J. w. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. VOL. No. XL II ? '' ? ? ? HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT ? ? S1.50 PER YEAR IN. ADVANCE' RC-y/v. BORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening- Aug. 26, 1925. No. 34. THREE HUNDRED : BATTLE FIRE NORFOLK AND WESTERN SENDS CREW TO SCENE ? * 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. ? o | 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 lAilutk. ? 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 A ' I H 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. | ? 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. o 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 i _ ? 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 1/ 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. o , 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> . i

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