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No. 16.
Chaos Reigns
In Sapiro's
Damage Suit
Kord Counsel Clainis That
Woman .Member of riiiry
Talked Too Freely
ASK* ,11 DOE FOR NON-SI IT
rvtroit. Mictl.. AprM; ? W- ? Chaos
:ok [>ossesslon of Aaron Sapiro's
' c 1 .000.000 libel- suit against Henry
7wd today ancT shrouded- its status
rjfcer ne*t Thursday in extreme . unc
ertainty.
Court was adjourned until then
; pen the plea of counsel for the au
:3mobile manufacturer that their
leader.. Senator James A. Reed, of
'Missouri. would be unable to appear
i^.fprjj that time because of illness
nd with the request Was coupled the J
? . innal serving of . notice -that - the alV
? ; ^ed official misconduct of 5 woman
iuror would be The ground ^for?tt?
.. iQ^on for a mistrial. :? ? ? ]
Sapiro's chief couftsel. William
Henry Gallagher, countered with as
-vrtlons that Ford detectives had. j
.eddied with the jurors, that the dc
nses's .case" had : collapsed and that
' The FoTd attorneys had disregarded
propriety in conferring privately with
. JUiiiee ? Fred M." Raymond but did hot
v'- r-Tifvj his motion for, a mistrial model
-id denied ? several*" days ago. "
3 Persons Killed
When Tornado Hits
On Oklahoma Farm
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Foit SmiUv Ark , A^ril 18^-Three
arsons., members of. the. family of
Carl- Bi\ttthanv_j&ere killed . ;md an-.
. tiier in jured,- in a tornado, 'ivliic.h
rutk- at BokosVje: Okla.. twenty five
. . nleti southeast of Fort Smith early
: xtay
Burchiam. his wife .and. an infant
? ere crushed to death and . W# C
i.ureham. a. son. injured when, the j
i-urcham home was blown away,
"tie injured boy was -4>roucrht t O
.aspital here His .skiiiL*-as fractured
nd he may die.
"The home of Ed Wood also was
vamag'ed and Mrs. Wood injured. j
Arkama^. Okla . two and a halt I
. liles southwest of Fort Smith, also
' ^ df the storm. Several houses were I
: amazed but no one was injured. j
Community Meeting
A community meeting was: held at '
??thel HfU JJigh School last Monday
On this occasion the Woman's
- lub presented a. nice collection of
x>ks to the school library, which
^mpleted the number . required to
m\ Ve it a standard High School U
?' *> rary.
Mr Wehrenberg . in a ? very imp
ropriate manner, accepted the books
.? behalf of xlie {.ehool. und- folldw
- r: this an iinptompteu program of
tdin?* and- recitations _ was giVgl?
*L'V ? ' K ho U'"'vnt.v i. ; .-i .
- nth-sir lit -v >f . '?*!
.liStTTimentp . *.'.;ith jiia'bo' acr>?r.:.pan
:;en:. \Ya.s'; also reuihired by -x iM
. vtlent. maktn it -y very - plea sunt ;
Mr. Cole Goes
With Chevrolet
,Mr. Clvdr Cole, who has bean con -
. ectnd with the C rowel 1 Auto Com
? Uny .i.or quhe a 'while, ( hanged base
iV.t week- and "is. now with' the Siew
it- Brad she r Mdt.crr Co . "in. the ca
pacity .^of -sali^mah. 'and will be - lad
to , demonstrate to all. of his friends
. he many uood qualities of the Chcv
Services At St. Mark's
Rev Sidney Bost of Durham will
onduct a mission at St. Mark's
EpiRCopal Church beginning May .2. 1
. nd lasting through the week. Ser
ies will be held every evening (it, 8
'clock. Mr; Bost is a fine speaker.
? nd every one Is cordially invited to
cOTFTHJT ^ fttrnear hinr; ? - -
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Two Day To Marry
This play will be presented at
?^rospect Hill Friday night. April tt
... p. m.. for the benefit of Salem
CJhurch This is the same play that
' ivas given at BushyHPork -last Prtriny
tight a lid has .pifoVeh. to be a rood
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1 Notice '* -
' l*ht \VqmahT? Auxiliary of .St.
