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THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED She -..1 J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT. VOL. No. XL1I1 ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. Wednesday Evening, July 1 4, 1926^ WATCH THE LABEL ' - ON YOl:R PAPER AND DO NOT LET YOUB SI ASCRIPTION EXPIRE No. 26 , AIL ABOARD FOR THE FARMERS CONVENTION Convention Will Be Held At State College, Raleigh July 27, 28 and 29th. HOG CALLING AT 12:30 Last year there were only four i r>* - pie from Person Codnty registered j for the Farmers Convention. This j vear, let's make"*an attempt to have ; several r?pres??rttat ives from each township Let's , have enough folks there, to show the state that Person /eally . is on the . map. The convention will .be held at State College, R^elgh. July 2T. 2& :?nd 20th. You will be glad if you ft: : f'or the entire time. They always ? ave a most interesting program, for; nen arid women too. But. if # you in't be away from home three days. ?ben plan to go <n Wednesday 28th, Have home early in the nv:ming,| fay at 4:30 or 5:00 o'clock, and have J a picnic breakfast on the road? Then ! >? W -can set to Raleigh by 8:00 and ->e ready for the program for the fay, which will prcbabiy begin about vJ:00 or 9:30 ? Register when you first j * >*et there and get a program an:!.de ide what you wish to hear and see \ during the day. There will be so much jjping on that you can't take it .ill in? .so you should study the pro gram carefully irt order to get just vhat you prefer. One t-hing that will furnish Ictr of tun will be the "Hog-calling Con-, 'est" jit J2 :8G Wednesday, from the' porch of Pullen Hall ? Be sure to ,be ;ight there at that time. ?? There will t>?? an address by .Dr. Andrew M. Soiije., President of State College, Athens, Ga:, on "'Com nj unity building, " Dr. .Clarence Poe 1* exacted t > deliver an address ded v-ating. the new A mm*! HuaA>aiwIry Building, Dr. . A . G. GloVer will speak r.n the. subject ."-Dairying a.^ a Sup plement, t^ a Cash Crop," this should "r.p of particular interest to Person County farmers. There will be -omi* thing of interest happening all the ?* imc you ure there whether you go.| tor one day or three? Titers are rpecial meetirtgs for the w:men, yn- ! ':?*r the d?recltipn of Mrs. Jane Mc Kimmon, State Home Demonstration Agent. When you roister you will be itvon a card bearing. yo\:?* nam? and 'iddress. you pin thi.v on and it ^ r. s an . 4ntr duction t> everybody. TV-eae -farmers' and their wive? and ?oi\* and ' daughters from nil over .'u- state pet ao.y.ihir :.%! an^h'ftVo : rie Roc?d time. If you plan to stay over nisrht, take sheets and any ary .t<vlet articles you ?u\y wish. There is ho charge f:r ro-m revt, wd you park yoUr car on t he Col - r -pre campus, there's no trouble to fnd a place for your car. The only .c xpen*e &qu will have will, be -25 -nt *"ach f r me?N. xvhich arc served in ?he. Colit'jre (Hnirijlr hall. ? y.fu wish any further informa tion. please write to* Mr. J. M. Gray. ?tat< t'oll Raiei*r N. C . or a-l< ?.ny .of the follciu'iijjr: Mr*. Johil I>. Wi: - t i iid. \V. R. ?^V.ilker -on, J. H. Nbeih Ge i-ee IjVy. Smith. P., I. Ssrttcrfield, Mrs. S. T. Slaughter. M. *. J. K. Montague, 3Ir*. H. K. Larute, W. C. Warren, J. H- Shotwell. J1, W'a^sLjitT. Mrs. fem;ry \V instead, Mrs ? I- I*. Duncan. . Bessie, II. Daniel,, D. M. Cash, ? r, ? ^MRST BAPTIST ( 111 UC II ? Sunday School ll. L. Wilhurn Supt. Preaching 11:00 A. M. Sub ject: "The Other Side." Preaching 8:00 P. M. Subject: f Your Estimate ojfr Christ." R. Y. P. U. at 7:00 P. M. A cordial welcome is> extended to, H. W. K. WEST, . Pastdr. I ? ? ?