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EARTHQUAKE TAKES
HEAVY TOLL IN
CALIFORNIA
Early Morning Shock Docs Damage
Placed Aa Several
Millions
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TEN BODIES RECOVERED
Santa Barbara, Calif., Jane 29 ?
AC series of earthquakes, described
by jurvivors as rocking and sway-'
ins the business center of Santa
^ Barbara as if it were on a turbulent.
A Ocean, early today left the principal 1
W structures of the channel city a
mass of debris and ruins. The loss ?
of life was not large, due to the I
tremor occurring at 6:44 o'clo?lc in
the morning and also that the mas; ?
of rains fel in the second earth
quake, some IS niinutes after the
first tremor. ^
Estimates of the lo;s vary from
$3,000,000, a "conservative figure" by
the city manager, to $30,000,000 a
_ figure quoted. _by the city engineer.
Indications are that 12 lives were
lost, although this rests upon the
recovery of several bodies asserted
to be in the ruins.
State street, the main thorough
fare, is a ghastly avenue of luin,
? ?portions of its most Stately build
ings being tumbled down, and cof
* trices, walls and fronts of practic
ally all principal structures shattered
down. .
The earthquakes continued through- j
out the day, 4 They menaced the
water supply by crashing out the
dam of Sheffield reservoir, but a by
pass has been established to a main
reservoir back in the hills and water
provided for the city.
President Ccolidge today directed)
acting Secretary ?f War Davis and!
Secretary Wilbur of' the navy to '
give all postible aid to Santa Bar- 1
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* U. S. SAILORS AID
Sailors from the U. S. S. Arkan
sas joined the land forces .early to
day' in guarding buildings in sec
tions where looting was reported
during the night. The Arkansas
found, the Santa Barbara lighthouse
missing. It was shattered by the
earthquake and as a result the ship
was forced to ijiove into harbor cau
tiously.
The tremblors during the early
hours came at 1:22 a. m , 4:30 a. m.
and 5:54 a. m. The most severe
shake came at 4:30 a. m.
The U. S. Arkansas which arrived
hei-e today with several hundred mid
shipmen from Annapolis, steamed
out of the harbor at 8 o'clock to
night under orders to proceed to
Santa Barbara^|nd assist in patrol
and relief work.
RELIEF REQUESTED.
Santa Barbara today through its
clearing house association, issued an
appeal to the nation for a $2,000,000
?ar:hquake fund, and to bankers and
clearing houses of the country for
a $20,000,000 lean reconstruction
fond
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NAVAL DISTRICTS ORDERED i
TO HELP STRICKEN ZONE
Washington, June 29. ? Orders
were sent by the navy department'
today to the commandant of the 11th,
naval district at San Diego, and
San Francisco, to render all possible'
assistance in the earthquake zone.
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TRY WYATT FOR
MURDER TODAY
Raleigh, N. C., July 1- ? Jesse:
\Vyatt, suspended captain of dete^-j
tives of the Raleigh Police Depnrt- i
ment, will go on trial in the Wake!
superior court today for the murder
on J<une 1 of Stephen S. Holt, Smith
field attorney.
Holt was killed by a bullet from
Wyatt'a pistol while he was riding,
in a car on the (Wncr Ro#d which
? Wyatt and Chief of Police J.
W nder Bryan, .eye witness of the
uhf.nl inir. mi- 1 ook for ? rum runner.
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' Your < ity Auto license Tags'?
EJ' ? ITY PRtVII.FCB LICENSE .
fo. W\ W. WOODS.
City Manager.
. SCHOOL NOTES
One more mistake has been dls- j
covered in the names ot those who j
passed the 7th grade examination.
Charlie R. Terry should have been
mentioned as one who passed from
Wheeler's School. If there are any
other mistakes please call my at
tention to them. I will gladly cor
rect them.
We very much regretted that none
of the members of the Board of Ed
ucation nor the Trustees of the Rox
boro schools were able to be pre
sent at the meeting SaUirday after
noon when Mr. NewWfa of the De
partment of Education met with us
to discuss the High School which the
State requires for the' negroes in
each county. For the present it was
decided to make the William H.
