J. W. NOEl.L. EDITOR AMI
VOL. XL
PERSON COUNTY
p; HIGH SCHOOLS
MORE THAN A THOUSAND PUPILS
ENROLLED |
Helena Leads the List With 2S6,
Bethel Hill Second with 240 j
There are many things in the good
County of Person for one to enthuse
over but none excites our admiration
more than the wonderful progress
which is being made in the schools.
Just comparatively a few years since
and there was net a high schools.in1
the County, no, not even in Roxboro,!
while today there are five rural high'
schools, all splendidly equipped, with'
buildings costing from $15,000 to
$50,000. Nearly all cf these build,
ings.havc water, lights and sewerage,
and best cf all paid for by the citizer.j
of 'he districts without a DOLLARS
help from the State. Certnin
ly, some of them have borrowed small 1
soms from the State but they are|
paying this back with interest. So the
State has riot contributed a penny toi
them?all of which the State shenli^
be. ashamed of.
At Helena Miss Emma Noell, the
efficient, popular and beloved princi-.
, pal, has enrolled 266. with 74 in the
high schorl grades. She reports the
largest enrollment in the County, as
well as the greatest number of high
school scholars. ; |
Following this lead comes Bethel
Hill high school with an enrollment of
240; Bushy Fork reports 175; Olive
Hill has an enrollment of 165 and
AJlensville 160. Bushy Fork and Allensville
are not officially reported,
but the others are actual figures from
the principals. We dc not believe
there is a county in the State which
can match Person in the way of principals.
They are all thoroughly prepared
for their work, ani best of all,
are thoroughly in love with the ^vork
stepping stone.?looking either to business
or matrimony.
- Just think of it, more than one
thousan<r~iri 'these five rural high
schools?and this dees not indudd
the schools at Rcxboro or Jalonp
Ten years ago when Rev. J. A. Beam
/ began his great campaign for rurn
high schools had he nrcmised that
today there would be mere than ont
sv tkousani in thtfse schools even hi:
most ardent backers would have a 1
t-f'.'1' . ha ,iSiq ..Itber "?a7.v or rirevaricatinc
j.; t But the end is not yet, there wiP. b
twice this number within an othe
ten year?. *
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PERSON PAIR OF 84 AND 29
JOINED IN WEDLOCK HER?
. ???
f Once more December and Ma
f were joined in happy union, when
the embodiments, respectively, of Je
ferson Patterson. 84 years of ag
and Miss Virgie Bows, just 29, thi
.. were made man and wife in Danvfl
I this morning by the Rev. J. Cly
iff* Holland.
Yielding to the ardent wooing
, her mrmv-wintered lover, who, t
for a crtpplai^rm. would have do
f-r_ ' service under, the standard of Lee
Jackson in the brave days of t
sixties, Miss Bows came with h
from their heme ccuntv of Pcrs
across the North Carolina border, a
today the Rev. Mr. Holland enter
t the party as the third member n
^essayy to comnletion cf a cheris'
I". plan.
If '. ' * After the ceremony Mr. and IV
Patterson were given a warm rec
tion at the Piedmont warehoi
where a number of their Person
fftimtv friends had ass
E ,v. bled. The newly weds appeared t(
as happy as young larks. After
Bf:;., informal reception Mr. Patterson
taken in charge by a represents
of the Danville News and led to
. of the best barber shops, whci
stubby beard of sever*lrweejts' gi<
was removed from the groom's
The happy couple will retur
I " North Carclina this aftornoon to
? ' _L future home near , Leasburg.?
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DR. MADDRY HERE
__ THCR8PAY N1
i,' , Dr. Charles E. Mad-iry of Rj
"ill deliver an address in the
. st cburch here oil neat Thursd
^ 7:30, P. M. The public is cor
'ted to hear this address.
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3 PUBLISHER
ROXBOR
PERSON COUNTY FAIR.'
A Decided Success. Due to the Ef.
forts of Mess. Hunter and Burns.
If you failed to attend the Fail
last week you missed one of the very
best, if not the BEST, ever held ir
the.County The exhibits were good
and the attendance fras up to the
average. Never have we seensbettel
order, there being no arrests foi
rowdyism, and everything went oil
in fcroat shape.
Mess. Hunter and Burns, the pres
ident and secretary respectively
gave of their time unsparingly am
th^ people of the County, and espe
cially the stockholders of the asso
ciation, are due them many thanks
They put on- the best free exhibit w.
have ever seen,, the spiral act aloni
being, worth the price of admission
The carnival was large, with man;
attractions, and we heard no com
plaint as to the morality of th<
shows. Yes. it was good, and th<
association can not do better thai
to make the present managers life
long officers.
