For The BEST PLACES To TRADE Read The ADVERTISEMENTS In The COURIER! ?l)f Hoxboro Courier ESTABLISHED 1SSL PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BEST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 TEARS. For A HIGH PRICE Brine Your TOBACCO To The R O X B O R O TOBACCO MARKET! J. W. NOELL, EDITOR HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LII. (Monday and Thursday) ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1935 (County Correspondents Solicited) NUMBER 72 Mussolini's Men Start Offensive Over Wide Front Long-Expected Advance T o ward Makale Gets Under Way On 100-Mile Line Ethiopians Fail To Show Resistance As Italian War Machine Moves For ward With Clock-like Precision; Natural Obstacles Make Ma.r<$iing Difficult With the Italian Northern Armies, via Asmara, Nov. 3 ? With the crush ing force of a steam roller, 125,000 Italian soldiers aided by thousands of native "shock troops," pounded forward tonight over a 100-mile front. The immediate objective was the Ethiopian caravan center, Makale, but the entire movement is expected to consolidate the Invading armies along a new front line cutting approximate ly 60 miles deeper into the central plateau. Except for miner skirmifJhes, the only opposition encountered during the first phase of the offensive was from natural obstacles. The advanc ing columns were streaming through dense forests and mountain passes carved deep into the towering rock. One column, composed chiefly of Da nakil warriors fighting for Italy, screened the advance on the left flank in a spectacular dash across the wa terless salt wastes of Danakil, "Hell Hole of Creation." Another Big Slice By nightfall it was announced that all objectives had been reached in j the first wave of advance, adding an other huge slice of Ethiopian terri tory to Italian occupation. The first battalions moved out into the- steaming valleys at dawn from a plateau beyond Edega Hamus. As the last troops moved up, peaceful civilians in Sunday clothes were walk ing to church in the back country. After 14 hours of back-breaking marching, the line had been pushed almost half-way to Makale in the largest movement of the war so far. At the same time, Gen Emilio de Bono's head (Quarters announced "our columns have inaugurated intense ac tion on Ogaden" on the southern front. No details were given. Gen. Ruggiero Santini's column on j _ the right flank encountered guerilla Opposition, but not enough to halt j the forward push. Every available airplane was thrown into service, roaring back and forth across the path of advance, watching for possible Ethiopian concentrations. It was announced that Bruno and Vittorio Mussolini, iPremier Benito Mussolini's flying sons, and Count Galeazzo Ciani, II Duce's son-in-law, were active in reconnaissance. Fleet of Tanks The largest collection of tanks ever employed in any military operation ground across the rugged terrain, screening the flanks and poking their steel noses into valleys suspected of harboring defending warriors. Many of the tanks dragged five-inch can non. With Gen. Pietro Marvigna's col umn of the left flank marched Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa. Ethiopian de serter, at the head of his personal guard of 1500. Forty-five newspaper correspond k ents were moved up with the troops f !n Lorries. Later we will be provided with mules for the last phase of the march into Makale. It was believed Makale would be occupied Monday in order to signal ize the seizure of another major ob jective on an important Italian hol iday ? the anniversary of the World War Armistice on the Italian front. The advance, which began formally at 4 a. m. was divided into these three sections: 1. Gen. Rufcgiero SarttSini's army corps on the right. 2, f G?n Allessandro Pirizio-Biroli's combined Askari and Italian detach ments in the center. v 3. General Pietro Maravigna's army corps on the left, with a special cam el and mule corps of natives swinging down through the Danakil for flank protection. The column skirting Danakil is the most colorful from the point of view of personnel and geography since Lawrence of Arabia led his wild horse men of the desert agains^ the Turks. The Danakils are members of the same fierce tribes recently rumored to be harassing Italian forces near Mu's sa All. They fight with rifles when they have them ? as they do now ? but are more at home with sword and spear. After crossing the fringes of the salt desert, they must mount a precipi tous escapment 4,500 feet high to ef fect junction with the other columns. To Conduct Revival Rev. J. P. Herbert, pastor of Long Memorial Methodist Church, who will conduct a series of services at his church beginning Sunday morning, November 10, at the 11:00 o'clock ser vice and .continuing through the fol lowing Sunday, November 17th, at the evening service. The singing will be in charge of Mr. L. S. Holloway of Duke University. Tobacco Coming To This Market In Big Quantities Will Require All Day To Clear The Houses Today, Monday Tobacco began rolling in early this morning and it looks- as if the warehouses will be well filled before they finish with the sales. Prices were unusually good last week, with the average for the week very close to $25.00 per hundred. The market this season is selling much more tobacco from a distance than ever before, this being attribut ed to the fact that the market is doing more outside advertising. Many home farmers are