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DO YOU • Want to buy something • Want to sell something • Want a tenant or renter • Perhaps lost something. Try a Courier-Times WANT AD! VOL. LXV Kiwanis Horse Show Attracts Crowds For Two Performances Citation Os Honor Received For Boy Listed As Dead Mr. and Mr. Clyde T. Satterfield of Timberlake, Roue 1, have re ceived a Citation of Honor for their son, Staff Sergeant Luther S. Sat terfield of the Army Air Forces, who was officially presumed dead on February 28, 1946. Tire citation reads: .“Citation of Honor, U. S. Army Air Forces: Staff Sergeant Luther S. Satterfield, who gave his life in the performance of his duty, February 28, 1946. He lived to bear his coun try's arms. He died to save its hon or. He was a soldier and he knew a soldier’s duty. His sacrifice will help to keep aglow the flaming torch that lights our lives that millions yet unborn may know the priceless joy of liberty. And we pay him homage, and revere his mem ory, in solemn pride rcdedicate our selves to a complete fulfillment of the task for which he so gallantly has placed his life upon the altar of man's freedom." The citation is signed by H. H. Arnold, General of the Army and Commanding General of the Army Air Forces. o- School Reelecfiom To Be Held Soon; Wellons Renamed - V i'.si.v'"" Jl ~ V- ■ With the end of the present school session just a month away, reelection 'of principals and teachers for the 1946-47 school year is expected to take place in the near future, Supt, ] R. B. Griffin said yesterday. Letters have gone out from the] Board of Education office to district j school board members suggesting ] that this be done at an early, con venient date. The Bethel Hill school board, Supt. Griffin said, has already met and reelected Principal L. D. Wellons for another year. The board express ed its appreciation for the fine work which has been accomplished during the present year. Members of the Person County Board of Education are spending today in Chapel Hill attending ses sions of the state School Board Association. A feature of the pro gram was to be an address by Dr. Henry Hill, president of Peabody College and also president of the administrators’ group of the Nation al Education Association. Other speakers were to be Guy Phillips, secretary of the State organization, and Dr. B. J. Rose of Goldsboro, president of the State School Board Association. An open forum was to be held also, and in the afternoon the group was invited to attend intra-squad football practice as guests of Coach Cai'l Snavely. Wesleyan Church Revival Continues Tlie Roxboro Wesleyan Methodist church is continuing its revival meeting this week and next, to Sun day, May 5. Services are being held each night during the week at 7:30, and at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. on Sundays. The Rev. E. P. Buck of High Point is the evangelist, and special music is being given by the Phillips trio. Sunday school will be held at 10 a. in. Sunday, as usual. Everyone is cordially invited to attend all services, according to the pastor, the Rev. Paul Rahenkamp. COMING UP ... TONIGHT 6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. FRIDAY Beulah mission institute, Clement Baptist church. 9:45 a. m. Durham district confer ence, Concord Methodist church. 7:30 p. m. Grange, USO building. < SATURDAY 1:30 County Democratic conven tion, Courthouse. MONDAY 6:15 Kiwanis, Hotel Roxboro. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Roxboro's second annual Kiwanis sponsored horse show was held on the high school athletic grounds Saturday with an estimated attend ance of nearly 5,000 persons. Ideal weather prevailed for the staging of the show, in which more than 60 horses were entered. About 2,500 persons were on hand for the afternoon performance and an even larger crowd attended the nigjit pro gram. Winners of the spectator fashion window displays were: $5 first prize, Robert Harris of Leggett’s; $3 second prize, Mrs. George Paylor and Miss Flora Broadwell of Miss Carney's. Officials of the show were: Direct or, J, J. Woody, judge, Russell Law of Baltimore, Md.; announcer, Wal lace Woods; veterinarian, Dr. O. G. Davis; ring master, Tom Bennett; photographer, Gordon C. Hunter; ribbon clerk. Miss Dorothy Taylor; assistant ribbon clerk, Mrs. Barbara McWhorter. Names of winners are given below by classes, with names of horses ridden. First place winners are list ed first, second-place winners sec- j ond, etc. Person County three-gaited and junior three-gaited—Barbara Jane Woody on Dixie Dandy, R. M. O'Briant in Trigger, Sonny Boy Walker on Trixies. Pony—Stuart Phipps on little Miss Flirt, Chandler H. Kirk on Lady, Ronnie