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. .. -iff' ' ' V- "* r SIX PERSONS KILLED AND FIVE HVRT AT APPX WHEN LOCAL PASSENGER TRAIN OF S. A. L. CRASHES INTO AN EXPRESS Fiw of the Dead Are Negroes, the Other Bring a Newe Butch?The Injured Are Removed to a ? Hoapital in Raleigh. Raleigh, May 18.?Six people were killed, one probably fatally injured and Ave others less seriously hurt when Seaboard IMal passenger train No. 44, Hamlet to Raleigh, crashed into an express train standing in the yards at Apex, 10 miles south of Raleigh, this afternoon.at 4:15 o'clock, driving the baggage car. of the local through the forward passenger coach. " The dead are: Henry Jones, 35, white Raleighnews butcher; George Meader, 42, Raleigh, negro, brakeman; Joe Cotton, 40, Raleigh, negro brakeman riding as passenger; Mary Matthews. 45, negress, Merry Oaks. ? Two unidentified negroes. The injured are: IV. H. O'Daniel, engineer on No. 44. Raleigh, skull crushed and internal "injuries, not exported To live: Ike Staten, Raleigh, negro brskeir.an, arm broken and chest crushed; George Cross, Raleigh, engineer, riding on No. 44's locomotive, bruised; Ed Porter, baggagemaster on No. 44, Raleigh, badly bruised; Celia Williams, Raleigh, negress, bruised and schockcd: Geortre Nsoler. Hamlet, minor hurts; D. E. Shell, nejtro, Raleigh, fireman on Noo. 41, minor hurts. PROGRAM Person County Sunday School Convention, Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and. Jape 1, 192-1 Methodist Church, Hurdle Mill*, N. C. Saturday, May Thirty-first Afternoon Session. 2:30 Devotional. Rev. J. A. Beam. 2:45 Teaching Missions and Stewardship inthe Sunday School. Rev.1 B. T. Hurley. 3:15: Song. 3:20 The Wide-Awake Sunday School. Miss Flora Davig, Associate Superintendent North Carolina Sunday School Association. 3:50 Question and Discussion-Period. . 4:10 Announcements, 4:15 Adjourn. ~ - Night Session 8:00 Devotional. 'Rev. B. T. Hurley. 8:15 The Young Pedple?How to interest and Hold, them in Sunday School. Rev. J. A. Beamj8:45 Song. 8:50 eThe Call to Service. Miss Flora Davis. Announcements. 0:30 Adjourn. SIT\n\Y ii:\r .'Morning- Session 10:30 Devotional. A. P. Daniel. | 10:40 The Sunday.School Teacheri that stakes Good. Rev? B. O -Merritt. 11:05 Period of business: Reports, of County OfFWrs^ Appointments cf Committees... 1^:20 Worship in thp Sunday School. Mr. R. E. Price, Former Superintendent of the Central Methodist . Sunday School, Raleigh. 11:50 Our Common Task. Miss Flora Davis. 12:20 Offering for Support of County and State Sunday School Associations. 12:30 Announcements. Adjourn. Dinner on the Ground. Everybody Come and Bring A Basket. Afternoon Session 2:00 Devotional. Rev. J. A. Beam. 2:15 The Evangelistic Opportunity of the Sunday School. Mr. R. E. 1 Prince, ?:4fi?song. O.RO TVij-. m.. r* Rosponsibilty of the Home and Syr.-.B day School. Mis?* Flora Dav??. 3:20 "EveryVid.v's Time t/> Speak''. 1 Questions and Discussion?.. ' v 3:40. Reports of Committees and] &/;*' Election of OffV'trtf. -e- I 4:0rt Adjourn. v.. . I r. * ?o HOI.DS ON TO HIS RF.1JGION. ? L y. ?o? One Scholofield, who was arrested! at Greensboro for bigamy, wiiich hel admitted because the proof wAs probably too strong to resist, announces | that he will continue religious work -while serving a prison term for his indiscretion; and will engage regularly in similar work aipRoafi as h?T has satisfied the demands of the law. It is related,that this Scholefield person l deserted his firat wife and four-children and Jhat the woman committed suicide. A second wife and one child were deserted. Coming to Greensboro, j Scholefteld* took a third wife without .. " J Waiting for tKc.^emia? of the swon^l , . or the formality of n divorce. ITis . second'wife trailed him. to- Greena-| ' boro and had. him plat behind the bars. TRe siocy of the man-a?n$e he 4---- - . . ' " . . . " " ; deserted his second wife is a story of religious a^d charitable activity. | He was zealous in church work; a member of the choir; lay reader in Lone church; addressed Y. M. C. A. meetings "and presided at church bani quets. The little matter of deserting wives and children and remarrying I without legal separation did not abate his religious zeal. He is so anxious to save the lost that he will work at that, if they will let him, while he is behind the bars, in fact, he wants all and sundry to know that while they may deprive