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J. W. NOELL. EDITOR A]
VOL. XL
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TOBACCO BED DAMAGE
~ PRACTICALLY NOTHING
CO-OPS RECENT CHARGE
Report of Rockngluftn- County Night
riding Depredations Is Flatly
Denied.
-Reidsville, May 15.?The allege:
damage of tobacco plant beds be
longing to S. E. Alcorn, of the Satfnders
community, turns out to be ar
insignificant affair and was probably
intended as a joke on Mr. Alcorn bj
jpme of the fun-lrying youngster!
in his neighborhood. 'T' ."
A correspondent from that neighborhood
writes as follows:
"Mr. Alcorn's statement was headod:
'Tcbacco Beds destroyed at S. E
' Alcorn's; has offered a reward of
one hundred dollars for the arrest
and conviction of the guilty parties.'
Mr. Alcorn also says that some one
connected with the Farmers' Co-op
. erative Marketing anoeeiation in re
-sponsible for the destruction of. his
plant beds. Mr. Alcorn also had a
note published that he said he found
at his- plant beds destroyed. The note
Tead something like this: 'We helped
you get 4r-good price for your 1922
crop of tobacco. You had better sign
up and help put this over or you will
not plant a crop .of tobacco this year.'
"Mr. Dawson, of the collecting departemnt;
W. R. Roberts, a farmer
of the Saunders community,' and S.
P. Thomks and others went to at;
Mr, Alcorn's plant beds destroyed and
found that some one had made a little
mound of dirt in one corner of
one of his beds. No damage done, not
five cents damage. As to the note of
warning it was gone.
"Now why did you make such a
.-wild statement ? Why did you not
state facts just as they were? Why
did yeu say your beds weW "destroy-.
- . ed? Why did you say co-ops was responsible?
Why did you wish to publish
.such a statement in a daily paper
when the truth of the yrhole
thing is you weren't damaged a penny,
but it seems you wanted to give
the co-op a black eye. Come fair Mr.
Alcorn and state facts iust as they,
are. Why did. you tell your tenants
. last winter to select some out of the
. way place for their plant beds so the
co-op could not find them? Now Mr.
Alcorn you know the co-operative as.
sociaticn does not stand for any
thing low and degrading, but you Mo
know that your neighbors do not apd
would "not do vou or. vour oronertv
any "harm. You know that we are
re ady to help you and defend .your
interest. We want you to know that
we are dot going to have you" put
such statements in our daily papers
to try and bias the minds of people
agtfinst our association and your
. neighbors. I hope you will correct* the
statement yotff made through the
Bjk press as your neighbors demand i'.
. You have made a mountain out of a
mole hill.
^Signed) CO-OPS.'
"Saunders school house local of the
co-operative association passed the
, following resblution:
" 'Whereas, we the * members \cf
Sounder's local, a ur.it of the Tobacco
r Groivers association, having heard of
some of our non-member neighbor's
plant beds being tampered with and
believing that there is some suspicion
[ towards the association, be it resolv?d
that the members .cf said locaj
t . being innocent of damaging or plotting
to damage any non-member or
I his property do hereby go on record
as being greatly against any foul or
f * dirty work or force in any form to
get new members.
" 'Be it further resolved, That
realizing the injury that such
' 'jfhfww are cuhiulmed to dn'thp association,
the local offers its aid to
? these non-members in trying to find
the guilty party br parties in such
tasco yittt true I ^ Clliil Kl-'U to
the sets of the aAMifttion.
" 'Be. it further resolved, That wff
the members of Saunders local offer
a reward for the arrest and convie.
tibn of guilty parties.'
"Also (luito a number of Mr. Al.
cam's?neTtrhbors have visited his
plant bed and they all ajrree that no
damhfy ha?. been done. There was
only one bed tampered with instead
" ~~ tit several lte'ls-jra-vm* stated in?fe
'Tri-CUy Gtfrettc."
fry a want i>d, dt pays. "
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sto publisher
ROXBOF
ROXBORO GRADED SCHOOL.
_ 'The first of the exercises
I Ro.xboro Graded School commsstws
| ment were held last FridaK^nigh
U'hnn the ntaiasa > * Ht.a U ^ XT. 1
ell and Miss Christine Walker -m?ir<
a recital. This was greatly enjoyec
by a large and appreciative audi'
ence.
The following will complete th<
pfiogramt
Friday, May 25th, 8:15 p. nv., sen
| ior class play.
Saturday, May 26th, 8:00 p m.
. entertainment by children of primary
: grades.
