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RC-y/v. BORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening- Aug. 26, 1925.
No. 34.
THREE HUNDRED
: BATTLE FIRE
NORFOLK AND WESTERN SENDS
CREW TO SCENE
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Blaze. Probably Originated At Some
Still, Ha* Been Racing For
86 Hours
Norfolk, Ya? Aug. 24. ? Believed
to have been set afire by moon
shiners at work in on* of a score of
stills through its vast era, a section
of Dlftmall Swamp, fifteen miles west
of Norfolk today is a mass of roar
' irg flames on . a wide front and the
__ property loii will be enormous.
Three hundred men, who have
fought the monstrous furnace for
36 hours without rest, are digging
trenches and felling hundreds of
trees to check its spread and save
millions of dollars worth of other
timber.. Already the loss is esti
mated at more* than a half million
dollar*, large lumber corporations
being the principal losers.
The Norfolk and Western Rail
road Company has sent a big force
of men to protect its property and
aid the forest Wardens. The fire
has driven many bears, deer and
other wild anhnals from their re
treat in the swamp.
Up to today, tjie blaze had not
reached the Dismal Swamp carta!
and vessels were passing up and
down without interruption.
SHERIFF AND HIS AIDS
MAKE TWO RAIDS
L. , j.
Last Thursday Sheriff Brooks,
Deputy Gentry, Melvin Clayton aad
' & A. Uliver made a Mid ittn 1b~
Flat River toignsfcip, south of Hur
dle Mills, and captured a large out
fit and destroyed about twenty five
hundred gallons of beer. No ar
rests were made oa this raid.
T- On Saturday Sheriff Brooks ami
Kelvin Clayton got a tip that moon
shine was being made down in HoU
1 sways township. They gave it their
attention and captured a still, de
stroyed a lot of beer and brought
Tback one Buck Craddock who was
in charge of the place. Buck was
bound over- to court and is now in
jail awaiting trial.
SHOOTING SCRAPE
Last Sunday there was a shooting
scrape which resulted in Cy Wag
?ta(f, being bound over to court un
der $508 bond, which he gave. The
evidence produced showed, that Cy
WagstalT, colored, shot a colored1
noinan, the load literally covering
her from head to foot. Cy was
bound over to court under a $500
bend, which he finally secured.
MAJ. Mcl.ENDON SPOKK
HERE SUNDAY
Maj. Mcl-endon of Durham, Solici
tor of this district, has spoken nt
many places and on many subjects
in this County, but we doubt if he
lias ever addressed an assembly
which more highly enjoyed his ad
dress, we migM say, Vrmen, than
on last Sunday morning when he
'poke to the congregation at the
Baptist Church. He did not take a
text, but his theme was taken frim |
Acts 5: 15: "The shadow of Peter j
pissing by might overshadow some j
of them." His subject beifrg ' "The I
Shadows of a Christian Life." It ]
"Was a great sermcn and greatly en
j eyed .
CHANGE OP SER.
.VICE AT ANTIOCH
Due to the fact the pastor of
Antioch was called away laat sec
ond Sunday, the appointed time for
baptizing and preaching service,
'there will be preaching at 2:80 Sat
urday; baptising Sunday morning at
ADDING ANOTHER ST<
TO THE NRWRM. W'H.DING
The Newell* .are adding another
story to theji building on De^ot
? Street, which -will add verx,-.moch to
(he appearance of this building.
When completed thf Bftok and Static
J i.nw.1 9 bare and Gift Shop will _hi
moved ?o the' second. floor, where a
compete line of books, stationery
? ? uitL goods -will be' tarried. The
' < atrfneo will 'be through the Ney?
elt J ewal rj^to re _itnd_w ULhe a most
complete department.
10 o'clock a^ Roger's
preaching at 11:00.
, IMPORTANT, BUSINESS MEN
If You Appreciate Your
Morning Paper, Gel Rusy
We team that there will he a
change irt the schedule on the Nor
folk and Western next Sunday morn
ing. The morning tram from Dur
ham, which arrives here now at 8:15,
a. m., trill leave Durham at 9,. reach
ing Roxboro about 10:15, which
means that it will be around 11
o'clock before you will get your
morning paper.
Now, we have no kick an the Nor
folk and Western, for the? have al
ways shown a disposition to help
Roxboro, and it is well known that
the revenue for railroads today
_comts from. long_haul?. automobiles
and buses have just about monopo
lised the short hauls. j{ nice the
necessity for the Norfolk and Wes
tern to look after their long hauls.
