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THE DATE ON THE l-ABEL IS THE DATE YOUR PAPER WILL BE STOPPED WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR PAPH* AND DO NOT LET YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRE J. W. NOELL. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, HOME FIRST. ABROAD NEXT. -1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL. No. XLJV ROXBORQ. NORTH CAROLINA. Wednesday Evening, September 7, 1927. No. 36. BRIGHT BELT MARKETS FLOODED WITH WEED AT OPENING OF SEASON ' North Carolina Towns Scenes of Activity As Sales . Get Under Way CROPS BETTER THIS YEAR : Eastern North Carolina taJyaECO' markets were the scenes of intense activity yesterday as the daily sales of -bright leaf got under way. Oh rverv market there were large recljlp^ Jt b?ta* generally, conceded that the production is ten? ^r^Tteen per cent greater than it was last '?ear. Wilson which always sells mere tobacco than any of the other markets, was so overwhelmed with receipts of the product that figures could not be given out. but sales w?re estimated as a million and a quarter pounds. Offerings were two and a half million pounds. Green vOJe made no estimate on sales but calculated the amount of tobacco on the floors or waiting to . get there at V\\o and. a half million pounds. Kin- j stcn and Rocky Mount the other } two of the larger markets, also had | gratifying receipts. Rocky Mount- 1 estimating >.alor. at a million.- and . a ! quarter and made a start on the sea- i son. In every way auspicious. Farm- [ ville; another large market. " crowded j th.e million mark. | r^fices- varie? nem II ftnv' flirt tors-* ? hundred to fifty and sixty dollars .j jundred. Qne report was that the 6r: grades brought satisfactory prices but the better grades went at figures that occasioned some disappointment. Tlrsnty cents was the average mast generally mentioned in the reports. In some instances an average of a lew cents less was made. Students of the market are won- 1 dering if the heavy receipts may not j tend to reduce the price. On .the j : : hand it yn poinTW? n nr that the | demand for bright leaf owing to the? increased use of cigarettes, will more !. .1 1 offset the increased production. First Baptist Church f Ke*t Sunday the pastor \C111 begin i *\\ ? series of' sermons, one for the | ni' rning and another tor the evening j S;?' . ice. I Tfiose.or the nvorninu will treat' of . Christ's .Relations- Tc Life's Condi- t . \ ???? ; \:] Th^se of the evening will treat of } The Value of Ciod's Moral Law To ! Civilization . j These subjects ought .to be of the! deepest interest to every thoughtful f citizen of the entire community for . tnev deal \vith the things that are of*! \llzT concern Co the happiniV-, ?\n0 1 welF being of every on*4 Sunday School. 10:00 a. in.. R. t. : W/Iburn. Supt. Preaching. 11:00 a. in.. subject Jesus In The Home. Preaching 1:30 p. m- subject: The, Ten Words of God 3." Y. P. U's. 6:30 p. m. Julia Y3rr- j cev. Qeneral Director * * , The Ordinance of Baptism will be observed at the cioso of the evening I service A cordial welcorr^e i> extended to all. W. F WST. Pastor! 1 Aller.sville School . T? :he parent' and students who. interested in Allensville chool Ij hirfeby give the following, notice: School will open at Aliens ville Sep* tember 12th at 8 4.V We are adding . tc our equipment this year a cOm pJfTe laboratory -for ; bjph*^ 'library ' !'bvr.s. teachers table* and many rr'p -v articles of equipment We also are adding $100 worth of books to our ibrary. Five truck* have been re jsputed and painted ">nd ar? in s*plen did condition With the abave add^d "Cjuipment we shall be tn n position to vender much better service, and bsve a better school than ever .before. Hence t earnestly urge altntf fhq parents to send their children at the "of ir imsKiwe. Your co-operation ahd interest. In otir school will be greatlv appreciated. N J TODD. .Principal. . ? . .. . Warren-O'Briant 'Mr: Rllev M O'Brlnat announces ifc; .marriage of his daughter Minnie M?? to Mr. James Ivey Warren on Sunday July twenty-fourth, one thou sand nine (hundred twenty-seven. Rro.boro, North Carolina. THE UIO PAHADJ?. tint of. the Rfeat e ? war pictures ever -flltnH With Jo'nft Ollbert and Renee Adorw at" >0 in cp ir.c.urr "Monda/, Tuesday and Wc^mydoy- - -1 ? r .. J. L. Warren Ends His Life At High Point Higtt Point. Seut. 2. ? J. L. Warren, manager of a Standard ?Oil filling station on South Main street, com mitted strtcide by shooting himself through