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THE DATE ON THE | . LABEL IS THE J DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT. VOL. No. XLIV ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA. Wednesday Evening, July 20, 1 927. WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR PAPER AND DO NOT LET YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRE SI.50 PER YEAR IN ADV/ No. 29. Same "Natural" For Dempsey and Sharkey That Made Jeffries-Sharkey Battle a Classic Jack Sharkey and Jack Demp sey Scheduled To Go 15 Hounds Tomorrow JACK SHARKEY FAVORITE \ It has always- b?en difficult, for sport 'tains' of any age to give credit to ability or the performance of its athletes until they could look, back i to "the pood old days" and in merii- j ; ory at' last realize that greatness had I be*n \vitlv them unaware. The heavyweight struggle between i Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey this | week is a psint in: comparison- which. y -as this is written is in many quar ters being discredited and not. given itill acknowledgment -as being a. very ? important milestone in the history pi ) heavyweight pugilism Oldtimers still tell of that memorial itruggle between the great Jim .tef iries and Sailor Tom Sharker1, tt is today a ring classic in the mind o<" faxidom and admittedly a he-man i i^rformancr vjhiCh any red-blooded : lcllower of tlii mitt slinger.s would travel miles to see. The Dempsey-Sharkey .battle prom ic rd AS TiTtith . A- bat t le of well eon - djtioned wl) trained rihgiften.i both <rf whom ;in past . performances have records' which should have left ho <?cubt m th,v mirlds oi . all that it .will' ; lie a ^ri ;r Vh.Mh>>r i\ (joes . 'v>r?. roUn<i-"- ;>i* fifteen. rbut^ffi ' - Mil/ all^irOugb ' the d>\s *C|Mrai!w mg.thc experts ifetT: Anaed^and siTp iitsed * their way through, cautiously - ._ietusiiu to give fulV credit to either. ~ rran ttTKf^ctffcating the" impression that it might ' 'bvl.iiki i .ianeW - bs-a good i^atMe, '?"* Looking at the brittle; for the J>ur pose., ot . seeing - accurately and . truly , the factors involved, one must admit that it is "a natural." Here is ? the great Demi^py? still a young rrjan as compared to. Fitzsimmons , Sullivan or Johnson, in a desperate, olfort to regain his lost iaurels Trained to the minute:, looking the perfect specimen of a well- conditioned it- an; a clean life behind him with no cfjssjl^tion tolls: a great ringman i Continued on Page Eight) Orphanaere Glass Offers Program Tfic younR people representing the Odd Feljo*?" orphanage, at Oolds bsro: presented an enjoyable and Ih . . tcrtwtirig . program in th? graded School auditorium. Monday night. A large number oi local people were., - " 10 Trivf' the class from ihfr. orphanage ?< hearty welcome to the town of ? Rpx.born. The program re,n <Jered bv "rc-ttm- ; people was one of tare ability; a ; rhey. appeared to "?&* . ?ii? -:ew: chr6uj#inur \M?^iormat)ce, .Rev. }V.-: T. Wes*'. pastor oi ..the ? i*Tst. Baptist. v'.nireh. previous :to- Uie - ofte-hinc of ? he rone ex\t :? cave prayer. . An orchestra, composed of/ boys- i?od ???', r.jr?s. ransme t.n ,a?c ii'Ojih .10* to 15. '?'dded* mr.ch' to Vh?. occasion; av i.hf V j rrilc furnished b formed .one ?oi". .the .-feature Vrf ,::he: pro^ra-m. ? ? RecitMir.r. ? -at-kl. drills . were' also carried ?w( m -sppeviof- ?eUon. The ' program- came unier. the auspices of Vpr. senior B V P L\,- ot (he First Baptist church ' ? (>"? ? E. G. Thomosori Suffers Stroke Roxboro. July 20.--E O. Thomp son of this city suffered a severe *<?Toke of paralysis this mornin? j about nine o'clock Mr. "Thompson expressed to members of his family early in the morning that hs did not j ?erl very well but preceed^d to enter upon ihe duties of t'v? day. first going to the post office for his mail. It was here that he suffered the stroke srd was carried to. his home and has ffcowin very little symptoms of being sjrjv better. Masonic Notice Regular communication of Person lodar No 113. A. F. A A. M.. 7:30 ficlocK Tuesdav night July 26. 