J. W. NOELL,
VOL. No. XJLtt
GOVERNOR ISSUES
RNANGIAL STATEMENT
MARCH RECEIPTS
KXCHE1> HXPENDfTlRES
Total State Debt Current and Kundctl
$4113,868,000.
Raleigh, April 13. ? In a financial
-tatement released today, by Governor
McLean it is. shown that the receipts
luring the month of March exceeded
-.he disbursements by $1,924,860.32.
The total collections during the
month are given as $3,193,630.36 and
? liabarsements $1,268,950.04.
The total deficit of the state on
'March 31, was shown in the state
ment as being $8,827,980.25.
An analysis of the state debt, as
.et forth in the statement, is as fol
lows: * ~
Current obligations :
Short term notes due banks, gen
eral fund, $10,000,000; highway fund,
.SfiJMOrOOO; special school building
fund $5,000,000; total current debt
.*20,000, 000.
Funded debt:
'Sdnd outstanding: 'General fund
S29, 315,400; highway fund $59,552,600
-pecial school building fund $5,000,
<>00.
/Total funded debt. $93,868,000.
Total state debt, current and fun
. led $1 13,868,000.
"THE MASTERPIECE"
The screen event of the Seison ?
the long awaited picturization of J.
31. Barrio's classic? With Barrio*
own choice aa Pan, is Herbert Bren
? >n'? Production
"PETJER PAN"
^vith Betty Branson and Ernest Tor
lence, which comes to the
~ PALACE THEATRE
Friday (one day only) April 24th
"Peter Pa*'; _t_jls.es yw;J:gm? the
workaday world to a land of bound- 1
lege joy ? The story of every chHdV
? Iream and every - Mother's -love
Special Children's Matinee at 3:45
P, M. fXen.ng at 7:30?9:00 P M
' ' ' Admissions 15 ? 3S-eent?7- ?
Watch fpr DeMille's "The Ten Com
mandments" coming soon.
KA8X ROXBORO AND LONG
HURST ANNOUNCEMENTS;
I
- Sunday April 19, 1925, Sunday
School at Longhursrt. at> 9:45. The
laymen of the charge are to have the
?lay. Come, hear a sermon on "The
Forsaken Home," Special singing
Dinner on the ground. Bring a .small
basket. In the afternoon we are
CO have prominent speakers who' will
~peak on various topics of interest.
All services. Come, contribute
to ^jday by b??ing present. Regu-j
' lar service at Grace Church on Sun-|
?lay evening, 7; 15.
THE PASTOR
COtRT .VEXT MONDAY
IVrson County Superior Court will
convene next Mondny, Judge Cal
vert will preside. So far as we
know there is nothing of note on the-;
? locket, bat the usual crowd may be
L expected an Tuesday.
MASS? MEETING
A Mass-Meeting of the Citisena if
ftoxboro, N. C., is hereby called for,
Tuesday, April 21st,
at. 7:80, P. M.l for the purpose of
nominating candidates for Mayor aiyl
Town Board members to be voted up
on at the regular Town election on
the lirst Tuesday in May;
W. 1' NEWTON.
Mayor.
This 14th day of April, 1925, Kox.
lx>ro N. C?i' ' ' "
a B*rrr? w i nstea i>
u
A surprise marriage was that ^ut
Miaa Janle* I firing Ahbitt to. Mr.
i^sria .-Daniel Wiiistead. They were
married Saturday. April 11th; at 1
o'clock in Um afternoon , in Danville.
; -AitfT spending the week end in Dan
? ' vt||u ' they returned here ? Burnley? ttf
milioon awd are inakinir 1hpir home
on Academy ? Mrg WinTtrml
fr ??. of-RpxhoroV popular members
of the younger -Set and has" thfl?brat
Mr'. Winitoad
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
W>RT>-OF WARXJNU
FROM DR. KILCOUE
Director Experiment Station Warns
Against Acreage Increased
? By Dr. W. & KII.KORE
Director Morth Carolihti Agricultural
Experiment Station, State Col
lege of Agriculture.