MR. BRADSHER WINS
WATER PLANT
The Home Electric Company, Mi
Fred Long, manager, presented
Delco Light and Water system t
Mr. L. A. Bradsher of Hurdle Mills
route 3, as advertised in our last is
sue. The card filled out by Mr. Brad
sher was drawn from the sealed bo
at this office, and was awarded th
water system.
FINE FLOUR.
I The Milton Roller Mill Compan
presented us with some of the ver
best flour we have seen. We do nc
know where the wheat which pit
l duced this flour was grown, but w
do know it was the equal of any w
have ever seen, and was ground :
their mills in Milton.
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ROXBORO OARBF.D SCHOOL
NOTES.
Ths first month of school work ai
play has elapsed. Reports have bei
issued bearing their train of joys ai
i ?*orrows lo tnc nome 01 mou. ?.
[ dent and their resultant condemn
t tion or praise of an innocent teach!
The greatest improvement thus f
- initiated into the school system is t
1 result of the last Parent-Taeche
" Association Meeting at which til
c it was voted that the play grou
r equipment now laying practcally" i
on the plot at the rear of the co'
huose should be moved upon the sch
grounds where it will be accessa
? . to the children at all recess peri
and during the afternoons at <
iy close of schdcl.
in A movement to have a onre huij
per cent participation in som^"1
e. of athletic recreation is on fo# '
sy this end track has been intlpec
le to the school athletic syste/^n<
de volley ball court has been
for the boys. and under the/P*ce!
of of the seventh grade anotI,s *r
'Ut process of construction fori ?lr*s
an attempt is being made /rocur'
or a tennis ccbrt' for school.' s
he basketball court has hajjfn
ini off in the Winstead \Nfr U3e? or
ion which both boys and ) tean*s
i^iu /
. v,lu .i-as orjranre"!
A Current Events ]}iaTy stu,
ec- ized i?t* 'be SMenteJhior classes
he.l dents of 'be junior a
Acs ago foi
of hi pit school 'wJ,nce a wee',:
Irs. the purpose of metticnai and
ep- and discussing *~TThe club met
tse. foreign current ''Yur,day night,
and for the first tiy discussion on
em- Small groups lif- ?ews while
i be the various phf a(ided to the
'hi? jokes and reft*jnc The memwas
pleasure ^f 'If Eugene Thomp.tive
bers of the cJfc,jrl,s, Sect, and
one son, pres., sergeant at
e a treas., d. Lillian Beard,
>wth arms, Minn!Green, Helen
face. Margaret fliburn, John Yancey,
n to Harris, Lofr Hull, Helen SUn.
their Emma Hrfhomas, Annie B.
Dnn- field, Wood, Eunice White,
Woods. Ly end H. F. -Ayers.
Piwannf 0
J^ERVICES IN
GHT. EPISJhE MASONIC HALL.
lieigh ity after Trinity; Church
Bap- 2*o a. m. Evprring prayci
ay at Sty at 7iS0 p. m.
dially anf j. l. Martin, Ractor.
HOME. FIRST, j
O, NORTH CAROLINA
TQ8AD&SPRICES
. v jmingup
, MISS LOTTIE LEE SELLS A PILE!
, FOR $05.00
Sales Light. 109.658 Pounds Sold at
an Average of 817.80 For
the Week.
While sales were light last week
the price seemed to improve ekch
day; the average for the week being
$17.80, with many averages rmtirte 1
better than $30.00, the highest sale
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reported' being that ol miss wiut
a 'Lee which brought $85.00 at the ily>
co. Joe Clayton sold a load at. the
Hyco averaging $37.00, and Bill Royj
stcr sold his last curing for as aver.
age of $31.00.
c At the Independent some gooi
e rales were reported, Sidney Vaughn
j made ar. average of $33.00; D. Cj
. Chandler averaged $32.00 and ChBriio
Dunn made an average of $31,00.
The Planters hai some good tales
and report prices as being much ion
. proved with a decidedly better feel
ing among the farmers.
Altogether the outlook is mucl
a better and the average will show at
0 increase as better grades come^irg
( as many of the loads being offerer
1 are the last curings and nat'drallr
are of a poor quality.
