THE DATE ON THE LABEL IS THE DATE YOLK PAPER WILL BE STOPPED J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT. $1.30 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL. No. XL1II ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. Wednesday Evening, August 4, 1926. No. 31. GOVERNOR MAY SEEK TO ENTER HIGHEST OFFICE! Seme of The Politicans See Bid in McLean's Cancellation Statement MAKE GOOD PRESIDENT Raleigh. July 29.-!-Goverrior Me rman's recent outspoken declaration ~m the subject of tHe? cancellation of war debts of the United States Trris aroused in certain state quarters suspicion, that the governor - has ambitions beyond the United States senate when his term as chief exe- i ? eutive of North Carolina is over. 1 The governor -stated quite plainly tt?3t he thought the farmers cf the ijcuth would be benefitted by a can cellation of the war debts because such a cancellation would tend to put Europe's finance* on a firm basis, 5r-reaie the buying power of Europe ar?f 1 t^f* nation, in a fcrm- of . dividend WOUl,d tend to permeate, .the tire social fabric .with prosperity, f :r when , favnicr has . mor.ey ?v 'ryliorl-y ? has m. -.-ney. ? Some of the folks here in Raleigh ?r ry that .Governor 'McLean ha rs- got ? toi* eye cn the 'presidential nomina tim. Which' will' bo ?. handed out by tjfjo ftext Democratic national, coii ? Tfe*nfcipn. , , And the perple who say this : ay . it not iiv. scorn or' belittlement hut s?> if they think it a good idea. And yet tV.ere. are those, that 'point cot that . McLean .'-would make aj inning. mate .for Al .Smith trut v.bold /be anythi?Vg but an i'rrcumbus br?. the New York man. They point out that McLean is popular outside m North Carolina, that he know tr Washiitfrion game, that4 he a t jdent not only f finance but of politics. " .. . ' J The Boss Economist !STece?sity has f many to iaise| th?f cheapen' crop of their lives, but] xv? .Krlif.v^. Raymond : f;ihjvcr ico'nohSist. H's h A ?. c \i i ; i v a ? 3 ov, a ml h is are briifht. iGtj thowi-ui ' fCfb^c'iV" hilh;. ami ty:; .hiH corn c t;c |>" v.:'!I maict- him J"?0 "bur: with Other oat-:- ?.? ?? ?.)> ? "h:. ; . hia ' liv'r.p; during tjfte Ainj slier. Ho. hc ..igwitV.t ('-op with $2.hm rjisii in * his 1 ,2Kc kef! and of ihif amount .he now hr a -t icicle *>tv -bur, ). In 9th ef \\%rks he ha^ -pom $\ u'* in pro* cjvrinsr this- _hut w'n, that of t hr tJun-in Ia.7, who ' ns < r,!y < no arr.\ a ad his ?ve children. Will any one s .1 > h?- ha- i^ot i-\*ed rt home? Raymond -av 1 e will I \ayfc -to have a little help in bous .}rj* this *on't delay about telling them? and there w ill be no de- j lay about receiving your share j of results. If you have never tried a Classified ad. just phone 39 and place one today. | THE COURIER AD DEPT. Roxboro, N. C\ TWENTY-NINE VIOLENT ? DEATHS FOR ONE WEEK! It Was The Record For The Year In North Carolina; Five Were Suicides SEVEN WERE HOMICIDES Ralefeh, August 2. ? Twenty-nir.e violpn't deaths, a record for the year, took place in North Carolina during the week ending August 1. adcord- ! ing to statistics tabulated by the Raleigh Times; Fourteen of these deaths were due to railroad or automobile accidents, sevfen were homicides, five were sui cides. two were drownings ;and; there wag one ooiidental electrocution. The greatest single tragedy of th^" week .'.took place Sunday aftevnocii when the lives of five Gaston ia g iris were snytTed out at a grade crowing when a locomotive struck and de molished the automobile truck in which they had been riding. Another automobile wreck resuUed in the death*, of two negroes. Two cars collided on curve near High Poi$t.-' The previous high water mark in violent deaths in North Carolina was established during the Christmas hol idays when there were twenty-eight violent deaths. Misses Harris Entertain .Misses Katv and Corinne Harris M'lightfully entertained, the mow- ? bers of the Bp worth League of Lea'? Chapel Church and a number of in vited guests lpst Friday evening at their lovely h;me on Leasburg roral. The season's flowers wore used at tractively as decorations and dur ing the evening a number of clever Kfld mt'M-ost'rur games Wore played. ' Featuring the pregram was an. en joyable contest of making the. great er . possible . number of words with' the letters u?6d in the spelling of- , K ;?worth League, in which Miss Clea ? ? W-gev- und 'Sam Newton were the | prize winners. Most appetizing re freshments were served by the host- ' This was the League's first s rial ?of the season and the oeea^nm was a most successful one. Field Day And Picnic I The Fifth Annual Field Day and Picnic will be held at the Tobacco Experiment Station in Oxford on Wednesday, August 5th. There will be some notable speakers present and it will repay any one to spend this day attending this # meeting. Barbecue lunch will be served by the Philathea class of the Oxford Baptist church. Meeting Of Olive Hill Patrons j. - - ? "j ** ' * " ' On Friday, August 6th, at 3 p. hi.;' ' there ia to be an important meeting | 'ut the .patrons?- of Olive . Hill *ohr;oi. A! ;ttlU ? IHtfBtlllK' tl Uik il?'i vgf w fur' the. year Will be discussed* also the trHT^ymrhinrr of hitfh school students. _1 g. U.*bt7To, iurdT uttifn ^MUai^-ui imt port a nee, Prof- ^uilvey ITHd- *$u'pt. ? fott vi' '(i'ej.d ? **+? ? oxpwtftod to be nrv. nent. *-.A' fJli attendance cf piUvons ?II ??; rttv rjgvjrH.. * . ? : ? ? ?*-[ Dry Reign Short Tex*s Bride-to-Be t Dan Cupid knocks out Tex Rirk ard with blow to heart, will be the newj heaalioes shortly after Sept. 11th, when the premiere fight pro motor will wed Mis^ Maxine Jfcdjyes of New York City, shown here i a photo. In office only 1Q monts as "Dry Chief" of California and Wevada and mentioned as successor to Gen. Andrews as National Chief, Col. Ned M. Green, (above) faces trial on ten counts charged with embez zlement cf Federal property? ^eiz liquor he admits he srerved to his }ruesj:s. NEVIN CRANFORD IS ACQUITTED BY JURY Christian Gentleman of Stan ley Not Guilty Of The Charge of Murder DEFENSE CLAIMED PLOT Atbermarle, July 29. ? Nevin C. Cvanford, former nan? boss charged with the murder of: two. negro con victs* was found not guilty he^e to night. The jury deliberated 40 min utes. vettiicfc'wa* returned at' o'clock i night after a trial la^tinsr more than two weeks. The c ^ate alleged. that Janies Taylor and JaMes Howell, tiegr6;. 'convicts,, died - from the effects ?of beating administered by Cvanf :rd. There was no (ieinonstratiofi when . file verdict /was returned, hut both Craijf rd and his wife wept, shook lianas with defense counsel and then with jurors;. The court had warned against a demonstration. Tb at Nevin C-. Crawford was framed by six ex-con victs. former members of the Stanly, gang, was the charge made today by defense lawyers- as they made their pleas to tho jury. "The whole thing is noth ing but a tissue of lie*,, hatched up in the 'distorted imaginations of the states star witnesses.,7' thundered B. M. Covington, first speaker, .of the day.- Other defense attorneys con curred with Mr: Covington. Peaches Unexcelled That peaches' of the highest quali ty, can b? raised here has been derh nst rated tiv.w llian onre, and; we .wish ?ome enfer prising farmer would go into tte .business on a commercial^ :eale. Mr. I. O* A fcbitt placed on our " desk two * ? r Mr. W. A. Serjeant, locals regist-' f rar 'for Roxboro reports ihji ti.ere* at ffif 11 inrtli.i .-mil 2fi. in thfi "1o\viv : are deatf and another is 5*r{?m*ly in jQ-Btd as the- result of. Southern rail jjjmy.