Jones School this High Schcol, hop
ing that a more central location can
be obtained in the near future. In
order to take care of the pupils who
may. come from a distance it was
decided to ask the negroes of the
county to make contributions
cieht to add two more rooms to the
present dormitory at this sthwol.
At the request of the Board of
Education, Rev. J. A. Beam road
Resolutions of Regard to the moraory
of William H. .J(ones, which were
much appreciated by those who ware
present.
MRS. J, A. BEAM.
MEETING TO CON
sider New road
Mr. Hobgood, secretary of the
Durham Chamber of Commerce, has
announced that a special mass meet'
in*? of citizens will be held next
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at South
Boston for the purpose of consider
ing various matters relative to the
construction of a new hard surface
road extending to Lynchburg. This
is a matter that should.be of interest
to all citizen^ of Roxboro and per
son County and "it "Ys hoped tTiat a
large number from this section will
be present at the meeting next
Tuesday.
ASSOCIATION WAlfcNS
\ OF CHECK FLASHERS
Kinston, June 80. ? The Merchants
Association here has issued a warn-j
ing against "a check flasher opera
ting on a "five dollar" basis and sup
posed to be using one or more-names.'
Drug stores and other establish
ments were victimised- recently by
a "plausible looking stranger." i
Checks were drkwn against a . single;
bank, it is understoixl The forger's
respectable appearanceS^nd the mod
est sums on the checks 7 overcame
victims suspicions!" He is believed
to have operated here only "between
trains."
CRISP LANDS A BIG ON
Mr. W. C. Barnett carried off the
honors last week by catching a black
bass out of Loch Lily which weighed
four pounds and two ounces ? ac
tual weight, no guess work. There
aave been several large fish caugnt
out of this lake during this season,
and we hope it will regain its old
time reputation as a fishermans*
paradise.
A VERY GENEROUS OFFTRR
We wish to advise the people of
this county that we will be glad to
furnish Ice free of charge to any
one who is sick or in distress and
unaj>le to pay for same. No em
barrassing questions will be asked.
Jf -you are sick and unable to pay
for ice, simply say so to any of our
employees and" they will be glad to
furnish you icc without cost. This
applies to both white and colored.
CITY ICE CO.^
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CROWDS HEAR MR. JII.ACK
| The special services nqw being
i held at the Presbyterian Church are
I attracting large crowd*, both morn
| ing and evening and a great deal of
interest is being' manifested. Rev.
William Black ia preaching strong
sermons which stride close to the
hearts 6? those who hear" Mm.
special "singing is proving an attf.%<s
tivt! part of the meeting. The largj:
choir, compAsed of voices from all
the ehurshex of Roxboro. is being
led S?tOf ^f Raleigfcranir
their nangt full of inspiration.
The meeting, will close Sunday.
"If you toll it,. You mU .IC' . .
BARACAS TO HAVE BANQUET
AT JONES HOTEL FRIDAY
The regular business meeting of
the Baraca Class of the First Bap
tist Sunday School will be. held Fri
day night at 7:30 at the Jones Hotel.
The members of the class will at
this time enjoy a banquet along
with the transaction of business
matters. There will be special music
'"V*' the class quartette as well aa
.several instrumental selections.
Short speeches will be made by Rev.
R. E. White, the pastor, Rev. N. J.
Todd, Rev. J. A. Beam and Mr. R
L. Wilburn. Election of officers will
also be held at this time. This prom
ises to be one of the most interest
ing and enjoyable meetings the class
-has held and every one of the seven
ty members of the class will no
doubt be present.
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LITTLE SUSIE KING
ACCIDENTALLY SHOTI
Susie King, 13 year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John King of East
Roxboro, was seriously injured last
Friday night by the accidental dis
charge of a pistol. The young girl,
with other members of her family,
was preparing to return home from
a picnic; while a tire was being
patched, the pistol fell from thci
seat and was discharged, the ball
entering the leg and shattering both
bones. She was at once rushed to
Watts Hospital in Durham for treat
ment and her condition waa reported
yesterday as being satisfactory.
