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W. NOELL, EDITOR AND/PtfBLISHEIT
}L. No. XLII
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening- May 20, I 925"
S1A0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCb
No. 20
CELEBRATES 25TH "
ANNIVERSARY
, MR. S. P. SATTEnFIEUU. "OLD
AND TIUED." HAS BEEN AT
THE GAME 35 YEARS
Opened the Pirrt Insurance Office
Ever EaUblialitil In Roxiboro
Twenty Five Years Ago
May 1st
On May 1st, 1900, Mr. S. P. Sat
> terfield opened an insurance office i
in Roxboro, the first office of the
kind established here. Prior to that j
time all- insurance for this section
? '. -.vaa done by Durham, Danville and
Milton companies, but, be It remem
hered at that date the town of Rox
Itoro was not of such importance as
. to day. Mr. Satterfield, "Sam," as
his friends all call him, is-one of the
most affable gentlemen . to be found,
always in a good humor with a;
pldasant cheery greeting for every
one. |He is an optimist of the first
water, all weather Is good weather
to htm, and it is not surprising to
learn that his business has shown an
increase ? e*ery year, until today he
does an annual business equal to
iiny in thia section of the State^
In 1907 he took the agencj^T^
ing one of the charter agents, of the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company of Greensboro, and during
. the, eighteen years Mr. Satterfield ]
has never failed to get on the honor
roll. Everybody knows the Jeffer- ,
ron Standard, it is the biggest Com
pany in the South, has mure policy i
holders in Person County than ail j
other Companies combined, and docs :
more business, writes more policies i
in North Carolina than any other '
two companies doing business in the
'State. ' *'^j
Mr. Satterfield's slogan .la "Old
and Tried, " and in reality he proves
this assertion almost daity. During
his twenty five years in business,
and while he has had hundreds and :
hundreds of losses, never has there j
been a payment or settlement con
tested in either the life or fire end
of the business. That is a record
that he is justly proud of, and Vre
doubt if a similar record can be
shown by another agency of as long
standing or amlount of business done.!
: While his ? hwumuut has prnwn
from year to , year he has kept pace
?with the growth by taking on ad
ditional help whenever necessary, j
and for that reason he has just
secured the services of Mr* A. C.'j
Gentry, one of the best known i
school- men of the County. Mr. |
Gentry is a live, wide-awake man, j
and Mr. Satterfield is to be congra- j
tulated upon securing his services. i
Th?re is. no no re perfoct office
equipment anywhere than you will
fhvJ in these offices, in fact we do,
not believe there is another office!
here' so well equipped as the?. The;
Hf main office is composed of two
? . ? re rr. a, ? Utu lu-: ? on ? entering
he'ntr used for the cashiers office, '
with everything railed eff similar
to barking quarters, and from thia
you enter the private office of Mr.
Satterfield. On the right hnnd side
of the hall ynu will finfi Mr. Gentry's
.office, which i * just as handsomely
equipped with (he latest modern
furniture, where Mr. Gentry will
look after your interest. There are
two stenographers. Miss Bessie Dan
iel in Mr. Satttrfield's office while
MKss Sue Frederick gives her * i m r
and attention to Mr. Gentry's office.
If it 1s insurance they are pre
" p?red to serve you, and Sshti says
"Do it today."
MR. PHILLIPS ADDRESSED
THE BARACA CLASS
<La?t 8unday morning Mr. A. W.
Phillips, a .traveling man from
Lynchburg, well known in Roxboro
and this section, addressed the Ba- j
raca Class of Roxboro Baptist j
Church. His theme was "Paul," and
was timely and greatly enjoyed by
the Cl?a*
enjoyed the bushy fork
! . .. HIGH S. commencement,
Th? following party from Mali- )
ZI. lax. Va-. attended the Bushy I'-.rk
; 7'-"HTgh? -gehaot Comknencement, and
? Sinok-e' In the highest terms '
Mete, Claud and l*wis Webster and
Howard Harman,- "Mwses Elma Ai)
""" ' BuU> IjtfUson,
MR. UMSTEAD HAS LEASED
THE PLANTERS WAREHOUSE
Mr. W. L. Umstead has leased the
Planters Warehouse here and will
run it the coming ueason. Mr. Urn
j stead is* an experiehced warehouse
rrtan, having been in the business
] for more than thirty two years,
| tfiuch of this time in the business
in Durham, and has been very suc
cessful in the business. He is not a
-stranger to many of the farmers of
this county, for they have sold with
him in Durham, and to them he
1 neeis no recommendation at . our
hands, for they know his attitude on
sales, but to some others it may
not be amiss- to say that no man in
the business has a reputation for
working harder for the farmer when
they sell with him than doe3 Mr.