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-ppns: sale "of children's clothes' and
?iitwy arilclea Saturday. April *30.
Plans For Big
School Closing
Rpxboro Hfch School i$ planning ;
lor-the biegest commencement in Ibe ,
The. dfltes ? will -he May 27th to 3.0th.
'inclusive. Mark, these dates On . yoiii-'
calendar.". arid- make your plans now
?to atte^cTail of. thfcse exercised . ;
On .Friday* May 27th'- tlv'
senior plav ; will be jjivern. On Sat
urday night; the ... 2Bt|?, \thtr1 -annual .
reading and' dec tarnation contests -will [
taHe_ place. At eleven o'clock Qn
Sunday morning. May 29th. the~ com
mencement sermon will . bo preached.
On Monday nigfht*. the 30th. the grad
uating exercises ..will be held at which
t ime the 1 iterary address will be de
livered. The best musical talent of
the entire community will be enlist
ed to furnish music - for commence
ment.
We are. planning to 'have all of onr
commencement exercises this ye*r in i
t he splendid . auditorium of our he w
high school building. The main lloor
has been completely seated, and we
how have nine hundred and thirteen
till- tor date opera chairs installed.
Stage, curtains ' and fixtures will also
be installed before commencement.
Additional information will ? be
given in subsequent Issues of our L
local paper.
A B, STALVEY. Supt.
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Jackets Open Season
With Slugfest
The Bethel Hill Yellow Jackets
opened their baseball season with ?
heavy , slugging and therefore land
ing- their fUst. victory -from Turbe-.
yllie High by the. heavy score of 25 to
?} Every on? ,>eemecl to have the
:knack-*:oi clouting t lie old pili .-only
? > s.:?e i: rusr. and Ooat away" mt*J the
< jr.. t Jjtius * making a. merry
opening and ,ood send. -off for the
ftrsr.Sanv*. . ' '
The visitors . have " a ;pocJ record*,
hat jig won thd championship of
Halifax Count y Virginia, in Mich
School base, ball in past seasons but
/eerned tob^ unable to stHke; iheir
rr.-^u'lar' -stride nT Fridays i:ctme. '?
]V?heI H.n will pjay the Turbeville
liigh .at Turbeville. Va.. on next Fri
day ? the 52.
. Umpires - Woody and Satte.rf.eld
P. H. Boisseau of Danville. V*.,
claim* the record for sheriffship.
Waving been in office 56 years. He
was deputy from 1871 to 1 886, and
sheriff ever since. He is a direct
descendant of a. Jamestown colony
uttltr.
Notice of- Tax Listing
Notice is divert that the Tax Lister
tor the Town of RAxboro will be
lound at the Courthouse in Roxboro*
on and after May I. 1927. for the
[purpose of listing real and personal
property within .said town. All per
soiSs ownln? property subject to tax
ation are required to list it. .This ap
plies to all tax payers, both in the- old
corporate limits arid In the new.
# R P. BURNS. Mayor,
Cake Sale
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OK*t yofir cake.s Saturday from-Car
nllni Power & Light Company's store
?JTOfii 9:30 to n m a, nr. This Etti?
Is for th? benefit of the Edgar Long i
Memorial UtettuxUst Church. Your
patronage IS solicited and will be
appreciated.
Brunswick Stew
The . lidiM ' of the Edgar Long
j-erve ~ BrtmfcwwW stew . on the . court
lioav squara next TnesBay. Fivi'i v
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of court
Big Hailstorm
Near Asheville
Does Damage!
High Winds and Virtual Cloud*
? bursts - Accompany Storm
And Cripple Plants
LANDSLIDE AT MARSHALL \
^ Asheville. April id". ? Two .of the
mast terrific hall storms ever known
to have visited this, section in the .
memory of the oldest inhabitants of
Buncombe cotinty visited widely Sep
arated sections of the cquntry nere j
this afternoon and with hl$h wind :
arid virtual cloudbursts, played havoc
with the crops and trees, crippled,
telephone service and power plants,
and inundated one section of the
county wit lithe highest waters that
have been known since tlie flood of
1916.