the temple 'With a 32 pistol at his home. 316. South Hamilton st.. shortly before 6 o'clock this evening. Neither family nor friends could as sign any mOtive~Tor the suicide. ' Warren had been off from work All afternoon, as was his custom overj" second day. and had been lounging around the 'house. Late in the af ternoon he told his wife he was going back to the filling station. He kept a pistol at the filling station, and it is suptfosed that he brought it back home with him. for shortly atyer he returned, his wife heard the re port of the shot and ran to his room ? tc find him lying on the floor. The bullet entered his right temple and came out through the ; left. He died in the amubance on the way to the hospital. Mr. Warren came to this city last November from Mebane nhere iie owned and operated a fill-? ing station. He was a young man of 33, surviv ing. are the wife, his father. Henry Warren, of Yancevville. and five chll dren. PauHne and Maxine. twins,, age 9, Hallie Mae. 7; Jule. 0. and Lea trice Joy. 18 months. Funeral ar rangements had not been completed tonight. Helena High School The parents and pupils are fcerfcby notified of the opening day of Helena : High School. It is very import-ant that every pupil be present on the very iirst day in order -to classify and place orders for books. The school of-j fjcials are anxious -to avoid the delay purchasing t^xr books therefore, special arrangements are bcins made to : have the boks on hand for the first days of school. The High School has shown ? marked increase in attendance rind enrollment for the pa?t ; years. The comins session bids fair to exce'l ail previous yeaH in enrollment. Your school is 'growing because of the attendance of your Children. The school will open on Wednesday in order t'or the' farmers to All their tobacco barns on Monday . and.. Tues day and that the pupils may be pres ent one hundred per cent the very .first day. The school trucks will be in th?ir regular routes Wednesday, September 14th. The parents and friends of the\school are invited -to b jjresent on tm- opening day. The following faculty has been elected: ' Grammar school. ? Miss Vera Rog ers. Roxboro. N. C. Mis^ Marie Frazier, Durham, N. C.. Miss Annie Lee Mitchell. Ware Shoals. S. C., Mrs. Bailey Dickerson. Rouge mont. N. C., Miss Viola ? Bowles, Tim "ocrlake, N. C.. Miss^Nina Rogers. Rox boro. N C. High School. Mrs. Roy C. Garrison. Tim wr lake. N. C., Mtes Helen Bras well. Nashville. N. C.. Miss Ruth Lunsford, Durham, N, C.. Mr. R. C. Garrison. Principal. Mis Marie fra zier will have charge of the music this year. She . is thoroughly competent in this field. Historian For. Person Wanted . - M Honorable Jasephus Daniels. Presi dent of the Nor Wi Carolina Historical Society, has requested the County Boar4 .of Education to appoint a historian for. Person County. Anyone interested in this matter may confer with any member of the County Board of Education or the County Superin tendent ; of Schools. B I._ SATTERFIELD Home, Coming Day At Mt. Tirzah I* Next Sunday will be observed as home coming day at ^Mt. Tirzah Methodist church and all former members, friends and pastors arc in vited to be present. Rev. D. L. Earn hardt. on* of the vary old as well as I former pastors will preadh at 11 o'clock. Dinner will be served on the | ground. Come on and enjoy the day r With US. 1 H E LANCE TV C. ? ? ? ? ? o? ? ' i < irsf. tune at popular prices 'THE j BIO PARADE" with John Gilbert [ and Renee AdOTee at Palace Theatre j Mbrvdav. Tuesday and Wednesday. _ Levine Preparing To Start For*U. S. Cramvell, England, Sept. 7.?? Charles A. Levine and his pilot Captain Walter Ilinchli/fe. balked by adverse weather con ditions yesterday, were again at the CrantVell Airdrome at dawn today preparing for their flight to titc I'niied States. ./ Ast vsas the case yesterday, the fliers awaited the. latest weather reports anc^ the liftjnr; of the morning mists, which were 4 ess heavy today. ? 