>nion is a new color for dress! -oc<Js. Jt is. said to l>e a strong ;trl?ric> ?Strive for /the *hipher thfnxi," 1 . .vas the advice of ? deefcttrer? an -apdterue of v.. men who" had :i' ;eady shortened th^ir sl<irts, built up | ? their heels, raised heir voice* ami >*eig:htened thefr complexion*. " - t'ftlAcu Theatre Monday & T ueHny ^r-JZlnt C.rry'n "Erin to lh? WW ? .i r ti \ . P^rnniount Pro . -j^eii^n. . - ? . : AN APOLOGY The Editor' ta confined to his room this week wrestling with a case of sciatica, and is not able to manipulate his type* writer, hence the absence of any editorial matter. Our ed itorials may not be of much im portance. still, this column is one we take ?reat pride in. and "?try to have..vS4>meth?ll? to: .say... each week which, will give our readers Mimethlng to think about. LARGE CROWO ENJOY HOI TALENT PLAT Flapper 'Grandmother Proves to ] be Best Play Of Season; Local Talent Used On Friday evening, the "Flapper Grandmother" Was presented in the I. Graded School Auditorium, under the auspices of' the Presbyterian church/ Miss Virginia Carle ton, cf The Wayne P. Swell Producing Company of S Atlanta. Cia. directed the play. The cast was made up with "a collection' of ^:me of the best talent in the; city, and to comment on each one ' would only be fair, yet lenghty; Miss ! Janie Burns, in the rale of "The.Flnp per_Grandmother*'. was all that could be wished for to portray an old: lacy with young ideas, while "Be linda" was. ideally portrayed by Miss P.achel Bradsher. Honors go to Miss Sail i-e Day and jakp Taylor in their characters. Mi*s Isabel cleVlaoung and Roy. P. Cary Adams were the Meal '-Stay at homes" while "JMa" pranced over Europe. Jim Broadhead in love with; "Lena" and Wallaee Woods,, the bash ful suityi, \v ere excellent? a ud we? would not forget the "C:>unt" who followed' "Ma" home, Ben' Stalvev in this character was good. The entire play was well given1.' and the chorus girls .added much tot] it. . v' ' Xo Comedy j^Kardly crmplete with out 'the VMack faces/* arid Kendall Street and May nard Clayton made at! j happy choice in these rolesv Despite the beat, a good. ? crowd |l witnessed the play, and a nrce sum i was realized from the proceeds. IlEULAH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Yanceyvi le Baptist Church. July 27?28 ? 1926. Hum Twice Dally from Danville -and Durham Tuesday Morning * ? 10:00- ? ^Devotional; 10:15 Klec tion of Clerk; 10:20-? Periodicals, N. ' J. Todd; 10:45? Sermon, W. F. West; 1 1 :o0-~ ?' Business meeting, Recogni ?>.!ng messengers, visitors, appoint-! ?p-ient f coiivHiittees, etc. Tuesday Afternoon 1 :30 ? Devotional; 1 :4.r>^-Report on j State M's^ion, I..- V. Coggin; Report ti Home ? "Mission, J. C. McGregor; j Report on Foreign Mission, C. \V Hbr?$; 2:00 ? 0"n<v hour's, discussion of Missions and Co-operation plsn? i Demoninntionnl Representative ; O;00| ? -One half h~ur general discussion ; f Same; 3:.fi0 Election of Officers for 1027 and miscellaneous bnsi': ? -s. : Tuesday Evening .s:<nV~B. Y. P. U. Program. K"\ boro Senior P?. Y. P. U.; 8:30 ? Sun day Schools, -E. F. Upchurch; 8:55?! Stewardship, W. W. Morrell. Wednesday Morning 10 :00 ? Devoti nival ; 10:1 5 ? Orphan- ; age, J. W. Noel!; 10:45??' Education, j A. J. Ctutchfield; 1 1 :15? 'Hospitals, ; T'lyde Allen; 1 1 j35? ? Tempereance*, 'j P. F. Sutton ; 11:50? Miscellaneous I Business. Wednesday Afternoon . HU0? Devotional; 1 :46-? Woman's | Work, Mrs. D. W. Bradsher, 2:45 1 ~ .-.Ministerial Relief, E. ?T. Tuckcr;j 3:10? *Digest of Church letters and final Business Meeting NOTICE _ 'Beginning July 1926 we- will sound a test blast of the Ffre Siren ?each Monday at 12 o'clock noon un til further notice. We' have adopted ~thr ' Fky flignal Code _aa Jl_ Appeal in The Courier last week and think it would b> well . for ? everybody in i;o.xbor.> . to l'eam~>t. -? ? ?? ... (i i: MANTJI'M, Cilx'Jjer, <m. G. T. WON DIED MONDAY NIGHT Person County Loses One Of Its Most Prominent Sons; Leading Business Man PIONEER TOBACCO MAN Mr. George T, Thaxton died Moh-J day night at his home pv. North I Main Street. He Vad been in a sjer-1 iou? condition f-j.r some time nndj T\is death was nbt a surorifc. fiever- j al weeks since he was carried to the} hospital in Greensboro but r<em??itied j only a short . tfrme, the Doctor say- j irig h?~couhl iln npthtng- #*??? 