At "Buena Vista, hail stones, piled
up like snow, ripping limbs and full
age from trees as they fell, and in
many places" buried~t hem selves sev
eral inches in the ?rour?d. This
storm was . only about- two miles vide
and vrent across a section less -than I
1ft miles Ion?.
North of Asheville at the forks of
ivy. two storms swept down from op- 1
posing mountains^smcr brrms^r wind -
and hail and an iinprecedented ilood -
of water lis they met. The Iv.y rosc i
almost lO feet in Uie1 > psep o*" Lin '
Hour. ?Lfahtnim. crippled the ivy.,
plants of. tlie Carolina Power com- :
piny, and the flood rose and swept-*
HUo . th^ .power house. ' C'J
North of Marshall the .terrific
downpour caused a landslide which.;
for a space, of half a mile bw.ici ; he ^
SoiitHern rartway* tracks in-fronv six !
to 18 feet - of rock and clay. Crows ?
were put to work immediate/ to alar ,
the tracks "and service is . expected to ?
be resumed before moriiin?. i v.. j
Union Services
The .churches of Roxbpro will all
unite. In a union service which will -
last one week or more.. The pre
liminary services will 'begin on May
30th7" wherr cottage prayer meetings
will, begin. and_on June 5. Dr. Man- j
Bum of Oxford will arrive, and do the
preaching.
The following committees' have
been appointed, and w it. Is earnestly/
desired that they get busy and have
everything In readiness ifor the ser- t
vices: ?
House ComnilttW:
j; S. Harvey. Chairman; J. J. Win
st^ld. W, C. Bullock.
.Music Committor:
Mrs. Jj A. Long-. Chairman. Mr s
E. Bradsher. .Mrs. Carrie Bradsher.
Finance Committee:
H. L. Crowei!. Chairman' W. R.
Hctmbrick. "W. R. Woodv. Torn Leigh;
Praver. Mwtin; Committee:
- W. A. Sergeant. Chairman.' R L!
Wilburn. W. L. Rinz.,
Publicity Committee ?:
J W. Noejl. Ch&irrtiah. S O Win
? stead.; M-isS Battle Burcfi. .
I vher Committee :
M. W. ? Sattorliefd. Chairman. . R.: P.;
Bums. L. T. Bowie?:
Parkin? Committee:
O. B. McBroom. Chairman j. H
VVhitt. R. A. Bullock.
Notice To Tax Payers
There was enacted atthe past Le?
4iUvture an Ark entitled Mew County;
Tax . Law. which makes it imnerative
that the Sheriff shall on the ilrst
: mday in Mav furnish the Board of
C<. ttv 'Commissioners a full and
coffee to itemized statement of all
uncd 'ccted taxes for the current tax
years, and the County Commissioners
!>haU thereupon order sale of all
for taxes where the taxes have not
been paid This means all taxes in
cluding 1926. This. is law. We are
compelled to enforce. The Commis
sioners have no discretion. The law
requires, them on the. first Monday
in May to order a sale of the land of j
all delinquent tax payers, the sale !
to b^ had on the firist . Monthly in
jutip. 7? ~ " ? ? 1
N". V BROOKS. SherllT* f
Presbyterian Church !
?T_
Sunday school at 9:45. H; L- Cro
well. Supt. Morning service at 11 a.,
m . sermon by pastor. Sunday school
a! Mitchell's Chapel at 2 p. m. Ser- .
vice at. Rougemont at ,7:30 p. m. ? ?
Please note that here will be no
.service at Bushy Fork; &cho61 .otv ^ui>-_
crry^ afterho^n, because .thcro will .be .
qvty nl ihh^ wrv.ee m i '>t? > OhapM
^ held by (he State Sundav :* ho->V- A*
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P. CARY ADAMS. Paster.
Ten Thousand Persons , Are
Homeless In Terrible Floods
Thousands of Acres Swamped; j
Efforts to strengthen Miss
issippi Levees
HEAVY DAMAGES FEARED j
T&emphis. Tenn; April 18. ? Great j
levees a Ion? the lower Mississippi
basin are being strengthened frantic
ally as -a record tide pressed with im
measurable weight against earthen i.
i walls which defend vast lowland i
'areas against the rampant flood.