1927. A!) Master Ma*ons are urged to at tend All vLitttn* Brethren are oor jfallv invlte<J. J J WOODY. W. M. A. C. O ENTRY. SWc. Announcement 1 wish announce lo my friends Mid customers that about August the 1 wHl he located in the Jones Hotel building, next door to Royal . <Jafe. I will be better flxtd to serve you. Come to see me. J. W. OREEN & SON. Sharkey ? . ? ? Dempsey Young Woman Dies In Swollen Stream, In Unusual Tragedy iM i- < ? llf.hr it,. nl .'acm'gf ? ~C'aught I'lvder Auto in. Creek.' Rising/ Water drowns Her PRIEM) I N ABLE, TO HELP Hsikfesyitfe. July. 17.- ? Imprisoned i under an overturned automobile that landed in a small stream Miss Marie ? Behre. 22? was drowned late list night-, when a sudden rain caused the stream to rise while a few feet away. Waiter Holland, employee of a local firm, lay helpless hearing her strug gles but unable to reach her. Holland \ was found by pasers-by early today 3nd he and Miss Behre's body re moved from the wreckage of the small roadster that had held them in the stream. His head still was above the water ana he was suffering from et haustion and. bruises and scratches Miss Behre. head nurse ?.t iv? Elk in. nrspital. and Hollard started last i night- loi North Iredell* to *. isit Hoi 'land's grandmother. They became lost in the. darkness on a iyranoh road ? off highway No. *26 near Houston vine.. ? r ? ? ' _ 4 Miss Behre -.vas driving. About ? c clock they reached an abrupt c'.;; ve in the road at a bridge over a sma4'. shallow creek. The car went off a l/retety over and the crusliM top pin i:rd,llqth under the car. Miss Pci-ie ' as thrown face downward nl" , Holland was thro>vn ^lig^htly to . ott> side and face .Upward'. Fo*; two hoy.tv' :!v? yolms couple" lav in- the stream';/ .vanned under tW car neither badly ?Injured but unable to; move.. . They discussed their " plight. Then the .?^Viden shower .cariio 'uft. .'The 'srv-\T..'. be^an to rise. Terror (nppcri, them i tit : hofh held 4n check - its -liU-tch* "as ? f,i.s ib1^ as they tried to '('assure one JanOthev*? tmd? hold-out the i-wpa ihatr s -me one would come aion.: the. .lit- ; ' tie used road and save -Ivein. The . ater continued to, rise. Soon it JJe-5 gap creeping over Miss Behre's head. Then it Completely engulfed her. Hokxnd meanwhile could keep his head above the water and he stvug *.ed to release himself and to rave his young companion. But his ef forts were fruitless. Help cam* Just ftx> late. Passersbv. four men. their names not learned, heard Hollands, cries. They rushed to' the rescue. First efforts, under Holland's direc- : tion were at getting "the woman out. Efforts to resuscitate .her were truitless. A physician wa^ called but ' he, could do nothing and pronounced her dead. Chief Oliver Makes Raid A rather unusUal raid was jnade 1 one day last week by Chief Oliver and game warden Harry Satterfleld when they made their way over to | th? City lake and fouhd that some i one was not uttsfled with catching ftsh by the hook metliod which is within the bounds of the law. but : upon investigation they hauled out exactly' 804 feet of nets an< also a fine lot of flsh which the . Chief pays iwr? vory fine No arrest w?re mad* but h?r?afur Una ViVe will be kept i under close wapch. ' . ? jO " ? Millard Webb's Prnrfnrtlnn' "AN AJF : PAIR op -THE FOLLIES" With Billie Dove? Lewis St me am! Lioyct Hughes Playing nt I r>i . The-tire M j-jtJay ,<nd Tuesday ? ? _ Wr-meri Must F'"Ht Slayemagter? -Man Oakland. Calif.. July 13? Thr womm of the world are to be led into battle fur their inde pendence undfr the banner of American leaders. AtMrwslnj 'h?* national con vention of Business and Pro fessional. Woman's clubs here todti.