Umstead. He knows tobacco, and he
knows when it is bringing the mar
ket iSrice, and if the .buyers seem
inclined to let it go by, he gets right
behind the sales himself. In a pri- 1
vate letter he states, "I am coming
to Roxboro to treat the fai'ftiers
right and to se? that Vobacco> cold in
Roxboro brings as much money as
it does on any market in North Caro
lina or Virginja."
We welcome Mr. Umstead to Rox
boro and feel sure ho will receive a
cordial welcoirte by every citizen in ,
town and County.
SCHOOL NOTES .
Three High Schools, Bushy Fork
Helena and Bethel Hill, held theiT
commencements last Friday, Satur-*
day and Sunday These exercises, al
ways interesting, entertaining and j
instructive, were unusually so this
year. The speakers and preachers ,
delighted large audiences with their j
talks. The High School plays and j
graduating exercises were the best '
in the history of the schools. And '
the large number, 43 in all, grad
uating from these schools, is a fine
testimony to the splendid work thdt
has been going' on for these yean.
We wish it had been possible for us
to attend all of the exercises of each
school, but that was impossible. I
At each exercise the houses were
packed, These . large and appra
ciative audiences testify to the great
interest in education each of these
proud of their schools and gladly
lend their presence, - and for one ex
how much they appreciate the ef
ercise pay an admission fee, to .show"
forts of the school administratiion
and teachers to bring culture hnd
training to their children. Let these
schools take no backward step, but
ever press forward, building citi
zens and making their communities
the garden spots of our county. J
North Carolina is largely rural, and
on the country people depends the
hope of otir state and nation. Let.;
us see that these noble country boys |
and girls keep the splendid advan
tages which Person County has la
bore<| so hard to give. Let there be
no variance or shadow of turning.
There is a way to keep our High
Schools up to the notch. Let lis find
that way, or make it. It can be
done, do it.
The Board of Education owns all
tnese High School Buildings. The
people in these districts have taxed
themselves to put up the buildings.
' Now let the county either take ever
the indebtedness of these buildings
I or run these schools eight months.
, It is the plain duty of the Board
? of (education to do one or the other.
jCitlzens of the High School Dis
tricts, you desinc that this be done,
will you let it \w known
centers. The
MRS. J. A. BEAM.
?-? :
CHURCH NOTICE FOR OAK
GROVE- ANU WOODSDAIjH
Sunday School at 10 sharp at# Oak
Grove. Orphanage class from Rale
igh at 11. A splendid sacred con
cert.
Preaching at Woodsdale M. 4:00.
Let us have largest oongregation of
the season at each place.
J. W. BRADLEY, Pastoi
i
REV. R. E. WHlTft "
RESIGNED SCNDAY1
At the close of the morning ser
vice last Sunday^Rey. R. E. White, j
who- lias been pastor of tBe~topttlir :
Vihurch for the part three "years.
effect the last o< Jjily. At n called"
?conference, the. church accepted tKe
? -tt- ? -
COMMENCEMENT flOX
BQRO HIGH SCHOOL
MAY 29? JUNE 1? UNUSAALLY
ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM
Sermon by Dr. Frszier, President ? of
| Queens Oblige ; Address by
Hon. H. G. Connor
Below is an outline of tho 1925
commencement of the Roxboro High
School: ?
j At Ski 5 Friday evening, May ?9th, J
the "Senior Class Play, i
! At 8:16 Saturday evening, Majr
j 30th, Recital by Musie- -Glass. I
At 11:00 o'clock Sunday mornjhg) !
May 31st, iCongjtencement Sermon.
At- 8:15 Monday evening, June 1st,.
; Graduation Exercises.
, The commfencemeent sermon will I
be preached by Dr. W. H. Fraajer, |
President of Queens College, Char- 1
iotte, N. C.j in the Edgar Long' Mem- I
orial Methodist Church. All the |
other exercises Will-be held In the
school auditorium. H-ani H. G. Con
nor, Jr., of Wilson, N. C., wiH de
liver the address to the graduating |
class.