However, we believe ther< is a
way out of the difficulty which will
not injure the railroad business, or
cost the government much and give
us our morning paper for breakfast,
and that is: Let every business man
in Roxboro write, and do it NOW,
to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General, Washington, D. (X, asking
that a pouch be handled by the bus
which will leave Durham at 8 o'clock,
reaching here at 9. This can be done
with only a small cost and if you
want it get busy.
ROXBORO 13. DURHAM 5
Durham Rotarians Go Dm In
Defeat Befar the Rnhuroites
Last Thursday afternoon a ball
team composed of Durban Rotarians
came over and crossed bats with
the hard hitting team <jt RotarianM
here, the result being that Rpzboro
kept up ite reputation, winning by
a score of 13 to 6.
At the beginning the game gave
promise of being a closely contested
one. but Durham's pitcher. Hunter
Sterling, cound not hold the pace
and Roxboro pulled away from them.
The game was replete with star
plays (?) by both side*, but there
were, no casualties, 'Dean Wanna
maker being the greatest sufferer, 1
when his trousers were torn almost
from top to bottom in a play at
second. But he managed that all
right, for he secured pins, ropes, etc..
and continued the game.
After the game several of the
Rotarians enjoyed a supper prepared
by the ladies of the Presbyterian
church at the home of Mr. and Mrs..
H. L. Crowell.
The next meeting of the Club will
be at Cuningham*s tomorrow eve
ning, where Mr. Geo. L. Cuningham
ha* prepared quite an elaborate pro
gram for the occasion.
SCRIP DANCE ~
MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a scrip dance at
Hotel Jiones Saturday night from 9
to 11:45. An admission" fee of 50
cents for gentlemen, excellent
band will furnish the music.
MRS. BROOKs" IMPROVING
We are very ((lad to learn that
Mrs. D. S. Brooks, who is spending
some time at Pine Crest Manor,
Southern Pines, N. C., is improving
rapidly.
OUTING of BOY SCOCTS
The Boy Scouts, in charge of Spv.
P. Cary Adams, are spending the
week at {Franklin Springs, number
ing about tweAty five. Mr. C. H.
Hunter will go eut today and pre
pare a brujiswick stew for them.
This is a live bunch of youngaters,
and we predict that Mr. Adams will
have his hands just about as full as
he has had lately.
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| SAMPLE OF FIRST CURING
I J UrT Dare Davis was showing a
L#(alk of his ftrat coring the other
day .and if _the entire barn is up to
this sample, then Dave will have at
least one good barn of tobacco. It
was the first coring o< the stalk we
of curings of primings.
Regular Communi
cation Person
Lodge No. 113 A.
Tues
day Evening Aug
ust 25th, ; at. 7:30
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W. M MORRELL, Master.
, O. B; CROWELL, Sec
I THROUGH PULMAN
SERVICE TO WES1
Change in N. & W. Schedule ' j,
For Morning Train "Will
Be Made For Servlci
Through Pullman service froij
Durham to the we3t, including var
ious points in Ohio, Detroit, Indiaiv
apoli.s, Chicago, and other places, li
> assured Durham, according to a lei
ter received here by the secretary 4)1
the chamber of commerce from W
C. Saunders, genera) passenger ageijl
for the Norfolk and Western rail
road. The service will be ^ivei
through the addition of a PullmSx
car on to the mtrning Norfolk sad
Western train which will be knowt
- ?* the Durham-Columbus car. "
Announcement cf the new service
will be read with ,much interest ij
the traveling public for it will gire
to 'Durham its first through service
to the west. The traveller -will be
able to go from Durham to Chicafo
to Detroit, St. Louis, and many
other intermediate points withfl?t
changing trains, it being accc*
plished mainly by the moving frOfci
one car to another.
With the addition of tht Pallnutoi
car a change ia schedule for the oat
going morning train will become ef
fectivejiccording to the letter. Urf
der the new schedule the train wlU
leave the union station at Durham
at 9 a. m., arriving1 ia Columbia,
Ohio, at 7:45 a. m? the next day.
The passenger whose destination is
further west will be required to
move ahead and into the Pullman
which is bound for the city to which
he desires to go.
The new service will eitafcfe a
passenger to make good tinw Hi a
western trip and eliminates the nec
essity of changing" "traina. ift* s?r
vice will- give through travel facili
ties to Detroit, Chieago, Toledo Day
ton, Springfield, Cletetand, Ca!X?.
bus. Huntington. W. Va., Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, St. Looie amL- ?Vrr
points. Prom 8 a. m., of one day to'
5 p. m., of the following day is all
that is required for a trip to be
made from Durham to Chieago.