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* A HARDING OAK
AT EVERY SCHOO;
The State Forester is urging ever
school in the State to observe ^rbo
Day, November 2, by planting
v memorial. oak for the late Presider
y Harding. ' /'
In his last public utterance
Harding strongly endorsed the cale
servation policy of the Governmpt
? saying that the development of fie
lt timber and ether natural resounes
must have in visw the permaieni
fo the investors who are "?&???
uroaHli tn nnwinlt ..I-.-A1 .
I Speaking of Alaskan conditions which
id J he had just returned from invest;.
*11 gationi he said: ''It is better to deid
strey/the defiant investor than to
u- detmph a national resource which
a- needf only guarding against greed
jr. to flhain a permanent asset of inar'
capable value."
he *ii? will remain a cardinit prinr's
<ac >n our public conservation policy
me i all time to come.
(hd /The State law provides that "FridXeVT
following the first day ..of Noar/ember
of each year shall be known
orfis Arbor Day, "to be appropriately
^observed by the public schools". What
more appropriate action could any
I school take than planting a tree to
the membry of our lamented PreaiI
dent who lost his life in establishing
' rational conservation in our largest
> territory.
I An oak tree is suggested because
i it typifies strength and true worth.
I It is long lived, and though some
i species are of slow growth, they arc
i beautiful and altogether the most sat:;
isfactory trees for such purpose.
II White cak should be planted when
if possible but swamp chestnut oak (in
I j the east), willow oak. and red oak
i i will all make excellent memorial
jtrees. /
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PERSON COUNTY LEAF
j WINS EVERY PREMIUM
.Farmers Around Roxboro Sweep'
Prize List Offered At the
!j Danville * Fair.
Danville, Oct. 10.?Person county,!
North Carolina, made a clean sweep
of the premiums offered by the Dan- J
| ville Fair association for tobacco
grown in North Carolina.
| Three prizes were offered foT nine
' different types of leaf and the entire
i lot of 27 prizes was carried off by
farmers who entered their tobacco
from Roxboro. .
This is believed to be the first time
that any one community has made
TOO per cent record and Person eoun,
ty farmers attending the fair today;
did not fail to remind some of their
neighboring countymen of the fact.
This year the fair association offeced
premiums for tobacco grown in Vlr
gin la and Carolina, separately. The
i Virginia, awards were welt scattered.
R.' E, Crumpton. Winstead and Brooks!
land ^instead and Torian carried off|
| virtually all the prizes! j
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IBROAD NEXT
, Wednesday Evening O
CO-OP MAKES BIG AVERAGE
Waker Bradnh^r and Dewey latum
Average $20.56 for 630 Pounds.
We called upon the manager, Mr.
H. W. Winstead, for report as to receipts
and average yesterday, but
Mr. Winstead informed us that he
could -not give out this information,
but that it would have to iimt from
Richmond. However, by todays mail
we received from Mr. S. D. Frizzell
the statement that Mr. Walter I3rad->
sher and Dewey Tatum of Hurdle
Mills, N. .C? averaged $20*56 a Hundred
for a load of 630 pounds. These
are Person county 'men, but we are
not advised where this splendid average
was made.
Some of our co-operative trends
criticised us very severely last year
; ior noi puDnsning gooa saies, or gooa
advances, received at the co-operative
| warehouse last year, but we want
our friends to know we are just a*
anxious to publish their good averages
as they are to see it, but unless
they come in personallv and hand
them to us we see no way cf accommodating
them. When you bring in
a lead of extra good tobacco and get
an extra large advance we trust- you
will drop by our office nd tell us
about it.
REV. J. L. MARTIN
A.T ST. PHILIP'S
Preaches Against Pessimism And For
More' Abounding Patience
And Hope.
<Rev. J. L. Martin, rector of St.
Mark's Episcopal, church, Roxboro,
held the services and preached in St.
Phillip's church Sunday morning,
filling Rev. S. S. Bost's appointment,
while he was over at Duke dedicating
a church there.
3dr. Martin preached from Romans,
15-4: "For whatsoever things
were -written aforetime were written
i for our learning, that we through
1 P^rience an.i comfort at the scriptures
| '6'fi the ebb-tide and flow cf humanity,
j He said that recently rnuch litera/
ture on pessimism had come from
the press. Pessimism is stalking
jabfoad in the laijd. One writer had
j pictured God as a little dwarfed man.
; Another had pictured all things going
to death. Another that the sign?
of the moon predicted ruin and destruction;
Kistorv. with regularity,
repeats itself. A high t; :e of morals
is followed by a low tide. Each incoming
tide presses further nnd further
out on the sands of life, until it
begins to recede.