The public is cordially invited to .
all of these exercises. Admission '
will be free," except to the Senior j
Class Play, to which a charge, for .
admission will be made to raise
money to pay for a set of THE i
NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCY'- j
CtOPEDIA ? which the class of 1925,
is presenting to the new high School.
UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB PRE
SENTS HIGH CLASS CON
CERT
The Glee Club of the University j
of North Carolina, assisted by Mr. |
Theodore Pitch, tenor soloist, pfe- [
sented a program of music last
(Friday night at the gcbool audifs
rium which was of a very high clas?*
nature. The usual mixture of fun
und frivolity, which so many col
lege organizations intersperse their
programs, was mi&sing oq this oc
casion, the University boys confin
ing their efforts entirely to the bet
ter class of nutsip, . including old I
Norse and German songs of long j
years ago. Residents of this com
munity who love music but who |
failed- to attend this concert missed'
a most enjoyable entertainment. |
The work of Mr. Fitch alone was j
worth going far to hear. It is hoped J
that this organization can be broughl
rffck for a return egagement next
fall ad if so, they should be greet
[ ed by a packed house.
ACCIDENT ON CHUB
LAKE ROAD
1 Disappearances seem, to be the
order ofi the day in several totons
through this section and Rbxboro.
is catching the feyer. fLast Sun
day afternoon a Ford touring car,
said to hp occupied hy t.wn men, in
some unexplained way went over the
hifch bank just this aide of the Coun
ty Home on the Loch Lily road, turn
ing: several spmersaults and knock
ing down two or three trees in its
descent. The two occupants of the
car, one of whom was said to be a
Mr. (Castle of .flalong, immediately
disappeared, and in spite of a con-*
tinued and systematic search, have
left no trace/ of their whereabouts.
The car, which was very badly
smashed up, was brought to Rox
. boro.
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GORED BY ANGRY BULL V .
Mr. S. .T. Dickens came near meet- j
injr with a fatal accident Sunday .
evening. He was out in the paa- ;
ture when an anjrry bull attacked r
him, * making some painful wounds I
on his and probably would have j
been fatal but for the fact that the i
Will threw him over the fence, j
ifetevo, one of the jollieat, best men ;
ever, is couragr&ous but we venture j
the assertion that never more will !
he enter a pasture where a bull is I
at large. ^ I
MKRRDITH COLLEGE ,
Wr acknowtedprc WTthrythiriJcB an
invitation from -Miss Isabel dtVlam
To ftttonfl thotCortiiw^mcnipnt 15x
erci^es- -of Meredith C.olU^a, Ralcitfh,
VC. C? " Miss' de-Vlamlnp: receives Kw
MKS. MARGARET
HODGES IS DEAD
Mrs. 'Margaret Knight Hodges ,
| Widow af (Henry E. Hodges, former
J resident of the Gatewood section o{
i Caswell, passed away at the home of
i her daughter, Mrs. >J. Shields Har
vey, Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
. Mrs. Hodges, who had passed her
four score years was widely known
and greatly beloved by many friends
| both in North Carolina and Virginia,
'"or some time she had been in grad
ually failing health, induced by her
advanced years. The end was not
unexpected.
, Mrs. Hodges was~a native of Cat
well ccunty. She was married many
; years ago 'to Henry E. Hodges, and
i her home at Gatewood was made a
[ delightful community center. She
: was a communicant of Shady Grove
Methodist church, and through the
years of her membership was rec
j ognized as one of its most consis
tent and active workers. Her in- 1
finance for good was widely felt.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. J. Shields Harvey, with whom
she resided. She went to Danville
several years ago and while a resi
dent of that city made her home with
Mrs. Harvey. \V}ien Mr. Harvey ;
pioved his family he was accompa
nied by her.
i Funeral services were held from
her old home - church Tuesday at
Shady Grove at 3 |P. M., Rev. S.
f. Nicks her former pastor, assist
ted by Rev. R. E. White were the
ministers in charge.. She was laid
to rest in the church cemetery.'
.Pall bearers were as follows:
T. P. Featherston. J. T. Burch. W. i
H. (Harris, J. C. Watson, J. M. Yates,'
jitnd L. S. Cartw. ? I
^ oymeinmp is ponna nappen?
? and gonna happen soon! 4
1Mb Happened! j
i Such were the wordings of the ad
vertisements of the Carolina Pow
an?l Light Co., and It tiid happen.