This is a last warning not to in*
crease the acreage of cotton anil to
liMced. this? year; ? hut rather to re
duce them. If any change is to be
In food and feed -c-ops for producing
an" abundance of f;od and feed for
the live stock on the farms and for
farm families, and as p?uch ns pos
sible to spare for the people living in
the towns." "
The Ijitent\ons to Plant report re
cently issued by the United S'ates
Department of Agriculture indicates,
a proposed increase of 11 per cent]
to be planted In tobacco this year |
over last year. There ore no figures I
available for cotton because of the
prohibitory act of Congress prevent
ing. the collection of this data as to |
cotton. This is a most unfortunate ,
situation as the cotton farmer, most |
of all, need this information to aid
him in determining on a proper acre
age for cotton. -| m
There Was planted last year in the j
United States and in North Carolina I
the largest acreage ever given to cot- ]
t >n. The general indications are that
still larger acreages will be planted ]
this year. A large crop of cotton in j
the United States always brings a j
smaller total price than the amalir
crops. The 13,600, 000-balc crop of I
1924-25 will bring the farmers, of the |
South less money than the 10 000,000 .
bale crop of the previous year. In-J
creasing the acreage and' production
of cotton this year, to which Indica
tions at this time point, is utter
folly.
Thefre is another reason why food
and feed crejph^- pork, poultry, milk
aniT butter, and gardens should oc
cupy a larger place and acntaye this
y?*r than over Wf<h?, ind'that rea
son is the uncertainty ii> cotton
duction because of the boll weevif.
A number of the southeaster coun
ties of the State were very* hard hit
this last year, and finances are very
tight because of this condition. Even
with the best efforts and methods of
boll weevil control, the damage this
year may be equal to or greater
than that of last year. This would
bring about. a most serious situation!
financially, and the one greatest pre- !
eautic n which can be taken is to pro
duce as nearly 'a's possible at home
the things which can be grown on
the farm for supplying the farm
family and livestock.
Perhaps our one greatest deficiency
is in hay production, and hay can
be produced comparatively easy and
at a profit. We can escape the hard
experience of most of the cotMm
farmer < "to the south of us by pro
ducing a living at home just as far
as possible and getting, on a rash ,
['fcwBfry-. ... . |
-J
SF.MORvV ITEMS
We are glad to say ut this writ
ing that the school bulid:ng at Cun- !
ingham is progressing niccly.
Mr. Geo. Ouningham celebrated
Easter byvf?iving a* bag dance.
Misses Ronnie and Leon Taylor
gave a pary in honor of their friends '
front . iiekisvillc, N*. C., Satucday
night, April 1 1th.
Miss Elizabeth Featherston of
Roxboro has been visiting friends i
in Semora for the past week.
--. Miss Lois McSherry will leave now
soon for Asheville Summer .Normal.
Mlabel (Chandler of Black
stone college is at home with her
' parents -for a few dnys. i? - ? .
Mr. Dewey Mnn^om left, for Dani
vjlle Monday work.
| ? Mrs. A. B. Scott of IjiWrenceville,
_ Va.i spent ^the past week with her
parents; Wrf and Mt?\ R. R. Taylor,
Semora, N.^C. .
Mr. Eute* Scott of West Virginia
is the guest of Mies Gertrude Nelson
Miss' Agnes Whitt, principal of
Semora Hijrh School, left f&r home
j?-?fath*ila, \ a., Saturday afternoon
?Afr. Claude {Chandler has him a
niffKt. with Mr. and 3tr?.
,r; BF-JBtan=?X ?
I Snh.?rih.. far HIE t <1I.T.IKI
, . .. ^ ; H
ROX BGRO, NORTH C
SCHOOLS WIN
I IN BUSHY FORK
|,
STRONG OPPOSITION BY
SOME LEADING CITIZENS
High Taxes ? Do Not Frighten Our
' Citizens When Schools are
? s- Invoked
The election held at Bushy Fork
last Saturday on the proposition of
voting a thirty/ cent tax rate fon
special school purpose < was hotljt
contested, the proposition winning
out by a vote of 108 for, , and 52
against, with 18 not voting. Si> it
Will bo seen that the school folks won
out by nearly a two-to-one vote.
While many of the citizens dl<
good work for the tax too much cre
dit can not be given Rev. J. A. Beam,
who spent almost the entire week
working far the tax. He is un
tiring worker and where schools are
involved he never says, stop.
0? L? - ?
SALE OF PERSONAL ESTATE
Of A. R. FOVSHEE
I will, on Tuesday,? .
April Si, 1925... !
?t ten o'clock A. M., at the home
place. East side of Mam Street, Rox
boro, N. C. offer for sale the house
hold and kitchen furniture and ether
personal effects of A. R. F oushee,
deceased, by authority and direction
of the last will and testament of
said A. R. Koushee- -
Terms: CASH.
This March 28. 192 <T.
W. L. FOUSHE8
Executor of! A. R. FOVSHEE. *
FOR SALE
Splendid farm, 40 acres, good-dwel
ling and out houses. Will be sold
at auction in front of the "fcourt
House door in Roxboro Tuesday ApoL
21"?t, at 11 (fpMQTw^ii soonTifin
J3ourt adjourns for the nooo hour,
"rtiis is tile home place of 'the' late
i. CI Gentry.