TWO KILLED IN
MEBANE ACGJDENT
Being unaware or- .the change in
?schedule of .the Southern railroad
whereby the east ahd westbound
early 'morning trains pdss each other
at Mebane, A. W. Sjlkes was in
stantly killed, Mrs. slkts w,-is scy
Kidlv injured that shA later dfe8'
and three ?other people were injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by the east
bound train at the crcssing located
near the Mebane depot, when it
started across the tracks. The west
bound train had just left the town
and, according to Hubert Sykes, son
of the two dead people who was also
the driver of the car, he did not
bow the other train was coming.
The injured are Mr. and Mrs. A.
'H. Jobe .and Hubert Sykes.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Psalm 122:1 "I was glad when they
said/ unto me, Let U3 go. into the
hou6e of the Lord." j
/rhose that have heard/ Dr. Black,
/ these special services feel just as
Ahe psalmist did. We are having:
good crowds, both day and night,
good music and fine* preaching. We
want you to come /to- the house of
the Lord and be glad.
Services every morning this week
;it 10 A. M? for one hour. Prayer
meetings in homes of . the town .at
4 P. M. Servtee!^ in the evening at
7:45 P. M. Sunday . morning ser
vice at 11, :
We want all the children that will
come for a junior choir. We want
all the singers of Roxboro to help
with the mutiic.
Math. 19:20 The young man said,
"What lack I yet?"
Come to our Services and hear a
Christian answer to this question.
?You only have four more days to
hear the Gospel preached by Dr.
Black. Don't miss a sertr ice.
* MEETING AT^ROCK >.ROVE
Meeting at Rock Grove will "begin
Sunday, July 5th, Rev. 0. W. Saw
yer of Plymouth, N. C., will do the
preaching. Services every day at
2 and 8 P. M. Everybody invited.
SPECIAL OBSERVANCE
. FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY
.H indication* up to date are to
9 effect that there wilt *>e no special
ises or other ceremony relative
. the observance of the signing
the Declaration of Independence,
next Saturday, July the fourth,
banks will both be closed all
day, and patrons are requested
bear this in mind and transact" all
iking business wherever possible
Friday. The cotton mills will
observe the day by closing
' However all storei and othef
mtile establishments, as far as
lid be learned, will be open for
liness as usual and Saturday shop
's will experience no difficulty in
getting their needs supplied. There
doubtless be many picnics and
ilng trips planned by various in
dividuals for this day, and Loch Lily
ill probably have its usual Fourth
July crowd of pleasure-seekers.
TOBACCO MARKET TO
OPEN OCTOBER FIRST I
iptember 1, the date previously
ended by the Warehousemen's
ation was confirmed and o?fi
lly: fixed as the opening date for
le eastern North Carolina tobacco
rikarkets at the annual meeting of
tke Tobacco Association, of the United
States which was concluded at Nor
folk Saturday.
The dates designated for the open
Ijar' nt the auction markets in the
various states and sections follow:
Georgia, July 28; South Carolina,
Aug 4; Eastern North Carolina, Sep- j
tember 1 ; middle belt, September j
15; old belt, which includes Roxboro,
October 1.
r LE MISS PLEASANT CELE
BRATES FIFTH BIRTHDAY
N,. Miss Margaret Pleasant,
flauphter of Mr and Mrs. A. M.
Pleasant entertained a number of
her friends Wednesday p, m. The
occasion beifig the celebration of her
fifth birthday!
Games and contests were enjoyed
on the, lawn. ,-Later in the afternoon
the little guests were invited into
the dining room, where an ice course
with cake was served. A large birth
day cake with five burning tapers
formed the center piece for the din- 1
ing table. Summer flowers and pink
and yellow candles completed the
decorations.
Attractive little favors were pre
sented to the little guests. .
HARRIS -1 HARVEY r j
The following announcement has
been received in this office, and will
be read with unusual interest by
the many friends of the contrac
ting parties in this community, and
over the state:
Mr. and Mrs. J. Shields Harvey
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Elizabeth George
to
- Mr. Charles Anderson Harris
on .Monday, June the first
Nineteen hundred and twenty-five
Oxford, North Carolina.
