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VOL. No. XLIV
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ROXBOP J, NORTH CAROLINA. Wednesday Evening, April 27, 1927.
Roxboro Wins First Anmr
Person County Field /feet
Silx Davis and Miss Mary
Woody Mainly Responsible
in Roxboro Victory
? voi K SCHOOLS COMPETED
The Roxboro High School ran away j
? ith Wgh h6nort in the first annual
troott County Field and Track Meet.
?hich va i held -last Saturday on the |
oca 1 Hi?h School athletic Held. ,
3vehy Fork. Roxboro. AUensvillc aud.|
bethel Hill High schools were all (
?cpresejoted with a large number of j
| : nte-stants. The day was ideal for
" ' 4Ch an occasion and a large crowd
^ interested spectators was 'present
; o witness the efforts of _ the young
rJrvlt'te.s
Kltz Davis, an unusually promising
.thlete. unheld his reputation by
'Xhlete. upheld his reputation by
.r:divi<hjal honors, a total of 29 points i
Veihft placed to liis credit. His team- ?
-?at*. Franklin Long, came second ;
-t+th 22 points. Lien try, representllv^T
?illeiisville, was third with 13 points.
rltss ' Mary Woody, for Roxboro. ixor* i
? xi a decided victory oyer her' op- j
otients, . with (x total of 12. points.' j
lentry for Allensyille was second
1th seven lioihLs. while Bowjes for
iurhy Fork: took third place with
. ? r:< point*. Scoriiu: by _ schools was
?-.follows" . Roxboro*. flT.o; Bethel ?
Call 33.6 AlleASMlU- '23 r nd Bushy
~-'ork 16 *
The meet w* a.^ very efficiently hah
: Hxl by * he. Committee .from the Ro
"V ary" Club and .the ? various events^
ierc run off Ixi rapid prder. As n
?:iiole the day was -suoeessiul, and
: ^ hoped to make this an annua!
vem between # the schools of the \
Jounty. The Committee in charge is .
-jrateful tp the merchants of Rox*
.?X6 lor the loyal support' extended .
,.<u. them li? this work.. Every ^merchant '.
vv3sw;TppFoacTirc? u!^me<3"^ad* of *
'he opportunity to lend their en- ?
. _>urai*ement t6 -the boys and girls. .
"*ht- proceeds ot the day will be ap- j
lied , to the new: gymnasium.
Followmti is a list ? bl>. the* -events
? rth the winners: 100- yard dash,
jnws. Roxboro. first; F. Long. Rox
oro. second; Masteri. Roxboro. third:
\tW 50 yard dash. Woody. Roxboro.
i-rst; White, Bethel Hill, second;
.ientry. Allensville. third: Standing i
road jump. Carver, Roxboro. ijirst. jj
Javjs. Rpxboro, second; Moisten,
ioxboro third; Rig-a-back ra.ee,
.Inntague* :tnd Montague, Bethel
Hill, first: Wins tea d and Winstead.
Roxboro. seco n d; A b b i 1 1 and.
IXBriant. Roxboro.; third; Basketball
hrow Long. Roxboro. first; Walker.
3ethei Hill second; Oliver; pushy
' ork ?third; Gifls.'.' t.hre(Mi-^gfcd rac<\"
Bowles;, and Bracisher Bushy Fork,
?irst: Woody .ind -Cole. Roxboro. ?ser
V nd'.i '<-4triV ^landing broad jump*
^radsher. . Bushv Fork, first: ' Oentvy. I
^erisvilje ;=>-eoji'd: Woody Roxboro.
. .. . vhlrd; 440-yard' dash.' Davis. Roxboro.
- irst ; Long1. Roxboro> ? oco'nd ; IVrkliVs.
" ??'?toxhoro. 'third.
....Pole "Vault. Davis, Ros&orb. ? first;.
? JonjtVy. Allvnv.'viih-. second; Oirls
?bi&ketball. throw, C. Bodies Bushy'
7?ork, first: M&xme Wrerin ? Bethri !