- train number 4;>, southbound, drifting a smalt truck. The dea'l.' all residents F Bossmer Cfty arer Miss Bo: tha Wright. t'O. Miss T aura Wright, 20. . Miss Tn,ez Jenkins, 20. Miss 'Wiliar?i Jenkin?, .10. Miss. Gertrude Cloninger, 13. With b:th leg's broken , with braises and possible interna) in juries, Miss Ida Bess. 17T also of Bfessemer City, ' sixth occupant of the ruck, lies in a hospital here t?* night, Her condition .was regard ed as serious, but medical attend ants said that - waj he'd f .r her recovery. I .The.- tragedy occurred aloiit six o'clock at Gamble's crosing, about | three miles from this city, and .(In the Bessemer City - road. Tho light truck, driven by Miss tloninger, was completely demolished when the heavy engine, one of the new loco motives, placed in service- to draw the Crescent limited between At linifc and Salisbury! plunged into it. Death was thought to have been instantaneous for at least four of the victims. Notice I will change mv days for - col lecting milk, chlckefts, eggs etc,, from Tuesday _w Thursday, beginning next vteek. Please remembeW the change, my next trip will be Thursday, Aug 12th. ? W. G. Warren. ? ? o ? ? ? ; ? - Court Next Week Person County Superior Court will meet next week, beginning Monday. August 9th, with Judge Daniel pre siding. There are about fifty cases docketed cn the State docket, with only a -mall docket for the civil causes. I o * Church Notice Sunday School at Leas Chapel next Sunday ut ten o'clock, W. Rr WilUer son, Sqpt. All on time please. . Preaching at eleven. Reception of members. Sacrament of Loixl'.s Sup per. Pre? hlng it Warrens Grove .at three-thirty and at eight. Revival closes. Recepti n of members. -* ^ j. W. PRAPLEYr [.; Card Of Thanks We want to thanlc each and evefy <.ne ' Ifii ftiwur been *6 km?" frw since the st?dden of oar be loved* baby, Virginia, T.tn. -n.i \iE ; .c. i), MM wary ^ m MILLION (ARM El, ?ACT ISATNIOS FAIL TO STAND IT | Los Angeles, Aug. 1. ? Dis trict Attorney Asa A. K? president of Wake Forest -college .Will r?tire from the . active presidency of the. mstVitfiion. *jftfir the conripencement next June, he- an nooneed at a meeting of the execu tive committee cf. the bo an) of trus tees hfcre today. Dr. Poteat. a leader .of . the Evolutionists,. net ; :un'ohg. the Baptists . ofrthe state but in tho tut itself, and who has been more or jess continuously tinker fire .as. ,a result' wi-.l retire uon. the sfle. considera tion of my age and not t'ther." he saicl, ? % The college . head . has frequently expressed .to frieniis his desire to re tire %then his seventieth year is reached. He will be 70 next October. "In accordance with a purpose of some, yea r^' standing" s^id Bt Pr - I teat. '* at .the convention meeting of I the Board gjf . T r ci ste<> - . which fol lows closely upon my 70th birthday I shall ask to "ne relieved of admin istrative possibilities at the ariniial meeting in .June on the sole c?nr,id | e ration of my age and no other." ?? fW-. " '^_^L Farmers Convention The Farmers Convention which met | in Raleigh last week was an event worth while. and- we are glad so;] many from this good Cojifcty attend- : e<^ [We hope to have tm article, from one of the ladies -telling about | \ this v;reat meeting There was en- j ly ne regret f- r and . j ! our. friend Mr, Lewis H. Dtfmel/had j a .-ore throat and, could not v-nter.J the hop: calling contest. The following represented Per son:. Mr. and Mrs; J. Burton Sattor fiehl. Mr, and Mrs. Jno, IX Winstead. Mr. \i. H. Daniel, Miss Be.