Sunday, May 27th, 11:00 a. m.
> commencement sermon by Rev. J. H
I Bamhardt, -Pastor West Market St
Methodist Church, Greensbotb, N. C
Monday, May 28th, 8:15 p. m.
graduating exercises. Address by
. Hon. J. W. Bailey, Raleigh, N. C.
All of these exercises will be held
' in the school auditorium, except the
; commencement sermon, which-will be
1 preached in the Methodist Church.
Public cordially invited to all of t{ft
exercises.
NEAR EAST RELIEF!
BUNDLE DAY
Please do not forget that ne*t Friday,
the 25th, is Bundle Day for
Near East Relief. Every article of
clothing that can be spared will b;
appreciated. Cast off winter clothing
is especially desirable.
Every householder, please put every
thing you can spare into a bunj
4'* and have it ready not Jater than
'Friday morning when, it will ""be called
for.
Before tying your bundle take a
look* at the poster in Wilburn & Satterfield's
show window prepared by
Mrs. R. L. Wilburn, Chairman of the
Woman's Section. I am sure that after
witnessing this faithful presentation
of the horrible conditions in
the Nea^ East you will add another
garment or two to" your bundle even
at a sacrifice.
Out-of-town people and schools who
can /pack" and snip direct will be furnished
shipping tags. Or, if unpacked,
they should be delivered to me
j Friday' morning if possible.
F; 0. Carver, Chairman.
SCHOOL NOTES.
There will be a joint meeting of
the Board, of Education and the
County Commissioners on nfxt Monday.
May 28th for the purpose of
[making out the May Budget for all
I *he schools cf the county for the ensuing
year. All schools shall send by
a Committeeman the amount needed
j for . all purposes to run them, includj
ing teachers' salaries, building, rci
pairs: etc. High School committees
[should see* that a special budget i*
t prepared for their schools, and have
[a committeeman to present it.
1 J. A. Beam.
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IN THE MAYOR'S COl'RT.
' The following cases were "before
j His Honor, W. I. Newton, the past
week: . *
i J. B. Nanally and Bill Whgley, ffct
i fight. Fir.e and costs $6.90:
j Arch Noell, col., assaulted Irvm
Parish. $25.00 and costs.
Will Knott, driving truck without
license tag. Let off by-'paying court
costs, $3.50.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS.
There were 'wo automobile acciI
dents on Main Street Monday evening.
Fortunately no one was' seriously
hurt. The first was a -collision between
Mr. J. W. Chambers car and
one driven by a deaf and dumb gentlemen.
The second was beta-gen
Miss Roper.* and Mr. Reid Jones, at
the corner of the Peoples "Bank. This
is a bad turn and accidents are liable
to happen here almost any time.
INVITATION.
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The following invitation has been
received, at this office: _
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Hooker, request
the honor of your presence at
the marriage of their daughter; lone
May to Mr. William Harrison Bradaher
..on Wednesday evening, the iliith
Eighth Street. . Christian Church,
Greenville, N. C.
At Home aftgr June the twentieth.
' Washington, N. C.
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imUtlcsl pot starts to boll.
Among"publlsherd and farmers n
editor and publisher of "Review <
from hi* dominate literary posttloi
farmer, owning and ope rutin* two
one Id Virginia. In Democratic ra
Kinla. former Ambassador to Fnglt
a dark-borne candidate. Mr. Carls
Press and N. V. Timet.
| CAMDEN ISSUES ' 1
CALL FOR HELP
I ?o?
Governor McLeod Made Urgent Ap- 1
peal Upon Red Cross Report.
Columbia, S. C., May 21.?Help .of
the people of the, United States in '
I caring for the newly made widows '
and orphans, whose husbands and ]
I parents were among' the 77 victims :
of the Cleveland sehoolhouss fire last "
Thprsday, was asked today, by Cani'
den, the little resort town in the '
assumed the burden of providing for *
jihe. stricken:
Governor Thomas G. McLeod, ini- r;
mediately ?on the receipt of a telegram
froA^the Red Cross advisory 1
\coflimi\:ePat*"T!>^mden that* outside ]
assistance was needed, issued an an- !
peal to the country at large for fund^ *m
to provide permanently for at least
! f out widow end forty-two children.-*
' robbed of their means of support by *
the schoolhouae tragedy. Contribu- ;
tions, he announced, should |)e sent J
to the American Red Cross. M*h*ehp
has undertaken to rftanage the entire,
relief program.