Hill. second; -Mrtrv Wrenn .Bethel
frfilK third: C'JirJ:-. -baskcTball ohmw:
Mary W'min. Bethel Hiti. first;
Bowles. Bushy FJik. second: C\ B?Wl
. .-i. Bilfihv:; iforfc,-- .third. relay
Roxbctfo. first , Bethel Hitf.- sec- .
md; ijiishr Fork? third: sack, rglce.
warren Roxborb. first ; Walker; Beth- ?
?1 Hill -secontf; Abbitt. Roxboro.
iiird; Girls sack race-. Woody, Rox
.->oro, first; Duncan. Roxboro, second;
r't'illcy. Bethel HiU, third; Three lesr*
M rac* Featherston and L-jn?. Rox
boro. first Gentry !uid Slaut&ter.
/Ulensville. y-eond : Wltkerson and
Whitfield. Bushy. Fork, third: Base
mil throw. Lohcr. Roxboro. first:
.^laughter. Allensvillc second Watk
r. ^'thel Hill, third: 220 yard dash.
Davis, Roxboro, first: Mas ten Rox
joro, second: Loir/. Roxboro. third;
Girls' high jump. Maxine Wrenn.
fieiheJ H|U, first; Meadows.. Roxboro.
ee ond; Hi*h Jump. B. Gentry* Al
. :en?vlHe. first. Davis. Roxboro sec
ind: Running broad iwmp. Long,
Roxboro. first; Davis. Ttoxboro, sec
>nd; Walker. Bethel Hill, third:
Olrls' running broad. Woody. Rox
ooro, nirst; Oe'rttry. Allensville. sec
-?nd; Puleher Roxboro; third; Half
mile. OenttV AlUjnsvBle. first: Mon
tague. Bethel Hill, ^acoitd; Perkins.
Roxboro. thh-d; Shot put. Walker.
Bethel Hill, rtrst: Carver. Roxboro.
*J >ccorid: Whilbro.? Bethel Hill, thlid.
- werr yt*V- ? phtyed %n?d hprd ? fought
Bethel Hili beat RoxftOru by y -rcorr
>f 2. to I in the first game. The sec
orfd partre, Bu*tnt Fork veVsqs Rox
ooro, was called on account of dark
ness with the score tied at Vail 'plm
orojpralu committee in Chirac, of the
events, was a? follows. Eddie Hill.
? ? Chairman; * Charles Harris. ?ffh?
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L. H. Oakley Killed
Inst&ntly by South
Bound T rain
Mr. Lew II. Oakley.
about 70. was instantly kiUrd
ahoat 1 p. m. this. Wednesday,.'
afternoon, when hp was run over
by -the southbound Norfolk A
Western freight train at the De
pot crossing; Mr. Oakley was
when struck. The flagman
states that he called to the man.
and then grabbed htm in an at
tempt to pull him from the
tracks, almost feeing dragged un- ,
der the wheels hims**U\ The
body was dragged probably a
bout 80 feet, and was badly
mangled, As^wp -go to press,
funeral arrangements had not,
of course been made.
Baptists To Build a Par
sonage at Providence
? ?>an River Township will at a very
early date have the distinction of
carrying within her borders a mod
ern, up-to-date pastorium, or flar
tonage. which will, likely cost arocn I
$3,000.00 Thus preacher's home, lo- .
catoti *ot.u Uigluvay No. 14. near Pro
vidence. Baptist church, will be ? oc
cupied by Rev'. W. s. Tillman, pastor
of ' the Providence. Blanche. Milton
and Beulah churches
It is understood tliat' plans arp
being made to make of this parson*
age a house that will be a. credit tn
the chGrch and the county. A num
ber at wagons belonging to the mem-r
bers of the church and other resi
dents of the community have been
hauling logs out_ of the woods from
which to cut. the lumber for the
dwelling:
I The location selected for the house
| is a beautiful one. in the mids- .?,f
a grove, just off of t]>e highway, but
in plain sight. The Baptists are to
be congratulated on this very worthy j
enterprise, and Mr.. Tillman is to be I
congratulated on the ' prospect of
having' a* . modern fidme well situated
, in which .to - JiVe.r -Caswell Messenger. '
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Presbyterian Church
Sunday School at 9:45 a. in . II. L. I
C Powell. Supt. Morning service at'
| it.a. in.: sernvpn i)y the Pastoi.