4t was expected at 6:15 that a decision would be made within a half hour. " Wreck on Durham Roxboro Road Ex-Sheriff Andrews of Chapel HIU and Coleman* Moore of Rougemont flg.u red in an auto wreck on the Durham-Roxboro road, near th? Dur ham county line. Monday night when the Ford cars in which they were riding smashed into each other and as a result Mr. Moore suffered con siderable bruises and cuts while Mr. Andrews received, only a shake up. Both cars were badly damaged. County Commission Met Monday The beard of County Commission^ ers were in session Monday. -'Mr. A. (J. Oentrv. chairman, was sick, and .the board transacted only routine business. It was expected at this meeting to lake some definite action concerning the jail, but it was postponed until a later day. Openinsr of Hurdle v Mills High School Hurdle Mills High school will open Thursday. September tf&th/ We wish to urge all 111? student body to be pM?en.t for the opening: day in or der that we may. Organize, get clas sified and make proper arrangement for books. W& also request , the pa^ rrms. abd fi iarids of th? school to be present. J. B. CURRIN. Principal. Welcome To Roxbcro Mr, and Mrs. G. C. Davidson and daughter have moved in. and are making their home for the present at Mrs. R. I Feathers ton's. North Main street. Mr. Davidson has been elect ed Superintendent of thfc City schools, and w1U have- everything in readiness for the opening oif the morning of the 9th. We welcome these good peo* pie. and hope their stay will be lone and happy. :*./[? ' Davie Man Convicted For Burning His Barn Mccksvilie. Sept. 2. ? Convicted of I burning his barn lor the purpose of collecting $10,350 Insurance, Luke C. Deadmon. Davie county farmer, was rentenceid here today in Superior' court to serve not less than 10 years nor more than 15 years at hard labor ' in the state prison. Tte jury reached its verdict after celibarating for one hour, and the [ sentence was imposed by Jude M'c Elroy. R. O. Kayle. chief witness for the state, testified that on the flight "qT~ August' 55. 1925/ he saw Dead man -en |- ter his barn, light a candle and place | it in a box filled with shavings after 1 he had saturated them with kerosene i oil. Kyle saidtrfhe-xuas afraid to tdll whtttr'he .saw "because Deadmon had threatened to kill him. Ke added that he had been "sho tat'* several times before he went before the- grand jury in March. War In its mcst spectacular colors and a touching love romance THE SIG PARADE" with John Gilbert at Pal ace Theatre. Monday. Tuesday arjM Wednesday ^ . : 1 Bethel Hill H.S. Opening Bethel Hill tilth School will of*n an September 13 th. He urge the patrons to have their children in the first day so that we may organize, get classified and arrange for the , books. * We particularly request that the 1 patrons and friends of the school | j meet with us at 9 o'clock on the | opening day and assure us of their j hearty co-oceration.- We need them ' j as much a a they need us. The following are tKe" 1 Mess. O. W Smith. M. M. Fontaine. ! I M. B. Holt and Mrs. ,1. A. Beam in 1 the" High .school department. In the 1 l elementary' department: Mr. Guv r I Moore, principal. Mrs. W. R. Hayes. Mrs. Lillian Day. Misses. Pinkie Whitt. i Marie Woody and LucUe Woody. The highway will be open to . the i Dixon road and all the school trucks* | can bring the children in. except I a lew that live, along torn up' high | way, who will have to walk for a few days. Please do not keep the chil j dren at home on this account, but I I let us-, imve a good opening. MRS. J. A. BEAM. Suyt. King Vidor's Production of Laurence Stalllngs great War Story "THE BIO i PARADE" with John OUbetf At Pal- ; acc Theatre mondgy. Tuesday and i Wednesday. THE MARY HAVIBRIGK MISSIONERY SOCIETY On September 25th. 1879. what is now the Mary Hambrick Missionary Society was organized as the Person Circuit Woman's Missionary Society by the Rev. H. H. Gibbons. These were the fifteen charter member?: Mesdames E. H. Gibbons, Ella Webb. J 'Ella Fuller. Emftia Reade, Lucy Bar- ' nette. Lou Satterfleld. Settle Win stead. Ida Winstead, Sue Satterfleld. . Misses Hettie and Tuppie Gibbons, i "Anna Webb. Ella Winstead. Kate ) Barnette, and Pattie Satterfleld. Mrs. ; Ella Webb was elected the first presi- j dent of the society. The organization ? has been in continued exlstanee since j that date and following in her train t as presidents have been the follow- i ing women: Mrs. Lucy Barnette. Miss ; Pattie Satterfleld. Mrs. Sue Satter- ) field. Mrs. Anne Jordan. Mrs. Mar- j caret- Sergeant. Mrs. Laura Long. Mrs. ? Ida Winstead. Mrs. Ellen Hornady. Mrs. Bettie Street. Miss Anna Webb. Mrs. W. T. Pass. Mrs.^Mamle Merrltt. ; Mrs. Margaret Teague. From the oeatiuituiy Kepi reeoras oi tnoso nrsf I ! years we glean that at the organize- ? ' meetihg- the dUfrt juriftUMM tfl j $1.50. Now, with our 108 members j ! they bring In* the neat sum of $324.00 i yearly. These same minutes disclose | the fact that it was in 1883 that the : devotional exercises were first con ducted by a woman ? the pastor of J the church having given his assis- ! tance for the first four years. In that same year ** find evidence of the J missionary spirit, for $3.00 was sub scribed for the benefit oT La-sak-wa Indian School. Through the? years this faithful j band worked and prayed?"