him of his freedpm they can't deprive him of his religion, i This type of pretended religious enthusiast is not so rare. Those who go so far as to marry two wives, rob banks and commit other of the major offences while displaying punch religious zeal, are not met every day. But in almost every community there are to be found a species outwardly , professing unctuous piety * who in realty are outstanding hypocritea. They manage to live within the law and to avoid outstanding breaks, but they are dishonest; the sort who devour widow's houses; whited sepulchers who are full of dead men's bones ; and all uncleanness. , In a limited ! study of the type we have never been able to determine their mental attitude; whether they really believe they are serving the Lord and have only fooled themselves; or whether they know themselves for what they are -and think they have others deceived. We are inclined to submit these cases to our friends, the expert alienists, who can read the humap mind at a glance. We can't abide the type running at large and talking religion to others when they, as Peter told Simon Magnus, have not the root of the matter in them. But we are charitable enough to suspect that some of them are mentally off? I Landmark. GARRETT-SMITH Greenville, May 15.?Simplicity and beauty characterized the marriage of C. P. Garrett, Roxboro, and Miss Annie Bett Smith at the Immanuel Baptist church, in the presence of the family, relatives and close friends of the bride. The bride and bridegroom, unattended, entered the church to the strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march, and proceeded to the altar where they^were met by Dr. T. H. Plemons, pastor of the bride, who said a brief but impressive ceremony sealing their marriage vow?. Miss Mary Bcrtolet of.-the E. C. T. C., and the beloved organist of the church presided at the brgan; Mr. Garrett is k -prominent young farmer and merchant of Roxboro and is held in, the highest esteem in' his home community. ' Mrs. Garrett, who"1 is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith is a young woman of culture, beauty and-charm. She- was educated, in the Greenville schools and .Meredith College, Raleigh. She gave liberally of hfh* time and talents to her church which she loved and where she will be greatly misseg as she goes to a distant ^city to make her home. Many out of town relatives attended the wedding. After an auto trip of several days the young couple will go to Roxboro to make their future home. ??: o? MISSES JiHOMPSON AND CROWDER ENTERTAIN. ?o? On Friday evening the cast of characters of the play, Pollyanna, together with a few invited guests were 'charhrtngly entertained * by 'Misses Elizabeth Thompson and Ida Crowder. at the home of Miss Thompson. The games were in keeping with the spirit cf Pollyanna. As the guests arrived they were assigned to either of the three villages, HappyvllTe, GhHtown or Pleasantville. A jolly ypii it' of rivalry was shown by the members of each village in giving the "town yell" and other stunts, a box of chocolates was given to the village, winning the most honors. As a climax to the evening all joined irt the game of Laughing Handkerchief. A sweet course was served to the following: Misses Pearl and Frances Crowder, Norma -Carver. Dorothy Brooks. Emily Stephens, Grace Tillman, Louise Dunkley- and Messrs Lewis Wagstaff, Jeffrey Boyd, Charlie* Howard, Basil, .Inhn Vlrtnr Jntwoo oml Wl? stead. DEATH OF MIS8 E6TELI.E WHITT. Miss Estelle Whitt, daughter of Mr! and Mrs. John T. Whitt, died /it the home of her parents last Saturday. Mis* Whitt was about 17 years of age, and was a remarkably bright and happy young girl. The funeral aarvioai were conducted at Prnuitienoa .Baptist church on Sunday evening, vfflefe h?large cnngregatinn gatherrl to pay their last rasnooTg-.to Oii-dapartef ohe! - ' , . * ' . -. ' ' ,f . . " " ' ? "* ' * ~ ' \ _. . ' * THE ROXBORO COURIE NOTICE k-' ; II. L. William.*, G. E. Bamett, Ether Moore, C. E. Johnson, and_T. SJl. Aji- ' gle are hereby served with notice | that .the undersigned R. P. Burns and | E. J. Tucker bought certain lands in Person County belonging to.said liat| cd parties at a sheriff's -sale for "taxes held by J. M. O'Briant, Sheriff, on Aug. 27, 1923, and that the final day on which the' parties herein named may redeem these lands and resecure \ title to same is August 27, 1924. If . the lands are not redeemed by this ! date the title to the lands sold by the sheriff will pass to the undersigned. The following comprises a list of the lands bought by us | H. L. Williams. One lot in Roxboro Townshrp. I G. E. Barnett. One lot in Roxboro Township. j Esther Moore. One lot in Roxboro Township. I C. E- Johnson. One lot in Roxboro (Township. | T. M. Angle. 