For some weeks the Norfolk and
Western officials hav been consider
ing the improvement in ita local ser
vice and the announcement of their
decision to give the city as good
railway facilities for points west as
are enjoyed by any city in the state
of North Carolina comes as a wel
come one.
No change will be made in the
afternoon outbound train over the
Norfolk and Western line. The train
will continue to leave the union sta
tion at 5:80, giving direct schedule
&o Washington, Philadelphia and
New York. ? Durham Herald.
UNION SBRVICB AT
MJ&rHOMST CHURCH
Last Sunday evening Union Ser
vices were held in the Edgar Long
Memorial Church, Rev. F. M. Sham
bi-ger preaching the sermon. He
uu*d a* hi* text Acts. 27; 24-25:
"Paul, thou art beside thyself; much
learning doth make thee mad. But
he said, I am not mad, most noble
Festus; but speak forth the words
of truth and soberness." It was a
splendid theme and most beautifully
portrayed in all of its beauty.
Next Sunday being the fifth Sun
day and revival service s at St. Mark's
Chapel there will be no services in
the evening at any of the other
churches.
Sunday School at 10 A. M. Morn
ing Prayer and sermon by Rev.
Bertram Brown, of Tarboro, at 11
A. <M. At night the closing ser
vice of the revival with Rev, Ber
tram Brown preaching at 8 P. M.
The hour* of the revival K-rviceri
being held all this week at St.
Mark's Church are: 10 A. M. every
morning. 8 P. M. every night.
Come and bring a friend.
W. A. IJI.LYCROP. Rector.
Last Thursday afternoon at about
7 o'clock there was quite a severe
wind storm at I/ongharst Thirty
seven chimneys were blown down,
trees were uprooted and things blown
around generally, but no serious
damage done. We*t of Lonehursf
there was considerable hail, which
m to the to
fcAC<N? ttop T>nd c<vn,- hat no hail ac
companied the wind at l.nnghur>t.
ST. MARK'S CHURCH
NOTICES FOR Al!G. 31
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Ijjj.Mrs. 3. H. Hughes entertained a
' i few friends at bridge ai her home
on Lamar Street Tuesday afternoon
honoring Mrs. *H. B. Turner of Ann
Arbor, Mich , guest of Mrs. W. S.
' Clary, Jr. Sandwitohes and ice tea
were served the guests as they en
tered. Three tables were placed for
' the game and many interesting pro
' gressions were enjoyed. At the
1 close of the games the hostess
served a delirious ice course.
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TSe regular meeting of the Bridge
' Club was held Wednesday morning
* with Mrs. E. M. Davis. Four tables
i were arranged for the game. Sum
1 mer flowers were artistically placed
throughout the house. The hostess
1 assisted b yMesdames W. C. Bollock
and E. G. Long served a delicious
salad course, with ice tea.
On Saturday evening Mrs. B. R.
Long gave a lovely party in honor
of Mrs. C. A. Hines of Greensboro.
Bridge was played at two tables.
Bright fall flowers were arranged in
attractive manner over the home.
Krs. Hines was given a beautiful
hand made handkerchief. The hostess
served an ice course.
Mrs. B. R. Long delightfully en
tertained a few friends Monday
morning. Bridge was the game
played and many progressions were
enjoyed. , !The hostess assisted by
her sister "Mrs. S. "A- Jonas served
a mast appetizing salad course with
cftffee.
FIXE TOBACCO
Last Sunday afternoon we took "a
little drive down Moriah way. They
Jiave good roads down there now
and w* expect to see many of those
good people in Roxboro this fall
'selling and shopping with us. While
you will not find so many handsome
homes, yet there is no section cf
the County where they have more
comfortable homes, many of them
newly painted, and everything show
ing an air of prosperity. These
peeple long since learned to live at
home, prcduce everything for man
and beast, and their tobacco is larg
elv velvet.
Crojxi generally are pretty fair
through thin section, early corn
shwari'' lie effects of the drouth,
but, still, a t a whole corn is looking
very good, while their tobacco is
above the average. One field of to
bacco, containing we should, say. bv
way of guess, twenty thousand hills,
h the finest tobacco we have seen
in many years. This field is about
a mile east of Moriah belonging to
Mr. Lee Mangum. We are not sure
whether it is in Person or Granville
but in any event we hope he sells
it on this market for we want to
publish his average. Candidly, we
have not seen a finer field in many
years, and Mr. Mangum is going to
be on easy street this year.
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HOME PRICES JUST. AS GOOD]
iFrom the advertisement of Ser
geant and Clayton you will see that
our farmers are enabled, to get as
good prices for their produce right
here in Roxboro as they can get else
where. Why patronize the chicken
and egg peddler, and that too of
tentimes at a much lower price.