'tim. * ? r?r." Thaxton was one of ih-j lead-i -irig business men of the t wn. He I moved to Rfufbdio in the early '80V. when thr ' t- V?act o | market was first opened here and j engaged; in the. tobacco business, and I was Very successful, having accumu lated a handsome estate. Hi} wasi very popular, 'being recognised for lis ability ami general uprightness. He was a^ consistent tne^hb^r of the Presbyteriafn church, and was al ways ready to answer th? call of ! his pastor. | Besides a wif6. he leaves four! children, three sons. Dr. B. A , and ); Harold Thaxtin cf Roxboro, and Mr ? P. T. Thaxton cf Greensboro* and jt one daughter. Miss Annie Bell Thax-Jj ton. ? L The funeral services were conduct- j ed this morning* at 10 o'clock by his! Pastor, Rev. P. Cary. Adams. SEE VV. L. UMSTEA IV S AD Mr. W. I,. Umstead. who' ran the] Planters ^Yarehouse. here the past 1 season, -was in , town last "week and r favored us with a call. He was )eav- 1| j'ng. for -Georgia, but made finai oi>. j langetrtents while1 here f-. for next season and Will sell to bacco here for his friends the c-m- 1 ing year. Few men have had more experience, and few are considered hotter warehousemen than "Bill" Um stead. His fi ieitds follow hin\ i wherever "he# goes, and he axpects t ? j sell, five- million pounds for them this' season. And "Bill" comes niighty ? ) dose to doing what he says. Kead his ad. ? ? -o ? o WATER. WATER. EVERYWHERE! When in the course of human events it be^oi^Ves necessary for the City Fathers to decree i thorough; expurgation of the streets the day after a hard storm, which ha* al ready cleaned them much better thun | our solitary White Wing, may we ; not plead with them for saner sani- ! tatkn? Of course, our instinctive! civic pride makes us delight in a clean city, but like a fond parent , disappointed with s;me ur^s ports- ; manlike act. of his child at play* wo blush with shame for our town , "water-hoys" and- their antics. Very' ?:ood if they want to douse one i?n- ? other with streams of water on a: hot day! But. their jramc is dif ferent. They pull several lengths | of rotten .fire hose, full of leaks, dow i- the. Main Street, and then pour a delude from ihoVe rents in the'; h<vse on pedes tr a ins,' by-sta nders, <-nd; into ? parked cars. It K Hardly fair | to ask all these people to carry .urn- j brellas and raincoats on sunny days, | or our friends from the country to' put up curtains on their cars before-: coming- to town, -o if these hoys must be boys, we beseach the Cltv Sages j to control the buoyant spirit of these i youngsters and confine their frolic, to; the less travelled thoroughfares where they may succeed in smoothing out some of the rough spots and atr least j lay the dust..? ;X. REVIVAL AT LAMBETH MEMORIAL LAST WEEK Revival services were conducted I at Lambeth Memorial last week. Rev. ( R. W. Provost, of Elizabeth City, do-i injr the preaching. The services were j well attended and much interest *?hown. HBRtRft (?P^BT1X(;S ; AT WHEftUS The. Pastor, Rev. L. V.* Cofrsins, j V .WeVt, in rnn <luctin*f a series of meetings thi* | week at Ephegus. The, service** 'if re | ' ?' ? ? hf L .public is; cordi-*Tly iriyiCM.'-. _ -j A Great Golfer U took Bobby Jones 12 years to break into national title holding ranks, but now at 24 he is recog ?njaerf asrjQne of the neatest golfers itx the wprld. lie was battling for hit thin! title last week in the U. 8. Open "at Columbus, 0. ? already holding the U. S. Amateur and the - IVrit ts'h <"*)>eh. Phot'o? n?; heiarriv- ? . 'V - ? *'A* Interesting news from mm. VA. Pv. jlar Young: Lady of Near Virgilina Suffered Severe Ruins by Lightnine As a result of an attendance con test _>f the Bible. Class of the Bap tist church, the ladies of the r;lass again have to entertain the meri of the. class. They will serve an ice cream supper Thursday night or. the parsonage lawn. By way of - conr' .tefcy all the teachers and officers of the school are invited to. enjoy this social renast. . Alid Weed ^ruyer serVicn at tfce Methodist church iast Wednes day night, was che of special interest, being conducted by the young; peo ple, with Miss Tucksie Anis tta lead er. The program for the evening was based on the Sunday School lessen fcr next Sunday. Miss Dix ie Sl<?sn>^<e <rave an interesting talk on tiW* history of Egypt where the scenes . o? the lesson are laid. Miss Reba Hftl g^ave afi account of the hardships of the children of Isreal during their period of bondage. Questionaires which - brought ? ut important truths on the lesson were responded to by Misses. Lois Tuck, Hallen Newman, Doris Pool. George Chandler and