** Nothing of spectacular proportions was* ac complished according;- to. the only living charter member, but we know ? hat meetings were- regularly. held. even on the church "steps when the - sexton had failed to unlock the door, and many another difficulty sur mounted. In ?1021 the Society., wishing to ; honor the memory of the life and labors of one of its dearly beloved members who jhied June 24th 1920. changed it /""name to the M.arv Tinny- 1 brick Missionary Society. For more than twenty years this quiet, unas suming, strongly spiritual mernber served not only as Treasurer of the ; organisation but wrought nobly and well in all phases Of her Master's 1 work, Our Society has three namt< placed j on the Book of Remembrance, vi?,: j Mesdames Ida Wiristead. Rosa Harris] and Miss Anna Webb ? the last nau.ed 1 being the only surviving charter ?nem ber of the Society. Miss Mary. Nich ols. Deaconess, now stationed i" Nashville. Tenn., is one of our own. For three years. 1923-1027. Mrs Mi*m mle Merritt of our group was District secretary of the Durham District. j Since 1927 the Mary Jfambrick Mi: - aian&ry Society has *id?d m'tlft %UfT- ? port on an Evangelistic Helper: has , contributed $900.00 to the Belle Ben- j hett Fund: and $196.00 to the Lucy Cunningham Fund In the bulldim of the beautiful Edgar Long Memo rial Church we contributed more than $4000.00 At the beginning of the yeaT 1927 th* women oT" the So ciety. in addition to their individual and missionary pfcedfres, marie an other pledge of $2000.00 on the church debt and paid the same during the yewc - ? ' Hie" spirit ,6f "Hie "faUhVul. lew" m 1879- and the standard they sot. the_ ?Mary Hambrick Mlsniortary ?, Society ! strives to maintaih and is ever ready ; to respbnd to the Mastetls call. Once in o Lifetime ?^;.v \ 1 Ai^ooA?TkR. ' Rath Lee Taylor, . 20 years old, , of Portland, Ore.; is one of the few exceptions who .finds sudden fame in the movies Because she is young, ? and pretty ? : and BLONDE? she goes from com edy filler to lead for I.asky in "Gentlemen Prefer Blonde*.*' Said To Be World's Greatest -Interconnection of Electricity Roxbrro Final Link, Generating ? - Mure Than Ten Minimi Horsepower GREAT HELP TO HOXHOItf) Throwing of a switch at the. Caro lina-Virginia State line near Roxboro. N C. today completed the final link in what is believed to be the 'world's greatest interconnection of electric generating stations, totalling more than lp.OOO.OOO horsepower. .The Raleigh -Roanoke transmission ilne is the final link connecting about, 3.000.000 horsepower, largely hydro electric plan ts. in:.- the eastern states; yhth steam generated electric . footo er stations in the. north of more than 7.000.000' horsepower This tie-line directly connects the Carolina Power and Light Company with {he Ameri can Gas : and Electric Company sys tem. Interconnections of the Carolina Company to the South include the iVydro-e4ectriC plants of the Southern ; Power. Company. fly Georgia Rail way and Power Company, the Colum bus Electric and Power Company and the Alabama Power Company. < Through the American Gas and Electrio Company svs'tem. the north ern fnterconnectoins include the Northern Ohio Power Company. The Ohio Public Service Company: The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Com pany. The Toledo Edison Company. The Commonwealth Edison Company, and the West Penn Power Company :md its connections. Regarding this final step in com pletion of the "world's greatest super power system" it was stated today at the new ^connection made possible the inter-change of electric energy and .that agreement had been made with the Appalachian Power Company? {Or sale and nurchase of power. While inter-connections of this character, .said officials of fhe Caro lina Conipanv. in nowise jnean finan cial or operating relationship, they do mean that the connecting compa nies place themselves in position, to soli and buy power where needed and where desirable. Power . will be brditcrht into North Carolina over the new link. *_JH ? : ? "This interconnection will be a con siderable economic advantge to all the communities and Industries in. the territories served, reaching as far south, as Mobile. Ala . and as far west as Chicago. The mills 0/ the south will be protected as neverTbefore a gainst possible power shortage on ac count of low water. t?a'rge supplies of steam generated oower from the sylvania and from northern intercon nrniuns mnap apaimpiP in nip south when needed. On the othnr hand, surplus hydro-electric power generated in the* south nia v be Used ! in the north and aid materially in coal conservation - "Reliability Of rcjrYioc^ will b? ; strengthened throughout (the territory and the smallest village on the lineA : of any of these companies can offer power to new and expanding indus j tries* equal to that available in the 1 largest cities Each of the companies Jn the interconnected system ? wi? ' <>f in Tnr :ps?c.