^ Miss Lena Phillips of New; York, national president of the organisation, declared that the American federation planned to . -.how women of other countries how to "break the chain** of thralfdom which far four centuries they have worn in obedience to man." On a Rampage Liquor, cod liver oil. beef iron ?nd wine aftd the drinking class only knows what-, else, makes .a very bad combination, or rather, it seems that .! way in (She case 01 John PoWell who : filled up on several kinds arid 'cut i up in .renenU in ' hi? home, reaching atou i prion Sunday when Chief Oliver v:ent. over to .his home ; nnd arretted hforL He was given a hearing a)id :>lac#d -under, a twenty flve dollar >>snd. ' : ATTRNTIQ N M OTO K I STS 1 wish to eft!! attention ! publicly tQ the following rules governing the op eration or fnotor ;v chicles in this state and town Winch 'hereaf tor a diligent, effort will bo made to enforce in the town of Xioxboro by the xoHce of f iciali of the town. Mr. L. K. Walk er has been appointed traffic- .officer in the business district and he. to gether with the other police officers. Has been instructed to enforce as near as possible t "n?se rules maii^ for your own protection. We ask your co operation 3iri tlv; same courtesy to us that Is being and will be extend ed to you. Th? foil Twin* are rules which /. i VI be en*orci?<l nearly as possible hereafter. State Laws: Headlight m.VjVCtioo .arid certirt* cate. ' ? Proper -slate license and rsgistia tion. ? Two headlights. and one rear li$ht b- irning at night. Reckless anc^rireless driving. Town Ordinances: Speed regulations. Fifteen miles in business district. Twenty miles in residential district. Officers Instruct ed to allow twenty-five miles per hour in residential district unless speed ! under existing traffic or weather conditions reck leas and careless. (This does not permit such speed in case of congested traffic and state law as to reckless and careless driv ing always apptiesi. __ Vehicles must not be operated without mufflei cut-out closed and in good shape. Proper town license milst brTT-; illbited hx Roxboro ov.-ni^:^- ^ on paved streets. Parking. Regulations:. Both sides Main Street Hotel janes Man Shoots Woman And Then Himself Walter O'Brfant Fires Shot Through ' Mrs. SalHe Smith Then Shoots Self NOT EXPECTED TO MVK Murder and suicide, with more than I even chances - for success in both, j were attempted early yesterday ? morning by Walter Dixon O'Brlant. ! 3.6, Durham jeweler, of 717- Hollaway |\treet. when hfe entered the Chrysler tear driven on North Mangum street ' by Mrs. Sallie Smith WJUn'v.:*. about ? ; 28 years old. ol 2117 1-2 Chapel i<!tl boulevard, and fired a shot through I here breast, a few minuses 'rucr gct | tins Intp the car besidd her and flir ' ing a ihot through h5$. stomach. Both are in Watts hoy_v'al ya *? rions conditions, surgeons, reporting last night that chances. ror recovery itv bbth. cases are not Iiopeful. An operation was performed on O'Biiant ; 5 ^sterday and ' prepara c lona inade for ..a blood transfusion tOda.v in an ef fort to save his life. An operation .was performed on Mrs! Williams last night. A large artery was severed in Q."Briant*s body, causing irreat. -Joss-; of blood and decision , to resort to ; transfusion. Information secured . by police in dicate .that" O'Bi-fcant was near the. corner of' Parrish and Nfor t i\ Mar: r : *um streets when Mrs.WU iarr^ drove J by He jumped on the running.. board* .' and then got into the car with her riding until they had-gone about a.: block and n half. He then threw his arm around her and pointing the pistol toward her hart, fired. the po lice were informed. ' He lumped out sf the car> ran a half block toward j Qre station No. 1. theti ran back, got in the car beside her and ;fired the bullet through his own stomach, ac cording to police information. Surgeons expressed the belief that' he attempted to ftre the bill through I the heart in both instances, but in both cases fired too low- The ball passed through both walle of his j stomach and came out at the back. The one fired into Mr Williab" en tered the ribs and followed a down- j; ward course perfora|ing the >intesT tines in several places; An Explanation Luck, vlnch we hear so many peo ple t.< Ik of. means rising aisw o'clock In the morning, living oi^a dollar a day, if you .are making two. minding your own business and not meddling with other people's. Luck ? melThs the, appointments you have never failed to . keep: trains you have nev?r failed to catch. Luck means trusting in CK>d and in your own resources.