?> r/iru^c flnp rnhnn v ttuc t y ut: 5 v/pciuttuti Mr. Landon Hartey, who has been on the South Carolina tobacco mark et, returned home one day last ireek. Yesterday he was carried to Watts hospital where he underwent an ap pendicitis operation today. ? Mr. James C. Harris, Newly Elected City Manager, Took Office Today. Has Ex cellent Hecord In Mu nicpal Adminis'tion "If for nothing else, my administra tion as City Manager for Roxboro is going to be noted for economy" stated Mr. James C. Harris yesterday in an interview. Mr. Harris was elected City Manager at a recent meeting of the board of commissioners and entered upon his duties this morning. He came here from his home in Inez, N. C., Wednesday to more or less get the lay of things before be ginning his active duties. The new city manager stated that he intended to dive right in, make a thorough study of the town and its condition, both financially and phy sically, and lay immediate plans to pull it out of the hole in which it has been struggling for the past sev eral years. He left a similar post in Fuquay Springs to take over the administra tion of Roxboro's affairs. Prom all re ports he left behind him in Fuquay an administration filled with achieve ments that go to make a good city manager. In addition to pulling the town out of debt and projecting an improved sewer and water system to the tune of $45,000 Mr. Harris organized a Busi ness Men's Club, acted as Secretary of the Fair Association, and started a newspaper. ' Congratulations are due the board in selecting such a wide-awake young fellow to take charge of its affairs, and everyone joins in wishing for him the best success in his administration. All available members of the board of commissioners said yesterday that they anticipated good results under the new set-up. That it was not their intention to be hard-boiled or un reasonable. but that taxes due must be collected so that the town, in turn, could meet their pwn obligations. . It will be the duty of the manager to collect not only what taxes crone into the office, but also to go out and get those that should come in. o Sunday (losing For Service Stations Is Still In The Air Fairly Representative Meeting Held Yesterday At Old Wo mans' Club Building Sunday closing for service stations within the limits of Roxboro is still a subject that is in the air, but for which no definite conclusion has as yet been reached. At a meeting yesterday in the old Woman's Club building twelve out of the eighteen service stations in the town were represented. "An organi zation was perfected, and it was de cided that the matter be postponed, for another week in order that all places might be represented and plans laid to the end in view. The next meeting was set for the same place on next Monday. In the meantime an effort was going to be made to get "other stations to send representatives to this meeting. o ? Important Relief Notice Every person on relief must register on or before Saturday, August 17th. This is very important, please give- it attention. " K. H. Oakley. Re-employing Agent. Man Sets Fire To Mattress Narrowly Escaping Death Ernest Mills, Placed In Jail Sat urday Night, Fires Mat ress; Almost Suffocates V? 1 ~ Ernest Mills, white, man about; fifty years old and from Johnson County, set fire to his mattress in the county jail Saturday night and almost suffo cated before help arrived. Mills was placed on the third floor of the court house Saturday night for being drunk, Mr. A. M. Long, the cus todian, said that shortly after he had put him in a cell he heard him break ing glass. He went to the head of the steps and yelled for the man to cease, and in less than five minutes he smell ed smoke. Going to invesitgate he found the man lying prone on the floor of his cell and with smoke from the burning mattress filling the room. He said the smoke was so thick that he couldn't see the man, but had to hunt for him. He dragged him to the fresh air, and Mills quickly revived. Mr. Long said that, in his opinion, if he had been a few minutes later the man would have suffocated. It so happened that Mills had been placed in a cell convenient to the custodian's quarters, thus eliminating the delay in time that would neces sarily have resulted if he had been put in another