^ai^ Heath Danniel, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gentry, I' Missies Mary and .Toy Wilkerkon and | Mr. J. C . Wagstaff. County Commissioners ? Met Monday The Board of County Commission ! ers met in their regular monthly meetfng Monday, all of the hoard being present. The tax levy for 1026 was made, $1.25 being the rate, the same as for the past year. - 1 Mr. J. AJvib Clayton WAS elected I superintendent of the County Hx>me. i , r Death Of Mr. J. D. Brooks Mr.- .1. 6. Brooks, died at his home in Oxford- last Friday afternoon. W?n'iH ? few hours. ' Brooks was one of .the prominent' \ merchants ?t' f>xford, Hnd a promin ent worker in his church. Hrooli'i was a iult foe at this County, a brother ,-c.f Mess. T. C. and Phil II' , uk - . T.Trr nTTil hfni livinur m iTsTnr.i" fv.:' ::fr. * More Than 150 Persons Are Drowned With Sponge Fish ing Fleet off Bahama FLORIDA BADLY DAMAGED With an unofficial estimate of 200 to 215 dead and ever ten million dollars or property damage attribut ed to its fury,, the West Indian hicane. which lashed the East Coast of Florida for two days before it passed into (Georgia, tonight, had spent its strength and was moving: slowly westward carrying but a cap ful of wind and a misty rain . Weather bureau officials .expected the storm to pass into Alabama dar ing the night and spend the last remnant of its strength . in rains. More than cne hundred and fifty | persons were believed drowned ancfr I $8, 000,000 damage caused When more than To boats. belonging to the sponge fleet were sunk 4i the Bahama iw lands. ' iFifty-four bodies washed ashore at- Sanoa after the linking of the Kchocner> Faueyme, Peaceful , and Barcoris off Sanoa Island. ?anta Domingo,], eiffht . persons killed at N'assau. and five other dead in Georg-ia, and FJ rid a was the <*torm ton in lives. From four io. ' fiv?v^ millions at Nassau. $1 00,000. at -.'Mi ami. two and JL hajf million dollars damage in rhfr Palm Beach aTOK- to water front property at Stuaft, Fla . arid~~ other thou^and& at; Stuart, Fla.. and Indian river section was itV. assess- . mem .f property. Two f the deaths attributed to the storm .in Georgia nad Florida were reported today. A . boatman was crushed between his h^n^bAat and- a w;?ij .'jilon tl.j! .i'i;Vr e of. Lake Wot th, ;h ea r palm Beach, and ? 'raUri ad engineer in south Gecrr gia was killed when his locomotive .went into a ? i]ijfch from rails under mines by rains and 'high water! The =-torm passed up through southern Georgia, today, passing Maeon. diminishing in -Intensity and acconipanied by rairt. Charleston', Savannah and Bruris \yick,'.the farmer but lightly touched by i he hurricane, were resuming n:rmal activities and through out the eastern peninsula section linemen wore" bi^yf in .repairing the damage vrovi->ht Jto Florida lines of com mu nidation. ? ' ? ? . .? ? Four Serious Wrecks Near Winston-Salem Winston-Salem, Aug. 1.-? Three persons are in hospitals, two with br./k(,n Jbones and three other persons jftered unknown injuries as fc'ce re sult ftt* .four auto accidents in Or rifcir this city torav. The known injured are: N'ellie Savage, negro. broken i'iffht ankle; James Wilson, negro' bov, broken right ankle; Vadry Turner,. Injuries undertermined but not thought t > be serious, Tw. arrest- were made. Tom Brook?, negro,, was arrested on a :eek!e s driving charge and J. F. . Matthews, who lives here was ar rested charged with the same of fense*. There ' was only one collision. Nellie Savage was hit while expos ing a street intersection by Mat hews' car. James Wilson was in jured in the same way. Vadry Tur I ner was said to have been playing i in a street when he was struck by jn ear drfven by Charles Ingram, who lives here. The unknown per sons were in a car which was hit by Tcm Brooks' automobile a3 he was. backing it out of a failing sta tion, . ? . 1 Presbyterian Church well. Sunt. Morning -service*- ai-U A." M. ? 'Mpniiun hy tHr Pawtor. Mitchell's