selling here tJiis season who have been in the habit of selling on foreign markets, and this is most encouraging in every way. -o Business Gains Will Be Stable National City Bank Thinks Ad vances To Continue For Rest Of Year Nek York, Nov. 3? The National City Bank of New York, In its month ly letter issued today, said "there is virtually no dissent from the view*' that fall business gains will be main tained the rest of the year. Hie letter stated: "Government ex penditures and temporary demands caused by a war scare are uncertain foundations for business expansion" and said these factors "should be kept, in mind in analyzing the upswing." "Even with these qualifications, however, the business gains undoubt edly have a foundation in genuine progress based on improved economic conditions and relationships. "The crops are safe and mostly har vested; and with the longstanding surplus of farm products absorbed for the most part, the farm price struc ture and farm income also appear safe for some months to come. "The increased farm tpcome and the greater buying power of farm pro ducts over factory goods constitute the most significant improvement in economic relationships. "They gave the start to the trade gain" the survey said. "In short, the trend toward recov ery, extending from the farm first into consumer goods lines, and this year into a group of industries which lagged In the previous consumer goods booms seems established. "It is supported in part by artiflcal measures and by government money, and It is handicapped by maladjust ments of which the huge unemploy ment is the visible evidence. "Enterprise is discouraged by the tax burden, present and future, and by uncertainties as to political action still to come. "Nevertheless, the handicaps have been outweighed by the natural, up ward movement, growing out of the desire of ?veryor?e to do business and the < natural adaptability of the economic system enables It to make adjustments In one way when they are blocked In another. Open House At New Coca-Cola Plant Thursday Mr. O. B. McBroom Will Con duct Demonstrations On Thursday Night From 7:30 To 10:00 P. M. Mr. O. B. McBroom, proprietor of the new Coca-Cola plant recently erected on Broad Street, will hold open house Thursday night from 7:30 to 10:00 P. M. in celebration of the formal opening of his new plant. At that time the public is invited to come in and Inspect the plant. Demonstra tions will be held' and Mr. McBroom will show the public how bottles are thoroughly cleansed before Coca-Cola Is bottled in them and will show them the bottles in the process of being filled with Coca-Cola. This new plant is one of the finest that can be found in this section and is a real asset to the town. Mr. Mc Broom has recently moved his force and his equipment from his old plant j on Long Street, which he had occup ! ied for the past twenty-one year#; into the new building. Here he has the latest machinery for bottling Co ca-Cola, and he will be glad to have anyone who will to come over and see it in operation on Thursday night of this week. n A Great Money Saving Event The One-Cent Sale at Thomas Drug Store This Week The Thomas Drug Store will put on ' a real money-saving sale beginning Wednesday, November 6th and last ing through the remainedr of the week. Buy two articles for the price of one, plus one cent. Look up the announcement in another column and see what big savings you will make by patronizing this sale. Re member; sale begins Wednesday and closes Saturday, November 9th. o FORMER CITIZEN VISITING jOLD HOME IN ROXBORO Mr. A. B. Scott, of Lawrenceville, was a welcome visitor to this office Saturday. Mr. Scott was raised in, this County, but has been making his home in Virginia for the past several yeS&rs. Like all of our folks who move elsewhere he still loves the old home, and to keep up with the doings left with us & subscription. o Gas And Oil Independents Urge Borah Nomination Chicago, Oct. 31 ? A Boraih-for President move gathered force .Jo day at the annual convention of in^ dependent gasoline and oil dealers. Rallying behind the Idahoan's dec laration for "trust busting" as the major issue of the republican cam paign, the National Oil Marketers as sociation urged his nomination as President Roosevelt's opponent in 1936. A resolution drafting Senator Borah into the Presidential race was under preparation, Paul E. Hadlick, secre tary of the association, said. He pre dicted its passage at the closing con vention session today. The independent dealers are "al most 100 per cent" 'opposed to the new deal on the grounds that Sec retary of Interior Harold Ickes open ed the way for monopolies under the oil code, Hadlick said. . o FLOOD WATERS ARE SWEEPING FORWARD Norwich, N. Y. Flood waters inund ated parts of the Chenango valley communities of Norwich and Oxford today and swept toward Binghamton, 30 miles farther down the Chenan go river. Many farms, highways -and railrood tracks were covered along the Chen ango and lower Susquehanna rivers. Bridges - were weakened and streets damaged, but no loss of life was re ported. Some town and village streets and main highways torn up in the disas trous July flood In southern New York were again damaged and strewn with debris. A Lackawanna railroad train was stopped near Oxford, unable to proceed because the track for a mile ahead was under water. n . i Mr. and Mrs. Prank Hester, Miss Mary Hester and Donald Bradsher spent Sunday