Tyman on Miss Mischief, Dock Allen on Scout. Walking mates—Wade Stepp on Daisy Taylor, Dave Lambeth on Barbara Allen. Amateur three-gaited Patricia Kelly on Poavine Gray Glory, E. E. Morris on Carolina Rebel. J. E. Nor ris on Duke of Durham, Roy Bread love on Laddie. Hunter hack—Royce Cates on Irish Maid, Delna Tyron on Big sWm, C. T. AifC-n ‘on my Sectheart, Osby Dunn on Dick. Amateur five-gaited—Billy John son on Kalarame Bandit. Sidney B. Allen on Sterling Millbrook, Patricia Kelly on Buffaloe Burbourn, Mrs. ] Henry Joe on Moonlight Mystery. ; Person county five-gaited—Barba |ra Jane Woody on Dixie Dandy I Marshall Frederick on Tony, Ed Fox ! on Allen's Wild Rose. Three-gaited—Betty Lou Brunson on Honeychile, James Daniel on Take My Dare, Sondra Teer on Little Pippin. Pony race—Ronnie Tyman on Miss Mischief, Chandler H. Kirk on Lady, Dock Allen on Scout. Class X, local pleasure horses— Barbara Jane Woody on Dixie Dandy, Nancy Watkins on Gypsy Queen, Grey Hunt on Queen Glory, Tera Slaughter on Trixie. Junior walking—Wade Stepp on Wilson's Gay Blade. F. M. Motley, Jr., on Chattanooga Choo Choo. Three-gaited—E. E. Morris on Carolina Rebel. Patricia Kelly on Peavine Gray Glory, J. E. Norris on Duke of Durham, Roy Breadlovc on Laddie. Combination three-gaited—Patri cia Kelly on Peavine Gray Glory. James Daniel on Take My Dare. Knock down and out—Delna Ty ron on Big Storm. C. T. Allen on My Sweetheart, Royce Cates on Irish Maid, Osby Dunn on Dick. Five-gaited mare Mrs. Henry Jobe on Cindy Lou McChord, James Daniel on Love Walked in, Grey Hunt on Queen Glory. Person county fine harness —John Hudgis drivig Lady Peavine, Melvin Burke driving Beau Courageous. Ladies three-gaited—Betty Lou Brunson on Honeychile, Nancy Wat kins on Gypsy Queen, James Daniel on Take My Dare, j. E. Norris on Registration Books Will Open Saturday Registrars at the 17 polling places In the County will open the books for registration Saturday, April 27, it was announced today by W. H. Harris, 111. chairman of the County Board of Elections. Tlie polling places will be open from 9 a. m. to sunset for the next three Saturdays for registration of voters for the Democratic primary— May 18 will be challenge day, and the primary will be held on May 25. Chairman Harris today notified all registrars to get registration books at the clerk of court’s office in the court house before Saturday, so that they will have the books on hand to register new voters Satur day. Mr. Harris also urged all service men who were not registered before ®he Courier^tmcg Gala May Day Festival Planned Al Bethel Hill On Wednesday, May 1, at 5 o'clock, the King and Queen of the May will be crowned at Bethel Hill school. The grand event, the theme of which is 'The Awakening of Spring," will take place mid flowers, greenery, birds, bees, and butterflies, a snail, rabbits, fairies and elves, each of whom will perform for their majes ties. The traditional Maypole dance will also be used. Dorothy Woody of the tenth grade will be cA>wned Queen of the May, and Stanley Wilbom of the ninth grade will be crowned King. High school girls escorted by high school boys will complete the May court. The parts of flowers, animals, in sects, fairies, and elves are being performed by elementary school Children, as is the Maypole dance. The antics of a court jester will lend zest to the event. The costumes will be a special feature of the festival. Teachers and parents working together have spar ed no effort in making them perfect j in every detail. j The public is cordially invited to j [attend this event, which will not (only offer grand entertainment to [spectators, but will portray the re | suits of cooperative efforts on the i part of teachers, parents, and stu- I dents in “putting over" something ' that will prove to be a grand experi ence and lingering memory for enthusiastic boys and girls. Duke of Duahitin. Open five-gaited stallions and geldings—Mis. Henry Jobe on Magic Moonbeam, D. T. Lambeth on Flash ing Barrymore, Patricia Kelly on Buffaloe Burbourn, Mrs. W. F. Par ham on Peavine Southern Star. Roadster—S. T. Lambeth driving j Blue I*op Princess, Brexton Harden driving Celesta Hanover, R. G. Mut | lock driving, Lucky Boy. j Open three-gaited ponies—Sondra Teer on Little Pippin, Ronnie Ty- I man on Cock Robin, Stewart Phipps on Little Flirt, rra Slaughter on Trixie. Junior five-gaited—Mrs. Henry Jobe on Moonlight Mystery. Handy jumpers—Delna Tyron on Rion Hall. Royce Cates on Irish Maid. C. T. Allen on My Sweetheart, Osby Dunn on Dick. Ladies five-gaited—Patricia Kelly on Buffaloe Burbourn, James Daniel ! on Love Walked In, Mrs. Henry Jobe j on Moonlight Mystery, Mrs. Joe B. : Breedlove on Royal