175 acres in Hollo^ ways Township. E. J. Tucker. R. P. Burns. This May 2i, 1941. ' O'BRIANT-WHITE. Invitations have been received in the town and county of the approaching marriage of one of the most popular ypung ladies of Person County. They read as following: Mr. and Mrs. Tuggle O'Briant request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter 'Annie Rae to . Flem Wade White on Thursday evening, the twenty-ninth ofMay, at eight o'clock. At Home . r Hurdle Mills, North Carolina APPLICATION* FOB PARDON OF JONAH CLAPTON. Application will be made to the Governor of North Carolina for the , pardon of Jonah Clayton, convicted .at the January Term, 1924, of the I Superior Court of Person County for , the crime of unlawful possession of , spirituous liquors and sentenced to ithe roads of Durham County for a I term of twelve months. _ All persons who oppose the granting of Said pardon are invited to forward their protests to the Governor without delay. This the 20th day of May, 1924 "2ts ! ? o?' i Business men of Granville County have pledged $500 lit cash to be used as prizes to stimulate more interest! t-n 1-1,A ?1 4-U-l >it vny ?j.?c-tiv-iiv?uc j/iugiaui V"'Agrricultupal Extension Division, reports country agent J. H. Blackweil. pAFQj FEED FOR DRY COWS 13 MOST IMPORTANT There is a tendency on the part of many dairymen to neglect the dairy cow when she Is dry. Oftentimes site Is put Into some back pasture and for gotten, or If it la winter the grain Is taken-from Iter and she Is given little Attention. The dry cow Is going to be the producing cow, und her ability to produce during # each succeeding lactation 1? partly dependent -upon her condition al ti?e time of freshening, writes C. L j Black man in Walluce's Farmer. Not dairy cow can do herself credit unless J she freshens in a good, thrifty condition,, for gr^at demands are made on the cow at freshening time. The cow that is thin before freshening presents .an -emaciated appearance after "freshen! Kg. It is during .the period shortly after , freshening-thiiT the average cow milks heaviest, and a cow in low-Condition tbcij ?nn never do Ivor best. liven if ' fhe cow Is-fed well after freshening! she must use large a mounts of athe feed to resiofo her depleted body. M -?- ?- - I Jii'ii uuu iiwue utige records nave learned to take advantage of the tendency of good dairy cows to produce more milk than their feed warrant* shortly after freshening. That Is. nt this tluio the cow In good condition milks the flesh off her hack, as we any. The cow that is In low condition has no reserve to call-on, and consequently her milk flow decreases. Once the milk production is lowered for any length of tithe, It Is practically impossible to restore it to Its proper place. Thus, by not feeding the dry cow. the amount of production Is decreased and her einpiany- fll a proddedTTTowercd. One of the well-known dairy feeders In Iowa has.said that the feed given during the dry'period was the cheapest feed used, meaning that it gave the inrgeat returns. Do not lower the - 'J.iUiv C your cow to prortiioe hy nag. . lect during the dry. period. Feed her strength- red "Tie-sh* to supply the de-Tiiands iiifide upon her. S* ?V". - - - -t-.VT" . ?V; ? 5j I .... . Many Men Employed in Napping British Coasts f Few people realize the hardships j and dangers undergone bp a comparetire handful of officers and men belonging to tbe royal nary who work ^ year in and year out surveying coast ? lines and mapping tbe little-known \ depths of tbe ocean. The hydrogruphlc department of the admiralty has elgbt sloops constantly , employed In the task of keeping the seas charted, and 40 officers and 700 men are under the control of a rear admtrnl, says London Tlt-Blts. a The t?d*of the ocean and the outlines of rocky coasts are constantly t changing, so that for the safety of shipping charts and maps have to be revised and brought up to date at frequent Intervals. ... I' Cases have been known where whole ^ Islands have either appeared or dlsajf^ t poured in the course of a few hone. 1 Falcon Island, near the Tongas, for In- j. stance, was flrst discovered and chart- f ed in 188ft, yet, although the mass-of rock Included cliffs rising fully ISO feet ubove the ocean level. It complete- , * ly disappeared shortly afterword.