~rn<ft ^cnden'l- interconnection simply means that "Ittt companies pIST^ themselves ifi position to futntsh each' . otl\W- --with power \rh?n needed and Story of War Told In "The Big Parade" King: Vidor Film A Vivid \nd Stirring Account Of Its Realities VERY HUMAN * DOCUMENT "The Big Parade." which will operr at the Palace Theatre Monday of next, week lor three days i$ without doubt the greatest picture in the his tory of the screcn. More vividly than any words ever printed do the scene* this motiojr picture .teU the mfry o 1 the World War It id a King Vidor production (Or Metro- Gold wyh-Mayer starring John Gilber. Iiaurence Stallfhgs, the author, and King Vidor. the director, have con ceived and executed a story so groat it bears none pf the earmarks of the average screen spectacle. It is sim ple. moving, ^genuine. Mirth, sorrow, laughter and bitterness are all a part ot "The Big Parade " It Is a great human . document. It has taken America a decade to attain a ptoper perspective on the late, conbict. but now that the war is 'over and intelligent thought baj* on the subject, we can at last appre ciate a story depicting it faithfully. That is what "The Big Parade" does. Tl^ere is no glorjcation of war. nor TH i lug wnv'.ru;: rather it . jlotiftea: heroism and tolerance. . John ?ilbert gives a great and t torgettable protrayal of the American doughboy.* He endows the role wlUi all his charm and creates a character that will liye forever In the memories, of those who see it. Bfehee Aioree plays Melisande. the French gi.i. in a delighttul and inspired manner. The love scenes between the twi are romantic gems Others . in thr- cast who score dist inct hits are Karl Dane and Tom O'Brien Matinee Performances .daily at 3;00 p. m?. evenings at 7:|5?-9rl$ p. m. Admissions night all seats 50 cent?. Admissions Malinee children 25 cent?, Adult* 50 cents ? The palace Theatre. Auto Wreck On So. Boston Road ancLpreJwHiv Mr. L; ;K Jones, a well known resi dent of this town is suffering witfi several cut? and bruises as a result of a collision with another car on the faoston load Sunday afternoon. Two men occupied the car that collided 2' Ittr-Mr. -Jones and - bnth r.vrs uerp badly danuvu'd. Olive Hill School Opens Olive Hill School will begin Sep tember 9. Barents are urged to have their children enter the first day that they may be classified, and' that the order for necessary books may be ent in at once Friends and patrons of the school are invited to be present on the morning of the opening. , The teachers for 1927-*28 are a* f follows: Miss Inez Parker. Miss Rox anna Yancey. Mrs; W E. ConnaUy. Miss Luna SatterfieJd.'and Miss Helm s W; T" - " *': -/ ; '???? ? - "v,: Liquor Outfit Destroyed Our County officers had informa tion that a liquor outfit was in op eration in Olive Hill township and last Saturday evening. Deputy W. It. Gentry. Chief Oliver and Roba Dix on went over to investigate' with the result that a completevoutfU inclnd ing the kettle which was a combina tion of wood and copper, and af* the necessary fixtures were round and destroyed on the ground. . The op erators had made their run md pone so no attests we*** -made. . > Card- of Thanks We wish to thank all of our good friends and neighbors who were sr? kind to .us during the .sickness and death of our dear sari and . brother Edgar We assure you that this will ever bs remembered A. W Blalcck and family. The fair exhibit should, be selected . with care and properyy displayed to win a .place in the prize money. when condftions warrant. , The North Carolina portion . of the new link was completed several days iro with the building of the line to the Virginian border. Today's opera tions complete the American Gas and - Eimrnr company s part, TJtr new i !irte Js carried oh' steel towers and . operate* at 132:000 vqlts.
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