As many as 10,000 persons, driven j
from -their homes by backwaters or
overflow from many tributaries of
* he^j^ffr.'-r ream were under the rare
a t national, state and community
agencies of relief today. Other thou
sands #ere moving- from the valley
in fear that floods might "-break j
through at any hour
Many Washed Out j
-Refugee and reli#l camps at Hick
man. Ky., under direction of the Red )
Cross officials ?- ?nd- state authorities .
are sheltering nearly 2.000 homeless
in churches, barns, railroad cars and
tents. Public kitchens >re serving !
the . needy with food 'r;
Relieved by the . break . in the levee
at -Dorpna. Mo., the . Hickman area
showed a slight decline in the' flv> I '
stag-e and observers thought another
protecting levee would hold.
?The 3.Vc:itUer Bureau at Memphis
forecasts a Stftee oi forty-six ujet^
bv Saturday. The . Highest' stag" on
?iepord- 4fl.G wan in- 1913. when disaster
followed the southward movement of
tjhe giant river.
Sale of $30,000
Person County Notes
After the expiration of five days'
. imrrfed lately following April 20. 1927
ith^thdate of the ^publication Qf this [
the Board of Commissioner
of. . Person County will dispp.se of by
private negqtlttt Wn-; ' notes of said 1
County aggregating not : exceeding j
Thirty Thousand Dollars *$30.000 ? is- >
sued in anticipation of the receipt
of revenue. . bearing interest at a rate
not in excess of six per centum per
annum, payable six months after date 1
or less, the exact time of maturity to.f
be fixed by the terms of the . notes.-*- '
Proposals should be made to the j
undersigned, "naming the rate of in- I
terest. and stating the denominations ?
; desired.-' j|
A. C: GENTRY.
'Chairman Board of Commissioners of i
Person County. j
Lon?hurst Council
Holds Interesting Meet.
Lon^hiuukt _CfmnciL No. 570 at Ja
long. "heldj^neoT the mast" interesting
meetings j Saturday night that we.
have witnessed in a long. time. Rev
N. J. Todd. E. C. GUntetf and others
I made inspiring speeches. Mr. Todd's
subject was "Paying the price."' giv
Ihg- ' a', wonderful talk in- regard to 1 !
the.. duties; of ^ membftj;1. ol Fra'enVai
ism. Mr. E C. Gunter. of Durham,
used for his subject: "What the Jr j
[Order is. and has meant to CiViifcfa'- .!?:
j tion and especially to our nation- And |
| v hat the order stands for; in regard |
Ito our public school system. Mr.. |
i Gborge F. Cole spoke on .the. work of |
j the Longhurst Council and its prog
ress. Rev J. C. -McGregor was mast
er of ceremonies and music-, was fur
nished by the Person County .(juar
tett. The meeting was attended , by j
a large and enthusiastic crowd
First Baptist Church
" Sunday School 10:00' . a. m., Ft.
Wilbum. Supt.,
Preaching 11:00 a. m,. subject
'TTifTTTlGmate Victory.'"". Preacttino;
7 !30 p. in!. subject: '-'The Wonder Of
The Gospel."
B. Y. P. U*s 6:30 p. m. Oeneral
B. Y. P U. 7:15 p. nr.. Dr. H M.
Beam, director ?
"All things whatsoever ye would
that men should do urito you. do ye
even-so to-them/' Matt. 7:12.
-t ? A cardial welcome is extended to
tilL. 1
W. F WEST. Pastor.
Easter Egg Hunt
Mrs. Roy K. Wrenn dehfrhtlully
entertained her Sunday School claw
at her home on route 1 on Easter
Monday, afternoon with an hunt.
Thin was \ .'ry miicn < !i;:r.ru u> 've IV
one present
i P. . J..1- , ? ,
vfr H w Serge Ant . a. student in
Weaverstfllte College near. AshcvilU
Ji-c _?_u. ??? ?
with the hdme folks
Peaches Browning
Loses a Lawsuit
i hira'io, April 19. ? Frann-s ?