AT HELEN aHfRIDAY NIGHT
The young .people of Hurdle Mills
will present the play, "Mammy's Lil'
Wild Rose." on Friday evening, Aug.
38th, at 8 o'clock, at Helena High
School auditorium. Don't fail to see
this 3plendld play.
BOUND OVER FOR BURGI.4RY
jDn Saturday night, August 8th,
KufTin Mitchell, colored, broke into
'the house of Mr. George Mitchell,
and hi? escape. Sheriff Brook*
captured him in Virginia and he was
placed en trial and bound over to
court under $1000.00 bond, and is
new in jail awaiting trial. ?
ANOTHER LARGE CRANE
-Mr M.
a verjc larger crane which he killed
at Dr. Bradsher's fish pond a' few
dsvs since. It measured 70 - inche*
from tip to tip ol the wing* and
stood fi2' inches high.
FUND FOB CRIPPLES
LEFT TO HOSPITAL
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Orthopedic Hospital at
Gartonia to lit the Income
From Generous Bequest for
Indigent Crippled Children
A generous gift to the State Orth
opedic Hospital at Gastonia was
made public under the terms pt the
will of Edward D. Latta, wealth;
. resident cf Asheville, who died on
July 14. Mr. Latta left a sum ol
about two million dollars to be used
for philanthropic and charitable pur
poses; the income from one-fourth
of the fund, to be used exclusively
for the treatment cf poor and indi
gent crippled children. The income
?wftthrr ^r^nrfK 1 ? J ? _ * n
Jll Bnvvlrcl X. l/U It tl VI t tlC 1 U 1 1 VI 15 lu
be used by the trustees of the Gene
ral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church to provide college, education
and theological training for young
men from the Asherille Presbytia*
desiring to become ministers of the
gospel.
The income on the remaining half,
amounting to about $60,000 annually,
is left to the MHaion Hospital In
AsheTille in appreciation of service
rendered him.
At a called meeting of theu board
of trustees of the State Orthopedic
Hospital held recently, the bequest
was gratefully accepted. At the
same meeting, plans were adopted
f>r the building of the unit to care
for negro children. This was made
possible by the gift of 115,000 by B.
N. Duke.
Report s submitted by Dr. O. I..
Miller, hospital chief surgeon, and
Miss Ila M. Alexander, hospital
superintendent, show that the work
done for the cripples of the State Is
progressing rapidly. The people are'
learning nvire . snd nrira ahonf -the
work of the institution by seeing the |
cripples returning home able to
walk and play as other children.
Two Orthopedic clinics were held '
daring the month of August under!
the joint direction of the State Orth- !
opedic Hospital at Gastonia and the
Sta'e Board of Charities aad Pub-'
lie Welfare Dr. O. L. Miller, chief \
surgeon of the North Carolina Orth- 1
opedic Hospital, ( was in charge of .
the clinics, which were held on Aug- J
ust 7 at Saluda and on August S at j
Bryson City.
At Saluda the clinic was held in j
connection with the Southern Pedja- >
trical Seminar and assistance was
rendered Dr. Miller by several mem
bers of the Seminar. At Bryson
City, Mrs. Arthur Holding, of the
State Board staff, assisted Dr. Mill
er.
TEN DAYS AT CHIMNEY ROCK
Mr. 0. B. Crowe!!, teacher of the |
.Punior Barac.i class of the Baptist
Sunday School, with the 'following
boys: L. B. Duncan, C. C? Cole, John
Tillman, Clyde Hall, John Pettigrew,
Edgar Masten, Robert Mill*, Robert
Long, Willi* Daniel, Fritz Dovis,
John Day, J. D. Perkins, Coy Day,
Victor Winstead, Jfee Younger and
Jim Allgood, with OUie Johnson,
colored, as cook, have just returned
from a ten days camping trip to
Chimney Rock. They had a glori
ous time, And, strange to say, says
Mr. Crowell, not one of them had so
much as stomach-ache; which is
remarkable considering the way
they stuffed themselves. They visi
ted Mt. Mitchell and Pisgah Forest,
and roamed the mountains for ten
days. It" wis a' great experience- for
the boys, as few of them had ever
visited the mountain section before.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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Announcement in made of the
marriage of Miss Lena Gertrude
Lortg and Mr. Archie Wade McNeill,
who were married in Halifax, Va-,
on Jane 22. 1925. Mis* Long ia one
of Roxboro'a moat attractive yoang
ladies, while the groom is a splen
did young man, connected with the
Central Service Station. They are
now on a vialt to Mr. McNeill'*
father, Mr. A. S. McNeill, of I.um
berton
berton.