part of the building. It was learned later that the man had broken out the window in an ef fort to get some air into the smoke fllled room. Mr. Mills could advance no reason for his act other than he didn't know what he was doing. The mattress was destroyed, but the bed, which is built of steel, was damaged to a very slight extent. The cell was also smoked up some. ?o Arch Shotwell Dies From Blood Poison Poison From Cut On Foot Is Fatal To Ca-Vel Youth. Funeral Services Wednesday Arch Shotwell, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Zannie Showell of Ca Vel Village, succombed Tuesday at Watts hospital to an attack of blood poisoning following a cut sustained on his foot early last week. He became seriously ill Friday night and was carried to the hospital Sat urday morning. He died at 9:30 A. M. Tuesday. Surviving In addition to his parents are four brothers, William, Marshall, Earl and Ben Shotwell, and two sis ters, Misses Elizabeth and Pauline Shotwell, all of near Roxboro. Funeral services for the young vic tim were conducted Wednesday af ternoon at 4:00 o'clock at the W. D. Yarbrough family cemetery in this coundy. Elders J. A. Herdon and Lex Chandler were in charge of the ser vices. o No Clues Uncoyered In Rougemont Scrape Up to this time Durham County officers have been unable to dig up any clues in the shooting of George Huff, night-watchman at H. L. Car ver's store in Rougemont, according to a statement by Sheriff E. G. Bel vin Tuesday. Huff was shot when he challenged an unkonwn negro whom he saw ap proach the store from an out-tiouse where he was secreted. Instead of throwing up his hands, he he was or dered to do, the negro tinned and shnt Ml H11IT tht.iiuU?Mi-?ti-ti(4wg-htm' Jjp. the arm and going up his back. He is -f%port?^i to be resting well at Watts hospital, where he has been confined since the .shooting. Following a series of robberies Huff had been employed by the owner of the store, Mr. H. L. Carver, to keep watch there at night. It was in pur suit of his regular duties that he was wounded. Wests On Vacation Rev. and Mrs. W. P. West ajid son, Billy, left yesterday morning for Ven us, s. C., a mountain resort, where they will spend some time. Before re turning they will visit relatives and. friends in Georgia. Bill MOORE SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES SUSTAINED DIVING AT WHITE LAKE ? u THANK YOU SIRll Congressman Frank Hancock who got behind the movement for a new postoffice building in Roxboro and put it across. Mass-Meeting In The Interest Of A County Hospital Mr. Winfry Of Richmond, Va., Will Address The Meeting COURT HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK All of us know that the Federal gov ernment is going to spend throughout this country in the near future the huge sum of four billion eight hundred million dollars for public improve ments. Citizens of Roxboro and Per son County, should make a real effort to secure tneir part of this huge fund for so many needed public improve ments. We are all agreed that one of the biggest improvements that could be made in our county would be the establishment of a public hos pital. The Person County Medical Society and the Roxboro Chamber of Com merce are sponsoring a move to secure a hospital for our town and county. Public sentiment will determine whe ther or not this great blessing can be accomplished. Tomorrow night at eight o'clock in the courthouse, there will be a mass meeting of all the in terested citizens of our town and coun ty. The principal speaker will be Mr. G. H. Winfrey, a hospital finance ex pert from Richmond Virginia. He will describe to the people a workable plan for securing this badly needed hospital. We feel thaat every citizen is vitally interested in a project of this kind. Our" only way of determining the public attitude is the response the citizens give to this called meeting. We urge you to come and bring your friends. Roxboro Chamber Of Commerce. o Aged Resident Of Loch Lily Com'unity Passed Away Mon. Mr. Zach Briggs Died Monday Night Following An Illness Of Four Months. Mr. Zach Briggs, aged 77, died Mon day night at 9:05 o'clock following an illness of four months duration. His detrt*r ~was"~attributed to a cancer of the stomach. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Judie L. Briggs, two sons, Messrs. Jim and John Briggs, and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Soloman. Sixteen grand child ren also survive. Funeral services were conducted from the Theresa Baptist Church at 3:00 P. M., Tuesday. Rev. C. E. Sulli van was in charge of the services. Act ing as pall bearers were: Messrs. Wil liam Soloman, Johnnie Clayton, Jessie Clayton. Bryan Long, Walter Wilson. and Will Rudder. Immediately following the services Mr. Briggs' body was laid to rest in the Theresa church cemetery. o Novel by H. L. Davis, ex-cowboy, wins $7,500 Harper prize. Popular Roxboro Young Man Died Monday Night From A Fractured Vertebra In Neck Received Sunday While Vaca tioning At Lake Resort FUNERAL SERVICES WEDNESDAY MORNING Funeral services were fconducted. Wednesday morning at 10:00 o'clock for William J. Moore, more familiarly known to his host of friends as "Bill." The services , held from Long Memor ial Church, were in charge of his pas tor, Rev. J. P. Herbert, Rev. W. F. West and Rev. E. B. Craven. Active pall bearers were: Messrs. Frank Siegali, Dolian Long, Spencer Woody, William (BUI) Winstead, Eu gene Thompson and Thomas Hatch ett. Honory pall bearers were: Messrs. George Thomas, Nat Dean, Garrett Stanfield, J. M. Robinson, Bill Sat terfleld, James Thomas, Ben Brown, Arch Woods, Coleman King, Lawrence Hall, John Wade. Bill Walker, R. D. Bumpass, James Clayton, R. P. Mich ael, and William Morrison. The flowers were in charge of the following: Messrs. Henry David Long, Henry Woods, Boone Monk. Edgar Long, E. B. Craven, Jr., Carl Winstead, Joe Wilkerson, James Newman, Reg inald Harris, Jr., Ben Davis, James Carver, Linwood Carver, and P.* O. Carver, Jr. Bill, with a party of friends from Henderson, was sojourning at White Lake, N. C. on a house party when the accident resulting in his death oc curred. Shortly after they arrived at the lake he suggested that they go in swimming and proceeded toward the lake. He dived from a springboard in to shallow water and was found to have suffered from a fractured verte bra in his neck. He was removed to Thompson Memorial Hospital in Lum ber ton, N. C. and the following day (Monday) was brought to a bone spec ialist at Duke Hospital, Durham. Every effort was made to relieve him and to help his condition but all efforts were unavailing and he passed away aft 11:35 P. M. Monday. He leaves to mourn his passing his mother, Mrs. Hattle J. Moore, three sisters, Mrs. W. H. R. Jackson of ?Au rora, N. C., Misses Ethel and Emily Moore of Rloxboro, and two brothers. Wallace and Lawrence Moore, also of RoxbOro. Besides these immediate relatives he leaves a host of other kinspeople and friends that mourn at the passing of this young man who was only twenty four at the time of his death. He graduated with the class of 1929 from Roxboro High School and later attended Duke University. Since leav ing College he had been employed at Collins and Aikman, Inc., and was an employee of this concern when he died. He was a member of the Long Mem orial Methodist Church, being one of the oldest and amoi^g the leaders in the Ideal Bible Class of that Sunday School. Noted Bridge Player Is Visiting Here Sister Of Mrs. R. H. Shelton And Husband Win Six Tro phies At Tournament Mrs. J. Lee Peterson, prominent bridge teacher and tcurftament di rector of New Brunswick, N. J. is vis iting her sister, Mrs. R. H. Shelton, here. In the recent Culbertson Nation al Bridge Convention held at the Croyden Hotel in New York, she, with Mr. Peterson as her partner, won the highest average score for the tourna ments held Monday and Tuesday even ings. On Monday the couple won the trophies for top score, and on Tues day the runner-up trophies. During their stay they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ely Culbertson at the duplicate game at the Crockford Club, in which Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson and Hal Sims played. Mr. Culbertson and Mr filmc p-,aved as partners and woo top score for north and south; Mr. and Mrs. Peterson won top place tor east and west. Trophies were sterling silver cups bearing the Crockford Club emblem and made a total of six cupa the couple won over a period of three days.

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