They put on a demonstration of their
popular etectric ranges, and on
Thursday and Friday had an expert
in charge, who gave lectures and
showed by actual performance the
wonderful value of these ranges.
As a result of this advertising they
sold ten ranges, and there are now
ten more homes where the house
wife has simplified the task of pre
paring meals. It is claimed that the
tisf erf" nTr ^ipctric range- ta-eeonomi ?
cal, and certainly wc know it is a
labor saver and we congratulate the
Carolina Ppwer and Light Company
for introducing these labor- saving
devices, for every step saved the
good housekeeper is certainly a bles
sing to humanity.
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PLENTY OF. PLANTS V
IN THE EAST
Messrs. E. E. Bradsher, Landon
Bradsher, John Richmond and Con
nor Merritt left early Monday morn
ing and spent a few days in th'e
eastern part of the State getting a
supply of tobacco plants. Earl .
Bradsher reports that they saw as [
many Person County folks down
Past after plants a* you would meet
in Roxboro most any day. . Plants ?
are very plentiful down there,' and
the farmers were exceedingly gene
rous and clever, being glad to divide
their surplus with their less fortu
nate Person County brethren, with
out charge.
NOTICE
Mr. J. W. Noett, Editor The Courier.
Dear Sir:
I feel it my duty in justice to Mr.
R. C. Ix>ng, better known as Captain
Long to state the advertisement of
his land was done through mistake
in this office? Mr. Long sent me
check for payment of his 1923 taxes
and through mistake it was credited
on hia 1924 tax account, therefore
when I wrote him about his 1923
tax he was sure it was paid.
Yours truly,
NAT V. BROOKS,
\ Sheriff.
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WORKERS COUNCIL OF
(The BridgejCIub met with Mrs.
I. O. Wilkersonfcn Wednesday after
noon, The living room was lovely
with rosea and other flowers. Bridge
was played at three tables. The
hostess assisted by Mrs. B. G. Clay
ten, served a delightful salad course
with after dinner coffee.
. .The Friday Afternoon Book Club
had a delightful meeting on Thurs
day afternoon with Airs. J. J, Win
stead. .The house was very attrac
tive with bright summer Jflo we rs ar
ranged in vases and bowl*. Five
tables were placed for the club game
of Boston Rook. Ahe hostess assis
ted by. Mrs. W. Rl Woody served a
salad course with hot tea and can
dy.
Mrsv J. J. Winstead was hostess
again on Thursday evening, Boston J
Rook was the game enjoyed and
many, interesting progressions were
enjoyed. The hostess served a salad J
course, hot tea and candy.
Miss Clara Harris entertained
Saturday afternoon in honor of her
attractive guests, Misses Kathleen
Covington .and Lela Morris of Ox
ford. Bridge was the -game enjoyed r
at three tables. The hostess assis
ted by her sister Mfss Mary Harris
served a delicious salad course, ice
?aa and salted nuts.
POOR RICHARD
Somebody keeps on shooting at
hint, but he is .not hurt yet. It seems
that Poor Richard has cast a stone
and somebody has been hH. We
need more men like Poor Richard,
who is not afraid to hit at this school
combine officials. It is said that
the still sow sueks the wash, and
we have too many of that sort now,
with their nose in. the tax trough.
When we can get rid of some of
these present County school officials
not only iPerson County but the
state of North Carolina will feel
financially relieved.
We. need more men (lfke Poor
Richard) of some solidity who will
expose some of these things being
done behind the curtains. ? Endorser.
STOP!
U>OK !
Sunday, May 24 1
The Stewart-Goodchild Evange- i
lists are at J&long, N. C. Crowds,
sinking, preaching:, praying:, repen- |
tenter etc. Come, services are hold |
for you. Prayer meeting at .7:10 j
M.. and preaching ut 8:00 P. M.
The revival closes May 22,yl925.;
The majority of the pood people and \
many others of JaJong are attending.
Why do you not cooperate ?
Regular services at Longhurst on
Sbnday, May 24. Sunday School at
Grace church Sunday A. M. and
preachinp at 7:30 P. M. Topic "See
ing and believing."
MY TV tlLLMKBE, P. C. ;
PERSON (XH'NTY
MISSIONARY MEETING
The Person County Missionary'
Meeting will be held at Aliens viTle
Church Friday, Joine 5th. Each
Auxiliary in the County is urged to
have as many of theirx members
present as possible. There are to
be several interesting speakers, also j
a returned Missionary from China.