Count. Open children’s horsemanship— 'Nancy Watkins on Gypsy Queen, [Barbara Jane Woody on Dixie [ Dandy, Sandra Teer on Little Pippin, Ronnie Tyman on Cock Robin. Open walking—Wade Stepp on Tlie “T - ' Man, B. Motley. Jr., on Chattanooga Choo Choo. Fine harness—Mrs. Henry Jobe I driving Magic Moonbeam, B. R. [Brown driving Buffaloe Burbourn. ! pony race—Ronnie Tyman on Miss | Mischief, Ira Slaughter on Trixie. Open jumpers stake—Delna Tyron lon Big Storm, Royce Cates on Irish I Maid, C. T. Allen on My Sweetheart, [Osby Dunn on Dick. | Tlirec-gaited championship stakes —Patricia Kelly on Peavine Gray j Glory. E. E. Morris on Carolina Re j bcl J. E. Norris on Duke of Durham, i (Turn to page eight) they entered service, to go to the proper polling place Saturday and register, in order to be able to vote in the Democratic primary in May. Registrars are; Ai, W. S. Rogers; AllensVille, Mrs. Robert Gentry; Bethel Hill, Mrs. Lillian Day; Bushy Fork, Robert Hester; Chandler's store. Jess Chandler; Chub Lake, Maxie Clayton; Cunningham, Nor man Montgomery; Dixon’s store, L. M. Gill's; Helena, J. C. Pearce. Long's store, Fletcher Carver; Courthouse, West Roxboro N. 1, Ira Stanfield; Pioneer warehouse. West Roxboro No. 2. to be appointed; kyco warehouse, East Roxboro No. 3, E. ill. Young; Winstead warehouse. East Roxboro No. 4, Mrs. Nathaniel Warren; Woodsdale, Robert G. Rob ertson; Glenn's store, B. S. Glenn; Hurdle Mills, Mrs. J. F. Whitfield. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ~ Ms ; twkmßm I IN MEDICAL CORPS—Sgt. Ro bert F. Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clayton of Timberlake and a former employee r.f Rox boro Cotton Mills, who has been in the Army since March, 1944. Assigned to the Medical Corps, he served for some time with the 305th General Hospital in both the European and Pacific the atres of operations. The 305th was disbanded last November, and since that time Sgt. Clayton has been with the 608th Medical Clearing company. Rites Are Held At Home Monday For Miss Clayton Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home in the Surl community for Miss Christine Clayton, 23. whose death by hanging Saturday night was declared “a clear case of sui cide” by Dr. A. F. Nichols, Person county coroner. Elder L. P. Martin of Roxboro conducted the services. Burial was in the Clayton family cemetery near the home. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Jonah Clayton, who before mar riage was Miss Nannie Lou Mooney: I two brothers Critlron and Willie I Lewis Clayton; and five sisters, Mrs. I Dancey Day, Mrs. Garland Luns j ford. Mrs. Curtis Clayton and Mrs [ Bernice Rogers, all of Person Coun j'ty, and Miss Frankie Clayton of ] Danville, Va. [ Miss Clayton ended her life about j 7:30 Saturday riighe by hanging her self from a tree near the home. She was found by a brother, who said she was not quite dead at time but ! succumbed a few minutes later af ter she had been taken into toe house. She was a former member of the Woman's Army Corps, having re ceived her discharge last December. Since then she had been employed by the U. S. Maritime Service in San Franciso, Calif., but had been 'at home on leave from her work since February. She had planned to return to San Francisco this week. Members of the family said they could give no motive for the sui cide. The young woman, they said, had apparently been in good health and good spirits lately. o Veterans Begin Classes Al Helena The veterans’ farm training pro gram began at Helena last Friday night and will continue each week for the next four years for this particular group of veterans, L. C. Liles, vocational agriculture teacher, announced. Classes are being helc« from 7 to 10 o’clopk each Friday, night. Eight veterans had been certified for the class Friday night, and the expected enrollment will reach its peak about next summer, when around 100 or more will be enrolled, Mr. Liles said. The four-year general agriculture course will cover current topics, such as recommended hybrids for corn, farm planning, farm machinery, etc, Mr. Liles said that two or three assistant teachers of agriculture will be needed in the future. Anyone in terested is asked to contact Supt. R. B. Griffin or any official at Helena school. James Wilburn at Bethel Hill is also an agriculture teacher, and is expected to give a similar course for veterans. For colored veterans, a course will be given at Person Coun ty Training school by A. W. Jones. o Grange To Meet The Person County Grange will meet at .7:30 Friday evening, April ' 26, in the USO building, it was an ,nounced yesterday. Grange master is C. C. Wilkerson, who will preside. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Green Gets 12 to 15 Year Term; Eight Found Guilty In Taxi Case Convided Thief j Gets Eight Years ; Pleading guilty to four separate I charges of breaking, entering and larceny, James Cunningham, 21. Ne gro. was sentenced to eight years in jail, to work the roads, in Person Superior court Tuesday. Places entered included C. G. Nel son's store and service station and j George Solomon’s Service station, botli on the Bushy Fork highway! about five miles from Roxboro; Tip j Slaughter's service station on South! Main street; and the home of Claude J Harris, also on the Bushy Fork high- j way, about two miles from town. Solicitor William H. Murdock de- j cided not to press the burglary j charge in Cunningham’s case, since, j he said, there was no definite evi- ! dence that the Negro entered the j room in the Nelson store in which ! W. H. Moore was sleeping. On the stand, Cunningham said his previous criminal record consist ed only of two short terms for stealing. Mr. Harris’ home was entered on January 27, and the other places on March 10 and 21, according to [ evidence. Total loot included about i $175 in cash, pocket knives, flash-j lights, several cartoons of cigarettes, and a pistol. Cunningham was sentenced to-two I years on each charge, the sentences [ to run consecutively for a total of eight years. Very Successful Revival Closes At Theresa Church Sunday night marked the close of j a successful revival which had been fin progress at Theresa Baptist Church for several days. The Rev. B. B. Knight, pastor, brought some ; challenging mesages to an attentive [and responsive cogregation. Sunday | at 11 a. m. and again Sunday at 7:30 jp. m. i The Rev. R. W. Hovis was preacher during ten days of the meeting. The people at Theresa really had a [treat while Mr. Hovis was there | Special music was rendered by the [ quartet from Cavel Baptist Church j several times, and also by Mr. and i Mrs. Hovis. I Mr. Hovis brought wonderful mes sages to a full church every night. I Eighteen came by profession of faith | and by letter to join Theresa, with j one of Mitchell’s Chapel and one j for Oak Grove Methodist Church. | Tire pastor wishes to thank every [one who had a part in making the meeting a success. o— Local Officials Plan To Attend State Conference ♦ Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff. superintend ent of public welfare in Person j County. Mrs. Glenn C. Brandon, case | worker, and Mis. Sue Featherston. [ executive secretary of the local Red [ Cross chapter, will spend Sunday, MondSy and Tuesday in Winston i Salem attending the North Carolina I conference for social service. Headquarters for the conference will be the Robert E. Lee hotel, j General theme will be mobilization i of community resources for children [and youth. Morning sessions Mon day and Tuesday will be devoted to panel discussions of health, welfare, education, and recreation. Superintendents of public welfare will hold a diner meeting Monday night with Miss Lavinia Engle from the Social Security board as speaker, after which there will be a general session of the conference with ad dresses by Governor R. Gregg Cherry ond Miss Edith Rockwood from the Children's Bureau. :—O No Services i There will not be services at Mitchell's Chapel and Theresa Bap tist churches Sunday, April 28. The pastor, the Rev. B. B. Knight, has called off services to cooperate With Cavel Baptist church in a ten-day revival. He wishes to urge the people of Mitchell’s Chapel and Theresa to attend the revival at Cavel that night. Mr. Knight will go to High View, Sunday. April 28, at 3 p. m., to preach for the Rev. R. W. Hovis, who Is holding a revival near Winston- Salem. Negro Forger Gets Ten-Year Sentence „In what Judge J. Paul Frizzelle termed "the worst case of forgery I have heard in 16 years on the bench," Chester Harris. 19-year-old Negro youth, was sentenced to ten years in prison on seven separate charges in Person Superior court Tuesday. Harris pleaded guilty to forging the name of O. L. Burch on seven checks totaling $1,625. He also ad mitted attempting to pass an eighth check in the amount of $550. The checks were passed last De cember and January. Harris took the stand to make a statement, in which he said he re alized now what a terrible mistake he had made. He said he wished to thank the officers who caught him before his career in crime pro ceeded any further. Allqood Reelected VFW Commander Mrs. Elmer Harris Suaumbs Today At Duke Hospital 'Mrs. Margaret Wilkins Harris. 