MRS. J. C. GENTRY, Admr.
SURPRISED THEIR KRIENl)s\>
<
?Last .Sunday Mr. A. C. Gentry and
Mtes ? Lelia Walters surprised t heir
friends by motoring Durham and
getting martied. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. G. T. Watkins.
Mrs. Gentry is the daughter of
-Hr. John F. Walters, and is a most
charming yotaig woman. She was
educated ' ?r Oxford College. Mr.
Gentry i^. well known to almost -ev^ry
one in Roxboro and Person County,
and is one of the leading educators
of tM State. Mr and Mrs. Gentry
will be at home at Bethel Hill un
til about May 171H, when he will take
a position with the SatterfieW In
surance Agency of Roxboro and will
probably make his home here"
THE ROXBORO OPTICAL CO.
Dr. L. V. Lisenbee, a registered op
tometrist, has opened an office here
and -will operate under the firm name
of the Roxboro Optical. Co. Dr. Lis
nbee comes highly recommended and
w! 11 welcome all who are troubled
with their eyes.
o ? .
SCHOOL NOTES
All the *tx~ months schools have
closed, but a few have not brought
in their final reports, registers, ele
mentary course of study, monthly re
port. etc. Please attend to this
week. It is essential that all re
ports be handed in when the schools
close.
MRS. J. A. BEAM
-o
AN EVENING OK PUN
Neit Friday evening, April 17tb.
at 8 o'clock, in the Woman's Club
room there will be an entertainment
' given for the "Benefit of the woman**
club. some I oatu res ot tne ?mu>
sementa will be a "iTacicy" Party", a
spelling match, stunts and music. A
i.prise will be given to the "tackiest"
. . counW. abto n'riaes to the winners in
? the "stunts." Come and enjoy an
evening of fun. Admission 23- cents.
=oftf=rs5ng$ ind ' some of "ihft new
I ot? the r-ni?t nf thr Wnltr Kirffil
^Cflkat,Glog_Club. -
OME FIRST. ABROAD HEX
^ROLINA, Wednesday E
< V I.J. KROM THE
NEAR JiJUKNT
(By Mrs. J. P. Caldw.ll)
Again comes > the call froai tho
Near Orient; again the tiny hands of
Christian orphans are lifted in th?t
Bible
countries; again, across sea*
of half a world, flutter the hopes awl
?fears- and piteous prayers ' if help
less "*tiH of parentless waifs.
There are doubtless somie who,
speaking in haate, have said: "I am
heartily wearied of this Near East
Relief business." Bat if this be
true, it was surely the tongue and
never the heart which spoke. It. is
difficult for the normal human heart
to witness suffering, and more than
doubly difficult to witness the suffer-,
ing of a child.
There are today under supervision
of North Carolina, gathered under
the protection of the American Flag,
2/)84 orphan children. These little
ones would starve for want of food,
would freeze for want of raiment,
were it not for the {pen hearted peo
ple of our -great State-. But Christ
who lovtti-^hildren, jp still sponsor for|
these little ones, so that, no man and ]
no woman, unless he or she rejects]
the - example and the teachings of
Christ, can fail to respond to the cry
of the orphans.
And so it is that we issue this very
earnest appeal to dur churches, to
?our preachcrs, ? to o<5 1 People, to our
-men and our women, to all conditions,
whether rich or poor, whether white
or black, to give of their wealth or
out of their penury to t)?ia worthy
cause. And we call upon every
Sunday School, and every organica- 1
tion, whether jt b? religious or sec
ular,, to respond to this apfK&l. And
we do further suggest, so that these
efforts 1?ay be co-ordinated, that u.j
Near East Relief Sunday be appoin
ted and be sst aside, on which con
gregation? of our churches, the mem
bers of our Snnday Schools, and bur
people generally, may respond un
itedly and individually to the greft
LHUitft. , < v
It "requires S60.00 to support a
child 'for a year. . Over the .great
orphanages of Near Em* Relief,
.floafta* our flag. Let us rally under
tpf folds of that banner to the teach
Christ ip behalf of the little
ones. Christ is catling, the child
ren are waiting, let us lend them hid.'
k-j_ : : " * 1 ? ' ? ' ? 1 ? ^
^ANNOUNCEMENT EPHESUS
CLEMENT FIELD
Next (Sunday at Clement; devo
tional service at 10:45, sermon at 11
o'clock. Let us get a good ready
tor our meeting which begins at
jtmon next Sunday evening at 7 :30.
