J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AN!
VOL. No. IXL
CHIEF JUSTICE 4
CLARK DIES
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HE WAS A JUDGE AT FORTY
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At 16 He Has a Confederate Soldier
and At 17 a Lieutenant Colonel. I
Raleigh, May 19.?Thrice during (
Gutuiuin?Mnrriiiiin'i administration
death haa entered the Supreme court 1
and this morning at 8:89, Chief Justice
Walter Clark, the iron man of ?
the bench, went out under an ap- ^
oplectic stroke.
The funeral will be conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from
. the late residence on Halifax street.
BL The burial will be in the Raleigh cemm
etery.
Governor Morrison announced to- *
f night that Chief- Justice Clark will '
lie in state in the capitol rotunda '
, Tuesday, morning from 10 o'clock to 1
the funeral hour at 4 in the afternoon.
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The death'of the noted jurist. Con-,
federate captain, author, and out-1
standing liberalist of the state came
quickly upon the morning papers' announcement
that his honor had fallen '
into unconsciousness' no6n oT~the day '
before. The shock Of the community ,
was intense. The apparent health of 1
the chief was written in everp fea- '
ture of a life which has withstood an 1
amazing wear of work and years. '
Several times withirt the past two '
years Judge Clark has- shown the '
inevitable "break," but this wonder- '
- ful human organism wasn't the thing
to make concession to age. His body,'
even as his mind was ever, young and
everybody who knew him guessed that
when he quit, it would be in a paraly-1
sis which first destroyed his power to '
think. J
a-. Lieutenant Colonel at 17 ^I
The life of Halter Clark as a purelv
statistical narrative would be one '
ot^he most romantic in the state's'
annals. At 15 a driller of Confeder- 1
ates, at 16 a soldier, and 17 a lieu-^
tenant coionei, ai o?rc ?kc ?
at 43 a judge when judges were still
one of the seven ages of -men, at 47 (
a Supreme court justice, at 48 the '
nominee of all parties when political j
blood w/*s hottest and partisanship
the fiercest, and at 56 the highest
judge of the realm, all junctures in
bis life full of dramatic interest, vet
all of them making him a sort of
clinic in democracy, the champion of
people who never failed him and
whom he never failed. .He was as I
though he lived to prove that even a
!" inoderateiy literate electrate could be <
trusted.
READING AND DECLAMATION
CONTEST.
j^,- A Declamation and Reading .con-' ]
Wk " Jest was held Monday Evening at the
B* High' School Auditorium, under the :
Wr?' auspices of the Parent teacher Asso- '
K*' Nation and the Literary Department
Ipp-of the Woman's Club.
An interesting program had been:
arranged, consisting of five readings
: ? and five declamation interspersed with
piano solos and several numbers were
given by the Glee- Club, one of the
c- newe?t and best organizations of the '
High School. For. the best declama-,
tion, George- Burch won the $5 gold
piece, given by the . Parent Teacher
!'> Association, while Mildred Richmond,
was1 declared the best reader and was.
presented the So gold piece which!
was given by the Woman's Club. Both
prizes were praaAnUul-by^iey^R. _Iv
White.
It was very hard for the judges
^ , to make their decisions as to who
was the best as each piece" was well
sp^&n and decided talent was shown
in each contestant. Eunice White and
Wallace White w;ere awarded second
iv *n trve contest. , 1
- TO THE PEOPLE OF
PER80N COUNTY
ANNOUNCEMENT :
X wish to take this means -of announcintt
myself a candidate for the
office of Treasurer of Person County
subject to the notion of the anproach
: mff Democratic Primary." /If yon
g -shall s?? ftt io-nominate ?n4 elect me
to this office 1 imnnlse .vo?-? service
fife very best of which I am capable.
-7 . - Frank. J. Xtester.'
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D PUBLISHER
ROXBOF
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COMMIE/CEMENT EXERCISES
ROXBORO GRADED SCHOOLS.
The commencement exercises of the
icbools of Roxboro will begin Thurslay
night, May 29th, and end Moniay
night, dune 2nd.
Thursday night, May 29th. Recital
>y Music Class.