26. j i wife of John Elmer Harris, died at j j 3:30 a m. today at Duke hospital, I ! following an operation. She had been ] ill two weeks and in declining health ■ a year. Mrs. Harris was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Wilkins, Sr. She land her husband, who during the war I was engaged in work at Greensburg. ! La., and Blackstone, Va.. returned to ! Antioch about a year ago and had | made their home there ever since. Funeral services will be held at : Oak Grove Methodist Church at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Daniel Lane, i assisted by the Rev. J. N. Bowman and Elder N. D. Teasley. Interment I will be in Burchwood cemetery an ; nex. The body will lie in state in S the church from 2 to 3 o'clock. I Surviving are her husband; her ! parents; two sons, John Elmer Har j ris, Jr., and Martin Ladd Harris; one | daughter; Margaret Gail Harris; i seven sisters, Mrs. Hobie Carver, Mrs. Hubert Clayton. Mrs. James I Evans. Mrs. Everett Oakley, Mrs. Robert Anderson. Mrs. Baker Moore, and Mrs. Jack Parham, Jr., all of Person county; and three brothers, Leonard, Garland and S. D. Wilkins, Jr. 0 Officers Elected At Meeting Os Youth Fellowship The sub-districi of the Person County Methodist Youth Fellowship held its monthly meeting at Edgar Long Memorial Methodist church recently with a very good represen tation from the various churches in the county. The business session was trans i acted by the president and the fol lowing officers were elected for the coming year: president, Frances Hamlett, Longhurst; vice-president, Bobby Houston, Long Memorial; sec retary. Frances Wrenn, Warren's 1 Grove; treasurer. Lillian Day, j Grace; publicity chairman, Louise j Harris, Long Memorial; adult coun- I selor, Lucille Cothran, Long Memo | rial; chairman of worship conunis i sion. Naomi Wilburn. Longhurst; i chairman of community service com j mission, Mussette Wilburn. Long | hurst; chairman missions and [ world friendship commission. Frank Myers. Long Memorial; and chair- Iman of recreation commission. Bil ly Street, Long Memorial. The program was in charge of the young people of Long Memorial. Worship service was given by Bobby Houston and special music was ren dered by Margaret Lane, Virginia Anne Featherston, and Billy Street. The Rev. B. H. Houston has charge of the installation of officers which was followed by communion. Refreshments were served by the young people from Cavel. f * Asked what lie did with thej money, he said, I spent it all. It j came easy and it went easy. Judge Frizzelle said the number] of checks and the persistence with which they were forged made the 1 , case the worst of its kind that he j had ever tried. He pointed out to Harris that the sentence could be I anything from 28 months to 70 years, and asked the youth what lie! , thought he should receive. Harris said he would ask "the; Kingdom of God" for an answer.} Pressed for a more specific reply, he [ said he thought he should be given; - “just as less as possible." He was given two years each on - the first three counts, and one year [ leach on the last four, all to run | consecutively, for a total of 10 j I years. James W. Allgood, veteran of j World War 11, was reelected com- | inander of Lewell T. Huff post, Vet- { erans of Foreign Wars, at the regu lar meeting of the post Tuesday night in the USO building. Seven new members of the organ ization were inducted, and plans ] were made for a series of supper' meetigs to be held during the com- : ing months. The new members are: ] L. M. Carlton. Jr.. Caw Pulliam, Robert Whitten, Louis Day. William ! S. Humphries, James McDade, and Giles Oliver, Other officers elected and installed Tuesday night by the post are: Past ] commander. C. C. Garrett; senior j vice commander, W. S. Humphries; ! junior vice commander, Louis Day; ; quartermaster, L. M. Carlton, Jr,: ] adjutant, James McDade; officer of j the day, Lewis Pulliam; quarter-' master sergeant, Jim Jordan; serg-[ eant major, Richard Allen, Hum- j phries will also serve as legislative: and publicity officer, and the Rev, ! Daniel Lane will continue to be the ! post chaplain. Bob Whitten will con tinue to be post service officer. Past Commander Garrett is deputy chief of staff for District 5 of the North Carolina department of the : VFW, He expects to attend a meet ing of the district in about two ; weeks. The supper meetings for the; Lewell Huff post are expected to be gin in tlie near future, and will represent one phase of a program j to induce more veterans with foreign ] service to join the VFW. Leaders j expressed the opinion that the meet- ' | ing Tuesday night will result in a j irevival of interest in the local post,] and it is hoped that the membership ] can be increased considerably. o Commerce Group j Adds Members i Total membership in the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce readied a new all-time peak this week with the addition of some 15 new memb erships to the organization. Excellent results are being obtain-., rd in the current membership drive ! which started yesterday, it was re ported by the membership commit tee, of which J. S. Merritt is chair- i man. In addition to the 15 new members, there are at least five j other prospects. Total membership of the Chamber is now more than 155, the highest | on record here. o Two Roxboro Men Enlist In Army ' Joseph B. Kirby, son of Mr. and I Mrs. W. T. Kirby of Roxboro, and Reginald H. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jr H. Jones of Roxboro, have enlisted in the regular Army, ac cording to announcement by Staff Sgt. Edward W. Chabot, local re cruiter. Both men enlisted for 18 months. Sgt. Chabot will return to Rox boro next Saturday in an effort to enlist more Interested young men. o The Loire is the longest river in France. “APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY flowers,” and if your subscription is about to expire your check will bring the Courier-Times. Watch your label and renew before sub scription expires. NUMBER 41 Negro Receives Prison Sentence In Son's Death Richard Green. 46. Negro, today was .sentenced by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle to not less than 12 and not more than 15 years In State prison after Green had pleaded guilty to second degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his son. Richard. Jr.. 23, on the night of March 2. The State took a nol-pros in the accessory-before-the-fact charge a gainst Green's wife, Rachel. Janie Thomas. Negro woman, was expected to go on trial this after noon for murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of Pete Cunning ham. another Negro, on the night of March 29. In the “taxi case" in which two White taxicab operators, Robert Taylor and J, Y. Brown, and seven Negro men were charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, the jury rendered the following verdict: J. Y. Brown, guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Robert Taylor, guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in two cases. Hubert Davis. James Stewart, George Jordan, and Glennie Brad sher. each guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in two cases. Harvey McCain, guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Robert Jordan, guilty of simple assault in two cases. Albert Paylor. a directed verdict of not. guilty. It was expected that Judge Friz zelle would pass sentences on the ; eight men this afternoon. The “taxi case" began Tuesday afternoon and continued until it was sent to the jury about 10:15 to day. The jury deliberated for more than an hour. The Negro section of the court room has been crowded all week, and '-he white section was filled to day. Estimated attendance today was between 800 and 900 persons. Only other case on the criminal calendar, except the Thomas trial, was that of Levi Scoggins, Negro charged with carnal knowledge of a female. In sentencing Green, Judge Friz zelle declared that in this case, as in 80 per cent of all court cases, the largest single cause of the trouble was whiskey. o Brooks Discusses 'Laws Os Life' At East Roxboro At the chapel hour on Easter ' Monday, the pupils and teachers of ! East .Roxboro school had as speaker S the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, pastor of i Roxboro First Baptist church, whose I subject was "Tlie Laws of Life, or ! the Ten Commandments.” Mr. Brooks demonstrated tha i chemical action .of iodine on [ starches to illustrate the effect ; which the blackness" of sin has on | the human soul. j “Obedience to the Laws of Life— -1 thus keeping the soul free from tha blackness of sin—keeps one living the life of happiness for which these laws of God were given," the minist er declared. t o . Chimes To Honor Memory Os Three Planned By Class In honor of the memory of thre# [ Roxboro boys who were killed In ac j tion during World War 11, the Vet [ erans Sunday School class of tha j Roxboro First Baptist church has begun a campaign to raise funds for buying and installing electric chimes in the church. Tlie chimes, or carillonic bells. wid be placed in the church to honor the memory of Ransome Frederick; Bernard Whitfield, and Harokl O’Briant, ' all of whom church and Sunday school at this First Baptist. Teacher of the Veterans class tk Dolian D. Long. Chairman of th4 committee for the drive is Charles Wade. jr. with James Stephenson a* treasurer. The drive started last Sunday, and will continue for some time. Any, one wishing to make contribution* may give them to Dolian Long, James Stephenson, or tbs Baptist church. ' r * yjit