-? Selected. to Reams Avenue. "fifteen minute limit at ali lim":' exccpt Sundays Stop parallel with curb and direct ly against. Main Street on tyest vide Hotel Jones to 15 feet beyond fire station entrance fifteen minute limit unttl eight' p. in. Park parallel vilth curb. Main Street on cast side .from Depot Street intersection to north property line PaSs Furniture Stor6 fifteen minute limit until six p m. Par1; 45 degree ingle to curb. No parkin? on west side >of Main Street In front of Crowell Auto Corn pan.' from 7 a. m.. to 6 p. m. Court Street on north side fifteen minute1 until six p. m: Stop parallel with curb Depot Street oh north side comer Main to below Wade Grocery Co. fiften minute limit all times. Park parallel with curb. Stop vehicle parallel with curb and directly against everywhere except where marking signs show otherwise. The above parking rules not cn i forced on Sunday except position of vehlcie when parked. No parking within fifteen feet of i fire hydrant. Nor within fifteen feet ! of curb intersection at any time: I Ve"Htctes must" go to right of frogs l at street Intersection. Needless and frequent blowing of horn or siren prohibited. " t These rules are printed for your In formation. Please help us to relieve I the traffic mlx-up here b.v observing . them. And do not expect the same strict enforcement against strangers as agaln.il yourself. W6 Beg a d? rsntj* uTlIth vUI make "STrests im. - necesiary. f- - Respectfully, ? R. P, BURNS. Mayor. Northwood Guide ' Miss Virginia Owenj of Crawl-. iiijj'Rnrk' I.akf, \V > . again in the nc.rrhwDods as . uide for fish ing and Huntm,: pa'rt'u ??? us'ing her earnings . to .pay h* r way through the state university where- she, studies law Th>? t< lie r. third sea-* Son*? ^and she has ncvcr?bc<fn lost. Attends The Association Record Breaking Attendance At Three Day Session: l"n usual (*ood Order BIG EVENT OF YEAR The. Lower Country Line Primitive Baptist - Association assembled in a three days session with the church at Helena. N. C.. beginning Saturday morning. July 16th. This $i an an- ( nual affair with this denomination and is considered one of the big j ?events of the year, not only with mem bers of this particular faith, but with thousands of other people who go to worship with them and to meet old friends and acquaintances. Early Friday mortUn? people began to gath er among the beautiful oate trees that surround the handsome new chiirch and on even* fc Vervue you j, couM ? se*- evidences of constructive activity and by un down a ;entej3 city had sprung up presenting -a beautiful spectacular scene and the little village of . Helena . had rown over night into a . .city" of .several, thousand. These good; people who ?tay the whole -session, through- arc always well fixed as was evidenced bv the writer who personally, inspected one ?of th'frsp - tent "homes. Here you could ' find' nearly all the . comforts tp ; be -j found 'in' the', average home and when, you sjjeak of . fo*v* ihls .is one ?>'ace on can always And *he The whole session was. wel) attends*! but- ifl&.-vrowd reached its heieht Sim dav which was estimated at from to ien thousand people. Ah 'interview with .Sheriff Bro.Oks makes us /eel that people lpust be rettine better as. ; no drinking "and " misconduct of any . nature was Indulged in and we are proud* of the tain that so many pear pie can get together and do the right Crowd -('-{igptitoS : .? \ ;-v ? The order of worship bes&n at 10 o'clock Saturday -morning wit)v the Ringing of quite, a number of benuti 1 fill old melodies under live leadership of Dr. Saterfleld, of Prospect Hill, followed by Elder J. A. Herndon. pas tor of the Roxboro Primitive church, who preached the introductory ser mon. After, this, services were held at intervals throughout the entire ses sion. Mr. W. A. Warren is Modera tor of the Association and every thin? moved along nicely throughout the entire session There were twenty four ministers present and a ren* era! spirit of love and devotion seemed to fill the very atmosphere. The session adjourned Mondav 3nd 1 the next Association will meet with the church at Stories Cteek. First Baptist Church ? Sunday School 10 a. ra.. R. L Wit burn. Snpt, P reaching U a. m., subject: "loy alty To Christ." * p. m.. subject: "The Life and Light Of Men.' . b. y. p. D*?. 