Why should we be pessimists being
develoned from the cave man to
the present? We show a lack of faith
in Providence bringing us thus far,
end defeat the ends of God's plnrs.
Paul writes with hope. He knew history.
He saw the ebb-tide and flow
of those of the past. Has seen the
I ebb and flow twelve times. He was
right. *St. Paul lived in one of the
ebb-tides. Have we .the faith of St.
Paul? Have we the trust of St. Pnul,
who said, "He is able tc keen that
which is committed'to Him until that
I
Ebb and flow cf sin. The center
of gravity keens the earth and water
I in its place. In yonder sky is anI
other point of gravity. Two forces
I are nulling in opposite directions?
[heaven and hell. Heaven is doing
i all it can to cling to that which 1?
j good. Hell nil that is immoral and
demoralising. Thes* forces are ebbing
and flowing. God. through human
brings. Is going tc win the vicI
tory. There is no occasion for pessimisism;
but rather rejoicing in the
i Lord, with patience and hope.
| At the conclusion of the services
j a collection was taken to assisf Mr,
Martin in the. completion of St. Mark's
church, at Roxboro, which is in need
I of about $2,500 to accomplish thie
end. $32.43 Was raised.?Durham Heri*,d
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FOSTER LOCAL.
The public is cordially invited to
'attend the co-op meeting of Foster |
Local at Centre school house on Saturday
evening October 20th, 1923, aC
7:46. We will have with ue some dis-,
tinguished speakers. Program: Quar-i
tette by Mt. ITumiflily Lliuii. Prays r.dntroduction
-of speaker by A. B.
O'Briant.
A. B. O'Briant, . . I
s*c. Foster toil.?
:ouri
51.5C
ctober 17th 1923
\/ociety\
Mrs. J. J. Winstead was hostoss
to the Research Club on last Friday
afternoon. The subject of the afternoon
study was Jbornsen and some
of his plays. Mrs. Bullock had a
very interesting paper on the life
and plays of Jbornsen. Mrs. Garland
Winstead led a discussion on
two of Jbornsen plays, Beyond Our
Power and the Gauntlet. At the close
of the program the hostess served
her guests a delightful salad course
with, hot rolls ^nd coffee. She then
passed a tray of beautiful white and
yellow dahlias for her guests to carry
home with them. Beautiful red
'71 a wniw nannas .117 1 a i ll*i III 1 UK
touch to the home.
Members present .were Mesdamcs
W. C. Bullock, A. M. Bums, J. A.
Beam, B. Gv Clayton, L. M; Carlton.
A. S. deVlaming. B. B. Newell, J. B.
Hurley, W. O. Sample, W. T. Pass,
R. L. Wilburn, S. G. Winstead and
Mrs. J. J. Winstead.
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TO THE READERS of the COURIER:
The Helena Aid Society gives you a
welcome hearty
To come to your own birthday party.
Bring as many pennies as years old.
Or more, if vou don't want your age
told.
On October the twenty seventh 'at
exactly eight,
Iri the high school auditorium we
twill wait.
Reemmber the date, remember the
hour.
We know ycu will come in starlight
or shower.
' To entertain you we will have good
eats,
And a play that none beats.?10-17-2ts
COURT "VVEEK.
- Court is in session this week. Judge
D?vin presiding and Solicitor McLeniapn
gmserrnttng. Thara. ware nc
cases of note-en rite crnidiial ducket
'but we will publish full proceedings
in our next issue.
NOTHING TO THE REPORT.
Yesterday morning it was reported
rn the streets that Chief Olivet
. had shot a neern up on the hill. The
V ..IJ ik'.l vLMai.A/J
. ICJiUIl iflHk -'1 i . V/IIVC1 r at ? ir^l
a g.ang of laborers in a crap game
J and when one of them ran he. Mr
I Oliver, shot him. How the report
(originated we do net know, but there
J was absolutely nothing to it.
'workers' school
at rock grove
J The- school for Sunday school workers
will be held Oct. 19-21. Let all be
on hand to begin work Friday morn|
ing at nine o'clock.
Joe B. Currin, pastor. /
| mr. england visiting ^
OLD friends.
Mr. Charles H. England. who was
1 at one time a resident of Roxboro,
arived Monday evening and is spending
several days here shaking hands
with .his many friends. Mr. England
, has been in Washington.'D. C.. as
secretary to Hon. Claude Kitchin and
. Maj. Chas. M. Stcdmnn for several
years.
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MR. WATKINS
' SPEAKS TO CO-OPS.
Last Thursday evening Mr. T. C.