. Sunday School at Mitchell Chapel I
i at ' .2 p . nr. teaching at Warren's
(irovr? school at 4 p. m. - I
We ask that every member pVii-.v |
I (or the Union Meetinu to be. '-eld
May 30-^June 10. i
. P. CARY ADAMS, futtor.
- Officers Renominated
1 At the mass-meeting 'hold in tljn 1
court house last night all " of the old I
[ ofTiccr:. were re -nominated as follows:
For Mayor : Robert " ,P. . Burns.
I For Commissioners: E. O: Long, W.
C Bullock. -J. M. O'Briant. N s
1 Thompson and G. J. Cushwa, |
Tax Listing Notice
I will be at the following places
for the purpose of listing your taxes
lor 1927
Rojeville: Tuesday. May 3rd.
Hester Wagstaff'5 ?>tore: Thursday.
May 3U\:' *
F. D. Long^ Store. Saturday. May
7 th.
Mess. R. C. Hester and J. M. Brew
er will be with me tor the purpose of
revaluing the land.
T. C. WApSTAFF. Tax Lister.
Lieutenant Walker Dead
Washington. April ' 26.- -The fteath
?of Lieutenant Claiborne J. Walker,
aboard the destroyer MeCOrmick. at
Shanghai was reported -to the navy
<lepartment -today by Admiral Wili
hirns, ;wno aimouwd the cause tp
"Tun*hot wounds, self inflicted
Hroadhead. JoJTh Morris.-^Oon Adams
and Norman Klnkead.
^ ? o-^
Marion Davies with" Aritonjp . Morono
in "Beverly "t>f Oraustark" ;t' C^nio
: poliian Production. Palace Theatre
PHday April 29th. . . ? 0
Japan Will Take Big .
Delegation to Meet
Geneva. April 26.? Japan's
delegation to ihr three-power
naval conference it was an
nounced tonight, will number
50 persons. Present indications
arc that the cqjifefenc* will be
confronted bv numerous diffi
culties. One report is" that
Great Britain . may favor ab
olution of big seagoing subma
rines. 'this caused consider
able < oiYimcnt as the experts
deem it likely that the United
States would insist upon the
maintenance of this type for
VommuTfteatiOn with outlying
possessions.
MUSIC AT R0XB0R0 HIGH
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
At. the time when the outline of
the program for the commencement
of the Rnxhnrn Hi?h Srhrtol was pre^'
pared Wst wek. it had not been defi
nitely decided when the recital of
Miss Soli t hall's music class, would
-take pla he. It has now. been decided
that it \vin~be on Friday night. May
20th. in the high , school auditorium
All lovers of siood music will want to
.be sure to be on hand for. that, re
cital.
As .suggested last week. ' we expect
to make music a ' prominent feature
.of commencement, Mrs. A. \k Bums
and Mrs. J. A. Long. Jr,, have kindly
consented . to arrange the musical
program for Commencement Sunday.
May 29tli This gives assurance that
the music will be an attractive fea
ture on that occasion.
A. B. STALVEY. Siipt.
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James B. Blackwell
Anot her ' grand old Confederal
veteran has answered the final roil
ca|l and gone to join the beloved
Lee; ahd Jackson he loved so well and
followed so bravely through the Con -
federate war in a cause they thought
wa? Just , And right. This grand old
man. James B. Blackwell. was an
honoied son of, Person County and
the yroud father of Lester Blackwell
ow the -recent VYorld war. who von
lor himself and nation, fame and
honor that will live as long as Old
Glory" continues to whisper the
sirent message, that American Lib
erty. together with world wide safety j
for the human family, was made a~j
living reality by suclf as he. This
fine old man reached the coveted a ?;e
oi more thari four score years. and!
the silent call came to him at his
home at \?ebane. ry. C.. Sunday
morning. 1 April 25th. * Interment was
niade in the . town cemetery Monday
j in the midst of a large crowd oi
friends and relatives. ' _ '
Dinner . For The
Old Veterans
The. Confederate Veterans Rc-un
ion will- be' held in Roxboro on Sat
urday May 7th. 1927 After the busi
nes -session of the Veterans the usual
-.services, wilt, be held in the graded
j-ohoql auditorium. .The address will
ho delivered by* Mr. WUliani U instead.
