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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 57
BULLET wounds prove fatal
10 LOUISIANA'S ?isr
r? ? - ?
Both Friend and Foe Join In
Expressing Regr?t Over
Death Of Colorful Louis
iana Dictator
LIEUTENANTS SEEK
TO MAINTAIN POWER
OF LONG'S MACHINE
Funeral Scheduled For 4 O'Clock On
Thursday With Burial to Occur On
Grounds Of Towering: Capitol Build
ing At Baton Rouge; Coroner's
Jury Fixes No Responsibility For
Long's Death; Inquest Into Killing
Of His Assassin Again Deferred;
Legislature Moves Ahead With Mea
sures Sponsored By Fallen Leader;
Doctor Tells Of Long's Fight For
His Life.
Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 10. ? Sena
tor Huey P. Long died today at the
height of his power, and both friend
and foe of his political creed through
out the nation deplored his assassina
tion.
Control of his Louisiana empire,
which he ruled as a dictator, was in
confusion as his lieutenants sought to
solidify their ranks and preserve the
power they inherited.
Long's death came at 4:06 a. m.
Central standard time. He was un
conscious. His immediate family and
political associates surrounded his
bedside.
Long was 42 years old. For 31 hours
he and his physicians fought against
death from wounds inflicted by Dr.
A. C. Weiss, jr., 30-year-old Baton
Rouge eye specialist, who shot the
Senator as he stepped from the House
chamber into a corridor of the Cap
itol building Sunday night.
Weiss, a member of a family politi
cally opposed to Long, immediately
dropped dead from bullet wounds in
flicted by Long's heavily-armed body
guards.
Five Transfusions
The bullet from Weiss' gun struck
the Senator in the right side, pene
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Meeting Qf 0. E. S.
The local Chapter No. 207, Order
Eastern Star, met In the Masotfte
Lodge room Thursday evening, Sept.
5th at 7:30.
Mrs. Bessie Thomas, Worthy Mat
ron. presided. After the business ses
sion, Mr. W. W. Morrell, Worthy Pa
tron, in a very interesting amnner told
of the aims and ideals of the O. E. S.
His remarks were greatly appreciated
by those present.
Mrs. Thomas is a faithful and un
tiring leader but she can't lead alone;
she needs followers. I sincerely urge
each member of the Chapter to make
an effort? a sacrifice If necessary ? to
attend the meetings this fall and
winter. Give the splendid help and
encouragement to your leader that I
know you are capable of doing and I
am sure you will be well repaid.
: . Oor. Sec.
Bethel Hill School
To Open Tuesday
Bethel Hill High School will open on
Tuesday morning, September 17. Due
to the fact that school Is opening later
than usual, parents are urged to start
their children the first day.
The teachers are requested to at
tend an important county-wide teach
ers meeting at Roxboro at 2:30 P. M.
on September 16. The local Bethel Hill
meeting will be at 4:30 P. M. on the
same day at Bethel Hill.
Lewis S. Cannon
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NOTICE TO COLORED
SCHOOL TEACHERS
There will be a meeting of the col
ored teachers at the Person Training
School next Monday afternoon at 3:30.
All of the colored schools in the coun
ty will open on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
R. B. Griffin,
Supt. Schools
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UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. Stewart M. Ford underwent an
operation for appendicitis * at Watts
hospital Wednesday. At this writing
she is reported to be getting along
nicely. Mr. Ford is also in the hos
pital for treatment.
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Hie House Restaurant, where con
' gressmen and others sometimes eat,
sold 48,217 bottles of beer from Janu
ary Jrd to August 27th.
Lead in 'Baby Derby'
TORONTO, Canada . . . _?bove is
Mrs. Lillie Kenney, mother of 14 chil
dren, 11 of whom were born since Oct.
21, 1926. Below is Mrs. Grace mag
nate, mother of 23, nine of which were
born since Oct., "26. These two lead in
the baby de^by to win the Millar will
bequest of $500,000 to the Toronto mo
ther giving birth to the most children
between October 21, 1926 and October
31, 1936.