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THE DAVIDSONS TO SPEND
THE SUMMER OUT WEST
Dr. , and Mrs. R. B. Davidson left
early Tuesday morning on an ex
tended motor trip through the mid
dle weBt, where they will visit their
olcj homes. While away, Dr. David
sod will take a special course in
the Palmer School of Chiropractic,
at Davenport, Iowa, of which he is
a graduate. They plan to return to
Roxboro in September.
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June 3rd. 192S.
Mr. J. W. Noell,
Roxborrt, N. C. ? ?
Dear Sir: ?
PJpase discontinue my Want' Ad"? "Hunch of Keys !>ost."
WHWn three hones the Courier was issued, I had.infor
and it was only a short while before I had my keys bark attain.
With beat wishes,
Yoors Very tfdy,
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WOODLIEF ? 8 ATTERFI ELD
A simple but impressive wedding
took {>lace Thursday morning at
8:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. I. Satterfield when their
daughter Miss Reba Satterfleld was
united in marriage to Mr. Baxter H. |
Woodlief of Henderson N. C. The I
ceremony was performed by Rev. !
R. E. White, pastor ,of the First
Baptist Church and witnessed by
only a few intimate friends and rel
atives.
The home was tastefully decorated
with ferns and cut flowers in which
the nuptial color scheme of green
and white was ckrried out. The
vows ivere spoken before an impro
vised altar of evergreens ?rul ferns
with Cathedral candles and Queen
Ann's lace effectively arranged in
the foreground.
Miss Katie Perkins at the pianb,
rendered the wedding music. To the
strains of the wedding march from
Lohengrin the bride and groom en
tered the living room unattended and
took their places before the. altar.
During the ceremony McDowell's
"To a Wild Rose" was softly played,
Mendelssohn's wedding march was
used as the recessional.
The bride was becomingly - attired
"in an imported ensemble juit,
"Ashes of Roserf," trimmed with
blonde fur with blonde accessories
to match. She wore a corsage of
Butterfly roses. Immediately after
the ceremony the couple left for a
bridal trip to Asheville and other
points in Western North Carolina.
Upon their return they will . make
their home ' in Norfolk, Va.
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BETHEL HILL AGGIES TO
GO ON CAMPING TRIP
TO NATIONS CAPITAL,
Early Monday rooming July 6th
the Vocational Agricultural teacher
will assemble about fifteen, project
Soys and adult farmers at the school
building with" * their blanket rclls,
cooking utensils, tents and. provis-.
ions. They will then roll away in
several cars for a weeks camping
trip to Washington D. C.
This is one of the educational fea
tures of Vocational Agriculture . at
Bethel Hill and the boys look for
ward lo it as one of the big things
of the year. Last year the boys
went to the Natural bridge in Vir
ginia.
ThoBfe expecting to make the trip
ar^as follows: ?:
?5ohn Clayton, Georgia Clayton,
^Clyde Gentry, Bumice Wrenn, Wil
liam Polly, Archie Walker, Mason
Murray, Haywood Bailey, Jack Bail
ey, W. R. Day, Robert Robertson,
Herbert Montague, Mr., George Bar
rett, Mr. G. E. Woody > Rev. J. A.
Beam and George W. Smith.
PROGRAM EPHB9US
' CLEMENT FIELD
Next Sunday at Ephesus, Morn
ing service -at ..ll A. M. Service at
Clement at 4 P. M. Revival ser
vice will begin at Lambeth Memorial
Sunday evening at 7:00 o'clock. Or
der of services for Monday and con
tinuing through the week six and
"eight o'clock P. M. Rev J. C. Canipe
will be the preacher.
A cordial invitation, and welcome
to all of these services.