1 p. m> JV The ordinance of Baptism will M observed at the close of the evenlrffl service. j "The entrance of the Word slverlt : light" P*al..ll#:13Qj / W. F. WEST. Pastor. Millard a 1 rnrtuHteH FAIR Of 1MB rutXTES? Will, U'.nlp l ove ? LewU Stine ?nd LUivd Hurclies j i'-ayinq ot VsWrf Theatre Vomlav ; and Tuii 'i'. Special Dairy Trip Friday To Alamance Person Co. Siiouid be a Good Dairy County, Has Natural Advantages LEAVE FRIDAY^ 7:00 A. M. All fanners interested in the future of Person County and their farming operation-; are invited to get a car load of their friends*, neighbors and kinfolks. nil up their dinner pail and meet the crowd at the County court house next Friday at 7:30 a. m. for a trip to Alamance county to inspiect some of the fine dairy herds. regte- . tered cattle alfalfa farms and poul try flock > * The schedule is to reach ^ Bushy Fork by 7:43 and Prospect Hill by 8:00 a m. From Prospect HUl. the ' partv. will. 'follow road Noi 144 to road No. 62 in Alamance County, and turn south toward Haw River . tor 5 miles on No. ?2. The first- stop will be l ? 1-2 . miles- this side of Haw River a; a large dairy and alfalfa Tarm where %the party .will be met by Mr. I W. K Scott who will take cha rye of the . Person County party and conduct ?:\u:u\ nrer th^ ronn-v to visit jme \o: tht? , leadiri i dairies and herds of r registered cattle. All ao will do ur.-ea fc> make- ? t liis ' *tcif>. .Offer your car krr vo;ir^: - w.\n> rv.'^no'ar :. l-f ' IV'iii ? .pay', the gasoline and -oil bill nh the trip, let each bring his dinner in a pail or box for we shall ail ea- under the shade of a tree pn . whatever farm noon happens, to catch i Alamance i* one of the counties, iii ? North 'Carolina that has. th> di^tinr. j tion of being practically" self suprort ; lrtg; and the old. dairy vow r> not the i least of the factors .-that jives this p CQtanty- this envir.viic distinction. 'All records point to the tact that \vh*re the old dairy row Nivrn a : ha nee , to share the burden 6* r conilortafcki living. she. his v-?asured up.fc^J to' h^_ica*>nsittilitv. During the hard time.s just alter ttig war, the dairy ? Continued en . Page "Sight) Another Trip To T obacco Farm Plahs are under way Tor another group of business men. farmers and others interested. to make a ttip- to Oxford Wednesday July, 27th. to see results of/the differenc fertilizer and ? < ?;> v:v. -nts on tobacc . The: forty- five ;nen who visited the-: Station last week were enthus*ast:c over results th j ? -n\v frotr. Using li-ne under tobacco u?d many v.TI pliers trrder?-ftfr/TJin? ~ -?ne Ml? f:itr. The plan is to .save T'.oxboro .about 8 sc. m.. to .spend about' two hours at the station ? if \ Mr". H G. MOsfc tii hearing- hirrt ? faik aiiou 'ny.c for to bacco uyvd to we ne results' m ti?e Ui Ui .and v-Muri n.1./ i?v noon. 4 All cv the^ town fAr^V& s vi}l Ve titled to make this mjvf.no any ./.'iters who feel disposed o arv . ur^ed to do ho Thc.ln^ i,i ' >1: woith whfta >n'iak-f ?ng Airplane Forced Down Near Roxboro A lari?e Standard Oil biplane, bear in? some of the officials of the Com pany. rwas compelled tD make a forced landing About three, miles from Rox boro on the Bushv Fork road about four o'clock Monday afternoon. A hard* storm, with a *reat deal of ram and lightning, probablv caused the pilot to interrupt the ttip. The land ing was made safely in a clover, field After a short while, both the storm and the plane passed on . The landing field hasnt been named as yet. Let Big Ben Cure Your Tobacco II Is a known tact that tobacco. cured under the observation of Blgr Ben Alarm Clock brings more West clock line tl;50 to *1.25. The New ells. Jewelers. Notice All Privilege License Ta* on peo ple doing business in the Town of Roxboro was due July 1st! A pen alty of twenty per cent is added if not paid before August 1st. _v B. R MANQUM. Manager. wi "AM <M? Dove ? Lewis Slnne and L'.ovd Hughes. Daym* at P?iw Theatre Monday ?r.d Tr.csc'ay.