Tobacco Contracts
Are In The Office
Of County Agent
Farmers Of Person County May
Sign New Contracts When
ever They Wish To Call
At The Office
The Tobacco Production Adjustment
Contracts which were signed in 1933
1934 covered the years 1934 and 35.
In a referendum held some time ago,
the farmers voted almost unanimous
ly to continue the program of crop
control. The Department of Agricul
ture has therefore sent to all tobacco
counties copies of the new contracts
in order that all who wish to do so
may sign these forms.
These contracts are written for a
four-year peoiod, 1936 to 1939, inclu
sive. However, if a contract signer
should become dissatisfied, he may
withdraw at the end of any one year.
County Agent H. K. Sanders has re
ceived a supply of these new contracts
and those who wish to do so may call
at the office and sign them immedi
ately.
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OPERATED ON LAST NIGHT
Mr. Gordon Carver, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Carver, was car
ied to Watts hospital last night where
an appendicitis operation was per
formed. He is reported to be recuper
ating nicely at this writing.
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U. D. C. MEETING
The U. D. C. will meet Tuesday,
September 17 with Mrs. Albert Clay
ton. All members are urged to be
present.
Mrs. Reade Jones, Sec.
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IN WATTS HOSPITAL
Mrs. Hugh Sawyer is confined to
Watts hospital. It is understood that
she will undergo an operation. All
wish that Mrs. Sawyer will soon be
able to be back at home, as she will
be missed in. the social and business
world.
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CONDUCTOR SAVES BOYS
Sterling, 111. ? Elmer Jackson, con
ductor on a passenger train, saw a
sailboat capsize in Rock River, and
dropped a note off his train, which
sent a rescue squad two miles to save
the five boys struggling in the water.
Schools Of County
Await Opening Bell
On Next Tuesday
Text Book Rental System Ex
plained. Schools And Bus
ses In Readiness
All the schools of the county will
open next Tuesday. The principals
and janitors of all the larger schools
are on the job and making prepara
tion to receive the teachers and pu
pils. Hiere will be about seventeen
new white teachers in the county this
year.
Mr. Jones has the county's trucks in
first class shape. He expects this to
be the best year of transportation for
the county. The state has already de
livered two new trucks, while the
county is purchasing two which should
be ready for use when the schools
open. The truck routes have been
changed some, but in most cases the
routes will be about the same as last
year.
Books will be available for those
who wish to rent. The books will b?
here during the first week of school,
if not for the opening date. Pupils
are expected to use their old books
and may purchase new ones, if they
so desire. However the new books may
be rented for one third the retail cost
of the book. For example, a book that
retails for $.90 may be rented for $.33.
Where books have been offered for
rent very few have been bought.
A meeting of truck drivers and prin
cipals is to be heia Saturday after
noon at 1:30 while a county-wide
teachers meeting will be held Mon
day afternoon at 2:30.
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From John Ellington
To All The People
Of Person County
It is with the keenest sense of re
gret that I leave Roxboro and Per
son County. During my three years
and three months of residence here I
have made many friends whom I like
to think of as life-long ones.
Whether you realize tt or not you
have one of the best towns in the
state and it is the capital of one of
the best counties in the realm.
Such a friendly atmosphere is pre
valent here that it makes me, a stran
ger to you a little more than three
years ago, feel as though I am taking
leave of my own folks. Should my
path ever lead me in the vicinity of
this county, you may be assured that
I shall make every effort to drop In
for a visit with those whom I have
come to know and love in your coun
ty.
With best wishes for the continued
success of each and every citizen of
Roxboro and the county, I am.
Most sincerely yours.
John Ellington
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Hog Values Soar
To Highest Peak
In Past 6 Years
Chicago, Sept. 11 ? Hog prices In the
nation's principal livestock markets
today were at the highest level since
August 13, 1929, with receipts half of
normal and slaughter the lowest in
more than 30 years.