Rev. C. C. Wheeler of Benson will
be thp preacher. He conies to us
on Monday night. You are invited i
to all of these services. Come!
"To bring your child to church is
to insure your family against- pag&ir
?8m for a generation." In a conversa
tion with a man last week he caid:
"I believe it I had stayed away from
church I would have one of the" wild
est boys in the country/*
"Nobody knows the age, of Ihe hu
man race but most of us agree that
it is old enough to know better."'
L. V. COGCINS
O
MJCLAMATION-RBCITATION
CONTEST AT OLIVE HILL H S
A DecliniatiOn-Recitation Contest
will be held at Olive Hill High School
on Friday evening, April 17, at 8
o'clock. Medals will be awarded the
, winnere,, The public is -cordially in*
I vited.
PIANO RECITAL
Miss Mary Riley will give a piano
recital at Helena High School next
j Friday night, April 17th. An' in
teresting program has, been preoared
and the public is cordially invited.
? : ? > ? -o ? ?
SERVICE AT ST. MARKS
{- Venahle Morrison Bathea, of Ral
i eigh. will rawdmt ??rrlca? at St
MfMu' on next Sunday. Preaching
at II, A. M.. followed by thef Holy
Communion. ^Vreaehuig at .7:30. P.
M. You are cprdlally invited.
; - ' ? ? . .. .. f
B. F. Keith Vaudeville "The Jar
ijtlil ' Aen'iif beauty ?Mtat n>i?r
Saturday -Ipril-I'iUi 18th.' :? ?"
?? ? ? -o ' '
_f4ub??nbc for THE? tXWftffiR ? ? ^
?
*tai
vening- April 1 5, 1 925.
Mr. and Mrs I'D. W. Winboroe of
. JCinxton spent Easter hero with Mrs.
W Inborn 's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J.
Loy. , -
* ? ? e ?
j" Miss Mabel Loy of Durham spent
the week end hare with her parents.
I ? ? ? ? ?
j The Rensearch Club held the last
meeting at the home of Mrs. W. C.
j Bullock. The general topic was
. "Expression." The first paper was
' by Mrs. J'. J.' \V instead, who wrote of
; "The fErpressionirtic Ideai." She
' laso had a paper an the play, "From
I Morn to Mid-Night," by George
Kaiser. Mrs. Burns wrote of the
play, "The Hairy Ape," hy Eugene
O'Neill. The hostess served a deli
| cious salad, course to the member-.
I Each one received very cunning Eas
ter favors. ? Cor. Sec.
Miss Mildred Satterfield delight
fully entertained a few friends Sat
urday evening honoring Mrs. R. B.
Holeman, a recent bride, and Miss
Isabel Paykjr. her home guest. Eas- 1
ter suggestions were Med. After
several progressions of Boston Rook,
Miss Satterfield assisted by !w
mother, Mrs. Mollie Satterfimd.
served a chicken salad course, coffee -
and mints.
The Friday Afternoon Pleasure
Club met with Mrs. E. M'. Davis at
a lovely party Friday afternoon.
Seven tables were placed for the
game of "Boston, Rook and many in
teresting progressions were played.
The home was very attractive with
bright Spring flowers arranged
through out the rooms.- ' The hostess
served a delicious salad course, cof
fee with whipped cream and straw
berry short cake.
I SCHOOL BUS GOES
INTO THE BITCH
On Monday evening, April 6th. one
I of the school bosses of the Helena
' High School, driven by a young man
? by the name of Clayton, went over
the bank into a ditch. It was loaded
with children, but fortunately, none
of them were seriously hurt. The
bus was damaged somewhat, but was
able to proceed on its own power
when placed back on the road
MOVED TO k ERN ERSV ILI.E
Mr. J, $. Hailey arid family have
moved to . Kf i nersville, N. (*., where
Mr. Hailey is en^a^ed on a street
contracts vErr
CHURCH N'OTICF.
Mr. J*. Burton Satterfield, the Supt.
would like for the whole Sunday
School to be on time at Concord next
Sunday lOiOO A. M. Everybody in
Iris-place. ? Easter-^rmon-- at 41:00
Appropriate music. ? < .'
Sunday School at Lea's Chapel 2
P. >f., W^. R. Wilkerson. Supt.
Preaching at 3 P. M. All are wel
come.
THE PASTOR
. - ? ? ?
WINN? RAGSD ALE
Married at Mr. John A. Paylor's
on Reams Ave. Mr. Columbus E. i
Winn, and Mis* Annie Virginia Raffs- j
dale, both of Kenbridjre, Va., Tues-'
day afternoon at 4:4T?, Rev. J, W.