at Pork Union. Va? vis iting Mr. Frank Hester, Jr., a student at Fork Union Military Academy this year. Revival Services Will Begin At Long Memorial Sunday Preaching Will Be Done By Pastor; Singing Will Be In Charge Of Mr. L. S. Holloway j Of Duke University MARKS CLOSE OF PASTOR'S FOUR - YEAR PASTORATE Revival services marking the close of a four -year pastorate by Rev. J. | P. Herbert will begin at Long Mem j orial Methodist Church Sunday j morning, November 10, at the 11 :00 ! o'clock service. The preaching will be ! done by the pastor and the singing j will be in charge of Mr. L. S. Hollo way of Duke University. The services will continue through ! the following Sunday, November 17, j closing with the evening service of ' that date. Preaching services will be held once a day during the week, at 7:30 P. M. The Board of Stewards has an nounced as their plan to close out all finances for the Conference Year be for the revival services begin on Sun day, leaving the last week in the year clear of all incumbrances so that all may enjoy this series of services. The Fourth Quarterly Conference, in session some weeks ago, voiced the wishes of the church in requesting the Presiding Elder to exert every in fluence in returning Mr. Herbert to his pastorate here for at least anoth er year. He has done an excellent piece of work here, not only conduc ting the affairs of the church in good order, but making many friends in and out of his church who wiH re gret to see him and his family leave. o ? Is A Hospital Wanted In Roxboro! Mr. Winfrey Addressed The Meeting Held Friday Night The meeting called for Friday night in the interest of a hospital for Rox boro was fairly - well attended, and while the crowd was not as large as hoped lor, the enthusiasm was most encouraging. Mr. G. H. Winfrey, of Richmond was present and again ex plained the plan under which it is thought a hospital building may be erected and maintained. He was fol lowed by Dr. Booker, of Durham, who stressed the need of a hospital in Roxboro. ? After these addresses Mr. G. C. Hunter, who presided at the meeting, threw it open for a round table dis cussion, when quite a number spoke. Following this discussion a commit tee was appointed to make further plans. Immediately after the meeting adjourned this committee met and elected Mr. Stewart M. Ford, of Ca Vel, as chairman. It was decided by this committee that Mr. Winfrey take the matter in hand and canvass the town, feeling out the sentiment and see if it is possible to build a hospi tal here. He will arrive Monday and will call upon the business men, the professional men and meet as many farmers as possible. When he calls give him a hearing, he has a plan which sounds most pleasing. o Miss Beatrice Long of Greensboro College, Greensboro, N. C. spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Long. o Miss Frances Morton spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Errol Morton. Accompanying her were Miss Neva Davies and Mr. Bill Hammond. Miss Morton is teaching this year in Arapohoe, ff. C. Big Auction Sale, Saturday, Nov. 9th A Number Of Building Sites and 4 Homes To Be Sold Not. 9th Your attention is called to the big spread on another page of the big auction sale of building sites and homes. There will be sold at this sale 112 building sites, all within the city limits, and four most desirable resi dences. Sale will take place on Satur day, November 9th, at 1:30 p. m. Read the advertisement and look over the properties offered and be on hand ready to buy when sold. . -o School Bond Issue Will Be Authorized By Commissioners Petitions Against Issue Have Been Withdrawn. Compro mise Agreement Is Affected The bond issue for building and re pairing schools in Roxboro and Person County will be effected soon after the thirty days notice required by law has expired, which date is Wednesday of this week, according to an announce ment from the County Board of Com missioners, in regular monthly session here today. This issue, providing efor the construction of two new build ings in the county and the repair to some others, will be "not more than $94,000," although the cost of building and repairing will run to approximately $170,000. Forty-five per cent of this amount will be a direct grant from Federal funds under PWA, while the other, aggregating approximately $94, 000, will be a loan through the bond issue. The original proposal was to build a high school building on the Rox boro - Prospect Hill highway, between Bushy Fork Store and Clement Church, which building would care for all those who now attend high school at Hurdle Mills. A compromise agreement was reached, however, in which it was agreed that the high school be left at Hurdle Mills and a new and modern elementary building be erected on the proposed site. All other projects, a new building at Helena, repairs to Rox boro Central Grammar School and an addition to Roxboro High School, will ?emain as originally proposeed. All other petitions against the coun ty issuing bonds having been with drawn the Commissioners plan to go ahead with the bond issue, unless fur ther complications should arise. Mr. F. D. Long, chairman of the County Board of Commissioners, said this morning that the total cost would probably be cut some, by reason of the fact that an elementary school building would be built at Bushy Fork, rather than a high school building. The exact amount of the cut is not known at this time, nor will