Top hogs were bid up 10 cents to
$12.25 per hundredweight, represent
ing the farmers' direct price plus mar
keting charges. For packers who in
clude the $2.25 per hundredweight
processing tax in figuring operating
costs, this cost aggregated a peak of
(14.50 highest in almost la (decade.
AAA com-hog progrom receive ben
efit payments from the tax fund in
addition to the cash price for hogs
at market.
Receipts of hogs today were only
8,000. Market observers estimated re
ceipts here and elsewhere throughout
the corn belt have been running 50
per cent below normal.
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RETURNED FROM
WATTS HOSPITAL
The friends of Miss Ethel Scott of
Semora, N. C. will be glad to learn
that she has returned from the hos
pital.
She is now at home at her sister,
Mrs. Cam Wins te ad. She is recovering
nicely.
Her friends hope for her a speedy
recovery.
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BRIDGE PAINT $835,000
Sari Francisco? Painting the Oak
land-San Francisco Bridge has begun.
The Job will take $835,000 worth of
paint? enough to cover 20,000 flve
room dwellings.
Rev. Edgar Hillman
To Address Kiwanis
Club Monday Night
Durham Pastor Will Be Guest Speaker
On Program Of Local Club
Rev. Edgar Hillman, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church in Durham, N. C.,
will speak to the Kiwanis Club on the
coming Monday night. Dr. Hillman is
one of the outstanding leaders in the
Methodist church of North Carolina.
He is likewise a very popular club man,
being a former Kiwanis president.
Dr. Hillman is a speaker of rare
ability, is a profound student and is
well acquainted with the affairs of to
day.
A full attendance of Kiwanians is
urged to hear this man of God when
he addresses the club at the Communi
ty House next Monday night. The
meeting will begin at 6:30 P. M., the
regular meeting time.
Aged Bethel Hill
Resident Is Victim
Ot Heart Trouble
Robert M. Murray Dies Tuesday
Morning Of Heart Attack.
Had Been In Declining
Health Several Years
FUNERAL SERVICES WED.
Mr. Robert M. Murray, 71 -year-old
resident of the Bethel Hill commun
ity, died Tuesday morning, a victim of
a heart attack. Death occurred at 8
a. m. Mr. Murray had been in declin
ing health for several years.
He leaves to mourn his passing his
wife and the following children: five
sons, F. E. Murray, Louisville, Ky., L
G. Murray, Lynchburg Va. W. C. Mur
ray, Roanoke, Va., J. L. and R. M.
Murray, jr., of Bethel Hill; three
daughters Mrs. N. C. Cassell of Roa
noke, Va., Mrs. J. W Smith and Mrs.
L. C. Punch of Edenton, N. C.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Bethel Hill Baptist Church
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 with
Rev. N. J. Todd in charge. Active pall
bearers were: Messrs. W. C. and R. T.
Warren, Julian Woody, Billy Woody,
Norman Pulliam, Nelson Pulliam, Wil
lard Pulliam, and Edward Pulliam.
Honorary: E. Y. Jones, J. B. Boswell,
G. G. Woody, G. G. Woody, W. B
Humphries, C. M. Raines, W. T. .Wil
born. Sr.. C. T. Hall, A. E. Brandon.
W. T. Wilborn, Jr. B. W. Gentry G.
W. Joyner T. M. Montague J. M.
Whitlow, J. G. Murray, E. L. Wehren
burg," and S. P. Gentry. Following the
services Mr. Murray was laid to rest
in the Bethel Hill church cemetery.
Mr. Murray had msufe his home in
the Bethel Hill sectity for many years
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Dr. J. C. Anders To
Occupy Baptist
Pulpit Wednesday
Returned Missionary To Lecture
Here Wednesday Night,
Sept. 18. Is No Stranger
To Local Audiences
Dr. J. Clarence Anders, who has
been a Medical Missionary for a num
ber of years at Ogbomosho, Nigeria,
British West Africa will be at the
First Baptist Church next Wednes
day night, September 18th, and will
bring a message direct from his field
of labor, illustrating it with his own
moving pictures. Dr. Anders is not a
stranger in Roxboro as he visited us
on his last visit to this country, at
which time his family was living in
Roxboro and his sister. Miss Lucile
was teaching in our High School.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this instructive and inspiring
address.