"Peaches" Browning who re
cently lost a husband and a
lawsuit, today lost an argu
ment, A traffic officer arrest-,
ed W Mann, son of Fred Mann;
at whose cabaret "Peaches" is
dancing, for speeding while the
girl was riding with him. .She
argued so vociferously about
her companion's arrest that thr
officer also arrested her on a
charge of disorderly conduct.
She furnished $.>00 bond.
Roxboro Ready
For Field Day
The merchants. are ' 6f?hihrt this day
jif fun for the children an dthey have
given liberally and want all to have
lots of fun The events will, begin
promptly at .10 a. m. Ail that intend
tu enter must be on time. . Each
school will" give an approved list to
the officials .so... that all records <,a i
ho Unprt m nrripr ; \'nnp \i. Krise name
ddes not appear on. t ho list will.' chT ?
?ov ground free There a) 11 he. a ball;
game ' m the afternoon. ' Cprne one J
c.nd all and brill? soirit one with tow:-'
Lets, s?e what school "in the county
has t\ie best box* and strip '
COMMITTEE.
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Al Smith Answers Re
ligious Issue Without
Equivocation
The tenor of the reply Al Smith
would make to the Marshall letter
suggesting, that religious loyalty "to
the Catholic Church might prove , in;,
consistent with political loyalty to
Constitution of .the United States was
a foregone conclusion. Now that tiie.
reply has come, however, it is worthy
of a man aspiring to the Presidency.
With admirable direCtne's- its .^liient
points are included in these few Con
cise paragraphs
V believe in the worship of C?0d ac
cording tcr the faith and practice of
the Roman Catholic church. I recog
nize no power in. the institution o:
my church to , ixiterlexe with the op
erations of the Constitution of the
United States or the enforcements
of the law of the land.
I > believe in absolute freedom .of I
conscience for ail men aend. in. equal
ity of all churches, all sects, and ail.
beliefs before the law as a matter of.
right and not as a matter of. favor.
. I believe in the absolute separation
of Church and State arid in the strict
enforcement of the provisions of the
Constitution that Pomness shall
.make no law respecting an" establish -
mr ntt'ijH ,? pwlmhiv.n:'.
free exercise thereof. .
X "believe that no / tribunal .of anv
church 'has ant power ;to \niake . any
l decree of any folfce in the law oi the
land pther than to establish -the. |
stjitis of its own communicants with
in its own churcYx
"That i?. a c're-io 'with' which . no
American ran take issue without
himself being lairt open to the very
suspicion of disloyalty with which it
has been sought to discredit . Al
Snilth.? 1 * >J ' ?!
Mass-Meeting
The .citizens of the. town are hereby '
called to meet in the court, house at
8 p. m.. on Tuesday. April 26th; for
the purpose ot nominating candidates
lor the Board of Commissioner* and
Mayor of Roxboro. for the next two ,
; years. Done by order <5f the Board
1 of Commissioners.
R. P: BURNS.' Mayoi\
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Business School
Has Vacation
The Georgia -Carolina busU?e?s
igchool closed a very successful .term i
; here on April StU^-and the following
students trraduated ahft were iiv<M>
their diplopia:.: Misses Florence Clay
' ton. Emily Moare. Alma dash. Mrs ?
j WIlUe Carver and Mess. Jerry Dtxon.
i Jr.. Marvin Eanes. Edear SlafiehtPr"
I . ? =g=
'Birth
Born, to fcjrjft'd Mrs. J. 'W: .Chom
; Iw.-r; oil K.i'"1 niwn?v?. a fine baby
| [;irl. Pattie Roystor ChaniUrr* Mo*h
J er and enno pfilHll! UlOlli; nut1.' r~
Convict Four
Of Murder Of
Lee Sheriff
Sentenced to Twenty Years for
Manslaughter;- Bobbins
Gets Ten Years
HARRISON TAKES APPEAL
, Sanford. April ! 7.? Verdict for
Second; decree -murder for Bud Davis
and Tom McAVtenue and a verdict of
manslaughter asking t'hfe mercy of
the court for Macon Marrison and
Parker Robbins were returned in Lee
superior court ^arlynhis^nornin^.