Friday night. May 30th, Senior
Class Play.
Saturday night, May 31st, Enterainment
by children of Primary
Irades.
Sunday morning, June 1st, at elev.
ii o'clock. Ouiiiinenecmcnt Sormon by
Vrchdeacon Morrison Bethea of Ral;igh.
Monday night, June 2nd, addrbss by
5r. Edgar W, Knight, Professor of
lural Education in the University of
S'orth Carolina. _
All these' exercises, except the
Commencement Sermon, will be held
n the school auditorium and will betin
at 8 o'clock in the evening. The
sermon will be preached in the Bspist
Church at eleven o'clock Sunday
norning.
The public is cordially invited to
ill these exercises.
A LATE CALL.
Sunday night about 12 o'clock
Sheriff Long was called out near
Srooksdale to see about some one
vho was drunk and driving an autonobile
recklessly. He found William
Srown driving on the public road,
irunk, and arrested him and made
lim give bond for $200 to appear in
!?urt Monday morning for trial, but
le failed to appear and forfeited his
H>nd.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
MEREDITH COLLEGE.
We return obr(thanks to Miss Hel-n
Virginia Klybon far an invitation j
:o the Commencement Exercises of!
Meredith Oolieve. Mav thirtieth to!
fune third. Miss PlJ'bon will receive
he degree of Bachelor of Arts.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION j
?,ast Saturday the Republican!
bounty Convention was held here.!
rhe following recommendations were
nade for the County ticket:
Legislature, W. F. Long.
Register cf Deeds, Geo. C. Barrett.
Sheriff, J. .W. Chambers.
Treasurer, Mrs. .M. B. Stray horn.'
Coroner, J. T. Hamlin.
Surveyor, W. T. Rnrhannn J
County Commissioners, C. H. Hunter,
R. D. Bailey and E. J. Clayton. !
Mr. Copeland G. Garrett was elect-1
;d County Chairman. ''
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RELIABLE RECIPES.
The Calumet Baking Powder Com-1
pany has put out an 80 page book of
recipes which is a convenient and useful
book for any'housewife.'You can*
f-eeure'a'^copy by calling at this office.
They are free while they last.
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THE REFLECTOR.
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The Reflector, published by the
senior class of Bushy Fork High
School has been placed on our desk
through courtesy of the -principal,
Mr. Byrd Isaac Satterfield. to whom
the volume is dedicated. It is a volume
of some TO pages and is indeed
creditable to this splendid high school.
The cartoonist, Mr. O'Brfant, gives
t videnqe^ of more than Ordinary ability
and has added much to The Reflector
by his work.
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Yesterday morning Mr. R. A. Spencer,
of the firm of R. A. Spencer &
Son, was sitting at his desk when the
force working on the sewer line set
off a blast. He said he thought he had
better stick to the "safety first", rule
and step into the next room, which
he did. The explosion took place and
one of the Urge plate glass in the
front smashed, and when he returned
glass an< rubbish was scattered all
over the chair he had fceen sitting in.
Yes sir, a Uose call.
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PREACHING AT
F ? WAKKK-VSt GROVE;
Kev. Mr. Hemflon Of Durham will
ipreach at Warren's Grove the first
i'Knnd?y in June at 3:80 o'clock. The
-public" is cordially invited to this
service.
Joxbc
HOME FIRST, A
:0, NORTH CAROLINA
BAILEY FOR GO
Every Voter Is Urged to J
tion Relief and Polith
For B;1
We, the undersigned v<
do hereby form a BAILi
CLUB.
The objects of t
1. To bring about a ju
North Carolina wheieby
the unjust burden of exces
ing.
2. Inasmuch as Josiah ^
way to bring about this, w
port for the Democratic n<
3. "We agree to exert o
the Primary, to bring abov
4. We agree to take all
a fair election.
5. We protest against th
ly disclosed) to capture tl
this arid other counties; an
to see to it that there is a
count in the Primary.
6. We also look to Mr.
means of bringing to the p
election system; and we a
views on the subject of f
the time has come to empl<
Carolina to bring justice t<
spect.
