FIRST, ABROAD ItEXT
51-50 PER YEAR IN ADVANO
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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening- June 3, 1925.
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No. 22
J- W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
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VOL. No. XLII
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IN CAROLINA MINE
EXPLOSION IN /SHAFT OF
CAROLINA.1' MINING
I * CHATHAM^ C< UNTY
33rd and L
Carolina Coal
Uudectded As
Operations
What was possibly the greattet
*i:sastcr which has Happened ? In
North Carolina since the explosion
in Cumnock coal mine in 1895, oc
curred near Sanford Wednesday
morning when an explosion in the
' mine of the Carolina Coal Company
?entombed 53 men, most of them
t wMte. The morning shift of men
' -went down at the usual hour Wed
nesday morning. The first explos
ion occurred shortly after 9 o'clock
ard within a few. minutes 6 sec
ond explosion occurred. Immedi
ately those outside made every move
- rrtnt to assist the men burled several
tlnusand feet in the bowels of the
?arth. The mine superintendent,
Howard Butler, who by the way is
a son of Mr. Bion Butler, of South
em ;Pines, well known to hundreds
of Stanly people, and a Mr. Joe
Richardson, in a heroic effort to
save the men, rushed doWft the mtirr
entrance 1,500 feet. They found six
of the men s'till alive, but badly stnn
ped by the explosion and the ef
fects of the gas. Dragging them to
what they believed to be a place of
safety they all sat down to rest.
After ii few minutes Superintendent
Butler and his helper, Mr. Richard
son, Started to the surface, but when
only a short distance away a third
explosion, occurred which killed the
six men instantly. Young Butler
i-shed back into what seemed cer
tain death with the hope of jigain
saving his six men and was himself j
overcome by ?he gas' and barely es
caped with his life. Later the six
men were rescued, but were found to I
have been dead.
'Coal Glen (near Sanford), May
30 ? The official death list of the ex
plosion in the Carolina Coal com
pany's mine here Wednesday- late
today was placed at 53 and the mine
wns declared free from bodies b"
Ttinn H .Bugler, ? vice ? president ? of
the company, ajter the mine had been
subjected to a careful search and
exploration into all working* by ex
perts of the <Jnited States bureau
? of mines. . ? ' :
The body of Jloe Hudson, recov
ery of which has held up the offi
cial declaration for about 1^8 hours,
was found this afternoon to have
hean: removed about 2 o'clock this
morning and' recorded as unidenti
fied. The body was about 750
feet from where he had been at
werk'in the bottom of the mine:
As .pointed out exclusively in The
rvev yesterday morning, in
!,% instance 1 he bodies were found
i'geme distance away from theit
?Wftrkings, showing that they had
maic dashes for safety before be
1np caufeht hv the deadly after-damp
or carb-n-monoxide.
(Hudson's body warf so badly mu.
tit a ted that the hurried examination
at the temporary morgue at the
? Kline failed to reveal his identity,
?r I, owing to the advanced stage of
decomposition, it was rushed to a
Sanford undertaker. "?
At the latter place today, ilozms
of miner* viewed this body and aTl
were unaninnus it) the statement
that it was that of 'Hudson.
ThW ^Ci'ounts for every person'
j." who has been missing or was
* though*, to have been in the mine.
P Until the final sweep. of the mine
?was mode late today, though, specula
tion ran .rife a* to the numSber of
v -die? supposed to- be in the mine.
K^SoW WiW t.wo. Others as high as
The bureau of mines car left the
r.vne to be attached to a north
- hound Seaboard train at 10 JO to
, rht One or two of the experts
? j 11 remain over for twn or >hrrr
days to get the mining crews fairly
Q" their .wji'k_uf_!xhaliiliut
is* the mine.
g; i iTffcrthtT fttf fdnipariv. will regime
iterations has not been definitely
... trned. ^OMie tiprcu Urn opinion
? tvat the company has been hard hit
v ' vy the .Ii3*ster and believe tjtit it
? "V- u not bo able, to weather thfc
All Accounted For
* IW/A*
boko graded schools
The ?Commencement exercises of
the Rsxboro Graded Schools came to
a close Monday night with the pre
sentation of the various medals, di
plomas,. etc. The address was de
livered by 'Hon. H. G. Connor, Jr.,
of Wilson.
The following winners of medalb
were announced:
The (Sdgar Long Scholarship Medal,
was won by Miss Roxannah Burch
Yancey. The prize in Music Appre
ciation was won by Miss J?nie Gil
bert Burns, while the Woman's Club
Loving Cup was won -by Charles
Barnette Wood.