Styron Harris. Special music was rendered by the young people, with little Vir ginia Whitmcrfe at the piano, which was much ' enjoyed and a credit to I themselves. The duet by little Eli zabeth Tuck and Rebecca Bohanan deserves special mention. . At the conclusion of thv> pr'cgraijv Miss Frances gace a splendid talk <>'i .Social Service which was very in teresting and set forth the great Work done by this' department of serivce, in a very pleasir.:? manner. Mi?s Buby Hill, Maurice Daniel and John Hill attended a picnict heart Olarksville, Va., last Friday. Misses Alice Humphries, Loisi Tuck, Alice Whitmore and Evelyn ' Jones had h very enjoyable trip to J South Boston, Va. last Sunday af- 1 ternoon. Dr. K. F. Waller of Oxford, N. C., ; was a business visitor jn town this week. * Prof. W. C. Pou and John S. Wat kin spassed through town last Thurs- j day on their way to Chapel Hill, N. I C. The farmers of this section have 1 finished harvesting wheat, the crop, is fine, Cordis looking well and tobacco is looking well since the runs* Mr. and Mrs. David Gcode visijted relatives near Cluster Springs last Sunday. (Continued on Page Eight) tt LEGION EXPOSITION - AND CIRCUS; The Exposition and Circus, under the auspices of the American Legion, opened Nioaday night, and will con throughout / the week. The io*n ha wiv tor tut- ?? casion, which gives it quite^a fes tive lootc. The voung 'fritky- a? we' a, the nIA f .ik?. are having a 7 , tuic^ ana? if yy* wwt- to-onjn)L_aiL tvening j#? will And all idmb of Idn hi i. the Wiustearf W'arehoii-e, vh rc tii.?. fireiij* *.:ti hemic haht OLASTS KILLS MORE THAN 100 WHEN LIGHTENING HITS ARSENAL CHEVROLET TO OPEN AGENCY HERE SOON Roxboro To Have Another Progressive Agency; Fer tile (Field for Chevrolet The Chevrolet, one of the m$st J popular cars on the marker iu?Ih.v, has arranged fer an astency Mere, j ? Mess. Merl Stewart and Guthrie ! Bradsher have accepted this. agency and just as. <0011 as arrangements cap be completed will have on dis j piny .a full line cf these cars. These young men have had considerable experience in t ve qrutc mobile business and will no doubt make a &ucc?W with this splendid car. DEATH OF MRS, R. S. LONG Died At W.a tt*ri Hospital Friday ] Morning Thi* remains of Mrs. R. S. Lonig, age 39, who died at Watts Hospital j Friday morning, at 2:10 o'clock, fol lowing a 1 sing hattle against Blights disease, was brought to the home of the deceased t da> . Mrs. Long was bcrn and reared in Person county and had long made her home about five miles from Rox 1 bAro on the Hurdles Mill road.! . About a month ago she became 9 1 patient at Watts hospital, and this I morning she succumbed to the .at | tack. ' [ Mrs. Long is survived by. a Hus band; two brothers,; p. S- Long and 1 ,1. Martin, both of Roxboro; two lis ters, Mrs J. W. Frederick and Mrs. S. (J. Hamlin; also of ftc xboro. The funeral services and burial of the decease*! "took place in the famu li y cemetely Saturday afternoon at 3 t/ciock. Itey. j.- J. Hall conducted the services. The pallbearers were J. D. Long. R. 1. Long, Reanvs Lon?-, Baymorid- Long, Claude M-core, and C'olie Morton. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School at 9:4T>, H. L. Cro- 1 well Supt. Morning Service oK 11 ; A. M., service" by the Pastor. i Preaching Service at 1 P. M. at Warrens * Grove school hous^r" We wish to take this opportunity! to thank all of . oilr friends w ho helped in anyway with 'the Play j "Flapper Grandma. " Especially- do we thank those of the main" charac ters that worked so hard .through* out the week in preparation of the play. The receipts fnom the play were used by the Ladies to pay their part of the Manse Fund.. . MARKETING SPECIALIST KIKKF 1 ?