The telegram to the governor from:
the advisory committee declared that]
previous estimates of the needs of j 3
the ccmmunity, where scarcely nli
home was spared the loss of at leas: | a
one of its occupants, had becri grtatr-j r
ly under-estimated. The pro'gram?
relief contemplated, the governor was r.
. informed, would result in every or- g
phan securing an education, and % in V
arrangements being made to protect g
the widowed.
Meanwhile, state authorities here 1
planned to guard by additional pre-!
cautions against the repetition of the
Cleveland disaster in some ' other
Sputh Carolina schorl. Dr. James A. v
Hayne, state health officer, who is a
*?fcarged with making regulations for t
the health of school children, and T. %
H. Hope, state superintendent of ed- g
oration,, conferred briefly with Gov- <j
,ernor McLeod, regarding certain pro- f
| posed changes in the safety require- t
' meats 01 ine rural scnoois of South (
| Carolina. Another, conference will be ^
held next week, it was announced, i
Tentative decision was reached today s
I to have an inspector of the stat'e
health department to visit every
.school building:, and to make* a re- J
port upon * its condition with regard t
to the" fire hazards.
CALLED MEETING OF
.AMERICAN .AUXILIARY. <
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There will be a call meeting of tf?e <
American Auxiliary on Thursday 1
night in the Kaplon building at 7 -J
o'clock. All .members are urged to be present,
as ^ry?tmp.ortant business y
iijfr cpme Up.
' Miss Evie Loiyg, Sec.
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R. F. D. CARRIERS. NOTICE.
Person County Rural oarrier& will 1
hold their regular meeting in the I
- courw hoaso in HwAoro, sn -1
day. May the 30th at .eleven o'clock. 1
AU carriers ccme.
D. E. Featherston, Pres. \
' T. J.-4(ontajfuc, Sec. i
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. Wednesday Evening 11
aany leaders see In Dr. Albert Shaw.
>f Reviews." a strong independent
I internationally ^tnown. and aside?
n he is a r^mctical and successful
big farms," one in New York and
inks, John W. Davis of West Vlrknd?is
looked upon with favor n*
is now attorney for the Associated
MRS. TAGGOTT
HAS RETURNEE
Familiar With the Chinese Situa
tion.
New York, May 21.?The demant
)f Chinese bandits who recently seiz
id a party of tourists that they b
nade nuem!bers of the Chinese arm:
n return for giving up their prison
>rs is of their Hind, declared .Mrs
S. H. Taggotti wife of a Hong Konf
iotel man, who arrived/here today .01
^ visi? Supreme Co.ur
fBa.tlte"*Scctt.
"Sixty percent of the Chines
army are bandits," declared Mrs
raggott. The army is -'vdivided int'
iumerous factions, each so intent oi
raring upon the other and dicredit
rg them that r.o thought is given t
he protection of person or property
The recent work: of-the Suctaow trail
sandits differs, from previous exhi
)ition* cf lawlessness only because i
?.as on a somewhat larger scale thai
isual and niore prominent person
vc-re involved.
AN ATTRACTIVE STORE.
Mess. Clayton, Wilkeraop & Jack
ion have made wonderful improve
uents in the looks of their stori
ince -opening. They have installer
low fixture*. painted , the inside an<
dtogether it will be hard to find i
ndre attractive grocery store. These
gentlemen are all well and favorablj
mown and they will doubtless do i
rood business.
ERSON COUNTY
S. S. CONVENTION
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Person County Sunday School con
cntion m.et with Brobksdale cIilljlI
?r. last Saturday and continuec
hrough Sunday. The convention wai
ell a'tended and the interest was
rood. Mr. Sims and Miss Davis, the
tepeiis, were present and gave som'n<>
lipmftnatratiiina na tn what1 i1
.ikes to make a live Sunday School
)n Saturday there were present (
>reachers, 6 Sunday School superin
encients, 27 teachers and 13 Sundaj
Schools represented. ?
The following officers were elected
H. L. Crowell, president; D. S
Srooks, vice-president; S. T. Slaugh
er, sec. and treas.
Township presidents: AUensville
r r rinv riifv,. Hill k- r w?g
itaff; P.u.,..y Fork, J. A. Whitfield
7uningh&m, L, P. Duncan; Hollowaya
V. J. Crutchfiold; Woodadale, E. E
"aivar; Mt. TirzSh, D. M. Cash; Rox
>oro, S. G. Winstead; Fiat Rive, Rev
f, C. Williams.
The next convention will be heh
vith the -Methodist church, at PJurdl
Hills, the date to be fixed later.
