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the Pate on the LABEL IS THE DATE YOUR CAPER WILL BE STOPPED WATCH THE LABEL ON YOER PAPE* AND DO NOT LET YOUR ? j SIT B8C&UTION ! _____ EXPIRE . J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL. No. XLIV ROXBORQ, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening. March 23, 1927. No. 12. SHERIFF BROOKS AND HIS DEPUTIES ENGAGE SHINERS IN GUN BATTLE Deputy Bradsher Receives Gun Shot Wound In Left Shoulder Third Attempt To Raid Still Proves Successful For Co wit}- Officers fbc Cothran Receives Bullet Through Lun<*4 Pneumonia His Developed'; Not Expert^ . ed to Live. The southeast section of Person: County, near the comer of Person. Durham and Change Counties was he scene ol a desperate gun battle a*t Saturday night, when Sheriff N. :V Brooks. Chief Police S. A. Oliver ,nd Deputies W. R. Oentry. H W. -Mkoo ami- Frank Bradsher respond "d to .a report that u blockade still - vzx being operated in full blast, so hey went down to Inveitfigatt' inat "ers and instead of finding a ^ till ? perated down among .the . alder ashes and bull rushes on the old ? prins branch as Ole usual custom -s they found a real liquor factory housed up snugly in u wooden build nv with modem conveniences well : ?uarded by a Rang of young men -rith guns who. instead of trying to -lake a lawful living had taken the :sw in thfir own hands. However, sheriff , Brooks, with- his "bU- and brave force of <iepiiucs. de eded - that this.? thing could be cached, and broken up. Aiter hav nz made two unsuccessful trips the hird one was undertaken with the Jesuit of n most boWardly attack on the. officers. When they ondertok . enter . thin den tfce blockaders ?ipened fire with the result of a very ainful and -dangerous gun shot iound in the left shoulder of Dsputy Trank Bradsher. The. battle kept aging uhtll one of the blockaders. Obe Cothran. received a bullet wound 'hrough his right lun? throwing him 'o the ground, at which juncture his 30irad?K broke and ran, with dcDuty "?entry close behind In a death and ife race At this stage of the? fight ne of the blockaders fired two shots .tit Gentry missing him with each. Roy Cothran. together with the funded Cothrap were -tile only two ?I the ? cajitureid. Roy tas brought to town and placed in -til ahd Ihe two wounded men were .1 tried to Watts HospitaT where they -ere given medical attention: A later report from the hospital latrs the condition of both men as ?''??tot vary satisfactory, however, if no ? rious complications set in the -turnces for the recovery of both are ood ? - ' A report Ifom Watts Hospital just v V.-C go to press regarding the con iMon of ; ?flank Brad^ier. is ver.y v y-ncouragins. His wounds ar<^ of a' erv painful nature but it is hoped -hat he has; passed the iuost cianger ius stage. Cothran hat. developed ? & neumonln and Is necessarily in a orv critical condition. . "Professor Pepp" "Prolfsor Pop"0" will bp presented ? i the Oraifimar Schoor auditorium' . Tuesday *iv<*nih(* March i'* at 8 p. 3 . m. - ~ This I* a delnrhtffti three-act com dy with :< college background - It ..bounds tn amiisintr situations and lis i plpt that is Mire -to captivate lie audience. In brief it Is this: Professor Pi.-pp. on a. vacation trip n Kusal* If fhfliatod Wlo a Bolshe iSt society and Is so unlucky as- to (raw a red ball Obllcattnc hlin to nurder the Princess Katchoffsky. :ji -terror he riee* from Russia. but ? lorts". the fellow who played the trick in the poor professor. writes to a ?rlrnd of ?*>e-?aeulty, teUln* the story -nd reveallrut the password. Bumskl. Everybody has his own way with i he terTlfled professor who see* a :f3lsHevist in every bush. The cast which has been selected .'or the play give propose of an e*-. rllent interpretation of their parts. They are as follows ; ' Professor Pept>. Clytfe'rtitR: Mr. C. B. Buttonbuiter a Kiddy juttcrfly -of forty-eight. Ftiu Davis. ? Howard Oreen. his son. who had . lis name changMtr-Mla feaUiai-suin. 81m .Batty, the policy. force of the . t.iwn, L. T. Hcffrtor fuualtr. ?liin^i^ ? "?? -bf !?;> ? ? <-.n |->n^ nb-htwMiH "* .Nrriisy Flemkuj, a tr?" hitin n. Sam . JJyrd Wlustr.