Those receiving diplomas were;
Nina Elizabeth Abfcitt, Janie Gil
bert Burns, Emma (Louise Hall,
Oscar Coleman Hull, Frances Rachel I
Long, Mildred Winstead Long, Cur- I
tis. Hill Oakley, Alice Catherine
Oliver, Helen Floyd Stanfield, Bax
ter Francis Wade, Charles Barnette
Wood, Annie Brame Woods, Rox
annah Burch Yancey. i
Probably considering the handi
caps under which the school has
labored, this has been one of the
most succesful years, and Prof. Stal
vey and his ableccorps of teachers,
deserve ancl have, the hearty good
wishes of the entire community.
The new high school building will
be in readiness for the opening Of
the fall term and all predict great
-thing* for ? school life in Roxboro.
Every necessary requirement is
hoped to be met and all are looking
forward to the time when the Rox
boro graded Schools, tlyit is the
High School department, will bo in
deed and in truth an- Al school. To
this end all in sympathy with school i
work have labored for these rfiany
years, and are now delighted to see
its near fruition.
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WILLIAMS FOUND
DEAD IN BED.
Mrs. Walter Williams was found
dead in bed Monday morning. She
had been in feeble health for some
but retired in her usual health
Sunday night, and on Monday morn
ing her husband found her in bed.
dead. Mrs. Williams was about 76
years -old and leaves a husband, two
daughters and one son. Her body
was laid to. rest in the family bary
ing ground on-the- old -Mr. Bob Wil
liams place "today. ''
ATTENDS MARRIAGE IN
NORTH WJLKSBORO
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Watkins and
daughter Anne attended the m?T
riage of Mr. Louis Nelson and Miss
Ellen Pindley, which took place in
jNorth Wilkaboro Monday evening.
Miss A.nne Watkins was a member
of the wedding party. Mrs. J. C.
Bowers and daugter, Miss Florence,
of Washington, N. C., also attended
the marriage and will return here
today for a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Watkins. '
NOTICE
My ' boy, Theodore Satterfield, has
left me without my consent. He is
about 16 or 17 years old, and I here
by forbid any one from hiring or
harboring him. Any one so doing:
will be prosecuted.
LITiliE LYON,
Hurdle Mills, N. C. R8
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HtftEL JONES UNDER
/ NEW MANAGEMENT
Last Monday Hotel Jones went
under new management, Mr. E. - C,
Bird of Vass succeeding Mr. W. G,
Hiiler. Mr. Bird is an ' old hotel
! man. also runs a hotel at Vass, N,. O.,
' and comes well recommended by
? he traveling poblio. Mr. Maynard
I C, Clayton has accepted the posri
| tion of clerk, and wfll look well af
| ter the- interest- M the traveling
("public.
PERSON COUNTY
MISSIONARY MEETING
The Person County Missionary
Meeting will be held. >t Alleneville
Methodist Church |FHday, Jut\e -5,
at 10 o'clock. We urge thai a HP
port -be sent from e?ch Auxiliary,
untf as many merners be present a*
! possible.
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V MARSHALL DEAD
SUMMONS OA ME TO HIM
QUIETLY YE^PERDAY
End Was Sadden, Keiu?renre Of A
Heart Attack" Wtiich/Sent Him
To B?d ? l^fcday
Washington, June 1. ? Thomas
Riley Marshall, vice president of the
United States for eight momentous
years of its history, has followed his
chief, Woodrow Wilson, into j death.
Recurrence of a heart attack,
which sent him to his bed last Mon
day immediately after a trip fremj
Indiana, brought on the end unex
pectedly today, after reports had
come from the sick-room through-,
out tjie week that despite his years,
he steadily was recovering from ner
vous exhaustion ^nd a cold. '
?*G%ath camle .to him quietly in his
room on the fourth floor of the New
Willard hotel, where he lived during
his two . terms as vice-president.
Propped up m bed with, pillows after
eating his breakfast with an enjoy
ment that strengthened the impres
sion of those about him that he was
^regaining his health, he was smok
ing a cigar and reading a favorite'
passage of the Bible.
? .Suddenly, ? without Jiaate, while
Mrs. Marshall was in an adjoining
room, he laid the Bible face down
ward, open where the fourth chapter
of the Gospel of St. Mark ends, and
the fifth begins. His cigar dropped
and he fell gently back, without
speaking and apparently without
pain. The nurse, which had been at
the bedside, quickly summoned aid.