? YARD OF FISH.
Yesterday evening Mr. Jones o
poare* barber shop, wj?s exhibitini
*weh which he caught in Hm |hhh! ?
ire Roxboro Cotton Mill. Whcn^yoi
liill-atr trtie-efllce on business and fin.
is out, just come on down U> Jh'
?Spy? m?ntioned >pond. ; . - \
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Court
$130
Vlay 23rd, 1923
i
The Review club met Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. A. R. Warren
Sand the lesson for the afternoon was
led by Mrs. T. C. Brooks, and the'
subject was "Egypt." No important;,
business was transacted, except the <'
report of the program committee be-['
;ng read, and submitted to the club.
At the close of the study hour, the 0
hostess assisted by Mrs. R. M. Spen- '
eei served a salad course, with candles.
The members present were Mesdames
I. O. Abbitt, T. C. Brooks, T.
C. Bradsb'er, J. A. Beam, James
Burrows, B. G-. Clayton, H. L. Crowell,
Lillian Foreman, B. C. Thompson, R.
L. Wilburn, T. B. Woody, and I. O.
Wllkerson. - "' '
Mrs. B. A. Thaxton honored "Miss f
Margaret Bradsher Tuesday after- ,
noon, when she gave a miscellaneous
shower at her home on North Main
street./Five tables were arranged for
Boston rook, in the rooms which ,
were pretty in their arrangement of t
spring: flowers. At* the close of the i
game little Miss Esther Thaxton, [
small daughter of the hostess, en- j
tered , the room with a tiny wagon
covered "with yellow and white, on j
which were piled the gifts for the
bride-electr. Fruit salad and tea was i
) the menu served to the following
guests: Mesdames W. T. Pass, W. T. ,
-1 Long, Hugh W/Ood-Jr, Rosa Thompson. (
*j George Walker, Joe Blanks. E. Z.
Jr;tt, H. W. Winstead, J. J. Winstead,
_jE. P. Dunlap, George Thomas, MarB|garet
Stray horn, Ruth Stephens, H. t
W. Newell, E. E. Thomaa, Misses Sue ,
Merritt, Kate Newton, Annie Laurie t
Barnette, and BerthavClavton.
? . i
n* Mrs. A. Si deYlaming wa a charm- (
t?ing hostes- " the Friday, Afternoon ?
'Pleasure club'on Friday evening--at, .
o her heme on South Street The
, house was lovely, with roses and|
0 peonies. Boston rook was dio .-g.anie j
n of the 'afternoon.' A delightful s^lai;
course, with punch, was served; to'
D'the following:: Mesdames \V\ C. Bui- j
! lork. T. B. \Voody, H. \V. Winstead.)
j'.W. T. I.onjr, W...C. Watkins. Geo. W.
Kane. E. R. Dunla'fi, R. \W Stephens, j
jiJ. D. Morris, A. M, Burns, B; E,!
1 Love. W. D. Merritt, R. L. Wilburrt.
5iW. S. Clary, Jr.. .1. W. Noell/Con
| nor Merritt, J. A. Long, Hugh Woods,j.
j and Mrs. Rosa 'Thompson of-:Philn-!
jdelphia. jj
A pretty party was that of Satur- y
" day afternoon when Mrs. Joe Blanks |r
"entertained at her lovely new home I'
cn Reams Avenue. Peonies and sweet'
peas were arranged over the house)
which lelimn attractive glcW to the!
Ir rooms. Six tables were placed for thejj
" game of Boston rook and .afoer many
; interesting games the hostess, as1
sisted by Mrs. S. A. Jones, and Miss
j Evie Harris, served a. salad and ice ,
! course. Pink and white bag$ filled
with mints were given as' favors. ^
Those present were Mesdames B. G.' .
jCIaytcn, I. O. Wilkerson, S. A.Jodfl,
T. B. Woody, E. Z. .Bradfey, H:' W. \ *
' J D.'^K.^khTTwrid* 'connor ^lerrittj e
I R H. Oakley, T. W. Pass, ' E. E.I J
Thomas, L. C. Bmdsher. J.. L. At!,"kins,
of Durham? W, , Clary, Jr.,
% Misses Bertha Clayton, Ruth New- ^
''.ton, Evie Harris, Annie Laura Bar- ^
r.ett, Mary Harris, Annie Walker and
' Elizabeth Noell.
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II On Monday night Miss Eglantine
Merritt gave a party in honor of Miss
: Margaret Bradsher, who is to be
|*jmarried in June. The guests were re"j
chived at the door by Miss Eglantine
\ Merritt. then Miss Louise Thompson .