>r Durham. Following . the address
o inner will be served to the Veterans
by the Daughters. Every- Veteran
arid his wife are ' cordloUv invited- to
br the guests of the DauRhton. oil
this occasion.
Annual Spring Sale
The Woman* Auxiliary of St.
Mark's Church will hold their annual
sprin? sale of childrens clothes,
fancy articles and candy Saturday
mominsr. April 30th. at the Carolina
Power 6c light Co , begrinnins at 10
a. rn * Your patronage is solicited.
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Services At St. Mark's
Rev Sidney Bost of Durham will
conduct a mission at St. Mirk's
Episcopal Church be?innln* May 2.
and lasting through the fec'x . Set
vires will be held every rvenipE ?i> 4 -
o'clock. Mr. Bost it a fine speaker,
and every oho is cotdt.itlv Invited to
come out and hear him.
' Wrestling
For thv Um? in tha hutbry ul ?
Roxboro therp will be an exhibition
wrestling content; in > the ne? gym
Monday " night, May 2nd. 8 o clork
This contest will be between local
l>oy\ of the Rosboro Httrh School, and
tftose why coirie ouV will be treated to
some fast mat. work Admission 15
? rent %
Interesting
Farm Notes
of Person Co.
Terracing Work (Joinp For
ward. Fowl Typhoid In 3
Sections of the Count)
O. P. McCRARY PAYS VISIT
Terracing went right alone on
three farms last week as follows: J. 1
M, Brewer. P. D. Long. Jno R. Brad
-jJietVaivd G. Y. HUrdle:. .'-'.In leaf ' 'hah. ;
five after the -lines were laid
off. Messrs. .Brewer, and Long had
them phrown. up life** they meant i
business. The others will .to the j
some, but the agent lias not been I
able to Inspect the terraces *ince the
lines were laid off. It certainly i> s \
pleasure to work with people v/ho
,do things right.
Mr. J. B Clayton at I^asfc?.ii*g shovv
< Continued On F'age Eight ?
In Second Place
Sck*o! Con to*
Mis* nelva Asfrlraft vf Beards
?A\n. 111. with a recontof 11 ^ear*.
'months of school ^ttrndante, with
t having ?fritted a <lay of being
:.r-ly. this Wfe|( jumped in'., ncoAH
As ann-mitcH la*t w.:ck.
' rcc pupils hive been fouii(t with' a
~c ord ot 12 year* perfect attend*
ice. ticing .for first place.
Charging Mississippi River
Rolls Across New Groun^
And TaKes In Three States
i /riving me Homeless HeTore
Ifl "The Fhn>d Claims New
Victims Here and There
DEATH LIST PAST lOO JSlARK
Memphis, Tcnn.. April 25..? -Swiftly
and irresistibly the flood waters of
Uje chaining Mississippi river and its
tributaries roiled across new u round
today in three states. Arkansas. Miss
issippi and Louisiana! inundating half
pr dozen more additional towns and
thousands of acres of farm land?
Driving the homeless before it. the
floods claimed new victims here and i
there, swallowing up a M issisr4ppi
national guard rescue worker near
Greenville, an Arkansas planter near j
Pine Bluff. and the captain of a
government craft assisting in levee
strengthening on the Arkansas river t
near Gould.
With the known death list, past the
one hundred mark, estimates, of the 1
total fatalities iip to this time ranged
from 300 to 500. Rescue workers in
the Mississippi delta region fear that
jniny lost their lives today as- the I
flood waters continue across that;
region..
In the absence of any official esti-*
mates, varying calculations of the
damage ov.er . the 9.500 square miles of ;
water covered areas were made by ;
business "men here. These ranged all
the way frpm one hundred million to ?
hah a billion dollars. .
The Flood at a Glance
Flood waters have overrun at., ast
six . more towns . in Arkansas and
Mississippi.-. ?
Additional thousands .01 agre- of .
ffirm lands also have bee*- ^undated
The liomsjess rfhw number more
than one hundred arid fifty thousand
wtth the' Red Cross preparing to care
for more than two hundred thousand
before the floods have run their
course.