Juds-e N. A. Sinclair , sentenced the
defendants. convicted of7" slaying
Sheriff James L. Turner during a
raid on a .still near here on January
30 last, as follows:
DavLs and Mc A venue JO fears at
hard labor in states prison.
Harrison 20 years.
Robbins not less than VO nor more
than 15 years in prison.
Harrison, -through e-smvjel. ? ? ? -
notice of appeal..
Tftw other three men intimated
thrroutfh counsel they would not ap- *
peal; - /?- ?
?f: ? -V. ? ? ".Oi~- ? -rr? -? ?
Trustees Elect
Superintendent.
^ f.;' ihn; M^rf} Of tflK
telfis <?;?{ the Roxboro. Orad,vd Schools
/last Wednesday- afternoon Mr. C>. C. 4
pav?asor.\ -.Henderson- w'&s elected
Superintendent. tuiU i?. rtt take c.hr?rge
?of- ?' tilts work -ibe- dn<e- tft. the pre*- .
?'?nr. vision'.- I;' ? ;i! ???>??? i-e-memb^rerl
that at n previous . meeting-' Prof.
Stalvev who has served the schools '
in this capacity so ion? and so well,.
! declined to allow his name to be p*e
.sonted lor re-election.
.Mr.- Davidson! who was present,
miprps^iori on
selves fortunate in beine able to get
D man so well prepared fnr this po
sition. He lias been supervisor of the
Henderson and Vance County schools,
and comes highly ^recommended.
Spring Time
That man or woman, boy or girl,
must have developed some abnormal
condition in his or her nature or al
lowed his Verv soul and, life tp' be
; come shrivelled and twisted, if he .
or she does .hot appreciate the f?reat
reality that Glorious SpHncr ' is here,
. after wrestlihs: in the cold clutches
of an icy winter for several months .
The advent of the Croqus. the Butter
cup and the. Violet, together with
the merrv son? of the btrds and the
shrUl call Of the frog ure all tokens
that , verify rind establish f of gtxxl,
th" season*? own' true greeting*.
The sweet scented Honey-suckle* a?
it beats its dew laden .petals against,
sour '.vmdowpane is but another call r
to be iip and put hi tlve ?reat open
and ;oir'v your voice with, the, Crick- ? r
e.ts -chirp". 'and fceritly oast your hook
the vltf liiHl pond and watch thr
hungry nibble of your ::rst catch of
the season. ; : ? '
' Does, not all these- things, arous^
, on vou that spirit' .'of; buoyancy and
youth: does ir not. carry you back '? tp
those days or Ion;: a?) when you
teased vour 'rather to lefr you fid
your. . feet of your tiresome winters
shoes and . you could feel the cool
rotich' sand as it found, its way be
uveen your toes? My. but those were
I wonderful days ahd they are her1
again. so let us. revive in our lives ,,
and minds fthe spirit of Spring rime
and thus; help to ward off thofr>
marks and .lines, that come in our
faces that tell us we are one year ?
okier. -
In The Hospital
Mess. Eugene Thomas. Robert Har -
ris and Van W. Stephens were car
ried fcjlp hospital from Roxboro
Monday. Harris and "Stephens are
victims of appendicitis and both on .,
derwent successful operations. vrhll*
it- hjis not been, fully determined
what Mr. Thomas trouble is. Their
friends are wishing for' each of them>
a .speedy i*5ecovery.
Easter Efetf Hunt
At Mitchell Chapel
Mitchell Chapel Sunday School
hfwwt>ipir annual Easter egg hunt
Monday at 2:30 p. nv. in .the KTOvr*
??/?hnfil Mb C. O. C?0?*tl
:ind; Mrs Tom Wrenn and others hid
! <he eggs while the children were en
I tertamed at Mrs. Wrefch's house Th#
? children -then hunted -the eggs and
; all had a girat .tlrtie. The whole ?t> .
? ' . r n .1 II line nl 1 illi