L. V. COGGINS, Pastor.
CARD OF THANKS
Sincc the death of my husD^nd on
May 26th, 1924t 1 have been gr?atly
helped financially by neighbors, rel
atives and friends. I wish I could
thank each one personally but 'since
this 'is impossible I am taking: this
method of thanking them through
The Courier. I also want to thank
Mrs. Mamie Merritt and Mrs. Smith
for their untiring efforts in securing
help for me from the State. I hope
sometime I may be able to show my
iiJiJHTH'lHlluii m ? iteH* n* ? ? &*=
works, J>ut if not they willl be re
warded by One who is mightier than
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MR. jJ0E X,. BUCHANAN.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT J A LONG
~ The revival ~?>rriers nt North
ftox^bro Baptist Churih which is be- |
in# . conducted by. Rev. J. .O. Canipe
will continue all through. tEls weekT
Mr. I'anlpe is an evangelist. uf note
tnrf the "people are (crfatly cnioymg
?his sermons: "The pirblie U cvdirxlly
Kvitcd to , these services. *
ROTARY CLUB MET
AT HURDLE MILLS
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LADIES OF. THE COMMUNITY
SERVED 1*1 C NIC SUPPER
First of the Several Meetings WWeb
The Club Proposes To Hold
In The Country
Last Thursday afternoon at 6:30
the Roxboro Rotary Cluh held its'
regular meeting at^ljvmlle Mill* new
school building. The good people
of that splendid community had an
ticipated the coming of the Club and
were on hand to give the members a
hearty welcome. We do not know
who represented the committee to
look after welcoming the Rotarians
but each one seemed to be chairman
and nothing was left undone which
would in any way add to the com
fort and pleasure of the Club. -
This community voted .* special
tax and have just completed one of
the most modern and beautiful school
buildings in the County, . and the
town visitors were first shown over
the building, which is now complete
save for a few of the seats, which
they are installing. The building:
has all of the conveniences, water,
lights and steam heat, and, looks to
us as well nigh perfect for its por
I pose.
At 6:30 President Jim Long called
Hb to order and after a few
songs all hands gave their
n to the Lalle which had been
prepared for the occasion. Now
really, it iq customary ?to say yon
".never saw so , much fried chicken,
pies, custards, cakes, pickles, etc.,"
but one could say it truthfully on
I this occasion. After lunch there was'
I an address of welcome by Mr. A.
1 P. Daniel and a reply by. President ?
i Jim. The usual order 5f the Club
j was carried out and the meeting
t adjourned.
We hope the folks of Hurdle Mills
I enjoyed this occasion as much as the
I Rotary members, and we feel quite
I -sure that these meetings at the var
i ious high schools will result in good
i fellowship and ties will be formed
j which will never- be broken. The one
; aim of the Club in holding these
meetings in the country is simply
to get closer one tn the other. let
| good fellowship reign throughout
I the Country as it does in the- Rotary
j meetings, and if this is accomplished
I the Club will feel that it has done
I a worth-while work. . ' >??.
The place for the next meeting
has not been announced and the
' Club will be glad to receive invita
I tions from any community wanting?
| the next meeting. Remember, the
Club pays^ for the supper of each
member, and the ladies furnishing
the supper may make whatever dis
tribution of these funds as they see ?
| fit. The Club is not asking any
community to give the supper and
' will insist on paying for it, even
though the ludies insist on making
no charge. -?
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ALLOW WEEK'S GRACE
ON AUTO LICENSE TAGS
Raleigli, N. C., J>ine 30, 1925 ?
A week of grace within which to
secure State automobile licenses
was yesterday announced by Sprague
Silver, acting Deputy Commissioner
of Revenue in charge of the Auto
mobile License Bureau. The 1924-25
tags expired yesterday.
The granting of the additionat
time was caused by the tremendous
rush , of last minute- license buyers
who threatened to sf-amp the bureau
here and its branches throughout
the State.
Commissioner of Revenue R. A.
Doughton expects the number of
licenses issued to be around- 420,000.
UNION SERVICES
Theij k will bo union services in the
churches on every Sunday evening
during the month of. July. . t.
? All tho churches will unite, next
.Sunday nittht in the 'frviecn nnw ia
progress at the I'resbytenan Ohnrch,.
en tho next two Sunday nights the
service will be in the Methodist and
Episcopal ChnrcKes' respectively ,~on ?
thi! fourth Snnday? night t>rt -ewio?' ?
will be in the Baptist Church at
which time Rtv. ft. B. White' will
preach his farewell sermon,