Fears .are entertained by officials
that, the known death 'list of ji I it tit?
more than one hundred had been
greatly augmented by the ru*h of
Waters down the Mississippi delta.
Cotton ./fact ojfs and mercantile ex
pprtv" o? Memphis variously1 estimate
the . floqd damage to date at front one
hundred million dollars to half a bil
lion dollars. - I
With Arkansas City ? already under,
backwater and a deserted town. Hel
ena. Ark., higher up the river, was
threatened by levee seepage.
Breaks in small levees on streams
in both north and south f<ouisiana
are reported with refugees streaming
into nearby towns,
The Mississippi river is rising
steadily between Natchez and New
Orleans with army engineers gravely
concerned . about the safety - of the j
sonth's largest city.
Pull resources of the government
for food relief work are pledged by j
Mee.retary Heover pi. he begins prr
?sonal survey of the situation as to
| coordinate and expand rescue work !
and relief facilities.
F.vacuation of refugees to large
concentration camps goes forward
steadily while hundreds _of small
craft dart hfre and there in the flood
, rescuing those who seek refuee on
h-ve^s. housetops, mounds mrd in
!'tre(js..; :? ? ..v - .. v
? , ?
The Picture .you've been waiting to
See "Beverljy of Gratistark" with
Marion TliVi'v '".V v .i . .1 '..I'^trr,
. "Friday April 29th. ?
Louisiana National
Guard is Called Out
Now Orleans, April *>6.4- the
entire Louisiana national guard
was ordered out tonight by
Adjutant Grjwtal L. A. Tombs.
The order. General Toorribs
said. was u precautionary meas
ure to meet any po.vsiblr de
veloptmnts in thr Hood situa
tion.
Helena H. S.
Commencement
Helena High School Commence
ment will begin Friday evening April
29, at *7:45: o'clock with a pageant.
" America, yesterday and Today. This
program will be the only pay pro
gram during commencejrnent One
interesting feature 'of this program is
that every boy and girV enrolled in
school Will be m u. All vages and
many nations will be represented
during the evening 'from the Ameri
can Indian to the 'modern': day. The
admission for this program will be
25 and 35 cents
Sunday, afternoon at 1:00 o'clock.
Dr. Brtmond D; Soper or Duke Uni
versity will give the .Baccalaureate
Sermon in the auditorium ot the
school. ;
Friday night. May 6. ttie render
? aurt declaimers contests will be held
The First NaiGnal Bank of Rwxboro
will present the t, \\ nine r of;.the read 7
,'Vrs contest with a; fiVe" ' cidliar hank
acco.unl. ? ? '?
? Saturday May 1/ at -2 Of) o'clock.
Class= Day program, and Saturday
evening at #:O0 o'clock the f?radua
tion oxercises and Literary Address
by Dt- rtiibe.rt M. . Put eat' of V' v;c
Forest College.
The Helenjt" School and commiiuuv
consider-' themselves lOfttmate in *e-'
I curing: sAich noted .inep as Dr Sopcv
and Dr. Poteat for these exercise ?
Ifat* public us cordially invited o
all of the services. More will t'jiH ?<v
next, week .about this m'ognun.
Red Cross
The National Committee has asked
that RoxbotP give $450 to relieve ttie
j suffering of the flooded district of
, the South. You have read the pa
pers and know what that need is. so
s send checks to Mrs. A%. M. Burns.
Roxboro. N. C. We must help these
people, 1,000.000 of whom are without
| homes. 'P. CARY ADAMS
i Meeting Of
Womans' Club
The WomanV Club will hold their
tegular meeting on next Monday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock lrv their hall.
Every member Is iirircd to be present
as imtortant bustnns* isjo .com'e ? bi*?
fore the club. Secretary.
I ? ? . ? S}Wy eqV'v
! Cake Saie
f- Oet y^ur cakes Saturday from -ear
| ollna Power & Ltcht <X>m[to.T>y'? store
I. from. 9:30 to 11 : 30. a. nr. This sale
Its for the benefit efthe F.drrar Long
I oMmorlnl _Metliodisi. Church. Your
patronage u., solicited and wrll be
appreciated. ' "T
*
The Peoples
Bank Passes
Resolutions
Flesolutilfcn \dopted By Board
Of Directors of The Peo
ples. flank., Roxboro
IN. SESSION APRIL 23
We commend the Legislature ' of
1?27 and. approve of the Law requir
ing all COufitteft in the State to set
tle its /taxes in full by May 1st. All
-such taxes not being paid to be ad
vertised and sold for taxes.