Bradley officiating. Only a tew
f fiends were present.
LIST TAKERS FOR 192:.
The following list takers- were ap-v
pointed by the Board of County Com
missioners at their called meetifijr
last Thursday:
J. T. Newton, supervisor. #
Bushy Fork, W. C. Lawson,
Cunningham: Geo. L. Cunningham.
Flat River: D: R; Rhew.
llolloways: L. P. Woody.
L m - - * * t A . - - 1 - _ . . .
Mt. Tirxaitr ,i. A. rogteman.- ?
(Hive Harrcr Tr Boyd. r: :zr:
Roxboro: J. S. aM G.' W. W?lk?r.
Woadsdalt-: O: H: Brooks.
- Contetfos and- their tfondorfut
"trained ('arnnc, wiui ? 1'he BarloW
Pa l?<*- Theatre, Frtdwjrund Satur
day Ayil 17tlt 18.
. . ? p - '
Wake for^t (Hey cihJb Or
^ chfstTa,^ Friday April 24th-, SchoeV
The tine allotted by the c
Board of - Health for the
Clinic* for this
?th. Dr. Sheffield ha* done a gre ?
work for the children of tRe-Coon
ty, and we ran only wish that he hacl
had more time, so thj?t he could kft?e
gone over-the entire, bounty. Daring:
the two months the following work
was done: K
Children treated 989.
Amalgiim .Fillings '776.
Silver nitrate treatments 211.'
Teeth extracted (deciduous) 538.
Children referred to private Den
tist* for further wv>rk 223.
lectures on Oral Hygiene 32.
Attendance at lectures 1795.
?Cost of work if done in private
office *3299.00
In closing the work in. Person Coon
ty 1 want to thank all who ha*?
helped to make my stay here pleas
ant and the Clinics a success.
N. SHEFFIELD, D. D. S.,
State Dentist
WAKE FOREST OLHJE r
CLUB FRIDAY EVENING
We are glad to learn hat the Waks
Forest Glee Club and Orchestra will
give a concert in the School Audi
torium on Friday evening, April SC.
.The organization always present* ?
most attractive and entertaining pro
grame and any one who attends the
concert may expect a real trest.
There are twenty .-eight young men
competing the membership of the
club. The concert will be given un
der the auspices of the Junior Glass
of the High School. Come out and
enjoy the best musical programe of
the year. .
RECORD SIZE STILL CJkFTUI
Sheriff Brooks. a .-comphnicd b y
deputies fClayton. Oliver -arid Gan
try, early Tuesday morning captured
oue of the biggest stills ever seen
in these parts. Tie stffl was lo
cated a Sow miles -irnth of Moor's
Mill in the southern end of the Coitn
ty, and was prepared to do business
on a big scale. A smaller still also
was taken at the same time. The of
ficers captured a white man named
Cothran, after being, chased for more
than a mile by Mr.- Clayton. One
thousand gallons of beer and fivr
gallons of liquor Were seized and
will be -poured out. *' ? . .. ?
: O - ;
IMWWTANT NOTICE
Again, for the three hundred *ndj ~
seventeenth time, we want to say
to our corrcspondnts and all others
who have copy they want to pet ux
these columns," that we
POSITIVELY WILL NOT
accept any copy which is not handed
in before 12 o'clock Tuesday tttovn
inif. We are going to stand by this
rale, even- if wo have to makfi somtf".
of our ' most valued friends, hntgpyc
Sot no matter whether you a^re mil
lionaire or pauper, this rule holds.
Of course, if. some happening: occurs
after the above named hours, an ex
ception will be made, but not other
wise. ' . , .
J. W. NOELU Editor.
SERVICES AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. P. Carey Adams, pastor of
the Presbyterian Chute h', will hold
services next Sunday morning at 11
o'clock and at 7:30 P. M. The pub
lic is cordially invited to these ser
vices.- ?*' ' ?<? -
PREACHING AT
FLAT RIVER CHURCH
There will be preaching " services
at Flat River Church od next Satur
day, and Sunday at 11 o'clock A. M.,
by Rev. C. L* Wood. * Sunday after
noon at U o'clock he wUl jreaeh at
Rougemont. All are cordially in
vited to attend these service.
Young* GSOd votcei, mirth and fun.
All at the concert of the Wake For
eat Glee Club Friday night, April
24 th. *
M'vs, Fltiniiity Hailuw " (Tin *? ?
hntic Oirl> with "Tb? BwleW' at -
Krida'y and Saturday
April 17th. 1 8 1 h v '
r-^ orch^atrn wftjf IW7
.AVaku-Tmun Clu|?. ? : .