-itf ^ t? ' ' " ? vrnk Matclmr a -apimrfm 'TTxlnjas. Bustor Brown, .a jumor Cacil i'tv. Sargent Has Heard . Much About State Boone, IVIar* h 22.~North Car olina is attracting: .national at tention ? -even the attention of * j the easy-going attorney gen- i era!.. When Prof. J. in. G*-eer. | of Boone, called at the attorney , general's. office to . urge, the } cauM' of" Frank A. ""Llnney for 3 federal judge, he found the at- .[ torney general1 smoking. "Is that North Caroliha to bacco?" Professor Greer asked. "Well.** replied Mr. Sargent, "It seems that nearly everything nrwadajFi is coming from North Carolina.. EVWy time I hear of a North Carolina town. 1 learn it makes^ more . of something than any. other place in the world.** J Miss Montague In Auto Accident Mim Musette Montanne was pain fully hurt in an automobile accident I last Friday night near South Hill. ' I Miss Montague, who was in an auto ! with her brother-in-law. Mr: Joe Rv land, was behind a car which was being driven by her sister. Aliss Maude, when they came upon ai crowd standing around a wrecked car. Miss Maude started* ahead with her car when some one ujotioned to her. as she thought lor her to stop. ! and stopping rather suddenly the I reap car ran into it; throwing Miss J Musette forward against the wind | shield. While the accident was very | paiful no serious hurt was done Miss t -Montague, and she has returned home, and is getting on all right, i Negro Caught With Gun Dallas Ramsey, colored. decided that it w as dangerous to live in this good County unless he could catTy a pistol along with, him to fight off vicious wild animals and likewise concealed One on his person, but Chief Oliver was a little too much _for him so he. had to surferideiv- hinr self and gun over to the chief and will be Riven a chance to tell -the judge all about , it in court. ? O: ' - Too Much Booze ?or some reason suspicion pointed a con victim: finder towards ** the premises of C. B. Adcoc.k to. the ex tent that an investigation was con sidered necessary and was likewise made, revealing the fact 'hat too' much of the coveted fluid was being allowed around,, in fact something over a gallon was found near his homer so My. Adcock was given a pre liminary hearing Monday apd bound over to court. Why: tfori f" you cut" it out boy's? It - will eventually get vou and all your folks rii serious trouble. : ' >..? 1? 1 Announcement "We wish to announce lo the peo ple of Roxboro thai we have op'jned a. first cla5* grocery stort on '.Depot treet and aslc to share In your pat ronage. ? ADAMS U HARRIS. er. Betty Gardner, the professor's ward. -Virginia Mathis. Aunt Minerva Boulder, his houw?? keeper. .Bailie Lou Waiters. t Petunia Muggins. the hired girl. Winnie Wilburo. Olga Stopakl. a teacher of folic dancing. Elizabeth Whltten. Kitty Clover, a collector . of soure Birrs. Edna Cole. Vivian Draw. a college belle, Louise I'ulltani. " CarVflnc Kay. a freshman. Blossom SalffT ? The proceeds 1 rom this play ( will Itelp to pay for the new-curtain for the high school stage So you wiH haytr-a chance-to set your own boy? and girts in a goofl show and at the -ame time do your bit in helping ? nut ?? ? a ? ?"??"?> i~ Ifffat, ? , ? The play in being directed by Miss f:thel krwln The musical featuivs. -lehteh^ Will -W- an attrttWlw-part of the. program,. are being aranged. by U. S. Marines Join British In Defense Shanghai. March' 23. ? A de tachnient of 40 Ignited States Marines thjs morning was hur- j ried out to reinforce the Brit- I ish troops' holding' tlie Mark ham ro?d bridge on the border j between the international set tlement and the native district J ?of "Chapei.. - . ? 