We believe this a good law and
should prove beneficial tb all. "DtJ>
to conditions that have existed in
i Person County for the past five year*,
' we believe our pebple have done the
very best . they could under the ctr
custances and used the money re
ceived from the 1926 crop to the vitrv
best advantage and paid it out as far
as! it would go towards debts and
taxes last- year.
Knowledge *>f this Law having been
?' n to the public at* a very reeent
date and coming more -or les# like a^
bolt out ot a clear sky. has caught
pUmbets >f our goo d- citizens Un
prepared to pay their taxes and in
;v way not giving %hem\a lair chanrc*
to protect themselves ' localizing -the .
hardship That this ' E^a-w -wt ?? haw-^.
txjidp- lots,* of people \ye are going on
jeciprd favprin.: an extension of
tjme until Dec-.- 1st, 1912'7- and hetebT
irue .yvur worthy Commissioners to
fertint i l ?r-\tVnsion- ot time.
A copy . oi this; resolution to . be
mailed tci' Attortl'py General Brum
mitt. Dr. E. C. BroOks. the Board cf
County Commissioners and to the
Ttoxbora Courier r.-:
? Adopted by unanimous vote, of oufv
Board of Directors at Its- meeting
April 23rd. 1937. Nineteen member*
of the Board present. , '
To be first-rate business man
does not Involve being a fourth-rate
Christian.'
"Buying, possessing, accumulating?
: i his is not worldiness. But doing thU
m^the love ot it. with no love oi God
{jar^mount? ? -doing it so that thoughts
r ?: eternity and God are an intrusion,
doing it so that one's spirit secular
ize d" in the process; this ils world- . .
Iiness." Herrick Johnson.,
Sunday School 10 a. mi. R. L. Wil
burn, Supts
Preaching II a. nr.. subject: "The
Spirit oif God in the Church of
'Christ' 5:00 p. m .. subject: 'What
Do Your Neighbors See?'"
B v. P. Us 7.0Q p. m General B.
V P-. V. in, Dr. H. M. Beam,
director. ?
Only, tsar the Lord, and seryV
- Hfm in truth with a}l your heart: lor
<. nsidcr. \ltou ^r-e'at 'things Hq hath
.done 'fgr ? you'" 2 Sain. .12:24.
0 A cordial welcome iv extended t
?
The PiiVv Baptist Church.
. W.-.F. WEST Pastox'
Christianity
E. Or" LONG. Secretary
? ^ ? ? ? ' '
And Business
Court Week
Court did nrtt meet on Monday, a*
?Jtfdge Garland ,E. Midgett was tied
up -with a case in Oxford. He ar
rived yesterday morning, and v.itfr
Solicitor Umstcad, gpt right down t>r
business and during the day much
business vras- piit through, there be
ing only one jury case, several ad
missions wen*- noted. .Judgments
nof been handed dbwp yet. but w ?
will give full procedings in our next
issue. '
Nothing of great note Is on the
docket, the case of most interest be
ing 'that against Obe Cot-bran and
others, for shooting deputy sheriff
Frank Bradsher. This case is dock
eted for hearing today.
Handsome Elec
tric Sign
Thr Newells amonii the most pro,
gresslve flrm-s Qf our town, has swnng
to the breezes ? \<Sry liandsome elee
trie sign. The.* -say they are Just a.
whisper off of Main Street and you
arc Invited to walk down and see
this beautitul sign,
. - - ; ty ? 7? ' '
Episcopal Services
Bee: DeC: Ntiwyk will. hold services
Sunday morning at U a. m and
?Sunday evening at at St. Mark's
Episcopal Church. ? .
; r-r-7T O-r
Milton Sills with riot* Dun In "The
? SHent Lover ' at Palaoe. Theatre Mao- *
day and Tuesday. May 3 Sid.