But he ,w?a d??i? ? m
WH LTE ? ,N EWELL
Miss Ethel White and Mr. Russell
Emerson Newell were married last
Saturday m Portsmouth, Va. Mrs.
Newell is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. White, of Portsmouth,
and was one of the popular and ef
ficient teachers in Jalong last term, _
while Mr. Newell is one of the' well
known popuar and successful young
business men of Roxboro. After the
ceremony they went to Richmond,
coming from there to their home
here. TEey were Ticco mpani ed by
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Brooks.
CHILDREN'S DAY POST
PONED AT CONCORD
Sunday iSchool day exercises ab
Concord church have been postponed
^from the first Sunday to the third
Sunday in - June. Regular Sunday
School at ten and preaching at 11
at Concord.
Regular Sunday School at three
and preaching at four at Oak Grove.
You are invited to come to our Sun
day Schools and preaching services
if you do not go elsewhere to church.
Glad to have you.
J. W. BRADLEY, Pastor.
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FOR A TRIP TO NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Gentry left]
for New York to-day. They will rep.1
lesent the SATTERFIELD INS.
AGENCY at the annual convention
of the Greensboro Fire. Underwriters j
of which the Agency has been a
member several years. The Conven
tion will convene at 10 A, M. Thurs
day. Jyne 5th. in the Hotel McAlpinj
aadiyrlum.
/ SURPRISE MARRIAGE
Miss Evie Robertson and Mr. Fxld
Long of Roxborp, N. C., took their
friends by surprise Sunday. May 31,!
when they motored to Cluster |
Springs, Va., and were quietly; mar-j
ried at the parSonape by Rev. Mr.
Wymon. They were accompanied byl
JVIr. and Mrs. Wilson Ixmg, brother
of the groom, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Sall?*v- and children. We wish
them a happy and prosperous jour
ney through life. ? A Cousin. ?
OFF Jrtm THB OM>
/ SOLDIERS RE- UNION
[? ^Yesterday morning Col. J. H.
Burch. Mr. George Moore. Mr. Joe
Long and about a half dozen others
whose name* w were iinabk* tj
i left for Wilson where they will at
tend the State Reonion of the Con
federate Veterans. We hope for
ANOTHER NHW INDUSTRY
Moss. Kirby Bros., proprietor* of
te Roxborg Steam Laundry, hiave
nsed a new building which .will be
icted on a new street which will
opened from Main Street to La
larr, and will Install a dry clean
g and dyeing: department. The ma
iirtery, which is the very latest, has
been bought and the building is to
be completed and machinery instal
led by September 1st. The building
wfill be 60 feet by 100, and will honse
| their present laundry, with the new
[features to be added.
?7; No more progressive young men
can 'be ^found than the Kirby Bro
kers and in this instance they are
not simply preparing for the imme
diate needs of the town, but have
looked to the future and have ar
ranged for a plant which will take
care of the town far many years to
come. * i
REPORT OK THE WOMAN'S CLUB
J There mat be some who wish to
"low what the Woman's Club has
omplished during the four years
ince its organization. Belcw is an
incomplete survey of its activities,
but one may judge from their varie
ty and scope, the. motives and ideals
tthich are the foundation of its ex
igence.
?1. The Civic Department in addit
ion to putting on two Clean-Up
-Vfppks each year, has helped with
ottr cemetery improvements, both
financially and with labor, always
grhring assurance of the backing up
sort.
i,JI. The Education Department,
chiefly through the Parent Teauheri
Association, has functioned regular
IV. Each year two 5 dollar gold
pieces are given as prizes to the
Best d eel aimer and reader among
t^e graded school boys and girls.
Svne attempt has been made to
fjautify the school yar$, which in
will show to good advantage,
iderable money has been made
and given for school victrola and
records.
III. The Literature Department is
Quite proud of two flourishing liter
ary clubs ? The Review and Study.
The former has founded and keeps
adding to the club library having a
substantial book-case with lock and
key. The Study Club has given $25
to the treasury, $25 to the crippled
children fund, and a volume of N,
C. History to our own High School,
Bethel Hill and Helena. The most
important result however, of each
is the development which has come
to each member in mutual growth
and cultural advantage. The Loving
Cop Contest is conducted by this
department. Painstaking and con
scientious effort isfput forth in selec
ting the best theme each year from
the High School boys and girls.