OPERATED ON MONDAY
Miss Frances Woody, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vasco Woody, was op
erated on for appendicitis Monday,
following a two week's stay in the hos
pital. At this time she is reported to
be recovering nicely.
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USES SQUARE TOKENS
Chicago. ? Illinois citizens will pay
3 per cent tax on retail purchases by
using 15 million tokens recently placed
in circulation by the state. Made of
aluminum they are 5-8th of an inch
square, with rounded corners.
C. L. Bowen Is Host
To (a-Vel Ball Club
And Other Guests
Entertained With Delightful
Supper At Community Cen
ter Tuesday Evening. 25
Were Present
Mr. C. L. Bowen was the hos1 to
the Ca-Vel ball club and other in
vited guests at a delicious supper serv
ed in the Community Center Tuesday
evening. The guests were invited to
sit down to a delightful chicken sup
per with all the accessories which had
been prepared by the members of the
Eastern Star.
B. B. Mangum, manager of the club,
acted as Master of Ceremonies. Fol
lowing the partaking of the fine meal
remarks were made by some of the
members and by some of the other
guests. The toastmaster took each one
present and related' some incident in
connection with him, all being in a
humorous vein.
Jack Cozart, on behalf of the ball
club, presented Manager Mangum
with a handsome handbag with his
monogram on It. This was a token of
appreciation from the club for the val
uable service given them by Mr. Man
gum during the season.
Those present were as follows: Em
mett and Claude Wilborn, Thomas
Monk, Morris Briggs, Reubin Wheeler,
Tommie Crowder, Howard Anders,
Buster Maynard, Heywood Slaughter,
Carlton Slaughter, Arnold Holt. Jack
Cozart, Matt Dickerson, Bill Owens,
Rufus Buchanan, B. B. Mangum, Enos
Slaughter, Frank Williams, D. K. Tay
lor, Sam Merritt, Julian Richardson,
Cotton Powell, Flip Yarbrough, H. K.
Strang, and the host, C. L. Bowen.
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Funeral Services
Tuesday Afternoon
For Mr. John Y. Fox
Elderly Resident Of Chub Lake
Section Died Monday Af
ternoon After Long Ill
ness Period
Funeral services were conducted from
Stories Creek Primitive Baptist church
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 for Mr.
John Y. Fox 79-year-old resident of
the county. Elder Lex Chandler was
in charge of the services. Mr. Fox was
laid to rest in the church cemetery
immediately following the funeral
.services.
Seven children survive their fath
er, Mrs. Fox having died several years
ago. Those surviving are: Messrs. Ed,
Eugene, Oscar Lex and Willie Fox,
and two daughters Mrs. Henrietta
Perkins and Mrs. Charles Oakley. Mr.
Fox is also survived by two brothers
Messrs. George and Henry Fox, and
two sisters Mrs. Jerry Stanfield and
Mrs. John Foushee.
Prior to the final illness that began
five months ago and ended with his
death, Mr. Fox had been an active
citizen of his community and one of
the leading farmers in the county. His
death was attributed to a complica
tion of diseases.
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Bushy Fork School
Opens Tuesday
We are requested to announce that
the Bushy Fork School will open next
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. All of
the old teachers will return with one
new teacher, Mrs. Wm. VanHook,
added to the faculty.
All patrons are urged to attend the
opening, while the parents are urged
to see that every child of school age
is present on the opening day. Mr.
V. E. Duncan is . principal of this
school.
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CONDITION IMPROVED
Latest reports from the bedside of
Marsh Hester say that his condition
is thought to be somewhat improved.
