FIRST, ABROAD ItEXT 51-50 PER YEAR IN ADVANO : ? ? "-J ? ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening- June 3, 1925. . Mji No. 22 J- W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ND PUI ? VOL. No. XLII uo men Dumcu hunt 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 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. v 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 o 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. . o , > J.".. . " ilbpfntblUtNl 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. i: 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<: ' v - ?' : "" &igg ^ ' 1 ' . ?' 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 > 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 [?; > . I 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. o ? ? 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 1 ... ' 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