Watch for program in next week's
Courier.
Mrs. K. L. Street, County Chair
man,
Mrs. Mamie Merritt, District Sec.
NOTICE
Under certain conditions people
having mortgage? on their land ?are
entitled to certain credits in list
ing taxes. If you desjre and 4iave Trot
claimed this credit it listing you can
attend a meeting of' the list takers
and commissioners at Roxboro, N.
C.v on June 2nd, 1925, at 1. P. M.
and get the matter adjusted.
All persons holdingr rnoftgages
are invited to attend this meeting
(febits against the holder of the mont
UoU?s
ted" no rebates will be allowed for
BAKER'S MILL TO ENLABCB
Will Add 100 by 100 Feet to Pi?
sent Building
^?Laat Thursday Mr. A. T. Baker,
president of the Baker Mills, was
in town and gave out the inform*?
tkm, that the mill would be enlarged,
an addition of .100 by 100 feet would
be added to the present building
with the necessary dwelling housea
I to care for Jhe enlargement. They
! will install 30 new looma, . making
I 60 in all.
| ."84 great is the demand for the
produ?! of this mill that they have
I put on a night shift, which will be
' shifted over to the new help just as
soon as the building program can be
completed.
Mr. I'M Hill, the Sec. and Trea*.,
stated' to us that they would lik?
to fret as much help as possible from
Boxboro and surrounding section. If
enough from Roxboro can be secured
they will run a bus from Roxboro
every morning and evening t r unspor
ting the help. This is a good oppor
tunity for some of the young men and
ladies here, for it is pleasant work
and good pay. Any young man, with
ambition, who is willing to work can
soon be promoted and will find that
he is engaged in just about the beat
business he can find. But, promo
tion will not come without effort,
and, we regret to say, that seems to
be foreign to too many of the young
boys of the present-day and time.
This is a successful business, and
they want Southern boys who want
to make successful men. and we be
lieve this is your opportunity, boys.
The indications"3 are that the mill
will soon be required fc> enlarge
again, and when this enlargement
takes place there will be wanted
more men to take responsible po
sitions and the boys who have made
good will be offered these promo
tions.
MOTORISTS notice
Notice is hereby given that all
ntotor cars and trucks operating in
the town of Roxboro must hereafter
be equipped with mufflers and ex
haust pipes and that same must be
used. Otherwise the town ordin
ance against these nuisances win be
enforced. Motorists take notice also
that hereafter other regu
lations of the town will be enforeed
Excessive speeding through the res
idential sections uf the town ? must
cease.
R. P. BURNS, Mayor.
MRS. HUNTERS BROTHER
DIED SUDDENLY
Last week Mr. and Mrs. C. if.
Hunter left for a pleasure trip, Mrs.
Hunter to visit her only brother,
and Mr. Hunter for the purpose of
enjoying a fishing trip. The eve
ning they arrived at the home of
Mr. D. W. Dudley, he walked in from,
h'is work and suddenly 'dropped dead.
After attending the burial Mr. and
Mrs. Hunter returned home.
RECITAL KOR MRS.
NEWEIJ.'S CLASS
The pupils of Mrs. H. W. Newell
will appear in a recital May 22nd,
at 8 o'clock, P. M., in the school
auditorium. Everybody in cordially
invited.
GREEN STOCKINGS
To be given fcy the senior class,
of the Roxboro High School Friday,
May 29th, at 8:15, a rollicking com
edy in three acts. . .
MRS. LOVELL DIES -
AT WATTS HOSPITAL
Mrs. KUa Mae Lovell, 52, of tho
Hurdle mill section, died at Watts
hospital Sunday afternoon at 12:30
after undergoing an operation a week
ago. She went to Durham "in ill
health the first week in May, and
remained at the home ,of h^r "sonj-'
B. C, Lovell, on Alston avenue until
entering the hospital.
j The deceased is survived by sir
, children: B. O. Lovell, of Durham:
G. M. Lovell, of l,ake Worth, Fla.;
Mrs. Lillian Robersan, of Roxhoro;
Mnr. Nannie Baker, of Dm ham,
Miss Mamie I^ovell. of Durham'.
jFuneral ceremonies were conduo
, ted from the home of llr*. Lovell,
noon at z-o'eioe*, IMt. C, S. Nut
I VitL' Assisted by Rev. W." F. Elliott, .
[offirttamR.. ?
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