1 Shanghai Is Now In Hands % Of Cantonese Merciful Lull Succeeds One of Bloodiest Period's in City's j History Shanghai. March 22.? A merciful i lull tonight succeeded one of the* bloodiest periods in Shanghai's his tory. - With th^ arrival of CAhtonese reg ulars in the Chinese districts tonight, j comparative Quiet descended upon i portions of . the native city in which j terror, death and destruction had ! reigned for. 36 'hours during conflicts ' between the retreating rihantungese-j of the northern army and the Kttom intang guerillas. The Cantonese * arrivals impelled ? the. remaining* northern troops, to at- j tpmpt to break through the British cordon to take refuge in the inter- j national settlement resulting in the ftrst real clash between Chinese and foreign troops since th? occupation of. Shanghai, A rrtaiority of the Shantungese : eventually were disarmed and in* I terned within the settlement, but in ; several places they turned rifles and 1 machine! guns against detachments 1 of the Durham battlfion of the Brit- | iiih. defense 'force. The_ Durhanis re- J plied in isA nd. killing approximately"] 24 Shantungcse and wounding more. I Two Durhanis .were wounded in the exchange. | Altogether 3.000 northerners syt- j rendered, to the British. Italian i Japanese, guards. This is believed to -account for alU'th* " nortHern tfbopfc that remained in Shanghai today. ? ? - - ? ? <> ' - . - -1 Have Ycu Tried Chesterfields? "A natural tobacco richHess "en ! tirely free from over-sweetening ; ;* uv no - other cigarette do men find i ; sudh naturalness of taste and char. < ac^er. -says the advertisement of l Chesterfield Cigarette, which is so. I ! attractively displayed- in another column. They are making a special ! ? drive in thifv section just now. and | want you to try Chesterfield. "Thev' 1 satisfy." ; --o- ? ? ? .A Chorus of beautiful young Girls i with Herman Lewis and his LAUGH- { TERUAND REVISE playing at Palace 1 Theatre. Thursday. Friday and Sat urday tlils week. Bandits Fail In Attempted Mail Robbery Express Messenger Held lTp As Train leaves Biltmore; Toys With Safe NO VALUABLES IN SAKE Asheville. March 22. --Train, ban dits entering the express car of the Carolina special as it left the Bilti more yards tonight, held up the ex press messenger at the point of a pistol and forced him to open the safe, which is used to carry valuable packages and currency, but failed to make a haul. The bandits had apparently figur ed that the boldness of "the attack, occuring as it did almost in the city of Ashcvttter> would catch the mes senger off his guard but it was that same situation which prevented them from geitinn the moi*ey thai ?they had expected. Messenger Kill Time Time was consumed while the. messenger purposely toyed with the safe under the bandits* gun and by the time it was opened and* found to be empty the train was roaring in to Asheville station and the bandits had. to flee. The messenger. J. A. McPeters. whose wit had saved the express valuables, fired several shots at them "as /they tied in The darkness but it was. not learned whether they were wounded. The valuables had been removed from the safe as the train approach - ed- Asheville and placed in* a small black, bag; preparatory to placing ,| them in the big safe in the company office here. The bandits, chargrined at not finding nionev ti\ey believed to be in the car. did not discover i the little black bag before .they . were forced to flee by the approach of the station. Presbyterian Church "Sunday School at 9:45. H. L.. &ro well. Supt. -Morning service by the pastor. We wish that each member who can entertain a delegate will turn the number they will entertain to Mrs.. Ed Hill or Mrs. Crow'ell. Sun day school at Mitchell Chapel -at1 '.'2 1 p. m. ? *. I'reaching at Sushy Fork at 3 :30. Services at 'Rougemont at 7:30. Please notice the change in the time of . meeting. Every one welcome at all services. " P. CARY ADAMS. ; Pastor. Honors For Rox boro High School Miss Ethel Erwin. . Latin instructor for the local high school, has been notified by the department pf Latin. University of North Carolina, that her students were^'accbrcted first and fourth honorable mention in. thh re cent St&te-widc Latin contest. This is the third y$ar that Roxboro has carried off the sime honors. It ap pears to be the best record in the State, since . no school has. won the "CujJ not"" received special men tion a second time. Win. Merritt and Edwin Long had the best papers with 29-100 points difference. Sam r uel Byrd Winstead followed with an ' excellent paper. MOKE KEADABLE TYPE FOR OUK NEWS COLUMNS [/ Old T ype | Sheriff Brooks seeras to be dec joratib# his oftfr<\ with a new kind of furniture. Ityrinjr the- p?st two