it be known until the commissioners have had a chance to sonsult with the ar chitect in charge of the plans. Says Propaganda Putting U. S. Into British Hands New York, Oct. 31 ? John L. Mc Bride, former commercial attache at the American embassy in Rome, re turning today aboard the liner CQnte de Savoia, declared English propa ganda is delivering the United states into British hands. McBride, a mining engineer who has had a business in Italy for 25 years maintained that propaganda promotes misplaced sympathy for E thiopla and that no other nation would have tolerated the treatment accorded Italians there for the past 40 years. He said that on a recent trip to Eritrea he found a boom comparable to American frontier mining towns. DEVIN IS SECOND JUSTICE FURNISHED BY GRA Oxford, Nov. 3 ? Judge William A. Devin, who will be sworn in Monday a " member of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, will be the second native-born son of Granville county to serve on this high tribunal. Judge Leonard Henderson, who was born in Granville county in 1772, was elected as a member of the first Su preme Court established In 1818. In 1829 Judge Henderson was appointed chief justice on the death of Judge "John L. Taylor of Cumberland. Judge Richard Henderson, father of Judge Leonard Henderson, served as a judge in colonial times but he was r not a native of Granville county. He was born in Hanover county, Vir ginia, but served as judge while re siding in Granville. The Henderson family furnished many sons to the legal profession/1 and the Devlns are now following in the footsteps of this pioneer family of Granville. Judge Devin's only son, W A. Devin, Jr., is a prominent young lawyer of Hickory. The entire bar of Oxford and Gran ville county will be In Raleigh Mon day to attend the installation of Judge Devin. Plan Contest For Roxboro And Person Co. Youth Valuables Prizes To Be Given Away By Carolina Light And Power Company Paint boxes, paste pots and moth er's best scissors will come into their full glory within the next few weeks when Roxboro and Person County boys and girls get to work on the big home lighting contest to be sponsored by the Carolina Power and Light Co. in cooperation with Roxboro electri cal dealers. In other cities where a similar con test has been introduced, it has prov ed to be as much fun as jigsaw puz zles and crossword puzzles combined. There's the fun of cutting out pic tures and pasting them up, and then coloring the entire finished piece of work. The contest is featured by a large black and white drawing of a house with one outside wall taken away. The problem of the contestant is to select the proper lighting fixtures for every room in the house, paste the fixtures in the correct place and then color it all. There are no. essays or slogans to write. Several hundred dollars worth of electrical appliances make up the list of 133 prizes offered. The winners will have the privilege of selecting their own prizes. Each bracket includes several different appliances of about the same price range. These prizes include electric ranges, refrigerators, and water heaters, per colators, lamps, clocks, irons, waffle irons, toasters, electric cookers and many other appliances. Entry blanks and all necessary ma terials except the paints, paste and scissors are being delivered to every family in this vicinity, but if any boys and girls failed to get theirs, all they need do is call at the Carolina Power & Light Company or any cooperating electrical dealer and additional copies will be given them. The contest is already under way. It started on Nov ember 4th and lasts until December 10th, but entries will be accepted at any time between these dates. They must be sent to the local office of the Carolina Power and Light Company. o Italian Officer And Tank Captured By Ethiopians Add^s Ababa, Oct. 31 ? The Ethio pian government today announced the capture of a lone Italian officer and his tank near Dolo, in southern Eth iopia, as the only military news re ceived from any front in the last 24 hours. At the same time, the government said Italians were building an airbase in the Danakil desert, northwest of Mount Mussa All and 60 miles from the Eritrean border. The Italians were also stated to be constructing a road from Asmara to this proposed air base. o ROXBORO WILL PLAY TWO GAMES THIS WEEK Roxboro High School football team will play two games this week. Tues day afternoon. November 5, they will meet E. K. Poe on the local field. On Thursday afternoon, Novem ber 7, Hillsboro will play Roxboro on the local gridiron. Both games are called for 3:30 P. M. SCHOOLMASTER'S CLUB WILL MEET TUESDAY The Schoolmaster's Chib will meet Tuesday evening from 7:00 until 8:00 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mollie Strum Barrett on Reams Avenue. Dr. J. Henry Highsmith of Raleigh will be the principal speaker. o BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. Prank Wil son a baby girl Sunday, November 3. Mother and child doing nicely. : ? o? CARRIED TO. HOSPITAL Mr. Cellous Regan was carried to Duke Hospital last Friday and under went an appendix operation. He Is improving' nicely. o Mr. E. E. Bradsher and daughter, Miss Nancy, spent the week-end in Mars Hill, visiting Mr. Bradsher's son D'Arcy and daughter, Miss Anne Long Bradsher. o Billy Rose's "Jumbo," a musical for the Hippodrome theater, Is advertis ed as costing over half a million to produce. Quite a show.