Sign here
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' After signing, both man
or send to either Dr. B. A
The Courier office.
EXTRA ATTRACTION
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COMING TO THE PRINCESS
THEATRE HON. AND TUESDAY j'
JUNE 2nd. - 3rd.
Marion Davies in 'T.ittle Old New ( '
. - ,n M
Tork . r
A romance of the men and women'
_who laid the foundations of thej"
American Nation. * ,
When America was young?when I
they traveled by stage coach?when I
Robert Fulton sent the first seamboat;
im Hudson River=^when Jno. Ja-I
cob Astor was a fur dealer?when *
Cornelius Vanderbilt ran a Ferry
Boat?when the brave men and women
of bygone days laid the foundations
of the Nation of the present.
Thrilling days! Roamatic Days! And
now they live again on the screen in
the most remarkable photoplay of the
year. (The historical classic * of the
' Americaiv^Screen) a picture you can't;
afford to miss. (Remember the dates'
June 2-3rd.) I
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GANNETT-HALL \y
A very interesting wedding took I
place Thursday afternoon at Bahama.!
when Miss Clara Garnett of Randolph,)
Va. and Mr. Cliff TTall of Roxboroj
were marri<M. They were married at j
three o'clock at the home of Miss.j
Bessie Terryj on Roxboro road near:
.Bahama. They were married by Rev.'
'J/F. Stamps, thp beautiful ring cereymony
of ihe. Methodist Church being.
used.
The bride was . lovely in a gray
dress* with accessories and carried an !
' arm boquet of white rose buds and
ferns.
,L Mrs. Hall is a very successful
; school tca'chei1, who taught this pastj
year at Union.
Mr. Hall is a very popular business,
| man of this city. \ \ .
The happy couple left Immediate*!
ly after the ceremony for Durham,'
PnHyh nnii P"-Qy ""Tint
| LIGHTNING STRIKES RESIDENCE.
T There was quite an electrical storm
here last? night. The residence of MV
j R. E. Hamlin was struck and one of
:|the chimneys completely demolished.
>1 No one was injured and little damage
done to the residence other than
the destruction of the chimney.
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[BROAD NEXT
.Wednesday Evening M
VERNOR CLUB
loin. IFYou Want Taxa- a
:al Liberation, Vote
tiley. o
Dters of Person County. ?
2Y FOR GOVERNOR =
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his Club are: ?
st system of taxation inlb
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land will be relieved ofr:,
sive taxes it is now bear- v
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N. Bailey has shown the f
e pledge to him our sup- p
omination for Governor. J
urselves from now until t
it his nomination,
necessary steps to insure 1
u
e studied efforts ( recent- '
le election machinery in t
d we call upon all voters i
square tfeal, and a fair *
. q
Bailey's candidacy as a r
eople of this State a fair I
Iso endorse Mr. Bailey's t
reight-rates. We believe 1
?y th full power of North ..
a all its people in this re- J
Voting Place
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and wife, return by mail
. Thaxten, Chairman, or t
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"frf.f. f.y am iv 4tiov r
By all means have your children J
'xamined by Miss Williams, before j 1
he clinic, which is to be held the last.i
veek in June, this is important, forj
f they are found to have diseased t
;onsils and * adenoids it will be nec- 1
sssary to make application for treat- 1
nent, for only a limited number can i
>e cared for during the clinic, and only-i
;hose making definite application will!
>e assured of .treatment. |l
So many children have throat <1
;rouble, and yet seem to be perfectly IJ
.veil. The people of this county can-]
not afford to miss this opportunity.!the
nominal fee of $12.50 will be
:harged those who are able to pay,
and will be done totally free in
needy cases.
Over fifty applications have dl-h
ready been sent in, so it would bei^
wise not to delay the matter of reluming
the cards given you by Miss !
Williams. ^ J
Those who failed to get the exam
ination .at the given places for ex-i
animations can come, into Hoxboro,]
nnd get the examination in the office i
of the County Supt. of schools any]
Saturday.
J. A. Beam.
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HUGHES-CON FORD.