- In J 180$ n volcanic disturbance once more J a brought the Island to the notice of the 1? surveyors, but before the end^gf the j year It had disappeared ngnln. | ?Small?parties?l&nfllhg on wild 1 stretches of coast are frequently met 1J with showers of stones or even bullets 1 from suspicious Inhabitants. Again, ! much of the work has to be carried out c from small boats, which may be away 1, from the parent ship for a week or more at a time. l An officer and half a dozen men, detailed to work along a portion of the j' Chinese coast, encamped on a rock one I Bight. Soon after daybreak a cruiser < came along and began using this tern- ; pornry refuge as a target for gunnery ( practice. Several shells found their mark before the men were able to make It known that the rock was In- habited. t i Lamb Threw Gift Books Over His Garden Wall j In none of the letters or lives of Lamb have I found evidence that he 1 ever bought a new book. His literary Interests were of no profit to publish- 1 ers. The battered veterans on his 1 shelves welcomed no dapper young recruits; but he received numerous pres- ] entatlon copies from authors, and such volumes, too modern to plense bis fonCy, he was wont to throw over the wall Into Westwooi's garden, writes Harry B. Smith In Scrlbner's. < In this manner was formfed the 11- < brary of the younger Thomas Westwood, then a boy .of thirteen. MA Leigh Hunt,* he wrote 40 years afterward, "would cQme skimming to my feet through the branches of the apple trees; or a Bernard Barton would be rolled dowifStalrs after me ( from the library door, 'Mnrclan Colon na' I remember finding on my window sill, damp from the nights fog; and The Plea of the Mid-Summer Fairies' ; I picked out of the strawberry bed." 1 The writer possesses one of these \ outcast volumes, absolutely Identified by Westwood's bookplate and Hunt's inscription to Lamb. The covers are ' damp stained; like the lost heiress of old drama, it is identified by a strawberry mark. When the Ark Sailed Long ago March~17 was known as the anniversary of the date on which Ndah and his family entered the ark. Many hundreds of years ago, before there were theaters in England plays used to be given in front of the churches by the priests who acted out Bible stories. When March 17 came ! around a very funny play about Noah and his wife was performed. Mrs. Noah was a woman of a hot temper who. thought her husband was quite losing his mind by building an ark. She refused .flatly to live in It, even when tjie rain-began to fall in torrents. The (fuarrel between Noah and his wife lasted until the water got so high that the shrieking woman had to Jump In the ark at the end to save herself from drowning. Fell for Three Storiee "Now It's Jlst like I was a-tellln' ye," said a grizzled old Irishman to a group of workmen. . "Once when my gang was helpin' put up a skyscraper I fell fer three stories an' It didn't hint me nary a bit" Here the stranger who "had paused to listen remonstrated. "But how could a person fall for three stories and not be hurt?" lie sternly inquired. "Well," replied the veteran, a twinkle creeping into his eye, "you've already fallen fer one, an' I guess fallln' [ fer two more wqp't hurt ye."?Every- | body's Magazine. _ Compromite There was a rich uncle who wanted t the baby named Violet. Aant Pansy . had money, too, and Intimated that she would not be displeased to hare a namesake. Mother wanted to name the child Lily. It looked a deadlock. Bat wise old grandpa came forward with a suggestion that practically accommodated everybody. They named tbe baby Blossom. * [nrtramsnt tfeorarei Crope A measerine Instrument for attaching to an antomoblle by which tbe Jlnear measurement of fields In various crops bordering on htghways can be easily and oulckty made hag been devised by the United Stales UjepiirilUUl " ,pf Agriculture. Successful experiments ,bave been* made with the Instrument, which w-nr be UUP Hi a number nf States during the current year. r. ' ,-nS.l : LL JALONG NEWS ITEMS. Longhurst ball team defeated Bethel [HI High Schoob team Saturday, 7th, on Bethel'a field. Score 10 to 3. i pretty game was played. Batteries: uitt and Wllkins for Longhur.it and Vllborn and Baswell for Bethel. The condition of Mr. James Long i no better, he being confined in Abe ome of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Ford. Mrs. Joe Wilbora . is improving j ome what we are pleased to state, I he had had a' stroke of paralysis. Miss Eunice Wilborn is very sick, >eire confined in the home of her larcnts, Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Reeves. The people of our town are very may planting gardens these days. 1'e will have plenty of vegetables if he weather permits their growth. Longhurst council of Junior Order leu: a very interesting meeting 31 on lay evening; after the business of he evening had been transacted we vera eervcd lemonade.- We hope all luni >rs of this council will be pres nt next Monday evening as we have ome very important business to come icfr -e that body. V. .ny tour?puoph! attended the 'uno-al of Miss EsteHc , Whitt at Provldrttce last Sunday afternoon. Mr, Arch Carver was buried Snnlay afternoon at the Carver burying tround near Barnetts Pond. , The cail of the wild is in evidence, Mr. Jas. T. Coleman and -Mr. Eulis. Lacks are recent purchasers,- of cars: S'ot a few of our people are equipp>d, enjoying the out door life in gliding through the breeze when it is jonvenient. Mr.- W. W. Morrell and family and Mr. C. S. Cozart and family attended :he services at Stories Creek Sunday ifternoon. Rev. R. E. White of Roxboro Baptist Church preached at North Rox>oro Sunday evening in the absence of the pastor. Rev. N. J. Todd. His sermon was greatly enjoyed by a arge congregation. We hope to have him preach for us again. Rev. N. J. Todd returned home Monday from Atlanta, Ga., where he attended,the Southern Baptist Convention. y Mr. Ralph Cole, of Longhitrst Mer-antile Co., attended the graduating exercises of Watts hospital In Durham last week. A Sojourner. A disgruntled peddler of cotton seed said that the county agent of ~asvvell County caused Kim to. lose $500 in clear cash by giving pro pecflve ? purchasers;.- sound advice ibout buying their seed for planting this year. The peddler had to sell his to the oil mills. ?0? I ; it zmmz jfc S TRINITY COLLEGE i 1 SUMMER SCHOOL 1 A First term at Durham, N. S W C., June 10 to July 21; sec- J9 i$ ond term, July 22 tp August a I Sj 30; affiliated summer"school ^ raj at Oriental, N'. C., June Id'splj to July 21. Address "fen HOI-LAND HOLTON, |jj ] DIRECTOR .S g College Station, Durham,. N. 0j | p' iff r7?i ' o MUTT & JEFF A GOOD SHOW COMING The original and only authorized'Mutt and Jeff Musical Comedy Co. will come to ROXBORO for one night only, Saturday . May 21th. " For good singing, dancing and pure fun they excel! all other shows traveling. A real laughing show for kids from five to sixty, Fifteen, big song hits. Don't fail to attend. Popular prices. I P 4 I XT JL XXI11 1 . . , I Paper ] I have a completfe li 1 PAINTS, VARNISHES, ' ENAMEL i Let me figure with y? IjjL H. I j, ~ ' /.. v . * Tv -* ' * , t f MUTT y JEFF SHOW COMING i I * i The Mutt and Jeff - Musical ! Comedy Co. will appear in i ROXBORO, SATURDAY MAY j 24th, one night only under tl)eir ! big tent theatre. This is not a movie but a real stage show of thirty people. A novelty Jazz orchestra, special scenery, electrical effects, pretty girls, 1 funhy comedians elegant cot; tumes. This company has play- j ed all the big city theatres and now for the first time touring j the country under canvas. Mutt: and Jeff are famous the world | ovec_ as real laugh producers 1 j - and It's a show for the whole j j family. Tiee conceit uu priiie^.; t pie corner at 4 p. m. by their novelty orchestra. I . " * ' "I"'* -I V' ll | CAN I GET SELECT I GROCERIES? I "s r 'a Join the ranks of the many thrifty housewives who shop here J -i__ c 11 ^ uauy ror an tneir. table needs. They Know. Everything for the table. I r ; I ! I I BLANKS -AM)- t fc 1 MORRIS PHONE 25 I j j I-- .. ' " ' I i ' * RCSP^T RESPECT for the j? wishes of all concerned "characterizes our SB jM quiet am) efficient ser- 9 9 9 vice. Just give us an 9| I M idea of what you ^ ? wish. You can depend 9 :9 upon us to do a3 you 9 """" 8 Spencers 1 UNDERTAKERS 11 Roxboro, N- C. I /' ' 'IWMgr1' jy? ^j^SinnS. to I TING I ind? Hanging I ine of the very best "' \ND I WALL PAPERS. du on your needs. js Vlasten |i . 1 . . ' r . - ~
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