Mr. Hester was stricken with double
pneumonia a little more than a week
ago, and since that time he has been
gravely ill at his home in the Bushy
Pork community.
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WITH THE PASS
FURNITURE CO.
Mr. Maxie Daniel is now connected
with Pass Furniture Company, having
pone with that firm on September 2.
Mr. Daniel invites all his friends to
come down to see him at his new lo
cation.
Everything Ready
For Person County
Jersey Cattle Show
All Details Have Been Arranged
And Indications Point To
Successful Show
The committee in charge of the
purebred Cattle Show to be staged .at
the Planters Warehouse Sept. 26th
and 27th is expecting a large crowd to
see a few of the old original cattle
shipped in here about seven or eight
years ago, followed by their progeny,
to show the difference in the quality
of the animals we have and what we
had seven years ago.
We have approximately 350 head of
purebred cattle in this county at this
time, owned by about 80 different far
mers. We do not have many large
breeders of purebred cattle which
means that these cattle are on farms
where the family cow is the main in
stitution on the farm.
The cattle for the show are expect
ed to be brought in by trucks Septem
ber 26th. The Creedmore Supply Co.
is giving their services to this end by
transporting the cattle to and from
the farms.
On Thursday, Sept. 26th, those who
have promised to have cattle at the
show are urged to have them caught
and tied with a good halter in or
der that they may be loaded quickly.
By cooperating to this extent the cat
tle owners can enable the trucks to
get the entire 100 head in Roxboro in
one day.
It is necessary to train the animals
to lead. This is best accomplished by
holding the rein or rope near the head
of the animals instead of trying to
lead them with a chain several feet
long.
In order to have the cattle well
groomed for the show, the owners
should brush each animal or rub with
a rag two or three times a week. The
horns of old cattle should be filed
with wood rasp then scraped smooth
with glass, then sand-papered.
The following classes are given below
for the information of those who will
exhibit:
1. Bull over 3 yrs. old.
2. Bull between 2 and 3 yrs. old.
3. Bull from 1 to 2 yrs. old.
4. Bull calf, 6 mo. to 1 yr. old.
5. Cow 3 yrs. old.
6. Cow, 2 to* 3 yrs old.
7. Springers, 11-2 to 2 yrs old.
8. Heifers, 1 yr. to 11-2 yrs old.
9. rfeifers, 6 mos. to 1 yr. old.
Those intending to exhibit should
send a list to the Farm Agent at once
giving the age of each animal so they
can be properly classed.
The merchants and business men
have been very liberal with donations
to share the expenses necessary in
putting on a show worthy of the coun
ty.
Many of the owners of purebred cat
tle have been visited and given in
structions on how to prepare the cat
tle for the show. All are very enthu
siastic over the cattle show and are
eagerly awaiting the time when they
will probably show the largest parade
of cattle ever put on the streets of
Roxboro. The committee is planning
some very interesting demonstrations
that will be enjoyed by all.
The committee wants everybody to
come to see the progress that is be
ing made in eliminating the grade a?d
scrub cow from Person County farms.
There will, of course, be no admis
sion charge to this show. Everybody
lis invited and extended a cordial wel
come.
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Red Lane Ramblers
To Play Oxford Red
Sox At Jalong Park
On Saturday, September 15, the Red
Lane Ramblers will engage the Ox
ford Red Sox on Gardner Park, Ja
long, N. C.
Mr. Ernest Carver, manager for the
Ramblers, states that his club has won
twenty out of twenty-flve games this
year, with only a few of the games be
ing played at home.
Saturday's game will probably be the
last time that the boys will perform
at home this year. Come out and give
them a big hand. Admission: 10c,
Ladies Free.
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IN WATTS HOSPITAL
Mrs. H. W. Winstead is a patient at
Watts hospital. Her condition is re
ported to be improved and, it is
thought that she will be able to re
turn home soon.
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INCREASE
Imports of liquor and wines contin
ue to run ahead of corresponding
months of last year.