IV. The Social Service Department
has perhaps' made the widest appeal
to our community through the Crip
pled- Children's Work. Although $he
club has contributed little in money,
it has given much in interest- nn^
organization work through _ its ef
ficient chairman,^ Miss Bessie Dan
iel and Mrs. R. B. Smith. Seven
children have been ^ent to the Orth
opoedi<^ Hospital in Ga stoma, two
have been cured, the others Wlbdd
and bright with the Hope of future
improvement. Eugenia Chatham
was sent for. a yiear. to a school in
Bum 3V ilia, N. C.. and her entire trio
was managed through- this depart
ment,' the money being given by our
several churches.
The Music Department has always
itivcfi us when needed splendid p-o
grams. thoroughly enioyed and ap
pointed hy oilr member*.
Among our out of town speakers
have been Prof. Leonard Hurler on
"The Modem Novel." Mr*. V.hn
j Cunningham on "Civic Imt>rovem?nt."
HifS Flmnnoth Tuttle- on "Welfare
I Work." Mis* . Mary Palmar on a
j "Public Library," Mr Campbell
I from Van Lindlev's Nur?prv on
[ "Beautifying the'. JPiwn :ind Home
Yards."
One. Chnutaooua and two Lyceum
Courses have been given under it*
?UMOicO*. .j
We consider what we have done a
mere besriijnine. What we may do
j in the fntuire depends entirely on the
cooperation of our women and; the
community interest -which Wc may
be ablb- to . arouse and develop in oar
town. Laf us move forwafd, with n
beautiful picture, enshrined ih oor
minds and heart* of "Ro*boro - that
is-f-be." Oto. ,S._0._\yinst?ai<:
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GOL. BENEHAN CAM
ERON CIED MONDAY
DEATH UNEXPECTED.
ILL OXLY A FEW DAYS
What Was' Thought To Br Influtnza
l?Wf Pneuptbnia.
Buried At HHIabopr' This
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Raleigh, Jane 1. ? Colonel Benehan
Cameron, president of the Bank
head National Highway and a direc
tor of the American Automobile
association, died at his home here
this afternoon following a brief ill
ness with pneumonia. He was sev
enti^ears old. '
? ""Colonel Cameron was well known
throughout the south, taking an ac
tive interest in railroad and high
way development, as well as farm
| ing. He served as president of the
Farmer's National Congress and,
largely through his influence, that
body met In Raleigh in 1909. He
was also a director in the Southern
Cotton Growers Protective associa
tion and of the Royal Agricultural
Society of England.
Colonel Cameron was one of the
organizers of the Seaboard Air Line
railway, a' director in the old Rnt
eigh and Augusta Air Line, and
served as president of tie North
Carolina railroad from to 1911
He was also one of the leaders in
the construction of the Lynchburz
and Durham railway and theKnox
ville and Dickerson branch lines. -
Colonel Cameron's death was un
expected. He returned to Raleigh
Saturday from the Confederate re
union at Dallas, Texas, suffering
with what was thought to be an at
tack of influenza. His condition
grew suddenly worse, and pneumonia
developed.
? Colonel Cameron is survived by his
widow, who was Miss Sallie Mayo,
of Richmond, and two daughters.
Isabella M. and Sallie T. Cameron.
The funeral services will be con
ducted Wednesday morning from St.
|.(athews church, Hillsboro, at 11:30
a. m. Burial will be in St. Mathews
grave-yard. '|,
FIVE THOUSAND
1 LIVBB .ARB fiOST
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Quake and Fire In Chinese Town
Has Disastrous Results .
Peking, June 1.? jFlve thousand
lives were lost in the quake and fire
that destroyed the town of Talifu
in northwest Yunnan, March 16, ac
cording: to Father # Sal vat, of the
Catholic mission there, whose* atoryj
of the holocaust has just reached
Peking.
Talifu. is almost inaccessible ex
cept by J river from the gulf of Ton
kiang, and the letter in question has
been enroute- since March 20, when
the earth shocks- still were continu
r
ing.
The town itself was almost entire
ly destroyed, only the wall and a
few houses remaining intact, the
letter disclosed. Hundreds of peo
ple were trapped in the flames which
<44Kjbwed the first shocks. *
STEPHEN S. HOLT .RALEIGH
LAWYER SHOT AND KILLED
-.Kaleigh, Jane !/ ? Stephen S. Holt,
prominent lawyer cf Smithfifild, N.