cr ????three days ho haScdTTcHed and ad-' j'dttf to his regular line of office fix | tures, ten car more slot machines taRen from ate yea in various sec tions. of the Ccunty. We have never b?en very favorably inclined to wards -ihi*z method o? doing buai i\es and we think thr^heriff is to be eomniended in his. campaign a prainst these things which will hflp rid our good County ;f one menace at l<mst New Type Sheriff Brooks seems to be decora - Unit hi* office with a new kind ol lurniture. During- the past two or three days he has collected and ad ded to his legtiliu Hne ot once im tures, ten qr more slot machines taken from stores In various, sections of the County.. We .have never been very favorably inclined towards - this method of doing business and we think the sheriff is to be commended In his campaign against these things which will help rid our good County of one nienace at least Today s Issue of The Courier Is set in a new style ot type recently bro->*hi I out Ui Un Mereenthaler linotype Company. An Js clearly shown by the above comparison).^ new type appears much larger ax* clearer yet gives amount cf "Views matter. iTn>'-rrrhtrttnn;.-ailllie tnHiiv *ttth its eMafillahiM poliev ol Jlvttig it.s readers the : best iMM, is I he Courier Is one of the first papers tn U^cauntrytxjndoptthttnifw and ? . /ty'po. .in litot. tha Hru- in NnrU Caroling. ^ ? ? V Hasn't Missed-u-Day School Contest* Bertha fcurtzhal.*, 10, Cedar County, Neb., with three years, six month- and twenty-two days to her credit, at this writing, i* entry No. 1 in a national contest to learn which boy or >nrl has the most per fect ."i-day-'a-week -chool .attendance without being tardv or absent. It there a boy <?r girl in this county who lia*-a -better record 4 _Te|l this newspaper.. Send us your picture and let us enter you in thi- con-' tent, Prof. Stalvey Declines Re-election At a meeting, of. the trustees of the Roxboro Graded School last Thursday evening Pro! a: B: Stal vey declined to allow his name to be considered lor re-election. He has been superintendent of ! the graded, school here Tor more than sixteen years, and he has seen the school grow from a very small institution to a. school of about twenty teachers. More honors have come to the school through students which have en tered the various colleges than ever before, and Mr. Stalvey lias just cause to : feel proud of his record. ?While it was not known" that Mr. Stalvey would takfc this step until the meeting Thursday evening, some one evidently got busy for one of the members of the board told us Monday morning that there had al ready ^tSeen^ several applicants, tme applying personally. Something New In Aito Advertising The. General Motors, probably manufacturing mote automobiles than any other concern in the world, have made a new "departure n\ ad vertising automobiles As will' be^ seen from a .very attractive acl in anbther column, they are now "ad vertising all of their cars in orte dis play. They begin with the popular Chevrolet and eo c-n . thro up h the list comprisinc . Pontiac Oldsmobile Oakland Buick; Ija6alle and Cadi llac; also Frigidaire Electric refrig erators* a ti ci Delco-LJght Electric plants If you are interested in an auto mobile; or Frigidaire or Delco-Light plant it will be to -sour .mterest ? u* look up -the advertisement . and ftlj in the coupon at the bottom and mail, it to General Motors. Dept. A. Detroit; Mich. - ? ? ?< Union Service It has been decided to hold a Uh ion' service here this spring, prelimi nary services -to begin May 30th. Dr.. O. R. Mangum. nl Oxford; will arrive on Jtfne 5th and will clo the preach ing. All of the churches of the town will join ill these services and the people are to be congratulated upon f the -privilege of hearing Dr. Man?fum, as he is a speaker of note More detailed report will be given as the committees complete arrange ments*. * ? ? 