Watkins. director of the co-operative
tobacco association spoke to a large
crowd cf association members. His
speech was mainly on matters rortaining
to their mode of handling
tobacco. He stated that the cost of
handling their tobacco for tho past
year had been $1.55 per hundred
pounds, and. that the tobacco received
and being held of last year's crop
from the old tobacco belt, and the
black belt of Virginia, amounts tp
13,500,000 pounds. /
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COLORED MAN SELLS r
BEST LOAD.
'
Jim Tally, one of our worthy col.
orrd -fermera sold a load at the Hyco
today and received a check for
$606.11. Jim says while his crop ia
not as good as it was last year prices
like UiiB. loolts like.mnnap to him,
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i PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
No. 41
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SCHOOL NOTES.
The second Teachers' Meeting was
held last Saturday, October 13th, with
75 teachers present, and 10 absent*
?'thfree of these, Misses Helen OrsVif
Ella Thompson and Pansy Mitchell*
were excused on account of sickness.
The others are Min^ea Edith flillic
Lena Buchanan, Grace Blackard, Annie
Rhew, Lillie Beaver, Pearl Carver,
and Mr. C. W. Warrick.
The 75 present were enthusiastic
about their work, hopeful of futnre
progress, and glad of the stimulating
association of eonferers with similar
j problems. Three divisions were organized
as fpllowst High School,
Intermediate and Primary. These
elected Presidents. vice-Presidents
and Secretaries and organized for
the work of the year.
They are to study the Educational
System of North Carolina as to the
State's part, the County's part, and
the Community's oart, together with
the Elementary Course of Study. AB
teachers are requested to bring the
Elementary Course of Study to the
next Teacher' Meeting on the Saturday
before the second Sunday,?
the regular date of meeting. The Primary
teachers will prepare their les- '
son beginning on the 19th page going
through to the 92nd. The Intermediate
Teachers will prepare pages
19 to 35. and 93 to 183. The High
School Teachers will secure copies
of the High School Course of Study
and prepare the first 75 pages.
The State is doing a noble work in
rehabilitating the cripples and wishes
the names and addreses of every
crippled, or disabled Derson in the ?
county, regardless of age,?white and
black. Teachers, please do your part
in this great humanitarian work and
send me the names of everv blind,
deaf, and oripnled person in tjie com
munity in which you are teaching.
Please be sure to state the kind of
disability and the age as near as you
can estimate of each disabled person.
} Do riot forget the name, sex, color,
age. disability, and address is required.
v On -November the 2nd ap^ 3rd we
5 expect every teacher in this county
to. attend the Meeting of teachers in
Raleigh. It would be well to write
the hotels in Raleigh and reserve
room. We expect to have 100 per
cent present, and get frcm this meet.
iog much information necessary to
(/ every good teachpr. Let not one
i 1 eachor stay away. The State and
, | County are doing their best to make
I our teacher-; efficient and capable of
filling the noble profession' of teaeh,
I ing. If teachers do not avail them!
selves of these privileges they show
F'that they are not true* teachers and
jthe sooner the county end state find
this out the better for ell concerned.
We are aroused ever the necessity
of giving better school facilities to
i every child in the county. It is not
[fair for some to have the best.and
others, no less deserving, very inferior
opportunities for securing the
schooling that every child must have
if he is to become a desirable citizen
of Xorth Carolina. With this in viewwe
have secured the service? of one
of the State's best men to come and took
over our county and make plans
to establish the county-wide plan. He
.with Prof. X. W. Walker wilt be
| here on Wednesday cf this week and
j visit the .schools.?especially the
.High Schools. It will take erme time
j to get the necessary information that
j he must have and we hene to. have
I him with us for several cfnnr.
Don't forget-.thb Teacb^-r.d ^toetingr
| in Raleigh Xov. 2nd and 3rd.
Mrs. .T. A. Rp?m.
BOX PARTY.
There will be a box party at Providence
school on next Friday night
at 6:30 o'clock. Proceeds will go to
benefit of the school. Everybody is
t invited.
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CONFERENCE OF RF.l'LAH
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
There will be a conference of representative*
from the churches of
the Beulah Baptist Association at
Roxboro in the Baptist church on Friday,
October 19th, at 10 A. M. ]
All pastors, Sunday School super
Intendents, presidents of W. M. U.
and of B. Y. P. If., deacons and nny
others who are interested are urgent-.
ly requested to attend.
Dr. C.-E. Maddry will be present
and will have an inspiring message.
R. E. Whit*; Pastor.
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