_ Mr. F. W. Risher, Marketing Spec ialist of the Dept. of Agriculture, Raleigh, was. in Person County Mon day v looking over the situation here. He is particularly interested ifi pur Farmers Council Truth. and made j the trip around the County with Mr. | Warren CHURCH NOTICE - Revival on at Leas Chapel this., week. Preaching at three and four | thirty P. M. Revival begins at Con- [ cord next {Sunday. Two services, j dinner on the ground. Everybody I invited. Hours for service duping thee week will be announced lfiter, J. W. BRADLEY, P. C I V ? ' SOLI) OUT Mr. D. E. Ffatherston, who haa been conducting a general merchan dise business in West Roxboro, has sold out his .stock To Mr, Sam Barn ett, who will continue the business at the same stand. DEATH. OF MR. SHOT WELL Mr. Ue-uy . It. sjiotwelt Hiod hut _n?dne*day and ffm Imin-il- at - MHT Oeek Baptist church burying (rrrj/id '? on IhursYlijy. Kcv. J.' Todd, con Zan? <}r?i**8 liloatt'Ht nffi^t "Bern to ihc \\V?t". at Palace Vhcatr* Monrfuy , & Tncdi Victims Include Inhabitants of Near-by Towns as Well as Marines at Depot _ TELEPHONE LINES DOWN MorrUtown, N. J., Juiv 10.? Mora than 100 marines were reported kill ed in an explosion of the magazines at the U? S. naval arsenal at I.akc Denmark, near here, it was reported early t ni'irht. Inhabitant- of nearby towns were ortiereu out. The explosion's were caused by fire at the naval arsenal which followed an electrical storm. Adjoining the naval arsenal are the army maga zines of the Picatinny arsenal. The fire quickly reached there and spread 'to tUe' ttragazines, causing additional explosions. Reverberations were heard in. Orange. abrut 80" miles away. About 20 refugees from adjoining towns arrived here tonight and meag er reports, from Dover, which is sev eral miles from the scene,, stated that ->0 persons were in. the general hos pitals. One of these, a Mrs. Seeny, died of injuries. Refugees said that sec res of am bulances, wittf their complement of doctors ami nurses, were being held within about a. mile of the ci anger zone, waiting, for the explosions to subside be fore venturing Into the two arsenal reservations. M.'.st <*T the . refugees were from Rcckaway and Mount Hope, about two miles fro.m the arsenal. Few Accounted For Dover. N.. J.t lulv 10,- ? Reports here declared, that of 80 officers, and Bifn stationed ? at the vernment arsenals hqre only a -cant dozen were, accounted for after an explosion which destroy ed the naval arsenal and about 30 houses in .Mount Hope, twi miles from the arsenal, today. The arsenals' are pfecut a mile from each other .and are small communities in themselves.. 4 ... Residents of M >unt Hope" -and the adjoining to.wji of Rbekaway evacu^ ated their homes before their lives were threatened. : -v.", . I Shells, were, manufactured and stored at the arsenals and it was said that they Were placed at what ?was believed to bo sufficient distance from each other, s ? that the explos- . kn of- one would not affect others. ?Shortly . after the lightning struck at thy naval re^rvation there fol lowed a major explosion. At ap-~ proximately half hour intervals af ter tjiat. three other major explosions wt^e heard. lesser explosions oc curred at more frequent intervals. At J) o'clock the explosion* were still heard and the ly-rps of ambulances were still held outside of the dang er zone by marine guards. Robert, Richards a native of Dov er, told friends that an officer bail telephoned him from one of the' af .senals.ut about 7:40 o'cl ck and ad vised- him to move his family out' of Dover. Richard said he would leave immediately. Who the officer was and what arsenal he called from could not be learned. Refugees arriving from Mount Mope reported that - the entire tewn had been destroyed by. shells from the navy arsenal. The naval arsenal is located on Lake Denmark, a small body of water about seven miles northwest of Dov-^ er. Mount Hope, with a population of close to 1,000, wad about two . miles southwest of the plant. The shells bombarded Mtmnt Hope, a few landing inJthe army arsenal at Pic tinny and setting off the powder there. ? ? 0: DKAVii/T? MRS. W. M. REAGAN ?Mrs. W. M. Reagan passed nway on June the 2<Sth at 3 o'clock. She left a husband, 4 children, mother and one sister. She told her mother that she was willing to go. Mrs. Regan was a good woman, and a woman that rvrr>irfTTU?' llU'd- liygi S. miles /from .Greenville, iv i All-" of her neighbors Were exceptionally . ' good to her, and whltpshe suffered [?long? -she was always pationt .and . cheerful*. Her -body wa* laid. to rest in the eld . home burying ground.'? ] Mra. Btetie Jollie, .Karmville, N. C*
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