- invited them to the punfch"bowl where
-|Mra. Connor Manrltt and Mies Mil-I;
dred Long served delightful punch.
Boston rook was played at "seyen ta
i bles and at the end of the* game the
-.hostess presented Miss Annie Walk|
er with a beautiful bunch of sweet f
| p?" i?t hawtng won .the? highest
i score. Jce cream and cake were seree
ed and at the close of. the party Miss
Margaret Bradsher was asked to cut
(the wedding cake.
_! TWa enjoying M.i?? par.
f ty> were Mi sees Marge-ret. Bradsher,
l Bessie Sample, May * Willson, Christ
j tine Walker, May Hardy, Annie "
tltabeth^Xoell. Hfllrn White, Louki,ii'Thompsbn,
Edna_ Bradsher, Kate .'
; Kcwtotn ^ .
Mess. Merrtrnon Burns, Dewey and'
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PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
, No. 21
Vrthur Brudsher^ Bernard,. Crowell,
'rank Howard, Jack Hambrick, Her)trt
Barnett, John Mori-is, Charlie
4n wiiii Welter J.uia-.'. Uerritt* Brad.
her, C. L. Greech, Wallace Woods,
in J Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bradsher.
S. S, TRAINING SCHOOL.
The Sunday School Training
School was-: in session last, week at
he Edgar Long Memorial Church
md was greatly enjeyed by a large
:lass of teachers and others interestid
in Sunday School work. The last
lesslon was held Friday night.
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HISS ORPHfA I_EK - '
ALLGOOD GRADUATES.
We return thanks to Miss Orphia I -1
.ee Allgood for an invitation to the t
Commencement exercises of Converse
College, Spartanburg, S. C.,
May 25th to 28th. Miss Allgood is
i member of the senior class and
rill graduate this Commencement.
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ALMOST . ~ '
In London , they were discussing
advertising "fireat s^nfft rhpse pier.
ric signs on Broadway," said the
r'ankee. "TheyVe got one advertisng
Wrigley's gum. runs a whole
dock, 250,000 electric bulbs."
"How many " cried the- astonished v
Londoner.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand,"
mswered .the Yankee.
The Londoner observed, "But I
lay, old chap, isn't that a bit conspi:uous?"?(The
Kan-Sun.
Washington, 5Iay 21.?.The Levia:han
will be as "dry" as unceasing
rigiliance can make ber, officials of
he shipping board declared today
n denying the published reports that
'our birs already has been installed
;n the great liner, who soon will be
daced again in the trans-Atlantic
icrvice. - '
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MOftK NEW BUILDINGS.
Mess. J. C. and W. T. Pass
placing material on the ground to ? .
Ai'ild ' two big store rooms on their 7
n operty on Depot Street.
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r VF.RY. HOUSEKEEPER *
IS INTERESTED.
One of the- household drupes is
> wee ping?that if ycu~<4<k not happen
to own a Hoover. The advertisement
cf Mess. T. W. Pass & Son in
his issue is of much interest to
icusekeepers, as it teils you how you
nay get rid of this drudgery. Look
t up and call at once,% as they have
i factory representative here giving
lemons trat ions.
.EGION WILL OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY.
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The Lester Blackwell Post of the
Imericari Legion and Auxiliary will
ibserve Memorial Day on the 30th?
Wednesday. Col. S. C. Chambers of
Durham will deliver the 'address,
vfiich" wilt be followed by a dinner
nopared by ^he Auxiliary. All of the*
>:-?CTvTye huh !UV n-'itWsted to wear
i poppy, which can- he secured from
nembers of the Auxiliary.
? ? ?
Mr. E. V. Boatwrigrht left ygsttor*
lay for Richmond, Va., where Maser
Edtfhr, Jr., is being treated at a
lospital.
Remember that birthday when
there were twelve candles on
the cake and the biff piece rested,
on the plate of that wonderful girl
whose golden curia were the moat
beautiful hi all the world?and then
that birthday, when that girl with
.not brown hair glanced shyly a*
Pod told you you wore now a man.
And then the birthdays came qulck'ly,
until there were no candles on
the cakg, but Just h UUKflTof ttuwiOlt-?! ?
fulness awr~loVe reflected In the
tii<^L~jopf Njow iui tiie mellow od - fhmh
of birthdays and ?*
their joys Just as the mirror of the ^
only birthday?th^ (lay we pass into *
-lifn . .<111111' as till
l hottr nears. . . r i
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