Mr. Turpin Hughes and Mrs. Ada;
Conford of Greensboro wero married
last Tuesday night in Greensboro. II
was o?very yuiet- marriage, only at
few of the relatives were present.'
They spent several days here visit-j
ing Mr.' Hughes' sister, Mrs. P. Y. 1
Pass. They will make their home in'
Washington, D. C.
PAGEANT AT CONCORD CHURCH.!
Sunday evening, May 26th, at 1:30,
the^Epworth league will present a
pageant "To Vision Heights"'at Concord
church. The public is cordihlly
fhvited.. ???.
B. C. Thompson.
NOTICB-Of SERVICES.
I give notice that I will hold services
at Hurdle Mills next Sunday at
11 o'clock, A. M.. and at "Rushy Fork
Tfigh School at i n'clork, P: .M. A
cordial 'welcome, to all.; ~' . ' '
W. O. Sample.
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IV' 1- :* r-.'. a
tour
$1.30
[ay 21st, 1924
JUST TO REMIND YOU.
Just to remind you again brother
nd sister voters of the sacred privtege
which is soon to be yours, tc
njoy, that of selecting our county
flfcers for their next term, I like to
ise the word selecting because it
ounds more like choosing the man
ut of a large number from which tc
elect. It seems more like exercising
ome care and forethought before
asting a vote. Id other words it
aeans stopping still, and thinking
efore acting.
May I ask you brother and sister
" til' ."h-t yyy ?Ml til .
rith the opportunity at the primary ?
lecause of the large number of can
idates seeking office it is purely and
imple a matter of selecting. This is
lartkularly true with the office of
heriff. Here We have several ijnen
rom which to select the one successul
man. An excellent opportunity to
hink once, to think twice, to think
hree times, before acting once.
There is one thing 1 want td urge
ipon every voter, and that is that
hey stop and think before casting
heir votes for sheriff. Pardon me if
am too persistent in urging this,
lijt to my mind we owe it to ourselves
o vote for the best man possible. Iii
dr. J. Cothtan we have every
[uality that we need for a man to
lossess, a number one sheriff, he is
apable, full of manhood, and faces
lis duty like a man. He is a man in
he true sense of the word, and is not
acking in a single characteristic
iceded for sheriff.
'Yea he is when all is said and sung,
t man the flower imperishable of this
valiant age
t true American".
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\TTENHANCE RECORD
AT BtTSHY FORK
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Perfect Attendance: *
Frances Hester Mabel Bradsher
Lucy Horton .Nannie Alien
Those attending more than 150 of
he 160 daj*3 of the school year:
Viola Harris. Raymond Allen, Lot:ie
Long, Lewis Hester, Willie Hor;on,
Odell Allen, Theo Hester, Eurene
Smith, Phil Bnynes. Walter Hor:on.
Irving O'Briant, Marie Hester.
The following pupils would have
aeen in the above lists if not for siekaess:
Sue Allen, Wendell Whitfield, Ger:ie
Bradsher, Mary Bradsher, Larue
Bradsher, Mildred Hester, Elizabeth;
Rogers, Allien Rogers, Edna Wilker5onr
Cleo Rogers, Naomi Blaloek. .Eugene
Hester, Joe Long.
Patsy Warren received the medal
?iven by Miss Gelia Hester to the
aupil making the best record in scholarship,
mr. "Business man.
mr. pleasure seeker
Have you made plans, secured your
schedule and reservation for that
business trip or that vacation ?
If not, then get in touch with our
local Passenger Agent who is glad to
accommodate you at all times.
NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY |
COMPANY.
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METHODIST MEETING CLOSES.
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The..revival which has been in1 pro
gpeSs at the Edgar Loup Memorial
Church closed last Sunday night. Rev.
Mr. Paylor, who ha* been doing the
preaching, greatly endeared himself
to our people. He is an excellent
preacher, filled with the desire of the
Spirit, arfii all wish they may have
the pleasure of listening to him aginn.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
On Sunday May 25th the Allensville
Township Sunday School, Convention
will hold an all day meeting
at Allensville High School. Everybody
is invited to these services.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. James Oar^pt?_
nnrnnnrr i thr marriage nf hin dtinglL
ter
Clara
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Mr. Robeft Clifton Hall
^ort Thursday, the fifteenth of May
one thousand nine hundred and.twen'
tyrfw
at Durham, . North Carolina
At hoipe (titer May iwehty-trfth
Roxboro, N. C.