7 ? ? The Miami Pour . quartette South lands Sweetest Singers with Herman > Lewis and his LAUGHTERLAND REVUE playing at Palace Theatre. Thursday. Priday and Saturday this . w?efc. r? ? : The return of the Seasons best show Herman Lewis and his LAUGHTER - LAND REVUE playing at Palace Theatre Thursday, 'Priday and Sat urday this; week. Given Five Year* Fot Stealing Mail Atlanta. March Plerc?. II rrarv ow. WS s?n Uineiit ta Jiwi nan ill Ui? tmnal'Traliiluc suliiml fm IVn' - ti-nfr from. ;< matt b?i ai fcofnt. <\M~ ? ^ " Meeting To Be For Boys And GirlsSaturday Boys and (iirLs. This Mictwj lH For Yon and Mr. Sand ers is expecting yon BIG cROWP^EXPFC^TED All member?* of the. corn, poultry" and the canning or Hardening rhib. and all who will join ai this mect* lm; arc asked to meet the wqntf agent at the court house on Satur day March 26th ?t 2 30 R^m., for the purpose of enrollment and or ganizing a County . Club. Tfie County Agent win not ha*? time to visit all of the uro*p*eUv - members and urge them to yam at give them a personal * msitanoo t? join, hence all who will job* anV <* the above club? are a**"*1 " co?n?- t* the court house where rnroDuiuiC will ?* taken. ' There arr many who would JW? these chibs. or one ol them, it tb*r were asked, but St is a physical inc poftKibility for the county agent u visit each one of you. ikw it <=? hoped that you will meet the agent half way and come to the meeting and sign up for the corn or the pwal try or the canning ^ind the pax-der: :nV clilb. Pull particular! regaivlm:; each club, requirements. and other matters brt "GeltlnK the night Stan will be discussed. Remember ti?fc both banks and The Courier are co operating with you boys and jlrii to the extent that they are each of Irnng fifty dollars to be awarded as prizes this fall at the . club show-: ? Do not put it oil any Ion err b?it come to the first meeting. If yon. cannot attend the meeting. ?iiu the county agent a card staita* wliich club or clui*. you witt }??* Parents are urged to attend tSi# meeting as they will Ret a better idea of whaf. we an- trying to do thiuueii the" 4-H ciuba lor the I arm boys *?? n-irls. We want not less than SO cor* club members and not less than 2? members each in the poultry and canning and gardening ctub. Yon will recall * long article in The Coar ier written recently on club work, its aims . and its purposes. Find this old copy and read it again. A word to Parents. It would be a source ot pleasure t? know that your son has joined, ha with other North Carolinians t? I make a success of ^chtb work. We .1 are earnestly asking your hearty, sincere and unreserved support and cooperation. We all ' know the love of a. lather for his son. This lov* glveis puctty to the" boy's life and stdd* strength to his determination. With out it -,w? would never know Ch** pleasures which come to us in tkc sweet school of boyhood. The same is true of the slris. 7 insist that your children join t&r club work, and help them to learn the first lessons. Give the bor R. good acre of land and pure seed, o; -A set him or her fifty god baby chicks or ten hens and let them have the right Start. Assist the girls id the t anning and cardning club. It should not cost much above the average t? rub the farm, and it It doe's cost i. little, you will be more than repaid* through the satisfaction of knowing that you started them off on the right track in Ufc. We want to join this clubr to compete 1 with each -other arid with, other member in the State, it ls time that we get started in tfcii work: so all c me to the meeting one hundred of you. , First Baptist Church Sunday School 10 ? m.. K. L. WU bun>, Supt. Preaching It a. m.. subject: "Christian Ideals." 1:30 p. ra.. xob joct : ??'The Name Above E*erjr Name B. Y. P. U'? 6:30 p. m. aetwnl Y. P. V. 7:15 p. m? Dr. H. M. Beam, director. "Seek ye the Lord whUe He may - be found, call ye tinon Him while Be U near Isaiah 55:6 A cordial welcome is extended to ' all. W. P. WEST. Pastor. ? Parent-Teacher Aiso. " The Parent-Teacher Association of Roxboro schools will meet Tuesday. March. 29th. at 3:15 p. m. m the auditorium of the (traded school. The program for the altejpoon' ynil be In rhnnre of Miss Emily Soutball's miisir rlajs .-.Piih Pyn _? _? . ?' Hf'rmao Uwut with his XAOgHTBt: LAND RfiVtJB "and. Beauty -Chorus, a. Company , oU ltt People playing at at Palace- Theatre. Thursday, Friday and axunlay thi? wart, ; ' . ;
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