NICB KQJt CRIP
Pl.HI> CHILDREN
In view- of the toet that clinics
for crippled children are - to be held
soon in different place*, thia ia to
"{"notify all crippled children of th?
County who wish to be examined,
to communicate . with Mr*. R. B
Smith a* soon jis possible.
MRS. K. B. .WITH,
? Supt. of Social Service
COTTON CROP
UP 1-2 MILLION
I INCREASE OF ' 421,090 BALES
OVER AUGUST
> North Carolina Crop Still In G?e4
i . Shape at 75 Per cent ?f
Normal
Washington, Aug. 24. ? A United ^
j States cotton crop cf 13,990.000
| bales Is indicated by a condition of
62.0 per cent of normal on Augast
' 16, an increase of 424,000 bales over
the forecast based on the condition
of the crop on August 1, the crop re
porting" board of the department of
' agriculture announced today.
Since August 1 prospects have in
proved in all important cotton states
except South Carolina, Alabama and
Arkansas. Drought in South Caro
lina, northern Georgia and in most
of sooth-central Texas still continoes
In Texas the final out-turn of the
crop is still extremely uncertain.
A yield per acre of 144.1 pounds,
mu estimated. The condition on
Aagustl, was 65.6, and on August
16^1924, it was 64.9. Simultaneous
ly the censas bureau issued a report
showing that 577,921 running bales
oounting round as half bales, had
been ginned from the 1925 crop prim
to August 16, as compared with 135,
901 bales for 1934.
The final out-turn of the crop may
be larger or smaller as develop
ments during the remainder of the
season prove more or less favorable
to the crop than usual. For the
nearest con$?rable data, that of
I August 36, the average indications
for the nine yean 1915-1923 have
been 9 per~Effit above the Aflll glB
nings. The greatest decline aftor
August 2o during the nine years
occurred in 1917, when the Aogoet
figure was 11 per cent above final
; ginninga, and the greatest increase
was 1921, when it was 12 par cent
below the final ginntngs. The in
dicated production on August 16,
last year, the first report for that
date, was five per cent below final
ginning*. Last year the production
was 13,627,936 bales, while two
years ago it was 10,139,671.
Condition by states, August 16,
1925: Virginia, 79; f^orth Carolina,
75; South Carolina, 53; Georgia, 61;
Florida, 78; Missouri, 81; Tennessee,
82; Alabama, 70; Mississippi. 7T;
Louisiana, 65; Texas, 46; Oklahoma;
74; Arkansas, 79; New Mexico, 77;
Arizona, 92; California,- 93; all other
92.
Number of bales of cotton ginned
from the growth of 192o prior t?
August 16, by states : Alabama. 36,
954; Florida, 3,544; Ceorgia, 80,808;
Louisiana, 65,189; Mississippi, 23,374
| Texas, 363,003; ail other, 3,049.
HO I. MAN CONFERS WITH FORD
Wm. G. Holman, head of Tils
Southland Guano C ompany, of
Greensboro, N'. C., and one of the
best posted fertilizer men in the
state, has just returned, from De
troit, where he had a conference
with Henry Ford. This is the ?ec
ond meeting that Tias taken place
between these men recently. Mr.
Holman declines to discuss his plans
until a conclusion is reached by Mr.
Ford, but the fact that his business
| was of sufficient consequence to war
rant a second Interview with Mr.
j Fontf indicates its importance. Both
j m/n >ave shown deep interest in the
yfrrlfa rf of the farmer, and a desire
1 to serve him, and it is believed that
J developments of major importaaca
> to this section and state are likely
I soon to follow.
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, PROVIDENCE BAPTIST & Y. P. V.
The B. Y. P. U. of North Roxbor?
Baptist Church met with the B. T.
P. V. of Providence, (Person) Bap
tist Church Saturday night, August
22nd, and gave us a very interesting
program. We will meet Saturday
night, August 21ft II at 6:30 o'clock,
<?d will tey^lygive an inrsrsstiag
prograwT Mr. Eddie Perkins, pre
sident .and Miss Pinkie Whitt. sae ?
rsary. Mr. 3. H. Shotwell, chorlst,
| Mr. T. G. Buchancn, pianist, Mrs.
i. R.: Whrtt. and MiST Pallle DWi ?
> leaders for the evening. We organ -
>- -reed-witfc 85 member* aJHLglfijrjrk
ing for 100 per cent. - ^-4;
The public Is Cordially invited t?
be present. Come, and bring your :
- fn<nd?: we prnmiirf you a good t is?.
MILDftHD SLAUGHTER, cor. a<S> .
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