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let
i PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
No. 21
SENATE PASSES BDNlA BILL
" OVER COOLIDGE*S HEAD
Washington, May 19.?The bonus '
bill became a law today. The senate
overrode President Coolidge's veto by
the two-thirds . majority necessary.
The house overrode it Saturday.
The vote came within half an hourafter
bill was called up by Senator
Curtis, Kansas, republican whip,
shortly after 2 p. m., all debate being
dispensed with.
When the bill was called up Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania, anti-bonus
leader, asked unanimous consent that
it g8 over until Saturday, bul Sena- ~
rvnzona, democrat, and
b<?nus advocate objected and forced
tke_vote. . 7
Crowds of bonus members thronged
into the chamber and crowded
around the walls. The galleries were
filled.
The bill provides life insurance policies
for veterans on the basis of adjusted
compensation at the rate of
$1 a day for home service and 11.25
a day for overseas service. Basic
compensation of not to exceed $500
for home veterans and $025 for overseas
men, is multiplied by an arbi- *
trary figure to arrive at the face value
of the insurance policies, roughly
two .and one-half times the basic
compensation.
FROM ALL-ENSVILLE.
Tne unexpected is that which always
happens. We thought we had
Bro. Noell nominated but now he has
withdrawn from the race, it>r course
makes Mr. Long feel good, for we
will ja?t as readily fair in line for
him, for he is a man well fitted for
this offilte. and I hope will be of much
real service to our County, for of
course he will be ele<!^ed.
Now if our candidates who are run- ?
ning for* sheriff would say to Mr.
Melvin Long, we know you are more
entitled to the sheriffV office than we
are, by reason of what you hav$ already
accomplished for the good people
of Person county and we won't
say any more hrfrd things about you ?
which we can not prove, no way, in
order to rob you of an office which
by reason of "service are so justly entitled
to. We thought when we started
in the race that we could fool
enough people of Person county to
get the nomination, but the people , J
can't be fooled so easy as we thought
for in Sit. Tirzah, th?-people have
let us know that they arc for Mr,
Long, and then our very worthy County
Commissioners have sent word all
over the County of their very great
injustice which they have done Mr.
Long; inen irom the north side of
our County comes a letter telling
some of the things Sheriff Long has
accomplished for the Cbunty, and
about this time Poor Richard, who
never would stand still and see a.
friend imposed on by false reports
such as are going the rounds over
; Person county at this tame on Melviti
i Long. While I do not claim he is a
I saint or that he is by any means perfect
I do claim, and so far "without
contradiction, that he -and Melvin
Clayton have done more to give us a
clean. County than any officers we
hptfe ever had before, and out of all
"those ether candidates who are running
I do not believe we would get
one the equal of Melvin Long, ancT
while all of the candidates have call- * i
ed on me not one of them lyis even 1
j attempted to show me Where they ^ j
I could improve cn what Long has done
! and is doing. Thev^ifnply* want the
: office and are willing to sacrifice the
| best sheriff we have ever had in order
| to get in office themselves. Bat I . |
hone the people will not be fooled by
such false reports as .are being spread
over the County at this time, which
are not intended for the betterment'
of the County but solely for the purpose
of riding some man into office
as sheriff.?Poor Richard. , j|
CHILDREN** DAY AT OAK GROVE.
l Man OK*-"W ?* alan- ^
en o'clock, there will be a Children*
Day service at OaK Grove .Methodist
B. C. Thompson.
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C-HANGE IN VOTING. PLACE- ?
The voting place for East Roxboro .
I has 'la-en changed from the Win?t??d "^jjl
warehouse to the Hyco warehonse.
Saturday is the last day to file applii
cations for, candidacy.- Don"t forg?t _ J
: these matters. . * ?
R. -N. iFeatherston. 1