C., was mistaken for a ,frym run
ner" and shot and almost instantly
killed by J?? sse Wyatt, captain of the
plainclothes department of the Ral
oiirh pol'ce force this %*fterrroon
afcout 3 o'clock. The shooting took
place nbout one mile from Rnieigh
on the Garner road near the bridge
over Walnut creek. Wyatt i* being
held in the Wake county jail with
out bond upon orders of Coroner L,
W. Waring. A cononer's jury hold
injc_th?t Mr Holt came to his death
a* the result of a pistol shot wound
inflicted by Wyatt.
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ITS COMING ,
'
After breaking records on its
Uoad - Showing everywhere "THE
"TBS UOMMANPM-BNTS? (JGreait-.
eat nf all pictures* at Palace Theatre:
Monday, Tuesday Snd Wednesday,
Juna - 29th. SOUL . and July ? Ht.
-(^rolina'a Premier, showing in -a
Piirfnrn Theatre i . ? . . |
X/dciety
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Mrs. T. B. Woody delightfully
entertained the Bridge Club Wed
nesday afternoon. Rases blended
with sweet peas made a lovely deco
ration for ? the living room. Poor
tables* were placed . Cor the game.
The hostess served a delicious sakuf
course with ice tea.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. B. W.
Gardner at a beautifully Appointed
graduating party, honored Miss
Mi-y Louise Winstead, a recent
graduate of N. C. C. W. Mrs Gard
ner welcomed her guests in charm
ing manner, showing them into the
living room which was "pretty in its
arrangement of lilies, roses and other
Spring flowers. Two contests fa
miliar to all students furnished a
pleasing part of the afternoon clos
ing with ah original cross ward puz
zle. After this, the guests were in
vited into the dining room, which
was decorated in Sweetheart rose*.
The center piece? ?as^of_white, with
tiny doll dressed in cap and gown,
symbolical of the occasion. Leading
from this to each place were strea
mers of green and white ribbon at
tached to each, a miniature diploma.
While the guests unrolled them, the
< oitume of the doll was changed in
to bridal attire, and the diplomas
disclosed the approaching marriage
of Miss Winstead and fcbert Louis
Hester, which occursjj-in June.
The honoree was gtowned in Ecro
lace~0ver nile green, her, only orna
ment, a platinum and diamond pin. -
After receiving the congratulations
of her friends, the hostess served
her guests a menu of chicken salad,
tomatoes, pickles, iced tea. ice -ream
and cake. ? B.
BETHEL HILL AGRICULTURAL
PROJECT BOYS ENTERTAINED
Professor and Mrs. George W.
(Smith assisted by Mias Gladys
Beam, M?s Maud Ntontague and
Mrs. A. C. Gentry entertained at the
teachers home Saturday night the
agricultural project boys and the
local faculty of the Bethel Hill
High School.
Sixteen boys were received at
seven o'clock and taken into the
Gymnasium where volley ball, and
other games were enjoyed. They
were then invited to the teacherage
where delicious Salad and sweet
courses were served. After all the
good things to eat had been en
joyed, Rev. N. J. Todd and Principal
A. C. Gentry spoke to the boys (
about the value of Agriculture and
Project work. Professor Smith im
pressed the necessity of apcurate
well kept project records and re
minded the boy3 that there is an
other good time ahead for the
"Aggies" when the big camping
trir takes place in July. , The "boys
will probably go to Washington, D.
C. or Wilmington, N. O.
The boys ail remembered one of
the unfortunate members of the
class Rdward Pully, who is in the
hospital at Durham, by giving him
a post card shower.
The following were present:
^ohn Clayton, George Perkins,
Luther Whitt, Newton Day, Georgje
Clayton, Mason Murry, Jack Bailey,
Haywcod Bailey, Robert Robertson,
William Pulley. Rurnice Wrenn,
Herbert Montague, W. R. Day, Ar
chie Walker, Clyde flentry. Jack
Whitlow,* Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Gen
try, Mr. and Mrs. W. R, Hayes. Rev
and Mrs. N, J. Todd and Misses
Gladys Beam and Maude Montague.
- NOTICE TO Cl'STOMERS*
Any ofly-er or emplovee . of any
Bank that navs your Check without
ruWrient funds t? j:our credit, know
ingly, violates the Law. The .Nat
ional Banking Laws as well as tha
State Banking Laws provide a pen
a'tv for this offense. After Jiilv 1st
WE WILT. NOT. HONOR ANY CI'S
TO MEETS CHECK WHO HASNT
FUNDS TO MEET THE CHECK.
TIVE WE DO NOT INTEND TO
KNOWINGLY VIOI*ATE THE LAW
AiGAIN. ^
THE PEOPLES BANK
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANS